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Vol. XXIV. No. 9. 



NOVEMBER 4, 1911 



PRICE TEN CENTS 

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NEW WAY IN HOTEL TICKET 
DISTRIB UTION B Y THEATRES 

Sold More in Bulk, Without Return Privilege. One 

Manager Opens His Box Office With No Conditions. 

Three Houses Holding Quarantees from 

Hotels for $600 Nightly. 



"Speculating" in theatre tickets, at 
understood and applied to hotels dur- 
ing the past years, is undergoing a 
change in New York. 

The new way is for the hotel ticket 
concerns to guarantee the sale of a 
certain number of tickets nightly, se- 
curing these tickets from the box of- 
fice at the card rate, without the re- 
turn privilege or paying a premium. 

A trio of houses in New York are 
delivering to Tyson ft Co., 300 cou- 
pons daily for the night performance. 
The theatres are the Knickerbocker 
("The Siren"), Broadway ("The Never 
Homes") and Criterion ("The Pas- 
sers-By"). Tyson ft Co. immediately 
after or before the plays opened, 
agreed to pay the box office $600 for 
the 150 pairs of seats, the guarantee 
covering a specified period. It prac- 
tically means a "run" for each show. 
Managers consider it a good business 
policy, for two reasons. Through sel- 
ling the hotels 300 seats, they are hav- 
ing their show "plugged" among out- 
of-towners who ask the hotel stands 
"Where is a good show?" and though 
the usual twenty-five cent premium of 
other times on "a delivery of thirty, 
forty or fifty tickets daily, is lost, 
the return of $600 each night is a 
certain gross of $3,600 weekly that 
doesn't come from a window sale. The 
old way, with the quarter premium, 
had it disadvantages. While the ho- 
tels divided their profits with the 
theatre, the latter also had to accept 
at the last moment all the unsold cou- 
pons. 

In one case within a late date, a 
manager broke away from all prece- 
dent with the hotels by notifying them 
each could have all the tickets it want- 
ed at the box office price, without any 
stipulations attached. This was Wil- 
liam A. Brady, and the theatre con- 



nected with the announcement was 
Mr. Brady's Playhouse, where one of 
the biggest hits of the season 
("Bought and Paid For") is holding 
forth. 

Theatrical managers are inclining 
more and more to the belief that the 
big outlet for theatre tickets in New 
York Is the hotel, with its thousands 
of transients, who spend their evenings 
at the plays. 

The hotel ticket man looked upon 
as the Grand Old Picker of successes 
is George J. Bascomb, of Tyson ft Co. 
Mr. Bascomb will drop in on a new 
production in its try-out term in the 
wilds, and decide on the spot whether 
it will do for the big town. Mr. Bas- 
comb's decision is accepted as worth 
while, for it may mean money to the 
manager. Often the Tyson ft Co. 
expert has opined a production will 
do, thereupon planking down a lump 
sum for a certain number* of tickets 
at the New York theatre the show is 
to play in, although the latter-day 
plan of taking them by hundreds Is 
looked upon as sufficiently ample. 
There have been instances in the past 
though where by something akin to 
"hold up" methods, the hotel people 
were compelled to contribute a large 
amount to one show, in order to have 
the entre to the box offices of other 
attractions. This was called forth 
though only in cases of weakly fin- 
anced productions that seemed to have 
all the qualities of a "hit." 



REVIVING "NINETY AND NINE/' 

Ramsey Morris is preparing a re- 
vival of "Ninety and Nine" for vaude- 
ville. Ten people will be in the cast 
of the condensation, which will prob- 
ably be shown for the first • time near 
New York Nov. 13. 



"OLIVER TWIST** WITH NAMES. 

Mabel Fenton-Ross and MoKee 
Rankin have a formed a combination 
for the presentation of a condensed 
version of "Oliver Tlwst" in vaude- 
ville. 

Miss Fenton will portray once more 
her famous characterization of Nancy, 
while Mr. Rankin will appear as Bill 
Sykes. 

The sketch will be under the direc- 
tion of Alf. T. Wilton. 

When this act makes its appear- 
ance, it will be the first time on the 
variety stage Miss Fenton has played 
without her husband, Chas. J. Ross, 
opposite her. Mr. Ross is with the 
"Mme. Sherry" company. He preferred 
Miss Fenton enjoy the rest that may 
be secured on their rather large do- 
main at Deal, N. J., but listened to 
the call of vaudeville, realizing the 
pressing need just now of "big acts" 
in that division. 



"OPPOSITION" REPORT. 

Toronto, Nov. 1. 
A report of "opposition" to Shea's 
is about. It's all there, excepting de- 
tails. Who ever wants to float an 
"opposition" vaudeville story nowa- 
days had better prepare ahead of time 
to slip in some facts. 



JEFF DE ANGELIS AGAIN. 

With his 1911 production relegated 
to the has-beens, Jefferson De Angelis 
is prepared to listen to the vaudeville 
managers once more. 

Mr. De Angelis has the sketch, and 
M. S. Bentham the placing of it. 



NAZIMOVA'S NEXT. 

With all road dates for the Nazi- 
mova's repertoire cancelled, the for- 
eign actress returned to New York last 
week, immediately commencing re- 
hearsals for a new play secured for 
her by the Shuberts. It is entitled 
"The Marionettes." 



$17,000 BREAKS FRISCO RECORD. 

San Francisco, Nov. 1. 

During the second week of "Alias 

Jimmy Valentine" at the Cort, the 

show did $17,000, breaking the box 

offloe record of San Francisco for the 

past thrfce years. 



MOUNTFORD*S NEW ACT. 

A picture-house circuit in the coal 
regions of Pennsylvania Is said to be 
the object now sought by Harry 
Mountford, once connected with the 
White Rats. 

Since leaving that pleasant and lu- 
crative employment, Mr. Mountford 
has been reported as in quest of en- 
gagements with, legitimate managers, 
not having taken the trouble to Inter- 
view those in vaudeville. 

An "Advice Bureau/' to be a cen- 
tre where anyone could secure any 
information about anything, was first 
proposed by Mr. Mountford, after 
finding himself at liberty, but a 
lawyer is reported to have informed 
the young man that while he was 
doubtlessly capable of living up to the 
billing in this particular Instance 
(without passing upon the quality of 
the advice that might be handed out) 
the authorities might not entertain 
the same opinion. 

It was sufficient to cause Mr. Mount- 
ford to hesitate, though had he start- 
ed the "Advice" office, and it became 
known he called upon a lawyer for the 
very thing he advertised, it would 
have been a bad opening for the new 
act. 



PULLING TOWER DOWN. 

The biggest "flivver" around Times 
Broadway, who have picked lemons 
this season, may And consolation by 
looking at the expensive tower on the 
Heidelberg Building. 

The biggest fliver around Times 
Square this season is coming down. 
It is no small job nor expense. The 
construction of the tall square steeple 
Is steel and concrete. It may be re- 
placed by several more stories to the 
building on the southwest corner of 
Broadway and 4 2d street. 

The tower was erected to serve as 
a huge advertising sign at the busi- 
est corner in the world.. But the ad- 
vertisers didn't advertise, not even 
one of them. O. J. Gude came the 
nearest, but wouldn't pay $65,000 
yearly for the privilege. 



VARIETY 



FIRST BENEFIT OF "COPY-ACT" 
PACT AT PARIS CONFERENCE 

I. A. L. of Germany Orders Discontinuance by a Member 

of "Copy" of Charles T. A Id rich. ••Copy" Secured 

by Breaking Into Dressing Room. 



(Special Cable' to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 1. 

The discouragement of copyists in 
the music halls has now become the 
semi-official business of the organiza- 
tions made up of artists In various 
parts of the world. 

At the recent Paris conference a 
kind of league was formed by artists' 
representatives from England, Amer- 
ica, Germany and France. 

The first outcome is that the 
Internationale Artisten Loge of Ger- 
many has decided that a well-known 
performer who had used details of 
the performance practised by Charles 
T. Aldrich, be ordered to discontinue 
the copy-act, and that he be sus- 
pended from the I. A. L., until he has 
discontinued producing it. The story 
of this bare-faced theft is almost ro- 
mantic. 

Aldrich came from America a few 
years ago with a turn which consisted 
of lightning changes, comedy juggling 
and parody conjuring. 

In the class of act which Aldrich 
afTects, until this German copyist 
came along, he was the only one of 
his kind. The copy was obtained in 
Vienna, Aldrich's dressing room be- 
ing burgled in the middle of the night, 
and all his paraphernalia measured. 
The man who committed this act dis- 
posed of the secrets to the German 
who has now been thrown out of the 
I. A. L. 

There still remains in England 
one performer who has been 
guilty of an equally blatant acquisi- 
tion of the same act. It remains for 
the V. A. F. to prevent this man 
continuing to profit by the originat- 
ors' brains. 

ZANGWILL'g •'GOD OF WAR." 

(Special Cable to Variety;) 

London, Nov. 1. 

"The God of War," is Israel Zang- 
wiU's new play, which Sir Herbert 
Tree will produce at His Majesty's. 
Nov. 8. The dialog is modern, but 
written in blank verse throughout. 

It is said to contain a strong love 
interest and plentiful comedy. 

The action Is laid in an imaginary 
country named Gothia. 

The chief interest centers round 
two men and a woman. These parts 
will be played by Sir Herbert Tree, Ar- 
thur Bouchier and Lilian McCarthy. 



BUTT'S NEW HALL OPENING. 

(Special Cable to Variety*) 

London, Nov. 1. 

Alfred Butt's new hall, Victoria- 
Palace, is set to open Nov. 6. It has 
a capacity of 1,700. 

It will be a twice nightly hall, lo- 
cated on the site of the old Standard 
"Music Hall, opposite the Victoria Sta- 
tion. 

Mr. Butt's other London house is 



the Palace, playing one show daily, 
with one matinee weekly (Saturday). 



"APACHE" DANCE FORBIDDEN. 

(Special Cable to Variety) 

Paris, Nov. 1 

The Berlin police have taken se- 
vere measures to prohibit the "Apa- 
che" dance, now popular in variety 
theatres there. The authorities con- 
sider It morally bad and physically 
dangerous. 

Recently at one of the numerous 
dancing halls on the Upper Spree the 
spine of a young girl was broken 
through the too energetic and realis- 
tic efforts of her male partner wtiUe 
executing this dance. 

At (he conference of the dancing 
masters it was resolved that the 
American two-step should be the 
dance of the coming season. 



SALARY, WITH PERCENTAGE. 

(Special Cable to Variety,) 

Paris, Nov. 1. 

The actor Le Bargy (the first hus- 
band of Mme. Slmone) is definitely 
leaving the Comedle Francalse, and 
has been engaged for five years by 
managers Henry Herts and Jean Co- 
quelin for the Porte Saint Martin 
theatre at a fixed salary of $26,000 
per year, with a percentage of the re- 
ceipts. 

Before playing at this theatre he 
will tour the large cities In Europe 
and America, playing "Cyrano de Ber- 
gerac," and his own great part "Le 
Marquis de Priola." 

It Is possible, however, that the 
Comedie Francalse will take proceed- 
ings early in 1912 if he should play 
at the Port Saint Martin, as was done 
in the case of the late Constant Co- 
quelln. 



FRANK BUSH IMPROVES. 

(Special Cable to Variety-.) 

London, Not. 1. 
Frank Bush, the American monolo- 
guist, opened at the Coliseum, Mon- 
day, and went fairly. He is now go- 
ing better. 



INJUNCTION FOR JOHNSON. 

(Special Cable to Variety) 

London, Nov. 1. 

The Variety Theatres Controlling 
Co. (Alfred Butt) has started injunc- 
tion proceedings against Jack John- 
son, the ebony knocker-out 

Johnson Is under contract to the 
Variety circuit, to appear at the Hip- 
podrome, Birmingham. He also is en- 
gaged to appear at the Palladium, Lon- 
don, but only at matinees. While the 
jump dally could be made by John- 
son, the Variety Co. will not consent, 
and has thrown the matter into the 
courts. 



CONDENSED PIECE SCORES. 

(Special Cable to Varibtt.) 

London, Nov. 1. 
Irene VanBrugh and Edmund Gwenn 
opened at the Hippodrome, Monday, in 
a condensed version of "The Twelve- 
Pound Look," and scored strongly. 
Miss Van Brugh had originally been 
booked to appear at that house in a 
tabloid presentment of "Lady Winder- 
mere's Fan" Nov. 23. 



JOE HOWARD AND NENA BLAKE. 

Joe Howard will return to vaude- 
ville Nov. 20, assisted by Nena Blake, 
the young woman who first attained 
popularity through her booming as 
"the red-headed girl" in "Coming 
thro' the Rye" a few years ago. The 
pair will have a farcical sketch, with 
musical numbers, written by Howard, 
and entitled "Don't Forget the Num- 
ber." The act is under the manage- 
ment of Arthur Klein. 





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STOLL DOBSNT DENY. 

(Speeial Cable to Varibtt.) 

London, Nov. 1. 

Oswald Stoll refused to make a 
statement to Varieties representative 
regarding the rumor there are negoti- 
ations looking to another alliance be- 
tween his present circuit and the 
houses controlled by Sir Edward Moss. 

lis. Stoll is absolutely noncommit- 
tal. He smilingly remarked the news- 
paper stories are premature, from 
which it may be Inferred that the mat- 
ter is at least under discussion. 



MAKE GOOD IN AMERICAN 
SKETCH. 

(Special Cable to Varibtt.) 

London, Nov. 1. 
Seymour Hicks and Ellallne Terries 
were a huge hit at the Coliseum, Mon- 
day, In a sketch called "After the 
Honeymoon," an Anglicised version of 
Edward Abeles' "He Tried to be Nice." 
Abeles appeared in the American 'ver- 
sion of the act at the Hippodrome 
about a year ago. 



MRS. CARTER STARTED. 

Mrs. Leslie Carter opened in "Two 
Women" at the Criterion theatre, 
Brldgeton, N. J. John Cort will send 
Mrs. Carter on a tour of the south- 
west previous to her Chicago engage- 
ment, which will begin during the 
Christmas holidays. 



DOUBLE-HEADED SUCCESS. 

(Special Cable to -Varibtt.) 

London, Nov. 1. 

The rebuilt Middlesex Music Hall 

opened, Monday, with Rlano's Band as 

the topliner. The band leader and the 

new house were voted a great success. 



NEW LONDON SHOWS. 

(Special Cable to Varibtt.). 

London, Nov. 1. 
"The Great Young Man" was pre- 
sented yesterday at the Klngsway thea- 
tre. Nov. 5 "The Hartley Family" 
will be shown at the Court; Nov. 3 
"The God of War" is billed for His 
Majesty's, and Nov. 13, Oscar Hain- 
merstein introduces "Quo Vadis" at 
the new Hammersteln Opera House. 



ADA REEVE A SUCCESS. 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 

For her first American appearance 
since a child, at the Majestic Monday, 
Ada Reeve, the English music hall 
star, scored a decided success. She is 
under engagement to the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit for a limited term, and is making 
this trip as a part of her around the 
world tour. 

When Miss Reeve and her husband. 
William Cotton, reached here on the 
20th Century, the train was one hour 
late. The N. Y. Central returns one 
dollar per hour to the passenger when 
the limited is overdue. Mr. Cotton 
got $2, and doesn't understand it yel. 
He says this is one great country, and 
is looking for further rebates. 



GRACE HAZARD 

"FIVE FEET OF COMIC OPERA." 
Returned to America on the "Mauretanla" last week after a eucceaeful European tour. 
Mlas Hasard returns to Europe early In the tprtn* to fulfill contracts for season ltlS-ll. 
opVnlni at the Ftlace-Vlc'torla. London. 



MAY IRWIN'S NEW TITLE. 

May Irwin's new play has been re- 
christened "She Knows Better Now." 
It was first called "Mrs. Tompkins" 
After a brief road tour the play will 
be brought Into New York, 



VARIETY 



WHITE RATS AND MANAGERS 

TAKI NG POSI TIVE STANDS 

Artists Will Hold to Union Affiliation. Managers Do 

Not Propose to Finally Treat With Rats as 

Union Body. Managers Make Conditions 

for First Conference. Rats to Pass 

Upon Them. 



The Vaudeville Managers' Protec- 
tive Association, at its meeting Tues- 
day morning, resolved to meet the 
White Rats committee (as proposed 
by the order last week) in conference. 

A letter setting forth conditions (re- 
produced herewith) for the first con- 
ference was delivered to the White 
Rats headquarters Tuesday afternoon. 

Up to Wednesday the White Rats 
had not fixed upon a course to be 
taken. It was expected that one and 
perhaps two of the conditions made 
by the managers would not prove 
agreeable to the Rats. 

A meeting of the Rats' Board of 
Directors, or a general meeting of 
the members may be called early 1 next 
week to consider the managers' reply. 

The impression prevails among 
those familiar with both sides (artists 



it is Bald. This will be for a Board 
of Arbitration. The other might be 
for a "Closed Shop," but the "Closed 
Shop" proposal will be taken out of 
the question through the stand of the 
managers not to ultimately treat with 
the Rats with finality while it remains 
a labor organisation. This is the 
point that will be raised in opposition 
to the proposed Board of Arbitration, 
if that should be asked for. 

The sense of the managers' meet- 
ing Tuesday was that to deal with the 
Rats, while it remained In the Union, 
would be futile, as no end could be 
reached unless the Rats surrendered 
its A. F. of L. charter. 

The White Rats is as firmly set 
against that move as the managers 
are for it. Representative Rats have 
said the Union connection will be re- 
tained, though it will not interfere 



Board of Directors, October 81st, 1911. 

White Rats Actors 1 Union of America, 
No. 1558 Broadway, City. 

Dear Sirs: — At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Vaudeville 
Managers* protective Association, held this day, your communication of Oc- 
tober S4th was duly considered. While we disagree with yon in the state- 
ment that there is at present a "discordant condition** in the vaudeville 
profession and vocation, we are p er fect ly willing to meet a committee of 
artists to listen to any alleged grievances. 

As there are many important vaudeville artists who are not members 
of your organisation, we think In justice to them and the entire vaudeville 
profession, and to make the conference fair to all concerned, that three 
members of the Vaudeville Comedy Club, who shall not be members of your 
organisation, and three vaudeville artists, who shall not be members of any 
vaudeville artists* organisation, should be present at such conference. The 
latter three to be appointed, one by yon, one by the Vaudeville Comedy 
Club and one by us. 

Until there Is some necessity for counsel to be present, we desire the 
conference or conferences to be held without them. 

The Committee appointed by this Association Is E. F. Albee, Martin 
Beck, Marcus Loew, Samuel Scribner and Percy G. Williams. 

If this is agreeable to you, kindly notify us that we may communicate 
with the Vaudeville Comedy Club and arrange for a meeting which should 
be held at an early date. 

Very truly yours, 
VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS* PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION, 

MARTIN BECK, Chairman of Board of Directors. 
EDWARD F. ALBEE, President. 



and managers) that an inevitable hitch 
is certain to arise, either before or 
after any conference or conferences 
shall have been arranged for or held. 

The hitch will pile up through the 
White Rats positively refusing, under 
any conditions, to secede from its af- 
filiation with the American Federa- 
tion of Labor. The managers will 
unquestionably demand that if any 
close relations are to be maintained 
with the White Rats Actors' Union, as 
a body, that order must be free of all 
labor connection. 

It is expected the White Rats, upon 
meeting the managers in conference, 
will make two important requests. 
One at least will surely be proposed, 



with any understanding or agreement 
reached with the managers. The 
great majority of Rats, the leaders 
say, are for the Union, without any 
equivocation. 

It is also reported that upon the 
failure of the peace conference pro- 
posed by the Rats to bring tangible 
results, a plan of action or course of 
procedure that has been laid down 
for the organization to follow in that 
event will be closely adhered to. The 
plan, as understood, is a firm, though 
not violent one, and comprehends a 
definite purpose, that the Rats are 
convinced will be surely reached 
sooner or later, no time limit having 
been set. 



YORK HELD IN $500 BAIL. 

Held in $500 ball for trial at 
Special Session was the decision of 
Police Magistrate Appleton in the 
West Side Police Court, Oct. 28, on 
the complaint preferred against Phil 
York by Inspector Whelan of License 
Commissioner Robinson's staff. 

York was arrested Oct. 27, for car- 
rying on an agency business without 
a license. The investigation was mado 
by Inspector Whelan upon the com- 
plaint of J. L. La Fleur, of East Hart- 
ford, Ct., who alleged he had paid 
York $105 in payments of $5 each 
upon the receipt of twenty-one "con- 
tracts," to play various weekly en- 
gagement in "small time" vaudeville 
houses. 



KEPT AT HOME BY DIVORCE. 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 

Bob Burns, a Fred Barnes angel 
and president of the company bearing 
the latter's name, has gone to Shreve- 
port, to take charge of the attractions 
at the fair being held in that city. 

Burns goes as the proxy of Mr. 
Barnes who is kept in Chicago by a se- 
ries of domestic troubles that have de- 
veloped in connection with the latter's 
divorce suit. 



FRANK SHERIDAN RETURNING. 

Frank Sheridan will shortly return 
to vaudeville in Catherine Henry's new 
detective playlet which tells a Scot- 
land Yard case. 



SELIG'S CONDITION SERIOUS. 

San Francisco, Nov. 1. 

The condition of William N. Selig, 
shot by a Japanese last Friday, is very 
serious. Francis Boggs, of the Selig 
picture concern also, was killed by the 
Jap, an ex-employee, who entered the 
Pacific Coast branch of Selig office at 
Los Angeles, shooting the men with- 
out warning. 



BALKED AT KRUBGER*8. 

Irene Franklin has brought suit 
against F. F. Proctor for $180, the 
amount withheld from her salary last 
*eek, when* playing Proctor's, New- 
ark. 

The Proctor house does not play 
Sundays, but calls upon its acts that 
day to appear at Krueger's Audi- 
torium, Newark, which somehow finds 
itself able to give performances on the 
Sabbath, and has the city alone that 
day. 

Burt Green, who appears with his 
wife (Miss Franklin), peremptorily 
refused to play anywhere but at the 
house the act had engaged for, Proc- 
tor's. 

Whereupon the $180 was deducted 
from the envelope, immediately fol- 
lowed by the service upon the Proctor 
management by a complaint, drawn by 
Augustus Dreyer, attorney for Frank- 
lin and Green. 



GETTING READY TO BUILD. 

Buffalo, Nov. 1. 
Bids are advertised for the steel of 
the new Shea's vaudeville theatre here, 
requiring 360 tons of that material. 



VARIETY hold* Its advertisers. 

Why? 

Because It reaches. 



♦♦HELLO PARIS'* BAD OUTLOOK. 

This may be the last week of the 
bookings of "Hello Paris," the Folies 
Bergere skit now in vaudeville headed 
by James J. Morton, Harry Pilcer and 
Minerva Coverdale. 

The vaudeville managers outside 
New York are afraid that the "Siber- 
ian Whirl" dance, by Pilcer and Cover- 
dale in the act, is altogether too 
"strong" for their audiences. It was 
cut out at the Orpheum in Brooklyn 
last week. 



HAS "TYPE" PLAYLET. 

William J. Bauman, who has been 
playing leads in stock in Chicago and 
was last seen here in "The Devil, The 
Servant and The Man," Is getting the 
act, "The Family Entrance," ready for 
a New York premiere. The sketch 
shows a room in the rear of a saloon 
where many characters are introduced. 
It is by Bauman and I. K. Friedman, 
author of "The Autobiography of A 
Beggar" and "By Bread Alone." 

Bauman brought along from the 
west, Jimmy Cassady, Lillian Sonsta- 
by, E. J. Risen and Sam Major, to 
handle four of the eight speaking 
parts. 



TWO PANTAGES OPENINGS. 

San Francisco, Nov. 1. 

There will be two openings of new 
Pantages houses for Alexander Pan- 
tages* vaudeville circuit within a 
short time. 

The new Pantages at Portland 
(Ore.) is due to start business about 
Nov. 20. It replaces the present house 
of the circuit there. 

The new Pantages on Market street, 
this city, which gives Pantages his 
long looked for San Francisco stand, 
is slated to open Dec. 16. 



LAEMMLES IN COURT. 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 

Joseph Laemmle has retained coun- 
sel here to bring suit against his 
brother Carl, who conducts a music 
publishing and moving picture service 
business in this city. 

The brothers recently took over the 
lease of the Family theatre, Musca- 
tine, la., on a partnership basis and 
a disagreement followed. The pro- 
posed suit is for an accounting of the 
profits in the Muscatine house. 



BORNHAUPT GOES BACK. 

New York looked too good for Chas. 
Bornhaupt to leave, but nevertheless 
the foreign agent sailed on the Maure- 
tania Wednesday. 

After twelve years in America, and 
one year back in Europe, Bornhaupt 
says New York for hisn. It wouldn't 
be surprising were the foreigner to lo- 
cate here permanently within a year 
or so, if only to have his clothes 
American-made, and collars that fit- 
ted his neck. 

While here on this short trip, Mr. 
Bornhaupt booked several turns for 
Europe, among them the Clark 
Brothers, who will open Dec. I at the 
Australian Circus, BruBsells, for a 
long engagement. The Clark 

Brothers (Clarkonians) were with 
the Rlngling show this season. 

Several acts Bornhaupt wanted to 
look over he found were in the west. 



VARIETY 



NOTHING AGAINST AGENCY 

LAW FOR MASSACHUSETTS 

Hearing Htld Monday at Boston. Attorneys Dennis P. 

O'Brien, J. A. Brackett and Others 

Address the Commission. 



Boston, Nov. 1. 
Thirty persons who were most in- 
terested, gathered in room 439 of the 
State House Monday and told what 

they had on their minds, both for and 
against the Massachusetts Theatrical 
Agency Bill, that was being consid- 
ered for recommendation to the next 
legislature by the Commission created 
to give hearings on such matters. 

The truth was undoubtedly told. 
Some of the things said in that room 
were unfit for polite society. Commis- 
sioner Harold Brown heard all the 
troubles. Nobody came to object to 
the bill and the only dissenting voices 
were those who thought the bill should 
be less or more strenuous than the 
one now existing in New York. 

Quite an array of legal talent man- 
aged to have a say. Attorney Dennis 
F. O'Brien of New York City, repre- 
senting the White Rats Actors' Un- 
ion, was the first to address the com- 
mission. Mr. O'Brien went right to 
the point. He urged a law that was 
fair alike to agents, actors and all 
parties concerned. He claimed that 
many evils arose under the present 
conditions and cited the New York 
Agency act. 

Mr. O'Brien claimed that many of 
the New York agents were found in 
the person of theatrical managers who, 
acting as agents, exacted a fee and 
got the artist coming and going. In 
addition to this, stated Mr. O'Brien, 
the agent and the manager, too, got 
their "bit." 

He also claimed that many of the 
agents were the cause of the evils ex- 
isting today in the contract system. 
Agents desirous of getting all the 
money possible accepted applicants for 
positions without first investigating 
the moral character of the actor. In 
New York, he stated, agents evaded 
the law by assuming the title of "per- 
sonal representative," "producer," and 
other fancy and euphonious titles. Mr. 
O'Brien pleaded that the Massachu- 
setts law be framed to make such a 
condition of affairs impossible in this 
state. He also said that he was in 
accord with the present Child Labor 
law, as it existed here, as he thought 
it unfair that a child of tender years 
should be a party to a contract with- 
out the consent of parents or guar- 
dian. He cited cases of children who 
came over here from Europe as mem- 
bers of acts and told of the difficulties 
that they met with. Mr. O'Brien's 
strong plea was for a law that would 
give magistrates trying violations the 
right to impose punishment by prison 
sentences, in addition to fines, claim- 
ing that a man who made considerable 
money in the theatrical business, and 
violated the law, did not mind the 
payment of a fine, and would be a 
constant violator. 

Former Judge J. A. Brackett, also 



representing the W. R. A. U., urged a 
law that would oblige an agent to bind 
his principal in contract so that when 
an actor was defrauded in any way, 
the actor or his representative would 
know whom to prosecute and how to 
secure damages. He claimed condi- 
tions as they exist at the present time 
are terrible. 

W. J. Cooke, business representa- 
tive of the Rats, said he had been in 
the show business for fifteen years. He 
stated that he was in accord with 
the previous speakers and prayed that 
the commission would recommend 
strict laws to prevent impecunious 
agents from violating them. 

Frank W. Mead, an agent in Bos- 
ton for twenty years, asked for a law 
that would be a protection to the 
agent as well as the actor. He admit- 
ted the weak points in the New York 
bill. He claimed that actors and mu- 
sicians were the most unsatisfactory 
people in the world to do business 
with. 

William H. Barter, representing the 
Church Booking Offices, Inc., favored 
fair legislation. 

The hearing lasted two full hours. 
The commission, created by the legis- 
lature two years ago, has the power 
to recommend legislation, favorable 
to all conditions connected with agen- 
cies conducted for the purpose of em- 
ployment. 



BREED BOOKING NEXT SEASON. 

It's hard on Dave Robinson but 
facts is facts and they is stubborn 
cusses. Doc Breed is around 
already^ asking agents to submit acts 
for the Brighton Beach. Music Hall 
next summer. Mr. Breed managed 
the Music Hall last vacation time, in 
opposition to Mr. Robinson's Brighton 
theatre. 

During the competition spell, it was 
printed Breed had been given a five- 
years' contract by the music hall own- 
ers to conduct the house annually for 
that length of time. Dave said 
"Press stuff," as he turned over for 
the second snooze, after his wife woke 
him up at 10.30 one morning to tell 
him the good news before breakfast. 

But here is Doc on the job again, 
and Dave with another one of those 
seasons ahead of him. 



"INDISPOSITION" — NO AOT. 

One of the features of the Fifth 
Avenue program did not give a show 
Monday afternoon. The absent act 
was Dlgby Bell and Co., who were 
obliged to remain inactive through the 
"indisposition" of Alexander Kearney, 
of the company. The "wait" in the 
running of the bill was filled in by 
an overture. At the evening perfor- 
mance, Mr. Bell had bis entire com- 
pany in fairly good health. 



HARRia LOSES INJUNCTION. 

The Ted Snyder Music Publishing 
Co. received a decision in its favor 
this week in the case concerning the 
publishing rights to the score of "The 
Girl From Havana," sung in "The 
Never Homes." Chas. K. Harris had 
secured an injunction against the 
Snyder company publishing the song. 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 

Joe Harris has left the Chicago 
office of Chas. K. Harris, and the em- 
ploy of his brother, with whom he has 
been associated in business for some 
eight years. 

Joe has theatrical Interests outside 
the music publishing business. Upon 
a question of salary arising, accord- 
ing to the story, Joe promptly sent 
in his resignation, when his terms 
were not met. 

Meyer Cohen, Harris' general man- 
ager, is expected here tomorrow to 
take charge of the Chicago branch. 
Mr. Cohen may remain in Chicago 
for several weeks. He is one of the 
best known men in the music trades. 



4 PRINCIPALS IN "CALIFORNIA." 

"California," the operetta for vau- 
deville (book by Cecil De Mille, music 
by Robert Hood Bowers and lyrics by 
Grant Stewart), will be given its pre- 
miere Nov. 20, at Springfield, Mass. 

Jesse L. Lasky is producing the 
piece. He has engaged P. O'Malley 
Jennings, Harry L. Griffith, Leslie 
Leigh and Templar Saxe for the prin- 
cipal roles. 



PICKS OUT YOUNG6TOWN. 

Youngstown, O., Nov. 1. 

It is reported a site has been se- 
cured in the central part of the city 
for the erection of a theatre, to be 
devoted to vaudeville. No definite In- 
formation is obtainable as to the pro- 
moters. 

Two theatres here now, Park and 
Princess, are playing vaudeville. 



BALL PLAYERS RECEPTION. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 1. 
A reception was tendered to the 
victorious Athletics tonight, when the 
entire champion team appeared at 
Keith's, as the guests of Lillian Rus- 
sell and the management. 




COHAN SHOWS FOR BACK. 

Martin Beck has bought the vaude- 
ville production rights to all the old 
plays of George M. Cohan and pro- 
poses to send them out in condensed 
form over the Orpheum Circuit. 

The pieces include "The Governor's 
Son," "Running for Office," "Little 
Johnny Jones" and "Forty-five Min- 
utes from Broadway." 



STOCK OPERATIC COMPANY. 

Boston, Nov. 1. 

The comic opera company now en- 
gaged in presenting "Pinafore" around 
the Keith New England vaudeville 
circuit, will be recalled to Boston by 
R. G. Larson, to rehearse "The Chimes 
of Normandy." The latter revival will 
be presented at the National Nov. 13. 

Mr. Larson may decide the com- 
pany is to become a permanent oper- 
atic stock group for his house, to open 
at the National or Keith's Boston, 
playing around the circuit of the five 
N. B. towns he books for, then re- 
turning to the starting point in an- 
other piece. 



GERSTBN'S JUDGMENT HOLDS. 

Frank Gersten, one of the owners 
of the Prospect theatre, Bronx, has 
won his suit against Hurtig ft Sea- 
mon, receiving a judgment of $2,200. 
Hurtig ft Seamon carried the case to 
the Appellate Division of the Supreme 
Court, which affirmed the decision of 
the lower court in Gersten's favor. 

The suit was based on the claim of 
Gersten that he had been employed 
under an annual contract as manager 
of the H. ft S. enterprises, and was 
in actual charge of the Yorkvllle 
theatre when his employers sold the 
house to Marcus Loew. After the 
property had been transferred the 
firm had no further employment for 
Gersten and discharged him. He in- 
stituted suit and recovered Judg- 
ment. 



COMEDY CLUB TICKET. 

The ticket named by the nominat- 
ing committee appointed by the board 
of control of the Vaudeville Comedy 
Club to be voted on at the annual 
election in December, is as follows: 

Officers. — Bert Leslie, president; 
Geo. M. Cohan, first vice-president; 
William Collier, second vice-president; 
Robert Matthews, third vice-president; 
Gene Hughes, secretary; Harry M. 
Denton, treasurer; Frank Tannehlll, 
Jr., chairman of the house commit- 
tee. For Board of Control? — Sam H. 
Harris, Sam McKee, Joseph M. 
Schenck, Augustus Dreyer, Charles H. 
Smith, Ren Shields, Frank Otto, Frank 
LAior, Roland West. 

The constitution provides that in 
addition to the names thus selected, 
tickets suggested by any ten members 
will also be placed on a ballot. 

The formal opening and house- 
warming of the new clubhouse will 
take place Nov. 25. 



MLLE. LOUISE LA GAI 

In the latest Parisian Pantomime, 
"THE TRAGIC REHEARSAL." 



SOME DIFFERENCE, YES! 

New Orleans, Nov. 1. 
According to Tom Campbell, man- 
ager of the Tulane and Crescent thea- 
tres, there is a vast difference between 
the personal note in criticism and the 
personal note of the critic. 



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No. 9 




John I* Mass, of La Mass, Quail 
and Torn, became the father of a girl 
Noy. 1. 

Mrs. B. 8. OUdersleere, the mother 
of Bye Fox (Kresko and Fox), died 
Oct. 29. 

The Farrell Music Co. is producing 
an act that will have twenty colored 
people. 

Inness and Ryan have been routed 
over the Orpheum Circuit by the 
Casey Agency. The act opens shortly. 

"Getting Rid of Mumford," in which 
Una Abell Brinker, formerly ap- 
peared, opened at Utica Monday. 

Eddie Leonard says this is his last 
season on the stage. After his fare- 
well he intends to become a producer. 



M. Leon Ganmont of the Gaum on t 
Motion Picture Industry in Paris 
reached St. John, N. B., last week. 



Charles B. Lawlor and daughters 
started their season Oct. 30 at the 
Grand Opera House, Pittsburg, placed 
by the Sutherland agency. 



Frank Bohm is suing Vlrden and 
Dunlop for $100, commission alleged 
to be due him by the couple for an 
engagement with ,, Everywife." 



Seymour Furth becomes the musi- 
cal director Sunday of "The Winning 
Widow" at New Orleans, succeeding 
Dave Newman. 



Louis Hardt, the foreign strong 
man, will open in New York vaude- 
ville Dec. 4, brought over by Clifford 
Fischer. 



Angus*** Dreyer, the theatrical at- 
torney will move up town, into Times 
Square, around New Tear's. 

Leon Rogee and Henry Lodge, com- 
poser of "Temptation Rag," have col- 
laborated on a set of waltzes, "The 
Voice of the Cello." 



Worthy Butte, well known on the 
Rialto. who was severely Injured in 
an auto accident, is still moving 
around on crutches. 

James Anthony Murphy ("Tony"), 
formerly of the New York Journal, 
has been sent ahead of one of the 
"Madam Sherry" companies. 

Lester, the ventriloquist, finished 
his Orpheum Circuit tour at New Or- 
leans, a point where he had also com- 
menced it the same week. 



C. E. Corey, general manager for 
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus received his 
second son Monday, at the family home 
in Peru, Ind. 



Bertha Kallsch expects to secure a 
playlet very soon, when she will play 
vaudeville. 



Jos. M. Scbenck left New York Mon- 
day, to attend the opening of the Lew 
Fields' show at the American Music 
Hall, Chicago. Mr. Schenck is ex- 
pected to return to-day. 



Shirli Rives, who played the title 
role in "Alma" during Truly Shat- 
tuck's absence and until Vera Michel- 
ena joined, has resumed her former 
role of the maid in the piece. 

Danny Lynch has again signed up 
as contracting agent with the Two 
Bills show for next season, and is 
now at his home in Cincinnati to 
spend the winter. 



Tutz McGnlre closed her vaudeville 
season at St. Louis, Oct. 30. She will 
take a year's rest, accompanying her 
husband, Mr. Dyer, of Julian and 
Dyer, on tour. 



Ban Guggenheim, manager of Wat- 
son's "Beef Trust," after a seven 
weeks' illness with acute Indigestion 
and kidney trouble, is back on the 
Job. 



Mr. and Mrs. Storm f els, the Ger- 
man operatic stars, who were engaged 
by Fred B. Whitney for "Der Rosen- 
kavalier," which he abandoned, have 
been assigned roles in his forthcoming 
production of "Baron Trenck." 



Bolo8sy Kiralfy arrived from Europe 
last Saturday, en route to San Fran- 
cisco, where he goes to look over the 
Held with a view to presenting there 
for the Panama Exposition one of his 
big spectacles. 



Toona and Her Indian Sextet are 

on their way east, booked by Jenie 
Jacobs, who has placed the turn in 
many of the larger vaudeville houses 
in the middle west supplied through 
the United Offices. 



Georgia Moore, a former "pony" 
dancer in "Naughty Marietta," has 
placed herself under the management 
of Gene Hughes, with the Intention 
of tempting vaudeville in a two-act. 



The Coliseum Theatre has filed 
papers at Albany with capital placed 
at $10,000. M. H. Mack, Eugene L. 
Fa Ik and E. C. Schlenker. all of Buf- 
falo, are the incorporators. The Co. 
wishes to maintain a theatre there. 



Richard Warner, stage director of 
the Harlem Opera House stock com- 
pany, will give one of his sketches, 
"The Last Hope," a trial at that play- 
house, with the idea of showing it for 
regular time on the big vaudeville 
circuits. 



We-No-Nah, the Indian snake dan- 
cer, has been booked for three weeks 
by Wllmer ft Vincent, playing this 
week at Altoona. Of all the managers 
In the United offices, W. ft V. were 
the only ones who would take the act 
after its Fifth Avenue showing. 



Mrs. Cliff Berzac arrived in New 
York last Friday, to look after the 
two comedy acts (Berzac's Animals) 
which were with the Barnum-Balley 
show this season. Mrs. Berzac may 
remain over here to work one of the 
acts on the "big" vaudeville time, as 
she did with the circus last year. 



Margaret IHington in her new play, 
"Kindling," opens Nov. 13, at Provi- 
dence, preparatory to a New York 
premiere. In her support will be By- 
ron Beasley, George Probert, Frank 
Camp, Charles Wingate, Ann Mere- 
dith, Helen Tracey and Annie Mac- 
Berlien. 



Emmett Corrigan was offered his 
former role in the /revival of "Ben 
Hur," to be made atltfie^New Amster- 
dam theatre at the close of the run 
of "The Pink Lady," but he and the 
management failed to get together in 
the matter of salary. 



Jimmy Plunkett says slip him some 
noise, he filled two vacancies this week 
both left by Will Rogers. Jimmy put 
in Mr. Quick at Hammerstein's, and 
Jas. H. Cullen at the Fifth Avenue. It 
is seldom one agent takes care of two 
openings in this way. 



The Four Cook Sisters, who came 
east for the Ed Blondell Road Show, 
will play vaudeville, under the direc- 
tion of Jack Levy. Mr. Levy is piloting 
Beech and Rhineart Rhinehart, a cou- 
ple of young women, also from the 
west, who are said to resemble Mel- 
ville and Stetson in their style of 
work. 



l'uuline Welsh, whose pictures were 
on the front cover of last week's 
Variety, is with Geo. Spink, and this 
week appearing at Young's Pier, At- 
lantic City. Miss Welsh is a Maryland 
girl. Many inquiries were made as 
to the person who owned the hand- 
some sad fare that occupied the cen- 
tre oval. 



An error in the copy of the adver- 
tisement of the new music publishing 
firm of Jerome ft Schwartz, published 
In last week's Variktt, announced the 
address at 1145 Broadway. It should 
have read 1441 Broadway; also Vin- 
cent Bryan as of the writing staff, in- 
stead of Vincent ft Bryan. 



The "I Will Club" has Its uses after 
all. One of the Variett, staff this week 
by mistake presented his "Life Mem- 
bership" card in the "I Wills" at a 
"small time" house instead of the reg- 
ular pass for the theatre, and still 
lives, besides having seen the show. 
All the "I Will" members can take a 
chance now. It could easily get them 
in at the Gaiety or Daly's. 

"Ruzzlelamb," one of those nice 
little chorus chaps, who sued a wealthy 
young woman for damages for breach 
of promise (and because he failed to 
win, got fired from the Lew 
Fields show) gave a "try out" for 
vaudeville at Hammersteln'i the 
other morning. "Ruzzle" is going to 
have a nice time in vaudeville, if he 
lands It. He must be almost as funny 
as Geo. Gottlieb's new hat. 



A well known vaudeville actor re- 
cently decided to do a "hideaway" in 
the "tall grass" to break in some new 
material. He booked three days 
in a small house in the wilds 
of Wisconsin. Arriving there he 
was about to rehearse with the 
pianist when the manager spied the 
performer's two new trunks in the rear 
of the stage. Rushing over to the foot- 
lights he yelled: "Don't play his mu- 
sic." Turning to the astonished actor 
he said: "You can't fool me. You Just 
got in the business. I know your kinJ. 
Get out of my theatre." 



Doc Steiner had his monthly shave 
the other day. It isn't because Doc 
forgets to shave that his face always 
looks that way; it's because he is a 
very busy man. Only the other night, 
he was working at 7:30, discovered at 
that time entering the Putnam Build- 
ing. Doc had forgotten he was on the 
day shift. There's no dark scenes any- 
more in vaudeville however, with an 
exception or two, since the "opposi- 
tion' slipped off the quarter-deck. 
That's getting away from the shave 
though. Doc was In a hurry. He had 
had a letter from Pitrot. Three ex- 
perts in handwriting were working on 
it. Doc knew it was something Im- 
portant, for Pitrot might have booked 
a foreign act that was really coming 
over. The shave had to be done quick- 
ly. Said Doc to the barber, "hurry 
up" but the barber, being an 
American, thought Doc had handed 
him a compliment. To show the Ger- 
man musical sharp how a fancy shave 
should be administered, he started h 
Maury Levi waltz time lather on Doc's 
face. Doc tried to tell the barber his 
act was dragging, and to get some 
speed, but he couldn't make the soap 
spreader understand. Something un- 
usual with the Doctor, he grew excit- 
ed, like Freeman Bernstein does when 
he is asked for money. Jumping up, 
Doc grabbed the barber's hand, say- 
ing, with a few side shoots, "Now you 
hold that brush steady, and I'll ruo 
both sides of my face against it. 



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NINE MORE HIT TOBOGGAN 

AND AR E FORC ED TO CLOSE 

"The Arab/ 9 "Judy O'Hara," Winter Oarden Road Show, 
"Don" and Other Legitimate Attractions 

Leaving Limelight 



styled "The Big Bitter." the work of 
Bayard Velller. 



Next Saturday night (Nov. 11) at 
the close of the week's engagement 
at the Grand Opera House (New 
York) "The Arab" will fold up and 
fade away. Notice of closing was 
posted last Saturday. 

The show leaves the Astor this Sat- 
urday, after a brief run at that house, 
following its opening at the Hudson. 

Henry B. Harris produced the play, 
written by Edgar Selwyn. Great 
hopes were entertained for it, but the 
piece did not draw at either of the 
theatres it stopped at in New York 
City. 

The failure represents a large in- 
vestment. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 1. 
The "Musical Revue" from the New 
York Winter Garden will close in this 
city Saturday night. The piece had a 
two weeks' stay of the six expected 
when it opened. Marie Dressier in 
"Tillle's Nightmare" comes to the 
Lyric next week. 

The sudden closing of the Winter 
Garden Road Show In Philadelphia 
Saturday night necessitates the placing 
by the Shuberts of a number of the 
company who are under play or pay 
contracts. 

Most of the artists will be in the 
new winter Garden production now in 
rehearsal, called "Vera Vloletta." Some 
drastic changes were made in the book 
this week to accommodate the changed 
conditions. 

Virginia Earl is out. Her part will 
be rewritten so Gaby Deslys can play 
it. Herbert Corthell was permitted 
to withdraw as he had a tempting of- 
fer for a leading role in a new musi- 
cal comedy. His part will be taken 
by Harry Fisher, now with the com- 
pany In Philadelphia. Al. Jolson will 
also be placed with the new show, 
scheduled for opening Nov. 13. Mile. 
Dazle is also to be with the new show, 
doing a dance with Joe Smith. 

The Shuberts are reported to have 
declared that if this next production 
at the Winter Garden does not go 
over, they will change the policy of 
the house and the only thing left is 
"pop" vaudeville (pictures and acts). 

The Gaby Deslys Road Show seems 
to have been declared off for the pres- 
ent. 

Of the present company at the Win- 
ter Garden Kate Elinore and Sam Wil- 
liams will return to vaudeville pend- 
ing the duration of "Vera Vloletta," 
which will not be more than Ave 
week 8, probably. They will then re- 
turn to the Garden for the next piece 
to be put on there. Leeds and LaMar. 
Lydia Barry and James C. Carson, of 
the present show, are others who will 
leave. 

Monday night Belle Baker, the "coon 
shouter" opened at the Winter Gar- 
den. As usual Miss Baker had a "clac- 



queli at the house then and each night 
since. Business having taken a sud- 
den drop at the Garden this week the 
Shuberts appreciate the attendance of 
the pluggers, likely supplied to the 
singer by music publishers, but the 
managers are said to be complaining 
through the "clacque" being placed 
upstairs, instead of in the more expen- 
sive orchestra seats. The "claque" at 
the Garden amidst the small nightly 
attendance has made much mirth for 
the remainder of the artists on the 
bill. 



Poplar Bluff, Mo., Nov. 1. 
After a ten weeks' tour, Apbie James 
closed her "Judy O'Hara" company 
here Oct. 28 and sent the members 
back to New York. The production 
was too heavy and expensive for the 
"one nighters." 

The "Judy O'Hara" company 
reached Broadway Tuesday morning. 
James Young will return to vaudeville, 
while Eugent West, who scored an 
individual hit with the heavy role on 
the road, is going into the variety end 
in a new act. Miss James expects to 
put the show out again, but it will be 
fitted especially for the one-night 
stands. 

Melbourne MacDowell and Andrew 
Robson will likely take up other en- 
gagements. Mr. MacDowell, who was 
co-star with Miss James (Mrs. Louis 
James) hurried to his Long Island 
home, where Virginia Drew Trescott 
(Mrs. MacDowell) lies seriously 111. An 
operation may be necessary to save her 
life. 



Chicago, Nov. 1. 

The Edmund Breese show will blow 
into the storage house after Saturday 
night's performance at the Cort. 
This is the second week of the piece 
("A Man of Honor") there. Chicago 
did not take to the show any more 
than the New Yorkers did, when Mr. 
Breese played Weber's on Broadway. 

Joe Weber put on the show. It 
hasn't set him back more than $15,- 
000. 

"The Master in the House," with 
Julius Steger, which had its premiere 
Monday night at Atlantic City, will 
succeed the Edmund Breese show at 
the Cort, opening Nov. 5. 



The last of "The Nest Egg" com- 
panies has retired. It is the principal 
one, headed by Zelda Sears, who re- 
turns to New York to rehearse in a 
new production Jos. M. Gaites is pre- 
paring. 

Before Miss Sears stopped "The 
Nest Egg" from going any further, 
two other shows of the same title, an 
eastern and western, had given up 
hope. 

Miss Sears' new starring vehicle is 



At Uniontown, Pa., Nov. 4 the last 
sad rites will be pronounced over 
"Barriers Burned Away," a nice lit- 
tle show that could do no business. 

Milwaukee, Nov. 1. 

Wlnthrop Ames* "Don," with Wil- 
liam Courtenay and Zeffle Tilbury 
among the principals, came to a full 
stop here Saturday night. 

The show was out but a short time. 
It bought fair press reviews but no 
money into the box office. 



"The Family" a show that has been 
playing the popular priced time in 
the middle west, has returned to New 
York, having closed In Columbus last 
week. 

The piece is owned by Robert Mat- 
thews. It may be put out again later. 



Chicago, Nov. 1. 
"Speed" finished its race for a the- 
atrical livelihood last Saturday night 
at the Garrlck. 



"A Gentleman of Leisure" laid off 
this week as there wasn't any theatre 
handy for the Brady attraction to 
move into. This piece has already 
done considerable moving, opening at 
the Playhouse, going to the Globe and 
then shifting again to the Herald 
Square, where it was forced to close, 
owing to the opening of "The Wife 
Hunters" last night. 

"The Gentleman" opens next Mon- 
day at Baltimore. There will be sev- 
eral changes In the cast, George Faw- 
cett having retired last week. 

Charles A. McCaull, who recently 
recovered from a severe illness, Is in 
full charge of the Brady offices as the 
Big Chief Is at West Baden for a ten 
days' rest. Brady on his way west 
stopped off at Chicago to see his "Over 
Nlght M company and make a few sug- 
gestions. 



Chicago, Nov. 1. 

In a letter received here to-day 
from Helena, and dated Oct. 26, It is 
stated "The Golden Girl" company, 
a Mort Singer musical comedy, is hav- 
ing rough sledding in the Northwest. 

The information goes on to say that 
the show was attached recently, and 
is now moving on to the coast with 
the performers working on the com- 
monwealth plan In an effort to secure 
money enough to get back to Chicago. 

The show is booked for Nov. 7-8 at 
Tacoma. 



GAITES GIVES OPTION. 

When Charles Bornhaupt, the for- 
eign theatrical agent, sailed on the 
Mauretania Wednesday, he carried 
with him options on the European 
producing rights for Jos. M. Gaites' 
"Three Twins" and "The Girl of My 
Dreams." 

Mr. Bornhaupt will place the shows 
in Paris and Brussells. 



CONFESSES TO ROBBERY. 

St. Paul, Nov. 1. 
At the trial yesterday of Harry Rob- 
inson, accused of complicity In the 
robbery of the Shubert theatre last 
January, Ike Cohen confessed, Impli- 
cating Robinson and Harvey Lester. 



— — — ■— —— BBBggNS I T 

NEW IDEAS AT BOX OFFICE8. 

New ideas are springing into usage 
at the box offices of the New York 
theatres. They have been brought 
about mostly by the competition of the 
great number of legitimate theatres 
In New York. The treasurers of these 
houses, however, have had much to 
do with the change. Many of them 
meet nearly each night, talk over the 
business of this or that house, and 
exchange views. 

Perhaps the most progressive in his 
advanced opinion regarding the com- 
merciality of a theatre ticket sold over 
the ledge or counter of the box office 
Is Billy Woods, manager of the Broad- 
way theatre. Mr. Woods says the 
old system is all wrong, and rises to 
Inquire if a clerk at Wanamaker's 
abruptly informed an intended pur- 
chaser the piece of goods wanted was 
not on hand, without making a move 
otherwise, how long wouid he last? 

"14 is a good sale" said Mr. Woods 
the other day, In talking It over. "This 
thing of having the man in the box 
office say '16th row only,' and then 
fall off to sleep again has got to stop. 
I have instructed my box office men to 
keep the row to themselves, but unow 
the diagram when asked for tickets, 
with some such remark as 'We have 
a couple here, right in the middle of 
the house. I am quite sure they will 
be satisfactory.' If the purchaser 
seems in doubt, one of the boys takes 
him into the theatre to see just where 
the seats are." 

Mr. Woods says there are so many 
theatres In New York, the public is 
somewhat independent, even with a 
"hit," and salesmanship in the box 
office must make itself evident. 

The novelty of an Intending buy- 
er of theatre tickets being shown the 
location of the seats in an empty thea- 
tre to cinch his purchase is an oddity 
in the ticket dispensing line. "I don't 
see why" said Mr. Woods when this 
was mentioned. "Four dollars is four 
dollars. If a man walks out without 
buying, that four dollars may be lost. 
The same fellow I mentioned at Wan- 
amaker's will pull down all the goods 
on the shelf, work himself out, and 
put them all back again for less than 
four dollars. And if he didn't do it, 
someone else would have his job. 

"If all the man in the box office 
has to do is to turn out a pair of 
tickets with his right hand while read- 
ing a paper with his left, and scoop 
in four dollars with his working arm. 
why should not the manager stick 
an automatic ticket seller in the lob- 
by, where you can drop in four dol- 
lars and get the next best. 

"Things are going to change very 
much in the box office. It's going to 
be the salesman who can give the buy- 
er the impression if he isn't there 
that night, the show won't amount to 
much and the management will be 
disappointed, who will be the treas- 
urer in demand." 



Anything ig •drertU*?—' Vt YABIETT. 



FORT WORTH WIDE OPEN. 

Fort Worth, Nov. 1. 
The Fort Worth city commission 
has repealed the old Sabbath blue law 
ordinances as applied to places of 
amusement, and theatres are now per- 
mitted to open Sundays. This in- 
cludes the legitimate houses, vaude- 
ville and picture shows. 



VARIETY 



SHOWS AT THE BOX OFFICE 

IN NEW YORK A ND CHICAGO 

Season Taking a Bad Turn, With Theatrical Bueinets 

Away Off Just Now. A Pew Oood Shows In 

Local Houses Playing to Capacity. 



The legitimate houses In almost all 
sections of the country are complain- 
ing bitterly about the business this 
season. Various reasons are assigned 
as the cause. One observant theat- 
rical producer recently remarked it 
was principally due to the growing 
popularity of automobiles, declaring 
that we were rapidly becoming an 
"outdoor" nation, and that in future 
the theatres would benefit more by 
bad weather than pleasant days, there- 
by reversing the old order of things. 

Bus'ness the current week through- 
out the country Is the worst thus far 
this season. It is generally attributed 
to the election. 

In a recent interview James J. Hill, 
the railroad magnate of the northwest 
said: "There will be more idle men 
this winter than ever before. This Is 
the reason: Our capacity for produc- 
tion along industrial lines has grown 
faster than our consumption along the 
same lines." 

Returns from the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics from 190 representative 
trades unions, with 120,000 members, 
regarding idleness during the first 
half of the current year show a per- 
centage of 24.8 skilled mechanics Idle: 
Last years' percentage was 19.2. The 
increase Is definitely stated to be due 
to lack of employment for those able 
and willing to work. 

A careful study of the legitimate 
theatrical business as reported by 
Variety's correspondents is as follows: 
The south is still good and the predic- 
tion Is made that that section will de- 
velop a billion dollar cotton crop. But 
cotton Is Belling low this year. The 
middle west Is bad, the far west fairly 
good; the northwest Is barely holding 
its own, and New England, which has 
been wobbly thus far, is picking up as 
most of the factories are now running 
on full time. 

The theatrical business thus far in 
some of the big towns (for the good 
shows) may be summed up, briefly, 
about as follows: New York is tre- 
mendous and Chicago very good, on 
the whole, directly traceable to the 
enormous transient trade from the 
outlying districts and the vast number 
of merchants and buyers who are con- 
stantly visiting the eastern metropolis 
and the western center of business ac- 
tivities. Boston has been good, Phil- 
adelphia not very good, St. Louis very 
bad, Cincinnati putrid (usually the 
case there), Cleveland fair, Detroit 
fair, Buffalo fair, Rochester and Syr- 
acuse worse than bad, while Pittsburgh 
thus far this season is the worst in 
many years, though nobody can figure 
it out as the steel mills are all busy. 

Some of the theatres in the Me- 
tropolis are enjoying a larger de- 
gree of prosperity than at any time 
thus far the current season. Lengthy 
runs are the exception. 

Of the entire list five shows tan 
safely be gambled upon to run out 
the better part of the season. Two 



of them are "Syndicate" and the other 
three "Anti." 

They are "Bought and Paid For" at 
the Playhouse. "Bunty Pulls the 
Strings" at the Comedy, George M. 
Cohan in "The Little Millionaire' 
"The Million" at the 39th Street, and 
David Warfleld In "The Return of Pe- 
ter Grimm." Each is in a theatre 
of small capacity, which necessarily 
has much to do with the duration 
of a successful engagement. "Bunty" 
at the Comedy Is playing to $8,000 
weekly, the capacity of what is con- 
sidered a small house. 

There are other big hits such as 
"The Garden of Allah" at the Cen- 
tury, "The Enchantress" at the New 
York, and "The Quaker Girl." at the 
Park. These three are in houses of 
unusual seating capacity and might 
run for a considerably less period, but 
with correspondingly larger takings. 

In "houses with large capacity," 
the Hippodrome takes precedence. 
"Around the World" is doing an enor- 
mous business, but is not playing to 
absolute capacity at every perform- 
ance as it did when It first opened 
nine weeks ago. There is, however, 
no cause for alarm for if it continues 
at the present rate for the remainder 
of the year it will yield a profit large 
enough to enable most anyone to live 
In luxury for the remainder of his life. 

"The Million" is in its third week 
at the 39th street theatre. Reviews 
were so generous, success seems cer- 
tain. "The Million's" reception by 
the press was a big surprise to the 
"inside" theatrical world. The slz? 
of the house probably did much for if. 

John Drew In "A Single Man" (Em- 
pire) is running strong now, but not 
doing a turn-away business. His an- 
nual three months' engagement there 
will be a profitable one. 

"Disraeli*' (George Arliss) (Wal- 
laces) has been doing business since 
its second night, undoubtedly aided b> 
the excellent newspaper reviews. Now 
in its eighth week. Business is a bit 
off the average this week. 

"Green Stockings" (Margaret Ang- 
lin) (Elliott) doing a nice business — 
just nice, nothing more — enough to 
show a profit. 

"Gypsy Love" (Marguerite Sylva) 
(Globe) did about $7,000 the opening 
week (from Tuesday to Saturday), 
with Miss Sylva out of the cast. With 
the announcement of the star's return 
the demand for seats did not materi- 
ally increase. The show remains om? 
more week and will be succeeded bv 
Grace La Rue In "Betsy." 

Mile. Slmone (Daly's) has apparent- 
ly not met with the approval of New 
Yorkers. Her first piece "The Thief" 
was severely scored by the critics- 
or rather her Interpretation of it. She 
replaced it with "The Whirlwind." 
Meantime the receipts have been light. 
Her failure to appear last Saturday at 



both advertised shows will not help 
her New York engagement. 

"Maggie Pepper" (Rose Stahl) 
(Harris), continues to hold up in big 
box office returns, and Is safely landed 
for a long stay. 

"The Arab" (Astor) Is doing no 
business and will be withdrawn, to be 
succeeded Nov. 6 by Raymond Hitch- 
cock In "The Red Widow." After a 
week at the Grand Opera House it 
will close. 

"Uncle Sam" (Wise and Barry- 
more) (Liberty) while not severely 
scored by the critics, is a failure and 
will be taken off at the and of next 
week, to be succeeded by Dustln and 
William Farnum In "The Littlest 
Rebel." 

"The Kiss Walts" (Casino) is one 
of the shows in for a long run. Mar- 
tin Brown, the dancer, appears to be 
the star In point of popular approval. 

"The Never Homes" (Broadway), 
has been playing to houses about 
three-quarters full and picking np. The 
piece has bean considerably Improved 
since opening and may be in for a run. 
It has the hotel ticket trade support. 

"Hi© Only Son" (Gaiety) won't do. 
It will leave there as soon as another 
attraction Is found to replace It. The 
show did 4,400 last week. One or two 
shows are being considered to replace 
it. "The Fatted Calf" is one. It Is 
a road success. A. H. Woods' "Mas- 
ter of the House." by a "No. 2" com- 
pany Is a possibility. 

"Passcrs-By" (Criterion) is in its 
seventh week, but, while the business 
has fallen off somewhat, there is 
every indication of its continuants for 
an indefinite period. 

"The Pink Lady" (Amsterdam) Is 
showing signs of weakening. It 
has had a very profitable run of ten 
months. 

David Watsleld In "The Return of 
Peter Grimm" (Belasco) received 
probably as good a set of reviews 
in the daily papers as anything that 
Belasco has produced, which is saying 
much. 

"The Woman" (Republic) not do- 
ing such fine business. The houses 
are nearly full, but as It is a small 
theatre, Indications are it is not the 
usual Belasco hit. Frances Starr In 
"The Case of Becky," has already 
been mentionei as its successor. 

"The Wife Hunters" (Herald 
Square) opened last night, or should 
have. A Lew Fields' show, with story 
similar to that of "$3,000,000." 

"The Runaway" (Billle Burke) 
(Lyceum) doing big high-class "car- 
riage" business, but not capacity. 
Third week. Will probably continue 
for some time. 

"The Siren" (Donald Brian) 

(Knickerbocker) still doing well, but 
nothing like capacity. 

"The Cave Man" (Robert Edeson) 
(Fulton) is a comedy with a serious 
underlying purpose. While many of 
the lines are smart and bright, it be- 
comes very tiresome before the en- 
tertainment concludes. It did not 
even get a big first night audience. 

"The Ihichew*" (Frltzl Scheff) 
(Lyric) Is doing poor business. Leaves 
Saturday. 

Winter Garden, with Gaby Deslys, 
is rehearalng a new revue called 
"Vera Vloletta," which will be put on 
as quickly as possible, The bouse still 



remalna a difficult proposition. Busi- 
ness picked up for a short while, but 
has flopped again. The Shuberte 
seem to have attempted something 
out of their line. 

"The Three Lights" (May Robson) 
(Bijou) is an absolute failure and will 
be withdrawn at once. 

Summed up, the business on the 
whole, Is good about town. All the 
shows worth while are receiving their 
share of patronage. The others 
wouldn't under any circumstances. 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 

Considering the unfavorable re- 
ports coming In here lately regarding 
theatrical conditions throughout the 
west, the local theatres are doing a 
generally good business. Here la a 
pretty accurate idea of how the vari- 
ous current attractions are going. 

"Bverywomaa" ( Auditorium ) . — An 
odd play generously attended but will 
not test the big capacity of the house; 
engagement Indefinite. 

"The Concert" (Blackstone) (Leo 
Dietrichsteln. — Generally well liked 
and playing to capacity; successor un- 
announced. 

•The Fortune Hunter" (Olympic) 
(Will Doming). — Has a strong 
draught aa a result of its former suc- 
cessful run at this house; "Seven 
Days" successor. 

Chaancey Olcott In "Macushla" 
(McVicker's) opened Monday and Is 
doing very big business. 

Healthy advance sales augers well 
for Mme. Trentlni in "Naughty Mari- 
etta," which opened Monday at the 
Colonial. 

"Louisiana Lou" (La Salle O. H.) 
(Alex Carr). — Going just aa big aa 
ever. 

"The Littlest Rebel" (Chicago O. 
H.) (The Farnums). — From a finan- 
cial standpoint, one of the season's 
most pronounced successes, goes to 
New York after next week, opening at 
the Liberty Theatre there Nov. 14. 

Lew Fields and "The Hen Pecks," 
which opened Monday, should do an 
excellent business, as it is well liked. 

"Excuse Me" (Studebaker). — Open- 
ed Oct. 22. Prosperous engagement 
seems safe prediction. 

"Rebellion" (Grand O. H.) (Ger- 
trude Elliott). — Fairly good patron- 
age of a peculiarly themed drama; per- 
sonal popularity of the star stronger 
than the play; gives way Oct. 29 to 
Mrs. Fiske In "The New Marriage." 

"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (Il- 
linois) (Edith Taliaferro). — Splendid 
business, and likely to remain here 
for some time. 

"A Man of Honor" (Cort) (Ed- 
mund Breese). — Comparatively new 
and unknown star to Chicago in a new 
play, makes the future of the piece 
uncertain. 

"Hanky Panky" (American) opened 
well Tuesday night, and has a good 
advance sale. It is especially strong 
In musical numbers. 

"With Edged Tools" (Whitney) Is 
playing to fair business. 

"Over Night" (Princess). — One of 
the most prosperous of Chicago's cur- 
rent attractions; seats selling several 
weeks in advance. 

"The Grain of Dust" (Powers) 
(James K. Hackett). — Duplicating its 
recent big success at the Blackstone; 
here Indefinitely. 



IO 



VARIETY 



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NEARLY NEW CIRCUSES COMING; 
FOREPAUOH- SELLS WITHDRAWN 

The Rlngllng Brothers Will Engage Large Number of 

Strange Acts for Their Shows. Big Spectacular 

In the Barnum-Balley Circus. 



The sweeping changes to he made 
by the Rlngllng Brothers In the per- 
forming roster of their two big cir- 
cuses for next season, will have added 
In the Instance of the Barnum ft 
Bailey show the huge spectacle as 
reported In Variety last May. This 
will be staged, It is said, by R. H. 
Burnslde. 

The Rlngllng travelling circus 
properties will be reduced by one for 
1912. The Forepaugh-Sells show, re- 
vived and put out on the road by the 
Rlngllngs two years ago, will be with- 
drawn, leaving the Brothers their own 
named circus (Rlngllng Bros.) and 
the Barnum-Balley aggregation. 

For these orders have been Issued 
by John Rlngllng, who directs the en- 
gagements, that nearly all new acts 
shall be gathered under his tents 
the coming summer. Very few of the 
present acts, some having been with 
the shows for a continued spell, will 
be retained. Among these, however, 
will be a couple of the best known 
aerial numbers. The new circus 
turns will be recruited from America 
and Europe. Between sixty and sev- 
enty acts will be affected, outgoing 
and incoming. 

Sam McCracken will continue as 
general mansger of the Barnum-Bal- 
ley show. It Is also reported that Al 
Rlngllng, who steered the Forepaugh- 
eells. may attach himself to the "Big 
Show" next season. Henry and 
Charles Rlngllng will remain with the 
Rlngllng Bros, circus. 

The discard of the Forepaugh-Sells 
is said to have been decided upon due 
to the number of big circuses in the 
field. Besides the Rlngllngs are the 
Hagenbeck-Wallace, Sells-Floto, John 
Robinson's Big 10 Shows, The Two 
Bills (Buffalo BUI and Pawnee Bill) 
"Wild West" and "101 Ranch Wild 
West/' all playing under canvass. 
Also there are numerous small time 
tented companies. 

As a big circus can make half the 
city stands in the U. 8. and Canada 
during a circus season, the bfg shows 
were treading on each other's heels 
too often, though changing territory 
alternate years. To handle three 
large circuses such as the Rlngllngs 
have been doing is no light task, and 
the hard work Involved may have 
been another reason why the Fore- 
paugh-Sells has been shelved; 

In the season now ending the Rlng- 
llng circuses made money, especially 
In the south, where the poor business 
o; the middle-west was balanced. 
Twelve weeks of middle-western 
stands did not average well for the 
shows, which kept out of the north- 
west this summer altogether owing to 
the bad conditions there. In the 
south, however, even the negroes were 
abundant with coin, from the large 
crop of cotton. 

The spectacle to be inserted in 



the performance of the Barnum ft 
Bailey show will likely employ 150 or 
175 girls, who may also be utilised in 
the parade. The paraphernalia and 
wardrobe from the days when the 
Barnum-Balley Circus (before pur- 
chased by the Rlngllngs) gave "Baby- 
lon," "Nero" and "Columbus" are still 
in storage, and may be looked over 
for current usage. 

The spectacle will probably be In- 
troduced after the Grand Bntre, which 
will run into it, taking up about thirty 
minutes of the entertainment. 

Circus men in New York are specu- 
lating whether history is going to re- 
peat Itself with this Barnum-Balley 
spectacle. In 1889 "the Big Show," 
then in Europe, put on a spectacle, 
and the following year produced It 
under canvass in New York City, the 
Madison Square Garden not then hav- 
ing been completed. This is the final 
year for the Garden. The Rlngllngs 
must find some other stand for their 
local circus opening next spring. 
Were they to again play under can- 
vass, with a spectacular attachment to 
the Barnum-Balley circus, the experi- 
ence 'of the first owners of that show 
over twenty years ago would be dupli- 
cated. 

Returning circus people report a 
good condition of night attendance 
over the country, exceeding previous 
seasons. This is accounted for by the 
lnterurban trolley lines, which brings 
the farmer to town at night and re- 
turns him home again within a rea- 
sonable time, without obliging him to 
hitch up the horse for a day's vaca- 
tion. This benefit though is somewhat 
nullified by the circuses which tap the 
drawing territory of the bigger stands. 
The Hagenbeck-Wallace show has 
been making a practice of gathering 
in the money of the smaller towns, 
making their circus a drawing centre 
which cut somewhat into the ticket 
wagon of the other big shows, which 
reached for a wide section from a big 
central location. 



CIRCUS AT AUCTION. 

When the Danny Robinson Famed 
Shows were sold at Morganfleld, Ky., 
Sept. 27, they were purchased by the 
Flss, Doerr & Carroll firm of horse 
dealers, of New York, who now an- 
nounce that they will dispose of their 
entire circus holdings at public auc- 
tion at Indianapolis, Nov. 24. 

Flss, Doerr ft Carroll have been tak- 
ing care of the stock and wild animals 
since acquiring possession of the cir- 
cus. When Liebler & Co. needed some 
jungle boasts for their "Garden of Al- 
lah" show, they bought the camels 
for the desert scene from the horse 
dealers' circus stock. 



VARIETY U the medium. 
Vn It — Others do. 



$8,160 FOR *RED ROSE." 

Up to date John C. Fisher's "Red 
Rose" (southern company; without 
Valeska Suratt) has made the high 
mark this season for one day's thea- 
tre receipts in the south. 

The record occurred at Dallas, Oct. 
21. With a matinee and night show 
the latter bringing in $2 each for the 
best seats, Mr. Fisher got $3,160 on 

the' day. 

Oct. 20, Dockstader's Minstrels, 
playing the same town and theatre 
(Opera House) at $1.50 (two shows) 
pulled down $2,000. 

At Muskogee, Okla., last month, in 
one performance, playing at $1.50 
top price, "The Girl in the Train" 
gathered $1,158. 

"The Oirl From Rector's" has end- 
ed a successful trip through Texas, 
Oklahoma, Tennessee and Kentucky. 
The show which is now working east 
played to a $421 house at Middlesboro, 
Ky., Oct. 27. 

At Memphis, Oct. 22, the receipts 
were $640; Nashville, Oct. 24, two 
performances netted $1,391.76, and 
$568 was registered at Knoxvllle, 
Oct. 26. 

Fiske O'Hara, who but lately ven- 
tured forth for this season in a play, 
under the management of Robert Ir- 
win, is reported to have taken the 
house record at the Majestic, Jersey 
City, week before last, with the count 
of $4,700 on the week to his credit. 
Mr. O'Hara followed this up with $3,- 
800 from a week of one-nigh ters 
through New England. He is this 
week at Providence. 



SECOND PROGRAM SUIT. 

There is still another action for 
damages against Oscar Hammerstein, 
brought by the Strauss program peo- 
ple, to be tried in the New York 
courts. 

The first, which asked for $45,000 
damages, was dismissed on motion In 
the Supreme Court last week, as the 
Jury was about to hear the evidence. 
The Strauss company alleged a con- 
tract with Hammerstein for the Man- 
hattan Opera House. The agreement 
however provided for the discontin- 
uance of grand opera, and the court 
allowed a motion to dismiss on that 
ground. 

The second suit concerns the Ham- 
merstein Opera House, Philadelphia. 
It is for $27,000, prospective profits 
In advertising for the programers had 
Mr. Hammerstein continued his oper- 
atic season. The contract between 
the parties for Philadelphia held no 
conditions, and will require a defense. 



A good ad •• • big ad. 
In VABIJCTY. 



DIVIDING UP 8MTTHSON. 

Frank Smlthson has been called In 
to finish up the stage direction of "Lit- 
tle Boy Blue" for Henry W. Savage. 
Smlthson Is employed by Frazee ft 
Lederer to put on the new Louise 
Dresser show "A Lovely Liar," but 
an arrangement has been made by 
which George W. Lederer will alter- 
nate with Smlthson In the prelimi- 
nary direction of the latter piece, In 
order that Mr. Savage may be accom- 
modated. 

The Dresser show opening, sched- 
uled for Nov. 10 at Indianapolis, has 
been postponed for a week. 



■BBBSBH^Bi 

"MUTT AND JEFF** AT $1.50. 

The fourth "Mutt and Jeff" show, 
now being organized by. Gus Hill, will 
play the $1.60 legitimate time, open- 
ing probably at the Newark theatre, 
Newark, Thanksgiving, then playing 
the Academy, Baltimore, Montauk and 
Broadway, Brooklyn, and the Walnut, 
Philadelphia. 

The proposal to have the show start 
a run at Webers, New York, has fal- 
len through. Weber's is "dark," 
without any show in sight Just now 
for it. "Mrs. Avery" closed there 
Saturday night. 

The Weber theatre management is 
booking about for a play. Wednesday 
"Who Shall Condemn" was in mind. 
"The Fatted Calf" was also under con- 
sideration. 



BRICE AND KING DISSOLVE. 

Pittsburg, Nov. 1. 

When "The Hen-Pecks" closed its 
week here Saturday, Charles Brice 
and Elizabeth King brought their 
stage partnership to an end. 

Mr. King left the show. Miss Brice 
continued with it. 

Before Joining "The Hen-Pecks," 
the couple appeared in vaudeville to- 
gether. They commanded a weekly 
salary of $500. 



THE CURRIERS DIVORCED. 

Chicago, Nov. l. 
Frank J. Currier, of "The Deep 
Purple," was granted a divorce from 
his wife, Ada Dow Currier last week. 



RAYMOND-SHUBERT SUIT. 

The suit for a week's salary, 
brought by Maud Raymond against 
the Shuberts, will come up for trial 
In the First Municipal Court Nov. 15. 

Miss Raymond claims a season's 
contract with the Shuberts, alleging 
a verbal one. This action will test 
the legality of the agreement. If 
Judgement is recovered by the actress 
for her services at the Winter Garden, 
a weekly action will follow for a simi- 
lar amount during the season, while 
Maud remains unemployed. 

Harry Jolson, another of the disap- 
pointed ones at the Winter Garden's 
latest production, has another action 
on his own account pending against 
the management. It will be tried the 
sa me day. 

Gus Dryer appears for the actors; 
William Klein for the management. 



CUNNING HAM-MacGREGOR ONE. 

James Cunningham, a well known 
leading man and stage director, and 
Isabelle MacGregor, a prominent 
stock actress, were married Sunday, 
Oct. 29, at the Church of the Blessed 
Sacrament, Staten Island. 

Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham recently 
closed with the Lindsay Morrison 
stock at Lynn, Mass. 



DEXTER FELLOWES FAR AWAY. 

Dexter W. Fellowes, one of the 
Barnum & Bailey publicity boys, does 
not expect to see Broadway this win- 
ter. He 1b reported having gone to 
British Columbia and invested in a 
moving picture theatre. 

The advance agents here say they 
would like to see a picture of the 
place where Fellowes is going to an- 
chor. 



VARIETY 



XI 



LABOR TROUBLES SETTLING, 
MANAGERS ACCED E TO UNIONS 

Several Cases Recorded Where Increase of Salaries to 

Stage Crews Has Been Granted With Full 

Recognition of Union. The Century, New 

York, Voluntarily Raises Wages. 



Ottawa, Nov. 1. 

After several weeks of striking and 
arbitration, with President Charles C. 
Shay of the International Alliance of 
Theatrical Employees In personal 
charge, the management of the Walker 
theatre has acceded to the demands 
of the union stage hands at the house 
and signed an amicable agreement 
Monday whereby the men return to 
work at a slight Increase In salary 
and recognition of union labor. 

The agreement Is good for two 
years, ending June 1, 1913. It look- 
ed as though the matter would not 
be ended for months but prompt work 
on the part of President Shay brought 
about Immediate action. 

Topeka, Kan., Nov. 1. 
Local No. 206 of the Theatrical 
Stage Employees has patched up Its 
differences with the local theatre man- 
agement, the men being taken back 
after a lockout with an increase in 
wages and full recognition of the 
union. Second vice - president Ger- 
main Qulnn of Minneapolis, an inter- 
national officer, has been here adjust- 
ing the trouble. 

Joplin, Not. 1. 
An agreement has been signed by 
the members of Local No. 176 of the 
Theatrical Stage Employees union and 
the local theatre management with 
the former securing an increase in 
money and union recognition. 

The stage crew of the new Century 
theatre is celebrating. The men have 
been working day and night in get- 
ting "The Garden Of Allah" ready for 
its premiere and Liebler ft Co. felt 
so pleased with the work of the stage 
hands that they not only handed them 
a |1,000 check for equal distribution 
but notified each man that he would 
hereafter receive $2 for each perform- 
ance Instead of $1.76, the regular 
union scale. 

The generosity of the Lieblers was 
unexpected. Not since 1883 when 
Henry E. Abbott and Maurice Grau 
raised the wages of the men handling 
the stage at the Metropolitan Opera 
House have the stage laborers re- 
ceived a two-dollar rate. 

There are sixty men among the 
stage hands, carpenters, property men, 
electricians, etc. at the Century who 
will enjoy the fruits of the raise and 
get a slice of the "Thou." 

The Increase was voluntarily made 
by the Century management and a vote 
of thank 8 will be returned by the men 
who all belong to the local Theatrical 
Stage Employees Union. 

Manchester, N. H., Nov. 1. 
Everything looks favorable towards 
s speedy settlement of the theatrical 



labor trouble here. George T. Rock, 
sixth vice-president of the Interna- 
tional Alliance of Theatrical Stage 
Employees, Is here from Worcester, 
Mass., to see that, the local union re- 
ceives the support of the Alliance in 
effecting an end to the strike. 

Binghamton, N. Y., Nov. 1. 
The union theatrical stage hands 
here feel much elated over a victory 
in their recent controversy with the 
management of Stone's Opera House. 
Everything has been serenely settled, 
and all of the hands are on deck at 
the house again. 



EDNA GOODRICH HERB. 

The Knickerbocker Hotel has Edna 
Goodrich as a guest. Miss Goodrich 
arrived on the "Mauretanla" last 
week, prepared to invade vaudeville. 
For that venture, the ex-Mrs. Nat 
Goodwin brought over $8,000 worth 
of wardrobe, besides some French mil- 
linery. 

A comedy sketch has been procured 
for Miss Goodrich. If nothing inter- 
venes, M. S. Bentham, the young 
woman's agent, hopes to see her strug- 
gling along twice dally for $1,600 per, 
between now and New Year's. 



. "BABY MINE** TRAVELING. 

"Meln Baby" ("Baby Mine"), Mar- 
garet Mayo's popular comedy, which 
enjoyed prosperity in London and Is 
now being played in German at Felix 
Bloch Erben's Trianon theatre, Berlin, 
will be presented in Vienna shortly in 
German. 

Hans Bartsch, the Felix Bloch Erben 
representative here, is negotiating 
with several American managers to- 
wards giving "Cher Maitre," a com- 
edy by M. Fernand Vanderem, which 
is considered one of the biggest hits 
Paris has turned out in years, a New 
York showing. 



WOODS' SHOWS SHIFT. 

"Gypsy Love" will close its en- 
gagement at the Globe at the end 
of next week and open in Chicago, at 
the Chicago Opera House, the follow- 
ing Monday. 

Dustin and William Farnum in 
"The Littlest Rebel," the new Edward 
Peple war play, now in its third month 
at the Chicago Opera House, comes to 
the Liberty Theatre here Nov. 14, suc- 
ceeding Wise and Barrymore in 
"Uncle Sam," which will probaly be 
relegated to the storehouse. 



WRITING INDIAN OPERA. 

Albert Levering, manager of the 
Boston Opera House, and John J. Mc- 
Nally, playwright, are collaborating 
on an Indian opera to which Levering 
is writing the scenario and McNally 
the libretto. The man who will write 
the music remains to be selected. 



FOLIES PRINCIPALS PLACED. 

No sooner had word been posted of 
th closing the Follee Bergere show 
than the principal people were be- 
sieged . with offers to join other at- 
tractions. The company received its 
"usual two weeks" notice and after 
the tour ended, Oct. 28, in Newark, 
most of the principals went divers 
directions. 

Otis Harlan goes to "Boy in Blue." 
Laura Guerlte has gone to her 
home at Elmhurst, L. I., for a 
rest before announcing her future 
plans. Myles McCarthy and Elizabeth 
Goodall have signed with R. H. Burn- 
side for the new Dreyfus-Fellner 
show. 

Ada Lewis goes abroad with the 
London "Pink Lady," E. Emerson 
Overton, Harry Griffith and W. C. Gor- 
don are listed with Jesse Lasky's new 
vaudeville act, "California." 

Laddie Cliff returns to vaudeville. 
Emily Lea has been engaged for the 
Louise Dresser show. 



E. M. HOLLAND IN HOSPITAL. 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 

E. M. Holland, the veteran charac- 
ter actor, who has been appearing here 
with James K. Hackett In "The Grain 
of Dust," at Powers' theatre, fell down 
the elevated railway steps at Clark 
and Lake streets while on his way to 
the performance last night, breaking 
his left arm. He was removed to the 
Hahnemann Hospital, where It was 
found that in addition to the fracture 
of the bone, he was suffering from a 
nervous collapse, due to shock. 

As Mr. Holland is 63 years old. It 
is believed that it will be fully three 
weeks before he will be able to re- 
sume playing. 



SAVAGE ACCEPTS PIECE. 

"Somewhere Else," by Avery Hop- 
wood and Gustav Luders, has been 
accepted by Henry W. Savage, and will 
be produced sometime around the 
holidays. This piece may be brought 
Into New York around the first of the 
new year. 

None of the principals have been 
engaged for the show, Savage waiting 
until the verdict on his "Boy in Blue" 
is out. 

Savage's "Girl of the Golden West," 
which will not be shown in New York 
this season, la doing big business on 
the road. 




COHAN * HARRIS IN CHICAGO. 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 

Cohan A Harris have secured for a 
term of years a lease of the Grand 
Opera House here. The papers were 
signed to-day, all arrangements hav- 
ing been concluded by their New York 
attorney, Dennis F. O'Brien. The firm 
will take possession some time before 
the first of the coming year. 

The house will be renamed the Geo. 
M. Cohan theatre. 

The Grand Opera House, Chicago, 
was originally a music hall, built and 
owned by the Hamlins. It Is still a 
part of the elder Hamlin's estate, and 
the lease is with it The late Denman 
Thompson first attained celebrity In a 
Hamlin production at the old muslo 
hall in a musical piece called "The 
Female Bathers." For many years now 
the theatre has been conducted as a 
legitimate house. 



SIRES IN ATLANTIC CTTT. 

Atlantic City, Nov. 1. 

The Merry-Go-Round property at 
South Carolina avenue and the Board- 
walk (one block from Young's Pier) 
is reported having been bought by the 
Sire Brothers. This parcel extends 
west on the Boardwalk about 100 feet 
to the Dunlop Hotel and Savoy the- 
atre, and has a depth on South Caro- 
lina avenue of over 200 feet, taking in 
the Dublin Hotel (formerly called the 
"Hole-in-the-Wall.") 

It is understood that a hotel and 
theatre will be erected on the site, to 
be called the Auditorium. There are 
several stores in front of the merry-go- 
round which leases expire the first of 
the year. Several apartments above 
the stores have leases which expire 
next year. The hotel on the property, 
however, has a lease which has eight 
years to run yet, and without It there 
is not enough room for a theatre or 
a hotel. 

For the present, the lower floor will 
be converted Into a moving picture 
house. The carousel and fixtures are 
for sale. 



PLAY FOR BRUCE McRAB. 

David Belasco has accepted a piece 
by Augustin MacHugh, formerly of 
the vaudeville team of MacHugh and 
Carewe, now a member of the Harlem 
Opera House stock company, in which 
Mr. Belasco proposes to star Bruce 
McRae. 

It Is called "The Gladwin Collec- 
tion." 



ROCHESTER GETS AN OPENING. 

Elsie Ferguson, who starred in 
"Such A Little Queen," will open In 
her new play, "Dolly Madison," at 
Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 6. Rose Coghlan 
and Frederick Perry will be In her 
support. 



THE FOUR LUBINS 

COMING EAST 
OVER THE BERT LEVEY CIRCUIT. 



PERCY DENTON PLACED. 

Percy Denton, the man who sang 
his way from San Francisco to New 
York advertising the 1916 Panama 
Exposition, has been engaged for 
Frazee ft Lederer's production, "Shor- 
ty McCabe." 

When Mr. Denton last left New 
York in 1899 he went to Australia 
under the management of Mr. Leder- 
er. The new show will open In Chi- 
cago Thanksgiving week. 



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VARIETY 



SCHEFF OUT OF LYRIC. 

FriUl Scheff closes her New York 
engagement at the Lyric theatre to- 
morrow night (Nov. 4). "The 
Duchess" will take to the road. Af- 
ter playing various of the metropoli- 
tan theatres, the company will play 
southern territory. 

The Scheff engagement here has not 
been a profitable one, although the 
show attracted good houses at the 
opening. 

The Drama Players, Donald Robert- 
son, director, open at the Lyric Mon- 
day, and will play there until Novem- 
ber 20, when Henry W. Savage's "Boy 
in Blue." which opens in Trenton. No- 
vember 10 and follows with a week 
in Baltimore, comes to the Lyric. 

Otis Harlan, who closed with the 
Folles Bergere company, was signed 
this week for one of the principal roles 
in the Savage production. 



COAST WELCOMES SAM BERNARD. 

San Francisco, Nov. 1. 

"The Travelling Salesman" opened 
at the Savoy Sunday night. The 
house was completely sold out. Show 
pleased. 

"Seven Days" is at the Columbia, 
doing only a fair business. 

At the Alcazar, Burr Mcintosh is 
starring in "A Gentleman from Mis- 
sissippi." He was well received and 
is doing good business. 

Sam Bernard in "He Came from 
Milwaukee," opened at the Cort the- 
atre, Monday, to a packed house. Lo- 
cal society turned out to greet him. 
It was the theatrical event of the rea- 
son. Bernard received three curtain 
calls and had to make a speech ifter 
the first act. It is his first visit to 
the Coast. 



MAY COME OFF THE SHELF. 

"He Fell in Love With Hie Wife," 
Frasee & Lederer's new show, is still 
temporarily reposing on the shelf, 
pending the determination of the pro- 
ducers to place the piece In Boston. 

The attraction may open in Boston 
a week from Monday. 



"BOUGHT" OR "SOLD." 

John Ernest Warren, secretary of 
the American Dramatists' Club, has 
sold to Oliver Morosco a drama called 
"Bought." Should the piece prove a 
non-success the title could readily be 
shifted to "Sold." 



ALWAYS YOU. 

To EL M. M. 

By Alfred Bryan. 

I heard Paderewski play, 
And through the passion of his melody 
There ran some golden thought of you, 
For, I was listening, and I knew 

'twas you 



And in the sunset Turner drew 
I saw the fire of your desire 
Flame up and die without a flaw, 
For, I was watching, and I saw 

'twas you. 



And you were in the Carmen song 
When Calve sang, and Passion cried; 
'Twas you who killed, 'twas I who died ; 
So oft I dreamed it, and I knew 

My dream came true. 



TWO HLOW NEW SHOWS. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 1. 

"Peggy" and "Graft" were the new 
offerings here this week. Neither Is 
credited with making a favorable im- 
pression. 

"Peggy" Is a musical piece in two 
acts. George Grossmlth, Jr., wrote 
the book and Leslie Stuart furnished 
the music. The latter Is accepted as 
pretty, but It Is poorly sung and the 
action is without snap. 

The success or "The Pink Lady" and 
others here this season probably had 
something to do with attracting one of 
the largest and moat representative 
audiences of the season, but the im- 
pression made by "Peggy" was unfa- 
vorable. A. L. Sri anger, Charles Dil- 
lingham and several other theatrical 
notables were over to see the opening. 
Nothing has been done to Americanize 
"Peggy." and this is Its greatest fault. 

"Graft" is a political play written 
by William Brown Moloney, who was 
secretary to Mayor Gaynor of New 
York. The piece is sketchy and closed 
with a startling climax which leaves 
no understanding. The show had its 
second performance Monday night and 
may be improved upon, but will need 
a lot of fixing up. It was mildly re- 
ceived by a bewildered audience. 



CHRISTIAN SCIENCE FLAY. 

"The Right Princess," a play based 
on Christian Science, slated for a pre- 
miere at the Ziegfield theatre, Chicago, 
is being backed by Messrs. Lewis & 
Moore, of the Windy City. 

A company, recruited in New Yoiic. 
is expected to open In a few weeks. 

James Durkin Is slated for the lead- 
ing male rele. 



BAYES AND NORWORTH RACK. 

Baltimore. Nov. 1. 

If the shifting about process can be 
fully accomplished. Jack Norwort* 
and Norah Bayes will open In vaude- 
ville here Monday next, as the head- 
line of the Maryland theatre program. 

Frend Schanberger, manager of the 
Maryland, had his bill for next week 
all laid out, when the proposition to 
play the Werba & Luescher ex-stars 
came to him. 

Nov. 13, Bayes and Norworth will 
open for a tour of the Percy G. Wil- 
liams' circuit, New York. 



D'ARMOND AND CARTER. 

Seldom has an act sprung into such 
prominence and great demand as that 
of Isabell D'Armond and Frank Carter, 
who form a happy singing and dancing 
combination that is being booked up 
solid in the principal vaudeville hou- 
ses of the country. 

Isabell D'Armond is an entertaining 
host by herself, but assisted by the 
clever and graceful young Carter, she 
is gaining more popularity and fame 
on the variety stage. 

Miss D'Armond has a handsome 
wardrobe and her changes are var- 
ied, pleasing and many. Her ability 
and personality are pronounced in 
making the act a big hit. 

Mr. Carter, whose wonderful versa- 
tility and ability to entertain proclaims 
him a success of the first magnitude, 
is a surprisingly good dancer and his 
legmanla Is a feature. 



STEGER HIT IX STRONG FLAY. 

Atlantic City. Nov. I. 

Monday night at the Apollo, A. H. 
Woods and H. H. Frasee presented for 
the first time a new comedy drama 
entitled "The Master of the House," 
by Edgar James, who adapted it from 
the German. 

The show is a strong one, finely 
acted by an excellent and well bal- 
anced cast. The story Is aimed at 
the divorce evil and a moral clearly 
given. The many unusual situations 
brought big applause at every curtain 
during the four acts and excellent dra- 
matics was attested from the fact that 
though the show ran three hours and 
five minutes, the final curtain found 
the audience intact. 

Fred Hoffman (Julius Steger) and 
his wife Anna (Amelia Gardner) have 
been married for nearly twenty-five 
years. Fred, called a hard man, has 
been very successful and has piled up 
a fortune, though he still attends 
strictly to business. There are two 
grown children, Harry (Ralph Mor- 
gan) and Beatrice (Mary Servoss). 
Anna feels the need of an assistant to 
run the house and Bettina Curtlss 
(Florence Reed) is secured. Bettina 
proves a Becky Sharp. Beth father 
and son are ensnared. Harry proposes 
but Bettina is looking for bigger fish. 
Fred goes away w th her. They be- 
come married when Anna is divorced. 
After two years Fred finally sees his 
mistake, for Bettina and her family 
are a set of parasites. Fred, broken in 
health, goes to a sanitarium. Alston 
fDodson Mitchell), the family attor- 
ney, finally brings the family together, 
the old couple agreeing to re-unite for 
their children's sake. 

The last act Is a sad one and brought 
tears to the eyes of many in the audi- 
ence. It Is said that at rehearsal the 
stage hands at the Apollo were crying 
at the end of that act. Julius Steger, 
who made a deep impression, gave <i 
splendid characterisation or the un- 
sympathetic principal role, Florence 
Reed playing opposite to him admir- 
ably. Amelia Gardner, too, was fine, 
while Dodson Mitchell was excellent. 



STOCK MANAGERS ORGANIZING. 

Another meeting of the dramatic 
stock managers who are forming an 
ironclad organisation to farther their 
own Interests and procure divers bene- 
fits not to be gained otherwise, was 
held in the Astor Hotel yesterday. 

Two meetings have now been held. 
Constitution and bylaws have been 
adopted. The managers expect to file 
articles of incorporation next week 
when full details will be made public. 

There are fifteen stock managers 
behind the present association. While 
their plans are not fully complete they 
will select a location In a prominent 
building on Broadway. Among the 
important branches installed will be 
a play department and a room for the 
dramatic stock manager who will at- 
tend to stock bookings only. 

Several prominent authors have al- 
lied themselves with the association. 
Officers were elected yesterday and 
preliminary steps taken to start the 
ball rolling In behalf of the new or- 
ganisation. 



"HANKY PANKY" OPENS. 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 

"Hanky Panky" opened to a capac- 
ity house at Lew Fields' American 
Music Hall, last night. Musically 
speaking, it was tremendously suc- 
cessful. With such a star cast much 
was expected of the comedy, but this 
might be better labeled "Honky Ton- 
ky." It slowed up in spots, and while 
occasionally bringing the house down, 
the greater portion was rather a#ed 
and ran to horseplay. 

The numbers are staged excellently 
and artistically. The singing hits were 
"Where the Edelweiss Is Blooming," 
and "Ragtime Opera," by a sextet of 
principals. "Rose of Pyramid Land," 
by Adele Ritchie, also drew numerous 
encores. 

The comedy honors fell to Harry 
Cooper, Bobby North and Max Rogers. 
Harry Tlghe did some great work, but 
Carter De Haven failed to shine, prin- 
cipally because of lack In opportuni- 
ties. 

The opening ran without a hitch, 
but the large and evidently friendly 
crowd never grew enthusiastic. 

The costuming Is pretty, and affords 
some nifty color schemes. 

The show opened with the Barto 
Brothers, who carried off olio honors, 
despite an early spot. Luciano Lucca 
scored big, as did Mabel Bunyea and 
Co. with the typical pantomime, car- 
rying husband, wife and lover. Carter 
De Haven went quite well with his 
specialty. 

On the whole, "Hanky Panky" looka 
surprisingly weak for a dollar and a 
half show. If successful, the musical 
end will be responsible. 

In the new policy at the American 
of vaudeville and musical comedy, the 
olio of facts will be changed weekly. 



]>e HAVEN STARTS SOMETHING. 

Springfield, 111., Nov. 1. 

Carter DeHaven. who breaks forth 
into print from time to time as the re- 
sult of mixing things puglllstlcally, 
is at it again. 

DeHaven became riled here last 
Friday during the opening perform- 
ance of Lew Fields' American Musk- 
Hall (Chicago) company in "Hanky 
Panky" at Harry Tlghe, and smacked 
him across the face with the bone 
handle of his cane. 

All this happened at the Chatterton 
Opera House. Tlghe, with some 200 
pounds of beef and muscle, walloped 
Carter In return, flooring him. Be- 
fore hostilities could be renewed, 
other players interfered. 

DeHaven became angry because he 
says Tlghe "crossed" him by changing 
a cue word with ad lib interpolations 



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ROSTON'S A. T. M. OFFICERS. 

Boston, Nov. 1. 
At the annual business meeting of 
the Association of Theatre Managers 
of Boston, these officers were elected: 
President, Charles J. Rich (Hollis St. 
theatre); vice-president, A. L. Wilbur 
(Majestic); secretary, W. D. Andreas 
(Park); treasurer, Thomas B. Loth- 
ian (Colonial); Board of Directors. 
John B, Schoeffel (Tremont) ; Albert 
Levering (Boston); George W. Ma- 
gee (Grand Opera House); Edward D. 
Smith (Majestic), and Harry N. Far- 
ren. 



VARIETY 



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RATS ASK MINIMUM SCALE 

FOR CHICAGO AND BOSTON 

Local Advisory Boards in Consultation With Some 

"Small Time" Vaudeville Managers Over the 

Lowest Salary to Be Paid. 

Unionizing Boston. 



Chicago, Nov. 1. 

The White Rats local advisory 
board of five is in negotiation with 
the management of the Alfred Ham- 
burger circuit of "Pop" vaudeville 
theatres with a view of bringing about 
an agreement that will make for a 
minimum scale of $25 for single acts 
and $50 for doubles. 

It Is proposed to settle all differ- 
ences by arbitration. 

B. 8. Hartman, attorney for Ham- 
burger, is understood to be holding 
out on the point that the White Rats 
shall agree not to go out on a sympa- 
thetic strike in event of a call by any 
of the stage unions. 

Inasmuch as the White Rats are af- 
filiated with the American Federation 
of Labor and holders of a Federation 
Charter, any such agreement on their 
part will be watched with much inter- 
est and curiosity by the labor and per- 
forming public, although It has been 
announced on behalf of the Rats that 
its A. F. of L. charter provided for 
local autonomy. 

Boston, Nov. 1. 

At an overflow meeting Sunday 
at the White Rats headquarters on Al- 
den street, which was attended by all 
the White Rats in town on that day, 
it was decided to ask for a minimum 
wage rate for all actors and actresses 
who play in Boston, complete organi- 
sation of the members of the profes- 
sion and the unionization of the 
vaudeville and moving picture houses 
in which the White Rats played. 

The amount of the local minimum 
wage scale was not made public. In 
the matter of unionizing the vaude- 
ville houses it was decided to move 
slowly as it is desired first to pro- 
mote the membership. 

The committee selected to do the 
unionizing and wage scale work are 
Albert Warner, chairman; Thomas 
Kennett, Thomas White, Joseph Ellis 
and Tony Williams. 

Agent Arthur M. Huddell of the 
Boston A. F. of L., Building Trades 
Department, and ex-President Fred. 
J. Kneeland of the Central Labor 
Union, addressed the member of the 
White Rats organization and pledged 
the support of those delegate bodies. 
Thomas Kennett, Will J. Cooke and 
Albert Warner were the other speak- 
ers. 



ACTOR TRIMS ACTORS. 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 
A smooth-tongued and mild-man- 
nered young man, said to be a 
vaudevlllian who has entertained the 
patrons of the vaudeville theatres of 
the middle west as a member of Fay 
and Foster, put over a nice bit 
of confidence work here last week. 
The victims were Charles Hodklns, of 



the Lyric Vaudeville Circuit, and four 
vaudeville acts whose services were 
contracted for out of the Hodkins of- 
fices. The glib tongued stranger hit 
the Hodklns offices in the role of a 
circuit manager of seven "pop" priced 
houses in Ohio, and negotiated for the 
booking of several acts for that time. 
He is reported to have Interviewed a 
number of artists in the Hodkins re- 
ception room and on the pretext of be- 
ing able to get a reduced party rate 
fare from Chicago to the opening 
point, is accused of having mulcted 
four acts out of five dollars apiece. 
Manager Hodklns admits having been 
just as susceptible to the machinations 
of the young booking Napoleon, and 
fell for fifteen dollars which the lat- 
ter hinted was needed to pay off a 
hotel bill at the Saratoga. 

The Btranger first introduced him- 
self to the Lyric Association as J. B. 
Foster, the representative of the Ohio 
Vaudeville Association with headquar- 
ters at Cleveland, and fs quoted for 
saying that a wealthy uncle, Mr. Hines 
of Alliance, was the influential head 
of the concern. 

Young Foster even went so far as 
to accompany Manager Hodklns to the 
law offices of S. L. & Fred Lowenthal, 
where a booking contract was drafted 
in legal form and signed by the parties 
of the first and second parts. 

After the suave youth left town, 
Manager Hodkins "smelled a rat" and 
when the victimized vaudeville acts 
acquainted him with their experiences, 
the Lyric magnate proceeded to make 
good to them the amount of their 
losses. 

The matter was reported to the 
White Rats with the result that the 
recently appointed local Advisory 
Board is Bald to be making a searching 
investigation. 



PICKS UP THREE MORE. 

The Family Department of the 
United Booking Offices picked up 
three "small timers" last week, for 
its routing sheets. 

The houses secured were the Or- 
pheum, Schnectady, N. Y., the vaude- 
ville theatre at Amsterdam, N. Y., 
and one In New York city (New Wads- 
worth, at 181st street and Wadswortn 
avenue). 



$1, OOO- WEEK FOR MAY WARD. 

$1,000, net, will be the guaranteed 
salary received by May Ward for ap- 
pearing six days at the Porto Rlcan 
Exposition. The Exposition will pay 
the transportation of Miss Ward, also 
for the girls (and their salaries as 
well) In the revival of the "Dresden 
Dolls," which Miss Ward will put on 
for the week. 

The sailing date for Porto Rico is 
Nov. 25. 



BAD BIZ ON N. E. ROADS. 

The "small time" vaudeville biz is 
bad on the New England roads. Fred 
Curtis found that out the other day, 
after taking a company of five or six 
acts into three or four wild Down 
East towns. 

The turns had been booked by Cur- 
tis out of the Family Department of 
the United Booking Offices. The boys 
in that office told the acts Curtis 
would pay all transportation and In- 
cidental expenses. With the promise 
of a vacation time ahead, the acts 
consented to work very cheaply. One 
$300 turn went out with the Road 
Show for $75. "Doubles" cut as low 
as $20 and "singles" were known to 
accept the four-day route for $15. 

Several successful trips were made, 
in successive weeks, Curtis finally 
narrowing down his one-night circuit 
to Great Barrlngton, Torrington, 
Winsted and Mlddletown. New Bri- 
tain was on the list, but marked un- 
likely, while Wilmantic was scratched 
some time ago. 

Apparently Mr. Curtis* never 
thought about the sun going down on 
his Road Show prosperity. When the 
clouds gathered he was shy. It was 
not much but enough. Had Curtis 
saved some of the money he had 
spent for lunches along the route, he 
would have weathered the temporary 
distress. 

The Family Department says Mr. 
Curtis had not been regularly em- 
ployed by it for some time, prior to 
his New England venture. 

It will probably cause a suspension 
of all plans for one-night small time 
road shows. 



FLOOD STOPS OPENING. 

New Castle, Pa., Nov. 1. 

The new Lyric theatre, which was 
to have opened Oct. 23 with vaude- 
ville still remains closed to the pub- 
lic. A sudden flood, which well wa- 
tered nearly the entire town, dam- 
aged the theatre to about the extent 
of $40,000. The source of the flood 
has not been discovered. Another 
vaudeville house booked by Gus Sun, 
located on the near bank of the creek, 
escaped. 

The entire initial program, booked 
through the Family Department of 
the United Booking Offices, was can- 
celed. 

Ashtabula, O., Nov. 1. 
The Air-Dome started to do busi- 
ness right through the winter season 
without stopping up all the leaks 
around the building. The weather got 
the beet of the engagement, and now 
the Air-Dome is closed to have a 
steam heating plant installed, also 
some extra planks fitted In the open 
spaces. The United Booking Offices' 
Family Department was booking the 
house, and will do so again upon the 
Air-Dome reopening shortly. 



GREELEY SQUARE READY. 

Loew's Greeley Square theatre at 
Sixth avenue and 30th street, is an- 
nounced for opening the middle of 
the current month. 



LOEW vs. U. B. O. 

Boston, Nov. 1. 

There must be more than a wee bit 
o' excitement in the United's Family 
Department booking offices and a bit 
o* feeling against Marcus Loew, as the 
Loew Booking Office, through the New 
England branch, is booking the Port- 
land, Portland; Gardner, Bath, San- 
ford, Me., and Nashua, N. H. All of 
these houses have been receiving their 
acta from the U. B. O. 

Portland is the centre of the up- 
heaval. It is assuming volcanlo pro- 
portions. Fred. Mardo, the Boston 
agent for Loew, will begin to put his 
acts in Nov. 13. 



NATIONAL PRICES UP. 

Boston, Nov. 1. 

The prices at the National, B. F. 
Keith's second big house here, have 
been again tilted, this time to thirty- 
five cents for about the first ten rows 
of orchestra chairs. 

The ten rows, as the program al- 
ways reads, Is subject to change how- 
ever. The remainder of the orchestra 
floor Is held at twenty-five cents per 
seat. By what is known as "working 
back/' the news may yet come that 
there are ten rows left in the National 
at twenty-five cents. 

The additional charge with the 
present scale of prices at the Na- 
tional must give the big house a con- 
siderable money capacity. It started 
business but a short time ago at 5-10- 
15. 

R. G. Larson, In charge of the thea- 
tre, says that the public of this city 
forced the increase, the house receiv- 
ing many complaints from well satis- 
fied patrons who thought it a pity 
such a good show could be seen so 
cheaply. If business keeps up as it 
has been, Mr. Larson will likely get 
them to write again. 



GET IN AT LAST. 

Boston, Nov. 1. 

Brookline, a suburb of Boston, is 
the richest town in the world yet has 
never had a moving picture house. Not 
because some theatrical man did not 
try to open one, but because the board 
of selectmen would not allow one to 
be opened. Now it is different. This 
wealthy town, that is called "the 
lodging house for millionaires," is to 
have two picture houses. 

The board of selectmen refuse to 
make public the names of the lucky 
applicants. 



LEFT ONLY DEBTS. 

Marion, 111., Nov. 1. 
W. A. Peterson, who came to this 
town a few months ago and opened 
the Lyric, a moving picture house ap- 
parently doing a profitable business, 
left town last week without prelimi- 
nary warning, taking with him his pic- 
ture machine. He left his employes 
behind in their pay. They at once at- 
tached the property remaining in the 
house to satisfy claims. 



VARIETY I* more often a noted, followed 
and clipped from by the dallies oil over the 
country than all the other theatrical papem 
together. Becaoae It prints "All the News 
All the Time." 

Then It's worth advertising In. 



HOUSE IN PERTH AM ROY. 

Perth Amboy, Nov. 1. 
Plans have been made by a Newark 
architect for a brand new playhouse 
to be known as the Hippodrome at 
New Brunswick avenue and Jefferson 
street. 



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VARIETY 



"THE SKIRT" SAYS 

SPEAKING OF WOMAN, MOSTLY. 



Wednesday night at the Hippo- 
drome Count De Villar tendered a ban- 
quet to about two hundred invited 
guests, in honor of a blnhuay Gaby 
beslys passed through the day be- 
fore. At that time 1 am told Gaby 
was about twenty-six or twenty -seven 
years of age, but 1 was only told. Poor 
Guby, she's in tough luck; a King on 
the other Bide and a Count over here, 
bouieuody had better tip Bill Tait off 
to keep away from the Winter Garden. 

Mary Mannering has grown stout 
anu matronly ("Garden of Allah/' — 
Ceuiury). Three dresses of the short- 
YMtiaied model so popular all summer 
may Lave been Miss Mannering's idea 
for di easing in a desert, but she might 
have ciioaen something more becom- 
ing, 'ihe female population of New 
York have another matinee idol in 
Le»l* Waller. It is hoped Mr. Wal- 
ler will be seen in many plays before 
he returns to England. 

"The Quaker Girl" (Park) is Ina 
Clair and a happier selection couldn't 
have been made. Miss Clair has de- 
veloped into a beautiiul girl who 
knows how to wear clothes. The 
four costumes worn by her were care- 
fully chosen. In Quaker dresses of 
brown, blue and grey. Miss Clair was 
lovely, but the gem was a pale pink 
under dress, over which was an old 
blue chiffon short coat effect. A green 
belt finished this very odd combina- 
tion. Maisle Gay wore some lovely 
costumes, as did Daphne Glenn e. Olga 
Peirova was stunning in a cloth of 
gold costume. 

The Millership Sisters (Colonial) 
make their entrance in new frocks. 
The prettier of the two Is a white em- 
broidered net with blue band and belt, 
underneath the skirt a pink band 
shimmers through. The other dress 
is a fine muslin trimmed in insertions 
of lace with a touch of coral. 

After sitting through five successive 
acts Monday, at the Colonial, with all 
men, it was a relief to see the girls 
in the Rock and Fulton number. The 
dresses of purple crepe with white 
chiffon flounces worn by the four add 
color to the restaurant scene in which 
the act is played. Maude Pulton In 
white for the first number changes to 
a green trimmed in patent leather. A 
soubret dress of gold with underdress- 
ing of poppy red made an attractive 
costume. Miss Fulton always excels 
in her black costumes. The bodice of 
the present one is made of velvet rib- 
bon stitched together to the hips 
where it falls loose, showing white 
satin facings. 



BALL PLAYERS REHEARSIXBT 

Reports from Harry Von Tilzer's, 
where Chief Bender, Jack Coombs and 
Cy Morgan, the crack pitchers of the 
world's champion Athletics are re- 
hearsing with Kathryn and Violet 
Pearl for their bow into vaudeville, are 
to the effect that the ball players are 
developing an act which will stand ou 



its own legs, without their added pres- 
tige as diamond heroes. 

Despite the reports that Coombs 
would be unable to open with the act, 
he duly appeared Monday. Both 
Coombs and Bender have excellent 
singing voices, and Morgan is said by 
Mr. Von Tilzer to possess one of the 
best tenor voices In the country. 

Mr. Von Tilzer and Arthur Behim 
are handling the musical end of the 
act, Mr. Meehan is looking after the 
staging, and George Totten Smith it 
rehearsing the players in the dialog. 
The act opens at Youngs Pier, Atlantic 
City, Nov. 6. Alf T. Wilton, who is 
handling the act for its owner, John 
R. Robinson, has offers of bookings 
sufficient to keep the men working un- 
til they are called south for spring 
training. 



"THE MILLION" A BITTER HIT. 

The hit scored by Henry W. Sav- 
age's "The Million" at the 39th 
Street theatre (Shubert) has brought 
bitter memories around the Gaiety 
Cohan & Harris, (K. & E). 

When "The Million" started out, 
and showed at the Academy, Balti- 
more, Sam. H. Harris went down there 
to look it over. The Academy is a 
big house, and the show didn't strike 
Mr. Harris as a Broadway possibility. 
Though Cohan & Harris wanted some- 
thing badly to follow "Excuse Me" at 
their Gaiety, they could not see "The 
Million," so instead installed their 
own production, "The Only Son." 

"The Only Son" is using up a lot 
of electricity in front of the Gaiety, 
and that's about all, while "The Mil- 
lion" will run for months at the 
39th Street, having been hailed by the 
critics as the laughing success of the 
season thus far. 

Showing in New York in a small 
house did much more for the Savage 
piece, after the many changes it had 
undergone, than was indicated when 
appearing in the huge Academy. 

"The Million" has upset the calcula- 
tions of all the wiseacres. Prior to its 
opening all sorts of rumors were cir- 
culated about it. Everything was said 
to be wrong with it — that it hadn't a 
chance. During the rehearsals Frank 
Keenan withdrew from the leading 
role. Leo Ditrichstein, its original 
adapter, withdrew from the enter- 
prise, selling his interest in it for 
$2,500, making a definite condition 
with Henry W. Savage that his name 
should not appear in any of the ad- 
vertising or be used In any way. 

When the chance comes to swing 
"The Million" into a more convenient 
theatre up the Big Street, Mr. Savage 
will seize the opportunity in a jiffy. 
The show is going with a bing bang, a 
sell out being recorded each night with 
light matinees. 



DELAYED UNTIL CHRISTMAS. 

They are still working on the new 
Sam S. Shubert theatre in Newark. 
Owing to an unexpected building de- 
lay, the house which was expected to 
be turned over about Nov. 18 will not 
be ready for occupancy much before 
Christmas. 



HEME'S BILLY GOULD 

By WILLIAM GOULD. 

An Englishman arriving in New 
York was told "Excuse Me" was a 
great American comedy, and that he 
should see it. He went to Tyson's 
ticket office and asked for "Two stalls 
for I Beg Tour Pardon." 



There is a certain second class 
vaudeville theatre not many miles 
from the Main Alley. Monday morn- 
ing one of the actors had quite a 
quantity of soiled linen. He sent for 
the laundryman, to whom he said: 
"I want you to do my washing." 

Laundryman haughtily answered, 
"I'll have to see your act first." 

Can you beat it 7 

(For the lay reader, this means the 
washerman did not know whether 
the act would be O. K. for the "small 
time," and he had to see for himself, 
to be certain the actor would be where 
he could find him upon the completion 
of the washing Job.) 



Anybody want a good sailor num- 
ber 7 All the warships are in the bay, 
and I'm not working says Elfle Fay. 



It looks as If we vaudevilllans will be 
playing dates in Broadway restaurants 
before the season is over. There is 
a cabaret in the Cafe de 1' Opera — 
Louis Martin's. If it is a hit, the 
others will follow suit. 



Belle Ashlyn gurgled yesterday: "I 
read your column in Varietti last 
week." I asked: "What did you think 
of it?" She replied: "You must own 
the paper to have It published." 



Glad to notice there are so few ani- 
mal acts headlining in Vodvil, these 
days. 



Lee Harrison Is In town. Roll the 
ball, John, 17. Mike Simon is on the 
next number. 



Was invited up to 110th street the 
other night. Would have gone If I 
could have secured a lower berth in 
the sleeper. 



When the 102 warships fired their 
salute, I thought it was Polly Moran 
laughing. 



When you are ambitious theatri- 
cally, you don't mind hunger. 



I'd rather be a wealthy bad actor 
than a poor good actor. (A little Corse- 
Paytonish, but true.) 



O High O must pack up and go to 
Cincinnati, maybe. (Deep stuff.) 



BIDDERS FOR BRADY'S SUCCESS. 

There is active competition for the 
English rights to "Bought and Paid 
For." 

Robert Lorraine has cabled William 
A. Brady a request not to dispose of 
same until he can get here to see the 
play, with a view to appearing in the 
principal role in London. 

There had been some negotiations 
with Lewis Waller for the London pre- 
sentation, but these did not contem- 
plate immediate action, as is the case 
with Lorraine. 



OBITUARY 

Marie Booth Russell (Mrs. Robert 
Mantell) died at her home at Atlantic 
Highlands, N. J., Oct. 81, of Bright's 
disease, aggravated by an attack of 
pneumonia. Mr. Mantell had been hast- 
ily summoned from Pittsburgh, where 
he had gone to rejoin his company in 
the belief his afflicted wife was on the 
mend. He arrived half an hoar be- 
fore the end came. Mrs. Mantell had 
been 111 since last August. It was in- 
tended that she would accompany her 
husband on tour this season, as here- 
tofore, but her health would not per- 
mit. Miss Russell haa portrayed all 
the Shakespearean heroines in the 
productions of her husband. 



Fort Smith, Ark., Nov. 1. 
Spencer Delavan, the one-time fam- 
ous circus performer, died here yester- 
day, aged seventy years. 



John G. Williams, who lately died 
at the Soldiers' Home, Newport News, 
Vs., was one of the oldest property 
men in the country and was the first 
president of the New York Union of 
Theatrical Stage Employes. Williams 
succumbed to acute cardiac dilitation. 
He had been In the home about three 
years. 



James Friel, of the New York Union 
of Stage Employes, formerly at the 
Knickerbocker theatre, and Thomas 
W. Connelly, another stage hand, who 
had been on the road for years, were 
the October deaths chronicled in the 
T. S. E. Union No. 1. Both died of 
consumption. 



Marcel Moskowitz died Oct. 27 in 
the German Hospital, Sioux City, fol- 
lowing an operation for append ic its. 
The deceased was a member of the 
team of Marcel and Boris, playing 
vaudeville. He came over here with 
the Alezandroff Troupe. The body 
has been brought to New York, and 
will be shipped abroad for Interment. 



The father of Will Rogers died Oct. 
27, at Claremore, Oklahoma. The 
cowboy monologist left immediately 
for., his home upon learning of it. He 
was engaged to play two New York 
houses this week, Fifth Avenue and 
holding over at Hammerstein's. 



Mrs. Elizabeth A. Myers died at Ala- 
meda, Calif., Oct. 18. She was 64 
years of age and the mother of Thos. 
J. Myers, manager of Pantages thea- 
tre, Spokane. 



The wife of Leo Wood died Oct. 
22, in New York. Mr. Wood is the 
New York representative of Will Ros- 
siter, the Chicago music publisher. 



Benjamin Levey, father of John 
Levey, manager of the Supreme thea- 
tre, Jamaica Plains, Mass., died in Rox- 
bury, Oct. 20. 



KOSLOFF AND BALDINA WED. 

San Francisco, Nov. 1. 
T. Kosloff and Mile. Bald ina of Ger- 
trude Hoffmann's Russian Ballet 
troupe were married last Thursday 
during the engagement of the ballet at 
the Cort theatre. 



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London, Oct 26. 
It Is now reported the Laplander 
act which Mr.-BtoU aaw In Berlin may 
come to London. It was reckoned too 
big to present on any ordinary music- 
hall stage, but I haVe no doubt It 
could be accommodated at the Palla- 
dium. It would be no surprise were 
It presented there. 

One of the forthcoming novelties, 
and a departure for vaudeville on this 
side, will be an operette by Paul 
Llnke, which Mr. 8 to 11 is said to have 
booked for the Coliseum. 



Mrs. Langtry is back on the stage 
here playing in "The Degenerates" at 
the Coronet theatre, which offers its 
entertainment at half the ordinary 
west-end prices. 

When I announced exclusively that 
Irene Vanbrugh had been engaged to 
appear at the London Hippodrome, 
nearly every paper in London scouted 
the Idea, though admitting that she 
had been approached by several man- 
agers. When I cabled the information 
the contract had been signed; now, a 
week later, the papers are out with 
the official statement. Edmund 
Gwenn, one of the best character ac- 
tors In London, will appear with her 
Monday in Mr. Barrio's "The Twelve 
Pound Look." 



At the Palladium this week they 
have billed "The Imperial Russian 
Dancers direct from the Imperial opera 
house, St. Petersburg, embracing 
operatic, ballet, Russian and whirl- 
wind dancing." They are a crowd of 
gypsy-looking folk numbering a dozen, 
of whom three are girls. They dance 
after the fashion of Russian troupes 
who have been seen here for many 
years, and who must not be confused 
with the Russian ballet dancers. 
Whether this particular crowd comes 
from the Imperial opera house, St. Pe- 
tersburg, I am not prepared to swear, 
but I have my doubts. They are Just 
ordinary dancers, and the young girl 
who makes a pretence at real ballet 
dancing Is quite incompetent. Apart 
from that they are a picturesque lot, 
and will doubtless do well in towns 
where the people know no better. 



Bessie Clayton finishes this week at 
the Coliseum. Apart from a bad choice 
of her first dress, the details of her 
performance are admirable. She will 
go from the Coliseum to the Palla- 
dium, and probably (our the provlnceb 
to follow. 



Paul Murray is back in harness 
looking a trifle finer, but as energetic 
as ever. He claims that he has picked 
out a real swell complaint, and he 
does not fear "copy acts." 

Some funny stories are going 
around concerning the directors of the 
New Paragon. They are mostly 
tradesmen and all Hebrews, with prac- 
tically no knowledge of the vaudeville 
business. It Is said they attend the 
meetings wearing top-hats, and sit 
around as though they were deliberat- 
ing upon the affairs of the universe. 
An agent offered an act recently, and 
they were agreeable to an engagement 
until the price was mentioned. The 



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agent had no sooner uttered "$500" 
than there was a scramble for the 
door. The only one left behind was 
wearing tight shoes. He recovered his 
breath sufficiently to ask, "Do you 
mean to tell me they give $500 for one 
of these actors. Why didn't I learn 
to sing." 



Torino re-starts in England at the 
Canterbury next week. 



The Dally Mall has attempted to 
make a star of Daisy Irving. It "dis- 
covered" her in the "Count of Luxem- 
bourg" in which she was temporarily 
playing the part created by Lily Elsie. 
It took the paper nearly three months 
to find that she was in the piece, and 
then it burst forth in a torrent of ri- 
diculous adulation. One funny line 
will bear repeating. It was: "She 
made her success with an; audience 
which did not even know her name." 
As a matter of fact Miss Irving 
had played the part many times, and 
had appeared In several music halls 
Including the Alhambra. (The inner 
history of this attempted "boom" 
would be Interesting.) 



It is expected that the new Melville 
theatre, at New Oxford street end of 
Shaftesbury avenue, will be opened 
Boxing night. 

George R. Sims Is to collaborate 
with Arthur Collins in the writing of 
the next Drury Lane pantomime. 

The Russian Ballet season at Co- 
vent Garden opened last week with 
conspicuous success. Karsavina and 
Nijlnsky have the chief roles. Their 
ovation was nothing short of raptur- 
ous. 

George Edwardes Is going to Vi- 
enna to witness a cycle of Franz Le- 
har's works. Among them is one 
called "Eve," which he intends to book 
for London, if it meets with his ap- 
proval. 



It Is said that J. A. E. Malone has 
acquired "The Siren" for London. 
Malone thinks the best thing he saw 
in America was Belasco's production 
of "The Woman/' at the Republic, 
New York. He says he takes his hat 
off to Belasco. Mr. Malone also liked 
"Excuse Me." 

"Rebecca of Sunny brook Farm" is 

to be presented at the Criterion, Lon- 
don, Easter Monday next by Klaw & 
Erlanger in conjunction with Sir 
Charles Wyndham. They are bring- 
ing Edith Taliaferro over to play the 
name-part. 

Cyril Maude's next undertaking to 
follow "Rip Van Winkle" at the 
Playhouse, is an English adaptation 
of the French comedy "Papa." Alex- 
ander Carlisle will play the chief part, 



that of a girl who is engaged to a son, 
and eventually falls under the spell 
of the father's charms. 

The revival of "Lady Windermere's 
Fan" at the St. James's was chiefly 
notable for the fact that Sir Oeorge 
Alexander was not in the cast. It 
was a good performance, however, 
and Marion Terry in her original part 
had good support from Lillian Braith- 
waite who played Lady Windermere. 



Oswald Stoll did a fine piece of 
business when he opened a booking 
office (for tickets) in High Holborn. 
The object apparently is to supply the 
inhabitants of this densely populated 
district with facilities for seeing the 
performances at the Middlesex, Coli- 
seum, and Palladium. It amounts al- 
most to a stroke of genius. The Mid- 
dlesex, the opening of which was fixed 
for Oct. 30, will seat 3,000. The gal- 
lery seats (at 4d) are upholstered. 

Billy Broad, the black-faced come- 
dian, has done well on this side, con- 
sidering he came over at a time when 
there was nothing doing In the book- 
ing line. It was while over here that 
he met Tim McMahon, who, after see- 
ing him 'n one of the suburban halls, 
engaged him for "The Southern Re- 
view." Broad has contracted to re- 
turn next fall. 

Samaroff and Sonla opened at the 
London Hippodrome so strongly that 
on the second week their billing 
space was doubled. They are Just 
starting on a provincial tour. 



There Is not a great deal of power 
in the new Alhambra Ballet, "1830," 
but it Is an exquisite story dealing 
with a kind of "Trilby" plot and 
dressed In the fashion of 80 years ago. 
The production, the work of Maurice 
Volny, is bound to attract a lot of 
attention on account of Its sheer pret- 
tlness, but I have serious doubts as to 
its enjoying a long run. For it, Poldl 
Muller, who has been appearing in 
"Sumurun" at the Savoy, was en- 
gaged. She is a good-looking girl of 
medium height with strong panto- 
mimic abilities. I hear that Volny 
was recently on the point of throwing 
up his job at the Alhambra. 



Murphy and Wlllard, who have 
been seeing the sights in the last few 
weeks have booked some time with 
the Variety Theatres Controlling. 
They started at Portsmouth Hippo- 
drome, Monday. 



Niblo and Spencer open at Nuren- 
burg, Nov. 1. They have booked 
some months on the Continent. 



Will Evans who Is to be one of the 

principal comedians at the Drury Lane 
Pantomime has struck a new excuse 
for comedy. It Is all about harm 
lnf a horse. 



STARS MAKE UP. 

Boston, Not. 1. 

Elizabeth Murray has not sent In 
her resignation as a member of the 
"Madame Sherry" company since It 
opened here two weeks ago. The man- 
agement had been unable to account 
for the oversight on the part of the 
creator of the title role until an In- 
vestigation disclosed the fact that on 
the opening night here Miss Abarba- 
nell, the star, and Miss Murray 
squeezed each other's hands and slip- 
ped back and forth a series of verbal 
bouquets. 

"Madame Sherry" Is scheduled for 
a twelve weeks' run at the Tremont, 
but from present indications, is likely 
to remain for the rest of the season. 



LILLIAN ALBERTSON ENGAGED. 

Fellner ft Dreyfus have signed Lil- 
lian Albertson for one of their new 
productions. 

Miss Albertson, who is in private 
life the wife of Abe Levy, of race- 
track fame, has been out of the pro- 
fession for the past three years. Her 
last engagement was with "Paid In 
Full." 



HOW TO AID ACTORS* FUND. 

The dues of the annual members of 
the Actors' Fund are payable Nov. 30 
(Thanksgiving Day) when the new 
fiscal year begins. During twenty-nine 
years the Actors' Fund has disbursed 
In charity more than $1,000,000. 

Every effort Is being made to in- 
crease the treasury and all are urged 
to pay their dues at once or become 
life or annual members. By com- 
municating with the assistant secre- 
tary of the Fund, one may learn full 
particulars as to assisting in main- 
taining the Home, and in making be- 
quests. 



BILL POSTERS RETURN. 

Boston, Nov. 1. 

The bill posters' strike is over. It 
has been on for many moons. A large 
number of the craft who were em- 
ployed by the Donnelly Bill Posting 
concern demanded an increase of 
wages of $2 a week. The Drivers 
were getting $16 and the helpers $14. 
They demanded $18 and $16. 

The affair was settled Sunday. Mon- 
day morning the men returned to 
work. They will receive the old scale 
for a year and at the end of that pe- 
riod they will get the $1 increase. The 
increase is to stand for three years, 
which is the length of time the exist- 
ing contract has. 



"BEN HUR" IN BOSTON. 

Boston, Nov. 1. 

The revival of "Ben Hur" is at the 
Boston theatre. Klaw ft Erlanger are 
making the production. A. L. Erlan- 
ger came on here Tuesday. 

The show is due to remain in Bos- 
ton for five or six weeks, then hike 
to the Amsterdam, New York, replac- 
ing "The Pink Lady" there. After 
the run at the Amsterdam, "Ben Hur" 
will go to London. 

If the business of "The Pink Lady" 
holds up as well as its managers 
would wish, "Ben" may be shifted to 
Philadelphia for a brief stay before 
going into New York. 



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NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation, First Appearance 

or Reappearance In or Around 

New York 



Kiimas Family, Hammerstein's 
Evelyn Sisters, Hammerstein's 
Georgian Trio, Hammerstein's 
Chas. Robertson A Co., Hammerstein's 

Ada Reeve. 
Singing Comedienne. 
85 Mlns.; Full Stage. 
Majestic, Chicago. 

Wearing one costume throughout, 
a white satin affair, neither plain nor 
gaudy, and carrying an irresistible 
smile in play all the time, Ada Reeve, 
the latest English theatrical importa- 
tion, sent seven numbers over at the 
Majestic with a rush and satisfactorily 
decided on her initial performance 
that she could stay here as long as she 
liked. America, as present at the Ma- 
jestic, applauded Miss Reeve the limit, 
and her exit came after one of the 
biggest and most legitimate hits the 
house has offered in some time. Ada 
Reeve is difficult of description. Her 
hair looks light auburn at times, but 
the smile Is there always. Of the seven 
songs, two have been heard over here 
before. Her opening number, "Be- 
ware," was introduced along the Or- 
pheum Circuit by Stuart Barnes. "Ex- 
perience" either comes from a New 
York production or else someone has 
peddled It in vaudeville. It sounded 
familiar. The remainder are new to 
this country. "In the Garden of Your 
Heart" is a nifty ballad, delivered with 
effect, and somewhat differently. For 
the second verse, Miss Reeve sits on 
a chair. "Because I'm a Lady" Is de- 
cidedly English. "Those Were the 
Good Old Days," "Sue, Sue, Sue," and 
a topical song about an employment 
agency (allowing the introduction of 
several dialects) made up the Monday 
repertoire. There is no talk in Miss 
Reeve's act. It's just one of those 
"Make-good-on-your-merit" affairs — 
and she does. A musical director is 
carried, but for the local engagement 
he could have rested, especially with 
Charles Fisher behind the house baton. 
Miss Reeve uses the full stage. She 
could present her offering in "one." 
For the Orpheum houses, Miss Reeve 
will be a star attraction. In the east 
she could "clean up." This Is her first 
American appearance in eighteen 
years, when she appeared in New York 
as a youngster. Ada Reeve's rise to 
popularity should be swift and cer- 
tain. Proper billing and plenty of 
printer's Ink will make her as big an 
attraction on this side as she Is In 
England. Wynri. 



The Arawa. 
Maoris. 
15 Mins. 
Palace, London. 

These are twelve New Zealand na- 
tive girls who engage in a "poi" dance. 
It consists of a rythmic wriggle to the 
accompaniment of native music, and "\ 
kind of miniature club drill. The 
"poi" is a small glass receptacle for 
seeds. One member of the troupe 
sings something about a Maori maiden, 
and they finish with a general walk 
round, a few yells and more wriggling. 
As a novelty it may be alright, but for 
not more than a couple of weeks. 

Bayard 



Dlgby Bell and Go. (8). 

"In the Days of Dexter" (Comedy 

Drama). 

18 Mlns.; Five (Parlor). 

Fifth Avenue. 

For the appearance of Dlgby Bell 
in vaudeville, Jos. Hart has provided 
a "racing sketch," written by Fred J. 
Bearaan, called "In the Days of Dex- 
ter." The only relation the title has 
to the playlet is the recital by Mr. 
Bell of* how much he cared for the 
record trotter "Dexter" shortly after 
the war, along with other immaterial 
incidents. The piece is very conven- 
tional, preaches against the race track 
at the opening, but gives a black eye 
to the reformers at the finale 
through the sixty-year-old hero giv- 
ing his pet trotter "Brooklyn Belle" 
to save his brother-in-law from arrest 
for forgery. Some of the prattle in 
this p!ece is like that in "Peaches," 
while a sketch at the Columbia Sun- 
day night had the same mainspring 
to it. The only thing that Mr. Bell 
failed to do which has been so often 
done in these sort of sketches was to 
describe a race. But this is about 
trotting horses, and it may be mora 
difficult, since a trotter finds it takes 
longer to travel a mile than a runner. 
Anyway the "Dexter" plot is a bache- 
lor brother under the thumb of his 
married sister, whose husband (the 
usual white lily) has been betting on 
the ponies until he is apt to be 
pinched for forging a check of $8,000. 
The brother saves hjm by trading the 
trotter for the check; the wife g!ves 
up her guardianship of the brother, 
and the husband promises to be good, 
while the daughter cinches her uncle's 
affections, as he throws rolls of stage 
money in the a*r while the orchestra 
Is playing an especially selected a'r 
and the curtain Is descending. The 
daughter (Violet Moore) did splen- 
didly, second only to Mr. Bell, who 
gave a really excellent performance. 
Agnes Everett as the wife and sister 
did well enough, about the only lapse 
be'ng Alexander Kearney as the hus- 
band. Mr. Kearney could have Im- 
proved his appearance, and with that, 
perhaps his acting would also have 
looked better. For a "name" such 
as "Dlgby Bell" to appear In vaude- 
ville, "In the Days of Dexter" is not 
so bad a carriage to bring h'm on in. 
There Is really some sentiment in the 
playlet. The Fifth Avenue audience 
gave Mr. Bell several curtains. 

Bime. 



Deep Stuff Magee. 
Songs and Dances. 
Mlns.; One. 
New York Roof. 

Deep Stuff, in blackface outside~of 
his name has two feature stunts bound 
to make him a big feflow on the small 
time, and perhaps slip him on to a big 
time bill once In a while. He has a 
way of snapping his first two fingers 
to make them sound nearly as loud as 
bones, and handles them quite as eas- 
ily as the minstrel man would the 
clappers. He is a wonderful eccentric 
dancer also, of the very loose kind 
and brought down the house with his 
efforts in this line. And perhaps Deep 
Stuff Is funny, but the Roof is no 
place to demonstrate It, Jem. 



Beanvere, Reed and St. Jobs. 
"Colonial Pastimes" (Musical). 
18 Mlns.; Three (Interior: Special 
Drop and Set). 
A very pretty act Is the new one of 
Beauvere, Reed and St. John, form- 
erly Reed and St. John. The 
turn opens on dark stage, with a 
street transparency. As a low light 
flickers, behind the drop is seen a par- 
lor set, with the three members In 
Colonial dress, playing instruments. 
The violinist is an exceptional per- 
former. Before the scene lighted up, 
the combination of the violin and an 
organ gave an impression a cello was 
in use. Brasses are also played, but 
the trio probably feel they must con- 
fine themselves too closely to the at- 
mosphere made, particularly by the 
Colonial clothes, and fall to interject 
sufficient liveliness into the music. 
Th'B is about the only fault. The fi- 
nale arrives with the lights dimming, 
until the figures inside the parlor are 
blotted out, and the street drop 13 
again the only visible thing upon the 
stage. At the opening the dimness 
was held a trifle too long. Even when 
the parlor was fully lighted, It was 
not made bright enough. Beauvere. 
Reed and St. John are fitted for the 
small big time now, on appearance 
alone. The prettlness of the setting 
and costumes really make this a nov- 
elty musical number. With the mu- 
sic somewhat altered, to give the turn 
a semblance of speed, it would make 
a nice early act for the big bills. 

Bime. 



NEW SHOWS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation off Letfltamate 

Attractions In New York 

Theatres. 



Marlon Garson and Co. (8). 
"The Belle of Seville" (operetta). 
23 Mlns.; Full Stage. (Special Set). 
Green point. 

Marion Garson has gone a step far- 
ther in the ascent of the vaudeville 
ladder, stepping from a "single" to 
the head of a small but select singing 
organization and using as a vehicle 
a miniature operetta, with a good 
book, intelligent lyrics and tuneful 
music. She personates the daughter 
of a rich United States senator, 
Is wooed by two suitors, one a Span- 
ish count, the other a young Ameri- 
can. All sing and dance. Miss 
Garson plays with plenty of spirit and 
her rich soprano voice earned approv- 
al. William H. White, as the father, 
received a well merited encore with 
an effective baritone solo called "For 
the Old Days Were The Best Days." 
The American lover in the person of 
Almond Knowles was a fine manly 
characterization. Martin Guild as the 
count was not fiery enough to extract 
all the comedy out of his role that 
should readily have been put over, 
playing the part of an angry, foiled 
suitor. The piece on the whole, is 
light but breezy and effective enough 
for the purpose for which it is in- 
tended. Join. 



Gayety Trio. 

Songs. 

15 Mlns.; One. 

12S St. Music Hall (Oct. 20). 

The three boys have dandy voices 
One young man dresses "straight," 
the other two in character. The fat 
boy is a laugh to look at in a kid's 
velvet suit. The Italian is well played 
until a pathetic recitation. The act 
only lets down in one spot, at that 
recitation. Jest. 



"The Red Widow" (Raymond Hitch- 
cock )— Astor. 

Drama Players (Donald Robertson), 
Lyric. 

Emma Francis. 

Songs and Dances. 

12 Mine.; One (5) : Full Stage (4) : 

One (8). 
Fifth Avenue. 

Appearing without any Arabian as- 
sistants, Emma Francis is singing and 
dancing in an attempt to hold np a 
vaudeville single for the big time. Miss 
Francis* first two songs are sung in 
"one." The second resolves Itself 
from a Spanish selection into a 
dance, which helps some. This is 
followed by another dance, Including 
some Russian work. The best por- 
tion of the turn happens Immediately 
after, again In "one," when Miss Fran- 
cis does a hard shoe dance while 
swinging a baton, to the tune of a 
Sousa march. • The audience liked the 
finish, which might suggest that Miss 
Francis will best shine as a plain 
dancer without any trimmings. The 
singing at the opening does not help. 
Miss Francis will be much safer on the 
big time by reclaiming the Arab boys. 
She dressed nicely, in three changes. 

Bime. 



Musical Stoddards (2). 

Musical and Comedy Sketch. 

18 Mlns.; Full Stage (Special Setting). 

Manhattan Opera House (Oct. 20). 

The sketch is cleverly designed to 
Introduce the musical specialties of 
the man and woman. A woman comes 
to the house of her absent-minded 
music teacher for a lesson. Between 
the dialog, which is refined "homely" 
comedy, they play the piano, violin, 
mandolin and guitar, using the in- 
struments to imitate others. The wo- 
man also does a short planolog. At 
the finish the man plays a cello in the 
the spotlight, while the woman is seen 
through a "scrim" at back In the form 
of a vision of by-gone days to the 
old man. The man is especially good 
in his Impersonation of a kindly, lov- 
able old fogy. The presentment has 
refinement which stamps it with a dig- 
nity that commands respect. Jolo. 



Dan Daly, Jr. and Co. (6). 

Farcical Sketch. 

21 Mlns.; Full Stage. 

Manhattan Opera House (Oct. 20). 

Mr. Daly's offering is a screaming 
farce of the old-fashioned type. All 
the members of the cast rush In and 
out of doors, due to a misunderstand- 
ing. The sketch would pass capitally 
in the small big time, but it is prob- 
able that the btp two-a-day audiences 
have long pince passed up such offer- 
ings. The star has duplicated the 
vocal manneripms of his late illustri- 
ous father, adding to them some of the 
gymnastic physical gyrations of John 
C. Rice. But he lacks the impressive- 
ness of the former and the artistic 
acting ability of the latter — In fact of 
both. Just how Mr. Daly can afford 
to carry seven people over the small 
big time or the big small time is a 
problem in mathematics. Jolo. 



VARIETY 



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"JHcid for Ransom" (11) 
Melodramatic Sketch. 
89 Ulna.; Foil Stage (Special Set- 
ting*). 
Greenpolnt. 

"Held for Ransom" Is unabashed 
melodrama in tabloid form, such as 
was in demand in the popular priced 
theatres a generation ago. It is in 
four scenes and a scrim "vision" and 
has sufficient material and cast — and 
scenery — to easily elaborate It into a 
full grown evening's entertainment 
for those who delight to cheer the 
brave hero and hiss the villain. Count 
Zeveli — a dress-suited Italian — is the 
leader of the Black Hand society in 
New York. He is in love with Helen 
Alcar. an operatic singer who has 
placed her affections with Bob Grant, 
a police reporter on the trail of tho 
Black Handera. The count has writ- 
ten a letter to Grant warning him to 
leave town under a threat of death. 
The brave young reporter only laughs. 
But he has a detective who is his 
friend. The latter is disguised as a 
"sandwich" man and constantly trails 
the intrepid youth. The leading lady 
has an Irish maid (comedy character) 
also a German music teacher, (an- 
other comedy character), the latter a 
close imitation of Louis Mann's man- 
nerisms and dialect in "The Girl from 
Paris." The count's sub-villains are 
Giovanni, an Italian organ grinder, 
Levita, his wife, and Hess, an east 
side tough. The count proposes to 
the singer and is rejected. He plans 
to have his lieutenants pretend to 
kidnap her and her maid while he, 
posing as a brave hero, shall rescue 
them. This comes off per schedule. 
He conducts the two women to a room 
in a studio building just off Park Row. 
the window of which overlooks News- 
paper Row. There the others are 
sent away so he can seize the girl 
and attempt to kiss her. She sings 
to him, the lights are dimmed and 
in the rear is disclosed the hero at 
work in the newspaper office. His dis- 
guised detective friend rushes in, 
pantomines that the kidnapping has 
occurred and as they are about to rush 
away, the singing gives him a clue as 
to his sweetheart's whereabouts. The 
police break in through the doors and 
windows, point their guns and the vil- 
lains are foiled. Picture and curtain. 
Paul Armstrong, with his prestige as 
the author of "Alias Jimmy Valen- 
tine" and "The Deep Purple," is an- 
nounced as the author of the tabloid 
melodrama. It Is doubtful if almost 
anybody else would have received ser- 
ious consideration at the hands of 
vaudeville managers in proffering 
such a vehicle for modern two-a-day 
assimilation. The cast Is adequate to 
the demands set by the respective 
parts. Catherine Calvert is starred in 
the role of the heroine. Annie O'- 
Keefe is the maid, Ben J. Piazza the 
organ grinding villain. Carl Harbaugh 
the music teacher, William H. Elliott 
the count, Anna MacDonald the organ 
grinder's wife, Edward C. Howard the 
rough-necked assistant villain, A. F. 
Walsh, the heroic police reporter, Wil- 
liam O'Neil the disguised faithful de- 
tective friend. The scenic investiture 
is effective. The stage hands assisting 
In the transformations should be clad 
In dark raiment to conceal their spec- 
tral flitting*, folo. 



James Leonard and Co. (5). 
"Kid Hamlet** (Travesty). 
16 Mlns.; Five (Special Set). 
Fifth Avenoe. 

In "Kid Hamlet" James Leonard 
has a very laughable travesty, with 
the main fault Monday evening the 
laughs arrived too early. At the finale 
there were none, for the finish is weak. 
It needs to be altered, and also, the 
author James Horan, who has turned 
out a skit full of laughable travestied 
lines might take the hint obtained 
from the early part, rewriting the dia- 
log to hold all the principals upon the 
stage the more. The "hesitate" line 
or "gag" should be dropped right 
away. Surrounding Mr. Leonard is a 
good company of capable travesty art- 
ists who get it all over. The trouble 
dates from Mr. Leonard's entrance. 
After that, his "Hamlet" has little 
to cause the rlslbles. Rather Leon- 
ard is nearly always playing 
"straight" for the dialog of the 
others. The first action is where 
Prince Hamlet insists upon delivering 
the soliloquy. King Claudius upon 
hearing the commencement of the "To 
be or not to be," arises from his 
throne, saying "Heavens! Is he going 
to pull that again" and departs from 
the scene, followed by the Queen, and 
after by Polonious. At the finale Ham- 
let agrees to waive the murder of his 
Queen-mother, if she will Induce the 
King to listen lust once to the "To be" 
thing. The King consents, and Ham- 
let commences. But they can't stand 
it, falling to the floor one by one as he 
proceeds, with Hamlet finally toppling 
over upon all. The slang Is well 
chosen and nicely spread. At the Fifth 
Avenue the act was placed to close the 
performance, a hard spot, following 
Willie and Eugene Howard. There was 
nc denying the laughter it brought 
during the running, though it did pass 
away quietly. The setting is a credit- 
able one. Blme. 



Anna Kent. 
Songs and Talk. 
14 Mlns.; One. 
Colombia (Oct. 90). 

Anna Kent was formerly of Kelly 
and Kent. In her present single turn, 
new to vaudeville, Miss Kent has re- 
served for the finish of the act, the 
Bowery girl character she assumed In 
the Kelly-Kent turn. The change is 
made to this behind an oval opening 
In the special drop In "one." The 
audience sees Miss Kent transform 
herself from a brightly dressed young 
woman into the unkempt spieler. With 
a few dance steps and a continuation 
of her opening song, "Nothing To Do 
Till Tomorrow," Miss Kent concludes 
her act. The final half is the best 
liked, although a short monolog In 
Irish brogue with a few good points 
at the beginning was well taken. An 
imitation of a female baritone, also 
a soprano, got some laughs. Miss Kent 
looked very nice in a dressy pink gown, 
but she may find It more profitable 
to remain in the Bowery dress through- 
out, using but the meat of her 
turn as shown Sunday, and perhaps 
adding to that other material. While 
tho present act needs to he de- 
veloped considerably for the '\blg 
time," It could do nicely In an early 
spot on the small big time, although 
it might be greatly Improved by a 
partner, male or female- Bime. 



Regal and Wlnsch. 

Talk and Sonic. 

18 Mlns.; Open Full Stage: Close One. 

Murray Hill (Oct. 29). 

Regal and Winsch are probably 
more or less new to vaudeville. They 
have shown good sense in taking it 
seriously, for there is every indication 
that they have spent both time and 
money upon a rather neat idea that 
will need the help of a knowing hand 
before it will get them what they de- 
sire. A pretty woodland set is shown 
at the opening; Miss Winsch is seated 

in a tree, Regal enters over a broken 
down step. The couple go into a 
quantity of back and forth patter that 
is the act's greatest weakness. The 
talk amounts to little more than a 
play upon words, gags or punning. 
Both principals look far too intelli- 
gent for the very ordinary talk and 
give marked evidence of being capable 
of handling much better material. The 
couple close in "one." Miss Winsch 
appears in the window of the special 
drop, with Regal serenading from be- 
low. (This is a finish used by Qavin 
and Piatt.) The pair have appear- 
ance, good style and personality and 
a good idea for one of those neat spec- 
ialties that please without being riots. 
What they need is about five minutes 
of bright patter for the opening. 
Whoever gives it to them Is going to 
be responsible for a very good act on 
the big time. At the Murray Hill, 
Regal and Winsch easily cleaned up 
on the show. Dash. 



Schwartz Brothers (3). 
"The Broken Mirror." 
15 Mlns. 
Hippodrome, London. 

This is the act about which I have 
written several times as exemplifying 
the amount of robbery that is going on 
in Europe. Some time ago the 
Schwartz Brothers regenerated the old 
mirror business and hit up a big suc- 
cess in Germany. Immediately the 
copyists were busy. The consequence 
is that there are now playing four sep- 
arate acts on the same lines. The one 
at the Hippodrome, a copy-act "Early 
Morning Reflections" at the Palace, 
one run by the- Schwartz Brothers In 
Paris, and the fourth may be on the 
Orpheum tour, also under the name of 
"Early Morning Reflections." The 
story is that In the course of the strug- 
gle between a maid servant and a 
manservant a large mirror is knocked 
over, and the glass smashed to atoms. 
The master of the house, who Is an 
actor, is suffering from the effects of 
a late night. When he goes to look at 
himself In the mirror he sees what he 
thinks is a reflection of himself, but 
which is actually his manservant. Tho 
movements of the two are identical, 
the only appreciable difference being 
that the manservant is by no means 
so gcortlooking as his master. Finally 
the master tries to kiss the maid, an 1 
the manservant in his jealousy knocks 
the mirror over, leaving the impres- 
sion that it has been newly broken. It 
Is a dialog piece, but the best things 
in it is the pantomime between mas- 
ter and man. "Karly Morning Reflec- 
tions" is an inferior article. 

Haifa nl. 



"The Great Suggestion" (Dramatic). 
16 Mlns.; Three (Interior; Special Set- 
ting.) 
Colonial. 

"The Great Suggestion," a feature 
with the Friars Frolic last spring, is 
a welcome addition to vaudeville. 
This dramatic sketch with a comedy 
finale is a gem of the first water. 
Earle Browne, who played the princi- 
pal role when the playlet was orig- 
inally produced, is doing the "sub- 
ject" on whom the mental suggestion 
is tried. Browne keeps the role w.th- 
in bounds and his emotional bit was 
capitally done Monday night. While 
the opening portion of the act drags 
somewhat through a conversation that 
tacks action and interest, the piece 
swings into stride when Browne gets 
Into play. The jaded nerves of any 
vaudeville audience will receive stim- 
ulant from "The Great Suggestion." 
The sketch may not fill a long-felt 
want, but its novel idea in vaudeville 
comes at an opportune time. Mark. 



De Fra, 

Equilibrist. 

O Mlns.; Full Stage. 

Alhambra 

De Fra — De Coe; there is a simil- 
arity, isn't there? It may be simply 
coincidental but the fact remains there 
is as much likeness in the acts as is 
the names. Harry De Coe some two 
years back sort of startled the natives 
with his balancing stunt on the back 
legs of a chair atop of four tables. De 
Fra is doing the same stunt, although 
naturally some of the startle has worn 
off. De Fra goes De Coe one better 
In a couple of his tricks. His first 
balance is a hummer. He places the 
two back legs of tho chair on a broom- 
stick laid across two rows of tables, 
four high, and does the balance. It 
is a good trick well executed. The 
remainder of the routine is along the 
same line, at times three and four 
chairs being used piled on top of each 
other. De Fra has a foreign appear- 
ance. He works in a white flannel 
suit going about his balancing In a 
deliberate manner. Too much delib- 
eration is used making the nine min- 
utes seem like twice as many. Open- 
ing the bill at the Alhambra he did 
nicely. He should be able to hold a 
similar position around the circuit. 
Dash. 

Ted and Corlnne Breton. 
Songs and Cross Fire. 
15 Mlns.; One. (Special Drop). 
23rd Street. 

Mr. Breton is a good comedian who 
knows how to l*\nd his material, which 
Is very original and up to date. He 
has a keen sense of travesty values 
with comedy, clean and bright. After 
several minutes of cross-fire, his part- 
ner exits, when he puts over some well 
written parodies to the music of tne 
latest popular songs. One in particu- 
lar stands out as a classic. It tells 
the story of a tatooed woman describ- 
ing her bodily India ink adornments, 
to the melody of "Alexander's Band," 
and Inviting folks to "come on along" 
and look her over. During this por- 
tion the girl changes to a red toreador 
costume, carrying a mandolin. They 
finish with a song and dance. This act 
would be certain in an early position 
on any big timo program. Jolo. 

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VARIETY 




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LYCEUM AND CONGEST 



A $70 JUMP. 

Victor Herrman of the James Clan- 
cy office has' a hunch, Mr. Herrman's 
step-father Thomas Brown left New 
York this week for Panama to take 
charge of the electrical work on the 
U. S. Government theatre there. The 
theatre is to be called the National 
and run solely by the government. Six 
months will see the structure com- 
pleted. 

Attractions will be mostly operatic 
but the companies will be given the 
theatre and lights free, the only ex- 
pense being transportation. 

Vic has an Idea that stock can be 
placed in the theatre and is going 
to make a try for it. The fare from 
New Tork is $76. 



CHANGING TO STOCK. 

Poll's Theatre, Meriden, Conn., now 
playing one nlghters and popular 
priced vaudeville will change its pol- 
icy to stock in a few weeks. 



PERSONAL INJURY DAMAGES. 

Edmund Soraghan, of the Academy 
of Music Stock Company, through M. 
Straasman, attorney-at-law, has filed 
a suit for $6,000 damages for per- 
sonal injuries against the William 
Fox Amusement Co. Soraghan fell into 
an open trap as he was crossing the 
stage on his way to his dressing room. 

The Fox Amusement Co. is Insured 
against accidents, and tin liability lies 
with the Insurance company. 



CLOSES SURE THIS TIME. 

St. Louis, Nov. 1. 
The Baldwin-Melville stock com- 
pany, which has been here for the 
past eight or nine weeks at the Im- 
perial, closes sure this week. Bad 
business is blamed for the closing. 



59 WEEKS WITHOUT MISSING. 

This Is the 69th week of the Acad- 
emy of Music Stock Company, New 
York, Prlscilla Knowles, leading 
woman of It, has played the entire 
time, without having missed a per- 
formance. 

There is talk of giving Miss Know- 
les a few hours off some day to see the 
city. 



Philip Spooner. ion of ex-Senator Spooner, 
whose tenor voice will be heard In recital 
In Boston early Ih November, Is an enthu- 
siast autolst and spent the greater part of 
the summer In his machine. 



Afties Berry, soprano, has been en gaffed to 
sins; with the Chicago Orand Opera Company 
this 



Announcement has been made that the 
Zoellner String Quartet of Bruesels has 
been exclusively engaged by Marc Lagen to 
make Its first American tour this season, 
opening Its thirty-six concert Itinerary In 
Carnegie Hall next March. The tour will 
last through April and May. 



Emmy Destlnn, of the Metropolitan, la in 
receipt of word of the death of her father In 
Prague. Bohemia. 



Sophie Traubmann. dramatic soprano, for 
many years at the Metropolitan, will be heard 
In concerts and recitals during the season. 



Zofla Nalmska, pianist, has returned from 
Europe. 



The ftLnhattan Ladles' Quartet is scheduled 
to r.ppear In New Tork November 2, 3 and •». 

Chsrlotte Maconde, soprano, Is announced 
to appear In the new Symphony, Newark, No- 
yember 8, and at Buffalo the IStb. 



NEW COMPANY FOR STANDARD. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 1. 
Paul Burns organised a stock com- 
pany In New Tork this week, engaging 
Ruth MacCauley as leading woman. 
It will gpen here in a week or so at the 
Standard theatre, the opening bill be- 
ing "The Pedler." 



MARGARET PITT BETTER. 

Margaret Pitt, a well-known stock 
actress, who has been quite ill with 
appendicitis, was out for the first time 
this week. She expects to resume her 
stage work immediately, 



STARS DOUBLE BUSINESS. 

Walter O. Hill and Alice Donaldson, 
the leading players with the Hill-Don- 
aldson stock company, after a four- 
weeks' vacation, rejoined their com- 
pany, Monday night, at Southampton 
on their Long Island circuit, appearing 
in "The Game." 

Since the stars have returned, the 
business has been doubled, showing 
that they lost none of their popularity 
while away. 



POOR BUSINESS DOES IT. 

New Orleans, Nov. 1. 
The Majestic theatre did not open 
Monday. The Curtis stock company 
had been playing there, but owing to 
poor business, decided to Quit. 



CHANGE AT INDIANAPOLIS. 

Indianapolis, Nov. 1. 

The Falton Powell stock company 
leaves the Colonial Nov. 4, going to 
Nashville, where it will probably stay 
for the remainder of the season. The 
stock organization at the Imperial, 
Providence, R. I., is announced to suc- 
ceed the Powell company here Nov. 
20. 

A. R. Sherry, manager of the Co- 
lonial, goes to Buffalo while his as- 
sistant, Mr. Meyers, leaves for Chi- 
cago. A new manager comes here. 



FEW MELOS MAKE STOCK. 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 

As a result of the dearth of travel- 
ing melodramatic attractions, the man- 
agement of the Bijou is arranging to 
organize a stock company that will 
play alternately between that house 
and the Alhambra. 

The venture will be controlled by 
the Roche-Marvin company, which 
now operates the latter theatre. 



Margaret Chapman Vereker, the English 
contralto, now In New York, will be heard 
in recital In November. She will later ap- 
pear In a aeries of concerts In Toronto, Otta- 
wa, and other Canadian cities. Her tour will 
(cover 25,000 miles. 



Evelyn Parnell, the Boston soprano, now 
abroad, has been specially en gaffed fur opera 
at Montreaux. Switzerland, and also at the 
jPollteamo theatre, Itnly, during the winter. 



Kathleen Parlow opene her tour no soloist 
with the Toronto -Symphony Orchestra, Oct. 
18. 



Arthur Frledhelm and Alexander Heine- 
mann are due to reach America about the 
middle of November. The former's tour 
starts in the mlddlswsst. 



TOUR COST $200,000. 

The Sheffield Choir, which sang 
here last spring, is now in England 
after a globe-girdling tour which Dr. 
Henry Coward, conductor, says re- 
sulted in a loss of $200,000. 



OUTBURST AGAINST STRAUSS. 

Berlin, Oct. 26. 

Siegfried Wagner issued last week a 
violent attack on Richard Strauss, ac- 
cusing him of vile motives in the pur- 
suance of his art, declaring that 
Strauss's music is a sin against hu- 
manity, catering to "lntellectural de- 
generates" and "exploiting the mod- 
ern tendency to sensuousness." 

Pressed for a reply, Strauss only 
smiles and continues to collect his 
enormous royalties. Years ago the 
father of the present head of the 
house of Wagner was similarly at- 
tacked by one Nitezsche. 



SINGERS FOR PHILADELPHIA. 

Paris, Oct. 25. 
Mile. Zeppili, M. Dufranne, Toscan- 
lni, Dalmores, Barci and Sammarco, 
sailed from Cherbourg Oct. 18 by 
"Kaiser-Wllhelm II" for New York, 
to open Nov. 13, at the Opera, Phila- 
delphia, with Mary Garden and Mag- 
gie Teyte, already arrived over there. 



Richard Hagemann, chorus director of 
the Metropolitan, and seventy-five members 
of the Italian chorus, have arrived In New 
Tork. ready to open the season at the Met- 
ropolitan. 



Myrtle Elwyn, American pianist, has re- 
turned to New Tork to resume her tour of 
the country. 



Adrlano Arlanl, Italian pianist, will make 
his debut In New Tork next month. 



Reginald DeKoven Is no longer critic of the 
New Tork World, his place being taken by 
Pierre V. R. Key. a former Chicago musical 
tevlewer. DeKoven will devote all his tlmi 
tc composing. 



Arthur Shattuck, pianist, has been engaged 
to play with the Theodore Thomns orchestra 
at two concerts, March g-9. In Chicago. 

Bernardo Olshansky, the new baritone of 
the Boston Opera House, Is scheduled to 
reach Boston Nov. S. 



Putnam Orlswold, the American basso, will 
make his farewell appearance at the Royal 
Opera, Berlin, this month, and will return 
to New York to resume his work with the 
Metropolitan Opera Company. 

Ellison Van Hoose. the Ameiicsn tenor, has 
been announced as soloist with the Philadel- 
phia Orchestra for Feb. 1-3. and by the 
Cincinnati Orchestra for Its concerts In De- 
troit in March. 



The Chicago Grand Opera Company Is an- 
nounced to open Its regular sen son at the 
Auditorium. Chlcsgo. Nov. 17. The new mem- 
ber of the organisation will be Miss Char- 
lotte Guernsey. 



Theodore Harrison, the Philadelphia barit- 
one, has been engaged as one of the soloists 
for the Lt»*i Centenary Festival to be held 
at Heidelberg. 



The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Is an- 
nounced to appear In Chicago. Feb. 7-1 with 
Olga Samaroff-Stokovskl ss soloist. 



Putnam Grlswold, an American singer, who 
will appear at the Metropolitan this season, 
makes his debut there for the first time In 
"Faust." He has been singing In Berlin for 
the past six years. 



Verdi's "Alda." with Emmy Destlnn in the 
title role. Is announced as the opening grand 
opera attraction at the Metropolitan Novem- 
ber 13. 



Irene Scharrer, the Viennese pianist, twen- 
ty-three years old, will tour this country next 
season under the management of R. E. John- 
ston. 



Bella Alten, soprano of the Metropolitan 
Opera House, was recently married to a Hun- 
garian named Deri. 



AGAINST GERMAN EMPEROR. 

Berlin, Oct. 23. 

A curious law suit is to be heard 
in Berlin, the opposing parties being 
Felix Weingartner and William II. 

In 1906, Weingartner quitted the 
post of conductor at the Imperial the- 
atre, Berlin, and became director of 
the Royal Opera, Vienna. 

To avoid a law suit he signed a 
contract, paying 'l.OOO marks to a 
German charity and promising not to 
accept any position as musical director 
In Berlin. 

Weingartner is now trying to have 
this agreement annulled on the 
ground It is contrary to good morals. 
To accomplish this he must sue the 
Emperor. The case will be tried be- 
fore a private court. 



26TH FOR KNEISEL QUARTET. 

The famous Kneisel Quartet began 
Its twenty-fifth season Oct. 31 with a 
special concert in the Astor Hotel ball- 
room. From three to six concerts will 
be given in New York, Chicago, 
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Baltimore, 
Newark and elsewhere during the sea- 
son. 



Maurice Maeterlinck, after announcing his 
Intentions of coming to America, is out wUn 
another statement that he will not come af- 
ter all. The American reporters think he Is 
coming under disguise and wishes to throw 'em 
off their scent 



Harold Bauer, who begins his sixth tour 
soon. Is going to the Paclflo coast on tour 
this season and expects to go to Mexico and 
South America, 



The Mendelssohn Glee Club Is planning to 
build a new home fur chamber muslo con- 
certs In New Tork City. 



Mme. Jeanne Jomelli, soprano, will give a 
recital, Carnegie Hall, January IS. Alma 
Gluck. soprano of the Metropolitan, sings In 
Carnegie Hall November 9. 



The Hon. Frank J. Cannon has Just com- 
pleted two solid months of chsutauqua lec- 
turing, and Is beginning a tour of seven con- 
tinuous months In lyceum work under the di- 
rection of the Redpath Bureau. 



Lillian Logan has gone to Berlin to con- 
tinue her vocal stud lea 



The American Band and Orchestra of 
Providence. R. I., will appear at a six weeks' 
Chautauqua In the middle west during next 
July and August 

Mme. Schumann-Helnk, now In Europe, 
comes to America early In November for a 
series of twelve concerts with the Boaton 
Symphony Orchestra. Her tour will extend 
across the Continent 



David Blspham opens his tour In the west 
the last of this month. His accompanist will 
again be Harry M. Gilbert who was with 
him on his 35,000 mile tour last ysar. 

Paul Morenso. the Spanish tenor, has been 
engaged to aaslst Mary Garden on her con- 
cert tour before shs begins her grand opera 
season. 



The Kellog-Halnes Singing Party, now 
appearing In Lyceum circles In the west, 
hsve been reinforced by Althe Montague, a 
Chicago vocalist who has Just completed a 
successful Chautauqua tour. Miss Montague 
was formerly an alto soloist In the Hyde 
Park Bsptlst Church of Chicago and a mem- 
ber of the Girls' Glee Club of the Chicago 
University. 

Charles W. Clark, of Parle, has been re- 
engaged by the Redpath Musical Bureau for a 
1912 tour that Is to open January 1. Mr. 
Clark Is a singer of reputation and will have 
Gordon Campbell for accompanist. 

The Hussars opened a season of twenty- 
three weeks recently at Oregon, 111. 

A twenty-flvc-week season was recently 
opened at Cedarburg, Wis., by the Anita 
Orchestra. At the same time the Dixie 
Chorus opened a twenty weeks' season at 
Polo, 111. 



Ths Mosart Company started a twenty 
weeks' tour last week at Constantino. Mich 



Ludwlg Hess, the German tenor, la an- 
nounced to make his debut In New Tork. Nov. 
13, In a special Wagner program with the 
New Tork Philharmonic Society, at Oamegle 
Hall. 



VARIETY 



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**RJalon" 

Seven Tableaux. 

80 Mine.; Special Scenery. 

Coliseum London. 

Thii it melodrama of the mellow- 
est kind, redressed after the fashion 
of the post-impressionists of South 
Germany. The great thing aimed at 
apparently is aggressive simplicity, 
forcible contrasts, and a splashing of 
primary colors on backgrounds of 
black. The story is simple, as it needs 
to be. A marquis sees an "Apache" 
ill-using his "girl." He rescues her, 
little knowing the bother is a "put-up 
job." The Apache ro v s him, and the 
girls goes away to a restaurant with 
the Marquis. They get married. When 
the Marquis is away the Apache comes 
to pay his attentions to his paramour. 
The Marquis returns to find a scarf 
and a cap in the bedroom. To save 
herself the wife accuses the maid. She 
to save herself and her good name 
puts the Marquis wise. Leading him 
to a low haunt in the montmartre, she 
shows him the wife carousing with the 
Apaches and their friends, buys from 
a drunken fool his pierrot dress and 
skull-cap. As the Apache and Rial- 
on sit down exhausted from the dance 
they drink of the poisoned cups elab- 
orately prepared fdtythem by the re- 
vengeful husband. They both die in 
agony with the Marquis on his knees 
kissing the poisoned lips of his ex- 
piring wife. Throughout the back- 
ground is black in order to suggest 
the different apartments, screens of 
different hues with hanging lamps of 
red and green and blue are used. Un- 
conventional methods characterize the 
entire production, and while by regu- 
lar stage standards the idea can be 
severely criticized, it is by no means 
certain that the effect gained is not 
more vivid than would be the case 
with ordinary aids. As a fact, whilst 
the action at times seems to drag, and 
the end is obvious the mind receives 
a striking impression. Particularly in 
the last scene is this the case, when 
the miming power of the two prin- 
cipals comes out in great strength. 
Opinion may well be divided as to 
the merits of the thing, but the jus- 
tification lies in the fact that it is 
new, it is creating much talk, and 
the Coliseum is crowded twice dally. 



Mary Elisabeth. 
Songs and Talk. 
10 Mine.; One. 



Roland Sales* Company. 
•The Willow Pattern Plate" (Mu- 
sical). 
20 Mlns.; Special Setting. 
Oxford, London. 

This is described as a Chinese mu- 
sical romance. If the truth must be 
told it is unmusical, ' unromantlc, 
badly done and a failure. The root 
idea is good because it sets out to put 
on the stage the romance of the Wil- 
low Pattern Plate, but when a pro- 
ducer is endeavoring to give a stage 
representation of this kind, thinks H 
necessary to give his characters blue 
hair, yellow makeup and blue lips 
it Is time the Doctor stepped in. It 
is all in pantomime except the songs. 
These were so indifferently done one 
could not even look kindly on the ef- 
fort. The scenery and the dress- 
es were by no means bad, but 
"The Willow Pattern Plate," as pre- 
sented by Roland Sales' Company, 
will have a short and unmerry life. 

Bayard. 



Mary Elizabeth does splendidly as 
far as she goes, but just at present the 
act is not going far enough. Singing 
but two songs, separated by a four- 
minute monolog, the comedienne util- 
izes ten minutes. At least four more 
minutes could be added. This should 
not be difficult for it will not be hard 
to stand Mary for that length of time. 
A nice looking girl with a dandy per- 
sonality, she delivers a song quietly, 
but with plenty of force, and where 
there is a point she plays it up to 
just the proper degree, before letting 
it explode. The girl with the candy 
name can also deliver talk, but then 
that is hardly necessary to mention, 
for with a good appearance and a like- 
able manner almost anything can be 
done. One more good song and a lit- 
tle fresh crisp talk along the lines of 
her present material should land Mary 
Elizabeth in fast company. Miss Eliz- 
abeth played before as a single under 
the name of Mamie Harnish. She is 
quite well known in the middle west. 

Dash. 



Mdlle Felicia. 
"Itonse D'Une Folle." 
Drawing room scene. 
London Hippodrome. 
15 Mlns. 

If this act was, as the bills state, 
"the rage of Vienna," it must have 
been presented in some very different 
form. On the London showing it is 
not possible to say whether Felicia is 
a good dancer or not. The story which 
is not very plain without printed in- 
struction, concerns the love of a girl 
for a man she has just married. They 
dance together outside her boudoir, 
and she retires to her room leaving 
him exhausted from the dance. He 
is apparently suffering from heart dis- 
ease. During her absence he dies 
elaborately. Felicia returns and, find- 
ing him dead, she dances herself 
crazy. 

If Felicia wanted to make a sensa- 
tion in London, she ought to have 
worn fewer clothes. 

Bayard. 



Meetian's Dogs. 

13 Mlns.; Full Stage (Exterior). 

Colonial. 

Meehan fills the stage with dogs. 
Among his educated troupe of dumb 
actors is everything from a poodle to 
a greyhound. There are few tricks in 
the category of canine intelligence that 
Meehan's dogs don't put over, but as 
most of them have been seen here 
time after time their repeated execu- 
tion has lost much of its novelty. The 
little fellows do all the fancy floor 
work and acrobatic stunts while two 
of the dogs get the laughs with a 
prize fight that proved a hit at the 
Colonial. For the finish Meehan puts 
five greyhounds through a leaping ex- 
hibition that is worth Reding. Though 
there have been animal acts galore 
at the Colonial, those greyhounds 
forced the audio."ce to give the ani- 
mals strong applaud. A new rack 
or platform for the o^<?s would give 
the act a more attractive bnckground. 

Mark. 



NEW ACTS 
IN "POP*' HOUSES 

Jere McAnliff and Co. (1). 
Rural Comedy Sketch. 
20 Mlns.; Fall Stage. 
23d Street. 

Mr. McAuliff's rural comedy is of 
the vintage of about 1890, when Wil- 
liam M. Cressy was in his heydey. Aa 
Mr. Cressy has progressed little since 
then, neither have any of his follow- 
ers. Mr. McAuliff portrays a "rube" 
justice of the peace, who is holding a 
piece of land at $2,000, expecting a 
prospective railroad to be the pur- 
chaser. The intrinsic value of the land 
is about $400. He receives a wire 
from the road's representative, saying, 
"I will call to negotiate for the pur- 
chase of your property." The "rube" 
pictures to himself the time he will 
havo with that $2,000. The agent ar- 
rives and turns out to be a woman. 
It develops that she was originally a 
native of the village, and that her 
folks were the former owners of the 
land, and her mother is buried on the 
property. When she pulls this on the 
old man, he sells it to her personally, 
agreeing to wait an indefinite time for 
payment. Throughout, the woman 
feeds the old man for a lot of laughs. 
The sketch is effective enough for the 
small time and goes over well. The 
man's characterization is good, and 
the woman will do. Jolo. 



May Morning. 
Songs. 

May Morning had but prepared her- 
self for three songs. You could guess 
that because she wore but three dress- 
es. Still she got through her fourth 
number without changing wardrobe. 
The song was "Sweet Sixteen." Miss 
Morning sang It with a wonderful ex- 
pression, just as though father, and 
mother and all the kids were in the 
parlor. The singles come and the 
singles go, so here Is May Morning. 
"Small time" vaudeville may be 
blameJ by this young woman, when 
she is undeceived. Until then it Is 
possible May will work on the 
"small time." If Miss Morning has 
been on the stage over a month, she 
gave no evidence of a longer experi- 
ence. With so many "try out" nights 
around New York, the field of actors 
and actresses is rapidly becoming en- 
larged. Sime. 



Kay Eleanor Ball. 

Vloliniste. 

11 Mins; One. 

Ray Eleanor Ball may not make 
any pretense at being the greatest 
violin player In the country, but she 
knows how to handle the instrument 
well enough to make her presence in 
vaudeville welcome. Miss Ball has a 
prepossessing appearance, with her 
hair down in two long braids and looks 
like one of the Grecian models, artists 
make a fuss over. She might In- 
ject more personality and vim into 
her playing. Miss Ball pays little 
attention to the popular stuff and 
eschews the "rag" altogether. Her 
"Annie Laurie" number was the best 
liked, although the audience showed 
hearty appreciation of each number. 
Miss Ball should keep working as 
long as she keeps company with her 
violin. Mark. 



Mermalda. 

Tank Act. 

11 Mlns.; Foil Stage. 

28rd Street. 

The act opens with a series of ster- 
eopticon slides showing Mermalda 
from the age of three up to the pres- 
ent time (the slides stop at the ag+ 
of twenty), imparting the information 
that she began indulging in aquatics 
early. When the sheet is raised, Mer- 
malda is disclosed, standing on the 
edge of the tank. She Is a stocky 
little girl, built on masculine lines. 
She wears a man's one piece swim- 
ming suit, skin-tight, minus sleeves 
and without stockings. Her diving and 
fancy swimming is described by cards 
on an easel. While very good, the 
act will not reach the two-a-day 
through being late in the field and not 
being presented with scenic embellish- 
ments and an announcer. It will, how- 
ever work into an excellent present- 
ment for the big small time. 

Jolo. 

Rossner and JTHim*». 

"Big Moments from Great Plays.*' 

21 Mlns.; Full Stage. 

American. 

Rossner and Hillman have some- 
thing which will keep them busy on 
the pop time. Several things 
could be changed to advantage. First, 
the "Big Moment" belongs to Amelia 
Bingham, and another title should be 
found; secondly, too much time Is 
taken up with the scenes enacted. Now 
only two are given. The first Is from 
"Little Lord Fauntleroy," which takes 
eleven minutes to play, and the sec- 
ond, "Oliver Twist," but one minute 
shorter. It would be far better to do 
one more and limit each to five min- 
utes — quite enough. The scenes are 
well enough done, the protean work 
being strong enough to carry them 
along on the smaller circuits. The best 
was done in the "Twist" bit, although 
the audience took to the lighter piece 
with more enthusiasm. Dash* 



Stanley and Stanley. 

Painting. 

14 Mlns.; Full Stage. • 

Murray Hill (Oct. 29). 

Stanley and Stanley have something 
a little different than the usual run of 
rapid fire sketch artists. The men 
work together on a large white sheet 
of paper set in a gold frame well up 
stage. They use colors and as the pic- 
tures are completed, they are thrown 
into relief by a light from the back. 
The act is slow and draggy for vaude- 
ville. There is no break in the fifteen 
minutes. With the house in the dark 
all the time and the orchestra playing 
slow music, it just naturally dies away. 
/ Dash. 



WoNt and West. 
Songs and Dances. 
8 Mins.; One. 

West and West are two dancing 
boys, who might have appeared with 
George Primrose at one time, so close- 
ly do they follow the routine Mr. 
Primrose had his various young dan- 
cers go through. The clothes worn by 
this couple- also recall Primrose. They 
did quite well, and for the small time, 
with the variation from the custo- 
mary "two-boy" dancing acts should 
be acceptable. Sime. 

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VARIETY 



THREE VIEWS OF THE COLONIAL PROGRAM 




By SKIOIB 

Grey and Pe- 
ters do a bicycle 
act. Of course, 
one fellow is a 
comed. an. They 
don't do anything 
new. The come- 
dian does a few 
good stunts. They 
went fair. 

A. O. Duncan is 
a ventriloquist. 
The only differ- 
ence in his act is 
that he has shaved 
off his moustache. 

He didn't go so 
skiqie. g00d . 

• 

Paul Conchas has got some act. 
He .8 certainly some strong. He does 
some great stuff. He has a fellow 
with him that is very funny. I saw 
him a long time ago and he is still 
doing the same act. When he dropped 
the big shell on his back some ladies 
screamed. He balances a couple of 
common wheels on his chin. I guess 
there is no one on the stage who is as 
strong. He makes one change of 
clothing. He goes into one of the 
tents and changes from his uniform 
into a pair of white pants and shirt, 
and he also wears a great big black 
waist brace or what ever you call it. 
He went very big. 

Bill Dillon is singing some funny 
songs and he can sing them. In one 
of the songs he sings he has two peo- 
ple, in the audience that sing with 
him. One is a boy up in the box next 
to the gallery and the other is a 
woman in the orchestra. The name 
of the song he asks the audience to 
sing is "I Want a Girl Just Like the 
Girl That Married Dear Old Dad. ' 
The music to the song is great but the 
words aren't so good. He sings one 
song with a bass drum that he beat* 
while he walks around the stage. 
When he was* asking the audience to 
sing the song that the boy and lady 
sang, somebody in the gallery said 
that there was a quartet in the gallery 
that would like to sing the song with 
him. But they didn't sing. I guess 
they were kidding him. The girl that 
sang with him is the same girl that 
sang with Harry Von Tilzer at the 
American theatre. ' He went fairly 
good. 

"The Great Suggestion" is a sketch 
with all men in it. It is supposed to 
happen at the Friars' Grill Room at 
three o'clock in the morning. There 
are ten men in it. One of them says 
that if he can get a man that has been 
drinking and is nervous, he can make 
this man believe that he has com- 
mitted a crime. One of the fellows 
who is on the stage is supposed to b<3 
a manager and he is looking for a 
good actor that can play the part he 
has open. He says that he is going to 
England to look for an actor who 
can play the part as he couldn't find 
an actor in America who was good 
enough for the part. So the man 
that says that he can make a man 
believe what ever \\e says, asks the 
waiter who is standing at the bar. 
He names a number of men and finally 



says one name and the fellow asks 
has he been drinking and the waiter 
says that he has, so he tells the waiter 
to send him In. There is one fellow 
who don't believe he can do it. He 
makes a bet with the other man that 
he fails. The subject comes in and 
he asks what they want, he says that 
he wants to go home and get some 
sleep. Then they ask him how can he 
sleep. He don't know what they are 
driving at so he begins to get nervous 
seeing all these men staring at him. 
They tell him that he was seen stand- 
ing at the bar with a man called 
Clayton White. And while he was 
going to his room he was struck on 
the head and robbed of four hundred 
dollars, and while falling he hit his 
head and struck his head on some- 
thing and the doctor says that he may 
have concussion of the brain. The 
subject is horrified at the news. Then 
they tell him that they know who 
did it. And he asks who. And one 
of the men at the table says that he 
is still bluffing. Then the subject says 
what do they mean. Then they tell 
him that they know that he did it 
and that they have been standing off 
the police. They also tell him that he 
has been watched ever since he com- 
mitted the crime. Then he tells how 
he met a fellow who was a manager 
of some small show and that he had 
looked up to him as a man that had 
made a success. And at the time he 
knew that he needed money so left 
him and came to the club. And when 
he got to the Friars he was desperate, 
He says that he saw Clayton White 
with a big roll of bills and that he 
told him he was going home. So all 
of a sudden he saw that he could get 
some money, so he rushed to the hotel 
there he turned out the lights and 
ran up the steps to the floor that 
White had his room and when he got 
there he turned out the lights and 
hid in the bathroom. He heard the 
elevator stop at the floor and his 
knees began to shake as he realized 
what he was going to do. Then after 
he had gone down the hall a little 
way he ran after him and hit him 
on the head, and took the money. 
After that he went down in the li- 
brary ; . because he had to be in the 
house when they discovered the crime. 
He says that he suffered something 
awful while sitting there all alono, 
and every little sound would make 
him jump. Then he went home and 
he said he couldn't sleep, so he came 
to the club. Just then you hear a boy 
paging Clayton White. And of course 
he breaks down and begins to sob 
and all that kind of stuff. The man- 
ager begins to think that it is the 
real thing. So the fellow who said 
he could make Earle Brown do all 
this says "All right Earle." So Earle " 
gets up as if nothing had happened. 
Then the professor says that he and 
Earle had framed this whole thing up 
between them just to show the man- 
ager that there were just as good act- 
ors in America as there were in Eng- 
land. I think Earle Brown as the 
subject is good. The act went well. 
Then came intermission, with a se- 
( Continued on Page 25.) 



What the show lacked in comedy 

was made ufl in novelty for there was 

everything there to balance it, from 

a "dog act" to a "production." The 

audience took its time in getting 

seated Monday night. While it was a 

long time between laughs the Colonial 

folk seemed to get a lot of amusement 

and entertainment. 

Rock and Fulton are unquestion- 
ably attracting a lot of people to the 
Colonial but for some reason there 
was a lack of appreciation on the 
"first night" at the Colonial. 

Rock and Fulton have spent a lot 
of money in getting their big act to- 
gether and in addition to an elaborate 
stage setting, a Hungarian orchestra 
and assisting chorus, they make dif- 
ferent changes and work like Trojans 
in their dances. It must have been 
discouraging Monday night when only 
a brief acknowledgment of their work 
came at the close. 

Conchas, as handsome and strong 
as ever gained fresh triumphs and jug- 
gled those heavy weights as though 
he were tossing pancakes around. 
Conchas makes 'em like it though it 
looks as though his neck and back 
will jump a few hurdles some of these 
days. However that's Conchas' busi- 
ness and as long as the audiences like 
his style of work Conchas no doubt 
will keep it up. 

Harry Fox and the Millerships fol- 
lowing the Rock-Fulton production, 
opened quietly but long before the 
finish made the audience give up with- 
out a murmur. Their hit was em- 
phatic. Any time Mr. Fox wants a 
mortgage on that Colonial audience 
he stands every show of getting it. 

Waterbury Brothers and Tenny fol- 
lowed the intermission. It was a 
tough spot considering that the per- 
suasive and musically inclined Julius 
Lenzberg and his harmonists had just 
landed with the hits from "The 
Quaker Girl." The trio fell into favor 
however and the blackfaced fellow 
put his comedy squibs on high ground 
With an orchestra ahead and one be- 
hind (the Hungarians) Waterbury 
Bros, and Tenny won out anyway. 

A. O. Duncan and his "dummies" 
got attention. Though Duncan has 
been in the business some years, he 
still keeps abreast of the times and 
seems able to hold his own with the 
voice throwing boys. 

William Dillon landed big at the 
finish with his "I Want A Girl Like 
the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad." 
Two "plants," a little boy in the top 
gallery and a woman downstairs, 
pleased the audience immensely with 
their chorus refrain of the song. The 
songbirds that generally attend the 
Colonial were probably down by the 
riverside watching the lights twinkle 
on the battleships as few accepted 
Dillon's Invitation to join in on the 
Girl chorus. 

Meehan's Dogs (New Acts) closed. 

Gray and Peters, cyclists, opened. 
The riders were v il received though 
there was a r oticeable nervousness 
that marred he, "double boomerang" 
work of the straight. Mark. 



BY MAUD RYAN. 

INNB8 AND RYAN. 

Maybe you're feeling blue and may- 
be sad, but when you're on early at 
the Colonial, Its no sign yon should 
get mad. 

Orey and Peters had no kick com- 
ing. They "wheeled" many a good 
giggle out of the few who were seated. 

To be jolly and meet jolly people 
upsets stag-nation. Well, that's the 
way the audience felt while A. O. Dun- 
can was on. Why is it the ladies all 
admire Paul Conchas so much? He Is 
sure a handsome fellow, but did you 
get the funny looking fellow with him? 
That's the kind I can get 

"The Great Suggestion" has a* 
lot of good sense in It. But Earle 
Brown said he met a prosperous man 
on 34th street. I could believe any- 
thing of 43rd, but not 34th. Earle 
also Bald that when Clayton White en- 
tered the clubrooms he had $400 on 
him. Don't you think Clayton took 
an awful chance entering any clubrooin 
with $400 when there are so many acta 
without a route sheet? 

I like Waterbury Brothers and Ten- 
ny. That stag-nation gag goes doublo. 
They could have played another selec- 
tion if Rock and Fulton's leader hadn't 
entered the orchestra pit Queer things 
blow in. Keep that door shut and keep 
Gennaro In the cellar until time, for 
him. 

Notice the way the leader at the 
Colonial does, and he Is some leader. 
I expected when the curtain went up 
on Rock and Fulton's act that the 
stage hands would all take a bow, as 
they made that beautiful and difficult 
set in a very few seconds. I bet their 
trunks are full of "thank-yous." 

You never know how good Harry 
Fox and his children of the stage are 
until you catch some one doing an 
imitation of him. If I remember right- 
ly. "Wynn" of the Varibtt, staff in Chi- 
cago put an act out of business. Well, 
it was a wise move for Gallager and 
Shean to let them go anyway. As 
Harry says, it's a silly way to make 
money. You bet it is. How would 
you like to have those cannon balls 
thrown at you like "Cutey" Conchas 
does? 

The people who left before Meehan's 
dogs finished missed a treat and the 
wise ones who waited were well award- 
ed. A suggestion I'd like to make— cut 
that "Merry Widow" waits and "Come 
on along, come in here." Rags are 
popular and as "Rome sees do as Rome 
does." 

Billy Dillon, you were some hit. Did 
you really write that song, "I Want a 
Girl?" You had all the girls and all 
the men, too. Your plant sat next to 
me. After she had finished I said, 
"Arn't you the girl I met at Maxim's." 
I object to the prisoner answering. 
Billy, you do a good act. How is 
mine? The Hungarian Orchestra with 
Rock and Fulton look awfully famil- 
iar. I'm trying to think how Sen 1 in- 
ter's orchestra in Chicago would look 
in red coats. 

Rock and Fulton have a good act 
and great big ideas. Well, so has 
Charles F. Murphy, who Is running 
New York. 



VARIETY 



at 



THE QUAKER GIRL 



"The Quaker Girl" is doing busi- 
dom at the Park theatre, formerly the 
Majestic. The house is located at the 
69th street Circle, just about eleven 
blocks too far uptown for Henry B. 
Harris' newest show to pull the cap- 
acity attendance nightly the notices 
given it by the New York critics en- 
title the attraction to. And then alBo 
the old Majestic must be forgotten as 
the home of cheap vaudeville and 
cheaper moving pictures, (also a 
stopping-off place for colored shows) 
before the Park can stand straight up 
as a regular theatre once more. 

Frank McKee and William Harris 
came into possession of the house 
Oct. 1. Mr. Harris brought his show 
there Oct. 23. By the time "The 
Quaker Girl" leaves, all the memories 
in connection with the theatre under 
other managements will have faded. 
For "The Quaker Girl" is in for a 
run. 

While not a great show, as a musi- 
cal comedy, it's a clean cut perform- 
ance, handsomely set, well dressed, 
melodious, with pretty dancing and 
good comedy. That's enough to 
make it "great," but the players and 
the play Just miss that term. Whether 
it is because of the players or the 
piece, personal opinion must decide. 

The show is English, with book by 
James T. Tanner, music by Lionel 
Monckton; lyrics, Adrian Ross, and 
staged by J. A. E. Malone. 

In addition to that quintet of play- 
makers, 'due credit should go to Clif- 
ton Crawford, who is the principal 
man among the men. Mr. Crawford 
has Interpolated dialog and "busi- 
ness" as well as a couple of songs. 
In one of the latter, "Something to 
Tell," Mr. Crawford pulls up but little 
short of his former vaudeville mono- 
log. 

Speaking of vaudeville, there are 
others in the cast with an experience 
in the twice daily. There is Ina 
Claire, who debuted upon the stage 
two and one half years ago, as a 
"single" in vaudeville. 

The New York reviewers raved ov- 
er Miss Claire as the Quaker girl. 
They compared her with Edna May, 
mentioned she made the part as prob- 
ably no one else would have, and 
otherwise spilled comment that might 
well upset a young woman of but 
nineteen, who is suddenly lifted to 
prominence in theatredom. 

Let it be hoped that Miss Claire 
in her raptures of Joy and bewilder- 
ment upon reading the reviews al- 
lowed a wish to come forth that some 
of those middle-western vaudeville 
managers who canceled her as a 
"single" might also read. 

But with Ina Claire, those managers 
came an awful cropper, not alone in 
the middle-west either. In "The 
Quaker Girl," as the Quaker girl, 
with her songs, dances, acting, and 
looks, Miss Claire puts it all over that 
Other graduate from the imitation 
class, Elsie Janis. 

In "A Dancing Lesson," one of the 
numbers, Mr. Crawford and Miss 
Claire score the hit of the piece. 
Other catchy songs were "Come 
to the Ball," sung by Lawrence Res, 



"Barbizon" (by a quintet from the 
chorus) and "Tony, From America," 
a solo for Miss Claire in the final 
scene. 

The out and out comedian of the 
show is Percival Knight, playing a 
Quaker boy who strayed from the 
path of ' Quakerish righteousness 
through his mother, only, having been 
of the persuasion, and the hereditary 
traits of his father always securing 
the upper hand when ever a skirt or 
a drink hove in sight. For this the 
Quaker boy was banished from the 
quaint and extremely well staged little 
English village seen in the first act. 
With him went the Quaker girl, who 
was caught by the other Quakers 
in the act of tasting liquor with the 
foreign group of visitors. 

They all passed on to Paris, where 
the story takes hold in a dramatic 
way at a dressmaker's establishment, 
and then on to a ball at the Pre Cata- 
lan, (In the Parisian suburbs) the 
same evening. 

Mr. Knight did very well, in a role 
that called for "straight" comedy 
pretty nearly all the time; Miss Vokes 
was her usual "slavey," with a song 
and dance, and Mr. Rea, nearly the 
villian, sang nicely the "Ball" song, 
which is a popular possibility among 
the ballads of this year. 

Among the others were Nellie Mc 
Henry, Daphne Glenn as the Princess 
with a couple of songs, Masie Gay, 
the Paris dressmaker (and quite a 
comedienne herself, one well worth 
keeping track of) besides Arthur 
Klein, who as the Police Chief was not 
always gaited the same, but still hung 
onto a ferocious glare. 

Then there was Olga Petrova, the 
villianess, a French actress on the 
program, who looked real Suratty 
in her gowns, but was so woe- 
fully serious she did not even secure 
a chance to give her English-made- 
famous impersonation of Mme. Jane 
Ha-ding. Otherwise Petrova has a 
role that doesn't start until about 
9:40, which isn't so bad. 

There are many choristers, male 
and female, about twenty or more of 
each sex. They have been well hand- 
led, and taught how to wear clothes, 
either in this production or some 
other. 

In the entire cast however a girl 
playing a minor part, Viola Clark (as 
the dressmaker's assistant) seems to 
own the most personality. Miss Clark 
Is very likable, and could easily un- 
derstudy the title role. 

Neither Mr. Crawford nor Miss 
Claire is showing anything they have 
not evidenced themselves as capable 
of doing by past performances, ex- 
cepting Miss Claire seems to take her 
first serious session at acting as 
though she had been long rehearsed 
for it even before doing "15 mins. in 
" 'one' " those short two years ago. 

In the English production Gertie 
Millar was "The Quaker Girl." Miss 
Millar's husband, Mr. Monckton, 
wrote the music likely for his wife. 
When M'ss Claire gets all her bear- 
ings, she will stand comparison with 
Miss Millar, or any other musical 
comedy leader. Sitne. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

A peculiar change was made in the 
program after the matinee Monday at 
the Fifth avenue. James Leonard 
and Co. (New Acts) were moved from 
"No. 3" to the closing position, while 
Lane and O'Donnell, the logical turn 
on the bill for that spot (as they had 
been assigned) were brought up to 
the vacated number. The shift did 
not hurt the show, which ran very 
well, even with the travesty sketch to 
leave a smile as the near-capacity audi- 
ence said good-by. 

There were two big hits, Frosini, 
("No. 6") with his accordeon, and 
Willie and Eugene Howard (Howard 
and Howard) ("No. 8") with their 
songs, and Willie's comedy. Speak- 
ing of comedy or good performers, 
don't overlook this kid, Willie How- 
ard. He's some comedian and also 
some singer. If there's a better He- 
brew comedian on the stage than he 
is, he hasn't played «. New York in 
years. 

Frosini has a nicely laid out routine 
for his piano-accordeon, and plays It 
well, commencing with "The Glow 
Worm" and closing a riot with "Mys- 
terious Rag." In between he gave 
other "rags," doing it all in fifteen 
minutes, and leaving 'em howling for 
more. 

James H. Cullen was no little hit 
himself, singing six songs, which is 
quite some for a male single, who 
only sings (although Mr. Cullen be- 
lieved the audience until he stretched 
the turn too long, nearly spoiling it 
ali by closing with some "epitaphs" 
and other spoken things). Most of 
his songs were new, and got home 
right, together with Mr. Cullen's In- 
terpolated remarks between numbers. 
He did nineteen minutes. With the 
first four songs alone sung by him, he 
can put it over on any Metropolitan 
bill. Mr. Cullen has an agreeable de- 
livery which commences to get to the 
house, and particularly as each song 
improves in lyrics. Mr. Cullen had a 
good spot, "No. 4" and made the most 
of it. 

Lane and O'Donnell were a very big 
laughing hit. Dave Lane as a lanky 
tumbling clown can class with the 
best, and some of his falls are the 
best. The act Is receiving a big finish 
now through employing the Bert Mel- 
rose high chair fall from the tables, 
only in this case it is a step ladder. 

Sansone and Delilah opened the 
show. It is a "strong" act, Sansone 
doing mostly chin balancing, with his 
partner, Miss Delilah seated above him. 
The turn did nicely, though the best 
trick (bicycle balance) Is not reserved 
for the finale, as it should be. 

Somewhere in the bill Ruth St. Den- 
nis put over her bunk dance, with a 
few half-naked negroes disgustingly 
scattered over the stage. How the gal- 
lery kept away from "going after" this 
"classic" |2,000-a-week "act," with 
its meagre stage settings inclusive of 
an old and dirty green ground cloth, 
is something only a gallery can know. 

Emma Francis, in the "No. 2" place, 
and Dlgby Bell and Co. ("No. 6"), 
New Acts. Sitne. 



GREENFOINT. 

A half-house assembled Monday 
evening to witness a rather good 
show. They were listless in bestowing 
applause upon the early numbers. 

The Three Dooleys, comedy cyclists, 
did not receive anything near the ap- 
preciation deserved for their excellent 
turn. Smythe and Hartman suffered 
a similar fate until their finish. 

Marion G arson Co. (New Acts) got 
away nicely, and Stuart Barnes started 
slowly, finishing "strong." Barnes 
has a couple of new songs and talk, 
which, with his effective method of 
delivery, won him a big send-off be- 
fore he got through. He is one of 
the monologists who can always be 
counted on to offer something new. 
Edgar Atchison Ely and company in 
"Billy's Tombstones," one of the best 
comedies in vaudeville, was handi- 
capped by an apparent cold with which 
the star suffered. 

Jack Lorimer began the second part 
of the entertainment and did not 
arouse much enthusiasm until after 
his third song, when a dance won him 
out handsomely. After his fifth song 
he was compelled to do another dance 
for an encore. In the first three num- 
bers Lorimer seemed to lose his au- 
dience through bad exits. 

Jones and Deeley, with their "Hotel 
St. Reckless" skit were by far the ap- 
plause hit of the show. Ben Deeley 
was compelled to sing fully ten verses 
of "I May Look Foolish." They had 
to sing three songs in "one" at the 
close of the act, all of which were 
applauded with an Impetuosity bor- 
dering on a "riot." "Held For Ran- 
some," a melodramatic playlet, closed, 
(New Acts). /olo. 



TWENTY-THIRD STREET 

Seven acts and pictures made up 
the bill the first half of the current 
week. All of the acts got over. Most 
were genuine hits in the big small 
time house. 

Of the seven turns, six are under 
New Acts. They are O. C. Legal and 
Co., Noble and Von Muller, Jere Mc- 
Auliff and Co., Ted and Corlnne Bre- 
ton, Mermalda, and Harrison and 
Fern Sisters. 

The seventh was the Eight Imperial 
Musicians, closing the show. It con- 
sists of young men aud women who 
play many musical instruments, fin- 
ishing with a musical description of a 
farmer's life, at home and in the city. 
This is worked up with a series of ef- 
fects by two of the girls In full view 
of the audience, while the other play 
different instruments. The people in 
the act are crude and lack stage pres- 
ence. 

It is respectfully suggested to the 
management that the cards announc- 
ing the acts he stripped of their color- 
ed embellishments and that the names 
of the acts be painted in larger type. 
At present they are scarcely legible, 
even from the boxes. The electric fans 
directing currents of air toward the 
strips of prismatic glass covering the 
incandescent globes might be turned 
off while the acts are on, or the 
prisms remove'!, as they create a con- 
stant "singing" sound that detracts 
from the stage presentment. Jolo. 



22 



VARIETY 



BILLS NEXT WEEK (Nov. 6) 



(All ho 



la Vaadavllla Thaatras. Tlmytmi Twe> Shows Dally 

open for the wMk with Monday matinee, whoa not otherwise 



Four Bards 
Nevine a Erwood 
Lament's eoonaioos 
Hieaey'o Clcous 
'"lho Police iaopoo- 
tor 



NEW YOBK. 

COLONIAL 
Rttth St. Denis 
Bert Leslie A Co. 
Frank Fogarty 
McMahon a Chap- 

pelle 
Five Plroscoffls 

glson City Quartet 
llda Hawthorne 
Wentworlh, Vesta a 
Teddy 

ALHAMBRA 
Carrie De Mar 
Mason a Keeler 
Chad wick Trio 
Charlie Case 
Edwards, Ryan A 

Tlerney 
Musical Avolos 
Foster and Mike 
Asahla Troupe 

orphbum" 

Rock * Fulton 

"The Great Sugges- 
tion" 

Fox * MlllershlP 
Sisters 

Joe Jackson 

Will Dillon 
, Waterhury Broa ft 
Tenny 

Herbert's Dogs 

Vettorla ft QeogetU 

The Kemps 

BRONX o.-i.» 

••The Apple of Paris 
"Son of Solomon" 
Stuart Barnes 
Conror ft Le Maire 
Marlon Oarson ft Co 
Maxlnl ft Bobby 
A O Duncan 
Mr ft Mrs Stuart 
Darrow 

ORBBNPOINT 
MclntyreA Heath 
Maggie Cline 
James ft Bonnie 

Thornton 
Ward ft Curran 
Ous WllHsms 
Snyder ft Buckley 
Fox ft Ward 
Caron ft Herbert 

New Orleans 
ORPHBUM 

Edward Abeles ft Co 

"La Bonambuie 

Gene Oreene 

Belle Adair 

Havelocks 

Victor * Gerard 
Belmont 

(Une to OH) 

HAMMBRSJBINS 
Amelia Bingham ft 

Murphy ft Nichols 
James J. Morton 
a'o. Walker ft, Co 
"Cheyenne Days 

Froslnl 

Courteney Sisters 

Fred Watson 

Rose Young ft Fried- 
man 

Frank Hartley 

Kumas Family 

Evelyn Sisters 

Georgian Trio 

Chas Robertson * 
Co 

FIFTH AVENUE 

"Everywlfe" 
Chip ft Marble 
Byron & Langdon 
loleen Sisters 
Carl McCullough 
Shirley A Kesaler 
The Langdons 
(One to nil) 

ATLANTA 

FORSYTH 
Mrs. Gene Hushes ft 

Co 
jack Wilson Trio 
Little Lord Robert 
Nevlns ft Gordon 
Harry D. Lester 
Bell ft Caron 
NlcholB Nelson Co 

ATLANTIC CITY. 

YOUNGS PIER- 
Morgan Bt-nder & 
Coombs, assisted 
by Kathryn & Vio- 
let Pearl 
Kaufman Bros 
Hentshaw & Avery 
MarKutTlte Stnrr 
Bradley Martin * 

Co. 
Dave Reod 
Latell Bros 
Innes ft Kyan 

BOSTON. 

KEITH'S 
Blllle RrevfH & Co 
Charlotte Parry 
BIr City Four 
Work & Owor 
Jarrow 
MUo Belden & Co. 



Smyths ft Hartman 
Clemenso Bros. 
(One to nil) 

NATIONAL 
La Vasseur 
The Rials 
Morrlsey A Hanlon 
Pete Lawrence Trio 
Carlin a Penn 
Barry ft Johnson 
DeSchelle Bros. 

BRIDGEPORT 

POLiB 

'Dinkelsplel's 
Xmaa" 
Three Katons 
Jimmy Lucas 
Bernavltch Troupe 
Ward Bros. 
Ed Oeorge 
Poole ft Lane 

BALTIMORE. 

MARYLAND. 
Bayes ft Norworth 
Tooua ft Indian 

8extet 
Covington ft Wilber 
H Richards ft Co 
Kelly ft Lalerty 

BUFFALO. 

SHEAS. 
4 Mortons 
J P Wade ft Co 
Florentine Singers 
Thurber ft Maulson 
Julian ft Dyer 
lshakara Japs 
(Two to fill) 

CLEVELAND 

KEITH B 
Blanche Walsh ft Co 
Marshall Montgom- 
ery 
Four Vanls w . 
Three White Kuhno 
Lolo 

Four Henlons 
Linden Beckwlth 
Belblnl ft GroTlnl 

COLUMBUS 

KEITH'S 
Slivers m „ 

J. c Nugent ft Co 
Melville ft Hlgglns 
Frank SUfford a Co 
Al ft Fanny Stedman 
Tim Cronln 
(One to All.) 

CINCINNATI 

KEITH 8 
(Open Bun. Mat.) 
Root. Haines A Co 
"Night In TurkUh 

Bath" 
Gould ft Ashlyn 
Lorch Family 
Brown ft Ayer 
Alfred Hole 
Lydell ft Butter- 
worth 
Cole De Loses 

CHICAGO 

MAJESTIC 
Frank Keenan ft Co 

Roma, r Opera Co 
Grace Cameron 
Leo CarrUlo 
Kalmer ft Brown 
The Dandles (first 
American appear- 
ance) 
Trovatore Trio 

DULUTH 

ORPHEUM 

(Open Sun. Mat.) 
Gerald Griffin ft Co 
Fay. Two Coleys ft 

Fay 
Leipzig 

Gardner ft Revere 
Esther Erope 
Wilson A Wilson 
Nederveld's Monk 

DBS MOINES 

ORPHEUM 

(Open 8un. Mat.) 
Bob Pender's Giants 
Havlland A Thorn- 
ton 
Mullen A Correlll 
Kelly A Wentwortb 
Three Lyres 
Stewart A Kelly 
Esmeralda A Veola 

DAVENPORT, IA. 

AMERICAN 
Wm. Flemen A Co 
Markee Bros. 
Chas Kenna 
Aubrla Rich 
Ahrinilah A Abdal- 
lab 

DENVER. 

ORPHEUM 
Lily Lena 
Blank Family 
Throe Lelghtons 
O'Rourke. filling A 

Co. 
Primrose Four 
Four Elles 
Williams A Segal 



MAJESTIC 
Colli Opera Trio 
Marco Twins 
Ethel McLK>nough 
Beatrice Ingram 

Players 
Egawa 

Mab ft Weiss 
Art Raphael 

DUBUQUE. 

MAJESTIC 
Robert Henry Hodge 

Co. 
Van Bros. 
DeVlne ft Williams 
Leo Trio 
Brlansl Trio 
Leo Kendall 

DAYTON. 

LTRIC 
Homer Llnd ft Co 
Tom Edwards 
Sherman. Krans ft 

Hyman 
Bully ft Hussey 
Strength Bros. 
White a Perry 
Claude M Roode 

DETBOIT. 

TEMPLE 
"Romance Under- 
world" 
Isabelle D'Armond 
Marimba Band 
Garten Sisters 
Fred Dupres 
Hathaway s Monks 
McOuianeas Bros 

FALL~RIYEB 

SAVOY 
Geo. Auger ft Co 
Nat Carr 
Joeettl Trio 
Madge MaiUand 
Harry ft Kate Jack- 



Conway ft Leland 
Lorraine 

FORT WORTH. 

MAJE8T1C 
Mary Norman 
Chas Ahearn Troupe 
Five Musical Las- 
sies 
Three Nevarroo 
Marie Sparrow 
Josh Dale 
Peters ft O'Neill 

FORT WAYNE. 

TEMPLE 
Laveen Cross ft Co. 
Schrode ft Mulvey 
Four Dancing Bug* 
Brlstols' Ponlea 
Christopher ft Ponte 
Leonard ft Ward 
Harry Bloom 

HOUSTON. 

Majestic 
Charmlon 
Stewart Sisters ft 

Escorts 
Hanson ft Bijou 
Olympic Trio 
Lasah 
Ben Smith 
Ulllan Bisters 

HARTFORD 

POLTS 
Paul Dickey ft Co 
Belle Blanche 
Roche ft McCurdy 
Fklyn Ardel ft Co 
Manning ft Ford 
La Vere 

Cartmell ft Harris 
Tom Kyle ft Co 

HARJU8BURG 

ORPHEUM 
"Bathing Girls" 
Howard ft Howard 
Neff ft 8tarr 
Great San tell 
Peplno 

McCormack ft Irving 
Belle Onra 

HAMILTON, CAN. 

TEMPLE 
Little Billy 
Jere Grady ft Co. 
Valecltia's Leopards 
Mr ft Mrs Connolly 
Arthur Rlgby 
Aerial Bartons 

INDIANAPOLIS 

KEITH'S 

(Open Sun. Mat.) 
Helena Frederick A 

Co 
" Baseball itls" 
Wynn A Russon 
Six Steppers 
Felix ft Barry Sis- 
ters 
Howard's Animals 
Redway A Laurence 
DeOnzo A La Due 

LOUISVILLB 

KEITH'S 

(Open Sun. Mat.) 
"Honor Among 
Thieves" 



Diving Norrlns 
Flanagan A Edwards 
Alma Youlln 
Clark a Bergman 
Brenygk's Models 
Three \agranta 
Mario-Aldo Trio 



LOS ANG] 
ORPHEUM 

Maud Hall Macy ft 
Co 

Charles ft Fanny 
Van 

Nichols Sisters 

Four Floods 

"Romance Under- 
world" 

World ft Kingston 

Avon Comedy Four 

International Polo 
Teams 

LOWELL, MASS. 

KEITH'S 
"Pinators" 
Jewell's Manikins 
Muriel Window 
Ernesto Bisters 
Williams a Warner 
Geo C Davis 

LAWRENCE, MASS. 

KEITH'S 
National Minstrels 
Radle Furman 
Pendelton Sisters 
Cycling Brunettee 

LYNN7MASS. 

KEITHS 
Rosso w Midgets 
McConnell ft Simp- 
son 
Eddie Ross 
Klmberly ft Hodg- 

kins 
Karl Hewitt ft Co 
Valvlno ft La Moore 
Holden ft Le Clair 
Louis Oranat 

MONTREAL 

ORPHEUM 
Rajah 

C. L. Fletcher 
Geo. B. Reno ft Co 
Swor ft Mack 
Amoros Sisters 
Walton ft UtUe 
College Trio 
Lillian Ashley 



MAJESTIC 
Ada Reeves 
Dick Crollus ft Co 
Julius Tannen 
4 Black Diamonds 
Brown ft Newman 
Chick ft Chlcleu 
Brent Hayes 
Nettle Carroll Trio 

NEW HAVEN 

POLTS 
"Jap Honeymoon" 
Wlllard Slmrns ft Co 
Haydn Borden ft 

Haydn 
Ellis ft McKenna 
Marquards 
De Faye Sisters 
Hanlon ft Hanlon 

NORFOLK 

COLONIAL 
Toots Paka 
Frank Milton ft De 

Long Sisters 
Homer Miles ft Co 
Earl ft Curtis 
Weston Fields ft 

Carroll 
De Koe Family 
Three Dooleys 

OMAHA. 

ORPHEUM 

(Open Sunday Mat) 

Rolfonlans 

Delro 

Mme. Besson 

Chic 8ale 

Connelly ft Webb 

8ml th A Melnottes 

MacRae A Levering 

OTTAWA. 

DOMINION 

Smith A Campbell 

Pelham 

Harlan Knight A Co 

3 Escardos 

Jarvls A Harrison 

Claire A West 
(One to fill) 



PORTLAND, 

KEITH'S 
"Echoes B'way" 
Red Sox Quartet 
Les Mountfords 
Harvey- DeVora Trio 

.Mr A Mrs Allison 
Paul La Croix 
Rawls A von 
Kaufman 

PHILADELPHIA. 

KEITHS 
"Song Review" 
Dooln A Mc Cool 
H T Mac Connell A 
Co 



GRAND 
Bud Fisher 
Rive a Cohen 
NsJiy Nichols 
Colonial a*ptet 
Artnur ricaoaa ft Co 
Bowers Walters ft 

Crooker 
Laioy *ros 
(One to mi.) 

PROVIDENCE^ 

KEITH'S. 
Kyan a Richfield 
Spin* ft Welsh 
Kellogg 
Uram ft Hoag 
•Scrooge" 
Ed Morton 
Gordon a Klnley 
Chas Melrose 

PORTLAND. ORE. 

ORPHEUM 
raiuiue Moran 
Rooney a Bent 
Ed iteynard 
Masie aong ft Co. 
Three Mickey Broa. 
Lynch ft fceiior 
Lea Aradoa 

BOCK ISLAND. 

EMPIRE 
Gotnam City Four 
W. J. McDonnott 
McGrath ft Yeoman 
Hamilton Broa. 
Barrett ft Earl 



BOC1 

TBMrLE 

Houdinl 

Norton ft Maple 
Knox Wilson 
The Kratons 
Walter S Dincklnson 
Caroline Franailn 

ft Co 
Abbott ft White 
Sprague ft McNeece 

ST. FAUX. 

ORPHEUM 
Dan Burke ft Girls 
Mullen ft Coogan 
Leander De Cordova 

ft Co. 
Clifford Walker 
Roehm's Athletic 

Gins 
Bennett Sisters 
Eliua Morris 
Wood Brothers 

SACRAMENTO. 

ORPHEUM 
(Opening Nov. 8) 
"The Courtiers" 
Howard a North 
Sam Mann ft Co. 
Burns ft Fulton 
Arlington 4 
Boynton ft Davis 
Kramer ft Splllane 

ST. LOUIS 

COLUMBIA 

W. H. Thompson ft 
Co 

Blmone De Beryl 

Bedlnl ft Arthur 

Moray Caah 

Golden Troupe 

Burnham ft Green- 
wood 

Mumford ft Thomp- 
son 

Bert Cutler 

SAN ANTONIO. 

PLAZA 
Loja Troupe 
Burns ft Lawrence 
Lorraine, Dudley ft 

Co. 
Knickerbocker Trio 
L«a Alvaros 
Emmonds, Emmer- 

son ft Emmons 
Emily Nice 

SALT LAKE CITY. 

ORPHEUM 

(Open Sunday Mat) 

Edwin Stevens A Co 

Australian Wood- 
choppers 

Nana 

Eleanor Falk 

Harry Breen 

Clover Trio 
(one to fill) 

SCRANTON 

POLTS 
Collins A Hart 
May Tully A Co 
Tom Linton ft Girls 
De Laur Duo 
Lyons A Yobco 
Wilson Bros. 
Henry A Laxell 

SPRINGFIELD, MASS 

POLI'S 
Hardeen 
Ed Hayes A Co 
Four Cook Sisters 



B. K. Wetls 

j as. a. cowaa A CO 

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SYRACUSE 

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n*juu>nd ft Caver ly 
sk*w* u «v«u*«r 
dt*c*/u jtiwuuale ft 

Co 
Five bauuoas 

OVIUSCU 

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UAiuci « Crawford 

liuuwi'ty irio 

TOLEDO 

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Aj«ii rainily 
A.su*«y « x-ee 
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M.r. tk «»r*. Jimmy 

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TEBKE HAUTE. 

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i>»it*«u « iialtrah 

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AiwVA tO 

ju« kerning a Co. 
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quee 
Caitta Day 
LMmui a urecn 
baiutiu «c Weston 
siuwarua 

TORONTO. 

SHEAS. 
W**u>r C Keliy 
in* noiu up 
saw J cur us ft Co 
Nouetie 
baivruo 

Kwut u9 Mont Trio 
Corcoran « uixon 
(one to nil) 

TRENTON. 

TRENT 

(nunuing Order) 
jtouailan Bros 
Barry a Woiford 
Uoruun Bros a 

tuui«aroo 
Old bwmier Fiddlers 
»'oruyce irio 
Morris ft Allen 
Frana a True Rice 

UNION HILL, N. J. 

HUUBON. 
Julie Heme ft Go 

Marvellous Uriihin 
Irene nawiey 
Capu Nat itessler 
Heuuer a Son 
Van uyke Trio 
Mack et Williams 
Jones ft Grant 

UT1CA. 

SHUBEKT 
Frana Mayne ft Co- 
Bond ft Benton 
Sampeon ft i>ouglas 
RAO Trio 
Bplssell Bros ft Co 
Jonnny Jonnaon 
DeWitt Young a Sis- 
ter 

WASHINGTON 

CHA8ES 
Joe Welch 
"Billy's Tomb- 

atnn*«" 

Temple Quartet 
Aurora Iroupe 
J. Warren Keene 
Keno a Green 
Froellch 

WILMINGTON, DEL. 

DOCKSTADER'8 
Sydney Drew ft Co. 
Cook ft Lorens 
Victoria Four 
Menetekel 
Jacob's Dogs 
Lawrence Radin 
Trlller 

LONDON 

PALACE 
Athas Ben Zalr 
Maurice Farkoa 
Walter Walters 
Speedwell 
The Zanfrellas 
FIflne de la Cote 
Nina Oordon 
Beyers ft Hermann 
Mile. Naplerkowska 
The Bbgannys 
Wllluhn Trio 
Oulda Macdermott 

VICTORIA-PALACE 
Rlgoletto Bros 
Betty Barclay ft 

Baritone 
Lawrence Crane 
Rlnaldo 

Valenches' Dogs 
Scott ft Whaley 
Lyons ft Cullum 
Farr ft Far I and 
"Her Ladyships' 

Guests" 
Llcsle Glenroy 



SHOWS NEXT WEEK. 

NEW YOMJL 

A ,, A 8 i NOLB UJLii " < Jo4l » Drew)— Empire 
(10th week). 

"AROUND THE WORLD"— Hippodrome (10th 

"BOUGHT AND PAH) FOR" (Charles Rloh- 

man)— Playhouse (7th *eek). 
"BUNTY PULi-8 THE STRINGS"— Comedy 

(ftth week). 

"DISRAELI" (George Arliss)— Wallack's (8th 

waak) 

"DHAMA. PLAYERS" (Donald Robertson) Ly- 
ric (1st week). * 

"GKREN BiocKINGS" (Margaret Anglln)— 
Matins Elliott's (bth week). 

"GYPSY LOvhT— Ulobe (4th week). 

K1NEMACOLOR PICTURES— Klnemacolor 

"MAOUIE PEPPER" (Kose Staftli— Harrto 
(11th week). 

MME. 8IMONE— Repertoire— Daly's. 

SOTHERN AND MARLOWE — Repertoire 
—Opera House. 

SSSS 1 "! 8 J OCK -Metropoll. (14th week). 
STOCK — Academy. 

"THE CAVE MAN" (Robert Edeson)— Ful- 
ton (Xd week). ' 
THE ENCHANTRESS" (Kitty Gordon)— 
New York (4th week). 
"THE GARDEN OF ALLAH"— Century (Id 

THE KISS WALTZ"— Casino (8th week). 
"THE LITTLE MILLIONAIRE'-Cohan's 
(Hh week). 

THE MILLION"— JOth St. (Sd week). 
"THE NEVER HOMES"— Broadway (6th 
week). 

"THE ONLY SON"— Gaiety (4th week). 
"THE PASSERS-BY"— Criterion (Kth week) 
"THE PINK LADY"— New AiMterdam. 
THE PRICE" (Helen Wsre)— Hudson (3d 
week). 

"THE QUAKER GIRL"— Park (Sd week). 
"THE REAL THING" (Henrietta Croaman) 

— West End. 
THE RED WIDOW" (Raymond Hitchcock) 

— Aator (1st week). 
"THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM" (David 

Warfleld) (4th week). 

"THE RUNAWAY" (BUUe Burke)— Lyceum 
(8th week). 

"THE SIREN' (Donald Brian)— Knicker- 
bocker (11th week). 

"THE WIFE HUNTERS'— Herald Square 
(2d week). 

"THE WOMAN"— Republic (8th week). 
"UNCLE SAM "—Liberty (Id week). 
VIENNESE OPERATIC CO.— Irving Place, 
WINTER GARDEN— Variety. 

BROOKLYN. 

"CHANTECLER" (Maude Adams)— MonUuk. 
"THE BALKAN PRINCESS" (Louise Uun- 

nlng) — Shubert. 
"THE FA8CINATLNQ WIDOW" (Julian Elt- 

Inge ) — Broad way. 
8TOCK— Crescent. 
STOCK— Payton'a 
"BON TONS"— Star. 
"MAJEST1C8"— Gayety. 
"MERRY BURLESQUERS"— Casino. 
"MOULIN ROUGE"— Empire. 

BL1-FALO. 

10-11. RUSSIAN BALLET— Took. 

"THE ROSARY" — Lyric 

MARIE DORO— Star. 

"BROADWAY GAIETY GIRLS*'— Lafayette. 

"PAINTING THE TOWN"— Garden. 



LOS ANGELES. 

LOMBARDY OPERA CO.— Mason. 
"POLLY OF THE CIRCUS"— Lyceum. 

CHICAGO. 

"HANKY PANKY'— American Muslo Hall 
(Id week). 

"EVERY WOMAN'— Auditorium (4th week). 
"THE CONCERT" iLeo Dletrlchsteln)— 

Blackstons (4th week). 
"NAUGHTY MARIETTA" (Emma TrenUnl) 

— Colonial (2d week). 
'THE MASTER IN THE HOUSE"— Cort (1st 

"THE HEN PECKS" (Lew Fields)— Carrie k 

(2d week). 
"MUTT AND JEFF"— Globe (2d week). 
"THE NEW MARRIAOE" (Mrs. Flake)— 

Grand O. H. (2d *eek). 
'REBECCA OF 8UNNYBROOK FARM" 

(Edith Taliaferro, — Illinois (6th week). 
"LOUISIANA LOU" (Alex Carr)— LaBalle 

11th week). 
HARRY LAUDER— Lyric (1st week). 
"MACUSHLA" (Chsuncey Olcott) — McVlcker's 

(2d wsek). 
"SEVEN DAYS"— Olympic (2d week). 
"THAIS"— Powers (1st week). 
"OVER NIGHT"— Princess (7th week). 
"EXCUSE ME"— Studebaker (Sd week). 
"CHINATOWN CHARLIE"— Alhambra. 
"THE TRAVELING SALESMAN "—Crown. 
WARD AND VOICES— Haymarket. 
"THE LIGHT ETERNAL"— Imperial. 
"WITH EDGED TOOLS"— Whitney (2d 

week). 
'THE NIGGER"— College. 

BOSTON. 

•THE THREE ROMEOS"— Colonial (2d 
week). 

"BEN HUR"— Boston (2d week). 
"THE BLUE BIRD""— Shubert (Sd week). 
"GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD"— Park 

. (7th week). 

"THE REAL* GIRL" (Bonlta)— Globe. 
"SNOBS" (Frank Mclntyre)— Hollls (1st 

"POMANDER WALK"— Plymouth (1st week). 
"THE OUTSIDERS'— Majestic (First time). 

"MADAME SHERRY"— Tremont (3d week). 
"DANTE'S INFERNO""— Grand Opera House. 

"THE LAST WORD"— Castle Square. 

PHILADELPHIA. 

"'TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE" — Broad 

"DR. DE LUXE"— Forrest. 

"EXCUSE ME"— Garrlck. 

"PEGGY"— Chestnut St. O. H. 

"GRAFT"— Walnut. 

"BABY MINE"— Adelphl. 

"TILLIE'S NIGHTMARE"— Lyric. 



VARIETY 



ORPHEUM PLAYERS—Chestnut Bt. 
8POONER STOCK — American -Blanoy. 
DUMONT'B MINSTRELS— Ninth and ArolL 
•DANIEL BOONE"— National. 
THE NIGHT RIDER"— Hart a 



INDIANAPOLIS. 

0-9 "ALMA" 10-11 "LADY FROM NEW 

YORK" (Louise Dreaeer) — English's. 
6-8 "PINAFORE" t-11 "PASSING OF THIRD 

FLOOR BACK" (Forbes Robertson) — Shu- 

bert-Murat. 
6-8 "THREE TWINS" f-11 "BREWSTER'S 

MILLIONS"— Park. 
PAT WHITE'S GAIETY GIRLS*'— Empire. 



BALTIMORE. 

"THE CASE OF BECKY" (Frances Starr)— 
Ford's. 

"A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE" (Cyril 
Scott ) — Auditorium. 

MlflS DUDLE8ACK" (Lulu Glaser)— Acad- 
emy. 

CHICAGO OPERA CO.— Lyric. 

•VENDETTA" — Savoy. 

"GIRL AND THE TRAMP"— Holllday Bt. 
QUEENS OF JARDIN PARIS"— Gayety. 

•MERRY MAIDENS"— Monumental. 



•THE RED ROSE" — Brandela 
FLORENCE ROBERTS — Boyd. 
•LOVEMAKER8" — Gayety. 
"YANKEE DOODLE GIRLS"— Kruf. 



LOUISVILLE. 

6-8 "A GRAIN OF DUST" (James K. Hac- 

kett) — Macauley'a 
6-8 "TWO WOMEN" (Mra Leslie Carter)— 

Shubert-Masonic 
"GIRL OF THE 8TREET8" — Avenue. 
"THE ROSARY" — Walnut. 



DETROIT. 

THE WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE" 
(Ethel Barry more) — Detroit. 

•TAKE MY ADVICE" (Willie Collier)— Oar- 
rick. 

•A LUCKY HOODOO" (Billy B. Van)— Ly- 
ceum. 

•BIO BANNER"— Gayety. 

'AMERICANS"— Avenue. 



CINCINNATL 
"THE FORTUNE HUNTER" (Will Doming-) 

— Grand. 
"WALL STREET GIRL" (Blanche Rlnff)— 

Lyric. 

PORTLAND, ORB. 

"PARADISE OF MAHOMET" (Grace Van 

Btuddlford)— Helllff. 
"THE GIRL, THE MAN AND THE GAME" 

(Billy Clifford)— Baker. 

DENVER, 

"THE OLD TOWN" (Montgomery * Stone) 

— Broadway. ^ 
GERTRUDE HOFFMAN— Tabor-Grand. 



ST. LOUIS. 

"GIRL IN THE TRAIN" (C. Wm. Kolb)— 

Century. 
"FOLLIES OF It 11"— Olympic. 
"CHOCOLATE SOLDIER"— Shubert. 
"MCFADDEN8 FLATS"— Havllns. 
"NEWLYWBD8 AND BABY*'— American. 

CLEVELAND. 

"THE LADY OF COVENTRY** (Viola Allen) 

—Colonial. 
"THE PINK LADY"— Opera House. 
"SALVATION NELL"— Lyceum. 
STOCK— Cleveland. 



SILVER 
PIPER" 



SYRACUSE. 

«-8. "GRAU8TARK; f-11. 

THREADS"— Beatable. 
8-8 "OVER-NIGHT" fit: 

(Edith Wynne Mathleo»>— - Weltme;. 
8-8 "A FOOL THERE WAS" (Robert Hlll- 

lard) 8-11 "FIRST LADY OF THE LAND" 

(Elsie Ferguson) — Empire. 

KAN SAS CI TY 

"AS A MAN THINKS" (John Mason)— Shu- 
bert 

"THE CAMPUS"— Grand. 

"OVER THE RIVER" (Eddie Foy)— Wlllis- 
Wood. 

"FOLLIES OF DAT" — Century. 

"KNICKERBOCKERS"— Gayety. 



NEW ORLEANS. 

"MI88 INNOCENCE" (Anna Held)— Tulane. 
"MIS8 NOBODY FROM BTARLAND"— Dau- 
phins. 
"THE WINNING WIDOW** — Crescent 
FAY FOSTER BURLBSQUER8 — Greenwall. 
8TOCK— Lyric. 
STOCK— Majestic. 

ST. PAUL. 

"THE HAVOC" (Henry Miller)— Metropolitan. 
"THE HOU8B NEXT DOOR"— Grand. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

"BRIGHT EYES" (Lean and Hoi brook) — Co- 
lumbia. 

"HE CAME FROM MILWAUKEE" (8am 
Bernard) — Cort. 



PARIS. 

"DAVID COPPERFIELD" (comedy) (new) — 

Odeon. 
"HONHEUR" (comedy) (new) — Antolne. 
"LE COUP DE TELEPHONE" (comedy) 

(new) — Rejane. 
"LA BONNE INTENTION" (revival) — Michel 
UN BEAU MARIAGE" (comedy) (new) — 

Renaissance. 
"HAMLET" (revival) — Opera. 
"LE TYPHON" (drama) (adaptation) — Sarah 

Bernhardt. 
"COURSE AUX DOLLARS" (spectacular) 

(new )— Chatelet. 
"COEUR DE FLORIA" (ballet) (new) — Oalte. 





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"MADAME FAVART" (revival)— Apollo. 
"CENT VIEROE8" (revival)— Trianon. 
"L'AMOUR LIBRE" (operetta) (new)— 

Moulin Rouge. 
"LB PAIN" (drama) (new)— Theatre das 

Arta 
"LB pbtit CAFE" (farce) (new)— Palais 

Royal. 
"LA FLABEE" (comedy)— Porte Saint Mar- 
tin. 
"LE8 FAVORITES" (comedy) (new)— Va- 

rletea 
"BT VOILA" (revue) (new) — Capucinee. 
"THBRBSB" (opera) (revival)— Opera Com- 

Ique. 
"REVUE DEB X" (revue) (new)— Bouffes 

Parislens. 
"SA FILLS" (comedy) (new) — Vaudeville. 
"MIX L" (operette) (new) — Scala. 
"PRIMROSE" (comedy) (new) — Comedle 

Francalse. 
"SABOTAGE" (new)— Grand Guignol. 
"LE CANARD JEUNE" (new)— Cluny. 
"RBINB DB GOLCONDE" (operette) (new)— 

Folles Dramatlques. 
"PAPA" (comedy)— Gymnase. 



Glrard and Gardner returned from 
Europe last Tuesday. 

B. KeHjr has severed his connec- 
tions with the Gordon 6 North offices. 



Henry and Fraud* will play their 
act in vaudeville. 

•BbbbbbBSbEb) 

Morris Gest returned from the Coast 
this 



Mike Shea has purchased a plot of 
ground at Manhattan Beach and pro- 
poses to build a rammer home there. 



The Mew Broadway theatre, Colum- 
bus, wiU open Nov. 12. It will play 
vaudeville and pictures. 

Job* HaD, stage manager of the 
Orpheum, Brooklyn, has Joined the 
Friars. 

Pete Armstrong arrived in New 
York last week, having been abroad 
for several months. 



Cyril Morton Howe and Marie Ash- 
ton have signed with Frasee A Leder- 
er's "Shorty McCabe." 



Una BorghlnJ, a premiere dancer 
with the Folles Bergere revues, Is ach- 
ing for a vaudeville chance. Bill Ly- 
kens is attending to the ache. 

Bill Mitchell, formerly of Mitchell 
and Caine, and Franklyn Wallace are 
"breaking In" their new talking and 
singing turn. The team Is called 
Mitchell and Wallace. 



"The Bird of Paradise" by Richard 
Walton Tully, co-author of "Rose of 
the Ranch o," was produced in stock 
in Los Angeles recently and pro- 
nounced a success. It will be pre- 
pared for the road. 

James L. Lederer is going to em- 
bark in the vaudeville producing busi- 
ness. His first venture will be "The 
Hoodoo," by Charles Dickson, with 
three people. It is to be staged by 
the author. This will be followed in 
rapid succession by other productions 
designed for advanced vaudeville. 



The Great Howard, the Scotch ven- 
triloquist, is not playing this week, 
owing to the continuance of the stock 
policy at Worcester. While in New 
Haven recently he had a reunion with 
Harry Lauder, who played there for 
one night. The two Scottish artists 
had not met in over eight years. 



24 



VARIETY 



HAHMERSTEIN'S. 

Monday night with the house com- 
fortably filled, the program could 
hardly be called a smooth running 
one, due either to the North Pole at- 
titude of the audience or the bill it- 
self. The proceedings started slowly. 
Mack and Williams caused a ripple 
"No. 3." The Piroscoffls next did no- 
bly. Then Conroy and Le Maire got 
some laughs. After that the interest 
was juggled about, but the final part 
was pulled up well by Eddie Leonard 
and Irene Franklin. Clayton White 
also fitted in just before intermission. 

Miss Franklin, the feature, did won- 
derful things to a rather sleepy au- 
dience. The headliner sang four 
songs, but could have easily returned 
for two more. The new chorus girl 
number was just made for the Vic- 
toria. Burt Green was there as usual 
with his nifty kidding on the ivories. 

Eddie Leonard and Mable Russell 
preceded Miss Franklin. They did 
well enough to have the audence make 
Eddie sing one of his old songs in his 
old way. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard (Ed- 
die introduces his wife to the audi- 
ence) do some snappy joshing for an 
encore and it went big. 

Mr. Quick, the cartoonist, opened 
the second part, taking the place of 
Will Rogers. Mr. Quick drew a pic- 
ture of our little navy to start with. 
He should have finished with it this 
week, with the squadron In the North 
River. 

Clayton White and Marie Stuart in 
"Cherie" were as popular as ever. 
"High Life in Jail" came second after 
Intermission, and did all that could 
be expected of it. 

The Five Piroscoffls tore things 
apart with their fast work. They had 
to come back and do their hat finish 
over again. 

The Courteney Sisters had a tough 
spot following Irene Franklin, but as 
in many other instances these girls 
have demonstrated their popularity at 
Hammersteln's by getting over in hard 
spots, this time they turned the trick 
again. 

Perry and Bolger, the banjoists, 
were "No. 2" and didn't have a chance 
with the small audience then in. The 
boys do a decent little act. Fannie 
Fondelier played to the ushers. Miss 
Fondelier would have a chance with 
a regular audience for she does a very 
neat wire act. 

The Dennis Brothers on the revolv- 
ing ladder closed the show sometime 
after eleven. Jess. 



BUYNG SPACE BY THE YARD. 

Lester Murray, who has been ahead 
of the Two Bills show all season, is 
getting the glad hand from the boys 
on the Rialto and incidentally hand- 
ing them some good stories. One 
bears repeating. 

Entering Nevada, Mo., Murray in- 
vaded the office of a daily there and 
asked for the advertising rates. When 
told that space was worth two and 
one-half cents an inch, Murray did 
some quick figuring and decided to 
contract for his advertising by the 
yard. 

He took fifty yards for three weeks 
(advance notices) and got his money's 
worth. 



AMERICAN. 

It looked for a long time Tuesday 
night atop of the American Music 
Hall as if the show would do a flop, 
when suddenly from out of the still- 
ness as a thunderbolt from the sky a 
belated intermission straggler in 
scrambling for his seat did a Baker, 
and broke up the game. Until this 
dejayed traveler fell up a whole flight 
of stairs, there had not been a ripple 
to disturb the serenity of the evening. 

The bill contains one or two very 

good offerings, but the arrangement 

was bad. There wasn't a laugh in the 

proceedings until Arthur Rigby ap- 
peared, down next to closing. By that 
time the audience almost forgot that 
there was such a thing as a laughing 
act in vaudeville. 

It was right in the heart of Rigby's 
act the fall upstairs occurred. It 
helped his finish for the audience 
suddenly discovered they could laugh, 
and were so taken with the idea they 
laughed during the rest of Rigby 's 
monolog. . 

Featured strongly in the billing all 
over the house is the "Two Orphans" 
picture. The first installment is run 
at Intermission, the remainder at the 
close of the show. 

The Ozavs opened the proceedings 
with a quantity of familiar juggling 
interspersed with comedy , all seen 
many times. The act gave the show 
a slow start, the draggy fifteen min- 
utes appearing as long as a regular 
show. 

The Oilden Sisters followed. The 
girls did very little toward advancing 
the ball. Poor dressing spoil what- 
ever personal charms they have, and 
they do not appear to be bad looking 
girls, by any means. The arrange- 
ment of the act Is also In need of fix- 
ing. The sisters are good dancers, 
but their present specialty does not 
give an apportunity of showing any 
other worth. Proper dressing and re- 
arrangement should make the girls an 
attractive number for the small time 
or a capital asset for a burlesque show. 

Rosner and Hlllman, and Mary 
Elizabeth (New Acts) followed in the 
order named. 

Burt Shepherd, the whip manipula- 
tor, closed the first part. A corking 
novelty for the small time and a first 
rate number for the big time is Shep- 
herd. He was handicapped by the 
small stage to a large extent, although 
the limited space could not take any- 
thing away from his bully stage pres- 
ence and manner of working. 

Curry and Reilly have a good piano 
act for the present surroundings. 
There is too much talk and not enough 
singing in the turn. 

Harry Tsuda closed the show and 
lost no customers. Harry is doing 
some equllibristlc specialty. The Jap 
does most of his stunts perched atop 
of a chair, which stands on a revolv- 
ing ball placed upon a table about 
three feet square. The tricks are all 
well executed and showy. The closing 
trick is a corker and held the audience 
In complete silence for a full minute, 
when they broke forth and gave the 
boy a big handful. Tsuda has an act 
that will stand out on any of the big 
bills. Dash. 



NEW YORK ROOF. 

Tuesday night Is "try-oat" evening. 
Those that tried out Tuesday will do 
nothing else but try-outs as long as 
they hang around the show business. 

The Roof held a big crowd, who 

were taxed 25 and 50. The one ex- 
ception in the try-outs was a good- 
looking girl, who sang three songs and 
made two changes. She was hardly 
different from the regular people on 
the bill. With "try-outs," the big 
fault seems to lie in the comedians. 
Tbese comedians generally sing a song, 
get a little encouragement, and then 
they talk. The talk Is the trouble. At 
eleven a girl started to sing about "We 
Never Miss The Sunshine." Then 
most of the audience started for the 
elevators. 

By the time this girl got down to 
h«$r third verse, the audience was in- 
cluded in the rest of the things she 
missed. 

Sam Dody and Sam Lewis were the 
big surprise of the evening, both doing 
a single number and doubling up for 
a finish. Their finish was a parody on 
"My Hero," with little sense, but the 
voices pulled them back for an encore. 

The regular show was run off in 
under two hours, with no pictures be- 
ing shown after eight o'clock. The 
Roof is a pretty hard place for any- 
thing bat dumb acts to get over. 

The Five Musical McGregors, in a 
set taken from a whiskey advertise- 
ment, did some good singing, bat fell 
down with a useless bunch of talk. 
The idea Is not bad, but the talking 
needs fixing over. 

The Royal Hinode Japs were Just 
about made for this house. With their 
barrel juggling, which has some good 
comedy, they did as well as anything 
on the bill. 

Deep Stuff McOee, Alpoint and Al- 
throp, Rober and Tunison, Louise El- 
liott, and Thomas and Coates, New 
Acts. Jess. 



(Continued From Page 19.) 
Alpoint and Althrop. 
Dancing. 
12 Mins.; Three. 
New York Roof. 

A "sister" act with a novelty in a 
golden-spade upon which one of the 
girls dances Is the reason for Alpoint 
and Althrop. The spade isn't really 
of solid gold, probably. When the 
spade isn't working the two girls do 
other dances. But the golden spade, 
the girls' clothes and the girls them- 
selves are stamped with the small 
time brand. There they'll make good. 

Jess. 



Musical Smiths (J). 

10 Mins.; Two. 

Five men form this musical quintet 
which at no time shows any life. Two 
straight solos and jnost of the quintet 
numbers are rendered in the same 
strain, no march or "rag" coming until 
the close. When it does, It is played 
in such slow time that the Smiths lose 
thereby. For a musical frameup, tt is 
all wrong even for the "pop" houses. 
The act could be noticeably helped 
with a complete rt irrangement of 
numbers and the vim and vigor to put 
them over. Mark, 



Fooled Company (4). 
Sketch. 

That was all the card contained, 
just "Fooled Company." It may have 
been true, for either the author fooled 
the company, or the company fooled 
the manager. The sketch runs in 
three sections, beginning, ending and 
in between. The man in the act 
doesn't really give value if he is reg- 
ularly carried. An usher could take 
the part. In the opening he starts 
for Boston, and at the finish, he 
doesn't go, so comes back. In between 
his wife is supposed to be at Rector's, 
but she isn't, so it is left to a sleeping 
girl and a blackface "mammy" to fill 
out the intervening period. The "mam- 
my" does the most of it. When ever 
the talk is running low, "mammy" 
sings. Her soprano voice is the nicest 
thing In the act, and the only item 
not represented by that "Fooled" in 
the billing. Bkne. 



Harris 'Bros. 

Piano and Violin. 

10 Mlns.; One. 

Grand Opera House (Oct. 20.) 

Two young fellows have a pleasing 
act for the "pop" houses and who 
should receive attention on the "big 
small time." They offer a varied 
routine, scoring with their "rag" 
medley. The piano boy does an 
individual "bit" playing two sep- 
arate tunes at the same time. Not a 
new trick but one that goes good any- 
where. The act should never be idle. 

Mark. 



Harrison and Fern Sisters. 

Bare Stage Act. 

17 Mlns.; Full Stage (4) One (11). 

28rd Street. 

The act opens with a bare stage, a 
la Victor Moore. A sister team arrives 
for rehearsal, while trying out a song, 
they have a series of encounters with 
a tough stage hand. The drop in 
"one" is lowered, all three go through 
a number of travesty imitations of 
vaudeville turns. The man has a short, 
choppy, jerky method of delivery that 
is effective for his slangy characteriza- 
tion, and the two girls impersonate 
adequately a "hick" sister team hail- 
ing from Coney Island. Jolo. 



The Berminos. 

Musical. 

12 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Murray Hill (Oct. 20). 

"The Berminos" the card read but 
whether this is the correct name or 
not cannot be vouched for. The two 
men appear foreign, from their man- 
ner of working and ideas of comedy. 
In clown makeup they play several 
more or less familiar instruments of 
the freak variety, In a more or less 
familiar manner. It's a small time 
turn. Dash. 



Golden and Meade. 

Eccentric Dancing. 

O Mins.; One. 

Manhattan Opera House (Oct. 20). 

Two young men open with a short 
song, finishing it with a few step:-. 
Then a change of costume, with the 
inevitable "scarecrow" make-up. Both 
are ordinarily good steppers — tlie 
kind one sees often. Jolo. 



VARIETY 



as 



Stanley /estop and Go. (&). 
Talk and Song. 
15 Mini.; One. 
Murray Hill (Oct. *>)• 

Stanley Jessup and Co. in attempt- 
ing to put over one of those thick 
headed Englishmen things are mak- 
ing a bit of a mess of it. Jessup caric- 
atures the character, exaggerating 
oven beyond the laughing point. The 
material is not of the best and is 
handled amateurishly. The impres- 
sion the act left was merely that of 
an amateur try out. The company of 
two consisted of a boy and girl, neither 
at home on the stage, and both help- 
ing to accentuate the novice idea. The 
act will never do. The trio are simply 
wasting time. Dash. 



O. G. Legal and Co. 
Comedy Juggler. 
12 Mine.; Fall Stage. 
23rd Street. 

The "company" consists of a fat boy 
who brings on the various props and 
works the effects off stage. The Juggler 
has a keen sense of the ridiculous. He 
goes to no end of trouble to frame up 
a laugh by the aid of a mechanical 
contrivance of some sort. His make- 
up is that of a tramp, and besides the 
"mechanical" tricks, he does a little 
of the routine of W. C. Fields, Harri- 
gan and other tramp jugglers. As an 
early number of big small time he is 
very effective. Jolo. 



Noble and Von Mailer. 

Songs. 

9 Mine.; One. 

23rd Street. 

Two buxom women in a singing 
sister act. They open with a duet; 
then one sings a German comedy med- 
ley, after which the other has an oper- 
atic number. They finish with a "rag" 
duet. The main drawback to the pre- 
sentment is that the women have no 
act, simply singing several songs and 
making their entrances and exits as 
though totally unaccustomed to vaude- 
ville. Another drawback is that they 
make no changes of costume. 

Jolo. 



Rober and TunJson. 

Songs. 

13 Mins.; One. 

New York Roof. 

The talent this man and woman may 
possess, in a quiet way, is lost. The 
woman sang two "coon" songs quietly, 
and only a few were in on them. Those 
who did hear her liked the songs very 
much. For a finish the two have an 
operatic selection that is burlesqued in 
part and do very well with it. The 
woman makes a very good appearance 
and the act ought to get along when 
they get where the whole audience can 
hear the act. Jess. 



Louise Elliott. 
Male Impersonator. 
10 Mins.; One. 
New York Roof. 

Louis Elliott is truly remarkable in 
her impersonation of a man. v She 
could deceive any audience, if billed 
differently. Her selection of songs is 
much at fault. The only point of in- 
terest is the taking down of the hair 
at the finish. On the small time the 
act will be a winner. /est. 



OUT OF TOWN 

"The Vaudeville Broker** (7). 
25 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Young's Pier, Atlantic City. 

"The Vaudeville Broker/' the prop- 
erty of Mike Simon and Ren Shields, 
contains a good cast, but several 
changes would probably work for bet- 
ter results. The action takes place in 
the office of Ned Sparks (Howard 
Truesdale), a vaudeville agent, who is 
rather shy on kale. He hires Willie 
Runner (Bert Byron), a messenger 
boy, to do the office work. Willie Is a 
fresh kid, and through his "newness," 
most of the comedy develops. How- 
land Rant (Michael Sullivan) an old 
"legit," applies to Ned for a part in a 
vaudeville playlet. Ned produces the 
parts for an act he has written, and a 
rehearsal is given, Willie arousing the 
ire of Rant by his caustic comments. 
For a finish, an imitation of a moving 
picture is given by the company. The 
cast goes through a bit of funny melo- 
drama, a "lobsterscope" in front of 
the spotlight giving the effect. The 
act registered many laughs. With a 
little fixing up and the running time 
cut a bit, the act will do nicely. It re- 
ceived liberal applause here. 

I. B. Pulaski. 



George Spink and Pauline Welsh. 

Songs. 

15 Mins.; One. 

Young's Pier, Atlantic City. 

George Spink is well known in 
vaudeville. Pauline Welsh, who was 
a child actress, has been in the legiti- 
mate. Lately she was seen as a "sin- 
gle" at the Folies Bergere. Spink and 
Welsh make a dandy duo, and their 
ability to "put over" songs will make 
the act a favorite. They opened with 
the "Garden in Sweden," which made 
them liked from the jump. A costume 
change by Miss Welsh gave Mr. Spink 
a chance for his piano specialty. On 
Miss Welsh's reappearance, they sang 
"Beautiful Doll" to solid applause. 
"Honeymoon Love" was the encore 
number, and, like its predecessors, ex- 
cellently given. Miss Welsh is a pretty 
blonde. Mr. Spink presents a neat 
appearance. Both display vivacity that 
extends beyond the footlights. They 
scored a hit, and should find it easy 
sailing. /. B. Pulaski. 

Ida O'Day and Co. ^ 

"Betty's Bet." 

22 Mins.; Four. 

Orpheum, New Orleans. 

Maud Tarlton Winchester wrote 
"Betty's Bet." The scene is laid in a 
law office at a late hour of a Saturday 
afternoon. Betty bets her brother a 
hundred dollars she can secure a posi- 
tion as a stenographer and hold it for 
a week. Betty engages with the law 
firm, which piteously submits to her 
ldiosyncracles for that period, during 
which time she transforms the office 
into a parlor, running things to suit 
herself. She wins, resigning just as 
the week elapses. Miss O'Day's banjo 
playing, interpolated, evoked applause. 
The sketch is incoherent and irrele- 
vant, but pleases because of its ab- 
surdities and nonsenslcallties. 

O. M. Samuel. 



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MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Glover, mgr. ; agent, 
Orpheum Circuit). — The current week'a bill at 
the Majeatic waa divided in aectiona, with the 
latter half away In the lead. The early end 
of the program waa given to a comparatively 
amall houae. which might poaalbly account for 
the reception, but once Creasy and Dayne ap- 
peared, things brightened up and from there 
on every number went like headllnera, Ada 
Reeve, w*ho topped the bill, went exceptional- 
ly well. Mlaa Reeve (New Acts) lived up 
to her billing. Creasy and Dayne this week 
presented "A Village Lawyer," going even still 
better than laat week when "Town Hall To- 
Night" waa offered. Kenney, Nobody and 
Piatt practically atopped the show with one 
song, and bowed off finally with a apeech. 
Billed aa Sherman, Krans and Hyman, al- 
though Krans was not preaent, the trio took 
about twelve bowa. "Mysterious Rag" waa 
used for a closer and while all kinds of trios, 
duets and singles have tackled the new Ber- 
lin piece, this layout tops them all. The 
boys finished little short of a riot. The open- 
ing spot fell to Chick and Chlckleta, a com- 
edy bicycle act with three people, Including a 
girl who manipulates a giant unlcycle with 
ease and grace. Brent Hayea followed with 
his banjo. Hayes can play with the beat of 
them, but lacks personality. With this essen- 
tial, he would develop into a headline attrac- 
tion in time. Too much make up spoils his 
appearance. Dick Crollua Is here with a new 
comedy sketch called "Shorty's Elevation." 
Apparently a sequel to his former offering, 
Crollus has fallen a little short. His former 
piece was a slang classic. While the new one 
goes big and secures the laughs, it doesn't 
quite come up to the original sketch. Perhaps 
in Crollus' handa this will be nursed along 
Into a winner alao. Violet MacMillan, with 
an abundance of personality and a very no- 
ticeable shyness of voice, went quite well. 
Miss MacMillan displayed some beautiful 
gowna and has carefully selected her routine 
of songs. She will go over on personality 
alone. Slmone De Beryl closed the bill with 
an electrical affair that goea because It Is 
something different, not forgetting SI Is some 
looker. WTNN. 



STAR (I. M. Herk, mgr.)— Perhaps the best 
one can aay about the "Ideala" Is that they 
look better this season than any show Sim 
Williams has ever been attached to. Written 
and staged by Searl Allen, who alao eaaaya 
the leading role, William* ha* one of the best 
burlesque shows that ever trod a Western 
Wheel stage. Clean throughout and equipped 
like a modern mualcal comedy the production 
will probably be found a little too classy for 
the houses It must play. Allen has Injected 
much of the comedy that made his vaudeville 
offerings popular. The opening piece Is call- 
ed "The Money Makers'* and la given In an 
exterior scene, ahowing a well known square 
in New York City. The characters Include 
Searl Allen, a saleaman on the wise guy order, 
George B. Fox, a Hebrew merchant, Frank 
Thorndyke, an American attorney, who haa 
spent moro time In England than he should, 
George Martin, a head waiter with an eye to 
business, and Harry Gray, an Irish police- 
man. In the female department, Bebe Allen, 
Helen Almorah and Edyth Murray shine. 
Miss Allen stands out strongest. In several 
scenes with Searl Allen, the pair cleaned up. 
The comedy running along the conventional 
Allen type was new to burlesque and went 



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lection from the "Quaker Girl," by 
Julius Lenzberg's orchestra. 

Opening intermission were Water- 
bury Bros. & Tenny. The colored fel- 
low is very good. They play some 
good stuff. They went fair. 

Rock and Fulton have a new act 
that is very good. They take a lot 
of different parts. They carry a com- 
pany of ten people, and they also 
have a Hungarian orchestra. They 
went fair. 

Harry Fox and the Millership Sis- 
ters are some act. I think Harry Fox 
is one of the best comedians on an 
American stage. He carried away the 
show. 

Meehan's Dogs. The only difference 
in this dog act than what you sea 
around in the vaudeville houses is that 
he uses five greyhounds to Jump over 
a bunch of baskets piled on top of 
one-another. They went fair. 



over strong. The plot tells of a young lady 
whose father has lett her a fortune collectable 
upon her marriage to a salesman. (Allen is 
tne salesman.) Complications ariae on all 
sides, allowing a wiae scope lor clean legiti- 
mate comedy and the mat part finally cioses 
with everything adjusted. Martin is a light 
comedian with the right Idea. Fox paased up 
several opportunities to land a laugn, but 
otherwise nandteu his character quite well. 
Tnornuyae maue a capital Engllantnan and 
sent over one ot the sibging hits of the place. 
Arthur Holloway and ueorge gave excellent 
attention to two unimportant parts. The 
Misses Almorah and Murray wonted rather 
alowiy and could improve greatly. Of tne 
sougs, the entire repertoire in the first sec- 
tion went over big. The best however waa 
"A Certain Little Girl From My Home," led 
by Martin. The ataging of the numbers show- 
ed both originality and care. The second 
scene waa given In an Interior cafe scene. 
The characters remain unchanged through- 
out. The costuming of the entire show haa 
been elaborately attended to. In fact In 
every department, "The Ideals'' is a corking 
good production and as betore stated, the best 
trick Sim Wllliama ever dealt. WYNN. 

AUDITORIUM (Bernard Ulrlch, mgr.; K 
« *••). — Next week la announced aa the clos- 
ing week of "Every Woman." 

BLACK8TONE (Augustus J. Pltou. mgr.; 
K. St E.>.— -"The Concert" is running strong, 
and there are no Indications of the engage- 
ment of the Dletrlchsteln comedy being 
brought to a cloae. 

CHICAGO O. H. (George W. Kingsbury, 
mgr.; K. ft E.).— Little to be said about 
"The Littlest Rebel" other than that the at- 
traction la on the ninth crowded week. 

CORT (U. J. Herman, mgr.; Ind.).— Last 
week of Edmund Breese in "A Man of 
Honor." 6, cornea "The Master In the House," 
a Frasee ft Lederer production. 

COLONIAL (James J. Brady, mgr.; K. ft 
E.). — Opening week of Emma Trentlni in 
"Naughty Marlette." Engagement limited. 

QARR1CK (A. Toxen Worm, mgr.; Shu- 
bert). — Lew Fielda and company opened thla 
week in "The Hen Pecks'; engagement for 
two weeks. 

GLOBE (Col. Jamea H. Browne, mgr.; 8. ft 
*»•)• — Reopened OcL 29 with (Jus Hill's pro- 
duction of "Mutt and Jeff"; engagement in- 
definite. 

GRAND O. H. (Harry Askln, mgr.; Ind).— 
Mrs. Flake and supporting company opened 
Oct. 2V In Langdon Mitchell's new play. "The 
New Marriage^'; engagement la for eight 
weeka, and later on will be presented "Julia 
France," by Gertrude Atherton. and "The 
War of Souls," by Paul Hyaclnthe Loyson. 

ILLINOIS (Will J. Davis, mgr.; K. ft B.). 
—"Rebecca of fiunnybrook Farm" is fifth 
week and going big; looks good enough to 
remain over the holidays. 

LA BALLS (Harry Askln, mgr.; Ind.).— 
Alex. Carr haa probably scored the success of 
his life In "Louisiana Lou," and Sophie Tuck- 
er, the Granvlllea and other members of the 
cast are not being alighted In the generous 
distribution of the plaudits; play going big 
and aure to remain for the season. 

LYRIC (A. Toxen Worm, mgr.; Hhubert).— 
Gertrude Elliott and company in "Rebellion" 
for one week; to bo followed 6 by Harry 
Lauder for one week; John Maaon follows in 
"Aa a Man Thinks." 

McVlCKER'S (George Warren, mgr.; Ind.). 
— Chauncey Olcott opened Oct. 29 in "Ma 
cuahla" for three weeka; favorite here and 
should play to capacity at popular prlcea. 

AMERICAN MUSIC HALL (George Harrl- 
T?. n '. J mgr: Ind >•— Reopened Oct. Si with Lew 
Fields all-star company In a mualcal con- 
coction entitled "Hanky Panky " 

OLYMPIC (Sam Lederer, mgr.'; K. ft E ) — 
Seven Days" commenced a two weeka' en- 
gagement Oct. 29; to be followed by Louise 
Dresser in "A Lovely Liar." 

POWEHS (Harry J. Powers, mgr.; K. ft 
E.).— Laat week of James J. Hackett in "Tho 
%1 m P U V" * nd tne Popular afterpiece. 

The Bishop's Candlesticks"; 'Thais" will 
open 5. 

PRINCESS (Mort H. Singer, mgr.; Shu- 
beru.— "Overnight" l s going so well the man- 
agement is figuring on the attraction re- 
maining here for the holidays; 6 is to be 
celebrated hs 'Honcymooners' Night," on 
which date any couple married between Nov 
1 and 6 will be given free admission to the 
show. 

Madge Kennedy, formerly of "A Stubborn 
f'lnderella." has succeeded Margaret Law- 
rence In "Over Night" at the Princess theatre. 
Miss Lawrence la reported to have withdrawn 
from stage life to get married. 



Anne Laughlln, who shone rcsplendantly 
here recently In the Jefferson De Angells 
■ how at the Illinois, will bo se«»n h»re again 
12 In the cast of "A Lovely Liar." the new 
play that cornea to the Olympic with Louise 
Dresser and Will I'hllbrlck as co-sturs. Miss 
I.nuRhlln's reappcaranee was nrnde possible 
by the BfecBBlon from the east of "A Lovely 
Liar" of Mabel Mcdino. 



Ground has been broken for tho erection of 
a fourth class theatre at Eighteenth street 
and Wabash avenue, this city, In which will 
be featured Illustrated aongs and motion pic- 



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VARIETY 




turea. The proposed edifice will adjoin the 
Calvert Hotel and la being built by J. 8. 
Mayer A Co. B. F. Mayer will be the mana- 
ger. The houae will have a seating capacity 
of (00. 



The bookings of the Bijou, Macon, Oa>, baa 
recently been added to the Hodkins Lyric 
Vaudeville Circuit, commencing f. 



Glenn Burt of the Theatre Booking Cor- 
poration haa added the Royal Calumet, and 
the Royal, Hancock, Mich. 



A dramatisation of Henry Seton Merrlman's 
English novel. "With Edged Tools," waa pre- 
sented at the Whitney Opera House Oct. SO by 
H. Armltage and Edward M. Beck with a ful; 
acting English company. The production was 
well received and Its stay Is expected to be of 
several weeks' duration. The Interpreting cast 
includea Richard Hicks, Hamilton Deane. 
Stanley Bedwell, Charles Hartopp, Campbell 
Qoldsmld, Graham Pockett, Aries Conway, 
Wentworth Graeme, Alice Maude, Marguerite 
Celller, Marie Leon hard, Nora Cralgle and 
Florence Oulhunty. Henry Beck Is manager 
back with the show. 



Dennis F. O'Brien, a New Tork attorney, 
waa In Chicago laat week on what waa pur- 
ported to be mission of inquiry In the In- 
terest of Cohan * Harris, who are reported 
to be anxloua to secure a laaae on a local 
playhouse. The Gotham managers are said to 
have an eye on a theater that la to be 
built In the new Marshall A Fields building, 
which will be erected on the alte of the old 
Orpheum building, adjoining the Chicago 
Opera House, at Clark and Waahlngton 
streets. 



Dad Henderson, the old-time Chicago book- 
ing agent and who waa known aa the "chorus 
girl king" long before Harry Armstrong 
gained that distinction, haa been made real- 
dent manager of the Orpheum theatre at 
Logansport, Ind. 

Marcua Loew waa In town for a few days 
laat week superintending the preliminary 
work preceding the formal opening of the 
American Muslo Hall with Law Fields* 
"Hanky Panky" ahow. 

During ths week of Deo. 10. the stage of the 
Garrlck thestre will be occupied by Gertrude 
Hoffmann and her troupe of Russian dancers, 
while en route back from the Pacific coast. 



Jane Oaker has recovered from a recent In- 
disposition and haa returned to the title role 
In "Every Woman" at the Auditorium. 

Kathryn Tyndall. who occasionally played 
the part of the "snake charmer" In "The 
Concert." haa relieved Alice Leah Pollock In 
the role at the Blackatone. thla olty, while the 
latter haa gone eaat to undergo an operation 
for appendicitis 

"The Right Princess," a play written along 
Christian Science lines, Is being prepared for 
appearance shortly at the Ziegfeld theatre. 



James K. Hsckett, who is entertaining the 
patrons of Powers' theatre, Is endeavoring 
to secure a "loop" theatre for a return en- 
gagement of "The Grain of Dust" after the 
hoildayi. The attraction leaves Its present 
abode 6 for the Incoming of "Thais." 



Robert Carter and Kathryn Watera pro- 
duced their new act entitled "Pro and Con" 
laat week at one of the out-of-town theatre* 
The offering la deacrlbed aa being mostly 
"con," but la reported aa having scored 
strongly. 



W. L Beardaley, an ex-performer, la ped- 
dling a new "pill" that la known aa the Daba 
cigarette. 

Word comes from Fresno, Cal , that Maud 
Lillian Berrl haa been Kranted a divorce lrom 
her actor-huaband, Frank Moulan, and that 
ahe haa disposed of her farm of .'00 acrea 
She la to entertain the patrone of the Cort 
theatrea between here and San Francisco this 
season at the head of a mualcal ahow. 



Frank Gaasolo, one of the lossecs of the 
Imperial theatre In Weat Madison street, and 
another native by the name of Robert D T \on. 
are responsible for the erection of a th«acre 
at Belmont and Sheffield avenuea that la to 
coat approximately $121,000 when complied. 
Attractions playing the Imperial and Hay- 
market are to be booked In the new play- 
house. Mr. Dixon la Interested In the man- 
agement of the Crown theatre In Weat I»l- 
vislon street. 



"The Nigger," a drama seen here last sea- 
son at one of the "loop" theatres, la being 
produced thla week at the College theatre by 
the stock company of thst house. "Barbara 
Fretchle" will be the aucceedlng attraction. 



"A Butterfly on the Wheel" la the name of 
a new piece In which Marie Doro will be 



seen at Powers 10. 



A company la reported to be In process of 
formation here to take over the Buah Tem- 
ple and alx other local theatrea. In which will 
be presented the condensed versions of pop- 
ulsr musical ahowa thst ere being exploited 
by Vic Hugo, Rube Welch and their associate 
promoters. 



Mrs. Harrison Grey Ftske, known in stage- 
land as simply Mrs. Flske, Inaugurated sn 
eight weeks' engagement st the Grand Opera 
House Oct. 30, under the management of her 
husband. The vehicle selected for her In- 
augural was "The New Marriage," a new 
play from the pen of Lsngdon Mitchell. Be- 
fore leaving Chicago, the actress will present 
"Julia France" and "The War of Souls," 
which are the compositions of Gertrude Ath- 
erton and Paul Hyaclnthe Loyson, respective- 
ly. In Mra FIske's supporting company are 
Joseph Kllgour. Shelley Hull. Douglas Patter- 
son. Edward Donnelly. J. T. Challle, T. Tama- 
moto, Edward O'Connell. Gllda Varesl, Helena 
Van Brugh, Gladys Hanson, Elisabeth Fagan 
and Hattle Russell. Mr. Mitchell, who Is also 



author of "Becky Sharp" and "The New 
York Idea," both former successes of Mrs 
Flake, was In town at the opening perform- 
ance and was forced to share curtain honors 
with the star. 



Wagenhals 6 Kemper's production of the 
Broadway success. "Seven Days," commenced 
a two weeka* engsgement at the Olympic 
theatre Sunday night. In the csst are Wtl- 
lard Louis, Allan Pollock, William & Lyons, 
T. J. McMahon. William Evllle. F. C. Butler. 
Mary Land. Irma La Pierre, Winona Shannon 
and Marie Haynea. 



Big audlencee are greeting the appearance 
of Lew Fields and hla company In hla pro- 
duction of "The Hen Pecks" this week at the 
Garrlck. In his support are Bam Watson. 
Jessie Busley, Louise Carver, Hllarton Ceba- 
loa. Thomaa Murray. Charles Mitchell. Mar- 
Jorle Blythe. Vernon Castle, Ethsl Wheeler. 
Frances Ross. Frank Whitman, Elisabeth 
Brtce. Blossom See ley, Frederick Roberts, 
Harry Prew. Joseph Ksne, Irene Caatle, Ade- 
laide Mason and Rosalie Cebaloa. The en- 
gagement la limited. 



A capacity audience greeted the appearance 
of Mile. Emma Trentlnl and supporting com- 
pany Oct. 10 at ths Colonist In tbs comic- 
opera "Naughty Marietta," In the caat are 
Henry Taylor. Wllllsm W. Blsck. Harry Tur- 
pln. Edwin Lyle. William Welp. James 8. 
Murrsy, Willis Browne, Susanna Leonard 
Westford, Mine. Marie Ducbene, Vera De- 
Rosa, Augusta Behrens, Elisabeth Keenan, 
David Klein. William Mack, Emsnuel Tier- 
nauer, Willis Browne, Robert Fisher. The 
production is elsborately staged and la re- 
inforced with a big chorus 

The patrons of McVicker'e thestre hsd a 
peep at one of their favorites Sundsy night 
when Chsuncey Olcott sppeared In "Macush- 
la," a new plsy from the pen of Rlda John- 
eon Young. The engagement Is for three 
weeka In the supporting compsny ere 
Charles Wellesley, Robert V. Ferguson, B. H. 
Reardon, George Brennan, F. Oatenby Bell, 
Edmund 8halet, Gall Kane. Jennie Lamont. 
Katherlne Clarendon and Alice Farrell. 



The popularity of Bid Flaher. the news- 
paper cartoonist, and his "Mutt snd Jeff,* 
his character studies, were strongly sttested 
to Sunday at the Globe theatre when his 
comedy of that name was seen for the first 
time In a house thst was crowded to the 
doors st both performsncea Ross Snow, well 
known here through his performances a few 
years ago In "The Gingerbread Man" and 
later on In the creation of the original role 
of "Happy Hooligan." played the part of 
Mutt. Barring a bad voice, bis Interpreta- 
tion was hilariously amusing. The opposite 
character of Jeff was acted by Martin Healy. 
a former vaudevllllan. His work wss con- 
ceded to be one of the hits of the show. 
Cartoonist Fisher wss present st the initial 
performance, as wss slso Gus Hill, who csme 
on from New York to eee how the show 
went over. That It did "go over" Is a cer- 
tainty, and the attendance yesterday In a 



house that recently waa the scene of one of 
the most spectacular "flivvers" that ever hap- 
pened in this city, is indicative of the draw- 
ing powers of the attraction. Snow and 
Healy are supported by a capable company 
that Includes Jack Wilson, Tom Barry, Wil- 
liam F. Ryan, John Ardisona. Percy Weller, 
Winn Shaw, George H. Cutmore, Louis Von 
Blake, Andrew Howard, Harry Barnes, Jim 
Hack, Norma Bell, May La Rue, Ceclle Cum- 
mlngs. and Minerva Adama Joseph Pettln- 
gill, co-suthor of Cartoonist Fisher, Is man- 
ager back with the show. 



PLAZA (Interstate Circuit, mgra) — Walah 
and Lynch, Alaace, Lorraine Trio, Billy 
Brown, Ward and Weber, Aaskl Jspa 

EVAN8TON (Chss. New, mgr.; agent., W. 
V. M. A). — First half: Local entertainment. 
Laat half: Juggling Jewels, Devlne * Will- 
lama, Beltrah snd Belt rah. Rathskeller Trio, 
Three Melvlna 

80UTH CHICAGO (Harry Wilson, mgr.; 
agent, W. V. M. A,). — Mme. Zella's Dogs, Ir- 
win snd O'Neill. The Hennlngs, Wllklns snd 
Wllklns, Dslto Freese Co. Lost half: Matilda 
and Elvira, Elsie Tuell, Dorohty De Sohelle 
Co., The Newmans, Carson Bros. 

KEDZIE (Wm. Malcolm, mgr.; agent, W. 
V. M. A.) — Three Melvlna. Land Is, Knowles. 
Robert Henry Hodge Co.. Billy Link, "Heart 
of the Mountain.'" Laat half not booked. 

LYDA (W. V. M. A. agent).— Three Millers. 
Eddie Gardner, Blockaon and Burns. Clark and 
Verdi, Sutton and Sutton. Laat half: Edna 
and Alvert. Sidney Reynolds, Four Bragdons, 
Fred Elliott, The Reneltoe. 

WILLIARD (J. C. Burch, mgr.; agent. W. 
V. M. A.) — Klrksmith Sisters. Emerson and 
Celeete, Delmar A Delmar, Knox and Alvln. 
Last half: Heely and Meely, Three Richard- 
sons. Mclntyre snd Hsrdy. Klpp and Klppy. 

WILSON AVE (M. Llcalsl. mgr.; agent, W. 
V. M. A)— Heeley and Meely, Three Rlch- 
ardsons, Mclntyre and Hardy, Klpp and Klp- 
py. Last half: Klrksmith Sisters, Emerson 
and Celeste, Delmar and Delmar, Knox and 
Alvln. 

ASHLAND (A. E. Wleaner. mgr.; agent, W. 
V. M. A.) — Four Bragdons. Sidney Reynolds, 
Harry Bloom. Ted Bailey Co. Last half: 
Blockaon and Burns, Msy Bretonne Co., John 
and Winnie Hennlnga. Billy Link. 

ACADEMY (Tom Cormody, mgr.; agent. W. 
V. M. A) — The Rendalloa. Rush's Animals, 
Three Aces. Fred Lloyd. Last half: Doblados 
Animals. Grsce Darnelly, Sidney Jerome Co., 
Taylor and Herbert. Mr. and Mrs. Alright. 

PALACE (Mr. Gllckmsn. mgr.; sgent. W. 
V. M. A.) — Schoen's 8chool Kids. Edna and 
Albert. Buckley and Hall. Ralph Seabury. At- 
lantas Flsk. Last half: Rush's Animals. Ar- 
thur Turrelly. Egan and De Mar, Marshall, 
Moore and Benson. Bsrtelll snd Murphy. 

LINDEN (Chas. Hatch, mgr.; agent. J. C. 
Matthews) — Dsnclng Shsck. Rube Strickland. 
Hap Handy and Co.. Berry and Wllheml. Le- 
Velle and Grant. Last hslf: Ousmsnl Trio. 
Msrkee Bros.. Armstrong snd Fern, Fred Wy- 
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CLARK (Agent. J. C. Mstthews)— Lorrette 
and Dog. Markee Bros, Barrett and Earl, 
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Last half: Dorothy Lamb and Co., Valle 
Berry and Wllhelml, Georgia Trio, Momo't 
Arabs. 



The Jewel, Palo Alto, opened for vaudeville 
and pictures October 21 to big business. M. G 
Murray is manager. Bert Levey is booking. 



SAN FRANCISCO 

By BOBKBT A. HAZEL. 

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ORPHEUH (Martin Beck, gen. mgr. ; agent, 
Orpheum Circuit). — Howard ft North, sub- 
stantial hit; Maud Hall Macy ft Co.. very 
good, act going big; Sager Mldgley ft Co., 
clever farce, well received; Brgottl ft Lilli- 
putians, exceptionally good; Lillian Bcher- 
elber, pleased; Nat Wills cleaned .up again 
this week; Six Brown Brothers, repeated suc- 
cess; Pedersen Bros., scored. Capacity busi- 
ness; exceptionally good bill. 

EMPRESS (Sid Grauman, mgr.). — Arte 
Mysterle, novelty; Nellie Brewster ft Amster- 
dam Quartet, went well; J. Frank Burke ft 
Co., hit of bill; Hoey ft Mosar, fair; Harry 
Bourton ft Co., pleased; Freeman ft Dunham, 
hit; Kate Fowler, passed. Business good. 



The Hughes Musical Comedy Company, now 
alternating between the American and Gaiety 
theatres of this city, sail on the "Sierra" 
for Honolulu to play eight weeks at the 
Bijou. 



The management of the Savoy is looking 
forward to a good business, as the future 
bookings should Interest Frisco. This week, 
"The Traveling Salesman"; week 5. "In Old 
Kentucky" week 12, "Don't Lie to Your 
Wife"; week 19. "Polly of the Circus"; week 
26, Rose Melville in "Sis Hopkins" for two 
weeka 



assistant manager. The Dlephenbrock opened 
as a stock house, but proved a failure. 

John Morrlsey, manager of the local 

Orpheum, has returned from French Lake 

Springs, where he and Mrs. Morrisey spent 
four weeks. 



The Unique, Petaluma, resumed vaudeville 
October 21, business good. Professor Kenney 
is manager. Bert Levey, circuit agent. 



Pamona will soon have a new theatre with 
seating capacity of 800. Mr. Barr, of Barr 
and La Salle, a vaudeville team well known 
on the Coast, is responsible. 



Emma Eames and Emlllo De Gogorca gavi 
a concert at the Scottish-Rite Auditorium 
October 24 to capacity business. 



Clarence O. Rlggs, general manager of (he 
Adolphus, Los Angeles, the largest theatre 
west of the Rockies, has signed an exclusive 
contract with Bert Levey to book the house 



Benny Benjamin, sporting writer, died Oc- 
tober 18 at the home of his elster in Berke- 
ley. Mr. Benjamin had • wide circle of 
friends among the profession. 



The University of California Mandolin Club 
will soon leave San Francisco for the Ha- 
waiian Islands They will appear at Honolulu 
for several weeks. 



Roger Lewis, the representative for the 
Will Rossi ter Music Pub. Co., Chicago, and 
author of "Oceana Roll." is here, with a 
view to locating an office In San Francisco. 
He Is boosting Rossi ter* s latest hits, "Let's 
Make Love While the Moon Shines" and 
"Mammy's Shuffle In Dance." 



The Four Benos leave 16 for Manila, booked 
by the U. 8. Government for the exposition 
to be held there. After they continue on to 
Japan. China, and India, covering In all a 
period of two years. 

The Mystic, Petsluma, a new house, will 
open with vaudeville and pictures Dec. 1. 
Seating capacity, 800. John A. McNear will 
be manager, Bert Levey booking. 

Martin Kurtslg, manager of the Gaiety, an- 
ticipates opening the Globe In the Mission, 
when he can secure a competent cast of 
players. 



George Elwln Wlllats, a well known com- 
poser of San Francisco, and Jane Marion 
Van De Grift were married October 21. 



"The Flower of the Ranch" opened to 
crowded houses at the Savoy, October 22 
Monday and Tuesday business dropped to 
about half. Mr. Flesher, the manager of the 
company, said the cause of the decrease In 
business was due to the San Francisco pa- 
pers, which, he claims, are the most un- 
just of any throughout the United States. 



PORTOLA LOUVRE RESTAURANT (Her- 
bert Meyerneld, mgr.; Lester Fountain, 
amusement mgr.). — Mme. Leovalll, Luisa Cer- 
chlettl, Mario Hedlger, Mario Cortada, Billle 
ft Mlna Rhodes, May Woods, Lillian Touvin, 
La Bella Ines, Bernat Jaulus A Orchestra. 



The Dlephenbrock, 8acramento, opening 8. 
playing Orpheum shows the last four days 
of each week, will have Henry McRea as 
manager and Ed. Levey (late of the Chutes), 



PORTOLA THEATRE (Alburn ft Leahy, 
ingrs. ; Bert Levey, circuit agent). — Henerlck 
& Wright 8lsters, Gustave Trio, Three Mor- 
rises. Dalton ft Travelle, Shepard ft McDon- 
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Ten minutes gave the audience an 
appetizer for more. The boys, who 
look nice in their white suits, will 
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PHILADELPHIA 

BY GEORGE M. YOUNG. 

KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.; agent, U. B. 
O. ). — Lillian Russell la proving a big "draw," 

the former comic opera atar being greeted 
by capacity audiencea Monday, and In a man- 
ner which muat have flrmly convinced every- 
one she la ■till to be reckoned aa among the 
foremost of our American artlata. No doubt 
many of thoae who came to see rather than 
to hear her, were much surprised to note that 
her voice at 1 1 1 retains Its freshness and bril- 
liant quality aa of yore, and that there re- 
mains the same charm of personality and 
uttractlveneaa of face and form which haa 
held her In the front rank of American beau- 
ties for many years. Her costumes are beau- 
tiful. It was an unusually strong bill sur- 
rounding the headllner with a plentltude of 
music and comedy and a couple of big laugh- 
ing hits. One was Frank Fogarty, "the Dub- 
lin Minstrel," with a budget of Irish stories, 
mostly new and rendered in his usual telling 
style. To those who can remember "Little 
Johnny Dugan," a new song which Mr. Fo- 
garty la using now, Is a pleasing reminder. 
It has a "response" chorus by the orchestra, 
and even If It did sound funny to hear Char- 
ley Schrader's bunch trying to use an Irish 
brogue, the song scored strongly, and helped 
carry Fogarty through to one of the biggest 
hits he has ever made here. Wlllard Simms 
was the same old scream In "Fllnder's Fur- 
nished Flat." There lan't any bit of busi- 
ness which comes to mind that Is a bigger 
or more consistent laugh-wlnncr than Simms" 
wrestling bout with that paste pot and his 
funny burlesque singing number used at the 
finish. Simms' Imitation of a chorus girl was 
even funnier than the type which Rowena 
Stewart and Gladys Alexandria attempted to 
portray in their sketch. "Broadway Love." 
The girls have a good Idea for a sketch, but 
haven't hit It Just right. The comedy end Is 
the thing In this sort of vehicle, but that 

"mushy" sentimental stuff Is sadder than the 
thought that the girls of the "merry" would 
ever fall for the game that Jack tried to 



go through with. Stepp, Mehllnger and King: 
found a hearty welcome, and the boys Just 
waded through their time limit at top speed. 
Each number brought its reward and the 
little burlesquing for the finish took them 
off in great shape. Good showy acts opened 
and closed. Wentworth, Vesta and "Teddy" 
getting more than the i-tual reward for their 
dandy acrobatics and comedy In the start- 
ing position, while the Six Abdallahs man- 
aged to hold down the closing spot and get 
results despite the handicap of having to 
follow Miss Russell and the rathskeller trio. 
They have a corking good, clean-cut tumb- 
ling act. Eva Shirley and Sam Kessler in a 
pleasing singing and dancing number and the 
Gordon Brothers with their bag punching and 
boxing kangaroo held up nicely in early posi- 
tions. 

COLONIAL (Al White, mgr.; booked di- 
rect). — Numerous sketches have been Inspired 
by the success of Aaron Hoffman's "The End 
of the World," but few have lasted long 
though to gain recognition on even the small 
time. "East Side Life," which Is offered here 
this week by Meyer Harris A Co., fits In 
among the latter class. Four characters are 
employed In addition to the principal role by 
Harris, but there la no action, and the dia- 
log Is not strong enough at any time to 
carry the story to anything that Is convincing. 
Harris formerly offerd the Hoffman sketch on 
the "pop" time. He Is trying for a suc- 
cessor, but It is not there In the new sketch. 
Walter Erb is a newcomer from the west, It 
Is said. Erb must be a student of the use 
of names, the feature portion of his act being 
a song which includes the majority of popu- 
lar baseball players and another of towns. 
The first Is the better of the two. Erb also 
tells some "gags." The newcomer Is a bit 
handicapped by his delivery, but If he can 
freshen up the gags and take a little more 
time so as to give the "fans" In front chance 
(o "get" the names he ought to build up a 
pretty good "single" which will find favor 
in the small qouses. The remainder of the 
bill Is made up of familiar acts. Anna Bel- 
mont did nicely with her songs and "kid- 
ding" about her slfce. Tho snappy singing and 



dancing turn of Follette & Wicks scored 
strongly, and the Ader Four finished the 
show up In good shape with their clean-cut 
club Juggling. The Colonial Is not a "mati- 
nee" house, the business coming after night- 
fall, but the afternoon shows have given 
Manager Al White a chance to entertain the 
"lay-offs," and those who work the shows 
make a sort of a "Welcome Homo" out of 
the place. In this way the actors get to like 
the place so well that Al has to put them 
on to keep them away from the house, and 
they are so anxious to get the week that they 
let him name the salaries. White Is sole 
awncr this year, and says II hus the dancing 
school thing beaten a mile. 

VICTORIA (Jay Mastbaum. mgr.; agent, H. 
Bart McHugh). — McCabe & Washburn had 
the feature position. The boys have a min- 
strel act which Includes some singing and 
a few gags of the "end-man" variety. They 
were well liked. Kelso & Llghton pulled 
down a good-sized hit with a musical sketch 
and the woman scored Individually for a 
corking "souse" bit which brought plenty 
of laughs and was cleverly handled. Rivers 
& Rochester were forced to work In street 
clothes on Monday. They offered a singing 
Sketch which would have been Improved with 
better songs. Their voices pleased. Alice 
Clark suffered a like handicap. Miss Clark 
dresses nicely and with better numbers will 
do nicely. Norwood & Norwood were a hit 
with some singing, yodllng and comedy work- 
ed up through an entrance of one down the 
nlsle. The yodllng was a sure-fire. Cora Hall 
opened nicely with a baseball song, and then 
offered two recitations. One would have been 
plenty. Two dragged the act out slowly. A 
lively song for the middle number would have 
suited better, and Miss Hnll would have a 
pleasing act. Luelfer & Kibler's comedy acro- 
batic turn was of the ordinary class. 

TROCADEROS (Sam M. Dawson, mgr. ).-■- 
"The Gay Widows" has been almost complete- 
ly made over since Its first visit this senson. 
and when the new company is working togeth- 
er as they should, the "Widows" ought to 
loom up like a real good show. There h:iv«- 
been several changes and more are to follow. 



manager Louis Oberwarth doing some real 
work toward building up his show on a first 
rate foundation, formed by a hard-working and 
cleverly drilled chorus. Max Ritter and Grace 
Foster took up parts the past week, their 
snappy singing and dancing bits making them 
noticeable In the pieces and the olio. Blanche 
Gordon, who replaced Mile. Rhea, gave the 
olio a dandy start with her capital coon- 
shoutlng and made a corking looking leader 
for the Spanish number, one of the best of 
the show. During the week here John G. 
Hart was engaged to put In the Junle McCree 
"dope" sketch. May 6trehl and Fred Damsel 
making up the "company." Hart will also 
do an "unknown" bit In the pieces. Ross 
and Stewart will close In Boston and will be 
replaced by Carlton and Carlton. The new 
material added haa put a lot of snap and 
ginger Into the show, and it was very well 
liked the past week. The French number, 
led by Miss Btrehl, attractively dressed, was 
the big applause winner. This Is Mr. Ober- 
warth's first season as sole owner of a 
"Wheel" show, and he must be credited for 
his efforts to deliver the goods. 

WILLIAM PENN (Geo. Metsel, mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O. ). — It does not make a great deal of 
difference what kind of a bill Is offered at 
this house, business always seems to be the 
s:ime. and every act wins a share of the 
honors. It looked a little strange to see the 
house filled with men Monday night, women 
being conspicuous by their absence; and It 
was a pretty wise looking crowd for a "pop" 
house. They divided their chief laurels be- 
tween Keno and Green and Jimmy Lucas. 
Lucas did not seem to take things as seri- 
ously as he does In the big time houses, go- 
ing in for a little more "kidding" than 
seemed good for him and his act; but, when 
lie got down to the real work at the finish, 
Innded solidly. "In Old New York," a sketch 
of East Side life In New York, presented by 
Harry Beresford, did nicely through the com- 
nly business, which was handled well. Epl- 
giummntlc speeches nre featured in the dialog 
which Is of light merit. It reaches about 
n fair average for the small time. Blanche 
I)»-an. a diminutive singer, had rather hard 



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sledding through her selection of songs. 
Barnes and King did fairly well with their 
burlesque magic act In the opening spot, and 
the Four Rlanos furnished a capital clos- 
ing number with their old sketoh, "The Pro- 
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NINTH AND ARCH (Frank Dumont. mgr.). 
— Dumont's Minstrels and Rice A Bowen. 

CHE8TNUT STREET (Grant Laferty. 
mgr-). — Orpheum Players In Clarice. 
. AMERICAN. — Blaney-Spooner Stock Co. In 
"Zasa." 

NATIONAL (T. Kelly, mgr.).— "Beyond the 
Divide." 

HART'S (J. Hart, mgr.).— "Ten Nights In a 
Bar Room." 

Mrs. Jim Harklna (Marlon Harrison) has 
presented Jim with a daughter, now named 
Barbara. The offspring is the result of a 
pretty little romance which ended in the 
pair slipping away about a year ago to get 
married. Jim is so happy between the ar- 
rival of the baby and booking for two or 
three months' work that he Is toeing his 
voice telling about all his good luck. Mrs. 
Harklns and Barbara are doing well. 



BESSIE WYNN 



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Evelyn Walker (Mra Ous Fay) is rapidly 
recovering from her serious Illness In this 
city where she Is staying with her brother- 
in-law at the Lafayette Hotel. Miss Walker 
has passed through a serious attack, but Is 
on the road to recovery and making big gains 
every day. She came here from the hospital 
and the change has worked wonders. 



BIJOU (Joseph Dougherty, mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. O). — "The Naked Truth"; Mile. Martha 
and Ollle; Ada Wolcott A Co. In "A Fish- 
erman's Luck": Bellclalre A Herman; Lucy 
Tonge; John F. Clark; Weston, Fields and 
Carroll. 

THE THEATORIUM (Chas. Johnson, mgr.; 
agent, M. W. Taylor Agency). — The Caspers; 
The Qulllens; Bert Parker; Slddons ft Earl; 
Four Inmans. 

PALACE (Al Rains, mgr.; agent, H. Bart 
McHugh). — Jadoo. featured; Claire Maynard; 
Bernard ft Roberts; Rand's Dogs; Clayton A 
Lennle; Great Chlyo; Harvey ft Lawrence. 



KEYSTONE (M W. Taylor, mgr.; agent. 
M. W. Taylor Agency). — Nine Crasy Kids; 
Bellerlnl's Dogs; Bailey A Tears; Farnum ft 
Delmar; Joe Hardman Six Lazelles. 

LIBERTY (M. W Taylor, mgr.; agent, M. 
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Musical Klelsses; Jack Boyce; Irvin, Graver 
A Leonard; Carl Pantser Trio. 

ALHAMBRA (Frank MIgone, mgr.; agent. 
M. W. Taylor Agency). — Dollar Troupe; Three 
Adair Siatera; Olbaon A Raney; Deavea' Manl- 
klna; Millie Clcelo A Co. 

DIXIE (D. Label 1. mar.; agent. M. W. 
Taylor Agency). — Eagle and the Oirl; Erni 
A Erni; Mann A Franks ; Phil Bennett; Ray- 
mon, Lelghton A Morse. 

FOREPAUQH'S (Miller A Kaufman, mgre. ; 
agent, I. Kaufman). — Wills A Lewis; Tyson. 
Brown A Co.; Lloyd A Gibson; Pierce A 
Gordon; Lew Ross; Howard A Depullle. 

GIRARD (Kaufman A Miller, mgrs. ; agent, 
I. Kaufman). — Five Herculanos; Stevenson 
A Nugent; Nat Lefllngwell A Co.; Martin A 
Fabrlnl; Cody. 

EMPIRE (Stanford A Western, mgrs.; 
agent, I. Kaufman). — Those Four Boys; 
Howell A Scott; Piano Wlsards; Irmanos. 

COLONIAL (Al. White, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect). — Partrite A Davidson; Anna Belmont; 
Meyer Harris A Co.; Follette A Wicks; The 
Ader Four. 

NIXON (F. G. Nlxon-Nirdlinger, mgr.; 
agent. Nlxon-Nirdlinger Vaudeville Agency). 
— Henry A Laselle; Leater A Kellett; Te Old 
Home Chair; Loring Parquette A Co.; Stu- 
art A Harris; U. 8. A. Boys In Blue. 

PEOPLE'S (F. G. Nlxon-Nirdlinger. mgr.; 
agent, Nlxon-Nirdlinger Vaudeville Agency). 
— Barnes A Barron; Dey A Kenan; The Ga- 
vanos; Mr. A Mrs. Thornton Friel; Krlstofy 
Trio. 

COHOCKSINK PALACE (Nlxon-Nirdlinger 
Vaudeville Agency). — Herbert A De Dalvla. 

PLAZA (Chas. E. Oelech lager, mgr.; agent, 
H. Bart McHugh). — Four Regals; Jermon A 
Walker; The Seven Eamonda: Gates A Blake: 
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COLONIAL (Thomas Lothian, mgr.; K. A 
E. ). — "The Three Romeoe," opened to a good 
■tart. 

BOSTON (Al. Levering, mgr.; K. A E.). — 
"Ben Hur"; houae dark the first three dsys 
preparing for the opening. Big advance sale. 

8HUBERT (E D. Smith, mgr.; Shubert). 
— "The Blue Bird," has caught on. 

PARK (W. D. Andreas, mgr.; K. A E.). — 
"Get-Rich-Quick Walllngford." now in the 
aixth week and playing capacity. 

GLOBE (R. Janette, mgr.; Shubert). — "The 
Newlyweds and Their Baby." playing the last 
of a two weeks' engagement. Doing very 
well. 

HOLLIS (Charles J. Rich, mgr.; K. A B.). 
—"Nobody's Widow" with Blanche Bates In 
the stellar role has dona rather wail for tfta 
two weeka 

PLYMOUTH (Fred Wright, mgr.; Lieb- 
ler's). — "Pomander Walk." First time here 
and is doing fairly well. 

MAJESTIC (E. D. Smith, mgr.; Shubert). 
—"The Gamblers." Sixth and laat week. 
Good housea 

GRAND OPERA HOUSE (George Magee. 
mgr.; agent, Stair, Wilbur A Magee).— "The 
Smart 8et." Alwaya playa to capacity here. 

CA8TLE SQUARE (John Craig, mgr.). — 
"The Right of Way." Stock. 

KEITH'S (Harry E. Guatln, mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O. ). — F'ne theatre weather packed 'em 
In to see a good bill. "Everybody" got every- 
body before the finale. O'Brien, Havel A Co.. 
good for a good laugh; Jolly. Wild A Co.. 
very drcaay act; Blxley A Lerner, left them 
hungry for more; Brooke A Harris, good; 
Ed. Morton, knows how to sing some aonga; 
The Rexees. very good; Dare Bros., opened 
with a good sight act; Martlnettle A 8ylves- 
ter. cloaed with an acrobatic rough house, 
good; pictures. 

NATIONAL (E. A. Ryder, mgr.; agent. U. 
B. o.). — Tom Linton A The Jungle Glrla; 
William Raynor A Co.; Thriller; Cameron A 
Qaylord; Sidney Deane A Co.; Eddie Roaa; 
Pollard; pictures. 

ORPHEUM (V. J. Morris, mgr.; agent. 
Loew). — Foley Bros.; Jack Goldle; Carlo's 
Dogs A Ponlea; Dave Raphael; Harry A Kate 
Jackeon; Charlea Jamea Co.; Ardell Bros.; 
Valentlne'a Doge: Coy De Trlckey; Muelcal 
Stoddarda; Edward Lawrence; Berya Bruce 
A Co; Glenn Ellison; Joaettl Bros.; Walton 
A Vivian; Stone A White; pictures 

SOUTH END (Irving Hamilton, mgr.; 
agent. Loew).— Bettlna Bruce A Co.; Edward 
Lawrence; Glenn Ellison; Joaettl Bros.; Musi- 



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agent, H. Bart McHugh). — 2-4, John W 
Cooper; Moore A Peasley; Weston A Young; 
Romano A Delano. 

GLOBE (B. Israel, mgr.; agent, H. Bart 
McHugh). — 2-4, Chestsr Kingston; Crawford 
A Patterson; Roach A McCurdy. 

LINCOLN (H. Bader, mgr.; agent, H. Bart 
McHugh).— 2-4, Grimm A Ratchell; Jean Br- 
wln; Brooklyn Comedy Four; Imperial Musi- 
cal Trio. 

AUDITORIUM (W. C. Herchenrelder. mgr.; 
agent, H. Bart McHugh). — Conroy * Ray- 
mond; Gertrude Walsh; Fall Sisters. 

OERMANTOWN (Walter Stuempflg. mgr.; 
agent, J. Kraus). — Wallace Mackey; Baals 
Fox; Murphy's Minstrels; Toklo Japs; Ines 
Lawson. 

MODEL (H. A. Ford, mgr.; sgent, Chaa. 
J. Kraus). — Pearl Sterns A Co.; Petite Sis- 
ters; Phil. Bennett; Kesselly's Marionettes. 
Ines Lawson. 

IRIS (M. J. Walsh, mgr.; agent, Chaa. J 
Kraus). — Tom Slddons; Dewsre's Animal Cir- 
cus; Wroe Trio; Tom Howard A Co. 

DARBY (Dr. Harrlgan, mgr.; agent. Chas. 
J. Kraus). — World's Four Harmonists; Nat 
Goets; King Sisters; White's Mules. 

GRAND (Mr. Rappaport, mgr,; agont, Chas. 
J. Kraus). — Dan Ahem; Levllle A Day; 
Harry Antrim; Jos. Splssel A Co.; Wilson A 
Howard. 

LTRIC (D. A. Tyrrell, mgr.: agent, Chaa 
J. Kraua). — Pal La Vola; Al. Sweeny; Whit- 
ney A Young. 

ALEXANDER (Geo. Alexander, mgr.; agent, 
8teln A Leonard, Inc.). — Bert A Flo Jackson; 
Graham A Larkln; Kelly A Mack; Cook A 
Burnett. 

FAIRHILL PALACE (C. Stengle, mgr; 
agent, Stein A Leonard, Inc.). — Perry A Faye; 
Long A Short; Stone A Gilbert. 

CRYSTAL PALACE (D. Bayllnson. mgr.; 
agent, Stein & Leonard, Inc.). — "The Aviator 
Girl," Towle, mgr.; Pflle Sisters; Collins A 
La Belle; Nei Dandy A Co. 

MAJESTIC (Billy Valll. mgr.; agent, Stein 
A Leonard, Inc.). — Herbert, Maudena A Her- 
bert; Geo. C. Hardon; Three Jersey Egg 
Plsnts; The Dancing Johnsons. 

CRYSTAL PALACE (sgent. Stein A Leon- 
ard). — Los Modernist as; Harriet Nollson, 
Bromley A Bromley. 

ATD1TORIUM (Wm. Gibson, mgr.; agent. 
Ft* in A Leonard, Inc.). — Clark A Western; 
Bsrton A Fee; Miller A Fssy. 

CASINO (Ellas A Kotrlg, mgra ).— "Bon 
Tons." 

GAYETY (John P. Eckhardt, mgr.). — 
"•Jueens of Jsrdln de Parle." 



ATLANTIC CITY 

By I. B. PULASKI. 

YOUNG'S PIER (Jack D. Flynn, mgr.; 
agent, U. B. O). — Edmond Hayea A Co., 
scream; George Spink A Pauline Welsh (New 
Acts); "The Vaudeville Broker" (New Acta); 
Ishlkawa Brothers, great; Mark 8ulllvan, 
went big; Stevens A Vlcara, scored; Belle 
Gold, liked; Jlmmie Bums, excellent. 

MILLION DOLLAR PIER (J. L. Young A 
Kennedy Crossan, mgrs.; Wistar Grookett, 
bua mgr.). — M. P. 

8TEEPLECHA8E PIER (R. Morgan A W. 
H. Fennan. mgrs.). — M. P. 

CRITERION (J. Child, mgr.).— M. P. 

STEEL PIER (J. Bothwell, mgr.)— M. P. 

ROYAL (C. Brown, mgr.). — M. P. 

APOLLO (Fred E. Moore, mgr.; agent, K. 
A E.).— "The Master of the House" (30-21). 

Melville Vannlman has completed his Im- 
mense dirigible balloon, the "Akron," and 
will give one or two trial flights over the city 
before making a dash for Europe. 



Maxle Wlnslow- Is still here vacationing. 
The other day he thought he'd like to ride 
on one of those beach ponies. He thought 
that he was a "ylddisha cowboy" for those 
who saw him said that he was a regular 
"besr." Tho next morning Max Found out 
that he had hurt himself. 



"Betsy," In which Grace La Rue appeared 
at the Apollo Oct. 26 proved to be "The 
American Widow," a farce, In which Grace 
Ellison appeared several years ago. Of 

course the renamed show has been set to 
music — and dandy music It Is, too. Ths show 
has a very good chance If the cast be Im- 
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cal Stoddards; Coy De Trlckey; Valentine: 
Foley Bros.; Jack Golden; Carlo's Dogs A 
Ponies; Harry A Kate Jackeon; Charles 
James & Co.; Ardell Bros.; Dave Rsphael; 
pictures. 

HUB (Joseph Mack, mgr. ; agent. Fred 
Mardo).— Hayes A Alpolnt; Seabury Duo; 
Anita; Nana Cordon A Co.; Monarch Comedy 
Four; Joseph Murphy A Co.; Jackson & Mar- 
Karuita; picturea • 

BEACON (J. Laurie, mgr.; agent. Fred 
Mardo). — Norton & Ayres; Martin Howard; 
Hart A Riley; Elona; Burbank & Danforth; 
Bennington Bros.; Jennings A Renfrew; 
Blanche Browning; pictures. 

SCENIC. E. Boston (Geo. Copeland, mgr.; 
agent, Fred Mardo). — Nine Silly Scholars; 
Fallows A Roberts; George Freeman; pic- 
tures. 

nnnt.EY ST. O. H. (William Smith, mgr.; 
agent. Fred Mardo). — Henderson A Header- 
son; Hoe Reeves; May Healer; The Kellers; 
pictures. 

APOLLO (John Hennis, mgr.; agent, Mead 
B. O.).— The Klplings; Gerard A Moore; Lil- 
lian Carter; Jim West; Morton Sisters; HIP 
& Kite; Three Delmars; picturea 

CONGRESS HALL (Charles Schleslnger. 
mgr.; agent, Mead B. O.).— Browning & West; 
Mae Blossom; Henry Santos; Lucille Rlch- 
a rds. 

OLD SOUTH (F. Collier, mgr.; agent. 
Church). — Wood A Shepard; Johnny Riley; 
Barthelmes; Lane & Kenney; Anna Dee; 
Mack A Mackey; Hiton Ward; Casson; pic- 
tures. 

WASHINGTON (F. Collier, mgr.; agent. 
Church). — Kiltie Duo; K.-iley A Adams; Law- 
ller & Putler; Plcklnnlni; Hlnes; Mariam 
White; pictures. , 

HOWARD (M. Somerby, mgr.; agent, 
Mardo, National & Hunt). — Juggling Nelson 
Majestic Four; Mackle & Walker; Melvln A 
Thatcher; Savoy Vara & Sacks; Camille 
Falardaux; pictures. 

PASTIME (F. Allen, mgr.; agent. National). 
— Jennie Gerard; Vac Bell; John A. Dee; 
Darmody; plcturer 

BOWDOIN SQU vRE (J. E. Commerford. 
mgr.; agent, National).— Ploetx-Lorella Sis- 
ters; Wood & Lawson; Brown & Hodges: 
Allman & Mr Fa Hand; Anderson & McDonald: 
Ten Merry Youngsters; pictures. 

PURITAN (agent. National).— Jack Sym- 
onds; De Macos; Buulden & Quinn; Mae 
McNally; Russell A Howard; Powers Trio; 
Puritan Four; pictures. 

CAMBRIDGE (agent. National). — Catherine 
Ward A Co.; Fitxpatrlck & Long; Browning 
A West; Montlcalvl Trio; Mae Green; A I. 
Leon ha id t; Mile. Jeanette; Claremont Bros.: 
pictures. 



"Blllle" Wollfe, of the Mead Booking Of- 
fices, is the father of the agency bill heard 
at the State House Monday. 



Charles Schleslnger, of the Congress Hall. 
South Boston, says that $6,000 was the 
h mount spent to beautify his palace of pleas- 
ure. 



Some "busy business" in the Mead offices. 
They are going to open a New York branch 
Dec. 1, in the Gaiety Theatre Building. 



Joseph De Pisa, a former local newspaper- 
man, is the press agent of the new Plymouth 
theatre who got so much free boosting for 
the "Irish Players." *Tls a fine Job he did. 



ST. LOUIS 



By JNO. L. EBNEST. 

COLUMBIA (Harry D. Huckley. mgr.; 
agent, Orpheum Circuit). — Russian Orchestra, 
unqualified success; Edna Aug, received very 
well; Julius Janncn, amused; Felix A Barry- 
Sisters, appreciation; De Clark Trio, nicely; 
"Little Stranger," held Interest and was ap- 
preciated, although quietly received; Ward A 
Culien, scored; Nettie Carroll Trio, won favor. 

QABRICK (Matthew Smith, mgr.; Shu- 
bert). — Wm. Faversham in "The Faun" en- 
thusiastically received by a large audience. 



CENTURY (W. D. Cave, mgr.; K. & E.). — 
"The Girl in the Taxi" returns with Julio 
King; satisfactory business. 

OLYMPIC (Walter Sanford, mgr.; K. A E.) 
— "The Fortune. Hunter," with much im- 
proved cast, opened Sunday to large audi- 
ence. 



8HUBERT (Melville Stoltx, mgr.).— Henry 
Woodruff In "Prince of Jungle." A light or- 
chestra, reinforced by a piano, rather marred 
the success of the solos owing to lack of 
harmony attributable to inexperience. 

AMERICAN (D. E. Russell, mgr.; T. A H). 
— "The Rosary," with Frank Kllday as 
"Father Brian Kelly," proved a great draw- 
ing card. 

IMPERIAL (Walter Baldwin, mgr.).— 
Baldwin-Melville Stock Company bringing Its 
season to a close. 

HAVLENS (Harry Wallace, mgr.).— Harry 
Clay Blaney in "Across th* Pacific." 

OAYETY (Charles Walters, mgr.). — "The 
Jersey Llllles" started off with every Indi- 
cation of big business. 

STANDARD (Leo Relchenbach, mgr.). — 
Pat White's Show prospering this week. 

DEUTSCHERS (Hans Loebel, dlr.).— Die 
Von Hochsaltel, the original German version 
of "The House Next Door," entertained a 
large audience Sunday night. 

GEM (Frank Talbot, 'mgr. 
agent). — Musical Merlhews. 
Mack, Frank Carroll. 



Frank Doyle, 
Granville A 



Frank Talbot's New Hippodrome will open 
11 with the following: La Belle Victoria, 
Rhoda Royal, "Polly Pickle's Pets." Great 
Codona. Paul Bandoronnos Italian Band, 
Caffanetta Quartette, Knapp and Murray. 



CINCINNATI 

By HARRY HESS. 

KEITH'S (J. J. Murdock. gen. mgr.; C. L. 
Doran. representative; Sunday rehearsal 11). 
— Eva Fay. featured; "Honor Among Thieves" 
laughable; Alexander A Scott, hit of shew; 
Marvelous Millers, scored; Wynn A Russon, 
hit; Greenwood A Burnham. very good; Rob- 
ledlllo. best ever; Satsuda Japs, very fine. 

EMPRESS (H. E. Robinson, mgr.; Sunday 
rehearsal 10). — Arturo Bernard!, featured; 
Ollie. James A April, hit; Lillian Eiger, good; 
Mr. A Mrs. J. J. Dowllng, liked; Ad Carlisle's 
Dog and Pony Circus, hit; Calne A Odom, hit. 

ROBINSON'S (W. W. McEwen, mgr.; agent 
Ous Sun; Monday rehearsal 10). — Two Eng- 
lish Belles; Waldron A Vass; Tops, Topsy A 
Tops; Vertner Sax ton; Spence A Sar telle. 

AUDITORIUM (Oddfellows' Temple Co.. 
mgrs. ; agent, Louis Simon). — Andy Rankin; 
Crawford A Chapman; Barney First; Allor 
A Barrington; Marjorie Kalstein. 

PEOPLE'S (J. E. Fennesy. mgr.).— "Jardln 
de Paris Girls". Olio strong. 

8TANDARD (Frank J. Clements, house 
agent). — "Runaway Girls." scored all the way 
through. 

GRAND OPERA HOU8E (T. Alward. mgr.; 
K. A E.). — "The Witness for the Defense" 
(Ethel Barrymore). 

LYRIC (J. E. Fennessy, mgr.; Shubert) 
"Pinnafore." 

WALNUT (W. Jackson, mgr.; S. A H.). — 
"The Third Degree." 

OLYMPIC— 8tock company with "Paid in 
Full." Attendance capacity. The new stock 
company bids fair to make the house a 
financial winner. 

LYCEUM (Harry Hart, mgr.; Andy Rcttes- 
helmer, representative). — "The Ranger." This 
Is the last week of the present stock com- 
pany. A new company headed by Laura De 
Vere has been secured. 

HECUKS (J. E. Fennessy. mgr.: S. A H.L 
—"The Girl of the Streets." 



NEW ORLEANS 

By O. M. SAMUEL. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr.; agent 
direct; rehearsal Monday 10). — Stlckney's 
circus, entertained; Rita Redfeld, liked; W. 
K. Whittle, laughter; Ida Oday A Co. (New 
Acts); Macart A Bradford, big; Guerro A 
Carmen, hit: "School Boys and Girls," good. 

DAUPHINE (Henry Greenwall, mgr.; Shu- 
bert). — "The Gamblers," excellent company, 
enthusiastic reception, splendid business. 

TULANE (T. C. Campbell, mgr.; K. A K.). 
— "The Echo," inferior show, light houses. 



CRESCENT (T. C. Campbell, mgr.).— Al. G. 
Field's Minstrels. 

LYRIC (Bert. Gagnon, mgr.). — Gagnon-Pol- 
lock Players In "The White Sister." 

MAJESTIC (L. E. Sawyer, mgr.). — Curtlss 
Stock Co. 



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COLONIAL (B. F. Brennan. mgr.; agent, 
II. J. Williams; rehearsal Sunday 10). — Frisco 
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little; Stanley & Grey, liked; Harrington & 
Florence, appeared first. 



Bert Gagnon has taken over the lease of 
the. Lyric from Henry (Jreenwall and L. E. 
Sawyer. 

An affidavit has been Issued against Henry 
(irecnwall, manager of the Dauphlne, for per- 
mitting lsabelle Men< ; oza, a child of ten. to 
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llt performance, and $250 sent here from New 
York, "The Jolly Bachelors" were able to net 
back to that dear Broadway. 

The writer did penance in Pcnsacola Fri- 
day. The town has three picture theatres. 
a dance hall, and the regular Opera house. 
The picture theatres advertise three reels for 
ten cents, the dance hall four reels for the 
name price. The dance hall has the best 
of the situation by one reel. Lew Kose, 
who used to manage the Orpheum In Pensa- 
eola, Is In charge of the Inter-State Fair, 
to blossom forth 6-13. 



Forepaugh-Sells' Circus shows In Pensacola 
4. Harry Tally 1-4. 

The Orpheum in that city has closed on 
account of poor business. 



J. E. Hennessy has succeeded J. Pearce us 
New Orleans representative of the General 
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When the National Film Co. opens its doors 
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BALTIMORE 



By ARTHUR L. ROBB. 

MARYLAND (F. C. Schanberger. mgr.; 
agent, U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Old 
Soldier Fiddlers, big hit; Bernard & Wes- 
ton, pleased; Bary & Wolford. many laughs; 
Homer, Miles * Co.. scored; Moore & Hager. 
excellent; Kate Watson, clever; Bert Mel- 
rose, good; Five Cycling Auroras, fine. 

NEW (George Schneider, mgr.; agent. 
Charles Kraus; rehearsal Monday 10). — Julia 
Dlngas & Minstrel Belles, big hit; Wilson. 
Franklin A Co.. laughs; Georges Bros., ex- 
cellent; Gertrude Dudley A. Co.. applause; 
Cllmore & Latour, good; Mabel Bardlne's 
Players, impression. Business fair. 

VICTORIA (C. E. Lewis, mgr.; agent, 
Nlxon-Nlrdllngcr; rehearsal; Monday 10). — 
Huster Doyle & Co., scored; Mr. & Mrs. 
Thornton Frlel. pleased; Van & Carrie Avery, 
excellent; Dolavoye & Fritz, good; Bernard 
& Roberts, laughs; Barnes & Barron, liked; 
The Gerts. fair. Excellent business. 

WILSON (G. O. Sonders. mgr.; agent, J. 
W. Hoover; rehearsal. Monday 10).— Klein 
Erlanger. excellent; Marlowe &. Plunkett. hit; 
Summerlln & McMullen. applause; Tom Kerr, 
entertaining; Fred Sanford. clever. Business 
excellent. 

FORD'S (Charles E. Ford, mgr.; K. & K.l. 
-Raymond Hitchcock In "The Red Widow." 
Hlg business. 

AUDITORIUM (J. W. McBride. mgr.; Rhu- 
bert). — "Over Night." Big audiences. 

ACADEMY (Tunis F. Deane, mgr.; K. * E.) 
-Grace La Rue In "Betsy." fair houses. 

SAVOY (J. Bascom Jackson, mgr.).— Bos- 
ton Players. 

HOLLIDAY ST. (Wm. Rife, mgr., S. & H.) 
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Ballauf, mgr.). --Ben 
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ALBAUGH'S (J. Albert Young, mgr.; Ind.) 
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LYRIC (Wm. Klsey, mgr.).— Imperial Rus- 
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Truly Shattuck, who Is still confined to 
her room at the Johns Hopkins Hospital con- 
tinues to Improve and her attending physi- 
cian. Dr. Pitcher, »ays her complete recov- 
ery 1h but a matter of time. 



Beginning with this week the H»aton Play- 
ers (stock) appearing at the Savoy under the 
management of H. Bascom Jackson, will 
play five matinees a week. Eleven per- 
formances will then constitute a week's 
work. Business has been gradually Improv- 
ing and so have the productions under the 
direction of William Boshell. 

"Betsy." the starring vehicle of Grace 
LaRue, Is being gradually whipped Into 
shape. Several changes are contemplated 
In the company and rehearsals are being 
held dally. 



J. W. McBride. resident manager of the 
Auditorium, the Shubert house, won out In 
his flght against the management of the 
"Over Night" company, and the prices have 
remained as usual, 25c. to $1.60. Results on 
the week will show that Mr. McBride was 
correct In his contention, for most Baltl- 
moreens object to paying more than $1.80 
unless it is for some noteworthy production. 

Among the Innovations Introduced by Man- 
ager Tunis F. Dean at the Academy of 
Music Is naming the proscenium boxes after 
distinguished actors and actresses. There 
are twelve boxes In all and they are named 
for Maude Adams. John Drew. Ethel Bar- 
rymore, Blanche Bates. Sarah Bernhardt, 
David Warfteld, Frances Starr, E. 8. Wll- 
lard, Edwin Booth. Lawrence Barrett. Mod- 
Jeska and Mary Anderson. 

While the patrons of the Monumental 
Theatre were enjoying the burlesque per- 
formance last Friday night firemen were en- 
gaged In extinguishing a smal blase In the 
forward part of the cellar. The fire Is sup- 
posed to have been caused by a lighted cigar 
that fell through the grating and was dis- 
covered by Manager Jacobs, whose quick ac- 
tion no doubt averted a conflagration. Dam- 
age amounted to about $200. 

Carl Mathleu of this city, a young and 
ambitious thespian, has entered the ranks 
of real comedy actors and this week Joined 
H. T. McConnell and his company at the 
Maryland. Young Mathleu is the possessor 
of a well trained tenor voice and his work 
with the above attraction was favorably 
commented upon by the patrons of this 
house. 



Tho Chicago Grand Opera opens Its Bal- 
timore season at the Lyric 7 In "Thlas" 
with Mary Garden and an all star cast. 0, 
"The Marriage of Figaro" will be offered 
with another cast of notable singers. 

Weeping bitterly as he was called upon 
to offer a defense for burglaries, 17-year-old 
Lewis Baker told Judge Duffy In the local 
Criminal Court Saturday morning that hie 
downfall was due to picture shows The 
films showed how easy It was for the actors 
to steal countless millions and make suc- 
cessful getaways, that young Baker thought 
he could make good at the robbing game. On . 
his very first attempt he fell Into the arms 
of the law. The Judge was much Impressed 
with the would-be burglar's story and pa- 
rolled him for one year, cautioning him to 
keep nway from picture shows. 



Announcement has Just been made that the 
Philharmonic Society of New York will give 
a series of three concerts under the direction 
of Josef Btransky at the Lyric. Much social 
Interest Is being taken In productions. 

DENVER 

By Chas. I^ondoner. 

(By Wire.) 
ORPHEUM (Martin neck. gen. mgr.; 
agent, direct). — Hermlne Shone & Co., clever; 
"Cheyenne Days," thrilling; Lloyd and Rob- 
erts, pleasing: Klein Bros and Brennan, 
good; Henry Cllve, went through easily; La- 
renera and Victor, did fairly; Trio Du Oroe. 
good closer. 



Whm ass sja rt na oaVerfiesmewls JHnaTf stewfisw TAMtWTY. 



VARIETY 




ALTOONA. 

ORPHEUM (Wtlmer and Vincent, miri. ; 
U. B. O., agent ^ rehearsal 11 Monday). — Pep*- 
plno, food; Bradlee Martin A Co.: John F. 
Murray, comedy hit; We-No-Nah, hit. 

MI8HLER (I. C. MUhler, mgr.).— SO. 
"Alma**; 81, "The Ledy Buccaneers"; 1, Nu- 
ola 4k Co.; t, Mrs, Leslie Carter; 4, Forbes 
Robertson. E. O. B. 



ANN ABBOB. 

MAJB8TIC (A. J. Abbot, m«r.).— Porter J. 
Whits A Co.. hsadllner; Tuxedo Comedy Four, 
treat; Hardls Lanfdon, rood; Young* A 
Brooks, hit; Jos Whitehead, scored. 

NBW WHITNBT (D. & Mclntyre, mgr.).— 
4, "The Squaw Man." 

MBLTON. 



ArGCSTA, MB. 

OPERA HOU8B (T. H. Cuddy, mgr.).— 
Brown A Farlsdesu, good; Bobbins A Tren- 
namsn, hit Nov. t, Frank Dsshon In "The 
Bsauty Spot" 

J. FRBMONT DEARBORN. 



BAT CUT, MICH. 

BIJOU (J. D. Pllmore, mfr; agent, W. 
V. M. A; rehearsal Sunday 11).— Meredith 
A Bnooaer, good; Harry Von Dell, fine; Or- 
phsus Comedy Four, great; Dolce Slaters, hit; 
Piccolo Midgets, big. 

LTRIC (Harvey Arlington, mgr.). — Stock. 

VAN W. 



BBXDOBPOBT, CONN. 

POLI8 (R. B. Owens, mgr.; U. B. O., 
agsnt). — Manning * Ford, fair; Wilson * 
Pearson, pleassd; LsRoy A Harvey, laughs; 
Fred. Watson, fair; Paul Dickey A Co., 
sorsam; Lyons A Tosco, excellent; Chspman 
It Bsrubs, clsvsr. 

PARK (J. F. Burks, mgr.).— It, "Olrl of 
the Golden West,'* fair bualneea 

H. RBICH. 



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Personal Direction JBNIK JACOBA. 



Willa Holt Wakefield 



IN VAUDKVI 

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ACROBATIC LILIvlO 

tSSSfmo HOUNDS 

Closing the show at Percy Williams' COLONIAL THIS WEEK (Oct. 30th), and meeting 

with great success 



Meehan's 



BUFFALO. 

SHBA'S (M. Shea, mgr.; sgent, U. B. O.; 
rehearsal Monday 10).— Walter C. Kelly, 
scream ; Nonette. merit; Sam J. Curtlss A Co- 
fair; Salerno, very good; "Silvers," fair; Cor- 
coran A Dlaon, humorous; Robert De Mont 
Trio, clever; "The Hold-Up." hit 

PLAZA (Emery M. Downes. mgr.; sgent, 
U. B. O. Family).— Oraesy A Barnett, good; 
Kssley A Parks, fine; Greet Steak, very 
good; Charles A Ida Latham. Isughable; The 
Rontons, excellent; Harry Molnman, classy. 

GARDEN (Charles E. White, mgr.).— Rose 
Bydsll. "London Bellea" 

LAFAYETTE (Charles Bsgg, mgr.).— 
Americana 

ACADEMY (Henry Marcus, mgr.; sgent. 
Consolidated). — Francis Wood, good; Menther 
A Davis, fine; Trsvers Rsy A Co., hit; Fred 
King A Co.. fair; De Van A La Totlto. 
clever; De Longs, good; Geo. Morton, clever; 
Miller A Clevelsnd, excellent; 8herldsn A 
Shaw, fine; Award Brothers, clever. 

FAMILY (H. A. Calllgnon, mgr.; agent, 
Consolldsted). — Harry Henry, very good; 
Leroy A Drake, classy; Brooks A Csr lisle, 
hit; Marie Laurent, excellent; Hsrry Camp- 
bell, good; Williams A Wllllama 



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AT THE BALL CAME" 

This week (Oct. 30), Shea's, Buffalo Next week (Nov. 6), Keith's, Columbus 

Direction, H. B. MARINELLI, Ltd. 



David Kindler, unusual; Kerough A Fran- 
ces, won favor; Josephine Knoll, well re- 
ceived; Arthur Demlng, good; American 
Trumpeters, good. 

PROSPECT (H. A. Daniels, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Zanarar, 
clever; Dotson A Lucas, clever; Margaret 
Bird A Co., fair; Sampson A Riley, good; 
Valerie Bergere Players, headliner; Geo. H. 
Wood, good; The Darlans, good. 

STAR (Drew A Campbell, mgra ; rehearsal 
Monday 10). — "Imperials." 

EMPIRE (E. A. McArdel. mgr.; rehearsal 
Monday 10). — "Hastings' Big Show " 

COLONIAL (R. H. McLaughlin, mgr.; 8hu- 
bert; rehearsal Monday 10). — Aborn Qrand 
Opera Co. 

OPERA HOUSE (Geo. Gardner, mgr.; K. 
A E. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Chicago Grand 
Opera Co. 

LYCEUM (Geo. Todd, mgr.; rehearsal Mon- 
day 10). — "Buster Brown." 

CLEVELAND (Harry Zirker, mgr.).— "Sixth 
Commandment," big business. 

WALTER D. HOLCOMB. 



DAVENPORT, IA. 

AMERICAN (C. E. Berkell, mgr.; Pantages, 
agent; rehearsal Mon. 12:30). — Keough A Na- 
son, headline; Valle, hit; Georgia Trio, danc- 
ing, good: Adair A Henney, fair; Great 
Archie, spplsuss. 

BURTI8 (M. 8. Bcovllle, mgr.).— "Cham- 
psgne Belles," hit, turkey, peeked house, 31, 
bars legged dance Scotch, went big. "cooch." 
a riot 

GRAND (David L Hughes, mgr.; K. A E.). 
— 19, Ethsl Barrymore, sell out; 33, Henry 
Miller; S3, Montgomery and Stone. 

8HARON. 



DBS MOINES. 

ORPHEUM (H. B. Burton, rea mgr.; re- 
hsarssl Sun. 10).— Week S3, Stone and Ka- 
lles. big "Ralfonla's" hit; Gordon. Eldrld A 
Co., plsased; Ellda Morris, clever; Belmont 
A Adair, good; Ruby Raymond A Co., clever; 
Marseilles, good. 

BERCHEL (Elbert A Getchell, mgrs.).— 22. 
23. Rose Melville In "81s Hopkins." good 
business. 24. Henry Miller In "The Havoc." 
capacity house. 26, "The Virginian," fair 
buslnesa 

PRINCE88 (Elbert A Getchell, mgra).— 
Stook. 

JOB. 



BUTTE, MONT. 

EMPIRE (A. B. Sosman, mgr. ; agent, Fis- 
cher; rehearsal Sunday 10). — Week S3, Fried- 
lander Bros, good; Clayton Sisters, clever; 
Australian Desbrias, good. 

BROADWAT (D. J. Heslet, mgr.; Ind.). — 
18. Grace Von Studdiford, big business; 19, 
Richard Carle in "Jumping Jupiter," S. R. O. 
business; 29. "The Golden Girl." 

SAM ADELSTTNE 



CAMDEN, N. J. 

BROADWAT (W. M. McCallum, mgr.).— 
Rosalie Rose, good; Rand's Dogs, fine; Kitty 
A Anna Sllbert. clever; John W. Cooper, re- 
calls; World's Four Harmonists, very good; 
Hall Bros, good; John D. Dooley, olosed 



well; Regel A Wlnsch, clever; Leona, good; 
Gslety Trio, funny. 3-4, Chsa Dooln A Jaa 
McCool; Wallace's Cockatoos; Jaa Brook- 
man; Hughes A Logan; Sam Phillips A Co. 

TEMPLE (Fred. W. Falkner, mgr.).— SO. 
Phlla Orchestra; Thaddeus Rich, violinist, 
well received. 2-4, "The Girl and the Tramp." 

CLEVELAND. 

HIPPODROME (H. A. Daniels, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Bell Family, 
great; Hathaway's Monkeys, entertain; Fred 
Duprez, good; Frey Twins, fine; Raymond A 
Caverly, uproar; Rice A Cohen, won favor; 
Alice Lloyd, hit. 

GRAND (J. H. Mlchels, mgr.; agent, Loew; 
rehearsal Monday 10). — Schillings, feature; 



DETROIT. 

TEMPLE (C. O. Wllllama mgr.; U. B. O.; 
rehearsal Monday 10). — Houdlnl, sensation; 
Knox Wilson, amusing; Norton A Maple, 
good: Kratone, clever; Franklin-Wilson Co.; 
Abbott A White, entertaining; Walter 8. 
Dickinson, nicely; Sprague A McNeese, very 
clever; Houdlnl Is packing them In. 

MILES (C. W. Porter, mgr.; T. B. C. ; re- 
hearsal Monday 10). — Emll Hoch A Co.. head- 
liner; Earl A Wilson Co., good; Fisher A 
Green, fair; Carloe Caeearo, novelty; Gladys 
Carey, splendid; Tabor's Seals, good. 

COLUMBIA (M. W. Schoenherr, mgr.; Gus 
Sun. agent). — Six Chartres Slstera featured; 
Olive Eaton A Co, sketch; Florence Craig 



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Dancing Trio; Wrestling Musicians; Ver Va- 
lin A Co.; Three Marvins; Bob Sperry. Busi- 
ness splendid. 

NATIONAL (Mlsner A King, props. Doyle, 
agent). — Happy Jack Oardner. feature; Sam- 
uels A Cheater; Lyric Quartette; Nixon A 
Hayes; Singing; Stuarts; Tom Brentford; 
Onetta. Business good. 

FAMILY <C. H. Prestos. mgT.; U. B. O.).— 
Rutan's Song Birds, feature; Jack Harlow A 
Co.; Albert Oppelt; Dunlop A Folk; Jack 
8underson; William O'Clare A Co.; Vissou- 
chi Bros.; Gertrude Schults; Deloos A Peaae; 
Eddie Rowley; Carson A Devereauz; Maud 
Scott Co. Business good. 

DETROIT (Harry Parent, mgr. ; K. A B.). 
—"The Pink Lady." Business good. 

OARRICK (Richard H. Lawrence, mgr.; 
Shubert).— Edith Wynne Mathlson In "The 
Piper." Good business. 

LYCEUM (A. B. Warner, mgr.; 8. A H.). 
— Norman Hackett In "Satan Sanderson." 
Business big. 

GAYETY (J. B. Ward, mgr.).— "Midnight 
Maidens." 

AVENUB (Frank Drew, mgr.). — "Girls 
from Missouri." JACOB SMITH. 

ELM IRA, N. Y. 

MAJESTIC (O. H. Ven Demark. mgr.; 
agent, U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 12.30). — 
10-1, George B. Alexander, good; Markley A 
Flnlay, well received. 

LYCEUM (Lee Norton, mgr.; agent, Rels). 
—30, "The Stragglers." good house; 81, "The 
Blue Mouse"; 1, "The Boss"; S, "The Witch- 
ing Hour." 

MOZART (G. W. Mlddleton, mgr.; agent. 
Edward Mosart). — S0-Nov. 4, Stanford A 
Western Players, large houses 

J. 11 BBER8. 



COLONIAL (A. P. Weechler, mgr.; C. R. 
Cummins, east mgr.; agent, Gus Sun A U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Selblnl A Oro- 
vinl. clever; Joe Kelsey. big] Mile. Toona, very 
good; Fire Commissioner, strong; Bob Mind, 
clever; Five Melody Maids A Bam Hermann, 
excellent. 

MAJESTIC— Billy Allen Musloal Comedy 
Co. 

PARK.— Stock. 

HAPPY HOUR (D. H. Connelly, mgr.).— 
Franklyn Trio, good; Mario, clever; Billy Wal- 
lace, good; Harris A Proy, good. 






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FALL RIVER. MASS. 

ACADEMY (Geo. Wiley, mgr.).— 2-4, "Paid 
In Full." 

8AVOY (Julius Cahn, mgr.; agent. Loew; 
rehearsal Monday 10). — Fuller A Lane, good; 
Mabel Johnaon. very good; Mayme Reming- 
ton A Picks, very good; Fentelle A Valorle, 
good; Harry Richards A Co., fine; Qulgley 
Bros., good; Wilton Bros., nicely. 

BIJOU (Chas. Benson, mgr.; agent, Loew; 
rehearsal Monday 10). — 30-1, Dean Sllbley, 
good; Musical Stuarts, good; Belle A Mayo, 
very good. 2-4, Geo. Banks; Springer A 
Church. 

PREMIER (Chas. L. Benson, mgr.; agent, 
Loew; rehearsal Monday 10). — 30-1, Austin 
Bros.; Juliet Wood; Gordon A Carrol; Wal- 
ton A Vivian. 

PALACE (J. Barry, mgr.; agent, Mardo; 
rehearsal Monday 10). — La Fler, hit; Staut A 
Hall, very good; E. Goyette, good. 

EDW. F. RAFFERTY. 

HARRIBBCRG. 

ORPHEUM (Wilmer A Vincent, nigra; 
agent. U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — 
Ioleen Sisters, liked; Fordyce Trio, pleased; 
Heron A Douglass, good; Callahan A St. 
George, went well; Clark Sisters A Coogan, 
fair; Armstrong A Clark, scored; Hanlon 
Bros. A Co.. big. 

MAJE8TIC (N. C. Myrlck, rep.; agent. Rels 
Circuit).— 24. Alberta Gallltln In "The Strug- 
gles." poor house; 25, "Merry Maidens," good 
business; 26, Hattye Fox in "Fair Co-Ed. " 
poor house; 27, Grace La Rue In "Betsy," 
poor house; 28, "Alma," poor house. 

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HARTFORD. 

POLI'8 (O. C. Edwards, mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — John West- 
ley A Co.. big; Bert Leslie A Co.. laughs; 
"A Japanese Honeymoon," excellent; Conroy 
A Leland. clever; Edwin George, entertain- 
ing; Billy K. Wells, big; Ward Bros., good. 

HARTFORD (Fred P. Dean, mgr.; agent, 
James Clsncy; rehearsal Monday A Thurs- 
day 11). — 30-1, Rellly A Wells, very good; 
Nichols, well; Musical Pramplns. hit; Farley 
A Butler, dainty. 2-4. Rose Felmar; Rouble 
Slme: Manley A Sterling; Great Leon. 

PARSONS' (H. C. Parsons, mgr.).— 30. "The 

Girl of the Golden West." big business; 3-4. 

Elsie Janls In "The Slim Princess" ; 6-7. 

"Mutt and Jeff." . 

R. W. OLMSTED. 



HOOPE8TON, ILL. 

VIRGINIAN (Max M. Nathan, mgr.; agent. 
W. V. M. A.).— 26-28. Eleanor Sherman, good; 
Fred Harris, excellent. 80-1. The Tendehoaa 

McFERREN O. H. (M. McFerren. mgr.).— 
Nov. 3. "Merry Mary." 

RIGG8. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 

KEITH'S (Ned Hastings, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Palace Girls, 
liked; Montgomery A Moore, first honors; 
Clifford A Burke, good; Three Vagrants, close 
second; Clark A Bergman, hit; Hay ward A 
Hay ward, splendid; Mareena A Dellon Bros, 
good closing act; Corrlgan A Vivian, good. 

ENGLISH'S (A. F. Miller, mgr.; agent. 
Boda). — 23-26 "Thais." good business; 27-28 
"The Girl In the Taxi," fair business. Week 
30 "Follies" 

8HUBERT-MURAT (F. J. Dailey, mgr.; 
Shubert). — Week 23 Aborn English Grand 
Opera Co.. good business; 2-4 "The Wall 
Street Girl" (Blanche Ring). 

PARK (Phil Brown, mgr.; agent, S. A H.). 
—23-25 "Paid in Full." splendid business; 26- 
28. "Across the Pacific." good business; 80-1, 
"Mrs. Wigge of the Cabbage Patch"; 2-4 
"The Trouble Makers" (Ward A Vokes). 

NEW COLONIAL (A. R. Sherry, mgr.).— 
Last week stock. 

GAYETY (B. D. Crose, mgr.; agent, Gus 
Sun; rehearsal Monday 10). — Petram's Com- 
edy Circus; Llxxle Wilson; Henley, Woodley 
A Henley; Dancing Bill Halpy. 

EMPIRE (H. K. Burton, mgr.).— "Zallah's 
Own Company." 



KAN8A8 CITY. 
(By Wire.) 

CENTURY.— "Billy Wateon'a Beef Trust" 

GAYETY.— "Trocadero." 

AUDITORIUM.— Stock. 

GRAND. — Lew Dockstader, packed house. 

SHUBERT.— "Chocolate Soldier." 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr.; agent. 
Orpheum Circuit). — "Darling of Paris"; Deiro; 
Carlton; Mullen A CorelU; Wllla Holt Wake- 
field; Karl Emmy; Albertus A Millar. Inter- 
esting bill. 

EMPRESS. — Kaufman's Cyclists; Noodles 
Fagan; Maximo; Hoyt Lesslg Co.; Joe Cook; 
Kaufman A Sawtelle. 

PHIL. McMAHON. 



LINCOLN. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr., agent 
direct; rehearsal Mon. 6). — Week 28, "The 
Loop Hole/' scored; Carlton, clever; Emmy's 
Dogs, approval; Stuart A Kelly, pleased; Mac- 
Ray A Levering, applauded Hander A Willis, 
hit; Paulinetto A Pequa, fine. 

LYRIC (L. M. Gorman, mgr.; W. V. A.). — 
Week 23. "Village Choir," excellent; W. A. 
Delia, hit; Gllmoro Sisters A Bingham, good; 
Governor Pro tern, fine; R. D. Richard. 

OLIVER (F. C. Zehrune, mgr.). — 26, Alice 
Nlelson A Co., good house; 28, Lyman H. 
Howe, fine picture business. 

LEE LOGAN. 



LOWELL. 

KEITH'S (Wm. Btesvens. mgr.; agent. U 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10 A. M.).— Charles 
Kellogg, big hit; Lenard A Whiting, good; 
Harvey De Vora Trio, pleased; Great Rich- 
ards, excellent; Klmberly A Hodgklns, fair; 
Severl Trio, good; Mlnty A Palmer, snappy. 

MERRIMACK 8QUARE (John H. Carroll, 
mgr.; agent, Johnnie Qulgley).— "Laughing 
Horse"; Jas. Bradley. Jules Harron, Kendal 
Weston, Miss Jackson. 

OPERA HOUSE (Jules Cahm. mgr.).— Nov. 
2, The Irish Players. 

HATHAWAY (Donald Meek, mgr.).— Stock. 

JOHN J. DAWSON. 



LOUISVILLE. 

KEITH'S (J. L. Weed, mgr.; agents, Or- 
pheum Circuit). — Bob A Tip Co.. good; Mu- 
sikalglrls. very good; Lydell A Butterworth, 
pleaaed; Gilbert Miller A Players, very good; 
Brown A Newman, good; "A Night In a 
Turkish Bath," hit; Hawthorne A Burt, One; 
Robbie Gordone. very good. 

HOPKIN'S (J. Simons, mgr.; agents. S. 
A C.).— The Baseball Four, hit; Luba Mor- 
hoff. good; Charles Rlenhart: Metxettl Trio, 
pleased: Kitty Ross, well received. 

AVENUE (Morton Shaw, mgr.; agents. 8. 
A H.). — "The Heart of Chicago." 

THE WALNUT (Col. Shaw, mgr.; agents, 
S AH) —"Beverly." 

BUCKINGHAM (H. MxCrocklln, mgr.).— 
"Bohemian Burlesquers." ' 

GAYETY (Mr. Taylor, mgr.).— Al Reeve's 
"Beauty Show." 

MACAULEY'S (John McCauley. mgr.; 
agents. K. A E.). — Louis Mann In "Elevating 
a HUsband." 

SHUBERT'S MASONIC (F. Ray Comstock. 
mgr.; agents. Shuberts)— Wm Hodge In "The 
Man from Home." 

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I.OH ANGELES, C'AI,. 

OKPHKUM (Martin Deck. Ren. mgr., agent 
• ilrert; Monday rehearsal 10). — Week 23, 
splendid program, Sam Mann A Co.. big; 
Marry Breen. excellent: Conjon. Steele ft 
Carr. snappy; Six American Dancers, pleas- 
ing: Seven Refolds, dexterous. Holdovers — 
Edwin Stevens ft Co, Lily Lena. Australian 
wnodrhoppers. 

EMPRESS (D. B. Worley. mgr.: 8.C.. 
agent; Monday rehearsal 11). — Week 23, Klut- 
tng*s animals, entertaining; BIJou Russell, 
fair; Four Soils Brothers, artistic; Rice ft 
Cady. funny; Harry Mayo, good; Seven Co- 
lonials, daring. 

PANTAGES (Carl Walker, mgr.. agent di- 
rect; rehearsal Monday 11). — Week 23, Black 
A Jones, well; Yoscarry Troupe, pleasing; 
Alice Llndley A Co., fair; Archie Onrl. passa- 
ble; Vlctorlne A Zolar, novel; Warren A Fran- 
cis, agile; Dallas Chandler, chic. 

HTM AN (S. W. Hart. mgr.. agent direct; 
rehearsal Monday 11). — Gage A Hart, clever; 
Young and Young, graceful; Edlewelss. artis- 
tic; Decoma A Fos telle, took well. 

MASON (W. W. T. Wyatt. mgr.; K & K). 
—"The Commuters." 

MAJESTIC (Oliver Moiosco. mgr.; Shubrrt). 
—Week 23. "Alias Jimmy Valentine"; week 
30. Gertrude Hoffman. 

LYCEUM (Clarence Drown, mgr: Cort). — 

Weew 23. "Don't Lie to Your Wife"; week 
SO. "The Hnune Next Door." 

EDWIN F. OMALLEY. 



LYNN, MASS. 

LYNN (Jeff Callan, mgr.; agent. U. B. O. : 
rehearsal Monday 10). — The Bouldens. good; 
Lockhart A Kress, passed; Muriel Wlndom. 
fine; Mr. A Mrs. Allison, good; Paul La Croix, 
great; Dale A Boyle, great; Jewell's Mani- 
kins, pleased; Red Sox Quartet, hit; Rials, 
fine. 

OLYMPIA (Mr. Lord, mgr.; agent. Sheedy: 
rehearsal Monday 10). — Mile. Fregolla; Four- 
rher; Cameron A Kennedy; Five Musical 
Lunds: Roland Carter A Co.; Hetty Urma; 
Paolo Cremonest A Co.; Molton A Klsscn. 

CENTRAL SQUARE (Col. Stanton, mgr.; 
agent. Warren Church). — Torelll's Dog A 
Pony Circus; Henry Myers; Amon A Dellsle; 
Zeda; Crampton A Espey. 

AUDITORIUM— Stock. WILLIS. 



MICHIGAN CITY. IND. 

ORPHEI'M (Horace Genge. mgr.: agent. 
\V. V. M. A.).— 2S-2S. Italia A Co.. big hit: 
Walter Rogers. hit; Fuller-Hose A Co.. 
■cream. 2-4. Rhea Keane A Co.: Germer's 
Models: Norwood A Wheeler. 

C E. MEYER. 



Ml NC'IE, IND. 

STAR (Hay Andrews, mgr.; agent. Gus Sun; 
rehearsal Monday 10.30). — Leo Beers, pleased; 
Grace Armand A Co. hit; Four Harmonious 
Girls, good; Four Grollvlnls. hit. 

GEO. FIFER. 



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NEWARK. 

PROCTOR'S (R. C. Stewart, mgr.: agent. 
I*. B. O. : rehearsal Monday 9). — Moore A 
LittleflHd. clever; Nevlna * Erwood. fine; The 
Ushers, sucens: Richardson's Dogs, good; 
Victoria Four, good: "Golden," amused 
A Carr. good: Stella Tracey. hit. 

WASHINGTON (Charles Crane, innr. ; 
Fox).— Doddridge. Simon A Selfest. 
Browning ft Lewis, went well: D*» Pace Quar- 
tet, hit; Rainbow Sisters, scored: Malnne A 
Malone. funny; Bessie Lacount. charmed. 

COURT (Harold Jacoby. mgr.: agent. Loew). 
-The Burts. clever: Myrtle Butler, hit; Spie- 
gel & Dunne: Joe Brennan. laughs: Smith A 
Newton; Nellie Silverado, pleased; Five Musi- 
cal McLarens, treat. 

GAYETY (Leon Evans, mgr.). —Marlon's 
Dreamlands. Big business. 

ARCADE (L. O. Mumford. mgr. ).— Stock. 
Big business. 

ORPHEI'M (Joseph Pnyton. mgr. ). — Stock. 
Business great. 

NEWARK (George Robbing, mgr.). —Julian 
EM Inge in "The Faselnallng Widow." Great 

business. 

COLUMBIA (Mr. Jacobs, mgr. >. -Kmma 
nuntlng In "Tens of the storm Country." 



Bernard Chick hits started work on a new 
M. P. house at r,4« Sprlnattcld avenue, to cost 
«r,0.0(tn. Fred c. Kern drew the plans. 

"Clinton Si|iuire." M P. house, opened on 
« 'lint fin Iiviiiue this week. 

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NEW HAVEN. 

POLI'S (F. D. Uarvey, mgr.; agent, U. H 
O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— "Dlnkelsplel's 
Christmas." very good; Hlbbert ft Warren, de- 
lighted; Franklyn Ardcll ft Co.. funny; Mer- 
rill ft Otto, entertained; Mason ft Bart, good 
Farrell & Barnoll, pleased; Williams ft Warn- 
er, opened. k. j. TODD. 



NORFOLK. 

COLONIAL (Harry B. Hearn, mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Jack Wilson 
ft Co., scream; Harry B. Lester, clever; Little 
Lord Robert, good; Mrs. Gene Hughes & Co 
excellent; Julian ft Dyer, fine; The Hylands. 
good; Bell ft Caron, good. Excellent houses. 

MAJESTIC (Otto Wells, mgr.; agent. Nor- 
man Jeffries). — Guy Hunter, excellent; Duffy 
& May. fine; Cottwrlght & Aldrlch, good. 
Good business. 

ORPHEUM (Wllmer & Vincent, mgrs. ; 
agent, Norman Jeffries). — Mozart Duo. excel- 
lent; Morris, clever; Frederick ft Kirk wood, 
good. Excellent business. 

GRANBY (Otto Wells, mgr.: agent. 8. ft 
H.; rehearsal Monday 2). — "Millionaire Kid." 
with Raymond Paine, tine business. 

ACADEMY (Otto Wells, mgr.).— 30-31. 
"The Fair Co-Ed," excellent houses. 2-4. 
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." 

HELLER. 

OMAHA. 

ORPHKUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr.; agent 
Orpheum Circuit; rehearsal Sunday 10). — 
Stone ft Kallsz; Planophlend minstrels; Morny 
Cash; Leander De Cordova Co.; Ellda Mor- 
ris; Ruby Raymond ft Co.; De Vole Trio. 

GAYETY (E. L. Johnson, mgr.). — "Knick- 
erbockers." 

KRUG (Chan. L. Franke. mgr. ).— "Follies 
of the Day." 

BOYD (Frank PhclpM. mgr.; Hgent, Shu- 
berts).— 2-4 "The Campus." 

BRANDEIS (W. D. Burgess, mgr; agent. 
Independent). — 29-Nov. 1. Eddie Foy; Nov 2- 
3 Montgomery ft Stone. 

AMERICAN (Ed. Monahan. mgr.). Stock. 

S. L. KOPALD. 



ONEONTA, N. Y. 

ONEONTA (George A. Roberts, mgr.; agent 
Prudential: rehearsals Monday and Thurs- 
day 1). — 26-28 Van Cooks, pleased; Kennedv 
ft Boyne. very good; 30-1 Smlletta Slater*. 
ordinary; Graff ft LeRoy. passable; 3 "Blue 
Mouse"; 7 "County Sheriff"; 9 "45 Minutes 
from Broadway." 

DE LONG. 



PORTLAND, ME. 

JEFFEKSON (Julius Cahn. mgr.).— 31. 
"Talbele"; 1-2. "Beauty Spot"; 3-4. Francl* 
Wilson In "The Bachelor's Baby." 

KEITH'S (James W. Moore, mgr.).— Hoi 
den & Le Clair, fine; De Michelle Bros., good: 
Beldon-Chapple ft Co.. scream; Geo. C. Davis, 
excellent; Mme. Sumlko, featured; Carlln ft 
Penn. hit; Great Santell. sensational. 

PORTLAND (J. W. Greeley, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10.30). — Gus 
Sohlkc's Girls, featured; Blind Thatcher, very 
good; Vedder ft Morgan, excellent; Lang ft 
May, laughing hit; Travers ft Lorenz, enter- 
tained. 

CONGRES8 (F. Earle Bishop, mgr.; agent. 
Qulgley; rehearsal Monday 10). — Five Fras- 
ers; Mack Howard; Mae Whitley; Broo ft 
Maxim; Barrett ft Bayne. 



READING. 

ORPHEUM (Wllmer ft Vincent, mgrs: 
agent, U. B. O. : rehearsal Monday A Thurs- 
day 10.80). — Walter Perkins ft Co., laughs: 
Nina Espy, clever; Vassar ft Arklns. liked; 
Billy Evans A Girls, well received. 

HIPPODROME (C. G. Keeney, mgr.: agent. 
Prudential; rehearsal Monday ft Thursday 
10.80). — Miss Terry, pleased; Moss ft Fry<\ 
nicely; Musical Macks, neat; Luken's Ani- 
mal Circus, very good. ' 

PALACE (W. K. Goldenberg, mgr.; agent. 
Bart McHugh; rehearsal Monday ft Thursday 
10.30). — Billy Murphy, good; John W. Coop- 
er ft Co.. pleased; Morris ft Beasley, well re- 
ceived; Mr. ft Mrs. A I. Weston, headline™ 

O. R. H. 



RICHMOND. 
ACADEMY (Leo Wise, mgr.).— 80-1, "Re- 
becca of Sunnybrook Farm"; 2. "The Fair 
Co-Ed." 



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BIJOU (C. I. UoKm, mgr.).— "St. Elmo." 
fair bualneaa. 

COLONIAL (B. P. Lyons. Richmond rep.; 
agent, Norman Jefferlee). — The Shelbys, en- 
joyable; Raymond A Hess, hit; Bowers A 
Wade, food. 

LUBIN (M 8. Knight, mgr.; agent. Nor- 
man Jefferlee). — Col. Ned Seymour, good; De 
Lovoy A Frlta. fair; Elale Von Nally A Co., 
good. 

THEATO (D. L. Toney, mgr.; agent. Run 
A Nerdllngcr). — Luster A Howard, good; Bell 
A Bell, hit; Chas. Defur A Lillian Estea, fea- 
ture. QERSON W. HELD. 



B6ANOKE. 

JEFFERSON (laador 8c h warts, mgr.; 
agent, Norman Jefferlee; rehearsal Monday A 
Thursday 2.16).— 10-1, May A Llllle Burns, 
appreciated; Irene Leslie, good; Bobby A 
Bertha Hyde, hit; Moulton Trio, excellent. 
2-4, Healey A Barry; Van Harden; Moulton 
Trio; "Uno" Bradley. 

ACADEMY (Chas. Beckner, mgr.). — 27. 
"Excuso Me," big business; 1, Jefferson Df 
Angells; 3, "The Fair Co-Ed." T. F. B. 



SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

EMPRESS (Wm. Tomklns. mgr.; agent, H.- 
C. ; Monday rehearsal 10). — Week 23, Terry A 
Lambert, good; Wlllard Hutchinson A Co.. 
pleased; LaVine-Clmmaron Trio, applauded; 
Hill A Ackerman, good; Qelger A Walters, 
good. 

PRINCESS (Fred. Balllen, mgr.; agent. 
Bert Lovey; Monday rehearsal 10). — Week 23. 
Barber A Palmer, novel; Smith A Graham, 
went good; Juggling Miller, capital; pictures. 

MIRROR (Fulkerson and Edwards, mgrs. ). 
— Musical stock. 

SAVOY (Scott Palmer, mgr.). — Stock. 

I8IS (J. M. Dodge, mgr.. agent direct). — 23. 
"The Country Boy"; 24-26. "The Barrier"; 26. 
Kemp's Travel Talks on Panama Canal. 

L. T. DALEY. 



SAVANNAH, GA. 

Bf "SEX " 

NEW SAVANNAH (William B. Seeaklnd. 
mgr.). — 23-24 "The Chocolate Soldier." great 
business; "The Olrl In the Taxi"; "Excuse 
Me." 

LIBERTY (Henry C. Fourton, mgr.; S. A 
H.). — "The Goose Girl," attendance good. 

BIJOU (Henry C. Fourton, mgr.; agent. 
Well's Circuit; rehearsal Monday and Thura- 
. day 2). — Packed attendance 26-28, Hodge 
Brothers, riot; Amo Girls A Billy Beverns, 
good; Lamont A Mlllham. clever; Harry Tay- 
lor, fair; 80-1 Roland Travera A Co, acored : 
Selde A Delane, entertaining; Davla Imperial 
Trio, big hit; Johnson Trio, acored; Nov. 2-4 
Charlea Webber; Haney A Long; Von Hamp- 
ton A Jeaaelln; Tom Ripley. 



ST. PAIL. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM.— William H. Thompeon. flue; 
Patty A Deaperado, good; Wllaon A Wllaon. 
good; Kelly A Wentworth, pleaalng; Gordon 
Eldrldge A Co.< pleaalng; Fay. Two Coleya. 
Fay. clever; Bob Pender' a Glanta, likable. 

EMPRESS.— "Night in Police Station." 
pleaalng; Fernandez Duo, good; Ned Norton, 
aatiafactory ; Walton A Leater. pleased: Marin 
Fltxglhhon, Uk»»d. 

PRINCESS. — Karay'a Myraphonc; Grace 
Ayer; Carl Demareet; Three Madcapa. 

COLONIAL. — The Tra violas; Lapetltc Ruth; 
Fred Grant; Beh Fox. 

OAIETY. — Rondas Trio; Ed. Warren; Rigga 
A Gaudy. 

ALHAMBRA. — Lavalla; Elo; pictures, aonga. 

METROPOLITAN. — "Girl I Love," with 
Victor Morley. fair. 

GRAND.— "White Slave." 

BHUBERT.— "Love Makers. 1 ' pleaalng. 

STAR. — "Yankee Doodle Glrla." pleaslmc. 

BEN. 

ST. JOHN, N. B. 

OPERA HOUSE (H. J. Anderaon. mgr.). — 
27-28, Thamara de Swiraky, bualneaa fair; 30- 
4, Klnemacolor. 

NICKEL (W. H. Goldlng. mgr.; U. B. O.). — 
Margaret Breck, Fred Driacoll; pictures. 

LYRIC (Thos. O'Rourke, mgr.). — 23-25. 
Martell A Eldrldge; 28-28. Brown A Wllmot; 
pictures. 

L. H. CORTRIGHT. 



HALT LAKE CITY. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent, 
Orpheum Circuit). — Four Ellea. artistic; Three 
Lclghtons, hit; Primrose Four, scored; Blank 
Family, good; Selma, pleaaed; Wlllloma *e 
Sega:, liked. Good bualneaa. 

OARRICK.— "Texas," S. R. O. 

COLONIAL. — "Baby Mine." good house* 

SALT LAKE. — Kyrle Bellew. Cancelled on 
account of slcknesa. 

EMPRESS. — Rice A Cady; Lavine Clmaron 
Trio; Gerard; Terry A Lambert; Qelger A 
Walters; Wlllard Hutchinson A Co. 

OWEN. 



SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 

POLI'S (8. J. Breen, res. mgr.; agent. U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Louis Stone, 
fair; Helm Children, big hit; The Langdons. 
good; Marie A Billy Hart, passable; Haydn. 
Borden A Haydn, pleasing; Wilson Bros., big 
laugh; Curzon Sisters, talented. 

COURT SQUARE (D. O. Gllmore. mgr.; 
In<j.). — Nov. 1, Geraldlne Farrar Concert; 3- 
4. "Mutt and Jeff." 

OILMORE (Robt. J. McDonald, mgr.).— 30- 
1. "Honeymoon Girls": 2-4. "The Silver 
Thread." GEORGE A. PRESSL. 

SYRACUSE. 

GRAND (Charlea Plummer A Chas An- 
deraon. nigra; U. B. O. booking).— Juggling 
Burkes, fair; Linton A Lawrence, gets over. 
Al. Lawrence, fair; J. C. Nugent well re- 
ceived; Work A Ower, excellent; Four Mor- 
tons bis; hit: Guatemala Operatic Marimba 
Serenaders. well received; Aerial Wcavera. 

P, cSJwCENT (John J. Breflln, mgr.) -Great 



Otto; Valeria 8 is tars; Harry Booker; Dsve 
Lynn; Miller Musloal Trio. 



TOBONTO. 

SHEA'S (J. 8hea, mgr.). — "Romance of the 
Underworld." scored; White A Perry, clever; 
Four Bards, sensational; Lao Carillo, novel; 
McGlnnls Bros., pleasant; McLaughlin's Dogs, 
well trained. 

MAJESTIC (Peter T. Griffin, mgr.).— De 
laney A Crawford; Marwln Seeley; Coscla; 
Scanlon A Keeping; Chas. Qaylor. 

STRAND (E. O. Weill, mgr.).— Sterling A 
Chapman; Cleve Caswell. 

STAR (Dan T. Pierce, mgr.). — "Cherry 
Blossoms." 

OAYETY (T. R. Henry, mgr.).— "Painting 
the Town." 

ROYAL (L. Solman. mgr.). — Grace George 
in "Just to Oet Married." 

PRINCESS (O. B. Sheppard, mgr.). — Marie 
Doro In "The Butterfly on the Wheel." 

GRAND (A. J. Small, mgr.).— Billy B. Van 
in "A Lucky Hoodoo." 

MASSY HALL (N. Wlshrow, mgr.).— Harry 
Lauder A Co. 3-4. 

HARTLEY. 



TROT. 

HANDS (W. L. Thompson, mgr.; agent, 
Rels; rehearsal 10). — 80-Nov. 1 Helen Mac- 
beth in "The Girl from Bohemia." large 
housea; 2 "The Strugglera"; 8-4 Henrietta 
Croaman In "The Real Thing." 

LYCEUM (G. H. Frcldman, mgr.; agent. 
Bernateln; rehearsal 10). — Sherman A De For- 
reBt. very funny; Heritage A Dlnehart, good; 
Pierce A Roalyn. very good; Tim A Lottlo 
De Forriet. caught on. J. J. M. 

TERRE HAUTE. 

VARIETIES (Jack Hoeffler, mgr.; agent. 
W. V. M. A.; rehearsal Monday A Thursday 
10). — Lynne A Bonnie Haszard. pleased; Knox 
A Alvln. clever; Warner A Palmer, pleaaed; 
Cohen A Young, good; Great Luts A Co., hit; 
Crenyon, good; King A Lfvell, pleaaed; Four 
Dancing Bugs, good; Leon Rogae, hit; Mimic 
Four, hit. Business good. # 

GRAND (T. W. Barhydt. mgr.; K. A E.).— 
24, "Pinafore," good bualneaa; 26. Jack Cur- 
ley Athletic Aggregation, araall houae, poor 
show; 27-28. "Hoosler Schoolmaster." fair; 
29. Guy Hickman, poor; 31. "House Next 
Door"; 1, "Newlyweds and Baby"; 4-5. 
•Rosary." 

PARK (Joe Barnee. mgr.).— 29. "Gay 
Morning Glories." 

CRESCENT. — Feely A Scully; Downard & 
Downard. CHRIS. 



TRENTON. 

STATE ST. (Herman Wahn, mgr.; agent. 
Prudential; rehearaal Monday A Thuraday 
11). — 26-28, De Leon's Monkey Circus, pleas- 
ing; Hearn A Rutter, good; Dreane A Good- 
win, paaaed; Musical Macks, clever; Super ba, 
big hit. 30, Creo. mild; Alma Nolan, good; 
Teed A Lazelle. amualng; Denoyer A Davie, 
encorea; Leakey's Hobos, great. 2-4. Those 
Merry Singing Girls; Frencelll A I^ewis; Fly- 
ing Werntzers; Happy Jack Lyle; Laakey'a 
Hobos. 

TRENT (M. Moses, mgr.; agent. IT. B. O. : 
rehearaal Monday 10). — Jeter A Rogers; Fol 
De Rol Girls; Chester De Vonde A Co.; H. 
T. MacConnell; Covington A Wllber; Grant & 
Hobr; Hlckey's Circus. 

TAYLORS (M. Moses, mgr.; K. A E.).— 26. 
Grace La Rue In "Betsy," poor business; 27- 
28. "Peggy," good business; 30-31. "The Col- 
lege Widow" with Ty Cobb, largo business. 

NEW BROAD (O. F. Fish, mgr.; Shubcrt). 
-Stock. A. C. W. 



WASHINGTON. 

BELASCO (W. 8. Taylor, mgr.. 8huberta>. 
—30-2 Forbes-Robertson In "The Passing of 
the Third Floor Back." capacity housea: Nov. 
3-4 Imperial Ruaslan Ballet. 

COLUMBIA (E. Berger. mgr.; Independent) 
— Guy Bates Post In "The Challenge." 8. R. 
O. houses. 

NATIONAL (W. Rapley. mgr.; K. A E.).— 
Frances Starr In "The Caae of Becky." 

ACADEMY (J. Lyons, mgr.; 8. A II., agent) 
— Thoa. E. 8hea In "repertoire." 

MAJESTIC (F. B. Weston, mgr.). — Stock. 

GAYETY (Geo. Peck. Mgr.).— "The Pass- 
ing Parade." 

LYCEUM (A. C. Mayer. mgr.).— "Merry 

Maidens." 

CHASES' (H. W. DeWlt. mgr.; U. B. O. : 
agents; rehearsal Monday 10). — Mabel Hit*, 
hit; Harrlaon Armstrong, second honors. 
Cook A Lorenz, clever. Volanto. fine; Frank 
Stafford A Co., well received; La Petite Mlg- 
non, applause; La Toy Bros., pleased. 

CASINO (W. Klrby, mgr.; Galaskl. agent, 
rehearsal Monday 10). — "Alfred the Monk." 
headllner; E. R. Jordon A Co.. laughs; Alf 
Rlpon, clever; Edgar Berger. good. 

COSMOS (A. T. Brylawskl, mgr.; Norman 
Jefferlee, agent; rehearsal Monday 10). — Frey 
and Fields, hit; Jimmy C een. clever; Toddy 
A Everett, well received; Shorey-Campbell 
Co., pleased; Mets A-Metz. applause: Bernle. 
appreciated. 

WM. K. BOWMAN. 



WILKE8-BARRE. 

GRAND (D. M. Cauffman. me;r.) — 31. "The 
Deep Purple," large audience. 

POLI'S (G. Wrlghter. mgr.). — Stock, good 
business. 

LUZERNE (L. Ferandlnl. mgr.). — "Pace- 
makers." big business. 



YOUNGSTOWN. O. 

PARK (L. B. Cool, mgr.; agent. Folber ft 
Shea). — Strength Bros., excellent: Major ft 
Roy. hit; Watson A Dwyer. Rood : Newhoff ft 
Pholps, good; Gardner A Stoddard, enter- 
taining; Arizona Joe. fine. 

PRINCESS (Charles E. Smith. m»r : a^ent. 
Cus Sun) .— Tlllle Whitney, hit: Dick ft Alice 
McEvoy. funny: Four Royal Street Musi- 
cians, good; Howard's Performing Benrs. ex- 
cellent. 

GRAND (Jos. Rchagrln. mgr.: S. ft H.) - 
30-31, "The Gamblers." big business. 

C. A. LEEDY. 



VARIETY ARTISTS' ROUTES 

FOR WEEK NOVEMBER 6 

WHEN NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED. 

The routes given from NOV. 6 to NOV. 12, Inclusive, dependend upon the open- 
ing and closing days of engagement In different parts of the country. All addresses 
are furnished VARIETY by artists. Addresses care newspapers, managers, or sgents 
will not be printed. 

ROUTES FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST REACH THIS OFFICE NOT 
LATER THAN WEDNESDAY MORNING TO INSURE PUBLICATION. 

TEMPORARY ADDREB8E8 WILL BE CARRIED WHEN ACT IS "LAYING OFF." 



Abbott Mux Social MaldH 11 R 

Abeles Edward Orpheum New Orleans 



MABELLE ADAMS, 

C H. O'DONNELL GO. 

Orpheum Circuit 



Adair Belle Orpheum New Orleana 

Adair June Girls from Happyland B R 

Adamlnl A Taylor Prospect Cleveland 

Adams Sam J Trocaderos B R 

Agustln A Hartley Orpheum San Francisco 

Altkens Three Broadway Camden N J 

Aldines The 2922 Cottage Grove Chicago 

Allen Leon A Bertie Crystal Anderson Ind 

Alllnel Joseph 422 Bloomfleld Hoboken N J 

Allyn Amy Queens Jardln de Paris B R 

Altus Bros 128 Cottage Auburn N Y 

Alvarados Goats 1236 N Main Decatur III 

American Newsboya Majestic St Louis 

Amon A De Lisle 214 Winter Haverhill Man 

Andrews Abbott A Co 8962 Morgan 8t Lou In 

Apdales Animals Princess Hot Springs 

A polios 104 W 40 N Y 

Arberg A Wagner 611 E 78 N Y 

Ardelle A Leslie 19 Broezel Rochester 

Arlington Four Orpheum Sacramento 

Armond Grace Grand Tacoma 

Ascott Chas Cracker Jacks B R 

Atkinson Harry 21 E 20 N Y 

Atlantis A Fisk 2611 1 av Billings Mont 

Atwood Warren 111 W 81 N Y 

At wood Vera 17 W 68 N Y 

Austin Jennie Social Maids B R 

Austin Margie Girls from Happyland U R 

Austin A Klumker 3110 E Phlla 

Australian Four 328 W 48 N Y 



Baader La Veil*- Trio 320 N Christians (Mil* 
Bailey Frankle Trocaderos B R 
Baker Elsie 1914 Newport av Chicago 
Baker Harry 3942 Renow W Philadelphia 
Baker John T Star Show Girls B It 
Baraban Troupe 1304 Fifth av N Y 
Barbour Hazel Girls from Missouri B R 
Barnes A Crawford Grand Syracuse 
Barnea A West Caalno Buenos Ayres 
Rarnold Chas Davosdorf Switzerland 



IDA BARR 

ENGLISH OOMKDIKNNE 

Sulllvan-Consldlne Circuit. Address VARIETY. 



Barrett Ella Girls from Happyland B R 
Barrett Patsy Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Harrington Mildred Star A Carter B R 
Barron Geo 2002 Fifth av N Y 
Barron Billy Majestic Ft Worth Texas 
Barry A Black 1623 Falrmount av Phlla 
Bartell A Garfield 2699 E 53 Cleveland 
Bartlett Harmon A Ernglf 353 W 66 N Y 
Barto A Clark 2221 Cumberland Phlla 
Bates Clyde Miss New York Jr B R 
Baxter Sidney A Co 1722 48 av Melroa* Cul 
Bayton Ida Girls from Happyland B R 
Bean A Hamilton 328 Hickory Buffalo 
Be Ano Duo 3422 Charlton Chicago 
Beecher Will S Lyceum Scranton 
Beers Leo Hip LexInaMon Ky 
Behren Musical 52 Springfield av Newark N .1 



Bell Arthur H 488 13 av Newark N J 

Bella Italia Troupe Box 796 Brook field III 

Belmont .loo 70 Brook London 

Helmont A Umberger 111 Delavan Newark 

Bclzac Irving 269 W 112 N Y 

Benn A Leon 229 W 88 N Y 

Bennett Florence Belles of Boulevard B R 

Bennett A Marcello 206 W 67 New York 

Bent leys Musical Empress Denver 

Bonway Happy Guy Bros Minstrels 

Berg Bros Schuman Frankfort Ger 

Betts George Star A Garter B R 

Beverly Sisters 6722 Springfield av Phlla 

Beyer Ben A Bro Bijou Flint Mich 

Blckncll A Glbney 441 Marion Oak Park III 

Big City Four Keith's Boston 

Bimbos 872 Lawe Appleton Wis 

Blsset A Shady 248 W 37 N Y 

Black John J A Pearl Miss New York Jr B R 

Black A Leslie 8722 Eberly av Chicago 

Blake Chaa Knickerbockers B R 

Blocksom A Burns Bijou Decatur 111 

Bogard James Rose Sydell B R 

Booth Trio 342 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 

Boulden A Qulnn 212 W 42 N Y 

Boutin A Til I son 11 Myrtle SprlnMeld Maae 

Bouton Harry A Co 1366 E 66 Cmcago 

Bowers Walters A Crooker Grand Pittsburg 

Bowman Fred 14 Webster Medford Mass 

Boyd A Allen 2706 Howard Kansas City 

Bradleys The 1314 Brush Birmingham 

Brand Laura M 627 Main Buffalo 

Brennen Geo Trocaderos B R 

Breton Ted A Corlnne 114 W 44 N Y 

Brinkleys The 424 W 39 N Y 

Brltton Nellie 140 Morris Philadelphia 

Brixton A Brixton 708 Lexington Brooklyn 

Rroe A Maxim 1240 Wabash AV Chicago 

Brooks Harvey Cracker Jacks B R 

Brooks A Carlisle 38 Glenwood av Buffalo 

Brooks Thos A Girls from Happyland B R 

Brooks A Jennings 361 West Bronx N Y 

Brown Jlmmle Girls from Happyland B R 

Brown Bros Orpheum Oakland 

Brown A Brown 69 W 116 N Y 

Brown A Newman Columbia Cincinnati 

Brown A Wllmot 71 Glen Maiden Mass 

Brown Will Sam Devere B R 

Bryant Mae Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

Brydon A Hanlon 26 Cottage Newark 

Bryson James Follies of Day B R 

Buckley Joe Girls froax Happyland B R 

Bullock Thos T roc ad Jew B R 

Bunco Jack 2219 18 Phlla 

Burbank A Danforth Berlin N Y 

Burdett Johnson Burdett 881 Main Pawtucket 

Burgess Harvey J 627 Trenton av Pittsburgh 

Burke Minnie Trocaderos B R 

Burke Jos 344 W 14 N Y 

Burnell Lillian 2060 North av Chicago 

Burnett Tom Star Show Girls B R 

Burns May A Lily 116 W 30 N Y 

Burt Wm P A Daughter 188 W 45 N Y 

Burton Sydney 126 2 av N Y 

Butlers Musical 423 8 8 Phlla 

Byrne Golson Players Kedzle Chicago 

Byron Gleia 107 Blue Hill av Roxbury Mass 

Dyrona Musical 5138 Indiana av Chicago 



CHfferty Nat K Orpheum Omaha 

Cjihlll Wm 305-7 Brooklyn 

Calne A Odom Empress Chicago 

raider Chas I^e 3812 Lancaster av Phlla 

Campbell Al 2731 Bway N Y 

Campbell Henry Belles of Boulevard B R 

cnnfleld A Carleton 2218-KO Bensonhurst I- 1 

enntway Fred It 6125 Woodlawn av Chicago 

• apron Nell Majesties B R 

• 'ardownle Sisters 25R W 43 N Y 
C:irle Irvine; 4203 N 41 Chicago 



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VARIETY 



Cerlln * Pans National Boston 

Carmeloe Picture* Star Show Girls B R 

Carman Frank 461 W 1ft N T 

Carman Sisters Sltt Washington av N Y 

Canaontalla Battla I W ft N T 

Carroll Chat 419 B Kentucky Loulsvtlls 

Carroll ton ft Van 6428 Monte Vista LosAngeles 

Carter Tom Taxi Olrla B R 

Cartara Tha Ava Mo 

Caee Paul 81 8 Clark Chicago 

Caaey A Smith 1t4 Franklin Allaton Maas 

Caamua A La afar Box 147 Montgomery Ala 

Catlln Marrle Irwlna Majesties B R 

Cacll Mildred Olrla from Mlaeourl B R 

Chameroye 144i 41 Bklyn 

Chandler Claude tit W II N T 

Chantrell A 8chuyler tit Provpect av Bklyn 

Chapman Slatera 1*11 Mllburn Tndlanapolla 

Chaae Dave 90 Birch Lynn Maaa 

Chaae Carina 1616 Haletead Chicago 

Chatham Slatera 101 Grant Pittsburgh 

Cheera ft Jones tit W St N T 

Chubb Ray 107 Spruce Scran ton Pa 

Chunna Four It Loughborough Rd London 

Church City Four 149 Welrffetd Bklyn 

Clalrmont Josephine ft Co 146 W lit N T 

Clara ft West Dominion Ottawa 

Clark Floretta 10 I«ambert Boston 

Clark Mull Bam Devere B R 

Clark ft Duncan Orpheum Canton O 

Clark ft Ferguson 111 Phelpa Englewood 

Claton Slatera IttH B ar Nashville Tenn 

Claua Radcllffe ft Claua 1141 Dayton av 8t PI 

Clear Chaa 4S9 W 111 N T 

Clermento ft Miner It W t New Tork 

Cliff ft Cliff 4106 Artesian Chicago 

Clifford Dave B 171 B 101 N T 

Clifford Jake Trocaderoa B R 

Clifford ft Burke Orpheum Memphis 

Close Broe 41 Howard Boaton 

Coden ft Clifford II Adams Roxbury Maaa 

Cole Billy It 4 av Bklyn 

College Trio Orpheum Montreal 

Colonial Septette Grand Pittsburgh 

Collins Jaa J Star ft Garter B R 

Collins Eddie 5 Reed Jersey City N J 

Compton ft Plumb tttO Bmerson av Mlnneap 

Comradea Four 814 Trinity av N T 

Conn Richard 101 W 101 N T 

Conners Jimmy Social Maids B R 

Connolly Bros 1101 N 14 Philadelphia 

Conroy ft Le Ms I re Bronx N T 

Conway Jack Star ft Garter B R 

Cook Oeraldlne *7I Jackson av N T 

Cooke ft Two Rotherte Orpheum Budapeat 

Corbett ft Forrester 71 Emmet Newark N J 

Corin Joel P Queens Jardln da Parte B R 

Cornish Wm A 1101 Broadway Seattle 

Cost el lo ft La Croix 111 Ewelng Kansas City 

Cota El 101 Main Wheeling W Va 

Coyle ft Murrell 1117 Vernon av Chicago 

Creo 8avoy Atlantic City 

Cromwelle 6 Danecroft Gardens London 

GROSS and JOSEPHINE 

Direction Max Bart. 
Now with Blanche Ring In 
Wall St. fflH." 



cToaaTaToaSpTmeTyrTecBncmnatl 

CROUCH •» WELCH 

Next Week (Nov. t), Orpheum, Lincoln. Neb. 
Dtreerloa. M. P. BBNTHAM. 



Curson Bisters 117 Adele av Jackson Miss 

D. 

Dacra Louie Foil lea of Day B R 
Dalley Jaa E Gay Wldowa B R 
Dale Johnnie Bailee of Boulevard B R 
Dale Joah Majestic Ft Worth Tex 
Dale ft Harrla 1610 Madlaon av N Y 
Dalton Harry Fen 176 Irving av Bklyn 
Daly ft O'Brien Tlvoll Sydney Australia 



DALE and BOYLE 

Next Week (Nov. 6), Keith's, Lawrence. 
Direction. %lf. T. Wilts*. 



Damsel Frank Gay Wldowa B R 

Daugherty Peggy 662 Va 10 Portland Ore 

Davenport Blanche Taxi Glrla B R 

Davla Uasel M 1518 La Salle Chicago 

Davis Mark Roae Bydell B R 

Davla ft Cooper 1920 Dayton Chicago 

De Coeta Duo 412 Poplar Phlla 

De Grace ft Gordon 922 Liberty Bklyn 

De Hollls ft Valors Saigon India 

De Leo John B 718 Jackson Milwaukee 

De Mar Rose Queens Jardln de Paris B R 

De Mar Zella Knickerbockers B R 

De Mario Sldoll Bucareat Romania 

De Milt Gertrude 818 Sterling pi Bklyn 

De Mont Trio Sheaa Toronto 

De Mora & Graceta Expoaitlon 8t Joe Mo 

De Vere ft Roth 649 Belden av Chicago 

De Witt Burns ft Torrance Stoll Circuit Eng 

De Wolf Linton ft Lanier Belles Blvd B R 

De Young Tom 156 E 113 N T 

Dean Jack Robinson Crusoe Glrla B R 

Dean Lou 452 2 av Niagara Falls 

Dean & Sibley 465 Columbus av Boaton 

Decry Frank 204 West End av New York 

Delmar Jennie Bway Gaiety Girls B It 

Delmar & Delmar Bijou Fond du Uc Wis 

Delmore John Orpheum Omaha 

Delton Bros 261 W 38 New York 

Demascos Stoll Circuit England 

Dcnionlo & HHlc Knglewood N J 

Dfvt;au Hubert 364 Prospect pi Bklyn 



JIM DIAMOND 

and 

CLARA NELSON 

Next Week (Nov. 6). Orpheum. Seattle. 



Donald ft Canon 111 W 101 N T 
Donner Dorte 141 Llnooln Johnstown Pa 
Dooley Ray Empress Milwaukee 
Dooleya Three Colonial Norfolk 
Doracb ft Rusaell MaJeotlo Cedar Rapids la 
Does Billy 101 High Columbua Tenn 
Dow ft Lavan III Couldwsll av New York 
Downey Leslie 1711 Michigan Chicago 
Doyle ft Fields 1141 W Taylor Chicago 
Drew Dorothy 177 I av New York 
Drew Lowell B 8tratford N J 
Drew Virginia till Michigan av Chicago 
Du Barry ft Leigh 1511 Beach av Chicago 
Du Bola Great ft Co 10 N Wash av Brldgp't 
Duffy Thoa H 4611 Virginia av 8t Louis 
Duliell Paul Columbia St Louis 



DUNEDIN TROUPE 

8toll T^ror, Bngland. 

JAMBS BL DONBOAN. Mgr. 



Dunn Arthur F 1061 B 14 Cleveland 
Dunn Chaa Roblnaon Crusoe Girls B R 
Dupres Fred Temple Detroit 

B. 

Bagon ft D'Arville Columbia Htl Anderson Ind 

Early John 8am Devere B R 

Eddie Jennie Cracker Jacka B R 

Bdgardo ft Martina III N Howard Baltimore 

Bd wards Geo Grant Hotel Chicago 

Edythe Corinne III 8 Robey Chicago 



KATE ELINORE 



SAM WILLIAMS 

Winter Garden. New Tork. 
Pergonal Direction. Lee ft J. J. Shubsrt. 



Dobbs Wilbur Social Maids 13 H 
Dodd Emily ft Jessie 201 Division av Bklyn 
Doherty ft Harlowe 428 Union Bklyn 
Donaghy G Francis 319 65 Bklyn 



Elliott L C II Baker Detroit 

Bills ft McKenna Polls New Haven 

Elaon Arthur 411 B 141 N Y 

Elton Jane 144 W 111 N Y 

Elwood Perry ft Downing 114 Harlem av Balto 

Bmelle Troupe 104 B Taylor Bloomlngton III 

Emerald ft Dupre National Sydney Australia 

Eaglebretb O W till Highland av Cincinnati 

English Lillian Queena Jardln de Paris B R 

Esmann H T 1114 Putnam av Bklyn 

Espe ft Roth Majeatlc St Louis 

Evans Baaale 1701 Cottage Grove av Chicago 

Evans Bmlta ft Evans 1141 7 av N Y 

Evans ft Lloyd til B 11 Brooklyn 

Bvslyn Sisters 160 St Jamas PI Bklyn 

Evers Geo 110 Loaoya San Antonio 

Ewelng Charlie 114 W Oconee Fit age raid Oa 



Falrchlld Slatera 110 Dlxwell av New Haven 

Falls Billy A 6 Virginia av Gates N Y 

Farr Francea Gay Wldowa B R 

Farrell Taylor Trio Taxi Glrla B R 

Fay Two Coleys ft Fay Orpheum St Paul 

Feeney ft Fox 111 Central av Camden 

Ferguson Dick II W II Bayonne N J 

Ferguson Frank 704 W 190 N Y 

Ferguson Joa 117 W «7 N Y 

Ferrard Grace 1716 Waraaw av Chicago 

Field Bros 146 Lenox av N Y 

Fields Nsttle 6101 8 Halated Chicago 

Fields ft La Adella Bijou Kenosha Wis 

Ftelda ft Hanson Family B Palestine O 

Finn ft Ford 110 Revere Wlnthrop Mass 

Finney Frank Trocaderoa B R 

Fltxalmmona ft Cameron 1601 8 Green Chicago 

Fletcher Ted 470 Warren Brooklyn 

Flynn Frank D II W 111 N T 

Follette ft Wlcka 1114 Gates av Bklyn 

Forbaa ft Bowman 101 W lit N Y 

Force Johnny 100 Edmondson Baltimore 

Ford Corinne Trocaderoa B R 

Ford ft Wealey Cosy Corner Girls B R 

Fordyce Trio Trent Trenton 

Formby Geo Walthew Houae Wlgnan Eng 

Foater Billy till Centre Pittsburgh 

Foster Phyllis Darlings of Paris B R 

Fowler Kate 114 W 16 N Y 

Fox ft 8ummers 117 10 Saginaw Mich 

Fox Florence 171 Fllmore Rocheater 

Fox ft Ward Greenpolnt Bklyn 

Foyer Eddie 1110 Plerpont Cleveland 

Francis Paul Queena Jardln de Paris B R 

Francis Wlllard 67 W 119 New York 

Franclscos 141 N Clark Chicago 

Franks Sisters Miss New York Jr B R 

Frans Slg ft Edythe Taxi Girls B R 

Freeman Bros Taxi Girls B R 

Frevoll Iris Phlla 

Frey Twins Keiths Toledo 

Frobel ft Ruge 114 W 21 New York 



Gaffney Sisters 1407 Madison Chicago 

Gaffney Al 191 Vernon Brooklyn N Y 

Gage Chas 179 White Springfield Maaa 

Gardner Georgia 4646 Kenmore av Chicago 

Garfield Frank Passing Parade B R 

Gass Lloyd Broadway Glety Glrla B R 

Gaylor Chaa 769 17 Detroit 

Gehrue Emma Girls from Happyland B R 

George Stella Glrla from Happyland B R 

Germane Anna T 26 Arnold Revere Mass 

Gllden 8lsters 216 8chuylklll av Pottsvllle Pa 

Giles Alphia Star Show Girls B R 

Gil more ft Le Moyne 1416-12 Des Moines 

Glrard Marie 4r Howard Boston 

Gladstone ft Talmage 146 W 46 N Y 

Godfrey ft Henderson 173 W 46 N Y 

Goforth ft Doyle 261 Halsey Bklyn 

Golden Max 6 Alden Boston 

Goodall ft Craig 146 W 36 N Y 

Goodman Joe 2039 N 1 Philadelphia 

Goodrorte J Princess Wlrhlta Kan 

Goodwin Shirley Girls from Happyland B R 

Gorden Geo F Girls from Happyland B It 

Gorden Paul Empire London Indef 

Gordo El 1211 Bway N Y 

Gordon Ed M 6116 Drexel av Chicago 

Gordon Dan 1777 Atlantic av Bklyn 

Gordon ft Barber Iff So I<ocu*t Hagerstown Md 

Gosa John 16 Sawyer Haverhill Mass 



Oottlob Amy lit N Clark Chisago 
Ooyt Trio III WIPow Akron O 
Orahara ft Randall Orpheum Peoria 111 
Gray Trio 1401 Woodlawn av Indianapolis 
Gray ft Graham Vaudeville Club London 
Oray ft Gray lttl Birch Joplln Mo 
Green Winifred lit W 66 N Y 
Gremmer ft Melton 1417 8 I Louisville 
Griffith J P Trocaderoc BR ..._._ 

Griffith Myrtle B 1106 Kirk wood av Pittsburgh 
Griffith Marvelous II W Eagle Buffalo 
Griffs ft Hoot lilt Cambria Philadelphia 
Grimes Tom ft Co Wl I Hometown N J 
Grimm ft Satchell Plana Phlla 
Grossman Al lit North Rochester 
Oruber ft Kew 401 Av B Flint Mich 
Oullfoyle ft Charlton lit Harrison Detroit 



Hell Alfred Queens Jardln do Parle B R 
Hall Geo F Coliseum London 
Hall ft Pray It Column'* twampacott Mi 
Hall ft Briscoe II Orchard Norwich Conn 
Halls Dogs 111 Walnut Revere Maas 
Halpern Nan 1611 IT av Denver 
Ha I eon Boys 11 E II N Y ,..,,. 

Hal ton Powsll Co Colonial Indianapolis lndsf 
Hamilton Estelle Msj*etlc St Louis 
Hampton ft Bassst 117 Poplar Cincinnati 
Hanoo O Scott 111 Rltner Phlla 
Hen Ion Bros ft Co Keiths Providence 
Hsnsoms ft Co 1017 Tremont Boston 
Hanvey Lou III Lenox av New York 



CHAS. HARRIS 

•The list Century OlrL" 
Playing W. V. M. A. 

TMr*etlon. 



Hsrklns Geo Taxi Girls B R 
Harper Annette Girls from Happyland B R 
Harrlgan Harry Star Show Olrla B R 
Harrington Bobby Glrla from Missouri B R 
Harris Murray Belles of Boulevard B R 
Harris ft Randall Palace Htl Chicago 
H*rt Merle ft Billy Proctors Newerk 
Hart Stanley Warde H7man Loo Angeles Indef 
Hart Maurice 164 Lenox av N T 
Hartman Oretrhen 111 W 111 N T 
Harvey De Vera Trio Kelt he Portland Me 
Hatches 47 B 111 New Tork 

E. F. HAWLEY *"•> CO. 

"THB BANDIT." 

Week Nov. It. Trent, Trenton. 

BDW. 8. KELLER. Rep. 

Hawthorne Hilda Colonial N Y 

Hayden Jack Columbia Cincinnati 

Hayea Frank 8oclal Maids B R 

Hayee Gertrude Follies of Day B R 

Haya Ed C Vogels Minstrels 

Hayman ft Franklin Hip Norwich Eng 

Hassard LynneftBonnle Varietlee Terra Haute 

Heam 8am Foil lee of Day B R 

Hebron Marie Irwlna Majeatlca B R 

Held ft La Rue lilt Vine Philadelphia 

Henderson ft Thomas 117 W 40 N Y 

Henetla ft Howard 646 N Clark Chicago 

Henry Dick »07 Palmetto Brooklyn 

Henry Glrla till Bo 17 Philadelphia 

H»nrya 41t B 16t N Y 

Herberts The 47 Washington Lynn Maaa 

Herman ft Rica 111 W 16 N Y 

Herr Noadle Box 66 Wltmer Pa 

Hers Geo 111 8 tone av Boranton 

HEUMAN TRIO 

A Novelty on Wheels. 
Next Week (Nov. 6>. Osyety. Newerk. 

Heywood Great 41 Clinton Newark 
Hlcker Bonnie Follies of Day B R 
Hlrkman Geo Taxi Girls B R 
Hill Edmunds Co 8tsr Memphis 
HIMmsn A Roberts 611 8 11 Saginaw Mich 
Hills Harry Roblnaon Crusoe Olrla B R 
Hllson Roht Sam Devere B R 
Hilton Marie Foil lee of Day B R 
Hlnea ft Fenton 111 W It NY 
Hlnea ft Remington Harrison N Y 
Hoffman Dave t!41 B Clearfield Phlla 
Hoiman Broa CI 4 Lake Cadillac Mich 
Holmea Ben 114 W Montana Allalne Neb 
Holt Atf Sydney Australia 
Honan ft Helm lit Lock wood Buffalo 
Hood Sam 711 Florence Mobile Ala 
Hoover Lillian Bellea of Boulevard B R 
Hopp Fred 111 Littleton av Newark N J 
Hotallng Edward 667 S Division Grsnd Rap 
Houae Carl C 401 Cadillac av Detroit 



THB FINISHED TKNTRrLOQI'tST. 
Next Week (Nov. 6). Jacquea Waterbury. 

Represents tlves. MORRIS ft FRTL. 

Howard Jack Cosy Corner Girls B R 
Howard Kntherlne Follies of Day B R 
Howard Bros Maleatlc Birmingham Ala 
Howard Emily 644 N Clark Chicago 
Howard Comedy Four ttt I av Bklyn 
Howard Harry ft Mae ttt S Peoria Chicago 
Howard Bemlce 1001 Calumet av Chicago 
Howard ft Howard Orpheum Harrlsburg 
Hoyt Edward N Palmyra N Y 
Hoyt ft Starks 16 Bancroft pi Bklyn 
Hughes Mrs Gene ft Co Colonial Atlanta Ga 
Hughes Musical Trio 71 E Main Webster Maas 
Hulhert ft De Long 4411 Madlaon Chicago 
Hurley F J 161 Magnolia av Elisabeth N J 
Hyatt ft Le Nore 1611 W T^anvale Baltimore 
Hynde Bessie 111 Pearl Buffalo 



Inglls ft Reading ltta Bower Jersey City 

Ingrama Two 1804 Story Boneo la 

Inneas ft Ryan Lyda Chicago 

Ioleen 81etera I Av N Y 

Ireland Fredk Trwlns Majesties B R 

Irving Pearl Indian Lane Canton Mass 

Irwin Flo ttt W 46 N Y 

Irwin Ferdinand 14 Horton Fall River 



J. 
Jacobs ft fardel Hoe ft Atkins av Pittsburgh 
Jeffries Tom tit Bridge Bklyn 
Jennings Jewell ft Barlow till Art's? n St L 
Jess Johnnie Cracker Jacke B B 
Jewell Mildred I Alden Boston 
Jewells Manikins Orpheum Haverhill Maas 
Johnson Oreat lit W 17 N Y 
Johnson Hsnry It Tremont Cambridge Mass 
Johnson Broa ft Johnson 1141 CallowhTll Phlla 
Johnstone Chester B 41 Lexington av N Y 
Johnstone Musical Hip London Indef 
Jones ft Rogers 111 I Park av N Y 
Jones Maud II W HI N Y 
Joaos ft Oalnos 411 W II N Y 
Jones Kohl ft Wbelen lilt Hasel sv Phlla 
Juno ft Welle 111 B Tl N Y 



Karno Co Empress 8s n Francisco 

Kaufmana 140 E II Chicago 

Keeley Broe I Haymarket 8q London 

Koeley ft Parka Creacent Byracuae 

Kellam Leo ft Jeaals Gratiot Detroit 

Kelley ft Wentworth Orpheum Des Moines 

Kslly Walter C Sheas Toronto 

Kelssy Sisters 4811 Chriatlanla av Chicago 

Kenna Chaa American Davenport la 

Kennedy Joe 1111 N I Knosvllle Tenn 

Kennoy ft Hollla Empress Tacoma 

Kent Marie Follies of Day B R 

Kenton Dorothy Felix Portland Htl N Y 

Keppler Jess Polls 8cranton 

Kessner Ross 411 W 164 N Y 

Klddor Bert ft Dor*y 116 Santa Clara Alameda 

King Broa 111 4 av Schenectady 

MAZIE KING 

Orpheu m Circuit 

Klein Ott ft Nicholson Family Lafayette Ind 
Knight Broa ft Sawtelle 4460 Sheridan rd Chic 
Knight Harlan E Dominion Ottawa 
Koehler Orayce 1060 Calumet Chicago 
Kolb ft La Neva M H Lewlaton Me 
Koler Harry Queena Jardln da Paris B R 
Konera Broe Apollo Vienna 
Kuhna Thrcs Whits Keiths Tolsdo 



Lacey Will 1616 Capitol Washington 

Lalght Pearl Bam Devere B R 

Lake Jas J Knickerbockers B R 

Lamont Harry ft Flo 10 Clinton Johnstown NY 

Lane Goodwin ft Lane 1711 Locuet Phlla 

Lane ft Ardell 16ft Alexander Rocheater 

Lane Eddie 101 B 71 N Y 

Lane ft O'Donnell Buahwlck Bklyn 



THE LAN6D0NS 



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•■ tht BMritvar." 

Always a laughing HIT 



ALBB. WEB B ft EVANS, Man. 

N*»xi W**»h I Nov. a ( , Flflh Ave.. N. Y. 



Lsngdons I Av N Y 

Lsnlgmn Joe 101 8 II Phlla 

Lansear Ward B 111 Schsefer Bklyn 

La Centra ft La Rue 1461 1 av N Y 

La Mase Trio Orpheum Budapeet 

La Moines Mustcsl III I Bamboo Wla 

La Nolo Ed ft Helen I Mill Troy N Y 

La Ponte Marg ill W Commerce San Antonio 

La Rue ft Holmea 11 Llllle Newark 

La Tell Bros Youngs Atlantic City 

La Tour Irene 14 Atlantic Newark N J 

La Vler Polls Hartford 

Larrlvee ft Lee It Shuter Montreal 

Lashe Oreat 1111 Rater Phlla 

Laurent Bert I Piatt pi Bcranton 

Laurent Marie Grand Cleveland 

Laveen Cross ft Co Temple Ft Wayne Ind 

Lawrence ft Ed warde 1140 W»etm'r Provid'ce 

Lawrence ft Wright II Copeland Roxbury Mass 

Layton Marie 111 E Indiana St Charlea III 

Le Dent Frank Columbia Rt Louis 

Le Psges III I Milwaukee 

Le Roy Lydla Folllea of Day B R 

Le Roy Oeo II W 111 N Y 

Lo Roy Vic III Everett Kanaaa City Kan 

Le Roy ft Ada ma Hit Locust av Erie Pa 

Leahy Broa tit East av Pawtucket R I 

Leberg Phil ft Co 1X4 Tremont Boaton 

Lee Audrey Olrla from Happyland B R 

Lee Rose 1040 Broadway Bklyn 

Lehr Corinne 8tar ft Garter B R 

Leipsig Orpheum Duluth 

Lenox Cecil Trocaderoa B R 

Lenss 1114 Newport sv Chicago 

Leonard Joe Pat Whltee Oalety Girls B R 

Leon I Ruby Cracker Jacka B R 

Lapp Frank Sam Devere B R 

Leelle Gente 101 Tremont Boston 

Leslie Frank 114 W lit N Y 

Lester ft Kellett 111 Falrmount av Jersey Cit> 

Levering O Wilbur Foil lee of Day B R 

Levy Family 47 W lit N Y 

LI peon Chas Girls from Happyland B R 

Llngermane 706 N I Phlla 

Linton Fred Taxi Girls B R 

Linton Tom lttl 8 Penn Denver 

Livingston Murray 810 E 163 N Y 

Lloyd ft Oastano 104 E 61 N Y 

Lock hart ft Kress 121 W 116 N Y 

Lock woods Musical 132 Cannon Poughkeepsl* 

Lois ft Love 1014 I Bklyn 

London ft Rlker 12 W 98 N Y 

Londona Four Orpheum Sioux City 

Longworths 8 Magnolia av Jersey City 

Lorch Family Columbia Cincinnati 

Lowe Musical 17 Ridge av Rutherford N J 

Lucaa Jlmmie Kelthe Phlla 

Luce A Luce 926 N Broad Phlla 

Lucler ft Ellsworth Colonial Sioux City 

Luckle ft Yonst Empress Winnipeg 

Lynch Gertrude Sam Devere B R 

Lynch Jack 92 Houston Newark 

Lynch Hszel 866 Norwood av Grand Rapid" 

Lynn Louie Star 8how Girls B R 



Macey Helen Girls from Happyland B R 









VARIETY 



39 



Mack Tom Miss New Tork Jr B R 

Mack Fiord 6114 Ohio Chicago 

Mack ft Walker Grand Syracuse . 

Madden ft Fltspatrlck Majestic Hot Springs 

Major Valroy Temple Lockport N Y 

Mslloy Dannie '11 Olen Morrla Toronto 

Manning Frank 866 Bedford av Bklyn 

Manning Trio IB 4 N Wanamaker Phlla 

Mantell Harry Trocaderoe B R 

Mantella Marionettes 416 Elm Cincinnati 



The MARIMBA BAND 

<TMR BJLAL ACT.) 
Open from Doe. tt to Mar. II. 



Marine Comedy Trio 187 Hopkins Bklyn 
Mario Aldo Trio Keiths Indianapolis 
Marah Chas 106 14 Milwaukee 
Marsh Harry Taxi Girls B R 
Martha Mile Wm Penn Phlla 
Martlne Carl ft Rudolph 467 W 67 N Y 
Marx Bros ft Co 464V Calumet av Chicago 
Mason Dan ft Co Empress Denver 
Mason Harry L Star ft Garter B R 
Matthews Eloise Star ft Garter B R 
Matthewa Mabel 2*11 Burling Chicago 
Mayne Elisabeth 1333 S Wilton Phlla 
McCann Geraldlne ft Co 706 Park Johnatown 
McCarthy ft Berth 2901 Miaaourl av tit Loula 
McConnell Slaters 1247 Madison Chicago 
McCormlck ft Irving Savoy Atlantic City 
McCune ft Grant 616 Benton Pittsburgh 
McDermott Harry Star ft Garter B R 
McDonald ft Geverneaux 2228 Maxwell S'p"ne 
McDowell John ft Alice 29 Day Orange N J 
McDuff Jas Dominion Ottawa 
McGarry ft Harris 121 Palmer Toledo 
McGulre Tuts 69 High Detroit 
Mclntyre Wm J Follies of Day B R 



JOCK McKAY 



With Lulu Qlasor In 'Miss Dudioaeok." 
Management. WUBA ft LUJBbCMJCJk 

Vaudeville Manager, Pat Casey. 



McLaln Sisters 88 Miller av Providence 

McNallys Four Irwlns Majestic* B R 

McNamee 41 Smith Poughkeepale 

MacNlcol Jaa Charlottetown Canada 

Mc Waters ft Tyson 471 60 Bklyn 

Melrose Ethel ft Ernest Bway Gaiety Glrla BR 

Mendelsohn Jack Pat Whites Gaiety Girls BR 

Meredith Sisters 162 W 66 N Y 

Merrick Tom Midnight Maidens B R 

Methen Sleters 12 Culton Springfield Mass 

Meuther ft Davis Strand Toronto 

Meyer David 1684 Central av Cincinnati 

Mllea P W Irwlns Majeetlca B R 

MlUman Trio Follies Bergere Bruasels Belgium 

Miller ft Mack 2641 Federal Phlla 

Mills ft Moulton 68 Rose Buffalo 

Milton George Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

Milton Joe Big Banner B R 

Mints ft Palmer 1806 N 7 Phlla 

Mlskel Hunt ft Miller 108 14 Cincinnati 

Mitchell Bennett Miss New York Jr B R 

Mitchell Geo Irwlns Majesties B R 

Moller Harry 84 Blymer Delaware O 

Montambo ft Bartelll 40 E Liberty Waterbury 

Moore Geo W 8164 Cedar PhUa 

Mooree Mite Arcade Toledo 

Morgan Bros 2626 E Madison Phlla 

Morgan King ft Thompson Sis 60S E 41 Chic 

Moiin Sisters Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Morris & Wortman 182 N Law Allentown Pa 

Morrla ft Kramer 1206 St Johna pi Bklyn 



4 Mortons 4 



Morton Harry Queens Jardln de Paris B R 
Morton ft Keenao 674 11 Bklyn 
Moto Girl Tichys Prague Austria 
Mozarts Keiths Lynn Mass 
Mulcey Eddie Bway Gaiety Girls B R 
Mulford Arthur Vaudeville Little Falls N Y 
Mull Eva Girls from Missouri B R 
Murphy Frank Girls from Missouri B R 
Murphy ft Frances Bijou Fltchburg Mass 
Murray Harriet Girls from Happyland B R 
Muslkalglrls Columbia Cincinnati 

N. 

Neary Bliss & Ross 469 E Main Bridgeport 
Nelson Florence Girls from Happyland B R 
Nelson Harry P Taxi Girls B R 
Nelson Oswald ft Borger 160 E 123 N Y 
Ncvaros Three 894 12 av Milwaukee 



PAUL NEVINS 



and 



RUBY ERWOOD 

UNITED TIME. 
Next Week (Nov. 6), Keith's. Phila- 
delphia. 



Nevlns ft Erwood Keiths Phlla 



NEWELL and NIBLO 

The International Instrumentalists 
Next Week (Nov. 6). Empress, Butte. 



Newhoff ft Phelps 12 W 117 N Y 
Newman Val ft Lottie Knickerbockers B R 
Nichols Nelson Troupe Forsythe Atlanta 
Nichols Nelly Grand Pittsburgh 
Nlcoll Florence Rose Sydell B R 
Noble ft Brooks Saratoga Htl Chicago 



Nonstte 617 Flatbuah av Bklyn 

Norton C Porter 6842 Klmbark av Chicago 

Nowak Eddie 696 Prospect av Bronx N Y 

Nowlln Dave Empire Calgary Can 

Nugent Jas Irwlns Majesties B R 

O. 

O'Brien Ambrose Social Maids B R 

O'Connor Trio 706 W Allegheny av Phlla 

O'Dell A Gil more 1146 Monroe Chicago 

Odlva Orpheum Oakland 

O'Donnell J R 122 E 124 N Y 

O'Haus Edward Follies of Day B R 

Omar 262 W 86 N Y 

O'Neal Emma Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

O'Neill Trio Empire New London Conn 

O'Neill ft Regenery 692 Warren Bridgeport 

Orloff Troupe 208 E 67 N Y 

Ormsbell Will Follies of Day B R 

Ormsby Geo Follies of Day B R 

Orr Chas F 181 W 41 N Y 

Owens Dorothy Mae 8047 90 Chicago 

Ozavs The 48 Klnsel av Kenmore N Y 

P. 

Parker ft Morrell 187 Hopkins Bklyn 
Parks Marie Girls from Missouri B R 
Parvls Geo W 2684 N Franklin Phlla 
Patterson Sam 29 W 188 N Y 
Paullnettl ft Plquo Orpheum Sioux City 



PAULINE 

Bolloalalr HeteL 
77th St and Broadway. Mow Tork City. 



Pearl Marty tt Maroy ar Bklyn 
Pearl ft Bogart 686 Solone av Springfield 111 
Pederson Bros 686 Greenbush Milwaukee 
Pepper Twins Lindsay Can 
Percival Walter ft Co Princess Wichita Kan 
Peter the Great 428 Bl'mfleld av Hoboken N J 
Peters ft O'Neill Majestic Ft Worth 
Peyser Dave Bway Gaiety Girls B R 
Phillips Mondane Empress Vancouver B C 
Phillips Samuel 816 Classon av Bklyn 
Phillips Sisters Bouffes Moscow Russia 
Piccolo Mldgeu Box 22 Phoenlca N Y 
Pickens Arthur J Grand Pittsburgh 
Plerson Hal Girls from Happyland B R 
PUIard Henrietta Social Maids B R 
Plsano ft Bingham 60 Christie Gloversvllle 
Potter ft Harris 6880 Wayne av Chicago 
Powers John ft Jessie Academy Pittsburgh 
Powers Elephants 746 Forest av N Y 
Prevost ft Brown Temple Grand Rapids 
Price Harry M Gertrude Elliott Co 
Primrose Four Orpheum Denver 
Proctor Sisters 1112 Halsey Bklyn 
Propp Anna Follies of Day B R 



Queer ft Gualnt Star Show Girls B R 
Qulnlan Josie 644 N Clark Chicago 



Raceford Roy 607 W 172 N Y 

Radcliffe Ned Sam Devere B R 

Raycob H Albert Social Maids B R 

Raymond Clara 141 Lawrence Bklyn 

Raymond Ruby ft Co Orpheum Sioux City 

Raymore ft Co 147 W 96 N Y 

Reded ft Hilton Midnight Maidens B R 

Redford ft Winchester Her Majestys Sydney 

Redmond Trio 261 Halsey Bklyn 

Kedner Thomas ft Co 972 Hudson av Detroit 

Redway Juggling 141 Inspector Montreal 

Heed & Earl 236 E 62 Los Angeles 

Reeves ft Werner Altmeyer McKeesport Pa 

Reid Sisters 46 Broad Elizabeth N J 

Remington Mayme Gerard Htl N Y 

Renalles The 2064 Butter San Francisco 

Reno Geeo B ft Co Orpheum Montreal 

Reno Great ft Co West Mineral Kan 

Renzetta ft La Rue 2321 So Hicks Phlla 

Rese Len 1021 Cherry Phlla 

Reynolds Francis T Miss New York Jr B R 

Reynolds Nonle Star ft Garter B R 

Rhoada Marionettes Lyric Jamestown N Y 

Rice Frank & Truman Trent Trenton 

Rich Geo Star Show Girls B R 

Rich ft Howard 214 E 19 N Y 

Richards Great Keiths Lynn Mass 

Richards Harry H ft Co Maryland Baltimore 

Riley ft Lippus 36 Plant Dayton O 

Rio Al C 230 W 146 N Y 

Ripon Alf 646 E 87 N Y 

IUttor Nat Rondo Barberton O 

Robbing ft Trenaman 469-10 Bklyn 

Roberts Edna Majesties B R 

Roberts C E 1861 Sherman av Denver 

Roberts ft Downey 86 Lafayette Detroit 

Robinson Chas Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Robinson Wm C 3 Granville London 

Boeder A Lester 314 Broadway Buffalo 

Rogers A Mackintosh 3 Claremont pi M'tcl'rNJ 

Roller Henry 91 Trenton East Boston 

Ro Nero 412 8 George Rome N Y 

Host; Blanche Cracker Jacka B R 

Rose Lane ft Kelgard 126 W 43 N Y 

Rosenthal Don ft Bro Casino Grafton W Va 

Ross Dave Gay Widows B R 

Ross Kittle Empress Cincinnati 

Ross Frank Trocaderos B R 

Ross Sisters 65 Cumbcrford Providence 

Ross & Lewis Hip Southampton Eng 

Rossis Musical Novelty 218 W 48 N Y 

Rother ft Anthony 8 Patterson Providence 

Royal Italian Four 664 Reeve Chicago 

Russell Fred Girls from Missouri B R 

Russell May Pat Whites Gaiety Girls B R 

Russell ft Held 5 Green London 

Rutans Song Birds Colonial Youngstown O 



THOS. J. RYAN- 
RIGHFIELD CO. 

Next Week (Nov. 6). Keith's. Providence. 



8. 



Babel Josephine Hoffman House N Y 



JU€J4JLsUL 

BOOMJtD JtOLID. 

United Tina. 



FRIMO _ 



Savoy ft Savoy Oxford Bklyn 
Bavoy Lucille M H Portsmouth N H 
Scanlon W J 1591 Vlnewood Detroit 
Scarlet ft Scarlet 918 Longwood av N Y 
Schlllln Abe 28 Rldgewood av Newark 
Schilling Wm 1000 E Lanvale Baltimore 
Schroeder Carol Knickerbockers B R 
Scully Will P 8 Webster pi Bklyn 
Sears Gladys Darlings of Paris B R 
Selblni ft Grovini Hip Cleveland 



CHAS. F. SEMON 



Orphean Circuit. Pst Casey, Pilot 

Week Nov. 12, Orpheum, Spokane. 

Semon Duo Taxi Girls B R 

Senzell Jean 213 Eleanor Pittsburgh 

Sevengala Olympia Gloucester Mass 

Seymour Nellie 111 Manhattan N Y 

Sexton Chas B Jefferson Birmingham Ala lndf 

Shea Thomas 3664 Pine Grove av Chicago 

Sliermana Dog» Duiuuiil N J 

Shepperly Sisters 830 W 48 N Y 

Sherlock Frank 614 W 135 N Y 

Shermans Two 262 St Emanuel Mobile 

Shields The 907 City Hall New Orleans 

Slddons ft Earle 2644 S 8 Phlla 

Sldello Tom ft Co 4230 Cottage Grove av Chic 

Slegel Emma Bon Tons B R 

Siegel ft Matthews 324 Dearborn Chicago 

Slager ft Slager 616 Birch av Indianapolis 

Small Johnnie ft 81sters 620 Lenox av N Y 

Smith Allen 1248 Jefferson av Bklyn 

Smith ft Champion 1747 B 48 Bklyn 

Smith ft Larson 140 W 49 N Y 

Snell Corlnne ft Co Oxford Bklyn 

Snyder ft Buckley Greenpolnt Bklyn 

Soper ft Lane 1232 N Alden West Phlla 

Spears The 67 Clinton Everett Mass 

Spencer ft Austin 8110 E Phlla 

Splssell Frank ft Co Shubert Utica 

Sprague ft McNeece Temple Rochester 

Springer A Church 8 Esther Terrace Plttsfleld 

Stadium Trio St Charles Hotel Chicago 

Stafford Frank ft Co Keiths Columbus O 

Stanley Harry Grant Hotel Chicago 

Stanley Stan 906 Bates Indianapolis 

Stanley Teddy Follies of Day B R 

Stanwood Davis 364 Bremen E Boston 

Stedman Al ft Fannie 686 So Boston 

Stelnert Thomas Trio 681 Lenox av N Y 

Steppe A H 83 Barclay Newark 

Stepping Trio 3908 N 6 Phlla 

Stevens Pearl Keiths Jersey City 

Stevens E J 498 Marlon Bklyn 

Stevens Llllle Bam Devere B R 

Stevens Paul 328 W 28 N Y 

Stevens Geo Irwlns Majestic B R 

St James ft Dacre 168 W 34 N Y 

St John ft McCracken 6161 Chestnut Phlla 

Stone George Social Maids B R 

Strauss Bobby ft Co 418 Cherry Chattanooga 

Strehl May Gay Widows B R 

Stuart Dolly Gay Widows B R 

Stubblefield Trio 6808 Maple av 8t Louis 

Stutzman ft May 619 Washington Wmsport 

Suits Anna Social Maids B R 

Sullivan Madeline Follies of Day B R 

Sully & Phelps 2310 Bolton Phlla 

Summers Allen 1956 W Division Chicago 

Sutton A Sutton 3918 W 3 Duluth 

Swisher A Evans 1147 W Huron Chicago 

Sylvester Cella Queens Jardln de Paris B R 

Symonds Alfaretta 140 8 11 Phlla 

Symonda Jack Bowdoln Boston 

Sytz A Sytz 140 Morris Phlla 

T. 

Tanrnn A Clayton Keiths Jersey City 

Taylor Mae Grand Columbus O 

Taylor A Tcnny 2840 Ridge av Phlla 

Temple Luella Social Maids B R 

Terry Herbert Girls from Missouri B R 

Thomson Harry 1234 Putnam av Bklyn 

Thorne Mr A Mrs Harry 288 St Nicholas avNY 

Thornes Juggling 58 Rose Buffalo 

Thornton Geo A Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Thriller Harry 40 Isabella Boston 

Thurston Leslie 315 W 46 N Y 

Tldmarsh Fred A Co 1234 Tatnall Wilmington 

Till Violet Trocaderos B R 

Tlnncy Frank Winter Garden N Y indef 



Tivoli Quartet 

Next Week (Nov. 6), Pantages, Tacoma. 
Direction, Norman Frledenwald. 



Tops Topsy A Tops 3442 W School Chicago 
Townsend Helena Star Show Girls B R 
Tracy Julia Raymond Bartholdl Inn N Y 
Travers Bell 207 W 88 N Y 
Travers Phil E 6 E 115 N Y 
Travers Rolnnd 221 W 42 N Y 
Travers A Laurenze O H Watervllle Mo 
Tremalms Musical 230 Caldwell Jacksonville 
Troubadours Three 136 \V 66 N Y 



Dec. 18 Colonial, 26 Washington, Jai. 1 Fifth 

Ave. 8 Alhambra, 16 Victoria. 

Featured with the Harry Lauder Show. 

Vaudeville Management. MORBIB ft FKIL. 

Tully May Polls Scranton 
Tumbling Toms 2789 Fulton Bklyn 
Tuxedo Comedy Four Majestic Kalamazoo 



Tyler Harry Queens Jardln de Paris B R 

HARRY TSUOA 

ked gelid. James) ■. Pteakaet, 



U. 

Ullne Arthur M 1769 W Lake Chicago 
Unique Comedy Trio 1917 Nicholas Phlla 



Vagges Brennan Circuit Australia 
Valadons Les 71 Garfield Central Falls R I 
Valdare Bessie 806 W 97 N Y 
Valentine ft Bell 1461 W 108 Chicago 
Van Dalle Bisters 614 W 186 N Y 
Van Horn Bobby 139 West Dayton O 
Vardon Perry ft Wilbur 6 Green London 
Variety Comedy Trio 1618 Berth Indianapolis 
Vassar A Arken 324 Christopher Bklyn 
Vedder Fannie Star ft Garter B R 
Vedmar Rene 8286 Broadway N Y 
Venetian Serenaders 676 Blackhawk Chicago 
Vernon ft Parker 187 Hopkins Bklyn 
Village Comedy Four 1918 Ringgold Phlla 
Vincent ft Slager 820 Olive Indianapolis 
Viola Otto ft Co Apollo Dusseldorf Oer 
Vloletta Jolly 41 Lelpslger Berlin Ger 
Voelker Mr ft Mrs 628 W 161 N Y 

W. 

Wade Pearl Trocaderos B R 
Walker ft 111 National Boston 



WALSH, LYNCH* CO. 

ting "HUCKIirs RUN.** 
Dlrsetlan. PAT OAflsTff. 



Walsh May Irwin Majesties B R 

Walters ft West 8437 Vernon Chicago 

Ward Billy 199 Myrtle av Bklyn 

Ward Will H Sam Devere B R 

Ward ft Bohlman 282 Schaeffer Bklyn 

Ward ft Smith Pekln Savannah lndef 

Warde Mack 800 W 70 N Y 

Waahburn Dot 1990 Mohawk Chicago 

Washer Bros Oakland Ky 

Waters Jas R Miss New York Jr B R 

Waterson Tob Queens Jardln de Parts B R 

Watson Jos K Empress Winnipeg 

Watson Billy W Girls from Happyland B R 

Watson Nellie Girls from Happyland B R 

Watson Sammy Morsemere N J 

Weber Chas D 826 Tasker Phlla 

Well John 6 Krusstadt Rotterdam 

Welch Jae A 211 E 14 N Y 

Welch Thoe Social Maids B R 

Welle Lew 218 Shawmut av Grand Rapids 

Wenrlck ft Waldron 268 W St N Y 

Wentworth Veeta ft Teddy Colonial N T 

Wesley Frank Cosy Corner Girls B R 

Weet Sisters Ben Welch Show B R 

Western Union Trio 2241 E Clearfield Phlla 

Weeton Burt ft Co Garrlck Burlington la 

Weston Cecilia Irwlns Majesties B R 

Weston Edgar 246 W 44 N Y 

Weston Dan E 141 W 116 N Y 

Wheelers Australian Temple Lockport N Y 

Wheelers The 140 Montague Bklyn 

Whelana The Star Show Girls B R 

White Kane ft White 898 Vermont Bklyn 

White ft Perry Lyric Dayton O 

Whiteside Ethel 1784 Bway N Y 



ETHEL WHITESIDE 



and those "Ploeaaiaaloa.** 
'TOLUE8 OP COONTOWM* 



Whiting ft Bohne O H North Troy Indef 
Whitman Frank 183 Greenwich Reading Pa 
Whitney Tillle 86 Kane Buffalo 
Wlchert Grace 8038 Michigan av Chicago 
Wilder Marshall Atlantic City N J 
Wiley Herbert Girls from Missouri B R 
Wllkens ft Wllkens 388 Willis av N Y 
Wlllard A Bond Electric White Plains N Y 
Wlllard Om Follies of Day B R 
Williams Clara 3450 Tremont Cleveland 
Williams Cowboy 4716 Upland Phlla 
Williams John Cracker Jacks B R 
Williams ('has 2625 Rutgers St Louis 
Williams Ed A Florence 94 W 108 N Y 
Williams A De Crotcnu 1 Ashton sq Lynn Mass 
Williams A Gilbert 1010 Marshfield av Chic 
Williams A Stevens 8616 Calumet Chicago 
Williams A Sterling Box 1 Detroit 
Wllllson Herbert Al Fields Minstrels 
Wills Esteila X Taxi Girls B R 
Wilson A Arthur 42 W 33 N Y 
Wilson A Aubrey BIJou Racine Wis 
Wilson Fred Craekor Jacks B R 
Wilson Lottie 2208 Clifton av Chicago 
Wilson Billy 371 Wyona Bklyn 
Wilson Lizzie Star Muncle Ind 
Wilson Patter Tom 2666 7 av N Y 
Wilson A Ward 2744 Grays Ferry av Phlla 
Wilton Belle Belles of Boulevard B R 
Wlnfleld A Shannon 277 E Mllw'kee av Detr 1 * 
Winkler Kress Trio Keenrys New Britain Conn 
Wise A Milton Brennan Circuit New Zealand 
Wis*. J. -irk Lyric Portland Ore lndef 
Wood Ollle 123 W 143 N Y 
Wood Bios Orpheum St Paul 
Woods Ralton A Co Proctors Newark 
Woodnll Billy 420 First av Nashville 
Work & Owit Keiths Boston 
World A Kingston Orpheum Tx>s Angelas 
Wright & Dietrich Orpheum Bt Paul 
Wyckoff Fred Majestic St Paul 

X. 

Xavlers Four 2144 W 20 Chicago 

Y. 

Yeoman Geo 4566 Gibson av St Louis 
Yerxa A Adele Girls from Happyland B R 
Young Jeanette Trocaderos B R 
Young A April Empress Chicago 



awesTsng a tom H ss wfM s Masty mewrtoa TAMIWTY. 



40 



VARIETY 



uoo 



IN 



I 



K (Oct. 30) 



Mack and Williams 



NOVELTY SINGING AND DANCING 



Young Sisters 2876 W 19 Coney Island 
Young Frank Bway Oalety Olrls B R 

Z. 

Zanclgs 36 Cliff av E Portchester N Y 
Zanfrellas 131 Brixton London 
Zeda Harry L 1323 Cambria Phlla 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



Downle ft Wheelers I Easley 8 C 4 Sen nee a 

6 Toccoa Ga 7 Royston 8 Bowersvllle » 

Lavonla 10 Cornelia. 
Haag Show 13 Osark Ala 14 Enterprise 16 

Elba 16 Abbeville 17 Dothan 
Hagenbeck Wallace 8 Houston Tex 4 Hunts- 

ville. 
Miller Bros. 101 Ranch 3 Flagstaff Arts 

4 Prescott- 
Sparks IS Bainbridge Ga. 
Tankee Robinson 8 Ada Okla 4 Sulphur 6 

Idabel 7 Boswell 8 Ardmore 14 Tahlequah 

16 Kansas City. 



BDILESOUE BOOTES 

Weeks Nov. « and It. 



Americans Avenue Detroit IS Folly Chicago 

Behman Show 6-8 Gllmore Springfield 9-11 
Franklin 8q Worcester IS Westminster 
Providence 

Belles Boulevard Gayety Milwaukee IS Gay- 
ety Pittsburgh 

Ben Welch Show Gayety Washington IS Gay- 
ety Minneapolis 

Big Banner Show Gayety Detroit IS Gayety 
Toronto 

Big Gaiety 6-8 Empire Albany 9-11 Mohawk 
Schenectady IS Gayety Brooklyn 

Big Revue Royal Montreal IS Star Toronto 

Bohemians Peoples Cincinnati IS Empire 
Chicago 

Bon Tons Star Brooklyn 18 Gayety Newark 

Bowery Burlesquers Casino Phlla IS Star 
Brooklyn 

Broadway Gaiety Girls Lafayette Buffalo IS 
Avenue Detroit 

Century Girls Dewey Minneapolis 18 Star St 
Paul 

Cherry Blossoms Cooks Rochester 13 Lafay- 
ette Buffalo 

College Girls 6-8 Mohawk Schenectady 9-11 
Empire Albany 18 L O 20 Casino Boston 

Cosy Corner Girls Empire Phlla IS Luzerne 
Wilkes Barre 

Cracker Jacks Gayety Newark 13 Empire 
Hoboken 

Daffydlls Eighth Ave New York IS Bronx 
New York 

Darlings Paris Academy Pittsburgh IS Penn 
Circuit 

Ducklings Star Toronto 13 Cooks Rochester 

Follies Day Century Kansas City 13 Standard 
8t Louis 

Gay Widows Howard Boston 18 Royal Mon- 
treal 

Ginger Girls Gayety Boston 13-16 Empire 
Albany 16-18 Mohawk Schenectady 

Girls from Happy land Empire Cleveland 13 
Empire Toledo 

Girls from Missouri Folly Chicago 13 Star 
Milwaukee 

Girls from Reno Star Chicago 13 Star Cleve- 
land 

Golden Crook Music Hall New York 18 Mur- 
ray Hill New York 

Hastings Big Show Empire Toledo 13 Star 
A Garter Chicago 

High School Girls Star Milwaukee 13 Dewey 
Minneapolis 

Honeymoon Girls Westminster Providence 13 
Onyety Bniton 

Howe's Lovemakers Gayely Omaha 13 Gayety 
Kansas City 

Ideals Star Cleveland 13 Apollo Wheeling 



Imperials Apollo Wheeling IS Academy Pitts- 
burgh 

Jardin^ de Paris Empire Chicago IS Star 
Chicago 

Jersey Lilies Gayety Louisville IS Standard 
Cincinnati 

Kentucky Belles Bronx New York IS Empire 
Brooklyn 

Knickerbockers Gayety Kansas City IS Gay- 
ety St Louis 

Lady Buccaneers Lyceum Washington 13 
Monumental Baltimore 

Majesties Gayety Brooklyn IS Olympic New 
York 

Marlon's Dreamlands Empire Hoboken 13 
Music Hall New York 

Merry Burlesquers Casino Brooklyn 13 Bowery 
New York 

Merry Maidens Monumental Baltimore 13 
Empire Phlla 

Merry Whirl Casino Boston IS Columbia New 
York 

Midnight Maidens Gayety Toronto IS Garden 
Buffalo 

Miss New York Jr Trocadero Phlla IS Bon 
Ton Jersey City 

Moulin Rouge Empire Brooklyn IS Casino 
Brooklyn 

Pacemakers Columbia 8c ran ton IS Eighth 
Ave New York 

Painting the Town Garden Buffalo IS Corin- 
thian Rochester 

Passing Parade Gayety Pittsburgh IS Empire 
Cleveland 

Pat Whites Empire Indianapolis IS Bucking- 
ham Louisville 

Queen Bohemia Murray Hill New York 13-16 
Gllmore Springfield 16-18 Franklin Sq Wor- 
cester 

Queens Folles Bergere Penn Circuit IS Lyceum 
Washington 

Queens Jardln de Paris Gayety Baltimore 13 
Gayety Washington 

Reeves Beauty Show Standard Cincinnati 18 
Columbia Chicago 

Robinson Crusoe Girls Gayety St Paul IS 
Gayety Omaha 

Rose Sydell Corinthian Rochester 13-16 Mo- 
hawk Schenectady 16-18 Empire Albany 

Runaway Girls Columbia Chicago IS Gayety 
Detroit 

Sam Devere Bowery New York IS Trocadero 
Phlla 

Social Maids Gayety Phlla IS Gayety Balti- 
more 

Star ft Garter Gayety Minneapolis 13 Gayety 
8t Paul 

Star 8how Girls Star St Paul IS Krug Omaha 

Taxi Girls Olympic New York 13 Gayety 
Phlla 

Tiger Lilies Bon Ton Jersey City IS Howard 
Boston 

Trocaderos Gayety St Louis 13 Gayety Louis- 
ville 

Vanity Fair Columbia New York 18 Casino 

Phlla , ,. 

Watsons Burlesquers Standard St Louis 13 

Empire Indianapolis 
Whirl of Mirth Luxerne Wilkes Barre 13 

Columbia Scran ton 
World Pleasure Star ft Garter Chicago 13 

Gayety Milwaukee 
Yankee Doodle Krug Omaha 13 Century 

Kansas City 
Zallah's Own Buckingham Louisville 13 

Peoples Cincinnati 



LETTERS 



Where C follows name, letter It In Chi- 
cago. 

Where 8 F follows, letter It at San Fran- 
cisco. 

Advertising or circular letters of any 
description will not be listed when known. 

Letters will be held for two weeks. 
P following name Indicates postal, ad- 
vertised once only. 



Adler Jeanette (P) 

Adler Felix 

Albenia 

Alden Leslie (C) 



Allen Charles 
Alen Edgar 
Allrlght Little (C) 
Alvln A Kenny (C) 
Anderson Vivian 
Appleby E J 



Direction, J EN IE JACOBS. Pat Casey Office 



B. 



(C) 



Baker Chas (C) 
Barbee Orllla (C) 
Barrett Violet 
Barrlngton A Howard 
Baylla Chas A 
Beeman Theresa 
Bergere Rose 
Bernard Mike 
Bernlvlcl Bros 
Bestry Harry 
Bolan Ben 
Boom Maurice 
Booth Hope 
Boyne Hasel Q 
Bright Louise (S F) 
Brockman Jas 
Brown J Randall 
Bruce The (8 F) 
Buckley Laura 
Burke J achy 

C. 

Canton A William (C) 
Carlton Bertram 
Carre Maybele (P) 
Chadderton Lillian 

(C) 
Challoner Catherine 

(C) 
Chip A Marble 
Clancy Geo (C) 
Clarke Billy 
Clark A Verdi (C) 
Coleman (8 F) 

Collins B C 
Conkey Clever (C) 
Cook waiter 
Cosaar J H 
Crlspl Ida (C) 
Crollus R P 
Cummlngs Ralph E 



D. 



Emerson 



Davey a 

(O 

Davis Josephine 
Daub Jack 
De Noyer Ed 
Dewey Frank 
Dudley Alice 
Dugan Jas 
Dunlevy Jos 
Durfae Ralph (C) 

E. 

Eames Mona 
Edwards Jessie (C) 
Edwards ft Raymond 

(C) 
Ellsworth Estelle 
Elmore Alan 
Edwin Jean 
Esmeralda Players 
Everett Gertrude 



Falls Agnes 
Fldello ft Carp (SF) 
Poak Bella (C) 
Fortune Tellers Trio 

(SF) 
Fox ft Clair (S F) 
Francis Adeline 
Fulton Rosa 



G. 

Garden Curts 
G arris Flora 
Garvey Leonard H 
Gaston Billy 
Genaro David 
Gennaro (C) 
Gibson J V 
Gibson V 
Gillette Fred (C) 
Gllmore Klncky A 

Gllmore (C) 
Gird Harry A 
Golden Sam 
Golden Morris (SF) 
Goodman Chas (C) 
Goodwin Sue 
Gould V 

Graves Lillian (C) 
Green Ethel 
Greenhalgh Ada (C) 
Graham Clara (C) 
Grimm Harry 
Groves Hal 

H. 

Halifax Dan (C) 
Hall Bob (C) 
Hannah Ida 
Harringtons The (C) 
Harrison Lenore (8 F) 
Harvey Aileen 
Hawley Fred (C) 
Haynes Al (C) 
Hay raves Mrs 
Haywood Harry (C) 
Healy Matt (C) 
Heeley ft Heeley 
Henry A F 
Hoffman Al (P) 
Hunting Tony 

I. 

Ibsons Musical 
Ingles Jack 



Jaeger ft Rogers 
Jarvls T F (C) 
Jeanette Eva 
Jermon Irene 
Johson ft Wells (S F) 
Junior John 
Jurot Jennie (C) 

K. 

Keley Tom (SF) 
Kent Annie (C) 
Kiefer Prof (C) 
Klrke Ethel 



La Belle Serranlta 

(SF) 
La Estrellta (S F) 
I^a Mar Harry 
Lange M K (C) 
La Veen Sam 
Lawrence Catherine 
Lee Sung Foo (C) 
Le Grande Oswald 
Lehmans Three (8 F) 
Le Mont Dan 
Leonardo Trio ( 8 F) 



Leslie Ethel (8 F) 
Leslie Ethel 
Lester Great 
Letelller M (S F) 
Lewin Harry W 
Light Anna (C) 
Litter Bvrel (C) 
Llnney Horace (C) 
Lloyd Dorothy 
Lorraine Olga (C) 
Lucca Luciano (C) 
Lyons Dorothy (C) 



Madio Joe 
Martin Ed 
Martyne ft Hardy 
Mason Daisy 
Mason Chas P 
Mason Nell (C) 
May Devona 
McCauley Bob (C) 
McMahon Tim (C) 
Mead Blanche 
Meredith Sisters 
Millard Billy 
Montrose Max 
Moore Clarlene 
Moreni Con 
Morgan Walba Mrs 
Morton Louise 
Muller Gene 
Munford ft Thompson 
(C) 

N. 

Nadje 

Nana (S F) 
Newklrk Mrs (C) 
Newman Bros (C) 

O. 

Oberman The (C) 
O'Hearn Will (C) 
Orth ft Lillian 
Orvllle Victoria 
Osgood Harry (C) 
Ott Phil 



Patrick Harry (C) 
Perclval M 
Ponte Jlmmle (P) 
Premier Musical Trio 

(SF) 
Prevost Vic (C) 
Pye E Gard 



Quinn Charle* 
Quirk Billy 

R. 

Randall Claude 
Ratcllffe E J 
Rattray Allan (S F) 
Rayner Dan 
Reld Bessie 
Reid Billy 

Rice Nancy Lee (C) 
Richards Ellen 
Robinson M 
Roche J C (C) 
Rohn David (C) 
Roland Bessie 



Rome Sam 
Ross Bert (C) 
Rousell Harry (C) 
Royal Victor 
Russell Jas W (C) 
Russell Mrs M (C) 

8. 

Salambo E 8 (C) 
Sales Chick (C) 
Banger Hasel 
Sato O 

Savoy Lucille 
Shady Hattle 
Sharrocks The 
Sherman Dan 
Slebert Alice (C) 
Smalley Ed (C) 
Sncok Great (8 F) 
Snook Great (C) 
Sousloff A (8 F) 
Splller Wm 
Steele Morel a 
Stewart Rowena 
Stewart Mabel 
Stock Alma 
Sullivan Ed (C) 
Sutton ft Sutton (C) 
Sully Wm F (C) 
Sursgel Sam (C) 

T. 

Tard Harry (S F) 
Taylor Jerome 
Ten Brooke Jane (C) 
Thurber Nettle 
Tiffany Maud 
Trautt A (8 F) 
Turner Clara 

U. 
Usher Claude A Fannie 
(P) 

V. 
Valaire Bros (C) 
Vlsscher Glenn 
Von Mltzel Max (C) 

W. 

Waddell Madge (C) 
Wa Dele Leo (C) 
Walte Helen (C) 
Walker Jack (S F) 
Walker A 111 
Warburton Jack 
Wash-burn Lillian 
Watson Jas (C) 
We Chok Be (C) 
White Bert (C) 
Whlttier L O (C) 
Whltesldes Ethel 
Wllkins A Wilklns 

(C) 
Wilklns Chas (C) 
Wilson Grad (C) 
Wilson Knox 
Wilson A Ambroy (C) 
Wood Geo 
Wool folk Boyle 

Y. 
Yes Sir (C) 
York Alva 



Zuhn Billy (C) 



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TMB f EETBI1 4MJCTET 
PRODUCTION 

■O. F. 

REYNARD 

Presents Bath Dewberry and Jawn Jawnaon Ib 
"A HORNING IN HICK8VILLB." 

Direction. OENB HCOHBS. 

Gene Hughes 

Manager, Promoter and Producer of 

Vaudeville Acta. 

What to Produce aad Bow to Bocee ed. 

Authors pleaee note: Communication* Bollolted 

PUTNAM BUILDING. NEW YOBBL 



MONA 



BLAMPHIN 
and HEHR 

The Chi— tee Swftri ■! Wa^tfilli 

FUK HALE 

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Apply to THE GHADWIOK TWO 

Stuart Barnes 



JA 



PLUKK1TT, Manager. 



ALBBB. WBBBB A EVANS Preaent 
BUTLER 



HAVIUND 



ALICE 



ORPBBUM 
CIRCUIT 



THORNTON 




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ason 



I V mabouebitb 

'; Heeler 



Direction Max Hart, Putnam Bid*. N. T. C 



The Bngilsh Guy 

CRIFF 

Now on Royal Supreme First Class Vaudeville 

Time. 
With the Harry Lauder crowd. 
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught occu- 
pied the Royal box at the Russell Theatre, 
Ottawa, Canada, last Thursday, and were de- 
lighted with our show. 



Two Nifty Gtria. 



MTRTLB 



IRBNB 



Victorine »"< Zolar 



b thetr 



COMING BAST. 
VARIETY. 



Fr*A 



Daley 



THE RIALS 

"The Johnny and the French Hlaa" 
Playing; United Time. 

Direction. ALEX. FISHER 

THI ELEOTRIC WIZARD 



It lU't tfct 

that Mates the 
act- 
It's tha act that 
mikes the um. 



THB KINO OF IRELAND 

JAMBS B. DONOVAN 

AND 

BBNA ARNOLD 

QUBBN OF VAUDEVILLE 

DOING WELL, THANK TOU. 

Director and Adviser, Bine K. C. 





HERMAN 

Playing W. V. M. A. Time. 
Agent P AT CA SEY 

WILUttb 

SIMMS 

BOOMED SOLID ON UNITED TIME 

TAN E AN 



Acrobatic and all Dumb actt, there Is a 
piece called "In the Shadows," that you will 
all be delighted with, written by Fink of the 
Palace Theatre, London. This song and in- 
strumental number is going to be a hit In the 
States- 
Back to Manchester and Mrs. Magee's Pan- 
cakes this week. We Just can't stay away 
from this village. 

Something we very seldom see over here Is 
good sister teams; a fine chance for some of 
you girls. • 

"Alexander's Band" Is going to do the big 
clean up here: It sure is helping us along. 
Manchesterly Yours. 

VARDON, PERRY and WILBER 

"THOSS THRU BOYS" 



HAVE YOUR CARD IR VARIETY 



4 LONDONS 

Eraeet A. London, Manager. 
Established, 190S. Direction, Jo Paige Smith. 

Next Week (Nov. 6). Orpheum, Sioux City. 



IVI ■ SB-I d 

Jeaie Jacahs 

■Ml 

Pat Casey 



NEXT WEEK 

(Nov. 6) 

KEITH'S 
Providence 



HUGHES 

MUSICAL TRIO 

Management Jo Pal** Smith. 






JULIAN 
and DYER 

A LAUGH A SECOND 



GBNB 



Marcus - Gartelle 



la their aketeh 

"SkmtorisJ Roll 



JAMBS PLUNKBTT. Mgr. 



ORACB 



Ritter - Foster 

with "Cay Widows." 

Next Week (Nov. 6). Howard, Boston. 




GAVIN - PL ATT 
«- PEACHES 

IN 
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Home Addreea, No. 1 Hawthorne Ave., 

Clifton, N. J. 
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ORIGINAL 



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OYOLINO COMEDIAN 



" LISTEN TO ME" 

Never condem a person 
because of their National- 
ity; you will And Ladles and 
Gentlemen with principle 
among all races. 

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Smg. oa One Whool 



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Marshall P. Wilder 

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. 

»M 'Phnn* III 




McKISSICK 

and SHADIMEY 

THOSE EBONY ENTERTAINERS 

Comedy Character Change Artiste. 

Special Scenery. 
Add i iss, 144 West 28th Street, New Yorh City 



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Id Their Latent Comlo Song Barlow 



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SAM J. CURTIS 

And Co. 



tad Mirth 

In tha original "SCHOOL ACT.'* 

On the United lima 

Direction ALBEB. WEBER A EVANS. 

Next Week (Nov. 6), Shea'a Toronto,. 

CHARLES AHEARN 




"THB BACXNG MAN.** 

PAT CA8BT. Agent. 





tVII 




8ULLIVAN- 
CONSIDINE 
CIRCUIT. 

Following a dancing turn on 
the same bill, Spokane "Chron- 
icle" says: 

"Tom Smith, known to vau- 
deville ae the 'dancing daffy- 
dill.' makes a hit with his 
offering of English character 
monologues, songs and gro- 
tesque steps." 

JO 

PAIGE 

SMITH. 

Representative 





PANTAGES 
CIRCUIT 

Next Week. Nov. 5. PANTA6ES. CALGARY 



STEVE 



DATE 



LONG BROS. 

THOSE NIFTY 8TBPPBBS 

Addrese, care VARIETY, Chicago. 

Karl Grees 

Academlo Lightning Painting Artist. 

SENSATIONAL SCENIC AND 

ELECTRICAL EFFECTS. 

Lola Merrill and Frank Otto 

Next Week (Nov. 6), Bushwlck, Brooklyn. 

Direction. Max Hart. 



THAT FUNNY MUSICAL AOT 



AND 



CLAXTON 



ROOKED WITH U. R. 0. 
FIRST OPER TIME DEC. 4. 



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Vol. XXIV. No. 10. 



NOVEMBER 11, 1911 



PRICE TEN CENTS 



INDEPENDENT POSITION 

HELD BY COHA N & HARRIS 

With Expiration of Partnership Agreement With Klaw 
& Erlanger, Together With a Chicago House, the 
C. & H. Firm Said to Have Obtained Foot- 
ing Sought After for Some Time 



Rumors of a severance of business 
relations between Klaw & Erlanger 
and Cohan & Harris have been rife 
along Broadway lately, but little of the 
gossip can be traced to a tangible 
source. 

The stories probably originated with 
the taking over by Cohan & Harris of 
the lease of the Grand Opera House, 
Chicago. Some foundation for the re- 
ports are traceable to the fact that the 
new lessees of the Chicago theatre 
have agreed to respect the bookings of 
the Liebler & Co. attractions at that 
house for the remainder of the current 
season. The playing of the Liebler at- 
tractions in a theatre controlled by 
what has heretofore been supposed to 
be a Arm of loyal "syndicate" allies, is 
regarded as food for figuring, if not 
actual gossip. 

Immediately after the production of 
George M. Cohan's first Broadway suc- 
cess, "Little Johnny Jones," Cohan & 
Harris entered into a five years' part- 
nership agreement with Klaw & Er- 
langer. During the life of that agree- 
ment all the Cohan plays up to and 
including "Get - Rich - Quick-Walling- 
ford" were — and still are — assets of 
the partnership. The leases of the 
(irand Opera House, the Gaiety and the 
George M. Cohan theatres in New York 
are also included. 

The K. & E. agreement having ex- 
pired, Cohan & Harris presented on 
individual responsibility, "The Red 
Widow," with Raymond Hitchcock and 
"The Little Millionaire," with Cohan 
as the respective stars. Last week they 
took over for a period of years the 
Chicago Grand Opera House. No pub- 
lic mention had been made of the "Red 
Widow" and Little Millionaire" ven- 
tures as individual undertakings, but 
the assumption of the Chicago lease 
was officially announced as a personal 



venture of the producing firm and was 
at once construed by the knowing ones 
as declaration of Independence. 

Quite some feeling of resentment 
was said to have been engendered at 
the time "Get-Rich-Quick-Walling- 
ford'" was removed from the Olympic, 
Chicago, when it was drawing between 
$11,000 and $12,000 weekly, after a 
long run, to make room for A. H. 
Woods' "The Littlest Rebel" This, it 
is said, determined Cohan & Harris to 
secure a theatre of their own in the 
western metropolis where their attrac- 
tions could be continued at will. 

At the present time Cohan & Harris 
are negotiating for the taking over 
from Wagenhals & Kemper of the lease 
of the Astor theatre In New York, 
which has been on the market some 
time. They have made an offer of 
$50,000 a year, but the present holders 
are asking $60,000 according to re- 
port. 



EVA FAY STARRING. 

Mrs. Eva Fay, who for a number of 
years has been doing a "mind read- 
ing" act in vaudeville, is to go starr- 
ing in a three-act drama entitled "Hal- 
lowell's Millions," under the direction 
of Vaughan Glaser. Rehearsals are 
now in progress. The show is booked 
to open in New England, Nov. 2r>. The 
last act of Mrs. Fay's show will include 
her former vaudeville specialty. 

Mr. Glaser is also sending out Ty 
Cobb, of baseball repute, in a revival of 
"The College Widow," with Cobb in 
the role of the football player. 

Wells Hawks, who has just closed 
with the Ringling Bros.' Circus, has 
been appointed general manager for 
the Glaser enterprises. 



LEAVES BILL WITHOUT NOTICE. 

The Hammerstein show had a wait 
of five minutes Monday afternoon. It 
was only through the herculean efforts 
of stage manager Mike Simon that the 
gap caused by the abrupt departure of 
James J. Morton from the theatre was 
held down to that short time. 

"Cheyenne Days" was "No. 6" on 
the program, with Mr. Morton billed 
as "No. 7," the next act to follow it. 
The finish of the Wild West scene is 
noisy. Standing In the wings, waiting 
to go on, Mr. Morton remarked to Mr. 
Simon he did not like to follow the 
horses that way. Mike mentioned he 
would hoi 1 the curtain a moment or 
so and hurry the animals off the stage. 

While the moment was passing, Jim 
suddenly said he didn't think he would 
go on anyway. Leaving the entrance, 
he packed his grip and left the theatre. 

In the emergency, Mr. Simon gath- 
ered all the people of the Ada Overton 
Walker act. which also requires a full 
stage and special set; the stage crew 
got on the Job and in record time had 
cleared away the special set of 
"Cheyenne Days," with but the five 
minutes only Intervening before the 
curtain rose again. 

It was a somewhat unusual pro- 
< edure all around. 



"W the New* All the Time." 
l>erybody reml* Vnrlety. 



HOWARD AND MeCANE. 

Jos. E. Howard and Mabel McCane 
will appear in vaudeville, as an act. 
opening Monday. at Poll's. New 
Haven. 

Arthur Klein, who has the turn In 
charge, secured Miss McCane. upon 
the receipt by Mr. Howard of a let- 
ter from his wife. Mabel Harrison, 
suggesting the newest combination. 

Mr. Howard nt first entertained tho 
thought of framing up a new act with 
Nena Blake 

FANNY WARD'S NEW SKETCH. 

"The Doctor Ordered It" is the title 
of a sketch Fanny Ward is going to 
present to vaudeville. The news came 
out a few days after Miss Ward sued 
Mare Klaw for sonic $»;o,0<>0, alleg- 
ing a breach of contract 

The pieco will fir^t lie produced at 
Mt. Vernon. N. Y .. next week for its 
worK-out. 



MANAGERS NOT LOVIN\ 

A. II. Woods and Charles B. Dilling- 
ham do not look upon each other with 
the same affection as that usually ex- 
hibited by brothers. In fact, they are 
anything but friendly. 

The strained relations are due to the 
withdrawal of "Gypsy Love" from the 
Globe theatre Saturday night. 

The show played to $8,100 there last 
week, with every indication of a f 12,- 
000 taking the current week (which 
includes an election day matinee). 
Woods wanted the show to remain in 
New York for a longer period, but is 
alleged to have discovered that Dil- 
lingham had booked "The Three 
Romeos" in for next week, two days 
after the "Gypsy" show opened, with- 
out waiting to see if the show would 
recover from the blow administered by 
the unfortunate breakdown of the 
prima donna the opening night. 

Dillingham kept the booking of "The 
Three Romeos" a secret, for when 
asked by a Varikty; representative last 
week if the piece would succeed 
"Gypsy Love" at the Globe, with char- 
acteristic nalvette, professed ignorance. 



MAUD RAYMOND IN "NO. 2" "LOU." 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 
When Harry Askin launches his 
road company of "Louisiana Lou," 
the part that is being taken at the 
LaSalle by Sophie Tucker will be es- 
sayed by Maud Raymond. 



LAURA (JUERITE, SINGLE. 

Trenton. N. J., Nov. 8. 

Direct from the Folies Bergere Road 
show, Laura Guerlte, under the man- 
agement of Jesse L. Lasky, will ap- 
pear at the Trent theatre next week 
as a "single" act in vaudeville. 

As accompanist at tho piano, Miss 
(Juerite will have George Moore. 



ANOTHFR RABBI AMUCK. 

Boston, Nov. 8. 
A crusade against the "Stage Jew" 
has been started in Boston, by Rabbi 
M. M. Eichler. of Temple Ohabei Sha- 
lom. Rabbi Kichlcr lias quite a fol- 
lowing. He calls on all good men and 
women to unite in boycotting theatres 
and companies that help to keep alive 
racial and religious prejudices. 



VARIETY 



BUTT'S NEW VICTORIA-PALACE 
HAS MOST NOTABLE OPENING 

American Money Invested in the Newest London Hall. 

Five American Acts on First Bill. Only Doubt 

About Matinees. Alfred Butt Sanguine. 



(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 7. 

The premiere last night of the new 
Victoria-Palace of Alfred Butt's be- 
came the most notable opening on 
record in London. 

The audience was enthusiastic 
throughout, and refused to leave the 
theatre, after the Rigolettas had closed 
the show at 11:45. The capacity house 
remained standing, calling for "Butt!" 
Five American acts on the bill all 
made good. 

There is no doubt as to the success 
of the venture, in which is invested 
by American capital over one-half the 
money the enterprise required. 

The only query to the success is 
whether the matinees will pan out. 
Mr. Butt is sanguine on this, but others 




VICTORIA PALACE 

The new London Music Hull, under the direc- 
tion of ALFRED BUTT. 

are doubtful. The other Butt house 
(Palace) plays one show nightly, with 
a single matinee during the week 
(Saturday). 

In speaking of the opening today, 
Mr. Butt said: "I shall try my utmost 
to prove that this class of vaudeville 
Is the kind needed, but I shall not 
pursue the idea at a loss, though it 
will be given every chance." 

The new house In construction 
and appointments is admitted perfect. 
The interior resembles a parlor in its 
comfortable arrangement, with a 
color scheme of old gold. 

The Victoria-Palace has been voted 
the ideal advanced vaudeville house. 
Mr. Butt's personal standing as a 
showman over here, and his manager- 
ial ability, as evidenced by the great 
success he has made of the Palace, 



wilf*be material factors In the future 
of his newest hall. 

The opening program at the 
Victoria-Palace as printed in 
Variety's "Bills Next Week" of the 
last issue is composed of Rlgoletto 
Bros., Betty Barclay, Lawrence Crane 
(American), Rinaldo (American), Val- 
enche's Dogs, Scott and Whaley 
(American, colored), Lyons and Cul- 
lum (American), Farr and Farland, 
"Her Ladyship's Quests," Lizzie Glen- 
roy. 



ARNOLD DALY'S COMEDY FALLS. 

(Special Cable to Variety) 

London, Nov. 8. 
The comedy sketch ("For Wives") 
Arnold Daly put on at the Palladium 
Monday night won't do. It Is unsuited, 
long and tedious. 



FRENCH FARCE ASSURED SUCCESS 

(Special Cable to Variety) 

London, Nov. S. 
In "The Glad Eye," a hustling 
French farce, the Globe has secured 
an assured success. The story Is of 
two husbands who take a vacation to- 
gether, apart from their wives. A grls- 
ette intervenes to complicate the act- 
ion. Ethel Dame as the grlsette is 
capital. 



BERT LEVY A HIT. 

(Special Cable to Variety,.) 

Melbourne, Nov. 7. 
Bert Levy, the American novelty 
cartoonist, was a huge hit here upon 
opening Monday. 



PARIS ALHAMBRA BURNS. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

Paris, Nov. 8. 

It may be a month before the Al- 
hambra will again open to the pub- 
He, following the Are last Friday 
which damaged the house to a con- 
siderable extent. 

The Variety Theatres Controlling 
Co. of London Is operating the Al- 
hambra, the only music hall In town 
where a straight variety bill is played. 



LILY ELSIE MARRIED. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 7. 

Lily Elsie and Ian Bullough were 
married today. Miss Elsie Is one of 
the best known theatrical figures In 
England. Fifteen years ago she was 
a child singer In saloons. 

Bullough was previously married to 
Maudie Darrell, daughter of the late 
Hugh J. Didcott, a well known and 
long established English vaudeville 
agent. Bullough Is very wealthy, and 
a large landed proprietor In Scotland. 

Miss Elsie Is slated to come to 
America to appear in the American 
production of "The Count of Luxem- 
bourg," but it is not likely that she 
will come now. 



SHAW SAYS LAST WORD. 

(Special Cable to Varibtt.) 

London, Nov. 8. 

George Bernard Shaw has at last 
consented to allow one of his plays 
to be done in the music halls. This 
Is the last word in the way of legiti- 
mate concessions to vaudeville. 

It is probable that "How He Lied to 
Her Husband" will be the play, and 
efforts are being made to get Henry 
Ainley, and two other West-end the- 
atrical stars to appear in it. Shakes- 
peare is the next on the list, with 
Hall Calne to follow. 

JIMMY GLOVER'S TERRIFIC HIT. 

(Special Cable to Variety*.) 

London, Nov. 8. 
Jimmy Glover and his band opened 
at the Hippodrome Monday, scoring a 
terrific hit. Mr. Glover was lately an 
orchestra leader, who decided a mu- 
sical organization headed by himself 
would be just the thing for the halls. 



SCORED IN AUSTRALIA. 

(Special Cable to Variety!.) 

Sydney, Nov. 7. 
Allan Doon and Johnson and Dean 
opened here Monday, and scored 
strongly. 



SUING "COPY ACTS." 

(Special Cable to Variety,.) 

London, Nov. 8. 

The Schwartz Brothers, who came 
into England with "The Broken Mir- 
ror" for the halls, to learn that two 
or three imitations of the act had 
previously appeared, have brought 
suit against the "copies." 

The turn of the Schwartz Brothers 
opened at the Hippodrome a couple of 
weeks ago, doing very well. 



$6,000 SALARY OFFER. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 8. 

The Pavilion, Glasgow, has tend- 
ered an offer of $6,000 to Sarah Bern- 
hardt for one week next September 

The Pavilion is in the centre of a 
strenuous opposition. It pays more 
for music hall' features than the Lon- 
don halls. The Bernhardt tender was 
made through Cockerlll, the Marlnelli 
manager at Manchester. 

For Jane Hading, the Pavilion will 
give $4,250, while its figure for Gaby 
Deslys Is $1,750. 



GOTCH IN JANUARY. 

(Special Cable to Variety*) 

London, Nov. 8. 
The champion wrestler, Frank 
Gotch, Is due hero in January. The 
hall he is to appear at has not been 
decided upon. Gotch will receive 
about $1,000 weekly for his English 
engagements. ' 



LINKE OPERETTA BOOKED. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 8. 
The intention of Oswald Stoll to 
secure a Paul Llnke operetta for one 
of the London houses his office books, 
will find expression Nov. 27 at the 
Palladium, when Llnke "Wedding 
Eve" is shown for the first time here 
on that date. 



"DAD" UNPLEASANT, PLEASES. 

(Special Cable to Varibtt.) 

London, Nov. 8. 
There is a pleasing show at the Play- 
house, in "Dad," adapted from the 
French. It has a rather unpleasant 
theme, that of a father running off 
with his son's fiancee. 

Cyril Maude contributes some fine 
acting, and Alexandra Carlisle, in the 
other principal role, is excellent. 



DARING DANCE AT PALACE. 

(Special Cable to Variety*) 

London, Nov. 8. 

A beautiful production with a great 
dancer and a daring dance will serve 
the Palace as a drawing card for some 
little time. 

The turn opened Monday night, with 
Napierkowska as the dancer. The "Bee 
Dance" she does is the most daring 
ever, Napierkowska finishing it al- 
most entirely nude. 



REAL DUEL— IN FRANCE! 

(Special Cable to Varibtt.) 

Paris, Nov. 7. 

In a duel today with swords, be- 
tween M. Le Bargy, leading man at the 
Comedie Francaise, and M. Malherbe, 
a journalist, the actor succeeded in 
wounding the newspaper man three 
times, his seconds stopping the duel 
after the third wound, which was a 
deep cut In the forearm disabling the 
journalist. 

The combat arose from a dispute 
about Le Bargy's retirement from the 
National theatre. The actor proved a 
splendid swordsman. 



MORE ARTISTIC THAN GOOD. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 8. 
Grete Welsenthal, of the Three 
Welsenthal Sisters, presented at the 
Paladium Monday an indifferent panto- 
mime, with poor dances, entitled "The 
Strange Girl." The presentment is, 
however, an artistic offering. 



MIDDLESEX'S POOR START. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 8. 
The newly rebuilt Middlesex Music 
Hall, which opened last week, is going 
poorly. The public has not yet started 
to come. 



Try AdT«rtlnln*^-Try VARtTTT. 
Make a record of aometh'ns 
la TABUTT. 



TICH BOOSTS THE PRICE. 

(Special Cable to Variety,) 

London, Nov. 8 

The Shuberts, of New York, stani 
over here now like Klaw & Erlanger 
did, when the "Advanced Vaudeville" 
firm commenced to dally with the 
headline turns of the halls. 

Whenever a music hall number 
hears "Shubert" nowadays, they try 
to think of the biggest sum of money 
they ever heard of. That becomes 
the price to the New Yorkers. 

Since the Shuberts paid Gaby Dol- 
lys $4,000 a week, and agreed to 
keep It up for several weeks, every- 
body on this side believes the Shu- 
berts must be next to the money bans 
of America's millions. 

That may be why Little Tich, wh'*M 
he heard the Shuberts were going -> 
offer him $3,000 weekly, raised the 
figure to $4,000. 



VARIETY 



WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MAN 
AGREES TO "CL OSED SHOP" 

Accepts All Demands Imposed by White Rats, Includ- 
ing •• Minimum Scale." Rats Tie Up 
Mr. Webster, of Dakota 



Chicago, Nov. 8. 
. Alfred E. Hamburger, the nominal 
head of the Louise Amusement Co., 
which controls a chain of "pop" thea- 
tres that include the President, Apollo, 
Monroe and Ellis of this city, has made 
a practical surrender to the recently 
appointed advisory board of the White 
Rats by signing a working agreement 
with that organization. 

The official signature was affixed 
within the last day or two. The sub- 
stance of the agreement is as follows: 
A closed shop; all differences to be set- 
tled by arbitration; a minimum salary 
scale of $25 for single acts and $50 
for teams. 

The Rats concede the right that the 
theatre management may give one am- 
ateur night each week, but it is insist- 
ent that the houses shall be cleared of 
every auditor, following the appear- 
ance of the amateurs at the first show, 
and before commencing the last per- 
formance. 

Harburger's attorney was holding 
out for the concession that the White 
Rats should pledge themselves not to 
respond to a call for a sympathetic 
walk out in event of a strike on the 
part of any of the stage hands. This 
the advNory board refused to listen to, 
and the clause was omitted. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 
George H. Webster, the Fargo, N. 
D., booking agent, was in town last 
week. Before he got away, the advis- 
ory board of the White Rats succeeded 
in getting his signature to an agree- 
ment that is reported to contain sev- 
eral clauses of much importance. Some 
of the provisos are said to be that no 
contracts shall be used other than 
those approved by the White Rats. 
Webster agrees to pay all transporta- 
tion of acts in excess of five dollars a 
jump, and agrees to settle for the same 
at least one week before the acts leave 
the circuit; is to employ nothing but 
recognized White Rats acts; all time 
must be consecutive, or at least there 
must not be more than two weeks' lay- 
off in a total of ten; blanket contracts 
may be issued, but for not less than 
six weeks, and individual and separate 
contracts signed by each house mana- 
ger must also be issued, and in each 
case the circuit head agrees to assume 
a personal responsibility; all differ- 
ences are to be settled by arbitration, 
and it is agreed that in no case shall 
the agent's commission exceed Ave per 
cent. 

Any number of complaints have been 
made against the "Webster time" in 
the past by acts playing the circuit. 
These complaints alleged mistreatment 
and misrepresentation. Of late Web- 
ster seems to have gotten the idea he 
can secure a better line of houses. 



Monday of this week. Previously Mr. 
Rogers was at the headquarters of the 
B. F. Keith smaller time vaudeville 
circuit, at 1193 Broadway. 

It is announced that the attention 
of Bob Irwin who Mr. Rogers suc- 
ceeded is required by his other the- 
atrical ventures, including the direc- 
tion of the Flske O'Hara show. 

A report, however, has been in cir- 
culation that Mr. Irwin will shortly 
be found in an Important position with 
F. F. Proctor. It was Mr. Irwin's 
second stay at the Fifth Avenue as 
manager. In between a couple of 
others were there at the helm. 



KERNAN MANAGING UNION HILL. 

Jean Kernan is the present man- 
ager of the Hudson, Union Hill, sup- 
planting John Peeples, who left the 
theatre Saturday, last. 

Since Sunday performances at the 
Hudson were discontinued, the gross 
receipts weekly have been somewhat 
disappointing to its promoters. 



MAKQUARD IN TRIO. 

The rumor is that Marquard, the 
Giants' pitcher, who was talked about 
as a $1,500 vaudeville possibility be- 
fore the World's Series, may become 
part of a vaudeville trio. 

Ray Cox is to mix Marquard up 
with her baseball recitation, now de- 
livered by her nightly in "The Never 
Homes." Charley Brown, one of the 
stage crew at the Broadway, unex- 
pectedly scored a huge hit with Miss 
Cox, while playing the umpire. He 
may be retained in that capacity, ir 
the trio becomes a reality. 



CONTINUOUS PIANO RECORD. 

Milwaukee, Nov. 8. 
Frank L. Brzinsky of Minneapolis, 
in an exhibition here last week broke 
his own record for long distance piano 
playing (39 hrs. and 3 mins.) by 
playing 40 hours, without stopping to 
eat or sleep. 



TWO ENGLISH ACTS IN CHICAGO. 

Chicago. Nov. 8. 

"The Dandies" and Carlton, two 
English acts engaged by the Orpheum 
circuit on the other side, are playing 
Chicago this week after having toured 
the Orpheum houses in the west. 

Carlton made a good impression and 
will' go eastward. 

"The Dandies" have two more weeks 
booked and unless further routed will 
probably return to England. 



ROGERS AT THE FIFTH AVENUE. 

The Fifth Avenue theatre has been 
managed by Elmer F. Rogers since 



MARSH WILDER'S ROUTE. 

Marshall P. Wilder has completed a 
tour of "American Club" evenings, 
which will take him as far West as 
Denver. He will make in all forty- 
two appearances in private homes, 
reading selections from his new book, 
"Hobnobbing with Royalty." 



To reach thou* yon want to reach 
Advertise In VARIETY. 



BECK, RICHARDS, ET. AL. 

As the Lusitanla was steaming down 
the bay Wednesday morning, New 
Yorkers were reading the press an- 
nouncement sent out by Martin Beck, 
just before sailing, that his present 
trip to England was for the purpose of 
purchasing the Rickards theatres, in 
Australia, now controlled by the late 
Harry Rickards Estate. 

It is understood Mr. Beck received 
some proposition in reference to mak- 
ing a connection with Australia's lead- 
ing vaudeville chain. The Orpheum 
Circuit leads out to the Pacific Coast, 
the most convenient point to ship 
American turns to Australia from. 

There is a chance though that the 
Rickards executors have the possibil- 
ity of the sale of the Circuit in view. 
If that be so, the only one . up who 
stands ready to purchase is James 
Brennan, the late RickardB' very lively 
competitor In the Antipodes. While 
Mr. Beck may make a connection with 
the Rickards houses, the vaudeville 
people doped out that another bidder 
on the ground, to spur Brennan on, 
wouldn't be a bad little move. 

At the most however Mr. Beck Will 
likely but enter into some sort of a 
booking arrangement, though perhaps 
making an investment, if the proposi- 
tion appeals. Otherwise the Press De- 
partment wouldn't have been so busy 
Tuesday night. 



"HIGHFLYERS" LAID AT REST. 

"The Highflyers," which Gus Ed- 
wards thought would be a good vaude- 
ville act until the public saw it, has 
hit the rocks, and is now resting in 
storage. 

The act is said to have cost around 
$5,000, but whether Edwards' money 
or someone else's hasn't been made 
known. Even the process of removing 
the remains to the final resting place 
was quietly accomplished. 



FRANCESCA REDDING MARRIED. 

Francesca Redding was married to 
Frank Barlowe-Borland at Christ 
Church, New York City, last Sunday. 
The ceremony was performed by the 
Rev. George Alexander Strong, in the 
presence of Miss Redding's immediate 
family. 

Conway Tearle wis best man and 
the bride was given away by her 
brother, F. W. Redding. 




GOOD SHOW AROUND RUSSELL. 

Detroit, Nov. 8. 

Detroit is talking over the vaude- 
ville show announced for the Temple 
next week, which has Lillian Russell 
in the centre surrounded by one of 
the best bills of the season. 

In the program as it will play are 
La Toy Brothers, Peerless Macks, 
Salerno, J. C. Nugent and Co., Olivat- 
ti Troubadours, Miss Russell, Wynn 
and Russon, Sayton Trio. 

The program for Detroit next week 
Is probably the best show Miss Russell 
has been the big drawing card of since 
she first played vaudeville. 

Carl Lothrop, who books for the 
Temple theatres in Detroit and Roch- 
ester, gave his especial attention to 
the Lillian Russell program. 

A departure in placing acts on a 
program differing somewhat from the 
ordinary mode of a booking man, has 
been taken by Mr. Lothrop. These 
acts are usually looked upon as "open- 
ing" or "closing" ones for the big 
vaudeville bills. 

This week at Detroit Mr. Lothrop 
haa the Gasch Sisters "No. 6." Last 
week at Rochester, he placed The 
Kratons, with their pantomimic hoop 
rolling act, "No. 6" It is seldom now 
either the Temple, Detroit or Roches- 
ter, closes the program with an acro- 
batic number. A couple of weeks ago, 
"The Top O' Th' World Dancers" fin- 
ished the bill at Detroit, greatly to his 
satisfaction, says Mr. Lothrop. 



ACTORS' BAGGAGE LOOTED. 

Portland, Ore., Nov. 8. 

En route from Seattle to Portland, 
the baggage car carrying the trunks of 
the performers playing the Orpheum 
circuit was broken open and several 
trunks looted. 

The heaviest losers are Pauline Mo- 
ran, who claims a loss of diamonds 
and wardrobe; Ed. F. Reynard, sev- 
eral hundred dollars in bills and some 
jewelry; Mazie King, jewelry, while 
Rooney and Bent and Hlckey Brothers 
also sustained slight losses. 

This Is the second car that has been 
looted in the past month over the same 
route. 



DR. WULLNER SCORES IN FRISCO. 

San Francisco, Nov. 8. 

Dr. Ludwig Wullner, the German 
lleder singer, made his first vaudeville 
appearance in this city Sunday, and 
scored an emphatic hit. 

Emma Eames, accompanied by her 
new husband, Emilio De Gorgoza, and 
a party of friends, witnessed the first 
performance. The operatic audience 
enthusiastically stormed the stage 
with flowers and cries of bravo. 



IIARDIE LANGDON 

Appearing In the West In vaudeville at present 



"GIRLS" WITHDRAWN. 

The vaudeville production of 
"Girls," made by Jack Kahn, and 
"breaking in" last week at Proctor's. 
Elizabeth, N. J., was involuntarily 
withdrawn, upon F. F. Proctor receiv- 
ing notification from the Theatrical 
Managers' Protective Association that 
the estate of Clyde Fitch objected to 
the condensed presentat'on. 

The late Mr. Fitch wrote the piece, 
produced by the Shuberts. Mr. Kahn 
alleges an agreement with the legiti- 
mate producers, for a vaudeville pro- 
duction of the show. 



VARIETY 



CONFERENCE LOOKS POSSIBLE; 

RAT S' SINGL E CONDITION 

Organization Accepts Proposals of Managers* Asking 

Only in Turn That Counsel Be Present. Not 

Thought Important Enough to Interfere 



The following letter was written by 
the iioard of Directors of the White 
Rats Actors' Union, in reply to the 
communication from the Vaudeville 
Managers' Protective Association, 
dated Oct. 31, and printed in Variety 
last week. The V. M. P. A. answered 
the Rats in its letter of Oct. 24. 

The Hats, in Its latest, suggests an 
early date for the conference, with 
the request of the managers' associa- 
tion agreed to that a committee of 
three each, from the Rats, Comedy 
Club and non-affiliated artists with 
either society meet the committee of 
managers (who were named). 

The Rats have refused to accede to 
the condition made by the managers 
that no counsel be present, for the 
reason stated in the letter herewith. 

November 8, mi. I 

Vaudeville Managers' Protective Association, 
United Booking Offices of America, and 
Allied and Affiliated Interests. 
Dear Sirs: — 

We are In receipt of your communication 
of the 31st ultimo. We note that you dis- 
agree with us In the statement in our invita- 
tion for a conference, that there is at present 
a "discordant condition'' existing In the pro- 
fession. A re-examination of the article pub- 
lished by you In several theatrical papers on 
or about June 10th, 1911, entitled "A Note 
of Warning," will recall conditions seemingly 
forgotten by you. A perusal of that article 
It seems to us is sufficient to call to your at- 
tention something of the past. It Is an old 
saying that "there are none so deaf as they 
who will not hear; none so blind as they 
who will not see." 

If the conference is held we have no objec- 
tions to the presence of any member of the 
Vaudeville Comedy Club or any unaffiliated 
vaudeville artist. We do not care to take 
part in their selection. We sincerely hope 
that you realize that we do not propose to be 
deflected from our purpose by the presence 
of any one who may not entertain a belief In 
the principles for which this organisation Is 
battling. 

In view, however, of your suggestion we 
shall insist that there be also Invited to the 
conference representatives of the leading 
theatrical publications in the City of New 
York, to the end that the public may be fully 
informed of the situation. 

Furthermore, we must insist upon the right 
to have our counsel present at the conference 
for the following reason: Many of the points 
that we shall submit to you for consideration 
"focus around the artist's contract," and In- 
asmuch as this la almost wholly a legal 
proposition, we necessarily require the pres- 
ence of our counsel to aid us In the presen- 
tation of our side of that Issue. 

Furthermore, permit us to say In advance 
of the conference, that this organization has 
not departed one lota from the principles for 
which it has been contending for the paBt 
several years. We urc seeking this conference 
In the earnest endi-avor to secure relief from 
existing conditions by peaceful means and an 
appeal to reason and logic. We hope and 
trust that you will meet us in that spirit. 
If the conference be held, it seems to us ad- 
visable thut It be held at an early date. 

Awaiting your pleasure, wo remain, 
Yours nBpectfully, 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 
White Rata Actors' Union of America. 
.IUNIK McCliKK, I'lvsldent. 
W. W. WATKRS. Secretary. 



It is generally understood the Rats 
will not consent to meet the managers 
unless the privilege of having counsel 
present is extended to both sides. 

The original letter of invitation, sent 
by the Rats to the managers, con- 
tained no conditions. "Conditions" 
commenced to pile up when the V. M. 
P. A. held a nieoting to puss upon the 
letter. 

The request by the Rats that, coun- 
sel be permitted to appear at the con- 
ferences Is quite likely to prove ac- 
ceptable to the managers It Is not 
considered an important point. This 



woujd leave the situation pretty clear, 
with little else to do than set the date 
of first meeting and select the com- 
mittees from the Comedy Club and 
non-affiliated artists. 

The V. M. P. A. will meet to pass 
upon the letter of the Rats, following 
the return to New York of its secre- 
tary, Maurice Goodman. Mr. Good- 
man has been in Cleveland all week. 



LABOR CONVENTION MONDAY. 

Atlanta, Nov. 8. 

The national convention of the 
American Federation of Labor opens 
in this city Monday. It will con- 
tinue for ten days. 

The White Rats Actors' Union will 
be represented by a committee of three 
members. Will J. Cooke, Harry De- 
Veaux and Joe Birnes. 

It is reported that during the At- 
lanta convention, the White Rats will 
further cement the present relations 
of the order with the parent Union 
body. 



RAT1FYLNG AGREEMENT. 

Detroit, Nov. 8. 

Charles C. Shay, president of the In- 
ternational Alliance of Stage Employes, 
was here from New York this week 
ratifying the agreement between the 
stage employes of the Detroit theatres 
and the managers, which was accepted 
by both sides about three or four years 
ago. 

The agreement must be re-signed 
each year. It provides for union labor 
at the union labor scale. 

The Detroit managers held a meet- 
ing Tuesday at which time the union 
agreement was discussed. 



POLIS HANG ON TO STOCK 

The Poll stock company, Worcester, 
Mass., will continue playing stock until 
December, or perhaps until after the 
first of January. The Wilkesbarre Poll 
company will also hold on to its stock 
policy until after New Year's. 



RAN AWAY WITH THE COIN. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 
$286 blew out of Chicago Sunday 
night, leaving Tom Chamales propri- 
etor of the Savoy Cafe to again dig 
down for the salaries of the performers 
in his resort for tho week then end- 
ing. 

The missing money had been en- 
trusted to Frank Howard, the booking 
manager for the Savoy. He has held 
the Job for seven months, but was 
never missed before. 

Chamales wants Howard arrested for 
embezzlement, and has asked the po- 
lice to attend to it. It's hard for a cafe 
proprietor in Chicago to be trimmed 

for$2Sfi. I t hurts his pride as well as 

his roll. 



HAL GODFREY ILL. 

The Lulsitania last Friday returned 
to New York Hal Godfrey, the son of 
Fillson and Errol, who left immedi- 
ately upon arrival for his home in Los 
Angeles. 

Mr. Godfrey came back home a very 
sick boy. His friends were immeas- 
urably grieved at his appearance. Call- 
ing upon Jenie Jacobs, of the Casey 
Agency, Miss Jacobs informed Geo. M. 
Cohan of Godfrey's condition. Mr. 
Cohan insisted that Hal go straight 
home in a special train provided by 
him (Mr. Cohan) that would get him 
there the quickest, but Mr. Godfrey re- 
fused to do that, taking a regular fait 
express. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 
Hal Godfrey, who returned from 
London on the Lusitania, was forced 
to stop off at Chicago on his way to 
his home in Los Angeles, because of 
ill health. His doctors here advised 
him to remain in Chicago until his 
condition permitted him to continue 
his journey. His parents have been 
notified and are on their way east. 



PATERSON, THREE-DAILY. 

Paterson, N. J., Nov. 8. 

The Empire will commence playing 
three shows daily next Monday, ac- 
cording to A. M. Bruggemann, owner 
of the house. In making the an- 
nouncement Mr. Bruggemann teemed 
somewhat aggrieved at the United 
Booking Offices, alleging the United 
had "pulled out" acts from his 
theatre. 

The Majestic, playing the smaller 
vaudeville here, is booked by the Fam- 
ily Department of the United. Vaude- 
ville acts were informed at the United 
offices that the Empire was "opposi- 
tion." 



PAT CASEY IS THERE. 

Pat Casey is the swell agent. In his 
office is a telautograph. No more ring- 
ing the bell for Patsy. The tela thing 
does the work. All the banks have it. 

You write with a pencil attached to 
a wire, and the message is repeated in 
the outside office. 

Mr. Casey is the first vaudeville man 
to Install the machine. When Leo Car- 
rillo is around the office he sits out- 
side and draws moving pictures on it. 



DOESN'T STOP ATTACHING. 

In the case of The Great Howard 
against Joe Meyers, the agent. Judge 
Erlanger this week rendered a de- 
cision in favor of Meyers. The ven- 
triloquist asked for an injunction to 
restrain Meyers from bringing attach- 
ment proceedings against him while 
playing in New York. The attach- 
ments were to be based on a claim for 
commissions Mr. Meyers is alleged to 
have against Howard. The court 
stated the only redress a creditor had 
against a vaudeville act that only had 
its salary as an asset in some places 
where playing was to try attachment 
proceedings. Attorney Max Stuerer 
appeared for Mr. Meyers. 



Mikail Mordkln, the dancer, has re- 
covered sufficiently from a recent oper- 
ation for appendicitis to rejoin the 
All-Star Russian Ballet, appearing 
with the troupe at Washington this 
week. 



ENGLISH IDEA OP 4t CLEAN UP.*' 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 

Variety, in its review of Ada Reeve 
at the Majestic last week, where Miss 
Reeve opened her brief American tour, 
mentioned that the English girl "could 
clean up In the east." 

Saturday morning William Cotton, 
husband of Miss Reeve, called at the 
Variett office here somewhat indig- 
nant, saying that in all their stage ex- 
perience no one had ever before sug- 
gested Miss Reeve needed a washing. 

Upon the translation of the American 
slangy phrase (i. e. f "to clean up;" a 
big hit), Mr. Cotton was pacified, but 
bewailed the number of circulars Miss 
Reeve had received while at the Majes- 
tic. He said that if they continued to 
pour in he would soon stop answering 
them. 



MRS. BAILEY VERY ILL. 

From her home at Kanollys, Mt. 
Vernon, N. Y., It is reported Mrs. 
James A. Bailey, widow of the late 
and great showman, is in a precarious 
condition. Her illness requires con- 
stant attention. 



WITH "THE MASCOT KID." 

Next week at Hammerstein's Loney 
Haskell is going to pilot Charlie 
Faust, the Giant's mascot through a 
maze of seven days in high time 
vaudeville. 

Mr. Hammerstein doesn't know 
how the salary will be divided. Faust 
will probably get something, al- 
though the champion mascot of the 
National League dearly loves the 
stage. He likes to kid, and has for- 
gotten all about the world's series. 

Faust appeared once during the 
winter, at Billy Gane's Manhattan. 
Before Charlie left the house, Billy 
had his picture taken with him. 



NEW DUO AT CHICAGO. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 
The new vaudeville combination, 
composed of Mabel Fenton-Ross and 
McKee Rankin will open here No- 
vember 20 th, at the Majestic, booked 
by Alf. T. Wilton, the New York agent. 



THE RED SOX QUARTET. 

Boston, Nov. 8. 

The Red Sox Quartet, composed of 
baseball players from the Boston 
American League team, appeared at 
Keith's, Lynn, last week. At present 
they are In Portland. 

Buck O'Brien, Marty McHale, Mike 
Lyons and Bill Bradley are the Boston 
diamond stars who make up the sing- 
ing four. Their voices guarantee 
them employment all over the vaude- 
ville circuits, although their repute as 
ball handlers is especially valuable in 
the New England section. 



NEW ACT FROM DETROIT. 

Detroit, Nov. 8. 

An elaborate act of the art study- 
type, with five female models, has 
been arranged for vaudeville by Jacob 
Smith of this city. 

The art studies are worked with 
electrical effects and in continuous 
rotation. 

Prof. Griffith, of the Detroit Mu- 
seum of Art, assisted with the posing 



Charles J. Stine left "The Photo 
Shop" at Erie, Pa., last week. 



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No. 10 



Grace De Mat went west last week 
to Join the Trixle Frlganza show 
("Sweetest Girl in Paris"). 



Hajnmerstein'B gave a private show- 
ing of "The Raising of the Maine" pic- 
tures Wednesday morning. 



J. Austin Fynes has a new film de- 
vice, for which he is negotiating wit a 
some of the picture concerns. 



Bowers, 'Walters and Crooker, 

through the Marinelll Agency, have 
foreign contracts for next year. 



Florence Geneva has joined Harry 
Mayo in an act in "one" by Thomas J. 
Gray. The break-In will occur next 
week. 



George De Ongo, suffering with lo- 
comotor ataxia, is at the Hotel God- 
dard, Hot Springs, Ark., unable to get 
around. 



Louella Margaret, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Archie Boyd, will be married 
to Melville Earle Gault Nov. 15. at 
St. Louis. 

The three-act of Sherman, Van and 
Hyman, was formerly Sherman, Kranz 
and Hyman, Van Schaik replacing 
Kranz. 



Matt Grau has signed Harry Pussey 
to play Mutt with the fourth "Mutt 
and Jeff" company Gus Hill is or- 
ganizing. 



May Irwin, in "She Knows Better 
Now," opened Nov. 9, at Allentown, 
headed for New York, after a brief 
road tour. 



The new Adolphus, Los Angeles 
(Clarence Riggs, general manager), 
with Bert Levy booking the acts, will 
open Nov. 27. 



Adolph E. Meyers, the Chicago 
agent, hit New York Monday, and the 
20th Century to complete the round 
trip Wednesday. 



Edgar BlxlSY will present in vaude- 
ville next season a burlesque on 
"Faust," with -ftTt people and a big 
scenic production. 



Indigestion is now the popular and 
prevailing complaint amongst show 
people. It comes from eating too 
fast or not at all. 

Clifford Hippie in "The Girl of the 
Golden West," has arranged with Rob- 
ert Hilliard to present "As a Man 
Sowb" In vaudeville. 



The Gus Sun Booking Exchange 
company has secured the booking of 
the new Victoria, Rochester and the 
Arcade, Niagara Falls. 

"The Cook's Guest'* is an act placed 
on the "small time" by Freeman 
Bernstein. It is an English piece, pro- 
duced by Edouard Jobs and Walter Mc- 
Namara. 

James Tauber, brother of Sam and 
and brother-in-law of Harry and Irving 
Cooper, had one of his arms ampu- 
tated at the New York Hospital Satur- 
day. 



Van Hoven, who was to have ap- 
peared at the Colonial this week, had 
his date postponed for seven days, 
owing to a total loss of voice, due to a 
cold. 

Yvette will appear at Hammerstein's 
Nov. 20 in an entirely new act in which 
dancing (while accompanying herself 
on the violin) will be the piece de 
resistance. 

The Broadway, Columbus, will open 
Nov. 20. The house will be the first 
stop west for acts playing the Sulli- 
van-Considine Circuit, Instead of at 
Louisville, as formerly. 



George Neville and Co., consisting 
of Dorothy Reynol, Wm. Gerald and 
Charles Kane, produced a new comedy 
act, "Caught in a Trap" at the Or- 
pheum, Yonkers. this week. 

Ruth Hoyt, in private life the widow 
of Dave Murphy, is very ill with ap- 
pendicitis at her mother's home, 172 
Bradford street, Provinceton, Mass. 
She was operated upon Oct. 28. 



The Broadway theatre has been do- 
nated for the fourth annual theatrical 
benefit of the Allied Societies of Tem- 
ple Ansche Chesed of Harlem in aid 
of the school fund, for Jan. 21. 



Robert Hilliard, who played "A Fool 
There Was" in Jersey City, last week, 
is due for a long western trip, the 
show going to San Francisco. While 
west, Hilliard will try out a new play. 

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Carrillo had a 

sixth wedding anniversary while play- 
ing Shea's, Buffalo, last week. Mr. and 
Mrs. M. Shea gave the couple a horae- 
cooked dinner, with turkey featured 
and mince pie the added attraction. 



('banning Pollock removed Monday 
from his summer home at Shorehani. 
Long Island, to his town house (Hotel 
St. Francis). That's how some of 
the theatrical papers, sayg John Pol- 



lock, prints the society Items, only in 
this case the "town house" happened 
to be a regular hotel. 



The Great Richards is resting as the 
result of a severe cold. Richards has 
been in bad voice since September. He 
plays a return engagement at the 
Fifth Avenue, Dec. 4, having set back 
his Nov. 20 date. 



Jo Paige Smith had trouble with his 
hands last week, and wore gloves. 
This week he put on as an extra at- 
traction, a cold that tied up his voice. 
Jo wrote on the typewriter, "Yes, my 
voice and hands are in bad, but keep 
away from my feet." 



Some of vaudeville's brightest young 
men spent last Sunday evening in 
vaudeville. Jack Hodgdon and Charlie 
Bierbrower were among those present 
at the Columbia. They had a little 
party (two little parties. In fact) and 
tho crowd looked quite good. 

Sig Wachter, who has been absent 
from Broadway the past month, re- 
turned this week. He was unfortu- 
nate enough to lose both his parents 
recently. The double blow was too 
much for him. He is now connected 
with the Joe Sullivan Agency. 

The Maple Leaf, a new "pop" house 
in Montreal, will open Monday, booked 
by the Prudential Vaudeville Ex- 
change. Harry Clinton Sawyer, of that 
office, left New York Thursday to at- 
tend the opening. It is understood 
Mr. Sawyer named the new theatre. 



Virginia Drew Trescott continues 
critically ill at her home at Flushing, 
L. I., and her condition will not per- 
mit an operation. Her husband, Mel- 
bourne MacDowell, who recently 
closed with the Aphle James company, 
is at his wife's bedside. 

"The Old Soldiers' Home," with five 
men (Including John B. Hymer), will 
be produced by Mr. Hymer in Jan- 
uary. His "Devil and Tom Walker" 
act starts over the Sulllvan-Consldlne 
Circuit Dec. 24. It will feature Da- 
vid Walters as the Devil. 

Charles A., White, of Rlngllng 
Brothers' publicity staff, has Joined 
his wife, who is appearing in a play- 
let, "Mrs. Dolan's Dream," in the 
northwest. He will not appear in the 
act but will see that she gets the best 
of it in the newspapers. He has al- 
ready put over several good stories. 



"Little Boy Blue," Henry W. Sav- 
age's newest offering, had its premiere 
in Lancaster, Pa., last night, the open- 
ing date being changed a few days 
ago. Tbe show plays Baltimore next 
week and then comes to the Lyric, 
New York, Nov. 20. succeeding the 
Drama players. 



Jack Levy has removed to the 
Gaiety theatre building. The Knick- 
erbocker Hotel bought the adjoining 
property, where Mr. Levy was for 
nine years, paying his rent monthly. 
Jack forgot to get a lease after Nov. 
1 , or else he would not have moved 
unless the Knickerbocker paid commis- 
sion on a thousand acts. 



Efforts are being made to locate 
Mrs. Pearl Cole, Ft. Meade, Fla., who 
has appeared on the stage as Pearl 
Blondell. One of her children was 
thrown from a runaway horse down 
there and perhaps fatally Injured. In- 
formation as to Mrs. Cole's where- 
abouts will be appreciated by John A. 
Cole, manager of the Majestic, Ft. 
Meade. 



Frank E. Henderson, manager of 
the Majestic, Jersey City, says with 
all due respect to Flake O'Hara's $4,- 
700 business and merits of the attrac- 
tion that the figure does not register 
the "banner week" for that house. He 
says that many of the stars and at- 
tractions booked would not play Jer- 
sey City if the box office possibilities 
there were not better than the forty- 
seven hundred mark. 

Lou Anger is in New York, having 
canceled his western time to permit 
the surgeons around New York to help 
prevent another operation upon him. 
Mrs. Anger (Sophye Barnard) opened 
In the title role of 'The Red Widow" at 
the Astor Monday night. She was 
warmly received, attracting the very 
favorable attention of the critics upon 
her first New York appearance as a 
prima donna. 

"Mike McNulty and His Three 
Dames" may be the billing for a 
vaudeville act, if Mr. McNulty can get 
a Sunday night somewhere to try out. 
Bill Lykens is handling the turn. If 
it makes good, Pat Casey will want 
three new stenographers. The girls 
for the singing four are Mae Nolan. 
Kitty Shanley and Nellie Fallon. Mr. 
McNulty turned down the proposition 
to call his act "The Irish Quartet." 



Monday night while the rain was 
pelting the New York Roof and the 
Pathe weekly film was showing a 
funeral procession of the French sail- 
ors wherein they marched with their 
dead In front of the camera, the piano 
player pounded out "Alexander's Rag- 
time Band." Despite the solemnity of 
the picture, when that "Come on anu 
hear" strain sounded, the audience had 
to laugh. To the piano player of a 
picture house all films look alike. 



Some one of those things the insane 
asylums were built for telephoned 
Bert Melrose's mother at Bridgeport 
last Friday her son had been seriously 
injured at Baltimore. Mrs. Melrose 
phoned the Casey Agency, New York, 
who inquired of Sam K. Hodgdon in 
the United Booking Offices. Mr. Hodg- 
don immediately called the Maryland 
theatre, Baltimore, which Informed 
him over the wire Mr. Melrose was 
then standing in the wings, waiting to 
y.o on for his turn. 

.\d Xewlierger has a sixteen-year 
old boy, who is a deaf mute, he may 
place in vaudeville. The youngster is 
a remarkable eccentric dancer, keep- 
ing the rhythm while dancing through 
catching the music vibrations in some 
way, possibly from the waves, through 
his feet. Mr. Newberger had the boy 
dance at his carnivals when his per- 
formance to those who knew the un- 
fortunate kid *was looked upon as a 
.» .marvellous one. 



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VARIETY 



$200,000 WORTH OF GUARANTEES 
FOR AM USEMEN TS AT FAIRS 

Frank P. Spell man Taking Entire Performing Part of 

South American Fairs Away With Him. Over 200 

People Will be done Two Months, Playing 

in Porto Rico and Venezuela. 



Outside of the Barnum-Balley Cir- 
cus, or some other regular tent show 
that may have left the confines of the 
United States, Frank P. Spellman will 
move the biggest aggregation of shows 
and acts Nov. 25, when he will 
sail from New York for San Juan, 
Porto Rico, with over 200 people and 
the complete performing part (with 
concessions) for the second Insular 
Fair at San Juan. 

The Porto Rican annual government 
event starts Dec. 7, continuing 
until Dec. 12. The Porto Rican 
government guarantees to Mr. Spell- 
man about $90,000. Another guaran- 
tee for nearly $110,000 has been re- 
ceived by the circus and fair man for 
Venezuela. Spellman will move his 
show and people complete from Porto 
Rico Dec. 15, to the capitol of the 
other South American country, show- 
ing there from Dec. 24 until Jan. 3. 
In all the troupe will be away from 
New York for two months. 

Among the attractions engaged are 
Ferreri's Circuses, "Creation," Dar- 
ling's Animals, Holstein's Diving Girls, 
Everett's Monkey Music Hall. Princess 
Wee Wee, Harvey's Lunette Show, Ka- 
kool's "Seven Shows in One," snake 
exhibit, Carria's Mystery, Johnny 
Mack's Captive Balloon and Lincoln 
Beachy with a Curtis aeroplane. 

The free acts will be the Siegrist- 
Sllbon Troupe, 3 Bounding Gordons, 
James J. Hardy (high wire), 3 South- 
ern Sisters, Barlow ft Barlow's Circus, 
Mile. Millie Aimee, an elephant and a 
camel. 

Besides all of which May Ward and 
her "Dresden Dolls" have been special- 
ly engaged to appear in the Govern- 
ment House on the grounds for twelve 
performances at $1,000. 

Mr. Spellman is the officially ap- 
pointed sole director of the amuse- 
ments at the fair. All the details have 
been left to him. In communicating 
with the Porto Rican government on 
matters pertaining to the exposition, 
the biggest open air event that occurs 
down there during the year, Mr. Spell- 
man uses the U. S. Government cable 
service, without expense. 

The guarantees cover all transpor- 
tation both ways. Mr. Spellman 
handled the entertainment end of the 
Insular Fair last year, the first one 
held in San Juan. 



OBJECTING TO NEWARK SHIFT. 

There seems to be a deal of objec- 
tion on the part of vaudeville artists 
to the shift called for in Newark, by 
F. F. Proctor, through which actn 
playing Proctor's for the week, must 
move bag and baggage to Krueger'p 
on the Sabbath, without extra pay. 

The declination of Burt Green and 
Irene Franklin last week to follow 
Instructions leading to this "Jump/ 



and their suit for the amount of salary 
withheld by the management, may be 
the first of a series of similar ac- 
tions. 

Many acts have expressed displeas- 
ure at the enforced shift, Krueger's 
being a Sunday house only, and not 
on the Proctor Circuit. For several 
seasons it was booked by William 
Morris. It is said Proctor either 
charges Krueger's for the entire bill 
Sundays, or derives a percentage of 
the receipts. 

Some seasons ago foreign artists 
contested the attempt of Proctor to 
have them play his New York theatres 
Sundays, after finishing the week 
either at the Proctor Albany or Troy 
house. 

Of late, according to report, the 
Proctor office has been stamping its 
Newark contracts with a clause call- 
ins] upon the artists signing to admit 
they understand the Sunday perform- 
ances will be played where directed, 
or at Krueger's. 

Speaking of the Newark matter this 
week, F. F. Proctor. Jr., general man- 
ager of the Proctor Circuit, said to a 
VxRiETr representative that when it 
was learned no Sunday shows could be 
given at Proctor's, Krueger's was 
taken over by the Circuit for that day, 
to prevent a repetition of a $36,000 
loss Proctor's, Newark, suffered last 
season, without Sunday performances. 

"All agents were informed to noti- 
fy their acts," said Mr. Proctor, "that 
the fourteen performances called for 
In the contracts for Newark would In- 
clude Krueger's Sunday. When acts 
did not wish to do this, they were not 
obliged to sign the agreement. 

"We move their baggage and scen- 
ery, transporting it again from Krue- 
ger's to the depot." 



MISS OSWALD'S SECOND. 

Baltimore, Nov. 8. 

Adele Oswald (Mrs. John J. Col- 
lins) is at the St. Johns Hospital. She 
will be operated upon there by Dr. 
Harvey Cushlng, the specialist. 

The second operation is necessary 
to ascertain the cause of the swelling 
upon Miss Oswald's temple, near the 
right ear, which the first operation at 
Milwaukee did not entirely remove. 



LEONARD IN OLD PIECE. 

"Kid Hamlet," which had its New 
York showing at the Fifth Avenue 
Theatre last week, will continue with 
Albert Hall and the other members of 
the company, excepting James Leonard, 
who returns to his old act "When 
Caesar C's Her." For Leonard's re- 
vival Richard Anderson has been se- 
cured for his original role of Caesar. 



BEST TRICK ON THE STREET. 

Boston, Nov. 8. 

"The Great Lavaeseur," a strong 
man, the headliner at the National 
theatre, was scheduled to show his 
feats of strength on the stage of the 
house. One of the feats was a tug- 
of-war between the "strong man" and 
a 60-horse power motor truck and a 
pair of dray horses. This part of the 
act had to be discontinued in the thea- 
tre as the truck and horses are too 
heavy for the stage. He is giving his 
exhibitions on the street every after- 
noon and evening. 

It is one great ad for the house. 
Thousands of people crowd the vicinity 
of the theatre to get a peep at the free 
show. What looked like a bad piece of 
business has turned into a good one. 



JUDGMENT FOR PILOER. 

Harry Pllcer was awarded judgment 
for $875 in the City Court Monday 
against Hurtig ft Seamon who had the 
dancer under contract during season 
of 1907-08. Pilcer was engaged by 
Hurtig ft Seamon for a new play which 
they intended to produce with the 
dancer as the big card. The contract 
was for thirty weeks at $50 weekly, 
but for some reason the piece never re- 
ceived any presentment. 

Hurtig ft Seamon were permitted to 
deduct the amount Pilcer earned while 
playing other engagements. Judgment 
was given for the balance. 



MANAGER'S WIFE A SUICIDE. 

Madison, Wis., Nov. 8. 

Mrs. Edward F. Biederstaedt, wife 
of the principal owner of the Majestic 
theatre here, committed suicide Mon- 
day, shooting herself In the head. 

Mrs. Blederstadt was 35 years of 
age and has been in ill health for sev- 
eral weeks. This is supposed to have 
prompted her deed. 

Madison, Wis., Nov. 8. 
The new Orpheum theatre in this 
town opened to a capacity house Mon- 
day evening. The house Is playing op- 
position to Biederstadt's Majestic thea- 
thre booked through the Western Vau- 
deville Managers' Association. The new 
house will play shows supplied through 
the Chicago office of the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit by Walter Tenwick. 



Millie Payne and Harry Thurston 
returned to New York last week, 




AMANDA IJSWJUCKS 



GUESSING OVER ROSENBERG. 

Cleveland, Nov. 8. 

The competition for the lease of the 
Hippodrome Is up before Judge Bstep 
in the Common Pleas Court. B. F. 
Keith's rival for the rental of the 
property is Walter Rosenberg of New 
York, heretofore connected with "p6p" 
vaudeville theatres. 

Keith's offer is for a ten year lease 
at $40,000 for the first three years 
and an increase of $1,000 annually 
until it reaches $50,000 the last year. 
His interests are being looked after 
here by his New York attorney, Maur- 
ice Goodman. 

Rosenberg's offer is for a straight 
annual rental at $50,000. He is repre- 
sented by Attorney Joseph Klein, of 
Hidy, Klein ft Harris of this city, who 
are the local attorneys for the Stand- 
ard OH interests, and probably the 
highest priced lawyers In the city. 
Just who is behind Rosenberg In the 
bid for the Hippodrome is not dis- 
closed. His attorney says they are 
prepared to put up in cash any reason- 
able amount as a guarantee of their 
good Intentions. 

M. B. Johnson, representing the 
receiver, the Citizens Trust ft Sav- 
ings Company, and J. E. Morley, for 
the creditors, openly favor Keith on 
the ground that he is reliable and 
responsible, while Rosenberg is al- 
together unknown to them. It is 
argued that Keith would maintain a 
high standard of attractions and hence 
the property would not deteriorate in 
value. Attorney Klein responded that 
his client (Rosenberg) represented 
persons high in vaudeville, and that 
if given the lease, attractions as good 
as those now appearing at the house 
would be given. 

Late this afternoon Judge Estep re- 
fused to act until all offers for the 
Hippodrome are thoroughly investi- 
gated. 

Many surmises have been made as 
to the action of Walter Rosenberg in 
bidding for the Hippodrome. The sug- 
gestion he was merely attempting to 
"boost the price" for Keith found few 
believers. Some are of the opinion 
that a very well known vaudeville 
manager, who does not care to dis- 
close himself, is represented by Mr. 
Rosenberg in this matter. 

The Hippodrome, as a single vaude- 
ville house in Cleveland, could be of 
no use to Rosenberg with his present 
theatrical connections. Nor would a 
variety showman take the big house 
there (really unsuitable for a vaude- 
ville program) with the knowledge 
that B. F. Keith will erect another 
playhouse for his shows, If unable to 
retain the Hip, the present home of 
the first grade bills In Cleveland. 

Mr. Rosenberg left for Cleveland 
Tuesday, on advices by his Cleveland 
attorney to be present in person and 
prepared to prove h!s responsibility. 
To a Varii:t.- representative he said 
that it was his Intention to play vaude- 
ville only to fill in between such at- 
tractions as the Metropolitan Grand 
Opera Company, the Boston Symphony 
Orchestra, "The Garden of Allah" and 
such other huge shows as might be 
passing through Cleveland. 

If this were jronr nne! 
Tbw why not sqvtrtSst • 



VARIETY 



CONSOLIDATION OF AGENCIES 
IN CHICA GO FAL LS THROUGH 

Meeting in New York This Week Between Sullivan- 

Consldlne Representatives and Western Vaudeville 

Ass 9 n Heads Results in no Action Being Taken. 



The meeting in New York this week 
of Charles E. Bray. John W. Considine, 
and Fred T. Lincoln, is aaid to have 
brought about naught as a result, 
through Mr. Bray, the general man- 
ager of the Western Vaudeville As- 
sociation, placing a veto upon all pro- 
posals for the Sullivan-Considine 
branch at Chicago, to consolidate with 
his agency. 

Mr. Lincoln is temporarily in charge 
of the S-C's Chicago agency. He is 
rated as the general manager of the 
Sullivan-Considine Circuit. Lately in 
the middle west there has been strong 
rivalry between the two agencies for 
business, with each picking a house 
off here and there from the other, 
although the warfare is said to have 
caused the W. V. A. to become strong* 
er in that section. 

While it has been believed mat a 
friendly feeling existed between the 
S-C people, and the Bray-Martin Beck 
contingent (which controls the W. V. 
A.), rumors from Chicago of late have 
not substantiated this understanding. 
Many of the reports spreading about 
are said to have been inspired. The 
conference in New York is thought 
to have been called by virtue of the 
existing conditions. 

At the meeting Monday in the 
Orpheum Oircuit offices, where the 
men met, Martin Beck, who was pres- 
ent, is reported to have washed his 
hands of all participation in any con- 
clave that would Interfere with any 
decision reached by Mr. Bray, who was 
to give the deciding say-so. There- 
upon it Is said, Mr. Bray did not favor 
the Considine proposal, and the meet- 
ing adjourned, without date. There 
remains a future chance of the agen- 
cies agreeing, according to under- 
standing. 



Chicago, Nov. 8. 

The Western Vaudeville Managers' 
Association, through its general man- 
ager, C. E. Bray, has caused Walter F. 
Keefe, manager of the Theatre Book- 
ing Corporation and local representa- 
tive of the Miles Circuit of vaudeville 
theatres, to be served in a lawsuit call- 
ing for $50,000 for alleged criminal 
libel. 

According to the plaintiffs, Keefe 
has written several managers booking 
through the Association, notifying 
them the Association was on the verge 
of disruption and that Messrs. Beck, 
Kohl, Middleton and the other finan- 
cial interests behind the W. V. M. A. 
were about to withdraw from any re- 
sponsibility, Inasmuch as any interests 
other than their own were concerned. 
Also that the Orpheum circuit intended 
closing down the several theatres in 
the smaller middle-western towns be- 
cause of poor business. 

Rumors of this kind spread until 
Martin Beck placed advertisements in 



several of the trade papers making a 
denial. 

After being served, Keefe immedi- 
ately instructed his attorneys to com- 
mence a counter suit against the As- 
sociation for $75,000. Keefe claims a 
sign has been placed on one of the 
walls on the eleventh floor of the Ma- 
jestic theatre building notifying acts 
that should they play the "Keefe 
time," they need look for no booking 
through the Association. He also 
states that several of the individual 
agents have personally told performers 
that they will be blacklisted should 
they play for him. On this ground he 
seeks to recover damages. 



COMMISSIONER CAN'T COLLECT. 

The issuing of licenses to theatrical 
agents is almost through for 1911-12. 
The records up to date show a big 
percentage of agents who have chang- 
ed their titles. 

Last year at the Commissioner's 
office 170 were recorded as theatrical 
agents. Seventy is the highest num- 
ber reached since May 1 last. At the 
Commissioner's office it was stated 
this week numberless complaints are 
coming in from actors wanting the 
office to collect salaries, believing this 
to be a duty of the Commissioner. The 
Commissioner wants it understood his 
office is not a collection agency. 



THREE MAIDS FROM KENOSHA. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 

Three stage struck maidens hailing 
from Kenosha, Wis., were taken into 
custody by the local police last Satur- 
day at the new Chicago and North- 
western Railway station. 

They gave the names of Angeline 
Bowers, sixteen years old; Anna 
Schroeder, fifteen, and Nellie Law son. 
fourteen, stating they had come here 
for the ostensible purpose of going on 
the stage, presumably in one of the 
State street music halls. 

The girls were sent to the Juvenile 
Home, pending the arrival of word 
from their parents. 



SECOND GUARANTEED ORPHEUM. 

Sacramento, Nov. 8. 

The new Orpheum Theatre here 
opens to-night, thereby adding 
one more town to the cir- 
cuit, but without increasing the 
number of weeks' time. The house 
will play four days a week. Hereafter 
the Oakland Orpheum will change its 
bills weekly. 

The Sacramento Orpheum is made 
possible through a guarantee by the 
leading citizens of the town of certain 
receipts, under a plan similar to that 
in effect at the Orpheum. Evansville 



TO TEST CANCELLATION CLAUSE. 

The Marquards who played two 
weeks at the Folles Bergere sometime 
ago have started an action against 
Jesse La sky and Henry Harris for 
alleged breach of contract. 

The foreign dancing act makes a 
claim they were booked for four 
weeks and after two weeks, were can- 
celled according to a clause in their 
contract, which stated an act could be 
closed if in the opinion of the manage- 
ment their work was unsatisfactory. 
The clause reads that the cancellation 
might be made at any time. It is 
this point that the act wants to test 
in a legal way. 

The fact that they worked two of 
the four weeks and then were can- 
celled will be used as an argument 
against the validity of the clause. 
House, Grossman & Vorhaus are the 
attorneys for the act. 



A NICE POINT INVOLVED. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 

Jules Von Tllzer, local representa- 
tive of the Al Von Tilzer Music Co.. 
creator of the noiseless soap spoon 
and according to his billing, "The 
Maker of a Thousand Songs" took his 
second flyer in vaudeville last week 
after a nine month's lay off. It proved 
quite disastrous. 

While Jules and his six foot-four 
Prince Albert made doubly good on 
the entertaining end and according to 
himself was a near-riot at every one 
of the three or four daily frolics, 1: 
took a scene shifter to throw cold 
water on his vaudeville aspirations. 

Friday while listening to the or- 
chestra play his overture Jules was 
preparing to dash on and knock 'em 
over, when the gable end of a scenic 
shanty connected with Julius' right 
optic. When the warbler had return- 
ed to earth, his pretty evening drees 
shirt was covered with claret. Hastily 
rearranging his appearance and aided 
by a slice of adhesive, he wabbled on, 
apologized to the houseful and then 
went through his routine. Jules 
claims he went better than ever be- 
fore. This week at the Apollo he *3 
going to keep the apology and red 
shirt in the act, but has temporarily 
eliminated the slapstick stuff. 

The skeptics claim that it wasn't a 
piece of scenery that struck Julep. 
They admit the object came from 
somewhere, but owing to the speed 
and sudden stop, made it impossible 
for the victim to determine from 
whence. As Von Tilzer appeared with- 
out a net, the point cannot be defi- 
nitely settled. 



Alice Hanson ( Hanson and Bijou ) 
and Ralph Markee (IVfarkee Bros), 
were marr'ftf in Kansas City, Mo., 
Oct. 18. 



CAN'T STRING MOLASSO. 

Reports from Mexico are to the ef- 
fect that G. Molasso's company has 
been laying off in Mexico City for the 
past fortnight, due to a misunder- 
standing regarding terms between the 
local management and the pantomime 
impresario. 

Molasso went south under a guar- 
antee, but the "greasers" have a play- 
ful habit of welching on the'r agree- 
ments. Molasso had had a previous 
experience with them and probably 
doesn't intend to be "strung" a sec- 
ond time 



LAUDER IN CHICAGO. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 

The Harry Lauder show is here at 
the Lyric playing to capacity business. 
A dally and nightly parade precedes 
the performances and a miniature 
aeroplane floats over the city announc- 
ing the presence of the Scotchman. 
These advertising features promise to 
make the Chicago engagement the rec- 
ord one of the trip. No figures could 
be secured from the management. 

The Lauder tour has been a series 
of receptions for the Scotchman from 
notables along the routes. It's grow- 
ing to be a very ordinary occurrence 
for only a Mayor to show up at the 
depot. 

At Ottawa, the Duke and Duchess 
of Connaught were among the receiv- 
ing bunch; at Albany, Governor Dix 
showed, while at Utica Mr. Lauder met 
Vice-President Sherman. 

Mr. Morris is meeting some regular 
people on this trip. If he lands one 
house per person per town, he can re- 
turn to New York with another circuit. 



UPSET OVER ANGORA. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 

Abe Jacobs and the stage crew of 
the Majestic theatre carry a myster- 
ious look on their faces these days. 
They may be seen looking up dark al- 
leys and down coal chutes at all hours 
of the night. 

A question as to the reason brings 
a reply to the effect that "Harry 
Thaw" is out. "Harry Thaw" is the 
large Angora cat, the pet of the thea- 
tre. 

While Jacobs is quiet on the subject, 
it is thought that some performer took 
a fancy to "Harry Thaw" and aided 
by a basket conveyed the Angora to 
parts unknown. A hundred dollar re- 
ward (stage money) Is offered for the 
"molly's" return, and no questions 
asked. 



TOOTS PAKA. 

Toots Paka returns to Hammer- 
stein's next week after playing the 
early part of the season in the lead- 
ing houses of the United Booking 
offices in the East. Broadway has 
always taken kindly to the novel 
and altogether original turn, not 
only in the vaudeville houses, for 
the act was far and away the applause 
hit of "The Echo" at the Globe 
Theatre, New York, last season. The 
weird and artistic accompaniment to 
Miss Paka's original dances, as played 
by native Hawaiian musicians, Is no 
small factor to the pleasing offering, 
contributing largely to the atmos- 
pheric effectiveness of the artistic ter- 
pischorean presentment. 

Next week will be rather a quick 
return for Toots Paka at Hammer- 
stein's, where she appeared during the 
summer. The Casey Agency repre- 
sents the act. 



Georgle Moore and her act opened 
in Troy this week, placed by Joe Wood. 



BREAKING EVEN. 

In the fight for houses now raging 
between the Family Department of the 
United Booking Office and the Pruden- 
tial Vaudeville Exchange, the two fac- 
tions broke even last week. 

The Family Department took the 
Orpheum, Schenectady, from the Pru- 
dential; that booking office now has 
the Lyric, Rome, heretofore booked by 
tpe U. B. O. 



ID 



VARIETY 



GUESSING WITHIN TWO WEEKS 
AIM OF B OOKING AGENTS NOW 

Saving the Labor of "Penciling In" and "Rubbing Out 9 ' 

on the Route Sheets for Dubious First Contenders. 

Some Small Ones Closing the Past Week. 



Guessing within two weeks of when 
a show will close is the latest pastime 
of the bookers for the legitimate 
houses. One of the routing men in a 
large agency this week Informed a 
Variety representative it wasn't as 
hard as it might appear. 

"We guess 'em out within two 
weeks/' said he, explaining by that, 
that though the show thought it had 
a route for the season laid out on the 
books, the route was never carried 
two weeks beyond the current date, 
which saved the labor of penciling the 
show in on the sheets, and the many 
erasures which would have to be made 
otherwise upon the company going 
overboard. 

"We generally size them up right," 
continued the booker. "You can't go 
far wrong, and where the 'doubtful' 
sign is hung on those we do book, it 
seldom happens we fall down." 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 8. 

The Pollack Brothers, who have a 
vaudeville agency In this city, booking 
"small time" acts, thought they would 
pick up some change with a "small 
time" show called "The Isle of 
Smiles." The show should have been 
named "Gloom." After it played to 
less than $90 at one stand, the Pol- 
lacks said it was too big for the small 
towns. The small towns kept on 
agreeing with the statement, until the 
production is now on its way to the 
storage place, where all good shows 
finally land, unless the sheriff becomes 
the custodian. 

The Pollacks will probably keep 
right on with vaudeville. 

The Mme. Nuola concert company, 
booked for ten weeks of time over the 
Cort circuit in the northwest, played 
a preliminary week in the south, open- 
ing Oct. 30. At the end of the week, 
last Monday, the company closed in 
Wheeling, W. Va., without receiving 
any salary. 

Marlni and Bronskl, the Russian 
dancers, had cancelled their vaude- 
ville dates to accept the Mme. Nuola 
engagement, and are now endeavoring 
to have their two-a-day dates restored. 

Albany, N. 7.. Nov. 8. 

The burlesque "turkey" travelling 
under the title of "The Oirls From 
Bohemia" passed away at Troy Frida?. 
The turk couldn't stay out until 
Thanksgiving, the saddest news of this 
season so far. 

This was the show trading upon the 
name of Max Sptegl's "Queen of Bo- 
hemia" company, a regular burlesque 
organization on the Eastern Wheel. 

Long Branch, N. J., Nov. 8. 

The final tour of "The Cash Oirl" 

flopped at Red Bank last week. The 

show quite sensibly stuck around New 

Tork. The man who put It out this 



yea* has two other shows on the 
road. For the sake of the others, 
omit his name from the obituary 
column. 

"The Strugglers," Harry M. Hork- 
helmer's show, which last showed in 
Troy, N. T., last week, did not open 
at the Bijou, New Tork, as advertised 
Monday, owing to a chain of circum- 
stances attending the failure of the 
management to get the scenery into 
New Tork and the refusal of the com- 
pany to -go on unless past due salary 
was paid. 

The biggest snag was encountered at 
Troy where John Dean, a prominent 
member of the company, got upon his 
high horse because no salary was forth- 
coming and attached the scenic equip- 
ment. When last heard of the outfit 
was still under watch at Troy. 

Horkhelmer cajoled, entreated, 
begged and implored the company to 
remain intact and make the Broadway 
opening. Bat the majority stood pat 
on the immediate payment thing and 
the management had to postpone the 
New Tork opening. 

Horkhelmer expects to have another 
company present the piece at the 
Broadway house next Monday. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 8. 

Hast heard of Duboise? It's in Penn. 
Also it was the dropping off place for 
"The Turning Point." Happened Nov. 
4. 

The show holds a record for '11- 
'12. It has closed twice since Sep- 
tember. L. A. Johnson took it away 
first, and saw it pass over, then some- 
one else got an idea. There's no 
chance for a third trip. 

"The Arrival of Kitty," after a re- 
juvenation in New England territory, 
closed in Virginia, the members mak- 
ing their way back to New Tork as 
best they could. The show struck a 
succession of towns where no profit 
was received, until the members be- 
lieved something had been wished 
upon "Kit." 

Syracuse, N. T., Nov. 8. 
The Metropolitan Stock Co., which 
had been playing three-night stands 
on the chance of seeing some money, 
gave up all hope after Fulton, N. Y., 
last week. 

"His Wife Decides," a show lately 
produced and travelling by special car, 
will be brought into New York after 
this Saturday's performance. 

The management believes the work 
out on the road determined the piece 
will become a success on Broadway. 
Broadway will be scoured in the quest 
of a theatre in which to prove the 
opinion. 



TANGUAY OUT; LLOYD IN. 

It Is more than llkey that within a 
couple of weeks HJva Tanguay will 
leave the stellar role of "Little Miss 
Fix-It," and return to frew Tork, when 
her managers, Werba ft Luescher, will 
provide a piece that will be written 
for her. The Southern press did not 
fall over Itself praising Miss Tanguay 
as a legitimate actress. This may have 
had some bearing upon her dislike for 
the part. 

Alice Lloyd, also under contract to 
the firm as a production star, was call- 
ed to New Tork this week for con- 
sultation over the vacancy being filled 
by her. Miss Lloyd had but finished 
three weeks of a temporary season in 
vaudeville, when receiving the mes- 
sage from her legitimate managers. It 
necessitated the postponement by her 
of opening Nov. 13 at the Colonial, 
New Tork, for six weeks on the Percy 
G. Williams Circuit. 

Miss Lloyd Is considering the "Fix- 
It" proposition. She has not seen the 
show. It is playing one-nigh ters in 
the south Just now, working into New 
Orleans, where it is to remain for a 
week commencing Monday. The show 
will go to the Coast, if Miss Lloyd con- 
sents to star in it. Baltimore will 
have "Fix-It" for week of Nov. 20, 
with the Orand Opera House, New 
Tork, the week after. Miss Lloyd may 
step in Dec. 4, when the piece opens 
at Philadelphia. Miss Tanguay says 
Nov. 18 will be her last playing date 
with it. 

Miss Tanguay replaced Norah Bayes 
In "Fix-It," taking the emergency call 
from the firm, and signing a contract 
for two years with them. Miss Tan- 
guay is not happy in the role, it is 
said, and has indicated as much to her 
managers. 

Mark A. Luescher this week said 
there was no chance of Miss Tanguay 
returning to vaudeville, while under 
contract with them. 

By the chance freak, which has 
thrown so many vaudeville names into 
association with "Little Miss Fix-It," 
Bayes and Nor worth, upon being In- 
voluntarily released from their con- 
tract with Werba ft Luescher, were 
given the vaudeville dates on th4 
Williams time Miss Lloyd was obliged 
to postpone. 



"THE FAMILY" REOPENING. 

"The Family" will be sent out 
again, starting from New York about 
Nov. 20. The show closed in the mid- 
dle west two weeks ago. It will now 
Play "Syndicate" time in the east. 



SOUSA HERE DEO. 10. 

John Philip Sousa, after complet- 
ing his tour of Texas, has 100 con- 
certs to play before he will reach 
New Tork. Sousa is announced for 
one concert in New Tork after an 
absence of over two years, playing the 
Hippodrome, Dec. 10. 



ROYAL PARTY FOR "BUNTY." 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Not. 8. 
Last night at the Haymarket the 
King and Queen, with the Prince of 
Wales, Premier Asqulth and the Duke 
of Connaught saw "Bunty Pulls the 
Strings." 



SHOT NEIL McKAY BY MISTAKE. 

Houston, Nov. 4. 

Neil McKay, leading man of the 
"Madame Sherry" company, was ser- 
iously wounded Sunday night, having 
been mistaken for a burglar. A bullet 
struck him in the right leg, shattering 
it so badly he will be confined to the 
hospital for several months. He may 
have to retire permanently from the 
stage. 

McKay was suffering from insom- 
nia. He wandered about town after 
the Sunday evening show. Two police- 
men, believing he was acting suspic- 
iously, accosted him. Mistaking them 
for highwaymen, McKay started to 
run, when he was fired upon. 



FRISCO PANS "BRIGHT EYES.'* 

San Francisco, Nov. 8. 

For the current week at the legiti- 
mate houses, Sam Bernard at the Cort 
continued to please and is doing a good 
business. 

"In Old Kentucky" at the Savoy, 
drawing big; "Pudd'nhead Wilson" do- 
ing very well at the Alcazar; "Bright 
Eyes," with Cecil Lean and Florence 
Holbrook, opened Monday at the Col- 
umbia. Business has been fair. 

The local press severely criticizes 
"Bright Eyes," declaring it dull, full 
of vulgarity, that the costumes are 
cheap, ugly and dirty. 



NAZIMOVA'S NEW OPENING. 

Atlantic City, Nov. 8. 
Another season's start will be made 
by Nazimova tomorrow evening at the 
Apollo, when she will appear in "The 
Marionettes," by Pierre Wolf, again 
under the management of Charles 
Frohman. 



"MME. X'S" LOSING WEEK. 

For the second week since a "Mme. 
X" show has been out, the compsny in 
the northern part of New Tork State 
last week came out of the period a 
loser. 

Business held up fairly well, but the 
show is an expensive one to tote 
around. While the loss was not large 
it hurt, as against a steady succession 
of winning weeks. 

The previous loss recorded for »ne 
same piece was $13, attributed to an 
unusually long and necessary "jump." 



GOULD HAS "THE GIRL." 

It may have been the title, "The 
Girl," or it may have been the name of 
the man who says'- he is going to pro- 
duce the show that made the booking 
offices listen this week, when letters 
came in to them from George A. Gould, 
of Philadelphia, mentioning that a 
route for his ("The Girl") production 
would be appreciated. 

Further than that, and the report of 
another Could having been behlni 
another girl show ("The Motor Girl") 
once upon a time, nothing more is 
known of this George A., who only 
missed being the eldest son of Jay 
Gould through having a middle initial. 



FOR DREW-BARRYMORE. 

When George Cameron wrote 
"Stalled," he gave to vaudeville a 
sketch that will be played for tho 
first time at Mt. Vernon, N. T., next 
week, as the second vehicle this sea- 
son for Sydney Drew and Lionel 
Barrymore. 



VARIETY 

STRAIGHT VAUDEVILLE SHOW K, * n ""* ZTT . 

_w«.mw«_i*^ ^ a «^«^ M m«*^» «^^v« «>-»<.* Charles Klein's new play "The Out- 

WINTE R PAR PEN'S POLICY ^S; SST^H'SS 

•"■ wmmm — — - night. The title is rather appropriate. 

Reports Say New Program There Next Week Is Laid Out compared with the other works of Mr. 

* ** * 1 •• «m#t^.A. i.i; %rt ■ ^ •• *. •_ Klein, this piece is an outsider. 

In "Acts", With "Vera Violetta" as a Number, Called a comedy , lt iB now and again. 

ShOW Closing With Annette Kellermann. at other times melodrama, pure and 

_______ simple. Some stages of the piece had 

* * ~ .. . * * * < . i^^ better be left unnamed. 

Tlie Winter Garden's next entertain- her road tour Monday, as planned by The Jg a u Qne and Uke ftU 

ment. scheduled to start Nov. 15, will the Shuberts, owing to the refusal of Qf charle8 Kleln . B playg> lB ukeil 

be nothing more or less than a her chorus to accept the conditions for frQm lncldenta In every day Ufe Por 

straight vaudeville show, according to four months of one-night stands. tMg he hafl choBen ag the gu mftt _ 

reports about The chorus stood pat. with the re- ftn attempt by a " new ly-rich" fam- 

"Vera Violetta/' the Viennese oper- suit that a new one had to be recruit- tQ break thr()ugh the hard crugt Qf 

etta, heavily billed aa the feature of ed. After hurried rehearsals, the B0C i e . y 

the next Winter Garden show. Is said Scheft company opened Wednesday The caat , B a one Th MM 

to be simply a somewhat lengthy num- night In Buffalo ,„ erb wnen there are „ ne8 „, -t . 

ber Th0 D « che » u K° ln e to do some uftUon§ of vftlue w hand , e The ^^ 

The frame-up of the show as at tall traveling between now and We wlth the action of „ The 0uttlaer ,» 

present laid out is as follows: First spring. Several of the chorus said „ that t „ lot ch t00 , reQUently . 

part vgudev He opening with Span- that It was pret y "soft" for Ms. M of ^ „ Uuatl0M are prep< ^ 

ish Dancers. Lydia Barry. Belle Baker. Scheff to travel In her own special teroug The acUon , 

Annette Kellerman Frank Tlnney. car. but that the traveling outlook for lmp0Bglble a8 lt progreMeg . Tn9re „ 

Then w n com, an «nterml»lon. after them was anything but inviting development. Only the acting 

which "Vera" will bo given, runn.n. Sam Oarsten, who piloted the Win- saveB , B * M aceneB J 

for about two hours. ter Garden show, which closed in b 

The principal, of the defunct Win- Philadelphia. Is in charge of the Honorable mention must be given to 

ter Garden road show were told to scheff road tour. 0rme CaWara ud Jane Cow , « r ^ 

report at the Garden Tuesday for , . . __ _ .* * * " 

their salaries After waiting around 8uperb work ' Many otbers in the CMt 

tneir saiar es. Alter waiting arouna WAYBURN WITH DILLINGHAM. did very well. The author will doubt- 

for a couple of hours they were paid 

. . . Ned Wayburn, the stage director less get busy with his offering. It has 

n jos7 Collins, the English corned.- »d producer, has at last come to the only this week to run here, and lt to 

enne. arrived In New York last Friday. par lng ot WByB wlth , **" ™ iB > *"• " la a th t at **• P la * , wJ11 * rt0 ' ed untH 
ok -,ni ».«™ ««« «# r u «.i««i„„i .«i Aa Anal separat.on coming last week. the first of the coming year. It was re- 
She will have one of the principal roles °_ y ^ ^*JV AU * *•. I *i- 

ln "Vera " Gaby Deslys engaged by U ,8 under8tood Wayburn has ported here that the piece was to be 

the Shuberts at $4,000 weekly to play **™ d * "J* y « arly «?*?*„ W ! th dl8Contlnued ev <* « a » ucc «»- ™j 

her sketch at the Garden, is giving her C ** rle8 * » "ingham, and that Fields company goes on the road and will 

playlet a vacat on having been as- w111 go Jt alone wlth n,s 8how Btag " contInue wlth Th « Gamblers" for the 

signed a role in the production. It is lng ' aBfl,Bted by tho8e already ln hlB r f Bt of the Bea80n - Th# ca8t and the 

said Gaby refused to go on the road * mploy - characters are: 

at the head of a vaudeville company, ja y e t0I Biak'i i>' "wi 0n c 6 j Caldara 

and the Shuberts "took Care" Of her THE EMPIRE'S SEASON. C Talbot Berriman. '..'.'. ... Charles 'stavenaon 

contract In this way. John Drew leaves the Empire Dec. TayJorfTeeV Boy! WW '. .' ! \i££££ SMfH! 

The offer of the Shuberts for Dazie 2 and will be followed by Ethel Bar- 5 U,! > George Backua 

A A . __ lirv .. „., A * _ Dr. Brent Charles Burbrldfe 

to appear in the next show at tho rymore in "The Witness for the De- Ben. a Reporter wiuiam Poaunce 

Garden has not been accepted by the fence," by A. E. W. Mason. Miss HKe?V6Vk.\\\\\\\\\\\\\':^WiV«^«Sl ro ji*. 

dancer, who will play vaudeville until Barrymore will remain at the Empire Lockwood '. ..Bdward j. Norria 

.... .. . .. . „ , _... .. .j-, - , . . Phyllle Berlraan Jane Cowl 

called for the production following until the middle of January, when she Hattie Dawson Sarah Truax 

"Vera" will likelv h#* fnllnwgwl hv VTan<i A Mr * c « Talbot Berrlman Amelia lfayborn 

vera - W1U 1,Kei y «>• lOIlOWed Dy Maude Mrs. James Blakely Florence Huntingdon 

Dazie may open in vaudeville the Adams. 

later end of the month. She has been _ "MARIETTA'S" STAY CUT DOWN. 

offered $1,250 weekly for the New nmm _ „.. nn „_, 

York houws. and will probably receive ^ TO "»«• D « "«r 18 ALIVE. Ch lc ago N ov^ 8^ 

$1,600 outside New York. A new bal- ™« '»*■ »e Luxe" (Ralph Herz) haughty Marietta with Emma 

let act. with Sig. Boniflglio aud four- 8how wlU not clMe - according to the 7. re ° tilI, - li whlc ' 1 op , ened at 'J 16 °° on , , » 1 

teen young women, will be Dasle's Jos M - Ga,te8 ofllco <=»•«'«• «"<> W *T a A ?*! T^ . ,'J ' 

next variety offering. It is booked the a"™<=«0"> «" routed until Feb. 15". cl0Be8 Saturday night and takes to the 

by Jenle Jacobs, ot the Casey agency. Anotner «°K»Kement Is planned for ^ agaln nl , .,, . f 

* Boston. The opening nights receipts were 

$1,700. Before the first week was 

GETTING OUT "HOLY NAME." over> they had dropped t0 aDout , 600 

The Morrlson-Hefferlein company is TEMPLE REHEARSING "JACINTA." a performance, 

completing plans for a road production "Jaclnta," the new John Cort musl- The local papers roasted the show, 

of "The Holy Name." cal show, will not be able to open Nov. one even going so far as to say the star 

Louis Morrison has out "The White 20, aa first arranged, as a new man is could not sing. 

Sister" at present, with Jeanne Fowler in charge of the rehearsals. J 

featured. Ed. Temple, formerly of the Hippo- ANOTHER BROADWAY WITH AN IF. 

acciden^ZTkilled. dTOme ' l " n ° W d ' reCt ' ng the W ° rk - hB f' f s ™rV T^\l O V e - 

Elmere. Minn.. Nov. 8. LTv^, * If I * 1* *" 

The rehearsal of a play here yes- OPERATES ON WILL DAVIS. "1Z, ' 7 "« , ^"Vl 

terday by amateur actor, resulted Chicago. Nov. 8. "« k n * . .*. P ^ ^oT" 1 

in a tragedy, when Harry Blair was Will J. Davis, assistant manager of 8ttt f ho "' n « out of own Nov 20 

accidentally shot dead by Clarence the Illinois theatre, suffering from an , " n ie * a * h ° 8h ° W """J™? '* W "' 

Hessledahl. who fired a revolver sup- attack of appenditlcls. was successfully ^ e , br ° ugh , t lnt0 New iork - Ml8 f 8ear8 

posed to contain blank cartridges. operated upon Sunday at the Henrotln 'f«t Roadway appearance was in "The 

Hospital. Egg at the B, J 0U - rt Proved un- 

" * profitable on the road and was closed. 

SCHEFF CHORUS WALKED OUT. Fred G . Lathftmf who 8taged the 

Fritzi Scheff, who closed her New Jas. H. Cnllen will start a round Kitty Gordon show and all of the Fritzi 

York engagement at the Lyric Sat- of the Percy Q. Williams houses Nov. Scheff pieces, except "The Duchess " is 

urday night last, did not inaugurate 20, placed by Jas. E. Plunkett. putting on the new Sears' show 



II 



LARUE SHOW NOT IN SHAPE. 

Orace LaRue in her new show. "Miss 
Betsy/' is not coming into New York 
for sometime yet. The show played 
Baltimore last week where Alex. John- 
stone, who wrote the music, made 
some important changes in the score, 
interpolating some new songs of a 
lighter vein for the star. 

Several numbers introduced by Miss 
LaRue have been considered too heavy 
and they have been taken out for tho 
new music. The show is playing St. 
Louis this week and will work its way 
to Philadelphia. 

Byron Chandler, in private life the 
husband of Orace La Rue, has placed 
Miss La Rue and her musical play, 
"Betsy," at the disposal of the Shu- 
berts. As a result, they have Jumped 
from the Klaw & Erlanger houses in- 
to the former's theatres, appearing at 
the Garrick, St. Louis, this week. 

St. Louis, Nov. 8. 
Grace LaRue was successful in her 
new opera, "Betsy," upon Appearing at 
the Garrick Monday night. The costli- 
ness of the production caused talk. 



ONE OFF; ANOTHER ON. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 8. 

"Graft/' a political drama by Wil- 
liam B. Maloney, former secretary to 
Mayor Gaynor of New York, which 
started to play a three weeks' engage- 
ment at the Walnut, with Frederic 
Thompson, as the producer, closed Sat- 
urday night. 

Robert Drouet and Lillian Meyers, 
an Australian actress, were in the 
leading roles. 

Mr. Thompson is getting "Eliza- 
beth's Chauffeur/' a new farce by 
John T. Mclntyre, a former Phila- 
delphia newspaper man, ready for pro- 
duction, the premiere due within the 
next month. 



KEEPING "THE ARAB" OUT. 

Not caring to record two calamities 
in one week, Henry B. Harris has 
passed the black sign upon "The Cave 
Man" at the Fulton. It is to go stor- 
agehouseward after this Saturday. 

Mr. Harris' other doubtful piece of 
theatrical property, "The Arab," will 
continue, with Robert Edeson, present 
star of "The Cave Man," transplanted 
to succeed Edgar Selwyn. 

Mr. Selwyn wrote "The Arab," and 
has been playing the principal male 
role. He announces he is done with 
the stage as an actor, and will leave 
for Algiers, Dec. 4, in company with 
his wife, Margaret Mayo. They will 
spend some time there gathering new 
play material. 

"The Arab," after its engagement 
at the Grand this week, lays off a week 
giving Mr. Edeson a chance to get up 
on the Selwyn role. It will start 
toward the Pacific Coast. 



JORDAN GOES TO EUROPE. 

Walter Jordan, of the play broker- 
age firm of Sanger & Jordan, sailed 
for Europe last week to close coi- 
tracts to represent a number of for- 
eign managers in this country. 



Fred Ward was last heard from nf 
the Sherman House, Chicago — then h«> 
moved. 



12 



VARIETY 



"RUNTY" MUST MOVE. 

"Bunty Pulls the Strings" will soon 
move. The Shuberts must find another 
theatre to house the successful attrac- 
tion. This is necessitated because 
William Colliers contract with the 
Shuberts contains a clause giving the 
comedian the right to come into the 
theatre bearing his name, at any time 
he may elect. Collier has notified his 
managers that he wishes to open at 
his own playhouse Nov. 27. No 
amount of persuasion can make him 
change his mind. Hence exit "Bunty" 
— enter Collier. 

William A. Bfady, who owns a half 
interest in the American presentation 
of "Bunty," is afflicted with another 
somewhat similar dilemma owing to 
the enormous success of "Bought and 
Paid For." He has worked up a large 
subscription sale for the season of 
Grace George at The Playhouse, with 
the understanding he would present his 
wife in a series of high grade produc- 
tions. These were to begin the latter 
part of October and have already twice 
been postponed. 

The problem now confronting Mr. 
Brady is what to do with "Bought and 
Paid For." Moving a success to an- 
other theatre has been found on occa- 
sions in the past to be hazardous. 
There is only way out of a failure, 
but with a success it 1b a different 
proposition. 

The success of "Bunty Pulls The 
Strings'' has been such that the Shu- 
berts and William A. Brady have al- 
ready planned to have another com- 
pany playing the piece in this country. 

The brother of Graham Moffat, the 
author, has gone to Scotland to bring 
back a complete cast of capable Scot- 
tish players. It is expected that the 
second Bunty outfit will be sent right 
into Chicago for an indefinite run 
there. 



RACING AT CHARLESTON. 

Charleston, S. C, Nov. 8. 

Three months of racing to com- 
mence in January will place this town 
on the boom theatrically. It has given 
gcod returns so far to the Incoming 
shows. 

"The Gamblers" drew $1,000 at one 
performance last week. 



"PEGGY" ON GOOD AUTHORITY. 

All reports to the contrary, Thomas 
W. Ryley's production of "Peggy" will 
not be withdrawn, but is shortly to be 
brought into New York, even if it be- 
comes necessary to rent a theatre out- 
right. 

This is said to be the declaration of 
Irving Stern, of Stern Brothers, depart- 
ment store magnates, who is said to 
be the financial sponsor for the enter- 
prise. 



CLAIMS COAST RECORD. 

The Pacific Coast record for the- 
atrical receipts is claimed by Morris 
(lest, for the Gertrude Hoffmann show. 

Last week Varirtv printed a dis- 
patch from Frisco saying that when 
"Alias Jimmy Valentine" played the 
second week of its engagement at the 
Cort there recently, the box office 
receipts were $17,000. 

Miss Hoffmann and her Russian 
Ballet appeared in the Coast city 
later, securing $19,767 in one week, 
says Mr. Gest. 



LOOKING FOR DOLLAR HOUSE. 

Gus Hill will bring his "No. 1" 
"Mutt and Jeff" company into New 
York for a run some time this sea- 
son, playing it at dollar prices. This 
much is certain. What house will 
get the attraction has not been de- 
cided upon. 

Hill is in negotiation for the Savoy 
and Circle, now picture houses, and 
the Bijou and Weber's, at present un- 
der the $2.00 regime. The manager 
favors the Circle as the most favorable 
of the available houses that can be 
had almost Immediately. 

There is also some talk of placing 
the New York theatre at his disposal 
at the conclusion of the run of "The 
Enchantress," now doing excellent 
business with indications that it will 
continue for some time. 

The present bookings of the "No. 
1" "Mutt and Jeff" company are In 
good stands up to and including 
Christmas week. 

The fourth "Mutt and Jeff" com- 
pany, now in rehearsal, opens at At- 
lantic City, No. 20. 



SIMONE IN ROSTAND PIECE. 

Edmond Rostand's "La Princess 
Lointaine" ("The Princess of My 
Dreams") will be adapted for an 
American presentment by Llebler & 
Co., by Louis N. Parker. The show 
is expected to be produced in a month 
or so with Mme. Simone in the title 
role. The French actress is at present 
at Daly's. 

The new piece will be shown in a 
theatre further uptown than Daly's. 
The men behind expect to put it over 
for a successful run. 



BRADY IN WITH LORRAINE. 

H. Archer Reeve, representing Rob- 
ert Lorraine, arrived in New York from 
London this week to conclude negoti- 
ations for the British rights to "Bought 
and Paid For." 

Upon his arrival he left almost im- 
mediately for French Lick Springs 
where William A. Brady is taking a 
ten days' rest. There it is expected 
that a contract will be made by which 
Brady and Lorraine will make the Eng- 
lish production In partnepehlp. 



RAE STOCK IN REP. 

The Rae stock company is thinking 
of starting off on a road tour in a rep- 
ertoire of plays. 

Danny Bagnell will be the manager, 
also principal player. The booking 
agents seem to think that if Mr. Bag- 
nell can dig up as good a backer as he 
is an actor the prospects will be bright. 



TRAVESTY AND "PANKY." 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 
A majority of the vaudeville bill 
which precedes the "Hanky Panky"' 
piece at Lew Field's American Music 
Hall, will shortly be replaced by a 
travesty on "The Littlest Rebel " It 
is now in preparation. 



FLA VIA ARCARO OUT. 

Flavia Arcaro retires from the cast 
of "The Red Rose" (Valeska Suratt) 
Saturday, and returns to vaudeville, 
under the direction of Alf. T. Wilson. 



If thejr want th« newt 
The? r«ad VARIETY. 



REN WOLFF, REAL AUTHOR. 

If Ren Wolff's column in the Tele- 
graph was not as long as usual Wed- 
nesday morning. Mr. Wolff was not to 
blame. All Tuesday, while "out for 
news," Mr. Wolff became the inter- 
viewed, through having, with Chan- 
ning Pollock, turned out what looks 
to be one of the season's big hits in 
"The Red Widow" at the Astor, where 
the Raymond Hitchcock show opened 
Monday night. 

Mr. Wolff saw the show, but from 
a balcony seat. He was in fear some 
one would call upon him for a speech, 
.and he didn't want to enter a contest 
with Mr. Hitchcock, who has a talk 
for every performance. 

Among the "flrBt-nlghters" at the 
New York premiere of the "Widow" 
was Mr. Wolff's mother, who came on 
from Ithaca, at the invitation of her 
son. At every laugh, Mrs. Wolff in 
the orchestra waved to her son 
in the balcony. She was kept very 
busy with both hands. 

"The Red Widow" is Ren's real hit. 
duly crediting Mr. Pollock, a seasoned 
performer at turning out successful 
plays. The other fling the Telegraph's 
star had was "Hell" at the Folies Ber- 
gere. The title probably is the man- 
ner In which Mr. Wolff now refers to 
it. 

While modestly declining to com- 
ment upon himself as an author, Mr. 
Wolff cheerfully admits that as 
"Koko" in "The Mikado" for one per- 
formance only, he was unquestionably 
and without any competition, the rot- 
tenest "Koko" the world has ever 
seen. 



FRAZEE, THE REALTY OPERATOR. 

H. H. Frazee has purchased five lots 
on West 48th street, directly opposite 
William A. Brady's Playhouse, on 
which he proposes to erect a theatre. 
He has been especially active of late 
in the real estate field, now owning 
three plots of ground In New York, all 
available for theatre sites. 

His first purchase was a plot on 
West 47th street, adjoining the Brew- 
ster property. On this it is his in- 
tention to erect a theatre and sub-lease 
as an investment. The recent pur- 
chase of the Central Baptist Church on 
West 4 2d street, just west of the Am- 
sterdam theatre, is merely a real estate 
speculation. Mr. Frazee can now dis- 
pose of it at a handsome profit. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 

Chicago is to have another first- 
class theatre, according to a statement 
given out here Monday night by H. H. 
Frazee, who has been on from New 
York, witnessing the opening perform- 
ances of his new show, "The Master 
of the House," at the Cort. 

Mr. Frazee handed out the interest- 
ing information that plans for one of 
the most modern theatre structures in 
the west are rapidly nearlng a climax. 
The edifice is to be topped by a sixteen 
story office building and is to cost a lot 
of money. 

Rumors of various locations are rife. 



VERSION FOR MARIE CAHILL. 

Marie Cahlll will appear this season 
in an adaptation of "The Opera Ball," 
a German musical piece. It has been 
previously presented in America, but 
in German. 



SHOWS DIVIDED SQUALLY. 

"The Sun Dodgers," the next Lew 
Fields production, has been put in re- 
hearsal, to be sent on tour as soon as 
ready and held in reserve for the 
Broadway Theatre, when "The Never 
Homes," now there, betrays symp- 
toms of financial anaemia. 

Fields this week had two shows run- 
ning in New York and two in Chicago. 

Lew Fields was forced to close his 
Chicago engagement in "The Hen 
Pecks" Monday night, owing to the 
death of his father, Solomon Fields, 
aged 71 years, which occurred Wed- 
nesday morning at the Fields' home, 
600 West 150th street. 

Fields, accompanied by his brother 
Charles, business manager of "The 
Hen Pecks," and Sol. Fields, stage 
director of the "Hanky Panky" com- 
pany, American Music Hall, Chicago, 
hurried here from the Windy City 
but arrived too late to see their father 
alive. 

Solomon Fields had been ill for 
several months but was not consid- 
ered in a serious condition until a 
short time before his demise. Some 
years ago he retired from business 
activities. 

Nat Fields, another son, is in Du- 
luth this week. The surviving chil- 
dren at his bedside were Henry, a 
New York merchant; Ray, the wife of 
Leo Teller, manager of the Broadway 
Theatre, Brooklyn, and Mrs. Morris 
Warshauer of this city, and the widow. 



"SPRING MAID" AT XMAS. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 

Christmas Eve at the Colonial, Chi- 
cago, will see "The Spring Maid" for 
the first time. It will be the origi- 
nal company, now in the east traveling 
in this direction. 

The same day the "No. 2" "Spring 
Maid" will be at St. Paul. The Colo- 
nial will hold its attraction for a run, 
but the "No. 2" will head south. It 
is in Seattle this week and starts east 
Monday, having made the Coast tour 
to big returns for "The Spring Maid" 
managers, Werba & Luescher. 



SHAKESPEARIAN REP PLUGGED. 

There has been a frame-up arranged 
for the Shakespearian repertoire com- 
pany, headed by Frank Mclntee and 
Millicent Evison that has panned oul 
very well so far. 

The show rests itself upon the high 
esteem that all high school, dramatic 
and literary societies hold the late Bill 
Shakespeare in. When entering a town 
these devotees to the art of the drama 
and the pure in literature are called 
upon to support the disciples of their 
master. 

So far the appeals have met a ready 
response, with a consequent prosperous 
condition of the exchequer of the trav- 
eling troupe. 



"INTRODUCE ME" WAITING. 

A play entitled "Introduce Me." 
written, produced and managed by 
Delia Clarke, is out touring, waiting 
for a chance to get in the big town. 

The chance looked good while Joe 
Weber had the show in mind, but the 
manager of the "dark" Broadway 
house failed to reach a decision. 

Miss Clarke also wrote "The White 
Squaw." 



VARIETY 



13 



"CLACQUfi" BRINGS ARREST. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 7. 

Howard Shelly, the preas agent of 
the Metropolitan Opera Company, pull- 
ed something new in the way of a 
publicity stunt here last week, but.it 
happened to be the real thing and re- 
sulted in the arrest of Nathan Arlock, 
an educated Russian, who has been 
making this city his home and gaining 
a substantial livillhood as a profes- 
sional "clacquer." 

, Arlock's scheme was to offer the 
services of his "clacque" to the sing- 
ers appearing at the opera house at 
so much per "clacque." He got away 
with it until trying to mulct Mme. 
Teyte. The little singer has a hus- 
band. When Arlock tried to induce 
Mme. Teyte to give up $200 to be 
made a hit in "Cindirlon," Mme.'s 
husband told her to make an appoint- 
ment at the Hotel Majestic. Arlock ar- 
rived and his talk was overheard by 
the husband of the singer, Press Agent 
Shelly and a detective. When the 
blow-off came Arlock was so stunned 
he fainted, but finally came around 
and made a clean breast of it. 

It is said he has made "successes" 
for every singer who appeared at the 
opera house here in the past two sea- 
sons excepting Melba and Mary Gar- 
den. Arlock is said to have a confed- 
erate named Karmil, a Hungarian. He 
came from Europe, where the "clac- 
que" is a regularly recognized institu- 
tion. 



TIMES ARE HARD. 

Times are hard for the legits these 
days as a casual meeting of actors at 
the Lambs' Club this week will tes- 
tify. Seven' Thespians who have been 
connected with stock organizations as 
leading men accidently gathered at the 
same table. Before many minutes had 
Bped by each learned that not one of 
the seven was under engagement. 

A well known Broadway booking 
agent says present conditions are the 
worst he has experienced in twenty 

years. 

The dearth of traveling organiza- 
tions is making the applicants for pic- 
ture work outnumber the Jobs almost 
ten to one. 



GOODWIN AIjMOST QUITS. 

New Orleans, Nov. 8. 

Nat C. Goodwin discontinued his 
tour at Little Rock, Ark., Monday 
night. Ho had been booked under the 
agreement that he was to carry a rep- 
ertoire of four plays, but up to the 
time of closing has been appearing in 
but one, "The Captain." 

Business had been alternately good 
and bad during the southern tour. On 
several occasions the star had missed 
the matinee performances. Goodwin 
give as his excuse for closing that the 
had to appear as a witness in a Federal 
Investigation to be held in New York. 

Although Mr. Goodwin was cited to 
appear in New York in a Federal inves- 
tigation at once, the court afterward 
modified the demand so as to permit 
the star to continue his tour. 

Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 8. 
Nat C. Goodwin has changed his 
mind and will continue his tour, re- 
opening to-morrow (Thursday) at 
Memphis. 



UNSETTLED ABOUT GENES. 

Though Jos. M. Gaites sent out an 
announcement through his press de- 
partment that Adeline Genee would 
come to New York to head a "No. 2" 
"Enchantress" company, the story 
found little credence along Broadway. 

It has been reported from London 
that Genee might sail for America 
about Nov. 16, accompanied by her 
husband. Considerable vaudeville time 
over here was held for the dancer, 
at either $2,600 or $3,000 weekly un- 
til her date of return became indefi- 
nite, which caused Pat Casey (Miss 
Genee's representative) to remove the 
bookings from the route sheets. 

If Genee does come, it is possible 
she may re-enter vaudeville, but those 
who know her say it is hardly likely 
she will head a "No. 2" show of any 
title, though she might listen to a 
proposition involving a new produc- 
tion, or as a special feature in a reign- 
ing successful one in its original com- 
position. 

Mr. Gaites is contemplating a couple 
of additional "Enchantress" shows to 
scour the country to secure quick re- 
turns on the strength of his very big 
hit at the New York theatre. Early 
last week when all other shows in 
town were feeling the effect of the 
fleet in the North River as a counter- 
attraction, "The Enchantress" held to 
its high capacity mark throughout. 

"Gypsy Love" is also looked upon 
by the legitimate booking offices as a 
desirable property for a "No. 2" and 
perhaps "3" company, though A. H. 
Woods has been wont to throw up his 
hands of late at the idea. 



"MASTER" SHOW IN CHICAGO. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 

It looks as though the strength of 
the theme in "The Master of the 
House" will command attention to it 
for a considerable run at the Cort. 
The story, however, is not appealing, 
rather repulsive, but this is the only 
drawback to a masterful play, splen- 
didly presented and acted by the very 
competent company, headed with Jul- 
ius Steger, sent here by Woods & Fra- 
zee. (The play is fully reviewed under 
Chicago in the Correspondence of this 
issue). 

The piece opened Sunday night. Its 
strong finale, with half the house cry- 
ing, while sobs could be easily heard 
all over the theatre, gives the play its 
greatest draught. 

Mr. Steger, who decidedly scored, 
is reported to own the American rights 
to this adaptation from the German 
by Edgar James. He is said to have 
a one-third interest in the profits of 
the show, receive a salary of $400 
weekly for his services as principal, 
and five per cent, royalty on the gross 
for the use of the play. 



"THE WEDDING TRIP" CAST. 

The Shuberts have completed the 
cast of "The Wedding Trip," the new 
comic opera by Mme. de Gressac and 
Harry B. Smith, with music by Regi- 
nald De Koven. The players engaged 
are Virginia Earl, Christine Nielsen, 
Dorothy Morton, Gwendolyn Du Barry. 
Edward Martlndale, John McClosky, 
Arthur Cunningham, Joseph Phillips, 
John Madison. 



CANT HOLD THE MANAGEMENT. 

New Orleans, Nov. 8. 

Judge Renshaw, of the First City 
Court, has rendered a decision in the 
case of Reinhardt vs. Klaw & Erlang- 
er, that should command the strict at- 
tention of theatrical managers. The 
decision is to the effect that all "ticket 
purchasers should examine their tick- 
ets before leaving the box office," as 
the management cannot be held re- 
sponsible for mistakes after they are 
given out. 

The three children of C. Reinhardt 
called at the box office of the Crescent 
theatre on a Monday, purchasing tick- 
ets for the matinee performance the 
following Saturday. The treasurer 
gave them one matinee ticket and two 
night tickets. The children attended 
the matinee and were given their seats 
by an usher. A few moments later 
some one came with matinee tickets 
for the same seats. The usher exam- 
ined the tickets and discovered the 
mistake made by the treasurer. The 
best the management could do was to 
provide standing room for the chil- 
dren. 

When the children went home they 
acquainted their father with their ex- 
perience. He brought suit against the 
management. In rendering his de- 
cision. Judge Renshaw said: "The 
management could not by any source 
of reasoning have allowed the chil- 
dren who held tickets for the night 
performance to occupy seats for the 
matinee for which two other patrons 
held tickets. To ask the theatre to do 
that would be," held the court, "ask- 
ing it to accommodate one party by 
doing an injustice to another." 



"THE CHALLENGE" UNWORTHY. 

Atlantic City, Nov. 8. 

Guy Bates Post appeared at the Ap- 
ollo Monday evening in a new show 
by Edward Childs Carpenter, entitled 
"The Challenge." It was played for a 
week in Washington before coming 
here. 

The piece is rank melodrama and 
not likely to appeal to frequenters of 
the better class houses. 

Mr. Post gave a fine performance of 
an unworthy role. Maude Gilbert, 
leading woman, and Macey Harlan in 
a character role, also did well. 

In Its present shape the show Is not 
likely to go into New York. 




THE LYCEUM LEASE. 

Charles Frohman has taken over the 
management of the Lyceum theatre, 
adding one more house to his string 
of theatres in the metropolis. 

Several reasons are given for the 
retirement of Daniel Frohman from 
the management of the Lyceum, the 
principal and probably correct one be- 
ing his assuming the directorship of 
the new New theatre, which is to be 
finished in the fall of 1912. 

At Daniel Frohman 's office it was 
denied he had recently been offered 
the management of the New theatre, 
but no further information was vouch- 
safed. 

Both Augustus Thomas and Daniel 
Frohman are being freely mentioned 
as the selection by the directors of 
the New theatre for their second at- 
tempt to establish a high class reper- 
toire theatre. From an outside source 
it is learned Messrs. Thomas and 
Frohman are being sought to work in 
harmony but that while neither one 
would pledge himself absolutely to ac- 
cept the appointment, both have indi- 
cated a willingness to have a try pro- 
vided they would have full sway with- 
out interference. 

Daniel Frohman has long desired to 
again conduct a repertoire theatre in 
New York, in which plays could be 
produced without worrying about the 
box office takings. His years of ex- 
perience at the old Lyceum theatre (on 
Fourth avenue) when he conducted 
for many years the best stock com- 
pany New York ever had, eminently 
fits him for the post of artistic di- 
rector of the New theatre. At the 
same time a combination between him 
and Mr. Thomas would, in the eyes of 
the sponsors for the enterprise, be 
ideal. Diplomatic negotiations to 
that end are in progress at the pres- 
ent time. 

Charles Frohman's assumption of 
the lease of the Lyceum for the next 
three years indicates his brother has 
made other plans for that period. 



POWERS MAY SWITCH. 

As the result of several close con- 
ferences with Sam H. Harris, of Co- 
han & Harris, James T. Powers, the 
comedian who was last starred undor 
the Shuberts' banner, will very like- 
ly annex his name to a C. & H. con- 
tract. 

Mr. Powers still continues his hunt, 
for a suitable starring piece. It is 
understood Cohan & Harris have 
Powers in view for one of their new- 
plays that they have on the producing 
table. 



FERNANDA ELISCU 



PLYMOUTH, REPERTOIRE HOUSE. 

Boston, Nov. 8. 

The new Plymouth theatre recently 
opened by the Lieblers, will be a re- 
pertoire house exclusively, beginning 
in March. The theatre will of- 
fer such people in the cast, as George 
Arliss, Mary Mannering, Margaret An- 
glln, Lennox Pawle and George Gld- 
dons. In addition to these artists, 
scores of the younger actors and ac- 
tresses of the Llebler companies will 
be sent here to show their real worth. 

The plays to be produced will range 
from the Shakespearian order to those 
of the present time. Original produc- 
tions and works will also be tried. 
There will be no change in prices. 



14 



VARIETY 



"POP" PRICE "WHEEL" CIRCUIT 
OF "SM ALL TIM ERS" SOUTH 

Clarence Wies,, Has Thirty Towns Lined Up. Playing 
at 10-20. No "Opposition" Vaudeville Booking 

Office in N^ York. 



^TO 



To brin« in sufficient theatres 
operate a "small time" vaudeville cir- 
cuit on a burlesque "Wheel" plan, has 
been the aim of Clarence Wies, of 
the American Booking Exchange, New 
York, controlled by his father, who 
also owns a large number of legiti- 
mate theatres in the south composing 
what is known as the "Wies time." 

Mr. Wies has other southern the- 
atrical managers interested with him. 
A corporation has been formed with 
1260,000 as the capital -stock. Booking 
offices will be established In New York 
City, where complete shows will be 
routed, and sent intact over the time, 
playing a week in each stand, at ten 
and twenty cents admission. 

The benefits and advantages of the 
Wies arrangement is the compact cir- 
cuit, with transportation between 
"Jumps" averaging about $2.60. 

The "Wheel" plan, if proven suc- 
cessful in this venture, will be ex- 
tended to other sections of the coun- 
try, by Mr. Wies, who will draw for 
available theatres upon the legitimate 
theatre connections his father's office 
has with all the "one-nighters." 

In the southern towns selected, 
many of the houses are playing stock 
or combinations, with varying suc- 
cess. Each theatre chain owner ap- 
proached readily listened to the vaude- 
ville proposal, and 'thought well 
enough of it to enlist in the propo- 
sition, without delay. In the finan- 
cing of the circuit, some of the com- 
pany's stock will be offered for sale in 
the cities where the theatres are lo- 
cated, and its promoters are well 
known. 

The towns chosen for the "Vaude- 
ville Wheel" are Houston, Galveston, 
San Antonio, Austin, Waco, Ft. Worth, 
Dallas. Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Mobile, 
New Orleans, Macon, Atlanta, Bir- 
mingham, Chattanooga, Nashville, Lit- 
tle Rock, Hot Springs, Shreveport, 
Richmond, Norfolk, Greensboro, Char- 
lotte. Columbia, Charleston, Savannah, 
Augusta, Jacksonville, Montgomery. 

In none of these cities, said Mr. Wies 
to a Variety representative, would his 
houses be looked upon as "opposi- 
tion." 

The location of the local booking 
office and its manager will be decided 
upon this week. 



/ 



PICTURE ORDINANCE READY. 

An ordinance to place the moving 
pictures in New York under muni- 
cipal control was handed to Mayor 
Gay nor this week. It was prepared 
by a committee appointed by the 
Mayor. 

In replying to an attack made upon 
the National Board of Censors by the 
Woman's Municipal League, and print- 
ed in the World, John Collier, secre- 
tary to the Board, claimed the Cen- 
sors had ordered the destruction of 



films amounting in money to $ 1,200,- 
000.^ 

Mr. Collier had nothing to say on 
the subject of the morbid and ghastly 
films passed by the Board, and which 
have resulted in an agitation that 
will sooner or later place the entire 
moving picture business under the 
strictest of supervision by either na- 
tional or local authorities. 

But last week the Pathe Weekly 
shown in one" of the largest vaudeville 
theatres in Nsw York that draws its 
matinees almost entirely from women 
and children, displayed a murder 
scene which occurred in the west 
somewhere, so far away no one in the 
house may have heard of It before the 
sheet told the story. 

The National Board has been par- 
ticularly partial to murders in mov- 
ing pictures, ever since Its inception. 
By the picture people the Censor 
Board has been a moment of laugh- 
ter when thought of. The Motion 
Picture Patents Co. ("The Trust" of 
the picture business), made its cen- 
soring meetings strictly private from 
the trade papers. The impression es- 
caped at that time, ever since at 
large, that the Motion Picture Pat- 
ents Co. has always been the Board 
of Censors, with the others connected 
with the Board closely resembling the 
mute figures seen on the sheet. 



NO ROOF ORCHESTRA. 

The orchestra no longer plays for 
the acts on the New York Roof. The 
string instrument boys found the 
grind too hard, especially on the "try 
out" nights and claiming additional 
pay for the "extra music," quit their 
posts when no additional mazuma was 
handed out. 

The Roof Orchestra now consists of 
a piano and drums. 



GREAT BUSINESS AT 10-20. 

"Billy, the Kid," is some kiddo. 
anyway down around the Pennsylva- 
nia villages of which Allentown forms 
a part. 

At Allentown, Oct. 28, "Billy" on 
its seventh return date in the town 
and playing to 10-20-30 and 60 cents 
gathered in people the capacity of the 
theatre (1,422 persons), turning into 
the box office $347.35 in cash. 

At the matinee there were over 
1,000 people in the house, represent- 
ing $133, or about thirteen cents per 
person. 

The show is averaging between 
$300 and $350 each performance in 
Pennsylvania, and seems to be the 
opposite answer to the highest priced 
productions on the one-nighters. The 
attractions graded between these two 
extremes are experiencing trouble in 
preventing themselves slow death 
from attendance starvation. 



BLAMING POOR SHOWS ON AGENT. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 

Having passed out of the control of 
Alfred E. Hamburger, the Century the- 
atre is booking independent. Manager 
Bruce, made a curtain announcement 
at last night's show that would seem to 
explain why tfce booking was taken 
away from the Earl J. Cox office, where 
Hamburger was located until recently. 

In explaining the reasons for the dis- 
appointment of an illustrated singer, 
the house manager made an open apol- 
ogy for the inferior quality of some of 
the acts that had been appearing there 
in the past and unhesitatingly placed 
the blame on the former booking 
agent. 

He concluded by announcing a 
change in the booking arrangements 
and promising a better class of shows 
in the future. 



LOSES RED BANK. 

The Empire, Red Bank, L. I., is 
reported by the Family Department 
of the United Booking Offices as be- 
ing an absentee from its books after 
two years of labor. 

Fred Bondy who handled the book- 
ings of the house, said it required a 
great deal of time every week explain- 
ing to acts what and where Red Bank 
was. 



JOE WOOD IN CHICAGO. 

Joe Wood is thinking of locating 
in Chicago. He says he could start 
something out there. 




THEATRE OWNER IN BANKRUPTCY 

Boston, Nov. 8. 

H. Douglas Campbell, an attorney, 
filed a voluntary petition in bank- 
ruptcy in the United States district 

urt, giving his liabilities as $209,637 
and his chief asset the Cambridge the- 
atre, Cambridge. 

The theatre property which is in the 
name of John B. Holt, a trustee, is 
valued at $125,000. There are three 
mortgages on the property. He owes 
$55,000 to 160 unsecured creditors. 
Six of the creditors who have large 
sums coming to them, are secured. 



BOTH ST. ROOF GARDEN. 

F. F. Proctor filed plans with the 
Building Department Monday for the 
construction of a roof garden on top 
of his 68th street theatre. The archi- 
tect Is John W. Morrow. The stage 
is to be on the Third avenue side and 
the roof of the palm garden at the 
other end is to be used as a prome- 
nade. 

The orchestra is to take the form 
of a circle of Italian pergolas, the bal- 
cony to resemble the roof of a pergola. 
A movable glass roof will permit of 
the place being used throughout the 
year. 



PICTURES TO ANALYZE MEAT. 

Paris, Nov. l. 
The moving picture is being pat to 
a new use at the slaughter houses in 
Paris, and the quality of meat will be 
determined by this means. Pictures 
will be taken of freshly killed cattle 
and then projected before sanitary in- 
spectors. It is anticipated that the 
films will establish which cattle are fit 
for human food. Butchers and cattle 
dealers will be permitted to attend the 
exhibition. 



PHILADELPHIA HOUSE SOLD. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 8. 

The Alhambra recently built and 
opened several weeks ago at Twelfth 
and Morris streets has changed hands. 
At syndicate in which W. W. Miller, 
who is also interested in the William 
Penn, Girard, Forepaugh's and Amer- 
ican In this city has secured a long 
lease on the house and will operate it 
as a "pop" vaudeville and picture 
house. 

Gardner, Millgrim and Hopkins bujlt 
the Alhambra, which was formerly an 
old market building. It is said the 
cost was close to $90,000. The price 
secured from the new buyers is re- 
ported as $127,000. There are various 
reports concerning the business done 
since the house opened. Miller will 
spend some money fixing up the place. 

The former owners cleaned up about 
$35,000 on the deal and will probably 
build one or two more houses on spec- 
ulation. They have three sites in view, 
holding options on two. The M. W. 
Taylor Agency has been supplying the 
acts, but it is likely that when the 
house opens under Miller's manage- 
ment the agreement with the United 
Family Department which supplies the 
William Penn will hold good for the 
Alhambra. The latter house is in op- 
position to the Plaza booked by H. 
Bart McHugh of this city. 



BILL DISCOVERS WHITEHALL. 

Whitehall, N. Y. has been discov- 
ered by BUI Delaney, the Family De- 
partment (U. B. O.) explorer, for 
vaudeville. 

Commencing next week Mr. Delaney 
will furnish the Whitehall theatre two 
acts on a "split week." Until Billy 
finds out where Whitehall is, he won i 
know what town to split It with. 



SUN MANAGERS MEET. 

Springfield, O., Nov. 8. 

The semi-annual meeting of the di- 
rectors of the National Vaudeville 
Managers Association was held here 
to day. It was attended by the fol- 
lowing: Gus Sun, O. G. Murray, Proc- 
tor Seas, Ray Andrews, Jno. McCar- 
thy, L. H. Ramsey. 

The new form of contract as decided 
upon by the Vaudeville Managers' 
Protective Association, is now being 
submitted to all managers on the Sun 
Circuit. Should the majority favor 
the new contract, it will be generally 
adopted. 



PUBLIC "MONDAY REHEARSAL." 

Boston, Nov. 8. 

"A Milkman's Matinee" would be 
quite appropriate for the name of the 
public rehearsals that Manager V. J 
Morris, of Loew's Orpheum, is holding. 
The acts go through the regular morn- 
ing rehearsal stuff. Patrons are ad- 
mitted to the house at 9 o'clock in 
the morning. The acts work as they 
would under ordinary conditions, pass- 
ing their music to the director. 

The "public rehearsals" are making 
good. On the first morning they were 
tried, following a little advertising or 
the fact, 800 people paid to see it. 



Advertising U no Inwitment 
When In VARIETY. 



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TOO CLASSY FOR WESTERN; 

ONE OO OD SHOW 'REDUCED" 

Empire Circuit Orders the Company and Performance 

Roughened Up, With New Principals Engaged. 

New Western House in Chicago; Wheeling Out. 



Chicago, Nov. 8. 

Sim Williams' newest show, "The 
Ideals," is considered by the Empire 
people to be too high-classed for their 
houses, and Sim is replacing Searl Al- 
len, the principal comedian, with Harry 
Emerson, formerly in vaudeville, who 
went to Cleveland Monday with eight 
people whom he expected to use if nec- 
essary. 

Incidentally, Emerson will put on 
another book, the Allen material being 
omitted for the Rougher style of bur- 
lesque which thel Empire Circuit de- 
mands, j 

By the acquisition of the Calumet 
here to house/Western Wheel attrac- 
tions, the Apollo, Wheeling, W. Va., is . 
dropped from the Wheel, the last show, 
Sim Williams' "Imperials," playing 
there this week. 

The Empire headB have arranged for 
"The Girls From Reno" at the Star, 
Chicago, this week to move into the 
new South Side house next week. This 
attraction was booked at the Star, 
Cleveland, for that week, but Sim 
Williams' "Ideals" were given a sec- 
ond week there in order to make some 
important changes both in the cast and 
with the burlesque part. The "Ideals" 
were originally booked for Wheeling 
next week, but have been notified to 
remain in Cleveland before making the 
next stand. 

It has been no secret that Wheeling 
■has not turned any profit on the West- 
ern Wheel burlesque business. Both 
the management and the Empire chiefs 
are glad the new policy is in vogue. 
Manager Rogers has been under a 
$1,600 guarantee weekly. 

The Empire Circuit stole a march 
on the Eastern Wheel when they closed 
for the Calumet. The house has a 
seating capacity of 1,200. It has at 
different times offered burlesque shows 
for three and four days. Last season 
when the Western Wheel had a week's 
layoff between Chicago and Cleveland, 
the Calumet qiute often picked a 
Western show to fill in a part of the 
week on a percentage basis. With few 
exceptions the engagements were 
profitable. 

The Calumet has been leased for five 
years. The shows will go to South 
Chicago from the Star. At present the 
Star receives its attractions from both 
the Folly and the Empire, both houses 
alternating in sending attractions to 
the West Side. 

The first reports about Wheeling 
separating from the Western Wheel 
arose about two weeks ago, when it 
was said the manager of that house 
refused to extend the usual weekly 
guarantee to "The Darlings of Paris." 
The show did not play the Apollo. Its 
place was taken by a "turkey." 



INJUNCTION CASE TRANSFERRED. 

St. Paul, Nov. 8. 

Upon application made late yester- 
day by attorneys for the Shuberts, the 
motion for a permanent injunction, 
applied for by Geo*. C. Benz (against 
the Shuberts and Jack Cook) was 
transferred to the United States Cir- 
cuit Court. 

The injunction applied for is to re- 
strain the Shubert theatre, this city, 
from playing Eastern Burlesque 
Wheel attractions. The Shuberts 
leased the house from Benz. Cook is 
present manager. 



MANAGER MARRIES ON STAGE. 

St Paul, Nov. 8. 
To-night upon the stage of the 
Shubert theatre, Manager Edward 
Davidson, of "The Crusoe Girls" 
(playing here this week) will marry 
Vivian McBrien, a chorister with the 
troupe, it is announced. 



AUNT WITH A ROLL. 

Violini, the eccentric violinist with 
"The Pink Lady" at the New Amster- 
dam,- will be featured at the head of 
a burlesque show next season The 
young man has a doting aunt of means 
who has agreed to place a $15,000 
bankroll at his disposal for that pur- 
pose. 

The book is now being written l»y 
Leon Erroll, music by Ted Snyder. 
Tom Dingle will be cast for one of the 
principal roles in the Violini show. 



HONORING A COUPLE. 

C. B. Daniels christened twin boys 
last Sunday at his home in Brooklyn. 

One of the boys was named Edgar 
Martell, the Edgar being for Edgar 
Selden. The Martell is for Harry Mar- 
tell. 



GORDON A NORTH STILL FIXING. 

Dan Dody was in Washington last 
week, with a commission from the 
Gordon & North office to whip "The 
Passing Parade" into better shape. 
Mr. Dody put in some new singing 
and dancing numbers, and gave the 
chorus a lot of extra rehearsals. 

Gordon & North also expect to make 
a change or two in "The Merry Whirl," 
in Boston this week. 

The Misses Frances Paon and Ely 
will join "The Passing Parade" show 
in Baltimore. 



JOINING "THE GAY WIDOWS." 

The Louis Oberworth show on the 
Western Burlesque Wheel, "The Gay 
Widows" is having chunks of ginger 
placed in it by Mr. Oberworth. 

John C. Hart has been specially 
engaged to play a "dope" and Blanche 
Gordon is an added member of the 
cast. 

Carleton and Carleton have joined 
the show, replacing Ross and Stewart. 



ABOUT **THE MAJE8TICS." 

It is a slow week in burlesque when 
there's no news of J. Goldenberg's 
"Majesties" on the Eastern Burlesque 
Wheel. 

The show is laying off this week, 
to rehearse. Its routed stand at the 
Gayety, Brooklyn, is being filled in 
by "The Columbia Burlesquers," a 
show that would otherwise have been 
resting for the week. Montreal will 
fill it in on the Wheel, when the new 
house there opens. 

While rehearsing, "The Majesties" 
will substitute a burlesque, calloi 
"Senator McPhee," which John T. 
Kelly played at one time. T. F. 
Thomas and John E. Caine have been 
added to the principals. The company 
played the old Geo. W. Rice and 
Thomas first part last week. It Is 
of the two old sports. Mr. Thomas 
put it on. 

Changes occur rapidly in "The Ma- 
jesties." When Thomas appeared on 
the scene a couple of weeks ago, Joe 
Emerson abruptly left. His brother 
Harry had gone before him, replaced 
by Johnny McVeigh. Now McVeigh 
is out, with Calne playing opposite 
Thomas. 

Last Saturday at Schenectady May 
Walsh left the company, and will join 
"The Columbia Burlesquers." 

The Three Connolly Sisters and the 
Field Brothers may also be present 
members of "The Majesties." Joe Em- 
erson, the former comedian of the 
troupe, will engage with "Vanity 
Fair," it is said. 

"The Majesties" should play the 
Olympic, New York, next week. 

"The Majesties" will give a special 
show this Saturday night for the 
Eastern Wheel people. 



DIVORCE FOR DESERTION. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 
Arthur Weinberg, stage manager 
with a burlesque show now in the 
east, has brought suit here in the Cir- 
cuit Court for a divorce from his wife, 
known professionally as Margie 
Thompson, formerly a member of 
"The Girl of My Dreams" company. 
Desertion is charged. 



NEW FACES IN "COLLEGE GIHLS. ' 

At Albany for the last three days of 
this week, Max Spiegel's "Collece 
Girls" will be reinforced by Harvey 
Green, May Walsh and Maurice Wood. 
They replace Harry Presscott, Aurelia 
Marlowe and Edna Maze. 



STEVENS STILL WITH THE SHOW. 

Leo Stevens denies the report he 
has severed connections with the "Co- 
lumbia Burlesquers." The only man 
claimed to be out of the show is Ford 
West, who was replaced by Will Arm- 
strong. 



TAKING CARE OF THE ILL. 

St. Louis, Nov. 8. 

Gladys Greening, of the Al. Reeves 
Beauty Show chorus, although left be- 
hind here, owing to a sudden Illness, 
was not forgotten by the company. A 
subscription, headed by Catherine 
Crawford, was sent to the girl. 

Al Reeves gave Miss Greening a 
full week's salary and arranged for 
a sleeper and transportation to what- 
ever point Miss Greening may be able 
to rejoin the company. 



DIDN'T LIKE BURLESQUERS. 

New Orleans', Noy. 8. 

The return of burlesque to New Or- 
leans Sunday didn't get a very fancy 
start. 

John Grieves put on the stock show, 
at the Greenwall, and called it "The 
Fay Foster Burlesquers." 

It's quite some time since the Green- 
wall held the Eastern Wheel shows, 
but the Old Guard turned out. One 
thing about the Old Guard has always 
been a marked feature of their burles- 
que attendance; their memories are re- 
markable for longevity. 

Before the show had fairly com- 
menced, the Old Guard started little 
Interpolated remarks, and expressed 
their opinion of the performance so 
violently that at one time it seemed 
doubtful if the show would pull 
through unscathed. 

Mr. Grieves very likely got right to 
work on his actors Monday morning. 
They needed some more rehearsing, 
also some new material, besides many 
other things that a burlesque show, to 
make money in New Orleans, must 
have. 



3 SHOWS ELECTION DAY. 

Johnstown, Pa., Nov. 8. 
Counihan & Shannon's "Queens of 
the Folles Bergere" (Western Wheel) 
gave three performances here Election 
Day, one In the afternoon and two at 
night. For the midnight show, with 
election returns as a feature, every 
seat was sold the day before. 



"MOTHER SAVAGE** ALL RIGHT. 

Louisville, Nov. 8. 
"Mother" Savage, a familiar char- 
acter well known to the profession, Is 
not dead as reported. She is still at 
her old stand over the Buckingham 
theatre. "Mother" Is particularly 
well known among the burlesque men 
and women. 



FIXING UP "TOWN" SHOW. 

Jack Singer, who is spending a few 
weeks with the Halliday and Curley 
show, "Painting the Town" (Eastern 
Wheel) on Its western trip, Is making 
a number of changes with the attrac- 
tion. He expects to bolster up all the 
weak ends before the show reaches 
New York. 

May Shirk, the Philadelphia so- 
prano, who has a voice of exquisite 
tone and sweetness, according to the 
advanced notices, is still with "Paint- 
ing The Town" as prima donna, and 
will come into New York with the 
company, appearing for the first time 
here. 



MONTREAL NEXT SEASON. 

Montreal, Nov. 8. 
It is practically settled the new 
Gayety in tnis c'ly, for tan East 31 n 
Burlesque Wheel, v/:ll not open as a 
spoke before the season of '12-'13. 

The Montreal house, according to 
the present plans of the Columbia 
Amusement Co., will replace Hobokeu 
on its Eastern's route sheet. Tb* 
contract to play burlesque in Mobokeu 
expires with this season. The pres- 
ent intention is not to renew it. 
Otherwise as just now contemplated, 
the Eastern route will remain intaci 
next season. 



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New York, Nov. ?. 
Editor Variety,: 

Would like to set you right on 
Simc'8 review of our act at the Fifth 
Avenue. He said we are now doing 
Bert Melrose's table trick. Did he 
ever see our act when my partner 
Mr. O'Donnell did not do the fall? 

My partner first did the fall from 
the ladder alone before Mr. Melroao 
ever did comedy, when he was doing 
"straight" for the Melrose Troupe. 
First Mr. O'Donnell did it on one 
table, then two. Now, we claim to 
do the highest fall ever done by any 
comedy acrobatic act. 

Here is the point I want to get at. 
Why give Melrose credit for the table 
fall as though he were the originator? 
This is where I want to tell Sime be 
is wrong. Melrose took the trick 
from Johnnie La Maze, of La Maze, 
Quail and Blaise. Mr. La Maze was 
doing it with the La Maze Trio. Mel- 
rose first saw the trick when with the 
Melrose Troupe, practicing in Brldfee 
port. The La Maze Trio played there. 
It was before Melrose was with Ken* 
nedy. La Maze does not claim to be 
the originator. It was done years be- 
foro La Maze did it. 

Because Melrose had the nerve 
enough to put an advertisement in 
the papers, with a cut of the trick 
and under it "The originator of the 
above fall," you, like a good many 
others, may have fallen for it. 

If you want to give credit to any 
oue, try and find the originator. This 
same thing has come up many times 
with acts that do the table trick. 
They all seem to think Variety, gives 
Melrose credit simply because he 
keeps an ad in Variety*, 

But I honestly think Sime tries his 
very best to be fair, and he thought 
Melrose was really the originator of 
the trick. 

Trust that you will, if Interested 
enough, look into this and learn for 
yourself if we took the trick from 
Melrose. Dave Lane. 

(Lane and O'Donnell) 

To my best recollection Bert Mel- 
rose was the first and only comedy 
acrobat I had seen doing the high 
chair fall referred to by Mr. Lane, 
until I saw the Lane and O'Donnell 
act perform the same trick, altered 
by the substitution of a step-ladder 
for a chair, together with all the 
comedy business Mr. Melrose used 
(such as swaying back and forth be- 
fore finally falling), at the Fifth Ave- 
nue theatre last week. I did not say 
Mr. Melrose was the originator. I do 
not know who is. But around New 
York I do know that Mr. Melrose is 
looked upon as the performer who 
first presented this tr'ck in the way 
he does it. If Mr. O'Donnell, Mr. La 
Maze or anyone else did it in a simi- 



lar way before Mr. Melrose, the mat- 
ter >of proof is a very simple one. 

Sime. 



Brooklyn, Nov. 6. 
Editor Variety: 

Regarding Variety's review of "The 
Bon Tons," I want to set you right 
about the "kid talk" which your write- 
up said was chosen from Mable Bar- 
rison. That is a mistake. The 
choosing was on the other side, by 
Joe Howard and Miss Barrlson. I 
joined their show, "The Flower of the 
Ranch" and put my specialty into it, 
Mr. Howard, Mr. Denim and Miss Bar- 
rlson all doing straight for me in dif- 
ferent places. 

When the show closed, Mr. Howard 
and Miss- Barrlson went into vaude- 
ville, and took one or two of the dog 
jokes, also all of the "kid talk." 

It is my own. original and copy- 
righted, in a sketch of mine called 
"True Irish Love." Bert Baker. 



OBITUARY 

Kyrle Bellew died Nov. 3 at Salt 
Lake City of pneumonia. He had 
been starring in "The Mollusc" and 
had been ill for about a week when the 
end came. A funeral service was 
held at Salt Lake, and the body ship- 
ped to New York for interment. Mr. 
Bellew was born in Calcutta in 1857. 
He made his stage debut in Australia 
in 1874, and came to England for 
Henry Irving in the early '80's. 



Amy Bennett, wife of Ned Bennett, 
bone soloist, died at her home in 
Brooklyn, Oct. 29, after a few days' 
illness. 



The father of Eddie Lindeman (Lin- 
deman and Lloyd) died in New Albany, 
Ind., Oct. 31. 



Boston, Nov. 8. 
William M. Corey, leading man of 
the Qulncy Adams Sawyer company 
and a resident of South Boston, died 
at Adrian, Mich., last week, of heart 
disease, while playing with the com- 
pany. He was a member of the Castle 
Square Stock Company about a year 
ago. Mr. Corey was sixty-one years 
old. 



KrastiiN Swope, brother of Charles 
Barton, died at his Long Island home 
last week. 



Hartley Mully died Nov. 7 at Belle- 
view Hospital, leaving a widow and 
six children. The deceased was 58 
years old. 



"THE SKIRT" SAYS 

SPEAUNG OP WOMAN, MOSTLY. 



Prom what I hear there was a se- 
quel to that little banquest tendered 
Gaby Deslys last week in a Broadway 
restaurant. The affair was to have 
been held at the Winter Garden but 
so many invited failed to appear on 
time, the groupe present adjourned 
to the restaurant. There was a goodly 
crowd, and the press agent did not 
forget to say that J. J. Shubert sat 
with Mile. Deslys at the head of the 
table. The next day the restaurant 
man sent around his bill to the donor 
of the feed. It was about $947. But 
the donor had departed without leav- 
ing an address according to the story. 
It was talked about at the Winter Gar- 
den when the party was announced 
that Gaby thought she would have It 
just to show the girls the reports 
around about her being Harry Lauder's 
rival as a spendthrift were incorrect. 
So the renamed gentleman who pre- 
sented her with the outburst of eats 
and drinks was pressed into tho oc- 
casion. There has been some friction 
between the Winter Garden's princi- 
pal women. Mile. Deslys and Doro- 
thy Jardon are said to love each other 
dearly, but not for publication. When 
Miss Jordan heard about the spread, 
she murmured loud enough for all 
the other principals to hear that if 
Dorothy Jordon ever wanted a glass 
of beer, she could get the nickel to 
pay for it herself. This is reported 
to have hurt the attendance at Gaby's 
party. 



Election Day around the Winter 
Garden wasn't much different from 
the usual polling places. I was pass- 
ing the Garden when I saw the hus- 
band of Belle Baker on ths other side 
of the street, talking to three young 
men. Some money passed, and then 
the young men started toward the 
box office. It struck me as a reckless 
way to gather a "clacque." I was 
dying to find out how much had been 
given to each, for somehow it occured 
to me Mr. Baker was putting the sp- 
plauders for his wife in the cheapest 
peats. 



A vaudeville team, divorced, but 
still playing together, are now on 
speaking terms for the first time since 
the beginning of their marital difficul- 
ties. It is a source of considerable 
amusement to hear the ex-wife say to 
ex-hubby when he enters the theatre: 
"How are you feeling to-night honey?" 
to which there is a similarly affection- 
ate response, usually as follows: "Fine, 
dear, and how are you?" The divorce 
may make the difference. 



The mother of Amy Butler died 
Oct. 19. 



I caught three famous vaudevilllans 
slumming Saturday night. They were 
Nellie Revell, Lillian Shaw and Maude 
Ryan. The first two had Miss Rynn 
in Churchill's for supper. Maude was 
all duded up. If the bunch at tho 
Saratoga could have seen her, they 
would have died on the spot. She 
wore one of those French little caps 
on the back of her head, as though 
training for a nurse, and couldn't pull 
it over straight until tbe diploma ar- 



rived. Maude looked natural and as 
if she had been in Churchill's before, 
until she saw me — then she winked, 
and I knew that she knew. Of course, 
Nellie and Lillian are used to those 
places, but to be off Dearborn street 
for Maude is a novelty. Oh, yes, 
Charley Innes was eating at the same 
time at Mock's. 



I heard the other day the inside 
story of the withdrawal of Fanchon 
Thompson from the .cast of "The Wife 
Hunters." It seems that throughout the 
entire rehearsals Lew Fields never 
once heard the voice of his prospective 
prima donna, nor did anybody else 
with the production. Coming to the 
show with her large foreign and Amer- 
ican reputation as a successful grand 
opera singer, nobody had the courage 
to ask Miss Thompson to "show." 
Throughout the rehearsals she merely 
whistled her solos, which was supposed 
to be all right until the final dress re- 
hearsal, when Fields, growing anxious, 
said: "You're a fine whistler, Miss 
Thompson, but I'd like to hear you 
sing, if you will please." Smiling 
sweetly, Miss Thompson answered: 
"Oh, we don't sing at rehearsals in Eu- 
rope." When Fields echoed a polite 
but firm insistence the grand opera 
woman left the theatre and sent word 
from her hotel she was "Indisposed." 
There is some talk now, I understand, 
of suits and countersuits. 



Loyalty to one's country is sponsor 
for the return of Jack Lorimer and Mb 
wife to the other side. They sail next 
Wednesday and will go at once to Mrs. 
Lorimer'8 home where they will await 
the arrival of the stork to bring 
another little Heilan laddie. 



Some thousands of dollars, or very 
many hundreds anyway are the in- 
vestment made by Alice Lloyd in a 
seal coat. The coat looks to me as 
though it will start a panic among the 
ladies of the stage who are noted as 
"good dressers, on and off." 



RORKE'S NEW PIECE. 

"Half Way to Paris" is the name 
of the new musical comedy produc- 
tion Sam Rorke Is preparing to send 
out. It will open at Atlantic City 
about Thanksgiving, that place hav- 
ing been insisted upon for the pre- 
miere by Maurice Levi, who wrote the 
music for the show. Billy McKenna 
did the lyrical work, and Paul M. 
Potter furnished the book. 

Among the principals engaged ; s 
Walter Lawrence. 

Mr. Levi will take a day off to see 
the opening performance. It will be 
the flr6t separation from his band, 
since the organization under Mr. 
Levi's direction started the present 
run at Churchill's seventeen months 
ago. It is the record run for a band 
in America. 



H. W. Simmons, a former Boston 
and Washlntgon newspaper man, is the 
new dramatic critic of the Journal of 
Commerce. 



VARIETY 



17 



PARIS 

BY EDWARD O. KENDREW 



Paris, Nov. 1. 
The case of Elizabeth Ha worth, de- 
scribed as an American actress, who 
is suing a Marseilles stockbroker nam- 
ed Mosse, for $800 damages for wrong- 
ful arrest, was before the Paris Courts 
last week and adjourned. The ac- 
tion Is a sequel to the Imprisonment 
of the actress for three weeks, while 
awaiting trial on a charge brought 
against her by Mosse of obtaining $80 
worth of goods by using his name. It 
was shown at the trial that the parties 
met on the train and became friendly, 
afterward stopping at the Grand Ho- 
tel, Paris, during which time Miss 
Haworth ordered certain clothing. The 
defense was that Mosse had authorized 
th!s. The court acquitted her, hence 
the present action for damages. 



The revue at the Olympla has 
proved to be, up to the present, the 
greatest success of this house. 



The first novelty of the season, at 
the Varieties, will be "Les Favorites," 
by Alfred Capus. The principal role 
will be held by Manager Samuel's 
favorite, Mile. Eve Lavalllere, who 
has not been seen in Paris for quite 
a while, due to a long and dangerous 
illness. Others listed are Max Dearly, 
Brasseur, Morlcey, Guy, Prince, Mmes. 
Marie Magnier and Jeanne Saulier. 



In the new, work by Henri Gheon, 
entitled "Du Pan" (Bread) to be 
given at the Theatre dee Arts as soon 
as Jacques Rouche finds the revival 
of "Les Freres Karamazov" falls to 
draw to his nice little house (so far 
out of the way), one scene will show 
the interior of a bakery in operation. 
Rehearsals have commenced. 



The Eldorado, Nice, reopens today 
after extensive and unfortunate alter- 
ations. 

An acrobat named Mann-Rat was 
fatally injured at the matinee at the 
Nouveau Cirque Oct. 11, while per- 
forming the "Human Top." Mounted 
on a big gyroscope, which he caused 
to revolve by the aid of pedals, he 
was accustomed to Jump from the top 
when it was turning outward. On this 
occasion the shaft broke. The acro- 
bat fell Into the ring, fracturing his 
skull and breaking several ribs. 



"Le Coup de Telephone" by Paul 
Gavault, a new comedy, will be pro- 
duced at the Theatre Rejane. The 
managresB will play a leading part. 
It Is an amusing role. The revue 
by Rip and Bousquet will not be 
ready until early in the new year. 
— These authors have been commiss- 
ioned to write the revue for the Am- 
bassadeurs next summer. 



The spectacular play "La Course 
aux Dollars," will not be ready for 
production until Nov. 9. 



cert, in the place of the actor Brule. 
This slim lady is, of course, more of 
a vaudeville artiste than an actress, 
so it is not astonishing to see her 
again on a music hall bill. But it 
will surprise many when known that 
Manager Flateau's negotiation with 
the actress, Marthe Regnier, are con- 
sumated, she will be found on the pro- 
gram at La Clgale. 



A comptany has been formed at 
Bordeaux, under the name of E. Du- 
fey, Lescouzeres, G. Mauret & Lefage. 
for the purpose of taking over the Al- 
hambra, Apollo, Bouffes, Casino d'- 
Ete, and Theatre Francais, all situated 
at Bordeaux. 



On account of the assassination of 
the president of the Council of Min- 
isters, M. Stolyplne, severe orders 
have been given concerning the entry 
into Russia of travelers with firearms 
and weapons of any kind. All per- 
sons with such articles in their posses- 
sion (even stage properties) are at 
present refused admission. 

The lady ushers of Paris are again 
agitating asking for a salary from the 
theatre where they are working, and 
not be constrained to beg from the 
audience. As there are so many for- 
eigners patronizing the Paris houses 
the recourse of these women is to 
show a card on which is written in 
English, German and Spanish "Please 
give me a tip." They get no salary 
from the theatre, and in many In- 
stances have to pay a fee each evening 
to the fellow owning the concession 
for supplying the ushers In order to 
hold their place, so there is a certain 
excuse for their Inveterate pestering 
for the "petit benefice," as they term 
It 




Mile. Polaire successfully debuted 
In the revue at the Clgale Cafe con- 



ALLEN CURZON. 
Of the Curt on Slitera. 

Doris Hardy, last season with "The 
Confession," has been engaged by 
James L. Lederer to play the leading 
female role in the Charles Dickson 
comedy sketch, "The Hoodoo." 



LONDON 

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W. BUCHANAN TAYLOR, Repre.entative. 

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above, will be promptly forwarded. 



London, Nov. 1. 
The management of the New Mid- 
dlesex has been given to Albert Mit- 
chell of the Moss Empire Staff. The 
Palladium, Brighton, previously known 
as the Alhambra, was specially reno- 
vated for the opening Monday. 



Jimmy Glover has proven hfmself 
quite a great showman. The way he 
handled the "All-British" Band, at 
the Flnsbury Park Empire has shown 
that he has not altogether wasted his 
time at Drury Lane. His success 
has been so great contracts are be- 
ing pushed through for a Provincial 
tour at something like $1,500 per 
week. 



Fred Kitchen won his case against 
Herbert Darnley last week. It arose 
out of the question as to whether 
Darnley had an option on Kitchen's 
services after February, 1913. Kit- 
chen's salary is $360 per week. The 
Judge held that, there was no con- 
tract in existence binding Mr. Kitchen 
to appear in Mr. Darnley's sketches 
after February, 1913. Notice of ap- 
peal was given. 



This week Fred Karno has ten 
sketches playing in London. They 
include "Wontedetania" at the Pal- 
ladium, "The Smoking Concert" at 
the Holborn Empire, "Who's Who" at 
Kilburn and "The Mumming Birds" 
at the Euston. Karno tells me that 
he has more to follow. His latest is 
"Night and Morning." 



Thomas Beecham announces he will 
produce opera in New York, either 
this or next season. It is his desire 
to give two operatic festivals, one of 
the Richard Strauss operas, and the 
other of Mozart operas. 

David Devant has decided to put 
on a number of new illusions at St. 
Georges Hall, and afterward play 
them In the provinces. 



"The Mousme" at the Shaftesbury 
has been improved and is now cer- 
tain to have a long tun. More free- 
dom has been allowed the comedians, 
and Dan Rolyat in particular is giv- 
ing of the kind of comedy which 
brought him to the front. There 
will be three companies on tour with 
the Japanese play after Christmas. 



BIG SETBACK FOB MELO-DRAMA. 

New Orleans, Nov. 8. 
The defeat of reciprocity by the 
Canadians is going to have a far- 
reaching effect on melo-drama, ac- 
cording to Robert Owen, manager of 
the Owen Repertoire Co., which gives 
a different show every afternoon and 
night. Mr. Owen was here Sunday. 
He says that nearly every one of the 
"mellers" has a snow scene in It, In 
fact, If we are to believe Mr. Owen, 



most of the shows were written 
around snow. 

Asked what effect snow scenes and* 
the defeat of reciprocity would have, 
Mr. Owen replied: "The Canadians 
produce most of the paper used in 
this country, and they have been ad- 
vancing the price steadily each suc- 
ceeding year, until the cost of the fin- 
est white paper is today exorbitant. 
It is this paper that we employ in our 
snow scenes, and we have given it the 
name of snow paper.' Last season the 
high cost of 'snow paper' cut the 
profits of the rep. shows in half, and 
we had hoped that the pact contem- 
plated would bring the price of this 
essential property back to where it 
formerly was, but that is now impos- 
sible. 

"Yes, sir," concluded Mr. Owen, 
"we are going to eschew snow scenes 
and 'snow paper' altogether. There 
will be no arrival home of the hero on 
Christmas night. Every production we 
offer will be laid in the good old sum- 
mer time. The defeat of reciprocity 
and the present cost of 'snow paper' 
has made this imperative." 



POP LEGIT. HOUSE. 

Chicago, Nov. 1. 

A new combination theatre is iu 
course of construction at Belmont and 
Sheffield avenues, that, when com- 
pleted, will play traveling combina- 
tion shows at popular prices. 

The owners are Frank Gazzolo. one 
of the proprietors of the Imperial In 
West Madison street, and Robert E. 
Rick son, who is operating the Crown, 
in West Division street. 

The house will have a capacity of 
1,000 seats on the lower floor and 
box es, with 800 additional seats in 
the balcony. 



SUGGESTS BONDING ACTORS. 

Toronto, Nov. 8. 

Through the stranding of "The 
French Maids" here last week, a Sud- 
bury paper is out with a proposition 
that Canada obliges American actors 
coming into this country to be placed 
under a bond which would guarantee 
their railroad transportation back to 
the states. 

It might have been hailed as a good 
idea by the Canadians, but It found 
birth in Sudbury, so of course, that 
lets it out. 



TULIiV MARSHALL PLACES PIECE. 

"The Case of Mary Turner," a new 
play by Tully Marshall, has been ac- 
cepted by the Dreyfus-Fellner com- 
pany and will be produced sometime 
around the first of the year. 

Marshall himself will rehearse the 
company. 



Clay Smith and the Melnotte Twins 
separate this week, they having just 
completed a tour at the Orpheum cir- 
cuit. 



i8 



VARIETY 



WHY "THE POX" DELAY. 

The production of "The Fox" by 
John Cort and Oliver Morosco has been 
indefinitely postponed, for some mys- 
terious reason. Lee Arthur, the au- 
thor of the piece, gives as an excuse 
for the postponement that the manag- 
ers would not give him an adequate 
cast and that he will not permit the 
piece to be presented until such time 
as the management meets his views. 

"The Fox" was originally tried out 
for a week in stock in Los Angeles by 
Oliver Morosco. One of the local pa- 
pers, in reviewing the performance, 
stated that the authorship should not 
be credited to Mr. Arthur, but to Har- 
old McGrath, who had written a novel 
along similar lines. 

Mr. Morosco was very much wrought 
up over the Imputation of plagiarism 
and repaired to the office of the news- 
paper, threatening a suit for libel un- 
less there was published an immediate 
retraction and apology. The eauor 
smiled indulgently, tossed Morosco a 
copy of McGrath's novel and advised 
him to read the book. Morosco took 
the book home, but returned it to the 
editor the following morning with an 
apology. 

It is now said that the Bobbs-Merrill 
Company, publishers of Harold Mc- 
Grath's books, has notified the Messrs. 
Cort and Morosco that they will have 
to be consulted before any further 
presentments of "The Fox" are con- 
templated. This may account for the 
present inactivity of the producers 
with regard to the sending of the play 
on tour. 



RECORDS ALBANY HOUSE LEASE. 

There was recorded in Albany, N. 
Y., lately, a ten-year lease of the 
former Clinton theatre in that town, 
now in course of completion. 

The lease was issued by the R. & 
G. Corporation to the Albany Grand 
Theatre Co. The annual rental ap- 
proximates $15,000. The Clinton 
will be renamed the Grand before the 
opening, expected to occur about Jan. 
ir». The policy is announced as legi- 
timate bookings through Klaw & Er- 
1 anger. 

Chas. L. Robinson is president of 
the Albany Grand Co.; Max Spelgl is 
treasurer and general manager. Ed- 
ward Beckert and Mr. Robinson are 
the principals of the R. & G. Corpora- 
tion, which secured the uncompleted 
theatre for $70,000, from the Bunt- 
ing-Bull Co. of New York, the latter 
having purchased it at a forced sale 
for $69,000. 

The house was first started by H. 
R. Jacobs, who now has a suit for 
damages against the Albany County 
Savings Bank, alleging that through 
the failure of the bank to make a 
loan upon the property, as promised 
him by the president of the institu- 
tion, whom Marcus T. Hun succeeded, 
lie (Jacobs) lost the building. Upon 
the refusal of the bank to make the 
advance, the property was sold, and 
bought in by the Bunting-Bull Co., 
the contractors, to protect themselves. 



GIVING UP QUEBEC. 

Montreal, Nov. 8. 

With the ending of this season, the 
Canadian Circuit will relinquish its 
possession of the Auditorium, Quebec. 

The house was first leased by Clark 
Brown, present general manager of 
the Circuit. He subsequently turned 
it over to Chas. W. Bennett, when 
the latter formed the Bennett Circuit. 
The five years' lease then secured ex- 
pires May 1, 1912. The house has- 
nt^been profitable for the past couple 
of years. 



1ZZY MAY TAKE A TRY. 

Chicago. Nov. 8. 
Persistent rumors are in circula- 
tion to the effect that Thurston's 
Chicago Museum in State street is 
shortly to be converted into a stock 
burlesque house under the manage- 
ment of Izzy Weingarten, who was a 
former manager when the resort was 
operated as the Trocadero burlesque 
theatre. At present the place is being 
managed by a local moving picture 
film concern. 



ACADEMY'S EXTENSIVE REPAIRS. 

Charles W. Lamb, architect, has 
filed plans with the Building Depart- 
ment for some radical alterations to 
the Academy of Music, the work to be 
done immediately. The vestibule and 
lobby on the Fourteenth street side 
will be given over to stores, two 
stories high, whiph will bring in a rev- 
enue estimated at $38,000 a year, ma- 
terially reducing the enormous rental 
of $104,000 which William Fox pays 
annually. 

In addition to the stores the audi- 
torium is to undergo complete reno- 
vation, redecoration and refurnishing, 
with a new stage built and fitted with 
all modern appliances. The total cost 
of the alterations and renovations is 
placed at $111,472. 



FoU LaFollette recently married to 
George Middleton, the playwright, has 
been engaged as leading woman for 
"The Scarecrow" in which Henry B. 
Harris will feature Frank Relcher. 
The show will be sent on tour in De- 
cember. 



NEW EASTERN IN CINCINNATI. 

Cincinnati, Nov. 8. 

It seems quite probable the Colum- 
bia Amusement Co. will play its East- 
ern Burlesque Wheel attractions at the 
American next season. The American 
will be remodeled and enlarged, if 
the plans made for the change are 
gone through by R. K. Hynicka. 

Harry Hart has the American, now 
playing "pop'' vaudeville. 

The Standard, which will be replac- 
ed on the Wheel in the shift, seats 
about 1,100. 



Why not ad vert Ue? 
And In VARISTYT 



Jack Burke, formerly of the Phil 
Mindll offices, has gone ahead of the 
Balalaika Orchestra, which is now 
headed for a western trip. Burke is an 
old Chicago newspaper man. 




"BON TONS*' LOSE "SODA WATER.** 

The "soda water fountain" scene in 
"The Bon Tons" has been removed, 
upon the request of Hurtlg ft Seamon. 
The firm's show ("The Bowerys") has 
been using the scene, about twenty-five 
years old, for several seasons. Lee 
.Hickman, with "The Bon TonB" (for- 
merly with one of the Weber & Rush's 
companies) put on the "soda water" 
business at the Columb a, for the Ja- 
cobs & Jermon company. 

When informed of the claimed in- 
fringment by the show following his, 
John G. Jermon at once ordered the 
scene out of the performance. 

While Jacobs & Jermon promptly 
withdrew the protested scene In "The 
Bon Tons," after Jules Hurtlg had 
made a noise that sounded like a sa- 
lute from the fleet in the North River, 
Hurtlg '& Seamon are said to be still 
clamoring for their associates on the 
Eastern Wheel to drop "the key scene" 
from Jacobs & Jermon's "Jardin de 
Paris" show. This scene is worked in 
Hurtig & Seamon's "Taxi Girls." The 
Jardin principals have made a "gar- 
ter" instead of a "key" scene of it, 
but Hurtig & Seamon says it is but 
the rose, and so on. 

Another bit claimed by Hurtig & 
Seamon who haven't seen all the East- 
ern Wheel shows yet, is "money 
changing," also used in the "Paris" 
performance. This is the business for- 
merly used by Charles Howard for 
Hurtig & Seamon, and consists of 
dividing money by saying "Here's one 
for you, and one for me; two for you 
and two for me," the comedy derived 
from the comical cuss taking two bills 
for himself when counting two, giv- 
ing the other fellow but one, and 
along those lines. It used to be very 
funny. (It may be yet). Harry Koler 
is using the "business" in "The Taxi 
Girls," which now has Henry Fink 
and Sister for a permanent fixture 
during the remainder of the season. 
The Freeman Bros, have left the 
troupe. 



DAMAGE CASE COMING UP. 

The action for $20,000 damages 
against the National Lithographing Co. 
brought by John J. Reisler for false 
arrest, is on the Supreme Court cal- 
endar, and may be reached dally for 
trial. 

When the John J. Reisler Amuse- 
ment Co. was in existence, and had u 
few shows out (among them still dear 
to the memory of "John the Barber" 
being "The Cash Girl" and "Piff, Paff 
Pouff") the National Co. caused an 
attachment against the body to be 
served upon Mr. Reisler in Boston, for 
a liability of $700, owed by the cor- 
poration. Hence Mr. Reisler's strong 
antipathy to the National Co. 

On top of his legal matters, Mr. 
Riesler was haled before a Justice of 
the Peace this week, through having 
a slot machine in his barber shop. 
John had the satisfaction however of 
seeing the Central Office men go out- 
side to phone for the wagon, refusing 
to allow them to use the shop tele- 
phone. 



AURORA PIATT. 



Doc Stein or says why he didn't raise 
side whiskers was because it would 
cost him more to have his picture 
printed. 



VARIETY 



19 




STOCK AT BRIE. 

Erie, Pa., Nov. 8. 

The Columbia will play stock com- 
mencing Nov. 20. The company will 
be placed by the James Clancy office 
of New York. 

The following players have been en- 
gaged for the company: Richard Allen 
and Adra Alnslee, leads; Evelyn Boom, 
ingenue; Elizabeth Bradfleld, second 
business; Robert Lee Allen, comedian; 
Margaret Ralph, characters; Elmer 
Thompson, juvenile; Frederic Knoll, 
characters; Thomas N. HefTron, stage 
director and heavies. 



CAPITOL'S "NEW THEATRE.** 

Washington, Nov. 8. 

With an expenditure of |63,0U0 for 
property fronting Franklin Park and 
a determination to have the new play- 
house ready for business in March, 
the New Theatre idea, recently tried 
in New York, has been promulgated 
to an extent that nothing stands in 
its way of becoming a reality. 

It will be a National theatre. The 
selected company will be seen in plays 
specially selected for it, including the 
translations of some foreign ones. 
There is plenty of Washington capital 
behind the project. At least $160,000 
is figured on the theatre outlay. 

Julia Dean, a big stock favorite 
here, has been engaged as leading 
woman. Other engagements will be 
announced later. 



"101 RANCH** ON THE COAST. 

Although the Buffalo Bill and Paw- 
nee Bill "Wild West" show closed its 
season in Richmond, last week, the 
"101 Ranch" has prolonged its route, 
and will not quit the road until Nov. 
19, at Venice, Cal. This is the first 
time the "101" has ever played Cali- 
fornia. 

Edward Arlington and the Miller 
Brothers had planned to close Oct. 21, 
with El Reno as the place. Prospects 
looked good on the Pacific Coast, and 
so the "101" outfit Immediately 
switched its route. 

The show plays Los Angeles Nov. 
11, 12 and 13. San Francisco is not on 
the route. 

The Sells-Floto circus went to the 
Coast early in the spring, while the 
Ringlings reached there in the fall. As 
both did a good business, the "101" 
owners figure the wild west should do 
something. 

California Frank's wild west has 
been a money-maker for Eddie Arling- 
ton. This week it Is at the fair at 
Augusta, Qa. 

No definite date has been selected 
for the closing. Plans have already 
been made for a twenty-eight-car 
equipment next season, instead of the 
present one of sixteen cars. 



Reglnla Vlcarlno, the former Manhattan 
Opera Company prima donna and later with 
the Bevanl Opera Co. on the Pacific Coast, 
has gone to the City of Mexico, where she 
opened In "Luccla." After the encasement 
there Vlcarlno will return to San Francisco. 



Isa Latlsh. formerly of the great Strauss 
orchestra, Berlin, has Joined the augmented 
orchestra with the "Thais" company enroutc. 
Mme. Latlsh has appeared In New York with 
the New York Symphony and the Russian 
8ymphony orchestras. 



MUSICAL PLAYS FAVORITES. 

That musical plays in stock will 
be demanded by the patrons of the 
summer houses next year was made 
evident through their popularity this 
season throughout the country. 

Geo. M. Cohan's pieces assumed the 
lead and maintained it. "Forty Five 
Minutes From Broadway" was the 
biggest favorite, being presented 
twenty-seven times. "Little Johnny 
Jones" bad eight performances, "The 
Talk Of New York," five, and "The 
Man Who Owns Broadway/' released 
but a few weeks ago, has had four. 



TWO STOCK OPENINGS. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 
Williard Mack and his company in 
his own play, "God's Country," open- 
ed the People's theatre here last week 
to good business. 

Cincinnati. Nov. 8. 
The Sydney Toler stock company 
got a good start here last week, open- 
ing in "Paid in Full." 



COMPANY GOES ON THE ROAD. 

Duluth, Nov. 8. 
The Gus Forbes company, which 
came here from Stamford, Conn., and 
has been playing at the Lyceum, clos- 
ed last week in "The Man From Mex- 
ico" and has taken to the road. 



PLAYED 'POLLY" IN STOCK. 

Winnipeg, Nov. 8. 
The Winnipeg theatre stock com- 
pany produced "Polly of the Circus" 
here despite the fact that the piece 
is not announced in the stock playing 
catalogs. 



POSTPONED BY RAD CONDITIONS. 

Owing to the unsettled state of the 
business throughout the country, 
Frazee & Lederer have postponed their 
production of "Shorty McCabe," with 
Victor Moore as the star, until Christ- 
mas day. 

The entire company is in full re- 
hearsal, but the managers do not care 
to risk the chance of poor business 
until the few weeks preceding the holi- 
days have passed. 



HAD TO CLOSE. 

San Diego, Cal., Nov. 8. 

The Savoy stock company closed its 
engagement here last week In "Cousin 
Kate"; union troubles said to be at the 
bottom of the closing. The contractors 
who built the house used the "open 
shop" policy and the theatre has been 
picked at each performance since the 
opening. However, union musicians 
and stage hands are employed. 

The Armstrong Follies company, old 
favorites, opened here Monday. 



Marianne Flahaut. mezzo-soprano, formerly 
of the Met. company, will devote the season 
to concert work. 



Gilbert Wilson, baritone, has been signed 
as soloist at the Hanson M. E. Church. Brook- 
lyn. 



COULDN'T COLLECT FROM CARUSO. 

Caruso, now on American shoreo, 
one time Invested money in 1,000 
shares of stock of the Standard Nitro- 
gen Co., buying $6,000 worth* pay- 
ing $2,000 down. Before the singer 
completed final payment, the company 
failed. 

Conrad Milliken, trustee, brought 
suit for the remainder to apply on 
the company's debt. The suit was 
dismissed Oct. 27 in the Appellate Di- 
vision of the Supreme Court of New 
York. The court upheld Caruso's 
claim that there was no cause for the 
action. 



OPERAS TO BE SELECTED. 

St. Louis, Nov. 8. 
Executive members of the St. Louis 
Grand Opera Committee go to New 
York early next week to attend several 
performances of the Metropolitan 
Opera Company, with a view of select- 
ing the four operas to be presented at 
the Odeon here during the February 
engagement of the Philadelphia-Chi- 
cago Opera Company. 



Marie Rappold, the Brooklyn soprano, who 
opened her tour In Newark last week, has 
been engaged as soloist for the Cincinnati 
Symphony Orchestra concerts, Nov. 17-18. Fol- 
lowing an appearance at the Blackstone Hotel, 
Chicago, at the new Blackstone musicales, 
Nov 19, she returns to New York to begin 
rehearsals at the Metropolitan. 

Henri Scott, the American basso, who stands 
six feet in his stockings and weighs 198 
pounds, will sing Mephlstopheles with the 
Chicago-Philadelphia Opera company this win- 
ter. 



Louis Perslnger, the young American vio- 
linist, has been engaged by M. H. Hanson 
for an eight months' American tour, begin- 
ning some time this month. 

Claude Albright, messo-soprano, has been 
engaged to sing with the Carl Rosa Opera 
company. 



Siglsmond Stojowskl, the Polish player, 
opens a midwestern tour In Indianapolis tho 
first week In November. 

Clara Drew, American contralto, will go 
on tour again this season. 

Arthur Van Bweyk, baritone, abroad all 
summer, has been booked up for quite a 
number of concerts with choral societies. 



Helen Waldo, concert contralto and child 
Impersonator, Is announced for a tour to the 
Pacific Coast this season. 



Anna Otten. American violinist, will make 
a tour of the south and southwest this season. 



Albert A. Welderhold. the young Canadian 
baritone, Is booked up for several Canadian 
concerts. 



Josef Lhevlnnc will give a piano recital 
during Feb. In Baltimore under the auspices 
of the Peabody Conservatory of Music. 

Inga Orner, the Norwegian soprano, has 
arrived In America to take up her operatic 
work with the Met. Co. 



Arthur Frledhelm Is announced for six re 
cltals In Havana In January. 



Befts & Fowler have placed the following 
people with the Paul Burns stock company, 
which opens the Standard, Philadelphia, this 
Saturday night: Bessie Lee and Charles 
Darrah leads: Grace McMasters. Butler Pow- 
ers. Kerwln Wilkinson, Louise Wobbe. Vic 
Burns and others. 



Ernesto Consolo. Italian pianist, will be 
heard In Joint recital wllli Kathleen Parlow 
at the Hotel Astor, In January. 

Ellison Van Hoose, American tenor, Is to 
sing In Henry W. Savage's English produc- 
tion of "The Girl of the Coldcn West." hav- 
ing the title role. This engngement wiM noi 
Interfere with his recitals or concert work. 

Glacomo Olnsburg. tho baritone, will be 
heard In Joint recital this season with Au- 
gusta Cottlow. the planlnte, in the biggest 
cities of the U. 8. 



NORD1CA COMING TO NEW VOltK. 

Lillian Nordica closed her tirat con- 
cert tour at Duluth to-night and will 
come to New York, where she is an- 
nounced to appear with the New York 
Philharmonic Society orchestra, Nov. 
27, 28 and 29. Miss Nordica is 
due to sing with the Boston Opera 
Company Feb. 5 to 17 inclusive. An- 
other concert trip will be arranged. 

On Nordlca's return to the metropo- 
lis next week at the close of her con- 
cert tour she will begin a series of 
short lectures for the benefit of the 
singing class she organized last win- 
ter. These talks will extend over a 
period of two months, when the prima 
donna goes to Boston to appear at 
ten concerts with the Symphony Or- 
chestra. After her Boston engagement 
she will make another tour, again 
under the direction of Frederic Ship- 
man. 



Vera Oourtenay. American soprano, has 
signed with the Quintan opera Co. for Its 
present tour of the British Isles. 

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Max 
Zach, director, Inaugurates Its regular season 
to-day at the Odeon (St. Louis) with an en- 
tirely Liszt program, Harold Bauer, pianist, 
assisting. 



Virginia Sassard, a well known singer, has 
gone to Berlin to spend the winter. Her sis- 
ter, Eugenie, will be heard In separate con- 
certs this season, the girls having appeared to- 
gether heretofore. 



Harold Bauer arrived in New York Oct. 20 
and opened his American tour Oct. 27 as so- 
loist with the New York Symphony Society. 

Wesley Weyman. the New York pianist, will 
be soloist of one of the London Symphony 
Orchestra's concerts In London in January. 

Curtis Burnley, the childhood delineator, 
will repeat her recitals at the Hotel Plasa 
this year. Her work embraces songs, stories 
and character personations. 



Max Oberndorfer, who has been on tour 
with Antonio Scottl and Bernice de Pasquall, 
has been engaged as accompanist for Jan 
Kubellk In his concert tour of the mlddlewest. 



Leon Rains, basso, will not be heard In 
grand opera this season, having arranged to 
sing In concert. 



Isabel Bouton, dramatic soprano, who re- 
turns to the concert field this season, will 
males a long tour which will extend as far 
south as Florida. 



Vladimir de Pachmann will give the first of 
the 8unday night concerts at the Metropolitan, 
appearing there Nov. 26. 

Gertrude Rennyson, the soprano, opened her 
season with the Kansas City orchestra, Nov. 7. 

Henry Hadley has taken charge of the new 
symphony orchestra in San Francisco. 



Mme. Schurnann-Helnk, the German con- 
tralto, will be the soloist for the fifth consec- 
utive season at tho Cincinnati biennial festi- 
val which will be held In May. 



Leo Ornsteln. Russian pianist, Is announced 
for his first Philadelphia appearance, Nov. 25, 
at the Academy of Music. 



Alice Merrltt Cochran, soprano, Is announced 
to sing at the Liszt Centennial affair to bo 
given by the Washington Kangerhund Nov. 26. 



The booking of the Chautauqua program for 
next season at Lincoln. III., has been com- 
pleted and shows a total expenditure of $3,000 
for talent engaged. The affair will cover a 
period of thirteen afternoons and Just as many 
evenings. 



The Fraternity Glee ('tub, a male quartet, 
are on a lyceum tour of Iowa that runs with- 
out Interruption until April. 

Tho Lyric Entertainers, headed by Alma 
Helmerdlnger, will play continuously until 
next April. 



At the recent International Chautauqua Al- 
liance held at tho Chicago Reach Hotel In 
Chicago, an election of officers resulted in the 
following ticket being chosen for the year: 
President, Arthur E. Bestor; vice-president, 
Dr. W. L. Davidson; secretary, A. C. Folsonrl; 
treasurer, F. Glllum Cromer; exerutlvo com- 
mittee. Dr. George E. Vincent: .1. M. John- 
son. Elvln Swarthout, A. D. Clark, and Will- 
iam Orr. 



William Ralney Bennett, a local preacher 
at Darlington, Wis., will shortly abandon his 
pulpit work In order to (111 a three y>ais' lec- 
turing tour contract In the West. Mr M«-n- 
nett proposes to change his reslu"n<«> to Mil 
waukee. 



Thomas Brooks Fletcher, a lyceum enter- 
tainer, opens In tho west this month for a 
season of 120 nights. 



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VARIBTY 



BILLS NEXT WEEK (Nov. 13) 

In Vaudeville Theatres, Playing Two Shows Dally 

(All houaes open for the week with Monday matinee, whan not otharwlae Indicated.) 



Dolan ft Lsnhsrr 

Four London 

Cadete da Gaacogne 

Karl 

PaullnetU a Plqua 

Knight * Dsyer 



NEW YORK 

HAMMER8TE1N8 
Mc In tyre ft Heath 
Toou Paka 
Howard ft Howard 
Geo. B. Reno ft Co 
Barry A Wolford 
Milton ft De Long 

Sisters 
"Dick" 

Marie A Billy Hart 
Rube Dickinson 
Blsaett A Scott 
The Zoyarroa 
McDonald A Wilson 
Nevlns Sisters 

(Other* to All.) 

COLONIAL 
Dayes A Norworth 
"The Police Inspec- 
tor" 
Morecroft A Conroy 
Conroy A Le Malre 
Murphy A Nichols 
Leon Rogee 
Three Lesaos 
Carbrey Bros 
Van Hoven 

ALHAMBRA 

Rock A Fulton 

"The Great Sugges- 
tion" 

McMabon A Chaj- 
pelle 

Bison City Four 

Will Dillon 

Hilda Hawthorne 

Wentworth, Vesta A 
Teddy 

Rawaon A June 

BRONX 
Billy Reeves A Co 
Frank Fogarty 
Mason, Keeler A Co 
Ada Overton Walker 

A Co 
Merrill A Otto 
Froslnl 

Barnes A Crawford 
Delmore A Oneida 
Cook A Lorens 
Sutcllffes 
Pendleton Sisters 

ORPHEUM 
Mabel Hlte 
Laddie Cliff 
Rice A Cohen 
Ashley A Lee 
De Fra 

Four Huntings 
Musical 8plllers 
Five Plroacoffla 
Kaufman Slatera 

BUSHWICK 
"The Man Hunters" 
Stuart Barnes 
"Son of Solomon" 
Flanagan A Edwards 
Weston. Fields A 

Carroll 
Inness A Ryan 
Maxlnl Broa A Bob- 
by 
Sprague A McNeece 

OREENPOINT 
Princess Rajah 
"The Leading Lady" 
Wilfred Clarke A Co 
Will Rogers 
Richardson's Dogs 
Iflxley A Lerner 
Lyons A Yosco 
The Kemps 

FIFTH AVENUE 
Blanche Walsh A Co 
Ellnore A Wllllama 
Moore A Haager 
Cartmell A Harris 
H. T. McConnell A 

Co 
Carolyn Franklyn A 

Co 
Mary Elizabeth 
Six Abdallahs 

ATLANTA 

FORSYTH 

School Boys and 
Girls 

Tom Edwards 

Chas. R. Sweet 

Col. Sam. Holds- 
worth 

Earl A Curtis 

De Koe Family 

(One to fill.) 

ATLANTIC CITY. 

YOUNG'S PIER 
(Running Order.) 
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart 

Darrow 
Mile. Valeeka 
JoBephlne Joy & Co 
Hall & ThomaB 
Mile. Louise La Gal 
ltoudlnl Bros 
Dunn & Murray 
Dare Bros 

BALTIMORE. 

MARYLAND 
Hoston Mln9trels 
Valerie Bergere A 
Co 



Grant A Hoag > 
James Francis Doo- 

ley 
Stepp, Mehllnger A 

King 
The Rials 

BOSTON. 

KEITHS. 
Ruth St. Denis 
Harry Jolaon 
Temple Quartet 
Jas. Leonard A Co. 
Ward A Cullen 
Scott A Wilson 
Russian Crown 

Quartet 
Luclle Laverne A Co 
Cycling Brunettes 

NATIONAL 
"Cheyenne Daya" 
Rosso w Midgets 
Hanrey-DeVora Trio 
Doc O'Neill 
Mudge, Morton A 

Edwards 
Muriel Window 
Tanakaa 

BRIDGEPORT 

POLIS 
Hardeen 
Willard Slmma A 

Co 
Haydn Borden A 

Haydn 
J. P. Cooke A Co 
Witt's Melody Girls 
Lillian Ashley 
Dt Witt Young A 

Sister 

BUFFALO. 

SHEA'S 
•Every wife" 
Clarice Vance 
Cliff Gordon 
Tim Cronln 
Flying Martins 
Grey A Peters 

CKDAB~BAFIDS 

MAJESTIC 
Bobby Pandur A Co 
Kersey's Myrlophone 
The Gee Jaya 
Barto A Clark 
Carl Demareat 
Muller A Stanley 
Von Mltsel A May- 
nard 

CHICAGO 

MAJESTIC 
"Blackmail" 
Romany Opera Co 
Gould A Aahlyn 
Mra. Gene Hughes A 

Co 
Mack A Orth 
Puchot'a Ballet 
Alma Youlln 
Marshall Montgom- 
ery 
Cole De Loase 

CINCINNATI 

KEITH'S 
(Open Sun. Mat) 
Helena Frederick 
Creasy A Dayne 
Nelly Nichols 
Leo Carrlllo 
Kenney Nobody A 

Piatt 
Parrell Sisters 
Three Vagrants 
Rayno's Dogs 

CLEVELAND. 

HIPPODROME 
Irene Franklin 
Mr. A Mra. Jimmy 

Barry 
"Fire Commission- 
er" 
Five Satsudas 
Harry B. Lester 
The Grazers 
(Two to nil.) 

DALLAS 

MAJESTIC 
Mary Norman 
Chas Ahearn Troupe 
Musical Lassies 
Three Navarroa 
Marie Sparrow 
Peters A O'Neill 
Josh Dale 

DAVENPORT 

AMERICAN 
Grover A Cleveland 
Re Iff Bros A Clayton 
Hap Handy 
Btrtle Fowler 
L'avla 

DAYTON. 

LYRIC 

Torter J. White A 
Co 

Jack Wilson Trio 

Felix A Barry Sis- 
ters 

Marie Fenton 

Kay & Rogers 

Frey Twins 

Vhe Pelots 



DENVER 

ORPHEUM 

Sam Mann A Co 

Edwin Stevena A Co 

Australian Wood- 
— choppera 

Nana 

Eleanor Falke 

Harry Breen 

Clever Trio 

tma moinbr 

ORPHEUM 

(Open Sun. Mat.) 

Planophlenda Min- 
strels 

Dciro 

Donovan A McDon- 
ald 

Karl Emmy 'a Peta 

Marcus A Gartelle 

June Imea 

Colored Photography 

DETROIT 

TEMPLE 

(Running Order.) 
La Toy Broa 
Peerleaa Macks 
Salerno 

J. C Nugent A Co 
Olivattl Troubadours 
Lllllah Ruaaell 
Wynn A Russon 
Say ton Trio 

DUBUQUE 

MAJESTIC 
Walsh Lynch Co 
Thleson's bogs 
Lavender A Meeker 
Mr. A Mrs. Sidney 

Reynolda 
HUdebrandt A De- 
Long 
Land la A Knowlee 

DULUTH 

ORPHEUM 

(Open Sun. Mat.) 
Slems 

Dan Burke A Olrla 
Mullen A Coogan 
Gordon Eldrld A Co 
Ray 8amuela 
Wright A Dletrlck 
Martini Bros 

fall river, mass. 
savoy 

May A Belle Con- 
nolly 
Foater A Foster 
The Kratona 
Ellis A McKenna 
Caeaer Rlvoll 
Rlchardlnl 

FORT WAYNE 

TEMPLE 
"Foolish Factory" 
Four Nelsons 
Lewla A Green 
tflark A Verdi 
Amann A Hartley 
Ted Bailey Co 
Carlts Day 

FORT WORTH 

MAJESTIC 
Macart A Bradford 
Apdale's Anlmala 
KUlarney Girls 
Madden A Flttpat- 

rick 
4 Dancing Belles 
Billy Barron 
Marvelle Charles 

HAMILTON, CAN. 

TEMPLE 
C L. Fletcher A 

Co 
Melville A Hlggins 
3 Escardoa 
iNonette Lyle 
Cameron A Gaylord 
Ruth Belmar 
(One to fill.) 

HARRIBBUBG 

ORPHEUM 
Toona A Indians 
Chadwlck Trio 
Courteney Sisters 
Hickey's Circus 
John Murray 
Wilson Bros 
Toledo A Price 

HARTFORD 

roLrs 

James A Bonnie 

Thornton 
Ward A Curran 
Annie Yeamana 
Ward ft Fox 
lUr. A Mra. Thome 
Gus Wllllama 
Allen A Clark 

HOUSTON 

MAJESTIC 
Cell! Opera Co 
Marco Twins 
Ethel McDonough 
Beatrice Ingram 

Players 
Gregorle A Elmlna 
Ar' Raphael 
Man & Weiss 



INDIAN APOUS 

KEITH'S 

(Open Sun. Mat) 
Wills Holt Wake- 
field 
Sliuone De Beryl 
Ida O Day A Co 
Silvers 
Knox Wilson 
Goruon A Marx 
Lydell A Butter- 
worth 
Alburius A Millar 

LAWRENCE, MASS. 

COLONIAL 
Red Sox Quartet 
Carlin A Penn 
Robert DeMont Trio 
Al Lawrence 
Paul La Croix 
Deahelle Broa. 
(One to fill) 

LOS ANGELES 

ORPHEUM 
Odlvs 

Mme. Panlta 
Adams A McDonnell 
Scott A Keane 
Maud Hall Mscy A 

Co 
Charles A Fanny 

Van 
Nicnola Slatera 
Four Flooda 

LOUISVILLE 

KEITHS 

(Open Sun. Mat) 
"Darling Parle" 
Albert Hole 
Brown A Ayer 
Hayward A Hayward 
Red way A Lawrence 
Guerrero A Carmen 
Sutkney'a Clrcua 
Lorenzo A Ladue 

LOWELL, MASS. 

KEITH'S 
Musical Noaaes 
Mccormick A Wal- 
lace 
Bert Melrose 
Arthur Whltelaw 
Lea Montforts 
Dody A Lewla 
Al A HatUe Barlow 
(One to fill) 

lynn7mass. 

KEITH'S 
C'Brleu-Hsvel Co. 
Wllllama A Warner 
Geo. C. Davla 
Orneato Slaters 
Rlalta 
Rawla A Von Kauff- 

man * 

Field Broa. 
Wentworth, Vests A 
Teddy 

MILWAUKEE 

MAJESTIC 
Grace Cameron 
Bedinl A Arthur 
Morny Cash 
Spink A Welah 
Millet Modela 
Clark Trio 
Bob A Tip 

MONTREAL 

ORPHEUM 
"The Hold Up" 
Bond A Benton 
Smith A Campbell 
Valleclta'a Leopards 
Mack ft Walker 
Ed Morton 
Felhain 
Claire A West 

NEW HAVEN 

POLIS 

Joe Howard A Mabel 

McCane 
Olive Brlacoe 
Old Soldier Fiddlers 
Bison Clt/ Four 
Delmore ft Lee 
Arthur Van ft Girls 
Bertlach 

NEW ORLEANS 

ORPHEUM 

(Open Sun. Mat) 
Russian Orchestra 
Duna Aug 
"Little Stranger" 
Clifford A Burke 
Mareena A Deltons 
Robbie Gordon 
Glenn Ellison 

NORFOLK. 

COLONIAL 
"Paris by Night" 
Rita Gould 
Morris A Allen 
Nevlns A Gordon 
Four Lukena 
Tom Kyle A Co 
Frank A True Rice 

OMAHA 

ORPHEUM 

(Open Sun. Mat.) 
■ Cheyenne Daya" 



KEITH'S 
"Song Revue" 
Atchiaon-Bly A Co 
Bellcialr A Herman 
Menetekel 
McKay A Cantwell 
Hlbbert A Warren 
White A Perry 
Aashl Troupe 

PITTSBURG. 

GRAND 
Harry Houdlni 
Walter C. Kelly 
Al A Fanny Stedman 
McConnell A Simp- 
son 
Reynolda A Done- 

gsn 
Linden Beckwlth 
Henry Horton A Co 
Seibinl A Grovinl 

PORTLAND, MB. 

KEITH'S 
Paul Dickey A Co 
Tom Linton A Jun- 
gle Glrla 
Golden A Hughea 
Kimberly A Hodg- 

kina 
Scotty Provan 
Gtenion A La Lole 

PROVIDENCE 

KEITH'S 
Charlotte Parry A 

Co 
Big City 4 
Work A Ower 
Stewart A Alexan- 
dria 
Snyder A Buckley 
Dale A Boyle 
Leroy A Harvey 
Meenans Dogs 

ROCHESTER 

TEMPLE 

'Romance Under- 
world" 
D'Armond A Carter 
Gaach Slatera 
Fred Dupres 
Hathaway 'a Monkey « 
McGuinneaa Broa 
(One to fill.) 

ROCK TsLAND 

EMPIRE 
Chaa. Ledeger 
Noble A Brooks 
Con Daly 
Hailigan A Ward 
3 Marx Broa A Co 

SALT LAKE CITY 

OKfllEUM 

(Open Sun. Mat) 
Conlin, Steele A 

Csrr 
Amerlcsn Dancers 
Seven Belforda 
Wilbur A Terry 
, Dave Ferguson 
Cumminga A Glad- 
dings 
(One to fill.) 

SAN ANTONIO 

MAJESTIC 
Charmlon 
Stewart Slatera A 

Eacorta 
Hanson A Bijou 
Olympic Trio 
Lillian Slatera 
Latah 
Ben Smith 

SAN FRANCISCO 

ORPHEUM 
(Open Sun. Mat.) 
"The Courtiers" 
Mosher, Hayea A 

MoBher 
Arlington Four 
Jane Boynton 
Dr. Ludwlg Wullner 
Four Fords 
Josle Heather 
Augustine A Hartley 

st. "Louis 

COLUMBIA 
"Top World Dan- 

cera" 
Musical Cuttys 
L. De Cordova A Co 
Carleton 

Brown A Newman 
Mlllett'a Models 
The Dandlea 
Marseilles 



■T. FAUL 

ORPHfeUM 
Chas. Urspewln A 

Canon A Willard 
Connelly A Webb 
Schenok A Van 
Earner Trio 
Paul Bsrnee 
Maoelle Fonda Co 

SCRAN TON. 

POLIS 

naming Glrla" 
Ea uay«a « Co 
Belle blanche 
ben t ikAs<uuon 
joe Jauason 
Kelly u i^aferty 
Loui* bione 

4PRINGF1ELD, MASS 
i UL1 b 

uyan A Richfield 
Conine A Mart 
Noiiou ft staple 
Ureal Howard 
jonuny jouuson 
Warn uros 
li western Sisters 

SYRACUSE 

KElTn a 

LiOlO 

iiuny Fox — Mil- 
iwibuip biateia 

Homer lAna ft Co 

Mr. ft airs. Hugh 
femiuet 

Annul- i tokens ft Co 

uemoranut 

btrengui Broa. 

TOLEDO 

KEITH b 
juay luily ft Co 
o tvnite ivuuna 
Magic Ketue 
ivttte Waiaon 
Koberiy ino 
Vv*ttfou ft Little 
nun * a racey 
tone u> tin.) 

TORONTO. 

SHEA'S 
■* Amuriona 
j. f. wade ft Co 
'1 tiurber * Madison 
ibuaawa Japs v. 

Hoey ft Lee 
Aianon Laulefleld ft 

Co 
Junan A Dyer 
Aionait ft Ciare 

TRENTON 

TRENT 
i^uura Guerlte 
'raid Back" 
E. F. Hawley ft Co 
j arrow 

Aurora Troupe 
'ine Hylanua 
Dennia broa 

UNION HILL, N. J. 

huu&UN 
beioom s "Venus" 
Homer Mllea ft Co 

ticn* ft Clark 

Little Lord Robert 
Wormwoods Mon- 
keys 
Regal ft Wlnach 
J aiiies Brockman 
Geo. E. Austin ft Co 

UTICA 

SHU BERT 
Colonial Septet 
Warren ft Keefe 
Nefl ft Starr 
Radie Furman 
Coogan ft Bancroft 
College Trio 
Herberts JJogs 

WASHINGTON 

CHASES 
Chas. Kellogg 
Arthur Deagon 
Bryon ft Langdon 
Gardner ft Stoddard 
bnlrley A Keaaler 
Savoy Trio 
Reed Broa. 

WILMINGTON. 

DOCKSTADER'S 
"Dinkleaplel'a 

Xmaa" 
Chas Miller A Co 
Fantelle A Vslorie 
McBrlde, Post A 

Russell 
Claudius A Stoddard 
Capt. Nat Reaaler 

ft Co. 



"GREEN STOCKINGS" (Msrgsrst Anglln)— 

Maxine Elllott'e (7th week). 
K1NEMACOLOR PICTURES— Klnemsoolor. 
"MAGGIE PEPPER" (Rose Btahl)— Harris 

(12th week). 
MME. SIM ONE— Repertoire— Daly's 
SOTHEKN AND MARLOWE— Repertoire— 

Manhattan Opera House (lat week). 
SPOON UR STOCK— Me tropolla (16th week). 
STOCK— Academy. 

"THE BALKAN PRINCESS" (Louise Gun- 
ning) — Weat End. 
"THE ENCHANTRESS" (Kitty Gordon)— 

New York (6th week). 
"THE FASCINATING WIDOW" (Julian El- 

tinge)— Grand Opera House. 
"THE GARDEN OF ALLAH"— Century (4th 

week). 
"THE KISS WALTZ"— Casino (9th week). 
"THE LITTLE MILLIONAIRE" — Cohan's 

(8th week). 
"THE LITTLEST REBEL" (Duatln and Win. 

Farnum) — Liberty (lat week). 
"THE MILLION"— 29lh St. (4th week). 
"THE NEVER HOMES"— Broadway (7 th 

week). 
"THE PASSERS-BY"— Criterion (10th week). 
"THE PINK LAD* "— New Amsterdam. 
"THE PRICE" (Helen Ware>— Hudson (3d 

week). 
"THUS QUAKER GIRL"— Park (4th week). 
"THE RED WIDOW" (Raymond Hitchcock) 

— Aator (2d week). 
"THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM" (David 

Warfleld) (6th week). 
"THE RUNAWAY" (BUlie Burke)— Lyceum 

(6th week). 
"THE SIREN" (Donald Brian)— (12th week). 
"THE THREE ROMEOS" — Globe (lat week). 
"THE WIFE HUNTERS"— Herald Square (3d 

week). 
"THE WOMAN"— Republic (9th week). 
"UNCLE SAM"— Gaiety (Sd week). 
"VERA VIOLETTE" — Winter Garden. 
VIENNESE OPERATIC CO.— Irving Place. 



SHOWS NEXT WEEK. 

NEW YORK. 

"A SINGLE MAN" (John Drew) — Empire 
(11th week). 

"AROUND THE WORLD" — Hippodrome 
(11th week). 

"BOUGHT AND PAID FOR" (Charles Rich- 
man) — Playhouse (8th week). 

"BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS" — Comedy 
(6th week). 

"DISRAELI ' (George Arllss) — Wallack's (9th 

"DRAMA PLAYERS" (Donald Robertson) — 
Lyric (2d week). 



BROOKLYN. 

"AR8ENE LUPIN" — Creecent. 

"MADAME X"— Shubert. 

"THE BACHELOR'S BABY" (Francis Wll- 
eon ) — Montauk. 

"THE REAL THING" (Henrietta Croeman)— 
Majestic 

"THE RED ROSE" (Valeaka Suratt)— Broad- 
way. 

STOCK — Payton'a 

STOCK — Amphlon. 



CHICAGO. 

"HANKY PANKY"— American Mualc Hall (td 

vaak) 

"THE CONCERT" (Leo Dletrichateln)— Black- 
atone (6th week). 

"ALMA, WHERE DO YOU LIVE ?"— Colonial 
(lat week). 

"THE MASTER IN THE HOUSE"— Cort (2d 
week). 

"GYPSY LOVE" (Marguerlta Sylva) — Chicago 
O. H. (lat week). 

"THE WALL STREET GIRL" (Blanche Ring) 
— Garrlck (lat week). 

"MUTT AND JEFF" — Globe (2d week). 

"EVERYWOMAN"— Grand O. H. (lat week). 

"REBECCA OF 8UNNYBROOK FARM" 
(Edith Taliaferro) — llllnola (7th week). 

"LOUISIANA LOU" (Alex. Car r)— La Salle 
(12th week). 

"AS A MAN THINKS" (John Mason)— Lyric 
(lat week). 

"MACU8HLA" (Chauncey Olcott)— McVicker*s 
— (2d week). 

"A LOVELY LIAR" (Louise Dresser) — Olym- 
pic (lat week). 

"THAIS" — Powera' (2d week). 

"OVER NIGHT"— Prlnceaa (8th week). 

"EXCUSE ME" — Studebaker (4th week). 

"WITH EDGED TOOLS"— Whitney (3d week). 

"CONVICT 999'— Alhambra (lat week). 

"NO MOTHER TO GUIDE HER"— Bijou (1st 

"SATAN SANDERSON" (Norman Hackett)— 

Crown (lat week). 
"THE ROSARY"— Hay market (lat week) . 
"THE TRAVELING SALE8MAN" — National 

(lat week). 



NEW ORLEANS. 

"LITTLE MISS FIX-IT" (Eva Tanguay)— 

Tulane. 
"THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER"— Dauphlne 
"THE TRAITOR" — Crescent. 
BURLESQUE — Greenwall. 
STOCK — Lyric. 



KANSAS CITT. 

"THE HEN-PECKS" (Lew Fields) — Shubert. 
"SWEETEST GIRL IN PARIS" — Grand. 
"JUMPING JUPITER" (Richard Carle)— Wil- 
lie Wood. 
"LOVE MAKERS" — Gayety. 
"YANKEE DOODLE GIRLS" — Century. 



BOSTON. 

"THE SLIM PRINCESS" (Elsie Janla)— Co- 
lonial. 

"BEN HUR."— Boston (2d week). 

"THE BLUE BIRD"— Shubert (4th week). 

"GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD"— Park 
(8th week). 

"MUTT AND JEFF" — Globe. 

"SNOBS" (Frank Mclntyre) — Hollla (2d 

"POMPANDER WALK" — Plymouth (2d week) 
"THE OUTSIDERS'— Majeatlc (2d week). 
"MADAME SHERRY" — Tremont (4th week). 
"DANTE'S INFERNO" — Grand Opera House 

(2d week). 
"THE END OF THE BRIDGE'— Castle 

Square. 



ST. PAUL. 

"TOP O" THE WORLD" — Metropolitan. 
BEULAH POYNTER— Grand. 
12 KUBELIK; 16 HARRY LAUDER; 16 
MICHAEL MORDKIN— Auditorium. 



LOS ANGELES. 

"SEVEN DAYS' —Mason. 
LAMBARDI OPERA CO. — Majeatlc. 
"FLOWER OF THE RANCH" — Lyceum. 



VARIETY 



21 



"TRAIL OF TUJfl LONESOME PINB"— Broad 
"THB ROUNDUP"— Fornwu 
"PBOOY"— ChMtnut St. O. H. 
"BXCU8SJ MB"— Oarrlck. 
"BABT MINST— AdelphL 
TILd-ISTS NIGHTMARE?'— Lyric. 
THOMAS SHBA— Grand O. H. 
"TUB GIRL OK THB STREET"— National. 
STOCK— ChMtnut 8t 
SPOONBR STOCK — Amcrlcan-Blanej. 
DUMONT8 MINSTRELS— Ninth and Arch. 



PITTSBURG. 

STOCK — Duquesna, 

"ROCK OF AGES" — Lyceum. 

"SHE KNOWB BETTER NOW" (May Irwin) 

— Alvln. 
"THB FORTUNE HUNTER"— Nixon. 



TORONTO. 

"NAUGHTY MARIETTA"— Prlnc* 
ABORN OPERA CO. — Royal Alexandria. 
"THE WHITE SISTER"— Grand. 



LOUISVILLE. 

IN WYOMING"— Avwnue. 
SCHOOLDAYS"— Walnut 
•WAY DOWN BAST"— Shubert 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

BRIGHT BYES '—Columbia. 

'THE PARADISE OF MAHOMET* (Grace 

Van Btuddlford) — Cort. 
•DON'T LIE TO YOUR WIFE" (Dave Lewie) 

— Savoy. 
'FATHER AND THE BOYS"— Alcaaar. 



BUFFALO. 

•THE OLD HOMESTEAD" — Lyric. 
'THE PIPER" - ~ Twch. 

'ELEVATING A HUSBAND" (Loula Mann)— 
Star. 



BALTIMORE. 

"SEVEN 8I8TERS' (Chartta Cherry)— Ford's. 
"SPRING MAID" (Chrletle McDonald)— Acad- 
emy. 
"LITTLE BOY BLUE"— Auditorium. 
"EAST LYNNE"— Savoy. 
"BEYOND THE DIVIDE"— Holllday 8t 



OMAHA. 

"SOUSA'B BAND— Boyd. 

GEORGE EVANS' MINSTRELS — Brandela. 



DENVER. 

"BABY MINE"— Broadway. 
GERTRUDE HOFFMANN— Tabor Grand. 



INDIANAPOLIS." 

14-11. "BETSY" (Grace LaRue)— Shubert- 

Murat. 
"MADAM SHERRY"— English**. 
WATSON'S BIO SHOW— Empire. 



ST. LOUIS. 

"THE PASSING OF THE THIRD FLOOR 
BACK" (Forbes Robertson) — Shubert. 

"OVER THE RIVER" (Eddie Foy)— Olympic. 

"A FOOL THERE WAS" (Robert Hllliard)— 
Century. ' 

"THE SOUL KISS"— American. 

"THE HEART OF CHICAGO"— Havlln's. 

"KNICKERBOCKERS"— Gayety. 

"FOLLIES OF THE DAY"— Standard. 



CINCINNATI. 

ZIEGFELD'S FOLLJEH — Grand. 
"THREE TWINS'— Walnut. 
"THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER"— Lyric. 
"AT THE OLD CROSS ROADS"— Heucka 



DETROIT. 

"THB MAN FROM HOME" (Win. Hod*e)— 

Garrlck. 
"GIRL IN THE TAXI"— Detroit. 
"THB PRINCE OF TO-NIGHT" (Henry 

Woodruff) — Lyceum. 



CLEVELAND. 

"PINAFORE"— Colonial. 

"A BUTTERFLY ON THE WHEEL" (Marie 

Doro) — Opera House. 
"THIRD DEGREE"— Lyceum. 
"COWBOY AND THE LADY"— Cleveland. 



A LOUISIANA ROOF. 

Shreveport, La., Nov. 8. 
Frank P. Furlong, manager of the 
Fifth Avenue theatre of Nashville, 
Tenn., is negotiating for the lease of 
the roof of the new hotel Youree here 
for roof garden vaudeville. Furlong 
was in the city en route to New Or- 
leans and conferred with Captain 
Youree. The erection of the hotel 
will begin in December and will cost 
over $300,000. It is proposed to open 
the roof theatre as soon as possible 
after the completion of the hotel struc- 
ture. 



CIRCUS* LATE SEASON. 

The finale of the 1911 Hagenbeck- 
Wallace circus season will not ar- 
rive until Dec. 4, in the south, an ex- 
traordinarily long term for a tented 
organization to be out. 



J. Rosamond Johnson will try out a 
"single" turn in a hide-away the latter 
half of next week. 



"A WORTHY MARRIAGE/' 

Paris, Oct 81. 

Sachs Quitry, the son of the actor 
who has Just returned from a tour 
in South America, has blossomed into 
a fine playwright, and his latest piece, 
"Un Beau Marriage/' produced at the 
Renaissance, Paris, Oct. 17, is a suc- 
cess, almost equalling his "Veuilleur 
de Nuit" at the Theatre Michel. 

But all the characters in this play 
are deplorable, and would be dis- 
tasteful were they not so good natur- 
er and amusing. 

Herblis is a rich bookmaker, 
without honor or scruple. In his 
own clique he is extremely popu- 
lar, always ready to lend or give 
to a stranded colleague. He is a 
widower, and in order that his daugh- 
ter Simone shall not be a load-stone 
to his gay life, she has been brought 
up by an aunt. He had almost for- 
gotten her when she returns home 
one evening when he is expecting a 
lady friend. 

He is glad to see her, but considers 
the quickest way to get rid of her w>ll 
be to find her a husband. The father 
endeavors to match her with one of 
his tenants, Comte Maurice, a frivo- 
lous, impecunious aristocrat who nev- 
er pays his rent. Herblis in his heart 
considers this almost a virtue. 

Maurice, however, has one spark of 
manliness in the transaction, and re- 
fuses to sell himself. The father is 
wide awake, and knows human na- 
ture. He manages to throw the two 
together, they fall in love, and finally 
agree to go through the form of mar- 
riage, though they both agree that 
such a ceremony is a mere matter of 
form which has no consequence for 
their future existence. 

This rather shabby story is well 
played by the author as the Count, 
Arquill.ere as the disreputable but 
generous father, and Mile. Lyses 
(Mme Sacha Quitry), as Simone. 



10c ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 

The success of "pop" vaudeville 
seems to have been the inspiration that 
has brought about a series of "ten 
cent" orchestra concerts in this city, 
the first of which was given last Sun- 
day afternoon by the noted Thomas 
Orchestra under the auspices of the 
West End Women's club at the club 
hall on the west side. These entertain- 
ments will extend throughout the win- 
ter. Two are planned for each Sunday 
afternoon, the first at three o'clock 
and the second an hour-and-a-quarter 
later. 

The auditorium of the club has a 
seating capacity of 500. If there is no 
miscarriage of present plans, the mu- 
sical campaign will be carried on until 
June 1, under the direction of Mrs. 
John B. Sherman, chairman of the 
West End orchestra concerts commit- 
tee. 

In addition to the West-side con- 
certs, similar entertainments will be 
given weekly at Fullerton Hall, Fine 
Arts building, under the direction of 
the Chicago Woman's club. 



Melville Stoltz' "Kiddie Land" has 
again been put in vaudeville, for the 
"small tims," 



Morris and Allen, Hebrew singing 
comedians, hsve been booked to open 
in London June 3 next. 



It is possible that Scribe's "Le Verre 
d'Eau" (The Glass of Water) may be 
revived at the Comedie Francaise. This 
comedy, in five acts, was first played 
at the House of Moliere on Nov. 17, 
1840. 

Rodico Rodriquea, of the Guatemala 
Operatic Marimba Serenade™ was re- 
moved to a hospital in Syracuse last 
week, and held there for the physi- 
cians to observe him, when they will 
decide whether an operation for ap- 
pendicitis is necessary. 

Morgan, Coombs and Bender, of tu« 

world's champion Athletics, with 
Kathryn and Violet Pearl, who 
opened their new act at Atlantic City 
this week, are booked for their first 
New York appearance at the Academy 
of Music this Sunday. 



Late acquisitions to the Margaret 
Ulington company which will present 
"Kindling" are Amy Marshall, Fred- 
erick J. Rice, John Rex and Master 
Fred Behrens. Rehearsals are being 
conducted by J. C. Huffman. Edward 
J. Bowes, who will manage Miss 111- 
ington's tour, announces that she will 
appear in New York before Dec. 1. 

A theatrical company, which vlsiteu 
Avignon, France, recently, had a rude 
lesson for its unwarranted behavior in 
posting sensational bills. The titles 
were so ticklish that several citizens 
protested to the mayor, who gave or- 
ders that the troupe was not to per- 
form in that ancient city. The man- 
ager, however, was a man of energy, 
and declared he would open and fight 
the case in the law courts after if 
needed. But just before the com- 
mencement a number of workmen be- 
gan to take up the road in front of 
the theatre, and the electric cable and 
gas piping supplying light to the the- 
atre, were cut by order of the mayor. 
The performance could not take place. 



Yours Merrily John R. Rogers is 

back in New York, with a story of 
the Coronation. During the festive 
days the London streets were barri- 
caded high with stands. Jack John- 
son was over there, and R. G. Know lea 
was at the Coliseum. While on for 
his act, Mr. Knowles Inquired of the 
orchestra leader if he knew why the 
streets were all built up. The leader 
said he did not, when Knowles re- 
plied they were in that condition to 
prevent Johnson from seeing the pro- 
cession. The quip never got a ripple. 
After the performance Mr. Knowles 
found an English friend waiting out- 
side for him. "Excuse me, old chap," 
said the Englishman, "but were you 
really serious in that remark about 
Johnson." "Never more so." answer- 
ed Knowles. "But allow me, aeui 
fellow," said his friend, "to correct 
you. You were entirely wrong in 
the assumption. I assure you that 
the colored fighter Johnson was never 
thought of at all. It's to accommo- 
date the crowds, old chap." 



HEME'S BILLY GOULD 

By WILLIAM GOULD. 

Cincinnati, Nov. 7. 
Cincinnati would be a great town 
if it only had a few Germans in it. 



Old fashion note: 

Saw a horse on Broadway just be- 
fore I left. 

Puzzle item: 

What is the biggest boob town in 
the world? 

(New Yorkers are barred from this 
guessing contest.) 



Annie Yeamans and Maggie Cline 
were amongst the children who en- 
tertained at the Orphans Home last 
Saturday. Yes, Lhey were "amongst" 
the children, alright. (Submarine 
number.) 



What's become of all our vaude- 
ville newspaper men, lately. Running 
out of stuff, lads? (So am I.) 



At last, we have Maud Ryan writ- 
ing comicalities. Bright, too. 



Boosting number: 

Gus and Sadie 



are 

doing one of the best sketches in 

vaudeville. They were a at 

. They have a act. (Oh, 

this Editor! He omitted their names 
again and I have spent the three dol- 
lars. ) 



In answer to Arthur Trainor of 
London. I must say that you have 
been misinformed. Theodore Roose- 
velt was never a member of the New 
York Giants. No, his name was not 
Rosenbaum. 



Congress is going to pass a bill 
giving the actors a yearly holiday. I 
hear they think the actor should have 
one day of rest. Feb. 31st will prob- 
ably be the day. 



The morning salutation in Ohio this 
week: "Good morning. Have you 
been indicted?" 



Skin Skinnati is very lively to- 
day. Belle Ashlyn and Burnham 
and Greenwood are rewriting the 
show business. 



Ed. Wyuii and Iuabelle D'Arinoud 
have nearly had as many partners 
as I, in the last two years. I think 
I'm one ahead so far. 




MABEL BROWNE LL 



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VARIETY 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation, First Appaaranca 

or Reappearance In or Around 

New York 



Rube Dickinson, Hammerstein's. 
The Zoyarros, Hammerstein's. 
Nevins Sisters, Hammerstein's. 
Blanch Walsh and Co., Fifth Avenue. 
Moore and Hanger, Fifth Avenue. 
Carolyn Franklyn and Co., Fifth 

Avenue. 
Mary Elizabeth. Fifth Avenue. 
Morecroft and Conroy, Colonial. 
Three Lessoe, Colonial. 
Kaufman Sisters, Orpheum. 
Pendleton Sisters, Bronx. 
In news and Ryan, Bushwick. 



Harry Jolson. 
41 Piano- Act." 
15 Mlns.; One. 
Columbia (Nov. 5). 

Harry Jolson, the blackface come- 
dian, has arranged a nearly new turn, 
shown for the first time Sunday at 
the Columbia. The opening is quite 
new. and as good. The assistance of 
a pianist who has a pleasant singing 
voice, is also a part of the new act. 
There is some conversation betweeu 
the couple in the center, when both 
get into a yodle number, that Mr. Jol- 
son formerly did alone, he closing with 
his operatic travesty. This landed a 
very big score for him at the finale. 
A little of the talk needs changing 
about. Even Mr. Jolson audibly re- 
alized that his "Three Little Maids" 
"gag" was a bad boy to handle around 
New York. The opening of the act 
finds Jolson having trouble with the 
orchestra, which will not follow the 
music cues. The leader claims the 
cause is through non-rehearsal. Jolsou 
denies this, and belittles all the mu- 
sicians. Attempting to continue the 
song, the leader lays down his baton, 
asking his fellow musicians what they 
think of Jolson. Thereupon Jolson 
retorts, when the leader tells him any 
man in the pit could do better than 
ue at |2 weekly. Working it up very 
well, the leader is informed by Jol- 
son they all can leave, and they do. 
As the leader Is disappearing Jolson 
reproves him for making the $2 state- 
ment before the audience, and calls 
upon the leader to come up on the 
stage to show his ability. The leader 
deprecates, says the remark only ap- 
plied to the musicians, but Jolson in- 
sists, whereupon the leader (who is 
his pianist) enters into the act. It 
gives Mr. Jolson a very good opening, 
perhaps a better one than any "piano- 
act" has shown in around here, besides 
pushing the turn off to a lively laugh- 
able start. With Jolson's voice, his 
assistant and the other material (re- 
quiring but little improvement), he 
will have an act that is going to be 
liked wherever it appears. Sitne. 



Walter Brown. 

Singing and Talking. 

10 Mlns.; One. 

(■rand Opera House (Nov. 5). 

Here is a dandy talking act with 
sonic singing at the finish. The talk 
has to do with his married life. He 
has a corking voice. Sunday night 
Mr. Brown had the audience in an up- 
roar. With the running time cut 
down a little, he should get over, even 
"No. 3" on a big time bill. Jess. 



IOC 

Dae to the number of New Act reviews printed by VARIETY of 
turns on the "Small Time/* the reviews are now separated. 

Those referred to by VARIETIES reviewers as possible for the high 
class vapdeville houses are placed first after the New Act heading. 

The division Is made for the convenience of managers and agents 
indexing this department. 



NEW SHOWS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation of Legitimate 

Attractions In New York 

Theatres. 



Ronair and Ward. 
"Ocean Breezes" (Songs and Talk). 
14 Mins.; One (Special Drop). 
Colombia (Nov. 5). 

Ronair and Ward have been in the 
west for a year or more. Sunday 
night they had a neat little sketch in 
"one," written by Mack and Orth. It 
tells of a flip young city chap, who 
has answered a matrimonial adver- 
tisement. The appointment made is 
for the seashore. The drop resembles 
either the Long Beach or Atlantic City 
boardwalk. A flirtation with a young 
woman met there by Ronair after- 
wards resolves itself (on the girl mak- 
ing her third change) into her reap- 
pearing veiled, as the marriage aspi- 
rant. The songs sung, "The Only 
Way" (as a solo by Ronair), "Wild 
Waves" and "Feel Like Having Just 
a Little Bit of Lovin'" (duets), are 
catchy little airs, and well fit into the 
skit. Mr. Ronair is a likable light 
comedian, just a trifle too fast in his 
work for Miss Ward, who looks well, 
wears pretty clothes, but will need 
some playing yet before she can equal 
her partner. The dialog might be 
built up to better advantage around 
the center. It sags off a couple of 
times. The talk at the opening, about 
fish, gets over nicely. Mr. Ronair 
sends all his matter over easily. The 
act will do in the New York big vaude- 
ville houses in an early spot just now. 
At least they have a couple of new 
and good looking faces to recommend 
them to the big time. Sitne. 



Carlton. 

Comedy Magician. 
17 Mlns.; One. 
Majestic, Chicago. 

Carlton, one of the recent importa- 
tions from the other side, is a come- 
dian and a magician, mostly a come- 
dian — and a good one. Fortunately 
he has had an opportunity to study 
the American audience before tack- 
ling the more important engagements 
in the east, since he toured the west- 
ern end of the Orpheum Circuit first. 
Extremely eccentric in appearance and 
quite as much in delivery, he carried 
off a huge hit Monday afternoon in 
a hard spot. Carlton's stage appa- 
ratus consists of a chair and a roll 
of carpet. He works much like Griff. 
His patter is practically the same in 
construction. He occasionally called 
attention to the shrieks Of silence and 
insisted over and over again that he 
was "deucedly clevah." Opening with 
a routine of card palming, the long 
magician went through some card 
tricks finishing with the disc casket 
trick. For his finale Carlton works 
with a confederate, a nimble contor- 
tionist, who acts as his subject in a 
bit of burlesque hypnotism. It is well 
worked and full of comedy. The 
lanky Londoner will meet his real test 
in Hammerstein's. where he Is sched- 
uled to appear in a few weeks. At any 
rate on his Majestic showing he will 



"The Dandles" (5). 
Singing and Comedy. 
22 Mlns.; Full Stage. 
Majestic, Chicago. 

"The Dandies" are English, decided- 
ly so, with a routine of misplaced 
material that would evidently bring 
expected results on this side of the 
pond if slightly altered in delivery. 
For an act of its kind "The Dandies" 
work overtime. They could chop out 
six or seven minutes and still have 
a good comedy turn. They have 
played the Orpheum Circuit and are 
still very much out of order. Their 
past performances probably warranted 
them being placed in Oe "No. 1" spot 
at the Majestic, a bad position in any 
house, but worse at the Majestic. Of 
the quintet, three are women. One 
spends all her time at a grand piano. 
Opening with a Jively song and dance 
"The Dandies" looked like a sure 
thing, but from then on they slowed 
up and Qnished rather weak. A solo 
later on, closely followed by a duet 
(both ballads) went exceptionally 
well, as did a bit of comedy in which 
four of "The Dandies" represent a 
music hall audience on the other side. 
Two chairs are placed on a table to 
represent the gallery in which two of 
"The Dandies" sit impersonating cos- 
ter characters. Directly beneath are 
two of the English aristocratic ele- 
ment. A little talk between the pair 
ensues and while the males give a 
corking good idea of the characters 
they represent, the few present at 7.40 
were too busily engaged arranging 
their wraps to take notice. The bit 
rolled by unnoticed. A laughing song 
is used for a finale. "The Dandies" 
should use their opening number for 
a finish and eliminate the song now 
used. One of the other numbers could 
be taken but or better still, the bari- 
tone could drop one verse of his solo. 
The recitation bit is passable, al- 
though not overstrong. Could "The 
Dandies" figure on a fifteen-minute 
routine of their best, there is every 
reason to believe they could get over. 
But even then they would have to 
dodge the opening program spot. 

Wynn. 



Four Kumas Family. 

Magic and Equilibrists. 

IS Mins.; Full Stage (Special Setting). 

Hammers tein's. 

The special setting carried by this 
Japanese quartet is worthy of a bet- 
ter act. Three men and a woman in 
native Japanese garb go through fif- 
teen minutes of conventional stunts, 
such as throwing out streams of rib- 
bons, then gathering them up and 
transforming them into the American 
flag. A feature trick is to have the 
woman walk up a ladder of edged 
swords In her bare feet. Jolo. 

strike New York with the odds in his 
favor. He made good here. Wynn. 



"The Littlest Rebel'* (Dustin and Wm. 

Farnum), Globe. 
"The Three Romeos," Globe. 
"Vera Violetta," Winter Garden. 

Grace Cameron. 
Character Singer. 
12 Mins.; One. 
Majestic, Chicago. 

Little Grace Cameron should be la- 
beled "The Hero of the Bill" at the 
Majestic this week. On one of the 
best programs the house has ever of- 
fered, the character songster appeared 
in next to closing spot, following 
Frank Keenan in "The Oath," a dra- 
matic affair that had the whole house 
mourning for the dead son at the cur- 
tain, where Keenan is shown kneeling 
down with a Rosary in his hands, 
praying to mournful music. And tneu 
the orchestra struck up a lively tune 
for her opening, a chorus girl's ex- 
perience told in lyrics, which allows 
her an opportunity to test her vocal 
abilities. This was followed by a 
French number, a poor selection well 
delivered, but one that doesn't belong 
in the Cameron repertoire. Then 
came a kid song called "I'm An Or- 
phan Child From Reno" or something 
along that line. Of this only one 
verse was sung. It turned the tide 
in Miss Cameron's favor and following 
with three character numbers in com- 
edy costume, she scored one of the 
afternoon's hits. "Help, Help. Help," 
"Heaven Will Protect a Working Girl" 
and a suffragette number labeled "If 
Adam Had Never Been Introduced to 
Eve" completed her comedy offerings. 
At the finish Miss Cameron had the 
audience entirely weaned from the 
Keenan characterization. Naturally 
the first two songs went slow. Miss 
Cameron is probably one in a hun- 
dred who could hold the spot. It 
was a severe test. The result makes 
her a candidate for any bill, anywhere, 
anytime. Wynn. 



Evelyn Sisters. 
Singing and Dancing. 
8 Mins.; One. 
Hammerstein's. 

A conventional "sister" act, fairly 
neat steppers, pretty, but poor sing- 
ers. Their dance steps earned a lit- 
tle, not much in opening position a 
few minutes after eight o'clock. The 
girls might be good support to some 
comedian or male coon singer, but by 
themselves dc not class in the two-a- 
day. Jolo. 



NEW ACTS 
IN "POP" HOUSES 



Thomas and Coates. 
Songs and Dances. 
13 Mins.; One. 

Two colored boys have a very de- 
cent comedy singing and dancing act. 
The "straight" man is a good acrobatic- 
dancer, and the comedian is there 
with an eccentric style. The talk 
is funny, and the two rank well up 
with double-colored acts. Jess. 



VARIETY 



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Deane and SUbp . 

18 Mine.; 4 (Interior; Two); 

(One); 8 (Two). 
New York Roof. 

A dressing room Is shown. The 
man is waiting to go on. His part- 
ner falls to show. The letter's sister 
blows in like a gentle sephyr from 
the Bowery* She slangs him this 
way and she slangs him that, and says 
she knows his act backwards. Six 
minutes in "one" give the girl a 
chance to sing "Under the Turn Turn 
Tree." She sang it well, but the 
song is too old for her young yoice. 
The man neither tings nor dances, 
simply "feeds" the woman, so she can 
handle talk gleaned from the vernacu- 
lar of the street. The woman is a 
capital comedienne but carries some 
of her work too far. 8he could very 
likely frame a "single" and get more 
out of it. Sometimes it does take 
two to make an act. In this turn, 
though, the girl landed everything. 
While the idea of their sketch is not 
a new one, the act could be threaded 
Into a smoother running vehicle for 
the "smaller houses." Mark. 



Tom Thatcher and Go. (1). 
Singing and Dancing. 
11 Mine.; One. 
Murray Hill (Nov. 5). 

Tom Thatcher has undergone quite 
a transformation since last seen as a 
"single." Now he not only dresses 
up like a regular matinee idol but 
has a young woman working with him 
who makes his act all the stronger for 
"pop" houses. These colored enter- 
tainers were one of the biggest hits 
on the Sunday bill. Thatcher is a 
good entertainer and should work in 
more facial contortions. His "open 
work" reminds one strongly of Billy 
Kersands, who could put the business 
end of a tumbler in his mouth with- 
out any trouble. Thatcher's partner 
is a graceful dancer, light and airy on 
her feet. Mark. 



Ben Cox. 
Songs and Talk. 
12 Mine.; One. 
Murray H1U (Nov. 5). 

Ben Cox, looking as neat as a pin, 
chalked up quite a hit at the Murray 
Hill Sunday. He sang two songs and 
for an encore "did" a recitation com- 
posed of the titles of a hundred or 
more of plays. His talk was well 
put over. Several of his Jokes sound- 
ed suspiciously like those of Eira Ken- 
dall, but Mr. Cox got away with his 
monolog in pretty good shape. He has 
a good act for the "pop" time. 

Mark. 



Valroy Major. 

Songs and Dance. 

8 Mins.; One. 

Grand Opera House (Nov. 5). 

Valroy Major is probably English. 
She adopts the English style of sing- 
ing a song. Her selection of num- 
bers (three) is very poor and even 
on the "Small Time" she would have 
difficulty in Interesting without the 
dance used for a finish. Miss Major 
has good looks and with the proper 
songs ought to make a good single 
for any time. 

Jess. 



Jack Reid and Co. (8). 
"A Night in Chinatown** (Melodra- 
matic with Comedy). 
One and Three; (Special Drops). 
Columbia (Nov. 5). 

"A Night in Chinatown" or some- 
thing like it was played by Jack Reid 
in burlesque. In the present sketch, 
shown at the Columbia Sunday night 
Mr. Reid, as the old Irishman, was 
excellent. Three or four other peo- 
ple were with him, some as "types." 
The scene in "one" got through nicely, 
the Irishman working straight for a 
dope. Had the act remained in "one," 
it might have shown itself more adapt- 
able to the better vaudeville. Carry- 
ing the scene to a hop joint however 
on Pell street, with an opium layout 
in a bunk, with a smoker lying there, 
along with the melodramatics that fol- 
low immediately after, stamped the 
sketch as but fitted for the small time. 
It goes beyond a logical length, is 
badly fitted toward the finish, and the 
subject matter is too illuminating of 
the frowsy side for the better houses. 

Sime. 



La Reine. 

Serpentine Dances. 

18 kins.; Foil Stage (Special Effects). 

New York Roof. 

La Reine was featured in her "spec- 
tacular dances" on the Roof this week. 
It isn't her dancing but the electrical 
effects that make the act a most de- 
sirable one for the "pop" time. Ser- 
pentine dances amid an array of col- 
ored lights have long ago worn out 
their novelty in the bigger houses, 
but La Reine has her dances worked 
up in pretty attractive shape* mak- 
ing them a welcome acquisition to any 
"pop" house bill. She carries a mil- 
lion dollars worth of electrical effects. 
Perhaps they didn't cost a million, but 
the outfit would pass the thousand 
mark. There are slight waits between 
each dance. After a short serpen- 
tine at the opening, she offers the 
dance of colors, the flame dance and 
the dance of the north. The last two 
are the most effective. The scenic 
arrangement for the closing number 
is a pretty feature. Mark. 



Nichols. 

Comedy Wire. 

12 Mins.; Full Stage. 

American. 

Nichols is a wire walker who ap- 
pears a trifle aged for a man doing 
this line of work. He starts off with 
so me attempted comedy, but gets lit- 
tle out of it. After removing his 
comedy clothes Nichols works in 
"straight" attire. He succeeds in do- 
ing much better, though his work war- 
rants no better position than what he 
has this week. Nichols opens the show. 

Jess. 



Wills Harner and Co. 

Dramatic Sketch. 

18 Mins., Parlor. 

Grand Opera House (Nov. 5). 

An Italian man-servant kills the 
brother of a girl who has befriended 
him, without knowing he is her bro- 
ther. The brother stole the Italian's 
wife. Like many other stories, this 
one is full of the same kind of ven- 
geance. The fight between the two 
Is a scream, and caused the audience 
to lose interest. Jus. 



Elgorda. 

Comedy Magician. 

17 Mine.; One. 

Elgorda makes his entrance through 
the audience without any make up and 
before he is on the stage, starts a 
running fire of conversation, continued 
to the finish of the turn. While not 
resembling either one, the present- 
ment may be best described as a cross 
between the acts of Jarrow and Van 
Hoven. He takes unusual liberties 
with his audience, but in such a way 
that instead of resenting it, they laugh 
with him. His best bid for comedy is 
bringing a small boy out of the audi- 
ence and giving h*ma number of eggs 
to hold, some of which fall and break, 
to the embarrassment of the kid and 
the delight of the audience. Elgorda 
will do nicely for the small time, but 
can hardly court comparison with the 
comedy magicians above mentioned. 

Jolo. 



Taylor. 

Songs and Imitations. 

12 Mins.; One. 

New York Roof. 

Taylor gets the billing but a part- 
ner who acts as a "plant" in the audi- 
ence gets the lion's share of atten- 
tion and applause with the solo he 
renders down in the orchestra pit. 
Taylor lacks some valuable stage as- 
sets among them personality, and 
owes Cliff Gordon nearly everything 
for his act. That is, Taylor opens 
his act with an imitation of Cliff, and 
comes close to doing half of his mon- 
olog. When Taylor says he will do 
a song as Eddie Foy would do it, the 
"plant" interrupts and kids. Then 
comes the latter's song, and he takes 
a genuine "pop" hit. He then goes 
on the stage and sings two parodies 
with Taylor, on "Winter" and "Alex- 
ander." The act is of "small time" 
calibre. Mark. 



Lucifer and Kidler. 

Acrobatic. 

Mins.; Fall Stage. 

Columbia (Nov. 5). 

Made up as two clowns, Lucifer and 
Kidler, at the Columbia Sunday night, 
displayed a "hitching" kick as their 
best work. The comedy did not ex- 
tend beyond the make up. The men 
might decide who is the comedian of 
the pair, and allow the other to work 
straight. The burlesque wrestling bout 
indulged in by one of the duo for an 
encore could have been further worked 
out. The turn is for the smaller 
time. Bime. 



out or TOWN 

Marguerite Starr. 

Sonfe*. 

17 Mins.; One. 

Young's Pier, Atlantic City. 

Miss Starr Is from the legitimate, 
although appearing Id vaudeville last 
season. She Is a very pretty girl 
with blue eyes surmounted with gold- 
en hair. Singing four numbers, for 
each she had a different costume. 
Rarely has vaudeville been shown such 
pretty and rich gowns by a single 
artist. She was encored to big ap- 
plause, and should do very nicely on 
the big time. /. B. Pulaski. 



Kathryn and Violet Pearl and Jack 
Coombs, Chief Bender and Cy 
Morgan. 
10 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Young's Pier, Atlantic City. 

John R. Robinson picked a peach 
when he signed the pitching heroes 
of the World's Champion Athletics, 
Coombs, Bender and Morgan, for 
vaudeville. Mr. Robinson supplied 
the proper support when he chose 
Kathryn and Violet Pearl. And then 
he did another wise thing by having 
George Totten Smith construct the ve- 
hicle. The result is that the act, en- 
titled "Learning the, Game" would al- 
most stand alone without the big 
names attached. It opens with the 
two girls alone on the stage. Kathryn 
is the owner of a ball club but knows 
nothing of the game. Violet knows 
"all about it," and besides is acquaint- 
ed with the players. The latter are 
spied in the offing. They enter in 
spotless playing uniforms — Morgan 
first, then Coombs and last Bender. 
The applause that greeted the men 
was veritable thunder. After some 
"kidding" at the expense of Kathryn* 
Morgan sang a dandy song "Mr. Dream 
Man." He surprised everybody with 
his really good voice. Then followed 
some more "kidding" and "dafTy dills" 
on team members, after the pitchers 
demonstrated pitching methods. Each 
man after a short explanation pitched 
the ball into a net in the wings. The 
finish came with another good num- 
ber entitled "The Base-Ball Glide," 
all singing. Both songs are by Harry 
Von Tilzer. A dance was the en- 
core, Kathryn, Violet and Morgan 
really dancing. (Morgan has been 
in minstrel shows for some time.) At 
the finish Bender did a miniature war 
dance bringing a shout of laughter 
and great applause. The act took 
eleven curtains Monday night, each 
pitcher making a speech as did "Rube" 
Oldring who was in the audience, and 
was brought up on the stage. The 
act should prove one of the season's 
biggest novelties and one of the very 
best drawing cards. /. B. Pulaski. 



John B. Henshaw and Grace Avery. 
"Strangers in a Strange Plat" 

(Farce). 
26 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Young's Pier, Atlantic City. 

John E. Henshaw has long been 
identified with musical comedy. Grace 
Avery has been in several legitimate 
shows. She makes a capital partner 
for Mr. Henshaw. In the present offer- 
ing they have a piece of valuable prop- 
erty for vaudeville usage. It is chock 
full of bright, snappy lines, with con- 
siderable new and original slang. The 
action takes place in a furnished flat 
which Ruby Bright (Miss Avery) an 
actress has just rented from the jani- 
tor. She is to play in a new show 
opposite a well known comedian, 
Bradley Sharp (Mr. Henshaw), whom 
she has never seen, and whom, she 
imagines, is very fresh. When the 
principals meet, the fun starts until 
their real indentities are revealed. The 
finish was a song and dance. It took 
them off to big applause. As an en- 
core they gave a taxlcab bit, new and 
funny. The action for the most part 
Is rapid. A slowing of pace was 
evident in the center of the act, but 
this should be remedied. 

/. B. Pulaski. 



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VARIETY 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

There were not many In the house 
Monday night. The wet season kept 
the attendance down. The show Is 
good and should look attractive to a 
vaudeville going public. It ran smooth- 
ly, though the Pathe "Weekly Bul- 
letin" was forced into the heart of 
the proceedings. The audience liked 
the pictures* but there is no question 
about it slowing up a bill. This 
week it is probably a better arrange- 
ment to run the pictures rather than 
shift the running order as planned. 

The program contains no new acts, 
but there are three or four turns that 
haven't played New York for 20-weeks- 
each-season for the past five, and that 
was encouraging. 

Carl McCullough returns to the 
"big" eastern vaudeville after quite a 
long absence, and Carl- should be 
scolded. It does seem that after all 
this time, he might have discovered 
a new idea or two. He is doing the 
"Demonstrator," and the- imitations, 
travesty and straight. Ha is, however, 
combing his hair differently, some- 
thing, anyway. McCullough is at his 
best in his opening number, "Mam- 
my's Shufflin' Dance," a straight 
'coon" ditty. McCullough has ability; 
also personality and appearance, but 
lacks progressiveness. On "No. 4," 
he did well but not nearly what he 
should do. 

The Langdons are in exact contrast. 
Everything they have in their laugh- 
able skit "A Night on the Boulevard" 
shows goaheadatlveness. The pair 
have a prop auto that's a little dandy. 
They enter in it, and it is the best 
looking thing for a travesty buss 
wagon yet shown. A pretty, attrac- 
tive set is also carried. This, along 
with a second prop auto, and a com- 
pany, makes the act look pretentious. 
The man and woman do very well with 
the comedy props and get a great deal 
from the. material. The Langdons 
put it over "No. 3." For their new- 
ness and novelty, they should be wel- 
come visitors around here. 

Eva Shirley and Sam Keasler were 
"No. 2," and did surprisingly well. 
The pair seem to fit each other nicely 
and should get along in the big houses. 
The specialty however needs rearrang- 
ing. The first thing to come under 
the hammer is the dressing. Eva's 
first dress shouldn't be, the second is 
better, but a neat, becoming style 
could be found, for she is a pretty, 
attractive girl, who should strive to 
get all she can from her good looks. 
Sammie (even though it breaks his 
heart) must part with the silk hat. 
That's got to come out. Instead of 
trying to be grown ups, why not just 
be a couple of kids? 

Sam Chip and Mary Marble scored 
just the kind of a. hit the clean cut 
classy little playlet deserved. Mike 
Bernard and Willie Weston very fine, 
next to closing. Mike sure can play 
that instrument. A new routine will 
be in order, if around these parts they 
are to stay much longer. Ioleen Sis- 
ters under poor conditions did splen- 
didly. A nice clean interesting open- 
ing number. 

Byron and Langdon caught their 
full quota of laughs, but with only a 
picture between "The Dude Detective" 
and "In Old Edam" it made the detec- 
tive sketch look pretty tawdry. 



VANITY FAIR 



The "Vanity Fair" Company, this 
season, on the Eastern Burlesque 
Wheel, is credited to the Bowman 
Brothers Amusement Co. Last year 
Gus Hill directed the show, which still 
plays under his franchise, having been 
leased. 

The Bowman Brothers (William T. 
and James M.) are among the prin- 
cipals. William is one of the two 
tramp comedians; Bob Van Osten the 
other, in the rather trite piece that is 
used to run through two acts, with an 
olio of three turns. This week at the 
Columbia, two of the acts are added, 
to strengthen up and lengthen out the 
performance. The third number is 
Bernier and Steller. It is a man and 
woman singing team, carried only for 
their vaudeville act. Monday eve- 
ning, after the second song, a ballad, 
the couple silently left the stage, with- 
out reappearing. Until they change 
that ballad into something they can 
sing, the reception will probably be 
repeated. 

Following the olio came the sec- 
ond act, or "burlesque." In this 
Messrs. Bowman and Van Osten con- 
tinue the characters of the tramp, by 
carrying out the title of the "Suf- 
fering Suffragettes." They are now 
on "Suffragette Isle," a near-relative 
to the old Seminary stuff. To make 
the relation stronger, the men are 
wearing skirts and wheeling baby car- 
riages. In -quick transition then, af- 
ter a march by the girls in tights, (led 
by Rose Stens Stevens, who nicely fit- 
ted into the role of the mother at the 
opening), comes a revision of "Tne 
Old Fire Brigade," with the choristers 
impersonating firemen. They dally 
about. It's a long stall that chases 
people home, and so it was in this 
case. When James Bowman finally 
appeared to sing "Mississippi Shore," 
a good many were on their way, with 
the burlesque not near completed. 

The burlesque of the "Vanity 
Fair" show is very bad. The comedy 
never enters. In the first part it is 
somewhat better, but the laughs are 
not plentiful. Though the plot of 
two tramps who are escaped convicts, 
and steal clothes to assume other char- 
acters, is hackneyed enough, there is 
still some humor left in it. What little 
there was that didn't hide somewhere, 
Mr. Van Osten got out. The opener 
has some suggestive lines, albeit not 
as broad as some of the verses in 
"Rock-a-by Baby." This song came in 
the second act with Van Osten and 
William Bowman singing the old 
"Hinky-Dee" melody? One verse was 
particularly bad, really nasty. 

When in vaudeville William Bow- 
man was an excellent blackface come- 
dian. That seems to be his forte. 
Certainly he shows nothing as a tramp. 
Mr. Bowman never seems to grip the 
character, nor does his physical build 
suit It. 

As a "straight" with a voice, James 
bowman does very well. William 

"Everywife," the top of the bill, 
closed the program. The house be- 
came intensely Interested from the 
start, although once or twice the point 
seemed to be rolling about in the open. 



U 



Dash. 



also can sing. The musical hit of 
the show is their number "Virginia 
Lou," in which Miss Stevens added a 
share as her best contribution of the 
evening. She remained off stage while 
singing, but the bouquet was handed 
to her during the march, while she 
was wearing a diamond pendant. (It 
has been a great season for the jewel- 
ers.) . 

Among the three women principals, 
inclusive of Miss Stevens, were Anna 
Woods and Dainty Diane. Miss Woods 
sang a couple of numbers programed 
(or Miss Diane. In one of these, 
"The Violin Rag," she put It over ex- 
tremely well. Miss Diane came out 
strongly when singing "Mysterious 
Rag" with James Bowman, at the 
finale of the first part. It made a big 
finish, receiving several encores. 
Dainty or Diane also delivered her 
Hues the most Intelligently among the 
ladies, though she was very careful 
the audience should never miss a syl- 
lable. 

The dressing in the first part was 
very pretty, though the costuming for 
the second act hadn't suffered a change 
up to the time the fire affair con- 
cluded. Of the sixteen choristers, 
four or five are pretty enough to won- 
der why the other managers who have 
appeared along the route this season 
did not discover some looks themselves 
to place in the line. One blonde 
chorister would grace the "show girl" 
line of any Broadway musical comedy. 

"Louisville Bill," another "rag" in 
the program, assigned to Virginia Kel- 
sey (whoever she is) had to come out 
as Bernier and Steller picked that for 
the first of the two songs in their olio 
act. They might better let Miss Kel- 
sey handle it. She may do something 
with the number. 

Of the other olio turns, Dewar's 
Comedy Animal Circus, is the unrid- 
able donkey, which caught much 
laughter. Dewar has a dog work- 
ing the revolving table, quite good, 
and the boys on the table got some 
fun out of it, but until he can train 
his pony to run the table without his 
hand on the bridle, and his whip on 
the pony's legs, Mr. Dewar had better 
close with the comedy falls of the 
boys. It will also make the pony feel 
much more comfortable. 

As the big hit of the night in an an 
around way, the Six Musical Spillers 
(also added) had no competition. 
These colored people, equally divided 
as to sex, give a very entertaining act. 
One can not help but reflect upon the 
absence of this turn from the big time 
vaudeville houses. Perhaps they are 
not asking sufficient salary to make 
some of the managers believe it. They 
will make the act better by dropping 
that dancing-cornet bit. It's too 
freaky, and means nothing. 

All the music of the show is sup- 
plied by the Ted Snyder Co. Bert 
Kalmer wrote the lyrics. Could the 
chorus sing as well as it looks, one 
or two of the numbers would have 
been much better received. 

The "Vanity Fair" needs fixing, es- 
pecially in the burlesque. If there is 
any way for William Bowman to ap- 
pear in blackface in the show, he 
should do so without delay. Sim*. 



COLUMBIA. 

Vaudeville at the Columbia Sunday 
evenings for the past few weeks has 
been drawing capacity business. The 
Columbia (Columbia Amusement Co.) 
harbors burlesque during the week, 
but is the "big house" of the Feiber 
ft Shea Sunday Circuit in New York. 
The others of the firm are the Murray 
Hill and Grand Opera House. J. Her- 
bert Mack is the manager of the Co- 
lumbia. 

The Columbia bills are composed 
usually of some of the turns from Fei- 
ber ft 8hea's near-by vaudeville the- 
atres, together with acts gathered for 
the occasion. Most are new each 
week, at least to Broadway. This is 
probably one of the Inducements which 
attracts the large attendance. Sunday 
night there was a sell out before the 
curtain arose. 

The Columbia Sunday audience Is a 
mixture of a "small time" crowd, bur- 
lesque goers and those who go to 
vaudeville but now and then. Be- 
tween the different parts making up 
the whole, an act has rather an easy 
time. 

Though it is far from a sinecure to 
frame up a program for one day only 
Marty Shea, who attends to the bills 
at the three theatres, presents usually 
a nice playing Sunday show, that 
proves agreeable. 

Last Sunday was no exception, al- 
though a couple of the acts (and 
the only sketches) on the program, 
had melodramatic tendencies and 
seemingly home made stories that 
stamped them as useless for anything 
but the "small time." There were 
Jack Reid and Co. (New Acts), and 
BlUy Swede Hall and Co. Each 
got over very well for the reasoni 
above stated. 

The Peerless Macks were "No. 2," 
following a light opening number, Lu- 
cifer and Kldler, comedy acrobats 
(New Acts). The Macks have im- 
proved greatly. The single thing in 
the turn not getting what it should 
have was the young man's singing of 
"Honey man." That may be account- 
ed for through the Columbia not hav- 
ing missed that song on a Sunday since 
it came out. Toung Mr. Mack does 
so well with It he might get a newer 
number to exercise on. The young 
woman is dressing in far better taste 
than she formerly did, and they have 
a corking dance for the finale. It 
could be better displayed in "two." 
The speech and encore "Yiddish" talk 
delivered by Miss Mack, didn't com- 
mence to belong. Besides that she 
was breathless (or tried to impress 
the house to that effect. This "speech" 
thing Is a very tiresome proceeding. 
It's the father of the handshake, 9 some- 
thing Just as foolish. 

Harry Jolson put on his new turn 
(New Acts), getting the hit of the bill. 
Then came Ronair and Ward (New 
Acts), the class of the show, follow- 
ed by The Berrens. The latter is a 
musical "piano act" with the female 
impersonator deceiving about the en- 
tire house until the disclosure. It 
comes under the heading of a nice 
novelty turn. 

Mr. Reld and his company dropped 
in at this point, with Jones and Grant 
(colored), and the McDonald Trio, on 
the bicycles, to give the performance 
a strong ending. Sime. 



VARIETY 



BAMMBRSTEIN'S. 

Nothing on the program at Ham- 
mers tein's this week may be classed 
as extraordinary or novel. To the 
initiated or regular vaudeville patron 
the show was anything but diverting. 

While the majority of the acts pre- 
sented would serve to make up the 
body of any high class two-a-day pro- 
gram, the lack of novelties, the damp- 
ness Monday evening exuding from the 
wet wraps carried into the house, the 
humidity of the atmosphere, all had a 
somewhat dispiriting effect on the au- 
dience. A tendency to lapse into 
apathy from which they were occa- 
sionally roused in the earlier portion 
of the bill, gave way to a condition 
bordering on somnolence as the pro- 
gram advanced. Even the intermis- 
sion failed to revive them for the rea- 
son that there was & steady downpour 
outside. Few availed themselves of 
what is ordinarily an opportunity to 
get a breath of fresh air. 

Evelyn Sisters (New Acts) opened 
the show. Frank Hartley was sec- 
ond. While he showed nothing es- 
pecially new in the Juggling line, his 
work was fast and despite his early 
spot, he secured a considerable amount 
of plaudits in appreciation of his ef- 
forts. Fred Watson, with his "coon" 
songs had a hard time of it in so early 
a position ("No. 3") but pulled out 
a bit of a hit at the finish. "Cheyenne 
Days" has a number of new people 
in the cast, most an Improvement, es- 
pecially the woman high school rider. 

James J. Morton was out of the 
bill. Frosini was moved up from the 
second half to fill the gap. He got 
four bows on a medley of popular airs 
at the completion of his turn and then 
had to return and do another bit. His 
is a sure fire number. Aida Overton 
Walker and her company of ten sing- 
ers and dancers closed the first half, 
but did not register her usual big 
hit — entirely due to the absence of 
spirit on the part of the audience, 
which was in no way a reflection on 
her act. 

The Courteney Sisters resumed the 
entertainment after the interim. In 
the hard spot, they did not suffer the 
usual fate of turns in that position, 
because the majority of the audience 
remained seated instead of adjourning 
for refreshments. They got five bows 
and two huge bouquets at their fin- 
ish, necessitating their return for a 
repetition of the chorus of the clos- 
ing number. 

Amelia Bingham's "Big Moments 
from Great Plays" is now comprised 
of scenes from "London Assur- 
ance" with the star in the role of 
Lady Gay Spanker, "Mme. Sans Gene" 
and "School for Husbands." While 
Miss Bingham is eminently fitted by 
nature for the titular role in "Sans 
Gene" she is hardly "in the picture" 
In the part of Lady Gay Spanker, the 
athletic horseback riding wife, and 
equally handicapped for the interpre- 
tation of the timid wife of the tipsy, 
pleasure-loving husband in "School for 
Husbands." Murphy and Nichols fol- 
lowed with "From Zaza to Uncle 
Tom." Rose, Young and Friedman, 
a rathskeller trio, were next to clos- 
ing and had a hard time of it. What- 
ever merit the act may possess was 
entirely lost on a fast departing audi- 
ence. The boys seemed to realize 



AMERICAN. 

The show this week on top of the 

American never got a decent start 

through lack of good comedy. The 

business Monday night was as poor as 

the weather. 

Nichols (New Acts) opened the 
show in a wire act, but the audience 

did not forget the rain chill all the 

time. He had one customer in the 

laugh line; a girl who laughed long 

and loud at everything on the bill. She 

proved a pretty good help and ought 

to be booked solid by the house. 

The Black Brothers have a banjo 
act that does well in a musical way. 
1 he boys are handling the proper kind 
of material and do not attempt any 
of the "heavy stuff." After playing 
a duet on a banjo and the piano they 
furnish a dance with the Jingles 
on the soft shoes. With this finish 
they stirred up quite a little noise. 
Wm. H. Sloane and Co. (New Acts). 

The Musical Stoddards closed the 
first part with a sketch. The man play- 
ed an absent-minded professor and was 
funny in a quiet way. while the girl 
did her part well. The talk is a 
trifle drawn out. Imitations on a vio- 
lin stamp the act as a good "small 
timer." 

Hammond and Forrester did nicely 
with a talking and Singing act. Some 
of the material could stand freshening. 

Rouble Simms opened the second 
part. His drawing of subjects from the 
audience tickled a portion of the au- 
dience. While drawing a marine view 
the artist sings a ballad and he really 
shouldn't (except perhaps on the 
small time). Mr. Simms does a pleas- 
ing act, some of the comedy manag- 
ing to hold the rest of his turn up 
nicely. 

The San Carlos Opera Co. scored 
the big hit, as they probably would 
on any small time bill. The com- 
pany has five good voices. The ef- 
fect is pleasing. The setting also at- 
tracts some attention. It is a night 
scene in Paris. 

Watson and Dwyer went on next to 
closing the show. These boys prom- 
ised a better act a few months ago 
than they are now doing. The two 
seem to stretch it out too far to get 
comedy bits over. The material they 
are handling now is very much over- 
done. They tire before half through. 
A little more care in enunciation 
might help. 

The Lessos working as a two-act 
closed the show. The woman was not 
present, the men juggling. The audi- 
ence remained to see it all. 

Judging from the size of the audi- 
ence and their attitude, it seems a 
little late for the roof to be open. The 
machine that delivers the water cups 
got Murray Fell for a dime instead 
of a penny. That may show a profit. 

Jess. 

that they were up against it and had 
the good sense to decline an encore 
insistently demanded by a number of 
"pluggers" from several publishing 
houses. Four Kumas Family (New 
Acts) preceded the pictures. Jolo. 



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NEW YORK ROOF. 

The rain did its level best to break 
up the show on the New York Roof, 
Monday night, but the bill was evi- 
dently concocted to meet such an 
emergency. • There were a ring act, 
a combination of slack wire poses and 
contortions by a man and woman, a 
mixture of pantomime by a man, more 
contortions by another woman, some 
tricks by dogs, and an array of ser- 
pentine dances at the close. 

The only time the rain got In its 
work was with two singing acts and 
one talking act. And the way those 
raindrops pelted that roof made one 
think that a herd of cattle was doing 
a "turkey trot." 

It may be that rain checks were 
given out earlier In the evening as 
half of the show was played to half 
a house. One picture was worth risk- 
ing any torrent. That was "The Bat- 
tle." 

The Amotts, with the man getting 
applause with his double-jointed work 
down stage, still retain some of their 
old circus style of working. Eugene 
and Carrie Ritchie got the most at- 
tention with trained dogs. 

Blanche Sloan gave the bill a "big 
time" thrill with her daring work on 
the rings. That Roof was made to 
order for an act of her kind. She 
made the best of it, swinging right out 
over the head of the piano player. 

Sweeney and Rooney, Ruth Alvoy* 
Deane and Silby, Taylor and LaReine 
(New Acts). 

Mark. 



ACTOR FOLK HELD BY POLICE. 

Chicago, Nov. 8. 

The police of this city have been 
holding J. V. Thomas, an actor living 
at the Revere House in North Clark 
street, and Mrs. Margaret Harris, an 
actress (widow of Jesse Harris, a fe- 
male impersonator, who died last Sun- 
day at the Cook County hospital) 
pending an inquiry into the circum- 
stances surrounding the latter's death. 

Harris is reported to have visited 
Thomas Saturday evening at the hotel 
and lator on returned to his home at 
503 Cass street. His condition is al- 
leged to have been indicative of in- 
toxication. He retired for the night, 
and Sunday was taken to the hospital 
in a state of stupor from which it was 
impossible to arouse him. There it is 
said he was treated for epilepsy at the 
suggestion of his wife. He died with- 
out regaining consciousness. 

Thomas afterward made a statement 
to the effect that he believed that 
death was due to an overdose of mor- 
phine and proceeded to support this 
contention by explaining that while in 
the room at the hotel Saturday night. 
Harris had been handling a bottle con- 
taining tablets of the drug belonging 
to Thomas, several of which he claimed 
were missing when the visitor started 
for home. Thomas made no other ad- 
mission except to say that he 
(Thomas) had been addicted to the 
morphine habit for the last four years. 



BERNSTEIN ALL-NIGHT AGENT. 

"Yes, boys," said Freeman Bern- 
stein, Tuesday, as the Associated Or- 
der of Wishing Agents stood with 
mouths open looking at him. "I have 
thrown the key away. This office 
will be open hereafter night and day. 

"I find it necessary to accommo- 
date one of my most valued clients, 
Frank A. Keeney. And that reminds 
me that, Schenectady and Troy now 
split their shows. 

"Who is that? He wants to pay 
some money, Paul. Welf, let him 
wait. Don't let those fellows get the 
Idea we want money badly. 

"As I was saying before, gentle- 
men, Troy is a great proposition. Last 
Saturday the trolley car stopped 
twice in front of the house. We have 
concluded there is money in Troy. 
Between Proctor and my brother 
Sam, we will try to find it 

"Oh, yes, Paul Hall and Max Sher- 
man will be my night staff. The idea 
is this: If Mr. Keeney must go to the 
theatre in New York, and can't book 
his show until midnight Saturday, 
we must be here. The office will 
have to be open. So I have arranged 
that Paul won't reach here until ten 
o'clock in the morning, remaining 
until six the next morning, while 

Max can come on at 10.80 and 
leave at seven the next morning also. 

Mr. Bernstein indignantly denied 
that the scheme of an all-night agency 
was to afford him a proper excuse for 
not appearing regularly each night 
at his Long Branch home. These ru- 
mors, said Mr. Freeman, were set 
afoot by his competitors, in the hope 
that his wife would knock the plan. 

"Somehow, everything I start to 
do gets out," remarked Mr. Bern- 
stein. "Someone is tipping off my 
business, and if I hear who is doing 
it I am going to complain to the Com- 
missioner of Licenses. 

"Yes, sir; I will accept the ten dol- 
lars on account, but mall me a check. 
1 don't want any money lying around 
the office. 

"Nope, I won't book anything for 
Troy to-day. The new show doesn't 
open until next Monday. Paul, tell 
these agents to stop talking so loud, 
and let that fellow in with the coin. 
I want to send out for a sandwich. 
How do I get sixteen dollars for a 
small-time commission? You certainly 
have your nerve with you to ask, but 
I got wise to this agency game 
through Jack Levy. 

"Say, if you see Frank Keeney, tell 
him the advance sale for the Third 
Avenue is very big. It looks as 
though that house will do business 
again. It's pushing Troy very hard. 
Oh, yes, we paid everybody at Troy 
last week. It was the record. 

"Paul, stop rubbing your eyes, will 
you? You know that bull thing won't 
get you anything with me. I have 
worked it from the bottom to the top 
myself. 

"So long, kid. Drop in here any 
day at two in the morning, and see 
us filling a show for Binghamton." 



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Unlet* otherwise poted, the foBowmg report! arc for the arrert wteh. 



JOHN J. O'CONNOR 

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CHICAGO 



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MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Glover, mg r. ; agent. 
Orpbeum Circuit). — Headed by Frank Keenan 
In seumas McManui'i powerful sketch, "The 
Oath," the local house ia offering this week 
the best all-around vaudeville show seen In 
Chicago in some time. Monday afternoon 
"The Dandles" failed to appear, because of 
delayed trains, but arrived in time for the 
evening performance. Of the nine acts, four 
are new to the east. "The Dandies" and 
Carlton are both English acts, having played 
the west for the Orpheum Circuit, while 
Grace Cameron commenced an Orpheum tour 
In San Francisco. James Callahan la a local 
And, a big favorite In Chicago, because of 
his dexterity with the horsehide. His popu- 
larity was doubled through his recent elec- 
tion to the management of the White Box, 
and because of the crushing defeat of the 
Cuba In the local championship series. Keen- 
an lived up to his billing and with the Musi- 
cal Cuttys shared the applause honor*. The 
Cuttys were welcomed with a rousing re- 
ception. Monday afternoon the Trovatore 
Trio opened with a aerlea of operatic numbers. 
One of the trio attempts comedy and later 
offers two aoloa on the violin. One would 
have been plenty. The singing passed safely, 
although some of the gestures could have 
been tabooed to advantage. Everyone guessed 
that "Chide Biddee Bee" would be the clos- 
ing number. It was. Rather a weak act 
for a Majestlo bill. Bedlni and Arthur were 
on early, but succeeded In making their 
regular Impreaalon. The Ellis Nowlln Troupe 
of acrobats cloaed the ahow and went aa 
wen aa usual. 



CORT (U. J. Herrmann, mgr. ; Ind.). — A 
more generally capable and evenly balanced 
company of players would be hard to find 
than A. H. Woods A H. H. Frasee have as- 
sembled together In "The Msster of the 
House," the new four-act comedy drama, 
which had Ita first regular city production 
here Sunday night. There were times during 
the progress of the play when the work of 
several of the Interpreters shone with a bril- 
liancy that waa dassllng. Thla may truth- 
fully be said of Julius Staffer, Helen Relmer, 
Amelia Gardner, and Florence Reed. tSdgir 
Jamea, a dramatlat practically unknown to 
Chicago theatregoers, Is credited with the 
adaptation of the piece, which, according :o 
the house program, is produoed under the 
personal direction of one Guatav Von Sey- 
ferllts, by arrangement with Chaa Frohn'in. 
To the credit of the producer, the pla/ ia 
almoat faultlessly staged. The settings are 
rich, and the production runs uncommonly 
smooth and with olockllke regularity. In 
"The Master of theV House," Mr. James has 
a theme that Is daring In conception and 
powerful In effect. He has elected to tell a 
story of a wealthy landowner and capitalist 
In the aaat who la characterised aa an un- 
bearable grouch until hie nature aoftena by 
falling In love with the attractive hired com- 
panion of hla wife, and for whom he bold- 
ly sacrifices wife, children and honor to 
marry her. There Is nothing the matter with 
the construction of the narrative, and the 
dlaloglng is masterful In a way; but the Idea 
Is so abhorrent to the average defender of 
home sanctity that when the husband, with 
monumental selfishness, Informs his faithful 
and patient wife (In the second act) that 
he desires a divorce In order to wed the 
object of his new found happiness, the audi- 
ence shudders at the utter flendlshness and 
cruelty of the suggestion, leaving the cur- 
tain to descend upon a reception that Is frigid- 
ly cold. In the succeeding chapter, Frederick 
Hoffman, as the character Is programmed. Is 
seen with his new wife in a fashionable 
apartment in New York City, where he la dia- 
Uluaioned by Mrs. Hoffman No. 2, who shows 
him that the marrlago was merely for the 
sake of gratifying her ambition for wealth 
and social standing. It Is here that Mr. 
Steger (who essays the role of Hoffman) 
gives a masterful exhibition of dramatic ora- 
tory in a powerful denunciation of the ad- 
venturess wife. The laat act carriee the 
auditor to the home of the flrat wife and 
the children, where the repentent and again 
divorced huaband la Induced to go by a life- 
long friend of the family, and who haa loy- 
ally atood by the recreant huaband through 
all hia waywardncaa. Broken down In health 
and spirit. Hoffman's reception back into the 
family fold Is beautifully touching, and so 
powerfully dramatic that there were com- 
paratively few eyes In the auditorium that 
were not moist with tears, as well as sobs 
that were frequently audible. The Intensity 
of the pathos was so impressive that the 
audience was inclined to linger after the 
finale and clamored for curtain speech. It Is 
doubtful If Mr. Steger could ever have a 
character better fitted to him than Is this 
one. His Interpretation was a choice mor- 
sel of hlstrlonlsm. Miss Gardner played the 
part of Anna, his wife, and her characterisa- 
tion of the role was delightfully natural and 
sweet. Miss Reed, as Bettlna Curtis, the 
adventuress, scored a triumph. Dodson L. 
Mitchell had the role of Mr. Alston, the at- 
torney and friend of Hoffman, and his sup- 
porting work had much to do with making 
the success of the play a possibility. Ralph 
Morgan was seen to excellent advantage in 
the part of Harry, son of "The Master of 



tha House." Others who are deserving of 
their share of credit are Fred G. Hearn, as 
superintendent of Hoffman's estates; Robert 
T. Wilson, a servant; Ella Rock, as maid; 
Laurence Eyre, a music composer and lover 
of Bettlna; Eva Randolph, as Bettina's moth- 
er; Frederick Esmelton, as Senator Steven- 
son, the prospective father-in-law of young 
Hoffman; ttretche Hartman, sister of Bet- 
tlna. and Mary Servoss, daughter of tha 
H off mans. There was a generous slsed Brst 
night crowd In attendance. It Is prophealed 
that Wooda A Frasee have found a play In 
"The Maater of the House" that will go over. 

HEBO. 

STAR AND GARTER (Chaa Hoe. mgr.).— 
Before looking at tha program It can aafely 
and truthfully be recorded that up to thla 
week "Tha World of riaaaure" la tha best 
burlesque show from every standpoint that 
haa atruok Chicago thla aaaaon. From tha 
initial curtain Sunday night the entire house 
carried a amlla of contentment; and even at 
thla early Monday morning. It la touted aa tha 
beat ahow la town. It'a a Gordon A North 
attraction. They have certainly alipped one 
over that will laat. Equipped perfectly In 
every detail from prlnclpala to props, and 
armed with a eenelble book and some cork- 
ing good lyrics, there la every reaaon to be- 
lieve that aome time next summer when the 
ahopg begin to close for repairs It will be 
picked aa one of tha very beat. If not the 
one beat, bet of tha aaaaon. Tha place la 
In two acta and deals with the race track. 
Incidentally, one of tha prlnclpala. Tommy 
Mead (a former HUdreth protege) ahould 
be fully capable of putting on the finishing 
touchea, aince hla paat experience In tha aad- 
dle carried a eort of a melodramatic romance 
along with it. Tha principal comedlana are 
Will Fox and Harry Marka Stewart. Chaa. 
T. Raymond doing straight offered tha real 
acting of the show and was conspicuous 
throughout. Fox and Stewart remind one 
of Thieae'a "Rolllokera" with the ever peace- 
ful Cohen and Watson. Pbrynetta Ogden 
heads the female Hat Dora Andrea and Sally 
Stewart have parta aleo. but fall to make 
any Impreaalon, because of no opportunities. 
Miss- Ogden has one scene worth while and 
aeveral numbera Thla, a table ecene In the 
burlesque, la undoubtedly one of the beat aver 
staged. In thla effort ahe redeemed heraelf 
for an abeent voice. The bit, however, waa 
made to order for Fox and Stewart Tommy 
Mead, who through an Injury waa forced from 
the aaddla to the footllghta, haa developed 
Into a splendid little performer. (Too bad 
Matt Keefe can't aee him now). In the male 
dlvlalon, Eddie Foley leada In vocalising, 
handling the aong hit of the ahow, "What'a 
the Uae of Money." For aome unexplaln- 
able reaaon the management baa allowed 
Foley to handle thla aa a aolo. although Mlaa 
Stewart la on the atage with him. Had tha 
chorua appeared In the number It would have 
gone much better. Thla waa proven when 
the entire company rendered it at the Quale 
of the flrat part "Gay Coney Iale," led by 
Raymond, brought the moat encore, thanka 
to the way Raymond delivered It. while 
"Emancipation Day." alao led by Foley, went 
exceptionally well. Fox and Stewart Intro- 
duced aeveral parodlea during the action of 
the aecond part and walked away with a 
amall riot. "Me and My Friend Were Stand- 
ing There" and a new parody on "Alex- 
ander^ Band" were the beat of the several. 
Throughout the ahow there are any number 
of comedy situations, each a sure fire laugh 
in the hands of Fox and Stewart. While the 
first part is not quite as strong ss the bur- 
lesque. It keeps the audience interested when 
not laughing. Another principal woman with 
a big voice would do the show a world 
of good. Miss Stewart helps and Miss Ogden 
does well, but the show needs another. The 
costuming Is a feature. The chorus look 
pretty and attractive. It Is a dandy show, 
little short of a good musical comedy. Unless 
something exceptionally big strikes Chicago 
this season Gordon A North will ring the bell 
from this end. WYNN. 



AMERICAN MUSIC HALL (George Harri- 
son, mgr.). — Lew Fields all-star show Is re- 
ported to be catching on in the new musical, 
"Hanky Panky"; opening vaudeville Is to 
be replaced by burlesque on "The Littlest 
Rebel." 

AUDITORIUM (Bernard Ulrlch, mgr.; K. 
A E.). — Laat week of "Every woman." which 
movea over to the Grand II; no regular at- 
traction announced aa aucceaaor. 

CHICAGO O. H. (George W. Kingsbury, 
mgr;. K. A E.). — Farewell week of the big- 
gest success of the season, "The Littlest 
Rebel"; 14, "Gypsy Love"; engagement In- 
definite. 

CORT (U. J. Herrman, mgr.; Ind.). — Open- 
ing week of Edgar James' new comedy-drama, 
"The Master In the House"; presented by 
Woods A Frazee; Indefinite. 

BLACK8TONE (Augustus J. Pltou, Jr., 
mgr.; K. A E.). — "The Concert" is still going 
big. 

COLONIAL (James J. Brady, mgr.; K. A 
E.).— "Naughty Marietta," lent week. Will 
be succeeded II by "Alma, Where Do You 
Live?" with Vera Mlchelena. 



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local newspapers, "With Edged Tools" seems 
to be going nicely. Its stay Is still Indefinite. 

CROWN (Stair and Havlin). — "The Travel- 
ing Salesman"; Next week, Norman Hackett 
in "Satan Sanderson." 

HAYMARKET (H. A. Bailey, mgr. ; 8. A H.) 
— Ward and Vokes in "Trouble Makers"; 
next week, -'-The Rosary." 

IMPERIAL (Kllmt A Oassolo. mgra,; S. A 
H.). — Eugenie Blair in "The Light Eternal." 

MARLOWE (Chas. B. Marvin, mgr.; Ind.). 
—Stock; "Carmen"; next week, "Awakening 
of Helena Richie.** 

NATIONAL. — Norman Hackett In "Satan 
Sanderson" Next week, "The Traveling Sales- 
man." 

McVICKER'8 (Geo. Warren, mgr.; Ind.). — 
Chauncey Olcott will bring his three weeks' 
engagement to a close next week; 19, William 
A. Brady's production of "Way Down East." 

ACADEMY (Tom Carmody, mgr.; W. V. 
M. A., agents). — For a neat, artistic and skill- 
ful juggling and equlllbrlstlc act, Mr. and Mrs. 
Allrlght are the candy. Opening the show on 
the last half of last week, they cleaned up. 
Taylor and Herbert offered songs, dances and 
crossfire talk that went fairly well. The girl 
has all the requisites In the way of looks and 
shape, but that's all. Her partner Is enter- 
tainer enough to qualify as a single. Jerome 
and Co. are entitled to the credit of scoring 
big with a lively comedy skit If there are 
any female contortionists who have anything 
on Grace Damlelgh, they have not Invaded 
Chicago this season. Doblado's Sheep were 
the closer. HEBO. 

According to Rial to gossip, the Hofbrau cafe 
and restaurant in Monroe street is to go out 
of existence next spring and In Its place there 
Is to be established another Chllds restaurant. 

Herman Fuchs, formerly at the Whitney 
Opera House, has gone to the boxofflce of the 
Lyric. 



The Jewish Orphans' Home will shortly be 
the beneficiary of a performance of "The Di- 
viding Line." a play from the pen of Myron 
Fagan. The cast Is to Include Clara Knott. 
Just where the benefit Is to be given has not 
as yet been announced. 

Frank Crulkshank Is In town telling Chl- 
cagoans through the columns of the newspa- 
pers the merits of "Thais," which opened Sun- 
day night at Powers'. 

Through the Instrumentality of Herbert 
Duce. the former representative here for the 
Shuberts. Cheney Parker, the veteran door- 
man at the Garrlck, has gone to the Home for 
the Aged. Parker was a noted character 
among visiting stage folks. 



Mrs. Flske's engagement at the Grand is to 
be shortened four to two weeks. The remain- 
ing fortnight's booking will be taken over by 
"Everywoman," which Is to be transferred 
there 12 from the Auditorium. Mrs. Flske will 
take to the road with "The New Marriage" 
and expects to return here In April to produce 
"Julia France" and "The War of Souls." 
which were promised at the Grand during the 
present engagement. 

"Thy Neighbor's Wife" will have Its first 
performance In Chicago Dec. 11 at Powers', 



succeeding Marie Doro In "The Butterfly on 
the Wheel." 



Mordkln, the Russian dancer, and his asso- 
ciates, are scheduled to appear at the Audi- 
torium IS, following the vacation of that thea- 
tre by "Every woman." 

Carrie Beits, leading woman of I. H. Herk's 
"Daffydlls," Is reported to have been married 
recently to E. A. Van Avery of the same 
company. 

After returning from a business trip to New 
York, Mort H. Singer hied himself back to 
that burg last weak, and expects to remain 
there for throe week;a His brother, Harry 
Singer, is down from Milwaukee and looking 
after thing* in a managerial way at the Prin- 
cess theatre offices. 



Margaret Lawrence Is deserting the cast of 
"Over Night" at the Princess to become the 
wife shortly of Orson D. Munn, of New York 
City, son of the millionaire publisher of the 
Scientific American. 



Charles E. Whiteside, a film actor now on 
the Coast, Is defendant In a suit for divorce 
recently Instituted here by his wife, Sophie 
Whiteside. The cage is pending In the Su- 
perior Court 



Weber's theatre, Wabash avenue, has de- 
serted the Walter Keefe agency and has gone 
over *o Earl J. Cox for its booking. Inasmuch 
as the house Is advertised for lease, Its future 
policy would seem to be uncertain. 

A future theatrical manager and press 
agent made his appearance in Chicago Oct tl 
when Ralph T. Kettering was Introduced to 
the world for the first time at the Kettering 
homo at TIT Bltteraweet Place. Kettering 
8r. Is resident manager of the Bijou theatre; 
general business representative of the Col. 
"Bill" Aoche and Charles Marvin enterprises; 
press representative for Mort H. 8lnger In 
the Indoor amusement season, and director 
of publicity at "White City" In the summer. 
Quite some speck on the theatrical horizon of 
Chicago, that fellow Kettering. 

The Jollet Theatre Co. has been Incorpor- 
ated at Springfield. 111., to conduct a theatri- 
cal business at Jollet. The new concern Is 
capitalised at 110,000 and the Incorporators 
are John T. and E. K. Henderson, and Charles 
Lamb. The same people have Incorporated 
the Aurora Grand Opera House Co. to do a 
general amusement business In the latter city. 
Mr. Lamb Is the present resident manager of 
the Opera House, Aurora. 



Ben Johnson, a member of "The Man of 
Honor" company, which closed Its brief ex- 
istence Saturday night at the Cort, has tem- 
porarily succeeded E. M. Holland In "The 
Grain of Dust." which < has been playing at 
Power's, as a result of the latter being laid up 
with a broken arm sustained by a fall Monday 
night of last week on the stairway of one of 
the elevated railroad atatlona In this city. 
Johnson made his first appearance In the part 
last Monday night at Louisville, whither the 
Hackett company went from Chicago, and will 
continue with the ahow until Holland Is able 
to appear again, expected to be In about six 



weeks. Johnson is also essaying Holland's 
part of the Bishop in the Hackett short pre- 
lude piece "The Bishop's Candlesticks. 



As the result of an illness that developed 
recently at Denver, Cathryn Rowe Palmer has 
withdrawn temporarily from Harry Askln'a 
"Sweetest Girl In Parts" company, now en- 
route In the far west. Coincident with this 
note comes the announcement that the La 
Salle impressarlo Is planning to make Miss 
Palmer a member of his permanently located 
company next season. 



The success of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook 
Farm" In the big cities has resulted In the 
piece being played In the largest of the one 
night stands by a "No. 2" company that fea- 
tures Ursula St. George In the role acted at 
the Illinois by Edith Taliaferro at the Illi- 
nois. 



When Clara Louise Burnham's new play, 
"The Right Princess," opens at the Zlegfeld 
20, the cast will be seen to Include Helen 
Holmes, James Durkln and Eugene Moore. 



Otto Henkel, who left the employ of Harry 
Ask In several weeks ago for the ostensible 
purpose of embarking In some commercial 
line of business In the northwest, evidently 
changed his mind, as word comes from Madi- 
son. Wis., that the former La Salle manager 
has been placed in charge of the new Or- 
pheum theater In that city. 



Plays that are to be given an early produc- 
tion by the College theatre stock company are 
"The Test" and "The Dollar Mark." 

In order to play the part of Anna Hoff- 
man In "The Master of the House" at the 
Cort, It was necessary for Amelia Gardner 
to resign from the cast of "As a Man Thinks," 
which John Mason brings to the Lyric IS. 



One of the theatrical social events of the 
season here will be the dance which the 
members of the "Louisiana Lou" company 
propose to give Dec. 12 at the Coliseum 
Annex. 

Randolph Hartley, who is blazing the way 
for the tour of Mrs. Flake, now playing at 
the Grand, is credited with being responsible 
for the libretto of the grand opera, "Pola." 
which had a European production last sea- 
son. 



The La Salle Opera House Is evidently to 
have another promoter of publicity, as Chas. 
Collins Is reported to have severed his con- 
nection there in that capacity. 



Nate Splngold, whose publicity exploits had 
much to do with the success of the Ameri- 
can Music Hall In New York City, is rlalto- 
Ing here this week. In addMInn to h^rsldlnx 
the advance of the Harry Lauder show at 
the Lyric, he Is lending Jack Lalt a hand 
In the press department of Lew Fields' 
"Hanky Panky" show at the American Music 
Hall. Splngold was last here In advance of 
the Friars' Frolic tour. 



"ten per Mat" booking agency In the 
Chicago O. Hi The latter proposes to go 
it alone as before, and Mr. Kremer is to 
associate himself with one Morris S. Silver 
In the agency business. 



WILSON AVENUE (L. Lecalzl. mgr.; agent. 
W. V. M. A.). — Azuma Japs; Minstrel Four; 
Hoyt, Lessing Co.; Blcknell A Glbney; Arthur 
Connelly; Five Musical Lunds; Bertie Fow- 
ler; The Gee Jays; Sutherland A Curtis: Yai- 
to Duo. 

ASHLAND (Al. Wledner, mgr.; agent, W. 
V. M. A.). — Heely A Meely; Star Operatic 
Trio; Lavender A Meeker; Three Richard- 
sons; Genie Rale; L. H. Byrne-Golson Players; 
Mclntyre A Hsrdy; McFarlshd, Wler A Leo- 
pold; Lavlne A Inman. 

EVANSTON (agent. W. V. M. A.).— Klpp A 
Klppy; Maurice Burkhardt; McKenzle ft Shan- 
non; Goldsmith ft Hoppe; Winkler's Maids; 
L. H. Swain's Cockatoos; Cslts Brothers; 
Klein-Ott Brothers ft Nicholson; Village 
Choir; Scharr Wheeler Trio. 

SOUTH CHICAGO (agent. W. V. M. A.).— 
Edna ft Albert; Gaynell Everett; Bannister ft 
Vissrd; Nick Conway; Lillian Mortimer ft 
Co. Lsst hslf, Klpp ft Klppy, Blossom Rob- 
inson; Edith Harcke A Co.; Billy Link. 

LYDA (agent, W. V. M. A.).— Lavlne ft In- 
man; Edith Harcke ft Co.; Mary Carrington 
Co.; Goodall ft Craig; Zamora Family; L. H. 
Jerome ft Hunter; Magglo Le Claire; Jack 
Hawkins Co.; Mszone ft Mssone; The Hen- 
nlngs. 

KEDZIB (Wm. Malcolm, mgr.; agent, W. 
V. M. A.). — Tuscano Broa ; Mclntyre ft Hardy; 
Byrne; Golsom Players; Alama Trio; Madame 
Herrman. 

CASINO (agent, W. V. M. A.).— Lawrence 
A Edwards; Bob A Iola; Chris. Lane: OUle 
Eaton Co.; Schaar Wheeler Trio; L. H. 
Doblado's Animals; Norwood A Wheeler; 
Mary Carrington Co.; Shcan A Marks; Four 
Casting Campbella 

ACADEMY (Tom Carmody, mgr. ; agent, 
W. V. M. A.). — Bernle Bros.; Hy Green way; 
Amoros A Mulvey; Johnstone, Dlllae A 
Geyer. Last half, Star Operatic Trio; Provol, 
Bannister A Visard; Pearl A Roth. 



SAN FRANCISCO 

By ROBERT A. HAZEL. 

VARIETY'S San Francisco Office, 

308 Market Street. 
(By Wire.) 
ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent. 
Orphoum Circuit). — Dr. Ludwlg Wullner. hit 
of bill, takes audience by storm; Four Fords, 
solid hit; Josle Heather, opened quietly but 
closed big; "Zlla." badly acted sketch; violin 
playing by Mabelle Adams saved act; Augus- 
tine A Hartley, went well; Howard A North, 
laughing hit of bill; Sagcr M'.dglcy A Co.. 
on second, had audience walking In but pulled 
through; Lillian Schrelber, opening, pleased; 
Orpheum Orchestra delayed second part with 
"Alexander's Ragtime Hand" and had to re- 
peat song before show could continue. Busi- 
ness good. 



A reported split has taken place between 
Victor Kremer. the one-time music publisher, 
and Harry Splngold In the operation of a 



J. Donnolly is to build a new theatre In the 
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OARRICK (A- Toxen Worm. mgr.; Bhu- 
berta). — The "Ten Pecks" finish this week; 
12, Blanche Ring In "The Wall Street Girl." 

GLOBE (Col. James H. Browne, mgr. ; 8. ft 
H.). — "Mutt and Jeff" pulling big houses. 
Scheduled to remain here until after the Hol- 
idays. 

GRAND O. H. (Harry Askln, mgr.; Ind).-— 
Mrs. Plske and "The New Marriage" make 
their departure this week — two weeks sooner 
than the original booking. "Everywoman" 
moves In 12. 



ILLINOIS (Will J. Davis, mgr.; K. ft B.).— 
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" moves out 
next week to make way for Henry Miller In 
"The Havoc," 20. 

LA SALLE (Harry Askln. mgr.; Ind.). — No 
perceptible wane to the popularity of "Louis- 
iana Lou." 

LYRIC (A. Toxen Worm, mgr.; Shuberts). 
— Harry Lauder ft Co. here for one week; 
John Mason In "As a Man Thinks" 13. 

OLYMPIC (Sam Ledered, mgr.; K. ft E.). — 
Last week of "Seven Days"; 12, Louise Dres- 



ser In the new play, "A Lovely Liar." Limited 
engagement. 

POWER'S (Harry J. Powers, mgr.; K. ft 
E. ). — First of a two weeks* engagement of 
Paul Wllstach's dramatisation of "Thais"; 
succeeding attraction not announced. 

PRINCESS (Mort H. Singer, mgr.; Shuberts) 
— "Over Night." one of the money-making 
hits. Looks strong enough to remain over 
the holidays. 

8TUDEBAKER (Edward J. Sullivan, mgr.; 
K. ft E.). — "Excuse Me," enjoying prosperous 



run that shows no evidence of interruption 
looks like another holiday attraction. 

ALHAMBRA (Roche-Marcin Co., mgr. 
Ind.). — "Chinatown Charlie"; next week 
"Convict m." 

BIJOU (Ralph T. Kettering, mgr.; 8. ft H. 
— "In Wyoming"; next week, "No Mother t 
Guide Her." 

COLLEGE (T. C. Oleason, mgr.; Ind.).- 
Stock: "Barbara Frietchle." 

WHITNEY (O. N. Peers, mgr.; K. ft E.).- 
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The fourth annual memorial service of San 
Franclaco Lodge No. tl Theatrical Mechanical 
Association of the United States and Canada 
will be held at the Empress IB. 



The Frans Reiner Troupe of Tyrolean Sing- 
ers closed Saturday night at the Odeon Cafe 
after a run of four months, and will open 6 
at Jahnke's Cafe, Los Angeles. 



Georgle Kate Dale, of Dale and Dale, a 
vaudeville team well known on the Coast, 
met with an automobile accident In a col- 
lision on Ocean Boulevard. Miss Dale Is In a 
serious condition with a broken collar bone 
and several ribs fractured. Mr. Dale es- 
caped with a few scratches and Is able to be 
about 



Ins; or preparing; to bujld rival houses. The 
controversy will even Invade thu. booking of- 
fices, one of which Is directly interest. .1 in 
the four-cornered fight. 



brought from I'm is by •Impresario Pierre Orasl 
and Will Grcenhaum. Tho company will num- 
ber 230 people. 



Bert Levey has added Marysvllle and Ore- 
vllle to his time. 

The Honolulu Amusement Co. has booked 
Mile. Lloyd and Vlolette tt Olds for four weeks 
In Honolulu. 



Margaret Favar and her "Dancing Olrls." 
who have been playing the Bert Levey Cir- 
cuit disbanded at Stockton. The Hyman 81s- 
tersi with the act, will continue over the 
circuit 



Al. Hagan has arrived from Denver and 
tells a wlerd tale of his treatment at the 
hands of his confreres In the booking busi- 
ness. 



The New Adolphus, Los Angeles, will be 
dedicated 27. The bill will be furnished by 
Bert Levey. 



The Theatrical Treasurers' Club celebrated 
Us first anniversary 2. Hugo Herts was 
tosstmaster. President Charles David made 
an addresa 120 were present. The banquet 
started at midnight. An excellent entertain- 
ment was also given. 



The Empress broke the attendance record 
Oct 17 for the second time since the house 
opened. 



"In Old Kentucky" has played the new 
Canadian Territory playing Prince Albert, the 
farthest north of any dramatic company. 
Business so far throughout the season has 
been excellent 



Nat Magner reports that Max Dill opened 
Oct 29 In Tacoma to a record-breaking busi- 
ness. Lew Spauldlng. late of Ferris Hart- 
man Co. succeeds Henry Davis as manager, 
and R. Chester succeeds Col. Stoner as busi- 
ness manager. 



W. R. Dalley, general manager of tho Bert 
Levey Circuit accompanied by Jaa B. Duffy 
of the Santa Fe, left SO for the east. Mr. 
Dalley*s mission will have an Important bear- 
ing on the future bookings In the middle 
wast 



The new Bell, Vallejo, will open Christmas 
day. Seating capacity, 1,000. Ous Cohn, 
Manager. 



The clash of Interests between the respec- 
tive owners of the Wigwam In the Mission, 
and the Princess In the Fillmore District 
promises an early dissolution and consequent 
rivalry, as the two factions are either build- 



The newly constructed theatre at Taft will 
open 20 with three acts of vaudeville from 
the Bert Levey Circuit. Mr. Crawley will be 
the manager. 

The Garden, San Jose, opened 4 as a five- 
cent vaudeville and picture house. E. N. 
Carlson, Manager; Western State Vaudeville 
Association, Agent 

Ella Herbert Weston, general manager of 
the W. S. V. A. agency was ill at home for a 
few days, but is back at her desk again. 

W. H. Leahy, manager of Tetrezzlnl, left 
for New York 2. 



WIOWAM (Sam Harris, mgr.; W. 8. V. A., 
agent). — Tyroleans, Weston A Boyd, Jeanne 
Fletcher, Happy Harrison & Mule, Gillian, 
Wilbur A Gillian, Olivia Duo (two to fill). 

ODEON CAFE (Tony Lubelskl, mgr.). — In- 
ternational Operatic Quartet, Albert Bros., 
Rlecl's Sszaphone Quartet, Corinne Anderson. 
"Texas Tommy" Dancing Duo. 



San Francisco will have its first season of 
grand opera, which opens at the Valencia 15. 



PHILADELPHIA 

By OEOROE M. YOUNG. 

KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.; agent, U. B. 
(). ). — There was no big name featured on the 
bill which Inaugurated the tenth year of 
vaudeville in the big Chestnut Street house. 
The theatre was elaborately decorated for the 
occasion and th«> handsome new costumes 
worn by the attaches added a lot of class to 
their appearance. The house opened to al- 
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headline act and closed the show. There 
have been several changes made since the' 
last visit Charley Dooln, the Phillies' man- 
aver, and James McCool and a popular list 
were also featured. "The Police Inspector" 
slowed things up a bit. It is the poorest 
one of the several good things Harrison Arm- 
strong has presented, the over-acting of the 
role of the Inspector, played by Scott Hig- 
glns being its principal fault. There is prob- 
ably no character so badly portrayed, gen- 
erally, as a stage police official and in this 
sketch it stands out. The sketch was one 
of the first five on the bill, all here for- the 
first time. H. T. MacConnell put over a good 
sized hit with his monolog built up into a 
three-act through two "plants" In the audi- 
ence. MacConnell started things nicely and 
the house "fell" hard for the interruption. 
It's a pretty good way to offer a "single." 
MacConnell drew his share of the honors. 
He went pretty far back for that parody 
on "Call Ma Rack Again." The Four Bards 
made their first appearance In a long time 
and got away nicely. It is the first acrobatic 
act that has not closed the show here In a 
considerable period. La Mont's Cockatoos 
made a pleasing act for the opener. The 
birds are well trained. As a matter of com- 
parison there is an act at the Victoria — a 
picture house — using almost the identical rou- 
tine with one bird, the same tricks and the 
same finish being used. If It isn't a "copy," 
it is difficult to understand how the routine 
could be so nearly alike. Paul Nevins and 
Ruby Erwood moved slowly until they hit 
the danolng. This girl can do things with 
the wooden shoes and the man, who works 
In blackface, helps with an eccentric bit of 
stepping. Hlckey's ponies and a couple of 
"bsd" mules caught the house In the right 
spot. 

BIJOU (Joseph Dougherty, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O.). — It was Just twenty-two years ago 
Nov. 4 when the Keith policy of continuous 
vaudeville was first offered in Philadelphia. 
The initial bill then contained Charles and 
Llllle Weston; Kelly and Ashby; Ray Wil- 
son; Jules Kellar; Charles Duncan; McBride 
and Goodrich; Reed Family; The Darrows and 
Mike J. Fenton. This bill as given in con- 
junction with Milton Avorn's Gaiety Opera 
Co. "Princess of Treblsonde" being the offer- 



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Westers VMfeviOt Ml lattrstatt Tim 



ing and Mike Fenton wn the first act to step 
upon the Bijou stage. This week the anni- 
versary week Is being celebrated with a bill 
of old-timers. McBride and Goodrich, the 
only one of the original acts bill to appear, 
cancelled owing to Illness, and John F. Clark 
was called upon to fill In. Clark worked here 
last week and In addition to his monolog this 
week he announced each act from the stage. 
Clark opened and was followed by Whitman 
and Davis; Charles R. Bweet; Mr. and Mrs. 
Perkins Fisher; Col. Bam Holdsworth; Golden 
and Hughes and The Four Lukens. All the 
acts scored strongly, some of the old songs 
and comedy getting just aa big laughs as they 
did twenty years ago. The only thing miss- 
ing to make the celebration complete was 
Louis Lesure, now with a New York music 
concern, at the piano. Lesure played the 
piano for the vaudeville when the Bijou open- 
ed, and Dave Fltaglbbon, a brother of Bert, 
played for the opera, no orchestra being used. 
The Bijou has offered everything In the line 
of entertainment since then, ezceplng a cir- 
cus, and in now the only small time house 
In town playing two shows a day. 

VICTORIA (Jay Mastbaum, mgr.; agent, 
H. Bart McHugh). — The Four Adlers with 
their good corking juggling act held down 
the feature position in good shape. The 
boys have worked out a routine with plenty 
of novelty In It and this makes the act new 
In Its class. That the old style of comedy 
acts still holds good In the picture houses 
was evidenced by the way Ross and Shaw 
and Marlowe and Plunkett were received. 
Both are musical acts, though the latter uses 
a banjo and the former several Instruments. 
There Is a lot of slap stick comedy In the 
former and It landed a lot of laughs, and the 
banjo act pulled a number of old gags and 
sprung Mose Gumble as a snapper. Clarlene 
Moore did nicely with a singing turn. She 
wears some pretty clothea Gates and Blake 
were well liked and the Webb Duo won favor 
with their hand to hand work. Wallace's 
Cockatoos proved a good show act, one of the 
birds being unusually well trained. 

PALACE (Al Rains, mgr.; agent. H. Bart 
McHugh). — Blamphln and Hehr Trio fea- 
tured the week's bill and made a very favor- 
able Impression with their high class singing 
act. Grimm and Satchel pleased with slng- 




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ing and talking. Eary and Eary did nicely 
with a contortion act. "Blllle" Fay, a buxom 
blonde with a big voice, replaced Roma and 
won favor. The Musical Tremalnes got 
through nicely, with a comedy musical act 
and Moss and Frey pleased with a singing 
turn. 

EMPIRE (E. J. Bulkley. mgr.). — The "Cosy 
Corner Girls'* got a poor start here Monday, 
Dan Crlmmlns being almost unable to work 
owing to a severe hoarseness, going through 
his part Monday night with a physician In 
attendance. This slowed up the entire show, 
but the numbers kept up a lively pace and 
the comedy of Crlmmlns and Rosa Gore seem- 
ed to satisfy those in front. Miss Gore se- 
cured good results from her rough comedy 
bit in the restaurant and the old "What Are 
the Wild Waves Saying" bit brought the usual 
big laugh. It Is a question what the wild 
waves would say had they taken a look at 
Llzette Howe in that union suit. Otherwise 
Miss Howe made the usual attractive appear- 
ance and put over a nice hit In her specialty. 
A "Moon" number led by Gladys St. John 
and well worked up proved one of the hits 
of the show. Miss St John was handicapped 
by throat trouble, too, and OUle Golden led 
one or two numbers for her. Jack Howard 
scored with his tenor solos. He Is a new- 
comer In the show and will take the part now 
played by John West, when the latter leaves 
next week. A new part was put in this week 
for Charles Mack, as an Irishman. 

Stein A Leonard. Inc., anounced this week 
the addition of three new houses to their list 
of bookings. The Grand. Charles Rappaport, 
mgh., will open 13. The Ridge Avenue, E. Q. 
Johnson, mgr., will open 27, and the Apollo, 
Adolph Bonnem, will open some time this 
month. Each will use eight acts weekly, 
splitting the week with a local house. H. 
Walter Schllchter, assistant manager oi the 
agency, who recently suffered a broken arm 
by being struck with a tent pole. Is in this 
Stetson Hospital where he was forced to go 
this wek to undergo an operation on the In- 
jured member. 



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OARRICK (Nixon A Zimmerman, nigra.; K. 
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8how has been doing good business and Is 
well liked. Huns one week more. 

FORREST (Thomas M. Love, mgr.; K. A 
E.).— "Dr. De Luxe" In Its last week. Has 
bppn well llk«rl Hnd drawn well, though not 
big. Ralph Hrrz has remained In the cast 
despite Injured arm. 

ADELPIII (J. Blumborg, mgr.; Rhubert).— 
"Baby Mine" Is enjoying a profitable run. 
Starting third week. No successor announced 
as yet. 

CHESTNUT ST. (Grant Laferty, mgr.). — 
The Orpheum Players In "Wildfire." Business 
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week with some extra features thrown In and 
doing well with the rural piece. The up- 
town stock has proved a good thing so far. 

NINTH AND ARCH (Frank Dumont, mgr.). 
— Dumont's Minstrels seem to be getting their 
share of the business, drawing the old pat- 
ronage from the former stand and adding new 
onei. 

WILLIAM PENN (Geo. Metsel, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O.). — "Foolish Factory"; George H. 
Wood; Nat Nasarro A Co.; Lawrence & 
Thompson; Regal A Winsch; Mme. Martha. 

LIBERTY (M. W. Taylor, mgr.; agent, M. 
W Taylor Agency). — American Trumpeters' 
Trio; Alma; Buch Bros.; Thomas Potter 
Dupne; Heritage A Delnhardt; Great Dollar 
Troupe. 

KEYSTONE (M. W. Taylor, mgr.; agent, 
M. W. Taylor Agency). — Francesca Redding 
A Co.; Regals; Happy Jack Boyce; Gavin A 
Piatt; Mann A Franks; Morris A Morris. 

NIXON (F. G. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger, mgr. 
agent. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger Vaudeville Agency). 
—Three Gamons; Krlstoffy Trio; Foy A 
Clarke; Elite Trio; Musical Klelsses; Blake's 
Circus. 

PEOPLE'S (F. G. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger, mgr. 
agent. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger Vaudeville Agency). 
— 9-11, May A Ully Burns; Three Mitchells; 
Roberta* Rata A Cats; Stuart A Marshall; 
U. B. A. Boya in Blue; Lorlng, Parquette A 

Co. 

COHOCK8INK (F. O. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger, 
mgr.; agent, Nlxon-Nlrdllnger Vaudeville 
Agency). — 8-11. Buater Doyle A Co. 

FOREPAUGH'8 (Miller A Kaufman, nigra; 
agent, I. Kaufman).— Lester Broa; Mable 
Sardine's Players; Howard A Dupllle; Steven- 
son A Nugent; Cody; Brooks-Wilson Trio. 

GIRARD (Kaufman A Miller, mgr.; agent, 
I. Kaufman).— 9-11. "Twenty Minutes In Col- 
lege"; Nell Brlnkley Co.; Great Wilbur A Co.; 
Harry Bachelor; Wroe Trio. 

EMPIRE (Stanford A Weatern. nigra.; agent, 
I. Kaufman). — 9-11, Hanninga, Lewis A Hen- 
nlnga; Clarke A Francle; Pierce ft Gardner; 
Valeaka. 

ALHAMBRA (Frank Mlgone. mgr.; agent. 
M. W. Taylor Agency). — Leonard, Anderson ft 
Co.; Denoyer ft Danle; Buah ft Peyser; Barnes 
A Barrows; Buford, Bennett A Buford; Sam- 
eon A Delilah. 

DIXIE (D. Label 1, mgr.; agent, M. W. 
Taylor Agency) .— Wllaon, Franklin A Co.; Cot- 
ter A Boulden: Stella Rhelnhart; Harry Gil- 
bert; Gibson A Ranney. 

THEATORIUM (Chaa. Johneon, mgr.; 
agent. M. W. Taylor Agency).— 9-11, Kllroy 
A Starr; Harrla Twlna; Trlxle A Mack; Harry 
Antrim. w . . .. 

COLONIAL (Al. White, mgr.; booked di- 
rect). — Bob Warren; Cora Hall; Young Amer- 
ica Band; James H. Llchter; Dandy A Ben- 
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Colonial (Thomas Lothian, mgr.; K. A B.). 
— "The Three Romeoa." Bualneaa holding up. 
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Princess" with Elsie Janla next. 

BOSTON (Al Levering, mgr.; K A E.). — 
"Ben Hur." Playing to big bualneaa May 
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SHUBERT (E. D. Smith, mgr.; Shubert). — 
"The Blue Bird." Going big. The engage- 
ment haa been extended two weeks more. 

PARK (W. D. Andreas, mgr.; K. A E.).— 
"Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford." 8eventh week 
with the aky the limit. 

GLOBE (R. Jeanette, mgr.; Shubert). — 
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HOLLIS (Charles J. Rich, mgr.; K. A E.). 
"Snobs" (Frank Mclntyre). Opened two 
weeka' engagement to good attendance. 

PLYMOUTH (Fred Wright, mgr.; Lleblera). 
— "Pomander Walk" haa caught on. Second 
week started better than first. 

MAJESTIC (E. D. Smith, mgr.; Shubert). — 
"The Outsiders," Charles Klein's new play, 
opened to capacity Monday night. (Reviewed 
elsewhere in thia iaaue.) 

GRAND OPERA HOUSE (George W. Ma- 
gee, mgr.; Stair, Wilbur A Magee). — Dante's 
Inferno. Two weeka One week the limit 
here ordinarily. 

CASTLE 8QUXRE (John Craig, mgr.).— 
"The Last Word." Stock. 

KEITH'S (Harry E. Guatin, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ). — Election week never allowa any 
box office records to be broken, yet the at- 
tendance was good. It waa a toss-up between 
Blllle Reeves and Charlotte Parry for the 
first honora The Seven Plcchlannl Brothers, 
closed, pleasing act; Bmythe A Hart man, 
classy dressers; Jarrow, good; Work A Ower, 
leased; Beldon, Chappie A Co., good; Big 
City Four, "raggy" singers; Clemenso Broth- 
era opened, good. 

NATIONAL (E. A. Ryder, mgr. , agent. U. 
B. O.). — La Vasseur; Barry A Johnaon; Pete 
Lawrence Trio; Carl In A Penn; The Rlald; 
Morrissey A Hanlon; De Michelle; Valveno A 
La More ; Plcturea 

ORPHEUM (V. J. Morris, mgr.; agent, 
Loew). — Ilando; Oolden A Meade; Barnea A 
Robinson; Sam Lucaa; J. K. Emmett A Co.; 
Ed A Rolla Whits; Henry A Francla; Insa A 
Lorella; Harry La Clair; Springer A Church; 
Fulton A Choate; Smith A Champion; Hayes 
A Alpolnt; Wilton Broa; Plcturea 

SOUTH END (Irving Hamilton, mgr.; agent, 
Loew). — "The Mayor A The Manicure"; John 
Le Clair; Wilton Broa; Springer A Church; 
Hayes A Alpolnt; Smith A Champion; Harry 
Le Clair; Gold A Meade; Barnea A Robinson; 
Sam Lucaa; J. K. Emmett A Co.; Henery A 
Francla; Insa A Lorrilla; Gasxando; Pictures. 

HUB (Joseph Mack, mgr.; agent. Fred Mar- 
do). — Martini A Maxmllllon; Malroy Duo; Div- 
ing Girla; Elora; Caron A Farnum; Norton A 
Ayrea; Five Fraaera; Plcturea. 

BEACON (J. Laurie, mgr.; agent, Fred 
Mardo). — Nelaon; Blllle James; Stuart A Law- 
rence; Infield A Cagwln; The Falrchllds; 
Jamea Coyne; Neuman; Pictures. 

SCENIC, E. Boston (George Copeland. mgr. ; 
agent. Fred Mardo). — Tucker; Frlxzo; The 
Kellers; Plcturea 

8UPREME (J. Levey, mgr.; agent, Fred 
Mardo). — Lader Bros.; Anita; Balentlne'a 
Dogs; Nellie Parker; Plcturea. 

DUDLEY 8. O. H. (W. Smith, mgr.; agent, 
Fred Mardo). — Frank Phlppa; Arllne Collins; 
Johnson A Watta; others to fill; Plcturea 



HOWARD (Al Somerby, mgr.; agents, Fred 
Mardo, National A Phil Hunt). — Monarch 
Comedy Four; Frasee; Boulden A Qulnn; Kit 
Cars on; Two Durands; Ploturea 

BOWDOIN SQUARE (J. E. Commerford. 
mgr.; agent. National). — Royal Six; Neva A 
Edwards; Felton; Bon Pierce; Smith, Ed- 
warda A Towls; Plcturea 

PASTIME (F. Allen, mgr.; agent. National). 
—Grace Fuller; Goldle; Willie Howard; Mae 
Blossom; Plcturea 

PURITAN (National, agent.— Kiltie Duo; 
Oaceola A Cyouse; Mackle A Walker; Pike A 
Calame; De Chan telle Slaters; Ellen Rlch- 
arda; Plcturea 

OLYMPIA (Frank Woodward, mgr.; agent, 
National). — John H. Dee; Joe Smith; Lee 
Cole; Mae Cawley; Plcturea 

APOLLO (J. Hennla, mgr.; agent. Mead B. 
O.). — Child Sisters; Gilbert A King; Greta 
Byron; Walley A Walley; Dave Murray; War- 
rent A Malloy; Plcturea 

CONGRESS HALL (Chaa. Schleaslnger, 
mgr.; agent, Mead B O.). — Evana A Wiley; 
Dave Murray; Wolf Wanna; Grace Evana; 
Plcturea 

OLD SOUTH (F. Collier, mgr.; agent, 
Church). — Ralaton A Son; Mualcal Stewarts; 
Zeda; Kelley A Catlln; Ralph Cutting; Ternol- 
loa; Marie Hoot; Olive Hare; Plcturea 

WASHINGTON (F. Collier, mgr.; agent, 
Church). — Wood A Shepard; Bartelmes; Lane 
A Kenney; Johnny Riley; Hi Tom Ward; Cas- 
son; Plcturea 



Maud Adams In "Chantecler" will be seen 
at the Hollls. 20, for the first time. 



Harold Ross Is back at the Mead Booking 
Office. Harry Danto booked a eight act for 
this week, with the aid of the' deaf and dumb 
alphabet. 

So much paper from the streamers thrown 
by "Tech" students, piled up on the stage of 
the Colonial Friday night, when atudents 
bought 700 seata, that it Impeded the action 
of the play. 

160 elephants were brought to Boston from 
Calcutta on the steamer Adamatrum, but they 
are not for zoological gardens or a circus. 
These elephants are made of ebony and weigh 
two pounds each. The officers of the steamer 
brought them over as gifts to their friends. 



"Old Timers' Week" haa returned to the 
Orpheum and 8outh End theatres, both Mar- 
cus Loew houses. Business Is big — very big. 



Seats for the season go on sale at the Boa- 
ton Opera House Monday. The subscription 
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A pocket edition of a playhouse is being 
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Bay section of the city. The property that 
is being diverted Into the theatre was for- 
merly used as a atable, and will be ready for 
theatrical use in a short time. But no 
tickets will be sold, no plays that have been 
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plays, some from manuscript, and little known 
works of distinguished playwrights, will be 
presented. 



Oeraldlne Farrar and Edmond Clement ap- 
peared at Symphony Hall 4. In the lone con- 
cert of the season for them. Accompanied by 
fifty membera of the Symphony orcheatra, the 
two artists rendered a most pleasing and 
varied program. 

The lateat revival production of "Ben Hur" 
that opened at the Boaton theatre 2, following 
three days of darkneaa at the theatre, sur- 
passes by far all previous productions aa far 
aa merit and attendance la concerned. The 
show Is stupendous, smooth running, and 
juat the aort of vehicle that la expected In a 
production with a biblical foundation. If the 
performance could but be curtailed a bit, Its 
popularity would reach greater heigh ta It 
runs more than three hours. Lillian Law- 
rence former leading lady of the Castle 
Square 8tock Company, aa the mother of 
"Hur." received an ovation that laated many 
minute*. 



The etage crew of the Shubert theatre gave 
the membera of the Drama League a rare 
treat when they aet three acenea from "The 
Blue Bird," Juat to ahow them how it is 
done. Thia took place after a discourse by 
Professor Orandjean of the League on "The 
Merita of the Stage." The entire affair was 
the occaalon of the aecond meeting of the aea- 
son of the Boaton Drama League. 

Fire damaged the Medford Opera House very 
badly early morning 4, cauaing a loaa of 
$40,000. 

ATLANTIC CITY 

By I. B. PULASKI. 

YOUNG'S PIER (Jack D. Flynn. mgr.; 
agent, TJ. B. O.). — Katheryn A Violet Pearl 
and Jack Coomba. "Chief Bender and Cy 
Morgan (New Acta); Kaufman Brothera, a 
riot; Inneas A Ryan, big hit; John E. Hen- 
shaw and Orace Avery (New Acta), fine; 
Marguerite Starr (New Acta) ; Bradlee Martin 
A Co.. well liked; Latell Broa, excellent; 
Dave Reed. 

MILLION DOLLAR PIER (J. L. Young and 
Kennedy Crossman, mgrs.; Wlstar Oroockett. 
!>u». mgr.). — M. P. 

STEEPLECHASE PIER (R. Morgan and W. 
H. Fennan, mgrs.). — M. P. 

CRITERION (C. Child, mgr.).— M. P. 

STEEL PIER (J. Bothwell, mgr.).— M. P. 

ROYAL (R. Brown, mgr.). — M. P. 

APOLLO (Fred E. Moore, mgr.; agent, K. 
A E.). — Guy Bates Post In "The Challenge"; 
all week. 



The big dirigible, the "Akron," made its In- 
itial trial trip 4. and although the trial was 
highly aucceaaful In some waya, It met with 
a mishap. After having been aloft for about 
two hours the big gas bag was forced to de- 
scend on the meadows about seven miles from 
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blushing "Rube" was compelled to make a 
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three pitchers. "Rube" Marquard of the 
(Slants was also In the house with his wife, 
but was not disturbed. 



NEW ORLEANS 

By O. M. SAMUEL. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr. ; agent, 
direct; rehearsal Monday 10). — Belmonts, 
neat opener; Victor A Gerard, barely paased; 
"Somnambulist," liked immensely; Belle 
Adair, clever; Edward Abeles, splendidly re- 
ceived; Gene Greene, hit; Havelocks, fared 
well. 

GREEN WALL (Arthur B. Leopold, mgr.). — 
Hisses and catcalls greeted the "Fay Foster 
Burlesquers," John Grieves' stock burlesque 
organization, which opened at the Greenwall 
Sunday afternoon before a mammoth as- 
semblage. An untoward reception was de- 
served, considering the antiquated burlesques 
and musical numbers employed. To further 
disparage the presentment, the company evi- 
denced lack of proper rehearsing. In the 
olio, Fred Stelllng, an acrobatic clown, found 
favor; Slawson A Tyson, held attention; Or- 
letta and Taylor's pretty operatic Interlude 
evoked scant appreciation. If Mr. Grieves 
hopes for local success, productions superior 
to the Initial one must be disclosed. 

CRESCENT (T. C. Campbell, mgr.; S. A 
H.).— "The Winning Miss." 

LYRIC (Bert Gagnon, mgr.). — Gagnon-Pol- 
lock Players In "The Two Orphans." Busi- 
ness excellent at present. 

DAUPHINE (Henry Greenwall, mgr.; Shu- 
bert). — "Miss Nobody from Starland," clever 
show and cast; drawing well. 

TULANE (T. C. Campbell, mgr.; K. A E.). 
- -Anna Held in "Miss Innocence," consistently 
Zlegfieldlan, commingling anatomy and art 
Harry Watson elicited especial encomiums; 
excellent business. 

COLONIAL (B. F. Brennan, mgr.; agent, B. 
J Williams; rehearsals Sunday 10). — Martelli 
A Rossi; Prof. Job; Evelyn Fields; Mortons. 

MAJESTIC (L. E. Sawyer, mgr.). — Vaude- 
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ALAMO (Wm. Gueringer. mgr.). — Vaude- 
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The now Gulfpnrt opera house opened 
Wednesday with "The Chorus Lady." It Is 
the old Elite, a moving picture theatre, re- 
modeled. J. Iv Paoli Is lesMee and manager. 

The Orpheum's bualneaa thus far has been 
the best In Its history. 



ST. LOUIS 



COLUMBIA (Harry D. Huckley, mgr.; 
agent, Orpheura Circuit). — W. H. Thompson 
A Co., hit; Slmone de Beryl, fairly well; 
Morny Cash, showed claaa; Bert Cutler, ac- 
ceptable; Bedlnl A Arthur, entertaining; 
Burnham A Greenwood, catchy singing and 
talking act; Golden Troupe, and Mumford A 
Thompson, scored. 

OLYMPIC (Walter Sanford. mgr.; K. A E.). 
— "Follies of lftll" opened to overcrowded 
houae on a stormy night Show well received. 

CENTURY (W. D. Cave, mgr.; K. A E.).— 
"Girl In the Train" fell flat and subjected to 
warm panning by local press. C. William 
Kolb, the atar, did not appear. His role was 
taken by F. Von Gottfried. 

AMERICAN (D. E. Russell, mgr.; T. A H.). 
— "The Newlywods and Their Baby," packed 
houae. 

HAVELEN'S (Harry Wallace, mgr.; T. A 
H). — "McFadden'e Flata and the Yellow 
Kids" pleaaed uaual coterie at popular prices. 

8HUBERT (Melville Stolts. mgr.; Shubert). 
— "The Chocolate Soldier," dlatinct auccess. 
• Bualneaa big. 

STANDARD (Leo Relchenboch. mgr.).— 
Billy Watson In "Krausemeyer's Alley" greet- 
ed by large burlesque following. 

OAYETT (Charles Walt era, mgr.). — Frank 
FInney'a - "Trocaderoa" received large and 
happy reception. 

DEUTSCHER'S THEATRE ODEON (Hans 
Loebel, director). — Stock company In "Golden 
Rule," doing big business; largely patronised 
by the German element. 

NEW MAJESTIC (Elmer Condy, mgr.; 
agent, W. V. A.). — Bennett A Sterling, Ameri- 
can Newsboys Quartet, Fred Elliott, Dick A 
Dolly Merrlman, Van Cello. Eape A Roth. 

CINCINNATI 

By HABKY HESS. 

KEITHS (J. J. Murdock, gen. mgr.; C. 
L. Doran, rep.; agent, U. B. O. ; Sunday re- 
hearsal 11).— Robert T. Haines A Co., good; 
"A Night in a Turkish Bath," very funny; 
Gould A Ashlyn, very good; Lorch Family, 
good; Lydcll A Butterworth, excellent; Albert 
Hole, very good; Brown A Ayer, good; Cole de 
Losse, very good. 

EMPRESS (H. E. Robinson, mgr.; rohearaal 
Sunday 10). — Harry Van Foasen. excellent; 
Four Ball Players, good; Luba Mlrolf, very 
good; Mctzettl Troupe, very good; Mme. 
Emerle, excellent; Kitty Ross, scored. 

BALTIMORE 

By ARTHUR L. ROBB. 

MARYLAND (F. C. Schanberger, mgr.; 
agent. U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Harry 
H. Richard* A Co., good; Jones A Deely, very 
good; Hayes A Norworth, great; Kelly A Laf- 
ferty, entertaining; Marie Russell, clever; Zel- 
lah A Covington, excellent; Reed Bros., well 
liked. Pictures. 

NEW (George Schneider, mgr.; agent, Chas. 
Kraus; rehearsal Monday 10). — Joe Hplssell A 
Co., pleased ; Levllle A Day, hit; Frey A 
Fields, laughs; Ross A Adams, good; Du Chant 
Dog circus, excellent; Emelle Eagermlre, 
pleased. Business good. 

VICTORIA (C. E. Lewis, mgr.; agent, Nlx- 
on-Nlrdllnger; rehearsal Monday 10). — Buhler. 
fine; Lorlng A Parquette, good; Guy Bartlctt 
A Co., liked; Lightning Weston, excellent, 
I, ussier A Evans, applause; Helen Azoy, liked; 
MeOee A La Salle, clever. 

WILSON (G. O. Wonders, mgr.; J. W. Hoo- 
ver, agent; rehearsal Monday 10). — Texlco. 
excellent; Cox Family., liked; Imperial Trio, 
clever; Arthur Morris, dexterous; John Doo- 
ley. amusing. 

FORD'S (Chas. E. Ford, mgr.; K. A E.).— 
Francis Starr In "The Case of Becky," largt- 
house. 

ACADEMY (Tunis F. Dean, mgr.; K. A E > 

Lulu Olaser In "Miss Dudelsack." 



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AUDITORIUM (J. W. McBride. mgr.; Shu- 
bert). —Cyril Bcott in "A Gentleman of Leis- 
ure." 

8AVOT (H. Bascom Jackson, mgr.). — Bos- 
ton Players In "The Vendetta." 

GAYBTY (Wm. Ballauf, mgr.). — "Queens 
Jardin de Paris." 

MONUMENTAL (Montague Jacobs, mgr.").— 
"Merry Maidens." 

HOLLIDAY ST. (Wto. Rife, mgr.; S. A H). 
— "Qlrl and the Tramp," good business. 

TRAYMORE CASINO (C. Rosen brock, mgr.) 
— "The Two Johnnies." 



DENVER 



By CUAS. LONDONER. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM.— Lily Lena headlines bill, pro- 
nounced hit. The Blank Family, Jugglers, 
excellent; the Three Lelghtona did very well; 
Patten A Co., sketch, fair; Primrose Four, 
entirely successful; Four Elles, artistic; Wil- 
liams A Segal, clever dancers. 

PANTAQE8. — Y ©scarry Troupe, scored; 8le- 
bert, Llndley A Co., have good sketch; Black 
A Jones, colored, fair; Vlctorlne A Zollar, 
fetching act; Archie Onrl, Juggled nicely. 



It la the latest report that the new 8hu- 
bert theatre will not be employed for legiti- 
mate attractions during this season. Some 
other policy will be Installed when house Is 
completed. 



AJLBON. 

.COLONIAL (B. M. Stanley, mgr.; agent, 
Felber ft Shea; rehearsal 10.10).— 2-4, 
Strength Brothers, great; Gardner ft Stod- 
dard, good; Major ft Roy, hit; "The Romany 
Opera Co.," good; Watson ft Dwyer, fair. «-8. 
Fields ft Lewis, hit; Four Rlanos. amusing; 
Fitsgerald * u'Dell, good; Joe Cook, en re- 
taining; Sampsel ft Riley, dressy; Alice Lane, 
good. 

GRAND (O. L. Elsler, mgr.; agent, 8. ft H.). 
—"The Little Girl That He Fargot"; «-8. 
"Isle of Smiles"; 9-11. "The Third Degree." 

MUSIC HALL (Miller ft Collins, nigra,).— 
Stook. 

'STAR, — Harley ft Hailey, entertaining; Kur- 
vello, good. 



B. M. Stanley, formerly of the Happy Four 
theatre. Is now In charge of the Colonial for 
Felber ft Shea. 

TOM HARRIS 



ANN ARBOR, 

MAJESTIC (J. W. Lane, mgr.). — Adams 
and Guhl In "The Two Admirals." fair busi- 
ness. 

NEW WHITNEY (D. 8. Mclntyre, mgr.; 
agent. W. V M. A.).— 9. "The Chorus Lady"; 
10. Peplto Arrlola. MELTON. 



ALTOONA. 

ORPHEUM (Wllmer A Vincent, mgrs.. U. 
B. O., agent; rehearsal 11 Monday). — Flying 
Henrys, applause; Chas. A. Teriis A Co.. 
good: Billy Evans A Cafe Girls, fair. 

MI8HLER (I. C. Mlshler, mgr.).— 6 "Queens 
of the Follies Bergere"; 7 "Vogel's Minstrels"; 
8 "The Wife Decides"; 9 and 10 Stetson's 
Uncle Tom's Cabin; 11 May Irwin. 

E. G. B. 



BUFFALO. 

SHEA'S (M. Shea, mgr.; agent, U. B. O. ; 
Monday rehearsal 10). — Four Mortons, great; 
John P. Wade A Co., pleasing; Llttlefleld and 
Florentine Sister, excellent; Thurler A Madi- 
son, good: Julian A Dyer, clever; MoSatt Clare 
Trio, claasy. 

ACADEMY (Henry M. Marcus, mgr.; re- 
hearsal Monday 10). — Coin's Dogs, clever; Au- 
gustlno Da Trlllo, excellent; Fondellers, fine; 



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Vallno A Tresk, good; Arthur Demmlng, fine; 
Maurice Frank A Co., excellent; Sterling 
Chapman, pleaaed; Riffner A Cook, classy 
Allen Weightman, fair. 

FAMILY (H. A. Colllgon, mar.).— Harry 
Henry, hit; Frank Carmen, pleasing; Nelson 
A Ragmon, classy; Makarenko Duo, excel- 
lent; Elcleve. very good; Cailouette, clever. 

LAFAYETTE (Charles Bagg, mgr.). — 
"Broadway Gaiety Girls." 

GARDEN (Charles E. White, mgr.).— 
"Painting the Town." 

"FAIR PLAY." 



BUTTE. 

EMPIRE (A. B. Sosman. mgr.; Fischer, 
agent; rehearsal Sunday 10). — Week Oct. SO. 
Alice Teddy, big; Ryan A Ryan, good; Morris 
A Sherwood, fine; McDowell A Donnely, big. 



CAMDEN. N. J. 

BROADWAY (W. B. McCallum, mgr.).— 
«-• Dooln A McCool, headllner; Wallace's 
Cockatoos, pleaaed; Jaa. Brockman. hit; 
Hughes A Logan, good; Sam Philips A Co., 
very good; Three Great Alt kins, spectacular; 
Alice Clark, ordinary; Morgan, Chester A 
Co.. "8chults. the Shoemaker." hit; Bert 
Fltaglbbon, great; Four Melody Monarchs. 
very good; 9-10. "Fol De Rol Girls," Van A 
Carrie Avery; Hasel A Hawkins; Chester 
Kingston; Vera Roberta 

TEMPLE (Fred W. Falkner, mgr.). — "Billy 
the Kid." good; fair business; 9-11 "Intro- 
duce Me." 

FRANK SHERIDAN. 



CLEVELAND. 

HIPPODROME (H. A. Daniels, mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Selblnl A 
Groblnl, clever; Linden Beck with, acored; 
Four Han Ions, familiar; Lolo. startling; Three 
White Kuhns. hit; Blanche Walsh, headllner; 
Marshall Montgomery, original; Four Varies, 
fine. 

GRAND (J. H. Mlchels. mgr.; agent. Mar- 
cus Loew; rehearsal Monday 10). — Close Bros., 
clever; Marie Laurent, won favor; Hoyt A 
Hoyt, well liked; 8herldan A Solane, hit; 
Four Catea, headllner; Harry Campbell, 
good; Wenn's Animals, good. 

PROSPECT (H. A. Daniels, mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O. ; rehoarsal Monday 10). — Rice A 
McDonald; Adamlnl A Taylor, hit; Warren, 
Hatch A Co., good; Oriole Trio, well received; 
Du Callon, unique; Dorothy Richmond A Co., 
fair; Joe Kelcey, fair; Corrlgan A Vivian, 
good. 

PRISCILLA (Proctor E. Seas, mgr.; agent, 
Gus Sun; rehearsal Monday 10). — Edward 
Zoeller Trio; Clate A Wadsworth; Cuba De 
Hchon; Brott, Starr A Co.; Five Musical 
Byrons; Yankee Comedy Four; Waldron A 
Vass: Armenian. 

8TAR (Drew A Campbell, mgrs.; rehearsal 
Monday 10).— "Ideals." 

EMPIRE (E- A. McArdel, mgr.; rehearsal 
Monday 10). — "Girls from Happyland." 

COLONIAL (R. H. ^McLaughlin, mgr.; 
Shubert; rehearsal Monday 10). — William 
Hodge In "The Man from Home." 

OPERA HOUSE (Geo. Gardner, mgr.; K. 
A E. : rehearsal Monday 10). — "The Pink 
Lady." 

LYCEUM (Geo. Todd, mgr.; agent, Stair; 
rehearsal Monday 10). — "Salvation Nell." 

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TEMPLE (C. G. Williams, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — "Romance of 
the Underworld," feature; D'Armond* 6 Car- 
ter, big hit; Sisters Gasch, clever; Belle 
Hathaway's Monkeys, good; Fred Duprez. 
laughs; Brothers McGInnls, fair; Wlllette 
Whltaker, pleasing. 

MILES (C. W. Porter, mgr. ; agent, T. B. 
C. ; rehearaal Monday 10). — Florens Family, 
clever; Rozlna Zelaska A Co., thrilling; Hal- 
ilgan A Ward; La Desma; Grove A Cree; 
Russell A Gray; Mutt A Jeff; plcturea. Fair 
bill. 

NATIONAL (Mlsner A King, mgrs.; agent. 
Doyle). — Brenck's Parisian Models; Luttrlnger 
ft Lucaa; Arthur Hahn; Don A May Gordon; 
Terry A Schults; Crowell A Gardner; Lalor 
& Mack; Markell Sisters. 

COLUMBIA (M. W. Schoenherr, mgr.; 
agent, Gus Sun). — Blatons; Dorothy Lynn A 
Co.; "Man of the Hour"; Morton'a Doga; 
Francis A Lewis; Edgar Foreman A Co.; 
Leonard A Drake; "A Night In Minstrelsy." 

GARRICK (Richard Lawrence, mgr.; Shu- 
bert) —William Collier In "Take My Advice." 
Bualneas fair. 

DETROIT (Harry Parent, mgr.; K. A E. ). 
— Ethel Barrymore in "The Wltneas for the 
Defense." 

LYCEUM (A. B. Warner, mgr.; 8. A H.).— 
Billy B. Van; big business. 

OAYETY (J. H. Ward, mgr.).— "Big Ban- 
ner Show." 

FAMILY (C. H. Preston, mgr.). — Bruno 
Kramer Troupe; Great Basalasl; Lillian 
Washburn; Laypo A Benjamin; Jack San- 
deraon; Margaret Bird & Co.; Arminta A 
Burk; Ivy A Ivy; Kelly A Parks; Cracey 
A Burnett; Joyce & Wlllilla. 

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DULUTH. 

ORPHETJM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent, 
direct). — Wilson A Wilson, good; Gardner & 
Revere, good; Leipzig, good; Gerald Griffin 
Co.. hit; Fay. 2 Cooleys A Fay. fair; Esthor 
Trio, very good; Mabelle Fonda Troupe, fulr. 

EMPRESS iS. A C. Circuit, agent).— "A 
Night In a Police Station." hit; Marie Fltz- 
gibbons, fair; Ned Norton, good; Walton A 
Lester, good; Fernandez Duo. fair. 

LYCEUM (Ind.; Jas. Morrlsey, mgr.).— 3-4 
"The Heartbreakera." fair business; 6 "Three 
Twins"; 6-7 "The Gamblers." 

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ERIE. 

COLONIAL (A. P. WeachhT. mm. ; <\ R. 
Cummins, asst. mgr.; Gus Sun A U. B. O.. 
agents; rehearsal Monday 10). — Field Bros., 
clover; Saytona. good; "What Happened In 
Room 44." good; Williams A Sterling, big; 
Pouchct's Flying Ballet, feature. 

HAPPY HOUR (D. H. Connelly, mgr.).— 
Oralna A Co.. good; Albert Oppolt, rlovrr; 
Ed. Loop, good; De Loss & Pearl, well re- 
ceived. 

PARK. — Stock. Big houses. 

MAJESTIC (J. L. Cllson. mgr. ).— fi "The 
Girl of the Golden West"; 7 "The Old Home- 
stead"; 10 "Graustock." 

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HARTFORD. 

POLT'S (O. C. Edwards, mgr.; agent. U. It. 
O. ; Monday rehearsal 10). — Paul Dickey & 
Co.. hit; Franklyn Ardell A Co.. went well; 
Cnrtmell A Harris, good; Roache A McCurdy, 
laughs; Manning A Ford, good hand; Belle 
Blanche, hit: Le Vler, neat. 

HARTFORD (F. P. Dean, mgr.; agent. 
Jamos Clancy: rehearsals Mon. and Thur. 11). 
— fi-8 Carlos' Dogs A Ponies, hit; Harry Pal- 
ton, clever: Morris A Bensley, pleased; Bren- 
nan A Wright, laughs; 9-11 Lou Ripley * 
Co.; Nettle Knlse; Two Hardts. 

PARSONS* (H. C. Parsons, mgr.). --G-7 
"Mutt and Jeff," fair business: K Hlim In- 
Hates in "Nobody's Widow"; 10-11 Fratu-ls 
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HARRIKHl RG. 

ORPHEUM (Wllmer A Vincent, mgrs.; 
agent, U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Bella 
Onra, pleased: McCormlck A Irving, ap- 
plauded; Peppino, liked; Neff A Starr, scored; 
"Bathing Girls," headllner; Howard A How- 
ard, roars; Santell, excellent. 

MAJESTIC (N. C. Myrlck, mgr.; agent, 
Rels). — 1, "Lady Buccaneers' ; 2. "Imperial 
Russian Ballet"; 8. Forbes Robertson In 
"The Passing of the Third Floor Back"; 4, 
Ty Cobb In "College Widow"; 6, "Girl in 
10. May Irwin In "She Knows Better 
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INDIANA, MICH. 

ORPHEUM (Horace Genge. mgr.; W. V. 
M. A.). — Oct. 80. "The Fortune Hunter"; Nov. 
1, "Madame Sherry"; Nov. 2-5, Rhea Keane A 
Co., fine; Germers Models, excellent; Norwood 
A Wheeler, fine. 

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INDIANAPOLIS. 

KEITH'S (Ned Hastings, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Helena Fred- 
erick A Co., splendid; Wynn A Russon, liked 
immensely; "Baseballltls," good: Six Stylish 
Steppers, excellent; Felix A Barry Sisters, 
ovation; Howard's Circus, good; Renso A 
Ladue. very good; Renway A Lawrence, fair. 

ENGLISH'S (A. F. Miller, mgr.; agent, 
Boda).— Week SO, "Follies." splendid; show 
to capacity houses. 6-9. "Alma," 10-11, "A 
Lovely Liar" (Louise Dresser). 

8HUBERT-MURAT (F. J. Dailey. mgr.; 
Shubert). — 2-4. "The Wall Street Girl" 
(Blanche Ring); fair business. 6-8, "Pina- 
fore." 9-11. "Passing of the Third Floor 
Back" (Forbes Robertson). 

PARK (Phil Brown, mgr.; agent. S. A H.) — 
80-1. "Mra Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch." 
splendid business. 2-4. "The Troublemakers" 
(Ward A Vokes). good business. 6-8, "Three 
Twlna" 9-11, "Brewster's Millions." 

EMPIRE (H. K. Burton, mgr.).— Pat 
White's Gaiety Girls. 

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KANSAS CITY. 

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GAYETY— "The Love Kiss," derided hit. 

CENTURY.— "Follies of the Day." one of 
the best this season. 

GRAND. — "The Campus." 

SHUBERT. — "As a Man Thinks" (John 
Mason). 



KNOXVILLE. 

GRAND (Frank Rodgcrs. mgr.; agent. In- 
terstate: rehearsal Monday 10). — Wilson A 
Doyle, well received; C. Arthur, good; Zaro 
Carmen Troupe, hit; Hugh Allen, good; Wat- 
kins A Williams Sister*, applause. 

WALTER N. BLAUFELD. 



LINCOLN. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen, mgr ; sgent. 
direct: rehearsal Monday 6). — Week Oct. 80. 
Felix A Calre. capable headllner; Marcus A 
Gurtelle, tame: Hopkins A Axtcll. hit; Cadets 
do rjftpcogne. llkpd: Paul Barnes, passed: Klcth 
A Kernan, pleased; Haviland A Thornton, ex- 
cellent. 

LYRIC (L. M. Gorman, mgr.; W. V. A.). — 
Casting Campbells, good: Rait on A La Tour, 
liked: Four Killarmy Olrls, scored: Murray 
K. Hill. hit. Capacity houses. 

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LOH ANGELES. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen mgr.; agent, 
direct : .Monday rehearsal 10). Week Oct. 30. 
"A Romance of Under World"' caught on; 
World A Kingston, clever; Avon Comedy Four, 
scream; International Polo, novel. Holdovers. 
Samm Mann, Seven Belfonls, "Fresh from 
Colleee." Six American Dancers. 

EMPRESS (D. B. Worley. mgr.; S-C; Mon- 
day rehearsal 11). — Week Oct. 30. Ida Barr. 
headllner. excellent; Miller A- Mack, pleasing; 
Mrs. Jules Levy A Family, artistic; Weston A 
Lynch, went well; Her»» Hodge, funny; Patty 
Bros., agile. 

PANTAOES (Carl Walker, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect: Monday rehearsal 11). -Week Oct. 30. 
De Lnhncy A Wohlman, sn.mpy; Dayton, j? oo<l : 
Gertrude Maglll A <'<>.. pi«-;ising; A-Ha-M's. 
novel; Dorla Opera Trio, fair: S'-lmstlan M-r- 
rlll A Co.. comic. 

HYMAN fS. W. Hut. mi«i . ngeni. <lii.<l; 
Monday rehearsal 11 » Week o.i. 30, |-,i. 
Rafferty. good; Kraffi \- Myrtle, pleasing; 
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MAJESTIC (Oliver Morosoo, mgr.; Shubert). 
— Oct. SO, Gertrude Hoffman A Russian Danc- 
ers; Nov. 6, Lambardi Grand Opera Co.. 

MASON (W. T. Wyatt, mgr. ; K. A E.).— 
Oct. SO, "The Commuters." 

LYCEUM (Clarence Drown. mgr.; CorL). — 
Oct. 30. "The House Next Door"; Not. f, 
"Polly of the Circus." 

EDWIN P. CMALLBY. 



LOl'ISVILLE. 

KEITH'S (J. L. Weed. mgr. ; agent, Or- 
pheum Circuit).— Mario Aldo Trio, food; 
Fiannigan A Edwards, very good; Alma You- 
lln, pleased; Millet's Models, pleased; Clark 
St Bergman, received well; "Honor Among 
Thieves," very good: Three Vagrants, very 
good; Four Norins, hit. 

HOPKINS (I. Simons, mgr.; agent. 8. A C). 
— Brady * Mahoney, very good; Cy Reinhart; 
Three Keltons, hit; Albert Donnely, good; 
Ruth Francis & Co., good; Etta Leone Troupe, 
good. 

BUCKINGHAM (Horace McCrocklln, mgr.). 
— "Zallah's Own." 

GATXTT (Chas. F. Taylor, mgr.).— "Jersey 
Lilies." 

AVENUE (Morton Shaw, mgr.; agent, 8. A 
H.).— "Girl of the Streets." 

WALNUT (Col. Shaw, mgr.; agent. H. A 
D.).— "The Rosary." 

MACAULEY'S (John MoCauley. mgr. ; agent. 
K. A E.).— «-8, James K. Hackett In "The 
Grain of Dust"; 9-11, "The Girl In the Taxi." 

SHUBBRT8 (F. Ray Comstock. mgr.; 
Shubert).— 0-8. Mrs. Leslie Carter. 

J. M. OPPENHEIMER. 



Wilfred Clarke 

P resenting his own sketch. THE DEAR DEPARTED." 



Direction Max Hart 




MACON. 

GRAND (D. G. Phillips, mgr.; Shubert). 
Oct 26. "Mutt and Jeff." capacity business; 
28. "Chocolate Soldier." capacity houses; 
SO, Creatore and Band; 6, "Excuse Me." 

BIJOU (J. B. Melton, mgr.).— Stock. 

PALACE (J. B. Melton, mgr.). — Raphaell 
Droltt; B. Arwood; Bert Lewis. 

LYRIC (Dan. Holt, mgr.).— Billy Beard. 

VICTORIA (N. L Royster. mgr.). — Percy 
Splllman. ANDREW ORR. 



POLI'S (H. J. Boyce. mgr.; K. A B.). — 6. 
"The Newly weds"; 7, Francis Wilson In "The 
Bachelor's Baby"; 9. Blanche Bates In "No- 
body's Widow"; 10, "Mutt and Jeff"; 11. 
"Over Night." 



MUNCIR. 

STAR (Ray Andrews, mgr.; agent, Gus Sun; 
rehearsal Monday 10. SO). — Jones A Walton, 
pleased; Llszle Wilson, good; Dancing Billy 
Halpy, clever; Petram Circus, hit. 

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OMAHA. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, mgr.; agent. Or- 
pheum Circuit; rehearsal Sunday 10). — Mac- 
Rao A Levering:, fine opener; Delmore A 
Adair, good; Chick Sales, very good; Madame 
Besson, good; Connelly A Webb, big hit; 
Delro, excellent; "Rolfonlans," big. 

GAYETY (E. L. Johnson, mgr.)- — "Love 
Makers." 

KRUG (Chaa L. Frankc, mgr.). — 'Yankee- 
Doodle Girls." 

BOYD (Frank Phelps, mgr.; 8hubert). — 6-7, 
"Jim, the Penman." 

BRANDEI8 (W. D. Burgess, mgr.; Ind. ). — 
6-8, "The Red Rose." 

AMERICAN (Ed. Monahan, mgr.). — Stock. 

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PITTSBURGH. 

ORAND (Harry Davia, mgr.; agent, U. B. 
O.; rehearsal Monday 10). — Bud Flaher, cor- 
dial welcome; Bowera, Walters St Crooker, 
laughs; Rice A Cohen, successful; Nelly 
Nichols, hit; Sanders Troupe, lively; "Co- 
lonial Sextet," pleasing; Warren A Keefe, 
pleased; La Toy Brothers, great 

FAMILY (John P. Harris, mgr.; agent. 
Morganstern). — Jsok Harlow * Co., success; 
Piitahow A Blanchard, good; Ward Brothers, 
hit; Murray St Stone, laughs; Jack Irwin 
Duo, entertaining. 

OATBTT (Henry Kurtsman, mgr.). — "The 
Passing Parade." 

ACADEMY (Harry Williams, mgr.). — "Dar- 
lings of Parla" 

LYCEUM (C. R. Wilson, mgr.; agent. 8. 
st H.).— "Let George Do It" 

ALVIN (John B. Reynolds, mgr.; Shubert). 
— 6-8. Imperial Russian Ballet; 9-11, "The 
Girl of the Golden West." 

NIXON (Thomas F. Kirk. Jr.. mgr.; agent. 
Nlzon-Zlramerman). — "The Round-Up." 



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PORTLAND. 

JEFFERSON (Julius Cahn, mgr.).— 10-11. 
"Chocolate Soldier." 

KEITH'S (James W. Moore, mgr.). — Paul 
La Croix, clever; Mr. A Mrs. Allison, good; 
Rawls St Von Kaufman, scream; Red Sox 
Quartet, tremendous; William Raynore St Co.. 
excellent; Harvey De Vora Trio, hit; Lea 
Montforts, appreciated. 

PORTLAND (J. W. Greeley, mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10.S0). — Rice St 
Walters, fair; Wohlrab, White St Sears, or- 
dinary; Allen. Byron St Blanche, passed; 
Brown St Farlardeau, rough; Ploets A Lorel- 
la Sisters, excellent. 

CONGRE88 (F. Earl Bishop, mgr.; agent. 
Qulgley; rehearsal Monday 10.30). — Six Cor- 
nelias ; Dixon Peters; Parent A King; Maria 
Gebest; Rose Tiffany St Co. 



PORTLAND, ORR. 

PANTAGE'S (John A. Johnson, mgr. ; re- 
hearsal Monday 11). — Week SO, Marimba 
Band and Zeb Zarrow Troupe divide fea- 
ture honors, scoring; Miller St Lyles, scream; 
La Valles, clever; Donlta St Co., excellent. 

ORPHEUM (Frank Cofflnberry, mgr; re- 
hearsal Monday 10). — Week SO, Tom Nawn St 
Co., excellent; The Courtiers, treat; Mosher, 
Hayes St Mosher, clever; Arlington Four, 
good; Jane Boynton, clever; Kramer A Spll- 
lane, entertaining; Cummlngs A Gladyings, 
good. 

EMPRESS (Chas. Ryan, mgr.).— Week SO. 
Bros. Byrne; George A. Beane; Mme. Flfl; 
Roynays; Powder A Chapman; Marie Dorr; 
Will Oakland. W. R. BREED. 



RENOVO, PA. 

FAMILY (Albright A McCarthy, mgrs. ; 
agent, Prudential). — 6-8, Jsck Dempsey, good: 
Bruce A Dagneau. very good; Morey Long, 
pleased. 9-11, Ralph Clark; Brandon A Tay- 
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RICHMOND. 

ACADEMY (Leo Wise. mgr.). — 6. Ty Cobb 
with "The College Widow." good business; 
8-9. "The Bohemian Girl"; 10-11, "Alias 
Jimmy Valentine." 

BIJOU (C. I. McKee. mgr.).— "The Mil- 
lionaire Kid." big business. 

COLONIAL (E. P. Lyons, road rep.; agent, 
Norman Jeff erles).— Good wyn Brothers, good; 
Mosart Duo, applause; Henry A. Lappln St 
Co.. hit 




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VARIETY 



Next Week (Nov. 13) Percy G. Williams' Bushwick 





THIS WEEK (Nov. 6), YOUNG'S PIER, ATLANTIC CITY 

IS THE FELLOW 



LUBIN (M. a Knight, mgr; agent, Nor- 
man Jefferies). — Duffy A May, good; Wini- 
fred Stewart, excellent; Morelle A Calhoun*'. 
hit. 

THEATO (D. L. Toney, mgr. ; agent, Oua 
Sun and Nerdllnger). — Greater City Four, hit; 
Stull Slaters, claaay; William Blrne, good. 

GERSON W. HELD. 



ROANOKE. 

JEFFBR80N (Iaador Schwarts, mgr. ; agent, 
Norman Jefferiea; rehearaal Monday A Thurs- 
day 2.16). — 6-8, Clifton A Carson, good; Ted 
Warwick, applauded; Wyer A Sheldon, fair; 
Katherlne Challoner A Co., pleaalng. 9-11, 
Maglnleys; Challoner A Co.; Eddie Smith; 
Denlcke A Gentry. 

ACADEMY (Chaa. Beckner, mgr.). — 6, 
"The Bohemian Girl," good; 8. Thomas Jef- 
ferson. T. F. B. 



SALT LAKE. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent. 
Orpheum Circuit). — Stevens A Marshall, Im- 
mense; Australian Woodchoppers, scored; 
Harry Breen, hit; Eleanor Falke, clever; 
Nana, hit; Gene O'Rourke, paaaed; Clever 
Trio, liked. Good business. 

BIJOU.— Russell; Harry Mayo; Kluttng'a 
Animala; Weaton A Lynch; Four Sollata 
Bros 

GARRICK.— "Zasa," big bualneaa. 

COLONIAL. — 10-11, Gertrude Hoffman and 
Imperial Ruaalan Dancers. 

SALT LAKE.— 9-11, "The Girl in the Taxi." 

OWEN. 



SAN DIEGO. 

EMPRESS (Wm. Tomkina, mgr.; agent. 8.- 
C. ; rehearaal Monday 10). — Week' 80, Harry 
Mayo, good; Bijou Ruaaell, pleaaed; Klutlng's 
Animala, applauded; Seven Colonlala, adroit; 
Solla Brothere, good; pictures. 

PRINCESS (Fred Balllen, mgr.; agent, Bert 
Levey; rehearaal Monday 10). — Week 80, 
Young A Young, well reoHved ; Edlewals, 
artlatlc; Gage A Hart, good. 

1818 (J. M. Dodge, mgr.; agent, direct). — 
3-4, Lombard! Opera Company. 

SAVOY (Scott Palmer, mgr.). — Stock. 

MIRROR (Fulkeraon A Edwarda, mgrs.).— 
Musical atock. L. T. DALEY. 



oiirjivViii 

NEW SAVANNAH (William B. Seeaklnd. 
mgr.; K. A E.). — 1, Frederick the Great, 
amall attendance; 4, "Excuao Me"; 8, Lil- 
lian Rhodea In "The White Slater"; 17, Ty 
Cobb In "The College Widow." 

LIBERTY (Henry C. Fourton. mgr.; S. A 
H.). — 80. "The Goose Girl"; 6. Blllle Ritchie 
in "Around the Clock." 

BIJOU (Henry C. Fourton, mgr.; agent, 
Welle' Circuit; rehearaal Monday A Thuraday 
2). — 2-4, Charlea Webber, hit; Haney A Long, 
great; Von Hampton A. Jeaaelln, meritorious; 
Tom Ripley, excellent. 6-8. Plahel A Cuahlng. 
big; J. C. Short, entertaining; Armand Mel- 
notte A Co., hit; Henry Rego. clever. 9-11. 
Marie McNeil A Co.; Flo Arnold; Turkey 
Boyd; Hazel Waston Lucas A Co. 

"REX." 



SIIREYEFORT. 

GRAND (Ehrllch A Coleman, mgrs. ; K. A 
E.).— 31. "Mlaa Nobody"; Nov. 2, "Madame 
Sherry"; 4-6, "Alma." 

MAJESTIC (Ehrllch Broa., mgra.; agent, 
Hodklna; rehearaal Sunday 1.80). — Week SO, 
Harry Newman, went well; Trlxeda A Robln- 
■on, applauae; Truheart-La Valle Trio, acored. 
Capacity bualneaa. 

HOWARD T. DIMICK. 



SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
POLI'S (8. J. Breen, rea. mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O. ; rehearaal Monday 10). — Hanlon A Han- 
Ion, conventional; Wilaon A Pearaon, new pat- 
ter; John B. Cooke A Co., atrong; Billy K. 



Wella, hit; Edmond Hayes A Co.. unattrac- 
tive; Cook Sietera, fair; Harden, great cloaer. 

UILMORE (Robt. McDonald, mgr.). — 6-8, 
"Behman Show"; 9-11, Stetson's U. T. C. 

COURT SQUARE (D. O. GUmore. mgr.; 
Ind.). — T; Blanche Bates In "Nobody's 
Widow"; 8, New York Philharmonic Orchea- 
tra; 9, Iriah Playera; 10-11, Elale Janla in 
"The Slim Princeaa" 

QEORGE A. PR ESS L. 



SPRINGFIELD, O. 

NEW BUN (Gus Sun, mgr.). — Walter Law 
A Co., great; Yackley A Bunnell, very good; 
Loralne McNeal, good; Feldman A Sidney, 
nicely; Musart Trio, did well. 

FAIRBANK'S (Valentine Co.. mgrs.).— 9, 
Jaa. K. Hackett; 10, Jeanne Nuola. 

COLUMBIA (Gus Sun Amusement Co., 
mgrs. ). — "Pinafore." 



ST. JOHN, N. B. 

OPERA HOUSE (H. J. Anderson, mgr.). — 
30-4, Kinemacolor, business fair; 6-8, Gladys 
Klark Stock Co. 

NICKEL (W. H. Goldlng, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O. ). — Fred Drlacoll; Margaret Breck; plc- 
turea. 

LYRIC (Thoa. O'Rourke. mgr.).— 80-1. The 
Great Degan, Mae Green; 2-4, The Heidelberg 
Four; plcturea 

L. H. CORTRIGHT. 



ST. PAUL. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM.— Roehm'a Athletic Glrla, good; 
Wood Brothera. good; Ellda Morris, very 
pleaalng; De Cordova Co., good; Clifford 
Walker, fine; Mullen A Coogan, pleasing; 
Dan Burk'a Girls, good. 

EMPRESS. — Mark Murphy, Ane; Three Die- 
cons, good; Lew Hawkins, pleased; Paul 
Stephens, good; Malvern Troupe, good. 

MAJESTIC— Martelle Family; Newton A 
Hall; Three Decamera; Sltgel A Mathews. 

METROPOLITAN.— Henry Miller In "The 
Havoc." fine. 

GRAND. — "The House Next Door." 

SHUBERT. — Crusoe's Girls," very good. 

STAR. — "Star Show Girls," reported good. 

BEN. 



SYRACUSE. 

GRAND (Chaa Plummer A Chaa. Ander- 
son, mgrs.; agent, U. B. O. ). — Bertlach, nice- 
ly; Roaa Roma, well received; Barnes A 
Crawford, very good; Roberty Dancers, pleas- 
ing; Mack A Walker, clever; Maclyn Arbuckle, 
took well; Raymond A Caverly, good; Five 
Sataudaa, liked. 

CRESCENT. — Frits Houaton; Dunaworth A 
Valder; Howe A Edwarda. 

BASTABLE— 18-15, "On the Trail"; 16-18, 
"Smart 8et." 

WEITINO.— lt-14, Tambourine A Bonea of 
Syracuae University In "Morning Btar"; 16. 
Holbrook Bllnn In "The Boaa." 

EMPIRE.— 18-16, Francla Starr In "The 
Caae of Becky"; 16-18. Guy Bates Post In 
"The Challenge." 



TERRE HAUTE. 

VARIETIES (Jack Hoeffler, mgr.; agent, 
W. V. M. A.; rehearaal Monday A Thuraday 
10). — Lora, hit; Four Prevoata. good; Von 
Mltzell A Maynard, good; Barto A Clark, 
good; Ferguson A Northlane, hit; Clark A 
Verdi, pleased; Schrode A Mulvey. hit; La 
Vine A Inman, pleaaed; Chaa. W. Bowser 
& Co., good; Alamo Trio, pleaaed. Good 
bualneaa. 

GRAND (T. W. Barhydt. mgr.; K. A E.).— 
31, "House Next Door"; 1. "Newlyweda pnd 
Baby"; 4-6. "The Rosary"; 9-10. Wm. Haw- 
trey; 11, Robert Hllllard; 12. "Baby Mine." 

PARK (Joe Barnea, mgr). -5, "Parisian 
Beauties." CHRIS. 



clever; Salerno, hit; Sam J. Curtia & Co., 
good; Kaufmana, pleaaed: Robert Du Mont 
Trio, novel; Corcoran & Dixon, funny. 

MAJE8TIC (Peter F. Griffin, mgr.).— Har- 
man A Harraan; Tom Voce; Roacoe ft Blms; 
The Lone Stars. 

STAR (Don F. Pierce, mgr.).— "Duckllnga" 

GAYETY (T. R. Henry, mgr.).— "Midnight 
Maidena" 

PRINCESS (O. B. Sheppard, mgr.). — Louis 
Mann In "Elevating a Husband." 

ROYAL ALEXANDRA (L. Solman, mgr). 
—Viola Allen in "The Lady of Coventry." 

GRAND (A J. Small, mgr.).— Thurston. 

MASSEY HALL (N. Wrthraw, rngf.).— 
Royal Ruaalan Dancers 9. 

HARTLEY. 



TROY. 

RAND'S (W. L. Thompson, mgr.; agent. 
Hels; rehearaal 10).— 6, Richard J. Joss In 
"Silver Threada"; Helen Lowell in "Aunt 
Mary"; 9, Holbrook Bllnn In "The Boaa" 

LYCEUM (G. H. Friedman, mgr.; agent. 
Belrenateln; rehearaal 10).— Meredith Slaters, 
applauae; Mabel Florence, very good; Summer 
A Page, good; The ValenteClves, caught on; 
Vaughn A Lorraine, good; Rita Redmond A 
Joe Brennen, pleaaed. J. J. M. 



TRENTON. 

STATE ST. (Herman Wahn, mgr.; agent. 
Prudential; rehearsal Monday A Thursday 
11).— 2-4, Those Merry Singing Girls, hit; 
Francella A Lewis, good; Flying Werntsers, 
fair; Jack Lyle, good; Laskey's Hoboes, hit 
6-8, Blake's Comedy Circus, hit; Katherlne 
A Nelson Sterling, pleased; eLona La Mar, 
good; Smith O'Brien, applauae; Emerson. 
8omers A Co.. big hit. 9-11. Capital City 
Four; Whltely A Bell; Sheehan A Dart; 
Katherlne Mlley; Blake's Comedy Circus. 

BROAD (G. F. Fish, mgr.; Shubert).— 6-11. 
"The Chorus Lady." good business. 



WILMINGTON. 

GARRICK (W. L. DooksUder. mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O.).— 6-11, Harry Thriller, good; Law- 
rence Redan, good; Jacobs' Dogs, good; Vic- 
toria Singing Four, big; Cook A Loronso. hit; 
Mr. A Mra Sidney Drew, big; Meneteksl. 
groat; Stevens A Vlcaro. big. 

AVENUE— Stock. WILLIAM8. 



YOUNOSTOWN. 

PARK (L. B. Cool, mgr.; agent, Felbor 
A Shea). — Stelner Trio, olovor; Rutan'o Song 
Birds, excellent ; Sharp A Turek, good; Mld- 
dleton A Spellmeyer, good; Ray A Rogers, 
entertaining; Romany Opera Company, hit 

GRAND (Jos. Schagrln, mgr.). — "Buster 
Brown." good business. 

PRINCESS (Charles B. Smith, mgr.; agent. 
Gus Sun).— "The Telephone Glrla" 

C. A. LEBDY. 



VARIETY ARTISTS' ROUTES 

FOR WEEK NOVEMBER 13 

WHEN NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED. 

The routes given from NOV. 18 to NOV. 19, inclusive, dependent upon the open- 
ing and closing 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. 

ROUTES FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST REACH THIS OFFICE NOT 
LATER THAN WEDNE8DAY MORNING TO INSURE PUBLICATION. 

TEMPORARY ADDRESSES WILL BE CARRIED WHEN ACT IS "LAYING OFF." 



Abbott Max Social Maids B R 



HABELLE ADAMS, 

G. H. O'DONNELL CO. 



Orpheum Circuit 



TORONTO. 

SHEA'S (J. Shea, mgr.) —Walter Kelly, 
scream; "The Hold-Up." strong; Nonette, 



Adair June Girls from Happyland B R 
Adams Sam J Trocaderos B R 
Aguatln A Hartley Orpheum San Francisco 
Alburtus A Millar Anderson Louisville 
Aldlnes The 2921 Cottage Grove Chicago 
Allen Leon A Bertie 116 Central av Oshkoah 
Alllnel Joaeph 422 Bloomfleld Hoboken N J 
Allison Mr St Mrs Bijou Phlla 
Allyn Amy Queens Jardln de Parle B R 
Altua Bros 128 Cottage Auburn N Y 
Alvarados Goats 1228 N Main Decatur III 
Alvarcttes Three Central Copenhagen 
American Newsboya Orpheum Peoria 111 
Amon A De Llale 214 Winter Haverhill Maas 
Andrews Abbott A Co 8962 Morgan St Louis 
Apdalea Animala Majeatlc Ft Worth Tex 
Apollos 104 W 40 N Y 
Arberg A Wagner 611 E 78 N Y 
Ardelle A Lealle 19 Broezel Rocheater 
Arizona Trio Victoria. Wheeling 



Arlington Four Orpheum San Francisco 

Ascott Chas Cracker Jacks B R 

Atkinson Harry 11 B 29 N Y 

Atlantis A Flsk 1611 1 av Billings Mont 

Atwood Warren 111 W tl NT 

At wood Vera 17 W 68 N T 

Austin Jennie Social Maids B R 

Austin Margie Girls from Happyland B R 

Austin A Klumker 8110 B Phlla 

Australian Four 998 W 48 N Y 



Baader La Velle Trio 820 N Chrlatlana Chic 
Bacon Doc HI Henrye Minstrels 
Bailey Frankle Trocaderos B R 
Baker Elsie 1914 Newport av Chicago 
Baker Harry 8942 Renow W Philadelphia 
Baker John T Star Show Girls B R 
Baraban Troupe 1804 Fifth av N Y 
Barbour Hasel Girls from Missouri B R 
Barnea A Weat Caalno Buenos Ay re a 
Barnold Chaa Davosdorf Swltserland 



IDA BARR 

KNOLISH COMEDIENNE 

Sulllvan-Consldlno Circuit Address VARIETY. 




OAKLAND 



"THE SOPRANO AND THE YODLER" 



PLAYING UNITED TIME 



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Barrett Ella Girl* from Rappyland B R 

Barrett Patsy Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Barrtngton Mildred Star 4k Garter B R 

Barron Geo 1102 Fifth av N Y 

Barron Billy Majestic Dallas Tex 

Barry * Black 1623 Fairmount av Phlla 

Bartell 4k Oarfleld 2 A 99 E 61 Cleveland 

Bartlett Harmon A Emglf Set W II M 

Barto A Clark 1221 Cumberland Phlla 

Bates Clyde Miss New York Jr B R 

Baxter Sidney A Co 1722 4t av Melrose Cal 

Bayton Ida Girls from Happyland B R 

Beecher Will 8 Baker Rochester 

Bean A Hamilton 328 Hickory Buffalo 

Be Ano Duo 8422 Charlton Chicago 

Beers Leo Hopkins Louisville 

Behren Muelcal 62 Springfield av Newark N J 

Bell Arthur H 488 It av Newark N J 

Bella Italia Troupe Box 795 Brookfleld 111 

Belmont Joe 70 Brook London 

Belmont * Umberger ill Delavan Newark 

Belsac Irving 269 W lit N Y 

Bennett Florence Belles of Boulevard B R 

Bennett A Marcello 206 W 67 New York 

Bentleys Musical Empress Colorado Springs 

Benway Happy Guy Bros Minstrels 

Berg Bros Central Copenhagen Indef 

Betts George Star A Garter B R 

Beverly Bisters 6722 Springfield av Phila 

Beyer Ben A Bro Bijou Ann Arbor Mich 

Blcknell A Glbney 441 Marlon Oak Park 111 

Big City Four Keiths Providence 

Bimbos 871 Laws Appleton Wis 

Blsaet A Shady t48 W 17 N Y 

Black John J 4k Pearl Miss New York Jr B R 

Black 4k Leslie 1711 Eberly a v Chicago 

Blake Chas Knickerbockers B R 

Blocksom A Burns Grand Elgin III 

Bogard James Rose 8ydell B R 

Booth Trio 841 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 

Boutin A Tlllson 11 Myrtle Springfield Mass 

Bouton Harry A Co 1166 E it Chicago 

Bowers Walters 4k Crooker Keiths Columbus O 

Bowman Fred 14 Webster Med ford Mass 

Boyd A Allen 1706 Howard Kansas City 

Bradley* The 1814 Brush Birmingham 

Brand Laura M 117 Main Buffalo 

Brennen Geo Trocaderos B R 

Breton Ted 4k Coiinne 114 W 44 N Y 

Brinkley* The 414 W tt N Y 

Biitton Nellie 140 Morris Philadelphia 

Brixton A Brixton 761 Lexington Brooklyn 

Broe A Maxim 1140 Wabaah Av Chicago 

Brook* Harvey Cracker Jack* B R 

Brook* A Carlisle It Olenwood av Buffalo 

Brook* Thoa A Girl* from Happyland B R 

Brooks A Jennings 161 West Bronx N Y 

Brown Jlmmle Girls from Happyland B R 

Brown Broa Orpheum Oakland 

Brown 4k Brown 61 W lit N Y 

Brown 4k Newman Majestic Milwaukee 

Brown A Wllmot 71 Glen Maiden Mass 

Brown Will Sam Devere B R 

Bryant Mae Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

Brydon A Hanlon 16 Cottage Newark 

Bryaon James Follies of Day B R 

Buckley Joe Girls from Happyland B R 

Bullock Thoa Trocaderos B R 

Bunce Jack 1119 11 Phlla 

Burbank 4k Danforth Berlin N Y 

Burdett Johnson Burdett 881 Main Pawtueket 

Burgess Harvey J 617 Trenton av Pittsburgh 

Burke Minnie Trocaderos B R 

Burke Jos 144 W 14 N T 

Burnell Lillian 1060 North av Chicago 

Burnett Tom Star Show Girls B R 

Burns May 4k Lily lit W 10 N Y 

Burt Wm P 4k Daughter ltt W 41 N Y 

Burton Sydney 116 t av N Y 

Butlers Musical 412 8 t Phlla 

Byrne Golson Players Varieties Terre Haute 

Byron Gleta 107 Blue Hill av Roxbury Mass 

Byrons Musical 6138 Indiana av Chicago 



Caffsrty Nat K Orpheum Kansas City 

Cshlll Wm 306-7 Brooklyn 

Calne A Odom Empress Milwaukee 

Calder Chan Lee tilt Lancaster av Phila 

Campbell A1 1711 Bway N Y 

Campbell Henry Belles of Boulevard B R 

Canfleld 4k Carleton 2218-80 Bensonhurst L I 

Cantway Fred R 6426 Woodlawn av Chicago 

Capron Nell Majesties B R 

Cardownle 8lsters tit W 41 N Y 

Carls Irving 4101 N 41 Chicago 

Carlln 4k Penn Colonial Lawrence Mas* 

Carmelos Pictures Star Show Girls B R 

Carmen Frank 466 W 161 N Y 

Carmen Sisters 1188 Washington av N Y 

Carmontells Hattle 1 W 61 N Y 

Carroll Chas 410 B Kentucky Louisville 

Carroll ton 4k Van 6411 Monte Vista LosAngeles 

Carter Tom Taxi Girls B R 

Carters The Ava Mo 



Case Paul tl 8 Clark Chicago 

Casey 4k Smith 114 Franklin Allston Mass 

Casmus 4k La Mar Box 147 Montgomery Ala 

Catlln Margie Irwlna Majesties B R 

Ceoll Mildred Girls from Missouri n R 

Chameroys 1449 41 Bklyn 

Chandlsr Claude tit W II N T 

Chantrell 4k 8chuyler lit Prospect av Bklyn 

Chapman Sisters lit! Mllburn Indianapolis 

Chase Dave to Birch Lynn Mass 

Chase Carma till Halatead Chicago 

Chatham Slaters tit Grant Pittsburgh 

Cheers 4k Jones til W 19 N Y 

Chubb Ray 107 Sprues Scranton Pa 

Chunns Four It Loughborough Rd London 

Church City Four 149 Welrfleld Bklyn 

Clalrmont Josephine 4k Co 146 W lit N Y 

Clare 4k West Orpheum Montreal 

Clark Floretta 10 l*ambert Boaton 

ClarJt Mull Sam Devere B R 

Clark A Duncan Orpheum Newark O 

Clark 4k Ferguson 111 Phelps Englewood 

Claton Sisters 235 % I av Nashville Tenn 

Claus Radcllff* 4k Claus 1149 Dayton av St PI 

Clear Chas 469 W 111 N Y 

Clermento 4fc Miner 19 W 9 New York 

Cliff 4k Cliff 4101 Artesian Chicago 

Clifford Dave B 171 B 101 N Y 

Clifford Jake Trocaderos B R 

Clifford 4k Burke Orpheum New Orleans 

Close Bros 41 Howard Boston 

Coden 4k Clifford II Adams Roxbury Mass 

Cole Billy II 4 av Bklyn 

College Trio 8hubert Utlca 

Col Una Jaa J 8 tar A Garter B R 

Collins Eddie 6 Reed Jersey City N J 

Colonial 8eptette 8hubert Utlca 

Compton 4k Plumb 1110 Emerson av Minneap 

Comrades Four 824 Trinity av N Y 

Conn Richard 801 W 101 N Y 

Connors Jimmy Social Maids B R 

Connolly Broa 1101 N 14 Philadelphia 

Conroy * Le Malre Colonial N Y 

Conway Jack 8 tar A Garter B R 

Cook Geraldlne 671 Jackson av N Y 

Cooke A Two Rotherts Orpheum Budapest 

Corbett 4k Forrester 71 Emmet Newark N J 

Corln Joel P Queens Jardln de Paris B R 

Cornish Wm A 1101 Brosdway Seattle 

Costello 4k La Croix 111 Ewelng Kansas City 

Cota El 106 Main Wheeling W Va 

Cottrell 4k Carew O H Warsaw Wis 

Covle 4k Murrell It27 Vernon av Chicago 

Crane Mrs Gardner 4k Co Orpheum Spokane 

Creo O H Norrlstown Pa . 

Creasy 4k Dayne Grand Pittsburg 

Cromwells I Danecroft Gardens London 



DICK CROLIUS 

Slang Prince Supreme In "Shorty's Elevation" 
ORPHEUM CIRCUIT. 



Damsel Frank Gay Widows B R 
Dancing Violinist Shubert Kansas City 
Daugherty Peggy. 662 tt tl Portland Ore 
Davenport Blanche Taxi OJHs B R 
Davis Hasel M 1511 La 8*41* Chicago 
Davis Mark Rose 8ydell B R 
Davis 4k Cooper 1910 Dayton Chicago 
De Costa Duo 411 Poplar Phila 
De Grace A Gordon 011 Liberty Bklyn 
De Hollis 4k Valora Singapore India 
De Leo John B 711 Jackson Milwaukee 
De Mar Rose Queens Jardln de Paris B R 
De Mar Zella Knickerbockers B R 
De Mario Sldoll Bucarest Romania 
De Milt Gertrude 111 Sterling pi Bklyn 
De Mora 4k Graceta Exposition St Joe Mo 
Ds Vere 4k Roth 549 Belden av Chicago 
De Witt Burns 4k Torrance Stoll Circuit Eng 
De Wolf Linton 4k Lanier Belles Blvd B R 
De Young Tom 156 E 111 N Y 
Dean Jack Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Dean Lou 451 I av. Niagara Falls 
Dean & Sibley 465 Columbus av Boston 
Deery Frank 104 West End av New York 
Delmar Jennie Bway Gaiety Girls B R 
Delmar 4k Delmar 94 Henry N Y 
Delmore John Orpheum Lincoln Neb 
Delmore 4k Oneida Bronx N Y 
Delton Bros 161 W 11 New York 
Demascos Stoll Circuit England 
Demonio 4k Belle Englewood N J 
Deveau Hubert 164 Pronpuct pi Bklyn 
Dlckerson 4k Llbby World of Pleasure B R 

JIM DIAMOND 
CLARA 'NELSON 

Next Week (Nov. 11). Orpheum, Portland. 

Dobbs Wilbur Social Maids B R 

Dodd Emily 4k Jessie 201 Division av Bklyn 

Doh»rty A Harlowe 428 Union Bklyn 

Pnnnthv Ci Francis 119 56 Bklyn 

Donald 4k Carson 116 W 101 N f 

Dinner Doris 841 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 

Dooley Ray Unique Minneapolis 

Dooleys Three Colonial Akron O 

Dorseh 4k Russell Garrick Burlington la 

Doss Billy 101 High Columbus Tenn 

Dow 4k Lavan 898 Couldwell av New York 

Downey Leslie 2712 Michigan Chicago 

Doyle 4k Fields 1848 W Taylor Chicago 

Doyle 4k Forrest Bronx N Y 

Doyle 4k Hyde Bijou Greensboro N C 

Drew Dorothy 877 8 av New York 

Drew Lowell B Stratford N J 

Drew Virginia 2226 Michigan av Chicago 

Du Barry 4k Leigh 1511 Beach av Chicago 

Du Bols Great 4k Co 80 N Wash av Brldgp't 

Duffy Thos H 4688 Virginia av St Louis 

Dulxell Paul Orpheum Memphis 



CROSS «. JOSEPHINE DUNEDIN TROUPE 



Direction Max Hart. 

Now with Blanche Ring In 

"The Wall St. Girl." 



Cross 4k Josephine Garrick Chicago lndef 



CROUCH «■ WELCH 

Next Week (Nov. 18), Orpheum. Ksnsas City. 
Direction. M. 8. BKNTHAM. 



Cunningham 4k Marlon Orpheum Spokane 
Curaon Sistere 117 Adele av Jackson Miss 



Dacre Louie Foil lea of Day B R 

Dalley Jaa E Gay Widows B R 

Dale Johnnie Belles of Boulevard B R 

Dale Josh 144 W 141 N Y 

Dale A Harris 1110 Madison av N Y 



DALE and BOYLE 

Next Week (Nov. II). Keith's, Providence. 
Direction %lf. T. WHias. 

Dalton Harry Fen 171 Irving av Bklyn 
Daly 4k O'Brien Tivoll Sydney Australia 



Stoll Tour, England. 

JAMES E. DONEGAN. Mgr. 



Dunn Arthur F 1061 B 14 Cleveland 
Dunn Chas Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Dupres Fred Temple Rochester 

B. 

Eagon A D'Arvllle Columbia Htl Anderson Ind 

Early John Sam Devere B R 

Eddie Jennie Cracker Jacks B R 

Edgardo 4k Martins 111 N Howard Baltimore 

Edwarda Geo Grant Hotel Chicago 

Bdythe Corlnne III 8 Robey Chicago 



KATE ELINORE 

AND 

SAM WILLIAMS 

Nov. It, Fifth Ave., New York. 
10 Chase's Waahlngton. 



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Eldrld Gordon A Co Orpheum Duluth 

Elliott LC II Baker Detroit 

Ellis 4k McKenna Savoy Fall River Mass 

Elson Arthur 466 B 141 N Y 

Elton Jans 144 W 116 N Y 

El wood Pel:, 4k Downing 014 Harlem av Balto 

Emelle Troupe 604 E Taylor Blooming-ton III 

Emerald 4k Dupre National Sydney Australia 

Emmett Mr 4k Mrs Hugh Grand Syracuse 

Englebrsth O W tilt Highland av Cincinnati 

English Lillian Queens Jardln de Parla B R 

Esmann H T 1114 Putnam av Bklyn 

Espe 4k Roth Kedsle Chicago 

Evens Bessie 1701 Cottsgs Grove av Chicago 

Evana Emlta 4k Evans 1646 7 av N Y 

Evans 4k Lloyd 011 E 11 Brooklyn 

Bvelyn 8lsters 160 St Jamea PI Bklyn 

Evers Geo 110 Losoya San Antonio 

Ewelng Charlie 614 W Oconee Fitzgerald Ga 



Fatrchlld 8isters 110 Dlxwell av New Haven 

Falls Billy A 6 Virginia av Gates N Y 

Farr Frances Gay Widows B R 

Farrell Taylor Trio Taxi Girls B R 

Fay Two Cooleys 4k Fay Orpheum Winnipeg 

Feeney A Fox 611 Central av Camden 

Ferguson Dick 66 W 61 Bayonne N J 

Ferguson Frank 704 W 110 N Y 

Ferguson Jos 117 W 67 N Y 

Ferrard Grace 1716 Warsaw av Chicago 

Field Bros 146 Lenox av N Y 

Finds Nettle 6301 8 Hslsted Chicago 

Fields 4k La Adella Crescent Chicago 

Fields A Hanson Orpheum Cambridge O 

Finn A Ford 160 Revere Wlnthrop Mass 

Finney Frank Trocsderos B R 

Fltsslmmons 4k Cameron 6600 S Green Chicago 

Fletcher Ted 470 Warren Brooklyn 

Flynn Frank D 61 W 111 N Y 

Follette 4k Wlcke 1114 Gates av Bklyn 

Forbes * Bowman 101 W 111 N Y 



Force Johnny 100 Edmondson Baltimore 

Ford Corinne Trocaderos B R 

Ford 4k Wesley Cosy Corner Girls B R 

Form by Geo Walt hew Houae Wlgnan Eng 

Foster Billy 1116 Centre Pittsburgh 

Foster Phyllis Darlings of Paris B R 

Fowisr Kate tie W 06 N Y 

Fox 4k 8ummers 617 10 Saginaw Mich 

Fox Florence 171 Fllmore Rochester 

Fox 4k Ward Pol la Hartford 

Foyer Eddie 9910 Plerrepont Cleveland 

Francis Paul Queens Jardln de Paris B R 

Francis Wlllard 67 W 111 New York 

Franclscos lit N Clark Chicago 

Franks Sisters Miss New York Jr B R 

Frans 8lg 4k Edyths Taxi Girls B R 

Fredericks Musical Grand Knoxvllle Tenn 

Freeman Bros Taxi Girls B R 

Frevoll Germantown Phlla 

Frey Twins Keiths Dayton 6 

Frobel 4k Rugs 114 W tt New York 

O. 

Gaffney Sisters 1467 Madison Chicago 

Oaffney Al I9| Vernon Brooklyn N Y 

Gage Chas 171 White Springfield Mass 

Gardner Eddie Casino Chicago 

Gardner Georgia 4646 Kenmore av Chicago 

Garfield Frank Passing Parade B R 

Gass Lloyd Broadway Glety Girls B R 

Gaylor Chas 769 17 Detroit 

Gehrue Emma Girls from Happyland B R 

George Stella Girls from Happyland B R 

Germane Anna T II Arnold Revere Mass 

Gllden Sisters 116 8chuylklll av Pottsvill. Pa 

Giles Alphla Star Show Girls B R 

Gllmore 4k Le Moyne 1416-11 Des Moines 

Glrard Marie 41 Howard Boston 

Gladstone 4k Talmage 146 W 46 N Y 

Godfrey 4k Henderson 173 W 45 N Y 

Goforth 4k Doyle 161 Halsey Bklyn 

Golden Max 6 Alden Boston 

Goodall 4k Craig 146 W 16 N Y 

Goodman Joe 1098 N 8 Philadelphia 

Goodrode J Orpheum Leavenworth Kan 

Goodwin Shirley Girls from Happyland B R 

Gorden Geo F Girls from Happyland B R 

Gorden Paul Empire London indef 

Gordo El 1111 Bway N Y 

Gordon Ed M 6116 Drexel av Chicago 

Gordon Dan 1777 Atlantic av Bklyn 

Gordon * Barber 16 So Ix>cust Hagerstown Md 

Gordon 4k Marx Grand Indianapolis 

Gnns John 13 Sawyer Haverhill Mass 

Gottlob Amy 600 N Clark Chicago 

Goyt Trio 166 WIPow Akron O 

Graham A Randall 827 Pearl Bklyn 

Gray Trio 1406 Woodlawn av Indianapolis 

Gray 4k Graham Vaudeville Club London 

Gray 4k Gray 1921 Birch Joplln Mo 

Green Winifred 168 W 66 N Y 

Gremmer 4k Melton 1437 S 6 Louisville 

Griffith J P Trocaderoe B R 

Griffith Myrtle E 5806 Klrkwood av Pittsburgh 

Griffith Marvelous 13 W Eagle Buffalo 

Griffs 4k Hoot 1328 Cambria Philadelphia 

Grimes Tom 4k Co Wllliamstown N J 

Grossman Al 111 North Rochester 

Oruber 4k Kew 408 Av E Flint Mich 

Gullfoyle 4k Charlton SOS Harrison Detroit 



Hall Alfred Queens Jardln de Paris B R 

Hall Geo F Coliseum London 

Hall 4k Pray 10 Columbia 8wampscott Mass 

Hall A Briscoe 66 Orchard Norwich Conn 

Halls Dogs 111 Walnut Revere Maaa 

Hslpern Nan 1621 17 av Denver 

Halson Boys 11 E II N Y 

Halton Powell Co Colonial Indianapolis indef 

Hamilton Estella Orpheum Peoria III 

Hampton 4k Basset 187 Poplar Cincinnati 

Hanes G Scott 111 Rltnsr Phlla 

Hansone 4k Co 10J7 Tremont Boston 

Hanvey Lou tit Lenox av New York 

CHAS. HARRIS 

"The Hat Century Girl." 
Playing W. V. M. A. 

Direction. JAMFW PT.TTNeTaTrT. 

Harklns G»o Taxi Girls B R 
Harper Annette Girls from Happyland B R 
Harrigan Harry Star Show Girls B R 
Harrington Bobby Girls from Missouri B R 
Harris Murray Belles of Boulevard B R 
Harris 4k Randall Palace Htl Chicago 
Hariity Johnnie 708 Harrison av Scranton 
Hart Marie 4k Billy Hammerstelns N Y 
Hart Stanley Warde Hyman Loo Angeles Indef 
Hart Maurice 166 Lenox av N Y 
Hartman Oretchen 611 W 111 N Y 
Harvey De Vora Trio National Boston 
Hatches 47 E lit New York 

E. F. HAWLEY and CO. 

"THE BANDIT." 

Next Week (Nov. 11). Trent. Trenton. 

EDW. 8. KELLER, Rep. 

Hawthorne Hilda Alhambra NY 
Hayden Jack Orpheum Memphis 
Hayes Frank Social Malda B R 
Hayes Gertrude Follies of Day B R 
Hays Ed C Voxels Minstrels 
Hayman 4k Franklin Hip Ipswich Eng 
Haszard Lynne 4k Bonnie Family IndlanapollF 
Hearn Sam Follies of Day B R 
Hebron Marie Irwlns Majesties B R 
Hedge John 4k Ponies Empress Kansas City 
Held A La Rue 1118 Vine Philadelphia 
Henderson 4k Thomas 817 W 40 N Y 
Henelta 4k Howard 646 N Clark Chicago 
Henry Dick 107 Palmetto Brooklyn 
Henry Girls 1116 So 17 Philadelphia 
H«nrys 429 E 161 N Y 
Herberts The 47 Washington Lynn Mass 
Herman 4k Rice 111 W It N Y 
Herr Noadle Box 66 Wltmer Pa 
Herz Geo 882 Stone av Scranton 

HEUMAN TRIO 

A Novelty on Wheels. 
Next Week (Nov. 13), Empire, Hoboken 



Wkm afwicerjfif (KtverHscnu-titB kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



39 



Hsywood Great 41 Clinton Newark 
H loiter Bonnie Follies of Day B R 
Hickman Geo Taxi Glrla B R 
Hill Edmunds Go Star Memphis 
Hlllman * Robert* 616 8 11 Saginaw lfleh 
Hills Harry Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Hllson Robt Sam Devere B R 
Hilton Marie Follies of Day B R 
Hlnes 4k Fen ton ill W 61 N Y 
Hloes 4k Remington Harrison N T 
Hoffman Dave 2141 B Clearfield Phlla 
Holden 4k Harron Casino Washington 
Holman Bros 614 Lake Cadillac Mleh 
Holman Harry 4k Co Family Wllllamsport Pa 
Holmes Ben 114 W Montana Allalne Neb 
Holt Alf Sydney Australia 
Honan 4k Helm 118 Lock wood Buffalo 
Hood Sam 781 Florence Mobile Ala 
Hoover Lillian Belles of Boulevard B R 
Hopp Fred S16 Littleton av Newark N J 
Horton 4k La Trlska Orpheum Spokane 
Hotallng Edward 667 8 Division Grand Rap 



THE MNIBHJCD VRNTsULtM|LilfT. 
Next Week (Nov. IS). Polls. Springfield. 

Representatives, MORMlS) 41 FE1L. 

Houdlnl Harry Grand Pittsburgh 
House Carl C 406 Cadillac av Detroit 
Howard Jack Cosy Corner Girls B R 
Howard Katharine Follies of Day B R 
Howard Bros Princess Hot Springs 
Howard Emily 644 N Clark Chicago 
Howard Comedy Four 681 8 av Bklyn 
Howard Harry 4k Mae 288 8 Peoria Chicago 
Howard Bernlce 8006 Calumet av Chicago 
Howard 4k Howard Hammerstelns N Y 
Hoyt Edward N Palmyra N Y 
Hoyt 4k Starks 16 Bancroft pi Bklyn 
Hughes Mrs Gene 4k Co Lyric Richmond Va 
Hufb«i Musical Trio 18 E Main Webster Mass 
Hulbert 4k De Long 4416 Madison Chicago 
Hurley F J 168 Magnolia av Elisabeth N J 
Hyatt 4k Le Nore 1618 W Lanvale Baltimore 
Hynde Bessie 618 Pearl Buffalo 



Inglls 4k Reading 162a Bower Jersey City 

Ingrams Two 1804 Story Boneo la 

Ioleen Sisters » W 46 N Y 

Ireland Predk Irwlns Majesties B R 

Irving Pearl Indian Lane Canton Mass 

Irwin Flo 227 W 46 N Y 

Irwin Ferdinand 84 Horton Fall River 

J. 

Jaeobs 4k Sardel Goe 4k Atkins av Pittsburgh 

Jeffries Tom 886 Bridge Bklyn 

Jennings Jewell 4k Barlow 8868 Arl'gt'n St L 

Jess Johnnie Cracker Jacks B R 

Jewell Mildred 6 Alden Boston 

Jewells Manikins Orpheum Haverhill Mass 

Johnson Great 267 W 87 N Y 

Johnson Henry 89 Tremont Cambridge Mass 

Johnson Bros 4k Johnson 6246 Callowhlll Phlla 

Johnstone Chester B 49 Lexington av N Y 

Johnatona Mualcal Hip London indef 

Jonea 4k Rogers 1861 Park av N Y 

Jonea Maud 60 W 186 N Y 

Jonea 4k Galnea 418 W 66 N Y 

Jonea Kohl 4k Whalen 6119 Hazel av Phlla 

Julian 4k Dyer Sheas Toronto 

Juno 4k Welle 611 B 78 N Y 



Kaufmans 240 E 86 Chicago 

Keeley Broe 6 Haymarket 8q London 

Keeley A Parka 688 Amsterdam av N Y 

Kellam Lee A Jessie Vendome Detroit 

Kelley 4k Wentworth Orpheum Omaha 

Kelly 4k Mack Palace Wllkesbarre 

Kelly Walter C Grand Pittsburgh 

Kelaey Slatera 4832 Chriatlanla av Chicago 

Kenna Chaa Mllea St Paul 

Kennedy Joe 1181 N 8 Knoxville Tenn 

Kenney A Hollls Empress Portland 

Kent Marie Follies of Day B R 

Kenton Dorothy Felix Portland Htl N Y 

Keppler Jesa Keith's Toledo 

Keaaner Rose 438 W 184 N Y 

Kidder Bert 4k Dor*y 886 Santa Clara Alameda 

King Broa 211 4 av Schenectady 



MAZIE KING 

Orpheum Circuit. 

Klein 4k Clifton 6 Av Nashville 

Klein Ott A Nicholson O H Eau Claire Wis 

Knight Bros 4k Sawtelle 4460 Sheridan rd Chic 

Koehler Grayce 6060 Calumet Chicago 

Kolb A La Neva Rockland Me 

Koler Harry Queena Jardln de Paris B R 

Konerz Broa Apollo Vienna 

Kuhna Three White Keiths Cleveland 



Lacey Will 1616 Capitol Waahlngton 
Lalght Pearl Sam Devere B R 
Lake Jaa J Knickerbockers B R 
Lamont Harry 4k Flo 20 Clinton Johnstown NY 
Lane Goodwin 4k Lane 8718 Locust Phlla 
i Lane & Ardell 169 Alexander Rochester 
Lane Eddie 806 E 78 N Y 
Lane 4k O'Donnell Maryland Baltimore 



THE LANGDONS 



In 



"A Nioht oi the Boulevard" 

Always a laughing HIT 
ALBEE, WEB R 4k EVANS, MgTB. 



Lanlgan Joe 102 8 61 Phlla 
Lanaear Ward B 282 flchaefer Bklyn 
La Centra 4k La Rue 2481 2 av N Y 
La Clair 4k Weat Lyric Monmouth 111 
La Mass Trio Orpheum Budapeat 
La Moines Muslcil 881 6 Baraboo Wis 



La Nolo Ed ft Helen t Mill Troy N T 

La Ponte Marg 188 W Commerce San Antonio 

La Rue 4k Holmes 21 Llllle Newark 

La Tell Bros Oxford Bklyn 

La Toska Phil 181 W 22 Los Angeles 

La Tour Irons 24 Atlantic Newark N J 

La Vler Howard Boston 

Larrivee 4k Lee 82 Shuter Montreal 

Lashs Great 1611 Kater Phlla 

Laurent Bert 1 Piatt pi Bcranton 

Lawrence 4k Edwards 1140 Westm'r Provld'cs 

Lawrence 4kWrlght 66 Copeland Roxbury Mass 

Lay ton Marie 262 E Indiana St Charles III 

Le Dent Frank Majestic Chicago 

Le Pages 286 8 Milwaukee 

Le Roy Lydla Follies of Day B R 

Le Roy Geo 86 W 116 N Y 

Le Roy Vic 882 Everett Kansas City Kan 

Le Roy 4k Adams 1812 Locust av Erie Pa 

Leahy Bros 269 Bast av Pawtucket R I 

Leborg Phil 4k Co 224 Tremont Boston 

Lee Audrey Girls from Happyland B R 

Lee Rose 1040 Broadway Bklyn 

Lehr Corinne Star 4k Garter B R 

Leipzig Dominion Winnipeg 

Lenox Cecil Trocaderos B R 

Lenza 1914 Newport av Chicago 

Leonard Gus 280 Manhattan av N Y 

Leonard Joe Pat Whites Gaiety Girls B R 

Leonl Ruby Cracker Jacks B R 

Lepp Frank Sam Devere B R 

Leslie Genie 861 Tremont Boston 

Leslie Frank 134 W 189 N Y 

Lester 4k Kellett 318 Falrmount av Jersey Clt> 

Levering G Wilbur Follies of Day B R 

Levy Family 47 W 129 N Y 

Llpson Chas Girls from Happyland B R 

Llngermana 706 N 6 Phlla 

Linton Fred Taxi Girls B R 

Linton Tom 1966 8 Penn Denver 

Livingston Murray 880 B 168 N Y 

Lloyd 4k Gastano 104 E 61 N Y 

Lockhart 4k Leddy 328 W 186 N Y 

Lock woods Mualcal 182 Cannon Poughkeepsle 

Lois 4k Love 2914 2 Bklyn 

London 4k Rlker S3 W 98 N Y 

Londons Four Orpheum Omaha 

Longworthe 8 Msgnolia av Jersey City 

Lorch Family Grand Evansvllle Ind 

Lowe Mualcal 87 Ridge av Rutherford N J 

Lucas Jimmle Polls Bridgeport 

Luce 4k Luce 926 N Broad Phlla 

Lucler 4k Ellsworth Alhambra St Paul 

Lynch Gertrude Sam Devere B R 

Lynch Jack 93 Houston Newark 

Lynch Hazel 866 Norwood av Grand Rapids 

Lynn Louie 8tar Show Girls B R 



Macey Helen Girls from Happyland B R 
Mack Tom Miss New York Jr B R 
Mack Floyd 6934 Ohio Chicago 
Mack 4k Walker Orpheum Montreal 
Madden 4k Fitspatrick Majestic Ft Worth 
Malloy Dannie 11 Glen Morris Toronto 
Manning Frank 866 Bedford av Bklyn 
Manning Trio 164 N Wanamaker Phlla 
Mantell Harry Trocaderoa B R 
Mantella Marionettes 416 Elm Cincinnati 
Marine Comedy Trio 187 Hopkins Bklyn 
Marsh Chas 806 14 Milwaukee 
Marsh Harry Taxi Girla B R 
Martha Mile Nixon Phlla 
Marline Carl 4k Rudolph 467 W 67 N Y 
Marveloua Bob Temple Lockport N Y 
Marx Broa 4k Co 4649 Calumet av Chicago 
Mason Harry L Star 4k Garter B R 
Matthews Elolse Star 4k Garter B R 
Matthews Mabel 2931 Burling Chicago 
Mayne. Elizabeth 1383 8 Wilton Phlla 
McCann Geraldlne 4k Co 706 Park Johnstown 
McCarthy 4k Berth 2901 Missouri av St Louis 
McConnell Sisters 1247 Madison Chicago 
McCormlck 4k Irving 812 Av O Bklyn 
McCune 4k Grant 686 Benton Pittsburgh 
McDermott Harry Star 4k Garter B R 
McDonald 4k Geverneaux 2238 Maxwell S'p'ne 
McDowell John 4k Alice 39 Day Orange N J 
McGarry 4k Harris 681 Palmer Toledo 
McGuIre Tuts 69 High Detroit 
Mclntyre Wm J Follies of Day B R 



JOCK McKAY 



With Lulu Glaser In "Miss Dudleoack." 
Management. WERBA 4k LUE8CHEB, 

Vaudeville Manager. Pat Caeey. 



McLaln Sisters 38 Miller av Providence 

McXallys Four Irwlns Majesties B R 

McNamce 41 Smith Poughkeepsle 

MacNlcol Jas Charlottetown Canada 

McWaters 4k Tyson 471 60 Bklyn 

Melrose Ethel 4k Ernest Bway Gaiety Girls BR 

Mendelsohn Jack Pat Whites Gaiety Girls BR 

Meredith Sisters 162 W 66 N Y 

Merrick Tom Midnight Maidens B R 

Methen Sisters 12 Culton Springfield Mass 

Mouther 4k Davis Academy Buffalo 

Meyer David 1634 Central av Cincinnati 

Miles P W Irwlns Majesties B R 

Millard Bill 4k Bob Grand Elgin 111 

Millman Trio Nouveau Gent Belgium 

Miller 4k Mack 2641 Federal Phlla 

Mills 4k Moulton 68 Rose Buffalo 

Milton George Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

Milton Joe Big Banner B R 

Milton 4k De Long Sisters Hammerstelns N Y 

Minstrel Four Gaiety Galesburg 111 

Mlntz & Palmer 1306 N 7 Phlla 

Mlskel Hunt 4k Miller 108 14 Cincinnati 

Mitchell Bennett Miss New York Jr B R 

Mitchell Geo Irwlns Majesties B R 

Moller Harry 34 Blymer Delaware O 

Montambo 4k Bartelll 40 E Liberty Waterbury 

Moore Geo W 8164 Cedar Phlla 

Mooree Mite Sun Springfield 

Morette Slaters Orpheum Gary Ind 



SAM 



KATE 



4 Mortons 4 



CLARA 



PAUL 



EN VAUDEVILLE 



Morgan Bros 2628 B Madison Phlla 
Morgan King 4k Thompson 81s 603 B 41 Chic 
Morin 8lsters Bowery Burlesque™ B R 
Morris A Wortmsn 122 N Law Allentown Pa 
Morrla A Kramer 1806 St Johns pi Bklyn 
Morton Harry Queens Jardin de Paris B R 
Morton A Keenao 674 11 Bklyn 
Moto Girl Tichys Prague Austria 
Mozarta 62 Morse Newton Mass 
Mulcey Eddie Bway Gaiety Girls B R 
Mulford Arthur Grand Syracuse 
Mull Eva Girls from Missouri B R 
Mullen A Corelli Orpheum Sioux City 
Muller A Stanley Majestic Cedar Raplda la 
Murphy Frank Glrla from Missouri B R 
Murphy A Frances Sterling Derby Conn 
Murray Harriet Glrla from Happyland B R 
Musikalglrla Orpheum Evansvllle 



N. 

Neary Bliss A Ross 469 E Main Bridgeport 
Nelson Florence Girls from Happyland B R 
Nelson Harry P Taxi Glrla B R 
Nelson Oswald A Borger 160 E 128 N T 
Nevaros Three 894 12 av Milwaukee 



PAUL NEVINS 

and 

RUBY ERWOOD 

UNITED TIME. 
Next Week (Nov. 13). Grand, Syracuse. 



NEWELL and N1BL0 

Ths International Instrumentalists 
Next Week (Nov. IS). Empress, Spokane. 



Newhoff A Phelps 12 W 117 N Y 

Newman Val A Lottie Knickerbockers B R 

Nichols Nelson Troupe Majestic Montgomery 

Nichols Nelly Grand Syracuse 

Nlcoll Florence Rose Sydtill B R 

Noble A Brooke Saratoga Htl Chicago 

Nonette 617 Flatbush av Bklyn 

Norton C Porter 6242 KImbark av Chicago 

Nowak Casper 1307 N Hutchinson Phlla 

Nowlln Dave Pantages Spokane 

Nugent Jaa Irwlna Majesties *B R 



O'Brien Ambrose Social Maids B R 

O'Connor Trio 706 W Allegheny av Phlla 

O'Connor Slatera 776 8 av N Y 

O'Dell A Gllmore 1146 Monroe Chicago 

Odlva Orpheum Los Angeles 

O'Donnell J R 132 E 124 N Y 

O'Haua Edward Follies of Day B R 

Omar 262 W 36 N Y 

O'Neal Emma Bway Gaiety Glrla B R 

O'Neill Trio Auditorium Norwich Conn 

O'Neill A Regerery 692 Warren Bridgeport 

Orloff Troupe 208 E 67 N Y 

Ormsbell Will Follies of Day B R 

Ormaby Geo Folllea of Day B R 

Orr Chaa F 181 W 41 N Y 

Owens Dorothy Mae 3047 90 Chicago 

Ozava The 48 Kinsel av Kenmore N Y 



P. 



Pape Herman G Morrison Htl Chicago 
Parker 4k Morrell 187 Hopklna Bklyn 
Parks Marie Girls from Missouri B R 
Parvls Geo W 2634 N Franklin Phlla 
Patterson Sam 29 W 133 N Y 
Paulinettl & Piquo Orpheum Omaha 



PAULINE 

Belleclalr Hotel. 
77th St. and Broadway. New Terk City. 



Pearl Marty 82 Marcy av Bklyn 

Pearl A Bogart 635 Solono av Springfield III 

Pederson Bros 636 Greenbush Milwaukee 

Pendleton Sinters Bronx N Y 

Pepper Twins Lindsay Can 

Perelval Walter & Co Orpheum Leavenworth 

Peter the Oreat 422 BrmfleM av Hohoken N J 

Peters A O'Neill Majestic Dallas 

Peyser Dave Bway Calety r.lrls B R 

Phillips Mondane Empress Victoria B C 

Phillips Samuel 310 Classon av Bklyn 

Phillips Sinters BoufTes Moscow Russia 

Piccolo Midgets Box 23 Phoenlra N Y 

Pickens Arthur J Grand Syracuse 

Plerson Hal Girls from Happyland B R 

Plllard Henrietta Social Maids B R 

Plsano A Binghnm 60 Christie Gloversvllle 

Pope A Uno Orpheum NViv Orleans 

Potter A Harris 6330 Wayne av Chicago 

Pouchots Ballet MaJeBtlc Chicago 

Powers John A Jessie Darlings of Paris B II 

Powers Elephants 746 Forest av N Y 

Provost A Brown Wolverine Saginaw Mich 

Price Harry M Gertrude Elliott Co 

Proctor Sisters 1112 Halsey Bklyn 

Propp Anna Folllea of Day B R 



Queer A Gualnt Star Show Girls B R 
Qulnlan Josle 644 N Clark Chicago 



Raceford Roy 607 W 172 N Y 
Radcllffe Ned Sam Devere B R 
Rawls A Von Kaufman Lynn Mass 
Raycob H Albert Social Maids B R 



Raymond Clara 141 Lawrence Bklyn 

Raymond Ruby A Co Orpheum Mlnneapolla 

Raymond Burton A Bain Orpheum Portland 

Raymore A Co 147 W 96 N Y 

Reded A Hilton Midnight Maidens B R 

Redford A Winchester Her Majestys Sydney 

Redmond Trio 261 Halsey Bklyn 

Redner Thomas A Co 972 Hudaon av Detroit 

Redway Juggling 141 Inapector Montreal 

Reed A Earl 236 IS 62 Loa Angelea 

Reid Sisters 45 Broad Elizabeth N J 

Remington Mayme Gerard Htl N Y 

Renalles The 8064 Sutter San Francisco 

Reno Geo B A Co Hammerstelns N Y 

Rensetta A La Rue 2321 So Hicka Phlla 

Res* L«n 1021 Cherry Phlla 

Reynolds Francis T Mlsa New York Jr B R 

Reynolds Nonle Star A Garter B R 

Rhoads Marlonettea Orpheum Franklin Pa 

Rice Frank A Truman Colonial Norfolk Va 

Rich Geo Star Show Girls B R 

Rich A Howard 214 E 19 N Y 

Richards Orcat Empire Plttsfleld 

Riley A Llppus 36 Plant Dayton O 

Rio Al C 230 W 146 N Y 

Ripon Alf 646 E 87 N Y 

Rltter Nat Star Arkon O 

Robblns A Trenaman 469-10 Bklyn 

Roberts Edna Majesties 11 R 

Roberts C E 1861 Sherman av Denver 

Roberts A Downey 86 Lafayette Detroit 

Robinson Chas Robinson Crusoe Glrla B R 

Robinson Wm C 3 Granville London 

Boeder A Lester 814 Broadway Buffalo 

Rogers A Mackintosh 3 Claremont pi M'tcl'rNJ 

Roller Henry 91 Trenton East Boston 

Ro Nero 412 8 George Rome N Y 

Rose Blsnche Cracker Jacka B R 

Rose Lane A Kelgard 126 W 43 NY 

Rosenthal Don A Bro 161 Champlain Roch'str 

Ross Dave Gay Widows B R 

Ross Kittle Empress Chicago 

Ross Frsnk Trocaderos B R 

Ross Sisters 66 Cumberford Providence 

Ross A Lewis Hip Dewsbury Eng 

Rossis Musical Novelty 218 W 48 N Y 

Rother A Anthony 6 Patterson Providence 

Royal Italian Four Prlscllla Cleveland 

Russell Fred Girls from Missouri B R 

Russell May Pat Whltea Gaiety Glrla B R 

Russell A Held 6 Green London 

Rutana Song Birda Orpheum McKeesport Pa 

Rutledge Pickering A Co Empire New London 



THOS. J. RYAN- 
RICHFIELD CO. 

Next Week (Nov. 13). Polls. Springfield. 



Sabel Josephine Hoffman Houae N Y 



RNO 



JCOOLEBL 
BOOKED ROLID. 

United Til 



Savoy Lucille Bowdoln Sq Boston 
Savoy A Savoy Union Sq N Y 
Scanlon W J 1691 Vlnewood Detroit 
Scarlet A Scarlet 918 Longwood av N Y 
Schlllin Abe 28 Rldgewood av Newark 
Schilling Wm 1000 E Lanvale Baltimore 
Schroeder Carol Knickerbockers B R 
Scully Will P 8 Webster pi Bklyn 
Sears Gladys Darlings of Paris B R 
Selblnl A Grovlnl Grand Pittsburgh 



CHAS. F. SEMON 

Orphean* Clreolt. Pat Caeey. Pilot 

Next Week (Nov. 12), Orpheum, Spokane. 



Semon Duo Taxi Glrla B R 

Senzell Jean 213 Eleanor Pittsburgh 

Seymour Nellie 111 Manhattan N Y 

Sexton Chas B Jefferson Birmingham Ala Indf 

Shea Thomas 3664 Pine Grove av Chicago 

Shedmans Do km Dumont N J 

Shepperly Sisters 330 W 43 N Y 

Sherlock Frank 614 W 136 N Y 

Shermans Two 262 St Emanuel Mobile 

Shields The 907 City Hall New Orleans 

Shorcy Campbell Co CO Rock tiv Lynn Mass 

Slddons A Earle 2544 S 8 Phlla 

81de.llo Tom A Co 4230 Cottage Grove av Chic 

Slegel Emma Bon Tons B K 

Slegel A Matthews 324 Dearborn Chicago 

Slager A Slager 616 Birch av Indlanapolla 

8mn.ll Johnnie A Sinters 620 Lenox av N Y 

Smith Allen 1243 Jefferson av Bklyn 

Smith & Champion 1747 E 48 Bklyn 

Smith A Larson 140 W 49 N Y 

Snyder A Buckley Keiths Providence 

Soper A Lane 1232 N Alden West Phlla 

Spears The 67 Clinton Everett Mass 

Spencer A Austin 3110 E Phlla 

Splssell Frank A Co 107 Johnston Plalnfield 

SprUKue A McN'eern Bushwlck Bklyn 

Springer A Church 3 Esther Terrace Plttsfleld 

Stadium Trio St Charles Hotel Chicago 

Stanley Harry Grant Hotel Chicago 

Stanley Stan 906 Bates Indianapolis 

Stanley Teddy Follies of Day B R 

Stanwood Davis 3fi4 Bremen E Boston 

Stearns Pearl A Co 330 W f.. r > N Y 

Stedman Al A Fannie f.85 So Boston 

Stelnert Thomas Trio 631 Lenox av N Y 

Steppe A H 33 Barclay Newark 

Stepping Trio 390H N 6 Phlla 

Stevens E J 498 Marlon Bklyn 

Stevens Llllle Sam Devere B R 

Stevens Paul 323 W 28 N Y 

Stevens Ceo Irwlns Majestic B R 

St James A Dacre IBS W 34 N Y 

St John A McCracken 6151 Chestnut Phlla 

Stone George Social Maids B R 

Strauss Bobby A Co 418 Cherry Chattanooga 

Strehl May Cay Widows B R 

Stuart Dolly Cay Widows B R 

Stubblefleld Trio 6808 Maple av St Louis 

8tutzman A May 619 Washington Wmsport 

Suite Anna Social Maids B R 



When (maturing advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



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VARIETY 



Sulllvnn Madeline Follies of Day B R 
Sully A Phelps 2:<10 Holton Phlla 
8ummera Allen 1 '.» 5 6 W Division Chicago 
Button 4k Sutton 3918 W 3 Duluth 
Swisher A Evans 1147 W Huron Chicago 
8ylvester Cella Queens Jardln de Paris B R 
Symonds Alfaretta 140 S 11 Phlla 
Symonds Jack Bullocks Providence 
Syti & Sytz 140 Morris Phlla 

T. 

Tanoan & Claxton Union Sq N Y 

Taylor Mao Orpheum Zanesvllle O 

Taylor & Tenny 2840 Ridge av Phlla 

Temple Luella Social Maids B R 

Terry Herbert Girls from Missouri B R 

Thomson Harry 1234 Putnam av Bklyn 

Thorne Mr A Mrs Harry 288 8t Nicholas arNY 

Thornes Juggling 68 Rose Buffalo 

Thornton Geo A Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Thriller Harry 40 Isabella Boston 

Thurston I.«alle 816 W 48 N Y 

Tldmarsh Fred A Co 1234 Tatnall Wilmington 

Till Violet Trocaderos B R 

Tlnney Frank Winter Garden N Y Indef 



Tivoli Quartet 

Week Nov. 20, Pantagea, Sacramento. 
Direction, N« 



Tops Topsy A Tops 8448 W School Chicago 
Townsend Helena Star Show Girls B R 
Tracy Julia Raymond Bartholdl Inn N Y 
Travers Bell 107 W 88 N Y 
Travers Phil E 6 B 116 N Y 
Travers Roland 131 W 41 N Y 
Travers A Laureme O H Augusta Me 
Tremalnes Musical 130 Caldwell Jacksonville 
Troubadours Three 138 W 66 N Y 



Deo. II Colonial. 16 Washington. Jab 1 fifth 

Ave, 8 Alhambra, II Victoria. 

Feature* with the Harry Lauder S how. 

Vaudevi lle Mana gement, MOBJUs) 41 FIX. 

Tully May Keiths Toledo 
Tumbling Toms 8781 Fulton Bklyn 
Tuxedo Comedy Four Bijou Battle Creek 
Tyler Harry Queans Jardln da Paris B R 



HARRY TSUDA 



u. 

Uline Arthur M 1769 W Lake Chicago 
Unique Comedy Trio 1917 Nicholas Phlla 

V. 

Vagges Brennan Circuit Australia 
Valadons Les 71 Garfield Central Falls R I 
Valdare Bessie 806 W 97 N Y 
Valentine A Bell 1461 W 108 Chicago 
Van Chas A Fannie Orpheum Los Angeles 
Van Dalle Sisters 614 W 136 N Y 
Van Horn Bobby 189 West Dayton O 
Vardon Perry A Wilbur 6 Green London 
Variety Comedy Trio 1616 Berth Indianapolis 
Vassar A Arken 324 Christopher Bklyn 
Vedder Fannie 8tar A Garter B R 
Vedmar Rene 3286 Broadway N Y 
Venetian Serenaders 676 Blackhawk Chicago 
Vernon A Parker 187 Hopkins Bklyn 
Victoria Four Forsythe Atlanta 
Village Comedy Four 1912 Ringgold Phlla 
Vincent A Slager 820 Olive Indianapolis 
Viola Otto A Co Schuman Frankfort Ger 
Vloletta Jolly 41 Leipsiger Berlin Ger 
Voelker Mr A Mrs 628 W 161 N Y 



Wade Pearl Trocaderos B R 

Walker A 111 263 Warren E Providence 



WALSH, LTHCH-CO. 

Presenting "HUCKIN*S RUM." 

Direction, PAT CABBY. 

Walsh May Irwin Majesties B R 

Walters A West 8437 Vernon Chicago 

Ward Billy 199 Myrtle av Bklyn 

Ward Will H Sam Devere B R 

Ward A Bohlman 232 Schaeffer Bklyn 

Ward A Smith Pekln Savannah indef 

Warde Mack 300 W 70 N Y • 

Washburn Dot 1930 Mohawk Chicago 

Washer Bros Oakland Ky 

Waters Jas R Miss New York Jr B R 

Waterson Tob Queens Jardln de Paris B R 

Watson Billy W Girls from Happyland B R 

Watson Nellie Girls from Happyland B R 

Watson Sammy Morsemere N J 

Weber Chas D 826 Tasker Phlla 

Well John 6 Krusstadt Rotterdam 

Welch Jas A 211 E 14 N Y 

Welch Thos Social Maids B R 

Wells Lew 213 Shawmut av Grand Rapids 

Wenrlck A Waldron 262 W 88 N Y 

Wesley Frank Cosy Corner Girls B R 

West Sisters Ben Welch 8how B R 

Western Union Trio 2241 E Clearfield Phlla 

Weston Hurt & ('o Bijou Decatur III 

Weston Cecilia Irwlns Majesties B R 

Weston Edgar 24ft W 44 N Y 

Weston Dan E 141 W 116 N Y 

Wheelers The 140 Montague Bklyn 

Whelans The Star Show Girls B R 

Whipple Waldo Victoria Rochester 

White Kane A White 393 Vermont Bklyn 

White A Perry Keiths PhlU 

Whiteside Ethel 1714 Bway N Y 



ETHEL WHITESIDE 

and those) "Plnaanianisa " 
"TOLL1B8J OF COONTOWM.** 

Whiting * Bonne O H North Troy Indef 
Whitman Frank 111 Greenwich Reading Pa 
Whitney Tillle II Kane Buffalo 
Wichert Graoe 8088 Michigan av Chicago 
Wilbur Caryl Orpheum Salt Lake 
Wilder Marshall Atlantic City N J 
Wiley Herbert Girls from Missouri B R 
Wllkens A Wllkens 818 Willis av N Y 
Wlllard A Bond Union Sq N Y 
Wlllard Orn Follies of Day B R 
Williams Clara 8460 Tremont Cleveland 
Williams Cowboy 4716 Upland Phlla 
Williams John Cracker Jacks B R 
Williams Chas 2626 Rutgers St Louis 
Williams Ed A Florence 94 W 108 N Y 
Williams A De Croteau 1 Ashton sq Lynn Mass 
Williams A Gilbert 1010 Marsnfleld av Chic 
Williams * Segal Orpheum Omaha 
Williams A Btevens 8116 Calumet Chicago 
Williams 4k Sterling Box 1 Detroit 
Willlson Herbert Al Fields Minstrels 
Wills Estella X Taxi Girls B R 
Wilson Fred Cracker Jacks B R 
Wilson Lottie 1108 Clifton av Chicago 
Wilson Billy 871 Wyona Bklyn 
Wilson Liasle Arcade Toledo 
Wilaon Patter Tom 111! t •>▼ N T 
Wilson Bros Orpheum Harrlsburg 
Wilson A Aubrey Orpheum Michigan City Ind 
Wilaon A Ward 1744 Grays Ferry av Phlla 
Wilton Bella Belles of Boulevard B R 
Winneld A Shannon 177 E Mllw'kee av Detr*t 
Winkler Kress Trio 884 W 48 NY 
Wise e» Milton Brennan Circuit New Zealand 
Wise Jaok Lyric Portland Ore Indef 
Wood Bros Orpheum Winnipeg 
Wood Ollle 188 W 141 N Y 
Woods Ralton A Co Proctors 61 N Y 
Woodall Billy 420 First av Nashville 
Work A Ower Colonial Lawrence Mass 
Wright A Dietrich Orpheum Minneapolis 
Wyckoff Fred Clark Chicago 



Xavlers Four 1144 W 10 Chicago 

T. 

Yeoman Geo 4166 Gibson av St Louis 
Yerxa A Adele 'Girls from Happyland B R 
Young Jeanette Trocaderos B R 
Young A April Empress Milwaukee 
Young Sisters 1171 W It Coney Island 
Young Frank Bway Gaiety Girls B R 



Zanclgs 86 Cliff av B Portchester N Y 
Zanfrellas 181 Brixton London 
Zechs Three Grand Knoxvllle Tenn 
Zeda Harry L 1811 Cambria Phlla 
Zimmerman Al Keiths Indianapolis 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



Downle 4k Wheelers 10 Cornelia 8 C 

Haag Show II Osark Ala 14 Enterprise 16 

Elba 16 Abbeville 17 Dothan 
Yankee Robinson 14 Tahlequah Okla 16 Kan- 
sas City. 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 



Weeks Nov. 18 and 20. 



American Empire Chicago 20 Star Milwaukee 

Behman Show Westminster Providence 20 
Gayety Boston 

Belles Boulevard Gayety Minneapolis 20 Gay- 
ety St Paul 

Ben Welch Show Gayety Pittsburgh 20 Em- 
pire Cleveland 

Big Banner Show Gayety Toronto 20 Garden 
Buffalo 

Big Gaiety Gayety Boston 20 Olympic New 
York 

Big Revue Star Toronto 20 Cooks Rochester 

Bohemians Folly Chicago 20 Star Chicago 

Bon Tons Gayety Newark 20 Empire Hoboken 

Bowery Burlesquers Star Brooklyn 20 Gay- 
ety Newark 

Broadway Gaiety Girls Avenue Detroit 20 
Folly Chicago 

Century Girls Star St Paul 20 Krug Omaha 

Cherry Blossoms Lafayette Buffalo 20 Ave- 
nue Detroit 

College Girls L O 20 Casino Boston 

Cosy Corner Girls Luzerne Wllkes-Barre 20 
Columbia Scran ton 

Cracker Jacks Empire Hoboken 20 Music Hall 
New York 

Daffydlls Bronx New York 20 Empire Brook- 
lyn 

Darlings Paris Penn Circuit 20 Lyceum Wash- 
ington 

Ducklings Cooks Rochester 20 Lafayette Buf- 
falo 

Follies Day Standard St Louis 20 Empire In- 
dianapolis 

Gay Widows Royal Montreal 20 'Star Toronto 

Ginger Girls 13-11 Empire Albany 16-18 Mo- 
hawk Schenectady 20 Gayety Brooklyn 

Girls from Happyland Empire Toledo 20 Star 
A Garter Chicago 

Girls from Missouri Star Milwaukee 20 Dewey 
Minneapolis 

Girls from Reno Calumet Chicago 20 Star 
Cleveland 

Golden Crook Murray Hill New York 20-22 
Gllmore Springfield 23-26 Franklin Sq Wor- 
ceeter 



Hastings Big Show Star A Garter Chicago 20 
Gayety Milwaukee 

High School Girls Dewey Minneapolis 10 Star 
St Paul 

Honeymoon Girls Oaysty Boston 20-11 Empire 
Albany 11-16 Mohawk Schenectady. 

Howe's Lovemakers Gayety Kansas City 10 
Gayety St Louis 

Ideals Star Cleveland 10 Academy Pittsburgh 

Imperials Academy Pittsburgh 10 Penn Cir- 
cuit 

Jardln de Paris Star Chicago 10 Calumet Chi- 
cago 

Jersey LUlles Standard Cincinnati 10 Colum- 
bia Chicago 

Kentucky Belles Empire Brooklyn 10 Casino 
Brooklyn 

Knickerbockers Gayety St Louis 20 Gayety 
Louisville 

Lady Buccaneers Monumental Baltimore 10 
Empire Phlla 

Majesties Olympic New York 20 Gayety 
Brooklyn 

Marlon's Dreamlands Music Hall New York 
20 Murray Hill New York 

Merry Burlesquers Bowery New York 20 Troc- 
adero Phlla 

Merry Maidens Empire Phlla 20 Luserne 
Wllkes-Barre 

Merry Whirl Columbia New York 20 Casino 
Phlla 

Midnight Maidens Garden Buffalo 20 Corin- 
thian Rochester 

Miss New York Jr Bon Ton Jersey City 20 
Howard Boston 

Moulin Rouge Casino Brooklyn 20 Bowery 

Pacemakers Eighth Ave New York 20 Bronx 
New York. 

Painting the Town Corinthian Rochester 20 
22 Mohawk Schenectady 21-26 Empire Al- 
bany 

Passing Parade Empire Cleveland 20 Empire 
Toledo 

Pat Whites Buckingham Louisville 20 Peo- 
ples Cincinnati 

Queen Bohemia 18-16 Gllmore Springfield 16 
18 Franklin Sq Worcester 20 Westminster 
Providence 

Queens Folles Bergere Lyceum Waahlngton 
20 Monumental Baltimore 

Queens Jardln de Paris Gayety Washington 20 
Gayety Pittsburgh 

Reeves Beauty Show Columbia Chicago 20 
Gayety Detroit 

Robinson Crusoe Girls Gayety Omaha 20 
Gayety Kanaas City 

Rose Sydell 18-16 Mohawk Schenectady 16-18 
Empire Albany 20 L O 27 Casino Boston 

Runaway Girls Gayety Detroit 20 Gayety To- 
ronto. 

Sam Devere Trocadero Phlla 20 Bon Ton Jer- 
sey City. 

Social Malda Gayety Baltimore 20 Gayety 
Washington 

8tar 4k Garter Gayety St Paul 20 Gayety 
Omaha 

Star Show Girls Krug Omaha 20 Century 
Kansas City 

Taxi Girls Gayety Phlla 20 Gayety Baltimore 

Tiger LUlles Howard Boston 20 Royal Mon- 
treal 

Trocaderos Gayety Louisville 20 Standard Cin- 
cinnati 

Vanity Fair Casino Phlla 20 Star Brooklyn 

Watsons Burlesquers Empire Indianapolis 20 
Buckingham Louisville 

Whirl of Mirth Columbia Scran ton 20 Eighth 
Ave New York 

World Pleasure Gayety Milwaukee 20 Gayety 
Minneapolis 

Yankee Doodle Century Kansas City 20 Stand- 
ard St Louis 

Zallah's Own Peoples Cincinnati 20 Empire 
Chicago 



LETTERS 



Where C follows name, letter Is In Chi- 
cago. 

Where 8 F follows, letter is at San Fran- 
cisco. 

Advertising or circular letters of any 
description will not be listed when known. 

Letters will be held for two weeks. 

P following name Indicates postal, ad- 
vertised once only. 



Albenla 

Alen Edgar 

Allen Charles 

Alpine Pearl 

Alvln A Kenny (C) 

Anderson Australian 

(C) 
Anderson E E (C) 
Anderson Llllle (C 
Anderson Vivian 
Auger Lou (C) 
Ayer Grace (C) 

B. 

De.ker Chas (C) 
Bailey Marie (C) 
Ball Ray B 



Barber Al (C) 
Barbo Eddie (C) 
Barlowe Fred 
Hartley Alice 
Barry Pauline (C) 
Barrlngton & Howard 

(C) 
Baylia Chas A 
Beeman Theresa (C) 
Bell Dottle (C) 
Bennett Earl 
Bergere Rose 
Bernard Mike 
Beaton Ronald 
Bestry Harry 
Blake & Amber 
Boeltucker Arthur (C) 
Boidley Chas 
boom Maurice 
Booth Hope 



fioyna Hasel O 
Boyle Jack 
Bright Louise (8F) 
Brown A Navarro 
Brown Oil (C) 
Brown J Randall 
Brockman Jas 
Bruce the (8 F) 
Budna Minnie (P) 
Buckley Laura 
Burdett Abbott 
Burke Jaoky 
Byrne Myrtle (P) 



Caine A Odom (C) 
Canton A William (C) 
Carlton Bertram 
Carlyle Leslie (C) 
Clancy Geo (C) 
Clark Evelyn (C) 
Clark A Verdi (C) 
Coleman John (8 F) 
Coleman John (C) 
College Quartet (C) 
Conley Joa (C) 
Conrad 4k Whldden 

(C) 
Corbett Al (C) 
Crlspl Ida (C) 
Crollus R P 
Cummlngs Ralph E 
Curtia Jack (C) 



D. 

Davis Mary (C) 
Davis Josephine 
De Frankle Sylvia (C) 
De Lisle Win (C) 
Delmore John (C) 
Demarest (C) 
Damming Geo (C) 
DeNoyer Ed 
Dessau Earle 8 (C) 
Detello Wm (P) 
Dobea A Borel (C) 
Dooley Wm D 
Dugan Jaa 



Eames Mona 
Edwards Jessie (C) 
Edwards 4k Raymond 

(C) 
Egan Geo 
Elkins Alice (C) 
Elmer Clarence 
Elmore Alan 
E&pty Nina 
EiLerson Gryce (C) 
Emerson 4k Celest (C) 
Emerson 4k Emerson 

(C) 
Emerson Harry (C) 
Erna Troupe (C) 
Exposition Four 



Falrchild Adelaide 

IC) 
Falls Agnes 
Farrlngton Nevada 
Ferguson Dave 
Fldello A Carp (S F) 
Fitch Tom 
Ford Bert (C) 
Fortune Tellers Trio 

(SF) 
Fox & Clair (SF) 
Franklin Caroline 
Fulton Rosa 



G. 

Garvey Leonard H 
Gates 4k Gates (C 
Genuaro (C) 
Oeorges Two 
Gibson J V 
Gllmore Kincky A 

Gllmore (C) 
Golden Sam 
Golden Morris (S F) 
Goodman Chas (C) 
Goodwin Sue 
Gculd V 
Green Ethel 
Greely Tom (C) 
Groves Hal 



H. 

Haas Walter (C) 
Halifax Dan (C) 
Hall A Hall (C) 
Harris Ray 
Harris Chas (C) 
Harrison Leo no re 
(SF) 



Hawkins Gertrude 

(C) 
Haynes Al (C) 
Hay raves Mrs 
Heath Bros (C) 
Herman Dr (C) 
Heeley A Heeley 
Hebert Will F (C) 
Hebert 4k Langwood 

(C) 
Holland Leo (C) 
Homer Chas 
Hunting Tony 
Hylands The (C) 



I. 

Irving Jack 

J. 

James Alfred (C) 
James A B (C) 
Jeanette Bva 
Jermon Irene 
Johnson 4k Wells (8 F) 
Juhasi Steve (C) 
Junior John 

K. 

Kapel Helen (C) 

Kelly Tom (8 F) 

Kennedy 4k Rooney 

King Matle 

K'sg 4k Mack (C) 

Klrke Ethel 

King Nellie 4k Mollle 

iC.» 
King 4k Mackaye (C) 
Klrby Tim (C) 
KoLn 8 J (C) 
Krston Ethelyn 



Li Belle Serranita 

iHF) 
La Croix (P) 
La Estrellta (8F) 
Lansing Mae 
La Mar Harry 
La Rose Allan 
La Rue Harry (C) 
La Vine Wllbert (C) 
La Vina Arthur (C) 
Lavlne Edward 
Leslie Walter 
Lewis Grover 
Le Claire 4k Sampson 

(C) 
Lee Joe (C) 
Levere Anna (C) 
Lewis 4k Chapln (C) 
Le Grande Oswald 
Lebmans Three ( 8 F) 
Le Mont Dan 
Leonardo Trio (8 F) 
Leslie Ethel (SF) 
Leslie Ethel 
Ltiellier M (SF) 
Lewin Harry W 
Litchfield Paul 
Llnney Griffin 4k 

Emert (C) 
Light Anna (C) 
Litter Byrel (C) 
Linney Horace (C) 
Lloyd Dorothy 
Lopez 4k Lopes (C 
Lorraine Olga (C) 
Lucca Luciano (C) 
Lynch Frank (C) 



Mack Chas (C) 
Madlo Joe 
Marbury Elizabeth 

(P) 
Marke Dorothy (C) 
Martin Ed 
Martyne A Hardy 
Mason Daisy 
Mason Chas P 
Mason Nell (C) 
May Devona 
Mead Blanche 
McAvoy Francis (C) 
McCaulcy Bob (C) 
McDonald Buster (C) 
McMahon Tim (C) 
Millard Billy 
Milton Josle (C) 
Mitchell Abbie 
Moritta Lena (C) 
Montambo M (C) 
Moore Florence (C) 
Montrose Max 
Morgan Walba Mrs 
Morton Louise 
Mosl.er Tom 
Muller A Stanley (C) 
Munson Hal 4k Marlon 



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«teel and wae oovered with vulcanised hard fibre, lined with fibre and bound with vulcanised 
hard fibre, wouldn't you wonder why you used the heavy, old-fashioned, canvas-covered, wooa 
trunk m long aa you did. and wouldn't you be anxious to get up to date? 



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THE FOX AGENCY 

EDWARD F. KEALEY, Manager 
212 WE8T 42nd ST., NEW YORK Phone, 1247 Bryant 



IO WEEK8 IN NEW YORK CITY 

No acts or sketches too large for us to play nor too big for 

our stages. 

Booking the New York Theatre 

on Broadway, at 45th Street, the centre of vaudeville. 

Oar theatres are reviewed by all vaudeville managers. 

The neat place "to show" In the country. 



Western States Vaudeville Assn IGri'Ffln Circuit 

ELLA HERBERT WESTON. Can. Mar. ^*^ ^^ ■ 



■ LLA HERBERT WE8TON, Con. Mgr. 

Booking the Best in the West— No Act Too Big for Our Time 

7th Floor, West Bank Bldg., SAN FRANCISCO 



FREEMAN BERNSTEIN 

Manager, Promoter and Producer of Vaudeville Acta. 
HMD ML BPO BLDG., Bway and 4Sd St.. NEW YORK (Suite 406). Phone 1471 Bryant 

OPEN NIGHT AND DAY. 

TUB ENGLISH PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL 

Circulation guaranteed to be larger than that of any English Journal devoted to the 
Dramatic or Vaudeville Profession. Foreign subscription, 17a 4d. psr annum. 



NSW TORE AGENTS — Paul Tauslg. 104 East 14th St.. and Samuel French ft Bona, I4-l« 
West ltd 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. 

It YORK 8TREET. COVENT GARDEN. LONDON. W. 43. 



ERNEST EDELSTEN 

VARIETY AND DRAMATIC AGENT. 

17 Green St, Leloester Square. LONDON. 

Sole Representative. 

John Tiller's Companlea Walter C. Kelly. 
Little Tlch. Two Bobs. Wee Oeorgie Wood. 

ILWAYS VACANCIES FOB GOOD ACTS 


Hammerstein's 

w T# . • AMERICA'S MOST 
\ | P 1 1*1 £1 FAMOUS VARIETY 
¥ ILlUl 111 THEATRE. 

OPEN THE TEAR ROUND. 


Vaudeville Headliners 
..I Good Standard Acts 

(f you have an open week you want to fill at 

short notice, write to W. L. DOCK8TADBR, 

3AKRICK THEATRE. WILMINGTON. DEL. 

Can close Saturday night and make any city 

east of Chicago to open Monday night. 


La Cinematografia Italiana 

IS ITALY'S LEADING PAPER FOR THE 

Animated Picture •■■ Phonograph Business 

PUBLISHED FORTNIGHTLY. 

12-20 large pages. 8 shillings per annum ($1.60) 

Edltor-prop'r: Prof. OUALTIERO I. FABRI. 

la Via Arclrescorado. Torino. Italy. 


If you wish to break into the lyceum or 
Chautauqua field or become thoroughly intel- 
ligent about this field, subscribe at once for 

LYCEU MITE AND TALENT 


BORNHAUPT 

INTERNATIONAL AGENT. 
16 Oalerle Du Rol. Brussels. 


THE LYCEUM MAGAZINE 

Rates per year. $1.60; two years. |2.00 
Send 26c. In stamps for sample copy. 

969 Peoples Gas Bldg.. Chicago. 


PHIL HUNT 

Geo. M. Cohan Theatre Bldg., Times Square, N. Y. 

N Y. Book iik Kei«reaent"live of 

30 NEW ENGLAND THEATRES, 

Including; Howard Anthenaeuni, Boston 


CI 


111 


rn for the Performer 

^k V\mI«- lur 1 1 r • ■ rv 
fsV IMC SUHOIR0 INCRaVING CO 
SW it? /ttt Mill Htm fark 


NEW THEATRE 

BALTIMORE. Md. 

All recognized acts desiring to 
BREAK THEIR JUMPS 

COMING EA8T OR GOING WrST 

Send In your Open Time. NO SUNDAY SHOW 
Mention Lowest Salary. Include Program. 
GEORGE SCHNEIDER. Manager. 


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Have Your Card in VARIETY 







Munford A Thompson 

(C) 
Murphy Jack 
Mykof B 

(C) 

N. 

Nadje 

Nana (S F) 
Neary Simon (C) 
Nelson Cliff (C) 
Newman Bros (C) 
Norton Dixie 



O. 

OHearn Will (C) 
Ortn & Lillian 
Osgood Harry (C) 
Ott Phil 



Palmer & Roth (C) 
Park* Eddie 
Parlett Glen (C) 
Patrick Harry (C) 
Pearl ft Roth (C) 
Perclval M 
Premier Musical Trio 

(S F) 
Perkins Lottie (C) 
Prevost Ed (C) 
Prevost Vic (C) 
Prince ft Virginia (C) 



Proppe Gus 
Pye E Gard 



Randall Claude 
Rattray Allan (S F) 
Rays The 
Redding Francesco 
Revelly Hugo (C) 
Rodgers Clara 
Rooney Katie 
Russell Morlni (C) 
Rlehf H (C) 
Reld Bessie 
Roche J C (C) 
Rohn David (C) 
Roland Bessie 
Ross Bert (C) 
Rousell Harry (C) 
Royal Jack 
Russell Jas W (C) 



Samuels Ray (C) 
Sales Chick (C) 
Sanger Hazel 
Sato O 

Sitvoy Lucille 
Scallon Frank (C) 
Schrode & Mulvey (C) 
Schull Ida (C) 
Shady Hattle 
Sbarrocks The 
Shelton Byron (C) 



Slobert Alice (C) 
Snook Great (8 F) 
Snook Great (C) 
Sousloff A (S F) 
Splller Wm 
Stedman Fanny 
Stevens Leo 
Steele Marcla 
Stewart Mabel 
Sullivan Bert (C) 
Sullivan Wm (C) 
Sullivan Ed (C) 
Sutton A 8utton (C) 
Sully Jack (C) 
Sully Wm F (C) 
Suragel Sam (C) 



Talto Karl (C) 
Tard Harry (S F) 
Taylor Jerome 
Taylor C A (C) 
Thlessens Dogs (C) 
Thorne A Carleton 
Thompson Jas (C) 
Thurber Nettle 
Tiffany Maud 
Tores Tommy 
Trout A (S F) 
Turner Clara 



V. 

Von Klein A Gibson 

(C) 
Von Mltzel Max (C) 

W. 

Wade Geo (C) 
Waddeli Madge (C) 
Walte Helen (C) 
Walker Jack (S F) 
Walton Louise 
Ward Sam (C) 
Woshburn Lillian 
Watts Geo (C) 
Watson Jas (C) 
We Chok Be (C) 
Wells Harvey (C) 
Wild Billy (C) 
Wilson Orad (C) 
Wilson Wm 
Wilson Jack 
Winch Frank 



Yes Sir (C) 
York Alva 
Young Harry 



(C) 



Url Morris 



Zobedie Kred (C) 
Zolo W (C) 



The Hide away big time circuit. No acta too big. Exclusive agents. Writs or wlrs PETER 
F. GRIFFIN. Booking Agent. Griffin Vaudeville Circuit. Variety Bldg.. Toronto. Can. 

BERT LEVEY 



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CIRCUIT VAUDEVILLE 



Plenty of Time for Recognised Acts who Respect Contracts. Acts desiring time communicate 

Direct to EXCLUSIVE OFFICES: 144-150 POWELL STREET. San Francisco. Calif. 

N. B.-WB ADVANCE FARES TO REAL ACTS. 



EUROPEAN OFFICE 

BERLIN. GERMANY 

RICHARD PITROT. 

Representative 

LOUT 8 PINCU8, 
New York Repre- 
sentative, Gayety 
Theatre Bldg. 



Pantages Circuit 

VAUDEVILLE THEATRES. Inc. 

ALEXANDER PANTAGFS 
President and Manager 



OFFICE8 
NEW YORK 
CHICAGO 
SAN FRANCISCO 
SEATTLE 
DENVER 



DOUTRICK'S 



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CHICA60 



CMS. H. OQUTtlCK, Prop, ass Miastjtr. 10B NORTH LA SALLE ST. 

WANTED 

New Acts. New Faces. Recognised Big Feature Acts. Good Comedy Sketches. Novelty and 

Musical Acts, etc., for Immediate and future time. 

BOOKING First Class Vaudeville Houses In Chicago, and IS Houses In 111. Jumps from 40 

cts. to $4. Also New Houses in Ind* Iowa, Wla 
PERFORMERS — If you have one or more weeks open, write, wire or phone. 



CONFIDENCE 

PAUL Tallin, f ••■ ItsMssMf atest 

IS4E 14 It.N.Y.Ttl MM Stsyvesaat 



of your customers Is required to build up a successful business. 
I have arranged STEAMSHIP accommodations 4 TIMES for 
Jean Clermont, Arnold De Blere. Jordan and Harvey, Alice 
Lloyd; S TIMES for Belleclalre Bros., Sam Elton. Imro Fox, 
W. C. Fields, Hardeen, Arthur Prince, etc. Let me arrange 
YOUR steamship accommodations; also railroad tickets. 



MARCUS LOEWS NEW ENGLAND AGENCY 

NOW LOCATED IN NEW QUARTERS 

GAIETY THEATRE BUILDING, BOSTON 

FRED MARDO. Manager 

Consecutive Booking through New England, with New York and other time to follow 

Suite 404-405 SUNDAY ACTS WANTED Phone, Oxford S640-447A J. 

JAMES CLANCY VAUDEVILLE AND DRAMATIC AGENCY 



reputable acts 



MOVED TO LARGER OFFICES AT 

418-420 PUTNAM BUILDING, 1403 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 

VAUDE\ II. I. E DEPARTMENT.— -We can offer several weeks' excellent time to reputable 
of all kinds. Small jumps. Call and see BRICK DUFFl'S. 

STOCK AND DRAMATIC DEPARTMENT.— Now engaging for several reputable Btock Com- 
panies. People wanted In all lines. Call and see VICTOR HEERMAN. 

REMEMBER THE ADDRESS: 

Td. 3770-3771 fryiat 418*420 Putnam Building, I4Q3 Broadway, New York 

A good agent for good acts. 



SAIN/I BAERWITZ^ 

Aots new to the west please write Suite SIS. Chicago Opera House Block. Chicago. 



CHURCH'S BOOKING OFFI 

Booking 

THIRTY <M) FIRST CLASS THEATRES In New England 
Whits Be* Contracts 

48 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON. 



CE. Inc. 



New York. 
No Black List 



Artists Passing Through Kansas City, Mo. 

or vicinity, and having open time, should communicate with the 

BRANCH OFFICE of 

WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS' ASSOCIATION 

WALTER DE ORIA, District Manager, 11*8 GRAND AVENUE, KANSAS CITY, MO. 
MANAGERS OF VAUDEVILLE THEATRES a re also requested to write concerning bookings. 

The Gus Sun Booking Exchange Company 

The Larries! Family Vaudeville Circuit Id the World 

GUS SUN, Sole Booking Agent, Main Office, Sun Theatre I3Mg., Springfield, Ohio 

BRANCH OFFICES: JEROME CASPER. 630 Wnhnsh Bids.. lltUburgh ; CHAN. (ROW I.. 

Majestic Theatre Bldg.. Chicago; PROCTOR HEAH, I'rlscllla Theatre, Cleveland; HARRY 
HART, American Theatre. Cincinnati. 
NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: JOHN SUN. 600 Oayi-ty Theatre BMr . New York 



Booking eight weeks In and around New York. 
AU Agents visit our New York houses. OPEN for FEATURE Acts for CLUBS. 

SEND IN YOUR OPEN TIME 

SHEA & SHAY VAUDEVILLE AGENCY 

1402 BROADWAY NEW YORK 



(1106-1107 Murray Hill.) 



When answering advertisement* Kindly mention VARIETfT. 



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WITH A 



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REYNARD 

Presents Beth Dewberry and Jawn Jawnson la 
"A MORNING IN HICK8VILLB." 

Direction, OENE HUOHEB. 

Gene Hughes 



Manager , Promoter and Pradi 
Vaudeville Arts. 
What to Produce and How to Saceeed. 

Authors please note: Communications Solicited 
Pl'TNAM lU'ILDINti. NEW YORK. 



ELLIS 



MONA 



BLAMPHIN 
and HEHR 

Tilt Chasjpiti Sisters of ¥asEOv tile 

FUK BALK 

WIGGINS FARM 

Apply to THE OHADWIOK TRIO 

Stuart Barnes 

JAMRP B. PLUNKETT, Manager. 



ALBEI. WEBER A EVANS Preaoat 

BUTLER 



HAVILAND 



ALICE 



ORPHBUM 
CIRCUIT 



THORNTON 




HOMIB B. WW MABOCEHITB 

ason. Heeler 



Direction Max Hart. Putnam Bide. N. T. C 
Now on Royal Supreme First Class Time. 

CRIFF 

THE ENGLISH GUY. 

Drawing Packed Houses with the asslst- 
iiiiri' of Hurry Lauder. Making things look 
good for the Ordlnury First Class Time such 
as Keith's, etc. 



Th 



MYRTLE 



Two Nifty Girls. 



IRBNB 



Victorine »"«• Zolar 



In their new 
Spectacular Hinging and 

COMING EAST. 
ArfitreM rnr* VARIETY. Nao 



THE ELECTRIC WIZARD 



HERMAN 

Playing W. V. M. A. Tlma. 

Agent PAT CASEY 

WILLARD 

SIMMS 

BOOEED SOLID ON UNITED TIME 



GEORGE M. 



MAY 



Rosner and Hillman 

Presenting 

"GREAT MOMENTS FROM OLD PLAYS." 

A Protean NnvHtv. 

Direction. \VM. W. HENNESSEY. 

In Preparation "I'NDER LONDON." 



It iea't UN 
that eukes the 
act— 

It's the act that 
Brakes tka aaara. 



THB KINO OF IRELAND 

JAMES B. DONOVAN 

AND 

^RENA ARNOLD 

QUEEN OF VAUDEVILLE 

DOING WELL, THANK TOU. 

Director and Adviser. Kins; K C. 





Back In town (London) this week on the 
Marathon Circuit — Surrey and Palace, Bat- 
tersea — believe us, we are going some. 

The new "hang out." the Cosmopolitan Club 
on Rupert Street, is doing a regular "late 
hour" business. 

We were all going home In the wee sma' 
hours and there was a poor fellow laying 
in the ditch and shouting very plteously fur 
help! help!! For God's sake, gentlemen, help! 
So we said thusly, "Old Chap, we can't help 
you. but we will lay down with you"' (an- 
other from England). 

Marathonly yours, 

VARDON, PERRY am 1 WILBER 

"THOSI THRU BOYS" 



HAVE YOUR CARD IN VARIETY 



4 LONDONS 



A. I<ondon, Manager. 
Established. 1001. Direction. Jo Paige Smith. 
Next Week (Nov. 13), Orpheum. Omaha. 



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Jacafcs 



Pat Casey 
NEXT WEEK 

(Nov. 13) 

KEITH'S 
Lowell 



HUGHES 

MUSICAL TRIO 

- MnnasTesaent Jo Paige Smith. 

JULIAN 

*■■ DYER 

A LAUGH A SECOND 



Marcus - Gartelle 

la their sketch 

"SkatorisJ RoUerW' 



JAMB8 PLUNKBTT. Mgr. 



ORACB 



Ritter - Foster 



with "Cay Widows, 



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Next Week (Nov. 13), Royal, Montreal. 




GAVIN -PLATT 
PEACHES 



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Geo. W. Berry's "TRAVELING A LA CARTE" 
Home Address, No. T Hawthorne Ave., 

Clifton, N. J. 
Phone. llll-L Paasalo. 

Marshall P. Wilder 

ATLANTIC CITY, W. J. 

S»n 'Phone 1M 

"MENETEKEL" 

18 BAFFLING 
HA3 EVERY ONE GUE88ING 

... a mystery that Is more baffling than that 
of Houdlnl or any of the others which have 
attracted so much attention. Menetekel Is 
baffling in Its simplicity. 
"Telegram," Lawrence. Mass., Oct. 31, 1911. 



STARTLING ACT AT THE COLONIAL 



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MENETEKEL" BAFFLE8 THE 



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. . .has set the whole city talking. The act 
seems destined to ko out of Lawrence as much 
a myntcry as It come here. . . . Everything 
connected with the act Is so open that one 
gives It up as hopeless to solve. 
"American," Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 31, 1911. 



"MENETEKEL" IS MYSTERY 

WONDERFUL DEMONSTRATION 
OF THE OCCULT 

. . . an act mystifying, that It Is bound to 
make them all sit up and take notice. . . . 
Surely Is as clever and well planned baffling 
act as h«s been seen. . . . Mr. Berol docs 
not use a number of "decoys" to aid In his 
act. ... It will keep many guessing as to 
how It Is done. It Is much better than most 
mystifying acts, as very little Is concealed and 
there Is no fuss to the act. 

"Tribune," Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 31, 1911. 



Nav.13, Keith's Theatre, Philadelphia. 

Open Time: Rev. 20,27. Dec. 4. 11. Etc. 

McKISSICK 

and SHADNEY 

THOSE EBONY ENTERTAINERS 

Comedy Character Change Artists. 

Rpeclnl Scenery- 
Direction GENE HUGHES, 1493 Bway, N. Y. C. 

Lola Merrill and Frank Otto 

Next Week (Nov. 13), Bronx, New York. 

Direction. Mm* Hart. 

BLANCHE SLOAN 

THE CIRL OF THE AIR 



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la Their Latest Comlo Bong Rerlew 

"SNAPSHOTS." 

Booked Solid. 

JAMBS B. PLUNKBTT, Smart. Mgr. 
Home Add.. • Hawthorne Ays., Clifton. N. J. 

SAM J. CURTIS 

And Co. 

Melody ui Mirth 

In the original 'SCHOOL ACT." 

On the United lime. 

Direction ALBBE. WEBER A EVANS. 

Week Nov. 20, Keith's. Lawrence. 

CHARLES AHEARN 





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McNAUGHTON 

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"The Spring Maid" Opera Co. (™ Year) 

Communications care Werba fir Lucr.c her 
New York Til eat re liullriliiK. New York. 



TANEAN 



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Vol. XXIV. No. 11. 



NOVEMBER 18, 1911 



PRICE TEN CENTS 



LOCAL ARMORIES COMPETING 
FOR EXH IBITION PATRONAGE 

Armories Asking $500 Dally. Grand Central Palace, 
with Its Price $1,000, Objecting to Non-tax- 
payers/ Ringlings Offer $30,000 Bonus If 
Oarden will House Circus Next Spring. 



The competition between the 71st 
and 69th Regiment Armories in New 
York to secure the exhibition patron- 
age that has been extended to the 
Madison Square Garden for the past 
twenty years has brought out the pres- 
ent "exhibition hall" situation in New 
York. From all accounts, it is some 
situation. 

Report says the Grand Central Pal- 
ace, the Garden's only opposition for 
some years, is threatening court pro- 
ceedings against the armories, to de- 
termine if a tax payer can be out-bid 
by a state institution, relieved from 
a tax assessment upon its property. 

Madison Square Garden will house 
its last show Feb. 3-5, when a horse 
sale will occur there. The last week 
in January the Cement Show will be 
held at the Garden. This winds up 
the career of the big place. Its de- 
molishment will immediately follow. 
On the site will go up four skyscrap- 
ers, covering the entire block. They 
are to be devoted to the wholesale 
trades, with the silk industry favored. 

The Ringling Brothers are reported 
to have offered the Madison Square 
Garden management $30,000 for the 
three weeks their circus will play in 
New York next spring, if the Garden 
will remain open until that time. The 
offer was refused, leaving the Ring- 
lings in a quandary for a New York 
stand, which may be made under can- 
vass. The Barnum-Bailey circus had 
an agreement with the Garden for 
$r>,000 weekly, made by the late 
James A. Bailey. The Ringlings took 
this over with the Barnum-Bailey 
show. 

Through a bill passed at Albany in 
1909, and put through by Col. W. G. 
Bates of the 71st Regt., a New York 
State Armory can be diverted in its 
uses, outside of the usual drill days 



yearly, for any gathering excepting 
those of a political or religious char- 
acter. The measure was passed to aid 
the state militia in maintaining itself. 
The various colonels around New 
York have been digging down in their 
own pockets for quite a while to prob- 
erly support the organizations. 

With the announced passing of 
Madison Square, exhibition promoters 
cast about for a substitute. It was 
thought to have been found when 
.Variety- printed some weeks ago the 
Brewster Block would be the Garden's 
successor, with Marcus Nathan, form- 
er general manager of the Grand Cen- 
tral Palace, behind it. The prema- 
ture publication of that story how- 
ever, is said to have spoiled the 
chances Mr. Nathan had. Later a 
Arm of architects sent out some press 
matter, Including blue prints, of a 
proposed "Broadway Gardens" on the 
Brewster Block site. 

The publicity was the first inti- 
mation Ohmels & Co., the lessors of 
the property, had of the plan. Ohmeis 
& Co. represent the Schlitz Brewing 
Co. In New- York. The Schlitz peo- 
ple have a 21-year lease on the Brew- 
ster property, with two renewal 
clauses for a similar period. The 
Sutphen Estate, which owns the Block, 
is reported to stand ready to loan 
$1,000,000 to anyone who can show 
$400,000 in cash to start a bulld- 
and support it for at least one year. 
There is a twelve-story office plan in 
contemplation for the Brewster site 
just now, without anything definite 
decided upon. 

When the exhibition promoters 
reached the armory controllers in 
their quest for halls, they found the 
men amenable to terms. The 71st 
Regiment asked $750 a day, but cut 
(Continued on Page 6) 



JACK AND NORA NEGOTIATING. 

Jack Norworth and Nora Bayes will 
probably be Shubert stars next season, 
if not before. Active negotiations are 
now in progress, the only point at 
present under discussion being the 
selection of an author and a com- 
poser acceptable to both. 

The managers are agreeable to as 
many interpolations as Norworth may 
wish to make in the matter of songs, 
but feels that the vehicle selected 
should be from the pen of a repre- 
sentative librettist. Norworth thinks 
he can do it himself and is endeavor- 
ing to convince his prospective man- 
agers he should be given the com- 
mission. 

The negotiations contemplate a 
spring opening of the new show at the 
Casino, to run through the summer if 
successful. 



MURDOCH ABOUT. 

Last Friday for the first time in 
several weeks, John J. Murdock ap- 
peared at the United Booking Offices. 
He remained but a short time. 

Mr. Murdock had a bad attack of 
acute indigestion, which kept him 
close to his home for a while. 

Monday Mr. Murdock came to the 
Putnam Building, prepared for busi- 
ness, and waded through a mass of 
accumulated mails. 



IRVING BERLIN ENGAGED. 

The engagement of Irving Berlin to 
Dorothy Goetz, of Buffalo, a sister of 
E. Ray Goetz, will shortly be an- 
nounced. The wedding is scheduled 
for next March. 

Meantime Irving has contracted for 
a private telephone wire betwen New 
York and the up-state city where his 
fiance resides. 



SCENE OUT OF "DUDELSACK." 

When Mark A. Luescher and Geo. 
V. Hobart were through giving "Miss 
Dudelsack" a thorough looking over 
last week at Baltimore, it was de- 
cided to rewrite the piece, reducing 
the play by the elimination of one long 
scene, really reducing the show to a 
two-art production. It'H a Werba 
& Luescher show, with Lulu Glaser 
starred. 



BUYS WEBER'S FOR FOUR WEEKS. 

When "His Wife Decides" opened at 
Weber's Tuesday evening, a wealthy 
showman, just breaking into the busi- 
ness, was Introduced to New York. 

He is a Phlladelphlan, with an in- 
come of $380,000 yearly. A portion 
of it Donald Wallace spent imme- 
diately by buying Weber's outright for 
four weeks. Mr. Wallace is managing 
the show. 

There are twenty-one people in the 
show he has produced. All are hav- 
ing a good time. The troupe went out 
on the road in a special car, with no 
worries about following the railroad 
tracks to find New York again. Mr. 
Wallace was very businesslike in his 
bookings. When a manager refused 
to give his show a guarantee he 
bought the house for that night, re- 
maining his own boss around the 
theatre. 

The papers Wednesday morning 
treated "His Wife Decides" somewhat 
harshly. 



TEAL BACK WITH K. & E. 

After a business separation of sev- 
eral years, Ben Teal will once more 
return to Klaw & Erlanger in the ca- 
pacity of stage director. 

Since his retirement from the em- 
ploy of K. & E., Teal has served as 
general director for Charles Frohman, 
Weber & Fields and other representa- 
tive managers. 

He will inaugurate his return to the 
K. & E. fold by putting on In partner- 
ship with "the syndicate" firm, a new 
musical comedy. 



ACTORS' CLUB IN BOSTON. 

Boston, Nov. 15. 

A branch of one of the actors' clubs 
of New York may be started in Bos- 
ton, in the very near future. At the 
present time it Is almost impossible 
for a member of the theatrical profes- 
sion to get a bite to eat after the show 
in congenial surroundings. In all the 
city there Isn't a single place where 
the actor can go where he can take 
a friend. 

The eleven o'clo< k law closes all the 
places that are open during the day. 
If arrangements can be made with the 
parent body for a branch in Boston, 
It will be a boon to all the members 
of the profession. 



VARIETY 



"DER ROSENKAVALIER" TO BE 
PRODUC ED HERE AFTER ALL 

Thomas Beecham Takes Up Work of Putting on 
Strauss Opera in New York, Which Fred. C. 

Whitney Abandoned. 



(Special Cable to Variety-.) 
London, Nov. 15. 

It may be authoriatively announced 
that the Richard Strauss opera, "Der 
Rosenkavalier" which Fred C. Whit- 
ney had planned to give an elaborate 
production in New York City, but 
abandoned after losing a nice sum of 
money, will be produced over there 
after all by Thomas Beecham, who 
has taken over the producing rights 
of the piece. 

Just when Beecham will put the 
show on is not definitely known, but 
as the option on the rights is not good 
for an eternity, it is up to Beecham 
to get busy within the near future. 

Not only will Beecham produce 
"Der Rosenkavalier" but he will plan 
the presentment of another foreign 
opera, one of the Mozart series, for 
next season. If Beecham fails to get 
the Strauss opera under sail this 
year, he will start it sure next season. 

Beecham has invested in operatic 
festivals before, spending a huge 
chunk of the coin of the realm in 
London at the His Majesty's theatre 
where he put on opera which failed to 
materialize on the right side of the 
financial ledger. 

The fact that Whitney unloaded 
the piece doesn't feaze Beecham a 
bit. He thinks he can put it over in 
New York. 

Beecham is a son of his father, 
Beecham, who made something like 
thirty millions out of liver pills, said 
little pellets acquiring an interna- 
tional fame. 

Young Beecham has distinguished 
himself recently in the musical and 
operatic world, also in another direc- 
tion. He is to pay $15,000 costs in 
connection with a late divorce action 
in which he was cited as corespondent. 

Another venture which he is to 
be associated with is a play to 
be produced Christmas time at the 
Aldwych theatre, for which his rich 
daddy is said to have ponied up 
$50,000. 

The Beecham undertaking at the 
Aldwych will be a fairy play, taken 
from Hans Andersen. It is to be 
sumptuously staged, with new mechan- 
ical effects. Frank Parker will have 
charge of the scenic end, with Sidney 
Elliston generally supervising the 
production. 

Amongst those already engaged are 
Maud Cressal, Rohan Clcnsy, Elsie 
Craven, Mary Glynn and Bobh> An- 
drews, the three latter in the princi- 
pal roles, as children. 



TANGUAY BACK IN VAUDEVILLE. 

New Orleans, Nov. 15. 

Eva Tanguay retires from the cast 
of "Little Miss Fix-If ? to-morrow 
(Thursday). She leaves for Pittsburgh. 
Friday to open there in vaudeville 
Monday. 

Alice Lloyd arrived here Monday 
and Friday assumes the leading role 



in "Miss Fix-It," now taken by Grace 
Field. 

"Little Miss Fix-It" opened at the 
Tulane to capacity at the Sunday per- 
formance, but Monday and Tuesday 
was greeted by half-filled houses. 

Miss Tanguay was not in the cast, 
doing her specialty during the first and 
second acts. The performance was not 
liked here. 

Monday next vaudeville regains Eva 
Tanguay. Pittsburgh will be the 
place, and $2,500 is to be Miss Tan- 
guay 's salary for the week. The ex- 
star of "Little Miss Fix-It" has book- 
ings for the Percy O. Williams Cir- 
cuit in New York, commencing Dec. 
4, at the Colonial. 

During the* last tour of Miss Tan- 
guay over the Williams vaudeville 
houses, she abruply left two of them, 
when Mr. Williams made a mental 
affidavit with himself he would never 
play Eva Tanguay again. But he has 
relented. 

Ml 88 Tanguay leaves the "Fix-It" 
show this Thursday night; probably 
the management of Werba ft Luescher 
ac the same time. The firm wanted 
her to remain with the company next 
week at Baltimore, but Eva made up 
her mind even before the former 
Bayes and Norworth vehicle reached 
New Orleans last Sunday. 

To prevent any calamity at the Qulf 
Bide, Alice Lloyd left New York Sat- 
urday. She has been with the show 
this week, and will appear in her 
specialty with it during the New 
Orleans engagement, probably step- 
ping into the stellar role of the musi- 
cal play at the Grand Opera, New 
York, Nov. 27. 

Aft«r the New York date, "Fix-It" 
goes to the Forrest, Philadelphia, for 
three weeks, then the National, Wash- 
ington (one week), and into Boston 
for a run. 

It 1b Miss Lloyd's first venture as a 
production attraction on this side. 



NEW ACT AT WINTER GARDEN. 

Next Monday at the Winter Garden 
the ShubertB will introduce the new 
(Nick) Kaufman's Troupe of cyclists, 
twelve in all, who go there for a stay 
of three months. 

The "Vera Violetta" show opening 
has been postponed until Monday 
night. It is said by those who have 
seen rehearsals, the original book of 
the Viennese operette has passed be- 
yond recognition, aided in the trans- 
formation by the large number of 
principals, and the various new "bits 
of business" allowed to creep in. 



FAIUBANKS HAS SKETCH. 

Douglas Fairbanks has finally se- 
lected a vehicle for his vaudeville de- 
but. 

It is to be a one act version of 
Thompson Buchanan's "The Cub" in 
which he recently starred. 



VAUDEVILLE GETS MASCAGNI. 

(Special Cable to Varibtx.) 

Parit, Nor. 16. 
Mascagni, the Italian composer, 
has been engaged to appear at the 
Hippodrome, London. No further 
particulars are obtainable. 

Mascagni may have been engaged 
for the Hippodrome to lead the pro- 
duction of his "Cavaleria Rusticana" 
there, when produced. That may be 
In the immediate future. 



AUSTRALIAN SAVAGE RIGHTS. 

(Special Cable to Varietf,.) 

London, Nov. 16. 

J. C. Williamson, the Australian 
theatrical magnate, who secured the 
producing rights for Australia of sev- 
eral American successes during the 
past summer, is getting ready to put 
on Henry W. Savage's "Every wo man" 
and "Madame X" in the Antipodes. 

He has already contracted with 
Hugo Baruch ft Co. for scenery and 
costumes for the shows. The produc- 
tions in Australia are expected to be 
made sometime this season. 

He is also said to have "Baby Mine" 
in view for a showing in Australia. 



44 OOPY" SUIT ADJOURNED. 

(Special Cable to Variett.) 

London, Nov. 15. 

The suit of the Schwartz Brothers, 
who came to London recently to pre- 
sent their sketch, "The Broken Mir- 
ror," and found that a copy act called 
"Early Morning Reflections" had pre- 
ceded them, was scheduled for a hear- 
ing yesterday. It was brought against 
the "copy." 

Among the witnesses present were 
Louis Devant, of Maskelyne and De- 
vant, and Lionel Rignold. The hear- 
ing was adjourned. 



LICENSE REFUSED STOLL HOUSE. 

(Special Cable to Variett.) 

London, Nov. 16. 

A music hall license has been re- 
fused Oswald Stoll for his new Empire 
hall at Fulham. This is the second 
time the Licensing Committee has de- 
clined to recommend the licensing of 
this hall to the County Council. 

The opposition arises from other 
halls in the neighborhood, which 
claim the new Stoll house will affect 
their business. 

The Stoll office is placing acts for 
a new Empire at Wood Green, not yet 
built. 



REHEARSING REVUE. 

(Special Cable to Variety,.) 

Paris, Nov. 16. 
The revue announced for the Re- 
Jane, Dec. 1, is now in rehearsal. 
George Grossmith will be principal 
comedian. 



NEW HALL TWICE-NIGHTLY. 

(Special Cable to Variety) 

London, Nov. 16. 
The new Victoria Palace, opened 
last week by Alfred Butt, will prob- 
ably be a twice-nightly hall very 
shortly. 



KELLY AND CARROLL, NEW. 

James Kelly, late of Kelly and Kent, 
and Joe Carroll, formerly of Carroll 
and Cooke, will work together as a 
vaudeville act in "one." 



HAMMBRSTEIN'B IN LONDON. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 14. 

2,700 people attended the opening 
of Oscar Hammerstein's new opera 
house here last night, witnessing a 
fine performance of Jean Nougue's 
opera, "Quo Vadis." Every box seat 
was booked some time ago. Hun- 
dreds were turned away unable to 
gain admission. The opera, sung in 
French, was conducted by the com- 
poser, and the cast, scenery and ef- 
fects, as well as the house itself, were 
voted a colossal success. 

The cast Included Eva Vlehanihi as 
Lyga, Aline Vellandri as Eunice and 
Maurice Renaud as Petrone. Prac- 
tically every distinguished American 
at present in Europe was on hand to 
lend encouragement to their country- 
man and the audience, notwithstand- 
ing a tendency to be hypercritical, was 
generous in its applause. 

Messrs. Hammersteln and Nogues 
were called before the curtain. The 
Impresario, in a brief speech said: 
"All I wish is to deserve your respect, 
friendship and esteem." 



BOUCHIER BACK AT GARRICK. 

(Special Cable to Variety) 

London, Nov. 15. 

It is stated Arthur Bouchler will 
once more take charge of the Garrick, 
when "Kismet" has departed early in 
the year. 

One of the first things Mr. Bouch- 
ler will undertake Is the production 
of a new play called "The Fire 
Screen" by Alfred Sutro. 

Violet Van Brugh, J. Fisher-White, 
and Kate Cutler have been secured 
for the chief parts. 



BARNOLD'S RETURN A HIT. 

(Special Cable to Variety) 

London, Nov. 15. 
Barnold's Dogs opened at the Colis- 
eum Monday and were a big hit. The 
"intoxicated" canine was the star of 
the troupe. 



REOPENING BURNED ALHAMBRA. 

Paris, Nov. 16. 
(Special Cable to Variety;.) 
The Paris Alhambra, lately dam- 
aged by fire, will reopen Dec. 16. The 
house could not be opened earlier. 



CASINO CHANGES AGAIN. 

(Special Cable to Variety..) 

Paris, Nov. 16. 
The Casino is again changing hands. 
Business has been poor. 



TICH WON'T COME OVER. 

(Special Cable to Variety,.) 

London, Nov. 16. 
Little Tich makes the unconditional 
statement he will not return to Amel • 
lea to play. 



ROCK AND FULTON IN PARIS. 

(Special Cable to Variety;) 

Paris, Nov. 15. 

William Rock and Maude Fulton, 
the Americans, have been engaged to 
appear at the Olympla, without date 
obtained, though their run here will 
not start before early new year. 

Fleming's "Darkies' Honeymoon" 
has been booked for the same house, 
to open about Dec. 15. 

The present revue running at the 
Olympla is an unprecedented success 



VARIETY 



TURNED TWO TESTED TURNS 
AT THE 5 th AVEN UE MONDAY 

Double Cancellation of Comedy Sketches; One Brought 

In to Replace the Other. The Value of "Reports" 

to the New York Big Vaudeville Houses. 



Elmer F. Rogers, manager of the 
Fifth Avenue theatre, played a return 
date on cancellations Monday. In the 
afternoon, Mr. Rogers sidetracked 
Caroline Franklin and Co. To fill 
the vacancy In the evening, the book- 
ing office forwarded to Mr. Rogers 
Emily Qreen and Co., who also played 
a sketch. 

Mr. Rogers looked over the Oreen 
affair at the night performance. Then 
he pulled the switch again. Tuesday 
afternoon Chinko, the Juggler, was 
filling the spot the Misses Franklin 
and Qreen had missed, mere was 
no doubt about Chinko hanging onto 
the job for the remainder of the week, 
so the booking managers stopped 
reading the bulletins from the Filth 
Avenue to attend to their regular 
business. 

The double cancellation will likely 
place another bad mark on the "re- 
port" system for the New York man- 
agers. Miss Franklin and her com- 
pany have been playing the small big 
time, east. Reports coming in to 
the United Booking Offices of her act 
were so glowing, the sketch was plac- 
ed on the Fifth Avenue program for 
a Metropolitan showing. 

After eighteen weeks on the Or- 
pheum Circuit, with reports telling 
the quantity of fun and laughs there 
were in the Green company playlet, 
it was thought a safe venture to give 
Miss Green a New York chance by 
following Miss Franklin. 

Heretofore acts reaching New York 
from out of town have been wont to 
complain that though they knew (In 
some mysterious way) the reports 
from all the local managers along 
the line have been Al on their act, 
the New York managers and bookers 
demanded a "try out" before passing 
judgment. Often turns have declared 
it an injustice that after reports for 
twenty weeks have reached New York, 
each uniformly good, they should be 
compelled to "show." 

The cases of the Misses Franklin 
and Green have destroyed about the 
last vestige of belief among the book- 
ing men that anything outside of the 
Missouri system can hereafter he de- 
pended upon — for New York. 

The Fifth Avenue now holds the 
record for consecutive cancellations. 
It will probably have the blue rib- 
bon for a long while as the house 
which turned two tested turns. 



MAX HART FINDS AN EXCUSE. 

Chills and Fever played a continu- 
ous performance at Max Hart's home 
Sunday, using the interior of Mr. 
Hart's frame as the stage. Along 
about five in the afternoon, the agent 
told the stage manager to ring down 
on the act, but the good start received 
couldn't be checked so easily. 

Then for the first time since he 



could remember having money enough 
to pay a doctor, Max called one in. 
The physician looked him over, taught 
Max some new wrinkles in tapping 
people, and said Chills and Fever 
would surely last the week out on 
the big time. 

For twenty years Max Hart has 
been aching for an excuse to get a 
vacation, but never thought of a doc- 
tor before. When the house man let 
loose his official opinion, Maxy packed 
his grip and hiked away for ten days, 
to Atlantic City or somewhere along 
the Coast, where there is a vaudeville 
theatre. He is going to leave Chills 
and Fever there for a run. 



MAY DROP EVANSVILLE. 

Evansville, Ind., Nov. 16. 

Though the citizens of this burg 
persuaded the Orpheum Circuit to con- 
tinue its vaudeville at the new Grand 
for this season, the business hasn't 
panned out as well as the Circuit 
thought it would after the town talk. 

Negotiations are on to dispose of the 
Grand. If they are completed, Or- 
pheum vaudeville will stop here to 
make room for a stock company in the 
theatre. It may happen any day. 



HOUDINI BURSTS BLOOD VESSEL. 

Pittsburg, Nov. 15. 

Harry Houdini, the "Handcuff 
King," burst a blood vessel during 
one of his "challenge exhibitons" here 
and bleeding Internally, was forced to 
go to a hospital for treatment. 

Houdini cancelled three weeks' 
work. He has made arrangements to 
return at once to New York for treat- 
ment. 



REJOINING OLD PARTNER. 

A re-joined team may be shortly 
seen about. Emma Francis and Harry 
Ladell are thinking of appearing to- 
gether in vaudeville once more. They 
did Borne years ago. 



TO THE WOODS OR STOCK. 

It looks like the woods or stock for 
Amelia Bingham. Her husband, Lloyd 
Bingham says unless his wife re- 
ceives $1,250 weekly on the vaude- 
ville road, she will fly to the Pacific 
Coast, where they are willing to pa5 
$1,000 weekly for her as a stock star. 

Somehow the out-of-town vaudeville 
managers connected with the United 
Booking Offices have understood they 
are to pay Miss Bingham no more 
than she received in New York, $1,- 
000. That has brought bookings to 
a standstill with the "Great Moment" 
player. The alternative after the 
"good time" and stock, is "small 
time," says Mr. Bingham, who claims 
the act (of which he is a part) can 
procure $1,500 wekly in the smaller 
vaudeville houses. 



MANAGERS MEETING CALLED. 

Upon the return of Maurice Good- 
man from Cleveland Wednesday, Mr. 
Goodman, as secretary of the Vaude- 
ville Managers' Protective Association, 
Issued a call for a meeting, when the 
managers will pass upon the last com- 
munication from the organization, rel- 
ative to the proposed conference. 



AFTER CLOSED SHOP. 

Chicago, Nov. 16. 

From good authority comes the in- 
formation that the White Rats will 
shortly begin action against some of 
the Chicago agencies with a view of 
securing their agreements to run a 
closed shop and arrange for a mini- 
mum scale of wage. 

The larger agencies will receive 
especial attention in this particular 
and for this reason it is said Will 
Cooke will visit Chicago shortly. 



ARRESTS HENRI FRENCH. 

A New York detective took Henri 
French into custody Wednesday, on 
wired instruction* from Chicago Po- 
lice Headquarters to apprehend the 
vaudeville artist upon the charge of 
child-abandonment. 

Mr. French was held here pending 
an arrival of an officer from the 
Windy Town. 

The arrest is the outcome of a very 
complicated family tangle French has 
become involved in. A series of 
legal actions has followed him along 
for some time. 



HIP'S LAUDER WEEK. 

Cleveland, Nov. 15. 

William Morris will book a show for 
a Keith house next week, when the 
Harry Lauder road combination plays 
the Hippodrome for one day (Nov. 
24). Two shows will be given. The 
gross for the day of the Lauder stay 
will likely go between $5,000 and 
$5,500. 

The regular vaudeville policy at the 
theatre will be abandoned for the 
week only, resuming Nov. 27. The 
Chicago Grand Opera Co., with Mary 
Garden and Tetrazzinni, will occupy 
the theatre for three performances 
Monday and Tuesday. Klnemacolor 
pictures will run there Wednesday, 
Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. 

The Harry Lauder Show will likely 
close its tour in Pennsylvania Nov. 28, 
to allow Mr. Lauder to catch the boat 
the following day. It was at first 
planned to give the Scotchman a big 
send off in New York the night before 
leaving, but the route has been 
changed about. The show may play 
Johnstown and Altoona Nov. 27, with 
Wilkes-Barre and Scranton fixed for 
Nov. 28. 



SHEEDY SETTLES UP. 

M. R. Sheedy liquidated one of his 
debts this week. It was for commis- 
sion a long time overdue to the 
United Booking Offices. 

The agency sued the agent, and 
finally served him with papers. 



ORPHEUM LOSES HOPKINS. 

The Orpheum Circuit has lost Ar- 
thur Hopkins, who has started a gen- 
eral theatrical producing business for 
himself In the Putnam Building. 

The separation was unlooked for 
among the vaudeville people. Since 
his connection with Martin Beck's cir- 
cuit, Mr. Hopkins has been accepted 
as an Important adjunct to the execu- 
tive headquarters. 

This season however he has become 
a very successful author. Finding 
himself somewhat confined by the Or- 
pheum Circuit position. Mr. Hopkins 
resigned to obtain freedom in the 
authoring and producing of plays and 
playlets. 



WON'T DIVORCE THE BARNES. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 
On the grounds that the evidence 
was insufficient to justify the decree, 
Judge Burke in the Superior Court, 
yesterday, virtually denied Lillian 
Barnes a divorce from Fred Barnes. 



SOME TALL HUSTLING. 

New Orleans, Nov. 15. 

The entire Orpheum bill en route 
from Memphis, arrived here five 
hours late Monday. They did not 
reach New Orleans until 2.40 and were 
promptly hustled to the theatre. 

Stage manager Edward Mathes 
rang up on the first act at 3.08, estab- 
lishing a new record for speed in mak- 
ing ready. 



ROB DAILEY AND GIRLS. 

Some girls and Robert Dailey will 
comprise a vaudeville number, shortly 
to be seen on the local boards. Mr. 
Dailey is now rehearsing his support. 



BALL PLAYERS BOOKED. 

The Coombs-Bender-Morgan ball 
playing combination, under direction 
of Jack Robinson, will invade Ham- 
merstein's next week, having been 
placed upon top of the show there, 
after the new act appeared Sunday at 
the Academy of Music. 

The ball players, who have the 
Misses Katheryn and Violet Pearl for 
assistance, debuted lust week at At- 
lantic City, dropping into the big town 
"to show." They were one big riot, 
with Hammerstein's coming right 
after, for $1,750 as the weekly wage. 

Chicago has sent in a requisition for 
the act to appear at the Majestic Dec. 
4. It looks like a full route in vaude- 
ville for the World's champs. 

Washington, Nov. 15. 
Germany Scheffer and Grace Bel- 
mont will appear at Chase's Nov. 27 
in a sketch. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 16. 

Keith's Philadelphia, is going to 
see the diamond starred actors. 
Coombs, Bender and Morgan have 
been engaged by Harry T. Jordan, 
Keith's manager, to appear here the 
week before Christmas. 

That will be called "Local Favorite 
Week." Besides the Athletics on the 
program, Walter C. Kelly, and Ed. 
Wynn (Wynn and Russon, both lo- 
cal boys), will take part. 

Mr. Jordan picked the week before 
Christmas Just because — 

Gordon & North were negotiating 
with Home Run Baker this week 
toward getting the horsehlde slasher 
under contract to appear with their 
respective burlesque attractions for a 
few weeks. 



VARIETY 



RESTAURANT-VAUDEVILLE 

C 0M1NG A U P STRONGLY 

United Booking Offices Considering the Booking Feature 
of It. No Objections or Complaints Filled 

With Authorities 



The "Cabaret" show adjunct to the 
restaurant business, innocently intro- 
duced to New York by the late Folies 
Bergere, and more quietly removed by 
the same house, did not kill interest in 
the amusement enterprise with other 
bonlfaces. 

The reported plans of future "Cab- 
arets" for New York and one or two 
now in existence along Broadway, 
have awakened the vaudeville people 
to this end of the booking business. 

Several erroneous reports have been 
printed regarding the position of the 
United Booking Offices on the sub- 
ject. While one or two New York 
vaudeville managers connected with 
that agency may not favor acts which 
appear at "Cabaret shows/' it is un- 
derstood the United has not yet 
reached a conclusion on the booking 
side. 

From accounts, some of the res- 
taurant men with the Cabaret bug 
have applied to the United for book- 
ings. It is possible the agency will 
decide to handle the bookings, per- 
haps making it a department, such 
as the "Clubs" (private entertain- 
ments). In that way the bookings 
for the restaurant-vaudeville would be 
more closely under observation. Acts 
the New York managers did not care 
to have appear in the Cabarets <if the 
acts expected to play the larger 
houses) could be duly warned. 

Statements that the United or its 
officers have filed complaints with the 
authorities against the "Cabarets" 
have no foundation. 

There seems to be a question, how- 
ever, as to whether the restaurants 
may proceed with this style of enter- 
tainment without coming under the 
same municipal jurisdiction that ex- 
ercises a semi-super vision over regu- 
lar places of enterta'nment. 



NOBODY'S SATISFIED AGAIN. 

"Nobody's Satisfied" was an inspired 
title for vaudevilllans. Once more it 
has left its title behind, at the Bush- 
wick this week, where Maude Ryan 
(Inness and Ryan), in her first week 
at a Percy G. Williams' theatre, ran 
afoul of a headliner, no less than Car- 
rie DeMar. 

Miss Ryan has been singing "No- 
body's Satisfied," claimed by Miss De 
Mar as her property, and out of which 
some time ago a law suit branched 
forth between her and Billy Gould. 
Mr. Gould also sang the song. 

At the Monday morning rehearsal 
Miss De Mar notified Ben Blatt, man- 
ager of the Bushwick, she would not 
care to have Miss Ryan sing the song. 
Maude wanted to know why not, anu 
when Miss De Mar told her the reason 
the song came out of the Inness and 
Ryan repertoire. 

Miss Ryan was not displeased, as 
she said the novelty of talking to a 
headliner was a distinct pleasure, not 
to be recompensed for by the mere loss 



of One song. Though before consent- 
ing to discontinue the use of it Miss 
Ryan experimented upon her im- 
portance by asking Mr. Blatt what 
would happen if Inness and Ryan re- 
fused to appear at the Bushwick. Mr. 
Blatt declined to be Joshed by the 
nimble-witted Maude, which made the 
finish of the affair tranquil. 



KILLING TIME PLAYING POKER. 

Saranac Lake, N. Y., Nov. 15. 

Vic Williams is here toning up his 
system. Vic intends to stay several 
months to take on some more weight. 
His trouble is a throat one, the vocal 
chords having become partially inac- 
tive. 

Russell Alexander of the Exposi- 
tion Four, who has been here for 
three months, is building himself up 
nicely. 

Mabel Barrison, domiciled in a neat 
little cottage, is getting along as well 
as could be expected. Her attending 
physician reports her health as im- 
proved. 

Joe L. Weber is one of the poker 
players, the bunch passing much of 
the time trying to slip over one of 
those two-card draw things to a pair 
of Jacks. 



MEANS TO PLAY TWO-A-DAY. 

Detroit, Not. 15. 

H. W. Kanouse, the millionaire of 
this city, returned from New York 
without having arranged any booking 
connection for his new Washington- 
Detroit vaudeville theatre. Ground 
will be shortly broken. ^Tne house Is 
to seat 2,100. 

Associated with Mr. Kanouse In the 
Washington-Detroit Theatre Co. are 
John D. Mackay, Geo. W. Reid and 
James Slocum, all wealthy Detroit 
men. 

While in New York Kanouse saw 
John W. Consldine with a view to 
bookings for the house. Consldine in- 
formed him the Sullivan-Considine 
Circuit will build in Detroit, just as 
soon as he (Consldine) can spare the 
time to look the town over. 

Kanouse says he will play two 
shows daily in the theatre. There is 
no booking connection in sight yet for 
him. It is probable he will cast 
about when the time arrives for auch 
of the Independent theatres as may 
be harboring two shows daily, though 
at "small time" prices. 



JEALOUS HUSBAND SUSPECTED. 

Fort Worth, Nov. 15. 

J. K. Beattie, a vaudeville actor, 
and Mrs. Carl Robinson, were shot 
and killed here Nov. 9 while walking 
together in the outskirts of the city. 

Mrs. Robinson had been separated 
from her husband for several weeks, 
having become infatuated with the 
actor. Robinson is being Bought by 
the police as the slayer. 



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LOCAL ARMORIES COMPETING. 

(Continued from Page 3.) 
to $600 when the 60th Regt. set that 
amount for the daily use of its build- 
ing. This does not include the inci- 
dental supplies and furnishings, but 
permits the exhibition the few pre- 
paratory days free. The armories in- 
sist upon an Indemnity bond of $10,- 
000 for any damage to property, and 
In the case of the 71st Regt., it is 
stipulated that linoleum must cover 
its 40,000 square feet of floor space. 
The 69th Regt. Armory has 38,000 
square feet. The Madison Square 
Garden area is 34,000. The Garden 
charges $1,000 daily, with $500 for 
each day while preparing the hall. 

So far the 69th has booked the 
Sportsman Show, and may get the 
Horse Show. In that event, the Horse 
Show entries will stable down 
around 24th street. It also has the 
Motor Boat Show Feb. 17-24. 

The 71st Regt. haa the Architect- 
ural and Engineering Show, March 
26-30, with the Pure Food Show next 
October already listed. 

The Grand Central Palace is now 
under the direction of James C. 
Young, former treasurer at the Gar- 
den, and J. A. H. Dressel, manager 
of the Sportsman Show and many 
others which the Garden has held. 
Upon assuming the charge of the Pal- 
ace, Messrs. Young and Dressel paid 
$65,000 taxes assessed for this year. 
Their charge is $1,000 daily for the 
Palace. The under bidding by the 
armories have riled the Grand Cen- 
tral men, until they threatened to 
have the courts pass upon it. Had the 
Brewster Block been converted into 
an exhibition place, the tax there 
would have been $1,200 daily, not 
thought to be high, in view of the ex- 
cellent location. 

The Madison Square Garden real 
estate deal was manipulated by 
South wick & Ball, the real estate op- 
erators. They are said to have se- 
cured the option on the Garden site 
by the deposit of a check for $5,000. 
Before the first payment of $100,000 
fell due, it Is reported the firm had 
procured signatures to sufficient leases 
In the sky-scrapers to guarantee the 
complete success of the venture. Real 
estate men looked upon it as a nifty 
piece of manipulation. 



MARY ELIZABETH. 

In almost the shortest time on rec- 
ord Mary Elizabeth, this week at the 
Fifth avenue theatre, New York, 
jumped into vaudeville prominence. 

Two weeks ago, Miss Elizabeth had 
her first eastern showing, at the 
American Music Hall, where her 
piquant manner and charming person- 
ality attracted the attention of the 
seekers for "big time" vaudeville ma- 
terial. She was immediately placed 
for the Fifth Avenue. 

Doing a single away from the usual, 
Mary Elizabeth has a knack, seldom 
found in a woman, of telling a story. 
Pictures of Miss Elizabeth are on this 
week's front page. 



OSCAR LORAINE 

Protean VIollnliL 

Openin* at Winnipeg Next Week (Nov. 20). as the commencement of an 

Orpheum Circuit Tour. 



GOING INTO VAUDEVILLE. 

Forrest Wlnant, late leading man 
with "A Country Boy," will have a 
whirl at the vaudevilles, in a tabloid 
comedy drama. Rehearsals are now 
in progress. 



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Jack Lortmer sailed for England 
Wednesday on the Baltic. 



Jos. Hart's "Crickets" will be re- 
vived for the small time. 

"Everywife" has been placed for 
the Majestic, Chicago, Nov. 27. 



C. P. Rodgers, who flew to San 
Francisco, would enter vaudeville. 

Lillian Spencer has left the Fritzl 
Scheff show, not caring for the road 
tour. 

Lind, the female impersonator, ar- 
rived in New York from Europe last 
Monday. 



George DeOnzo is at Hot Springs, 
Ark., undergoing treatment for loco- 
motor ataxia. 

Helen Grantly will be seen this sea- 
son in a dramatic Incident called "The 
Right Road." 

demons and Dean left the Billy 
B. Van show Saturday at Detroit. The 
act returns to vaudeville. 

Bob Albright has closed with Dock- 
stader's Minstrels and will open short- 
ly on the Pantages' circuit. 



Chas. Avelln will replace Chas. 
Lane in the "Dutch" role of Gordon 
& North's "Passing Parade.' 



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The Hartmann theatre, a new house 
at Columbus, opened Monday. It is 
a Klaw & Erlanger booking. 



"Modest Suzanne/* after a few days 
of one night stands, opens at the 
Colonial, Chicago, Nov. 26. 



Nina Morris, assisted by two men, 
is rehearsing a new dramatic sketch 
for vaudeville entitled "The Sacrifice," 
a story of present conditions in Rus- 
sia, by John Carnoe, 



Rnby Raymond 1b on the Orpheum Eustace Ernest Ball, newspaper 
Circuit, with a novelty cat, life size, writer, has dramatized his novel. "The 
which holds one of her company. Striker" into a four-act play. 



Wilfred Clarke and Co. have been 
booked for a London appearance by 
B. A.Myers, opening in June next. 



Harry Von Tilxer reopens in vaude- 
ville at Boston next Monday, coming 
to Hammerstein's the week following. 

The Comedy Club will resume its 
"Clown Nights" with the formal open- 
ing of the new club house Nov. 25. 

B. A. Myers has placed Marshall 
and King and Sharp and Turek to 
play in England, opening next May. 



One of "The Sambo Girls" got mar- 
ried last Sunday, which caused the 
act to temporarily adjourn bookings. 

Doc Steiner was all dressed up 
Tuesday. He had on a crochetted tie, 
red, and wouldn't tell who made it 
for him. 



Rosamond Caron (Mrs. Johnny 
Bell), underwent an operation for ap- 
pendicitis on Wednesday at a private 
sanitarium. 



Owing to the illness of Ivy Davis, 

her partner, Jane Boynton, is com- 
pleting their tour of the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit as a "single." 

Granville and Mack have returned 
to vaudeville as a team, Minnie Gran- 
ville having recovered entirely from 
her recent illness. 

Mason and Keeler were forced to 
lay off at the Bronx after Wednes- 
day matinee this week. Marguerite 
Keeler was taken ill. 



Barry and Wolford did not appear 
at Hammerstein's this week as per 
schedule, owing to the serious illness 
of Miss Wolford's mother. 



Murphy and Nichols were ordered 
to have their "snow" flreproofed at 
Hammerstein's last week by a repre- 
sentative of the fire department. 



May Elinor© will probably work 
with a "straight" man for a partner. 
She has under consideration Will VI- 
docq, formerly of Haines and Vidocq. 



Grace Cameron's act consumed 
twenty minutes at the Majestic, Chi- 
cago, last week and not twelve as re- 
ported in Variety's new act review. 



Efforts are now being made to post- 
pone Ada Reeve's Australian trip so 
that she may remain in America 
longer than the time contracted for. 



"Ilunty Pulls the Strings" has a $9,- 
000 advance sale at the Comedy the- 
atre. The Scotch comedy bears all 
the indications of an all season run 
In New York. Receipts of $10,000 
weekly in a theatre 'costing but $28,- 
000 to build are not half bad. 



The Sntdiffe Troupe, due to open 
at the Colonial last Monday, was de- 
layed in getting their baggage through 
the customs. 



Rose Stahl will give a special per- 
formance at the Harris Sunday night 
of "Maggie Pepper" for the female 
buyers of New York's big department 
stores. 



The annual memorial service of 
New York Lodge No. 1, Theatrical 
Mechanical Association, will be held 
at the New Masonic Temple next Sun- 
day at 2 P. M. 



William H. Stanley, who was de- 
feated for Alderman in Brooklyn, will 
go over his defeat again in a vaude- 
ville sketch, written by Edgar Selden. 
It will be called "The Senator's Sur- 
prise." 



Lew N. Wood, formerly treasurer of 
the Broadway, Brooklyn, has opened 
a ticket agency in Brooklyn. This is 
the first venture of the kind to be 
tried in the trolley dodging city. 



Reports from out of town are to 
the effect that Frances Starr and her 
new play "The Case of Becky" are a 
big hit. It is slated to succeed "The 
Woman" at the Republic theatre — 
probably within a fortnight. 



Alfred Bradley has placed with 
Adelaide Thurston a comedy drama, 
the present name of which is "Peggy." 
The title will be changed so as not 
to conflict with Thomas W. Ryley's 
musical presentment of that name. 



Bessie Anderson, who has been se- 
riously ill here for the past nine 
months at Glockner Sanitarium, Den- 
ver, was tendered a benefit there last 
week. $180 was turned over to the 
former member of the Premier Trio. 



Harry Crigler, a well known Indi- 
ana musician, who has been director 
of Gentry's dog and pony show band 
for some seasons, has been engaged 
as chief bandmaster with the Barnum 
& Bailey circus for next season. 



Cecelia Loftus reached New York 
Friday. She will visit her husband, 
Dr. A. H. Waterman, in Chicago until 
opening at the Majestic In that city 
Dec. 18, as routed. Miss Loftus came 
over to play the Orpheum Circuit. 



Louise Randolph, of "The Only 
Son" company, was out of the cast 
for several performances last week 
and her role was filled by Camilla 
Crume, a stock actress, forced into the 
breach at the eleventh hour. 

Lew Christy, of Zallah's Own Com- 
pany (Western Wheel), was out of 
the cast this week, owing to the ill- 
ness and subsequent death of his 
father. During his absence, William 
C. Cameron, manager of the company, 
filled his comedy role. 



Grace De Mar with "The Sweetest 
Girl in Paris" will leave the company 
this Saturday in Kansas City. 



It was whispered about Long acre 
Square this week that when the new 
addition to the Times Building is com- 
pleted there would be both a morning 
and evening edition of the paper after 
which the building was named. 



John C. Brownell, , who plays Pete 
Willing, the woman-hating sheriff In 
"The Fortune Hunter," and Estelle 
Wynne, of this city, daughter of 
Charles H. Wynne, a Cincinnati man- 
ufacturer, were married at Cincinnati, 
Nov. 9. 



The Symphony Orchestra, compris- 
ing 150 musicians (colored), gave its 
annual concert, with a Dixie cabaret 
performance and a dancefest as extra 
features, at the Manhattan Casino, 
Thursday, Nov. 9, under the auspices 
of the Clef Club. 

The moving picture men of New 
England, held a convention at the Ho- 
tel Imperial, New York, this week. 
The group were taken as a moving 
picture Wednesday afternoon. Billy 
Gane's Manhattan showed the film the 
same evening. 



A mind reader called at the United 
Booking Offices one day this week. 
After leaving, the agent spoken to 
remarked: "Any mind reader who 
knew what I was thinking of while 
standing there for an hour, wouldn't 
have stayed so long." 



A "sister" act was laying off last 
week, residing in a furnished room. 
One was in bed, when the other called 
to her: "Say, Mame, I see that an- 
other manager died yesterday." "Ah," 
was the reply, "I suppose we'll have 
to play another benefit." 



A report spreading this week that 
Siegel-Cooper Co. was to have shows 
In the Sixth Avenue department store 
(productions and vaudeville) as extra 
attractions, when traced down was 
found to have been based upon an in- 
tended Christmas window display by 
the firm, with figures from newspaper 
cartoon plays. 



Inspired by the example of his el- 
der brother Aaron, Sam Kessler is se- 
riously considering the advantages of 
a matrimonial alliance. To that end 
he is paying assiduous court to his 
new vaudeville partner, Eva Shirley. 
She is a constant visitor at the Kessler 
apartment, and there are whisperings 
of an Impending engagement between 
the pair. 



The Seven Plcclilanas, tumblers, 
who were scheduled to close the show 
at Hammerstein's this week, went on 
strike after the Monday matinee, re- 
fusing to continue unless their posi- 
tion was changed, as they declared it 
was Impossible to follow Charley 
Faust. They were told to report 
earlier for the evening performance, 
but were finally persuaded to continue 
In the closing spot for Monday night 
on the promise that Tuesday they 
would precede the Faust turn. 



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VARIETY 



FEHR'S NEW CHICAGO THEATRE 
MAY BE ENGLISH MUSIC HALL 

Real Object of Martin Beck's Trip to Europe Reported to 

Procure Attractions. Some Deal on With 

Herman Pehr and Mort Singer. 



Chicago, Nov. 15. 

It is authoritatively reported here 
that Martin Beck has purchased an 
interest in the new City Hall theatre 
in Clark street and that he is on the 
verge of becoming interested with 
Mort H. Singer and Herman Fehr in 
a theatrical deal that will have the 
amusement world, and particularly in 
the west, on tip toe when the particu- 
lars are announced. 

Materially more than a rumor, this 
news is co-incident with the recent de- 
parture for Europe of the above men- 
tioned triumvirate of showmen and 
George Schwartz, a fourth member of 
the party. Ostensibly the foreign trip 
Is in quest of some new and novel at- 
traction for the new Clark street play- 
house which is expected to be In read- 
iness for opening some time in Feb- 
ruary. It is understood from reliable 
sources that the owners have in mind 
the inauguration of a policy not un- 
like the Winter Garden in New York 
City and think very favorably of op- 
erating the theatre along English mu- 
sic hall lines, provided suitable attrac- 
tions can be secured. 

In the latter event, it can readily 
be seen that the new house would be 
a direct and strong opposition to the 
American Music Hall. 

On the other hand, it has been just 
as authentically reported that one of 
the most important places in the itin- 
erary of the European trip will be Vi- 
enna, where negotiations will be 
opened for the rights of an Ameri- 
can production of Franz Lehar's mu- 
sical play "The Man With Three 
Wives," now enjoying a successful run 
in the Viennese city. 



OLIO TAKEN OUT. 

Chicago; Nov. 15. 

The olio of vaudeville acts has been 
dropped at the American Music Hall. 
In its place Monday night was a bur- 
lesque on "The Littlest Rebel" in four 
scenes and entitled "The Big Littlest 
Rebel." 

The musical cddlty "Hanky Panky" 
has been retained and is moved up to 
open the show, with the new travesty 
for a closing piece, following the In- 
termission. The principals appear In 
both pieces. 



MAKING PETER PAY PAUL. 

Where there's a will there's a way 
and in making arrangements to carry 
four musicians along on the road with 
"The Balkan Princess" the Shuberts, 
in order to make up their salaries, 
announced a cut with some of the 
principals, and reduced the weekly sti- 
pend of some of the chorus men and 
women. Incidentally several received 
their "notice," while others declined 
to stand for the cut. 

Eight men and six girls are out of 
the company, while two of the prin- 



cipals, Frits Maclyn, who played the 
Captain, and Robert Mllliken, the Her- 
man of the piece, have handed In their 
"notice." 

The Princess (Louise Gunning — 
still the star), played the West End 
this week. After a week of one night 
stands in New England, the show plays 
the Majestic, Brooklyn, then jumps 
Into Canada, followed by a trip to 
the Pacific Coast. Business has been 
good along the line. 



GOOD FOR THE AUTHOR 

George H. Broadhurst's check for 
last week's royalty on "Bought and 
Paid For" was considerably in ex- 
cess of $1,000. The royalties begin at 
five per cent and run to seven and a 
half. 

When the receipts reach $8,000 on 
the week, the author receives ten per 
cent on the gross takings. Up to date 
they have never gone below that fig- 
are. 



"TOOLS'* TAKE TO THE ROAD. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 
Convinced that their efforts to en- 
tertain are not appreciated by the 
theater going public of this city, the 
English Players, who have been ap- 
pearing for the last few weeks in 
"With Edged Tools," suddenly and 
rather unexpectedly brought their en- 
gagement to an end last Sunday night 
and took to the road, leaving the 
Whitney In darkness for the current 
weea. 



TWO FOREIGN PIECES. 

"Polnlsche Wirtschaft" ("Polish 
Wedding") a musical comedy com- 
posed by Jean Gilbert, which recently 
celebrated Its 450th performance In 
Berlin, will receive an American pres- 
entation around the holidays or per- 
haps later In January by the Dreyfus 
ft Fellner producing Arm. 

"A Modern Eve," another piece by 
Gilbert, produced a few weeks ago at 
the Neues Operetten Theatre, Berlin, 
scoring a big hit there, will not likely 
be seen In New York, until next sea- 
son. The operetta has been accepted 
by A. H. Woods. 



NEW HARRISRTJRG HOUSE. 

Harrlsburg, Pa., Nov. 16. 

Wilmer ft Vincent and Nathan Ap- 
pell, owners of the Orpheum hero, 
have leased from the Hunter Estate 
the Loeh»e1 Hotel building, one of the 
leading hostelrles of the town, and 
contemplate the erection of a theatre 
on the site, at a cost of $75,000. 

The policy of the new plavhouse haB 
not yet .been announced. The loca- 
tion Is next to the Lyric, a moving 
picture house, and in the same block 
with the Victoria and Pastime Photo- 
play, also picture theatres. 



"COUSIN BOBBY" FOR POWERS. 

The Shuberts are preparing to put 
a show together for James T. Powers, 
notwithstanding any of the confer- 
ences he has had with Cohan ft Harris 
or anybody else. 

They have already placed some of 
the people with their Wintergarden 
road show which closed in Philadel- 
phia in the Powers company, and as- 
sured some of the chorus withdraw- 
ing from the "Balkan Princess" com- 
pany a place with the new piece, which 
they have styled "Cousin Bobby." It Is 
an adapted play. 

A copyright performance of "Cousin 
Bobby" was given by the Shuberts In 
Corse Payton's Lee Avenue theatre, 
Brooklyn, early last August. 



VAUDEVILLE IN SCHWAB'S. 

South Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 15. 

All the legitimate attractions book- 
ed for the Grand Opera House have 
been cancelled. It will offer straight 
vaudeville hereafter. 

This Is the house which Charles 
Schwab, the steel magnate, bought 
and ousted the lessee a year or so ago 
when the latter offended him. He 
still retains his interest In the theatre. 



FIXING UP •♦THE FIRST LADY." 

Syracuse. Nov. 15. 

"The First Lady in the Land." by 
Charles Frederic Nlrdllnger. Is under- 
going so me drastic alterations while 
playing here. 

Ben Teal has been called In to do 
the tinkering. The organization is be- 
ing put through "the third degree" In 
the matter of day and night rehearsals 
for the incorporation of the revisions 
to the manuscript. 



DERATED ON "CHTLD LABOR." 

Philadelphia, Nov. 15. 
Jane Adams, of Hull House fame, 
who bears a national reputation for 
her work among the children of the 
dark corners, met In debate Norman 
Hapgood, editor of Collier's Weekly, 
Otis Skinner, the actor, and Agnes 
Reppller before the Contemporary 
Club at the Bellevue-Stratford, Mo- 
day last. "Child Labor on the Stage" 
was the subject. 



ACTS IN ALCAZAR. 

San Francisco, Nov. 15. 
Christmas Eve "pop" vaudeville 
will take the staere of the Alcazar 
theatre. It will be booked by the 
Western States Vaudeville Associa- 
tion. 



SIMONE MOVES. 

Mme. Simone closes her engagement 
at Daly's Saturday night and moves 
to the Majestic. Brooklvn. for a week, 
afterward to the West End theatre. She 
will then start an eight weeks' road 
tour which will take In Chlcaeo for 
an Indefinite stay. Her road Itinerary 
Is being arranged bv the Lleblers. 

Viola Allen in "The Lady of Coven- 
try" follows the Simone company at 
Daly's, opening next Tuesday. 



ANOTHER CARTOON PLAY. 

"Desperate Desmond" has been 
placed on the market for a musical 
comedy production. It is reported 
Gordon ft North have or are about 
to acquire the right of the newspaper 
cartoon series. 



DID $0,400 CLOSING WEEK. 

Chicago, Nov. *15. 

"Gypsy Love" with Marguerite 

Sylva opened at the Olympic Monday. 

Another of A. H. Woods' shows, "The 

Littlest Rebel" left the house to make 

room for It, after a stay of twelve 
weeks. "The Littlest Rebel" did $9,- 
400 last week. It opened at the 
Liberty, New York, Tuesday. 

"Gypsy Love," at the Globe, and 
which vacated that theatre Saturday 
to open in Chicago, materially picked 
up in receipts last week, playing to 
over $9,000, an increase of $3,100 i.n 
the gross of the week previous. "The 
Three Romeos" started a run at tho 
Globe, Monday. 

Tuesday morning Charles B. Dil- 
lingham was repentant. Monday night 
Mr. Dillingham saw "The Three Ro- 
meos" at his Globe theatre. The next 
day he Is reported to have constantly 
referred to the release of Marguerite 
Sylva in "Gypsy Love" from the same 
theatre, to let in "The Romeos." Mr. 
Dillingham tried to make a daffydill 
of the charge, it is said, but could 
not get beyond, "if Romeo's me." 

Speaking of the show Tuesday, the 
Globe critic remarked (in a vein that 
the management might quote in the 
advertisements): "'The Three Ro- 
meos' is the best musical comedy I 
have slept through this season." 

There is a very good chance that 
Mr. Woods will take the unusual 
course of returning "Gypsy Love" to 
New York, though not to the Globe. 

With the expense of the production, 
along with the decided increase in re- 
ceipts of Its final New York week, and 
many requests by mall to explain why 
It had left town, the manager feels 
warranted in locating a theatre for 
the Sylva show's return date. It may 
come back upon the conclusion of the 
Chicago run. 

Chicago, Nov. 16. 

It Is conceded A. H. Woods put over 
a winner last night at the Chicago 
Opera House with Marguerite Sylva 
in Franz Lehar's light opera "Gypsy 
Love." The house was sold out and 
the first night audience Included sev- 
eral prominent society folks. All in- 
dications are that the piece is in for 
a long run. 

It Is an admittedly splendid pro- 
duction with a very capable support- 
ing company. The star was in good 
voice and scored strongly. Other 
honors were carried off by Arthur Al- 
bro, Carl Hayden, George BIckel, 
Dorothy Webb and Frances Demarest. 

Mr. Woods' production of "The 
Littlest Rebel," brought from Chicago 
to the Liberty theatre, New York, 
opened on the same night, with every 
prospect of a successful run in the 
metropolis. Dustin and William Far- 
num are the stars, but the biggest 
honors were accorded Mary Miles 
Minter. a child actress. William H. 
Mack and George Thatcher also came 
In for favorable comment from thr 

critics. 

A PIECE FOR MINNIE DUPREE. 

Minnie Dupree, formerly identlfiVil 
with legitimate roles, opened Nov. 1<» 
at NVw Haven, in a new dramatk 
piece, "The Indiscreet Mrs. Tyne." 



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LONDON STOPS NAKED DANCE; 
ENGLISH CITY N UDE-CRAZED 

County Council Orders Nerique to Stop "The Dawn of 
Love 19 at Palladium. Sahara Djeli's Act at 

Hippodrome Censored. 



(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 16. 

London has a craze once more for 
the nude. Last week it was Napler- 
kowska at the Palace in "The Bee 
Dance." 

This week it is Nerigue, at the Pal- 
ladium, who appeared nearly naked 
in "The Dawn of Love." 

The London County Council at the 
instigation of the Rev. Dr. Meyer, 
who alleged Nerigue's dancing sketch 
was a realistic story of Adam and 
Bve, ordered it stopped. 

At the Hippodrome Sahary Djeli in 
"Syria" had that portion of her per- 
formance where she Is carried Ma- 
zeppa-like a-horseback cut out, though 
the piece is still very risque. 



"JACINTA" OPENS NEXT WEEK. 

The new John Cort musical show, 
"Jaclnta," opens a week from today 
in New Britain, Conn. 

Several Shubert houses are being 
considered for the New York premiere 
which will be made after about a 
month's road trouping. 



8HUBERT8 HAVE PAPER PLAY. 

Charles Klein, who has secured 
from Montague Glass the right to 
dramatize the Potash & Perlmutter 
stories, has closed a contract with the 
Shuberts to produce the play. 
. Mr. Olass has of late been withhold- 
ing his Potash & Perlmutter series, 
substituting other descriptive tales in 
the Saturday Evening Post. Just prior 
to the presentation of the piece the P. 
4 P. sketches will again be published, 
with the idea of reviving interest in 
them, thereby creating a demand to 
see the characters on the stage. 



TAKKINGTONS DIVORCED. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 
A degree of absolute divorce was 
granted to Mrs. Louise Fletcher Tark- 
ington, wife of Booth Tarkington, by 
an Indianapolis judge yesterday. Mrs. 
Tarkington did not ask for alimony. 
The custody of their flve-year-old 
daughter is given to the mother. 



LIEBLER'S SNAKE CHARMER. 

"Princess Zimzim," a new play by 
Edward Sheldon, author of "The Boss" 
4nd "The Nigger," with a Coney Is- 
land snake charmer as its central char- 
acter, is to be produced by Liebler 
& Co. 

Dorothy Donnelly has been engaged 
for the leading feminine role. Re- 
hearsals have been ordered and the 
show will in all probability receive a 
New York showing before the first of 
the year. 



"BARRIERS" CHANGED TIME. 

Through a cancellation of time east 
of Unlontown, Pa., which led to a re- 
port that Gilson & Bradfleld's "Bar- 
riers Burned Away" had closed, the 



management swung the show into 
southern territory where the business 
has been more satisfactory. The show 
plays Alton, 111., Thanksgiving Day. 
A. Mayo Bradfield says the firm has 
never closed a company in the mid- 
dle of the season. The company is 
now wild-catting westward. 



KLEIN REWRITING SHOW. 

Following a report in Varibtt from 
Boston that Charles Klein's new play, 
"The Outsiders," which was given a 
trial presentation in the Hub, was 
away below his standard, comes an 
announcement from the author this 
week the play will not be produced 
in New York as early as intended, as 
he will first rewrite the last two acts. 

Klein hoped to have the play pro- 
duced at Christmas time but it will be 
about three months before it will be 
shown. 

Klein sails for Europe on the Olym- 
pic, Dec. 9, to be gone two months. 



59 CASES; ALL LOOK GOOD. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 

The dark days for Col. W. A. 
Thompson, Dr. Wellington T. Stew- 
art and Edward H. Marhoefer, pro- 
moters and backers of the Thompson 
Opera Co., which recently withdrew 
from the local theatrical field of oper- 
ations for divers reasons, became still 
darker yesterday when Judge Stewart 
in the Municipal Court, in the case 
of Herbert Holmes vs. Thompson 
Opera Co., ruled the plaintiff was en- 
titled to $28 out of his suit for $60. 

Holmes played with the erstwhile 
opera company at the Angelus thea- 
tre. The Thompson Opera Co. faces 
fifty-nine other suits, totaling $3,- 
781.65, which will be pressed this 
week by Adolph Marks, attorney. 



SUCCESSOR TO "KISS WALTZ." 

"The Kiss Waltz" Is destined to 
leave the Casino in five weeks, per- 
haps earlier, according to present 
plans, giving way to the new DeKoven 
opera, "The Wedding Trip" although 
no road trip has yet been mapped 
out for the "Kiss" Casino musical suc- 
cess. 



DICKSON HAS ANOTHER. 

Charles Dickson is at work on still 
another musical comedy, already 
named "A Lovely American." 



ALL NEW IN FT. PLAIN. 

Fort Plain, N. Y., Nov. 15. 

The Fort Plain theatre, brand new 
and on the ground floor without any 
business offices attached, opens Nov. 
27 with Cyril Scott in "A Gentleman, 
of Leisure," with the Grace George 
company to follow Dec. 1. 

The Fort Plain shows are booked 
here by C. O. Tennis, the New York 
representative of the theatre. 



LA SALLE COMING DOWN. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 

The La Salle opera house will short- 
ly make way for an eighteen-story 
modern theatre and office building. 
Joseph P. Harris made the announce- 
ment this week. His statement has 
been verified by Harry Askin. No 
date has been given for the commence- 
ment of the demolishment, which 
takes place about the same time the 
Chicago Opera House is razed. 

Charles P. Taft, brother of the Pres- 
ident is the present owner. 



$15,000 FOR SHAKESPEARE. 

E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe 
appearing at the Manhattan Opera 
House in Shakespearian plays gathered 
in $16,000 at the box office last week, 
the start of a month's engagement. 
The management expect an average 
of that amount during the engage- 
ment. 



WAITING FOR IRISH PLAYERS. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 

The Ancient Order of Hibernians 
are on the lookout for "The Irish 
Players" who are presenting "The 
Birthright" and "The Playboy of the 
Western World." 

John J. Mahoney, state president of 
the Hibernians, announced anything 
that belittles or Insults the Irish race 
will be resented by local members of 
the order. 



FRITZFS THROAT GOES WRONG. 

Fritzi Scheff got started on her 
road tour last week, but her throat 
got out of plumb last Sunday with 
the result that the Shuberts were 
forced to cancel Poughkeepsie, Pitts- 
field and Worcester, Mass., the first 
half of this week. 

Binghamton, Nov. 15. 

Although paper was up here for 
another attraction, the Shuberts 
forced the road management to call 
off the date In order that Fritzi Scheff 
could play here Nov. 11. 

The house was advertised for two 
shows. The Scheff company appeared. 



TWO ORPHANS' COMPANY. 

Kate Claxton's famous melodrama, 
"The Two Orphans," under the Joint 
management of Spencer A. Cone and 
Harrie R. Pierce, opened Nov. 16 at 
Trenton, N. J. 

The principals are Eugenia Camp- 
bell, Harriet Neville, Caroline Friend. 
Lldalee Gilyard, Reld Hall, Arthur S. 
Ross, W. P. Nunn. 



"SHERRY'S" $12,000 WEEK. 

The southern "Mme. Sherry" com- 
pany played to $1.',000 last week, 
stopping at Galveston. Houston, San 
Antonio and Waco. 



HOUSE'S OPENING SET. 

** Boston, Nov. 15. 

The Rankin Bros, new house at 
Southhridge. Mass.. will open Nov. 2S 
with John E. Kellerd. The theatre 
will seat 1,100. 



The action brought by John J. Ries- 
lor against the National Printing Co. 
for false arrest was dismissed in the 
Supreme Court Monday Riesler will 
appeal. 



"BOY BLUE'S" BOOK BAD. 

Baltimore, Nov. 15. 

"Little Boy Blue," the tuneful Vien- 
nese operetta which has been running 
in Vienna, Berlin and Paris as "Lord 
Piccolo" was prac tically given It's 
American premier at the Auditorium, 
Monday. 

The music is rich in melody but 
the American adaptors, A. E. Thomas 
and Edward Paulton, have failed to 
measure up to the standard set by the 
composer. The libretto requires much 
building up. 

The Bettings were beautiful and the 
costuming in order. 

Otis Harlan as a detective has the 
burden of the comedy. He succeeded 
admirably in spite of very meagre 
material. Gertrude Bryan proved 
winsome and charming in the name 
part and Charles Meakins despite ex- 
treme nervousness scored as the Mar- 
quis. The rest of the company was 
thoroughly adequate, with a chorus 
well trained and good to look upon. 

The piece will require considerable 
tinkering before it will be in shape 
for metropolitan presentation. 



CLOSED, TO SAVE TROUBLE. 

Norrlstown, Pa., Nov. 16. 

The Grand, owned by the Sablosky 
Brothers, has called all legitimate bets 
off as a result of a disagreement with 
the stage hands. 

Rather than have any trouble when 
a show played here the bookings were 
cancelled and the house left in dark- 
ness. There is no tolling when the 
theatre will reopen. 



LEGIT HOUSE IN LOWELL. 

Lowell, Mass., Nov. 1~>. 

A new theatre is to be constructed 
here for the housing of large legiti- 
mate attractions. The location is 
Bridge street bejtween French and 
Canal. 

Mr. Brookings, agent for the Sirk 
properties, has reached a definite ir- 
derstanding with the promoters of the 
enterprise, said to be New York the;*' 
rical men connected with the Klaw A: 
Erlanger syndicate. 

It is expected contracts \\ i i ' he 
closed before the end of the vm rreat 
week. According to the temporal. 
plans, the seating capacity will V one 
third larger than any theatre her*-. 



ELTIXCJK'S RIM BUSINESS. 

Back to the road and breaking 
records again is Julian Eltinge 
with "The Fascinating Widow." Mr. 
Eltinge is at the Grand Opera House 
New York, this week. The theatre 
had nearly a sell-out for the term 
before the show opened. 

At the Newark theatre (Newark) 
(since leaving fhe Liberty, New York) 
"The Widow" took the house record. 
The show did $12,000 at the Broad- 
way, Brooklyn, for the week there, 
and has been inn king ^more money 
for the management since leaving 
New York, through terms of from 
five to ten per cent, more of the gross 
having been obtained. 

While at the Liberty for several 
weeks, it is claimed the Eltinge show 
averaged $8,100 weekly. 



Yon're a hit "out thrrw* 

Hot who known It? 

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SHOWS CLOSING IN FLOCKS; 

COUNT RY'S CO NDITION BAD 

44 The Country Boy," "The Commuters," "Dawn of 
A Tomorrow," "The Firing Line/* "The Challenge," 
44 The Man Between/' "Man on the Box" and 
Others Expire Before "Thanksgiving" 



Henry B. Harris is getting to be 
this season's best little closer. "The 
Country Boy," playing around some- 
where has been called in, the New 
York success not drawing sufficient 
business to warrant a further stay on 
the night stands. 

"The Commuters," another of the 
Harris road attractions at present, has 
received information It will disband 
at Seattle, Dec. 3d week. 



"The Challenge" by Edward Childs 
Carpenter, with Guy Bates Post In the 
leading role, will close its season in 
Syracuse Saturday night. The com- 
pany will be brought to New York and 
disbanded. The piece has not come 
up to expectations and A. H. Woods 
does not see any future for it. 



Members of "The Dawn of a To-mor- 
row" company pulled into New York 
Wednesday with the report the com- 
pany had closed its road tour. With 
the prospects showing no improve- 
ment, the members say the tour was 
abandoned. 

It is believed that Gertrude Elliott, 
who is now appearing in "The Rebel- 
lion," will take up the piece and tour 
in the title role. She will make 
known her position in thlB matter 
within a month. 

The road company report that 
salaries were paid. 

It is understood that new time Is 
being routed for the company in the 
south, the company to be reorganized 
or Miss Elliott taking her own band 
of players over the road in the former 
Eleanor Robson play. The new book- 
ings start about Dec. 1. 

Several members of "The Wolf" 
company straggled into New York 
Wednesday from Sharon, Pa., saying 
that they had been eighteen hours 
reaching Broadway again. They said 
that the management of the company 
had announced a cut in salaries as 
business wasn't up to expectations. As 
their wages were not of gigantic pro- 
portions, several notices were imme- 
diately forthcoming and the resigning 
players turned toward New York. 

Frederic Thompson's "Spendthrift" 
company closed its season unexpected- 
ly last Saturday (Nov. 11) at the Ma- 
jestic, Jersey City. The closing week's 
business was good but with the road 
conditions far from promising at pres- 
ent, Thompson decided to call the 
company in. He may decide to send 
the show out later if business perks 
up a bit down New England way. 

With the closing of the Thompson 
company's road tour last Saturday, 
"Spendthrift" was turned over to 
stock managers this week. 

"The Firing Line," which A. G. 
Pelamater has been sending through 



the south, will be brought back to 
the storehouse. The company has 
been notified the closing date is Nov. 
18. 

Notwithstanding that "Graustark" 
and "Brewster's Millions" proved 
profitable on the road, the people 
where "The Firing Line" located, 
failed to take to the dramatized ver- 
sion of Robert Chambers' novel.. 

It seems a funny proposition for 
some book plays to bring the bacon 
home and others to get the sign of 
the crossed finger when the sale of 
the novels In question has been un- 
usually large. "The Firing Line" 
received much of its popularity 
through the Saturday Evening Post. 



Chicago, Nov. 15. 

"The Sunny Side Of Broadway," 
promoted by Boyle Woolfork and Ol- 
lie Mack, which opened early in tne 
season, failed to shine financially and 
was closed in Appleton, Wis. 

Undaunted by the recalling of the 
show, Woolfork ft Mack have organ- 
ized a minstrel show which they will 
send to the coast. 

Racine, Wis., Nov. 15. 
"Three Weeks." was booked here 
with the Trousdale Brothers, but the 
show' closed so suddenly the custo- 
mary notification was not given the 
theatre management. 

South Bend, Ind., Nov. 15. 
Beulah Poynter and John Bowers' 
"Hoosler Schoolmaster" failed to do 
business and the company was closed 
here. With the piece unable to draw 
In the state from which the character 
was drawn, the management figured 
that it was useless outside. 

Clarksville, Tenn., Nov. 15 a 
"The Man On The Box," with Her- 
bert Bethune playing the lead, called 
all dates off here. No further routing 
was arranged owing to the Illinois 
Central employees strike claiftned to 
have made it impossible to move the 
advance billing and the company's 
baggage to the next stand. 

Notwithstanding the railway diffi- 
culty, salaries are said to have been 
paid in full and a profit shared by the 
show owners. 

The company can't understand why 
the management didn't cancel a town 
or two and get out of the strike zone, 
without closing down completely. 

Toledo, Nov. 15. 
"The Cowboy and the Thief," man- 
aged by Rowland & Clifford of Chi- 
cago, found the legitimate going too 
rocky and closed here, after playing 
to a loss over the Stair & Havlin 
Circuit. 



Chicago, Nov. 15. 
Things did not seem to break sat- 
isfactorily here for Eugenia Blair in 
"The Light Eternal." She left the 
show, succeeded by Louise Dunbar, 
late of the Baldwin-Melville company. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 
"The Forbes Case" company, which 
John T. Prince, a local newspaperman 
organized, has returned, after an un- 
successful attempt to weather the 
"one-nlghtera.* 



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Philadelphia, Nov. 15. 
"The Man Between," Vaughan 
Glaser's new show, which has been 
playing Stair ft Havlin houses, closed 
here and the company disbanded. 

St. Louis, Nov. 15. 
"The Heart Of Chicago," the melo- 
drama Lincoln J. Carter wrote, and 
which started out of Chicago a few 
weeks ago, suspends operations here 
Saturday night. 

Although "A Gentleman Of Leisure" 
closed its tour suddenly last week in 
Baltimore, William A. Brady intends 
to have the Cyril Scott company re- 
sume its trouplng over its former 
route, going into Chicago to follow 
"Over Night" at the Princess theatre 
there sometime in December. 

"The Gentleman" show will lay off 
the two weeks that were scheduled 
for New England territory, business 
in that neck o' th' woods not holding 
any encouragement. 

"My Cinderella Girl," Frederick V. 
Bowers' musical show, seems to have 
missed connections somewhere, ac- 
cording to the reports received on 
Broadway this week. 

One had it that the show had closed, 
another that it would close this week 
while in several towns where it was 
booked, came a wire to the New York 
booking end asking where the agent 
was and whether the show was still 
in existence. 

The show left New York under 
favorable conditions but like others 
that have gone before evidently hit 
territory that hasn't been of the sort 
to cheer the aching heart of any road 
manager. 

A report gained credence along the 
Rialto this week that the Lew Hearn 
and Bonlta show has been unable to 
buffet the present road hardships and 
that it had closed some miles from 
the New York shores. 

It is also reported that Lew and 
Bonlta will return to vaudeville if they 
give up their legitimate traveling. 



ROAD TROUPES FORMING. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 

"The Tramp and The Lady," with 
George Ciucci as principal comedian, 
opened Nov. 12. It will play the. 
smaller one night stands in the cen- 
tral states. 

Oliver Labadie with E. E. Mere- 
dith as a silent partner, is organizing 
two companies to present the tramp 
piece on the "one nlghters" in the 
middlewest. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 
A company is being formed here 
to produce "Other People's Money" 



on the one-night standi in the mid* 
dlewest. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 
Though "The Girl Who Dared" was 
forced to close in New England terri- 
tory, F. A. Wade and Herbert Carter 
are getting another company together 
which will start about Nov. 30 for a 
trip to the Pacific Coast. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 
Klimt ft Gazzola, proprietors of the 
Imperial here, have formed a com- 
pany to present "No Mother To Guide 
Her" through the Stair ft Havlin 
houses. The company opens Nov. 19 
in Louisville. 

STILL ROWING OVER DANCER& 

As the result of trouble with Joseph 
Mandelkern, manager of Lydla Lo- 
poukowa, the Russian dancer, Max 
Rabinoff has severed all connections * 
with Mandelkern and incidentally has 
decided to get along without the ser- 
vices of the dancer on the road, for 
the present. 

Things reached a fever pitch at Buf- 
falo Nov. 11 when a "program mis- 
take" failed to present Lopoukowa in 
certain dances with Mikail Mordkin. 
Mandelkern, entering a private box, 
addressed the audience and declared 
that his star was being kept out of the 
show through jealousy. Mandelkern 
was arrested, and on hiB way out of 
the theatre was struck by Rabinoff. 

Mandelkern was arraigned in court 
the next day, fined $26 and costs, be- 
ing released under $300 bail. 

The Mordkin All-Star Russian bal- 
let went on to Chicago, where it ap- 
peared this week without Lopoukowa 
in the lineup. Miss Jame, a protege 
of Mordkln's, has been filling Lopou- 
kowa's place. The latter, however, 
appeared in the Buffalo performance 
and may be reinstated in the company 
if Mandelkern does not interfere. 

Mandelkern arrived in New York 
this week, and further trouble was 
expected, but the former is trying to 
patch up the matter so former rela- 
tions between himself and Rabinoff 
may be resumed. 

Suit has been filed by the Madison 
Square Garden Co. against Max Rab- 
inowitz, manager of the Imperial Rus- 
sian Dancer 8 and the Balalaika Or* 
chestra, in an effort to recover $1,750 
on account of the failure of the danc- 
ers and orchestra to appear for the 
three nights contracted at the Garden. 

Rabinowitz paid a deposit of $250 
to bind the rental of $3,000, but was 
compelled to forego the engagement 
owing to a series of difficulties with 
his people. The Garden people sub- 
let the amphitheatre for one of the 
nights for $1,000, and hence place 
their loss at the Bum they now seek 
in the courts. 



8WITCHING TO "POP." 

Philadelphia, Nov. 16. 

Hart's theatre in the Kensington 
district here which has been playing 
melodramatic attractions, switches to 
"pop" vaudeville Dec. 4 with acts 
from the M. W. Taylor agency. 

This house is within close proxim- 
ity to the People's, controlled by the 
Nlxon-Nlrdlinger interests, 



VARIETY 



ii 



CLEVELAND HIPPODROME 

RETA INED BY B. F. KEITH 

Court Decides It is a Question of Proper Theatrical 

Entertainment. F. Ray Comstock Behind Walter 

Rosenberg In a Plan to Grab the Big Theatre. 



Cleveland, Nov. 16. 

The Hippodrome will continue to be 
a B. F. Keith holding. Judge Estep 
in the Common Pleas Court yesterday 
decided the lease should be delivered 
by the receivers to Mr. Keith, the 
present lessee. In the opinion, the 
court said: "It is not purely a ques- 
tion of money; it is a question of 
proper theatrical entertainment." 

In court yesterday were E. F. Al- 
bee, F. Ray Comstock and Walter 
Rosenberg. Messrs. Rosenberg and 
Comstock are reported to have been 
together on the deal to grab off the 
Hip. 

Saturday A. L. Erlanger and Pat 

Casey arrived in town. It was im- 
mediately reported about that Messrs. 
Erlanger and Casey were here in the 
Interests of Mr. Keith on the Hippo- 
drome matter. This is Erlanger's 
home town. 

Maurice Goodman, who represented 
Keith, was in court, opposed by Jo- 
seph Klein, appearing for Rosenberg. 

The showmen here say that Mr. 
Keith does not particularly want the 
Hippodrome, excepting to keep Cleve- 
land, as a first class vaudeville prop- 
osition, under his control. The big 
Hip with its enormous capacity would 
be a menace to all other vaudeville 
houses here, especially as a "small 
time" house. The other Keith house, 
Prospect, is reported to have been 
leased to Stair & Havlin for next sea- 
son at an annual rental of $20,000, 
Mr. Keith carrying the house at $30,- 
000. It Is now playing "pop" vaude- 
ville. 

As a business venture it is said by 
those who know that the Hippodrome 
has not made a dollar for Mr. Keith 
since he assumed it. The house was 
"opposition" in the days of Klaw & 
Erlanger's "Advanced Vaudeville." 
Max Faetenhauer promoted it for 
Cleveland, but bullded larger than the 
town. The Hippodrome represents 
as it stands $1,600,000. 

It is claimed by his friends that the 
nerve racking strain of presiding over 
the immense Hip caused Harry Dan- 
iels, its manager, to take a three 
weeks' rest in the hospital, from which 
he only just emerged. 

The new lease to Keith will be on 
the terms originally proposed by the 
vaudeville manager. They are $40,- 
000 the first of the ten-year period, 
and to reach $50,000 by the expira- 
tion. Rosenberg bid $50,000 flat. 

The matter In court was caused by 
a bid made for the property by Wal- 
ter Rosenberg, of New York, after 
the receivers had recommended Mr. 
Keith be given a further lease of ten 
years upon the property. The Rosen- 
berg bid was $5,000 beyond that of 



Keith. The case was given a hear- 
ing last week before Judge Estep, and 
adjourned for further investigation of 
the applicant, Rosenberg. 

Had Rosenberg and Comstock se- 
cured the Hippodrome, it is doubtful 
if they would have been in a position 
to handle it. When Walter Rosenberg 
was asked by a Variety; representative 
where he could obtain first class 
vaudeville bookings to play the Hip- 
podrome, he answered "Park & Til- 
ford's." 

Mr. Comstock is said to have been 
a "dummy" for the Shuberts on sev- 
eral leases, though the Shuberts are 
not connected with the Hippodrome 
deal. Several New York people were 
approached by Rosenberg last Friday 
and Saturday and offered "a piece" 
of the Hippodrome proposition. It 
was then understood Mr. Rosenberg 
thought he had the Hippodrome as 
good as collected for himself, and 
wanted to raise $60,000 in cash to 
deposit as the first year's rental. No- 
body has been located who took an 
interest. 

Morris Gest, a partner of Corn- 
stock's, is reported to have disclaimed 
all connection with his partner's pai- 
ticipatlon in the Cleveland affair. 

The attempt to grab the Hip 
aroused much comment around New 
York. The impression created by 
Rosenberg's activity was that he was 
waiting for the Keith people "to come 
and see him." 

The result will have a depressing 
effect upon promoters who are look- 
ing for theatre properties, the first 
claim on a further tenure of which is 
generally conceded to belong to the 
man In possession. 

Meanwhile it is reported Walter 
Rosenberg's name has been scratched 
off the welcome visiting list, by vir- 
tue of which entree is had to the 
floor of the United Booking Offices. 



RECOVERED FOR A TRUNK. 

George Kingsbury received a ver- 
dict of $1,182 against the Warwick 
Transient Co. for the selling of prop- 
erty belonging to him. About a year 
ago Mr. Kingsbury had a production 
in the south. Shipping the trunks 
back to New York one went astray. 
The same trunk was later traced to 
the Warwick Transient Company's 
warehouse, but it was found that af- 
ter almost a year, it had been sold 
at public auction for $15. 

The trunk contained properties val- 
ued at about $1,600. The New York 
Central had turned the trunk over to 
the Transient Co. for storage. House, 
Gr 088 man & Vorhaus appeared for 
Mr. Kingsbury. 



Be wine— «dvrrll»e. 

Others h«v«. 

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SHOWS IN PHILADELPHIA. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 15. 

The making-over of the English 
comedy "Peggy," now in its third 
week in the Chestnut Street Opera 
House, has brought Ethel Green in 
the role of "Peggy," Harriet Burt as 
Doris, and Sam Collins in the comedy 
role of "Umbles." The work of 
Americanizing the book is expected 
to bring good results, but the piece 
has not impressed anyone as a hit. 

"The Round Up" is back at the 
Forrest and was the only new offering 
of the week. The western melodrama 
started off strong. 

"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" 
in the Broad, Just below the Forrest, 
has hit the pulse of the theatregoers 
here and it is sure to have a suc- 
cessful stay just as long as the man- 
agement cares to keep it. The Wal- 
ter play will probably prove one of 
the big "hits" of the season, despite 
its being opened in a house where 
the clientele is not particularly of a 
melodramatic loving kind. 

"Tillie's Nightmare" will wind up 
its two weeks' stay in the Lyric Sat- 
urday night, after enjoying fair busi- 
ness. "The Wedding Trip" comes 
In next Tuesday. "Baby Mine" will 
also end its stay in the Adelphi, Mar- 
garet Illington in "Kindling" being 
named as Its successor. "Baby Mine" 
and "Excuse Me" have been doing 
very well for several weeks. 

The Walnut will open next Monday 
with "Snobs," after being dark two 
weeks following the failure of 
"Graft." 



THE COLLIER-FULTON BOOKING. 

Considerable comment was caused 
by the booking of William Collier into 
the Fulton theatre, which was necessi- 
tated by great success of "Bunty Pulls 
the Strings" at the Comedy. Col- 
lier's contract calls for a run at the 
Comedy at any time the star may 
elect. Just what inducements were 
held out to persuade him to go into 
another house is not public gossip. 

Contrary to the general Impression 
Collier's engagement at the Comedy 
was not prolonged for booming pur- 
poses, but was a very profitable one 
for both the star and the house. The 
comedian is not an especially big 
drawing card outside New York, his 
quick, flip style not being easily 
grasped by the inhabitants of any 
other city outside New York except 
Chicago. In this respect he resembles 
the late Peter F. Dailey who was al- 
ways a prime favorite with New York- 
ers. 

A booking of a Shubert show in the 
Fulton, which is managed by Henry 
B. Harris, a syndicate ally, is looked 
upon as portending some sort of an 
understanding between the Shuberts 
and Harris. Lee Shubert and Harris 
were seen dining togther at the Kai- 
serhof last week ; shortly after the Col- 
lier-Fulton booking was announced. 
Mr. Collier is under the management 
of Lew Fields. 



ALL BOSTON DOING BUSINESS. 

Boston, Nov. 15. 

If there are any good shows In New 
York that are not making money, it 
would be advisable for the managers 
to send their productions to Boston. 
Never in the history of the city has 
business been so good. 

Monday night it was impossible to 
procure a seat in any theatre in town 
for love or money. Even the specu- 
lators sold out. 

_ At thft Globe, where Gus Hill is 
showing "Mutt and Jeff" there was a 
crowd waiting for a turn to the box 
office that extended for two blocks. 

At the Colonial the speculators 
managed to procure some of the 
tickets for the "Slim Princess," where 
Elsie Janis is holding forth. "Get- 
Rich-Quick Wallingford" at the Park, 
and "Madame Sherry" at the Tre- 
mont, both holdovers, played to ca- 
pacity. It was the same everywhere. 
S. R. O. if you wanted it. 

The good business here has them all 
talking. There Is nothing around 
in the convention line or other attrac- 
tion to the city that can explain the 
capacity business. Just making mon- 
ey — that's all. 



FRISCO SHOWS THIS WEEK. 

San Francisco, Nov. 15. 

Dave Lewis opened here in "Don't 
Lie to Your Wife." The show, its 
first appearance here, made a decided 
Impression. Business good as a re- 
sult. 

"Bright Eyes" is still at the Colum- 
bia but adverse press opinions have 
hurt business. 

Grace Van Studdiford In "The Par- 
adise of Mahomet" is doing well at 
the Cort. The show pleased from the 
first. 

Burr Mcintosh in William H. 
Crane's former role in George Ade's 
comedy, "Father and the Boys," is 
entertaining big houses at the Alcazar. 



CHICAGO SHOWS. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 

Blanche Ring commenced an indef- 
inite engagement Sunday at the Gar- 
rick in "The Wall Street Girl," a new 
musical play by Margaret Mayo and 
Edgar Selwyn, Hapgood Burt and 
Karl Moschna. Charles Winninger is 
responsible for the staging of the pro- 
duction and Jack Mason is credited 
with having put on the musical num- 
bers. The supporting company is a 
strong one that includes Harry Gil- 
foil. The show was accorded a favor- 
able reception the opening night. 

John Mason in "As a Man Thinks" 
succeeded Harry Lauder Monday at 
the Lyric and is here indefinitely. The 
local newspapers have taken kindly 
to the show this week and a suc- 
cessful engagement of indefinite 
length is prospective. 

Louise Dresser in "The Lovely 
Liar" opened at the Olympic this 
week. The show was not favorably 
passed upon by the local critics, al- 
though there was much praise extend- 
ed to the company, with Miss Dresser 
singled out. 



When Lewis Waller, playing here 
n "The Garden Of Allah" returns to 
London next season he will be seen 
there in an English production of the 
play, Waller arranging for the produc- 
ing rights himself. 



Griff, the Juggler, hns decided to 
become an American citizen and in a 
few weeks the balance of his family 
will come to America to take up their 
home in New York. 



12 



VARIETY 



BIGGEST BURLESQUE WINNER 
ON RECO RD IS D AVE MARION 

Estimated Marion's "Dreamlands" Will Net Over 
$50,000 Profit on the Eastern Wheel this 
Season. Did $3,700 at Hoboken, Break- 
ing House Mark^by $900. 



The tour of Dave Marion's "Dream- 
land Burlesquers" over the Eastern 
Burlesque Wheel is becoming the sen- 
sation of burlesque. It is estimated 
Marion will clear over $50,000 this 
season, if his present ratio of box office 
returns is kept up. 

Last week at the Empire, Hoboken, 
Mr. Marion drew $3,700 to the house, 
which meant a turnaway at every per- 
formance, it broke the house record 
by $900. This week at Hurtig & Sea- 
son's Music Hall where the Marion 
show is, the record for receipts is $5,- 
400, established by Gordon & North's 
"Merry Whirl" at the close of the 
show's summer run at the Columbia, 
and when it had the first whack at 
the uptown house for the opening of 
the season. 

The Marion show, transferred by 
its owner from the Western to the 
Eastern Wheel for this season, has 
been breaking house records all along 
the Eastern route. These records 
nave been standing since Fred Irwin's 
'Majesties" of a few seasons ago filed 
them. That memorable season Mr. 
Irwin cleaned up over $30,000 with 
nis show, considered as high as a bur- 
lesque attraction, at the admission 
scale, could go. 

When playing Schenectady, N. Y., 
.ately, Marion got $2,000 for the 
first three days. That would be equal 
to the Columbia doing $15,000 on the 
week in comparison. The last three 
days of the same week, Marion did 
$1,800 at Albany. All over this 
"Death Trail" of the Eastern circuit, 
Marion has been surprising the man- 
agers with his drawing powers. He 
has yet to tackle the best time on the 
Wheel. 

It appears to be conceded that 
Marion, unless something happens, 
will lead the Eastern Wheel mana- 
gers for , 11- , 12. 

The really startling results obtained 
at the Empire, Hoboken, by the Mar- 
ion show has started much discussion. 
It proves that a show does draw. 
Hoboken had been given up as hope- 
less by the Columbia Amusement Co., 
which is merely playing out its con- 
tract. The reputation of the town 
(without Sunday shows) is such that 
Marlon did not want to play it. He 
informed the Columbia Co. to that 
effect, it is said, but was ordered to 
keep the engagement. 

The Empire has given a show as 
high as $2,800, but not recently. This 
season it started off somewhat beyond 
last year, until some weeks ago a 
troupe struck the town, and closed 
the Monday matinee at four p. m. 
This company rrented an impression 
in the city which caused the inhabi- 
tants to hang around the stage door 
with sticks, stones and old eggs. 



In the capacity of comedian-owner, 
Mr. Marion's chief competitors are 
Billy Watson, of the Western Wheel, 
and Al Reeves. On the opposition 
circuit, Mr. Watson is the biggest 
money maker. He has gone to $28,- 
000 profit in one season, held down 
for larger returns through the size of 
some Empire Circuit theatres. Neither 
Marion, Watson nor Reeves charge an 
individual salary against themselves. 

It has been many mouns since Jer- 
tey City has been billed lor an Eastern 
Wheel burlesque like Dave Marion did 
his "Dreamlanders" last week when 
playing Hoboken. 

In advertising in J. C, Marion in- 
cidentally put one across on Tom Din- 
kins, whose "Tiger Lilies" played the 
Bon Ton, Jersey City, at the same 
time. Marion had a cab and horse, 
looking suspiciously like the one in 
his show, take a stand opposite the 
Bon Ton theatre. The comedy cab drew 
much attention and also the hre of the 
executive forces of the Dinkins show. 

St. Louis, Nov. 15. 
Billy Watson with his "Beef Trust" 
nearly broke the big box office record 
here last week. Watson was well 
on his way to do it, when the bliz- 
zard Saturday stopped his speed. The 
show did $7,300* however, on the 
week at the Standard. 



BURLESQUE AND FREAKS. 

Chicago, Nov. 16. 

Since Harry Thurston undertook to 
convert the old Trocadero burlesque 
theatre in State street into a variety 
and curio hall, that playhouse has had 
a varied and checkered career. 

Now comes along Harry Armstrong, 
the "chorus girl king" from the Schil- 
ler building, who backed with the 
coin of Robert Barrett, a Butte, Mon- 
tana "theatrical agent," proposes to 
clean up with a stock musical show 
and a museum exhibit upstairs. With 
the auditorium enlarged to 350 ca- 
pacity, and a brand new front that 
fairly dazzles with the light of a pro- 
fusion of Tungsten lamps, the place re- 
opened Nov. 11, with "The Typewriter 
Girls" for an opening bill. Phil Sey- 
mour, an experienced producer, is put- 
ting on the Armstrong shows. 



WOODHULL IS HOME. 

The retired and ex-Eastern Bur- 
lesque Wheel manager, H. S. Wood- 
hull, flitted into New York last Fri- 
day, making the jump from St. Peters- 
burg without advance billing. 

Mr. Woodhull is on a tour around 
the world. He will now make a start 
the other way, branching off at San 
Francisco for Japan, to meet the 
other half of the route, completed 
via. London by him since last June. 

VARIRTY In read all through. 
Its ad*, are a feature of It. 



TRAIN WRECK CAUSES RUSH. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 

A railroad wreck in Northern Wis- 
consin played havoc with theatrical 
Chicago Sunday and for awhile it 
looked as though the Star and Gar- 
ter and Folly theatres would remain 
dark. Al Reeves' "Beauty Show," 
Miner's "Bohemians" and "Alma" 
were on the train following the one 
wrecked and did not reach Chicago 
until four p. m., several hours late. 

Taxicabs were pressed into service 
and both burlesque companies made 
a flying dash for their respective thea- 
tres. At the Star and Garter, Andy 
Lewis made an announcement to the 
audience explaining the cause of the 
delay and stating that for the open- 
ing number the girls would appear in 
street clothes. He told the audience 
that those wishing their money re- 
funded would receive it at the box 
office. Of a full house $157 were 
returned. 

At the Folly, some of the receipts 
were refunded also. Manager Fen- 
nessy rushed two of the olio acts on 
the stage in street clothes and kept 
the audience interested until 4.20, 
when the curtain arose on the show 
proper. 

Charles Moe of the Star and Garter 
raised the evening prices and suc- 
ceeded in breaking the house record 
for one performance. 



RED BANK A TOUGH AUDIENCE. 

The Six O'Connor Sisters and Kitty 
Edwards have joined "The Majesties" 
on the Eastern Burlesque Wheel, 
which gave a special performance last 
Saturday night at Red Bank to see 
how the new formation lined up. 

Monday when J. Goldenberg, pro- 
prietor, was asked how the show did, 
he said; "Well, they laughed their 
heads off down there, but of course, 
I knew- it was Red Bank. Still Sun- 
day morning the boarding house lady 
where we were ("who had seen the 
show the night before) told me Red 
Bank was an awfully tough audience, 
they had never laughed at anything 
before." 

Bob Thomas is now manager of the 
show. Dave Gordon has resigned, to 
take the office management for the 
Gordon & North firm. 



LIZZIE FRELIEGH'S HOPES. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 15. 

Lizzie Freliegh, leading woman of 
the "Bowery Burlesquers," who re- 
cently took unto herself a husband 
in the person of Sidney Greenwall, is 
looking forward to handling a part 
of a bankroll that would break all 
records in the burlesque world. It 
is something like a half million. 

It depends entirely upon what the 
courts rule on a claim made by Miss 
Freliegh's mother for ground dam- 
ages due her over the taking of the 
old McCutcheon Hotel property in Jer- 
sey City, where the government in- 
tends to build a new post office. Miss 
Freliegh and her mother are said to 
be the only rightful heirs to an old 
estate, title of which they have never 
released or received any money there- 
from. The case will be called in a 
short time. Miss Freliegh thinks the 
result sounds like a lot of money to 
her. 



FARREN-WALKER SHOW. 

Within a few weeks a new show 
may be added to the present Western 
Wheel burlesque roster. The Farren- 
Walker company of Montreal is mak- 
ing preparations to launch a new at- 
traction on the Empire Circuit. 

It is now almost a certainty that 
a new house will be on the wheel In 
Boston next year. With the opening 
of Miners' new burlesque theatre in 
Newark, provision is therefore made 
for the adding of another troupe to 
the route. 

Walter Greaves, who is connected 
with the Pat White show, is Bald to 
be Uie man who will manage the new 
Walker show. 

If the Miners decide to tack on an- 
other show by reason of their Newark 
theatre Walker will be permitted to 
equip a new show notwithstanding; as 
the Empire directors have it all fig- 
ured out for the new house in Boston. 



UP-STATE BURLESQUE. "" 
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 16. 

An attempt is being made here to 
promote a new theatre. The policy, 
it is stated, will be burlesque, with 
attractions from the Eastern Bur- 
lesque Wheel, though no understand- 
ing or agreement has yet been reached 
with that organization. 

The project has not been favorably 
received in some quarters, through 
those who appreciate the theatrical 
situation here at present considering 
Syracuse has one too many theatres 
as it Is. In the readjustment which 
must occur sooner or later, there will 
be a house available for the burlesque 
people. 

Rome, N. Y., Nov. 16. 

E. J. Gatley, manager of the Lyric, 
a commodious house, went to New 
York this week with the avowed in- 
tention of seeking burlesque attrac- 
tions for his theatre. 

Mr. Gatley would like the Eastern 
Burlesque Wheel people to ship shows 
in here, on a split-week arrangement. 

There is small chance of either Sy- 
racuse or Rome playing Eastern Bur- 
lesque Wheel shows during the re- 
mainder of the season. When the 
Western Wheel stops fooling with 
Rochester, Rome might make appli- 
cation to it. Mr. Gatley shouldn't 
have much trouble convincing the 
Western people that Rome can at 
least give over $1,600 gross weekly. 
That amount seems to be the limit at 
Cook's, Rochester. If the Western 
would split Rome with Jersey City, it 
should help both the towns and the 
houses, besides covering the unusual 
cost of transportation that jump 
might entail. 



CALUMET GUARANTEEING. 

The Calumet theatre, Chicago, 
added to the Western Burlesque 
Wheel this week, is guaranteeing the 
circuit's attractions on the weekly 
business. 

The terms under which the shows 
play the new house are 60-40, with a 
guarantee of $1,400. 

The Apollo, Wheeling, which the 
Calumet displaced, was playing the 
Woarorn Wheel shows at a 60-40 ar- 
rangement, with $1,260 guaranteed. 



VARIETY 



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TOLD EVA WHAT TO DO. 

New Orleans, Nov. 15. 
John Grieves' stock organization, 
the Fay Foster Burlesquers, will prob- 
ably close Saturday night at the 
Oreenwall. The company is hopeless 
and business Is poor. 

New Orleans, Nov. 15. 

The current stock burlesque show 
is an Improvement over that of last 
week, due mainly to the appearance 
of James Francis Sullivan, who In- 
jected life Into the proceedings. 

His olio specialty, and the • dandy 
skating of the Eltons, brought vig- 
orous applause. 

The crowd grew unruly during the 
first part, a burlesque on "Uncle 
Tom's Cabin." In the death scene 
of "Little Eva," where she bewails 
her inability to remain, a wag in the 
house yelled: "Take those bum actors 
to heaven with you, Eva." 

Stock burlesque is not for New 
Orleans. It has been tried before. 



SUGGEST WRITERS* CONVENTION. 

French Lick, Nov. 15. 

George C. Tyler, William A. Brady, 
George Ade and Philip H. Bartholo- 
mae were here last week indulging 
in copious draughts of the local bev- 
erage. Between times they devoted 
themselves to the working out of a 
plan for a convention of writers for 
the stage to be held next spring at 
this resort, the purpose being free 
and intimate discussion of matters of 
interest to play makers. 

Such a convention, it is thought, 
may lead to the formation of a perma- 
nent body Bimilar to the French So- 
ciety of Authors and Composers, which 
is established upon lines of much 
greater direct benefit to its members 
than any organization of relative pur- 
poses in America. 

The Messrs. Ade and Bartholomae 
are sending letters to George Broad- 
hurst, Augustus Thomas, Thompson 
Buchanan, Margaret Mayo," Harry B. 
Smith, Edgar Smith, Jules Eckert 
Goodman, David Belasco, Paul Arm- 
strong, Paul Potter, James Clarence 
Harvey, Clay Greene, George V. Ho- 
bart, Channing Pollock, Henry Blos- 
som, Rachel Crothers, Glen MacDon- 
ough and others of their personal ac- 
quaintance, urging upon them the 
value of the proposed formal concen- 
tration of effort. 



"PASSION PLAY" TOURING. 

Paterson, N. J., Nov. 15. 

Henry Ellsworth's "Oberammergau" 
played here afternoon and night, 
Nov. 12, with people turned away at 
the matinee. A torrent marred the 
night business. There was about 
$165 advance sale at night. "The 
Passion Play" was offered at advanced 
prices. The general run of attrac- 
tions play here at "pop" prices. 

The Ellsworth attraction goes 
south about the middle of the month, 
the first time the picture show has 
been booked solid for that territory, 
opening at Richmond, Nov. 28. 

In some places the Oberammergau 
pictures will be shown under the au- 
spices of the Masons, Knights of Co- 
lumbus and the Elks. 

Let them know where you are 
Advertise In VAKIETY. 



WAY TO MEND BAD SHOWS. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 

When Billy Watson, of the famous 
"Beef Trust," was asked by a Variety 
representative how his business over 
the Western Burlesque Wheel this 
season so far had been, Mr. Watson 
replied it could not have been better. 
Mr. Watson also remarked that he con- 
sidered the Western Wheel shows this 
season 75 per cent, stronger than those 
of last year. He admitted, however, 
tLat a few on the Wheel still needed 
attention. 

Drifting into a contemplative mood, 
Mr. Watson, when questioned as to his 
reason for poor burlesque shows, said: 
"It's the fault of the local manager 
not giving the shows a chance. The 
house terms are the same for a bad 
show as they are for a good one." 

"I'd remedy that," said the "Beef 
Trust" magnate. "If a show did less 
than $1,800, the terms should be 55 
per cent, for the house and 45 per cent, 
for the company. If the receipts went 
over $2,000 the house should have 45 
per cent, and the company 55 per cent., 
and if the receipts showed $3,000 or 
over, then road attractions should be 
given 60 per cent, of the gross. 

"That would make the traveling 
manager put a good show together to 
get the better terms. Two or three 
weeks of that 45 per cent, division 
would set any one thinking. The local 
manager would be tickled to give the 
extra terms, knowing they meant more 
business for his house. Holidays and 
the elements would fall for the lucky 
ones, of course, but it would improve 
the whole circuit. In the big houses, 
like Brooklyn, St. Louis, etc., of 
course, more than an even break (50- 
50) could not be expected, but the 
sliding scale would give the road man- 
ager encouragement, and they would 
hustle." 

As Mr. Watson is recognized as the 
biggest drawing card on the Western 
WheeJ, his remarks are purely disin- 
terested, he having had no trouble at 
any time to take house records. 

When asked what the condition of 
the country had been as he has trav- 
eled over it, Mr. Watson replied: "Rot- 
ten. I look for another panic. The 
public won't know how to move until 
the next Presidential election is over 
with." 



NORWORTH S MUSTACHE 

A FROST, SAYS "SKIGIE" 

Thinks Bayes and Norworth Are Doing 

a Oreat Act at the Colonial This 

Week. Observes That Conroy 

and Le Malre ••Went Oood" 

But Not Oood Enough to 

Take An Encore. 



By SKIGIE. 




SKIGIE. 



The Lessos are 
pretty good. In 
the act are a man 
and a woman, and 
they have a boy 
with them that 
takes the stuff off 
and the things 
they need on. The 
man does all the 
tricks. All the 
woman does is 
stand there with 
a "22" short Win- 
chester and shoot 
at some holes in 
the scenery. Every 
time she hits one 
out from the back comes a ball and 
he juggles them. At the finish she 
shoots at a hole in the back of the 
stage and down drops the American 
flag, with the picture of Washington 
in the middle. 

Carbrey Bros, come out and do a 
song, and after that they do a long 
waltz clog. They went pretty good. 
W. H. Murphy, Blanche Nichols and 
Co. are as funny as ever. They are 
doing there old skit "From Zaza to 
Uncle Tom." They do that going 
across the ice with the bloodhounds 
coming after them. They went very 
good. 

Conroy and LeMaire talk about a 
bean that weighs ninety tons. They 
went good but not good enough to 
come out and do their pinochle stunt 
for an encore. 

"The Police Inspector" isn't nearly 
an good aa "The Romance of the Un- 
derworld." But it's pretty good. I 
don't like the girl in it. The act is 
pretty good, only it's kind of long. 
The only good thing in it was the 
scrubwoman. It went fairly good. 




Leon Kogee is doinL, one of the 
shortest acts in vaudeville. He gives 
imitations of playing the trombone, 
cello, the (ask mother what it is, 1 
don't know), and a fife. He didn't 
do so good. 

Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth are 
doing a great act. The opening num- 
ber is certainly a peach. Nora Bayes 
asked the audience how they liked his 
(Norworth's) mustache and 1 think 
it's a frost. They have a fellow that 
takes the part of an Englishman and 
he is very good. They also have an- 
other fellow and a girl that do the 
"Turkey Trot" and a few other 
dances. They are alright too. The 
fellow that plays the piano is also 
some piano player. Miss Bayes re- 
ceived two bouquets. They sang the 
moon song from "Little Miss Fixit." 
They also use one of the jokes from 
the show. Nora Bayes sang "Kelly." 
They had a voting contest which song 
of theirs was the most popular and it 
came out "Kelly" so Miss Bayes sang 
it. Mr. Norworth sang "Ain't He the 
Wise Old Owl?'" They were a not. 
And I certainly felt sad for the next 
act. 

Herbert Ashley and Al Lee did very 
well considering what they had to 
follow. They sang a bunch of songs 
and of course went very good. 

Conroy and Neptune do a diving 
act, but before they dive they pose, 
and the gallery laughed at her Mon- 
day afternoon. The act would be all 
right if they cut out the ttrst part. 
They do some very good dives at the 
finish. They went fairly good. 



TOUCHED AND BLEW. 

When May Robson's company ar- 
rived in an up-state city last Monday 
the manager was dumbfounded to dis- 
cover the town had not been billed. 
Inquiry developed that the advance 
agent had not put in an appearance 
and upon investigation it was found 
none of the succeeding cities had been 
visited by him. When Leander Sire 
decided to revive "The Rejuvenation 
of Aunt Mary" for Miss Robson after 
the failure of "The Three Lights" at 
the Bijou here, someone recommend- 
ed a man for the post of avaunt 
courier. 

Upon receiving the position he 
touched Sire for $35 for expenses and 
it was believed that he had loft town 
to start the preliminary booming for 
the star. Nothing has been heard of 
him since. Edmund Gerson, who had 
the position last season, was hastily 
summoned and shipped on to fill the 
breach. 



NKW PATKKSON TIIKAl'KK. 

To he erected on Van Houton Street by the V.m Houten Amiwment <"o.. Inc.. for the 
W*»Ht*»rn Burlesque \Vh»-H. nnd which In promised for completion within tho next four 
month*. It Is the house Billy Watson Is Interested In. 



MAXAf.Hlt'K FULL HKTOKT. 

There is a manager of a "wilds" 
theatre booked by the Aarons' Asso- 
ciated Agency, who obtains a full idea 
of the shows that come to his town, 
not a very large one up in New York 
State. 

The agency has a printed report 
sheet, upon which the local manager 
(ills in for the questions asked. This 
ma linger reported as follows to some 
of the queries: 

Were your patrons pleased ' "So 
rotten it made a hit." 

Have you any criticisms to offer?- - 
"Don't book it anv pi i<e else." 

The show appeared at this town 
Nov. 4 (Saturday) and did $*."» gross. 



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VARIETY 



NEW YORK'S LATEST "POP" 
ADDED T O THE " BLACKLIST" 

Moss & Brill's 86th Street Theatre Declared " Opposi- 
tion" by the Loew and Fox Circuits. Makes 
Fourth Blacklisted Small Timer In 
the Greater City. 



The Moss & Brill new 86th Street 
theatre has been added to the "Black- 
list" ma'ntained by the Loew and Fox 
Circuits against the "small time" 
vaudeville houses booked by Shea ft 
Shay. The houses now on the list are 
the McKinley Square, 86th Street, 
Olympic (Brooklyn) and De Kalb 
Avenue. 

The 86th Street, which opened a 
couple of weeks ago, has been doing 
a big business. It is nearly opposite 
the Yorkville, operated by Loew. The 
extra excitement of two theatres so 
closely together has brought out the 
neighborhood, with a consequent turn- 
away from each. 

The Loew-Fox "Blacklist" now 
contains the names of over 100 acta, 
which have appeared in one or the 
other of the marked theatres. Each 
Monday morning, the larger circuits 
receive the sheet for the theatres for 
the week, when the additional names 
are placed on the file 



FILM MEN IX ACCIDENT. 

Boston, Nov. 16. 

Harry Asher, manager of the 
Greene Film Exchange, on Tremont 
street, Boston, and A. A. Ashley, sec- 
retary of the exchange, were very se- 
riously Injured in an auto accident 
on Mt. Auburn street, Belmont, early 
Tuesday morning. 

Asher has concussion of the brain 
and Ashley has a fractured skull. 
Both men are at the Cambridge Re- 
lief Hospital. 

There was a party of five in the 
auto that collided with a produce 
wagon. Everybody in the auto was 
Injured. The police claim that the 
machine was traveling at a frightful 
rate of speed. Mr. Ashley owns the 
auto. 

When the crash came, the driver of 
the wagon was thrown out and receiv- 
ed some cuts and bruises. The horse 
was killed. Asher and Ashley are 
on the dangerous list at the hospital. 



FOLK CLAIMED FOR MILES. 

Cleveland, Nov. 16. 

Four new theatres for C. H. Miles 
are being claimed. They are to be 
located, according to the story, in this 
city, Toronto, Buffalo and Rochester. 

It is reported Miles has closed for 
sites here and in Rochester, with a 
house seating 2,200 to commence 
erection here immediately. 



XOKFOLK VICTORIA FINISHED. 

Norfolk, Va.. Nov. 15. 
With the New Victoria theatre 
nearing completion, Norfolk is again 
plastered with one-sheets and other 
advertising literature, featuring "Elite 
Vaudeville, the New Kind." as the 
attraction for the new house. It is 



easily one of the prettiest of the 
smaller southern houses. 

Dr. S. Galeskl, its lessee, and Will- 
iam T. Kirby, manager, were in Nor- 
folk last week. The new house Is 
scheduled to open Nov. 27, with six 
acts and two reels of pictures. It 
will seat 1,420 people, and has but 
the lower floor and one balcony. 



ROOF'S SUNDAY MATINEES. 

Starting with last Sunday a matinee 
was given on the American theatre 
roof. Straight vaudeville, such as is 
shown on the roof nightly by the 
Marcus Loew Circuit, was held in the 
afternoon. 

The Sunday matinee will become a 
fixture upstairs, with the acts on the 
American program doing four shows 
hereafter on the Sabbath (two up 
and two down stairs). 



XMAS OPENING AT ROANOKE. 

Roanoke, Va., Nov. 15. 
Christmas Day the new Roanoke 
theatre will open, with vaudeville 
shows — three of 'em daily. W. P. 
Henr.tze is to be manager. The house 
will seat 1,500. Rosalie Muckenfuss 
of the Family Department, United 
Booking Offices, will ship the acts. 



MISS THOMPSON MAY SUE. 

Fanchon Thompson, the American 
primi donna with a foreign reputa- 
tion, has informed some of her in- 
timates that she contemplates a suit 
against Lew Fields for breach of con- 
tract. The basis of the suit is said 
to be a contract for thirty-six weeks 
to appear in "The Wife Hunters." 

Miss Thompson was to have been 
given the prima donna role in the 
Fields' production, but failed to sing 
at rehearsals, alleging indisposition. 

At the Fields office it was stated 
no suit had yet been brought. When 
Miss Thompson whistled her music 
at the rehearsals declaring she was 
not well and finally declined to go to 
Albany for the premiere, Mr. Fields 
secured another woman for the part. 
Just prior to the New York opening 
Mr. Fields received a formal com- 
munication from Miss Thompson's 
attorney notifying him that the sing- 
er was ready to appear for the New 
York engagement. The manager felt 
that he could not risk reinstating her 
without having heard her at a single 
rehearsal and paid no attention to the 
notification. The contract is alleged 
to be purely a verbal engagement. 



PARIS NOTES 

By Hi. U. KENDKUiW. 

Paris, Nov. 5. 
A disastrous fire broke out at the 
Alhambra — generally known as the 
"English music hall" of Paris- 
Thursday morning. It resulted in 
damage which will probably keep tn« 
house closed for at least a month. The 
outbreak occurred soon after mid- 
night, in the gallery, and is supposed 
to have been caused by the careless 
throwing down, of a match by one of 
the audience. The staff, many of 
whom were still In the building, In- 
cluding Manager Neighbour, quickly 
got to work, assisted by several of the 
artists. When the fire brigade ar- 
rived the fire was well under control. 
The seating accommodation and other 
fittings were almost entirely destroy- 
ed, as well as a large portion of the 
roof. The artists on the bill when the 
house closed included Carl Hertz, the 
Kellnos, the McBanns, Foot-Gere, Vil- 
liers troupe, Captive Aeroplane, and 
"The Broken Mirror." The house 
belongs to the English syndicate head- 
ed by Alfred Butt. The damage is 
estimated at between $16,000 and 
$20,000. . 

Paris has caught the Dickens craze 
badly. Following "Pickwick," an 
undoubted Buccess at the Athenee — 
in spite of the fact that Mrs. Bardell 
has been transformed into steady go- 
ing old Pickwick's mistress! — we are 
to have at the Odeon (where Antoine 
is in charge), an adaptation of "Da- 
vid Copperfield." The Paris "Pick- 
wick," bien entendu, is more a bur- 
lesque than an adaptation of Dickens' 
immortal work, but it will hold the 
boards for a long time yet. 

Ermete Novelli, Italy's greatest 
comedian, is paying a farewell visrt 
to Paris, and is giving a series of rep- 
resentations at the Rejane theatre. 
Novelli is in his 61st year. He paid 
a successful visit to the United States 
in 1907. His performance in "The 
Taming of the Shrew" at the Rejane 
is highly acclaimed by the Paris 

critics. 

CIRCUS CLOSED SUDDENLY. 
El Reno, Okla., Nov. 16. 

The Yankee Robinson circus closed 
here Nov. 12, two days earlier than 
the regularly scheduled finishing date. 
Cold weather was given as excuse. It 
is alleged that no closing notices were 
posted and that the working crew was 
paid off at the rate of one dollar each, 
followed by a refusal of the circus 
management to stand for the trans- 
portation of the people out of town 
on the circus train. 

The circus is said to have closed 
under similar conditions last year. 



Victor Herbert has announced that he will 
write one and perhaps two new operas within 
the coming- year, owing- to the big success of 
his opera, "Natoma." 

The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Is ar- 
ranging a tour for enriy spring that will 
rover considerable southern territory. 



Heinrlch Hensel, the new Wagerlan tenor 
of the Metropolitan Opera House, sails from 
London for America Nov. 29. 



Orvllle Harold, the young American tenor 
whom Oscar Hammersteln took out of vaude- 
ville and arranged an operatic training for 
him. Is announced to mnke his debut at Ham- 
tm-rtiteln's new London Opera House as Ar- 
nold In "William Tell." 



Mme. Gervllle-Reachc. who made her first 
appearance of he season with the Chlcaico- 
I'hlladelphla Opera Company Nov. 8 In Phllly. 
will take a long tour In the spring. 

Edith de Lys. the American prima donna, 
who has been singing abroad, has been en- 
gaged by the Brussels Opera Company for a 
series of special performances In December. 

Alexander Helnemann, the Oerinan lleder 
singer, arrived In New York last week. He 
makes his debut here Nov. 19 with the Arlon 
Club of New York. 



FIRST AID FOR THE LONBSOMB. 

"Good morning, young man. Have 
you an agency license? If you have, 
I can't recognize you in my class," 
said Freeman Bernstein, Tuesday, to a 
Variety representative. 

"Get me kid, and put it on the rec- 
ord what I'm going to slip you; that 
1 am the greatest martyr vaudeville 
has ever known, for who stood for 
trial under the Agency Law? Make 
the answer very black — Freeman 
Bernstein. In the days when money 

was more soft than now, I was busy, 
as you know. I should have had a 
bunch of coin worth as much as Aaron 
KeBsler's wedding presents. But those 
days are gone. 

"Now, .with nothing to worry me 
beyond a few old debts, I have thought 
out a new department in connection 
wiin my managerial direction of 
vaudeville features. I am going to 
start a Bureau for the Lonesome. New, 
eh? I am always putting something 
over. Sure, I'll tell you about it. 

"In the summer, New York is alive 
with transients, men and women from 
all over. Then there are the men 
and women who live here the year 
around, all alone. They don't know 
anybody, and they are lonesome, es- 
pecially in the evenings. Well, I am 
going to be First Aid. 

"I shall circularize the principal 

hotels, apartments and boarding 

• houses. I will tell them that no one 

in New York need be lonesome for 

little Freeman Bernstein is here. 

"From my office, a blond may be- 
come introduced to a brunet, and the 
introduction will guarantee to each 
that the necessary credentials have 
been carefully investigated. It is 
nothing like a matrimonial agency. 
No fees when you are married. Just 
for the lonesome. 

"I expect a fellow might come in 
and say, 'I feel so lonesome. Can 
you introduce me to an amiable young 
woman, about twenty-six, who won*t 
talk about home and mother, nor tell 
me how much she knows about cook- 
ing. A pleasant little person I want 
to take to a show, someone who 
doesn't want to do all the talking her- 
self.' 

"Then I refer to my card system, 
and two lonesome people are thrown 
together to while away what would 
have been a dreary evening for both. 

"I shall charge a registration fee of 
$2, which covers everything. Nothing 
further. I figure that after once 
meeting, the couple will never return, 
for introductions to others will follow 
as they meet friends. 

"Just think how happy the girl will 
be when she calls for a fellow not 
over five foot two, who has never been 
married, nor had a sweetheart in New 
York. She says he must be dark, 
laughing eyes and jokable. 'AH right/ 
says I. 'Here he is,' and I turn to 
the B-ft.-2 index. 

"It looks like a good scheme to 
me. I understand there are always 
92,000 lonesome men, and 163,874 
lonesome women in New York City. I 
expect to become famous all over the 
world as 'The Lonesome Man.' " 

A live paper draws live readers. 
Advertise In VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



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(JOT HAD CHECKS. 

Chicago, Nov. 1.".. 

The Willarl Mack stock company 
seems to have gotten enough of the 
People's theater In Van Buren street, 
this city, in one week, and closed 
down at the end of seven nighta of 
what is reported to have been a mod- 
erately fair business. They were fol- 
lowed by a small "rep" show that 
opened last week with "Brother 
Against Brother." 

Mr. Mack and his leading woman. 
Maude Leone, subsequently decided. to 
take a whirl at vaudeville and opened 
Monday in one of the "pop" theatres 
on the Southside. 

Now comes a sequel to the closing 
event at the People's and which would 
seem to account for the brief engage- 
ment of the stock company. The in- 
formation comes direct from members 
of the disbanded show and the sub- 
stance of the story is that a Mrs. 
Kay den, the manageress of the Peo- 
ple's, made a daily deposit of the re- 
ceipts of the house and in turn paid 
the members of the company with 
checks, which, according to reports, 
were returned with the "no funds" 
stamp on the back of them. -This nat- 
urally aroused the ire of Mack and 
his associates. 

Ernie Young, who was associate 1 
with Mrs. Hayden in the promotion 
of the stock company venture, has 
since been trying to land the company 
at the Bijou' theatre In Halsted street, 
where it would no doubt be successful, 
but the Stair & Havlin and Marvin- 
Roche company bookings seem to pre- 
clude the possibility of any other at- 
traction going in there very soon. 



KKTl'KXS TO COMPANY. 

Virginia Montgomery has resumed 
her former place with the 1*011 stock 
company, Norwich. Helaine Hadley. 
who has met wth sin-cess in Norwich. 
has returned to New York and will 
likely accept an engagement with a 
western stock company. 



MAY HE STOCK HOI SE. 

Paterson, N. J., Nov. 15. 

Work on the new playhouse in this 
city will start as early in spring as 
the weather will permit. 

E. C. Horn Sons, New York, drew 
up the plans. .lust what the policy 
of the new theatre will be has not 
been determined, but it is believed 
^hat it will be devoted to stock. 

The house will seat l.r.nn. 



HAS EXPECTATIONS. 

South Bend, hid., Nov. 15. 
The Morris-Thurston stock com- 
pany has opened here afr the Indiana 
theatre. It expects to stay all win- 
ter if business keeps up. 



JOINS SOITHEKN COMPANY. 

Columbus, Nov. 15. 

Edward Mackay. a prominent lead- 
ing man, joined the Southern Stock 
Company, Southern theatre, as lead- 
ing man, opening in "Secret Service." 

The company is managed by Harry 
C. Stubbs. 



""Stock companies in colkt. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 15. 

The first sign of war between the 
two s:ock companies, the Orpheum 
Players at the Chestnut and the Bla- 
ney-Spooner Stork at the American, 
was evidenced this week when Grant 
Laferty, manager of the Orpheum 
Company made successful application 
for an injunction against the Blaney- 
Spooner management 10 prevent the 
presentation of "Barbara Krietchie." 

The same piece was announced at 
each house and opened Monday, but 
the local courts granted Manager 
Laferty's plea on the claim that the 
Orpheum Co. held the exclusive rights 
for presenting the piece in this city. 
"Barbara" was left to the Chestnut 
Street patrons while "CatniPe" was 
put on Monday night at the American, 
the Blaney-Spooner Co. getting up in 
Dumas' play in a day and giving a 
smooth performance. 



MAKKYINC. SAVED III K LIFE. 

Cleveland, Nov. 15. 
Lucille Kra/.ee. of the Arthur .1. 
Nelson stock company, has filed su't 
for absolute divorce here against her 
husband, Henry Fra/.ee. .Jr., declar- 
ing that she was forced to marry him 
in order to save her life. 

'Judge Estep later granted an order 
restraining Frn/ee from molesting 
her. Frazee is conneete.l with the 
(ierlo<k-Krazee laundry company. 



COltSE'S El'KNACE ON STKIKE. 

It's a cold wind that blows nobody 
good. Corse Payton, who is filling his 
pockets with loose coin at the new 
Orpheum, Newark, says he lost sev- 
eral hundred dollars on the change in 
the weather (bis week and that there 
wasn't any chance of a "come back" 
unless he puts on a milkmaids' mati- 
nee Saturday morniim. 

When the ice and snow hit New 
ark Tuesday night, someone said 
something about a Wcdnesda> mat- 
inee around the zero point. Corse 
immediately gave orders to fire up the 
new furnace. The ()rpl:eiim c< n| i>o\s 
started the work of furnat e h.;it 
i n ii about an hour or so l»< • 1 1» r< ■ 
opening the Wednesday matiner but 
the pipes and safety valves refused to 
work. The theatre was filled with 
smoke. The bouse, from top to bot- 
tom, had been sold out. Corse had 
to call the show off and rotund the 
money. 

Corse says the next time lit* leases 
any new theatre he intends to give 
the furnaces a "trv out." 



SHAKESPEAIHAN HEP. 

Chicago, Nov. l.V 
A. Milo Helmet, the Kandolph stre. • 
hooking agent, has sent Klwyn Ivito.i 
east to head a "rep" show thai is 
slated to start out from the vie nil y 
of New York to play he Shakespear- 
ian classics. 

Laton appeared here in "The Critic ■ 
o! India" at the Colonial. 



I'liict' jour u'l- wli«*re It rniclir*. 

in yakikty. 



LYCEUM AND CONCERT 



IHMTOIt wins S|\(ii;i{. 

(trace Howard Fisher, the operatic 
soptano, and Dr. Charles Keo\e, both 
of New York, were married last week. 
The wedding is t he culmination of a 
pretty romance, beginning two years 
ago when the doctor sase.l the sing- 
er's voice, when an attack ol scarlet 
fever threatened to Tuin it forever. 

Mrs lieeve formerly sang at the 
Metropolitan and last winter appeared 
with the dost on Opera Company. 

IILL\ OIIMONP K\(i.\(ii:i). 

Host on, Nov. !.">. 

Lilla Ormond, the opcr:i contralto, 
will marry Hay Dennis, a Yale man. 
in Hrookline next April. Miss Or- 
mond. who is a Hostonian, will sever 
her connection with the stage when 
she is married. They will reside in 
New York after their return from 
abroad. 

Miss Ormond lias been chosen for a 
numl.er of consecutive seasons as tl e 
soloist with the Boston Symphony or- 
chestra. 

COMPANY I'OK. ATLANTA. 

The Orpheum stock company, con- 
sisting of Prank Mowolls and Cluudia 
Lucas, leads; Alice -Cilinore, Pearl L. 
Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Herbleiiv, 
Lewis Summers, Thomas Shearer, 
Hober. Fristoe and .lay l*. Lojand, 
signed through the Jay Packard 
agency, will leave New York at Z p. 
m. to-morrow for Hirmi-ughn-m where 
it will play a week in "Woman 
Against Woman" and opening the fol- 
lowing week (Nov. 27) at the Or- 
pheum, Atlanta, where it expects to 
stay all winter. 

The company will he managed by 
Luke Conness. 

Other engagements lis ed at ihe 
Packard olbce this week were: Hor- 
sehell Ma\o to play Walter Lewis' 
part of tin- priest in The Oarden of 
Allah" at the Centur.v. New York: 
Doris llardx. Frank Ketidrick and Ar- 
thur Stein for Charles Dickson's 
sketch. "The Hoodoo." which opened 
at I'niou Mill Mond;t\ : Kdna Archer 
Crawford, late leading wouiiiu with 
Lefller \- Drat on'> " Drift w ood," as 
leading woman with tnc A\eirue The- 
atre Stock ioinpan\ i \ .I. Kdwards, 
matauer » . Wilmington; Mabelle |\s 
telle for iliuetitie ro|e> with the Pay 
toll com pa n > , Newark 



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SEASON OPENING NOV. 27. 

Boston, Nov. la. 

A week from next Monday — on No- 
vember 1*7 — will begin the third sea- 
sen of the Boston Opera Company. 
Saint-Saens "Samson and Delilah" 
will be produced for the first time on 
the Boston stage. With Andre Cap- 
let conducting, the title roles will be 
taken by Mine. Cay and Giovanni 
/.enatello. 

The repertoire for the first week !s 
as follows: Monday evening, "Samson 
and Delilah." Wednesday evening. 
Puccini's "La Tosca" with Carmen 
Mel is as the heroine, Gaudenzl as 
Cavaradossi, and Scotti as Scarpia. 
Friday evening, Dec. 1, "Aida" will 
be produced with Emmy Destinn, 
Maria day, Zenatello, Polcse and Lan- 
kow. Saturday afternoon, Edmond 
Clement and Maria Gay will sing in 
"Carmen." 

All last week was taken up with 
orchestral rehearsals, as have the re- 
hearsals of the chorus, and some of 
the principals. Stage rehearsals will 
he instituted this coming week. Judg- 
ing from the reports on the subscrip- 
tion lists, this season will overshadow 
the business done since opera was be- 
gun at the local Opera House since 
its inauguration. 

TWO WEEKS ENOUOH. 

New Orleans, Nov. 15. 
The stock company playing at the 
Majestic here found that the public 
failed to appreciate its efforts after 
two weeks of strenuous endeavor in 
" Behind the Mahk" and "The Life of 
an Actress." Further time here was 
calicelle | 

HAS STOCK CIIMTIT. 

Cohoes, N. Y., Nov. 15. 
Ida liards, who is becoming quite 
a factor in sock and now controls 
companies in Yonkers, Mount Vernon 
and Cincinnati, opened a company 
here this week. Hards keeps busy 
uoin^ from one company to another. 

«JIVE IP IN NEWARK. 

Newark, Nov. 15. 
The L.seeuiii Players, holding forth 
at the Arcade theatre, have jiiven up 
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VARIETY 




New York, Nov. 14. 
Editor Variety: 

In Sime's reply to my letter in last 
week's Varikt*, he says to the best 
of his recollection Bert Melrose was the 
first and only comedy acrobat he had 
seen doing the fall. Just to show Sime 
how easily it is to be mistaken. If he 
will look in the back files of Variety 
and read his own review of Eddie 
Leonard's minstrels, Aug. 7, 1909, he 
will see where he said "Lane & O'Don- 
nell were in the closing place with 
their comedy acrobatics. A splendid 
closing act for the usual vaudeville 
show. The comedian iB a very tall 
fellow to take the wonderful falls 
made. A star trick of falling from 
a stepladder placed upon a table, the 
whole toppling over, had the house 
holding its breath." 

Now that was a review of our act 
two and one-half years ago, when he 
made a special item of the very trick 
he could not remember ever seeing 
before. 

Then again in Bime'a review of our 
act at the Fifth Avenue, week of Mar. 
21, 1910, and published in Vawbtt 
Mar. 26, 1910, Sime said: "The tum- 
bling of the comedian of Lane and 
O'Donnell is in class A. He takes 
hazardous falls and has a bit with a 
step ladder which brings a scream of 
laughter as the finish does a storm 
of applause. Had not Miss Keller- 
man n with her tank been obliged to 
take the closing position, the comedy 
acrobatic act would probably have 
closed the performance instead." 

Now, Sime says he could not re- 
member seeing the trick before. 

And in his last review of our act at 
the Fifth Avenue theatre two weeks 
ago he speaks as if we had only just 
put the trick in. Here are two re- 
views, one nearly two and a half 
years' ago, the other over a year and 
a half, where he makes a special men- 
tion of the very trick. I am not writ- 
ing this to censure Sime, or anything 
like that, but to prove to him we are 
the only ones who ever sat on a 10-ft. 
ladder and rocked two tables over. 

Dave Lane. 
(Lane and O'Donnell.) 

Mr. Lane is correct. What he says 
is all true. Me for the water wagon 
forever. Sime. 



Nov. 11, 1911. 
Editor of Variety: 

I notice in your last issue mention is 
made that Charles Dickson will pro- 
duce a sketch for vaudeville entitled 
"The Hoodoo." 

Mr. John Canfleld and I have been 
playing a sketch called "The Hoodoo" 
and written by Mr. Canfleld around the 
character he played with Frank 
Daniels in "Little Puck." The sketch 
was first produced at Tony Pastor's 
theatre Sept. 5, 1898, which, I think, 
gives us the right to the title. We have 



played it in every first-class vaudeville 
house in America. I shouldn't think 
Mr. Dickson would care to trade on 
our reputation. He must be acquaint- 
ed with the fact our sketch is called 
"The Hoodoo," as we played on the 
same bills with him years ago. 

Violet Carleton. 
(Canfleld and Carleton.) 



New York, Nov. 10. 
Editor of Variety: 

I am no longer prima donna with 
the "Vanity Fair" Co., and have not 
been since they played Rochester. I 
closed owing to too much rehearsing, 
and will see that my name will be re- 
moved from the program of the com- 
pany. Will try and do better next 
season. Virginia KeUey. 



New York, Nov. 11. 
Editor Variety: 

In last week's VxRiBTr Geo. M. 
Young wrote a review of Keith's bill, 
Philadelphia, wherein he made men- 
tion of an act playing the Victoria 
there that was either a "copy" of La- 
Mont's Cockatoos or there was dif- 
ficulty in understanding how the rou- 
tine of both bird acts could be so 
much alike. I think Mr. Young has 
made a big mistake in comparing any 
other act with LaMont's Cockatoos. 

LaMont's Cockatoos do back somer- 
saults, giant swings, etc., which other 
bird acts are not on record as exhibit- 
ing. LaMont's birds, fifty in number, 
are all trained where the "other act" 
has but three birds and features one 
trick like LaMont's, i. e., the bell 
trick. There are two or three more 
acts of this nature using this same 
trick. 

LaMont does not make the "bell 
trick" constitute the entire act as the 
"other act" does. In fact "the act" 
spoken of is nothing like LaMont's. 

"It" is like all other acts that are 
in the same line; they try the bluff at 
putting it over, but fail to accomplish 
the results of LaMont's Cockatoos. 

LaMont. 



DUTCH PHILOSOPHY. 

BT CONKET. 

Am I vorklng? Shure. I am. 

Und I'm vorklng all de vile. 
Dots vy I am contented; 

Dot's vy you aee me shmlle. 
Vot circuit vas I playing? 

Vel-1, I tell you ver I be; 
It's vot you call dot Small Time. 

But It's STEADY — und dot suits me. 

I know aboud dot Big Time 

Und big salaries dot you get; 
De railroad jumps; de lny-offs; 

Und Oder tings, you bet. 
Ver I vas at. de money 

las not so big, I agree. 
But. by Golly. It comes each week; 

Comes 8TEADY — und dot suits me. 

Ve all can't play dot Big Time. 

Some of us must play dc small; 
But some folks tlnk dey must play 

De best — or non. .it all. 
Ven I ran't land dot Big Time 

Should I loaf, huh? No. 8lr-e-e!! 
Ver I vork. dot machs nix aus; 

If It's STEADY — dot suits me. 

Reaeh the show p eonle 

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II reaches. 



"THE SKIRT" SAYS 

SPEAKING OP WOMAN, MOSTLY. 



Mary Elizabeth (5th Avenue) is as 
sweet as the candy of that name. 
The dress selected by Mary for her 
act is a white satin trimmed in broad 
insertions of lace. It was simpi* 
and pretty. 



Cordelia Haager is a miniature 
Carrie De Mar (Fifth Avenue). Miss 
Haager makes three changes of cos- 
tume, all good looking, excepting the 
renaissance lace, which is a trifle 
passe. 

The "Cabaret Party" is now quite 
the thlng a Marguer-r-r-rite MacDon- 
ald gave one at a Broadway restau- 
rant the other evening. They say it 
was a very pleasant affair, breaking 
up quite late in the a. m., and only 
then upon Marguer-r-r-rite "render- 
ing" "Oh, Promise Me." Others 
present were Katheryn MacDonald 
(Bister to Marguer-r-r-rite), Nellie Re- 
veil, Eddie Darling and Mr. and Mrs. 
Reed Albee. The feature of the Cab- 
aret that night, so 'tis said, was 
Katheryn's $1,000, sh! (real), skin 
coat. 



Nora Bayes (Colonial), always a 
good dresser, has affected a style 
quite all her own. In a simple Em- 
pire frock and chantilly lace mantle, 
Mias Bayes looked the song she was 
singing. In a soft clinging white 
satin gown the bodice being of lace 
and one side draped in a light green 
chiffon sash Miss Bayes was at her 
best. Over this was worn a hand- 
some kimona coat of mauve chiffon 
topped by a plumed hat in black. 



Josephine Foy, in the sketch called 
"The Police Inspector," at the Co- 
lonial, in making a business call was 
dressed a little too daintily. The 
pretty frock of white and pink chif- 
fon was hardly suitable. 



HBIE'S BILLY GOULD 

By WILLIAM GOULD. 

Chicago, Nov. 13. 
Tom Ryan of Ryan and Richfield 
has just built a new house in an un- 
pronounceable town in New Jersey. 
Tom engaged an English girl for a 
cook. Besides dropping crockery, she 
drops her H's. Tom Is very fond of 
chestnuts (the eatable kind) and one 
day he brought home a bag full. He 
told the girl to "heat them." After 
waiting a half hour, he called the 
girl up from the kitchen and asked: 
"Did you heat the chestnuts?" "Only 
half, I'll eat the rest tomorrow," she 
replied. Tom Said; "I wanted you to 
put them in the oven and heat them" 
"Oh, you wanted me to eat them and 
1 thought you wanted me to heat 
them." 



There are a lot of horse men In 
Cincinnati. All have colds. (Subway 
stuff.) 



Travelled from Cincinnati to Chi- 
cago on the same train with a burles- 
que show. The cutting remark at- 



tached to this item is; When do they 
sleep? 



Take a look at "our" photograph 
studio, Gould & Marsden, 249 West 
4 2d St. Pretty swell place for an 
actor to furnish, and all vaudeville 
money, too. 



Received a letter from a friend ad- 
dressed William Billy Qould, actor, 
traveller, newspaper man and photo- 
grapher. I'm not a newspaper man; 
I'm a Journalist (porter, use your 
vacuum cleaner). 



I love Chicago from Smiley Cor- 
bett's place to the Randolph St. Coun- 
try Club. 



You can play a year in Chicago 
without going out of town. Who 
wants to play a year in Chicago? I. 



I wish I were going to play here 
for an indefinite period. There is 
more real hospitality and honest good 
fellowship here in a minute than you 
will find in cold, calculating, bull 
throwing New York in an elephant's 
life time. 



Even the waiters thank you when 
you tip them. 



The coat room burglar is in his in- 
fancy here. 



A neat little sign in all the Keith 
dressing rooms in Cincinnati which 
reads: 



LOYALTY 

An ounce of loyalty is worth a 
pound of cleverness. 

If you work for a man, in Heavens 
name, work for him. 



The stage-door keeper in Cincin- 
nati looks, acts and talks like Eddie 
Foy (Umbrella number). 



Brown and Ayer (dome) are writ- 
ing songs for the Blanche Ring Co. 



What became of that clever news- 
paper woman "Mud" Ryan? 



I feel the automobile bug crawling. 



Milwaukee next week, and I don't 
drink. 



"WALKKD OUT" ON CIRCUS. 

Chicago, Nov. 1 r». 

Campbell Brothers' Circus and the 
White Rats Actors' Union are on the 
outs as the result of a strike which 
the former had on their hands Nov. 
10 at Houston, when every act in the 
show, with the exception of one, 
"walked out" because of a refusal to 
pay the salary of one particular act. 

Attachment proceedings were ad- 
vised through a local attorney by the 
Lowenthals and the differences 
reached a settlement. 

This show had a similar experience 
about a month ago at Moline, 111., and 
which is reported to have resulted in 
a victory for the players' organization. 



VARIETY 



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London, Nov. 8. 
A good story is afloat concerning 
Jimmy Glover. It is said that he 
was conducting an orchestra a little 
time ago, and having considerable 
trouble with it. He rowed with nearly 
every member of the band in turn 
in his endeavor to get them to do his 
bidding. Finally a little man with 
a piccolo near the far end of the or- 
chestra arose in his wrath and ex- 
claimed, "Look here, Mr. Olover, if 
you don't make less noise, we'll fol- 
low your beat." 



As I anticipated, Maurice Volny, 
the producer of "1830" and stage 
manager of the Alhambra, has sev- 
ered his connection with that concern. 
He Is said to have had words with 
Mr. Moul, and to have resigned on the 
spot. Four nights after leaving the 
Alhambra, he took charge at the Pal- 
ace, Shaftesbury avenue, in place of 
Kettle, who goes to the New Victoria 
Palace. 



Frank Bush had an unusual experi- 
ence at the Coliseum. Either he did 
not fill the house with his voice or a 
section of the audience did not like 
his stories, for there were marked 
signs of disapproval Monday evening. 
Fortunately for him, and the reputa- 
tion of the house, there was no repeti- 
tion of the unruliness. 



The opening of the New Middlesex 
last week was a very disappointing 
affair. At neither show was there 
nearly half capacity. The house it- 
Self Is a fine specimen of the new 
type of music hall, having two tiers, 
no pillars, and an uninterrupted view 
of the stage from all parts. It Is 
difficult to account for the lack of 
patronage unless it be that the bill 
presented was not of the class which 
London audiences, even in that dis- 
trict, now-a-days demand. Reano and 
his band were at the head. There 
was nothing startling apart from that. 
This week Fred Kitchen Is the head- 
liner. 



George Miner, supposed to return 
to America, has joined the Whitney 
forces. He has practically entire 
charge at present. 



The run of "Sumurun" concluded 
Nov. 4 on account of the players en- 
gaged having to return to Germany, 
to fulfill contracts made some time 
ago. 



The morality of "Rlalon" has been 
attacked in one of the religious pa- 
pers here. Mr. Stoll has replied in 
suitable language. 



The Christie Duo are making good 
at the Tivoli, though last turn on the 
bill. 



ed by Irene Vanbrugh and Edmund 
Gwenn at the London Hippodrome has 
done all that was asked of It. It 
was a great departure and one that 
is bringing its own reward. 

Strange as it may seem, Pauline 
Chase is making quite a small-sized 
hit as the heroine in "Man and Super- 
man" at the Criterion. 



Qulnlan and Richards seem likely 
to stay over here as long as they want. 
They were a laughing pillar of last 
week's Coliseum bill. 

Arrangements are already complete 
for the production of three new con- 
tinental musical plays in London next 
season. "Melne Kleine Freund," by 
Oscar Strauss, "Das Madel Von Mont- 
marte," by Bereny, and "Palnuche 
Weirtschaft," by Jean Gilbert are the 
pieces. 

"Are Ton There** is the new title 
given to Sewell Collin's sketch, known 
in America as "At the Switch." It is 
to be done at the Tivoli, with Mar- 
garet Moffatt in her original part. 



It has frequently been rumored dur- 
ing the last few weeks that Clarice 
Mayne is about to be married to the 
head of a big shipping firm. She 
tells me that while the story of her 
forthcoming marriage is true, there 
are errors concerning her fiance's 
Identity. I think when the true facts 
come out some surprise will be oc- 
casioned. 



Donald and Carson are still going 
strong on this side. They were in 
the opening performance of the new 
Middlesex, and though hampered by 
Ineffective stage management, they 
were practically the hit of the bill. 
They are booked for some time ahead. 



Torino's reappearance at the Can- 
terbury this week was marked by a 
substantial hit — a nice preliminary to 
his crowded provincial time which fol- 
lows immediately. 



Syd Baxter, "the Scotchman on the 
wire," cancelled his passage home to 
U. S. A. at the last moment, and has 
been placed to open at the Savoy next 
week, with other time to follow. Harry 
Burns did it. 



HOBBY BURGESS DIES. 

Kansas City, Nov. 15. 
Bobby Burgess, late of Bobby Bur- 
gess and West Sisters, who appeared 
in their act "Foolish Mr. Foolish," 
after a year's illness with tuberculosis, 
died at his brother's home here Nov. 
9. 



WILLIAM NEWHOUSE DIES. 

Denver, Nov. 15. 
William Newhouse died suddenly 
Nov. 12. The remains were removed 
to Chicago. He was the husband and 
manager of Lily Lena, a headllner over 
the Orpheum Circuit at present. Ow- 
ing to the importance of Miss Lena as 
an advertised attraction, she will re- 
sume her tour at the Orpheum, Kan- 
sas City, next Monday, at the special 
request of the Circuit management. 

William Newhouse had been suffer- 
ing with diabetes for some time. This, 
complicated by a touch of pneumonia 
at Denver, caused his death. He was 
formerly of Newhouse and Ward, a 
well-known bicycle act in its day. For 
some years Mr. Newhouse devoted all 
his attention to advancing his wife, and 
built her up as a prominent vaudeville 
card for America, Miss Lena being of 
English birth. A young son is left 
fatherless. 

The news of Mr. Newhouse's death 
was a great surprise in New York. He 
left here a few weeks ago in appar- 
ently perfect health to accompany his 
wife over the Orpheum tour. 



GEO. W. HEUCK KILLS HIMSELF. 

Cincinnati, Nov. 15. 

George W. Heuck, president of 
Heuck's Opera House and People's 
theatre companies, was found dead in 
his room at his residence 3336 Jeffer- 
son avenue, Sunday night, having 
committed suicide. A pocket knife 
with which he cut the left side of his 
throat and both wrists was found in 
the bed alongside him. 

Sunday he telephoned associates 
concerning business affairs, but gave 
no indication of contemplating suicide. 
He was a single man, and lived with 
his step-brothers. 



Thos. F. Kealey, brother to Edward 
F. Kealey, died Nov. 11 in New York. 
It is the third death in the Kealey 
family within a month. 



Mrs. Maria Lloyd Morris, mother of 
William Morris, who is appearing in 
"The Concert*' in Chicago, died Nov. 
6, at her home in Mt. Vernon. Mr. 
Morris was notified by wire of his 
mother's fatal illness, but arrived too 
late to see her alive. 



The mother of Victor Moore died at 
her home in Boston, Nov. 13. Mr. 
Moore and his wife made every effort 
to reach home before the end, but 
were unsuccessful. 



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The Twelve Pound Look** as play- 



H. Kirksmith Butler is no longer 
with the H. B. Marinelll Agency (New 
York branch). 



George C. Harrington, aged 61 
years, son of the late George Christy 
Harrington, who organized the Christy 
Minstrels, died Nov. 7 in Roosevelt 
Hospital, New York, of heart disease. 
A widow and five children survive, 
three daughters and two sons. One 
son, Lew Christy, is principal come- 
dian with Zallah's Own Company 
(Western Burlesque Wheel) and a 
daughter, Ada Christy is with Lew 
Fields' "Hanky Panky" company. 
American Music Hall, Chicago. A 
sister, Mary Ada Wright, also sur- 
vives. Masonic services were held 
over the remains, which were interred 
Nov. 1 1 in Moravian Cemetery, New 
Dorp, Staten Island. 



HAL GODFREY DEAD. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 

Hal Qodfrey breathed his last at 
3.30 a. m., Nov. 11, at the Sherman 
House. His father, Al Filson, who 
had been wired early in the week, 
arrived at 1 p. m. Friday. Mrs. Fil- 
son did not come East. 

Godfrey's health forced him to take 
a long vacation at his parent's home 
in Los Angeles last summer. In Au- 
gust he felt able to return to England 
to fulfill contracts. Six weeks ago 
he collapsed on the stage in London. 
He was obliged to cancel his bookings 
and return home. Bernard Novam- 
bere arranged for passage on the 
Lusltanla and took care of Godfrey 
until they arrived in Chicago. Phy- 
sicians advised Godfrey to remain here 
until his health permitted the con- 
tinuance of his Journey. Realising 
that all hopes were gone, Novambere 
wired Godfrey's parents. 

The remains were cremated at 
Graceland Cemetery Monday after- 
noon, funeral services taking place at 
the Chicago Casket Rooms In this city. 
Mr. Filson will take the ashes to the 
Coast for interment. 

Godfrey's personality has won him 
thousands of loyal friends. His sud- 
den demise will come as a surprise to 
many. In "A Very Bad Boy" he had 
been featured in all the largest vaude- 
ville theatres on both sides of the 
water. 

The deceased was 29 years of age. 
His father before leaving Chicago 
asked that Varibtt express the thanks 
and appreciation of himself and Mrs. 
Filson for the many kindnesses ex- 
tended by Geo. M. Cohan and his fam- 
ily, also Jenle Jacobs, Eugene B elf eld 
and the entire Sherman Hotel (Chi- 
cago) staff of attaches. 



JOHN L. CARNCROSS. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 15. 

John L. Car n cross, probably the 
most famous singer the world of min- 
strelsy has ever known, died of heart 
disease at his home, 2033 Mount Ver- 
non street, late Sunday night. Only 
the older generation remember Cam- 
cross who since 1895 has lived quietly 
at his home with his wife and daugh- 
ter. 

John L. Carncross Is credited by 
many leading theatrical people as rev- 
olutionizing minstrelsy. Carncross 
and Dlxey's Minstrels were known the 
world over, as were also Carncross' 
Minstrels. Carncross established his 
kind of entertainment In the Eleventh 
Street Opera House in 1862. Dur- 
ing the war times he possessed a 
beautiful tenor voice and sang with 
great effect the most popular songs 
of those days. 

Carncross was born In this city in 
1834. In 1861 he joined Sam San- 
ford's Minstrels. In 1895 Carncross 
retired from the business and Frank 
Dumont succeeded fcim in the old 
home of minstrelsy on Eleventh 
street, which is now being turned into 
a light lunch cafe. 

During the reign of Carncross at 
this house many well known actors 
gained their first recognition, among 
them being Chauncey Olcott and Eddie 
Foy. 



Cift tallcrd ahou* 
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VARIETY 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation, First Appearance 

or Reappearance In or Aroand 

New York 



Coombs, Mender and Morgan and 

Katheryn and Violet Pearl, Ham- 

merstein's. 
Alexandres Sisters, Hamiuerstein's. 
Florentine Sisters, Fifth Avenue. 
4 Queens and a Joker, Fifth Avenue. 
Joe Howard and Mabel McCane, Al- 

hanibra. 
The Chamcreys, Bronx. 
Sidney Drew, Lionel Harry more and 

Co. (New Act), Union Hill. 
Sahel Johnson, Union Hill. 
Meymott and Kliston, Union Hill. 
Windsor Trio, Union Hill. 



Walter Hampden and Co., (tf). 
"Blackmail" (Dramatic) 
25 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Majestic, Chicago. 

Melodrama in its mellowest form is 
"Blackmail," a 25-minute sketch by 
Richard Harding Davis. It carries so 
much of the blood and thunder that 
even the Bijou, where many a foul 
deed has been perpetrated by villains 
of bygone days, would shake with fear. 
And along with that it has a Bort of a 
repulsive theme. The scene is in the 
hotel room of a millionaire mine-own- 
er. He is visited by a woman, an old 
friend, who asks his aid. She reveals 
her past, and acquaints the audience 
with the fact that some years ago she 
had lived with a man for three years 
as his wife, thinking all the time that 
they had been married. Then he left 
her, saying the ceremony had been 
performed by a crook and not a clergy- 
man. Later, she married in the white 
man's way and is now a devoted wife 
and a loving mother. The thief who 
performed the mock marriage is 
hounling her for money under the 
threat he will inform her husband of 
her past. Learning her friend is in 
town and well fixed financially, he tells 
her to call on him for a thousand. The 
millionaire sends her home after mak- 
ing an appointment with the black- 
mailer, and, notifying the house de- 
tective, who is planted in an adjoin- 
ing room. The villian arrives arraye 1 
In the guise of a "hop-head." Previous 
to his coming, the millionaire polished 
up a pair of guns and carefully sets 
the stage for a cold-blooded killing. 
After a little talk in which the black- 
mailer makes his purpose known (and 
which is overheard by the detective), 
the millionaire takes one gun and fires 
two shots into the wall, quickly pulling 
the other and shooting the villian 
stone dead before the eyes of the au- 
dience. The detective rushes in. As- 
suming it is self-defense, he 'phones 
for the wagon to carry off the body. 
Hampden is the millionaire, playing it 
quite natural, but a little too much 
like the stereotyped hero. Ned Finley 
characterizes the dope fiend and does 
it. well. Bernard B. Mullen is the de- 
tective. Mullen looks the part, but 
displayed nervousness Monday after- 
noon. Mabel Moore acts the part of 
the victim quite well. The audience 
never !>♦'< Mine worke-1 up over "Black- 
mall." They seemed to take it as a joke, 
and laughed at the seriousness, simply 
because they could not keep the laugh 
in. "Blackmail" is cheap melodrama. 
1 1 doesn't look the vehicle for Mr. 
Hampden. Wjmn. 



Sam Lewis and Sam Dody. 
Songs and Talk. 
10 Mine.; One. 
Olympic (Not. 12). 

Sam Dody appears in evening dress 
and announces his partner has disap- 
pointed. He endeavors to entertain 
as a single, but is interrupted by a 
man in a stage box who starts an 
argument and demands his money 
back. It is Lewis, who steps upon 
the stage and they indulge in a lot of 
argument. After that Dody contin- 
ues his song in the character of a 
Frenchman, while Lewis, without the 
necessity of resorting to make-up, 
sings a Hebrew song. After that Dody 
sings an Italian song and Lewis fol- 
lows it with a "coon" ditty. The boys 
now just miss being sure fire candi- 
dates for big time. The entrance 
from the box might be eliminated and 
Lewis might vastly improve the turn 
by blacking up. Both voices are good 
as was evidenced by their finish sing- 
ing travesties on "Travlata" and the 
"My Hero" number. Jolo. 



Toomer and Hewins. 

"It Happened in Looneyvllle." 

10 Minn.; Interior. 

In this story of a chamber maid and 
an actor there are enough clever little 
sayings to supply the wants of three 
acts in the smaller vaudeville. Judg- 
ing from the way the audience ac- 
cepted the sketch it could be seen 
that the act didn't belong, for it was 
only at the broadest of comedy that 
the small time audience laughed. 
There are subtle points in the dialog 
of this sketch that are splendidly 
brought out by this really clever 
team. The only possible fault that 
could be found with the sketch is the 
time it takes up. About three min- 
utes could be dropped. The odds seem 
to be that this turn will reach the 
larger houses. Jess. 



Harry Kichards and Co. (2). 
Farcical Sketch 
I A Mins.; Full Stage. 
Olympic (Nov. 12). 

A young doctor, married a month, 
has a youthful brother living with him 
who takes himself seriously. The 
doctor and his bride are very mushy. 
He discovers a note addressed to his 
wife advising him that the poison en- 
closed is sure to kill and as "he is an 
old duffer and could readily be re- 
placed," conceives the idea that his 
wife intends to get rid of him by 
poison. The poison is designed for a 
dog. All three of the company in- 
dulge in the roughest kind of horse 
play, accepted as funny by the audi- 
ence. While there is nothing new in 
the act, it is well played. Job). 



Itecklaws. 

Cyclists. 

14 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Two men and a girl on wheels of 
all descriptions have framed up an 
act that could open or close any bill. 
One bo> especially stands out well. 
His way of handling a single wheel 
is most graceful. He is also an adept 
on roller skates, doing one trick that 
has not been seen before. Outside ol 
having arguments with bicycle acts 
which claim originality in the inven- 
tion of freak wheels, this one stands 
a dandy chance of getting along. 

Jess. 



H. T. MacConnell and Co. (2). 
Monolog and Songs. 
18 Mine.; One. 
Fifth Avenue. 

This is the first attempt by H. T. 
MacConnell to qualify in the big New 
York vaudeville houses as a mono- 
logist. He came in from the "small 
big time." With his present turn, 
Mr. MacConnell will probably return 
from whence he came, for he has not 
qualified. The act runs eighteen min- 
utes. It is some while before it gets 
started. When fairly in the running, 
two "plants" develop, one as a song 
book boy, who interferes with the 
monologist through calling out his 
wares from an orchestra aisle, and 
the other an auditor apparently, who 
has a grievance and "calls" the boy 
for interrupting the performance. At 
the finish each goes upon the stage, 
joining the principal in an operatic 
finale. The concluding song suggests 
Mr. MacConnell and perhaps the trio 
graduated from some musical comedy 
into vaudeville. They certainly used 
a "production number" to close with. 
At the opening, when the turn drags 
fearfully, Mr. MacConnell attempts to 
simulate a halting awkward amateur. 
Dressed as a sort of cook, he apolo- 
gizes to the audience for the absence 
of another, and drifts into talk about 
the unlucky "13." (Billed as "The 
President of the 13 Club"). This 
superstitious talk lasts but a moment, 
giving little reason for the billing, 
MacConnell going into stories. His 
best one is of the stuttering boy, who, 
upon being asked by a stranger for 
an address stutteringly inquired why 
out of the 5,000,000 people in New 
York, he had been selected to answer. 
This was first told here by Billy 
Gould. One of the "plants" sings 
a ballad in which Mr. MacConnell 
afterwards joins. In the "No. 2" 
position, the act did nothing. Out- 
side of a laugh or so caused by the 
intrusion of the plants, it is quite 
some distance removed from "big 
time" timber. Mine. 



NEW SHOWS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation of Legitimate 

Attractions In New York 

Theatres. 



Walter S. Dickinson. 
Monologue and Song. 
15 Mins.; One. 
Hammers tein's 

Walter ("Rube") Dickinson just 
missed being a sensational hit at the 
Victoria Monday night. The moment 
he came on the stage and started in 
with his political speech in the char- 
acter of a rural justice of the peace, 
old. simple, yet shrewd, speaking with 
a cracked voice made shrill by nasal 
intonations, that very moment the au- 
dience in a body began to titter, every- 
body nudged his companion and set- 
tled in his seat in the full appreciation 
of the fact that he was being shown 
"something new.'' For eleven full min- 
utes Dickinson continued to relate his 
"experiences" as a public character, 
then finished with a "yokel" dance 
which got him away to tremendous 
applause. But one criticism can be 
found with the turn. The first eleven 
minutes of solid talk without a break 
grows monotonous and should either 
be cut down or broken into. Of course 
such an interpolation might interfere 
with the legitimacy of the characteri- 
zation, which is in its way a very artis- 
tic delineation, but monotony in a 
monolog is unforgivable. Jolo. 



The Irish Players— Elliott. 
"The Lady of Coventry" (Viola 

Allen) — Daly's. Ij< ^\r 

"Vera Vloletta" — Winter Garden.' i ii! 

Hayes and Norworth and Co. (4) 
"Idea* and Compositions*' (Musical 

Comedy). 
JMI Mins.; Four (Interior). 
Colonial. 

Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth 
have the assistance of three men and 
a nice looking young woman. The Co 
includes the boy at the ivories.- Each 
does excellent work, a tall, slender 
moustached Englishman putting over 
some comedy that scored. The other 
male member of the company works 
with Rita Walker in a series of carded 
dances, including the South American 
"Argentina" society dance, and the 
"turkey trot," with Miss Bayes on at 
the finish with Norworth and the two 
men in evening clothes assisting in put- 
ting over a song written and composed 
by George M. Cohan entitled "That 
Beautiful Coon," and sung by Julian 
Eltlnge in the Friars' Frolic. For the 
opening, Norworth, with a lot of magi- 
cal paraphernalia, performs real feats 
of legerdermain while singing a Mara- 
thonic medley of popular songs with 
his own lyric interpolations. At the 
dose he releases Miss Nora from a big 
black-velveted cabinet, who then works 
alone. She offers "Since Mother Was 
a Girl'' with some new and good by- 
play between verses. The Englishman; 
who meanwhile had been rung in on 
the magic bit, sings "I'm a Devil When 
Annoyed." For the finish Bayes and 
Norworth send over "Turn Off Your 
Light, Mister Moon," with telling re- 
sults. It hit the Colonial audience right, 
and in rapid succession came "Has 
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" by Miss 
Bayes, duet chorus of "Harvest 
Moon," "Wise Old Owl," by Norworth; 
"How Can They Tell I'm Irish?" by 
Miss Bayes, and "Rosa Rosette" 
(duet). Miss Bayes displayed some 
new wardrobe, looking especially mod- 
ish and attractive in a combination of 
white and green at the close. The 
team was in good voice and likewise 
good spirits as their fifty minutes stay 
on the stage will testify. A word of 
praise is due Miss Walker for her part 
of the entertainment. She and Jier 
partner landed with their dances. 

Mark. 



The Lessos (3). 

Juggling. 

10 Mlnw.; Three (Interior). 

Colonial. 

The Lessos now number three, with 
the new male acquisition simply in to 
assist the others in making the act 
run through on scheduled time. He 
wears a uniform and works in some 
facial expression at an opportune time. 
One man practically does all the work. 
His best work is done with five balls, 
billiard cues, a lighted lamp, featuring 
a trick where he Juggles a tub, chair 
and a lighted candelabrum on his chin. 
He also works in a cannon ball "bit" 
to good effect. The Lessos have a good 
act for an early position and did well 
in the opening spot at the Colonial. 

Mark. 



VARIETY 



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Jack Coombs, chief Bender and Cj 
Morgan, 4 Assisted by Kathryn and 
Violet Pearl. 

"Learning The Game" (Musical Com- 
edy). 

28 Mins.; Full Stage (Exterior). 
Academy of Music (Nov. 12). 

It was a fine commentary on the 
American spirit at the Academy Sun- 
day afternoon, when before a packed 
house in the very town where the 
baseball favorites had gone to defeat, 
their conquerors could appear, and re- 
ceive the ovation Messrs. Coombs, 
Bender and Morgan did. Of the length 
of the sketch, as mentioned in the 
heading, at least Ave minutes were 
taken up with applause. Even "Home 
Run" Baker and "Matty," though ab- 
sent, were loudly cheered, when men- 
tioned. The house played no choice 
among the trio of the star Ath- 
letics pitchers. Each was well liked, 
although Cy Morgan caused additional 
enthusiasm when ho sang in an ex- 
tremely pleasant voice a very pretty 
song, entitled "Mr. Dream Man." 
Kathryn and Violet Pearl, the feminine 
support of the champs, joined in the 
final chorus, with Messrs. Bender and 
Coombs. The young women lent color 
to the picture. Some comedy is de- 
rived from this chorus. The sur- 
prise of Mr. Morgan's voice and 
song was duplicated, when at 
the finale, as the girls started to 
sing "Baseball Glide," concluding 
with a dance, the three World Series 
pitchers broke into It, under a 
neat arangement, and went right to 
the "rag" affair in proper shape. It 
gave the turn a big finish, pushed 
along through speeches by the base- 
ball players, who finally had to fur- 
ther acknowledge the applause by 
walking across the stage in "one." If 
necessary at any time, this finish 
could be wholly done in "one." The 
two young women, both first class 
performers, open the act, when Violet 
attempts to instruct Kathryn in the 
intricacies of baseball. They are on 
the field, near the club house. The 
players enter in uniform. Each at- 
tempts to aid Violet's explanations. 
Humor from Kathryn's funny ideas 
of the game, and also from some 
"Daffydills" keep the skit lively, with 
an interesting break when the pitch- 
ers illustrate their specialized curve, 
throwing the baseball into a net off 
stage. The Misses Pearl are well 
dressed and good looking girls. Kath- 
eryn is an imposing prima donna, who 
allows her sister to handle all the 
lighter quips, which Violet well at- 
tends to. The baseball players have 
not attempted to become "actors." 
Even Chief Bender, an Indian, takes 
care of his dialog in a d rect way, the 
three bringing naturalness to their 
aid, the best assistant they could have 
had obtained. Whoever put on the 
act knew his business. Sunday after- 
noon was very pleasant out of doors, 
too much so for good matinee attend- 
ance, but the big Academy was paeke 1 
to the doors, proving conclusively the 
Athletics have drawing power away 
from their ball town home (Philadel- 
phia). And they have an act. Be- 
tween the two, "Learning the Game" 
is a headline for any of the big 
houses. Rime. 



Cieorge Austin Moore and Cordelia 

Haager. 
Stories and Songn. 
10 Mins.; One. 
Fifth Avenue. 

George Austin Moore is no longer 
a "single/' He is now assisted by 
a pretty young woman (Cordelia 
Haager) who resembles somewhat at 
times, Carrie De Mar. Miss Haager 
sings nicely, so does Mr. Moore. The 
latter also tells stories, among them 
"coon" ones, and these he does well, 
even though using Nat Wills' "head 
waiter" story for a good round laugh. 
Mr. Moore is of very pleasant address. 
The few slight faults that could have 
been found with him as a "single" 
have been eradicated, with the result 
that Moore and Haager, through songs 
and stories, make up a very pleasant 
turn. Mr. Moore should Inform Miss 
Haager that the "kitten" song is not 
proper. She sings it cutely, but it is 
carrying the risque thing a trifle too 
far, and especially upon what is al- 
most a notorious subject for jocular 
comment. The opening of the turn 
brings Miss Haager from the audience 
upon the stage. Slme. 



Harry Drown and Co. (8). 
Comedy Sketch. 
19 Mins ; Full Stage. 
Olympic (Nov. 12). 

The sketch is a revival of one of 
the late Richard Golden's old vehicles. 
Mr. Brown fits nicely into the leading 
role. His support is equal to the de- 
mands. Brown portrays the charac- 
ter of an old village lawyer who has 
brought up the daughter of an oid 
friend. An old farmer who has lost 
a daughter of his own Is very kind to 
the girl, but the farmer'3 wife be- 
comes jealous and appeals to the 
lawyer for a divorce. In the end the 
farmer and his wife adopt the child. 
Brown has endeavored to adopt some 
of Golden's mannerisms and succeeds 
admirably. It is a good comedy sketch 
with heart interest and holds its own 
without the aid of a stellar name. 

Jolo. 



Sam Hood. 
Singing Monolog. 
12 Mins.; One. 
"Columbia. 

Sam Hood is in line for the "big 
time," but he is not yet ripe. Or 
at least, not for the biggest time. 
What Mr. Hood should do this season 
is to play the biggest "small time" 
he can obtain, and such big small 
time houses as he may be booked for, 
meanwhile working on his present act. 
Then next season he can come into 
the big town and its biggest houses 
as something new in blackface. To 
*.ry now in New York might spoil him 
for the future. Mr. Hood has a nice 
way of telling a story, sings parodies 
very well, and seems to have an idea 
of humor that but slips out now and 
then. Also he has individuality. 

While the parodies were well written, 
he is along with the bunch all parody 
singers are using, excepting "All 
Alone." That has been sung out. 
The Columbia liked Mr. Hood reai 
well. On the small time now, he 
should be a star turn. For the 
small big time, he could take an im- 
portant spot. FUmr. 



Itay Samuels. 
Character Singer. 
20 Mins.; One. 
Lyda, Chicago. 

Ray Samuels' sudden rise from 
oblivion to the pinacle of popularity 
is now the principal topic of discus- 
sion in theatrical Chicago. Last week 
she celebrated her third appearance 
at the Lyda in as many months. Al- 
though her succeeding engagement 
made it impossible to linger longer 
than two days, she stood them up at 
both shows notwithstanding Miss 
Samuels came unheralded. Profes- 
sionally analyzed, Ray Samuels can be 
truthfully s zed up as ninety-five per 
cent, personality, and five per cent, 
voice. She doesn't sing, nor does she 
attempt to. She just chatters along, 
swings her arms, snaps her fingers 
and occasionally shuffles her feet — 
and mugs. She makes her audience a 
part of the song and her expressions 
are not forced, merely a natural and 
vivid representation of the character, 
backed up with gestures. Her "rag" 
is par excellence, but the "rube" her 
masterpiece. Unfortunately she offers 
but one of the latter in her closing 
song, "Napoleon." Another is needed, 
or at least would help. The rest of 
her repertoire excepting "They Al- 
ways Pick on Me" are "coon" songs, 
including one entitled "Jesse James" 
that carries a "Casey Jones" swing 
with it. The "kid" song has never 
been sung better. Her "Monkey Rag" 
proved conclusively that here it's the 
singer and not the song. However in 
this instance both are great. Miss 
Samuels dresses plain and is good to 
look at. She is an artist in her line 
and still has considerable hidden tal- 
ent that experience will bring forth. 
Her every move means something t^» 
the song she Is singing. Her coming 
Orpheum tour will condition her for 
the east. When she arrives there Miss 
Samuels will introduce a new brand 
of ragtime — something between a 
Clarice Vance and Sophie Tucker, and 
a copy of neither. From a picture 
house to the Orpheum Circuit in 
three months is her present record. 
Six more should find her east and 
then if musical comedy can't use Iter, 
she will always find a berth in vaude- 
ville's best. Wynn. 



Umpire Girls. 

Singing ami Dancing. 

13 Mins., Parlor. 

Murray Hill (Nov. 12). 

Four girls are headed by a young 
fellow, not billed, but he quite smoth- 
ers the young women. The girls start 
proceedings with a military number 
■n neat costumes. While making a 
change for the next, the boy comes 
out and tears his way into much pop- 
ularity by singing "Violin Rag." The 
girls come back in short evening 
dresses with a song recently passed 
from popularity. The boy helps them 
at the finish with this one. Another 
song by the boy alone is done before 
the five sing "Mysterious Rag." This 
finishes the act. The girls are good 
looking and wear good clothes for the 
small time houses. The boy has a 
dandy way of singing his songs, and is 
just too much of a hit to make the 
girls figure at all. Jrss. 



Castelli's Masterpieces in Marble. (4). 
1« Mins.; Full Htage. 
Academy, Chicago. 

Castelli's masterpieces were form- 
erly offered in bronze, but the French 
pantomimist is now out with a new 
novelty In white. His past experience 
naturally guarantees a good job. 
Barring a few uncalled for long waits 
between poses, he has made good. 
Three men and one woman make up 
the company. In the sixteen minutes 
consumed at the Academy fourteen 
groups were offered. Two dogs are 
also used. The subjects exhibited in 
the order named are "Genius of Art," 
"Question," "The Hunter," "Mid- 
night," "Awakening," "Age of Iron," 
"The Deluge," "Diana," "Victory," 
"The Rape of Sabiens," "Speak," 
"Wrestler" group and "The Foun- 
tain," "Midnight" and "The Foun- 
tain" are the best, in the former 
three of the four people are em- 
ployed, and in the latter the entire 
company supports a massive fountain 
in operation. "Speak" and "The Hun- 
ter" are similar. In those two the 
dogs are used. One should be elim- 
inated. In appearance the act is per- 
fect. A black velvet drop is used as 
a background. Castelli's new offering 
should find plenty of time. The waits 
will no doubt be shortened without 
any trouble, and then the act will fit 
any of the bills in the middle-west. 

Wynn. 



JOinily Green and Co. (2). 
jComedy Sketch. 
/J 8 Mins.; Four (Parlor). 
Fifth Avenue. 

Emily Green and Co. were called 
into the Fifth Avenue program 
Monday evening, to replace another 
'sketch which left the bill after the 
matinee. Miss Green could hardly 
have improved upon the performance 
of her predecessor. Her sketch is 
impossible for regular vaudeville. As 
a Swedish character player, she might 
do with a vehicle of merit, but her 
present piece is an inane bit, not well 
constructed, and with nine minutes of 
the eighteen consumed by various 
phrases of "business" before the ac- 
tion commences. The story, almost 
forgotten in its age, is of the change 
of position by Swedish maid to mis- 
tress, mistress becoming maid. A 
young man found a note in a barrel 
of apples. The mistress wrote the 
note. How she got it into the barrel 
3s a mere detail, The young man of 
the piece playlet, as an actor, is above 
his role and the playlet. For the small 
time Miss Green's Bketch may do. 

Simr. 

The Xoyarios. 

i:<|iiilibiists. 

H Mins.; Full Stage. 

llainiiierstein'N 

TheZoyarros are a man and woman, 
neatly clad in full white tights. Most 
of the act consists of a series of poses 
and balancing of the woman by the 
man. She; probably we'ghs jis much 
as he does. The finishing trick con- 
sists in rolling a three-font globe up 
planks and down a flight of stairs, with 
the man standing upon it. it is bright- 
ly dressed and handled, and for that 
reason is much better than the aver- 
age number of that kind. Join. 



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VARIETY 



The Aviator Girls (7). 
Novelty Singing and Dancing. 
17 Minn. (Special Sets). 
Hamlin, Chicago. 

A bevy of pretty and shapely girls 
with youth In their favor and posses- 
sors of fairly good singing voices. It 
1b in four scenes. The closing 
set is in "four" and shows an 
aviation field after dark with the 
lighted houses of a village for a 
back ground. An aviation song is 
used for a finale, and a stage model 
of an aeroplane, with a searchlight In 
front, is suspended in mid air with 
one of the girls in the aviator's seat 
and manipulating the steering gear 
in a way to cause the improvised ma- 
chine to swing continually in a semi- 
circle. The effect is novel and spec- 
tacular, if not entirely original, and 
the offering scores on the closing. 
The costuming is creditable and in 
harmony with the settings, except in 
the last scene, where the beach gowns, 
caps and parasols seem to be out of 
place. A different costume change to 
something strictly in keeping with 
the aviation scene would be much 
more appropriate. The scenic effects 
are elaborate and pretentious. The 
song numbers are well rendered and 
go over nicely, but the substitution of 
two or three melodies more catchy 
and tuneful would improve the act a 
lot. The production is the creation of 
the Princess Theatrical Exchange, of 
Louisville, Ky., and was built express- 
ly for an early tour of the Sullivan 
and Considine circuit. It looks the 
goods and ought to score anywhere in 
the right spot. Hebo. 



Kennedy Bros, and De Milt. 
Songs, Dances and Talk. 
10 Mine.; One. 
Yorkville. 

Kennedy Bros, and De Milt come 
very close to gaining the big time 
mark right off the reel. Coming close 
however sometime is as bad as miss- 
ing a mile, for the hardest step to 
overcome is often just that few re- 
maining feet. The first thing to fix 
up is the comedy. It is now supplied 
by one of the brothers in the role of a 
"nance." Another character should be 
tried. The "cissy" thing becomes very 
tiresome — and there is so much of it 
done. The Billy Gould story about sit- 
ting in the smoker with the men 
should at least be let alone. The com- 
edian is a capital eccentric dancer and 
he should aim to get more laughs from 
his dancing ability. Miss De Milt is a 
big corner of the act. She is a dandy 
looking girl, along the plump lines, 
with a smile that's worth lots. She 
knows how to dress and aside from 
the solo dance of the comedian there 
is no reason for the boys doing any- 
thing at all in which she is not in- 
volved. The "straight" brother does 
very well. With Miss De Milt he sings 
"Mysterious Rag" in fine style. They 
should go in more for the Norworth 
and Bayes style of song. The act was 
a big hit at the Yorkville. It Is ready 
now to play the small big time. Proper 
judgment In framing up should land 
them in the big houses in short order. 

Dash. 



Maurice Freeman Go. (5). 
Comedy Drama. 

21 Mins.; Four (Special Set: In- 
terior.) 
Academy of Mnalc (Nov. 12). 

The sketch played by the Maurice 
Freeman Co. for the first time in New 
York Sunday is a "Jew" piece, with 
little reason* poor "types" and no 
story that holds or is convincing. 
Why anyone believes that this "Jew" 
stuff continually thrown up before the 
public, in a veneered attempt to catch 
the Jewish vote or applause as it 
were, has any especial appeal is 
something no one has yet logically 
explained. Perhaps the impression is 
abroad that a few of these fanatical 
Rabbis (fanatical only on seeing their 
names in type) will boost along the 
things from the pulpit or in interviews. 
In this sketch they have made the Jew 
with the halo a pawnbroker, who be- 
lieves an actress has been forced 
by stress of circumstances to pawn a 
diamond ring she found. The pawn- 
broker likes the girl. After advancing 
her $200 on the ring, he returns the 
diamond to its owner, permitting the 
actress to retain the $200^ with an- 
other $100 he loaned her, without se- 
curity. And all because he heard she 
slapped Sullivan's face the night be- 
fore when Sullivan "got fresh" in the 
backroom of Dugan's saloon. This 
portion is where the author ran riot, 
even though everyone does not agree 
that this defense of the Jew on the 
stage is all unnecessary. In this in- 
stance the woman of the stage is be- 
ing sacrificed for the sake of the 
Jewish pawnbroker. The impression 
given by the sketch 1b that no young 
woman can advance or support herself 
in the show business without permit- 
ting "a friend" to exert his "influ- 
ence", with all that that may carry 
with it. No effort has been made in 
the Freeman sketch to convey any- 
thing by even subtle intimation. 
There are several points offensive to 
either the gentle Hebrew or Christian. 
The pawnbroker was the principal 
character. He may have been Mr. 
Freeman, but whoever he was, he did 
not appear to have been a stage He- 
brew for any length of time. His char- 
acterization was a cross between that 
of Julian Rose's and Barney Bernard's 
in speech and make up. The police- 
man was fairly well done, but the 
boarding house mistress, actress and 
a little thief barely passed. The story 
is too far fetched and poorly played 
to ever pass on the big vaudeville 
time. It could do in the smaller 
houses. Perhaps at the Grand Street 
theatre it might be a riot. Before, 
however, this sketch is thrown in the 
discard, a special performance should 
be given in a hall for the sole edifica- 
tion of those Rabbis who cant, carp 
and prate against the Hebrew carica- 
ture on the stage. If the hall isn't 
large enough, the sketch, with the 
whole bunch of Rabbis, should go 
down to Barren Island — and stay 
there. Sitne. 



Oonroy and Neptune. 
Diving. 

8 Mins.; Full Stage (Exterior; Spe- 
cial). 
Colonial. 

Conroy and Neptune have a very ef- 
fective stage setting for the diving ex- 
hibition. The tank is so arranged that 
the audience misses none of the dives 
in execution, a mirror reflecting the 
water. Conroy and Neptune wear the 
regulation black water outfits, the 
woman displaying a splendid figure in 
her one-piece diving suit. The man is 
also well built. The man and woman 
alternate with dives, closing with what 
an announcer says is the most danger- 
ous dive ever attempted, the passing 
double somersault dive with the man 
doing a double at the same time the 
woman does a forward into the water. 
The woman does some pretty diving, 
showing grace and familiarity with the 
springboard while the man gives un- 
mistakable evidence of having been 
around the water all his life. The act 
is a good one for any bill, notwith- 
standing all the diving acts that have 
passed in review. Mark. 



Charles V. Faust. 
"Original Specialty." 
14 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Hammersteln's. 

Charley Faust, the New York 
Giant's mascot is a vaudeville per- 
former this week at Hammerstein's. 
The act opens with a five-minute ad- 
dres by Loney Haskell, who diplomati- 
cally paves the way by asking you not 
to take Mr. Faust seriously. Finally 
the baseball enthusiast appears in field 
regalia. He attempts to sing the "Star 
Spangled Banner" and chuckles with 
glee while the stage hands march 
round him carrying small American 
flags. He follows this with a childish 

recitation about a mule. This in turn 
is succeeded by a monologue about the 
Giants. Concluding, he cavorts about 
the stage imitating a railroad train 
and the "mooing" of a cow, finishing 
with some illustrations of the various 
methods of pitching, batting and base- 
sliding of the various baseball celebri- 
ties. The majority of the audience did 
not participate in the "kidding" 
worked up. Vaudeville must be des- 
perate when it will attach an "act" of 
this sort to itself; also, vaudeville 
must be lifeless to endure it. Jolo. 



Juggling Millers. 
Hoop Rollers. 
8 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Olympic (Nov. 12). 

A young man and woman, neatly 
attired, go through the fastest pos- 
sible kind of what is now conventional 
routine, winding up with two novel 
tricks for a finish. The first is jug- 
gling hoops with fire in the center, 
and the closing trick tossing paper 
hoops out into the audience so they 
will reverse and fly back on the stage. 
An excellent turn for opening position 
on any bill. Jolo. 



NEW ACTS 
IN "POP" HOUSES 

Faye and Tennieu. 

Songs and Dances. 

14 Mins.; Three (Special Drop). 

Grand (Nov. 19). 

A "sister act." Their special scenic 
outfit is all to the flowery, but why 
one of the girls wears slick looking 
winter raiment during a spell in a 
summer garden is hard to under* 
stand unless it gives her a chance to 

introduce "When You Kiss An Italian 
Girl." But she looks neat in that 
white wlnterish garb anyway. The 
girls start out as though they were 
putting on a "production," using a 
swing to give the opening number the 
effect that "pop" houses generally 
miss when a "sister" team shows. The 
finale is the girls singing "By the 
Mississippi River Shore" and dancing 
to its refrain. This got the results 
much of the earlier preliminary skir- 
mishes lost. The girls with their looks, 
scenic paraphernalia and willingness 
to sing and dance should keep going 
in the smaller houses. Mark. 



Walsh and Eddy. 
Singing and Talking. 
16 Mins.; One. 
86th Street. 

"If you went in to buy your dog a 
muzzle and the man wouldn't put it 
on for you, what would you do?" "I'd 
put it on myself." By the time this 
man and woman were forgiven for this 
one, they pulled the one about the 
drunken king beating his three wives 
because a king full beats three queens 
anytime. There were many more. 
Even the paper was used for slapping 
purposes. Besides this talk there are 
songB that guitar-like instruments are 
used with. In one song the fellow let 
loose some yellow philosophy. The girl 
might have some idea how to dress for 
the stage, but there was no reason for 
the skating costume worn at the start. 

JtSS. 



Edith Haney. 
Character Songs. 
12 Mins.; One. 
Murray Hill (Nov. 12). 

Miss Haney is a very little girl. A 
dressing room made out of her um- 
brella is the start with the music 
stand borrowed from the leader. Time 
is here wasted without results. Miss 
Haney first appears in a country cos- 
tume but changes into a "Dutch Boy" 
for the first number. The second is a 
French soubret. The act closes with 
a "kid" song. Miss Haney is a cute 
little person. On the small time the 
act she is doing ought to fit very well. 
This will be good training for her. 

Jess. 



Sweeney and Rooney. 

Dancers. 

8 Mins.; One. 

Sweeney and Rooney (two boys) 
dress in blue suits, wear straw hats, 
carry canes and dance in tan shoes. 
The boys offer team-stepping all the 
way. They seemed a trifle nervous 
throughout. It marred the finish. 
The dancers will improve with time. 
They have a neat act for the "pop" 
houses. Mark. 



VARIETY 



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Louis Morrell and Co. (8). 

Sketch. 

21 Mint.; Fnl Stage. 

A young gi 1 from Olean comes to 
New York to go on ,the stage. It 
looks soft for her, but after two 
years she's a bit discouraged. She 
resides in a furnished room house. 
Also residing there are a newspaper 
reporter and an actor, both broke. The 
fourth character is the landlady. Re- 
porter sells a story for ten dollars, 
buys some food, gets the actor's suit 
from the tailor's where it is being 
pressed s he can look for a job, and 
after planning all the things they are 
going to do with the remainder of the 
ten, they decide to send the girl home 
away from the lure of the white 
lights and "chasers" who own autos. 
The sketch has sufficient mawkish 
heart appeal, with a plentiful inocula- 
tion of comedy speeches, to go over 
"big" on the small time, but it is not 
modern two-a-day material. None of 
the acting is good and most of it is 
very bad. JoU). 



Myrtle Rutler. 

Planolog. 

8 Mlns.; One. 

YorkvUle. 

Myrtle Rutler is wrong. Myrtle is 
a young girl. The experience she is 
now getting may do her more good 
than all the advice that could be dish- 
ed out. The girl has personality and 
a pleasing delivery, but her material 
is very poor. Music-box imitations on 
the piano are considered obsolete now, 
and In fact any trick playing by a girl 
after the many men working the piano 
is little more than useless. Myrtle will 
have to stay on the small time for a 
while. She should try and secure 
songs of the Wills Holt Wakefield va- 
riety. It would not be a bad idea to 
ask permission from Miss Wakefield 
to use some of her old material to use 
in the developing process. Dash. 



The Whaleys. 

Musical. 

12 Mlns.; Parlor. 

86th Street. 

The Whaleys are two boys who 
seem to be quite new to the stage. 
When more used to it, they will get 
along more easily. The boys play the 
xylophone pipes very well and do not 
take too long with their numbers. 
Just before the finish the two use a 
set of bag-pipes and the drums. There 
Is not enough to warrant the presence 
of the flashy drums the big one being 
held in the air on a stand. The 
Whaleys ought to get plenty of work 
on the small time. Jess. 



Ruth Alvoy. 

Songs. 

If Mlns.; One. 

Ruth Alvoy is a blonde with a sweet 
voice. She dressed in black Monday 
night and sang three songs. Half of 
the time the rain acted as accompanist 
but the singer got good applause 
nevertheless. Her voice is of excel- 
lent range, has quality, but lacks vol- 
ume. For a "pop" audience her 
"Lonesome" number is it. If that 
patter of rain on the roof hadn't been 
so strong Miss Alvoy's hit would have 
been more emphatic. Mark. 



Premium Trio. 

Instrumentalists. 

15 Mlns., One. 

Murray Hill (Nov. 12). 

This act registered some big hit at 
the finish after playing a couple of 
selections of the classical type by 
swinging into a rag-time medley, clos- 
ing with a regulation "Turkey Trot" 
A girl plays a violin throughout, 
while two boys are accompanists on 
banjo and guitar. The three look well 
and have the right Idea of playing 
popular music, but they should either 
drop one classical selection in favor 
of a popular melody or place another 
popular selection just before the fin- 
ishing number. With this change an 
early position on a big time bill would 
fit them. Jest. 



S. R. Lewis and Co (8). 

Farcical Sketch. 

20 Mlns.; Full Stftge. 

A story so old and threadbare it 
wouldn't be new to the youngest 
vaudeville patron. An old man, with 
i he inevitable gray side whisker* , goes 
out for a lark, as does his sou-in-law, 
because their wives are away in the 
country. The younger chap meets a 
soubret and gives her one of the old 
man's cards. Old man's wife returns 
unexpectedly. In comes soubret. Far- 
cical complications trying to explain 
her presence. Jolo. 



Sid Franklin. 
Clay Modeler. 
9 Mlns.; Two. 
Grand (Nov. 12). 

Sid Franklin looks young but his 
act looks old. That is, his style of 
dressing, form of equipment and 
manner of working his subjects are 
just the same as when clay modeling 
was first introduced in this country. 
However, in the "pop" houses Mr. 
Franklin will receive attention. The 
framework of his modeling rack 
might be repainted or reguilded or 
reburnished in some way. Mark. 



William H. Sloan and Co. 
Comedy Sketch. 
13 Mine.; Interior. 

Mr. Sloan and his company (two 
women) are using some well worn 
prop ideas. Mr. Sloan is a German 
comedian. One of the women sang 
a song before the comedian appeared. 
An old mistaken identity plot is used 
as is a burlesque poker game, the 
main comedy coming through Mr. 
Sloan sitting over a plumber's heater 
during the game. In "No. 3" po- 
sition, the act couldn't get over. 

Jess. 



The Winning Four. 

Singers. 

10 Mins.; Four. 

The Winning Four comprises a fe- 
male quartet of young girls who acted 
as if they were pupils from yunie cc n- 
servatory ol music. There id nothing 
to recommend the act. Jolo. 



Bat Wynn. 

Songs. 

11 Mlns.; One. 

Dat Wynn is a songster. He has 
selected the latest songs, but does 
nothing with them. Jess. 



Marguerite Starr. 

Songs. 

12 Mlns.; One. 

Academy of Music (Nov. 12). 

Marguerite Starr seems to be a 
young woman of prima donna tenden- 
cies who listened to poor advice, 
and became a "rag" singer Instead. 
Her friends present Sunday were so 
enthusiastic they started to applaud 
when she appeared, though no one 
else in the house had ever heard of 
her. The young woman is a pas- 
sable blonde, wears good clothes, and 
changes for each song, but she can't 
sing "ragtime." Miss Starr's looks 
and voice entitle her to a place upon 
the stage. She might try to find that 
place without wasting her time trying 
to be a "rag" "single." Sim*. 



Vanghner and Lorraine. 
Singing and Talking. 
10 Mlns., One. 
Murray Hill (Nov. 12). 

A colored team of the usual sort, 
the big fellow being rather funny and 
the woman looking well and dancing 
in a pleasing manner. The man has a 
fair voice, the girl Is lacking 
in this department. It is a good act 
for the small time. Jess. 



Belle Jeanette. 

Songs. 

12 Mins ; One. 

Olympic (Nov. 12). 

Little Belle is just a little girl who 
sings songs, five in all, a soubret num- 
ber, an Italian, "Yiddish" and two 
"coon" songs. They sound pretty 
nearly alike. There is no visible at- 
tempt at characterizing. Still, the 
girl is young and she has a chance. 

Jolo. 



Minton. 
Cartoonist. 
Mins.; One. 
86th Street. 

Minton is a swift sketcher and in 
drawing a few fast pictures with the 
black on the white gets into good 
graces with his audience almost imme- 
diately. Minton can make good on the 
small time, without the flags. Jess. 



Madame Enunau. 
"Radium Dancer." 
8 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Murray Hill (Nov. 12). 

Madame Emmau at times swings 
he." arms, and at other times she 
stands atill. Different color designs 
are thrown on her, which is an idea 
not very new. An act that ought to 
get over on any small time bill. 

Jess. 



OUT OF TOWN 

Don and Crawford. 
Talk and Songs. 
12 Mins.; One. 
Wigwam, San Francisco. 

Don and Crawford offer a good line 
of talk and finish with two songs. Don 
puts over the comedy well. Crawford 
works "straight." He is neat in ap- 
pearance and equally as good. The 
talk should be worked a little faster. 
Both men have good singing voices. 
The act scored big in an early posi- 
tion. Hazel. 



COLONIAL. 

Bayes and Norworth (New Acts) 
late co-stars in "Little Miss Fix It/' 
are the big card, unquestionably a 
"draw" at the Colonial. 

The Carbrey Brothers were on sec- 
ond and these boys with the loose 
legs and nimble feet had 'em going 
long before the finish. They never 
leave the stage, don't stall, and put 
In a strenuous eight minutes of foot 
work. 

The Murphy-Nichols combination 
put on full steam with "From Zaza 
To Uncle Tom" with big laughing re- 
sults. Conroy and LeMaire in the 
fourth position, undaunted, sailed in 
and tried. 

"The Police Inspector," with Scott 
Sigglns in the principal role, held in- 
terest and evoked occassional laugh- 
ter with some of the remarks of an 
Irish female character done by J. J. 
Williams. There are other charact- 
ers but Biggins' support is not as 
strong as it might be. In affecting a 
careworn, troubled look to give the 
inspector more of a serious, austere 
and stocial aspect, Slggins makes the 
face lines too heavy. A lighter shade 
would make the effect less theatrical. 
At times Slggins hisses his words 
when a more modulated tone would 
be just as effective. 

Leon Rogee appeared after the in- 
termission, and with his clever imita- 
tions rung up a hit. Rogee is a capi- 
tal entertainer and held up his own 
with the Colonial talent. 

After Bayes and Norworth, Ashley 
and Lee showed. It was rather hard 
going at first but they pulled up 
strong, their singing finish making 
them all the more solid. 

Conroy and Neptune (New Acts) 
with their pretty diving act closed. 
The Lessos (New Acts) opened. 

Mark. 



Lucille La Verne and Co. (4). 
Comedy Sketch. 

20 Mlns.; Full Stage (Special Set). 
Keith's, Boston. 

Lucille La Verne convinced theatre- 
goers in Boston, when a member of 
the stock company. Miss La Verne is 
still very clever, but her vehicle for 
vaudeville is not what it should be. 
Her portrayal of a darkey on the style 
of the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" fellow, 
from Georgia, was an excellent piece 
of work. The sketch is called com- 
edy. What laughs there were in the 
piece — and those were very few — 
were furnished by her. Miss La Verne 
— who is no lightweight — portrays a 
young "buck" of the kind seen lu 
pictures, and who might have existed 
"before the war." Barefooted and in 
tatters, with a "Moorish mixture" 
makeup; a good dialect and a natural 
aptitude for getting the audience, Miss 
La Verne made a great deal out of 
very little. Miss La Verne is clever. 
She never loses the character. Miss 
La Verne is too clever to waste her 
time and talents on such nonsensical 
material. dooltz. 



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Variety 



THREE ROMEOS 



MOULIN ROUGE 



The latest musical coinedv in town 
is "The Three Romeos." It opened at 
the Globe Monday night, it is fi- 
nanced by a new Ann. the Dreyfus- 
Fellner Co. 

Whatever else may he said of the 
show these unknown people are cer- 
tainly not pikers. The scenic investi- 
ture, costuming and properties must 
have totalled a very tidy sum. Then 
there is the cast. It was undoubtedly 
recruited from the best talent avail- 
able. 

As amateurs in this field of en- 
deavor — in this country anyway (per- 
haps they are foreign impresarios) 
the Ureyfus-Fellner people could be 
pardoned for falling into the mistake 
of accepting for their initial present- 
ment the book of R. H. Rurnside. 

For several years now the critics 
have been berating the authors of 
modern musical comedy books tor the 
absence of plots. Here for once at 
least is a surfeit of plot. In fact there 
is such a quantity and complexity of 
story that it is quite impossible to fol- 
low the three acts. After each mu- 
sical number the story took on a new 
twist, starting everybody rushing 
about once more. 

It is really a pity, for there is much 
to commend in "The Three Romeos." 
One of two things should be done with 
the piece cither discard three- 
fourths of the farcical entanglements 
or dispense with the music, chorus 
and some of the characters, and trans- 
form it into a rapidly moving "legiti- 
mate" farce comedy. 

Upon investigation it would un- 
doubtedly be disclosed that "The 
Three Romeos" was flr«( written hs a 
farce without music. With the ex- 
ception of two or three women who 
were supposed to have long since ar- 
rived at the age of discretion, all the 
rest of the people in the piece were 
"regular devils." They were the most 
industrious aggregation of flirts ever 
gathered together. 

The lyrics were excellent through- 
out, almost GUbertian at times. Had 
they been credited on the program to 
one of the standard English lyricists 
instead of to a man heretofore known 
only as a stage director, our metro- 
politan theatre-goers with a penchant 
for everything bearing the label of an 
importation, might have given more 
appreciation to that contribution. Mr. 
Rurnside need have no cause to be 
ashamed of any portion of his diversi- 
fied and variegated efforts. He is 
credited as the author, lyricist and 
stage director. Raymond Mubbell is 
responsible for the music, which is 
very tuneful at times— but only at 
times. 

Of the principals, the weakest are 
Shirley Kellogg, a pretty girl only, 
and Alfred Kappeler. who has a tenor 
voice of parlor dimensions. 

The principal comedian of the show 
is Fred Walton, heretofore a panto 
mimist. This is said to be his first 
attempt with a speaking part. He 
has established himself already in the 
front rank sis a character comedian. 
Mr. Walton has grown a trifle heavier 
since he appeared in New York a few- 
years ago in the vaudeville houses 



His pantomime work, now enhanced 
by oral accompaniment, is always a 
rare treat. 

Ethel Cadman, who attained popu- 
larity through her vocal pyrotechnics 
when of "The Acadians" is not ac- 
corded a similar opportunity in the 
jirqsent role, but given more scoj •* 
for acting, in which she is deficient. 
Mahella Raker has only one scene in 
the first act. as a rather shrewish 
maiden aunt and was more than ac- 
ceptable. Georgia Caine has the prin- 
cipal feminine role and never for a 
moment permits you to forget it. She 
"hogs" the centre of the stage on 
all possible occasions and conducts 
herself with an assurance that stamped 
her as being completely satislied with 
herself. 

William Danforth, as a gay round- 
er, was a pleasing personality. He 
was especially good in his scenes with 
Walton. Fritz Williams, as usual, 
gave a careful, immaculately dressed, 
painstaking performance. Occasion- 
ally the "painstaking" was too appar- 
ent. Fred Lennox is a good comedian 
reared in the "school" when it was 
expected oT a comedian to write his 
own "gags" and depend on them for 
a personal hit, regardless of whether 
it interfered with the general results. 
That incomparable artist Klita Proc- 
tor Otis had a thankless part as a 
forceful dowager. 

Nearly all the musical numbers are 
illustrated by "props" of one kind or 
another. For instance, in a topical song 
on shopping, a piano was transformed 
into a millinery emporium. To de- 
scribe a flirtation in a restaurant, the 
lights arc lowered for a moment and 
a table with food is shown. For a 
"Humpty Dumpty" song the two par- 
ticipating in it carry manikins. In 
a "moon" song the chorus men lift 
the tops of their silk hats and dis- 
play lighted "moons." At another 
time the chorus girls carry illumin- 
ated bouquets. 

These accessories are obsolete in 
the metropolis, but "on the road" 
such things may be very much appre- 
ciated. 

"The Three Romeos" may not quite 
come up to the modern musical com- 
ely standards of New York; but if it 
c'oesn't. and the Ureyfus-Fellner peo- 
ple have the courage to give it a fair 
trial en tour, the piece stands an ex- 
cellent chance to yield them sufficient 
returns to repay the enormous in- 
vestment, lulu. 



UTTEIHIKIN SHOWING. 

Otterbein, hid., Nov. l.~>. 
After many years of waiting. Otter- 
bein has been put back on the legiti- 
mate traveling list, an attraction. "Ole 
Peterson" showing here Nov. 1.".. 

With a newspaper now makim- 
money and electric light plant on the 
way, Otterbein experts to he heard 
from. 

The Lake Frie road trains stop at 
Otterbein daily to take on water, and 
now and then a passenger. The New 
York Central tiains go through here, 
too. hut they don't even hesitate. 



During the past month there was 
a good opportunity about New York 
to get an idea as to the joys of a 
sailor's life. Even after seeing the 
boys around Rroadway in gala attire 
and the ships on the river in full elec- 
trical decoration it w/is generally con- 
ceded that the sailor boys were up 
against a pretty tough proposition. 
About once every six months, if they 
are lucky, a three-day shore leave is 
granted and then the boy with his 
full six months' pay in his pocket 
sallies forth with but one object in 
view, to get as much tun as possible 
out of those three days. Last Mon- 
day one of the sailors started what 
was to have been a three-day celebra- 
tion by dropping into the Casino, 
Brooklyn. What was more natural, 
than to start a celebration with a 
burlesque show, where girls, music 
and hilarious fun are supposedly the 
basic principals. Rut then he who 
stands ready to defend the honor of 
his country must he ready to stau£ 
all sorts of hardships and disappoint- 
ments, so when the first part and olio 
were over, the sailor boy in a resigned 
manner only slid 'My, that's awful' 
.as he slouched out of the theatre. 

He only said three words but all 
the pent up feelings of a boy who had 
waited in patient expectancy for sx 
months and whose hopes were sud- 
denly dashed to the ground were ex- 
pressed. 

It was probably back to the navy 
yard for sailorboy. He won't care 
now how far they send him on the 
next cruise or whether he ever conies 
back. 

Some of the audience returned to 
see the second part. 

At. the opening of the burlesque 
Corinne De Forest in a lively man- 
ner lead "You Needn't Go to College 
If You've Reen to College Inn." It 
got three or four reeills because Mists 
He Forest was out in front laughing, 
working and dancing. The manager, 
producer or stage manager might 
have observed the difference in the 
manner in which this number went 
over from the others, and if they did. 
why didn't they put some one out 
ahead of a couple of the other num- 
bers in the same way, or didn't any of 
the trio of officials take any more in- 
terest in the proceedings than did some 
of the chorus girls, who probably be 
coming used to seeing the numbers go 
off without a hand worked in a lacka- 
daisical manner knowing what the re- 
sult would be? 

Further couldn't they see that the 
Lee sister, in the chorus, possessed 
the necessary dash and personality to 
lead rag numbers, so why t'e her 
down to only one number near the 
finish that never gave her an oppor- 
tunity? Were they also blind to Willie 
Mack that while possessing a good 
voice he was getting nothing from 
the three or lour numbers he was 
leading and wouldn't it ho better to 
place one of the girls at Last with 
him to lead these numhers so that a 
dance ni. ; gh1 help in boosting ihem 
over? 

Then why were* the colored lights 
swih-hed on for the chorus of everv 



number? Did, they improve the looks 
of the girls, or add to the prettiness 
of the staging, or were they limply 
hiding the girls the audience wanted 
to see? 

And the comedy. Why do burles- 
que comedians think that "cock- 
roach" is a funny expression; why is 
expectorating on the stage considered 
something to laugh at. To the house- 
wife a cockroach is a pestilence, and 
in every public conveyance spitting on 
the floors is punishable by fine and 
imprisonment. Why not subject the 
corned ans to the same ordinance? If 
allowed to return to earth one hun- 
dred years hence, will burlesque com- 
edians still think that sitting over a 
tire, "doping" a man and taking his 
money, and counting money ("one 
for you and two for me") are funny 
bits. 

As to the olio. Wasn't there any- 
one connected with the show who 
could see the white suit worn by 
Willie Mack in his vaudeville speci- 
alty with the Lee Sisters was soiled 
and unbecoming, and gave a bad im- 
pression from the start? Also that 
the solo by one of the Lee Sisters was 
out of order. If the advice didn't 
come from the show folks, why didn't 
the girl take her cue from the man- 
ner in which the audience received 
it? 

In the unfinished sketch of George 
X. Wilson and Lillian Thurston there 
was nothing to wonder at, except prob- 
ably as to the author. 

Mike Nibbe, Ed Nibbe and Marie 
Bordeaux also had a conglomeration 
of what only caused one to wonder 
why as good a comedian as Ed Nibbe 
should waste so much valuable time. 

Torroni Troupe of bicyclists finish- 
ed the vaudeville. 

As to the show. If burlesque, as 
many contended, Is the coming form 
of entertainment and "The Moulin 
Itouge" is an example, then there 
must he something wrong with some- 
thing. Ihi8h. 



PERHAPS ANOTHER DIVORCE. 

Chicago, Nov. 15. 

May Yohe, once Lady Hope, and 
afterward the blushing bride of the 
sop of ex-Mayor Strong of New York 
City, is married again. She is now- 
privileged to sign herself Mrs. Jack 
McAuliffe, if she feels so disposed, but 
judging from pretty authentic reports 
that are in circulation along the rialto 
here, the "Lady" will continue to use 
the name by which she is best known 
to the theatre going public. 

Since their arrival here they have 
been stopping at the Saratoga Hotel. 
where they have been conspicuous fig- 
ures among the crowd that gather 
nightly in the cafe. 

Very recently they have not been 
seen together quite as frequently as of 
> ore. Now conies the rumor that the 
*'.\-king of lightweights has been a bit 
rough with his actress wife. It would 
seem that the couple are already dan- 
gerously near the parting of the ways, 
as she is known to have been in con- 
sultation with attorneys here within 
the last week with a view of securing 
another divorce. 



VA*W*Y 



•3 



MERRY MAIDENS 



Philadelphia, Nov. 16. 

"The Merry Maidens" at the Bmpire 
this week just falls short of being a 
good show, due principally to the lack 
of speed and action throughout the 
two pieces, "Studio Life" and "The 
Dashing Widow." Both pieces are 
misleading in title. There isn't any 
"life" in the studio, where "life" is 
expected when one connects the 
thought with living models and the 
dash of the widow never becomes 
prominent enough to cause alarm as 
to her limitations. 

Still the visitors to the Empire 
have been pretty well seasoned with 
what they have had to put up with 
and did not expect very much from 
the "Maidens." 

The Empire is run on the "clean- 
up" plan. This necessitated the shift- 
ing of Chooceeta to the Trocadero for 
the week. For some reason Choo- 
ceeta was working very quietly and 
under more clothing than usual. She 
might just as well have been kept 
with the "Maidens" for her mild dan- 
cing, even with a bit of "cooch" 
would not have disturbed the Empire 
audience, who accepted some talk and 
business from Murray J. Simons 
which was not just "straight" and 
laughed over it. It may be that the 
Empire patrons want a little bit of 
spice with their shows, at least they 
did not seem to mind Simons and 
once or twice he was pretty close to 
the edge. 

The fault with "The Maidens" show 
is that the opportunities are not made 
the moat of. When the curtain went 
up on a stage full of good looking 
choristers, with a bunch of "ponies" 
in black tights and velvet blouses 
and "artists" caps, it looked as if it 
was going to be a regular show, but 
the girls did not stay very long and 
when they did come back they still 
wore the same black tights, which 
appeared pretty often throughout the 
show. 

There were some changes, sufficient 
for the number of times the girls 
were on, but had they ueen employed 
as they should, more would have been 
needed. Probably that's the answer. 

Anyway there is too much time de- 
voted to comedy "bits" which are all 
along familiar lines and too old to 
be funny. The Empire audiences 
laughed at them and seemed to en- 
joy the show right through, but the 
Empire crowd will laugh at most any- 
thing. It's a shame to think of 
what a real good laughing show is 
going to do to that bunch — if one 
ever reaches here. 

Along with Simons Is Mike J. Kelly, 
who carries away the honors in the 
first part as a Frenchman and fol- 
lows along with Simons in the role of 
an Irishman in the "Widow" piece. 
The contrast does not favor Kelly 
for he works as slow as Simons does. 
The piece drags very much. The fault 
is probably with the book. From 
the time the chorus makes i|s first 
exit until the finale there is never 
enough speed or snap to the show. 
Some union-suit models were display- 
ed in a frame in the first part with- 



out starting anything and the Era 
Comedy Four, an added attraction, 
just about passed through on their 
singing. It was a dandy opening 
for the colored four to put over a 
riot, but it wasn't there. Only for 
the singing, the act would have flop- 
ped. 

One or two numbers landed solidly, 
Anna Meek Bonner putting one over 
for eight enoores with the help of 
the comedians, working it up with a 
little rough stuff, while Li 11a Bren- 
nan, a dandy little soubret, who Is 
the life of the show, made a lot of 
headway when given a chance. There 
isn't much for Miss Brennan to Bo, 
which Is a mistake. Even "Maggie" 
Utter, the "Frisco Frolic" put one 
over when she pulled several girls out 
of the line to help her in "Splash, 
Splash." 

Joe Phillips, Alf Bonner and Wil- 
liam Harris appear at intervals, the 
former making himself useful at the 
head of two or three numbers, while 
Harris makes a satisfactory "straight" 
and doubles well in the character role 
of "Klondike Mike." 

"The Merry Maidens" could be 
whipped into a good show with some- 
thing lively to work with, for the 
company is made up of capable peo- 
ple who are handicapped through 
lack of the right kind of material. A 
leading woman with a voice would 
help, leaving it for Miss Bonner to 
show off her handsome costumes. 

There is no reason why the chorus 
should be kept out of sight, and so 
much time wasted with the old money 
changing and duel bits which are 
strung out to draggy lengths. 

The second piece is the better of 
the two, but the whole show lacks 
speed and until this is injected "The 
Merry Maidens" must be content to 
linger among the ordinary class. 

George M. Young. 



BRINGING BACK "SKULLS." 

Boston, Nov. 15. 

"Skulls" are being used again by 
the Globe theatre. It is many moons 
since that style of paper has been 
taken at the door of the Boston play- 
house. It is understood that some 
years ago, the Boston Theatrical Man- 
agers' Association agreed to discon- 
tinue the window display for which 
"skulls" were given in return for 
window privilege. The first two nights 
in the week used to mean that more 
than half of the house was filled with 
that style of deadhead. It caused 
such a loss of money to the manage- 
ment especially to the good attrac- 
tion — for the "skull" holder was par- 
ticular as to the style of entertain- 
ment that he witnessed — that the win- 
dow display paper was entirely dis- 
continued. 

How the Globe theatre has man- 
aged to break away from the man- 
agers' "skull" advertisement under- 
standing is a conjecture. It is so 
long a time since the window "skull" 
has been in vogue that to the present 
younger generation of theatre-goers, 
it is something new. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

There's no help for the Fifth Ave- 
nue show this week, unless it was 
changed about after Monday evening. 
If that happened, it meant the re- 
moval of an act or two. One number. 
Caroline Franklin and Co. left the pro- 
gram after the Monday matinee. Re- 
placed by Emily Green and Co. (New 
Acts), the show remained in the same 
condition. 

The slowness of the opening por- 
tion affected all the acts to follow, 
starting with Mary Elizabeth in the 
"No. 4" position. It extended to the 
headliner, Blanche Walsh, appearing 
for the first time in New York vaude- 
ville with "The Thunder Gods" by Ar- 
thur Hopkins. The playlet was des- 
cribed as a New Act and appeared in 
that department in Variety, (Oct. 7, 
"11) when first produced in Chicago. 

"The Thunder Gods" is an emo- 
tional dramalet, with an electrical ef- 
fect for a big finale. The connection 
was not properly made Monday even- 
ing. The lightning bolt did its deadly 
work, but the explosion that should 
have simultaneously accompanied it 
was a trifle delayed. As the Indian 
squaw who calls upon her own God 
of Thunder to bring back the white 
husband, about to desert her for his 
home in the east, Miss Walsh's oppor- 
tunity only arrived for a few moments 
at the finale. She seems to make a 
repressed effort to meet it. The bit 
didn't strike home as real. Had the 
music stand lights been turned off dur- 
ing the piece, It would have aided 
the atmosphere sought through a 
somewhat elaborate mountainous set- 
ting. John E. I nee was of Miss Walsh's 
support, and left the most favorable 
impression. 

Miss Walsh is entitled to a more 
advantageous hearing. The Fifth 
Avenue, with the cold weather against 
it, held a large house, of which the 
star drew her quota. 

The hit of the show immediately 
followed In Kate Elinore and Sam 
Williams, as "The Irregular Army." 
Miss Elinore and Mr. Williams, reap- 
pearing in vaudeville after a season 
as the sole laugh at the Winter Gar- 
den (excepting Frank Tinney) was a 
big item in the Fifth Avenue bill. 
Miss Elinore found as little difficulty 
as ever in obtaining those peals which 
denote the successful fun-maker. Mr. 
Williams' Winter Garden experience 
has greatly improved him as a 
"straight." He worked much better 
than before, and perhaps with more 
confidence. His songs also were 
agreeable. Their score was a big one. 
and the program needed them. 

Following the first three turns, 
which meant two failures after a 
"dumb" opening, Miss Elizabeth 
(though in a usual good spot "No. 
4" at this house) had to work against 
the odds. It Was "too bad, for this 
really clever girl is having her first 
showing in a big time theatre. She 
is a thoroughly good performer, sings 
ably, and tells her little stories in a 
very fetching way. Her "Don't Men- 
tion My Name" number was especi- 
ally well delivered, while she made 
her closing song "Marry The Fellow" 
count unmistakably. The audience 
commenced to like Miss Elizabeth al- 
most immediately. She does not de- 



HAMMERSTEIN'S. 

Monday was quite cold. The 
metropolis was in the throes pf its 
drop in the temperature for the cur- 
rent season. Promptly at eight 
o'clock the overture at Hammerstein's 
with a fine sense of 'the fitness of 
things, began the evening's entertain- 
ment with a rendition of last year's 
song hit entitled "Winter." 

The Zoyorros (New Acts) was the 
first turn. Bissett and Scott followed 
and earned applause from the few 
assembled thus early. "Dick", the 
handwriting dog, entertained for a 
while, and was followed by Marie and 
Billy Hart. Miss Hart sprained her 
ankle during the afternoon perform- 
ance and was compelled to eliminate 
her dancing. But this did not deter 
her from ascending the slack wire and 
going through the remainder of her 
routine. It was certainly an heroic 
effort. 

George B. Reno and Co. and h's 
"Misfit Army" were, if anything, fun- 
nier than ever. The tall man and the 
dwarf are now made up to resemble 
"Mutt" and "Jeff." Reno is an artist 
In his "humoring" of the laughs. 
Walter S. Dickinson (New Acts). 

Mclntyre and Heath closed the first 
half with "The Man from Montana." 
They have no competitors in their 
field of endeavor. 

Frank Milton and DeLong Sisters 
opened the second half. The edge 
was taken off Milton's "rube" through 
having been preceded by Dickinson. 
Barry and Wolford were out of the 
program owing to the illness of Miss 
Wolford's mother. 

Toots Paka and her Hawalians 
offered their unique and artistic musi- 
cal and terpsichorean turn to their 
usual big applause and had to bow 
several times before permitted to de- 
part. Howard and Howard, on at 
10.45, suffered a bit from the lateness 
of the hour, but won out handily. The 
Seven Picchianas closed the show. 
Charles V. Faust (New Acts). 

Jolo. 

pend upon "clothes." making no 
changes, but looks very pretty. 

A lively interlude as "No. 5" was 
brought about by Charles Cartmell 
and Laura Harris, with songs and 
dances, without the act's former clos- 
ing in "one." They did so well it 
paved the way for George Austin 
Moore and Cordelia Haager (New 
Acts). 

The Six Abdallahs closed the bill 
with fast acrobatics of the Arab style, 
with a little of the Bards work 
mingled in. Froelich opened the 
show. He is a slow cartoonist, with- 
out any comedy. The "transparency" 
bit brings a laugh only from those 
who have not seen the cheap device 
on sale. Vaudeville seems to be going 
at too fast a clip nowadays to have 
a cartoonist open the show. By and 
by tiie booking men will realize how 
important that opening spot is. if 
they don't think they will, let them 
drop in the Fifth Avenue this week, 
and catch Froelich struggling for thir- 
teen minutes in a position that de- 
mands action, with comedy if it can 
be had. The two turns that came 
right after helping to crimp th»> show 
were H. T. MacConnell and < <> (New- 
Acts) and the Green sketch. Simr. 



ALHAMBRA. 

Along with the first touch of winter 
the Al ham bra audience seemed to be 
itself again. The enthusiastic part of 
Harlem was there Monday night. The 
house was very well crowded only a 
few seats downstairs being unoccu- 
pied. The performance was smooth in 
every detail, and went big from start 
to finish. 

Rock and Fulton headed the bill. 
They were given a warm reception in 
their big act. One new number has 
been given to the chorus people. It is 
a "Turkey Trot" song. 

"The Great Suggestion" interested 
to a degree, closing the first part. The 
sketch fitted into this bill and went 
well throughout, the finish having just 
enough comedy to counteract the in- 
tensity gone before. 

The Paul Azard Trio appeared in 
opening position, though Went worth, 
Vesta and Teddy were programed. The 
hand balancing act is a good one and 
gains much by the appearance of the 
two men and the girl. The routine is 
swift, and for an opening act the trio 
did splendidly. 

In a ventriloquial specialty Hilda 
Hawthorne quite overshadows any of 
the others of her sex doing this sort 
of work. Miss Hawthorne never for- 
gets who is talking and there is not 
the slightest difficulty in understand- 
ing anything she says or makes the 
figure say. With a "Yodle" song for 
a finish Miss Hawthorne caused a 
racket seldom heard so early in a bill. 

McMahon and Chappelle were placed 
very early, "No. 3." This, however, 
made little difference after the patter 
by the principals done in front of the 
railroad drop. This talk was the big 
scream of the evening — and the Al- 
hambra audience can laugh. The "Pull- 
man Porter Maids" are still working 
fine and help the acts along immensely. 

At this house "audience singing" is 
liked. When Will Dillon was through 
with the regular part of his act, which 
went very well, he came back, and, 
with the aid of two "plants" and a 
voice in the gallery (not planted), he 
caused a small-sized riot. Mr. Dillon 
really went big enough without the 
"song plugging," but the audience will 
have to be blamed. 

The excellent clowning of the come- 
dian in the musical act of Waterbury 
Bros, and Tenney helped to gain much 
favor. The act 1b pleasing all the way. 
Opening the second part it did more 
than was expected of it. 

Rough-house comedy, done to per- 
fection by the Bison City Four, caused 
the audience to shake. Besides this 
the four fellows have excellent voices 
and their finishing number, "Chante- 
cler Rag," is a gem in the vocal line. 

Rawson and June are always inter- 
esting. Closing the show with their 
boomerang throwing they were very 
succesful. je$$. 



VARIETY 
COLUMBIA* 

Five disappointments at the Colum- 



ACTORS* FUND MEETING. 

A call to the members of the theatri- 
cal profession who are members of 
the Actors' Fund of America, for a 
special meeting to be held at the Ly- 
ceum theatre Dec. 12 at 2 p. m., when 
the board of trustees will submit for 
discussion several amendments to the 
by-laws. 



bia for its Sunday vaudeville program 
amounted to almost a calamity. At 
least it was a calamity for the show. 
The final portion of the bill saved it. 
This was happily accepted so well the 
big audience left pleased, but only 
alter a long wait. 

The rain spoiled business somewhat. 
While the body of the house was fully 
occupied, the boxes were light, which 
indicated the money in the box office 
wasn't up to the usual mark. 

Some of the disappointments came 
so suddenly no time could be taken 
to write out cards for the newcomers. 
Thus the Sully Family were carded 
as "Nazarre and Co." (the latter one 
of the disappointments). The Sallys 
arrived on the emegency call without 
the special set for their new act, so 
gave the old "Suit Case" skit instead. 
They did excellently with it under the 
circumstances. The former young- 
sters are now full grown young men, 
with the former "tough kid" of the 
family a rapidly developing comedian 
who can dance. 

Odell and Kinley were billed as 
"Brooks and Brooks." They present- 
ed their regular turn, and finished 
quite strong with the acrobatics and 
dance. Sam Hood (New Acts) also 
had a card of a turn there a few 
Sundays ago (Will Lacey). 

The show opened with Alfred Jack 7 
son. He quietly Interested the audi- 
ence with his pretty cartoons in colors. 
The Landry Brothers, four Marimba 
players, followed. They are from the 
"small time," and will probably re- 
turn there, if they continue in vaude- 
ville. The act makes no appearance, 
and displays not the least whit of 
judgment in selections, They tired 
the house with classical stuff. 

Mr. Hood was "No. 3" and did 
very big. The next decided hit was 
Pietro, with his accordeon. He plays 
"Every Little Movement" and stretch- 
es his act out, but Pietro finished 
with current "rags" and that did the 
trick. 

Next to last Duffy and Lorenz 
were another popular success. They 
were placed just right in this par- 
ticular show, though having a hard 
bill to follow. Major and Roy, the 
"No. 2" Bedina and Arthur act, closed 
the show. Bime. 



Van Hoven, the "mad magician," 
did not play the Colonial this week 
as advertised. When Bayes and Nor- 
worth were suddenly assigned to the 
headline position it was found Van 
Hoven's magic conflicted with that of 
Jack Norworth's. Van Hoven was 
assigned to the Orpheum, Brooklyn, 
and Ashley and Lee switched to the 
magician's place at the Colonial. 



Marie Hart sprained her ankle dur- 
ing the Monday afternoon perform- 
ance at Hammerstein's, necessitating 
the curtailment of the Marie and Billy 
Hart act. In the evening she went 
through the entire routine with the 
exception of a dance. It takes nerve 
for a little woman to stand upon a 
slack wire with a sprained ankle. 
Women do these things, but men — 
never! 



YOSKVRLE. 

Someone around the front of the 
house at the Yorkville needs to be 
called to attention before the gener- 
ous patronage with which the house 
seems to be blessed begins to fade 
away. Tuesday night there were three 
men in the back of the house kicking 
up a disturbance during the entire 
performance, to the discomfiture of 
both the audience and the artists. 
They were allowed to go along and an- 
noy almost the entire audience with- 
out an usher even making an attempt 
to suppress them. It was very little 
above rowdyism. 

The entertainment the first half of 
the week was of an exceptionally good 
sort. A very good outlay of six vau- 
deville acts intermingled with the pic- 
tures afforded ample show. The house 
was crowded at 8 o'clock. Most of the 
audience remained seated until 10, 
when there was a general leave-tak- 
ing. The show expired at 10:30. 

Whittle, the ventriloquist, was one 
of the show's features, and the Teddy 
Roosevelt entertainer did exceedingly 
well. Whittle is doing a better act 
than he has heretofore shown. He has 
a quantity of bright, snappy talk, 
works it In capital style, and gets his 
entire routine over with a goodly 
amount of speed. As a voice-thrower 
Whittle is of the old school and one 
of the best. The greatest Improve- 
ment is shown in the speed with which 
he is now working. 

The Still mans offered a travesty 
along the statue-come-to-life lines 
that gave the audlenoe plenty of op- 
portunity to laugh. The thing is pret- 
ty well worn, but the couple have 
found a few new ideas in the field and 
make the most of them. There is 
some really funny talk that went soar- 
ing at the Yorkville. For the present 
grade of houses the Stillmans have a 
nice smooth running comedy act. 

William Robinson, formerly Cooper 
and Robinson, is essaying a single. 
Robinson caught the house just at bed 
time. When he appeared most were 
more anxious to see whether it was 
raining than to listen to him. Robin- 
son does rather well as a single for 
the small time, but it is really George 
Cooper who gets the notice after see- 
ing him alone. If anyone ever had any 
doubts as to the value of a "straight 
man" they should now see Robinson. 
They would realize what Cooper was 
to the old act. 

The Rice-Elmer Trio closed the 
show with a very good horizontal bar 
and trampoline offering. The trio get 
some very good effects from the tram- 
poline, one or two being new and very 
funny. It is a corking act for the pop 
time, and should do well opening in 
the small big houses. 

Several of the pictures caught at- 
tention, although one or two were very 
old. The Hal Chase picture was the 
hit. 

Kennedy Bros, and De Milt, and 
Myrtle Rutler, New Acts. 

Dash. 



86TH STREET. 

Just off Third avenue to the east- 
ward on 86th street, the new theatre 
stands out in a flashy way. The au- 
ditorium is reached through a long 
lobby, alike to that at the Lincoln 
Square. 

The inside of the theatre is a sur- 
prise. The house looks as though it 
could seat quite enough in its four 
shows per day to make things comfort- 
able for the management. The light- 
ing on the stage and off is excellent. 
The prices range from 10 to 25 cents. 
There are twelve boxes, each having 
about six seats, which sell for 36 
cents. Smoking balcony lodges sell for 
25 cents. 

The new house is a "pop" vaudeville 
theatre operated by Moss ft Brill. It 
Is booked by Shea ft Shay, and called 
"opposition" by the larger "small 
time" circuits. The theatre is oppos- 
ing the Yorkville, nearby, a Marcus 
Loew house. 

Tuesday evening the 86th Street 
was jammed full at about eight 
o'clock. The Yorkville people are what 
the artists would term a dandy au- 
dience. They are good natured and 
laugh when called upon. 

"A Night in Chinatown" seemed to 
be the premier attraction. The com- 
pany gained a good share of the 
laughs. The talk in one between the 
Irishman and the "Dope," although 
strung out for an unreasonable length 
of time, pleased the crowd and they 
laughed as long as it lasted. The pa- 
thetic bits also came In for their share 
of the applause. The finish must have 
reminded some of what used to hap- 
pen across the road when melodrama 
was the big idea at the Yorkville. 

The Great Millers were very popu- 
lar with their excellent foot juggling. 
The act was the closing one and did 
their best when winding up the sup- 
per show. 

The Three Days are two girls and a 
fellow who have played around here 
ou the smaller time, but were known 
as Hathaway, Madison and Mack. The 
little dark girl still remains the most 
valuable asset to the act, the next be- 
ing the fellow's voice. The two girls 
are wearing more changes than are 
generally seen on the small time, but 
some of them do not show class. The 
Whaleys, Minton, and Walsh and Eddy 
(New Acts). 

The show is run in the regular small 
time style, pictures and acts alternat- 
ing throughout. The piano player at 
times let loose and is quite a wonder 
with tricky tickling of the ivories. 

Jess. 



George D. Maclntyre, for eight 
years at the head of the Actors' So- 
ciety and formerly connected with the 
Henry W. Savage, Shuberts and Will- 
iam A. Brady forces, has been ap- 
pointed secretary of the Motion Pic- 
ture Distributing ft Sales Company, 
succeeding Herbert Miles. 



David Schooler, the "boy Paderew- 
skl" and Louise Dickinson, the "min- 
iature Mary Garden," have formed a 
new piano and singing act which 
opens next Monday at Young's Pier, 
Atlantic City, under James Clancy's 
management. 



Sadie Barman, chief factotum in 
the Albee, Weber ft Evans agency, 
sailed for Philadelphia last Friday, 
with rumors of a bridal party having 
assembled at the other end of the 
route. All her relatives in the show 
business deny that Sadie is married, 
or even engaged. (She returned to 
the office Monday.) 



VARIETY 



ENGLAND HAS "WHIITE HOPS.** 

London, Nov. 6. 

On your side there teems to be a 
great deal of talk about the discovery 
of the "white man's hope." It will 
Interest you to know that he hat been 
unearthed over here. He is none 
other than a little man named Paul 
Murray, and he has just handed Jack 
Johnson a knockout. This he did 
by the aid of a hit which is first 
cousin to the "solarplexus." He calls 
it the "BOlar-injunctus." Some months 
ago the big fellow made contracts to 
appear at several halls for which Mur- 
ray books, but he cried off on some of 
these engagements during his prep- 
aration for the fight with Wells. Paul 
went after him, but as there was no 
negative clause in the contract, the 
Judge non-suited the applicant. Final- 
ly new contracts were made out for 
Johnson to fulfill the engagements 
which he had burked. These were 
written on parchment, and the new 
clause was inserted, providing that 
Johnson should not appear anywhere 
outside the theatre in which he was 
engaged. Last week Johnson was 
at Sheffield, and it leaked out Friday 
that the following week in addition to 
playing Birmingham, he had arranged 
to do three matinees at the Palladium, 
London, making the trip between the 
two towns on the day of the matinees. 
When he finished Saturday night at 
Sheffield he was notified of the forth- 
coming injunction, and sure enough 
Monday afternoon, at the Palladium, 
it was handed to him. "Li'l Arthur" 
was up in the air at once, and prompt- 
ly told Murray he thought England 
was a free country. The injunction 
was proceeded with, and finally Wal- 
ter Gibbons, in order not to lose the 
services of Jack, wrote out an indem- 
nity for $1,260 per performance pro- 
viding Johnson failed to put in an 
appearance for any reason whatsoever 
at Birmingham during the week. This 
more than covers any possible loss 
the Variety Theatres Controlling Co. 
could incur by Johnson's absence from 
Birmingham. It was a feat that puts 
Murray well ahead of all the other 
"white-hopes." 



CALL HIM "HANK." 

Between the years 1863 and 1860 
a cherub first saw the light of day 
who was christened Martin Thurber 
Harrison Brown. When this child 
was seven years old, he rode a team 
of ponies with Nelty Brothers' circup. 

In 1870, he was property man at 
the old Washington Varieties, Provi- 
dence. In 1876, Brown was at the 
Theatre Comlque in that town. 

When Press Eldridge went to Hart- 
ford, a new end man was necessary 
in the Providence show, so Brown was 
picked for the place. His stage cog- 
nomen became in short Harry Brown, 
so styled by C. C. Corbett of one of 
the Providence papers. 

There are twenty Harry Browns in- 



cluding two colored Harrys, In the 
legitimate and vaudevile and with 
such a continual confusion of Harry's, 
this Harry wishes ft understood that 
after forty-three years of close con- 
nections with the handle, he will here- 
after be known as "Hank" Brown. He 
is now with Brown, Harris and Brown. 

"Hank" was derived by this Mr. 
Brown while riding on a canal boat. 
While Harry is the impolite adapta- 
tion of Henry (and there have been 
cases where Henry's were known as 
Hanks) it never suggested to this Mr. 
BTown, though he not having picked 
up the Henry in the customary way, 
until one day during the summer he 
took a sailing trip from Albany to 
Syracuse on one of the latest models 
in fast going mule-propelled vessels. 

The boat nearing Syracuse was 
about to run into an open lock (a 
device to raise or lower boats to the 
different levels along the canal). The 
captain noting the oversight of the 
steersman, called to a deck hand, 
"Look out ahead. Throw over the 
ank." The crew yelled back, "Capt. 
there aint no rope on the ank." "Rope 
or no rope, you lobster," bellowed 
the captain, "throw the ank over." 

"That's good enough for me," re- 
marked Martin Thurber Harrison 
Harry Hank Brown, as he jumped 
overboard and brought the anchor 
back to life. 



Duffy and Lorens. 

Songs and Talk. 

11 Miiis.; One. 

Columbia (Nov. 12). 

Duffy and Lorens are a new com- 
bination for New York. Mr. Duffy 
has played in vaudeville before, but 
Miss Lorens is unknown to Broadway. 
She's quite apt to become acquainted 
however, for a sweeter appearing 
young woman upon the stage has sel- 
dom shown. The girl has magnetism 
to give away, and besides can sing 
a song very well. This she did 
while seated upon a settee, with Mr. 
Duffy beside her. But Miss Lorens 
should have had that song as a solo, 
as Mr. Duffy did, in his nicely written 
lyrics of "Coupons," to the melody of 
an old time favorite. Duffy is a like- 
able young fellow too, with some per- 
sonality of his own. The act did 
not accept the encore Sunday night. 
One more Bong is needed. Also why 
"Duffy and Lorens?" The title should 
carry the Christian names, or "Mr. 
and Miss." But names or no names, 
Duffy and Lorenz can step right into 
the best houses, although when they 
arrive there, Mr. Duffy should not 
smear up his coat with powder from 
Miss Lorenz's arms, merely for the 
one laugh that is gotten from it. 

Sime. 



Max Bendlz, who rehearsed the Fred C. 
Whitney London show, "The Spring Maid." 
and became ill with neuritis on the other 
side of the pond, has returned to New York 
to recuperate. He Is still a sick man. 



Brush, the magician, is touring Texas on a 
lyceum engagement that will keep him busy 
until next April. Volta J. Creager is again 
his assistant. 

Dr. J. Wesley Hill, the New York divine and 
lecturer, has recovered sufficiently from the 
nervous breakdown that effected him early in 
the Chautauqua season, to be able to sail for 
China and Japan where he will speak In the 
schools and universities on the International 
peace movement 



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BILLS NEXT WEEK (Nov. 13) 

!■ Vaudeville Theatres, Playlnrf Two Shorn* Dall? 

(All house* open for the week with Monday matinee, when net otherwlee Indicated.) 



NEW YORK 

COLONIAL 

Mabel Hite 
•• Valerie Bergere & 
Co 

Laddie Cliff 

•Bathing Girls" 

Llnd 

Barnes & Crawford 
Ferry A White 
Jones ft Deeley 
Robert Demont Trio 

ALHAMBRA 
Joe Howard L Mabel 

McCane 
Montgomery A Moore 
••The Leading Lady" 
Froslnl 

Four Huntings 
Savoy Trio 
Harvey Devora Trio 
Lane ft O'Donnell 
Five PlroHcofflB 

BRONX 

Carrie De Mar 

Frederick Hawiey ft 
Oo 
Wilfred Clarke ft Co 

Flanagan ft Edwards 

Lyons ft Yosco 

Chlnko 

Weston, Fields ft 
Carroll 

Chameroys 

Hilda Hawthorne 

ORPHBUM 
Norworth ft Bayes 
McMahon ft Chap- 

W>elle 
111 Rogers 
Conroy ft Le Maire 
Leon Rogee 
O'Brien Havel ft 

Kyle Co 
Hathaway s Monkeys 
Wentworth. Vesta ft 
Teddy 

OREENPOINT 
Pauline 

"The Police Inspec- 
tor" 
Murphy ft Nichols 
Merrill ft Otto 
Sutcllffe Troupe 
El Cota 
Avery ft Hart 

OUSHWICK 
Rock ft Fulton 
Ashley ft Lee 
Lolo 

Courtney Sisters - 
"Cheyenne Days" 
Richards ft Montros? 
Will Dillon 
Kratons 

FIFTH AVE. 

Macklyn A r buckle 
ft Co. 

Walter C Kelley 

Florentine Singers 

Raymond ft Caverly 

Work ft Ower 
. Linton ft Lawrence 

4 Queens ft Joker 

Ishamwa Japs 

HAMMERSTEIN'S 
Coombs, Bender and 

Morgan, and Katb- 

eryn and Violet 

Pearl 
Mclntyre A Heath 
Tempest ft Sunshine 
Three Keatons 
Waterbury Bros ft 

Tenney 
Cook ft Lorenz 
Temple Quartet 
Maxlne ft Bobby 
The Berrens 
Ben Beyer ft Bro 
Williams Brothers 
Alexandres Sisters 

(Others to fill.) 

ATLANTA 

FORSYTH 

Toona ft Indian Sex- 
tet 

Bowers, Walters ft 
Crooker 

Stepp, Mehllnger ft 
King 

Gordon Bros ft Kan- 
garoo 

Klta Gould 

Keno A Green 

The Glockers 

ATLANTIC CITY 

YOUNGS PIER 

Alda Overton Walker 

Maurice Freeman * 
Co 

Bison City Four 

Dennis Bros. 

Schoeler ft Dicken- 
son 
Shelvey Boys 

De Faye Sisters 
(One to fill) 

BOSTON. 

KEITH'S. 
Harry Von Tllzer 
The Hold Up 
Kd Hayes & Co. 



Grace Freeman 
Amoros Sisters 
Kauffmen Bros 
Howard's Animals 
Knight Bros ft Saw- 

telle 
King Bros • 

NATIONAL.* 
"Chimes or Nor- 
mandy" 
Josephine Joy ft Co 
Water Nymphs 
Arthur Whltelaw 
Rawls ft Von Kauf- 
man 
Lukens' Dogs 

BRIDGEPORT 

POLI'S 
James ft Bonnie 

Thornton 
Ward ft Curran 
Gus Williams 
Mrs. Annie Yeamans 
Mr. A Mrs. Thorne 
Ward ft Fox 
Alvln A Clark 

CHICAGO 

MAJESTIC 

Mabel Fen ton - Ross 
and McKee .Rankin 

Violet Dale 

"Honor Among 
Thieves" 

Leonard - Anderson 
Oo 

Geo.' Spink A Pau- 
line Weigh 

Smith A Campbell 

Robledlllo 

Nate Leipzig 

Clark Trio 

CHICAGO 

PLAZA 
Nace Murray A Girls 
Four Masons 
Harry Webb 
Alberto 
Florence Hobson 

CINCINNATI 

KEITH'S 
( open Sun. Mat.) 
Frank Keenan A Cc 
Slmone De Beryl 
Knox Wilson 
Reynolds A Donegan 
Welch. Mealy A 

Mont rode 
Gordon A Marx 
Redway - A Lawrence 
Albert us A Millar 

COLUMBUS 

KEITH'S' 
May Tully A Co 
Jack Wilson Trio 
De Koe Family 
Jarrow 
Mr. A Mrs. Jimmy 

Barry 
Roberty Trio 
Linden Beckwlth 
Claude Roode 

DALLAS 

MAJESTIC 
Macart A Bradford 



Athletic 



Andale's Animals 
ladden A 
rick 



Madden A Fltipat- 



Klllarney Girls 
Four Dancing Belles 
Billy Barron 
Chas. Marvelle 

DAVENPORT 

AMERICAN 
Spook's Minstrels 
Hays A Clancy 

Twins 
Berry ft Wllhelml 
Mabel Elaine 

DENVER 

ORPHEUM 

Seven Belfords 

Helen Grantley A 
Co 

Six American Danc- 
ers 

Conlln, Steele ft 
Carr 

Cummlnas ft Gladys 

Dave Ferguson 

Whlteman Ladles 
Quartet 

DETROIT. 

TEMPLE. 
Bert Leslie A Co. 
Colonial Septet 
Eddie Leonard ft 
Mabel Russell 
Marlnl ft Bronskl 
Kd Morton 
Fred Tallman 
Rny ft Rogers 
.'I Dooleys 

DULUTH 

ORPHEUM 
( Open Sun. Mat.) 
Charles Grapewln ft 

Co 
Carson ft Wlllard 
Pauline Moran 
Connelly ft Webb 



Roehm's 

Girls 
Karl 
Emeralda A Veola 

rALL RIVER* MAM. 

SAVOY 
"Bill Jenks. Crook" . 
"Broncho Busters" 
Yvette 

Lewis ft Dody •' 
Scott A Wilson 
Sharp A Wilkes 
(One to fill.) 

FORT WAYNE 

TEMPLE 
Pouchout's Ballet 
Hyman Meyer 
American Newsboys 

Four 
Hurt Weston A Co 
Jack Correlll Trio 
Gllmour Sisters A 

Brlgham 
Davey A Emerson 

FORT WORTH 

MAJESTIC 
Welch- Francis A Co 

Musical Comedy 
Howard Brothers 
Yalta Duo 
Ralph Connors 

HAMILTON, CAN, 

TEMPLE 
The Hanlons 
Mack A. Walker 
Swor A Mack 
The Rials 
Campbell A Yates 
McGulnness Bros 
Santella 

HARTFORD 

POLI'S 
Ryan A Richfield 
Collins ft Hart 
Old Soldier Fiddlers 
Nettle Carroll Trio 
Jimmy Lucas 
Nevlns A Erwood 
De Witt Young ft 
Sister 

HARRISBURG 

ORPHEUM 
"Son of Solomon" 
RAO Trio 
Frank Milton A De 

Long Sisters 
Alex A Scott 
Radle Furman 
Frank A True Rice 
We-No-Nah 

HOUSTON 

MAJESTIC 
Mary Norman 
Chs*. Ahearn Troupe 
Musical Lassies 
Three Nevaros 
Marie Sparrow 
Josh Dale 
Peters A O'Neill 

INDIANAPOLIS 

KEITH'S 
( Open frun. Mat.) 
"Darling of Paris" 
Chadwlck Trio 
Nelly Nichols 
Brown A Newman 
The Dandles 
Corcoran A Dixon 
Marseilles 

LAWRENCE, MASS. 
COLONIAL 

Tom Linton A 
Jung'e Girls 

Neff A Starr 

Geo C Davis 

De FreJ 

Barry A Johnson 

Muriel Window 

La Glers 

LOS ANGELES 

ORPHEUM 
Nat M. Wills 
La Tltcnmh 
Pedersra Bros 
Six Brown Bros 
Odiva 

Mme. Panita 
Adams ft McDonnell 
Scott ft Keane 

ORPHEUM 

(Open Sun. Mat.) 
Mme. Besson 
Cadets De Cascogne 
Eugene O'Rouke ft 

Co 
Klein Bros ft Bren- 

nen 
Henry Cllve 
Lakrenera 
Victor Dever Trio 

LOUISVILLE 

KEITH'S 
(Open Sun. Mat.) 
Helena Fredericks 

ft Co 
Ida O'Day ft Co 
Kenney, Nobody ft 

Piatt 
5 Parrel 1 Sisters 



Rayno's Dogs 
Bllda Morrla 
Chick A ChlckleU 

LOWELL. 

KEITH'S 

Red Sox Quartet 

Lucille La Verne 
A Co. 

Carlln APenn 
* De Schefle Bros. 

Four Bards 

Monroe A Mack 

Madden A Nugent 

Paul La Croix 

LYNN. 

KEITH'S. 
Chip A Marble 
Golden A Hughes 
Claude A Fanny 

Usher 
Gordon A Klnley 
Mysterious Moore 
Scotty Levan 
Les Mountfords 

MILWAUKEE 

MAJESTIC 

W. H. Thompson A 
Co 

Musical Cuttys 

Billy Gould A Belle 
Ashlyn 

Carleton 
' The Wblttakers 

(first American ap- 
pea ranee) 

Alma Youlln 

Mumford A Thomp- 
son 

Cole DeLosse 

MONTREAL. 

ORPHEUM 
Little Billy 
Bernard A Weston 
Frank Purcell A Co. 
Mr A Mrs Connolly 
Melville A Hlgglne 
Jere Grady A Co. 
Josephine Davis 
(One to fill) 

NEW HAVEN 

POLI'S 
Paul Dickey A Co 
Howard A Howard 
Fletcher Norton ft 
Aubrey Maple r 
Melody Maids A A 

Man 
Bradna A Derrick 
Arthur Pickens A Co 
Musical Splllers 

NEW ORLEANS. 

ORPHEUM 

"Night In Turkish 
Bath" 

Golden 's Trouba- 
dours 

"Corraled" 

Burnham A Green- 
wood 

Clark A Bergman 

Fred Hamll 

Pope A Uno 

NORFOLK 

COLONIAL 
James J. Corbett 
Mr. A Mrs. Robyns 
Victoria Four 
Four Avolos 
Moore A St. Clair 
Hlckey's Circus 
Toledo A Price 

OMAHA 

ORPHEUM 
( Open Sun. Mat.) 
Hermine Shone ft Co 
Wynn Bros 
Primrose Four 
Karl Emmy's Pets 
Crouch A Welch 
Williams A 8egal 
Three Lyres 

OTTAWA 

DOMINION 
Bond A Benton 
Nonette 

Valletta's Leopards 
Fills A McKenna 
Crmeron A Gaylord 
Ruth Belmer 
John T Murray 

PHILADELPHIA 

KEITHS 
Four Mortons 
Strength Brothers 
The Marquards 
l'ls: City Four 
8am J. Curtis ft Co 
Charles E. Evans ft 

Co 
Boyle A Brazil 
Joe Jackson 
Jacob's Dogs 

PITTSBURGH 

GRAND 
Eva Tanguay 
Mrs. Gene Hughes ft 

Co 
Five Satsudas 
Marie Fen ton 



Al Lawrence 
The Graxers 
(Others to fill.) 

PORTLAND, MB. 

KEITHS 
Six Abdallahs 
Kitty Rons 
MoCormlck A Wal- 
lace 
Princess Elisabeth 
Ernesta Sisters 
Williams A Warner 
Field Bros 
Stadium Trio 

PORTLAND, ORE. 

ORPHBUM 
The Rays 
Mr. A Mrs. Jack Mc- 

greevy 
SeebacK 
Leo Fraednnd 
Lancton, Lucler A 

Co 
Knute Errlckson 
Mme. De Falllers 

PROVIDENCE. 

KEITH'S 

"Romance Under- 
world." 

Bert Fltaglbbon 

Aurora Troupe 

De Laur Trio 

Franklin Ardell A 
Co. 

H T MacConnell A 
Co. 

Edwin George 



SPRINGFIELD, 
MAM. 

POLI'S 
"California" 
Wlllard Blmms A Co 
Wm. B. Dickinson 
Tom Kyle A Co 
College Trio 
Stewart ft Marshall 
Bertlsch 

SYRACUSE 

KEITH'S 
Bessie Wynn 
Meehaa's Dogs 
Magic Kettle 
Barry A Wolford 
3 White Kuhns 
Henry Horton A Co 
Loney Haskel 
Hedder A Son 



TEMPLE 
Lillian Russell 
Wynn A Russon 
Olvlattl Trouba- 
dours 
J C Nugent A Co 
Salerno 
Peerless Macks 
Sayton Trio 
Rem Brandt 

SALT LAKE CITY 

ORPHEUM 
"A Romance of the 

Underworld" 
Avon. Comedy Four 
International Polo 

Teams 
Three Hlckey Bros 
World ft Kingston 
Loa Durbyelle 

SAN ANTONIO 

MAJESTIC 
Cell | Opera Co 
Marco Twins 
Beatrice Ingram 

Players 
Ethel McDonough 
Mab A Weiss 
Oregorla A Elmlna 
Art Raphael 

SAN FRANCISCO 

ORPHEUM 
( Ooen Sun. Mat.) 
Marie King A Co 
Ed. F. Reynard 
Rooney A Bent 
Lynch ft Wheeler 
The Courtiers" 
Mosher. Hayes ft 

Mosher 
Arlington Four 
Jsne Bbynton 

ST. LOUIS 

COLUMBIA 
"Blackmail" 
Rolfonlans 
Grace Cameron 
Dolan A Lenhar 
Lydell A Butter- 
worth 
Ke'ly A Wentworth 
Brent Hayes 
(One to fill.) 

ST. PAUL 

ORPHEUM 
"Scrooge" 
Wright A Dietrich 
Mullen ft Corelll 
Patsy Doyle 
Slmean Jockey 
Two Du Gros 
Ruby Raymond ft Co 

8CRANTON 

POLI'S 

"Everybody" 

Larry Fox A Miller- 
ship Sisters 

Middleton A Spell- 
myer 

Aerial Bartletts 

Ward Brothers 

Rse Ellnore Hall 

"Yankee" ft "Dixie" 



HAUTE. 

VARIETIES' 
Gee Jays 
'Foolish Factory" 
Hlnes A Remington 
Harry Bloom 
Kip ft Klppy 
Keith A Demont 
Sadie Helf 
Amann A Hartley 
"College Boys A 

Girls" 
Sarnthaler Troupe 

TOLEDO 

KEITH'S 
Geo. Felix A Barry 

S 'stern 
Marimba Band 
Sam Holdsworth 
Hal Davis A Co 
Sharp A Turek 
LaTol Bros 
(Two to fill.) 

TRENTON 

TRENT 
"Dlnklesplel's 

Xmss" 
Helm Children 
Homer Miles A Co 
Felix Adler 
Mayme Remington A 

Picks 
Mint A Woerts 
Herbert's Dogs 

uncA 

SHUBBRT 
"Scrooge" 
Snyder A Buckley 
3 Maroontonls 
Brooks A Harris 
Louis Stone 
Wilson Bros 
Muller A. Muller 

UNION HILL. N. J. 

HUDSON 

Sydney Drew. Lionel 
Barrymore ft Co 

Kltamura Troupe 

Sabel Johnson 

Lester 

Windsor Trio 

Fentelle A Vallorle 

Meynott A Ellison 
(first America ap- 
pearance) 

Del mo re ft Oneida 

WASHINGTON 

CHASE'S 
Kate Ellnore A Sam 

Williams 
Bell Family 
Thos. Holer A Co 
Slivers 
Palfrey Barton ft 

Brown 
Moore ft Haager 
Du Calllon 

WILMINGTON. 

DOCKSTADER'S 
Hymer ft Kent 
Marie Russell 
Gullot ft Moore 
Flying Wards 
Morisey ft Hanlon 
Millar ft Co. 
McGarvey 
Mr ft Mrs Darrow 

LONDON 

PALACE 
Bar-lay Gammon 
P' N R°nnv Troupe 
Napierkowska 
Nina Gordon 
Flflne de la Cote 
Edward Ferris ft Co 
Maurice Farkoa 
Speedwell 

"Early Morning Re- 
flections" 
Ivy Aberdare 
Bevers ft Herman 
Abbas Ben Zair 
Troupe 



SHOWS NEXT WEEK. 

NBvY YORK 

"A SINGLE MAN" (John" Drcw>— Empire 
(12th week). 

"AROUND THE WORLD"— Hippodrome (12th 
week ) 

"BOUGHT AND PAID FOR" (Charles Rich- 
man)— Playhouse (Oth week). 

"BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS"— Comedy 
(7th week). 

"DI8RAELI" (George Arllas) — Wallack's (10th 

"DRAMA PLAYERS" (Donald Robertson) — 

Lyric (3d week). 
IRISH PLAYERS — Elliott (2d week). 
KINEMACOLOR PICTURES— Klnemacolor. 



"MAGGIE PEPPER" (Rose Stahl)— Harris 

(13th week). 
"OVER NIGHT'— West End. 
SQTHERN AND MARLOWE— Repertoire— 

Manhattan Opera House (3d week). 
8POONER STOCK— Metropolis (l«th week).. 
STOCK — Academy. 
"THE BACHELOR'S BABY" (Francis Wilson) 

— Grand Opera House. 
"THE ENCHANTRESS" (Kitty Gordon)— New 

York (6th week). 
"THE GARDEN OF ALLAH"— Century (5th 

week). 
"THE KISS WALTZ'— Casino (10th week). 
"THE LADY OF COVENTRY" (Viola Allen) 

— Daly's (1st week). 
"THE LITTLE MILLIONAIRE"— Cohan's (»th 

week.) 
•THE LITTLEST REBEL" (Dustin and Wm. 

Farnum) — Liberty (2d week). 
"THE MILLION"— S9th St. (6th week). 
"THE NEVER HOMES**— Broadway (8th 

week). 
"THE PASSERS-BY"— Criterion (11th. week). 
"THE PINK LADY"— New Amsterdam. 
"THE PRICE" (Helen Wan)— Hudson (4th 

week). 
"THE QUAKER GIRL"— Park (6th week). 
"THE RED WIDOW" (Raymond Hitchcock) 

— Astor (Sd week). 
"THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM" (David 

Warfleld) (6th week). 
"THE RUNAWAY" (Rlllle Burke)— Lyceum 

(7th week). 

"THE SIREN" (Donald Brian)— (18th week). 

"THE THREE ROMEOS"— Olobe (2d week). 

"THE WIFE DECIDES" — Weber's (2d week). 

"THE WIFE HUNTERS"— Herald Square (4th 

week). 
"THE WOMAN"— Republic (10th week). 
"UNCLE SAM"— Gaiety (4th week). 
"VERA VIOLETTE"— Winter Garden (1st 

week). 
VIENNESE OPERATIC CO.— Irving Place. 



BROOKLYN. 

MME. 8IMONE— Majestic. 

"MOTHER"— Shubert. 

"THE FASCINATING WIDOW" (Julian El- 

tlnge) — Montauk. 
"THE SEVEN SISTERS" (Charles Cherry)— 

Broadway. 
STOCK — Amphlon. 
STOCK — Crescent. 
STOCK — Peyton's. 



CHICAGO. 

LEW FIELDS' REVUE— American Music Hall 

4th week). 
"THE CONCERT" (Leo Dletrichsteln)— Black- 
stone (6th week). 
"GYPSY LOVE" (Marguerite Sylva)— Chicago 

O. H. (2d week). 
"ALMA. WHERE DO YOU LIVE?" (Vera 

Michelena) — Colonial (2d week). 
"THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE"— Cort (Sd 

week). 
"THE WALL STREET GIRL" (Blanche Ring) 

— Uarrick (2d week). 
"MUTT AND JEFF"— Globe (4th week). 
"EVERYWOMAN" — Grand O. H. (2d week). 
"THE HAVOC" (Henry Miller)— Illinois (1st 

week ). 
"LOUISIANA LOU" (Alex Carr)— La Salle 

(18th week). 
"AS A MAN THINKS" (John Mason)— Lyric 

(2d week). 
"A LOVELY LIAR" (Louise Dresser) — Olym- 
pic (2d week). 
"WAY DOWN EAST"— MrVlckers' (1st week) 
"A BUTTERFLY ON THE WHEEL" (Marie 

Doro) — Powers' ( Lst week). 
"OVER NIGHT"— Princess Oth week). 
"EXCUSE ME"— Studebaker (5th week). 
"McFADDENS FLATS"— Alhnmbra (lst 

week ) 
"CHINATOWN CHARLIE"— Bijou (lst week) 
"THE CAMPUS"— Crown (lst week). 
"THE DOLLAR MARK" — College (lst week). 
"THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR"— Haymarket 

(1st week). 
"THE TRAVELING SALESMAN"— Imperial 

( 1st week ) • 
"MY FRIEND FROM INDIA"— Marlowe (lst 

week ) 
"THE WHITE 8LAVE"— National (lst week). 



PARIS. 

"PRIMROSE" (comedy)— Comedle Francalse. 
"DAVID COPPERFIELD" (comedy) (new)— 

Odeon. 
"LA COURSE AUX DOLLARS" (melodrama) 

— Chatelet. 
"LA VIE PAR1SIENNE" (opera bouffc) — 

Varieties. 
"BA FILLE" (comedy) (new)— Vaudeville. 
"L'AMOUR DEFEXDU" (melodrama) (new) 

— Gymnase. 
"UN BEAU MARIAGE" (comedy)— Rcnals 

sance. 
"LE BONHEUR" (comedy) (new)— Antolno. 
"LA FEMME NUE ' (drama)— Porte Saint 

Martin. 
"LE TYPHON" (spectacular dran a) — Sarah 

Bernhardt. 
"PICKWICK" (burlesque comedy)— Athenee. 
"LA REVUE DES X" (comedy) (new)— Bouf- 

fes-Parlslens-Cora-Laparrcrlc. 
"LES BERCEUSES" (comedy) (new)— Thea- 
tre Michel. 
"LE PETIT CAFE" (farcical comedy) — ralni* 

Royal. 
'LES DEUX ORPHELINES" (melodramn) — 

Amhlgu. 
"LA RETNE DE GOLCONDE" (nperette) 

(new) — Follcs-Dramatlques. 



PHILADELPHIA. 

"TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE"— Broad. 

"NOBODY'S WIDOW— Oarrlck. 

"THE ROUND UP"— Forrest. 

"MISS DUDEL8ACK" — Chestnut St. O. H. 

"SNOBS"— Walnut. 

"BABY MINE'— Adelphl. 

"THE WEDDING TRIP'— Lyric. 

"LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM"— Orand Open 

House. 
"THE MILLIONAIRE KID"— National. 
"TOO MUCH JOHNSON"— Chestnut (Stock » 
"THE CITY"— American (Stock). 
DUMONT'S MINSTRELS— Ninth and Arch. 




I OS AM. ELKS 

"HK CAME FROM MILWAUKEE" (Sam 
Bernard ) — Majestic. 
XI1K GIRL. THE MAN AND THE GAME' 
(Billy Clifford)— Lyceum. 



•Jfcl 

$1 



SYRACUSE. 

!HE ROSARY"— Bastable. 
*HE SPRING MAID" (Christie McDonald) 
— Empire. 
21-22 "TAKE MY ADVICE" (Willie Collier)— 
Welting. 






BUFFALO. 

21,26 •PINAFORE"— Teck. 
'ROCK OF AGES"— Lyric. 

2^-22 "WITNESS FOR DEFENSE" (Ethol 
Barrymore); 23-25 "GIRL IN THE TAXI" 
— Star. 
"BANNER SHOW"— Garden. 
f)UCKLING8"— Lafayette. 



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PORTLAND, ORE. 

)THER"— Helllg. 
"WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER" 
jt-Baker. 

KANSAS CITY. 
"THIRD FLOOR BACK" (Forbes Robertson) 
fttr-Shubert. 



Illlanl) — 



J HE SOUL KI88"— Grand. 
i FOOL THERE WAS" (Robert H 
mills-Wood. 
TAR SHOW'GlRL8"— Century. 
•ROBINSON CRUSO GIRLS"— Gayety. 

Ir PITTSBURGH. 

'ttlLLIE'H NIGHTMARE" (Murk- Dressier) 
-yr-Alvln. 

•TOLLIES 1911"— Nixon. 
'TOE DEEP PURPLE"— Lyceum. 
"QUEENS JARDIN DE PARIS"— Gayety. 
STOCK — Duq uesne. 

T — — 

"••• INDIANAPOLIS. 

21-22 "OVER THE RIVER" (Eddie Fo>). 
23 "THE NEW MARRIAGE" (Mrs. Ftske). 
24t28 "THE COUNTRY BOY"— English's. 
HARRY LAUDER. 

[25 "THE HEART BREAKERS" (Geo Dam- 
Pel ) — Shubert-Murat. 
52 "THE BOY DETECTIVE" — Park. 
)k 20 "FOLLIE8 OF THE DAY"— Empire. 



DENVER. 

[E RED ROSE" — Broadway. 

lSSING OF THE THIRD FLOOR BACK" 

^orbes Robertson) — Tabor Grand. 



j|t CLEVELAND. 

'tftOHEMIAN GIRL"— Colonial. 
•REBECCA OF 8UNNYBROOK FARM"— 

Opera House. 
"AHE WHITE SISTER'' (Catherine Countlss) 

— Lyceum. 
SflGCK— Cleveland. 

DETROIT. 

THIRD DEGREE"— Lyceum. 
"I|IE MAN FROM HOME" (William Hodge) 

— Garrlck. 
20-22 "ELEVATING A HUSBAND" (Louis 
tMann); 23-25 "MACUSHLA" (Chauncey Ol- 
cett) — Detroit. 
REEVES BEAUTY SHOW— Avenue. 
CHERRY BLOSSOMS"— Gayety. 



LOUISVILLE. 

2^22 "THE NEW MARRIAGE" (Mrs. Fiske) 

-Mncnuley's. 

kTAN SANDERSON" (Norman Hackett) — 

r alnut. 

MOTHER TO GUIDE HER"— Avenue. 
2|22 "CHOCOLATE SOLDIER"; 23 HARRY 

iAUDER — Shubert-Masonlc. 



BALTIMORE. 

[RST LADY IN THE LAND" (Elsie Fer- 
guson) — Ford's. 

fTTLE MISS FIXIT" (Alice Lloyd)— Acad- 
Imy. 
IHMAEL"— Savoy. 

ELMO"— Holllday St. 

,XI GIRLS"— Gayety. 

TEENS FOLLIES BERGERE" — Monumen- 

il. 

TRL OF GOLDEN WEST" (Mr. and Mrs. 
.Iprln; "PEGGY"— Auditorium. 



"THE OLD HOMESTEAD" — Grand. 
"EVERY WOMAN" — Shea's. 
"RUNAWAY GIRLS" — Gayety. 
"GAY WIDOWS" — Star. 



"THE FAUN" 
Opp) — Lyric. 



(Wm. Faversham and Julie 



ST. PAUL. 

WARD AND YOKES— Grand. 



BOSTON. 

"THE SLIM PRINCESS" (Elsie Jan Is) — Col- 
onial (2d week). 

"BEN HUR"— Boston (4th week}. 

"THE BLUE BIRD"— Shubert (6th week). 

"OET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD"— Park 
(9th week). 

"MUTT AND JEFF" — Globe (2d week). 

"POMANDER WALK" — Plymouth (4th 

week). 

"EVERYWOMAN"— Majestic (2d week). 

"MADAME SHERRY" — Tremont (6th week). 

"DANIEL BOONE"— Grand O. H. 

"CHANTECLER" (Maud Adams)— HoIIIb. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

"POLLY OF THE CIRCUS" (Ida St. l*?on) — 
Savoy. 

LOMBARDI GRAND OPERA CO.— Cort. 

PARIS GRAND OPERA CO.— Valencia. 

"AT PINEY RIDGE" (Burr Mcintosh)— Al- 
cazar. 

"THE OLD TOWN" (Montgomery A Stone) — 
Columbia. 



CINCINNATI. 

"THE PINK LADY" — Grand. 



NEW ORLEANS. 

"GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD" — Tu- 

lane. 
ROBERT MANTELL — Dauphine. 
"THE GOOSE GIRL" — Crescent. 
STOCK— Lyrlo. 
BURLESQUE— Greenwall. 



I 



CORRESPONDENCE 

Units otherwise poted, the following rtportt art for the crrent vrttk. 



JOHN J. O'CONNOR 

(WTNN) 



CHICAGO 



VARIETY'S CHICAGO OFFICE: 

16 80UTH DEARBORN STREET 

'Pbeae 4401 C«*tr*J. 



MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Glover, mgr.; agent. 
Orphcum Circuit). — BUI up to the average 
tills week with Walter Hampden headlining 
with a dramatic affair called "Blackmail." 
The show opened with Cole De Losse Duo, 
wire workers who offer something sensational. 
Alma Youlln refused to appear In spot num- 
ber two and the Farber Sisters were called In 
to substitute. The girls dress exceptionally 
well and made an easy hit with a routine of 
well selected songs. The younger girl has a 
good idea of comedy and sent over two songs 
to much applause. Mrs. Gene Hughes and 
Co., in "Youth," were one of the treats of 
the bill. "Youth" Is different from most 
comedy sketches and proved quite interesting, 
especially to the female element. Marshall 
Montgomery and his dummy carried off a big 
hit. Montgomery Is away from the conven- 
tional ventriloquist and has a corking good 
novelty. His whistle seems too good to be- 
lieve. Few in the audience did believe it. 
The Romany Opera Co. followed Montgomery 
and made their usual Impression. Mack and 
Orth were forced to work In "one" because of 
n Wreck holding up their baggage. They 
shared the afternoon's honors with Gould and 
Ashlyn. Mack rendered several of the firm's 
songs with- Orth at the piano. Billy Oould 
and Belle Ashlyn In next to closing position 
scored a decided hit, while Pouchet's Flying 
Ballet closed with a pretty scenic affair. 

WYNN. 



' TORONTO. 

'THE GAMBLERS"— Royal Alexander. 
F2RANCES STARR— Princess. 



OLYMPIC (Sam Lederer. mgr.; K. A E.).— 
Few, if any, of our present day singing com- 
ediennes enjoy a greater popularity in Chi- 
cago than lovely Louise Dresser, who was 
elevated to Stardom Sunday night In a new 
musical-comedy, entitled "A Lovely Liar." 
said to be a reconstruction of May Irwin's 
old farce, "Mrs. Black Is Back." Chlcagoans 
like Miss Dresser. Given the proper ma- 
terial, this falr-halred artist would be pretty 
cortnln to record herself among the sea- 
son's successful stars out this way. With 
good looks, splendid stage presence and a 
personality that Is Irresistably charming, she 
Is the fortunate possessor of about everything* 
that goes to make up a box office magnet, ex- 
cept that one very Important factor, the play. 
This she has been denied. Not that the new 
vehicle Is entirely valueless, for there are mo- 
ments It shows unmistakable signs of effer- 
vescing anu echoes with the Jingle of the real 
thing. But the brilliancy and action Is in 
spots, and between these the piece Is in- 
clined to drag. After the fall of the curtuln 
on Monday night, one of the auditors was 
hoard to opine that It was "a pretty fair 
show," and that opinion from an impartial 
layman Is probably the Idea of the real merit 
of the piece, m fairness and Justice to the 
authors, "A Lovely Liar" Is Indeed a "pretty 
fair show," but In these days of strong com- 



petitive play building, something beyond must 
be produced In order to get into the winning 
class. HE BO. 

COLUMBIA (E. H. Wood, mgr.).— Precisely 
at two-twenty Sunday afternoon, Harry Hill 
wabbled across the stage on n pair of crutches 
and the audience tittered. Excepting a small 
amount of applause during the olio, that titter 
was the only audible sound heard In tho audi- 
torium during the rest of tho performance. 
From then -on the cast of principals kept 
feeding the expectant house full of a rotitlne 
of nothingness that was little short of monot- 
onous, and for which Tom Coyne and Charles 
Horwlts takes credit and program as a book. 
The Harry Hastings Big Show with Hastings 
himself In the line-up will have io get busy 
with some laughable mutter or be satisfied 
to carry off the wrong end of the season's 
honors. Perhaps, could Hauling sit In front 
and witness the performance of his show he 
would readily realize how Impossible It is. 
Three hours did they gallop around the stage 
make frantic efforts to amuse, try to sing and 
occasslonally go a little stronger In language 
than the Columbia generally stands for. The 
only response was quietness. The audience 
squlrmed' around In their seats and sighed, 
but nary a laugh. Hastings unfortunately 
picked a blank In the ehorus. From every 
standpoint, his chorus falls far and away be- 
low the standard. They can't Ming, neither do 
ithey look well. The costuming Is a neglected 
Venture and what there Ih needs cleaning. 
But one pair of silk hosiery was discernible 
Sunday afternoon. Those were bkdly In need 
of mending. The numbers would probably 
go well In capable hands, but never with this 
show. Only one was rewarded with encores, 
a catchy affair handled by Hastings' entitled 
"Among the Girls," and this would probably 
pass without recall were it not for Hastings 
calling upon the chorus to sing Individually. 
It's an old trick and a sure-Mre one. "Boogcy 
Boo," led by Edna Hyland and a chorus In 
nighties, almost started something. thaJgs to 
Miss Hyland's efforts, but the riot dled-a- 
bornln'. Harry Hastings and Tom Cnync 
are the featured male principals. Hustings 
of course, is a performer, but lack of oppor- 
tunities in every direction kill off bin chances 
to shine. Coyne is no doubt a good Irish 
comedian, but should have some one write 
his material for him. He doesn't understand 
himself well enough to write hi* own matter. 
Barney Toye plays at Dutch. HIh efforts an 
funny — his results ;irc pitiful. Harry Hill. 
who rides a bicycle In the olio, is the whole 
show. Hill Impersonates a rheumatic and he 
monopolized Die comedy with one laugh. A 
half dozen or more men occasionally ramble 
on and say something, help In the singing 
and keep the stage well tilled, but offer noth- 
ing worth while. In tho first part, supposed 
to be the cabin of a ship, the entire male ele- 



ment gather on the stage and give' a good 
Idea of a roughhouse. They roll around, drag 
one another across the stage, tap each other 
on the head with slapsticks and now and then 
sink their teeth Into one another's head. In 
the days of the old Trocadero this might 
cause a laugh, but ttoi at the Columbia. Per- 
haps if properly surrounded rt might go. 
However, It's not properly' surrounded. Viola 
Sheldon Is the prima donna. Edna Hyland 
and Mona Raymond are also principals. The 
two latter look good but are not able ttj over- 
come the handicap. - In the olio the house 
management was thoughtful enough to offer 
the Four Rlanos as an extra attraction. They 
helped considerably. Hill, Cherry aqd . Hill 
followed with a corking good bicycle acta but 
the trio started off badly and did not go 
quite as well as they should. Nevertheless, 
Hill, Cherry and Hill are the one redeeming 
feature of the show. Seymour, Dempsey and 
Seymour closed wjth a rathskeller affair. The 
house seemed to like them- They rendered 
several songs finishing with "Alexander." 
"The Harry Hastings Show" needs a house - 
cleanlng. It was not conditioned to enter the 
Columbia and follow the many good shows 
offered there recently. If Mr. Hastings pos- 
sesses an atom of ambjtlon he should get 
busy and brighten his show up. It's an awful 
gloomy affair Just now. WYNN. 



AMERICAN MUSIC. H.ALL (Geo. Harrison, 
mgr.). — The addition of a new burlesque, en- 
titled "The Big Littlest Rebel." In place of the 
olio of vaudeville acts, gives the Lew Fields' 
show a new feature. "Nanky Panky" Is being 
used to close the performance. 

CHICAGO o. H. (Geo. Kmgsbury. mgr.: K. 
A E. ). — Marguerite SylVa in Frans Lehafs 
musical play. "Gypsy I^ove," succeeded "Tho 
Littlest Rebel" 14. Engagement limited. 

CORT (U. J. Herrmann, mgr.; Ind.). — "The 
Master of the House" Is credited with dra- 
matic strength and seems to be catching on 
satisfactorily. 

BLACKSTONE (Augustus Pltou. mgr.*. K. 
A E.). — "The Concert" continues to maintain 
Its strong draught and will remain until Dec. 
2, when Francis Starr comes to town In "The 
Case of Becky." 

COLONIAL < James J. Brady, mgr.; K. A 
E.). — Opening week of Vera Mlchelena In 
"Alma. Where Do You Live?" Engagement 
limited to fourteen day*. 

GARRICK (A. Toxen Worm, mgr.; Shu- 
berts). — After several nights of darkness, re- 
opened 12 with Blanche Ring In "The Wall 
Street Girl." 

GLOBE (Col. James H. Browne, mgr.; Stair 
A Havlln). — Capacity business continues to 
reward the efforts of the Gus Hill players In 
the Bud Fisher cartoon-comedy. "Mutt and 
JefT." 

(•RAND O. H. (Harry Asktn, mgr.; Ind.). — 
Moved over from the Auditorium. "Every- 
woman" is doing well enough to warrant the 
announcement that the Havuge production will 
remain here for three and possibly five 
weeks longer. 

ILLINOIS (Will J. Davis, mgr.; K. A E.).— 
Farewell week of "Rebecca Of Sunnybrook 
Farm." which terminates a successful engage- 
ment to make room for Henry Miller In "The 
Havoc." Th»* latter will he here two weeks. 

LA SALLE (Harry Askln, mgr.; Ind.).— 
"Louisiana Lou" has passed the century mark 
of performances. ;i record for this season's 
shows In this city. If not for the entire coun- 
try. 

LYRIC (A. Toxen Worm, mgr.; Shulu-rts). — 
First we<k of a limited engagement of John 
Mason and company In "As a Man Thinks." 
First time In Chicago and promises to draw 
big. 

OLYMPIC (Sam Lederer. iiikim K. A E.).-- 
Louise Dresser opened Sunday night In "A 
Lovely Liar." a n> w three-act musical play 
by Junle McCrce Hnd Hans S. Llnne. Support- 
ing company Includes Will Phllhrick. 

POWERS' (Harry .1. Pow.-rs. mgr,: K. * E. > 
-Last week of "•Thais. " Mario Doro arrives 
L'(> In "A Butterfly on the Wheel." Engage- 
ment limited. 

PRINCESS c.Moii II. Singer, mgr.; Shuoertsi 
--'Over Night'' continues to draw ho well 
that the management makes no announce- 
ment of an> succeeding attraction. 

STI'PEBAKER i I'd ward .1. Sullivan, mgr.; 
K. * E. >. "Km u*e Me" Is on the fourth ca- 
pacity wa.k si ii 1 1 shows no indications of a 
wain- In popularit > . 

WHITNEY <<>. H Peers, mgr.: K. X E »• -*■ 
•With Edged Tools' closed 1'J. No succeeding 
attraction announced* 



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ALHAMBRA (Roche-Marvin Co.. mgra; 
Ind.). — "Convict 999": next week, "McFad- 
den's Flata" 

BIJOU (Ralph T. Kettering, mgr.; Stair * 
Havlin).— "No Mother to Guide Her"; next 
week, "Chinatown Charlie." 

McVTCKERS' (Geo. Warren. mgr.; Ind). — 
Chauncey Olcott take* leave at the end of this 
week and will be succeeded by William A. 
Brady's "Way Down East" for two weeka 

MARLOWE (Chaa Marvin. mgr.; Ind.). — 
Stock: "My Friend from India." 

NATIONAL.— "The Traveling Salesman" ; 
next week. "The White Slave- 
Next week the Walter F. Keefe agency will 
commence booking the Star, Sault 8te. Marie, 
Mich., and the Lyceum, Sault Ste. Marie, 
Canada. Dec 1 he will add another link, 
when the new Star of Frederick O. Barretts 
In the former place opens Its doors for the 
first time. When the latter event occurs, the 
Star at "800," Mich., will be turned Into a 
nlekel picture house. The Canadian theatre 
will split the week with Manistlque. Mich. 

Reports from the surrounding country In- 
dicates that ths conditions are as correspond- 
ingly bad among the vaudeville houses as 
with the combination theatres. 



The Theatre Booking Corporation has taken 
over the booking of the Princess theatre of 
Mason City. la., which Is splitting the week 
with the Majestic In Waterloo. 

The remodeled Majestic, St Paul, reopened 
last Sunday under the management of Chaa. 
H. Miles of Detroit, who spent approximately 
$10.0*0 In Improvements, and chiefly In the 
lobby. 

The new Wolverine, Saginaw, Mich., had a 
successful opening 7. 

The weather Is reported to have been so 
cold last Sunday at Calumet. Mich., where the 
mercury registered 14 below sero, the per- 
formers playing at the Royal vaudeville thea- 
tre were obliged to work in overcoats and 
furs. The bulletin falls to announce Just how 
the audience managed to keep warm during 
the show. 



The Bijou theatre In Oshkosh, Wla. has 
been recently sold to Harry T. Tlmm, lately 
manager of the Opera House In that city. 
Walter F. Keefe will continue to book the 
house. The Ideal theatre at Fon du Lac, 
Wla. has also changed ownership and the 
new proprietors are Allardt and Sergeant, 
who have been operating the Henry Boyle 
theatre In the same town. This will In all 
probability be an added link In the chain of 
the Western Vaudeville Managers* Association. 
Another late sale Is ths Unique at Cheboygan, 
Mich., which has passed Into the control of 
the Cheboygan Amusement Co. The sale of 
these three playhouses marks the passing, 
for the present at least, of the Jones-O'Brien 
Amusement Co., of which W. E. Jones of Mil- 
waukee has been the president and general 
manager, and which concern was the former 
owner of the theatrea The Cheboygan house 



will also continue to play acts booked out of 
the Keefe offices. 

The Crawford Amusemsnt Co. of St Louis 
has Invaded Chicago. Saturday night the 
concern opened a new vaudeville theatre at 
Marshfleld and Lincoln avenues. 



The reports that continue to come in here 
from the road regarding the unfavorable busi- 
ness conditions of the show business may have 
the effect of causing Harry Askln of the La 
Salle Opera House to reconsider his announced 
purpose of sending out a No. t company of 
"Louisiana Lou" next month. It was given 
out the other day that the second "Lou" 
show would surely open on Christmas Day at 
Jollet, 111., but this does not appear to have 
been altogether authorltlve, as Manager Askln 
has since declared that no definite stsps have 
been taken toward the organisation of the 
company and that no definite move had been 
made toward the routing of the attraction. 
Everything, he said, was contingent upon fu- 
ture business conditions and that no official 
announcement would be made until after his 
return from New Tork the latter part of next 
week. 



The news comes this way from Detroit that 
right after the first of the New Year, Charles 
H. Miles will break ground In Rochester, 
N. T., for the erection of a pretentious and 
commodious vaudeville theatre. The Detroit 
manager has acquired a site In the heart of 
the Eastern city that has a frontage of ninety 
feet with a depth of 166 feet. On this 
ground Is to be constructed a combination 
office building and auditorium that Is prom- 
ised to be modern In every particular. The 
lower floor of the theatre will have a seating 
capacity of 1,460 In addition to approxi- 
mately 100 seats in the boxes and lodgea 
Added to this there will be seating accommo- 
dations for 666 patrons In the balcony. 



Ruth Chanter, who had charge of the South- 
ern family theatre booking in the Charles 
Doutrick agency for a spell last spring, has 
returned from an extended vaudeville tour of 
the northwest and the southwest. 



Grace Gardner, programed as "The Ameri- 
can Boy." left town last week to fill dates on 
the United time, opening at Shea' a Buffalo. 
Frank Le Dent Is another vaudevllllan who 
goes the same route. 



Olive Frields, known in private life as Mra 
Harry Newman, Is holding down a desk In 
her husband's muslo publishing offices In the 
Grand Opera House building, while he Is In 
the east on business. 



Henry Berg, Jr., formerly a manager of the 
old Dearborn theatre, on the site of which 
the Garrlck now stands, and more recently a 
practicing attorney, has been made traveling 
manager of the Seven Aviator Girls act which 
will shortly start on a tour of the Sulllvan- 
Consldlne circuit. There will be a new prima 
donna In the act next week In the person of 
Lillian Grossman, who was last with "Madame 
8herry." 



The Musical La Moines are booked on the 
United time, opening shortly at the Hippo- 
drome, Cleveland. 



Will Goodall and Marie Craig, here from the 
east playing the W. V. M. A. time, were 
rushed to Des Moines, la., last week for a 
fill In at the Orpheum. 

A report that Manager W. H. Jenner of the 
Monroe theatre would exchange places with 
Manager Johnson of the Bills, Is contradicted 
out of ths Alfred Hamburger offlcea 

Harry 8heldon, author of "The Havoc" and 
other equally well-known plays, has returned 
to Chicago from ons of ths Lake resorts In 
Wisconsin, where he was engaged In the work 
of preparing another script for the consider- 
ation and approval of Henry Miller, who com- 
mences an engagement next Monday at the 
Illinois. 



Edwards Davis, the former Divine, who de- 
serted the pulpit for the stage, Is now in Chi- 
cago formulating vaudeville plans while his 
wife is appearing In "Everywoman," now at 
the Grand Opera House. 

Frank Doyle returned last Monday from a 
brief trip to St Louis, whither he went to at- 
tend the formal opening of the new "Hip" 
vaudeville theatre. 



The matinee of last Saturday at the La 
Salle, marked the one hundredth performance 
of "Louisiana Lou," the first play of the sea- 
son to make that record here. Arrangements 
are said to have been made to give the Askln 
show a run In Llebler * Co.'s Plymouth thea- 
tre in Boston next summer. 



A probable Chicago engagement for the 
Irish Players from ths Abbey theatre across 
the pond Is announced by the Lleblers for 
some time later In the se as on. 



In accordance with a time-honored custom 
of Henry Woodruff, the Mort M. Singer star In 
"The Prince of Tonight" preparations are al- 
ready under way for his annual Christmas 
party, which, according to the booking ar- 
rangement will be held this year at Torre 
Haute, Ind. Manager Singer has been com- 
missioned to procure the largest Christmas 
tree obtainable and no pains will be spared to 
made the event eclipse Its predecessora 

Olive Vail, another 8lnger star, who Is scin- 
tillating In "Miss Nobody from Starland." Is 
reported to be providing for the proverbially 
Inevitable "rainy day" by investing her stage 
earning In real estate at Erie, Mich., where 
she Is reputed to be one of the largest land- 
ownera She maintains a fine bungalow for 
the comfort and convenience of her mother 
and anchored off shore is her yacht "Olive." 
conceded to be one of the trimmest boats that 
sails the Lake. 



When George Demerol is not starring In 
"The Heartbreakere" or some other Mort 
Singer attraction, he can generally be found 
In his leisure time on his ranch near Los 
Angelea Cal., where he has gained some rec- 
ognition as a "cattle king." 



Claude Doyle, who for the last couple of 
years or more has taken care ef the "nickel** 
time In the offices of his brother, Frank Q. 
Doyle, has severed his connection with that 
agency. 



Ths Central Theatre Amusemsnt Co. of 
Chicago has leased the Sauerweln theatre a| 



Braall, Ind., to C. J. Sharrock, who Is now 
running It under his management Sharroos; 
also controls ths new Dixie, Vandalla, Ind,, 
and expects to add others to a chain of "onf 
nlghters" through southern Indiana and 1111- 
nola 



The Thanksgiving week attraction at ths 
College theatre will be a stock company pro- 
duction of Geo. M. Cohan'e musical-comedy, 
"The Man Who Owns Broadway." 



Under the leadership of Mra Guy 8. M'Cabe 
of Evaneton, the Inmates of the various Chil- 
dren's Homes in Chicago attended a special 
complimentary performance of "Rebecca of 
8unnybrook Farm" Monday afternoon at the 
Illinois theatre. The members of the com- 
pany donated their services. 



Charles Sachse, musical director of the. 
"Jardin ds Paris Girls" show which Is enter- 
taining the patrons of the Star theatre thtf 
week. Is spending his spare moments on thf 
score of a musical-comedy which will be of* 
fered the producers of New Tork City earur 
next season. Ths book Is by Roy Walton, I 
8t Louis, Mo., newspaper man. 

Charles J. Meaklns has deserted the cast 
of "Excuse Me" at the Btudebaker to acceft 
the leading tenor role In "Little Boy Blue,** 
which Is being tried out in rural Pennsylvania, 
His part In the Savage production has been 
taken by Joseph Tanner. 



Oliver P. Newman, a newspaper man who 
made Chicago his habitat for a while, is 
said to have been commissioned by Geo. If. 
Cohan to put the short story "The Fortunsg 
of Sin" Into play form. 



Will J. Davis, Jr., son of the manager of 
the Illinois theatre, and the assistant manager 
of that house, is reported to be convalescing 
at the Henrotln Hospital In this city after an 
operation for appendlcitla 



Charles Potts has resigned from the mem- 
bership of the advisory board of the Chicago 
branch of the White Rata 



The success of "Everywoman" at ths Audi- 
torium, prompted the management to arrange 
for the prolonging of the Chicago engagement 
of the play, with the result that the produe* 
tlon was shifted to the Grand Opera House, 
where it reopened Sunday night. This oppor- 
tunity to secure another theatre was brought 
about by the sudden determination of the 
management of Mrs. Flske to limit her en- 
gagement to two weeks in order to fill cer- 
tain road dates. The Savage production |i 
certain to remain at the Grand for at least 
three weeks and it is not Improbable that It 
may be housed there for a longer period. 



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ASHLAND (Al. Wlesner, mgr.; agent. W. 
V. M. A.).— Tom McGuire; Winkler's Military 
Dancers; Vernon A Co,; Buckley A Hall; L. 
H. Ernest Carr & Co.; Espe & Roth; Bennett 
A Sterling; Carter A Waters. 

WILSON AVENUE (M. Lacalzl. mgr.; agent 
W. V. M. A.). — Treat's Seals; Cracker Jack 
Four; Lew Wells; Carson Bros.; Cora Simp- 
son 4k Co.; L. H. Moore's Rah Rah Boys A 
Aeroplane Girl; Robert Henry Hodge * Co.; 
Carroll-Gillette Trio; Holmes, Wells * Fin- 
ley; Fred Elliott. 

LTDA (George Hines, mgr.; agent. W. V. 
If. A.).— Klein 4k Callahan; Lee Tung Foo; 
Lowell 4k Drew; Raymond 4k Hall; Four Cast- 
ing Campbells; L. H. Buckley 4k Hall; Billy 
Brown; Mason 4k McClslre; Bogart 4k Nelson; 
Roser's Dogs. 

BVAN8TON (Chas. New, mgr.; agent. W. 
V. M. A.). — Tossing Austins; Bhean 4k Marks; 
Roser's Dogs; Hopkins 4k Aztell; Lillian Mor- 
timer 4k Co.; L. H. ; Del mar 4k Del mar; Lee 
Tung Foo; Berry * Berry; Gilmour Sisters; 
Lillian Mortimer 4k Co. 

SOUTH CHICAGO (Harry Wilson, mgr.; 
a rent, W. V. M. A.).— Bennett 4k Sterling; 
Billy Brown; Van Brothers; Barrett 4k Barl; 
Delmar 4k Delmar; L. H. Rousell; Can 4k 
Pearce; Blcknell 4 Gibney; Winkler's Mili- 
tary Dancers. „, 

KBDZIB (Wm. Malcolm, mgr.; agent W. 
V. M. A.).— Bspe 4k Roth; Four Sullivan Bros.; 
Berry 4k Berry; Mills 4k Moulton; Bush's Vil- 
lage Cutups; L. H. Beltrah A Belt rah; Whyte, 
Pelser A Whyte; Bert Cutler; Murray, Relff 
A Murray; Bd La vine. 

LINDBN (Chaa Hatch, mgr.; agent. J. C. 
Matthews). — Mulvey A Araoros; Aubria Rich; 
Atlantis A Fiske; "Some Quartet" Abou Ga- 
mld Arabs; L. H. Lavlgne A Jafte; Wilson 
A Lanole; Bddle Gorman A Co.; Sherman; 

CLARK (Agent. J. C. Matthews).— John- 
son's Dogs; Wilson A La Nolo; McCarthy A 
Berth; Twin City Quartet; 8waln-Ostman Co., 
L H.; Three Klderos; Moore A Browning; 
Lew Cooper A Girls; Frank Merritt; Grant A 
McNally. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

By ROBERT A. HAZEL. 

VARIETY'S San Francisco Office. 

308 Market Street. 
(By Wire.) 
ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent. 
Orpheum Circuit).— "The Courtiers." pleased 



Immensely, costuming elaborate, adequate 
scenic setting; Mosher, Hayes A Mosher, In 
third position, kept audience In uproar of 
laughter; Arlington Four, programed for third 
place, moved down next to closing, decided 
hit; Jane Boynton, pleased with rag num- 
bers, hard to make voice heard; Dr. Ludwlg 
Wullner, repeated hit, second week; Josie 
Heather, duplicated success of last week; 
Four Fords, opened second half, solid hit; 
Augustine A Hartley, opened, went well. 
Business good. 

The fourth annual memorial services of the 
San Francisco Lodge. No. 21. T. It, A., was 
held here at the Empress. IS. A very ap- 
propriate program, with the 8ymphony Or- 
chestra (45 musicians) and California Quar- 
tet rendering special music, and Julius Kahn, 
William G. Rusk, Charles Gunn, the principal 
speakers, was given. Thirty-two members 
are numbered with the lodge's dead. ( 



opened Monday at the Teal, Fresno, to big 
business. 

The Musical Association of San Francisco 
has appointed W. H. Greenbaum manager of 
the Symphony Orchestra. 

Arthur Don, former booking agent of the 
Bert Levey Circuit (Los Angeles office), 
opened with a new talking act at the Wig- 
wam. This Is Don's second venture this sea- 
son. 



The Princess did sn overflow of business 
since they have had the "Texas Tommy" dan- 
cera On Sunday hundreds were turned away 
and those who could not be accommodated in 
the auditorium sat on the stage. This dance 
seems to be the latest erase here. The lead- 
ing downtown cafes are featuring the dancers 
and even society has taken It up. 



The Frank Morton Musical Comedy Co. 
closed at the Hippodrome, Stockton, and 
opened at the American, here, B. 

The Los Angeles office of the Bert Levey 
Circuit, hss moved from the Pantages Theatre 
building to the new Adolphus theatre. C. G. 
Rlggs Is in oharga. 

The Teal theatre, Fresno, formerly Novelty, 
goes Into vaudeville 26, booked by Bert Le- 
vey. 



Lloyd Bacon, well-known In stock and 
vaudeville, and Floy Brlghtwell Ludwlgson, a 
divorcee, were married 7. Mr. Bacon Is a son 
of Frank Bacon, now playing In "The For- 
tune Hunters." 



Managers of the "small time" In and adja- 
cent to San Francisco report sn lncresse In 
business. The outlook Is bright for a pros- 
perous sesson. 



The American Musical Comedy Co. that has 
been alternating between the Amerloan and 
Gaiety theatres, has disbanded. 



A benefit performance will be given by the 
Associated Theatrical Managers of San Fran- 
cisco at the Columbia, matinee, 24, In aid of 
their oharlty fund. 



The Raymond Teal Musical Comedy Co. 
sailed for Eureka 8. They open at the Mar- 
garita theatre. Engagement Indefinite. 



The Blalsdale Opera House, Moran, Cal., 
opened for vaudeville and pictures 6. O. L. 
Gotchelt Is manager, and Bert Levey, agent. 



Archie Levy, manager of the Richmond, 
and Sam Loverlch, manager of the Princess, 
have gone back Into the fold of the Bert 
Levey agency to have their respective houses 
booked. 



Dillon A King Musical Comedy Compsny 



PORTOLA THBATRE (Alburn A Leahy, 
nigra; agente, Bert Levay, Circuit).— Musical 
Coppellas; Mllson A Rose; Weatherfleld A 
Brlley; The Thrillers; International Trio; all- 
ien, Wilbur A GUIen; Joe Murray; Miss Le 
Moin. 

PORTOLA LOUVRE RE8TAURANT (Her- 
bert Meyerfeld, mgr.). — Ines De Loris; Grand 
Opera Quartet; Welber A Johnson; Texas 
Tommy Dancers; Countess Csrro; Rhodes Sis- 
ters; Bernat Jaulas* Orchestra. 

ODEON CAFE ,Tony Lubelskl. mgr.). — 
Internationa] Operatic Quartet; Albert Bros.; 
Mllo Trio; Corlnne Anderson; "Texas Tommy" 
Dancing Duo. 

WIGWAM (Sam Harris, mgr. ; agent, W. S. 
V. A.).— Van A Crawford; Willie Dell; The 
Malcombs; Venlclnan Trio; Jean Fletcher; 
Great Dayton; Saxophone Quartett; "Dyna- 
mite" (Mule). 



Norine carman 

and MINSTRKL DUO uniied time 



PHILADELPHIA 

By GEORGE M. YOUNG. 

KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.; agent, U. B. 
O.). — For a bill that lacked any btg name 
feature with a following, this week's card ran 
out to a generally pleasing show. "The Song 
Revue," was held over for a second week. 
The Great Asahi and his troupe of Japs closed 
the show snd did very well In holding the 
house seated, the thumb trick attracting at- 
tention for the way It was handled. Once 
stsrted the Jap finished out the routine to a 
willing audience. Both the thumb and water 
tricks were done here about nine years ago 
by the Ten Ichl Troupe, but Asahi has built 
the latter trick up to where It has a comedy 
turn, and this helpa All the magic stun* 
shows to better advantage than with the other 
act, though the same operators may be used. 
"Billy's Tombstones," with Edgar Atchison- 
Ely A Co.. presenting It, was a big hit. It is 
too good an act to fall down under any condi- 
tions, and Sydney Drew gave up something 
worth while when he passed over the Klein 
sketch. Mr. Ely and Ruth Alen get a lot out 
of the splendid comedy lines and business. 
McKay and Cantwell did "The Policeman and 
the Pickpocket" and scored solidly, getting 
through nicely with the "bull" talk at the 
opening, and cleaning up with the nicely 
dressed singing snd dancing number, the ec- 
centric stepping always standing out for spe- 
cial mention. Earlier on the bill Hlbbert and 
Warren registered strongly through the cork- 
ing bit of dancing done by the comedian. 
"Menetekel" attracted some attention for the 
mystic writing. It is a cleverly executed stunt 
and never reveals Its secret. The man di- 
recting has a splendid opportunity for work- 
ing In some comedy business and it might 
liven up the act. He could also select some- 
one else than Teddy Roosevelt ss his "most 
populsr man of the day." He pulled a "local" 
with "Blankenburg," the newly-elected reform 
mayor, end might have used a sketch of the 
latter. Even the new mayor's whiskers would 
have got the house. Lee White and George 
Perry were nicely situated for their catchy 
singing. One or two songs sound new snd 
lsnded the couple In right because of Miss 
White's ability to send them along. She Is 
holding on a bit long to her classy num- 
ber for an act that ought to keep going right 
up front. The turn drew down a liberal share 
of the honors. Bellclslre and Herman did 
well in the opening position with their hand- 
to-hand work. The boys can Improve their 



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The Langdons registered the laughing hit of the 
bill and deserved the enthusiastic reception. — Morning 
Telegraph. 

An offering which came In for a great amount of 
laughter and applause was the one contributed by 
The Langdons. They offer a real novelty, and indica- 
tions are that they will be able to remain In the east 
as long as they care to. — N. Y. American. 



One of the most novel and laughable acts seen 
here for a long time is offered by The Langdons. 
They had the audience in screams of laughter from 
start to finish.— N. Y. Star. 

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aet by studying up a few new tricks, far they 
are a nice-looking team and can do the work- 

KKYSTONE (M. W. Taylor, mgr. ; agent. 
M. W. Taylor Agency). — This newly-opened 
■■pop" vaudeville house in the northern sec- 
tion of the city > seems to be a hit from the 
start, and If the shows average near as 
strong as the one offered this wi«-k, they 
deserve to draw business. One think notice- 
able Is that the up-town audiences do not 
seem strong for moving pictures. On Tuesday, 
when the Great Dollar Troupe had left the 
stage after taking a half dozen bows for their 
splendid acrobatics, the crowd made a rush 
for the exits when the picture-sheet was low- 
ered. Probably they figured they had their 
money's worth In the show. The house ap- 
peared to be filled with music-lovers, and they 
feasted on the menu of good things offered. 
First In this line was Pletro, who had the 
house swinging and swaying with htm when 
he manipulated the keys of his big concert 
•ecordlon. First he played a classical num- 
ber and then went to the "rag" numbers. 
Just ahead of Pletro was a trio of "raths- 
keller" singers trying out. "The Mysterious 
Hag" just about pulled the trio through and 
when Pletro played it, the house sat right up 
;tnrt "ragged" In the seats. It wss some con- 
cert, and he was forced to come back and 
play a medley of popular numbers. Of a very 
pleasing appearance. Pletro Is able to win 
from his entrance and those "rag" numbers 
will carry him anywhere. As a "pop" feature 
he can head any bill. Although the Five 
Versuvians followed Pletro. they scored with 
their operatic numbers, which were well sung 
In a pretty stage setting. Lester and Kellett 
put over a large-slsed hit with their talk and 
singing. Lester Is a clever handler of breesy 
talk and has splendid support from Miss Kel- 
lett. Willie and Josle Barrows gave the show 
a good start with their dancing and Hermi- 
tage and Bernhardt were very well liked In a 
comedy sketch. Into which the couple Intro- 
duce two of three "sure-fire" bits which they 
"fake" very well. Manager Taylor Is giving 
the Keystone patrons a corking good show 
for any kind of money. 

VICTORIA (Jay Mastbaum. mgr.; agent. H. 
Bart McHugh). — The second half of the show 
Monday was tried out with a •Jury" In front 
consisting of three or four "scouts" from the 
"small-time" agencies, but they got away 
with It and Jim Manning from the "Home 
Office" went out smiling after the Musical 
Kleises, the feature act, put over their usual 
big hit. They can do It anywhere In the 
"pop" chain, so that there wasn't so -much 
surprise handed to the "scouts." If the bunch 
was looking for "hlders," they only found one. 
and It Is not likely this team will be added 
to the "blacklist." Manager Mastbaum had 
this act In as Key and Htone, and when he 
was asked why. said he had to blame it on 
some one and could only think of the Key- 
atone party. Mastbaum was one of Earle's 
workers In the recent political battle. The 
Meade-Trow Trio turned off some nicely han- 
dled tricks on the swinging rings, winning 
thrlr share of the favor. Billy Morse worked 
In blackface and sent his talk and songs over 
with good results. Yvette Bugel, a little girl 
with black eyes that speak a lot and a voice 
of rood quality, though light, won fcvor with 
three numbers. Freedland and Clark were 
very well liked In a talking and singing num- 
ber. A dandy parody number put the man In 
right and the girl proved herself capable of 
following right along. Foley and Dean In a 
sketch with a slow finish did nicely. 

PALACE <A\. Italns. m»cr. ; agent. H. Bart 
McHugh). — This week's bill whs a bit shy on 
Klrls. Veljo. the "Magnetic Doll." who was 
featured, being the only girl In the show 
until Bart and Neal wen- «uhstltut«>d for a 
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the headline™. The Langdons wsre a big 
laughing hit with their snappy sketch and 
Zeno, Jordan and Zeno; Page and Connolly; 
Walter Wills and his "Three Beauties." and 
Vlttorl and George t to, the novel gymnasts 
rounded out a show which met with warm 
favor. 



Jules Aronson, former manager of the Pal- 
ace, Is back on the Job again. He was ap- 
pointed manager of two picture houses on 
Market street this week. This Is a return to 
his first love for "The Sheriff." 



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"diver" on Mondsy. Veljo caused some talk 
when she was taken down Into the aisles, 
where her ability to remain Immobile at close 
range held the attention end caused surprise 
when the "doll" spoke right out at the finish. 
Le Van Brothers were also substituted, their 
barrel jumping being of the ordinary rou- 
tine. The boys need some new and showier 
tricks. McKee and Nester played banjos. 
They called attention to the volume of tone 
when there was no need, the Instruments 
made plenty of noise. Masse and Klngsley 
offered a juggling act along familiar lines, 
the ball juggling slone standing out for spe- 
cial mention. Delay and Holcomb were well 



liked In a singing and talking act, the sing- 
ing being their best mark. Nolan and Mack 
also did some singing and talking. 

WILLIAM PENN (George Metsel, mgr.; 
agent, U. B. O). — The baseball fsns on the 
west side of the Schuylkill welcomed Charlie 
Dooln end Jim McCool when they made their 
first appearance at this house. This pair class 
well up as entertainers aside from popu- 

larity In other lines and the new act Is an 
Improvement over the other. Dooln's repartee 
at the expense of President Lynch and the 
dandy singing of both he and McCool mskes 
this an act that ought to score solidly any- 
where. There wss a good bill surrounding 



BIJOU (Joseph Dougherty, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O. ). — Jlramle Lucas; The Dorians; Kean St 
White; Sampsell a Rellly; William Humph- 
reys: King Sisters; Mr. St Mrs. Allison. 

LIBERTY (M. W. Taylor, mgr.; agent, Tay- 
lor Agency). — Sherman De Forrest A Co.; 
Heave's Manikins; Sanson St Dellha; Harry 
Gilbert; Gertrude Dudley a Co.; Three Fords. 

NIXON (F. G. Nlzon-Nlrdlinger, mgr.: 
agent, Nixon-Nlrdllnger). — Roberts Rats St 
Cats; McCormlck a Irving; Peppino; Wilson. 
Frankly n a Co.; Guy Bartlett a Co., Royal 
Hlnoka Japs. 

PEOPLES (F. G. Nixon-Nlrdllnger. mgr.; 
agent. Nixon Nlrdllnger).— 16-18 McAleavy's 
Marvels: Lamont's Cowboy Minstrels; Craw- 
ford St Paterson; June Roberts St Co.; Blake's 
Circus. 

COLUMBIA (Nixon-Nlrdllnger Agency).— 
16-18 Travis Tork; Aviator Girl; Scott and 
Eskrldge. 

COHOCKSINK (Nixon-Nlrdllnger Agency). 
— 16-18 Westerman St Hopkins. 

FOREPAUGH'S (Miller St Kaufman, mgrs. : 
agent, I. Kaufman). — Sherman A McNaugh- 
ton; Irmenas; Three Bardents; Wroe Trio; 
Kllroy * Starr; Harry Bachelor. 

GIRARD (Kaufman St Miller, mgrs.: agent. 
I. Kaufman). — 16-18 Moss St Fry: "Girls In 
Loveland"; Mile. Martha; Claude Vaux St Co.; 
Bob Warren. 

EMPIRE (Stanford St Western, mgrs. ; agent 
I. Kaufman). — 16-18 Buckeye Trio; Smith St 
Rowland: Lester Brothers; John F. Clarke. 

ALHAMBRA (F. Mlgone, mgr.; agent. M. 
W. Taylor Agency). — Buch Brothers; Morrio 
A Morris; Rossi's Elephants; Barnes St Rob- 
inson; Hennelly; Tom Hefron. 

DIXIE (D. Label 1, mgr.; agent, M. W. Tay- 
lor). — Cotter St Boulden; Burrows Travis; 
Rita Merschon; Four Rsgals. 

THEATORIUM (C. Johnson, mgr.; agent, 
M. W. Taylor). — Stella Rhelnhard; Bos worth 
A Otto: Jones 'Family. 

PLAZA (Chas. Oelschlager. mgr.; agent. H. 
Bart McHugh). — La Zelle Bros.: Chrlstoffy 
Trio: "Naked Truth"; George Wood: Six 
Hoboes. 

GREAT NORTHERN (M. Greenwald. mgr.: 
agent, H. Bart McHugh). — 16-18 Gllmour & 
La Tour; Webb Duo: Ross St Shaw; Texlco. 

LINCOLN (D. Bader, mgr.; agent, H. Bart 
McHugh). — 16-18 Chlvo; Longbrake Edwards 
Trio; Thos. Grady St Ella Wilson; Cox Fam- 
ily. 

PT. BREEZE (D. Bader, mgr.; agent, H. 
Bart McHugh) 16-18 Eary St Eary; Lucy 
Tonga; Earle St Bartlett; James Gildea; -Mor- 
gan Chester Co. 

AUDITORIUM (W. C. Herchenrelder, mgr.; 
agent, H. Bart McHugh). — 16-18 Dancing Du 
Pars; Spangler a Montgomery; O'Brien St 
Krear. 

OERMANTOWN (Walter StuempOg. mgr.; 
Chaa J. Krsus, agent). — Four Minstrel Bells; 
Valeno's Band; Jean Irvln; Eleanor Kane ft 
Co.: Rose a Adams. 

MODEL (H. A. Lord, mgr.; Chaa J. Kraus, 
agent). — Mysterious Maids; Jim Harkins; Lc- 
vllls a Day; Peoples a Wagner; Alice La 
Mont. 

IRIS (M. J. Walsh, mgr.; Chas. J. Kraus. 
agent). — Danny Ahearn; Ha to; Lillian Her- 
bert: Murphy's Minstrels. 

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lotte; Wallace's Cockatoos; Booth Trio. 

(.HAND (Mr. Rappaport. mgr.; Chaa. J. 
Kraus. ag-ent). — Harry Dare Carmen Slaters; 
Prevolll : Rand's Dogs. 

ALEXANDER (Geo. Alexander, mgr. ; Stein 
A Leonard. agents). — Adler Children; Vance 
Bros'; "Barry & Black.,. 

FAIRHILL "PALACE (C. Stengle, mgr.; 
Bteln A Leonard, agents). — Webb A Webb; 
Carl Wa liner; Los Modernistas. 

CRYSTAL PALACE (D. Baylinson. mgr.; 
8teln A Leonard, agents). — Mae McDonald; 
The Dumonts; Hassell Bros.; Percell A Pat- 
terson. 

HIPPODROME (C. Segall, mgr.; Stein A 
Leenhrd, ag*ents). — Dancing Da Pars; Will- 
iams A Watson; The Reynolds. 

LYRIC (Dan Tyrrell, tongr.; Bteln A Leon- 
ard, agente).-— Coobj- A Burnett Stock Co.; 
Perry A Paye. 

CRYSTAL PALACE (8. Morris, mgr.; Bteln 
A Leonard, agents). — Babe Laurie, Agnes 
Cloud; Hebrew Stock Co* 

MAJESTIC (Wm. ValU, mgr.; Stsln A Leon- 
ard, agents). — Pf ell - Sisters; James Gibson; 
Cross A Verno. 

TROCADBRO (Sam H. Dawson, mgr.). — 
"Sam Devere Show." Extra attraction, Choo- 
ceeta. 

CA8INO (Ellas and Koenlg, mgrs.).— "Van- 
ity Fair." v 

OAYETY (John P. Eckhardt. mgr.).— "Taxi 
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ATLANTIC CITY 

By I. B. PULASKI. 

YOUNO'8 P1B1R.- (Jack T>. Flynn, mgr.; 
agent, U. B. O.). — Mil*. Louisa La Gal * Co.. 
new pantomime, headlined; Arthur Dunn * 
Marion Murray, big reception; Boudlnl Bros., 
good; Dare Bros., did well; Josephine Joy A 
Co,, In new act, very much liked; Fraley * 
Abbott, went big; Mr. A Mrs. Stuart Darrow, 
liked;. Mile. Valeska. passed. 

MILLION DOLLAR PIER (J. J. Young A 
Kennedy Crossan. mgrs.; Wlstar Groockett. 
bus. mgr.)- — Pictures. 

STEEPLECHASE PIER (R. Morgan A W. 
H. Fennan* mgrs.). — Pictures. 

CRITERION (J. Child, mgr.).— Pictures. 

ROYAL (R.. Brown, nr.gr.). — Pictures. 

APOLLO (Fred E. Moore, mgr.; K. * E.). — 
Nailmova In "The Marionettes." 17-18. 



Friday night, Chartes Frohman presented 
Madame Natlroova in "The Marionettes" by 
Pierre Wolff, which has been sdapted for 
American uaagea. It la a comedy and does 
not contain the tragedy of the Ibsen plays 
which Naxlmova last appeared in. It tells 
the story of a young wife who finds herself 
In a dilemma. upon discovering that her hus- 
band to whom sho has been married through 
the French custom of parental arrangement, 
apparently does not appreciate her modeaty 
and unobtruslveness. In the cast are Arthur 
Lewis, Frank Gl Lin ore, Charlea Balaar, Ed- 
ward Fellding, Grace Carlyle, Kate Meek, 
Helen Freeman, A. Romalne Callender, Wil- 
liam Haasan, Harry Kendall and Arthur Har- 
ley. 



Laat week the artists on the bill at Young'a 
Pier had a particularly enjoyable time, mostly 
through the fact that the ball players. Ben- 
der, Coombs and Morgan, proved auch likeable 
fellows. Before matinees and night shows 
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Bob Pender 

Drury Lane Clown 
AND HIS TROUPE OF 

COMEDIANS AND PANT0M1MISTS 

Just concluded NINE MONTH*' SUCCESS- 
FUL TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES; 

Twelve Weeks. Folles Bergere. New York — 
Twenty-two Weeks, Orpheum Circuit. 

Thanks for offers -to remain In America. 

Returning to England to fulfill sixth con- 
secutive year at the Theatre Royal. Drury 
Lane, London. Pantomime Season. 

Leaving New York for England Nov. 22. 
1911, by S. S. Mauretania. 

Notice to Managers and Proprietors 

Bob Pender has great novelty In Stilt 

Act. Would suit Ballet Revues and 

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played In the akatlng rink, teama composed 
of men on the bill contesting against the stage 
hands. The professions! twirlers were there 
with the stick work — even Morgan, who ordi- 
narily hlta ones a month — but they did not 
know much about the underhand delivery of 
the Indoor game. One of the sensational plays 
was made by Phil Kaufman. There were a 
lot of hits being made into the band shell. 
So he climbed up on the platform and held 
his hand up. The first ball came his way. 
although he did not see it and stuck in his 
mlt. He had to look at it before he could 
believe he had made a put-out. The batting 
averages would approximately be; Bender, 
Coomba and Morgan, .625; Jack Robinson, 
.500; Phil Kaufman, .320; Bradlee Martin, 
S10; Jule Kaufman, .270; Charlie Innes. .001, 
snd so on. 



The "Merry-Go-Round" property, which Is 
on the Boardwalk and extends from the Dun- 
lop Hotel to South Carolina Ave., and whleh, 
it was reported, about ten days ago, to have 
been sold to the 81 res. It now develops was 
purchased by Messrs. Braunsteln A Weyman, 
local business men. They have also a goodly 
Interest In the Dunlop Hotel property. This 
latter parcel was purchased some time ago by 
them, together with Robert B. Delany, the 
proprietor of the hotel. The former two have 
therefore a partial title to the beach front 
from Ocean Ave. to South Carolina Ave., and 
this Includes the Savoy theatre. No Intima- 
tion haa been made as regards rebuilding as 
yet and It Is very probable that the property 
has been bought for Investment, the pur- 
chaaers hoping to dispose of their holdings In 
the near future. Leases held on various parts 
of the property preclude the erection of a 
hotel or theatre for at least a year. 

Mary Mlddleton died here Monday of old 
age. She was the mother of George Middle- 
ton, who wss well known In minstrelsy and 
who had been living here. The latter was 
found dead from gas fumea In hla boat house 
over a year ago. A rubber hose had become 
disconnected from a gas heater. 



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■ COLONIAL (Thomaa Lothian, mgr.; K. A 
E.).— "The Slim Princess," with Elsie Janls, 
opened a two weeks' engagement to good 
business. Miss Janls Is always certain of 
good houses here. 

BOSTON (Al. Leveling, mgr.; K. A E.).— 
"Ben Hur" Is big attraction. 

SHUBERT (E. D. Smith, mgr.; Shubert).— 
"The Blue Bird" playing to big business. 

PARK (D. L. Andreas, mgr.; K. A B.). — 
"Qet-Rlch-Qulck Walllngford" Is still getting 
the money esslly. Eighth week and business 
as big as the opening. 

GLOBE (R. Jeanette. mgr.; Shubert). — 
"Mutt and Jeff" captured the town. S. R. O. 
for thlp show. 

HOLLIS (Charles J. Rich, mgr.; K. A E.). — 
"Snobs" (Frank Mclntyre) doing well. Last 
of a two-weeks' engagement. Maude Adams 
with "Chantecler" follow. 

PLYMOUTH (Fred Wright, mgr.; Lleblers). 
— "Pomander Walk" haa caught on. Third 
week of a satlafactory business. 

MAJESTIC (E. D. Smith, mgr.; Shubert). — 




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the aort of a play for Boston. 

GRAND OPERA HOUBB (George W. Ma- 
gee, mgr.; Stair. Wilbur A Magee).— "Dantag 
Inferno." Laet of a two weeka' exhibit of 
moving picture. Business) fair. 

KEITHS (Harry E. Qustln. mgr.; agent. 
U B O.). — The weather and the show filled 
the house. Harry Jolson took high honors; 
■lx bows Monday night Ruth St. Denis is 
the beadllner. Lucille La Verne A Co. (New 
Acts). Temple Quartet, good; Scott A Wil- 
son, worked a "plant" well; Leonard, Ander- 
son A Co.. clever travesty; Jennie Ward A 
Blllle Cullen, pleased; Paul La Croix, an add- 
ed number, got many laugha The Russian 
Crown Quartet, might be better; Cycling 
Brunettes, closed the show with good act; 
pictures. __ 

NATIONAL (B. A. Ryder, mgr.; agent, U. 
B . o.).— "Cheyenne Days"; Rossow Midgets; 
Harvey De Vora Trio; Doc O'Neill; Mudge. 
Morton A Edwards; Muriel Window; Taha- 
kas; pictures. 

ORPHEUM (V. H. Morris, mgr.; agent, 
Loew).— Nat Carr; Guy Bros.; Rasing A Hill- 
man; Jerome A Walker; Curry A Riley; 
Onslp; Daniels A Jackson; Robye; Rathskel- 
lar Duo; Darcy A Williams; Burn's A Kohl's 
Animals; Summers A Law; The Roland West 
Players; Madge Maltland; Williams A Wil- 
liams; pictures. 

APOLLO (J. Hennls, mgr.; agent. Mead 
B. O.).— Luke's Lions; Ma urn by A Musette; 
Browne Carroll; Jack Rich; Glrard Moore; 
Mae Bell; The Marions; Harry Ward; Bill A 
Kite; pictures. 

CONGRE8S HALL (Chaa Schlesslnger, 
mgr.; sgent. Mesd B. O.).— Ssymour A Mur- 
doch; Five Brunettes; Irene Ferguson; BUI 
Msgee; pictures. 

OLD 80UTH (F. Collier, mgr.: agent, 
Church). — Alabama Comedy Four; Great Wil- 
bur A Co.; Sherman; Henderson A Sheldon; 
Billy Tann; Arthur Cameron: Rivers A Roch- 
ester; Jamea Evana; plcturea 

WASHINGTON (F. Collier, mgr.; sgent. 
Church).— Musical Stewarta; Zeda; Kelley A 
Catlln; The Ternollos; Marie Hoot; The Thay- 
era; pictures. 

Warren Church says that he is booking a 
house In Hard wick, Vt, where the "player- 
folk" combine business with pleasure. James 
Leach, the manager of the house, takes the 
sctors snd actresses for auto rides. 



Fred Mardo and Jack Magann went to Port- 
land for the opening of the Portland theatre. 
Many of the New Tork folks from ths Loew 
offices made the trip. 

A condensed version of the "Chimes of 
Normandy" will be put on at the National In 
the near future. William Wolffe, of comic 
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Dants's Inferno, a two-and-a-half hour pic- 
ture, must look Ilka h to be any good. 

(Worthy of Billy Gould.) 



"Pomander Walk." a ssdats legitimate orea- 
tlon, stoops to ths daffydll In newspaper ad- 
vertisements. Boms of "Jos" De Pisa's work. 
Here It Is: "If the 'Man From Home' ran 
twenty-seven weeks, how far can "Pomander 
Walk'?" 



"Cheyenne Days" Is quits a gigantic un- 
dertaaengK for ths "bls>«mall time," Seven 
horses are used In the act at the National. 



Bostonlans should be Indeed happy. "Bvery- 
woman" and "Blue Bird" here and "Chan- 
tec ler" oomlng, has surfeited "blue blooded" 
Boston with dramatic offerings of the "high 
art" order. 



Frank L. Browns, a former Boston man- 
ager. Is handling the reins In ths club de- 
partment of the Nstlonal Booking Offices. 



A real live burglary at the Orpheum theatre, 
Marcua Loew'g house, sometime during the 
night, gave the theatre advertising that It 
would be impossible to procure without the 
expenditure of thousands of dollars. Burglars 
thought to be former employees of the house, 
were caught In the act of ransacking the 
business office, where Manager V. J. Morris 
had put $900 but a few hours before. The 
night watchman caught the marauders In the 
act and In attempting to hold them got a 
mighty fine pummeling. The pair of crooks 
got away. A hunt waa Instituted by the 
police. Every newspaper la the city carried 
the story on the first pegs for the entire day, 
with nothing less than a two-column head. 
Two of the papers carried the story over on 
the second day. Newaboya crying their wares 
on the atreeta made mention of the fact that 
it was the Orpheum theatre that was robbed. 
For thouaanda of dollars worth of free adver- 
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worth of postage atampe and an equal amount 
In petty caah. 



HUB (Joseph Mack, mgr.; agent, Fred 
Mardo). — Angeloa Band; Bennington Bros.; 
Five Frasers; Grenne A Parker; Billy James; 
pictures. 

BEACON (J. Laurie, mgr.; agent, Fred 
Mardo).— Wsl ley Bros,; George Zenlco; Ken- 
nette A White; Valentine's Dogs; Hartford A 
Davis; Adella Sears; Reeves A Parker; Hol- 
11s A Nugent ; pictures. 

SCENIC. B. Boston (O. A. Copeland. mgr.; 
sgent. Fred Mardo). — Blona; Jim Murray; La- 
dell A Taylor; pictures. 

WOBDRN (J. Finn, mgr.; agent. Fred Mar- 
do). — Fltspatiick A Lee; Ann Dee; Dynes; 
Pony Don; plcturea 

QUINCT (T. M. Murray, mgr.; agent. Fred 
Mardo). — Norrls A Bailey; Novelty Ivors; 
Pony Don; Sharp A Baksr; plcturea 

SUPREME. J. Plain (J. Levy, mgr.; agent, 
Fred Mardo). — Brennan A Carrol; Mark Cob- 
den; Monarch Comedy Four; Paulette; plc- 
turea 

DUDLEY 8T. O. H. (W. Smith, mgr.; agent. 
Fred Mardo). — Brennan A Carroll; Morrisey 
A Shea; plcturea 

HOWARD (Al Somerby, mgr.; agents, 
Mardo, National A Hunt). — Lavler; Tucker; 
Melroy Duo; Dickens A Floyd: Rlcs A Wal- 
ters; Six Imperial Dancers; Mabel Whitman A 
Picks; plcturea 

PASTIME <F. Allen, mgr.; agent. National). 
— C. H. Osborne; D. A. Brady; Kretore; Fra- 
see; plct urea 

BOWDOIN SQUARE (J. E. Commerford, 
mgr,; agent, National). — Lorimer Johnstone; 
Lucille Savoy; Clayton Drew Players; Marie 
Hanley; Bobbins A Trenaman; plcturea 

PURITAN (National, agent). — Allman A 
McFarland; Kimball A Donovan; Darmody; 
Brown A Farlardeau; Rettl Murri; Nealon A 
Clayton; picturea 

IMPERIAL (National, agent). — Chas. Cut- 
ting; Gaffery A Grant; Ross A Stewart; Ben 
Pierce; plcturea 

NORFOLK HALL (National, agent).— 
Adolph Adama; Rettl Muni; Bailey A Norrls; 
Elsie Taylor; plcturea 

WINTHROP HALL (National, agent).— Gil- 
bert A Gordon; Delghan; picturea 



ROXBURY (National, agent).— Count La 
Guata; John Dee; plcturea 

OLTMPIA (National, agent).— Mae Bell; 
Jack Cormey; Jarvts A Kabler; Alice Shaw; 
pictures. 

NEW ORLEANS 

By O. M. SAMUEL. 

(By Wlra) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr.; sgent. 
direct; rehearsal Monday 10).— Mareena A 
Deltona, well received; Glenn Ellison, did 
fairly well; "The Little Stranger," forceful 
sketoh Inadequately Interpreted; Edna Aug, 
laughter i Russian Balalaika Orchestra, saved 
from dismal failure by Kasanchova's dano- 
lng; Clifford A Burke, popular acquaintances; 
Robbls Gordon, pretty closing number. 

DAUPHINE (Henry Greenwall, mgr.; Shu- 
bert). — "The Chocolate Soldier." excellent 
company, received tumultuous reception, good 
buslnt 



FRENCH O. H. (Jules Layolle. Impresario). 
— Society turned out In full force to welcome 
Jules Layolle's French operatic organisation 
Tuesday night. Halevy'a melodious opera, "La 
Juive," was the bill. M. Granler sang the role 
of "Eleasar." while Mile. Beaumont was heard 
ss "Rachael." Thursday evening Dellbe's 
"Lakme" will be given, and Saturday. "Faust." 
The Bourbon Street temple of musk has been 
entirely redecorated snd remodeled and pre- 
sents a splendid appearance. 

CRESCENT (T. C. Campbell, mgr.; B. A 
H.). — "Ths Traitor." 

COLONIAL (B. F. Brennan. mgr.; agent, 
B. J. Williams; rehearsal, Sunday It). — Laf 
"Rasers; Kennedys; Prlckett A Luster; Dlatto 
Lorenzo. 

MAJESTIC (L B. Sawyer, mgr.). — Vaude- 
ville. 

ALAMO (Wm. Gueringer, mgr.). — Vaude- 
ville. 



A new picture theatrr will recorate the cor- 
ner of Canal and S. Rampart Sta John 
Saxton Is the chap with the check-book. Mr. 
Saxton says the treasurer's window will not 
bear the Inscription, "How Many." 



Klnemacolor plcturea will supplant vaude- 
ville at the Colonial commencing Sunday. 
But fifteen cents will be eharged to see the 
"natural color" films 



Mort Singer, the produoer, cams down from 
Chicago Saturday. Hs aocompanlsd his show, 
"Miss Nobody From Starland." at the Dau- 
phlne lest week, to Mobile. Mr. Singer stated 
that his firm will not produce any nsw shows 
this season, being content with the four 
money-makers flying the 81nger banner cur- 
rently. "Miss Nobody From Starland" has 
not been seen In Nsw York, although this Is 
ths musical comedy's third season on the 
road. It Is a clever show, with pretty muslo, 
really humorous lines and novel sltustlona 
and should prove a hit In the Metropolis but 
Singer feels that New Yorkers maintain an 
antlpathetlo feeling toward productions from 
ths wast. It mattsrs not how meritorious they 
are, and emphatically announces that Singer 
shows will, not be seen there If Singer money 
Is backing them. 

The "Down In Dixie Minstrels" ars at ths 
Templa Last wsek the Melssner Stock Co. 
played there. The receipts up to and Includ- 
ing Friday, were a trifle over $100. Ted. 
Melssner, manager of the troupe, wandered 
away from the Temple with the receipts Sat- 
urday morning and hss not been heard from 
alnce. Saturday evening's performance was 
a benefit affair, the artists realizing $1.10 
each, which Insured meals for Sunday. The 
artists ars sn optimistic bunch. They said 
they were glad Melssner did not leave with 
the receipts Saturday night Hsd he done 
so, they contend they would have been mighty 
hungry Monday. 

The fairs hsld In the south this yesr have 
not been remarkably successful, according to 
reports wafted this wsy. Inclement weather 
has reaoted against large attendance. 



Miss Belmont, of the Belmonts, aorobats, 
sprained her wrist at Memphis, but hss not 
absented herself from sny performances, al- 
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.Ths erstwhile manager of ths erstwhile 
"Marathon." returned from a vacation, spent 
In the west. Sunday. Ths manager statsd that 
ths nsarest approach to his unususlly con- 
tinuous theatre encountered was ths "Bnd- 
Isss Chain" In Pueblo, CoL Hs said that at 
ths "Endless Chain'* they give a show every 
hour on the hour, stealing ths Baltimore A 
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COLUMBIA (Harry D. Buckley, mgr; agsnt. 
Orpheum Circuit). — The Top O* Th' World 
dancers, ovation; Six Musloel Cuttys, shsrsd 
honors; Carlton, wsll received; Millet's Mod- 
ela. merited applause; Marseilles, success: Le- 
ander de Cordova A Co.. In "The Loop Hole," 
scored heavily; Brown A Newman, proved 
strong card; Ths Dandles, scored. 

OLTMPIC (Walter Senfbrd, mgr.; K. A B.). 
—"Over the Blver," by George V. Hobart, and 
engineered by Bddls Foy, opened big Sun- 
day night, though bllsaard wsathsr. The 
personality of ths star carried "Over the 
River" to a successful opening. 

CENTUBT (W. D. Cave, mgr.; K. A B.)— 
Robert HUllard as "A Fool There Wss." 
greeted by a friendly audience. 

AMERICAN (D. B Russsll. Mgr.; T. A H.) 
—"The Soul Kiss" with Ethel Oilman as the 
dsneer, snd Thomas 8. Van, ably supported 
by George McGarry, proved strong drawing 
card. 

HAVLEhTS (Harry Wallace, mgr.). — "The 
Heart of Chicago." by Lincoln J. Carter, open- 
ed to good slsed sudlsnce, Fred Slegel and 
Mabel Emerson receiving the plaudits of the 
audlenca 

DEUT8CHE8 THEATRE ODBON (Hans 
Loebel. dlr.).— Schiller's "William Tell." was 
artistically presented to a fashionable audl- 
enca 

OATBTT (Charles Walters, mgr.). — "Knlck- 
erbockers," two lsrge sudlenoes Sunday. Roger 
Imhoff and Hugh Conn, scored, ss result 
of absolute decorum in this theatre. It Is 
largely patronised by the feminine gender, all 
objectionable snd brlsque acts being elimin- 
ated. 

STANDARD (Leo Relchenbach, mgr.).— 
"Follies of the Day," with Gertrude Hsyea. 
Louie Dacre and 8am Hearn as principals, 
crowded the house. 

NEW HIPPODROME (Frank L Talbott. 
mgr.). — Bsgan Its oareer officially Sunday, fol- 
lowing an Invitation performance Saturday 
night. In spite of the fact that the new 
edifice seats $.600, It wss so thoroughly filled 
Sunday, hundreds were In line waiting. Tal- 
bott's new house Is magnificently furnished 
and decorated. 10,000 lights sre In use. 
The stsge Is the most commodious snd com- 
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BHUBERT (Melville StolU, mgr.; Shubert). 
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By HARRY HJCS8. 

GRAND O. H. (John H. Havlln, mar.; K. A 
E).— "Follies." Weak part Is the book. A 
scene of the top of New York Central depot Is 
very funny and a travesty on "Pinafore" the 
beet thing In the show. "New Tear's Eve oa 
the Barbary Coast" is rather "rough." 

LYRIC (James E. Fennessy, mgr.; Shubert). 
— "Chocolate Soldier," George Tallman, Fran- 
cis J. Doyle and George O'Donnell with Alice 
Yorke, Vivian Weadon, Mildred Rodgers and 
Juanita Fletcher sent over this opera la aa 
artlatlc manner and were applauded after each 
effort. Business excellent. 

WALNUT (W. W. Jackson, mgr.; ageat, 8. 
ft H.). — "Three Twins" Mayme Gehrue gave 
a good account of herself as the star. Thomas 
Whlffen, Jane Haselton, Helen DuBols, Mar- 
shall R. Stevens, Halley Clogg. Wlllard Flan- 
nlgan, Reggie Morris, Harry Collins and Arvid 
Paulson are of the cast. 

STANDARD (Frank J. Clements, house 
agent). — "Jersey LUUes," contain much of the. 
(lower of burlesque. The chorus was well 
costumed and are fairly good singers snd 
dancers In the closing burlesque, "Winning 
a Mlaa" there Is plenty of comedy. Symphony 
Quartet scored; Alexis ft Schall, exoelleat; 
Jim C. Dixon, familiar; James E. ft Lucia 
Cooper, scream; Adelaide Murray, Cincinnati 
girl, leads the chorus; Gloria Martlnss went 
big In her specialty. 

PEOPLES (James E. Fennessy, mgr.). — 
"Zallah's Owne Company." "Dress Rehearsal 
at the Follies Bergere," and "The Un kissed 
Oriental" 'are two burlesques in which Tom 
Barrett, Ike Wall. Mae Rose, Harry Bentley. 
May Belle. Nora May. Mae Mills. Mile. Vor- 
tex and Zallah appear. 

EMPRESS (H. B. Robinson, mgr.; rehear- 
sal, Sunday 10). — Etta Leon Troupe, featured; 
Ruth Francis ft Co., good; Three Keltons, ex- 
cellent; Brady ft Mahoney, hit; Samoya, good; 
Albert Donnelly, excellent. 



Mrs. Bertha Markbrelt has sold a sketch, 
"An After Dinner Cup of Coffee," to Mildred 
Howard. Mrs. Markbrelt. who Is the wife of 
former Mayor of Cincinnati, Is at present with 
the German Irving Place Theatre. 



BALTIMORE 

By ARTHUR L. BOBB, 

MARYLAND (E. G. Schanberger, mgr.; 
agent. U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Bos- 
ton Modern Minstrels, fair, became tiresome; 
Valerie Bergere ft Co., unqualified hit; Stepp, 
Mehlinger and King, stopped show; Rials, 
clever; Grant & Hoag, good; James Francis 
Dooley, laughs 

NEW (George Schneider, mgr.; agent, Bart 
McHugh; rehearsal Monday 10). — Rudolp, The 
Great, applause; Twentieth Century Minstrels, 
laugh; Whitman ft Davis, very good; Dela- 
Phone, fair; Levolos, liked; Musical Al vinos, 
excellent. 

VICTORIA (C. E. Lewis, mgr.; agent. 
Nlxon-Nlrdllnger; rehearsal Monday 10). — Mr. 
ft Mrs. Perkins Fisher, big hit; June Roberts 
ft Co., well liked; McAleavy's Marvels, clever; 
Freed ft Bertln. fair; The Ohio Four, pleased; 
Nellie Kennedy ft Co., many laughs. 

WILSON (O. O. Wonders, mgr.; J. W. Hoo- 
ver, agent; rehearsal Monday 10). — Leona. big 
hit; Three Altklns. clever; Bernle. pleased; 
Holden ft Harrow, fair; Shorey, Campbell ft 
Co.. scored. 

FORD'S (Chas. E. Ford, mgr.; K. A E.).— 
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NEW ACADEMY (Tunis E. Dean, mgr.; K. 
ft E.).— Christie MacDonald in "The Spring 
Maid." large audience. 

LTRIC (W. Klnaey, mgr.). — Mormon Tab- 
ernacle Choir. 

SAVOY (H. Bascom Jackson, mgr.). — Bos- 
ton Players, big business. 

HOLLIDAY ST. (Wm. Rife, mgr.; 8. ft H.). 
—"Beyond the Divide," fair house. 

OAYETY (Wm. Ballauf, mgr.).— "Social 
Maids." 

MONUMENTAL (Montague Jacobs, mgr.). 
— "Lady Buccaneers." 



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George V. Hobart, the well known comedy 
carpenter, was In town all last week trying 
to Inject some humor into Miss Ctlaser's ve- 
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DENVER 



By CHAS. LONDONER. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM.— Sam Mann ft Co., headliner; 
Edwin Stevens, excellent; Australian Wood 
Choppers, hit; Nan, good; Eleanor Falke. 
good; Harry Breen, scored; Clover Trio, fair; 
business good. 

PANTAOES. — Merrill ft Co.. good; Magill ft 
Co., good; Doris Opera Trio, excellent; Pic- 
torial Post Card Album, clever; Great Day- 
ton, fair; Warren ft Francis, good. 



The Clover Trio worked the Orpheum this 
week as a double. Myrtle Young, wife of 
Albert Moore, after a five weeks' Illness with 
appendicitis, in a 8an Francisco hospital, has 
just left the Institution and will be able to 
Join the act next week. 



KANSAS CITY. 
By PHIL McMAHON. 

(By Wire.) 
ORPHEUM— Rolfe ft Co., hit; Hermlne 
8hone; Rakes; L. A. Arenera ft Victor, inter- 
esting; Hawthorne ft Burt, good; Croush A 



Welsh, fair; Henry Cllve, entertaining; Klein 
Bros ft Brennan, passable. 

EMPRESS — Russell ft Smith's Minstrels; 
Dan Mason ft Co.; Hill ft Ackerman; Flor- 
ence Hughes; Lew Orth ft Lillian; Frans 
Meisel; pleasing bill. 

GRAND. — Trials Frlgansa in "Ths Sweet- 
est Girl in Paris," uninteresting. 

SHUBERT.— Lew Fields' "Ths Hea-Pecko," 
hit from start to finish. 

WILLIS WOOD.— Richard Carle, "Jumping 
Jupiter." funny. 

CENTURY.— "Yankee Doodle Girls." ball 
pictures, Interesting; show fair. 
OAYETY.— "Love Makers," above average. 

ALTOONA. 

ORPHEUM (Wllmer ft Vincent, mgra; 

agent. U. B. O; rehearsal Monday 11). 

Walter Brower. applause; Bailey, Hall ft 
Burnet, big; Harry Crandall ft Co., big. 

MI8HLER (I. C. Mlshler, mgr.).— It, "His 
Honor the Mayor"; 14, "Girl of the Golden 
West"; 16, "Darlings of Paris." B. O. B. 

ANN ARBOR. 

MAJESTIC (Arthur Lane, mgr.). — Walter 
E. Perkins, headline; Shark ft Turek. fair; 
Carl's Comedy Dogs, good; Gene Rale, hit; 
Five Musical Byrons, big. 

NEW WHITNEY (D. 8. Mclntyre. mgr.).— 
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MELTON. 

BUFFALO. 

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"Everywlfe." delightful; Clarice Vance, 
splendid; Tim Cronln. good; Callahan ft St. 
George, fine; Flying Martins, pleasing; Grey 
A Peters, good; Cliff Gordon, amusing. 

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Mllano Duo. classy; Agnes Mahr ft Co.. pleas- 
ing; Jennings ft Renfrew, good; Woiin'o Ani- 
mals, fair; Marvollo, good; Coy De Turkey, 
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clever; Margaret Bird ft Co.. pleaaed; George 
B. Alexander, fair; Great Barnettl ft Co.. 
very good. 

FAMILY (A. R. Sherry, mgr. ; agent. Con- 
solidated). — Mualcal Catea, good; Grace Leon- 
ard, pleasing; Lou Hoffman, fair; Maud 
Jonea, clever; Arthur Rigby, excellent; Carl- 
ton Macy Playera, nicely. 

GARDEN (Charlea E. White, mgr). — "Mid- 
night Maldena." 

LAFAYETTE (Charlea Bagg, mgr). — 
•'Cherry Bloeeoma." 

8TAR (Dr. P. C. Cornell, mgr.).— Loula 
Mann, in "Elevating a Huaband." 

LYRIC (John Laughlln, mgr.). — Denman 
Thompeon'e "Old Homeatead." 

TBCK (Shubert Broa, mgra). — Edith Wynn 
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CAMDEN. 

BROADWAY (W. B. MacCallum. mgr.). — 
f-11. "Fol-De-Rol Glrla," good; Van ft Car- 
rie Avery, pleaaed; Haael ft Hawkins, hit; 
Cheater Roberta, fine; Vara Roberta, fair; II- 
15, Weaton ft Keith, ordinary; Qua Leonard, 
liked; Meyer Harrla ft Playera. fair; Roae 
Keeener. paeeed; Musical Hodgee, great; 11-18. 
Jadoo; Joe Lanigan; May Wentworth. 

TEMPLE (Fred W. Falkner. mgr.).— 9-11, 
Delia Clark In "Introduce Me"; 16-18, "The 
Confeaaion." bueineaa ordinary. 

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CLEVELAND. 

HIPPODROME (H. A. Daniela. mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O. ; rehearaal. Monday 10). — Irene 
Franklin ft Burt Green, headline; Graaera. 
novelty; Una Clayton ft Co.. unique; Harry B. 
Leater. entertained; Mr. ft Mra. Jimmy Barry, 
wen liked; Newbold ft Gribbona, good; Welch, 
Meely ft Montroae. ecream; Five Satsudas, 
clcv©r* 

GRAND (J. H. Mlchela, mgr.; rehearaal, 
Monday iwj.— Coin'e Doga. •headline; Valveno 
ft Treak. clever; Heclow Slatera, fair; Dode 
Hallaman ft Weber Slatera, pleaaed; El Cleve. 
liked; Fitzgerald ft O'Dell, fair; Ribner ft 
Cook, novelty. 

PR08PECT (H. A. Daniel, mgr.; agent, Ur 
B. O. ; rehearaal Monday 10) t — Francea Wood, 
good; Reidy Currier, pleaaed; Gracey Bur- 
nett, fair; Bennett Trio, good; Claire May- 
nard. pleaaed; Hal Davla ft Co., headline; 
Pealaon ft Hill, good; Doctor McDonald, fea- 
ture. 

STAR (Drew ft Campbell, mgra.; rehearaal, 
Monday 10 )■„— "Colonial Bel lea." 

EMPIRE (B. A. MsAs4sl> mgr.; rehearaal, 
Monday 10). — "Paeelng Parade." 

COLONIAL (R. H. McLaughlin, mgr; Shu- 
bert; rehearaal Monday 10).— "Pinafore." 

OPERA HOUSE. (Geo. Gardner, mgr.; K. ft 
E. ; rehearaal. Monday 10).— "A Butterfly on 
the Wheel." Marie Doro. 

LYCEUM (Geo. Todd, mgr.; 8tair; rehear- 
aal. Monday 10). — ''The Third Degree." 

CLEVELAND (Harry Zlrkar, mgr.). — Stock. 
WALTER D. HOLCOMB. 



DULUTH. 

OHPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen." mgr.). — 
Martini Broa., very good; Stems, ordinary; 
Gordon Eldrld Co., laugha; Ray Samuela, hit; 
Dan Burke ft Wonder Glrla. good;, Mullen ft 
Coogan. good; McRea ft Levering, fair. 

EMPRESS (8. ft C. Circuit). — Dixon Trio. 
fair; Paul Steven*, novelty; Mr. ft Mra. Mark 
Murphy, hit; Lew Hawkina. went good; Mel- 
vern Troupe, fine. BUNK. 



DES MOINES. 

ORPHEUM (H. B. Burton, rea. mgr.; re- 
hearaal, Sunday 10). — Week 0, Pendera Glanta, 
feature; Havlland ft Thornton, geod; Mullen 



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St Corelll, pleaaed; Kelly * Wentworth, hlg; 
Three Lyrea. hit; Stuart St Kelley, pleaaed; 
Bamlrelda St Veola. liked. 

PRINCESS (Elbert * Qetchell, mgra.).— 
"David Harum." 



DETROIT. 

TEMPLE (C. O. Wllllama, mgr.; agent. U. 
B. O. ; rehearaal Monday 10). — Lillian Rue- 
eel 1, tremendoua; Salerno, clever; Ed Wynn, 
hit; J. C. Nugent St Co., good; Ollvottl Trou- 
badoura, fair; Peerleaa Macka, nicely; Walter 
Say ton Trio, very good; La Toy Broa., novelty. 

MILE8 (C. W. Porter, mgr.; agent, T. B. C; 
rehearaal Monday 10). — Juggling Normans, 
flrat honora; Big. Ballernl'a peta. very good; 
Dumltreecu St Giuran, aplendld; Hardle Lang- 
don, hit; Ryan St Tucker, nicely; Adama 
Broa, clever; Erneat St Louise Cortla, very 
poor. 

COLUMBIA (M. W. Schoenherr. mgT.; 
agent, Qua Sun). — Royal Mldgeta, great; Ethel 
Clerlae and Clarence Crogan, aecond honors; 
Van Lear St Rome, well received; Bobby 
Strauaa St Co.. funny; Pearaon St Joell enter- 
taining; Bert St Emma Speara, good. 

NATIONAL (C. R. Hagedorn, mgr.; agent, 
Doyle).— Salamboa; Franklin Broa. ; Nancy 
Lee Rice; Cllvette; Madam Bedlnl; Fern a 
Mack; The Carraya; Cooke St Grant, strong 
bill. Buaineaa big. 

FAMILY (C. H. Preaton, mgr.; agent, U. B. 
O.). — Warren Hatch S$ Co.; Reynolda Slaters; 
Prltakow St Blanohard; Great Bterk; Mark- 
ley * Fin lay; Minnie Washburn; Three Mus- 
keteers; Jack Sanderson; Miller St Foster; Mc- 
Gowan Trio; Margie St Edwarda; Big Chicken 
Truat. 

DETROIT (Harry Parent, mgr.; K. * HL).— 
"Girl In the Taxi." buaineaa poor. 

GARRICK (Richard Lawrence, mgr.; Shu- 
bert). —William Hodge In "The Man From 
Home." Business large. 

GATETT (J. M. Ward, mgr.).— "Runaway 
Glrla" 

. AVENUE (Frank Drew, mgr.).— "Broadway 
Gaiety Glrla" 

LYCEUM (A. B. Warner, mgr.; a St H.).— 
Henry Woodruff, In "The Prince of Tonight," 
big business. 



Mordkln Dancers, two performances Sunday. 
Large audlencea 

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Mrs. Percy Wllllama, Harold Williams and 
Mrs. Dare Warfleld are at the Park Hotel, 
Mt Clemens, for the baths. 

Ethsl Barrymore's baby boy has been very 
sick with tonsllltls here In Detroit. Her hus- 
band, who has been here with them, states It 
baa been quite serious; will probably be con- 
fined here until Friday. Were going to hare 
the tonsils cut out by Detroit physician, but 
received a wire from their New Tork doctor 
to wait. 



Because the Motion Picture Patents Co.. 
known ss the "trust*," objected to the Colum- 
bia theatre using Independent films, the Ca- 
sino company, which controls this theatre 
end three other houses here, has decided to 
throw out the trust films sltogether and use 
only the Independent hereafter. 



The Nstional will inaugurate a new policy 
commencing Monday. They will allow the 
public to see the rehearsals Monday morn- 
ings, and stsy until the first show, for the 
one price of admission. 



ERIE. 

COLONIAL (A. P. Weschler. mgr.; C. R. 
Cummins, ssst mgr.; agents. Gus Sun St U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday, 10). — Stanleys, good: 
81x Steppera, big; Camille Trio, excellent; 
Brooks St Harris, clever; Sully St Huaaey, hit; 
Howard. Powell St Co., feature. 




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HAPPY HOUR (D. H. Connelly, mgr.).— 
Fred Martin, pleased; Du Barry A Leigh, 
good; De Coma A Dogs, well trained: Parish 
Broa, good. 

PARK.— Stock. 

MAJESTIC (J. L. Ollson, mgr.).— 17, "The 
Girl from Rectors"; 18, Rlchsrd Jose In 
"Silver Threads." M. H. MIZBNER, 

lire In the Majestic Sunday afternoon 
threatened to destroy the house; It was 
caused by electric wires in the orchestra pit, 
about $200. 



Columbia, formerly the Alpha will open 
Nor. 20 under the management of A. P. 
Weschler. and will play drama at popular 
prloea This will mean a theatrical war here. 
The Park Is now plsylng stock to large 
hoasea It Is doubtful If the town will stand 
two houses of this nature. 

M. H. MIZBNBR. 

FALL RIVER, 

SAVOY (Julius Cahn, mgr.; agent, Loew; 
rehearsal. Monday 10). — The Hal Kings, good; 
Mae * Belle Connolly, fair; Foster A Foster, 
very good; Harry A Ethelynne Kraton, excel- 
lent; Ellis 6 McKenna, hit; Caesar Rlvoll. 
very good; Rlchardlnl Troupe, good. 

ACADEMY (George Wiley, rea mgr.). — 18. 
'The Gambler*." capacity; 14, Yiddish Play- 
ers; 16. "The Beauty 8poC" 

BIJOU (Chaa L. Benson, mgr.; Loew; re- 
hearsal, Monday 10). — 18-15, John LeClalr, 
excellent; Cooper 6 Rlcaldo. very good; Mor- 
ton ft Kessenn. good. 16-18, George Morton; 
Coleman ft Francla 

PREMIER (Chas. L. Benson, mgr.; Loew; 
rehearsal, Monday 10). — 18-15, Grotesque Ran- 
dolphs, very good; Nelson ft Raymond, good; 
Dave Murray, very good. 18-18. Caellorette; 
James Walbank. EDW. F. RAFFBRTY. 



FORT WORTH. 

MAJESTIC (A. C. Best, mgr.; agent, Inter). 
—Week C. Mary Norman leads. Chaa Ahesrn 
Troupe, close second; Five Musical Lassies: 
Marie Sparrow; Josh Dale; Three Vavsrros 
and Peters ft O'Neill divide honors. Splendid 
business. 

IMPERIAL.— Stock. 

PRINCESS.— Stock. 

All of the movlng-plcture shows opened 
8unday, 6. Eighty-seven arrests were made 
throughout the day, and every person con- 
nected with any Sunday amusement was 
placed under bond for future appearance. 

I. K. F. 



HARRI8BUBO. 

ORPHEUM (Wllmer ft Vincent, mgra; 
sgent. U. B. O. ; rehearsal. Monday 10).— 
Muller ft Muller. good: John T. Murray, ap- 
plause; Chsdwlck Trio, rosrs: Courtney Bis- 
ters, big hit; Mile. Toona ft Indian Sextette, 
£ry good: Wilson Broa, laughs; Hlckey*s 
Circus, entertaining. 

MAJESTIC (N. C. Myrlck. mgr.; agent, 
Rels).— «. "Girl In Tsxl": 10. May Irwin In 
"She Knows Better Now"; 14. "Deep Pur- 
ple": 15, "Girl of Ootden West": 18-18. Thoa 
■• 8hea; 21. Harry Kelly In "His Honor the 
Mayor." 

FAHNEBTOCK HALL. — 18, Campanarl re- 
cital under local ausplcea 

TNDIANArOLIS. 

KEITH'S (Ned Hastings, mgr.; agent. U. B. 
• : rehearsal Monday 10). — Wllla Holt Wake- 



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Beryl, beautiful posing and electrical effect*; 
Ida O'Day ft Co.. splendid; "Silvers" Oakley, 
deserved the hearty applause; Knox Wilson, 
good; Gordon ft Marx, liked; Lydell ft Butter- 
worth, pleased; Auburtus ft Millar, fair. 

ENGLISH'S (A. F. Miller, mgr.; agent. 
Boda).— 8-8, "Alma." good business; 10-11. "A 
Lovely Liar" (Louise Dresser), splendid busl- 
nesa Week 12. "Madame Sherry." 

SHUBERT-MURAT (F. J. Dailey, mgr-: 
Shubert). — 8-8, "Pinafore," very good busi- 
ness; 9-11, Forbes Robertson, splendid busi- 
ness; IS. Russian Orchestra; 14-16, "Betsy," 
(Grace LaRue) ; 18. Mormon Choir. 

PARK (Phil Brown, mgr.; agent, S. ft H.). 
— 8-8, "Three Twins'; 9-11. "Brewster's Mil- 
lions." Both shows to excellent business. 18> 
16. "Salvation Nell"; 16-18. "McFadden's 
Plata" 

EMPIRE (H. K. Burton, mgr.).— "The Beef 
Trust" (Billy Watson). 

GAYETY (B. D. Crose. mgr.; agent. Ous 
Sun; rehearsal Monday 10). — Augustus Nev- 
ille ft Co.; Wendt Musical Quintet; Sylvester 
ft Vance; James Mortelle. 



In spite of the extremely bad weather, the 
Indianapolis Orchestra drew a capacity house 
to the Shubert-Murat 12. A beautiful con- 
cert of popular classics was .given. Alex- 
ander Ernestlnoff Is the director. For Sun- 
day's concert, Mr. David Baxter was the 
soloist, with Mrs. Simon L. Klser at the piano. 

Harry Nugent, a local boy. who has been 
connected with the advertising end of the 
Sells-Porepaugh Circus all summer, has re- 
turned and become a member of the Park 
theatre staff. 



LINCOLN. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr. ; agent, 
direct; rehearsal, Monday 6). — Week 6. Her- 
mlne Shone ft Co., big: Henry Cllve. scored; 
Crouch ft Welcsr. favorable; De Vole Trio, 
excellent; June Imee. pleased: Laarenera ft 
Victor, fine; Knight ft Denver, recall a 

LYRIC (L. M. Gorman, mgr.; W. V. A.).— 
Week 6, Four Sullivan Broa, very good; Bel- 
mont ft Harl. big; Bobby Pandur ft Broa. 
approval; Emlle Bubers, laughs; business very 
good. LEB LOGAN. 



. LOB ANOBLE8. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Bock, gen. mgr.; agent, 
direct; rehearsal Monday 10). — Week 6, ex- 
cellent program. Nichols Bisters, big; Maud 
Hall Macy ft Co., clever; Charlee ft Fannie 
Van, took well: Four Floods, funny. Hold- 
overs: "Romance of the Underworld"; Avon 
Comedy Four; World ft Kingston; Interna- 
tional Polo 

BMPRB88 (D. B. Wortey, mgr.; 8-C; re- 
hearsal Monday, 11). — Week 6, Four Baltua, 
daring; Scheck ft DArvllle. pleasing; J. R. 
Gordon ft Co., snappy; De Alma ft Mae, art- 
istic; Robert Fulgora, novel; Ross ft Kra- 
mer, fslr. 

PANTAGB8 (Carl Walksr, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect; rehearsal Monday 11). — Week 6. Mrs. 
Bob Fltxslmmons, hit; Charles Llndholm ft 
Co.. funny; Jack Tsylor, plesslng; Alice Ray- 
mond ft Co., well received; Hassmans, dex- 
trous. 

HYMAN*8 (8. W. Hart, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect; rehearsal .Monday 11). — Week 6. Bowen 
Broa. clever; Blondy Robinson, oomlc: Beat- 
rice Warde. pleasing; Max Fisher, artistic. 

MAJESTIC (Oliver Morosco, mgr.; Shubert). 
— Lambardl Opera Co. 

MA80N fW. T. Wyatt, mgr.; K. ft E.).— 
"Seven Days." 

LYCEUM (Clarence Drown, mgr.; Cort). — 
6, "Polly of the Circus": 18. "The Flower of 
the Ranch." EDWIN F. CM ALLEY. 



LOWBLL. 

KEITH'S (Wm. Stevens, mgr. ; agent. U. B. 
O. ; rehearaal Monday 10). — Les Monforts. 
good; Al. ft Hattle Barlow, good; Belden- 
Cheppel ft Co., good; Arthur Whltelaw. fair; 
6 Musical Nosses. very good; McCormlck ft 
Wallace, pleased; Lewis ft Dody, good; Bert 
Melrose, funny. 

MERRIMACK SQUARE (Jas. 8. Carroll, 
mgr.; agent. John J. Qulgley; rehearsal Mon- 
day 10).— Nebraska Bill ft Co.: Reed's Dogs: 
Weston Sisters: Kendell Weston: Miss Jack- 
son: Ptanley Wood. 

OPERA HOUSE (Jules Cahn. mgr.). — IB. 
Yiddish Players: 19. "The Chocolate Sol- 
dier: 17: Gertrude Rennyson; 18, Stetson's 
"Uncle Tom's Cabin." 

HATHAWAY*8 (Donald Meek, mgr.).— 
8tock. 

ACADEMY (W. T. Howley. mgr.). — Bessie; 
Troubadour Four; BUlle Dirk; Mutt ft Jeff; 
plcturea JOHN J. DAWSON. 

LYNN. 

LYNN (Jeff Callan. mgr.: agent. U. B. O. : 
rehearsal. Monday 10). — Mile. Rlalta. nicely; 
Field Bros., fine: Rswls ft Ksufman. scored: 
Wentworth. Vesta ft Teddy, good; Williams ft 
Warner, applause; O'Brien. Havel ft Co., hit; 
Geo. C. Davis, good; Three Ernesto Bisters, 
great. 

OLYMPIA (Mr. Lord, mgr.; agent, 8heedy: 



rehearaal, Monday 10). — Nine Krasy Kids; 
Blsceaux; Kelly ft Judge; Bramlnos; Blake's 
Mule; Corlnne Browne; Fennell ft Tyson; 
Douglas Flint ft Co. 
AUDITORIUM.— Stock. 

WILLIS. 



MBBIDEN, CONN. 

POLI'8 (B. J. Royce. mgr.; K. ft K.).— 8. 
Blanche Batea. "Nobody's Widow," excellent 
business; 10, "Mutt ft Jeff," large audiences; 
11, "Over Night," fair attendance; 14. "Bon- 
Ita." In "The Real Girl"; 16-16. Dante'a "In- 
ferno" In pictures; 17. Minnie Dupree in "The 
Indiscreet Mrs. Tyne." 



MILWAUKEE. 

MAJESTIC (James A. Hlgler, mgr.; Orphe- 
um Circuit; rehearaal. Monday. 10.20). — Bop 
ft Tip Co.. clever; Morny Cash, pleasing; Be- 
dlnl ft Arthur, Jovial; Clark Trio, novelty; 
Grace Cameron, fine; "Honor Among Thievee," 
good; Alexander ft Scott, good; the Five 
Model*, splendid. 

EMPRESS (Wm. Gray, mgr.; 8-C; rehear- 
sals. Sunday 10.80). — Carlyle's Circus, inter- 
esting; Mr. ft Mrs. J. J. Dowllng, good; Signor 
Arturo Bernardl. great; Morresey ft -Rteh, 
good; OUIe Young ft April, up-to-date. 

CRYSTAL (Ed. Raymond, mgr.; T. B. C; 
rehearsal. Monday 11).— Oreve ft Green, good; 
Werden ft Gerln, good team; Teny ft Norman, 
unusual; Lyric Quartet, splendid; Fred Wyck- 
off. clever; Five Merkles. splendid. 

GAYETY (8. R. Simons, mgr.).— "The World 
of Pleasure." 

STAR (B. Schoenecker. mgr.). — "The Girls 
from Missouri." HERBERT MORTON. 



M1TNCIB. 

STAR (Ray Andrewa, mgr.; agent, Gua 
Sun; rehearsal Monday 10.20). — Wm. H. Drls- 
coll ft Co., pleased; Hurley ft Hurley, good; 
Pauline Corbette, fair; Eldon, hit. 

GEO. FIFBR. 



NEWARK. 

PROCTOR'S (R. C. Stewart, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearaal. Monday 9). — "Every- 
body," hit; Bud ft Nellie Helm, clever; Ma- 
son ft Bart, scored; Kestons. scream; 4 Cook 
Sisters, excellent; Harry Richards ft Co.. 
funny; Varlerle Sarece, hit; Clemenso Bros., 
pleased. 

NEWARK (George Robblns. mgr.). —Ralph 
Herx in "Doctor De Luxe," good business. 

ARCADE (L. O. afumford. mgr.).— Snell- 
Ings ft Co.. hit; Jess Bnow. warm; Oliver the 
Great; Prof. Mixer; Mordsunt Sisters, 
charmed: Mile. St. Ral. hit: Henegan Broa, 
applause. 

COURT (Harold Jacoby. mgr.).— "Tallman," 
clever; Roland Carter ft Co,, hit; Hetty Urma, 
good; West ft Young, funny; Ed. Lawrence, 
amused; Almonds, feature. 

GAYETY (Leon Evans. mgr). — "Bon 
Tons," big housea 

ORPHEUM (Jos. Payton. mgr.).— Stock, 
big bualnesa 

WASHINGTON (Chas. Crane, mgr.).— Mile. 
La Relne, clever; Sweeney ft Rooney, funny; 
Gertrude Sutherland, hit: Caatelane Broa, 
novel; Hattle Rempler ft Co., comical. 

COLUMBIA.— "Ten Nights In a Bar Room." 
good business. JOE O'BRYAN. 



NEW LONDON. 

LYCEUM (Wslter T. Murphy, mgr. ;).— 
11. "Mutt ft Jeff." capacity houaes; 18-14. 
10 Barber Girls, pleased; Lawton, good; Cot- 
ton ft Mllea good; Braggar Bros., fslr; 
Gladys Lane, very good; Lew Ward, excel- 
lent; Lowe ft Lowe, hit: business big; 17. 
Frank Deshon, In "The Beauty Spot " 

8. M. P. 



NORFOLK. 

COLONIAL (Harry B. Hearn, r«p. ; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal. Monday 10). — Rita Gould, 
hit. "Paris by Night." excellent; Four Lukens. 
excellent; Morris A Allen, fine; Nevlns ft 
Gordon, excellent; Tom Kyle A Co.. excellent; 
Frank ft True Rice, excellent. 

MAJESTIC (Otto Wella. mgr.; agent, Nor- 
man Jefferles).— Goodwin Bros., excellent; 
Ted Warwick, clever; Hazel A Hawkins, ex- 
ceptional; World's Series Pictures, excellent 
houses. 

ORPHEUM (Wllmer ft Vincent, mgra; 
agent, Norman Jefferles). — 8h«»w ft Lamar, 
fine; Winifred Steward, fine; Henry A. Lapln 
ft Co.. excellent. 

GRANBY (Otto Wells, mgr.; B. A H. ; re- 
hearsal. Monday 2). — "At the Mercy of Ti- 
berius," excellent house*. 

ACADEMY (Otto Well*, mgr ; K. A E. ) .— 
18, "Alia* Jimmy Valentine."; 14-17. Dante's 
•Inferno" plcturea 



NORWICH. 

AUDITORIUM (J. F. Egan. mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O.). — 14-16, Three Hnrmnnd*. great; 
Alf. RIpon, good; Cameron A Kennedy, great. 

POLI'8 (J. W. Ru*h, mgr ).— Stock. 



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KRUO (Chaa. L. Franke, mfr.). — "Yankee 
Doodle Girls." 

BOYD (Frank Phelps, mgr.; aft Bhuberte). 
— Souaa'e Band. 

BRANDBI8 (W. D. Bu rg ess, m*T.; aft. In- 
dependent). — 12-14 Geo. Evan* Minstrels; II 
Walker Whiteside; 17-11 "Ths Olrt I Love." 

AMERICAN (Ed. Monahan, mgr. ).— fttoek. 

ORPHBUM (Wm. Byrne, mar.; a*t. Orphe- 
um Circuit). — Paullnettl and Ptquo; Knight 
A Deyer; Dolan and Leubarr; Karl; "Cnoy- 
enne Days"; Cadets De Oaseogna; roar Lon- 
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PITTSBURGH. 

GRAND (Harry Davis, mgr, ; agent. U. B. 
O.; rehearsal. Monday 10). — Harry Houdinl. 
extraordinary; 8elblni A Grovlnl. good; Hen- 
ry Horton It Co.. pleasing; McConnell A 
Simpson, clever; Walter Kelly, excellent; 
Reynolds A Donegan, unique; Al. A Fannie 
Stead man, entertained; Linden Beckwlth, 
pleasing. 

FAMILY (John P. Harris, mgr. ; agent. 
Morganstern). — Three Duball Bros., good; 
Wurnelle A Nelson, very good; Charles A 
Ada Latham, pleased; Morris Resin, good; 
Musical Yorke. sncoroat Nina Esphey. ap- 
plause: Newell A XMbsoa, clever; Ha Hey A 
Noble; Vsssar A Arksn. kit; Irene Hall man, 
well received. 

DDQUB8NB (management of Harry Davis 
A John P. Harris). — Stock. 

OAYETY (Henry Kurtaman, mgr.)- — Boa 
Welck Burlesquers. 

ACADBMY— Harry Williams, mgr.)— Impe- 
rlala 

ALYTN (John B. Reynolds, mgr.; Shuberts). 
—"S he Kn ows Better Now." 

LYCEUM (C. R. Wilson, mgr.; 8. A H.). — 
"Rock of Ages." 

NIKON (Thomss F. Kirk. Jr., mgr.; agent, 
Nixon-Zimmerman). — "The Fortune Hunter." 

M. 8. KATJL. 



Direction Max Hart 



PORTLAND. ME. 

KEITH'S (James W. Moore, mgr.). — Louis 
Orannt, went well; Grenler A La Pose, en- 
tertslned: Scotty Frovmn, fair; Barry, John- 
son A Co.. funny: Klmberly A HodgMns. very 
good: Paul Dickey A Co.. tremendous; Barry 
A Hughes, fair; Tom Linton A Jungls Olrla, 
featured. 

PORTLAND (J. W. Greeley, mgr.; agent, 
Loew; rehearsal. Monday 10. SO). —"Mayor 
and the Manicure": Spiegel A Dunn; Jug- 
gling Nelson; Norton A Avers t Hayes A Al- 
polnt. 

CONGRESS (F. Earl Bishop, mgr.f agent. 
Qulgley; rehearsal Monday 10.10). — Heidel- 
berg Four: HI Tom Ward; Rogers A Evans; 
Chief Wolf Wanna. 



PORTLAND, ORB. 

ORPHEUM (Frank CofBnberry, mgr.: agent, 
direct: rehearsal Monday 10). — Week t. 
Splendid program. Rooney A Bent, big; 
Pauline Moran. good; Ed. F. Reynard, excel- 
lent; Hlckey Broa. clever; Masle King A 
Co., good; Lynch A Zeller, hit; Les Aradoa 

PANTAGE8 (John A. Johnson, mgr.; agent, 
direct; rehearsal Monday 11). — Week I, Fagen 
A Byron, featured; Tlvoll Quartet, excellent: 
Happy Harrison, good; May Clinton A Co., 
clever; Palmer A Lewis, good; Carter A 
Bluford. entertaining. 

EMPRE88 (Chas. Ryan, mgr.; S-C). — 
Harry First A Co.; Chas. Montrell; Howard A 
Lawrence; Richard Hamlin: Two Roses: Ed- 
ward Clark. W. R. BREED. 




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Direction AL. SUTHERLAND, Inc. 

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The Only Act of Its Kind in Vaudeville Playing United Time 

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READING. 

ORPHEUM (Wllmer A Vincent, nigra.; 
agent, U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday A Thurs- 
day 10. SO). — Barry, Hal vera A Co., good; 
Dupre A Felber, fair; Victoria Pour, hit; We- 
No-Tah. fairly. 

HIPPODROME (C. O. Keeney, mgr.; agent. 



IN PARI 

Compliments of FRANK LeDENT for being in a class by him- 

himself as the World's Greatest Juggler 

(What LeDent did to them at Toronto, Detroit and Philadelphia they 

will never forget.) 



DIRECTION, 

AL. SUTHERLAND, Inc 



Prudential; rehearsal Monday and Thursday 
10.80). — Ted A Clara Steele, liked; Ralph 
Clark, nicely; May Bushel at Co., laughs* 
W. 8. Harvey A Co., vsry good. ' 

PALACE (W. K. Ooldenberg. mgr.; agent 
Bart McHugh; rehearsal. Monday and Thurs. 
day 10.10). — Ross A Shaw, pleased; Blllie 
Faye, well received; Ollmore A La Tour 
laughs; Lorlng, Parquette A Co., head line rs ' 

O. R. H. . 

RENOVA, PA. 

PAMILT (Albright A McCarthy, mgra- 
agent. Prudential; rehearsal. Monday A Thurs- 
day ISO).— 11-11. Aerial La Rues, pleased; 
Rosalie Rose, got by; 1C-18. Plvs Gold Dust 
Twtna 

RENOVO OPERA HOUSE (Johnson 4 
Kline, mrrs.).— 15, Vogel's Minstrels; 18. 
"His Honor the Mayor." 

WM . E. ALBRIGHT. 

RICHMOND, VA. 

ACADEMY (Leo Wise, mgr.).— Klnemacolor 
pictures. 

BIJOU (C. I. McKee, mgr.).— "Teas of the 
8torm Country." 

COLONIAL (E P. Lyons, mgr.; agent. Nor- 
man Jefferlee).— Blsck A McCone. feature; 
Moulton Trio, hit; Toung A Phelps, good. 

LUBIN (M. 8. Knight, mgr.; agent. Norman 
Jeff erles). —Jimmy Green, good; Cretghtoa 
Sisters, spplause; O'Dowd A Rose. fair. 
„ I?^ 1 " <D - **• Toney. mgr. ; agents, 8un 
A Nlrdllnger).— Pierce A Jackson, good; Eng- 
lish Bells, hit; Texss Quartet, applause. 

OERSON W. HELD. 

ROANOKE. 

JEPPERSON (Isador Schwarti. mgr.; Nor- 
man Jefferles. sgt. ; rehearsal. Mondsy and 
Thursday. 3).— 11-16 Frederick A Klrkwood. 
good; Jim Leslie, fair; Mosart Duo. pleasing; 
Thomas Potter Dunne, well liked. 16-18 
Morrel A Calhoun. Thomas Potter Dunn 
Bowera and Wade. Dottle Farmer. 

P. F. B. 



ST. JOHN 
OPERA HOUSE (H. J. Anderson, mgi-.;.— 
6-8. Gladys Klark Stock Co.. business fair; ». 
Paul Gllmour, business good; 14-16. Grace 
George. 

LYRIC (Thos. O'Rourke, mgr.).— 6-8. Loll 
Berri; 9-11. Msrshsll Bros. 

L. H. CORTRIOHT 

ST. PAUL. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHBUM. — Charley Grapewln. good; Ma- 
belle Fonda Co.. pleased; Paul Barnes, fair; 
Connelly A Webb, scored; Carson A Wills rd. 
excellent; Schenck A Van, splendid; Esther 
Trio, clever. 

EMPRESS.— Eckhoff A Gordon, fine; "All 
Rivers Meet at 8ea." fair; Von Klein A Gib- 
son, entertaining; Adelalne Francis, plemed; 
Marld A I.ona. excellent; King A Mackaye. 
good. 

MAJE8TIC. — Charles Kenna; Musical Ger- 
alds; Davey A Getsy; Elesnor Otis A Co.; 
Paul Gordon. Second half: Cavanna; Rob- 
erts, Hayes A Roberts; Chaa Kenna; Har- 
velle; Nelusco A Levlna. 

PRINCESS. — Kelt A Demont. good; Dr. 
Volta. interesting; Mr. A Mra Lavarlne. 
pleased; Pauline Berry. 

OAYETY. — Claude A Emons Rummeri; 
Held A Sloan; Carmen A Roberta 

ALHAMBRA. — Rose Fox; Billy Ell wood; 
Lucy Lncier; Great Weston. 

COLONIAL.— Delhi A Anderson; Lillian 
Parson; Chsa Varley; Ben Fox. 

METROPOLITAN.— "Top o» the World." 
fair. 

STAR.— "New Century Girls." good. 
8HUBERT— "Star A Garter Show," very 
pleasing. 

GRAND. — Bsulah Poynter. 




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THIS WEEK (Nov. 13) AT P. 6. WILLIAMS 1 ORPHEUM, BROOKLYN 






AUDITORIUM.— IB. Harry Lauder; 18. 

Mordkln A All-Star Russian Ballet 

SALT LAKE CITY. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM— Condln. Steal* A Carr. riot; 
Dave Ferguson, scored; Cu minings A Glad- 
pings, .clever; early le Wilbur, liked; 8lx 
American dancers, pleased; Seven Belfords. 
ordinary; Careless Curt, good. Oood busi- 
ness. 

EMPRESS.— Patty Brothers. Id* Barr. Mrs. 
Jules Levy and Family; Miller A Maok, Her- 
bert Hodge, John R. Gordon A Company. 
Big business. 

COLONIAL— 10-11, Gertrude Hoffman and 
Russian ballet, big hit. good business. 11-11 
Rose Melville; 1C-1I "The House Next Door." 

SALT LAKE— H-15. Mountain Ash Male 
Choir; 16-18 Montgomery A Stone In "The 
Old Town." 

OARRICK.— "Raffles." groat business, good 
show. OWBK. 



Ind). — 14-11, Minnie Dupree. In "The Indis- 
creet Mrs. Tyne"; If, Gaby Deslys and Win- 
ter Garden Show; tO-tl, "He and She." 

G. A P. 

Miss Charlotte La Beau, treasurer of the 
Gllmore, and Fred Flock, Jr., an advance 
man, were married Oct. I. 



Victor Schooley has been appointed man- 
ager of the Klnodrome theatre, relieving 
Scott Leslie, resigned. 



GRAND (A. J. 8mall). — Catharine Courtlss 
In "The White Slater." 



SAVANNAH. 

SAVANNAH (William B. Beesklnd. mgr.; 
K. A at). — T, Creators and band, poor attend- 
ance; 11. "Seven Days," fair attendance; 16- 
18, "Rebecca of Bunnybrook Farm"; 17, Ty 
Cobb In "Osllege Widow"; advance sals tre- 
mendous; II, "Tho Rosary-" 

BIJOU (Henry C Fourton, mgr.; agent, 
Well's Circuit; rehearsal, Monday and Thurs- 
day I).— Capacity attendance, t-11, Marie 
McNeil A Co., passable; Flo Arnold, scored; 
"Turkey Boyd/' funny; Haale Weston Lucas 
A Co., popular; It-IB, Aerial Sherwood, 
clever; Weat A Willis, very good; Bobby 
Boyd, hit; Blllle Laeellaa Comedy Co., hit; 
18-1S. Mann A Stuart; "Kane"; Crawford A 
Chapman; Smith A Smith. 

LIBERTT (Henry C. Fourton, mgr. ; 8. A 
H.)— Week 6. Blllle Ritchie In "Around the 
Clock," big attendance. Week It, "Beverly 
of Graustark." good attendance. "REX." 

SPRINGFIELD. MASS. 

POLTS (8. J. Breen. res mgr.; sgent. U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Weston Bis- 
ters, opened well; Ward Bros, neat; Great 
Howard, clever; Ryan A Richfield, went very 
well; Coogan A Clark Sisters, good; "A Jap- 
anese Honeymoon," ordinary; Collins A Hart. 
big. 

GILMORE (Robt. McDonald, mgr.). — 11-15. 
"Queen of Bohemia." 

COURT 8QUARE (D. O. Gllmore. mgr.; 



SYRACUSE. 

GRAND (Charlos Plummer, mgr.; Keith's 
Vaudeville; Chaa. Anderson, mgr.; sgent, U. 
B. O.). — Rem Brant, fairly; Arthur J. Pick- 
ens Co., gets over; Edwards. Ryan A Tlernoy, 
pleasing; Lolo, feature; Nevlna A Brwood, 
well received; Homer Llnd, hit; Harry Fox 
A Millership Sisters, very big; Strength Bros., 
nicely. 

TAMPA. FLA. 

The season promises to be the best In the 
history of Tampa. Last sesson wss an ex- 
ceedingly dull one on account of the big strike 
of the cigar makers, and practically all of 
the theatres were closed. 



W. E McDowell, a vaudeville performer, 
who wss working at ths Favorite theatre, 
was teken suddenly 111 one night lastrweek. 
Transportstlon to New York for him and hie 
wife was furnished him by a local theatrical 
manager, but he died en route at Jackson- 
ville. 



Rosebud de Armon, a pretty little dancer, 
had the misfortune to break her leg while 
stepping from a moving street car. She Is at 
a local hospital. B. R. DICKENSON. 



TROT. 

RAND'S (W. L. Thompson, mgr.; agent, 
Rels; rehearsal 10).— 11, "Over Night." good 
attendance: 15-10, Flske OH are. In "Lots' a 
Young Dream"; 17, "The Goose Girl"; 10. 
"He and She." 

MUSIC HALL.— Lyman H. Howe Travel 
Pictures. 

LYCEUM (O. H. Friedman, mgr.; agent. 
Belreneteln; rehearsal 10). — Merllna Opera 
Co., excellent; Frank Harettey, good; Ger- 
trude Dean Forbes A Co.. hit; Irving Jones, 
pleased; Chsslno, fair; Neuss A Eldrsd; 
Frank le Blegel. J. J. M. 



"The Man on the Box." "The Girl In the 
Taxi" and "The Vassar Glrla" wsrs ths at- 
tract lona at the Casino lately. Baoh per- 
formance the house wss peeked. 



Mabel Paige, who haa been playing stock 
at the Greeeon for the past two weeks, closed 
her engsgement last Saturday. Mabel worked 
to capacity houses each night as ehe Is quite 
a favorite here. 



TBRRB HAFTB. 

VARIETIES (Jsck Hoeffler. mgr.; sgent. 
W. V. M. A.; rehearsal Monday A Thursdsy 
10). — Hughes Musical Trio, good; Five Jug- 
gling Jewels, pleased: Young A Marks, fslr; 
Csrita Day. good; Joe Demlng A Co., pleased; 
Dorothy De Schelle A Co.. fair; Cracker Jaok 
Four, hit; Lewie A Green, fair; Belt rah A 
Beltrah. hit: Four Nelson Comlquea. pleased; 
good business. 

GRAND (T. W. Bsrhydt. mgr.; K. A E.). — 
4-5. "The Rosary." poor; 0-10. Win. Hawtrey. 
good; 11. Robert Hllllard. good: 16. Balalaika 
Orchestra; 10. "Brewster's Millions"; 11-10. 
"The Girl In the Train." 

PARK (Joe Barnee. mgr.). — "Parisian Beau- 
ties" CHRIS. 



GRAND (D. M. Cauffman, mgr.).— 8-0 "The 
Gamblers," Isrge audiences. 10-11 "The 
Witching Hour." fair business, 17 "Girl of 
the Golden West." sell out 

POLI (Gordon Wrighter. mgr.). — Stock. 



The Griffin Amusement Co.. of Toronto. 
Csnada. haa purchased ths corner of Tongs 
and Shuters streets. They will tesr down 
the present buildings and build a theatre 
sestlng 1,000. Devoted to populsr priced 
vaudeville and moving pictures. 



At the Star, where the Regan-Lewis Stock 
Co. haa Its home. It Is elmply sn impossi- 
bility to secure seats st the window, the en- 
tire house being sold at each performance 
long before the doora are opened. 

The Favorite, the Venus. Klnodrome and the 
Pathe. picture houses, with three acta of 
vaudeville, are taxed to their utmoet to ac- 
commodate the crowds. 



N. H. Harrison, general manager of the 
Oppenhelmer theatres, hss secured a musical 
comedy company of thirty people, and will 
use them In the theatres of the Oppenhelmer 
circuit, there having been added twelve houses 
to this circuit. 



N. H. Harrison has been quite HI with ma- 
laria. He la up again, but not able to attend 
to his duties. 



TORONTO. ONT. 

8HEA'B (J. Shea, mgr.). — Four Mortons, 
went strong; John P. Wade A Co.. excellent; 
Eight Florentine Singers, fine; Hoey and Lee. 
good; Thurber and Msdlson, pleased; Ishl- 
kama Brothers, sensational; Moffet A Clurend, 
good; Julian and Dyer, good. 

MAJB8TIC (Peter F. Griffin, mgr.).— Tills 
Marionette* El ale Lavadeau. Gillette A Camp- 
bell. Devlne and May. De Vrond and Elcho. 

STRAND — E. O. Weill. Howard Russell, 
Gold Medsl vocsllst. 

GATBTY (T. R. Henry, mgr.). — Big Banner 
Show. > > 

STAR (Dan F. Pierce, mgr.). — Big Review. 

ROYAL ALEXANDRA (L. Solman. mgr.).— 
A born Opera Co. In "The Bohemian Girl." 

PRINCE88 (O. B. Sheppard. mgr.). — 
Naughty Marietta, half of week; Ethel Barry- 
more, laat I nights. 



WILMINGTON. 

GARRICK (W. L Dockstader, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O.). — 11-18. Capt. Ressler A Co.. good; 
Fen telle A Vsllorle. good; Clsudlue A Scarlet, 
hit; Chaa Miller A Co., good; McBride, Post 
A Russell, good: Keno A Green, hit; "Dlnkel- 
splel'e Christmas." big. 

AVENUE.— Stock. 

The Harris Amusement Co. hae engaged as 
a special feature Miss Minerva Jaegar. who Is 
making a decided hit at the Grand. 

TOUNOSTOWN. 

PARK (L. B. Cool, mgr.; agents, Felber 
A 8hea).— Claude Rood, good; Clemens A 
Deane, pleasing; Tom Mahoney. good; Sher- 
man, Van A Hymen, hit; Btaley, Blrbeck A 
Co., fine; Three Dooleys. excellent. 

PRINCESS (Chsrles B. 8mlth. mgr.; sgent, 
Gus Sun). — Ed. Loop, entertaining; Imperial 
Comedy Trio, good; Four Everetts. fine; Vera 
De Bsssinl, hit. 

GRAND (Jos. Bchsgrln. mgr.; S. A H.). — 
13, Thurston, big business. C. A. LEEDY. 





" SHE NEED FEAR NO OTHER SPANISH DANCER "—vide THE LONDON PRESS 

After Seasons at the TIVOLI, PALLADIUM and PAVILION 
NOW ON THE'WAY TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR EIGHT WEEKS AT EMPIRE, JOHANNESBURG 



A BIG ACT 



ON THE BIG TIME 



WITH A BIG SONC 



JACK COOGAN S CLARK SI STERS 

=5 nr r , "when i woke up this morning" 



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VARIETY 



VARIETY ARTISTS' ROUTES 

FOR WEEK NOVEMBER 20 

WHEN NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED 

The routes given from NOV. It to 26, inclusive, dependent upon the open- 
ing and closing 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; 

ROUTE8 FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST REACH THI8 OFFICE NOT 
LATER THAN WEDNE8DAT MORNING TO INSURE PUBLICATION. 

TEMPORARY ADDRESSES WILL BE CARRIED WHEN ACT 18 "LATINO OFF" 



Abbott Max Social Maids B 






HABELLE ADAMS, 

C. H. O'DONNELL CO. 

Orpheum Circuit. 



Adair Art Orpheum Vancouver 
Adair June Girls from Happyland B R 
Adams Sam J Trocaderos B R 
Agustln A Hartley Orpheum Oakland 
Alburtus A Millar Orpheum Memphis 
Aldtnes The 2922 Cottage Grove Chicago 
Allen Leon A Bertie Hi Central tr Oshkosh 
Alllnei Joseph 422 Bloomfleld Hoboken N J 
Allyn Amy Queens Jardtn de Paris B R 
Altus Bros 128 Cottage Auburn N Y 
Alvarados Goats 1216 N Main Decatur III 
Alvarettes Three Central Copenhagen 
American Newsboys Temple Ft Wayne Ind 
Amon * De Lisle 214 Winter Haverhill Mass 
Andrews Abbott A Co 8962 Morgan 8t Louis 
Apdales Animals Majestic Dallas Tex 
Apolloo 104 W 40 N Y 
Appleby E J Arcade Toledo 
Arberg * Wagner 611 B 71 N Y 
Ardelle A Leslie 10 Broesel Rochester 
Arizona Trio Family New Castle Pa 
Arlington Four Orpheum 8an Francisco 
Ascot t Chas Cracker Jacks B R 
Atkinson Harry tl ■ 10 N Y 
Atlantis A Flsk 2611 1 av Billings Mont 
Atwood Warren 111 W tl NY 
Atwood Vera 17 W 08 N Y 
Austin Jennie Social Maids B R 
Austin Margie Girls from Happyland B R 
Austin A Klumker 2110 E Phils 
Australian Four 111 W 48 N Y 



Baader La Velle Trio 820 N Christiana Chic 
Bacon Doc HI Henrys Minstrels 
Bailey Frankle Trocaderos B R 
Baker Elsie 1014 Newport av Chicago 
Baker Harry 2042 Renow W Philadelphia 
Baker John T Star Show Girls B R 
Baraban Troupe 1804. Fifth av N Y 
Barbour Hazel Girls from Missouri B R 
Barnes A West Casino Buenos Ayres 
Barnold Chas Davosdorf Switzerland 



IDA BARR 

ENGLISH COMEDIENNE 

Hulllvan-Considine Circuit. Address VARIETY. 



Barrett Ella Girl* from Happyland B R 
Barrett Patsy Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Barrlngton Mildred Star A Garter B R 
Barron Geo 2002 Fifth av~N Y 
Barron Billy Majestic Houston Tex 
Barry A Black 1S2S Falrmount av Phtla 
Bartell A Garfield 2690 E 68 Cleveland 
Bartlett Harmon A Erngif 288 W SO N Y 
Barto A Clark 2221 Cumberland Phlla 
Bates Clyde Miss New York Jr B R 
Baxter Sidney A Co 1722 48 av Melrose Cal 
Rayton Ida Girls from Happyland B R 
Bean A Hamilton Novelty Topekg Kan 
Be A no- Duo 84*2 Charlton Chicago 
Beers Leo Empress Cincinnati 
Behren Musical 52 Springfield av Newark N J 
Bell Arthur H 488 12 av Newark N J 
Bella Italia Troupe Box 706 Brookfteld III 
Belmont Joe 70 Brook London 
Belmont A Umberger 111 Delavan Newark 
Belsac Irving 250 W 112 N Y 
Bennett Florence Belles of Boulevard B R 
Bennett A Marcello 200 W 07 New York 
Bentleys Musical Empress Kansas City 
Benway Happy Guy Bros Minstrels 
Berg Bros Central Copenhagen Indef 
Betts George Stsr A Garter B R 
Beverly Sisters 5722 Springfield av Phila 
Beyer Ben A Bro Hammerstelns N Y 
Blckneli A Glbney 441 Marlon Oak Park III 
Big City Four Keiths Phlla 
Bimbos 872 Lawe Appleton Wis 
Blsset A Shady 248 W 27 N Y 
Black John J A Pearl Miss New York Jr B R 
Black A Leslie 2722 Eberly av Chicago 
Blake Chas Knickerbockers B R 
Rlocksom A Burns Majestic Bloomlngton III 
Bogard James Rose Sydell B R 
Booth Trio 342 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 
Boutin A Tlllson 11 Myrtle Springfield Mass 
Bouton Harry A Co 18«6 E 56 Chicago 
Bowers Wnlt<rs A Crooker Forsythe Atlanta 
Botvmnn Fred 14 Webster Medfnrd Mass 
Boyd A Allen 2700 Howard Kansas Pity 
Bradleys The 1214 Brush Birmingham 
Brady A Mahoney Majestic Chicago 
Brand I*aura M 627 Main Buffalo 
Brennen Geo Trocaderos B R 
Breton Ted A Corlnne 114 W 44 N Y 



Brinkleys The 414 W 80 N Y 

Brit ton Nellie 140 Morris Philadelphia 

Brixton A Brixton 708 Lexington Brooklyn 

Broe A Maxim 1840 Wabash Av Chicago 

Brooks Harvey Cracker Jacks B R 

Brooks A Carlisle 88 Olenwood av Buffalo 

Brooks Thos A Girls from Happyland B R 

Brooks A Jennings 881 West Bronx N Y 

Brooks A Ward Veins New Bedford Mass 

Brown Jlmmle Girls from Happyland B R 

Brown A Brown 80 W 116 N Y 

Brown A Newman Grand Indianapolis 

Brown A Wllmot 71 Glen Maiden Mass 

Brown Will Sam Devere B R 

Bryant Mae Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

Brydon A Hanlon 28 Cottage Newark 

Bryson James Follies of Day B R 

Buckley Joe Girls from Happyland B R 

Bullock Thos Trocsderno B R 

Bunco Jack 2210 IS Phlla 

Burbank A Danforth Berlin N Y 

Burdett Johnson Burdett 881 Main Pawtucket 

Burgess Harvey J 827 Trenton av Pittsburgh 

Burke Minnie Trocaderos B R 

Burke Jos 844 W 14 N Y 

Burke Touhey A Co Ashland Chicago 

Burn'ell Lillian 2060 North av Chicago 

Burnett Tom Star Show Girls B R 

Burns May A Lily 110 W 10 N Y 

Burt Wm P A Daughter 111 W 41 N T 

Burton Sydney 126 2 av N Y 

Butlers M'taical 421 8 1 Phlla 

Byrne Golson Players Casino Chicago 

Byron Gleta 107 Blue Hill av Roxbury Mass 

Byrons Musical 6111 Indiana av Chicago 



CafTerty Nat K Columbia St Louis 

Cshlll Wm 106-7 Brooklyn 

Caine A Odora Uulque Minneapolis 

Calder Chas Lee 8811 Lancaster av Phlla 

Campbell At 2781 Bway N Y 

Campbell Henry Belles of Boulevard B R 

Cantway Fred R 6426 Woodlawn av Chicago 

Capron Nell Majesties B R 

Cardownle Sisters 268 W 42 N Y 

Carle Irving 4202 N 41 Chicago 

Carlln A Penn Keiths Lowell Mass 

Carmelos Pictures Star Show Girls B R 

Carmen Frank 405 W 102 N Y 

Carmen Sisters 1181 Washington av N Y 

Carmontelle Hsttle I W 01 N Y 

Carrot! Chas 420 E Kentucky Louisville 

Carroll Nettie Trio Polls Hartford 

Carrolhon A Van 6428 Monte Vista LosAngeles 

Carter Tom Taxi Girls B R 

Carters The Ava Mo 

Case Paul ll 8 Clark Chicago 

Casey A Smith 00 Hanover Boston 

Casmus A La Mar Box 247 Montgomery Ala 

Cstlln Margie Irwlns Majesties B R 

Cecil Mildred Girls from Missouri B R 

Chameroys 1440 41 Bklyn 

Chandler Claude 210 W 08 N Y 

Chantrell A Schuyler 210 Prospect av Bklyn 

Chapman Sisters 1020 Mllburn Indianapolis 

Chase Dave 00 Birch Lynn Mass 

Chase Carma 2016 Halstead Chicago 

Chatham Bisters 201 Grant Pittsburgh 

Cheers A Jones 818 W 60 N Y 

Chubb Ray 107 Spruce Scranton Pa 

Chunns Four 10 Loughborough Rd London 

Church City Four 140 Weirfield Bklyn 

Clalrmont Josephine A Co 140 W 118 N Y 

Clare A West Empire Plttsfleld Mass 

Clark Floretta 10 Lambert Boston 

Clark Mull Ram Devere B R 

Clark A Duncan Orpheum Lima O 

Clark A Ferguson 121 Phelps Englewood 

Clston Sisters 285 % 6 av Nashville Tenn 

Claus Radcllffe A Claus 1840 Dayton av St P'l 

Clear Chas 460 W 128 N Y 

Clermento A Miner 80 W New York 

Cliff A Cliff 4100 Artesian Chicago 

Clifford Dave B 178 E 108 N Y 

Clifford Jake Trocaderos B R 

Close Bros 41 Howard Boston 

Coden A Clifford 21 A da ma Roxbury Mass 

Cole Billy 10 4 av Bklyn 

College Trio Polls Springfield 

Collins Jas J Star A Garter B R 

Collins Eddie 6 Reed Jersey City N J 

Colonial Septette Temple Detroit 

Compton A Plumb 2220 Emerson av Mlnneap 

Comrades Four 824 Trinity av N Y 

Conn Richard 201 W 100 N Y 

Conners Jimmy Social Maids B R 

Connolly Bros 1000 N 24 Philadelphia 

Conroy A Le Malre Orpheum Bklyn 

Conway Jack Star A Garter B R 

Cook Geraldlne 871 Jackson av N Y 

Cooke A Two Rotherts Orpheum Budapest 

Corbett A Forrester 71 Emmet Newsrk N J 

Corln Joel P Queens .Tardln de Paris B R 

Cornish Wm A 1108 Broadway Seattle 

Costello A l>a Croix 81S Ewelng Kansas City 

Cota El 005 Main Wheeling W Va 

Cottrell A Carew O H Marahfleld Wis 

Coyle A Murrell 8827 Vernon av Chicago 

Crane Mrs Gardner A Co Orpheum Seattle 

Crawford A Delancey 110 Ludlow Bellefontalne 

Cree Jessica 77 Josephine av Detroit 

Creasy A Dayne Lyric Dayton O 

Cromwells Danecroft Gardens London 



DICK CROLILS 

81ang Prince Supreme Id "Shorty's Elevation" 
orpheum circuit. 



Cross A Josephine Garrtck Chicago lndef 



CROUCH «• WELCH 

Next Week (Nov. 20), Orpheum. Omaha. 
Direction. M. 8. BENT HAM. 



Cunningham A Marlon Orpheum Seattle 
Curson Sisters 11? Adele av Jackson Miss 

D. 

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Dacre Louie Follies of Day B R 
Dalley Jas E Gay Widows B R 
Dale Johnnie Belles of Boulevard B R 
Dale Josh 144 W 141 N Y 
Dale A Harris 1010 Madison av N Y 



DALE and BOYLE 

.UNITED TIME. 
Direction, Alf. T. Wilton. 



Dalton Harry Fen 176 Irving av Bklyn 
Daly A O'Brien Tlvoll Sydney Australia 
Damael Frank Gay Widows B R 
Dancing Violinist Shubert 8t Louis 
Daugherty Peggy 602 % 20 Portland Ore 
Davenport Blanche Taxi Girls B R 
Davis Hasel M 1511 La Salle Chicago 
Davis Mark Rose Sydell B R 
Davis A Cooper 1020 Dayton Chicago 
De Costa Dno 412 Poplar Phlla 
De Grace A Gordon 022 Liberty Bklyn 
De Hollls A Valora Singapore India 
De Leo John B 711 Jackson Milwaukee 
De Mar Rose Queens Jardin de Paris B R 
De Mar Zrlla Knickerbockers B R 
De Mario Sldolt Bucarest Romania 
De Milt Gertrude 811 Sterling pi Bklyn 
De Vere A Roth 640 Belden av Chicago 
De Witt Burns A Torrance Stoll Circuit Eng 
De Wolf Linton A Lanier Belles Blvd B R 
De Young Tom 161 E 111 N Y 
Dean Jack Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Dean Loa 462 2 av Niagara Falls 
Dean A Sibley 406 Columbus av Boston 
Deery Frank 204 West End av New York 
Del mar Jennie Bway Gaiety Girls B R 
Delmar A Delmar 04 Henry N Y 
Delmore John Orpheum Kansaa City 
Delmore A Oneida Hudson Union Hill N J 
Delton Bros 201 W 28 New York 
Demascos Stoll Circuit England 
Demonlo A Belle Englewood N J 
Deveau Hubert Bijou Phila 
Diamond Four Pant ages Vancouver 
Dlckerson A Llbby World of Pleasure B R 

JIM DIAMOND 
CLARA 'NELSON 

Next Week (Nov. 20). Orpheum. Sacramento 



Dobbs Wilbur Social Maids B R 

Dodd Emily A Jessie 201 Division av Bklyn 

Doherty A Harlowe 428 Union Bklyn 

Donsrbv o Fmnrls 110 66 Bklyn 

Donald A Carson 211 W 108 N Y 

Donner Doris 141 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 

Dooley Ray Empress 8t Paul 

Dooleya Three Temple Detroit 

Dorsch A Russell Wilson Chicago 

Doss Billy 102 High Columbus Tenn 

Dow A Lavsn 100 Could well av New York 

Downey Leslie 2712 Michigan Chicago 

Doyle A Fields 2141 W Taylor Chicago 

Drew Dorothy 177 1 av New York 

Drew Lowell B Stratford N J 

Drew Virginia 2226 Michigan av Chicago 

Du Barry A Leigh 8 tar Akron O 

Dn Bole Great A Co 80 N Wash av Biidgp't 

Duffy Thos H 4020 Virginia flv 8* Loulr 

Dulxell Paul Orpheum New Orleans 



DUNEDIN TROUPE 

Stoll Tour. England. 

J A MEM H. DONEOAN. Mrr. 



Dunn Arthur F 2061 E 14 Cleveland 
Dunn Chas Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 



Eagon A D'Arvllle Daytonla Htl Dayton O 
Early John Sam Devere B R 
Eddie Jennie Cracker Jacks B R 
Edgardo A Martine 121 N Howard Baltimore 
Edythe Corlnne 111 8 Robey Chicago 



KATE ELINOBE 

AND 

SAM WILLIAMS 

Next Week (Nov.20) Chase's. Washington. 
20 Chase's Washington. 
Direction Max Hart. 



Elson Arthur 468 B 140 N Y 
Elton Jane 244 W 110 N Y 
El wood Perry A Downing 924 Harlem av Balto 
Emelle Troupe 004 E Taylor Bloom ington III 
Emerald A Dupre National Sydney Australia 
Engiebrfth G Willi Highland av Cincinnati 
English Lillian Queens Jardin ds Paris B R 
Esmann H T 1224 Putnam av Bklyn 
Espe A Roth Orpheum Champaign III 
Evans Bessie 1701 Cottage Grove av Chicago 
Evans Emlta A Evans 2640 7 av N Y 
Evans A Lloyd Oil E 12 Brooklyn 
Evelyn Bisters 200 8t James PI Bklyn 
Evers Geo 210 Losoya San Antonio 
Ewelng Charlie 614 W Oconee Fitxgerald Ga 









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Eld rid Gordon A Co Orpheum Winnipeg 

Elliott L C 10 Baker Detroit 

Ellis A McKenna Dominion Ottawa 



Falrchlld Sisters 180 Dlxwell av New Haven 

Falls Billy A 6 Virginia av Gates N Y 

Farr Frances Gay Widows B R 

Farrell Taylor Trio Taxi Girls B R 

Fenner A Fox 411 Van Hook Camden N J 

Ferguson Dick «* W 62 Bayonna it J. 

Ferguson Frank 704 W 180 N Y 

Ferguson Jos 187 W 07 N Y 

Ferrard Grace 1710 Warsaw av Chicago 

Field Bros Keiths Portland Me 

Fields Nettle 0202 8 Halsted Chicago 

Fields and Hanson Orpheum Zanesvllle O 

Fields A La. Adella Princess Ft Dodge la . 

Finn A Ford 280 Revere Wlnthrop Maas 

Finney Frank Trocaderos B R 

Fltzalmmons A Cameron 6000 8 Green Chicago 

Fletcher Ted 470 Warren Brooklyn 

Flynn Frank D 01 W 122 N Y 

Foilette A Wicks 1824 Gates av Bklyn 

Forbes A Bowman 201 W..112 .N Y 

Force Johnny 800 Edraondaon Baltimore 

Ford Corlnne Trocaderos B R • 

Ford A Wesley Cosy Comer Girls B R 

Fordyce Trio Keystone Phtla 

Formby Geo Walthew House Wlgan Eng 

Foster Billy 2810 Centre Pittsburgh 

Foster Phyllis Darlings of Paris B R 

Fowler Kate 224 W 00 N Y 

Fox A Summers 617 10 Saginaw Mich 

Fox Florence 172 Fllmore Rochester 

Fox A Ward Polls Bridgeport 

Foyer Eddie 9920 PierrepQnt Cleveland 

Francis Paul Queens Jardin de Paris B R 

Francis Willard 07 W 128 New York 

Franclscos 842 N Clark Chicago 

Franka Slaters Miss New York Jr B R 

Frsns Slg A Edythe Taxi Girls B R 

Fredericks Musical Alrdome Chattanooga 

Freeman Bros Taxi Girls B R 

Frevoll Keiths Jersey City 

Frey Twins Grand Pittsburgh 

Frobel A Ruge 814 W 18 New York 



Gaffney Slaters 1407 Madlaon Chicago 

Gaffney Al 808 Vernon Brooklyn N Y 

Gage Chas 170 White 8prlngfield Mass 

Gardner Eddie Majeatic 8t Louia 

Gardner Georgia 4040 Kenmore av Chicago 

Garfield Frank Passing Parade B R 

Gass Lloyd Broadway Glety Girls B R 

Gaylor Chaa 708 17 Detroit 

Gehrue Emma Girls from Happyland 1 R 

George Stella Girls from Happyland B R 

Germane Anna T 26 Arnold Revere Mass 

Gllden Sisters 210 Schuylkill av Pottsville Ps 

Giles Alphla Star Show Girls B R 

GI'more A Le Moyne 1415-22 Des Moines 

Glrard Marie 41 Howard Boston 

Gladstone A Talmage 146 W 45 N Y 

Godfrtv A Henderaon 172 W 46 N Y 

Goforth A Doyle 251 Halsey Bklyn 

Golden Max 6 Alden Boaton 

Goodall A Craig 140 W 26 N Y 

Goodman Joe 2088 N 8 Philadelphia 

Good rode J Globe Kansaa City 

Goodwin Shirley Glrla from Happyland B R 

Gorden Geo F Glrla from Happyland B R 

Gorden Paul Empire London lndef 

Gordo El 1211 Bway N Y 

Gordon Ed M 0118 Drexel av Chicago 

Gordon Dan 1777 Atlantic av Bklyn 

Gordon A Barber 2* So Lstcust Hageratown Md 

Gordon A Marx Keiths Cincinnati 

Goss John 88 Sawyer Haverhill Maas 

Gortlob Amy 000 N Clark Chicago 

Govt Trio 850 WiPow Akron O 

Graham A Randall Magic Ft Dodge la 

Gray Trio 1400 Woodlawn av Tndianapolis 

Gray A Graham Vaudeville Club London 

Gray A Gray 1922 Birch Joplln Mo 

Green Winifred 1«8 W 86 N Y 
Oremmer A Melton 1487 S Louisville 
Griffith J P Trocsderos B R 
Griffith Myrtle E 5X05 Klrkwood av Pittsburgh 
Griffith Marvelous IS W Ragle Buffalo, 
Griffs A Hoot 1828 Cnmhrla Philadelphia 
Grlmea Tom A Co Wllllamstown N J 
Grossman Al 682 North Rochester 
Omber A Kew 408 Av E Flint Mich 
Gullfoyle A Charlton 808 Harrison Detroit 



Hsll Alfred Queens Jardin de Paris B R 
Hall A Pray 10 Columbia Bwampecott Mass 
Hall A Briscoe 6* Orchsrd Norwich Conn 
Halls Dogs 111 Walnut Revere Mass 
Helnem Van 1821 17 av Denver 
Hatann Boys 21 E 08 N Y 
Halton Powell Co colonial Tndianapolis Indef 
Hamilton Estella Temple Ft Wayne Ind 
Hampton A Basset 887 Poplar Cincinnati 
Hanes O Scott 812 Rltner Phlla 
Hanlon Broa A Co Temple Hamilton Can 
Hansone A Co 1027 Tremont Boston 
Hanvey Lou III Lenox av New York 



CHAS. HARRIS 

"The list Century Olrl." 
Playing W. V. M. A. 

D<r»eHon. J.4MFM PT.fTNKirrT. 



Harklns G*o Tail Girls B R 
Harmonists Four Orpheum Schenectady 
Harper Annette Girls from Happyland B P. 
Harrlgan Harry Star Show Girls B R 



When anewermtg advert i sem en t* hi*d\y mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



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Harrington Bobby Girls from Missouri B R 
Harris Murray Belles of Boulevard B R 
Harris St Randall Palace Htl Chicago 
Harrlty Johnnie 70S Harrison av Scranton 
Hart Marie Ac Billy Maryland Baltimore 
Hart Stanley Warde Hyman Los Angeles Indef 
Hart Maurice 111 Lenox av N Y 
Hartman Gretchen 111 W 111 N T 
Harvey De Vora Trio Alhambra N Y 
Haskell Loney Keiths Syracuse 
Hatches 47 B 111 New York 



E. F. HAWLEY *"» CO. 

"THE BANDIT." 

Next Week (Nov. 10), Bronx, New York. 

EDW. S. KELLER, Rep. 



Hawthorne Hilda llll Jamaica av Rlchmd Hi 

Hayden Jack Orpheum New Orleans 

Hayes Prank Social Maids B R 

Hayes Gertrude Follies of Day B R 

Hays Bd C Vogels Minstrels 

Hsyman St Franklin Palaoe Bradford Bng 

Beam Sam Follies of Day B R 

Hearn St Rutter Victoria Rochestsr 

Hebron Marls Irwlns Majesties B R 

Hsld * La Rus llll Vine Philadelphia 

Hsndsrson St Thomas 117 W 41 N Y 

Hsnslla St Howard 141 N Clark Chicago 

Hsnry Dick 107 Palmetto Brooklyn 

Henry Girls till So 17 Philadelphia 

Henrys 411 B 111 N Y 

Herberts The 47 Washington Lynn Mass 

Herman St -Rice III W II N Y 

Herr Noadle Box II Wltmer Pa 

Hers Goo III Stone av Scranton 



HEUMAN TRIO 

A Novelty on Wheals. 
Next Week (Nov. 10). Musio Hall. Nsw York. 



Haywood Great 41 Clinton Newark 
Hlcker Bonnie Follies of Day B R 
Bickman Geo Taxi Girls B R 
HUlman A Robert, ill 8 11 Saginaw Mich 
Hills Harry Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Hilson Robt 8am Devere B R 
Hilton Marie Follies of Day B R 
Hlnee A Fenton 111 W 61 N Y 
Hlnes St Remington Harrison N Y 
Hoffman Dave 2141 B Clearfield Phil* 
Holman Bros 114 Lake Cadillac Mich 
Holman Harry A Co Orpheum Altoona Pa 
Holmes Ben 114 W Montana Allalne Neb 
Holt Alf Sydney Australia 
Honan St Helm 111 Lockwood Buffalo 
Hood Sam 711 Florence Mobile Ala 
Hoover Lillian Belles of Boulevard B R 
Bopp Fred III Littleton av Newark N J 
Horton A La Triska Orpheum Seattle 
Hotallng Edward 117 8 Division Grand Rap 



THK SINIBMJCD VBNTSUIAMItlST. 
Next Week (Nov. 20). Poll's. New Haven 
Representatives. MORRIS Si FR1L. 



Houdlni Harry Keiths Toledo 
Houss Carl C 401 Cadillac av Detroit 
Howard Jack Cosy Corner Girls B R 
Howard Katharine Follies of Day B R 
Howard Bros Majestic Ft Worth 
Howard Bmlly 144 N Clark Chicago 
Howard Comedy Four III I av Bklyn 
Howard Harry A Mae 211 B Peoria Chicago 
Howard Bernlce toil Calumet av Chicago 
Howard A Howard Polls New Haven 
Hoyt Edward N Palmyra N Y 
Hoyt A 8tarks II Bancroft pi Bklyn 
Hughes Mrs Gene A Co Grand Pittsburgh 
Hughes Musical Trio 71 B Main We bete r Mass 
Bulbsrt A De Long 4411 Madison Chicago 
Barley F J 111 Magnolia av Elisabeth N J 
Hyatt A Le Nora llll W Lanvale Baltimore 
Hynds Bosnia 111 Pearl Buffalo 



Inglls A Reading Ilia Bower Jersey City 

Ingrams Two 1804 Story Boone la 

Ioleen Sisters I W 41 N Y 

Ireland Fredk Irwlns Majesties B R 

Irving Pearl Indian Lane Canton Mass 

Irwin Flo 127 W 41 N Y 

Irwin Ferdinand 14 Horton Fall River 



J. 

Jacobs * Sardel Goo A Atkins av Pittsburgh 

Jeffries Tom III Bridge Bklyn 

Jennings Jewell 4 Barlow llll Arl'gt'n St L 

Jess Johnnie Cracker Jacks B R 

Jewell Mildred I Alden Boston 

Jewells Manikins M H Pawtucket R I 

Johnson Great 217 W 17 N Y 

Johnson Henry II Tremont Cambridge Mass 

Johnson Bros A Johnson 6141 Callowhlll Phlla 

Johnstone Chester B 41 Lexington av N Y 

Johnstons Musical Hip London Indef 

Jones A Rogers llll Park av N Y 

Jones Maud 10 W 111 N Y 

Jones A Gaines 412 W II N Y 

Jones Kohl St Whalen Kill Hasel av Phlla 

Juno A Wells 611 E 71 N Y 



Kaufmans 240 E II Chicago 

Keeley Bros 6 Haymsrket 8q London 

Keeley A Parks Altmeyer McKeesport Pa 

Kollam Lee A Jessie Gem Brantford Can 

Kelley A Wentworth Orpheum Kansas City 

Kelly Walter C 6 AV N Y 

Kelssy Sisters 4882 Chrlsttanla av Chicago 

Kennedy Joe 1121 N I Knoxvllle Tenn 

Kenney A Hollls Empress San Francisco 

Kent Marls Follies of Day B R 

Kenton Dorothy Felix Portland Htl N Y 

Keppler Jess Keiths Columbus 

Kessner Ross 411 W 114 N Y 

Klddor Bert A Dor*y III Santa Clara Alameda 

King Brag 111 4 av Scheneotady 



MAZIE KING 



Orpheum Circuit. 



Klein St Clifton Majestic Chattanooga 

Klein Ott A Nicholson Majestic Dubuque la 

Knight Bros St Sawtelle 4460 Sheridan rd Chic 

Koehler Orayce 1080 Calumet Chicago 

Kolb A La Neva O H Augusta Me 

Koler Harry Queens Jardin de Paris BR 

Koners Bros Apollo Vienna 

Kuhns Three White Grand Syracuse 



Lacey Will llll Capitol Washington 

Lalght Psarl Sam Devere B R 

Lake Jas J Knickerbockers B R 

Lamont Harry A Flo 20 Clinton Johnstown NY 

Landls St Knowles Lyric Des Moines 

Lane Goodwin A Lane 1711 Locust Phlla 

Lane A Ardell 111 Alexander Rochester 

Lane Eddie 101 B 71 N Y 

Lane A O'Donnell Alhambra N Y 



THE LANGDONS 



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i*i 



■A Nioht •■ the Boulevard' 

Always s laughing HIT 
ALBEB, WKBKR * EVANS, Mgrs. 



Lanlgan Jos 101 B II Phlla 

Lansear Ward B III Schaefer Bklyn 

La Centra St La Rue 1411 I av N Y 

La Mass Trio Orpheum Budapest 

La Moines Musical 122 6 Baraboo Wis 

La Nole Ed A Helen 6 Mill Troy N Y 

La Ponte Marg 121 W Commerce San Antonio 

La Rue A Holmes 21 Llllle Newark 

La Tell Bros Keiths Jersey City 

La Toska Phil 111 W 22 Los Angeles 

La Tour Irene 24 Atlantic Newark N J 

La Vier Polls Worcester 

Larrlvee A Lee II Shuter Montreal 

Laahe Great llll Kater Phlla 

Laurent Bert I Piatt pi Scranton 

Laveen Cross Co Gayety So Chicago 

Lawrence St Edwards 1140 Westm'r Provld'ce 

Lawrence A Wright II Copelattd Roxbury Mass 

Lay ton Maris III E Indiana St Charles 111 

Le Pages III I Milwaukee 

Le Roy Lydla Follies of Day B R 

La Roy Geo II W 111 N Y 

Le Roy Vic III Everett Kansas City Kan 

Le Roy A Adams lilt Locust av Erie Pa 

Leahy Bros III East av Pawtucket R I 

Leberg Phil A Co 124 Tremont Boston 

Loo Audrey Girls from Happyland B R 

Lee Rose 1040 Broadway Bklyn 

Lehr Corinne Star A Garter B R 

Leipzig Majestic Milwaukee 

Lenox Cecil Trocaderos B R 

Lenas 1114 Newport av Chicago 

Leonard Gus 280 Manhattan av N Y 

Leonard Joe Pat Whites Gaiety Girls B R 

Leonl Ruby Cracker Jacks B R 

Lepp Frank Sam Devere B R 

Leslie Genie 861 Tremont Boston 

Leslie Frank 124 W 121 N Y 

Lester A Kellett 218 Falrraount av Jersey Clt> 

Levering Q Wilbur Follies of Day B R 

Levy Family 47 W 121 N T 

Linton Tom Keiths Lawrence Mass 

Llpaon Chas Girls from Happyland B R 

Llngermans 706 N 6 Phlla 

Linton Fred Taxi Girls B R 

Livingston Murray 880 E 168 N Y 

Lloyd A Gastano 104 B 61 N Y 

Lockhart A Leddy 222 W 126 N Y 

Lockwooda Musical 122 Cannon Poughkeepsle 

Lois St Love 2114 2 Bklyn 

London St Riker 22 W 98 N Y 

Londons Four Orpheum Minneapolis 

Longworths 8 Magnolia av Jersey City 

Lorch Family Orpheum Memphis 

Lowe Musical 87 Ridge av Rutherford N J 

Luce St Luce 621 N Broad Phlla 

Luckle A Yoast Empress Butte 

Lynch Gertrude Sam Devere B R 

Lynch Jack 62 Houston Newark 

Lynch Hasel 266 Norwood av Grand Rapids 

Lynn Louie Star Show Girls B R 



Macey Helen Girls from Hsppylsnd B R 
Mack Tom Miss New York Jr B R 
Mack Floyd 1914 Ohio Chicago 
Mack A Walker Temple Hamilton Can 
Madden St Fltspatrlck Majestic Dallas Tex 
Mslloy Dannie 11 Glen Morris Toronto 
Malvern Troupe Empress Winnipeg 
Manning Frank III Bedford av Bklyn 
Manning Trio 164 N Wanamaker Phlla 
Mantell Harry Trocaderos B R 
Mantells Marionettes 416 Elm Cincinnati 
Marine Comedy Trio 167 Hopkins Bklyn. 
Mario Aldo Trio Orpheum Minneapolis 
Marlowe A Plunkett Orpheum Altoone Pa 
Marsh Chas 101 14 Milwaukee 
Marsh Harry Taxi Girls B R 
Martha Mile Peoples Phlla 
Martlne Carl St Rudolph 467 W 67 N Y 
Marvelous Bob Prlscllla Cleveland 
Marx Bros A Co 4649 Calumet av Chicago 
Mason Harry L Star St Garter B R 
Matthews Elolse Star St Garter B R 
Matthews Mabel 2921 Burling Chicago 
Mayne Elisabeth 1222 8 Wilton Phlla 
McCann Gerald Ine A Co 706 Park Johnstown 
McCarthy St Barth 2901 Missouri av St Louis 
McConnell Sisters 1247 Madison Chicago 
McCormlck A Irving 111 Av O Bklyn 
McCune A Grant III Benton Pittsburgh 
McDermott Harry Star St Garter B R 
McDonald A Oeverneaux 2221 Maxwell B'p"ne 
McGarry A Harris 111 Palmer Toledo 
McOuIre Tuts II High Detroit 
Molntyre Wm J Follies of Day B R 



JOCK McKAY 

With Lulu Olaser In "Miss Dudlesack." 

Management. WBRBA A LUB8CHBB, 

Vaudeville Manager. Pat Casey. 



McLaln Sisters II Miller av Providence 

McNallys Four Irwlns Majesties B R 

McNamee 41 Smith Poughkeepsle 

MacNIcol Jas Charlottetown Canada 

McNutts Nutty 270 W 89 N Y 

McWaters A Tyson 471 60 Bklyn 

Melrose Ethel A Ernest Bway Gaiety Girls BR 

Mendelsohn Jack Pat Whites Gaiety Girls BR 

Meredith Sisters 162 W 66 N Y 

Merrick Tom Midnight Maidens B R 

Methen Sisters 12 Culton Springfield Mass 

Meuther A Davis 842 E 86 N Y 

Meyer David 1664 Central av Cincinnati 

Miles P W Majesties B R 

Millard BUI A Bob Lyda Chicago 

MUlman Trio Nouveau Gent Belgium 

Miller Wilson 782 President Bklyn 

Miller St Mack 2641 Federal Phlla 

Mills A Moulton 68 Ross Buffalo 

Milton George Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

Milton Joe Big Banner B R 

Milton A De Long Sisters Orpheum Harrisb'rg 

Minstrel Four Orpheum Rockford 111 

Mints A Palmer 8812 N Park Phlla 

Mlskel Hunt St Miller 108 14 Cincinnati 

Mitchell Bennett Miss New York Jr B R 

Mitchell Geo Irwlns Majesties B R 

Moller Harry 84 Blymer Delaware O 

Montambo A Bartelll 40 B Liberty Waterbury 

Moore Geo W 1164 Codar Phlla 

Moore A St Clair Colonial Norfolk Va 

Mooree Mite Grand Hamilton O 

Morette Sisters Lyda Chiragu 

Morgan Bros 2626 E Madison Phlla 

Morgan King St Thompson 81s 601 B 41 Chic 

Morln Sisters Bowery Burleaquers B R 

Morris A Wortman 182 N Law Allentown Pa 

Morris A Kramer 1201 St Johns pi Bklyn 



4 Mortons 4 



Morton Harry Queens Jardin de Paris B R 
Morton A Keenan 674 11 Bklyn 
Mosarts 66 Morse Newton Mass 
Mulcey Eddie Bway Gaiety Girls B R 
Mulford Arthur Proctors Cohoes N Y 
Mull Eva Girls from Missouri B R 
Mullen St Corelll Orpheum St Paul 
Muller St Stanley Ashland Chicago 
Murphy Frank Girls from Missouri B R 
Murphy St Frances Keiths Phlla 
Murray Harriet Girls from Happyland B R 
Muslkalgirls Orpheum Memphis 

N. 

Neary Bliss St Ross 469 B Main Bridgeport 
Nelson Florence Girls from Happyland B R 
Nelson Harry P Taxi Girls B R 
Nelson Oswald A Borger 160 E 122 N Y 
Nevsroo Three 894 12 av Milwaukee 



PAUL NEVINS 

and 

RUBY ERWOOD 

UNITED TIME. 
Next Week (Nov. 20), Poll's Hartford. 



NEWELL and N1BL0 

The International Instrumentalists 
Next Week (Nov. 19), Empress, Seattle. 



Newhoff A Phelps 12 W 117 N Y 
Newman Val St Lottie Knickerbockers B R 
•Nichols Nelson Troupe Majestic Birmingham 
Nlcoll Florence Rose Sydell B R 
Noble St Brooks Saratoga Htl Chicago 
Nonette 617 Flatbush av Bklyn 
Norton C Porter 6142 Klmbark av Chicago 
Nowak Casper 1207 N Hutchinson Phlla 
Nowlln Dave Pantages Seattle 
Nugent Jas Majesties B R 

O. 

O'Brien Ambrose Social Maids B R 

O'Connor Trio 706 W Allegheny av Phlla 

O'Connor Sisters 776 6 av N Y 

O'Dell St Gllmore 1146 Monroe Chicago 

Odlva Orpheum Los Angeles 

O'Donnell J R 122 E 124 N Y 

O'Haus Edward Follies of Day B R 

Omar 212 W II N Y 

O'Neal Emma Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

O'Neill Trio Vaudeville Cambridge Mass 

O'Neill St Regecery 692 Warren Bridgeport 

Orloff Troupe 208 E 67 N Y 

Orrasbell Will Follies of Day B R 

Ormsby Geo Follies of Day B R 

Orr Chas F 181 W 41 N Y 

Owens Dorothy Mae 8047 90 Chicago 

Ozavs The 48 Klnsel av Kenmore N Y 



P. 

Pape Herman G Morrison Htl Chicago 
Parker St Morrell 187 Hopkins Bklyn 
Parks Marie Girls from Missouri B R 
Parvis Geo W 2624 N Franklin Phlla 
Patterson Sam 29 W 122 N Y 
Paullnettl St Plquo Orpheum Kansas City 



PAULINE 

Next Week (Nov. 20.) Greenpolnt 
Address 640 W. 112th St.. New York. 



Pearl Marty 82 Marcy av Bklyn 
Pearl A Bogart 626 Solone sv Springfield 111 
Pederson Bros 686 Greenbush Milwaukee 
Pendleton Sisters 616 Columbus Av N Y 
Pepper Twins Lindsay Can 
Perclval Walter A Co Saratoga Htl Chicago 
Peter the Great 422 BI'mneld av Hoboken N J 
Peters St O'Neill Majestic Houston 
Peyser Dsve Bway Gaiety Girls B R 
Phillips Mondane Empress Tacoma 
Phillips Samuel 210 Classon av Bklyn 
Phillips Slaters Bouffes Moscow Russia 
Piccolo Midgets Box 28 Phoenica N Y 
Pickens Arthur J Polls New Haven 
Plerson Hal Girls from Happyland B R 
Plllard Henrietta 8oclal Maids B R 
Plsano St Bingham 60 Christie GloversvlUs 
Potter A Harris 6220 Wayns av Chicago 
Powers John St Jessie Darlings of Paris B R 
Powers Elephants 746 Forest av N Y 
Primrose Four Orpheum Omaha 
Proctor 81sters 1118 Halsey Bklyn 
Propp Anna Follies of Day B R 
Puget Geo E Nixon Phlla 



Quasr * Oualnt Star Show Girls B R 
Quintan Joale 144 N Clark Chicago 



Raceford Roy 107 W 171 N Y 

Radcllffe Ned Sam Devere B R 

Raw Is St Von Kaufman National Boston 

Rayoob H Albert Social Maids B K 

Raymond Clara 141 Lawrence Bklyn 

Raymond Ruby St Co Orpheum St Paul 

Raymond Burton A BainOrpheum Sacramento 

Raymore A Co 147 W II N Y 

Reded A Hilton Midnight Maidens B R 

Redford St Winchester Her Majestys Sydney 

Redmond Trio 261 Halsey Bklyn 

Redner Thomas A Co 972 Hudson av Detroit 

Redway Juggling 141 Inspector Montreal 

Reed A Earl 286 E 62 Los Angeles 

Reeves Alf Bell Oakland 

Reld Sisters 46 Broad Elisabeth N J 

Remington Mayme Gerard Htl N Y 

Renalles The 2064 Sutter San Francisco 

Reno Great Fontenac Kan 

Rensetta A La Rue llll So Hicks Phlla 

Rese Len 1021 Cherry Phils 

Reynolds Francis T Miss New York Jr B R 

Reynolds Nonle Star A Garter B R 

Rice Frank St Truman Orpheum Harrlsburg 

Rich Geo Star Show Girls B R 

Rich St Howard 214 E II N Y 

Riley A Llppus II Plant Dayton O 

Rio Al C 210 W 146 N Y 

Ripon Alf 641 E 87 N Y 

Ritter Nat 66 Lowell Boston 

Rivers St Rochester Waahlngton Boston 

Robblns A Trensman 469-10 Bklyn 

Roberts Edna Majesties B R 

Roberts C E 1861 Sherman av Denver 

Roberts A Downey 66 Lafayette Detroit 

Robinson Chaa Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Robinson Wm C I Granville London 

Roeder St Lester 114 Broadway Buffalo 

Rogers St Mackintosh I Claremont pi M'tcl'rNJ 

Roller Henry 91 Trenton East Boston 

Ro Nero 411 8 George Rome N Y 

Roode Claude M Keiths Columbus 

Rose Blanche Cracker Jacks B R 

Rose Lane A Kelgard 121 W 41 N Y 

Rosenthal Don St Bro 161 Champlaln Roch'str 

Ross Klttie Empress Milwaukee 

Ross Frank Trocaderos B R 

Roaa Slaters 66 Cumberford Providence 

Ross A Lewis Palace Manchester Eng 

Rossis Musical Novelty 218 W 48 N Y 

Rother St Anthony 8 Patterson Providence 

Royal Italian Four 664 Reese Chicago 

Russell Fred Girls from Missouri B R 

Russell May Pat Whites Gaiety Girls 1 R 

Russell A Held Palaco Bath Eng 

Rutledge Pickering A Co Rockland Me 



THOS. J. RYAN- 
RICHFIELD CO. 

Next Week (Nov. 20). Poll's, Hartford. 



Babel Josephine Hoffman House N Y 



JTJOOUUL 
BOORBD SOLID. 
Oalsss 



Savoy Lucille 664 Washington Boston 
Scanlon W J 1691 Vlnewood Detroit 
Scarlet St 8carlet 911 Longwood av W Y 
Schlllln Abe 18 Rldgewood av Newark 
Schilling Wm 1000 B Lanvale Baltimore 
Schroeder Carol Knickerbockers B R 
Scully Will P 8 Webstsr pi Bklyn 
Bears Gladys Darlings of Paris B R 
Selblnl St Grovlnl 6804 17 Av Bklyn 



CHAS. F. SEMON 

Orpheum Circuit. Pat Casey, Pilot 

Next Week (Nov. 20), Orpheum. Sesttle. 



W%m antwering adverttoement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



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VARIETY 



Semon Duo Taxi Girls B R 
Sensell Jean tit Eleanor Pittsburgh 
Seymour Nellie 111 Manhattan N T 
Sexton Chaa B Jefferson Birmingham Ala Indf 
Shea Thomas 1664 Pine Grove av Chicago 
Shedmans Dogs Dumont N J 



BILL 



FKANK 



shepard and Mcdonald 

ALWAYS HOKklMi. 
tt Troy St., Providence. R. I. 

Shepperly 81sters tSO W tt N T 

Sherlock Frank 614 W 136 N Y 

Shermans Two 166 St Emanuel Mobile 

Shields The 907 City Hall New Orleans 

Shorey Campbell Co Orpheum Allentown 

Siddons A Earls t644 8 t Phlla 

Sideiio Tom A Co 4tl0 Cottage Grove av Chic 

Slegel Emma Bon Tons B R 

Slegel A Matthews tt4 Dearborn Chicago 

Slager A Slager 616 Birch av Indianapolis 

Sloat Howard Palace Hazel ton Pa 

Small Johnnie A Sisters 610 Lenox av N T 

Smith Allen lt4t Jefferson av Bklyn 

Smith A Champion 1747 E 46 Bklyn 

Smith A Larson 140 W 49 N T 

Snyder A Buckley Shubert Utlca 

Somen A Storke Jeffers Saginaw Mich 

Soper A Lane lltt N Alden West Phlla 

Spears The 67 Clinton Everett Mass 

Spencer A Austin tile E Phlla 

8plssell Frank A Co 107 Johnston Plainfleld 

Sprague A McNeece 646 N 10 Phlla 

Springer A Church t Esthsr Terrace Plttsfleld 

Stanley Harry Grant Hotsl Chicago 

Stanley Stan 906 Bates Indianapolis 

Stanley Teddy Follies of Day B R 

8 tan wood Davis 164 Bremen E Boston 

Stearns Pearl A Co M H Pawtucket R I 

Btedman Al A Fannie 681 So Boston 

8teinert Thomas Trio ftl Lenox av N T 

Steppe A H tt Barclay Newark 

Stepping Trio t908 N 6 Phlla 

Sterk Great Altmeyer McKeesport Pa 

Stevens E J 49t Marlon Bklyn 

Stevens Llllle 8am Devere B R 

Stevens Paul ttt W tt N T 

Stevens Geo Majesties B R 

St Jams* A Dacre 16t W 64 N T 

St John A McCracken 6161 Chestnut Phlla 

Stone George Social Maids B R 

Strauss Bobby A Co Sun Marion O 

Strehl May Gay Widows B R 

Stuart Doily Gay Widows B R 

Stuart A Keeley Orpheum Spokane 

Stubblelleld Trio 6606 Maple av 8t Louis 

8tutsman A May 619 Washington Wmsport 

Suits Anna Social Maids B It 

Sullivan Madsline Follies of Day B R 

Sully A Phelps ItlO Bolton Phlla 

Summers Allen 1966 W Division Chicago 

Sutton A Sutton 6918 W t Duluth 

Swisher Calvin 708 Harrison av Scranton 

Sylvester Celia Queens Jardin de Paris ) R 

Symonds Alfarstta 140 S 11 Phlla 

Sytz A Sytz 140 Morris Phlla 

T. 

Tanean A Claxton Odeon N T 
Taylor Mae Arcade Toledo 
Taylor A Tenny lt40 Ridge av Phlla 
Temple Luella Social Malde B R 
Terry Herbert Girls from Missouri B R 
Thomson Harry 1284 Putnam av Bklyn 
Thorns Mr A Mrs Harry ttt Bt Nicholas avNT 
Thornes Juggling tt Rose Buffalo 
Thornton Geo A Bowery Burlesqusrs B R 
Thriller Harry 40 Isabella Boston 
Thurston Leslie 816 W 46 N Y 
Tldmarsh Fred A Co 1114 Tatnall Wilmington 
Till Violet Trocaderos B R 
Tlnney Frank Winter Garden N Y lndef 
Tops Topsy A Tops 3448 W School Chicago 
Tomcat A Flor D Allza Empress Kansas City 
Townsend Helena 8tar Show Girls B R 
Tracy Julia Raymond Bartholdl Inn N Y 
Travers Bell 207 W tt N Y 
Travers Phil E 6 E lit N Y 
Travers Roland til W 41 N Y 
Travers A Laurence Dreamland Bath Me 
Tremaines Musical 230 Caldwell Jacksonville 
Troubadours Three 186 W 66 N Y 



Dec. 18 Colonial. 86 Washington, Jan 1 Fifth 

Ave. I Alhambra. It Victoria. 

Featured with the Harry Lauder S how. 

Vaudeville Management. MOBKIH A FK11.. 

Tully May Keiths Columbus O 
Tumbling Toms 1789 Fulton Bklyn 
Tuxedo Comedy Four Jeffers Saginaw Mich 
Tyler Harry Queens Jardin ds Paris B R 



HARRY TSUDA 



U. 

Ullne Arthur M 1799 W Laks Chicago 
Unique Comedy Trio 1917 Nicholas Phlla 

▼. 

Vaggss Brennan Circuit Australia 
Valadons Lea 71 Oarfleld Central Falls R I 
Valdare Bessie 106 W 97 N Y 
Valentine A Bell 1461 W 101 Chicago 
Vallecltas Leopards Dominion Ottawa 
Van Bros Grand Kvansvllle Ind 
Van Dalle 8istsrs 614 W lit N Y 
Van Horn Bobby 119 West Dayton O 
Vardon Perry A Wilbur t Green London 
Variety Comedy Trio ltlt Berth Indianapolis 
Vass Victor V 26 Haskln Providence 
Vassar A Arken 124 Christopher Bklyn 
Tedder Fannie Star A Garter B R 
Vedmar Rene 328t Broadway N Y 
Venetian Berenaders 676 Blackhawk Chicago 
Vernon A Parker 187 Hopkins Bklyn 
Victoria Four Colonial Norfolk Va 
▼lilacs CosaeAy Four ltlt Ringgold Phlla 



Vincent A Slagsr tit Olive Indianapolis 
Viola Otto A Co Bchuman Frankfort Oer 
Violetta Jolly 41 Lelpsiger Berlin Oer 
Voelker Mr A Mrs ttt W 161 N Y 

Von Dell Bijou Flint Mich 



Wade Pearl Trocaderos B R 

Walker A 111 ttt Warren E Providence 



WALSH, LYNCH- CO. 

"MUCJL1N 8 RUM." 

Direction. FAT CASEY. 



Walters A West 1417 Vernon Chicago 

Ward Billy 1»9 Myrtle av Bklyn 

Ward Will H Sam Devere B R 

Ward A Bohlman 122 Schaeffer Bklyn 

Ward A Smith Pekln Savannah lndef 

Warde Mack tOO W 70 N Y 

Washburn Dot 1910 Mohawk Chicago 

Wanner Bros Oakland Ky 

Waters Jas R Miss Nsw York Jr B R 

Waterson Tob Queens Jardin ds Parts B R 

Watson Billy W Girls from Happy land B R 

Watson Jos K Majestic Butte 

Watson Nellie Girls from Happyland 1 R 

Watson Sammy Morsemsrs N J 

Wsber Chaa D lit Taaker Phlla 

Weil John 6 Krusstadt Rotterdam 

Welch Jas A til B 14 N Y 

Welch Thoa 8oclal Maids B R 

Wells Lew 111 Shawmut av Grand Rapids 

Wenrlck A Waldron Ml W II N Y 

Went worth Vesta A Teddy Orpheum Bklyn 

Wesley Frank Cosy Corner Girls B R 

Weet Sisters Ben Welch Show B R 

Western Union Trio 1841 B Clearfield Phlla 

Weston Burt A Co Temple Ft Wayne Ind 

Weston Cecilia Majesties B R 

Weston Edgar 146 W 44 N Y 

Weston Dan E 141 W lit N T 

Wheelers Ths 140 Montague Bklyn 

Wheians Ths Star Show Girls B R 

Whipple Waldo Castro Ashtabula O 

White Kane A White III Vermont Bklym 

White A Perry Polls Springfield . 

Whiteside Btawl Wt« ft* way N Y 

ETHEL WHITESIDE 

aud i hose "Plceauiauiwe. 
"FOLLIES OF COON TOWN " 

Whiting A Bohne O H North Troy lndef 
Whitman Frank 111 Greenwich Reading Pa 
Whitney Tlllle to Kane Buffalo 
Wlchert Grace 8038 Michigan av Chicago 
Wilder. Marshall Atlantic City N J 
Wiley Herbert Girls from Missouri B R 
Wilkens A Wllkens 861 Willis av N T 
Willard Orn Follies of Day B R 
Williams Clara 1460 Tremont Cleveland 
Williams Cowboy 4716 Upland Phlla 
Williams John Cracker Jacks B R 
Williams Chas 8616 Kutgers St Louis 
Williams Ed A Florence 94 W 101 N T 
Williams A De Croteau 1 Ashton sq Lynn Mass 
Williams A Gilbert 1010 Marshtield av Chic 
Williams A Segal Orpheum Kansas City 
Williams A Stevens 1116 Calumet Chicago 
Williams A Sterling Box 1 Detroit 
Wllllson Herbert Al Fields Minstrels 
Wills Estella X Taxi Girls B R 
Wilson Fred Cracker Jacks B R 
Wilson Knox Keiths Cincinnati 
Wilson Lottie 1101 Clifton av Chicago 
Wilson Billy 871 Wyona Bklyn 
Wilson Lizzie Columbia Detroit 
Wileon Patter Tom till 1 av N T 
Wilson Bros Shubert Utlca 
Wilson A Aubrey Orpheum South Bend Ind 
Wilson A Ward 1744 Grays Fwty av Phlla 
Wilton Belle Belles of Boulevard B R 
Winneld A Shannon 177 E Milw'kee av Detr*t 
Winkler Kress Trio 114 W 41 N Y 
Wise A Milton Brennan Circuit New Zealand 
Wise Jack Lyric Portland Ore lndef 
Wood Bros Majestic Cedar Rapids la 
Wood Ollts 188 W 148 N Y 
Woods Ralton A Co Proctors 126 N Y 
Woodall Billy 430 First av Nashville 
Work A Ower Keiths Providence 
World A Kingston Orpheum Salt Lake 
Wright A Dietrich Orpheum Duluth 
Wyckoff Fred Crystal Milwaukee 



Xaviers Four 1144 W 10 Chicago 



Yalto Duo Majestic Ft Worth Tex 
Yeoman Geo 4166 Gibson av 8t Louis 
Yerxa A Adele Girls from Happyland B R 
Young Jeanette Trocaderos B R 
Young A April Empress Minneapolis 
Young Sisters 1176 W 19 Coney island 
Young Frank Bway Gaiety Girls B R 



Zanclgs It Cliff av E Portchestsr N Y 
Zanfrellas 111 Brixton London 
Zechs Three Airdome Chattanooga 
Keda Harry L lltt Cambria Phlla 

Zimmerman Al Keiths Cincinnati 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



Buffalo Ranch Wild West 20 Natchitoches La 
21 Homer 22 Magnolia Ark 22 McNeil. 

Downle A Wheelers 17 Tallapoosa Ga 11 
Douglasville 20 Fayettevllle 21 Woodbury 22 
Grlffen 23 McDonough 24 Jackson 26 Coch- 
ran 27 Hawklnsvllle 28 Eastman 29 Helena 
30 Baxley Dec 1 Hazelhurst. 

Haag Show 17 Dothan Ala 

Hagenbeck Wallace 17 Lake Providence La 18 
Montlccllo Ark 20 Helena 



Sparks 19 Newberry Fla II Dunnellen II In- 
verness It Brooksvllle 14 Leesburg 19 Lake- 
land 10 Wanchula Dec 1 Arcadia 1 Barton 4 
Klssimmee. 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 



Weeks Nov. 20 and 27. 



Americans Star Milwaukee 27 Dewey Minne- 
apolis 

Behman Show Gayety Boston 17-29 Empire 
Albany 10-1 Mohawk Schenectady 

Belles Boulevard Shubert St Paul 17 Gayety 
Omaha 

Ben Welch Show Empire Cleveland 17 Empire 
Toledo ^^ 

Big Banner Show Garden Buffalo 17 Corin- 
thian Rochester 

31g Gaiety Olympic New York 17 Gayety Phlla 

Big Revue Cooks Rochester 17 Lafayette 
Buffalo. 

Bohemians Star Chicago 17 Calumst Chicago 

Bon Tons Empire Hoboken 17 Music Hall Nsw 
York 

Bowery Burlesqusrs Gaysty Newark IT Um- 
pire Hoboken 

Broadway Gaiety Girls Folly Chicago 17 Star 
Milwaukee 

Century Girls Krug Omaha IT Century Kansas 
City 

Chsrry Blossoms Avenue Detroit 17 Folly Chi- 
cago 

College Girls Casino Boston 17 Columbia New 
York 

Cosy Corner Girls Columbia Scranton IT 
Eighth Ave Nsw York 

Cracker Jacks Music Hall Nsw York IT Mur- 
ray Hill New York 

Daffydlls Empire Hoboken 17 Casino Boston 

Darlings Paris Lyceum Washington 17 Monu- 
mental Baltimore 

Ducklings Lafayette Buffalo 17 Avenue Detroit 

Follies Day Empire Indianapolis 17 Bucking- 
ham Loulsvllis 

Gay Widows Star Toronto 17 Cooks Rochester 

Ginger Girls Gayety Brooklyn 17 Olympic 
New York 

Girls from Happyland Columbia Chicago 17 
Gayety Milwaukee 

Girls from Missouri Dewey Minneapolis 17 
Star Bt Paul 

Girls from Reno Star Cleveland 17 AfA+wy 
Pittsburg 

Golden Crook 10-11 Gilmore Springfield 11-16 
Franklin Sq Worcester 17 Westminster Prov- 
idence. 

Hastings Big Show Gayety Milwaukee 17 Gay- 
ety Minneapolis-. — 

High School Girls Star Bt Paul 17 Krug Omaha 

Honeymoon Girls 20-22 Empire Albany 21-26 
Mohawk Schenectady 27 Gayety Brooklyn 

Howe's Lovemakers Gayety St Louis 27 Gay- 
ety Loulsvllis 

Ideals Academy Pittsburg 27 Psnn Circuit 

Imperials Penn Circuit 17 Lyceum Washington 

Jardin de Paris Calumet Chicago 17 Star 
Cleveland 

Jersey Lillles Star A Garter Chicago 17 Gay- 
ety Detroit 

Kentucky Belles Casino Brooklyn IT Bow- 
ery New York 

Knickerbockers Gayety Louisville 17 Standard 
Cincinnati 

Lady Buccaneers Empire Phlla 17 Luaerne 
Wilkes Bar re 

Majesties Gayety Phlla 27 Gayety Baltimore 

Marlon's Dreamlands Murray Hill New York 
27-29 Gilmore Springfield 10-2 Franklin Sq 
Worcester 

Merry Burlesquers Trocadero Phlla 17 Bon 
Ton Jersey City 

Merry Maidens Lussrne Wllkes-Barre 17 
Columbia Scranton 

Merry Whirl Casino Phlla 17 Star Brooklyn 

Midnight Maidens Corinthian Rochester 17-19 
Mohawk Schenectady 10-1 Empire Albany 

Miss New York Jr Howard Boston 27 Royal 
Montreal 

Moulin Rouge Bowery New York 17 Trocadero 
Phlla 

Pacemakers Bronx New York 17 Empire 
Brooklyn 

Painting the Town 10-21 Mohawk Schenec- 
tady 22-26 Empire Albany 27 L O 4 Casino 
Boston 

Passing Parade Empire Toledo 17 Columbia 
Chicago 

Pat Whites Peoples Cincinnati 27 Empire 
Chicago 

Queen Bohemia Westminster Providence 17 
Gayety Boston 

Queens Folies Bergere Monumental Baltimore 
27 Empire Phlla 

Queens Jardin de Paris Gayety Pittsburg 27 
Empire Cleveland 

Reeves Beauty Show Gaysty Detroit 17 Gay- 
ety Toronto 

Robinson Crusoe Girls Gayety Kansas City 17 
Gayety St Louis 

Rose 8yde)l L O 27 Casino Boston 

Runaway Girls Gayety Toronto 27 Garden 
Buffalo 

Sam Devere Bon Ton Jersey City 17 Howard 
Boston 

Social Maids Gayety Washington 17 Gaysty 
Pittsburg 



Star A Oartsr Gaysty Omaha 17 Gaysty Kan 
sas City 

Star 8h6w Girls Csntury Kansas City 17 
Standard St Louis 

Taxi Girls Gaysty Baltimore 17 Gayety Wash- 
ington 

Tiger Lillles Royal Montreal 17 Star Toronto 

Trocaderos Standard Cincinnati 17 Star A Gar- 
ter Chicago 

Vanity Fair Star Brooklyn 17 Gayety Newark 

Watsons Burlesqusrs Buckingham Louisville 
17 Peoples Cincinnati 

Whirl of Mirth Eighth Ave New York 27 
Bronx New York 

World of Pleasure Gayety Minneapolis 17 Shu- 
bert 8t Paul 

Yankee Doodle Standard Bt Louis IT Empire 
Indianapolis 

Zallah's Own Empire Chicago IT Star Chicago 



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LETTERS 



Where C follows name, latter U Is Chi- 
cago. 

Where 8 F follows, letter is at San Fran- 
cisco. 

Advertising or circular letters of any 
description will not be listed when known. 

Letters will be held for two weeks. 

P following name Indicates postal, ad- 
vertised once only. 



Adler Felix 
Albenla 
Alen Edgar 
Allen Charles 
Alpine Pearl 
Anderson Australian 

(C) 
Anderson Vivian 
Ayer Grace (C) 

B. 

Ball Ray E 
Barlowe Fred 
Barnes ft Barnes 
Barnes Blanche 
Barr Ida (C) 
Barrington A Howard 

(C) 
Barry Pauline (C) 
Baylla Charles A 
Beeman Theresa (C) 
Belmont ft Earl (C) 
Bell Dottie (C) 
Bergere Hose 
Bernard Mike 
Beaton Ronald 
Bestry Harry 
Black Gertrude 
Blake A Amber 
Boom Maurice 
Boyle Jack 
Bright Louise (SF) 
Broad Billy 
BYonskl Marcel 
Brown Harry 
Browne Co lb well 
Bruce the (SF) 
Burr Agnes 
Burton Clara (C) 



Caine A Odom (C) 
Canton A William (C) 
Carlyle Leslie (C) 
Cate B J 
Cecil Margaret 
Clancy Geo (C) 
Clare Leslie 
Clark A Verdi (C) 
Coleman John (S F) 
Coleman John (C) 
Connelly ft Webb 
Conrad ft Whidden 

(C) 
Cook Walter 
Cooper Mrs M (C) 
Crispl Ida (C) 
Crolius R P 

D. 
Daub Jack 
Davis Josephine 
Davis Wendell 
Dean Gussle 
Demmlng Geo (C) 
Dessau Earle 8 (C) 
Dooley Wm J 
Dugan Jas 
Dyso Jas (C) 



Edwards Jessie (C) 
Edwards Phil (C) 
Edwards ft Raymond 

(C) 
Elmer Clarence 
Elmore Alan 
Ely Edgar Atchlnson 
Espey Nina 
Emerson Grace (C) 
Emerson ft Celest (C) 



Farrington Nevada 
Fidello ft Carp (&' F) 
Fogarty Frank (P) 
Fording Lillian (C) 
Ford Bert <C) 
Fortune Tellers Trio 

tSF) 
Fox A Clair (SF) 
Frank Herbert 
Franklin Caroline 
Fulton Rosa 



Gennaro (C) 
Georges Two 
Golden Morris (8 F) 
Goodwin Sue 
Gould V 

Graham Jimmie (P) 
Greely Tom (C) 

H. 

Harkins Dolly 
Harlow Beatrice 
Harris Chas (C) 
Harrison Leonore 
Hayraves Mrs 
Hazleton Helen 
Hebert A Langwood 

Heeley ft Heeley 
Herman Dr 
Holgate W D 
Homer Charles 
Hopkins Ethel 
Hornbrook Gus 
Houston Lillian 
Hussey Helen 
Hunting Tony 

I. 

Irving Jack 

J. 

James Alfred (C) 
Johnson ft Wells 

(8F) 
Juhasz Steve (C) 

K. 

Kapel Helen (C) 

Keller Jessie 

Kelly Tom (SF) 

Kennedy ft Rooney 

Kenney Jack 

Kent Annie 

King Masie 

King ft Mack (C) 

Klrke Ethel 

King Nellie A Mollie 

(O 
King A Mackaye (C) 
Klrby Tom (C) 
Kohn S J (C) 

L. 

La Belle Serranita 

(SF) 
La Estrellta (S F) 
Landls ft Knowles (C) 
La Rose Allan 
La Rue Harry (C) 
Lavlne Edward 
Le Claire ft Sampson 

(C) 
Lee Joe (C) 
Lewis A Cbapln (C) 



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THE FOX AGENCY 

EDWARD P. KEALEY. Manager 
212 WEST 42nd 8T. V NEW YORK Phone, 1247 Bryant 



IO WEEKS IN NEW YORK CITY 

No acts or sketches too large for us to play nor too big for 

our stages. 

Booking the New York Theatre 

on Broadway, at 45th Street, the centre of vaudeville. 

Oar theatres are reviewed by ell vaudeville mnnag>ra. 

The beat piece "to show'* In the country. 



ERNEST EDELSTEN 

VARIETY AND DRAMATIC AGENT. 

17 Qrecn St., Leicester Square. LONDON. 

Sole Representative. 

John Tiller's Companlea Walter C Kelly. 

Little Tlch. Two Bob*. Wee Oeorgle Wood. 

U WAYS VACANCIES FOB GOOD ACTS 

Vaudeville Headline™ 
ut Good Standard Ads 

If you have an open week roe waat to All at 

ghort notice, write to W. L DOCKSTADBR. 

3ARRICK THEATRE. WILMINGTON. DEL. 

Can cloee Saturday night and make any city 

east of Chicago to open Monday nlirht. 

If you wish to break Into the lyceum or 
Chautauqua field or become thoroughly Intel- 
llgent about this field, subscribe at once for 

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Send 16c. In stamps for sample oopy. 

069 Peoplee Oas Bids.. Chicago. 

Recognized Vaudeville Acts 

If you have an open Week coming East, or 
going West, write to • 

CHA8. W. BOYER 

Manager THE BOYER THEATRES, Hagers* 

town, Maryland. 

State Lowest Salary and send Program. 



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la Via Areireocorado. Torino. Italy. 

BORNHAUPT 

INTERNATIONAL AGENT. 

16 Oalerte Du Rol. Brueeele 

PHIL HUNT 

Geo. M. Cohan Theatre Bldg., Times Square, N. Y. 

N Y. Booking Keprenentitive of 

SO NEW ENGLAND THEATRES, 

Including Howard Anthenaeum, Boston 

~NEW~THEATRE~ 

BALTIMORE, Md. 

All recognised acts desiring to 
BREAK THEIR JUMP8 

COMING EAST OR OOINQ WEST 

8end In your Open Time. NO SUNDAY SHOW 
Mention Lowest Salary. Include Program. 
GEORGE SCHNEIDER. Manager. 



FREEMAN BERNSTEIN 

Manager. Promoter and Producer of Vaudevllls Acta 

HEIDELBERG BLDG., Bway and 4Id St.. NEW YORK (Suite 406). Phone 1470 Bryant. 

OPEN NIGHT AND DAY. 

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Circulation guaranteed to be larger than that of any English Journal devoted to the 
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NEW YORK AGENTS— Paul Tauetg. 104 Bast 14th St. and Samuel French A Bona, 14-tt 
West ltd Street. 

Artists vlsltlns England are Invited to send particulars of their aot and date of opening 
THE STAGE Letter Bos Is open for the reception of their mall. 

10 YORK STREET. COVENT GARDEN. LONDON. W C 

A Modern Fire-Proof Theatre 

TO The Colonial Theatre, ,MO,A 1 W OL,8 • 

for a term of Four Years. New Building; Modern Equipment; 1500 
■BE I BBJ Seating Capacity ; on a Principal Thoroughfare. Terms Reasonable 

MARK-BROCK THEATRICAL ENTERPRI8E8 

028 White Building, BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Le Grande Oswald 
Lehman s Three (SF) 
Le Mont Dan 
Lennle Ted 
Leonardo Trio (S F) 
Leslie Walter 
Leslie Ethel (SF) 
Leslie Ethel 
Letelller M (8 F) 
Lewln Harry W 
Lewis Orover 
Litchfield Paul 
Long Bros (C) 
Lopes A Lopez (C) 
Love Joe 

Lucca Luciano (C) 
Lynch Frank (C) 

M. 

Mack Chas (C) 
Mack Joe 
Mack O 

Marke Dorothy (C) 
Martin Ed 
Mason Daley 
Mason Cha« P 
Matthews C (C) 
May Devona 
Mead Blanche 
MacFarlane Anna 
McOlUlcuddy Eddie 
McKee Win 
McMahon Tim (C) 
Milton Josle (C) 
Mitchell Abble 
Munford A Thompson 

(C) 
Murphy Francis (C) 
Murray Mae 



N. 

Nadje 

Nana (S F) 
Neary Simon (C) 

O. 

O'Hearn Will (C) 
Orvllle Victoria 

P. 

Parks Eddie 

Pcarce C D 

Premier Musical Trio 

(SF) 
Prevost Ed (C) 
Prevost Vic (C) 
Prince 6 Virginia (C) 
Pringle A Allen (C) 
Proppe Gus 
Pye E Gard 

Q. 

Qulnn George 
Qulnn Mattie 
Qu'nn Rose 



Ramey Marie 
Randall Claude 
Rattray Allan (S F) 
Rays The 

Redding Franceses 
Redgate Geo A 
Reld Bessie 
Revelly Hugo (C) 



Rice Nancy Lee (C) 
Rodgers Mrs W G 
Rogan John 
Rome & Ferguson 
Rooney Katie 
Ross Bert (C) 



Samuels Ray (C) 
banger Hazel 
Savor Luclle 
Searfs Alice 
Sharrocks The 
Slebert Alice (C) 
Simons J (C) 
Smith Clay 
Smith Tom (C) 
Snook Great (S F) 
Snook Great (C) 
Sousloff A (8 F) 
Splller Wm 
Stedman Fanny 
SuMlvan Bert (C) 
Sullivan Wm (C 
Sullivan Mark 
Sully Jack (C) 
Sully Wm F (C) 



Talbot Ethel 
Tard Harry (8 F) 
Taylor C A (C) 
Thorne A Carleton 
Thomas Eddie 
Thompson Jas (C) 
Tillson Ben A 
Traut A (8 F) 
Tucker Misses 



Tunnle ft Ralston 
(P) 



U. 



Uri Morris 



Von Klein ft Gibson 
(C) 

W. 

Walker Jack (8 F) 
Walton Louise 
Ward Sam (C) 
Warner Florence (P) 
Washburn Lillian 
Watts Geo (C) 
Watson Jas (C) 
We Chok Be (C) 
Welch Mealy ft Mont- 
rose (C) 
Wells Harvey (C) 
Wild Billy (C) 
Wllkens Cbarles 
Wilson Grsd (C) 
Wilson Jack 
Winch Frank 

Y. 

Yph Sir (C) 
York Alva 
Younn Harry (C) 

Z. 

Zobedle Fred (C) 
Zolo W (C) 



Griffin Circuit 

The Ride away big time circuit. No acts too big. Exclusive agents. Writs or wire PETER 
F. GRIFFIN. Booking Agent. Griffin Vaudeville Circuit. Variety Bldg.. Toronto. Can. 

BERT LEVEY 

INDEPENDENT CIRCUIT VAUDEVILLE 

Plenty of Time for Recognised Acts who Respect Contract!. Aots desiring time communicate 
Direct to EXCLUSIVE OFFICES: 144-110 POWELL STREET. San Francisco. Calif. 

M b-WK ADVANCE FARES TO REAL ACTR 



EUROPEAN OFFICE 

BERLIN. GERMANT 

RICHARD PITROT. 

Representative 

LOUIS PINCU8. 
New York Repre- 
sentative, Gayety 
Theatre Bldg. 



Pantages Circuit 

YHUDEYILLE f&HTRES, Inc. 

ALEXANDER PANTAGES 
President and Manager 

•CATTLE 



OFFICES 
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XCHANOE 

CHAS I. MUTtlCK, Prep hi Missftr IN HOtTH LA SALLE ST.. CHICAB0 

WANTED 

Nsw Acts. New Faces. Recognised Big Feature Acta. Good Comedy Sketches. Novelty aad 

Musical Acts. etc. for Immediate and future time. 

BOOKING First Class Vaudeville Houses In Chicago, and It Houses In 111. Jumps from 40 

cts. to $4. Also New Houses In Ind., Iowa, Wla 
PERFORMERS — If you hsve one or more weeks open, write, wire or phone. 

of your customers Is required to build up a successful businesa 
I have arranged STEAMSHIP accommodations 4 TIMES for 
Jean Clermont, Arnold Do Blere, Jordan and Harvey, Alice 
Lloyd; t TIMES for Belleclaire Broa. Sam Elton. Imro Fox. 
W. C. Fields, Hardeen, Arthur Prince, etc. Let me arrange 
TOUR steamship accommodations; also railroad tloketa 



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MARCUS LOEWS NEW ENG LAND AGENCY 

NOW LOCATED IN NEW QUARTERS 

GAIETY THEATRE BUILDING. BOSTON 

FRED MAEDO. Manager 

Consecutive Booking through Now England, with Now York and other time to follow 
Suite 404-4Qg SUNDAY ACTS WANTED Phone, Oxford S64Q«447S J. 

JAMES CLANCY VAUDEVILLE AND DRAMATIC AGENCY 

MOVED TO LARGER OFFICES AT 

419-420 PUTNAM BUILDING. 1493 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 
VAUDEVILLE DEPARTMENT.— We can offer several weeks' excellent time to reputable acts 

of all kinds. Rmall Jumps. Csll and see BRI'CE DITTl'S. 
STOCK AND DRAMATIC DEPARTMENT.— Now engaging for several reputable Stock Com- 
panlea People wanted in all lines. Call and see VICTOR HEERMAN. 

REMEMBER THE ADDRESS: 

TtJ. 1771-1771 try est 



4 1 8-4? O Putnam Building, 1493 Broadway, New York 



A go«d agent for food arts. 




Aots new to the west please write Suite 111. Chicago Opera House Block. Chicago. 



CHURCH'S BOOKING OFFICE, Inc. 

Bonking 
TBTB T T (ft) FIRST CLASS THEATRES la Now Eagiaed aad New York. 

White Bat Contracts No Black List 

41 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON. 

The Gus Sun Booking Exchange Company 

The LorgVst Family Vaudeville Circuit In the World 

GUS SUN, Sole Booking Agent, Main Office, Sun Theatre Bldg., Springfield. Ohio 

BBANCH OFFICES: JEROME CASPER. 6S0 Wahaeh Bldg.. Pittsburgh; CHAS. CBOWL, 

Msjestlc Theatre Bldg., Chicago; PROCTOR SEAS, Prlecllla Theatre, Cleveland; HARRY 
HART, American Theatre. Cfnrlnnatl. 
NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: JOHN SUN. «0fi Havety Theatre Bldg.. New York 

Booking eight weeks la and around New York. 
AU Agents visit our New York houses. OPEN for FEATURE Acts for CLUBS. 

8ENO IN YOUR OPEN TIME 

SHEA & SHAY VAUDEVILLE AGENCY 

I4Q2 BROADWAY N*W YORK 



(1 106-1107 Murray Hill.) 



Western States Vaudeville Ass'n 

ELLA HERBERT WESTON, Oen. Mgr. 

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dium this week, and all coins; some. 

It has Just come to notice that a number of 
End lab acts which left for the States a short 
while ago are all making food. 

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week, so look our for some new wit. 
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Berol Is still unexplained by the wise ones In 

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"In the way of novelty precedence mnst go to 
the mysterious 'Menetekel'— Pleasing: and per- 
plexing:." "Telegraph." 



"The hand which traced the forecast of Bel- 
shazzar'a doom could not have been more 
wonderful— astounding" "Star." 



"Few acts of more mystifying nature have 
been seen than 'Menetekel'." "Ledger." 



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"At the Garrlck . . . entertaining and 
puzzling feature ... It Isn't often that 
playgoers as a body are so completely stumped 
with a performance of this nature, but 'Mene- 
tekel' seemed to have It all over them." 

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'Baffling, mysterious and exceedingly clever." 

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From the Boston Opera Houae and Metro- 
politan Opera House, Philadelphia Also from 
the Palace, Empire and Alhambra, London. 

I am going to make America my home In 
future, because I like It and because I can 
make more money here than In England. I 
have sold out my home In England. 

I am In the unique position of being the 
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NOVEMBER 25, 1911 



PRICE TEN CENTS 



INTERSTATE COMMISSION 

INQUIRING INTO REBATES 

Investigation on Before Federal Qrand Jury at Chicago 

Involving Eastern Burlesque Wheel Managers 

Suspected of Having Received Rebates 

Prom the VanderMIt Lines 



Chicago, Nov. 22. 

This week the Federal authorities 
have been investigating to ascertain 
whether the Vanderbilt Lines rebated 
to Eastern Burlesque Wheel mana- 
gers for traffic of burlesque compan- 
ies over those roads. 

J. Herbert Mack, Samuel A. Scrib- 
ner, Rudolph K. Hynicka and L. Law- 
rence Weber were here and examined 
under subpoena. 

The testimony is received by the 
Grand Jury, as the charge is subject 
to indictment. Penalty is $5,000 for 
each offense. 

From what is understood of the 
action, the allegation* is that Mr. Hy- 
nicka received the money, If any was 
paid. There is a report around the 
railroad men testified they paid 
monies in rebates to some Eastern 
Burlesque Wheel man. 

Morris Mannist also testified. He 
was formerly employed by an East- 
ern Burlesque Wheel firm. 

In New York the investigation into 
the matter of rebates by railroads to 
Eastern Wheel managers has been un- 
derstood to have been on for several 
weeks. It is said a sum of money, 
amounting to about $16,000, was 
traced by the Department of Justice 
from the Vanderbilt Lines to the man- 
agers. The passing of the money, ac- 
cording to the story, was accomplish- 
ed by the railroad buying space in 
theatre programs ostensibly. 

At a dinner given to burlesque 
managers some months ago, it is re- 
ported a statement was made that a 
dividend soon to be declared was 
furnished through railroad rebates. 

The Morris Mannist mentioned as 
the only witness before the Grand 



Jury, outside of the burlesque people, 
was in the employ of Weber & Rush 
before that firm dissolved. Afterward 
Mr. Mannist found employment with 
Ed. F. Rush, and later, it is said, ap- 
plied to the Columbia Amusement Co. 
for a position. His application was 
refused. Shortly after, according to 
report, the Federal authorities start- 
ed an investigation. While in New 
York last week, although his place 
of business is in Canada, Mr. Man- 
nist was served with a subpoena to 
appear in Chicago on the rebate 
matter. 



"PEGGY** AT THE CASINO. 

"Peggy," rewritten by William Le- 
Baron and whipped into better shape 
for an opening at the Casino, New 
York, has had a new chorus recruited 
for the piece. 

Ned Wayburn was called in to bol- 
ster up the numbers. He sent out a 
hurry call Saturday for 300 chorus 
girls, picking a full set for the Tom 
W. Ryley piece. Ryley expects to 
"come back" with "Peggy." It was 
at the Casino where he made his big- 
gest "barrel." 

With the rehash and rebuilding of 
"Peggy" and its subsequent arrival at 
the Casino, the opening of "The Wed- 
ding Trip," Reginald DeKoven's mu- 
sical play at this house, will neces- 
sarily come at a later date. Unless the 
Shuberts again shake the bookings 
around, "Peggy" will follow "The Kiss 
Waltz" at the Casino. 

Dorothy Jardon will be In "The 
Wedding Trip." 

Charles A. Bigelow has retired from 
the cast of "The Waltz" at the Casino, 
and his place taken by Dallas Welford, 
the English comedian, who will also 
fill the role on the forthcoming road 
tour. 



HIP'S BIG SALE FOR LAUDER. 

Cleveland, Nov. 22. 

Since last Friday B. F. Keith's Hip- 
podrome has been returning money 
for the Harry Lauder performances 
tomorrow (two shows). The house 
was completely sold out by Nov. 17, 
at a $2 scale for orchestra and bal- 
cony, with $3 in the boxes. 

The advance sale started so early 
the Hippodrome did not find it neces- 
sary to advertise or bill the Harry 
Lauder Road Show. 

Trenton, N. J., Nov. 22. 

The finale of the Harry Lauder tour 
will occur next Tuesday night at the 
Broad Street theatre. A big time has 
been planned. William Morris, Mr. 
Lauder's American manager, and his 
entire staff, will be present to witness 
the presentation to the Scotchman of 
a handsome silver service in commem- 
oration of his 1911 hugely successful 
trip. Mr. Morris may make the speech 
and delivery. 

Wednesday morning Mr. Lauder 
leaves New York on the Lusitania. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 
The Harry Lauder Road Show now 
holds the record for the Garrick. It 
played to within $1,000 of the total 
capacity of the house, two shows daily, 
for the week Mr. Lauder was here. 



FOUR FORDS* LAST SEASON. 

San Francisco, Nov. 22. 
When the Four Fords played here, 
it was agreed between the brothers 
and sisters this would be their last sea- 
son under the act's well known title. 
Max Ford is thinking of embarking 
as a "single" turn. The two girls 
will appear together. Ed Ford has 
no plans, as far as known. 



WILLIES FIR8T FIGHT. 

The first boxing match ever wit- 
nessed by William Hammersteln re- 
sulted In an attraction for Hammer- 
stein's next week. It is One-Round 
Hogan, who put It all over Knock- 
out Brown last week. James E. 
Plunkett, the agent, was in Hogan's 
corner, and saw Willie In the crowd. 
The rest was easy. Willie says it 
gives some claps to the bills to have 
a new name like One-Kound Hogan 
upon it, 



ERLANGER AND CASEY SAILING. 

The Mauretanla Dec. 16 will sail 
away with A. L. Erlanger and Pat 
Casey aboard. They go over to Lon- 
don to witness the opening of the 
specially organized "Pink Lady" com- 
pany for the Globe theatre there. The 
event occurs New Year's. 

The company, numbering 100 or 
more, were all gathered in New York 
for a complete English presentation. 
They will leave by the Minnehaha the 
same day. 

This will be Mr. Casey's first ven- 
ture afloat, though the big vaudeville 
agent has threatened to look the old 
country over several times in the past. 

The second company, with Frank 
Daniels and Ada Lewis as the princi- 
pal players, opened Monday night in 
Trenton, for a three days' engage- 
ment, with the last half of this week 
scheduled for Hartford. 

Sam Harrison sailed for London 
Wednesday, in advance of the com- 
pany. 

(Special Cable to VARiarrt.) 

London, Nov. 22. 

It Is unlikely Klaw ft Erlanger's 
production of "The Pink Lady" for 
London will appear at the Globe, ow- 
ing to the present success there of 
"The Glad Eye." 

The Queens theatre will more prob- 
ably be the London stopping place 
for the K. ft E. show. 



GREAT DANCER COMING. 

Katerlna Geltzer, the premier ball- 
erina danseuse of the Imperial Opera 
House, St. Petersburgh, who has 
never been out of Russia until this 
year when she appeared in London, 
accompanied by three dancing solo- 
ists, two women and a man, will ar- 
rive in New York Dec. 2, on the New 
York. 

Mme. Geltzer may appear in Wash- 
ington before opening at the Metro- 
polltna Opera House. She is consid- 
ered one of the greatest dancers In 
the world. 



BECK DUE BACK. 

Martin Beck Is due back In New 
York Dec. 1. He left for London a 
couple of weeks ago. 



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"MUSIC HALL TRUST" REVIVED 
IN ENGLAN D BY OSW ALD STOLL 

Moss 9 Empires Reported to be Easy for Him to Land, but 

Butt and De Frece Company Proving an Obstacle. 

$15,000,000 Corporation in the Air. 



(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Not. 22. 

There is evidently in the shaping a 
big vaudeville "trust" on this side. A 
capital of $16,000,000 is talked of. 
This would cover the amalgamation 
of the Stoll-Gibbons concern, Moss 
Empires, Syndicate Halls and the Va- 
riety ' Theatres Controlling Co. Al- 
though there is no official announce- 
ment made, it is generally believed 
the scheme owes its inception and 
formation to Oswald Stoll. 

It is no secret the condition of Moss 
Empires, Ltd., is far from what it 
was. The price of the shares In the 
open market give some indication of 
how things stand. Mr. Stoll has a 
very large holding in Moss Empires, 
although he has no official position 
with it. Someone recently unloaded 
on the market. It Is generally be- 
lieved on the Inside that a great many 
of the shares then sold came into the 
possession of Mr. Stoll. 

Many meetings have been recently 
held at which Moss Empires, repre- 
sentatives Stoll, Gibbons, Butt and De 
Frece have been present. 

The position of the Variety Theatres 
Controlling Co. (Butt-De Frece) at 
the moment is something as that of 
the obstinate juror, who would not 
agree to • the hanging. They carry 
comparatively little responsibility in 
the way of bricks and mortar, yet they 
have a big pull, and whilst they run 
in opposition to Moss Empires in the 
provinces, they have a working ar- 
rangement in regard to the regula- 
tion of artists' salaries. They also 
have an action in the courts against 
Walter Gibbons, so that it is quite 
clear until the Variety Theatres Con- 
trolling Co. concludes its agitation and 
litigation, the so called "Music Hall 
Trust" can not come about. 

It may be premature anyhow to talk 
about the details of such a combine, 
much as it has been planned time and 
time again. No one in the least de- 
gree Intimate with Mr. Stoll, believed 
that when the previous attempt failed, 
he had done with it. Nor would 
anyone be surprised, if within the near 
future, he succeeded, in pulling off 
the greatest financial coup ever known 
in the history of vaudeville. 



CENSOR CUTS THRILLERS. 

(Special Cable to Variety) 

London, Nov. 22. 
The French company headed by 
Louis Tune has announced a presenta- 
tion of "Laviergee Folle" at tho Coro- 
net theatre, but the Censor has forbid- 
den the organization from giving any 
of the "thrillers" from the Grand 
Gulgnol, Paris. 



ACTS NEEDS UNDERSTANDING. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 22. 
Pasquariello, an Italian comic sing- 
er, opened at the Hippodrome Mon- 



day. The Neapolitan melodist was a 
big hit to those who comprehended his 
turn, but he was not understood by 
the majority. 



NATION GETS CRYSTAL PALACE. 

(Special Cable to Variety..) 

London, Nov. 22. 
Crystal Palace has been bought for 
the nation. Lord Plymouth sub- 
scribed $1,050,000 toward the fund 
for its purchase. 



"PEGGY" AND "MAID" CLOSING. 

(Special Cable to Variety..) 

London, Nov. 22. 
Notices have been posted at the 
Gaiety announcing the closing of 
''Peggy" and at the new Whitney 
(formerly Waldorf) for the with- 
drawal of "The Spring Maid." 



SPECIAL XMAS ATTRACTIONS. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 22. 
The special Christmas attractions 
for the Coliseum will be Charles Haw- 
trey and James Welch. 



GRAVES RECONSIDERING. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Nov. 22. 
George Graves is reconsidering a 
proposition recently made to him to 
go to America. He at first declined it. 



APHIE JAMES A RECRUIT. 

Aphle James, late star in "Judy 
O'Hara," Is preparing to enter vaude- 
ville and has several sketches under 
consideration. Since her company 
closed, "Judy O'Hara" has been re- 
leased for stock purposes. 



WANTS ACTORS BONDED. 

Boston, Nov. 22. 
Frank Mead, the booking agent, has 
framed an amendment to the Agency 
Bill that will soon be fought before 
the legislature, in which the actor, as 
well as agent, will be compelled to 
file a bond. This, in a measure, will 
protect the manager as well as the 
actor. 



PEEBLES BOOKING. 

John C. Peebles, late manager of 
the Hudson theatre, Union Hill, has 
established a booking and producing 
agency in the Putnam building. 



CHIMP DIES EN ROUTE. 

London, Nov. 8. 
Frank E. Bostock, who sent two 
chimpanzees to South Africa for a 
tour of that country, received word a 
few days ago one died on the way. 



IDA FULLERS NEW ACT. 

The Pat Casey Agency Is submitting 
Ida Fuller In a new act to the vaude- 
ville managers. Miss Fuller recently 
returned from the other side, and has 
prepared an elaborate number for her 
re-entrance over here. 



MARQUARD DIDN'T SHOW. 

George O'Brien, who booked 
"Rube" Marquard and Annie Kent 
(formerly of Kelly and Kent), at the 
New York Roof to open Monday af- 
ternoon, was a very much flustered 
youth for several hours Monday morn- 
ing. 

The act rehearsed all day Sunday 
and everything looked propitious for 
the premiere the following day. Mon- 
day morning Georgie strolled around 
to the theatre to assist in the orches- 
tra rehearsal but neither of his peo- 
ple put In an appearance. 

Finally growing restive, Georgie 
called up "Rube's" home and was in- 
formed he had "just left in his ma- 
chine for Miss Kent's hotel." Rush- 
ing around to where Miss Kent was 
stopping^ he was told that both had 
gone out a moment before he arrived. 
All efforts to locate the pair were of 
no avail. After waiting for more than 
a reasonable length of time the ball 
tosser's billing was removed from the 
front of the house and another act 
substituted and a lawsuit threatened. 

In the evening Marquard visited 
Hammerstein's to pay his respects to 
his co-laborers on the diamond who 
were appearing at that house. Asked 
why he was not working "Rube" re- 
plied he understood that he was 
booked for the New York theatre and 
did not wish to appear on any roof. 

Miss Kent gives as the reason for 
not playing at the New York, that 
she was served with an injunction re- 
straining her from appearing. She 
alleges that she was booked by M. R. 
Sheedy to play Lynn this week, but 
had secured a verbal release and that 
the Injunction service was the first 
Intimation she had of any attempt to 
prevent her from playing at the New 
fork with Marquard. 

The Marquard-Kent contract with 
Fox is for five weeks, and will be 
played later — so say the Fox people. 



ARBUCKLE'S LAST WEEK. 

This is the last week in vaudeville 
for Maclyn Arbuckle, with "The 
Welcher." The managers want him, 
but at Mr. Arbuckle's salary the num- 
ber of houses he can appear in are 
limited, so the managers also want 
th) actor to produce a new sketch. 

The sketches around New York just 
now are not as plentiful as Bill Ed- 
wards' dirt piles. Thus Mr. Arbuckle 
retires, to produce one next month. 
It will be either a dramatization of 
"Col. Tod Hunter" or "The Prodigal 
Judge." Both are quite well known 
and good sellers from the book 
shelves. 



COMEDY CLUB'S MEMBERSHIP. 

A general meeting of the Vaudeville 
Comedy Club was held at the club- 
house last Sunday afternoon. These 
general gatherings to talk over the 
affairs of the society will be monthly 
occurrences from now on. The "clown 
nights" start this Saturday, and will 
be a weekly feature henceforth. 

A plan to give away a life member- 
ship and a gold card has been arrived 
at by Gene Hughes, the secretary. He 
proposes the club, on July and Jan. 1 
of each year, should present these 
gifts to the member who shall have 
brought in the most applications for 
membership between the dates. 



LETS BELLE BAKER OUT. 

The Shuberts let Belle Baker out 
of the Winter Garden performance 
after Monday. Miss Baker was a 
part of the vaudeville olio at the first 
night of "Vera Violetta." She was 
also in the Sunday evening vaudeville 
bill at the same place. Each time the 
"coon shouter" received applause, but 
It was evident to everyone a "clacque" 
supplied it. 

It is also said the Yale boys at the 
Hyperion, New Haven, were peaceful 
last Saturday night, until Miss Baker 
appeared. After that, they wrecked 
the theatre, the curtain having been 
lowered immediately upon Miss Baker 
retiring. She does not carry the 
"clacque" around the country with her, 
reserving it only for New York. 



BERNARD AND WESTON QUIT. 

Montreal, Nov. 22. 

Mike Bernard and Willie Weston, 
booked to play at the Orpheum this 
week, reported in town and then, had 
a quarrel which resulted in Bernard 
returning to New York. 

Weston hunted up a local pianist 
named Epstein, who had formerly 
been in vaudeville, and is working 
with him. 



COLORED "SCHOOL BOY" ACT. 

There will be a colored "School Boys 
and Girls" in vaudeville shortly. J. 
McPherson and Chris. Smith are get- 
ting the dark youngsters together, ten 
of 'em. James Plunkett will place the 
turn. 



NEW PANTAGES AT PORTLAND. 

Portland, Ore., Nov. 22. 

Alexander Pantages' new $250,000 
theatre opened Monday night, turn- 
ing hundreds away, unable to gain 
admission. It is declared by the 
press of this city to be the most beau- 
tiful vaudeville house in the town. 

The boxes were occupied by the 
mayor, city officials and resident 
managers of this city and Seattle. 
Mrs. Pantages rendered a violin solo 
and was the recipient of many beau- 
tiful floral offerings. An excellent 
bill was presented. 



TALBOT BREAKS DOWN. 

St. Louis, Nov. 22. 
Suffering from a nervous break-own 
caused by overwork in connection with 
the opening of the Hippodrome here, 
Frank L. Talbot, owner of both the 
Hip and Gem theatre, is confined to his 
room, American Hotel, being under 
the care of two physicians and a train- 
ed nurse. 



V. M. P. A. MEETING. 

A meeting of the Vaudeville Man- 
agers' Protective Association mem- 
bers was held yesterday (Thursday). 

Among the matters passed upon was 
the Invitation of the White Rats Act- 
ors' Union for the actors and man- 
agers to meet in conference. 



B1LLERS' CONVENTION DEC. 4. 

Boston, Nov. 22. 
Richard Armstrong and John But- 
ler were elected by the Bill Posters 
and Billers' Union, Sunday, as dele- 
gates to the International convention 
of the craft, that will be held at St. 
Louis, Dec. 4. 



VARIETY 



UNITED OFFICES RESTARTING 
FORMER " OPPOSI TION SHEET" 

John J. Murdock Renews Activity Against Acts Playing 

" Small Timers." Two Two -a -Day Houses Open in 

Competition to U. B. O. Booking. Scouts 

Out to Locate the Chance-Takers 



With the return of John J. Mur- 
dock this week to the United Book- 
ing Offices, renewed activity com- 
menced in locating acts playing 
"■mall time" vaudeville ho uses in 
opposition to those booked by the 
U. B. O. 

Several employes of the Family 
Department of the big agency were 
ordered out on the road by Mr. Mur- 
dock to discover "big time" acts ap- 
pearing under assumed names. Many 
complaints reached the offices dur- 
ing Mr. Murdock's long illness, re- 
garding a condition like this, but no 
serious attention was given to them 
in Murdock's absence. 

Monday the agents in the United 
Booking Offices were warned against 
permitting any of their acts to ap- 
pear in houses not supplied by the 
U. B. O. on pain of cancellation of 
future "big time." The most flag- 
rant cases were cited as having oc- 
curred at Lynn, Mass., although the 
practice has been general. 

One matter promptly acted upon 
this week was the instance of Sully 
and Hussy, billed under their #wn 
title at the Miles theatre, Detroit. 
This week was , the only open time 
the act has until next June, the re- 
mainder of the season having been 
placed by the U. B. O. The Miles is 
in opposition to the Temple, Detroit. 
Upon the newspaper advertisements 
being received by the United, carry- 
ing Sully and Hussy as the bottom 
line, Albee, Weber & Evans, agents 
for the act, were notified all the act's 
United engagements had been can- 
celed. The agents disclaimed know- 
ledge of the Miles booking, saying 
the first notification they had receiv- 
ed of the turn filling in the week 
was through the United. 

Much speculation over the out- 
come is being indulged in through 
the Marcus Loew agency handling 
the bookings for a couple of two-a- 
day houses just opening. One is the 
Lumberg, Utica, N. Y., starting Mon- 
day in opposition to Wilmer & Vin- 
cent's house at that point, and the 
other, the Imperial, Washington, 
which opened Monday against 
Chase's, Washington. Wilmer & Vin- 
cent and P. B. Chase book through 
the United. The new Washington 
house plays a full week, and is tak- 
ing in shows costing about $1,100. 
The Lumberg will split the week with 
the Lyceum, Troy. 

Among the cities the Family De- 
partment men were informed to visit 
by the United Offices (of which the 
Pam. Dept. is the "small time" book- 
ing branch), were Philadelphia, Bos- 
ton, Pittsburg and other towns which 
have reported suspicious cases, with- 
out local managers having been able 
to Identify the owners of the sup- 
posedly assumed names in the small- 
er theatres. 



The plan first outlined by the 
United for the "opposition sheet" will 
be followed. Action will be taken 
only upon complaints filed by resident 
managers or directors of circuits, 
against houses or acts in "opposition." 



JO PAIGE'S START. 

Jo Paige Smith made a start this 
week to become a gentleman rider. He 
got a bridle. Jo will bloom forth 
when a saddle and horse are presented 
to him. 

'Tls a pity to keep the bridle from 
off a horse's back. It is worth about 
$200, and was sent to the agent by 
Sebastian Merrill. Mr. Merrill secured 
it from Billy Saul, a roving youth in 
his day, but who fell into the hands 
of the authorities and was saved from 
hanging by being sent to the Deer 
Lodge Penitentiary in Montana. 

Saul was a cattle rustler, and stole 
anything that stood on legs. He is 
credited with having rebranded over 
20,000 head. He would have en- 
larged the record if a sheriff's posse 
had not stopped his horse thieving 
career. 

While in prison, Saul worked on 
the bridle, made of hand-carved lea- 
ther, without a buckle in it. Jo Paige 
admires the Saul handiwork very 
much. Almost any time these days, 
Jo can be found gazing out of the 
Hudson River window of his agency 
office, holding the bridle in one hand, 
and with the other aloft, repeating 
Bill's old stuff, "My Kingdom for a 
Horse!" 



TANGUAY MAY SKIP COLONIAL. 

In the laying out of her route over 
the Percy O. Williams' theatres in 
New York, Eva Tanguay has request- 
ed the Colonial be withheld from the 
list until she decides whether to play 
that house. Accordingly Miss Tan- 
guay will commence the circuit Dec. 
4 at the Alhambra. 

It was at the Colonial last spring 
Miss Tanguay walked into a disturb- 
ance. 



MORDK1N ON THE COAST. 

Kansas City, Nov. 22. 

The Russian Dancers headed by 
Mordkin, shortly due here, have se- 
cured a route to the Coast, commenc- 
ing January. 

The Countess DeSwlrsky, who ap- 
peared once at Hammerstein's, New 
York, has joined the troupe. 



The White Rats tendered a benefit 
to Father Casey Tuesday evening at 
the New Amsterdam Hall on West 
44th street. Geo. Pierce and Billy 
Deery were in charge of the affair, 
which realized a considerable sum for 
the chapel Father Casey is building 
on Blackwell's Island. 



INSISTING ON PERCENTAGE. 

Charles Marks, manager of Jack 
Norworth and Nora Bayes, said this 
week that there was no truth in the 
statement that the couple would be- 
come Shubert stars. After playing 
the two more weeks that they have 
booked on the Williams time at the 
Alhambra and the Bushwick, Mr. Nor- 
worth and Miss Bayes will play Shea's, 
Buffalo. No further vaudeville route 
has been laid out as yet. 

A piece written by Norworth is in 
readiness for production. It is called 
"The Auto Cranks," but it is not cer- 
tain it will be put on. Mr. Marks said 
that In vaudeville in the future Bayes 
and Norworth would only play upon 
a percentage of the gross receipts. 

They have been in negotiation to 
appear as the headline at the Majestic, 
Chicago. So far the price set, $3,000, 
for the western week, has delayed 
closing. In New York, Bayes and 
Norworth received $2,600 weekly. 



BELLA FOX IN PRODUCTION. 

"Up in the Air" is a vaudeville pro- 
duction. Delia Fox and Bernard 
Thornton are the principals. Haves & 
Donnelly have written the piece; M. S. 
Bentham will book it. 



POLTS WORCESTER OPENING. 

Worcester, Nov. 22. 
The opening date for the return of 
vaudeville to Poll's has been set for 
Dec. 4. 



LASKY'S NEXT ACT. 

The Melnotte Twins and the Wal- 
dorf Boys will appear under Jesse L. 
Lasky's management Dec. 4 at Yon- 
kers in a musical comedy skit. 



ENGLISH ACT AND ACTOR. 

M. S. Bentham is looking for dates 
in vaudeville for "The Exposure," a 
somewhat elaborate sketch, Imported 
from England by Leo Strummel, an 
English actor, who will appear in it. 




J08EPHINE DAVIS 

JOSEPHINE DAVIS, one of the brightest 
little singing comediennes of vaudeville's star- 
dom, was a principal In a very curious hap- 
pening one day last week. It seems petite 
Josephine started from her home In the sub- 
urbs to go to New York to take some vocal 
Instruction. So dainty Josephine tripped Into 
a subway car and found all the seats taken 
by men. None offered Miss Davis a seat. 
Glancing down at the feet of the man sitting 
In front of her. she beheld a beautiful dia- 
mond pin. Miss Davis hit upon a plan to 
pick up the pin unobserved. Dropping her 
glove, she was Just stooping to pick It up, 
when three of the men dived for the glove. 
The owner of the pin got there first. Conse- 
quently Josephine lost out. Now she wishes 
that they had remained Impolite. 

Mlas Davis goes to Montreal next week on 
a long tour for the United Booking Office. 



GRACE HAZARD GETS FIGURE. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 

Grace Hazard opened at the Majes- 
tic this week, and has been routed 
by Jenie Jacobs of the Casey Agency 
for considerable time in the middle 
western Orpheum houses, with some 
eastern theatres also on the route. 

At the Majestic Miss Hazard step- 
ped into the vacancy caused by the 
cancellation of Violet Dale's engage- 
ment there this week. Miss Dale Is 
trying out a new act. 

Miss Hazard is receiving $600 
weekly, a figure she has held out for 
in America for nearly a year. 



CISSY LOFTUS' SUBJECTS. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 

The "subjects" Cecilia Loftus has 
in her repertoire for the present 
vaudeville tour over here are Norah 
Bayes, Donald Brian, Raymond Hitch- 
cock, Julia Marlowe, Alice Lloyd, Car- 
rie De Mar, Ethel Barrymore, Nasi- 
mova, Caruso, Maud Allen, Ada Reeve, 
Bert Williams, Marie Dressier, Vesta 
Tilley, Rose Stahl, Sarah Bernhardt, 
Harry Lauder. 

The first four are new for Miss 
Loftus, and were captured by her 
while visiting the New York theatres 
just after landing. "Maud Allen" is 
also new for this side, with perhaps 
one or two others of the list. 



BRICE AND KING ONCE MORE. 

Whatever it was, it has all been 
fixed, and Brice and King remain as 
an act. The team separated sometime 
ago in Pittsburg, while traveling with 
"The Hen-Pecks." Mr. King retired 
from the troupe, Miss Brice remain- 
ing. 

Lew Fields tendered the couple an 
offer to play together In his new show, 
"The Sun Dodgers," which will take 
its first public bath after New Year's. 
They accepted. 



SHOW AT SING SING. 

There will be cause for thanks at 
Sing Sing prison Thanksgiving Day 
as Judge J. H. Silver, who owns the 
Olive theatre, Ossining-on-the-Hud- 
son, has arranged with the Choos 
Amusement Co. for a vaudeville and 
picture show to be given the convicts 
In prison at 9:30 a. m. next Thursday. 

This will be the first variety show 
with moving pictures ever planned 
for the Sing Sing prisoners. Judge 
Silver, who was in New York this 
week, said that there were exactly 
760 men who had never set eyes on 
a picture. 

Only the humorous and education- 
al films will be run. Each of the 
eight acts has volunteered Its ser- 
vices. 



DAZIE BOOKED FOR CHICAGO. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 
Mile. Dazie and Signor Bonnglio 
will headline at the Majestic Dec. 11 
in Dazle's latest vaudeville number. 



BREESE IN "COPY." 

"Copy" is the title of a sketch Ar- 
thur Klein has secured for Edmund 
Breese. It will be played in vaude- 
ville under Mr. Klein's direction. Mr. 
Breese's last appearance on Broadway 
was as star In "A Man of Honor." 

Mr. Breese will debut in the piece 
Dec. 4, at Union Hill. 



VARIETY 



AGREEMENT AT ATLANTA 

BY THEATR ICAL UNIONS 

White Rats Actors' Union Has Working Understanding 

With Musicians 9 and Stage Employees 9 Unions. 

Resolutions Presented at the A. P. of L. 

Convention in Behalf of White Rate 



On this page appears the agree- 
ment reached at Atlanta thii week 
between the I. A. of T. 8. E., A. F. of 
M. t and W. R. A. U. The proposal 
to agree wu fathered by President 
Samuel Compere of the Federation 
last Saturday, whe«i the convention's 
record for the day carried his sugges- 
tion that the committees of the unions 
concerned meet. Later Mr. Qompers 
was tendered a banquet by the re- 
spectlTe committees. The agreement 
as reproduced explains itself. 

Atlanta, Not. 22. 
At the thirty-first annual conven- 
tlon of the American Federation of 
Labor (1911) the White Rats Actors' 



performance* to be donated to the labor 
movement, the performers to give their ser- 
vices free. 

We recommend that this convention auth- 
orise the appointment of a committee to con- 
fer with the representatives of the organisa- 
tion In question to consider the offer and to 
devise ways and means for practically putting 
Into effect the suggested plan, so far as It 
relates to raising funds for the proper defense 
of the McNamara brothers and the prose- 
cution of the kidnappers. 

WHEREAS. The general membership is In 
full sympathy with the plans and procedure 
now being used to establish the Innocence of 
the McNamara brothers and feel that the 
moral force of the White Rats Actors' Union 
should be used to strengthen and assist In 
the carrying out of their defense, and the 
fact that In all parts of this country, at all 
of the vaudeville theatres the largest per- 
centage of vaudeville actors are members of 
the White Rats Actors' Union, ready and 
wllUng to do their share as a component part 
of the American Federation of Labor, and 

WHEREAS, It Is the expressed desire of 
the members of the White Rate Actors' Union 
to have set aside each year one day all over 
the country when a series of theatrical per- 
formances may be given, the proceeds of 



International Alliance oi Theatrical Stage Employees, 
American Federation of Musicians and the 

White Rats Actors' Union in Agreement 

At a conference called by the President of the American Federation of Labor, 
which was held In the city of Atlanta, Oa., on Nov. 20, 1911, by and between Joseph 
N. Weber, Owen Miller, •Joseph F. WlnkJer and David A. Carey, representing the 
American Federation of Musicians; John F. Barry, John Suares and Qeorge W. 
Peterson, representing the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and 
William J. Cooke, Harry Deveaux and Joseph Blrnes, representing the White Rats' 
Actor's Union, It was recognised that It Is to the best Intereets of those employed In and 
about the theatre, that a closer bond of affiliation and sympathy should exist, thus 
bringing about more concentrated action, when necessary, to advance the best Inter- 
ests of the members of the three Unions necessary to the production of a theatrical 
performance, and, therefore. It was mutually agreed: 

First. — That every moral Influence shall be exerted by the officials and locals of 
the American Federation of Musicians and the International Alliance of Theatrical 
Stags Employees to adjust any differences wherein a member of the White Rsts Act- 
ors* Union may become Involved, provided the White Rats Actors' Union Is not In a 
position, or finds It Impossible, to give to Its member the necessary aid or assistance. 

Second.— All requests for moral asslst-nce made by a member of the White Rats 
Actors' Union to either the American Federation of Musicians or International Alli- 
ance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or any of the affiliated locals of either organ- 
isation, shall be referred by the party to whom the request Is made, to the White 
Rats Actors' Union, for the purpose of passing thereon before action Is taken. 

Third. — The White Rats Actors' Union will show to the American Federation of 
Musicians, the International Theatrical Stage Employees and the members and offices 
thereof, the sams consideration as paragraphs first and second of this agreement pro- 
vides for ths Whits Rats Actors' Union and its members. 

Fourth. — Either party to this agree ment may give same any publicity It may 
desire. 

Fifth.— Nothing In this agreement shall be so construed as running contrary to the 
Ii W f\ ru iV a .w d r «*T»latlons of any organisation party thereto; nor shall any proviso 
contained In this agreement be so construed ae to Interfere with the chsrter rights 
which any organisation party thereto enjoys as a member of the American Feder- 
auon or Labor. 

. (SIGNED) 

i— R ^£r^ 6 ™ t,n Jt. th . e Am « r, can Federation of Musicians: Joseph N. Weber, Owen Mil- 
ler, Joseph F. Winkler and David A. Carey. vw*n «w. 

w.JL^EE? 1 !?* Intern * t »f n »> Alliance of Thostrlcal Stage Employees: John F 
Barry, John Suares and Geo. W. Peterson. 

veaux*anTjoiph W Blraar at ' ACt ° r *' Uni ° n ° f Amerlca: wll,Jan » J Cooke, Harry De 



Union, represented by Delegates Wil- 
liam J. Cooke, Harry DeVeaux and Jo- 
seph Birnes, submitted resolutions 
which were given due attention by the 
convention. 

Tuesday (Nov. 14) the Rats sug- 
gested benefit performances for 
organised labor one day in each year, 
the performers donating their services 
and the proceeds go to the labor fund. 
The Actors' Union also offered to help 
swell the fund for the defense of the 
McNamara brothers. 

Tuesday's doings as far as the Rats 
were concerned were in the official 
report as follows: 

The officers of the White Rats Actors' 
Union of America have recently been In 
correspondence with the officers of the A. F. 
of L. in regard to a matter of such Import- 
ance that It seems you should be advised 
thereof. In brief, it is that the officers of the 
White Rats Actors' Union suggest a series 
of benefit performances for organised labor 
one day in each year, the proceeds from these 



which shall be donated to the duly accredited 
Trades Council of the city In which the enter- 
tainment shall be given, and 

WHEREAS. The actors and actresses, mem- 
bers of our organisation will give their ser- 
vices gratis at such entertainments, the 
Trades Councils to provide the theatres or 
halls with all necessary surroundings, music 
etc., Including the disposition of tickets, 
therefore be It 

RESOLVED, That this Convention of the 
American Federation of Labor held In At- 
lanta, Oa., Instructs the Executive Council to 
make proper Investigation at as early a date 
as Possible, during the sitting of this Con- 
vention. If possible, and If it Is found prac- 
ticable to enter Into the plan of entertain- 
ments at once for the McNamara defense fund 
to so report to the Convention for the purpose 
of having the seated delegates Instructed to 
perfect the necessary details upon their ar- 
rival at home, and be It further 

RESOLVED. That the President and the 

v?a"r CU 22!l. COUnCl1 **?"' dUlin « tftB COm,n « 

If. ;jK Vi- . # .. w * y f and meaM to hRV « * 0»" 
p.n.M d t throu * n <> u t the United States and 
Canada to be known as "Labor Benefit Day" 

iYv°. n n W .5 ,Ch thea i r,caI Performances may be 
given, the proceeds to be given to the afflll- 

binliiT 1 *^ Counc,,B - wh ° -hall conduct these 
benefit performancea 

*.i R h5 erred to 8pec !* 1 Committee; recommend- 
ed by extra committee to be appointed 
Resolution No. 44. 
WHEREAS, It has been reported to the 
representatives of the White Rats Actor.* 



Union that actors and actr esses in different 
parts of this country have mads personal 
appeals to the various States and local Cen- 
tral Bodies to assist these individuals m set- 
tling local differences between the actor and 
his ■ employer, and 

WHfcRBA8, To prevent the State Federa- 
tion and local city Central Bodies assisting 
those who may apply claiming memi>eranip 
in the White Rats Actors' Union and abusing 
the confidence of thess bodies, therefore, 
be It 

RESOLVED. That all officials of ths Amer- 
ican Federation of Labor, State Federation 
and Central Labor Unions shall communi- 
cate with the mala omce of the White Rats 
Actors' Union; first, when application is made 
for assistance and upon reply, if favorable, 
may assist in any way that shall tend to sat- 
isfactorily settle the difficulty. 

Referred to Committee on Resolutiona 

Nov. 15, the Rats in a resolution, 
relative to a difference between tn* 
Union and the Commissioner of Li- 
censes as to the enforcement of the 
employment agency law, asked that 
the Federation President (Samuel 
Oompers) call a conference of a White 
Rats' committee, the Commissioner of 
Licenses and members of the Execu- 
tive Council in the hope of bringing 
about more satisfactory condition to 
the actors. 

The Hats also expect to have the 
moral support from all the unions, 
international, national, state and city 
bodies, in working tor better trade 
conditions between the managers and 
the artists. 

Two other resolutions were also of- 
fered, one reaffirming the decision of 
the Norfolk convention in denning the 
Jurisdiction of the Actors' Interna- 
tional Union, resolving that nothing 
be misconstrued in the resolution that 
would interfere with the legitimate 
performance of musicians recognised 
by the American Federation of Labor, 
and the other that a conference of all 
allied theatrical organisations be set 
that better conditions may be effected. 

Wednesday's resolutions were em- 
bodied officially aa follows: 

Resolution No. so. 

WHEREAS, At the last convention held 
In the city of San Franolsco, a resolution 
was Introduced by the Actors' National Pro- 
tective Union instructing the convention and 
all Its affiliated. International and National 
Unions, State Federations and City Central 
bodies to assist the organised Actors In their 
efforts to have remedial legislation passed in 
the different states better protecting the 
rights and equity of contracts for actors be- 
tween the actor and his employers; and 

WHEREAS, As a result of this action 
which has been endorsed at many of the 
succeeding conventions, laws have been passed 
in the various Important state legislatures 
having for Its purpose the proper legislative 
control over so-called theatrical employment 
agencies; and 

WHEREAS. During ths ltls session of the 
New York State legislature a measure was 
passed and signed by the governor known as 
Chapter 700 of the consolidated laws, an act 
to regulate employment agencies, which law 
was introduced and passed by the White Rats 
of America; and 

WHEREAS. In the city of New York, the 
most Important employment centre for the 
engagement of actors and actresses, the en- 
forcement and operation of this act to regu- 
late theatrical agencies Is vested In an offi- 
cial known ae the Commissioner of Licenses, 
who Is an appointee of the mayor; and 

WHEREAS, The present Incumbent Is now 
an organiser of the State Federation of La- 
bor of New York and has been for many 
yeare the official organiser of the American 
Federation of Labor for the New York dis- 
trict; and 

WHEREAS, There exists a difference of 
opinion between the White Rats Actors' Union 
and the said Commissioner of Licenses as to 
the proper enforcement of the most vital sec- 
tions of the present law, so much so, that 
conditions are in a more confused and chaotic 
state than ever before, practically nullifying 
the most Important sections of the law and 
leaving the actor and actress at the mercy 
of theatrical agencies, who should be com- 
pelled to live up to the letter of the law, but 
who are disregarding all attempts at regu- 
lation and control by proper local officials, 
and who are willfully violating each and 
every provision of the present law; therefore, 
be It 

RESOLVED, That this convention of the 
American Federation of Labor hereby in- 
structs President Samuel Oompers to call 
a conference In the city of New York at the 
earliest time possible after the adjournment 
of this convention, to which shall be Invited 
a committee of the White Rats Actors' Union, 
the Commissioner of Licenses of the city of 
New York and such members of the Execu- 
tive Council which In his Judgment may 
assist In bringing about a more perfect un- 
derstanding between the White Rats Actors' 
Union and those engaged in enforcing the 



law known as Chapter 700 of ih* Consoli- 
dated Business) laws, "an act to regulate em- 
ployment agencies." 

Referred to Committee on Resolutiona 

Resolution No. 01. 

WHEREAS, The White Rats Actors' Union 
Intend to oover this country with Its or- 
ganisers for the purpose of properly carrying 
out Its methods and policies and In so doing, 
it will be necessary to have and receive the 
moral support of all organisations affiliated 
with the American Federation of Labor; 
therefore be It 

RESOLVED, That this convention of the 
American FederaUon of Labor, held at At- 
lanta, Qa., lnstruot all International and Na- 
tional unions, State Federations and Local 
City Central Bodies to reader moral support 
to any and all traveling representatives of 
ths White Rats Ao tors' Union and assist In 
all matters that will materially bring about 
better trade conditions between the employers 
of actors and actresses In this country and 
thslr employees. 

Referred to Committee on Education. 
Resolution No. 01. 

WHEREAS. During the convention of the 
American Federation of Labor, held at Nor- 
folk, Va., the Jurisdiction of ths Actors' In- 
ternational Union was defined and for the 
purpose of reaffirming this decision, the White 
Rats Actors' Union do offer this resolution 
In proper form; therefore, be It 

RESOLVED, That It Is hereby conceded 
that all parts of a theatrical production oc- 
curring behind the footlights and In front 
of the scenery after same has been placed In 
position by ths stage mechanics, the same 
being specialties, acts, Illusions, aorobats and 
any and all forms of entertainment known as 
either legitimate, variety or vaudeville, pre- 
sented as such In any theatre, music hall, 
circus, fair ground, or park. In which any 
form of entertainment Is produced shall be 
under the Jurisdiction of the White Rats Ac- 
tors' Union of America; and, be It further 

RESOLVED, That nothing in the resolution 
Is to be conetrued so as to Interfere with 
the legitimate performance of musicians rec- 
ognised as such by the American Federation 
of Musicians, or In any way conflict with the 
Jurisdiction already conceded to International 
or National Unions affiliated with the Amer- 
ican Federation of Labor. 

Referred to Committee oa Adjustment. 
Resolution No. OS. 

WHEREAS, The White Rats Actors' Union 
have, since ths amalgamation of the White 
Rats of America and the Actors' International 
Union and the recharterlng of the Amalga- 
mated Association by the American Federa- 
tion of Labor upon the 7 th day of Decem- 
ber, 1010, conducted a thorough campaign of 
organisation; and 

WHEREAS. During this short period of 
time the White Rats Actors' Union have suc- 
ceeded In practically organising all *f the 
desl fable and competent actors and actresses 
engaged In vaudeville In this country; 

WHEREAS, Ths White Rat* Actors' Union, 
desire a thorough understanding with all of 
the allied trades and professions engaged in 
the production of theatricals for the purpose 
of perfecting their plan of organisation and 
inducing a complete affiliation of all actors 
and actrssses In all branches of the theatri- 
cal profession In this country; therefore, be 
it 

RESOLVED, That this thirty-first annual 
convention of the American Federation of 
Labor held in the city of Atlanta, Oa., do 
hereby request the Executive Council of 
American Federation of Labor to arrange and 
set a date for a conference of all allied the- 
atrical organisations that shall have for Its 
purpose the outlining of plans for a better 
understanding between the allied trades to 
better protect and enforoe conditions which 
will bring about reforms and make the busi- 
ness of the employment of actors and ac- 
tresses and all others engaged In and about 
the stage one that will allow Just and equit- 
able treatment for both employer and em- 
ployee alike and eliminate much of the pres- 
ent unfair methods adopted by many em- 
ployers In this class of business throughout 
this country. 

Referred to Committee on Organisation. 

The convention will probably con- 
clude the latter end of this week, 
when the various resolutions submit- 
ted will have been passed upon. 



START CLUBHOUSE BY JAN. 1. 

Over $10,000 worth of bonds have 
been subscribed for by members of 
the White Rats, in the building house 
fund for the new Rats' clubhouse on 
West 46th street. 

At the White Rats headquarters 
this week Secretary W. W. Waters 
stated plans had been drawn for the 
new building, and upon completion 
of the specifications around Jan. 1, 
operations on the new building would 
be started. 



Harry Tilford, a vaudeville singer, 
who walked in his sleep last week and 
fell from the second story of a Ber- 
gen street house, Brooklyn, has al- 
most recovered from the effects of 
his injury. Tilford received a scalp 
wound and severe contusions were in- 
flicted about the face. 



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Vol XXIV. November 25 



No. 12 



Casey and Smith have separated. 



Joe Brenman did not play the Ly- 
ceum, Troy, week before last as re- 
ported. 






Jeannette Lowrey and Robert Ober 
Ewill try out a new act at Tonkers 
next week. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Heeley (Heeley 
and MeelyJ have a girl, born Nov. 11 
at Chicago. 

Hal H. Bliss, formerly managing 
Poll's, Norwich, and Bob Morris, are 
now an act. 



Flavia Arcaro, who has left the 
"Red Rose" company, will return to 
vaudeville. 



The Majestic Theatre Stock Co. of 
Cohoes, N. Y., opened this week with 
"Paid 1b Pull." 



Walter C. Kelly,. "The Virginia 
Judge," will return to the Palace, 
London, June 17. 

"The Cowboy Girl/* organized to 
Play "one nighters," is being booked 
over an eastern route. 

Morris Golden and Grace De Win- 
tres ("Little Christmas") were mar- 
ried In Milwaukee last May. 



White and Stuart substituted in 
the headline spot for James J. Cor- 
bett at Norfolk this week. 



Frank Hartley, the English Jug- 
gler, left New York Wednesday, to 
open at Copenhagen, Dec. 1. 

"Behind The Footlights," staged by 
Hayes Hunter, with Clara Blantic, 
has been rehearsed for vaudeville. 



Frank Devernon and Burt King, 
former legitimate players, have signed 
contracts with the Lubin picture com- 
pany. 



Florence Davis, a leading woman 
in the legitimate, has a sketch of 
vaudeville, which James E. Plunkett 
will book. 



Charlie Blerbower says talk about 
him. He doesn't care what you say, 
even if you mention he is using a hair 
restorer. 



Bonner and Meek have handed in 
their notice to the "Merry Maidens" 
burlesque company, closing at Scran- 
ton, Dec. 2. 



Sylvia de Frankle has been en- 
gaged by Joseph M. Gaites for the 
role of Kitty in "Dr. DeLuze." 



The Dramatic and Musical Agents' 
Association meets Nov. 28. A num- 
ber of important business matters will 
come up for discussion. 

Joseph Callahan, the impersonator, 
reached New York this week, coming 
from the west, where he has been for 
the past two years. 

Robert E. Lee Hill and Sara Biali 
have been engaged by Edgar Selden 
for the two main parts in "The Get- 
away," a vaudeville act. 

Walter C. Jordan returned Thurs- 
day from a three weeks' stay abroad, 
where he procured the stock rights to 
a number of foreign pieces. 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zobedie lately 
received a baby in their household. 
The family's address for a few weeks 
Is 3715 Olive street, St. Louis. 



Allan Shaw, the coin manipulator, 
arrived in New York on the Celtic 
from England Saturday. It completed 
his sixth trip around the globe. 



Henry Hall, late star of "The Man 
From Home" is speculating on a 
vaudeville venture, providing he can 
obtain a suitable act to exploit his 
talents. 



Mrs. Berry, the wife of William 
Berry, the fat and funny looking Po- 
lonius in "Kid Hamlet," is now play- 
ing his daughter "Ophelia" in the 
travesty. 



H. L. Hamilton, agent of "The Isle 
Of Smiles" company, says the show 
is still out, playing the Stair & Hav- 
lin time, reports to the contrary not- 
withstanding. 

Annie l'elot (Fred and Annie He- 
lot) recovered a handbag which she 
dropped in Toledo through the prompt 
work of Mr. McCormick, proprietor 
of Hotel Wayne. 



Herman Hanlon, formerly of the 
Three Hanlons, is requested to com- 
municate with Frank Hanton, care of 
the H. B. Marinelll Agency, Putnam 
Building, New York. 



Charles Motrin (formerly Merritt 
and Love, and Winfred Douglas (late 
Douglas and the Moscrop Sisters) have 
engaged to appear together, under 
Jimmy Plunkett's direction. 



Templar Saxe, erstwhile comic op- 
era tenor and more recently a mov- 
ing picture actor, verbally announces 
with a broad English drawl that he 
will "have a dash at vaudeville." 



Inness and Ryan open on the Or- 
pheum Circuit Dec. 3, at Salt Lake, 
booked by the Casey agency. A couple 
of days before the team will really 
start the time by playing at Ogden. 

Helen Byrom, identified with "Ser- 
geant Kitty" and other musical 
pieces, who was forced to give up the 
stage owing to illness, is "coming 
back" in a new play which is now 
under rehearsal. 



Mae West, with the Winter Garden 
show out of the town did not open in 
New York, having been stricken with 
pneumonia upon arriving in New 
York. She is expected back in the 
show before long. 



*Tis a false report, says Sophie Bur- 
man, she's not married, though Miss 
Burman remarks that that need not 
deter anyone from sending her a wed- 
ding present. The address Is care 
Albee, Weber ft Evans. 

It was the first time in ten years 
Homer B. Mason and Marguerite Kee- 
ler has missed a performance, when 
Miss Keeler was obliged to retire 
from the Bronx theatre program Nov. 
15, through illness. 



Major Gordon W. Iillie ("Pawnee 
Bill") who came east with the Two 
Bills Wild West to winter quarters, 
Trenton, N. J., and spent several days 
on Broadway, has gone to his ranch In 
Oklahoma to spend the winter. 



"The Separatlonist," a vaudeville 
playlet by Walter S. Trumbull and 
Edward Lyell Fox, newspaper men, 
with Marshall Lorlmer, an English 
actor, and former members of legiti- 
mate shows, interpreting it. received 
its premiere this week. 



Truly Shattnck Is still confined to 
her room in the Johns Hopkins hospi- 
tal, Baltimore. Her improvement is 
gradual, and it is unlikely that she 
will be able to take up her stage 
work again this season. 



John E. K el lard, at the head of his 
own company, in rehearsal this week, 
expects to open a road tour at New 
Haven tomorrow nifiht. Kellard will 
offer two pieces in his repertoire, 
"The Merchant or Venice'' and 
"Hamlet." 



"Hie Talker" by Tully Marshall, 
with the author in one of the principal 
roles, will be produced by Henry B. 
Harris Dec. 4 in Baltimore. Others 
in the company will be Lillian Albert- 
son, Wilson Day, Ida Kaschner, Mal- 
colm Duncan and Pauline Lord. 



The O'Meers Sisters, one of whom 
has been working as a "single" and 
the other with the Four Kelleys, last 
season with the Wallace-Hagenbeck 
show, have secured a comedian and 
organized a new trio. They are un- 
der the direction of Paul Durand. 



"Juliet" and ••Romeo" have been 
laying off the past two weeks, owing 
to an attack of pneumonia contracted 
by Juliet. She is the second chim- 
panzee to ever pull through this 
disease, the other being "Consul." 
Both were nursed by Drowiskey, their 
trainer. 

The Malaguanitas, Spanish dan- 
cers, brought over here by the Mari- 
nelll agency for the Winter Garden, 
returned to the other side Wednesday 
on the new French boat, Rocham- 
beau. They are due to reappear here 
under the same management next 
February. 



"Jacinta," the new John Cort mus- 
ical show, opens Saturday night, at 
Middletown, N. Y., with Providence to 
follow next Monday. This show In 
three acts has about sixty people in 
the company and Cort expects to give 
it a New York showing after a month 
on the road. 

Black Carl, manager of "The Licor- 
ice Sticks," who sometime was set 
upon by the notorious Gopher gang 
and had his Jaw badly Injured, was 
forced to have the member operated 
upon. Carl was out this week with 
his face bandaged up like he had 
been in a railway wreck. 

Will Vldocq and Frank Evans are 
"breaking in" their new act on the 
Proctor time. The team played to- 
gether before in the New York big 
houses six years ago. The turn will 
open in New York In a week or so, 
having been very favorably reported 
during the work-out period. 

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Emmett had 

their stage trunk stolen from the 
Hotel Calvert last week. It was 
found in a downtown street minus 
contents. The couple were compelled 
to cancel three weeks' time, and have 
brought suit against the hotel people 
for the value of the contents of the 
trunk and the loss of work. 



Dissatisfied with their route, the 
"Paris by Night" company has can- 
celled its time and gone to Mexico 
to join Mo la s so. Molasso, by the 
way, has cabled for more acts, with 
the intention of organizing a second 
organization to tour that country. He 
has specially requested that "Juliet" 
and "Romeo," the champanzees, start 
immediately. Havana will probably 
be included in the Molasso itinerary. 



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SPLIT TWO-A-DAY. 

Utica, Nov. 22. 

The new Lumberg theatre opens 
Monday, playing two shows a day, 
splitting with the Lyceum, Troy. 

The Loew agency will book for the 
Lumberg; Freeman Bernstein attends 
to the Troy house. 

Troy, Nov. 22. 

It looks as though the theatres here 
can remain open Sunday. Geo. A. 
Friedman, manager of the Lyceum, 
suffered himself to be made a test 
case of last week, and was discharged 
by the court, who commended him for 
taking the chance. 

Troy is now "wide open," with sev- 
eral games going. Some of these are 
securing as steady weekly customers 
the actors coming into town. One act 
at the Lyceum last week left $150 at 
the wheel side. 



WASHINGTON'S TWO-A-DAY. 

Washington, Nov. 22. 

The new Imperial, a vaudeville the- 
atre playing two shows dally, opened 
Monday night. The admission runs to 
fifty cents. Acts play a full week at 
the house, booked by the Loew Cir- 
cuit, New York. The capacity is be- 
tween 900 and 1,000. 

This week's program is Haydn, Bor- 
den and Haydn, Tom and* Stacla 
Moore, 3 Josetti Bros., Lester and Kal- 
let, Slmms, Woodford's Dogs. 



STAY IN STATE COURT. 

Stern & Co. and the Carl Laemmle 
Music company are fighting oyer the 
publishing rights of "I'll Change the 
Thorns to Roses." The former claim 
the song was written by Alfred Sol- 
man while he was under their ex- 
clusive contract. The Sterns seek 
to enjoin Laemmle from enjoying any 
further profits. 

Laemmle's attorneys wished to 
place the case beyond the state courts 
but the demurrer of Stern's lawyers 
against that move was sustained by 
Justice Goff. 



GERTIE NEARLY LOST JEWELS. 

With the name of Vanderbilt at- 
tached to Gertrude, the possessor of 
the wealthy means of Identification, 
proved her right to the title when 
losing a purse the other day, actually 
containing Jewels valued at $6,000. 

Miss Vanderbilt was killing an af- 
ternoon free from the cares of "The 
Red Widow" by looking over the 
vaudeville at the American theatre. 
Leaving her seat In the box, Miss 
Vanderbilt almost Immediately discov- 
ered the loss, and almost as quickly 
had Frank Bohm found the purse, re- 
storing it to the owneress, with a big 
time bow. Gertie did not become 
confused. She acted like a Fifth 
Avenue society dame, though not for- 
getting to murmur thank you as she 
hugged the eight-carat diamonds to 
her chest. 

No press agents were notified, and 
Mr. Bohm did not pose as a hero, al- 
though $5,000 purses are not as often 
lost In the "small time" vaudeville 
houses as many might believe. 



COLLINS WON THE RAFFLE. 

A $200 diamond ring was won by 
Harry Collins in the United Booking 
Offices Tuesday, when the finish of a 
raffle for the bauble occurred. Tick- 
ets were issued from one cent to two 
dollars. Collins caught the $1.21 
slip. 

While the drawing was going on, 
the excitement grew intense. Arthur 
Farley, one of the office boys, drew the 
slips from a hat held by Jack Levy. 
The last number was to be the win- 
ner. Arthur had a chance. Many 
tickets were drawn, and it did seem 
as though little Art would be In at the 
finish, but about twenty from the last, 
out came Arthur's slip. "Oh, My 
God!" the kid exclaimed as he saw it. 
"There goes my chance." They threw 
cold water over the boy to revive him, 
and three agents held Jack Levy's 
hands until he recovered. 

After the prise was won, and Mr. 
Collins announced he could become 
engaged through the start secured, 
the mob laced Levy for having held the 
hat without getting away with any- 
thing. It was all against the ethics 
of the agency business. Mr. Collins is 
a stenographer in the office. The book- 
ers he takes dictation from are in on 
the win, 65-35. The proceeds were 
split Wednesday morning. The bunch 
waited so long Tuesday afternoon talk- 
ing it over that Simpson's had closed 
when they reached there. 



SAYS KLEIN SLANDERED HIM. 

The loss of the Hippodrome, 
Cleveland, by Walter Rosenberg (who 
never had It) has brought a $5,000 
damage suit for slander to Arthur 
Klein. Mr. Rosenberg has served a 
summons on Mr. Klein, in which that 
amount of damages is mentioned. If 
Klein answers it, a complaint may 
come out telling more particularly 
what it Is about. 

When the B. F. Keith attorneys pre- 
pared to contest Rosenberg's claim of 
responsibility in his fruitless contest 
for the Hippodrome, several affidav- 
its were solicited on behalf of Keith, 
and against Rosenberg. When the at- 
torneys met Klein, he answered with 
alacrity, also other things, Klein ac- 
cepting the opportunity to square his 
vacation experience at Asbury Park 
last summer, when he ran Rosenberg's 
theatre down there with vaudeville — 
much to Mr. Rosenberg's satisfaction 
— Rosenberg getting the profit. 



James Hester Joined the Cleveland 
Theatre Stock Co. in Cleveland this 
week. 



BESSIE WYNN. 

Winsome is the termed most often 
used in connection with Bessie Wynn, 
but the expression Is hardly adequate 
to describe the many charms of the 
magnetic artist. 

A rare combination of comedienne 
and vocalist, Miss Wynn soars far 
above the average single entertainer 
in vaudeville. Possesed of a well 
trained voice, Miss Wynn handles a 
high class ballad or a classical num- 
ber with the same ease that she rend- 
ers the tricky little story songs which 
have made her so popular. 

With an entirely new repertoire of 
numbers, Miss Wynn wll be seen for 
the first time In New York this sea- 
son at the Fifth Avenue theatre next 
week. Her pictures are on this 
week's front cover. 



CIRCUS BLOW-DOWN. 

New Orleans, Nov. 22. 

Friday night at Lake Providence, 
La., two thousand spectators were 
caught beneath the canvas of the Hag- 
enbeck-Wallace circus, when the "big 
top" collapsed in a severe windstorm. 

The tent, one of the largest in the 
circuB world, was rent to tatters by 
the wind, the knives of circus em- 
ployees and male spectators, who 
made their way to freedom through 
the tears. 

Four spectators were seriously in- 
jured with a score or more slightly 
hurt. The band leader and other cir- 
cus attaches also were hurt. 

The herd of thirteen elephants was 
Just entering the tent when the wind- 
storm struck it. They were kept 
quiet under great difficulty. The per- 
forming lions had Just been re-caged 
at the conclusion of their act. The 
menagerie was a bedlam of noise but 
none of the animals escaped. The 
circus employees, from the "razor- 
backs" who drive stakes to the ring- 
masters and clowns, were praised for 
their work, which alone prevented a 
panic. 

Only Monticello and Helena, Ark., 
were to be played before the show 
was to have gone into winter quarters. 
The damage to the circus property, it 
was stated, will approximate $8,000. 
The severe wind was followed by a 
terrific rainstorm, which made condi- 
tions for clearing the debris, doubly 
hard. 



NEW SOCIAL ORDER. 

Chicago, Nov. 29. 

The Gobblers held their first busi- 
ness meeting last Thursday at Gobbler 
Hall on Randolph street and increased 
the membership by initiating over a 
hundred candidates. After the initia- 
tion refreshments were served and 
the officers announced the next 
slaughter to take place Nov. 28. 

Among those initiated nt the first 
meeting were two Judges, a deputy 
sheriff and several booking agents. 

The officers are Jake Sternad, 
Chief Gob; Jules Von Tilzer, First 
Assistant Chief Gob; Paul Goudron, 
Second Assistant Chief Gob; W. L. 
Beardsley, Third Assistant Chief Gob; 
Gaston, Goudron, Financial Secretary; 
Glen Burt, Treasurer and J. J. O'Con- 
nor, Secretary. The torturers are 
Ben Bernstein, Tom McGulre, Roy 
Sebree, Doctor Blake, Walter Keefe, 
John Nash and the officers. 

The Gobblers will shortly establish 
a New York lodge. The new organi- 
zation carries no benefits, but will be 
restricted to good fellows. There 
Is no treasury, it being a rule to 
spend what cash the treasurer may 
have on hand at each blow-out. Meet- 
ings will be held once a month. The 
Initiation fee is $2. No dues. 



CURTIS SWITCHES TIME. 

Sam J. Curtis and Co. have aban- 
doned the route laid out for them by 
the United Booking Offices. This 
week the turn is at Keith's, Philadel- 
phia. New week Mr. Curtis will play 
the new Imperial, Washington, booked 
by the Loew agency. 

It Is said that a few shifts of dates 
on Mr. Curtis' route sheet displeased 
him, and the flop followed. 



WILLIAM MORRIS' LOVING CUP. 

Upon William Morris reaching his 
office Tuesday morning, coming into 
New York for a short spell from the 
tour of the Harry Lauder Road Show, 
he found a beautiful loving cup rest- 
ing upon his desk. 

The inscription upon one side of the 
cup explained the gift. It read "To 
William Morris as a humble souvenir 
of the 20th anniversary of his man- 
agerial progression, this cup Is affec- 
tionately presented by Just a few of 
his many staunch friends." Upon the 
cup also were the well known "W. 
M." Intertwined, and the dates "1891" 
"1911." 

On the reverse side of the silver 




THE LOVING] CUP 



were the following names of the 
donors: Edward Blondell, Emma 
Carus, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cohan, Geo. 
M. Cohan, Josephine Cohan, Harry 
Cooper, Irving Cooper, Julian Eltinge, 
Geo. Evans, Al Fields, Genaro and 
Bailey, George Fuller Golden, Cliff 
Gordon, Sydney Grant, Taylor Gran- 
ville, Hyams and Mclntyre, Harry 
Lauder, James J. Morton, Four Mor- 
tons, Middleton and Spellmyer, Rice 
and Cohen, Chas. J. Ross, David War- 
field, Nat Wills, Joe Welch, Fred 
Niblo. 



LASTED A WEEK. 

A one-night stand vaudeville organ- 
isation under the management of Bob 
Ellis, opened at Morristown, Nov. 13, 
and remained out one week. At the 
end of that time Ellis was nowhere to 
be found and the members of the com- 
pany have been unable to collect any 
salary. 

The roster included Matty Aubrey 
and Co., Claude West, Stayman and 
Hayman, Lieut. Eldrldge and the Sul- 
ly Family. 

Howard Springer took a one-night 
stand vaudeville troupe through the 
central part of New York State last 
week and wound up the show at 
Kingston up the Hudson. Now the 
acts say Springer did not pay them 
for the week. The acts were the 
Vaudeville Trio, Yona, Deane Cooper 
Co., Nat Burns, Usher and Whitecllff, 
and May Deane. 



Doris Hardy, playing in the Charles 
Dickson playlet, fell during a perform- 
ance last week and received injuries 
which forced her to keep off the stage 
the first half of this week. 



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FALL DOWN ON "ROMEOS." 

Charles B. Dillingham no longer 
looki with kindly eyes on the Boston 
audiences. When "The Three Romeos" 
was produced there at the Colonial, 
Dullness for three weeks was enor- 
mous. The "farewell" night, people 
cheered the players. 

Dillingham saw the box office state- 
ments and ran up to the Hub to look 
the show over. After seeing that Bos- 
ton audience go into raptures, C. B. 
arranged for entry Into New York 
(Globe). 

When the press threw the harpoons 
and the audiences failed to stampede 
the Globe, Dillingham tried to figure 
out where the Boston enthusiasm 
came from. 

But Dillingham wasn't the only one 
who went wrong on how New York 
would receive the piece. Tyson ft Co., 
who take an occasional plunge on a 
possible New York hit and buy tickets 
by the wholesale long before the 
opening, thought "The Three Rome- 
os" would start something on Broad- 
way. 

The ticket-speculating firm bought 
a goodly slice of tickets, it is said, but 
the rush for them has not been any- 
thing like it was for "The Siren," 
"Passersby" and "The Never Homes" 
on which Tyson ft Co. took a similar 
plunge. 

It was reported this week that 
"The Three Romeos" was scheduled 
to leave the Globe within a few weeks. 
None of the C. B. Dillingham force 
know anything about a change. 

It is said the Romeos will be taken 
to Chicago and that "Bought and Paid 
For" will be Installed at the Globe 
to give William A. Brady a chance 
to bring the Playhouse Company into 
New York. Grace George (Mrs. 
Brady) heads the company. An ad- 
vance sale of subscription seats for 
ten new plays may force Brady to get 
another house for the Broadhurst 
success. 

Business is anything but good for 
"The Romeos." Much "paper" is 
out. 



"QUAKER GIRL" RECEIPTS. 

Money is pouring into the box office 
of the Park theatre, in even much 
larger quantities than Henry B. Har- 
ris estimated it would, after reading 
the flattering notices upon his show 
"The Quaker Girl," now at the Colum- 
bus Circle theatre for a run. 

It was predicted the show would 
drop off in patronage through the 
location, but it is understood the 
house has been playing to around 
$16,000 weekly since opening, with 
no let down on the rush. 



SAVAGE DROPS ONE SHOW. 

Henry W. Savage will not produce 
"The Grape Girl," a foreign play for 
which he has the producing rights in 
America, this season, and he may 
give it up altogether. 

The scenery has been made, some 
of the paper ordered and the play 
had gone into rehearsal. Then every- 
thing was called off. 

The only production Savage has in 
preparation for a showing in Febru- 
ary is "Somewhere Else." 



COMPANY, WITHOUT A CARE. 

Despite the panning by the news- 
paper critics and the failure of the 
piece to draw 'em in, the McKean 
offering, "The Wife Decides" is go- 
ing to stick it out at Weber's theatre. 
The management is helping) "pad" 
the house by issuing a lot of passes 
but with the players' salaries guaran- 
teed and the house "bought up" for a 
month, the show will be here until 
the coming of Santa Claus. 

The Philadelphia millionaire, who 
has been spending his money like 
water in "floating" the show, .may ar- 
range to have the piece revised he- 
fore another road trip is planned. 

Each of the players has received a 
good figure for his services. With the 
"ghost" walking regularly each week 
they are not worrying about the ad- 
verse criticisms in the New York 
papers. 



ALICE LLOYD, THE STAR. 

Baltimore, Nov. 22. 

The "Little Miss Fix-It" show open- 
ed at the Academy Tuesday night, 
with Alice Lloyd as the star. The 
piece was billed to start Monday, but 
owing to the uncertainty of the jump 
from New Orleans to this point, Werba 
ft Luescher postponed the start one 
day in order to ensure ease among 
the members. 

It was the first time Miss Lloyd had 
assumed the role first taken by Norah 
BayeB. The English girl gave a very 
creditable performance. 



EDESON DOES $1,500. 

Robert Edeson, late of "The Cave 
Man." who has replaced Edgar Selwyn 
in "The Arab," opened in New Haven 
last Saturday night and by taking ad- 
vantage of the Influx of visitors there 
for the Yale-Princeton football game, 
registered a $1,600 house. 



"ONLY SON" REVIVAL. 

"The Only Son" is reported as like- 
ly for a revival, to occur here in a 
few weeks. It is said that a theatre 
Is being sought for by Cohan ft Har- 
ris for this attempted come-back. 

The show ran about six weeks at 
the Gaiety theatre, New York. Wal- 
lace Eddlnger and Louise Randolph 
are the only members of the original 
cast who will be casted for the Chi- 
cago production. 



OIRCU8-LOT OPERA. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 
The management of the Russian 
Dancers, who have been entertaining 
Chlcagoans at the Auditorium, an- 
nounce the early production of a light 
opera that will deal with life on the 
ciicus lot. It Is to have the title of 
"Lea Saltimbanques." The composer 
is Louis Ganne, author of "Hans, the 
Flute Player." 



"WHITE MAGIC" AT MATINEES. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 
Gertrude Elliott has secured the 
manuscript and stage rights of the 
late David Graham Phillips, drama- 
tization of his own story "White 
Magic." Miss Elliott will probably 
present It at some of the matinees 
during her next engagement here in 
"Rebellion." This may be shortly, at 
the conclusion of the present engage- 
ment of "Everywoman" at the Grand. 



WALTER JONES ILL. 

Reading, Pa., Nov. 21. 

Walter Jones, playing here in 
"Baby Mine" at the Academy of Mu- 
sic, was ill all yesterday. Mr. Jones 
was carried to the theatre and went 
through his part up to within ten 
minutes of the close of the perform- 
ance, when he fell in a dead faint on 
the stage. 

The curtain was rung down and the 
manager of the attraction made an 
announcement to the audience. 

Yesterday Jones was still in the 
hospital, where It was said his ail- 
ment was acute Indigestion. Some 
time ago he was similarly stricken in 
Boston, at which time it was believed 
that he had been seriously afflicted, 
but he recovered rapidly and resumed 
work. 



MILLER SCORES IN CHICAGO. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 

Henry Miller opened at the Illinois, 
Sunday, in Harry S. Sheldon's domes- 
tic comedy-drama "The Havoc" and 
scored what is generally regarded 
here as another dramatic triumph. 
The local newspaper critics unani- 
mously divide the lion's share of the 
honors between the star and Laura 
Hope Crews. The supporting com- 
pany is conceded to be proportion- 
ately strong. 

Mr. Miller responded to a vigorous 
curtain call. A call was sent over 
the footlights for the author but the 
latter, who was present, modestly re- 
frained from responding. 



GOING BACK TO PLUMBING. 

W. L. Dobson, a Baltimore plumber, 
will probably return to his former 
love now that his show, "Beyond The 
Divide," which played eastern terri- 
tory, was forced to close shop, owing 
to poor business. 

The "Divide" show gave satisfac- 
tion In the Stair ft Havlin houses, but 
failed to bring in the shekels. 



ELTINGE HAS ANOTHER RECORD. 

Last week at the Grand Opera 
House, New York, was a record 
breaker for the theatre. It will prob- 
ably be followed by a return date 
later in the season for Julian El- 
tlnge and "The Fascinating Widow" 
on the West Side. 

The demand for seats was so enor- 
mous an extra matinee was given 
Friday. Mr. Eltlnge did over $12,- 
000 on the week's engagement. 



FIFTH "MUTT AND JEFF." 

Gus Hill finds it necessary to or- 
ganize still a fifth "Mutt and Jeff" 
company, owing to the fact that two 
of the three troupes now out have 
been placed in Chicago and Boston 
for indefinite runs. 

The fourth company was due to 
open yesterday (Thursday) at Atlan- 
tic City, after which Mr. Hill will set 
to work immediately on the casting 
and drilling of the fifth, aimed for 
Broadway. 

Mr. Hill believes in cleaning up 
while the going is dry and easy. 



FRISCO SHOWS THIS WEEK. 

San Francisco, Nov. 22. 

Montgomery and Stone made their 
first appearance here at the Columbia 
in "The Old Town," scoring a big 
success and pleasing a good house. 

The Lorn bard 1 Opera Company 
continues to do excellent business at 
the Cort, the organisation giving sat- 
isfactory performances. 

Only fair business is recorded at the 
Valencia where the Grand Opera com- 
pany is holding forth. 

"At Plney Ridge" is the the current 
attraction at the Alcazar, to fair busi- 
ness. 

PHILADELPHIA SHOWS. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 22. 

Four of the five new shows an- 
nounced for this week had their open- 
ing Monday night, the exception be- 
ing "The Wedding Trip" which will 
not get started until Thursday night 
at the Lyric. The four openings were 
well attended and met with general 
approval. 

"Kindling." a three-act emotional 
play by Charles Kenyon, with Margaret 
Illington featured, met with hearty re- 
sponse from a delighted audience at 
the Adelphl. It la a strong story of 
the "slums," gripping in detail and 
startling in climaxes. Miss Illington 
met with warm favor and had excel- 
lent support. • 

Blanch Bates appeared in "Nobody's 
Widow" by Avery Hopgood at the Gar- 
rick and showed the star off to con- 
siderable advantage in a comedy role. 
Miss Bates has a splendid cast in sup- 
port, Adelaide Prince and Bruce Mc- 
Rea coming in for liberal honors. The 
show scored strongly. 

"Miss Dudelsack" with the tem- 
peramental Lulu Glaser is at the Chest- 
nut Street Opera House and made 
rather a big hit considering the re- 
ports which have preceded the Scotch 
operetta. There has been considerable 
fixing up of the piece. It received sur- 
prising praise from the critics. 

"Snobs" at the Walnut, with Frank 
Mclntyre featured, also received its 
share of approval from a large audi- 
ence. 

"Peggy" was still in the throes of 
reflxing up to the time the English 
comedy left this city for Washington 
Saturday night. John W. Ranson was 
added to the cast Saturday, his mono- 
log by William Jerome being split up 
and scattered through the piece. Ran- 
sone did well with It here. 

Drama is still in full sway on Broad 
Street. "The Trail of the Lonesome 
Pine" is a great big hit and crowding 
the house, while "The Round-up" is 
doing well in Its second and final week 
at the Forrest. 



Cliffe Ilerzac Is on board the Lusi- 
tania due In New York this week. 



Leo Edwards has charge of the Arthur Deagon replaced Alexander 

Cabaret show at Martin's restaurant, and Scott this week at Harrlsburg. 



TRYING "SPENDTHRIFT" AGAIN. 

Frederic Thompson's "Spendthrift" 
is going out again. New people have 
been engaged and a route outlined. 

The show has always been a money- 
maker, but when New England terri- 
tory hit the Company amldship, it was 
brought into New York and disbanded. 

Klaw ft Erlanger have taken over 
the show and are seeing that It gets 
properly booked over their houses. It 
is understood that Mr. Thompson will 
take no part in the management of 
the piece on Its next road trip. 

The reopening date is set for Dec. 
U. 



VARIETY 



IX 



ONE-NIQHTERS STARVING 

FOR ROAD A TTRACTIONS 

Need More First Class Shows. "Opposition Cities" 

Using Up Short Supply. Country Managers 

Desperate, with no Outlet for Houses. 

May Have to Produce Themselves, 



The one-night show stands through- 
out the country are starving for at- 
tractions to keep the theatres open. 
Of the comparatively few shows visit- 
ing these towns at present, still fewer 
draw profitable business. 

While the commercial condition in 
some sections is bad just now, affect- 
ing the show business, the main trou- 
ble with the "one-nigh ters" seem to 
be a line of good attractions which 
would stimulate interest in the thea- 
tre, making the path for the smaller 
companies more easy to travel. 

The opposition between Klaw ft Er- 
langer and the Shuberts, which en- 
lists over twenty-five of the larger 
cities as competitors for big shows is 
keeping many an attractive card out 
of the wilds. Of the twenty-five or 
more "opposition towns," over one 
half can not afford two first class 
legitimate houses. Yet the theatres 
must be kept open. The rivalry be- 
tween the opposing factions is keep- 
ing the one-night manager's nose to 
the grindstone. 

There are at least seven of the "$2 
houses" in New York that would 
switch present companies were other 
material to be had. 

New productions are mighty scarce. 
They started off with a rush for the 
larger cities earlier in the season, but 
have dropped off. The Shuberts have 
produced only for their big-city thea- 
tres, while Klaw ft Erlanger have 
presented but a single new play on 
their own account since "The Pink 
Lady" was put forward last spring. 
Henry B. Harris is reported to have 
had his fill of legitimate productions 
for this season, while no doubt the 
illness of Charles Frohman has kept 
many of the Frohman shows from 
the road. 

The theatrical men say that in 
sight of the dearth of producers In 
the legitimate, if the one-night man- 
agers demand a full supply, they will 
have to produce for themselves. 

It is no certainty either were the 
legitimate breach healed that the 
country would be much better off 
than it is now, although the reason- 
ing is if the twenty-five opposi- 
tion cities were reduced to a safe and 
sound theatrical basis, it would give 
the country from fifteen to eighteen 
shows, or more, if the sole combina- 
tion controlling (in the event of a 
peaceful pact) did not hold produc- 
tions down. 

Among the cities where there is 
theatrical competition of the first 
class are: Minneapolis, Milwaukee, 
Indianapolis, St. Louis, New Orleans, 
Kansas City, Denver, Los Angelee, 
Seattle, Baltimore, Washington, New- 
ark, Brooklyn, Montreal, Toronto, 
Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and 
New York. 

The country managers are at their 



wits' end. It is improbable their 
houses may be made to pay with a 
moving picture policy, meaning a 
day or two weekly must be held out 
for the regularly booked attractions. 
Legitimate theatres converted into 
the picture policy have not been suc- 
cessful heretofore. Stock companies 
may be installed, but the stock field 
has been pretty thoroughly worked. 
Meanwhile despite the panicky con- 
ditions in the show business, many 
new theatres are being reported and 
planned. 

Tuesday there was issued from the 
offices of Klaw ft Erlanger a brief 
announcement stating that David 
Belasco had acquired an interest in 
six theatres controlled by K. ft B. as 
a firm. The only theatre under lease 
to the syndicate is the Knickerbocker, 
New York, all the others being held 
by its members as individual enter- 
prises. 

The houses in whose leases Belasco 
now participates are the new Metro- 
politan in Seattle, Mason Opera 
House, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Oa., 
Century and Olympic, St. Louis, Em- 
pire, Syracuse. Just why Belasco 
should Interest himself in houses so 
widely scattered seemed to be a con- 
undrum to the wiseacres with noth- 
ing else to do. 

The New York daily papers of late 
have been devoting some space to the 
theatrical conditions. The World ran 
a couple of stories, one based upon a 
report that seventy-five leading men 
out of engagements were to have a 
dinner at the Lambs' Club Sunday 
night. One or two of the few actors 
mentioned by the World are playing 
profitable engagements. The report 
may have gained circulation through 
the many actors trodding Broadway 
with nothing in sight. 

The following day the World ran a 
story with reports from local mana- 
gers gathered from several points. The 
usual reasons were advanced for the 
present situation. 

Chattanooga, Nov. 22. 

The Dandy Dixie Minstrels, an all- 
colored organization, closed here Mon- 
day. The show was put out by Voec- 
kel ft Forbish of New York. It had 
just reached southern territory, where 
the most profitable business for a dark 
company might be looked for. 

R. Voeckel of the firm manages 
the tour for the Black Patti. It is 
said Mr. Voeckel will revive "Royal 
Sam," the Jolly John Larkins colored 
show, which Hosed a couple of weeks 
ago. Larkins will figure in the reor- 
ganization. 

"My Cinderella Girl," unable to 
weather road traveling with business 
below par, has closed. Frederick V. 
Bowers, who starred In the piece, with 



Felix G. Rice, musical 
several members of the 
now playing vaudeville 
wast 

The Bowers show was 
in Chicago with William 
featured player but was 
New York this season w 
the star. 



SBsaasacsBSORs 
director and 
company are 
dates in the 

first produced 

Norris as the 

started out of 

lth Bowers as 



"The Night Riders," which went 
out early in the season, closed unex- 
pectedly in the south, with the mem- 
bers forced to get back to New York 
&s best they could, was again placed 
into commission with the same end- 
ing. 

The show closed last week in Cam- 
den, N. J. The company Is back on 
the Rialto seeking other engagements. 
The second tour lasted five weeks 
with no business worth while. 

Milwaukee, Nov. 22. 
Cancelling a full season's bookings, 
"The House Next Door," managed by 
the Schiller Amusement Co., which has 
been out twenty weeks, is announced to 
close here Dec. 2. The management 
thought it best to close before the first 
of the year as the season offered no 
encouragement. A full route had 
been booked. 

St. Louis, Nov. 22. 
It is the current report here that 
Harry Askln, dissatisfied with the 
business done by "The Girl I Love" 
company, will close its season in this 
city at the Century Dec. 2. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 

Reports reached here this week that 

"A Stubborn Cinderella," which has 

been traveling on the road, had closed, 

but no confirmation has been received. 

Boise City, Idaho, Nov. 22. 
The production of "A Golden Girl" 
lies in storage here, Manager William 
Cullen closing the company here the 
first week in November. It is unlikely 
the tour will be resumed this year. 

Houston, Nov. 22. 
Anna Held and her show "Miss 
Innocence" drew $2,000 here in one 
performance. At San Antonio Miss 
Held got $4,300 in two shows. 



SHOWS ORGANIZING. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 
A series of organizations are be- 
ing formed here just now. A "Mul- 
doon's Picnic" company is being 
formed for a tour of the Stair ft Hav- 
lin circuit; J. Wendell Davis is re- 
organizing his "The Cowboy and the 
Thief" company for the middle west 
and one-night stands, opening Nov. 
27. Edward DeGroote and Mabel 
Langtry are recruiting a musical 
stock company for Springfield, 111., 
to open December 4; Maud Daniels 
is here representing Fred C. Whit- 
ney and reorganizing her once fa- 
mous Wilbur Opera company to open 
Dec. 9 at the Grand Opera House, 
Detroit. They will have a reper- 
toire of operas and tour the middle 
west, returning to Detroit for a sum- 
mer run; Janet Priest is due here 
this week from New York to assume 
the soubret role in "The Cow and 
the Moon" company now touring the 
middle west. 



CHICAGO REALTY DEAL. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 

A real estate deal that means a lot 
to both Chicago and the West Side 
took place early this week when 
James K. Sebree, president of the 
Saratoga Hotel Co., purchased the 
northeast corner of Madison and Des- 
plalnes streets. The amount of money 
that figured in the transaction was 
not made public, but it is understood 
a lease exists that binds the property 
for ninety-nine years at $8,000 per 
annum, and that it can be purchased 
at $160,000. This may be taken ad- 
vantage of by Mr. Sebree. 

Roy Sebree, son of the purchaser 
and manager of the Saratoga Hotel 
stated to a Varibtt. representative, it 
was the intention of his father to 
build a modern theater on the site 
within two years that would play 
vaudeville at popular prices. A ho- 
tel occupies the spot at present 

Since the building of the North- 
western depot on West Madison street 
real estate values have enjoyed a con- 
siderable Jump. It Is the aim of the 
Madison Street Improvement Co. to 
make the street the main one of Chi- 
cago, if possible. 

At present there are several thea- 
tres right in the vicinity of Desplalnes 
street, but none are playing first class 
vaudeville. The Haymarket, playing 
Stair ft Havlin shows, the Bmpire, 
and Star and Garter, playing bur- 
lesque, and the Academy, and Vir- 
ginia, playing continuous vaudeville 
at five and ten. 



SOME LITTLE JUMP. 

Seattle, Nov. 22. 

It has been arranged by Henry B. 
Harris that when "The Commuters" 
close here early in December, the en- 
tire company will be lifted by rail (o 
New Haven, and a try made for better 
business in the New England section. 

The Jump will be over 3,000 miles. 



HORKHEIMER IS PERSISTENT. 

"The Strugglers," which has been 
making theatrical history here of late, 
is going out again, H. M. Horkheimer 
reorganizing a new company to play 
new time in the south. 

This show came within an ace of 
getting a Broadway premiere, and 
Horkheimer may land It there after 
all. 

The resumption of the road trip is 
scheduled to take place Monday, pro- 
viding there is no slip betwen the 
stage door and the curtain bell. 



BONITA SHOW PLAYING. 

Though reported that there was 
some likelihood of Bonlta and the Lew 
Hearn show closing, it is scheduled to 
stay out the balance of the season. The 
show is playing in Norfolk this week. 

The management denies that there 
is any immediate prospect of it shut- 
ting down for the present. 



IIAKNAHKK CELKIIKATE8 7HTH. 

Boston, Nov. 22. 
Henry Clay Barnabee. the famous 
veteran opera singer, a member of the 
Bostonlans for many years, celebrated 
his 78th birthday at the home of his 
niece, Mrs. Henry Brewer, Koanoke 
avenue, Jamaica Plain, Nov. 1. r ». There 
was a family dinner party. 



\i 



VARIETY 



SOUTH DROPPING OFF. 

The south ii not as theatrically 
fertile just at present as it wae earl- 
ier in the season. The lower part of 
that section, down around Texas way, 
holds up to the first marks set, hut 
toward the edge of the Mason and 
Dixie line, especially in Virginia, the 
box office hasn't been making the 
managerial heart so light of late. 

Still, the booking offices report the 
indications are not sufficient to create 
any panic, and the dull belt must be 
passed through to reach pay gravel. 

The Shuberts have ordered "Pina- 
fore/' with De Wolf Hopper and Fay 
Templeton among its star east, to in- 
vade the south, commencing around 
Dec. 16. Fritsl Schefl and her show 
start off in that section, at Richmond, 
Dec. 4. 

"Let George Do It" made a break 
in the bad business down south last 
week when the show played Cumber- 
land, Md. The receipts reached 
$1,40€ for one performance in that 
town, which has a population of 36,- 
000. The report came Into Leffler & 
Bratton's office on a post-card. 



OLD TIMERS GETTING COIN. 

With the report of various compan- 
ies closing and a few new ones going 
out, word comes in that "Ten Nights 
In A Bar Room," playing the one 
night stands, is proving a moneyget- 
ter for its managers. 

"Billy The Kid" is another of the 
roadsters, also counting up a nice 
profit 



ORPHANS FULLY BOOKED. 
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 21. 
Kate Claxton's "Two Orphans" was 
revived here Nov. 16. The manage- 
ment had a chance to sell their share 
of the proceeds several days before 
the show opened but had faith that it 
would be a bigger house than the 
$800 offered. 



OORT ACCEPTS ANOTHER. 

With a new production near at hand 
John Cort has already accepted an- 
other play which he will not bring out 
until after the first of the year. 

The piece is by a local writer and 
will have a theme said to be some- 
thing out of the ordinary run of plays. 

It Is understood that the New York 
showing of "Jacinta," an adapted ver- 
sion of a foreign success, will be made 
at the Herald Square theatre. 



MONTREAL OPERA HOUSE. 

Montreal, Nov. 22. 

With the grand opera season here 
less than a month old, announcement 
has been made that a permanent 
opera house will be built Since the 
season opened people have been 
turned away, unable to gain admis- 
sion. 

On the one month's tour to follow 
the Montreal season, Winnipeg has 
been dropped, the managers claiming 
the only first class theatre there is 
too small to accommodate the grand 
opera productions. 

The company plays Toronto two 
weeks, Ottawa one, and Quebec one. 



ON THE DOLLAR ROUTE. 

"His Honor the Mayor," with Harry 
Kelly, which has been playing one 
night stands at $1.60, now playing 
the eastern territory, is slated for a 
run through the Stair * Havlin houses 
at a dollar a throw. 

Another show that may take up the 
S. ft H. dollar route, after Thanksgiv- 
ing, is Pollock ft Weil's "The Echo." 
Last week the show caught a little 
profitable territory when it was shifted 
into Texas, getting $670 Friday night 
at Houston. It's the first real box of- 
fice receipts Messrs. Pollock ft Weil 
had heard from in connection with the 
show's southern tour. 



FOR THE & * H. TIME. 

"Woman Against Woman" was re- 
hearsed this week at Lyric Hall, to 
go over the Stair ft Havlin time. 



NEW PHOTOGRAPHERS. 

A brand new photography studio 
has been opened at 249 West 42d 
street by Gould ft Marsden, Inc. Will- 
iam Gould is the partner of Mr. Mars- 
den, who came from Seattle to settle 
in New York. Mr. Marsden U well 
known in the west The quality of his 
work Induced Mr. Gould to persuade 
the young man to venture east. 

The studio is on the ground floor, 
pictures being taken by a special 
lighting process. 



"DRIFTWOOD" OUT AGAIN. 

"Driftwood" has again been placed 
in rehearsal by the Leffler-Bratton 
company, the reorganised company 
opening next Monday. 

The piece goes direct to Chicago 
where the Leffler-Bratton firm ex- 
pects to put the show over in the dol- 
lar houses. 

Bertha Welby, James Rennie and 
Edna Charlow have been placed with 
the company by Betts ft Fowler. 

Others added to the cast are Wil- 
liam Weston, Robert Frazer, James 
Cormican, J. R. Hendley, Jr., and 
Gertrude Fowler. A four weeks' en- 
gagement has been booked for Chi- 
cago. 



REAL STAGE SCHOOL. 

Lew Fields is founding a school for 
chorus girls, where they will be taught 
dancing free of charge and given posi- 
tions in his companies when pro- 
ficient. He advertised in the daily pa- 
pers this week for the girls to report 
at Lyric Hall, where they would be 
placed under the tutelage of three of 
the original "Pony Ballet" young wo- 
men, who were familiar with the 
drilling methods in vogue at the Til- 
ler school in England, 



LEDERER COMES 'ROUND. 

George W. Lederer, who has been 
confined to his bed for a week with 
an attack of neuritis, was at his desk 
Tuesday, entirely recovered in health. 



Percy Williams may have started 
something. He agrees to give at 
Christmas time $100 to the treasurer 
of his houses who Is declared the 
politest of the bunch, fifty to the 
most polite assistant treasurer, and 
twenty-five to the most polite tele- 
phone operator. A committee of seven 
will award the cash Dec. 20. 



BIDS FOR FRAZBB'S HOUSE. 

A report was current In the early 
part of the week that the new theatre 
to be erected on 48 th street and not 
yet in course of construction, had been 
leased to Cohan ft Harris, but no ver- 
ification of the rumor could be se- 
cured. As the firm now has two pro- 
duction houses in the Metropolis and 
one in Chicago, there Is probably 
small foundation for the report. 

Liebler ft Co. have also made a bid 
for the theatre, it is said. 



FIGURED DOWN TO GENTS. 

George Edwin Joseph, counsel for 
Fanchon Thompson, has notified Lew 
Fields that unless Immediate provi- 
sion was made for the employment of 
his client as prima donna with "The 
Wife Hunters," suit would be insti- 
tuted for $32,267.98 due Miss Thomp- 
son for unexpired services, new gowns, 
etc. 

At the Fields' office they were not 
inclined to discuss the matter other 
than to state that no suit had yet been 
brought. 



SCALPING OPERA TICKETS. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 

It is reported that there has been 
a wholesale unloading of tickets for 
the Chicago grand opera season and 
that a searching investigation was 
started to-day by Harold F. McCor- 
mlok and the other directors of the 
company to ascertain who was respon- 
sible for the condition. 

Some of the choicest seats are now 
on sale In the theatre ticket agencies 
of the leading hotels at a minimum 
advance of two dollars per seat. The 
affair has aroused a storm of Indigna- 
tion and protest among the opera 
patrons, A vigorous war on the 
speculators is promised. 



AMES' 2W-THEATRE. 

Winthrop Ames returned from Eur- 
ope last Friday and announces that 
he had secured several plays for the 
Little Theatre, to build on West 44th 
street. 

Saturday Mr. Ames filed plans for 
the new house. It is to have a front- 
age of 66.3 feet. The ground is leased 
from the Astor Estate. The architects 
are Harry C. Ingalls and F. Burrell 
Hoffman, Jr. The cost of the build- 
ing is estimated at $100,000. The 
seating capacity will be 299. 



INSTRUCTING PRESS AGENTS. 

Inspecting his press book recently 
Henry W. Savage has discovered that 
his advance representatives are not re- 
ceiving the same amount of space in 
the newspapers as heretofore and at- 
tributes it not to the lack of enter- 
prise on the part of his business staff, 
but to the fact that the press is no 
longer willing to lend itself to the 
exploitation of "dog" stories. 

Mr. Savage has called a conference 
of his advance men and told them 
he finds large commercial houses pay 
handsome salaries to publicity men to 
do nothing else but invent attractive 
advertisements and catch lines and 
that, under the altered conditions pre- 
vailing, it would be wise for them 
to devote their energies in that direc- 
tion, confining their press matter ab- 
solutely to nothing but straight news. 



"SECOND-NIGHT LIST" GOING. 

The managers of the metropolitan 
theatres have called a meeting with 
the idea of abolishing the second night 
press lists. These lists include the re- 
viewers of the New York weeklies and 
monthly magazines, consuming about 
forty pairs of seats. 

Observation has disclosed the fact 
that the representatives of these pub- 
lications do not always find it conven- 
ient to attend on the second night and 
the seats are given away. Then when 
the men for whom the tickets are in- 
tended put In an appearance there is 
an additional request for other seats. 

It is not the Intention of the mana- 
gers to refuse the courtesies of their 
houses to these dramatic reviewers 
and commentators, but simply to take 
care of them upon request. 



PRODUCING ON A GAMBLE. 

While most of the producers are 
complaining and many shows closing 
all over the country, one manager Is 
organising a dramatic company and 
has offered several Important artists 
contracts which give him the right to 
play two shows a day during the New 
York run, paying the actors pro rata 
for each additional performance over 
eight weekly, except in the case of 
holidays, when it is the custom for 
them to give extra matinees without 
additional compensation. 

Pressed as to the reason for such 
a provision, he said: "I intend to 
produce the piece in a small house 
and if it is the hit I anticipate it will 
be necessary to play to as many per- 
formances as possible to repay the 
enormous investment. If it isn't then 
I shall have made an unlucky 
gamble." 



MORE REFUSE CUT. 

In addition to those mentioned in 
last week's Varibtt, Kenneth Hunter, 
Arthur Pell, musical director, and 
Arthur Stanford, the leading man, 
left the "Balkan Princess" company, 
owing to dissatisfaction, a promised 
reduction in salaries being the imme- 
diate cause of their withdrawal. 



FOLLOWING "UNCLE SAM." 

"Uncle Sam," the Jack Barrymore 
and Thomas Wise show, booked into 
the Gaiety by Cohan & Harris as a 
"stop gap" but has failed to do the 
business of "The Fortune .Hunter" in 
which Barrymore last appeared at this 
house, will be supplanted Dec. 4 by a 
Henry B. Harris star, Elsie Ferguson, 
who will be seen In her new piece, 
"The First Lady in the Land." 

Miss Ferguson is now getting her 
vehicle in smoother running shape by 
playing road engagements. 



VAUDEVILLE ON ODD NIGHTS. 

The new Hudson theatre, Hudson, 
N. Y., will open Dec. 1 and play legit- 
imate productions, with vaudeville and 
pictures on the odd nights. The same 
policy will be followed by the new 
Fort Plains theatre in Fort Plains, 
N. Y. Both houses will be furnished 
acts by Prudential Vaudeville Ex- 
change. 

The P. F. Shea theatre at Bridge- 
port, Conn., will also shortly install 
a vaudeville policy, with dates held 
open for legitimate attractions. 



VARIETY 



«3 



"MAJESTICS" OUT; "WIDOWS" IN 

ON T HE EAST ERN WHEEL 

J. Qoldenberg Frames Up with Max Spiegl, and Relieves 

All Around Bad Situation. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 22. 

Though the present members of J. 

Goldenberg's " Majesties" playing here 

this week may not be aware of It, the 

show will close Saturday night, and 

be taken off the route sheet of the 

Columbia Amusement Co. (Eastern 
Burlesque Wheel). 

In its place commencing Dec. 4 will 
be found Max 8piegl's "Winning 
Widows" withdrawn from the one- 
night legitimate circuits to substitute 
for "The Majesties." 

The shift wps arranged between 
Messrs. Goldenberg and Spiegl. Each 
will have an interest in the future 
tour of "The Widows" over the Wheel 
for this season. 

The deal relieves a generally all 
around bad situation. Mr.. Golden- 
berg found much difficulty in secur- 
ing a performance suitable to the Co- 
lumbia Co., while Mr. Spiegl discov- 
ered the going very hard in the 
wilds, with his show. Spiegl has two 
other companies on the Eastern 
Wheel. Goldenberg has built up 
three shows for "The Majesties" since 
the season opened, and would have 
produced another one had his com- 
pany remained In the Wheel. 

The Columbia Amusement Co. has 
sanctioned the shift. For the week 
between Nov. 27 and Dec. 4 (before 
"The Winning Widows" enter the 
circuit), "Painting the Town," 
which otherwise would have "laid 
off," will take "The Majesties" date 
at Baltimore, "The Widows" opening 
at Washington. 



MUSIC HALL RECORD STANDS. 

The Marion show got about $4,400 
at the 125th Street Music Hall last 
week, falling below the record of $5,- 
400 for the house set by Gordon & 
North's "Merry Whirl." 

On the return date of the "Merry 
Whirl" show at the Columbia last 
week, the show did nearly $7,600, con- 
sidered extremely good, after a run of 
a month last summer. 

In Varibtt'b story the last issue, it 
stated Marion did $1,800 for the last 
three days at Albany. It should have 
read $2,800. 



MINERS HAVE AN IDEA. 

The Miners are reported as with an 
idea to advance burlesque on the West- 
ern Wheel. It Is to start a burlesque 
paper, and print all the real news 
about the Western Wheel that the 
other trade papers don't get some- 
how. 

Included in this will probably be re- 
counted how the Miners kept the Cir- 
cle and Hammersteln's Roof, New 
Y*ork, from playing the Western Wheel 
burlesque shows this season, through 
the Miners claiming either would have 
been in opposition to the 8th Avenue 
and Miner's Bowery. This item when 
printed in the Miners' sheet, may be 
found in the Joke column. 



The report is that the Miners seri- 
ously talked the matter over at a 
meeting in their office one day last 
week. The Miners, it seems, have a 
lithographing plant around somewhere 
with a lot of job paper. This paper, if 
used, would reduce the cost of publica- 
tion, the Miners merely changing it 
from a charge on the Profit and Loss 
account of the litho business to a cred- 
it for the publication. 

The Miners may use some of the 
paper for signs, to read "Only adver- 
tise in the Miners' burlesque sheet." 
That is going to get the Clipper an- 
gry, of course, but the Miners did it 
once for the Clipper. 

Western Wheel people do not seem 
wildly enthusiastic over the prospect 
of the Miners starting anything. They 
seem inclined to believe the strangle 
hold the Miners have on the Western 
Wheel must be in danger of reaching 
a break, if the Miners think they must 
try to hold it where it is through a 
paper of their own. 

One wise little Western Wheel 
manager said he didn't see why not, 
and mentioned that he would suggest 
whoever wrote the show for "The 
Americans" during the past three 
years be appointed editor. 



TRANSFER BUSINESS MIXED. 

The theatrical managers think the 
transfer business in New York is quite 
complicated just now. Following a 
strike by the employes of the larger 
theatrical transfer concerns some 
weeks ago, the firms got together in 
a protective association. The combi- 
nation organized a central or clearing 
office, where all bad debts were re- 
ported, together with all applicants 
for transfer. 

The managers found when applying 
to have show property moved, their 
names went into the central office. If 
an old debt remained to any of the 
transfer companies, the company ap- 
plied to declined to move the prop- 
erty without a settlement of the old 
account, or if it did, held the property 
until the bill was settled. As it Is 
said a theatrical manager thinks of 
the transfer man last when drawing 
checks, this new order of things has 
tied up many shows of late. 

The Cain, Riley and Allen compan- 
ies are in the combine. The Colum- 
bia and White's are outside. The 
Columbia Co. is a recently organized 
transfer concern by Hurtig & Seamon, 
doing the firm's own trucking, with 
any business that comes in. 



Clifford Hippie is working in 
Robert Hilliard's former sketch, "As 
a Man Sows," which he expects to 
shoot through the "big time" houses. 
Hippie, last seen in "The Fortune 
Hunter" and "Seven Days," was at 
one time with the Bijou stock com- 
pany, Philadelphia. Hippie gave the 
piece its vaudeville premiere this 
week at the Bijou, Brooklyn. 



EASY WAY TO CUBAN UP. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 

The announcement of the decision 
reached by the corporation counsel to 
the effect that the city police have the 
power to arrest any artist giving ex- 
hibitions of immoral character with- 
out waiting for the issuance of a 
warrant or summons sounds the death 
knell for the many houses in Chicago 
that exist solely on the questionable 
performance they offer. 

The many "cooch" dances on State 
street will have to hike to cooler 
quarters as will the South Side dives 
where the "wiggle" can be had for 
the price of a good cigar. 

The decision means that Chicago 
will have better burlesque shows 
also, cleaner at least, if not better. 



GRIEVES* SHOW QUITS. 

New Orleans, Nov. 22. 

The "Fay Foster Burlesquers." John 
Grieves' stock organization, closed at 
the Greenwall Saturday, after two 
weeks. 

Manager Grieves blamed the news- 
papers for the failure of his company 
to make good. There was a rumor 
along the local Rialto that some of 
the artists brought here were strand- 
ed, but this, Mr. Grieves denied. 

Speaking of the failure, Mr. Grieves 
said: "It was the newspapers, that's 
all. Never in my life have I seen 
such roasting as given my show." 

The five "Jolly Bachelors" girls, 
Dot and Willie Raymond, Nellie Bow- 
man, Mabel Clark and Marjorle 
O'Neill, who joined the burlesquers 
here, are again thrown on the cruel 
world without a centime. Mr. Grieves 
says it can't be expected that he 
should assume responsibility for them. 

"Pop" vaudeville once more holds 
sway at the Greenwall, where four 
acts, augmented by moving pictures, 
constitutes this week's program. 

In Fabacher's restaurant the other 
night, a local citizen accidentally 
brushed his coat-sleeve against the 
cheek of a chorister with the "Fay 
Foster Burlesquers," completely 
ruining a sixty-dollar suit. He is now 
seeking to have a law enacted com- 
pelling actresses to paste a sign on 
each side of their faces reading; — 
"PAINT." 



REEVES MUST HAVE A RET. 

Detroit, Nov. 22. 

When Al Reeves read in Variety 
the Dave Marlon show might be the 
big clean up on the Eastern Wheel this 
season, he dug away down in the sock, 
and now has exposed for inspection, 
$10,000. Mr. Reeves wants it known 
he will wager this amount the Reeves 
"Beauty Show" will draw more mon- 
ey on the season than "The Dream- 
lands." 

Pish! says Mr. Reeves, for those 
freak weeks, where there were hol- 
idays and ball games. A "turkey" 
would have gotten the same amount 
in the towns, claims the manager with 
the roll. It's the season that counts, 
says he. 



HURTIGS GOING AWAY. 

Vacation time for Jules, Joe and 
Lou Hurtig has already been planned. 
With Mannie Rosenthal, the trio of 
Hurtig's will sail May 8 for a trip over 
Europe. 



EXPENSIVE GARDEN SHOW. 

The present show at the Shuberts' 
Winter Garden Is reported to reach 
in its weekly operating expenses $10,- 
000. Included In this is the $4,000 
salary of Gaby Deslys. The Shuberts 
signed an extension of Gaby's engage- 
ment last Saturday for four weeks 
longer. The French girl has a few 
more weeks open beyond that, and 
may go on the road under the Shu- 
bert management, but at an increase 
of the $4,000 figure. 

Several suits may be brought 
against the Shuberts for the damage 
done to clothes and feeling by the 
action of the Hyperion theatre 
forces at New Haven last Saturday 
night. Tale students were charged $3 
each to watch the "Vera Violetta" 
show. The performance was over 
at 9:30 through police interfer- 
ence in the show's dialog, and the 
management's dread of the wild col- 
lege boys. The youths, growing fret- 
ful at the sudden termination of their 
evening pleasure at a cost of three 
dollars, started to climb over the 
orchestra when the hose was turned 
upon them from the stage. 

When the college kids got through 
with that theatre, it was closed for re- 
pairs. Tuesday, B. W. Bldrldge, the 
local manager for the Shuberts (who 
manage both house and show) wrote 
a letter of apology to the students, 
telling them they were the most per- 
fect gentlemen the Hyperion ever 
held, but the manager thoughtfully 
neglected to advise the college that the 
Shubert show played Springfield the 
day before reaching New Haven at a 
lesser box office charge than the Tale 
students were obliged to pay. 

The most cheerful looking individ- 
ual in the metropolis Tuesday was 
Jean Schwarts. He and Billy Jerome 
are the publishers of the two big 
song hits of Ae new Winter Garden 
show, one "The Haunting Melody" by 
George M. Cohan and the other "Rum 
Turn Tiddle," written by he and Je- 
rome. As early as nine o'clock Tues- 
day morning Jean was receiving tele- 
phonic orders from music dealers for 
the two numbers. Six of the ten pa- 
pers that reviewed the show men- 
tioned the songs as huge hits. 

G. Amadei, the H. B. Marinelli Ber- 
lin branch manager, who came over 
here as Mile. Deslys' manager, re- 
turned to the other side Thursday of 
this week, on the George Washington. 
Before sailing he had his face swept 
clean, to surprise the German man- 
agers, who knew him before with a 
moustache. Amadei said before leav- 
ing he wanted to show them what 
America does to a man. 



NO HOME RUN FOR BURLESQUE. 

Frank Baker, the "Home Ran 
Fiend" of the champion Athletics, 
who is employed by Glmbel Brothers 
of Phillytown at $300 a week, was in 
New Tork this week. Baker turned 
down a dozen theatrical offers, giving 
Dave Gordon an emphatic negative to 
his proposition for burlesque. 



Raymond Hitchcock was a brave 
actor Tuesday. He faced an audience 
of women at the Astor and delivered 
a lecture entitled "Impressions of the 
French Drama" under the auspices of 
the New Tork Theatre Club. 



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VARIETY 



As yet I have been unable to recon- 
cile Qrete Weisenthal's engagement at 
the Palladium with the exploitation of 
Jack Johnson on the same bill. It is 
a most incongruous anomaly The bills 
at a glance give Jack Johnson as the 
"top," but on close inspection it is 
found that the big fellow appears only 
at matinees in a special three-round 
contest with George Robey. The bills 
announce also that the contest is 

"For a Purse of Gold (Teeth)/' 



London, Nov. 8. 
If scarcity of clothing may be held 
as a criterion of possible success In 
high-class vaudeville then Alfred Butt 
has found another Maud Allan. The 
lady this time is Naplerkowska, a 
Franco-Russian -dancer of undoubted 
ability, and with plenty of confidence. 
In the series in which she made her 
debut at the Palace last week, she 
proved beyond all question she knows 
her business. Naplerkowska is dis- 
tinguished looking, graceful, and 
teeming with temperament. The set- 
ting is a desert scene, with setting 
sun. Into the twilight come a horde 
of Arabs, joyous in the discovery of 
an oasis. They pay their tribute to 
their Deity and then the girl is helped 
on. A big Arab who seems to be 
the chief of the party makes violent 
overtures to her, but she rebuffs him. 
Then, following a dance which seems 
to express caprice, she suddently dis- 
covers a flower. She plucks and 
smells it. A bee emerges from Its 
petals. Presently the bee settles on 
her and finds its way into the folds 
of her clothes. Then follows the dis- 
tracted dance in which she endeavors 
to locate the bee. That bee must, 
be some traveler. Naplerkowska seems 
to chase it from head to foot and back 
again. Finally in her desperation 
she plucks the gauzy garments from 
herself and stands revealed more 
naked than any woman has ever been 
on the English stage. If Naplerkow- 
ska was simply a poser or if her sole 
excuse was figure display, she would 
probably not be countenanced, but 
she is an artist of the dance, and I 
have no doubt will draw big houses 
at the Palace for a long time. 

Qrete Weisenthal is making her sec- 
ond appeal to London audiences, this 
time without her two sisters. She 
opened at the Palladium last week In 
a dance pantomime called "The 
Strange Girl." The play Is poorly 
delivered in a rough and unsatisfac- 
tory attempt to exploit the post-im- 
pressionist idea of art. "Rialon" is a 
king compared to it. Weisenthal's 
dances are interspersed in a detached 
way, so that they hardly seem to be- 
long to the play. As far as could 
be made out the story they wanted 
to convey was that "The Strange 
Girl" was the decoy used by a rascally 
couple of beggars and thieves. A rich 
man who left his nancoe under the 
thrall of the "Strange Girl's" dancing 
was led into the trap, from which tu*> 
girl rescued him close on the twelfth 
hour. Whilst Weisenthal's dancing 
Is extremely graceful, and I have no 
doubt, thoroughly artistic, nothing she 
did called for special comment, except 
the "Bird" dance. Anyhow, she fell 
flat to the audiences, and left a good 
many people wondering. 




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It is also announced that the knock- 
out is barred, unless Robey catches 
Johnson not looking. 



This is doubtless intended for hu- 
mor, but it Is of the cheap kind, which 
goes ill with the reading matter at- 
tached to Qrete Weisenthal's an- 
nouncements. In one place we have 
"high art" boosted to the skies and 
in the next paragraph on the same 
bill, we find "Gold teeth" glorified. 
This should not be. Even a vaude- 
ville bill should carry dignity. 



After carefully looking over the 
situation at the New Victoria Pal- 
ace, I have come to the conclusion 
that if Mr. Butt and his coadjutors 
can see their way to a slight reduc- 
tion of prices in the better parts of 
the hall, they have an assured suc- 
cess. It is without doubt the cos- 
iest hall in London. Its design should 
be a model for all who build music 
halls In future. The business fell off 
slightly after the opening night, but 
I should think that was on account 
of the lack of a real big act on the 
bill. The Rigolettos were the chiet 
attraction, and they could not be ex- 
pected to draw money when they are 
practically unknown. For the sec- 
ond week the bill was piled up, the 
chief acts engaged being Neil Ken- 
yon, Wee Oeorgie Wood and Evie 
Oreen. 



In connection with the barring 
clause an interesting situation has 
arisen over the Victoria Palace. Ac- 
cording to measurements taken some 
twelve months ago the Victoria Pal- 
ace just came within the one-mile 
barred area of the London Pavilion. 
This meant a serious handicap to the 
Victoria Palace, so a new measure- 
ment has been taken on behalf of the 
latter company. The result is that 
the Victoria is now declared 10 yards 
outside the limit. At one time it 
seemed as though Neil Kenyon would 
be prevented from appearing there, 
but the Pavilion people waived their 
claim to the bar at the last moment. 



"Rialon" has been prolonged for 
the second time and business at the 
Coliseum Is still booming. 



The production of "Are You 
There?" known in America as "At the 
Switch" did not prove so successful 
as Sewell Collins had fondly hoped. 
In fact it dragged very much, and 
failed to grip. In its present form 
it cannot do much good here. It 
needs speeding up, and at least one 
alteration In the cast. 



It is said that we are in for a big 
Spanish boom. Within a short time 
there will be in London Guerrero and 
Tortajada, with possibly La Belle 
Otero to follow. Nor is this the end 



of things Spanish. If information 
is correct the greatest living Spanish 
actress will shortly arrive on the 
scene, her name is Meller and she 
comes from Barcelona. 



I hear it said that in the course of 
the next two years Nell Kenyon and 
Fred Kitchen will go into partnership 
on a world tour. 

Max Reinhardt has just produced 
a Chinese fairy play called "Turan- 
dot" in Berlin. All the characters 
are Chinese of high caste. It will 
probably be booked for London in the 
near future. 



"The Pink Lady" will be done at 
the Queens Theatre, at the end of a 
necessarily short revival of "The But- 
terfly on the Wheel." 



Senary DJeli's return to the Hippo- 
drome has not created quite the fu- 
rore expected. 



After an absence of something like 
a year Charles Barnold has returned 
to London with his Canine actors. At 
the Coliseum Monday he carried off 
the palm. It is voted the greatest 
dog show ever seen here, despite the 
fact that nearly a dozen acts more 
or less on the same lines have been 
in the West End since he went away. 

Oscar and Reglne, the French 
waltzers, at Hippodrome, have start- 
ed a craze for what is called the 
"No Clasp Dancing." The couple 
dance together without holding on to 
each other. They are very graceful 
and elegant. An act which is said 
to be on the same lines but a great 
deal more showy is booked to come 
here in the near future. They were 
discovered in Paris, and were on the 
bill of the Alhambra, Paris, the night 
it was burned. They are called "Du 
Clos and Sealby." The woman is said 
to be Irish. 



STRENGTHENING VANITY FAIR. 

The Bowman Brothers have made 
some important changes in their 
"Vanity Fair" burlesque show. A 
new second part has been inserted 
and changes made in the speaking 
roles of the entire show. 

William Bowman has transferred 
his comedy role of the tramp to Joe 
Emerson, formerly with Goldenberg's 
"Majesties," and now appears only in 
the olio with his brother, James, do- 
ing their former vaudeville blackface 
specialty. 

Stevenson and Nugent and Mar- 
shall and King, the latter a "sister 
act," have joined the show, each 
playing in the pieces and doing acts 
in the olio. 

Dewar's Comedy Circus closes this 
week at the Star, Brooklyn. 



GUMBLB LEARNING THE QAMB. 

Mose Gamble saw his first football 
contest last Saturday, when Princeton 
walloped Tale 6-8. Accompanying 
Mr. Gumble, as escort, guide and sup- 
pressor was Jerome H. Remick, on off 
days (when there are no sporting 
events) just Mr. Gumble's boss, that's 
all. As Intermediary and specially 
appointed peace commissioner, Fred 
Belcher, also of the Remick firm, went 

along. On the way to New Haven, 
Messrs. Remick an$ Belcher were/ 
deliberate in explaining to Mr. Gum- 
ble that football Is not baseball; also 
the rules of the game require specta- 
tors to remember ladles are present 
when letting loose their exuberant 
spirits. Mose agreed he could con- 
trol himself under excitement and due 
pressure, though his money was on 
the loser. Mr. Remick admitted after 
the game Mose fairly succeeded and 
had become eligible for the Y. M. C. 
A. Excepting, Moss's boss says, his 
heart was up in his throat when Mose 
let swing a wild whoop, but he calmed 
down when Mr. Grumble asked if the 
whoop . was worked in at the proper 
point. Mose doesn't think much of 
football. All a fellow has to be, ac- 
cording to Remick's professional man- 
ager, is a good runner and dodger. 
Mose claims he knows so many of 
these who have touched him at dif- 
ferent periods, he could gather a 
team around 4 2d street that would 
beat Princeton and Yale together in 
one field. Mr. Remick reserves his 
opinion of Mose's estimate of the 
game, while confessing that Mose 
made a mi3play when he rushed for 
the train home, to stand up during 
the ride, without waiting for himself 
and Belcher, who had reserved Pull- 
man chairs. It was about 138th 
street before Mose worked far enough 
forward on the long train to discover 
his companions comfortably en- 
sconced in arm chairs, with their feet 
resting on the vacant one. 



ESCAPES $500 TAX. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 22. 

An important victory for moving 
picture houses, with and without 
vaudeville attractions, was achieved to- 
day by J. Louis Breitlnger, who repre- 
sented the Exhibitors' League of Penn- 
sylvania, when he obtained a decision 
from Judge Staake, of Common Pleas 
Court, No. 6. 

The decision is to the effect that the 
Act of 1907, assessing a yearly tax of 
$500 on certain places of amusement, 
does not apply to moving picture the- 
atres and nickelodeons. 



The Circus people staying at a 38th 
street beording house were mulcted 
out of several small sums the other 
evening, when someone who repre- 
sented himself as "Henry Ringllng" 
drove up in an auto. Before "Henry" 
left, he had bought copious supplies, 
promised many engagements for next 
season at fabulous prices, and 
"touched" everybody, from $15 per 
down the scale. When the actors 
found out they had been buncoed, 
they went gunning, but brought back 
nothing besides their outraged feel- 
ings. 



VARIETY 



15 



LOEWS NEW GREELY SQUARE 
PLACES PA NE ON "BLACKLIST" 

Manhattan Booking With Independent Agency, Making 

Its Sixth House. 



The Shea & Shay firm, which rep- 
resents the houses placed on a "black- 
list" by the Loew and Fox circuits, 
gained a new recruit this week, when 
William Gane entered the agency. Mr. 
Qane manages the Manhattan (not 
Opera House) at Broadway and 31st 
street. The Cane's Manhattan is now 
"opposition" to the new Oreeley 
Square theatre, opened by the Loew 
Circuit Saturday night. The Oreeley 
Square is at the northwest corner 
Sixth avenue, and 30th street, and 
contains space for 2,000 people. The 
opening night it held a full attend- 
ance, only kept down to the specifica- 
tions by the presence of firemen. The 
program is the usual Loew vaudeville 
show, with prices scaling to twenty- 
five cents orchestra and first balcony 
at night, and fifty cents for box seats. 
There are two balconies. The Oreeley 
Square Is a roomy house, with an ex- 
cellent sight line from every portion 
of the theatre. The theatre opened 
before the exterior had been complet- 
ed, but the interior was in proper 
form. 

The next new "small timer" to start 
will be a Fluegelman theatre at Bay 
Ridge, Brooklyn, called the Bay 
Ridge. That will open in the early 
part of February. 

Mr. Gane, is "opposition" and has 
"opposition." Besides the Greeley 
Square, but two blocks away, the 
Bijou, almost next door to the Man- 
hattan, has commenced a picture ca- 
reer again. Should the Grand Hotel 
across the street get the small time 
habit too, says Mr. Gane, he will be 
surrounded. Saturday night the Man- 
hattan held capacity. 

When the new De Kalb theatre, at 
Broadway and De Kalb avenue, 
Brooklyn, opens Dec. 4, the program 
of six acts will have for a perma- 
nent headllner, Edna May Spooner and 
her stock company. Miss Spooner, a 
Baby Borough favorite, will present 
condensed plays and short sketches 
during her reign in the new Fuegle- 
man "small time" vaudeville theatre. 

The De Kalb adds one more to the 
Fluegelman string. The other Is the 
McKinley Square, Bronx, New York. 
That seats 1,700. The De Kalb will 
have capacity for 2,600. It is in the 
section of Brooklyn which contains 
Percy G. Williams' new Bushwlck, 
playing the best vaudeville. William 
Fox's Folly (leased from Hyde & Beh- 
man) is also in that part of Brooklyn, 
and a "small timer" as well. 

At the present time Shea & Shay 
are booking the Rosenquest, Moss & 
Brill's and Fluegelman "small time" 
theatres in Greater New York, 
with Gane's Manhattan, five in all. 
The number will total six with the 
opening of the new De Kalb, while 
Walter Rosenberg also secures some 
supplies for his theatres In New York 
City and New Jersey from the "inde- 
pendent" agency. 
The Loew agency is booking the 



shows at the Bijou, which is almost 
within a stone's throw of Loew's new 
Greeley Square house. 



FILLS IN FOR RED BANK. 

Fred Bondy In the Family Depart- 
ment of the United Booking Offices 
is worried no longer — Red Bank has 
been replaced! 

It is now the Hippodrome at As- 
bury Park that Mr. Bondy is booking 
instead. While he does not want to 
invite an inter-city revolution, says 
Mr. Bondy, by giving his preference 
as between Asbury and Red Bank, 
still Asbury Park has been heard of 
now and then, the booking man re- 
marks. 

The newly proposed "pop" theatre 
at St. Nicholas avenue and 115th 
street has contracted to secure its bills 
through the Family Department, com- 
mencing next September when the 
house will open. The capacity, will be 
2,000. Frank Gersten first negotiated 
for the house, but while figuring over 
the twelve-foot space required by the 
building regulations, the other people 
stepped in. 

Lester Mayne, of the Family De- 
partment, returned to New York Mon- 
day, after a short trip up north dur- 
ing which he "copped" several houses. 
The new Park, at Glens Falls, N. Y., 
opening Dec. 16 or 23, was also se- 
cured by Mr. Mayne. 



NOTHIN' COMIN' IN. 

New Orleans, Nov. 22. 
At many local picture theatres they 
are using bank deposit slips for 
scratch paper. 



Dorothy Russell in a new act "A 
Tragedy Deferred," supported by 
Frederick Roland and Robert Milli- 
kin, will shortly play United time. 
Millikin is managing the act. 



CHUROHILL'8 44 OUTLAW" CIRCUIT 

Kansas City, Nov. 22. 

A new theatre is announced to be 
located southeast corner of Thir- 
teenth and McGee streets. It will be 
built by J. J. Swofford at a cost of 
$126,000 and has been leased for fif- 
teen years at an annual rental of 
$20,000 for the first ten and $25,000 
for the remaining five years. The 
house is to have a capacity of 2,600, 
making it the largest In the city. 

E. P. Churchill has organized the 
Garden Theatre Co. to take over the 
lease of the new house, with a paid 
up capital stock of $20,000. Local 
capital is said to have subscribed to 
the stock. Mr. Churchill, In an In- 
terview, says: 

"I represent an 'outlaw' vaudeville 
circuit and cannot give out my plana 
in full for very good reasons. The 
circuit will consist of eighteen cities. 
It will have five theatres In and near 
Chicago." 

One of the local papers also an- 
nounces the erection of a 10-story 
hotel and theatre building at Eleventh 
and McGee streets, the building to be 
leased to Alexander Pantages. 



PROCTOR'S IN SCHENECTADY. 

Schenectady, N. Y., Nov. 22. 

The lease of the theatre to be built 
by H. Vedder Magee in the new Ar- 
cade building has been taken by F. F. 
Proctor. The house opens Feb. 1, 
next. 

The theatre will seat 2,600. Though 
no announcement of policy has been 
made, excepting the billing, "Embel- 
lished Vaudeville," Mr. Proctor will 
have to offer the "pop" brand in a 
theatre of that capacity In a town of 
this size. 

New Rochelle, N. Y., Nov. 22. 
It Is strongly rumored F. F. Proc- 
tor will announce a new theatre for 
his circuit in this city within a short 
time. 



FOX'S NEW ONE THANKSGIVING. 

The new Riverside theatre at Broad- 
way and 96th street, belonging to 
William Fox, will open Thanksgiving 
night, with eight acts furnished by 
the Ed. F. Kealey agency. Prices 
will be 15-25. The house seats 1,600. 



THE TRY OUT. 

By DARL MACBOYLE. 

Did you ever tnke In a "tryout?" Did you ever join the crowd. ' 

And .loan and kid and give ndvlce In manner long and loudT 

To some poor boob who's heard the call to fame and answered "Yes!" 

But when the time for action came, flew signals of distress? 

I shan't forget one Friday night — a page on memory's book 

That tells the talo of how a certain party "got the hook!" 

The scene was surely funny; 

As a laugh, 'twas ready money. 
But believe me, I didn't howl with glee. 

I shook In agitation; 

I was soaked with perspiration. 
'Twas a different story then — for It was me. 

A certain party practiced long (they thought they were O. K.); 
A certain party's wardrobe bill had crimped their hard-earned pay; 
A certain party'B landlord had threatened to throw them out; 
A certain party's heart was brave and ready for the bout. 
Until the oft* repeated strains of the song they know so well 
Were played anew and then there was a different tale to tell. 

That party's knees were shaking, 

That party's voice was quaking, 
And truly yours was feeling far from fine. 

I didn't holler. "Beat It!" 

Though the tones were far from sweet. It 
Was a different story then — for they were mine. 

Once there was a little girlie who was strong for a certain boy. 
When he said. "I'm goln* on tonight!" her heart. It leapt with Joy. 
She was there and brought her mother, and the old man came along, 
Ere their prospective son-in-law come out to sing his song, 
She spent the time In tt-lllng them the money actors get. 
They beat It aftor half a verso (I guess they're going yet). 

Some one off the k*»y had wandered. 
Some one for the lyric pondered. 
He was getting the very best of cures, 

Tlii«l for "Ego'B" been discovered. 
It was me, but I've recovered, 
And I hope I'm cured for keeps. 
Sincerely yours. 



BERNSTEIN IN BANKRUPTCY. 

Wishing to leave the United States 
without having his creditors worry- 
ing over when he will return* Free- 
man Bernstein entered a petition in 
bankruptcy Tuesday. Saturday he will 
sail for Porto Rico, going along with 
the Frank Spellman show, bound for 
the Insular Fair at San Juan. Mr. 
Bernstein is reported to be interested 
in that traveling aggregation. 

$28,000 was the amount of liabili- 
ties Freeman was able to think of. All 
the assets he could recall were two old 
suits and three fancy vests, the vests 
made fancy through being soiled. 

Mr. Bernstein said he would have 
held out his friends from the bank- 
ruptcy proceedings if he could have, 
but as he has so many friends, and felt 
indebted to them all for one thing or 
another, he Just pushed the whole 
bunch in to save any jealousy. 

Mr. Bernstein's New Tork office will 
be presided over a few days each week 
by M. W. Taylor, the booking man of 
Philadelphia, while Mr. Bernstein is 
south. 

Just before sailing, Mr. Bernstein 
will send a wireless to all his acta In- 
forming them that hereafter Schenec- 
tady and Binghamton will be a split 
week. Frank A. Keeney's dream of 
Schenectady as a two-a-day for a full 
week has faded from memory. 



PERFORMERS MARRY ON STAGE. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 
The Ellis theatre was the scene of 
an unusual "added attraction" Friday 
night, not on the program. The "extra 
feature" closed the first show and con- 
sisted of the marriage of Ida Boyle 
and John A. Orasle, two performers 
who happened to be playing there. 
The ceremony was performed by a 
local justice-of-the-peace and was 
solemnized on the stage in full view 
of a capacity audience. The bride 
was attended by a female member of 
the Mueller Trio of comedy enter- 
tainers, while Walter Johnson, man- 
ager of the theatre, acted in the 
capacity of best man. 




LOUI8 M. BOAS, 



Louis M. Boas, the eastern representative 
for the Marcus Loew enterprises, la now man- 
aging the Loew South End Theatre, Boston. 
He has Just returned from a seven months* 
sojourn In Europe, looking the field over. 
There may be something doing soon, In Eu- 
rope, for Marcus Loew. 

It Is a double stunt for "Loole " He Is 
taking care of the Boston and Fall River 
houses at the same time. He landed from the 
ship last Thursday, and without a chanos to 
change his English clothes for American ap- 
parel, was shoved Into the Boston house. 
Talent counts nowadaya 



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Fall River, Mans., Nov. 17. 
Editor Variety: 

In this week's Variety I note the 
letter of Mr. Dave Lane's (Lane and 
O'Donnell), which refers fartherest 
back to a notice in Variety of Aug. 7, 
1909, which mentioned the act, then 
with the Eddie Leonard Minstrels, as 
doing the high fall from a step-ladder 
upon tables. 

While the letter simply corrected 
a mistake of Sime's memory, and did 
not refer to my act especially, I wish 
to call Variety's attention to the re- 
view of the act of Kennedy and Mel- 
rose at the Columbia, Brooklyn, ap- 
pearing in the issue of Variety,, March 
20, 1909, signed by Rush, and in part 
reading as follows: 

"The straight man has several 
clean-cut bits of ground tumbling, 
but the comedian is the strength of 
the turn. For a finish they build 
the tables four high and the clown 
sits upon the top one (about 12 feet 
above the stage). He rocks the 
shaky pyramid back and forth for 
several minutes, trying to come 
each time as closely as possible to 
a fall without actually losing the 
balance. By the time the collapse 
actually does come the audience is 
worked up to a big laugh." 
I am not looking for advertising 
nor discussion, but will say that 
Vajubt*, In its pages, has all the 
proofs. 

Bert Melrose. 



New York, Nov. 15. 
Editor Variety;: 

Would greatly appreciate your 
making mention of my not being with 
"The Belles of the Boulevard." I 
have been programed with it for the 
past four weeks, but I have not been 
in burlesque the past two seasons, 
contrary to all reports. 

Murry Livingston. 



New Yorlr^Nov. 18. 
Editor Variety: 

I am not going to produce a sketch 
entitled "The Hoodoo." I have 
troubles enough without mixing up 
with "Hoodoos." 

Canfield and Carleton may rest as- 
sured that I shall in no way interfere 
with their well-beloved "Hoodoo." 

The title of my sketch is "In the 
Suburbs." 

Charles Dickson. 



Editor Variety: 

From the Tuberculosis Infirmary, Ward O, 
Blackwell's Island. New York. 

NOV. 21. 

A Message of Thanksgiving coming 
from a Charity Hospital on the Isle 
De Blackwell may seem strange. 
Nevertheless It is true. For I am 
truly thankful to God Almighty for 
his mercy to me in having spared my 
life while others were and are dying 
all around me. 



This awful White Plague is worse 
than any war, because no flag of truce 
is recognized. 

To night I am speaking and jest- 
ing with a fellow unfortunate — to- 
morrow I ask for him and am told he 
was taken down during the night. It 
comes in the twinkling of an eye. 

And still, being optimistic, I am 
thankful and happy; happy to be able 
to send the names of those who have 
not forgotten me. May Ood grant 
them, wherever they may be, much 
cause for Thanksgiving. • 

I make grateful acknowledgment 
to Belle Carmen, Jessie May Trahern, 
Mildred Jewel, Maggie Cline, Mae 
Rose, Anna Hall and "Chocolate Sold- 
ier" Co., Maude Hall Macy, Nellie 
Fillmore and members of "Country 
Boy" Co., Eva Tanguay, Mollie Will- 
iams and members of "Cracker Jack" 
Co., Elizabeth F. Marbury, Emma 
Carus, Rose Coventry, Ellonor Frank- 
lin, Marie Fitzgerald, (of "Snobs") 
Ruby Leoni, Helen E. Wilson, (of 
"Merry Mary") Billy B. Van, White- 
ley and Bell, Lew Fields, Chas. Lewis, 
Pat Casey, Sam Harris, Jas. Edmonds, 
L. J. Lorlng, Goff Phillips, Kaufman 
and Sautelle, Harvey Brooks, J no. 
Williams, Jno. Jess, Wright Hunting- 
ton, Eddie Leslie, Tim Dady, Davis and 
Pollok, Harry Walters and others. 

Pen Kennedy. 



Bingham ton, N. Y., Nov. 
Editor Variety,: 

The manager of the Olympic made 
a mistake In our billing Sunday. He 
billed us as the "Juggling Millers" 
instead of Carl and Lillian Muller. 
We don't care to have our names con- 
fused with others. 

Carl and Lillian Muller. 



Clare LeVine has an English 
sketch, entitled "The Case of Miss 
Jenifer," for vaudeville. It is some 
years since Miss LaVine appeared, 
then in the legitimate for Henry W. 
Savage and George Lederer. In the 
interim, she has been nursing her 
husband, William Blaisdell, a very 
well known actor who was set upon 
and beaten by thugs one night, as he 
was entering a Subway station. 



A. G. Delemater announces he has 
the rights to Joseph C. Lincoln's "Cy 
Whlttaker's Place," and will produce 
the show in Waterbury, Nov. 27. 
After a few performances in the 
smaller towns the piece will be taken 
into Boston for a run. The play was 
staged by Oscar Eagle. The cast will 
Include: Wlllam J. Brady, John Mar- 
ble, Wallace Owen, George Thomp- 
son, William Nugent, Henry Mllllarde, 
Jeanette Fennell, Maude Ellner, Caro- 
line Lee, Edith Norman. 





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"I can't make a speech, bat I want 
to tell you how happy I am to have 
you all here to celebrate the 100m 
performance of 'Maggie Pepper/ If 
there are any Maggie Peppers here 
with sorrows, I hope they will end as 
happily as this Maggie's." Rose Stahl 
said that Sunday night to an especial- 
ly invited audience of shop girls. 
Anyway they were supposed to be shop 
girls — buyers and their assistants. 
Not a man was around, excepting on 
the stage, where Lee Kohlmar as the 
Jewish drummer seemed to be a type 
all the girls recognised. Mr. Kohlmar 
brought a laugh each time he spoke. 
In "Maggie Pepper," Miss Stahl is an 
assistant buyer. Her speech was about 
the only portion of the show that did 
not cause a riot of either laughter or 
applause. For you see Maggie Pep- 
per married the boss. It sounded fine 
for the shop girls, but they couldn't 
realise the realisation, perhaps, for 
themselves. The 900 seats were all 
taken. Mr. A. Alger, the show's man- 
ager, personally called upon twenty- 
flve New York department stores, 
leaving the coupons, to ensure that 
the prototypes of Maggie would be 
there. B. Altman & Co., I under- 
stand, thought it was an advertising 
dodge, just because the tickets were 
given them, but after when the 
B. A. firm called around for more 
tickets, they were too late. One box 
where representatives of the Sim cox 
store were, threw huge bouquets to 
Miss Stahl. The biggest hit of the 
piece was when Maggie replied, upon 
being asked why she didn't marry: 
"The idea of turning over my en- 
velope every Saturday night to some 
man doesn't appeal to me." Miss 
Stahl was in nigh spirits, and gave 
the best performance since the piece 
opened at the Harris theatre. The 
company caught the star's enthusi- 
asm, and seemed to communicate it 
to the appreciative audience. It was 
a happy night for Rose Stahl, and 
she certainly wont have to fret any- 
more when doing her shopping. The 
girls will fight to wait upon her. 



"THE SKIRT" SAYS 

SPEAKING OF WOMAN, MOSTLY. 



They do things differently over in 
Germany. I just heard about a Ger- 
man soubret named Mizzi Wirth, who 
bought thousands upon thousands of 
dollars' worth of clothes, without pay- 
ing for them, and no one could make 
her. She relieved one firm of $1,000 
in blouses. When they looked for her 
to attach the salary earned, and it was 
a large one, the creditors found Mizzi 
was always engaged through someone 
else. Her several relatives would sign 
the contract, but the explosion came 
one day when at the Apollo, Vienna, 
it was discovered that E. Rotten- 
boug, an agent then in Berlin had ex- 
ecuted the instrument as her manager. 
The. German law says an agent can not 
be a manager, so the Germans ex- 
pelled Mr. Rottenboug out of the 
country. It's rather an easy way for 
a "single" to dress well, but for the 
life of me, I can't imagine why Mizzi 
wanted $1,000 worth of blouses all at 
once. 



Gaby Deslys in "Vera Violetta" 
at the Winter Garden, shades all the 
women. Even the show girls, dress- 
ed at the height of managerial ex- 
travaganve, couldn't outshine Gaby. 
A silver gown lined in emerald was a 
marvel but later when a coral colored 
gown completely covered in a bead 
fringe was worn. Gaby made every 
one sit up. A lingerie frock and a 
black dancing dress worn at a for- 
mer performance, completed this 
French lady's wardrobe. Josle Col- 
lins was stunning in her entrance 
gown, made of a black fringed shawl. 
A cloak of the same material was 
lined in cerise and had a sable col- 
lar. This dress was slit up the right 
side to the knee. I noticed many of 
the dresses were slit this way while 
Gaby's were slit up the front about 
twelve Inches. The chorus women 



get it over with. This Mr. Dellett real- 
ly looks strong enough, were he so 
minded, to tear up the stage, and drop 
the whole crew into the cellar. 



In burlesquing costumes Mabel Hite 
(Colonial) is a past mistress. That 
she can look nice* if she wants to, is 
proven by Miss Hite this week. She 
wears one very pretty dress. It is 
white satin, trimmed in green chiffon. 
A black velvet hat the shape of a 
flower pot was very smart. 



Bessie Crawford (Barnes and 
Crawford) (Colonial) has gotten her 
figure down to girlish slimness. Two 
gowns are worn by this young wo- 
man, one a navy blue chiffon, and 
the second a pretty evening frock of 



Alan Dale has a new home in the 
country. It is at Bayslde, Long Is- 
land, and arranged like a stage set- 
ting. Entering the large reception 
hall, one sees a fountain of running 
water. In the midst is a mermaid, 
clad in marble, and built to stand the 
continual downpour. To the right is 
the dining room in mission; the draw- 
ing room Is on the left. Through It 
one enters the critic's "den," sacri- 
ficed In this instance for space to the 
remainder of the house, so much so 
in fact Mr. Dale keeps a typewriter 
upstairs in his bedroom. But the 
entrance to the den is quite antique 
in appearance, all bricked in, with a 
fireplace to the side. The reception 
hall Is circular, and all open work, 
right up to the dome of Cathedral 
glass, lighted at night by electric 
bulbs on the outside. Mr. Dale's 
switchboard almost needs an electri- 
cian to operate it. Seven sleeping 
rooms open onto a balcony running 
around the circle, with a flight of 
stairs on either side to the hall be- 




A flashlight of the Harris theatre auditorium 

looked like furniture just returned 
from the upholsterers. At the finale 
of "Vera Violetta" with the princi- 
pals taking a curtain, Melville Ellis 
kissed Gaby's hand. Wasn't it cute? 
(The hand, Mr. Ellis, or the kiss?) 



THE ALL-FEMALEfAUDIENCE TO SEE ROSE STAHL 

"Mavffle Pepper" to the New York department 



Sunday night, at the Invitation performance of 
store buyers and their assistants. 

apricot elaborately trimmed in crys- 
tal fringe. Mr. Barnes' recitation of 
the magazines was decidedly clever. 



Don't be surprised if very soon 
Aaron Kessler has another title be- 
sides husband. (I hear it's going to 
be papa.) 



When I saw Geo. Dellett, as the 
program named him, assisting Annette 
Kellermann at the Winter Garden this 
week, it reminded me of a story I 
heard some time ago. This Mr. Del- 
lett is one strong young man, from 
his looks. Jake Shubert, so I was told, 
walked up to George one afternoon 
during a rehearsal, and informed that 
worthy his salary would be cut $25 a 
week. Mr. Dellett wanted to know 
why. Mr. Shubert said because he 
wasn't worth any more. I understand 
they promised Mr. Dellett the Shu- 
bert chain of theatres to remember 
he was a gentleman. George did, with 
an effort, although the story says his 
first idea was to kill Jake quickly and 



Lind has grown too stout. A lit- 
tle banting will Improve him great- 
ly. The first gown worn by Lind at 
the Colonial is an elaborate blue bro- 
cade, followed by a Spanish costume 
of handsomely shaded satin. A crys- 
tal affair was worn for the finale. 



Lee Perry (White and Perry) has 
a wonderful personality. She com- 
pletely won the Colonial audience, 
Monday. Miss Perry makes her en- 
trance in a cloak of red and gold bro- 
cade with green chiffon trimmings. A 
pretty blue chiffon over apricot was 
revealed upon the dropping of the 
cloak. For tho finale, Miss Perry 
looked stunning in a raspberry mar- 
quisette. 



neath. Neighbors of the Dales are 
Tom Dorgan ("Tad"), H. B. Martin, 
the American's illustrator, and Al 
Aarons, who, I am told, knows more 
about theatrical Ohio than any liv- 
ing person. Mr. Aarons Is also the 
general utility man for the neighbor- 
hood. He is the fixer, having lived 
in "the country" before. If a fire 
doesn't burn right they send for him, 
because he is only a city man in the 
day time. They all agree down in 
Bayslde that commuting has no ter- 
rors, yet it must annoy one to find 
that a Rockaway Beach train has 
been taken by mistake, as I hear 
happened to Mr. Dale the other eve- 
ning. The winter Is yet to come, 
too. There may be some loud and 
expressive words down that way when 
any member of the camping out col- 
ony must sleep in the station over 
night, because the trail home can't 
be located through the dark and 
snow. 



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VARIETY 

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NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 



Initial 
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intatlon. First Appearance 
teappearanoe la or Around 
Now York 



Yvette (New Act), Hammerstein'B. 

One Round Hogan, Hammerstein'B. 
Percy Winun and Co., Union Hill. 
Bernlvlcl Bros., Union Hill. 

Joe. B. Howard and Mabel McCane. 

8ongs and Coined/. 

flO Mine.; One (2); Parlor (18); 

One (5). 
Alhambra. 

It 1b rather reversing the order of 
things when musical comedy is 
brought into vaudeville instead of the 
other way around. Joseph B. How- 
ard and Mabel McCane at the Alham- 
bra this week never leave the musical 
comedy Idea of doing things. There 
are songs and talk. If there is a 
song to sing Mr. Howard may be re- 
lied upon. In this act, Mr. Howard 
has two dandy songs. The first be 
does in "one** at the commencement. 
Its pleasing swing became popular 
Immediately. The second verse 
though employs the "gag" of every 
man in the sleeping car having his 
foot out of the berth. Miss McCane 
does not appear until the drop goes 
up on a parlor setting. As a girlie, 
Miss McCane sings alone, doing quite 
well, due to the pretty quality of her 
voice. There is dialog following that 
passed In Harlem, but it may be diffi- 
cult to make people believe it funny 
further downtown. Some was much 
too old to have been disturbed. But 
both regain the good graces when 
they sing "Just A Little Smile/' Mr. 
Howard's easy manner and Miss Mc- 
Cane's good voice again boost the 
offering up to a hit. "LIndy" a 
"coon" song, reminiscent of "Mandy," 
is rendered with such good results by 
the musical comedy couple they were 
forced to return and sing the chorus 
of Mr. Howard's first song twice, be- 
fore allowed to depart. This turn 1b 
bound to Improve in all ways as it 
goes along. The weakness in the talk 
can easily be remedied. Miss McCane 
wears two little dresses that look im- 
mense, and besides looking well, 
she scored an individual hit. Jess. 



Fairman anA Manlosu 
••Piano-act.** 
Mlns.; One. 
Winter Garden. 

"No. 2" at the Winter Garden Sun- 
day evening, Fairman and Manlon, 
were obliged to follow .the Black 
Brothers, who opened the show The 
Blacks also use a piano in their turn. 
The conflict was more in appearances, 
however, than actual work, for the 
piano solo by the Fairman and Man- 
ion act was its biggest applause win- 
ner. In this the pianist played "I 
Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now," 
with variations. The variations made 
the success. It's rather a simple ex- 
pedient at best, and the young man 
selected the most popular selection 
among Ivory ticklers for "variations." 
The other young man sang. He 
seemed to consider his strength was 
in Irish songs. In trying for "The 
Violin Rag," the latest of the "coon" 
numbers, and one which usually 
carries the singer to success through 
its melody, this young man did little 
with it. Blme. 



Annette Kellermann and Oo. (7). 

"Undine" (Pantomime). 

18 Mlns.; Full Stage (Special Set 

with tank). 
Winter Garden. 

In a particularly striking sylvan 
setting, Annette Kellermann became a 
pantomimist Monday evening at the 
Winter Garden. More than that, she 
was a toe dancer. After showing 
these new accomplishments. Miss Kel- 
lermann gave her series of dives, and 
all to interject animation into a de- 
pressed Princess, who had stood the 
country side as long as she could. 
When they called Annette from the 
wings, the Princess was all in. It 
was with difficulty they could induce 
her to let her eyes stray from the 
book to the champagne colored union 
suit Miss Kellermann wore, without 
corsets. When the Princess saw that, 
she, with the others in the theatre, 
Just kept their optics glued upon An- 
nette, for this young woman is some 
sight in any old kind of union suit. 
According to the baseball players at 
Hammerstein'B, corsets would spoil 
Annette's curves. For an assistant, 
who looked like a wrestler or a rub- 
ber. Miss Kellermann selected one Geo. 
Dellett to handle her. He did this 
well, and some effective postures 
were secured. Had a ballet dancer of 
note been the center, they would have 
received more, but the audience expect- 
ed Miss Kellermann to dive only. They 
didn't stop to think where she picked 
up toe dancing or pantomime. So to 
close the turn, Miss Kellermann dived, 
this time in a black union suit. It 
required quite some while to make the 
change, and the crowd on the stage 
did not know how to stall through the 
wait But they walked around the 
tank sunk in the stage. The audience 
watched them walk, Miss Kellermann 
did no new dives, but for the Win- 
ter Garden, she has a nice act to in- 
troduce her former specialty in. The 
setting is far superior to anything 
shown in the "Vera Vloletta" produc- 
tion, and it has removed Miss Keller- 
mann from the category of a "diving 
act.** Bim*. 



Hanlon and Hanlon. 

Hand Balancing. 

6 Mlns.; Two (Plush Curtain.) 

Hammerstein'B. 

The greater portion of the routine 
of hand-balancers is drawn out, with 
unnecessary stalling and posing but 
Hanlon and Hanlon put over their act 
In the most approved modern fashion. 
The Hanlons were formerly of the 
Hanlon Trio In burlesque, but since 
dropping the comedian and incident- 
ally burlesque, are exhibiting a dandy 
act in vaudeville, one that can hold 
either an early or closing position 
with splendid results. The boys work 
In front of a rich-colored curtain and 
in their blue-colored athletic suits 
prove they are abreast of the times. 
They possess excellent figures, show 
superb control of their finely de- 
veloped muscles and work with ease, 
grace and rapidity. They have sev- 
eral good tricks, the most prominent 
being a Jump by one from a pedestal 
Into a trampoline and doing a hand- 
leap Into the other's hands, the latter 
having a "neck-bridge" position on 
a table some feet away. Mark. 



American- 
sent over 



Kaufmann Troupe (12). 

Cycle. 

14 Mine.; Full Stage. 

Winter Garden. 

Nick Kaufmann, the 

German impresario, has 

twelve neat and cute little women to 

compose a bicycle act for the Winter 

Garden, New York. This is not "The 

Kaufmann Troupe" lately travelling 

over the Orpheum Circuit, and of 

which Frankle Kaufmann is a part. 

That young and dandy trick bicycle 

rider does not appear in the turn. 

It's nothing but girls, with three 
changes of costumes during the act, 
each of a pretty design. The last 
change is to tights, with one young 
woman then doing the only solo work 
of the group. She is a nice rider, 
and does the complete single turn 
around the handle bars to the saddle 
again a couple of times. Her trick 
riding is excellent for a girl. There 
are many formations, the most oc- 
curring at the opening when the dozen 
are dressed similarly in duos, trios 
and quartets. It makes an effective 
sight combination. The smallest 
members or "ponies" reappear in 
"kid" dresses, and the closing in 
all blue tights makes of this new 
Kaufmann company a very engaging 
act. At the Garden the turn was 
given a theatre interior set, probably 
at first intended for a roller rink 
setting in the "Vera Vloletta" revue. 
Not employed there, it came In hand- 
ily for the cycle turn, with the mini- 
ature boxes filled with the choristers 
from the production, who were 
obliged to remain in the theatre for 
this purpose only, from 10:25, when 
the "Vloletta" affair closed, until 
11:60, the time when the Kaufmanns 
finished the Winter Garden program 
Monday night, to less than 100 peo- 
ple in the orchestra, the previous turn, 
Belle Baker, having driven them forth 
in droves. The act opens on a dark 
stage, with an incandescent on the 
lamp of each of the twelve wheels. 

Bime. 



•'Four Queens and a Joker" (5). 
Singing and Dancing. 
11 Mlns.; Two. 
Fifth Avenue. 

"Four Queens and a Joker" repre- 
sents the unique billing of a young 
comedian, backed up by four girls. 
Opening the show at the Fifth Avenue 
they worked in "two," but could 
easily go through their routine in 
"one." The act was undoubtedly de- 
signed with that stage position in 
view. The comedian is a youthful, 
llght-halred chap, attired in evening 
dress who sang "coon" and "Dutch" 
songs with effect. His work is easy 
and he has an expressive face that 
enabled him to land his points. Backed 
up by the girls In various costume 
changes, his songs became production 
numbers, that is, the girls sang and 
"evoluted" while the young man 
warbled his ditties. The girls are 
pretty and tastefully dressed. Their 
opening costumes are military, the 
second, evening gowns, and the third, 
pantalets. As a "girl act," reinforced 
by a comedian, it serves its purpose. 

Jolo. 



NEW SHOWS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation of Lesjltlssate 

Attractions In New York 

Theatres. 



"Little Boy Blue" — Lyric. 

"Take My Advice" (William Collier), 
Fulton. 

"The Senator Keeps House" (Wil- 
liam H. Crane), Garrlck. 

Mabel Roes and JdcKee Rankin A Co. 

(1). 
"Nancy Sykes" (Dramatic. 

16 Mlns.; Full Stage (15), One (1). 

Majestic, Chicago. 

Charles Dickens' description of 
Nancy Sykes' death Is a story quite 
familiar to the readers of "Oliver 
Twist." Mabel Fenton Ross and Mc- 
Kee Rankin have chosen it for a 
vaudeville offering. Barring the cold 
blooded features, they made a fair 
impression through clever acting 
alone. Rankin portrayed the mur- 
derous Bill Sykes excellently, while 
Miss Robs depicted the careworn wife 
to the letter. What there is to the 
story is told plainly and well. Fagln 
(Robert Lawler) tells Nancy of his 
intention to make a thief of Oliver 
Twist and when Bill arrives she mixes 
a sleeping potion in his drink to en- 
able her to Blip out to London Bridge 
and inform the police. Bill sinks 
into slumber and Nancy works alone 
in "one" for a minute, showing her 
return from the bridge. Bill explains 
his dream and thereupon takes his 
devoted Nancy into an adjoining 
room. After beating her with his 
bludgeon, he returns to the stage t to 
watch her crawl out and die. Covered 
with blood; Nancy makes a terrible 
sight for anyone with bad nerves or 
stomach trouble. If one likes the 
gruesome kind of vaudeville "Nancy 
Sykes" will please. To a mixed audi- 
ence, the sketch will only partially 
please. That's exactly what hap- 
pened Monday evening. 

Wynn. 



Gertrude Van Dyke Trio. 

Piano, Songs, Duolog. 

20 Mlns.; One. 

Olympic (Nov. 19). 

Miss Van Dyke, formerly a "single," 
now has a pianist and a comedian — 
also several "drops" (not In evidence 
at the Sunday concert). But the 
comedian and pianist were very much 
there, especially the comedian. His 
name is Ray Fern. Fern and Miss 
Van Dyke open with a "patter" song. 
Fern is the kind of comedian who 
will win audiences for the reason he 
creates the impression of doing his 
work because he enjoys it. The audi- 
ence feels he is "ad libblng," always 
enjoyable to them when the "machin- 
ery" is effectually concealed. Miss 
Van Dyke's straight and double- 
voiced singing are sufficiently con- 
tracting to the comedian's contribu- 
tions to help. The pianist was an 
effective and unobtrusive addition. 
Just why he should dress in a green 
corduroy suit 1b not made clear. The 
art Is cumulative, growing in favor 
as it progresses and finishes with the 
singing of the prison scene from 
"Faust" in "ragtime." Sunday it was 
the applause hit of the bill. Jolo. 



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19 



Mclntyre and Heath. 
"Waiting at the. Church" (Comedy.) 
28 Mine.; Three (Special; Interior). 
Hammers tain's. 

Anslsted by Otto T. Johnsone, made 
up as Rufus Ambro Lee, who never 
says a word during the entire sketch, 
Mclntyre and Heath are offering their 
newest comedy skit, "Waiting at the 
Church" at Hammerstein's this week. 
The sketch by Henry Vernon rang up 
a substantial laughing hit Monday 
night. Jim Mclntyre, all dolled up as 
a negro wench In the regulation white 
wedding togs, invades Parson Jones' 
(Tom Heath) study for the express 
purpose of being hitched up for life 
with R. A. Lee. The fun hinges on 
the conversation between the Parson 
and Venus Love, (Mclntyre). There 
are some very amusing lines. Venus 
submits documentary evidence to the 
preacher showing why Rufus should 
marry her. During the wait at the 
church, she makes the latter stand 
around when she flashes a razor. 
Heath, as the colored minister of the 
gospel, has a good make up and enacts 
the role with dignity, although get- 
ting all the comedy possible out of 
it. He proves a capital feeder for Mc- 
Intyre's rapid jests. At times the 
comedy lags. The sketch is not as 
funny as others the blackfaced come- 
dians have produced, but it varies 
the run of their pieces and has suf- 
ficient humor to make it worth while. 
It is also susceptible to being worked 
up. Johnsone does his part capitally. 

Mark. 



Marion Xittlefield A Go. (7). 

Operatic. 

24 Mins.; Full Stage (18); one (6); 

(Special Drops). 
Fifth Avenue. 

Four men and an equal number of 
women, attired in idealized Floren- 
tine costume, go through a vocal re- 
pertoire of operatic selections in a 
capable and acceptable way. They 
are all trained singers and harmonize. 
While all are more than ordinarily 
good singers, one, an Amazonian con- 
tralto, has a really unusual or extra- 
ordinary voice. This contralto is 
also the only member of the troupe 
with any "life," the others merely 
contenting themselves with putting 
over their singing in concert fashion. 
In the ensemble numbers it was quite 
apparent the contralto set the pace — 
and made it a lively one. The act 
earned a very large amount of ap- 
plauBe. Good singing always does, 
anywhere, unless dealt out in too huge 
a dose. Jolo. 



Tom Holer and Co. (3). 
"The Ice Man" (Comedy). 
14 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Olympic (Nov. 10). 

•'The Ice Man" is an old-fashioned 
farcical sketch with a jealous hus- 
band, the innocent wife wrongfully 
suspected, the flip servant and the in- 
sipid neighbor, accused of carrying on 
an affair with the wife when in reality 
he doesn't know her. Everybody 
rushes in and out, everybody yells 
and the curtain falls on a "picture," 
with the insipid neighbor shorn of his 
outer garments, struggling vainly to 
discover what it is all about. They 
still scream at those sketches on the 
small time. jolo. 



Belle Baker. 

Songs. 

16 Mins.; One. 

Winter Garden (Not. 10). 

The danger of a "clacque," in New 
York City anyway, when there Is no 
talent behind the manufactured at- 
tempt to "make an act" was best Il- 
lustrated Sunday night at the Winter 
Garden, during the appearance of 
Belle Baker. The girl received con- 
siderable applause when her card was 
placed on the easel, and more upon 
her entrance. After each verse of 
every song, the applause was there, 
until the last, "Honey Man," when 
the noise almost became a tumult. 
Then the forward section of orches- 
tra seat holders commenced to hiss. 
The stage manager must have been 
aware of the "clacque" as well, for 
although the applause would have 
ordinarily demanded a few acknowl- 
edgments besides another song, the 
lights were immediately lowered, and 
the card_(cjr the next act placed. This 
is the manner on Sundays in which 
the end of a turn at the Garden Is 
marked. With lights up, and the 
"clacque" still noisy, joined In by real 
applause from those who were welcom- 
ing the next number (Dazie), Miss 
Baker came out to bow. Perhaps the 
girl has been deceived also, but 
that Sunday night audience at the 
Winter Garden, or the portion pay- 
ing $2 for seats, established that 
there yet live in New York some peo- 
ple with discernment. The "clacque" 
for Miss Baker was placed nearly in 
its entirety in the balcony. The ap- 
plause could be easily located as from 
the same location each time the noise 
occurred. During the girl's entire 
act, now consisting of new songs (ex- 
cepting "Honey Man") she did nothing 
with her voice, expression or gestures 
to merit any of it. Her opening num- 
ber was "Meet Me To-night, Dear 
Moon"; the second, "Ragtime Rosie," 
third, an Italian song (a steal from 
"Gotta De Rock") and the final song 
the one that brought forth hisses. In 
attempting to make a dramatic read- 
ing almost of the Italian selection, 
Miss Baker became exceedingly pain- 
ful in her labored efforts. The open- 
ing song brought as dire results, 
through the vain effort at phrasing 
and expression this unfinished young 
woman tried to inject into it. Belle 
Baker was one of the first to play in 
New York vaudeville backed up by a 
"clacque." For a time she soared, but 
vaudeville "got on," as the saying 
goes, and she anchored at the Winter 
Garden, where they know less about 
vaudeville than they do at Ellis Isl- 
and. As a vaudeville act, Belle Ba- 
ker could not rank with ninety per 
cent, of the "single women" playing 
the "small time" shows. She is the 
veriest of accidents, yet given the 
song and the instructor, this girl 
might continue for awhile yet to fool 
herself and a "clacque." There is one 
chance for her, to appear in black- 
face, as an ordinary "coon shouter." 

Sime. 



m ..p OP " HOUSES 

Star Trio. 
Rathskeller. 
20 Mine.; One. 
New York Roof. 

On music alone this trio hits the 
bull's eye. The boy with the violin 
can fiddle with all the feeling, execu- 
tion and effect of a true artist and he 
displays masterly control of the bow. 
One chap does the solo work. He 
possesses a good voice and has the 
knack of using it to advantage. The 
other man is a pianist and interpo- 
lates some comedy byplay that works 
in harmoniously. The trio offers a 
conglomeration of numbers, including 

everything from the classical to rag- 
time. They should stick to one style 
of dressing, rearrange their program 
to better advantage and sail along in 
faster company. The boys were some 
hit on the Roof. Mark. 



Polycapiro. 
Songs and Dances. 
9 Mins.; One. 
New York Roof. 

They put out the name "McNa- 
mara," but this young Jap looks as 
much like an Irishman as a chocolate 
cake resembles a plate of ice cream. 
Polycapiro looks rather rakish In bis 
own modest garb but on willingness to 
work, ability to entertain and a fami- 
liarity with various languages, he 
wins in a walk. A Jap doing a single 
singing and dancing act is something 
of an oddity in vaudeville. With this 
Son of the Orient putting over his 
specialty in good shape, he should get 
plenty of work in the "pop" houses. 
He offers one selection in a half dozen 
different tongues, his English being 
unusually distinct. If Poly were to 
offer a rag number with his "turkey 
trot" stepping, he would finish even 
stronger. Mark. 



Bohemian Four. 
Male Quartet. 
13 Mins.; One. 
Greeley Square. 

These four men are not ordinarily 
good singers and are quite ungainly. 
Their clothes were palpably designed 
to "dress" them. Despite the indi- 
vidual singing they are entitled to 
credit for harmonizing, the only re- 
deeming feature. Jolo. 



Lasher, Mi Hernia n and Co. 
Comedy Sketch. 
17 Mins.; Parlor. 
Washington. 

Three people are used (n a mistaken 
identity sketch of the oldest school. 
In the small time houses, the piece 
will cause enough laughs to keep It 
there. Jess. 



Sara Vernon. 

Songs. 

12 Mins.; One. 

Washington. 

Miss Vernon is a young girl who 
makes a very neat appearance and also 
possesses a good singing voice. An 
Irish song, a ballad, and an Italian 
song, done in costume, Is the girl's act. 
Miss Vernon will please all over on 
the small time. 



Musical Arlon. 
9 Mine.; One, 
Murray Hill (Not. 10). 

Musical Arlon plays a .mandolin 
and offers a variety of selections. His 
work was fairly well received at the 
Murray Hill theatre where a better 
impression would have been made 
with all ragtime. He has a good 
stage appearance. Arlon should 
woik up a different program for his 
"pop" house audiences. Jferfe. 



Boccado Trio. 

Singing and Instrumental. 

12 Mins.; One. 

Grand Opera House (Not. 19). 

This trio of Italians play their own 
accompaniments on two mandolins 
and a guitar while singing. Whan the 
three men started by singing and 
playing a selection from the opera 
from which they chose their name 
there was much laughter, which 
turned into loud kidding when the 
tenor came back for a solo. /ess. 



Smith and Weston. 

Talking and Dancing. 

14 Mins.; One. 

Washington. 

The "straight" man is a corking 
buck and wing stepper, but that leu 
the act out as far as any value is con- 
cerned, /sst. 



Ursone. 

Harpist. 

12 Mins.; One. 

Ursone Is an Italian. With the aid 
of a harp he has a very useful turn 
for the small time. He scores heav- 
ily with a popular medley, after 
which he covers the harp and blind- 
folds himself. With the harp covered 
he still features popular music. Ur- 
sone was the hit of the bill at the 
American Roof where he showed the 
latter part of last week. Je$$. 



OUT OF TOWN 

Clifford and Burke. 

Songs and Talk. 

12 Mins.; One (Special Drop). 

Orpheum, New Orleans (Nov. 18). 

A special "drop," depicting a war- 
ship at anchor, is employed in the 
new act of Clifford and Burke, shown 
for the first time at the Orpheum Sat- 
urday evening. Burke is still "Luci- 
cius," and Clifford, "Dunslmuir," but 
the former is now a naval officer, 
while his companion in comedy is a 
very menial sailor. The house is suf- 
fused with some ultra-heavy nautical 
music by the orchestra, prior to the 
appearance of the comedians. Some 
"war" talk is indulged in, bringing 
forth a goodly share of laughs. A 
song follows, "Take It Away," by Clif- 
ford. This number is familiar but 
still scores handsomely. It would be 
well, however, to replace the number 
with something up-to-date. The couple 
close with dancing of a very high 
calibre. The act merited a volume of 
solid applause at its conclusion. 

0. M. Samuel. 
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VARIETY 



STOCK 




LEAVE AMERICAN STOCK. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 20. 

Edna May Spooner has left the 
American Theatre Stock Co. here and 
signed a contract with I. Fluegelman 
for a period of 20 weeks with an op- 
tion of one year additional to preaent 
a series of thirty-minute iketchea to 
be presented in connection with vaude- 
ville in the new De Kalb theatre in 
Brooklyn. No one has been selected 
to succeed Miss Spooner at the Ameri- 
can. 

Charles Behrens has also severed 
his connection with the American 
company. Gerald T. Heavenor, a 
clever stock actor and popular local 
favorite joined the company and 
opened in "The City" this week, scor- 
ing solidly in the "dope" fiend char- 
acter. Business at the American is 
reported as very good. 



GIVES UP THE SEE-SAW. 

There is weeping and walling among 
the stock patrons of the Gayety, 
Hoboken, as Travers Vale has an- 
nounced his company will close its 
long engagement there Dec 2. 

Vale has been having a see-saw 
business with his Hoboken stock 
venture. 



CHANCE FOR STOCK COMPANY. 

The Majestic, Indianapolis, wants 
to play stock. J. J. Muraock, of the 
United Booking Offices, does not care 
to organise a company for that ex- 
press purpose unless obliged to. 

Mr. Murdock believes there must be 
a company already organised that will 
jump at the chance to go Into the big 
city house. If a small town show 
stood ready, says Mr. Murdock, It 
could go in with such strengthening 
as might be required. 



AT LIBERTY FOR STOCK. 

With the closing of the Edmund 
Breese company in "A Man of Honor" 
which was backed by Joe Weber and 
Hans Robert, the piece has been 
placed at the disposal of the stock 
managers. 

Hans Robert, who invested heavily 
in the show, is in New York and may 
accept one of the several offers he 
has to join another legitimate com- 
pany. 



Paulo Oruppe. the young Dutch cellist, has 
arrived In New York for a concert tour of 
the United State* and Canada. He will also 
be heard In recital In thla city. 



Charles Hackett, the young American tenor 
has started a concert tour of the east. West- 
ern time Is also being booked for him. 



Marc Lagen, the Impresario, and wife (Pay 
Cord), start west on an extended trip the 
first week In December. 



From Stockholm (Sweden) comes word that 
the Nobel prize for literature has been award- 
ed to Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian dra- 
matist. 



Karl Klein, violinist, who has been a con- 
cert soloist for three years, has been ap- 
pointed concertmaster of the Russian Sym- 
phony Orchestra of New York, succeeding 
Modest Altschuler as conductor. 



$000 STAGGERED CORSE. 

Corse Payton has decided not to put 
"The Rack," the William A. Brady 
piece, which "fllwed" at the Play- 
house, Into stock at present. Corse 
had a telephonic message the" other 
day from Marie Fitsgerald suggesting 
he put the piece into stock. Payton 
immediately asked the price. $600 
was the answer. Corse then asked if 
she meant that as the royalty for a 
year or month. When told it was 
for a week, he begged to be excused 
until he had taken another look at the 
receipts at the new Orpheum, Newark. 
Corse is still trying to figure whether 
he got the wrong 'phone number. 

But still, the Newark Orpheum, 
with the Payton Company, is doing 
between $6,000 and $7,000 a week, 
on twelve performances. 



POSTS THE NOTICE. 

Pawtucket, Nov. 22. 
Notice has been posted the Paw- 
tucket stock company will close after 
Thanksgiving. The business has not 
been satisfactory here of late. 



David Bufflngton, who manages the 
company, announces that the end of 
his stock regime here comes Dec. 2. 

There is another stock company 
here and report has it that it too will 
close before the holidays. 



ALBANY STOCK OPENS. 

Albany, N. Y.. Nov. 22. 

The latest venture here is stock 
burlesque at the Oayety, the scheme 
being promoted by O. H. Stacey, man- 
ager of the house, which has been 
playing "turkey" attractions. 

The company opened Monday with 
talent recruited from New York. 
Among those taking part are Jimmy 
Karney and wife, Harry Buckley, 
Miss Harris and J. Dorten Lewis. 
These people also put on specialties 
in the olio. New people will be add- 
ed to the roster from week to week. 



Boris Hambourg, cellist. Is announced to 
appear In New York with the Russian Sym- 
phony Orchestra, Dec 2-S, Carnegie Hall. 



"Parsifal" will be given a special perform- 
ance Thanksgiving Day at the Metropolitan 
Opera House- beginning at 1 p. m. 



The Zoellner String Quartet is announced to 
arrive here next March for a three months' 
tour, their first New York appearance being 
made March 4. 



The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, under 
the direction of Leopold Stokowskl, opened Us 
regular season at Hamilton, O., Nov. 10. 



Lillian M. Blackburn, a Providence (R. I.) 
girl who has been studying In Italy for two 
years. Is now appearing with the Naples Opera 
Company. 

Carl Burrlan, who left the Dresden Opera 
Company because of outside conditions, has 
rejoined the Metropolitan Opera Company. 

Paul Dufault, the French-American tenor, 
will be heard In a French and English recital 
program at Carnegie Hall Nov. 27. 

Holger Blrkerod, the Danish singer, has re- 
turned from a successful western concert 
tour. 

Yvonne de Trevllle, colaratura soprano, has 
been forced to postpone her American tour 
until January. Her first concert Is now an- 
nounced for Jan. IB. 



LYCEUM 

CHICAGO'S OPERA SOHBDUIJB. 

Chicago, Nov. 22. 

Ihe first week's repertoire of the 
Chicago Grand Opera Co. at the Audi- 
torium is announced as follows: Open- 
ing night Not. 22, Initial performance 
of "Samson and Delilah," with Jeanne 
Gerv. Ue-Reache as Delillah and 
Charles Dalmores as Samson; Nov. 23, 
"Carmen" with Mary Garden as Car- 
men, and Dalmores as Don Jose; Nov. 
24, first appearance here of Lusia Te- 
trazsinl in "Lucia"; matinee Nov. 26, 
"Marriage of Figaro," with Maggie 
Teyte, the new English soprano; eve- 
ning of same day, "11 Trovatore" with 
Rachel Freaae-Green, the new Ameri- 
can soprano, as Leonora; Nov. 27, first 
time in Chicago of Massenet's "Cen- 
drillon" with Miss Garden, Miss Teyte 
and Jenny Dufau in the leading roles; 
Nov. 28, "Traviata" with Mme. Tet- 
razzini as Violetta. 

Sousa and his band will utilise the 
Auditorium for a concert afternoon 
and evening of Nov. 26. 



NEW OPERA NEXT FALL. 

The new opera, "Ariadne at Naxoa," 
by Richard Strauss, will be presented 
for the first time at the Deutsches 
theatre, Berlin, under Max Phein- 
hardt's management next fall. 

The general idea of the opera Is 
known as an adaptation of flblleres' 
"Bourgeois Gentllhomme" in which 
operatic companies (one serious, the 
other comic) play pieces dealing with 
female fidelity side by side. 



Joseph Pulitzer, late proprietor of the New 
York World* In a bequest with certain condi- 
tions, left the Philharmonic Society of New 
York considerable money. 



Frieda Langendorff, German eontralto and 
Betsy Wyers, the Dutch pianist, so to the 
Pacific Coast In April under the direction of 
the Metropolitan Musical 6 Lyceum Bureau. 



Edna Hoff, an American singer, who had 
her arm broken and was otherwise painfully 
Injured by being run down by an automobile 
In London, Is noticeably Improved. 



Joseffa Schaller, the young American violin- 
ist, who has returned to New York, will ap- 
pear In concert during the winter In Wash- 
ington, D. C 



The Symphony Society Orchestra has re- 
duced Its Friday matinee prices to one dollar 
for the best seats and fifty for the orchestra. 



Beatrice Horsbrugh, violinist, comes from 
England for an American concert tour late In 
the fall. 



Selma Kurt, colaratura soprano of the 
Vienna Hofoper, will appear next winter with 
the Chicago-Philadelphia Opera Company. 
She will come here In October and will also 
sing with the Metropolitan Opera Company. 

Leonard Borwlck, an English pianist. Is 

back from a tour of the Pacific Coast where 

he made his American debut late In October. 

He Is now due to appear In Carnegie Hall, 

Dec. 8 at S p. m. 



OBITUARY 

John G. McDowell, of John and 
Alice McDowell, died suddenly Nov. 
11, of heart failure, at Jacksonville. 
His health had been poor for the past 
six months. Besides the widow, he 
is survived by a son, John McDowell, 
Jr. 



Maivina Hunter Butln, mother of 
Roy H. Butin (Olivotti Troubadours), 
died of pneumonia Nov. 18. 

John W. (Jack) McKlnney, one of 

the oldest advance agents In the theat- 
rical business, died in a Dayton hospi- 
tal last week. He was for many years 
the business manager for the DeWolf 
Hopper Opera company. 

Mary Weiss, mother of Ed. Weston 
(Weston, Fields and Carroll) died In 
New York, Nov. 18. 

Boston, Nov. 22. 
Augustus B. White, minstrel man, 
newspaper man, theatrical manager of 
many houses in the New England 
states, but best known perhaps, as 
the manager and booking agent for 
Austin ft Stones, in Boston, follow- 
ing the demise of George MUbank, 
died at the Monmouth Memorial Hos- 
pital, Long Branch, N. J., Nov. 14. He 
was 67 years old and lived at 451 
Fourth street. South Boston. He 
leaves a widow and two daughetrs. 
Bright's Disease was the cause of 
death. 

Mrs. Mary E. Gardner, 82 years 
old, mother of Dick, Sr., Happy Jack, 
Dan, Georgia, Minnie Glidden, and 
Mrs. C. J. Drake, died Nov. 19. 

Jack W. Richards, of Richards and 
Watson, died suddenly Nov. 12, of 
pneumonia in the Vancouver Hos- 
pital, after an illness of four days. He 
was thirty years of age. Miss Wat- 
son (Mrs. Richards) brought the 
body to Port Hope, Ont., for burial. 

Baltimore, Nov. 22. 
Albert O. Clark formerly stage 
manager at the Wilson theatre, died 
suddenly Nov. 19 of acute indigestion 
in his room at the Rose House. Mrs. 
Jennie Clarke of Philadelphia, widow 
of the dead man, arrived in Baltimore 
Monday morning and took charge of 
the remains. The funeral will be 
held in the former city Thursday 
afternoon. 



RIETY' 8 

Anniversary Number 

(OUT IN DECEMBER) 
Will be Representative off AU^Theatricals 

BE REPRESENTED IN IT 



VARIETY 



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VERA VIOLETTA 



After seeing "Vera Violetta" at the 
Winter Garden, one can hardly blame 
the Yale boys at New Haven for hay- 
ing torn up the furniture of the Hy- 
perion theatre there last Saturday, 
through having been taxed $3 to see 
this Shubert show. Yale lost to 
Princeton in the afternoon, and at the 
$3 price in the evening, the Yale 
boys were losers again. 

But "Vera Violetta" is not a poor 
performance, by any means. Only its 
two scenes are dragged out, with 
many useless interpolations of char- 
acters and business, but very little 
if any comedy. 

The show ran two hours Monday 
night, at its first public apearance in 
New York. Could "Vera" be condensed 
to eighty or ninety minutes, it will 
prove an entertaining opening or 
closing number to the vaudeville show 
the Shuberts are now offering at the 
Winter Garden. 

Sunday afternoon a dress rehearsal 
was given. The rehearsal was some 
hours long. Critic* of the daily news- 
papers attended, having been inform- 
ed the performance would run beyond 
their time limit Monday night. After 
listening to the reviewers, the Shu- 
berts must have cut the piece all to 
bits, for what the critics said of "Vera 
Violetta" Tuesday morning was not a 
very accurate description of the show 
Monday. It wasn't a bad plan for 
the Shuberts, but it did make some 
of the newspaper notices sound ridic- 
ulous. The Herald suggested in its 
headlines that the "offensive" lines 
be dropped.' There were no off-color 
lines Monday evening. The sole bit 
that might come under that heading 
was a "baby razor" "gag." It was 
broad and cruel. 

In laying out the vaudeville pro- 
gram, the management apparently de- 
cided to shift the first plan of run- 
ning. Instead of "Vera Violetta" 
closing the show, it opened at the 
Winter Garden. Through this man- 
euver however the vaudeville acts 
which came after the intermission 
were nearly lost to value. But it un- 
doubtedly does much for the produc- 
tion. Four encores were taken for 
the finale, something unusual in a 
musical sketch of this nature. For 
"Vera Violetta" is merely a musical 
sketch, padded out probably from 
fifty minutes to two hours or more. 

The finale was a singing one, with 
a repetition of a song sung by Al Jol- 
80 n, which made the big score of the 
night. The song is "Rum Turn Tid- 
dle." Mr. Jolson gets his most effect 
from it by singing one-half in the or- 
chestra, running up to the rear of the 
house and back again. It is one good 
song. Mr. Jolson deserves much 
credit however for the able man- 
ner In which he put the number 
over. Just before the same young 
man, playing in blackface as a waiter, 
sang "Haunting Melody," sufficient of 
a hit by itself to have been long re- 
membered had not "Rum Turn" ar- 
rived right on Its heels for an encore. 

Another big number was "The Oaby 
Glide," a dancing bit, with Harry 
Pilcer leading, and twenty-four 
chorus girls behind him. This took 
several encores, ever so many more 



than when as "The Frisco Friss" in 
the Folies Bergere show of "Hello 
Paris," Mr. Pilcer also led it. It is 
the same dance, removed almost 
bodily. It was the number Just be- 
fore the closing, which brought back 
"Rum Turn" with the full company 
participating. This gave the finish 
20th Century speed, and did more for 
the success of the piece than all that 
had passed before. 

Other memories of the past were 
a song and dress by Gaby Deslys. 
They came from the sketch she ap- 
peared in at the Garden when first 
alighting in New York. The song 
sounded like new, but the dress look- 
ed tired alongside of the other dress- 
makers' creations Gaby wore. As a 
sketch player with a couple of men 
only on the stage, Mile. Deslys seemed 
a good performer. In "Vera Violetta" 
as a principal playing a part and try- 
ing to dance, Gaby gave her good 
average an awful wallop. After the 
show ended, Gaby was left only with 
her good looks and clothes. Every 
thing else had gone. Her dancing, 
with Mr. Pilcer as a partner, was of 
a very ordinary character, the famil- 
iar steps of buck and wing beginners. 
She held Pilcer back in these dances, 
of which there were several. The 
show's producer made Gaby's revived 
song, "I've Heard That Before" an 
applause winner through the staging. 

For an American debut Josle Col- 
lins, the English musical comedy 
girl, was not allowed much scope. She 
did quite well at the commencement, 
singing "Olga From the Opera," and 
in her portion of the song and dance 
with Van Rensselar Wheeler, but 
later in the program, far too late, she 
was saddled with a near-ballad, "I 
Wonder If It's True," and followed 
with an Impersonation of her mother, 
the late Lottie Collins, singing "Ta- 
ra-boom-de-ay." Miss Collins is a viv- 
acious brunet, and did well enough to 
warrant a prolonged stay over here. 

Among the reliables was Stella 
Mayhew, who sang a couple of songs 
and got 'em over as only Stella May- 
hew can. Belle Baker, in the vaude- 
ville olio, should anchor around the 
entrances while Miss Mayhew is on 
the stage. Miss Mayhew's little dash- 
es of comedy were very appreciable, 
and much needed. About the only 
other comedy was that furnished by 
Mr. Jolson, who in the character of 
a waiter, charged a customer one dol- 
lar apiece whenever he kissed a girl, 
and fifty cents when he only went 
"half way." That was going back 
some, of course, but Jolson's excuse 
can stand, if it is that the performance 
needed anything to bring a laugh. Mr. 
Jolson also found an opportunity to 
work in Nat Wills' "head waiter" 

story. 

Among the specialists was Melville 
Ellis, at the piano at the opening of 
the second part. It was the ante- 
room of the skating rink. The con- 
ventional settings hung all around a 
skating rink, but never got inside. 
Mr. Ellis received a large reception 
upon appearing. After A. H. Woods 
hears of the applause Mr. Ellis brought 
forth upon playing the score of "Gypsy 
Love," that manager will have more 



cause for regret through the Margue- 
rite Sylva opera taking the route out 
of the Globe, New York. 

"Vera Violetta" has a story, but it 
happens only now and then. Bar- 
ney Bernard broke into it early with 
a sidewalk conversation, "fed" by 
Billie Taylor. Mr. Bernard's Hebrew 
was genteel and agreeable, but Mr. 
Bernard did not return during the 
rest of the evening. Kathleen Clifford 
also dropped in for a moment, and 
was then forgotten. Mr. Taylor be- 
came more prominent, having part 
with Miss Mayhew in "My Lou," a 
somewhat peculiar song in arrange- 
ment. It scored quite hard, helped 
by the business of it, mostly furnished 
by Miss Mayhew's "kidding." Jas. B. 
Carson was a German professor. In 
the foreign version, his role may have 
been funny. Clarence Harvey played 
a Marquis, who persisted in dancing. 
Mr. Harvey also tried a cartwheel, 
but the stage must have been slippery 
at the landing spot. 

In the olio Annette Kellermann 
(New Acts), opened, with Frank Tin- 
ney second after intermission. Mr. 
Tinney was playing to a first night 
audience, many of whom had most 
likely heard him often. He may be 
lengthening his stay at the Garden 
too long for the regulars, although 
this show will likely draw some new 
faces into the orchestra seats. 

Belle Baker came next, but her 
clacque of seven people in the balcony 
could not send her beyond the third 
song. The clacque was rather light 
Monday night. Seats must have been 
scarce. The stage manager did his 
part nobly. Perhaps he saw from 
the wings the droves of people walk- 
ing out on her, until hardly a hun- 
dred remained in the orchestra to 
witness the Kaufmann Troupe (New 
Acts). Bime. 



WINTER GARDEN. 

The Winter Garden program Sun- 
day night was a songfest. Fourteen 
acts appeared between 8:35 and 
11:30. The entertainment was a fine 
imitation of a "benefit." No decided 
comedy act was listed, other than 
Frank Tinney, who appeared next to 
last while the bill had been crying 
for comedy since nine o'clock. 

Either the Winter Garden manage- 
ment knows very little about vaude- 
ville (probably the fact) or It is in 
no position to secure acts. The bill 
was almost wholly a "Shubert show"; 
people taken from productions under 
their management. 

The first half closed with the Bon- 
hair Family, a "Risley" acrobatic 
number, and the second half opened 
with Jetters and Rogers, roller skat- 
ers, in the same set, although scen- 
ery and drops were frequently 
changed for other turns during the 
evening. 

The first two turns had a piano. 
Black Brothers with banjo playing, 
and dancing opened. They were fol- 
lowed by Fairman and Manion, a 
"piano-act" (New Acts). Both are 
"small time" numbers. The third 
turn was "The Double Octet" from 
"The Balkan Princess," the "hit" of 
that show. Barring that the young 
women could not sing, and a couple 
walked on with soiled cloaks, this did 
very well. Another "production bit" 



recruited for the occasion was Adele 
Rowland and Martin Brown, from 
"The Kiss Walts," in the musical 
success Of that performance. They 
scored decidedly, for this young Mr. 
Brown closely approaches a marvel 
upon his feet. 

The distinct hits of the Winter Gar- 
den Sunday program were Felix Ad- 
ler, Emma Carus, Bonhair Family, 
Dazie and Mr. Tinney, arriving in that 
order during the running of the bill. 

After the "flivver" of Belle Baker 
(New Acts) and the attending circum- 
stances, the wholesome welcoming ap- 
plause greeting Daiie was the most 
pleasant incident of the evening. Mr. 
Tinney was another to be heartily 
greeted. The distinction between the 
plaudits for these two, coming from 
all parts of the house, and the "noise" 
created in settled sections for Miss 
Baker could be easily caught. 

Mr. Adler had the first whack, as 
a singing monologlst, and rapidly 
swept forward from his opening until 
he closed a real hit with a new "bit," 
that of a live ventriloqulal automa- 
ton. It is well worked, and quite the 
best Mr. Adler has. It should have 
closed the turn. Miss Carus sang her 
way easily Into a near-riot, doing very 
big with "Pots and Pans." She also 
used "Hands-up" for an audienoe 
number, without getting it over that 
way. Dazie danced with Slgnor Bon- 
flglio. Dazie did look nice, danced 
as she only can on her toes, and Bon- 
figlio showed the audience a few 
things in ballet work that stamped 
him a favorite without any hesitation. 

Kathleen Clifford sang several 
songs, making her changes behind a 
transparency. Les Malaguenltaa 
pleased with Spanish dances, and the 
Arab acrobatic troupe from the Hip- 
podrome closed the show. 

There is a big permanent attrac- 
tion at the Winter Garden. It Is the 
orchestra. 

Lydia Barry and Al Leech were 
billed, but did not appear. Messrs. 
Adler, and Jetter and Rogers were 
added. 

The Winter Garden must watch its 
falling patronage. There was not 
capacity Sunday night. The rear of 
the Garden was quite light. The 
Shuberts need a vaudeville man, to 
arrange and run the shows. For $2 
the people certainly expect something 
in the variety line. Bime. 



MISS ANGLIN DISPLEASED. 

The report is going the rounds that 
Margaret Anglin, who closed her New 
York engagement last week at the 
Maxine Elliott theatre In "Green 
Stockings," has given Llebler ft Co. 
notice that she will sever relations 
with them at the new year, and enlist 
under other management as the re- 
sult of Liebler & Co. closing her New 
York engagement, arranging a road 
tour for her. 

Friends of Miss Anglin believe 
that everything will be patched up 
satisfactorily and that she will be seen 
next season on Broadway In a new 
play. 

Anyway Miss Anglin goes on the 
road in the "Green Stockings" piece, 
much against her inclinations. The 
Irish Players opened Monday at the 
Maxine Elliott. 



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VARIETY 



HAMMBRSTUN'S. 

Tou can bet your sweet life hero- 
worship is bound to last as long as 
the national pastime of baseball 
sticks. The way that audience at 
Hammerstein's Monday night handed 
Chief Bender, Jack Coombs and Cy 
Morgan the happy mitt must have 
made them feel mighty good around 
the cardiac regions. 

Until the ball tossers appeared it 
was like watching a lot of preliminary 
bouts at a big prize fight. The ball 
players were surrounded with a typical 
vaudeville bill with plenty of acro- 
batics, music, singing and dancing and 

comedy thrown in. In fact there was 
too much acrobatic work to suit the 
house, but a variation of the routine 
of the three acts offering tumbling 
and hand balancing kept each in the 
good graces of the crowd. 

The bill was shy sketches, which 
fact, with the house waiting to see 
the ball players, was appreciated. 
Only one and that along farcical lines, 
"Waiting At The Church" was offered 
by Mclntyre and Heath (New Acts). 

Williams Brothers opened with 
dancing, with hardly a corporal's 
guard In the house. Business had 
perked up a bit when Hanlon and 
Hanlon (New Acts) showed In "No. 
2." The Berrens gumshoed quietly 
along until the violinist removed his 
wig and revealed the fact that he was 
not a woman. His deceptive makeup 
fooled the Hammerstein bunch com- 
pletely. After the female Imperso- 
nator had played a "rag" with lots of 
life, the house fell for them with a 
thud. They made the boys come out 
and take extra bows and forced Cook 
and Lorens, on next, to wait until 
the applause had subsided. 

The former comedians of the Folies 
Bergere show, "A la Broadway," 
scored their usual hit and "pulled" 
the jokes that caused the only laugh- 
ter in the Folies show. They seemed 
brand new to the Hammerstein regu- 
lars from the way they were received. 
Cook and Lorenz ended strong with 
the piano and dancing, although for 
an encore they do a foot-ball bit that 
is In keeping with the times. 

The Three Keatons, old favorites 
around "The corner" mauled and 
hauled each other around the stage 
with the usual laughing results. 
Buster has been brought up on this 
kind of play and seems to relish it. 
Mclntyre and Heath were on just be- 
fore the intermission. 

Maxlne and Bobby and that know- 
ing canine wonder of theirs opened 
the second part. Their work was up 
to its usual standard and they got a 
big hand at the close. Tempest and 
Sunshine, with various portions of 
the audience showing an apparent 
eagerness to let loose applause, had a 
nice spot but the position wobbled 
with them despite the "applause" that 
was with them all the way. 

Waterbury Brothers and Tenney 
had a tough spot with the house on 
tiptoe for the ball tossers who fol- 
lowed. Their music forced the audi- 
ence to applaud and consequently the 
musicians hauled down well deserved 
applause. 

In "Learning the Game," Cy Mor- 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

The old time burlesque producer 
who still adheres to the theory it is 
necessary to resort to "smut" or sug- 
gestlveness to Inject comedy into a 
show, might do well to make a study 
of the program at the Fifth Avenue 
this week. Not a single line, situa- 
tion or joke in any of the acts even 
approached anything off-color. 

The headline honors are divided be- 
tween Maclyn Arbuckle and Co. in 
"The Welcher" and Walter C. Kelly. 
The "Welcher" sketch discloses a 
racetrack sport taking unto his bosom 
a little child with the purest and 
cleanest kind of sentiment. Kelly's 
"Virginia Judge" stories are "notori- 
ously" clean. His "bluest" one is 
about the sleep-walker walking 

through the hall of a hotel who when 
awakened says to the watchman, a 
Scot: "I'm a somnambulist," where- 
upon the watchman answers: "1 
dinna care what your religion is — 
ye'll not be walking about the corri- 
dor in your nightshirt." This one is 
so "blue" it could be told to a Sun- 
day school class. And so on, all 
through the bill the comedy was clean 
and wholesome and yet was fully en- 
tertaining* 

Following "Four Queens and a 
Joker" (New Acts) were Work and 
Ower with their rapid acrobatic 
comedy, who got away to big applause. 
They were in turn succeeded by Lin- 
ton and Laurence in their breezy lit- 
tle musical comedy skit. Raymond 
and Caverly whooped things up with 
their "dutch" comedy. They are do- 
ing nearly all the old routine which, 
however, does not seem to have lost 
anything through age. Florentine 
Singers (New Acts). Maclyn Arbuc- 
kle has a new child playing Rosie, 
not ranking with her predecessor; but 
the act is quite good enough in Its 
present form to stand inspection from 
the most critical. Its fine blending of 
pathos and comedy is good play- 
wrightlng. Mr. Kelly was down next 
to closing and put over his usual big 
hit. Ishikawa Brothers with their 
gymnastic feats, preceded the pictures, 
held the audience in their seats to the 
end. 

It is a bright, breezy, wholesome 
entertainment, smoothly executed. 
The best evidence that it is a good 
show is the program seemed short, 
the evening passing away before one 
realized it. Most of the visitors Mon- 
day night even sat through the film 
presentment. Jolo. 

gan put one over with his singing and 
dancing and he had to take several 
encores. The Pearl sisters, Kathryn 
and Violet, came in for their share 
of attention, giving the turn a femin- 
ine charm that helped. 

The Temple Quartet appeared 
shortly before eleven but with the 
ball players Just ahead, had some of 
the people walking out on them. The 
quartet registered a solid hit, going 
big with its ragtime selection. More 
seats were emptied before Ben Beyer 
and Brother, with their clever cycling, 
showed but they held attention. 

Mark. 



ALHAMBRA. 

There were enough good features 
to the Alhambra bill this week to be 
spread arpund at least to three vaude- 
ville theatres. There will probably 
be many vaudeville shows seen before 
tto many well dressed women are seen 
together in one show. The bill was 
a swiftly moving affair and had no let 
downs. This naturally hurt the acts 
that depended mostly on comedy 
toward the finish. 

Montgomery and Moore playing 
Where they are most popular had a 
tough time before they got going. 
Florence Moore had to use every 
comedy device she could muster up 
before the audience came out of their 
drouse, caused by all the excitement 
gone before. By using a couple of 
comedy fadaways the comedienne 
finally gripped them, and when there 
was no question about it, she bowed 
out. It was a pretty test of endur- 
ance and Miss Moore left them gigg- 
ling mightily at the finish. 

Frosini who followed, was a hit. 
The accordeon expert has demon- 
strated his worth around the Williams' 
Circuit before now. At the Alhambra 
he pulled down the score of the show. 
Froslnl has placed a couple of new 
popular songs in his medley of rag 
music. He was made to return twice 
after the lights went up for the clos- 
ing act. It was a big thing Frosini 
did on this bill, when, tacked on al- 
most the extreme end, he finished 
amid boisterous applause. 

Jos. E. Howard and Mabel McCane 
(New Acts) appeared "No. 4" and 
treated the position kindly. 

The Harvey-Devora Trio made a 
pleasing picture. The little colored 
fellow was thrown about roughly, 
much to the joy of the Alhambra audi- 
ence. The trio made a big success, 
appearing early, "No. 2." 

The Four Huntings with comedy an- 
tics brought down roars from all 
parts. ' The fast clowning was given 
the full share of laughs. Tony Hunting 
as a comedian shows much ability. 
Lew Hunting Is a very rare tumbler 
and funny along with it. Mollie and 
John Hunting both play up to the two 
boys in great shape. 

"The Leading Lady" with Margue- 
rite Haney and Ralph Lynn came 
just before intermision. The act 
made more than good. The produc- 
tion shows much care in every way, 
the six girls wearing one set of brand 
new costumes. This idea of dressing 
an act of this kind works out very 
well and the girls do look classy. Miss 
Haney is full of life and ginger and 
in appearance passes with a big mark. 
Mr. Lynn is a natural Englishman 
and a very hard working fellow. A 
number more in accordance with ad- 
vanced entertainment could be sub- 
stituted for the foot-ball song. Miss 
Haney also shows good taste in dress- 
ing. 

The Five Piroscoffls opened the 
second part with their fast juggling 
act and came back for their usual en- 
core with the boomerang hats. The 
act was well placed and very well re- 
ceived. 

The Savoy Trio with tumbling and 
dogs made a dandy opening number. 
Lane and O'Donnell closed with al- 
most the entire house remaining in 
to see them. ]t*%. 



NEW YORK ROOF. 

Although there was an abundant 
supply of music, the bill on the New 
York Roof Tuesday night was far more 
pleasing and entertaining than many 
shown there before. The program 
showed more "big small time" than 
anything else and one act in particu- 
lar proved something of a novelty. 
That was Polycapiro (New Acts), a 
Jap, who offered singing and dancing. 

The Three Lanes, two men and a 
woman, with dancing their chief stock 
in trade, opened and gave the bill a 
nice start. Gorman and West, carry- 
ing a special drop, pleased with talk 
and songs. Following the single Jap 
turn, the Wood Trio, playing divers 
instruments, with a girl featuring 
drum imitations, were liked by the 
Roof audience. The act is full of old 
time selections and patriotic airs. 

The Star Trio (New Acts) had 
everything their own way. After 
Henry and Lizell had made a big hit 
with acrobatics and that cute little kid 
of theirs had made an announcement 
that was a "knockout," the "profes- 
sional try outs," or in better words the 
amateur part of the evening's enter- 
tainment was offered. 

Of the acts, only one showed class. 
That was a young chap named Carey. 
He has an unusually fine voice, of 
operatic range and with the proper de- 
velopment could land. Carey's voice 
was a revelation to the Roof regulars. 

Following a lot of very punk sing- 
ing and dancing by various Individuals 
unprogramed, the Ardell Brothers and 
the Moriarity Sisters finished the regu- 
lar bill. The Ardells do some very ex- 
cellent work on the Roman rings, while 
the girls with tho Irish name looked 
girlishly sweet and made a nice im- 
pression. There was little left of the 
audience after the amateurs had fin- 
ished. Mark. 



WASHINGTON. 

Business at the Washington con- 
tinues good in the evening at both 
shows. The bill this week seems a 
little below the standard of attrac- 
tions generally placed at this house. 

La Reine, a dancer, with lighting 
and scenic effects of a large variety, 
was the attraction in electrics out- 
side. The waving of many yards 
of dress goods slide still holds good 
on the "small time." If this same 
act had been shown fifteen years ago 
it would have proven a sensation. 
But now it will have to be satisfied 
on the "small time." The snow ef- 
fect finish looks expensive and is 
pleasing. 

Deane and Sibley are struggling 
with a dressing-room act, an idea 
familiar. The young woman attempts 
a tough girl character. Her exag- 
geration through talk is much vow 
rough for any girl to use. The act 
finishes in the dressing room after a 
few minutes in "one." The finish 
in "one" done by Montgomery and 
Moore, is partly taken. 

The Castellane Brothers, bicycle, 
were perhaps the only act on the bill 
with a chance on the larger time. 
Smith and Weston, and Sara Vernon, 
and Lasher, Millerman and Co. (New 
Acts). Je88 . 



VARIETY 



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MANHATTAN. 

Some audience that gets Into Qane's 
Manhattan. What they go in for Is 
a solutionless problem. It isn't only 
the acta, the pictures, good comedy 
busineas by a very smart drummer, 
and even the girl in the little box out- 
side, doesn't hand them a laugh. But 
they come. If there were no audience, 
there would be no problem, but there 
is an audience, and Tuesday night it 
was a very large one. 

Mr. Gane always manages to have 
something going on indoors about 
which he can rave in large banner 
type out of doors. His last discov- 
ery to gain prominence theatrically 
was Charlie Faust, who, assisted by 
Loney Hascal, was a feature at Ham- 
merstein's last week. "Ruzzlelamb" 
was bannered over the Manhattan for 
a couple of days, but Anthony Corn- 
stock suppressed her. 

This week the Manhattan has a real 
feature in Thos. Q. Seabrooke. It has 
been some little time since Thomas 
was on Broadway, but he is back al- 
right and Tuesday night gave a show 
that would have passed him In any 
house. There is no doubt but what 
the name still has drawing power, 
and Mr. Qane is profiting thereby. 
Twenty-four minutes the comedian oc- 
cupied the stage and entertained with 
several of his old and popular suc- 
cesses. The Irish hod carrier was 
not amongst them, which was a mis- 
take. It would have made a capital 
finish to a very entertaining specialty. 

Gilden Sisters, a three-act, picked 
more real applause out of the audi- 
ence than any other number on the 
program. The three girls seem to be 
working with more speed and assur- 
ance than when they showed on the 
American Roof some weeks ago, but 
the act is not what it should be yet. 
The dressing also seems to have been 
Improved, and the girls, aside from 
the green coats worn at the opening, 
now look very well. The dancing fin- 
ish is what got them over. One of the 
sisters is there with that clog stuff 
and anyone liking this style of danc- 
ing need go no further than this girl 
to find the real article. The sisters 
should try and mix the clog stepping 
up with something of a different na- 
ture, which would give needed variety. 

Mattie Quinn and Bros, didn't stir 
up anything. Mattie stopped a couple 
of times, with a look of expectancy 
on her face, but that hard-hearted 
bunch never batted an eye. The act is 
a small singing and dancing affair. 
The girl has some ability, as has also 
one of the boys. The other boy will 
need lots of practice before he can 
even be classed a fair dancer. 

Juggling La Belles have too strong 
an entrance for the material that fol- 
lows. The entrance in an ordinary 
house would be a big laugh and even 
at the Manhattan, they turned over 
once. The juggling Is of the usual 
old school sort. Well enough done, 
but too familiar to gain recognition. 
The girl is a big part of the act, al- 
though doing little juggling. She looks 
dandy, has an easy manner and a 
pleasant personality. She spoils a 
pretty costume worn at the finish 
through wearing a head piece that is 
out of order. 

Johnny Berkes and Co. are two 
boys who, until recently, worked un- 



GREELEY SQUARE. 

Marcus Loew's new Greeley Square 
theatre looks like a huge success. He 
certainly gauged his prospective pa- 
trons pretty accurately, judging by the 
frame-up of the bill. They watch the 
show with open mouths and whenever 
a joke or comedy line is pulled they 
repeat it aloud, laugh raucously and 
poke their neighbor in the ribs with 
their elbows. 

One of the comedians addressed a 
comedy question to the "girls" pres- 
ent, whereupon nearly every woman 
in the audience replied cheerfully. The 
special feature of the entertainment is 
the throwing on the picture screen of 
a series of slides with the choruses 
of all the latest song hits. These are 
sung by a girl on the stage, accom- 
panied by the entire audience. The 
spectators required no encourage- 
ment. Between the choruses there 
were comedy slides containing daffy- 
dils and "Foolish Questions." The 
pictures were of the best. 

The house itself is a success in the 
matter of acoustics. They are really 
wonderful. A whisper on the stage 
can be heard from any part of the 
auditorium. It is a huge place, seat- 
ing 2,000, with two balconies. All the 
seats are leather covered, comfortably 
upholstered and with plenty of space 
between the rows of chairs. The dec- 
orations are in light tones, simple and 
in good taste, with a subdued but ef- 
fective lighting scheme. 

The Ozavs opened the show with 
comedy juggling and did fairly well. 
Morris and Kramer, blackfaced 
singers and dancers, were sec- 
ond and a "riot." From that time it 
was a certainty the patrons were prone 
to slapstick comedy. The boys evoked 
so much laughter they couldn't be 
heard. Joe Kelcey, singing comedian 
(who looks like Harry Tighe) sang 
three numbers, two "coon" songs and 
a "cissy" ditty. The effeminate thing 
was a genuine convulser. 

Walker and 111, in a comedy sketch 
in which a young man finds a girl in 
his room clad in his pajamas and mis- 
takes her for a boy, threw the entire 
audience into hysterics. When the 
man picked up the girl's corset and 
mistook it for football shin-guards, one 
woman in the audience was carried 
out in a fit. Weston and Young with 
their songs and cross-fire talk created 
another hysteria-making period. They 
were followed by "The Card Party," 
the sketch played so effectively on the 
big time a few years ago by Emmett 
Corrigan. The company now present- 
ing it Is quite ordinary, and the audi- 
ence, still in a gay and festive mood, 
insisted on laughing throughout the 
melodramatic portions of the act. The 
Three Comrades were well liked. Bo- 
hemian Four (New Act). 

Marcus Loew's latest venture has 
started under most favorable condi- 
tions. It looks like a winner from the 
start. Jolo. 



(Continued from page 19.) 
Jesse L. Leaky Co. 
"California" Operatic Drama. 
40 Mine.; Full Stage (Exterior). 
Poll's, Springfield, Mass. 

Jesse L. Laskey has put one over 
in "California." The book is by Ce- 
cil De Mille, the music by Rob- 
ert Hood Bowers. The lyrics are 
by Grant Stewart. The scene is 
laid in California, at a Span- 
ish Mission, which 1b threatened with 
demolition as the result of the onward 
march of civilization In the form of a 
railroad which wants to run its tracks 
through the property which would 
destroy the homes of the inmates. 
There is a story connected with the 
mission. Twenty years previous there 
had been an earthquake, destroying a 
wing of the old building and killing 
all the natives with the exception of a 
little child, who by this time has 
grown up and is the idol of the mis- 
sion She has been called "Califor- 
nia by the new inmates of the band 
in lieu of a Christian name. The in- 
mates stand valiantly by in her deter- 
miniature to save the mission and 
tomb of her parents from desecration 
by the invaders. To this end they 
plot to kill the engineer in charge of 
the construction, a young American. 
In the meantime the owner of the 
road, In the person of a "fop" Eng- 
lishman, has arrived. Making him- 
self known, the leader of the 
greasers decides he is to be held pris- 
oner, and later, hung with the Amer- 
ican. Then the engineer comes upon 
the scene. He is detained by the girl 
lavishing her affections upon him. He 
proposes to her, whereat she is taken 
aback by his sincerity, as she has 
promised the greaser to lure him on 
into their hands. They are ready to 
hang him with the Englishman when 
California experiences a revulsion of 
feeling upon seeing how bravely he 
goes to his doom. She vainly en- 
deavors to save him. By chance she 
drops a remark about the curse of the 
railroad which 1b overheard by the 
Englishman, who only then inquires 
why he is to be hung. Upon learning 
the reason he gives orders that their 
home, the mission, be spared and the 
route run around the property. P. 
O'Malley Jennings carries away the 
honors as the Englishman, he having 
the only comedy lines in the piece. 
Leslie Leigh as California does ex- 
tremely well. Harry Griffiths as the 
civil engineer and Francis K. Lleb— 
the leader of the natives, are cap- 
able. William Gordon as the Padre 
of the mission is somewhat heroic; 
but the rest of the company are out 
of the ordinary vocally and do well 
otherwise. Bowers has written an 
unusually melodious score, one song 
being particularly tuneful, "I Love 
You, My Own." The piece is put on 
beautifully. George A. Prexsl. 



der a team name. Johnny is a little 
fellow who performs at the piano, also 
contributing a dance while the com- 
pany does the singing. The boys do 
very nicely and in the "pop" houses 
should find favor. 

There was nothing startling 
amongst the pictures. Dash. 



Sam. Phillips and Co. 
Dramatic Sketch. 
10 Mins.; One. 
Broadway, Camden, N. J. 

Sam Phillips and Co. offer a thrill- 
ing dramatic sketch "All for Her." 
A battle of words furnishes the 
thrills. An exciting climax produced 
considerable applause. If the talk 
were cut down a little it would im- 
prove it Frank Bherida*. 



HEIE'S BILLY GOULD 

By WILLIAM GOULD. 

Milwaukee, Nov. 20. 
It is really funny to hear actors 
and actresses from the dramatic 
branch of the profession talk on 
vaudeville. To hear them talk, an 
inexperienced vaudevillian would im- 
agine that all that these people would 
have to do to get vaudeville engage- 
ments is Just merely to suggest they 
might condescend to play a season in 
it. What a jolt they receive when 
they try to make the thing practical. 
Vaudeville is now the legitimate end 
of the theatrical business. In its 
entirety the vaudeville actor is more 
prosperous and the better business 
man. 

Look who's here — Fred Ward — and 
he can't talk. What a splendid hus- 
band he would now make for a female 
monologise 

President Taft attended a banquet 
at the Sherman the other evening. 
The hotel was crowded with guests 
and others. Fannie Briee and Vera 
Maxwell of Ziegfeld's "Follies" were 
about to go to the theatre when Fan- 
nie heard that Taft was in the lobby. 
She ran into Vera's room and said, 
"Hurry, let us go down in the lobby 
and see the President, Mr. Taft." 
Vera said, "What's the use. He'll be 
in the chorus in a couple of years." 



Sorry I won't be In New York for 
the Vaudeville Comedy Club opening. 



You can't get a suite of rooms In 
the Hotel Sherman at any price. They 
are all taken by chorus "ladles." 



It looks as if William Morris gave 
Chicago what it wanted when he In- 
augurated his musical stock company 
a la Weber and Fields. Fine cast 
and a good looking and good working 
chorus. 

A hick song and dance man met 
my partner. Belle Ashlyn, and said, 
"Gee, I could do a great act with you. 
What do you pay this guy Gould?" 
Puts me in mind of the story of the 
three western gamblers who were talk- 
ing about the merits of Maude Adams 
and Maggie Cline. One thought Mag- 
gie the goods; the other said he had 
a yen yen for Maude. The third 
gambler butted in by saying, "Both 
of these Allies may be the goods, but 
take it from me, this gal Bernhardt Is 
no piker." 



"The Spanish Music Master," play- 
ed by Felix Morris years ago, has 
been staged by Hayes Hunter for 
vaudeville. The principal player will 
be Robert Deschon, who formerly 
played the greaser in the "Arizona" 
company. The piece was turned out 
this week at the Lexington theatre. 



Cook and Lorenz have received three 
offers to return to musical comedy 
since the close of the Folies Bergere, 
but the vaudeville managers, after 
consenting to a cancellation of their 
route to permit them to join the Fo- 
lies organization, have declined to be 
used as a convenience more than once 
a season. 



VARIETY 



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Songs 

Tit Harbor of Lave 

N You Talk in Your Sleep. 

Don't Mention My Name 

Si, That Navajo Rag 

The Oceaoa Roll 

Lava Ma 

Maybe That's Why I'm Lonely 

The Red Rose Rag 

The Hour That 6ave Ma You 

My Nala Nala Lowe 

Tou'll Do the Same Thing Over Again 

Do It Now 

Honeymoon Lave 

The Skeleton Rag 

Baby Bay 



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ILLINOIS (Will J. Davis, mgr.; K. * E.). 
— Opening week of Henry Miller In "The 
Havoc" Engagement limited to two week*. 

LA SALLE (Harry Aakln, mgr.; Ind.).— 
Prosperity continues to hover about "Louisi- 
ana Lou" as much as ever and the chief re- 
gret of the management Is the limited ca- 
pacity of the house. 

LTRIC (A. Toxen Worm, mgr.; Shuberts). 
— John Mason In "As a Man Thinks" Is going 
big and the engagement, limited originally, 
Is likely to be extended until well along Into 
December. 

McVICKER'S (Geo. Warren, mgr.; Ind.). 
— Annual visit of William A Brady's produc- 
tion of "Way Down Bast," limited to a two 
weeks' stay. Nov. 24 marks the 476th per- 
formance in this olty. 

OLYMPIC (Sam Lederer. mgr.; K. 4k E.). — 
The presence of Louise Dresser and her sup- 
porting company Is having the effect of caus- 
ing fair sized audiences to attend the per- 
formance of the new musical show "A Lovely 
Liar." Engagement indefinite. 

POWERS' (Harry J. Powers, mgr.; K. ft 
E.). — Initial week of Marie Doro in a new 
play entitled "A Butterfly on Wheels." En- 
gagement limited. 

PRINCESS (Mort H. Singer, mgr.; Shu- 
berts). — "Over Night" is conceded to be one 
of the hits of the season here. Is certain 
to remain for several weeks' longer. 

8TUDEBAKER (Edward J. Sullivan, mgr.; 
K. & E.). — "Excuse Me" on second capacity 
month and can be figured for a continued 
run, to extend until after the Holidays. 

ZIEGFELD. — First week of H. A Lewis' 
production of a dramatisation of Clara Louise 
Graham's well known novel and entitled "The 
Right Princess." Indefinite. 

ALHAMBRA (Roche-Marvin Co.. mgrs.; 
Ind.). — "McFadden's Flats"; next weak. 
"Across the Pacific." 

BIJOU (Ralph T. Kettering, mgr.; Stair * 
Havlin).— "Convict 299"; next week, "China- 
town Charlie." 

CROWN.— "The Campus"; next week, "The 
White Slave." 

HAYMARKET (N. A. Bailey, mgr.; Stair 
A Havlin). — "The House Next Door"; next 
week, "Driftwood." 

COLLEGE (T. C. Gleason. mgr.; Ind.). — 
Stock: "The Dollar Mark"; next week, "The 
Man Who Owns Broadway." 

MARLOWE (Chas. B. Marvin, mgr.; Ind.). 
— Stock: "Call of the Wild." 



IMPERIAL (Kllmt 4k Oassolo, mgrs.; Stair 
4k Havlin).— "The Traveling Salesman"; next 
week, "Tess of the Storm Country." 

NATIONAL— "The White Slave"; next 
week, "The Campus." 

Arthur William Barry, son of Barry and 
Nelson, fell from a moving train here last 
week and was badly hurt, making It neces- 
sary for the parents to cancel the week. The 
child strayed through the car while It was 
leaving Chicago and was carried from the 
platform by the wind while the train was 



making thirty miles an hour. His life 
saved by little short of a miracle and for- 
tunately escaped with a badly cut head and 
face. The youngster was able to accompany 
his parents to Memphis this week where the 
team are playing the Orpheum. 



Mra George Whiting was presented with 
a ten and a half pound baby boy last week 
at her parent's home In Swan, la. George 
Whiting disappeared from Chicago several 
weeks ago after announcing his Intention of 
going to Honolulu to get local color for some 
new songs. Whiting is reported to be In Se- 
attle at present. His return home Is anxious- 
ly awaited by his wife. 



Marcelle Marlon, who Is known off the 
stags as Mrs. Bob Burns, wlfs of the book- 
ing agent of that name, returned hsrs this 
week from a twslvs weeks' vaudsvllls tour 
of ths south. 



At ths conclusion of ths present engage- 
ment of "The Right Princess" at ths Slog, 
feld theatre, that attraction will probably be 
sent east for an introduction to the theatre- 
goers of New York, Philadelphia and Boston. 



Ed Wynn, a youthful stock actor, has joined 
ths Sellg Polyscope company In this city. 

Bob Burns, ths local booking agent, who 
represents the Bert Levey coast circuit here, 
received word last week from Vlotor, N. T., 
of the death of his grandfather John Burns, 
who Is reported to have left a snug sum of 
money behind him, "Bob" Is ths only direct 
heir to the estate. 



J. C. Matthews of ths Pantagss offices has 
taken over the booking of the Mystio theatres 
at Joplln and Wobb City, Mo. 

Ths old Trocadsro burlesque theatre In 
State street, renamed the Chicago Museum by 
Harry Thurston, has been reohrlstsned the 
New Gayety by the present managers, Barrett 
4k Armstrong. 

Mra Ancella Hunter of Los Angeles Is 
author of a play entitled "Gold," which the 
Chicago Theatre Society proposes to have 
acted here a little later on by the Drama 
Players. 



It Is expected the current engagement of 
"Everywoman" at the Grand will terminate 2. 
There Is a strong probability that George C. 
Tyler of the Liebler 4k Co. offices will resume 
the booking of the houss at that tlms, al- 
though Dec 2S Is the date specified In his 
contract 



Packey McFarland, the ambitious light- 
weight fighter of this city, has Just bssn sued 
for breach of promise by Lorstta Healy, a 
Chicago girl; $10,000 Is the amount which 
will be contestsd for. 



Since the failure of Elmsr Harris* play 
"Thy Neighbor's Wlfs." in New York. Alice 
John has returned to the cast of "Ths Sev- 
en Sisters," and much doubt is sxpressed If 
the former piece will ever reach Powers' 
theater, where It was tentatively booked for 
a December engagement. This doubt Is ma- 
terially strengthened by the report that the 
Harris composition has lately been added to 
the list of stock company prospects. 



about the merits and features of "The Right 
Princess" at the Ziegfeld theatre. 



Word reached here this week from Phila- 
delphia that Gerda Henlus, daughter of a 
Chicago physician, a last year graduate of 
the Chicago Musical College School of Acting, 
and now the leading woman In "The Round- 
Up," was married Nov. 14 to Rapley Holmes, 
who acts the part of the fat sheriff In that 
Play. 

Marguerlta Sylva has abandonsd ths Wed- 
nasday matinee performances In "Gypsy 
Love" at the Chicago Opera Houss owing 
to ths strenuous sfforts required In the lead- 
ing role. 

The management of the Lyric Is endeav- 
oring to arrange for an extension of ths en- 
gagement of John Mason In "As a Man 
Thinks." 



The present visit of "Way Down East" at 
McVlcker's will be limited to two weeka Dec 
S It will be succeeded by "Baby Mine" 

The performances at ths BIJou last week 
were saved by Mrs. Ella Nanklnson, wlfs of 
and assistant to Maurice Nanklnson, treas- 
urer at the Imperial. On two hours' notice 
Mra Nanklnson Jumped Into the part of 
Bess, made vacant by the regular company 
actress of "No Mother to Quids Her," through 
a sudden Illness, and succeeded In playing It 
satisfactorily. 

Joseph M. Harris, recently severing his 
business connection with the muslo publish- 
ing houss of his brother, Charles K. Harris, 
and who Is said to be associated In a sub sosa 
way with Harry Askln In the La Salle Opera 
House enterprises. Is reported to be formulat- 
ing plans which will make for the establish- 
ing of another music publishing company of 
which hs will bs ths moving spirit and con- 
trolling factor. 



Mrs. J. G. Condsrman, wife of the manager 
of the Julian theatre, and Eddie Gorman, a 
member of Ed Blondsll's act "Ths Lost Boy," 
havs about recovered from the effects of 
ptomaine poisoning contracted one night last 
week while partaking of a ouppsr In a res- 
taurant near the theatre. 

Walter Klngsley, general press represen- 
tative of the Frasss 4k Lederer enterprises, 
has returned to New York after seeing the 
Louise Dresser show. "A Lovely Liar," safely 
launched at the Olympic 

Will Dunroy Is telling ths Chicago public 
M*dhf mmtton VARIETY. 



PhlL Keller, listed as a novelist. Is press 
agentlng for John Mason In "As a Man 
Thinks" at ths Lyric. 



It Is undsrstood that ths management of 
Maud Lillian Berrl Is negotiating for early 
booking at the Whitney and will present her 
In a musical-comedy. 

While Henri French has been languishing 
behind bars In Nsw York, where he Is being 
detained for child desertion, the Lowentbals 
In this city havs been hustling about to pre- 
vent his sxtradltlon here In event of these 
papers being Issued, which Is doubtful, 
French's lawyers havs anothsr card up their 
slssvs In ths shape of an application for a 
habeas writ which thsy propose to play as a 
last resort 



Ths suit has been dismissed In the divorce 
of Arthur Weinberg against Margie 
Weinberger, who Is known professionally as 
Margie Thompson. Dossrtlon was charged In 
the complaint and the court held that the evi- 
dence submitted was Insufficient 



Charles Meyers, who managed the "Night 
Owls" burlesqus show fourteen years ago, 
and who Is now ths representative of a lith- 
ographing concern In this city, has been 
called upon to defend criminal proceedings 
resulting from a charge of Infidelity preferred 
by Mra Ada Meyers, from whom he secured a 
divorce last December In the Chicago courts. 
Meyers afterwards married his former sten- 
ographer. Rose Belle Hughea The original 
Mra Meyers claims that the divorce was ob- 
tained on the strength of perjured evidence 
and consequently her lawyers, 8. L. 4k Fred 
Lowenthal, have moved for a vacation of the 
decree by Judge Pomeroy in the Circuit 
Court Two daughters were the lesue of the 
first marriage and another daughter by the 
second union. 



Marie Doro and supporting company opened 
at Powers' last night In Charles Froh man's 
production of "Ths Butterfly on the Wheel." 
a new play by Edward G. Henimerde and 
Francis Nell son. Local newspaper critics are 
divided In their opinion today as to the merit 
of the piece and the consensus seems to be 
that the vehicle Is quite unsulted for the star. 
Miss Doro Is about the only member of the 
cast whose acting was really consequential 
and even shs appeared to be at a disadvant- 
age. 



The engagement of "Mutt and Jeff" at the 
Globe, will be brought to a close Dec. 2, 
and the show will Immediately depart on a 
tour of the big cities of the West. No an- 
nouncement has as yet been made of the 
succeeding attraction. 



The management of Gertrude Elliott think 
well enough of her prevloue reception here a 
few weeks In "Rebellion" to re book her for a 



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With Up-to Date Repertoire, for the 

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return engagement at the Grand. She will 
reopen there Dec. 4. 

KBDZIB (Wm. Malcolm. mgr.; agent W. 
V. It A,).— Kelt A Demont: Del more A Light; 
Que Neville A Co.; Charlie Sharp: Morton, 
Jewell Troupe; I* H. Van Camp'a Pise! Three 
American Comlquea; Hoyt Lesalg A Co.; BUna 
Gardner; Mueloal Lunda 

LYDA (George Hlnea mgr.; agent. W. V. 
M. A.).— Morett Slatera; Catea Broa; Iaa 
Hampton: Muller A Stanley; The Batrelloe; 
L. H. Samoya; Swor A Weethrook; Rosy La- 
rocca; Millard Broa 

BVAN8TON (Chaa New. mgr.; agent. W. 
V. M. A.).— Millard Broa: The Holdaworthe; 
Byrne Golden Playera; Fiddler A Shelton; 
Bame Bama Qlrle; L. H. Carroll -Gillette 
Troupe; Pauline Berry; Gua Neville A Co.; 
Cracker Jack Four; Morton Jewell Troupe. 

SOUTH CHICAGO (W. V. M. A., agent).-— 
Plunkett A Burns; Ooodall A Craig; Rossi's 
Doga: Roxy La Rocca: Four Nelaon Comlquea; 
L. H. The Holdsworthe; Ralph 8eabury; Catea 
Broa; Iza Hampton A Co.; Laveen Croaa A 
Co. 

ACADEMY (Tom Carmody, mgr.; agent. 
W. V. M. A.). — Cracker Jack Four; Blmer 
Jerome; Frank Kirk; Howard A White; Nel- 
lie Berger; L H. Laypo A Benjamin; Roae 
Bouhuer A Co.; Billy Ray; Warren A Croaa; 
Velarlo 81stera 

LINDON (Col. Hatch, mgr.; agent. J. C. 
Matthews). — Figaro; Tom Brentford; Mack A 
Leone; Rein* Broa A Clayton; Apollo Trio; 
L. H. Sawyer A Dellno; Kaufman A 8aw- 
telle; Gotham City Quartet; Sylvan A O'Neill; 
Mack A Leone; Sawyer A Dellna: Clark 
Rich; Levitt A Dunemore: Goth City Four; 
Sylvan A O'Neill; L, H. Bater A Sater; Biles 
A Rosa: William Flemen A Co.; Chrla Lane; 
Hoi men Broa 

WTLSON AVENUE (M. Lecalsl, mgr.; agent 
W. V. M. A.). — "Top of the World Dancera"; 
Bert Curler: Melvln Trio; Nadel A Kene; 
Murray. Relff A Murray; L. H. Dorch A Rue- 
ael); Van A Pearce; 8tar Operatic Trio; Tom 
McGulre. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

VARIETY'S San Franclaco Office, 

SOS Market Street 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent, 

Orpheum Circuit). — Rooney A Ben, hit; Ed. 

F. Reynard, scored big; Mazle King A Co.. In 

second position, pleased; Lynch A Zeller, 



clever; "The Courtiers," repeated eu< 
Mosher, Hayes A Mosher, laughing hit; Ar- 
lington Four, solid hit; Jane Boynton, open- 
ing position, fair. Business good. 

EMPRESS (Sulllvan-Consldlne, agent, di- 
rect). — Charles Montrell, good; Richard Ham- 
lin, went well; Jeanette Fletcher, pleased; 
Edward Clark, excellent; Howard A Laurence, 
good; Two Rosea pleased; Harry First-Flor- 
ence Hadley A Co., Interesting; Walton Broa, 
clever. 

Dillon A King have leased the Columbia, 
Oakland, for four years and will open S6 for 
an Indefinite run with a musical comedy com- 
pany. In the cast will be Dillon and King, 
Charlie Rellly, Maude Beatty, Frank A. Bon- 
ner, Anna Caasell, Boater Will lama a male 
quartet and twelve glrla 

The new Alcaaar, now being erected on 
0*Farrell street la due to open Dec. SS with 
a reorganised company headed by Evelyn 
Vaughan and Bertram Lytell, In "The Fourth 
Estate." 



Topham. Harold Russell, Mack Whiting, Vir- 
ginia Kendall, Marie Thompson, Jane Sheri- 
dan. G. Melville, Evelyn Carroll, Fred Emer- 
aon, Fred Perlne, Peggy Preston, Ed. Reader, 
Dorothy Bertrand. 

Bert Levey has added two new housea to 
his circuit Ratton and Laa Vegas, New Mex- 
ico. 



"The Girl of the Golden West" with Bert- 
ram Lytell and Evelyn Vaughan, now tour- 
ing through Oregon, report very good busi- 
ness. 

"The House Next Door" and "In Old Ken- 
tucky" played to poor business In Stockton, 



The Clonic, Sacramento. Is undergoing ex- 
tensive repairs and when finished will be 
practically a new house. The repairs In no 
way Interfere with the regular evening per- 
formances. 



Word comes from Laa Vegaa N. M.. that 
the train of the Miller Broa Ranch 101 was 
wrecked near Cad I a Aria, 8, through the 
breaking of an axle. No one was seriously 
Injured nor was any stock killed. Perform- 
ance at Baraton had to be omitted. 



The Sheehan English Opera Company will 
be one of the future attractions at the Cort 



"At Plney Ridge" Is the chosen play for the 
final week of the Alcaaar players at their 
present home. 



J. M. Abrama bualneas representative for 
"Polly of the Clrcua" reporta that this haa 
been their best season. The show has been 
breaking the box office record In every town 
and city they have played on the coast In 
the cast are Ids St Leon. Joseph Harrla Wal- 
ter Wealey. Harvey Denton, George Bpellvln, 
Richard Hogan. Charlea Doherty, Frank J. 
Wooda Alfred Trueschel. Alice Brooka Gladya 
Brooke, Helen Connant Dorothy Moore, Helen 
C. Blck, and The St Leon Family of Acro- 
bata 



Montgomery and Stone In "The Old Town" 
make their first appearance here at the Co- 
lumbia. In the supportng company are, 
Charles Dox, Clara Palmer, Helen Falconer, 
Edna Bates. Flossie Hope. W. J. McCarty. 
Howard, Dyott James G. Reaney, Florence 



The Central, Oakland, will open SS with 
vaudeville. Lee Price, mgr.; W. 8. V. A., 
agent 

Through some mlsunderatandlng, "Don't Lie 
to Your Wife," with Dave Lew la was unable 
to play the engagement at Taft The man- 
ager of the company states some one will have 
to pay damagea The show waa very much 
appreciated here and played to good busi- 
ness. 

The Paris Grand Opera Company, organ- 
ised by M. Grasl, opened a three months' en- 
gagement at the Valencia. In "Los Huguenots" 
16 and proved a big aucceaa The principals 
are good, the chorus well trained and alto- 
gether the company made a favorable Im- 
pression. In the cast are Mme. Vallemont. 
Mme. Chambellan. Mlla Rules, M. Afire, M. 
Espa-Carrle, M. Demangane. 

At a meeting of the downtown Board of 
the Chamber of Commerce held 14 the Board 
voted to become a guarantor of the musical 
association's plan for $100 annually for the 
next five yeara 

The Lambardl Grand Opera Company, num- 
bering one hundred and twenty-nve people and 
comprising some of the foremost singers In 
the realm of grand opera, opened its regular 
season at the Majestic, Los Angeles 5 for two 
weeks. 



RICHMOND (Archie Levy, mgr.; Bert Le- 
vey agent). — Lew Lever, The Mortimers, 
Charles Qiiener, Weatherford A Blreley. The 
Brilliants, "Texas Tommy" Dancera. 

WIGWAM (Sam Harrla mgr.; W. 8. V. A.. 
agent). — Saxophone Four, Courtllght A Lee. 
Chaa King A Co.. Clark A Wilson, The 
Schones. Glllen, Wilbur A Olllen. The Bregera 
(Two to fill.) 

ODEON CAFE (Tony Lubelskt, mgr.).— 
Corlnne Anderson, The MUo Trio, International 
Operatic Quartet, Brown A Robinson, Albert 
Broa 

PORTOLA LOUVRE RESTAURANT (Her- 
bert Meyerfeld, mgr*; Lester Fountain, 
amusement mgr.).— Lillian Tovln, Grand 
Opera Quartet, Mario Hedlger, Inea De Lorla 
Amelia LeovallL Wallace Brownlow, Louisa 
Cerchlettl. Mario Cortada. Harry Weber A 
Stella Johnson. 

PHILADELPHIA 

BT GBOBOB M. TOUNO. 

KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.; agent U. 
B. O.). — Comedy acts prevailed this week 
with the laughs well distributed and lasting 
right through to the finish. Two of the big- 
gee t laughing hits that have been offered to- 
gether In a long while were the Four Mor- 
tons and Joe Jackson. The latter was moved 
down to close the show Monday night and 
waa Just aa big a hit there as In the next to 
closing position, which he occupied In the 
afternoon. Joe Jackson Is the best example 
of the easy-worker seen yet He can do less 
and get more out of It than any one noticed 
In a decade. Aa a pantomlmlst he la a mar- 
vel. There wasn't * any one moving toward 
the door while he waa on. Probably every 
one was waiting for him to do something and 
were laughing their heads off at him while 
waiting. Jackson has an act which stands 
all alone and will continue to do so, for he 
le a comedian of merit It has been five 
years since the Four Mortons visited Keith's — 
so long It seemed when they came on few In 
the house recognised Sam and Kitty. They 
were not long making their presence known, 
however, and went Bailing along at high pow- 
er speed. The Mortons have two acts In one. 
There isn't any team that can get more out 
of the same amount of talk used by Sam 
and Kitty for the opener, the laughs coming 
with every line. Then Clara, who is a minia- 
ture of her clever mother, and Paul, with 
hi* elassy dressing, who keeps on getting 




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better each time seen, adds a little more 
speed and the four put over a regular fuli- 
stage act for the finish. The Mortons do not 
get here very often, but they have never been 
a bigger hit than they scored this week. 
Sandwiched between these two acts came the 
Big City Four, a quartet of neat-looking boys 
with splendid voices and the right Idea of 
songs and how to sing them. This four 
stands out because they can do something to 
help their songs besides singing and they 
•cored solidly. Charles E. Evans St Co. In 
the familiar sketch "It's Up To You. Will- 
iam," gave the second half of the bill Its 
first start on Its laughing race. When the 
Strength Brothers were seen In this section 
under unfavorable conditions. It was pre- 
dicted that all the boys needed was a chance 
to show. The result Is evident for thsy are 
without a peer In their style of hand-to- 
hand work and can hold their position on 
any bill. The Marquards made their first 
appearance here without creating anything 
more than a fair Impression. They show only 
one or two falls In their knockabout waits 
finish which is far enough removed from 
many others to attract attention and there 
Is a lot of foolish stuff leading up to it. They 
might be able to work up something along 
the lines now laid down, but the present stuff 
Is very ordinary. Sam J. Curtis A Co. In 
"A Session at School" did very nicely In an 
early spot, the "rube" comedy and singing 
making a pleasing combination. Boyle and 
Brasll, a couple of nice looking boys did 
some clever stepping, and Jacob's Comedy 
Circus did as well as could be expected in 
the opening position. 

PALACE (Al Rains, mgr. ; agent, H. Bart 
McHugh). — There were two feature acts on 
this week's bill. White's Comedy Circus and 
Haslam, the "escape" expert, so that the 
drawing honors were divided. The circus 
act Is always a surefire In the "pop" houses 
and scored Its usual hit. Haslam offered 
three tricks, that of undressing In a long 
tube, removing a vest from an assistant from 
the audience and getting out of a half- 
length stralght-jscket while under water. 
All of Haslam's tricks are showy and ought 
to keep him always a headllner on the small 
time. The Averys scored the laughing hit. 
the man In blackface handling the comedy 
nicely while the woman sang well. The 
Carmen Sisters pleased with their banjo num- 
bers. Jean Erwin did very nicely with her 
three songs. The opening number could be 
Improved upon, but after this she did better 
with each song tried and finished strong. 
Cornelia and Wilbur offered their familiar 
comedy tumbling act and Camplln and Bell 
offered some singing. 

VICTORIA (Jay Mastbaum. mgr. ; agent. 
H. Bart McHugh). — Mysterious Evelyn was 
the featured act, but did not start anything 
sensational. Evelyn Is very blonde, rather 
shapely In tights, but not very mysterious In 
anything she does Even the switch of the 
doves for the ring trick wasn't very cloudy 
as performed by Evelyn. There Is a man with 
Evelyn and he does some tricks announcing 



that Horace Goldln was the originator of the 
multiplying ball trick. This is newa The 
act makes a fair number for the small time, 
but Is not strong enough for a feature. Out- 
side of this act the bill held up to a good 
average. Earle and Bartlett handed out a 
lot of laughs In their comedy talking act. 
This team has worn as well as any In the 
business and Is still able to hold up Its end. 
Prince and Deerle won lots of favor for their 
snappy singing and talking skit. Both have 
pleasing voices and get their songs over In 
good shape. The girl is a dandy looker and 
dresses attractively. The man makes his 
comedy score through a snappy way of 
handling. Henry and Wood Is an act which 
shows Its newness and only needs a little shap- 
ing up to make It a nice number for the 
small time housea The girl makes a pleasing 
appearance and plays the violin very well. 
Her partner sings and has a good voice, but 
needs to develop stage presence. They should 
get along when going right. Harry Batche- 
lor scored with his musical act He needs a 
little comedy make-up to send himself along 
as he deserves for he has a good act. Cramp- 
ton and Esphey offered a sketch of fair merit 
The man does a "souse" and uses some of 
Bert Leslie's talk to a bottle while indulging. 
West and the Morton 81sters got through with 
fair results. Bad dressing Is holding this 
trio back and the act needs some life and 
snap to make It go even on the small time. 

EMPIRE. — The shows appear to be getting 
better at the Empire. If this continues there 
is a chance that the Broad Street house will 
yet make good with burlesque despite the 
poor start caused by the series of poor shows 



handed to the local manager. There hasn't 
been anybody that made money here yet, 
not even Rlchy Craig's "turkey" that couldn't 
have cost more than the salary of a couple of 
real actors, but business Is picking up and 
Harry Strouse broke the Monday record this 
week with "The Lady Buccaneers." It 
shows there Is hope for the Empire and old 
Doc Munyon made a million out of his faith 
in "hope." Mr. Strouse thinks this year's 
"Lady Buccaneers" Is the best show he has 
ever had. As a point for argument it will 
compare favorably with his shows of other 
years and with a little fixing up could win a 
place among those In the front rank. The 
comedy Is the weak spot In the make-up. 
There Is too much depending upon John C. 
Hanson to make his end of the show a hit 
and as Hanson Is credited with writing the 
two-act piece It must be his fault Hanson 
can handle comedy, but not too much of It 
There Is never any comedy In "A Million 
for a Nose" except that In which Hanson 
takes part and this is too often to give him 
a chance to score properly. Another first rate 
comedian to help Hanson would help the 
show a lot Dick Maddox is the only other 
man In the show who has any chance of be- 
coming Important, but neither as "Silas Plum" 
In the first act or "Issy Rosenbaum" In the 
second does he give Hanson the needed sup- 
port This Is not the fault of the actor, how- 
ever, but of the material he has to work 
with. The "pruning" done by the local man- 
ager, who has been careful not to offend his 
patrons by any unclean stuff, probably tied 
the hands of the men In the show. Two or 
three bits which were permitted were evidence 



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JEROME * SCHWARTZ PUB. CO. 

Broadway Theatre Building, New York City 

P. S.— Want to say Hello and tell you about our Quick Hits 

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enough that some pretty risky business had 
been "rubbed out" for the week. There Is 
enough of a story concerning a decapitated 
nose to give evidence of a plot but It is a 
flimsy one and Is forgotten often, cropping 
up In the second act when Hanson pulls a 
pretty bad bit by drinking from the glass In 
which the nose has been preserved. With 
the comedy brightened up. the show will hit 
a good average for the music portion Is all 
right Strouse is a good chooser of leading 
woman and has one In this show. She Is 
Madeline Rowe, who has appearance, can 
sing and knows how to deliver lines. She 
makes good in her numbers and looks mighty 
well in tights, though not wearing a particu- 
larly pretty costume. Summing this up. It Is 
difficult to Imagine why she Is not In view 
more. With proper material she ought to put 
It over. She proves this In her specialty with 
Clauds Kelly and later In her number, "Do 
a Little Something." with Giles, Harrington 
and Kelly. More of Miss Rowe might lift up 
the show where it falls with the presence of 
the men so often. Grace Whitman, the sou- 
bret handled several numbers In good shape 
and proved herself a sprightly girl when 
called upon. Barry Milton appeared only 
once In the first act to make good In an 
Italian number. This girl appeared useful 
enough to be given something more to do. In 
the second act she helped to boost things up 
some. Josephine Bonnet In a character role 
and a girl from the chorus programmed as 
Rojalre, who Is probably the "coocher" with 
the show when the number Is allowed to go, 
were the other principals among the women. 
The musical portion moved along at nice 
speed due to the work of the girls, the handy 
bunch of "ponies" doing a lot to add speed 
and snap. The dressing at no time shows ex- 
penslveness, but several costumes look well on 
the girls, the "ponies" taking the honors In 
each contest for looka The show girls had 
one chance. That was In the opening chorus 
in the department store scene and then they 
lost through wearing cheap looking dresses 
Another time was when three or four were 
shoved Into a picture frame and told to look 
like modela This was sad. On Monday, L. 
Frank Miller, the show's musical director, 
was forced to his bed through Illness and 
Prank A. Oppenhelmer, the house leader, di- 
rected the show In excellent style bringing 
the publio thanks of Manager Strouse, who 
closed the olio with a monolog In which he 
announced "Chorus Girls Night" and put In 
a quiet little boost for his show. Aslds from 
Kelly and Rowe, whose act was a hit the 
Lanelngs, In a capital hand-balancing and 
strong act and Welser and Hunter, who put 
over two or three good songs In their black- 
face specialty, made up a first rate olio be- 
tween acta "The Lady Buccaneers" was a 
well liked show at the Empire. It will be 
most anywhere, but there Is a chance for big 
Improvement being overlooked where It 
could be remedied without much trouble. 



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prices this week, headed by Charlie Dooln, 
the Phillies manager, and Jim McCool. They 
received the greatest reception given any act 
appearing in this house, and their act was a 
big hit from start to finish. Al. and Fannie 
Stedman were also featured and drew down 
a big share of the honora Others were Vlt- 
torl A Georgetto; Herbert De Veauz; Chaa 
W. Terrls A Co. In "The Preacher and the 
Han"; Rosle Kessner; George Teoroana 

NIXON (F. G. Nlzon-Nlrdllnger, mgr.; 
agent, Nlzon-Nlrdllnger). — Anniversary week. 
BUI one of the best ever offered In the house. 
As a special feature In addition to the vaude- 
ville, the pictures of the world's baseball se- 
ries were shown and Freddie Van Zelt, the 
Athletics mascot, was present In person at 
each performance. The bill Included Lasky's 
Hoboes; James Effey A Co.; Mr. ft Mrs. Per- 
kins Fisher; Housley ft Nichols; Cowboy Mln- 
■trels; Seven Googoo Girls. 

PEOPLE'8 (F. G. Nlzon-Nlrdllnger, mgr. ; 
agent. Nlzon-Nlrdllnger).— 28-15. Three Oam- 
ons; Danny Ahern; John B. Cook ft Co.; Fly- 
ing Dordeens; The Veronas: Tsobel. 

COLUMBIA (Nlzon-Nlrdllnger Agency). — 
28-26. Musical Klelsses; Toutourkey; M. Hen- 
dricks. 

COHOCKBINK (Nlzon-Nlrdllnger Agency). 
—11-15. Fleeter ft Oakland. 

WILLIAM PENN (W. W. Miller, mgr.; 
agent, U. B. O). — Great Asahl Troupe; De 
Michelle Bros.; McKay ft Cantwell; Bert ft 
Lottie Walton; John E. Henshaw ft Grace 
Avery; Juliet & Romeo. 

LIBERTY (M. W. Taylor, mgr.; agent. Tay- 
lor Agency).— Mile. Martha; Usher ft Whlt- 
cllffe; Pletro; Gertrude Dean Forbes ft Co.. In 
"A Wild Rose"; Five Vesuvlans; Morris ft 
Morrla ' ' 

KEYSTONE (M. W. Taylor, mgr.; agent, 
Taylor Agency). — Mile. Ceclle ft Co.; Mme. 
Rono; Three Fords; Dow ft Dow; 8herman De 
Forrest ft Co.. In "A Jay Circus" : Roll's Mu- 
sical Elephants. 

FOREPAUGH'S (Miller ft Kaufman, mgrs.; 
agent. I. Kaufman).— Hlnes Kimball Troupe; 
Clyde Veauz A Co.; Bernard ft Roberts; Bob 
Black; The Esmonds; George Harada. 

OIRARD (Kaufman A Miller, mgrs.; agent, 
I. Kaufman).— 28-25, Mlskel, Hunt A Miller; 
Grace Beebe A Co.: Norwood A Norwood; 
Andy McLeod; Ariel La Rues. 

EMPIRE (Stanford A Western, mgrs.; 
agent, I. Kaufman). — 28-26, Gene Muller A 
Co.; Sherman A McNaughton; United Trio: 
Qretta Mack. 

ALHAMBRA (Frank Mlgone, mgr.; agent, 
M. W. Taylor Agency). — Sensational Bolses: 






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Laughing Horse; The Cleveland.; Ha r" gin 

DIXIE (D. L*h*ii. mffr .; agent. M W T»v 
» r £*r c J> "Musical Klel.se.; Laveilft Da- 
mson. y " er: T ° m Hefron: Barn " * **>- 

rJS?^ IAL t, (AK Wh,te ' m * r - b °ofc«a dl- 
» c * ) .~ Vanco Broa : R«nsetta ft Lymaj* John 
F. Clarke; Leona; Unique Comedy Four 

PLAZA (Chaa E. Oelschlager, mgr.: scent 
H. Bart McHugh).-Nola Family; Four Reu- 
bens; Raymond; Lslghton ft Morse; Millar 
Musical Trio; Murphy's Minstrels 

GREAT NORTHERN (M. Oreenwald. mgr.; 
agent. H. Bart McHugh).— 28-25. Loring Par- 

Sl^M-.r^ \u MC ?" *,Kasten; Billy MorsJ; 
Sinclair ft the Percy Girls. 

GLOBE (N. Rosenhaum, mgr. ; asrent H 
Bart McHugh).— 23-26. Falls ft Veronica ;'oil- 
mour ft LaTour; Ross ft Shaw; Tvette Rusel 

LINCOLN (H. Bader. mgr.; sgent, H Bart 
McHugh).— 28-26. LaZell Bros.; John Dooley, 
Hamilton A Massey ; Emily Egaraar. 

PT. BREEZE (H. Bader. mgr.; agent. H 
Bart McHugh).— 28-26. Chas. Clarke A Co ■ 
Wm. Humphries; The Karltonys; Bob A Ber- 
tha Hyde; Foley A Dean. 

AUDITORIUM (W. C. Herchenrelder. mgr • 
agent. H. Bart McHugh).— 23-25. DeCasta 
Duo: Zeeman A Tranxman; Patsy Meyers 

OERMANTOWN (Walter Btuempflg, mgr 
agent. Chaa. Kraus).— 28-25. Klpp Reed; Lil- 
lian Herbert; Robert Hlldreth Co.; Royal 
Hlnode Japs; Brandon A Taylor. 

MODEL (H. A. Lord, mgr.; agent, Chas. J. 
Kraus).— 23-25, Hato; Alice LaMont; Rand's 
Musical Dors; Nick Santora Co.; Eleanor 
Calne's Co. 

ITUH (M J Wolsh. mgr. ; agent. Chas. J 
Krnus). — 2:i-2. r >. Caanda Humanus; Jim Har- 
klns; Anna Belmont; Wallace's Birds. 

DARBY (Dr. UarrlRan, mgr.; agent, Chaa. 
J. KrniiH). 23-25. The Great Del-a-Phone; 
Chlyo: Leonard & Fulton: Menetekel. 

ritYSTAL PALAf'E <D. Bayllnson. innr. ; 
agent*. Stein A Leonard. Inc.). — Jones A Km- 
omon ; Mildred r.nurl; Somen A Floether- 
Sterling * Cold. 

('•HAND (Chun. Itappupnrt, mgr. ; agents. 
SI. In & Leonard. Inc. i - Sam Barton; Ashton 
* Drain-; Dreimo A (Joodwln; flertrude Ital- 
ston ; Adam* A Co. 

PAIIUIII.L PA LACK f(\ Stengle. mgr.: 
agents. Stein A l.fnnard, Inc.). -Nan Wagner 
Stock <"o ; Heist A Thompson: Hlrsh A Hlrsh. 

HIPPODROME <C. Segall. mgr.; ngents. 
Stein A Leonard. Inc.). The Harrises; The 
Nelsons; Kury A Kary. 



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LYRIC (Dan Tyrrell, mgr. ; agenta, Stein St 
Leonard, Inc.). — Joe Weaver; R. A. Miller; 
Dreano 4k Goodwin; 8yd Cook Stock Co. 

MAJESTIC (Wm. Valll, mgr. ; agenta. Stein 
4 Leonard, Inc.). — Otto St Boaworth; Bendon 
St Abendona; George * WUHama; Floaale La 
Van. 

ALEXANDER (Geo. Alexander, mgr.; 
a gente. Stein St Leonard. Inc.). — Murphy 
Woods St Co.; The Sheldona; Norman St Dal- 
ton— James Wolfe. 

GATETY (John P. Bckhardt, mgr.). — "Mer- 
ry Whirl." 

CASINO (Bliss * Koenlg, mgra). — "Ma- 
jesties." 

TROCADERO (Sam M. Dawson, mgr.).— 
"Merry Burleaquera." 

The M. W. Taylor Agency reports It wUl 
supply the bookings for the Auditorium at 
York, beginning Dec 4. 

The Theatrical Managers' Association of 
Philadelphia held a meeUng at the Forrest 
isst week snd appointed Harry T. Jordan. 
Is. Kaufman and Fred O. Nlaon-Nlrdllnger a 
eommlttse to arrange for holding a banquet. 
No date was set Frank Howe, Jr.. la presi- 
dent of the Association; H. T. Jordan, vice- 
president; Is. Kaufman, treasurer, and Thom- 
as M. Lots, secretary. 

ATLANTIC CITY 

By I. B. PULASKI. 

YOUNG'S PIER (Jack D. Plynn, mgr.; 
agent. U. B. O.).— Alda Overton Walker St 
Co., hit; Blaon City Four, hit; Arthur Dunn 
St Marlon Murray, held over; Three Shelby 
Broa, great; Maurice Freeman 4k Co., very 
big; Schooler 4k Dlcklneon. very good: Elaa 
Ward, much liked; Dennla Broa, excellent. 

MILLION DOLLAR PIER (J. L. Young St 
Kennedy Crosean, mgra; Wistar Groockett, 
bua. mgr.). — M. P. . — ' 

STEEPLECHASE PIER (R. Morgan 4k W. 
H. Fennan. mgra.). — M. P. 

CRITERION (J. Child, mgr.).— M. P. 

ROYAL (C. Brown, mgr.). — M. P. 

APOLLO (Fred E. Moore, mgr.; agent, K. 
A E.).— Delia Clarke In 'Introduce Me"; ••> 
22 "Mutt and Jeff." 

"Introduce Me" was given at the Apollo 
Monday. Delia Clarke, who made a good lm- 
preaalon with "The Whits Squaw" fast sea- 
non. was featured. She wrote the play. 
Although billed as a comedy, ths show ap- 
peared half farce and half comedy. "In- 
troduce Me" has many glaring faults and In 
the cant of seven the only bright spots were 
tr> b«> found In the work of Miss Clarke and 





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Clara Krall. The ahow la not a $1.50 attrac- 
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Lucy Weston returns to vaudeville next 
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M. 8. (Bennle) Bentham waa here last 
week for a few days, during which time the 
wind waa cutting high jlnka with people's 
hata and persons on the Boardwalk. But 
Saturday proved one of thoee days that would 
Inspire enthusiasm in a grouch. "Bonnie" 
would have loved to have stayed over, but 
Charlie Stevens telephoned that there wss to 
be a poker game at Clark Brown's In the 
evening and that they would wait for him. 
What could a poor agent do in the face of 
such temptation. M. 8. B. said that there 
would be other fine days, but a poker game — 
well, that'a different (and he won $40 — 
which left him a profit of $82.40 on the trip). 



Francis Wilson sppears at the Apollo the 
last three daye of next week in "The Bach- 
elor's Baby." 



(Klelne) Amy Butler Is here for rest and 
reverie. Almost any noon-time she, Max 
Wlnslow and Tllle Barker may be seen In 
Chllde eating what they think Is breakfast. 
Miss Butler is to reappear In vaudeville early 
next month as a single, 

After many false stsrts during the laat 
three weeks, Ted 8nyder, Harry Watterson 
snd his wife spent the week end here. They 
enjoyed themselves playing over some new 
Berlin eonga shortly to be published. One 
aong looks like a successor to "Alexander's 
Rag Time Band." (That muat be "Ephrl- 
ham.") 



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Joe Moreland (the "original talking picture 
man") sold his place at 17th and Venango 
streets, Philadelphia. Monday. Joe Is talk- 
ing behind the screen at the Lincoln (Phlla.) 
for Bart McHugh. Thla house la now run- 
ning straight plcturea After the holidays Joe 
becomes the manager of the house. 

Friday last Charles Frohman produced Nasl- 
mova In "The Marionettes." It Is another 
show which triumphed abroad (London and 
Paris). It looks like a huge success for over 
here. The show comes from Pierre Wolff and 
the English version was by Olsdys Unger. 
The star has none of the tragedy to portray 
thst marked her last appearances and in 
essaying a strsight comedy rots she succeeded 
admirably as wss attested by the cordial re- 
ception accorded her. The story Is laid In 
Parta Mardula de Monclars (Frank Oil- 
more) has gone through his fortune and when 
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the mater consents to rive him a good allow- 
ance provided he marries a country girl whom 
she has picked out for him. Seeing no way 
out, the Marquis married this plain, shy 
country miss (Nasimova) and oft* they go to 
Pari*. The Marquise is really much in love 
with her husband, but the latter repulses her 
and flies off for a trip with a former sweet- 
heart. Upon his return he finds his wife has 
changed her mode of living, is a great social 
favorite and gowned in the latest creations. 
The Marquis becomes madly infatuated with 
his wife and in the end she brings him to her 
feet to tell her so. The production is that of 
the Frohman standard. The oast Is a very 
clever one. Arthur Lewis, Frank Ollmore, 
Edward Fielding and Charles Balsar were 
the main support. 



BOSTON 



By J. OOOLTC 

to Summer Street. 

COLONIAL (Thomas Lothian, mgr. ; K. * 
E.).— "The Slim Princess." with Elsie Jan la 
She Is a big local favorite 

BOSTON *(A1. Levering, mgr.; K. A E.).— - 
"Ben Hur" is still drawing the big attend- 
ance. 

PARK (W. D. Andreas, mgr.; K. 4k B.).— 
"Get-Rich-Qulck-Wallingford" Is getting rich- 
er very day. The ninth week and no dimin- 
ishing. 

GLOBE (R. Jeanette. mgr.; Shubert).— 
"Mutt and Jeff" are getting the money. 

HOLLIS (Charles J. Rloh, mgr.; K. A B.). 
— "Chantecier" with Maud Adams Is a big 
attraction. 

PLYMOUTH (Fred Wright, mgr.; Lleblera) 
—"Pomander Walk," a dainty show. Is doing 
well. 

MAJESTIC (E. D. Smith, mgr.; Shubert).— 
"Every woman" is a wonder. The whole town 
Is raving about the show. 

SHUBERT (E. D. Smith, mgr.; Shubert).— 
"The Blue Bird" Is doing so well that the 
engagement has been extended an extra weak. 

KEITH'S (Harry E. Oustln. mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O.).— The bill this week might easily 
be oalled the best of the season. There was a 
little of everything. With two new acts that 
were real hits and the others that pleased 
immensely, there was no opportunity for fault 
finding. King Brothers In very neat hand-to- 
hand work, pleased for an opener. Knight 
Brothers and Marlon Saw telle had a snappy 
clownish comedy sketch. Frace Freeman 
(New Acts), good. Edmunds Hayes * Co., 
good. Amoros Sisters, fine. Kaufman Broth- 
ers did well next to closing. Taylor Gran- 
ville's "The Hold-Up" smacked of the melo- 
drama, but was enjoyable, with the scenic 
effects. Harry Von Tilser, headlining, very 
good. Howard's Animals closed well. 

NATIONAL (E. A. Ryder, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O.). — "Chimes of Normandy"; Josephine 
Joy at Co.; Water Nymphs; Arthur White- 
law; Rawls A Von Kaufman; Luken's Dogs; 
plcturea 

ORPHEUM (V. J. Morris, mgr.; agent. 
Loew). — The Schillings; Myrtle Buterl; Claus 
ft Hoffman; Frank La Dent; Tom ft Edith 
Almond; Rossner ft Hlllman; William Mor- 



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Toomer and He wins. 

"It Happened in Lonelyvllle." 

19 Mine.; Interior. 

In this story of a cham- 
ber maid and an actor there 
are enough clever little say- 
ings to supply the wants of 
three acts in the smaller 
vaudeville. Judging from 
the way the audience ac- 
cepted the sketch it could be 
«een that the act didn't be- 
long, for it was only at the 
broadest of comedy the 
small time audience laugh- 
ed. There are subtle points 
in the dialog of this sketch 
that are splendidly brought 
out by this really clever 
team. The only possible 
fault that could be found 
with the piece is the time it 
takes up. About three min- 
utes could be dropped. The 
odds seem to be that this 
turn will reach the larger 

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Comedy Sketch 

"It Happened in Lonelyville" 



Rewritten by Jack Gorman 



Direction, IRVING M. COOPER 



RAWSON and CLARE 

IN "KIDS OF YESTERDAY" (A delightful story of youth) 

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row A Co.; John La Vier; Flying- Roger*; 
Cooper A Ricardo; Lorraine; Coleman * Fran- 
cis; Jim Reynolds; Five Musical McLarens: 
Harris A Hart; Will Lacey. 

SOUTH END (Louis Boss, mgr.; agent. 
Loew).— Flying Rogers; Cooper A Rlvardo; 
Lorraine; Coleman A Francis; Jim Reynolds; 
Five Musical McLarens; Harris A Hart; Will 
Lacey; The Schillings; Myrtle Butler; Claus 
A Hoffman; Frank La Dent; Tom A Edith 
Almond; Rossner A Hlllman; William Morrow 
A Co.; John La Vlsr. 

HUB (Joseph Mack, mgr.; agent, Fred 
Mardo). — Burbank A Danforth; Clarence Sis- 
ters A Brother; Spiegel A Dunn; Valentine's 
Dogs; Tucker; Wally Trio; Bailey A Tsars; 
Gurnella A Elsie. 

BEACON (J. Laurie, mgr.; agent. Fred 
Mardo). — Mulray Duo; Thornton A Wagnsr; 
Marie Dreams; Ths Moores; Morgan A Oil- 
man; Teddo. 

SCENIC, East Boston (George Copeland. 
mgr.; agent, Fred Mardo). — Dickens A Floyd; 
George Zenico Adams; Dena Byrnes. 

SUPREME (J. Levy, mgr.; agent, Fred 
Mardo). — Ben Pierce; Hogan. 

HOWARD (Al Somerby. mgr.; agent. Mardo, 
National A Hunt.).— Malumby A Musette; 
Caron A Farnum; Hayes A Alpolnt; Carte- 
luccl Bros. 

OLD SOUTH (F. Collier, mgr.; agent. 
Church). — Carroll A Ella; Ball A Marshall; 
Atell A Eaton; Van Lea A Lester ; Ths Lin- 
nets; Tom Bateman; Chief Wolf Wanna; Al 
Grossman. 

WASHINGTON (F. Collier, mgr.; agent. 
Church). — Alabama Comedy Four; Great Wil- 
bur A Co.; Rivers A Rochester; Billy Tann; 
Billy Fay; Arthur Cameron. 

CAMBRIDGE (Charles GUI. mgr.; agent. 
Mead). — Beaumont's Ponies; Mr. A Mrs. Gil- 
bert; Stuart A Hall; Lois Berrl; Von Serley 
Sisters; Marshall Bros.; Dancing Durands; 
Neva A Edwards; Great DeFello; Wash Coles. 

APOLLO (J. Henls, mgr.; agent, Mead).— 
Leonard A Alvln; Rostrand Broa; Irene Fer- 
guson; Paris Bros.; The Fielding*. 

CONGRES8 HALL (C. Schlessinger, mgr.; 
agent. Mead). — Mackle A Walker; Dolly Clif- 
ford; Walt Arthur; Oterato. 

BOWDOIN SQUARE (J. E. Commerford, 
mgr.; agent, National). — Victor Faust; Kelley 
A Adams; Nealon A Clayton; Wood's Mule; 
Alice Primrose. 

PASTIME (F. Allen, mgr.; agent. National). 
— Weston A Simpson; Brownie Carroll; Ben 
Hark; Lillian Valley. 

PURITAN (agent. National).— Schade A 
Rowen; Nellie Moran; Cretore; Notloc; Miles 
A Tige; Two Durands; Kretore. 

IMPERIAL (agent, National).— Kretore; 
Tucker A Hart; Jack Marsh; Beatrice Marsh. 

ROXBURY (agent. National).— Delghan; 
May Kerwin. 

NORFOLK HALL (agent, National).— James 
Carlson; Kenney A Mack; Bessie Welsh; Jaok- 
son Alpolnt. 



Lester Mayne spent a day or two In town 
looking over the situation. He put In some 
time In the National Booking office. 



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Canada. He wired his office that he was 
bringing back a wagon load of new houeea 



The Cambridge theatre haa come back. 
Charles QUI, the actor-manager, haa done 
thlnga In the few weeke that he la at the helm. 
Mead's office la aettlng up the acta 



The Elka' ball on the night before Thanks- 
giving will be eome event with the 1,700 mem- 
bers of the Boston lodge working for Its suc- 



"The Piper," produced at the New Theatre, 
New York, will follow "Bverywoman" at the 
Majestic when that winner la dona 



An operatio concert haa been arranged for 
the evening of Dec. t (Sunday) at the Boston 
Opera Houae. The ahow program will Include 
the aecond act from "Samson et Dellla" and 
the prologue from Bolto's "Meflstofele," with 
the full orchestra and chorus of the opera 
house. Glenn Dlllard Ounn, the pianist and 
Horace Brltt, the first 'cellist of the Boston 
Opera House orchestra, will also appear. 



Irving Hamilton, who opened the South End 
theatre for Marcus Loew, as ths manager, 
hss severed his connection. He is going to 
enter new fields. As a token of the esteem 
and regard In which he was held, the em- 
ployee of the South End and the Orpheum, 
Loew'a other houae, where Mr. Hamilton held 
forth for a time aa the aaalatant manager, 
preaented him with a traveling bag and a allk 
umbrella. He left with the best wishes for his 
future success from every attache In the Loew 
theatres. 



Some reception waa given Louie M. Boas, 
the new manager of the South End when he 
made his appearance. He was feted and 
dined by friends. He complains of "Charlie- 
horse" from shaking hands 



The first "Cabaret" show ever held within 
the confines of Boston was put on Saturday 
night at the Elks' Home. It was also the 
only chance that the Actor-Elk has had to 
get a bite to eat — a drink — and an enter- 
tainment. Nineteen acts were put on, begin- 
ning at 8 o'clock at night The show closed 
at 1.10 the next morning. Fred Mardo and 
Jack Magann brought the acts In taxi caba 
from the different houses. Have a peek at the 
bill: Al. Jolson; J. K. Emmett; Jack Goldle; 
Valatle's Boy Band; Curry A Riley; Green a 
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(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Meek, gen. mgr. ; agent, 
direct; rehearsal Monday 10). — Pops ft Uno 
opened handily; Fred Hamil, did nicely; "Cor- 
ralled." poor rehash of last fifteen minutes of 
third act of "Mlssoura," failed Inglortously ; 
Clark ft Bergman, stopped the show; "Night 
la Turkish Bath," scored tremendously; 
Burnham ft Greenwood, fine reception; Oold- 
en's Troubadours, splendid closing number. 

TULANE (T. C. Campbell, mgr.; K. ft E.). 
— "Get-Rlch-Qulck Wallingford." thoroughly 
competent company, excellent business. 

DAUPHINE (Henry Greenwall, mgr.; Shu- 
bert). — Robert Mantell, drawing well. 

FRENCH O. H. (Jules Layolle, impresario). 
— Layolle's French Opera Co. in "Lea Clochea 
de Cornevllle" and "Hamlet" Ths principal* 
of the organisation are excellent, especially 
Mile. Korsoff, ths coloratura soprano, who 
scored a sensational hit In "Lakme," but the 
chorus and ballet is much below the average. 
This year's orchestra is good, but not espe- 
cially so. 

CRESCENT (T. C. Campbell, mgr.; K. ft B.) 
—•"The Goose Girl." 

LTRIC (Bert Gagnon, mgr.). — Gagnon-Pol- 
lock Players In "Brewster's Millions." 

COLONIAL (B. F. Brennan, mgr.). — Klne- 
macolor pictures of the recent coronation for 
ths small asm of fifteen cents, a reduction of 
400 per osnt from ths uaual price of admis- 
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MAJESTIC (L. B. Sawyer, mgr.). — Vaude- 
ville. 

ALAMO (Win. Guerlnger, mgr.). — Vaude- 
ville. 

GREENWALL (Arthur B. Leopold, mgr.; 
agent, B. J. Williams; rehearsal Sunday 10). — 
Vaudeville has supplanted burlesque. Cur- 
rent bill highly entertaining. Aldro ft Mitch- 
ell, well received; Mack ft Hastings, liked 
immensely; Singing Lelands and Roland Tra- 
vels, splendid numbers for small time. At- 
tendance Sunday afternoon good, considering 
that burlesque had just vacated. 

An additional performance of "The Choco- 
late Soldier" was given at the Dauphlne Sun- 
day evening, Robert B. Mantell eschewing 
Sabbath appearances 

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The annual ball of the International Alli- 
ance Theatrical Stage Employees, given at 
Odd Fellows' Hall, 16, was a hugs success 
from every viewpoint The hall was beauti- 
fully decorated, betokening the splendid 
craftsmanship of the members Over two 
thousand persons attended the affair, given 
yearly for the benefit of the relief fund of the 
organisation. The committee on arrange- 
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reception committee. 



HIPrODROME.— McKensls A Shannon led 
ths bill In their little one-sot oomsdy. Some 
new songs were pleasantly sung and a lot of 
entertaining comedy gone through with; Rho- 
da Royal's riding, a feature; Brengk'o Mod- 
sis, new poses; Riva Larsen Troupe, clever 
acrobats; Margls O'Rourke. charming; Peck- 
ing Bros., novsl; other attractions. Kelsey 
Sisters end Logan * Ferris 

OLYMPIC (Walter Sanford. mgr.; K. AH). 
— "Ths Msglo Melody," ably presented by 
Wslker Whiteside, Maude Shaw and Clara 
Douglass. Ths usual orowdsd house greeted 
them. 

SHUBBRT (Melville Folts. mgr.). — Lew 
Fields' "Henpecks" scored distinct success. 

CENTURY.— "Seven Days," return date; 
greeted by a friendly audience. 

AMERICAN— "Brewster's Millions," with 
Louis Kimball, packed houae opening night 

HAVLIN'S. — "At the Old Cross Roads," 
pleaeed large opening audience. 

GERMAN (Hans Loebel. director).— "Book 
Sprunge," presented to capacity. 



Frits Otte Is yodellng at the Lafayette. 



Saturday night a widow of tl years died 
in ths Casino theatre, a ploture house st 
Rampart and St Philip 8ta Ehs was sttaoked 
with a weak spell and expired bsfors msdioal 
aid oould reach her. 



Ths Forum, a local leoture organisation. Is 
using ths Colonial on Sunday afternoon. 

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COLUMBIA. — Walter Hampton made big 
hit in "Blackmail"; Grace Cameron, a dainty 
little singer, received the lion's ohars of ths 
applause; The Rolfonlans, clever musical sot; 
Foster's Dog, marvelous tricks; Brent Hayes, 
banjo artist; Kelly A Wentworth, got many a 
laugh; Dolan A Lenharr, did puzzling and 
amusing things In mind reading; Farber Sis- 
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MARYLAND (B. C. Schanberger, mgr.; 
agent, U. B. O.; rehearsal Monday 10).— Gus 
Edwards' Song Revue, big hit; Evers- Wisdom 
Co., many laughs; Marie A Billy Hart, well 
liked; Jarvle ft Harrison, entertaining; Van 
Hoven, applause; Froelich, pleased; Axard 
Trio, clever. . 

NEW (George Schneider, mgr.; agent. Bart 
MoHugh; rehearsal Monday 10). — AM Rajah, 
much applauss; Goforth ft Doyle, fair; Irene 
Lesley, dainty; Kelso ft Leighton, liked. Q. 
Taylor ft Co., laughing hit; Troubadours, 
pleased. 

VICTORIA (G. E. Lewis, mgr. agent. Nlx- 
on-Nlrdllnger; rehearsal Monday 10). — Guy 
Bartlett ft Co., fine; Roberts' Rats and Cats, 
surprise; Three Gamons, clever; Burt Wal- 
ton, funny; Mahoney ft Tremont, fair; Danny 
Ahern, entertaining; Elester ft Oakland, 
pleased. 

WILSON (G. O. Wonders, mgr.; agent, J. 
W. Hoover; rehearsal Monday 10). — Lester 
Bros, ft Tydeman, laughs; Three Crelghton 
Sisters, pleased; Vlejo, mystified; Brooklyn 
Comedy Four, amused; Cora Ball, wsll liked. 

FORD'S (C. E. Ford, mgr.; K. ft E.). — Elsie 
Ferguson In "The First Lady in the Land," 
large audience. 

AUDITORIUM (J. W. McBrtde, mgr.; Shu- 
bert). — "The Girl of the Golden West," big 
house. 

NEW ACADEMT (Tunis E. Dean, mgr.; 
K. ft E.).— Alice Lloyd in "Little Miss Fix- 
It" 

8AVOT (H. Bsscom Jackson, mgr.). — Bos- 
ton Players in "Ishmael," large house. 

HOLLIDAT ST. (Wm Rife, mgr.; 8. ft B.). 
— "St. Elmo" opened fair slssd audlsncs. 

GATETT (Wm. Ballauf, mgr.).— "Taxi 
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MONUMENTAL (M. Jacobs, mgr.).— 
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Paris, splendidly presented, beautifully 
mounted; "The Dandles." fslr; Marseilles, 
good; Nellie Nichols, decidedly popular: Chad- 
wick Trio, well liked; Brown A Newman, 
liked; Coroorsn A Dixon, clever; Captain 
Trick A Seals, very good. 

ENGLISH 8 (A F. Miller, mgr.; agent. 
Boda).— Week 11. "Madame Sherry," show 
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pllclty and graca Splendid business. 11-13. 
"Ovsr the River" (Eddie Foy); It, "The New 
Marriage" (Mra Fisks); 14-11, 'Ths Coun- 
try Boy." 

SHUBERT-MURAT (F. J. Dalley. mgr.; 
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buslnsss; 14-18, "Betsy" (Grace LaRue). very 
good business, due to splendid press notices; 
11, Harry Lauder; 11-15. "The Heart Break- * 
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EMPIRE (H. K. Burton, mgr.).— "Follies of 
the Dsy." 

GATETT (B. D. Cross, mgr.; sgent, Gus 
Sun; rehearsal Monday 10). — Prosit Trio; 
Clerlse. Keller A Grogan; Pauline Corbett; 
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Sydney, Oct. 14. 
HER MAJESTY'S. — Madam Melba and her 
opera company ■till the big thing here. Melba 
has been mlaaing from the bill on several 
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Osston Mervale, as Dr. Rylont In "The 
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good people. Were the manager to have at 
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Apropos Marlow's house: The Irish- Ameri- 
can actor Allan Doone opens by arrangement, 
Oct. 18. Doone came here on "spec" He 
wss enapped up by Marlow. Miss Keeley will 
be leading lady for Doone. 

PALACE.— "Nobody's Daughter" by the 
PUmmer-Denniston-Hamllton company of 
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TIVOLI. — The strongest bill ever seen at 
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NATIONAL.— Ths Potter-Hartwell Trio, 
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Stirling Whyte, of the old-school of actors, 
died at Broken Hill last week. By his death, 
a most oapsble actor to loet to Australia. He 
died practically in harness, aged 78. 

William Anrowsmith, better known as Billy 
Ryan, another old-timer, passed out last 
week. He was unknown to the present gener- 
ation. 



Whitfield, .tags manager, were married la 
Hobart last week. 



Ths Paatser Troops, on leaving Australia, 
were accompanied by a young snd diminutive 
Hobsrt newsboy whs showed remarkable ac- 
robatic tendencies. He will play la the act. 



EMPIRE] (Brisbane). — Graham a Dent; Sin- 
clair a Vincent; Jack Norrle aad others; 
Clark a Hamilton; Fred Bluett and several 
others will strengthen the bill Saturday. 



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Company, and Tack, the upside down phe- 
nomenon. 



The Tiny Town Circus opens this month. It 
is comprised of Continental dwarfs and comes 
with a big reputation. 



Jordan a Harvey knocked 'em off their 
seate in Sydney snd sre now doing it again in 
Brisbane. On the same bill are the Totos, 
Eva Mudge and holdovers 

TIVOLI (Adelaide). — Reece Trio, including 
La Petite Laurie, hand-balancer, ths big sen- 
sation; Pastor a Merle; Carlton Max; Prank 
Hawthorne a Co.; Eugene Osslpoff; Albert 
Rees; Marguerite Ismay a Girls. 



Harris a Vernon left for China a fortnight 
ago. They will probably return to Australia. 



Alt Holt, the mimic, was married yester- 
day. The affair was kept unusually quiet. 
Miss Whitlock Is ths new wife. She is a 
non-professional from West Australia. 



The White Rats had their first Australian 
scamper at Her Majesty's Hotel last week. 
Bert Clark (Clark a Hamilton) in the chair. 
A large gathering participated In a very 
merry evening, during which a flashlight 
Photograph was taken. 

KINO'S (Melbourne).— Marie CorelU's "Sor- 
rows of Satan." Roy Redgrave in the princi- 
pal part. 

H. B. Irving is still drawing capacity houses 
In Melbourne. 



James Brennan returned to Australia last 
week and came on to Sydney a few days later. 
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ments at salaries ranging from $1,110 down. 
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for Australia. Mr. Brennan stated that sev- 
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not worth their faree to Australia. The moet 
oxpenslve engagement to date Is that of 
Prince Charles, who will be the headline when 
the new Melbourne theatre opens. It Is a 
"Monkey" act 



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land Wednesday, including Blnns a Blnns, 
Alclde Capltalne. Camilla Cornwall, Alf Holt, 
Melrose a Manatee, Csrlton Max and sevsrsl 
others, 



Ted Herbert, stage manager for Holland in 
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few weeks ago. 

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Moo's Dramatic Dogs. The act belongs here. 



De VUllers, the Illusionist, goes out with a 
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Nicola, the American magician, is playing 
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MAJESTIC (Arthur Lane, mgr.). — Harry 
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WHITNEY (D. S. Mclntyre, mgr.).— IS. 
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MI8HLBR (I. C. Mlshler, mgr.). — 20 Choral 
Union; fl "Imperials"; 22 Peplto Arrlola; 22 
McBntee-Evlson Players; 24 "The Wolf; 25 
Margaret Anglin. B. G. B. 



BANGOR. 

NICKEL (H. F. Atkinson, mgr.).— Eilleen 
Guerin; Harry Ross and "The Battle." 

OPERA HOUSE (Frank A. Owen, mgr.).— 
21, Grace George; 24-25, "The Cat and the 
Fiddle." HOWARD. 



BRIDGEPORT. 

POLI'S (T. Klrby. mgr.; agent, U. B. O.).— 
Allen 4k Clark, good; Gus Williams, good; 
Mr. 4k Mrs. Harry Thome St Co., good; Fox 
St Ward, big; Mrs. Annie Teamans. good; Mr. 
St Mrs. Bonnie Thornton, hit; Ward 4k Curran. 
•cream. 

PARK (J. F. Burke, mgr.).— 20-22. "London 
Bellas." 



BUFFALO. 

SHEA'S (M. Shea, mgr.; agent, U. B. O. ; 
rehearsal Monday 10). — Amelia Bingham, ex- 
cellent; Fred Dupres, humorous; Edwards, 
Ryan St Tierney, clever; D'Armond St Carter, 
line; The Stanleys, ordinary; Connell Trio, 
fair; Byron * Langdon, hit; Newbold * Gib- 
bln, creditable. 

NEW ACADEMY (Henry M. Marcus, mgr.). 
— Keys, fair; Louise Elliott, clever; Gibson St 
Ranney, good; Two Alfredos, fair; Ryan & 
Luden, poor; Dlmltresen St Gurvan, thrilling; 
Rita Redmond, pleasing; Glendower St Marlon, 
good; Fltxgerald St O'Dell, humorous; Holden 
* LeClalr, fair. 

FAMILY (A. R. Sherry, mgr.).— Wm. P. 
Burt 4k Co.. pleasing; Ames St Corbitt. fair; 
Grace De Mar, excellent; Duffy 4k Edwards. 
good; Joe Ward, humorous; Waiman, poor. 

PLAZA (Michael Slotkln 4k Roslngs. 
mgrs. ). — Basalan, fair; Thomas 4k Snow, good; 
Dunaworth 4k Walden, clever; Great Mars 4k 
Co., good; 22-28, Claud Austin, fair; Jack Ir- 
win Duo, good; Phoebe Snow, excellent; Peal- 
son 4k Hill, clever. 

LAFAYETTE (Chas. Baggln, mgr.).— 
"Ducklings." 

GARDEN (Chas. E. White, mgr.).— "Big 
Banner Show." 

STAR (Peter C. Connell, mgr.). — 20-22, 
Ethel Barrymore. in "The Witness for the 
Defense"; 22-26, "The Girl In the Taxi." 

TECK (Shubert Bros., mgrs.). — May Irwin 
and "Pinafore" divide week. 

LYRIC (John Loughlln. mgr.). — "Rock of 
Ages." 



NOTE. — A. R. Sherry has again taken the 
reins at the Family theatre, having returned 
from Indlanapolla 

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CAMDEN. 

BROADWAY (W. B. McCallum. mgr.).— 16- 
18, Jadoo, weird; Joe Lanlhan, good; Chas. 
A. Clark Co., pleased; May Wentworth, good; 
Cole 4k Coleman, fine. 20-22, King Sisters, 
fair; Jas. H. Llcher. recalls; Bam. P. Phil- 
lips 4k Co. (New Acts); Howell 4k Scott, hit; 
Nutty McNutts, good. 22-26, Thos. Crady 4k 
Co.; Krlstoffy Trio; Harry Antrim; Five De 
Waif es ; I rmena. 

TEMPLE (Fred. W. Falkner. mgr.).— 16-18, 
"The Confession," fair; good business; 27, 
Phlla. Orchestra concert; 21-22, "The Man 
on the Box"; 28-26, "When a Woman Wills." 

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OPERA HOU8E (Wm. Bret*, mgr.; Nlxxon 
St Nurdlinger, agent; rehearsals Monday and 
Thursday 11).— 20-22 Harris Twins, great; 88- 
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HIPPODROME (H. A. Daniels, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O.; rehearsal 10).— 20-21. Chicago 
Grand Opera Co.; 22-21, Klnemacolor pictures; 
24, Harry Lauder. 

OR AND (J. H. Mlchels. mgr.; rehearsal. 
Monday 10). — Mllano Duo and Agnes Mahr St 
Myckoff, divide honors; Frank Carmen, clever; 
Warren St Goodwin, pleased; Corbett 4k For- 
rester, fair; John Phllbrlck, fair; Marr 4k 
Evans, clever. 

PROSPECT (H. A. Daniels, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Alber's 
Bears, headline; World's Greatest Club Manip- 
ulators, fair; Chester 4k Jones, choice; Karl 
Hewitt 4k Co., liked; Prltskow 4k Blanchard. 
good; Guy A. Flick 4k Co., fair; Rose. Young 
4k Friedman, hit; Leroy 4k Pearl, funny. 

STAR (Drew 4k Campbell, mgrs.; rehearsal 
Monday 10). — "Girls From Reno." 

EMPIRE (E. A. McArdel, mgr.; rehearsal 
Monday 10). — Ben Welch Burlesquers. 

COLONIAL (R. H. McLaughlin, mgr.; Shu- 
bert; rehearsal Monday 10). — "Bohemian 
Girl." 

OPERA HOU8B (Geo. Gardner, mgr.; K. 4k 
E. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — "Rebecca of Sun- 
ny brook Farm." 

LYCEUM (Geo. Tod, mgr.; Stair; rehearsal 
Monday 10). — "White Sister." 

CLEVELAND (Harry Zlrker, mgr.). — Stock. 
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DES MOINES. 

ORPHEUM (H. B. Burton, mgr.; rehearsal 
Sunday 10). — Week It Marcus 4k Gartelle. 
pleased; Goodall 4k Craig, good; Donovan A 
McDonald, liked; Color Photography, pleased; 
Planophlend Minstrels, good; Delro, scored; 
Karl Ernuy 4k Pits, pleased. 

BERCHEL (Elbert 4k Getchell, mgr-). — 13 
Henry Miller In "The Havoc," nice business; 
16-17 Harry Blaney In "Across the Pacific," 
fair business. 

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tette." aplendld; Bddle Leonard A Mabel Rus- 
eell, big hit; Marrlnl A Bron.kl. fine; Fred 
Tall man. entertaining; Ray A Roger., amu.e; 
Three Dooleys. clever. 

MILES (C. W. Porter, mgr.; T. B. 0.1 re- 
hearaal Monday 10). — "Awakening of Bud ha." 
feature; Sully A Huaeey, funny; Atlaa Troupe, 
clever; Stephen Grattan A Co.. good; W. J. 
McDermott. laugh.; Heeley A Meeley, very 
good. 

PAMILT (C. H. Preston, mgr.; U. B. O.).— 
Dr. McDonald, hit; Charles A Ada Latham, 
second honor.; Stanley Hall, fair; Mire E.pey. 
nicely; Makarenka Duo, splendid; Francis 
Wood, good; Jack Sanderson, fair; Hal ley A 
Noble, hit; Minnie Washburn, fair; Stelner 
Trio, very good; Vassar A Aiken, good. 

COLUMBIA (M. W. Schoenherr, mgr.; Qus 
8un. agent). — Dr. Hans Ooldochmidt. great; 
Llsale Wilson, amusing; R. 8. Ewen A Chris- 
tina splendid; Howard's Bean, great; Hlck- 
vllle Pair, funny; Zoeller Trio, funny; Fred A 
Mae Warden, neat 

NATIONAL (C, R*» Hagedorn. mgr.; Doyle. 
agent). — Willie Zimmerman, great; Knapp A 
Murray, good; Crlsconl Italian Trio, high 
class; Dean A Stevens, funny; Rapiers Play- 
ers, fair; Arthur, Richards A Arthur, classy; 
Lottie Wilson, good; Coleman A Mexlaa, fair. 

OARRICK (Richard Lawrence, mgr.; Shu- 
bert).— William Hodge. 

DETROIT (Harry Parent, mgr.; K. A B.). 
— 20-12 Louis Mann, business fair; ll-lfi 
Chauncey Olcott. 

OATETT (J. M. Ward, mgr.; Eastern).— Al 

Reeve.. 

AVENUE (Prank Drew, mgr.).— ••Cherry 
Blosso ms." 

••JrL CB y M <A *- R w »""«r. mgr.).— "The 
Third Degree." fair business. 

JACOB SMITH. 



MAJESTIC (O. H. Ven Demark, mar. 

IWnS",^' Mo0dajr ^eareal is.S*~ 
20-11 Oriole Trio, ezoellent; Howe A Edwards. 

l°C0 Cardownle Slaters; Pete La Belle 

COLONIAL (Behweppe Broa, mgrs.; anent 
?• B. O.) -S0-SS Claude Austin, good;' 
Thomas A 8now. splendid; La Fevre A 8t 

son; Betes A Lelghtner. 

LYCEUM (Lee Norton, mgr.; Rel. Cir- 
^.T, 1 ?' "Naughty Marietta", arge house- 
17-18 "Little Miss Kut-up." good buslneas; 10 

2!il n .. Low ^ n v ,n " Th * RoJ«Saaatloir3 'Au 
Mary." goo4 house; SS "Baby Mine"; 21 'The 

SSstrete ' M *"£? B " d ^ ,0 Dockltade?. 

MOZART. (O. W.**Mlddleton r mgr.; agent 

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Players, large housea J. m. BEERS. 



COLONIAL (A. P. Weschler, mgr.; C. R 
cummins, ssst mgr.; agents. Qus Sun A U. B. 
O.; rehearsal, Monday 10).— Sutton A Sutton, 
clever; Terry A Elmer, laughs; Duffln-Redcay 
Troupe, excellent; Hlbbert A Warren, big- 
Ro «« Nayno'o Blr de. well trained; Chas. Leon- 
ard Fletcher A Co.. feature. 

PARK.— Stock. "St. 'Elmo;" big houses. 
m W'RflC (J. L. Qllson. mgr.).— SS, "Pina- 
fore"; SS. "Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary." 

.* < w?;F MB L A <A * R ^••ohler. mgr.).— -Paid 
In Pull." Big house. 

HAPPY HOUR (D. H. Connelly, mgr.).— 
Harry Hoyt, good; La Raub A 8cottle. good: 
Bedfords. clever. m. H. MIZENER. 



HABBI8BURO. 

ORPHEUM (JFEmer A Vincent, mgra ; 
agent, U. B. O ; rehearsal, Monday 10). — 
Frank A True Rice, fair; Radle Furman. 
pleased; Milton A DeLong Slater*, big; R. A. 
O. Trio, applause: Hugh Herbert A Co., clever; 
Arthur Deagon, fair; We-No-Nah, sensational; 
pictures, good. 

MAJESTIC (N. C. Myrlck, mgr.; agent, 
Rels). — 14, "Deep Purple." poor house; 16. 
"Girl of Golden West." good houses; 16-18. 
Thos. E. Shea, good business; SI. Harry Kelly 
In "His Honor the Mayor"; 22, Imperials. 

J. P. J. 



HOOPESTON. 

VIRGINIAN (Max M. Nathan. mgr.; 
agent. M. V. M.). — 16-18, Tanell Everett, good; 
Waldo, pleased; 20-22, Paul Revell; Joseph 
Derry. 

McFERREN O. H. (Wm. McFerren, mgr.) 
—20, "The Chorus Lady." RIGOS. 



KANSAS CITY. 
(By Wire.) 
GATETV. — "Robinson Crusoe Olrls." well 
staged. 

CENTURY. — "8tar Show Girls." one of the 
most pleasing shows of the season. 

GRAND. — "The Soul Klaa." dlaappolntln*. 
SHUBERT. — Forbea Robertson opened to 
splendid house, great and strong play. 



WILLIS WOOD— Robert Hlllard, In "A Fool 
There Was," strong and interesting; Hllllard 
at his best 

EMPKE8S. — Excellent bill; Gerard; Torcat 
A D'Allxa; Rice A Cady; Seven Aviation Girl- 
ies; Musical Bentleys; Mr. A Mrs. Wm. Mor- 
ris; Carcinattl Bros. 

ORPHEUM. — Lily Lena, charming; Julius 
Tannen, good; Three Leigh tons, strong; 
"Cheyenne Days," fair; Four Elleye, fair; Rice 
A Prevost; Delmare A Adair; Paulinettl A 
Piquo. PHIL M. MAHON. 



LOS ANGELES. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent 
direct; Monday rehearsal 10). — Week 18 Ex- 
cellent program; Odlva, hit; Mabelle Adam. 
A Co., went well; Burn. A Fulton, clever; 
Scott A Keane, very good; Mme. Panlt, ar- 
tistic. Holdover — Nlchol Sisters; Charle.- A 
Fannie Van; Four Floods. 

EMPRESS (D. B. Worley, mgr. S.-C, 
agent; Monday rehearsal 11). — Week 18 Mil- 
ler, Eagle A Miller, daring; Charles Batholo- 
mew; snappy; Nellie Brewster A Amsterdam 
Quartet, fine; Nlblo A Riley, pleasing; Rae 
Brosche A Co., good; Four Venetian 81ngers. 
fair. 

PANTAGE8 (Carl Walker, mgr.; agent di- 
rect; Monday rehearsal 11). — Week 18 Mme. 
Marzella, entertaining; Roma Trio, took well; 
Louis Bate. Co., pleasing; The Hiatts. catchy; 
Lublns, good; Great Hugo, dexterous. 

GARRICK (J. A. Quinn, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect; Monday rehearsal 11). — Week IS John 
Rogers, big; Ethel Canfleld. artistic; Edith 
Mote, excellent. 

MAJESTIC (Oliver Morocco, mgr.; 8hubert) 
— Week IS Lambardl Opera Co.; week SO Sam 
Bernard. 

MA80N (W. T. Wyatt, mgr.; K. A B.). — 
Week IS "Seven Days.'* 

LYCEUM (Clarence Drown, mgr.; Cort). — 
Week IS "Flower of the Ranch"; week SO 
Billy Clifford. • 

EDWIN F. OM ALLEY. 



LOUISVILLE. 

KEITH'S (J. L Weed, mgr.; agent. Or- 
phcum Circuit). — Chick A Chickleta, good; 
Elide Morrla very good; Ida O'Dey, good; 
Leo Carlllo, pleesed; Al Raynor*. Doge, pas- 
sable; Helena Frederick A Co., pleased; Five 
Parrel I Bisters, good. 

HOPKINS (Irving Simons, mgr.; agent, 8. 
A C). — Eugene Powers A Co., fine; La Toska. 
good; Francis Murphy, good; Phil. Bennett, 
well received; Bennington Brothers, good. 

AVENUE (Morton Shaw, mgr.; agent, 8. 
A H.).— "No Mother to Oulde Her." 

WALNUT (Col. Shaw, mgr.; agent, H. A 
D.). — Norman Hackett In "Satan Sanderson." 

GAYETY (Taylor, mgr.).— "Knickerbock- 
ers." 

BUCKINGHAM (Horace Mc Crock 1 In. mgr.). 
— Billy Watson Show. 

MACAULEY'8 (Col. John McCauley, mgr.; 
agent. K. A B.).— 20-22 Mrs. Flake in "The 
New Marriage"; 28-26 Eddie Foy In "Over 
the River." 

MASONIC (Mgr.. Shuberts).— 20-22 "Choc- 
olate Soldier"; SS Harry Lauder; 26 M MIkall 
Mordlkln; B F Keiths. 

J. M. OPPENHEIMER. 



LYNN. 

LYNN (Jeff Callan, mgr.; agent. U. B. O. ; 
rehearsal Monday 10). — Le. Montfords, good 
opener; Scotty Proven, nicely; Mysterious 
Moore, scored; Cleud A Fannie Usher, fine; 
Gordon A Klnley, well received: Chip A Mar- 
ble, hit; Golden A Hughes, laugh.; Bert Mel- 
rose, greet. 

OLYMPIA (Mr. Lord, mgr.; agent. Sheedy; 
rehearsal Monday 10). — "Sportsman's Trou- 
bles"; J. K. Emmett A Co.; Warren A Fauat; 
Roder A Leater; Harry Fenn Dalton; Braggar 
Broa; Blgelow A Campbell. 

CENTRAL SQUARE (Col. Stanton, mgr., 
agent, Warren Church). — 20-22 Lobars, Hen- 
derson A Sheldon; Miller A Russell; McDade 
A Durand; Terneellos; 23-26 Miss Thoma Ell- 
sey; Yottke A Ellsey; Gerardl Bros.; Bar- 
rette A Bane. 

AUDITORIUM— Stock. 

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GRAND (D. G. Phillips, mgr.; Hhubert).— 
6. "Excuse Me," capacity bu.lne.a; 10. Dandy 
Dixie Mlnatrela, top-heavy house; 18, "Miss 
Nobody of Starland," large appreciative house; 
20, Coburn Minstrels; 22. "Rosary"; 23, "Bo- 
hemian Girl"; 24, "White Sister." 

BIJOU (J. B. Melton, mgr.). — 8unny Jlmini.- 
Leonard; Turkey Boyd; Haley Trio. 

PALACE (J. B. Melton, mgr. ).-— Bert Lewie; 
Harry Rawley. 

LYRIC (Dan Holt. mgr. ).— Mis. Wingler * 
Mr. Fagln. 

SAVOY (Dan Holt, mgr.) — .loo MrAnallan 
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business. 20 Merlden Philharmonic Orch. 11 
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MAJESTIC (James A. Hlgler. mgr.).— 
Whlttakers; Eddie Mumford A Frank Thomp- 
son, humorous; Alma Toulln, splendid; Six 
Musical Cuttys. great; Carlton, funny; Wm. 
H. Thompson, One; Romany Opera Co., rood; 
Gould Ik Ashley, pleasing; Cole Loose Trio, 
closed. 

CRYSTAL. (Ed. Raymond, mar.). — "The 
Musical Geralds," clever; Gordon A Gearln, 
pleasing; Lilian Mortlmore A Co., good; 
Gladys Vance, plessing; Marks Bros. 4k Co.. 
funny*. 

EMPRESS (Wm. Gray, mgr.; 8-C; rehear- 
sals Sunday 11). — Pete Doroey, funny; Prin- 
cess Nubia Miroff, entertained; Kitty Rosa, 
pleasing; "Four Ball Players," novel; Harry 
Von Fosaen; Metaettl Troupe, sensational. 

GAYBTY (8. R. Simons, mgr.). — "Harry 
Basting's Show.** 

STAR (B. Bohoeneoker. mgr.). — "Amerl- 

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STAR (Ray Andrews, mgr.).— agent. Gus 
Sun; rehearsal Monday 10.10).— Flying Caros. 
clever; Sylvester A Vance, very good; Williams 
A Sterling, hit; Walter Law 4k Co. hit 

GEO. FIFER. 



PROCTOR'S (R. C. Stewart, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday S). — Coccia 4k 
Amato 4c Co., elsver; W. O. Devaux. worthy; 
Lillian Ashley, entertains; Grant 4k Hoag, 
amuse; Stuart Barnes, comical; Three Escar- 
dos, novel; "Night In an English Muslo Hall." 
good. 

NEWARK (George Robbing, mgr.).— "Ex- 
cuse Me." good trade. 

GAYBTY (Leon Evans, mgr.). — "Bowery 
Burlesquera" 

ARCADE (L. O. Mumford, mgr)- — New 4k 
Broad; Millie Fear Parke; Con mi ssy; Rhea 
Sisters; Carrol's Minstrel Co. 

LYRIC (agent. U. B. O.).— SO-SS, 'The 
Ninety and Nine," hit; Ell Dawson, comic; 
Berrlck 4k Hart, good; Lyric Comedy Four, 
favorable; Juggling Mathleus. clever. 

WASHINGTON (Charles Crane mgr.; agent. 
Fox). — Emily Green 4k Co., hit; Rose 4k Ash- 
ton, laughable; Jack Lee, scored; Howard A 
Mason, went well; Mori Bros.; Tracy ft Cary, 
make up enjoyable bill. 

COURT (Harold Jacoby, mgr.; agent, Loew). 
W. E. Whittle, capital; Veronica Devsne, 
clever; Ethel Whiteside ft Picks, hit; Frank 
Whitman, pleased; Reed-St. John Trio, laughs; 
Randolphs, scored. 

COLUMBIA (Mr. Jacobs, mgr.).— "The Olrl 
of the Streets." 

ORPHKUM (Joseph Peyton, mgr.).— Stock. 

JOB 0*BRTAN. 



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Nov. SO AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, 'NEW YORK 



BOTD (Prank Phelps, mgr.; agent, Bhu- 
berts). — 10- 21 Gertrude Hoffman; 23-26 Aborn 
English Grand Opera Company. 

BR AND EI 8 (W. D. Burgess, mgr.; agent. 
Independent).— lt-Sl Richard Carle; 11-16 
Robert Hllliard. 

AMERICAN (Ed. Monahan, mgr.).— Stock. 

8. L KOPALD. 

ONBONTA. 

ONEONTA ( George A. Roberts, mgr.: 
agent, Prudential; rehearsals Monday and 
Thursday 1).— 10-11 Gere * Do Laney, hit; 
Those Four Boys, wall liked; Johnnie Fields. 
Pleagad; 1»-|| Koppe * Koppe; Boosntrlc 
Wheeler; Naah 4k Bvana Big buslnssu. 

DB LONG. 

PITTHBIIRfl 

GRAND (Harry Davis and' John P. Harris, 
mgra; rehearsals Monday It). — Eva Tan- 
guay; Mra Gene Hughes A Co.; The Lang- 
dons; The Grazers; Al Lawrence; Frey Twins 
Marie Fsnton; Five Satsudas. 

FAMILY (John P. Harris, mgr.; agent 
Morganstern).— Warren, Hatch A Co.; Prince 
gunton A Co.; Joyce A Wllletta; Walters A 
Frank; Fritz Hueston: Valvsos A Treak; Ro- 
se tta Rlnehart; Brinkleys; Dave Lynn; Mor- 
ris Rosen. 

DUQUE8NE (Management of Harry Davis 
and John P. Harris). — stock. 
. OATETT (Henry Curtxman, mgr.). — 
"Queens Jardln de Parla" 

» A £ AI ? BMT < H,irr y Williams). — "Colonial 
Bel lea" 

ALVTN (John B Reynolds, mgr.; agent, 
Shuberts).— Marie Dressier la "Tlllle's Night- 
mare." • 

A Harliand). — "The Deep Purple." 

MXON (Thomas F. Kirk, mgr.; agent, 
Ntxon-Zlmmerman). — "Follies." —••"•*• 

M. & KATJL 



PORTLAND ._ 

._.fF F 2!5 R80N «■"■■ Ca»«. mgr.).— ll. Rsi- 
"»*• Tlddlah Co.; It. "Uncle Tom's Cabin." 

KBITH'8 (James Moore, mgr.).— Stadium 
Trio, clevor; Princess Elisabeth, hit; Wil- 
liams A Warner, fine; McCormlok A Wallace, 
funny; Field Broa, good; Gardner A 8toddard. 
laughing hit; Bddlo Rosa, riot; Ernesto Sis- 
ters, excellent. 

PORTLAND (J. W. Greeley, mgr.; agent. 
Marcus Loew; rehearsal Monday 10.10).— 
Mlgnon Broa. Immense; Duggan A Raymond, 
hit; Jaxon A Marguerite, tremendous; VI tale's 
Band, featured. 

CONGRESS (F. Earl Bishop, mgr.; agent. 
Qulgley; rehearsal Monday 10.10).— Thomas 
Ryan A Co.; Bertlne A Brook way; Leonard 
Kalne; Ed. A Rolla White. 



POLTS (8. B, Poll, prop.; agent, U. B O.; 
rehearsal Monday 10).— Paul Dickey 



A Co., 
very good;. Norton A Maple, original; Mu- 
sical Maids and Man, entertained; Howard A 
Howard, fine; Musical Splllers, opened; Nettle 
Wood, good; Bradna A Derrock, fine. 

B. J. TODD. 



NORWICH. 

AUDITORIUM (J. T. Egan, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday and Thursday 
11.10).— 10-11, Alfredo, big hit; DeVere A 
Van, very good; Rice A Waters, good. 

POLI'S (J. W Rusk, mgr). — Stock. 

F. J. PAGAN. 



NORFOLK. 

COLONIAL (Harry B. Hearn. mgr.; U. B 
O. ; rehearsal 10 Monday). — Moore A St. Clair, 
good; Four Avoloe, very good; Carl McCul- 
lough, excellent; Mr. A Mra Robyns, excel- 
lent; White A Stuart, alt; Hlckey'a Circus, 
good; Victoria Four, fair. 

MAJE8TIC (Otto Wells, mgr.; Norman Jaf- 
ferles).— Gorgalas Brothers, exoollent; Uno 
Bradley, good; Moulton Trio, fine. 

ORPHEUM (Wllmer and Vincent, mgra; 
Norman Jefferles). — Jim Leslie, excellent; Bob 
A Bertha Hyde, excellent; Imperial Musical 
Trio, excellent. 

ACADEMY (Otto Wells, mgr.). — KInema- 
color Pictures, 



GRANBT (Otto Wells, mgr.; 8. A H.; re- 
hearsal Monday 1). — Bonlta A Low Hearn In 
"Wins, Woman and Song," good business. 

HELLER. 



ORPHEUM (Wm. P. Byrne, mgr.; rehear- 
sal Sunday 10).— "The Three Lyras," acorcd; 
Karl Emmy's Pets, excellent; Williams A 
Segal, entertained; Crouch A Welch, excel- 
lent; Hermlne Shone A Co., very good; Prim- 
rose Four, big hit; Wynne Broa, fine. 

GAYBTY (B. L. Johnson, mgr.). — "Star and 
Garter." 

KRUG (Chaa L. Franks, mgr.). — "Century 
Glrla" 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

PANTAGE8 (John A. Johnson, mgr.; re- 
hearsal Monday 11). — Week It Zelaya, fea- 
ture; Chester's Dogs, excellent; Howard 81s- 
rera. elsver; Le Clair A Sampson, good; Mc- 
Carthy A Major, scream; Horner Harnett, 
treat 

ORPHEUM (Frank Coffllnberry, mgr.; re- 
hearsal Monday 10).— Week 11 Diamond A 
Nelson, hit; Brown. Harris A Brown, excel- 
lent; Six Bracks, clever; Hlnton A Wooton, 
good; Raymond, Burton A Bain, entertaining; 
McDevltt. Kelly A Lucey, pleaaed; Ward 
Baker, good. 

EMPRESS (Chaa Ryan, mgr.). — Week 11 
Swat Mllllgan; Ksnny A Hollls; The Tor- 
leys; Reeves A Brad comb; Grace Armond; 
Moore A Palmer. W. R. BREED. 

BEADING. 

ORPHEUM (Wllmer A Vlncsnt. mgra; 
agent. U. B. O.; rehearsal Monday and Thurs- 
day, 10.10). — Cycling Cogswells, elsver; Gray 
A Bourke, pleased; Murphy, Whitman A Co., 
nicely; Aal, Bailey A Burnett, scored. 




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HIPPODROME (C. G. Keeney, mgr.; agent, 
Prudential; rehearsal Monday and Thursday 
10. SO). — Jack Boyce, liked; Clark A Spear, 
neat; C. A. Kiln* A Co., food; Blake's Animal 
Circus, headline. 

PALACE (W. K. Goldenberg, mgr.; agent. 
Bart McHug-h; rehearsal Monday and Thurs- 
day 10.30). — Sinclair A Percy Girls, pleased; 
Billy Morse, laughs; Clark A Francis, good; 
Slgnor Valeno A Royal Italian Band, very 
well received. O. R. H. 



FAMILY (Albright A McCarthy, mgra.; 
agent. Prudential; rehearsal Monday and 
Thursday 1. 10). —10- II, Great LeRoy, very 
good; Marlon A Deane, good. 

WM. B. ALBRIGHT. 



BICHMOND. 

ACADEMY (Lea Wise, mgr.). — Klnemacolor 
Pioturea. 

BIJOU (C. I. McKee, mgr.).— "At the Mercy 
of Tiberius." 

COLONIAL (B. P. Lyons. Richmond repre- 
sentative ; Norman Jefferies, agent). — Hasel 
A Hawkins, scream; Ted Warwick, good; 
Billy Evans A Girls, feature. 

LUBIN (M. 8. Knight, mgr.; Norman Jef- 
feries. agent). — Thomas Potter Dunne, Im- 
mense; Catharine Challoner A Co., good; Ed- 
gar Berger. pleased. 

THBATO (D. L. Toney. mgr.; Ous Sun A 
Nerd linger, agents).— Marina Trio, hit; 
Blanche Irwin, good; Briotow A Warner, ap- 
plause. GBRBON W. HELD. 



BOANOKB. 

JEFFERSON (Isador Bchwarta. mgr.; Nor- 
man Jefferies, agent; rehearsal Monday and 
Thursday 1).— 10-11 Sllbert A Sllbert. fair; 
Fred Sanford. excellent; Four Musical Hodges, 
great; Black A MoCone, well liked; 11-11 Jlm- 
mte Green; Four Musical Hodges; Harry A 
Edna Rose; Friendly A Jordan. 

GRAND (Harry Kldd, mgr.; Ous Sun, 
agent). — 10-11 Hartford Slaters, fair; Kath- 
ryn A Bertrand. did well; Lesss r A Lesser, 

good. *• F. B. 



SALT LAI 
(By Wire.) 

ORPHBUM. — "A Romance of the Under- 
world," immense: Avon Comedy Four, riot; 
International Polo Team, hit; Three Hlokey 
Bros., scored; World A Kingston, liked; Lou 
Derbelle, please: Whole show decided sueeess. 

BXPRB88. — Nellie Brewster A Amsterdam 
Quartet; Robert Fulgora: Four Baltus; Deal- 
ma A Mae; Cramer A Ross; Shook A Dear- 

▼*"•■ ^ _. 

COLONIAL.— tm the Virginian," fair busl- 



8ALT LAKE THBATRB.— 11-11, Jeanne 
Towler. In "The White Sister." 

GARRICK. — Stock, "Barriers Burned Away, 

line performance, good business. 

OWBN. 



SAVANNAH. 

8AVANNAH (Wllllsm B. Seesklnd. mgr.; 
K. A E.). — 15-18, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook 
Farm." attendance fair; IT. Ty Cobb. In "The 
College Widow," good house; 18. "The Ro- 
■ary," fair attendance; 10-81, Aborn Opera 
Co.; 81, "Alias Jimmy Valentine." 

BIJOU (Henry C. Fourton, mgr.; Wells' 
Circuit: rehearsal Monday and Thursday 1). — 
18-18. Mann A Stuart, hit Kane, clever; 
Crawford A Chapman, good; Oreat Kleingist, 
clever; 80-88, Musical Lovetts, entertaining; 



Dan Kelly, funny; Fox A Blondln, exceptional; 
Sams A Sams, hit; 88-86. Barney First; Huesel 
A Sylvester; A. Barrlngton; Andy Rankin. 

LIBERTY (Henry C. Fourton, mgr.; S A 
H.) — Week 18. "Beverley of Graust.rk." ex- 
cellent "REX." 



•AN DtBOO. 

EMPRESS (Wm. Tomklns, mgr.; agent, 8.- 
C. ; Monday rehearsal 10). — Week 11 Four Bal- 
tus, good; Robert Fulgora, entertained; 
Schenck A DAnrille, applauded; De Alma A 
Mae, artistic; Kramer A Ross, good. 

SAVOY (Scott Palmar, mgr.). — Stock. 

MIRROR (Fulkerson and Edwards, mgra) 
— Stock. 

ISIS (J. M. Dodge, mgr.).— 14-11 "Polly of 
the Circus"; 17-11 "Chorus Lady." 

PRINCESS (Fred Balllen. mgr.).— Bowen 
Broa; Blondy Robinson; Anker Sisters. 

GRAND (F. W. Ruhlow. mgr.).— Louis Mor- 
rison 8tock Co.; 11-18 Miller Bros 101 Ranch. 

L. T. DALEY. 



SCHBNBCTADY, N. T. 

ORPHBUM (F. X. BRBYMAIBR, mgr.; 
U. B. O., agent; rehearsal Mondays and 
Thursday 11). — Devoy A SmlrL took well; 
Jeanette Chllds, fair; Four Rosemary Girls, 
hit; Thomas A Snow, good; Johnson Duo, 
good; Four World's Harmonists, took well; 
Ophelt. fair; Armenta A Burke, good. 

MAJESTIC (Miss M. Sheehan, mgr.; Bern- 
stein, agent; rehearsal Monday and Thurs- 
day 10).— Grace Sinclair A Co., fine oketoh, 
well received; Pryar A Addison, fair; Dawe A 
La Van, passable; Country Choir, well re- 
ceived; Ehrendall Bros. A Dutton; Whitman 
Brothers, good; Bally Brown, good; Lane A 
Phelan, excellent; Dob Ramsey's Harmonists, 
excellent; Headliner, Aeroplane Ladles, did 
well. 

MOHAWK (Ackerman J. GUI, mgr.).— "The 
Ginger Girls," good show to large houses; 
Holllday A Cur ley In "Painting the Town," 
fair show to good business. 

VAN CURLER OPERA HOUSE (C. O. Mo- 
Donsld. mgr.).— 11 "Billy, the Kid" followed 
by William Faveraham In "The Faun," May 
Irwin, William Collier and Mme. Llpsen. 

SH KB V SPORT, LA. 

GRAND (Blerllch A Coleman, mgra.; K. A 
B., agents). — II "The Echo," good business; 
15 "Mutt and Jeff." good showing; 11 Leslie 
Carter In "Two Women." large houses; 18 
Fields' Minstrels, • fair business. 

MAJESTIC (Bhrtlch Brothers, mgra.; agent, 
Hodklns).— Miss Loring. fairly; Cardoll. Bhat- 
ham A Keating, hit; Sing Pong Lee, big; Blm 
Bom Brr, fine. Business fine. 

HOWARD T. DIMICK. 



SPRINGFIELD. 

POLI'S (8. J. Breen, res. mgr.; agents, U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— College Trio, 
good; Tom Kyle A Co., did well; 8tuart A 
Marshall, good; "California" (New Acts); W. 
8. Dickinson, scream ; Wtllard Slmms A Co., 
uproarious; Bertlsch, fine. 

GILMORB (RobL McDonald, mgr.).— 10-11. 
"Golden Crook"; 11-18. "Our New Minister." 

COURT 8QUARB (D. O. Ollmore. mgr.; 
Ind.).— 10-11, "He and She": 11. Mme. Schu- 
mann Helnk; It, Robert Bdeson, In 'The 
Arab"; 14-18, Wm. H. Crane. In "The Sena- 
tor Keeps House." GEO. PRBSBL. 



NICKEL (W. H. Goldlng. mgr.; agent, U. 
B. <).). — Margaret Brock, George Moon; pic- 
tures. 

LYIC (Thos. O'Rourke. mgr.).— 11-18 Mu- 
sical Busklrks; 18-18 Cubanola Trio; pictures. 

L. H. CORTRIGHT. 



ST. PAUL. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHBUM.— "Schrooge," excellent; Ruby 
Raymond Co., good; Trio Du Gros. good; 
Baby Doyle, pleases; Mullen A Co.. pleasss; 
Wright A Dietrich, very good; Simian Jockey, 
very good. 

EMPRESS. — Ray Dooley, good; James Gra- 
dy, good; Todd Nedds, pleases; Budd A Clare, 
pleasing; Merlin, clever; Mary Barley, pleases. 

MAJE8TIC. — Dettmar Troupe; Nordstrom A 
Glbbs; Rsdcllff A Hall; Fred Riven hall. 

PRINCESS.— That Trio, good; Lowell A Ee- 
telle Drew, please; Earl Dewey Co., good. 

ALHAMBRA.— First half, Gordon A Bar- 
ber; Spencer A Spencer; Mollle Granger; El- 
sie Stark Co.; second half, Claremonts; Eva 
Thatcher; Seinka. 

GAIETY. — Central City Quartet; La Pearl; 
Bogert; Colusun A Pearson. 

METROPOLITAN.— James Haokett, good. 

GRAND. — Ward A Yokes, reported pleasing. 

SHUBKRT— "Belles of Boulevard." very 
pleasing. 

STAR.— "High School Girls." 

AUDITORIUM. — 38, Sousa. 

COLONIAL. — Taken over by Starland 
Amusement Co.. Ltd., for pictures. 



SYBACTSE. 

GRAND (Charles Plummer, mgr.; Chas. 
Anderson, res. mgr.; agent, U. B. O.). — Two 
Heddera, fair; Loney Haskell, over; Three 
White Kuhns. took well; Hsnry Horton A Co., 
pleasing; Barry A Wolford. well reoelved; 
Wonder Kettle, entertaining; Bessie Wynn, 
feeture; Meehan'a Dogs, plesslng. 

CRE8CENT (John J. Breslln. mgr.). — 
Dresdner A Prince; Ward A Colhane; Joseph 
Henley A Co.; Milt Arnsman; Eva Allen. 

TBRRB HAUTE. 

VARIETIES (Jaok Hoeffler, mgr.; agent. 
W. V. M. A.; rehearsal Monday and Thursday 
10). — Alvin A Kenny, fair; Arthur Connelly, 
fair; Byrne Oolson Players, hit; Molntye A 
Harty. hit; Naoe Murray A Girls, pleased; The 
Rennelloo. good; Christopher A Fonte, fulr; 
Hoyt Lesslg A Co., good; Five Musical Lunds. 
pleased; Brookman A Clyde, good; good busi- 
ness. 

GRAND (T. W. Barhydt, Jt\. mgr.; K, A 
B.).— 16. Imperial Russian Balalaika Orches- 
tra, fair business; 18, "Brewster's Millions." 
fair! 18-13, "The Girl In the Train"; 80-88. 
"The Light Eternal"; 31 (matinee only). 
Harry Lauder; 38-38. "Boy Detective": 38. 
Eddie Foy. 

PARK (Joe Barnes, mgr.).— Dark. 

CHRIS. 



ST. JOHN, N. B. 

OPERA HOUSE (H. J. Anderson, mgr.). — 
14-18 Grace George, full houses. 



TOBONTO. 

SHEA'S (J. Shea, mgr.).— B very wife, great 
production; Callahan A SL George, favorites; 
Clarice Vance, hit; Cliff Gordon, scream; Grey 
A Peters, good: Flying Martins, sensational; 
Tim Cronln, fair. 

STRAND (G. Weill, mgr.).— Elmer C. 
Haynes, Helen McDonald. 

GATETT (T. R. Henry, mgr.).— Clark's 
Runaway Olrla 

STAR (Don F. Plsrce. mgr.).— "Gay Wid- 
owa" 



ROYAL ALEXANDRA (L. Solman. mgr.). 
—20-31 "The Gamblers"; 38-86 "The Piper." 

PRINCE88 (O. B. Sheppard, mgr.). — Fran- 
ces Starr in "The Case of Becky." 

GRAND (A. J. Small, mgr.). — "The Old 
Homestead." 

HARTLEY. 



TROY. 

RAND'S (W. L. Thompson, mgr.; Rels; 
rehearsal 10). — "The Senator Keeps House" 
(Wm. H. Crane); 86. "Billy the Kid." 

LYCEUM (G. H. Freldman, mgr.; agent. 
Bernstein; rehearsal 10). — Franceses Redding 
A Co.. very good; Mme. Charmetta. good; 
Daly's Musical Five, applause; Mann A Frank, 
fair; others, Ehrendall Bros. A Dutton and 
Countess Leontlne. 

J. J. M, 



WASHINGTON. 

NATIONAL (W. Replay, mgr.; K. A B.. 
agent). — Mme. Naslmova In "The Mario- 
nettes." 

BBLA8CO (W. 8. Taylor, mgr.; Shuberts, 
agent).— "Peggy." big business. 

COLUMBIA (BL Berger. mgr.; Independent 
agent). — "The Fortune Hunter," 8. B. O. 

ACADEMY (J. Lyona. mgr.; B. A BL, agent) 
— Mayme Oehrue In "The Three Twins," 

OAYBTT (Geo. Peck, mgr.).— "The Social 
Malda." 

LYCEUM (A. C. Mayer, mgr.).— "Darlings 
of Paria" 

CHASES' (H. W. Da Witt, mgr.; U. B, O.. 
agent; rehearsal Monday if).— Nine Bells, 
hesd liner; Du Callon, clever; Thos. P. Holer 
A Co., applause; Moore A Haeger. second 
honors; "Slivers." amused; Kate Bllnore, well 
received; Palfrey, Barton A Brown, laughs. 

IMPERIAL (McKeon. mgr.; Loew, agent; 
rehearsal Monday 10).— "The Mayor and the 
Manicure," headliner; Three Forest ts, hit; Tom 
A 8tacla Moore enoores; Rouble Slmms, clev- 
er; JLester A Kellett, well received; Wood- 
ford's Dogs, amused. 

CASINO (W. Klrby, mgr.; Galaakl, agent; 
rehearsal Monday 10).— Herman Ueb A Co., 
hit; Holden A Harron, second honors; Ous 
Leonard, encores; BUlle Fay, favorable Im- 
pression: Hall Bros., well received. 

C08MOB (A. J. Brylawskl. mgr.; Jefferies, 
agent; rehearsal Monday 10).— Rough Riders' 
Bsnd and Henry Hargrave A Co., honors; 
Stewart, Desmond A Co., laughs; Baby Vir- 
ginia A Elsie McNally, clever; Goodwin Bros., 
scored; Elsie Wentworth, clever. 

W. KERRY BOWMAN. 

WILMINGTON. 

GARRICK (W. L. Dockstader, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O.).— 30-36. Mr. A Mrs. Stuart Darrow. 
clever; McGarvey. good; Morrlssy A Hanlon. 
good; Chas. Miller A Co., good; Laura Ouerite, 
big hit; John B. Hymer A Co., big; Marie 
Russell, big; Flying Wards, good. 

AVENUE (A. J. Edwards, mgr.).— Stock. 

WILLIAMS. 

YOUNGBTOWN. 

PARK (L. B. Cool, mgr.; Felber A Shea). 
— Selblni A Grovlni, fine; Jack Atkins, good; 
Powell. Howard A Co., excellent; Claudius A 
Scarlet, hit; Lawrence A Thompson, funny; 
Great Santell, good. 

PRINCESS (Charles E. Smith, mgr.; agent 
Gus Sun). — Morle A Scorae, good; Harry Slg- 
man, pleasing; Stanley A Scanlon, entertain- 
ing; Mattle Boorum A Co., good. 

GRAND (Joe. Schagrln, mgr.).— 33, "Pina- 
fore," capacity. C. A. LEBDY. 



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Barto A Clark 2221 Cumberland Phlla 
Bates Clyde Miss New York Jr B R 
Baxter Sidney A Co 1722 41 av Melrose Cal 
Bayton Ida Girls from Happyland B R 
Bean A Hamilton Folly Oklahoma City 
B« Ano Duo 1422 Charlton Chicago 
Beers Leo Empress Chicago 
Behren Musical 62 Springfield av Newark N J 
Bell Arthur H 468 II av Newark N J 
Bella Italia Troupe Box 708 Brookfleld III 
Belmont Joe 70 Brook London 
Belmont A Umberger 111 Delavan Newark 
Belsac Irving 260 W 111 N Y 
Bennett Florence Belles of Boulevard B R 
Bennett Sisters Orpheum Winnipeg 
Bennett A Marcello 206 W 67 New York 
Bentleys Musical 121 Clipper San Francisco 
Benton A McGowan Harlem O H N Y 
Benway Happy Guy Bros Minstrels 
Beresford Jas Keiths Phlla 
Berg Bros Central Copenhagen Indef 
Bstts George Star A Garter B R 
Beverly Sisters 6722 8prtngfleld av Phlla 
Blcknell A Glbney 441 Marlon Oak Park III 
Big City Four Polls Scranton 
Bimbos 872 Laws Appleton Wis 
Blsset A Bhsdy 248 W 87 N Y 
Black John J A Pearl Miss New York Jr B R 
Black & Leslie 8722 Eberly av Chicago 
Blake Chas Knickerbockers B R 
Bogsrd Jsmes Rose 8ydell B R 
Booth Trio 242 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 
Boutin A TUlson 11 Myrtle Springfield Mass 
Bouton Hurry A Co 1866 E 66 Chicago 
Bowers Walters A Crooker Maryland Balto 
Bowman Fred 14 Webster Medford Mass 
Boyd A Allan 2706 Howard Kansas City 



Bradleys The 1814 Brush Birmingham 

Brady A Mahoney Empress Milwaukee 

Brand Laura M 617 Main Buffalo 

Brennen Geo Trocaderos B R 

Breton Ted A Corlnns 114 W 46 N Y 

Brinkleys The 414 W II N Y 

Britton Nellie 140 Morris Philadelphia 

Brixton A Brixton 701 Lexington Brooklyn 

Bros A Maxim 1140 Wabash Av Chicago 

Brooks Harvey Cracker Jacks B R 

Brooks Thos A Girls from Happyland B R 

Brooks A Carlisle II Glenwood av Buffalo 

Brooks A Jennings 161 West Bronx N Y 

Brooks A Ward Washington Boston 

Brown Jlmmie Girls from Happyland B R 

Brown A Barrows 146 W 16 N Y 

Brown A Newman Majestic Chicago 

Brown A Wllmot 71 Glen Maiden Mass 

Brown Will Sam Dsvere B R 

Bryant Mas Bway Galsty Girls B R 

Brydon A Hanlon 16 Cottage Newark 

Bryson James Follies of Day B R 

Buckley Joe Girls from Happyland B R 

Bullock Thos Trocaderos B R 

Bunco Jack 2811 1| Phlla 

Burbank A Danforth Berlin N Y 

Burdett Johnson Burdett 111 Main Pawtucket 

Burgess Harvey J 617 Trenton av Pittsburg 

Burks Minnie Trocaderos B R 

Burke Jos 144 W 14 N Y 

Burke Touhey A Co Bijou Quincy 111 

Burnell Lillian 1060 North av Chicago 

Burnett Tom Star Show Girls B R 

Burns May A Lily 116 W 10 N Y 

Burt Wm P A Daughtsr 111 W II N Y 

Burton Sydney 186 8 av N Y 

Butlers Musical 422 S 8 Phlla 

Byrne Golson Players Gaiety Chicago 

Byron Gleta 107 Blue Hill av Roxbury Mass 

Byrons Musical 6188 Indiana av Chicago 



Cafferty Nat K Orpheum Memphis 

Cahtll Wm 806-7 Brooklyn 

Calne A Odom Empress St Paul 

Calder Chas Lee 8818 Lancaster av Phlla 

Campbell Al 8781 Bway N Y 

Campbell Henry Bellas of Boulevard B R 

cant way Fred R 6426 Woodlawn av Chicago 

Capron Nell Majesties B R 

Cardownle 8lsters 268 W 48 N Y 

Carle Irving 4208 N 41 Chicago 

Carlln A Penn Keiths Lynn Mass 

Carmelos Pictures Star Show Girls B R 

Carmen Frank 466 W 168 N Y 

Carmen Sisters 8188 Washington av N Y 

Carmontelle Hattle 8 W 68 N Y 

Carroll A Plerlot Fox Aurora 111 

Carroll Chas 480 E Kentucky Louisville 

Carroll Nettle Trio Polls Bridgeport 

Carrol I ton A Van 6411 Monte Vista Los Angeles 

Carter Tom Taxi Girls B R 

Carters The Ava Mo 

Case Paul II 8 Clark Chicago 

Caamus A La Mar Box 147 Montgomery Ala 

Catlln Margie Majesties B R 

Cecil Mildred Girls from Missouri B R 

Chameroys 1441 41 Bklyn 

Chandler Claude 111 W 68 N Y 

Chantrell A Schuyler 111 Prospect av Bklyn 

Chapman Sisters 1661 Mtlburn Indianapolis 

Chase Dave 00 Birch Lynn Mass 

Chase Carma 2616 Halstead Chicago 

Chatham Sisters 101 Grant Pittsburgh 

Cheers A Jones 111 W 66 N Y 

Chubb Ray 107 Spruce Scranton Pa 

Chunna Four II Loughborough Rd London 

Church City Four 148 Welrfleld Bklyn 

Clalrmont Josephine A Co 146 W 111 N Y 

Clare A West 120 Bridge Bklyn 

Clark Floretta 10 Lambert Boston 

Clark Mull Ssm Devere B R 

Clark A Duncan 120 W 10 N Y 

Clark A Ferguson 161 Phelps Englewood 

Claton Sisters 286 H 6 av Nashville Tenn 

Claus Radcllffe A Claus 1640 Dayton av St P'l 

Clear Chas 460 W 122 N Y 

Clermento A Miner 20 W I New York 

Cliff A Cliff 4100 Artesian Chicago 

Clifford Davs B 171 B 108 N Y 

Clifford Jake Trocaderos B R 

Close Bros 41 Howard Boston 

Coden A Clifford 21 Adams Roxbury Mass 

Cole Billy 10 4 av Bklyn 

College Trio Polls Hartford 

Collins Jas J Star A Garter B R 

Collins Eddie 6 Reed Jersey City N J 

Colonial Septette Temple Rochester 

Compton A Plumb 2220 Emerson av Mlnnsap 

Conn Richard 101 W 101 N Y 

Conner* Jimmy Social Maids B R 

Connolly Bros 1006 N 14 Philadelphia 

Conroy A Le Malre Alhambra N Y 

Conway Jack Star A Garter B R 

Cook Geraldlne 676 Jackson av N Y 

Cooke A Two Rotherts Orpheum Budapest 

Corbet t A Forrester 71 Emmet Newark N J 

Corin Joel P Queens Jardln de Paris B R 

Cornish Wm A 1108 Broadway Seattle 

Costello A La Croix SIS Ewelng Kansas City 

Cots El 006 Main Wheeling W Va 

Cottrell A Carew O H Winona Minn 

Coyle A Murrell S827 Vernon av Chicago 



Crawford A Delancey 110 Ludlow Belief ontalne 
Cree Jessica 77 Josephine av Detroit 
Cressy A Dayne Temple Detroit 
Cromwslls I Dansoroft Gardens London 



DICK CROLIUS 

Slang Prince 8up»-emo in "Shorty's Elevation'" 
ORPHEUM CIRCUIT. 



Cross A Josephine Garrick Chicago indst 



CROUCH - WELCH 

Next Week (Nov. 87), Orpheum. Sioux City. 
Direction. M. 8. BINTHAM 



Cunningham A Marion Orpheum Portland 
Curson Sisters 117 Adele av Jackson Miss 



Dae re Louis Follies of Day B R 

Dafley Jas E Gay Widows B R 

Dale Johnnie Belles of Boulevard B R 

Dale Josh 144 W 141 N Y 

Dale A Harris 1610 Madison av N Y 



DALE and BOYLE 

UNITED TIME 
Direction, Alf. T. Wlltoa. 



Dalton Harry Fan 176 Irving av Bklyn 
Daly A O'Brien Tlvoll Sydney Australia 
Damsel Frank Gay Widows B R 
Daugherty Peggy 661 % 10 Portland Ore 
Davenport Blanche Taxi Girls B R 
Davis Hasel M till La Salle Chicago 
Davis Mark Ross Sydell B R 
Davis A Cooper 1110 Dayton Chicago 
Do Costa Duo 411 Poplar Phlla 
De Forest Corlnne Moulin Rouge B R 
Do Grace A Gordon III Liberty Bklyn 
De Hoi Us A Valors Singapore India 
De Leo John B 711 Jackson Milwaukee 
Do Mar Ross Queens Jardln ds Paris B R 
De Mar Zella Knickerbockers B R 
De Mario Sidoli Bucarest Romania 
De Milt Gertrude 111 Sterling pi Bklyn 
De Vers A Roth 648 Belden av Chicago 
Do Witt Burns A Torrance Stoll Circuit Eng 
Do Wolf Linton A Lanier Belles Blvd B R 
De Young Tom 166 B 111 N Y 
Dean Jack Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Dean Lou 466 6 av Niagara Falls 
Dean A Sibley 466 Columbus av Boston 
Doory Frank 204 West End av New York 
Delmar Jennie Bway Gaiety Girls B R 
Delmar A Delmar 14 Henry N Y 
Delmore A Oneida 487 W 46 N Y 
Del ton Bros 861 W 88 Now York 
Demascos Stoll Circuit England 
Demonlo A Belle Englewood N J 
Deveau Hubert 864 Prospect Place Bklyn 
Diamond Four Pantages Tacoma 
Dlckerson A Llbby World of Pleasure B R 



JIM DIAMOND 

and 

CLARA NELSON 

Next Week (Nov. 67), Orpheum, San Francisco 



Dobbs Wilbur Social Maids B R 

Dodd Emily A Jessie 801 Division av Bklyn 

Doherty A Harlowe 488 Union Bklyn 

Donaa-hy G Francis 810 66 Bklyn 

Donald A Carson 816 W 108 N Y 

Donner Doris 848 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 

Dooley Ray A Co Empress Duluth 

Dooleys Three Temple Rochester 

Dorsch A Russell Vaudeville Evanston 111 

Doss Billy 108 High Columbus Tenn 

Dow A Lavan 898 Cauldwsll av New York 

Downey Leslie 8718 Michigan Chicago 

Doyle A Fields 8848 W Taylor Chicago 

Drew Dorothy 177 I av New York 

Drew Lowell B Stratford N J 

Drew Virginia 1886 Michigan av Chicago 

Du Barry A Leigh 8611 Beach av Chicago 

Du Bols Great A Co 80 N Wash av Brldgp't 

Duffy Thos H 4686 Virginia av St Louis 



DUNEDIN TROUPE 

Stoll Tour, Bnglsnd. 

JAMBS E. DONEGAN. Mgr. 



Dunn Arthur F 8061 E 14 Cleveland 
Dunn Chas Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Dupres Fred Sheas Toronto 
Durbyelle Leo Orpheum Denver 



Eagon A D'Arvllle Daytonla Htl Dayton O 
Early John Sam Devere B R 
Eddie Jennie Cracker Jacks B R 
Edgardo A Martins 688 N Howard Baltimore 
Edmand A Gaylor Box 89 Richmond Ind 
Edythe Corlnne SSI B Robey Chicago 
Eldrldge Press Polls New Haven 
Elliott LC Jl Baksr Detroit 
Klson Arthur 466 B 140 N Y 
Elton Jane S44 W 116 N Y 
Elwood Perry A Downing 924 Harlem av Balto 
Emelie Troupe 604 E Taylor Bloomlngton III 
Emerald A Dupre National Sydney Australia 
Englebreth G W SS1S Highland av Cincinnati 
English Lillian Queens Jardln ds Paris B R 
Esmann H T 1SS4 Putnam av Bklyn 



KATE ELINORE 

aim 

SAM WILLIAMS 

Next Week (Nov. 87), Hippodrome, 

Cleveland. 
Week Doc 4, Orpheum, Montreal. 
Direction Max Hart. 



Espe A Roth Orpheum Peoria 111 

Evans Bessie S701 Cottage Grove av Chicago 

Evans Emlta A Evans 8141 7 av N Y 

Evans A Lloyd 881 ■ IS Brooklyn 

Evelyn Sisters 860 St James PI Bklyn 

Evers Goo 210 Loeoya San Antonio 

Ewslng Charlie 114 W Oconee Fltxgsrald Oa 



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Falrchlld Sistere ISA Dlxwell av New Haven 

Falls Billy A I Virginia av Gates N Y 

Parr Francos Gay Widows B R 

Farrsll Taylor Trio Taxi Girls B R 

Fay Two Cooleys A Fay Temple Detroit 

Fenner A Fox 411 Van Hook Camden N J 

Ferguson Dick 66 W 68 Bayonno N J 

Ferguson Prank 704 W ISO N Y 

Ferguson Jos 117 W 67 N Y 

Ferrard Grace 1716 Warsaw av Chicago 

Field Bros Grand Syracuse 

Fields Nsttls 6101 8 Halsted Chlcsgo 

Fields and Hanson Orpheum Lima O 

Fields A La Adella Majestic Sioux Falls 8 

Finn A Ford 880 Revere Wlnthrop Mass 

Finney Frank Trocaderos B R 

Pltsslmmons A Cameron 6600 8 Green Chicago 

Fletcher Ted 470 Warren Brooklyn 

Flynn Frank D 61 W lit N Y 

Foilette A Wicks 1184 Gstes av Bklyn 

Forbes A Bowman HI W ill N T 

Force Johnny 800 Edmondson Baltimore 

Ford Corlnne Trocaderos B R 

Ford A Wesley Cosy Corner Girls V It 

Fordyce Trio Orpheum Reading Pa 

Formby Geo Walthew House Wlgan Eng 

Fostsr Billy SS16 Csntrs Pittsburg 

Foster Phyllis Darlings of Parts B R 

Fowler Kate SS4 W 86 N Y 

Fox Florence 178 lilmore Rochestsr 

Fox A Summers 617 10 Saginaw Mich 

Fox A Ward Polls New Haven 

Foyer Eddie 0980 Plerrepont Cleveland 

Francis Paul Qusens Jardln do Parts B B 

Francis Wlllard 67 W 1SS Now York 

Franciscos S4S N Clark Chicago 

Franks 8isters Miss New York Jr B R 

Frans 81g A Edythe Taxi Girls B R 

Fredericks Musical Victoria Charleston 8 C 

Frevoll Harlem O H New York 

Frey Twins Keiths Columbus O 

Frobel A Rugs 814 W 88 Nsw York 



Oaffnsy Sisters 1407 Madison Chicago 
Gaffney Al SIS Vernon Brooklyn N Y 
Gage Chas 176 Whits Springfield Mass 
Gardner Eddie Lyric Danville 111 x 

Gardner Georgia 4646 Ken more av Chicago 
Gardner A Stoddard Maryland Baltimore 
Garfield Frank Passing Parade B B 
Gass Lloyd Broadway Gaiety Girls B R 
Gaylor Chas 768 17 Detroit 
Gehrue Emma Girls from Happyland B R 
George Stella Girls from Hsppylsnd B R 
Germane Anna T SI Arnold Revere Mass 
Olldsn Bisters 816 Schuylkill av Pottsvllls Ps 
Giles Alphla Star Show Girls B R 
Gllmoro A Le Moyno 1416-11 Dos Moines 
Glrard Marie 41 Howard Boston 
Gladstone A Talmags 146 W 46 N Y 
Godfrey A Henderson 178 W 46 N Y 
Goforth A Doyle 261 Halaey Bklyn 
Golden Max I Aldon Boston 
Goodall A Craig 141 W II N Y 
Goodman Joe 2011 N I Philadelphia 



W. V. M . A. Exclusively 

J. GOODRODE 

Direction. A. E. MEYERS 



Goodrode J O H Kansas City 

Goodwin Shirley Girls from Happyland B R 

Gorden Geo F Girls from Hsppylsnd B R 

Gorden Paul Empire London lndef 

Gordo El 1811 Bway N Y 

Gordon Ed M 6116 Drexel av Chicago 

Gordon Dan 1777 Atlantic av Bklyn 

Gordon A Barber 86 So Locust Hagsrstown Md 

Gordon A Marx Orpheum Memphis 

Goss John 88 Sawyer Haverhill Mass 

Oottlob Amy 600 N Clark Chicago 

Ooyt Trio 866 Willow Akron O 

Grady Bill Empress Duluth 

Graham A Randall Majestic Dubuque la 

Oray Trio 1406 Woodlawn av Indianapolis 

Gray A Graham Vaudeville Club London 

Gray A Oray 16SS Birch Joplln Mo 

Green Winifred 168 W 66 N Y 

Gremmer A Melton 1487 S 6 Louisville 

Griffith J P Trocsderos B R 
HfTith Myrtle E 6806 Klrkwood sv Pittsburgh 
Griffith Marvelous IS W Eagls Buffalo 
Griffs A Hoot 1S8S Cambria Philadelphia 
Grimes Tom A Co Wllllamstown N J 
Grossman Al 688 North Rochestsr 
Oruber A Ksw 408 Av B Flint Mich 
Gullfoylo A Charlton SOS Harrison Detroit 



Hall Alfred Queens Jardln ds Psrls B R 
Hall St Pray 60 Columbia Bwampscott Mi 
Hall A Briscoe 66 Orchsrd Norwich Conn 
Halls Dogs 111 Walnut Rovers Mess 
Halpern Nan 16S1 17 av Denver 
Halson Boys 81 B 68 N Y 

Halton Powell Co Colonial Indianapolis Indef 
Hamilton Estella Family Lafayette Ind 
Hampton A Basset 117 Poplar Cincinnati 
Hanss G Scott 111 Rltner Phils 
Hansono A Co 1017 Tremont Boston 
Hanvey Lou III Lenox av Now York 



When ammoering advertisement* Undhj mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



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CHA8. HARRIS 

•The list Century Girl." 

Playing W. V. M. A. 

Direction, JAMBS PLUNKETT. 



Harklna Geo Taxi Girls B R 

Harper Annette Glrle from Happyland B R 

Harrlgan Barry Star Show Glrle B R 

Harrington Bobby Glrle from Mleeourl B R 

Herri* Murray Belles of Boulerard B R 

Harris A Randall Palace Htl Chicago 

Harrtty Johnnie 708 Hariieon av Bcranton 

Hart Stanley Warde Hymen Los Angelee Indef 

Hart Maurice lit Lenox av N T 

Hartman Gretchen 111 W 111 N T 

Harvey De Vora Trio Trent Trenton N J 

Haskell Loney Keiths Toledo 

Batches 47 B 111 New fork 

Hathaway Madleon A Mack 828 WIIJJT 



E. F. HAWLEY a*o CO. 

•THIS BA.NDIT." 

Next Week (Nov. 17), Greenpolnt, Brooklyn. 

BOW. S. KULLUH, Kep. 



Hawthorne Hilda Keithe Philadelphia 

Hayee Prank Social Maids B R 

Bayes Gertrude Follies of Day i R 

Baye Bd C Vogele Mlnetrele 

Hayman A Franklin Palace Burnham Eng 

Hassard Lynne A Bonnie Gayety Ottawa III 

Hearn Sam Follies of Day B R 

Hearn A Rutter Liberty Corry Pa 

Heather Joele Orpheum Oakland 

Hebron Marie Majesties B R 

Heddere Two Orpheum Harrleburg 

Held A La Rue 1128 Vine Philadelphia 

Henderson A Thomas 117 W 40 N Y 

Henella A Howard 141 N Clark Chicago 

Henry Dick 107 Palmetto Brooklyn 

Henry Glrle III! So 17 Philadelphia 

Henrys 411 B 111 N T 

Herberts The 47 Washington Lynn Mass 

Herman A Rice III W II N Y 

Herr Noadle Box 46 Wltmer Pa 

Hers Geo 111 Stone av bcranton 



HEUMAN TRIO 

A Novelty on Wheels. 
Next Week (Nov. 17), Murray Hill. New York. 



Heywood Great 41 Clinton Newark 
Hlcker Bonnie Follies of Day B R 
Hickman Geo Taxi Glrle B R 
HUlman A Roberts 111 8 11 Saginaw Mich 
Hills Harry Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Hlleon Robt 8am Devere B R 
Hilton Dave Moulin Rouge B R 
Hilton Marie Follies of Day B R 
Hlnee A Fenton 111 W II N T 
Hlneo A Remington Harrison N T 
Hoffman Dave 2141 B Clearfield Phlla 
Holden A Harron Wilson Baltimore 
Holman Bros 114 Lake Cadillac Mich 
Holman Harry A Co Broadway Camden N J 
Bolmes Ben 114 W Montana Allalne Neb 
Holt Alf Sydney Australia 
Honan A Helm 111 Lock wood Buffalo 
Hood Sam Til Florence Mobile Ala 
Hoover Lillian Belles of Boulevard B R 
Hopp Fred III Littleton av Newark N J 
Horton A La Triska Orpheum Portland 
Hotallag Edward 117 8 Division Grand Rap 



THK tlNlSHKD VKNTKILOQI MT. 

Next Week (Nov. 17), Dominion. Ottawa. 

Representatives. MOKKlW A K6CIL. 



Houss Carl C 411 Cadillac av Detroit 
Howard Jack Cosy Corner Girls B R 
Howard Katherlne Follies of Day B R 
Howard Bros Majsstlo Dallas Tsx 
Howard Emily 144 N Clark Chicago 
Howard Comedy Pour III t av Bklyn 
Howard Harry A Mae III 8 Peoria Chicago 
Howard Bernlce till Calumet av Chicago 
Howard A Howard 8heas Buffalo 
Hoyt Edward N Palmyra N Y 
Hoyt A Starke II Bancroft pi Bklyn 
Hughes Mrs Gene A Co Lyric Dayton O 
Hughee Musical Trio Keiths Cincinnati 
Hulbert A De Long 4411 Madison Chicago 
Hurlsy P J lit Magnolia av Elisabeth N J 
Hyatt A Le Nora 1111 W Lanvale Bel Urn ore 
Hynde Beeale 111 Pearl Buffalo 



Inglle A Reading llta Bower Jersey City 

Ingrame Two 1104 Story Boone la 

Ioleen Sisters Lynn Maes 

Ireland Fredk Majesties B R 

Irving Pearl Indian Lane Canton Mass 

Irwin Plo 117 W 41 N T 

Irwin Ferdlaand 14 Horton Pall River 

J. 

Jacobs A Sardel Geo A Atkins av Pittsburg 

Jeffries Tom 181 Bridge Bklyn 

Jennings Jewell A Barlow 1161 Arl'gt'n St L 

Jeee Johnnie Cracker Jacks B R 

Jewell Mildred I Alden Boston 

Jewells Manikins Keiths Providence 

Johnson Great 187 W 17 N Y 

Johnson Henry 19 Trsmont Cambridge Mass 

Johnson Bros A Johnson 4146 Callowhlll Phlla 

Johnstone Cheeter B 49 Lexington av N T 

Johnstons Musical Hip London Indef 

Jonee A Rogers 1811 Park av N T 

Jonee Maud 60 W 186 N Y 

Jonee A Galnee 418 W 16 N Y 

Jonee Kohl A Whelen 6119 Hesel av Phlla 

Julian A Dyer Orpheum Harrlshurg 

Juno A Welle 111 B 71 N Y 



Kaufmans 140 ■ •• Chicago 



Keatons Three Hammeretelne N T 

Keeley Bros I Haymarket 8q London 

Keeley A Parks Crescent Syracuee 

Kellam Lee A Jessie Family Buffalo 

Kelley A Wentworth Columbia St Louie 

Kelly Walter C Colonial N T 

Keleey Bisters 4111 Chrtetlanla av Chicago 

Kenna Chee Miles Mlnnespolle 

Kennedy Joe 1111 N I Knoxvllle Tenn 

Kenney A Hollls Kmpreee San Francisco 

Kent Marie Follies of Day B R 

Kenton Dorothy Felix Portland Htl N T 

Keppler Jeee Trent Trenton N J 

Keesner Roee 411 W 114 N Y 

Kidder Bert A Dor'y III Santa Clara A l a me da 

Kins Bros 111 4 av Schenectady 

Kltamura Troupe Keithe Philadelphia 



MAZIE KING 

Orpheum Circuit. 



Klein A Clifton Grand Knoxvllle 

Klein Ott A Nicholson 161 W 14 New York 

Knight Bros A Sawtelle 4460 Sheridan rd Chic 

Koehler Grayce 1060 Calumet Chicago 

Koler Harry Queens Jardin de Parle B R 

K oners Bros Apollo Vienna 

Kuhna Three White Shubert Utlca 



Lacey Will 111! Capitol Washington 
Lalght Pearl Sam Devere B R 
Lake Jas J Knickerbockers B R 
Lamont Harry A Plo 10 Clinton Johnstown NT 
Landls A Knowles Garrick Ottumwa la 
Lane Goodwin A Lane 1711 Locust Phlla 
Lane A Ardell 111 Alexander Rochester 
Lane Eddie III B 71 N Y 






THE LANGDONS 



"A NiQht m the Boulevard" 

Always a laughing HIT 
AJLBKB, MsWtthbM A A VANS, Mgre. 

Next Week (Nov. 17) Keith'e, Providence 



Langdons Keith's Providence 

Lanigan Joe IS! S 81 Phlla 

Laneear Ward B III Bchaefer Bklyn 

La Centra A La Rue 1441 I av N Y 

LeClalr A Weet Vaudette Shawneetown 111 

La Maae Trio Orpb«um Budapest 

La Moinee Musical III I Bamboo Wis 

La Nolo Ed A Helen I Mill Troy N T 

La Ponte Marg 111 W Commerce San Antonio 

La Rue A Holmee II Ltllle Newark 

La Tell Broe Empire Red Bank N J 

La Toaka Phil 111 W 11 Loe Angelee 

La Tour Irene 14 Atlantic Newark N J 

Larrlvee A Lee It Shuter Montreal 

Laehe Great 1811 Kater Phlla 

Laurent Bert 8 Piatt pi Bcranton 

Laveen Cross Co Orpheum Rockford 111 

Lawrence- A Edwards 1140 Weatm'r Provld'ce 

Lawrence AWrlght II Copeland Roxbury Mass 

Layton Marls III B Indiana St Charles 111 

Le Pagee til I Milwaukee 

Le Roy Lydla Follies of Day B R 

Le Roy Geo 86 W 111 N Y 

Le Roy Vic 111 Everett Kansas City Kan 

Le Roy A Adams ill! Locust av Erie Pa 

Leahy Bros III East av Pawtuoket R I 

Leberg Phil A Co 114 Tremont Boston 

Lee Alice Moulin Rouge B R 

Lee Audrey Girls from Happyland B R 

Lee Roee 1040 Broadway Bklyn 

Lehr Corlnne Star A Garter B R 

Lelpslg Columbia St Louie 

Lenox Cecil Trocaderoe B R 

Lenxe 1914 Newport av Chicago 

Leonard Qua 180 Manhattan av N T 

Leonard Joe Pat Whites Gaiety Girls B R 

Leonl Ruby Cracker Jacks B R 

Lepp Frank Bam Devere B R 

Leslie Genie All Tremont Boston 

Leslie Frank 184 W 111 N Y 

Lester A Kellett 111 Fairmount av Jersey Clt> 

Levering G Wilbur Follies of Day B R 

Levy Family 47 W 119 N Y 

Lipson Chas Girls from Happyland B R 

Ltngermsne 701 N 6 Phlla 

Linton Fred Taxi Glrle B R 

Linton Tom Keithe Lowell 

Livingston Murray 110 E 111 N T 

Lloyd A Gastano 104 E 41 N Y 

Lockhart A Leddy III W 111 N T 

Lockwoods Musical 111 Cannon Poughkeepsle 

Lole A Love 1914 I Bklyn 

London A Rlker It W 91 N Y 

Londons Four Orpheum Duluth 

Lonsworths 9 Magnolia av Jersey City 

Lorch Family Orpheum New Orleans 

Lowe Musical 17 Ridge av Rutherford N J 

Luce A Luce III N Broad Phlla 

Luckle A Yoaet Empress 8pokane 

Lynch Gertrude Bam Devere B R 

Lynch Jack It Houston Newark 

Lynch Hasel 166 Norwood av Grand Rapids 

Lynn Louie Star Show Glrle B R 



Maoey Helen Olrls from Happyland B R 

Mack Tom Miss Nsw York Jr B R 

Mack Ployd 1114 Ohio Chicago 

Mack A Walker Sheas Buffalo 

Madden A Pltspatrlck Majeetic Houston Tex 

Melloy Dannie 11 Glen Morrie Toronto 

Manning Prank III Bedford av Bklyn 

Manning Trio 114 N Wanamaker Phlla 

Mantell Harry Trocaderoe B R 

Mantells Maiionettee 411 Elm Cincinnati 

Marine Comedy Trio 117 Hopklne Bklyn 

Mario Aldo Trio Orpheum Winnipeg 

Marsh Chas 101 14 Milwaukee 

March Harry Taxi Olrls B R 

Martha Mile Savoy Atlantic City 



Martine Carl A Rudolph 417 W IT N T 
Marx Bros A Co Franklin Chicago 
Mason Harry L Star A Garter B R 
Matthewe Elotee Star A Garter B R 
Matthewe Mabel 1911 Burling Chicago 
Mayne Elisabeth lilt 8 Wilton Phlla 
McCann Gerald Ine A Co 704 Park Johaetown 
McCarthy A Barth 1901 Missouri av 8t Lbuls 
McConnell Sisters 1147 Madleon Chicago 
McCormlck A Irving 111 Av O Bklyn 
McCune A Grant III Benton Pittsburgh 
McDermott Harry Star A Garter B R 
McDonald A Geverneaux 111! Maxwell S'p'no 
McGarry A Harris 111 Palmer Toledo 
McGulro Tuts 19 High Detroit 
Mclntyre Wm J Follies of Day B R 

JOCK McKAY 

With Lulu Glaser In "Miss Dudleeack." 

Management. WERBA A LL'EMCHBR. 

Vaudeville Manager. Pat Casey. 



McLaln Bisters II Miller av Providence 

McNallyo Four Majesties B R 

McNamee 41 Smith Poughkeepsle 

MacNlcol Jas Charlottetown Canada 

McNutts Nutty 170 W 19 N T 

Mc Waters A Tyson 471 80 Bklyn 

Melrose Ethel A Ernest Bway Gaiety Glrle BR 

Mendelsohn Jack Pat Whites Gaiety Glrle BR 

Meredith Sisters lit W 16 N Y 

Merrick Tom Midnight Maldene B R 

Methen Sisters It Culton Springfield Mass 

Meuther A Davis 141 B II N Y 

Meyer David 1114 Central av Cincinnati 

Milea P W Majesties B R 

Millard BUI A Bob Majeetic Cedar Rapids la 

Miller Wilson 711 President Bklyn 

Miller A Mack 1141 Federal Phlla 

Mlllman Trio Palace London Indef 

Mills A Moulton 68 Roee Buffalo 

Milton George Bway Gaiety Girls B B 

Milton Joe Big Banner B R 

Milton A De Long Sisters I Av N T 

Minstrel Four Majestic Madison Wis 

Mints A Palmer till N Park Phlla 

Mlakel Hunt A Miller 111 14 Cincinnati 

Mitchell Bennett Mlee New York Jr B R 

Mitchell Geo Majesties B R 

Molier Harry 14 Blymer Delaware O 

M on tain bo A Bartelll 40 B Liberty Waterbury 

Moore Geo W 1114 Cedar Phlla 

Moore A St Clair Bijou Phlla 

Morette Sisters Orpheum Fairfield la 

Morgan Broe III! E Madleon Phlla 

Morgan King A Thompeon 81s 80S B 41 Chlo 

Morln Sisters Bowery Burleequere B R 

Morrie A Wortman 188 N Law Allentown Pa 

Morris A Kramsr 1806 St Johns pi Bklyn 



4 Mortons 4 



Morton Harry Queene Jardin de Paris B R 
Morton A Keenan 874 11 Bklyn 
Moxarts 61 Morse Newton Mass 
Mulcey Eddie Bway Gaiety Glrle B R 
Mulford Arthur Proctors Amsterdam N T 
Mull Eva Girls from Missouri B R 
Mullen A Corelll Orpheum Minneapolis 
Muller A Stanley Temple Ft Wayne Ind 
Murphy Frank Girls from Missouri B R 
Murray Harriet Glrle from Happyland B R 
Murray A Stone Pastime Lewlston Me 
Muslkalgirls Orpheum New Orleans 



N. 



Neary Bliss A Ross 469 B Main Bridgeport 
Nelson Florence Glrle from Happyland B R 
Nelson Harry P Taxi Glrle B R 
Nelson Oswald A Borger 160 E 111 NT 
Nelusco A Levlna American Davenport la 
Nevaroe Three 894 11 av Milwaukee 



PAUL NEVINS 

and 

RUBY ERWOOD 

UNITED TIME. 
Week Dec. 1, Poll's Bridgeport. 



NEWELL and N1BL0 

The Internatlonel Inet rumen is itsts 
Next Week (Nov. 17), Empress. Tacoma. 



Newhoff A Phelpe II W 117 N T 
Newman Val A Lottie Knickerbockers B R 
Nibbe Ed A Mike Moulin Rouge B R 
Nichols Neleon Troupe Majeetic Little Rock 
Nlcoll Florence Roee Sydell B R 
Noble A Brooks Saratoga Htl Chicago 
Nonette 617 Flatbueh av Bklyn 
Norton C Porter 6841 Klmbark av Chicago 
Nowak Caeper 1107 N Hutchinson Phlla 
Nowlln Dave Pantages Vancouver 
Nugent Jas Majntics B R 



O'Brien Ambrose Social Maids B R 

O'Connor Trio 706 W Allegheny av Phlla 

O'Connor Sletere 776 8 av N Y 

O'Dell A Gilmore 1146 Monroe Chicago 

O'Donnell J R 111 E 114 N Y 

O'Haus Edward Foil lee of Day B R 

Omar III W II N Y 

O'Neal Emma Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

O'Neill Trio Bijou Phlla 



O'Neill A Regenery III Warren Bridgeport 
Orloff Troupe 101 E 17 N Y 
Ormebell Will Follies of Day B R 
Ormeby Geo Pol I lee of Day B R 
Orr Chas F 111 W 41 N T 
Otto Elisabeth Polly Oklahoma City 
Owena Dorothy Mae 1047 10 Chicago 
Osavs The 41 Klnsel av Kenmore N Y 

P. 

Pape Herman O Morrison Htl Chicago 
Parker A Morrell 117 Hopklne Bklyn 
Parka Marie Glrle from Missouri B R 
Parvis Geo W 1114 N Franklin Phlla 
Patterson Sam II W 118 N Y 



PAULINE 

This Week (Nov. to) Greenpolnt. 
Address 840 W. lllth St., New York. 



Pearl Marty It Marcy av Bklyn 
Peerl A Bogart 416 Solone av Springfield 111 
Pedereon Broe 686 Oreenbuah Milwaukee 
Pendleton Sletere 616 Columbus Av N T 
Pepper Twine Llndaay Can 
Percival Walter A Co Saratoga Htl Chicago 
Peter the Great 481 Bl'mneld av Hobokea N J 
Peters A O'Neill 6880 Wayne av Chicago 
Peyser Dave Bway Gaiety Glrle B R 
Phillips Mondane Empress Portland 
Phillips Samuel 810 Claeeon av Bklyn 
Phllllpe Sletere Bouffee Moeeow Russia 
Piccolo Midgets Box II Phoeaica N Y 
Pickene Arthur J Polls Springfield 
Plereon Hal Glrle from Happy tend B R 
Pillard Henrietta Social Maids B R 
Pleano A Bingham 80 Christie Gloversville 
Potter A Harris 6880 Wayne av Chicago 
Powers John A Jessie Darlings of Parle B R 
Powers Elephants 746 Forest av N Y 
Primrose Four Orpheum Dee Moines 
Proctor Sisters 1111 Ualaey Bklyn 
Propp Anna Follies of Day B R 
Puget Geo B Peoples Phila 



Queer A Quaint Star Show Olrls B R 
Quinlan Juste 144 N Clark Chicago 









Raceford Roy 107 W 171 N T 
Radcllffe Ned Sam D^vmf B R 
Rawls AVonKau/man Colonial Lawrence 
Raycob H Albert Social Maida B H 
Raymond Great Bombay India Indef 
Raymond Clara 141 Lawrence Bklyn 
Raymond Ruby A Co Orpheum Duluth 
Raymond Burton A Bain Orpheum Oakland 
Kay more A Co 147 W 96 N Y 
Reded A Hilton Midnight Maidens B R 
Redford A Winchester Her Majeatys Sydney 
Redmond Trio til Halsey Bklyn 
Redner Thomas A Co 971 Hudson av Detroit 
Red way Juggling 141 inspector Montreal 
Heed A Earl ill B 61 Los Angeles 
Reeves Alf Empress Los Angslee 
Reid Sisters 41 Broad Elisabeth N J 
Remington Mayme Gerard Htl N Y 
Renal lee The 1064 Butter San Prancleco 
Reno Great A Co Vaudeville Altoona Ken 
Renxetta A La Rue 1111 Bo Hicks Phlla 
Reee Len 1011 Cherry Phlla 
Reynolde Francis T Miss Nsw York Jr B R 
Reynolde Nonie 8tar A Garter B R 
Hhoade Marlonettee Orpheum Zanesvllle 
Rich Geo Star Show Glrle B R 
Rich A Howard 114 B 19 N Y 
Richards Great Sheas Buffalo 
Riley A Llppus II Plant Dayton O 
Rio Al C 110 W 141 N Y 
Ripon Alf 141 B 17 N Y 
Rltter Nat 66 Lowell Boston 
Rivers A Rochester Grand Rutland Vt 
Robblna A Trenaroan 469-10 Bklyn 
v Roberte Edna Majesties B R 
Roberts C E 1861 Sherman av Denver 
Roberts A Downey 86 Lafayette Detroit 
Robinson Chas Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Roblneon Wm C 8 Granville London 
Roeder A Lester 114 Broadway Buffalo 
Rogers A Mscklntoeh I Claremont pi M'tcl'rNJ 
Roller Henry 91 Trenton Eaat Boston 
Ro Nero 411 8 George Rome N Y 
Roode Claude M Grand Plttaburg 
Rose Blanche Cracker Jacks B R 
Rose Lane A Kslgard 116 W 46 N T 
Rosenthal Don A Bro 161 Champlain Roch'str 
Ross Kittle Unique Minneapolis 
Ross Frank Trocaderos B R 
Ross Sisters 66 Cumberford Providence 
Ross A Lewis Palace Belfast Eng 
Rossis Musical Novelty 818 W 48 N Y 
Rother A Anthony 8 Patterson Providence 
Royal Italian Four 654 Reese Chicago 
Russell Fred Girls from Missouri B R 
Russell May Pat Whites Gaiety Girls B R 
Russell & Held Hip West Bromwlch Eng 
Rutledge PIckerlngACo Auditorium Manchester 



THOS. J. RYAN- 
RICHFIELD CO. 

Week Dec 4, Poll's, New Haven. 



Babel Josephine Hoffman Houss N T 



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United Tinea. 



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VARIETY 



Savoy Lucille Electric White Plains N T 
Scanlon W J 1691 Vlnewood Detroit 
Scarlet A Scarlet tlf Long wood *v n Y 
SchlUIn Abe tl Ridge wood av Newark 
Schilling Wm 1000 E Lanvale Baltimore 
Schroeder Carol Knickerbockers B R 
Scully Will P t Webeter pi Bklyn 
Sears Gladys Darlings of Paris B R 
Selblnl A Qrovlnl 1804 17 At Bklyn 



GHAS. F. SEMON 

Orpheum Circuit. Pat Casey, Pilot 

Next Week (Nov. 27), Orpheum, Seattle. 

Samoa Duo Taxi Girls B R 
Sensed Jean 111 Eleanor Pittsburg 
Seymour Nellie 111 Manhattan N T 
Sexton Chas B Jefferson Birmingham Ala lndf 
Shedmana Dogs Dumont N J 



BILL 



FKANK 



shepard ^D Mcdonald 

ALWAYS WORKING. 

22 Troy St., Providence, R. L 

Shepperly Sisters ISO W 41 N Y 

Sherlock Frank 514 W lti N Y 

Shermans Two 211 St Emanuel Mobile 

Shields The »07 City Hall New Orleans 

Slddons A Earle 2644 8 • Phlla 

Sldello Tom A Co 4220 Cottage Grove av Chie 

Slegel Emma Bon Tons B R 

Slegel A Matthews 224 Dearborn Chicago 

Stager A Slager lit Birch av Indianapolis 

Bloat Howard Bijou Phlla 

Small Johnnie A Sisters 420 Lenox av N Y 

Smith Allen 1242 Jefferson av Bklyn 

Smith Lou 124 Franklin Allston Mass 

Smith A Champion 17 4T ■ 42 Bklyn 

Smith A Larson 140 W 42 N Y 

Snyder A Buckley Grand Syracuse 

Somen A Storke Bijou Bay City Mich 

Soper A Lane 1222 N Alden West Phlla 

Spears The 27 Clinton Everett Mass 

Spencer A Austin 2110 E Phlla 

Splssell Frank A Co Temple Hamilton Can 

Sprague A McNeece 042 N 10 Phlla 

Springer A Church 2 Esther Terrace Plttsfleld 

Stanley Harry Grant Hotel Chicago 

Stanley Stan 201 Bates Indianapolis 

Stanley Teddy Follies of Day B R 

Stanwood Davis 224 Bremen E Boston 

8tedman Al A Fannie 022 So Boston 

Btslnert Thomas Trio 121 Lenox av N Y 

Btsppe A H 22 Barclay Newark 

Stepping Trio 2902 N 2 Phila 

Sterk Great Pastime Lewlston Pa 

Stevena E J 402 Marlon Bklyn 

Stevens LI I lie Bam Devere B R 

Stevens Paul 222 W 22 N Y 

Stevens Geo Majesties B R 

Stevens A Bacon Majestic South Bend Ind 

8t James A Dacre 142 W 24 N Y 

St John A McCracken 2121 Chestnut Phlla 

Stone George Social Maids B R 

Strauss Bobby A Co Prlacllla Cleveland 

Strehi May Gay Wldowe B R 

Stuart Dolly Gay Widows B R 

Stuart A Keeley Orpheum Seattle 

stubbieneid Trio 2802 Maple av Bt Louis 

Stutsman A May 212 Washington Wmsport 

Suite Anna Social Malda B R 

Sullivan Madeline Follies of Day B R 

Sully A Phelps 2210 Bolton Phlla 

Summers Allen 1922 W Division Chicago 

Button A Button 2212 W 2 Duluth 

Swisher Calvin 702 Harrison av 8cranton 

Sylvester Cells Queans Jardln da Parle \ R 

Bymonds Alfaretta 140 8 11 Phlla 

Byts A Byts 140 Morris Phlla 

T. 

Tanean A Claxton 1227 Bt Marks av Bklyn 
Taylor Mae Columbia Detroit 
Taylor W E O H Westneld Mass 
Taylor A Tenny 2240 Ridge av Phila 
Temple Luella Social Malde B R 
Terry Herbert Girls from Missouri B R 
Thomson Harry 1224 Putnam av Bklyn 
Thome Mr A Mrs Harry 222 St Nicholas avNY 
Thornes Juggling 12 Rose Buffalo 
Thornton Geo A Bowery Burleequers B R 
Thriller Harry 40 Isabella Boston 
Thurston Leslie 218 W 42 N Y 
Thurston Lillian Moulin Rouge B R 
Tldmarsh Fred A Co 1224 Tatnall Wilmington 
Till Violet Trocaderos B R 
Tlnrtey Frank Winter Garden N Y Indef 
Tope Topsy A Tops 2442 W School Chicago 
Townsend Helens Star Show Girls B R 
Tracy Julia Raymond Bartholdl Inn N Y 
Travers Bell 207 W 22 N Y 
Travers Phil E 2 E 115 N Y 
Travers Roland 221 W 42 N Y 
Travers A Laurense Scenic Westbrook Me 
Tremaines Musical 220 Caldwell Jacksonville 
Troubadours Three 126 W 66 N Y 



Dec 12 Colonial, 26 Washington, Jan 1 Fifth 

Ave, 1 Alhambra, 16 Victoria. 

Featured with the Harry Lauder Show. 

Vnnrtevtllf Management, MORRIS A PK1L. 

Tully May Trent Trenton N J 
Tumbling Tome 2729 Fulton Bklyn 
Tyler Harry Queens Jardln de Paris B R 



HARRY TSUDA 

Booked SAHd. 



U. 

Ullne Arthur M 1769 W Lake Chicago 
Unique Comedy Trio 1927 Nicholas Phlla 

▼. 

Vagges Brennan Circuit Australia 

Valadons Las 71 Garfield Central Falls R I 

Valdare Bessie 106 W 27 N Y 



Valentine A Bell 1461 W 102 Chicago 
Van Bros Orpheum Madison Wis 
Van Chas A Fannls Orpheum Salt Lake 
Van Dalle Slaters 514 W 126 N Y 
Van Horn Bobby 122 West Dayton O 
Vardon Perry A Wilbur 6 Green London 
Variety Comedy Trio 1616 Berth Indianapolis 
Vass* Victor V 25 Haskin Providence 
Vassar A Arken 224 Christopher Bklyn 
Vedder Fannie 8 tar A Garter B R 
Vedmar Rene 2226 Broadway N Y 
Venetian Serenaders 272 Blackhawk Chicago 
Vernon A Parker 127 Hopkins Bklyn 
Victoria Four Bronx N Y 
Village Comedy Four 1012 Ringgold Phlla 
Vincent A Slager 220 Olive Indianapolis 
Viola Otto A Co Bchuman Frankfort Ger 
Vloletta Jolly 41 Lelpsiger Berlin Ger 
Voelker Mr A Mrs 621 W 161 N Y 
Von Dell Bijou Jackson Mich 



Wade Pearl Trocaderoe B R 

Walker A 111 212 Warren E Providence 



WALSH, LYNCH - CO. 

Presenting "HUCKIN'S RUN," 

Direction, PAT CASEY. 

Walters A West 1417 Vernon Chicago • 

Ward Billy 111 Myrtle av Bklya 

Ward Will H Bam Devere B R 

Ward A Boh 1 man 222 Schaeffer Bklyn 

Ward A Smith Pekin Savannah lndsf 

Wards Mack 100 W 70 N Y 

Washburn Dot 1110 Mohawk Chicago 

Washer Bros Oakland Ky 

Waters Jas R Miss New York Jr B R 

Waterson Tob Queens Jardln da Parts B R 

Watson Billy W Girls from Happy land B R 

Watson Jos K Empress Spokane 

Watson Nellie Girls from Happyland B R 

Watson Sammy Moraemere N J 

Weber Chas D 826 Taaksr Phlla 

Wall John 6 Krusstadt Rotterdam 

Welch Jaa A 211 E 14 N Y 

Welch Thos Social Maids B R 

Weils Lew 212 Shawmut av Grand Rapids 

Wenrlck A Waldron 262 W 22 N Y 

Wentworth Vesta A Teddy Trent Trenton NJ 

Wesley Frank Cosy Corner Giria B R 

West Sisters Bsn Welch Show B R 

Western Union Trio 2241 E Clearfield Phlla 

Weston Burt A Co Orpheum South Bend Ind 

Weston Cecilia Majesties B R 

Weston Edgar 140 W 44 N Y 

Weston Dan E 141 W 111 N Y 

Westons Models Crescent Syracuse 

Wheelers The 140 Montague Bklyn 

Whelans The Star Show Girls B R 

Whipple Waldo Lyceum Meadville Pa 

White Kane A White 102 Vermont Bklyn 

White A Perry Polls Worcester 

Whiteside Ethel 1784 Bway N Y 

ETHEL WHITESIDE 

and those "Pickaninnies." 
"FOLLiES of coontown." 



Whiting A Bohne O H North Troy Indef 
Whitman Frank 122 Greenwich Reading Pa 
Whitney Tlliie 21 Kane Buffalo 
Wlchert Grace 2022 Michigan av Chicago 
Wilbur Caryl Orpheum Spokane 
Wilder Marshall Atlantic City N J 
Wiley Herbert Girls from Missouri B R 
Wllkens A Wllkens 211 Willis av N Y 
Wlllard Om Follies of Day B R 
Williams Clara 2460 Tremont Cleveland 
Williams Cowboy 4716 Upland Phlla 
Williams John Cracker Jacks B R 
Williams Chas 1216 Rutgers St Louis 
Williams Ed A Florence 94 W 101 N Y 
Williams A De Croteau 1 Ash ton sq Lynn Mi 
Williams A Gilbert 1010 Marshfleld av Chic 
Williams A Segal Orpheum Des Moines 
Williams A Stevens 1610 Calumet Chicago 
Williams A Sterling Box 1 Detroit 
Wllllson Herbert Al Fields Mlnetrels 
Wills Estella X Taxi Girls B R 
Wilson Fred Cracker Jacks B R 
Wilson Lottie 1101 Clifton av Chicago 
Wilson Billy 171 Wyona Bklyn 
Wilson Lizzie Robinson Cincinnati 
Wilson Pattsr Tom 1611 7 av N Y 
Wilson Bros Colonial Norfolk Va 
Wilson A Aubrey Ashland Chicago 
Wilson A Ward 1744 Grays Ferry av Phlla 
Wilton Belle Belles of Boulevard B R 
WInfleld A Shannon 277 E Mllw'kee av Detr»t 
Winkler Kress Trio 224 W 42 N Y 
Wins A Milton Brennan Circuit New Zealand 
Wise Jack Lyric Portland Ore indef 
Wood Bros Family Mollne 111 
Wood OHIO 122 W 142 N Y 
Woods Ralton Co Keiths Jersey City 
Woodall Billy 420 First av Nashville 
Work A Ower Polls Springfield 
World A Kingston Orpheum Denver 
Wright A Dietrich Dominion Winnipeg 
Wyckoff Fred Temple Grand Rapids 



Xavlers Four 2144 W 20 Chicago 

T. 

Yacklay A Bunnell Carlton Dubois Pa 
Yalto Duo Majestic Dallas Tex 
Yeoman Geo 150 W 86 New York 
Yerxa A Adele Girls from Happyland B 
Young Jeanette Trocaderoe B R 
Young A April Empress St Paul 
Young De Witt A Sister Polls Worcester 
Young Sisters 2270 W 19 Coney Island 
Young Frank Bway Gaiety Girls B R 



Zanclgs 26 Cliff av E Portchester N Y 
Zanfrellas 121 Brixton London 
Zechs Three Victoria Charleston, 8 C 
Zeda Harry L 1222 Cambria Phlla 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



Downle A Wheelers 24 Jackson Ga 25 Coch- 
ran 27 Hawklnavllle 22 Eastman 29 Helena 
20 Baxley Deo 1 Haselhurst. 

Haag Show 24 Lucedale Miss 26 Hattlesburg. 

Sparks 24 Leesburg Fla 29 Lakeland 20 Wan- 
chula Dec 1 Arcadia 2 Barton 4 Kleslmmee. 




Weeks Nov. 27 and Dec 4. 

Americans Dewey Minneapolis 4 Star St Paul 

Behman Show 27-29 Empire Albany 20-2 Mo- 
hawk Schenectady 4 Gayety Brooklyn 

Belles Boulevard Gayety Omaha 4 Gayety 
Kansas City 

Ben Welch Show Empire Toledo 4 Columbia 
Chicago 

Big Banner Show Corinthian Rochester 4-2 
Mohawk Schenectady 7-9 Empire Albany 

Big Gaiety Gayety Phlla 4 Gayety Baltimore 

Big Revue Lafayette Buffalo 4 Avenue De- 
troit 

Bohemians Calumet Chicago 4 8tar Cleveland 

Bon Tons Music Hall New York 4 Murray Hill 
New York 

Bowery Burleequers Empire Hobokea 4 Mu- 
sic Hall New York 

Broadway Gaiety Girls Star Milwaukee 4 
Dewey Minneapolis 

Century Girls Century Kansas City 4 Standard 
St Louis 

Cherry Blossoms Folly Chicago 4 Star Mil- 
waukee 

College Girls Columbia New York 4 Casino 
Phlla 

Cosy Corner Girls Eighth Ave Now York 4 
Bronx New York 

Cracker Jacks Murray Hill New York 4-6 Gil- 
more 8prlngfield 7-9 Franklin Sq Worcester 

Daffydils Casino Brooklyn 4 Bowery New York 

Darlings Paris Monumental Baltimore 4 Em- 
pire Phlla 

Ducklings Avenue Detroit 4 Folly Chicago 

Follies Day Buckingham Louisville 4 Peoples 
Cincinnati 

Gay Widows Cooks Rochester 4 Lafayette 
Buffalo 

Ginger Girls Olympic Nsw York 4 Gayety 
Phlla 

Girls from Happyland Gayety Milwaukee 4 
Gayety Minneapolis 

Girls from Missouri Star St Paul 4 Krug 
Omaha 

Girls from Reno Academy Pittsburg 4 Psnn 
Circuit 

Golden Crook Westminster Providence 4 Gay- 
ety Boston 

Hastings Big Show Gayety Minneapolis 4 Shu- 
bert St Paul 

High School Girls Krug Omaha 4 Century 
Kansas City. 

Honeymoon Girls Gayety Brooklyn 4 Olympic 
New York 

Howe's Lovemakers Gayety Louisville 4 Stand- 
ard Cincinnati 

Ideals Penn Circuit 4 Lyceum Washington 

Imperials Lyceum Washington 4 Monumental 
Baltimore 

Jardln de Paris 8tar Cleveland 4 Academy 
Pittsburg 

Jersey Lillies Gayety Detroit 4 Gayety Toronto 

Kentucky Bellee Bowery New York 4 Troc- 
adero Phlla 

Knickerbockers Standard Cincinnati 4 Star A 
Garter Chicago 

Lady Buccaneers Luzerne Wilkes Barre 4 Co- 
lumbia 8cranton 

Marion's Dreamlands 17-29 Gilmore Springfield 
80-2 Franklin Sq Worcester 4 Westminster 
Providence 

Merry Burleequers Bon Ton Jersey City 4 
Howard Boston 

Merry Maidens Columbia Scranton 4 Eighth 
Ave New York 

Merry Whirl Star Brooklyn 4 Gayety Newark 

Midnight Maidens 27-29 Mohawk Schenectady 
20-2 Empire Albany 4 L O 11 Casino Boston 

Mies New York Jr Royal Montreal 4 Star To- 
ronto 

Moulin Rouge Trocadero Phlla 4 Bon Ton Jer- 
sey City 

Pacemakers Empire Brooklyn 4 Casino Brook- 
lyn 

Painting the Town Gayety Baltimore 4 Casino 
Boston 

Passing Parade Columbia Chicago 4 Gayety 
Milwaukee 

Pat Whites Empire Chicago 4 Star Chicago 

Queen Bohemia Gayety Boston 4-6 Empire 
Albany 7-9 Mohawk Schenectady 

Queens Folles Bergere Empire Phila 4 Lu- 
zerne Wilkes Barre 

Queens Jardln de Paris Empire Cleveland 4 
Empire Toledo 

Reeves Beauty Show Gayety Toronto 4 Gar- 
den Buffalo 

Robinson Crusoe Girls Gayety Bt Louis 4 Gay- 
ety Louisville 

Rose Sydell Casino Boston 4 Columbia Nsw 
York 



Runaway Girls Garden Buffalo 4 Corinthian 
Rochester 

Sam Devere Howard Boston 4 Royal Montreal 

Social Maids Gayety Pittsburg 4 Empire Cleve- 
land 

Star A Garter Gayety Kansas City 4 Gayety 
8t Louis 

Star Show Girls Standard St Louis 4 Empire 
Indianapolis 

Taxi Girls Gayety Washington 4 Gayety Pitts- 
burg 

Tiger Lillies Star Toronto 4 Cooks Rochester 

Trocaderos Star A Garter Chicago 4 Gayety 
Detroit 

Vanity Fair Gayety Newark 4 Empire Ho- 
boken 

Watsons Burl esq uers Peoples Cincinnati 4 Em- 
pire Chicago 

Whirl of Mirth Bronx Nsw York 4 Empire 
Brooklyn 

Winning Widows L O 4 Gayety Washington 

World of Pleasure Bhubert Bt Paul 4 Gayety 
Omaha 

Yankee Doodle Empire Indianapolis 4 Buck- 
ingham Louisville 

Zalluh's Own Star Chicago 4 Calumet Chicago 









LETTERS 



Where C follows name, letter Is In Chi- 
cago. 

Where S F follows, letter is at San 
Francisco. 

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Letters will be held for two weeks 

P following nsme indicates postal, ad- 
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A. 

Also Edgar 
Allen Charles 
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Ball Ray B 
Barber Orllla (C) 
Barlowe Fred 
Barnes A Barnes 
Barr Ida (C) 
Barrlngton A Howard 

(C) 
Beck Wm (C) 
Bennett Trio 
Bergere Rose 
Bernard Mike 
Bernard Jos 
Bernivlci Harry 
Be* ton Ronald 
Blake & Amber 
Bon Air Mrs 
Boon Maurice 
Booth Hope 
Btagdon Jos C 
Bright Louise (8 F) 
Broad Billy 
Brown Harry 
Brown Hasel 
Browne Bothwell 
Burke Jacky 
Burr Agnes 
Burton Clara (0) 



Cantor A Williams 

(C) 
Carter Virginia L (C) 
Cecil Margaret 
Chsdwlck Trio 
Challoner Catherine 

(C) 
Chase Billy (8 F) 
Clancy Geo (C) 
Clare Leslie 
Clark A Verdi (C) 
Coleman John (SF) 
Coleman John (C) 
Connelly A Webb 
Conrad A Whidden 

(C) 
Cooper Mrs Maud (C) 
Courtney Sisters 
Craig Rlohy 
Criapi Ida (C) 
Crolius R P 
Curtis Fred 

D. 

Dora Jane 
l»( nnelly Grace (C) 
Dnvls Josephine 
Davis Wendell 
De Mar Grace 
Doolty Wm J 
.fas (C) 



Edwards Jessie (C) 
Edwards Phil (C) 
Elliott & Neff (P) 
Elmer Clarence) 
Elmore Alan 
Ely Edgar Atchison 



fimmett Hugh 
Espey Nina 
Evelyn Slaters 
Expoaltlon Four 



Fargo Robt L (SF) 
Farrington Nevada 
Ferris Mrs Wilbur 

(C) 
Fielda George 
Fint Jacky (C) 
Fogarty Frank (P) 
Fording Lillian (C) 
Fortune Teller Trio 

(SF) 
Fox Helen (C) 
Frank Herbert 
Franklin Caroline 
Frazer Trio (P) 
French Henry 
Fulton Rosa 

o. 

Gennsro (C) 
Georges Two 
Georgia Trio ( S F) 
Gillette Bessie 
Golden Morris (8 F) 
Graham C (C) 
Golden Jack (SF) 
Grlgg Frankle 



Harklns Dolly 
Harlow Beatrice 
Harris Chas (C) 
Harrison Leoori 

(8F) 
Hayraves Mrs 
Hazelton Helen 
Herman Dr 
Hippie Clifford 
Kolgate W D 
Holman Harry 
Hopkins Ethel 
Hern brook Gus 
Hunting Tony 

I. 

Irving Jack 

Irwin A O'Neill (C) 

J. 

Johnson Oliver 
Johnson A Wells 

(SF) 
Juhasi Stephen (C) 



Kelly A Lafferty 
Kennedy A Rooney 
Kenney Jack 
Kent Annie 
King & Mack (C) 
King & Mackaye (C) 
Klrby Timothy 
Kirk Ralph 
Kramer Sam (C) 



La Belle Serranlta 
(SF) 



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difference between the one as the other. 

Wood WAS as horse cars and oil lamps WERE, but fibre is as 
buzz wagons and electric lights ARE. Which age does your 
theatrical trunk prove you to be in— the ONCE WAS or the 
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Booking the New York Theatre 

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Oar theatres are reviewed by all vaudeville managers. 

The beet piece "to show" la the country. 



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AL MAYER 

Located and Doing Business in New Headquarters 
Opes Is Handle Any Good Proposition The Bigger the Better 

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Phone 

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La Bstrelita (8 F) 
Landls A Knowlea (C) 
Lard Harry B (8F) 
La Rose Allan 
Lavine Edward 
La Olalre ft Sampson 

(C) 
Lee Jessie (C) 
Lehmans Three (S F) 
Le Mont Dan 
Lennle Ted 
Leonardo Trio (8 F) 
Leslie Ethel (8 F) 
Leslie Ethel 
Lewtn Harry W 
Llnney H (C) 
Litchfield Paul 
Lochrane Will (C) 
I.t;cca Luciano (C) 
Lydell ft Butterworth 

(C) 



Marke Dorothy (C) 
Martin Ed 

Ma rod ft Murray (C) 
Matthews C (C) 
May Devona 
Maynard Orace 
McAullffe Harold 
McClalre Edith (C) 
McDonald Elmer 
MacFarlane Anna 
McGtllicuddy Eddie 
McKee William 
McMahon Tim (C) 
Mitchell Abble 
Moors A 



Munford ft Thompson 

(C) 
Murphy Francis (C) 
Murphy Jos (C) 
Murray Mae 
Murray Jack (C) 
Musical Maids Four 

(C) 
Munsey Hal ft Marlon 

N. 

Nana (C) 
Newsome Ben J (C) 
Noble ft Brooks 
Newton Margaret 

O. 

O'Hearn Will (C) 

P. 

Parks Eddie 
Pearce C D 
Powell Edwin (C) 
Premier Musical Trio 

(KP) 
Prince ft Virginia (C) 
Pt ingle ft Allen (C) 
Pye E Oard 



Qulnlan 
(8F) 



Q. 

Harry M 



R. 



Rattray Allan (8 F) 



Redgate Geo A 
Reglna Princess (C) 
Reld Bessie 
Rice Nancy Lee (C) 
Rlndler Pearl (8 F) 
Robinson ft Burnett 

(SF) 
Rodgers Mrs W O 
Ronslr a Ward 
Rooney Katie 
Ross Bert (C) 



8. 

Salambo (C) 
Sawyer Harry C 
Smith Tom (C) 
Snook Great (8 F) 
Snook Great (C) 
Spriler Wm 
Stanley Stan 
Steriman Fanny 
Story Musical (8 F) 
SuMlvan Mark 
Sully B (C) 
Sully Wm F (C) 
Sutherland ft Curtis 
(C) 

T. 

Talbot Ethel 
Taylor C A (C) 
Thleson Mr (C) 
Thome ft Carleton 
Thompson J (C) 
T'.llpon Ben A 
Traut A (8 F) 
Tucker Misses 



U. 



Url Morris 



V. 



Victorlne 
(BF) 



& Zolar 



W. 

Walker Jack (8 F) 
Walsh Wm 
Walton Louise 
Washburn Lillian 
Watkins ft Williams 
Weber Chss D 
We Chok Be (C) 
Welch Mealy A Mont- 
rose (C) 
West Ethel (C) 
Weston Margie 
Wtrton Sam (P) 
Wheeler Roy (&F) 
Wien Clarence 
Willis Louise 
Wilson Grad (C) 
Wilson Grace (C) 
Wilson L W 
Wood Francis 



Yes Sir (C) 
York Alva 
Young Harry (C) 



Zobedle Fred (C) 
Zolo W (C) 



Griffin Circuit 



The Hide away big time circuit. No sets too big. Bxoluetve agenta Writs or wire 

P. GRIFFIN. Booking Agent. Griffin Vaudeville Circuit. Variety Bids*. Toronto. Caa. 

BERT LEVEY 

INDEPENDENT CIRCUIT VAUDEVILLE 

Plenty of Time for Recognised Acts who Respect Contracta Acts desiring tlms communicate 
Direct to EXCLUSIVE OFFICB8: 144-111 POWELL STREET, San Francisco. Calif. 

N R —WE ADVANCE FARES TO REAL ACTS. 



EUROPEAN OFFICE 

BERLIN. GERMANY 

RICHARD PITROT, 

Rep reaen tatlve 

LOUIS PINCU8. 
New York Repre- 
sentative. Gayety 
Theatre Bldg. 



Pantages Circuit 

VAUDEVILLE fSuTRES, he 

ALEXANDER PANTAGES 
President and Manager 



OFFICES 

NBW YORK 

CHICAGO 

SAN FRANCISCO 



DENVER 



DOUTRICK'S 



CMS. H BOUTtICK, Prsp ass 



New Acts. Now 



111 WITH LA SALLE ST.. CNICAM 

WANTED 

Recognised Big Feature Acts. Good Comedy Sketches. Novelty sad 
Musical Acta etc.. for Immediate and future time. 
BOOKING First Class Vaudeville Houses In Chicago, and II Houses In 111. Jumps from 41 

eta to 14. Also New Houses In Ind. Iowa, Wla 
PERFORMERS — If you have one or more weeks open, write, wire or phone. 






CONFIDENCE 



1141 14 St. J I lei ZSMItayvtsait 



of your customers Is required to build up a suooessful bueln< 

I have arranged STEAMSHIP accommodations 4 TIMES for 
Jean Clermont. Arnold Do Blere, Jordan and Harvey. Alice 
Lloyd; I TIMES for Belleclalre Broa. Bam Elton. Imro Fox, 
W. C. Fielda Hardeen, Arthur Prince, etc Let me arrange 
YOUR steamship accommodations; also railroad tlcketa 



Are You Booked in New England ? Vaudeville Acts Wanted 

The MARCUS LOEW AGENCY 



NEW ENGLAND BRANCH FRED MAR DO, Mgr. 

Gaiety Theatre Building, BOSTON, MASS. 

CONSECUTIVE BOOKING SHORT JUMPS 

Suite 401-405 Telephone. Oiford 2640. Oxford 4075 J 

JAMES CLANCY VAUDEVILLE AND DRAMATIC AGENCY 

MOVED TO LARGER OFFICES AT 

VA ^19; 4 .^P n S u .ISIA!l. B UI LDIN Qf ,493 Broadway, new york 

VACDEV II.1E DEPARTMENT — We can offer several weeks ' exce llent 'time to reputable acts 
of all klnda Smsll Jumpa Call and see BRICK Dl'FFI'S. 

STOCK AND DRAMATIC DEPARTMENT. — Now engaging for several reputable Stock Com- 
panlea People wanted In ell Mn#»a. Call and •*« VICTOR HEERMAN. 

REMEMBER THE ADDRESS: 

Tsi . rm-tni trysst 4I8-43Q Putnam Building, 1 493 Broadway, New York 

A goo«l as>nt for eoort eote. 



SAftVI BAERNA/IT 



Aots n»w to tbe w«et pi 



write Suite III. Chloago Opera House Bloek. Caftrage. 



CHURCH'S BOOKING OFFICE, nc. 



THIRTY (IS) FIRST CLASS THEA 
White Bat Contracts 

41 TREMONT 



Is Haw 

, BOSTf 



Vow T 

Ba 



List 






The Gus Sun Booking Exchange Company 

The Largest Family Vaudeville Clrcalt In the World 
GDS SUN, Sole Booking Agent, Main Office, Sun Theatre Bldg., Springfield. Ohio 

BRANCH OFFICESt JEROME CASPER. 110 Wsbssh Bldg.. Pittsburgh! CHAS. CROWL, 
Msjeetlc Theatre Bldg.. Chicago t PBOCTOB SEAS, Prlscllla Theatre. Cleveland ( HABBY 
HART. American Theatre . Ctnc lanatl. 
NBW YORK REPBESENTATTVEi JOHN SUN. 60€ Geyety Theatre Bldg.. Now York 

WISTO-fkrt gsti rsstsrss it M Tkatt. HM*Sffs-siv» lit a Csmcs to lest Tev Ssstt. 

Booking eight weeks la and around New York. 
AU Agents visit our Now York houses. OPEN for FEATURE Acts for CLUBS. 

8BNO IN YOUR OPBN TIM! 

Shea & Shay Vaudeville Agency 

HARRY A. SHEA. Prop. 
I4Q2 BROADWAY NEW YORK mss-iisr Mewer hum 

Western States Vaudeville Ass'n 

■ LLA MCRBIRT WISTON, Oen. Mgr. 

Bookiihj the Best in the West — No Act Too Big for Our Time 

7th Floor, West Bank Bldg., SAN FRANCISCO 



When anewering odvertieemente kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



production 

ED. F. 



REYNARD 

PriMDti Beth Dewberry and J»wn JtwoaoD In 
"A MORNING IN HICKSVILLH" 

Direction. OIN1 HIOHM. 

Gene Hughes 



▼auSevtlle Arte. 
What to P rsda a s aad Bow to 

Authors please not*: Communication* Solicited 
PUTNAM BUILDING. MIW YOF 



MORA 



BLAMPHIN 
and HEHR 

Tht gggw Sfcwtrt if f owsfrfittt 

WIGGINS FARM 

Apply to THE CHAD WIOI TBIO 

Stuart Barnes 

JAMBB R PLTJMBETT. Manager. 
ALBEI WEBER A IVANB fB B BB t 

BUTLER 



HAVILAND 



ALICE 



ORPHBUM 
CIRCUIT 



THORNTON 




Direction Max Hart. Putnam Bide. N. T. C 



McKISSICK 
f and SHADNEY 



Special ncpn+ry. 
Direction GENE HUGHES. Mil 



Bway. N. T. C 



BUty 



Victorine ** Zolar 



COMING BANT. 

VARIETY Chicago 



TMI ELECTRIC WIZARD 



HERMAN 

Playing W. V. M. A. Tim*. 
Agent PAT CASEY 

WILLARD 

SIMMS 

BOOEBD SOLID ON UNITED TIME 



GEORGE If . 



MAY 



Rosner and Hillman 

Presenting 

"GREAT MOMENTS FROM OLD PLAYS." 

A Protaan Novelty. 

Direction. WM. S. HBNNBSSBY. 

In Preparation "UNDER LONDON." 



H iti't m mm 
that mkss tbt 
act- 
It's tbt act that 

makes the name. 



THB KDfO OF IRELAND 

JAMES B. DONOVAN 

AMD 

RENA ARNOLD 

QUEEN OF VAUDEVILLE 

DOING WBLL. THANK YOU. 

Director and Advtaer, Bias K Q. 





Once more acroaa the Irish Channel and 

Oh! Oh! What a trip! Everything but our 

bootheela 
One Carl Lynn received the medal for the 

champion "Heaver" of Great Britain. He 

rave an Imitation of a Uon'a roar with aach 

heave. And he didn't coma from Lynn, Mass., 

either. 

The day was dark and rainy as we left our 
cosy horns. 

To go to Blarney Castle and kiss the Blar- 
ney Stone, 

But we all hung by our heels while those 
above did groan. 

With a smack, smack, smack that strained 
our back, we klased the Blarney Stone. 
Blarneyly yours. 

VARDON, PERRY and WILBER 



i* 



THOSE THREE BOYS 



»• 



HAVE TOUR CARD IN VARIETY 



4 LONDONS 



Manager. 

Established, lift. Dtrostlea. Jo Paig* flmlth 
Nazt Woek (Not. IT), Orpheum, Duluth. 



tvi 






Pat Catty 
NEXT WEEK 

(Nov. 27) 

KEITH'S 

Pawtucket 



HUGHES 

MUSICAL TRIO 



Palftw Ssaltk. 



JULIAN 
«» DYER 

A LAUGH A SECOND 



Marcus - Gar telle 

la their akstsb 

"SkatorisJ RoUerism" 

JAMBB 



Ritter - Foster 



with "Cay Widows." 

Next Week (Nov. 17), Cooks, Rochester. 




GAVIN -PLATT 
PEACHES 



IN 

Geo. W. Barry's "TRAVELING A LA CARTE" 
Homo Address. No. T Hawthorne Avo., 

Cllftoa, N. J. 
Phono. Itfl-L 



rpi=n 



n=i=n 



rcUSircUair&isi 



THE BAFFLING EUROPEAN ILLUSION 

j'MENETEKEL' 

THE MYSTERY OF BABYLON 
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAM BEROL 




B 



OPEN TIME: Dor. 4, 11, Etc. 

See ALF. T. WILTON 

Or write or wire to 

WILLIAM BEROL 

104 E. 14th Street. New York, N. Y. 
* O IT NOW!!! 



I 
1 



GRIFF 

THE CNCLISH GUY 

Claims to be the Originator of such remarks 
as "Is there no limit to this man's clever- 
ness?" "I wonder If he Is married." "He 
muet get a large salary here." "Isn't he 
clover, he ought to be shot." "When the ap- 
plause has entirely subsided." "Listen to the 
applause, how It deafens one." "You can 
see what I am trying to do." "No wonder 
they bill him big." etc. 

I start the Miles Circuit Dec. 11th and 
have Deo. 4th vacant before hand. Who 
wants ItT Philadelphia preferred. 

The Busy Beehler Bees of Chicago booked 
the Miles Circuit for me. 



BARRY m WOLFORD 

In Thslr Latest Comic Song Barlow 
"SNAPSHOTS." 

Booked Solid. 

JAMBB R PLUNKBTT. Smart. Mgr. 
Home Add., • Hawthorns Ave,. Clifton. N. J. 

SAM J. CURTIS 

And Oo. 



>sM Mirth 

In the original "SCHOOL ACT." 

Oo the Halted lima 

Direction B. A MYERS. 

Next Wook (Nov. IT), Imperial, Washington. 

CHARLES AHEARN 




LOINO MAM 
PAT 



OASBT. Agont. 



Tom 

McNaughton 




PRINCIPAL 
COMEDIAN 

"THE SPRIN8 

M 



OPEM CO. 

(2aJ Teir) 



Communications care 

WERBA A, LUE8CHER 

Now York Thoatro Building, Now York 



'•illllllll lllll'' 





LAMB' 
ANIKIN 

Next Week (Not. 26) 
Pan tages, Vancouver 



] o o » a 




Lola Merrill and Frank Otto 

Next Week (Nov. 27). Poll's, Bridgeport. 

Direction. Mas Hart. 

BLANCHE SLOAN 

THE OIRL OF THE AIR 

Marshall P. Wilder 

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. 

| Ball 'Phono 1M 



TANEAN 



THAT FUNNY MUSICAL ACT 



AND 



CLAXTON 



BOOKED WITH 0. B. 0. 
FIRST OPEN T1M.E DEC. 4. 



When otmocrlng advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



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