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VOL XXXIX No. 5. 



NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1915. 



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the good one, he or she, with an inkling of business ability. 

The majority of screen stars now in active service have been recruited from tbe 
speaking stage. Many accumulated a reputation in that profession before 
commanding consideration from tbe filmists. 

The consecutive work accompanying a picture engagement has been made 
doubly attractive through the stagnant conditions of tbe past theatrical season, 
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could seek employment in tbe picture field daily for months and never come in 
direct contact with tbe individual authorised to contract an engagement. Tbe 
manufacturer is besieged daily with thousands of written and personal appli- 
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proper time. 

The picture director is continually casting and recasting for bis productions. 
He knows what he wants, but does not always know where to get it. When tbe 
vaudeville agent requires any particular product, he usually consults the adver- 
tising columns of the trade papers, consequently the vaudeville artist, tbe wise 
vaudeville artist, has come around to a realisation of tbe value of trade adver- 
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wise vaudevillian advertises. 

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take advantage of the experience gained by vaudeville trade advertising. Tbe 
majority of picture directors are ex-stage managers or ex .players and tbey fully 
understand and appreciate tbe value and possibilities of trade advertising. 

Tbe foremost essential in casting photo productions lies in the selection of 
suitable types. In pictures tbe chief asset rests in the principal's individuality. 
TYPES count and everyone almost, in vaudeville, is a distinct TYPE. You 
may be tbe type in demand, but your presence in tbe profession as a picture 
prospect will never become known to those who could engage you unless you 
sound the possibilities of publicity. 

If you are open for pictures, advertise tbe fact along with your professional 
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advertise the fact. Keep the profession in general and the picture men in par- 
ticular aware of your success. Otherwise you will not be remembered, and to be 
remembered means to be continually in demand. 

Charlie Chaplin played a minor role with an English vaudeville act and until 
the proper opportunity walloped him with success be was unknown. Vaude- 
ville is overcrowded with Chaplins, but the picture men will never know it unless 
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Vol. XXXIX. No. 5. 



NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1915. 



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"HAMMERSTEIN'S" MAY NEXT BE 
AT SHUBERT'S 44th ST. THEATRE 



Negotiations Reported Pending for Big Time Vaudeville Bills 

Under Hammerstein Name and U. B. O. Franchise in a 

Shubert Theatre, With 44th Street Favored. 

William Morris Interested on Booking End? 



Reported negotiations are afoot, it 
is said, for Hammerstein United Book- 
ing Offices — booked big time vaude- 
ville to be played in the 44th Street 
theatre, operated by the Shuberts. 

While the Klaw & Erlanger-Shubert 
settlement agreement from the "Ad- 
vanced Vaudeville" days stops either of 
the legit firms from presenting vaude- 
ville not secured through the U. B. 
O. for ten years from the date of the 
compact (which still has about three 
years to run) it would not be opera- 
tive it is reported against the Shuberts 
playing the United bills in one of their 
houses leased to Hammerstein. 

Final arrangements were made this 
week for a loan by the lessees of Ham- 
merstein's Victoria, which, in the fu- 
ture, will be known as the Rialto. 
The loan was necessary to meet the 
expenses for the remodeling of the 
building, which is now going on. 

It was reported on Broadway during 
the week William Morris might be in- 
terested in the booking policy of the 
next "Hammerstein's," if it should be 
located in a Shubert theatre. 



CHAPLIN FOR VAUDEVILLE. 

Three decidedly interesting questions 
to the picture and theatrical profes- 
sion proper were placed on the rack 
this week, when through an indirect 
source it became known Charlie Chap- 
lin could be landed for vaudeville, that 
he has but one more year's contract 
with the Essanay Co., and that regard- 
less of the ridiculously different sums 
said to be listed as his salary, he was 
actually drawing $72,000 for his 12 
months' work with Essanay. 

The news leaked out through a let- 
ter from Chaplin's nearest friend and 
unofficial manager, Ivan B. Kahn, the 
correspondence assuming the propor- 



tions of an option on Chaplin's ser- 
vices for vaudeville, the recipient be- 
ing Harry Weber, who has been dick- 
ering with Kahn for a vaudeville tour 
for the picture star for the past sev- 
eral weeks. Several weeks ago Chap- 
lin was offered $25,000 for two weeks 
at Madison Square Garden, but his Es- 
sanay contract forbade his appearance. 
Since the summer time is the ideal 
period for film work, the Chicago firm 
decided not to release the comic star 
until September, when in all probabil- 
ity Chaplin will return to the speak- 
ing stage under Weber's direction, pro- 
vided the comedian's figure is met by 
the vaudeville magnates. 

Kahn, who is a member of the firm 
of Kahn-Beck & Co., a commercial 
firm dealing in foodstuffs, advises 
Weber in his letter Chaplin is now 
working on a six-reel feature that will 
keep him constantly busy for the next 
six weeks, but suggests that Weber 
make a direct offer, advising him what 
circuit the screen star will be em- 
ployed on, at the same time assuring 
Weber that regardless of the many 
other offers received, his (Weber's) 
would command sole attention. Weber 
expected to complete arrangements for 
a consecutive route for Chaplin this 
week, and while the rumor-mongers 
are busy denying the report, it is quite 
possible that the much-boosted com- 
edian may be enrolled on the vaude- 
ville books before the close of the cur- 
rent week. 

Will West, whose imitation of Char- 
lie Chaplin earned him considerable 
time and publicity around Chicago, is 
coming to New York to open at the 
Greenpoint theatre and Harlem opera 
house for the United Booking Offices 
(Continued on page 4.) 



14 STATES FOR $75,000. 

The rights to 14 states of "The Birth 
of a Nation" were offered for $75,000 
this week. The states are Minnesota, 
Iowa, S. Dakota, N. Dakota, Arizona, 
New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyom- 
in, Idaho, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana 
and Nevada. In this territory there are 
865 playing points with 938 theatres 
and a population of 10,983,103. 

The offer is made for the absolute 
right to present the feature in these 
states, the buyer to take all of the 
earnings up to the first $100,000, after 
which the original producing company 
is to share on the profits, receiving 
33 1-3 per cent. 



"PARADISE" AT CASINO. 

After intending to install their new 
show, "The Blue Paradise/' into the 
Casino July 19, the Shuberts set for- 
ward the opening until August 4th or 
the 15th, with the odds favoring the 
last named date. 

Changing of the principals has 
caused the postponement. Cleo May- 
field is having a new part written in 
for her while Frances Demarest is un- 
derstood to be leaving the Winter Gar- 
den show to take the former Mayfield 
role. 

The show closed Saturday night in 
Providence and the company was re- 
turned to New York. Cecil Lean will 
play vaudeville pending the Casino 
call, while several other principals 
were told by J. J. Shubert that they 
could engage in picture work for a few 
weeks if they desired. 



Keeney Wanted More Spice. 

Frank Keeney had almost decided to 
acquire a Broadway site for a pop 
house policy of the Keeney plan when 
he passed the project up upon discov- 
ering that the space he wanted would 
only permit the erection of a theatre 
seating 1,900. Keeney wanted a house 
of 2,000 or more. 

The site in questie^ was the prop- 
erty at 49th street and Broadway, con- 
trolled by the Barney estate. 

The Third Avenue theatre, held by 
Keeney for some years, will leave his 
possession Sept. 1 next when the lease 
he has on the premises expires. 

If you don't advertise in VARIETY, 
don't advartlM. 



WILLIAMS LEAVING FROHMAN? 

A generally credited report is that 
John D. Williams, long associated with 
the late Charles Frohman, will leave 
the reorganization of that manager's 
staff about Jan. 1. 

The report of Williams' departure 
came out through another story that 
he, with Madison Corey, are about to 
engage as an independent producing 
firm for next season. Mr. Corey is 
general manager for Henry W. Sav- 
age. It is understood in the matter of 
Corey, however, that his new connec- 
tion will not interfere with the occu- 
pancy of the Savage position. The new 
firm is said to have accepted a farce as 
the maiden producing effort. 

Mr, Williams was advanced in point 
of executive authority in the Frohman 
office after the manager's death. A 
short while ago a story was current 
that two or more of the best known 
stars under the Frohman direction 
might next appear upon the stage man- 
aged by Williams, in a combination he 
was expected to form for that purpose. 
His promotion stilled these reports for 
the nonce. When Mr. Frohman was 
the active head of his office, Williams 
was the press representative. 






WOODS 9 ROOLS ROYCL 

One of the Vanderbilts had a $14,000 
Rools Roy ce car, made in England. A. 
H. Woods is now touring in it, having 
paid $9,500 for the machine. 

Mr. Woods has ordered his archi- 
tect to submit plans for the recon- 
struction of it. He wants two eleva- 
tors, a kitchenette, combination lhrtof 
room and running water in the out- 
fit. 

There are about three Rools Royce 
cars in New York. 



NANA STERLINO WIN8 PRIZE. 

Nana Sterling of Lohse and Sterling, 
was awarded the first prize, a gold 
medal, by the Physical Culture Pub- 
lishing Co., as the most symmetrically 
formed woman in the contest. 



Diamond Jim, Sparklers and Party. 
Los Angeles, June 30. 

"Diamond" Jim Brady is bringing his 
entire collection of sparklers and a 
party of friends to this city to take a 
rest. 



CABLES 



AMERICAN AUTHORS' CHANCE 
THROUGH WAR IN EUROPE 



Foreign Playwrights Inactive or Holding Back Manuscripts 

Until After Peace Arrives. Clear Field Seems 

Ahead for American Writers. 



London, June 30. 

What excuse will the American play- 
wright have to offer next season in 
place of his annual cry that managers 
don't encourage native talent? 

Each year we arc regaled by the 
public utterances of a lot of disap- 
pointed American playwrights who 
protest that they are not given suffic- 
ient opportunity for the exploitation 
of their wares; that they are being 
squeezed out to make room for im- 
portations of English and continental 
pieces. 

There are no new Viennese or other 
Continental musical productions for the 
American manager to secure this year 
and, so far as English dramatic pieces 
are concerned, we have not had one 
success from the standard playwrights 
here, such as Barrie, Pinero, Hubert 
Henry Davies, Shaw, etc. 

There are many reasons for this con- 
dition. Some have gone to the front 
while others find it impossible to cre- 
ate under present conditions. Then 
again it is barely possible that those 
who can afford to wait, have filed away 
their manuscripts of recent creation 
until a more propitious time, feeling 
that the percentage chance of success 
is materially reduced during the war. 

The American author is therefore 
looked to for plays to present in Lon- 
don and the American manager must 
perforce apply to his native play- 
wrights. 



IN PARIS. 

Paris, June 30. 
The Marigny is now open with vaude- 
ville, at cheap prices, playing twice 
daily. No big acts. 



Victor de Cottens has relinquished 
bis temporary management of the 
Vaudeville theatre, and Mme. Rasimi 
has secured the use of the house, where 
she is giving a sort of a revue twice 
daily, at reduced prices. On the other 
hand the Olympia has withdrawn the 
revue, and manager Baretta has re- 
verted to cheap vaudeville, two shows 
each day, with fauteuils at one franc. 



The Ambassadeurs is playing a revue 
of a kind, terminating with an hour's 
pictures. Seats at 1 fr. 



The Nouveau Cirque remains open, 
under the management of Geo. Pas- 
quier. Quite unusually he will probably 
ran this circus right through the sum- 
mer and autumn. 

At last the promenades in the variety 
theatres have been authorized, and the 
public can now stand to see a show, a 
feature which had been stopped at the 
outbreak of the war. But the. atten- 
dance in this part is not numerous in 
the halls. Business remains indifferent, 



and many establishments are closing 
for the summer. The picture houses 
still take the lion's share of amusement 
seekers in Paris. 



CEBALLOS ACQUITTED. 

y London, June 30. 

Hilarion Ceballos, an American acro- 
batic dancer, was acquitted of any part 
in the death of Will Collins by the cor- 
oner's jury this week. 

It seems Ceballos quarrelled with 
Collins in the dressing room at Shep- 
ard's Bush a few weeks ago over busi- 
ness matters, the argument finally as- 
suming the proportions of a personal 
encounter. Collins came out slightly 
injured and died shortly afterward. 

Ceballos was tried in court, but the 
coroner decided Collins' death due 
from a blood clot on the heart. 



TWO SHOWS CLOSING. 

London, June 30. 
"Marie-Odile" will leave His 
Majesty's theatre Saturday and go to 
storage, while on the same date "The 
Green Flagp" will discontinue at the 
Vaudeville theatre. 



MAUDE REMAINS HERE. 

London, June 30. 
Cyril Maude has announced that he 
will not renew the lease on the Play- 
house here for next season, having de- 
cided to remain in America during the 
year. 



"MISSING LINK" FOR JANIS. 

London, June 30. 
Elsie Janis has approved a new Am- 
erican piece entitled "The Missing 
Link" as her next vehicle. 




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CHAPLIN FOR VAUDEVILLE. 

(Continued from page 3.) 
next week. West is being handled by 
Menlo Moore, the Chicago producer, 
and has a sketch with three people, 
West impersonating the screen star 
himself. His initial week at the Mc- 
Vicker's theatre broke, the house rec- 
ord. 

The Chaplin contests which have 
been used in practically every small 
time theatre in the city have proved 
the largest draw in the way of an added 
attraction since the starting of the 
"country store." 

At the Bedford, Brooklyn, a pop 
vaudeville house never using an added 
attraction or free night, the contest 
drew the largest business the theatre 
ever had on a Monday night. Chaplin 
imitators are parading the New York 
streets as ballyhoos, and boys made up 
as Chaplin are standing outside the pic- 
ture theatres, drawing a crowd at var- 
ious places. 

The Bushwick, Brooklyn, is the first 
of the big time houses to use a Chaplin 
contest as an added attraction. The 
Bushwick held one Tuesday night. 

The lack of cleverness on the part of 
the competitors has caused the contest 
idea to fall into disfavor in many 
houses. This happens mostly in the 
neighborhood houses where the small 
boys of the community are the only 
ones competing. In some of the other 
houses impersonators making a busi- 
ness of working in these contests are 
present. 

Chaplin faces a suit fur $50,000 
brought by George Eddy, who claims 
the movie comedian gave him the ex- 
clusive rights to market the Chaplin 
statuettes and souvenirs. 



"LADY IN RED" COMING. 

Chicago, June 30. 

"The Lady in Red" now at the Prin- 
cess, is pretty certain to open on 
Broadway, after the summer is over. 
The show is going into a Shubert Met- 
ropolitan house, perhaps the Lyric. 

The location of the Princess in 
which theatre "The Lady in Red" is 
playing has commenced to tell on its 
attendance of late more so than was 
predicted. The show has been doing a 
horribly bad business, with the opposi- 
tion of the two larger musical attrac- 
tions more desirably situated. 



REVUE ON LONDON MARKET. 

London, June 30. 

The Shuberts placed the Winter Gar- 
den revue on the English market this 
week, but the reports from America 
reaching here in advance of the offer 
probably had much to do with their de- 
cision. 

Negotiations are said to be under 
way for the New York piece to come 
to a local music hall. Up to the pres- 
ent date nothing definite has been set- 
tled. 



SCENE OFFERED ABROAD. 

London, June 30. 
Flo Zierfeld has offered the moving 
picture scene from "The Follies of 
1915" to London managers this week 
and it is possible the "bit" will be 
taken to fit into one of the several 
revues over here. 



SAILINGS. 

Reported through Paul Tausig & 
Son, 104 East 14th street, New York: 
July 3, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Demarest, 
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Peters, Jr. (Phila- 
delphia). 

Reaching San Francisco from Aus- 
tralia on the "Ventura" June 23 were 
Fred Niblo and Mrs. Fred Niblo (Jose- 
phine Cohan), Mr. and Mrs. James J. 
Corbett, Miss Pollock, Fred Swift. 



CORrS MUSICAL SHOW. 

John Cort has been recruiting a big 
company of players for a new musical 
show he is to bring out early in August 
with a view of showing the piece in 
New York by Labor Day. 

Ann Swinburne is reported under 
contract, and a grand opera star is 
under advisement for the alternating 
prima donna leads. 

Al. Shean will be principal comedian. 

Rehearsals for the show, the joint 
work of Victor Herbert and Henry 
Blossom, will start about July 15. The 
first performance is expected to take 
place at the Apollo, Atlantic City, Aug. 
23. 



JUDGMENT FOR COMMISSIONS. 

London, June 30. 
George Foster, the London agent, 
has secured judgment for $1,800 
against Josephine Davis (now in Am- 
erica) for breach of contract. The 
agent alleged Miss Davis entered into 
an agreement with him to act as her 
exclusive representative, and that he 
started her off on a salary of $150 to 
$175 a week. The act proved success- 
ful and he succeeded in securing future 
bookings for her at $250 to $300 a 
week. He added that she then went to 
Australia and repudiated the contract 
and he therefore sued for the commis- 
sions. 



GRANVILLE'S PERCENTAGE. 

For the A. H. Woods reproduction 
of "He Comes Up Smiling" in which 
Bernard Granville is to star, it is under- 
stood Woods has agreed with Granville 
to give the latter 10 per cent, of the 
gross receipts, with a guarantee his 
share shall not fall below $500 any one 
week. 



"THIS IS THE LIFE" REVUE. 

London, June 30. 
Paul Murray is about to produce a 
revue for the halls entitled "This Is 
the Life," book by Edward Morris, and 
music by Manuel Klein. 



Ober, "Ready Money" and England. 

London, June 30. 
Robert Ober, playing in England in 
John Stokes' sketch, "A Regular Busi- 
ness Man," has been approached with 
a proposition to go starring here in a 
revival of "Ready Money." 

Ober appeared in the leading role of 
the piece in America. 



Opening Postponed and Changed. 

London, June 30. 
The Magleys, who arrived several 
weeks ago, will open at the Palace the 
week of July 12, having postponed the 
Alhambra engagement. 

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VAUDEVILLE 



PANTAGES' CHICAGO AGENCY 

LOOKS SUBJECT TO CHANGE 

Head of Circuit Out on Coast Reported Not Over Well Pleased 

With Circuit's Bookings From the Middle West. Too 

Many Acts Playing Pantages From One Source. 

Shake-up Expected. 



That a general shake-up in the book- 
ing forces of the Pantages circuit was 
imminent became known this week 
through inside circles, the report go- 
ing sufficiently far to indicate that 
Alexander Pantages himself will in all 

probability take a flying trip cast im- 
mediately after the opening of his new 
Seattle theatre, to personally supervise 
the readjustment of his staff. At pres- 
ent the circuit is being jointly booked 
by J. C. Matthews from Chicago and 
Louis Pincus from New York, with 
Pantages headquartering in Seattle, 
and J. J. Cluxton representing the or- 
ganization in San Francisco. 

The existing difficulties are alleged 
to have arisen over the recent activi- 
ties of Sidney Schallman, a Chicago ten 
percenter and a former employee of 
Matthews. It seems Schallman's su- 
preme business acumen led him to com- 
municate with several New York 
agents, seeking to secure the western 
representation of several particular acts 
with a promise of a Pantages tour at 
a $et date. A few of the New York 
agents, having previously made over- 
tures to Pincus for a route for the 
same acts, became suspicious of the re- 
quests from the west and indirectly no- 
tified Pantages. The Matter's investi- 
gation revealed that Schallman had 
been placing an unusual number of 
turns on the circuit and it is said a 
comparison of salaries with due con- 
sideration of conditions on the coast, 
convinced Pantages he was paying over 
the limit. Just what action followed is 
unknown, but it is believed Schallman 
was somewhat curbed and the suc- 
ceeding move may result in a general 
all around shake-up. 

Several years ago when Norman 
Friedenwald was active in Chicago, 
with offices adjoining the Pantages 
headquarters, it was persistently ru- 
mored he was favored in the selection 
of material for the Pantages circuit, 
but appearances were finally decided 
deceptive, for while Friedcnwald's of- 
fice looked like a part of the Pantages 
office through "the continual open 
door" between both suites, Friedenwald 
never became wealthy through his 
friendliness with Matthews. 

With the engagement of Arnold 
Hirsch as chief assistant to Matthews, 
the ten percenters faced a stone wall 
barrier, for while Hirsch carried a per- 
sonality that seemed hostile to the 
average bookman, he knew his busi- 
ness and his opinion on vaudeville ma- 
terial was unchangeable. The "boys" 
soon began scheming to oust Hirsch 
and it became a general topic of con- 
versation that with Hirsch on the job 
there was no money in the Pantages 
office for t]ie r'r'^nr^ Several wceV« 



ago Hirsch and Matthews parted com- 
pany for some unexplained reason and 
the Schallman office apparently profited 
most by the move, the result being the 
present situation which may eventually 
eliminate all ten pcrcenting franchises 
through orders from Alex Pantages 
direct. 

Seattle, June 30. 

The new Pantages theatre and office 
building is scheduled for an opening 
some time during July. The structure 
is a 12-story affair and the theatre will 
house the Pantages road shows, with 
the present Pantages stand probably 
becoming a picture house. 



LILLIAN LORRAINE'S DIVORCE. 

Los Angeles, June 30. 

Lillian Lorraine, here in pictures, 

says she will sue her husband, Fred M. 

Griesheimer, for divorce. Griesheimcr 

is now in jail in Seattle, having jumped 

a bail bond of $5,000 further down the 

Coast after being arrested for attempt- 
ing to defraud in connection with an 
alleged fund Griesheimer claimed he 
was raising for the Germans. 

The couple was married about two 
years ago. 



PEKIN MYSTERIES DISSOLVING. 

The various members of Han Ping 
Chien's Pekin Mysteries combination 
will sail for their beloved China on 
the "Ventura" leaving San Francisco 
July 31, after cancelling a tour of the 
Orpheum Circuit previously arranged 
by Rose & Curtis. 

It is hardly probable that the aggre- 
gation will remain together after reach- 
ing home since Messrs. Cltien and 
Chow have practically decided to de- 
sert the profession to engage in the 
manufacturing business. 

China, it seems, has no cutlery fact- 
ories and has been importing all its 
hardware and cutlery. The President 
of China recently sent an army general 
to Hartford, Conn., to study the busi- 
ness, and while the Pekin outfit were 
playing there, the President's emissary 
convinced them of the possibilities of 
a home factory and Chien, Chow and 
the general will immediately arrange 
for the construction of a large factory 
over which the general will have com- 
plete control. 



BONUS FOR RELEASE. 

It looked this week as though Clark 

and Bergman would be called upon to 

pay Jesse L. Lasky a bonus of 9100 

weekly to secure a release from the 
Lasky management, in order to join 
the Shuberts' production of "Hands 
Up," now in rehearsal. The team 
were to have started an Orpheum Cir- 
cuit trip in the lead of Lasky's "So- 
ciety Buds," when the tempting Shu- 
bert offer presented itself. 

Other members of the reformed 
"Hands Up" will be Irene Franklin, 
Burt Green and Ralph Herz. Lew 
Fields withdrew from the company 
late last week. Among those remain- 
ing with the piece are Maurice and 
Walton and Bobby North. 

A dispute between the Shuberts and 
A. H. Woods is said to be on over the 
leported engagement of Tom Wise for 
the reorganization. The Shuberts 
claim Wise, who is to start next sea- 
son again in "The Song of Songs," 
the Woods play. 



ALDRICH OUT OF "CHIN CHIN." 

Charles Aldrich has given Charles 
Dillingham his "notice" for the "Chin 
Chin" show, as a contract to do some 
feature film work is calling him away. 

Oscar Ragland was engaged this 
week and started rehearsals in the Al- 
r , - , ' rU part Th:»rsr! -. . 



MILLS IN GLOOM. 

The music publishing headquarters 
of F. A. Mills had the shutters up this 
week with no one at home. It was 
reported earlier in the week a deputy 
sheriff was in charge of the offices, but 
a visit there disclosed no sign of 
human activity and if the official had 
tenanted the place, the prevailing 
gloom apparently induced him to take 
a "run-out powder." Mr. Mills was not 
to be reached and his chief aide, Max 
Silver, could not be located to con- 
firm the possible future of the Mills 
catalog. 

Silver was located on Broadway later 
in the week and said the sheriff had 
been visiting the firm, but found noth- 
ing attractive about the Mills office 
and had decided to vacate. The Mills 
place is closed for good. 

The Maurice Richmond Co. has made 
an attempt to reorganize the publish- 
ing company after paying off its credi- 
tors 15 cents on the dollar, thus avoid- 
ing bankruptcy and suspension pro- 
ceedings. W. Brookhouse has been 
engaged as sales manager (coming 
from the Harry Von Tilzer firm), 
while Jack Robbins, who has been 
with Richmond for six years, will han- 
dle the professional department. Jas. 
Kcndis has left the firm and may go 
into business for himself. 

It was reported during the week sev- 
eral small publishers were seriously 
considering the bankruptcy route to 
avoid facing a string of creditors with 
nothing in the way of assets but a flock 
of professional copies and a few 
pianos, the latter mostly kept via the 
installment plan. 



ANTHONY AND ROSS ARRESTED. 

Cincinnati, June 30. 

The vaudeville team of Anthony and 

Ross ran afoul of Uncle Sam's secret 

service department this week, having 

been committed to the county jail in 

default of $3,000 bail on a charge of 

stealing articles shipped through Inter- 
state commerce. They will have a 
hearing July 9. 

It is claimed that Santa, alias Harry, 
alias Pat Ross, 27 years of age, and 
William Anthony, aged 29, both of this 
city, participated in the theft of furs 
valued at $5,000. Harry Levine, 24, of 
Somerset, Ky., is also under arrest. 
Levine and Anthony were arrested in 
a rooming house, the detectives wait- 
ing until Ross made his appearance. 

A Philadelphia fur salesman named 
Harry Ross shipped the goods from 
Philadelphia to Chicago in his own 
name. It is alleged that a letter sent 
him in care of a Chicago hotel was 
opened by Pat Ross. When the furs 
were missed the Philadelphia firm sent 
a bill for $5,000 to the Pennsylvania 
Railroad, thinking the furs had been 
lost in transit. An investigation 
showed the furs had been sent as far 
as Cincinnati and by tracing the ex- 
pressman who hauled three trunks the 
articles were recovered. 



WAYBURN CAST COMPLETE. 

The "Town Topics" cast had been 
completed by Ned Wayburn, it was 
said Wednesday. No date of opening 
nor house for the revue have been 
given out by the Wayburn office. 

Though Wayburn still expects to 
open at the Century Opera House, the 
company operating that place author- 
ized a statement this week the opera 
house was on the market. 



WRESTLERS ON THE ROOF. 

With the ending of the Wrestling 
Tournament at the Manhattan Opera 
House last Friday night, when the 
gross receipts for that evening (at 
increased prices) were $3,900, the cos- 
mopolitan collection of mat men 
moved over to the Roof of the New 
York theatre. There, commencing 
Monday evening, another tournament 
commenced, for exhibition purposes 
only. 

William Morris started the experi- 
ment in a quiet manner to determine 
if the sport would be an attraction on 
a ballroom floor. It remained a ques- 
tion whether the feminine portion 
of the audience would care for it. 

With the closing of the Wrestling 
Tournament last week William Berner, 
Champion of Germany, was engaged 
for the Moss vaudeville houses, open- 
ing at the Jefferson Monday. 

Tuesday evening some difference is 
said to have arisen between the wrest- 
lers and their management, with the 
result they withdrew from the Roof 
engagement, pending the settlement 
of reported threatened legal proceed- 
ings. 



GEOROE PISH RETURNS. 

Cincinnati, June 30. 

It is announced that George F. Fish 
will return as manager of the local 
Kmprcss under the Sullivan-Considinc 
regime next fall. Fish had charge of 
the house under the Sullivan-Considinc 
management and made it a huge suc- 
cess. Last year he managed the Wal- 
nut. 

Fish has been appointed assistant 
general manager of the S.-C Circuit, 
and will look after a half dozen thea- 
tres in the middle west. He was here 
several days this week, arranging to 
give the Empress a thorough rcno* 
vation. 



VAUDEVILLE 



EXPOSITION'S STATEMENT 

SURPRISES CALIFORNIANS 

Financial Report to Middle Last Month Shows Profit. Loss 
Expected Instead. Some "Zone" Shows Closed and 

Others Expected to. 



San Francisco, June 30. 

The Imposition Directors caused a 
sensation when they issued a report 
contrary to the general opinion which 
prevails in local amusement circles 
concerning the Expo's earnings since 
its opening. 

The report made its appearance fol- 
lowing a rumor to the effect business 
was so bad on the "Zone" the officials 
were considering the advisability of 
closing up the upper part of the "Zone" 
near the Van Ness avenue entrance 
because the people persistently used 
the Fillmore street entrance for en- 
tering and leaving the grounds. In- 
vestigation proved that the rumor wa9 
empty, inasmuch as several of the con- 
cessions located on the eastern end of 
the "Zone" could not be closed owing 
to their contracts not having been vio- 
lated. It is said the Department of 
Concessions is considering ways and 
means to strengthen the eastern end 
sufficiently to draw business. 

Selig's Animal Show had to quit con- 
siderably behind after the Expo with- 
drew its support. Likewise "Our 
Girl's Frolic" stopped. Other shows 
arc said to be on their last legs. The 
buildings occupied by these will house 
new shows according to the announce- 
ments. 

A well versed railroad man expressed 
considerable surprise when he read the 
director's report and said: "I don't see 
how the Exposition is anything but 
the loser despite the report; for 48 
per cent of the fair period has passed 
and eastern traffic west so far has only 
increased two per cent, above normal!" 
The report (to June 13) bears the 
signature of a reputable public account- 
ing firm and it reads: 

INCOME. 

Admission and ticket 

sales ..$1,210.(114.80 

Concessions, revenue 

and collections.... ri.'lO.M'J.'JS 
Miscellaneous Income (m.OH.70— $2,.T72.811.78 
EXPENDITURES. 

Operating expenses. .SlUniVOTOirJ 

Special reserve'. lltl,HlM.<i:i— $'j,:ni t WW.!K> 



Net cash Income. 



$flO,!>2-.».83 



CAR OWNERS ORGANIZE. 

St. Louis, June 30. • 
The Car Owning Managers' Asso- 
ciation (Coma) is now a wide awake or- 
ganization with a complete roster of 
officers, over 100 members and a head- 
quarters in the Nulsen Building here. 
The object of the organization is to 
obtain by means of a united and con- 
certed effort, equitable rates and 
charges from the railroads. To be- 
come a member, the applicant must be 
a bona-iide car-owning showman. The 
Association proposes to hold two con- 
ventions, an annual gathering in Chi- 
cago the first Tuesday in December, 
and a semi-annual meet in New York. 
The initiation fee is $25. 
Thv Association was originally 



brought together May 5, 1915, when 
the railroads began to notify car own- 
ers of an increase in cartage rates. 
The increases forced a large number 
of shows to the store-house, the man* 
agcr being unable to break even with 
the exorbitant railroad charges. The 
showman realized that nothing short 
of a general united movement toward 
an amendment of the rates would have 
any effect upon the roads, consequently 
W. S. Donaldson, the present president, 
made arrangements for a preliminary 
gathering which resulted in the forma- 
tion of the organization. 



BARNES GETTING FRIENDLY. 

Chicago, June 30. 

Fred M. Barnes, the park and fair 
man, is very apt to complete arrange- 
ments in the. near future whereby he 
will become directly associated with 
the Western Vaudeville Managers' As- 
sociation, possibly to take charge of its 
park and fair department now under 
the management of Edward Marsh. 

A quiet working arrangement appar- 
ently exists between both principals for 
lately the "Association" has been sup- 
plying the fair agent with vaudeville 
acts, and in order to reciprocate Barnes 
has been slipping the W. V. M. A. 
agents some of his fair attractions 
wherever convenient. 

Whether this friendship will ripen 
into a permanent engagement for 
Barnes is problematical, but the atmos- 
phere is decidedly peaceful and an> 
sort of an announcement would not 
come as a surprise. 



BRAY RETURNS. 

Charles E. Bray returned from his 
European visit last Friday. He got 
within 10 miles of the French firing 
line, as close as any other American 
correspondent could go, said Mr. Bray,, 
who was the duly accredited war rep- 
resentative for a New Orleans daily, 
while abroad. 

The only horrors of the war as far 
as he could detect in his travels, said 
Mr. Bray, were on the battlefields. 



OPPOSITION'S EVEN BREAK. 
Jamestown. X. Y., June 30. 

Honors were even when Ringling 

Brothers played opposition day and 

date to 101 Ranch in Erie, Pa., last 

Friday. Both exhibitions stood them 
up at the matinee, while the evening 
performances drew capacity. 

Advertising honors fell to the Ring- 
ling show, for the country districts had 
but little Miller Brothers' advertising. 
But Jess Willard was the drawing card 
that packed them in for 101. 

If you don't advortU* In VARIETY, 
don't odvortlM. 




FAVOR RATS TITLE CHANGE. 

The announcement in last week's 
Variety anent the proposed change in 
the title of the White Rats organiza- 
tion and club was freely discussed in 
professional circles during the week, 
the concensus of opinion strongly fav- 
oring the move. It indicates that the 
recommendation of the officers and 
board of directors to be handed the 
general membership at the adjourned 
annual meeting to be held July 6 will 
be readily acceptable and the arrange- 
ments for the selection of a new title 
will be immediately made. 

Strangely enough the expected senti- 
mentality about discarding the original 
title was nowhere to be found, a can- 
vass among the oldest members of the 
Rats showing a universal inclination 
in favor of the move. This will be the 
most important feature of the July 6 
meeting and if the suggestion is en- 
dorsed by the members in session, a 
committee will immediately be ap- 
pointed to receive the suggestions of 
the profession at large for a new title. 
The committee in turn will submit the 
pick of the entire collection to the 
board of directors and the board will 
then recommend the proposed title to 
the general membership for a final vote. 

A life membership in the orzaniza- 
tion goes to the one who sends in the 
selected name. 

Among names submitted this week 
were: The Amusers' Club. Wm. 
Huehn, Jr.; The Golden Actors' Union, 
Harry Fenn Dalton; Associated Ac- 
tors and Actresses of America, Joe 
Birnes; Actors' and Actresses' Associa- 
tion, Joe Birnes; The Golden Star's, 
Junie McCrce; Actors' Brotherhood, 
John Fenton; The Pros, of America, 
Chas. J. Ross; The United Jesters of 
America, Chas. ). Ross; The Foot- 
lighters of America, Chas. J. Ross; 
The White Roses of America, Chas. J. 
Ross; The Thespians of America. Chas. 
J. Ross; The Laurel Leaves of Ameri- 
ca, Chas. J. Ross; The Larks of Ameri- 
ca, Chas. J. Ross; The Mockers of 
America, Chas. J. Ross; Fraternal Or- 
der of Artists of America, J. C. Will- 
iams; Benevolent Performers of Amer- 
ica, John E. Sheehan; The Starlings, 
Bert Marion; The Golden Stars, Bert 
Marion; The Celebrities, Bert Marion; 
The Histrions, Gordon Wliyte; The 
Knights of Golden or The Golden 
Knights, Tony Williams; The Thes- 
pians, Josie Sadler; The Golden 
Knights, Bobby Gaylor; The Golden 
Stars, Bobby Gaylor; The "Goldenitcs, 
Bobby Gaylor. 



CASTLES COULDN'T RETURN. 

The Palace theatre was willing to 
give Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle a 
return engagement at the house next 
week, but the dancers could not con- 
veniently arrange to accept. They 
were at the Palace last week, during 
which time the house record for re- 
ceipts at the regular scale was broken. 



HARRY FOX 

Who will shortly appear as a headline attraction on the Keith Circuit in a sketch written hy 
William Collier. 

Playing in a vaudeville sketch, as Mr. Fox intends doing, is*a departure for the famous light 
comedian, who, heretofore, has appeared, when not engaged in productions, as a "single act," 
mostly upon the vaudeville stage. 

The lox sketch has hern named "Kvcry Move a Picture." There will he a cast of three 
people, with a special setting, 



CARL REITER MONOLOGING. 

Carl Reitcr, who formerly managed 
the Orphcum. Seattle, returned to the 
vaudeville stage this week after an 
eight years' absence. He opened at 
the Empress, Seattle, doing a monolog. 
He has a route over the S-C time. 



VARIETY 



WITH THE WOMEN 



Sartorial star of the early week bill 
at the American this week, was Mar- 
garet Farrell. With a really sweet 
voice which she seems to be learning 
to use, and if Miss Farrell doesn't 
spoil it by getting in some of the raw 
tones many small-time people adopt as 
music, she ought to make quite a suc- 
cess out of it. The other night, it 
was rather refreshing to listen to. Some 
of the "refreshment" may have been 
due to her appearance — first in an 
evening dress of a mint-colored green, 
a brocaded chiffon apparently, with a 
three tunic skirt, the centre tunic of 
sequin-covered net. The top tunic was 
banded with white fur, — which is emi- 
nently proper for hot weather trim- 
ming just now — and the bodice was a 
short green jacket over an underblouse, 
low-cut, of the sequin. 

Miss Farrell's second song was cos- 
tumed with a Pierotte dress, a vivid 
blue satin over scarlet, which varied 
the regulation style by using a white 
jacket waist, cut to deep points over 
the hips, and the front filled in with 
an embroidery of glittering beads. The 
third song was given in a quaint hoop 
skirt and the sort of hat that grand- 
mother used to make, and the last ap- 
pearance was in pink and black — a 
pretty enough dress, but not overly be- 
coming. Pink and black do not make 
an artistic color combination, even 
when an artist-dressmaker uses it, and 
two heavy black lace ruffles and a black 
lace waist do not make an effective or 
a becoming combination, especially for 
a dress seen back of the footlights, 
where every part is thrown into sucl) 
prominence. 

Miss Farrel was followed by a hodge- 
podge called "Springtime" that is best 
passed over in sorrowful silence. There 
were three girls in it, nicely dressed in 
the pale-pink, high waist, ingenue sort 
of costumes so popular this spring. 
Two kept all their talent in their feet, 
but insisted on singing instead of danc- 
ing. The other one is evidently new 
and didn't do anything but sit around 
and look cute, a part she did very well. 

"Jack and His Jills" was quite en- 
tertaining, the dilemma of a young phil- 
landerer engaged to one girl, with sev- 
eral others still hanging about, being 
a proposition that can always get a 
laugh. Jill No. 1 — Dora, was quite 
prettily dressed in flowered chiffon over 
pink silk, with a floppy leghorn hat 
boasting the conventional "come-fol- 
low-me" streamers, in black velvet. 
Jill No. 2 — Helen — wore a blue-violet 
charmeuse dress that was simple in 
style but rather pretty. 

The dog act that opened the show 
had two women, dressed respectively 
in dark blue and dull red — the sort of 
dresses that would be referred to by 
your best enemy as "neat." 



This week's first-half bill at the 
Harlem opera house was evidently de- 
signed to cool off the overheated busi- 
ness man — it was pleasantly diverting, 
breezy, not too noisy, not overly ex- 
citing — about right in temperature for 
a close, warm night. The various femi- 
nine members of the bill dressed to 
suit the thermometer, evidently. 



There was Dorothy Richmond, for 
instance, with auburn hair. She wore 
a "butterfly" dress of pink chiffon, 
hung with a tunic of opalescent beaded 
net, with a waist that carried a but- 
terfly design, and a hint of butterfly 
wings, in the way the net was draped. 
The opalescent beading charmingly 
suggested the glimmer and shifting 
color of the butterfly, and helped make 
a very pretty costume. 

Leona Thurber (Thurber and Madi- 
son) in an act called "The Shopping 
Tour" wore a cool frock of white 
shadow lace, with one of these new 
style skirts of a filmy inconsistency, 
a ruffling of lace and net, with the net 
scalloped with white satin. A sash of 
black velvet ribbon ran about the hips, 
and ended in a flat bow in back. And 
over this she wore a (the new name 
is "paddock coat") of black satin — a 
snug-fitting jacket of black satin, trim- 
med with silk-covered buttons, and end- 
ing in a long tail in back. A hat of ma- 
line and velvet trimmed with Paradise 
completed the costume. 

The Sully Family went in for start- 
ling effects. One of the girls came out 
in a really very good-looking suit, a 
skirt of black and white-striped satin 
and a long Directoire style coat of 
white linen, pipe and trimmed with 
black. And the other wore a demure 
enough pink silk affair — an indefinite 
style that was mostly made of ruffles, 
but flared out when she danced to 
show a lace petticoat considerably 
decorated with blue ribbon bows and 
loops. 

The other two girls on the bill wore 
simple, nice looking frocks— one a 
white lace ruffly dress, the other a 
white chiffon, over blue, with tiny puff 
6leeves, and a tunic ending in pointed 
scallops, each point tipped with a rose 
bud. The weather wore the most or 
worst, though. 



STILL UP TO 1,000. 

The Primrose Four will continue to 
live up to its billing of "1,000 Pounds 
of Harmony" through having annexed 
Norman Stanley, a light weighted lad 
of 218, to fill the vacancy in the ranks 
that will be left by the exi£ of Tom 
Murphy. Murphy has arranged to 
team with Frank Marino for a two act. 
The Primrose Four holds a big time 
route for next season. 

Th^ act and its gross tonnage, as 
officially announced, is: 

Bob Gibner 280 

Bob Webb 265 

Chas. Reinhardt 248 

Norman Stanley 218 



1,011 



Bicycle Act Dissolves Again. 

Mosher, Hayes and Mosher, the bicy- 
cle act, have dissolved partnership 
this being their second experience. Al- 
bert Hayes, the "straight" man of the 
trio will do a comedy single. 



Ben Linn and Marie Stone Married. 

Ben Linn was married to Marie 
Stone at the Little Church Around 
the Corner June 28. Linn is in vaude- 
ville. 



WHAT EVER BECAME OF 

Tragedians? 

Problem plays? 

High divers? 

Treasurers with autos? 

Nemscy and Yllis? 

Actresses without dogs? 

Moving picture chase? 

Pantomimists? 

Nickel plated shows? 

Frogmen? 

Carnival profits? 

Hypnotists? 

Ponies? 

Electrical marvels? 

Medicine shows? 

Penny arcades? 

Summer snaps? 

Alan Dale? 

Paine's Fireworks? 

Flea circus? 

Dutch comedians? 

Musical acts? 

Kiralfy's spectacles? 

Village choirs? 

Disrobing acts? 

Stout burlesque choristers? 

Turkey outfits? 

European plans? 

Imitators? 

Park novelties? 

Twenty-two act bills? 

Ballyhoos? 

Shillabers? 

Two-a-day stocks? 

Laughing songs? 

Good Parodies? 

Wax Exhibitions? 

Street singers? 

Benefits for attaches? 

Corse Payton? 

Tell all first letter? 

Red vests? 

Child prodigies? 

Trick pianists? 

Chatter songs? 

Apache dancers? 

Female wrestlers? 

"Uncle Tom's Cabin?" 

O. M. SAMUEL. 



WILL VON TILZER MARRIED. 

The office staff of the Broadway 
Music Publishing Co., of which Will 
Von Tilzer is general manager, learned 
this week William had taken the bene- 
dict's leap. 

The bride's name was Hattie Fox 
prior to the ceremony. No one seems 
to know where the nuptial knot was 
tied or where the couple is honey- 
mooning. 



PARK HIP THROUGH. 

Chicago, June 30. 

After a vain effort to interest the 

North Side population in a venture 

new to Chicago the management of 
the Federal League Park Hippodrome 
gave up and the vaudeville show will 
be discontinued after Sunday. 

On week nights the park played to 
almost nothing. Pictures may be 
shown during the summer. 



CARRIE MOORE NOT COMING. 

Carrie Moore, the celebrated Aus- 
tralian comedienne, who was scheduled 
for a tour of the big tr.iic theatres in 
this country, has finally decided to de- 
fer her visit \intil next year. 

If you don't advertise In VARIETY, 
don't advertise. 



OBITUARY. 

San Francisco, June 30. 
Fredja Ramsey, "The Trojan Wo- 
man," a Chicago Little Theatre attrac- 
tion, touring the Pacific Coast, was 
killed June 21 by a fall from a horse. 
Miss Ramsey hired a livery stable horse 
and slipped from thesaddle, sustaining 
injuries which resultCttsin death. 

Charles C. Burnham, better known 

as Dad, formerly with the Ferris stock 
company, and late of the Ernest Fisher 
stock, succumbed to heart failure in 
St. Paul last week. 



George B. Reno, the ccmedian, died 
June 22 at his home in Grand Rapids, 
Mich. He was 46 years of age and is 
survived by a widow, parents and 
brother. For several years Mr. Reno 
led his act, "A Misfit Army," in vaude- 
ville. His name in private life was 
George Cobb. 



Gabreille Passpart, the 20-year-old 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Passpart, 
died June 25 in Berlin. Her mother 
was with her. Mr. Passpart is the 
international vaudeville agent, who has 
long been connected with the Orpheum 
Circuit as its European representative. 
Mrs. Passpart will shortly join her 
husband in New York, where he has 
been for some time. The young girl's' 
death resulted from an operation for 
appendicitis. 

The father of Herman and Hattie 
Timberg died June 26. 

William Theodore Eisfelt, one of 
San Francisco's oldest and best known 
musicians, died June 23 of old age. 
He is survived by a widow and brother. 



LOUISE MEYERS LEAVES STAGE. 

Through marriage to Max Blumen- 
thal last Saturday, Louise Meyers has 
retired from the stage. She was under 
contract to Flo Ziegfeld for three 
years at a weekly salary of $300. He 
agreed to her release. 

Mr. Blumenthal is a popular sport 
promoter. 



CHARITY AT HOME. 

Mrs. Dennis O'Brien, wife of the 
theatrical lawyer, held a house party at 
her home Monday night at an admis- 
sion fee of $2 per person, the proceeds 
(which amounted to nearly $600) go- 
ing to the vacation fund for the poor 
children of Yonkers. 

Among those who entertained the 
gathering were George M. Cohan, 
Frank Fogarty, Mary Pickford, Clif- 
ton Crawford, Bert Levy, Dolly Jar- 
don and a Pickford picture. Several 
minor vaudeville turns also responded. 



Leases Park Place, Newark. 

Kdward Forsberg and George 
Jacobs, who formerly controlled the 
Columbia, Newark, have formed a the- 
atrical partnership and have taken 
over Proctor's Park Place theatre, 
Newark, and will install dramatic stock 
there next Labor Day. 

Proctor for sometime operated the 
Park with pop vaudeville. He is now 
waiting for his new Newark house to 
be completed for a continuance of his 
vaudeville-picture policy there. 



B U R. L ^f_S QUE »y FREDERICK M. McCLOY 



Some years ago when Charles M. 
Schwal) was testifying before a sena- 
torial committee investigating the in- 
dustrial conditions he said, among 
other things. "Nature lias provided an 
abundance of raw materials and the 
needs of the times furnish a market 
for the finished product. All that is 
necessary to acquire the full benefits 
of these conditions is brains for the 
development of the first, and efficient 
salesmanship for the disposal of the 
other." 

A parallel case with this is the con- 
dition of the burlesque situation today. 
The directors of the Columbia Amuse- 
ment Co. and of the American Bur- 
lesque Association have assembled 
two great chains of theaters, all located 
in prolific territory, and the vast popu- 
lations that crave enjoyable entertain- 
ment at moderate prices represent the 
market that requires only properly di- 
rected salesmanship to secure abundant 
patronage. In these circumstances, it 
is squarely up to the producers and 
their employed executives to take ad- 
vantage of the provisions made for 
them by the heads of the two corpora- 
tions by developing attractive shows 
and by having their merits so exploited 
that box office sales to the limit of the 
capacity of the theaters will be the 
quick and ready response. 



Mr. Schwab and other important 
factors in the great industrial world 
cannot be expected to devote their time 
to the multitudinous details of their 
vast interests. Having provided the 
foundation and pointed the way to the 
completion of the structure that shall 
stand or fall according to the opera- 
tions of those to whom they entrust 
the fruition of their plans, their further 
participation is confined to the obser- 
vation and study of the efficiency dis- 
played by the builders as they proceed 
with the work. Precisely similar is the 
position of the men at the head of 
the two burlesque circuits. With com- 
plete power of supervision over every 
detail of the work now in progress 
for the coming season, which will be 
in full operation within seven weeks, 
those executives owe it to the institu- 
tion they represent and to themselves 
individually as business men, to famil- 
iarize themselves with the quality and 
character of the work being performed 
by the men whose achievements mean 
success or failure. 



The records show that in almost 
every instance an unattractive show at 
the beginning of the season remains 
unattractive to the end. The elimina- 
tion of old and played-out material is 
one thing that certainly can be ac- 
complished and its accomplishment is 
of first importance. Having made sure 
of this, and satisfying themselves that 
there will be no "cheating" in the mat- 
ter of equipment, the directors will 
have taken a long step in the direction 
of attractive shows. The subject of 
capable, energetic executives in the 
handling of theaters and companies 
and of the worth of advance represen- 
tatives admits of no discussion. The 
employment of men for those positions 
reflects the ability of employers to 



choose. If the work is improperly or 
ineffectively done, the blame must rest 
entirely with the employer. 



As Mr. Schwab says, "these things 
are simply matters of brains." This is 
the whole question in a nutshell, and 
upon it depends the results of the com- 
ing season in burlesque. 



FRANCHISE CHANGES. 

The Lew Talbott franchise on the 
American will next season be operated 
by William S. Clark and Jack Singer 
under the title, "Blue Ribbon Belles." 

It is said Bobby North and Aaron 
Hoffman will next season operate a 
show under the L. Lawrence Weber 
franchise which they sublet to Hurtig 
& Seamon, the latter returning it last 
week. 

The Harry Bryant franchise has been 
turned back to its owner by Hurtig & 
Seamon, who will next season confine 
their operations to three shows on the 
Columbia and one on the American 
circuits. 



RICHMOND IN DOUBT. 

A hitch has occurred in the arrange- 
ment that had been fully consummated 
by which American shows were to have 
played in Richmond, Va. When the 
city officials learned of the decision, 
they notified Jake Wells burlesque 
shows were undesirable in view of 
the experiences resulting from the en- 
gagement last season of the "Mischief 
Makers." Mr. Wells is now in Rich- 
mond to confer with the authorities. 
Meantime the American routes will be 
held up. Whatever the outcome re- 
garding Richmond, Norfolk will remain 
in the circuit. 



STOCK CIRCUIT. 

A. H. Moller has taken the manage- 
ment of the Haymarket, Chicago, and 
will open the house in August with 
stock burlesque operating in conjunc- 
tion with theatres in Milwaukee, In- 
dianapolis, Cincinnati, Academy, Pitts- 
burgh, and a few others to be an- 
nounced later. 

It is understood a liberal policy in 
the presentation of shows will be fol- 
lowed. 



MAJESTIC ON AMERICAN. 

The Majestic, Indianapolis, will be 
included in the American Circuit un- 
der a five years' arrangement made 
with the Pivot City Amusement Co. 
The American will also book its shows 
at the Colonial, Grand Rapids, for one 
week each. The house will be man- 
aged by Gillaghan & Harris. 



LEFT TO THE MANAGERS. 

Although the rule preventing the 
carrying of female dancers by the 
shows on the American will be rigidly 
enforced, an understanding has been 
reached by which managers of certain 
theatres i)h the circuit may, at their 
own expense, introduce this feature as 
an added attraction. 



NEW ENGLAND STANDS. 

Bridgeport, Springfield, Fall River, 
Worcester and Portland will be in- 
cluded in the American circuit under 
arrangement with P. F.» Shea. 

If you don't mdvTrtESHTVXIttfflV^' 
don't advertise. 



CABARETS 




The tangled free cabaret revue situ- 
ation at Coney Island may be adjusted 
by a compromise, under which the 
cabarets down there using a revue with 
members changing costume during the 
running of the show will agree to se- 
cure a license, probably concert at $50 
annually. Under the rulings in Man- 
hattan and based upon Magistrate 
Krotel's opinion, restaurants have been 

called upon by the authorities to take 
out a $500 theatrical license if desir- 
ous of continuing with the revue show. 
Mayor Mitchell and License Commis- 
sioner Bell, along with the Corpora- 
tion Counsel, intend to shortly draft a 
measure that will define and disting- 
uish a restaurant performance, classify- 
ing such attractions under their proper 
license heading. The biggest thorn in 
Brighton was the "Splash Me" revue 
at the Shelburne. It is said to have 
brought a clash between Reisenweber's, 
which has the Shelburne, and the 
Brighton theater, under George Robin- 
son's management. The Shelburne 
starts its first show at 7.30, closing it 
about nine. This looked like a direct 
attack upon the theatre across the way 
which commences its night perform- 
ance at 8.15. A further complication 
was that Reisenweber's has the Casino, 
adjoining the Brighton theatre and 
owned by the same company, but 
Reisenweber's seemed to be trying to 
divert its business to the Shelburne. 
Manager Hertz of the latter place re- 
ceived a violation complaint last week 
for playing the free revue without a 
license. The compromise will probably 
be the outcome of that. 

The Appellate Term of the Supreme 
Court handed down Monday a decision 
in the action of the American Society 
of Composers, Authors and Publishers 
against the Faust Co., reversing the 
opinion of the lower court, which gave 
Faust's restaurant on Columbus Circle 
a verdict in the matter of the Society 
seeking to recover the monthly rental 
agreed upon for the use by the res- 
taurant's orchestra of musical selec- 
tions held under copyright by mem- 
bers of the Society. This is a side is- 
sue of the general question which came 
before the United States Circuit Court 
in the matter of the John Church Co. 
vs. Hilliard Hotel Co. over the hotel 
using a Sousa march. The U. S. Court 
decided that when such copyrighted 
music was employed by a hotel or- 
chestra in a hotel that charged no ad- 
mission to its place or concert, there 
could be no application of the copy- 
right protection, in favor of the music 
publisher. Thereupon Faust's, which 
had made a previous agreement with 
the Society to pay it a monthly rental 
of $10 for the use of copyrighted music, 
refused to make further payments, 
resting upo •* the U. . Court decision. 
The AppeV Term says that the 

specific contract between the Society 
and Faust's was not affected by the 
Circuit Court's decis'on, and that as a 



contract unqualified, it must be fulfilled. 
Nathan Burkan represented the So- 
ciety in the legal proceedings. 

San Francisco, June 30. 
Abraham Wise, orchestra leader, was 
shot ajid killed at his ranch near 
Porterville, Cal., June 21, by J. C. 
Withrou, who was in charge of t' e 
place. From all accounts it seems that 
Mrs. Wise and Withrou had att n led 
a picnic nearby and returned u on a 
motorcycle to find Wise waling for 
them. It is said Wise ca.led both into 
a tent they had been li . ing in and 
censored his wife for accompanying 
Withrou to the picnic. Withrou at- 
tempted to calm Wise and Mrs. Wise 
walked out of the tent, leaving the men 
alone. Later Wise followed Ms wife, 
and knocked her down, dragging her 
back into the tent, where he drew a 
rcrolver and pointed it at his wife as 
if to shoot her. Withrou then drew a 
revolver and shot Wise dead. Withrou 
is in jail pending the coroner's verdict 
Wise recently resigned from leading 
the orchestra in Tait's Cafe, a position 
he had filled for the past three years. 



Bessie Clayton left the New York 
Roof Saturday, after two weeks there, 
though it was expected she would re- 
main all summer. Miss Clayton's stay 
failed to increase the business accord- 
ing to report. She appeared there un- 
der a guarantee. Monday night an ex- 
hibition of wrestling became the new 
feature of the Roof's show, with 
George Lurich, who competed in the 
Tournament, as the principal exponent 
of the Greco-Roman style. 

"Played By A Military Band" is the 
Halsey Mohr-Ballard MacDonald num- 
ber used for the big finale of "Splash 
Me" at the Shelburne, Brighton Beach. 
Shapiro-Bernstein Co. publishes the 
piece. 

Marceline, the Hippodrome clown, 
has found a new way to occupy his 
time, having purchased a French res- 
taurant and cafe at 230 West 38th 
street, where the clown handles the 
culinary department. 

Castles in the Air closed Saturday 
for the summer, and with it the Gentz- 
Benedek revue, "Look Who's Here." 
Paul Benedek says he will reopen the 
Roof in the fall. 

"The Midnight Frolic" on the Am- 
sterdam Roof is due to be succeeded 
June 12 by another Flo Ziegfeld revue 
production. 

The Glorias have been engaged to 
dance at the Hotel Traymore, Atlantic 
City, over the summer. Fred de Bondy 
of the Marinelli office arranged it. 



Shanley's will reopen the old Du- 
rardo place on the Albany road in 
Yonkers. 



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John Leick and Mabel Keith were 
married last week in Elkhardt, Ind. 



Dora Conroy, wife of Frank Conroy 
(Conroy and LeMaire) is convalescing, 
from a severe illness. 

Jimmy Hussey (Hussey and Boyle) 
was haled into court last week and told 
that he must pay his wife $30 a week. 



The Friars' annual clam bake will be 
held July 15 at Glenwood-on-the- 
Sound, L. I. . Tickets are $5. 



Bernard Granville has been requested 
by Flo Ziegfeld to omit his war speech 
4i the new "Follies." 



Lottie Garder is to marry Emile 
Brunelle in Montreal July 3. She will 
retire from the stage. 

Willie Solar will leave for Australia 
Aug. 3, taking with him "Hello Rag- 
time" for production over there. 

Ruth Napelbaum, of the Keeney 
office, has been granted a two weeks' 
vacation starting Monday. 



Joe McCarthy, the song writer, who 
badly scalded his leg some weeks ago, 
is recovering. 

J. Herbert Frank, a Vitagraph play- 
er, received an offer this week to go 
into vaudeville. 



John Nicholson is to have "For the 
Love of Mike" on the road again next 
fall. 



Margaret Illington is booked to re- 
turn to the road at the Cort, Chiqago, 
Aug. 7. 

George Degnon, formerly with 101 
Ranch, is with the John H. Sparks 
Show. 

Opera at Sohmer Park, Montreal, 
will replace vaudeville there for next 
week only. 



Jack Kingsbury, lecturing with the 
MacKenzie Wild Game pictures at the 
Lyceum, has become associated with 
Jack Singer in a new show that he 



Belle Blanche has decided to play 
vaudeville engagements over the sum- 
mer. 



The Oxford Trio, consisting of 
Wells, Lyllell and Mortimer, have sep- 
arated. 



Margaret Dale has been engaged as 
leading woman for the E. H. Sothem 
Company. 



Barelegged girls will not be tolerated 
on the Beach at Coney according to 
Police Captain Linden. 



The Barnum-Bailey circus, scheduled 
to play at Des Moines Aug. 6 was 
forced to pay $300 for a license. 



Ben Deeley has signed with the 
World Film Co., to produce and direct 
features. Deeley will also display his 
screen ability in some of the releases. 

When Lewis Waller presents "Gam- 
blers All" over here next season his 
leading woman will again be Madge 
Titheradge. 

Karl Hoblitzelle, of the Interstate 
Circuit, is passing the summer at Pas- 
adena, Cal. 

Max Hart says he must give his wife 
a horse, so that the family automobile 
may be used by him now and then to 
go golfing. 



Ray Myers, of the Smith and Aus- 
tin act, is recovering from a fractured 
rib and a broken arm received recently 
in an automobile accident. 



Joseph Carey will replace Nace Bon- 
ville in the Gilbert and Sullivan Revue 
at the Brighton next week. Bonville 
formed the act. 

Carl Reed, associated with Ned 
Wayburn in the production of "She's 
In Again," has gone to his home in 
the west to spend the summer. 



Irwin Dash, the pianist, will shortly 
become the spouse of Sarah Oestreich- 
er, sister of L. Wolfe Gilbert. Dash is 
connected with Jos. Stern & Co. 



Douglas Fairbanks, who was to have 
headlined at the Majestic, Chicago, next 
week, asked for a cancellation of the 
engagement. 



Shep Camp leaves next month for 
Australia, where he has a year's con- 
tract to play in farces and comedies 
under the Williamson management. 

Ralph Herz is again in the divorce 
courts, seeking a divorce from his 
second wife, naming two corespond- 
ents in his present action. 



Frank Clark, manager of Waterson, 
Berlin and Snyder's Chicago office, re- 
turned home this week after several 
days of Thousand-Islanding.* 



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Fred Niblo and his uJ, Josephine 
Cohan, with their son, returned to New 
York Tuesday, ,ajter three years in 
Australia. 



Howard Kyle and Amy UrcHra, both 
of whom appeared in "Polygamy," 
were married Monday at Fort Lee, 
N. J. Mr. Kyle is secretary of the 
Actors' Equity Association. 



Olive Oliver will represent the 
actresses of the Actors' Equity Associ- 
ation at the Pacific Coast meetings ar- 
ranged for July. 



"Robin Hood" is to be given an- 
other road revival. James Stevens and 
Fred Walker have pooled on its road 
presentation for next season. Charles 
Riggs will be in advance. 



Dwight Pepple, the Chicago pro- 
ducer, is spending the current week in 
New York assisting several of his pro- 
ductions in their eastern debuts and 
selecting material for the middle-west. 



Frank L. Collier has been made treas- 
urer of the Washington theatre, Bos- 
ton. Edward Goodman, for five years 
head usher at the house, has been made 
assistant manager. 



In addition to engaging Patricia Col- 
linge as principal woman for "Polly- 
ana," the new George Tyler R. & E. 
piece, Philip Merrivale is signed for 
one of the leading roles. 



Harry Fitzgerald took a train for the 
middle west this week to stop over a 
week or two in Chicago in search of 
desirable material for eastern vaude- 
ville the coming season. 



Ethel Barrymore is having a rest at 
her country home, but plans to start 
early fall rehearsals for her new star- 
ring vehicle, "Roast Beef Medium," by 
Edna Ferber. 

The Tivoli, Brisbane, has been added 
to the Rickards Circuit of theatres in 
Australia, under the direction of Hugh 
Mcintosh. It is a large house with 
a roof garden. 



When "The Show Shop" resumes 
operations next fall, Zelda Sears will 
be featured in all billing. The show 
opens about Sept. 15 and will first play 
long engagements in Boston, Philadel- 
phia and Chicago. 



it a road route before attempting any 
of the big city engagements. They 
had out "The Red Rose" last season. 

Charles Nelson Bell, husband of 
Adele Ritchie, who was arrested about 
a year ago, charged with hiring thugs 
to beat up George W. Steele, was sen- 
tenced in Newark this week to three 
years' probation, during which time he 
must pay a weekly fine of $2. 

Freebody Park, Newport, R. I., opens 
with Sheedy vaudeville July 5. The 
Opera House at Hartford, Conn., 
booked by Sheedy, has closed its vau- 
deville for the summer. 



There will be no road production of 
"The Miracle Man" by Cohan & Har- 
ris next season, and up to the present 
nobody has obtained the road rights 
for the piece. The former Astor pro- 
duction is to go into stock next fall. 

The Lambs' Club has ben given per- 
mission by Justice Shearn to mort- 
gage the club house to the extent of 
$450,000, this amount to be used in 
paying off old mortgages and erecting 
an addition. 



An interlocutory decree of divorce 
was granted Minnie Radcliffe Williams 
by Supreme Court Justice Lehman in 
New York last week, from Malcolm E. 
Williams. M. Strassman represented 
Mrs. Williams. 



Wally Derthick in association with 
John Daly will produce a new musi- 
cal play in the fall and propose giving 



The Marconi Brothers were notified 
to report to the local Italian Consul's 
headquarters this week and may be 
transported to join their regiment, 
which is being mobilized to assist in 
the suppression of the Kaiser's war 
dogs. 



The Wadsworth on the Heights has 
discontinued its tabloid policy and is 
again playing small time vaudeville. 
This house was to have been a link in 
a tab wheel that was to have been 
formed. It formerly played a stock 
tab show. 

An automobile driven by Billy Mor- 
risey and containing Dolly Hackett, 
Gene Hughes, Harry Sacks and Joe 
Kane, collided with a tree in Central 
Park Saturday night. The tree was 
broken off and the machine smashed, 
the party escaping with a few minor 
scratches. 

The proposed ordinance framed by 
Commissioner of Licenses Bell which 
would give him the power to revoke the 
license of a theatre was not brought up 
before the Board of Aldermen last 
week as Commissioner Bell wished to 
first confer with the Theatre Man- 
agers' Protective Association. 



The Garrick theatre, supposed to 
have been sold by Mrs. Edward Harri- 
gan to the Braham Realty Co., in May, 
was not sold, though the sale was 
registered. Mrs. Harrigan was re- 
ported receiving $300,000 for it and 
an equity in property in the neighbor- 
hood. Complications arose and the 
deal was declared off. 



Helen Arthur, for some seven or 
eight years private secretary to J. J. 
Shubert, left the office of the Shuberts 
last week. It is said Miss Arthur, who 
is an authoress, wrote a skit played in 
a little house that had "Jake" and 
"Lee" as principal named characters, 
with Miss Arthur taking the "Jake" 
role. 



The numerous summer repertoire 
companies which have taken to the 
boards have found the going rather 
hard so far in the small towns. Na- 
tives have failed to patronize the at- 
tractions. One rep manager said this 
week he believed the only show that 
could make money would be the one 
playing to a ten cent admission. His 
show, which is playing the mountain 
towns, is just about breaking even and 
is playing drama, vaudeville and pic- 
tures, all for a small admission. 



10 



LEGITIMATE, 



WITH THE PRESS AGENTS 



Olympic Park, Newark, started a summer 
season of opera Judo '2H. 

"On Trial" ends Its run at the Candler Sat- 
urday. 



Bertha Mann will be Been In "Rolling 
Stones" next season. 

Montague Love has been added to "Search 
Me," which will open in I<ong Branch July 10. 



"She's In Again" Is slated for a tour next 
season starting In Brooklyn Labor Day. 



"The Sinners" celebrated Its 200th perform- 
ance at the Playhouse Wednesday. 



A "Twin Beds" company was put Into re- 
hearsal last week. 



The Shuherts will present Taylor Holmes 
next season in a series of plays at the Comedy. 

The Mary Servos* stock company may follow 
the Jostle Bonstello company at the Star, De- 
troit. 



Laura Frankenfleld has been engaged to play 
the lead in the road production of the Maham 
show, "Tlpperary," next fall. 



Forbes Robertson will make another tour of 
America, starting In October. Percy Burton 
will be manager. 



"Search Me" will be shown for the first time 
at the Broadway theatre, Long Branch, July 



The Irish theatre Intends to play a season 
of 20 weeks next season commencing In Octo- 
ber. 



A benefit will be given for the family of 
the late George H. Harris at Hurtig ft Sca- 
mon's 125th St. Sunday evening, July 11. 



Messrs. Deckey -Terry- Jones have out a road 
outfit of "Ten Nights In a Bar Room" and are 
featuring a band. 



Orlan Barton will be featured on the road 
next season and the manager Is to be Fred V». 
Bachelor." 



The opera house, Onawa, la., Is to play legits 
next season and the manager is to be Fred W. 
Wonder. 



"In Oklahoma" Is announced as a new road- 
ster under the direction of the Seven Cairns 
Brothers next season. 



It is reported Robert Hllllard will be the 
next president of the Everard Brewing Co. Mr. 
Milliard became Interested In the beer business 
through his wife's father, James Everard. 



J. J. Rosenthal didn't want to go on the 
road next season and this week Cohan & Harris 
offered him the management of the Bronx 
opera house. He accepted. 

"The Heart of a Child," by Zelda Sears, will 
open under the management of A. H. Woods 
at the Savoy, Asbury Park, July 23. The cast, 
headed by Kathleen Clifford, will Include Miss 
Sears. 



Hector Turnbull, formerly dramatic critic 
on the New York Tribune, plays a minor role 
In the Lasky production of "Chlmmle Fad den" 
at the Strand this week. Turnbull Is scenario 
editor for the concern. 



Mux Kablnoff, manager of the Pavlowa Im- 
perial Rupslan Ballet, secured through the re- 
ceiver of the Boston Opera Co. the productions 
of Hevcrnl operas which will be used next 
seannn In (he Pnvlnwa tour. 



Henry Miller will havo three "Daddy Long 
Legs" com pun I es on the road next season. 
They will be hearted respectively by Ruth 
Chatterton and Charles Waldron. Renee Kelly 
and Byron Beasley, Frances Carson and George 
AllRon. 

The 101 Ranch got considerable space Mon- 
day In the Associated Press report that Mrs. 
.Ichh Wlllard was pronounced a consumptive 
by four Buffalo doctors and told that she only 
had a year or more to live. Wlllard Is report- 
ed as trying to break his contruct and accom- 
pany his wife to their western home, but the 
show management refused. 

The Theatrical Key Co. (Inc.). hns enguged 
Its people for the two "Seven KeyH to Bald- 
pate" and will start both compunles on the 
road Aug. :»(». Co. A. with nearly all the cast 
Intact from liist MCHson's Big City Rhow. with 
Charles Goettler. in:>n.ii;ln«. and William H. 
Moxon ahead, goes as Tar wist as Salt Lake 
and will then tour Oklahoma. Texas and other 
southern points. Co. U. with I^-on Victor 
ahead, plays New England and then takes in 
Pennsylvania, Ohio. New York and Indiana. 

ALLIANCE CONVENTION. 

The first detachment of officers of 
the International Alliance of Theatri- 
cal Stage Employers leaves New York 



today (July 2) for Chicago where they 
will go into executive session next 
Monday for one week's conference 
prior to the opening of the big con- 
vention proper on July 12. The local 
contingent will be headed by Charles 
C. Shay, president. 

Delegates elected to the convention 
by the New York and Brooklyn locals 
go to Chicago the latter part of next 
week. To-day's departing contingent 
numbered nine I. A. T. S. E. officials. 
Next week Ligon Johnson, attorney 
for the United Managers' Theatrical 
Protective Association, goes to the 
Windy City convention to present a 
few minor matters to the general body. 
As conditions throughout the coun- 
try are generally bad and there is no 
great outlook for better times next fall 
the managers will not make any un- 
reasonable demands or changes right 
now and the Alliance is not expected 
to pass any new laws that will draw 
it into bitter controversy with the As- 
sociation. 

Variety, this week received a 
signed statement from Joseph Prem, 31 
Third avenue, Long Island City, say- 
ing that in behalf of the members, 
now under suspension for their par- 
ticipation in the "affair" which hap- 
pened at the Republic theatre, Sept. 
29, 1913, that the convention elects an 
impartial jury, five or seven men, to 
investigate and decide accordingly upon 
the Republic happening. 

Prem also writes to "request that the 
elected delegates representing the dif* 
ferent locals study" Article 8, (sections 
2, 3 and 4) of the T. P. U. body of 
the Constitutions and Article No. 1, 
T. P. U. of the By-laws, (sections 12 
and 17) and Articles 2 (sections 4, 5 
and 7) T. P. U. and 2 (Sections 11. 
12 and 13) I. A. T. S. E. of the By- 
laws. The T. P. U. articles are re- 
ferred to the 1911 adoption while the 
I. A. T. S. E. article is of the 1913 vin- 
tage. 

Prem, who's a stage carpenter, was 
fined by the New York local upon ad- 
visement by the Alliance for his part 
of the Republic affair and instead of 
taking steps f6r reinstatement like 
some of the other suspended members, 
he took his grievances to court. Prem 
has not been dropped from the union's 
books and compliance with certain in- 
structions by the local would reinstate 
him. 

The Prem matter is said to be wholly 
up to the New York Theatrical Protec- 
tive Union No. 1 to settle, having 
passed from the jurisdiction of the Al- 
liance. 



MOROSCO PLAY IN SEPTEMBER. 

An Oliver Morosco play, "The Un- 

chastened Woman." will open in New 

York early in September, appearing at 

a Shubert theatre. 

Emily Stevens and Christine Nor- 
man will be in the leading roles. They 
returned to New York this week from 
ilie Coast, where the piece had a try- 
out. 



AGENCIES DULL 

There is very little activity around 
the dramatic and musical comedy en- 
gaging offices these hot days. Matt 
Grau reports "nothing doing" and is 
putting in his leisure moments on the 
Van Cortjandt golf links. Paul Scott 
closes up early each day and makes for 
the piazza of his Staten Island home. 
Darcy & Wolford are busiest leasing 
plays for stock. Betts & Fowler re- 
port comparatively no engagements, 
barring some picture jobs. At the dif- 
ferent Packard agencies one sees nu- 
merous applicants for berths but few 
choice engagements made for next sea- 
son. 

At the Lawrence-Summers agency, 
Miss Lawrence has left her office in 
charge of her secretary and gone to 
Detroit on a vacation. The usual line 
of applicants may be found at the Fer- 
dinandez, Wales Winter and Chamber- 
lin Brown agencies. 



BOOKING ROADSTERS. 

The men who book most of the road 
tours of the New York traveling com- 
binations are going right ahead for a 
vigorous road campaign for next sea- 
son. Charles Miller is doing some 
booking for the Brady shows, while 
Victor Leighton is routing up the 
"Kick In," "Potash & Perlmutter" and 
"Song of Songs" companies, in addi- 
tion to numerous other roadsters A. H. 
Woods will put out next fall. 

Charles (Pink) Hayes, the official 
router for Selwyn & Co., is another 
busy booker at present. Five "Twin 
Beds" companies will all be in action 
by Labor Day, the "No. 1" starting out 
in Boston. He will also tab the book- 
ings for the new Selwyn shows, "Back 
Home," "The Mystic Shrine" and "Un- 
der Fire" (which opens Labor Day at 
the Hudson theatre, New York). Pink 
is also booking a "Show Shop" com- 
pany for the bigger cities. 



"DOG" WITH DOG. 

After a few minor changes in the 
engaged cast for the new Cohan & 
Harris play, "Me and My Dog," the 
premiere will take place at the Apollo, 
Atlantic City, July 12. 

The cast as completed (including 
Dixie Taylor and his educated dog, 
"Jasper") has Otto Kruger, Peggy 
Wood, Arthur Linden, William Samp- 
son, Spencer Charters, Josephine Wil- 
liams, Jess Kelly, Frank Nelson, Max- 
ine Mazanovich, Normen Allen, For- 
rest Robinson, Bennie Sweeney, Doris 
Kelly. Ethel Mae Davis, Percy Helton, 
Joseph Berger, Harry E. Willard. 



"WANG" IS OFF. 

When DeWolf Hopper signed a con- 
tract the other day with the New York 
M. P. Corporation to engage in feature 
film work for that concern for one 
solid year at $2,000 a week, it imme- 
diately called off the proposed open- 
ing of the 48th Street theatre next fall 
*vith Hopper in a big revival of 
"Wang." 

As the matter stands a new play to 
be brought out by William A. Brady 
will reopen the 48th Street. The Brady 
force does, not yet know what show 
will start the new season at the Play- 
house where "Sinners" is now playing. 



BROADWAY HOUSE PICKED. 

L. Lawrence Weber and H. H. 
Frazee have practically decided upon a 
theatre on Broadway, for their future 
legit productions. The Broadway house 
will replace the Longacre theatre, as 
the home of the Weber-Frazee attrac- 
tions. The current Longacre theatre 
attraction is "A Full House" produced 
by the firm. 



CORT BOOKINGS. 

"Twin Beds" has been slated as the 
first attraction booked in for the Cort, 
Boston, early in September. John Cort 
has "The White Feather" for the 
opening attraction at the Plymouth, 
Boston, now under Cort's booking at- 
tention. 

The Standard, New York, will re- 
sume its former legitimate policy early 
in the season with the old scale of 
prices prevailing. A stock proposition 
tried there recently fizzled and the 
Standard will remain dark through the 
summer. 



"PEG" KEEPS GOING. 

Chicago, June 30. 
"Peg O' My Heart," with Peggy 
O'Neil (who is now featured in it), 
has had the ending of its run at the 
Cort indefinitely postponed, through 
the show giving a profit to its manage- 
ment of $700 last week. Saturday was 
to have been the date of closing here. 
When through in Chicago Miss O'Neil 
will have a Broadway theatre to play 
the title role for a few weeks before a 
Metropolitan audience. 



"NEW SHYLOCK" RENAMED. 

"The New Shylock," as the title first 
proposed by A. H. Woods, will be re- 
named before eventually produced for 
the New York stage. It is possible 
"The Bargain" will be tacked onto it. 

In the cast are Louis Calvert, espe- 
cially imported from England, Doro- 
thy Donnelly, Forrest Winant, Jose- 
phine Victor, Edwin Arden, John 
Flood, Eugene O'Brien. 



SHUBERTS IN LONG BEACH? 

Atlantic City may not be favored 
with the future Shubert openings after 
the current season, provided the pro- 
ducing firm can locate in Long Beach. 
It is understood the Shuberts have 
been angling for a site in the summer 
resort nearer New York. 



BELASCO'S "BOOMERANG." 

The David Belasco play. "The Boom- 
erang," tried out this spring will prob- 
ably open at the Belasco theatre, New 
York, during the week of Aug. 16. 
It is routed to play the week previously 
at the Broadway, Long Branch. 



"BEHMAN SHOW" HOLDS UP. 

In spite of the intense heat of the 
present week. Morton and Moore have 
succeeded in maintaining the high 
record of receipts since the beginning 
«>f the engagement of "The Behman 
Show" at the Columbia. 



AMERICAN'S MURRAY HILL. 

The unexpired term of the lease of 
the Murray Hill theatre has been taken 
over by the American Burlesque As- 
sociation, and the house will hereafter 
be operated directly by that concern. 



LEGITIMATE. 



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"FOLLIES" AMSTERDAM TICKETS 
NEARLY ALL WITH SPECULATORS 



Coupons Selling at $8 Apiece for Ziegfeld Show. Ticket 

Rack Up to "S" Empty First Eight Weeks, With 

Agencies Securing Entire Lot at Premium. 

"Follies" Broke House Record Last Week. 



SHOWS IN FRISCO. 

San Francisco, June 30. 

Al Jolson and "Dancing Around" at 

the Cort opened the week to a good 

house with favorable promise. 

Elsie Ferguson in "The Outcast" at 
the Columbia is doing fair without any 
evidence of a record, while the Alcazar 
is holding up nicely with "The Birth of 
a Nation." 



The high premium for Amsterdam 
theatre tickets to see Ziegfeld's 
"Follies" has been maintained since be- 
fore the show opened there June 21. 
Ticket agencies are asking $8 and up- 
wards for each seat in the first five 
rows of the orchestra and a propor- 
tionate amount behind the fifth row. 

Ticket speculators are said to hold 
the entire orchestra up to aisle S, for 
the first eight weeks of the "Follies" 
run, having paid to the theatre, accord- 
ing to report, $2.50 for each seat at 
every night performance during the 
first two months, and $2.25 for each 
seat likewise from F to S. This leaves 
in the box office for the public at the 
box office price, $2, the space behind 
S. 

It is the first instance in a long 
while where the management has 
charged the speculators a bonus of 50 
cents a seat. The customary bonus is 
25 cents. Since the show opened, 
ticket agencies which had not secured 
a supply of Amsterdam coupons in the 
regular way, were obliged to purchase 
from other agencies, to fill requests by 
customers, and were charged in many 
instances from $4.50 to $6 per seat by 
their competitors. 

Klaw & Erlanger manage the Am- 
sterdam theatre, Flo Ziegfeld is the 
owner of the attraction. Marc Klaw, of 
ihe K. & E. firm, some months ago 
vehemently deriled the ticket specu- 
lating evil, and announced his firm 
would join in a legislative movement 
10 wipe out the speculators "in order 
that the public would be protected and 
could purchase theatre tickets at the 
box office, at the box office price." 
Klaw & Erlanger have also been op- 
posed to the cut-rate sale of theatre 
tickets, i. e., where theatre tickets have 
been sold for one-half of the box of- 
fice price. 

It was the argument against the 
abandonment of the cut-rate sale, at 
the times the matter came up, that ii 
the theatrical managers would not sell 
under the scale they should not sell 
above it. No manager was found will- 
ing to agree to the latter con 'ition. 
though all favored the abolition of 
the cut-rate, under certain conditions. 
These condit oils were supposed to be 
that some of the managers who didn't 
care to sell at half price would guar- 
antee those managers who did a capac 
ity audience each performance, if the 
cut rate were to be wholly dispensed 
with. 

It is said the manipulation ot tlieatre 
tickets, especially for successes, with 
the consequent attention given to it by 
the daily press, will result in a bill being 
presented to the next New York Leg- 



islature making it a misdemeanor for 
anyone to offer for sale or sell a theatre 
ticket at more than the amount marked 
upon it, with a provision all theatre 
tickets must be plainly stamped with 
the box office price of the seat they 
call for. 

"The Follies" is said to have broken 
the treasurer's week's record at the 
Amsterdam last week, doing nearly 
$23,000. 

"The Follies" is said to have hurt 
the business at the Winter Garden last 
week, but did not interfere with the 
crowding of "Chin Chin" at the Globe, 
which will run along indefinitely over 
the summer. 

Flo Ziegfeld divided 1500 among his 
stage crew of 138 men the opening 
night, having promised them that prize 
if the scenery moved without a hitch 
at the first performance. 

The total gross for the Ziegfeld 
shows in the Amsterdam theatre build- 
ing last week was $30,000, it is said, 
the remainder made up receipts from 
Ziegfeld's "Midnight Frolic" on the 
Amsterdam Roof. 

Tuesday night '.'The Follies" had a 
new song, "Dance," written by Gene 
Buck and sung by Ina Claire. During 
it Miss Claire imitated Mrs. Vernon 
Castle. 



"HIGH JINKS" FOR ENGLAND. 

Sanger & Jordan are trying to 
secure the English rights for the pro- 
duction of "High Jinks" fiom Arthur 
Hammerstcin and Otto Hauerbach. 
The bid for the rights came from an 
English producer who says that the 
war will cause a dearth of available ma- 
terial for production in England next 
season. 



ONE SAVAGE BOOKING. 

So far only one company has been 
booked for the road by Henry W. Sav- 
age for next season, a route having 
been laid out for "Sari." The Savage 
offices have called off all plans for an- 
other season of "Everywoman" and 
the piece will be turned into the pic- 
tures for the fall. 



AGENTS' ASS'N MOVING. 

Owing to inadequate quarters at 40th 
and Broadway the Managers & Agents' 
Theatrical Association has taken a 
lease upon the rooms adjoining the 
Lambs' Club on 44th street and will 
take possession within the next fort- 
night. 



"Common Clay at Republic Aug. 13. 

The A. H. Woods production of 
"Common Clay" is slated for a New 
York premiere at the Republic Aug. 
13. (Friday). 

If you don't advortiM In VARIETY, 
don't advortlM. 



"RAGGED HERO" OPENING. 

"The Ragged Hero" with Walker 
Whiteside will have its first public dis- 
play Aug. 23 at the Savoy theatre, As- 
bury Park. 



No Show Picked for Cort. 

Just what play will open the Cort 
theatre next fall has not yet been de- 
cided. The Cort offices have the choice 
of three new plays. 




WEBER STARRING HARROLD. 

Joe Weber has engaged Orville Har- 
rold, the tenor, for a starring tour in 
a Victor Herbert comic opera next sea- 
son. Henry Blossom will write the 
book for tr.e production, and Fred 
Latham is to stage it. 



LA SALLE'S MUSICAL COMEDY. 

Chicago, June 30. 

The LaSalle theatre is to again be- 
come a musical comedy house Aug. 15, 
when a show, not yet booked, will re- 
store the former policy. 

Aaron Jones, of Jones, Linick & 
SchaefTer, emphatically denies the La- 
Salle will be sold or leased by his firm. 



COMEDY CLUB'S FIELD DAY. 

The Comedy Club members are talk- 
ing of having a field day during the 
summer. Details or date have not been 
settled upon. 

The Club is said to be in the best 
financial condition of any theatrical 
organization ever organized for the 
same length of time. Rid of all in- 
debtedness of every kind, the Comedy 
Club has a surplus of about $2,500 on 
deposit. 



JUST COAST BURLESQUE. 

San Francisco, June 30. 

It now appears that what was billed 
as the introduction of Eastern Bur- 
lesque in this city with the initial at- 
traction the 20th Century Maids" is, 
after all, a coast aggregation formed 
by the Loenen Bros., of Los Angeles, 
connected will) the Olympic theatre of 
that city, and who are said to have re- 
cently attempted to establish burlesque 
in several of the coast cities under the 
name of the Western Wheel. 

Despite the announcements Walter 
Johnson was brought here to direct 
the productions and so on, it is said that 
Johnson was on a vacation to the coast 
and was secured by the Loenen Bros, to 
make one production, which, if all 
accounts are true, will end Mr. John- 
son's connection with the concern. 

The show opened at the Savoy last 
Saturday and gave two performances 
during the evening. The cast contains 
some good names. 



FOLLY'S BURLESQUE STOCK. 

Detroit, June 30. 
The Folly will house a stock burles- 
que organization next season at 10-20- 
30. The opening is set for Aug. 21. The 
theatre was it named the Walling after 
withdrawing from the wheel and carried 
the Walling Stock Co. for a short 
run, but when reopened it will assume 
its original name. 

Hugh Shutt controls the property 
and will renovate the interior during 
tin* summer ino..t!i». 



GALLARINI FOUR 

A novelty quartet of instrumentalist! who have just completed 11 nuisn nine wi-eks in 
Philadelphia, and hilled as the feature attraction on every hill. 

A R ain meeting with big success at B. F. KEITH'S ROYAL THIS WI-'KK (.Inn. Jx,. 



REPORTS ON GRAND. 

With Klaw i*v Krlanger's lease on the 
Grand Opera House expiring this sum- 
mer comes the report A. H. Woods 
may take over the hou^e. while it's 
also rumored thai John II. Springer 
is trying to regain (lie theatre. 

"House of Glass Opening Aug. 23. 

Cohan & Harris' "House of Glass" 
is due to open at ihe linn's Candler 
theatre Aug. ^.V 



12 




The wrestling tournament at the 
Manhattan Opera House came to an 
end after 33 nights of mat play last 
Friday when Aherg and Zybsko 
clinched for the grand finale to secure 
the Graeco-Roman championship of 
the world. The bout went to a draw, 
at the end of two hours, 45 minutes. 
The remainder of the crowd at that 
time threatened to call the police unless 
the management stopped the match, as 
both men were in a physically helpless 
condition. Prices of admission at the 
tournament were gradually advanced 
as its success became assured, until 
Friday night box seats were selling for 
$6 each, and the orchestra hefd at $4 
and $3. A near-capacity attendance 
went in at this scale. The tournament, 
as directed by S. Rachman and Andreas 
Dippel, drew considerable attention 
from the sport lovers of the city, but 
for some reason received but scant 
notice in the daily press, although it 
was attracting heavily enough to have 
warranted prominence in the sporting 
pages daily. Whatever the fault of this 
it should be corrected for any future 
tournament in New York There is 
quite apt to be another in the fall, 
under the same direction, and other 
large cities will also have the matches. 
Zybsko developed into the big favorite 
of the tournament at the Manhattan. 
He is from Poland, 22 years of age, of 
magnificent physique, neither smokes 
nor drinks, and has never been defeated 
upon the mat. He was extremely pop- 
ular with the large number of women 
who continuously attended the bouts. 
Many of the women loudly cheered for 
Zybsko and often threw him flowers 
from the boxes. It is necessary to ex- 
ercise a certain degree of showmanship 
in handling these tournaments, espec- 
ially to prolong them as long as this 
one was, but there were no complaints 
whatsoever from the public, who did 
not need to have any information on 
"inside stuff' as long as they (the 
public) was convinced that each of the 
finish bouts was contested purely upon 
the merits of the competing wrestlers. 
In fact, the stake as the prize, together 
with the glory, was too great, for any 
of the wrestlers to think of jobbing for 
the big finish. Dr. Roller, the Amer- 
ican champ, was the second favorite, 
suffering but two defeats, the first by 
Aberg (undefeated in his class) who 
laid down Roller in two hours and six 
minutes, with the doctor exhausted at 
that time, and the second time by 
Zybsko, who secured a fall after one 
hour and thirty-three minutes last 
Thursday night. Zybsko, while wrest- 
ling fairly, handled Roller somewhat 
roughly, obliging the Chicago physician 
to quit. During the bout, however, 
Roller had Zybsko in several tight 
places, too tight in fact for the Pole's 
comfort, but he managed to break away 
each time. Lurich and Berncr were 
presented with honor medals for clean 
;md scientific wrestling. Lurich is tne 
former world's champion and a step- 
brother to Aberg, the present claimant 
of that title, who has issued a general 
challenge, especially aimed at Frank 



Gotch, with a side bet up to $2,500. 
Gotch's best style is catch-as-catch- 
can, about which Aberg knows little, 
but at which Zybsko is proficient. 

The final score of those remaining in 
the elimination contest, the first of its 
kind in this country (about forty- 
seven wrestlers having originally 
started for the grand prize of $10,000 
as announced, although it is understood 
each wrestler received a guarantee) 
was as follows: 



w 


on I) 


raw Lost 


Aberg, champion of world.. 


20 


2 — 


Herner, t-bjinip'n of Germany 


8 


6 3 


Le Colosse, champ'n France 


8 


2 5 


Llnow, champ'n of Cossacks 


4 


1 :t 


Lurich, champion of Russia. 


12 


fl l 


Fardello, champion of Italy 


i 


4 2 


Dr. Roller, champ'n America 


13 


4 2 


Tlgan, champ'n of Mongolia 


« 


1 « 


Zbysko, champion of Poland 


15 


4 — 



A couple of race horses now running 
are called "John J. Murdock" (racing 
in the southwest) and "Variety" (run- 
ning on the eastern tracks). Each 
time either is played for a "huuch" it 
loses. "Variety" got ahead first, once, 
at 4-1, with nobody on it. The next 
time with the show crowd at the track 
backing the price way down, "Variety" 
finished last in a field of five. Then 
there is "Ruens," Henry Waterson's 
class horse, that the theatrical bunch 
follows pretty steadily, "Ruens" seldom 
finishing outside the money. Its last 
win was at 13-10. 

After defeating every amateur base- 
ball club around San Francisco, includ- 
ing a couple of the nearby college 
clubs, the 'Frisco Empress baseball 
club (house attaches and headed by 
stage manager Tommy "Red" Smith) 
wants all visiting companies that boast 
of a ball club to send in a challenge. 
According to Tommy, his aggregation 
stands ready to meet all comers for 
fun or money, but no visiting clubs 
will be permitted to ring in any pro- 
fessional ball players. 

Gj r::e X. Drown, the long distance 
V: ■•■ wi'l 1 ke from Philadelphia to 
y<-\x York Sept. 1 on a non-stop heel 
and toe style of walk. The best prev- 
ious time ever made on this walk was 
20 hours. At the finish of it the prin- 
cipal will open on the Orpheum circuit. 



The U. B. O. nine defeated the 
Siscos at Port Richmond, S. I., Sun- 
day, 9-1. The Siscos are rated as one 
of the crack semi-pro teams around 
New York. Chris Strauss pitched for 
the U. B. O.'s, striking out 10 men. 

Jim Corbett. who is touring Australia 
over the Rickards time, was handed a 
solid goty watch by the sporting men 
of Sydney during his engagement there, 
the same aggregation presenting Mrs. 
Corbett with a gold-mesh bag. 



ARIITY 



TOMMY'S TATTLES. 

By Thomas J. Gray. 

This is the time the Boys with the 
country homes plant a lot of seeds that 
never grow. But think of all the fun 
they have watching the "Farm." 



As the ^"Going-to-bc-a-war-nurse" 
gag is through, it's going to be hard 
for a lot of actresses to get press stuff 
next year. 



Marty Forkins, manager of Ray 
Samuels and ex-manager of Eddie Mc- 
Cioorty and several other prominent 
pugilists, dropped into New York this 
week to spend a fortnight. 



Summer Sayings. 

"This engine never acted that way 
before." 

"You must spend a couple of days 
with us, soon as the wife's folks go 
home." 

"This is the fifth summer for this 
panama hat, you can see it's the real 
stuff." 

"Isn't this a pretty bathing suit, I 
made it myself." 

"I can't understand why the town 
people here don't like the actors." 

"We're thinking of having the house 
all fixed over next year." 

"Go to the country? Why our apart- 
ment is the coolest place in New York." 

"This isn't such a stylish place but 
there's lots of room for the children 
to play." 

"I hate to go where they're always 
dressing up." 

"There isn't a mosquito in the place, 
but those large green flies bother us 
once in a while." 



Vaudeville's Best Quartet. 

Wilson 
Chaplin 
Bryan 
Ford 



With the restaurants giving musical 
comedy, and drug stores selling the- 
atre tickets, we soon may be able to 
go to a dentist for a suit of clothes. 



Don't forget 'twas July 4th that 
started all those Cohan imitations. 



AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS GOOD. 

Reports from Sydney, Australia, 
where the Rickards Circuit headquar- 
ters are located, bring tidings of excep- 
tionally good business throughout the 
country. It is said that Australia has 
suffered less as a result of the Euro- 
pean war than any other of the many 
British possessions. 



REPAIRING TEMPLE, DETROIT. 

Detroit, June 30. 

For the first time in 10 years the 
Temple, Detroit's only big time vaude- 
ville theatre, will be dark for two 
weeks after Saturday, undergoing an 
overhauling. 

The house will reopen July 19 with 
its customary policy. 



LIFE MEMBERS. 

The following are life members of 
the White Rati: 



Armstrong, Wm. 
Arnold, Gladys 
Bill. Brno* B. 
Bergman, Hsary 
Black. Boa 
BruMO, Jolf 
Brown, Aiss 
Brown, Tom 
Carrol, ■art 
Castano, Bdward 
Clark, Bdwnr* 
Cohan, Will B 
Coleman, Harry 
Coawaj, Jaok 
Cooke, Will J. 
Corbett, Jan. J. 
CoralM. Bddls 



Corsoa, Cora Young- MaoarL Wi 

Maoa, Froi 



Billy Clifford has gone back to his 
home in Urbana, O., and will get 
things in readiness for his road travels 
next fall in a new show entitled "Walk 
This Way." Since the death of flie 
late Mrs. Clifford the estate which was 
willed to Billy will be held in escrow 
in obedience to the Illinois laws gov- 
erning such matters. Among some of 
the things Billy had bequeathed to him 
are two limousines and a beautiful 
home in Chicago. 



blood 
Coyne, Joseph 
Curtis, Samuel J. 
Dalley. Robert L 
Oslmors, Ooo. B. 
DeTrtekey, Coy 
Diamond, llaro 
Dlok. William 
Dickoy, Panl 
Dlzon. Harland 
Dobaon, Frank 
Do) an, Jas. F. 
Doyle. Patsy 
Eldiid. Gordon H. 
Eltlago. Julian 
Emmoti CooU 
Emmstt, 



Keouih, Bd 
Kstlar, Jon. 
King, Cans, J. 
Klutlng, ■moat 
LaJfoat, Bart 
Lancaster, John 
LaRua, Oraoo 
Los. Julos W. 
LoUalro, Boo. 
Lovy, Boat 
Lowls, Tom 
Lloyd, ABoo 
Lohse, Baleb 
Loralla, Colts 
Latoy, Jon 
Lorotto, Harass M. 
Lynca, Dink 

Wm. H. 



Fagan, Noodles 
Fsrrsll. Cbas. H. 
Fay. Frank 
Fay, Ons 
Fltngorald.Bddls 
Fogany, Frank 
Ford, A. A. 
Foyor, Bddlo 



Mask. Jon. F. 
MoCroo, Jnalo 
McDonald, Cbas. If. 
Mslfaion. Tim 

McNnughtoa. Tom 
MoNsJU. Lillian 
MePhee. Cbas, 
Melrose, Bart 
Monroe, Ooo. W. 
Montfomsry, Dsts 
Morton, gam 
Mails*. Ooo. R. 
Murray, Elisabeth M. 
Nawn, Tom 
Nlblo, Fran- 
Nolan, Jack 
Nolan, Billy 
North, Frank 
Patd, CTree; 
Payton, Oarao 
Piinaa. Arthur 
ProraL M. 
Raba, Harry 
Reason, Blllle 
Reld, Jaok 



Oardnsr, Happy Jaok Rogars, Will 

Carrie, Edward Roonoy, Fnt 

Oaylor, Bobby Ross, Bddis 

Olbson, J. Grant Rnssoll, Maria A. 

Grant, Alf. Rosasll, Taos. J. 

OYsy, Mary Ryan, Than. J. 

Oreon, Burt Sanford, Walter 

Orlffln, Oerald Sawyer, Joan 

Griffith. J. P. Bldmnn, tarn 

Groves, Hal Simmons, Dan 

Halllday. William A. Smith, Tom 

Hsscsll, Lon Stafford, Frank 

Herbert, Chaunsoy D. Stone, Fred A. 

Herman, Dr. Carl Sulsmana, Jacob 

Hlggtns. Robt J. Van, Billy B. 

Hughes, J. J. Vaughan, Dorothy 

Hume, Dlok Ward, Hap 

Insa, Robela Watsra, W. W. 

Jess. Johnny Watson, Jas. K. 

Jolson, Al Weber, Johnnie 

Keenan, Frank Welch, Thoo. 

Kslly, Harry Wlllard. C. B. 

Kelly, Lew Williams, Bam Elinors 
Kelly. Walter O. 

From week to week in Vajubtt will 

appear the full list of life members 

with new additions indicated. Who will 

be the next one to take out a life card? 



NEW ACTS. 

Bert Leighton and Miss Ray Lloyd, 
two-act. 

Charles Howard, with Dorothea Sad- 
lier and Kernan Cripps. 

Mrs. Russ Whytal in Shakesperian 
sketch. 

William Lawrence and Co. in 
"Boarded Up," farce. 



REHEARSAL RAIDED. 

Detroit, June 30. 

A musical comedy company which is 
being organized by E. A. Jones, known 
locally as a mechanic who aspires to 
be a theatrical manager, came to grief 
after the first dress rehearsal owing to 
some one in the neighborhood of the 
house where the rehearsal was being 
held telephoning for the police. 

Upon the arrival of the patrol, the 
company, mostly girls of well known 
Detroit families who were anxious to 
have a try at the stage, were taken to 
the station house. There they were 
released when it was found that it was 
only a rehearsal. It said that Jones 
still intends to keep on with the show, 
but most of the girls went home. 



ATLANTA CLOSES. 

Atlanta, June 30. 
It was decided today to close the 
regular vaudeville season at the For- 
sythe this Saturday. 



VARIETY 



13 



BILLS NEXT WEEK (July 5) 

In Vaudeville Theatres, Playing Three or Lets Shows Daily. 

(All houses open for the week with Monday matinees, when not otherwise indicated.) 
Theatres listed as "Orpheum" without any further distinguishing description are on the 
Orpheum Circuit. Theatres with "Loew" following name are on the Loew Circuit. 

Agencies booking the houses are noted by single name or initials, such as "Orph," Orpheum 
Circuit— "U. B. O.." United Booking Offices- r 'W. V. M. A.," Western Vaudeville Managers' Asso- 
ciation (Chicago)— "P." Pantages Circuit— "Inter," Interstate Circuit (booking through W. V. M. 
A.— "M," James C. Matthews (Chicago). 



Nrw York 

PALACE (ubo) 
Amelia Bingham Co 
Urville Harrold 
Emma Cuius 
Mason A Keeler 
Walter C Kelly 
Arnaud Bros 
Muzie King Co 
Chas Olcott 
I One to nil) 

ROYAL (ubo) 

2d half (July 1-4) 
Kitty Edwards Co 
Wilson A Lenoir 
Mr a Mrs H Thome 
Warren A Dietrich 
Cecil Trio 
Belle Baker 
"Matinee Girls" 

1st half (5-7) 
Rita Boland Co 
Ernest Carr Co 
Bernard & Scarth 
Eridowsky Troupe 
Wood A Wyde 
Hardeen 

HARLEM O H (ubo) 
2d half (July 1-4) 
Laird A Thompson 
Brown Fletcher 3 
Ernest Carr Co 
Johnnie Walker Co 
Kolb a Harland 

'The Haberdashery" 

5TH AVE (ubo) 
2d half (July l-4> 

3 Kelos 
Robins 

Colonial Mins Maids 
•Wall Between" 

4 Singers 

M Wood Revue 
Cooper A Smith 
Marble Gems 

PROCTOR'S S8TH 
Theo Bamberg O© 
Carrie Llllle 
Rogers & Guard 
Six Songbirds 
Pearl Bro A Burns 
Rose Schmutter 

2d half 
The Gliders 
Hogue A Hardy 
Olga 
Black A White" 
Tony a Norman 
(Jray A Peters 

AMERICAN (loew) 
Eddie Marshall 
Jerome a Carson 
Harry LeVan 
•Master Move 
Howard & Chase 
Bedini & Arthur 
Edward A Helene 
4 Readings 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Allen a Francis 
Bush Bros 
O'Neill Sisters 
"Shot at Sunrise" 
Richard Burton 
Old Soldier Fiddlers 
Marie Russell 
(Two to fill) 

DELANCEY (loew) 
The Bellmontes 
\llen & Francis 
J as McCurdy 4 Co 
Vlorrls a Allen 
Chas Ledegar 
(3 to fill) 

2d half 
Deland Carr Co 
Burns a Klssen 
Norton & Earle 
JAM Harkins 
4 Readings 
(Three to fill) 

ORPHEUM (loew) 
Cecil Dunham 
Richard Burton 
Old Soldier Fiddlers 
Corcoran a Dingle 
(Three to All) 
2d half 
"Master Move" 
Helen Shlpmsn 
Bedini a Arthur 
Bill Pruitt 
Eddie A Ramsdell 
(Two to fill) 

GREELEY (loew) 
Lewis Belmont 4 L 
Bob Smith 
"Shot at Sunrise" 
3 Keltons 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Healcy A Barr Twins 
Harry Brooks Co 
Muck Albright a M 
Jerome & Carson 
(Two to fill) 

NATIONAL (loew) 
Lillian Watson 
"Wrong or Right" 
Brown a Jackson 
Harlshima Bros 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Howard A Chase 



"Side Lights- 
Edward A Helene 
Cunningham a Marion 
(One to nil) 

7TH AVE (loew) 
Dotson a Gordon 
Leonard A Willard 
Margaret Farrell 
"Fascinating Flirts" 
Gordon A Marx 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Eddie Marshall 
Harry LeVan 
3 DuFor Bros 
"Jack A His Jills" 
Brown A Jackson 
3 Keltons 

BOULEVARD (loew) 
Embs a Alton 
Moore A Jenkins 
Warren & ft raucis 
Melnotte Twins 
John La Vier 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Bernard A Roberts 
Cecil Dunham 
Jas McCurdy Co 
(Class A Bernie 
Veldl Trio 
(One to fill) 

LINCOLN (loew) 
Bauers A Saunders 
Cunningham A M 
3 Chums 
Deland Carr Co 
JAM Harkins 
"Sinking of Lusltania" 

2d half 
Niblo A Nugent 
Mellor A DePaula 
Gordon A Marx 
Margaret Farrell 
Harlshima Bros 

Cesser Inland 

BRIGHTON (ubo) 
Schreck A Percival 
Jean Cballon 
Geo Howell Co 
Monroe A Mack 
Cecil Leon Co 
Empire Comedy 4 
Hyams A Mclntyre 
Hodgkins A Destrees 
HENDERSONS (ubo) 
The Seebacks 
BAN Wheeler 
Cartmell A Harris 
La France A Bruce 
Doree Op Co 
Ward A Fitzgerald 
Tempest A Sunshine 
Chas Howard Co 
Hill A Sylvania 

Rocksusy II each 

MORRISON'S (ubo) 

(July 3-4 only) 
I A P Sans 
Claire Rochester 
Lulu Glaser Co 
Courtney Sisters 
Laddie Cliff 
Harry Cooper Co 
Ballet Dlvertlscment 
Week July 5 
(Opening Season) 
Rosen's Dogs 
Laddie Cliff 
Alan Brooks Co 
Belle Baker 
Guy Kendall Co 
Raymond & Caverly 
"Society Buds" 

Brooklyn 

PROSPECT (ubo) 
Maggie Cllne 
Rooney A Bent 
Ernest Ball 
Mr A Mrs M Murphy 
Jane Connolly Co 
Wm J Kelly 
Ryan A Ticrney 
Donovan A Lee 
Woods Bros 

BUSHWICK (ubo) 
Brlce A King 
Henry Lewis 
Webb A Goodwin 
Kaufman Bros 
Richmond A Trenton 
Tower A Darrell 
Fred A Albert 
Bronte A Aldwell 
Orvllle Stam 

OREENPOINT (ubo) 

2d half (July 1-4) 
Rita Boland Co 
Bernard A Scarth 
Arthur Sullivan Co 
Frldowr.ky Troupe 
Joe Lannlgan 
Roy A Arthur 

1st half (T.-7) 
Hathaway & Mark 
Ward & Shubert 
Bob Gleckler Co 
Is He Chaplin? 
(Two to tun 

r.TH AVE (ubo) 
Palaco Girls 
D'Alma A Wheeler 

Ronnir & Word 
Roynl Quintet 
l#ang A Coulter 



Garcenniti BroB 

2d half 
Grace Wasson 
Williams a Barry 
O'Clare a McDonald 
Norton a West 
Chappelle A Putnam 

HALSEY (ubo) 
Grace Wasson 
Williams a Barry 
O'Clare a McDonald 
.Norton a West 
Cantwell a Walker 
lianlon A Hanlon 

FULTON (loew) 
Bernard A Roberts 
Walton A Boardman 

Stick-Up Man" 
3 DuFor Bros 
Frevoll 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Bauers A Saunders 
Harmon Zarnes A D 
Leonard A Willard 
Copeland Draper Co 
Harry Thomson 
(One to fill) 

SHUBERT (loew) 
Healy A Barr Twins 
Klass A Bernie 
Jack A His Jills 
Olga Cooke 
(Three to fill) 
2d half 
Pearl A John Regay 
:; Chums 

• Wrong or Right" 
Melnotte Twins 
Camille Trio 
(One to fill) 

PALACE (loew) 
Mums A Klssen 

Side Lights" 
Mario Russell 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Moore A Jenkins 
Warren A Francis 
Bell Boy Trio 
(Two to fill) 

BIJOU (loew) 
Alpine Four 
Eddie A Ramsdell 
Helen Shipman 
Copeland Draper Co 
Bill Pruitt 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Lora Payne 
"Stick-Up Man" 
Corcoran A Dingle 
Glen Ellison 
Lewis Belmont A L 
Chas Ledegar 
(One to fill) 

A lea ay. If. Y. 

PROCTORS 
Zeds A Hoot 
Golding A Keating 
Marie Hart 
Sells A Norton 
The Volunteers 
Livingston Family 

2d half 
The Goldlnis 
Bennington Sis 
Ernest Carr Co 
John Neff 
Amorous A Mulvey 
S C A Brandon 

A!i4»a. 111. 

AIRDOME (wva) 
The Graziers 
Lee A Cranston 
2d halt 
Willing Bentley A W 
Scanlon A Press 

Atlanta 

FORSYTH E (ubo) 
Pipifax A Panlo 
Stan Stanley 3 
Grace Fisher Co 
Chas Evans Co 
Ward Bros 
(One to fill) 

At Ian tie city. M. J. 

KEITHS (ubo) 
Ferry 

McCloud A Carp 
Beaumont A Arnold 
fl Water Lilies 
Kolb A Harland 
Fritzl Scheff 
Will Rogers 
Delmore A Lee 

Boston 

KEITHS (ubo) 
("has McGoods Co 
Mile Vadle Co 
White A Clayton 
Harry Holman Co 
Lillian Herllen 
Chas Case 
Clark A Bergman 
Hussey A Boyle 
Melsterclngcrs 
McMahon A Chnpelle 

ffLOBE (loew) 
Walter Daniel* Co 
Rone Parker 
Rlrhard Milloy Co 
("too Armstrong 
Bob Tip Co 
(Two to fill) 



2d half 
The Dordeens 
Gertrude Cogert 
Charlie Chaplin? 
Moore O A McCormack 
Reddington A Grant 
(Two to till) 

ST. JAMES (loew) 
O'Neal A Gallagher 
Charlie Chaplin? 
Sandy Shaw . 
Reddington & Grant 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Martini A Fabrini 
Rene Parker 
Mattle Choate Co 
Jones A Sylvester 
John LaVier 
(One to nil) 

Urldereport, Conn. 

POLLS (ubo) 
M..nge A Snyder 
DeVon Sisters 
Morrissey A Hackett 
Santley A Norton 
"Clown Seal" 

2d half 
Hal Norcross Co 
Solomon 
Morris Cronin 
(Three to fill) 

PLAZA (ubo) 
Todeska A Tode.ska 
Caryle A GYindell 
Chas Kenna 
"Garden of Peaches" 

2d half 
Morton A Morris 
Meredith A Snoozer 
Dunn A Stephens 
(One to fill) 

BnaTalo 

SHEA'S (ubo) 
"Aurora of Light" 
Lightner A Alexander 
Musical Byrons 
Lew Dockstader 
M A J Dunedln 
(Three to fill) 

Cnlgynrr, Can. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Henrietta DeSerrls Co 
University 4 
May A Kllduff 
Welch Carabssse Co 
Alexsnder Bros 

Chicago 

MAJESTIC (orph) 
May hew A Taylor 
Bonita A Hearn 
Sch warts Bros 
Al Herman 
French Girls 
Craig Campbell 
Ramsdell Duo 
Kirk A Fogarty 
Bertlsch 

McVlCKERS (loew) 
4 Casters 

Society Cakewalkers 
Chris Richards 
Rex Adams Co 
Los Deodatls 
Flynn A McLaughlin 
Bowen A Boweu 
Ctnetnnntl 
KEITH'S (ubo) 
Deodato 

Cabaret Minstrels 
"Concealed Bed" 
3 Lorettas 
Will Morrfs 

Colaninu* 
KEITH'S (ubo) 
Raymonds 
Bayle A Patsy 
Emmett A Eramett 
The Parsbleys 
Rob Warren 
C Lawler Girls 
Dnlnth 
GRAND (wva) 
Bill Dooley 
Eastman A Mooro 
Cooper A Rlcardo 
Three Lyres 

2d half 
Olx A Dixie 
Davis A Walker 
Rernevlcl Bros 
Prelle's Circus 
Bast Bt. Louis, III. 

ERBER'S (wva) 
Marlon Harris Co 
<>oy)e & Elaine 
Sid Lewis 
Costa Troupe 

2d half 
Kale A Indetta 
Lee A Cranston 
Clyde A Marlon 
Sigsbee's Dog* 

Edmonton, fan. 

PANTAGES (m) 
"Maid in Canada" 
Karl Emmy Pots 
Inness ft Ryan 
Tie Roberts 
Sullivan A Mason 

Elisabeth. IV. J. 

PROCTORS (ubo) 

2d half (July 1-4) 
Hobble & Robbie 
'>orothy Rogers Co 
Grace A Barks 



•a to 

Donovan t Lee 
Rex's Manikins 

1st half (3-T) 
Bobby Pandur Bro 
Henry Fink N 

Thannouscr Kids 
Tuite's Collegians 
Sully Family 
(One to fill) 

BJsalrn. V Y 

MAJESTIC (ubo) 
Johnson A Buckley 
Willard 
Gaudschmidts 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Mabel Mack 
Bessie Remple Co 
Willard 
Cycling Brunettes 

rail River, Hass. 

ACADEMY (loew) 
Gladys Vance 
O'Brien Mc A Moore 
The Dordeens 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Walter Daniels Co 
Al Burton 
Ed Zoeller Trio 
(One to fill) 

<>rnnrf Rapids, Mich 
RAMONA PK (ubo) 
Kurtls' Roosters 
Marie Bishop 
Hlckey Bros 
Chick Sales 
Leach Wallen 3 

Uarrishur*. p«. 

COLONIAL (ubo) 
Roble A Robie 
Musical Conservatory 
Morris A Parks 
Valentine A Bell 

2d half 
Magarete Hall 
Mile Stevens Co 
4 Rubes 
"Orange Packers" 

Hartford. < <»nn. 
PALACE (ubo) 
Morton A Morris 
Meredith A Snoozer 
Gerard Gardner Co 
Darrell A Conway 
Three Bonnells 
"Dog Bandits" 
2d half 
Silvehos 
Casey A Blake 
Bert Fltzglbbons 
Cros8man Co 
(One to fill) 

Hohoken. N. J. 
LYRIC (loew) 

3 O'Neill Sisters 
Mr A Mrs Phillips 
Mack Albright A M 
Juggling Nelson 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Elliott A Mullen 
Walton A Boardman 
Frevoll 
(Two to fill) 

Indiana poiin 
KEITH'S (ubo) 
McManus A DonCarlos 
Gr.aham A Randall 
J C Mack Co 
Llbby A Barton 
Jersey City, \. J. 
KEITH'S (ubo) 
2d half (July 1-4) 
A Schnleder 
I) Richmond Co 
Abe Attel Co 
Komlkal Kops 
Will Rogers 

Lancaster, Pa. 
COLONIAL (ubo) 
Marie Yuell Co 
Mile Stevens Co 
"Orange Packers" 

4 Rubes 

2d half 
The Turners 
Musical Conservatory 
Morris A Parks 
4 Maxims 

Lo« AsvaeUs. 
ORPHECM 
"Fashion Show" 
Hymack 

Bronson & Baldwin 
Fisher A Green 
F A L Brueh 
Jordan Girls 
Newhoff A Phelps 
Marie Nordstrom 

PANTAGES (m) 
Stuart 

"Childhood Days" 
Florenz Troupe 
Carletta 
Antrim A Vale 
l<enfsy1H» 
FRST PK IIGFILD 
(orph) 
Violet Dale 
Barabon A Grohs 
Aerial Budds 
Cervo 
Del Badle A Jap (lor) 

Mlnnen polls 

n UNIQCE (se) 
P'<ro & Wilson 
Howard Sisters 
Ntellr Wordette Co 
Simonds A Piatt 
Abdallahs 

GRAND (wva) 
Bertie Ford 
Sf.-lndel ft Lro 
B< rtlo Fowl.r 
Minstrel Maids 
'Vewark. W. J. 
MAJESTIC (loew) 
Pearl & John Regay 



Glenn Ellson 
Harry Brooks Co 
Harmon Zurnee 4 D 
Veldl Trio 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Embs A Alton 
Lillian Watson 
"Fascinating Flirts" 
Bob Smith 
(Two to fill) 

a«tv sieve*, ton. 

POLLS (ubo) 
Sam Edwards Co 
Casey & Blake 
Solomon 
Andy Rice 
Morris Cronin 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Lew Palmore 
DeVon Sisters 
Gene Frazler Co 
Knowles A White 
"Clown Seal" 
(One to fill) 

BIJOU (ubo) 
Mang A Snyder 
Dunn A Stephens 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Roy A Arthur 
Chas Kenna 
(One to fill) 

Norfolk* Va. 
ACADEMY (ubo) 

1st half 
(Richmond split) 
Nelson A Lemars 
Mack A Sampter 
Julie Ring Co 
Ray Conlln 8 
Lamont's Cowboys 

OskUDit 
ORPHEUM (orph) 

Mercedes 

Norton A Lee 

Terada Bros 

Cameron A Gaylord 

(Others to fill) 
PANTAGES (m) 
(Opens Sun Mat) 

Arizona Joe Co 

Leonard Anderson Co 

Northlane ft Ward 

Three Rianoa 

Benlta Gould 

Pateraoa, IV. J. 

MAJESTIC (ubo) 
Ford A Stephana 
Henrietta Brown Co 
Evans A Vidocq 
Spanish Goldlnis 

• 
McCarthy Sisters 
Henrietta Brown Co 
Henry Frey 
Max's Circus 

Philadelphia 
KEITH'S (ubo) 
Regent 4 
Kelt A DeMont 
Henshaw ft Avery 
Ethel McDonough 
Ben Welch 
Mosconi Bros 
Bendix Players 
Conroy A LeMalro 
Skaters Bijouve 

GRAND (ubo) 
Montrose ft Sardell 
Ih-nry Kranz 
"Fashion Shop" 
Herbert A Dennis 
VAC Avery 
(Tuznaln Trio 

Pittsburgh. 
GRAND (UDO) 
John Zlminer 
Stevens A Bordeaux 
Helen Lee 
"Girls of Orient" 
Grult A Grult 
Ross A Falls 
Mlntz A Palmer 
Portland, Me. 
PANTAGES (m) 
Geo Primrose Co 
Arllne 

Early A Lalght 
Chartres Halllday 
Rhoda ft Crampton 
The Bremens 

Portland, Ore. 
EMPRESS (loew) 
Just Half Way" 
Tabor A Green 
Mnxlmllllan 

(Three to fill, prob- 
ably supplied from A. 
B. C., In Chicago, now 
also booking the S-C 
houses 

open, or the San 
Francisco agency of 
S-C's. The Loew road 
shows now running off 
tho S-C time have 
about three weeks 
more to go to finish 
up the Loew bookings 
on that circuit) 
I'rorlnance. It. I. 
EMERY (loew) 
Gertrude Cogert 
A I Burton 
Mattle Choate Co 
Jones ft Sylv. 
Ed Zoeller 3 

2d half 
Alpine 

O'Neall ft Onllngh.T 
Richard Milloy Co 
Sandy Shaw 
Bop Tip Co 

Rlenmond. Tn. 

Bl.TOr (ubo ) 

1st half 
(Norfolk split) 
Henry Rudolph 



"Between Trains" 
Mulku a Coogsa 
Scotch Lads a Lassies 
(One to fill) 

.st. Louis 

HAMILTON (wva) 
Wilson a Aubrey 
Sylvester ft Van. e 
Creole Band 

lid half 
Corrigan a Vivian 
Rose Garden 
D.iyle A Elaine 
Creole Band 

EMPRESS (wva) 
Sigsbee's Dogs 
Rose Garden 
Scanlon A Press 
Willing Bentley A W 
Corrigan A Vivian 

2d half 
Marion Harris Co 
Sid Lewis 
Puul Klelst 
Sylvester a Vance 
Wilson a Aubrey 

St. Panl 

EMPRESS (sc) 
Flying LaMars 
Al Harrington 
Dave Rafael Co 
Granville a Mack 
"Cabaret Review" 

PRINCESS (wva) 
Dix a Dixie 
Kennedy a Burt 
Davis a Walker 
Prelle's Circus 
2d half 
Stroud Trio 
Mr A Mrs F Allen Co 
Harry Van Fossen 
Lockhart A Leddy 

Bneannsento. 

EMPRESS (loew) 
El Mlna 

Granis A Granis 
"Master Move" 
Lew Wells 
The Bryants 

Salt Lane. 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Open Wed Mat) 
Cora Corson U 
Holden a Harron 
Chas Wayne Co 
Bob Albright 
Kennedy a Mac 
Ban Mass* 
PANTAGES (m) 
Richard the Greet 
Flo Reynold 
Barnes a Robinson 
Nelson Rsnous Co 
Winona Winter 
Fern Btgelow a M 



24 half 
Todoska a Todeska 
Gerard G'urduer Co 
Rjgers Pollack a R 
Darifll a Couway 
bantley a Not tun 
"Earl a the Girla" 

Syracuse, A. 1. 

TEMPLE (ubo) 
The Gliders 
Cecils Dunham 
Wilson a Lunair 
Kitagerald a Ashton 
(Two to till) 

2d half 
Zoda A Hoot 
Gouiding a Keating 
Marie Hart 
ueVan A Faber 
Joe Kelsey 
'5 Beauties A Bpot" 

Tneosna 

PANTAGES (m) 
Tom Linton Girls 
Eddie Rosa 
King Tbornton Co 
Maye a Addia 
Jue quong Tal 
La Toska 

Toledo 
KEITH S (ubo) 
Ethel D June 
Bareioot Boy 
The Stlllmaus 
Tyler St Clair 3 
Ross A Ashton 
Adeline Lowe Co 



Ban Itssciseo 

ORPHEUM 
(Open Sun Mat) 

Nazi mora 

Dooley A Rugel 

Lucy Gillette 

Lai Mon Kim 

Little Nap 

Joe Cook 

(Two to fill) 

EMPRESS (lOeW) 
(Open Sun Mat) 

Shaw A Lee 

Elizabeth Cutty 

'Everybody" 

Geo Yeoman 

(One to nil) 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Opens Sun Mat) 

Sarah Padden Co 

Dorothy Vaughan 

Friend A Downing 

Kandow Trio 

West Van Slclen 

Ishlkawa Japs 

seheneetadx. W« ▼• 

PROCTOR'S 

The Crisps 

Joe Kelsey 

Weir A Lott 

Olga 

Levan A Faber 

Will Ward Girls 

2d half 
The Baretts 
Ceclle Dunham 
Sells A Norton 
Wilson Lenoir 
The Volunteers 
Livingston Family 

Seattle 

EMPRESS (loew) 
Lonzo Cox 
Connors a Witt 
"On the Veranda" 
Dorothy Herman 
La Palrar Palalcka A 

Part 

PANTAGES (m) 
"Shadow Girl" 
Gordon High hinders 
(lark A McCullough 
Edith Helena 
Mint A Wertz 

Bnoknne 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Opens Sun Mat) 
Edmund Hayes* Co 
Dorsch A Russell 
Belle Oliver 
Lady Alice's Pets 
Victoria Four 

Sprfnsield, Maes 

PALACE fubo) 
N'clusco A Hurley 
R A K Henry 
Hale Norcross Co 
Hooper A Cook 
Mert Fltzglbbons 
Grossman Co 
i One to fill) 



SHEA'S (ubo) 
Sundberry A Renee 
Peterson Dick A M 
Martin A Maximilian 
Girl from Milwaukee 
Millard Bros 
SCARBORO PK (ubo) 
Page Hack A Mack 

3 Rosalroa 

Trenton, If. J. 
TAYLOR O H (ubo) 
Grace Leonard 
Stanley A Le Brack 
Tom Da via Co 
Margaret* Hackett 

4 Maxlnes 

2d half 
Dalton a Green 
Ruble a Roble 
John wi iiturup Co 
Naide a Nalde 
The Schmettans 
Troy, m. *. 
PROCTOR'S 
The Barretts 
Bennington Sit 
Guy Bartlett 
Rena Arnold 
Amorous a Mulvey 
"5 Beauties a Spot" 

2d half 
The Crisps 
Morris a Parks 
Carrie Llllle 
Ed Nell Co 
Fitzgerald a Ashton 
Six Song Birds 

Vsseuuver. b. c. 

„ PANTAGES (m) 
Hsnlon Bros Co 
Kitner Haynes A M 
Barto A Clark 
Morton Bros 
Kelley A Calvin 

ticioria, 4», tv 

PANTAGES (m) 
"Candy Shop" 
Jessie Hayward Co 
Bigelow Campbell a R 
Rogers A Wiley 
Nuns A Eld rid 

* a tertiary, Conn. 
POLlTVubo) 
Sllvenos 
* May Party" 
Moore A June 
3 Vagrants 
Kirk A Smith 
„ M 2d half 
Cadlux 

Caryle A Orlndsll 
Andy Rice 
Stock Players 
Morrissey A Hackett 
"Dog Bandits" 

v¥ l i n en sn aiie , Pn. 
m POLLS (ubo) 
TAB Almond 
The Btebbens 
Lulu Sutton Co 
"Pres 18 Club" 
Jarrow 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Two Loews 
Emmett O'Relley Co 
Weber A Elliott 
Ida Turner 
(Two to fill) 
WlnninosT 
PANTAOEB (m) 
"Birthday party" 
Maude Leone Co 
Parisian Trio 
Spencer A Williams 
Hanlon Dean A II 
STRAND (wva) 
Lohse A Sterling 
Broughton A Turner 
Ray Monde 
Isabelle Miller Co 



PLAZA 

Cadlux 
Knowles A White 
Rogers Pollock A R 
Stock Players 

2d half 
K A K Henry 
Mam Edwards Co 
Hooper A Cook 
Vffluaro A Hurley 



14 



NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



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WW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Precaution, Pint Appearance 

or Roappoaraaco In or Around 

Now York 



Mazie King and Co., Palace. 
Tower and Darrell, Bushwick. 
Jean Challon, Brighton. 



William Courtleigh and Co. (1). 
"The Man Higher Up" (Dramatic). 
22 Mins.; Full Stage (Interior). 
Palace. 

For his latest vaudeville cruise, Wil- 
liam Courtleigh is aptly demonstrating 
his versatility through the assumption 
of a dialect character role, that of a 
serious-minded German physician in a 
vehicle supplied by William C. De- 
Mille. than whom there are few 
better sketch constructionists insofar 
as vaudeville goes. The skit deals with 
the double life of Jeff Ryan (De Witt 
C. Jennings), a politician, who in his 
palmy days had crossed the physician's 
life through accomplishing the ruin of 
his sweetheart, forcing her into a life 
of slavery that ended with suicide and 
the morgue. Every year for 20 con- 
secutive years Ryan received a letter 
warning him of his eventual fate, the 
missives gradually weakening his mind 
until the receipt of the very last, which 
threatened him with a complete ner- 
vous breakdown. Hearing of Dr. Von 
Rache's (Mr. Courtleigh) ability in 
mental troubles, Ryan calls for treat- 
ment. The doctor carefully prepares 
the situation, placing a box containing 
what is meant to be a mechanical bomb 
(the ticking of the machinery being 
audible upon a table), and at Ryan's 
arrival he explains the situation, advis- 
ing Ryan that in five minutes both of 
them will be blown to atoms. Ryan 
gives an excellent portrayal of a man 
losing his mind, finally collapses and 
dies, whereupon the physician em- 
braces a photograph of the dead girl 
and calls it a day's work. De Mille 
has painted his situations expertly, 
keeping the dialog away from the mor- 
bid line, still giving a complete explan- 
ation of the theme, the finish showing 
the "bomb" as an alarm clock. Court- 
leigh was a distinct surprise in this 
particular character and worked his 
climax up splendidly, while Jennings 
gave a perfect performance. For a 
two-man sketch this looks like one of 
the best products of modern vaudeville, 
particularly with the present cast. It 
stopped proceedings for awhile at the 
Palace and should make a desirable 
headlincr, considering the reputation 
of the principal, anywhere. Wynn. 



Snyder and May. 

Songs and Piano. 

10 Mins.; One. 

City. 

Snyder and May arc an ordinary 
small time "two-act" with the girl at 
the piano and the boy handling the 
numbers, none especially attractive, and 
if published have never made much 
of a reputation for themselves. A red 
fire number opens and there is also a 
suffragette song. The boy works hard 
and the girl looks nice, but the 
turn docs not frame up well and is 
deserving only of the early spot. 



Eleanor Haber and Co. (3). 
Comedy Drama. 
18 Mins.; Five (Office). 
Fifth Ave. 

"Was He Really Shot, And If So, 
Was He Dead?" could have been the 
title of this unprogramed playlet at 
the Fifth Avenue Monday night. After 
seeing the skit, any title will do. There 

are a lot of actors in it, a lot of them, 
all acting all the time. Maybe there 
are more than four people in it, but 
even if only four there still seems to 
be a lot. Once upon a time a couple 
of law partners had an office. Both 
had the same stenographer and one of 
the partners had a wife, a soulful per- 
son, possessed x>f much repressed emo- 
tion and a nervous gait. The partner 
who wasn't married (and he may have 
been the brains of the firm) liked his 
partner's wife, so she said. She told 
all about it in chunks of conversation, 
how the other fellow had first been 
friendly, then loving; she repulsed him, 
and he told her if she didn't call at 
the office the next morning, he would 
kill himself. She called and he was 
shot, so what chance anyway has a 
brainy guy got in a bad sketch? En- 
ter the husband, the other partner, the 
fellow who didn't do much acting in 
the early portion. The stenographer 
said his wife was the last person with 
his partner just before he was shot. 
Preposterous, or some other $2 word 
like that, replied the living man. He 
told the stenographer she must take 
the blame, stick to the story that a 
red-headed man wearing crutches for 
the support selling chewing gum 
couldn't give him must have been the 
shooter, then the red-headed man came 
on the stage and the curtain came 
down. What they did with the body 
of the partner shot didn't come out. If 
this sketch had an author, it's just as 
well to keep it a secret. Presuming 
that Eleanor Haber was the fly stenog- 
rapher, that doesn't especially mean 
anything, and though they continue 
playing this sketch on the small time, 
as doubtlessly they will, the war will 
be almost as terrible (not as the sketch, 
but just as the war). An excellent 
idea in play writing is contained in 
this piece, however. The man 
shot was not physically necessary to 
the scene, thereby saving one salary. 
It was a warm night Monday, and 
blame it on that perhaps, but it's crude 
weather anyway for skilful sketch writ- 
ing and good piaying. Still with the 
picture people looking for comedy 
films, there's a chance left. Rime. 



Henry and Harrison. 
Songs and Talk. 
11 Mins.; One. 
Greeley Square. 

Couple way behind on song numbers 
that have long passed away. The man, 
a big chap, has a rather pleasing per- 
sonality that should get the results. 
The girl looks well. He jokes about 
the other acts on the bill. This is put 
over in a way that will please pop au- 
diences. New songs will help the 
couple mightily, as they both possess 
the power to please. 



Hugo Janaen and Co. (6). 

"The Fashion Shop" (Musical Com- 

edy). 
24 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). 
Fifth Ave. 

A corking act for small time featur- 
ing, and a very likely contender for 
big time, though for big time the turn 
should be improved, both in comedy 
and speed. To increase the speed 
though for this is a doubtful proposi- 
tion, since the foundation of the act is 
draping living models in the latest 
dress fashions, or at least what may 
be presumed to be as late fashions as 
the draper knows how to drape. And 
this draper in this piece, who appears 
to be trying to act also, does his work 
most decorously and artistically. Four 
good-looking girls act as models. One, 
a brunet, seems to be the actual prin- 
cipal. She has looks, carriage and a 
voice, besides some little personality. 
While the action of the piece is pro- 
ceeding through song or the mistaken 
dialog it contains, the draper continu- 
ally has his mind on his business, wind- 
ing blank pieces of cloth around the 
svelte figures of the young women, 
converting them from trim pictures in 
lingerie to well gowned girls who also 
have added a touch of color here, some- 
thing else there and other things that 
go to make a woman who is particular 
somewhat complete for the street or 
the stage. It's all new for small time 
and the manner in which the draping 
is accomplished is new as well for the 
big time. But midway enter a couple 
of comedians, a he and a she, one a 
rube, the other an eccentric Sis Hop- 
kins, his daughter. That's when the 
turn commences to work toward a 
double somersault, but songs and the 
draping propel it forward into ultimate 
favor, for the brunet young woman is 
handy vocally. She sang "Don't Blame 
Me For What Happens in the Moon- 
light" (the title being long enough in 
itself for a single chorus). It's taking 
an awful chance to try to get a "Moon" 
song over these days, but this number 
is nicely handled by the girl and it 
sounds quite mushy enough for a sen- 
timental ballad. Then the same person 
closed the act singing "Paradise,'* 
meanwhile the draper working finally 
on the eccentric girl. Probably the 
rube is Mr. Jansen. His character and 
entrance have been invented for a mere 
excuse, but even so this sketch is worth 
while and should have a little more at- 
tention given to its possibilities. The 
lingerie display is pleasing and the 
style of dressing girls out of plain 
strips of cloth must come under the 
heading of a novelty, unless that is the 
regular thing in certain sets. Rime. 



Gracie and Burke. 

Dancing. 

10 Mins.; Three. 

City. 

Two dress-suited young men who 
dance mostly after the style of other 
two man teams. They have acquired 
some good steps which hold the turn 
up. One of the boys is inclined to 
dance with his feet wide apart which 
gives him a % rather awkward appear- 
ance. They do three dances. A nice 
turn for an early spot. 



Wyattfa Scotch Lads and Lassies (12) 
Songs, Dances, Music. 
18 Mins., Full Stage. 
Palace. 

Kilted combination of singers and 
dancers that could develop a percent- 
age of the present repertoire into a 
first-class entertainment, but the whole 
affair would have to undergo some 
strenuous reconstruction to get the 
value contained to the surface. The 
dozen, all in vari-colored kilts, opened 
with a medley, after which one of the 
male principals offers a typical Scotch 
number, followed by a dance by two 
of the girls. Another solo is offered 
with a quartet employed for the chor- 
us. This is weak from a standpoint 
of harmony and should be eliminated. 
Another medley, and then the big 
punch of the act which for some unac- 
countable reason is wasted in this 
early section with enough mediocre 
material following to build a separate 
act. The punch is in the musical con- 
tribution of bag pipes and drums, the 
bass drummer handling his instrument 
acrobatically, while the pipes carry that 
irresistible charm that evokes ap- 
plause under any circumstances. A 
sword dance comes next in order with 
several other numbers following. A 
trio and a solo by one of the women 
slowed up the act somewhat, particu- 
larly the trio, the main fault lying 
in the selection which qualified for 
the hymn class. More dancing, more 
soloing and finally a medley of popular 
Scotch numbers, and then the closing 
medley. The sword dancing is espe- 
cially good, the Scotch dancing helped 
and the musical bit was sufficiently 
strong to be utilized for the finish. 
With the proper rearranging this turn 
should get over big, for it's quite a 
novelty and a pair of kilts are always 
a sort of sentimental attraction for 
some reason or other. Opening the 
Palace bill the turn went over nicely. 

Wynn. 

Ross Brothers (2). 

Boxing. 

10 Mins.; One. 

City. 

Two little chaps, one weighing 53 
pounds and the other a trifle more. 
They go through a regular routine of 
boxers' training stunts, finishing with 
a three round exhibition bout. Bag 
punching, shadow boxing and work on 
the weight machines make up the pre- 
liminary work. The man who handles 
the little fellows holds a watch during 
the boxing exhibition, it seems he ends 
the rounds at pleasure. The boxing 
has gotten down to a very scientific 
exhibition. One of the boys is called 
the champion. He is the lighter one. 
The other acts as a target for his 
blows. These lively little chaps 
have the power to hold audiences in. 
The man announces at different times 
during the act. 



Pearl and John Regay. 

Dancers. 

10 Mins.; One. 

Greeley Square. 

A couple who do various dances in a 
different way. They open with talk 
about trying to do an act and then 
begin to dance. An early spot act that 
will satisfy. 

(Continued on page 16.) 



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SHOW REVIEWS 



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PALACE. 

Eva Tanguay is back at the Palace this 
week to hold up business during the toughest 
week In the year so far, headlining one of the 
best bills the Palace has ever carried, and fol- 
lowing William Courtlelgh and Co. in a 
sketch that mighty few single women would 
make the audience forget But Tanguay, 
opening with "Egotistical Eva," had things 
her own way after the initial strain, offer- 
ing "I Want Somebody to Oo Wild With 
Me/' "Eva, You're All Right." "Method in 
My Madness." "Hurry Up," "Tanguay," "I 
Don't Care" and a speech as well as three or 
four dosen bows. Her wardrobe is typical 
Tanguay lsb, in style and perfectness, while 
the principal herself never looked better phy- 
sically. Johnny Ford was In the orchestra 
pit, diligently attending to the harmony. 

The bill holds three new acts in Court- 
lelgh, Herman Wasserman, and Wyatt's 
Scotch Lads and Lassies, the two latter in 
the earliest positions on the bill. Following 
Wasserman, Alan Brooks and Co., in 
"Straightened Out" pulled down a gigantic 
comedy hit, principally the result of Brooks' 
individual comedy work, although his en- 
tire cast came through nicely. Brooks keeps 
his vehicle exceptionally clean considering 
the possibilities contained in the theme and 
for this alone deserves separate credit. 

Cecil Cunningham, an octave manipulator 
with a distinctly different style and delivery, 
held an important position and came through 
as one of the evening's successes. The con- 
struction of her routine shows an expert 
hand. One portion carrying a seml-patrlotic 
appeal with a sprinkling of comedy was both 
timely and well written. Miss Cunningham 
will have to go down In professional history 
with the few other single women who stood 
out conspicuously as originators and deviators 
from the stereotyped, old-fashioned style of 
act and delivery. 

Just across the ten minute intermission 
wait came another sure fire attraction In 
Sam and Kitty Morton who have brightened 
up the duolog with the addition of some ex- 
cellent new patter. A description of either 
their specialty or the manner In which It 
was received would be superfluous In the re- 
view of any show. They took away all com- 
edy honors and ran second only to the head- 
liner for the applause hit 

Ward, Bell and Ward were shifted from 
opening to closing spot and held the majority 
In after the first view of Miss Bell's dancing 
ability. This is in "one," their circus maneu- 
vers following on full stage an<r Winding with 
usual speed. Wynn. 

AMERICAN ROOF. 

The show the first half bumped along list- 
lessly and lifelessly until the latter part of 
the entertainment when It showed some real 
strength and roused the audience from Its 
midsummer lethargy. The bill, while good In 
spots, lacked the proper swing to carry it 
beyond the small time pale. 

Business was splendid, the rebate coupons 
being pretty well played at the box office. It 
wasn't hot and sultry on the Roof. 

Rafayette's Dogs, with two women putting 
the canine actors through their tricks, pleased. 
Two or three tricks stood out most conspicu- 
ously and several of the dogs are wonderfully 
trained. It will fit In nicely In the pop houses. 
Dotson and Gordon talked, sang and danced 
hard and got away with a good score. 

The Frey twins and Frcy made a bully Im- 
pression. With the Manhattan O. H. wrestling 
tournament still fresh In the minds of the 
Eighth avenooers the Frey act was very well 
received. Ralph J. Herbert appeared In a 
monolog that resurrected some of the boys 
from the cemeteries and he didn't sing, much 
to the surprise of the audience, which waited 

Satlently for him to break forth In song, 
ome houses are going to like Herbert Im- 
mensely. In the cosmopolitan sections he may 
run against a brick wall. 

After the noisy "Jack and His Jills" (New 
Acts) sketch the folks welcomed the Inter- 
mission. Margaret Farrell was the first to 
show after the resting spell. Few women In 
the pop houses display newer or niftier ward- 
robe than this young lady. Miss Farrell Isn't 
trying to cheat on the summer work and 
makes several drees changes. 

She opens with "Tennessee, I Hear You 
Calling Me" and follows It with a French 
song that has a touch of the old music hall 
lyrics which didn't get as much as Miss Far- 
rell probably anticipated after changing to that 
blue-satlned French soubrettish outfit. Her 
songs more or less run dangerously close to tho 
"blue," said play for roguish nees and the 
naughty Impressions going all right In the 
American neighborhood. The lyrical construc- 
tion and meaning conveyed in the "Does Any- 
body Want to Take Charlie's Place?" and 
"She's Waiting for You to Love Her All the 
Time" are unquestionably spicy. 

"Springtime" Is the old schoolroom act 
brought out along new lines. While noisy and 
all that sort of thing It has the numbers, set- 
ting and slashety dialog to carry It along 
small time channels. The kids troop to the 
country home of the old school teacher, Fritz, 
and his daughter, Betty. The "Jane" song 
was slammed about and the words mushed so 
by the young man offering It that it was al- 
most unrecognizable. The Moriarty Sisters are 
billed and they are probably the girls who 
sang a ballad not fitted to their style of work. 
They need a light, swinging number that could 
be used to better advantage. And the comed- 
ian, Fritz, whose broken Engllrh Is supposed 
to help get laughs, and sang "When I Leave 
the World Behind." He did u bad job of it. his 
voice sounding flat Tuesday night. The act 
needs coaching and numbers better suited to 
the voices. A sample of the Jokes: "I was 
Yiddish but now I'm in buniness for myself." 
"Your appetite Is not an asset ; It's a liability." 
Sandy Shaw (New Acts) was the big hit of 



the night. Knapp and Cornalla closed the 
show and did a good job of It although the 
boys are making their acrobatics almost a 
third consideration now. An episode was on 
around 11 o'clock. Mark. 



JEFFERSON. 

The drummer at the Jefferson had no heart 
T'uesday night, but a busy pair of arms and 
a loud-sounding bass drum. He smashed all 
records during the Lovell-Lovell act 

Lovell and Lovell have an act calling for 
the olden days songs. Mr. Lovell plays an 
accordion accompaniment and does a sort of 
side-show screech now and then, while Miss 
Lovell leads the singing. The audience is 
supposed to Join In and sing to its heart's 
content The drum beat out Lovell's musical 
instrument and Miss Lovell's voice. 

Business was pretty good Tuesday night 
It may have been the wrestler, Berner, draw- 
ing some, but the Chaplin imitations open to 
amateurs for a prize must have been the big- 
gest draw. 

After an interesting dramatlo picture had 
been shown the bill of seven acts was run 
without Interruption so as to give the serial 
feature and the Chaplin imitations plenty of 
time. 

Tom Ural and dog opened. Tom takes his 
time with his Roman ring routine but has 
several tricks that impressed. His dog, Nix, 
was a big favorite. The Three Qilden Olrls 
didn't accomplish much until they started 
hardshoe dancing and they closed big. The 
opening song is somewhat old, but the girls 
are not supposed to be nightingales anyway. 
Walter D. Nealand and Co. offered "The 
Fixer." It's a story of newspaper and circus 
life hard to comprehend In such a cosmopo- 
litan neighborhood, yet the popular slang 
phrases met a happy response. Three men 
and a woman go through a talky sketch. A 
circus agent outwits the grafting mayor and 
wins the young woman who runs the village 
newspaper. Next came the battle of noise 
between the Lovells and the orchestra. Oil- 
more and Castle pleased, the comedy boy 
holding the act up through his loose dancing. 
That explanation how one caught a cold 
savored of the old Sam T. Jack burlesque 
days. It fairly sizzled. 

"The Songbirds" worked hard with a con- 
glomeration of songs, piano music and danc- 
ing and the Jeffersonlans appeared to enjoy 
it Immensely. It didn't matter that the sing- 
ing was off key now and then and that the 
piano was ahead or behind the orchestra, the 
kids looked young and have a chance to im- 
prove. 

Ray Conlln and his dummy, probably the 
biggest-headed manikin In captivity, scored 
easily. Conlin has some snappy ventrllo- 
qulal stuff and he puts It over so they like 
it. The Berner Troupe closed. Berner took 
part In the Manhattan O. H. wrestling tourna- 
ment and a few wrestling stunts are per- 
formed In the stage routine. The Berners 
(four men) do an act similar to that of the 
Icelandic Troupe with the Barnum ft Bailey 
circus last season, only the Berners do not 
show the pep and naturalness the Icelanders 
did. That "self defense" routine at the fin- 
ish was entirely too tame and "hippodromlc" 
to suit 14th street. Mark. 

5TH AVENUE. 

Don't worry about the Fifth Avenue play- 
ing at pop prices. It Is charging 00 cents 
in the first seven rows of the orchestra, and 
Monday night all the seats were taken, so the 
5th Ave. is doing quite well for the summer 
time. 

The show the first half wasn't anything to 
rave over, who or what started it isn't known. 
Albert Schneider (New Acts) seemed to be 
second, with Eleanor Haber and Co. (New 
Acts) next, then a comedy film. Hugo Jansen 
and Co. (New Acts), also on the program, be- 
sides Harry and Eva Puck, and Frank Terry 
(next to closing), with a flash act the finisher. 

Frank Terry opens well enough In the Bert 
Clark style of English comedian. Terry sings 
"I'm the Famous Lord Only Knows What," 
doing a couple of falls, has a bit of talk that 
is quite good, if his own, and then announces 
he will give an imitation of Nat Clifford, "the 
celebrated English actor." It was reported 
that Frank Terry and Nat Clifford was one and 
the same person. Mr. Terry Is modest In boost- 
ing his other name. He does the "Booze" recita- 
tion and probably follows with Chevalier. As 
framed now and as ho has been framed for 
a turn over here, Terry can not go beyond 
the small time or small big time. Were he 
to shape up an act along the lines of the 
opening or secure a woman for a two-act, 
holding to the comedy only, there's no good 
reason why he shouldn't make the bigger 
houses. But the audiences may break loose 
the rafters through applause for "Booze" and 
those heavy kind of recitals or impersonations, 
and still it won't help Terry for better things, 
in position or money. 

The Harry and Eva Puck act was funny, 
in the manner it happened Monday. The turn 
became consecutive. After tho couple had fin- 
ished their act proper and stopped repeating 
to the audience about "my brother" and "my 
sister," Harry made another speech, about tho 
fourth while they were on, informing the 
house that Mabel Burke would also sing "The 
Little House Upon the Hill" with an 111. mov- 
ing picture, one of the Treble Clef Co.'s pro- 
ducts for popular songs. The opening of the 
picture had Ballard MacDonald, the lyric 
writer, and Harry Puck, tho composer of the 
song, both dressed up ready for the camera, 
at work upon the words and music. They 
turned out "The Little House Upon the Hill" 
and Miss Burke sang It, she sang it again, 
then again, the sheet enmo down with the 
lyric upon '/ and she gang it again. 
If anybody 1»... tho Fifth Avenue Mon- 
day night wit) anything but a little 
house upon the h.'ll In mind, it was no fault 
of the Pucks, the Treble Clef Co., or the song 



Itself. In the Treble Clef picture of song, 
which Is an excellent scheme for 111. num- 
bers, this working out of the lyrical story 
with a picture scenario, there Is a young and 
pretty girl, who Is In a big city, thinking of 
her mother back home, placing the light each 
night in the window of the little house upon 
the hill that the daughter may see she is 
welcome when turning the corner from the 
depot. In making these pictures, illustrating 
the song, why could it not be possible to se- 
cure a girl to pose as the principal figure, 
when there is a principal, who could sing 
the song and travel with one film at least. 
That would be good for two encores anyway, 
at the lights to see the girl of the film on the 
stage in person. 

The Pucks are not doing as good an act as 
they should. It's all right for the Fifth Ave- 
nue and can move along nicely In certain 
vaudeville theatres, but It lacks something. 
Eva Puck is doing much better work In this 
turn than her brother. 8ime. 



HARLEM OPERA HOUSE. 

Tuesday night the weekly dancing contest 
was held and most of Harlem's famous 
terpslchorean wonders were there. Each had 
a following to help along, consequently if 
one side did not like the other dancer (every 
patron in the house must have known one of 
the couples for their faces are familiar around 
the uptown cabarets) they would either hiss 
or applaud. One couple would receive a large 
hand at one time the next would hardly hear 
a few slaps. This continued until Devoy told 
them to clap only for their favorite, which 
they did. 

The attendance was quite large considering 
the warm night and the contest was easily 
responsible for it. With a number of singing 
turns on the bill the fans were turned off 
most of the evening. Tho show did not run 
any too well but seemed to please the warm 
weather gathering. The Sully Family and 
Kajiyama, big time cards, walked off with 
the hits of the evening. 

After a Universal drama the Carbrey Bros, 
started in the opening spot and scored a hit 
that was mighty hard for the rest to ap- 
prach. The boys should drop the opening 
singing number. It is poor, and replace It 
with some solo dancing towards the middle of 
the turn. Not much variation is shown in 
the steps throughout and a little solo dancing 
would no doubt break this. Closing with 
both in one large clown suit they did nicely. 
The Four Singers, were It not for their clos- 
ing number, would have missed the success 
column. The Sully Family, closing the first 
half, sot the hit of the evening, and also 
stopped the show. The information desk was 
good for a number of laughs, but It was not 
until they started to dance did they really 
gain applause. They were forced to an en- 
core and the eccentric style of one of the 
boys made them clamor for more. 

After one of the oldest Keystone Chaplin 
reissues the dance contest started. It took 
about 25 minutes to run off this including the 
awarding of the prizes. An HI. song fol- 
lowed. Kajiyama has a new big black drop. 
Kajiyama now works alone on the stage. He 
is now carrying a few plants through- 
out the house asking him a few ques- 
tions while writing. Most of the questions 
are turned into jokes, but that one about 
"Did you ever see a kitchen sink" is a pretty 
old boy even In the smaller houses. Thurber 
and Madison next to closing did not seem to 
strike the fancy of the audience. After tho 
shop talk was completed and a little dancing 
inserted they took more kindly to their efforts 
which allowed them to depart satisfied with 
what they had gained. Marble Gems closed, 
followed by another Universal drama. 



CITY. 

After looking over the audience at the City 
Monday night a frequenter of the house would 
undoubtedly express surprise at the decidedly 
slim crowd present. At first there was no ap- 
parent reason for this, but upon a little in- 
spection the reason seemed to be the Academy 
of Music directly across the street, which re- 
cently Inaugurated a straight picture policy 
with a few singing turns. Free tickets for It 
were broadcast over the community with a no- 
ticeable slacking up In business in all theatres 
of the district, the City, the nearest, getting 
the worst Jolt. The City and Academy are 
both William Fox houses. 

That a crowd must be In a 14th street theatre 
before there Is enthusiasm was clearly dem- 
onstrated Monday night The lower floor wus 
very light with the rest of the house in pro- 
portion. An artistic offering for an opening 
turn was Models Do Luxe, consisting of two 
women and a man in the usual white union 
suit posing. Snyder and May (New Acts) No 
2, with Valentine Vox, ventriloquist, following. 
Vox is looking after his appearance evidently 
having In mind the well groomed Arthur 
Prince, his hair especially being kept In the 
Immaculate Prince style. Vox could stand 
some new material. The twin joke a» well 
as the "two union" business are passe. The 
dummy used Is cleverly manipulated and It 
is good for a number of laughs. The audience 
was pleased with this chap. Oracle and 
Burke (New Acts) came along at this Juncture 
and danced. 

Enjoyable comedy was injected Into the show 
by Wilson and Wilson, colored boys with 
bountiful personality. This act has been run 
nlng In its present shape for many moons but 
no fault can be found on this account as the 
material as well as songs all belong to tlnw 
two. Tho audience laughed throughout iuk! 
applauded well at tho finish. "Wrong or 
Right" (New Acts). 

The hit of the show was registered by 
Harry Hines and Co., which means Harry 
nines as a single. Dead silence greeted him 
at the start, but by sheer hard work ami 
goodly kidding he won the house. Tho "Chap- 



lin Feet" is still used, closing the act. Hines 
stays an awfully long while for a single, but 
they seem to like him all the time. The Ross 
Mrothers (New Acts), with "Stolen Goods, " 
u Paramount picture, closing. 



58TH STREET. 

Considering the warm Monday ntgbt the 
TtHth Street held a good- si led attendance. The 
lower floor especially was well seated while 
the balconies were much lighter. Six acts, 
four pictures and a few ill. slides, comprised 
the evening's entertainment and was run 
through in fast time, starting at 8.25 and 
ending at 10.40. The show gave ample satis- 
faction In the variety line and was well ap- 
preciated by those present. 

Martin and Elliott, a conventional dancing 
team, started away with their fast dances. 
The boys could easily show their wares to 
better advantage by securing a new dancing 
mat which would give them more space. At 
that they do some fast work, but much of their 
effort goes to waste through the position in 
which one of the boys carries himself. "Lora," 
the human parrot — mind reader, although on 
rather early, found an interested audience and 
easily held close attention. "Papa" as "Lora" 
calls him who walks through the audience 
gathering the usual pieces for explanation, 
should be more careful with his talk. The 
code is poorly arranged. Closing with the 
reading of the figures on a special drop, 
"Lora" was well rewarded for her efforts. 

A Keystone comedy came in at this time 
followed by Lillian DeVere, who scored heav- 
ily with her well arranged routine. Miss De- 
Vere seems to confine herself to one publisher. 
"Alabama Jubilee" and "Dublin Bay" were her 
best scoring numbers. Rosalind Coghlan and 
Co. gained the laughing honors of the eve- 
ning with a comedy dramatlo playlet. At 
times the sketch ruuu along purely comedy 
lines and again holds ono with its intensity- 
The finale, however, relieves the heaviness. 

After the showing of a few ill. slides al- 
lowing the audience to sing at will and a 
Lubln drama, Darley and Thorpe (New Acta) 
scored moderately In songs and dances. Blay- 
man All Arabs closed the performance In good 
Btylo and easily walked off with all honors of 
the bill. A Vita comedy closed. 



GREELEY SQUARE. 

That there are regular patrons here is 
shown by the careful way In which the shows 
ure selected. It has been found a feature 
picture Is a necessary factor and at present 
a long picture is being shown in connection 
with the six-act bill, serial and other short 
films. The house formerly used short pic- 
tures In between the acts, which did not 
please as well as the present layout Tues- 
day night found an audience that would he 
creditable to any house for this time of the 
year. 

Men were the prevailing feature of the first 
half program. There were a male double, 
quartet and an acrobatic trio. The three 
other turns consisted of two mixed doubles 
and a single woman. 

The opening honors were bestowed upon 
Pearl and John Regay (New Acts) who did 
their part Howard and Chase, two men, 
added some comedy fairly well enjoyed. The 
man's playing on the cello was one of the 
best bits. A serial happened at this point 
and startled those present, ss it contained 
some hair-raising stunts. Helen Shlpman, 
with plenty of songs, came next. She open- 
ed with "Bird of Paradise" and followed with 
"Mother May I Oo Into Swim," a comic that 
brought a number of laughs. All of the im- 
personations used with this did not prove 
amusing. "When I Leave the World Be- 
hind," a ballad with a punch, was easily one 
of the best of her efforts. She used a Chap- 
lin Impersonation with "Chaplin Feet" for a 
closer. Copeland Draper and Co. (New Acts) 
brought laugh after laugh with Henry and 
Harrison getting away wjth fair returns. 
The Three Harlshlma Brothers closed. 



STOCKS OPENING. 

After completing a season of 36 
weeks at the Hippodrome, Peoria,- 111., 
the Payccn Stock Co. opened at the 
Temple, Fort Wayne, for an indefinite 
run. Felice Morris and Irvin Dillon 
leads the cast. 



The Plainfield Theatre, Plainficld, N. 
J., is going to play stock this fall, fol- 
lowing the fulfillment of some legit 
dates now booked in by the manage- 
ment. The house reopens Sept. 4 with 
"High Jinks," but on Oct. 4 the Malley- 
Denison stock will inaugurate a win- 
ter's stay. 



The Winter Garden has discontinued 
its Sunday night shows. Jule Delmar 
who booked them throughout the sea- 
son, has left for a vacation of 
two weeks at Jamestown, N. Y., where 
the natives will give Jule a "Detfnar' 
Night" at Celeron Park. 



16 



VARIETY 



(Continued from ptgt 14.) 
Herman Wasserman. 
Pianist 

12 Mins.; One. 
Palace. 

Herman Wasserman has everything 
for a classic pianist, including the 
musical head dress and the awkward 
stage presence that usually accom- 
panies bis particular branch of the art. 
His routine has been well moulded into 
a specialty that appeals, the best num- 
ber coming at the close, "The Bell 
Paganini," which earned him a round 
hit. Classic pianists vary little in any 
one respect. They all fit into the same 
groove, and for those patrons who 
must have their music properly pre- 
scribed most any one in general will 
do. Herman carries the distinction of 
being Poland's Youngest Master- 
Pianist. He's good, nevertheless, and 
if the sub-billing carries any weight on 
the big time he's welcome to it, for no 
one will dispute his claim. In second 
position he held the spot, which is all 
one requires at the Palace. Wynn. 



Sandy Shaw. 

Scotch Comedian. 

17 Mins,; One. 

American. 

Things looked pretty misty for Sandy 
Shaw at the American Monday night, 
following his opening song in the 
regulation Scottish-kilt outfit, but 
when he began to draw upon his char- 
acteristic impressions of different 
types Shaw scored the hit of the bill. 
He's rather short and stocky but his 
stature comes in handy for his old 
sailor "bit," and later as the old wo- 
man who had lost her husband but 
thanked God for it, etc. These two 
characters were put over with a bang 
and he had the audience laughing good 
and loud. Sandy can trill like a switch- 
board operator and he shows long 
stage experience, undoubtedly in the 
music halls abroad. A splendid enter- 
tainer; he does not take a lot for 
granted like some of the Scotch com- 
edians who have preceded him on these 
shores. Mark. 



Copeland, Draper and Co. (4). 

Comedy Sketch. 

15 Mins.; Pull Stage (Special Set). 

Greeley Square. 

Every element of comedy suitable 
for securing laughs is found in this 
comedy sketch with four men. A little 
plot at the start starts it going. The 
scene is a room in a rather cheap place. 
A colored chap is given room 44. A 
number of murders occurred in 45. The 
proprietor thinks he will lose the jinx 
if the colored gent sleeps in the next 
room. The latter starts to go to bed, 
but is disturbed by rapid happenings. 
The ghosts of the men murdered in the 
next room are supposed to appear. 
The men taking these parts run wildly 
around the stage. A few props such 
as a cat and rat are good for laughing 
purposes and the squirting telephone 
brings results. Much rough and tum- 
ble stuff is amusing. The act will 
create mirth in the houses it has been 
framed for. It looks like a revamped 
nWl afterpiece. 



Adolph Schneider. 

Musical. 

5th Ave. 

A blind boy, playing the piano and 
singing. In every way he has all the 
hall marks of the veriest amateur, but 
the audience liked the young man to 
the extent of four curtains and a 
speech. There's no argument over an 
act of this sort. It's purely up to the 
managerial policy. It would be cruel 
to say aught of one so unfortunately 
afflicted and who may have luckily 
found the means to provide for him- 
self, financially and in occupation. It 
would be better to place this turn in 
a parlor set, keeping the boy from too 
close to the footlights. The sympa* 
thetic appeal of the turn is as compell- 
ing as it is palpable. Sime. 




"Jack and His Jills." 

Farcical Sketch. 

17 Mins.; Two (Interior). 

American Roof. 

The old farcical by-play of trying to 
confuse identities of this girl and that 
girl forms nucleus for this act which 
appears to have been cast to meet small 
time tastes and prices. Four people, 
two men and two women, work up 
some noisy dialog and inconsistent 
situations to the usual consternation 
when the bombs fall. Jack loved Dora 
once and then becomes engaged to 
Helen. Jack's one of "them kind" that 
thinks nothing of inviting unchaper- 
oned girls to his apartments, etc. Jack 
tries to palm Helen off as a married 
woman and Dora as a cousin. Both 
finally throw him over. Jack then re- 
nounces womankind, only to answer a 
phone call and ask "Is that you, Mabel? 
Come right over to the apartment." 
Curtain. All right stuff for those who 
can see it. Mark. 



"Right or Wrong" (3). 

Dramatic Sketch. 

15 Mins.; Full Stage. 

City. 

A dramatic offering with a theme 
different to most of the small time 
sketches. Small time audiences have 
had ideas similiar to this showed 
them but by pictures only. The story 
is of a happily married couple who 
feel that nothing can separate them. A 
man who had wronged the wife many 
years before puts in an appearance and 
it looks as if the happy home would 
be broken up but he turns out to be 
a regular and the husband and wife 
live on happily. A company of three, 
two men and a woman. The woman, 
has the "heavy" work in the act, doin^ 
it convincingly. The men are on a 
par, good enough for the pop houses. 
The playlet holds interest. 



Nettie Wilson. 

Songs. 

11 Mins.; One. 

Usual small time single possessing a 
rather pleasing voice and a wardrobe 
that shows class. Miss Wilson has a 
pleasing delivery. She sang four songs, 
her best being "Girl in the Summer 
Time," "Mother, May I Go in to Swim" 
and "A Little Bit of Heaven." Plenty 
of work should make this young woman 
successful. 



CHIMMIE FADDEN. 

"Chlmmie Fadden" made a splendid scenario 
for the Lasky\ screen, but standing out more 
prominently than the story proper Is the lead- 
ing player of the cast, Victor Moore, In the 
title role of the story by B. W. Townsend. 
Moore gives a performance that easily out- 
shines the many other male film stars and 
lands the distributor of cartooned English up 
higher In the hall or screen fame than any 
position he ever attained on the speaking 
stage. Moore Is the right type, has the proper 
profile and features and this combined with 
his dramatic ability and personality makes 
him an Ideal principal for a feature cast In 
"Chlmmie Fadden" he portrays the character 
of a good natured rough-neck, bringing Into 
the role all the finer sensibilities of the type 
and nicely contrasting the worldly Ignorance 
with a blend of sentimentality that rounded 
off the comedy with an excellent touch of 
pathos. Tbe story Is pictured on New York's 
Bowery, where Fadden lives with his mother 
and younger brother. The latter Is inclined 
to be somewhat wild. Fadden detects a bully 
stealing a newspaper from a boy and he 
promptly administers a grand licking, event- 
ually landing In the station house. A wealthy 
settlement worker realizing the circumstances 
secures his release and later employs him as 
footman. The condition of an inebriate butler 
necessitates the footman to act as substitute 
and a goodly portion of comedy is included 
through his efforts to serve dinner. This Is 
supplemented by the theft of the family silver- 
ware, the principals being none other than 
Fadden's brother and the master's valet. The 
complications bring Chlmmie Into the circle 
of suspicion and he Is eventually arrested 
while returning the stolen articles, after locat- 
ing them through his brother. The Inevitable 
adjustment arrives with tbe brother's con- 
fession and then to make matters right, the 
victim of the theft decides not to prosecute. 
The finale shows Chlmmie restored with the 
lasting friendship of the family and the love 
of the French maid, who played opposite 
throughout, the pair adding the essential at- 
mosphere of romance to offset the comedy. 
The scenes are well built, particularly on the 
Bowery, while the Interiors are above the 
average. The supporting cast played well with 
Raymond Hatton as Larry Fadden running 
ahead for second honors. This Is Moore's 
second feature and the best proof of his es- 
tablishment as a screen favorite came with 
the applauded reception tendered on his en- 
trance and exit by the audience at the Strand. 
The Moore features will evidently be looked 
forward to hereafter. Wynn. 



THE REWARD. 

Jane Wallace Bessie Barrlscale. 

Dan Conby Arthur Maude. 

Trlxle Louise Olaum. 

Pinkie Margaret Thompson. 

The beauty of "The Reward" lies in the 
manner In which the picture was produced by 
Thomas H. Ince. . It Is in four reels, made at 
the N. T. Motion Picture Company's studio 
and released as a Mutual Master Picture fea- 
ture. Its story Is one that will always be in- 
teresting to the general public, because it con- 
tains a glimpse of life back of the stage, and 
propounds the lay theory that no woman who 
Is on the stage can succeed behind the foot- 
lights unless she takes to the "easiest way." 
Of course to the general public this sort of 
stuff is real meat, but to those who know it 
really makes the film story laughable. How- 
ever Director Ince has taken the story and ar- 
ranged all of Its action so that it centered 
about two people and to his credit be it said 
he has evolved a feature that from a pictorial 
standpoint stands out as a winner. The great- 
er portion of the scenes are faded into close 
ups so that the audience can obtain the full 
value of the expressions on the faces of the 
principals. At the opening a box party of 
young "rah, rahs" are at a musical show. In 
tbe chorus Is a little girl whose real name is 
Jane Wallace, but who Is called "The Iceberg" 
by her companions because she will not Join 
in their night parties. "The Iceberg" is played 
by Bessie Barrlscale, who gives a most human 
touch. The "Johns" In the box manage to 
"make" one of the girls on the end Just be- 
fore the curtain goes down. The "Johns" rush 
around to the stage door and get the door- 
keeper to slip a note to the girls. The In- 
terior of a large chorus dressing room is seen 
with the girls In all sorts of dishabille. After 
the girl reads the note she ImpartB the Infor- 
mation It contains to her companions and the 
caption relates It as follows: "There's a mob 
of live ones outside who want to spend their 
coin. Who wants to go to supper?" At the 
supper party which follows Is a vacant chair 
and glancing Into the public restaurant one 
of the party spies Dan Conby '(Arthur Maude). 
He Is Invited to Join. The girls during the 
course of the dinner discuss "the Iceberg" and 
Conby will not believe that there Is such a girl 
In show business. He maintains that any wo- 
man who given her choice will take to the 
easiest way. A bet Is made and the following 
afternoon Conby meets "the Iceberg." He tries 
In various ways to hammer down her preju- 
dices against the gay life and Just as he Is 
becoming convinced that there Is really one 
girl who can resist temptation, "tbe Iceberg" 
Is slowly melting In her resolutions and about 
to fall. She has arrived at the theatre a few 
minutes late and has been fined although two 
girls who arrive after she dorj are permitted 
to pass without reprimand, the reason being 
Mint their "friends" own p.rt of the show. 



This seems to convince her of the fact that 
has been preached by Conby, and ahe 
leaves the theatre to go to his apartment. He 
has become so Interested In the girl he wishes 
to marry her and her decision Is a great 
shock. He then tries to undo all that he has 
preached, but with little success, even though 
he has taken her about and pointed out the 
beginning and the ending of the "easiest way." 
Finally by chance there Is a happening which 
changes the entire aspect of the scene. In 
the hotel where Conby's apartment is situated 
a girl is about to become a mother. The doe- 
tor Is alone with her. At the crucial moment 
he needs assistance and going into the hall 
meets "the Iceberg," solicits her aid "in the 
name of humanity" and after the new life Is 
brought In the world "the Iceberg" decides 
that after all she was wrong. Conby being 
shown the scene, proposes and Is accepted. 
"The Reward" Is one of the best Mutual Mas- 
ter Pictures released In several weeks. 

Fred. 



THROUGH TURBULENT WATERS. 

This Is one of the Initial attempts of Edison 
at feature work. It Is not the first long pic- 
ture made by this company but It Is one of 
the first Edison from the present state of 
things Is out to make real features, some- 
thing noticeable lacking with the other dally 
release concerns which have gone Into long 
pictures of late. "Through Turbulent Waters" 
Is a four-reeler founded on the story of the 
same name by Gertrude Lyon. A cast of the 
regular stock players headed by Gertrude Mc- 
Coy. The story deals with theatrical life. 

A bad, bad actor breaks up happy homes 
through young girls falling In love with him 
and then later spoiling their lives. One of 
these girls he takes to the city and through 
hypnotic power makes her a great actress. 
The father of another he has wronged finds 
the theatre at which he Is playing and after 
many threats finally succeeds In getting real 
bullets In a revolver with which the actor 
is shot In the play by the girl he had made 
the great actress. Just before this shooting 
takes place the girl learns her marriage with 
the man was a fake and they have a bitter 
quarrel, which Is overheard by a maid. The 
shooting occurs and the maid tells her story 
which causes the girl's arrest. The actual 
murderer phones the girl's lawyer and with- 
out giving his name, confesses. He then com- 
mits suicide. All charges against the girl 
are withdrawn and she Is free to marry an- 
other man she loved. Some novel Ideas 
brought out In this feature, and a capable 
cast does all that Is asked. Miss McCoy a* 
the girl works hard and convincingly. 

Noticeable among the supers was the Rus- 
sian looking gentleman with the goatee who 
sells rubber stamps in the offices around Times 
Square. A good production throughout with 
realistic theatre scenes taken, well lighted for 
tbe work. Edison is making strides in the 
right direction with its present features. 



LIFTING THE BAN OF COVENTRY. 

A Vltagraph three-reeler, with a story that 
some military men may take offense at, re- 
garding certain phases that do not speak very 
well for some of our West Point officers. 
Worth Stuyvesant goes to West Point. There 
he is put through some strenuous stunts and 
finally receives a commission. He was en- 
gaged to marry a girl named Mary. Mary 
liked the balls and the soldiers' entertain- 
ments, but she shows a liking for another 
soldier and there Is a fight between tbe rivals 
with Worth beating the other with his bare 
fists. They become great friends from that 
time on. Mary breaks off the engagement be- 
cause Worth sticks to his knitting. Worth 
had a weakness for a woman of dissolute hab- 
its whom he married during a drunken orgy. 
The soldiers then place the ban of Coventry 
and even refuse to lift It after he and his wife 
raise a little child. As the story progresses 
the wife dies and In the course of time ths 
ban Is lifted and Mary and Worth finally 
marry. The story as plcturlzed makes sport 
of some of our army officers' ways of filling 
their posts. A saloon scene could have been 
omitted. The picture was put on Inexpen- 
sively and as a feature does not class with the 
best. Fairly well acted and photographed. 

Mark. 

THE BOMBAY BUDDHA. 

When the Universal feature film tbe Imp 
turned out was first set upon tbe screen tbe 
action started with every indication of un- 
folding a picture with a barrel of mysterious 
action, but before 1,(KK) feet had been run it 
had shot Its bolt "The Bombay Buddha" Is 
an ordinary tale. One Powers had Insured 
a gold statue of the Buddha make with a big 
concern for $100,000. Then he and wife 
framed a robbery so that they could collect. 
Meanwhile Al Hassan was on the trail, trying 
to get a line on the Buddha himself. The in- 
surance company uncovers the plot and both 
Hassan and the Powers are rounded up In a 
free-for-all fight at the finish. Where shown 
the crankman made the characters fairly fly 
and so fast did they move In some instances 
that the audience wbb laughing as though a 
comedy trick chase was on. The strength of 
the feature could have been confined to 1,000 
feet. Mark. 

If you don't advertise in VARIETY, 
don't advertise. 



MOVING PICTURES 



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$100,000 FOR SIX MONTHS 

NEW RE CORD P ICTURE PRICE 

Keystone's Offer to Weber and Fields Reported at That Figure. 
Same Team Worth $3,500 Weekly to Vaudeville 'Tis 

Hitch in Consummation Keystone- 
W. & F. Contract. 



The Keystone Film Company is will- 
ing to pay Weber and Fields $100,000 
for their appearances during six months 
from Sept. 6, next, in Keystone come- 
dies on the screen, it is said. The con- 
tract between the parties was drawn 
and ready to sign Tuesday, but was 
delayed, according to report, by a no- 
tice from the World All-Star Film Co. 
which claims a prior right to the Web- 
er-Fields film services. Wednesday this 
point was discussed, with Weber 
& Fields maintaining their contract 
with the World All-Star had been 
violated in several instances, they not 
considering themselves longer under 
agreement to that concern. The World 
All-Star had been supposed by the 
trade to have given up its comedy pic- 
ture ambitions after a few trials early 
in its brief career. The last report of 
that company was to the effect some 
over-due salaries to its staff were 
slowly being liquidated. 

Weber and Fields are said to have 
received an offer of $3,500 weekly to 
play in vaudeville, but have deferred 
their return appearance to the variety 
field until after the picture engagement. 

The Keystone erected its reputation 
as a maker of funny film through Mack 
Sennett, its main director, a scenario 
writer, and Charlie Chaplin. With the 
shift of Chaplin to the Essanay, the 
Keystone was left in a position to up- 
hold a big reputation for comic roles 
with unknown, although thoroughly 
tried talent. It immediately began to 
angle for famous comedians from the 
speaking stage, securing' Raymond 
Hitchcock among others, and this week 
won an injunction proceeding brought 
against the fulfillment of its contract 
with Eddie Foy, who will play iif Key- 
stone comedies. Sam Bernard is an- 
other who may become a Keystone 
star. 

The Keystone is also reported to be 
in the field for the services of Julia 
Marlowe and E. H. Sothern for a big 
dramatic feature. 

The latest large figure reported for 
picture work, since the Famous Play- 
ers renewed its contract with Mary 
Pickford at a considerable advance, 
was that last week of De Wolf Hop- 
per, who is reported to receiving $2,- 
000 weekly for his picture playing, 
under a year's contract (52 weeks), 
making the Keystone-W. F. figure the 
record salary for the films. 

Competitive bidding of a very spir- 
ited nature between manufacturers for 
picture starring names has sent the tal- 
ent scale of prices up in a rush the 
past few months, this applying as well 
to the most skilful directors of mov- 
ing pictures. 

The Keystone offer is said to have 
been Lew Fields' principal reason for 



withdrawing from the "Hands Up" 
production, as the Weber-Fields com- 
bination will be assigned to the studios 
of the Keystone on the Pacific Coast 
immediately upon the contract being 
entered into. 



RAFT OF FOREIGN FILMS. 

Several foreign exhibitors threw a 
bombshell into the camp of some of 
the New York film exchangemen last 
week when informing them that as 
soon as the war ended there would be 
such an influx of foreign-made features 
the independent exhibitor here would 
get all that he wanted at prices away 
below the present scale charged for 
features. Local exchanges do not be- 
lieve any of the European brands will 
compare with the bigger and better 
grade of American-made features. Of 
the foreign makers the London Film 
Co. has already shipped some of its 
recent features. The American com- 
panies while they are sending films 
abroad at present plan to flood the 
other side with features and films of all 
lengths when the war ceased. 



CLAIMING DIRECTOR DWAN. 

Two film concerns are claiming the 
services of Alan Dwan, the former aid 
to D. W. Griffith on the Coast, who of 
late has been directing the Mary Pick- 
ford pictures for the Famous Players. 
F. P. and Fox say they have Dwan 
under contract for future services. 

Dwan arrived here with the Pickford 
company and the latter sent out an an- 
nouncement Dwan would direct the 
new Pickford feature, "Miss Jinny," 
Edith Barnard Delano's tenement life 
story. Following this Miss Pickford is 
expected to appear in "The Heart of 
Sally Temple," by Rupert Sargent Hol- 
land, and "Audrey," which Harriet 
Ford dramatized for stage production 
from Mary Johnson's novel. 

Dwan is expected to direct these, so 
say the F. P. people, and the Fox office 
also says it has feature directing plan- 
ned for Dwan. 



Dressier Comedy Nearly Finished. 

Within another fortnight Lubin will 
have finished its new Marie Dressier 
comedy feature and arrangements will 
be made for its immediate booking in 
New York. 

Tom McNaughton, who stepped in 
and took up the comedy role of the 
late John C. Rice, has received an 
offer to do some more film playing 
for Lubin, but will not accept any fur- 
ther contracts until he has seen his 
work in the Dressier feature upon the 
screen. 



WORLD SERVICE UNSATISFACTORY 

San Francisco, June 30. 
The suit pending between the Turner- 
Dahnken picture circuit and the World 

Film Corporation wherein the former 
concern requests cancellation of an 
existing contract through the aid of 
local courts, is likely to be settled be- 
fore coming to a legal issue, since the 
Turner-Dahnken circuit has arranged 
to continue the World service with the 
privilege of accepting or rejecting any 
or all films without charge. 

The original trouble commenced 
shortly after the picture circuit had 
contracted for the World's service for 
one year. At first the exhibitors were 
satisfied with the films received, but 
later claimed the service began to de- 
teriorate and the films were not up to 
the feature standard. They refused to 
accept any more reels and in order to 
avoid litigation as defendants, filed the 
suit asking for a cancellation of the 
contract. 



RESISTED A SHERIFF. 

San Francisco, June 30. 

The Apex Film headquarters in the 
Pantages' Theatre building was the 
scene of considerable excitement last 
week when Deputy Sheriff Wolff called 
at the exchange and attempted to serve 
a writ of attachment on William Kenny 
the concern. 

Immediately upon entering the ex- 
change Kenny, so it is alleged, seized 
a hammer and struck the sheriff on 
the knee cap. The deputy sent in an 
emergency call for help and took Kenny 
and three other men to jail. Kenny 
was booked for resisting an officer of 
the law and assault with a deadly 
weapon. The writ of attachment that 
the deputy attempted to serve was 
obtained by A. J. Meadows, who claims 
to be a creditor. 



"BOSWORTH" NAME OFF? 

On all the press matter and billing 
also announcements sent out from the 
Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co., there 
is no further mention or use of the 
trade mark "Bosworth," established 
when Hobart Bosworth and Frank 
Garbutt organized the Bosworth Film 
Co. 

As it stands it is not at all likely that 
any more "Bosworths" will be turned 
out by the Morosco-Garbutt companies 
but that each will hereafter bear the 
Oliver Morosco trademark. 

Bosworth, when he withdrew from 
the Garbutt concern, left his name be- 
hind, but since Bosworth made new 
connections with the Universal, the 
Garbutt-Morosco factions may decide 
that it will be best to drop the word 
"Bosworth" altogether from its future 
features. 



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U. B. O. PURCHASES. 

The United Booking Office Feature 
Film, through its manager, Tony 
Duffy, has taken over some of the 
former Majestic-Reliance features and 
will arrange all bookings for them. 
These films are "The Mountain Rat," 
"The Escape." "Home, Sweet Home," 
"The Dishonored Medal," "The Floor 
Above," "The Great Leap," and "The 
Gangsters/ 



TABS AT DALY. 

The newly formed Wilben Amuse- 
ment Co. has arranged to take over 
Daly's theatre at Broadway and 30th 
street, and convert it into a tabloid 
stand, playing one show weekly at 10- 
15-25 admission. 

In addition to the tabloids the new 
management will offer pictures and 
vaudeville, running continuously from 
11 a. m. to 11 p. m. 

This will be the opening stand of the 
new tabloid circuit, probably taking in 
the Wadsworth and several other 
small time local houses. 

The men behind the Wilben firm in- 
clude Arthur Unger, manager of the 
Wadsworth and creator of the tabloid 
circuit plan. 

The president is Benjamin Schizerts 
with A. W. Schizerts acting as vice- 
president. Unger is secretary and gen- 
eral director of the new proposition. 



DONLIN'S LIFE STORY. 

Mike Donlin, pending the definite ar- 
rangements for his "Love and the 
Pennant" film to be taken by the com- 
pany recently organized by Chris O. 
Brown, has signed a contract with E. 
W. Shallenberger to play the principal 
role in a feature to be called "Right 
Off the Bat." 

The scenario is around the national 
game of baseball and brings Donlin's 
life into view from the cradle to the dia- 
mond. A company is being formed to 
handle the release which will be known 
as the Arrow Film Corporation. 

As soon as several youngsters capa- 
ble of portraying the various ages re- 
quired in the film can be located, the 
work will begin. A stringent neces- 
sity in selecting the cast is that the 
boys must all be natural ball players 
and all must be left handed. 

It was originally arranged to label 
the Donlin film "For the Love of 
Mike," but another reel was uncovered 
tarrying that title. 



Local Exhibitors State Convention. 

Arrangements are under way for the 
New York Motion Picture Exhibitors' 
League to hold a state convention fol- 
lowing the general convention on the 
coast in July. 

Although the New Yorkers have held 
a meeting already since the change of 
affairs in New York City and the amal- 
gamation of the old Exhibitors' Associ- 
ation with the league, it has been de- 
cided to arrange for another state 
meeting. 

President Lee Ochs expects to make 
some definite announcements regard- 
ing the state meeting shortly. 

Alberta Moore Ordered Away. 

Alberta Moore, of the act of Moore 
and Young, was sent to Saranac Lake 
this week in a serious condition. Miss 
Moore has been confined at her home 
in Camden for the past month, but her 
physician finally deemed it necessary 
for the mountain air. 

Myrtle Young has accepted an en- 
gagement with Lubin and is now at 
the Philadelphia studio. 




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VARIETY 




FILM FLASHES 



en 



j. 



Captain Leslie T. Peacock la now free lanc- 
ing with his movie scenarios and this week 
turned down a good offer to become perma- 
nently attached to the staff of a local concern. 

Work on the film version of "Peer Gynt" is 
progressing rapidly at the Bosworth studios In 
Los Angeles. Cyril Maude Is being starred 
In It. 



Edna Payne Is a full-fledged motorist. 

Tom E Davles, a London picture man, is in 
New York. 



Norbert Myles is sporting a new six-cylin- 
der Hoar Cat car. 



Katheron Edythe Willard is with the Vita- 
graph. 

J. Victor Wilson continues to act as press 
publicist for the Strand. 

The General Film Corporation of Omaha 
has moved its headquarters to Des Moines. 

George Ade's plsy, "Artie" is to be made 
into a feature film. 

Robert Pitkin haa received several offers for 
pictures. 

James J. Gerson has Joined the Edison 
staff. 



Edgar Lewis, director, was a side-show di- 
rector with a circus when 20 years old. 

Vivian Dlackburn Is on the Coast working 
in Lasky pictures. 

Mrs. Fiske in "Vanity Fair" will be pictur- 
lied by Edison. 

A $10,000 picture theatre will be erected at 
South Fourth and Hooper streets, Brooklyn. 

Clara N Byers arrived In New York thlB 
week to Join the eastern Universal forces. 

"C. J. Williams denies that he has quit the 
Vitagrapb. 

John Gorman has severed relations with 
Lubln. 



C. E. Brewster will hereafter manage the 
Spitz theatre, Howard Lake, Minn. 

The Prospect Hall Gardens, Brooklyn, seat- 
ing 2,000, has opened with straight pitcures. 
Ten casts admission is charged. 



Rolfe started work this week upon the Ann 
Murdock feature of "A Royal Family," which 
will be In charge of Director Nye. 

Tho screen production of "The Seven Sis- 
ters" will be made by the Famous Players, 
starring Marguerite Clark. 

Starting July 14, Lubln will release the 
first of a series of Irish pictures entitled "All 
for Ireland." Valentine Grant is featured. 



The Regent, Bayshore, Long Island, has 
opened with pictures and an occasional act. 

Elaborate plans are being made to entertain 
the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League whtn 
It convenes here July 13-17, inclusive. 



Howard Estabrook haa not given up picture 
work, although he Is anounced to take the 
lead In a new play, "Search Me." 

A two-story brick picture theatre Is to be 
built by Frank A. Tlscornia at Grand and 
First streets, Hoboken. It will cost $18,000. 

Bert Lytell has a picture offer and may ac- 
cept now that his Albany stock engagement Is 
finished. 



Inez Ragon, leading woman In stock, signed 
Tuesday with Cort to play In the Castle fea- 
ture. 



Frederick Backus will assist Hal Reld in the 
directing of his new feature, "Thou Shalt Not 
Kill." 



Carey Wilson has accepted an executive po- 
sition with Fox. He waa formerly with the 
Sherry Co. 

House Peters, formerly with the F. P. and 
Lasky, Ib now under contract to the New Tork 
M. P. Corporation and will work on the Coast 



George Wltherspoon, who was getting out a 
special pamphlet for the Metro, severed con- 
nections with that concern Saturday night. 



The Johnson Brothers have expended $100,- 
000 in Improvements upon their Empress pic- 
ture house in Freeman, Neb. 



The Venus Film Co. has gone to Bermuda to 
start work upon its new six-part feature, with 
Charles Lamb directing. 



Cyril Scott is to appear In two big features 
this summer for the Universal. One will be 
"The Way of the World," which Clyde Fitch 
wrote for the stage. 



Jose Collins will shortly make her screen 
debut in "The Imposters" with M. Albert Cap- 
pelanl directing. 

Wally Slgler Is the latest of the Vltagraph 
players to seek a new berth. He has signed 
with the Bruce Mitchell forces for feature 
work on the Coast 



Barring some Incompleted work now on hand 
Lubln has practically suspended all manufac- 
turing activities as far as present film photo- 
playing is concerned. 



Paul J. Corn Is now with the Windsor Film 
Corporation acting as secretary and general 
manager. The Windsor will feature two-reel 
releases. 



Catherine Corr, scenario editor-writer, who 
has finished an original script for Mr. and Mrs. 
Vernon Castle, Is recovering from a recent Ill- 
ness at her home In New York. 



The Palace Players Film Co. had festive do- 
ings at its opening of the old Victor studio 
on 43d street Saturday night. The Palace 
started work upon Its first picture Thursday. 



The Universal is reported aa buying the big 
Henry W. Savage \feature. "Uncle Sam at 
Work," and will arrange for Its future book- 
ings. 

"The Allen" is now being shown as a 
straight feature picture at the Astor. The 
speaking act was taken out after last Sat- 
urday Night's performance. This week's busi- 
ness will decide the length of Its stay. 



The United Booking Office Feature Film Co., 
in addition to handling 18 features on its 
booking lists, Is In a position to book a pic- 
ture for 1,500 consecutive days. 

The Cleveland Plain Dealer, In connection 
with the Duchess theatre, is running a beauty 
contest for Clevelandera who wish to become 
picture stars. ' 



Plans were filed this week for a picture 
theatre at Flatbush avenue and Canarsle lane, 
Brooklyn, to cost about $75,000 and have a 
seating capacity of 1,600. 



The famous Ward Rest Inn, Centreport, L 
I., gets a comedy camera sweep In the All- 
Celtic picture, "Rafferty Buys a Summer 
Home." 



The members of the 23rd Regiment of 
Brooklyn will be the guests of the manage- 
ment of the Brighton Music Hall tonight at 
the first showing of the "Birth of a Nation." 

Two Drury Lane melodramas. "The Sins of 
Society" nnd "Shall We Forgive Her?" are to 
be produced this summer by the William A. 
Brady picture players at the Fort Lee studios. 

"The White Sister," which played Cleveland 
before its regular release date, was shown to 
the Ohio censor board at special session held 
Just for this feature. 



Having finished the screen production of 
"The Right of Way," with William Faversham 
as the featured player, Jack Noble will take 
up the direction of a new feature, "The 
Bridge," from Rupert Hughes' novel. 

The Roman Catholic Societies of Brooklyn 
have been making efforts to have the showing 
of "Hypocrites" stopped In Brooklyn. The pic- 
ture was shown In several houses over their 
protest. 

Juan de la Cruz, of the Royal opera house 
of Copenhagen, Is the latest acquisition to 
Morosco. He will very likely make his screen 
debut in the Cyril Maude feature, "Peer 
Gynt." 

Lucius Henderson, director, and company of 
Universal players, Including Mary Fuller, are 
expected home from the south the last of this 
week. Miss Fuller Is to be starred In "Under 
Southern Skies." 



Lucius Henderson haa been slated for the 
principal male role in the Mary Fuller picture 
the Universal will turn out entitled "The Or- 
chid." 



Edwin August, now with the Shubert-Com- 
stock & Oest companies. Is at the Klnemacolor 
studios, Flushing, L. I., putting the finishing 
touches to the feature film version of "Evi- 
dence," a slx-reeler. 

David G. Fisher, who wrote "Lavender and 
Old Lace" for the stage, Is breaking into the 
pictures as a scenario writer and player. He 
has written "Ambition" for the Premier of 
Chicago and will enact one of the leads. 

Stuart Paton now has between 40 and 50 
people working with him in some new featurea 
taken In the Bahama Islands. Twenty more 
people were shipped to the Islands last Satur- 
day. 



Charles J. Roes has been engaged as the 
principal player for the film feature, "The 
Limb of the Law." Perry N. Vekroff will 
have charge of the Ross pictures. 

Carl Laemmle appears In the new U serial, 
"The Broken Coin." In the first episode he 
does the newspaper boss without having the 
fact heralded broadcast by his press agent. 



Pictures were taken of the old-fashioned pic- 
nic held June 26 at Battle Ground, Ind.. by 
the Indiana Society of Chicago. Vice-Pres- 
ident Marshall was the chief speaker at the 
doings. 



Moving pictures In the open have succeeded 
band concerts as the free attraction at White 
City, Chicago. Seats for 10,000 have been ar- 
ranged In the Parisian Gardens. The W. H. 



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The subject is in one reel of about 1,300 feet unless otherwise noted. 



JULY 5— MONDAY. 

MUTUAL— Mountain Mary. 2-reel dr, A ; 
Court House Crooks, 2-reel com, Key ; The 
Healers, dr, Rel. 

GENERAL— The Summoning Shot, dr, B ; 
A Boomerang of Blood, dr, S-A ; The Seventh 
Commandment, 3- reel dr, K; A Story of tho 
Past, dr (14th of the "Road o' Strife" series), 
L ; A Studio Escapade, 2-reel dr, S ; Hearst- 
Sellg News Pictorial No. 53, S ; The Revolt of 
Mr. Wiggs, com, V. 

UNIVERSAL— The Wrong Label, dr, I ; 
Right Off the Reel. com. J ; The Little White 
Violet, 2-reel dr, Vic. 

JULY 6— TUESDAY. 

MUTUAL— The Guy Upstairs, com, Be ; The 
Hired Girl, com, Maj ; A Maker of Guns, 2- 
reel dr, T. 

GENERAL— The Smuggler's Ward, 2-reel dr, 
B ; The Rajah's Tunic, 2-reel dr, S-A ; Some 
Romance, com, K; The Cannibal King, com, 
and Ping Pong Wood, com, L ; The Coyote, 
dr, S; Thetfan from the Desert, 2-reel dr, V. 

UNIVERSAL— The Crown of Death," 2-reel 
dr (6th of the Under the Crescent series), 

JULY 7— WEDNESDAY. 

MUTUAL— The High Cost of Flirting, dr, A ; 
Tools of Providence, 2-reel dr, Br ; The Forti- 
fication Plans, dr, Rel. 

GENERAL— It May Be You, com. E; 
Dreamy Dud, cartoon, com, S-A ; The Frame 
Up, 2-reel dr. K ; Hamlet, 2-reel dr, Kkbr ; The 
Beast, 2-reel dr, L ; The Adventure Hunter, 
dr. S ; The White and Black Snowball, com, V. 

UNIVERSAL— Betty's Dream Hero, 2-rccl 
dr. Lie ; The Child Needed a Mother, com, 
Lr-KO; Universal Animated Weekly, No. 174, 
U. 



Bell P. F. Corp. placed tha flrat picture for 
the "Freeh Air Mov ies" aa they are called. 

The Miller Brothers have finished their new 
feature and are now making ready to show it 
in New York. It la enUufpThe ^Position's 
First Romance," a five-reeler, featuring Joe C. 
Miller, director; Duke R. Lee, cowboy, and 
Clare Freeman, cowgirl. 

On account of the extended rainy weather 
this season the California haa had to postpone 
the "Phyllis of the Sierraa" release. .Mean- 
while, the aame concern haa flnlahed the first 
third of "Salvation Nell." which will be the 
next feature they will place upon the market. 

Adolph Zukor, the F. P. jraM* 1 *! >°* *** 
daughter, have extended their Pacific Coaat 
stay for another fortnight Before returning 
Zukor expects to buy ground ln California to 
build studios for F. P. feature work the com- 
ing fall. 

William Simmons Is getting ready for the 
numerous road toura the Lady MacKensle 
Game Plcturea will make this fall. Slmmona 
will handle the publicity before they take to 
the sticks. Lady MacKensle Intends returning 
to the wilds of the foreign Jungles for a new 
set of animal plcturea. 

Robert Vlgnola, who haa been directing Ka- 
lem plcturea ln the south for the paat two 
years, is back north and haa taken charge of 
the Kalem work at the Rlvervlew (N. J.) 
studio. Kenneth Buell, another Kalem di- 
rector, has severed connections with that con- 
cern. 

The Kalem picture, ln which Yanscl F. Dolly 
(Mrs. Harry Fox) la atarred. la to be ■tyjed 
"The Call of the Dance." The film la being 
directed by George Sargent. Miss Dolly not 
only does a bit of dancing ln the picture, but 
is reported as doing some real, emotional act- 
ing. The film la being made at Fort Lee. 

A moving picture company haa taken up 
headquarters at Lockport, N. Y., for two weeks 
to make a feature picture entitled "Miss Prog- 
ress In Lockport" Upon the arrival of the 
company the dallies gave It front page apace 
stating several local young women and men 
would be needed ln the making of the picture. 

A trio of trained animals brought from the 
African forests are being used as a ballyhoo 
for the Lady MacKensle wild game pictures 
at the Lyceum. A monkey, bear and tiger 
are used, all very young. They are taken out 
ln the near vicinity of the theatre and the 
keeper, after having a crowd collect, goes 
Into the theatre. 

As a result of too many war films the New 
York and Brooklyn exhibitors have thrown up 
their hands and few are the local bookings 
any of them can round nowadays. The exhib- 
itors along Eighth and Sixth avenues have 
been repeating the war featurea so much of 
late that they say they have kept people away 
instead of drawing 'em to the box office. 

A premature explosion In the yard of the 
Vitagrapb company Tuesday afternoon caused 
injury to three of the women appearing ln a 
scene of Hudson Maxims "Defenseless 
America." They were removed to the hos- 
pital. The accident was caused by the short 
circuiting of two wires that Ignited powder 
to have been used later ln the scene. 



JULY 8— THURSDAY. 

MUTUAL— The Ace of Hearts, 2-reel dr, A; 
Mutual Weekly. No. 27, M. 

GENERAL— The Claim of Honor, dr, B; 
Education, com, S-A ; Whom the Gods Would 
Destroy, 2-reel dr, L; A Night's Lodging, com, 
Mi ; Ebb Tide, 3-reel dr, S ; Hearst-Sellg News 
Pictorial, No. 54, S ; Bertie's Stratagem, com, 
V. 

UNIVERSAL— B U not announced; Baffles 
Aids Cupid, com, P ; Souls In Pawn. 3-reel dr, 

JULY 9— FRIDAY. 

MUTUAL — P. Henry Jenkins and Mars, com, 
F ; The Hammer, 2-reel dr, KB; At the Post- 
ern Gate, dr, Rel. 

GENERAL— Tho Tlmrly Interception, com, 
B ; Eugene Aram, 4-reel dr. E ; Broncho Billy 
Well Repaid, dr, S-A ; Hiding from the Law, 
'J-reel dr, K; Money! Money! Money! dr, L; 
Love's Way, dr, V. 

UNIVERSAL— Copper, 2-reel dr, I ; Lizzie 
Hreaks into the Harem, com, N ; The Violin 
Maker, dr, Vic. 

JULY 10— SATURDAY. 

MUTUAL— The Headllners, 2-reel dr. Rel ; 
Royal not announced. 

GENERAL— Old Offenders, dr, B ; The 
Brand of Cain, dr, E ; The Counter Intrigue, 
2-reel dr, S-A ; A Wild Ride (35th Episode of 
"Hazards of Helen" series), dr, K; The New 
Valet, com? L ; Bound by tbe Leopard's Love, 
dr, S ; Insuring Cutey, 2-reel com, V. 

UNIVERSAL- The Ulster Lass, 2-reel dr, 
n 101 ; Bobby Bumps Gets Pa's Goat, cartoon, 
and A Trip to th~ I ; > a uiiu. odv split-reel, 
J ; Was She a Vampire? dr. P. 



The Premier Film Corporation la a new 
Arm lately formed In Chicago. The officers 
of the new company are William A. Eddy, 
president, James R. Mills, vice-president and 
general manager- D. L. Miller, secretary, and 
Jacob Jacobowsky, treasurer. David G. 
Dlscher will be the director. Walter Jones, 
the actor, will be the leading man for the 
company. The company will produce dra- 
matic features. 



At a dinner held at the Hotel Astor last 
week, at which most of the prominent film 
manufacturers were present, S. L. Rothapfel, 
who Is to be managing director of the Rlalto 
when that house opens ln the fall wltb pic- 
tures, announced that he thought pictures 
would be shown at houses charging $5. for ad- 
mission. Mr. Rothapfel claims that pictures 
will be Improved so within the near future 
that an admission similar to that charged for 
grand opera will be In vogue. 



The following notice was issued this week 
from the Lasky office: "Carl Anderson, for- 
merly business manager, who recently re- 
signed to accept an Important executive posi- 
tion elsewhere, returned to the Lasky com- 
pany Monday. Whitman Bennett, formerly 
press representative for Lasky, has been as- 
signed to the position formerly occupied by 
Mr. Anderson. Mr. Anderson will be associated 
with the company In a new general adminis- 
trative capacity based on his long association 
with tbe business and his peculiarly Intimate 
knowledge of manufacturing and sales condi- 
tions throughout the country." 



50 PLAYS TO START. 

Arrangements were being made this 
week to form a Aim company, which 
will handle the plays of a well known 
stage producer. It said that this pro- 
ducer has 50 plays he will turn over 
in bulk to the film concern. A bulk 
price will be paid for the lot. No 
names were divulged, but the closing 
of the deal is expected shortly. 



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DEVIL'S DAUGHTER" CENSORED. 

Cincinnati, June 30. 

Another illustration of the old-maid- 
ishness of the Ohio Board of Censors 
was its order eliminating 1,800 feet of 
the Fox picture, "The Devil's Daugh- 
ter," starring Theda Bara (Theodosia 
Goodman), a Cincinnati girl. 

After the notice was served the film 
was cancelled by Manager Louis Fot« 
ter, who had booked it for his Grand 
opera house. Foster said that the 
parts eliminated were practically every 
scene in which Miss Bara appeared. 

A private performance of the picture 
was given at the Grand, at midnight, 
Saturday morning. It was attended by 
newspapermen and society friends of 
Miss Bara. Persons who went there 
expecting to be shocked came away 
very much disappointed. It was agreed 
by all that there was nothing terrible 
about the picture, and that the censors 
had "struck out" again. 

Manager Foster, H. Serkowich, sec- 
retary of the Retail Merchants' Associ- 
ation, and others, have gone to Colum- 
bus to protest against the order and 
ask the censors to reconsider. 



WERBA & LUESCHER FILM. 

Feature film making will be taken 
up by Werba & Luescher, who hitherto 
have been mostly concerned in pictures 
through acting as distributing and rout- 
ing managers for some of the largest 
features. 

It was reported early in the week the 
firm had arranged to manufacture their 
first picture, to mark the commence- 
ment of a steady output of long reelers 
under their name. 

Lawrence Marston, one of the Vita- 
graph's principal producers and direc- 
tors, has been engaged as general di- 
rector. Werba & Luescher are report- 
ed as having Wall street capital back 
of them on the new movie deal. 



STORK IN PICTURES. 

Tom Moore, who has been one of 
the photoplay mainstays of Kalem for 
the past four years, has tendered his 
resignation, taking effect at once. 
Moore will enjoy a long vacation and 
then will take up a new movie berth he 
has under contemplation. 

Alice Joyce (Mrs. Moore) is still on 
♦he payroll of the Kalem, but rumor 
has the stork hovering over the Moore 
domicile. 



BIG KELLERMANN FEATURE. 

The Fox concern has authorized 
Herbert Brenon to commence a long- 
reeled feature of Annette Kellermann 
immediately upon the director finish- 
ing his Valeska Suratt film for the Fox 
company. 

The next Kellermann will be manu- 
factured without a money limit, Brenon 
having full swing. It is expected by 
the Fox people 100,000 feet of film will 
be taken. From this, a feature of be- 
tween 8,000 and 10,000 feet will be 
turned out as a special show attraction. 
Between three and four months will 
be required to complete the picture. 
It was Brenon who directed the first 
Kellermann film for the Universal, at 
which time Miss Kellermann received 
a guarantee of $300 a week besides a 
percentage in the profits. Fox is pay- 
ing the diver, according to report, $1,- 
700 weekly for the first weeks. 

Application for an injunction was 
made this week by the Lasky Co. to 
restrain Valeska Suratt and William 
Fox, individually and jointly, from ad- 
vertising and exhibiting a moving pic- 
ture starring Miss Suratt. 

Lasky alleges Miss Suratt was 
placed under contract by it in Octo- 
ber, 1914, for the exclusive rights to 
her moving picture work. Lately she 
has been making the Fox production 
"The Soul of Broadway." 



AFFINITY EARLE, NO. 2. 

Over at the Vitagraph studios the 
players are talking of nothing else but 
the Earle "affinity case," which came 
to light in the courts Monday. Wil- 
liam P. S. Earle, (a brother of the 
"Affinity" Ferdinand Pinney Earle), 
who came to the Vita as expert elec- 
trician and expert camera man, and 
who is now a fullfledged director, has 
been sued by his wife for divorce. In 
her charge she says Earle has two 
"soulmates." 

Earle was served at the Vita, where 
he's putting the finishing touches to 
his first picture. 

Mrs. Earle was Mile. Valerie Da- 
mon de Blois Fuller of Brooklyn prior 
to her marriage to Earle. 



Takes Ramo Studio in Flushing. 

The Ramo studio in Flushing has 
been taken over for the new Equitable 
by Isidor Bernstein, who is behind the 
Equitable concern. 



STOCKS CLOSING. 

Syracuse, June 30. 
With the closing of the Empire 
Stock Company this week Saturday the 
Valley will have a clear field in the 
stock line for the remainder of the 
summer. The Valley company opened 
June 21 and has been pulling good 
crowds. The company has been aug- 
mented this week for "The Firefly." 
The cast includes Robinson Newbold 
and Georgia Campbell in the leads and 
Dixie Blair, Eddie Morris, Lillian Lud- 
low, Nelson, Riley, Fred Emerson, 
Melville Anderson, Stanley Ridges, 
George Bouges, Ada Rippel, Helen 
Rover, George Shay, Henry Schultz, 
and Morris Avery. 

Worcester, Mass., June 30. 
The Richard Tucker stock at the 
Worcester theatre closes Saturday. 

Baltimore, June 30. 
Poli's stock at the Auditorium is 
scheduled to close this week. 

Members of the Carey stock, Syra- 
cuse, and the Lytell-Vaughan Co., Al- 
bany, returned to New York Monday. 
Both companies closed Saturday. 



F. P. SERIAL. 

It was reported upon pretty good 
authority this week the Famous Play- 
ers is going to deviate from its feature 
making schedule to the point of mak- 
ing its first serial picture and that plans 
are under way to consummation to 
that effect. 

The F. P. is understood to have ac- 
cepted a story for its first "serial" and 
that it will be brought out early in the 
fall. 



ACTRESS QUITS VITA. 

Norma Talmadge, for four years one 
of the principal women with the Vita- 
graph playing forces, leaves that con- 
cern tomorrow night. Miss Talmadge 
has signed as leading woman with the 
National Company and under Bert 
Mitchell's direction, starts work upon 
a five-reeled feature. 



The Lambs, piloted by George 
Mooser, gave a Gambol last Sunday 
for the prisoners at Sing Sing. They 
played before an enthusiastic audi 



COAST PICTURE NEWS. 

By GUY PKICB. 
Pauline Hush, who is Mrs. Allan Dwan, la 
going eaat to work with her husband for Fox. 



David Wark Griffith baa returned to hla 
Los Angeles studio and la now at work again. 



Phillips Smalley has gone to New York and 
from there to Chicago to meet hla company. 



Johnny Dheenan, the comedian, haa. Joined 
the American Company. 



Alfred Paget, recently of the Blograph, haa 
joined the Reliance-Majestic Studio. 



Mrs. Adoni Folrcrl, a French actress, has 
been engaged by the Reliance-Majestic stu&io 
to play foreign types in Mutual photoplaya. 



Director Powell and company of Majestic 
players have returned to the Hollywood Mu- 
tual atudlo after spending five days In the 
California mountains where they have been 
taking pictures. „ 



M. E. Corry, vice-president of the National 
Exhibitors' League, accompanied by J. C. 
Jessen, the West Coast representative of the 
Motion Picture Newa, were visitors at the Re- 
liance-Majestic Hollywood studio. 



Miriam Cooper has been ordered to the 
mountalna by her physician. 

Robert Harron has returned from hla va- 
cation, apendlng It at Catallna Island. 

Richard Markwell'a name haa been added 
to the player's list at the Reliance-Majestic 
studio. He has had years of theatrical train- 
ing, having appeared In the supporting cast 
of speaking atage notables. 



David Horaley has Installed the biggest 
sun dial in the world at hla Los Angelea 
studio. It la In the form of a hexagon and 
haa alx stages pointing in different directions 
from the central platform where the camera 
stands. You can tell what time It la by 
noticing which of the stages la being uaed. 



Kathlyn Williams has written another big 
acenarlo In which she will be starred. 



Robert Daly, formerly with Universal, la 
now directing with 8ellg. 



PICTURE HOUSES CLOSING. 

The exchanges report an alarming 
number of picture houses closing down 
for the summer. One picture man 
with important western connections 
said this week the greatest number of 
closings were occurring in the west, 
and that he believed by July 10 there* 
would be 35 per cent, less picture, 
houses open than there were May 1. 



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FOX'S BIGGEST FEATURE. 

When Fox started making a feature 
out of Hall Caine's "The Bondman" it 
expected to release it in regular feat- 
ure manner, but the work has so de- 
veloped the picture will be extended to 
a greater length and released as a show 
in itself. 

It will be Fox's biggest him work and 
Kdgar Lewis is now making some spec- 
tacular scenes for it at Sag Harbor. 

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FIGHT FILM POINT. 

Portland, Me., June 30. 
: negative of the Willard-Johnson 
arrived here at the office of the 
lian Express Co. via the Grand 
e from Toronto. It was refused 
sion to the country by Collector 
; Port Willis T. Emmons. Upon 
efusal the Kalisthenic Exhibition 
inc., of New York, owner of the 
filed a bill in equity to restrain 
Collector from refusing to admit 
egative. The law which prevents 
nportation of fight films in this 
ry does not mention negatives 
lso states films for public exhibi- 
The negative was secured by this 
any from the owners with the un- 
inding it was not to be used for 
: exhibition but for propagating 
e for physical development, 
ge Hale issued an order to show 
, returnable Friday. 



Frank Stacey is with the British 
forces in France. Stacey played Bozo 
in the Ed Hayes piano-moving act for 
a few weeks. 



NO WAR PICTURES. 

Toronto, June 30. 

is intimated the Ontario Board of 

3rs will not allow any gruesome 

pictures to be shown in this prov- 

The board has not finally de- 

upon what steps it will take, but 
1 probability only scenes of the 
»s on the march and camp scenes 
be allowed. Some pictures show- 
the grimmer aspects of the war 

released will be recalled. The 
>rs feel the pictures of actual war- 
will be h^rroring to the relatives 
en at the -ont and also dctrimen- 
> the rcci ning offices. 



DONALDSON DIRECTING. 

thur Donaldson has been selected 
le B. S. Moss film concern to di- 
its forthcoming feature, "The Sala- 
ler." Mr. Donaldson was for- 

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GAME FILM MOVB8. 

The Lady Mackenzie Big Game pic- 
tures closed the run at the Lyceum 
Monday, after playing a week over the 
contracted time. They opened Monday 
of this week at Newport and are 
scheduled to be shown in Asbury Park, 
Atlantic City and Long Branch with- 
in the next week. 

Another Broadway house will be se- 
lected in the near future for the show- 
ing of the pictures. Sixteen houses 
have been booked with them around 
New York. 



"SHUBERT" IN BILLING. 

The Shuberts decided this week to 
use their own name in billing the "Evi- 
dence" feature now being made at the 
Kinemacolor studios on Long Island 
for the F. Ray Comstock picture con- 
cern. The Shuberts, with Comstock & 
Gest, are jointly interested in the "Evi- 
dence" feature. 

The same concern will follow their 
present production by filming "The 
City." 



THE DARE DEVIL CIRCUS QUEEN. 

London, May 31. 
An Eclair three-part circus drama with 
very conventional plot concerning the theft 
of some jewels and the hiding of the cul- 

?>iits as members of a circus company. A 
ull circus In operation Is shown nut these 
things have been done so often aa to call 
for no special comment. In spite of this, 
and the Introduction of a very "sleuthy" de- 
tective, the picture has a scene showing a 
woman seated side-saddle on a horse which 
Is standing on top of one of the cars of a 
huge Ferris wheel. There are one or two 
very good actors In the melodrama which 
does not altogether sustain Interest until the 
big stunt Is shown. It looks as If the three 
reels had been very strongly padded to build 
up the sensation and It Is a sensation In every 
sense of the word and one that will rank 
with almoat anything that baa been shown In 
any ordinary melodramatic picture offered to 
the public. At one point In the wheel's revo- 
lution the vlllalness rushes Into the engine 
room, knocks over the operator and stops 
the wheel. By an Ingenious "cut-in" the 
horse becomes restive end begins to prance. 
To the manager of a picture house seeking 
to entertain his patrons, It might occur that, 
possibly a prop horse wss used during the 
most perilous part of the ride round the 
huge circle, but It Is doubtful If such an 
Idea would occur to anybody but a person 
associated In the picture business, so that If 
such were the case, as Is quite likely, the 
substitution would not detract from the value 
of the sensationalism of the presentation. 
"The Dare Devil Circus Queen" would draw 
money at any house. Everyone who witnesses 
Is sure to become a walking advertisement 
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The Colonial theatre after the 1st of July 
will show Paramount Feature Films changed 
twice weekly. 



Edward A. Kaufman, formerly a newspaper 
man about here. Is writing drsmstlc scenarios 
for the American Film Co. 



It was learned about theatrical circles here 
this week thst Charles Burnham. a well-known 
character actor, died in St. Paul June 8. 



Mayor Mitchel. of New York, while staying; 
here for a couple of dsys last week, nosed for 
the moving picture camera at the studios of 
the American Film Co. 



The East End Park is playing tabloids as 
an experiment for a couple of weeks, the tabs 
being supplied br the Western Vaudeville 
Managers' Assoclstlon. 



The American theatre will close Its season 
Julv 4. This will see the finish of Doyle vau- 
deville show at thla house since It will be 
booked In the fall by the Western Vaudeville 
Managers' Association. 



The Colonial Is showing the "Sins of the 
Mothers" as their feature this week. Thin 
is the prize film which wss produced for the 
New York Evening Sun. 



The Butterfleld Circuit has tsken over the 
Stone theatre, Flint. Mlrh.. and the house will 
be booked next season by the Western Vaude- 
ville Managers' Association. 



Chicago. June 80. 
The last house to close (Saturday) on the 
Finn ft Helman time Is the Palace, Rockford. 
III. 



Public dancing is going to be tried at the 
North American, which up to now has only 
housed a vaudeville show. Dick Wheeler and 
Gertrude Dolan may be engaged to dance on 
the new dance floor. 



"The Night Clerk" a tabloid, is owned by 
one Baxter. It la said that Baxter almost 
fixed his tabloid to appesr for s try out run 
at the Tja Salle theatre here. The heada of 
the Western Vaudeville Managers' Association 
heard of the transaction and first requested 
Baxter not to play there. The deal therefore 
foil through. 

There has been a bill passed by the Spnate 
and House of Representatives that has Second 
Deputy Funkhouser worried. The bill pro- 
vides that the State will hereafter pbhb on 
films. If the Governor signs this bill the 
nowor of the Penaor Board In Chicago would 
be aomewhat diminished. There Is a clause 
In the reading of the bill that ntntea thnt 
Illinois would bo willing to pass films that 
have boon passod In oth««r States of the Union 
without even looking them over. Funkhouser 
has boon notified the Governor will look Into 
affnlrs before signing the bill. 



CORT (II. J Hermann, mgr.).— "Peg O' 
My Heart." with Peggy ONell. (7th week ) 
Doing fairly. 



COHAN'S GRAND (Harry Ridings, mgr.).— 
"Beverly's Balance" with Margaret Anglln. 
(5th week.) Still drawing nicely. 

CROWN (A. J. Kaufman, mgr. ) .—Pictures. 

OARRICK (John J. Oarrlty. mgr.).— "All 
Over Town" with Joseph Santley. (6th week.) 
Good business. 

ILLINOIS (Augustus Pltou. mgr. ) .—"Birth 
of a Nation" film. (4th week.) Big buslnese 
continues. 

LA SALLE (Joseph Brauaky, mgr.).— Musi- 
cal stock. 

NATIONAL (John Barrett, mgr. ) .—Pictures. 

OLYMPIC (George L. Warren, mgr.).— 
Closed. 

PALACE (Harry Singer, mgr.).— "Maid In 
America." Tremendous business (5th week). 

PRINCESS (Sam P. Oeraon, mgr.).— "The 
Lady in Red. (0th week), doing fairly. 

VICTORIA (Howard Brolaakl, mgr.).— Pic- 
tures. 

MAJESTIC (Fred Eberta, mgr.; agent, Or- 
pheum).— In spite of the weather the Msjestlo 
had near a sell-out at each performance 
Monday. The show was a typical summer one 
and enthuHlaatlcally received. Gus Edward's 
Song Revue of 1915 was used aa the draw- 
ing attraction but the bill outside of the big 
act will alBo have to be given credit for help- 
ing the business along. The big Edwards act 
BtFll rests with Little Georgle, the mimicking 
boy. The best of the numbers done was 
"Shadowland," In which slides on the eccen- 
tric order are thrown In different parts of 
the theatre. The little girl, Cuddles, also 
helps by her cuteness. Gus Edwards Is him- 
self appearing and singing In the act. Betty 
Washington, who plays the violin, did well 
early. The Vender Koors opened the show 
with their burlesque magical act. The act 
had enough comedy at the finish to leave the 
audience In a good humor. Hope Vernon, No. 
2, made It look as though she could have been 
handed a better spot and then come away 
with big. honors. As it was the girl with the 
violin-voice made a substantial bit and left 
them wanting more. Frances Nordstrom and 
Co., next, in "All Wrong," proved Interesting. 
Miss Nordatrom and William Plnkham dis- 
play veraatlllty during the sketch. James 
H. Cullen was a laughing success. He Is 
using a raft of material much done In vaude- 
ville, but It made the audience rock. Cheebert's 
Troupe of Manchurlans have the usual rou- 
tine done by most of the Chinese acts that 
have been Introduced to this country this past 
year or so. The hanging by the cues is evi- 
dently new to the Majestic, for the audience 
waa full of gasps during the time the two men 
were Bwlnglng back and forth on the stage 
while suspended In this manner. The Misses 
Campbell In their singing specialty were 
given the next to closing spot and the sla- 
ters according to the audlcnco only had one 
fault, that they did not do enough. The 
pleasing manner of the two girls has already 
made tnem many friends In this city. 

McVICKER'S (J. O. Burch, mgr. ; agent, 
Locw).— Big business Monday. The show 
was headed by "The Birthday Party," an act 
on the kid order. The principals (all are 
principals) are dressed as children. The 
chlldron present all do Imitations to entertain. 
Outside of the fact that none of the imitations 
Is f bit like the originals the offering was 



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liked. Slegell and Matthews, man and 
woman, play string Instruments. The two 

Set oyer nicely mostly through popular melo- 
les. The man plays a classic that seems un- 
?eeessary to the act's success. Klein and 
Itfton do an act with a special drop that 
they call "The Dummy's Holiday," and at this 
day the comedy needs to be brought further 
op to date. The two can dance, but also do 
11 m the style of long ago. Payne Condon 
nad Co present a sketch called "Neutrality" 
that did fairly. The main idea is confused 
and inconsistent at most times. The story of 
two men, one a Frenchman, the other Oerman, 
who were friends before the recent war. 



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They live together and have adopted a girl. 
She adjusts their difficulties, which finishes 
the story. Willie Smith has a way that makes 
him popular with the audiences or the popular 
priced variety. Smith is a young fellow who 
sings and acts songs. In one he tells how to 
take a pin away from a man without the man 
knowing it This song, supposedly one with 
a moral, went big. The pickpocket lesson 
In it may prove useful to that section of the 
audience out of work at present Joe Welch, 
with some gags hullt for big time, had enough 
material understood to make him a hit Bui 
and the Lavlgne Sisters opened and Kanazawa 
Trio closed the show. 

ORBAT NORTHBRN HIPPODROME (A. H. 
Talbot, mgr. ; agent, W. V. M. A.).— The 
summer weather held full sway Monday, mak- 
ing it a good test for business that will be 
done In the slack season at this downtown 
popular priced vaudeville theatre. At noon 
there were only a few vacant seats and It 
looked like a good beginning for a hot week. 
The show was a dandy for the price charged. 
The headliner is a musical comedy production 
called "Little Miss U. 8. A." that has nothing 
patriotic in It as may be suggested by the 
title. The piece runs In about 20 minutes In 
a full stage set. It has a story which makes 
the action take place In Japan. Outside of 
an excellent comedian there Is another prln- 
pal man and a leading girl. Six girls in the 
chorus who have been well trained, the pro- 
ducer getting a lot of pretty effects out of 
simply worked numbers. Two melodies used 
In the piece are catchy. The little skit should 
prove Invaluable to any popular priced vaude- 
ville house. UtohIub and llrown opened the 
show. They skate and ride bicycles. There 
Is a straight man and a comedian who uses 
a Charlie Chaplin make-up besides trying to 
ape that film comedian's actions. Ills efforts 
are far from funny while the other man is 
not smooth In his work. The three Harmony 
Girls appeared No. 2 and with their pleas- 
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HIPPODROME (Wm. Ely, 
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It is said that business had fallen off con- 
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by the W. S. V. A., Is said to be doing a re- 
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ORPHEUM. — Nazlmova appeared in "War 
Brides." Star and sketch made powerful Im- 
pression. Joe Cook, excellent. Tcrada Borth- 
ers, closing, successful. Little Nap, well 
liked. Bronson and Baldwin, enjoyable. 
NewhofT and Phelps, second week, stopped the 
show. Pantzer Duo (holdover), opened suc- 
cessfully. Mercedes (holdover), again mysti- 
fied. Master Frankie Murphy, songs, hit. 

EMPRESS.— Ten-act bill. "The Master 
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Bryants, assigned closing position. Orannls 
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spot, did well. Walter Wecms gave immense 
satisfaction. Man and woman appeared In 
songs and dances and were passable. A team 
of barrel Jumpers did some good work. Bence 
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Andre and two women, ballroom dancing 
routine, liked. 

CORT (Homer F. Curran, mgr.).— Al Jol- 
son. "Dancing Around" (second week). 

COLUMBIA (Gottlob. Marx A Co., nigra.). 
— ElBle Ferguson, "Outcast" (last week). 

ALCAZAR (Belasco 6 Mayer, mgrs.). — 
"Birth of a Nation" film. 

WIOWAM (Jos. F. Bauer, mgr.).— Del. 8. 
Lawrence Players. 

PRINCESS (Bert Levey, lessee nnd mgr.; 
agent, Levey). — Vaudeville. 



The city firemen will give a benefit vaude- 
ville show In Festival Hall July 4. The bill 
will be all professional recruited from the 
various variety houses. 



The Empress business took a big Jump last 
week and continues to be decidedly healthy, 
which may or may not be due to the return 
of S. & C. vaudeville. 



Judging from the size of the house the 
Theatrical Treasurer's benefit performance at 
the Columbia Friday afternoon, June 25, must 
have netted the organization good returns. 

Most all of the managers report that busi- 
ness Is good as far as attendance is con- 
cerned, but numerous artists complain that 
things are very quiet. 



After an absence of over a year spent In 
touring Australia Madame Jean Rerzac opened 
at the local Hippodrome last week and scored 
with her comedy animal act. 



The Llederkranz Singing Society, one of 
the largest singing bodies in the South, under 
the direction of Ernesto Natlello, will render 
a select program at Fontaine Ferry Park 
Tuesday. 



Al Jolson's "Dancing Around" show made 
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Pantages' Oakland house fives matinees at 
10 and evening shows at 10-20, while the Or- 
pheum's top for matinees Is a quarter and 
evening prices scaling 15-75. The opening of 
the Oakland house Is responsible for the 
changes in admission scales at both places. 

It Is said that the Actors' Day at the Expo- 
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the notable thespians expected to attend re- 
member the affair in years to come as the 
most enjoyable event of its kind ever given 
on the coast. 



June 19, Albania Alsop (non-professional), 
filed suit against her husband, Martin L. Al- 
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RIVERVIRW PARK.— Billy Meyers, Bdfie 
Flynn, Louis Zoeller. 

KHITH'8.— Pictures. 

MACAULEY'8.— Pictures. 

Macauley's theatre Is showing pictures for 
a short time. 



For some unknown reason the Billie Burke 
"Jane" company did not open at Oakland fol- 
lowing her engagement here at the Columbia. 
Oakland was supposed to have been the show's 
next stand, but later was dropped from the 
route entirely so it is said. 



Several new "alrdomes" have opened and 
are showing motion pictures for the summer. 



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Hy the agreement of Its stockholders, the 
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corporation, hat* been dissolved. 



Under the management of local civic or- 
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Barney Myers arrived here last week, hav- 
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Pictures of the recent Louisville Kennel 
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BUFFALO. 

Br CLYDE F. REX. 

SHEA'S (Henry J. Carr, mgr.).— Mason and 
Keller and Co. headline with great success, 
first time here In several seasons ; Marshall 
Montgomery, returns, going over big ; Bankoff 
and Olrlle, exceedingly clever ; Zeda and Hoot, 
novel ; Helena and Tmllon. great ; Jean Chal- 
lon. pleases ; Martini and Maximilian, with 
favor ; Cantor and Lee. entertain ; pictures 
close exceptional good bill. 

STAR (P. C. Cornell, mgr.).— The Bonstelle 
Company closing local summer engagement 
this week with "The New York Idea." Clev- 
erly produced and enjoyed fair patronage. 

TECK (John Oshei. mgr.). — Adele Blood and 
company close summer engagement with "Kitty 
Cornea Home," first time on any stage. A 
product of Wilson Collison's which should meet 
with success as a cleverly arranged comedy. 
Miss Blood throughout her stay In the city 
has enjoyed good business and is seriously con- 
templating a return engagement next season. 

HIPPODROME (Henry Marcus, mgr.).— 
Playing feature movies to big business. Spe- 
cial musical programs arranged by manage- 
ment prove drawing card. Extensively adver- 
tised. 

ACADEMY (Jules MlchaelB. mgr.).— Gus 
Arnold, musical comedy company, meet with 
favor. "Nobody Home." single act offering, 
opening attraction. Capacity business first 
half. Feature movies fill out. 

OLYMPIC (Charles Denzlnger. mgr.).— Rose 
Valeria Sextette, wire acrobats, feature ; 
Countess Von Mueller, over big ; Dooley. Don- 
ovan. Collins and Company In farcical skit, 
big hit : Marie and Eddie Hughes, do well ; 
photo plays close. Business but fair. 

OAYETY (J. M. Ward, mgr.) .—Buffalo's 
only burlesque house closed for several weeks 
during summer. Local company made good 
for three weeks, presenting stock attractions. 
Management devoting time to Fort Wayne 
house of Columbia time. 

STRAND & PALACE (Harold Edel. mgr.). 
— Paramount movies draw good business. 



Various outdoor circus attractions are to be 
staged at the Veledrome in the near future in 
connection with the usual motorcycle races. 



Free movies and a two-act program have 
been inaugurated at Carnival Court, Buffalo's 
only amusement park. 



Cabaret entertainment aboard the various 
lake steamers plying from this port have 
proven a great success. 



CINCINNATI. 

By HARRY V. MARTIN. 

KEITH'S (John Royal, mgr.; agent, U. B. 
O.).— Harrington and Perry. Bob Warren, Cal 
Dean and Sorority Girls, George B. Alexander 
and Gene Mueller Trio. 

CHESTER PARK (I. M. Martin, mgr.).— 
Murphy and Qulnn. Elliott and West. Ruth 
Howell Trio, The Melodious Three, Parker 
and Butler. 

CONEY ISLAND (Arthur Rezlsenberger, 
mgr.). — Kawkaslan Trio, Musical Crockery 
Shop. Selby and Lillle, Woodward and Black- 
well ; Cabaret, Eva Chambers, Vlrtner Saxton 
and Rudy Perry. 

ZOO (William Whltlock. mgr.).— Cincinnati 
Symphony Orchestra, Max Schultz directing, 
begins season. 

LAGOON (Arthur Wllber. mgr.).— Riding 
Millers and their summer circus. Motordrome 
races. 



Cliff Hess, Irving Berlin's private secretary 
and arranger, is visiting his father in this 
city. Hess Is accompanied by his bride, form- 
erly Mrs. Leslie Morosco, Oliver's sister-in- 
law. Hess was formerly a stenographer here, 
and his rise toward fame has delighted the 
home folks. 



Mayor Spiegel recommended to Council 
Tuesday that the city purchase the Zoo and 
convert it Into a public park. He said he 
would like to see the 25 cent gate fee elimi- 



nated. The Zoo la in bad financial straits. 
Rather than have it sold and the city lose the 
valuable collection of animals, the mayor de- 
clared that the taxpayers should take on the 
additional burden of the Zoo's maintenance. 



DENVER. 

DENHAM ( Woodward -Homan Co., mgr.). - 
Florence Roberts is closing as leading woman 
with the Woodward stock July 3. "The 
Claim," a drama of Western life, and in which 
Miss Roberts will star during the coming sea- 
son, is current The play is a good one, full 
of striking situations, and highly delighted 
large audiences. Otis Skinner opens a brief 
season as leading man, 5, in "Kismet." 

ELITCH'S GARDENS (Mrs. Mary Elltch- 
Long, mgr.). — "Seven Keys to Baldpate," ad- 
mirably played by the Elltch stock company, 
is the magnet drawing large crowds. Mary 
Hall and Charles Gunn are seen to especial ad- 
vantage. 

LAKESIDE (Colorado Amusement Co., 
mgr.). — Business picking up, Saturday and 
Sunday attendance being quite satisfactory. 
The Arington Btock continues to fair business 
in the theatre with "The Little Tenderfoot" 
as current bill. 



Blllle Burke comes to the Tabor Grand July 
8 for three nights. The regular season of 
thla house will open early in September with 
Mrs. Pat Campbell as the attraction. 



A mid-week feature at the Denham that is 
proving popular, is the appearance, each 
Wednesday night of some local vocalist of 
local note, as an added attraction to the reg- 
ular atock company performance. 



A series of weekly concerts will be given 
at Elitch's Gardens during July. Tureman's 
orchestra of 30 pieces will be featured. 



A stock musical company presenting tab- 
loids has been added to the program at the 
Tabor Grand, which is now showing pictures. 






LOS ANGELES 

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ORPHEUM (Clarence Drown, mgr.; U. B. 
O.).— Nat Wills, big hit; Adelaide and J. J. 
Hughes, artistic dancers ; Mme. Besson and 
Co., very good ; Marie Nordstrom, well re- 
ceived ; Hoey and Lee, big laugh ; De Havens, 
passably pleasing ; Four Romanos, entertain- 
ing ; Havemann's Animals, pleasing. 

EMPRESS (Deane Worley, mgr.; Loew).— 
"On the Riviera," went over big ; Mile. Gra- 
vetta, Lavondre and Co., enjoyable turn ; 
Klein Brothers, amusing ; Lawton, cleverly 
done ; Noble and Brooks, fair. 

HIPPODROME (Lester Fountain, mgr.; 
Western States). — Melbourne MacDowell, 
Percy Challenger and Miss Lee La Sallem. 
well presented playlet ; Heinle Auerbach, big 
hit; "Dances of Today." clever; Reldlng and 
Snyder, very good ; LeRoy and Claire, medio- 



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ere ; T. W. Eckert and Emma Berg passably 
pleasing ; Murphy, fair. 

REPUBLIC (Al. Watson, mgr. ; Loew).— 
"Fritz Fields Fairtime Follies," big hit; 
Mudge-Mortjn Trio, very good ; Morton-Jewell 
Trio, entertaining ; Chief Eagle Wing, pleas- 
ing ; Wakefield Sisters, mediocre ; Judith 
Reusch, passably pleasing ; Professor Stanley's 
Educated Goats, drew applause. 
MASON —Billle Burke in "Jerry." 
BURBANK. -"The Elixir of Youth." 
MOROSCO.— Kolb and Dill in "This Way 
Out." 

CENTURY. Burlesque. 



TIVOLI (M. Cockels, mgr.).— Feature pic- 
tures drawing well. 

KING EDWARD (Que Sun. agent).— Ray- 
mond Wllbert, Monohan and Dolley, The Qag- 
noux'a. 



NEW ORLEANS. 

By O. N. SAMUEL. 

HIPPOD'ROME (Jake Miller, mgr.).— Vau- 
deville. 

ALAMO (Will Guerlnger, mgr.).— Vaude- 
ville. 

SPANISH FORT (M. 8. Sloan, mgr.).— 
Paoletti'u Band and Dansant. 



Florence Stone has gone to Minneapolis to 
play In summer stock. 

H. Scott-Leslie, well known character actor 
and entertainer of London, was chief attrac- 
tion at the Juvenile exposition held here re- 
cently. 



Eddie Mather, stage manager of the Or- 
pheum, was married at Mobile to Josephine 
Long, a non-professional. 



Jay Kelly and Agnes Tansey are dancing at 
Spanish Fort. 



Mile. Nanna. the Oriental dancer arrested 
at the Century this week for giving what the 
police declared "an indecent and vulgar ex- 
hibition," was released. 



Cliff Winehill (Fields, Winehlll and Green) 
has been visiting his parents in this city. 



The picture business is "off" here. 



Madame Yorska, late Orpheum headliner, 
gave "several moments from well known 
French plays" for the benefit of the French 
Red Cross Society. 

Blanche Ring has established a regular Bo- 
hemian resort in Hollywood. Her bungalow 
home Is the scene of many gay parties. 

Fred Wilson baa recovered and is again 
playing his usual role In the Mission Play. 

The Actors' Equity Association will hold a 
big meeting here July 17. 

MONTREAL 

By ARTHUR SCHALRK. 

ORPHEUM (G. F. Drlscoll, mgr.).— Or- 
pheum Players in the comedy "Baby Mine," 
were a big success. Next, "At Bay." 

HIS MAJESTY'S (H. P. Hill, mgr.).— War 
pictures were such a success they are held 
over a second week and opened to packed 
house. 

IMPERIAL (H. W. Conover, mgr.; V. B. 
O. ). — Grossman's Danjo-Phiends, big ifruslcal 
novelty ; Lucy Tonge. good ; pictures. 

SOHMER PARK ( D. Larose. mgr.; V H 
O.).— The Four DeKocks. thrilling: Fred St. 
Onge and Co.. laugh producers ; Ethel May 
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the celebrated German obstetrical view, at the 
Athenaeum this week. 



Sanger Amusement Co., Shreveport. has 
taken over the Lyceum, Monroe, La., for next 
season. 



OMAHA. 



EMPRESS (L E. Doux, mgr.; agt., W. V. 
M. A.).— 1*0, Morton, Wells & N, good; Mor- 
gan Whaley Co.. pleaaed ; Katherlne McCon- 
nell. good dancer ; Tusmana Bros., closed well. 

2d half— The Bimbos, Harry Van Fossen, 
Berenevlcl Bros, and one act to fill. Big 
business at this house. 



Wm. P. Byrne, manager of the Orpheum, 
intends to spend his summer vacation at 
home. 

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The Adjourned Annual Meeting 



OF THE 



WHITE RATS ACTORS' UNION 

WILL BE CALLED TO ORDER AT 

11:30 P. M., TUESDAY, JULY 6th, 1915 

AT THE 

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227 West 46th Street, New York City 



FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES 

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Election of Lodge Officers. 

Recommendation of the Board of 
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Report on the resolution referred to 
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Election of Ten Inspectors of Elec- 
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this city last we*k with "Baldpate" to ca- 
pacity bUBlneHH. also having to give an extra 
matinee on Friday In addition. "Within the 
Law" 1h this w«>ek'H offering and the same 
drew a crowded house the opening night, 
llertha Mann scored strongly as Mary Turner 
and the other members of the cast were seen 
to advantage. The play was finely staged. 

GRAND (A. J. Small, mgr.). -The Phillips 
Shaw Co. gave a good account of themselves 
in "Woman Against Woman." 

SHEAS HIPPODROME (A. C. McArdle', 
mgr.; agent. U. B. O.).— Remple and Co., in 
sketch, Interested ; Tyler St. Clair Trio, excel- 
lent ; Helen Lee, pleasing ; Lowe and Co., in 
sketch, good ; Brooks and Bowen, funny ; Bayle 
and Patsy, pleased ; Ross and Falls, clever. 

LOEWS YONOE STREET (J. Bernstein, 
mgr.; agent, Loew).— Billy West, clever im- 
personator ; Marie Russell, encored strongly ; 
Marie Choate and Co.. entertaining ; Dow and 
Dow, amusing; "Y*> Old Time Song Review." 
novel ; Da Ma rest and Collette, good ; Eddie 
Foyer, clever. 

STRAND (R. S. Marvin, mgr.).— First run 
pictures and music. 

8CARBORO BEACH (F. L. Hubbard, mgr.; 
agent, U. B. O. ). — Four Lukens, Canadian En- 
gineers' Band, open air pictures. 

HANLANS POINT ( L. Solman, mgr.). - 
Liberatis Band, open air pictures. 



pleased their audience. Leo Carrillo, unique; 
Caihleen and Capitola, scored ; Valentine and 
Bell, clever; Walter Leroy and Emily Lytton 
offer the sketch of the week ; James Mullen 
and Alan Coogan, comedy hit ; Robbie Gor- 
done in a series of living pictures, good. Good 
house. 

COSMOS (A. Jullen Brylawskl. mgr.). 
Monte Carlo Girls In a Night at the Casino" 
Is the headline attraction. Burke and Harris 
with some new and clever songs were well re- 
ceived and outclassed the headline act ; Hur- 
ley gives some well executed selections on the 
harmonica, good ; Marie and Manning, with 
violin selections, scored ; Marimba Quintet, a 
group of Central Americans, win big applause. 

POLI'S (J. W. Cone, mgr.).— Stock. "The 
Blue Bird" is the best stock performance 
given here in a decade. Credit is due Harry 
Andrews as stage director. Big house. Next 
week, "Commencement Days." 

COLUMBIA (Fred G. Berger, mgr.).— Pic- 
tures, "The Prettv Sister of Jose." 

BIJOU (John Grieves, mgr. ).— Stock bur- 
lesque and vaudeville. 

NATIONAL.— Dark. 

GAYETY.— Dark. 

CRANDALLS.— Pictures. 

STRAND— Pictures. 

GARDEN. -Pictures. 



WASHINGTON, D. C 

BY V. O. iMITH. 

KEITH'S (W. S. Robblns, mgr.).— Grace La 
Rue gives a well selected repetoire of songs, 
among which is one of her own composition. She 
responded to several encores. Clifton Webb and 
Gloria Goodwin, a pair of graceful dancers, 
one of the big attractions of the bill and 



The Colonial is running here under the 
management of Mr. F. G. Shaw, who is well 
known In local theatrical circles. High class 
motion pictures are being shown and the 
"smoke if you like" system has been insti- 
tuted, thus giving It the distinction of being 
the only theatre in the city where smoking Is 
permitted. 



So far the hot weather has had very little 
effect on the theatre going population here. 



ADDRESS DEPARTMENT 

Where Players May Be Located 
Next Week (July 5) 

Plaveri may be Hated in this department weekly, either at the theatres they are 
appearing in or at a permanent or temporary address (which will be inserted when route 
is not received) for $5 yearly, or if name is in bold type, $10 yearly. All are eligible to 
this department. 



Aholas Edward Variety N Y 

Abram ft Johns Variety San Francisco 

Adams Rax Variety Chicago 

Adler ft Arline 661 E 175th St N Y C 

Allen ft Francis Variety N Y 

Armstrong Will H Variety N Y 

B 
Bsmimoat ft Arnold care Morris ft Feil NYC 



STUART BARNES 

Direction, JAMES PLUNKETT 

BlondoU Edward VsrtetyTHP" - 

Berzac Mine Jtan Variety Chicago 
Bowers Walters & Crooker Variety N Y 
Bracks Seven csre Tauaig 104 E 14th St N Y C 
Brlscos OUva Princeton Hotel NYC 



HAVE YOU HEARD OF "FOOTLITE BRAND" OF SILKOLINE? 

Wall, te sm tlii warii tf haadrsii of ptHonsert, "Footlltt SilkaJint" Is tishU, salsa 
•Mini Mi alvlitf ii iti, art tartar thaa sin illk. astasia "Feetltta Sllkollnt" Inprom 
aftar a «)■•!• tf vuhisai, as4 lasti atttar tha men* 
■•nth tkas tha Int. Natalia aaiali "FastllU Sllksllaa." 
Mi srlcss art law aaaeah ta larsrlie yaa. Wt alia 
naaafaetara aar aanatati In ttttsa, Veritas', and 
am illk. w« stake so axtra aharea altfcsr far Mr 
"Footllaht -anltary Pas," aa aialsiha faatart, 
*ni axtalnly a been ta faaiala sarfsnasra, 
or far smart na aamtntt mast ta yaar 
istclal neaure If ysa at ntt Intf It 
convenitst to wlilt oar Ittlafl-raoia wt 
can efficiently ftanaU ersan rt- , •' - 





WALTER G. BRETZFIELD CO. 

1M7 Broadway Dept. A. 



Cor. 37th Strast 



celvsol for 
Mtclal Ritas- 
areaientt when 
aar star fana tf nasi* 
■rlai chart li tui. Dt 
R«t lay aaythlaa In knit 
■oosi ktfort yta wrltt at for 
oar new aataloaat, prlsa-llat, 
aal aaajslat. Fraa. 



6 BROWN BROS. 

"Chin Cant," Glob*. Now York 
TOM BROWN. Owner and Mgr. 

ERNEST R. BALL 

Direction Jenie Jacobs 



Byal ft Early Variety N Y 

Byron ft Langdon 174 E 71at St N Y C 



Cantor Eddie ft Lee Variety N Y 
Collins Milt 133 W 113th StNYC 
Colvin William Burbank Los Angeles 
Conlln Ray Variety N Y 




Grow Corns 
If You Will 

But don't keep them 

One can't well avoid corns in 
these days of dainty shoes. But 
it's folly to keep them, pare them 
and doctor them. 

A chemist has invented a way 
to end corns quickly. It is known 
as Blue-jay. Attach it and the 
corn pain stops at once. Then a 
bit of wax — called B & B wax — 
loosens the corn very gently. In 
two days the whole corn disap- 
pears without any pain or soreness. 

It seems magical. After a 
Blue-jay plaster is applied, the 
shoe can't hurt the corn. After 48 
hours there is no corn to hurt. 

Folks have proved this on some 
70 million corns. They are re- 
moving in this way a million 
corns a month. 

That's why corns are not so 
common as they used to be. 
Blue-jay plasters came — folks 
found them out — and half the 
corns that grow today are quickly 
ended by them. 



Blue- jay 

Ends Corns 



15 and 25 cents — nt Druggiats 
Sample* Mailed Fv 

Bauer & Black, Chicago and New York 
Makers of Physicians' Supplies 



Cooroy ft Lsmairs Variety N Y 

Cook Joe Variety N Y 

Crane Mr & Mra Douglas Orpheum Circuit 

Cross ft Josephine 902 Palace Bldg NYC 



Demareat ft Collette Variety N Y 

Do Dio Circua care Tausig 104 E 14th St N Y 

De Lyons 3 care F M Barnes Chicago 

Dovins ft Williams Variety NY 

Dupres Frsd Variety London 



Eary Trio Variety San Francisco 

Elinors Kate ft Williams Sasa Northport L I 

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Correspondents 



Wanted 



| VARIETY has an at- 

| tractive proposition to 

§ submit to those wishing 

| to be VARIETY corre- 

S spondents. 

It will not interfere with 
| other pursuits, and may 
S be developed into a per- 
= manent income by active 
| people. 

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s ested in it. 



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Pern Harry 1300 W Ontario it Philadelphia 

O 

JACK E. GARDNER 

In "CURSE YOU, JACK DALTON" 
Dlrecuoe, HARRY WEBER 

Gordon ft Elgin Variety N Y 

Gray Trio Variety N Y 

Grees Karl 3 Mariahilf Str BingenRhein Germ 

Guerite Laura Variety London 



Hart Maria A Billy Variety N Y 
Harvard Stafford A Co Variety N Y 
Heather Tosie Variety N Y 
Hagans 4 Australian Variety N Y 
Hermann Adelaide Hotel Pierpont N Y 
Holman Harry Co Keith's Boston 
Howland A Leach Variety N Y 



Istnrd Variety N Y 

J 

JOE JACKSON 

JENIE JACOBS 



Jefferaon Joseph Palace Theatre Bldg N Y 

Jewell's Manikins Variety N Y 

Jonstons Musical 625 S. Potomac St Baltimore 

Jordan A Doherty Variety N Y 

Josefsson Iceland Gllma Co Ringling Circus 



Kelso & Leighton 167 W 145th St N Y 
Krelles The care Irving Cooper NYC 
Kronold Hans Variety N Y 



Langdons The 801 Palace Bldg NYC 
Leonard ft Willard Variety N Y 
Littlejohns The Variety N Y 
Lloyd Herbert Pantages Circuit 



Mardo ft Hunter 25 N Newstead Ave St Louis 
McGinn Francis Lambs Club N Y 
Moore A Hearer, 1657 Edenside Ave Louisville 
Morrissey ft Hackett Variety N V 



Recognized Vaudeville AcU 



Write er Were 



J. H. ALOZ 



tkfamg A g esi cy 
un Theatre Bldg. 

MONTREAL, P. Q. 



A SEASIDE BUNGALtW BEVEL- 
QPMEHT, rttael tmi reeejeably 
rertristsl. srib 4 resai feeaealevi, 
$425; fsll sits parts, fairy •■- 
srevei, |175 is; aeataly pay- 
■ests: tee sassy tittles bsataei; 
■stsral barter far akassrs teats: 
fseest SthlBf eresitt; Msers 
smm flees; yattt slsbs, bttsta, teals art all aiMesr 
•serfs; 45 sjlastss set; fan 9s.; ssasaers ate essetry seat- 
sisal; sssersJeas Isats efSss dally asd Ssetay; slrnlar sees 
refsert. 
TNE BACHE IEALTY CB.. 220 Brsaiwsy. New Ysrk City 




N 



Noble A Brooke Tivoli Sydney Australia 
Nosses Musical New Brighton Pa 



Pelletier Pierre Variety N Y 



DARING PRINCE 

In a remarkable exhibition of motorcycle and 

bicycle riding 

Address care Paul Tauslg A Son, 1B4 E. 14th 

St.. New York City 



Reeves Billy Dunlop Hotel Atlantic City 
Reilly Charlie Variety San Francisco 
Reynolds Carrie Variety N Y 
Rochez's Monkey Mueic Hall 2 Maiden Hill 
Gardens Maiden Eng 



Schaffer Sylvester care Tausig 104 E 14th N Y 

Shentons 3 Variety N Y 

Silver & Du Vail Silver wd Cot Soathberry Ct 

Simpson & Dean Variety N Y 

Skatelle Bert A Haael 

Permanent address Variety N Y 
Stanley Aileea Variety N Y 
Stanley Forrest Burbank Los Angelee 
Stein & Hume Variety N Y 
St Elmo Carlotta Variety N Y 
Stephens Leona 1213 Elder Ave N Y 
Sutton Mclntyre A Sutton 904 Palace Bldg N Y 
Syman Stanley Variety N Y 



FRANK HAYDEN 



Inc. 



BENJ. O. DAVIS, Pres. 



56 WEST 45th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 

Telephone. 5275 Bryant 

THEATRICAL 
COSTUMES 



For Production and Novelty Numbers 
ALWAYS ON HAND 



ORIGINAL 



PRICES 

IDEAS 

WORKMANSHIP 



BEST 



LET US ESTIMATE BEFORE CLOSING 

CONTRACTS 



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INDEPENDENT 



C I F?0 U I 



VAUDEVILLE 



Tke Beat Saaall Time hi the Far Went. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES. 

three to Ave weeka Between aaMage el 
ay wire er Utter. 



acta. C— aesmlcate 



Steady Ceeeecethre Work far Novelty Fee 
ALCAZAR THEATRE ELDO, SAN FRANCISCO 

beats far Aaetrelan far aH tret 



AMALGAMATED Vaudeville Agency 



•:• 



B. S. MOSS, Free Mont and General Manager 

PRUDENTIAL CIRCUIT 



letT I FeH^ B. S. MOSS CIRCUIT 
'IViriVJ pi 



PL1MMER CIRCUIT 



Artieta and Acta of every deecription auitabla far vaidevllle can ehtain long eng agementa by 
BOOKING DIRECT with ua. Send In yanr open time at once or caU. 



Offices t Columbia Theatre Balldlng.— TIMES SQUARE. NEW YORK. -Telephone Bryant teeL 

of all performers going to Europe make their steamship arrangements through 



eMVe^Sp /" Newell and Niblo, Niarils, Four Nightons, Novelloa, Victor Niblo, Juggling 

Normans. CarlNobrl, Geo. NaRtrl & Co., La Belle Nello. Richard Nadrapcm, hour 
Norrins, Narow Bros., Nellie Nichols, Marcus and Gartelle, Juggling Nelsons. 

PAUL TAUSIG 4k SON. 1*4 E. 14th St^ New Yorh City 
German Savlnga Banh Bldg. Telephone Stuyveaant US* 



/mk us. T'he following have 



Fuller's Australasian Vaudeville Circuit 

Governing Director, Ben J. Fuller 

The "live wire" circuit of the Southern Heeniaphere. Where the M make goods" play from M in 
1M weeka. All Rail and Staamahip Farea, excoea haggage and haulage paid hy the bisbsssbbss* 
from AMERICA to AMERICA. 

Joeephlne Gaaeman, who hoe boon on the circuit over 1% weeka (and atlll going atrong)* eais\ 
If the gang hack in the States only know what a '*paradiae for actare" Anatmlln issllj la, Goal 
what a stampede there would ho. If yoai have a good akmgla, danhlo or novelty net, got ks wjanm 
with BEN J. FULLER'S CHICAGO OFFICE. Silence a pellte negative. 
Suite 1311—21 E. Jechson Blvd., Chicago 111. 
ROY P. MURPHY, U. &V 

Harry Rickard's Tivoli Theatres 

And AFFILIATED CIRCUITS, INDIA and AFRICA 



LTD. 
AUSTRALIA 



HUGH McINTOSH, Governing Director 

Registered Cable Addraaat "HUGHsiAC," Sydney 

Head OfBcot TIVOLI THEATRE, SYDNEY- AUSTRAL! A 

NEW YORK OFFICES! HI Strand Theatre Bldg. 

•" 101 RANCH— 6 Burlington, Vt. 8 Mont- 

pleler, 7 Clalrmont, 8 Concord, N. H., 9 Man- 
chester, 10 Portsmouth. 

RINOLINO BROS.— 2 Owosao, Mich., 8 Cam. 
"> Saginaw, Greenville, 7 Alma, 8 CadlllM, 
i> I'etoskey, 10 Traverse City. 

SKLL8-FLOTO— 2 Hastings, Neb., 3 Fmlr- 
hury, 5-0 Kansas City, Mo., 7 St. Joseph's, 8 
Omaha, Neb., 0, Fremont, 10 Norfolk. 



JULIUS TANNEN 

If Brookdale Ave, 

New RochoUe. N. Y. 

Phone New RochoUe 4113. 

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Valli Muriel ft Arthur Variety Chicago 

Vlollaaky Variety N Y 

Von Hoff George Variety N Y 

W 

Wade John P Variety N Y 

Walton ft Vivian Baldwin L I 

Wells ft Bundy Variety N Y 

Williams ft Rankin Variety N Y 

Wright Cecelia United Booking Office N Y 



Zazelle H M Co 8 W 65th St N Y C 



LETTERS 

Where C follows name, letter is In 
Variety's Chicago office. 

Where S F follows name, letter ia in 
Variety's San Francisco office. 

Advertising or circular letters will 
not be listed. 

P following name indicatea postal, 
advertised once only. 




BARXUM-IIAILEY— 2 Watertown, 8. D., 3 
Wlllmar, Minn., 5 Fargo, N. D., (Trend 
Forks, 7 Crookston, Minn., 8 Fergut* Falls. 
St. Cloud. 10 Duluth. 

HAGENHACK-WALLACE— ."> Perry, la.. 6 
Rockwell City, 7 Sheldon, 8 Lemors, I) Sioux 
City, 10 Blair. 



Abbott A (C) 
Ackerman Albert 
Adams Wallace (C) 
Anderson May 
Andrews Sam (C) 
Apel Philip 
Archbold A (C) 
Atkinson John 
Aubrey Mr 

B 

Ballunce Layretta 
Bailey Ralph (C) 
Barnett Walter (C) 
Barclay Don 
Barrett Mildred 
Barry Hulda 
Beaumont Arnold 



Beatty Florence (C) 
Bellmonta The 
Bennett 4 Darling 
Bentel Harry 
Berko Steffy 
Bernstein A Rlcbd (C) 
Black Yarn 
Blaine James 
Blattle William (0) 
Blondell Mrs B 
Bogga Martha 
Bolton Nate 
Booth by ft Bverdean 
Borden Mr C H 
Boyle Bros 
Bowers Dave (C) 
Breen Harry 
Brooks Herbert 
Browning A Manning 
Brlco Mfas B (C) 



Why pay an enormous rent for a Bungalow for the summer, when 
you can OWN one for the same money you pay to occupy one, for 

just a few months? We are of- 
fering you a SPRINGFIELD 




PORTABLE BUNGALOW 
the basis of 25% DOWN AND 
5% MONTHLY. Why overlook 
this opportunity? Think this mat- 
ter over and figure it out your- 
self. Don't it pay in a long run? 
SPRINGFIELD PORTABLE 
BUNGALOWS combine the plea- 
sure and comforts of camp and 
home life. 

Also Steel aid Wood Qarifes ere told on a moithly payment plan. 

Springfield Portable House Company 

Marbridge Building 
Broadway and 34th Street, New York City 

FRED. JENNINGS, Special Representative 



givea you possession 
of this house 



Write for 
Catalogue B 



VARIETY 



JOSEPH SANTLEY 




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OW IN" 



6TH WEEK 



GARRICK THEATRE 



Sam Barto 



ROY ATWELL 

With 

"ALL OVER TOWN" 

Garrick Theatre, Chicago 

For the Summer 



| B-A-N-JOil P-H-I-E-M-DS | 

T CHAS. CROSSMAN, Mgr., Per. Addreee White Rate Club f 

| Playing United Time Tbie Week (June 28), Imperial, Montreal I 



Mryant Charles (C) 
Burndette Miss M 
Byers A Scott 
Burke Walter 



Carlton M lO 
Carroll Harry (C) 
Cate Frank B 
Catee Band 
Carter A Carter (C) 
Clark George A 
Clark Thomas J 
Clark A Adler 
Claudius A Scarllt 
Cevene A Herbert (C) 
Chandler Anna (C) 
Chesterf'd Henry (C) 
Chlnko 

Churchill M (CI 
Coleman Claudia 
Colton Harrow (C) 
Collins Tom 
Combine O L (C) 
Copeland Carl (C) 
Coudret Peggy 
Conly & Webb 
Cooper Maude 
Cromwell Billy <C) 
Cutter Wallace 



Dainty Isabel 
Danllng Fay 
Darnels Dick (Ci 
Damerel Alice (C) 
Darling Daisy (C) 
Davis .lack ((') 
Dean DalHy (C) 
De Carlton George 
Do CoBta Harry (C) 
Delmare Jack 
Delmore John Co (C) 
Dolancy P S (C) 
De Macos The 
Dcvereux Mrs D 
Dingle Tom 
DooTey Johnny 
D'Orraond John 
Du Calion 
Dudley Harry 



Dunfee Josephine 
Du Val Betty 

Duval DorrlH (C) 
DurHiind Maude (C) 

E 

Earl Arthur 
Earl Charles T 
Edwards Sinters 
Eleanor Sisters 
Elklns Alice 
Elliott Fred 
Elliott Louise U\> 
Emert A L (C) 
Emmett Robert (C) 
Ernest Lillle G 
Ernest A Prior 
Erwin Chris 
Esmeraldo Edna 
Everhardt Will 
Everette Flossie ( C i 
KxeellaH (C) 

F 

Kalk Charlie <C> 
Fellowes Mrs C <C) 
Fern Billle 
Fielding Mrs H 
Fields Dollle 
Fields Margaret 
Fillmore Nellie (C| 
Kino Jack 
Flake Freeman 
Fltzslmmons Robert 
Foltz Virginia 
Foo Lee Tong (C) 
Ford SisterH 
Korster Claude (C) 
Forrester Sidney (C) 
Foster Sydney (C) 
Fox Marion (C) 
Fruncos Kuth 
Franleno Mrs F (C) 
Frazer Jack 
French B (C) 



Gnrdner H M 
Germalnc Flovle 
Gernialne Florrie <Ci 
Gilbert Henrietta (C) 



MARGIE 



Invites Offers 

for 
Next Season 



Address Care 
VARIETY 
New York 



CATLIN 



MORTON-JEWELL Tm*e 

PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH GEORGE FOSTER* IMMEDIATELY 



To Whom It May Concern 

My Address Until August 16 will be General Delivery 

Kingsbury, N. J. 




is good makeup; 
to prove it, send 15c. for 
trial size and catalog. Mention color wanted. 
Everything in makeup. 

CHARLES MEYER. 
(Est. 1868) 103 West 13th St., New York 



Gold Irene (C) 
Golden Florence 
Golden Happy 
Goldsmith Lillian 
Gordon James 
Gordon Karlne 
Grant MIbs F 
Grant Hi Greenwood 
Green J (C) 
Grlffln Gerald A 
G"wynne & Gossett 

H 

Hadley Mae 
Hamid George l( 'i 
Han Ping Chun 
Harder Myrkle 
HaBhlmate Frank h'i 
HaRs Chuck 
Haverly Edward 
Henkel Otto 
Hendler Hershel (') 
Herness Mr |('i 
HesHe John I. 
Hezetnan Alic» id 
Hicks Phil 
Hilton Lew 
Hippel Clifford 
Hoffman A F (C) 



Hoffman Max (C) 
Holbrook Florence 
Holllster Leonard 
Holmes George 
Holmes & Buchanan 
Hold Harry K 
Humble W W (P) 
Hursley Troupe 
Hurst Roger 



Ireland Chauncey 
Ireland Chauncy (C) 
Ins Klsio (C) 

J 
Jackson Stuart 
Jameson E E (C) 
Jerome Frank 
Johnon W P (C) 
Johnson Hattle 
Fordon Leslie (C) 

K 
Kaplan Bessie (C) 
Keane Robert E (C) 
Kehno & Wagner 
Kelly & Fern 
Kelly-Plstel (C) 



Kelso Billy 
Kelso Joe (C) 
Kendall Ezra 
Kennedy James 
Kingston Majorie 
Klppen Miunart (C 
Kohoa Win 
Krampe Ren J (Cj 



Lamb Kuth (IM 
Lang Augusta ( I* i 
Lawrence Shirley 
Lay ton Harry (C> 
Le Blanc Leo J 
Leon Billy 
Lt> Roy Paul (C» 
Leslie Blanche 
Lessig Mrs J R 
Levee Carmen 
Levy Bert 
Lewis Borden G 

Lewis Al 

Lewis Sid (C) 
Llvsey Albert (P) 

Linders II & E (C) 
I^ohmuller Mr B 

Lorls John T (C) 
Loyal Sylvia 



Madill Marie 
Manning Leonard 
Marion Dave 
Martyn & Firm e (C) 
Markee Bros 
Marlow Ben 
Marshall Miss E 
Martion Mary E 
Martinez Gloria 
Martin Wilbur D (C) 
Marx Leonard 
Matthews Billy (C) 
McBan Andy (P) 
Melvern Babe (C) 
McKcnna Bros 
McNutta Cycling 
Mead Vera 
Meads Frederick 
Melrose Bert 
Meehan John 
Melville Mae 
Menlman Ruby 
Mennlng Wanda (C) 
Meyers Charlotte 
Miller Fred 
Miller Thomas H 
Mlllre Tresa (C) 
Mitchell Mamie (C) 



ANNOUNCCMEN 



I 



CHICAGO 



Moffet Jack (C) 
Moore Irene (C) 
Moore Bob (P) 
Moore Grace 
Monte & Dot 
Montrose Belle (C) 
Mora Teas (C) 
Morgan Lou 
Morhart H'rt'nse (C) 
Morris Arthur 
Morson William 
Morrison Jack (C) 
Morton Bobble (C) 
Morton Miss M (P) 
Morton Vernon 
Morton Clara 
Moxaon Wm 
Mulhall Rosalie (O 
Muller & Stanley 
Murray Rose 
Murrey Eugene 

N 

Nobody & Piatt (C) 
Nolan Tom 
Norwood & Hall (C) 



O'Breln Nell 
O'Brien Wm (C) 
Oliver Clarence 
Otto Elizabeth (C) 
Owen Matlie 



Page Helen 
Paka Mrs T 
Parez Josephine 
Parker Estelle 
Parry Berthram 
Pearson Mrs 
Petrle Will F 
Pisano General ((') 
Powell Halton 
Pryor Chas A 
Pultler Eva 



Ralston Elton (C) 
Rauh Al 
Readlck Frank 
Redding Francesca 
Rehoem Will (C) 
Ring Blanche (C) 
Robinson Elita (C) 
Robinson Jack J (C) 
Roberts Allyn 
Robey Mr H C 
Rolland George 
Rose Chas 
Rose Frank (C) 
Roshanora Mile 
Ross Edna 
Ross Roy (C) 
Russell D N (C) 
Russell & Hill 
Kusro Nick (C) 
Ryan Bennett (C) 
Ryan Margaret 
Ryan Thomas 



Halto T (C) 
Salaren W (C) 
Santley Jos 
Schooler David 
Scoble Ada (C) 
Scott John 
Seymour Anna M 



Shannon Walter (C) 
Sheen Frank (C) 
Shipley Harry (C) 
Simonet Annette 
Skatelle H A B (C) 
Skipper Mra O 
Smallej Ed 
Smith Arthur (C) 
Smith Effle (C) 
Spauldiug Harvey 
Stanford Arthur 
Stanley C A R (C) 
Stanley Norman 
St Clair Miss 
Stephens Thos P (P) 
Sterling A Margaret 
Stevens Al 
Stewart Jean 
St James Wm H 
Stone Ruth R 
Storm Joan . 
Strong Eugene K 
Sully Lew 
Sunderland May 
Summers Cecil (C) 
Swarts Mrs (C) 
Sweet Charles R 
Sykes Harry (C) 



Tabor Harry 
Texlco 
Thomas Ed 
Thornton JAB 
Tompkins Ruth 
Tonge Philip (C) 
Themaines Mus'l (C) 
Treleske Cottage (C) 
Tuttle Mile 



Vance Gladys 
Vane Ethel 
Vernle Joan 
Vert Hazel 
Vincent Muriel (C) 
Vogan Mrs E 
Von Dell Harry 

W 

Wakle Mrs H (C) 
Walton Beulah 
Ward Edith 
Ward Geo 

Wayne Eugene L (C) 
Wells Billie (C) 
Wcnrlch Percy 
West Claude 
West Mollle 
West Willie (C) 
Weston Misses (C) 
Wheeler Nan (C) 
White Jack (C) 
Wilbur & Jordon 
Wlnehill Cliff (C) 
Wings Robt G (P) 
Wilson Paul 
Wittes Helen (C) 
Wood Adam 
Wood Edward 
Wood Jack 
Wood Margie 
Worth Charlotte 



Y;\tes Sisters (C) 
Young C 



Zenlta 



Madame Jean 




AND HER 



COMEDY ANIMAL ACT 



Have Just Returned From a Most 
Successful Tour of Australia 



Direction, SIMON AGENCY, Chicago 



VARIETY 





After Several Yew 
in Minstrelsy, 1 am 
Returning to Vaude- 
ville. Of course, 1 
had m Corking Time, 
and Was "the" Party 
of the First Part, but 
Modesty Insisted I 
Ceaae Parading My 
Talents. 

BILLY 
BEARD 



JjTheJ»a£tV | Jron^he^outhj 




Buster 
Santos 

Jacque 
Hays 



The Girls wit* the 
FoMf Figaro 



SIMONS AGENCY 




YCAftf NtHcs.!" 

TV** MKK,T«aM ggtK,OHiT|Mfl I* YO*l* 1*1*4*17 

atfp nays nt * nmr a****, - Jutr res oar rfitjrc 

iiMme *H,n gecewr *pmoH or tff/fterj iwr 
sWutSfNTSP jor KHTMortP *»n> * whtch. 
*e mow e^tf Siva Soop T±aa t» HYier 
* w stows 'MiKe. C"°r 'WW^m^ trorej 
wmm.--w*4iri>iTm* ions . areiu. *o Jo*li, 



TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. 

This Is in part testimonial of my using 
five barrels of burnt cork. 

In devouring same I have consumed ap- 
proximately ISM cases of nigger gin. 

Have recently discovered, however, same 
can be used with a water solution to ad- 
vantage, and recommend the latter very 
highly — This goes. 

Thanking you for the free lunch, I beg 
to remain off of you, 

Forever and over 

TOM CALLOWAY 

"Memphis." 

CALLOWAY AND ROBERTS 

In 
"A COONTOWN WRANGLE" 
(N. B. Bon Voyage, Sir Walter, don't let 
your horn rust.) 



BROWN and 
JACKSON 

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ACADEMY OF MUSIC'S FINISH ; 
WHOLE 14th ST. BLOCK SOLD 



Entire Plot Within Four Streets Bought by Gas and 

Companies. Olympic and Tammany Hall Also to be Torn 

Down. Academy Has Three Years Left on Lease. 

May be New Burlesque House in 14th 

Street Neighborhood. 



A real estate deal that will practically 
alter the entire theatrical map of East 
14th street was said to have been con- 
summated this week when the Con- 
solidated Gas and General Electric 
companies, through several agents, ac- 
cumulated the entire block of property 
running from Irving place to 3rd ave-» 
nue and from Nth to 15th streets. 
The Gas and Electric concerns are now 
located in a new 24-story building on 
15th street and Irving place, but have 
been trying by various means to ac- 
quire the entire square block of lots 
and houses in order to spread out and 
build office space for their many sub- 
sidiary corporations. 

This means the eventual abolition 
of the Olympic, now a burlesque house. 
William Fox's Academy and Tammany 
Hall, three old landmarks on the East 
Side. The Academy has the longest 
lease of any property holder on the 
site, the Fox firm holding a three- 
year option for rental purposes. The 
Olympic leases from year to year. 
Tammany Hall is naturally indirectly 
interested in the proposition and re- 
cently announced an intention to move 
uptown. 

A few weeks ago a real estate trans- 
fer announced the sale of three 
houses on 14th street east ©f 3rd ave- 
nue. It was generally understood this 
property would be reconstructed to 
hold a picture house, but political 14th 
street claims the site wjll house a bur- 
lesque theatre, since the size permits 
the erection of a class A building. 

The demolition of the present build- 
ings on the plot will depend upon the 
arrangements made with leaseholders, 
although the purchasers of the property 



are said to be prepared to continue 
a building corresponding with their 24- 
story one, in the large square block 
obtained, building over and around such 
tenants as might refuse to agree to 
terms to vacate before the expiration 
of their leases. 

The Academy of Music has a large 
niche in the theatrical history of New 
York. That house, with the Olympic, 
will mark the ending of more down- 
town theatres that lately commenced 
with the tearing down of the Bijou, fol- 
lowed by the removal of the Herald 
Square, and the final closing of Wal- 
laces, while Daly's and Weber's Music 
Hall are closed to all practical show 
purposes. The Garrick on West 35th 
street is playing a 10-cent picture pol- 
icy, and the Savoy on West 34th street 
also offers pictures. 

The Olympic was best known as 
Tony Pastor's theatre, playing a va- 
riety show of national reputation be- 
fore taken over and renamed for bur- 
lesque. 



'SHREDDED WEEK" CIRCUIT. 

Chicago, June 7. 

The Western Vaudeville Managers' 
Association has acquired bookings of 
a circuit nicknamed the Overland 
Route. The Overland Theater Co. of 
Nebraska City controls seven vaude- 
ville houses. In these seven the Asso- 
ciation is going to place acts to play 
the houses daihr. They are in seven 
different towns through Iowa and Ne- 
braska. The acts start on Sunday in 
Creston, la, and finish the circuit in 
time, make Omaha the Monday fol- 
lowing, after making the one-night 
Stops. 

This is illed a "shredded week". 



LIKE PALACE EXPERIMENT. 

Chicago, July 7. 
The Shuberts are so infatuated with 
the result of their experiment in book- 
ing "Maid in America" at the Palace 

they are pressing the Beck-Kohl com- 
bination hard for time for future Win- 
ter Garden shows. 

However, the Palace makes more 
money with vaudeville in the season. 
It has not yet tried to go through the 
summer with vaudeville, it being the 
belief of the overlords that the Ma- 
jestic can take care of the summer pat- 
rons of the two-a-day. "Maid in Amer- 
ica" has been capacity since the lun 
started, June 3. It is in on shares. 



MORE BIG SALARIES. 

"There are only two instances of 
picture actors worth the enormous sal- 
aries they are being paid and those two 

are Mary Pickford and Charles Chap- 
lin." This statement is accredited to 
Daniel Frohman when asked this week 
whether or not salaries for stars from 
the legitimate to appear in pictures 
would continue to rise skyward. 

In the interview, which Mr. Frohman 
gave he also stated that before long the 
picture producers would proceed to cut 
salaries in a surprising manner. 

Against this fact three contracts for 
the services of legitimate stars in pic- 
tures were recorded" this week, Henry 
J. & Frederick E. Goldsmith having 
closed papers for their clients. The 
largest contract calls for the services of 
Robert Warwick for the next two 
years by the Peerless Co. The total 
amount is $104,000. Lillian Lorraine 
engaged for 15 weeks by the Balboa, 
and she is to receive $700 weekly. The 
World Film signed Kitty Gordon for 
one year and the star is to be paid at 
the rate of $1,500 weekly for that 
period. 



GROCERY CLERK-TENOR 

Portland, Ore., July 7. 
W. Ernest Crosby, a local grocery 
clerk, appeared in the amateur con- 
tests at the Empress last week and 
while warbling popular ditties in his 
tenor voice was handed a season's con- 
tract by the manager of M £ari," play- 
ing at the Helig theatre, 



TOWN TOPICS" CAST. 

Ned Wayburn has completed the cast 
for his revue "Town Topics," which is 
to be placed into rehearsal on July 19 
to open six weeks later. All engaged 
for the show have been placed under 
contract for the entire season of 1915- 
16 and the producer has an option on 
their services for the season of 1916-17. 

Two of the effects to be employed 
are being completed. One is by Frank 
Thomas, at present on the Coast com- 
pleting portions of a picture" film to be 
part of the effect. 

Those who will report at the first re- 
hearsal as principals are Trixie Fri- 
ganza, Vera Michelena, Blossom Seely, 
Grace Fields, Cameron Sisters, Naomi 
Glass, Manna Zucca, Marie LeVarr, 
Gloria Goodwin, Mable Elaine, Flana- 
gan and Edwards, Bert Leslie, Will 
Rogers, Paul Morton, Ed Gallager, 
Clifton Webb, Peter Paige, Carbery 
Brothers, Jimmie Fox, Adelaide and 
Hughes. 

Ned Wayburn had several hundred 
chorus girls at Bryant Hall Thursday 
morning from which to select his 
chorus for his "Town Topics" revue. 
After the picking the chosen ones were 
notified rehearsals would start on Mon- 
day. 



A NOISY BUNCH. 

The management of the Winter Gar- 
den is evidently not pleased with the 
applause certain of the numbers in the 
production of "The Passing Show of 
1915" are receiving and therefore have 
again, put the chorus men's claque on 
the job again to bolster up the applause. 

Three men, led by Homer Potts, are 
each receiving $5 a week to sit through 
each performance and lend their 
mighty hands to applause ensemble at 
the front of the house. 



ORCHESTRAS PUT OUT. 

Portland, Ore., July 7. 

Local theatre managers handed their 
orchestras two weeks' notice, which 
went into effect July 4. 

The move was made in retaliation for 
the demands of the Musicians' Union, 
which insisted theatre managers carry 
a certain number of men in the or- 
chestra pit. 

If T«l «Un't .dv.rtU. In VARIETY, 
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CABLES 



DILLINGHAM ENGAGES LONDON 
MANAGER FOR N. Y. HIPPODROME 



James Matthews, Manager of the Duke of York's for 
Years, Sails for New York Shortly to Assume Manage- 
ment of Big Playhouse. Many Rumors Current on 
Broadway Regarding Hip. Engagements. 



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London, July 7. 

James Matthews sails shortly to as- 
sume the management of the New 
York Hippodrome under Charles Dil- 
lingham's direction. 

Mr. Matthews has been the manager 
of the Duke of York's theatre, London, 
for 18 years. 

Since Charles Dillingham announced 
he had John Philip Sousa engaged for 
the Hippodrome there have been 
scores of rumors as to other big things 
that manager had arranged for for 
the big playhouse. One was that he 
had signed Maxfield Parrish to do the 
scenery for the new production, and 
also that he had engaged Richard 
Ordynski, who was associated with 
Reinhardt abroad, to aid in staging the 
production. 

An attempt to verify both of these 
rumors at the Dillingham office 
brought no denial, but the reports were 
treated rather humorously. Bruce Ed- 
wards mentioned Mr. Dillingham was 
also arranging with Thomas Edison to 
be the chief electrician of the house. 



TREE IN POOR "TRILBY. 

London, July 7. 

Sir Beerbohm Tree opened at the 
Finsbury Park Empire this week in a 
condensed "Trilby" for the music hall 
stage. 

It is poorly done, but will suffice 
for his limited four weeks in vaude- 
ville. 



HAWTREY'S AMUSING FARCE. 

London, July 7. 
At the Coliseum this week Charles 
Hawtrey is playing Max Pemberton's 
amusing farcical playlet, "The Haunt- 
ed Husband." 



WANT FIRST MONEY 

London, July 7. 
Vaudeville circuits over here which 
have been playing the tabloid revue 
productions on a basis of 50-50 of the 
gross receipts, are now demanding, for 
the same attractions that the circuit 
takes the first $400 that comes in at 
the box office. 



VAN HOVEN INDEPENDENT. 

London, July 7. 

Through the success made by him 
on this side and with a flood of Eng- 
lish engagements for the future at his 
command, Van Hoven, the "Mad Magi- 
cian," is asking $500 weekly for Ameri- 
can vadueville engagements. 



Malone Representing Weber Abroad. 

London, July 7. 
J. A. E. Malone will represent L. 
Lawrence Weber dver here in Conner* 



tion with the Willard-Johnson fight 
pictures, upon the departure of Eddie 
Weil for home. Mr. Weil came over 
to this side in the interest of the scrap- 
ping films. ' 



PLAY FOR WARFIELD. 

London, July 7. 
"The Laughter of Fools," at the 
Prince of Wales, has been secured by 
"David Belasco for America, and David 
Warfield will star over there in it. 



MARINELLI BUYS A FARM. 

Mrs. H. B. Marinelli is the owner 
of a 10-acre farm at Montvale, N. J. 
It was presented to her by Marinelli, 
who made his wife a present of the 
property yesterday. It is valued at 
$40,000 and will be the home of the 
Marinelli family. 

Marinelli has a home also in the 
suburbs of Paris. It was the memory 
of their place over there that brought 
about an attack of home sickness on 
Mrs. Marinelli. She was won over 
when learning a Frenchman had owned 
the Montvale homestead, and that he 
had a full line of French vegetables 
and salads planted there. 



Lauder in West End Theatre Revue. 

London, July 7. 
There is a possibility Harry Lauder 
will appear in a West End theatre 
(legitimate) revue. 



Play Offered for Elsie Ferguson. 

London, July 7. 
"Gamblers All," now playing to big 
business at Wyndham's, has been of- 
fered to Klaw & Erlanger in New York 
as a vehicle for Elsie Ferguson. 



IN PARIS. 

Paris, June 25. 
Oswald Stoll has engaged A. Bras- 
seur, the French comedian of the The- 
atre des Varietes, for four weeks at 
the London Coliseum. He will be sup- 
ported by* Jeanne Prevost, of the 
Comedie Francaise, and Juliet Dar- 
court, formerly of the Vaudeville the- 
atre, Paris. They will appear in a 
sketch, in French, "Vive l'Armee," by 
Pierre Wolff. Stoll will also mount 
the operetta "Brazilian," by Meilhac 
and Halevy, music by Offenbach, in 
which Rachel and Caville will play. 



Mme. Rasimi will withdraw the revue 
at the Theatre du Vaudeville July 2, 
after a brave effort. She has also 
withdrawn from the Cigale music hall, 
which has closed for the summer. 



Manager A. Deval, of the Athenee, 
who has now secured the controlling 
interests in the Marigny, has ejected 
the temporary lessee who put on a 
revue at this house in May. Small 
lime vaudeville is now being presented 
under the management of Dante, (for 
some time in Marinelli's Paris office) 
and Montpreux, a small local agent. 
The show is given twice daily, at 
prices ranging from 10 cents. 



Some discussion has been raised in 
the local press concerning the lease 
of the Marigny. Although several 
years before it will expire the Paris 
municipal council has been induced to 
grant a further 20 years on the lease 
to Deval. It is contended that such 
action is suspicious and is stealing a 
march on the electors. Some folks say 
the question of the lease of the Marigny 
was anything but urgent, and should 
npt have been rushed through the 
Council during the war. It is certain 
that the matter will be revived in the 
future. 

"Luna Park" has reopened for the 
summer, with a variety theatre and 
band stand. Two shows daily "Magic 
City" remains closed. 

Serge Taneff, Russian composer, died 
in Moscow, in which city he was for- 
merly director of the Conservatory of 
Music. 



B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE 

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Araeut Brothers 
Keiths Theatre 
Atlaatlo Oity.I.J. 

Dear Sirs:- 

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presented hare this eeek.I have found it one of the most novel 
laugh produoere I have played in many a day and hope to have the 
pleasure of playing you here ©gain soon. 
Best wishes for your euooess 

Tory truly youre 



SAILINGS. 

Reported through Paul Tausig & Son, 
104 East 14th street, New York: 

July 3, Mr. and Mrs. Gobert Belling, 
Lind (Kristianjford). 

July 3, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hodgkin- 
son, Harry Wells (Philadelphia). 

July 10, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Adams 
(St. Louis). 

San Francisco, July 7. 
July 6 (For Australia), Walter 
Weems, Mary Elizabeth, Jack Birch- 
ley, Billy Kinkaid (Ventura). 

London, July 7. 
July 7, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ober 
(Cymric). 



CLEMART SERIOUSLY ILL 

From information received in New 
York, W. H. Clemart, Chairman of the 
Variety Artists' Federation of England, 
has contracted cancer of the left lung. 

According to the same advices Mr. 
Clemart has been informed of his con- 
dition by the attending physicians, who 
have ordered him to rest, and Clemart 
wishes it made known to the profes- 
sion in order that he may meet or hear 
from his friends without reference made 
to his health. 



"Protean" Roberts Not Dead. 

London, July 7. 
R. A. Roberts, the protean player, 
officially announces he is not dead, be- 
cause of the rumor which started of 
his demise with the death of Bob Rob- 
erts. 



ARNAUT BROTHERS r 
Thjf Week (July 5), Palace Theatre, New' k f 



AMERICAN VS. KEDZIE. 

Chicago, July 7. 

Through the acquisition of the Amer- 
ican theatre by the Finn & Hyman in- 
terests, a peculiar situation is created 
because of the franchise held by the 
Kedzie Theatre Co., controlled by Wm. 
Malcolm and Edward Hayman, the 
latter an ex-employee of the Western 
Vaudeville Managers' Association, 
through which agency both houses are 
to be supplied with attractions. 

The Kedzie is located but a short 
distance west of the American and 
until the transfer of the property, prac- 
tically had control of the theatrical sit- 
uation in that immediate neighborhood. 
Since its erection the Kedzie has been 
the most consistent money maker 
among the many local neighborhood 
theatres, the only competition being 
the Hamlin, a few blocks farther west, 
but this was forced into pictures by 
the continual exercise of the so-called 
"blacklist" which made it unprofitable 
for the average act to play the house, 
at least while Hayman was holding a 
book in the "Association." 

With the new American in the race 
for West Side patronage, the situation 
assumes a different aspect for the house 
will be handled by Sam Kahl, for 
Finn & Hyman, who will undoubt- 
edly secure first choice on all attrac- 
tions because of his circuit connections. 
Those acquainted with conditions in 
that vicinity feel that both houses can- 
not profitably oppose one another and 
the coming season will bring consider- 
able interest on the question of which 
house will survive the business battle, 



VAUDEVILLE 



IMPORTANT THEATRE "POOLS" 
PENDING IN GREAT ER NEW YORK 

Two or Three Deals, Involving Several Theatres and Changes 

of Policy, Reported About Ready to be Closed. Will 

Affect as Many Local Neighborhoods, Bringing 

About Changes in Management as Well. 



Two or three important pools of 
theatres within Greater New York are 
impending, according to good infor- 
mation. 

The deals when finally completed 

will have an effect upon the legitimate, 
vaudeville and picture situation in the 
respective neighborhoods. 

A couple of the pooling propositions 
were in readiness to be closed yester- 
day, but there may be a delay of a 
few days only in either of them. 

The deals as outlined will become 
operative with the opening of the sea- 
son, and each pool will carry with it 
a change of policy in one or more of 
the theatres involved, as well as the 
active management of the houses. 

The pooling proposals came about, 
according to the story, through the 
business at the theatres last season, 
close competition between the houses 
and opposition policies within the 
vicinities. 



BRONX RIVALRY. 

Small time vaudeville competition at 
close proximity is on view in The 
Bronx, where Keith's Royal and Loew's 
National are battling against one an- 
other, with their front doors looking 
at each other. 

The Royal has the higher scale ad- 
mission during the week, going to 25 
cents in the orchestra, while the Na- 
tional is retailing its entertainment at 
15 cents as the top during the week 
days. 

Last Thursday night, an off one 
usually for all theatres, the Royal ap- 
peared to have much the best of the 
going, with both theatres presenting 
the same sort of a "Contest" for that 
evening, (women impersonating Char- 
lie Chaplin). The Royal, of larger 
capacity, was better filled in all sec- 
tions than the National. 

The former big time Bronx house 
on the Keith Circuit has its front and 
insides well lighted in approved small 
time ballyhoo fashion. The Royal that 
now - advertises "Keith's Summer 
Vaudeville at Summer Prices" looks 
enterprising, also attractive, in its vari- 
colored and bright front. The National 
also has some lights out but they don't 
compare with the Royal's flash. 

Each theatre has a "Special 
Event" of some kind or another for 
almost every evening. Monday the 
Royal gave an "Old Fashioned July 
4th Celebration" with the comedy 
games customarily played outdoors 
transferred to the stage for the day. 
Among them were prizes for catching 
a greased pig and climbing a greased 
pole. 

The experiment of playing pop vaude- 



ville in Keith's Royal, that promised 
little in its first week, immediately 
after the closing of the regular big 
time vaudeville policy in The Bronx, 
has developed into an assured money 
maker, leaving a condition to connec- 
tion with the Royal where there is a 
diversity of opinion as to what style 
of variety show the house will give 
next season. Following the theory 
that the Royal is now making money 
and it will be well to leave well enough 
alone, there is a chance that if the 
steady capacity the Royal has had of 
late continues, the present policy may 
remain. The Royal's program over the 
summer is practically a big time show 
at small time prices of admission. 

Belle Baker remained all of last 
week at the Royal, the first of the big 
time feature turns played there during 
the summer to do so, others having 
appeared at the house on a split-week 
engagement. 



"HARLEM STAR" ANGERS LOEW. 

The Harlem Star is a local paper 

devoted to the territory it is named 

after. Within the Harlem confines and 

almost facing each other where they 

stand are B. F. Keith's Harlem opera 
house and Marcus Loew's 7th Ave- 
nue theatre. 

Both theatres play small time vau- 
deville. The Star provides the local 
news of the section for the vast num- 
ber of people who are content to live 
in Harlem. 

The Star carries a department headed 
"Brickbats and Bouquets." Under the 
heading the other day the paper took 
occasion to draw a comparison be- 
tween the Keith and Loew houses, 
placing the opera house in the Bou- 
quet division and giving the Loew thea- 
tre the Brickbat end. The story was 
apt to influence readers according to 
its tenor. It is, said that after the pub- 
lication, the Loew main office requested 
that a representative of the Harlem 
Star call there. A representative did 
so, to be informed that unless proper 
amends were offered in the same pub- 
lication an action for libel would fol- 
low. 



IN AND OUT. 

Fritzi Scheff walked into the leading 
position on the Palace program last 
Friday when Eva Tanguay's voice 
obliged her to leave the bill. It was 
said that at the Thursday night per- 
formance Miss Tanguay could hardly 
be heard over the footlights. 

Friday Tempest and Sunshine had 
to retire from the Henderson's, Coney 
Island, program, owing to one of the 
girls injuring a leg while (lancing. 
Morton and Moore filU n. 



KEENEVS FRANCHISE OFFER 

The recent quest of Frank A. Keeney, 

the vaudeville manager, to secure a 

theater with a Broadway front, is said 

to have been coupled with another 

desire. The Broadway house was con- 
ditioned upon that he obtain a fran- 
chise from the United Booking Offices 
to play vaudeville in the Main Alley 
theatre, if secured. 

In order to do so, Keeney is said to 
have negotiated with the Hammer- 
steins to secure their U. B. O. fran- 
chise, and Keeney is reported also to 
have been interested in the deal where- 
by Hammerstein vaudeville was ex- 
pected to be played in one of the 
Shubert New York theatres, with the 
44th Street preferred. 

Everything being arranged to 
Keeney's satisfaction, it is reported he 
was prepared to pay as high as $100,- 
000 for the Hammerstein O. K. from 
the U. B. O. That was the last matter 
to be settled, however, the consent of 
the United to the transfer of the fran- 
chise. It is also reported the prelim- 
inary dealings did not reach a point 
where it was thought worth while to 
sound the United about its ideas on 
(he exchange of its franchise from the 
Hammerstein to the Keeney name. 



NO ROOF SHOW IN FALL 

It is reported as practically certain 
the Loew Circuit has decided to dis- 
continue its American Theatre Roof 
shows with the coming of fall, leaving 
but the theatre downstairs to give a 
vaudeville bill in the regular season. 

The Roof, with the same program 
and at a higher admission price than in 
the theater below, has been an ad- 
junct of the American since the house 
was taken over by Loew from William 
Morris. Of late months business up- 
stairs has been unsatisfactory, with the 
result the Loew people concluded the 
Roof attendance meant no more than 
a division of the people who other- 
wise would have patronized the the- 
atre. 



COULDNT BUY RELEASE. 

The release by Jesse L. Lasky of 
Clark and Bergman from the Lasky 
"Society Buds" contract could not be 
purchased by the team, who offered 
their vaudeville management $100 
weekly, to permit them to join the 
"Hands Up" show. Mr. Lasky replied 
he refused to consider the bonus offer, 
and would take legal proceedings to 
restrain the couple from playing under 
other management, pending the ter- 
mination of the Lasky contract, which 
has 26 weeks to run. 

Emily Lee and Donald Macdonald 
are engaged for the "Hands Up" pro- 
duction. Others new to the cast arc 
Artie Mehlinger, Willard Lewis and 
Alice Dovey. 



PARK TOWER COLLAPSES. 

Davenport, la., July 7. 

During flights Monday by Do Any- 
thing Niles, which had drawn 8,000 at 
Exposition Park, Rock Island, 111., a 
60-foot steel tower in the midst of the 
assembled crowd collapsed, injuring 20 
people. 



xa/ FAMILIAR BILLINGS. 

World s Greatest 
England's Foremost 
The Eminent Actor 
Novelty Jugglers 
Musicians Par Excellence 
The Act De Luxe 
That Smart Entertainer 
The Eccentric Violinist 
The Universal Favorite 
Those Dainty Girls 
The Globe Trotter 
The Genius of the Violin 
Wonders of the Air 
The Versatile Comedian 
Delightfully Different 
Different from the Rest 
Those Classy Boys 
The International — 
Song Interpretations 
Emperors of Music 
Entertainers of Royalty 
In Their Pretty Novelty 
That Clever Chap 
Broadway's Favorite Comedian 
In the Thrilling Dramatic — 
The American Humorist 
A Unique Offering 
Impressions of — 
Society Dancers 
Knockabout Comedians 
'a Favorite- 
Fresh from European Triumphs 
In Their Funny Absurdity 
First Appearance in— Years 
The Musical Fantasy 
Late Star of— 
America's Premier Quartet 
In Selections from Their Rep. 
Singing Comedienne 
The Wizard of the— 
European Equilibrists 
The Ragtime Queen 
Comedy Acrobats 
In a Refined Musical Act 
The Beau Brummel of — 
Phenomenal Baritone Singer 
Featuring Their Own Original 
Vocal and Instrumental Selections 

Who Made Famous 

Musical Monarchs 
Those Harmony Singers 

The with the Personality 

The Feminine — 
Whirlwind Dancers 
Fun A-Wheel 
Man Who Made 



Laugh 



Little Girl with Big Voice 

O. M. Samuel. 



RECORD HOLIDAY BUSINESS. 

July 4 made a record in theatrical 
business around New York. The 
theatre managers say that last Sun- 
day was the poorest in attendance ever 
in their houses. 

July 5, Monday, the second holiday 
of the Fourth, did much better for the 
show places through a rain storm that 
happened in the morning. It worked 
variously, however, in different sec- 
tions of the city. Some of the the- 
atres played to capacity whilst others 
had very light houses. 

The Winter Garden probably antici- 
pating a sultry day, waived its extra 
Monday matinee, although other Times 
Square theatres at high prices did a 
huge business at both shows. 

Coney Island, which had depended 
upon the 4th for the summer rent, had 
its best day in history Sunday, but 
slumped off badly Monday. 



6 



VAUDEVILLE 



ANDERSON & ZIEGLER THEATRES 
LEASED BY U. B. 0. INTERESTS 



Park, Indianapolis; Strand, Dayton, and Walnut Street, Cin- 
cinnati, to Ultimately Play Vaudeville Through United 
Booking Offices. Change in Policy End Next 

Season. 



Negotiations pending for the trans- 
fer ,of the several Anderson & Ziegler 
theatres in the Middle West have been 
practically settled by the United Book- 
ing Offices and three of the houses will 
come under the control of the agency 
interests with the close of next sea- 
son. The Indianapolis deal is about 
settled and the Park theatre there will 
play the Stair & Havlin attractions 
until March, 1916, when the house will 
be closed and entirely renovated, the 
balcony and gallery being ripped out 
and replaced by one modern balcony. 
When the alterations are completed the 
house will reopen with a small time 
vaudeville bill booked through the New 
York office of the U. B. O. 

The A-Z house in Dayton, recently 
renamed the Strpnd and owned by 
Dickson & Talbot (who also own the 
Park, Indianapolis), will soon be trans- 
ferred to the executives of the Keith 
interests, a company now being formed 
to take over and operate the house. 
Dayton will play a first class vaudeville 
show at small time prices, the bills 
being booked for a full week and prob- 
ably moving in from Toledo or vice 
versa. It is very likely a pooling 
arrangement wili be settled with Hurtig 
& Seamon to bring their house in 
Dayton inside the competitive quali- 
fication although no definite announce- 
ment was forthcoming on this point 
to date. The house will probably be 
renamed and called Keith's theatre. 
Anderson & Ziegler have a lease on this 
property that still has five and a half 
years to run. 

The Walnut Street theatre, Cincin- 
nati, owned by Anderson & Ziegler, 
will also come into the deal. Stair & 
Havlin attractions will continue there 
until March when the walls will be 
moved back 50 feet, increasing the seat- 
ing capacity from 1,800 to 3,000. When 
this is completed the house will be 
made a vaudeville stand, booked 
through the New York U. B. O. 
agency. 

The other A.-Z. house, the High St. 
theatre, Columbus, will be held by the 
firm, with a straight picture policy 
holding forth there. 



NEW COPYRIGHT DECISION. 

Judge Thomas Haight in the United 
States District Court of New Jersey 
assessed the Standard Music Roll Co. 
with nominal damages of six cents in 
the case wherein it was charged by 
the F. A. Mills Music Publishing Co. 
with infringement of copyright through 
giving away on printed slips of paper 
the words to two of the Mills' songs. 
Judge Haight also decided that the 
defendants should pay a reasonable 
counsel fee to the plaintiff's counsel 



(Nathan Burkan) as well as the costs 
of the proceedings. 

The Mills Co. licensed the Standard 
film to distribute its musical composi- 
tions on music rolls, but the Standard 
took advantage of the privilege and in 
addition to the melody, enclosed a set 
of the words with each sale. The de- 
cision establishes a precedent, this being 
the first case on the point involved. 



COMMISSION CONFUSION. 

Chicago, July 7. 

The several ten per cent agents hold- 
ing booking franchises with the West- 
ern Vaudeville Managers' Association 
are having considerable trouble among 
themselves owing to the ruling of Gen- 
eral Manager Mort Singer that every 
agent must produce satisfactory book- 
ing authority for each act before sub- 
mitting the attraction to the "Associa- 
tion" book men for a route. 

One turn routed over the entire 
string of houses booked through the 
W. V. M. A. cancelled the time volun- 
tarily because two ten per centers were 
demanding a commission. The move 
was wisely made by Routing Manager 
Tom Carmody in order to eliminate 
the possibility of confusion and mis- 
understandings after the contracts had 
been issued. 



WOMEN IN CHAPLIN CONTESTS. 

The Charlie Chaplin thing has got- 
ten to the women. In many New York 
vaudeville theatres where special 
nights have been made of Chaplin Con- 
tests, the managements have installed 
Chaplin contests for women only. 
While not well thought of as an artis- 
tic entertainment by the house man- 
agement, they appear to please the 
native attendance, as most of the girls 
are locals, with one or two profes- 
sional Chaplin impersonators inserted 
to give the affair a standing. 

It is not unusual for from 10 to 20 
women and girls to enter in these 
Chaplin contests. 



POLI AGAIN TRYING TAB. 

The Poli Circuit will again experi- 
ment with a tabloid musical comedy, 
when Al K. Hall's "Merry Maids" start 
July 19 tor a v/eek at Waterbury, Conn., 
giving two productions during the stay. 

The result of the Waterbury stand 
will have a considerable effect upon 
Poli's future handling of tabs. A pre- 
vious try with one tabloid of uncertain 
merit sometime ago in a Poli house 
dissuaded the Circuit from continuing 
the policy. 

If you don't •dv.rtU. In VARIETY, 
don't advartiM. 



VOTE ON TITLE CHANGE. 

At the adjourned meeting of the 
White Rats held at the club rooms 
July 6 it was decided to give the gen- 
eral membership a vote on the propo- 
sition of changing the name of the or- 
ganization. The general opinion seems 
to favor the idea of a new title, but one 
or two dissenting members suggested 
the entire organization should vote on 
the question, and because of the im- 
portance of the move this was finally 
decided to be the practical method of 
ascertaining the membership's opinion. 

Ballots will be printed and distribut- 
ed in a few days with a request for a 
"yes" or "no" similar to the form used 
in a regular election, and at a special 
meeting of the board of directors a 
time limit will be placed on the vote 
with a definite date set for the de- 
cision. 

Over 400 letters have been received 
at the organization headquarters con- 
taining suggestions for new names and 
individual congratulations for the idea. 



EVELYN RESTING UNTIL OCT. 

Evelyn Nesbit does not expect to ap- 
pear upon the stage again until Oc- 
tober. She was in New York this week 
for a day, called here by a summons 
from the court to appear in the Harry 
Thaw trial, but refused to testify 
against her husband, and left the same 
day, it is said, for Malone, N. Y., near- 
by to which town her dancing partner, 
Jack Clifford, has a camp. It is at the 
same place Mrs. Thaw has been recre- 
ating since leaving vaudeville some 
weeks ago. Her son, Russell, has been 
with her. 

It is said that a mortal dread Harry 
Thaw will be released from custody and 
wreak some vengeance, imagined or 
otherwise, upon her, has brought Miss 
Nesbit almost to the edge of a break- 
down. The same fear pursuing her 
after her husband's escape from Matte- 
wan was reported at the time to have 
been the cause of several cancellations 
of her theatrical engagements. 



WALTER KEEFE IN TOWN. 

Tuesday saw Walter Keefe in the 
Loew booking offices. Mr. Keefe came 
to New York from Chicago Monday. 
He will make the Loew headquarters 
his office hereafter, placing bills for 
the houses in the middle west that he 
represents, from New York. 

The theatres to be booked by Mr. 
Keefe are the Miles houses at Pitts- 
burgh, Cleveland, Youngstown and De- 
troit; the Saxe houses (Crystal and 
Orpheum), Milwaukee, and (Lyric), 
Minneapolis, and the Jones, Linick & 
Schacffcr theatres in Chicago, at pres- 
ent confined to McVicker's for a vaude- 
ville policy. The J. L. & S. houses 
are to be booked by Mr. Keefe in asso- 
ciation with Frank Q. Doyle, the firm's 
booking man out in Chi. 

The departure of Keefe and his book- 
ings from Chicago to New York leaves 
the former Loew office there with the 
Doyle representation only. 



THAT "SALARY CUT." 

The New York dailies during the 
past week have printed scarehead 
stories of a salary cut in vaudeville for 
next season, assigning that as the rea- 
son why bookings have been suspended 
on the big time in the middle of the 
summer. 

While the stories as published read 

as though inspired, there appears to be 

little doubt but that the big time vau- 
deville managers as represented by the 
United Booking Offices and Orpheum 
Circuit have taken the stand reported 
in Variety, some weeks ago after the 
second (and last) booking meeting of 
the managers was held, that routing 
for next season would be necessarily 
held back until the situation for the 
coming season became more clearly 
defined, as far as big time may be con- 
cerned. 

It was reported in Variety}* s story 
the United bookers stated a route 
would be immediately given acts where 
the price was mutually agreeable. In 
pursuance of this policy it was men- 
tioned in the U. B. O. this week that 
Wyatt's "Scotch Lads and Lassies," an 
act playing the Palace recently, had 
received a big time route for one year, 
the travel expiring for the turn June 
26, 1915. 

That any scale of "cutting" or ar- 
ranged schedule of prices for available 
acts has been reached by the big time 
managers is a remote possibility at this 
time, the salary question as a whole for 
vaudeville next season apparently 
resting upon conditions as they arise. 
This in a way is not distinctly different 
from past seasons when bargaining on 
salaries has been the rule rather than 
the exception in the granting of routes, 
although the "cut salary" edict of the 
big time during the past season has 
centered more attention just now upon 
the probability of a further reduction 
along the line. In this connection 
however, many including managers, 
are inclined to think that «ny radical 
reduction in customary vaudeville 
salaries will fall most heavily upon the 
large salaried acts, mostly in the head- 
line division. 

At the meeting of the White Rats 
Tuesday night a protracted discussion 
of a contemplated cut in salaries by 
the managers was held. Will J. Cooke, 
the Rats' secretary, was directed to 
place before the public the organiza- 
tion's views upon the matter. 



BERNSTEIN'S COMEDY RAG. 

Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. turned out 
a new song this week, by Ballard Mac- 
donald and Harry Carroll. It is named 
"Down in Bom-Bombay." Louis Bern- 
stein says that besides certain to prove 
the hit of the season in the popular 
priced music field it is a comedy rag 
song. 

Emma Carus is using the number at 
the Palace this week, putting it in her 
act Monday, after hearing the song for 
the first time last Saturday. 



Conlin-Steel Trio Dissolved. 

The Conlin-Steel Trio have dis- 
solved. Conlin and Steele will be the 
featured principals with a new act to 
be produced by B. A. Rolfe. 



Mark Levy has left the Loew office 
as an employe, and when returning 
from a vacation of two weeks, will 
become an agent. 



VARIETY 




UFI MEMBERS. 

The following ire life memberi of 
the White Rats: 



A bill was introduced June 28 before 
the Seattle City Council asking that 
body to reconsider revoking the Rath- 
skeller Cafe license, which the Council 
voted to do a week ago. The Rath- 
skeller is one of Seattle's largest cafes. 
A violation of the ordinance forbidding 
dancing in places where liquors are 
sold is said to have caused the revo- 
cation. 

Rev. E. C. Bloomquist, chairman of 
the Saloon Substitute League of Ta- 
coma, has outlined a plan whereby 500 
citizens will be asked to contribute 
one dollar each and join an associa- 
tion that will conduct a City cafe when 
the saloons close in Tacoma Jan. 1. 



Ziegfeld's new roof revue for the 
Amsterdam is not a certainty for next 
Monday, as previously announced, and 
its premiere may be delayed a week 
or longer. The weather and the holi- 
day this week made the first dent in 
the "The Midnight Frolic" attendance. 

"The Brazilian Nut" with her danc- 
ing partner, Senor Arboz, have secured 
an interest in the Cafe Monaco in the 
Winter Garden building and will open 
as the leading attraction there shortly. 

The new orchestra at Bustanoby's 
(39th street) consists of Raymond 
Trigger, pianist; Leonard Fisichelli, 
violinist; Ben Weinfeld, drummer, and 
Johnny Miraglia, cellist-banjoist. 

Marie Donia is leading the list ol 
professional entertainers at Nankin's 
Garden, Newark, N. J. 

Green Mill Gardens, Chicago, has a 
revue with Patricola featured. 

RETURN TO THE 8QUARE. 

Johnny and Irene Galvin will re- 
turn to the Union Square theatre with 
their tabloid productions next week, re- 
placing Pat White, who has been 
there two weeks staging old bur- 



lesque bits and numbers with a mixed 
company of burlesquers. 

The Galvins inaugurated the tabloid 
policy in the East, opening at the Union 
Square some time ago for a two-weeks 
run. 

No attraction has been selected to 
follow the Galvin aggregation and it 
is possible the house will revert to 
pictures during the summer months. 



BUTTERFIELD NEXT SEASON. 

Chicago, July 7. 

The Bijou Theatrical Enterprise Co., 
of which W. S. Butterfield is the pre- 
siding head, has taken over the lease 
of the Franklin, Saginaw, Mich., for- 
merly supplied through the western 
branch of the Loew Agency. 

With the opening of next season the 
Franklin will house the Butterfield road 
shows with the Jeffers theatre there 
playing pictures. The Franklin has 
been closed since May. It is the house 
originally opened by a coterie of Sag- 
inaw business men and booked by J. C. 
Matthews. Matthews only held the 
theatre two weeks. The Franklin was 
said to be a heavy loser on the season 
and the pooling proposition was the 
loophole. 

The Butterfield firm has also leased 
the Stone theatre, Flint, Mich., for- 
merly the legitimate house of the town. 
It will be renamed and called the Ma- 
jestic, to stage the Butterfield vaude- 
ville shows, while the Bijou, the former 
vaudeville stand, will play a straight 
picture policy. A new house will be 
built by the Butterfield interests in 
Jackson, Mich., to open in January. 



No Loew Houses Closing. 

A report spreading this week the 
Loew Circuit expected to close some 
of its theatres Sunday had no founda- 
tion. The story appeared to have had 
its origin over tales of light business 
during the holiday at the Majestic, 
Newark, which is operated by Loew in 
conjunction with local interests. 



Armstrong, Win. 
Arnold, Gladys 
Ball, Ernest R. 
Bergman, Henry 
Black, Ben 
Branson, Jeff 
Brown, /».iex 
Brown, Tom 
Carrol, Earl 
Castano, Edward 
Clark. Edward 
Cohan, Will H. 
Coleman, Harry 
Conway, Jack 
Cooke, Will J. 
Corbett, Jas. J. 
Corelll, Eddie 
Corson, Cora Young- 
blood 
Coyne, Joseph 
Curtis, Samuel J. 
Dalley, Robert I*, 
i^imore, Geo. B. 
DeTrlckey, Coy 
Diamond, Marc 
Dick, William 
Dickey, Paul 
Dixon, Harland 
Dobson, Frank 
Dolan, Jas. F. 
Doyle, Patsy 
Eldrld, Gordon H. 
Eltlnge, Julian 
Emmett, Cecil 
Emmett, Leon 
Evans, Frank 
Fagan, Noodles 
Farrell, Chas. H. 
Fay, Fran-. 
Fay, Gus 
Fitzgerald, Eddie 
Fogarty, Frank 
Ford, A. A. 
Foyer, Eddie 
Gardner, Happy Jack 
Carrie, Edward 
Gaylor, Bobby 
Gibson, J. Orant 
Grant, Alf. 
Gray, Mary 
Green, Burt 
Griffin, Gerald 
Griffith, J. P. 
Groves, Hal 
Halllday, William A. 
Hascall, Lon 
Herbert, Chauncey D. 
Herman, Dr. Carl 
Hlgglns, Robt J. 
Hughes, J. J. 
Hume, Dick 
Insa, Rohela 
Jess, Johnny 
Jolson, Al 
Keenan. Frank 
Kelly. Harry 
Kelly. Lew 
Kelly. Walter C. 

From week to week in Vajustt will 
appear the full list of life members 
with new additions indicated. Who will 
be the next one to take out a life card? 



Keough, Ed 
Ketler, Jos. 
King, Chas. J. 
Kluting, Ernest 
LaMont, Bert 
Lancaster, John 
..uKu<\ Grace 
Lee, Jules W 
LeMalre, Geo. 
Levy, Bert 
Lewis, Tom 
Lloyd, Alice 
Lohse, Ralph 
Lorella, Colle 
Latoy, Joe 
Lorette, Horace M. 
Lynch, Dick 
Macart, Wm. H. 
Mace, Fred 
Mack, Jos. P. 
McCree, Junie 
McDonald, Chas. M. 
McMahon, Tim 
McNaughton, 'iom 
McNeill, Lillian 
McPhee, Chas. 
Melrose, Bert 
Monroe, Geo. W 
Montgomery, Dave 
Morton, Sam 
Mullen, Geo. R. 
Murray, Elizabeth M. 
Nuwn, Tom 
Nlblo, Fred 
Nolan, Jack 
Nolan, Billy 
North, Frank 
Pattl, Greg 
Payton, Corse 
Prince, Arthur 
Provol, N. 
Rabe, Harry 
Reeves, Billle 
Reid, Jack 
Rogers, Will 
Roonty, Pat 
Ross, Eddie 
Russell, Marl< A. 
Russell, Thos. J. 
Ryan, Thos. J. 
Sanford, Walter 
Sawyer, Joan 
Kidman, Sam 
Simmons, Dan 
Smith, Tom 
Stafford, Frank 
Stone, Fred A. 
Sulzmann, Jacob 
Van, Billy B. 
Vaughan, Dorothy 
Ward, Hap 
Waters, W. W. 
Watson, Jos. K. 
Weber, Johnnie 
Welch. Thos. 
Willard, C E. 
Williams, Sam Bllnore 



TEAMS SPLITTING. 

Ned "Clothes" Norton and Ada 
Ayers are reported to have split, end- 
ing their business as well as their mat- 
rimonial alliance. 

The Great Harrah and his wife are 
also reported as parted. 



OBITUARY 

Notice el death of fr leads, reUtWee or of 
persons not directly connected with theat- 
ricals will bo charted for at W cents a line 
(seven words). 

Memorial*, honed In. minimum, 11.71 (H 
Inch, not over I lines). One Inch, |S.SIl 
Larger spa c e proportionately. 



Brinton J. Cate, founder of the 
Musical Cates, died suddenly July 3 
in Salisbury, N. H. He is survived by 
a widow and sons. Bright's disease 
was the cause of his death. 



Nita Allen died July 3 in Los 
Angeles following an operation for 
appendicitis. Her last appearance in 
New York was in "The Red Canary." 



BRINTON J. CATE 

Died July Sd, Age SO 



of the 



CATES 



4 MUSICAL 

FATHER OF FRANK B., FRED O. 
AND WALTER H. CATE 



George B. Jennings, a music pub- 
lisher headquartering in Cincinnati, 
died at his home uly 6 after suffer- 
ing an acute attack of heart trouble. 
Jennings was stricken at his office and 
hurried home for treatment, expiring 
before a physician was reached. 

Charles Allen Goodwin, a cousin of 
Nat Goodwin, died at Chico, Cal, this 
week. Goodwin was 28 years of age 
and a prominent amateur actor. 

Chicago Local Music Managers. 

Chicago, July 7. 

George Sachel has been appointed by. 
George Walter Brown manager of the 
Chicago branch of the Shapiro-Bern- 
stein Music Co. Mr. Brown will spend 
the summer in Atlantic City, N. J. 

Frank Clark has returned in charge 
for Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, after 
having been ill for a time. 



Ted Snyder Back in New York. 

Last week brought Ted Snyder back 
from the dull skied town of Chi, to his 
own New York, which Ted attested his 
liking for by immediately hopping a 
train for the Thousand Islands. 




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THIS IS THE LIFE. 

BY EDWARD MARSHALL. 



8 



B \J R. LLSQUE B * FREDERICK M. McCLOY 



It is evident the executives of the 
Columbia Amusement Co. are planning 
more carefully and thoroughly than 
ever before to give the managers every 
possible advantage in the matter of 
routing the shows. During the past 
month the itineraries have been ready 
to give out half a dozen times only 
to be recalled for revision when it was 
discovered a jump could be shortened 
or a shift made that would more evenly 
distribute the desirable time such as 
holiday and fair weeks and the in- 
numerable occasions of unusual local 
affairs that draw crowds of strangers 
to the various communities. 

Intimate familiarity with such con- 
ditions covering every point on the 
circuit enables the department pre- 
sided over by General Manager Scrib- 
ner to arrange the routes so that all 
may equally share the advantages 
thereof. For example, New Year's 
week has no unusual advantages what- 
ever in Boston and New England gen- 
erally, although it is one of the best 
elsewhere in the United States. On 
the other hand, Holy Week is regarded 
as the worst in the season at all points 
except New England where (on ac- 
count of Patriot's Day, which usually 
comes in that week) extremely large 
business is practically certain. Many 
similar instances may be cited such 
as the value of Washington's Birthday 
in the United States and its lack of 
benefit in Canada, all of which are 
reckoned with in laying out the routes. 



It is in the application of this expert 
knowledge that the general manager's 
office strives to give the companies an 
"even break," and, to more perfectly 
accomplish this, the routes have been 
gone over again and again, entailing 
a volume of physical exertion and 
nerve-racking calculation that can 
obtain commensurate return only by 
equal effort and activity upon the part 
of the managers in whose interests the 
work has been done. 



The question is, are those managers 
trying to contribute their share to the 
efforts that are being made for the 
success of the coming season in bur- 
lesque? Have they provided them- 
selves with new books of the desirable 
kind that will furnish attractive enter- 
tainment, and are they planning pro- 
ductions that will be fresh and bright 
and appealing to the eye? Is it their 
intention to employ competent and in- 
dustrious executives ahead of and back 
with their shows so that public interests 
may be unfailingly and convincingly 
directed to the attractions they have to 
offer? In brief, are the managers doing 
the things they failed to do a year 
ago, and that alone were responsible 
for the serious "knock" burlesque re- 
ceived last season and that resulted in 
"breaking" 75 per cent, of them? 



It is impossible to dodge the issue. 
Last season's bad business was due 
to bad shows with incompetent and 
inefficient exploitation as a strong 
running mate. And if these conditions, 
for which the managers alone arc to 
blame, arc to continue, the efforts of 
the executives of the Columbia t° 



secure profitable routing will have been 
without avail, and the twenty-one days 
rule will have to be enforced as never 
before. With the new season still 
six weeks away it might be well. for 
certain producers to take a good, long 
think for themselves in an effort to 
keep on speaking terms with the cities 
en the circuit rather than experience 
constant companionship with Broad- 
way from Thanksgiving Day on. For, 
at this writing, it certainly looks as 
though "cheating" will have short 
shrift the coming autumn. 



CONTRACT JUMPING. 

Two cases of contract-jumping have 
come to light recently. F. W. Ger- 
hardy had a contract with John Lorenz 
who, without notice threw up the en- 
gagement and accepted a contract from 
Jacobs & Jermon. 

Jim Barton, the tramp comedian, af- 
ter signing a three years' agreement 
with Wm. Roehm, went over to the 
Jacobs & Jermon management Both 
Gerhardy and Roehm will seek to en- 
join the actors. 



MANAGERS PLACED. 

George Chenet will next season man- 
age the Corinthian, Rochester. 

Joe Howard, formerly of the Jacobs 
& Jermon staff of managers, will next 
season be located in charge of the Gay- 
ety, Philadelphia. 

Henry P. Nelson, the German come- 
dian, has forsaken the stage and will 
be installed as manager of "The Yan- 
kee Doodle Girls" for T. W. Dinkins. 



STOCKS OPENING. 

Stamford, Conn., July 7. 

William Malley's stock opens at the 
Alhambra July 12 with Gus Forbes 
leading in "Bought and Paid For". 

Jeff de Angeles at Lancaster, Pa,, 
Monday inaugurated a summer season 
of musical comedy at the Park theatre 
with himself as star. The starter this 
week is "Floradora," with "The Royal 
Rogue" as the second bill. Among 
those playing are Harlan Briggs, 
Charles Bowers, Edna and Genevieve 
Temple, James Merrick. 

Portland, Me., July 7. 
The Portland Players reopened at 
the Jefferson Monday after two weeks' 
recess, with "The Man From Home." 
Florence Rittenhouse has succeeded 
Frances Nielson as leading woman. 

Philadelphia, July 7. 
A stock organized in New York this 
week which will open at the Knicker- 
bocker in August under the Millcr- 
Barbier management. 



STOCKS CLOSING. 

The Rumsay Players, after an un- 
profitable season at the Lexington 
opera house, closed Saturday. 



GRAND, BOSTON, RETIRES. 

A deal has recently been entered into 
between Dr. Lothrop, Charles H. Wal- 
dron and George Bachcller by which 
the Grand, Boston, will retire from the 
burlesque field. 

It is said dramatic stock will be in- 
stalled there next season. 



SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS NOT. 

According to no other authority than 
E. H. Sothern himself Lee Shubert is 
said to have expressed an opinion re- 
cently to the effect that actors who had 
gained world wide fame and experience 
in the acting of various Shakespearean 
roles were not capable of appearing 
successfully in modern roles. 

It is known that Mr. Sothern and 
Julia Marlowe are to be under the 
Shubert management next season and 
pre to produce and appear in three 
modern comedies at the Shubert 
theatre. A short time ago Mr. Sothern 
called on Lee Shubert and the man- 
ager asked the star who the latter had 
iii mind for roles in the productions. 
Mr. Sothern is in the habit of en- 
gaging his own companies and he in- 
formed Mr. Shubert the players were 
under contract. 

The manager then asked that the 
list be submitted to him. When this 
was done, Mr. Sothern declares the 
manager stated: "This is all wrongl 
Why these are all Shakespearean 
actors, they'll never be able to play the 
parts. Shakespearean actors will never 
do for modern comedies." 

Nevertheless the cast engaged by 
Mr. Sothern still remains engaged for 
the plays. 



RAILROAD RATES ADJUSTED. 

At a meeting between several mem- 
bers of the Theatrical Managers' Asso- 
ciation and several railroadmen repre- 
senting the Eastern and Central Pas- 
sengers' Association, held in the A. H. 
Woods office last week, the railroad 
representatives compromised on the 

ruling which went into effect June 1, 
providing that traveling theatrical com- 
panies would Have to purchase forty 
tickets before entitled to the free use 
of a baggage car. 

Under the compromise a new rate 
will become effective Aug. 15 which 
will provide a free car to all com- 
panies buying 25 tickets. This will be 
the same rate in effect previous to the 
Passenger Associations adopting the 
suggestion of the Inter-State Com- 
merce Commission for 40 tickets. The 
managers however have to pay two and 
a quarter cents a mile per capita in- 
stead of two cents as heretofore. 
Twenty cents a mile is the charge that 
has been fixed for an additional bag- 
gage car. 



ORPHEUM CIRCUIT'S START. 

The reopening of the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit theatres after the summer rest is 
marked for Kansas City Aug. 15, after 
which the houses will resume in rapid 
weekly succession. 



Eddie Darling, the booker of the 
B. F. Keith vaudeville houses in 
New York, has decided to stick to his 
desk all summer. He is placing the 
bills at present for the Prospect and 
Bushwick, Brooklyn, also Keith's at 
Washington and Boston. These four 
big time theatres will remain open 
throughout the summer. 

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SHUBERT8 "ALONE AT LAST." 

One of the first musical productions 
of the new season to be made by the 
Shuberts will be the Lehar operetta, 
"Alone at Last/' for which they have 
had the rights for over a year. The 
new piece will be placed into rehearsal 
late next month. 



LEE LIKES CHICAGO. 

Chicago, July 7. 
Lee Shubert was in Chicago Satur- 
day and Sunday, leaving Monday for 
St. Louis. This trip was the first the 
manager has made here in 12 years. 



LOTS MORE IN NEW YORK. 

Chicago, July 7. 
Billy Fogarty at the Majestic this 
week is enrolling a number of mem- 
bers for The A. K. Club. 



THEATRE'S ROOF CAVES. 

Cedar Rapids, July 7. 
The roof of Vic Hugo's Majestic 
fell in last night. The house was 
closed. No one was injured. 



Richmond and Norfolk Withdrawn. 

Richmond and Norfolk have with- 
drawn from the American Circuit al- 
though it was understood Jake Wells 
had made an effort to overcome the 
objections of the Richmond authorities 
to burlesque in that city. 



BURLESQUE OPENINGS. 

The official opening (Aug. 80) of the two 
burlesque circuit*, with names of attractions, 
alto place of opening, follows: 

COLUMBIA CIRCUIT. 
"Maids America," New York (Columbia). 
Dave Marlon's Boston (Casino). 
"Merry Rounders," Albany. 
Wataon-Worthe, Montreal. 
"Roseland Girls," Syracuae-Utlce, 
"Strolling Players." lay off. 
"Cflrl Trust," Buffalo. 
"Madcap Maids," Toronto. 
"8odal Maids." Detroit 
"Sporting Widows," Chicago (Star A Garter). 
Rose Sydell's, St Louis. 
Fred Irwin's, Kansas City. 
Manchester's, Omaha. 



Harry Bastings', lay off. 
"Star A Garter/' CM 



_ .. -licego (Columbia). 

"Follies of Day," Toledo. 

Sam. Howe's, Columbus. 

"Bostonlans/' Cleveland. 

"Behman Show," Pittsburgh. 

"Tourists." Washington. 

"Rosy Posy Girls," Baltimore. 

Billy Watson's. Philadelphia. 

"Liberty Girls/' Peterson. 

"Golden Crooks," Hoboken. 

"Gay New Yorkers," Bronx (New York). 

"Bon Tons," lay off. 

"Gypsy Maids/' Hartford. 

Ben Welch's, Boston (Gaiety). 

"Puss Pubs," Providence. 

Gus Hill's, Brooklyn (Empire). 

Al. Reeves', Harlem, New York. 

"Globe Trotters," lay off. 

"20th Century Maids," Newark. 

"Million Dollar Dolls/* Brooklyn (Casino). 

AMERICAN CIRCUIT. 

"Hello Paris." Fall River. 
"Cracker Jacks," Boston (Howard). 
"Tip Top Girls," Portland and Worcester. 
"American Beauties," Springfield A Worcester. 
"Military Maids." Brooklyn (Star) . 
Charlie Robinson's. New York (Murray Hill). 
"Cherry Blossoms," Jersey City. 
"High Life Girls," Philadelphia (Gayety). 
"Review of 1916," Wllkes-Barre and Scranton. 
"Auto Girls." Blnghampton and Schenectady. 
"Charming Widows," Rochester. 
"Hello Girls," Toronto. 
"Beauty, Youth end Folly," Hamilton. 
"Follies of Pleasure," Detroit. 
"Cabaret Girls," Grand Rapids. 
"Big Craze," Chicago (Bnglewood). 
"Broadway Girls," Milwaukee. 
"Tango Queens," Minneapolis. 
"September Morning Glories." ."t. Paul. 
"Merry Burlesquers," Kansas City. 
"Yankee Doodle Girls," open week. 
"Record Breakers." St. Louis. 
"Monte Carlo Girls," Chicago (Gayety). 
"Joyland Girls." Indianapolis. 
"Americans," Louisville. 
"Mischief Makers." Cincinnati. 
"Girls from the Follies." Cleveland. 
"IT. S. Beauties." Penn Circuit 
"The Tempters," Baltimore. 
"Darlings of Paris," Philadelphia (Ttocadero). 
"Lady Buccaneers," Trenton. 
"Frolics of 1015." New York (Olympic). 
"City Sports." Brooklyn (Gayety). 
"The Blue Ribbon Belles" will open one week 
later at the Gayety Brooklyn, 



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A comedy, written by Eleanor Gates, 
has the approval of Blanche Bates for 
a starring vehicle. 

Brightley Dayton has been appointed 
manager of the Vinton theatre, Vin- 
ton, la., for next season. 

Salvatore Rosa Maltese and Marie 
Lewis were married July 4 in New 
York. 

Jack Well and Al Lewis, of the orig- 
inal Rathskellar Trio, will revive the 
act next season. 



A boy was born to Evelyn and 
Mervyn Vixtorine (Stadium Trio) on 
June 29 in San Francisco. 



The Brighton theatre will close its 
season of summer vaudeville with the 
Labor Day week program. 



Mr. and Mrs. James A. Davett 

(.Davett and Duval) were presented 
with a boy June 30. 

William H. Cooper for many years 
of the Exposition Four, and Hazel 
Lawrence Hickey were married re- 
cently. 



Chain and Templeton have separated, 
Dell Chain deciding to do a two-act 
with his former partner, Nick Hufford. 



Henrietta Crosman has been released 
from bankruptcy by Judge Hand. The 
discharge relieves her from liabilities of 
$17,670. It is the second time Miss 
Crosman has been in bankruptcy. 



I. Miller, the shoe man, celebrated a 
unique anniversay last week, his 21st 
year in business. Miller started with 
two shoemakers and now employs 200, 
turning out 400 pairs of shoes daily. 



"The Bridge of Sighs," by Edward 
Sheldon, and "The Love Trap," by 
Harry B. Smith, are two pieces the 
Charles Frohman Estate will produce 
next fall. 



Perry Kelly is framing a long route 
for another road tour of "The Prince 
of Pilsen." After going south the 
piece will play toward the Coast. Eva 
Von Luke will again play the Widow. 



Adelaide French is going to star on 
the road with "The Law of the Land" 
next season and will be under the 
management of Carl Zoellner, who is 
now arranging the route. 



The Duchess theatre, North Battle- 
ford, Saskatchewan, Canada, has been 
taken over by Mayhew Hayes. It will 
play vaudeville and traveling attrac- 
tions. 



Lincoln Carter, the melodramatic 
magnate and president of the Stollers 
Club of Chicago, arrived in New York 
this week to dispose of his many melo- 
dramatic manuscripts for pictures. 

Harold J. Figel, for the past three 
years manager of the Odeon theatre, 
Harlem, has taken over the Farragut 
theatre, Brooklyn, and will exhibit 
pictures there. 



profitable to operate them. Some of 
the parks are open, playing a pop 
vaudeville. Several stock companies 
had been organized specially for these 
dates but were forced to disband. 

Several requests have been lately 
mailed in from out of town to various 
agencies asking them to secure people 
for companies to start out immediately. 
The sender names a date when he will 
be in to select his company, but so far 
has failed to appear. 



The few summer repertoire com- 
panies venturing forth this summer to 
try a few weeks at parks and the like 
are bewailing that they went out. Busi- 
ness is said to be bad in all sections 
of the country for the troupes. A 
company sent out by one manager for 
a fey weeks in the mountain towns 



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Tom Grady, who thinks he is a ball 
player and has been in the Family De- 
partment of the United Booking 
Offices, has been recommitted to the 
Boston branch of the agency, com- 
mencing July 19. 

Jo Paige Smith walked over an em- 
bankment in the dark Monday night 
while at Great Kills, Staten Island. 
The agent was brought home Tues- 
day, somewhat bruised but in no 
danger. 

Laurette Taylor is to appear in a new 
play by her husband, J. Hartley Man- 
ners, which will be given at an open 
air charity performance in aid of the 
Stage Orphans. The piece is entitled, 
"The Passing of Joseph and Fanny." 



was closed by him on account of bad 
business. The players were given their 
notice and after the two weeks had 
elapsed they decided to continue on the 
commonwealth plan. 



Harry Burton, manager of the Or- 
pheum, Des Moines, after a fortnight's 
visit in New York, left for New Or- 
leans by boat. From there, after visit- 
ing his children, lie will return direct 

to Des Moines. Mrs. Burton accom- 
panies him. 



Harry F. Mc Gar vie, who went to 
San Francisco to act as general man- 
ager of the Ottoman Section of the 
Panama-Pacific Exposition, has sev- 
ered relation with the big fair and 
has gone to Los Angeles to make new 
connections. 



Frances Demarest who is to be trans- 
ferred to "The Blue Paradise" from 
the Winter Garden show is to remain 
with the new production but for a few 
weeks, as she and her husband, Jos. 
C. Smith, have arranged a turn for 
vaudeville. 



A circuit of parks in Pennsylvania 
which have been playing stock during 
the summer under the management of 
an individual were all turned back to 
their owners after the first few weeks 
of this season, when it was found un- 



Will West, the Chaplin impersonator 
who was brought East this week by 
Menlo Moore after establishing several 
records in and around Chicago, is liable 
to be the defendant in a breach of con- 
tract suit brought by the Marcus Loew 
Agency. West, after signing a con- 
tract with Menlo Moore April 2, ac- 
cepted a date from the Chicago Loew 
office, the Loew contract giving the 
agency a ten-week option on the com- 
edian's services. With his success, 
West found the option had become 



active, but he decided to rely on the 
protection offered in Moore's prior 
contract in order to accept an opening 
in Brooklyn for the United Booking 
Offices. In doing this West refused to 
play for Loew in the East and left 
three weeks unfulfilled of the original 
ten. The disappointment may result 
ii, a suit under the Illinois contract law 
which provides for liquidated damages 
to the face amount of the contract. 

Mul Clark's stock burlesque com- 
pany playing at the Star, Cleveland, 
for the past two months, will disband 
at the expiration of the present week. 
Business continued good up to the 
present week because of favorable 
weather. 

Jim Curtain left last Tuesday for a 
trip to the Pacific Coast and will be 
gone three weeks. Bill Lindsay of the 
Lehigh arranged a route for the man- 
ager that will have him in Seattle for 
the Shriners' Convention and in San 
Francisco for the Elks' Convention 
there. He will return by the way of 
Texas and visit his birthplace. 



Tom Ealand, who introduced the 
tabloid shows to the east, his aggre- 
gation headed by Johnnie and Irene 
Galvin being the first show to play the 
Union Square theatre, has accepted a 
proposition from Chas. Miles to man- 
age his Orpheum, Detroit. Ealand will 
handle the business affairs of the house 
during the summer and may return 
east again with the season's opening 
to attend to the production of several 
new "tabs." 



TOMMY'S TATTLES. 
By Thomas J. Gray. 

The boys in the trenches must be 
busy fighting— it's nearly two weeks 
since we heard of them breaking in 
any new songs. 

Met a stock actor from the west who 
said he came on here to try and get into 
the No. 2 company of "The Birth of a 
Nation." 

The men and women who slapped 
their children for reading those Nick 
Carter paper novels are now support- 
ing the theatres playing those serial 
pictures with stuff that Nick Carter's 
author never had the nerve to use. 



Five Good Ways to Spend the Summer. 

Working, 
Eating, 
Sleeping, 
Keeping Cool, 
Laying Off. 



The theatrical season just passed was 
the most successful one in the history 
of show business — for benefits. 



Willie Edelsten, the London agent, 
is not yet wise to the kidding ways of 
New York agents. Tuesday some one 
sent him the address of a place where 
he could see a good diving act. He 
went there and found it was the 
Aquarium. 



The Freeport actors play a game that 
looks something like baseball. 



10 



LEGITIMATE 



WITH THE PRESS AGENTS 



"On Trial" closed Saturday. 



Glen Island opened lant Friday under new 
management. 

Edward Mbwhoii bus been added to "Under 
Fire." 



Louis Alberul has been signed for "Twin 
Beds." 



"The Girl Wbo Smiles" opens at the Lyric 
Aug. 9. 

CborleK Hcrtzmnn is acting as general 
press representative for H. H. Frazee. 



"Chin Chin" at the Globe closed Saturday. 
It will reopen at the same bouse In August. 



Hugo Relssenfeld will be musical director 
at the Rlalto. 

Additions to "Rolling Stones" are James 
Kearney, Frank Klngdon and Susanne Willis. 

Edward Abeles will be starred In the Shu- 
bert production, "The Last Laugh." to open 
Aug. 2 at the 39th St. theatre. 



Theodore Kosloff and Mme. Maria Baldlna 
will operate the Persian Garden in the Win- 
ter Garden building as a dancing school. 



Herbert Kelcey and Effle Shannon have 
been added to "Pollyanna In which Patricia 
CoMlnge is to star. 



The Nelson and Welsh Minstrels opened a 
summer season at Kenosla Park, Danbury, 
Conn., Juno 21. 



Charles A. Stevenson and Fred Graham 
have been engaged for "Search Me, which 
has its premier at Long Branch July 19. 



Florence Malone will have a part in "Under 
Cover" next season. 

"A Live Wire" Is being tried out this week 
In Atlantic City by Leffler A Bratton. It is 
a comedy by W. Le Grand Howland and 
Charles A. de Lima. 



Alfred Head, a former newspaper man of 
St. Louts, is handling the press work for the 
H. H. Frazee attractions during Eddie Well s 
absence In London. 



John Phillip Sousa will conduct his band 
at the Hippodrome when that house opens in 
the Fall under the manugement of Charles 
Dillingham. 

Lee Ryley has accepted a press agent-man- 
agerial berth with the "Birth of A Nation" 
company which is getting ready to turn the 
picture lose in all directions. 



Duncan Harris, Harry G. Bates. Winifred 
Harris and Emery Lenharr are additions to 
the cast of the A. H. Woods production "The 
Heart of a Child" by Zelda Sears. 



Nellie Revelle who has been conducting 
the Vaudeville Department of The Morning 
Telegraph will discontinue her connection after 
this week. 



Atlantic City this week saw the opening of 
the Selwyn ft Co. production "The Mystic 
Shrine." The east Includes Madge Kennedy. 
Lucille WatBon. Becky Bruce, F r.'.inand 
Gottschalk, John Wesley. 



Alfred T. Head formerly dramatic editor of 
The St. Louis Republic has been engaged to 
succeed Jack Fllnn on The Herald. Mr. Head 
lately was In, advance of H. H. Frazee at- 
tractions. 



Rehearsals were started this week for the 
William A. Brady piece, "Scandal," which 
opens July li> in Atlantic City. In the cast 
are Walter Hampden, Edwin Nlcander, John 
Cromwell, Kathleen MaoDonnell, Ruth Win- 
ter. Dorothy West, Crlnnc Barker and Loretta 
WellB. 



"Hobson's Choice." nn English play with an 
English cast, Including? Margaret Nybloc, 
Viola Roach. Glpsey O'Brien. Agnes Dorn- 
tee, Marie Hudspeth. Whltford Knne, A. G. 
Andrews, Harry .1. Ashford. Harold De Beck- 
er, Leonard Mudle, Bennett Parker and Rob- 
ert Forsytho opened Monday In Atlantic City. 



The dallies this week have been giving 
much space to the various lUltlmate managers 
regnrdlng their views on the picture situation 
relative to their productions and also their 
Ideas regarding next season. The Herald 



started Monday with an article by William 
A. Brady telling of the difficulty he Is having 
in engaging people for next season owing to 
the exorbitant salaries paid by the picture 
companies. The Selwyn forces came back 
Tuesday with an article supposed to have 
been given out by Arch Selwyn predicting a 
theatrical boom for next season. Some of 
the papers used this verbatim as sent out. 
Following Its Brady story Monday, the Herald 
Tuesday printed the opinion of other pro* 
ducers in reference to the picture business 
hurting legitimate shows. J. J. Shubert said 
they had much hardship in casting their var- 
ious productions. He stated pictures had 
greatly decreased the value of certain stars 
who had appeared in features. E. E. Lyons 
speaking for Wintbrop Ames said he thought 
It would be advisable for the managers to 
get together to stop the inroads which the 
film business is making Into theirs. H. H. 
Frazee is quoted as saying he will not cast 
a person for j»ne of his shows wbo has or Is 
appearing In pictures. His contracts carry 
that clause. Flo Zlcgfeld was the only one 
of the managers to claim pictures had not 
affected bis productions. E. F. Albee said 
star players in pictures hurt their value for 
vaudeville about one-third, citing Mrs. Leslie 
Carter's reduction of vaudeville salary from 
$2,800 to $1,500 a week after she had been 
shown on the screen. Mr. Albee also re- 
marked that the present speculative period 
of pictures would be succeeded by sane and 
sound principles. 



NO CANADIAN POOLS. 

Contrary to rumors afloat, the Prin- 
cess Toronto is to*' be rebuilt in time 
to play the incoming Klaw & Erlanger 
shows there next season. 

Tt was reported K. & E. and the 
Shuberts would pool on the Toronto 
stand next fall, the shows of the former 
playing at the Royal Alexandra, with 
the Princess not to be rebuilt. 

Charles Osgood, of the K. & E. of- 
fices says that such a report is wrong 
and that the K. & E. attractions will 
appear at the new Princess. 

Mr. Osgood also said reports that 
K. & E. might pool with the Shuberts 
in Montreal were likewise in error. 
K. & E. are booking now for the new 
Princess, Toronto, and His Majesty's 
theatre, Montreal. 



ZIEGFELD AND HIS YACHT. 

The "Al Calda," a 110-ft. power 
yacht, looks as though its future owner 
will be Flo Ziegfeld. 

Mr. Ziegfeld, M. S. Bentham, Gene 
Buck and Joseph Urban started for 
the berth of the boat last Thursday, 
to look it over. The yacht was up 
the Hudson and the quartet thought 
they would make it via Jersey. After 
being lost in the wilds of the mosquito 
camps, the theatrical men reached 
Broadway again the next day, meeting 
the sun coming the other way. 

Mr. Bentham is an expert on yachts, 
mostly buying and selling. He dis- 
posed of his "Psyche IIII" to $1 Watch 
Ingersoll, and has ordered a new 
"Psyche IIIII" to be delivered by next 
summer. 



"LIVE WIRE" NEXT WEEK. 

Leffler & Bratton will produce their 
farce, "A Live Wire" in Atlantic City 
July. 12. The company includes Helen 
Lowell, Marguerite Randolf, Maud 
Sinclair, -Sadie Duff, Margaret Seddon, 
Louise Murray, Charles Abbe, Frank 
Hatch, Walter Lewis, Gilbert Clayton 
and Harry Tighe. 



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PERCY HAMMOND'S OFFER 

Chicago, July 7. 
That Percy Hammond is not going 
to leave the Tribune to take the dra- 
matic desk on the like-named New 

York paper is. certain. The basis for 
the report resided in the fact that the 
New York Tribune has been after him 
for a year, and in the last offer, it is 
said, promised a binding five-years' con- 
tract, with an annual salary boost. 



The Tribune has not been the sole 
contender among the New York papers 
for Hammond's services as critic and 
chronicler of the stage. He has had 
in the last two years offers from three 
other papers, two of which now possess 
critics who believe that their fame is 
international, and that Broadway never 
goes to bed of a Tuesday morning 
until after reading what they have to 
say about Monday night's new play. 



"SO LONG LETTY" ALL RIGHT. 

Los Angeles, July 7. 

The "So Long Betty" comedy, with 

music, written for Charlotte Grenwood 

and Sydney Grant, looks to be all 
right in each department, when some 
rough edges have been smoothed over 
and the necessary trimming down gone 
through with. 

The piece, written by Oliver Morosco 
and Elmer Harris, was given its pre- 
miere this week at the Morosco. The 
comedy is bright and the musical num- 
bers, written by Earl Carroll, catchy. 

Miss Greenwood and Mr. Grant 
score heavily. Clever playing is also 
contributed by Walter Catlett, William 
Rock, May Boley and Selma Paley. 



"MR. AND MRS. BIBBS?" 

Atlantic City, July 7. 

The Selwyn & Co. play at the Apollo 
this week, called "The Mystic Shrine" 
is claimed by show people about to be 
none other than the old "Bibbs and 
Bibbs" sketch rewritten. That is now 
well known to vaudeville under the 
title of "An Uptown Flat" as played 
for years by Mr. and Mrs. Harry 
Thorne. 

"The Mystic Shrine" will probably be 
somewhat revised before finally pre- 
sented to a New York audience. 



PARK RENTED OR NOT? 

It was said during the week the 
Park, on Columbus Circle, had not 
been as yet leased though an an- 
nouncement to this effect was recently 
made. 

The Pabst Brewing Co., which owns 
the property containing the theatre, 
was reported Tuesday having ordered 
all signs taken down from in front of 
the Park, which left the impression the 
brewery people still held the house. 



Three Left in "Paradise." 

Out of the first organized cast of 
"The Blue Paradise" only three mem- 
bers have been retained by the Shu- 
berts for its New York premiere at the 
Casino, Aug. 4. Two are Cecil Lean 
and Robert Pitkin. 

A new chorus is being engaged. Her- 
bert Kerr will be musical director. 



SHOWS IN FRISCO. 

San Francisco, July 7. 

Elsie Ferguson in "The Outcast" at 
the Columbia, playing the third and last 
week of the engagement, opened to 
a light house Monday night, although 
business held up nicely the preceding 
fortnight. 

At the Cort, Al Jolson in "Dancing 
Around" also playing its third and 
last week, opened the current period to 
the lightest house played to, although 
the Cort attendance measured some- 
what above the Columbia. 

At the Alcazar a feature picture is 
doing exceptionally well. 

The downtown vaudeville theatres 
are all getting better than an even 
break on business, but everyone 
suffered with the presence of William 
Jennings Bryan, who made a peace ad- 
dress at the Exposition to the record 
crowd of the event, drawing 190,000 
through the turnstiles. 



NEW ACTS. 

Emily Frances Hooper and Ells- 
worth Cook, two-act. 

Henry Ohlmeyer's Sextet is a vaude- 
ville production made on the Pacific 
Coast by its namesake and will first 
be seen on the big time at the Or- 
pheum, San Francisco, in August 

Frank Westphall, with Bob Higgins 
(formerly Melville and Higgins). 



ILLINOIS GOV. VETOES BILL 

Chicago, July 7. 
Governor Dunne vetoed the bill pro- 
viding for a state board of censorship 
for pictures, thus assuring the Chicago 
board of censors full power, which will 
mean a continuation of the strict cen- 
sorship on films as heretofore. The 
bill had passed through several com- 
mittee meetings. The Governor's action 
may result in the withdrawal of the 
theatrical colony's support in so far as 
he is politically interested. 



AFTER JOHN DREW. 

The new Pictures Producing Com- 
pany which has been organized by 
H. E. Aitkin, since his retirement from 
the presidency of the Mutual Film 
Corporation, is making desperate at- 
tempts to secure the services of John 
Drew to appear in pictures. 

The representatives of the company 
have been after the star at his Long 
Island summer residence, but so far 
they have been unsuccessful in obtain- 
ing his consent to appear before the 
camera. 



JACOB ADLER BANKRUPT. 

Jacob P. Adler, the theatrical man- 
ager and Yiddish actor, has filed a 
petition in bankruptcy placing his lia- 
bilities at $28,656 with assets of un- 
known value. Among his assets arc 
stock holdings in the Wilner-Edelstein 
Amusement Co., Inc., and the People's 
Theatre Co. 

House, Grossman & Vorhaus are the 
attorneys for Adler. 

Mr. Adler will make a tour of the 
United States and Canada next season 
presenting a repertoire of Yiddish and 
English dramas. It will be a farewell, 
managed by Edwin A. Relkin. The 
company will include Max Rosenthal, 
Frances Adler, Joseph Schoengold and 
Jacob Hochstein. 



LEGITIMATE, 



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CHICAGOANS SUBSCRIBE $220,000 
IN FOUR DAYS FOR GRAND OPERA 



Sum Wat Raited By Volunteer Committee to Convince Mill- 
ionaire Guarantort That Windy City Wanted Music. Ten 
Week Seaton It Now Assured. Campanini Hat Not 
Yet Announced Schedule of Operas for Season. 



Chicago, July 7. 
The surprise of the day is the state- 
ment issued by the Chicago Opera 
Association, which has taken the place 
of the Chicago Grand Opera Co. as 

the provider of opera for Chicago only 
in the big Auditorium. 

When, in March, the millionaire 
guarantors of previous seasons were 
asked if they would give opera in 
1915-16, they replied: "Yes — if we can 
be convinced Chcago wishes opera." 

A volunteer committee of convincers 
raised $220,000 in four days; and the 
guarantors said: "That's the answer! 
Go to it!" 

The report was that June 1, $110,000 
had been taken in subscriptions for 
a tep weeks' season, not counting the 
boxes, which cost $600 apiece for ten 
nights — one night a week. They are 
nearly gone for the entire season. Yet, 
Cleofonte Campanini has not made 
known his schedule of operas or on 
what nights the great stars will sing, 
so that the subscribers have really 
been buying blind. 

Cleveland, July 7. 

The Cleveland municipal grand opera 
venture which has been rumored for 
some time will in all probability come 
about next season according to plans 
being made. It is intended to have 
grand opera here during the season 
Fridays and Saturdays, to be given by 
the Cleveland Opera Company, to 
appear here under the auspices of the 
American Grand Opera Association. 

The municipal symphony orchestra 
will co-operate with the opera idea, 
taking part in the production and also 
giving its own concerts. 



NAZIMOVA'S FILM OFFER. 

Bidding for the services of Nazimova 
in feature pictures is proceeding among 
the manufacturers, with Morosco 
understood to be in the lead. 

M. S. Bentham, Nazimova's theatri- 
cal representaive, is receiving the 
offers, and it is said Morosco's latest 
is $50,000 for the actress to complete 
two features. 



DECIDES AGAINST FIGHT FILM. 

Portland, Me., July 7. 

Judge Clarence Hale in the United 
States District Court here decided 
against the application for an injunc- 
tion restraining the Government from 
interfering with the importation into 
this country at Portland of the Willard- 
Johnson fight film. The application 
was made last week by the Kalisthenic 
Co., on the ground the film was not 
intended to be used for public exhibi- 
tion. 

In delivering his opinion after listen- 



ing for three hours to the atorneys, 
Judge Hale said: "It is incumbent upon 
the plaintiff to show that the nega- 
tive is not a pictorial representation 
of the prize fight and not designed to 
be used for purposes of public exhibi- 
tion. The plaintiff has failed to make 
this point clear and from the evidence 
offered it is to be used for public exhi- 
bition." 



FIELDS WITH BELASCO? 

Stories about seem to agree that Lew 

Fields is going under the management 

of David Belasco, to be starred in a 

piece named "Bosom Friends," which 
Mr. Belasco will bring out shortly after 
the first of the year. 

Meanwhile Fields and his stage part- 
ner, Joe Weber, expect to make comedy 
films for Keystone, the contract for the 
connection having been drawn and held 
in abeyance through some possible 
legal entanglement. The pictures will 
call for the comedians to devote about 
six consecutive months to the camera. 

Until the withdrawal of Mr. Fields 
from "Hands Up," he had played under 
the management of the Shuberts for a 
long while. It is said the troubles at- 
tendant to the premiere of that pro- 
duction led to the separation by Fields 
from the Shuberts. 



OFFICE SALARIES DOWN. 

The order to retrench has been issued 
from the inner sanctum where the 
Shuberts hold confab. The axe has 
been wielded right and lift within the 
last ten days. 

It is the second time within the last 
few months the order to cut has been 
heard in the Shubert office. The last 
time found all of the office girls suffer- 
ing from thinness in the envelope. But 
on this occasion the cut was more far 
reaching and some of the larger sal- 
aried heads of the firm were heard 
emitting shrieks of anguish when they 
learned to what extent their weekly 
salary had been shaved. 



MADE IN-IRELAND SERIES. 

Commencing July 14, Lubin will start 
releasing a Made-in-Ireland series of 
pictures, with Valentine Grant starred 
in each film. 

The pictures were taken in and 
around South Kerry, Ireland, noted for 
its scenery, also in the Gap of Dunloe 
and the Lakes of Killarney. Miss 
Grant was engaged for the trip and 
series by Sidney Olcott, who pro- 
duced them, playing opposite to the 
star. 

Miss Grant last appeared upon the 
screen as leading woman with Walker 
Whiteside- in "The Melting Pot." 



LA SALLE SITUATION. 

Chicago, July 7. 
Everybody in the theatrical know 
here is smiling at Aaron Jones' "em- 
phatically denying that the La Salle 
opera house will be sold or leased by 
his firm." He was telling the simple 

truth, however. His firm, Jones, Lin- 
ick & Shaeffer, has about as much 
right to lease or sell the La Salle as 
they have to lease or sell the Metro- 
politan opera house. 

The theatre is leased by Harry Askin, 
individually, by C. P. Taft, of Cincin- 
nati. When, two years ago, the Askin- 
Donaghey interests rebuilt the theatre, 
part of the money was raised by an 
issue of short-term bonds against the 
lease. Askin foolishly took over ar 
old contract, made by him for the La 
Salle Opera House Co., to stage "A 
Texas Steer" as a musical comedy; and 
it was with this piece — written by 
Henry Blossom after Frederick Don* 
aghey and Will M. Hough, George V. 
Hobart and Otto Hauerbach had passed 
up the job as hopeless — Askin reopened 
the rebuilt house. It flivved, although 
the vogue of the theatre kept it on 
the profit-side for about six weeks. 
Then it started to slip; and by Dec. 1 
Askin told the bondholders to take 
over the theatre. 

J. L. & S. then assumed the man- 
agement on a year-to-year arrange- 
ment, under which they pay the first 
$10,000 profits to the trustees, keep 
the next $10,000, and then fifty-fifty. 



GARDEN BUSINESS GOOD. 

Chicago, July 7. 

The summer garden season is in full 

sway and according to reports the good 

weather that started aoout two weeks 

ago has brought much money into 

some of the gardens around Chicago. 

At the Midway Gardens Pavlowa 
opened Saturday night, to an admis- 
sion from 50 cents to $1.50. 

At the Green Mill Gardens Patricola 
is heading a revue that draws 25 cents 
admission. This is said to be the first 
time admission has been charged at 
this place. Business at the Green Mill 
has been tremendous ever since the 
weather took a change for the better. 

The safe blowers robbing the Mid- 
wood Gardens Monday night are said 
to have cost Pavlowa and her Russian 
ballet $15,000, their share of the re- 
ceipts of the holiday (three days) busi- 
ness. The safe was blown at day- 
break, after two watchmen had been 
overpowered. 



MISS FARRAR LEADING MARCH. 

A telegram was received by the Par- 
amount New York office this week 
from the coast stating that that com- 
pany had secured the prize section at 
the coming Exhibitors' Convention to 
he held in San Francisco and also has 
the honor of having one of its stars, 
Gcraldine Farrar, now at work at the 
Lasky studio in Hollywood, lead the 
Rrand march at the hall to be held dur- 
ing the convention. Her partner will be 
cither the Mayor of San Francisco or 
the Governor of California. 

If you don't advartlM In VARIETY, 
don't odvortlso. 



DENIES SURATT INJUNCTION. 

The opinion handed down last week 
by Justice Goff in the Supreme Court, 
in which he denied the injunction re- 
quested by Lasky restraining Valeska 
Suratt from acting for Fox and Fox 
from producing and distributing "The 
Soul of Broadway" film, carries one or 
two very interesting phrases. 

The Lasky people claimed Miss Su- 
ratt had entered into a contract with 
them Oct. 29, 1914, to appear in a 
motion picture, and that she agreed 
not to sign with any other picture 
company prior to June 15, 1916. Lasky 
maintained she had violated her con- 
tract by appearing in a picture for 
Fox; that her services were unique and 
extraordinary and could not be dupli- 
cated. Lasky presented affidavits from 
Archie Selwyn, Morris Gest and oth- 
ers to uphold this contention. 

The opinion of Judge Goff in full, 
denying the motion, read as follows: 
Whether the contract contains re- 
ciprocal obligations sufficient to sus- 
tain an action for breach by either 
party is a question which should 
properly be determined by the Court, 
in an action by law and not by the 
Court where its equitable! power is 
invoked. If there has been a breach 
by the defendants, or either of them, 
the remedy is by action at law for 
damages. Before equity be exer- 
cised it must clearly and satisfac- 
torily appear that there is no ade- 
quate remedy at law, that damages 
will be irreparable if equitable rem- 
edy be withheld, and that the right 
to such equitable remedy is clearly 
established by the terms of the con- 
tract. While it is claimed by the 
plaintiff that the services to be per- 
formed by the defendant, Suratt, were 
unique and extraordinary, it is in- 
teresting to note that she, herself, 
denies that they are of such a char- 
acter, and asserts that ner "value 
as a 'Star' in a motion picture is ab- 
solutely unknown"; that she has 
never' "appeared" as such, and that 
the estimate placed upon her ser- 
vices is purely speculative. In the 
absence of proof I will not hold that 
the services of a person who is en- 
gaged to pose before a camera for 
what is known as a photo-play are 
either unique or extraordinary or pe- 
culiar to the person posing. The 
camera does not and cannot repro- 
duccthe voice and expression of one 
individual which would stamp with 
certainty the identity of the person, 
such as the voice of a singer or the 
expression of an actor. Indeed, it 
is not beyond the bounds of proba- 
bility that for the benefit of the guile- 
less public the enterprising manager 
could not in an emergency substitute 
one person to pose for another. 
Against neither of the defendants 
should injunction issue, and the mo- 
tion is denied. 



DID $500 ON HOLIDAY. 

Chicago, July 7. 
The Bryn Mawr Theatre on the 
north side, a picture house, was broken 
into by thieves Monday night and the 
holiday receipts amounting to $500 
were taken. 



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NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Premutation, First Appearance 
or Reappearance in or Around 
Now York 
Pearl and Irene Sans, Prospect. 
Wilton Girls, Prospect. 
Mithka and Olga, Brighton. 



Claudia Tracey. 

Songi. 

One. 

American Roof. <? 

Claudia Tracey might as well inform 
the Loew press department to take 
that "New Star of Songland" line off 
of her billing matter until she can com- 
mence to make good on it. Miss 
Tracey may have been making a spe- 
cialty of rube numbers somewheres. 
She has acquired arm waving, it 
seems through singing rube comics 
that she now applies to all her songs. 
There weren't many. Claudia closed 
with the "5:15," using several encore 
verses, meanwhile kidding with her arm 
movements that are funny. She says 
her arms are "bow-legged" and proves 
it against the back drop. Her opening 
song is too old for this part of the 
country, and the rube number used not 
good at all. It's a copy of several be- 
fore it. The "5:15" fitted in for her 
manner of execution, but should have 
been followed by another pop selec- 
tion. There is too much sameness to 
the girl. She will have to get away 
from that before making the audience 
believe her other program line that 
reads, "Character Studies in Song." 
And she doesn't do a rube number 
overwell, excepting in the gesticula- 
tions. Sime. 



"The Department Store Girls" (10). 

Musical Comedy. 

27 Mins.; Pull Stage. 

Kceney's, Brooklyn. 

Two comedians and eight girls, all 
looking as though they had played the 
route with some "turkey" burlesque, 
are presenting a rather badly con- 
structed and dressed flash "girl act" 
for the small time. The comedian 
doing "Dutch" is something of a 
George P. Murphy and the other male 
member of the cast first offers an Irish 
"souse," then does straight. The girls 
have the greatest collection of gowns 
on in the opening number ever allowed 
to escape from the shop of that famous 
collector of theatrical antiques on 
lower Sixtb avenue. Later they make 
three changes and for the close come 
back in the same costumes worn at 
the opening. Four or five popular 
numbers are sung. With the come- 
dians as a basis and two of the chorus 
girls who are given numbers to lead 
someone might take the act in hand 
and re-stage it after getting six new 
girls who know something of what is 
expected of a chorus girl before an 
audience, and finally evolve a turn that 
might answer for a trip over the small 
time circuits. Fred. 



Jean Challon. 

Songs. 

15 Mins.; One. 

Brighton. 

Jean Challon is an attractive young 
woman, possessing a trick voice which 
at times possesses real trickery and 
then again, seems to slip. It may have 
been the cause of a little hoarseness 
or a cold that made slips in the sing- 
ing noticeable Tuesday night. Four 
numbers are used, the last of which 
is an operatic hodge podge. It gives 
the girl an opportunity to display her 
range. "Kentucky Home" is used to 
open the act, with Irving Berlin's lat- 
est, "Araby," that has not been heard 
around town as yet, also sung. Miss 
Challon got over very well, hugely 
helped by a high note finish. 



Ned Monroe and Keller Mack. 

Comedians. 

16 Mins.; One. 

Brighton. 

Two natural comedians who let this 
be known upon their first appearance. 
Some old ideas are employed but they 
are usable through new lines and sit- 
uations. The first talk is of books 
one is trying to sell the other. As 
worked out here it will bring returns. 
Other talk indulged in is likewise 
amusing, with a poker game bit for 
the finish, together with a song called 
"Put It Back" that has good comedy 
lyrics. For encores an automobile 
song and a knitting number with the 
men knitting are suitable for laughs. 



Darley and Thorpe. 
Songs and Dances. 
10 Mins.; One. 

Darley and Thorpe are the usual 
small time "two-act" with a routine 
running away out of bounds. Instead of 
allowing the women to show her wares 
more often than the man, as she should, 
the former continually occupies the 
center of the stage, doing twice as 
many numbers as his partner. The 
songs could be replaced to better ad- 
vantage, especially the one before clos- 
ing, which passed them off quietly. 
More dancing and less songs would 
help. The woman used a rather fair 
voice to good returns in her one num- 
ber, hardly exerting herself reaching 
top notes. The man's enunciation 
could be improved. Not a word of his 
lyrics was understood. The comedy 
tried might be omitted, trimming the 
turn down to singing and dancing only. 



Wayne and Warren Girls. 
Songs, Talk and Dances. 
15 Mins.; One. 
City. 

A boy and two girls have framed a 
three-act of the lighter sort that will 
pass on the small time. The trio are 
carrying a special drop to represent 
the deck of a yacht and there is a 
thread of a plot upon which two spe- 
cial numbers arc hung. One published 
number is also used. A little snappy 
talk and a little bit of stepping. A 
likely turn for an early spot. Fred. 



Searl Allen and Jas. Packard. 
Talking Comedians. 
10 Mins.; One. 

One member does a passable 
"straight," while the comedian is im- 
personating an English character of 
the Lawrence D'Orsay type as far as 
make-up is concerned. The talk holds 
nothing unusual and there are but few 
laughs in it. The turn is small time. 



Jerome and Carson. 
Comedy Acrobatics. 
One. 
American Roof. 

Jerome and Carson, boy and girl, do 
acrobatics with some comedy, and talk. 
The boy's acrobatics are the best. He 
has some head work, announced by him 
as his "original routine." Some of it 
is new. The girl does a little holding, 
out of which they bring a light laugh, 
and there is a Ford joke in the 
act, besides burlesque cane swallowing. 
That burlesque cane swallow leaves 
one in doubt where this act came from. 
They are both young. Two announce- 
ments in the turn are just two too 
many. The act can do on a small time 
bill. With improvement, and this might 
include better wardrobe for the young 
woman, the turn could go in an early 
spot on the small big time programs. 

ofMd 



Harry LeVan and Claire DeVine. 
Songs and Talk. 
American Roof. 

Harry LeVan is from burlesque, 
probably spending the summer only 
on the small time, in company with 
Claire DeVine, who plays to him, 
though not nearly so well nor does she 
do as much for her portion, as Frankie 
Heath did when working with LeVan. 
The present act is piano playing, songs 
and talk, LeVan doing most of the lat- 
ter, using two or three double entendre 
ones that are harmless as uttered. For 
the rest of the turn LeVan holds it 
up, and the act will move along where 
it was built for, though it is more than 
likely this boy could build a big time 
act with himself the centre if he 
cared to. Sime. 



Frankie James. 
Singing Comedienne. 
12 Mins.; One. 
58th Street 

Frankie James is a comely girl, with 
four published songs in her present 
repertoire. Attired in a neat dress of 
blue, she opens with "Kentucky 
Home", and "When I Leave the World 
Behind" follows. That proved her 
best, and should be a consistent ap- 
plause getter. Miss James could 
make at 'east one change that would 
make the act more effective, for she 
has a voice and knows how to deliver 
a song. On early, where "straight" 
singing turns do not cause much en- 
thusiasm, Miss James secured good 
applause. 



Miller and Douglass. 

Songs. 

10 Mins.; One. 

Harlem Opera House. 

A couple relying entirely upon pub- 
lished songs for an act. They do not 
use dialog, going from one number into 
another. They open together, followed 
by solos by both, and close together. 
It's a routine in use by an unlimited 
number of turns. It would be advis- 
able for this couple, both of whom 
have pleasing voices and appearance, 
to get something a little different if 
possible. They start with "Kentucky 
Home," containing plenty of snap. A 
little novelty or perhaps a bit of orig- 
inal talk at times would help out. 



Harry Burkhardt and Co. 
"His Best Friend." 
18 Mint.; FulL 
'Keeney's, Brooklyn. 

The theme of this sketch is some- 
what similar to the play "The Lady 
from Oklahoma," which lasted a week 
or so in New York. The scene is the 
apartment of a noted actress who has 
a big politician in love with her. She 
also loves him, but he is married. The 
best friend realizes if the politician 
divorces his wife and marries the 
actress his career will be ruined. He 
appeals to the woman and she finally 
agrees. Sketch rather heavy for 
vaudeville and the woman in the role 
of the actress seems to over-act at 
times. Fred. 



Desco Brothers. 

Acrobats. 

10 Mins.; Full Stage. 

City. 

One of the brothers works straight 
while the comedian relies on a Chaplin 
imitation. The two have a simple rou- 
tine of acrobatics which helps to fill 
in the time when the comic isn't pull- 
ing his Chaplin. Fred. 



HARLEM OPERA HOUSE. 

Monday afternoon found many ■tar-at-homes 
In Harlem. The rain early Monday morning 
may hare accounted for many, for it seemed 
all Harlem was present at the matinee. This 
week's first half bill had two bis time acta, 
Ous Edward's "Matinee Girls" and Harry 
Breen, with other turns capable of making the 
two-a-day houses. 

A food start was given the show by Harry 
Milton and his dogs. Two well-trained fox 
terriers, with good tricks, presented In a rather 
different way. struck the Harlemltes aa a 
noTelty. Miller and Douglass (New Acts) 
sang a bit and then left rather quietly. A 
laughing hit was scored by an old Keystone 
Chaplin. 

Coatee. Keene and Johnson, colored, brought 
life Into the bill and make a noticeable Im- 
pression. This turn Is also known as Lulu 
Coates and Co. The two boys are exceedingly 
clever acrobatic dancers and the girl looks 
well In a good wardrobe. Like other dancers 
there is little praise that can be given for the 
singing, further hindered by old songs. "The 
Matinee Qirls," a truly girly act, with girls 
who look well and some pleasing songs filled 
up their time with merriment. The big com- 
edy was scored by the dog used in the "Peg 
o* My Heart" bit. Harry Breen. who followed, 
got right home with his stuff and they all felt 
that he was a native Harlem son, although 
he talked all about his home district being 
around the Tombs. 

To let everyone *now that it was summer 
Sol Levoy sang the ill. song "Mother May I 
Oo In To Swim" in conjunction with a film 
of the Treble Clef Co. Toe picture accom- 
paniment of this number is good for many a 
laugh. The Colonial Montrose Troupe closed 
the act division of the program with clever 
balancing work. Pictures cosed. 



HAMILTON. 

The "holiday" had Its effects on the Ham- 
ilton Monday afternoon, clearly demonstrated 
by the small gathering. Six acts, a feature, 
and a two-reel weekly comprised the bill. 

Harry Tsuda, programmed as Toku Hatsu, 
opened the show and gave It a fast start with 
an equllibristlc turn that displays "class." 
Harry made a natty appearance in his white 
flannels. He received applause a-plenty at the 
finish. 

The No. 2 position was bestowed upon Har- 
rison and Wells, who sang four numbers, in- 
cluding "Little Bit of Heaven" as a "double" 
and one of their best A base-ball parody 
used for the second verse placed them In 
favor. The couple came in for good applause 
after their closing number and dance. 

Frank Rae and Co. In a comedy playlet that 
has a number of catchy lines, pleased. Who- 
ever selected the characters showed good Judg- 
ment. Bach part is capably handled, and It 
will make the little sketch appreciated In the 
smaller houses. 

Rouble Sims (though not billed this way), 
a singing cartoonist, had a hard time of It for 
a few minutes, but his comedy makeup and 
elongated figure got them laughing soon after- 
wards. Sim's routine consists of nothing not 
showed by others, but will hold his own with 
any playing the houses of smaller dimensions. 

Elliott and Mu..en next to closing scored, 
what ever most resembled a real hit of the 
matinee. The feminine member looks real 
nice underneath the brown cork, but could 
make at least one change. Phasma closed to 
good returns. He is showing something new 
In using the stereoptlcon slides, and has a few 
new effects in the "fire dancing" line that 
warrant him a bit of big time. 

A six-reel feature closed and held most of 
them seated, though a good many were late 
comers. 



SHOW REVIEWS 



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PALACE. 

The current program at the Palace is a very 
familiar one. In lta separate aeta, to continu- 
ous vaudeville goers, but It didn't make much 
difference la the framing, as the holiday had 
to be considered. That the weather turned 
for the theatres Monday was but a part of 
the gamble, and the big business the Palace 
drew twice that day was offset by the atten- 
dance Tuesday. 

The features of the bill ss placed In favor by 
the audience were Mason and Keeler, Emma 
Carus, Orvllle Harrold and the Arnaut 
Brothers In the order named. Had Ho- 
mer Mason and Margurlte Keeler played 
anything but a sketch that ends when It ends, 
they would haTo "stopped the show." As It 
was the applauae was Insistent even after 
the annunciator called for the next turn, Mr. 
Harrold, who placed his line tenor Tolce In 
four selections, grand and light operatic, be- 
sides an Irish melody. Emll Polak accom- 
panied the singer, with a sane solo for him- 
self. 

Notwithstanding the other successes, the real 
enjoyable event of the evening was Emma 
Carus, for It is now Emma Carus alone prac- 
tically. Her best friends will not admit Miss 
Carus' newest assistant, Noel Stuart (who 
replaced Carl Randall) Is of material aid, ex- 
cepting that he Is there, for Miss Carus to 
talk to, dance with and to sing and dance by 
himself. In an eccentric style that contains 
no steps of marked originality. Mr. Stuart is 
a tall fellow, singularly thin, of little per- 
sonality, but for Miss Carus' purposes, a 
marked asset, because It permits her to offer 
in evidence that after all, an act with Emma 
Carus Is In reality Emma Carus only. Miss 
Carus would make a mistake to change Stu- 
art for any -one. He throws her Into dis- 
tinct relief as a comedienne, and Just now 
Mlas Carus is distinctly a comedienne. She 
has grown thin, very thin (for Emma Carus), 
and as she remarked early in the turn, "It's 
not so hard to get thin, but to stay funny 
!" Miss Carus offers the recipe for re- 
ducing to any one wishing to know it, but It 
would seem the exercise of the turn is her 
secret, she having but recently completed a 
long tour In the west. It maybe, however, 
that physical exercise had something to do 
with it, for Miss Carus easily touoned the 
tips of her lingers to the floor, while divulging 
other practices when taking bows. She 
claimed to be a perfect 88, reduced down 
from 44, and she looked it. In each of her 
three gowns, with the first, an evening dress, 
quite becoming, while the second, a light 
tailored suit of natty design, she wore for 
her Irish number that she did extremely well. 
Miss Oarus opened with "Down In Bom-Bom- 
bay," a new rag with a pretty melody. A male 
quartet stationed In the balcony got In on it 
It has a double clap in the chorus that will 
be of some use. Another rag was her third, 
while Mr. Stuart, who also changed his 
clothes, sang something that may have been 
called 'Tm Open" (which has no T 'At Liberty" 
meaning). A coupie of kerflunk finishes for 
the antl-flnale and finale did quite some for 
Miss Carus, and her finishing remark also 
won a laugh, the act going through to the 
enjoyment previously mentioned. 

"No. 3," the Arnaut Brothers, with their 
acrobatic violin playing and "bird" finish In 
"one" had the audience feeling In the best of 
nature, the "bird" finish especially getting 
to the house. They followed Charles Olcott, 
who did very well In the early spot for his 
"Comic Opera In Ten Minutes." 

The first part was closed bv Amelia Bing- 
ham In "Big Moments From Great Plays," 
giving two excerpts Tuesday night, "Joan of 
Arc" and "Sans Gene." The "Arc" thing is 
unsulted for vaudeville. It Is heavy, almost 
a monolog in Its first section, and the "New 
Sensational Fire Scene" Is not sensational at 
all, unless one may believe a wobbly darkened 
stake placed closely against the back drop 
will give the Illusion of a devouring flame 
from an ordinary blower. "Sans Gene" of 
oourse was better adapted for the act, but 
Mlas Bingham, who was among the top liners 
of the bill, should prepare another repertoire 
if she has concluded to take vaudeville as a 
regular thing or even as a substitute. What 
she has done in this line she has done too 
often, perhaps proven by the light crowd of 
Tuesday, with no other big time house open 
within a radius of over five miles from the 
Palace. 

After the Intermission Winsor McCay ex- 
hibited his "Gertie" of the screen that was 
as numerous as ever to those who had not 
before seen it. A hand-made turn like this 
one, which cannot be changed in its subject 
matter, should be changed more often in the 
idea, if McCay wants to often tour the vaude- 
ville houses. The Mason-Keeler sketch came 
next, Its first return date at the Palace. The 
breeslness of the playlet, and its delicate 
handling in a comedy vein amidst a daring 
situation, together with Mr. Mason's excellent 
light humor and Miss Keeler's prettiness in 
the background, sent the piece over strongly 
enough to cause wonderment, when it is re- 
called how many comedy acts In vaudeville 
that laugh the house out during their run- 
ning, receive but little at the close.* 

The Bell Family ended the show ; Mazle 
King and Tyler Brooke opened It, the pro- 
gram this week starting at 7.58. 8imc. 

BRIGHTON. 

The Brighton Is coming into its own for 

{;ood business. The beach house is now pack- 
ng them In. Tuesday night following the 
holiday found the Brighton well filled, the 
crowd evidently being attracted by a bill 
that rivaled any the Palace has played, for 
snap and vim that go to make a good sum- 
mer entertainment. 

Dancing Is the predominating feature of 
thin week's «hnw of nine acts. Five contain 
duuring with o;wi almoin entliv-y «o. Cecil 



Lean and Cleo Mayfleld, together with John 
Hyams and Leila Mclntyre, ahared the head- 
line honors, both acts scoring complete hits. 
The Lean turn closed the first half with the 
audience loath to see them depart. Hyams 
and Mclntyre second after Intermission, fol- 
lowing the Empire Comedy Four who went 
about their work In the usual style and 
gained a well earned hit for themselves. 
After the good showing of the quartet the 
couple Jumped in and kept things on the 
move. 

When it comes to the hit column Sam and 
Kitty Morton are prominent. This couple 
worked like beavers and the audience was 
with them every minute, i/own next to clos- 
ing, they figured most conspicuously, receiv- 
ing the plaudits of the house to a man. 

The George Howell vehicle, "The Red Fox 
Trot," an act full of humor, brought laugh 
after laugh in a first half spot. Ernest Wood 
has succeeded Peter Paige as the dancing hug 
and his work Is satisfactory although there 
was little room for improvement on the orig- 
inal. It's a satire the beach patrons surely 
enjoyed. 

The show opened with Schreck and Perclval, 
who do various acrobatics ana a bit of dancing. 
For an opening turn this couple brought a 
well earned lot of applause. Jean Challon 
(New Acts) secured good returns with her 
voice. Ned Monroe and Keller Mack (New 
Acts) were one of the evening's laughing 
hits, giving the bill pep in this division. 

A dancing finish was given by Gene Hodg- 
kins and Mile. Deatress. 



AMERICAN ROOF. 

It was a pretty wobbly and light show the 

first half on the American Roof, with but 

ordinary attendance there the night of the 
holiday. The first four acta were in "one," 
with a two-people sketch closing the first 
part. It was not until Bedini and Arthur 
happened second after Intermission the aud- 
ience really laughed. 

Bedini and Arthur, after doing their Juggling 
(with Arthur in white face but not getting 
as much out of the comedy as when dark- 
ened), started on a rewritten version of 
"Irish Justice," calling it a travesty of "On 
Trial," and the house howled at them all 
the way. Mr. Bedini In his announcement 
of the travesty stated It was incomplete and 
It waa, but still funny enough to go over 
all of the small time Just as It is. Ben 
Schaeffer had a speaking part of one line, 
but waa made up grotesquely enough to play 
an entire show himself. He got a laugh 
on his appearance. 

In the "No. 2" spot were Howard and 
Chase who commence well with their first 
two bits, wherein It looks as though the team 
were attempting to become a second Ward 
and Curran turn, but after that they fall 
off sadly. The cello number that la preceded 
by a poor verse, sung by the player, would 
get more Just as an Instrumental number, 
and the same person might Improve on his 
Italian character. The "fly" Joke should be 
thrown right out. That's a bad boy for family 
audiences, and it's an awfully old boy besides. 
If this couple could maintain their start to 
the finish, the act should make big time, but 
to do that they would probably need a writer. 
The comedian gets over, but appears to give 
everything he has got In very quick time, 
something that Is also true of his partner, 
both finding it necessary to stall through for 
a full turn. 

The sketch, "The Master Move," played by 
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Cortls, closing the 
first part, got to the women in the ' audience, 
but the men could not see It. It's the wife 
turning upon a domineering husband. A great 
deal that Is familiar in one way or another 
has been bunched in, with the playlet taking 
a sudden turn toward the finish, without good 
reason, to permit the wife to put over some- 
thing In a business way upon her hubby. 
But women surely do like to see their sisters 
on the stage get the best of the men In any 
sort of a scrap, so this piece may be reason- 
ably certain of feminine favor in the smaller 
houses, though too much has been gone after 
in the writing construction of it. 

Jerome and Carson, "No. 3," Harry Le Van 
and Claire DeVine, "No. 4" and Claudia Tra- 
cey, opening after intermission (New Acts). 

Edward Marshall opened the show with his 
cartoons, getting many laughs for his aud- 
ience work and drawing a very fine Washing- 
ton head that appears to have been modeled 
after Rembrandt's. Marshall secures unusu- 
ally good flesh coloring for a chalk artist. 
The Four Readings closed the show proper, to 
be followed by a serial. An act called Ed- 
wards and Helena was next to closing. 

Sitae. 



ROYAL. 

The family brand of vaudeville as supplied 
by the Keith interests to their Bronx patrons 
has made a quirk and decisive connection in 
the uptown borough, the holiday shows bring- 
ing out an overflowing attendance with a 
capacity house on hand for the so-called 
"supper show," something unusual under any 
circumstances. The Royal Is offering some 
corking good bills for the small time ad- 
mission fee, the one scheduled for the current 
week's first portion being no exception to 
the rule. 

Six acts with pictures and novelty con- 
tests make up the program, the headllner 
being Hardecn with his familiar handcuff 
specialty. Hardeen Is doing the milk can 
stunt for a finale and gettrng the usual re- 
sults. It seems remarkable that this brand 
of amusement has held up Interest for so 
long. Hardeen was handed a reception at 
both ends of his turn, although the initial 
greeting was undoubtedly prompted by his 
assistants. The Frldkowsky troupe of Russian 
*lng<>n« an<* 'lancers, a big time number In 



regular season, took away one of the hlta 
of the day, the dancing section going excep- 
tionally well with the Bronx natives. The 
costuming is both attractive and elaborate 
and the harmony is strong enough to hold 
up that end. Measured In contrast to the 
many other similar acts the Frldkowsky aggre- 
gation look decidedly good. 

The sketch for the first half was Ernest 
Carrs "The Grafter" with Carr playing the 
title role, supported by another man and 
woman. Carrs dialog runs second to mighty 
few and his portrayal of the political char- 
acter was perfect In detail. Some of the 
material went a bit high for those present, 
but the general theme caught on and the 
finale brought solid applause. 

Bernard and Scarth have a unique novelty 
for "one," an excellent routine of crossfire 
talk and a novel finish that rounds the spec- 
ialty out in great shape. They too corralled 
a big hit. 

Moore, Gardner and Rose were next to clos- 
ing with a rather classy rathskeller specialty. 
A dialect comedian gives the turn a hefty 
boost with his delivery and material. The 
harmony is well blended and the repertoire 
constructed along a sensible basis. The boys 
not only held down the spot, but landed the 
big hit of the bill. 

The Wilton Sisters are two versatile young- 
sters, but should dispense with the spotlight 
occasionally, the continual dark stage de- 
teriorating to some extent. A combination 
of violin, piano and vocal work runs Into a 
first class specialty for the Wiltons and in 
an early spot at the Royal they did quite 
well. 

The Hamilton Brothers opened with a 
rough and tumble knockabout act In which 
a number of slapsticks and bladders were 
overworked. The men are exceptionally 
clever In their particular line and could build 
up a much better turn with the ability avail- 
able. They pleased. wynn. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

It was the rain early Monday morning that 
proved helpful to the managers of the houses 
in town, for the downpour kept people in 
town. At the Fifth Avenue the house filled 
up during the afternoon until there wasn't 
a seat to be had about four oclock. The pro- 
gram was made up of seven acts with Fred- 
erick V. Bowers as the headllner. It Included 
also an ill. aong, a travel talk and several 
reels of pictures. 

Mable Burke opened the show singing 
"Don't Blame Me For What Happens In The 
Moonlight," the new Waterson, Berlin A 
Snyder number, to the accompaniment of 
picture illustrations. Nelson and Nelson, 
comedy acrobats, got over very well In the 
next spot. Steffy Burke A Co. following, fitted 
nicely. 

Shrode and Mulvey In their well known 
comedy skit in which the once famed beer 
keg still plays Its part were the early laugh- 
ing hit. The act will still be able to go the 
rounds of the pop houses and get over with lta 
comedy. A film comedy followed and kept 
the laughter coming from the audience. 

Some three or four years ago there appeared 
In vaudeville The Old Homeatead Octet. At 
the time Mose Gumble waa accused of being 
responsible for the eight singers because they 
sang nothing but Remlck numbers. At the 
Fifth Avenue this week there are eight men 
*ho are billed as The Old Homestead Double 
Quartet. The octet managed very nicely but 
tbey could use a little comedy among the 
songs. "Sweet Kentucky Lady" Is In the 
singing list, also a very good vocal arrange- 
ment of "The Rosary-" Down nesr the closing 
the boys swung Into "I'm On My Way To 
Dublin Bay." Walter Murray with a few 
minutes of the Paramount Travel Series fol- 
lowed the singers. He slowed up the show a 
little and Manager Quald salu that he would 
switch the travel talk to an earlier spot for 
the night show. 

Dorothy DeSchelle and Co. In her "crook" 
sketch filled in nicely in the following spot. 
The hit of the show , appeared in Kramer 
and Morton, two boys in blackface, next to 
closing. The opening brings them on singing 
"Night Time in Dixieland." Then, even 
though they were UBlng "When you know 
you're not forgotten by the girl you got for 
nottin". and "goesinto,** the audience could 
not get enough of them. 

Frederick V. Bowers and Co. closed the 
hill. The act is much the same as before 
It started over the Orpheum Circuit. Nothing 
extraordinary with the exception of the danc- 
ing of the colored boy as the one big hit of 
the turn. Fred 



NATIONAL. 

Perhaps nowhere along the entire Loew 
route has the introduction of Keith pop 
vaudeville affected business to such an ex- 
tent as It has in the Bronx where Loew's 
National and Keith's Royal stand but a few 
feet apart A holiday comparison brought 
the attendance figures for the Loew house 
decidedly behind that of the opposition al- 
though a reasonably goou small time bill 
was progrsmmed at the National. With those 
present the enthusiasm ran high and the 
various numbers went through nicely with- 
out disappointment. 

The McGulnness Brothers opened the show, 
although a better spot could have been pro- 
vided for the McGulnness pair. Their dancing 
portion carried them through to a big hit 
and what comedy is utilized went over well. 
A few of the "gags" might be eliminated 
because of their age. This pair deserve 
credit for progreBslveness. Properly bandied 
there seems no reason why they could not 
find a berth on the big time. 

In second spot was little Lillian Watson 
with a routine of character numbers that 
brought over a solid hit. Her Yiddish con- 
tribution 1* particularly well done and with 



her excellent dialect In this respect she looms 
up as an applicant for production work. With 
iplenty of "pep" and personality, a good 
singing voice and her general ability, Miss 
Watson runs along with the best in her line 
and will bear watching. 

A number of pictures were added to the 
program running between the acts which 
helped somewhst, the reels being divided in 
character between comedy and tragedy. A 
dramatic sketch held a prominent spot on 
the bill, the title being "Wrong or Right." 
The Idea waa right, but the genersl playing 
was wrong. The supporting male character 
gave a rather weak demonstration of his role. 
For those who like their melodrama with a 
liberal dash of scarlet coloring, this will 
suffice however, and the Bronxites present 
seemed sufficiently interested to demand a 
few curtain cans. 

Brown and Jackson were a legitimate hit 
in the favored spot with a fast routine of 
patter and comedy that qualified them for 
the big show. The woman la abundantly 
supplied with the proper brand of atage 
charm, a nitty prop laugh and a sure fire 
style of delivery while the male member has 
a good comio system which guarantees their 
safe passage anywhere, particularly when ac- 
companied by the present material. They 
looked like the top choice of the program. 

The Harashlma Brothers who occasionally 
call themaelvea the Mori Trio had things 
their own way In closing spot with Juggling 
featured. The comedian *ent the laughs 
coming in a continuous stria? and comedy 
in a Jap turn Is a bit unusual. Because of 
this and their general ability they walked 
in with a liberal portion of the honors. 

Wynn. 

JEFFERSON. 

Heavy holiday business did not prevail at 
the Jefferson Monday night The most success- 
ful user of patriotlo numbers was "Songs Of 
All Nations" with three singers, two men and 
a woman. This turn may nave been framed 
only for the Jefferson, where there is a cos- 
mopolitan audience, and than again it may 
have been framed for other small time 
houaes as well. It will do, If the cosmo* 
polltan Jeffersonlans know what Is what. The 
aot consists of the anthems of all nations. 
A screen Is used and a slide with the pioture 
of the ruler and the flag of the country 
shown. They sing the songs In the native 
tongues so a slide states which also says the 
idea Is neutral. It Is a good novelty for a 
house like this. 

Les Montforts opened the show and secured 
many exclamations of surprise for their work. 
Barrows and Dupree, colored, went along 
rather quietly until the mans clog dance 
on skates at the finish. A trio with a sketch 
of the wife, husband and butler type with 
the latter the most Important actor In a lot 
of horseplay scored one of the laughing hits 
of the bill. It Is an awful old sort of a 
vehicle but If there art other houses like the 
Jefferson It will do. 

Psrlse with his aocordlan brought out some 
tuneful melodies and worked decidedly fast 
Goodness knows how many shows they do 
down here on a holiday so It Is no wonder 
that they go through the list speedily. This 
man goes In for - straight playing not paying 
much attention to anything but his Instrument 
snd getting good resalts from that. A well 
selected routine of selections taking In all 
kinds. Parise uses "Paradise" and "Dublin 
Bay" for two of his popular numbers. 

Paths pictures were used at this point 
together with some war pictures mads by the 
French Union of Cinematograph Manufactur- 
ers. They looked as It taken last winter. 
Snow was flying In most of the scenes. 

Wslter James gave numerous character lm- 
poraonatlona ending with a recitation supposed 
to be drsmatlo but lacking the punch. The 
character work did not get far down here 
owing to make up with each and talk Is one 
of the easiest things lost at the Jefferson. A 
cabaret trio, Smltn, Keefe and Shaw, aang 
and played the piano. The turn Is evidently 
the outgrowth of the Smith and Keefe two 
act. In real songs they have nothing now 
worth while. The Voldos mystified in the 
closing spot. 



58TH STREET. 

Plenty of "slapstick" comedy is the slogan 
at this house. The result wss capacity Mon- 
day night. Tbey were standing against the 
back wall as early as 7.80, 

Theodore Bambery and Co. opened to the 
large; gathering and amused them with msgic 
and shadowgraphlcs. The young woman got 
a song number right In toe midst of tbs 
turn, no place for It. Though she possesses 
a fair voice, it adds to the running time and 
hurts as shown by the light applause. Frankle 
James (New Act) No. 2. 

After a comedy two- reel er Dorothy Rogers 
and Co. came In for big applause through 
their comedy efforts. Her sketch "The 
P.cauty Doctor" was built for laughing pur- 
poses only. The good work continued with 
Pearl Brothers ana Burns, whose "hokum" 
nnd tom-foolery proved one of the big hits. 
The song carnival was next, with most of the 
Hongs from the one publisher. A film comedy 
dropped In at this Juncture, snd stopped pro- 
ceedings for a few minutes through the lack 
of comedy In it. 

The hit of the show was scored by the 
"Six Little Song Birds," a juvenile musical 
(omedy. For good singing and behavior this 
art Is going to be hard to beat. A fast Texas 
Tommy and a piano specialty have replaced 
a couple of song numbers. The show was 
closed with a bang by Rose flchmetter and 
Mrotber. They are doing a few tricks not 
attempted by others, and should bo sharing 
better company. 

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14 



VARIETY 



BILLS NEXT WEEK (July 12) 

la Vaudeville Theatres, Playing Three or Less Shows Daily. 

(All houses open for the week with Monday matinees, when not otherwise indicated.) 
Theatres listed as "Orpheum" without any further distinguishing description are on the 
Orpheum Circuit. Theatres with "Loew" following name are on the Loew Circuit. 

Agencies booking the houses are noted by single name or initials, such as "Orph," Orpheum 
Circuit-"U. B. O.," United Booking Offices-* f W. V. M. A.," Western Vaudeville Managers' Asso- 
ciation (Chicago)— "P." Pantages Circuit— "Inter," Interstate Circuit (booking through W. V. M. 
A.— "M,* James C. Matthews (Chicago). 



Nee? York 

5T11 AV (ubo) 
I'd balf (July 8-10) 
ltuburus Keene 
1'aula ft Hoaa 
Ariuur Sullivan 
Bernard a Scarth 
Musical Uormana 
Hawthorn© ft Inglls 
Kez's Manikinti 

ItUlAL. (UbO) 

I'd half (July 8-10) 
1 * P Sana 
Stanley ft Bracks 
bcbrode ft Mulvey 
Coale* Keene ft J 
llardeen 
Hurry lireen 
De Page Opera Tr 
HARLEM O H (ubo) 
2d half (July 8-10) 
Hathaway ft Mack 
Kimberly ft Mohr 
Morris a Wilson Co 
Wilton Slaters 
billy West 
Nuvins ft Erwood 
Kridkowsky Troupe 
PROCTOR'S 58TH ST 
Orace Leonard ft Dogs 
Guy Bar 
SeJIea ft Norton 
Capt Barnett ft Son 
Amorus ft Mulvey 
Beaux ft Belles 
2d half 
Musical Street Pavers 
Golding ft Keating 
June Mills ft Innes 
Mrs Gene Hughes Co 
Walter James 
Livingdton Family 
AMERICAN (loew) 
Allen ft Francis 
Old Song Revue 
Bernard ft HoberU 
3 Chuma 
Deco Bros 
(Four to fill) 

2d half 
Kimball ft Arnold 
Betts U Chldlow 
•Wrong or Right" 
Burns ft Klssen 
Les Jar day s 
(Four to fill) 
DELANCBY (loew) 
K ka^sl l ft Lewis 
Dotaon ft Gordon 
Warren ft Francis 
"Wrong or Right" 
Melnotte Twins 
(Three to fill) 
2d half 
Smith A Ralph 
Brown ft Jackson 
Maldie DeLong 
•Side Llghta" 
Mack Albright ft M 
Sterling ft Marguerite 
(Two to fill) 

ORPHEUM (loew) 
Steppe ft Martin 
Richard Mllloy Co 
Brown ft Jackson 
Ed Zoeller 3 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Healy & Barr Twine 
3 Chums 
Marie Russell 
Kennedy Bros 
(Two to fill) 

GREELEY (loew) 
Master Move 
LeVan ft DeVlne 
Old Sol Fiddlers 
Harmon Zanies A D 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Allen ft Francis 
Maurice Samuels Co 
Bill Pruitt 
(Three to fill) 

LINCOLN (loew) 
Betts A Chldlow 
Maurice Samuels Co 
Marie Russell 
Namba Bros 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Anthony A Adele 
Steppe A Martin 
Warren A Francis 
Richard Mllloy Co 
Melnotte Twins 
(One to fill) 

NATIONAL (loew) 
Sandy Shaw 
J as McCurdy Co 
Maldie DeLong 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
O'Nell A Gallagher 
"Stick-up Man" 
Harmon Zarnes A D 
Veldl Trio 

(One to fill) 

7TH AVE (loew) 
Moore A Jenkins 
Lora Payne 
"Side Lights" 
Bill Trultt 
Kennedy Bros 
(One to fill) 



2d half 
Cunningham A Marlon 
"School Days" 
Sandy Shaw 
Mykoff A Vanity 
(Two to fill) 
BOULEVARD (loew) 
Nlblo A Nugent 
Leonard A Willard 
Mattle Choate Co 
Cooper Bros 
Cliff Bailey 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
LaRue A Greshsm 
Mellor A DePaula 
Nestor A Girls 
Dotson A Gordon 
Namba Bros 
(One to fill) 

Coney Island, N. Y. 

BRIGHTON (ubo) 
Mlbska A Olga 
Dugan A Raymond 
Scott ft Keane 
Cardo ft Noll 
Bell Family 
Melville ft Hlgglns 
Frltzi Scheff 
Hussey ft Boyle 
4 Roeders 

HENDERSON'S (ubo) 
Mallia ft Bart 
Bernard A Scarth 
Whipple Huston Co 
Morrissey ft Hackett 
Alan Dlnehart Co 
The Veterans 
Median's Dogs 

Brooklyn 

PROSPECT (ubo) 
J Splssell Co 
Wilton Girls 
Mr ft Mrs ( Wilde 
MUo 

"Mile A Minute" 
Tooney A Norman 
P ft I Sans 
Lillian Shaw 
4 Danubes 

BUSHWICK (ubo) 
The Ollvans 
Mallen 

Felix ft Barrys 
Ward Baker 
F V Bowers Co 
Billy McDermott 
Russell ft Calhoun 
Sam A Kitty Morton 
Novelty Clintons 
GREENPOINT (ubo) 

2d half (July 8-10) 
Clark ft Clark 
Edwin George 
Bob Shackler Co 
Johnny Small ft 81a 
Lucille 3 
Kramer A Morton 
Valentine ft Bell 

HALSET (ubo) 
1st half 
Geo Schlndler 
McDougal ft Shannon 
Keystone 8 
Rogers Guard Co 
Rose ft Rlgby 
Brown Fletcher 3 
Norman L Spear 
Selblnl ft Grovini 

5TH AVE ubo) 
1st half 
Delaphone 
Harrison ft Wella 

"Garden of Peaches" 
McCabe Levee A P 
Pearson A Bently 
3 Fords 

SHUBERT (loew) 
LaRue A Oresham 
Nestor A Girls 
Moss ft Frye 
Mykoff ft Vanity 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Moors ft Jenkins 
Margaret Farrell 
"Master Mots" 
Cooper Bros 
Great Bantell 
(One to fill) 

BIJOU (loew) 
Richard Burton 
Mellor ft DePaula 
"School Daya" 
Sterling A Marguerite 
(Three to fill) 
2d half 
Stone A Hughea 
Bernard A Roberta 
Old Song Revue 
Old Sol Fiddlers 
JAM Hawkins 
Cliff Bailey 
(One to fill) 

FULTON (loew) 
Margaret Farrell 
Burns A Klssen 
(Four to nil) 
2d half 
Embs A Alton 
3 O'Neill Sis 
Ed Van Sloan Co 
(Three to fill) 



PALACE (loew) 
Anthony A Adele 
O'Neill 81a 
"White Lie" 
Mack Albright A M 
Veldl Trio 

2d half 
Fred HUdebrandt 
Leonard A Willard 
Moas A Frye 
Ed Zoeller 3 
(One- to fill) 

Albany, V. T. 

PROCTORS 
The Barretta 
Wilson A Lenore 
Helen Davis 
The Crisps 
Spiegel A Johnes 
Six Song Birds-' 

2d half 
Ah Ling Foo 
Martha Stuart 
Delphlne A Delmora 
Kimberly A Mohr 
3 Hallston Boys 
Five Beauties 

Atlantic City, If. J. 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Ssblna ft Bronner 
Cantor ft Lee 
B W ft Crooker 
Alexander ft Murray 
Orvllle Harrold 
"Fashion Shop" 
Rae Samuels 
Paul Conchas 
Blnffnnnston, n. Y. 
STONE O H (Ubo) 
Millard Bros 
Ray Fern 
Ed Blondell Co 
2d half 
Capt Barnett A Son 
Peterson Dick A M 
(One to fill) 



KEITH'S (ubo) 
The Lelanda 
Ed Morton 
Horlick Family 
Antony A Ratllf 
Julia Ring Co 
Belle Blanche 
Ben Welch 
Melstersingers 

GLOBE (loew) 
Beth Challls 
Aipine 4 
Deland-Carr Co 
Harry Thomson 
Jerome A Carson 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Helen Shlpman 
John LaVler 
Gordon A Marx 
"Shot at Sunrise" 
Al Burton Co 
(Two to fill) 

ST JAMES (loew) 
Al Burton Co 
"Shot at Sunrise" 
Lewis Belmont A L 
Posing Beauty 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Walter Daniels Co 
Alpine 4 
Deland-Carr Co 
Harry Thomson 
Jerome A Carson 
(One to fill) 



Conn. 

POLI'S (ubo) 
Tbe Seebacka 
Ernie A Ernie 
Dorothy Richmond Co 
William Slsto 
Girl Revue 

2d half 
Lew Palmore 
Cecils Trio 
Katherine Matthews 
Stock Players 
Bert FitzglbbonB 
Camllanl Trio 

PLAZA ubo) 
White A Elliott 
Casey A Blake 
Hlcksvllle Minstrels 
Orange Packers 
2d half 
Julia Edwards 
Grace A Burke 
Roy a? Arthur 
Abe Attell Co 

Calajary, Cnn. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Joe Roberta 
Innesa A Ryan 
Lala Selblnl 
Karl Emmy's Pets 
Girl from Calgary 
Sullivan A Marlon 

Chicago 

MAJESTIC (orph) 
Nat Willa 
A Dlneheart Co 
Nan Halperin 
Mme Besaon Co 
The Volunteers 
Nonette 



Great Howard 
4 Romanos 
Kremka Bros 

McVlCKEKS (loew) 
Francesca Redding Co 
F J Moore 
4 Gillespie Girls 
Sadie Sherman 
Ed Reynard Co 
Maley A Woods 
Gravetta A La Vondre 
Lawton 
Webb's Seals 

Ctttntnaatl 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Emmett A Emmett 
Boyle A Patsy 
Lawlor A Daughters 
Gruet A Gruet 
"Aurora of Light" 
(Others to fill) 



Colombo* 

KEITHS (ubo) 
John Zlmmer 
Gilbert A Barret 
•Minstrel Cabaret" 
Simpson A Deane 
2 Lowes 
(One to fill) 



tntoa. Cnn. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Hanlon Dean A H 
Maude Leone Co 
Spencer A Williams 
Parisian 8 
"Birthday Party" 



w. r. 

MAJESTIC (ubo) 

1st half 
Cecil Dunham 
Peterson Dick A M 
Rlgoletto Bros 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Colton A Lee 
Ray Fern 
Rlgoletto Bros 
(One to fill) 

Fall Hirer, Bfaaa. 

ACADEMY (loew) 
Helen Shlpman 
Copeland Draper Co 
John LaVler 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Beth Challls 
Reddington A Grant 
(Two to fill) 



Grans! BasHU afUh 

RAMONA PK (ubo) 
Ethel Dawne June 
Frank Crumlt 
Crelghton BAB 
Long Tack Sam 
Freeman A Dunham 
Dancing LaVars 

II art for*. Conn. 

PALACE (ubo) 
Nelusco A Hurley 
Meredith A Snoozer 
3 Vagrants 
Gene Frailer A Co 
Rogers, Pollock A R 
Kirk & Smith 
2d half 
Malcom 

LAM Hunting 
Joe Grady Co 
LeMalre A Dawson 
Clown Seal 

Hokeken. W. J. 

LYRIC (loew) 
Smith A Ralph 
Cunningham A Marlon 
Kathryn Chaloner Co 
JAM Hawkins 
Nell A Skating Girls 

2d half 
Henry Frey 
Harris A K rouse 
Mayo A Tally 
Atlas Trio 
(One to fill) 

laeJooopolle 

KEITH'S fubd) 
Deodata 

3 Lorettas 
Bob Warren 
Gene Muller 3 
(Others to fill) 

Jetocy City 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
2d half (July 8-10) 
Martin's 4 Roses 
Moore Gardner A R 
Lute's Collegians 
"Garden of Peaches" 
Minnie Allen 

4 Charles 

Lancaster, Pa. 

COLONIAL (ubo) 
1st half 
Norton A West 
Tom Davlea Co 
Henry Frye 
Cycling Brunettes 

2d half 
Spink A Tate 
Dave Ross Co 
Frank Terry 
"The Dog Bandit" 



Lincoln, Nebs 

LYRIC (wva) 
1st half 
Orbyssanny's Cocka- 
toos 
Novelty 

2d half 
7 Princess Maids 
Bertie Fowler 
Lo« Aanelea 
ORPHEUM 
Little Nap \ 
Terada Bros - 
Fisher A Green 
Hymack 

Fritz A Lucy Bruch 
Mercedes 

Cameron A Gaylord 
"Fashion Show" 

PANTAGES (m) 
3 Rianos 

N'orthlane A Ward 
Leonard Anderson Co 
Venita Gould 
Arizona Joe Co 

l.oulavlllr 
FN FRY PK (orph) 

(Opens Sun Mat) 
Bert 8wor 
Selma Braatz 
Lockett A Waldron 
Max Laube 
Pantzer Duo 

Marahnlltowa. In. 

ORPHEUM (wva) 
1st half 
Terry A Elmer 
Billy Jones 
De Grohs 

2 half 
Johnson A Crane 
Arthur Dalr 
(One to fill) 



inolie 

UNIQUE (sc) 
Werden ft Gearin 
Hager ft Goodwin 
"Too Many Burglars' 
Kerr ft Burton 
Yume ft Co 



.,__ If. J. 

MAJESTIC (loew) 
Great Bantell 
Ed Van Sloan Co 
Healy ft Barr Twine 
(Three to fill) 

2d half 
Richard Burton 
Mattle Choate Co 
LeVan A DeVlne 
(Three to fill) 
New afOTrn. Com*. 

POLI'S (ubo) 
Foley ft Coner 
Dayle ft Bell 
Stock Players 
Bert FlUgibbons 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
The Seebacks 
Rogers Pollock ft D 
Dorothy Richmond Co 
The Steadmana 
Evers Clroua 

BIJOU (ubo) 
Julia Edwards 
Grace ft Burke 
Cecile 3 

2d half 
Casey ft Blake 
Orange Packers 
Monti 3 



Ifootnttu Tn. 

ACADEMY (ubo) 
1st half 

(Richmond split) 
Grace Twins 
Leach-Wallen 8 
Stan Stanley 3 
(One to fill) 

Oakland 

ORPHEUM (orph) 
Naslmova 
Joe Cook 

Lorraine A Dudley 
(Others to fill) 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Open Sun Mat) 
Randow 3 
Sarah Padden Co 
Friend A Downing 
West A Van Siclen 
Ishikawa Japs 

Pnterson* N. J, 

MAJESTIC (ubo) 
let half 

Roble A Roble 

Henrietta Brown Co 

Nalde ft Nalde 

The Schmaettans 
2d half 

The Turners 

Toggis 81s L 

Henrietta Brown Co 

Newsboys 

Phlln«el»nla 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Mason Keeler Co 
Antwerp Girls 
Ward Bell ft Ward 
Ward ft Fitzgerald 
Belle Baker 
Carbrey Bros 
Laddie Cliff 
(One to fill) 

GRAND (ubo) 
Gardiner 8 
Denny ft Boyle 
Harry Holman Co 
Olivette 

Warren ft Dietrich 
Galettl's Monkoys 

Plttnbnrsjk. 

GRAND (ubo) 
Sundberg A Renee 
"Whlttler's Boy" 



Tyler St Clair 3 
Miller A Douglas 
"Concealed Bed" 
Ross A Ashton 
Ethel Dawn June 

Portland, Me. 

PANTAGES (in) 
Phila La Toska 
Maye A Addis 
King Thornton Co 
Eddie Ross 
Chinese Girl 
Tom Linton ft Girls 

Portland* Oro. 

EMPRESS (loew) 
Lonzo Cox 
Connors ft Witt 
"On the Veranda" 
Dorothy Herman 
La Pafatricka A Part 

Provide***. U. I. 

EMERY (loew) 
Reddington A Grant 
Walter Daniels Co 
Gordon A Marz 
Stone A Hughes 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Posing Beauty 
Copeland-Draper Co 
Lewis Belmont & L 
(Two to fill) 



Snperlor, Win. 

PEOPLE'S (wva) 
1st half 
Davis A Walker 
Howard Langford 

2d half 
Stelndel A Lee 
Elsa Ford 



Rlekamoo*. Va. 

BIJOU (ubo) 

let half 
(Norfolk split) 
Grace Fisher Co 
(Four to fill) 

Sacramento 

EMPRESS (loew) 
Shaw A Lee 
Elizabeth Cutty 
"Everybody" 
Geo Yeoman 
(One to fill) 

Ht. Panl 

EMPRESS (sc) 
Pero A Wilson 
Simonds A Piatt 
Estelle Wordette Co 
Howard Sisters 
6 Abdallahs 

Bait Lake 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Open Wed Mat) 
Bigelow A Meehan 
Florence Rayfield 
Ranous A Nelson 
Winona Winters 
Richards the Great 

San Dlearo 
PANTAGES (m) 
Carletta 
Antrim ft Vale 
"Childhood Daya" 
Stuart 
6 Fultons 

San Francisco 

ORPHEUM 
(Open Sun Mat) 

Kitty Gordon Co 

Jack Wilson 

Norton ft Lee 

Britt Wood 

Dooley A Rugel 

Lucy Gillette 

4 Melodious Chaps 

Lai Mon Kim 

EMPRESS (loew) 

"Just Half Way" 

Tabor A Green 

Maximilian 

(Three to fill) 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Open Sun Mat) 

3 Weber Sisters 

Passing Review 3 

Margaret Edwards 

Hawley Noble 

ft Kirksmlth Sis 

"Flying Fishes" 

Schenectndy. N. Y. 

PROCTOR'S 
Zeda A Hoot 
Ralph Herbert 
Ernest Carr A Co 
Kimberly A Mohr 
Hallston Boys 
Five Beauties 
2d half 
The Goldlnls 
Ward A Delmar 
Marie Hart 
Walter Nealand Co 
Johnny Neff 
Six Song Blrda 

Seattle 

PANTAGES (m) 
Lady Alice's Pets 
Belle Oliver 
Lombardl Opera Co 
Edmund Hayes Co 
Dorsch A Russell 

Snoknne 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Open Sun- Mat) 
Reo A Norman 
Josie Flynn Minstrels 
Silver A North 
Rice A Francis 
Juliette Dlka 

Sprinfffleld, Bfaaa. 
PALACE (ubo) 
Sllvenos 

Dunn A Stephens 
James Grady Co 
Katherine Matthews 
LaMalre A Dawson 
Evers Circus 

2d half 
Morton A Morris 
Ernie A Ernie 
F McGinn Players 
3 Vagrants 
Minstrel Malda 
Kirk A Smith 



Tacoi 

PANTAGES (m) 
Neusa A Eldrld 
Rogera A Wiley 
Jessie Haywood 
Bigelow Campbell ft R 
"Candy Shop" 
Cane ft Odom 

Tolofto 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Helen Lee 
Zylo Maids 
Mintz ft Palmer 
Will Morria 
J C Mack Co 
Kurtls Roosters 



VamevoTar, B. a 

PANTAGES (m) 
Mintz ft Werti 
Clark A McCullough 
■Gordon Highlanders 
"Shadow Girl" 
Victoria 4 

TKrtwrla, B. C. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Kitner Hayes A M 
Morton Broa 
Barto A Clark 
Kelly A Galvln 
Hanlon Bros Co 
Edith Helene 



YOUNGE (loew) 
Lou Hoffman 

Lillian WaUon 
Walton A Boardman 
Bob Hall 
Henry A LIzell 
(Two to fill) 

SHEA'S HIP (ubo) 
Lynch A Zeller 
Florence Tlmponl 
Keno A Green 
Willard 
(Three to fill) 

Trenton* N. J. 

TAYLOR O H (ubo) 

lat half 
Ferry 
The Forda 
Dave Ross Co 
4 Rubes 
Olive North 

2d half 
Chief Tendahoe 
Norton A West 
Mile Stevens Co 
La France ft Bruce 
"Girls of the Orient" 

Troy, If . T. 

PROCTOR'S 
Livingston Family 
Marie Hart 
Delphlne ft Delmore 
Johnson ft Buckley 
Johnny Neff 
"War Brides" 
2d half 
Zeda ft Hoot 
Ralph Herbert 
Lightner ft Alexander 
Dale ft Boyle 
Wilson ft Lenore 
"War Brides" 



KEITH'S (ubo) 
Samoya 

Bradley ft Norrls 
Harry Breen 
Ward ft Girls 
"Old Homestead" 
Victor Moore Co 
Ballet Diverts 
Watorkory, 

POLI'S (ubo) 
Gillies Family 
Caryle ft Grindell 
Roy A Arthur 
The Steadmana 
Charlie Kenna 
Clown Seal 

2d half 
Nelusco A Hurley 
Dunn A Stephens 
Gene Frasier A Co 
Meredith ft Snoozer 
William Slsto 
"Earl ft Girls" 



POLI'S (ubo) 
Cadlux 

Fairfax ft Stafford 
Hooper ft Cook 
Lightner ft Alexander 
3 Bonnells 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Mang A Snyder 
Pike A Calame 
Sam Edwarda A Co 
Wolf Shrelly Sis 
"Song Doctors" 

Winnipeg: 

PANTAGES (m) 
"Haberdashery" 
Rondas 3 
Dow A Dow 
WInsch A Poore 
Harry Von Faaaen 
Worcester, afaaa. 
PLAZA (ubo) 
Morton A Morris 
F McGinn Players 
LAM Hunting 
Camllanl 3 

2d half 
Sllvenos 

Chaa ft Ada Latham 
Charlie Kenna 
Gillies Family. 



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15 



THE VOICE OF A GENIUS 

Thomas H. Inca Says Something of His Past, Prosont and Faturo and Incident- 
ally Delivers a Broadside at Monacos of tho Industry. 

By KENNETH CHARA 



Thomas H. Ince is one of those men 
whose word is weighty; rich it. lofjic 
and mighty in assault. He has been 
characterized from time to time as a 
man of very few words. He is. His 
mind is too firmly cemented to his 
task to give itself up to discussions of 
records and conditions of the industry 
which claims him as a power. 

Not very long ago, I prevailed upon 
him to let me "lend him my ear*". 
Before he consented he warned me 10 
prepare for irony. "I'm liable to 
strike," he said — and his sharp blue 
eyes shot daggers at the prospective 
target of his mind's eye — "so expect 
some forceful statements." He had 
just descended from the main stage at 
Inceville — the moving picture city in 
California named after him — where he 
had been pursuing part of his daily 
duties by supervising the production 
of elaborate features for the New York 
Motion Picture Corporation. 

A crisp query started him talking — 
"Is the film industry in its infancy?'' 

"That is one of the most interesting 
questions asked nowadays of the pro- 
ducer," he replied. "In my opinion, 
the business is not in its infancy, but 
it is very far from being of a mature 
age. We might say it is youthful. 
Within the past four o- five years, it 
has reached a state which, I think, no 
power on earth can overthrow. And 
it is going so strong that in another 
half decade the world will be awe- 
stricken at what the camera — aided and 
abetted by brains — can do. 

"It is more astounding to the pro- 




THOS. H. INCE 

ducer than to the public to look back 

and note the advancement. I remem- 
ber distinctly that when I undertook 
to make pictures for the New York 
Motion Picture Corporation, more than 
four years ago, the word 'feature' was 
an unknown quantity. I spent many 
sleepless nights trying to conclude 
what would have to be done to place 
the photodrama on a level with the 
so-called legitimate attraction. When 
I was about ready to abandon the job, 



I hit upon the answer — make longer 
pictures. At that time a single reel 
production was a big one. It was the 
nearest thing to a' feature. 

"Shortly after I had reached my de- 
cision, I made 'Custer's Last Fight'. 
I used 5,000 feet of film on that, re- 
duced it to 2,000, and the picture, in- 
stead of being a flivver (as many pre- 
dicted it would be) proved an instan- 
taneous success. I followed that with 
'The Battle of Gettysburg', and it was 
in the wake of its success that other 
two and three reel productions began 
to present themselves. 

"The present? Oh, it is speaking 
for itself. It is simply heralding 
greater things for the future. Count 
the number of erstwhile 'legitimate' and 
vaudeville theatres, now devoting them- 
selves exclusively to the showing of 
the photoplay. Count the illustrious 
stars of the stage, who are now acting 
for the films. A short time ago, many 
of them scoffed the idea of abandon- 
ing the footlights for the studio. Now 
they seem to be tumbling over one 
another or a chance to work in front 
of the camera. Why, right within this 
very studio now, while I'm talking to 
you, there are a half dozen celebrities 
— once of the theatre, now of the film- 
world. 

"I said the industry is only youth- 
ful. Well, don't the prospects for the 
future bear that out? Just keep your 
eye on what we do. We're doing big 
things now. But we're going to do 
bigger things — bigger than you have 
ever dreamed of. Then, perhaps, when 
we have fulfilled our promise, you can 
say that the photoplay industry has 
passed the age of maturity. 

"But there are certain obstacles 
which must be overcome before the 
public — everyone of the public — will 
worship the photodrama." 

It was apparent to me, at this junc- 
ture, that the great Ince — he of re- 
markable achievements — was on the 
verge of carrying out his hint, made 
previously, that irony might creep into 
his conversation. So I prepared, per 
instructions. 

"And the biggest of these," he con- 
tinued, grim determination in his face, 
"is the plagiarist. Several years ago, 
a director severed his relations with me 
and associated himself with another 
company. About six months ago, that 
company released a picture, the plot 
of which was identical with one my 
former director had put on. Investi- 
gation led me to believe that this self- 
same director had been responsible for 
the repetition of theme. 

"I am not made by that incident the 
target of public disapproval. Neither 
is the New York Motion Picture Cor- 
poration. But the company which re- 
leased that picture is. That is what 
will do the industry harm — more harm 
than you will at first imagine. It will 
observe the similarity. It is a plain 
case of theft. It is a blight that must 
be eradicated, even if stringent meth- 
ods must be employed to do it." 



"SIG" FEATURES. 

With the expiration of the present 
contract between the New York Mo- 
tion Picture Co. and the Mutual Film 
Exchanges Sept. 1, it is understood the 
same will not be renewed, but the for- 
mer will instead establish a string of 
its own exchanges throughout the 
country to handle a new schedule of 
releases to include weekly two five- 
reel features and two two-reel Key- 
stones. The pictures will be directed 
and supervised by Messrs. Sennet, Ince 
and Griffith and the trademark of the 
yficm will carry the first letter in the 
names of each, viz. "SIG." 

It is understood that on the same 
date the Mutual will lose the Broncho, 
Keystone, Domino and Kay Bee brands, 
those titles going into the discard. The 
Majestic and Reliance brands are also 
slated for a change, according to the 
report With the new combination 
holding contracts for many of the most 
prominent legitimate stars, the ex- 
hibitors look forward to a cheaper 
rental scale. Just what effect the new 
firm will have on the market is a ques- 
tion, but it seems reasonable to believe 
that the field will be thoroughly sup- 
plied with features which carries its 
own incentive to reduce the figures for 
the exhibitor. 



FILMS BY EXPRESS. 

The exhibitors in the small and sub- 
urban towns around New York are 
complaining about the refusal of the 
railroads to allow films to be carried 
in the day coaches owing to the federal 
law recently passed making this rale 
possible. 

The exhibitors have been accustomed 
to come to New York and select their 
pictures, returning with them on train 
to their town. To tend now it must 
go as preferred express. Payment for 
this transportation must be made ac- 
cording to the value of the picture. 
It is said the law was passed through 
a fire that occurred in a train near Chi- 
cago in which films were being carried 
in a passenger coach. 

In New York all films must be en- 
cased in fire proof boxes before they 
can be transported around the city, and 
in some buildings this rule is enforced 
when pictures are carrieH from one 
floor to another. 



DOING BOTH TOO MUCH. 

A group of directors were discuss- 
ing pictures this week and it was the 
consensus of opinion the business has 
gotten down to a basis of two things 
— namely features and regular program. 
One of the men who has just left a 
manufactory after long years of serv- 
ice is of the belief that sooner or later 
some of the present big companies will 
either quit making regular releases and 
stick solely to features or vice versa. 

He says that trying to do them both 
at once and give them the proper at- 
tention in the making and billing is 
going to prove too much of a hard- 
ship and cause much confusion in the 
end among both patrons and ex- 
hibitors. 

It was reported this week that both 
the Biograph and Edison would make 
multiple-reeled features to be released 
through the V-L-S-E channels. 



FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. 

Two features at the Strand will be 
the policy there for this week only. 
Commencing Sunday the house will 
continue with its usual bill of one 
Faramount release, using next week's 
Lasky's "Kindling" with Charlotte 
Walker. 

"The Right of Way," with William 
Faversham and "The Rug Maker's 
Daughter" with Maude Allan, are the 
two principal items on the current 
Strand bill. It happened accidentally, 
according to report, and after a verbal 
contest between the several parties 
interested. The Strand management, 
led by B. A. Rolfe, its manager, viewed 
several subjects for interpolation into 
the program, finally deciding upon 
"The Right of Way" through the 
strength of the Faversham name at- 
tached. The Strand has a contract 
with the Paramount, and by virtue of it 
was entitled to the Allan film for this 
week. 



NO KALEM BIG FEATURES. 

So far the Kalem executives have 
not taken any decided steps toward 
making long-reeled pictures and at 
present there is little likelihood it will 
attempt anything beyond three-part 
pictures. 

Kalem proposes to "specialize" upon 
the regular Kalem releases for the reg- 
ular service and this intention will pott- 
pone indefinitely the decision to do the 
big features. What three-part pictures 
Kalem is making is turned loose via 
the regular G. F. program. 

Kalem was invited after the promul- 
gation of the V-L-S-E to join with 
it in making features but declined with 
thanks. 

Alice Joyce, for some time leading 
woman with Kalem, has severed her 
connections with that concern. She 
hasn't done any picture work in six 
months. 



EDISON AND KLEINE. 

The report is the Edison five-reelers 
are to be released through the Kleine 
exchanges, with the first Edison 
feature thus placed upon the market 
to be the Minnie Maddern Fiske 
picture. 

It is the present intention of Edison 
to make a special five-reeler every two 
weeks, alternating in release dates with 
the one made during the same time by 
Kleine in the Biograph studios, giving 
the Kleine exchange a weekly feature 
release. 



PADDING "THE GODDESS." 

New York exhibitors have been com- 
plaining since the last release of the 
Vitagraph's "Goddess" serial. It was 
supposed to have been in two reels 
(2,000 feet), but the exhibitors say 
they received but about 1,500 feet of 
film, although the Vita may have in- 
cluded in its shipment the synopsis of 
the preceding story, which is carried on 
each new chapter. 

The General Film Co. is charging $25 
daily for the early runs of "The God- 
dess" serial. 



16 



MOVING PICTURES 



FILM FLASHES 



Fred Drlen la with the Komlc. 



Elsie Jane Wilson Is leading woman with 
the Joseph De Orasse Powers company. 



"Hazel Klrke" In film form, has Edwin Ar- 
den, William Riley Hatch and Crelghton Hale. 



Theodore Roberts has signed for another 
year with Lasky. 



"When a Woman Lores" Is to be produced 
In pictures by Rolfe. 



Pathe will produce "Mary's Lamb" with 
Richard Carle as the star. 



"The Allen" opened at the Flatbueh, Brook- 
lyn, Monday. 



With picture actors wearing side boards the 
film company office boys are following salt. 

Adolf Zukor returned from California Bun- 
day. 



"The Imposter" In film form will hare 
Leslie Stowe In a principal part. 



Ella Hall, one of the tiniest women In pic- 
tures, Is still with the Universal. 



Hale Hamilton has left the Keystone oast 
at Los Angeles for a trip Bast. 



The Famous Players Is going to make a 
film feature out of "Molly Make Believe, " 
with Marguerite Clark as the principal player. 

"The Dainty Boss," with Hasel Dawn 
featured, will be released by the F. P. Aug. 
28. 



T. Hayes Hunter recently finished some 
comedy pictures with Charles D. Forrest as 
the principal comedian. 

"The Galloper" will hare Clifton Crawford 
and Fanla Marinoff as the stars. Donald 
Mackenzie directing. 

Katblyn Williams la now working In a 
three-reeler, "The Mark of A Llonsss' T at the 
Sellg Zoo on the Coast 



Bert Bonis Is handling the publicity for 
the Eastern Film Co. which haa Its studios 
In Providence, R. I. 



"The Secret Agent," adapted from Arthur 
Stringer's vivid tale of the secret service, has 
been turned into a feature by the Ideal. 

James Snyder, Keystone, fell and broke a 
shoulder while playing In a benefit baseball 
game at Lob Angeles recently. 

Jamea Durkln Is directing "The Incorrigible 
Dukane" in which John Barrymore Is working. 
This is being made by the Famous Players. 



Harry Meyers and Rosemary Theby are 
featured In the three-part feature, "The Prise 
Story." 



Another Elsie Janls feature, "Nearly A 
Lady" (Morosco) Is due for the sheet Aug. 
19. 



The Kentucky Film Co., with E. O. Schaef- 
er as Its president, recently Incorporated, has 
dissolved. 



"The Garden of Lies," with Jane Cowl 
featured, Is released by tne Universal July 
12. "Scandal" will be the big U feature 
to follow the Cowl film. 



The Hasard (Ky) Motion Picture Co. has 
been organized In that city with a capital 
stock of $2,000. Nearly every business man in 
Hazard is a stockholder. 



Directors Tod Browning and George Sleg- 
man, who were severely Injured on the Coast 
In the auto smashup that killed Elmer Booth, 
are slowly Improving. 

Thomas Allen Rector, said to be a social 
pet of two hemispheres, has signed with the 
Balboa Co. for picture work on the coast 
His former occupation was dancing. 



The Vltagraph has completed at Its western 
studies a three-reeler, "Troubled Waters," 
with Alfred Vosbert and Myrtle Gonzales as 
the principal players. Ulysses Davis directed. 

Eddie Foy has finally decided to accent the 
contract offered by Keystone, and will shortly 
play the leading role In several comedies 
to be directed by Mack Sennet 



Charles Miller, the jockey, who Invested in 
a feature with himself as the principal char- 
acter, is now on the Pacific Coast. He is 
planning another film, according to report. 

Frank M. Norcross studio manager of tho 
Frohman Amusement Co. haa severed his 
connection with that concern to become con- 
nected with a new picture corporation. 



acreenlng from the Augustus Thomas play. 
Bosworth has just finished "A Little Brother 
of the Rich" for the U. 



The Metro will shortly commenoe working 
It la said upon "Barbara Frltohle " mayhap 
calling the film "The Battle of Frsttericke- 
burg. ,T 



The Paramount press bureau has sent out 
confirmation of the report that Marlon Fairfax 

haa Joined the Lasky forces of aoenarlolsts. 
She Is expected to reach California this week. 

Pictures have received the endorsement of 
Chautauqua Institution and under the direc- 
tion of the Community Motion Picture Bureau 
features will be shown during the summer. 

With the July number, the name of the 
Paramount Magazine, edited by Mrs. J. 8. 
Johnson, has been ohsnged to Paramount 
Progress. , 

The Fred Hornby Co. has a two-reeled com- 
edy, "The Bachelor's Dream," ready for screen 
SresenUtlon, featuring Russ Powell and Rena 
ogers. 



Grace Cunard, handling the feminine lead 
of the girl reporter In the new "Broken Coin" 
aerial, has been called upon to do some very 
strenuous stunts. It Is the first big serial 
Miss Cunard haa appeared In and ahe appears 
to be making the best of the oonortunlty. 

It has been denied by Morosco and Bos- 
worth that there will not be any more plc- 
turea released by them bearing the Bosworth 
trade mark. "Majesty of the Law" will be 
the next production released under the Bos- 
worth name. 



A local ordinance under way In Chicago 
will permit If passed pictures in schools and 
churches and other places that do not con- 
form with the building lawa re theatres. 
The picture manufacturers of Chicago claim 
the ordinance Is backed by a manufacturer of 
a certain type of picture machine. 



The reports the Broadway might go back 
to vaudeville seem unfounded as it Is under- 
stood the Paramount haa the houae for three 
or five years. The Broadway la showing the 
Thursday release of the Paramount with the 
Strand playing the Monday releaae for a full 
week. 



Harry Wise Is now a free lance. He has 
created more roles of different types than 
any character man In the "Independent 
ranks." 



Jane Standard Johnson who pilots "Para- 
mount Progress" and "Picture Progress" on 
their respective courses aa well aa looking 
after things In general around the Paramount 
office found that summering at the Brighton 
Beaoh Hotel was not all to her liking, so 
after a week by the sea she came back to the 
city. 



Rollln 8. Sturgeon has reached New York 
and announced he was "at liberty." It's re- 
ported Fox has msde the former Vltagraph 
director an offer. 



Bdwln Stevens haa been engaged by the 
Universal for another feature, a Broadway 
play to be assigned him. Tina Marshall will 
play "opposite" him In the picture. 

Laeky la making a big feature out of 
"Blackbirds," with J. P. McGowan directing. 
Laura Hope Crews, who appeared In the 
original stage production In New York, la the 
star In the film version. 



Dsvld W. Griffith, at the Majestic studios 
on the Coast Is winding up the multiple- 
reeled feature, "The Mother and the Law." 
When atartlng this picture he planned It as 
a three-part film. Many new phases pre- 
sented themselves with the result Griffith de- 
cided to make a 10 or 12 part feature. It la 
half finished. 



Since the completion of "The Black Box" 
serial, Anna Little, one of the U's principal 
leads, haa been working In the two-part 
Laemmle picture, "The Grail." Herbert Raw- 
linson la also in this film. 



An erroneous Impression has gone the 
rounds that Helen Holmes has severed con- 
nections with Kalem. Miss Holmes was off 
duty for a time owing to ivy poisoning but 
haa returned to camera duty. She haa turned 
her attention to directing as well as acting 
and her Initial efforts so far have been most 
successful. 



Irene Hunt Is the leading player In "The 
Headllner," a new two-reeled oubjeet, which 
the Reliance has been making of late on the 
Coast The burning of a theatre la one of 
the promised thrills. 

Hobart Bosworth'a next film appearance 
will be In "Arizona" which the Universal Is 



The success of Lasky 's "Chlmmle Fadden" 
picture with Victor Moore decided the com- 
pany to turn out a "Fadden" series. Lasky 
has started work on the second production 
with Charlotte Walker and also haa In prep- 
aration "The Voice In the Fog" with Donald 
Brian. The picture debut of Lou Tellegen la 
to be made In the Lasky feature "The Ex- 
plorer" to be started Immediately. The film 
rights for "Heir to Hoorah" and "Blackbirds" 
have been aecured by Lasky. Laura Hope 
Crews will be starred in "Blackbirds." 



RELEASED NEXT WEEK (July 12 to July 17, inc.) 

MANUFACTUREM INDICATED BY ABBREVIATIONS, VIZ.: 



GENERAL 

Vltagraph V 

Biograph B 

Kalem K 

Lubin L 

Pathe Pthe 

Sellg S 

Edison E 

Eassasy S-A 

Klcino Kl 

Malice Mel 

Ambrosio Amb 

Columbus Col 

Mine Mi 

Knickerbocker. .Kkbr 



UNIVERSAL 

Imp I 

Bison B101 

Nestor N 

Powers P 

Eclair Eclr 

Rex Rx 

Frontier Frnt 

Victor Vie 

Gold Seal G S 

Joker J 

Universal Ike....U I 

Sterling Ster 

BigU B U 

L.OL O 



Laemmle 



L K O 
Lie 



MUTUAL 

American A 

Keystone Key 

Reliance Rel 

Majestic Mai 

Tnanhouser T 

Kay-Bee K B 

Domino Dom 

Mutual M 

Princess Pr 

Komic Ko 

Beauty Be 

Apollo Apo 

Royal R 

Lion Ln 

Hepworth H 

Falstaff F 



UNITED 

Gaumont Gau 

Superba Sup 

Empress Emp 

St. Louis St L 

Lariat Lar 

Humanology H 

Luna Luna 

Grandin Grand 

Ramo Ramo 

Ideal Ideal 

Starlight Star 

Regent Reg 

Miner Bros. 101.. M B 

Premier Prem 

Cameo Cam 

United Utd 



The subject is in one reel of about 1,000 feet unless otherwise noted. 

aw 



JULY 12— MONDAY. 

MUTUAL— Zaca Lake Mystery. 2-reel dr, 
A . The Arrow Maiden, dr, Rel. 

GENERAL— Aa It Happened/ dr, B; Mid- 
night At Maxims, 4- reel dr, K; The Coming 
of the Kingdom, dr. (10th of the Road O' 
Strife series), L; The Shadow and the Shade, 
2-reel dr, 8 ; The Reverend Salamander, dr, 
S-A ; Mr. Jarr and Oertrude'a Beaux, com, 
(14th of the Jarr Family series), V. 

UNIVERSAL— The Garden of Lies. S-reel 
dr, U ; When Father Hsd the Gout com, N. 

JULY 13— TUESDAY. 

MUTUAL— Mercy On a Crutch. 2-reel dr, 
T ; A Ten-Cent Adventure, com, Ma] ; Applied 
Romance, com, Be. 

GENERAL — Coincidence, 2-reel dr, B; A 
Flashlight Flivver, com, K ; What a Cinch, 
and Studies In Clay, split-reel com, L; The 
Parson Who Fled Weet, dr, S; Temper, 3- reel 
dr, 8-A ; A Natural Man, 2-reel com-dr, V. 

UNIVERSAL— His New Automobile, oom. I ; 
People of the Pit 2-reel dr, G 8; When 
Hearts Are Trumps, Juv-dr, Rx. 

JULY 14— WEDNESDAY. 

MUTUAL— To Melody a Soul Responds, dr, 
A ; A Breath of Summer, dr, Rel ; The Ruse, 
2-reel dr, Br. 

GENERAL— The Straight and Narrow Path, 
2-reel dr, K; All For Old Ireland, 8-reel dr, 
L ; Pup the Peacemaker, dr, 8 ; The Fable 
of "The Scoffer Who Fell Hard," com, 8-A; 
Cartoons ln a Laundry, com, E ; The Honey- 
moon Baby, com, V. 

UNIVERSAL— The Prise Story, S-reel dr, 
Vlo; Universal Animated Weekly, No. 175, U. 



JULY 15— THURSDAY. 

MUTUAL— The Burglar's Baby, 2-reel dr, 
Dom ; Mutual Weekly, No. 28, si. 

GENERAL — The One Forgotten, dr, B ; A 
House of Cards, 2-recl dr. L ; The Octopus, 
3- reel dr, and Hearst-Sellg News Pictorial, 
No. 60, S ; The Pipe Dream, com, S-A ; The 
Fighting Kid, com, Mi; Billy, the Bear Tam- 
er, com, V. 

UNIVERSAL— The Opening Night 2-reel dr, 
B U ; Dear Little Old Time Girl, dr, Lie ; 
Captain Kent's Seals, vaudeville act, and 
Friends of the Animal Wizards, educ, split- 
reel P 

JULY 16— FRIDAY. 

MUTUAL — The Tide of Fortune, 2-reel dr, 
K B ; His I. O. U., dr, T ; Dot on tue Day- 
line Boat com, F. 

GENERAL — Broken Ways, dr, B ; For Her 
Brother's Sake, dr, K ; An Hour of Freedom, 
dr, L; Her Vocation, 3- reel dr, E: The Bach- 
elor's Baby, dr, S-A ; Welcome to Bohemia, 
com, V. 

UNIVERSAL— The Trust, dr, Vic; The 
Eleventh Dimension, 2-reel dr, I ; Her Rustio 
Hero, com, N. 

JULY 17— SATURDAY. 

MUTUAL— The Americano, 2-reel dr, Rel ; 
Your Half and My Half, com, R. 

GENERAL — The Little Runaways, com-dr, 
B; A Deed of Daring, dr, (An Episode of the 
Hazards of Helen series), K: Wlfle's Ma 
Comes Back, com, L ; For His Mother, dr, 
E ; Jane of the Soil, 2-reel. dr, S-A : Sellg 
title not announced ; The Confession of Mad- 
ame Barastoff, 3-reel dr, V. 

UNIVERSAL— The Toll of the Sea, 2-reel, 
dr, B101 ; The Stranger, dr, P : Freaks, com, 
J. 



COAST PICTURE NEWS. 
mr otrr price 

Frank Keenan and Katharine Kaelred ar- 
rived in Loe Angelea to Join the New York 
Motion Picture Corporation. 



Howard Hickman haa been promoted direc- 
tor at the New York Motion Picture Co. 



John Sheenan has Joined the American at 
Santa Barbara. 



W. Carey Wonderly, the magaslne writer, 
Is the author of a one- reel Reliance aea coaat 
drama, "The Lie." 



sumed activities aa film producers at the 



Joseph Belmont and Ray Myers have re- 

rodu 

). 
Lewis Cody and Ruth Roland are supporting 



Reliance and Majestlo studio 
William Elliott at Balboa. 



Al. W. Hale Is directing for Essanay. 



Inceville, at Santa Monica, Cal., was host 
to several hundred editors, members of the 
National Editorial association, laat week, at 
a barbeque./ 



The Keystone stare tendered their talents 
for a benefit at a Los Angeles church. 



Frank Blackwell haa left the Reliance- 
Majestic. 



Morosco has finished "Pere Gynt" and 
started on another big feature. 



Fred Mace Is again ln harness at the Key- 
stone. 



Several doien film stare did things at the 
benefit ball game for Happy Hogan in Loe 
Angelea. 



James Snyder, a photoplayer, fell and broke 
one of his shoulders. 



George Selgmann, injured ln an auto acci- 
dent when Elmer Booth waa killed, la slowly 
recovering. 



Hale Hamilton has returned to New York. 



Del Henderson has worked ln s bathing 
suit for several weeks. 



NEW BUILDINGS 

Two houses which were designed by R. H. 
McElfatrlck of the Columbia Theatre build- 
ing, will be completed in the fall. One at 
Union Hill, N. J., for pictures by the pro- 
prietor, M. Esposito. The other la at Mor- 
rlstown, N. J., which a Mr. Mlchelfelder Is 
building. The latter will be big and probably 
used for pop vaudeville. 



SELLING KRITERION ASSETS. 

Samuel Strasbourger, temporary re- 
ceiver in the case of the Kriterion Film 

Co., has notified the creditors of the 
concern he will accept sealed bids for 
the property, assets, furniture, fixtures, 
films (released and unreleased) and 
everything in the Kriterion office at 
1600 Broadway. 



ACTS AT ACADEMY. 

The Academy of Music, recently 
starting a straight picture policy, is 
now using three singing acts in con- 
nection, changing twice weekly with 
a possible holdover for an act that 
gets over exceptionally well. With the 
new policy free tickets were distributed 
over the neighborhood. 



CHEAP CHAPLINS. 

New York exhibitors have been 
handed a recent surprise in being 
enabled to get what appears new Charles 
Chaplin reissues at very low prices, but 
it has since leaked out the films are 
Chaplin pictures in which he appeared 
prior to joining the Keystone. 

The Keystone is reported as having 
another reissue of Chaplins which will 
mark down for cheaper exhibition in 
the fall. 



FILM REVIEWS 



IF 



THE RIGHT OF WAY. 

Charlie Steele William Faversham 

Rosalie . Jane Qrey 

i oe . Portu a-»-«a Edward Brennan 

Am de «; Heni 7 Bergman 

Billy Wantage Harold DeBecker 

Here it 1b, boys. The first Faversham pic- 
ture, that William Faversham ia said to have 
received $10,000 in four weeks from Rolfe for 
the making. Add $10,000 to the coat of pro- 
auction, and the total expense might have 
been heavy, but Rolfe didn't get hla money's 
worth in this plcturizatlon of Sir Gilbert 
Parker's book. It la a Metro re- 
lease. If Mr. Faversham la satisfied 
but it wouldn't be surprising were he to offer 
to do another picture gratis for Rolfe, though 
he la not alone In the faults that are so fre- 
quent in this feature. It runs along to Faver- 
sham's death, shown on the screen. Just be- 
fore he died a double exposure brings a Orim 
Reaper Into view. Charlie Steele, lying on a 
sofa, gets a flash and wants to know if he 
ever met the gentleman before. The vision 
itself is funny enough without the accompany- 
ing caption, it made the audience laugh, the 
thing was so unreal, but the moment was far 
from sought for laughter. Cuts have been 
made that were not properly filled in, the film 
at times running disjolntedly. It showed at 
the Strand this week in conjunction with "The 
Rug Maker's Daughter" another feature, the 
first time the Strand exhibited two "name" 
pictures simultaneously, and even then, either 
one or both failed to turn out a likeable show. 
"The Right of Way" was one of the best 
sellers in book form in its day. 
The film scenario says Charlie Steele, a bril- 
liant young lawyer, went wrong in time, was 
mixed in a bar-room brawl and lost his mem- 
ory for a year. When he recovered it up Can- 
ada way somewhere, he had developed an 
awful looking black beard. Iney had nursed 
Charlie back to life and memory, but wouldn't 
shave him. When he finally did lose the 
facial excess, no one knew when it had hap- 
pened. Hla wife thought Charlie had been 
killed and married again. Charlie heard 
about it, up in the woods, so he wouldn't re- 
turn to the city and spoil the second union. 
Rather try for religion. According to the pic- 
ture he got it near the finish, about the same 
time a bullet reached him in a vital spot A 
fanatic tailor a short time before had seared 
his breast with the sign of the cross and that 
was getting religion for keeps, but Charlie 
didn't seem to mind the burn of the red-hot 
iron ; he touched his cheat as if a fly 
were bothering him, then kept right on with 
his picture business. The locale must have 
been below or above Montreal. Every time 
some one wanted to go aomewheres, they 
picked Montreal. In close upa the jury in the 
Joe Portugaise trial was shown at first 
hand, to give the changing expressions, 
as Charlie's plea for Joe's life saved him. 
Then Charlie put on his monocle again and 
left the court room. Of the 5,000 feet, Charlie 
must have spent 4,000 adjusting hla monocle. 
Faversham's beard ruined his portion of the 
film. No one wants to see him hiding behind 
so much blackness. Mr. Bergman gave an 
Al performance as the tailor, but the others, 
including Miss Qrey, did nothing to marvel 
over. It's a pity that in the debut of so prom- 
inent a player as Mr. Faversham a better 
scenario and better product could not have 
been tacked onto him. Bime. 



THE RUG MAKER'S DAUGHTER. 

Demetra Maud Allan 

Robert Van Buren Forrest Stanley 

Osman Howard Davies 

Halib Bey Herbert Standing 

Mrs. Van Buren Jane Darwell 

Barah Laura Woods Cushing 

John Marshall Harrington Glbbs 

The rug maker's daughter is Maude Allan, 
announced in one of the captions on this 
five-reeler as "The World's Foremost Classical 
Dancer." If that's Maude's own opinion of 
her dancing, let it pass, and have her tell 
what she thinks of her acting. It's seldom 
a good classical dancer la a good player, but 
admitting Miss Allan has the knack of mo- 
tioning her arms and swaying her body in 
graceful moves, that even doesn't say she's 
so good at dancing she's so bad at acting. 
However, Maude Allan will never be blamed 
for "The Rugmaker's Daughter" though the 
principal part of it, on the program. It's 
Miss Allan's first appearance on the sheet, 
also the feature film Bosworth presents in 
association wRh . Morosco on the Para- 
mount program. Now let the scen- 
ario writer step forth. Oh, that scenario ! 
It made the Strand audience laugh often 
toward the finish, when the story ran along 
in a cut and dried approved style that gave ad- 
vance notice of everything. All the details were 
so nicely dovetailed one grew weary waiting 
for them to happen. It read aa though the 
scenario writer had attempted to turn out a 
Richard Harding Davis story on the screen. 
A couple of young Americans landed in Tur- 
key and saved the daughter of a rug maker 
from abduction. One of the young men fell 
in love with her and she did the same with 
him, on one day's notice. But the girl waa 
to marry another rug dealer, a good cus- 
tomer of her father's, and the old man in- 
sisted upon the marriage. In Turkey accord- 
ing to ancient custom that may still prevail, 
a maiden must not expose her face to man 
before wedded. But Maude Allan didn't care, 
she showed her features right along, and two 
or three of her best features were the dances 
she did in the early part. Afterward she kept 
on acting as if exhausting her classical dance 
rep in the first few rounds. The American 
saw her face too, and then he determined he 
would marry her himself. But the other Turk 
heard about it three days before his wedding 
day, on a Wednesday. So he had the Ameri- 
can kidnapped, then waited for the marriage 
to ome off. On the morning of the appointed 



day, the girl ran away to America. There 
she was taken for a visit to the mother of 
the young Yankee who had loved her in 
Turkey. The American waa imprisoned and 
must have enjoyed himself in confinement. 
It wasn't until the third day he thought about 
escaping. Once making up his mind to leave, 
the rest waa simple and he got out of there 
in 27 feet, almost another world's record for 
this film. He sailed over home and while 
driving up to hla mother's residence, he saw 
his Turkish girl being abducted again, by 
the same guy who did it to him in the Turk 
country. The American rescues her, and there 
la a lot of other stuff as thrilling and aa 
sensible. The beet playing was done by Mr. 
Standllng as the old Bey, though Mr. Stan* 
ley as the young American lover did not do 
badly, nor did Mr. Davies. But "The Rug 
Maker's Daughter" ia a poor picture. And 
one of the principal reasons why it ia has 
not been mentioned herein. The attempt to 
give too much story to Maude Allan's dances 
waa a mistake, and that mistake merely fol- 
lowed another, the initial one. The piece is 
rather nicely mounted, with some handsome 
rugs on view, probably secured at the New 
York address advertised during the running 
of the film. Maude Allan was a furore for 
a while, taking her start from London, but 
how many of the present day picture patrons 
know of her? Those who do may be con- 
tent to ait and look, the others will wonder 
why. Bime. 

THE FOUR LEAVED CLOVER. 

"The Four Leaved Clover" is placed upon 
the sheet over here as a product of the Savoia 
Co. of America. The cast of the players has 
American sounding names, leading with Clara 
Eatea and Henry Fox, although the film ap- 
pears to be, and doubtlessly is, of foreign make 
and company. Its tale la set in the days of 
the French Revolution. The story Is not un- 
usual nor Is Its manner of working out. A 
titled widow of France Is separated from ths 
remainder of her family by the Revolutionists 

for having harbored a friend of the King. 
She is sentenced to death, xier escape ia ef- 
fected by the president of the court she came 
before, he having been a lover of hers In their 
younger years. When arresting the widow, 
the mob sacked and burned her castle. The 
mother believed her daughter, Esperance, was 
burned to death in bed, but Esperance escaped, 
was picked up by a small travelling circus, 
later taken in by an artist who fell in love 
with her, and the trials of Esperance make up 
the greater share of the five reela. Later on 
the widow had her estates restored and at the 
finale, the family is once more brought to- 
gether by a series of events that could happen 
nowhere excepting upon the film. Another 
important figure about this time waa pro- 
claimed as the widow's son, a Lieutenant in 
the Hussars. From his appearance the youth 
could have been a Captain of the Boy Scouts, 
but never a commissioned officer In the army. 
This young man fell In love with his sister 
at first sight, both unknown to the other. He 
tried flirtation. That falling, he abducted her 
and forcibly took the girl to the widow's home. 
There the young man attempted to assault her. 
Her artist-protector arrived in time to pre- 
vent casualties, and a locket carried by the 
girl identified her for the purposes of the 
finale. A diversion among the many mob 
scenes waa Charlotte Corday meeting Esper- 
ance on the road, after Eapey had made her 
second flight by way of a window. Charlotte 
was on her way to beseech Marat to be more 
merciful to his enemies. The picture shows 
Charlotte calling upon Marat while he ia tak- 
ing a bath, he at the same time, signing death 
warrants. It was not a gentlemanly posi- 
tion for Marat to receive a good-looking lady 
like Charlotte, but Charlotte didn't appear to 
mind, neither did Marat, who thought nothing 
also of having the maid hand him mail while 
half submerged. However, when Charlotte 
tired of asking Marat to go easy on the bunch, 
she stabbed him, In the bath and in the chest. 
Then the waiting mob got after Charlotte, and 
what they did to her must be a matter be- 
tween France and its history. (The 
Marat bath- room death scene Is his- 
torically correct, however, he was Buffer- 
ing from a skin disease that only warm 
water could alleviate). This film haa 
a standing mob. It's always around and just 
so many. For instance, aa the widow waa be- 
ing led to prison the mob assembled from two 
directions, joined, and howled around the pris- 
oner. Though they traversed several streets, 
the mob secured no additions. It looked either 
aa though everyone In the city had joined the 
mob or those who did not were ordered to re- 
main indoors. The film Is prettily tinted 
often and there seems to be enough action as 
a whole to justify it, of course, providing that 
the Marat bath fit itself wouldn't be enough 
to pull any feature over. However, for this 
country there are altogether too many cap- 
tions, of various length, and when seen the 
captions were held upon the sheet altogether 
too long. Any of the captions could have been 
reread from three to five times by an ordinary 
reader before It disappeared. This dragged 
the film, held back the Interest and was a dla- 
tlnct fault With the captions cut to cases 
(besides the misspelling corrected) and other 
immaterial matter out, there is no reason 
why "The Four Leaved Clover" should not go 
In four reels. The connection between the title 
with the subject matter Is very slight, not 
divulging Itself until the finish. In produc- 
tion and photography this Savoia picture holds 
up very well, and In the spectacular class 
placed, becomes a film suited for this side aa 
a part of a feature show. The cast does well 
enough, particularly the player of the presi- 
dent of the court, and the first Esperance. 

Bime. 



WHEN FATE LEADS TRUMP. 

A four-part thriller from the Excelsior 
plant with a rather unlntereating and squally 
Improbable theme. Just where the title makes 
the eaaentlal connection is a problem, but 
since picture titles count for little, this calls 
for nothing In the way of adverse comment. 
The director has shown good sense in center- 
ing his views, for the film carries some of ths 
most attractive exteriors ever gathered in one 
picture. The story tells of a smuggler'a son 
who la sent into the world by his father to 
accumulate an idea of human nature. When 
thoroughly educated the aon ia acheduled to 
succeed his parent He runa acroaa the girl 
and the marriage eventually takes place de- 
spite the aerloua warnings of his father. A 
child is born. The father sends for his son 
advising him he is In a dying condition. 
After making one false start resulting in an 
injury, the young man takea hla wife into 
hla confidence, and the two, carrying the 
offspring, start off to visit father. Upon their 
arrival, for some unexplained reason, the 
father makes a prisoner of the woman, the 
baby disappears and the son joina the band. 
The woman escapee, making her exit when ths 
police raided the cave and arrested all mem* 
bera of the band. Although ths trip to the 
cave didn't disclose any forests or unexplored 
property, the woman made it her bualnsss to 
drag herself through mires and bushes and 
finally fell exhausted In what looked like two 
or three feet of water. A woodman finds her, 
carries her to his cabin and nurses her back 
to health. Aa a result of her experience, she 
loses all memories of the paat though rational 
on the present. However, to make things 
properly complicated the woodman marries 
her. Some years later, after another child 
had arrived, the first husband secures his re- 
lease from prison and in that accidental 
manner familiar in pictures, runa into wife. 
At alght of him her memory ia restored and 
during the enthusiastic greeting the second 
husband returns. Result, a duel wherein the 
ex -convict plucks the lead from his own 
bullets and allows second husband to kill 
him. This may or may not have been the 
author's Inspiration for the title. If fats 
led a trump on this trick, it waa the deuce, 
for the picture lacks Interest beyond exterior 
views. The principals failed to show any- 
thing other than stereotyped work. Where 
the melodramatic apecie la appreciated, this 
product may have a call, but anyone with an 
ounce of Intelligence could hardly reconcile 
the inconsistencies so conspicuous In the 
makeup of the scenario. Wynn. 



LITTLE PAL 

"Little Pal" Mary Plckford 

Sid Gerue (her father) Russell Bassett 

John Grandon George Anderson 

"Pill Box" Andy William Lloyd 

"Black Branu " Joseph Manning 

Frances Grandon Constance Johnson 

Servant Bert Had ley 

"Little Pal" will be welcome to those who 
claim there is auch a thing aa "platonic 
friendship," outaide the stage or between book 
covers. Now the pictures have It, in the 
Famous Players' lateat Mary Plckford pro- 
duction. It's a story of the North Woods and 
a girl's shattered dream, in five reels. Miss 
Plckford does her usual screen work, wearing 
a black wig for the cold country character 
that greatly alters her appearance. "Little 
Pal" waa brought up, up there in the North- 
land, and waa just about commencing to proa* 
pect upon life as a general proposition when 
John Grandon crossed her range of vision. 
Grandon waa a prospector. He takes her to 
his home and makes of her his "pal." Aa 
shown upon the screen it la wholly platonic 
and what is wholly platonic must of neces- 
sity be purely platonic, for what la more 
loveable In friendship than platonic — in book 
form. Little Pal maintains the platoniclsm 
through having hopes some day of becoming 
Mrs. Grandon, but whether this is really the 
true cause for the wholly platonic atmosphere 
is a matter of Imagination, and anyone who 
could place a platonic re.atlonshln between 
the sexes in a country almost barren of wo- 
men, and go further — having the parties living 
together, has an Imagination previously 
sharpened that might conceive anything. But, 
Grandon becomes ill, snd Pal nurses him. 
While she Is attending to this positively pure 
platonic duty, Grandon's wife arrives. It's 
a shock for Pal to see a wife around that 
her "Pal" had failed to mention. He prob- 
ably told her everything e-se he could think 
of, Including an explanation of platonic 
friendship. The wife wants to return to 
civilization and Grandon would like to go 
with her. What his thoughts were of Little 
Pal the screen Is discreetly silent on. But 
the married couple have no money. That 
Is a detail to a "pal," and Little Pal be- 
comes a thief to clinch the theory that one 
pal will go the limit for the other, sVen It 
the other deceives. So Little Pal ateala gold- 
dust from an adjoining claim, a little at a 
time but enough In bulk to take the husband 
and wife back home. She easily "squared" 
it with Grandon by Informing him It was 
from his claim. Mr. and Mrs. Grandon go 
back home, leaving "Little Pal" to commit 
suicide. Another silent point Is what Mra. 
Grandon thought of the platonic business. 
And another Is that when the girl telle the 
fellow or the fellow telle the girl, upon an 
accusation of undue friendship with someone 
else, that it was "only platonic," ths ensuing 
sneer may -be stopped by the accused reply- 
ing, "Did you nee the 'Little Pal' picture?" 
Dert Hadley played an old servant exception- 
ally well, and Mr. ^nderson dlu equally so 
with his Grandon. The F. P. haa Its custom- 
ary faultless production. Several exquisite 
snow scenes are pictured at intervals. With- 
al,, however, and barring the Ingrained pla- 
tonlc subject, the feature Is an interesting one. 



THE ONE BETWEEN. 

London, June 34. 
An Italian Caesar film In four parte. A 
long drawn-out affair making a bid for sus- 
pensive interest by the sacrifice of consistency 
and with constant digressing from the main 
story in order to carry out contemplated ex- 
citing melodramatic situations. Ths opening 
scenes are laid in Italy ahowlng an organi- 
zation known aa ths Black Maak Club. It la 
composed of a bunch of dress-suited grafters 
who prey upon wealthy visitors to ths coun- 
try. Stanton Crosby, an American million- 
aire, is in this instance ths object of their 
prey. One of the bunch discovers a vagabond 
who is a duplicate in site and feature of ths 
American. Both theae parts ars playsd by 
one man giving opportunity for some double 
exposure work which is not of the very best 
They engage the vagabond to aall for America 
and impersonate Crosby there. Meanwhile 
they enllat the services of a man and wife, 
Apache dancers. Ths wlfs is selected to lure 
the young millionaire and hold him in Italy 
while hla double is in New York. She falls 
in love with the wealthy New Yorker and 
reveala the entire plot to him. He takes her 
back with him to New York and Is followed 
by the girl's husband who Is bent on revenge. 
The scenes showing a New York hotel and 
Police Headquarters In New York are ridicu- 
lously wrong, even to showing metropolitan 
policemen in Italian uniforms. The rich man 
becomes genuinely enamored of the girl and 
suceeds in procuring a divorce for her with 
ths intention of making her his wife. Hsr 
non-suited husband is known as ths "Black 
Rat." Presenting himself at the rich man's 
horns he stabs him in ths back. As he Is 
escaping the girl runs in, sees who has com- 
mitted the crime and falling prostrate over 
ths body swsara to be revenged. She returns 
to her former haunts and after a lot of un- 
neceasary detail which has no bearing on 
the development of the main plot she has 
the murderer arrested for the crime. "The 
Black Rat" ia a very clever actor and there 
ars ons or two other good artists in ths cast, 
but ths whole thing is very tiresome and has 
no appsal for other than a nlcolet audience. 

Jolo. 



IRON JUSTICE. 

London, June 28. 
In picture production, like everything elss, 
England haa been slow to make the most of 
Its opportunities, but accepting "Iron Justice," 
a Renalsaance film in four parts, aa a speci- 
men of a modern feature output it can be said 
to bavs "arrived." While ths selection of 
the subject lacks originality, it la a fins ex- 
ploitation of modern society acting and dis- 
plays an excellent adherence to detail, without 
recourse to sensationalism. The finish of ths 
drama is hardly trus to life, however. Martin 
Brand, a high grade, prosperous buslnesa man. 
is a strong stickler for justice untempered 
by mercy. A young man In hla employ has 
embezzled some funds. The thief's old mother 
pleads with him not to prosecute, but he is 
sdamant. She then appeals to Brand's wife, 
who in turn pleads with her husband. Brand 
still refuses snd his wlfs secretly goes to ths 
family solicitor snd enlists his services in 
defence of the unfortunate embezzler. Hsr 
visits to ths lawyer arouse Brand's suspicion 
and he engages a private detective to watch 
his wife's movements. The detective "jobs" 
ths stern man and furnishes him with fic- 
titious evidence on which a divorce ia ob- 
tained. Ths wlfs refuses to defend herself 
and goes out into the world leaving behind 
her her child and huaband. Seven years later 
the criminal Is released from prison and the 
wife seeks hla cooperation to revenge herself 
upon her huaband. Up to this point the story 
continues Its consistency but the remainder 
is far fetched. The wife is permitted to sss 
her now grown up daughter and induces ths 
child to persuade her father to purchase stock 
in a millinery establishment which haa a cafe 
in the rear designed as a rendezvous for men 
and women meditating liaisons. That any 
woman, however depraved, who had once been 
a woman and a mother would make uas of 
her own daughter In connection with such a 
plot, is not to be considered. At this juncture 
ths detective now down snd out, comes to 
Brsnd (Lord Mayor of London) and when 
he la refused funds, tells Brand the evidence 
on which ths divorce waa obtained, was fic- 
titious. Brand, still with his fanatical sense 
of Justice, rushes to the millinery emporium 
to find his wife and aek her forgiveness. At 
this critical moment the place is raided, on 
the wlfe'a previous tip to the police and the 
Lord Mayor himself, his wlfs and daughter, 
are caught In the trap. Eventually all is 
forgiven and he takes bis wife home again. 
On paper this does not sound very attractive 
nor waa it necessary to have a scene show- 
ing the wife aa the mistress of another man 
during her enforced exile from her husband's 
hearthstone. The main attractiveness of the 
picture is the excellent acting, especially the 
three leading rolea. Martin Brand ia played 
by Julian Royce, at present appearing as 
the District Attorney In the London produc- 
tion of "On Trial." The wife ia taken by 
Miss Tlttell-Rrune an Australian actress, who 
Is said to be a prominent leading lady in 
that part of the world. Whether or no, It 
does not alter the fact she la an excellent 
emotional artiste and registers well on the 
screen. A particularly fine ^lece of character 
acting was contributed by (Miss) Sydney 
Falrbrotber as the broken hearted mother of 
the embezzler. (Mlsa Falrbrother la known 
throughout England for her work as the 
"feeder" to Fred Emney In his vaudeville 
sketch "A Sister to Assist 'Er."> Three such 
capable artists In a picture that tells a better 
story would materially help to enhance the 
reputation of England In the film business. 
But they did all for "Iron Justice" that could 
be dons. Jolo. 



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VAJtllTY 



THE CRIMINAL 

The most significant thing about this three 
reel feature, made by the Vltagraph and now 
on the dally release program, la that it will 
in all probability be the last production in 
which Norma Talmadge appears aa the star 
for this company. The Vltagraph may never- 
theless hare held back some of the produc- 
tions with her. It U mightily hard to see 
how* this company can afford to let another 
come along and take away a star of Mies 
Talmadge's calibre who Is Just beginning to 
come into her own. This three reeler clearly 
shows her worth. Her work makes the entire 
picture, Maurice Costello Is also in it but 
figuring lightly and that at the finish. The 
story la Interesting and holds the attention 
throughout It la of a deserted child adopted 
by a crook. The picture lumps a number 
of years and shows the girl at about 18. 
Miss Talmadge starts here. The crook wants 
her to follow In his life and she wants to be 
honest. The picture was directed by Van 
Dyke Brooke, who plays the crook, he glYlng 
a most excellent portrayal. Practically an 
studio made. A chance exterior now and 
then. For a crook drama this one has weight. 



WAR 0' DREAMS. 

For its weekly three-reel release Sellg put 
this one out last Thursday. It's pretty much 
of a mess all the way through. It seems the 
8ellg costuming department ran short on 
uniforms. Many of the soldiers appeared in 
their underwear, it may have been for iden- 
tification purposes. There were supposed to 
be two big nations at war. These battles, 
however, suggested anything but that. It waa 
also supposed to be modern warfare. The 
property department had turned out a num- 
ber of "armored" automobiles that looked like 
large cheese boxes. The story was one of 
those wooer things, about wonderful war ap- 
pliances. It had an Inventor who until old 
age has been unable to reap success with his 
experiments. His daughter married a young 
lieutenant. Things began to look prosperous 
for the old man as he had Invented a strong 
explosive for use in war time. He Is granted 
a hearing by the war department and they 
accept his invention. He falls aaleep and 
dreams of the effects of his discovery upon 
the parents of the soldiers his explosive kills, 
then awakens and when the war officials 
come to make him an offer, he tells them 
he would rather die a poor man than cause 
humanity to suffer. He probably satrved to 
death, as the picture ended there. This film 
is so full of uninteresting matter It is hard to 
see how any audience will take kindly to it. 
A pretty shabby sort of a feature, but those 
Sellg fighting autos are good for a laugh 
anyway. 

TRAGEDIES OF CRYSTAL GLOBE. 

Bdison— in three reels— of nothing. What 
It's about is funny. Some large fellow in 
black face makes a girl look in a crystal globe. 
She sees things that are shown to the audlenoe 
on the sheet. Why she saw them or why 
the audience should see them is the funny 
part of a sad feature. The only posltiveness 
about the film Is that £dlson owns some poor 
actors, unless the actors wish to blame It 
on the scenario writer, and the scenario 
writer wants to blame it upon the director, 
then the director can blame it upon whom- 
soever he pleases, for there's enough blame 
resulting from this misfit to share among 
everybody in the picture business. It's all 
mythical. They are barbarians reading Eng- 
lish and a girl finding a witches' haunt to 
secure a love potion, which accomplished its 
end. Maybe the picture waa explained at 
the finish, but at the ending of the second 
reel the Indications were that there would be 
no one left In the audlenoe to see it, for 
most of the house had left at that time and 
the others were on their way. If Bdison is 
hard pressed for feature scenarios it might 
be a good scheme to engage scenario writers. 

Bime. 



THE FACE IN THE MOONLIGHT. 

A fellow had a face and he stuck It In 
the moonlight. A girl near-by saw it She 
thought the face belonged to some one else. 
But It didn't and that's how this five reel 
Brady-World Film feature happened to be 
named. It's Robert Mantel l's stage success, 
says the billing matter, which is more than 
ever will be spoken of it as a feature picture. 
Robert Warwick has his name in larger type 
than the title, and even tbls doesn't make It 
a good film. Warwick plays a double role, 
two half brothers. They can meet on the 
sheet which they couldn t do on the stage. 
Therein Is one of the best tricky points of 
photography, but even this doesn't make the 
feature any better. It may excite curiosity 
among those who would like to know how 
It was done, but still one must sit through 
the picture to see It and that's something to 
worry over. The father of the two half 
brothers loved one girl and married another. 
Bach had a son about the same time. The 
boys grew up together, In Jumps, from baby- 
hood to six, then 26. Everything changed 
accordingly excepting the handwriting on 
various notes and a horse that bore the 
added age remarkably well for a horse know- 
ing nothing about make up. The legitimate 
son, after becoming a Captain In the French 
army (at 26) rode the same horse his father 
rode. Might have been difficult to secure a 
horse looking 26 years older. It's an In- 
significant point anyway, but not anymore so 
than this story stretched out to five reels, 
with nothing but Warwick in It The Il- 
legitimate son became a vagabond, having 
been stolen by gypsies as his mother died. 
Yes, they are still showing deaths in pictures, 
in feature pictures too. They have a couple 
of death scenes In this "Face in the Moon- 
light" thing, with a guillotine finish. That's 
where the bad brother landed, under the knife. 
He stole some gold, killed a courier carrying 



it and had a reward of 10,000 franco upon 
his head. The picture doesn't tall who got 
the reward, the knife that chopped the head 
off of the sweetheart of the Captain's who 
ferreted out the dual personality and delivered 
her lover from captivity, at the same time 
emmeshlng his half-brother. There are close 
ups. out Ins, switch backs and fadeaways In 
this picture. It has everything for 1,000 feet 
Besides was a narrow escape to make the 
pardon arrive not too late. It saved the 
Captain from being shot at sunrise. The girl 
did it again. It's the scene that made the 
Civil War famous, but tnls happened In 
France, Just after Napoleon escaped from 
Elba. The picture didn't show Nap escaping. 
It Just said he did. Maybe ho did. Somebody 
around the Brady plant is doing all Its Ions 
hand writing. No matter what was penned 
and whether large or small to be thrown 
upon the screen, It was all in the same 
hand. Perhaps It's the hand that signs the 
pay roll check, but it didn't sign many checks 
for this flve-reeler. If it did the picture 
doesn't show the evidence of extravagance. It 
Just runs through simply, in scenes that have 
been done to death any number of times 
In all kinds of pictures, to a simple and 
unsatisfactory finish. The piece was a poor 
selection for a film, unless the scenario adapt- 
er fell down. Certainly someone flopped with 
It. It could never help any service program. 



THE BUCK ENVELOPE 

A four-part Paaqualla made by a foreign 
company, with foreign players, yet the story 
and the action are supposed to bo wholly 
American. The theme la of a man who bo- 
comes mayor of a city and supposedly happily 
married, but a woman of the past whoso 
letters are In the mayor's hands puts over 
a theft of a black envelope containing the 
receipt for the loan of $20,000 from the woman 
and another man who loved the mayors' wife 
turned loose a scandalous story upon getting 
hold of the receipt To get the envelope back 
Mrs. Mayor goes to the other man's apart- 
ment and turns the envelope back to her 
husband. He wants to know the price and 
after flinging her aside rushes to the other 
man's home and strange to say gets Inside 
his sleeping room without any visible moles- 
tation. Thrusting the heavy curtains aside 
he sees the disarranged bed and the apparent 
lifeless body of the o. m. He rushes back 
and finds that his wife had committed suicide 
during his absence. A note in her hand in- 
formed her husband she had to save hla honor 
by the visit to the other man's home and 
that by killing herself was saving her own, 
etc. what became of the woman who did all 
the dirty work and stole the black envelope 
In the first place wasn't told, A morbid tale. 
The picture was drawn out in various sections 
and speed was lacking where intensity should 
have held. Photography fairly good. The film 
strikes a feature stride only in the fourth 
chapter, otherwise it's weak. Mark. 



THE RUNNING FIGHT. 

An excellent five-part Paramount produc- 
tion adapted from the book of the same title 
and scheduled for an early release. This 
product carries some of the best specimens 
of photography on the modern market, par- 
ticularly In the descriptive explanations 
wherein the negative carries a double view. 
Another noticeable asset lies in the special 
attention given the details and the clearness 
of the theme In the plctuiised version, the 
latter despite the wide scope and varied com- 
plications embodied in the scenario. The tale 
deals with the experiences of a banker (Robert 
Cummlngs) who resolves to wreck his own 
Institution and pocket the deposits. His 
daughter (Violet Homing) Is being courted by 
the district attorney (Robert Cain) and a 
young lawyer (Thurlow Bergen) with the 
latter favored. The preliminary scenes show 
the bank's Interior and the eventual result 
when the depositors are denied admittance, 
this section carrying one of the best sights 
ever thrown on a screen. The mob is at- 
tacked by the police reserves and driven Into 
the street where they await the exit of the 
banker. One depositor who Is engaged to 
wed a former sweetheart of the banker en- 
deavors to kill the defaulter, but is calmed 
and temporarily soothed by the banker's 
daughter. The complications at this period 
begin to Increase beyond description although 
the film tells a decidedly clear story and while 
covering considerable territory it never 
ramble* away from the central idea. A 
murder is committed, the banker's former 
sweetheart while trying to kill the principal 
is thwarted by his confidential secretary who 
leaps before the gun and accepts the bullet 
She becomes demented and meanwhile her 
fiance is arrested for the crime and sentenced 
to death. The district attorney is still in 
office, but his rival has risen to the governor- 
ship of the state, having been aided to the 
office through the assistance of the defaulting 
banker. The latter case takes Its course 
through the various courts, a ten-year sentence 
being flnalljy affirmed, and as a last resort the 
banker appeals to the governor for a pardon. 
After reviewing the case the executive re- 
fusee to interveno whereupon the banker's 
daughter breaks her engagement with him. 
Finally after another section of complications 
the entire affair Is straightened out the gov- 
ernor signing the pardon on the condition the 
banker restore the stolen money. The wronged 
prisoner Is also pardoned, the district attorney 
is discovered accepting a bribe and the mar- 
riage Is announced. The entire cast acquitted 
themselves admirably, the majority running 
true to type and carrying sufficient dramatic 
ability to hold up their roles. The court room 
scene deserves special mention also while the 
entire list of exteriors built up a high score 
for perfect selection. The story is full of 
Interest and will hold any auditor In for the 
finis sign. In comparison with current fea- 
tures "The Running Fight" looks as good as 



SHOW REVIEWS. 

(Continued from Pago 18.) 

KEENETS, BROOKLYN. 

All that stuff about babies and rubber 

Slants the comio artists pull about little old 
rooklyn isn't all "bunk r ' after all— that Is 
at leaat the baby part They have babies In 
Brooklyn and they are so proud of It they 
take 'am to the theatre, and that makes It 
particularly nice for talking acta and sketches, 
especially If the kiddles take a dislike to 
makeup and actions. There was one of those 
selfsame kiddies present at Keeney's Tues- 
day night and those seated In the Immediate 
vicinity the child's parents picked wished the 
child and the parents were anywhere except 
In Keeney's. 

However, Keeney's Is attracting a good-look- 
ing audlenoe. There waa only a scattering 
of seats away In the rear that were empty 
after eight o'clock. The show seemed to be 
*uet about what the audlenoe wanted. They 
were strong for comedy and passed up one 
dramatic sketch with Just a alight ripple of 
applause. Bight acta and some pictures In 
the usual run of the show. Tuesday night 
an Edison drama put a damper on about a 
half hour of the bill. 

One thing noticeable about Keeney's Is that 
while a pop show Is the poller the house Is 
run like a first-class two-dollar ahow shop 
even to ine programs. Another thing la that 
Keeney's Is strong for letting the publio know 
he employs a house staff and the programs 
have a list of names almost aa long as the 
bill Itself. 

The Freeman Brothers with songs and 
dances opened the bill the first half. The 
boys are improving in their work since seen 
on the Loew time and the one who handles 
the numbers is getting them over in great 
shape. The stepping at the dose sent the 
act over. The Floreniies with a routine of 
magic, mostly palming coins, oards and cigar- 
ettes, held down the second spot doing fairly. 

Jermon and Walker, two girls, "No. 8," put 
over a routine which seemed decidedly Eng- 
lish. One of the girls Is remindful somewhat 
of Alice Lloyd in mannerisms. She doing the 
eccentric comedy got a lot of laughs with her 
clowning. They are doing three numbers, all 
of which bear a foreign stamp, and doing 
them rather well. It la a neat little small 
time turn for an early spot 

Harry Burkhardt and Co.. offering "His 
Best Friend" (New Acts), had the sketch of- 
fering of the bill. It is ons of those in' 
tensely dramatlo affairs and did not seem 
entirely to the liking of the house. The lines 
at the opening did not get over back of the 
tenth row and the woman overacted at times. 
Fields and Clifford, two men offering a rather 
weak comedy talking bit filled the next spot 

"The Department 8tore Girle" (New Acta), 
one of those "is a tab and isn't a tab" sort 
of acta, waa the big girl offering. The dis- 
play of limbs did not seem to please some of 
the women In the audience. One woman with 
a alight toss of her head and a rather dis- 
dainful sniff remarked, "Huh, burlesque I" 

Lewis and 8ellwyn, a boy and girl, singing 
and comedy, fitted in the next-to-closlng spot 
very well. The boy can sing and the girl Is 
an excellent comedienne. She has, however, 
been known to work a great deal harder than 
she did during the last show Tuesday night 

Grey and Petere, the comedy cycling turn, 
proved a satisfactory closer. Fred. 



CITY. 

The City wae Jammed to the doors Monday 
night. The bill was somewhat switched around 
but It was a mighty good pop entertainment 
when whipped Into its regular running order. 
Al Wohlman and Maurice Abrahams were 
really the headllners and the two song writing 
boys could have gotten o/er twice aa big 
as they did if they had taken the trouble 
to acquaint the audience with who they were. 

The bill opened with The Turners, clever 
roller skaters doing the usual routine. A 
picture comedy followed. Hershel Hendler in 
his plsno specialty in the second spot gets 
a lot of comedy out of his Impersonation at 
the opening. This boy Is there at the piano 
but his talk becomes a little tiresome aa he 
continues. Wayne and Warren Girls (New 
Acts) with a little light singing and comedy 
skit followed and did quite nicely. 

Grace De Winters, Ben and Hasel Mann 
and Dare Austin and Co., three standard 
small time acts, follow in the above order and 
proved as entertaining aa usual. 

Next to closing were Wohlman and Ab- 
rahams and the Desco Brothers (New Acts) 
were the closers. A Paramount feature 
finishes the bill. Fred. 



"LADY IN RED" MOVES. 

Chicago, July 7. 
"The Lady in Red" will close Satur- 
day at the Princess and move to the 
Grand opera house. This places the 
three summer musical comedies here 
within a radius of less than a quarter 
of a mile. 



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KEEPING INSPECTORS BUSY. 

Through the inability of the license 
inspectors to make a complete canvass 
of the picture theatres, the license de- 
partment extended the renewal date 
from June 30 to July 5. In Brooklyn 
one inspector was scheduled to inves- 
tigate 412 houses. 



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MAJESTIC (Fred Eberta. mgr.; agt, Orph.). 
— The bill this week la a big one, although 
one act failed to appear on Monday. The 
Schwartz Bros., one of the features, did not 
go on because their scenery did not arrive 
In time. The bill was headed by Stella May- 
hew and BUUe Taylor. After the two had 
finished a number that told of themselves and 
was purely a New York bit, they managed to 
pull down a hit In accordance with their bill- 
ing. There were two other big bits on the 
bill, In Lew Hearn and Bonlta and Al. Her- 
man. Hearn and Bonlta were a sure comedy 
hit. Their song at the finish brought big ap- 
plause. Al Herman, who makes his first big 
time bow out this way, hit the audience In 
the right spot and was funny to them all the 
way. Herman sure has developed Into a cork- 
in " black-face comedian and fully established 
himself as a big time feature at the Majestic 
on Monday night. The Ramsdel Duo opened 
the show with dancing. Ethel Kirk and Billy 
Fogarty managed to do wonders in number 
two position, a tough spot at this house. The 
act was popular because of Fogarty's comedy 
and Ethel Kirk's back. Craig Campbell is a 
blonde tenor said to be famous on the con- 
cert stage. Campbell, though not fitted to 
vaudeville, managed to make good with the 
holiday throng. The Amoras Bisters livened 
things up with their swift routine of dancing, 
singing, acrobatics and comedy. Bertlsch 
closed the show. 

GREAT NORTHERN HIPPODROME (A. H. 
Talbot, mgr.; agt, W. V. M. A.).— There 
were not many people downtown on Monday, 
but along towards noon the house resumed its 
usual crowded appearance. The show was 
started by William De Hollis and Co. De 
Hollis's comedy is ancient and not well de- 
livered. Johnson and Crane sing and attempt 
dancing. The redeeming feature of the act is 
the boy's voice. Egbert Van Alstyne and the 
Lutz Brothers assisted by a boy soprano in a 
stage box gave the show Its real start. Riley 
Wilson tells stories in a negro dialect. The 
monolog man has some good stories but his 
enunciation could be better. He did only 
fairly. Harry Bouton and Co. in a magic 
and illusion act proved to be a dandy attrac- 
tion for the house. The magician works fast 
and has a funny assistant Chris Richards 
was on next to closing, and with his funny 
eccentric efforts he was a hit. The English 
clown made them laugh all the way. The 
Four Richards Gymnastic act closed the show. 

McVICKERS (J. G. Burch, mgr.; agt., 
Loew). — The show is headed by an act called 
'The Six Society Cake-Walkers." It is evi- 
dently an aggregation picked up around this 
city by Johnny Fogarty, who appears In the 
act. Fogarty's five people In this act do not 
any time display more than an ordinary ball 
room Idea of dancing. The six, three men and 
three girls, do some ball room dances that 
are named by cards on the side of the stage. 
The Santos Santouci Trio opened the show. 
Bowen and Bowen In songs and talk did nicely. 
Les Diodatls in an elaborate posing act 
showed themselves off prettily. All the poses 
are well done. Flynn and McLaughlin did 
fair. Rex B. Adams Is again at this house 
In his dramatic crook sketch, "The Night 
Hawks." The sketch did nicely. Moss and 
Frye deservedly pulled down the hit of the 
show. These two colored fellows have a good 
string of comedy patter. 

CORT (U. J. Hermann, mgr.).— Pag 'O My 
Heart with Peggy O'Neil ; 8th week. Doing 
fairly. 

COHAN'S GRAND (Harry Ridings, mgr.).— 
"Beverly's Balance" with Margaret Anglln, 
last week of good run. 



GARRICK (John J. Garrity, mgr.).— "All 
Over Town," 6th week. Doing nicely, chiefly 
at matinees. 

ILLINOIS (Augustus Pitou, mgr.).— "The 
Eirth of a Nation." 5th week, business big. 

LA SALLE (Joseph Bransky, mgr.). — Musi- 
cal Stock. Last few weeks with business in 
slump. 

PALACE (Harry Singer, mgr.).— "Made in 
America," 6th week. Still doing good busi- 
ness. 

PRINCESS (8am P. Gerson, mgr.). — "The 
Lady in Red." 7th week. Taken slump lately 
which may result in closing soon. 

The Olympic is announcing the opening of 
"Kick In" Aug. 16. 

Johnnie Simons will be in New York the 
latter part of this week on another search 
for available material. 



Jlmmle Crelgbton (Creighton Brothers) is 
said to be framing an act for vaudeville next 
season with Mrs. Jack McGreevey as a part- 
ner. 



Frank Ellis, who was with "The Night 

Clerk," tried out an act with two girls at 

the Logan Square last week but did not 
finish the engagement 

The Governor of Illinois is still considering 
whether Chicago shall censor films or whether 
the State will do this. 



The routing of acta now going on in the 
Western Vaudeville Managers' Association 
calls for moat of the houses of the various 
circuits to open Aug. 15 and 16. 

There is or has been according to reports 
a big time poker game In existence at which 
a number of Chicago vaudeville men are hav- 
ing a fling. 



SAN FRANCISCO 

VARIETY'S 
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE 

PANTAGES' THEATRE BLDG. 
Phone, Douglass 2213 



ORPHEUM.— Mile. Nazlmova in "War 
Brides," tremendous hit the second end last 
week of the engagement. Dooley and Rugel 
got second honors. Prince Lai Mon Kim won 
novelty honors and Lucy Gillette, who opened 
the program with her strong turn, went over 
successfully. Renee Florlgny, the French 
pianist was liberally applauded for good 
work. Joe Cook's novel specialty went better 
this week than It did during his opening 
period, the Orpheum audience feeling Inclined 
to appreciate his "nut" routine. "Little Nap," 
a trained monk, closed the show and held 

them in. „ 

EMPRESS.— "Everybody," the topllner at 
the Empress for the current week, went over 
big. Elizabeth Cutty scored under difficulties. 
George Yeoman found It rather hard at first, 
but finally brought them around and finished 
reasonably well. Shaw and Lee opened the 
bill and did nicely. Agnes and Billy Ahearn 
closed In good shape. Madame Jomelll, who 
monopolized the advertising space and waa 
probably meant for the headline spot, lived 



M. P. Exhibitors and Exchange Men 

REMEMBER ! 

That a big event of the SAN FRANCISCO M. P. E. CONVENTION 
will be the exhibition of the following feature films:— "NEOLA, 
THE SIOUX," a three-reel Exposition feature; "THE DAWN OF 
THE NEW DAY," two-reel Western Drama; "THE OUTLAW 
PARSON," two-reel Western Drama. Ask and inquire about these 
films; see them when presented for screen inspection. Don't forget 
to see what we are placing on the market. 

Exposition Players Corporation 

(Official Cinematographers Pinama Pacific International Exposition) 

Offices: 
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up to expectations and carried off the hit of 
the bill without any apparent difficulty. 
"Toll," a sketch, did but fairly. Madge Malt- 
land was a popular favorite and went bis. 

CORT (Homer F. Curran, mgr.). — Al Jol- 
Bon in "Dancing Around" (3d and last week). 

COLUMBIA (Qottlob ft Marx, mgrs.).— Out- 
cost (3d and last week). 

ALCAZAR (Belasco ft Mayer, mgrs.).— Film, 
"Birth of Republic." 

WIGWAM (Jos. F. Bauer, mgr.).— Dal. 8. 
Lawrence Dramatic Players. 

PRINCESS (Bert Levey, leasee and mgr.; 
agt., Levey). — Vaudeville. 

HIPPODROME ( Win. Ely. mgr. ; agt, W. 8. 
V. A.).— Vaudeville. 

Roy Clair is staging musical comedy In 
Oakland. 



Japan. Mile. Haras appearance In this coun- 
try will give her the distinction of being the 
first Japanese opera singer to Invade the 
United States. Sbe is said to have a contract 
to sing for a company in New York. 



Camilla Saint-Saens, the noted composer ap- 
pearing out at the Exposition, has been sued 
for 4.000 francs by his impresario, Rudolph 
Aronson. According to Aronson's allegations 
he arranged for the Saint-Saens concerts at 
tbe Exposition and was to receive 5,000 francs 
for bis trouble. Instead of giving Aronson 
the sum specified at the end of the first con- 



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The recent Theatrical Treasurers' benefit 
performance netted the organisation about 
$1,000. 

Pletro Sosso, "Coast defender," haa sued 
his wife, Auda Due Sosso, for divorce. In- 
compatibility Is the principal reason given. 

"Toll" Is the title of a new sketch which 
is said to be booked for an early showing 
at the Empress. 

July 2. 8 6 the artists' colony of Carmel- 
by-the-8ea will present Perry Newberry's 
"Pageant of the Padres" in the Forrest thea- 
tre. 




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Laat week there was a general strengthen- 
ing of bills in the downtown variety houses. 
The Empress show consisted of 10 acta, the 
Orpheum had acta on its bill* and Pantago* 
ran a film feature In conjunction with an 
added act This looks as though the Hip's 
oposlsh Is being felt. 

Tbe big event of tbe Panama-Pacific Inter- 
national Congress of Authors and Journal- 
ists took place June 80, when papers on 
vsrlous forms of literature were read. Con- 
spicuous contributors to the program were the 
following writers : Richard Walton Tully, 
Professor William Dallas Arms, Herbert Bash- 
ford and Charles Phillips. 



Tina Nelson, whom the Immigration authori- 
ties attempted to- deport last February, when 
she arrived here from Australia in company 
with Arthur Troutt, because they bad occupied 
the same state room and were not married, 
haa decided to marry Troutt to prevent be- 
4ng deported. Ever since her arrival Miss 
Nelson has fought the Immigration officials 
and marriage to Troutt was the only way to 
escspe being sent back to the Antipodes 
branded as an undesirable. 



Mile. Nobu Hara. Japan's foremost opera 
stsr and prima donna of the Imperial theatre 
of Toklo, is scheduled to srrlve in this city 
July 5 on the steamer Cblyo Maru from 



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T. MARTIN. 

KEITH* (John F. Royal, mgr.- aft, U. 
B. O.).— Will Morris: Deodate: Three Lor- 
ettas ; Cabaret Minstrel Melds : Graham Moffat 
Player*, in "The Conoealed Bed." Pletures. 

CHEATER PARK (I. M. Martin, mgr.).— 
Fisher Brother*: Giles; Nathano Brothers; 
Ureone and De Osta ; Arthur Hahn and Three 
Curtis Bisters. 

ZOO (William P. Whitlock, mfr.).— Uberatl 
and his band opened two weeks' engagement 
Sunday. Ten grand opera singers with him. 

CONEY ISLAND (Arthur Rleeenberger, 
mgr. ) . — Raymond and Temple ; Johnny Yin- 
cent ; Danielle and Harris ; Curtis and Co. ; 
Glenny and Bradford. 

LAGOON (Arthur Wllber, mgr. ) .—Motor- 
drome races. Cabaret. 



VALENTINE GRANT 

The Charming International Cinema Star 
Starred in the Otcott Made-m-Ireland Features 

i f woman with Walker WhlteeUe to The Molting Fog 



—Claire Simpson and Frits Fields Co., well 
liked; Gibson and Dyeo, fair; Kama Klohl 
Japanese troupe, mediocre ; Hing Fong, went 
well ; Scott and Wallace, good danoere ; Lee 
Bohemlennee, fine. 

MOROSCO.— "This Way Out" 

BURBANK.— "Kindling." 

CENTURY.— Burlesque. 

William Parker, a local newspaper man, 
recently fllmatixed stories by Petor B. Kyne 
for the morles. 



, The kick of Managers Foster and Welgel, 
of the Grand Opera House, against the State 
Board of Censors action in cutting out 1,800 
feet of the "Devil's Daughter" film was suc- 
cessful. The picture Is being shown with 
only .'UX) feet eliminated. Paul Doucet, who 
played one of the leading parts in the pic- 
ture, 1r doing a talking turn in conjunction 
with It. 



Christy Walsh's "1913 On Parade." a local 
musical show, ran for three nights at the 
Mason to big business. 



Nat Goodwin figures in a dozen or more 
civil suits here. 



KINO EDWARD (agt, Gus Sun).— Ed Far- 
relP the Magyfys; Marmeen Four. 

CRYSTAL PALACE (Charlton Howarth, 
mgr). — Under new management and doing 
good business, showing feature films. 

DOMINION PARK (H. A. Dorsey, mgr.).— 
Bessie Meier, the high' diver, is the big fea- 
ture this week. 

NEW ORLEANS. 

By O. M. SAMOTBL. 

HIPPODROME (Jake Miller, mgr.).— Vau- 
deville. 

ALAMO (Will Guerlnger, mgr. ) .—Vaude- 
ville. 

SPANISH FORT (M. S. Sloan, mgr.).— Pao- 
lettl's Band and Dansant. 



ORPHEUM (T. R. Conlon, mgr.).— Feature 
films. 



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Baron Long has opened Sunset Inn at the 
beach. 



Gene Pearce Is going to erect a giant roller 
coaster at West End Park. 



Manager Rlesenberger, of Coney Island, has 
booked the Harry Hill Wild West Show for 
two weeks at his resort, beginning July 18. 



LOS ANGELES 

VARIETY'S 

LOS ANGELES OFFICE 

306 MASON OPERA HOUSE BLDG. 

GUY PRICE, Correspondent 



Mrs. Orrln Plckrell, wife of a motion pic- 
ture actor, was found unconscious on the car 
tracks on tbe outskirts of the city. She suf- 
fered an attack of heart trouble, but was 
discovered in time to prevent being run down 
by a trolley. 



Anna Rose la going Into vaudeville In a 
sketch. 



Airdomes In New Orleans use lawn mowers 
on their aisles Instead of vacuum cleaners. 



Lillian Elliott, well known local actress, 
lost several hundred dollars' worth of Jewelry 
when her dressing room was robbed. 



ORPHEUM (Clarence Drown, mgr. ; agt., 
IT. 13. o.).— Elizabeth Murray, well received; 
Mary Elizabeth, pleasing; Hymack, entertain- 
In^ ; Kremke Brothers, very good ; Nat Willis, 
repeated successfully ; Adelaide and Hughes, 
artistic dancers ; Hoey and Lee, mediocre ; 
itlrhard Havem.ann's Animal act, amusing. 

EMPRESS (Dcano Worley, mgr.; agt, 
Loew).- Mile. Uertena, well received; Wllkens 
and Wllkens, entertaining ; Stella Mayfleld 
nnd Hemls La Rorc, pleasing; "Her Name 
Was Dennis," mediocre; Three Dixon Slaters, 
passably pleasing ; Alexs, fair. 

HIPPODROME (Lester Fountain. mgr.; 
agt., WoBtern States).- -Eight Crinoline Girls, 
big hit; Valdare Tmnpe, pnHHRhly pleasing; 
Melbourne MacDowell and Co., scored ; Mina 
Stralee, passed nicely ; Urlnkman and Steele 
Sisters, well received ; Cole and Cole, enter- 
taining ; Hrowder and Drowder, clever. 

REPUHLIC (Al. Watwon, mgr.; agt., Levey). 



Forrest Stanley is no longer with the Bur- 
bank stock company. He's in pictures on a 
long-time contract. 

Kolb and Dill return to San Francisco this 
week. They are thinking seriously of aban- 
doning the stage for the studio. 



MONTREAL 

By AftTVItjn «CTf*LIIK. 

ORPHEUM (O. F. Driscoll. mgr.).— "At 
Bay," as produced by the Orpheum players, 
went fine. Next, "The Marriage Game." 

HIS MAJESTY'S (H. P. Hill, mgr.).— 
Closed until August. 

IMPERIAL (H. W. Conover. mgr. ; agt.. 
U. B. O.). — Van and Schenck, very good; Miss 
Gordon, good ; pictures. 

SOHMER PARK ( D. Larosc, mgr.; agt.. 
U. B. O.).— Comic Opera Co. presented "The 
Drum Major's Daughter" In French and 
scored a big hit ; Henry and Llzel, get over 
nicely; Vander-Prlm Trio, very clever; Coppe 
Trio, novelty ; Kellers Duo, good, 



Karl Goldcnberg, assistant manager of the 
Fichtenberg enterprises, is 111. 

Arthur Leopold, a civil lawyer always quite 
civil to the profession, leaves on his annual 
trip to New York this week. 

Arthur Lugaro is singing at Kolb's. 

Paul Ford, the wealthiest film manager In 
this city, has opened offices of his own here. 

Manager of a local roof garden cancelled a 
zouave act when ho learned the celling be- 
neath his stage was cracked. 



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PORTLAND, ORE. 



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EMPRESS 
Loew). — The 
Dun. pleased 



nv r. b. \ if son. 

(W. T. Pangel, mgr.).— 271, 



(H. W. Plerong, mgr.; agt., 
Handles, opened good ; Elks 
"Just Half Way." well acted; 
Carl Relter, entertained ; Tabor and Green, 
hit; Maximillian the Great, good; pictures. 

OAKS PARK (J. F. Cordray, mgr.).— 
Campbell's American Band ; Elfrelda Weln- 
stoin and Mile. Tryon ; "A Night In a 
Cabaret ;" business fair. 



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adapted from 

'The Sign of thePose 

Produced by ThosIIIhce 



The New York dailies said: 



EVENING MAIL: 

"Caught the attention of Broadway. 
*An Alien' is very much worth 
while." 



THE EVENING SUN: 

"From end to end 'An Alien' is ALL 
REAL. The film story has been 
produced with such care and ability 
that it stands alongside the spoken 
drama as a compcller of tears and 
laughter.' 



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The play that makes dimples to catch the tears 

STRONGEST APPEAL OF ANY PLAY EVER FILMED 

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THE HERALD : 

"If there was a dry eye in the thea- 
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EVENING WORLD: 

"Makes a strong appeal. 

THE JOURNAL: 
"Huge success." 

NEW YORK TIMES: 

"Lifts you out of the seat." 



NEW YORK 



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TORONTO, ONT. 

By 1AITL1Y. 

ROYAL ALEXANDRA (L. Solman, mgr.).— 
The great success of Edward H. Robin* and 
bis company tbe first two weeks of their en- 
gagement has been far beyond expectations. 
The comedy success, "The Fortune Hunter/' 
is the present week's offering. Mr. Robins In 
the role of Nat Duncan gave a most natural 
and convincing portrayal of tbe same. Frances 
McLeod, who recently Joined the company, was 
seen in the part she played with the origins 1 
company. The piece was elaboratey mounted 
with special mechanical effects. 

GRAND (A. J. Small, mgr.).— The Phillip* 
Shaw company presented a fine revival of 
"The Volunteer Organist." 

LOEWS YONOE STREET (J. Berniteln, 
mgr.; agt., Loew). — Ned Nestor and His Nine 
Sweethearts, very entertaining • Al Fields and 
Co., laugh provokers ; Beth Challls, clever ; 
the Drews, good ; Den Smith, funny ; Stand- 
ard Bros., physical marvels ; Handls and 
Mllll*. pleased. 

8HEA'S HIPPODROME (A. O. McArdle. 
mgr. ; agt., U. B. O). -Martin and Maxi- 
milian, novel and amusing: the American 
Girl, snappy and clever; Millard Brothers, ex- 
cellent; Sonee and Renee, a hit; Four Musi- 
cal Soils, entertaining ; Peterson, Dick and 



LTRIC (Dan Flood, mgr. 
Vaudeville and pictures. 



agt., Fisher).— 



Dale, of Bobbe and Dale, 
summer with his family. 



is here for the 



Carl Reiter, manager of the Seattle 
Orpheum, will play the Empress Circuit, 
while his house is dark. He was such a suc- 
cess at the Seattle Empress, where he opened, 
tuat the vaudeville powers decided to send 
him over the circuit. 



Jules Von Tllzer is visiting Mr. 
Sam Howe. 



and Mrs. 



By a vote of 3 to 2 the city council re- 
jected the plan of a number of Portland busi- 
ness men to permit dancing with meals in 
the larger hotels. 



Huntley Smith has put in a new dance 
floor. Business has been very good. In fact 
the hot weather Saturday and Sunday brought 
in the crowds from New York and every 
one did a tremendous business. 



Everything is now In full swing with Mur- 
ray's, Baxter's. Morrisons and all the amuse- 
ments open for the season. 



Geo. L. Baker, manager of the Baker thea- 
ter, elected city commissioner at the June 
election, took oath of office last week. 



A The American, which ran try-outs last sea- 

, Is now running straight pictures. A new 

.icrlcan Airdome Is showing all big features. 



ROCKAWAY BEACH. 

Alfred Latell has a cottage at Hollands with 
his wife and baby, 



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Harold Armstrong, of the Tumbling Toms, 
ook part in a rescue at o'clock Sunday 
nlg^t when two young men were caught In 
the und» rlow H. N. 8. 



DARING FEATS IN MID-AIR 

STERLING and 

MARGARET 

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Meeting with big success on the LOEW CIRCUIT 

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STRAND (R. S. MARVIN, mgr.).— Feature 
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HANLAN'S POINT (L. Solman. mgr.).— 
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BY Y. D. SMITH. 

KEITHS (W. S. Robblna, mgr.).— Belle 
Blanche was heartily received and responded 
to many encores. Ruth Allan, assisted by 
seven other clever players, scored In a comedy 
sketch entitled "Woman Proposes;" Harry 



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In "Types of Stageland," entertaining; Ward, 
Bell and Ward. Big houae. 

COSMOS (A. Jullen Brylawskl, mgr.).— The 
feature act la "School Day Frolics," with El 
Brendel and Mureil Morgan, a good laugh pro- 
voker ; Anna McLaughlin as "The Girl in the 
Moon," shared honors with the headline act 
and received a number of encores ; Eddie 
Rellly and the O'Neil Twins In songs and 
dances, clever ; Joe Howard, blackface come- 
dian, good ; Billle Humphries, the mimic, 



pleased ; Hal and Vernle Staunton were also 
well received. Good house. 

POLI'S (J W. Cone, mgr.).— The Poll 
Players this week are pleasing their Wabh- 
lngton audiences with their presentation of 
"Commencement Days." Next week, "Mile- 
stones." 

COLUMBIA (Fred G. Berger, mgr.).— Pic- 
tures. 

BELASCO.— Dark. 
NATIONAL.— Dark. 
CRANDALLS.— Pictures. 
STRAND.— Pictures. 
GARDEN.— Pictures. 

BIJOU (John Grieves, mgr.).— Stock bur- 
lesque and vaudeville. 



ADDRESS DEPARTMENT 

Where Players May Be Located 
Next Week (July 12) 

Plajera may be liated in thia department weekly, either at the theatrea they are 
appearing in or at a permanent or temporary. addreaa (which will be inaerted when route 

th n °d "it t 7 * ° f nMIIe " bo,d type# m yearly * AJ1 ' re « u «iW«te 



Abelee Edward Variety N Y 

Abram ft Johna Variety San Frsnclaco 

Adams Rex Variety Chicago 

Adlcr & Arline 661 E 175th St N Y C 

Allen & Francii Variety N Y 

Armstrong Will H Variety N Y 



B 



lent A Arnold care Morria & Feil NYC 
Blondoll Edward Vsriety N Y 

Bcrzsc Mme Jean Varict Chicago 



STUART BARNES 

Direction, JAMES PLUNKETT 



ADELAIDE M. BELL 

Featured with 

WARD BELL AND COMPANY 

Care VARIETY, New York 



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26 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS OF 2 AND S ROOMS WITH BATH, $8Jt TO $15 WEEKLY. 
60 SINGLE AND DOUBLE ROOMS WITH BATH, |SJt TO Sie.Of WEEKLY. 
CITY HOMES HOME COOKING HOME COMFORTS 



PHONE BRYANT 4141 

114 West 47th Street 
lew York City 

(JttAt Off Broadwaf) 
COMPLETE HOTEL SERVICE 



as M0NF0RT 



104 and 106 

West 40th Street 

(near Broadway) 

NEW YORK 



Newly Renovated 
THEATRICAL PROFESSION ONLY 
REHEARSAL ROOMS. ETC., FREE 
European plan, room* $2.54 UP PER WEEK. 
DOUBLE J3.S0 UP. Housekeeping rooms, $4.S9 up 
per week. 

Fully furnished. Gas free. Hot water all hours. 
Baths on every floor. Telephone*. 



JIMSEY JORDAN, Mgr. 



Hotel Richmond 



70 WEST 4«TH STREET 



NEW YORK 



1 BLOCK FROM BROADWAY. 1 BLOCK FROM STH AVENUE 
S MINUTES* WALK TO 30 THEATRES 
This excellent hotel, with its quiet, comfortable, attractive service and restful atmos- 
phere, invitee your patronage. 

TARIFF: 

I <ouble room, use of bath, $1 JO per day. Double room, privet* bath and shower, $2.00 

Cr day. Parlor, bedroom and private bath, $3.00 per day. Parlor, two bedrooms and privet* 
th, $4.00 per day. For parties of three, four or five pereone we have large suit** with 
private bath at special rates, ranging from. $1.00 per day up. Telephone in every room. 
Good and reasonable restaurant, giving you room service free of charge. Special pro- 
fessional rate*. EUGENE CABLE, Proprietor. 



Telephone Bryant 2307 

Furnished Apartment* 
and Rooms 

Large room* $4.00 and up 

Thr** and Four Room Apartment* $0 0* $0 

COMPLETE HOUSEKEEPING 

310 W. 4STH ST- NEW YORK 

Phone, Bryant 10S1 Heat, Bath, Telephone 

FURNISHED ROOMS 

BY THE DAY OR WEEK 

For the Theatrical Profession 

230-232 West 43d Street NEW YORK 

MARIE ROUXEL 

Telephone 3701 Greeley 

The 

Marceline & Rivoire 

FRENCH TABLE D'HOTE 

230-232 W. 38th Stmt 

NEW YORK 

CAFE HOTEL RESTAURANT 

Room and Board at Moderate Flic* 

MUSIQUE and DANCING 

Lunch 40c. Dinner 00c 

Bowers Walters & Crookcr Keith's Atlantic City 
Brack* Seven care Tausig 104 E 14th StNYC 
Briscoe Olive Princeton Hotel NYC 

6 BROWN BROS. 

Re-engeged for "Chin Chin** next season. 
Opening; Aug. 
TOM BROWN, Owner and Mgr. 



ERNEST R. BALL 



Byal ft Early Variety N Y 

Byron A Lang don 174 E 71st St N Y C 



Cantor Eddie ft Lee Variety N Y 

Collins Milt 133 W 113th StNYC 

Colvin William Burbank Los Angeles 

Conlln Ray Variety N Y 

Conroy ft Lemaire Variety N Y 

Cook Joe Variety N Y 

Crane Mr ft Mrs Douglas Orpheum Circuit 

Cross ft Josephine 902 Palace Bldg NYC 



Dares Alec & Gina Variety San Francisco 

Demarest & Collette Variety N Y 

De Dlo Circus care Tausig 104 E 14th St N Y 

De Lyons 3 care F M Barnes Chicsgo 

Devine ft Williams Vsriety N Y 

Dupres Fred Variety London 



Eary Trio Variety San Frsncieeo 

Elinor* Kate A Williams Sam Northport L I 



Catering to Vaudeville's Blue List 

Schilling House 

107-100 West 40th Street 

NEW YORK 

American Plan. MEAL SERVICE AT ALL 
HOURS. Private Batha. Music Room for 
Rehearsal*. Phon* 18SS Bryant 

ST.PAUL HOTEL 

00TH ST. AND COLUMBUS AVE. 

NEW YORK CITY 

Tan-story building, absolutely fireproof. All 
batha with shower attachment. Telephone In 
•vary room. 

On* block from Central Park Subway, 0th 
and 0th Ave. L Stations. Sam* distance from 
Century, Colonial, Circle and Park Theatres. 

RATES— 

100 Rooms, us* of bath. $1.00 per day. 
130 Rooms, private bath, $1 JO per day. 
Suitee, Parlor, B*dro*m and Bath, $2.30 and up. 
By th* week. $0, $0 and $1100. 

SPECIAL RATES TO THE PROFESSION. 



Fern Harry 1300 W Ontario st Philadelphia 



JACK E. GARDNER 

In "CURSE YOU, JACK D ALTON" 

Direction. HARRY WEBER 



Gray Trio Variety N Y 

Grees Karl 3 Mariahilf Str Bingen-Rhein Germ 

Guerite Laura Variety London 



Hart Marie ft Billy Variety N Y 
Hayward Stafford ft Co Variety N Y 
Heather Joeie Variety N Y 
Hagans 4 Australian Variety N Y 
Hermann Adelaide Hotel Pterpont N Y 
Holman Harry Co Grand Philadelphia 
Howland ft Leach Variety N Y 



limed Variety N Y 

JOE JACKSON 

JENIE JACOBS 



INER5 



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Rooms with Private Bath $7.00 Week 



IN THE NEW, MODERN FIREPROOF 



NORMANDIE HOTEL 



417-19 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE 

Within three blocks *f T*n 



VIOLINSKYS 



HOTfcl CHICKASAW 



Lee Angels*' Meet 



CHICA GO, ILL. 

Catering Especially to 

Rooms as with bath). On* block from 

Broadway Theatree. Special Rate*. 

420 So. Hill St- 

LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Jefferson Joseph Palace Theatre Bid* N Y 

Jewell'e Manikins Variety N Y 

Jonstons Musical 62S S. Potomac St Baltimore 

Jordan ft Doherty Variety N Y 

Josefsson Iceland Clima Co Ringling Circus 



Kelso ft Leighton 167 W 145th St N Y C 
Krelles The care Irvine: Cooper NYC 
Kronold Hans Variety N Y 



Langdona Th* $01 Palace Bid* NYC 
Leonard ft Willard Variety N Y 
Littlejohns The Variety N Y 
Lloyd Herbert Psntsges Circuit 



Mardo ft Hunter 25 N Newstead Ave St Louis 
McGinn Francis Lambs Dub N Y 
Moor* ft Heaver, 1637 Edenside Ave Louisville 
Morrissey ft Hackett Variety N Y 

N 

Neble ft Brooks Tivoli Sydney Australia 
Noeses Musical New Brighton P* 



PeUetler Pierre Variety N Y 



DARING PRINCE 

In a remarkable exhibition of motorcycle and 

bicycle riding 

Address car* Paul Taualg ft Son, 1M E. Mth 

St., New York City 



Really Charlie Variety San Francisco 
Reynold* Carrie Variety N Y 
Rechee-s Monkey Music Hall 2 Msldea Hill 
Gardens Maiden Eag 



Schaffer Sylvester care Tausig 104 E 14th K Y 

Shentons 3 Variety N Y 

Silver ft Du Vail Silver wd Cot Southberry Ct 

Simpson ft Dean Variety N Y 

Skatelle Bert ft Haael 
Permanent address Variety N Y 
General Delivery Somers Point N J 

Stanley AUeea Vsriety N Y 

Stanley Forrest Burbank Los Angels* 

Stein ft Home Variety N Y 

St Elmo Carletta Variety N Y 

Stephens Lssna 1213 Elder Ave N Y 

Sutton Mclntyre ft Sutton 904 Palace Bldg N Y 

Syman Stanley Variety N Y 



JULIUS TANNEN 

19 Broohdal* Ave, 

New Rochelle. N. Y. 

Phone New Rochelle 4111. 



Tlghe Harry and Bebette Variety N Y 

V 

Valli Muriel ft Arthur Variety Cum 

VI 

Vi 



Dirt Theatrical Hotel 

PHILADELPHIA 



UIS, 

~„5, E Sf2I "©TEL, 100 N. 14TH ST. 
NEW REGENT HOTEL, 101 N. MTH ST. 



E.E. CAMPBELL. ^r*p. and Mar. 

THEATRICAL HEADQUARTERS 

FREE AUTOMOBILE TO ALL THEATRES 



Wade John ■> Variety N Y 

Walton A Vivian Baldwin L I 

Wells ft Bundy Variety N Y 

Williams ft Rankin Variety N Y 

Wright Cecelia United Booking Omee II T 



Zazelle H M Co $ W 65th St If Y C 




l.ATlSTY^-0 St Cloud, Minn; 10 
Duluth. 12- is Minneapolis, 14 St Paul, 15 
Mankato, 16 Rochester, 17 Winona. 

HAOENBACK-WALLACE— Sioux City, la; 
10 Blair, Neb; 12 Omaha, 13 Nebraska City, 
14 Falls City. 15 8t Joe, Mo; 16 Chlllicothe, 
17 Macon. 

101 RANCH— Manchester, N H ; 10 Ports- 
mouth, 12 Portland, Me; 18 Haverhill. Mas*; 
14 Lawrence, 15 Salem, 16 Lowell, 17 Fitch- 
burg. 

RINOLINO— O Petoskey, Mich; 10 Traverse 
City, 12 Muskegon. 18 Allegan, 14 Elkhart, 
Ind. 15 Hillsdale, Mich ; 16 Auburn, Ind ; 17 
Fort Wayne. 

SBLL8-FLOTO— 9 Fremont. Neb; 10 Nor- 
folk, 12 Mankato, Minn; 18 Faribault, 14 
AuHtin, 15 La Crosse, Wis; 16 Grand Rapids, 
17 Wauaau. 



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Where C follows name, letter is in 
Variety's Chicago office. 

Where S F follows name, letter is in 
Variety's San Francisco office. 

Advertising or circulsr letters will 
not be listed. 

P following name indicates postal, 
advertised once only. 



Vlolinsky Vsriety N Y 
'on HesT George Variety N Y 



Abeles Edward 
Abbott A (C) 
Adams Wallace (C) 
Adler Charles 
Adams Lew 
Agoust Maxim 
Akermann Albert 
Allen Mrs Blllle (C) 
Ambra Enid M 
Anderson Slay 
Anderson Mlgnon 
Andrews Sam (C) 
Archbold A (C) 
Ashley ft Canfleld 
Atkinson John 
Al 
B 



Bailey Ralph (C) 
Bancroft Mr Q 
Barclay Don 
Barker Granville 
Barnes Geo 
Barnes ft Crawford 
Barnett Walter (C) 
Barry Mrs Hulda 
Barto Ed 
Barton Jack 
Barton * Bell 
Hcane C Thornton 
Beatty Florence (C) 
Beaumont Arnold 
Bennett Al 
Bennett * Darling 
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high or low cut; French or Cuban heels. 
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Send for Illustrated Catalogue. V. 

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prim sal tsraw to salt IAYVIEW tECTIsN. See| 
A. A. Sealy. Frtesert, sr 165 Broadway. New YsriL 
Tel 1621 Cart 



For Burlesque or Musical 
Comedy, for aeason 1915-16 



At Liberty 

PHIL On and NETTIE NELSON 

Last three seasons, featured on No. 1 
Columbia Burlesque Wheel. Will funtlah 
Arat class book with original music, and 
Will stage lane. Address PHIL OTT. IS 
Kemper St., Wollaaton, Mass. Phone 
Quincy 1-7 6-0 



Loot You Forget 
We Say It Yet 



LETER HEADS 

Contracts. Tickets, Envelopes, Free Samples, 
STAGE MONEY, ISc. Book of Herald Cuts. 2Sc. 

CROSS tTSTEuSSSffi. CHICAGO 

Benjamin H. Ehrlich 

LAWYER MS Unity Bide;. 

in N. DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO 

Special Attention to Theatrical ProfeMlon 

SCENERY 

I can aave you money. See me. 

Trunk Scenery a specialty 

FREDERICK'S STUDIOS, 643 W. 42nd St., 

New York City 

MUSIC ARRANGED 

For orchestra or piano. Songs taken down from 
voice. Old orchestrations rewritten. W. H. 
NELSON, Suite 401, 1SS1 Broadway, Astor 
Theatre Building, New York. 



Sale Now On 

A Distinguished Trio 

Mack's Suits for Men 

$15, $18 & $20 

In One, Two and Three 

Button Models 
Reduced from $25, $30, $35 

Mack's 

Clothes Shop 

1SS2-1544 Broadway, N. Y. City 
Bet. 47th A 4Sth Sta. Opp. Strand Theatre 



\d& 



I. MILLER 

MANUFACTURER AND 
RETAILER OF 

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Shoes for Stage and Street 

Has moved after 20 years occupancy from 202 West 23rd St. to 

New and Larger Factory at 

518-526 WEST 55th STREET 



IS West 42nd Street 



RETAIL STORES 

Now York 



1554 Broadway 



Credit to Profession to Any Amount 



PIANOS ON 
CREDIT 



LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS 

TO THE ARTIST 



Professional Die- 
count, 12%%, Al- 
lowed on All Cash 
Sales. 



Worth. 
$75 

siso 

$150 
$280 
$300 
$400 
$500 



Down 

$10.00 
$15.00 
$20.00 
$30.00 
$40.00 
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Weekly. 

$1.00 to $1.50 
$130 to $2,00 
$2.00 to $2.25 

$230 

$3.00 



On Exhibition Our 

Four-Room 
Apa rtment, Value 
&M, at 



$123 



$5.00 



Five - Room Out- 
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Furniture, at 



$275 



We Pay Freight 
and Railroad 

Faroe. 

Free Delivery 

Everywhere. 



Our Terms apply alto to Now 

York State, New Jersey, 

Connecticut. 



Write for Our Premium 
Book No. S and 4s- 
Pa*e Catalogue. Mailed 



FREE 



Apartment with 
Period Furniture, 
Value I5SS, now 



$375 



OUT OF THE 
HIGH RENT 
DISTRICT 

OPEN 
EVERY 
EVENING 
UNTIL 9. 



HOLWASSER 



1417-1423 Third Avenue, near 80th Street 



New York City 



Bid well Miss E Evans 
Dlttner Big BUI 
Blslsdell Chas S 
Blattie Wm (C) 
Blondell Ldbby 
Blount Chas E 
Booth by A Everdeen 
Bowen Hszel 
Bowen A Bowen 
Bowers Dave (C) 
Boyle Jack 
Brice Mlsa E (C) 
Broad Harry 
Broglle Jean 
Browning & Wells 
Bruce Bettma (C) 
Bryant Chaa (C) 
Burnedette Miss M 

C 
Careu Mabel 
Carlton Alf (C) 
Carroll Harry (C) 
Carter & Carter (C) 
Carus Emma 
Case Charley 
Casey William .Tr 
Cates Band 
Celest 



Cevene Herbert (C) 
Chadwick Cuna 
Chase Howard 
Chandler Anna (C) 
Chesterf'd Harry (C) 
Chllda Jeanette 
Chlnko 
Church Alice 
Clark George A 
Clark Thomas I 
Clarke Walton 
Clark ft Adler 
Clark ft Verdi 
Clifford Nell 
Coleman Claudia 
Collins Tom 
Colton ft Darrow (C) 
Combine O L (C) 
Conetto Tony 
Conway Emeley D 
Crum Gertrude (P) 
Cutter Wallace 



Dalntry Gable 
Damais Nick (C) 
Damerel Alice (C) 
Damerel Geo (C) 



PLUSH DROPS All Sizee and Colore 

Special Discount and Terms This Month 

CONSOLIDATED VELVET 

245 Weat 46th St. New York City 



New York Costume Co. 

Margaret Ripley Carrie E. Perkins 

Belle Caughley 

ESTIMATES GIVEN 

Buying and Selling; Building and Renting 

Reasonable and Reliable 

WADROBES RENOVATED 

135 West 45th Street, New York City 

Phone— Bryant 8499 



NAT LEWIS 

ANNOUNCES 

Semi-Annual Sale 

OF . 

Shirts, Underwear 

AND 

Pajamas 

[REMARKABLE VALUES 




THEATRICAL OUTFITTERS 
OF EXCLUSIVENESS 

1*74- ISM Broadway 

running through to 714-714 7th Ave. 

OPPOSITE STRAND 

Stt Melrose Ave., Bronx 

Phone Bryant 7735 Phone Melrose 1511 



WE BUY OR SELL 



LOEW'S THEATRICAL 
ENTERPRISES STOCK 



INQUIRIES INVITED 

GWYNNE BROS. 



25 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK 



Phone 3232 Broad 



Special Service for Vaudevillians 

I^ I i igl i Vj, 1 le a Ra i 1 road 

Rochester, $7tt Toronto, $14-55 

Buffalo, WSt Chicago, Ht.lt 

All Steel Cars, Lowest Fares, Special 

Baggage Service 

If You Want Anything Quick— 

'Phone W. B. LINDSAY, E. P. A^ Bryant 

4212 

A. J. SIMMONS, A. G. P. A. 

Ticket Office, B'way A 42nd SL, New York 



"I Write all Nat M. Wills' material" 

JAMES MADISON 

AUTHOR FOR MANY HEADLINERS 
1493 BROADWAY, NEW YORK (Room 417) 

Theatrical Photographer 

100 8x10, $10.M (Originals) 
100 8x10, $7.00 (Reproductions) 
100 5x7, $3.50 (Reproductions) 



445 EIGHTH AVENUE 



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Productions. 
•Today" 

"Law of the Land 1 
"Innocent" 
•Twin Beds" 
"Perfect Lady" 
"Under Fire" 

Selwyn's Latest 



Scenery 

Vaudeville 
Ruth St. Dennis 
Naximova 
Vassar Girls 
Walsh A Bentley 
Harry Lester Mason 
Lawrence D'Oraay 

Production, "Back Hones" 




Guerriiii Co 

Manufacturers of 

High Grade 

Accordions 

27t Columbus Avenue 
SAN FRANCISCO 



FRANK 
HAYDEN 



Inc. 



DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

DENTIST 



PUTNAM BUILDING, 14t3 BROADWAY 
S p e ci al Rates to the Prefeeeion 
Official Dentist to the White Rats j 



BENJ. O. DAVIS, Pres. 

56 West 45th Street 
New York City 

Telephone, 5275 Bryant 

THEATRICAL 

COSTUMES 



ATTRACTIVE PLATES 

For Production and Novelty Numbers 

ALWAYS ON HAND 



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Daaaon Bit 
Darling Fay 
Davles Warren C 
Darling Daisy (C) 
Davla Jack (C) 
Deane Daisy (C) 
DeCarlton George 
DeCorth Irene 
DeCoata Harry (C) 
DeL&lne Muriel K 
DeLaoey liable 
Delmore John Co (C) 
Delaney P B (C) 
DeMacoa The 
DeMar Orace 
DeMar Rose (C) 
Dempaey Tom 
Derrll Frank 
DePerrln Adele 
Devereax D 
Dickenson Louise 
Dlero Ouldo 
Dingle Tom 
Dooley Gordon 
Dooley Johnny 
D'Ormond John 
Dothery Theraaa (C) 
Downing Helen 
Draper Bert 
DuCallon 
Dulfer 

Dunbars Bell Ringers 
Dunfee Josephine 
Duraund Maude (C) 
Dwyer Eddie (C) 

E 
Earl Charles T 
Earl Olrla 
Bdmond Joe 
Edwards 81sters 
Ellaner A Sisters 
Elliot Fred 
Elliott Louise (C) 
Smart A L (C) 
Emmett Robt (C) 
English J A 



Erneat Gordon L 
Ernest A Prior 
Brwln Chris 
Esmeralda Edna 
Bsphey Mlna 
Evans Emmie 
Everette FIobsIs 
Everhardt Will 
Ezcellaa (C) 



(C) 



Pagan Mr 
Falk Charlie (C) 
Fellowea Mrs C (C) 
Frances Rutb 
Fenton Mane 
Fern BUUe 
Fielding H 
Fillmore Nellie (C) 
Fine Jack 
First Barney 
Flake Freeman 
Fltzslmons Rober 
FolU Virginia 
Foo Lee Tong (C) 
Forster Claude (C) 
Forrester Sidney (C) 
Fox Marlon (C) 
Fowler Levert 
Francis Alda 
Francis Milton J 
Frank W J 
Franklin Lob 
Frankleno Mrs F (C) 
Freek Joe 
French B (C) 



Oale Franklyn 
CTalvln Johnny 
Gardner H M 
Garfield Frank 
Gaston Henry 
Germalne Florie 
Germalne Florrle (C) 
Gibson Hardy 



Recognised Vaudeville Acts 



Write or Wire 



J. H. ALOZ 



Booking Agency 
Orpheum Theatre Bldg. 

MONTREAL, P. Q. 



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Glyn Harry 
Golden Florence 
Gordon & Elgin 
Gordon James 
Gordon Karlne 
Gordon W Jim 
Grant Fannie 
Grant & Greenwood 
Green J (C) 
Guard Harry 
Gwynne ft Goasett 

H 
Hadley Mae 
Hall Howard 
Hallen A Fuller 
Halllster Leonard 
Halperlne Nan 
Hamld Geo (C) 



Handeaa A Mallas 
Harcourt Daisy 
Harrla Al 

Hash t mate Frank (C) 
Haas Chuck 
Haverly Edward 
Haviland Batler 
Hanover May 
Hawthorne A Inglis 
Hayward Jessie 
Handler Hershel (C) 
Henry Kitty 
Henkel Otto 
Herneaa Mr (C) 
Heieman Alice (C) 
Hicks Phil 
Hllden J C 
Hlnea A Fox 
Hippie Clifford 
Hoffman Max (C) 



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The Best Small Time in the Far West. Steady Consecutive Work for Novelty Feature Acts 

EXECUTIVE OFFICES, ALCAZAR THEATRE BLDG., SAN FRANCISCO 
Can arrange from three to five weeks between sailings of boats for Australia for all first class 
acta. Communicate by wire or letter. 



AMALGAMATED Vaudeville Agency 

BOOKING 



B. S. MOSS, President and General Manager 

B. S. MOSS CIRCUIT PRUDENTIAL CIRCUIT 

PLIMMER CIRCUIT 

Artiste and Acts of every description suitable for vaudeville can obtain long engagements by 
BOOKING DIRECT with us. Send In your open time at oner or call. 

Offices: Columbia Theatre Building.— TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK.— Telephone Bryant t445. 



95% 



of all performers going to Europe make their steamship arrangementa through 
us. The following haver 

Camille Ober, Oscar and Suzette, Onre and Cie, Frank Orth, Joe Opp, 5 
Olympias, Onetti Sisters, Francini Glioma and Page, The Orans, Otto Bros., 
Oreo and Millas, O'Kabe Troupe, Arthur Nimz, Olivera Trio, Carl and Mary Ohm. 

PAUL TAUS1G 4k SON, 1M E. 14th St., New York City 
German Savings Bank Bldg. Telephoae Stuyvesant UM 

Fuller's Australasian Vaudeville Circuit 

Governing Director, Ben J. Fuller 

The "live wire'* circuit of the Southern Hemisphere. Where the "snake goods" play from ft to 
1M weeks. All Rail and Steamship Fares, excess baggage and haulage pata by the aaaJSageaaamt 
from AMERICA to AMERICA. 

Josephine Gassman, who has been on the circuit over 7t weeks (and still going strong), said. 
If the gang bach in the State, only knew what a "paradise for actors" Australia really is, Gael 
what a stampede there wouid be. If you have a good single, double or novelty act, gat la touch 
with BEN J. FULLER'S CHICAGO OFFICE. Silence a polite negative. 

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NEW YORK OFFICESt 311 Strand Theatre Bldg. 



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Hope Ruth 
Howard Joe B 
Hume Harrj (C) 
Hursley Troupe 
Hyman John (C) 

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Iris Elsie (C) 



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Jameson BE (C) 
Jericho Emily 
Johnson A B 
Johnson Geo 
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Johnson Neta 
Johnson W 
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Lay ton Harry (C ) 
Leo J LeBlank 
Le Bran Lou 
Lee Joe 
Leonard James 
Le Roy Paul (C) 
Leslie Frank 
Lewie Al (C) 
Lasalg J H 
Levee Carmen 
Levy ft Symphoney 

Qtrla 
Lewis Borden J 
Llchter "Baron" 
Lightner ft Jordan 
Linders H ft B (C) 
Littlejohns The 
Llvsey Albert 
Long Tack Sam 
Lorls John T (C) 
Lorraine ft Burke 
Loyal Sylvia 
Lynch Eva 



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Marlow Ban 
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Manley Edmund (C) 
Malvern Babe 
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Martyn A Florence 

(C) 
Marshall B Miss 
Martin Mary E 
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Meehan John 
Mellval Bert 
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Menlman Ruby 
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Menson Edith 
McCullough Walter 
McCarthy Mylea 
McDonald J J 
Mclntyre A Heath 
Miller Anna 
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Miller A Mack 
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Miller Thomas H 
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Moffett Jack (C) 
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Riley Eddie 
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Ross Roy (C) 
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Russell D N (C) 



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VARIITY 




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At the recent advertising men's conrention in Chicago 
it was disclosed that during the past year there was a 
general tendency on the part of advertisers to tighten 
up on the matter of appropriations. Advertisers who re- 
sorted to all manner of publications in exploiting their 
copy heretofore had carried out the retrenchment poli- 
cies by eliminating the publications with small circula- 
tions from their lists. If one publication completely cov- 
ered a certain community or field and another periodical 
covered a portion of the same field the ad men con- 
centrated their efforts solely upon the one paper with the 
larger circulation. 

One of the principal reasons for this sort of a retrench- 
ment policy as against a policy of cutting down the ap- 
propriations in a general way without dropping any 
of the mediums from the lists, was the fact that periodicals 
of small or uncertain circulation demanded space rates 
almost as high as the more widely circulated papers. In 
other words the ad rates of the little fellows were 
excessively high for the number of readers they carried 
as compared with the mediums of extensive circulation. 

The tendency to resort to but one publication in a given 
field was more marked among advertisers who rely upon 
trade publications for publicity. 

The advertisers in trade papers centered upon one 
medium in many of the various trades because the leading 
organ of the trade covered the field and the money allotted 
to the lesser lights, they figured, was money spent to 
repeat a message already sent. "It would be like sending 
the same form letter twice to the same man," said one 
expert. 

When the nation's greatest advertising experts point 
out a way to save money without curtailing tbeir scope 
the actor should be able to profit by the experiences and 
decisions set forth. 

In no trade or profession is there any one publication 
that covers so thoroughly the entire field as in the the- 
atrical profession. In the entire field of trade journalism 
there is not one organ that enjoys the international cir- 
culation that is carried by the principal medium of show 
business. There is no doubt at all as to what publication 
you would select if, for some reason, you were restricted 
to but one paper. Isn't your sole desire merely to reach 
them all? I ask you — you who have traveled all over the 
United States and perhaps abroad, What theatrical paper 
did you see everywhere? 

Now, then, if you have satisfied yourself upon the pre- 
eminent periodical in your line what inducements do the 
papers of lesser circulation hold out to you? 

Variety has used the line, "If you don't advertise in 
Variety, don't advertise." I would amend it to read, "If 
you don't advertiao in Variety, 70? don't advertise." 



MARGIE 



Invites Offers 

for 
Next Season 



Address Care 
VARIETY 
New York 



CATLIN 



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CHAS. CROSSMAN, Mgr. A Owner, Representative Marinelli 
Playing United Time Next Week (July 12) Pittsfield and Saratog 



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Howard Langford 

(Juvenile Light Comedian) 
Late feature of the "Night Clerk." 

Direction. WM. B. FRIED LANDER 



Sam Barto 



Variety. 



Jack from the small time 
Was drinking a stein 
In a classy New York cafe. 
He picked up two dames 
Without knowing their names. 
And Jack went home broke— 
So they say. 



MORAL 



"The Nearsighted can see their finish a* 
soon as others." 

CALLOWAY and 
ROBERTS 



ROY ATWELL 

With 

"ALL OVER TOWN" 

Garrick Theatre, Chicago 

For the Summer 



Valli - Sister 

IN A NEW ACT 
AN ENGLISH NOVELTY. 



Russo Nick (C) 
Ryan Bennett (C) 
Ryan Maude 
Ryan Thomas 

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8alto T (C) 
8alares W (C) 
Santhy Jos 
Savoy Lucille 
Schaeffer Hen 
Schwartz Ada (C) 
Scott John 
Scoble Ada (C) 
Beymore Anna 
Shannon Irene 
Shannon Walter (C) 
Shaw Lillian 
8heen Frank (C) 
Shenton Eva 
Shipley Harry (C) 
Blgler R C 
Sllber Arthur (C) 
Slmms Mr 
Slna Norbert 
8klpper George 
Bmalley Ed 
Smith Eftie (C) 
Smith Frank (C) 
Stanford Arthur 
8tanley CAR (C) 
Statrup Harry 
St Clair 
Stephens Paul 
Stevens Al 



Stewart Sisters 
Stewart Cal 
Stewrat Jennette 
St James W H 
Stone Deth R 
Storm Joan 
Strong E K 
Sully Lew 
Summers Cecil (C) 
Sunderland May 
Swarts Mrs (C) 
Sykes Harry (C) 



Terry Walter 
Themaines Mus'l (C) 
Thornton James A B 
Thurston Leslie 
Tompkins Ruth 
Tonge Philip (C) 
Tooca Madame 
Treleske Cottage (C) 
Turner & Orace 
Tuttle Mile 



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Vert Hazel 
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Von Dell Harry 
Von Ell Teresa 
Voe Madge 



Dertie rorfl 



The Tangolst on the Wire 
Orpheum — United 



James Kelso » d 
Blanche Leighton 

Direction GENE HUGHES 



CA I I ALL PEOPLE 
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ENGAGED FOR 



"HELLO GIRLS" 

Report for Rehearsal 10 A. M. 
Thursday, July 29 

TURN VEREIN, MS W. 54th St. 

Can use PONIES. MEDIUMS— Everything 

Furnished 

J. J. LIBERMAN, Room 411 

Gayety Theatre Bldg. 44th St. A B'way 



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Wakle Mrs H (C) 
Walsh May 
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Walton Evelyn 
W T ard Geo 
Warren Bob 
Wayne Eugene L <C) 
Wearing Nellie 
Webb Austin 
Wellington Winifred 

(C) 
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Wen rich Percy 
West Mollle 
West Ford 
West Willie (C) 
Weston Misses (C) 
Wheeler Nan (C) 
White Jack (C) 
Whiting George 
Wilbur Clarence 



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Williams Dorothy (C) 
Williams Herbert (C> 
Wilson Alma 
Wilson Letter 
Wilson Paul 
Winchester Ed 
Wlnehill Cliff (C) 
Wittes, Helen (C) 
Wolf us Hilda ((.') 
Wood Jack 
Wood Dell 
Wood Margie 
Wyer Forest G 



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York June 
Young C 
Yung Chu Chin 



Zenlta 
Zlnsmelster C F 





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All people engaged for 

HARRY HASTINGS' "BIG SHOW" 

kindly report for rehearsal* MONDAY, JULY It 

HARRY HASTINGS' "TANGO QUEENS" 

kindly report for rehearsals THURSDAY, JULY IS 

at Saengerbund Hall, Smith and Schermerhorn Sts., Brooklyn 

Can place "ponies," mediums, show girls. Kindly acknowledge to 
Room iff, Columbia Theatre Bldg. 

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CHAlKOsVOSIST 

BUSY AS A SCHfcAPNEL SHOP 




The Girls with the 
Funny Figure 

Direction 
SIMONS AGENCY 




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BROWN and 
JACKSON 

BOOKED SOLID ON LOEW CIRCUIT 
UNTIL AUGUST, THEN 

NEW ACT by TOMMY GRAY 
ENTITLED 

"At the Boat House" 




"Suffocated with 
dellghtfulness" 

Fiddler 



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U West 131st St., 
New York 

'Phone Harlem 35S7, 
Apt. 7 



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PRESENTING 

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Address: W. K. CHAO, VARIETY. NEW YORK 




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SOMETHING NEW "IN ONE" 
Address Care VARIETY, New York 




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a isap, 

Ctoaa ai a wnlstU asd istesth aa 
•Ian, 

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Flssliaa 

USA D'i act— ovtrtmrisf vita 

clan. 

A rOEMOL-l-GIST. 



THM «kK «©W!5**© 




FRANCES 
CLARE 



GUY 
RAWSON 



Direction. CHRIS O. BROWN 

Permanent address, Clara Cottage, a 
Fairvlew Ave., Auburndale, Lone I aland. 

(Phone Flushing 1712.) 




The World's Greatest 
Boomerang Throwers 

A SENSATIONAL NOVELTY 

VAN and BELLE 

BOOKED SOLID 
Direction, SIMON AOENCY 



Nan Halperin 



Direction, M. S. BE^^^HAM 




4 MARX BROS. * CO. 

IN "HOME AGAIN" 

Produced by AL SHEAN 

The moat sensational auccess of the season 
Direction HARRY WEBER Address VARIETY, New York 



SANDY SHAW 

Scotch Comedian 

Stands Alone 

Per. Address: TOM JONES, Putnam Bldg., 

New York 



Blanche Ring 

In VAUDEVILLE 

Permanent Addresst 

Sunny Gables, Mamaroneck, N. Y. 



For The Indifferent 
Audience 

TRY 

MARTYN and FLORENCE 

(Vaudeville'e Beet Opening Act) 



My Friends Tall Ma 
That if Personality 
Counta I am a n Add- 
Ing Machine. Thank 
You, Kind Friends. 

BILLY 
BEARD 

The Party from ■* ™ " ■ m W0 
the South" 
Boohed by ALF. T. WILTON 




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CAN'T BE DONE" 



Norman Jeffries singing a coon song. 
Bart McHugh eating meat on Friday. 
Edward Marshall playing a clarinet. 
Tommy Gray and his trained oyster. 
A slack-wire act by 

JIM-MARIAN 

HARKINS 




HARRY HOLMAN 
Adam "Killjoy" 

Next Week (July II) 
Grand. Philadelphia 

Direction 

THOS. J. FITZPATRICK 



ALFREDO 

RJCKARDS TOUR-AUSTRALIA 



John Lemuels 

BLACK-FACE COMEDIAN 

Personal Address, White Rats, West 4fth St. 

New York 



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don't advertise. 



BARON LICHTER 



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The man who combines nut comedy 
with piano solos (from grand opera 
to rag) which always results in making 
them laugh. 



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THAT'S THE WAY 

Advertise' 



The actor is now in demand. 
But where is the actor? 

Tell them where you are. 
Remind them of you. 

Advertise! 



Vaudeville wants acts; legitimate needs 
players to fill casts, and pictures want indi- 
viduality—new faces— somebody who can 
do something. 

The field is big; bigger than you are. No- 
body may recall you without something to 
remind them. An advertisement will do it, 
and if it does nothing else, it will give you 
world-wide publicity in VARIETY. 



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FOR WHAT AILS YOU 



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Another Country Conquered 

AS BIG A SUCCESS W AUSTRALIA 
as we were in ENGLAND 



Mr. HUGH D. MclHTOSH says : 

"The most successful and artistic double 
turn that has ever played our circuit." 



Brighton Beach Next Week 

(July 19) 

THANKS TO HUGH D. McINTOSH 

for our very pleasant engagement. 

Play return date in 1917. 




Vol. XXXIX. No. 7. 



NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1915. 



PRICE 10 CENTS 



OUTLOOK FOR NEXT SEASON 
CARRIES MANY POSSIBILITIES 



and Burlesque People Optimistic On Situation; 
Vaudeville People Possibly Facing Another Salary 
Cut. Routing Temporarily Postponed* 



With August and the season's open- 
ing rapidly approaching, the principal 
topic of discussion in professional cir- 
cles seems to revolve around the pos- 
sibilities for next season in all branches 
of theatricals generally, but particu- 
larly in the vaudeville end, where the 
larger number of individuals are di- 
rectly interested. The unofficial an- 
nouncement of another contemplated 
cut in vaudeville salaries and the offi- 
cial announcement of a temporary dis- 
continuance of vaudeville routing by 
the United Booking Office have pre- 
cipitated a condition that stands with- 
out parallel in vaudeville's history and 
created a feeling of alarm through- 
out the acting profession that is hardly 
warranted by the current situation as 
seen from the inside. 

While the announcement as yet is 
unofficial, there is no doubt big time 
managers have definitely decided upon 
a rearrangement of vaudeville salaries, 
but this is thought to refer only to 
the higher priced specialties and those 
coming under the headline qualifi- 
cation. The medium grade acts, 
through the cut imposed last season, 
have had their salaries gauged and re- 
adjusted. The U. B. O. routing meet- 
ings were discontinued to allow the 
executives and managers an opportun- 
ity to study the situation before load- 
ing up with contracts that would force 
them to operate and maintain their 
houses and circuits next season regnrd 
less of circumstances. While the ret »u 
lar booking meetings have hern h»»M 
up the agency is dickering daily with 
desirable attractions and where the 
salary asked and offered is a&'f cable 
to both the United and the app'icnt. 



the act is generally routed. Just when 
the routing will be resumed by the big 
agency is unknown at present for it 
is understood the managers are 
considering the practicability of con- 
tinuing many of the former big time 
houses under the small time or straight 
picture policies as inaugurated with the 
arrival of summer weather. In some 
instances, the small time shows at 
cheaper admission prices have returned 
profits where the same houses showed 
to losses during the regular season 
with big time programs. The most 
prominent instance of this kind at hand 
is Keith's Royal in The Bronx, which 
is now playing to capacity with a pop 
bill carrying big names at small ad- 
mission prices. 

Reports from the road indicate pop 
vaudeville and pictures are preferred 
to big time shows and it is possible 
that unless the managers, particularly 
those behind the Keith interests, can 
amicably arrange their big time pro- 
grams at cheaper cost than in former 
seasons, the small time shows will re- 
main. In order to reduce the cost it 
is figured the higher priced acts will 
either have to stand the cut or go. An 
announcement on the stand to be taken 
by the United Booking Office officials 
is shortly expected and until that time 
the prospects for the 1915-16 vaude- 
ville season will remain somewhat of a 
mystery. 

The picture industry faces a crisis 
*'«at may definitely determine its fu- 
ture unless some diplomatic promoter 
and financier creates a system to ad- 
just the salary question in that branch 
of imusements. The keenness of com- 
i ('ition in the manufacturing end of 
>• ures is largely responsible for the 
sr.' len inflation of salaries that threat- 
to send a number of the magnates 
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ROOF GARDENS BARRED. 

An ordinance passed by the Board 
of Aldermen about two weeks ago ap- 
pears to have escaped newspaper notice. 

The measure restricts the building of 
roof gardens in New York to build- 
ings not containing a theatre. 

The present roofs over theatres are 
the New York, Amsterdam, Hammer- 
stein's, American and Century opera 
house. The Casino has a roof unused 
for years, and the Madison Square 
Garden's top would be called a theatre- 
roof. 



SH! IT'S A SECRET. 

Adele Ritchie and Guy Bates Post, 
both on the Coast at present, are pre- 
paring to spring a surprise in the near 
future by announcing their engage- 
ment. Several of their most intimate 
friends in the east have been aware 
that Mr. Post was planning to lead 
Miss Ritchie to the altar for some 
time, but thus far they have managed 
to keep the plot dark. As far as 
known at present the date is set for 
the early Fall. 



LOEW RESUMES AUG. 1. 

About Aug. 1 will be the date when 
the Loew booking department will 
again actively resume bookings, includ- 
ing routes for next season. 

So far this summer the circuit has 
been playing acts under contract and 
turns of the lesser prices for the sum- 
mer bills, leaving few openings on the 
hooks for the larger priced acts. 



MOROSCO'S 10c GALLERY. 

Los Angeles, July 14. 
The Oliver Morosco production "So 
Long Letty," with Charlotte Green- 
wood and Sidney Grant, is pulling big 
business here, playing to particularly 
strong gallery business with a 10-cent 
admission to that section. The bal- 
ance of the scale is 25, 50 and 75. 



LAURA NELSON HALL SKETCH. 

In about two weeks at the Palace. 
New York, Laura Nelson Hall will 
play a sketch as the feature attraction 
of the vaudeville bill. 

M. S. Bentba*r» : representing the 
star in the vr it-ties. 



COLLIER BACK IN FOLD. 

There is a strong possibility William 
Collier will be seen again as a Froh- 
man star next season, for negotiations 
are on at present to bring about that 
possibility. 

It seems that when Mr. Collier left 
the Frohman management some time 
ago Mr. Frohman said he would always 
welcome him to return. This week the 
comedian and Augustus Thomas, the 
newly appointed art director of the 
Frohman offices, have had several con- 
ferences. 



WEBER'S FRENCH COMEDY. 

An adaptation of a comedy in the 
French has been accepted by Joe 
Weber, for production in November. 

It was played in Paris to an estab- 
lished success, and will be called for 
this side, "His Honor, the Judge." A 
cast of 22 with eight important princi- 
pals will be required. There will be no 
star or featured player in the company. 



LACKATE HAS ROUTE. 

A route covering eastern and west- 
ern territory has been given to Wilton 
Lackaye for next season, in his latest 
sketch, "The Bomb." Mr. Lackaye will 
open at the Orpheum, Brooklyn, Sep- 
tember 13, playing in the East for the 
United Booking Offices and in the 
West over the Orpheum Circuit. 

William L. Lykens is Mr. Lackaye's 
vaudeville representative. 



44TH STREET DEAL ACTIVE. 

The proposition to place Hammer- 
stein's as a big time vaudeville name 
behind a bill of similar kind at the 
Shuherts* 44th Street Theater became 
active this week. 

It was said the competition for the 
44th Street as a vaudeville house had 
grown almost violent, through Frank 
A. Keeney going after it as an inde- 
pendent venture for himself and with- 
out regard to the securing of the Ham- 
mersteins' United Booking Offices 
franchise, which Mr. Keeney at first 
was desirous of getting in connection 
with the 44th Street Theater. Keeney 
has apparently given up the quest for a 
theater site with a Broadway entrance 
in the Times square district. 

If you don't advertise In VARII 
don't advertise. 



CABLES 



THREE KNIGHTS IN THE HALLS ; 
PALACE'S $10,000 PROGRAM 

Sir Beerbohm Tree, Sir George Alexander and Sir Ernest Mare 

Will Likely Appear in Halls Simultaneously in Fall. 

Palace Bill Next Week Costing House $10,000. 



London, July 14. 

Sir George Alexander and Sir Ernest 

Hare have been placed with the Moss' 

Empires for a music hall appearance 

in the late fall. This will give the 
halls three Knights at a time, Walter 
Hast, who arranged for the two titles 
to go into vaudeville, also having placed 
Sir Beerbohm Tree. 

Sir George will appear in a con- 
densed version of "Bella Donna," fol- 
lowing his new play at the St. James. 
Sir Ernest is to put on "A Quiet 
Rubber." 

The Palace has a record salary list 
scheduled for next week, the total 
figure running up to $10,000, including 
Guilbert, Tilley, Kyasht, Hawtrey, Po- 
laire, Gertie Gitana and the Liverpool 
Players. 



LONDON'S MUSIC HALL POOL. 

London, July 14. 

There are negotiations under way for 
a gigantic pooling arrangement of Lon- 
don music halls. Those most promi- 
nently mentioned at present are the 
Palace, Empire and Alhambra. The 
first two are now under the direction 
of Alfred Butt, who is expected to head 
the combine, if consummated. This 
latter item could not be reached for 
several months, but if the deal goes 
through, it will decidedly alter the 
music hall map of this town. 

Mr. Butt's success with his theatrical 
enterprises have naturally brought him 
to the front as a forceful and resource- 
ful impresario. Were the music halls 
now contemplated brought together for 
pooling purposes, the logical aftermath 
would be that other halls desired could 
be taken into the same camp. 



"FULL HOUSE" ABROAD. 

London, July 14. 

Eddie Weil, acting for H. H. Frazee, 
has sold the English rights to "A Full 
House" to Alfred Butt, who expects 
the piece will follow another American 
play, "Peg O' My Heart," at the Globe, 
when "Peg" shall be withdrawn. This 
is not imminent as "Peg" played to 
over $5,000 last week. 

Mr. Weil also disposed of the Eng- 
lish rights to the Willard-Johnson fight 
film to Rufe Naylor. 



COMEDY RANK FAILURE. 

London, July 14. 

A rank failure was the verdict for 
""Enterprising Helen," a comedy by 
Frank Coutts, produced at the Vaude- 
ville theatre. 

When tried out at Brighton previous 
to the London premiere, Cissie Loftus 
was in the cast. In the recasting of 
the play, Miss Loftus was among the 
imissing. Among those in the London 



production are Gladys Mason, Jessie 
Winter, Lennox Pawle and Ben Web- 
ster. 



MAY REBUILD TIVOLI. 

London, July 14. 
If the Tivoli site is not soon sold, 
it is reported tlie directors may rebuild 
the famous music hall. 



"SHELL OUr' A REVUE. 

London, July 14. 

At the Comedy theatre next month 
Albert de Courville will produce a re- 
vue called "Shell Out," written by him- 
self and Wal Pink. 

The Comedy will first present the 
show about Aug. 16. It is designed as 
a burlesque on current revue methods. 
Tom Emney, Tom Stuart and Nilda 
Bailley are among the early engage- 
ments. 



WALLER ON THE SCREEN. 

London, July 14. 
Conan Doyle's "Brigadier Gerard" 
will be converted into a picture scen- 
ario. For the leading roles of the film 
production, Lewis Waller and Madge 
Titheradge have been engaged. 



"ON TRIAL" FALLING OFF. 

London, July 14. 
A new attraction is being sought for 
the Lyric, to replace "On Trial," which 
has fallen off quite badly, playing to 
less than $3,000 weekly. 









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MIKE DONLIN 

Early in August the Arrow Film Corporation 
will release the five-part feature. "Right Off 
the Bat," in which the life of Mike Donlin, 
undoubtedly the best known and most popular 
ball player in the world, will be pictured from 
infancy to manhood. Donlin, the first ball 

fdayer to invade theatricals, is still active in 
lis chosen profession and recently refused an 
attractive offer from the Brookfeds to cover 
first base for the Ward team. The picture is 
being taken in the Berkshires and a score of 
prominent ball players have volunteered their 
support aside from an all star cast especially 
cnRaged. With the publicity that will naturally 
follow the release, the Donlin film should prove 
a record breaker. 



PRINCE IN THE FIRE. 

Authur Prince, England's foremost 
ventriloquist, has answered the call of 
king and country and is at present 
holding a lieutenant's commission in 
the 215th London Brigade of the Royal 
Field Artillery. Prince is at present 
billeted with the Headquarter's Staff at 
Little Hadham Hall, Herts Co., Eng- 
land, and is anxiously awaiting the call 
that will send his company to the fight- 
ing line. 

Mr. Prince recently canceled a sea- 
son's work in America in order to join 
his regiment, after being officially noti- 
fied that his brigade had been called 
to the colors. 



MRS. CARTER'S DILEMMA. 

London, July 14. 

Mrs. Leslie Carter is in a dilemma. 
She is stopping at the Savoy and has 
a flattering contract for a six weeks' 
engagement over here, but has been 
unable to conveniently arrange a vaude- 
ville route over the Orpheum Circuit 
in the States in accordance. 

The Orpheum Circuit is requesting 
Mrs. Carter to open on its time Aug. 1. 
She does not care to sacrifice the Amer- 
ican engagement, nor does Mrs. Carter 
see a way clear to relinquish the Eng- 
lish contract without ensuing law suits. 



ENTERTAINING SOLDIERS. 

Chicago, July 14. 
There is an encampment of 50,000 
French-Canadians in Winnipeg. Vaude- 
ville acts are entertaining the men 
who are said to be about to leave for 
the front Only male acts appear. 
Some of the turns playing received 
four-week contracts. The encamp- 
ment is being kept quiet and evidently 
out of the papers. 



KNOBLAUCH SKETCH POOR. 

London, July 14. 
"How to Get On," a Knoblauch 
sketch opening at the Victoria Palace 
Monday and starring Norman McKin- 
nel, was well played, but the piece itself 
is inconsequential. 



DANCERS SCORE. 

London, July 14. 
The Magleys, an American dancing 
turn, opening at the Palace Monday, 
scored strongly. 



Teddie Gerard Engaged for Palace. 

London, July 14. 

Theatricals may be slow in the States 
and Joe Raymond finding things dull 
agenting, but Mrs. Raymond is going 
forward in an earnest endeavor to se- 
cure herself proper food and shelter. 
Mrs. Raymond, otherwise Teddie 
Gerard, has been engaged for the new 
show at the Palace, due in September. 



SAILINGS. 

Aug. 3 (for Australia), Sophie 
Tucker, Ozard Bros., Edward Mar- 
shall, Annie Kent, Stafford and Kent 
(Sonoma). 

July 17, George Dunlevy (Phil- 
adelphia). 

London, July 14. 
July 24, Elsie Janis, Mrs. Janis, James 
Matthews (St. Louis). 



BEATING THE BOOKIES. 

With the races closed at Aqueduct 
for the season after the running of the 
historic Futurity handicap, the the- 
atrical colony who patronized the 
ponies began to count up their win- 
nings and losses. 

Of the many players connected with 
the profession, Frank Bohm returned 
with the best results, having cleaned up 
$10,000 in ten days of action. The best 
bet won by Bohm was taken down on 
Monday when the agent placed a thou- 
sand dollars on Amalfi to win at six to 
one. Amalfi breezed in and Bohm sent 
back several hundred dollars on 
another race which netted him another 
thousand. Wednesday he visited the 
track to play the Futurity, but left nine- 
tenths of his total winnings in the bank, 
solemnly declaring the best the book- 
ies would take back would be the other 
tenth of their losses. No other win- 
nings were reported that could ap- 
proach Bohm's in size. 



REVIVING "READY MONEY. 91 

London, July 14. 
"Ready Money" is to be revived at 
the New theatre with Allan Aynes- 
worth and Kenneth Douglas in their 
original roles; providing Aynesworth 
recovers from the illness he was 
stricken with during rehearsals. 



JACK JOHNSON AN 'ANGEL" 

London, July 14. 
Ex-Champ Jack Johnson has become 
an actor-"angel." He is financing and 
will personally appear in a revue, writ- 
ten by Charles Danvers, to open in 
August. 



"STEP" PROVINCIAL RIGHTS. 

London, July 14. 

The provincial rights to "Watch Your 
Step" have been taken by Harry Day. 

It is reported here that Alfred Butt, 
who has reproduced the Charles Dill- 
ingham musical comedy for London, 
pays Mr. Dillingham 15 per cent, of the 
gross receipts as royalty. 



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'Butterfly" Court Scene Opening. 

London, July 14. 

The divorce court scene from "The 
Butterfly on the Wheel" will open as 
a vaudeville turn at the Chelsea Palace 
July 26. 



Coming Oyer for the Orpheum. 

London, July 14. 
Ben Beyer, the American bicyclist, 
will said for New York Aug. 14 on the 
St. Paul, having accepted a route on 
the Orpheum Circuit, opening in 
Omaha Sept. 5. This will necessitate 
the postponement of his English dates 
until next summer. 



Ernest Edelsten's Wife Dies. 

London, July 14. 
The wife of Ernest Edelsten, the 
London vaudeville agent, died sud- 
denly in a sanitarium. 



Veteran English Actor Dies. 

London, July 14. 
James Fernandez, a veteran actor 
with a stage career embracing 60 years, 
died yesterday. 



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VAUDEVILLE 



YORKVILLE AND MURRAY HILL 
POOLED IN POLICY EXCHANGE 



Marcus Loew's 86th Street Will Play Columbia Burlesque, 

While Columbia's Downtown Theatre Is to Have Loew's 

Pop Vaudeville. Other Pooling Deals Near Closing. 



The first of the pooling arrangements 
of New York theatres, predicted in last 
week's Varietv, arrived Wednesday 
when the Yorkville theatre of Marcus 
Loew was linked with the Murray Hill, 
of the Columbia Amusement Co. The 
Yorkville has been playing pictures 
since Loew's Orpheum next door 
opened. It will have the American 
Circuit (Columbia) burlesque with the 
opening of the season, while the bur- 
lesque-vacated Murray Hill will hold 
the Loew pop vaudeville policy from 
that time on, the two theatres to be 
pooled in the receipts and operating 
expenses. 

The Murray Hill has been affected by 
the opening of the Columbia on Broad- 
way, also by the Olympic on 14th 
street, another theatre that plays Col- 
umbia shows. Loew's Yorkville had 
no alternative excepting pictures when 
its neighborly competitor commenced 
to do a turnaway business for Loew. 

Two other pooling deals were re- 
ported very near to closing at the time 
the Yorkville-Murray Hill matter 
leaked out. 



CONSIDINE SELLS. 

San Francisco, July 14. 
One of the most important deals, 
from a vaudeville standpoint, consum- 
mated on the Pacific Coast was com- 
pleted this week when David and Sid 
Grauman purchased outright John 
Considine's interest in the Empress 
theatre in this city, considered one of 
the strongest stands on the circuit. 
While no official figures could be as- 
certained, it is believed Considine re- 
ceived a big sum for his third portion 
of the house. 

Incidentally this move, eliminating 
John Considine as a local theatrical 
factor, relaxes the fondest business 
dream of .Dave Grauman's career. The 
Graumans and Considine have been 
professionally connected for many 
years, the Considine road shows play- 
ing the Grauman house when the latter 
owned the National, where it is said 
they cleaned up a fortune. Grauman 
had the Sullivan-Considine and later 
the Loew franchise for first run shows 
for this city, the Wigwam and Qther 
theatres accepting attractions from the 
Coast circuit being content to play the 
bills after they had been shown at the 
Grauman house. With the erection of 
the Empress, Considine renewed the 
franchise and took over a one-third 
interest in the theatre, although it was 
commonly known that Grauman would 
never have relinquished any part of 
the stock unless it was absolutely 
necessary to protect his bookings. 
With the transfer of the S-C string 
to Loew, the Considine interes\ 
wa9 transferred and later, when the 
Loew people, taking advantage of 



their contract, turned back the circuit 
to John Considine, the latter held his 
Empress interest, but the booking 
pTOspects were decidedly slim. The 
Affiliated Booking Co. of Chicago has 
been supplying acts for the Coast Con- 
sidine houses, with the Empres picking 
up local attractions to fill their bill. 
W r ith no future prospects for booking 
protection, the Graumans decided to 
resume complete control in their Em- 
press and negotiations were opened 
that resulted in the final transfer of the 
house this week. The A. B. C. will in 
all probability continue to book the 
house until other arrangements have 
been made. 

Los Angeles, July 14. 

The acts playing the Considine Coast 
theatres will be booked into the Hip- 
podrome, this city, commencing next 
week, the deal coming through an ar- 
rangement made between John Consi- 
dine and the Western States Vaude- 
ville Association. 

The arrangement between Considine 
and the Western States Vaudeville As- 
sociation renews the report Considine 
is negotiating with the Ackerman firm 
to either transfer his entire Coast 
string to the W. S. V. A. or arrange 
to handle the bookings of its houses 
when the season opens. In either case 
the establisuhment of an Eastern book- 
ing agency would be essential. 

It is well known that Considine has 
been trying to unload his circuit, either 
by selling the string in one parcel or 
releasing the houses individually, as 
was done in the Grauman instance. 
Considine has also considered the ad- 
visability of reopening the houses next 
month at a ten-cent admission scale 
or with a straight picture policy, but 
this idea has been given up, for the 
Coast is well supplied with regular pic- 
ture theatres and the ten-cent vaude- 
ville policy would necessitate the open- 
ing of an Eastern agency to supply 
the attractions. 

Should Considine and the W. S. V. 
A. come to a business understanding. 
S-C would be well fortified along the 
Coast proper, for the "Association" 
now holds the lease on the local Hip- 
podrome (formerly Anderson's Gaiety) 
and also the Los Angeles Hip, besides 
its other houses. 

Seattle, July 14. 
The re-engagement of Maurice J. 
Burns for me position of Seattle rep- 
resentative of the Sullivan-Considine 
circuit was officially announced here 
this - ek. P was reported Burns 
wr-i;. re-eriUi hi 1 - former offices. 

!ii may possibly mean that John 

Coi Jine is r,\: icing preparations to 

resume action throughout his entire 

rniit mxt scas.-.n in the event that no 

rr <)c\\ interferes. 



ORPHEUM BUYS ORPHEUMS. 

Seattle, July 14. 

The Orpheum Circuit has bought 
out the Sullivan-Considine interest in 
the Orpheum theatres at this point and 
Portland. The sale was made by John 
W. Considine. 

The Orpheums have been playing 
the Orpheum big time vaudeville and 
will continue with that, with the 
Orpheum Circuit wholly directing the 
theatres hereafter. 

Martin Beck has appointed Carl 
Reiter manager of the Seattle 
Orpheum. No one to take charge of 
the Portland house for next season 
has yet been decided upon. 



CLAYTON ACT BROKEN UP. 

Bessie Clayton and her Sextet have 
parted professionally, the move neces- 
sitating the cancellation of the Palace 
engagement this week, where Miss 
Clayton and her Sextet were scheduled 
to headline the program. The separa- 
tion proceedings resulted from a ruling 
by Miss Clayton's manager, Bert 
Cooper, who, it is said, informed the 
musicians Monday they would be re- 
quired to work the entire week at the 
Palace without salaries, for some rea- 
son he did not give. Not anxious to 
establish a precedent in this particular 
respect, the Sextet demanded Miss 
Clayton deposit their salaries in ad- 
vance before they would consent to 
assist in the performance. This being 
refused, the men genially bid everyone 
adieu and departed, and the Clayton 
act had to leave the bill. Shortly after- 
ward the entire sextet was engaged for 
next season by Charles Dillingham, to 
appear in one of his new productions. 

Some time ago Bessie Clayton and 
her Sextet were billed to appear at the 
Majestic, Chicago, but canceled before 
opening, the excuse being illness, al- 
though it was generally understood the 
ailment was brought on by the billing. 
At that time the theatre management 
requested the sextet to appear without 
their principal, but permission to do 
this was refused by Miss Clayton and 
the engagement never materialized. 
With the principal support of her act 
gone, the Clayton specialty, considered 
one of the best dancing productions, of 
the season is disbanded. Whether Miss 
Clayton will engage another sextet, if 
one is procurable, or whether she will 
continue without the harmonious ac- 
companiment is unknown as yet. 

The Palace management received a 
doctor's certificate stating Miss Clay 
ton had strained a muscle and could 
not appear. 



TAB IN 116TH STREET. 

The 116th Street theatre will reopen 
July 19, with a stock tabloid policy, 
playing three shows daily and staging 
two different shows each week. The 
entire company is coming up from the 
Plaza, with Bennie Bernard directing. 
The current week is being spent in 
rehearsing. The cast includes Mr. and 
Mrs. Bennie Bernard. George Bren- 
nan. Al Watson, George Goodrich. 
Doris Clare and a prima donna, with 
the usual chorus. 

The Plaza is continuing with the tab 
shows, but a new cast was engaged for 
the house this week. 



IN AND OUT. 

Sunshine and Tempest (reunited) 
were twice replaced in their headline 
position for the Palace this week, be- 
fore the<Monday matinee. Bessie Clay- 
ton and Co. were the first substitutes 
Upon they finding a reason not to ap- 
pear, Adelaide and Hughes were given 
the spot. Sunshine and Tempest are 
engaged for the Charles Dillingham 
production of the new Irving Berlin 
show in the fall. Their Palace cancella- 
tion was due to the sprain Miss Sun- 
shine received while appearing with 
her sister at Henderson's a couple of 
weeks ago. 

Toby Claude opened at Morrison's, 
Kockaway, Monday, upon the cancella- 
tion of the engagement by Fox and 
Dolly, Jennie Dolly finding she could 
not arrange l.er picture time to play the 
week in \audevitle. 

Fritzi Scheflf lost her voice before 
the opening matinee this week at the 
Brighton, with Norah Baycs acting as 
the emergency act. 

Lee and Cranston were called upon 
to fill the gap left by Nonette when 
she walked out of the Majestic, Chi- 
cago, after being placed No. 2 at the 
Monday matinee. 



NELLIE REVELL PLACED. 

Nellie Revell who for the past two 
years has handled the vaudeville de- 
partment of the Morning Telepraph, 
resigned from that position this week 
to assume supervision of the various 
publicity departments of the Orpheum 
Circuit. Miss Revell will become a 
member of the Orpheum staff on Aug. 
1, following a short vacation to be 
spent in Chicago. 

Nellie Revell enjoys the distinction 
of having been the first vaudeville 
press agent as well as the first woman 
advance representative. She has an 
extensive acquaintance throughout the 
profession and until the retirement of 
Percy G. V\ ill ams did the press work 
for his entire Greater New York 
circuit. 



UNION SQUARE CLOSING. 

Keith's Union Square theatre will 
close for the summer at the expira- 
tion of the present week after a short 
season of tabloid shows, the Johnnie 
Galvin Co. being the first and last 
show to play the house. The Galvins 
close a week's engagement there Sun- 
day and the house will be turned over 
to the decorators for thorough clean- 
ing and renovating. 

The present plans point toward a 
September reopening, but the policy for 
next season has not yet been deter- 
mined upon. It has practically been 
decided, however, that either "tab" 
shows or straight pictures will be 
played, with the tabloid shows favored. 



RITA QUITS "MAID." 

Chicago, July 14. 
Rita Gould stepped out of the "Maid 
in America" show at the Palace Satur- 
day and was immediately engaged by 
the Selig picture company for a year. 
Miss Gould thought she had made Suf- 
ficient hit in the show to demand a 
raise of $100 in her weekly salary and 
informed Lee Shubert to that effect. 
Then *he left the show. 



VAUDEVILLE 



BIG TIME CIRCUITS PREPARING 
NEXT SEASON'S OPENING DATES 



Orpheum Circuit's Dates Set Well in Advance. United Booking 

Offices to Govern Opening Dates by Weather's Actions. 

Interstate Opening Dates Definitely Set. 



Tin* houses on the Keith circuit 
proper and those hooked hy the United 
Booking Offices have decided to gov- 
ern the opening dates for next season 
on the action of the weather. 

Heretofore it has been the custom 
to reopen the houses on Labor Day. 
regardless of weather conditions or 
business. As a rule the big holiday 
business was followed by a slump, due 
to the return of warm weather, conse- 
quently the managers have definitely 
decided to withhold any opening an- 
nouncement until they are assured of 
the permanent disappearance of sum- 
mer. 

The reopening dates of the Orpheum 
circuit for those houses that closed dur- 
ing the current summer were officially 
announced this week as follows: Aug. 
15. Kansas City. Minneapolis and St. 
Paul; Aug. 22. Salt Lake. Omaha and 
Sioux City: Aug. 29, Denver, Des 
Moines and Duluth; Aug. 30, Memphis; 
Sept. 5, Seattle and Winnipeg: Sept. 6. 
New Orleans; Sept. 12. Portland. 

The only possibility of a change rests 
in the Duluth house. This may not 
open until later in the season, although 
at the present time the opening date is 
scheduled as above. 

The official opening dates for the 
vaudeville houses operated by the In- 
terstate Circuit in the South and 
booked through the Orpheum offices 
by Celia Bloom, are as follows: Dal- 
las, Aug. 15; Fort Worth. Aug 16; 
Houston, Aug 22; San Antonio. Aug. 
29; Little Rock, Sept. 6. 

The road shows will travel intact as 
formerly. 



KEITH SITE CLOSED. 

Providence, R. I., July 14. 

The papers for the closing of the 
site for the new B. F. Keith theatre 
were brought here today by Maurice 
Goodman, the Keith attorney. 

The new Keith's, when completed in 
about a year, will seat around 2,700. 
The site is bounded by Snow, Chaplin 
and Westminister streets, with the 
principal entrance to be on the latter 
thoroughfare. 

There is a Keith's theatre here now, 
which the new house is to replace for 
big time vaudeville. 



ACT USING MASK DISGUISE. 

Of all the freakish things in connec- 
tion with acts "playing opposition" and 
the customary care ordinarily taken to 
prevent the fact becoming known to 
other circuits, the expedient resorted 
to the first half of this week bv a turn 
in an uptown popular-priced vaude- 
ville theat • should be awarded the 
gold med 

The t i consists of a man and a 
woman v io do a "strong act" (lifting). 
They appeared upon the stage of the 



theatre at both performances Monday 
wearing masks, although billed and 
programmed under a fictitious title 
(Osborne and Unice). 

The use of assumed names for turns 
on small time, when the acts have been 
playing qr expect to again play big 
time, is quite common, but for vaude- 
ville artists to attempt to hide their 
identity under masks is novel. 

Trie turn upon immediately going 
into their stage work, was quickly rec- 
ognized by one of the other circuit's 
representatives present, who duly made 
his report to headquarters. 



ANOTHER PICTURE POINT. 

Another point in connection with 
headliners who have lent themselves to 
the screen camera arose with the en- 
gagement of Moore and Littlefield to 
head the Keith's. Washington, bill this 
week. When the announcement was 
given out in the Capitol picture houses 
billed the "Chimmie Fadden" (Lasky) 
feature that has Victor Moore starred 
in it the picture places advertised 
against the Keith engagement with the 
result the United Booking offices sub- 
stituted Emma Carus for the headline 
spot, instead of the originally booked 
pair. 

This incident, following the Mrs. 
Leslie Carter picture matter in con- 
nection with vaudeville will no doubt 
have a decided effect upon vaudeville 
bookings affected. The U. B. O. may 
issue a statement detailing its position 
and opinion on the headliner-in-pic- 
tures within a week or so. 



CONEY ISLAND LOSSES. 

An old Coney Island showman says 
65 concessions on the Island have 
closed since July 5, the end of the 
three-day holiday period that concluded 
with rain. 

The Saturday and Sunday of the 4th 
were big days for Coney in the mat- 
ter of crowds, but could not bring back 
those concessionaires who were faced 
with the second installment of their 
summer rent, and had seen 25 out of 
the 30 days in June bring wet weather 
with them. 



DOOLEY AND SALES' PRESENT. 

Dooley and Sales are celebrating 
their return from Australia by an 
appearance at the Brighton theatre 
next week, their first on this side since 
their successful tour of the Antipodes 
for Hugh Mcintosh, over the Rickards 
time. 

Before leaving Sydney Mr. Mcintosh 
presented the team with a mahogany 
boomerang, carrying a gold plate read- 
ing that Dooley and Sales were one 
of the biggest hits ever on the Rickards 
Circuit. 



NEXT SEASON'S OUTLOOK. 

(Continued from Page 6.) 
to the wall unless a loophole is cre- 
ated that will release them from the 
desperate situation they have created. 

That the picture men were secretly 
considering the advisability of a gen- 
eral cut in all salaries has been con- 
sistently rumored of late, but there 
seems no foundation to base the report 
upon and until the picture business as- 
sumes some semblance of a normal 
condition It is very probable the pres- 
ent inconsistent system of engagements 
will continue with the same consistent 
results. 

The music publishing business has 
endured a season of hardships that es- 
tablishes a precedent in its own par- 
ticular line with several smaller pub- 
lishers going to the wall and one larger 
one (F. A. Mills) making his exit via 
the bankruptcy route. The sensible 
formation of the Music Publisher's 
Board of Trade, which eliminated a 
number of evils of the profession, un- 
doubtedly kept several other publishers 
in business over the stormy period and 
while the coming season does not con- 
tain any alluring promises, the major- 
ity of those in the music business seem 
to feel the decade's crisis has slipped 
by and the arrival of another active 
season can bold at the very worst, an 
even break. The indiscriminate and 
reckless formation of music firms, in 
the majority of cases based around the 
professional reputation of the principal 
firm member, has likewise seen its day 
and it looks as though the future will 
keep the business for those particular 
publishers who make a business of the 
-tame and carry their publishing efforts 
along an organized form of legitimate 
business rules. 

The producers in the legitimate field 
are somewhat chary of the coming 
season, although fluently enough an- 
nouncing productions for the $2 the- 
atres. Most of those proposed and 
actually commenced to date are plays 
involving a light production expense. 
With the war still raging and the con- 
dition of this country, little, if any 
changed from last season, the legiti- 
mate managers want to first locate 
something more definite in response 
to the box office than they have had 
for a year past, although there are a 
fixed number of houses in the larger 
cities that must be filled. Most of 
these must be kept filled, and therein 
lies -- the problem of producing to suc- 
cessfully do so. Last season saw a 
lar*»e number of shows rushed through 
to keep theatres' doors open. Were 
the number of houses less, saner judg- 
ment would have prevailed in the se- 
lection of plays. 

Pictures are colliding with the legiti- 
mate, in the matter of engagements. 
The legitimate manager is no longer 
independent in "casting a play" nor can 
he do so with the ease of former sea- 
sons. What is very important to him. 
it is costing much more in salary, to the 
actors to secure the company desired. 
"Pictures" with its proposition of "a 
year" or longer, which means 52 weeks 
to a year, rain or shine, no half weeks 
nor rehearsals without pay. at a larger 
salary than the producing manager can 
afford, steps in to beckon to the legiti- 



mate player, especially the better 
known, several of whom have already 
expressed a preference for continuous 
film work. 

The outlook for the coming season 
in burlesque is apparently more favor- 
able than for man*- years past. This is 
mainly due to the fact that there will 
be no aggressive opposition, a condi- 
tion that has not existed since the split 
in the Empire Circuit about 12 years 
ago which then resulted in the forma- 
tion of the Columbia Amusement Co. 
Whiles there will be two burlesque cir- 
cuits, both will be controlled by the 
Columbia Amusement Co. Each cir- 
cuit will have its own. scale of prices, 
and where the shows of both play in 
the same cities, the methods of adver- 
tising will be so directed they will not 
conflict with one another. Also there 
is every indication that in the organi- 
zation of the shows all the old time 
"gags." "bits" and scenes that have 
been repeated over and over again will 
be eliminated, giving the performances 
a degree of originality, the persistent 
absence of which has become tiresome 
to the large regular patronage of bur- 
lesque and caused a marked falling off 
in business during the past two or 
three seasons. 

Another new condition is the rout- 
ing of the shows so that companies 
having the same type of leading play- 
ers will not follow one another closely. 
Advantage will also be derived by the 
removal from the Main Circuit (which 
includes the more expensive organiza- 
tions) of many of the three-night 
towns, notably those in New England, 
and transferring them to the Ameri- 
can Circuit whose shows are less ex- 
pensive and can play to profitable busi- 
ness at those points. 



BALL PLAYERS PREPARING. 

At least a dozen or more of the big 
league stars have announced their in- 
tention of turning to the stage for win- 
ter employment after the close of the 
world series games this summer, the 
latest additions to the list being Steve 
Evans and Bennie Kauf, both of the 
Brooklyn Federal league team. Evans 
is a clever dialectician, and, being a 
close friend of Frank Fogarty, it is pos- 
sible the monologist will prepare their 
specialty. 

Fogarty provided the vaudeville stage 
with Jimmie Calahan, the leader of the 
Chicago White Sox and undoubtedly 
the best vaudevillian ever recruited 
from the diamond. 

Larry McLean, who is now nursing 
an indefinite suspension for bad be- 
havior while with the Giants, has en- 
gaged with the Lubin studios for a 
winter's work on the screen. Marty 
McHale will return to vaudeville in the 
fall, probably with Mike Donlin, who 
is now engaged in filming the story of 
his life. 

Ty Cobb has been promised a berth 
with a road show and then the winners 
of the world series games will add 
several new acts to the roster. 



TRI-STARS AT EMPIRE. 

John Drew, Marie Tempest and 
Frances Wilson are the tri-star com- 
bination which is to open the season 
at the Empire theatre Labor Day in 
"The Duke of Killiecrankie." 



VARIETY 



WITH THE WOMEN 



One of the most noticeable things 
about the Palace show this week was 
the abundance of Ford jokes — and 
girls. 

Trixie Friganza, of course, was a 
headliner — and Trixie may always be 
counted upon to wear something in the 
line of costume worth comment. It 
was a large draped cloak of orange 
color brocaded velvet, that could be 
seen without the aid of opera glasses 
from any part of the house. The cloak 
looked suspiciously like a last year's 
model, but then, it might have been 
a year in advance of the style — you 
never can tell these days. This special 
orange color affair was elaborately 
draped in back, trimmed with a tassel, 
and bound tightly about the knees. The 
dress beneath it was another of the 
white satin embroidered in silver styles, 
with a short scalloped skirt over a 
longer lace petticoat — a style that 
makes one suspect that all our head- 
liners bought their costumes off the 
same piece of goods. For all that, it 
looked very pretty. 

Preceding this act was a dance num- 
ber by Bankoff and Girlie; "Girlie" be- 
ing a slim, pretty little blonde, who 
acts as a good foil for her acrobatic 
partner. She dressed first in a straight 
one-piece gown of silver cloth, over a 
flesh color chiffon slip — the gown 
bound about her by crossed straps after 
the Greek fashion. A silver headdress 
finished this becomingly. 

Cleo Mayfield (with Cecil Lean) 
went in for several costume changes, 
among them a sports outfit made up of 
a geranium red waist, with a white cor- 
duroy skirt, much belted and pocketed, 
and short enough to show the splen- 
dors of a pair of white kid Russian 
Cossack boots — this pair gaining added 
glory from a couple of white silk tas- 
sels. The hat was a Knights-Templar 
affair in shape and general appearance 
— if Knights-Templars indulged in any- 
thing as frivolous as red instead of 
white plumes. Somewhat later Miss 
Mayfield came out in a fancy white 
taffeta dress, with a skirt made up of 
three separate balloon-shaped puffs, 
with the bodice held up by crossed 
straps of black velvet — the crossing be- 
ing in front, a style that takes pretty 
shoulders to carry, and that, incident- 
ly, looked well on her. 

Adelaide (Adelaide and Hughes) 
made a bad mistake in trying to sing, 
but when she danced, that was for- 
given. She demonstrated successfully 
that she can stand on her toes as long 
as there's any music playing — and that 
the newest hats are poiner to look like 
inverted oatmeal saucers, tied down un- 
der the chin with ribbon and trimmed 
by a rose placed dangerously near the 
edge over one eye. This effect may not 
sound attractive, but worked out by a 
good milliner, it is. The quaint dress 
with its ruffled skirt and frilled petti- 
coat, its pink and blue sash and tiny 
bodice — less bodice than voice, in her 
case — made Adelaide a delightful pic- 
ture to look at. Her Pierrette costume, 
in black and white, was also very fetch- 
ing. 

Leila McTntyre (Hvams and McTn- 
tyre) dressed as "The Quakeress." 



wore the usual frivolous costume Quak- 
eresses always wear on the stage — this 
time, gold color taffeta with a green 
satin bonnet and dancing shoes. 

Truly the hot weather and its attend- 
ant slackness of novelty has hit the 
vaudeville stage. Out of seven women 
on the bill at the American Roof Tues- 
day night, only one wore an up-to-date 
Kown that had anything pretty about 
it. And one of the others wore the 
ncxt-to-nothing tights and blouse of 
the acrobat. 

This leaves, by subtraction, five 
women with a chance to get themselves 
up in smart, cool, attractive dresses — 
a chance which each seemed to have 
passed by. The one girl who wore the 
only really up-to-date dress was she 
of Cole and Denahy. It was a dainty 
little violet chiffon gown — one of those 
"fadeaway" affairs, made of pointed 
ruffles that grow flimsier as it gets 
about the ankles, and finally fades into 
an indefinite chiffon petticoat. A vio- 
let velvet girdle gave just the needed 
note of solid color, and one shoulder 
strap of bright colored flowers, the 
needed touch of contrast. 

For the others — two of the Three 
Keltons were women, one dressed in a 
very beautiful but warm-looking white 
satin evening dress with a bodice of 
rhinestone beads. The other, a young 
girl, dressed in a pretty enough gown 
of white chiffon, with an accordeon 
pleated skirt and a loose sleeveless 
waist — but the dress had lost the crisp 
freshness that would have made it al- 
together charming. However, she 
could play on musical instruments, and 
even when a person goes to a show to 
comment on the costuming — they can 
forget a faded dress in a girl's clever 
performance. 

The woman in Sullivan, Keogh and 
Co. wore a combination of black and 
white stripes done in bead work, and 
black satin — good last winter, but 
much too tight and hot looking for 
this weather. The girl of Allen and 
Francis wore a suit made of a black 
and white checked box coat with a 
white sa3h, and a white silk skirt 
banded by the checked material. 



ENGAGING PICTURE STARS. 

The bookers of the United Booking 
Offices, who have charge of the pop 
vaudeville programs now playing in the 
Keith houses, are considering engag- 
ing picture stars to appear in person 
at the several theatres where film is 
shown that have made the stars popu- 
lar in the neighborhood. 

The playing of picture people in per- 
son on the stages of the vaudeville 
houses, when that has been done in 
New York, has been attended with quite 
some success, ' especially a recent date 
of Earl Williams ("The Goddess") at 
the Regent. Mr. Williams retailed 
some experiences in making pictures. 



BOHM'S GIRL ACTS. 

Frank Bohm has completed arrange- 
ments lor the immediate production of 
six "girl acts" to be built for the popu- 
lar priced houses, th*? first going into 
rehearsal next week. 

None of the acts has been named as 
yet although Bohm has decided on a 
minstrel turn for the initial produc- 
tion which will carry 20 girls. 

Bohm will continue handling Hie 
Singer Midgets, playing them through- 
out the park and fair circuits in the 
middle west during the summer. 



IDA FULLERS DECISION. 

Ida May Fuller has been favored 
with an important decision by Judge 
A. B. Anderson in the United States 
Court, the Judge's ruling permanently 
enjoining Amelia Bingham, Lloyd 
Bingham and Laurence Marston from 
using her invention to simulate fire in 
dances and stage effects and assessing 
damages against them. 

Since 1900, when Miss Fuller regist- 
ered her patents, she has been continu- 
ally in litigation to prevent others from 
using the idea. The Binghams began 
using the fire effect in 1914 when play- 
ing "Joan of Arc." 

Judge Hoff granted Miss Fuller a 
temporary injunction against the Bing- 
hams last December and the case came 
before Judge Anderson for a final rul- 
ing, the latter deciding to appoint a 
referee to account for the profits and 
damages to the defendants and plain- 
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LOWER COURT REVERSED. 

A final decision in the case of Keith's 
Providence theatre against Conroy and 
LeMaire, arrested some time ago by 
Manager Lovenherg for refusing to ap- 
pear because of their billing, has been 
handed down by the Supreme Court 
of Rhode Island, the ruling deciding 
the arrest was justified. The artists 
were originally arrested on a civil order 
procured by Lovenberg, who claimed 
they were non-residents. The lower 
court held that the Keith theatre in 
Providence was a foreign corporation 
and the district court had no jurisdic- 
tion. The Supreme Court reversed the 
decision. 

Portland, Me., July 14. 

The differences between the Pek ; ** 
Mysteries and the Portland theatre 
created when the Pekin act refused to 
play four shows last Saturday, were 
amicably adjusted without legal pro- 
ceedings when the act stood for a de- 
duction of one show's salary and the 
cost of the attachment suit. 

When the act refused to play the 
last show the house management swore 
out an attachment warrant and threat- 
ened to withhold their salary to sat- 
isfy a claim for $1,000. 



HELD FOR GRAND JURY. 

Cincinnati, July 14. 
After a hearing before United States 
Commissioner Adler, the vaudeville 
team of Anthony and Ross were bound 
over to the grand jury on a charge of 
stealing furs valued at $5,000 from ft 
Philadelphia firm. Anthony, who live* 
in Brooklyn, N. Y., failed to furnish 
$2,000 bond and will remain in jail un- 
til the October Federal Grand Jur: 
acts. Ross' father, an Italian fru* 
merchant in this city, bailed him ou 
Harry Levine, a non-professional, a* 
ctsed of receiving stolen goods, w* 
ui-able to furnish $500 bail, and la» 
guishes behind the bars. 



LASKY ACTS FOR ENGLAND 
During E. Wertheimer's visit l 
America, that agent, representing 
Harry Day of London closed arrange- 
ments with the Jesse Lasky Produc- 
tion Co., for the English rights l 
Lasky's "Society Buds," "Little Paris* 
enne" and "Clown Man." 

Wm. Woolfenden, who attends to 
the vaudeville books for all Lasky 
productions, will leave for London 
early in August to personally super- 
vise the stagings and openings. 



McKINLEY SQUARE CHANGE. 

The McKinley Square Theater at 
Boston road and 169th street, has been 
leased by the Damorba Amusement 
Co., through Cross & Brown and will 
be opened in September as a picture 
house under the management of Frank 
C. Bangs. The house was recently 
given up by B. S. Moss, who played 
small time vaudeville and straight pic- 
tures here at different intervals. 



Under Management 
STOKES A B1ERBAUER 

Palace Theatre Building, New York City. 



"Dancing Around" Closes Aug. 30. 

Minneapolis, July 14. 
"Dancing Around," with Al Jolson. 
the Winter Garden production at pres- 
ent laying off for three week^ in San 
Francisco, is to close its season here 
August 30. 



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As indicating the trend of the times 

i.i hurlcMpic, it is worthy of comment 

.'■;■.: Gencial Manager Sam. A. Serib- 

ner has personally taken in hand the 

si hjeet of the newspaper exploitation 

i;.;.t shall i»e given the shows during 
the coming season. For the past two 
.«»itiis Nil. Scrilmer has devoted a 
gical deal of time to an investigation 
i f the character of the newspaper work 
that has I"- en done at all points on the 
ciicuit, and 01 the results that have 
heen achieved hy the different methods 
employed. He has familiarized him- 
self with the prices of display adver- 
tising in all of the leading papers pub- 
lished in the cities on the Columbia 
Circuit, and has reached the conclusion 
that the results of this form of pub- 
licity are infinitely greater than can be 
achieved by any other. 



Following this decision. Mr. Scribner 
has gone so far as to settle upon the 
si/e of the advertisements to be in- 
serted both on Sundays and during the 
week, and has provided the "copy" he 
desires used. It is to be assumed Mr. 
Scribner has taken this action now for 
the first time because he has all along 
believed the separate managements 
have always handled this detail with 
intelligence and with knowledge of the 
right thing to do to influence box office 
returns. And having discovered how 
very far of the mark his reliance and 
confidence have shot, the general man- 
ager has thrown himself into the 
breach with characteristic determina- 
tion to overcome the serious conse- 
nt. ences of shoe-string, penny-wise 
pt -und-foolish methods of operating. 



The wisdom of this procedure will 
not be questioned by any qualified 
showman. Display newspaper adver- 
tising is worth two dollars for every 
dollar invested in it, even if it is not 
accompanied by so much as one line 
of reading matter. But with the knowl- 
edge that a large majority of publica- 
tions, in their endeavor to give a valu- 
able return for extensive patronage. 
will reciprocate with a liberal bestowal 
of reading notices and pictures, there 
is all the more reason for working with 
the newspapers. The most successful 
business men in the world, those men 
who bid for the patronage of the gen- 
et al public, have long since recognized 
this fact which is clearly indicated in 
the vast displays they make 365 days 
ip the year in every leading newspaper 
published in the communities in which 
they do business. Naturally, theatrical 
operators cannot go into this as ex- 
tensively as department stores, for in- 
stance, because there is a limit to the 
possibility of theatre patronage where- 
as there is practically no limit to the 
.patronage of a great store. Let R. H. 
Macy tS: Co.. for example, withdraw 
all their newspaper advertising and 
within three months, it is a safe as- 
sumption, their competitors would get 
half the Macy business, and within a 
year the Macy concern would be a 
thing of the past. 

Display newspaper advertising is ab- 
solutely essential to the success of any 
business that must succeed or fail ac- 
cording to the volume of patronage be- 



stowed upon it by the general public 

And it is equally true that prevailing 
conditions surrounding people of the 
stage are influenced in precisely the 
same way. This applies particularly 
t« people in vaudeville and burlesque. 
They all want a "big name"; they all 
vant to be known and they all experi- 
ence a discouraging sense of littleness 
when the mention of their names is 
followed by the remark, "1 have never 
heard of him." Vet these are the very 
people whose names never appear in 
print and who are obliged to hunt for 
work and be satisfied with whatever 
c 'inpensation is offered them. It is all 
«' matter of busines judgment, and 
every individual will prosper exactly 
in accordance with the manner in 
which he conducts his own affairs. 
\\ ell directed publicity, and plenty of 
it. is the onlv solution. 



COLUMBIA RUN. 

"The Ben man Show" will begin the 
12th week of its engagement at the 
Columbia July 1°. An entirely new- 
first part will be produced in which 
will appear besides the regular mem- 
bers of the organization. Will J. Ken- 
nedy, Vic Casmore. Freda Florence 
and Loraine Lester. 

La Bergere. billed as "The Marble 
Venus." and her Posing Dogs, has 
been re-engaged as the extra added 
feature. 

Business at the Columbia indicates 
the run will be prolonged until Aug. 
21. when "The Golden Crook" will im- 
mediately follow and start the regular 
policy of weekly changes of companies. 

CHORUS GIRLS ATTACH. 

Portland. Me., July 14. 
\ era Barry ami Alice Downey, 
chorus girls, attached the box oflice 
receipts of "The Parisian Girls" ai 
(ireely's. with which show they are 
members, to secure agent's commis- 
sion and traveling expenses deducted 
from their salaries. The manager of 
the show, X. A. Thayer, made a settle- 
ment with the girls for $67.90. 



THE HARRIS BENEFIT. 

The benefit tendered to the widow 
and children of George Harris, the old 
time burlesque manager and agent, 
netted the fund $1,000. The benefit was 
held last Sunday night at Hurtig & 
Stamon's theatre and a majority of the 
most prominent artists now playing in 
the city volunteered their services. 
Loney Hascall was official announcer 
and master of stage ceremonies. 

TJie proceeds of the fund will be paid 
to Mrs. Harris in weekly instalments 
of $20. Aside from this, the widow re- 
ceives a settlement of $7,500 from Lord 
& Taylor. Harris' death resulting from 
an injury received when struck by one 
of the firm's auto trucks several months 
ago. 



Harry Hedges at Grand Rapids. 

Harry Hedges, the latter part of last 
season manager of the Victoria. Pitts- 
burgh, and for several seasons con- 
nected with the Max Spiegel execu- 
tive staff, will next season be located 
as manager of the Columbia Theatre, 
Grand Rapids. Mich., in the American 
Circuit. 




CABARETS 



Ice skatlngxon a roof is the announce- 
ment of William Morris for the Palais 
de Glace next month, as the Xew York 
Roof will then be called The Roof 
closed its season last Saturday and will 
undergo repairs until the reopening. 
The announcement .says the Palais de 
Glace will be patterned after the re- 
sort of a similar title in Paris, and that 
a small space will be reserved .'or those 
who still may wish to dance. Ice bal- 
lets will be among the entertainment 
features, when the public is not skat- 
ing. So far Xew York, for its indoor 
ice skating in cold weather, has had 
only the St. Xicholas Rink. It would 
appear from the change in policy of 
the Xew York Roof, the first large 
place in the city to cater to modern 
dancing and the first to charge an ad- 
mission fee, that Mr. Morris has con- 
cluded the dance craze in pubic tor 
profit I as passed its day. 



"The Midnight Frolic" no longer has 
Xorah Bayes leading it. She left the 
Amsterdam Roof Saturday. Xo one 
has replaced Miss Bayes. Her de- 
parture meant the removal of three or 
four numbers she had been singing. 
The new "Frolic." with songs by Gene 
Buck. Louis Hirsch and Dave Stam- 
per, will go on in a couple of weeks 
or so. In the Ziegfeld show ("Follies") 
downstairs in the Amsterdam, Charles 
Purcell is slated to replace Bernard 
Granville, when the latter leaves at the 
expiration of his ten-week contract. 

Julian Mitchell is to stage the new- 
show. The present "Midnight Frolic" 
may be sent to Chicago for a summer 
engagement. 

Through a statement sent out by 
Rodney Richmond, as press represen- 
tative for Kh/abeth Marbury this 
week relative to stage aspirants, Maur- 
ice and Walton are now in associa- 
tion with Miss Marbury. the skilful 
little business woman who so success- 
fully piloted Mr. and Mrs. Vernon 
Castle into fame and fortune. 



"The Famous Friday Frolic" is 
Healy's, Long Beach, description of 
today down there. The principal item 
is a Bathing Suit Contest, that calls 
for the most beautiful, practical, orig- 
inal and daring wet water costume (for 
ladies only). A Charlie Chaplin Comic- 
Fox Trot is also announced. 

San Francisco. July 14. 
After considerable agitation the lid 
has been clamped ddwn on the Bar- 
bary Coast inasmuch as the sale of 
beer and dancing has been stopped in 
all the Pacific street dance halls. The 
police arc enforcing the no-dancing 
ordinance so strictly that in one place 
they stopped a chorus of girls doing 
a clog dance on the stage. Without 
dancing and beer, it looks as though 
most of these places will have to close 
unless the powers relent. A cafe at- 
tracting wide attention and which until 
recently was never heard of is the 



Tivoli, situated on Mason street, over 
Stack's Cafe. What gives the Tivoli 
prominence is, it opens at 2 A. M., the 
hour the other cafes close, and re- 
mains open until 6. According to 
what many of the entertainers say, 
there never was another place in the 
world that equals the Tivoli, which is 
patronized by entertainers who assem- 
ble there nightly for recreation after 
work. Although in a district supposed 
to be closed at 2. dancing goes on from 
opening to closing, but owing to tight 
windows, the music never reaches the 
street and those not known or vouched 
for are not admitted. 



HEDGES NUPTIALS. 

C. Fred Hedges of Hedges Bros., 
and Jacobson, was married in Reno, 
Xev., last week to Lizette Hoskins. 
The couple originally met while the 
trio were playing in Kngland, Miss 
Hoskins having just completed a tour 
of the world. Their second meeting 
resulted in the ceremony. After a 
short honeymoon the pair will appear 
in vaudeville together. 



WILLIE HOWARD PRODUCING. 

Willie Howard has decided to send 
out the several vaudeville turns intro- 
duced formerly by the Howard Broth- 
ers (Eugene and Willie), and is look- 
ing a/bout for capable principals to 
handle the material. 

The acts revived will include the 
latest done by the boys before they 
became musical comedy principals. 



IDA RUBENSTEIN COMING. 

Ida Rubenstein, the Russian dancer 
and dramatic star, has been signed for 
a summer engagement at the Palace. 

White's Circuit Attraction. 

Pat White, former star of "The Big 
Jubilee.*' has retired from burlesque 
and will next season head his own 
musical comedy attraction on the Stair 
& Havlin time. The title of the or- 
ganization will be "Casey in Society." 



Fred Waldman in Kansas City. 

bred Waldman, for many years identi- 
fied with the Murray Hill Theatre as 
treasurer and manager, will next sea- 
son be in charge of the box office at 
the Gayety. Kansas City. 



Weingarden Running "Star & Garter." 

Izzy Weingarden will next season 
manage the "Star and Garter Show" 
by arrangement with Frank Weisberg. 



Gus Hill's "Midnight Maidens." 

Gus Hill will operate his franchise 
formerly leased by Dave Marion and 
will call it "The Midnight Maidens." 



Glen Block Changes Houses. 

Glen Block, for several years man- 
ager of the Columbia. Indianapolis 
will next season occupy a similar posi- 
tion at the Majestic in that city. 

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Mrs. Leroy Sumner is the mother of 
a girl, born July 13. 

Mrs. Daly of the Dancing Daly's 
became the mother of a girl July 6. 

Bill Lindsay of the Lehigh Valley 
R. R. has taken a cottage at Freeport 
so that he can be among the actors. 

Charles Carter, the American magi- 
cian, will make another tour of the 
world next season. 



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Jack Abrahams and E. S. Bunch are 
to take "The Candy Shop" out for a 
tour of the one nighters next season. 

Frederick Bradbury, the juvenile in 
Milton Pollock's act, married Irene 
Mitchell of the "Passing Show of 1915." 



Oreste Giolito, the restaurant pro- 
prietor, was in an automobile accident 
last week but escaped with minor in- 
juries. 



A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. 
George Creel (Blanche Bates) last 
week. It is their second child, the 
first being a girl. 



Bertha Mann, Harrison Forde, 
Charles Ruggles and Arthur Ayles- 
worth are announced as engaged for 
Selwyn & Co.'s "Rolling Stones." 

Dorathia Hall (Hall and Pattee) has 
fully recovered from her recent ner- 
vous breakdown and will resume play- 
ing with the opening of the season. 



Cliff Hess, of the Waterson, Snyder 
& Berlin staff, and Mrs. Leslie Mor- 
rosco returned to New York this week 
from their honeymoon. 



Billy West, the Chaplin imperson- 
ator who came east under the manage- 
ment of Menlo Moore ane the direc- 
tion of Harry Weber, has hopped back 
to the Loew offices and is playing at 
the American the last half of the cur- 
rent week. West played one week for 
the United Booking Offices and with 
a suit for liquidated damages facing 
him, he decided to abanaon the possi- 
bility of a big time route for immedi- 
ate work. "The Woman," the latest 
Chaplin Essanay release, js on the same 
bill 



William Currie will be the manager 
of Joseph Brooks' production "Mr. 
My's Mystery," placed in rehearsal 
Monday. 

Harry Rose and Freddie Hillebrand 
deny they are to do a double act. Each 
is a single now playing on the Loew 
time and working right along. 



Clara Blandick will be in support of 
May Irwin in the production of "13 
Washington Square," to be produced 
at the Park Aug. 23, after opening at 
Asbury Park Aug. 16. 

Matt Keefe and Emil Subers are the 
first principals to be engaged for the 
Neil O'Brien Minstrel Show, Subers 
being the principal end man, while 
Keefe will offer his specialty. 

Chas. Hammerslaw, the Chicago rep- 
resentative of the Orpheum Circuit, is 
vacationing on Broadway. Mr. and 
Mrs. George Middleton are also spend- 
ing a week at New York. 



Mrs. John Morse, sister of Eddie 
Darling of the United Booking Offices, 
is taking in the Exposition at San Fran- 
cisco as guest of F. P. Shanley of the 
Continental Hotel, the principal pro- 
fessional hostelry of that city. 



Sammy Levy of the Waterson, Ber- 
lin & Snyder office, is back in town 
carrying a few extra pounds of weight 
due to sunburn accumulated on a ten 
days' vacation spent at the Thousand 
Islands. 

Jo Paige Smith is wearing crutches 
for a few days, as the result of his acci- 
dent last week in Staten Island. Other 
than almost a full beard Jo grew dur- 
ing his confinement, he was not dis- 
figured. 

A daughter was born Wednesday to 
Mrs. C. S. Humphrey, wife of the gen- 
eral manager of the Chicago branch 
of the United Booking Offices. This 
is the second child, the first also being 
a girl. 



Al Fields is working the Miles time 
with a new partner, Jack Lewis, hav- 
ing returned to vaudeville with a mono- 
logue. The act, however, is billed as 
Fields and Lewis on the western cir- 
cuit. 



Roy Murphy, who represents in Chi- 
cago the Fuller Circuit (Australia) 
here, is making an endeavor to come 
to an arrangement with the steamship 
company so as to have all acts sailing 
for Australia embark at Vancouver in- 
stead of San Francisco. 

Chris Brown was somewhat as- 
tounded this week when a visitor sent 
word he was sent there by Big Tim 
Sullivan who has been dead for some 
time. Curiosity led him to investigate 
and the bearer proved to be the hus- 
band of Ruth Everett, who displayed 
a letter of introduction written by Sul- 
livan a few days before he was re- 
moved to a sanitarium. It is believed 
this was "Big Tim's" last business 
communication. 



Dorothy Burman, of the Marinelli 
office, leaves Saturday for two weeks 
at Hurleyville, N. Y. That's Dorothy's 
idea of a wonderful time. 

Samuel A. Eliot, Jr., assistant di- 
rector of the Little theatre, was mar- 
ried last Saturday to Ethel A. Cooke 
in Pittsneld, Mass. 

Sallie Fields of Fields and Clifford 
was forced to retire from the bill at 
Keeney's, Brooklyn, last week, because 
of a fall. The review printed in Variety 
mentioned the act as two men, appar- 
ently being the turn delegated to depu- 
tize. 

The stock company closing at Ham- 
merstein's Lexington Avenue opera 
house last Saturday was known as the 
Lexington Players and was owned by 
Messrs. Wales, Winter and Howard 
Rumsey and was not the Rumsey Play- 
ers, as formerly reported. 

Manuel Reicher is to produce "When 
the Young Wine Blooms" as the first 
offering of the Modern Stage Society 
for the coming season. Last year 
"Elga" and "John Gabriel Borkman" 
were staged. This season no less than 
six new productions will be made by 
the society. 

Mrs. James (Fat) Thompson (pro- 
fessionally known as Janet Adair) is 
slowly recovering after a serious ill- 
ness attending the birth of her son, 
June 25. The child, a boy, only lived 
a few hours and it required the skill 
of two specialists to pull Mrs. Thomp- 
son through. 

A. J. Gillingwater, manager of the 
General Film's Detroit offices, is 
spending a short vacation in New 
York. Gillingham has arranged for 
one of his Grand Rapids theatres to 
play burlesque next season, while the 
other will house a straight picture 
policy. 

Mort Singer, general manager of the 
Western Vaudeville Manager's Associ- 
ation, and Sam Kahl, active manager of 
the Finn-Hyman circuit, returned to 
Chicago Wednesday after a lengthy 
visit through several Middle-Western 
towns. No news as to their activity 
while away was given out. 



Steve Hurley, manager of the Unique 
and Lyric, St. Johns, N. B., acknowl- 
edges the receipt of $14 from the 
Aborn Opera Co. to go to the aid of 
Harry Eanett, who is seriously ill here. 
Mr. Hurley also thanks Sheppard and 
Ott for their efforts in trying to aid 
the sick man. 

A general denial is made by the de- 
fendants, through their attorney, Maur- 
ice Goodman, of the allegations con- 
tained in the complaint filed by Charles 
Bornhaupt and Clifford Fischer against 
the United Booking Offices and others, 
alleging restraint of trade and asking 
damages. The answer in the action 
was served about a week ago. The 
answer also contained a denial of any 
existing agreement between the book- 
ing agency and H. B. Marinelli, as 
alleged by the respective plaintiffs. 



Anna Cleveland, the former stock 
star, has formed her own picture pro* 
ducing company and will make features 
at Watertown, N. Y. 



TOMMY'S TATTLES. 
By Thomas J. Qray. 

The legitimate managers in an- 
nouncements of theif plans for next 
season neglected to state what vaude- 
ville acts material they intended to 
take, and what burlesque shows would 
be attacked for scenes. 

See wherj the Government intends 
to have a Strategy Board consisting 
of a number of our great men. Henry 
Ford was one of the first ones chosen. 
That shows you what vaudeville can 
do for a fellow. 

Guess the newspaper men who are 
writing about the awful gas in Europe 
never met one of our song pluggers. 

With the courts full of headline 
trials and the newspapers full of new 
front page heroes, it makes Loney 
Haskell cry every time he nears Broad- 
way and 42d street. 

Summer Complaints. 

"It's funny we haven't heard any- 
thing about next season's route." 

"I told you not to ask that guy to 
stay — he thought you meant it." 

"We got more for that week when 
we played it last summer." 

"If you don't get a Yale lock for 
that ice-box we'll go bankrupt soon." 

"The boat's all right, only it leaks a 
little, the engine gets stuck and the 
wheel is broken." 

"That idea of having so many bed 
rooms is all wrong, I tell you." 

"If they don't come through pretty 
soon we'll cop a 'burley-que/ " 

"How many more payments must we 
make on those lots?" 

"Look out, don't touch me, I'm sun- 
burned." 

"Talk about hard luck. I picked 
some poison ivy by mistake and the 
wife's people are coming tomorrow." 

The moving picture manufacturing 
business has reached great heights, now 
the question is what are they going to 
do for an encore? 

Wonder how it feels to own an out- 
door summer amusement park on a 
rainy Sunday? 

A stagehand's life would be all fun, 
If everybody worked in "one." 



That young woman, Blanche Merrill, 
who has steadily come forward until 
she is one of the recognized work 
writers of the profession, a position 
gained by her through original and 
fresh ideas for vaudeville, has been 
commissioned already to turn out sev- 
eral acts for next season. Among 
those Miss Merrill will write turns for 
are Fannie Brice, Lillian Shaw, Harry 
Hines, Maurice Burkhardt, Irene Mar- 
tin and Skeets Gallagher, Mary Gray, 
and Helen De Forest and Geo. Kraft. 

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'Sinners" closes at the Playhouse Saturday. 



Russian Symphony concerts will be given 
at Madison Square Garden, July 23-26. 

The Actors' Fund received $20,000 this week 
as proceeds of the Lambs' Gambol. 

Cyril Maude In "Orumpy" will be the flrat 
production at the Empire this season. 

The Friars annual field day was held yes- 
terday (Thursday) at Olenwood, N. Y. 

"The L*aat I^augh" with Edward Abeles will 
come Into a Shubert theatre sometime In 
August. 

"The Show Shop," which goes on tour next 
season will have Saxon Kllng. Emmet Shackle- 
ford and A. It. Tllburne. 

John Hyams and Leila Mclntyre will be 
■tarred In a new musical piece next season 
called "The Olrl from Grand Rapids.' 

Norman Tharpe will be In "Under Fire." 
which opens at the HudBon In September under 
Selwyn management.' 

The Shubcrts are considering sending other 
companies beside "The Passing Show of 1»15 
to Cuba next season. 

The Theatre Francalse Co., which will oc- 
cupy the Berkley theatre next season will 
have Raymond Fuare and Mme. Guerande as 
Its featured players. 

Selwyn & Co. will Inaugurate a fashion 
show In the fall at the Hudson, at which all 
of the latest clothes -designed by Belle Arm- 
strong Whitney will be exhibited. 

Arthur Hammrrsteln will produce "Elaine" 
an operetta. In the fall. He will also send out 
two companies of "High Jinks" and one each 
of "The Trap" and "The Firefly." 

S O. Sladdln, who has been on the road 
with the Williamson 'Submarine Pictures," 
returned to town on Monday after an absence 
of alnioHt eight months. 

De Witt Jennings has been engaged by H. 

H. Fraiee for "Hrother Masons" In which 

''rank Mclntyre Is to be starred. It starts 
rehearsals Monday. 

Rlllle Burke made a hasty trip from Denver 
.after closing her season of 46 weeks In 
"Jerry." In order to get to New York to see 
the "Follies" before leaving with her hus- 
band. Flo Zlcgfeld, for a vacation. 

James W. Clinton and Cora Lawton Mitchell 
fMrs. Clinton), both of whom appeared In "On 
Trail" during the past season, were Injured 
In a motor boat explosion on the Harlem 
River. They were both taken to the hospital 
where It was said their condition was serious. 

Those to support Taylor Holmes In "Mr. 
Myds Mystery" are Delrdre Doyle, Clara 
Mooro. Ina Rorke. Arthur Elliott, Herbert 
Standing, Jr.. Walter M. Sherwln, Arthur 
Lacey, Belford Forrest, H. C. Power and Ben- 
jamin Kauser. 

Thomas Phillips, Impresario of the Ameri- 
can Irish Players, returned last week from 
San Francisco with an offer for a week at the 
Exposition for the opera "Glendalough," 
which has never been produced here before. 
It Is intended to bring it to New York after 
the coast showing. 



The H. H. Frazee production "nrothcr 
Masons" to be produced next month will have 
f.rorKr Pnrsons In an Imported rnle. He Is 
\*t present appenrlng In "A Full House" at 
(he Lon*acre. HIb part there Is to be taken 
by Fritz Williams. 



The cast for "Trilby." whlrh opens at the 
'ort. Atlantic Cltv. Aug. .10, hn« been com- 
peted by Joseph Brooks and Includes Phyllis 
Wilson Terry. Lvn Harding. (TeorKe Mae- 
'arland, Charles Dnlton. Ignnclo Mnrtlnettl. 
"toKan Huehston. R. Pavton Glbhs. Rose 
'oghlan, Peril Klntx and Carrie Radcllffe. 

Sixteen cities nrc to be embraced In the 
our of the Sergo rip Piliighllew Imperial Bal- 
et Ru<5se which Is to tnke place In VM(\ under 
he direction of the Metropolitan Opera Com- 
>nnv, Tbo eompnnv will visit cities as far 
vest n* Omaha. The orRnnl'.Rtlon will com- 
irlsr> two hundred members. Including the 
vorklng stnff and an orchestra of % seventy, 
loadlnc the list of prlnclju] dancers will be 
dljlnskl, Karsnvlm. Foklne and Foxlna. 

John Cnrt will place "The Prlneess Pat' 
nto rehearsal Monday at the Tort theatre. 
Eleanor Painter will have the title role, and 
ither members of the cast Include Mav N'au- 
aln, Maud Pareanx. Samuel Man'v, Al.'Sheun. 
Alexander Clark. Robert Ober. Louis Casavant 
nd Max Vlllanl. The book and lvrlcs of the 
lere are by Henrv nina^oni and the musle bv 
'letor Herbert. The ptanlnir will be by Fred. 
r Latham ami Custave S.ilzer will 'be the 
luslral director. The Primes \> : \f \a f 
pen at Atlantic City Aug. '.»:{ and come to 
>w York during September. Walker White- 



side Is to be seen In "The Ragged Msssenger" 
under the Cort management It Is a dramatisa- 
tion of W. B. Maxwell's novel of the sama 
title. Walter Floyd will be associated with 
Mr. Whiteside as heretofore, managing the 
star's personal affairs. Mclntyre and Heath 
are to be seen In a new musical comedy which 
Is to be a sequel to "The Ham Tree," which 
will undoubtedly be staged by W. J. Wil- 
son. They are to begin their New York en- 
gagement some time In October. A series of 
stories which have appeared In the Adventure 
magazine under the title of "Come-on Charlie" 
have been dramatized by George V. Hobart 
and will be produced by Mr. Cort. He also 
has another new play which Is being kept 
In the dark at present. Two companies of 
"The Natural Law" will be sent on tour this 
season. At the opening of the season there 
will be three theatres In New York City which 
will be under the Cort management, the Cort 
on 48th street ; the Standard on upper Broad- 
way and the* York on West 116th street. 



The press department of the Charles Froh- 
mau Co., which is conducting the business of 
the late Charles Frohman under the manage- 
ment of Alf Hayman, sent out an announce- 
ment this week stating that all of the former 
Frohman stars will appear under Its manage- 
ment next season and. In addition several new 
ones. The additions are Marie Tempest.. Fran- 
cis Wilson, Cyril Maude and Graham Browne ; 
the others. Include Maude Adams. John Drew, 
Ethel Barrymore, William Gillette, BUlle 
Burke, Blanche Bates, Otis 8kinner. Julia San- 
derson. Marie Doro, Donald Brian, Joseph 
Cawthorne and Ann Murdock. 



The New York Times will either ask per- 
mission to appeal from the decision of the 
Appellate Term, overruling Justice Hendrlck's 
opinion granting the Times' critic. Alexander 
Wooleott, an Injunction against the Shuberts. 
restraining them from interfering with his 
entry Into a Shubert house upon payment of 
admission, or follow the course the Appellate 
Term's decision leaves open to the paper. The 
higher court said in effect the proper legal 
course had not been pursued : that If the 
Times relied upon the Civil Rights bill, an 
action under that Act that provides a penalty 
should have been taken. Meanwhile as far 
as known there have been no overtures on 
the part of the Shuberts to patch up their 
differences with the paper. On the program of 
every Shubert theatre Is a line reading: "This 
theatre doeR not advertise In the New York 
Times." 



$900,000 FROHMAN CO. 

From a statement issued from the 
offices of the late Charles Frohman 
last week it appears the manager died 
intestate, and in the absence of a will 
his hrother, Daniel Frohman. and Alf 
Hayman have filed a- petition to be 
named as the administrators of the 
manager's estate, the value of the per- 
sonal end of which was placed at 
$355,000. 

It is also stated that it is the inten- 
tion of the administrators to organize 
a company with a capitalization of 
$900,000 fully paid in, which is to be 
known as Charles Frohman, Inc., and 
in this manner the name of the man- 
ager will be perpetuated. This com- 
pany is to take over and manage all 
of the theatres and stars managed by 
Mr. Frohman before his death. Au- 
gustus Thomas was secured this week 
as the art director for the Frohman Co. 



ONE CHANCE FOR MANAGERS. 

"There is only one way that man- 
agers can protect themselves against 
stars that have been appearing in pic- 
tures and that is to group the stars 
together in combinations, making the 
actors* cut their salaries so that such 
groupings are possible, and send them 
through the country. Then the pic- 
ture people will not be able to play 
the stars up in feature and take ad- 
vantage of the legitimate manager's 
billing," said Joseph Brooks this week 
when the question of stars appearing 
in pictures were broached to him. 

"The actors can afford to cut their 
salaries because of the big money that 
they are getting from the picture peo- 
ple and there is no reason why they 
should not. One picture concern 
offered Miss Terry $20,000 for a pic- 
ture, but Miss Terry, having seen for 
herself the harm that picture appear- 
ances had done to other stars, fought 
shy of appearing before the screen. 
One of my younger stars came to me 
the other day and stated that he had 
received an offer from a picture con- 
cern. The sum mentioned was almost 
beyond reason. I told him that I would 
not stand in the Way of his accepting 
the picture engagement but if he did 
take it he would have to destroy the 
contract that existed between us." 

According to Mr. Brooks all stars 
who have appeared in pictures have just 
about cut their value fifty per cent, for 
the legitimate manager and, this being 
the case, he thinks any legitimate man- 
ager who has a star under contract, is 
either entitled to one-half of his pic- 
ture earnings or the star ought to 
stand for the cut in salary. 



TWO SHOWS DOING BIG. 

Two shows in New York just now 
are doing business. They are "The 
Follies" at the Amsterdam and "The 
Passing Show of 1915" at the Winter 
Garden. The business at the Garden 
picked up considerably this week, while 
the Amsterdam patronage has main- 
tained the steady capacity gait it has 
held to since opening. 

Front row tickets for "The Follies" 
had dropped off to $6 each around the 
beginning of the week. 

Wednesday night a new scene with 
Bert Williams and Will West was put 
into the show. In it Williams made up 
as a wench, is engaged by West as a 
cook. 



BABY SHOW AT FULTON. 

"The Scientific Baby" is the attrac- 
tion to open the season at the Fulton. 
The Harris Estate is making the pro- 
duction. When produced last spring 
the play was called "The Elixir of 
Youth." Frank Lalor and Beth Frank- 
lyn have been engaged and rehearsals 
are to start when the cast is completed. 



"HANDS UP" OPENING. 

The Shuberts decided Wednesday 
they would open the remade "Hands 
Up" show at the 44th Street theatrt 
Thursday, July 22. It will probably 
go on "cold" in New York, having 
been previously tried out several days 
on the road, after which the cast under- 
went almost an entire change. 



ZIEGFELD MANAGING WIFE. 

Flo Ziegfeld will manage his wife, 
Billie Burke, next season on the speak- 
ing stage, Miss Burke to reappear in 
a piece yet to be selected. Her season 
lately ending in "Jerry," under the 
Charles Frohman management was 
among the leading successes, and es- 
tablished Miss Burke as probably the 
best woman box office drawing card in 
the legitimate in this country. 

With the death of Mr. Frohman, Mr. 
Ziegfeld stated his wife would continue 
under the Frohman management, out 
of sentiment, if nothing else, while the 
Frohman business was continued. 
Nothing appeared to alter this decision 
until Miss Burke returned to New York 
Tuesday, following an announcement 
she had been engaged by the New 
York Motion Picture Co. to make a 
feature film, receiving. $33,000, for her 
services before the camera, any time 
at Miss Burke's pleasure, after Sept. 
15. When the picture* story was print- 
ed, Miss Burke had not signed with 
the film people, but during Tuesday, 
the Frohman offices, after a consulta- 
tion between Alf Hayman and John 
D. Williams, determined to send out 
an announcement stating the Frohman 
position in connection with its stars 
and the screen. It was shortly after 
it was despatched to the newspaper 
offices that Miss Burke completed her 
arrangement with the N. Y. M. P. Co. 
The "Herald" Wednesday morning 
had an exclusive story on the Billie 
Burke change. 

Later in the week, however, it was 
not positive Miss Burke would leave 
the Frohman direction, regardless of 
all the circumstances. 



S. & H. SHORT SHOWS. 

There is a loifd clamor for shows 
for the Stair & Havlin houses for the 
coming season. It is said but ten at- 
tractions have applied for routes for 
the coming season. The Chicago situ- 
ation where there are four of the S. 
& H. houses is particularly trying. 
Only five shows have been routed into 
those houses for the coming season. 

The Messrs. Cliffors, Gonzarles and 
Rickson are said to be on their way 
to New York to confer with George 
Nicholai regarding the situation. At 
present the Imperial, Chicago, is play- 
ing pictures and if the atmosphere does 
not clear up immediately this house 
may remain in pictures. The other 
three theatres in Chicago controlled 
by the members of the combination are 
the Victoria, National and Crown. 



MARY BOLAND SIGNS. 

The N. Y. & M. P. Co. announced 
tin's week it had secured Mary Boland 
for picture work. Miss Boland was 
leading woman with John Drew last 



WOODS' "PICTURE CONTRACT." 

The A. H. Woods office announced 
this week that hereafter all contracts 
issued by that manager would contain 
a clause prohibiting the player from 
engaging in picture work while under 
the woods direction. 

Mr. Woods said he did not believe 
an actor could do the two things si- 
multaneously and successfully. 



SHOWS IN FRISCO. 

San Francisco, July 14. 

Business seems to be holding up 
around town this week, the Cort, where 
"The Melting Pot" feature film is 
shown, opened to good business early 
in the week and should play to a profit- 
able engagement. 

At the Alcazar "The Birth of a Na- 
tion" film is going along to good re- 
turns and creating the same interest 
here through clever publicity that it 
has in the Eastern cities. 



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PACIFIC COAST TERRITORY 

LOOKS BAD FOR NEXT SEASON 



At Least Two Years of Bad Business Is Staring Coast in the 

Face. Returning Agents and Managers Voice Protest 

Against Treatment by One California Manager. 

Bookers May Cut His Towns Out of Routes. 



A theatrical manager returning from 
the Coast last week states that two 
utterly lean years are staring San Fran- 
cisco in the face from a show stand- 
point. There are not enough money 

spenders going to the Exposition and 
those that are going to the Coast at 
present are in the majority school 
teachers and visitors of a like ilk who 
have just enough to carry them through 
and carry a dollar a day with them to 
spend recklessly. 

It will mean that San Francisco, and 
that means the Coast generally with 
the exception of the extreme northwest- 
ern end will suffer for the next two 
years and shows that travel through 
that territory will be lucky if they get 
away with railroad fares. If managers 
think thc.r attraction's laied badly i r 
th* west this year ihcy mil he sur- 
prised to see just Low Lad bu°.ness 
will be i.i that territory next season. 

On the way back from the Coast 
along the main lines managers are 
tickled with the condition of their book- 
ings from the middle of August to the 
first of the year. These cities are 
pretty sure of first class shows because 
attractions routed back from the coast 
will play a lot of return dates and so 
these towns are taken care of. Towns 
off of the main lines, however, are very 
badly off. Managers are howling for 
attractions that they will not get. 

Towns in southern California outside 
of Los Angeles are going to be rather 
hard hit this year because of treatment 
accorded to attractions visiting there 
this season. One manager who con- 
trols four or five of these towns and 
who makes his headquarters in Oak- 
land is being pretty generally "panned" 
by all returning agents and managers. 
Stories of "holding out" to the last 
minute on receipts and of taking big 
attractions and throwing their adver- 
tising material into the discard in favor 
of attractions on which this manager 
has an outright buy arc many. The 
newspapers in these towns refuse to 
aid the attractions because of their dis- 
like of the local management although 
they occasionally stretch a point to 
favor the advance men. 

Because of the stories that have 
reached the east from these points some 
of the bookers arc laying routes to 
slight these towns. 



GORDON TO SUE COMSTOCK. 

Albany, July 14. 
Arthur Helme. attorney for J. Gil- 
bert Gordon, is starting a joint action 
for $10,000 against 'the Comstock 
Amusement Co., of which F. Ray Corn- 
stock is president, and a bonding com- 
pany, the agents of which arc located 
in Philadelphia. In the suit Mr. Gor- 



don will allege malicious prosecution 
and false imprisonment. 

While he was manager of Har- 
manus Blcecker Hall here Gordon was 
accused of appropriating $959.74 of the 
money of the company. He was in- 
dicted two years ago on a charge of 
grand larceny on the information of 
the Comstock Company. He pro- 
tested his innocence and has since been 
out on bail. Last week he received 
a complete vindication at the hands 
of a jury in the County Court, which 
pronounced him not guilty. 



"MIRACLE MARY" MISSES. 

Los Angeles, July 14. 

'Miracle Mary," the latest effort of 
Willard Mack, was produced at the 
Burbank Sunday. The piece is built 
along the lines of "Salvation Nell," but 
lacks the necessary punch to qualify 
it as a success. 

The dialog is rather preachy and 
failed to connect properly. The last 
acts shows a moving picture exhibi- 
tion in Ossining's Sing Sing prison, 
the film furnishing an alibi for the pris- 
oner who is the principal character in 
the drama. 

Marjorie Rambeau gave an excellent 
performance in the title role and Louis 
Bennison as the crook and Lillian 
Elliot as the lodging house keeper ac- 
quitted themselves nicely. 



RECEIVER FOR SHOW. 

Chicago, July 14. 

"The Lady in Red," now playing at 
the Grand Opera House here, is now 
being handled by a receiver in the form 
of Harry Ridings, who manages the 
Grand. The Herndon Corporation and 
Louis Dreyfus argued over the receipts 
last week, the court appointing Rid- 
ings as receiver until the arguments 
have been heard and adjusted. Glen 
Hall, who plays in the piece, is also a 
stockholder. 

"The Lady in Red" opened at Cohan's 
Grand this week to good business and 
with a break as far as the weather 
goes the management expect to turn 
it into a paying proposition. The ad- 
vance sale for this time of year is said 
to be comparatively heavy. 



SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES. 

Los Angeles, July 14. 

"So Long Letty" started on its sec- 
ond week at the Morosco with the box 
office reported practically sold out for 
the week. Last week the house played 
to continual capacity. The play has 
been considerably revised since the 
initial performance. 

Elsie Ferguson in "The Outcast" is 
doing a fair business at the Mason. 



DE ANGELIS SAVES COMPANY. 

Lancaster, Pa., July 14. 

Jeff De Angelis came to the rescue 
of his company (which was stranded 
here) with a $1,000 check Tuesday and 
saved the company from further dis- 
tress. 

The De Angelis company was en- 
gaged to play at the Canostoga Park 
for a season to offer stock produc- 
tions. The park people offered a guar- 
antee to the comedian and asked h*im 
to organize a company. This he did 
in New York. The company arrived 
here a week ago Monday, to open in 
"Floradora," but found that they had 
not been advertised or that there was 
a guarantee. They, however, played 
here until Saturday. There was a 
fairly good house present Saturday and 
the comedian suggested he be per- 
mitted to place a man in the box office 
to get a share of the receipts. This 
privilege was refused by the Park peo- 
ple and the comedian called the per- 
formance off. 

He left for New York almost immedi- 
ately and sent funds back to the com- 
pany so that they could get out of 
town. 



RENTON REPORTED OUT. 

Baltimore, July 14. 

It is reported Ed. Renton is no lon- 
ger connected with the Poli Circuit. 
He has been with it for several years 
in various capacities, and of late has 
been in charge of the Poli stock com- 
pany here. 

Frank Whitbeck, of the Poli house 
at Worcester, Mass., is now in Balti- 
more, handling the stock. 

The Poli Stock Company which has 
been appearing at the Auditorium, is 
to be replaced, it is said, by a com- 
pany managed by Frederick Schan- 
berger, who also manages the Mary- 
land theatre (vaudeville). 

The new management is making a 
determined effort to secure the better 
known of the Poli players, but the Poli 
folk are also trying hard to hold them 
and are said to have another house in 
view in this city. 



SHIFT IN HOUSES. 

The A. H. Woods attractions will 
be distributed as follows for the sea- 
son's opening: "Common Clay," at the 
Republic, "See My Lawyer" at the 
Eltinge, and "Cousin Lucy" with Julian 
Eltinge, at the Cohan. 

The shift from the Eltinge to the 
Cohan for the Eltinge show was due 
to the heaviness of the "Lucy" piece 
for the Eltinge stage. 



"GIRL" REHEARSING. 

The cast for the new show to open 
at the Lyric Aug. 9 has been com- 
pleted and rehearsals arc under way 
with Ben Teal directing. The piece is 
being marketed by the Times Produc- 
ing Co.. and carries in the cast Natalie 
Alt, George Baldwin, William Dan- 
forth, Grace Leigh, Fred Walton, Jo- 
seph Phillips, Paul Decker, Paul Hyde 
Davies, Marie Fachonctti, Ralph 
Banker and others. The musical di- 
rector will be Augustus Barratt. 



11 



SKINNER'S BIG THREE WEEKS. 

Denver, July 14. 

Otis Skinner is about the biggest 
thing seen in Denver this season where 
he is now in the second week of his 
engagement at the Denham. Origin- 
ally engaged for one week only, to 
head the Woodward Players in "Kis- 
met/* the business was so tremendous 
his engagement has been prolonged 
two additional weeks. This week he 
is appearing in "The Honor of the 
Family." 

Helen Ware has been engaged for 
the week of July 26. Her salary is 
said to be $1,200 for the week's en- 
gagement. 



HOLDING AGENTS LIABLE. 

The smaller agencies supplying peo- 
ple for rep and stock shows are said to 
be having trouble of late with the 
License Department through a num- 
ber of the shows stranding and the 
actors left without money by the 
manager. 

If the people are secured through a 
licensed agency it is held responsible, 
the license bureau claiming the agency 
should know the rating of the manager 
before supplying him with people. 
This is said to be impossible and some 
of the agencies are telling the people 
they will have to take engagements 
upon their own responsibility. 



STOCK STARS' DISADVANTAGE. 

Boston, July 14. 

The Lester Lonergan Co., which hat 
been giving a season of star stock at 
the Majestic, closed Saturday, but will 
reopen again August 3, with Nance 
O'Ncil. 

The management has been more or 
less discouraged over the stock star 
business because the picture exhibitors 
take advantage of all of their advance 
announcements and immediately play 
films in which the stars have appeared. 
This was particularly true of the local 
engagement of Edmund Breese. The 
picture house advertised him at ten 
cents and did business, while the stock 
house did hardly nothing. 



TWO "FULL HOUSES." 

It has been decided by H. H. Frazee 
that only two companies of "A Full 
House" are to be sent on tour the com- 
ing season. They will have the big 
city time divided between them. 

The original plan was to flood the 
country with companies of the play, 
which has been a hit at the Longacre. 



SHUBERTS WANT GARDNER. 

The Shuberts are trying to persuade 
Jack Gardner to assume one of the 
principal roles in their forthcoming 
production of the Franz Lehar oper- 
etta "Alone At Last." The only en- 
gagement for the piece at present is 
that of Grace Goodale. 



If you don't «rfv«-rtL« In VARIETY, 
don't advertise. 



"THE GIRL" NOT COMING. 

David Belasco has decided he will 
not bring George Scarboro's play "The 
Girl" to New York. 

The piece was tried out in Atlantic 
City. The producer and those who 
witnessed it believed the story was en- 
tirely too daring and tense for the 
Metropolis. 



12 



VARIITY 



BILLS NEXT WEEK (July 19) 

la Vaudeville Theatree, Playing Tkrao or Um flkams Dally. 

(All houses open for the week with Monday mstinees, wuen not otherwise indicated.) 
Theatres Hi ted a* "Orpheum" without any further distinfttiabiaf description are on tha 

Orpheum Circuit. Theatres with "Loew" following name are on the Loew Circuit. 

Aaencies booking the houses are noted by single name or Initials, such aa "Qran," Oreaenm 

anSFv. BTaAnited Booking Offices-Jw V. M. A.," Western VkgjMUt Mauagars^Asso. 

elation <Cbicago)-"P ." Pantages Circuit-"Inter," Interatate Circuit (booking through W. V. M. 

A.-"*!,'* James C Matthewa (Chicago). 



ft aw York 

PALACE (ubo) 
Frltst Scheff 
Adelaide 4 Hughes 
Howard A McCane 
Avon Comedy * 
llyaterla 
Courtney Bisters 
Boyal'a L)ogH 
Al A Fanny Steadman 
(One to nil) 
HARLEM O H I ubo) 
2d half (J«>y ^"i 8 .!, 
WblUhlll A Whlteblll 
Towlln Bros & Kees 
nrown A Spencer 
Do?7tny DaJl. & Girl- 
Kramer A Morten 
Edwin A D°ra Ford 
let half (July W-^J 
Rosa Rants Troupe 
James Cantwell 
Dorothy Rogers 
W A Misses Shirley 
Cecilia Trio 
Frederick Bowera 
(Others to All) 
1 BTH AVE (ubo) 
2d half (July 15-18) 

say Jf "S^ 

Wm Lytell Co 
Nevlns A Erwood 
Ruby Celete Co 
Toombs A Wentworth 
Montrose Troupe 
John O'Mailey 
let half (July 10-21) 
Harrah A Co 
Ward A Shubert 
MajeaUc Musical 4 

Rogers, Po"?* * g ta 
Dorothy Davis A Qlrla 

(Others to nil) 
1 ROYAL (ubo) 
2d half (July 15-18) 
Francis A Foy 
Rivea A Hnrriaon 
Wheat, Graham Co 
Mary Melville 
Bachelor Dinner 
Marshall Montgomery 
Prince Charles 
let half (July 10-21) 
Van Clave A Pete 
Amy Butler 
Wm Lytell Co 
Edwin George 
(Others to nil) 
PROCTOR" S B8TH ST. 
5 Beautlea A Spot 
Wilson A Lenore 
Zeda A Hoot 
joe Kelaey 
Levan A Taber 
Qallana A Morgan 

2d halt 
Ethel Mae Barker 
Kolb A Harland 
Ernest Carr Co 
Henry Frya 
Alvln A Kenny 
•Matinee Girl" 
AMERICAN (loew) 
Karlton A Kllfford 
Burns A Klssen 
Warren A Francis 
Mattle Choate Co 
Bessie LeCount 
"Song BirdB" 
Geo Armstrong 
Bauera A Saundera 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Sterling A Chapman 
5 Merry Youngsters 
Richard Milloy Co 
Moore A Jenkins 
Nell McKlnley 
Berne Troupe 
(Three to fill) 

LINCOLN (loew) 
3 O'Neill 81s 
Old Sol Fiddlers 
Howard A Chase 
The Bleriotts 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Bchwarts A Wooley 
Smith A West 
Alpine Quartet 
"Stick-up Man" 
Handins ft Miller 
Hayea 

OREELEY (loew) 
Laird A Thompson 
Bell Boy 3 
Great Santell Co 
(Three to nil) 

2d half 
Eddie Marshall 
Hlckvllle Minstrels 
Warren A Francis 
LaRue A GVesham 
Cooper Bros 
(One to fill) 

7TH AVE (loew) 
Handle A Miller 
Lerner ft Ward 
Norton A Earle 
LaRuc ft Qrcsham 
Alpine Quartet 
Sterling ft Marguerite 

2d half 
Smith A Boyle 
Moore O'Brien A M 
Deland-r-arr Co 



Jo« K Watson 
Stone A Hughes 
(One to fill) 
BOULEVARD (loew) 
Oordon A Rlcca 
Fox A Eschel 
Dugan's Money 
JAM Hawkins 
Eddie Marshall 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Howard A Chase 
Margaret Farrell 
"Old Song Revue" 
Brown A Jackson 
Ross Bros 
(One to fill) 

NATIONAL (loew) 
Smith A Ralph 
Steppe A Martin 
"Master Move" 
LeVan A DeVlne 
Ed Zoeller 8 
(One to All) 

2d half 

3 O'Neill Slaters 
Ethel Mae Hall Co 
Cook A Stevens 
Namba Broa 
(Two to fill) 

ORPHEUM (loew) 
Moore O'Brien A M 
Deland-Carr Co 
Jos K Watson 
Berne Troupe 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Fox A Eschell 
Norton A Earle 
LaVan A DeVlne 
Sterling A Marguerite 
(Two to fill) 

DELANCEY (loew) 
Margaret Farrell 
Harlshmla Bros 
"Stick-up Man" 
Healy A Barr Twins 
Hayea 

(Three to fill) 
2d half 
Norton A West 
"Song Birds" 
Cunlngham A Marlon 
"Shot at Suniiae" 
Harmon Zarnes A D 
The Blerrlots 
(Two to fill) 

Coney Inland, N. Y. 

BRIGHTON (ubo) 
Ford A Hewett 
McCloud A Carp 
Mrs. O. Hughes Co 
Dooiey A Sales 
Rlgoletto Bros 
Richards Kyle Co 
Maaon A Keeler 
Lew Dockatader 
McMahon D A C 
HENDERSON'S (ubo) 

4 Mariners 
Abbott A White 
King A Brooke 
Tower A Darrell 
Schwarts Bros 
Walter Van Brunt 
Emma Carua 
Rooney A Bent 
Bertlsch 

Brooklyn 

BUSHWICK (ubo) 
Lillian Shaw 
Craig Campbell Co 
Harry Olrard Co 
Hussey A Boyle 
Wheat Payson Co 
Mr A Mrs J Kelso 
Corcoran A Dingle 
Helene A Emlllon 

PROSPECT (ubo) 
JAB Thornton 
Edwards Davis Co 
Farber Sisters 
Santley A Norton 
Dorothy Richmond Co 
Gordon Eldrld Co 
Diaz's Monkeys 
Bill Robinson 

GREENPOINT (ubo) 
Act Marvellous 
Coates, Keane A .1 
Lillian Kingsbury 
"Garden of Peaches" 
Harry Breen 

2d half 
Sid Baxter Co 
Elphye Snowden Co 
Molly Mclntyre Co 
Mllfc Collins 
Am eta 

5TH AVE (ubo i 

1st half 
Adolpho 

Woods A Hnlkln> 
J B Katzman Co 
Fairfax A Stnffar 
Norman Spear 
The Sllvenos 

2d half 
Monte 3 

Burt & Harriot Brown 
Billy Foster A Girls 
Cummings A Glady'gR 
Stanley A Le Black 
Gordon's Dogs 



HALSEY (ubo) 

1st half 
Monte 3 

Burt A Harriet Brown 
Pierre Pelletler Co 
Billy Foster A Girls 
Hllltera A Shears 
Cummings A Olad'gs 
Stanley A LeBrack 
Eva Fay 

2d half 
Fairfax A Staffer 
Woods A Halpln 
Broomstick Elliott 
Johnny Dove 
Eva Fay 
4 Rubes 

M A Alexander Co 
The Zlraa 

FULTON (loew) 
Moore A Jenkins 
Jackson A Wehl 
Sulllvan-Keogh Co 
BUI Prultt 
Roes Bros 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Stepp A Martin 
Old Sol Fiddlers 
"Dugan's Money" 
Harlshlma Bros 
(Two to All) 

SHUBERT (loew) 
Sterling A Chapman 
Ethel Mae Hall Co 
Morris A Allen 
Stone A Hughes 
(Two to All) 

2d half 
Jackson A Wahl 
Sulllvan-Keogh Co 
Jones A Sylvester 
4 Aerial Belles 
(Two to All) 

BIJOU (loew) 
Tojettl A Bennett 
Schwarts A Wooley 
"Old Song Revue" 
Brown A Jackson 
Richard Milloy Co 
Harmon Zarnes A D 

4 Aerial Belles 

2d half 
Beth Challls 
Gordon A Rica 
"Master Move" 
Ed Zoeller 3 
(Three to All) 

PALACE (loew) 
Maldle DeLong 

5 Merry Youngsters 
Lou Hoffman 

(Two to All) 

2d half 
Lerner A Ward 
"Wrong or Right" 
Healy A Barr Twins 
Karlton A Kllfford 
(One to All) 

Albany. M. T. 

PROCTOR'S 
Kirk 

Bessie Browning 
Walter Nleland Co 
Schooler A Dickinson 
Subers A Keefe 
Treat's 8eala 

2d half 
The Glllys 
Edmunds A Farrell 
Llghtner A Jordan 
Al Coleman 
Smith A Farmer 
"War Brides" 
Atlaetle City. W. J. 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
The Gaudsehmldts 
Lewis A McCarthy 
Meyako Sisters 
The Cranberrys 
Sam A Kitty Morton 
Bell Family 
Ben Welch 
Reynolds A Donegan 

Ronton. 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Chas Case 
Ota Gy«l 
Ward Bell A W 
M el stersl niters 
Mr and Mrs G Wilde 
Cecil Cunningham 
(Two to All) 

GLOBE (loew) 
Dotson A Gordon 
Harry Brooks Co 
Valentine Vox 
Cole A Denahy 
Mack A Vincent 
Knapp A Cornelia 
(One* to All) 

2d half 
Allen A Francis 
Copeland-Draper Co 
Lewis Belmont A L 
Cook A Rothert 
(Three to All) 

ST JAMES (loew) 
Beth Challls 
Evans A Wilson 
Copeland-Draper Co 
Gordon A Marx 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Kmbs A Alton 
Valentine Vox 



Harry Brooks Co 
Helen Shlpman 
Cole A Denahy 
(One to All) 
Brtdareport, Coaa. 
P0LT8 (Ubo) 

1st half 
Turner A Grace 
Rubel Blmms 
Stock Players 
Knapp A Cornelia 
Lew A Molly Hunting 
Ever's Circus 

2d half 
Wood Broa 
Harry Frey 
Stock Players 
Rogera Pollock A R 
Elsie Ollbert A Girls 
(One to All) 
PLAZA (ubo) 

lat half 
Joe Daniels 
"Matinee Olrla" 
(Two to All) 

2d half 
Jas Grady Co 
Jordan A Dorothy 
4 Belles 
(One to All) 

Cain-err 
PANTAGES (m) 
"Birthday Party" 
Persian 8 

Spencer A Williams 
Hanlon Dean A H 
Maude Leone Co 



MAJESTIC (orph) 
Flske O'Hara 
Marie Nordstrom 
Felice Morris Co. 
Havlland's Animals 
Bernard A Phillips 
Selma Braats 
Kramer A Morton 
Joe Whitehead 
Vernle Kaufman 
McVICivER'S loew) 
Waaaman A Co 
Grannls A Grannis 
5 Armenia 
Lee Berth 

"Name Was Dennis" 
Ed A Jack Smith 
Jennie Du Fau 
Lew Wells 
3 Shelvey Boys 
GREAT NORTHERN 

HIP (wva) 
"College Girls" 
J C Mack 3 
3 Jeanettes 
Rialto 

The Hawkins 
Pearl Davenport 
Strassler A Howies 
J C Lewis Co 
Mlrano Barry 
(Four to All) 

flarlnaatl. 
KEITH'S (ubo) 

2 Lowes 

Gilbert A Barret 
Doris Wilson Co 
Sampson A Deane 
Kawana Japs 

ClfTHaad. 
MILES (loew) 
Lawton 

3 Du For Boys 
"The Way Out" 
Ashwell Sisters 
Jas J Morton 
Fanton's Athletes 

Colasabaa. 
KEITH'S (ubo) 
Helen Lee 
Garclnettl Bros 
Miller A Rameo 
Kalma Co 
Holden A Harron 
Taylor flt Clair 3 

Dee Bfolaee . . 
EMPRESS (wva) 
Broslus A Brown 
Doyle A Elaine 
Mercedes ft Zenda 
Bertie Fowler 
Herbert Dyer Co 

2d half 
Stross A Becker 
Bogart A Nlcolls 
Minstrel Maids 
Yates A Wheeler 
Luts Broa 

Detroit 
TEMPLE (ubo) 
Ramsdell Duo 
Crelghton Bros A B 
Keno A Green 

4 Soils 

Long Tack Sam Co 
Jack Hazard 
Brlce A King . 
Mang & Snyder 

ORPHEUM (loew) 
•1 Dixon Slaters 
Bowen A Bowen 
"0 Peaches A Pear" 
Annie Kent 
Fields A Lewis 
Laypo A Benjamin 

D ninth 
NEW GRAND (wva) 

1st half 
Burnham A Yant 
Mr A Mrs A Cappelan 



Judaea Cole 
Nettle Carroll Tr 

2d half 
Kammerer A Howl and 
Hurry K Hill 
Barnold'a Dogs 
(One to All) 

aaaasamtoau Can. 

PANTAOB8 (m) 
''Haberdashery" 
Wlnsch A Poors 
Dow A Dow V 
Rondaa 8 x 
Harry VonFossen 

■llaaketk. H. J. 

PROCTOR'S (ubo) 
Bradlee Martin Co 
Eugene Le Blane 
Hoyt'a Minstrels 
Daisy McNaughton Co 
Milt Collins 
Valentine A Bell 

2d half 
The Edouarda 
Jas Cantwell 
"Dixie Elopement" 
Cooper A Smith 
Harrah A Co 

Botaerwllle, la. 
GRAND (wra) 
Greenlee A Drayton 

2d half 
Jameson Duo 

Fall River, Maaa. 

ACADEMY (loew) 
Emba A Alton 
Harry Olbbe Co 
Lewis Belmont A L 
"Posing Beauty" 

2d half 
Knapp A Cornelia 
Gordon A Marx 
Mack A Vincent 
(One to All) 

Aran* RaaMa, Ml eh 

RAMONA PK (ubo) 
Lockett A Waldron 
Nonette 

"Society Buds" 
Empire Comedy 4 
4 Jansleys 
(One to All 

Haeafnal. Mo. 

PARK (wva) 
Thompson A Griffin 
Doc Holland 
Orbasany's Cockatoos 

2d half 
Bruce A Calvert 
Monde A Belle 
Ray Snow 
Slgsbree's Dogs 

Hertford, Coaa. 

PALACE (ubo) 

1st half 
Sllbinl A Grovlnl 
Wilton Sisters 
Frank Mulane 
Havlland A Thornton 
Katherlne Matthewa 
Camllanl 3 

2d half 
Sari Sisters 
Chas Kenna 
Moore, Gardner A R 
Ever's Circus 
(One to AH) 

Hobokea, IV. J. 

LYRIC (loew) 
Smith A Weat 
Maurice Samuels Co 
Sandy Shaw 
The Sanatelles 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Lou Hoffman 
Atlaa Trio 
(Three to All) 
Hatealaeoa, Kan. 
RIVERSIDE PK 
(wva) 
Klnzo 

Banks Breaseale Duo 
Lortie Alexander ft G 

2d half 
Maleta Banoonl 
Consul Pedro 
Howe A Howe 
Zeno Jordon A Z 

ladlaaaaolla 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
The Parshleys 
"MlnBtrel Cabaret" 
Alexander A Kerr 
The Ozavea 
(Others to All) 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
4 Xela Sisters 
Coates, ft Keane ft J 
Lillian Kingsbury 
Jolly Models 
Edwin George 
Leon Sisters Co 

2d half 
The Turners 
Thurber A Madison 
Marshall Montgomery 
Ameta 
(Others to fill) 

Kanaae City, Kaa. 

ELECTRIC (wva) 
Raymond ft Bell 
Jerome Tudor A S 

2d half 
Hlbbert A Myers 
The Randalls 

Laaeaater, Pa. 

COLONIAL (ubo) 

lat half 
Roble ft Roble 
Wharry-Lewls Co 
La France A Bruce 
Spanish Ooldlnls 

2d half 
Chief Tendahoa 
"Lis" 

Hllller ft Shears 
"Garden of Peaches" 



LYRIC (wva) 
lat half 
Prlneeea Kalamo Duo 
F 8wlft Co 

2d half 
Bowman Bros 
"Mystic Bird" 
ELECTRIC PARK 
(wva) 
1st half 
Bersac'a Circus 
Ralph Bavhl Co 
Murphy ft Klein 

2d half 
Corrlgan A Vivian 
4 Peerless Potters 
Scsnlon A Press 
eVan Aagrelea 
ORPHEUM lorph) 
Nesimova 
Joe Cook 

Lorraine ft Dudley 
Cameron A Gay lord 
Mercedes 
Little Nap 
Terada Broa 

PANTAGES (m) 
Ishlkawa Jape 
Sarah Padden Co 
Friend A Downing 
Dorothy Vaughan 
West A VanSlclen 
Randow 3 

Loalarllle 
FN FRY PK (orph) 
(Open Sun Mat) 
Cheerburg's Manchu- 

rlana 
Geo Rosner 
Kirk A Fogarty 
Queenle Dunedln 
Gilbert A Jane 

CRfSTAL (loew) 
Maestro 

Jenkins A Covert 
Olda De Baugh 
Work A Play 
(One to All) 
Mlaaeaaolla 
UNIQUE (loew) 
Juggling Wilbur 
Mendel A Nagle 
La Salle Opera Co 
The Gregorya 
Crack Squad 

GRAND (wva) 
Bill Dooiey 
Eastman A Moore 
Cooper A Rlcardo 

3 Lyres 

Newark, N. J. 
MAJESTIC (loew) 
Olga Cooke 
Cunningham A Marlon 
"Wrong or Right" 
Cooper Broa 
(Two to AH) 

2d half 
John LaVier 
JAM Hawkins 
Bill Prultt 
(Three to All) 
New Haves, Coaa. 
POLI'S (ubo) 

let half 
Wood Broa 
James Grady Co 
Lady Sen Mel 
Roy A Arthur 
Elsie Gilbert A Girls 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Turner A Grace 
Rubel Simma 
Knapp A Cornelia 
Katherlne Matthews 
(Two to All) 

BIJOU (ubo) 

4 Belles 

Jordan A Dorothy 

(One to All) 
2d half 

Joe Daniels 

(Two to All) 
Oaklaaft 
ORPHEUM (orph) 

Dooiey ft Rugel 

Lucv Gillette 

Lai Mon Kim 

Kelly ft Pollock 

(Others to All) 
PANTAGES (m) 
(Opens Sun Mat) 

Klrksmlth Sis 

Passing Revue 3 

Halley A Noble 

3 Weber Sis 
Cornell Corley Co 

Oanaaa 

EMPRESS (wva) 
Kami 

Gilroy ft Coriel 
Yates A Wheeler 
"Minstrel Maids" 

2d half 
Stelndell A Lee 
Princess Kalma Duo 
Bertie Fowler 
Herbert Dyer Co 

Patereoa, N. J. 

MAJESTIC (ubo) 
lat half 
Chief Tendahoa 
Henrietta Brown Co 

4 Rubea 
Johnson A Buckley 

2d" half 
Marie Hart 
Loro A Payne 
Bert Fltsgibbons 
Henrietta Brown Co 

Perry, In. 
OPERA HOUSE (wva) 

1st half 
Johnson ft Crane 

2d half 
Cornelia A Adele 
Philadelphia 
GRAND (ubo) 
Hooper A Cook 
Patiicola A Meyers 



O'Brien-Havel Co 

Nardlnl 

Rice A Beeson 

The Schmlttens 



GPRAND (ubo) 
McCormack A Wallace 
Mabel Meek 
Capt Spauldlng 
Terry A Dupont 
Hawthorne's Minstrel 
Stanley Burna A H 
Gene Muller 3 

Portland, Ore. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Ethel Davla A Dolls 
Rogera A Wiley 
Neua A Eldrld 
Bigelow Campbell A R 
Jeaale Hayward Co 
Frawlaesice. R. I. 

EMERY (loew) 
Allen A Francis 
"Shot at Sunrise" 
Helen 8hlpman 
Cook A Rothert 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Dotson A Gordon 
Evans A Wilson 
Harry Gibba Co 
"Posing Beauty" 
(One to All) 

Saeraaseato 
EMPRESS (loew) 
"Just Half Way" 
Tabor A Green 
Maxlmllllan 
(3 to All 

St. IrOSJl* 

FRST PK HGHLADS 

(orph) 
Doris Wilson Co 
Bert Swor 
Lockett A Waldron 
Baraban A Grohs 
HAMILTON (wva) 

lat half 
American Girls 
Al Abbott 
Aerial Budds 

2d half 
Gardner's Maniacs 
Fitzgerald A Ashton . 
Riley Wilson 
Baraban A Grohs 

St. Paul 

EMPRESS (loew) 
Werden A Gearln 
Hager A uoodwin 
"Too Many Burglars" 
Kerr ft Burton 
Yuma 

PRINCESS (wva) 
let half 
Kammerer ft Howl and 
Murry K. Hill 
Barnold'a Dogs 
(One to All) 

2d half 
El Cota 
Novelty 4 
Paul Le Croix Co 
(One to AH) 

Salt Lake 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Opena Wed mat) 

Florens Family 

Antrim A Vale 

"Childhood Days" 

Stuart 

Carletta 

San Diego 

PANTAGES (m) 
Arizona Joe Co 
Leonard Anderson Co 
Venita Gould 

3 Rlanoe 
Northlane A Ward 

San Fraaelavo 
ORPHEUM (orph) 
(Open Sun Mat) 
Kitty Gordon Co 
Jack Wilson 
Misses Campbell 
Norton A Lee 
Brltt Wood 

4 Melodious Chapa 
Bert Melrose 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Opens Sun mat) 

Geo Primrose Co 

Arllne 

Rboda A Cramp ton 

Chartree Sla A H 

The Bremens 

Early ft Lalght 

Scaeaeetaely, If. Y. 

PROCTORS 
Ah Ling Foo 
Helen Davis 
Llghtner ft Alexander 
Delphino A Delmore 
Smith A Farmer 
"War Brides" 
2d half 
George Schlndler 
Martha Stuart 
Francis McGinn Co 
Hallen ft Fuller 
Dale ft Boyle 
Levering Troupe 

Seattle 

PANTAGES (m) 
Juliette Dike 
Rice ft Francis 
Sllber A North 
Rio ft Norman 
Josle Flynn Minstrel 

Spokane 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Opens Sun mat) 
"Maid In Calgary" 
Karl Emmy's Pets 
Joe Roberts 
Tnness A Ryan 
Sullivan ft Mason 
Lalla Selbini 



Sprlaa-aela, 

PALACE (ubo) 

1st hslf 
Sari Sla 
('has Kenna 
Stock Players 
Moore ft June 
"Clown Seal" 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Bilblnl ft Grovlnl 
Roy ft Arthur 
Havlland ft Thornton 
Lady Sen Mel 
Camllanl 8 
(One to All) 

Syrsease, N. Y. 
TEMPLE (ubo) 
1st hslf 
Dale A Boyle 
Martha Stewart 
Cameron ft Devltt 
"Orange Packers" 
Johnny Neff 
The Glllya 

2d half 
The Halklna 
Klmberly ft Mohr 
Delphino A Delmore 
Bessie Browning 
Knapp ft Cornelia 
(One to All) 

Tncomn. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Hanlon Broa Co 
Barto A Clark 
Kltner Haynea A M 
Kelley A Galvln 
Morton Broa 

Toledo, O. 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Sundberg A Renee 
Brown ft Taylor 
Dave Wellington 
"Concealed Bed" 
Walter Walters 
Emlle Sisters 

Toroato 

SHEA'S HIP (ubo) 
Montrose ft Sardell 
Mlntz ft Palmer 
Kurtls' Roosters 
"Bare- foot Boy" 
Mr ft Mrs N Phillips 
Bison City 4 
Leach-Wallen 3 

YOUNOB (loew) 
Fred Hlldebrandt 
Mack, Albright ft M 
Joe Bernard Co 
Edwards ft Hedene 
Kanazawa Trio 
(Two to All) 

Troy. M. Y. 

PROCTORS 
3 Halston Boys 
George Schlndler 
Hallen A Fuller 
Ernest Carr Co 
Klmberly A Mohr 
Levering Troupe 

2d half 
Ah Ling Foo 
Helen Davla 
Cameron DeVltt Co 
Schooler A Dickinson 
Subers A Keefe 
Treat's Seals 

Vaaeoarer. B. C. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Edmund Hayea Co 
Dorsch A Russell 
Victoria 4 
Lady Alice's Pets 
Eelle Oliver 

Victoria, B. C. 

PANTAGES (m) 
"Salt Lake Belles" 
Gordon Highlanders 
Edith Helena 
Clark ft McCullough 
Mint A Wert 

Waaklanrtoa. 

KETH'S (ubo) 
Ward ft Fitzgerald 
Stan Stanley 3 
Novelty Clintons 
Henshaw ft Avery 
Will Ward A Girls 
(Others to All) 

Wllkea-Barre, Pa. 

POLI'S (ubo) 
1st half 
C'aryle ft Orlndell 
Adelaide Lowe Co 
Frank Terry 
Pekin Mysteries 

2d half 
Pike ft Calame 
Gone Frazler Co 
LaFrance ft Bruce 
Bogaml Troupe 
(Others to fill) 

Winnipeg 

PANTAGES (m) 
"Salt Lake Belles" 
Bill Armstrong Co 
La Zar ft Dale 
Archer ft Carr 
The Gascolgnes 

STRAND (wva) 
Gray ft White 
Frederick Allen A Co 
Frank Rogers 
Lockhart A Leddy 

Worceeter, Msss. 

PLAZA (ubo) 

1st half 
Carlton Sisters 
Gerard Gardner Co 
Moore Gardner A R 
Kirk & Smith 

2d half 
Pollard 

Wilton Sisters 
Frank Mulane 
"Clown Seal" 



NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



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NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation, First Appearance 

er Reappearance in or Around 

New York 

Mysteria, Palace. 

Craig Campbell and Co., Prospect. 
Wheat Payson and Co., Prospect. 
Helene and Emilion, Prospect. 
Edwards Davis and Co. (New Act), 

Bushwick. 
Santley and Norton, Bushwick 

Regent Pour. 

Operatic Quartet. 

12 Mins.; One. 

Palace. 

A mixed quartet, two men and two 
women, who have operatic selections 
exceedingly well sung. They are clad 
in colorful costumes suggesting a pro- 
duction. The routine comprises solos, 
duets and quartets, rendered in a man- 
ner which brought applause. The act 
was rather disadvantageously placed 
opening the show at the Palace but 
the members were accorded sufficient 
applause at the finish to warrant four 
bows. Fred. 



Milo? 

Tramp Comedian. 

15 Mins.; One. 

Prospect 

This man is wrong in his bilKng. 
The name is close to La Milo, the pos- 
eur, but here a tramp comedian goes 
with it. With much the same makeup 
as used by other of the vagabond sin- 
gles, this chap has two accomplish- 
ments worth while, his singing and im- i 
itations of birds and animals. The last/ 
has been done often before, but Milo/ 
will continue to do it if the reception 
tendered him at the Prospect Tuesday 
night can be accepted for any value! 
He completely stopped the show in the- 
fourth spot. Milo has perfect control 
o< his sounds. A high voice is an- 
oher good asset. An act that will be 
a surprise in both billing and work on 
any bill. 



Pearl and Irene Sans. 

"12 Minutes Out of a Fashion Book." 

Songs and Clothes. 

12 Mins.; One; Three (Special Drops). 

Prospect. 

Two girls who have tried with some 
success to get away from the usual 
stereotyped "sister act." They have 
exclusive songs and also clothes which 
they put on before the audience, mak- 
ing changes for each number. The 
first drop represents the page of a 
fashion book. The girls stand on ped- 
estals and appear to be the same as 
the figures painted upon the drop. 
They step out and render a number, 
telling of their endeavors in trying to 
do something novel. Clothes-trees on 
each side of the stage are used, on 
which all of the costumes used are 
hung. After each number they change, 
with the change consisting mostly of 
a slip, the same underdressing doing 
inr the entire time. The second-after- 
intermission spot was a bit too heavy 
tor the girls but they went along nice- 
ly The novelty of the turn, which is 
oi* a decidedly quiet and pleasing na- 
ture, should keep the girls going. 



Mary Melville. 
Character Comedienne. 
14 Mins.; One. 
Fifth Avenue. 

Once Mary had a little act, it was with 
a skinny guy; now Mary's working all 
along, and no one knows just why. 
But nevertheless even though she is 
without the assistance of the human 
pin, the "let it lay" kid is all there as 
a single. She is putting over three 
songs in great shape, but the talk be- 
tween is not pulling the laughs it 
should. One thing is certain from the 
manner Miss Melville puts over her 
stenographer number, and that is she 
has a bit on a great many of the char- 
acter singing comediennes of the day. 
Clad in her old familiar costume, with 
her hair bobbed as usual (which re- 
minds that Mary beat Dotty Castle to 
the "bob" thing by several years), she 
offers "Make 'Em Laugh, That's All." 
In the lyric of this number Miss Mel- 
ville refers to the fact that she once 
worked with a male partner, when the 
team was Melville and Higgins — and 
Miss Melville was Mae then, instead of 
the Mary now. It proves a fair open- 
ing song for her. Following this she 
has talk with Cinders, the dashing dish 
dealer, as the feature. Mary must be 
pretty sore on Cinders, for she sure 
does tear her all to pieces. A "rube 
rag" is the next number offered and it 
passes. It is her closing number, how- 
ever, that is the real hit. The inanllci 
in which Miss Melville delivers "I'm 
a Stenographer Too" is an absolute 
delight. If she could round up a 
couple of other character songs as good 
as this, she would do well to drop the 
talk and go after the singing thing alto- 
gether, for it will advance her as a 
single further in the long run. Fred. 



Browning and Lewis. 

"The Explorers." 

Singing and Talking. 

16 Mins.; One (Special Drop). 

Jefferson. 

Browning and Lewis did a new act 
at the Jefferson the first half of this 
week. Before a special drop, repre- 
senting a jungle, with a tent (through 
which they make their entrance), some 
talk of mediocre value is gone through, 
comedy coming from the knockabout 
fashion of the comedian, who does not 
comprehend the "straight" man. A 
song is well put over by the "straight," 
with a couple of parodies by the com- 
edian, following the latter, and a com- 
plicated parody medley by both for a 
finish are the best efforts. With more 
work the act will be there for the 
smaller houses. 



"Prince Charles." 
Educated Chimpanzee. 
15 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Fifth Avenue. 

The trainer of "Prince Floro" has 
placed another educated chimp on the 
market in "Prince Charles." The lat- 
ter monkey is every bit as clever as his 
predecessor. There is the usual rou- 
tine of arrival at home; the table stuff 
and the disrobing, with the bicycle rid- 
ing featured. The animal is one of the 
best riders seen and the close, with the 
monk riding a minature motorcycle, is 
a redfire applause-winning finish. 

Fred. 



"A Mile a Minute" (7). 

Melodramatic (Special Effects). 

20 Mins.; Full Stage (Two Special 

Sets). 
Prospect 

A melodrama in two scenes, pre- 
sented by Howard Thurston. The sec- 
ond scene is the same as used in the 
Winter Garden show "The Honey- 
moon Express," showing the race be- 
tween an automobile and a train. The 
train and auto meeting on the stage. 
It is a big finish and cannot help but 
put the turn over. The first scene rep- 
resents an abandoned house. Two 
men, one a chauffeur and the other his 
boss, appear. They have robbed an 
express company. A girl appears and 
asks for their car, which is standing 
outside, so that she may go to a near- 
by station and save her brother, who is 
to be taken by the police. He is one 
of accomplices of the two in the cabin. 
Much stalling and finally a sheriff en- 
ters, telling the party he is going to 
take them to jail. The man, with a 
quick move, relieves him of his two 
guns and the party of three (including 
the girl) make for the car. The scene 
changes and the auto and train are 
seen coming through the mountains. 
The big finish, and the brother is res- 
cued. Noticeable in the first scene is 
the chauffeur, played by Billy Ray- 
mond. He is the comedian of the act. 
Few laughs can be credited him how- 
ever. George F. Harris is the leading 
man, with Louise Bergern the girl. 
The rest figure inconspicuously. Both 
sets have been well made with the en- 
gine and auto business in the second 
being finely done. It is something dif- 
ferent. 



Shirlie Rives and Ben Harrison. 
Songs and Talk. 
15 Mins.; Out, 
Harlem Opera House. 

A blonde boy with a cheery person- 
ality and a girl with a real soprano 
voice. Shirlie Rives formerly did a 
single. Her voice has trickiness and 
range. The two open with the boy 
lugging in a bench. A bit of kidding 
and then a comic number by the boy 
called "Why Don't They Do It Now?" 
put over to bring out all points. For 
her part Miss Rives sings "Home in 
West," and then another as a voice dis- 
played Both are well handled. There 
is no reason why these two cannot get 
along. 



"Jolly Models" (10). 
Musical Comedy (Special Set). 
30 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Harlem Opera House. 

A roughshod girl-act with two male 
principals and eight girls in pink tights 
(worn throughout, although over drap- 
ings are used). Several good song 
numbers do not reach, owing to the 
lack of a voice. No female principal. 
Each girl takes a chance at leading, 
with one or two favored. The men. 
one straight and the other "Dutch," 
get little with time-worn comedy. It 
is useless. A "table scene" with the 
tea bottle makes up a good bit of by- 
play. The songs are the only thing to 
the turn, but they must be sung. This 
act should remain away from New 
York. It is too long and too old. 



Frank Rao and Co. (3). 

"In 649" (Comedy). 

18 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). 

Jefferson. 

The plot of "In 649" as presented by 
Frank Rae and Co. is neither old nor 
new, it having been done before but 
in a different manner. It deals with 
the husband who belongs to a club, at 
which he spends most of his time and 
wife's money. The wife is keeping a 
number of orphans. Both try to with- 
hold their secrets from one another. 
Drinking of "649," a bottle of medi- 
cine, will make the person who 
drinks it tell the innermost secret. 
The bottle is handed to all members 
of the household and the truth comes 
out. The ending comes when the man 
promises to reform. The two princi- 
pals play with vim, and Utcmother-In- 
law adds value to the sketch. For the 
small time whenever a comedy sketch 
is needed, "In 649" will do. 



Bei a me a , Henry 



LIFE HlMiltS 

The following are life members of 
the White Rats: 

Armstrong. Wb. Keoagk, Bd 

Hotter, Jes. 
Kim* Okas. J. 
KInfEng, Breast 
LeMoet, Bert 

.Jeff lanemer.Jeaa 

Brown, Alei LaRae, Ones 

Brown, Toei Let. Jnles W. 

Carrel, Bail LeMalre, Oeo. 

Oaetano, Bdwerd Levy, Beit 

Olerk, Bdwerd Lewis, Teat 

Oekea, WW H Lloyd, Allee 

Oelemaa, Harry Lokee, Balsa 

Oeawey.Jeek Lorella, Oelte 

Oooka wtt J Later. Jet 

Oorkett, Jes. J. Lorette, ■erase II. 

Ooretlt. Biale Lrnoto, Diet 



Oeryeaj Oera Young- Maeart,_Wm. H 

Coyne, Josses 
Curtis, Bamael J 
Dalley, Robert L 
Delmore, Oeo. B. 
DeTrtokey, Oey 
Diamond, Maro 
Dlok, William 
Dicker, Paul 
Dixon, Harlaad 
DobMB, Frank 
Dolan, Jas. F. 



Doyle. Patsy 
Bldrld, Gordon H. 
Biting. Jnllaa 
Bmmett, Oeell 



sleek, Jes. P. 
MeOree, Jnalo 
HeDonald. Okas II. 
MoHahon, Tin 
MeNaugkton, Tom 
lloNelll. Lllllaa 
HePfce* Okas. 

kloaroe, Oeo. W. 
Montgomery. Dave 
Morton, Sam 
Mullen, Oeo. R. 
HorreT, Bllsaketk M. 
Nairn, Tom 

_ . . . Nlble, Fred 

Bmmett, Leon Nolan, Jaek 

Evans, Frank Nolan, Billy 

Pagan. Noodles Nortk, Frank 

Parrel], Okaa. H. Petti, Oreg 

fay, Frank Partes, Oerse 

Fay, One Prfnoe, Artkir 

Fiugorald, Bddio PreroT.N. 

Fogarty, Frank Rake, Harry 

Ford. A. A, Reeves. Bllllo 

Foyer, Bddlo Held, Jaek 

Osrdnor, Happy Jaok Rogers, Will 
Oarrlo, Bdward Roonoy. Pat 

Oaylor, Bobby Ross, Bddlo 

Olbaon, J. Oreat Rnssell, Marts a. 

Orant. Alt. Rnssell. Taos. J. 

Oray, Mary Ry« B , Tkos. J. 

2lf2"' S ttlt .. Banford, Walter 

K2R: ^t 1 * Sawyor, Joan 

Orlfltk. J. P. 8tdman, Bam 

Ororos. Hal Simmons. Dan 

Halllday, William A. Smltk, Tom 

2 a ^*ii' & B ^ Stafford, Frank 

Herbert, Ohauncoy D. Stone, net A, 

Herman, Dr. Carl Stoao, George 

Hlggtne, Robt. J. Sultmann. Jaoob 

Hugkss. j j. yen, Billy B. 

?£*£& wa^V ^ 7 

Jem, Johnny Waters, Jos. K. 

Joleon. Al Weber. Johnnie 

Kelly, Harry WlUard. O. B. 

Re"?: Walter C. Wl1 "— ' 8 " n H,,nor * 

Prom week to week in Variety will 
appear the full list of life members 
with new additions indicated. Who 
will be the next one to take out a life 
card? 



FEATURE ORCHESTRA LEADER 

A vaudeville house has featured an 
orchestra leader, at last, in the billing. 
Special "paper" for Morrison's, Rock- 
away, is bearing only the name of Jules 
Lenzberg And His Orchestra. 



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SHOW REVI E -W_3 



PALACE. 

All good things come in pair*. At least 
that seems to be the rule at the Palace this 
week. There are two dancing acta and two 
bridal songs, both done In a comedy vein and 
each scoring proportionately. Incidentally, 
there is a mighty good show at the Palace. 
An audience Tuesday night practically packed 
the house to the doors and they liked the 
bill. It was rather long for the Palace and 
consequently Manager Rogers started it off 
rather early, the first act coming on at 8.06, 
bringing the final curtain down at 11.02. 
There Is one thing which Is a steadfast rule 
with Mr. Rogers and that Is that his show 
must be over as near 11 o'clock as possible 
and he adheres to It most religiously. 

Following the usual overture and the news 
weekly the Regent Four (New Acts) were 
the openers. The drop in "one" before which 
they appeared Is a new one and It resembles 
In execution the work of Maxfleld Parrlsh. 

Bert and Bettle Wheeler held down the sec- 
ond spot In likeable fashion. The girl after 
a quick change of costume sang an old Tren* 
tlnl number, which was encored and Inciden- 
tally gave the man an opportunity to assume 
a Churllu Chaplin make-up. As an imper- 
sonator of the film comedian Bert Wheeler 
hus Homethlng on a great number of Im- 
personators. As a matter of fact his lmper- 
Honation Is the one big thing In the act at 
present. An eccentric dance finish with the 
boy doing the falls brought big applause re- 
turn. 

John Hyams and Leila Mclntyre were rather 
slow in getting started, but once they reached 
the full stage the act brought laughs and ap- 
plause. Lew Dockstader, presenting "Teddy 
and His Policies," was a laugh from start to 
finish. Closing the first part, Adelaide and 
J. J. Hughes danced delightfully. 

Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayfleld, opening the 
second part, and the opening with Mr. Lean 
singing "I'm the Ouy that Paid the Rent for 
Mrs. Rip Van Winkle," started the after- 
intermlsslon section with a bang. The follow* 
ing numbers with Miss Mayfleld got over very 
big, especially "The Widow and the Tired 
Business Man ' and the "Telephonies." In the 
former Miss Mayfleld wore a wonderful cos- 
tume, suggesting a military uniform. It Is a 
stunning affair of red and white and Is only 
uetracted from by a pair of those ugly-appear- 
ing Russian boots which practically spoil the 
picture. 

Banaoff and i+lrlle were the second dancing 
act. At the opening of the turn It looked as 
though it was rather too bad this act had to 
follow Adelaide and Hughes, but once the boy 
got under way with his eccentric solo work 
there was never a doubt as to what the an- 
swer would be. The act on the strength of 
this was the applause hit of the bill. 

Trlxle Frlganza followed In the spot next 
to closing and did her usual sterling perfor- 
mance and received the usual share of ap- 
plause that Is her due. The closing act was 
OdlTa. Fre A. 

PROSPECT. 

The Prospect is experiencing its first sum- 
mer. From all appearances It has proven a 
successful experiment. Frank (Tlrard, who 
has managed this house since the closing of 
the Orpheum, has put Into effect several neigh- 
borhood draws, with a Chaplin Contest Tues- 
day nights. The first was held last week, 
and Is said to have filled the house, with a 
large turnaway. This week it was not quite 
ho successful, but drew In a good sized crowd, 
considering the heat Rebate tickets have 
been spread rather- freely around the neigh- 
borhood, which seemB a necessity with all 
houses drawing from the locality the Prospect 
does. It keeps the house well filled, which 
means more money then empty seats. 

The show this week headed by Lillian Shaw 
shaped up as well as a summer bill Is wont to 
be. Miss Shaw down next to closing, easily 
took first honors although the bill contained 
several other hits. The u*ual numbers were 
used by the headllncr,, who closed with a 
new one called "Little Grey Mother," a war 
ballad, rather different from any of the others 
used by her. 

Considering hits, two prominent factors were 
Mllo and "A Mile a Minute," a melodramatic 
offering with a big finish, both under New 
Acts. 

Two sister acts were conspicuous and al- 
though both resorted to songs, there was a 
marked difference between them. The first 
was the Wilton Sisters, with songs, piano and 
violin. These two girls look decidedly young 
and have lots of pep In their work. One has 
a most pleasing voice, but confines her en- 
deavors in this line to a heavy piece, which 
Rho handles admirably. The rest of the time 
nhe Is at the piano with the other girl leading 
the numbers and playing a violin. They could 
have stood a later spot to advantage, but the 
way the bill was framed this was Impossible. 
The other two-girl act was presented by Pearl 
and Irene Sans (New Acts), second after In- 
termission. 

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wilde, No. .1, figured 
as a hit. The shadowgraph work so artistic- 
ally worked out with enough of patrlotlcs 
worked In to got the best results without 
carrying it too far. made one of the strongest 
Impressions of the evening. 

John Splssell and Co. In the opening spot 
failed to get very far until the finish, when 
the tumbling down of the stove caused a big 
laugh. It Is a turn that relies entirely upon 
pantomime, hut one of the men persists In 
talking now and then, and that gets nothing. 
The Danube Quartette, consisting of four men 
who do some clever casting, closed the vaude- 
ville show, with the Chaplin picture and con- 
test to follow. Toney and Norman also ap- 
peared. 



AMERICAN. 

The roof show for the earlier half of the 
present week provlued a goou round of enter- 
tainment, but dragged perceptibly In spot* 
ami for this reason ran slow and detracted 
somewhat from tne general value. There were 
several individual hits and to those go tne 
honor of pulling the bill through, wnile a 
few other specialties warped the speed and 
threatened to smear the goou Impression reg- 
istered by the successful contenders. 

The Jardys opened with some semi-startling 
exhibitions of hand balancing, the male unaer- 
stander providing good work wltn the band 
apparatus utilUeu. ine top-mounter, a woman, 
looked rather heavy for the work, but nas 
the required grace and skill to quality tor 
the portion. Some nlity hand to hanu and 
hand to head and Jaw stunts featured the 
routine and earned the couple sufficient appre- 
ciation to Juatliy their presence. The ward- 
robe could be improved upon. 

Allen and Francis held the second spot 
with a song and talk routine. The fami- 
liar garden bench being employed for the 
introductory opening. The same line of 
patter Is likewise in evidence and until the 
couple introduce their eccentric dance the act 
made little or no Impression. The girl has 
a good Idea of character work and should 
drop the engenue endeavors. The man Is a 
good loose dancer and through his efforts 
the turn passed. With the ability displayed 
this pair court! construct a genuinely good 
specialty, but the present vehicle will never 
help elevate them to any degree. 

"Ye Old Song Revue" Is a small time produc- 
tion with a quintet composed of three men 
and two women, the prima donna of the five 
carrying the best vocal power. The harmony 
Is not of the best, although the act has been 
staged nicely. It consists of a succession of 
old time melodies and carries a sentimental 
appeal that helps the total score. For the 
pop houses It will serve the purpose Intended, 
but even there it will never create a furore. 

Bernard and Roberts were the first natural 
hit of the Initial section, a good character 
man and an excellent "straight" distributing 
an unusually good list of "gags." A few old 
boys were recognized In the routine, but on 
the whole their list smacks of originality. 
The comic's dialect and delivery are a bit 
away from the beaten path and the couple 
have a reasonably good idea of distance, tim- 
ing their material nicely to meet the laughs 
which means much to a talking turn. They 
landed heavily. 

Sullivan and Keough held the sketch posi- 
tion closing the first part with the Three 
Chums, coming directly after the abundant 
overture. The Chums have a splendid Idea 
for the presentation of a rathskellar specialty, 
carrying a special set In "three" depicting 
the interior of a club. A poetic Introduction 
is followed by a series of apparently special 
numbers, all well delivered and equally well 
liked. They went decidedly big. 

Cole and Denahy, Texas Tommle dancers, 
found It rough going until they displayed their 
speed, and then finished with the usual re- 
sults. They gave way to Avellng and Lloyd, 
two men who work In street clothes with a 
Southern dialect and a supreme confidence 
that will never fall. Comparisons are con- 
sidered Improper, but after listening to this 
team a few minutes one automatically begins 
to measure their ability up with Conroy and 
Le Maire, the delivery and work being some- 
what similar without any suggestion of a 
copy. Their routine is somewnat rough, but 
the sting Is removed through their style and 
carriage. In other hands the same talk might 
be almost disgusting, still It sounds smart 
and comical as distributed by Avellng and 
Lloyd. They were the unquestioned hit of 
tho bill in next to closing spot and could 
have continued indefinitely without reachltg 
the tiring point. Their open In v and finale 
are novel and helped wonderfully. Whether 
the talk would sound acceptable in a high 
grade house Is a problem. The Three Heltons 
closed with their musical turn, keeping the 
majority In for the pictures. Wynn. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

A mighty well balanced show at the Fifth 
Avenue this first half of the current week. 
So good a show it bordered on the bl<* time 
standard. The bill comprised eight acts and 
five reels of pictures, one a two-reeler. In 
spite of the warm weather the Fifth Ave- 
nue held an audience almost capacity. Three 
reels of pictures opening the show and were 
followed by "Prince Charles" (New Acts) 
opening the vaudeville portion. The chimp 
was followed by Mary Melville (New Acts) 
formerly of Melville & Hlggins. 

Tom Davis and Co. In "The Strikebreaker," 
held down the "No. 3" spot, and were seen 
to better advantage than they have been on 
apy bill they have played In some time. The 
act got laughs from the start to finish. The 
young woman who is playing the striKebreaker 
has Improved wonderfully and is proving her- 
scii quite a clever little actress. 

A Keystone comedy entitled "Gussel Rivals 
Jonah," with Syd Chaplin, as the principal 
comedian. Syd is following In his brother's 
footsteps In trying to see how much dirty 
slapstick and revolting hokum he can pull. 
The picture was about as mtny a reel as has 
been shown In some time! and how the cen- 
sors ever passed it is a wonder. 

Tho last half of the show ran like a big 
time entertainment. John -> Malley. the irlsh 
tenor, lollowed the picture. Ho is using the 
same three Irish ballads that he had originally 
and has added, "If We Can't Be the Same 
Old Sweethearts," to his repertoire. In addi- 
tion on Monday night be offered for an encore 
number a new stirring mnrch ballad, by Ernest 
Ball, entitled, "Never Forget You're Irish, 
Too," which Is a real timely snng. The Im- 
perial Ballet, headed by Leo Plrnlkoff and 
Ethel Rose, followed In the next spot and got 
over nicely. 



The Kaufmann Brothers next to closing 
were the real applause hit of the bill. The 
boys went right to the audience from their 
opening and had them laughing all the way. 
They are using two rather aged rag numbers 
for Broadway and couiu replace them to ad- 
vantage before the new season opens. 

La Renle, Hamll and Co. Is a small time 
electrical experiment turn along the lines of 
the Dr. Hermann act, but a very poor copy 
as far as the electrical experiments are con- 
cerned. It isV the hokum and slapstick comedy 
with the aid of plants that puts the act over. 
A Hearst-Selig Weekly was the finisher. 

Fred. * 



HARLEM OPERA HOUSE. 

The customary large attendance Monday 
night. There seemed to be an awful lot of 
girls to the show the first half of this week. 
This was probably emphasized by the pres- 
ence of two acts, consisting of four girls each, 
one opening and the other closing the bill. 
The Four Xela Sisters made brave efforts In 
the opening spot, and they succeeded remark- 
ably well. They come early up here and an 
opening act has a good chance. Coleman 
Uoetz, the youthful song writer, was "No. 2." 
He Is not like the song writer actors who 
rely entirely upon their own numbers. Goetz 
Is young and at present he Is only using one 
he announces as his own It being "The 
Clutching Hand," a sort of a sequel to i aul- 
Ine." A green spat makes it doubly weird. 
Goetz has "Back Home in Tennessee" (new) 
for a finish. 

More songs of the popular variety were 
brought into play by Armand Cortez and 
Co., in a turn consisting of situations and 
songs, together with some laughable talk. 
The two young women both handle songs, the 
first adding seasonable flavor to the bill, and 
later a nice ballad, "Kentucky Lady," was 
used. One of the girls owns a pleasing voice, 
while the other passed along creditably. The 
two men figured In the talk and other busi- 
ness. They have Charlie Chaplin up here. 
After the sketch an old Keystone called 
"Cruel, Cruel Love" was used. It showed 
Chaplin In a different costume than he uses 
at present, and also a larger mustache adorned 
his face. His appearance In this looked like 
many of the impersonations given In the 
small time houses near ana far. 

A local attraction in the way of a ragtime 
piano playing contest followed the picture 
and a sailor boy was awarded the $5 for 
first prise. A young announcer announced as 
Al Salisbury (although he did not figure in 
the money), showed a touch that was recog- 
nized by the musicians ~ resent as something 
out of the ordinary, but his selections was not 
any too new and that rather hurt him. ^ 
sailor boy Is a hard thing to beat in a con- 
test where handclapplng uecldes the winner. 
After this Sol Levoy sang "Kentucky Lady" 
for the second time during the evening. 

After the various Interruptions, which made 
it rather hard for the following turn, but 
Shlrlle Rives and Ben Harrison (New Acts) 
had little trouble in getting started right 
away and put over one of the hits of the 
evening, after which "The Jolly Models" (New 
Acts), a turn of no class -assed alonr to 
little enthusiasm. The Four Kiltie Girls 
skated the show to a close around eleven. 

JEFFERSON. 

A rather heavy bill at the Jefferson the 
first half. A small hand-full was In front. 
Weather conditions has hurt attendance at 
this house, and Manager Walsh Is running 
the show through with the speed of the wind, 
not Inserting a picture in the midst as of 
yore. 

Leona Hegyl, clay modeling opened, and 
passed off to llrht returns, followed by the 
Clancy Trio, three men, offering the "Try 
' Out," nothing beyond horseplay, and singing. 
The boys secured a good many surprises with 
their singing. Five Romeros with grand opera 
and music were next. The troupe brought 
out some tuneful melodies, and worked fast. 
Some new popular songs for a closer would 
help. 

Knight and Raymond, man and woman, 
billed as Golden and Clark, brought forth 
songs and talk. The woman 1b displaying a 
couple of stunning gowns. The "Bungalow" 
died long, long ago. 

Lee Fong Tong (If not Hong Font-) the. 
Chinese who appeared at Hammersteln's some 
few months ago, followed, and is offering n 
vehicle somewhat the same as the latter men- 
tioned. But with his funny English, and the 
singing of German songs, he pulled down one 
of the big hits of the evening. At times Tong 
shows signs of possessing a fairly good bass 
voice. Frank Rae and Co. (New Act) pleased. 
With another new act. Browning and Lewis, 
followed. They also got big return with their 
parodies. The Inas Family, acrobats, proved 
a splendid closer. 



CITY. 

Despite the severe handicap of summer 
weather and competition, Fox's City theatre, 
located directly across the street from Fox's 
Academy of Music, is attracting an unusually 
large patronage, probably because of the ex- 
cellent brand of vaudeville and the variety 
in the bills. The early half of the current 
week brought a good comedy group of spe- 
cialties to the house with a four-part fea- 
ture picture, "The Builder of Bridges," util- 
ized for a chaser. An extra feature is a 
serial placed In the center of the bill. 

i he advertising honors went to the Hippo- 
drome Four, a comedy quartet with a school 
room setting, the general idea being reminis- 



cent of the Avon Comedy Four. The stereo- 
typed routine of business is supplemented by 
some mediocre harmony, the comedy standing 
out beyond the vocal department and father- 
ing the four men the expected laughs. Where 
this particular kind of entertainment Is ap- 
preciated, the Hip Quartet can easily qualify. 

Chas. Ledegar, a talking rope walker in 
"Dutch" makeup, opened the bill accompanied 
by a cleverly arranged orchestration and an 
excellent line of tricks. The talk is splendid 
in spots and weak in others and Ledegar takes 
some good falls on the rope. He gave the 
show a great start. 

Jack McCowan and Emily Gordon offered a 
specialty In "one" that ho.ds a unique ooen- 
lng, the card bearer placing the name of each 
principal on either side of the stage. An in- 
terrupted number brings on McCowan and 
through some nifty Introductory dialog the 
turn is started. McCowan oerworks and 
should give his partner a better opportunity. 
The man is clever, evldenuy writes his own 
lyrics and closed with a war recitation that 
was wisely interpolated Into the lyric of a 
closing number, carrying the oouple off to th« 
Inevitable appiause. 

The Ogden Quartet, a mixed operatic ag- 
gregation, came next In order with some clas- 
sic renditions, finishing with a costumed re- 
cital of a selection from one of the operas. 
The younger woman is decidedly attractive, 
carries plenty of personality and held up the 
appearance end. The voices were of the usual 
calibre. 

After the i«earst-Scllg weekly, Midgley and 
Elton contributed a comedy sketch with a few 
songs Included, the latter nttlng In nicely, but 
carrying little weight through poor delivery. 
The comedy is clean, well delivered and nicely 
arranged to precede the comedy climax. It 
shoum carry through anywhere as shown at 
the City. 

Glen ElliBon, working "straight" wltn a 
Scotch dialect, has all the essentials of a big 
time turn barring the opening number "Slater 
Susie," which has had its fling for stage usage. 
Ellison works this number with a slide, and 
while it returns some laughs. It doesn't be- 
long. His succeeding material was especially 
weii delivered and earned him one of the hits. 

The artistic honors of the program went to 
the Cameron Sisters, two pretty girls who can 
dance with the best. Their opening In "one 
gave them the necessary start with the follow- 
ing numbers earning solid applause for each 
effort. This team will bear watching, tor they 
belong on the bigger circuits and could even 
quality for a production. The Hippodrome Four 
followed and Alvln and Kennedy closed, the lat- 
ter act introducing tho former clown comic In 
Charlie Chaplin makeup, a good idea and one 
that earned plenty of applause. Wynn. 



OBITUARY. 

Mrs. Margaret. Witt, a vaudeville 
artist and sister-in-law of the late 
George Fuller Golden, died last week 
in the Seton Hospital. 

Chas. A. Neaves of the 6th Man- 
chester, an English regiment, the 
brother of Mrs. Chauncey Jesson (Jes- 
son and Jesson), was killed in action 
May 27 in the Dardanelles. 

Lee Charville, employed in 'The Old 
Mill" at the Exposition, San Francis- 
co, died July 7 of injuries sustained 
from a fall, which occurred the night 
before while doing repair work on a 
scaffold. 

Moira Creegan, last season in "Pyg- 
malion," died July 9 in Mount Sinai 
Hospital, New York, from acute con- 
gestion of the liver. She is survived 
by a husband (John Imeson), appear- 
ing in London in "Peg O' My Heart." 

Leon Mooser died July 11 in San 
Francisco. He was of the Mooser 
Bros., a firm that dealt extensively in 
oriental theatricals, and of which his 
surviving brother, George, was the 
other partner. A sunstroke suffered in 
the Orient, together with theatrical 
depression there, following the war, 
which materially affected the Moosers' 
circuit of theatres in the Far East, 
hastened the end. The office at Shang- 
hai will be discontinued. Leon Mooser 
was well known as a showman around 
the world. He was 40 years of age. 

If you don't advertise In VARIETY, 
don't advertise. 



MOVING PICTURES 



15 



TWO LEADING MANUFACTURERS 
LEAVE WORLDJTLM SERVICE 

California and Frohman Companies in Dispute With Service 

Corporation. Feature Films Rejected Lead to Legal 

Entanglements. Money Advances Would Have 

To Be Made if Accepted by World* 

fornia Starts Suit to Annul Contract. 



The California Motion Picture Cor- 
poration, one of the strongest and best 
known contributors to the World Film 
Corporation's program, served the 
World early this week with a notice 
of a complaint to be filed in the Su- 
preme Court of Kings County, asking 
for an annulment of their existing 
contract, dated last November, for a 
period of two years. The contract gave 
the World Corporation the exclusive 

distributing privileges of the produc- 
tions of the California concern, three 
pictures having been accepted and re- 
leased through the World prior to the 
alleged violation of the agreement. 

The claim for annulment is based on 
the action of the World Co., whereby 
it refused to accept the California Co.'s 
latest product, titled "A Phyllis of the 
Sierras," in five parts, the refusal being 
based on the World's claim that the 
feature was not up to the standard of 
the pictures released on its program. 
Under the contract between both firms, 
the World, had it accepted the picture, 
would have been forced to pay over 
a large sum of money. The picture 
had passed the National Board of Cen- 
sorship and because of the action of the 
distributing agency, it is likely the Cali- 
fornia company will state-right the 
production. 

At the same time the World re- 
jected the latest feature production of 
the Frohman Amusement Corporation, 
a George Ade scenario entitled "J ust 
Out of College," basing its action on 
the same foundation as that offered for 
the hostile move against the California. 
In view of the natural publicity gath- 
ered by an Ade picture, a great many 
picture men are of the opinion that 
picture politics is playing a Strong 
hand in the World's action. This is 
the first Ade picture ever refused under 
similar circumstances and there seems 
no doubt but that the Frohman-World 
contract will become involved in liti- 
gation as a result of the action which 
will mean the loss of two prominent 
manufacturers to the World's^ rapidly 
diminishing program. According to an 
official of the World, the Frohman con- 
tract gives the agency the privilege of 
selecting its pick of the Frohman re- 
leases, and the Ade picture was not 
considered strong enough for the regu- 
lar program, although the World was 
willing to send the film out as a "spe- 
cial release." 



enough to be handled by the largest 
exhibitors. It shook the film market 
handling this class of pictures. 

As a consequence, it was said three 
of the largest services lowered their 
rental schedule for service after that 
date. 

The services releasing one or more 
big features after September 1, with 
the number weekly, are: Paramount 
(2); V-S-L-E (2); Sig (2); World (2); 
Universal (1); Mutual (1); Kleinc (1); 
Pathe (1); Metro (1); Fox (1). 

In addition may be calculated the 
General Film Co. to be in the field with 
one big feature to be dug up from 
somewhere, while the independent films 
that may go scouring around without 
a fountain head to be directed from, 
will furnish at least one more, probably 
over that, besides the happenings in the 
feature film department between now 
and September must be considered. 

The first deductions in feature film 
prices were reported as the Paramount, 
reducing its charge of $50 daily for 
the first 30 releases on the Paramount 
Program to $25 daily (these releases 
having been first runs some time ago); 
the General Film commencing to 
charge $2 per reel for all of the Klaw 
& Erlanger-Biograph features, whereas 
the G. F.'s former charge was $5 daily 
for some of that film, and the World 
scaling down to $2 a reel also, 25 of its 
early releases, having charged from 
$5 to $10 a reel for this film, accord- 
ing to locality. 



FOURTEEN FEATURES WEEKLY. 

Some figuring this week brought out 
that after September 1 there will be 14 
feature films released weekly, each big 



EQUITABLE CO. FORMED. 

The Equitable Motion Picture Cor- 
poration, capitalized at $3,000,000, was 
formed this week with A. H. Spiegel as 
president, Lewis J. Selznick as vice 
president, and Felix F. Feist, secre- 
tary and general manager. Feist had 
been president and general manager 
of the Celebrated Players Film Co., of 
Chicago, up to the time of his present 
move and is considered by the majority 
of film men to be thoroughly capable 
for the position he has taken. 

The firm's headquarters will be in 
the Leavitt Building and their present 
intention is to release one five-reel fea- 
ture and one single reel comedy weekly, 
the films to be distributed through the 
World Film Co. This gives the World 
two features and two comedies weekly 
and creates an opportunity for the same 
firm to eventually turn out a large 
number of features on their weekly 
release program. 

For the present time the Equitable 
will do all its manufacturing in New 
York although it is planned to later 
establish a studio in Southern Cali- 
fornia. 



SURATT BALKED. 

Valeska Suratt balked at her first 
feature picture, but not before Herbert 
Brenon, the director of the Suratt film 
(to be called "The Soul of Broadway") 
had practically secured all the material 
from Miss Suratt's appearances that he 
required. 

Brenon is a very workmanlike di- 
rector and instructor of his people. 
After Brenon had the accident at the 
Fort Lee studio when he injured his 
leg with a charge of gun wadding, Miss 
Suratt thought she was due for a re- 
spite. But Brenon was back the next 
morning and had Miss Suratt on the 
ground. Valeska undertook to retail 
in detail to the director a few things 
about the picture business she thought 
he had overlooked. Brenon staked her 
to the knowledge, to gain time, and re- 
taliated by informing Miss Suratt he 
was entirely in charge of that special 
picture. Whereupon Valeska removed 
herself from the grounds, and Brenon 
is finishing slight details without her. 

It is said there are some very real- 
istic scenes in "The Soul of Broadway" 
that Fox will probably put out as an 
entire picture performance. 

Thursday morning at the Jersey 
studio Frank Powell, directing the Fox 
feature, "The Sorceress," with Nance 
O'Neil, did a heavy scene of a Mexi- 
can village, including a full street that 
called for 600 people to take part in. 



SIGMUND'S SON SINGHI. 

The internal differences existing in 
the families-in-law of Sigmund Lubin, 
overseer of the Lubin Studios, has re- 
sulted in the general circulation of a 
rather serious though humorous yarn 
anent the present status of the Lubin 
companies. 

It seems one Ferdinand Singhi, a 
son-in-law of Sigmund, recently re- 
turned to activity and assumed immed- 
iate charge of things in general. In or- 
der to assure himself that none of the 
constituents of the other son-in-law of 
Sigmund's held sway at the Lubin 
plant, Singhi forthwith made a clean 
sweep of the scenario department, the 
order disposing of Shannon Fife, Harry 
Chandlee, Norbert Lusk, Jack Tucker 
and Emmet Campbell Hall, the latter 
author of "The Road O' Strife." 

The story further states that Barry 
O'Neill, head director of the firm, has 
had his company summarily cut from 
under him. Joseph Kaufman is re- 
tained with his former powers decided- 
ly limited, and J. Allen Boone, the Lu- 
bin press agent, is out with his entire 
' staff. 

Ferdinand still has the developing 
departments and the business office to 
look after and in view of his clever 
execution of the professional depart- 
ment, it is readily believed he will take 
proper care of the other staffs. 



UNITED GONE. 

From all appearances, the United 
Film Service has ceased to be. The 
United went into bankruptcy a short 
while ago at which time it was said it 
was a friendly action. At present it 
appears the receivership is anything 
but friendly, for everything seems to 
be at a standstill. The receivers are 
still said to be meeting, but there is 
practically no chance of the program 
starting again as the producers who 
formerly released on it have joined 
another service, which started after the 
United receivership. All of the United 
staff have been dismissed with the ex- 
ception of a few who keep the office 
open. 



MONOPOLIZING PROGRAMS. 

Lynchburg, Va., July 14. 

J. B. Trent, manager of the Trenton 
theatre, has fulfilled a rather sensible 
idea of his own to crush opposition 
through purchasing the exclusive rights 
for all the best programs available, 
this week having closed arrangements 
with the Paramount, Metro, V-L-S-E, 
and Fox for the first run and exclusive 
Lynchburg rights to all their programs, 
arranging his running order to avoid 
connection. 

The other local picture theatre man- 
agers must ,bc. content to accept second 
runs or take their pick from the re- 
maining field. 



AFTER OUTSIDE MONEY. 

With easy capital becoming scarcer 
in New York, several picture promo- 
ters are said to have started work in 
other cities by forming new companies 
with plants in the various places, to 
secure investors for film making 
schemes. 



VANCE'S CO. ABSORBED. 

From indications the Fiction Picture 
Co., of which Louis Joseph Vance, the 
author, was ostensibly the head, has 
been wholly absorbed by interests be- 
hind the Paramount Corporation. The 
specific interests reported taking over 
the Fiction Co. are mentioned as the 
Famous Players and Lasky. Between 
these two feature concerns were di- 
vided the scenarios, mostly adapted 
from Mr. Vance's books, that had been 
laid out for production by the concern. 

The original intention of the Vance 
company was to place its product on 
the Paramount program. Through a 
series of events that followed this an- 
nouncement, the F. P. and Lasky are 
said to have acquired control and rele- 
gated the Fiction Co. to the back- 
ground. 



CHARGING FOR PARKS. 

The numerous film companies mak- 
ing pictures in New York City have 
prompted the Department of Parks to 
put a tax upon all companies using the 
public parks for scenes. 

This plan has been in force at Cen- 
tral Park for some time and was put 
into effect in the Brooklyn parks this 
week. 

A clay rate is made to the companies 
wishing to use the parks, with $5 the 
cost of one camera and a company not 
over 25, when no extra paraphenalia 
necessary. $10 is charged for any over 
this number and for those using scen- 
ery. Horses are charged for at so 
much a head. 



CROWN AND NATIONAL MERGE. 

The Crown Film Co. and National 
Film Co., both of San Franriseo have 
merged their stork and will produce 
pictures under the firm name of the 
Tntern.'ition Film Co. 



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MOVING PICTUR.ES 




FILM FLASHES 



CiHlre Whitney haa a new Hudson car. 



Tbe Keystone celebrated Its third anni- 
versary as a corporation July 4. 

The Washington theatre, Brooklyn, has 
closed for repairs. 

Claudia Carlsteadt has been appearing in 
pictures for the U. for about two weeks past. 

Harry J. Cohen sailed Saturday for Bng- 
lend for the Metro. 

Harry Beaumont Is a new BMlaon director 
recently graduated from the acting force. 

Hilda Spong has been signed for a feature 
by the Cosmos company. 

Frank Lloyd Is one of the new directors 
of the Oliver Morocco forces. 

Sid Olcott, who produced and directed "All 
for Old Ireland," will direct the next Mary 
Plckford release for the Famous Players. 

"The Tourist Olrl" Is being plcturlsed down 
In Montgomery, Ala., with Isabel Norwood In 
the title role. 

Frederick de Belleville will play the title 
role in "Get Rich Quick Walllngford," to be 
produced by Pathe. 

Wallls Clark haa gone to the West Indies 
to play the lead in the U. production of 
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." 

Walter Hlera Is working In the comedies 
being made by Billy Van at the letter's farm 
in New Hampshire. 

David Horsley has invented a process where- 
by several separate exposures can be snown 
on one negative. 

Harry Splngler has been placed under con- 
tract by Fox and will be seen In a feature 
which is to be directed by Oscar Apfel. 

Edgar Mels, former picture editor of tlfe 
Philadelphia Ledger, is now publicity man for 
Lubln. 



The BUnkhorn Photo Play Corporation has 
filed schedules showing liabilities of $26,991 
and assets of $61,881. 

Fred Probst haa returned from Rome, Oa., 
where he was with one of the Metro film pro- 
ducing orgenlsatlons. 

The new Lubln studio in Phllly Is nearlng 
completion. Thla will make the eighth studio 
of this company. s 

Jim Bluejacket, the Brook fed pitcher, is 
doing some picture work. A feature concern 
has him under contract. 



A convention is being held In New York 
this week of the Pathe Exchange managers 
with offices east of the Rocky Mountains. 



Edwin August Is directing the filming of 
"Evidence" at the Klnemacolor atudlo In 
Whites tone, L. I., for tbe Shuberts. 



The Orandln Co., formerly of tbe United 
program, la said to have become affiliated with 
the General. 



"The Running Fight" will have Its first 
New York showing next week at the Broad- 
way. 



Maclyn Arbuckle will be seen In a film 
version of his former vaudeville vehicle 
"Home and Politics" on the Paramount pro- 
gram made by Boswortb, Inc. 



Carl Anderson left last Saturday for Eur- 
ope in the Interests of Lasky and Famous 
Players. Upon his return Anderson will be- 
come associated with Paramount. 

Violet Howard will play tbe part of Juliet 
In the Headline Amusement Co. production of 
"Romeo and Juliet," the other lead being play- 
ed by Will Archie. 



Tbe plot of ground at 31-32 Park place will 
have a picture house erected upon It at the 
end of tbe present lease upon tbe building now 
standing there. 



A aeries of twelve stories called "The 
Younger Sons" will be put Into film form by 
Paths In the ahape of features of four or five 
reels. They are to be written by Fred Jack- 
son, author of "A Full House." 

During the week of July 2ft Pathe will re- 
lease a six-part colored feature called "Pro 
Patria," written by Victorian Sardou and 
based upon "Patrle r> by tbe name dramatist. 
Tbe picture will feature Henri Kraus and will 
be backgrounded by tbe Belgium ruins. 

Bobble Burnn. Walt Stubl and Louis Bern- 
stein making tbe "Pokes and Jabbs" series 
of comedies, are releasing their productions 
through July B. Members of the comedy com- 
pany are Ethel Burton, Pparl Sheppard, Helen 
Von Huben and Laurie Mackln. 



After being exhibited In 102 cities and towns 
In the west and middle-west, the film entitled 
"Present and Past In the Cradle of Dixie." 
taken in Montgomery, Ala., and carrying 32 
Montgomery players in the cast, has been re- 
turned to the archives of the Montgomery 
Chamber of Commerce. 



Rene Davlee (Mrs. George Lederer) Is 
maklnr her picture debut in George Lederer's 
screen version of the drama "Sunday." Miss 
Davles Is supported by Montague Love, 
Adolph Link, Charles Dickson, William Took- 
er, Charles Trowbridge, Al Hart and Barney 
McPhee. 



Sellg has withdrawn its contemplated re- 
lease. "Whom the Gods Would Destroy," 
scheduled for Oct. 18, and replaced It with 
"The Black Sheep." by Charles Hoyt The 
action was taken to avoid any connection re- 
sulting through a Lubln production of the 
same title now on tbe market. 



The Lasky office feels sure that after they 
have released the next brace of Blanche 
Sweet pictures they will have placed Miss 
Sweet in the ranks of picture stars for all 
time. The two pictures are "The 8ecret Or- 
chard" and "The Case of Becky." The former 
will be released through the Paramount Aug. 9. 



The New York Monday and Tuesday of this 
w«ek used a small boy Chaplin Impersonator. 
Monday the boy was completely atage struck 
and hid his head in embarrasment whenever 
a crowd collected. Tuesday he regained his 
bearing and went through bis antics un- 
hesitatingly. 



The Vltagraph has begun work on "The 
Patriot," a dramatic satire by William Hurl- 
burt taken from the original story by Mar- 
garet BerUche. Theo. Marston Is directing 
tbe production, the cast including Charles 
Rlchman, Joseph Kllgour, Charles Kent, Arllne 
Pretty, Rose Tapley and Bobby Connelly. It 
will be In six parts. 

One of the most prominent figures In modern 
melodramatic films is Bill Gibbons, a daring 
rider who hails from Harlem and has long 
Blnce been a picturesque figure In that neigh- 
borhood with his chaps and pony. Glbboifs at 
one time conducted a pony ranch opposite the 
present Polo Grounds, but hiked for tbe plains 
when Edlrin first began releasing cowboy pic- 
tures. 



EXPERTS HELPING BUSINESS. 

The Paramount has recently put into 
operation a position in its organization 
known as "Paramount Experts," a title 
given to certain men secured from va- 
rious parts of the country and who 
brought with them all of the latest 
ideas in the exhibiting art as well as 
ideas of their own. These men are 
sent to cities in which Paramount has 
large exhibitors who have not been 
getting the best oi results. The expert 
takes charge of the theatre and runs 
it until business has been built up, and 
he can be moved to another place with- 
out hurting what he has already ac- 
complished. The Paramount does not 
intend going into the exhibiting end 
but is merely benefiting its exhibitors, 
who may want it. 

W. Fred Bossner is one of the Par- 
amount experts. His headquarters are 
at the Park theatre, Boston. He is vis- 
iting the home office of the concern 
this week. Mr. Bossner said picture 
conditions in Boston are as good as 
any part of the country, with things 
done on a large scale in that city. 
Features are being shown only in the 
larger houses, such as the Park, a for- 
mer legitimate stand. Mr. Bossner 
said the long show was the only thing 
not just right with the film business 
in Boston. All feature houses show 
two features a night for an admission 
up to 25 cents. The Park increased 
its admission to 35 cents and has ap- 
parently increased its business by it. 
The Park is using two Paramount pro- 
ductions to a show. 



RELEASED NEXT WEEK (July 19 to July 24, inc.) 

MANUFACTURERS INDICATED BY ABBREVIATIONS. VIZ.; 
GENERAL UNIVERSAL MUTUAL UNITED 



Vitagraph V 

Biograpih B 

Kalem K 

Lubln L 

Pathe Pthe 

Selig S 

Edison E 

Essanay S-A 

Kleine Kl 

Melles Mel 

Ambresio Amb 

Columbus Col 

Mins Mi 

Knickerbocker. .Kkbr 



Imp I 

Bison B101 

Nestor N 

Powers P 

Eclair Eclr 

Rex Rz 

Frontier Frat 

Victor Vic 

Gold Seal G S 

Joker J 

Universal Ike....U I 

Sterling Ster 

Big U B U 

L.-K. O L K O 

Lsemmle Lie 



Americsn A 

Keystone Key 

Reliance Rel 

Msjestic Mai 

Tbsnhouser T 

Kay-Bee KB 

Domino Bom 

Mutual M 

Princess Pr 

Komic Ko 

Besuty Be 

Apollo Apo 

Roysl R 

Lion Ln 

Hcpworth H 

Fslstaff F 



Gaumont Gau 

Superba Sup 

Empress Emp 

St. Louis St L 

Lariat Lar 

Humanology H 

Luna Luna 

Grandin Grand 

Ratno Ramo 

Ideal Ideal 

Starlight Star 

Regent Reg 

MiHer Bros. 101.. M B 

Premier Prem 

Cameo Cam 

United Utd 



The subject is in one reel of about 1,000 feet unless otherwise noted. 



JULY 19— MONDAY. 

MUTUAL— * ae Honor of the District Attor- 
ney, 2- reel dr. A ; Keystone title not an- 
nounced ; Tbe Lie, dr, Rel. 

GENERAL — The Chadford Diamonds, dr, 
D ; The Crooked Path, 3- reel dr, K ; The Dis- 
contented Man, dr, L; The Shadow and the 
Shade, 2- reel dr, and Hearst-Sellg News Pic- 
torial. No. 56 (west) and No. 57 (east). S; 
The Highwayman, com, V ; A Dag of Gold, 
dr, S-A. 

UNIVERSAL— Scandal, 5-roel dr. U ; There's 
Many a Slip, com, N. 

JULY 20— TUESDAY. 

MUTUAL— The Picture of Dorian Gray. 2- 
reel dr, T ; His College Wife, com, Be ; The 
Runaways, com, MaJ. 

GENERAL— A Daughter of Earth, 2-reel 
dr, B ; The 8pook Raisers, com, K ; Any New 
Way to Win, and A Barnyard Mix up, split- 
reel com, L; The Foreman of the Bar Z 
Ranch, dr, S; The Lorelei Madonna, 3-reel 
dr. V; Jabez's Conquest. 2-reel dr, S-A. 

UNIVERSAL— Homage, 2-reel dr. O S ; 
What Might Have Been, dr, I ; A Happy Fnir. 
rom, Rx. 

JULY 21— WEDNESDAY. 

MUTUAL— Walt and Sea. dr, A ; Cash 
Parrlsh's Pal, 2-reel dr, Br ; Old Mother Grey 
dr, Rel. 

GENERAL— Under Two Flags. 3-reel dr. 
H ; The Strangler's Cord. 2-reel dr. K ; When 
the Light Came In. 2-rccl dr. L ; Jimmy, dr 
S ; Following the Scent, com. V ; The Fable 
of "The Home Treatment and the Sure 
Cure," com. 8-A ; A Chnnge for the Better, 
com. E; The Cup of Chance. 3-reel dr, Kkbr. 

UNIVERSAL— The Weird Nemesis, 2-reel 
<lr. Vic; The Curno of a Name, com L-KO ; 
I'nlversal Animated Werkly. No. 17fl U 



JULY 22— THURSDAY. 

MUTUAL— The Man Who Went On, 2-reel 
dr, Dom ; Keystone title not announced ; Mu- 
tual Weekly, No. 20, M. 

GENERAL — His Singular Lesson, com-dr. 
B ; Destiny's Skein, 3-reel dr, L ; Hearst- 
Sellg News Pictorial. No. 57 (west) and No. 
58 (east), and Motherhood, 3-reel dr, S; 
All on Account of Towser. com, V ; Others 
Started. But Sophie Finished, com, S-A ; On 
the Job, com, Ml. 

UNIVERSAL— Thou Shalt Not Lie. 2-reel 
dr, I ; The Burden Bearer, dr, B U ; Lady 
Baffles and Detective Duck In "The Signal of 
the Three Socks," com, P. 

JULY 23— FRIDAY. 

MUTUAL— The Play of the Season. 2-reel 
dr, K B ; P Henry Jenkins and Mars, com, F ; 
The Little Catamount, dr, MaJ. 

GENERAL — Man's Genesis. dr. B; In 
Double Harness, 2-roel com, K ; Her Idol, dr. 
L : Mr. Blxblo's Dilemma, rom, V; Droncho 
Billy and Pose, dr, S-A ; On Dangerous Paths. 
4-reeI dr, E. 

UNIVERSAL— Behind the Screen, 2-reel 
com, N ; Jeanne of the Woods, dr. Vic. 

JULY 24— SATURDAY. 

MUTUAL— The Pretender. 2-re«l dr, Rel ; 
Keystone title not nnnounced ; Making Over 
Grandpa, com, R. 

GENERAL— The Olrl on the Engine, dr fAn 
Episode of the "Hazard* of Helen" series), 
K; When Wlfle Sleeps, rom. L; Sellg title not 
announced; A Pair of Querns, 2-reel com, V- 
The Sky Hunters. 3-reel dr. S-A ; The Secret 
of the. Cellar, dr, E; Ills Crmlnal Career, 
com-dr, B. 

UNIVERSAL— The Mad Maid of the Forest 
2-rccl dr. B101 ; A Duel nt Dawn. com. J ; 
The Honor of Kenneth McGrnth, d P. 



MUSIC THE ISSUE. 

"The difference between 'the best 
house in town' and the other houses 
is the music and not the picture/' is 
the thought that the promoters of the 
American Master Organ are trying to 
drive home in the minds of the motion 
picture exhibitors of the country at 
present. It is a good thought and it 
would seem as though the American 
Master Organ people have at present 
one of the very best instruments avail- 
able Jo^meet the demands of the mo- 
tion picture house at a minimum figure. 

The American Master Organ is sim- 
plicity itself when compared to other 
organs on the market that are designed 
for theatre use. It combines all of the 
features of the usual organ, a grand 
piano and an orchestra of approxi- 
mately 20 pieces. The company back 
of the organ manufactory is composed 
of 100 men who are musicians and in 
a great number members of the Musi- 
cians' Union. 

This is dwelt upon because of the 
fact the instrument is such an advance- 
ment over the ordinary type of organ 
and is designed lo sell at a figure so 
ridiculously low it would seem to be 
only a question of time before its use 
will effect the membership of the musi- 
cians' body. 

The organ is built in three sizes, the 
smallest and cheapest of which is de- 
signed to sell at $3,500, while the larg- 
est is to bring a purchase price of 
$7,750. These figures seem almost 
nothing when compared to the $29,000 
paid by the Vitagraph theatre for the 
organ in use there and like amounts 
expended by the management at other 
theatres where large organs are in use. 



BRADY'S NEW ONE. 

William A. Brady will produce "Evil 

Tongues," by Charles Wardsworth 

Camp, at the Cort, Atlantic City, next 

week. If the piece gets over, it will in 
all likelihood be the opening attrac- 
tion of the season at the 48th Street 
theatre. 

In the cast are Albert Brown, Edwin 
Nicander, John Cromwell, Kathlene 
MacDonell, Grace Henderson and 
Olive West. 



PICTURE ACTRESS INJURED. 

Lottie Aldrich, a picture actress ot 
Bellville, N. J., is in the Englewood 
(N. J.) Hospital suffering from two 
broken hips sustained while riding a 
horse before the camera. The animal 
reared and fell upon the rider, who 
was playing the role of an Indian 
princess for a picture company oper- 
ating in a Fort Lee studio. 



PAVLOWA WITH THE U. 

Mile. Pavlowa, the dancer, is at pres- 
ent in Chicago, where the Universal 
is taking a number of interior scenes 
of a picture entitled "The Maid of 
Portage." The scenario was adapted 
by Lois Weber and Phillip Smalley is 
directing it. After the interior scenes 
are completed the dancer and com- 
pany will go to the coast, where the 
feature is to be completed. 



FILM REVIEWS 



17 



NEW YORK. 

The general business, the line of feature 
programs engaged and the methods of ex- 
ploitation employed by the larger New York 
theatres that are now playing pictures ex- 
clusively are gradually bringing those houses 
into a realm of fame distinctly its own for 
those particular theatres are building up a 
patronage that is as steady and consistent as 
it Is profltable. At Loews New York, the 
straight feature picture policy is meeting with 
unusual favor, cleverly combatting opposition 
with a daily change of features, the majority 
exclusively first run affairs. This week, start- 
ing Sunday (as the picture theatre in the east 
begins) the headliner was a six-part Universal 
film called "Scandal" (reviewed In another 
column) with a two-part Keystone prominent 
in support and two single reels, a Kalem, and 
Sellg utilized to fill the bill. The Keystone 
was labelled "Court House Crooks" and ran 
along the usual form of such comedies with 
a Dutch comedian featured as district attor- 
ney. The story was of the Judge who lost 
a present purchased to celebrate a wedding 
anniversary. The prosecutor finds the Jewel 
and without knowing It belongs to his su- 
perior, presents It to the Judge's wife while 
courting her. An innocent youth Is arrested 
for the crime and through breaking prison 
provides for the usual chase, etc. It's a mild 
affair carrying none of the stereotyped Key- 
stone laughs, and as a two-part feature is 
rather weak, particularly under the brand 
by which it Is distributed. 

The Kalem was titled "A Wild Ride" and 
dealt with a melodramatic yarn about a fire- 
man and engineer who both love the same 
girl. A fight ensues and while peace Is tem- 
porarily restored, the train on which they are 
both employed is started on its Journey. The 
fireman is accidentally injured and becomes 
demented. He captures the girl and ties her 
to the piston rod of the engine, riding wild 
with an open throttle on a clear track 
Naturally the engineer, hearing of the run- 
away engine, promptly mounts it on the fly 
(regardless of speed) and rescues the girl. 
The finish shows the reconciliation of all three 
and the fireman's restoration to good health 
As a thriller, this will do finely, and as a filler 

does likewise. 

Of all the ridiculous scenarios ever de- 
livered to a picture director, the current Sells 
one-reeler called "Bound by the Leopard's 
Love" takes the top honors. No rhyme or 
reason exists in this story and the finale shows 
nothing connecting it with preceding events. 
The author might have rambled on through 
a series of reels without telling anything, but 
fortunately he curtailed his efforts with a 
single reel. The picture shows two slsterS, 
one in love with a surveyor. She becomes 111, 
for some unaccountable reason, and lapses Into 
a state of coma. An Oriental attendant, after 
hearing the family physician declare the 
malady serious and an affection of the heart, 
hastens to a herb doctor of her own ilk and 
implores him to cure the sick girl. He gives 
her a powder that will bring consciousness in 
twelve hours and one that will fill her with 
love for the first one she sees upon returning 
to ife. The herb doctor wants to be the first, 
but is outdone by a series of circumstances 
and the surveyor accidentally is on the 
ground. Later, while wandering through the 
forest, the girl, now fully recovered, shows a 
fondness for a leopard cub owned by the herb 
doctor. He presents it to her and while 
fondling the pet on her veranda, the young 
brute escapes and hastens to the hut of the 
herb doctor. The girl follows and is overcome 
by the doc, who evidently had evil designs 
upon her. The surveyor, who is still survey- 
ing around the hut. hears the battle and 
breaks in the door, rescuing his sweetheart, 
felling the doctor and carrying off the animal. 
Then the reel portrays the man and woman 
sitting on a rock fondling the pet. What a 
silly lot of rubbish to waste several hundred 
feec of perfectly good film on, particularly at 
this time, when raw film is so expensive be- 
cause of the Kaiser's activity ! The scenario 
was apparently written by a novice, passed 
by a novice and directed by a novice. De- 
cidedly weak, decidedly. Wynn 



SCANDAL. 

A six-part Universal feature dealing rather 
severely on a big question, covering a series of 
complicated situations in a pointed way, but 
finishing without any semblance of Justifica- 
tion for the innocent, thus leaving a strong 
moral for those inclined to speak 111 of their 
neighbor. A gruesome looking animated 
figure representing the title, occasionally 
floats before the screen to keep the subject 
fresh in the auditor's mind while the various 
happenings depict the misery and consequences 
that result from the national pastime of clr- 
rulating bad news. The opening shows the 
happy home of a broker, from where the 
action is transferred to his office. His 
stenographer meets with an Injury and from a 
pure motive of courtesy, the employer brings 
her home in his machine. The car passes his 
Hub and his companions, recognizing the 
girl, Immediately assume the Inevitable opin- 
ion and the Qod of Scandal proceeds to revel. 
Even the girl's neighbors take advantage of 
the situation to compromise the girl's reputa- 
tion and eventually the broker's wife becomes 
suspicious. Fearing to trust his business cor- 
respondence to a public stenographer, the 
broker, whose financial condition is somewhat 
shaky, decides to motor to his own steno's 
home and transport her safely to the office 
to transact his business. These trips are con- 
tinued while the girl's injury forbids walking 
and the wife finally, after witnessing the auto 
rides and listening to the stories that naturally 
float about their apartment house, concludes 
her husband Is false and decides to leave him. 
Later on a divorce Is applied for and a de- 



cree granted the wife, uncontested. The 
stenographer Is named as co-respondent and 
her troubles begin. She is glad to wed the 
first man who promises to protect her and 
eventually marries a neighborhood suitor and 
leaves her home town to live down the un- 
called for disgrace. A baby Is born and things 
go nicely until her husband is called out of 
town. A relative volunteers to stay with the 
wife and journeys to her new home, arriving 
Just in time to witness the arrival of the 
wife's original sweetheart, who had broken 
their engagement with the publication of the 
divorce proceedings of her former employer. 
The relative becomes unduly suspicious and 
the wife's innocent actions finally Impels the 
visitor to wire her husband. He becomes 
distracted with the Information and hastens 
borne, arriving while the wife is out motor- 
ing with her former sweetheart and a party of 
friends. Finding her absent at a late hour in 
the morning the man becomes erased. Upon 
her return he exhibits his anger by striking 
her down and later shoots the suspected, but 
inocent, suitor. He Is electrocuted, making 
two deaths, and shortly after his mother dies 
of a broken heart, bringing the total up to 
three. The girl meanwhile runs from home 
with her child and (picture license aplenty) 
she accidentally is overtaken as about to 
suicide by her old employer who had originally 
been divorced on circumstantial evidence. He 
very kindly takes her into his own house 
where he is living down his disgrace with his 
mother and the finale is pictured showing the 
club members discussing the nastiness of the 
affair and liberally circulating the news that 
their old chum is back again living with his 
affinity. The Ood or Devil (as It may be) of 
Scandal Is featured for the finis throwing a 
handful of mud to the accompaniment of some 
appropriate advice anent carrying tales of 
scandal. The idea is a big one and well con- 
structed for the pictured version with the in- 
dividual members holding up their roles as 
well as one might expect. The girl and her 
husband are probably meant to feature and 
well deserve to, for the man's exhibition of a 
jealousy crazed husband and father was quite 
dramatic and well done. The woman was 
prominent at all times with some good acting 
and the views were picked for their direct re- 
lation to the theme. "Scandal" should prove 
a popular feature and it might do some good, 
for while it carries considerable imagination 
and still more improbabilities In the making, 
it relates to a condition that has done much 
to provide unnecessary human misery and to 
curtail some of this would be a blessing in- 
deed. Wynn. 

kindlTng. 

Maggie Schultz Charlotte Walker 

Henle Schulti Thomas Melghan 

Steve, a crook Raymond Hatton 

Mrs. Bates Mrs. Lewis McCord 

Raff erty Billy Blmer 

Mrs. Burke-Smith Lillian Langdon 

Alice Florence Dagmar 

Dr. Taylor Tom Forman 

But one big moment in "Kindling," the 
five-reel Lasky feature on the Paramount pro- 
gram this week, and that moment comes Just 
before the close of the picture. It would 
seem as though everything that had gone be- 
fore had been sacrificed to give Miss Walker 
at least one opportunity to do something 
worth while In the way of acting. True there 
were other moments in the earlier scenes of 
the picture where Miss Walker might have 
displayed her acting ability, but, seemingly, 
she did not rise to the moments and the op- 
portunities were permitted to pass ungrasped. 
The story of "Kindling" itself Is extremely 
morbid and In the film version is doubly so. 
One scene in the early part should be elimi- 
nated, for while adding naught to the artistic 
value, it is revolting. It shows two children 
of the tenements fighting like groveling 
scavengers over the carrion contents of a can 
of refuse in front of one of the Hell's Kitchen 
hovels that are termed homes. This scene is 
so strong that it is enough to cause one to 
become HI In viewing it. A review of the 
scenario story shows Maggie Schultz, the 
wife of Henle Schultz, a hard working long- 
shoreman, living in a lowly tenement, sur- 
rounded by all of the vice that poverty can 
breed. The health reports have shown that 
one-half of the Infant population of the dis- 
trict die before they become a year old. The 
balance are mental defectives who usually 
develop degenerate qualities and eventually 
become inmates of a penal institution. Fear- 
ing to bring her first born Into an environ- 
ment of this nature, Maggie decides to steal 
enough to permit her husband and herself to 
trek to the west and become homesteaders. 
She is finally persuaded to become the ac- 
complice of a petty crook of the neighborhood 
and with his coaching devolves a a plot to 
rob the home of a woman who has been her 
benefactor. The crime is committed and 
almost Immediately discovered and Maggie is 
cornered by the detectives. This Is the big 
scene of the picture. She has already con- 
fessed to her husband and her share of the 
loot has been returned to the rightful owner, 
but the detectives have discovered other arti- 
cles which the crook in an effort to clear 
himself and to "double cross" the girl has 
hidden in the apartment of the Schultz's. 
Maggie has been placed under arrest and it is 
the plea that she makes here for her unborn 
child that saves the day for her and inciden- 
tally for "Kindling" as a feature film. All of 
the action that Miss Walker could summon to 
her usually unmoblle features was brought 
Into play and It served as a stunning climax 
to what would have otherwise been an exceed- 
ingly ordinary and In some spots repulsive 
picture. Of the supporting cast in the pfcture 
enough cannot be said of Mr. Melghan. He 
walked away with the acting honors. Of the 
others Billy Blmer as the detective Is the 



only one worth mentioning. However, Ray- 
mond Hatton should be taken to the task for 
the characterization which he gave of the 
crook. It was all wrong. What he really 
played was a dressed up Apache of the French 
school. The production Isn't at all bad. there 
being one really fine "night scene," evidently 
done with the aid of flares. It carried a lot 
of convincing atmosphere but seemed a trifle 
over done In the matter of characters. The 
adaption for the screen left many little 
points open where the public will have to use 
their imagination to a certain extent to carry 
the story- The introduction of the char- 
acters at the opening of the picture and the 
one big scene Just before the finish are the 
redeeming features of this picture. Fred. 



THE CLUE. 

Christine Lesley Blanche Sweet 

Eve Bertram Gertrude Keller 

Guy Bertram Edward Mackay 

Nogl Sessue Hayakawa 

Alexis Rabourdin Page Peters 

Boris Rabourdin Ernest Joy 

Detective Williams Billy Elmer 

In watching "The Clue" and Blanche Sweet 
in it, you can't get away from Miss Sweet's 
facial makeup. At the opening of the picture 
in a close-up, Miss Sweet looked as though 
she had received an awful shock while eating 
raspberries, and forgot to manipulate the ser- 
viet. Her face Is ghastly white and her lips 
■•■•■rttt they are disfigured, which, taken 
with the fact that Miss Sweet seems never 
to have combed her blonde hair and that she 
»■ an unusually unemotional picture actress, 
would lead one to believe sne Isn't a favorite 
on the screen, but not so, she is. In the pic- 
ture adornment for the face before the camera 
when under the violet rays. Edward Mackay 
appeared to suffer from the same trouble as 
Miss Sweet, opposite whom he plays in this 
Lasky feature by Margaret Turnbull, on the 
Paramount Program for thie week at the 
Broadway. When the two principals had their 
duet scenes In the close-ups they were a 
couple of fine sights, for while Mr. Mackay 

Q-!iL "ftL. ". the J'V rouge. ne h »<> Miss 
Sweet faded for chalkiness. Whether this 
much smearing Is necessary to a-ecreeh artist 
is probably a matter of personal use, but in 
the same picture. Sessue Hayakawa, a Jap 
playing a Jap, and giving much the better 
performance of the entire cast, didn't make 
it look as though face whitening to the ex- 
tent the others employed It was actually re- 
quired. The Jap's skin Is not as white as 
his companions' in the company, either, 
naturalness is striven for In picture stories 
„«£.w re moYln ? along, why can not the actors 
!* toe scenario and director by striving for 
it, in the first place, before they go before 

w« e ri )h . 0t # r *? her . ? Tak!n * !t for Ranted that 
W „ ♦ «i director to correct or attempt to cor- 
rect Blanche Sweet at this day, after all of 

hi ™ Xpe !?. enc ! ,n Picture., there would 
be one director on his way. this lust 
as might well be written. It's only at the 
worst a bit of thoughtfulness that Is begotten 
from overconfldence and long usage. Speaking 
nnH ,turalneM ,0 Pictures and the use of 
captions announcing the next character with 
the name of player taking It. the illusion 
of a story being acted in motion was brutally 

P'wffl.rJ? 2S feature ' alon * midway 3 
it, when the audience was obliged to read on 
the screen "Detective Willlams^-Bllly Elmer " 
th« ? a l°* o aT ,MUe ? a Program, containing 
m,? . ca A t i# f re8Utnabl 7 the Paramount sends 
n™r„m 8 5 ICTS^ °/ aH of lt * Mature.. The 
Program tells the detective is playeu by Billy 

a Sctur^Jrv 8 ^ 1 * 1 5 eudlence 7 .ettled into 
h««l • ♦u to r y fcf rudely anu crudely brought 
back to the "acting," by having such a cap- 
tion thrust upon them when It was too lata 
to break into the thread with a material d£ 

lllirf P /T ° U8,y '. M,M Ke »er had said v£ 
Insert that she Intended to send for the best 

Thrill tn the < i°V ntry - Tnat told enougn 

Jead "™° S° mp alned °. f could ha ™ "Imply 
Tit?? ' .1 detective arrives." The firm first 

vffiSLJL^ff^ST 1 (and W was eUhSr tfi 
XWgff^Afr Biograph, In single reeleri 
nL2 11 day8) ba «? ,on * 8,m, e no doubt recog- 

thJ?!? 1 * er . ror ^ but J f Jt nad not *>een do?e 
then it would have been done since, and the 
Players are to be considered In this, but to 
the time of the single reel only there were 
£? a r? r0R p r « am8 T, or Stores there is a pr£ 
mA f«?«S? J ,rec tors must take the Inltla- 
«lLl. f °r they have few precedents. Not of 
SSEfi l be ^Illative for t.ese small matter. 
f£ m, T* i mjnd Just now In connection with 
iv e .~ La8kr Mature under comment, but n 
fl er y way> A picture director must have 
o W °w! nR8 ,n , h , 18 m »*e"P. and without eithe? 
t,r^ h .l he Til 1 neTcr °e heard of as a pic- 
ture-maker. Those two things are Imagina- 
tion and Initiative. There a?e many p*ctS?e 
mE&lJte are not: th ere are many other! 
who are trying, many of these aping those 

7h° ha J£ done Bom *thlng on their own White 
the weeding out will eventually arrive the 

oSJ^Vm! d,rec tors may a. well Intlcl 
#££?. * I d,8 Peylng visual evidence to their 
Irms and public that thev think for and oy 
themselves. Whether these thoughts may be 
suggested by the initiative of other* director! 

hrow. ;hVT >rUnt V 'J. th e .uggested Ide™ 
rnrows the observant director Into another 
' h * n n*l- The question of the director Is i l?o 

arfar^s^ ?.fJ ° the « r mat,er ' extravagance 
?'../-*>", A° Vf*?™ . flrTn ,8 concerned, and 
st«%« ™V he , h , ,K £ pr,ce " f °r talent and the 
urlVtZ .« 8t ' i? 1 " na J e to be reckoned with 
pretty soon if not by the directors, then by 
those in the executive offices. And that Is 
getting about as far away from "The Clue" 
crn r ««* M K P °'" , , , , b, /w be * otten ,n » column. It 
h?.? tin 15ill ,ed be J ond an oru «nary scenario, 
but well written and as well directed In this 

il . a .M e f! B * c »P u,d , be do r- wb,rh ■■»• »•? 

,,nnmi»ii° r ,. tbe Ptoylng. barring Miss Sweet's 
uncmotlonalism. In almost a cold dispassionate 



manner, she take, a love Men., and the women 
may like her distant way of doing so, also 
the male picture players opposite her, for lt 
gives them the best chance for fervid love- 
making they ever had. A couple of Russians 
with a map went into the country somewhere 
and made love to two girls, one very wealthy. 
She was Eve Bertram, and her brother, Guy. 
loved the other, Christine Lesley. Guy noticed 
with despair the progress of the love-making. 
It looks like taps for hi. with Chris- 
tine. His sister. Eve, admitted b«r affection 
for the younger Russ. Alexia Rabourdin, whom 
the program confessed was an adventurer, and 
that night, Alexis was killed, outside the 
mansion on the hill. Guy thought he did It, 
for Guy had told Alexis never to see his slater 
again. Then they grappled. The film 1. full 
of mild grapples. After Guy gay. Alex a 
throw with a half Nelson and a shoulder 
lock. Nogl went to work. This Nogl was a 
tough little fellow. He wanted the map and 
suspected Alex had it The Jap Secret Service 
had tipped him off to that, but Alex In a pre- 
ceding scene, had slipped the map to his 
brother, Boris, who had made love to Chris- 
tine, and left by the 11:30 train to catch a 
boat for somewhere. Nogl grappled with Alex 
and after giving him the Jlu Jitsu for a head 
throw, neatly strangled him to death, Chris- 
tine, the following morning, while ordering 
the gardeners around in the home of her 
friend, almost ran across the body. Sne 
stopped upon seeing It, and the action, some- 
what delayed excepting In spots up to this 
moment, commenced to happen. Boris was 
recalled from the boat, the detective came 
along, and with some of Holmes's Intuition. 
''•♦ waa deduced that Nogl was the murderer, 
either he or Alexis's brother, Boris. They 
eft the Jap to watch the Russian In the 
laboratory, where Nogl mixed an explosive, 
blowing the room up when Boris would not 
&I e i . P, toe map. The next view showed 
Nogl Ukinr the map out of the dead man's 
pocket, and dying peaceful!" as lt was burned 
HL be . for6 J? lm ' Previously, Christine had 
prevented Guy from committing suicide 
"£-,?•, th ought J^hrlstlne had turned him 
down for the Russian, but Christy told 
Guy right there by the window that she 
loved him, and Guv seemed to believe It the 
same way she said It. The usual love clasp 
#.t le ? nlah « Had th l. Picture shown more 
Ia.I . Jap ^ 8ecret Service with more Jap. 

y^.y h more^rU«ng 8 ' " W ° UM "fcJF 

THE COUNTER INTRIGUE. 

The author of this particular scenario, a 
melodramatic feature produced by Essanay 
Co., In three reels, overlooked an opportunity 
to Improve on his theme and stretch the ex- 
isting complications over a fllm area double 
L h .?K 8, ! e » of 9* utlll «ed. for hi. story abound. 
riilL.S tere8t and . th e idea allows for con- 
siderable more picturing than was decided 
•R«n T he , "tory leave, much to on?s InSf to- 
atlon. It tell, of a smuggling band composed 
?' * J 8 * Importer, a shlj's captain andth. 
mp0 K rt fI * , butIer . The opening scene .hows 
£?.A 0,d °, f , tbe 8b,p w,tn a secret service ot- 
ficer examining a tea chest In search of opium 
" e 1 a interrupted in his work by the arrival 
of the captain. The government offlcVukeJ 
i h n °rf caPtolnhy surprise, knocks him senseless 
and flees Meanwhile the Importer has had an 
auto accident on the road and by chance ha^ 
m£ £ mee l an °J d acquaintance who Invites 
h i, m . 4 i- bl8 bome fo r dinner while the chauf- 
feur Is repairing the machine. Th. Importer 

^nvTr L I ! fat , ua ^ d w,tb ■»■ f rlend'. wifVand 
5n?J e i ys bl8 ' ee,,n « *'th a handshake. Be- 
tSJXPlP » tb u coup,e ' toe friend advises the 
mporter that he has several thousand dollars 
to J5 Te j£ ,n a promising venture and is as- 
8U red that he will be given an Inside tip 
should the Importer become aware if .ny 
proposition that look, reasonably good. 3£ 
hv%' mUgg i ei ;" 7to.ro home he Is Informed 
«Undin* C % P h a,n 0f bl8 ^Perlence. and. under? 
standing the consequences should the secret 
service men procure the necesssry evidJSce 
he prepares to entice his friend Into the com-' 
promising position through having him invest 
In the company. This dJa! Is eventually con- 
summated and the transfer is made ? where- 
in toe government police arrive to make the 
arrest. Tne innocent and unsuspecting friend 

wWfSSSSlVfl '5! er <>» convicto E d. fr, Tn, 
7,1? ^fi^ 111 *" ^e leading role from here On 
and acting und*r the advice of the seerLt 
service officer, she decides to lure the KSlS 

nTiSSJT L nt ° ? trap wbere he will convict 
hlm.c!f. A series of "love" scenes .re shown 

nnn\. nn TL ,y /, be K meet toK at thTTmporte?'. 
*g*-*ll telephone is "fixed" with the gov 
ernment officers planted downstairs. The im- 
porter Is Induced by the woman to drtok to 
excess and when his condition arrives to the 
talkative point she succeeds In drawina the 
entire plot from him The flnni* -k™ iu 

in?ffir r ?^ "v aVr 9* 32%fiKT b.'n h J 

and finally the release of her husbsnd Tn« 
"STtlZS: Ve i7 ordl "ry with nothing beyo^J 

Snrtffry " bown - The exterior of the Im- 
porters home was decidedly shahhv ~Z 

ohnr n , R the '"V 1 ™" totorlo? dlVpUyJd An- 
other Inexcusable error comes In the costum 
Ing of the principals. The de?ectlJe whSe 
appesrance covered a screen period of . Jv- 

?um. m0 C 8 wo V m fl k n ed , COnt,nua,,y ,n one cos- 
Tne woman also overworked one ner- 

i»H? P C ° 8tume - T °e individual work of the 
EorS bV t th an .^ eWhat bpb,nd th e points 
" r m.f? V 1 * ,tor y Proper, without any at- 
tempt at character work, except In the in 

ran n< £,M ^ .**> rapta ln. whose nSke-up 
ran decidedly to the story book specie with 

a his tar h™i "Jfi 8 £ au * m *"t*d scenario ar^unn 
this theme, the Essanay firm could boast of 

!nf° rk,n £,*°° d ,ea ture and while n It. pres- 
ent condition the film could hold a good .not 
on a strong program, such inattention to d" 
tails and particulars can hardly be overlooked 

™ynt%. 



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FILM REVIEWS 



SHOULD A MOTHER TELL? 

Hose Baudln -BittJ N*M« 

Uaspard, husband Stuart Holmes 

Pamela, daughter. Runa Hodge- 

«» 16 Joan Bothern 

M Brassard'.'.'.'. Stephen Oratten 

Louis, their .on. h Johnston 

U 5i) °- Baldwin 

Countess de' Montsorel Kato H Bl fllSS 

»oaunti^ 

gaSSea? a Oauntier C,a L r « T lIou. 

Prefect Police Henrl L ^ onm 

Murder, blackmail, thievery, prison mJUw 
child are all present early In tM» pict are. 
The only things missing are, the br! dg e at 
midnight" and "those papem. It was ■ , nne 
night "or a murder and so the innkeeper 
attck a cheese knife Into the Baron who had 
Just gouged a relative of his wife's for 100,- 
(MJO francs and stole the same hundred thou. 
AnVSit w« the Question •Should I. Mother 
Tell?" Betty Nansen was the mother. Stuart 
Holmes In this picture overshadowed the star 
She?" came to acting. He had a ver, p moan 
character role to portray but the character- 
isation he offered readily entitled hm to the 
sobriquet of "The Richard Mansfield 1 of the 
Screen." and by that It 1. not »»*»** **£ 
some one should come back at him with the 
line "Well. Mansfield's a dead one. For 
Mr 'Holmes' 1. far from being a "dead one" 
as anyone who witnessed bis work in this 
feature must readily admit. "Should a Mother 
Tell?" Is a Wlliam Fox feature and released 
through the Fox Feature Film Corporation. 
It is a five-reel feature that abounds with 
thrills. In a way the title Is rather mis- 
leading, for without question it ra^er sug- 
gests a sex problem than the question which 
la propounded in the story. The original was 
by Rex Ingram and he wove a rather fanci- 
ful tale about the inhabitants of some small 
town in France. There is a miserly inn- 
keeper who worships Ue God Mammon. No 
coin Is too small to be hoarded by him and 
no crime too great for him to commit W> ob- 
tain money. At the opening of the picture 
he notes that his daughter, aged six, is 
capable at knitting and he orders the mother 
to put the child to work to earn her own 
livelihood. The mother refuses and takes the 
child to the home of friends. The father fol- 
lows and demands the child be returned to 
him. The friends offer him a stated weekly 
sum to permit the child to remain with them, 
iney have a son and in latter years aa the 
two children become older they become sweet- 
hearts and are bethrothed. In the mean- 
time a rascally Baron who has wedded a 
beautiful girl for her wealth, sees an op- 
portunity to blackmail one of her relatives 
by threatening to spread the report of a 
scandal between his wife and the relative. 
He acquires 100,000 francs and offers the Inn- 
keeper 20.000 If he will let him have his 
daughter. This occurs on the day that the 
girl Is bethrothed to the son of the friends 
with whom she. has been living. The inn- 
keeper accedes to the bargain and sends for 
the girl. In the meantime there Is a drink- 
ing bout between the Baron and the inn- 
keeper during which the former displays his 
newly acquired wealth and the Inn-keeper's 
grasping passions are so aroused that he mur- 
ders the Baron, steals the money and disposes 
of the body. Later when the corpse Is dis- 
covered the relative who was blackmailed is 
accused of the crime. In the meantime the 
rather of the prospective bridegroom visits 
the mother and demands a clean bill of char- 
acter of the family of the girl that is to wed 
his son. saying that no one with any sort 
of a family stain can become a member of his 
family. Later when the mother Is on the 
point of confessing that her husband was the 
one that murdered the Baron and that she 
witnessed the crime, she Is deterred from 
doing so because of the thought that It 
would wreck her daughter's happiness. Finally 
as an Innocent man Is being led to the guillo- 
tine she blurts out the truth. The Innocent 
one is saved, the husband commits suicide and 
there you are. True she saved a life, but the 
entire question which Is asked remains un- 
answered, for it does not show at the finish 
of the picture whether or not the girl mar- 
ried for love or did It to show whether the 
mother's telling shattered the happiness of 
the young couple. So much for the story- 
The cast Is one of the best that has ever 
been seen in a Fox production and the direc- 
tion of the picture at the hands of J. Oordon 
Edwards Is faultless. Fred. 

THE EARLE OF PAWTUCKET. 

Lord Cardlngton, Earl of Pawtucket 

Lawrence D'Orsay 

Henriett Rosemary Theby 

Arthur Henry Meyers 

Silas Hooper Emlle Hoch 

Aunt Jane Helen GUmore 

Ella Flora Mason 

At least two good laughs In "The Earl of 
Pawtucket" the picture version of which Is to 
be released by the Universal as a part of Its 
regular program. The Augustus Thomas 
piece which served Lawrence D'Orsay for a 
number of years when the English comedian 
was at the height of his vogue has, however, 
been horribly butchered In the scenario. The 
two sure-fire laughs before mention consist 
of a view of Mr. D'Orsay in a bath tub and 
the second Is where In one of the later scenes 
of the picture he squirts a syphon at the head 
of a detective who Is trying to enter his room 
via the transom route. However, two laughs 
do not make a picture, but there are several 
other features about "The Earl of Paw- 



tucket" that should make it most acceptable 
to the exhibitors. One Is that the producers 
did not spare expense when it came to pro- 
viding adequate scenic setting and the big 
scene representing the Interior of the Wal- 
dorf-Astoria was extremely realistic. But 
the company with which the star of the pic- 
ture was surrounded was lamentably lacking 
In playing experience with the possible ex- 
ception of Rosemary Theby, who played Hen- 
riett. Of course the exhibition value of the 
film will be Increased at least fifty per cent 
when the picture Is released regularly and It 
has been retltled, for at the special showing 
at the Universal offices last week the titles 
were rough typewritten and hand printed 
wordings. This naturally detracted from the 
entire picture. When the copy cutter gets to 
work and edits one or two of the scenes and 
revises the titles there should result a tre- 
mendously improved comedy of quality. In 
the direction of the picture all of the work 
Is given to the star, who loses his laughter 
provoking ability through being unable to re- 
sort to his "Englishisms." When one recalls 
the tremendous laughs that he received In the 
stage production with "I've received a tele- 
gram from Sarah — Sarah's bettah" and then 
witnessed the manner in which the line really 
meant nothing to more than a score of people 
who witnessed the special showing one feels 
sorry for Mr. X)'Orsay and for the author. 
But as it was learned that the scenario from 
which the production was made was only 
taken after three others had been rejected one 
can also sympathise with the film people. Con- 
sidering the fact of the handicaps and of the 
unpreparednesa of the film when shown "The 
Earl of Pawtucket" will answer nicely to fill 
In on the feature service that the universal 
means to make part of Its regular program. 

Fred. 



ALL FOR OLD IRELAND. 

A three- reel feature produced by Sidney 01- 
cott showing a probable Incident during the 
early days of Ireland, when that country was 
patiently enduring hardships that helped make 
Its history possible. The story runs second In 
Interest and value to the scenes, the majority 
being exteriors bringing the auditor close to 
the Emerald Isle, for Olcott personally Jour- 
neyed to the KUlarney Lakes with a picked 
company of players to secure the essential at- 
mosphere. The lead Is held by Valentine 
Grant, an ideal type for such a tale and a 
clever and Impressive screen actress. It seems 
a young patriot had become mixed up in the 
smuggling of arms along the Irish coast, the 
Irishmen having decided to combat their op- 
pressors. A disciple of English oppression ac- 
cidentally witnesses the activities of the young 
patriots and hastens to inform the garrison 
guard. They finally apprehend the principal 
after the stereotyped film chase and hunt and, 
not being successful in their quest for full 
particulars as to the identity of his com- 
panions and the location of their hiding place, 
they throw him In Jail. His sweetheart visits 
him In the tower, accompanied by a Catholic 
priest, and while the clergyman engages the 
guard In conversation, the girl hands him a 
knife and a rope. After their departure, the 
prisoner manages to ory loose the cement from 
his window, loosen the bars and escapes down 
the rope after first killing the guard. As he 
alights on the ground, another sentry happens 
along and he, too. falls a victim of the knife. 
The succeeding scenes show the transporta- 
tion of the prisoner, beneath a load of hay. to 
the coast, where he lands on a boat after a 
short swim from shore. His Journey and the 
succeeding events are left to the imagination 
of the audience. The beautiful natural scen- 
ery around Black Rock Castle and the River 
Lee as well as the many other scenes In- 
cluded will hold this feature up alone, despite 
the weak finale and the rather poorly con- 
structed tale. As an addition to any progra 
a film of this kind can easily hold a spot, for 
views of Ireland seem to possess a certain In- 
terest for everyone and particularly for the 
Irish themselves, of which there are consider- 
able listed In the directory of picture fans. 

Wyrtn. 

THE MATING. 

Doris Willard -..-... Bessie Barrlscale 

"Bullet Dick" Amen Lewis J. Cody 

Daisy Arnold Enid Markey 

Reverend Willard Walter Whitman 

Eleanor Ames Margaret Thompson 

Miss Fitch Ida Lewis 

"The Mating" is a five-part Mutual Mas- 
terplcture, the scenario for which was writ- 
ten by C. Gardner Sullivan. In "The Mat- 
ing" Mr. Sullivan teaches a great moral les- 
son, to wit. : "Young girls at boarding school 
should not smoke cigars, 'cause If young girls 
at boarding school smoke cigars they get sick 
to their little tummies." Of course, Mr. Sul- 
livan has several other features to his story, 
but they do not get him or the principals in 
the picture anywhere In the 5,000 feet of 
film the 1 , are used In relating the tale. The 
picture was produced under the personal su- 
pervision of Thos. H. I nee and no doubt Mr. 
Ince did the best he cduld with the material 
at hand. Bessie Barrlscale Is the star of the, 
picture and Mr. Ince has given her a couple of 
opportunities to weep during the course of 
the action of the picture and therefore Its 
success from the Barrlscale standpoint should 
be assured. The story as related tells of the 
daughter of a small town minister who craves 
a college education. Miss Barrlscale is the 
daughter. Her dad finally arranges that she 
shall attend Hamlin College for Girls for a 
year. She finally arrives at the school and. 
as she Is a "rube," the girls pass her up. It 
seems that "Bullet Dick" Ames was the hero 
of the football world during the year that lit- 
tle Doris Willard attended Hamlin and all of 



the girls are crasy over him, so Doris decides 
to write herself letters and sign Dick Ames' 
name to the epistles and later to drop them 
where the other girls In the school can con- 
veniently discover them. She does this, but 
one of the girls, who has been the recognised 
beauty and therefore the greatest snob, refuses 
to believe that "Dumpy Doris" could have 
made so Important a capture as the football 
hero and she writes to Invite his sister Elea- 
nor and the hero to spend a week end at the 
school, and relates her suspicions In the lat- 
ter. Mr. Gridiron Hero sees the letter on his 
sister's desk and resolves that he will help the 
little one carry out the deception. They ar- 
rive at the school and when Doris hears that 
the "hero" Is on the scene, she fears greatly 
for her humiliation. However, Mr. Hero 
sees her and Is conquered and they become 
sweethearts. One scene depicts a night of 
wild revelry In the dormitory occupied by the 
girls, at which they are all clad In pajamas 
and eat fudge. It is a gay affair until one of 
the girls discovers a cigar which she smokes, 
after which she does a beautiful brodie to the 
mat for the count This Is the scene in which 
the afore-mentioned moral is developed. There 
Is one thing that Mr. Ince must be given 
credit for, and that is the flock of "chick- 
ens" which he picked for the boarding school. 
They were all good lookers and some in 
minor roles displayed acting ability. But aa a 
feature "The Mating" will never set the world 
afire. Fred. 



THE FOX WOMAN. 

The Fox Woman Signe Auen 

The Artist Elmer Clifton 

Jewel, his wife Teddy Sampson 

Her Father Bert Hadley 

In view of the fact that John Luther Long 
wrote "Madam Butterfly" and other stories of 
old Japan, "The Fox Woman," accredited to 
him and which has been adapted for screen 
purposes and produced as a four-part Mutual 
Masterpicture by the Majestic, under the di- 
rection of Lloyd Ingraham, cannot be con- 
sidered in this writer's best vein. It Is a 
rather fanciful tale and does not by far con- 
tain the human interest held in "Madam But- 
terfly." One thing about the picture Is true 
and that Is that it ranks as a distinctively 
different feature because of the locale In which 
the plot Is laid. Of the four characters named 
about three are Japanese and one American. 
The story relates that a hunchbacked Jap- 
anese artist and his wife are extremely happy 
until The Fox Woman appears on the scene. 
According to ancient Japanese lore, The Fox 
Woman was one who was not possessed of a 
soul and therefore stole the souls of others 
and so existed. In this particular case The 
Fox Woman is the vamplrlsh niece of an 
American missionary located in Japan. She is 
visiting her uncle and has a passion for art, 
being an amateur sculptress. She visits the 
house of the artist and, being struck with his 
resemblance to a heathen god because of his 
deformity, she persuades the Jap to pose for 
her that she can obtain a copy from life of 
this particular God. During the time that he 
Is posing the Jap loses his soul to The Fox 
Woman and mistreats his wife. The father 
of the wife, whose whole heart is wrapped up 
in his offspring and her welfare, hunts down 
The Fox Woman in the home of the mission- 
ary and she in bet fright at finding him In 
her room falls out of a low window and is 
killed. With her death a fox Is seen to 
scamper across the picture from her body and 
with her death the Jap artist is released from 
the spell which bound him and he goes forth 
to seek his little wife, who Is at the shrine of 
her forefather's about to commit hari-kari, 
without which no Japanese tale would be com- 
plete. The girl Is shown at the shrine and 
the husband following her. In this section of 
the picture there Is some suspense as to 
whether or not he will reach her side In time, 
but he does that little thing and all ends hap- 
pily. In the matter of production this pic- 
ture is quite as fanciful as the story Itself. 
There are fadelns and double exposures galore, 
some of the latter being exceedingly well 
thought out. There Is a lot of atmosphere and 
it will answer Its purpose as a Mutual Mas- 
terpicture most capably. The cast was par- 
ticularly well chosen, Elmer Clifton playing 
the character role of the artist very well and 
Miss Auen being a most fascinating siren as 
The Fox Woman. Fred. 



CHARLIE CHAPLIN. 

Charlie Chaplin was turned loose again 

Monday for his semi-monthly canter in an 

Essanay two-reeler. It's called "A Woman" 

this time, but the title Is the least Chap- 
lin needs a scenario writer, or if he doesn't 
Essanay does. Too much money could not be 
paid the man who can fit Charlie Chaplin in 
his present brand of comedy as he should be 
fitted. The scenario writer who can do this 
can prolong the Chaplin fad for months*. 
Without "the" scenario every time, Mr. Chap- 
lin may as well conclude his finish as a slap- 
stick low comedian before the camera Is in 
sight. "A Woman" is not so very different 
from many of the Chapllns of the past. It 
takes Chaplin along to an open bench in a 
field upon which are seated mother and daugh- 
ter, asleep, they having been left there by the 
head of the family, attracted by a flirtatious 
young woman. After meeting the hutband and 
beating him up some, also a companion, Chap- 
lin proceeds to the home of the two women, 
where he is made welcome until the husband 
and companion return. They recognize the 
mischief maker. There is a free-for-all bat- 
tle between the men and the women, consist- 
ing mostly of hard slaps and staggering falls. 
To escape Chaplin runs upstairs, into a room 
where a woman's complete dress Is on a form. 



He dons it. Returning downstairs, Chaplin is 
known by the daughter, who Informs her 
mother and both watch Chaplin as the dame 
flirt with their husband anu father, also the 
companion. The men discovering It's Chap- 
lin after a while, do some more rough work, 
ending with Chaplin kissing the daughter aa 
the father hands him a forcible kick on the 
place the rear of his trousers should have 
been. Chaplin In a woman's dress, with his 
anglish ideaa of comedy I You can imagine t 
From the manner In which the two reels ran 
off. It seemed as though the Censoring Board 
had made some big outs. Chaplin waa under- 
dressed for the woman much as Tom Mo- 
Naughton was, when playing in vaudeville as 
one of the McNaughton Brothers, excepting 
the Inflated trunk was not used by the former. 
Chaplin's undersult consisted of plaid trunks 
with the lower half of a white union suit 
While the father waa carelessly caressing 
Chaplin, then In the woman a dress, he allowed 
his hand to wander down one of Chaplin's 
legs, through which esthetic picture bit of 
business the skirt of the dress was pulled off, 
and Chaplin at the same time again lost the 
pad he used frequently for laughs in an at- 
tempt to make a r 'front" Chaplin, half 
dressed, goes through the remainder of the 
picture. The seltzer bottle is often Invoked 
and nothing Is thought of expectorating Into 
one another's faces. It's the Chaplin stuff, 
probably bunched together as Chaplin wishes 
it to be. The kicking of men into water and 
the other comedy bits Chaplin does are very 
familiar, made so by him in pictures. He 
cannot expect to sell this stuff to the public 
forever. In comedy pictures as much fun 
may be secured through a situation, with the 
humor starting at the suggestion of that situ- 
ation as by the actual comedy work involved 
In It That Is what Is missing in the Essanay 
Chaplin film, the situation. Chaplin needs a 
scenario writer, very, very badly. Bime. 



THE HEIRESS. 

_.. London, July 1. 

This Milano production In three parts, run- 
ning approximately 3,400 feet was designed 
for rather a pretentious feature. In this, 
however, it has not succeeded, for the reason 
that the story is conceivable, revolving around 
a stolen will. The star of the picture is 
Madame Hesperla, a clever actress, given 
small opportunity In this presentation. She 
plays an adopted daughter of an old man who 
has disinherited his nephew for leading a wild 
life. In the event of no will the nephew would 
be the legitimate heir by kinship. The old 
man dies suddenly and tells his head groom 
where the will can be found. The groom 
secures it and makes a deal with the nephew 
whereby he will be taken care of providing 
the will Is never unearthed. This leaves the 
girl penniless and, being an intrepid horse- 
woman, she secures a position as chief eques- 
trienne In a circus. A real circus arena is 
seen with the girl doing a high school riding 
act. Eventually the will is unearthed and the 
nephew commits suicide, leaving the gfrl to 

Plf. 1 ^ £ he . man Bhe ,oves - Excellent scenery. 
both Interior and exterior, intelligent lighting 
and all round good acting. But the absence 
of originality in plot reduces the film to the 
popular priced brand. j i 0t 

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN. 

A flve-reeler made by the Popular Plays and 
Players and released on the Metro program 
with Emmett Corrlgan starred. It is a pro- 
duction of a very serious trend but bound to 
get a few laughs or snickers, due to little bits 
here and there that are supposed to be serious. 
The story is of two step-brothers. The elder 
Is adopted. The other kills his father. Weak 
and not wanting to take his medicine, he In- 
duces his brother to say he did It for their 
mother's sake. The other brother shoulders 
the crime and Is imprisoned for life. Good 
behavior makes him a trusty. The warden's 
daughter falls In love with him. He escapee 
but his conscience causes him to return to 
prison. The guilty brother Is killed by a 
fall and the truth la learned. The warden's 
(laughter Is In the arms of the ex-convict at 
the finish. Several minor faults are most 
noticeable. The prison scenes are realistically 
gruesome. The building of the tunnel as a 
means of escape Is well done but far fetched. 
The scene in the underground passage shows a 
man standing In the water to his waist How- 
ever, when he clambers out upon the floor of 
the prison shop his convict's uniform Is dry. 
Mr. Corrlgan, on two occasions, has a chance 
to land a couple of blows, both of which seem- 
ed weak, probably through Mr. Corrlgan 
guarding himself against hitting too hard. 
The burning of the warden's house necessi- 
tated a building to be completely demolished. 
It may have been half frame work, but It was 
oleverly handled. When Mr. Corrlgan is 
rescuing the daughter from the burning house, 
he Btops to kiss her while the flames are leap- 
ing all over the place. He muBt have wanted 
to kiss her very badly to have taken that 
chance. The sinking of the schooner struck 
by lightning adds a bit of melodramatlcs. 
This is a feature with a cast of familiar faces. 
Not that they are all famous, for other than 
the star, few, If any, have heavy reputations, 
but they are familiar as they are players 
who appear here and there with whatever 
company Is making a feature and so are seen 
frequently. Mr. Corrlgan as the star did some 
exceptional acting at times, his facial work 
being especially praiseworthy. Crauford Kent 
as the brother took good care of a weak role. 
The others were well placed. As a feature oi 
five reels from an established maker, "Greater 
Love Hath No Man" Is but a fair product In 
all ways at best. 



VARIETY 



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MY OLD DUTCH. 

London, July 2. 

"We've been together now for forty years 

and it don't seem a day too long; their ain't 

a lady In this land as I'd swop for my dear 

old Dutch." Albert Chevalier's most famous 

song has now been cameraed by the Turner 
Film Co., with Chevalier In the character 
which he created In song, and with Florence 
Turner as the wife. The story begins with 
the meeting of Joe Spudd and Sal at a 
"beano," which Is the equivalent for the 
American outing or picnic. Joe haB to fight 
for Sal to win her from another ooster and 
this begins his courting. Their wedding is 
shown at the old Shored Itch Church, and so 
on down through the 40 years of married life. 
It la almost a profanation to find fault with 
anything in these five wonderful reels. But 
the worst that can be said of It is that Albert 
Chevalier looks too old In the early portion 
and Florence Turner too young in the later 
section. In repose Miss Turner's features 
carry out the Idea of old age, but her Infec- 
tious smile contradicts same. Chevalier is 
young enough In spirit In the opening reels 
and his actions create the desired effect, but 
the camera Is not to be denied. It registers 
features with cruel exactitude. In collabora- 
tion with Arthur Shirley, the dramatist, Chev- 
alier has written a scenario founded on his 
song and to round out the effect of a happy 
finish there Is Introduced a baby boy who 
grows up Into a man. Also, to foster drama, 
the wife inherits $20,000 from a distant rela- 
tive. The parents devote every penny of it 
to educate and make a gentleman of the boy. 
On his majority the money Is placed at the 
boy's disposal and he very promptly cuts loose 
and squanders it. In a strong scene with the 
father, the male parent berates the boy In a 
long speech ending with "It was not my money 
that you squandered but your poor old moth- 
er's, and she worked and scrubbed so that you 
should have it. I curse the day you were 
born." These are not the exact words, cap- 
tioned, but are the gist of the old man's furi- 
ous outburst The son pulls himself together 
and tells his mother that he Is tired of being 
a gentleman and from then on proposes to be 
a man. As It should be in all well rounded 
out stories, he strikes "pay dirt" In a gold 
mine and comes back with the money In time 
to take his aged parents from the poor house. 
A touch of Chevalier's other song hit, "The 
Workhouse," Is Introduced where the old cou- 
ple, on entering the poorhouse, are assigned 
to separate quarters, thus separating thera for 
the first time In forty years. A rigid ad- 
herence to detail In depicting coster life con- 
tributes in no small measure to the general 
effect of this wonderful five-part feature. At 
its close which showed the old couple re- 
united once more In a home of their own, it 
can safely be stated that at the Trade show- 
ing at the Shaftesbury Pavilion thin morning, 
there was not a dry eye In the entire assem- 
blage. The beautiful sentiment pantomimed 



by Mr. Chevalier, ably assisted by Miss Turn- 
er, and augmented by a competent supporting 
organization, is one of those things that makes 
you go home and growl at your wife in order 
to conceal your genuine feelings for her and 
to avoid an overweening tendency to "mush- 
iness." Jolo. 



JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. 

London, June 30. 
According to gossip in "the trade," the ma- 
jority of film producers have figured upon a 
scenario for a photo version of the world- 
famous English novel, "John Halifax, Oentle- 
man." To those familiar with the novel, It pre- 
sents, on its face, a problem of no mean propor- 
tions, from the fact that It Is not a story of ac- 
tion, but merely a chronicle of the life of a man 
who Is a gentleman at heart, If not by birth. 
The picture announces the novel was written 
by Mrs. Cralk. If memory is not faulty, the 
book, when published, accorded the authorship 
to "Miss Muloch." But after a score or more 
of years one cannot be certain of this point, 
which Is of no Importance in descrlplng the 
picture. One may be wrong, or "Miss Muloch" 
may be a pen name, or the author may have 
married after the book was written. It re- 
mained for the Samuelson Film Manufacturing 
Co. to produce the five-part visualization of 
the story, under the direction of George Pear- 
son. The exterior scenes were taken in the 
very places described by "Miss Muloch" in the 
cathedral town of Tewksbury, but for some 
reason the captions have been changed to read 
Norton Bury. There is no attempt at sensa- 
tionalism, the efforts being confined to good 
photography and excellent acting. One brief 
scene is tinted In two colors In rather tf 
unique fashion and the spirit of the story has 
been retained throughout. In an exceptionally 
appealing way the romantic tale of the home- 
less lad who, by dint of courage and Industry 
rises to honorable position in his community, 
this five-part picture makes an acceptable 
feature for a high class program. The rftage 
direction Is a faithful chronicle of the man- 
ners and costumes of the eighteenth century 
covering a period of approximately fifty years. 
One might try hard and succeed in discovering 
a flaw or two but It would be no easy task. 
The filming of "John Halifax, Gentleman" 
may be set down as a distinct success. Jolo. 



EUGENE ARAM. 

• After witnessing this four part Edison fea- 
ture which has everything In the way of 
story, cast and direction In Its favor, It Is 
interesting to note the difference between the 
feature production* of this company and the 
other short picture makers who are doing 
their first feature work. Edison Is not turn- 
ing out its features as fast as some of the 
others, but Is getting results with all of them. 
"Eugene Aram" Is from the story by Bulwer 
Lytton and put Into the film form by Richard 






Mr. Gustave Frohman 



desires to announce that he retains 
no connection, actual or implied, 

with the 






FROHMAN AMUSEMENT 
CORPORATION 

nor has this company further right 
to the use of the name 




aoe^M^ 



Ridgely, who also directed It. Marc MacDer- 
mot is the feature player in the title role. 
The remainder of the cast is made up of 
people well known in the Edison stock com- 
pany, all having been seen In starring roles. 
Thf story is of a poor chap who joins another 
to kill a rich man and get bis money. They 
agree to do the killing at night. When Aram 
gets there he finds he is late, the other man 
having done the killing. Aram inherits some 
money soon after this. The story Jumps five 
years and he is shown as a school teacher in 
another part of England. The picture takes 
place entirely in that country. He is very 
queer at times which cause* people to become 
suspicious of him. He falls in love with a 
girl and is to marry her. The son of the 
murdered man is trying to locate the as- 
sassins of his father. He eventually finds 
the murderer who, In order to save himself, 
blames Aram for the crime. He is arrested 
and convicted. The girl to whom he Is en- 
gaged becomes ill and dies upon learning that 
he is to be hanged. Aram, hearing that his 
sweetheart has died of grief, goes to the gal- 
lows unconcerned. It is a truly remarkable 
picture. 



EBB TIDE. 

There surely must be . something radically 
wrong with the Selig scenario department to 
let some of the scenarios picturlsed by this 
company get through. Selig releases a three- 
reeler weekly and invariably It la a picture 
without rhyme or reason and generally most 
uninteresting. "Ebb Tide" is an example of 
this. The company has thrown money away 
in producing It. It cannot leave a favorable 
impression wherever played and no matter 
how cheap the cost of production the company 
Is bound to be the loser, as this will surely 
hurt the name of Selig as a feature making 
concern. This three-reeler Is released on the 
dally program and If It Is an example cf the 
new feature combine's best efforts, there will 
be loud protesting by the dally release pro- 
gram people. "Ebb Tide" Is a story of a 
married man falling in love with another 
woman. His wife likewise loves the fiance of 
her husband's affinity. That surely Is a mud- 
dled state of affairs, but it tells the entire 
story which ends with the husband and wife 
being reunited, the fate of the others being 
left to the imagination. 



CORRESPONDENCE 

Unless otherwise noted, the following reports are for the current week. 



VARIETY'S 
CHICAGO OFFICE: 



CHICAGO 



MAJESTIC 
THEATRE BUILDING 






The police arrested two men who are sus- 
pected of robbing Midway Gardens last week. 

Colonel Selig returned to Chicago this week 
after a long stay on the Coast. " 



Waukeegan, Mich., will not let the feature 
film "Three Weeks" be shown within its city 
gates. The mayor found that the public li- 
braries would not handle the book and re- 
fused the license on these grounds. 



Mrs. Walter Meakln was operated on this 
week at the American Hospital, where she Is 
progressing favorably. 



The Haymarket here started last week with 
stock burlesque that will hold sway for the 
summer. 



"The Lady in Red" started its run at the 
Grand Opera House on Monday, where It will 
stay until the first week In September, busi- 
ness warranting. "It Pays to Advertise" will 
open at this house Sept. 3. 

Mabel Hamilton of Clark and Hamilton Is 
framing up an act for vaudeville. The act 
wl.. consist of two boys and Miss Hamilton. 
Cert Clark, her partner, Is appearing here 
with "Maid In America." 



It Is aald that a dictagraph was placed In 
the dressing rooms of the Palace afualo Hall 
last week In order to ascertain what the 
chorus girls talked about between numbers. It 
Is not known who wanted the Information, hut 
the Instrument Is said to have been removed 
before the chattering had started. 

The Council Committee of Buildings refused 
to pass an ordinance last week that would al- 
low the showing of moving pictures In Chi- 
cago schools. Professor Starr of Chloago Uni- 
versity has taken some travel pictures and It 
was through his efforts the rejected measure 
was framed. 



Margaret Anglln dodged a bailiff -—■— - 
fully last Friday night when he tried to serve 
her with a writ of attachment la a suit for 



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$400 brought by William Boyd, au actor. 
Harry Ridings would not 1st the bailiff near 
tha stage door and In some way or other 
smuggled tba actress out of tha theatre. 

Friday night last was Charlie Chaplin 
night at McVlckers and amateur Chaplin as- 
pirant* were given a chance to display their 
prowess in this line. One of the small Chap- 
Uns worked out In front of the theatre and 
with the help of an old woman gave a real- 
istic slapstick exhibition when she chased 
him up the street with her umbrella. The 
night was a success. 

Fraud and conspiracy are the charges 
against William Schmidt, president; George 
Schmidt, secretary ; Roland D. Whitman and 
Lloyd G. Whitman, directors of the Klvervlew 
Park Company, brought by Mrs. Augusta 
Miller, a stockholder. The charges state the 
defendants used funds In a manner not to tne 
Interests of stockholders and that the expense 
account was much too heavy. The defendants 
claim the charges are absurd and that It ia 
only another effort to wrest the control of 
the park from those in charge at present. 

COHANS GRAND (Harry Ridings, mg«;>-— 
"The Lady In Red" (1st week). Moved from 
the Princees. . M 

PORT (U J. Hermann, mar.). leg o My 

Heart," with Pc «* y °' Nel1 (9tn week) - DolDB 

fai OARRICK (John J. Garrlty. mgr.).--"All 
Over Town/' with Joseph Santley (7th week). 
Still making money through big ma"nees 

ILLINOIS (Augustua Pitou, mgr.) ; — The 
Birth of a Nation" (film, «th week). Big bust- 

"Ta^ALLiTc Joseph Bransky. mgr.). -Musi- 

"PALACE (Harry Singer, mgr). - Maid in 
America" (7th week). Stlu big. 

MAJESTIC (Fred Eberts, mgr.; agt., Orpb.) 
— Nonette. the violinist and songster, managed 
to unset a smoothly running show by step- 
Sng ?ut of the bill after the Monday mat nee 
at the Majestic. The violin player waa "No. 
2" in the afternoon, but refused to go on at 
the night show on account of the spot. In 
this way she made things unpleasant for the 
fair crowd in the theatre on a night when a 
show should be the last form of amusement 
SouTbt The shake-up of the bill brought a 
dramatic sketch, No. 2. with dUaatrous i re- 
sult*, the acta following immediately after 
suffering accordingly. The Kremka Brothers 
opened the show and managed to stir the 
heated throng to something akin to «?*««- 
asm. The two boys do a dandy act Number 
two came the kli.joy of the evening, Madame 
Beeson and company in "It Doesn't Happen, 
and it didn't at any time during the sketch. 
Neither Madame nor any of her company dis- 
played anything that could be called unusual 
acting In this rather serious but commonplace 
vehicle. Nan Halperln followed the convales- 
cence and she did not come near making as 
good as la usual for her to do in this city. 
Miss Halperln has changed her act somewhat 
since here before, but her spot was against 
her. Howard, the ventriloquist, stirred things 
up a bit with his well-worked dummies and 
his singing efforts. The hit of the show was 
fought for between the Volunteers and Allan 
Dinehart and Co. The Volunteers got all the 
laughs coming to them and received many 
calls through the efforts of the tenor comedian. 
Dinehart did things that vaudeville sketches 
as a rule never come near doing. The quiet 
and pleasing vehicle, "The Meanest Man on 
Earth," was Immediately taken notice of and 
received more applause than any sketch seen 
here in some time. Nat Wills, next to clos- 
ing, worked against the hot weather and he 
must be given the decision. It was not a 
night for a single talker, but Wills managed 
to get most of his bright quips over In laugh- 
ing style. The Four Romanos are four girls 
who give an exhibition of classical dancing, 
using a like routine to the Morgan Dancers, 
who appeared In Chicago not long ago. In the 
afternoon the girls themselves must have felt 
the heat, for they appeared with only socks 
for leg coverings. But in the evening after 
Charles Kohl had Intervened, the legs were 
covered with tights. It may have been this 
that made the large number of people walk 
out at the start of the act. 

McVICKERS (J. O. Burch, mgr.; agt., 
Loew). — McVicker's did fair business Monday 
in spite of the weather. The headllner did 
not put In an appearance In time to go on for 
the first show. Ed Reynard In "A Morning 
in Hicksville" was billed to lead, but he failed 
to make the proper railroad connections and 
was late. He went on at the second show. 
Law ton. the Juggler, opened the show and was 
liked for his excellent work. The 4 Gillespie 
Olrls, No. 2. did well In a singing act. Fran- 
cesco Redding and Co. are still playing the 
same old standby of a sketch where the Eng- 
lish lord stirs things up by whipping the cop. 
The sketch was a big laughing hit. E. J. 
Moore Is a talking magician who docs tricks 
not new but does them well. His talk and his 
funny assistant go to make him a success. 
Webb's Seals failed to create much interest 
through the animals not being as well trained 
as in most acts of this kind. Besides tblH 
there Is no comedy In this act and this Is 
what generally Is the mainstay In seal per- 
formances. The three Ambler Brothers pre- 
sent an art In which two do a perch per- 
formance while the other at first sings and 
then acts as an assistant. Malcy and Woods, 
a boy and girl, offer a pleasing specialty, In 
which they both sing and dance. Maley docs 
a clever bit of character work In acting a lit- 
tle of "Mr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde" In a song. 
Sadie Sherman does charncter bits and sing- 
ing. Miss Sherman with the properly framed 
vaudeville act should be able to do things. 

GREAT NORTHERN HIPPODROME (A. H 
Talbot, mgr.; agt., W. V. M. A.).— Despite the 
real hot weather Monday the Hippodrome filled 



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ALL PEOPLE ENGAGED FOR 

RUBE BERNSTEIN'S 



"FOLLIES OF PLEASURE" 

KINDLY REPORT FOR REHEARSALS MONDAY MORNING, JULY ltTH, AT It 
O'CLOCK AT LYCEUM HALL, 81 W. 4SRD STREET 



CALL TO ARMS 



All people signed for 



BARNEY GERARD'S 
"FOLLIES OF THE4DAY" 

report for rehearaale SATURDAY, JULY 31, at If A. M„ at MINER'S BRONX, ISfth Street 

and 3rd Avenue 
All people signed for Hugh? Bernard's "Americana'' report same place. Wed., Aug. 4, It a. m. 

Can uae a few good-looking enow guia and mediums 
Call Room est, Aator Theatre Building, New York City 




FOR 



FRED IRWIN'S "MAJESTICS" 



Chorus 



and Gentlemen Who Can Sing and Dance 



Apply to FRED IRWIN 
Office 208 Columbia Theatre Buildinf, New York. 



up to capacity Just before the first show of 
the day shift was over. The bill waa headed 
by Tate's "Motoring," but the present people 
handling the comical English skit are not well 
adapted to their parts missing fire on some of 
the most important parts. The sketch did not 
do aa well as a headllner should at this house. 
The Tan Kwal Troupe of Chinamen pulled 
down the applause hit of the show with their 
hair-swinging efforts, done in a much more 
effective manner than any of the troupes using 
the same stunt in vaudeville now. This act 
closed the show. Corrlgan and Vivian do 
sharp-shooting, the girl trying to dance and 
sing a little during the act. The shooting Is 
but ordinary. The name of Vivian may be 
rightly used in this act, but there haa been 
a turn working both on this and the other 
side that does shooting and have been known 
sb the Vivians. The Three Falcone do their 
usual routine of tricks on the rings and were 
fairly successful. Sherman and Uttrey, who 
appeared at the Majestic a few weeks ago, did 
little with singing and a bit of dancing. The 
two InaiBted on singing a chorus of a aong 
that was not demanded as an encore and they 
suffered accordingly. Carl played his one- 
string fiddle and talked. He did fairly. Rose 
Garden, a single girl who sings and played 
the piano, did very well with a few numbers, 
for which she makes two changes. Miss Oar- 
den has a pleasing voice that she uses in only 
one number aud can play a piano with won- 
derful ragtime results. MIsb Garden made a 
dandy number two act. 



SAN FRANCISCO 

VARIETY'S 
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE 

PANTAGES* THEATRE BLDG. 
Phone, Douglass 2213 



ticular kind of turn. "Just Half Way," a 
nicely built little comedy offering with a nifty 
finish, went well here, played by a No. 2 cast. 
Tabor and Green, exploited for their song- 
writing abilities, earned a hit. The Elks Duo, 
hinted at aa grand opera celebrities, were the 
singing feature of the bill, but made little 
impression. The Two Bartellas opened the 
bill with an acrobatic specialty, going aa well 
as one would expect in the spot. Coy Detrickie 
waa rather entertaining and the Empress au- 
dience seemed to like her. The Three Princess 
Lilliputians were added to the bill from this 
end, as was "The Nude Truth Girl." Fred 
Swift also bolstered up the program. 

CORT (Homer F. Curran, mgr.).— Melting 
Pot film, featuring Walker Whiteside. 

COLUMBIA (Gottlob, Marx & Co., mgrs.).— 
Dark for this week only. 

ALCAZAR (Belaaco A Mayer, mgrs.). — Birth 
of Nation film. 

WIGWAM (Jos. F. Bauer, mgr.).— Del. 8. 
Lawrence Dramatic Players. 

PRINCESS (Bert Levey, lessee and mgr.; 
agt., Levey). — Vaudeville. 

HIPPODROME (Wm. Ely, mgr.; agt, W. S. 
V. A.).— Vaudeville. 

SAVOY (Loenen Bros., lessee and mgrs.). — 
Burlesque. 

"The Trojan Woman" was presented In Fes- 
tival Hall, Expo' last week. 

There is a possibility of the Alcazar return- 
ing to dramatic stock In the near future. 

On June 3o a banquet was tendered E. M. 
Rosner In honor of his 28th anniversary as 
leader of the Orpheum orchestra. 

The Dillon and King Musical Comedy Co. 
has shifted from the Columbia In Oakland to 
the Republic here. 

According to reports, the three days Fourth 



•f July 
968.M. 



eelearmtiem netted %** attnv 



mam 



The local Preas Club gave a 'Forty-nine 
night, July 10, In honor of the delegates to 
the International Preaa Congreas, whlea eea- 
vened here. 

July 7, T. Otis Baker, a San Mateo theatre 
employe, was arrested on telegraphic instruc- 
tions from Mississippi. The charge was grand 
larceny, but no details were given. Otis waa 
placed in cuatody to await trial. 



From all Indications it looks as though bur- 
lesque at the Savoy Is going to stick. At any 
rate the management reports that the evening 
attendance is very encouraging and the mati- 
nee business is increasing steadily. 

Charles Kenyon, author of "Kindling," has 

5 one to New York, where ne wl.i assist in the 
lrectlon of his newest play, "The Chatelaine," 
in association with William A. Brady, accepted 
by Arthur Hopkins, and scheduled for an 
early premiere at the Criterion. 

The Liberty, which haa been playing split 
vaudeville weeks of W. 8. V. A., Is said to 
have been taken over by a Mr. Gordan, who, it 
is said, will discontinue vaudeville and offer 
pictures at 2Va cents admission, or two shows 
for a nickel. 



Saturday, July 24, will be newspapermen's 
day at the Expo', when the scribes and editors 
throughout the state will have an opportunity 
to get together and enjoy a special entertain- 
ment being prepared for the occasion. Rob- 
ert Edgar Long, formerly preaa agent for 101 
Ranch, Is handling the Newspapermen's Day 
exploitation. 



A banner across the American theatre an- 
nounces the house is going to reopen in 
August and that during Interim $60,000 will 
be spent In Improving the Interior. Just what 
the future policy of the house will be is a 
matter of conjecture, but since the Savoy haa 
made burlesque stick so far, it is rumored 
that the American may in the fall devote it- 
self to that sort of entertainment. 



IUFFAL0. 



BY CLYDE r. HEX. 

SHEA'S (Henry J. Carr, mgr.).— Thla Is 
anniversary week at Shea's, and an exception- 
ally good bill la offered. The Court street 
theatre has now been open ten years and Is 
still one of the moat popular places of amuse- 
ment in the city. Headlining thla week are 
Brice and King, who were a big hit; Bonita 
and Lew Hern were billed as an extra attrac- 
tion, and do well ; "The Girl From Milwau- 
kee, scored; Charles Olcott, adds apicey 
comedy to the show ; the Bison City Four 
were greatly applauded; the Ramsdells' 
pease; the Flying Mayos, are a sensation 
pictures close. 

HIPPODROME (Henry Marcus, mgr.).— Mrs. 
Leslie Carter in "The Heart of Maryland" 
drew well first half. Local views taken on 

feat ed addCU ** blH * Mu,,caI Programs 
OLYMPIC (Charles Denzlnger, mgr.; agt, 
? un .i)."~ Be v nard ~ I*"""!"©, operatic singer, 
headlines big; Brown and Wilmot, entertain 
Kobert Locker, scores success ; Margaret Hover 
™2 n °"' K get over b,g : Sorbin, Montgomery 
compfeu MIL * g °° d 8ketCh ' PeatUre moTle » 
PALACE * STRAND (Harold Edel, mgr.) 
—Paramount movies to fair business 

ACADEMY (Jules Michaels, mgrj.— Owing 
Jo success of Abe Leavltt and hia tabloid 
musical comedy company the management has 
arranged for their indefinite stay. Conducting 
as an advertising feature a "8wat the Fly" 
campaign, the house has done unusually good 
business throughout the week. Each natron 
1 gi !£ n A fly 8watt er a« they enter. Movies 
?? 0W J5S, the . deadIy peHI of the fly arethowS 
Ure^p'ic'tuJe. 10 ^ ° ne ' aCt C ° med ' and ■ ™ 



Things theatrical have seldom been as dull 
as at the present time in Buffalo. LeJit 

thrift a K d the , onl y burlesque playhouse in 
the city have closed for the summer. U B 
O acts are continued at Shea's. Poo vaude- 
ville has held up at the Olympic alone Musi- 
cal comedy bas been substituted for the usual 
Loew shows at the Academy. Warm weatheV 
D?lor PU f« a tM ,mp S the p,cture buSSmT which 

ia g .randTin{er.e£on 0rWard to ' >™><™ 



ORPHEUM.— Kitty Gordon and Co., the cur- 
rent week's headllner, offering Jack Lait's 
"Almas Return," In which Harrison Hunter 
plays the principal supporting role, was well 
liked at thp opening performance. Ruby Nor- 
ton and Sammy Lee In dances were excellent, 
the audience showing their appreciation with 
liberal applause. The Four Melodious Chaps 
fnlled to appear, their place on the bill being 
taken by Lorraine and Dudley. Brltt Wood 
was a hit because of the novel features of his 
specialty. Dooley and Rugel, perhaps of the 
best act* of lt 8 particular kind ever Introduced 
here, went decidedly big. This is their sec- 
ond week nt the house and they easily re 
nented. Prlnre Lai Mon Kim, also a holdover 
rrom last work, was delegated to open the 
program, and despite the handicap of the po- 
sition earned an encore. Lucy Gillette, who 
juggles with exceptional skill, held the other 
end of the bill and closed successfully. Jaek 
Wilson also appeared. 

EMPRESS.— Maximilian the Great topllner 
this week and closed the show with little or 
no trouble, pleasing those who like this par 



HAVE YOU HEARD OF "FOOTLITE BRAND" OF SILKOLINE? 

Well, to im tilt wordi of kindreds of performers, "Footlite Silkoline" in tiahtt ..U. >~i.. 
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also mansfaettrt oar laments is eotton. worsted. 

and part silk. Wt make no extra chant either 

for oar "Footllaht Sanitary Pad," an exclusive 

featire, asd certainly a boon to female performers, 

or for procuring garments mado to yoar spatial 

meaaare. If yea do not And it convenient to visit 
oar ntting room we can efficiently handle 
orders received for special measirements when 
oar new form ef measiring chart is ased 
Do not bay anything in knit poods before 
you write as for oar new catalogue, price- 
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VARIETY 



21 



The New William Fox Policy 

for Motion Picture Exhibitors 



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ON September 6th, next, William Fox, president of the Fox Film 
Corporation, the man who has made film history more rapidly 
and effectively, since his entry into the business, than any other 
manufacturer engaged in the industry, inaugurates an entirely 
new policy. A policy that means muck to the exhibitor. So much, in 
fact, that every exhibitor is earnestly urged to read with unusual care 
the facts which follow and which have purposely been set forth as tersely 
and crisply as possible and are designed to answer all the questions he 
may feel inclined to ask, so that, when he has perused. William Fox's 
argument, all he will have to do will be to fill out the application for con- 
tract form without delay or questioning. 

Beginning on September 6th, the Fox Film Corporation intends re- 
leasing every week one great feature, written by a celebrated author and 
headed by a famous star. Beginning on that date, the One-a-Week policy 
will be inaugurated and contracts with exhibitors, which are now ready, 
will read from Monday, September fth, 1915, to Friday, September 1st, 
1916, inclusive, guaranteeing the exhibitor Fifty-two (52) of the most mag- 
nificent features it is humanly possible to produce. 

This innovation has not been entered into with undue haste. There 
has been no headlong hurry about it. This policy is a natural develop- 
ment of what Mr. Fox, ever with an alert "ear to the ground" for the 
exhibitors' needs, feels is a necessary step. Exhibitors throughout the 
country have expressed their desire for a William Fox One-a-Week 
service, basing tkeir demands upon the enormous success they have met 
with in booking the William Fox features in the past. But the wonderful 
qualities of those features called for the services of directors capable of 
meeting the high standards set by Mr. Fox— and such men do not grow 
on bushes. Not till now has it been possible— after combing the entire 
field, both here and abroad— to assemble a producing staff that Mr. Fox 
feels measures up to his requirements ; the grade of pictures, for instance, 
represented by Theda Bare in -The Devil's Daughter," "The Two Orphans, 
"The Clemenceau Case" and "A Fool There Was", Bettey Nansen in 
-Should a Mother Tell?." "A Woman's Resurrection"; W'lham Famum 
in "The Bondman," "The Plunderer," "The Nigier," "A Gilded Fool" and 
"Samson"; Nance CNeil in "Princess Romanoff" and "Kreut.er Sonata ; 
Wilton Lackaye in "Children of the Ghetto"; Charles Richman in The 
Idler," and Dorothy Donnelly in "The Thief." The features to come 
under the new policv will transcend even the notable hits enumerated in 
every way, impossible though it may sound. 

From the theatrical branch of his enterprises alone, Mr. Fox has 
amassed a fortune far greater than he can eve ^P end ;*% * a V a "J V^ar 
income that is many times larger than he requires. Mr. Fox u > n o bar 
rassed by financial uncertainty. The Fox Film Corporation does jot rest 
on the shifting sands of stock-jobbery and notable feats of '/•»"•* 
finance. Instead it is rooted firmly in the living rock of a sound founda- 
tion of financial security. Its directors number such men as Thomas N. 
McCarter, president of the great Public Service Corporation of the State 

of New Jersey; Colonel Anthony R. Kuser, y ice .; Pr «^„ n ^The Stre^th 
dential Life Insurance Company, world-famous for its slogan, ™ strength 
of the Rock of Gibraltar" ; Uzal H. McCarter, president of the Fidelity 
Trust Co. of Newark, N. J. Among the other directors of this corpora- 
tion are John C. Eisele and his partner, Nathaniel King, of the banking 
firm of Eisele and King. Mr. King is one of the directors of a dozen 
banks and big business enterprises. Mr. Eisele is equally prominent and 
well-known. These are the men upon whom, with Mr. Fox, the business 
integrity of the Fox Film Corporation rests. But above and beyond all 
this is the unique position that Mr. Fox occupies in the producing world. 
His interests and yours are identical. He could not afford to give you a 
mediocre picture, for his own success as a theatre owner depends upon a 
rigid adherence to the pace he has set. 

Right here, you may feel inclined to say, "Well, I've got a good theater 
in a good location. I pack them in right along. Why should I switch 
from the brand of pictures I'm using to the William Fox features? 

In reply, we give you the following facts: We are the only large 
firm in the 'producing business that does not buy a single fraction of 
outside film. We are the only firm that applies the acid test, administered 
by Mr. Fox himself and an advisory board of twenty-five of the keenest 
minds in the film business to every inch of product. We are the only 
firm that presents a strictly "hand-picked" program and whose program 
is not made up of the products of several manufacturers. 

"What's the matter with a program made up of the productions of 
several manufacturers?" you ask. 

Well, the writer happened recently to take dinner in a New York 
restaurant. At the adjoining table four manufacturers, who are con- 
tributing to one program, were talking, and this was part of the con- 
versation he overheard: 



Manufacturer No. 1 said, addressing his remarks to Manufacturer 
No. 3: "The last picture you made and contributed to our program is 
a terrible looking thing. I don't see how any exhibitor can pay a rental 
and earn a profit from a picture of that kind." 

Manufacturer No. 3 replied to Manufacturer No. 1 : "You've got a 

h of a nerve to talk to me about the quality of my picture. It Is a 

darn sight better than the one you contributed to our program two weeks 
ago." 

And so these four manufacturers were consoling themselves with 
the bad goods that they were making, and the fact that each of them 
felt, anyhow, that the other manufacturer was making goods Just as bad 
as he wasl 

Those not using our features profess to feel bad about the character 
of our pictures because our pictures deal with Life. The Fox features 
don't adopt a sugar-and-water attitude towards the facts of existence. 
They are real pictures of real men and women, not pictures of sweet- 
scented substitutes for human beings, behaving as no mortal beings ever 
did or ever will. That is why the William Fox features are so immensely 
popular. Because they are real, and sincere, and they do unerringly 
appeal to the hearts and imaginations of everyone who sees them. We 
defy anyone to see one of our pictures and not find food for thought 
and conversation in it long after he has left the theatre where it is shown. 
And that's the best sort of advertising any theatre can possibly get. 
Day by day more people are beginning to realize that the Fox Film 
Corporation's pictures are better than the best, and they are comparing 
them with the class of pictures that you, Mr. Complacent, Satisfied Ex- 
hibitor, are showing. By-and-by— and the time is shortening— the demand 
for Fox features will be so great that you will HAVE TO PUT THEM 
IN. How will you feel when that time comes to find that some long- 
headed showman has got ahead of you and secured the One-a-Week 
service? 

Moreover, Fox feels that he has a mission to perform for the less 
luckily situated showman no less than for the satisfied Individual we 
have imagined. His efforts will go on and on, despite the sore-head 
producers, till he makes "STANDING ROOM ONLY" blossom out on 
theatres not so fortunately located by giving them the best productions 
and greatest programs ever released. 

We intentionally do not give the names of the noted stars we have 
signed, the celebrated plays and books the motion-picture rights to 
which we have acquired, for Mr. Fox feels that to do so at this time 
would be to give away the secrets of his business and let his competitors 
see his hand. But— Every exhibitor who has read what has gone before, 
and every exhibitor who has ever had experience, directly or indirectly, 
with William Fox features, or with William Fox personally, knows that 
his confidence will not be misplaced. The one ambition of Mr. Fox, which 
he has instilled into every member of his producing staff. Is to produce 
features that will be BETTER THAN EVEN THE BEST OF THE PAST. 
For we realise that our exhibitors must be able to earn good profits to 
continue our contract and pay us promptly. So that you are doubly in- 
sured for a program of surpassing merit and pulling power. If you fall 

own _ °1 tni * !t wiH *• TOur own * ault * li vou can,t » ct y°" r contract it 
will be because you delayed in sending in your application. 

SIGN THAT COUPON AND HUSTLE IT TO THE MAIL BOX. 



From VARIETY. 

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR CONTRACT 

FOX FILM CORPORATION 130 WEST 46th STREET, N. Y. 

(Kindly fill out tbe blanks below witb required information) 

Name of Owner and Manager 

Theatre 

Seating Capacity 

City 

Population of City 

How Many Other Theatres?. . . ? 

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for form of contract embracing the new William Fox Policy. 



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exhibitor, exchange man, distributor and producer all work 
together as a unit. One is as important as the other in the 
making of success. 

The criticisms and recommendations of the Paramount ex- 
hibitor are depended upon by the producer in selecting his 
subjects. 

The Paramount company gives its exhibitors a high grade 
program reinforced by unequaled cooperation plus a national 
advertising campaign to build a clientele. 

The exchange affords protection to the exhibitor and insures 
him the exclusive use of Paramount Program for his com- 
munity. 

A trinity of irresistible power for success. 

Do you belong to the Paramount family? 

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Free open air acta are offered at Eric 
Heach through the remainder of the summer. 

Amusement parks and aummer resorts have 
lost heavily during the past two weeks be- 
cause of stormn. It Is estimated that fully 
'JO ,X) were kept away from Crystal Reach on 
the Fourth of July because of a terrific wind 
and rain storm which hindered the steamers 
from making the trip to the Canadian reBort. 
Warmer weather and excursions from nearby 
points should help out on the season. 



VALENTINE GRANT 



The Charming International Cinema Star 
Starred in the Olcott Made-in- Ireland Features 

Leading woman with Walker Wklteajde hi 'The Melting Pot" 



City and county authorities caused the 
Kalscrhof rathskeller In this city to be closed 
this week and the license of Peter Kllppel. 
manager of the place, to bo revoked. Kllppel 
was some time ago convicted of running a 
disorderly place. 



Rmadway. high-class cabaret resort, will open 
Ins new establishment within a few weeks, 
directly opposite. An entirely new structure 
has been erected, resembling a real Chinese 
restaurant, and hlrls well to be the most popu- 
lar resort of It* kind In the city. 



It Is rumored that Ous Sun will open a 
Imoklnn office in this city In the near future. 



CINCINNATI 



Nate Fenton, operating "The Pekln" on 



Two thousnnd newsboys were the guests of 
the Enquirer at a special performance given 
at the Olympic theatre Tuesday mornloi 



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KKITH'S (John F. Royal, mgr. ; agt., U. B. 
<■).!.— Gruet and Gruet ; the Emmets; Charles 
n Lawler and Daughters ; Emmet and Emmel 
in "On the Hanks of KUlarney;" Bayle and 
Patsey. 



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CHESTER PARK (I. M. Martin, mgr.).— 
Sadie De Coma ; Howard's Educated Bears ; 
' .hose Three Girls;" Kathleen Miller and the 
Callahan Brothers ; Eddie Adair. 

ZOO (W. P. Wnitlock, mgr.).— Liberati's 
Band and Ten Opera Singers ; 18 Indian 
Players in "Hiawatha." 

LAOOON (Arthur Wllber, mgr.). — Cabaret. 
oN motordrome races owing to storm. 

CONEY ISLAND (Arthur Rlesenberger, 
mgr. ) . — The De Longs ; Leslie and Collins ; 
Honey and Long ; Jack Lewis ; Reynolds and 
Carpenter. 



DENVER. 

TABOR GRAND (Peter McCourt, mgr.).— 
nillle Burke In "Jerry" played to capacity 
huslness 8-10. Star and company excellent. 
Lyman Howe s pictures week 11. 

DENHAM (Woodward-Homan Co., mgr.). — 
Week 3 witnessed Otis Skinner's advent as 
leading man with the Woodward stock com- 
pany. "Kismet" was the bill. Hundreds were 
actually turned away during the first week, 
the first time such a condition has obtained 
at a Denver theatre In many moons. "Kis- 
met" will he continued week 11, with "The 
Honor of the Family" to follow. 

ELITCHS GARDENS (Mrs. Mary-EUtch 
Long, mgr.).— 11, "The Third Party." well put 
on by the stock company, attracted goodly 
crowds. "The Affairs of Anatole" will be the 
bill week 18. 

LAKESIDE (Colorado Amusement Co., 
mgr.). — "Whose Baby Are You?" was the of- 
fering of the stock company week 11, and 
business ruled oulte good. 



It's beginning to loko' like the "good old 
days" again — as business at the various houses 
and parks has suddenly taken a great Jump. 
Hlllle Burke's engagement at $2 top rices 
to capacity, and Otis Skinner's stay at the 
Denham, turning them away at nearly every 
performance, would seem to show there is 
plenty of business out here for attractions 
of genuine merit. 



My Corns 

Were Ended This Way 

Countless women have told 
other women about Bloe-jty 
plasters. Now a million corns a 
month are ended in this scientific 
way. 

Women who know Bht-jty 
do not suffer corns. When one 
appears, they put a Bhie-jay 
plaster on it. That ends the pain. 
In 48 hours the corn is gone 
forever, with no soreness left 

If you can't believe it, ask 
your friends. Half of them 
have probably ended corns with 
Bhie-jay. If you still doubt it, 
ask us for samples. Try them 
on corns of your own. 

Don't coddle corns. Don't 
pare and keep them. Don't use 
old-time treatments. A famous 
chemist has made corns utterly 
unnecessary. That sort of torture 
is a thing of the past 



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Mary Hall, Charles Gunn and David M. 
Hartford of the BTlltch stock company will re- 
turn to New York 18. Marlon Dentler will 
replace Miss Hall and Forrest Wlnant will 
be the new leading man. Leona Powers and 
Helen Dentler, two local girls of prominence, 
have also been engaged for the balance of the 
season. 



John Harley, manager of the BUtch stock 
company, will leave for New York late In 
August to prepare for his season ahead of 
the revival of "irtlby." 

Just when It seemed Blanche Bates would 
he the star to succeed Otis Skinner at the 
Denham, word reached here of the arrival 
of the stork at the Bates-Creel home. At 
present Manager Woodward has not concluded 
negotiations for Mr. Skinner's successor. 

Henri Scottl, of the Metropolitan Opera 
House, and De Voto, pianist ef the Boston 
Symphony Orchestra, will be heard In concert 
at the Auditorium 26, assisted by the Sas- 
lavsky quartet. 



A new picture house, The Strand, is rapidly 
nearing completion. It will probably open 
in the fall. It is claimed that the place will 
cost in the neighborhood of $200,000 and will 
be the finest picture theatre west of the 
Mississippi. 



LOS ANGELES 

VARIETY'S 

LOS ANGELES OFFICE 

306 MASON OPERA HOUSE BLDG. 

GUY PRICE, Correspondent 




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ORPHEUM (Clarence Drown, mgr., U. B. 
O.).— The New York Fashion Show of 1915, 
big hit ; Marie Nordstrom, well received ; Per- 
cy Bronson and Winnie Baldwin, passably 
pleasing ; Fisher and Green, entertaining ; 
Fritz Bruch and Sister, very good ; Mr. Hy- 
mack, repeated successfully ; Newhoff and 
Phelps, fair ; The Jordan Girls, cleverly done. 

REPUBLIC (Al. Watson, mgr., Levey). — 
"Just Three Boys," exceedingly clever ; Fred 

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and an all star cast in 



The Running Fight 



By William Hamilton Osborne 



Great political and financial 
novel dramatized in film. 

The romance of this tale and 
its unusual plot places this 
picture in the front rank of re- 
markable productions. 

Violet Heming is the well- 
known Broadway star and has 
just finished a long run in "Under 
Cover" at one of the leading 
theatres. 



VIOLET HEMING. 



Release Date July 15th 

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Harrison, very good ; Kay and Howard, enter- 
taining ; R. H. hallett and Co., well-received ; 
Henrlette Wilson and Co., pleasing; Ruth 
Ford, mediocre ; Loftus and Hatch, well pre- 
sented playlet. 

HIPPODROME; (Lester Fountain, mgr., 
Western States.). — Derzac Circus, big laugh; 
Melbourne MacDowell, fair; Dale Wilson, 
scored • Mastro, pleasing ; Fields and Brown, 
mediocre ; Eight Crinoline Girls, repeated suc- 
cessfully ; Kinzi Shlgeta, entertaining. 

"" MOROSCO— "So Long Letty." 

BURBANK— "Trail Of The Lonesome Pine." 
CENTURY— Burlesque. 



$40 a week which she msde December 1, 1914, 
and then went to the Metropolitan concern. 



W. H. Clifford, the composer, has returned 
from New York. 



Blanche Ring gave a birthday party for her 
sister, Frances, at which a quarter of a 
hundred stage stars were present. It looked 
like a second edition of Broadway. 

Harry S. Duffleld has returned from Chi- 
cago. 



Earl Carroll leaves shortly for the East. 
He has completed revisions to the music snd 
lyrics in "Bo Long Letty." 



Wallace Munro Is trying to promote an all- 
star production of "The Servant In the .iouse" 
here. Tyrone Powers would play the lead. 



Sidney Harris, at one time Oalety manager 
here, and Louis Llssner, the same, motored 
down from Frisco this week. Harris leaves 
shortly for New York. 



LOUISVILLE. 



The Essanay Film Company filed an injunc- 
tion suit to compel Helen Dunbar to return 
to their employment and to restrain her from 
working for the Metropolitan Film Company 
and Francis X. Bushman. They allege that 
Mlas Dunbar last April Jumped a contract of 



Greenwood and Orant have been signed for 
several seasons by Oliver Morosro. This fol- 
lowed their success in "So Long Letty." 

John Blackwood is laid up again. Sure, It's 
the gout. 



ny JOHN H. HOA<iLA*l>. 

FONTAINE FERRY PARK (Harry Bllger. 
mgr.). — Bert Swor, laugh maker; Lackett and 
Waldron. well received ; Bclma Braatx getting 
attention ; Max Laubc. pleasing ; The Marble 
Gems, good recpptl">n. 

KEITH'S (J. Weed, mgr.).— The Psshleys, 
a hit; Walter Brower, delights audiences; Wil- 
son and Watson, very amusing; La Belle 
florlne, eicellent; pictures. 



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RIVERVIEW PARK (Lum Simons, mgr.).— 
Carta's Southern Mlmtrela, continued good 
reception. 

The Paris Ky. Opera House, with a capital 
stock of $30,000, has been organised by Earl 
Ash brook and Company In that city. 




The Crystal has been organised at Hickman, 
Ky., with a capital stock of $3,000, by J. N. 
and Mitchell Wright, and J. O. West 



The Children's Feature Film Co., with a pre- 
ferred capital stock of $30,000, has been or* 
Sanised in Louisville. Charles M. Beay and 
.. W. Conant, well-known in the field, will 
be producing and general manager, respective- 
ly. Mr. T. J. Morrow, Jr., of the Louisville 
Board of Councllmen, will be present. Films 
will be manufactured under the trade-mark, 
"Alladln." 



About $7,000 will be expended by its man- 
agers for a complete renovation of the Frank- 
fort Opera House, at Frankfort, Ky. 

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Association will be held July 22 at Fontaine 
Ferry Park. 

MtmUAL. 

ssy ARmm tOHALBUC. 

ORPHBUM (C. F. Drlscoll, mgr.).— Or- 
pheum Players scored strongly In "The Mar- 
riage Game." Next, "ZIra." 

IMPERIAL (H. W. Conover, mgr. ; agent, U. 
D, O.). — The Solominles, encored; Miss Gor- 
don, good ; pictures. 

SOHMER PARK (D. La rose, mgr.). — French 
Opera Co., second and last week In "La Mas- 
• cotte." Prof. Dixon, animal act, well trained ; 
Flying Deaves, sensational ; Howell and How- 
ell, well received. 

8CALA (W. H. Foster, mgr.). — Russ-Forth 
Musical Comedy Co., and pictures, to Rood 
business. 

KINO EDWARD (E. Lavand, mgr). — Joe 
Waldron Burlesque Stock Co.. and pictures 

NEW GRAND (F. Holman, mgr.).— First 
run pictures to good business. 



The Francis opens August 10 with vaudeville 
under the management of W. H. Foster. 

raw oujuns. 



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Sound and White Teeth 



two men who, ostensibly, were seeking a suit- 
able site for the erection of a motion-picture 
"air-dome," were detectives, who were In the 
city in search of evidence against alleged 
"boot-leggers." Several arrests, one a hotel 
proprietor, were made. 



shows were being exhibited In Hazard. Ky., 
when he fell against a Hon cage and his foot 
was thrust through the wires. The Hon burled 
its teeth In the man's foot, but \he tatter's 
condition Is not serious. 



are surely a rich enough return for 
using Calox twice a day. The Oxy- 
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particles upon which harmful bac- 
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and the breath purified in the pleas- 
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Get the Calox Habit 

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35 cents. 

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NEW YORK 



Herman Rldder, editor of the New York 
Staats-Zeltung, will speak, with Karl M. 
Llewellyn, recently of the 78th Prussian In- 
fantry, at Macauley's Theatre next Friday 
afternoon and evening. The proceeds will, It 
is stated, be devoted to the cause of neutrality, 
which will be the subject of the Rldder lec- 
ture. 



Messrs. Swltow. Button and Zoeller, local 
theater magnates, are Interested In the new 
Phoenix Amusement Co., which Is building a 
picture theater at a cost of $50,000 in Lex- 
ington. 



The "Paramount," running motion pictures, 
has been opened in Mt. Sterling, Ky. Lewis 
and Gay are owners and managers. 

Rumors that Fontaine Ferry Park would be 
shortly closed because of the rains which are 
supposed to have ruptured Its business, have 
been denied by the manager, Col. Harry Bll- 
ger. 



After being married but ninety days, Mrs. 
Ralph Carfona, wife of a musician In the 
Seelbach Hotel, and whose father Is also a 
musician there, Is suing for divorce, her peti- 
tion stating they have "discovered they can- 
not live happily." 



HIPPODROME (Jake Miller, mgr.) — Vaude- 
ville. 

ALAMO (Will Gueringer, mgr.).— Vaudeville. 

SPANISH FORT (M. S. Sloan, mgr.).— 
Paolettl's Band and Dansant. 

Halligan and Cosby are at the Alamo. 

Vic Perez, the iridescent local manager, 
whose spectacular career has been the talk 
of native theatredom for several years past, 
seems to be In a bad way, financially, as the 
holders of his rent notes are threatening to 
close one of his houses. Perez's shirt front 
always made that of Diamond Jim Brady look 
like a flickering coal oil lamp by comparison. 

Arthur White, manager of the Orpheum, re- 
turns Aug. 6. Walter Kattman, press repre- 
sentative, follows several uays after. Katt- 
man has been spending the summer at Brazil. 
Tnd. 



Irwin Leclere and Guy McCormlck are team- 
ing again. Leclere has Just written a seml- 
classlcal ballad called, "Thou Shalt Not Love.' 



A.L'OX 



The Majestic Theatre, at Evansvllle, Ind., 
has been leased for a long period by M. Swltow 
and other local theater owners, under contract 
signed recently in Louisville. $20,000 will be 
expended for repairs, previous to the opening 
as a vaudeville house. 



The Oreenwall theatre Is undergoing exten 
slve and expensive repairs. 



As the engagement of Natlello's Band, a 
free attraction at Fontaine Ferry, has expired, 
a troup of Hawaiian singers and musicians 
have been engaged as a season filler. 

Johnny Peebles, an employe of Haag's 
Greater Shows, was badly hurt while the 



Keith's theatre has returned to its summer 
vaudeville policy for the remainder of the 
reason, showing four reels of motion pictures 
and four vaudeville acts. 



The annual outing of the Louisville Grocers' 



Strictly Personal.— Barry Milton, very 
tall, Is going to marry Joe Griffin, who is 
nulte small of stature. Rube Chisolm's hair is 
falling so fast that he wears an eve-shade to 
keep it from getting Into his food. Several 
automobile people are dickering for the Lyric. 

ther cities get a play long after Its first 
night In New York. Quite different with a 
photoplay. Ze>da Dunn has purchased a ma- 
chine. It's a Singer. One of the local picture 



VARIETY 




BILLY 
WEST 



In the comedy tkit 



IsHeCharlieChaplin? 

Acknowledged by press and profession to 
be the world's foremost impersonator of 

Charlie Chaplin 

Established remarkable box office records 
throughout the middle-west. 

Playing return dates everywhere 

This Week (Now) American, New York City 




houses, with a large free list, 1b running the 
feature, "Who Pays?" as an experiment. Will 
Gucrluger has punched another hole In his 
belt. The Peruchl-Oypzene Stock has elimi- 
nated the snow scene from Its production of 
The Two Orphans," owing to the high cost 
or white paper. Arthur Leopold has pur- 
chased several lots at an unrefined place 
culled Rough Neck. 



Direction, 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

BYR.B. ANION. 

HEILIG (W. H. Pangel, mgr.).— 12-19, Mrs. 
Patrick Campbell In "Pygmalion" and "The 
Second Mrs. Tanqueray." 

ORPHEUM (T. R. Conlon, mgr.).— Feature 
films. 

THE OAKS (John Cordray, mgr.).— Camp- 



Bothwell Browne 

(Himself) 

Supported by a carefully selected company of 12, including 

FRANCIS YOUNG, wiU offer hit latest, original, 

spectacular comedy classic, 



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Pretentious scenery; perfect chorus; magnificent costumes; 
beautiful lighting effects, and BOTHWELL BROWNE in his latest 
conception 

"The Dance of the Four Seasons" 

Opening date, July 25th, Pantages Theatre, San Francisco. 



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bell's American Band, Mile. Tryon, The Suf- 
fragettes. 

LYRIC (Dan Flood, mgr.; agent, Fisher).— 
Vaudeville and pictures. 

EMPRESS (II. W. Plerong, mgr.; agent. 
Loew). — Week 5, Sldonlas, laughs : Dale and 
Weber, very good ; Lloyd and Whltehouse. 
comedy ; Vashta Dalton, pleaned ; Morris and 
Meeker, good ; Florence Family, closed. 

ROCKAWaY BEACH. 

Joe Schwab bought out his partner's inter- 
est in the College Inn and has placed the 
cabaret under the direction of Pete Wendllng. 
They are running special nights every week 
with good results. Monday Is Carnival Night ; 
Tuesday, Bird Night : Wednesday, Song Pub- 
lishers' NlRht; Thursday, Doll Night; Friday, 
Country Store. Smith's is also running spe- 
cial shows weekly : Wednesday, Carnival 
Night ; Friday, Prize Night. Tho dance floor 
will shortly be enlarged. 

Barney Baxter has put In a cabaret enter- 
tainment with Eddie Ridgeway, Joe Lombardo, 
Jimmy Simmons, Billy McCall and Doris How- 
ard on the floor and Harry Stover at the 
piano. He also has a team of exhibition 
dancers, Ix?ng and Short, and Brunoes Band, 
formerly at Relsenweber's Shelbourne at 
Brighton Beach. 

The Danse Sur Mer, which charges five 
cents per dance, has built a roller skating 
rink In tho back of the hall and the rink 
seems to be outdistancing the dance floor for 
revenue. H. N. fl. 



TORONTO, OUT. 

Br HARTLEY. 

ROYAL ALEXANDRIA (L. Sol man, mgr.).— 
Another of George M. Cohan's successes, "The 
Miracle Man," was presented in an admirable 
manner by the Robins Players, and drew a 
capacity house at the first night's production. 

GRAND (A. J. Small, mar.).— The Scotch 
classic. "The Bonnie Briar Bush," was given 
in fine style by the Phillips Shaw Co. 

SHEA'S HIPPODROME (A. C. McArdle, 
mgr.; agt., U B. O.).— Wlllard, the Man Who 
Grows, held interest; Hawthorne's Minstrel 
Maids, entertaining ; Keno and Green, pleased ; 
Lynch and Kelly, clever ; Myrtle and Jimmle 
Dunedln, good; Florence Tlmponl, encored; 
Cummins and Seahan, sensational. 

LOEWS YONGE STREET (J. Bernstein, 
niRr. ; BRt., Ixiew). Bob Hall, versatile; Lou 
Hoffman, laughs ; Henry and Llzcll, pleasing; 
• iarry Glbbs and Co., beld Interest; Althon 
Twins, encored; Du For Bros., clever; Plsano 
and Bingham, realistic. 

STRAND (R. S. Marvin, mgr.).— First run 
pictures and music. 

HANLAN'S POINT ( L. Solman, mgr.).— 
Hand concerts and open air pictures. 

SCARIIORO BEACH (F. L. Hubbard, mgr.; 
agt., U. B. O.). — Toronto Symphony Band; 
Kmlln SIsterH, and open air pictures. 



The local musicians' union will give a 
masse*! band concert with 400 members at 
Hcarboro Beach 28. 



MABEL ELAINE 

ECCENTRIC COMEDIENNE 

SIGNED FOR 3 SEASONS WITH NED WAYBURN'S << XO^VN TOPICS" 

REGARDS TO ALL FRIENDS 



ADDRESS DEPARTMENT 

Where Players May Be Located 
Next Week (July 19) 

Players may be listed in ihis <1< pari inrnt weekly, « ithcr at I in- theatres they are 
appearing i'i "r at a permanent or temporary address (which will be inserted when route 
is not received) for *5 yearly, nr it name is in holt type, $10 yearly. All are eligible l<» 
this department. 



MARGARET LEYDEN 

Soprano 



MILDRED ROGERS 

Contralto 



REOEN 




LJR 



THIS WEK (July 12), PALACE THEATRE, NEW YORK 

GUYTANO MANNO GEORGE W. DUNSTAN 



Tenor 



Baritone 



A 
Abcles Edward Variety X Y 
Ahrutn & Johns Variety San I 'r.iin im n 
Adams Rex Variety Chicago 
Adler K Arline 661 K. 175th St N Y < 
Allen & Irancis Variety N Y 
Armstrong Will H Variety N Y 

B 

ERNEST R. BALL 

Dlrscttaa Jeole Jacobs 



STUART BARNES 

Direction, JAMES PLUNKETT 



Bracks Seven care Tansi« 1<)4 K 11th St N Y C 

Beaumont A Arnold care Morris fir I'eil N V I' 

llerzac Mine Jean Variety ( hicaic 

Blondell Ed wit/ d Variety N Y 

Mowers Walters Kt Cronker Keith's Philadelphia 



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VARIETY 



BEST PLACES TO STOP AT 



The Refined Horn* for 

Professionals 

Handsomely Furnished 

Steam Heated Rooms 

Bath and Every 

convenience 



ft 



THE ST. HILDA 



99 



67 WEST 44th STREET 



PAULINE COOKE 



'Phone 71e7 Bryant 
Acknowledged aa the boat 

York City. 

One block from Booking 
Offices and VARIETY. 

67 WEST 44th STREET 



,554 

Tel. Bryant < 555 
(7833 



The Edmonds 



ONE BLOCK 
TO TIMES SQ. 



Furnished Apartments 

EDWARD E. BURT1S, Mgr. 
CATERING EXCLUSIVELY TO THE PROFESSION 

776-78-80 EIGHTH AVENUE 

Between 47th and 48th Streets 

NEW YORK 

Private Bath and Phono In Each Apartment Office— 77f EIGHTH AVENUE 



H. CLAMAN, Prop. 



M. CLAMAN, M*r. 



Ws eats ssartatsto ts salt swery pens, bit ssr aeiky sf eeesaitlaf tsaa It allka. 

Wa an leader* Is laeMisasiss sssrneasu asd th* larasat Is tkat ferasas •aaclalUlat ts tseatrkaJ fails. 
•sr lias, lib* stary atksr. swat be nasa a itatfy sf, ss4 tfsla va srs seatlasalhr telaa. ts the ssaakbi beaett 
sf ear taassti. tar faraltare It tki tat m li awsry resaeat, with Seats Ansrlaas cartel hair ns tt iaaii 
tbfsaibsaL 

Ws basv taa aaaaaii af tka aeaala vie la arier ts llws sNasailcairy aiait have rssojy rasan aae srhasy, 
sad tal* taey ass se sare e< fattlas. All aalMlsss easlaeea with slsttrtt Ileal 



IRVINOTON 



S&S to 3St Woat flat St. Phono 71S2 Col. (Block to Broadway) 
Elevator belMlaa sf taa hlfbsit tyaa. Jait csapletsi. With wary BM4tra cesfaalassa. 
Asartatasta art bsaatlfally arraeaei aa4 ceaaiat sf 2. 3 sad 4 rsosu, kltcsas* aa4 kitakaaatts*. arlvats 
sets astf aaase. 

$12.00 UP WEEKLY 

DIS C< 

241-247 West 43d St. Phono 7tl2 Bryant. (Juat off Broadway) 
Tola seiMissa la tks ksart sf tka elty. 100 fstt frsai Tlnaa Sahara. Claaa ts all asatlss efleaa, pris- 
alaal tbeatraa, 4>pa r tanat stem, treaties llaa sb4 L reed*. 

1. 3 tea 4 raan aaartnasts vltk kltcbaaatts*. Privata batk aaf abaaa. 

110.00 UP WEEKLY 

HENRI COURT 

312, 314 and 311 Wast 41th St. Phone ASeS Bryant. (Block to Broadway) 
Aa ap-ts-tks-nlaatt sew traarssf aeildlaa. arraaasi la spartaMab ef 3 aas 4 raaau arltk kitosaat, privata 
batk. Pkaaa la sack apartaicat 

$1200 UP WEEKLY 

THE CLA 

S2S and 33t Woat 43d St. Phone 42M-C131 Bryant. (Block to Broadway) 
Tkrea asd faar ream asd batk. taarsessry faralaksi. Mara kaaNllbs tkaa attars. Aiy ap a rtneat will 
ssafartably assaanaaiata 4 saart*. 

$8.00 UP WEEKLY 

Principal Office : Yandis Court, 241 West 43rd Street, New York 

ALWAYS PLEASED TO SHOW APARTMENTS 



AN ITALIAN DINNER YOU WON'T FORGET 

Ill-Ill Watt 4Kb St A I {% I I T A Near ftb Ave 
LiiMh 4k. laj 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 DINNE *- *•*»« —. 
WHb Wiac II I U anal I U H " M ";.™ £?* "" 

"THE RENDEZVOUS OF THEATRICAL'S BEST' 
TURNING THEM AWAY NIGHTLY 

FURNISHED APARTMENTS 
1, 2, 3, AND 4 ROOMS, $3.50 to $10.50 

Complete Housekeeping Equipments Telephone and Elevator Service. 

MARION APTS., 156 W. 35th St., NEW YORK 

Just off Broadway 

"ACTORS OIMI_Y" 

at HOTEL CALVERT, cor. Broadway and 41st St., New York 

Rooma with Hot and Cold Running Water, $S.M to 18. M Weekly 
Telephone call in rooma, S centa. With Private Bath, St.M to llZ.it Weekly 



ADELAIDE M. BELL 

Featured with 

WARD BELL AND COMPANY 

Care VARIETY, New York 

Briscoe Olive Princeton Hotel N Y C 

Byal & Early Variety N Y 

Byron A Lanfdon 174 £ 71st St N Y (' 



6 BROWN BROS. 

Re-engaged for "Chin Chin" next season, 
Opening Aug. • 
TOM BROWN, Owner and Mgr. 



Cantor Eddie & Lee Variety N Y 
Collins Milt 133 W 113th St N Y C 
Colvin William Burbank Los Angeles 



DAIMI 



bVIbSN 



Telephone 1MZ Bryant 

NEW BUILDING 



Northwest Cor. 42d Street and tth Ayenue 
TWO BLOCKS WEST OF BROADWAY 

NEW YORK CITY 

ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF 

84 F900 LVIS With Hot and Cold Running Water 

ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS TELEPHONE IN EVERY ROOM 

SHOWER BATHS EVERYTHING NEW 

PRICES, $3J*% S4.00, $*LS0 WEEKLY 

CAFfe AND RESTAURANT &89&3Pfcu 



Phone Bryant 1*44 




Geo. P. Schneider, Prop. 





FURNISHED APARTMENTS 

323 West 43rd Street, NEW YORK CITY 



Complete for Houaekeeping 

Clean and Airy 

Private Bath, 1-4 Rooma. Catering to the comfort and convenience of the profession 
Steam Heat aj Up 



Theatrical Headquarters 

k*^ 9 ££* JZTZ?*' S'L?!! 11 "»*•»« cold running water, $s.M-$».tt weekly. With private 
bath, P.N fit.N and $12.M weekly. Same rate for one or two people In room. Also nice 
rooms at $7.M per week. 

ZSXtZ HOTEL NORMANDIE new york 




UNDER MANAGEMENT OF THE OWNER 



ARTHUR 



252-254 West 38th St., Off 7th Avenue, New York 

$2.50 to $5.00 Weekly 

t i v 1 * room *» • cr "P u, «> u »'y d«*n. haths on every floor, steam heat, electric light and gaa 
Telephone 4155 Greeley MUSIC ROOM FOR USE OF GUESTS 



Conlin Ray Variety N Y 

Conroy dk Lemalre Variety N Y 

Cook Joe Variety N Y 

Crane Mr & Mrs Douglas Orpheum Circuit 

Cross at Josephine 902 Palace Bldg NYC 



Dares Alec & Gina Variety San Francisco 

Demarest & Collettc Variety N Y 

Do Dio Circus care Tausig 104 E 14th St N Y 

De Lyons 3 care F M Barnes Chicago 

Devine A Williams Variety N Y 

Dupres Fred Variety London 

E 

Eary Trio Variety San Francisco 

Ellnore Kate St Williams Sam Northport L I 

SOPHIE and 

HARVEY EVERETT 

"ADAM AND EVE UP-TO-DATE" 
Direction ARTHUR KLEIN 



Fern Harry Fern Theatre Wildwood N J 

G 



JACK E. GARDNER 

In "CURSE YOU, JACK DALTON" 
Direction, HARRY WEBER 



Gray Trio Variety N Y 

Grees Karl 3 Mariahilf Str Bingen-Rhein Germ 

Guerite Laura Variety London 

H 

Hart Marie A Billy Variety N Y 
Hayward Stafford A Co Variety N Y 
Heather Josie Variety N Y 
Hasans 4 Australian Variety N Y 
Hermann Adelaide Hotel Pierpont N Y 
Holman Harry Co Richmond & Norfolk 
Howland Leach Variety N Y 



Everybody is doing it, why not you? 

Get in the swim, and buy one of our 
Portable Bungalows and enjoy the 
pleasure and comforts of camp and 
home life. We are offering you our 
SPRINGFIELD PORTABLE BUN- 
GALOWS on the basis of 25% DOWN 
AND 5% MONTHLY. If you place 
your order TODAY, you will have 
your bungalow on your ground 
within TEN DAYS. Call, phone, or 
write and our 

representative, Mr. Jennings, 

will be glad to go into more details 
regarding our bungalows. 
Also Steal and Wooden Garages are sold en a monthly payment plan. 

SPRINGFIELD PORTABLE HOUSF COMPANY 

Marbrldge Building, Broadway and Mth Street, Ns • York City 
Write for Catalogue B FRED. JENNINGS. Special Represent ve Tel. MM Greeley 




gives you possession 
of this house 



VARIETY 



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BEST PLACES TO STOP AT 






A MONEY SAVING NOTICE 



LEONARD HICKSiHOTEL GRANT 



** 



The Keystone of Hotel Hospitality" 

I 





OFFER DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS SPECIAL WEEKLY RATES TO THE PROFESSION 

WHY NOT LIVE IN THE HEART OF CHICAGO? 



TH 




CORN 




LL 



20 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS OF 2 AND 3 ROOMS WITH BATH, $8.00 TO $15 WEEKLY. 
60 SINGLE AND DOUBLE ROOMS WITH BATH, $5.00 TO $10.00 WEEKLY. 
CITY HOMES HOME COOKING HOME COMFORTS 



PHONE BRYANT 4*41 

114 West 47th Street 
New York City 

(Just Off Broad war) 
COMPLETE HOTEL SERVICE 



The M0NF0RT 

■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■in jl. jjl ^^g* jl, ^ j^ ^^g^ je^**, JE 



104 and 106 

West 40th Street 

(near Broadway) 

NEW YORK 



Newly Renovated 
THEATRICAL PROFESSION ONLY 
REHEARSAL ROOMS, ETC., FREE 
European plan, rooms $2.Ss UP PER WEEK. 
DOUBLE $3.50 UP. Housekeeping rooms, S4.M up 
per week. 

Fully furnished. Gas free. Hot water all hours. 
Baths on every floor. Telephones. 

JIMSEY JORDAN, Mgr. 



Hotel Richmond 



70 WEST 44TH STREET 



NEW YORK 



1 BLOCK FROM BROADWAY, 1 BLOCK FROM STH AVENUE 

S MINUTES' WALK TO St THEATRES 

This excellent hotel, with its quiet, comfortable, attractive service and restful atmos- 
phere, invites your patronage. 

TARIFF: 

trouble room, use of bath, $1.50 per day. Double room, private bath and shower, $2.M 

Csr day. Parlor, bedroom and private bath, $3.00 per day. Parlor, two bedrooms and private 
ath, $4.00 per day. For parties of three, four or Ave peraona we have large suites with 
private bath at special rates, ranging from $100 per day up. Telephone in every room. 
Good and reasonable restaurant, giving you room service free of charge. Special pro- 
fessional rates. EUGENE CABLE, Proprietor. 



Telephone Bryant Off 

Furnished Apartments 
and Rooms 

Largo rooms $4.ff and op 

Three and Four Room Apartments tO to ff 

COMPLETE HOUSEKEEPING 

310 W. 48TH ST- NEW YORK 

Phons. Brvsnt ItSI Heat, Bath. Telephone 

FURNISHED ROOMS 

BY THE DAY OR WEEK 

For the Theatrical Profession 

230-2J2 West Od Street NEW YORK 

MARIE ROUXEL 

Telephone $711 Greeley 

The 

Marceline & Rivoire 

FRENCH TABLE D'HOTE 

230-232 W. 3Sth St root 

NEW YORK 

CAFE HOTEL RESTAURANT 

Room and Board at Moderate Price 

MUSIQUE and DANCING 

Lunch etc. Dinner tee. 



Ismed Variety N Y 



Jefferson Joseph Pala >i Tht: re li' U N Y 
Jewell's Msnlklns V.ncty V'Y 
Jonstons Musical 62S S I'oti 'aar St Baltimore 
Jordan A Doharty V ir :-ty H V 



Catering to Vaudeville's Blue List 

Schilling House 

107-100 West 41th Street 

NEW YORK 

American Plan. MEAL SERVICE AT ALL 
HOURS. Private Baths. Muaic Room for 

Rfhfurfnld Phone 10SS Bryant 

ST.PAUL HOTEL 

ffTH ST. AND COLUMBUS AVE. 

NEW YORK CITY 

Ten- story building, absolutely fireproof. All 
bathe with shower attachment. Telephone In 
every room. 

One block from Central Park Subway, fth 
and fth Ave. L Stations. Same distance from 
Century, Colonial, Circle and Park Theatres. 

RATES— 

1M Rooms, use of bath, fl.Of per day. 
Iff Rooms, private bath. fljf per day. 
Suites, Parlor, Bedroom and Bath, |2Jf and up. 
By the week, ft, $0 and 114.00. 

SPECIAL RATES TO THE PROFESSION. 
Phone Greeley 344 

FURNISHED ROOMS 

240 West Uth St. 

New York City 

Reasonable Retes Light Housekeeping 

MR. AND MRS. ED KENNARD 

Josefsson Iceland Gllma Co Ringling Circus 

JOE JACKSON 

JENIE JACOBS 



Rooms with Private Bath $7.00 Week 

IN THE NEW, MODERN FIREPROOF 

NORMANDIE HOTEL 



417-19 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE 



41/-19 bUUlrl WABASH AVENUE rUITArA 

Within throe blocks of Ton Largest Down-Town TH— tree VflltMUU, ILIm 



VIOLINSKYS 



HOTEL. CHICKASAW 



Los Angelas' Moot Modem Hostelry 



Catering Especially to Profession. 1M 
Rooms (7f with bath). One block from 
Broadway Theatres. Special Rate*. 

s2i So. Hill St. 

LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Kelso & Leightun 167 W 145th St N Y C 
Krclles The care Irving Cooper N V C 
Kronold Hans Variety N Y 



Lai Mon Kim Prince Orpheum Oakland 
Langdons Ths 801 Palace Bldg NYC 
Leonard & Willard Variety N Y 
Littlejohns The Variety N Y 
Lloyd Herbert Pantages Circuit 

M 

Mardo & Hunter 25 N Newstead Ave St Louis 
McGinn Francis Lambs Club N Y 
Moore A Hearer 1657 Edenside Ave Louisville 
Morrissey & Hackett Variety N Y 

N 



Countess Grazia Nardini 

Direction GENE HUGHES 

Noble A Brooks Tivoli Sydney Australia 
Nosses Musical New Brighton Pa 

O 
Omega Trio Luna Park Cleveland 

P 
Pelletler Pierre Variety N Y 

DARING PRINCE 

In a remarkable exhibition of motorcycle and 

bicycle riding 

Address care Paul Tauslg A Son, 104 E. 14th 

St., New York City 



Reilly Chortle Variety San FranciBCo 



Dad's Theatrical Hotel 

PHILADELPHIA 

ST. LOUIS, IViO. 

REGENT HOTEL, let N. 14TH ST. 

NEW REGENT HOTEL, ltl N. 14TH IT. 

E. E. CAMPBELL, Prop, and Mgr. 

THEATRICAL HEADQUARTERS 

FREE AUTOMOBILE TO ALL THEATRES 

Reynolds Carrie Variety N Y 
Roches's Monkey Music Hall 2 Maiden Hill 
Gardens Maiden Eng 



SdufTrr Sylvester care Taustg 104 E 14th N Y 

Shrntons 3 Variety N Y 

Silver & Du Vail Silver wd Cot Southberry Ct 

Simpson 8r Dean Variety N Y 

Skatslls Bert A Hazel Permanent address 

Oneral Delivery Somera Point N J 
Stanley Alleen Variety N Y 
Stanley Forrest Burbank Los Angeles 
Stein & Hume Variety N Y 
St Elmo Carlotta Variety N Y 
Stophsns Leona 1213 Elder Ave N Y 
Sutton Mclntyre A Sutton 934 Palace Bldg N Y 
Syman Stanley Variety N Y 



JULIUS TANNEN 

If Brookdale Ave. 

New Rochelle, N. Y. 

Phone New Rochelle 4113 



Tlghe Harry and Babette Variety N Y 

V 

Valli Muriel &r Arthur Varn-ty ('liicaifo 

Vlollnsky V..n«-iy N Y 

Von Hoff George Variety N Y 



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I. MILLER, ISM Broadway, B ; 7 \ h n h t. 



Bet 4tth and 



Tel. 2343 Col 

518-528 
W. 55th St 



Manufacturer 
of Theatrical 

II i) ii l j and 

Slmrs. 

( MM;. Ballet 
a ii d Acrobatic 
Sliors a Spe- 
cialty. All work 
made at short 
notice. 
Write for Catalog 4 





Smart style, rare beauty, perfect comfort, 
all combined in this original Glassberg 
model. Made in all leathers, all sizes, 
high or low cut; French or Cuban heels. 
Latest Novelties. 

511 6th Ave., near 31st St. 

225 West 42d St., near Time* Sq. 

58 3rd Ave., near 10th St. 

Send for Illustrated Catalogue. V. 

Mail Orders Carefully Filled. 



FREEPORT-FREEPORT, N. Y. 

BY THE SEA 

All tserb at room, pel*, tennis, ■tutsll, boatini, bath- 
ing and nihina. A few btsatifsl hornet at bargain 
prlMs Ml tsres to tilt IAYVIEW SECTION. So* 
A. A. Scaly. Froissr t . or 165 Broadway. Now York. 
Tof. 1621 Cort 



At Liberty 



For Burlesque or Musical 
Comedy, for season 1915-10 

PHIL On and NETTIE NELSON 

Laat three seasons, featured on No. 1 
Columbia Burlesque Wheel. Will furnish 
first class book with original music, and 
will stage same. Address PHIL OTT. IS 
Kemper St., Wollaston, Mass. Phone 

ilncy 1-7-S-O 



Qui 



Benjamin H. Ehrlich 

LAWYER SOS Unity Bldg. 

127 N. DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO 

Special Attention to Theatrical Profession 

SCENERY 

I can save you money. See me. 

Trunk Scenery a specialty 

FREDERICK'S STUDIOS, S43 W. 42nd St.. 

New York City 

MUSIC ARRANGED 

For orchestra or piano. Songs taken down from 
voice. Old orchestrations rewritten. W. H. 
NELSON, Suite 403, 1S31 Broadway, As tor 
Theatre Building, New York. 



NAT LEWIS 

ANNOUNCES 

Semi-Annual Sale 

OF 

Shirts, Underwear 



AND 



Pajamas 

REMARKABLE VALUES 




THEATRICAL OUTFITTERS 

OF EXCLUSIVENESS 

1578-1580 Broadway 

running through to 714-716 7th Ave. 

OPPOSITE STRAND 

54P Melrose Ave., Bronx 

Phone Bryant 7735 Phone Melrov 4511 



Credit to Profession to Any Amount 



PIANOS ON 

CREDIT 



Professional Dis- 
count, 12%%, Al- 
lowed on All Cash 
Sales. 



We Pay Freight 
and Railroad 

Fares. 
Free Delivery 
Everywhere. 



LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS 

TO THE ARTIST 

Worth. Down Weakly. 

$75 $5.00 $1.00 to $1.50 

$100 $10.00 $130 to $2.00 

$150 $15.00 $2.00 to $2.25 

$200 $20.00 $250 

$400 $40.00 $4.00 

$500 $50.00 $5.00 

Our Terms apply also to New 

York State, New Jersey, 

Connecticut. 



On Exhibition Our 

Four-Room 
Apartment, Value 
$20*. at 



$123 



Five - Room Out- 
fit, Grand Rapids 
Furniture, at 



$275 



Write for Our Premium 
Book No. S and 48- 
Page Catalogue. Mailed 



FREE 



Apartment with 
Period Furniture, 
Value $540), now 



$375 



OUT OF THE 
HIGH RENT 
DISTRICT 

OPEN 
EVERY 
EVENING 
UNTIL I. 



NOLWASSER 



1417-1423 Third Avenue, near 80th Street 



New York City 



w 

Wade John P Variety N Y 

Walton & Vivian Baldwin L I 

Wells & Bundy Variety N Y 

Williams & Rankin Variety N Y 

Wright Cecelia United Booking Office N Y 



Zii/.rlU- II M Co 8 W 65th St N Y C 



LETTERS 

Where C follows name, letter is in 
Variety's Chicago office. 

Where S F follows name, letter is in 
Variety's San Francisco office. 

Advertising or circular letters will 
not be listed. 

P following name indicates postal, 
advertised once only. 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



Ji 



BARNUM-BAILEY— 16 Rochester, Minn; 17 
Winona, 19 Charles City, la. ; 20 Albert Lea, 
Minn. ; 21 Iowa Falls, la. ; 22 Marshalltown. 
1*3 Boone, 24 Carroll. 

HAQENBACK-WALLACE — 16 Cbilllcothe. 
Mo. ; 17 Macon, 19 Quincy, 111. ; 20 Bushnell, 
21 Monmouth, 22 Aledlo, 23 Davenport, la. ; 
-4 Maquoketa. 

101 RANCH— 16 Lowell, Mass. ; 17 Fitch - 
burg, 19 Worcester, 20 Framingham. 21 Fall 
River, 22 New Bedford, 23 Newport, R. I. ; 24 
Pfl wt uckct 

RINQLINO — 16 Auburn, Ind. ; 17 Fort 
Wayne, 19 Kankakee, 111. ; 20 Pontiac, 21 Lin- 
coln, 22 Bloomington, 23 Mendota, 24 Rock 
Islam*. 

WANTED 

FOR MUSICAL STOCK 

Tabloid Company to play ACADEMY 
THEATRE, BUFFALO, and FRAN- 
CAIS, MONTREAL, for season 1915-10. 

Directors, Principals 
and Chorus Girls 

Small and medium, able to do specialties. 
Those with experience and reference apply 
JULY 21 at 10:3t A.M., Room 1884 Candler 
Building. 

PARTNER WANTED 

Male or Female 

Singing, Comedy and Acrobatic Dancing 

Address MAUD FAVETTE. Variety, New York 

WANTED-Young Man 

Attractive appearance; type brunette; 5 ft. ft 
in., 15f lbs. Must be quick and active. For 
Juvenile and Double in Pantomimic Sketch. 
Address 8 West 15th Street, New York City. 

M. BARLIE 

Standard Act For Sale 

My Comedy Dramatic Singing Playlet, 
"THE LITTLE ISLE OF GREEN." 
Featured three seasons over same circuit. Big 
increase in salary each time. Great chance for 
Irish tenor and one woman. Only recognized 
people need write. All Special Scenery. Flour- 
ishing music business forced me to leave the 
stage. Write JOS. H. HUGHES, Music Pub- 
lisher, 2*43 N. Michigan Ave., Saginaw, Mich. 



A 

Adams Lew 
Agoust Maxim 
Ambra Enid Maud 
Anderson Harry L 
Ashley ft Canfleld 
Austin Dave 
Ashing Edward 

B 

Maih-y Ralph ((') 
Ualley Ray 
Bancroft Q 
Barker Granville 
Barnes Blanche 
Barnes ft Crawford 
Barto Ed 
Bates Louis 
Beeson Madame 
Benson ft Belle 
Borland Frank 
Bertrand Dixie 
Berzac Jean (C) 
Bldwell B Evans 
Blttner "Big BUI" 
Blaine James 
Blattle Wm (C) 
Blondell Llbbv 
Blondy Mrs H 
Blount Chas B 
Boone Blanche 
Broad Billy 
Brooks Herbert 
Browning A Wells 
Brahara Mr A Mrs N 
Bruce Bettma (C) 
Burky J R 
Bushell Mae 
Untler Johnnv 



Caren Mabel 
Carter ft Carter (C) 



Carlton Alf (C) 
Casey Harry 
Casey William Jr 
Casein Jack 
Catlin Margie 
Cavanagln Earle 
Celeat 

Chandler Anna (C) 
Chao W K 
Chase Howard 
Chllds Jeanette 
Clarke Harry C 
Clark Walton 
Claudius A Scarlet 
Coate Charlotte 
Combine Q L (C) 
Cometto Tony 
Croft Anna 
Crawford Clifton 
Cummlngs Sellna 
Curzon Jo 



Uamerel Geo (C) 
Damerel Alice (C) 
Davles Warren C 
DeCosta Harry (C) 
Dech Arna 
DeLalne Murlal 
Delaney P S (C) 
Deodata 

DeMar Rose (C) 
De Perrln Adele 
Depon Hal 
Derrlll Frank 
Dewey Earle 
Dingle Tom 
Dodd Glmtnle 
Donlta Miss 
Dotbery Theresa (C) 
Du Callon 
Duval Madam J 



PLUSH DROPS AH Slsss and Colors 

Special Discount and Terms This Month 

Rental in City 

CONSOLIDATED VELVET 

245 West 48th St. Nsw York City 



Special Service for Vaudovillians 

Lehigh \Mley Railroad 

Rochester, |7.M Toronto, $11.55 

Buffalo, S8.S8 Chicago, flf.lt 

All Steel Cars, Lowest Fares, Special 

Baggage Service 

If You Want Anything Quick— 

'Phone W. B. LINDSAY, E. P. A., Bryant 

4212 

A. J. SIMMONS, A. G. P. A. 

Ticket Office, B'way A 42nd St., New York 



New York Costume Co. 

MARGARET RIPLEY 

CARRIE E. PERKINS 

BELLE CAUGHLEY 

ESTIMATES GIVEN 

BUYING BUILDING REASONABLE 

AND AND AND 

SELLING RENTING RELIABLE 

WARDROBES RENOVATED 

135 West 45th Street 
NEW YORK CITY 

Phone— Bryant 84ff 



DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

DENTIST 



PUTNAM BUILDING 14M BROADWAY 

Special Ratss to the Profession 

Official Dentist to the Whits Rats 



"I Write all Nat M. Wills' material" 

JAMES MADISON 

AUTHOR FOR MANY HEADLINERS 
14*3 BROADWAY, NEW YORK (Room 417) 

Theatrical Photographer 

100 8x10, $10.00 (Originals) 
100 8x10, $7.00 (Reproductions) 
100 5x7, $330 (Reproductions) 



MS EIGHTH AVENUE 



NEW YORK 






W 24*flt. 




Productions. 
"Today" 

"Law of the Land' 
"Innocent" 
Twin Beds" 
"Perfect Lady" 
"Under Fire" 

Solwyn'a Latest 



entry 

Vaudeville 
Ruth St. Dennis 
Naximova 
Vaasar Girls 
Walsh A Bentley 
Harry Lester Mason 
Lawrence D'Orsay 
Production, "Bock Home" 



SCENERY 

DROP CURTAINS 

Lee Lash Studios 

308 to 316 East 48th Street 

Broadway Offices 
LONGACRE BUILDING 



Beechhurst, Long Island 

Three rooms en suite, or single; all modern 
conveniences; country; salt water bathing; 3t 
minutes from Times Square. By week or month. 

Address BERGERE 
VARIETY, New York 



Sale Now On 

A Distinguished Trio 

Mack's Suits for Men 



AT 



$15, $18 & $20 

In One, Two and Three 

Button Models 
Reduced from $25, $30, $35 

Mack's 

Clothes Shop 

1582-1584 Broadway, N. Y. City 
Bet. 47th A 48th Sts. Opp. Strand Theatre 



VARIETY 



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Griffin's Canadian Theatres 



BROCKVILLE 

BELLEVILLE 

BERLIN 

OWEN SOUND 

WOODSTOCK 

SARNIA 



NORTH BAY 

OSHAWA 

GUELPH 

STRATFORD 

CHATHAM 

WELLAND 



ST. CATHARINES 
These are the cream of one nighters in On- 
tario. Shows wishing to break their jumps in 
any of the above towns, address PETER F. 
GRIFFIN, Griffin's Theatre Bid*., Toronto, 
Canada, or Aaron a Associated Theatres Inc., 
>4ew Amsterdam Theatre Bldg., New York. 



Dwyer Eddie (C) 

E 
Eagan Louis 
Earle Charles T 
Edison Jill 
Edmond Joe 
Edwards Jess 
Edwards Kitty 
Elliott Louise (C) 
Elkins Betty 
Emerson Harry 
Empire Comedy 4 
Emmett Robt (C) 
Ernest A Prior 
Evans Emmie 
Ererhardt Will 
Swing Ella 
Excellas (C) 

F 
Falrburn & Fairburn 
Fagan Mr 
Falk Charlie (C) 
Feindt L 
Ferns Bobby (C) 
FItzOerald Gerald 
Flack Wm 
Florence Daisy 
Flynn J H 



Foltc Virginia 
Foo Lee Tong (U) 
Ford Ray 
Foster Kato 
Fox Marion (C) 
Francis Alda 
Frosini Pietro 



Gale Franklin 
Gallarinl Four 
Gardner & Nicoll 
Qermalne Florrle (C) 
Girad Dixie 
Qlrard Harry 
Gibson Hardy 
Gordon A Elgin 
Gordon W Jim 
Graham Edith 
Grant F Miss 
Granville Dorothy 
Grant Hazel 
Gray & Petters 

H 
Hallister Leonard 
Humid Geo (C) 
Han Ping Chlen 
Harte Kose 
Haverly Edward 



Recognized Vaudeville Acts 

Writ* or Wire 

J. H. ALOZ 

Booking Agency 
Orpheum Theatre Bldg. 

MONTREAL, P. Q, 



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Havlland Butler 
Hanover May 
Hardcastle Ted (C) 
Hayward Jessie 
Heseman Alice (C) 
Hilder J C 
Hogue & Hardy 
Holden Mas 
Holmes ft Buchanan 
Howard Jos E 
Howe William M 
Howell J (C) 
Hurd Vlnnle 
Hickey Tom 
Hyman John (C) 



(C) 
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I 
Inhof Fred 
Iris Elsie (C) 



Jackson J 
Johnson A E 
Johnson Neta 
Johnston W 
Jones Emerson 

K 
Kahakalan Willie 
Kaplan Bessie (C) 
Kaufman I ft R 
Keane R E 
Keate Harrison 
Kelly-Plstel Co 
Kelso Joe (C) 
Kemp Marie 
Kemp Alex 
Kennedy Tony 
Kennedy Matt 
Kirwan Kate 



(C) 






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EXECUTIVE OFFICES. ALCAZAR THEATRE BLDG., SAN FRANCISCO 
Can arrange from three to Ave weeks between sailings of boats for Australia for all Aral class 
acts. Communicate by wire or letter. 



AMALGAMATED Vaudeville Agency 

BOOKING 



B. S. MOSS, President and General Manager 

B. S. MOSS CIRCUIT PRUDENTIAL CIRCUIT 

PLIMMER CIRCUIT 

Artiste and Acts of every description suitable for vaudeville can obtain long engagement* by 
BOOKING DIRECT with us. Send in your open time at once or call. 

Offices x Columbia Theatre Building.— TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK.— Telephone Bryant t44S. 



95% 



of all performers going to Europe make their steamship arrangements through 
us. The following have- 

Onlaw Trio, Parros Bros., Passpart, Pierce and Mazze, Arthur Prince, Prevost 
and Prevost, The Piroscoffis, Patty Frank Troupe, Peshkoff'a Ruaaian Dancers, 
Bobby Psndur and Co., Permane Bros., Paulton and Dooley, Phil and Nettie Peters, Pichlsnm 
Troupe, Paula Piquette. 

PAUL TAUSIG Jt SON, 1*4 E. 14th SL, Now York City 
German Savings Bank Bldg. Tolopheno Stuyveoant 



Fuller's Australasian Vaudeville Circuit 

Governing Director, Baa J. Fuller 
The livs warn" circuit el the Southern Hasnlsnhero. Where the "make ■reeds" play 

IN weeks, AH Rail and Stoamsklp Fares, excess baggage and kaulage paid by the an 

from AMERICA to AMERICA. 

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If the gnmg back In the States only know what a ♦paradise far actors" Australia resdlyla, Gael 

what a otasneoate there woasht be. If you have a good adnata, double or novelty net* get ha touch 

with BEN J. FULLER'S CHICAGO OFFICE. Silence n polite negative. 

Suite lHl-a E. Jacheou BlvaL, Chicago, 10. 

ROY D. MURPHY, U. S. 



Harry Rickari's Tivoli Theatres 



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AUSTRALIA 



Aad AFFILIATED CIRCUITB. INDIA nasi AFRICA 



HUGH McINTOSH, Governing Director 



Registered Cable AdhVneet -HUGHMAC," Sydney 

Offices TIVOLI THEATRE, SYDNEY-AURTRALIA 
NEW YORK OFFICERS 111 Strand Theatre Bldg. 



Kirk Ralph 
Klass Chas 
Kramer Dave 



LaForrest Jerry 
LaMonde Harry 
Langdon Harry 
Langdon Marlon 



LaVelle Sisters 
Lavender George 
Lavender Ida 
LaVlne Arthur 
Lawraen Bennle 
Lemmely Jack 
Lenaham J A 
Leonard James 
Leonard A Wlllard 
LeRoy Paul (C) 



LeRoy Josephine 
Levy Jaok A Olrls 
Lewis Jaok M (C) 
Lincoln Corlnur 
Lockwood Ruth 
Lorettaa 8 
Loyal Sylvia 
T/nKfta* Troupe 
Luchenbach R M 
Lynch Eva 



Mece Fred 
MacParland Oeorge 
Mack James 
Mahony Mr. 
Malnere Babe 
Manhell Bdward 
Manley Edmund (C) 
Marlon Sabel Deane 
Marshall B Mies 
Marx Bros 4 



FRANK HAYDEN 



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56 WEST 45th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 

Telephone. 5275 Bryant 

THEATRICAL 
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VARIETY 




MANAGERS, ATTENTION! 



FLETA BROWN -HERBERT SPENCER 



Prima Donna from "BIRDLAND" 
Who Writes and Sings Her Own Novelty Songs 



THE SINGING PIANIST 



HARLEM OPERA HOUSE, JULY 15-16-17-18 

Bert and Betty Wheeler 



AN UP-TO-DATE NOVELTY SURPRISE 






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THIS WEEK (July 12) PALACE THEATRE, NEW YORK 



Permanent Address, VARIETY, New York 



Sam Barto 



Tke 



Martin Wilbur D (C) 
Mathot Paul A 
May Jessie 
Mayne Leslie 
McCandler Lllinn B 
McCullough Walter 
Melburn Bert 
Melvern Babe (C) 
Meyers Belle 
Miller Elsie 
Mller Joseph 
Miller Tresa (C) 
Milton Madge 
Mitchell Mamie (C) 
Montague Marcelenu 
Moore Bob 
Moore Fred (C) 
Moore Irene (C) 
Moore A Haagar 
Moore 6 Young 
Moran Tom * 

Mora Teas (C) 
Morhart HorUnse (C) 
Morton ft Fairfield 
Morton Dorothy 
Mortimer R M 
Mortimer Bob (C) 
Morton Bobble (C) 
Morton Wells ft N (C) 
Moss Arthur O 
Musolf Cecil 
Myers George 

N 
Naylor Marlon 
Nelson Walter 
Nevlns ft Oordon 
Noble Ruth 
Norrls Clarence 
Norton Berney 
Norwood A Hall (C) 
Novikoff 



Oakes P (C) 
O'nrion Bob 
O'Brien Wm 



(C) 



O'Mare Barney 
Orraa Grace 
P 
Page Helen 
Paden Howard (C) 
Pardue Bessie 
Pares Josephine 
Parron Anna (C) 
Parry Bertram 
Patty Black 
Payne Sydney (C) 
Petru Will F 
Phillips Goff 
Plngree Helen 
Plow Ford 
Ponslnl Iavl Je 
Porter Ed 
Powell Halton 



Rauh Al 

Ralston Elton (C) 
Redding Franceses 
Reno Bessie 
Reynolds Stella 
Rich Bertha 
RLchardson Mlrlum 

(C) 
Roberts Allyn 
Robey H C 
Robinson Jack J (C) 
Roehm Will (C) 
Romalne Julia 
Rooney Julia 
Roth Dave (C) 
Rowland Adele 
Russell D N (CT) 
Russell Flo 
Ryan Thomas 
Ryan ft Tlchfleld 
Roscdale Helen 

S 
Santley Jos 
Savoy Lucille 
SchafTcr Helen 
Safrled Carl 



MARGIE 



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for 
Next Season 



Address Care 
VARIETY 
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| Playing United Time Next Week (July II) Middletown, N. Y. and Saratoga, N.Y. I 



BURLESQUE MANAGERS, NOTICE! 

If you want a REAL NOVELTY, and A BOX OFFICE DRAWING CARD, engage the 
MARVELOUS, MYSTIFYING 



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for next season. For full particulars, salary, etc., address 

3218 W. Oxford St., Philadelphia. Pa. 



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Scoble Ada (C) 
Seymore Anna May 
Shea Jack 
Shivlcy Maurice 
SUber Arthur (C) 
Slgler R C 
Slmonet Annette 
Slna Narbert 
Slvayne Laroy P 
Small Johnny 
Smalley Ed 
Smith Arnold J 
Smith Frank (C) 
Solar Willie 
St Clair Miss 
Stephens Paul 
Stevens Al 
Stevens Martin 
Stone Beth R 
Stone Beth R 
Strong Eugene King 
Summers Cecil (C) 
Sunderland May 
Sykes Harry (C) 
Syman Stanly S 

T 
Terry Walt 
Thoraaines Mus'l (C) 
Thornton JAB 
Three Browning 
Thurston Leslie 



Tonge Philip (C) 
Trainor Val 
Trexell Hattie 



Vadette Villa (P) 
Van Sickle Raymond 
Velde Deaic 
Voe Madge 
Vogdln Alda 
Von Ell Teresa 

W 

Walsh G E 
Walton Beulah 
Ward Edith 
Wearing Nellie 
Webb Austin 
Weber Herman 
Wellington Winifred 

(C) 
Wells Corrine 
White Belle 
White Jack (C) 
White Mabel 
Wilson Al G (C) 
Wyer Forest G 

Y 
York Jule 
Young C 
Young Jacob (P) 



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uture 



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Roeder's Inventions-^ 

THIS ACT NEVER PLAYED THE WEST~«| 

THIS WEEK (July i2) BRIGHTON THEATRE 





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NOVELTY CREATION 

NOW (July 15-18 Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York Direction, 




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DURAND 



VARIBTY 




Buster 
' Santos 

Jacque 

Hays 



SIMONS AGENCY 



BROWN and 
JACKSON 

BOOKED SOLID ON LOEW CIRCUIT 
UNTIL SEPTEMBER, THEN 

NEW ACT by TOMMY GRAY 

ENTITLED 

"At the Boat House" 



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Same Characters 
Naw Material 

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Naw York 

'Phona Harlan JOT, 

Apt. 7 



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SfRHsH* 



Is the Fall, Is tin Wlatar, Is 
the Ssrisf mi W artlsn. 

Aits are aataa, acts ara a>alaa, 
acti of alneat tw'ry hi Ma ; 

Bat as tie Mil— yw «lll tea 
still, as aet. that's aisareat 
frssi tha raat. 

iri charalai little S*0— artieaa 
set it alaatai aaKRf the hast! 

flAMO-iL-O-SY." 



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The World's Greatest 
Boomerang Thrower* 

A SENSATIONAL NOVELTY 

VAN and BELLE 

BOOKED SOLID 

Direct!—. SIMON AGENCY 



Nan Haloerin 



Direction, M. S. BEN 1 HAM 




4 MARX BROS. .- CO 

IN "HOME AGAIN" 



by AL SHEAN 

it sensational succeas of tha 
Direction HARRY WEBER Address VARIETY. N 



SANDY SHAW 

Scotch Cosssdisn 

Stands Alone 

Per. Addreaa: TOM JONES, Putnam Bldg., 

Naw York 



Blanche Ring 



In VAUDEVILLE 



Permanent Addreaa 1 

Sunny Gablee, 



M. Y. 



Any act can make good in 
that No. 2 spot if you use 

MARTYN and FLORENCE 

(Vaudeville'. Best Opening Act) 



CONGRATULATIONS 

To Mr. and Mrs. James Davett on 
the birth off a nine-pound boy. Alto 
to W. D. Griffith on "The Birth off a 
Notion." 

JIM-MARIAN 

HARKINS 




Great Drawing 



The Party from 
tba South" 



Winsor McCay 
Bert Levy 
Bud Fisher 

and 

BILLY 

BEARD 



Booked by ALF. T. WILTON 




HARRY HOLMAN 
"Adam"^ 1 ""- " 



Next Weak (July IB) 
Richmond and Norfolk 

Direction 

THOS. J. FITZPATRICK 



ROY ATWELL 

With 

-ALL OVER TOWN- 

Carrick Theatre, Chicago 

For the Summer 



James Kelso •« 
Blanche Leighton 

Direction GENE HUGHES 



If you don't advertlae in VARIETY, 
don't advertlae. 



Howard Langford 

(Juvenile Light Comedian) 
Lata feature of the "Night Clerk." 

Direction. WM. B. FRIED LANDER 




PAULINE SAXON 

THE "SIS PERKINS" GIRL 



VARIETY 



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MUSIC PU LISHERS 
LOUIS BERNSTEIN, President 



IT I I 



Next Season's Sensational Novelty 



Nothing Like It Ever Writ! en in the History of Songdom 

You Have Been Looking For Just This 
Rapid Fire - Smash Bang Sensation 



By BALLARD MACDONALD and HARRY CARROLL 
A Comedy Novelty Rag with an Irresistible Swing 



GROWING BIGGER 

AND BIGGER 

EACH DAY 



The Great 

March Ballad by 

HALSEY MOHR 



Chicago Grand Opera House Bldg. 



224 WEST 47th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 

Frisco Pantages Theatre Bldg. 



TEN CENTS 



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VOL. XXXIX No. 8. 



NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1915. 



PRICE TEN CENTS! 




VARIETY 



EVERYTHING YOU NEED THE WHOLE SHOW, IN SONG 

WATLRSON, BERLIN <* SNYDER'S REGULAR FALL DISPLAY OF ALL HITS, ALL TESTED AND ALL GUARANTEED. 



JKS. 






LOOK AT 'EM! LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! 



THE BERLIN BALLAD THAI WILL LIVE FOR F. VI R UNEQUALLED IN THE HISTORY OF SONGDOM. 






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Will m ke lr\mg Berlin's name rank with the Music Masters of Old, and will make your act. The lyric alone holds absorbing interest with to Ion 

derest of sentiment intertwined. A really great song, with a melody to match. 






PING RAG THAT CANT STOP 



"THERE'S GOING TO BE A JUBILEE IN MY 



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It's >n applause-compelling number, good for any 



uJSSA •» ^J«.lt* 3 - 



ol wuik end can't fail to lit or (ill 



Written by WALTER DONALDSON and COLEMAN COETZ 



I1U. SONG WE SWORE BY AND STAND ON 











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Another obl wo recommended early and <which became the song sensation of the decade. We still recommend it. It's a wonder in the ballad c!a' 

better now than ever. * Encores" make the answer to singing this number by IRVING BERLIN. 



S and 



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Vol. XXXIX. No. 8. 



NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1915. 



PRICE 10 CENTS 



KNICKERBOCKER PLAYING FILM 
IAT $60,000 YEARLY RENTAL 

Reported Klaw & Erlanger-Frokman Big Broadway House 
Leased by New Triangle Picture Concern, That Has H. E. 
Aitken and D. W. Griffith in Directorate — Big Features 
at Knickerbocker, With "Birth of a Nation" First. 



The Knickerbocker theatre will play 

"The Birth of a Nation" indefinitely, 

after Sept. 1, when it is due to move 

out of the Liberty, according to report. 

Thereafter the big Broadway house 

managed by Klaw & Erlanger and 

Charles Frohman will be the New 

York home of the newly formed Tri- 
angle Picture Corporation, headed by 
H. E. Aitken, Chas. O. Bauman and Ad 
Kessel, Jr., including among its direc- 
torate D. W. Griffith, Thos. H. Ince and 
Mack Sennet. 

The picture concern is said to have 
agreed to pay $60,000 yearly for the. 
Knickerbocker, which will play the 
big productions of the Triangle, that 
now includes the New York M. P. Cor- 
poration and the Keystone. 

The Griffith "Nation" film has been 
at the Liberty for a long while, secur- 
ing up to $2 admission, giving two 
shows daily and playing in seasonable 
weather to the capacity of the house. 

The main factors with the new Tri- 
angle were recently connected with the 
Mutual Film Corporation. 

One by one the "Birth of a Nation" 
outfits are trekking to the woods in all 
directions. Sunday night in Atlantic 
City another picture outfit got under 
way at the Nixon for an indefinite 
stay, six weeks being taken on the 
house, and J. J. McCarthy and Theo- 
dore Mitchell were on hand for the 
inaugural ceremonies. Claude Saun- 
ders will manage the A. C. show. In 
Boston the "Nation" is averaging $10,- 
000^ weekly and $14,000 in Chicago. In 
New York the Liberty picture, even 
in the hot weather, is doing around 
$9,000. The "Nation" on its draw at 
the Music Hall. Brighton Beach, "ias 
been the biggest si . r '\e. where it ias 
averaged $1,600 o more each nij'ht 



since opening, four weeks ago. Last 
week's returns were past $11,000. The 
Boston exhibition is being managed 
by Fred Zweifel. 



FIELDS IN A SKETCH. 

Vaudeville may get Lew Fields, 
without his stage partner (Joe Weber), 
but in the center of a company of 14 
people, playing the third act of "The 
Henpecks." 

It is said Mr. Fields has been offered 
$2,500 weekly for the engagement, be- 
ing engineered by Harry Fitzgerald. 
The opening is expected to take place 
Aug. 2 at Keith's, Atlantic City, with 
the week following at the Palace, New 
York, if the deal goes through. 



"PLUGGING" DURING OPERATION: 

Chicago, July 21. 

Appendicitis sent Marie Allerton to 
the American Hospital, where Dr. Max 
Thorex performed an operation upon 
the young woman. She is a singer; 
so is her sister. While the attendants 
were administering the ether, both sis- 
ters sang a Waterson, Berlin & Sny- 
der song. 

Upon coming out of the ether, the 
patient said to her sister, "When you 
see Ted Snyder, tell him I am still 
plugging." 



$45,000 IN 'FRISCO. 

San Francisco, July 21. 
It is said that "Dancing Around" 
with Al Jolson got $45,000 in its three 
weeks at the Cort. 



Jack Lait Writing Newi. 

Chjcago, July 21. 
Jack Lait has turned his hand to 
writing theatrical gossip once, again, 
and is furnishing the Herald here a 
column daily. 



THEATRE'S FREE LUNCH. 

Buffalo, N. Y., July 21. 

The theatre has reached the free 
lunch, as special attraction. At the 
Academy here, now playing pictures, a 
free lunch is tendered the customers 
every Monday between 12 and 1. 

J. H. Michaels is the manager of the 
theatre and the originator of the inno- 
vation. 



RICHARDSON ON «TRIB." 

This week it was rumored Leander 
Richardson would become the dra- 
matic critic of "The Trib" and that 
Wells Hawks is to be his assistant. 
This would be a combination hard to 
beat. Both men are able writers, have 
intimate knowledge of things theatrical 
and stage personages, besides an ex- 
tensive acquaintance with both man- 
agers and artists. Mr. Richardson has 
been general press representative of 
the William A. Brady enterprises for 
some time. 

Chicago, July 21. 
There is a possibility O. M. Hall, 
familiarly known as "Doc" Hall, dra- 
matic critic of the Chicago Evening 
Journal, may go to New York to as- 
sume the dramatic editorship of the 
Tribune. "Doc's" column in the Eve- 
ning Journal is about the liveliest 
chronicling of things theatrical about 
Chicago. He has also written several 
plays that have proven themselves hits. 



BROADHURST PLAY. 

A new George Broadhurst play will 
be given George Fawcett upon his re- 
turn from feature picture work on the 
' Coast the first week in August. When 
the rehearsals start in Atlantic City, 
Broadhurst will direct in person. This 
play may appear, at the 48th Street 
theatre. 



LONDON'S "FIST-POET. M 

San Francisco, July 21. 
Jack London's "Fist-Poet," described 
as a stone-age comedy, will be pro- 
duced in the Forrest theatre, Carmel- 
by-the-Sea, around Aug. 1. 



HaU Caine Writing Play. 

It's Rialto gossip that Hall Caine is 
writing a new and powerful play which 
George Tyler has first option on for fall 

production. 



CRESCENT N. 0. STOCK. 

Walter S. Baldwin, the stock im- 
presario, now in New York, this week 
closed a deal with Klaw & Erlanger 
whereby he will install the Baldwin 
Players in the Crescent, New Orleans, 
Sept 5 for an anticipated winter's stay. 
K. & E. will continue to play the legits 
in the Tulane in N. O. 



"KICK IN" GOING ABROAD. 

A complete company to play "Kick 
In" at the Vaudeville Theatre, Lon- 
don, will be shipped from New York 
July 31 by A. H. Woods. Prominent 
among the cast will be Harry Mestayer 
and Helen Holmes. 

A previous agreement to produce the 
show on the other side, made by 
Woods, could not be fulfilled, accord- 
ing to report at that time through the 
players engaged here balking at the 
trip. The London management threat- 
ened suit for a breach, and the present 
consignment of players is supposed to 
be the adjustment. 



ABARBANELL AT LA SALLE. 

Chicago, July 21. 

Lina Abarbanell has been selected to 
head a company that will play a com- 
edy with musical numbers written, by 
Frank Adams, at the La Salle, open- 
ing the middle of next month. 

Aaron Jones will be in New York 
the latter end of this week to select 
the cast to support Miss Abarbanell. 
Mr. Jones will make an effort to se- 
cure Jack Barrymore for the leading 
male part. 

The production will ask for $2 top 
price. The company will include eight 
chorus girls. 



IRISH PLAYERS' SKETCH. 

The Irish Players, who appeared 
during last season at several Allied Arts 
temples, have a vaudeville playlet, to 
be called "Lonesome," and are nearly 
ready for the variety plunge, M. S. 
Bentham doing the steering. 



ESTATE GIVEN TO MOTHER. 

San Francisco, July 21. 
Through papers filed in Oakland, 
it has been revealed that Maxine El- 
liot, of London, has turned over her 
share (amounting to about $10,000) in 
her deceased father's estate, to her, 
mother. 



CABLES 



ORPHEUM DROPS THREE TOWNS 
FROM CIRCUIT IN MIDDLEWEST 



Orpheum Theatres at Sioux City, Des Moines and Duluth 

Taken Over by Finn & Heiman, Who Will Book the 

Houses in Conjunction with Orpheum — Circuit 

Lost Money at Each Point Last Season. 



The Orpheum Circuit, through its 
General Manager, Martin Heck, ar- 
ranged Wednesday with M. Heiman, 
representing Finn & Heiman, the 
middlewestern vaudeville managers, to 
take over the Orpheum theatres at 
Sioux City, Des Moines and Duluth, 
commencing with next season. 

Finn & Heiman will play vaudeville 
of the popular priced brand in the 
Orpheums just secured, on a split week 
basis, and book such acts as may be 
required through the Orpheum head- 
quarters in New York, securing the 
remainder of the bills from their cus- 
tomary booking place, the Western 
Vaudeville Managers' Association, 
Chicago. 

Mort Singer, general manager of the 
W. V. M. A., came on to New York 
with Mr. Heiman, and is believed to 
be interested in the transaction. He, 
with Heiman and Sam Kahl (the F.- 
H.'s general booker), visited the three 
cities last week, looking over the 
theatres. 

The additions from the Orpheum will 
give Finn & Heiman about 18 vaude- 
ville theatres in the middle west. 

Mr. Beck explained the move through 
which the Orpheum Circuit allowed 
three houses on its eastern end to de- 
camp by saying that each had been a 
losing venture, although the bills 
played in the towns were secured at 
"cut salaries." 

"Even with cut salaries," said Mr. 
Beck, "we have been unable to earn a 
profit, and besides, when we asked acts 
to cut for those towns, telling them 
why, they acted as though they were 
doing us a favor in accepting. We 
shall take the same action with any 
of our theatres where we can not make 
money." 



FOREIGN BOOKINGS DULL 

International agents in New York 
report business in the booking of Amer- 
ican artists for the other side as ex- 
tremely dull just now, a condition that 
started with the Lusitania disaster and 
has not improved. 

One agent stated this week that when 
negotiations for any act were finally 
concluded the act almost invariably has 
found some reason to cancel, leaving 
the agent's cable bill for the month, 
through instances like this, at a larger 
amount than his prospective profits 
from bookings. 

A story has reached New York, and 
the teller of it vouches for the truth, 
that in England just now (as it was 
immediately after the war started) 
Americans in the music halls are not 
standing any too well. The story says 
that when many Americans left for 
home after the war opened the English 



complained the entertainers did so at 
a time when the English might care 
to be amused, leaving a possible short- 
age in music hall material. Now the 
English say the Americans are replac- 
ing the English who need the employ- 
ment, with the Americans "getting it" 
either way the English may care to 
think. 



30 WOMEN ONLY. 

At the Prospect, Brooklyn, com- 
mencing Aug 2 (for the week) there 
will be 29 women and a female ele- 
phant on the program, without a male 
player. The elephant completes the 
"All Woman" billing that will be used. 

In the program are the Balzer Sis- 
ters, Olga, Athletic Girls, Robbie and 
Robbie, Colonial Minstrels, "Mary 
Ellen" (elephant), Mary Melville, 
Gladys Alexander and Co., Courtney 
Sisters, Nick's Skating Girls. 



RATS HONOR NIBLO. 

Last night the White Rats held a 
reception for Fred Niblo and Josephine 
Cohan at the club rooms, the festivities 
commencing at 11.30 P. M. 

Mr. Niblo, a former Big Chief of the 
organization, recently returned from 
Australia where he spent a successful 
two years in producing a number of 
Cohan & Harris shows. 

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KATHRYN OSTERMAN 

It the latest legitimate «tar to succumb to the 
lure of the film. The signing of the contract 
by Miss Osterman with the equitable Motion 
Pictures Corporation, to star in three big fea- 
tures, will mark, so Broadway hears, the begin- 
ning of a retaliatory process on the part of both 
moving picture producers and the so-called 
legitimate forces. 

Miss Osterman frankly declares she is becom- 
ing a film star because the demands of the 
studio are not so exacting as the demands of 
the so-called legitimate. Recently Miss Oster- 
man appeared in a picture play called "House- 
keeping Under Cover" and it proved so popular 
she was besieged with offers to appear regu- 
larly in the films and finally decided upon the 
Equitable. 



LONDON'S HOTEL ROOF. 

London, July 21. 

London will shortly have its first 
roof garden, patterned along the lines 
of similar places of amusement in New 
York. 

R. M. Phillips, a New Bond street 
real estate operator, has purchased the 
Arundell estate for a syndicate which 
proposes to erect a mammoth hotel 
thereon, to be topped by an aerial the- 
atre. The property is situated between 
Shaftesbury avenue and New Coventry 
street. The investment will run well 
into the millions. All details are being 
carefully concealed. 



GARDEN SHOWS AT AMERICAN? 

Chicago, July 21. 

The scheme of the Shuberts to trans- 
fer their Winter Garden productions in 
New York to the American here doesn't 
appear to have much chance of suc- 
cess, since the Shuberts want to inter- 
est local capital to the extent of $50,- 
000 for backing in the venture, it is 
said. No one has been found thus 
far by the Shuberts who believed the 
Garden productions could be put over 
at the American, if a bank roll of $50,- 
000 had to be placed behind the propo- 
sition. They also concluded that if the 
Shuberts had anything good they 
would — etc. 

The plan was to move the Winter 
Garden shows intact, after finishing the 
New York run, into the American for 
an indefinite engagement, although the 
American seats but 1,000 and it is un- 
likely the house could draw now with 
any attraction at the $2 scale that nec- 
essarily would have to be charged un- 
der the proposed policy. 



SHUBERTS WANT TATE. 

London, July 21. 
It is said the Shuberts, through M. 
S. Bentham, cabled over here this week 
to secure Harry Tate for the next Win- 
ter Garden show in New York. 



TWO SONS ON SUNDAY. 

London, July 21. 
Viola Tree and Gladys Cooper pre- 
sented their husbands with a son each 
last Sunday. 



LEWIS WALLER TO RETURN. 

London, July 21. 
Lewis Waller and Madge Titheradge 
are to return to America to appear in 
their original roles in "Gamblers All." 
Percy Burton, manager of Forbes Rob- 
ertson, has the American rights for 
this piece and will direct the tour. Du 
Maurier will remain with the London 
company. 



FOUR DAILY TOO MANY. 

Chicago, July 21. 
Jenny De Fau, the operatic warbler, 
singing at McVickers' this week, balked 
at doing an act four times a day. The 
operatic star would not take the chance 
on her voice so it was arranged she do 
only three a day for this week. 



"Only Girl" English Rights. 

London, July 21. 
Laurillard & Grossmith have the 
English rights for Jos. Weber's pro- 
duction. "The Only Girl." 



LONDON HOUSES OPEN. 

London, July 10. 
The legitimate playhouses now open 
here are Ambassadors ("More"); 
Coronet (Grand Guignol Co.); Crite- 
rion ("The Green Flag") ; Daly's ("To- 
night's the Night"); Garrick ("Oh, Be 
Careful"); Globe ("Peg o' My Heart"); 
Haymarket ("Quinneys"); Lyric ("On 
Trial"); Royalty ("The Man Who 
Stayed at Home"); Savoy ("The Angel 
in the House"); Vaudeville ("Enter- 
prising Helen"); Wyndham's ("Gam- 
blers All"). 



GABY ON TOUR. 

London, July 21. 
Gaby Deslys is going on tour in the 
halls for the Variety Controlling Co., 
opening at Portsmouth Aug. 9. 



FAIR ALL-SCOTCH REVUE. 

London, July 21. 
The All-Scotch revue produced at the 
Apollo July 16 will do fairly. 



GUILBERT'S USUAL. 

London, July 21. 
Yvette Guilbert, at the Coliseum this 
week, pleased those who understood her 
and bothered the others, as usual. 



Nelson Keys Renews Contract 

London, July 21. 
Nelson Keys has signed another con- 
tract with Alfred Butt. 



Added to "Shell Out" Cast 

London, July 21. 
Unity Moore and Amy Augarde have 
been added to the cast for "Shell Out" 
at the Comedy next month. 



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HIP OPENING SEPT. 15. 

Charles Dillingham this week en- 
gaged Gene Buck and Dave Stamper, 
who wrote some of the musical hits 
of "The Follies" for Flo. Ziegfeld, Buck 
doing most of the lyrics, to do some 
of the more important numbers to be 
offered in the new Hippodrome show. 
As things shape up at present, the 
Hip reopening will take place about 
Sept. 15. 

Rehearsal call for 250 or more chorus 
people was posted for this week. R. 
H. Burnside is to put them through 
their paces. 



SUING FOR PLACING SHOW. 

Willie Edelsten has started a suit 
against Sydney Blow, the English 
author, and has attached the royalties 
of "She's In Again" to cover nimseif 
to the extent of $1,000, which the agent 
alleges is due him for having placed 
the show with Ned Wayburn for pro- 
duction in this country. 



Foreign Circus Act Coming. 

The Alf Golem Troupe of 16 people, 
a circus act, will appear at the Palace, 
New York, for the first time in this 
country, Sept. 6, preliminary to a 
vaudeville tour over here booked by 
H. B. Marinelli. 

The other Golem Troupe is the 
Mizra-Golem, that appeared some sea- 
sons ago with the Barnum-Bailey 
Circus. 



VAUDEVILLE 



KEITH'S UNION SQUARE 

RETU RNED T O LANDLORD 

Original Home of Continuous Vaudeville in New York, Oper- 
ated by B. F. Keith for 30 Years, Finally Surrendered. 
Lease Expired Some Time Ago. Made 
Enormous Profits in Its Day. 



Keith's Union Square theatre has 
been returned to its landlord by the B. 
F. Keith interests. For 30 years the 
name of Keith has decorated the front 
of the historic house. B. F. Keith set- 
tled there with the first continuous 
vaudeville entertainment of the type 
that he founded, that appeared in New 
York City. It was the third Keith 
stand, the late vaudeville builder hav- 
ing previously established his policy at 
Boston and Philadelphia. 

With the decadence of the 14th street 
neighborhood, its rapidly changing 
complexion in a neighborly way to the 
most cosmopolitan district in the world 
and the gradual trend up Harlemward 
of the East Side residents, together 
with the location of local theatres 
which retained theatrical patronage in 
the various neighborhoods (this was 
badly felt by the "The Square" through 
having its Jersey and Williamsburgh 
trade clipped off), the Square found it- 
self bound by a stay-at-home popula- 
tion that was only at last drawn from 
the mattress that held the bank roll 
with the influx of popular priced vaude- 
ville theatres near-by the Union Square, 
also the many cheap picture places. 
The house was continued under the 
.Keith operation with a varying enter- 
tainment that saw it competing with its 
opposition, from pictures to tabloid 
stock, the latter the final policy. 

In its day the Keith's Union Square 
was a gold mine for the Boston man- 
ager. Its high profit mark was $104,- 
000 in a single year, an enormous profit 
for the capacity of the theatre at its 
then prevailing scale of admission (up 
to 75 cents in the boxes). In that time 
capacity always reigned at "Keith's" 
(his only house in New York for sev- 
eral years). From the moment the 
doors opened it was a turnaway, and 
this condition lasted for many years. 

The Palmer Estate, which holds the 
Union Square, has arranged with John- 
ny Galvin to remain there playing his 
tabloid stock policy on an optional un- 
derstanding, with Ben Kahn, the last 
manager of the Keith regime, to 
hold over in charge of the theatre. 
The Keith lease expired some time ago, 
and the Keith people retained the thea- 
tre at their pleasure. Its rental was 
$45,000 yearly. 



BOASBERG IN BANKRUPTCY. 

Buffalo, July 21. 

Nathan Boasberg and Samuel h. 
Cohen, composing the diamond and 
jewelry firm of H. Boasbcr^'s Son & 
Co., with offices in this city, filed a 
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the 
United States District Court last 
Friday. 

The firm give > its liabilities as $679,- 
442.85 and its assets as $293,123.91, list- 



ing among the assets $88,000 worth of 
diamonds which they declared -were 
stolen from their vault last June and 
which have not been recovered. Chief 
of Police Michael Regan stated the po- 
lice had not been notified of a theft from 
the Boasberg firm. 



BALTIMORE WEEK-END. 

Baltimore, July 21. 

Fred Schanberger, manager of the 
Maryland theatre, and a frequent vis- 
itor to the United Booking Offices, 
which supplies that house with its at- 
tractions, has invited several of his 
New York co-workers to look Balti- 
more over for this week-end. 

They reach here tomorrow. The day 
will be spent upon Chesapeake Bay. 
Those remaining over will have amuse- 
ment provided by Mr. Schanberger. In 
the party from New York will be S. 
K. Hodgdon, John Kolvoord, Jr., 
Frank Thompson, John C. Peebles, 
Carl D. Lothrop, Harry J. Mundorf, 
Charles Lovenberg, Paul Durand, H. 
Bart McHugh, George Metzel, Harry 
T. Jordan, D. F. Hennessy, M. S. 
Bentham, Harvey L. Watkins. 



POLITICAL JOB PREFERRED. 

Chicago, July 21. 

Ray Conlin, the ventriloquist; whose 
home is here, has given up the show 
business to accept a position in the 
City Hall. 

Ralph O'Connor will be the name he 
will use hereafter. 



COLONIAL REOPENS AUG. 9. 

Chicago, July 21. 
The Colonial will reopen with vaude- 
ville Aug. 9 and will play acts a full 
week instead of a split. 

If you don't advertiM In VARIETY, 
don't advertiM. 




"101's" BIG BUSINESS. 

Providence, R I., July 21. 

The Miller Bros. "101 Ranch" Wild 
West will play here next Monday and 
Tuesday on a lot within the city lim- 
its. This is extraordinary for a tent 
show, t6 get inside the city and to re- 
main here two days. 

The "101," with Jess Willard as ex- 
tra attraction, has been doing a big 
business in New England. Last week 
the show did a gross of $18,000. Wil- 
lard's share was $4,500. The "101" did 
$6,100 in Portland, Me., in one day, 
playing to between $2,000 and $3,000 
daily in the remainder of the smaller 
towns on the route. 

Mrs. Jess Willard is not ill, accord- 
ing to the well informed. She is trav- 
elling with her husband. The news- 
paper stories of Mrs. Willard's illness 
(some reports had her dying with hasty 
consumption) were inspired by circus 
opposition to the wild west show, it is 
claimed. The information says the 
sick tale of the champ's wife was whol- 
ly manufactured, and did not accom- 
plish its result — to create a feeling 
against Willard for travelling while his 
wife was so ill. 



HEAT KILLS BUSINESS. 

Last week's end tore holes in the 
show business around New York. 
Nothing escaped. Saturday night it 
was said that 25 cents would have se- 
cured one of the best seats in any New 
York playhouse. 

The week was held up somewhat 
through the good weather of the early 
part, but many theatres chalked up a 
loss. Others were tickled at breaking 
even. 

In some of the small time vaudeville 
theatres where three shows daily are 
played it is said that during Sunday, 
all day, there were never at any one 
t me over 50 people in front. 



COAST ACTS CHEAP. 

San Francisco, July 21. 
At a local vaudeville booking of- 
fice It is said there are now more acts 
out here willing to work cheaply than 
ever before in the history of Coast 
vaudeville. 



WRESTLING HELPING. 

Wrestling is helping business in the 
Loew pop vaudeville houses around 
New York. The Berne Troupe is sup- 
plying the wrestlers. It has William 
Berncr, champion of Germany, who 
was among the best on the mat at the 
recent Manhattan opera house Wrest- 
ling Tournament. Berner alternates 
nightly with Maurgana, of Italy, and 
Ivanoff, the Russian champ. 



Sacramento's Moose Carnival. 

Sacramento, Cal., July 21. 
Sacramento Lodge No. 1020, Loyal 
Order of Moose, will hold a six-day 
carnival beginning Aug. 2. The cus- 
tomarry carnival attractions will be 
used. 



MIJARES 

and his brother, 
MANOLA. 

The two brst wire walkers in the world. 



Entire Population in Minstrel Show. 

Louisville, July 21. 
A local minstrel show at La Centre, 
Ky., had the entire population of the 
town, of seasonable age, upon the stage 
taking part in it. 



INTERSTATE IN WACO. 

Chicago, July 21. 

The Interstate Circuit has acquired 
the bookings for the Orpheum, Waco, 
Tex., which will be booked in conjunc- 
tion with its other houses in that vicin- 
ity. The Orpheum will use five acts 
and pictures, playing a split week. 

The Orpheum, Dallas, opens its regu- 
lar vaudeville season next week. 

Jacksonville, Fla., July 21. 

Negotiations are afoot for the Inter- 
state to take over the Duval theater 
here and play vaudeville during the 
winter season, leaving one night a 
week open for incoming road shows. 
If it goes through the Hazel Burgess 
Players (stock) will remain at the 
Orpheum. 

No decision on the Duval matter is 
expected to be made until Harold 
Weston, its owner, returns home in a 
few weeks. 



A THIN CONVENTION. 

San Francisco, July 21. 

Three people attended the conven- 
tion of the Non-Smokers' League, held 
here July 16. One was a delegate (the 
only one), another was a press agent, 
hoping for an engagement, and the 
third was a reporter. 

The press agent and reporter smoked 
while vainly waiting for a crowd to 
gather. 

WEEKLY SPLITTING WEEK. 

The Palace, New York, is now split- 
ting its week with the Pathe Weekly, 
the screen newspaper. The Palace re- 
ceives the daily edition for the first 
three days' display, getting the Pathe 
No. 2 for the week on Thursday. 



Melville Ellis Coming Back. 

Melville Ellis is coming back to vau- 
deville. He will play throughout Au- 
gust, opening Aug. 9, with his piano, 
at Keith's, Phiadelphia. 



"Merry Youngsters'* Disbanding. 

After this week at the American the 
Five Merry Youngsters, the only kid 
act to go around the world, will dis- 
band through the lead, Tommy Toner, 
joining a new act called "Salesgirls 
Wanted." 



Shuberts Have Anna Chandler. 

The Shuberts placed Anna Chand- 
ler Tuesday, under a contract for three 
years. Miss Chandler's first appear- 
ance will be in the next Winter Gar- 
den show, probably to be headed by 
Al Jolson, and open in October. 



Music Finns' Philadelphia Branch. 

A Philadelphia branch office has been 
established at 903 Walnut street, by 
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Maurice 
Rose is in charge of it. 

The same concern has opened sum- 
mer headquarters at Buffalo and Port- 
land. Ore. 



Harris Damage Action Not Settled. 

The action brought by the widow of 
George Harris for damages through the 
death of her husband, caused by one of 
the Lord & Taylor trucks, has not been 
settled for $7,500, as reported. The case 
may not come up for a trial within a 
year. 



VAUDEVILLE 



S-C'S CHICAGO EMPRESS 

REPORTED FOR SALE OR LEASE 



Impression Gaming Strength in Chicago John W. Considine 

Will Dispose of Any S-C Theatre, With No Probability of 

S-C Circuit Resuming With Vaudeville, Unless Obliged to. 



Chicago, July 21. 

following the report of John W. 
Considine disposing of his interests in 
three Pacific coast cities is the story 
that Sullivan-Considinc's Empress here 
is on the market, for sale or to lease. 
It is also said Considine has had sev- 
eral offers for the house, without ac- 
cepting any. 

The opinion is prevailing on the in- 
side around here that Mr. Considine 
will dispose of any or all of the S.-C. 
theatres, if that can be done, not or- 
ganizing another S.-C. vaudeville chain 
unless compelled to do so by stress of 
circumstances. 

If Considine seriously contemplates 
again playing vaudeville in the Em- 
press on the S.-C. list, commencing 
with the opening of the season, it is 
now past the time when he should be 
arranging the opening show. 



did a spiral ascent on a ball; a sharp- 
shooting act and finally was a toe 
dancer. 

Since coming to America a few years 
ago she has appeared in vaudeville. 



MARIE LAVARRE. 

Marie Lavarre, the singing and danc- 
ing comedienne, has won an enviable 
reputation for herself in the two min- 
iature musical revues, "Too Much Mus- 
tard" and "Splash Me." She has been 
placed under a contract by Ned Way- 
burn for his forthcoming revue, "Town 
Topics." Willie Edelsten, her repre- 
sentative, completed the details of the 
contracts last week. Miss Lavarre's 
picture adorns the front cover of 
Variety- this week. 

She has had a most varied experience 
in the theatrical world despite still in 
her early twenties. Miss Lavarre was 
born in a circus tent in Calais, France. 
Her mother is Mme. Marvelli, a trainer 
of paroquets, and her father was Jo- 
Jo. the Dog Faced Man. One would 
never accuse Miss Levarre of the lat- 
ter parentage after seeing her. When 
4Vfc years old she was performing as 
a bareback rider with a circus in Eng- 
land. Later with the same circus she 



PLAYERS CUT SALARIES. 

, Chicago, July 21. 

Some of the members of "The Lady 
in Red" have gone in for charity work. 
Outside of Valli Valli, Josie lntropidi 
and Will Philips, the company has 
agreed to accept a cut in their salaries 
until things get better, if they ever do. 
Valli Valli last week demanded her full 
salary, and it is said she received it. 
Miss Valli, it is stated, put $1,500 into 
the production at the start of the run 
of the piece. 

Gertrude Vanderbilt has agreed to 
accept half salary. It is stated by some 
of the wise ones Miss Vanderbilt has 
already come forward with $2,500 that 
saved the production from disaster 
when it was playing at the Princess. 
Harry Ridings, manager of Cohan's 
Grand, is still acting as receiver for 
the show's interests. 

Business did not improve at the 
Grand. The show may close its run 
here any time. 



"DOOR BETWEEN" ACT. ^ 

Frederick Edward McKay has ac- 
cepted the manuscript of "The Door 
Between," by Hilliard Booth, and will 
place it in vaudeville with Crystal 
Hearne and Conway Tearle in the prin- 
cipal roles. Laura D. Wilck placed the 
playlet. 



CASTING BARRYMORE PLAY. 

The Frohman office is selecting the 
cast to appear in support of Ethel 
Barrymore in "Roast Beef Medium." 
The first interviews with a view to 
completing the company are to take 
place today. 



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TRIMMING THE AGENTS. 

At least two actors have solved the 
problem of how to get over the sum- 
mer, while not working, and still not 
have to "touch." The simple expedi- 
ent is to "t^im the agents." The means 
is an intimate knowledge of combina- 
tions in dice and the manner of throw- 
ing them. 

The actors go into one of the agent's 
offices and pretend to be looking for 
work. One carelessly rattles a pair of 
dice (always music to some agents' 
ears). A "game" is suggested. The 
actor who does the manipulating of the 
"bones" just leans back and throws 
anything his little heart desires. In a 
half hour or so the team make more 
than they could by working a couple of 
weeks on the small time. 

Friday afternoon the team were in 
the office of an agent in the Palace 
Building. A game was started and 
several of the agents contributed sums 
varying from $10 to $20 to the actors' 
bankroll. After the session broke up 
the actor was foolish enough to show 
how easily he did it. Then there was 
a row, the agents wanted their's back, 
but the dice shooter refused, and the 
party broke up. 



BILLPOSTING TOO HIGH. 

Declaring the price for the posting 
of theatre advertising upon the bill- 
boards is exorbitant, the B. F. Keith 
houses in Brooklyn will do their own 
posting or omit the boards entirely 
next season. 

The Brooklyn Poster Advertising 
Co., successors to the American Bill- 
posting Co., of 849 Fulton street, that 
borough, has been doing the work for 
some time for the houses across the 
river, but the charge of 5 cents a sheet 
is claimed to be too much, considering 
the vast posting done each week. 

Keeney's, Brooklyn, objected to the' 
five-cent charge several months ago. 
and General Manager Ray C. Owens 
proceeded upon new lines with his 'bill- 
ing that saved considerable money. 
Now the Bushwick and the Prospect, 
of the Keith regime, are to follow suit. 

The New York posting is also five 
cents a sheet but none of the houses 
so far have made any objection towards 
naying it. 

If you don't advertise In VARIETY, 
don't advertise. 



FAMILIAR BILLING. 

Twists and Turns. 
The Grand Opera Star. 

The Man from . 

Vaudeville's Most Brilliant Enter- 
tainer. 

Dancers Par Excellence. 
In the Mirthful Creation. 

The Nightingale. 

Canine Marvels. 

The Noted Conductor. 

Comedy Conjurers. 

Musical Comedy's Brightest Star. 

A Spectacular Exhibition of . 

The Happy . 

Musical Merrymakers. 
He Sings to Beat the Band. 
The Master Magician. 
America's Representative — ■ — . 



In a Tabloid Musical Melange. 
The Distinguished Actress. 
Introducing His Own Songs. 
The Young Caruso. 
Modern Athletes. 
In His Latest Satire. 
Violin Virtuoso. 
The Silent Comedian. 
Boys from Dixie. 
Comedy Bar Act. 

The at the Piano. 

Spectacular Songs and Dances. 
Celebrated Dramatic Soprano. 
Impersonator. '*"'* 

A Succession of Surprises. 
Something New Under the Sun. 
The Boy with the Funny Imitations. 
Exponents of Refined Comedy. 
The Tuneful Operetta. 
Two Jolly Fellows. 
Novelty Singing and Dancing. 

Twentieth Century . 

Classical Poses. 

The Breezy Skit. 

The Popular Song Writer. 

Riproaring Travesty. _ 

Almost a . 

One Round of Continuous Laughter. 
Sensational Trick Cyclists. 
Gymnasts Supreme. 

The Pride of . 

Prima Donna. 

In Their New Act. 

The Matinee Idol. 

Fun in One. 

Back Again. 

Return of the Favorites. 

Premier Danseuse. 

The Bellboy and the Maid. 

The Fashion Plates. 

O. M. Samuel. 




THIS IS THE LIFE By Edward Marshall 



VARIETY 



WITH THE WOMEN 



Fritzi Scheff returned to the Palace 
again this week, though it has been but 
a short time since she last appeared 
there. But Miss Scheff returned with 
a different set of songs— and a different 
and very beautiful gown. Fritzi Scheff 
dresses delightfully, and her taste in 
hats is nearly perfect. The only criti- 
cism one might make is that she is a 
trifle too small in stature to wear the 
extremely short skirts she affects. 
They make her seem not daintily small 
but dumpily so. 

First, to tell of the hat: a real halo 
affair with a snug fitting crown of blue 
velvet wreathed with closely set white 
flowers, and a plain, wide brim of blue 
maline, transparent, and, in the glare 
of the footlights, shedding a blue light 
that made the "halo" effect quite re- 
alistic. This is one of the most strik- 
ing looking hats seen on the stage this 
season, and one of the most becoming. 

The dress was less so — a pink shim- 
mery satin, the skirt corded to flare 
about the knees, and from this, a glit- 
tering ruffle of lace, spangled and bead- 
ed, and reaching not quite to the ankle. 
The waist was mostly lace and rhine- 
stones. 

Lillian Goldsmith danced, with her 
own partner. The dress she wore first 
was of dainty pink taffeta, with a petti- 
coat of the new beaded lace, that is 
supposed to hang a few inches below 
the skirt itself— a style that will "go" 
on the stage but will likely never take 
well in a drawing-room. She danced 
a curious dance with electrical effects 
and an ocean and rockbound shore 
"Eack&rcp — a dance that was evidently 
intended to belong to the "interpre- 
tive" variety, and also to interpret the 
love of a sea nymph for a shipwrecked 
mariner — or something like that, any- 
way. As a sea nymph she was all right 
pictorially, and as a dancer not so bad, 
but the dance interpreted nothing and 
was done too slowly to give any sug- 
gestion of the fantastic motions of a 
sea fairy. Sea fairies do not step with 
deliberation. 

Fannie Stedman made quite a nit 
with the large audience of the eve- 
ning. She is rather pretty, and hu- 
morous in her work, and made a cool, 
attractive appearance in a dress of 
white with the palest of pink silk in- 
serted in the waist. The dress seemed 
to be sewn here and there with rhine- 
stones — those boons of dressmakers 
planning theatrical costumes, and try- 
ing to make a drawing-room style ef- 
fective enough to be attractive to the 
topmost row of the second balcony. 

The Courtney Sisters were also on 
the bill; and these may always be 
counted on to wear something unusual 
in the way of dress, particularly the 
smaller one. This time she appeared 
in a white satin dress, with a skirt that 
was plain on one side and draped elab- 
orately on the other, with a deep girdle 
of gold and rhinestones, a low cut waist, 
and short tunics over the hips, cut to 
fall in points, a short point in front, 
a deep one in back. The other wore 
a pretty, but not specially startling, 
dress of rink c »" "nd chif^n. And — 



oh, yes — the little one "bobs" her hair, 
and binds it with a band of glittering 
stones, and looks most attractive that 
way. 



One of the coolest places in town 
about this time is the American Roof. 
Sitting over by one of the open win- 
dows with a breeze coming in from 
across the city, one's temperature de- 
scends to the point of comfort where 
the sight of a woman on the stage, in 
a rose color cloak that looks like nine- 
ty in the shade, causes no sense of dis- 
comfort at all. 

The rose colored cloak, just as a 
cloak, is all right, for it is of silk vel- 
vet, in a pretty style, with a collar and 
sleeve bands of white fox — or near-fox. 
But it takes that before-mentioned 
breeze to make it good to look at in 
a New York theatre in mid-July. It 
is worn by Miss Ward (Lerner and 
Ward), and used over a satin evening 
gown — vintage of last winter — which 
has an over-dress of black maline 
banded with velvet and fringed with 
black monkey fur. 

The next act was billed as "The Sur- 
prise Parties," the chief surprise being 
the agility of the feminine half of the 
act, who looked like a champion lady 
heavyweight but danced with the grace 
of a 98-pound girl. She wore a blue 
satin dress, with a Directoire style 
over-dress of flowered taffeta that was 
caught up and draped on the sides. 
When she took off the poke bonnet and 
showed all of her face, Miss Ward was 
one of the best looking women of the 
evening. 

Otherwise the bill offered little in 
the way of fashions — a sketch that pre- 
ceded the intermission that was very 
well acted and amusing, called for two 
street costumes, a young girl in a 
simple pongee frock, made with a short 
waisted jacket with a pleated peplum, 
and a short flaring skirt and another 
dress of black and white striped satin. 

Two little girls in a childs' act named 
"Six Songbirds" were nicely dressed, 
but in the over-elaborate manner that 
mothers of stage children seem to like. 
Princess Ka wore quite a stunning cos- 
tume of transparent silver cloth 
bloomers, about 19 yards of pearl ropes 
and a glittering cloak that took various 
color changes according to the lights 
the spot threw on the stage. The danc- 
ing in this act would be excellent even 
if done by a woman — Ka, of course, 
pulling off the wig at the end to show 
that he is another of the female im- 
personators. 

The Four Kiltie Girls, in typical 
Scotch laddie costumes, with kilted 
skirts, cloaks, Tarn o'Shanters and short 
stockings were also on the bill. 



"MAIDS" PRELIM. SEASON. 

Chicago, July 21. 
The Hurtig & Seamon regular Co- 
lumbia Wheel attraction, "The Social 
Maids," with Etta Pillard and George 
Stone again the chief principals, will 
have a preliminary season at the local 
Columbia, starting Aug. 7, remaining 
there until the official opening of the 




CABARETS 



The New York Roof, when reopen- 
ing about Sept. 15, will have a couple 
of subsidiary institutions connected 
with the upper loft, all in the same 
building. Tlje concert hall will be util- 
ized for entertainment, and there will 
probably be a restaurant on the ground 
floor, in the rear of the elevators, now 
occupied by William Morris for his of- 
fices. Dan Caslar will likely be asso- 
ciated with Mr. Morris in the Roof up- 
on its reopening, the former having 
charge of the refreshment department. 
Caslar is operating Woodmansten Inn 
this summer, in connection with Joe 
Pani, its proprietor. Woodmansten 
has a special night each Thursday. The 
Inn has been enlarged and brightened. 

The case against the management of 
the Hotel Shelburne, Brighton Beach, 
charged with violating a city ordinance 
by giving performances of Ned Way- 
burn's "Splash Me" twice nightly, was 
dismissed in the Coney Island Court 
by Magistrate Geismer when Assistant 
Corporation Counsel George Nichol- 
son made application for the dismissal 
on the grounds the hotel had applied 
for a music hall license which would 
cover all official requirements. 

The Dolphin, at 145th street, has a 
new cabaret show, booked by Max 
Rogers, including Nellie Brewster, Bud 
Gordon, Stella Mason and Jimmy 
Doyle. 

The Martinique has discontinued its 
cabaret for the summer and is using 
the dance floor only. The Dutch Room 
here will have a cabaret again in the 
fall. 

The Atlas Hotel, Bridgeport, Conn., 
has a new revue with eight girls which 
opened Monday. 

H. Markert and J. Forrest Thomp- 
son are going to teach dancing in 
Louisville. 

Atlantic City, July 21. 
This is one of the worst seasons At- 
lantic City has had for some time, and 
it looks now as though Child's will he 
the only big winner, judging of the 
play it is getting in comparison to 
other years. Last week the Traymorc 
discharged 60 help. One of the big- 
gest hotels down here, usually about 
$60,000 ahead at this time of the year, 
reports this season it is about $20,000 
to the bad. 

TOMMY'S TATTLES. 

By Thomas J. Gray. 

The popular fashion of wash suits on 
the street gives the boys with the 
"bench acts" a chance to wear out their 
stage wardrobe. 



bur] 



ncnu*» season. 



Some people in vaudeville arc very 
clever; others imitate Charlie Chaplin. 

An employee of a theatrical firm ap- 
proached a comedian about going out 
with one of the firm's shows. "What's 



your salary," asked the employee. 
"Three fifty," said the comic. "You 
know I get five per cent," said the em- 
ployee. "Then make the salary four 
hundred," replied the funny man. Which 
may go to* show whoever pays the sal- 
ary also pays the commission. 



Seven automobiles with moving pic- 
ture machines chased Harry Thaw from 
the railroad station to his home in Pitts- 
burg. Even the films want nut stuff. 



Summer Greetings: 

"Was it warm in the city to-day?" 

"Are you going to the game this after- 
noon?" 

"Does the heat bother you?" 

"Is your wife away in the country?" 

"You look nice and cool." 

"Is my face shiny?" 

"When do you expect to open?" 

"How does the show look to you?" 

"Have you any offers?" 

"What's playing at the Airdome to- 
night?' 



»»» 



When you hear people speaking about 
picture salaries it sounds like a bur- 
lesque show money scene. 

It is almost time for the yearly news- 
paper story about how hard it is to get 
chorus girls. 



Now that the dancing craze is about 
over it will be easy to get chorus men. 

JANIS FOR THE GLOBE. 

Elsie Janis will open her season at 
the Globe, New York, Sept. 6, in a 
straight comedy with a few incidental 
musical numbers, following the four 
weeks' engagement of "Chin Chin" at 
that house. The Montgomery and 
Stone show will reopen the theatre 
Aug. 9. 

Miss Janis and her mother are due 
to return to this country on the St. 
Louis next week. James C. Matthews, 
who is coming from London to man- 
age the Hippodrome for Charles Dil- 
lingham, will also be a passenger on 
board the same liner. 

Maurice Faroka, at present on the 
Pacific Coast, is the only one engaged 
at present for Miss Janis' supporting 
company. 

Dillingham's "Watch Your Step" is 
to reopen its season at the Chestnut 
Street opera house, Philadelphia, Sept. 
13. The Castles, Frank Tinney and 
others of the original cast will be with 
the attraction again this season. After 
the Philadelphia engagement, the com- 
pany is to visit Boston and Chicago. 



DIX.Y'S "INSIDE INFORMATION." 

Henry E. Dixey promises to be very 
active theatrically next year and among 
one of the things he plans doing is ap- 
pearing in a revival of Shakespeare's 
"Twelfth Night." Dixey and his wife, 
Marie Nordstrom, will be seen, how- 
ever, in a new play next fall entitled 
"Inside Information." 

If you don't advertise bi VARIETY, 
don't advertise. 



8 



B \J R. L Er S Q U E B y FREDERICK M. McCLOY 



'J lie newspapers are quite likely to 
play an important hand in burlesque 
the coming .season. Up to three or 
lour years ago, this end oi the business 
was "passed up" by the big dailies prin- 
cipally because the performances lacked 
originality. That the sliows made an 
appeal for patronage by immodestly 
dressed women and risque dialogue and 
scenes did not bar them from the con- 
sideration of the critics. This is proved 
by the voluminous space invariably de- 
voted to certain two-dollar productions 
in which there is more of that sort of 
thing than has ever been known in bur- 
lesque. Bare legs and scant attire gen- 
erally and the rawest kind of double 
entente may be said to have reached 
their farthest limit in those produc- 
tions. 



""If" these things are wrong in bur- 
lesque, they are wrong in any other 
style of entertainment, and if their 
presence in the one is a bar to news- 
paper consideration, the two-dollar 
shows referred to would fare no better 
than burlesque. Taking this for grant- 
ed, it must be assumed the newspaper 
reviewers bestow attention upon the 
other performances because there is an 
original libretto and musical score. In 
other words, something has been cre- 
ated that justifies recording. This has 
not been the case with burlesque. In 
a very large majority of instances the 
dialogue and scenes and situations were 
taken from farces and comedies worked 
over to avoid precise sameness, while 
popular songs of the day, to a very 
great extent, have been used to the ex- 
clusion of original composition. 

It is because these conditions are to 
be changed next season that the news- 
papers will give more attention to bur- 
lesque than- heretofore. Producers have 
had original dialogue written, and com- 
posers have been employed to con- 
tribute new songs. The new condition 
will secure the consideration of the 
critics. In view of this, the people re- 
sponsible for these performances would 
do well to prepare themselves for treat- 
ment they may receive. They must 
bear in mind some of the most pre- 
tentious and costly productions in all 
divisions of stage work have failed to 
receive the approbation of the review- 
ers, and that if their efforts are con- 
demned they must not jump at the 
conclusion some sinister motive is back 
of the unfavorable printed words. 
There is no value in undeserved com- 
mendation. If it were only necessary 
to patronize the advertising columns 
of a newspaper to secure praise of an 
inferior production or of an ineffective 
individual performance, a newspaper 
that would be so governed would be 
unfair to itself and entirely valueless 
not only to the advertiser but to every- 
body else in interest. 

So far as this department of Vahiktv 
is concerned, there will be no deviation 
during the coming season from the pur- 
poses that marked its conduct last sea- 
son. Praiseworthy productions and 
competent work of players will be giv- 
en unstinted commendation, and those 
that fail to reveal ability to efficiently 



perform the work assigned them will 
receive equally frank consideration. By 
this method only may Vaiuktv be of 
value not only to the workers in bur- 
lesque but to the readers of the paper 
generally, as well as to the newspaper 
critics throughout the country who 
look to this newspaper for accurate 
information concerning the affairs of 
the theatre outside the cities in which 
they are located. 



Burlesque news will be printed as 
usual according to its value, and the 
activities of the people engaged in it 
will receive all the attention they may 
bt entitled to. 



WARM COAST BURLESQUE. 

San Francisco, July 21. 

The Western Wheel burlesque at the 
Savoy theatre may have cooled off 
since its second production, called "The 
Indian Maids" and reported produced 
by Walter Johnson. 

That second week's show was the 
warmest thing theatrically San Fran- 
cisco has ever seen; warmer than the 
red-hot performances of the olden days 
on Pacific street. The police paid no 
attention, but one of the local papers 
ended an article on the .theatre by say- 
ing, "Let the police or the garbage de- 
partment do its duty." 

The Savoy has been a dead proposi- 
tion for some time. Burlesque was in- 
stalled to draw business. From ac- 
counts, it accomplished that little thing, 
since it is said the second week drew 
in $3,000, with the cost of the show 
$1,000. 



TEXAS STOCK CIRCUIT. 

Ed. A. Schiller returned to New York 
this week with a plan to organize a 
stock circuit comprising four towns in 
Texas, to become effective early in the 
fall. 

A company will be organized for 
each of the four stands, each troupe 
to present a different play and move 
around the circuit. 



GERARD'S $2 SHOW. 

^.. ..... . .... _ 

A last season Broadway production 
has been secured by Barney Gerard, 
who will produce it early in the fall in 
Chicago with two well known come- 
dians featured. This will be Gerard's 
first attempt at $2 producing. 

Rehearsals for Gerard's "Follies of 
the Day" start Thursday, July 29, in- 
stead of Saturday, July 31, at Miner's 
Bronx. 



"Heart of a Child" Company. 

"The Heart of a Child," to open at 
Atlantic City Monday under the A. H. 
Woods management, has a cast com- 
prising Kathleen Clifford, Zelda Sears, 
George Sidney, Earl Mitchell, Harry 
G. Bates, Katherinc Calhoune, Winni- 
frcd Harris, Duncan Harris, Alctha 
Luce, Mabel Carruthers, Vincent Barry, 
Frazcr Coulter and Lillian Brannard. 



American's First Openings. 

The first companies to open on the 
American Circuit are "Follies of Pleas- 
ure" in Philadelphia, Hastings' "Tango 
Queens" in Detroit, and the "Monte 
Carlo Girls" in Toronto, all Aug. 7. 



YORKVILLE'S OPENING. 

The Yorkville theatre will open un- 
der the management of the Columbia 
Amusement Co. Saturday night, Aug. 
14. The house will be completely 
renovated and redecorated, special at- 
tention being given to the brilliant il- 
lumination of the front The stage 
will be overhauled and equipped with 
every modern lighting device, and the 
dressing rooms furnished to afford the 
utmost comfort. 

The attraction selected for the open- 
ing is F*-ank Calder's "High Life 
Girls." This show is calculated to 
make the necessary favorable impres- 
sion to auspiciously start the new pol- 
icy in a section of the city in which 
burlesque has not heretofore been 
given. 

The Columbia Amusement Co. and 
Mr. Calder have planned an unusual- 
ly extensive advertising campaign 
which will extend to a radius of 30 
blocks in all directions from the thea- 
tre. The press work for the house will 
be done from the general offices of the 
Columbia Amusement Co., and the 
billing will be handled by James Pow- 
ers, who will also be in charge of the 
Columbia theatre billing, with head- 
quarters at the Yorkville. 

John L. Glennon, formerly of the 
Corinthian, Rochester, has been ap- 
pointed manager of the Yorkville thea- 
tre. 



STOCK BURLESQUE EAST. 

It is reported James Lowery, for- 
merly of Butler, Jacobs & Lowery, is 
to operate a stock burlesque house in 
Brooklyn in conjunction with the 
Heuck Circuit. Hubert Heuck, after a 
ten days' visit to New York, returned 
to Cincinnati Wednesday. 

While here Mr. Heuck purchased 
from Hurtig & Seamon and other bur- 
lesque producers a large quantity of 
wardrobe for his stock burlesque com- 
panies which will appear in Cincinnati, 
Indianapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, De- 
troit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadel- 
phia, New York and Brooklyn. 

It is said the National theatre, Phila- 
delphia, has been secured for the 
Heuck Circuit. 



STOCK NOTES. 

Mabel Brownell Joins the Colonial stock, 
Cleveland, next Monday as leading woman, re- 
placing Clara Joel, who has resigned. 



James Heenan, Harry Ingraham, Albert Til- 
burne, Samuel Godfrey, William Wells and 
Sam Fries were specially engaged this week 
for Qua Forbes stock production of "Within 
the Law" In Stamford, Conn. 



When the Crescent reopens Its stock season 
In Brooklyn next September It will have Doro- 
thy Shoemaker as Its leading woman. Miss 
Shoemaker Is at present with the Orpheum 
ntock, Montreal. 



Mubrlle Estelle Is visiting relatives In Mon- 
treal. 



Sydney Morris has Joined the California 
Players now playing mldlewcst dates. 

Two stocks will operate in Sioux City, la., 
next fall. The Dublnsky Co. will be at the 
Colonial, while early In August the Morgan 
Wallace Players will open at the Princess. 



Carrie Lowe has Just Joined the Brandels 
-took, Omaha. 



It's reported Comstock A Qest plan to In- 
st ill a winter stock in the Harmanus Blcecker 
Hall, Albany. 



PROTECTING MATERIAL 

At the last meeting of the directors 
of the American Association, a rule 
was put in force by which traveling 
managers were instructed to insert a 
clause in players' contracts prohibit- 
ing them from accepting stock or tab- 
loid engagements after the close of the 
official season. 

The Association will also prohibit 
the houses on its circuits from giving 
stock burlesque during the summer 
when the contemplated performances 
include any part of the shows that 
have been seen during the preceding 
regular season. 

This is a protection to the managers 
who have purchased material and 
whose people have not hesitated to 
include it in their vaudeville and tab- 
loid engagements. Many instances of 
this have come to light since the close 
of last season and this summary ac- 
tion on the part of the American di- 
rectors is the result. 



REGISTERING SONGS. 

All the managers of American bur- 
lesque shows are registering the titles 
of the songs they will use, the object 
being to avoid repetition of musical 
numbers within six weeks. 

This is in furtherance of the deter- 
mination to prevent the use of similar 
materials in the shows that follow one 
another closely. 

According to the same plan, come 
dians playing the same type of charac- 
ter will be kept apart through the 
booking arrangements adopted by the 
American Association. 



"BEHMAN'S" 12th WEEK., _. 

"The Behman Show" began th'c twelfth 
week of its engagement at the Colum- 
bia Monday. The weather was ex- 
cessively warm and business was light 
at both performances. But Tuesday, 
with a marked drop in the temperature, 
large audiences were present both after- 
noon and night and there was a material 
increase in attendance Wednesday ow- 
ing to continued favorable weather. It 
was thereupon decided to prolong the 
engagement, and there is little likeli- 
hood the show will close before Aug. 14. 

Lew Kelly retired from the cast Sat- 
urday and Will J. Kennedy was seen 
with the regular members of the com- 
pany in "the Behman Show's" old first 
part called "At Palm Beach." Other 
bits were substituted for those with 
which Kelly has been identified and 
with highly satisfactory results. 

"The Behman Show" is booked to 
open the regular season at Hurtig & 
Seamon's Monday, Aug. 16. 



William Pruette and Eva Olivetti have been 
transferred from the Royster and Dudley 
Opera Co. nt the Cape Cottage theater, Port- 
land. Me., to the company playing at Rivlng- 
ton Park. 



AUTHOR'S SON IN REVIVAL. 

Hall Caine's son, Derwent Hall 
Caine, is to make an American tour 
under the direction of Joseph M. 
Brooks in a revival of "The Manxman" 
under the title of "Pete." The play 
was originally presented in this coun- 
try about 20 years a«o by Wilson 
Barrett. 

The season under the Brooks man- 
agement w ill open in Montreal Sept. 
13, with New York to follow in Octo- 
ber. 4 < | 



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Loew has reduced the Newark seven- 
act show to five acts and pictures. 

E. S. Bunch is getting together a com- 
pany to play "The Red Rose." 

Mollie Mclntyre is trying out a new 
sketch for vaudeville this week. 

George Grant, picture magnet of Lon- 
don, is summering at Atlantic City. 

George A. Edes is to manage "High 
Jinks" on tour next season. 

The Piccolo Midgets open at the 
Lincoln Square (Loew) Monday. 

Brady Greer will be treasurer of the 
Harris, which reopens Aug. 16. 

Maurice Levi, the composer and band 
master, is at Bellevue Hospital taking 
■■* complete rest. 

Herman Oppenheimer, the famous 
"H. O." ticket man, of Chicago, is spend- 
ing his summer at Atlantic City. 

Herbert and Goldsmith substituted 
for Adelaide and Hughes at the Palace, 
New York, this week. 



Rose Coghlan was dismissed from 
bankruptcy last week by Judge Hand. 
Her liabilities amounted to $9,538. 



Alice Neilsen, the operatic star, is 
playing Chautauqua dates in the middle 
west. 



Henrietta Crosman is reading a num- 
ber of new plays with a view of starring 
in one of them next season. 



The New York Sunday night brought 
back from England, Fay, Two Coleys 
and Fay, and Hays and Wynn. 



Frank Wolf is booking the acts for 
the Nixon-Nirdlingcr houses during 
N.-N.'s attendance at the Exposition. 



Al Fields is playing under the name 
of Al Fields and Co., and not Fields 
and Lewis as reported. 



"She's In Again" is scheduled to 
open its season Labor Pay at the 
Broadway, Brooklyn. 



Mrs. Paul Scott is recovering titer a 
prolonged illness. 

Dr. Davis will have charge of the 
Club Department next season for Harry 
A. Shea. 

Howard Powers is treasurer of the 
Thompson Amusement Co. of Rock- 
away Beach. 

Victor Morley is in hiding for the 
summer. A cute little moustache is 
doing the trick. 



Fannie Rice's daughter, Edith Rice 
Purdy, is engaged to wed Eben L. 
Chapman. 



The American Hospital, Chicago, is 
to give an elaborate masque ball in 
that city Nov. 27, next, for the benefit 
of the institution. 



The Howard Brothers, with Kittie 
Ross, in their banjo turn, reached New 
York Monday, after 14 months on the 
other side. 



Dallas Anderson will be in the com- 
pany supporting Maude Adams in the 
revival of "What Every Woman 
Knows," to be done this season. 



The Managers' and Agents' Associa- 
tion is ensconced on the third floor of 
the Jacobs Building, 140 West 44th 
street. 

Glen Visscher, daughter of Wm. 
"Lightfoot" Visscher, of Chicago, will 
be the manager of a department in 
Laura D. Wilck's office. 

Elsa Ryan is under contract to Henry 
W. Savage. A new version of a former 
Savage success may be assigned her 
next season. 

Will Rogers and Robbins were added 
to "Hands Up" Wednesday, needed to 
fill a wait of 15 minutes in the running 
of the show. 



Judge Blanchard granted Gladys 
Scars an interlocutory degree of divorce 
July IS, from her husband, Charles E. 
Taylor. 



Oscar Hammerstein is again reported 
quite ill. He suffers from diabetes. Mr. 
Hammerstein is summering at Atlantic 
Highlands. 



J. R. Oishei, manager of the Teck, 
Buffalo, is in town this week. He and 
his wife motored down and will motor 
back next week. 



The Savoy, Asbury Park, discon- 
tinued its vaudeville Wednesday for the 
season. It will play legitimate plays the 
remainder of the summer. 



Witmark & Sons have accepted a bal- 
lad called "Sweethearts of Childhood," 
from Byron Gay, who wrote "The Little 
Ford Rambled Right Along." 



(Miss) Jean Russ Smoot has been ap- 
pointed manager of the Grand, Mont- 
gomery, Ala., at which house she was 
formerly treasurer. 



Frank Carter left "Dancing Around" 
on the Coast, returning to New York 
for four weeks. He will rejoin the 
troupe in Portland. 

E. J. Dolan and James Michials are 
putting out a colored minstrel troupe, 
to travel in a special car. The min- 
strels will open the latter part of 
August. 

Matt Smith had two offers Monday 
for next season; one, to go ahead of one 
of the "Pair of Sixes" company, and the 
other to manage the Murat, Indian- 
apolis, for the Shuberts. 

On account of the war the Rigoletto 
Brothers will go under their family 
name of Greenbaum in the future, the 
Brighton Theatre Press Department 
announces. 



The engagement of Olive Wyndham 
to W. Kirkpatrick Bruce is announced. 
Miss Wyndham last appeared in "Chil- 
dren of the Earth." She and Janet 
Beecher are sisters. 

Bryon and Sumner, Hussey and Boyle 
and Ray Montgomery and Anna Healey 
have placed orders with Fred Jennings, 
of the Springfield Portable House Co., 
for new garages on their summer places. 

George Welty is reported as being on 
his way back into the business staff of 
the Klaw & Erlanger offices, Welty to 
be attached to one of the new George 
Tyler show arrangements. 

With Frances Demarest and Chapine 
reading parts, rehearsals started this 
week on "The Blue Paradise," which the 
Shuberts recently brought in from a 
preliminary road trip. 



Al. Jolson plans to spend his summer 
vacation or most of it as the guest at 
Los Angeles of Charles E. Van Loan, 
the originator of the "You Know Me 
Al" stories. 



Archie Curtis, stage manager of Louis 
Mann in "The Bubble," is making more 
mdney out of a retail ice route in New- 
ark than he is getting for his stage en- 
deavors just now. 



Clyde McArdle, manager of Pines 
Park, Haverhill, Mass., was stricken 
last week by appendicitis and tiken tc 
St. Johns Hospital, Lowell, where he 
is resting comfortably. 

William Riley Hatch has been placed 
on contract by George Broadhurst. He 
will appear in "The Law of the Land" 
next season on tour and later will have 
a play written for him. 



Adele Blood expects to return to the 
road as a star next season, appearing in 
a new piece, "Her Game," successfully 
tried out in stock at Buffalo this sum- 
mer. 



Moe Block, manager of Loew's 
Greeley Square, has started on a three 
weeks' vacation which will include a 
>achting cruise to Cape May and re- 
turn. 



Lester Waters is getting a company 
together to take the one-nighters around 
New York in "Wandering Boy" for a 
short summer season. The play has 
been used during the past season by 
traveling stocks with Waters also hav- 
ing a company out in it before. 

Keith's, Philadelphia, has a lemon- 
ade bar in the lobby. It has been giv- 
en considerable notice by the Phila- 
delphia dailies. The free drink is 
changed daily, with Harry T. Jordan 
probably holding out something spe- 
cial for the men, upon application. 

It is a year since Pottsville, Pa., has 
had a road show, when the Academy 
there was burned. Chas. Haussman is 
managing the vaudeville house that 
could take in almost any show and be- 
fore the regular season opens Aug. 30, 
he wants to play a few legit attractions. 

Ed Blondell is back in New York. He 
has been traveling for nearly two years 
with Australia included. Mr. Blondell 
reached the city in his Palm Beach '07 
and a Panama '10 to match. He was 
shy a good cigar and $18, but had a 
commutation ticket for the Automat. 



Joe Wood is rounding out his 22d 
consecutive year of theatrical life up- 
on Broadway. Though Joe Wood may 
look like a Beau Brummel in his daily 
rambles along the Great White Way, 
his recollections of things theatrical, 
says Joe, go back 53 years. 

Late word from Anna Held, who fled 
to Switzerland with her jewels to escape 
what looked like an immediate invasion 
of Paris by the opposing armies, is 
that she is back in Paris and nursing 
wounded French soldiers in her own 
home, directly opposite the residence of 
the President of France. 



Robert Home, in the "Follies" last 
year and now a lieutenant in the Eng- 
lish army, has been leading his forces 
in the field at Flanders, but according 
to his wife, who is living in New York, 
Lieut. Home has been transferred to 
the thickest of hostilities In the Dar- 
danelles. 



New York show managers have re- 
ceived word from Canada that starting 
Aug. 2 the new theatre tax in Canada 
will go into effect. This tax is a result 
of the war, each patron to pay one 
penny in advance of the regular printed 
prices on admission tickets. The tax 
accruing in this respect is announced as 
going to the widows and orphans of the 
soldiers taking part in the present big 
scrap abroad. 



Mrs. Catherine Miller, of 27 Dalmor- 
ton street, New Brighton, Chesire, 
England, is seeking information as to 
the present whereabouts of her son, 
James Gordon Miller, who came over 
here shortly after the first of the year, 
and with his wife, played as Gordon 
and Elgin. Clara Hughes arrived with 
the couple. Her mother has not heard 
from her, and is in fear Miss Hughes 
returned to England on the Lusitania, 
although her name did not appear up 90 
fhe passenger lists. 



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legitimate: 




Maude- Kburne for "Hrutht-r Masons. 



"Twin Ik-da'" paHHod its 400th performance 
thlH week. 

(t<>orKf Na*h Ih 8la(<>d for a road tour In 
"The Three of Hearts." 

('hryatal Heme in to play In ••PolyKainy" 
when It taken to the road early in the fall. 

"It Paya to Advertlne" ntarta in ita 47th 
week at the Cohan next Monday. 

Dixie (llrard haa been sinned for the new 
fall Winter Garden show. 

0. S. Hathaway, after a long and scrloun 111- 
n 'as, ia able to be around again. 



John McKenzle will manage the "On Trial" 
(No. 1) eompany which openn in nonton Labor 
Day. 

William Sheets, manager of the Von Dome, 
Nashville, is in New York looking up attrac- 
tions for his shop next season. 

"Honor Bright." by Catherine Chlsholm 
Cushtng, will be the Blanch* Ring vehicle for 
next season. 



Janet Beecher will have the principal 
feminine role In "The Love Thought" when it 
Is produced this fall. 

Clovannl Zenatello and Marie Gay have 
been signed for next season by Max Rablnoff 
for the Pavlowa company. 



When the William T Hodge show, "The 
Koad to Happiness," opens next fall in New 
York Its manager will be A. J. Spencer. 

Henry Miller's newest play Is to be entitled 
"Just Outside the Door," and is slated for a 
New York premiere the latter part of Sep- 
tember. 



The Aborn Brothers have selected Bridge 
port as the starting place for the new road 
tour of their "A Bohemian Girl' company 
early In September. 

Gustav von Seyffertltz has left for the 
Coast to produce the Greek plays for Mar- 
garet Anglin at University of California 
stadium. 



Herman Tlmberg will star in a new edition 
of "School Days" on the Stair and Havlln 
circuit next season under the management of 
Vaughn Glaser. 



Edward Pcple has written a new play, 

"Kriend Martha," which Harry Frazce is 

understood to have accepted for production 
next season. 



In support of John Drew. F*rane|s Wilson 
and Marie Tempest in their revival of "The 
Duke of Kllllcrankle" at the Empire. New 
York, will be seen Ann Murdock and Grahame 
Hrowne. 



Following a return of Montgomery and Stone 
In "Chin Chin" nt the Globe the second week 
In August, which will last six weeks, the Bhow 
will go to Illinois, Chicago, for an Indefinite 
engagement. 

Henry W. Savage has closed his "Every- 
woman" tour and will keep It off the road next 
season. His "Sari" company, closing July 21 
nt Duluth, will lay off until August, when It 
reopens. 

Dixie French will be back with one of the 
Frazce "Pair of SIxcb" shows next fall. Bert 
Hier will be In advance of the southern com- 
pany and Thomas Rowe, manager, Hier taking 
to the road Aug. U.">. the show opening about 
Sept. 0. 

"Rolling Stones" went Into rehearsal Tues- 
day of this week under the direction of Edgar 
Selwyn. The cast includes Charles Ruggles, 
Harrison Ford, Arthur Aylesworth, Frank 
Klngdin. Bertha Mann, James Kearney. Marie 
Carroll, Rae Sewyn and George Srolthfleld. 



Harry Frazce is reported negotiating for 
the rental of the Onrrlck for a year or so 
where he may produce his own shows in the 
future. If successful In landing the .'tfith 
street house he will open It with a new com- 
edy, "Brother Officers." Frozee's lease on 
the Longacre expires Sept. 1. 



Robert Evans ferried over from Jersey City 
Monday, met several former road agents whom 
he had played "opposition" with In former 
years, Informed them he was managing the 
Orpheum, J. C, which would play feature 
Minis Indefinitely, and then hit the Hudson 
tube for the return trip. 

Richard Klein was In New York Monday on 
hlfl way to Philadelphia to manage the Wood- 
side Piirk theater for Uoyster-Dudley, who re- 
cently nbandoned the musical-opera stock 
policy nnd installed vaudeville and pictures. 
Klein bus been, managing the R-I) stock com- 



pany, Elmira. His successor at Elmlra is 
Krnest Orr. 



"The Boomerang." by Wlnchell Smith, will 
b,- the attraction which will open the Belasco 
season on Aug. 11. Rehearsals began on Mon- 
day and the cast Includes Ruth Shepley, wuo 
will have the role originated by Louise Rutter 
when the play waB tried out last, spring, Wal- 
la e Eddinger, Arthur Byron and Martha Hed- 
mar*. 

William Oviatt, who is summering some- 
where in a sequestered seashore nook, Is due 
for his Broadway return Aug. 1 when he re- 
sumes "general managing" the Joe Weber at- 
tractions. His first duty will be to see that 
the No. 1 show of "The Only Girl" gets under 
way for Its anticipated Chicago run the first 
week in September. 



George E. Walker, who controls the new 
Hancock theatre, Austin, Tex., and the Tem- 
ple, Temple, Tex., now on bis annual pil- 
grimage to New York, has booked Guy Bates 
Post In "Omar, The Tent Maker," as the 
opening attraction for the Hancock Sept. 21 
and will also have Post as the first show at 
the Temple, Sept. 2L\ The Hancock has had 
$20,000 expended upon its rebuilding and the 
house will be as good as new when finished. 



Charles Hunt, who is now in New York, 
will manage the Nat Goodwin tour of "Never 
Say Die," which will be resumed in October. 
Henry E. Smith will again be In advance. 
Goodwin would take to the road earlier but a 
picture contract prevents, the comedian start- 
ing, a new feature for the Universal on the 
Coast Sept. 1. With the Goodwin company 
will be his wife, Margaret Moreland. Others 
will be Frank Lynch, Gladys Wilson, Lute 
Vrohraan, Felix Lynch and Stanley Harrison. 



The addition of Nellie Revell to the Or- 
pheum press department will in nowise inter- 
fere with John Pollock, who has long been In 
charge of that In the New York offices. Miss 
Revell will create a new position and occu- 
pation for an Orpheum's general press repre- 
sentative. She will conduct all special exploi- 
tation, suggest to local men along the route 
and may bring on a couple of assistants from 
out of town who know the circuit to help 
systematize her end of the publicity bureau. 
Mr. Pollock Is kept on the Jump continually 
with the routine of the department. 



Three companies of "The Only Girl" next 
season the cast for the first being Thurston 
Hall, Richard Bartlett, Jed Prouty, Ernst Tor- 
rence, Wllda Bennett. John Flndlay, Louise 
Kelley, Arllne Fredericks. Vivian Wessell and 
Orac? Edmond. No. 2 will have Franklin 
Farnum, Henry Sherwood, Frank Coombs, 
Thomas Burton, Edna Munsey, Mr. Fisher, 
Helen Tyler, Edna Broderlck, Genevieve Hough- 
ton and Gertrude Des Rochew. No. .'{. William 
Naughton. Richard Thompson. 'William Gor- 
dan. Augusta Leeper, Allen Kelly, Emily Fran- 
els, Hallle Spaulding, Adele Hassan nnd Leon a 
Stephens. 



"MID-WINTER FROLIC SURE. 

The annually announced by Flo 
Ziegfeld for several seasons of a "ifid- 
Winter Frolic" seems now assured for 
next season. Ziegfeld has already com- 
missioned Gene Buck to write the book 
and lyrics, with Dave Stamper compos- 
ing the music. The production will be 
made about New Year's at the Amster- 
dam, probably. 

According to the present lay-out the 
Amsterdam has a busy season ahead, 
with a multiplicity of bookings. After 
the Bernhardt engagement there, 
which, if played, will follow the current 
"Follies," "Miss Rabbitt Foot," a piece 
by Channing Pollock and Ren Wolf, is 
to take the Amsterdam stage. 

Buck and Stamper are writing a new 
song for Bert Williams, which has not 
yet been entitled but which will be in- 
troduced by the negro comedian in the 
new "Follies." 



Chas. B. Jacklin (Jacklin and In- 
gram) is seriously ill in Bellevuc Hos- 
pital, suffering fr<>m a complication ot 
diseases. A fund is being raised for his 
benefit by Louis B. Rodelschcimer in 
the Columbia theatre building. 



FILLING S. ft H. ROUTE. 

At a meeting of the managers of a 
number of theatres included in the 
Stair & Havlin Circuit, held last week, 
it was decided they would produce, 
lease and manage a number of shows 
tor the coming season so that there 
would be some assurance of filling some 
of the open time caused by the lack 
of attractions. 

Last week three of the managers 
from Chicago whose houses a r e in- 
cluded in the S.-H. chain were in town, 
and after meeting George Nicholai it 
was decided a producing corporation 
be formed with an office in New York 
to take care of the shows for the time 
between New York and Pittsburgh and 
also to open an office in Chicago which 
will take care of the attractions be- 
tween Pittsburgh and that point. 

The managers are looking for new 
productions, Broadway hits that have 
had a season or so on tour, which they 
will put out on a leasing basis 



I. A. T. S. E. CONVENTION. 

Chicago, July 21. 
The 1915 convention of the Interna- 
tional Alliance Theatrical Stage Em- 
ployees of the U. S. and Canada has 
passed. The sessions were held here 
last week, and while some interesting 
discussions were held no great proce- 
dure was taken by the delegates. 

Cpon the return here of Charles C. 
Shay, who was re-elected president of 
the Alliance without much opposition, 
and the New York delegates, a report 
will be made at the next local meeting. 

Ligon Johnson, attorney for the 
United Managers' Protective Associa- 
tion, was forced to cancel his proposed 
trip to the Chicago convention last 
week, owing to illness. The Alliance 
kept away from action that would em- 
broil it with the Association. 



TORONTO SWITCH. 

Toronto, July 21. 

From present indications the Grand 
opera house, Canada's oldest theatre, 
will house $2 legit shows booked for 
the Princess next season. No prepara- 
tions have been made to get the burned 
Princess in condition to reopen. 

If the Grand is leased for the big 
legit shows, the Toronto O. H., owned 
by Ambrose J. Smith, who also con- 
trols the Grand, will play the dollar 
road attractions. 



SPORTS. 

The country estate H. B. Marinelli 
lately purchased for a home at Mont- 
vale, N. J., has an acreage large enough 
for a baseball diamond that is on it. 
In pursuance thereof the Marinelli 
bunch has developed a hunch that they 
can play ball, and will use the grounds 
until Marinelli sets the dogs on them. 
Meanwhile they may play a few match 
games, the Varietys preferred (because 
the Varietys can loan the Marinelli 
crowd a couple of good players). 



Fred Cruise, chief usher of the 
Strand, New York, is captain of the 
Strand baseball team, composed most- 
ly of ushers at the house. A game 
with the Sing Sing nine is booked for 
the last of the month. 



OBITUARY 

Notice of death of friend*, relative* or of 
persons not directly connected with theat- 
ricals will bo charged for at M coots o Una 
(aeven words). 

Memorlele, boxed In, minimum, M.7S (% 
Inch, not over 3 lines). On* Inch, $3Jt. 
proportionately. 






Nellie Root McCarthy died at her 
apartment in the Hotel De Armond, 
Hamilton, O., July 15. She was in 
vaudeville for several years, with her 
husband, they playing as John and 
Nellie McCarthy. Mr. McCarthy is 
the present manager of the Grand the- 
atre at Hamilton. 



William Albee, the oldest surviving 
member of the Albee family, died in 
Providence, R. I., July 17. He had 
been one of the first managers ot 
Keith's Bijou, Philadelphia, and was 
active around Keith's, Providence, un- 
til about three years ago. The de- 
ceased man was about ten years older 
than his brother, E. F. Albee. 



Billy Kersands, the negro minstrel 
man, while doing a song and dance 
specialty in a plantation show with a 
traveling carnival at Artesia, N. M., 
dropped dead recently and his remains 
were interred in the negro section of 
the Forest Hill Cemetery, Chatta- 
nooga. Kersands was once featured 
with Richards & Pringle's minstrels 
and was also under George L. Barton's 
management for several years. 



George (Rube) Adams, circus man 
and vaudevillian, died of consumption 
July 7 in Koch, Mo. 

May Donahue, a legitimate actrejK 
died July 19 in the German HttfrftttfT 

John David Canfield, for many years 
of the vaudeville team of Canfield and 
Carleton, died July 17 at his home in 
Bath Beach, L. I., after a lingering ill- 
ness, death being due to a complication 
of diseases. His illness caused his re- 
tirement last March, since when he has 
been confined to his home. Before go- 
ing into vaudeville with his wife (Violet 
Carleton) he had supported many of the 
biggest stars. He was in vaudeville for 
17 years. Death came at the age of 59; 
the remains were sent to Utica, N. Y., 
his home town, where services were 
held Monday. 

Karl Rosenfeld, one of the best known 
foreign theatrical managers, died June 
19 at his home in Berlin, after a short 
illness. He has been director of the 
Passage theatre, Berlin, for several 
years. In addition to his theatrical 
work he was a sculptor, painter and had 
invented numerous illusionary effects. 
Rosenfeld was the first to bring to 
America Hauptmann's SKetches and also 
managed the Italia theatre here. He 
was 67 years old and is survived by two 
brothers. 



Doc Blair, J. C. Clinton, Edward 
Conard, Jack Richards, John Cartmell. 
Buck Logan, Joe Coffman and Harry 
Frillman have enlisted with the AI. G 
Fields' minstrel forces for the new sea- 
son. 



LEGITIMATE, 



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COMSTOCK ON THEATRICALS ; 
WARNS "CERTAIN PARTIES" 



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Vice Crusader Said to Be Watching Social and Theatrical 
Favorites, and Issuing Edicts — No Names Mentioned. 



Vice-crusader Anthony Comstock has 
his eye on several managerial lights in 
the theatrical world. A trio of social 
and theatrical favorites who have in the 
past been associated with both the 
managerial and acting side of stage life 
are said to have been visited by him 
and told they would have to reform to 
a certain extent. 

It is also said that a dansant which 
was the rendezvous of young girls is 
not to be operated under the same man- 
agement the coming season because of 
an edict issued by the vice crusader. 



SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES. 

Los Angeles, July 21. 

Loie Fuller's opening at the Mason 
was postponed from Monday until 
Tuesday through a train wreck near 
San Francisco which delayed Miss 
Fuller en route. The advance sale 
presaged light attendance. 

"So Long Letty" is still going strong 
at the Morosco, in its third week. 

"Conspiracy" is the stock production 
at the Burbank, with John Emerson 
and Franklyn Underwood, the latter 
brought from the east especially to 
take part. 



SHOWS IN 'FRISCO. 

San Francisco, July 21. 
Mr*. Patrick Campbell In "Pygma- 
lion'' opened ***y big at the Columbia. 

At the Cort is the Walker Whiteside 
feature film. "The Melting Pot," doing 
nicely. 

The Exposition receipts have taken a 
noticeable boom through the attendance 
here of the Elks and Shriners, holding 
Coast conventions. The arrival of the 
Liberty Bell from Philadelphia Satur- 
day has also given the Expo returns 
a lift. 



BOSTON OPERA TOURING. 

Chicago, July 21. 

The Boston English Opera Co., sup- 
posed to have arranged to tour with 
the productions of "The Girl in Na- 
varre" and "I Pagliacci," has changed 
its plans and will play "The Bohemian 
Girl" instead. 

Joseph Sheehan will head the com- 
pany, starting out from here around 
Sept. 15 on a tour that will be arranged 
1)v Sam Thall. 



WAR PLAY AT CORT. 

Chicago, July 21. 
"Inside the Lines" will follow Mar- 
garet Ulington in "The Lie" at the Cort. 
The war play will open there Oct. 3. 



"SEARCH ME" REMINDFUL. 

Long Branch. N. J., July 21. 

About the first of the season's crop 

of new legit plays intended for the fall 

season was launched here Monday at 

Rosenberg's Broadway, when the Mof- 



fatt-Pennill production of "Search Me" 
showed before a large audience. 

The piece, by Augustus MacHugh, 
smacks of "Grumpy" and "Under Cov- 
er" in spots. The house took kindly 
enough to it, but it doesn't seem to be 
there for a long run in a big house. 

The cast did good work on its male 
side, the women of the company being 
weak. 



SCHWARTZ' COMING HOME. 

Los Angeles, July 21. 
Jean Schwartz, and his wife, Rosie 
Dolly, are on their way back to New 
York. The couple came to the Coast 
as the guests of James B. Brady in 
the latter's private car, but did not 
wait for the finish of the trip out here, 
returning alone. 



McINTYRE-HEATH'S NEW ONE. 

Mclntyre and Heath are to be seen 
in a new play next season. Frank M. 
Stammers has been commissioned by 
John Cort to write a musical farce en- 
titled "The Girl from Grand Rapids," 
with interpolated numbers. 

The new Mclntyre and Heath show 
is scheduled to open at the La Salle, 
Chicago, some time in September. 



BRADY'S "DEVIL" SHOW. 

"The Devil's Show Shop," a play 
tried out for one week recently at 
Poli's, Scranton, in stock, was grabbed 
up by William A. Brady, who will al- 
low New York to look at the piece 
during the fall. 

The author of the play is one Glass- 
niyer. 



MIDDLE WEST MANAGERS MEETING 

The show managers and producers of 
the middle west territory will hold a 
convention in Chicago Aug. 12-13-14, 
when they will discuss show conditions 
in general and endeavor to map out a 
line of action to ease production and 
hooking. The railway transportation 
subject will also be discussed. 



MAUDE HIS OWN MANAGER. 

In spite of the fact that the sign in 
front of the Empire reads that the 
Charles Frohman Co. will present Cyril 
Maude there for a season of four rveeks 
in "Grumpy," the English actor main- 
tains that he will be absolutely under 
his own management next season. Af- 
ter his four weeks at the Empire, he 
will be seen at the Standard. Mr. 
Maude cabled from London to this 
effect after he had been informed the 
Frohman office had announced that he 
was under their management. 



Rose Stahl in "A Perfect Lady." 

Next season will again sec Rose 
Stahl touring in "A Perfect Lady," un- 
der the management, as of yore, of the 
Harris Estate. 



JERSEY OPENINGS. 

Among the July and August attrac- 
tions and also early September book- 
ings for the Broadway, Long Branch, 
and Savoy, Asbury Park, by Walter 
Rosenberg are some of the new shows 
planned for "runs" on Broadway. 

"Search Me," direction Moffatt &. 

Penill, is at the Savoy this half. A. 
H. Woods' new Zelda Sears' play, "The 
Heart of a Child," appears at the 
Broadway July 24. The Shuberts' 
"Blue Paradise" is at Long Branch 
July 30-31. The Henry B. Harris 
Estate offers Frank Lalor in "Oh, Doc- 
tor 1" at the Savoy Aug. 2-3-4; Bclas- 
co's "The Boomerang" the first half 
of the first August week in Long 
Branch and the last half at the Savoy; 
Selwyn & Co.'s "Under Fire" at the 
Broadway Aug. 5-6-7. Their new "Roll- 
ing Stones" is at the same house Aug. 
9-10. "Rolling Stones" is at Asbury 
Park Aug. 10-11, while the Savoy the 
two days before has Woods' "Common 
Clay." This latter piece plays the 
Broadway 11-12. 

Other dates are "Brother Masons" 
(H. H. Frazee), with Frank Mclntyre, 
at L. B. Aug. 13 and A. P. the 14th; 
Woods' "Cousin Lucy," with Julian El- 
tinge, Aug. 13 A. P. and the 14th at 
the Broadway; "See My Lawyer" (A. 
H. Woods') Aug. 16-17 Long Branch, 
18-19 Asbury Park; May Irwin in "13 
Washington Square" Aug. 16-17 Asbury 
Park, 18-19 Long Branch; Shuberts' 
drama, "Full Value," Aug. 20-21 Long 
Branch; John Cort's "The Ragged Mes- 
senger," with Walker Whiteside, Aug. 
23-24-25 Asbury Park, 26-27-28 Long 
Branch. 

Mr. Rosenberg has, in addition to 
some open time during this "new show 
period," Sunday concerts, wrestling 
carnival (final July 28), annual police 
benefit July 29 at Long Branch, while 
other dates for the houses are "Under 
Cover" and "Twin Beds," which are 
announced for the same dates, Sept. 2- 
3-4 for the former and 9-10-11 for the 
latter. Margaret Illington in "The Lie" 
is dated for Asbury Park July 26-27-28. 
Rosenberg has gotten out small cards 
with the dates of the shows for the dif- 
ferent houses. 



HITCHCOCK SHOW. DELAYED. 

The musical comedy vehicle George 
M. Cohan is to furnish and in which 
Raymond Hitchcock is to appear in 
under the management of Cohan & 
Harris this season, is to be a burlesque 
of the early productions of the year 
and the production will be delayed 
until some time in October. 

Mr. Cohan will wait until the first 
crop of this season's plays reach 
Broadway before he begins work on 
the new vehicle for the comedian. 



"HOBSON'S CHOICE" FIRST. 

Among the new plays reported as 
prospective fall productions by the Shu- 
berts is one A. E. Thomas has sub- 
mitted, styled "The Strange Boarder." 

The Shuberts have "Hobson's Choice" 
as the play that will be the first into 
the Maxine Elliott this coming season. 

If you don't advertise In VARIETY, 
don't advartia*. 



STOCKS OPENING. 

Holyokc, Mass., July 21. 
Mrs. Helen Hardy has leased the 
Holyoke theatre for four weeks with 
an option of longer time and opened 
with a stock company headed by Edith 
Fauvelle and Richard Osborne. 

Lancaster, Pa., July 21. 
The Forsberg Players, organized by 
Edward Forsberg, with Edward Van 
Sloan leading man, opens a winter's 
engagement here Sept. 20. 

Edward Forsberg will also install 
Forsberg's Players in Proctor's Park 
Place, Newark, Labor Day, the house 
having been taken over by Forsberg 
and George Jacobs. 

The Wadsworth, New York, goes 
back to its stock policy early in the 
fall, the company to again be directed 
by Philip Orenstcin. 

Paterson, N. J., July 21. 
Corse Payton has leased the Empire 
here and will install the Payton Play- 
ers Labor Day. 

Charlotte, N. C, July 21. 
The Piedmont Players, who recently 
closed their season in Knoxville, Tenn., 
have opened here. Anna Nicols, the 
leading woman, will appear in support 
of Fiske O'Hara next season. 

Plainiield, N. J., July 21. 
William Mallcy will personally man- 
age the new fall stock he will place at 
the Majestic here Labor Day. 

Chicago, July 21. 
Evanston, the North Side suburb of 
Chicago, will have a stock all its own 
starting Monday. The company will 
appear at the Evanston theatre and will 
have Louise Dunbar, James Baber, Jack 
Marvin and Grace Dunbar Nile. 

Nathan Appell announces he has 
leased the Auditorium, Maiden, Mass., 
and will plant stock there around La- 
bor Day. The recruiting of the com- 
pany started Wednesday in Paul Scott's 
office. 

Ed. Renton, who has severed man- 
agerial connections with S. Z. Poli. 
plans to remain in stock and will very 
likely place his first stock company in 
the Auditorium, Baltimore, in Septem- 
ber. 



LONERGAN QUITS B08TON. 

Boston, July 21. 
Lester Loncrgan, after ten weeks of 
stock at the Majestic, closed Saturday. 
Lonergan is reported as considerably 
behind on the venture. 



SHORTAGE IN ROAD SHOWS. 

Chicago, July 21. 
The agencies report this week that 
there will be a shortage of road pro- 
ductions to start from Chicago this fall. 
It is said that there will be some activ- 
ity in the engaging line next week, but 
for the past sjx weeks the engaging of 
people for productions has been very 
slack. 



12 



VARIETY 



mtmm 



BILLS NEXT WEEK (July 26) 

In Vaudeville Theatres, Playing Three or Less Shews Daily. 

(All houses open for the week with Monday matinees, when not otherwise indicated.) 
Theatres listed as "Orphcum" without any further distinguishing description are on the 

Orpheum Circuit. Theatres with "Loew" following name are on the Loew Circuit. 

Agencies booking the houses ait noted by single name or initials, such as "Orph," Orpheum 

Circuit-"U. B. ().," United Booking Offices- -"W. V. M. A.," Western Vaudeville Managers' Asso- 

ciation (Chicago)— "P," Pantages Circuit— "Inter," Interstate Circuit (booking through W. V. M. 

A.— "M, M James C. Matthews (Chicago). 



New York 

PALACE (orph) 
Grace LaRue 

Banks Half Million ' 
Nat Wills 
iionnie GlaaB Co 
Water Lllllea 
Doylu ft Dixon 
Pekin Mysteries 
Santley ft Norton 
Ford Dancing Kevue 
HARLEM O H (ubo) 

2d half (22-25) 
Johnny Small Co 
Phyllis Pell 
J Wlnthrop Co 
Bernard A Meyer 
Morris & lieasley 
Marehall Montgomery 
- CilrU Orient" 

1st half (20-28) 
Dorothy Hogent Co 
Musical Uormans 
Edwin George 
(Three to fill) 
5TH AVE (ubo) 
2d half (22-25) 
C K ft Johnson 
Wilson ft Lenolre 
M Wolf ft S 
Edwin George 
Kelly ft Wilder Co 
Harry Cooper Co 
Cecllle Co 

lBt half (26-28) 
Fred Watson 
Millie Stevens Co 
Eva Shirley Co 
(Three to nil) 
ROYAL (ubo) 
I'd half (22-25) 
Li rad lee Martin Co 
Eugenia Le Blanc 
Moneyless Honeymoon 
Cantor ft Lee 
Ross Kentz Troupe 
1st half (2tf-28) 
Keller ft D'Vlolet 
hurry Comer 
L Kingsbury Co 
lioyt'a Minstrels 
Courtney Slaters 
-Clown Seal" 

2d half (2U-1) 
lOlO West 
Kobt E Keane 
Musical Gormana 
Hawthorne ft IngUa 
(Three to fill) 

AMERICAN (loew) 
Hums ft Kissen 
Olga ft Mltihka 
Moss ft Frey 
Leonard ft Louie 
Ethel May Hall Co 
Frank Terry 
Margaret Ford 
(Three to till) 
2d half 
Mc-Crea ft Clegg 
Cook & Stevens 
.lumi'B Davltt Co 
Jonepblne Davis 
Harman ft Lewis 
(Four to fill) 

7TH AVE (loew i 
Morin Sisters 
Schwartz ft Wooley 
Sterling ft Chapnvin 
"MaBter Move" 
Harman Zanies & D 
Reddlngton ft Grant 

2d half 
Smith ft West 
(Hen Ellison 
Jones & Sylvester 
Ed Zoeller Trio 
(Two to nil) 

GREELEY (loew) 
Bowers ft Saunders 
Richard Burton 
Richard MUloy Co 
Steppe ft Martin 
Hnrraan ft Lewis 
(One. to (HI) 

2d half 
Margaret Farrell 
Popular Trio 
Cole ft Denahy 
(Three to fill) 
BOULEVARD (loew) 
Glen Ellison 
O'Neill Sisters 
Chas Deland Co 
Gordon ft Marx 
Ed Zoeller Trio 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Morln Sisters 
Lora Payne 
Old Soldier Fid 
Harman Zarnes ft D 
Xamba Bros 
(One to fill) 
DfcJLANCEY (loew) 
llandls ft Miller 
McCrra ft Clegg 
Bill Prultt 
ll.irry Brooks Co 
Lewis Belmont L 
(Three to fill) 
2d half 
Richard MUloy Co 
Norton ft Earle 
'Hnrry Gilbert 
(Five to fill) 



LINCOLN (loew) 
I»w Wood 
Plcolo Midgets 
Sullvan-Keogh Co 
Olga Cooke 
(Two to All) 

2d half 
Moore A Jenkins 
Pilcer ft Douglas 
Harry Brooks Co 
Burns ft Kissen 
Great Santell Co 
(One to All) 

NATIONAL (loew) 
Gertrude Cogert 
Alpine Four 
Norton ft Earle 
(Three to fill) 

2d half 
"Olde Song Revue" 
Walters ft Daniels 
Handle ft Miller 
Reddlngton A Grant 
(Two to fill) 

ORPHEUM (loew) 
Cole A Denahy 
Harry Gilbert 
James Davltt Co 
Cook A Stevens 
"Olde Song Revue" 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Howard A Chase 
O'Neill Sisters 
"Dugan's Money" 
Lewis Belmont A L 
I^eonard A Louie 
(One to fill) 

Coney Island. 

HENDERSON'S (ubo) 

Clalrmont Bros 

Nardlnf 

Natalie A Ferrari 

Cooper A Smith 

Morris Cronln 

Tombes A Wentworth 

Odlra 

Hussey A Boyle 

"Soloman" 

BRIGHTON (ubo> 
Snhlne ft Bonner 
Miller ft Lyle 
Benuniont ft Arnold 
Belle Blanche 
Howard ft McCane 
Ixhj Carrlllo 
Raymond ft Caverly 
Geo N Brown 

Roekavcay Bch t L.I. 

MORRISON'S (ubo) 
Aubrey ft Rich 
Cantor A Lee 
Morton A Glass 
Clara Morton Co 
Sam A Kitty Morton 
Morton A Moore 

Brooklyn 

PROSPECT 'ubo* 

De Velde A Zelda 

John Cutty 

Mr ft Mrs J Kelso 

Leah Wlnslow Co 

Grace Fisher 

Fremont Benton Co 

Geo MaeFarlane 

Henry Lewis 

Herbert A Goldsmith 
BUSHWICK (ubo) 

Dancing Lavarrs 

Carl McCullough 
Gordon Eldrld Co 

Farber Girls 

Rooney ft Bent 

Mullen ft Coogan 

Robt G Deckler Co 

Belle Baker 
The Gladiators 
OREENPOINT (ubo) 

2d half (22-25) 
Sid Baxter Co 
Carl McCullough 
Mollte Mclntyre Co 
Elphye Snowden Co 
Milt Collins 
Ameta 

1st half (2»;-2«) 
Mlzzla Bros 
Sallle Stembler 
1040 West 
Emma FranclR Co 
Clipper Comedy 4 
Al Herman 
"Telephone Tangle" 

2d half (20-1) 
Whltehill A Whltehlll 
Brown Fletcher 3 
Tom Nawn Co 
Larry Comer 
(Three to fill) 

5TH AVE (ubo i 

1st half 
Hayden Sisters 
Cornelia Ponzilla 
Gordon ft Warren 
Laverne ft Russell 
Eva Fay 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Lowe & Devere 
Dunbar ft Mark 
Hair ft Boggs 
Eva Fay 
Bogart ft Nelson 
The Zlras 



HALSEY (ubo) 
1st half 
Lowe A Devere 
Don Cort A Mack 
Carroll Plckler Co 
The Reybolds 
Bogart A Nelson 
Mendelsohn Four 
3 Bonds 
Gordon's Dogs 
2d half 
Hayden Sisters 
Cornelia Ponzilla 
Gordon A Warren 
"Prince Charles" 
Laverne A Russell 
3 Whallens 
Monarch Comedy 4 
Aerial Shaws 

FULTON (loew) 
Smith A West 
Howard A Chase 
Two Georges 
(Three to fill) 
2d half 
Smith A Ralph 
Moss A Fry 
Dixie Gerard 
"Master Move" 
Frank Terry 
(One to fill) 

SHUBERT (loew) 
Smith A Radph 
Harashlms Bros 
"Shot at Sunrise" 
LeVan A Devlne 
Tojettl A Bennett 
(Ono to fill) 

2d half 
Maude Tiffany 
Alpine Four 
Ethel May Hall Co 
Brown A Jackson 
Mykoff A Vanity 
(One to All) 

BIJOU (loew) 
Moore A Jenkins 
Walters A Daniels 
Pilcer A Douglas 
Margaret Farrell 
"Dugan'sMoney" 
Popular Trio 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Lew Woods 
Olga A Mlshka 
LeVan A Devlne 
Plcolo Midgets 
(Three to fill) 

PALACE (loew) 
Lora Pavne 
Old Soldier Fldd 
Harry Rose 
Great Santell Co 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
nowers 6 Saunders 
Valentine Vox 
Sullivan-Kengh Co 
Steppe A Martin 
Van Cello 

Alton. III. 

AIRDROME (wva) 
Riley Wilson 
Baraban A Oroh« 

2d half 
The Bimbos 
T/ow Hawkins 

Atlantic City, \. J. 

KETTH'S (ubo) 
Burdelln Patterson 
Frank Mullnne 
H Shone Co 
Houdlnl 

Pert Fltzglbbon 
Nat Naznrro Co 
(One to All) 
ninfrhfimtoii, V V. 
STONE O H (ubo) 
(Elmlra Split) 
1st hnlf 
Rutland A Clinton 
Nick Verga 
Cummlngs A Graham 
Belle Isle" 

Ronton 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
The Seebacks 
Old Homestead 8 
Donovan A Lee 
Bowers W A C 
Mllo 

Hyams ft Mclntyre 
Dare Bros 
PROCTOR'S (ubo) 

2d half (22-2R) 
The Erlouards 
Jas Cantwell 
"Dlxey Elopement" 
Smith* C ft 1 
Cooper ft Smith 
Harrnh Co 

1st half (2*1-28) 
Elphye Snowden 
Tom Nawn Co 
Alex Kids 
The Berklles 
(Two to fill) 

GLOBE ( loew i 
Claudia Trarey 
Stanley James Co 
Foy ft Page 
Sterling ft Marguerite 
(Threo to tllh 



2d half 
Cecil Dunham 
Harry Glbbs Co 
Mack Albright ft M 
Ross Bros 
(Three to All) 
ST JAMES (loew) 
Dotaon ft Gordon 
Harry Gibbs Co 
Allen ft Franclb 
Ross Bros 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Lois 

E E Cllve Co 
J ft M Harkins 
Cook ft Rothert 
(Two to fill) 

Bridgeport, Conn. 

POLI'S (ubo) 
MeClure A Dolly 
Evelyn Cunningham 
Bell Boy Trio 
Kerr ft Weston 
(One to fill) 

24 half 
Flood A Erna 
Foy A Paige 
Helen Shlpman 
Bronto A Aldwell 
Seven Brooks 

PLAZA (ubo) 
La Viva 
The Gliders 
Arthur A Nash 
"Earl A Girls" 

2d half 
The Amolls 
Grace A Burke 
Morris A Wilson 

Buffalo 

SHEA'S (ubo) 
Flake O'Hara 
Willard 

Military Dancers 
Galletl's Monks 
(Four to fill) 

Calvary 

PANTAGES (mi 
Haberdashery 
Winsch A Poore 
Harry VonFossen 
Hondas Trio 
Dow A Dow 

Chicago 

MAJESTIC (orph) 
Brlco A King 
•Society Buds" 
:t Stelndel Bros 
Fisher A Green 
Jean Challon 

"Aurora Light" 
Kramer A Morton 
Queenle Dunedln 
McVICKERS (loew) 
Maestro 
McKltty Trio 
The Vanderkoors 
Stein A Hume 
"Master Move" 
Chris Lane 
Dufor Bros 
Fred Gllmore ft Bart 
ftnelanan. 
KEITHS (ubo) 
Tyler St Clair 'A 
Miller ft Rambo 
Kalma Co 
Holden ft Harron 
John De Lorls 

Cleveland 

MILES (loew) 
Dixon Sisters 
Manhattan Trio 
Burke ft Burke 

Name was Dennis 
Ed Gray 
Kanazawa Trio 

Columbia, Mo. 

STAR (wva) 
Orbasany's Cockatoos 

2d half 
Wilts ft Wilts 

<'oluml»'"<. 
KEITH'S (ubo> 
Drown ft Taylor 
Capt Spaulding 
Gladstone ft Talmadgc 
Adolfo 

Gen Muller 3 
(One to All) 
Cumberland, Md. 
MARYLAND (ubo) 
1st half 
Sllverton Girls 
Violin Beauties 
2d hair 
Yvonne 
Carl Stntzer Co 

Dea Molnea . . 

EMPRESS iwvai 
Slgsbrces Dogs 
Mott ft Maxfleld 
Princess Kalama Duo 
Bowman Bros 
Alfred Famllv 
2d half 
Scan Ion ft Pres 
Murphy ft M alone 
Tntes Motoring 
"Mystic Bird" 
Angelo Arm en to \ 

Bros 



TEMPLE (ubo) 
Vernle Kaufman 
Bison City 4 
4 Romanos 
Kirk A Fogarty 
F Nordstrom Co 
Cecil Cunningham 
Smith A Austin 
F V Bowers Co 

ORPHEUM (loew) 
Law ton 
DuFor Bros 
Bernsrd A Harrington 
Ashwell Twins 
Lee Barth 
Shelvey Boya 

Dnlntk 

NEW GRAND (wva) 
El Cota 
The Puppetts 
Novelty Four 
Paul La Croix" Co 

2d half" 
Jamison Duo 
Greenlee A Drayton 
Sebastian Merrlsl Co 
(One to fill) 



Jersey City 

KEITH r 8> (ubo) 
1st half (26-28) 

Brown Fletcher 8 

Wm Lydell Co 

Hawthorne A InglU 

(Two to fill) 

Joplln, Mo. 

ELECTRIC (wva) 
Maleta Bsnconl 
2d half 
Herbert Dyer Co 
Banks Breazeale Duo 



iSdmoutoa. Con. 

PANTAGES (m) 
"Salt Lake Belles" 
Will Armstrong Co 
Archer A Csrr 
Gascolgnes 
LaZar A Dale 

Elmlra. N. Y. 

FAMILY (ubo) 

(Binghamton split) 

1st half 

Chief Tenehsoa 

Hawthorne's Minstrels 

Helene Davis 

Eatherellle. la. 

GRAND (wva) 
Ollroy A Corlel 
2d half 
Abbott A Mills 

Fall River. Maaa. 

BIJOU (loew) 
Cecil Dunham 
E E Cllve Co 
Valentine Vox 
Cook A Rothert 
2d half 
Dotson A Gordon 
Richard Burton 
Allen A Francis 
Billy West Co 

Fremont, Neb. 

EMPRESS (wva) 
Stelndel A Lee 
2d half 
Johnson A Crane 

Grand lelaneL Nek. 

MAJESTIC (wva) 
Johnson A Crane 

2d half 
Stelndel A Lee 

ftrnnd Rap-Ida, Mien 

RAMONA PK (ubo) 
Orvllle Stamm 
Nonette 
Keno A Green 
Jane Connolly Co 
Kauffman Bros 
Haveman's Animals 

Hannibal; Mo. 

PARK (wva) 
"Broadway Revleu" 

2d half 
Juggling Matthlews 
Vlctorlne A Zolar 
Howe A Howe 
Aerial Buds 

Hartford, Conn. 

PALACE (ubo) 
Carlton Sisters 
Brown A Spencer 
Grace ft Burke 
John Wlnthrop Co 
Milt Collins 
La Delia Comlques 

2d half 
MeClure A Dolly 
Keefe Langdon A W 
Dawson Players 
Grace DeWlnters 
Colonial Minstrel 

Hohoken. N. J. 

LYRIC (loew) 
Johnnie Wise A Sis 
Pnyne ft Condon 
Moore A Wells 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Cnrl Surtlno 
Hnrnshlma Bros 
(Tbree to fill) 

Hutchinson, Kan. 

RIVERSIDE PK 
(wva) 
W F Reno 
.1 Gay Sis 
c 0" Marshall 
Fern Bigelow 3 
2d half 
Fears ft Homer 
Jerome Tudor A S 
Raymond A Hess 
Mile Martha A Sis 

fft«llnnaaoM«. 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Km met A Emmet 
Will Morris 
Beyle A Patsy 
elms B Lawler Co 

JenTeraon City, la. 

GEM (wva) 
Wilts ft Wilts 
2d half 
Orbanany'e Cockatoop 



Xanana City, Kan. 

ELECTRIC (wva) 
Musical Hunters 
Ray Snow 

2d half 
Kennedy A Msck 
Maleta Banconl 

Lancaster, Pn. 

COLONIAL (ubo) 
McCarthy Sisters 
J Katsman Co 
Norman L Sper 
Newsboys Sextet 

2d half 
Violin Beauties 
Abe Marks Co 
Standard Trio 
"Clown Seal" 

Maeoln. 
ELECTRIC PK (wvs) 
Angelo Armento Bros 
Zeno Jordon A Z 

2d half 
Three Lyres 
Broslus A Brown 
Fenner A Tolman 
LYRIC (wva) 
Bogard A Nlcol 
Tate's Motoring 

2d half 
Mott A Maxfleld 
Great Randalls 

Iioa Anerelea. 

ORPHEUM 
Nazlmova 
Norton A Lee 
Lucy Gillette 
Dooley A Rugel 
Lai Mon Kim 
Lorraine A Dudley 
Joe Cook 

PANTAGES (m) 
6 Klrkamlth Sis 
Cornell Corley Co 
Passing Revue Trio 
3 Weber Sisters 
Halley A Nobel 

Louisville 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Gilbert A Barrett 
Two Lowes 
Simpson A Dean 
3 Kawana Bros 
FN FRY PK (orph) 
Shannon A Annls 
Doris Wilson 3 
Harris A Manlon 
Stuart A Keeley 
Kremka Bros 

Maaon City, la. 

REGENT (wva) 
Versatile Four 
2d half 
Prelle's Circus 
Stross A Becker 

Minneapolis 

NEW GRAND (wva) 
Gray A White 
Mr A Mrs F Allen Co 
Frank Rogers 
Lockhart A Leddy 



If ewark. If. J. 

MAJESTIC (loew) 
Brown A Jackson 
"Stick-Up Man" 
Jones ft Sylvester 
Van Cello 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Sterling A Chapman 
"Shot at Sunrise" 
Gordon A Marx 
(Three to fill) 

New Ha wen. Conn 

POLI'S (ubo) 
Flood A Erna 
Helen Shlpman 
Morris A Wilson 

3 English Girls 
Grace DeWlnters 
Colonial Minstrels 

2d half 
Hlte A Rlflow 
Brown ft Spencer 
Marie Elaine Co 
Dody A Allman 
La Dolla Comlques 

BIJOU (ubo) 
Carson A Younger 
Sllblnl A Grovlnl 
Tom Olllen 

2d half 
Evelyn Cunningham 
The Gliders 
Arthur A Nash 
Norfolk. Va. 
ACADEMY (ubo) 
(Richmond split) 
1st half 
'Sons- Doctors" 
The Schmettans 
Al Edwards 
D DeSchelle Co 
Eckert A Parker 
(One to fill) 

Oakland. Cnl. 

ORPHEUM 
Kitty Gordon Co 
Brltt Wood 

4 Melodious Chapn 
Jack Wilson 
(Others to 011) 



PANTAGES (m) 
(Opens Sun Mat) 

0*eo H Primrose 

Rhoda A Crsmpton 

Arline 

Early A Lslght 

The Bremens 

Chartres Halllday Co 

Oklahoma City, Ok. 

EMPRE8S (wva) 
The Grazers 

2d half 
Keough Sisters 

Omaha 

EMPRESS (wva) 
Scan ion A Press 
"Mystic Bird" 
Neal Abel 
Great Tutz Co 
2d half 
Slgsbree's Dogs 
Brown A Bristol 
Bogart A Nlooll 
Alfred Family 

Pallaade Park, N«l. 

LOEW 
Lea Casados 
The Bleriotts 

Perry* la. 

OPERA HOUSE 
(wva) 
Burton A Burton 

2d half 
Pltaor A Daye 

Philadelphia 

GRAND (ubo) 
Brindamour 
Ray Dooley 3 
American Comedy 4 
Hathaway A Mack 
Brady A Mahoney 
(One to fill) 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Kurtls' Roosters 
Sheppard A Dslsell 
Harry Glrard Co 
Cooper A Smith 
Bell Family 
Thurber A Madison 
White A Clayton 
Lillian Shaw 
Rlggs A Wltchle 

Plttabnrsrh 

HARRIS (ubo) 
Emelle Sisters 
Blanche Colvin 
The Parshleys 
Tyler A Corllus 
"Dream of Orient" 
Joe Lanigan 
Wilson A Aubrey 

Portland, Ore. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Hanlon Bros A Co 
Kltner Haynes A M 
Barto A Clark 
Kelly A Calvin 
Morton Bros 

Prowtdeneo, R. 1. 

EMERY (loew) 
Lola 

Mack Albright A M 
JAM Harkins 
Billy West Co 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Paul Petchlng Co 
Claudia Tracey 
Stanley James Co 
Foy A Page 
Sterling A Marguerite 



Richmond 

BIJOU (ubo) 
(Norfolk split) 
1st half 
Two Carltons 
Miller A Mack 
The Cranberrya 
Cantwell A Walker 
Stan Stanley 3 

Roanoke, Va. 

ROANOKE (ubo) 

1st half 
Bulger Bros 
"The Firefly" 
3 Escardos 
(One to fill) 

St Louie 
EMPRESS (wva) 
Nadjl 

Monde A Selle 
Kumry Bush ft Ro 
Lew Hawkins 
The Bimbos 

2d half 
Roland Travers 
John A West Co 
Althoff Sisters 
Louis London 

ERBER'S iwv;n 
Roland Travers 
Gordon Bros ft Walton 
Frank Crumit 
Aerial Budds 

2d half 
Margaret Calvert 
Ray Snow 
"Broadway Revue" 

HAMILTON (wva) 
Vlctorlne A Zolar 
John A West Co 
Tun Chin Troupe 

2d half 
Gordon Bros ft Walton 
Monde A Selle 
Frank Crumit 
Kumry Bush A R 
ftt. Paul 
PRINCESS (wva) 
Jamison Duo 
Greenlee A Drayton 
Sebastian Merrill Co 
(One to fill) 



2d half 
Cornelia A Adela 
81 A Mary Stebblns 
Yates A Wheeler 
Bterllnger Rose A 8 

Salt Lake 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Open Wed Mat) 
Arliona Joe A Co 
Leonard Anderson Co 
Venlta Gould 
North lane A Ward 
Three Rlanos 

Ban Otero 

PANTAGES (m) 
Sarah Padden A Co 
Friend A Downing 
Iahlkawa Japs 
Randow Trio 
West A VanSlclen 
Dorothy Vaughan 

8a a FraaelMco 
ORPHEUM 

(Open Sun Mat) 
"Song Revue" 
Nan Halperln 
Alan Dlnehart Co 
The Volunteers 
Bert Melrose 
Misses Campbell 

EMPRESS (loew) 
Lonzo Cox 
Connors A Witt 
"On the Veranda" 
Dorothy Hermann 
La Palaricka A Part 

PANTAGES (m) 

(Open Sun Mat) 
Tom Linton A Girls 
King Thornton Co 
Maye A Addle 
LaToska 
Eddie Ross 
Jue Quong Tai 

Seattle 

PANTACTE8 (m) 
Henrietta DeSerris 
Welch Carabssse Co 
May A KlMuff 
University Four 
Alexander Bros 

Spokane 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Opens Sun Mat) 

"Maid in Calgary" 

Karl Emmy Pets 

Innesa a Ryan 

Lalla Selblnl 

Joe Roberts 

Sullivan A Maaon 

Sprlnejucld, Maaa. 

PALACE (ubo) 
The Amolls 
Keefe Langdon A W 
Gene Frailer Co 
Bronte A Aldwell 
Foy A Paige 
Seven Bracks 

2d half 
3 English Girls 
Holmes A Buchannan 
Elsie White 
Bell Boy Trio 
Kerr A Weston 
Milt Collins * - 

Wood Bros 

Sprlngrfleld* Mo. 

JEFFERSON (wva) 
Owen Wright 
The Hrdllckes 
2d half 
Fitzgerald A Ashton 



►r, Wla. 

PEOPLES (wva) 
Eastman A Moore 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Thompson A Griffin 
Grace A Forrest 
Tacoma. 

PANTAGES (m) 
"Shadow Girl" 
Mint A Wertz 
Edith Helena 
Gordon Highlanders 
Dark A McCullough 
I'oNhIo 
KEITH'S (ubo) 
Brown A McCormlck 
3 Lorettas 
Deadato 

Montrose A Sardell 
Bob Warren 
McRae A Laport 

Toronto 

HIP (ubo) 
The Ozaves 
Mabel Mack 
Van Cleve A Pete 
James Reynolds 
Savoy A Brennan 
Flying Weavers 

YONOE (loew) 
"Posing Beauty" 
Bowen A Bowen 
Olga DeBaugh 
"Peaches and Pair" 
Willie Smith 
Cunningham ft Marion 
(One to fill) 

Trenton, N. J. 

TAYLOR O H (ubo) 
1st half 
The Zlras 
Hither ft Shears 
Abe Marks Co 
Patrleola ft Myers 
"Garden of Peaches" 

2d half 
McCarthy Sis 
Margie Hart 
J Katzman Co 
Brook Stick ft E 
."> Satsudas 



(Continued on page 19.) 



VARIETY 



13 



COAST PICTURE NEWS. 

■T GUY PUOE 

Edna NalBon and the Smalleys have left for 
Chicago. 

Hobart Henley is with the Universal. 

Louise Glaum is suffering from laryngitis. 

William Desmond has been engaged by the 
New York. 

Richard Stanton, Willard Mack, Enid Mar- 
key and Producer Thomas M. I nee are taking 
pictures in Santa Barbara this week. 



Ted Browning, recently injured in an auto- 
mobile accident. Is improving and soon will 
be able to resume his work as director at the 
Reliance and Majestic studio. 



Francis Grandon has returned from New 
York. 



George Selgman, injured in an automobile 
accident, is progressing rapidly and will short- 
ly return to the Mutual Hollywood studio. 



Chester Wlthey, Komlc, is entertaining his 
sister, Margaret Wlthey, of New England. 

Miriam Cooper, of the Griffith Co., is plan- 
ning another business trip to New York. 

Jules Mendel is with the Mina no longer. 
Neither Is James Byrne, director. 



J. Warren Kerrigan and company of 15 are 
at Lake Tahoe. 

Richard Walton Tully ib on the Coast to 
Mlmatlze some of his plays. 



Jess Robbins, Los Angeles manager for 
Essanay, has a new car. 



Bessie Barrlscale has resumed picture leads 
after a brief vacation. 



Bonnie Zeldman Is in San Francisco. 



Thomas H. Ince is grabbing off all the lead- 
ing men in sight. 



Frank Keeimii Las begun the great battle 
scenes for his picture starring vehicle. 



Donald Bowles, now in Alms, for a number 
of years directed the Burbank stock company. 



Jim Nell has forsaken the screen to direct 
a school for embryo camera stars. 



Robert Leonard, Ella Hall, Grace Cunard. 
Francis Ford, Cleo Madison, Charles Giblyn, 
from Universal City, will attend the conven- 
tion of motion picture exhibitors at San Fran- 
cisco. 



Norval Macgregor baa Jolneu the Universal 
forces at the Pacific Coast studios, where he 
is to direct the work of Hobart Bosworth in 
i'nfversal Multiple reel features. 

Nat. G\ Goodwin has arrived on the Pacific 
Coast, where he Is soon to start work in the 
pictures. 



Charles Giblyn, director at the Universal 
Pacific Coast studios, has left Los Angeles to 
attend the conclave of the Shrlners at Seattle. 



Julia Dean, Broadway star, has arrived on 
the coast, and has started to work In her first 
Universal production. 

Jack Pearce, of the 101 Bison (Universal) 
Co., Is recovering from an injury in a train 
wreck staged in San Bernardino and will be 
at work again soon. 

Seven of the Universal's Pacific Coast play- 
ers are leaving to travel by auto to New York, 
returning in a few weeks. They are J. J. 
Duffy, Glen Snow, Charles Raymond, Irving 
Lippner, ThomaB Kewcastle. Richard Cornish 
and Adelbert Bornt. 



Henry McRae, former director of the 101 
Bison company, has been made director gen- 
eral of the Universal's Pacific Coast produc- 
ing companies. 

Watt Rothaker. one of the board of directors 
of the Universal Film Manufacturing com- 
pany, arrived this week at the Universal City 
studios, where he Is to spend a week before 
returning east. 

Paul Panzer signed a contract Monday to 
play opposite Mary Fuller in forthcoming 
Universal releases. Panzer and Miss Fuller 
have started work upon a new three-part 
comedy which the U will make as the first of 
the new Panzer-Fuller combination. Miss 
Fuller and supporting photoplnyers have com- 
pleted the feature making of "Under Southern 
Skies." Matt Moore, who has heretofore 
played leads with Miss Fuller, will very likely 
he shifted to the Violet Mesereau company 
of the U forces. 



The newly-formed Equitable has added Isa- 
dore Bernstein, founder of Universal City, 
and John I nee. who has been directing for 
Lubln for some time, to Its forces. Both men 
have started active work In their new posl- 
tl)ii->. Bernstein Is at present at work upon 
a five-reel feature and will be assisted by Ince 
and another director to be selected. The 
Equitable is producing at the old Ramo plant 
in Flushing. The company will make two 
features a month and will also have a weekly 
-Ingle reel production. 



RELEASED NEXT WEEK (Jnly 26 to Joly 31, inc.) 

MANUFACTURERS INDICATED BY ABBREVIATIONS. VIZ.: 



GENERAL 

Vitagraph V 

Biograph B 

Kalem K 

Lubin L 

Pathe Pthe 

Selig S 

Edison E 

Essanay S-A 

Kleine Kl 

Meliet . Mel 

Ambroaio Amb 

Columbus Col 

Mina Mi 

Knickerbocker— Kkbr 



UNIVERSAL 

Imp I 

Bison B101 

Nestor N 

Powers P 

Eclair Eclr 

Rex Rx 

Frontier Frnt 

Victor Vic 

Gold Seal G S 

Joker J 

Universal Ike — U I 

Sterling Ster 

BigU BU 

L.-K. O L K O 

Laemmle Lie 



MUTUAL 

American A 

Keystone Key 

Reliance Rel 

Majestic Mai 

Thanhouser T 

Kay-Bee KB 

Domino Dom 

Mutual M 

Princess Pr 

Komic Ko 

Beauty Be 

Apollo Apo 

Royal R 

Lion Ln 

Hepworth H 

Fafstaff F 



UNITED 

(Jaumont Gau 

Superba Sup 

Empress Emp 

St. Louis St L 

Lariat Lar 

Humanology H 

Luna Luna 

Grandin Grand 

Ramo Ramo 

Ideal Ideal 

Starlight Star 

Regent Res 

Miller Bros. 1Q1..M B 

Premier Prem 

Cameo Cam 

United Utd 



The subject is in one reel of about 1,000 feet unless otherwise noted 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 

New 14th St. Theatre. $30,000. l\ 
Steiner, H. Welsner. J. Hchwartx, Now 
York. 

Wllbea AauwsicBi Co. 1 10,000. VV. B. 
Butler, J. Shlverts. S. Levovlrh, New 
York. 

Tlsjt St. Theatre Co. $5,000. W. L. 
Wray. E. H. Hchutle. (J. Nush Morton. 

Colombia Picture Corporation. $50,000. 

L, R. Noonan, J. Robert Rubin, M. A. 
Rltter, New York. 

Laureda Film Corporation. $20,000. K. 
Gold, L. (}. TarantUB. S. Werhaler, New 
York. 

Oyer Film Co. $5,000. Edward C. Wolf 
Thomas Adam, Franklin Blen. Jr., New 
York. 

Charles Frokmaa Inc. $1,000,000. The- 
atrical. H. Harris, E. J. Ludvigh, B. (J. 
1'askus, New York. 



JULY 26— MONDAY. 

MUTUAL— The Newer Way, 2-reel dr. A ; 
Keystone title not announced ; Her Fairy 
Prince, dr, Rel. 

UENERAL— A Letter to Daddy, com-dr, B ; 
Don Caesar De Bazan, 4-reeI dr, K ; The 
Earl's Adventure, dr, L; The Unfinished Por- 
trait, 2-reel dr, and Hearst-Sellg News Pic- 
torial, No. 50, S; The Call of Yesterday, dr 
S-A ; "Mr. Jarr'a Big Vacation," 15th of the 
Jarr series, com, V. 

UNIVERSAL— The Earl of Pawtucket. ."•- 
reel dr, U; The Tale of His Pants, com. N. 

JULY 27— TUESDAY. 

MUTUAL— OuteaatH of Society, '-'-reel dr, 
T ; The Straw Man, com-dr, Maj ; Betty's 
First Sponge Cake, com, Be. 

GENERAL— Reapers of the Whirlwind, 2- 
reel dr, B ; The Tollers, "Ham and Bud," 
com, K ; Subie'n Suitors, and An African Hunt, 
split-reel com, L; The Child, the Dog and the 
Villlan, dr, S ; Boys Will Be Boys, 3-reel 
com-dr, S-A ; The Red Stephano, 2-reel dr, 
V. 

UNIVERSAL— The New Jitney In Town, 
com, I ; One On Mother, com-dr. Rx ; The 
Flight of a Night Bird, 2-reel dr, G S. 

JULY 28— WEDNESDAY. 

MUTUAL— The Deception, dr, A ; The 
Phantom Extra, 2-reel dr. Br; Billies Res- 
cue, dr, Rel. 

ORNICRA I,— Mysteries of the Grand Hotel 
(2d of the Disappearing Necklace) series, 2- 
reel dr, K ; The Dead Soul, 3-reel dr. L ; 
Jimmy, dr, S ; Dreamy Dud Goes Bear Hunt- 
ing, cartoon, and a Scenic subject, title not 
announced, split-reel, S-A ; The Missing Clue, 
com, V. 

UNIVERSAL— The Double Standard, dr, 



Vic ; Universal Animated Weekly. No. 177. 
U ; Life and Moving Pictures, 2-reel com, 
L-KO. 

JULY 29— THURSDAY. 

MUTUAL— When Love Leads, 2-roel dr. 
Dom ; Keystone title not announced, Mutual 
Weekly, No. 30, M. 

GENERAL— The Wanderer's Pledge, dr, B ; 
The Gold in the Crock, 2-reel dr, L; He's In 
Again, com, Ml ; The Islo of Content. 2-reel 
dr, and Hearst-Sellg News Pictorial, No. «>, 
S; Snakeville's Twins, com, S-A; Cutey, 
Fortune Hunting, Com, V. 

UNIVERSAL- Heritage, 4-reel dr. Lie; The 
Jap Phenoms, in Famous Acrobatic Feats, and 
Strange Mammals at Home, educ, split-reel, P. 

JULY 30— FRIDAY. 

MUTUAL— When the Tide Came In, 2-reel 
dr, K B ; Getting the Gardner's Goat, com, V ; 
After the Storm, dr, A. 

GENERAL— The Battle at Elderbush Gulch. 
2-reel dr, B ; A Business Buccaneer, dr, K ; 
The Call of Motherhood, dr, L; The Girl of 
the Gypsy Camp, 3-reel dr, E ; Broncho Bil- 
ly's Surrender, dr, S-A ; Some Duel, com, V. 

UNIVERSAL— The Hunchback's Romance 
2-reel dr, I ; The Rise and Fall of Officer 13. 
com, N. 

JULY 31— SATURDAY. 

MUTUAL— Fate Takes a Hand. L»-reel dr. 
Rel ; Keystone title not announced. 

GENERAL— More Than Friends, dr. B ; The 
Fate of Number 1 (An Episode of the "Haz- 
ards of Helen" series), dr, K; Billies Heir- 
ess, com, L ; The Quest, dr, S ; The Bedouin's 
Sacrifice, dr. E ; A Man Afraid, 2-reel dr. 
S-A ; The Mystery of Mary, 3-reel dr. V. 

UNIVERSAL— Mein Frlendt Schneider, dr 
B U ; The Village Smithy, com. J ; A Daughter 
of the Jungles, 2-reel dr, B101. 



Roy Arthur, of Roy and Arthur, 
wishes to correct any impression he is 
still of the Bedini and Arthur act, 
stating that Arthur Conley is playing 
the "Arthur" in the latter turn, in 
whiteface. 



"Midgie," the dog leading the circus 
parade for several years in the Billy 
Hart act, "The Circus Girl," died July 
17 in Philadelphia. The animal was 
twelve years old. 



The Albemarle Hotel has become a 
regular colony for writers, coinposeis 
and theafical men. The latest to en- 
roll there are Otto Hauerbach, Harold 
Orlob, Thomas ' Gray and Joseph 
Jacobs. 



R. Paton Gibbg will play Gecko in 
"Trilby" next season. He created the 
role in the original production but did 
not appear in the revival, although 
wanted by the managers. At the time 
he was with the Vitagraph Co. in 
Texas. 



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Advertise! 

Vaudeville wants acts ; legitimate needs players to fill 
casts, and pictures want individuality— new faces- 
somebody who can do something. 

The field is big ; bigger than you are. Nobody may 
recall you without something to remind them. An 
advertisement will do it, and if" it does nothing else, 
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14 



NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation, First Appearanca 

or Reappearance in or Around 

New York 



Paul Armstrong's "The Bank's Half 
Million," Palace. 
Leah Winslow and Co., Prospect. 
Grace Fisher, Prospect. 
Robert Gleckler and Co., Bushwick. 
Sabina and Bronner, Brighton. 



"The New Impresario" (15). 
Grand Opera. 
22 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Fifth Avenue. 

With a stage set for the rehearsal 
scene this act was at a disadvantage 
following Rogers, Pollock and Rogers 
at the Fifth Avenue the first half of 
the week. The preceding act used a 
similar set, but, in spite of this, the 
act got over very well. Whoever 
framed the talk to introduce the turn 
to a small time audience had the right 
idea, for it makes a direct appeal, put- 
ting it up to the house as to whether 
or not they are low brows; but it is 
put to them in such a smooth fashion 
there is only one thing they can do and 
that is show they arc not, and applaud 
for grand opera. The act opens with a 
soprano singing a Trentini number on 
a stage cleared for action and a bunch 
light in the center with the stage di- 
rector looking on. After the solo he 
is approached by another of the prin- 
cipals and from the talk the fact is set 
forth that this is a rehearsal of a com- 
pany to present grand opera in vaude- 
ville. The tenor claims the baritone is 
all wrong in the vaudeville idea, vaude- 
ville audiences don't want it and won't 
have it. All of this talk gets to the 
audience and so when the baritone in- 
sists he is right and runs the company 
through the rehearsal the audience can 
do nothing but show it wants music 
of this sort. There are 15 people, in- 
cluding a ballet dancer and the leader. 
The repertoire of numbers, other than 
the opening song, is confined entirely 
to grand opera selections. With a little 
more comedy relief here and there and 
a stronger closing number more on the 
march order, the act will prove a cork- 
ing good headliner for small time. 

Fred. 



Pilcer and Douglas. 
Singing and Dancing. 
14 Mins.; One and Two. 
City. 

Miss Pilcer is an attractive young 
woman with more .than ordinary ki owl- 
e.lgc of dancing. Mr. Douglas iias an 
abundance of youthful enthusiasm, 
with a fair voice, and his dancing 
is away from the conventional. They 
open with a duet number and fast 
snappy dance, after which Miss 
Pilcer sings "It's Funny How the 
Boys Fall for Me." in a very p-elty 
gown. They then go into "two" lor 
"Tulip Time in Holland." sung by Mr. 
Douglas. A change is made mean- 
while by Miss Pilcer, after which a fast 
acrobatic tan.;o comes. For a closer 
it is announced that they will do <hc 
Harry Pilccr-Gaby Dcslys numb t . "I 
Want'a Borrow a Kiss," which is the'r 
bc^t effort. This couple should gain t 
place. 



"Mysteria." 

Picture Novelty. 

13 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Setting). 

Palace. 

"Mysteria" is motography and as the 
program would have it at the Palace 
this week, is either "man or magic." 
It is neither, although the illusion as 
projected by the film machine is some- 
thing new to the vaudeville fans on 
this side of the briny. The stage is so 

set that men and women appear to be 
doing pantomime on a red, velvety 
foreground, but the reality is dispelled 
at times by the noticeable picture 
flicker and the shifting of the celluloid 
focus. It's a rather pleasing "sight 
act," but forcing the characters to work 
in cramped space and without the 
natural scenic effects makes it appear 
too much like the first colored picture 
work Gaumont and Pathe turned out 
years ago on the plain screen. A series 
of little incidents with one employing 
all the magical tricks of the camera 
are shown and as viewed at the Palace 
fooled many of the folks who thought 
the people were on the stage panto- 
miming in true life. Worth seeing 
once anyway in any theatre. 

Hark. 



Lida McMillan and Co. (3). 

"The Star Boarder" (Comedy). 

18 Mins.; Full Stage (Special). 

City. 

"The Star Boarder" as presented by 
Lida McMillan, does not shape up as 
well as her previous "Saleslady." A 
few funny lines and situation to the 
improbable story. It has to do with 
the wife (McMillan) who ventured out 
of town, returning home to find her 
husband and his "stenog" love making. 
She decides if the two really love each 
other that she will exchange places 
with the other woman, which she does. 
The curtain is dropped for a six 
months' lapse. The wife, now the hus- 
band's stenographer, and Star Boarder, 
laughs at her former husband because 
he cannot "go" the cooking of his 
new wife. The second wife finally 
leaves. Another divorce is settled upon. 
The original couple remarry. With the 
help of Miss McMillan's acting the 
skit will do in the smaller hoases. 



Two Franks. 

Acrobatic. 

11 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Curtains). 

81st Street. 

An ideal opening turn, consisting of 
a man and woman who have every- 
thing in their line to place them in the 
best houses. Balancing work is the 
routine. The man, very powerful, han- 
dles his partner with no apparent effort. 
She in turn has a rigidncss to her body 
while in difficult positions that is un- 
usual. The two open standing on a 
platform at the rear of the stage. They 
are surrounded by black curtains and 
dressed entirely in white with the spot 
upon them — a posing opening that is 
different and makes a pleasing picture. 
The finishing trick is a good one. 
Ability, appearance and class make this 
couple worth while on any program. 



Dorothy Rogers, Sully Guard and Co. 

(3). 
"The Beauty Doctor." 
20 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). 
81st Street. 

Plenty of comedy in this latest ve- 
hicle of ^Dorothy Rogers' but little can 
be called new. Husband finds another 
man in his wife's room. The man hap- 
pens to be a "nut," but this is disclosed 
later. The husband is an erratic 
Frenchman and the other a German. 
Miss Rogers as the wife occupies the 
stage continually. Sully Guard handles 
the Dutch role with Walter Arnsond 
the French. Guard pretends he is a 
beauty doctor and endeavors to make 
Miss Rogers beautiful. She changes 
her clothes behind a transparency, giv- 
ing the full outline of her figure during 
the change. The comedy employed is 
burlesquy as well as the appearance of 
Guard who wears the customary chin 
whiskers. A duel between the two men 
also takes place. Two other roles arc 
a maid (Beth Dryden) and an elevator 
boy (Eddie Sinimonds). There will be 
audiences that will laugh at this sketch 
but it will not generally appeal. 



Ward and Shubert. 
Piano and Songs. 
15 Mins.; One. 
Fifth Avenue. 

Joe Ward is with his wife under the 
name of Ward and Shubert, and doing 
practically a single with piano accom- 
paniment. The act is quite small timey 
at present. The two opening numbers 
are not what are wanted in vaudeville 
and they should be passed into the dis- 
card. One is a plea on the hurrah 
style for the U. S. A. with a mention 
of towns and girls and the other is an 
Italian grand opera medley that does 
not get over at all. The third number, 
"Love Me or Leave Me Alone," really 
was the start of the act. It is done 
with a duet effect. "To Whom Are 
You Spiking," a character number, was 
one of the best things. "The Violin 
My Great Grand Daddy Played" is a 
little behind the times at present, but 
Ward got a lot out of the number by 
incorporating "When I Get Back to 
Tennessee." Fred. 



Hale Norcross and Co. (1). 
"After the Honeymoon." 
12 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Fifth Avenue. 

Hale Norcross, assisted by a very 
striking looking woman, is putting 
over a classy comedy sketch that will 
go on almost any bill. The act starts 
like a winner and doesn't slow up for 
a minute until just before the finish. 
At that point it lets down for the in- 
troduction of the old trick of the wom- 
an's fear of a mouse and it rather per- 
mits the turn to slump. Fred. 



James Cantwell. 

Songs. 

12 Mins.; One. 

Harlem O. H. 

James Cantwell, with a slight re- 
arrangement of his well selected rou- 
tine, should find little trouble going the 
rounds of the better small time houses. 
He displays a fair voice to advantage. 
"Bom-Bombay" wai one of his ap- 
plause gainers. 



Bennett Ly tell and Co. (3). 

Comedy. Dramatic Sketch. 

15 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Harlem O. H. 

This sketch has an old theme but 
still a chance to find favor in some of 
the smaller houses where audiences 
will sympathize with the young 
waitress. A grouchy lawyer tries to 
buy her love to learn in the end he 
is her father. Son of rich man loves 
the waitress, but his father stands be- 
tween. The young couple play poorly 
and quite a few lines were missed con- 
tinually. After more rehearsing the 
playlet should find favor on the smaller 
circuits. 



Si Kitchi. 

Aerial. 

6 Mins.; Full Stage. 

City. 

Si Kitchi is Japanese. He enters 
in the familiar garb of his country- 
men, later disrobes to neat appear- 
ing tights of a violet hue, and goes 
through a routine of head-to-bar 
balances, eating, drinking and juggling. 
For a finish he stands head-to-bar 
while the trapeze revolves 'round. He 
is doing some remarkable tricks on a 
trapeze and his efforts ;h >uld insure 
him future success. 



NEW ACTS. 

Al Canfield (Ashley and Canfield) 
and Eddie Kane in comedy skit "The 
Old Turnkey" (Jean Havez). 

Monte Wolfe and the Sisters Shir- 
ley. "The New Impresario," a vocal 
production with 15 people. Mifli* 
Stevens and Co. in "Aunt Meliniy'a 
Legacy." Howard Thurston's "Mite A 
Minute" with race scenes and new 
cast. (Alf T. Wilton.) 

Lillian Kingsbury in "The Coward,' 
a war playlet. 

Billy Abbott and Elinore White. 

Pcrcival Lennon has accepted a 
sketch by Ben Bamett. called "Help- 
ing Daddy." 

Leah Winslow in "Fancy Dress," 
written by Dion Titheradge. 

Adeline O'Connor in a dramatic 
sketch by John M. Loughran and 
Henry Duncan, Jr., to be staged by 
T. Daniel Frawley. 

Harry Sullivan and Ruth Meyers, 
two act. 

Ward Caulfield, new Irish act. His 
wife, Anna Driver, died about two 
months ago. 

Ernest Cortez and Co.'in "The Mighty 
Moment," comedy drama. 

Joe Cooper does not expect to do any 
vaudevilling next season and will be 
associated with his brother, Irving, in 
the booking business. Joe has been 
doing a "double" with his brother. Lew 
Cooper, who | lans a blackface "single" 
next fall. 

Adele Oswil- and George Rosner 
have become i «'o-act. Both were 
formerly "singles.* 

Irving ^rooks .-. Countess Olga 
Von Hatzfcld< : 1' pear in a sketch, 
"The Bigamis r the direction of 

Johnny Hyai . A. S. Bentham). 



SHOW REVIEWS 



15 



PALACE. 

General humidity and prospect of rain 
around curtain-raising time thumped the at- 
tendance considerably at the Palace Monday 
night, yet the returns at the box office were 
sufficient to convince the management there 
was a reason for big time vaudeville during 
the heated months in a theatre that spellH 
class all the year 'round. 

The Palace inside is not as hot as one would 
Imagine, now that Manager Rogers has thrown 
open the side doors and established a pretty 
lemonade garden on the south side of the 
house. The adjacent walls have been all 
dolled up in green paint a la "rose garden," 
and has been money well spent The show 
Is of the light summery mold, with nothing 
heavy to make one worry. It was the usual 
type of vaudeville with a dash of novelty 
thrown In at the close with the act, Mysteria 
(New Acts), which, at ItB best, Is only mildly 
diverting. 

In the headline position was Frltzl Scheff. 
Joseph Herbert, Jr., and Lillian Goldsmith 
were shoved into the breech left by Adelaide 
und Hughes. 

The Pathe Weekly opened. For a long time 
the Palace used the Hearst-Selig animated 
weekly, but as its "animation" took on an al- 
leged "press agency" aspect It was sidetracked 
with the Pathe current review back od the 
Job. Of this week's run the Thaw scenes were 
the most interesting. 

Royal's Dogs started the variety section. 
While there are four dogs, it is one member 
of the acting pack which Is the star. Un- 
usually bright and intelligent is "Toque," as 
the canine artist is programed. Aside from 
the dogs one cannot help noticing that Madame 
Koyal who assists in the act, was tightly 
laced In white, but moved easily about when 
riding the wheel containing the pedestal frame 
for Toque to do his nose-catching tricks. 

Al. and Fannie Stedman were "No. 2." They 
worked in "one" with the piano. They alBo 
had some pretty old Jokes with Fannie doing 
occasional mugging and tongue twisting to 
help along the comedy efforts, it may be that 
she has been doing so much of this kind of 
facial work and tonguo contortions on the 
stage that It appears to affect h.T singing the 
regular way, 1. e., forcing her to mush her 
words indistinctly. The couple did fairly well, 
but a stronger number for the closing would 
boost their percentage. 

The original Morton and Moore were third. 
Their comedy and Jim Morton's dancing put 
them in big favor. The men have deviated 
little from the old routine. 

Will Rogers appeared to be pretty well 
cramped in "one," but It did not keep his 
comedy score down. Rogers Is droll and funny 
and his work with the lariats keeps the time 
well occupied when his monolcglstlc fol de roi 
isn't convulsing his auditors. In Rogers' pres- 
ent verbiage are some new ones and some 
bound to be "copped" by others (not using 
lassoes) 

Miss Scheff appeared just before intermis- 
sion. The cream-walled drawing room set of 
the Palace was used with a piano upstage that 
remained unused during her turn, Miss Scheff 
<«'llng upon the orchestra only for her ac- 
cotnpanlment. Miss Scheff may be a singei by 
profession, but she also knows how to dress. 

Lady Frltzi Bang a number from the "Pretty 
Mrs. Smith" show, in which she was starred, 
and followed it with a song with something 
about love calling dearie. For the closing num- 
ber, Miss Scheff remaining well down stage 
without leaving the limelight, sang a medley of 
popular song choruses. After intermission ap- 
peared Herbert and Goldsmith, opening in 
"one" and going to more stage space for their 
seashore claslc dance. There doesn't ap- 
pear to be much to this closing, fantastic bit, 
yet the Palace audience liked It The Avon 
Comedy Four had nothing new, but a slight 
change in one of the comedy bits. 

Next to closing were the Courtney Sisters. 
Their register was easy from the start and the 
girls added to their popularity by offering 
one number in particular that sounded very 
good, "Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield." 
The sisters put over "I Didn't Think You'd 
Care" In bully fashion, and Fay sang a bal- 
lad as a solo, but they like her best In rags 
like "Cornfield." Mysteria (New Acts) closed 
the show. Mark. 



BRIGHTON. 

From outward appearances the Brighton did 
not have as heavy a bill this week as usual 
perhaps due to lacking a featured name act 
The headline honors were divided among two 
turns. However, from start to finish there 
have been few shows at this house that could 
surpass the present week's entertainment on 
the stage. Tuesday night found the house well 
filled, notwithstanding threatening weather. 
The calling off of the Sheepshead Bay Velo- 
drome Races probably inspired some of the 
amusement seekers to go to the Brighton. 

The acts from "No. 1" until "No. 8" worked, 
and the audience appreciated It with a wealth 
of applause for all. The novel arrangement 
of the bill is something unusual, as it docs not 
bring a single song number into the first half, 
but if there has been a smoother running first 
half than here this week, it has been forgot* 
ten. Plenty of diversity as well, though it 
failed to hold a song. MsCloud and Carp 
opened at 8 30 with Instrumental music that 
gathered in the returns, especially at the last 
when the popular numbers v re employed. 
"No. 2" held Mrs. Goth Hughes and Co. In 
"Lady Gossip," pretty 'AArl* for th* sketch but 
It got going well y n*n Mr?. Hughes started. 
The cast remMr<s i> sam«v Lew Dockstader 
with his Roopevel' . -jpnlngne pjst over one of 
the laughing hits ft Hie cv»' ir.gr' The patriotic 
finish brought ♦!>* hn.isp*/»o» Us feet and was 
also used b t k » n i ,-rt, the Rlgoletto 
Brothers, wh< rompM >ly tWwhelmed the au- 
dience with liitli Vto r tatll „ From magle to 



acrobatlea these men pleased and were easily 
one of the biggest applause getters of tha 
evening. 

The second half ran rather differently than 
programed, starting with McMahon, Diamond 
and Chaplow (programed to close), while Ford 
and Hewitt (billed to open) were moved to 
the closing position, with Richards and Kyle 
programed to open intermission failing to put 
In an appearance. The McMahon, Diamond 
and Chaplow turn brought the first songs into 
the show. Reno Chaplow, the new member 
of the trio, handles these numbers in classy 
style and is a looker. The dancing of all 
three was most highly enjoyed. 

Homer B. Mason and Marguerite Keeley 
caused a riot of fun in their most different 
sketch, "Married." It was a mighty applause 
winner at the finish. The great sketch ■bow- 
ing made the position after it one of the hard- 
est on the bill, but the situation was well 
handled by J. Francis Dooley and Corlnne 
Sales, who, after their trip to Australia, have 
lost none of their cleverness. Dooley with his 
box work made the house roar as did most of 
his other kidding. The girl has a new line, 
"Wlllyer Jim," that is worked in to big re- 
turns. It is used frequently and always for 
a laugh. Ford and Hewitt closed with dances. 
Hewitt must find It uncomfortable cavorting 
around the way he does in that bear skin In 
this hot weather. Vivian Ford is an energetic 
worker who puts an abundance of pep in her 
dancing. 

AMERICAN ROOF. 

The early week bill at the American Roof 
this week offered very little in the way of 
novelty, and failed to create anything much in 
the line of enthusiasm from the audience of 
Monday night. George Armstrong, "The Happy 
Chappy," was the one genuine hit of the even- 
ing, and could have remained longer. He has 
an infectious smile that gets him sympathy 
and answering grins before he sings a line. 
Warren and Francis were good, too, and the 
sketch called "Outclassed" was better from the 
standpoint of Interest and acting than any 
shown for several weeks. 

Princess Ka and Co. opened after the over- 
ture, in a series of supposed-to-be Egyptian 
dances, using full stage, and almost constantly 
employing a colored spot Ka Is dressed elab- 
orately, as a woman of the voluptuous type of 
Eastern countries, and turns out, of course, 
to be a man. The dancing is well done, par- 
ticularly the serpentine motions of the arms, 
and the act went as well or better than most 
opening acts. 

Lerner and Ward followed, but created lit- 
tle Interest. The girl is slight and pretty, and 
hasn't a bad voice, making rather a charming 
figure when she comes out last dressed in a 
boy's velvet costume, with cloak and bloom- 
ers. There Is nothing new in the turn, unless 
the fact that, in a travesty of Caruso and 
Melba, the man impersonates Melba, the girl 
Caruso. Whatever novelty this might be 
though is counterbalanced by the questionable 
taste of a travesty on a well-known opera 
singer who died recently. 

A little more interest was shown for War- 
ren and Francis, in a mixture of stunts, each 
of which carried a bit of a surprise. The girl 
is quite pretty, though too plump, and as- 
tonishes everyone by her lightness and grace. 
There is some good balancing, with the girl 
on the man's head, some soft shoe dancing and 
a finish of a tango, with stunts thrown in for 
goid measure. 

The Manhattan Trio, male singers, started 
slowly but worked up to a fair flnlBh. They are 
pretty good for a hot night, as they dress in 
cool-looking sport suits, possess good voices 
and don't do anything specially exciting. 

Mattle Choate and Co.. in a sketch, held the 
place before the Intermission. They opened 
with a special drop showing the stage door of 
a theatre, with a bit of stalling with a stage 
hand. The drop was raised to show the in- 
side of a bedroom where the "Burlesque 
Queen" and her daughter put up. The act 
takes In two men, as a millionaire dnd his 
young son, and gives Miss Choate chance for 
some pretty good work. 

Foyer and Page followed the Intermission, 
In some of the typical rough and tumble stuff. 
"The Six Song Birds" followed, using full 
stage. There are two girls and four boys, one 
at the piano. He Is really star of the piece, 
for his playing Is excellent. The act might 
be Improved If the children were allowed to 
sing songs more In keeping with their ages 
than the ultra-sentimental ballad they used 
early, and the "God Knows I'm Sorry for 
You" that one of the young damsels attempted, 
with a properly doleful face and voice. 

George Armstrong came as a real Joy. His 
act is entirely clever travesties on current 
songs, well written, funny, well sung. 

The Four Kiltie Girls. In a roller skating 
novelty, were next to closing and held enough 
Interest to keep most of the crowd In for the 
pictures. 

FIFTH AVENUE. 

No use talking about the weather, 'cause 
everybody knows it was hot Monday night. 
Likewise there's no use talking about busi- 
ness, for everybody knows that It was bad. 
So there you are. About half a house present 
nt the Fifth Avenue, where Manager Quald 
Is trying to make It appear as cool as pos- 
sible by having a palm garden effect showing 
through trelllsed doors on the north side of 
the house. Thoso few who did see the bill 
seemed to enjoy It thoroughly. Seven sets 
and four reels were the make up of the pro- 
gram, with the vaudeville proper not starting 
until after 8.30. 

A single reel Luhln drama followed by a 
neauty drama were the starters, with The 
Ziars, Juggling, as the opening act. The turn 
Is a nice little opener for small time. Mon- 
day night their comedy did not get over and 



the Juggling Just about passed. They were 
followed by Ward and Shubert (New Acts). 
The Ward in this case Is Joe Ward, who runs 
The College Inn on West l'J.'tth street. The 
act after a slow start, got over on the 
strength of the published numbers at the 
el )se. 

Hale Norcross and Co. In "After the Honey- 
moon" (New Acts) were something of a 
laughing hit, although it lets down consider- 
ably at the finish. A Kalem comedy followed. 

Rogers, Pollock and Rogers with a corking 
small time comedy tarn that with care could 
be developed Into a good big time act, had 
the next spot. "The New Impressario" (New 
Acts), which followed, proved to be an oper- 
atic singing turn in a novel disguise that will 
make it a great small tlmo turn. 

Down next to closing, Al. Herman In his 
usual blackface talk and comedy talk was 
the real bit of the bill from a vaudeville 
standpoint. Herman works real hard from 
the start and gets his material over. His 
facial expressions are half the battle, and 
his style of delivery Is different from the 
usual comedians, while his ad. lib. material Is 
of great assistance. 

The Ford Dancing Revue was the closer. 
Two of the former act known as The Four 
Fords have gotten a company of four girls 
together and framed a dance revue somewhat 
along the lines of the former offering. The 
two principals work real hard, but the chorus 
Is badly trained and needs work more than 
anything else. A Hearst-Sellg finished the 
show. Fred. 



ROYAL 

Tuesday was "Free (Jiff nleht at the Royal 
(Bronx), consequently capacity. 

Manager Egan served up a well balanced 
show that easily came up to some of those 
handed out during the regular season. The 
speed with which the bill ran through is told 
when seven acts, a 3-reeler and a single reel 
comedy, besides the "Gifts" came between 8.45 
and 11. 

An Edison drama held Interest, followed by 
Pete, His Pal and Co., who started the show 
very well. The comedy of the mule kicking 
and the knockabout stunts of Pete hit them 
right. This mule shows wonderful training, 
and although opening the show they walked 
away with one of the hits of the bill. In 
comedy for the better small time circuits or 
even on the big time this one can hardly be 
overlooked. Amy Butler, with a well selected 
routine and a neatly arranged wardrobe made 
quite an Impression, but for a slight hoarse- 
ness no doubt would have accomplished a 
great deal more. She la now carrying a male 
accompanist, who, with his one song, "That's 
the Song of Songs For Me," gains as much as 
Miss Butler with any one of hers. A selection 
of old time popular songs did not bring the- 
expected results. "Jane" was about the best 
number put over. 

Wm. Lytell and Co., presenting the comedy 
sketch, "An All Night Session, found very 
little trouble gaining the laughing honors of 
the evening. This playlet with an abundance 
of comedy situations is amusing throughout 
and is also helped by the well selected cast. 
A pantomime poker game for a finish which 
Is supposed to show some of the signs of the 
Masons to the young wife kept them continu- 
ally laughing. An old Chaplin Keystone re* 
issue, more dancing to the eyes than the few 
laughs derived from It, was followed by the 
giving away of the free articles. This occu- 
pied about 20 minutes and during that time 
some valuable articles were handed out. It Is 
one of the best nightly special attractions the 
house is using. 

Edwin George appeared to be talking a short 
while before the audience realized he was try- 
ing to entertain. After they discovered it, he 
gathered enough laughs and applause to satisfy 
anybody. A bit of new talk would not do him 
any harm, for that used at present is not only 
getting old but has been employed by some of 
our best comedians. A sort of a miniature 
tabloid was shown in the "Girls of the Orient," 
a company of eight The act Is well dressed 
and shows quite a little expenditure on scen- 
ery. A good small time flash for any house. 

Harry Cooper though on late had a little 
task before him following all the hits ahead, 
but after his talk held their attention and 
amused he sang "A Little Bit of Heaven," 
which forced him to an encore. Leon Sis- 
ters and Co., wire walkers, closed and handed 
those who waited quite a few thrills. 



HARLEM OPERA HOUSE. 

Considering the extremely warm weather 
Monday night the Harlem Opera House held a 
good-sized attendance. The lower floor was 
heavy while the balcony was a little light. 
The weekly Ragtime Piano Contest was largely 
responsible for those present, as could easily 
be seen by the applause each contestant re- 
ceived. Fred V. Bowers and Co. and Carl M'c- 
Cullough and Co. easily walked off with the 
headline honors. The show proper was poorly 
arranged and, although It gave ample satis- 
faction, it o.d not seem to be running right. 
From the opening act right through It drak- 
ged and never once showed anything like 
speed. 

After a fair Universal drama the Rosa nemz 
Troupe scored, due to the good work of the 
woman. The turn did not show much action, 
maybe through the heat. Jatnc* Cnntw.ll 
(New Acts) followed and was well received. 
Bennett Lytell and Co. (New Acts) In a com- 
edy dramatic playlet, finished to the usual re- 
turns. 

Maurice Abrahams and Al Wnhlmsn fnftcr 
a good Keystone comedy) were announced n« 
a special attraction for the evening, and 
through the hard efforts of Al Wnhlm/ni 
pleased. The Ragtime piano Content followed, 
bringing out all sorts of players striving to get 
the "dough" given to the winner. Sol Leyoy 



then rendered "That's the Song of Songs for 
Me," followed by Monte Wolf and the Misses 
Shirley. This trio have a neat appearance, 
but do not land properly. The sidewalk "fly" 
talk Is a little time worn und perhaps that 
has to do with it A dancing nnlsh put them 
over. 

The Cecil Trio, one member in a Charlie 
Chaplin makeup, came on at this tlmo with a 
different routine which did not seem to strike. 
The audience did not take kindly to their of- 
fering until the Charlie Chaplin member (who 
should gain any number of laughs around the 
smaller houses) entered doing a few imita- 
tions of the screen comedian. Carl McCul- 
lough, billed as Carl McCullough and Co., 
practically doing his single, got right to them. 
The Bowers Co. closing tho show topped all 
others for the hit of tho evening. The danc- 
ing of the colored boy got the most 

81 ST STREET. 

Just what the people who frequent this 
house want In the way of vaudeville is hard 
to tell. At present It appears they are only 
interested In the pictures as little attention 
is paid to the acts and early workers have 
hardly no chance. In the front of the house 
one is given the impression that only 
straight pictures prevailed inside, the vaude- 
ville only getting a few pictures in a lobby 
display. 

The picture feature for tho first half was 
William Faversham In "The Right of Way." 
A goodly crowd was present considering the 
natural summer obstacles. One thing the 
Klst Street is showing the feature picture in 
the middle of the show. This was done form- 
erly In many of the small time houses around 
New York. They have since changed and 
show tuc feature last. An intermission cumen 
after the third act during which the orchestra 
louder plays a solo on his violin and scores 
easily with the neighborhood crowd. 

Monday night things started with the Two 
Franks (New Acts), who made an Impression. 
Kramer and Morton, who followed, found the 
going awfully hard. To see these boys plod 
along In the mire in an early spot on a small 
time bill seemed cruel, considering the comedy 
riots they have proved In most houses. They 
tried hard but there was little encouragement 
at any time. Dorothy Rogers and Co. (New 
Acts) and then the intermission with the fea- 
ture to follow, as well as Harry and Eva 
I'uck and Valnova. 



CITY. 

An exceptionally good attendance Monday 
night 

The show passed quietly. 81 Kltchl (New 
Act) opened on tho trapeze. Carmella Pon- 
zella had the "No. 2" position bestowed upon 
her, but got through, due to her voice, and 
a good selection of numbers for this house. 
A chango of costume would help. 

Lydla McMillan and Co. New /eta) pleased 
Next came a Hearst-Sellg Weekly. 

Pllcer and Douglas (New Act; next were the 
first to start any real noise. Then cams Nlblo 
ii nd Nugent with a few time-worn Jokes, ting- 
ing and dancing. The team is composed of 
the principals from a two-act seen In this 
neighborhood recently. But they were strong 
f >r the comedian's eccentric dancing, and the 
boys easily got over, with a little to spare. 

A musical turn, the Tom Drown Bextette, 
next, did big things. Though the brasses are 
a bit off, likewise the xylophone playing, the 
girl when singing in full volume with the 
music in support placed them In a line for hit 
honors. A weekly serial followed. 

Those heavy-weight comedians, Jones and 
Sylvester, were next to closing, and kept up 
the good work with their singing. And with 
a couple of new jokes and the grotesque way 
the big fat fellow flounders around, applause 
was sure to respond. "I'm a Marrlsd Man," 
by the fat fellow, and his "sneeslng" bit had 
them laughing. The singing will carry this 
couple over any time. 

The Landry Brothers, In acrobatics, proved 
an excellent closer. 

A five-reel feature closed. 



86TH STREET. 

A rather light entertainment Tuesday night. 
Four of the six acts were in "one." Ada May 
Weeks opened with singing and dancing. She 
did big things with her dancing. Next came 
Bob Ferns tho "coon" sbouter with a couple 
of songs and some talk of mediocre value. As 
he possesses a strong voice, and clear enun- 
ciation, they appreciated his efforts. "Back 
Home In Tennessee" and "Watch Your Step" 
were his principal song numbers. A burlesque 
recitation for a finish brought good returns. 

The Krussders, man and a petite girl, offer- 
ing dancing and music as their wares, pulled 
down a good hit. The gallery boys may like 
a good-looking girl In tights or close-fitting 
regalia, but the act at present needs speeding 
up. Also a couple of new numbers. A Key* 
stone corned v came in for laughs. 

Holer and Boggs In "Behind the Lunch 
Counter," a little skit with a lot of fly talk, 
kept up the laughs. Tho couplo are not pos- 
sessed of Blngln~ talent, though there are 
several songs besides the talk, which sounds 
original, and Is put over with a punch. Capa- 
ble performers for the pop bouses. 

Harris and Krouse worked to a disadvan- 
tage with their talk before a special drop 
representing an Immigration office. But evi- 
dently the cause was due to the weakness of 
the dialog. But the boys weathered It and 
received some applause. 

A juvenile team. Skeets Oallaghcr and Irene 
Martin, showed the most class of the evening. 
Miss Martin Is continually adding to her 
wardrobe, It being a decided help, whJUe Galla- 
gher Is effective with bis talk, put over in a 
snappy manner. Tho team Is wisely now doing 
more dancing. Neher and Kappell skated the 
show to s close around 10.30. 



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PARAMOUNT'S BIGGEST QUARTER. 

The first news regarding Paramount 
preparations for the coining yearly 
quarter releases, commencing Sept. 1 
and continuing until the last of Novem- 
ber, became known this week when a 
partial list of the pictures was obtain- 
able. 

To all appearances, Paramount is 
to have the biggest quarter since its 
start. The regular makers for this 
program have been working full blast 
throughout the summer and have 
turned out enough productions to fill 
all dates on the Paramount Program, 
which calls for two features a week. 

Of the Paramount producing com- 
panies, the Famous Players leads with 
16 pictures to be released during the 
three months. Lasky will have seven, 
Bosworth two, and Morosco one. The 
last two will undoubtedly have other 
productions, but at present they have 
not the facilities for producing in ad- 
vance like the Famous Players and 
Lasky concerns. 

Stars will be big factors in the new 
features, as well as well-known plays 
and novels. The Famous Players will 
have ready for these three months "The* 
Foundling" (Mary Pickford), "The In- 
corrigible Dukane" (John Barrymore), 
"The White Pearl" (Marie Doro), "The 
Fatal Card" (Hazel Dawn and John 
Mason), "Madame Butterfly" (Mary 
Pickford), "The Mumming and the 
Humming Bird" (Charles Cherry), 
"The Three Elks" (John Barrymore), 
"Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall" 
(Hazel Dawn), "The Prince and the 
Pauper" (Marguerite Clark), "Twisted 
Paths" (Mary Pickford), "Poor 
Schmaltz" (Sam Bernard), "Zaza" 
(Pauline Frederick). "Molly Make-Be- 
lieve" (Marguerite Clark). 

Lasky has in preparation "The Case 
of Becky" (Blanche Sweet), "Black- 
birds" (Laura Hope Crews), "Voice in 
the Fog" (Donald Brian), "Carmen" 
(Geraldine Farrar), "The Revelation" 
(Charlotte Walker), "The Explorer" 
(Lou Tellegen). Morosco will have 
Cyril Maude in "Peer Gynt." Bos- 
worth productions will be "Davy 
Crockett" and " 'Twas Ever Thus" with 
Elsie Janis. 

No definite dates have been set for 
the releasing, this being done purpose- 
ly, as formerly considerable trouble 
was experienced in the Paramount of- 
fice keeping release dates straight; pic- 
tures were not always completed as 
expected, which necessitated the sub- 
stitution of another picture, causing 
confusion sometimes. The Paramount 
office will have a release date but will 
withhold it. 

From present appearances there is 
little chance that there will be any out- 
side pictures used by the Paramount 
during the coming quarter, unless 
something unforeseen occurs. 



Police Looking for Picture People. 

Los Angeles, July 21. 
Lee A. Baragcr, in picture work, as 
well as John Hinckley and two alleged 
picture actresses, names withheld, are 
being sought by the local police on 
alleged charges of forgery and check 
raising by the Aston Motor Car Co. 



LEO FRANK PICTURE. 

The Loew Circuit starts playing this 
week a single-reel Leo Frank picture, 
giving jail scenes in connection with 
Frank; also intimate views of Georgia's 
Ex-Governor, Slaton, and his home life. 

The picture was made by Hal Reid 
under the authorization of the gover- 
nor. It will be shown under the 
auspices of the Humanitarian Society 
in conjunction with the film, "Thou 
Shalt Not Kill." The purpose o. : the 
Society, as expressed, is for the aboli- 
tion of capital punishment. 

The Frank case was further con- 
tinued in the press commencing last 
Sunday when Frank had his throat 
cut in his cell. 

There was a previous "Frank Case" 
feature film, suppressed by the censors 
at the time it was first heard of, and 
it appears to have remained dormant 
since. — — — 

NEW NEWS-WEEKLY. 

Cincinnati, July 21. 

A picture news-weekly will make its 
appearance in August. It will be called 
the Enquirer-World Weekly. 

Through an arrangement between 
William F. Wiley, managing editor of 
the Cincinnati Enquirer, and officials 
of the World Film Corporation, the 
leading events of the nation will be 
filmed for the new service. 

The Enquirer will be the first in- 
dividual newspaper to have a news 
weekly named after it. Owing to the 
Enquirer's prestige in covering the tele- 
graph field more thoroughly than any 
sheet in the country it was picked for 
the honor. George B. Cox, president 
of the World Corporation, lives in Cin- 
cinnati. 



KAY LAURELL IN FILM. 

Kay Laurell, the Zeigfeld "Follies" 
beauty, is to become a picture star. 
Last week she was at the Imp studio 
for the Universal and after a series of 
tests was pronounced one of the best 
camera subjects who had ever been 
filmed there. 




DAVID HORSLEY. 

David Horsley has cancelled his contract to 
release his him output through the General 
Film Co., and will in the future market his pic- 
tures via the Mutual Company's exchanges. 

Mr. Horsley is one of the best known film 
men in the country and has a plant in Bayonne, 
N. J., with another in Los Angeles, which 
covers five acres. He has bought the entire 
collection of Bostock animals in this country 
and installed them at the latter plant. One of 
the features of the films he will release through 
the Mutual will be a two-reel animal picture 
to be marketed weekly. 



VANCE DECLARES HIMSELF. 

As a sequel to Varieties story last 

week that the Louis Joseph Vance 

picture interests had been absorbed by 

Paramount manufacturers, this has 

been further confirmed by the arrival 
of Mr. Vance in New York and his 
subsequent declaration to let pictures 
severely alone in the future as far as 
manufacturing was concerned. 

Notwithstanding that Mr. Vance 
crossed his fingers at the film, he re- 
ceived a handsome offer this week from 
a big picture company to become allied 
with it. He still has the offer under 
consideration. 

The "inside" of the Vance film story 
has not leaked out yet; it's hinted that 
there are several spicy incidents con- 
nected with his sudden withdrawal 
from the photoplay realm. 

Vance is now getting the stage adap- 
tation of his novel, "The Lone Wolf," 
into shape for Herman Lieb to star in 
next season. Two acts have been com- 
pleted. 



FIGHT LAW UPHELD. 

The United States Circuit Court of 
Appeals in Philadelphia in its decision 
in the case of Lawrence Weber against 
the Deputy Customs Collector of New- 
ark, for an injunction restraining the 
Collector from preventing Weber 
bringing the Willard-Johnson fight pic- 
tures into the States, sustained the con- 
stitutionality of the law against the 
importation of fight picures. 

Weber's attorneys will make an im- 
mediate appeal to the United States 
Supreme Court. 



MINISTERIAL CENSORSHIP. 
Ocean Grove, N. J., July 21. 

The Auditorium, under the manage- 
ment of Tali Esen Morgan, who came 
here from the Broadway theatre, New 
York, is having its pictures pass 
'' a nrnisterial censorship be- 
fore they are shown, the Rev. Dr. A. E. 
Ballard acting as censor for all pro- 
ductions used here. 

This is the idea of Manager Mor- 
gan, who feels that the support of the 
church folk would aid his house finan- 
cially and that there would be no 
chance of any comeback at him. 



» HELEN BELITTLES HERSELF. 

Los Angeles, July 21. 

Helen Dunbar, a Chicago film act- 
ress, has been sued by Essanay for 
breach of contract, the company claim- 
ing in its complaint that Helen is a 
valuable star and her services are very 
much in demand. 

Miss Dunbar scoffs at the star idea 
and while admitting she can make 'em 
take a second glance, opines she is 
anything but a "star." 



Has Three Montgomery Houses. 

Montgomery, Ala., July 21. 

The recently organized Strand 
Amusement Co., which has a capitaliza- 
tion of $60,000, has taken over the Plaza, 
Strand and Orpheum theatres and will 
conduct them as feature houses. 

R. K. Wilby, manager of the Acad- 
emy of Music, will have charge of the 
three houses. 



CHAPLIN FILM INJUNCTION. 

Los Angeles, July 21. 

Last week G. Gevartz, manager of 

the American theatre, secured an in- 
junction against the police interfering 
with his exhibition of the Charlie Chap- 
lin "Woman" comedy release of the 
Essanay. 



PROMOTER WITH 11 CENTS. 

Louisville, July 21. 

Eleven cents were found on Charles 

T. Franklin when arrested here. He 

had an ambition to promote a $100,- 

000 picture company. Franklin adver- 
tised for 200 actors. That was but a 
small proportion of those calling upon 
him, and Franklin disappeared, leaving 
the hotel people to worry about it. 
After arrested he was released. 



ATLANTIC GARDEN LEASED. 

The Atlantic Garden on the Bowery 

has been rented for a term of years 

by John Miele, who is having the 

house renovated and will open it in 

August with a straight first run feature 
picture policy with a ten-piece or- 
chestra and a pipe organ. 

Manager Antierno of the Thalia the- 
atre will have charge of the Garden 
as well as the other house. Both are 
in the same locality. 

A fight club held forth in the Garden 
during the winter. 



METRO MEN MEET. 

Atlantic City, July 21. 

The exchange men connected with 
the Metro service met here Monday 
for a general talk on the picture busi- 
ness, and the Metro in particular. 

The Metro people were enthusiastic 
over prospects for their concern, also 
on the outlook for the business. The 
meeting adjourned Monday night. 



MOROSCO'S NAME OFF. 
Following a recent story in Variety 
that indications pointed to the with- 
drawal of the Oliver Morosco name 
from all Bosworth, Inc., features, 

comes a letter from the Oliver Moros- 
co office saying over two months ago 
Mr. Morosco withdrew his name and 
the name of the company from any 
association with Bosworth, Inc. Since 
that time, he avers, the Morosco name 
has been used in connection with the 
advertising of the Bosworth features, 
to which he enters strenuous objec- 
tions. 

All of the Morosco pictures will be 
released under the manufacturing title 
of the Oliver Morosco Photoplay 
Co. 



SURATT'S REASON. 

The reason as given by Valeska 
Suratt why she did not complete the 
Soul of Broadway" (Fox) film in the 
final scene called for her is the di- 
rector, Herbert Brenon, called upon 
her to laugh at a convict in a cell, 
something, Miss Suratt says, she could 
not bring herself to do even in 
mimicry. 



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FROHMAN'S WITHDRAWAL WILL 
NOT AFFECT COMPANY'S PLANS 



Election of William A. Sherrill as President of Frohman 
Amusement Corporation Cause of Gustave Frohman's 
Active Withdrawal from Firm. Sherrill Has 
Ten- Year Contract for Use of Frohman 
Name in Corporate Title of Corpor- 
ation. Frohman Retains Big 
Interest in Company. 



The withdrawal of Gustave Frohman 
as an active member of the Frohman 
Amusement Corporation, following the 
election of William L. Sherrill as presi- 
dent of the organization, will have no 

direct bearing on the future of the pic- 
ture concern, according to an officer of 
that corporation. 

Mr. Frohman, who was deposed as 
president of the company by the stock- 
holders at their last annual meeting, is 
now actively connected with the Bos- 
ton Photo Play Exchange. Gustave 
Frohman's announcement the Frohman 
Amusement Corporation had no fur- 
ther right to the use of his full name 
is rather misleading for the corporation 
never included his complete name In 
their announcements or advertising, 
Frohman's contract with the company 
specifically stipulating it is authorized 
to use the name "Frohman" in the title 
of the corporation. Mr. Frohman's 
contract also stipulates his acquiesence 
to act as president of the company 
during a ten-year term, provided he is 
so elected by the directors. 

At the last meeting of the board, 
the members present decided to give 
the office to William L. Sherrill, organ- 
izer and general manager of the propo- 
sition, and inasmuch as this relieved 
Frohman from any supervising capa- 
city, he accordingly decided to with- 
draw whatever moral support his per- 
sonal name carries, although he still 
retains a quarter interest in the Froh- 
man Amusement Corporation, which 
holds a perpetual charter granted by 
the state of Delaware. However, since 
Mr. Frohman has never been actively 
connected with the firm's productions, 
his withdrawal and subsequent alliance 
with the Boston concern, despite his 
ten-year contract guaranteeing his ex- 
clusive services in motion picture lines 
with the Sherrill firm, will have no 
weight on the future releases of the 
Frohman Corporation. 



STATE RIGHTS PICTURES. 

"Just Out of College," the George 
Adc famous story reduced to picture 
form, will be turned loose on the film 
market by its makers, the Frohman 
Amusement Corporation, through the 
selling of states' rights for the fea- 
ture. 

The fame of its author, with the well- 
known title itself, is a standing argu- 
ment in favor of state rights, and the 
Frohman people apparently have taken 
the unprejudiced picture man's stand — 
that where the feature film has some- 
thing established in connection with 



it, beyond the actual picture, the state 
rights' manner of circulation should 
prove the most profitable to the three 
classes represented in state rights sales 
— the exhibitor, state right buyer, and 
manufacturer. 

The discussion of the state right 
proposition is continual. It was the 
first mode of circulating feature film, 
and was supplanted by the service pro- 
gram. The latter was an invention to 
speed along the manufacturer, giving 
him a quick return for his initial in- 
vestment, remove the exchange or dis- 
tributing feature from his care, and 
permit the film maker to proceed 
steadily along in the business of pro- 
ducing features. This rapid invasion 
of the service companies reduced the 
chance of a growth of state right buy- 
ers, which would have aroused compe- 
tition. 

The Frohman Co. in making the first 
start for a feature concern recently 
connected with a Service company, to 
place its picture on a state rights basis 
will probably be followed with much 
interest by the trade. 



NEW CONCERN FORMING. 

An important formation was report- 
ed early in the week of a picture com- 
pany that will enlist the financial sup- 
port of a downtown coterie of wealthy 
men who have hitherto remained away 
from the picture field. 

The successful development of the 
company would lead to extended in- 
terests in pictures, it was said. 

Albert E. Lowe, acting for his com- 
pany (Kinemacolor, which will make 
the new concern's pictures) is reported 
to have been the prime factor in bring- 
ing about the formation. 



SERIAL'S AD SCHEMES. 

The North American Film Corpora- 
tion is in receipt of numerous letters 
daily from exhibitors throughout the 
country telling of novel schemes em- 
ployed in advertising this company's 
serial picture, "The Diamond from the 
Sky," for which there is an offer of 
$10,000 in gold to the person writing 
the best sequel to it. 

Many of the picture house managers 
are sending floats through their re- 
spective towns announcing the serial, 
while one western exhibitor is said to 
have borrowed $10,000 in gold from 
his bank and placed it in a conspicuous 
window in town, announcing it as the 
prize money, which naturally brought 
him capacity business during the pic- 
ture's showing there. 



EXHIBITORS 9 CONVENTION. 

San Francisco, July 21. 

The National Motion Picture Ex- 
hibitors' Association convention closed 
July 16 with a ball. The grand march 
was led by Geraldine Farrar. 

Tuesday the convention opened with 
President Pearce in the chair. After 
the opening preliminaries had been dis- 
posed of the body went on record as 
being opposed to the operation of pic- 
ture theatres by film manufacturers 
which does away with the independent 
exhibitor. 

Wednesday was Bessie Barriscale 
day at the convention. The principal 
event was the thorough discussion and 
criticism of censorship which permits 
politicians to graft. In a speech to 
the delegates, President W. W. Hod- 
kinson, of the Paramount, pleaded for 
cleaner pictures and emphasized the 
necessity of newspaper advertising. 

Thursday was utilized by discussing 
the present methods of censorship, and 
after a speech by D. W. Griffith, ad- 
vocating the right to produce films 
depicting the dark side, which hereto- 
fore has been suppressed by the 
censors, the convention passed a reso- 
lution to begin campaigning at once to 
defeat all attempts at censoring film 
dramas in the United States. 

The election of officers occurred Fri- 
day, with the following results: J. 
Fred Harrington (Pittsburgh), presi- 
dent; Mark Cory ('Frisco), first vice- 
president; L. W. Brophy (Muskogee, 
Okla.), second vice-president, and 
Peter J. Jeup (Detroit), treasurer. No 
secretary was elected. 

Other resolutions adopted during this 
session were for the exhibitors to op- 
pose the exhibition of films in cafes, 
saloons and dance halls. 

Detroit, New Orleans and New York 
are after the convention next year. 



WATCHING "VASELINE.'^ 

The "Vaseline" service is being 
watched rather intently by the picture 
trade. V. L. S. E. is the official title, 
and its sponsors would like the trade 
to call it "The Big Four" (Vitagraph- 
Lubin-Selig-Essanay), but the picture 
people have tacked "Vaseline" upon the 
combination. 

What the trade is most anxious about 
is to see if the V. L. S. E. will do any- 
thing worth while. So far the exchange 
for the large daily release concerns' 
feature films has done naught but spout, 
with little in the way of good features 
coming out of it. 

The discussion over "Vaseline" is 
most often heard in connection with 
the feature film market after Sept. 1, 
and what the V. L. S. E. people may 
be looked forward to produce. 



ALICE LLOYD'S SONG FILM. 

Alice Lloyd has appeared before the 
camera in a special song film which is 
to be released by the Windsor Film 
Corporation. It is entitled "Bobbin' 
Up and Down." 

A corps of women singers has been 
engaged to render the song for each 
film show. They will travel with the 
picture. Later the Windsor will make 
a proposition to state right buyers for 
its output. 



AFRAID OF TIMES SQUARE. 

The numerous reputable film con- 
cerns which have recently moved their 
offices or are contemplating doing so 
arc said to have been prompted through 
the failure of the owners of the build- 
ings harboring picture concerns in the 
neighborhood of Times Square to in- 
vestigate upon all the concerns that 
have rented offices. Several so-called 
film concerns are mostly money-mak- 
ing schemes which after conducting 
business for a while suspend. Numer- 
ous inquiries are made in the building 
by stockholders or creditors, which 
throws the regular concerns into dis- 
favor through their name being on the 
boards in these buildings. 

The big concerns breaking away are 
getting out of the old district as much 
as possible, taking up quarters in a 
commercial locality with a known busi- 
ness standing. 



de- 
the 



PICTURE MAN REPLIES. 

Through his company's press 
partment, J. Stuart Blackton, of 
Vitagraph, has issued a statement giv- 
ing the picture maker's side of the 
story in regard to the numerous com- 
plaints registered of late by the legiti- 
mate managers against the inroads the 
picture business is making into the 
other fields and the high salaries it 
is making necessary. 

Mr. Blackton claims the legit man- 
agers are only standing in their own 
light by refusing to sign players who 
have appeared in pictures. As far as 
hurting the drawing power of an artist, 
pictures increase his or her popularity, 
according to this statement. It goes 
on to state the film concerns are not 
dependent upon the stage for atari, 
giving the Vita companies as examples, 
with Anita Stewart, Lillian Walker, 
Earle Williams, Edith Storey and An- 
tonio Mareno mentioned as current 
picture stars and who were never heard 
of before their picture work. 



HORSLEY IN MUTUAL 

Last week David Horsley signed a 
contract with John R. Freuler, presi- 
dent of the Mutual, whereby the former 
will release his entire output through 
the Mutual after Aug. 12. At the same 
time Mr. Horsley cancelled his contract 
with the General Film Co., under which 
he has released the MinA brand of 
comedies for the last seven months. 

The cancellation of the Horsley con- 
tract with the G. F. becomes effective 
within 30 days. It is said :hat in lrak- 
ing a connection with the Mutual the 
producer hopes to find a wider market 
for his productions. 

Mr. Horsley is one of the best known 
film men in the country and one of the 
first independent producers. He is also 
the inventor of a number of mechanical 
devices for pictures. 



KRITERION OWES $203,244. 

The Kriterion Film Corporation, 
which has been in the hands of a re- 
ceiver since last May, has filed sched- 
ules showing assets of $43,500 and lia- 
bilities amounting to $203,244. The 
receiver since his appointment has been 
putting into money the various assets 
of the company, which consisted most- 
ly of pictures on the shelves. 



18 



FILM REVIEWS 



THE FIGHTING HOPE 

Robert Granger George Gcbbardt 

Anna Granger, his wife. .. .Laura Hope CrewH 

Robert Harold Granger Gerald Ward 

burton Temple Thomas Melghan 

Craven Richard Morris 

Miss Gorham Florence Smy the 

Cornelius Brady Theodore Roberts 

Rose Fanchon Clco Rldgeley 

Detective Clark Tom Forman 

I )etectl ve Fletcher Billy Elmer 

The Paramount release for this week, at 
the Strand, New York, Is the Laeky-Uelasco 
production of "The Fighting Hope," with Laura 
Hope Crews. The play is thoroughly known 
to book readers, and it has secured a position 
on the speaking stage. In pictures it will 
also endure, possibly may And an over the 
average demand for return dates, since the 
story has a gripping hold at times, in the 
manner presented on the screen. There is 
heart sentiment in it and the absence of any 
undue action is not noticeable, since the tale's 
thread is sufficiently strong to make the 
auditor Intently look and wait Lasky has 
given it a production that should bring no 
criticism. It was not a scenario that called 
for a great deal, scenlcally, and what was 
required nicely sufficed, whether in or out 
of doors. The standard feature maker**, 
among which is Lasky, appear to be going 
In for artlstlcness In detailing a feature on 
the film. This involve* study by the director 
and at times it becomes too studied, so much 
the effect sought for does not harmoniously 
blend Into the running. This may be caused 
at times by the too frequent employment of 
the fadeaway scheme, although where the 
next scene is abruptly brought to the screen, 
and In Its abruptness shows the posing for 
the cameraman's start, that might, it seems, 
be corrected in the cutting and Joining pro- 
cess. In this feature the "pose" is always 
there. Mayhaps through Miss Crews' new- 
ness to the camera she was caught waiting 
-*"" for the photographer two or three times, but 
her "posing" in each instance was unneces- 
sary. Placing a woman against an open door 
for a light effect to shadow her face la so 
palpable to the picture patron the director Is 
merely wasting his time, unless he can do It 
quite in the natural order of events. But 
still all these small matters that reviewers may 
rave about without knowing what they are 
talking of will correct themselves In time. No 
one as quickly sees these things anyway as a 
director, who should ever be the best critic 
of his work, if be Is honest with himself — and 
it's no use kidding yourself, as Griffith so 
ably put forth in "The Avenging Conscience." 
"The Fighting Hope" Btory is worth repeat- 
ing in brief. It Is of the over-certification by 
the cashier (or treasurer) of a trust company 
of a check of $700,000. That caused the 
bank's suspension and the arrest of the 
can bier. Newspapers Implicated the president, 
who had previously refused to certify the' 
cheek, and he was indicted after the cashier 
had been sent to prison. The cashier was 
Robert Granger. His wife had a cousin act- 
ing as secretary for the bank's president. 
She Induced .her cousin to exchange places 
with her, the wife substituting to secure proof 
of her husband's innocence. Instead Mrs. 
Granger became convinced her husband was 
the criminal, and Burton Temple, the presi- 
dent, was Innocent. Temple and the wife fell 
In love while this worked out. The wife also 
discovered her husband had been carrying on 
a Mason with a woman of easy habits, and 
had invested his share ($100,000) of the 9700. 
(MM) in trust for tho other woman while he 
Hhould remain in prison, she to receive the 
income, with apparently no provision made 
by the cashier for his family. The cashier 
escaped about the middle of the last reel and 
was shot in the last 100 feet. It left hU wife 
h widow to marry the president, Which she 
no doubt did. Miss Crews as the cashier's 
wife left her home to assume the post of sec- 
retary, carrying a small hand bag. How long 
she was In the president's employ, and long 
enough at least for him to fall In love with 
her, isn't mentioned, but Miss Crews con- 
tinuously wore the same costume. Nor did 
Thomas Melghan as the president ever alter 
the little curly rows of his hair. One would 
have almost said all scenes between Miss 
Crews, Mr. Gebhardt and Mr. Mleghan were 
taken in one and the same day. The cast, 
Including Theodore Roberts, was nicely bal- 
anced In suport, and there is no fault to the 
acting, not any sharp faultB at all unless the 
detective work in connection with Rose Fan- 
chon could be said to have been too rapid for 
belief. This feature, however, la purely a 
matter of the story, and holds up so well 
mostly through that. Simme. 



DR. RAMEAU. 

Dr. Rameau Frederick Perry 

Munzell, the artist Stuart Holmes 

Dr. Talavanne George Alison 

Conchlta Dorothy Bernard 

Adrian Jean Sothern 

Conchlta's Mother Bertha nrundage 

Roselle, a maid Edith Hallor 

Dr. Rameau's Mother Mayme Kelso 

Robert Graham Velsey 

Young Rameau Thomas Carnahan, Jr. 

"Dr. Rameau" the five-reel feature which 
Fox exhibited at the Broadway theatre last 
w»>< k nt a special showing opened with a 
punch that wbb as stronr »« « n "thlng in "The 
Mirth of a Nation," •»-.' picture nar- 

rowed down to the I ■! tlon was too 

drawn out to keep '* ta speed that 

wan shown at the co The direc- 

tion of the picture b avis Is fault- 

less to an extreme. i this feature 

marks him an a producer and director with 
a great future. The acting and the pbotog- 
graphy are also very good. Frederick Perry 
Is starred In the featuce and the Fox offlss 



made a happy selection In him. One or two 
of the Fox stocks who have done good work 
in the past were not at their best in this 
picture. This fact is particularly true of 
Stuart Holmes in the earlier parts. He did 
not really start to work until the love scenes 
In the studio. Prior to that time he was 
crude. Oeorge Alison was good at all times 
and earned praise. Of the women Dorothy 
Mernard and Jean Southern bore the brunt, 
although Mayme Kelso was very much in evi- 
dence at the beginlng. As to the direction In 
detail It was good throughout with the ex- 
ception of two points. One where a scene 
was permitted to run too long and the other 
where there were too many repeats of action 
entirely too similar. The former Is the scene 
where the doctor after many years finds that 
bis dead wife had been unfaithful to him and 
that the child reared as his daughter Is the 
offspring of another. This discovery comes 
when the girl is IS or 20 and Is about to 
marry. The father, searching for her birth 
certificate, comes across evidence proving the 
child la not his. In his fury he wrecks the 
apartment. This could have been done In a 
few minutes, but the scene runs too long. 
The latter is where the doctor's friends try 
to convince him he should perform an opera- 
tion to save his child's life. In this there 
are two repetitions of the same business. It is 
really these two scenes that cause the picture 
to drag toward the finish. At the opening 
then* la tho most wonderful thunder storm 
ever pictured. At the time Dr. Rameau Is 
but a child. His father Is a drunken sot who 
returns to his home during the storm and 
starta beating his wife. The boy offers a 
prayer to Ood to protect his mother from the 
father and in answer there is a flash of 
lightning from out of the heavens and the 
mother falls dead. This destroys the boy's 
faith in God, which plays an Important part 
In his after years. The boy Is adopted by a 
physician after the mother's death and In 
time becomes the most noted surgeon In Paris. 
He marries the daughter of a poor patient, 
the girl accepting him out of gratitude for 
her mother's deliverance. The doctor at the 
time Is about 50 years of age. His most In- 
timate chums are Dr. Talavanne and Mun- 
zell, an artist. The wife while having her 
portrait painted by Munzell falls In love with 
the artist. Later when a child. Is born to the 
doctor's wife it has the blonde characteristics 
of the artist. The wife dies and the doctor 
in his grief orders her apartment be closed 
and sealed. Later when his child has grown 
to womanhood and is about to be both roth ed 
he learns of his wife's duplicity and becomes 
a mad man for the time. He drives the daugh- 
ter from the house and she becomes 111. 
Physicians are called In but confess them- 
selves unable to save the life of the patient. 
Her father only can bring about her recovery- 
Prior to this time the father would never 
admit big cases were ever successful because 
of the assistance to a Higher Being, holding 
recoveries were due to science alone, his faith 
in God having left him with the death of his 
mother. However, during the night of the 
crisis in the Illness of his daughter he offers 
a prayer which la answered by the recovery 
of the girl. The picture holds many thrills 
and should be a winner In the feature line 
If only because of the strength of the opening. 

Fred. 



New York force, most noticeable among whom 
was Pete Schmid, the publicity promoter. 
"Kllmeny" will fit in the Paramount pro- 
gram, but It will never make a big name for 
Itself. 



KILMENY. 

'Kllmeny'' Lenore Ulrlch 

Gypsy Chief Herbert Standing 

Barouche Howard Davles 

Tlerre Marshall Mackaye 

Ijord Leigh Frederick Wilson 

Lady Leigh Myrtle Stedman 

Mob Merldlth William Desmond 

"Kllmeny" is a MoroBCo feature for re- 
lease upon the Paramount program. Lenore 
I M rich makes her screen debut as its fea- 
tured player. Had Miss Ulrlch been aided by 
a Btory that held more possibilities for pic- 
ture work she would have achieved greater 
success, but as it is she Is 00 per cent of 
"Kllmeny." It is a Gypsy story which 
naturally relieves all expectations as to a 
novel plot. The kidnapping of a child starts 
it off. The time lapses until the child Is a 
young woman. Miss Ulrlch steps In at this 
point. She escapes from the Gypsies, gets Into 
the home of a Lord, but finds that she can 
not live there happily through causing jeal- 
ousy In the household. She returns to the 
camp of the wanderers and is to be married 
Jo one when rescued by her father, who 
comes down the road- In an automobile Just 
as the marriage ts to be performed. Miss 
Ulrlch possesses all of the natural require- 
ments for the role and her acting showed 
great zest. This young woman could well be 
retained for pictures, as she has the power 
to please as a screen artist but a more worthy 
scenario would be a big help. Herbert Stand- 
ing as an old Gypsy Chief was easily the best 
bet in the male division. No part seems Im- 
possible for Standing, as is being shown in 
the number of pictures he has appeared in of 
late. Myrtle Stedman, with the only other 
female role of any weight, made a charm- 
ing appearance. Miss Stedman may have 
finished her starring vehicle for this company 
earlier than expected and took this part as 
more of an extra bit than anything else. 
Marshall Mackaye as a lame boy is a con- 
vincing actor, as is also Howard Davles in 
another Gypsy role. William Desmond as 
the lover failed to impress. It was prob- 
ably due to the shallc vness of the part and 
little real work that he was cast for. The 
production 1b made up almost entirely of 
exteriors. Splendid photography throughout 
The Interiors were not specially noticeable 
for their class. An Interesting finish to the 
picture was the arrival in New York of Miss 
Tlrlch (in proper person) after she had Un- 
shed It oa the eoast She was met by 'the 



CONFESSION OF MME. BARASTOFF. 

A Broadway Star Feature in three reels re- 
leased by the Vttagraph. with a Btory of Rus- 
sian love and military Intrigue as Its plot It 
Is a poorly written, badly constructed, wretch- 
edly acted and a frightfully produced piece of 
work as a whole. The story tells of the love 
affair between a young officer In the army of 
the Czar and the daughter of one of his su- 
perior officers. The father of the girl gives 
the hand of his daughter In marriage to an 
aged general, who takes. the girl, even though 
she tells him she is only obeying the wishes 
of her father but not those of her heart. Some 
time later the young officer 1b attached to the 
ataff of the general who married the girl he 
loved. The general becomes suspicious his 
wife Is unfaithful to him and that the young- 
ster Is her lover. He plots to have the officer 
commit a breach of military law which will 
bring about his execution as a traitor. The 
young man falls Into the trap and leaves his 
tent during the night to visit the general's 
wife. He spends three hours In her apart- 
ment and on his return to quarters 1b arrested. 
The order for his court martial Is Issued and 
the general orders his wife to be present at 
the hearing, believing her love of the officer 
will cause a confession he was with her to 
save his life and Incidentally bring about her 
own disgrace. The girl Is about to confess 
when her lover halts her and he goes to his 
death before a firing squad commanded by his 
own brother. The firing squad and the execu- 
tion are shown through an open window and 
as the volley crashes out the Madame rises 
to shout her confession but It Is too late, for 
her lover has carried his secret with him to 
the grave. There are so many impossible 
angles in the plcturlzatlon that there are 
times when the tale Is extremely laughable. 
The audience at an uper Broadway house 
seemed to like the unsought for comedy effects 
Immensely for they laughed time and again. 

Fred. 



THE CUB. 

Alice Renlow Martha Hedman 

Steve Oldham John Hlnes 

"Cap." White Robert Cummings 

Becky King Jessie Lewis 

Stark White Bert Starkey 

Paggy White Dorothy Farnum 

This five-reel William A. Brady feature Is 
founded on the Thompson Buchanan play of 
the same title and released through the World. 
It has Martha Hedman as the star and John 
Hlnes should be the featured player. He ap- 
pears as the "Cub" and as that role Is the most 
prominent he has all the best of the situ- 
ations. The star is overshadowed by his op- 
portunities, though he makes the most of 
them. Miss Hedman will undoubtedly prove 
a valuable addition to the large gallery of 
photoplayers, for in addition to possessing all 
the natural charm and beauty that are the 
first essentials of a screen actress she Is also 
an artist of consummate ability. The picture 
Is Introduced by a view of the mountains In 
which the action of the play takes place. Next 
there 1b shown the originator of the feud on 
which the story Is based, after which the 
comedian Introduces the principals of the 
cast who appear In a frame. The Introduc- 
tions are quite humorous. The story tells of 
a feud ranging In the Virginia mountains. 
The star reporter on a big paper Is 111, and 
only one of the "cubs" can be spared. Steve 
Oldham, a "cub" of the "millionaire reporter" 
type. Is handed the assignment to cover the 
row. He togs up like a war correspondent 
and starts for the scene of the fray. On his 
arrival he becomes mixed In with both fac- 
tions of the warring clans and a series of re- 
markable humorous adventures occur until 
finally he, in his Ignorance of existing cus- 
toms In the mountains, kisses a mountaineer's 
daughter at a dance and with this his engage- 
ment Is announced, although he Is really In 
love with the daughter of one of the leaders 
of the opposite faction. He then Is captured 
and held a prisoner by the Whites and sen- 
tenced to be shot. Just previous to this tak- 
ing place he has written a telegram to his 
city editor, which while exceedingly rambling 
is finally deciphered as an appeal for help 
and the paper sends a troop of cavalry to the 
reporter's rescue. They arrive in time to 
rescue him from a building where he and the 
father of the girl that he loves have been 
standing off the Whites for what seemed al- 
most an hour. The picture Is a diverting fea- 
ture and while containing a pretty love story 
has many elements of comedy that make 
It a delightful entertainment. Fred. 

HER VOCATION. 

That a novel story will make a feature worth 

while Is evidently what entered the mind of 

the Edison scenario chief when selecting this 

feature in three reels. It deals with news- 
paper and literary life. A wife with all the 
luxuries Is not satis"*'* Qhe decides to write. 
Her first work Is ac . . . * she is tempted 
to go on with it. * jIb she (u .s, much to the 
disgust of the people around. With the taking 
up of the writing everything else Is dropped, 
including friends and family. She Is at work 
upon a novel of the Blums, but It needs local 
color. She persuades her husband to go to a 
notorious low life reaort for material. He 
agrees to go. Upon arriving at the place he 
is seated at the table with a young woman. 
They begin conversing, he making out he Is 
a safe blower and she a stool pigeon. They 



stay very late. The wife, at home, nervous, 
sets out for the place. The sweetheart of the 
girl (she Is s newspaper woman getting ma- 
terial for a story) is also worried and starts 
to find her. The wife and man meet. They 
go to the dive, but are refused admission and 
then the place Is raided. The couple inside 
after being caught are haled Into the police 
station, where everything is straightened out 
and the wife gives up her literary career. Well 
selected cast do all that is asked In a picture 
that calls for little real acting. The produc- 
tion will do. The story holds this one up. 



THE WHITE TERROR. 

Matthew Brand Hobart Henley 

Eleanor Boyd Frances Nelson 

David Duncan William Welsh 

Emerson Boyd Howard Crampton 

Clifford Cole Alan Holubar 

Mayor Otto Hoffman 

David Boyle Fred Sullivan 

As far as this four-part Imp feature of the 
summer product of the Unlversal's advertised 
'Masterpieces" is concerned the story Is of 
secondary consideration. It's the camera fling 
the Imp takes at quack medicine makers and 
the sweat shop owners and what filth and un- 
aanltary condition in factories will do toward 
undermining the health of the human beings 
therein employed. This aspect Is set forth 
fairly well and makes the moral so obvious 
any one could reap some sort of benefit How- 
ever, it has come to pass that various state 
legislatures and reform workers have been 
after the factory men and show operators un- 
til there has been results In many of our 
commercial centers. In this film the scenario 
writer, Raymond L. Shrock, has depicted 
scenes of the evils of child labor, of "vile 
housing and factory conditions, crooked poll- 
tics and graft and the excesses of the Idle 
rich," with a love story running somewhat In- 
congruously throughout. Much of the film Is 
devoted to the rich mill owner, Emerson Boyd, 
awakening to the true facts of his plant's con- 
ditions and how he makes amends, incidentally 
approving of the match of his daughter, 
Eleanor, to Matthew Brand. There is a villain 
in David Duncan, also in love with the 
manufacturer's daughter. Brand, being rich, 
buys a paper and stirs up a hornet's nest In 
his attacks. At times the camera gives views 
of the factory conditions with the film having 
the owners at a banquet. Fairly well earn- 
er aed and well acted. Stuart Paton did some 
splendid directing In some of the scenes, his 
finale being most effective. Mark. 

THE GARDEfTOF LIES. 

The Jane Cowl feature by the Universal, 
called "The Garden of Lies," has Mlas Cowl 
in the least interesting role of a good film, 
viewed from its romantic trend. It looks very 
much like a novel unfolded. There are a 
prince, morganatic wife and a young American, 
the latter taking the place of the prince as 
husband to save the reason of the wife. When 
the duplicity Is discovered by Mrs. Prince 
(Miss Cowl), she Is greatly incensed, not hav- 
ing gone insane, and will not accept the 
American by himself, though botfc stow tnsy 
are deeply in love with on* another. - The 
Prince, a bug on honor, had arrlwd lad at 
once started to beat up everyone In sight ex- 
cepting three conspirators from his principal- 
ity, who notified the title it would have to re- 
nounce the morganatic wife or abdicate. The 
Prince started to whip the American in a 
fist ffght, but got the worst of it, and again 
was defeated when fighting him a duel. Then 
the conspirators abducted the wife and the 
American saved her, reaching her place of cap- 
tivity about three minutes ahead of a mob 
bent on the name object. So they saved her 
altogether, but the American and the Prince 
were shot In the ensuing scuffle. Everybody 
seemed to take it for granted the Prince had 
been killed, as though the director had tipped 
off that section of the scenario, for they all 
paid attention only to the American. He 
wasn't dead. They took him to the house and 
laid him on a couch. He asked for tho Prin- 
cess and she went to him, calling him "Den- 
nis," bo the Impression left was the reverse of 
the usual one, for It looked as though the 
American would recover and live happily with 
the girl, even though his name was Dennis. A 
neat bit of light humor was begotten from the 
duel scene. The duel was excellently handled 
and repeated In retrospect for the audience, 
when the American's second explained to the 
wife how he had defeated the Prince. He ex- 
travagantly elaborated upon the scenes to 
place the American as the most heroic figure. 
The two leading male characters were well 
taken. Miss Cowl, however, was In a sort of 
lay role, merely a buffer or the centre of ac- 
tivity with the centre quote quiet. The story 
Is holding and Is placed in a pretty woodland 
setting. It has general appeal for young and 
old. "The Garden of Lies" should help the 
Universal name in the feature branch. Rime. 



THE OCTOPUS. 

Sellg's latest three-reeler, as uninteresting 
and unfathomable as most of the other long 
pictures released by this concern of late. This 
one deals with a "mama's boy." Archie, who 
goes to the city, gets a Job and makes rapid 
advancement. He becomes mixed up with 
women falls in debt, and has a real lively 
time, from all appearances giving little 
thought to home or mother until the writer of 
the story sees fit to bring it to a close. Then 
Archie learns the man he has been working 
for is his own father, but he had never mar- 
ried Archie's mother. After hearing the man's 
sad story the boy decides his place Is with his 
mother. The third reel closes with the Is 'her 
gazing out of the window as If he bore the 
weight of the world upon his shoulders. The 
regular stock players make up the east It Is 
punishment to sit through the picture. 



MOVING PICTURES 



19 



FILM FLASHES 



P. J. Flanery is a new addition to the edi- 
torial staff of the V-L-8-E. 



The Cyril Maude feature, "Peer Oynt." will 
Hhortly be released for American exhibition. 



The Gaiety, Hoboken, is to continue its 
present pop vaudeville during the fall. 

Pauline Fredericks' next screen production 
will be "Sold" by the Famous Player*. 

Phyllis Grey, of the Balboa, is out on 
crutches at Long Beach, Cal. 

Mae Marsh is selling cold cream as a side 
line to film acting. 

Tully Marshall and Thomas Jefferson are 
co-starring in the film version of "The Sable 
Lorcha." 



A film version of the Bartley Campbell play, 
"My Partner," Is being made by Burr Mc- 
intosh. 



Arthur Row will have a part in the film 
version of "Vanity Fair," In which Mrs. 
FiHke is to star. 



Mary Miles Mlnter, the youthful star, has 
been put under contract by the Metro for a 
terra of years. 

Rolfe will make another feature with Will- 
iam Faversham as the star for the Metro 
program. 

Ralph Hera will start picture work at the 
Rolfe studio in "The Purple Lady" In Sep- 
» tember. 

Bruce McRae will be the leading man in 
Pathe features to come. His first for this 
concern will be "Via Wireless." 

The Paramount has gotten out some ex- 
tensive advertising matter for its big feature 
production, "The Allen." 

John Burton, the veteran actor, makes his 
film debut in the Morosco production "Kil- 
meny." 



"Under Southern Skies," with Mary Fuller 
featured, has been marked for release by the 
Universal for September 13. 

Marie Tempest is putting the finishing 
touches to her four-reeled comedy feature, 
"Mrs. Plum Pudding." 



The Itala Co. will have ready about Aug. 1 
a production said to be a sequel to "Ca- 
blrla." It will nn two hours. 

Mile. Valkyrien will be in the Vita pro- 
duction of "Youth." Captain Harry Lambert 
will produce It. 

Raymond Hitchcock Is to do another new 
two-reeled comedy picture under Mack Ben- 
nett's direction on the Coast. 



The Cosmos Is making a feature, "The 
Master of the House," in which Julius Steger 
1b the star. 



Joseph Boyle, assistant to director John 
I nee (Lubin) forces, was married last week to 
Maud Douglass, a member of the stock com- 
pany. 



Lubin has landed Dr. Daniel Carson Good- 
man upon a fat contract to write 12 feature 
scenarios. Goodman will be best remembered 
r or his "The Battle of the Sexes.* 



A petition in bankruptcy has been filed 
against the Mohawk Film Co. This company 
assigned last week to Albert A. Rapheal the 
day before the bankruptcy petition was filed. 



"Artie" Is in the making by the Vltagraph, 
with Ernest Truex as the featured player. 
Dorothy Kelly is playing the role of Artie's 
Bweetheart. 



Archie Bell, the dramatic reviewer of the 
Cleveland Leader, Is reported bb heeding the 
picture call to write scenarios at a fancy 
salary. 



Mrs. Minnie Maddern Flske, when not work- 
ing in the feature of "Vanity Fair," Is look- 
ing over manuscripts for new plays with a 
view of accepting one for next season. 



Helen Von Huber. formerly of the editorial 
staff of the Chicago Tribune, has come to New 
York and is playing leads In the Wizard 
comedies. 



"Lady Audley's Secret," flvo reels, with 
Theda Bara featured, has been set for release 
one week from today (Friday). Marshall 
Farnum did the directing. 



The Vltagraph is making a college feature, 
For the Honor of the Crew," in which Will- 
iam B. Davidson, Columbia '00, has the prin- 
cipal role. 



in a new feature she will continue in support 
of Betty Nansen in features. 



Jack Cunningham Isn't going to become crasy 
with the heat if cool dressing has anything 
to do with it. Jack Issued forth Monday in 
a nicely pressed Palm Beach linen and defied 
any of his brother agents to follow suit. 



Lula Q laser, under contract to the Universal 
for a feature, has not yet started work on the 
film, although the U has set Nov. 20 as the 
day It will be released. The U Is seeking 
the proper camera vehicle. 



Douglass Fairbanks will appear In two or 
more features to be produced by D. W. Grif- 
fith on the coast. Fairbanks has already 
reached the Griffith studio In Southern Cali- 
fornia. 



The cast for the film version of "Evidence." 
which is being produced by Edwin August 
for the Shuberts, includes Lillian Tucker, 
Richard Rubier, Handee Wright, Lionel Pape, 
Richard Temple, Florence Hackett and Mau- 
rice Stewart. 

D. W. Griffith, having completed his next 
feature, "The Mother and the Law," has been 
taking a little vacation by attending the San 
Francisco Exposition. Griffith has several 
new subjects for new features, but has not an- 
nounced which he will take up next. 

Blllle Reeves, who is appearing in Lubin 
comedies, was instrumental in the rescuing 
from drowning of a man who had fallen over 
the side of the battleship Alabama stationed 
at League Inland. Reeves dove over the side 
of the ship and swam with the man to shore. 

A. W. Goff Is the newly appointed coast 
division manager of the V-L-S-E. Sidney E. 
Abel assumes charge of the Cleveland branch 
of the same concern, this position being left 
vacant by the removal of Mr. Goff to the 
coast 



The company organized to produce Captain 
Leslie T. Peacock's big feature, "The Birth 
of Venus," has called a halt and negotiations 
are now on between the Universal and Captain 
Peacock for the Venus production to be dona 
by the U forces. 



The Strand's press department this week In 
sending out a notice on "The Fighting Hope," 
now playing there, called attention to the role 
of Detective Fletcher in the picture, as taken 
by Billy Elmer, who was recently killed In an 
auto accident on the Coast. 



Frelda Hall Is on from Chicago in response 
to several offers that she has received from 
feature manufacturers here to appear in "The 
T J d< Lf nd the Wind*." a novel along the linen 
of ' The Lion and the Mouse," which she has 
written. She has two offers now under con- 
sideration. 



BILLS NEXT WEEK. 

(Continued from page 12.) 



Fox Co. has signed Dorothy Bernard to a 
long contract Until she appears as a star 



Vaaesaver, R. C. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Klein's Production 
Josie Flynn Mlns 
Silbert A North 
Rice & Francis 
Rio ft Norman 
Juliette Dlka 

PANTAGES (m) 
Edmund Hayes Co 
Dorsch A Russell 
Lombardl Sextette 
John P Reed 
Belle Oliver 
Lady Alice's Pets 

Washing-ton 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Hopkins Sisters 
Arnaut Bros 
P ft I Sans 
Cbas Olcott 
Mason-Keeler 
Perry ft Heath 
Harry Cooper Co 
Lunette Sisters 

Waterbnry, Conn. 

POLI'S (ubo) 
Wood Bros 
The ^ halens 
Dawson Players 
Dody ft Allman 
2d half 
Turner ft Grace 
Carlton Sisters 
John Wlnthrop Co 
LcMalre A Dawson 
Ever's Circus 
(One to fill) 

Wntertown, 91 D 

METROPOLITAN 
(wva) 
Stross 4 Becker 
Cooper A Rlcardo 

2d half 
Gllroy & Coriel 
Black ft White 



Wichita. Knn. 

WONDERLAND PK 

(wva) 
tears ft Homer 
Jerome Tudor ft S 
Raymond ft Hess 
Mile Martha A Sis 

2d half 
W F Reno 
3 Gay Sis 
The Grazers 
Fern Blgelow 3 
Wllkea-Barre. Pa. 

POLI'S (ubo) 
Pike ft Calome 
La Belle Marie 
Gordon ft White 
Mack ft Irwin 
Minstrel 4 
Melvern's Comlques 

2d half 
Lo Roy ft Lane 
Robeo ft Robeo 
Stanley Burns ft B 
"Garden of Peaches" 
Rogers, Pollock A R 
"Dog Bandits" 
Winnipeg 
PANTAGES (m) 
"Miss U S A" 
Gray A Wheeler 
Ober A Dumont 
Kennedy A Burt 
Will A Kemp 

STRAND (wva) . 
nurnham A Yant 
Mr A Mrs A Cappelan 
Judson Cole 
Nettle Carroll Tr 
Worcester, Mmk 
PLAZA (ubo) 
Turner a Grace 
Dunn Sisters 
Three Vagrants 
Ever's Circus 

2d hair 
De Von Sisters 
Joe Daniels 
Gene Frailer Co 
Sllblnl A Orovinl 



An Important meeting of the Cinema Ex- 
hibitors' Association of Westchester County 
was held at 11 P. M. Thursday night in the 
Model Theatre, 045 Freeman street, at which 
time a number of pressing matters concerning 
film conditions locally were discussed pro and 
con. 



Jack Flinn, the press shooter for Lasky, 
Jumped in on the chance to further boost the 
Victor Moore-"Chlmmle Fadden" feature of 
his concern through the vaudeville cancella- 
tion of Moore and Llttlefleld at Keith's. Wash- 
ington. Mr. Flinn, with a naviette that bursts 
through the manifold sheet, says the undue 
publicity given the Moore Incident of having a 
feature shown In opposition to Moore's per- 
sonal headline appearance, brought forth un- 
holy demands for "Chlmmle Fadden" from 
all parts of the country — by exhibitors. Mr. 
Flinn rather broadly asserts in the same an- 
nouncement it was nothing else than the film 
Itself the vaudeville managers grew frighten- 
ed about. Nothing against Jack for putting it 
over, but it doe,s show the tendency of the 
wide-awake publicity man to believe the world 
hinges on the output of his firm, and If be 
doesn't believe it himself, he tries to get the 
selfsame world to. There are presB agents 
and press agents. You can tell the difference 
by their stuff, when you don't know them per- 
sonally, and, thanks be, not all are personally 
known to everybody. Probably the greatest 
joke on earth is some of these little bit 6f 
fellows parading as "press agents." 



Flo Zlegfeld of the tenor of the Frohman an- 
nouncement. A morning newspaper had 
printed Miss Burke was finally engaged for 
111m work, after she had been rumored signed 
many times. That happened in the morning 
of the same day. In the afternoon a news- 
paper man called at the Frohman office and 
Inquired the attitude of the firm on the pic- 
ture subject. John Williams told htm to wait 
a moment until he conferred with Alt Hay- 
man. This conference resulted In the an- 
nouncement, Williams returning and telling 
the trade newspaperman that, as they had 
decided upon an announcement regarding the 
Burke affair, they would make It a general 
one. 



The New York sent out the formal an- 
nouncement last Saturday of the engagement 
of Blllle Burke for 26 weekB each year for 
three years, at $160,000 gross, for the term. 
It is an optional agreement, says the state- 
ment, with Miss Burke's flrBt salary for pic- 
ture, from the same concern, 140,000 for five 
weeks, expenses, Including travelling, to be 
borne by the firm. The Burke picture will be 
made In California. Adam Kessell Is given 
credit for hitching onto the famous red-headed 
star for his concern. Miss Burke Is to go 
west about Aug. 15. The Inside story of the 
Blllle Burke picture agreement, says Miss 
Burke bad no Idea of Immediately engaging 
In picture work, nor had her husband on her 
behalf, until they heard the same afternoon 
last week the Charles Frohman office had 
sent out Its notice re its stars and pictures. 
The notice for the papers next morning read 
that any Frohman star signing for pictures 
automatically severed connection or canceled 
any existing contract with Frohman. It was 
rather a risky statement to make If not wholly 
Intended, especially when monkeying with an 
attraction of the Burke magnitude. Her hus- 
band, Zlegfeld, is some little manager himself, 
and wanted nothing better than to direct the 
tours of his wife, after marrying her, but de- 
ferred to the long managerial reign of the late 
Charles Frohman. The same evening the 
newspapers got the Frohman notice they re- 
ceived another, that Miss Burke had signed 
for pictures. Someone may have tipped off 



THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. 

A five- real Lubin feature released soma time 
ago. "The House Next Door" was a tremen- 
douB success as a play and it seems rather a 
pity Lubin permitted this feature on the 
market In the shape that It Is In. The great- 
est defect in the film Is the photography and It 
ruins every possible chance. There are many 
minor defects as well. From the appearance 
of the film It would look as though the crank 
had b*»en turned by a rank amateur. In the 
direction there are also several faults, the 
most noticeable the apparent age of Sir John 
at the time he has two children, seemingly 
about six or seven years of age running about 
If men who appear as aged and crabbed as 
the actor who played that role can do that 
then all of this A K stuff you hear about la 
"bunk." The picture does not get started un- 
til after the first reel has passed. The open- 
ing of the story lays the foundation for the 
hatred that exists between the heads of the 
respective family In the later years. The rise 
of Sir Isaac Jacobson must have been rather 
wonderful In the 15 years supposed to elapoe 
between the opening and the time ha appears 
to have Sir John at his mercy. The relation be- 
tween the Hebrew and Gentile raoe in retard 
to lnter-marrlage the theme upon whleh the 
play and Its plcturlsatlon are founded, but 
Lubin did not take advantage of the oppor- 
tunities presented In the original manuscript. 
If It had, Lubin would have produosd a fea- 
ture that would undoubtedly live through yours 
and would continue to be a money maker. 
There Is credit to be given for but one soane 
and that is where the house of granite and 
mortar collapses and carries Sir John with It 
This Is the one thrill of the picture. The ma- 
jority of the scenes are Interiors and Just be- 
cause the glass studio adapted Itself wonder- 
fully well to the conservatory scene seems to 
have been reason enough for flashing a "cut- 
back" to that scene at least two score of times 
during the run. Of the acting cast there la 
little to be said for there Beamed to bo but 
two real actors In the east One waa the 
Juvenile who played Adrian Jacobson and the 
other Bdw. Tllton aa a butler. It Is a shame 
that this opportunity to turn out a real pic- 
ture of merit was overlooked by the pro- 
ducers. Fred. 



CORRESPONDENCE 

Unlets otherwise noted, tke f oDowing reports are for the cwrent week. 



VARIETY'S 
CHICAGO OFFICE: 



CHICAGO 




MAJESTIC 
THEATRE BUILDING 



Ravtna Park opened Its opera season last 
week. 



come up for at least three months yet tiring 
the picture free reign meanwhile. 



The Columbia opens Its burlesque season 
here Auk. 8 with "The Social Maids" as the 
attraction. 



The father of Sunny Kllduff was operated on 
at the American Hospital last week after being 
shot by highwaymen. He is getting better. 



There will be a southern office of the Inter- 
state Circuit established shortly. Messrs. 
Chautaut Solan and Mower will move to Dal- 
las soon to stadt their dutlea In the new office. 
Harry Miller remains In Chicago. Karl Hob- 
Iltzel will retain his headquarters In Chicago, 
as he has done In former years. 



Howard Langford, who Is signed with a 
Friedlander tab for next season Is doing a 
single act around the Lake cities. 



The Columbia announces there will be no 
changes In the staff of the theatre this season 
back or front. Ed Strlngfellow remains In the 
box office. 

"Elektra" will be produced In Chicago dur- 
ing the next opera season. Cleofonte Cam- 
panlnl will do the producing of the piece, 
which will be heard three times during the 
season. 



The new summer lobby at the Majestic Is 
causing quite some noise besides being a nice 
place for some of the boys of the vaudeville 
business to lounge about. The lobby Is finish- 
ed off In summer garden style, having easy 
chairs and girls who pass cigarettes around 
to those waiting for a friend in the garden. 
The outside lobby of the theatre has been fixed 
up for the summer lounging purpose. 



Antonla Perry, an actor, and Manager 
Schaffer of the Columbia theatre, on North 
Clark street, fought a no-declslon one-round 
bout In the letter's office one day last week. 
Antonia's wife plays the piano in the theatre. 
He claimed Schaffer Insulted her. Schaffer 
nays Antonia's wife In not a good piano player 
and he did not Insult her. 



Myrtle Lane, an actress, was bitten, she 
alleges, by "Romeo," the monk, at the Great 
Northern Hippodrome, about six weeks ago 
and Is now suing the Alcazar Amusement Co., 
which controls tbe Hip. Miss Lane «was sit- 
ting In a box at the time of the accident. 
"Romeo" was doing his roller skating but 
Jumped Into the box sod, beside* biting her, 
the aHrcHH claims a nervous break down. 



Margaret Ullngton opens at the Cort in "The 
Ue" Aug. 8. "Peg o' My Heart" closes there 
Aug. 7. "Pollanna" will be produced at the 
Hlackstone* Aug. 29. The cast will Include 
Phillip Merrlvale, Patricia rollings and Effle 
Shannon. "He Comes ITp Smiling" will be 
thr attraction at the Powers oponlng Sept. 6. 

An appeal was granted tbs city of Chlesgo 
against the decision of the court that gave the 
promoter* permission to show "The Plrth of a 
Nation" film at the IlllnolH theatre. Though 
the appeal was grsnted tbe hearing will not 



There is a sequel to the doings of the people 
who control Rlvervlew Park here. Last week 
a fraud charge was brought against two of the 
park's directors and this week there Is a 
charge against Howard Hews, who has been 
acting as receiver for the company. It Is al- 
leged Hews misappropriated funds by buying 
park c< ■ *h|ous and using the profits himself. 
In tho irge a psssage states that though 
Hews 1 dl< 1 as much as $100/100 at a time 
he wss ader bond for $7,fi00. 



CrtRT (17. J. Hermann, mgr. ) — "Peg o' My 
Heart." with Peggy O'Nell. (10th week) Doing 
fairly. 



VARIETY 



MIKE 







AND 

SIDNEY 




Beg to announce the opening 

of their season 



This Week (July 19) 
Majestic Theatre, Chicago 



ORPHEUM and 

KEITH Circuits 



Direction 



MAX E. HAYES 



LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! 
COMEDIANS 



—AND OTHER— 



Burlesque People 

COMMUNICATE WITH 

The Burlesque Wheel 

Los Angeles, Cal. (Century Theatre) 
The only Burlesque House on the Pacific Coast 



We want only the 
Best People — others 
need not apply — 



WM. C. MEEK 

Manager. 



Palace Theatre Building 



New York 



COHANS GRAND (Harry Ridings, mgr.).— 
•The Lady In Red.' (2d week) Not doing very 
well. 

OARRICK (John J. Garrity, mgr.).— "All 
Over Town." with Joseph Santley. (8th week) 
Holding up fairly under heat spell. 

ILLINOIS (Augusta Pltou, mgr.).— "The 
Birth or a Nation" film. (7th week.) Big 
houses still reported. 

LA SALLE (Joseph Bransky, mgr.).— Pic- 
tures. 

PALACE (Harry Singer, mgr.).— "Maid In 
America." (8th week) Going line. 

MAJESTIC (Fred Eberts. mgr.; agt., Orph.). 
— For a summer vaudeville show the one at 
the Majestic this week would take a lot of 
beating. Outside of one of those "Leave our 
boy home because we may want him to go to 
work some day" sketches, the bill ran 
smoothly with some smashing vaudeville acts. 
The business owing to the cooler breezes of 
the evening was better than the big house has 
shown In some weeks. Flske O'Hara, the 
Irish-American tenor, held the banner spot on 
the bill and program and he sang his way Into 
Immediate popularity. O'Hara will in all 
probability prove a valuable attraction for this 
week. Outside of the headliner there were 
three comedy hits and two acts that were suc- 
cessful otherwise. Marie Nordstrom followed 
O'Hara. Miss Nordstrom was seen here not 
so long ago at the Palace and her success at 
that house was even Improved upon at the 
Majestic. She has an Idea that fits vaude- 
ville in every way and outside of this her 
comedy efforts are always rewarded with big 
laughs. Clark and Verdi, though well known 
to Chicago vaudeville lovers, again succeeded 
in getting the regular laughs at the regular 
times. The characters done by these two 
boys are In every way true, making them 
an artistic as well as a comedy hit all the 
way. Mike Bernard appears with a new part- 
ner. Sidney Phillips, who assists the piano man 
In making up a vaudeville turn, welcomed on 
any bill. Phillips has appearance and the 
right Idea of singing character songs. He was 
a hit In all the numbers tried at the Majes- 
tic Monday night. Of course, Mike wher alone 
on the stage at the piano had things all his 
own way. Joe Whitehead was handed the 
worklngman's spot, "No. 2," but In spits of 
that the nut comic impressed the audience 
that they must laugh at him and they did. 
Whitehead has a lot of crazlly funny ma- 
terial, and this along with his dancing made 
him a hit. There Is no knowing where some 
gags originated, but Whitehead is reciting the 
travesty on "A Fool There Was," done by 
James Francis Dooley for some time back. 
Whitehead Is also using Trlxle Frlganza's 
son* about the livery stable. Haveman's Ani- 
mals are probably best looking aggregation 
of beasts in vaudeville at present and they 
were successful in every way. The cage act 
was No. « r >. Vernle Kaufman, the cycling girl, 
was placed to open the show. Vernle s ap- 
pearance along with her gracefulness on the 
bike proved big assets an u she made a fine 
opening act. The sad part of the evening 
was allotted to Mildred and Fello Morris and 



Co., who played a sketch called "The Last 
Reserve." If this is the last sketch that 
Is against war, probably the vaudeville audi- 
ences about here would be grateful. This one 
Is much like the sketch played by Henrietta 
Crosman, only, of course, without resemblance 
In the acting. Mildred Morris makes .a true 
"I want to be a soldier" boy, but this dues not 
excuse the poorly written vehicle nor the 
mediocre playing by the other members. The 
sketch was for the most part received with 
quiet endurance. Selma Braats closed the 
show and did nicely. 

GREAT NORTHERN HIPPODROME (A. H. 
Talbot, mgr. ; agt, W. V. M. A.).— The weather 
took a change for the better Monday as far as 
vaudeville was concerned so the Hip got a 
dandy start, the bouse being filled before the 
first show of the day had finished. The pro- 
gram started slowly but managed to speed up 
towards the finish. The show was opened ny 
the Halkings, who do a shadowgraph act of a 
newer kind. They did well In a quiet way. 
Pearl Davenport Is a blonde who sings and 
tells stories. The stories could be eliminated 
to her advantage. Miss Davenport sings well 
and managed to get some applause through 
topical verses to a popular song melody. Mile. 
Rlalto and Co. are a woman and a man. The 
woman poses In a frame while the man, being 
a tenor, warbles almost continuously. The 
offering Is called "The Artist's Dream" and 
does not go far as a vaudeville act. King and 
Harvey gave the show its real start. No. 4. 
King, who was of Stepp, Mehllnger and King, 
and does female Impersonating as before. 
This made the act a hit. Harvey has a pleas- 
ing voice. The College Girls, five girls and 
a man comic, fit very well for popular priced 
vaudeville. The comedy Is light and the sing- 
ing lighter, but It will always be a pleasing 
feature In the smaller houses. The J. C. Mack 
Trio in next to closing position pulled down 
the hit of the bill with their comedy and song. 
The man who does the German Dame is funny 
and the woman sings and looks well. "Consul 
Pedro," the monk, closed the show In fine 
shape. The monk does the usual routine. The 
boxes were screened off while "Pedro" was on. 

McVICKERS (J. G. Burch, mgr.; agt., 
Loew). — An operatic atmosphere hovers about 
McVlcker's this week. Jenny De Fau of Chi- 
cago operatic fame, has been selected as the 
drawing attraction. The business kept up well 
in accordance with the cooler weather. The 
show was opened by Wassman and Co. In 
illusions. The act did nicely. Jenkens and 
Cobert, a man and woman, sing and talk well. 
The Three Shelvey Brothers came next and 
with their contortions made good Immediately. 
Lee Barth, who talks long and fast, made his 
audience laugh with dialect stories. Barth 
works at times like the late Cliff Gordon also, 
using the twisted talk material. "Her Name 
Was Dennis" Is a comedy sketch fairly well 
played by two men and two women. The Idea 
though worn is nicely brought out In a way 
to provide a few funny situations. The sketch 
made a big hit at the matinee. Ed and Jack 
Smith are now doing comedy talk In addition 
to singing and dancing. The comedy In parts 
was funny and the boys did extremely well 



VARIETY 



21 



Mutual Program 



Announcing The Release of 
All David Horsley Productions 
In The Mutual Program 

This announces the completion of an arrangement that brings 
into the Mutual Program a new brand of Mutual Movies — the pro- 
ductions of David Horsley. These productions will be controlled 
exclusively by the Mutual Film Corporation and will consist of a 
two-reel animal feature and a one-reel comedy release each week 
as well as Mutual Masterpictures. 

The Frank C. Bostock collection of animals — the largest collec- 
tion of trained animals in the world — is owned by Mr. Horsley and 
will be used to make the animal pictures. Several hundred animals 
of many species are in the collection, including boxing kangaroos, 
trained ostriches, elephants, lions, tigers, leopards, pumas, dancing, 
plunging and skating bears, monkeys, parrots and other birds. 

It is planned to release a two-reel animal feature every week. 
The releases will show feats of daring never before attempted. The 
Horsley one-reel comedies to be released each week will include 
some of the most prominent comedians in the theatrical profession. 

To exhibitors this announcement indicates the sincere endeavor 
of the Mutual Film Corporation to provide in the Mutual Program 
only the best film productions — an endeavor to furnish a program 
so well balanced as to assure biggest box office receipts. Release 
dates for the Horsley productions on the Mutual Program will be 
announced soon. 

Mutual Film Corporation 

71 West 23rd Street 
New York City 

Exchanges Everywhere 



fa 



with It. Jenny De Fau, the vocalist, Juat 
showed the McVickerites what real singing was 
like. The French soprano has a voice of rare 
quality and with it she pulled down a big hit. 
The comedy of Foster and Foster was more 
than welcome and it made the men a substan- 
tial Lit. The boob drummer has a dandy 
comedy way with him. The Five Armenia 
were fate in arriving and did not appear un- 
til the second show of the day which they 
opened. 



SAN FRANCISCO 

VARIETY'S 
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE 

PANTACES' THEATRE BLDG. 
Phone, Douglass 2213 



ORPHEUM. — Morgan's Classic Dancers held 
attention. The Misses Campbell, hit. Bert 
Melrose. In closing position, successful. Four 
Melodious Chaps, O. K. In opening spot. Jack 
Wilson (holdover), went big. Norton and Lee 
(holdover), repeated sucessfully. Brltt Wood 
(holdover), registered solidly. Kitty Gordon 
(holdover), well liked. 

EMPRESS. — Florence Troupe, successful in 
closing position. Dale and Weber, good. Lloyd 
and Whltehouse, received liberal applause. 
Morris and Meeker, hit. Pierce and Holland 
were replaced by Madame Schell, lion tamer, 
who offered an interesting and entertaining 
animal act. The Sldonias were assigned the 
opening position. A midget musical act from 
the Exposition was liked. Two men, doing 
posing act, were also on the bill, proving, ac- 
ceptable. The house offered a Charlie Chap- 



lin contest for boys under fifteen years and 
the "extra" is proving a big draw. 

CORT (Homer F. Curran, mgr.). Walker 
Whiteside film, "The Melting Pot " 

COLUMBIA (Oottlob & Marx, nigra.). -Mrs. 
Patrick Campbell, in "Pygmalion." 

ALCAZAR (Belasco. & Mayer, ragrs.). -— 
"The Birth of a Nation" (fourteenth week). 

WIGWAM (Jos. Bauer, mgr. ).— Del. S. 
Lawrence stock. 

PRINCESS (Bert Levey, lessee and mgr.; 
agent. Levey).— Vaudeville. 

HIPPODROME (Win, Ely. mgr.; agent, W 
S. V. A.).— Vaudeville. 

SAVOY (Lowen Brob., mgrs. ). - Burlesque. 

Marjorie Hobday, actress, was granted a 
divorce from her husband, Robert Hobday, a 
dancer employed at the Exposition, on the 
grounds of non-suport. July 10. 

The Empress Is doing a remarkably good 
business. Last weeks bill consisted of ten 
acts. 

The T. M. A. convention ended July l."» with 
a big dance. Next year the association will 
eonvene at Plqua, O. 



Lole Fuller directed the production of "Los 
Madronas." an Indian legend in masque form 
given at San Rafael July 16. 

W. A. Brooks, who managed the 101 Ranch 
Expo' Show, made a hurried visit here last 
week to look after the opening of a new con- 
cession on the "Zone." 

According to what a former member of the 
Xorrls & Rowe Wagon Shows, which left Oak- 
land a few weeks hark says, that aggrega- 
tion clo3ed several days ago In WHIIts, Pal., 
owing back salaries. 

There In a probability "Fairyland," the 



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prize opera recently produced In Lob Angeles, 
will be an attraction at the Expo In tbe near 
future If the present negotiations go through. 
At first It was thought that the chorus to 
sing the ensembles would require too much 
rehearsing, but later It wan decided to trans- 
port the Los Angeles chorus to save time. 
Thr fine condition of the Expo orchestra 
soIvi'M the instrumental part of the contem- 
plated presentation, which leaves no serious 
obstacles to prevent the. opera from being 
seen here— unless the terms cant be agreed 
upon. 



A little stock company headed by Raymond 
Whltaker and playing in the Columbia, Santa 
Rosa, Cal., was left In an embarraslng posi- 
tion when tbe business manager, Said to have 
been L. C. Wright, suddenly decamped, leav- 
ing the members without money enough to 
settle their hotel bills. Whltaker and a Fresno 
woman who financed the company stuck by 



tbe company. The last report concerning the 
affair was to the effect that Wright was In 
Krlsro working at the Exposition. 

CINCINNATI. 

By HARRY V. MAHT1.V 

KEITHS (John F. Royal, mar.: Hgent. i:. 
II. ().).-— Two Lowes, Simpson and Dean. Doris 
Wilson Trio. Qllbert and Marrett, KnwanH 
.fiipnnose Trio. Pictures. 

rilESTEK PARK (1. M. Martin, mgr.). 
.lack Devlllu, lying, ('hnrpon and (Jreen, Sue 
Scott. Helen Ilrown, Palfrey, Marton and 
drown, Alvarado's Goats. 

CONEY ISLAND (Arthur Rlsenberger, 
mgr). —Harry Hill's Wild West Show. 

ZOO (W. P. Whltloek. mgr.). Iroquois In- 
dians In "Hiawatha" ; Liberati's Hand com- 
pleted engagement Sunday night. Indians 
hooked for two weeks ; no bnnd concerts dur- 
ing that time. 



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THE STRAND'S 

MESSAGE 



THE MITCHEL H. MARK REALTY CORPORATION 



MITCHELL H. MARK 

President 
MOE MARK 

Vice-President 

EUGENE L. FALK 



MAX SPIEGEL 



NEW YORK OFFICE 
Strand Theatre Bide. 
Broadway and 47th St. 



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BUFFALO OFFICE 
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July 16th, 191b 




Iy] order to set at rest rumors that the STRAND THEATRE had cancelled its contract 
for PARAMOUNT SERVICE , and had made arrangements to play other features in the 
S TRAND THEATRE , we wish to announce that we have not cancelled our contract for 
PARAMOUNT PICTURES, nor have we any intention so to do. 

The PARAMOUNT PICTURES have been in our house for nearly one year and have 
proven entirely satisfactory, and we feel that PARAMOUNT FEATURES, have met with 
the approval of our patrons . 

The following PARAMOUNT .FEATURES will be shown at THE STRAND for the next six 



weeks : 

Lasky, Belasco, 

Famous Players , 

Famous Players, 

Lasky , 

Lasky , 

Morosco -Bosworth 



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''The Fighting Hope, 
Seven Sisters , ' ' 
Rags , • • 

Secret Orchard , ' ' 
Marriage of Kitty, ' ' 
Heart q-f Jennifer, • ' 



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with Laura Hope Crews 
Marguerite Clark 
Mary Pickf ord . . 
Blanche Sweet. 
Fanny Ward . 
Hazel Dawn. 



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We will therefore continue to give the STRAND patrons these t features 

Yours very truly, 

MARK STRAND THEATRE COMPANY, 



By 




Vice President 



LAGOON* (Arthur Wllber, mgr.).— (Caba- 
ret) Charlotte Sherman, Nlles and Worley, 
.fames F. McCabe, Wuest and Schwartz, Nat 
Harnhart, Berliner's Band. 



The popularity contest conducted by Lubln 
and a local newspaper to see which girl should 
play the part of "Sue" In a comedy made In 
Cincinnati, entitled "Almost a Hero." was 
won by Pauline Aylward, daughter of Theo- 
dore Aylward, manager of the Grand opera 
house. The picture was shown at the Grand 
last week. Aylward Is the proudest man In 
town. 



VALENTINE GRANT 

The Charming International Cinema Star 

Starred in the Olcott Made- in- Ireland Features 

Leading woman with Walker Whiteside la '♦The Melting Pot" 



Mrs. Mae Devoto Heck, wife of Lew M. Heck, 

press agent at Coney Island, has broken Into 
the ranks of composers. A one-step of hers, 
"At Coney Island," making a hit. 



1UPPAL0. 

By CLYDE REX. 

SHEA'S (Henry J. Carr, mgr.).— Hyams 
and Mclntyre, big success ; Kuy Kendall and 
Girls, featured; Marie Fenton, pleased ; Bond 
and CasBon, clever; Chas. Thomson, enter- 
tains ; Cummin ft Seaham, good ; Smith and 
Austin, went big; Van and Schenck, applause. 
Business fair. 

ACADEMY (Jules Michaels, mgr.).— Abe 
Levitt and musical comedy company continue 
to draw good business. Three-show day 
policy with feature film for the summer 
months. 

OLYMPIC (Charles Denzlnger, mgr.).— Hig- 
gle Girls, headline ; Fred Reeb ; Hazel Daven- 
port and Co. ; Harry Fisher and Co. ; Jessica 
Duo. Feature pictures. Good business. 



LOS ANGELES 

VARIETY'S 

LOS ANGELES OFFICE 

306 MASON OPERA HOUSE BLDG. 

GUY PRICE, Correspondent 



MOROSCO.— "So Long Letty." 
MASON.— "Outcast" 
CENTURY.— Burlesque. 



Richard Walton Tully is here to pass the 

summer. 



The Elks put up a Job on Carl Walker. Carl 
was "arrested" at his theatre and taken to 
police headquarters, where he reposed for sev 
eral hours In Cell No. 09. 



Legit houses ell closed. Burlesque reopens 
in August. 

Parks and summer resorts all report good 
business. Outdoor attractions featured. 



ORPIIEUM (Clarence Drown, mgr.; U. B. 
0.).— Week l'-V Mercedes and Mile. Stantone. 
entertaining ; "Little Nap," good ; Cameron 
and Gaylord. pleasing ; Terada Brothers, 
rlever ; "Fashion Show," repeated success- 
fully ; Fritz and Lucy Bruch. very good ; Mr. 
Hymack. Fisher and Green, well liked. 

REPUBLIC (Al. Watson, mgr.; Levey). - 
Week 12. Al. M. Mallet and Co., well receiv- 
ed ; Eddy and Kearns. hit: Anna Schofleld, 
very good ; Noland and Nolan, cleverly done ; 
Melroy Sisters, blR applause ; William Wool- 
fall, fair; "Man to Man," mediocre. 

HIPPODROME (Lester Fountain, mgr.; 
Western States).-- Week 12. Genevieve Bllnn 
and Co.. well received; Oldfleld and Drew, 
pleasing : Two Bryants, enjoyable turn ; Law- 
rence Johnson, gave excellent satisfaction ; 
CTranniH and Oranuls, fair ; Richard Kipling, 
ordinary ; Awl Right, very good. 

BURBANK.— "Miracle Mary." 



Connie Miles, formerly a newspaper man 
here, Is now doing publicity with a local film 
company. 



Col. Henry W. Savage Is expected In a few 
days to see both California fairs. 



John Blackwood has recovered from the gout 
and Is back from the mineral springs. 

Charles Cherry, of the "Outcast." has been 
approached for pictures. The "Outcast" closed 
Its season here. Most of the company re- 
turned to New York. 



LOUISVILLE. 

By JOHN H. HOAGLAND. 

FONTAINE FERRY PARK— Cheerbert's 
Manchnrlans, well received ; Klrke apd Fo- 



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garty, favored ; Oosener and Oswald, excellent : 
Queenie Dunedln, well liked ; McLinn and Sut- 
ton, act appreciated. 

KEITH'S.— Charles Lawlor, good ; Bayle 
and Patsy, did well ; Bob Warren, liked ; Em- 
mett and Emmett, good bill ; pictures 



Allle Troutman. of Louisville, a talented 
local child, will Join the Universal on the 
Coast. 



The Alamo, on the big Dolle chain, of the 
Fourth Avenue Amusement Co., will install 
soon a $13,000 unit orchestra. No other of 
Its kind has yet been Installed In a southern 
theatre. The Alamo has been using a smaller 
unit orchestra. 



Llederkranz Hall, for years the retreat of 
German singing societies of every kind, has 
been leased to a pool and bowling association 
for a long period. 

An attempt by a member of the Louisville 
Park Hoard to bring up a bill for the pur- 
chase of Fontaine Ferry Park, fell flat last 
week. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. King Wooten, the former a 
well-known musical director, of Knoxvllle, 
Tenn., have opened studios In this city and 
will teach modern dances. They formerly 
headed the Wooten Orchestra. 



Clara Hampton, of Chicago. Is In the Pres- 
ton Hotel Cabaret. 



"Alre-dome" picture theatres threaten to 
destroy the picture business In Louisville, for 
the summer at least. Scores have opened up 
In every section, all doing good business. 



MONTREAL 

By ABTBTUB lOHAUUE. 

ORPHEUM (O. F. Drlscoll, mgr.).— Or- 
pheum Players In "Zlra." Next. "The Boss." 

IMPERIAL (H. W. Connover, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O.). — Primrose Four, fine, and pictures. 
Big business. 

SOHMER PARK (D. Larose, mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. O.). — Boganny Troupe, laugh; Dunedln 
Duo, novel ; Pedrlnl and Monk "Carlos." 
unique; Rosedale Trio, good; Lynch and Kel- 
ley, clever. 



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SCALA (W. II. Foster, mgr.).— flcala Musi- 
cal Comedy Co. and pictures, good houses. 

KINO EDWARD (E. Lawand, mgr.).— Joe 
Waldron Burlesque Stock Co. 

DOMINION PARK (H. A. Dorsey, mgr.).— 
Mile. Queen and Ballet; Mermaida and Diving 
Olrls ; Roman's Dogs and Poney Show, and 
Raffln's Monkeys. All pleasing. 



The Orpheum reopens with vaudeville Aug. 
1(1. 

W. H. Foster, manager of Theater Francals, 
is In New York to engage the musical comedy 
stock for next season. 

Oliver McBrlen, late manager of Theater 
Royal and the Midway, has been appointed 
house manager at the Scala. 



IflW 01UAM. 

By O. M. IAMUIL 

HIPPODROME (Jake Miller, mgr. ) .—Vaude- 
ville. ( 

ALAMO (Will Guerlnger, mgr. ) .—Vaude- 
ville. 

SPANISH FORT (M. S. Sloan, mgr.).— 
Paoletti's Band and Dansant. 



James B. Stanton has entirely recovered 
after a long siege of sickness. 

Herman Flchtenberg is a guest of Ed Schil- 
ler at Atlantic City. 



Mayor Behrman states New Orleans will 
spare no expense in making West End Park 
the finest summer resort in the south. 



The lid has been lifted from the cabarets 
once again. Proprietors have been notified 
that even If they can't be good, they must 
be very, very careful. 



It looks like the Lafayette will remain 
closed next season. 



Karl Bugbee Is the new local representative 
of the Metro people. 



Paul Ford has purchased the southern rights 
of "After the Ball" from "Diamond Rube" 
Chlsholm. 

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It ran five weeks on 
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PITTSBURGH. 

By J. GEO. SHRADLE. 

GRAND (Davis Enterprises).— "The Spoil- 
ers," film, second week. Capacity. 

DAVIS (Davis Enterprises).— The Aveng- 
ing Conscience." film, fills the house. 

HARRIS (John P. Harris, mgr. ) .—Merry 
Minstrel Maids, laugh provoking ; Stanley, 
Hums & Hall ; Gene Mueller Trio : Capt. 
Spaulding ; Brown & McCormlck ; Flagg ft 
White ; Mabel Mack ; Ray & Martin. 

EMPIRE (A. A. McTlghe, mgr.) -Closed 
after long successful season. 



good dancers ; Dorothy Herman, entertaining ; 
On the Veranda, headllners. Pictures. 

OAKS (John Cordray, mgr.).— Week 11. 
Oaks Hawaiian*, musical comedy, "Girl- from 
Panama." 

LYRIC (Dan Flood, mgr.; agent, Fisher). 
•Vaudeville and Photoplays. 



Local theater managers and the Musicians' 
Union have adjusted their differences. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

BY R. B. ANSON. 

HEILIG (W. T. Pangel. mgr).— 12-19., Mrs. 
Patrick Campbell. 

ORPHEUM (T. R. Conlon, mgr.).— Film. 

EMPRESS (H. W. Pierong, mgr.; agent, 
i.oew).— Week 12. Longo Cok. pleased; Con- 
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By JAY HAROLD. 

EMPRESS (E. J. Donnellan, mgr.; agt., 
S-C). — Week 12: The Florenls, good; Theresa 
Miller, passable; Hendricks and Padula, 
moved from third to closing ; Martin and 
Trolsa, good: Hal Davis and Co., in "Pals," 
Heen here beforo but good reception. Business 
big. 

PANTAOES (Alexander Pantages, mgr.). — 
Week 12: lMislness fair. Edmund Haves, big- 
gest laugh here for some time ; Royal Italian 
Sextet, from disbanded Lambanll Opera Com- 
pany, hnve pleasing voices. Rest of program 
up to Pantages standard. 

('LEMMEK (Pictures) 'Mirth of a Na- 
tion." Third week. 

Alhambra, Liberty, Mission, class A." Mel- 
bourne, Alaska and Colonial playing pictures, 
Liberty and Alhiniibra getting hulk of business. 

The Moore theatre Is dark. 



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I'antages new theatre opened July 18 ; the 
old house will be called the Lois and play 
ten-cent vaudeville and pictures. 

TORONTO. ONT. 

By HARTLEY. 

ROYAL ALEXANDRA (L. Solman. mgr.). -- 
The Robins Players scored another success 
in "The Argyle Case." Aline McDermott, the 
new leading woman, created a most favorable 
impression. Edward H. Robins had a role 
which fitted him like a glove. Business, not- 
withstanding the recent warm weather, in 
highly satisfactory- 

LOEWS YONOE STREET (J. Bernstein, 
mgr.: agent, Loew). — Joseph Bernard and Co. 
In playlet, highly amusing : Mack, Albright 
and Mack, encored ; Kanazawa Trio, sensa- 
tional ; Fred Hillcbrand, amusing : Dick and 
Alice McAvoy, old favorites ; Burke and 
Burke, pleased ; Hall and Francis, pleased. 

SHEAS HIPPODROME (A. C. McArdle. 
mgr.; agent, U. B. O.).— Bison City Four, 
melodious ; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Phillips in 
playlet, entertaining ; Mlnto and Palmer, good ; 
Kurtls' Roosters, a novelty ; Montrose and 
Sardell. pleased ; Lesch-Wallin Trio, thrill- 
ing ; Whittle Barefoot Boys, clever. 

STRAND (R. S. Marvin, mgr.).— Quality 
pictures continue to draw capacity attendance. 

SCARBORO BEACH (F. L. Hubbard, mgr.; 
agent, U. B. O.). — Lee and May Jackson, To- 
ronto Symphony Band, open air pictures. 

HARLAN'S POINT (L. Solman. mgr.).— 
Military band concerts, open air pictures. 



COSMOS i A. Jullen Rrylawskl. mgr.).— De 
Pace Opera Co.. good ; Bush and Falls, well 
received ; Little Miss Jean, scored ; Morris 
and Parks, pleased ; Comedy Conservatory, 
four blackface comedians, comedy hit. IIous»- 
fair. 



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The Phillips-Shaw Stock closed at the Grand 
July 17. 



WASHINGTON. D. C. 

BY Y. D. SMITH. 

KEITH'S (W. S. Robblns. mgr.).— Bonita 
and Lew Hern, scored ; Marlon Weeks, won 
th<« audience; Will J. Ward and Co.. good; 
The Gladiators, clever; White and Clayton, 
very good ; Stan Stanley Co., comedy hit ; 
Thurber and Madison, well received. House 
good In spite of excessive heat Monday. 



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BERT and HARRIET BROWN 

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Booked Solid— U. B. O. Time. Thanks to BILLY GRADY 

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BURLESQUE PRODUCING COMPANY JOE HURTIG. 

A Fsw Experienced Chorus Girls Wanted. Good Salary. Ws Furnish All Wardrobe. 

Earljr Opening 



POLI'S (J. W. Cone, mgr. ) .—Stock.— The 
Poll Players in "Miracle Man." Good house. 

COLUMBIA (Fred Q. Berger, mgr.).— Pic- 
tures. 

GARDEN.— Pictures. 

STRAND.— Pictures. 

CRANDALL'B.— Pictures. 

BELASCO.— Dark. 

NATIONAL.— Dark. 



OAYETY.— Dark. 

BIJOU (John Grieve*, mgr.).- Stock bur- 
lesque and vaudeville. 



This week marks the closing week of the 
Poll Stock. 



The Cosmos theater, which has been running 
hIx acts, bus cut don to five. 



ADDRESS DEPARTMENT 

Where Players May Be Located 
Next Week (July 26) 

Players may be listed in this department weekly, cither at the theatres they are 
appearing in or at a permanent or temporary address (which will be inserted when route 
is not received) for $5 yearly, or il name is In bolt type, $10 yearly. All are eligible to 
thia department. 



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Dancing Numbers 

Open for engagement after Aug 1st. Just closed an eighty weeks' engagement In Salt 
Lake, at the Princess Theatre. Addresa Marquette Hotel, Denver, Col. 



26 



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BEST PLACES TO STOP AT 



The Refined Horn* for 

Professionals 

Handsomely Furnished 

Steam Heated Rooms 

Bath and Every 



6* 



67 WEST 44th STREET 



THE ST. HILDA 

am . .„ ^^„,„ 



99 



PAULINE COOKE 

Pr r 1 'ttr > 



'Phono 7M7 Bryant 
Acknowledged ao the boot 
piece to stop at in Now 
York City. 

One block from Booking 
Office, and VARIETY. 



67 WEST 44th STREET 



554 

Tel. Bryant ; 555 
7833 



The Edmonds 



ONE BLOCK 
TO TIMES *Q. 



Furnished Apartments 

EDWARD E. BURTIS, Mgr. 
CATERING EXCLUSIVELY TO THE PROFESSION 

776-78-80 EIGHTH AVENUE 



Between 47th and 48th Streets 

NEW YORK 



Private Beth and Phone In Each Apartment 



Office-nt EIGHTH AVENUE 



H. CLAMAN, Prop. 



M CLAMAN, Mgr. 



We have asartatats to Nit every tint, kit Mr policy of toniictlni tken it alike. 

We art leasers In besMkeeplBt aeartnesa an* tbi lanest in that branch ssetiallzlaf to theatrical fells. 
•ar lino, like every ether, suit ha aia4« a study of. and toil we are teatlaaally ielN. to the eenttote boMtt 
ef ear tenant*, tar faraitara li the best, now In every reweet, with heath Aaerieaa cariei hair n at t n nai 
threaiheat 

We knew too eeaaali ef the people who la eraer to live enaenlcalty natt have reeny ream u4 privacy. 
aa4 toll they aaa be vara ef i.ttin, All Million sealsaes with alettria ll|bt 



IRVIN 



355 to M Weet Slat St. Phone 71S2 Col. 
Elevator balMiM af the klfknt type. Jatt eenpletea. With 
Apartment! are beaatifally arrauaed and eoniirt af 2. 
bath aa* phoao. 

*• $12.00 UP WEEKLY 



(Block to Broadway) 

MMJfy HMMCni CONVwellMIM. 

3 ana 1 4 room, kltthim and kitthieettat, prhato 



241-247 Weat 43d St. Phone 7112 Bryant. (Juet off Broadway) 
Tola bellsleas la the heart af the alto. 100 feat fren Tinea lean*. Claaa to all beekina afhaaa, prta- 

clpal tbeatret. department item, traction line* and L roadi. 

1. 3 and 4 room apartmenti with kltchmettoi. Private bath and phone. 

San . ^ , $10.00 UP WEEKLY 

HENRI COURT 

312, 314 and 316 Weat 41th St. Phono ISow Bryant. (Block to Broadway) 

Aa ap-to-the-nlaato aaw treprsef boiiding. arraeeei la apartmenti ef 3 and 4 ream with kiteheni. prlvati 
bath. Phone la eacb apartment 

I1Z00 UP WEEKLY 

the: cla 

S2S and SM Weat 43d St. Phone 42»3«131 Bryant. (Block to Broadway) 
Three and fear ream and hath, thereaahly faralihea. Mara henellke thaa athara. Aay apart»eet will 
aanfartobly aeaanneiato 4 aearta. 

$8.00 UP WEEKLY 

Principal Office : Yandis Court, 241 West 43rd Street, New York 

ALWAYS PLEASED TO SHOW APARTMENTS 



Days, the. 



AN ITALIAN DINNER YOU WON'T FORGET 

Ill-Ill Wait 41th SI. A I A I I T aft Naar 6th *"* 
Luaeh 4et. Illlll 1 ■ 1 1 D,NNER - w - 
WHh Wlae UIULI I U H ° l " , "; i ™ %£* "- 

"THE RENDEZVOUS OF THEATRICAL'S BEST' 
TURNING THEM AWAY NIGHTLY 

FURNISHED APARTMENTS 
1, 2, 3, AND 4 ROOMS, $3.50 to $10.50 

Complete Housekeeping Equipments Telephone end Elevator Service. 

MARION APTS., 156 W.35th St., NEW YORK 

Juet off Broadwoy 

"ACTORS OIML-Y" 

at HOTEL CALVERT, cor. Broadway and 41st St., New York 

Rooma with Hot and Cold Running Water, $S.M to $S.ee Weekly 
Telephone call In rooma, S centa. With Private Bath, ft.M to I12.M Weekly 

THE ADELAIDE nJTSi., 

7S4-756 EIGHTH AVENUE 

3-4-5 ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATH $8 UP 
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED, NEWLY FURNISHED AND HOMELIKE 
MRS. GEORGE HIEGEL, Mgr. STRICTLY PROFESSIONAL Phone Bryant 74efl 



OANI 



EL. F-OR GENTLEMEN 

Northwest Cor. 42d Street and 9th Avenue 

TWO BLOCKS WEST OF BROADWAY 

Telephone 1M2 Bryant NEW YORK CITY 

NEW BUILDING ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF 

0<4 ROOMS With Hot and Cold Running Water 

ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS TELEPHONE IN EVERY ROOM 

SHOWER BATHS EVERYTHING NEW 

PRICES, $3Jw, $4.00, H5t WEEKLY 

CAFE AND RESTAURANT c\> c n^e%u 



Phono Bryant 1*44 



Goo. P. Schneider, Prop. 






FURNISHED APARTMENTS 

CompI.UjorJ«o«M^m, 333 Wem| 43^ Street> N£W Y0RK q ITY 

Private Bath, 3-4 Rooma. Catering to the comfort and convenience of the profession 
Steam Heat fa Up 



Theatrical Headquarters 

Large light rooms, all with hot and cold running water, $8.M-$S.ee weekly. With private 
hath, ft.M, flf.M and $12.M weekly. Same rate for one or two people In room. Alao nice 
rooma at |7.M per week. 

Satt* HOTEL NORMANDIE new york 



under management of the owner 




ARTHUR 



252-254 West 38th St., Off 7th Avenue, New York 

$2.50 to $5.00 Weekly 

law rooms, scrupulously dean, hatha on every floor, steam heat, electric light and gae 
Telephone 4155 Greeley MUSIC ROOM FOR USE OF GUESTS 



STUART BARNES 

Direction, JAMES PLUNKETT 
Beaumont A Arnold care Morris ft Feil NYC 

ADELAIDE M. BELL 

Featured with 

WARD, BELL, WARD AND COMPANY 
Care VARIETY, New York 

Berzac Mme Jean Variety Chicago 

6 BROWN BROS. 

Re-engaged for "Chin Chin" next aeason. 
Opening Aug. t 
TOM BROWN, Owner and Mgr. 



Blondell Edward Variety N Y 

Bowera Walters ft Crookcr Keith's Boaton 

Bracka Seven care Tausic lot E 14th St N Y C 

Brinkman ft Steele Sia Variety San Francisco 

Briacoo Olive Princeton Hotel NYC 

Byal ft Early Variety N Y 

Byron ft Langdon 174 E 71st St N Y C 



Cantor Eddie ft Lee Variety N Y 
Colllna Milt 133 W 113th St N Y C 
Colvin William Burbank Los Angelea 
Conlln Ray Variety N Y 
Conroy ft Lemairo Variety N Y 
Cooh Joe Variety N Y 

Crane Mr & Mra Douglas Orpheum Circuit 
Cross ft Josephine 902 Palace Bldg NYC 



Dares Alec ft Gina Variety San Francisco 
Demarest & Collette Variety N Y 
De Dio Circua care Tauaig 104 E 14th St 
De Lyons 3 care F M Barnes Chicago 
Devlne ft Williams Variety N Y 
Dupres Fred Variety London 



N Y 



Everybody is doing it, why not you? 



a 


^ 


^ *• - 




t '• .ill 





gives you possession 
of this house 



Also Stool and Wooden Garages 



Get in the swim, and buy one of our 
Portable Bungalows and enjoy the 
pleasure and comforts of camp and 
home life. We are offering you our 
SPRINGFIELD PORTABLE BUN- 
GALOWS on the basis of 25% DOWN 
AND 5% MONTHLY. If you place 
your order TODAY, you will have 
your bungalow on your ground 
within TEN DAYS. Call, phone, or 
write and our 

representative, Mr. Jennings, 

will be glad to go into more details 
regarding our bungalows. 

sold en a monthly payment plan. 



SPRINGFIELD PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY 

Marbriege Building. Broadway and 34th Street, New York City 
Write for Catalogue B FRED. JENNINGS. Special Representative Tel. MM Greeley 



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A MONEY SAVING NOTICE 



LEONARD HICKSSHOTEL GRANT 



€€ 



The Keystone of Hotel Hospitality" 

I 








OFFER DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS SPECIAL WEEKLY RATES TO THE PROFESSION 

WHY NOT LIVE IN THE HEART OF CHICAGO? 



TH 




CORN 







2f HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS OF 2 AND 3 ROOMS WITH BATH, $Mt TO $15 WEEKLY. 
m SINGLE AND DOUBLE ROOMS WITH BATH, $140 TO Sli.Oo WEEKLY. 
CITY HOMES HOME COOKING HOME COMFORTS 



PHONE BRYANT 4*41 

114 West 47th Street 
New York City 

(Just Off IrM^war) 
COMPLETE HOTEL SERVICE 



Us M0NF0RT 



184 and 106 

West 40th Street 

(near Broadway) 

NEW YORK 



Newly Renovated 
THEATRICAL PROFESSION ONLY 
REHEARSAL ROOMS, ETC., FREE 
European plan, rooms $2J0 UP PER WEEK. 
DOUBLE $340 UP. Houeekeeping rooms, OOJO up 
per week. 

Fully furnished. Gar fro*. Hot water all hours. 
Bathe on every floor, f elephenee. 

JIMSEY JORDAN, Mgr. 



Hotel Richmond 



NEW YORK 



7§ WEST 4CTH STREET 

1 BLOCK FROM BROADWAY, 1 BLOCK FROM STH AVENUE 
f MINUTES' WALK TO 90 THEATRES 
Thie excellent hotel, with its quiet, comfortable, attractive service and roatful 
phere, invitee your patronage. 

TARIFF: 
I •ouhle room, use of hath, $1.50 per day. Double room, private bath and shower, $2M 
per day. Parlor, bedroom and private bath, $1.00 per day. Parlor, two bedroo m s and private 
bath, $4.00 nor day. For parties of three, four or five persons wo have largo suitee with 
private bath at special rates, ranging from $1.0* per day up. Telephone In every room. 
Good and roneonable restaurant, giving you room service free of charge. Special pro- 
fess ioaal ratee EUQENE CABLE, Proprietor. 



Telephone Bryant SOT 

Furnished Apeurtmtntt 
and Rooms 



Largo 

Throe and Four Room Aportmemte $0 to $0 
COMPLETE HOUSEKEEPING 

31w W. 4tTH ST- NEW YORK 

Telephone 1701 Greeley 

The 

Marceline & Rivoire 

FRENCH TABLE D'HOTE 

230-232 W. 31th Street 

NEW YORK 



CAFE 



HOTEL RESTAURANT 

m and Bourn 1 at Menc r ste Price 
MUSIQUE and DANCING 



Lunch 40c. 



Eary Trio Variety San Francisco 

Ellnore Kate dc Williams Sam Northport L I 



SOPHIE end 

HARVEY EVERETT 

"ADAM AND EVE UP-TO-DATE" 
Direction ARTHUR KLEIN 



Fern Harry Fern Theatre Wildwood N J 



Catering to Vaudeville's Blue List 

Schilling House 

107-100 Went 40th Street 

NEW YORK 

American Finn. MEAL SERVICE AT ALL 
HOURS. Private Bathe. Music Room for 
Rehearsals. Phone IPSA Bryant 

ST.PABL HOTEL 

eoTH ST. AND COLUMBUS AVE. 



NEW YORK CITY 

Ten-story building, absolute! Ar 
baths with shower attachment. T 



All 
hi 
every room. 

One block from Central Park Subway, 0th 
and 0th Ave. L Stations. Same distance from 
Century, Colonial. Circle and Park Theatres. 



100 Rooms, use of both. 11.00 nor day. 
ISO Room., private bath, SU0 nor day. 
Suites, Parlor, Bedroom end Bath, $2.50 end un. 
By the week, $0, 10 and $14.00. 

SPECIAL RATES TO THE PROFESSION. 



JACK E. GARDNER 

In "CURSE YOU, JACK DALTON** 
Direction, HARRY WEBER 

Gray Trio Variety N Y 
Guerite Laura Variety London 

H 
Hart Marie A Billy Dunlop Hotel Atlantic City 
Heywerd Stafford A Co Variety N Y 
Heather Josie Variety N Y 
Hagans 4 Australian Variety N Y 
Hermann Adelaide Hotel Pierpont N Y 
Hnlmon Harry Co Variety New York 



Rooms with Private Bath 



Week 



IN THE 



FIREPROOF 



NORMANDIE HOTEL 



Within 



417-19 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE CUirifiA II I 

thro* blocks of Ton Largest Down-Town Theatres WnlUAwlVp 1 1.1— 



VIOLINSKYS 



HOTEL. CHICKASAW 



Leo An*, elee' Moot M 



Hostelry 



Catering Especially to Profeeelon. U 
Rooms (71 with bath). One block froi 
Broadway Theatres. Spe c ial Ratee. 

020 So. Hill St. 

LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Howland Loach Variety N Y 

I 

Ismed Variety N Y 



Jefferson Joseph Palsce Theatre Bldg N Y 

Jewell's Manikins Vsriety N Y 

Jonstons Musical 625 S Potomsc St Baltimore 

Jordan 6 Doherty Variety N Y 

Josefsson Iceland Glima Co Rin sling Circus 



JOE JACKSON 

JENIE JACOBS 



Kelso & Leighton 167 W 145th St N Y C 
Krelles The care Irving Cooper NYC 
Kronold Hans Variety N Y 



Lai Mon Kim Prince Orpheum Ix>s Angeles 
Langdons The 801 Palace Bldg NYC 
Leonard & Willard Variety N Y 
Littlejohns The Variety N Y 
Lloyd Herbert Pantages Circuit 

M 

Mardo & Hunter 25 N Newstead Ave St Louis 
McGinn Francis Lambs Club N Y 
Moore A H eager 1657 Edenside Ave Louisville 
Morrisscy & Ilackett Variety N Y 

N 



Countess Grazia Nardini 

Direction GENE HUGHES 



Dad's Theetrieel Hotel 

PHILADELPHIA 



REGENT HOTEL, lte N. 14TH ST. 

NEW REGENT HOTEL, ltl N. 14TH ST. 

E. E. CAMPBELL. Prep, and Mar. 

THEATRICAL HEADQUARTERS 

FREE AUTOMOBILE TO ALL THEATRES 

Nobis A Brooke Tivoli Sydney Australia 
Nosses Musical New Brighton Pa 



PeUetier Pierre Variety N Y 



DARING PRINCE 

In a remarkable exhibition of motorcycle and 

bicycle riding 

Addreee cere Paul Tauelg A Son, 1M E. 14th 

St., New York City 



R 

Reilly Chortle Variety San Francisco 
Roches'e Monkey Muelc Hall 2 Maiden Hill 
Gardens Maiden Eng 



Sch after Sylvester care Tausig 104 E 14th N Y 

Shentons 3 Variety N Y 

Silver & Du Vail Silver wd Cot Southberry Ct 

Simpson & Dean Variety N Y 

Skstelle Bert A Hasel Permanent address 

General Delivery Somers Point N J 
Stanley Alleen Variety N Y 
Stanley Forrest Burbanlc Los Angeles 
Stein at Hume Variety N Y 
St Elmo Carlotta Variety N Y 
Stephene Leona 1213 Elder Ave N Y 
Swtton Mclntyre A Sutton 904 Palace Bldg N Y 
" • ,M.Y . 



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VARIETY 



I. MILLER, 1554 Broadway, -j*"^-' 



T.I. 2M3 Col. 








Manufacturer 


518-52t 

W. 55th St. 


Afll 


si 




of 

Bool 
i Shoes. 


Theatrical 

t s and 


N. Y. 








1 CLOG. Ballet 


Vs 


p 


■1 


If 


and 

Shoes 

cialty. 

made 

notice. 


Acrobatic 

a Spe- 

All work 

at short 




Write 


for 


Catalog 4 






Smart style, rare beauty, perfect comfort, 
all combined in this original Glassberg 
model. Made in all leathers, all sizes, 
high or low cut; French or Cuban heels. 
Latest Novelties. 

511 6th Are., near 31st St. 

225 Wost 424 St., near Times Sq. 

5f 3rd Ave., near 10th St. 

Send for Illustrated Catalogue. V. 
Mail Orders Carefully Filled. 



For Burlesque or Musical 
Comedy, for season 1115- It 



At Liberty 

PHIL On and NETTIE NELSON 

Last three seasons, featured on No. 1 
Columbia Burlesque Wheel. Will furnish 
first class book with original music, and 
will stage same. Address PHIL OTT, IS 
Kemper St., Wollaston, Mass. Phono 
Quincy 1-7-8-8 



Benjamin H. Ehrlich 

LAWYER 88S Unity BIdg. 

127 N. DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO 

Special Attention to Thsatrical Profession 

MUSIC ARRANGED 

For orchestra or piano. Songs taken down from 
voice. Old orchestrations rewritten. W. H. 
NELSON, Suite 483, 1531 Broadway, Astor 
Theatre Building, New York. 

PLUSH DROPS All Slsos and Colors 

Special Discount and Terms This Month 

Rental in City 

CONSOLIDATED VELVET 

MS West 44th St. Now York City 

Lest You Forget -r^^ sES 4r^% 4*2. C2. 
Wo Say It Yst Vss» WFK \-J «*9 «n9 

LETER HEADS 

Contracts. Tlcksts, Envelopes, Froe Samples, 
STAGE MONEY, 15c. Book of Herald Cuts, 2Sc. 

CROSS BTESuSaSPE CHICAGO 



NAT LEWIS 

ANNOUNCES 

Semi-Annual Sale 

OF 

Shirts, Underwear 



AND 



Pajamas 

REMARKABLE VALUES 




THEATRICAL OUTFITTERS 
OF EXCLUSIVENESS 

1578-1588 Broadway 

running through to 714-711 7th Ave. 

OPPOSITE STRAND 

SS9 Melrose Ave., Bronx 

Phone Bryant 77JS Phone Melrose 4511 



Credit to Profession to Any Amount 




Professional Dis- 
count, lZVsTc, Al- 
lowed on All Cash 
Sales. 



LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS 

TO THE ARTIST 

Worth Down Weekly 

$75 $5.00 $1.00 to $1.50 

$100 $10.00 $1.50 to $2.00 

$150 $15.00 $2.00 to $2.25 

$200 $20.00 $2.50 

$300 $30.00 $3.00 

$400 $40.00 $4.00 

$500 $50.00 $5.00 

Larger Amounts and Longer Terms 
By Special Arrangement 

Our Terms apply also to New 

York State, New Jersey, 

Connecticut. 

Write for Our Premium F^F** T*« T** 

Book No. 3 and 48- fKtt 

Page Catalogue. Mailed * »*■ " * 

FREE DELIVERY 



Five-Room Out- 
fit, Grand Rapids 
Furniture, at 



$275 



Apartment with 
Period Furniture, 
Value $SN, now 



$375 



$1,000 f-Room 
Apartment 

$750 

Period Furniture 



OUT OF THE 
HIGH RENT 
DISTRICT 

OPEN 
EVERY 
EVENING 
UNTIL • 



HOLWASSER 



1417-1423 Third Avenue, near 80th Street 



New York City 



FOR SALE— A Novelty Comedy Talking Act 
For Man and Women — Original 

Can Use Singing in Same 

Price $500.00 R. BOLKE 

3218 WEST OXFORD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
(Also have Astrah Levetation Illusion For Sale— $100.00) 



JULIUS TANNEN 

10 Broohdale Ave. 

Now Rochelle, N. Y. 

Phone New Rochelle 4113 



Tighe Harry and Babette Variety N Y 

V 

Valdarcs(Original)Cyclist Variety San Francisco 
Valli Muriel ft Arthur Variety Chicago 
Violinsky Variety N Y 
Von Hoff George Variety N Y 

W« 

Wade John P Variety N Y 

Walton & Vivian Baldwin L I 

Wells & Bundy Variety N Y 

Williams & Rankin Variety N Y 

Wright Cecelia United Booking Office N Y 



Zazelle H M Co 8 W 65th St N Y C 



101-RANCH— 23 Newport, R. I., 24 Paw- 
tucket, 26-27 Providence, 28 Willimantic, 
Conn., 29 New London, 30 New Haven, 31 
Stamford. 

RINOLINO— 23 Mendota. III.. 24 Rock 

Island, 2f,-27 Kansas City. Mo., 28 Junction 

City, Kan., 21) Sallna, 30 Great Bent. 31 
Hutchinson. 



LETTERS 

Where C follows name, letter is in 
Variety's Chicago office. 

Where S F follows name, letter is in 
Variety's San Francisco office. 

Advertising or circular letters will 
not be listed. 

P following name indicates postal, 
advertised once only. 



3: 



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CIRCUS ROUTES 



racjtig* 



HARNUM-BAILEY— 23 Boone, la.. 24 Car- 
roll. 20 Omaha, Neb., 27 Tremont, 28 Norfolk, 
2f) Columbus. 30 York. 31 Broken Bow. 

HAQENBACK-WALLACE — 23 Davenport, 
lr.. 24 Maquoketa, 26 Mason City. 27 Sioux 
Falls, S. I)., 28 Redfleld. 29 Emmeteburg. la.. 
3o Madison, S. D.. 31 Aberdeen. 



Acts Written to Measure 

Exclusive, copyrighted material of all 
kinds. Call or write 

FORREST W. TEBBETTS, 
Hotel Van Cortlandt, New York 



Alva ret Us Three (C) 
Anderson Corrlne 
Anderson Harry L 
Anthony Ethel 
Antrim Harry 
Archer DeMIlo 
Austin Dave 
Arch bold A (C) 



Bailey Ralph (C) 
Barker Granville 
Barnes A Crawford 
Bates Louis 
Baker Miss M M (C) 
Beeson Madame 
Bemer Emelle 
Berland Frank 
Bertrand Dixie 
Berzac Jean (C) 
Besley Miss 
Bimbos The (C) 
Blattle Wm (C) 
B rah am Nat 
Broad Billy 
Brooks Herbert 
Bruce Bettma (C) 



Burnes Oenevle 
Bushell Mae 
Butler Johnny 



CaMsrell Bettle (C) 
Carona 

Carter A Carter (C) 
Carter Mr A Mrs B(P) 
Carlton Alf (C) 
Casey Harry 
Cavanaugh Karl 
Chaplow Rene 
Cheslelgh Misses 
Clark May 
Cllve V E 
Colvln Earl E 
Connor Ada 
Combine O L (C) 
Corrlel Gladys (C) 
Crum Gertrude (P) 
CummlngR Sellna 
Curzon Jo 



Dnlta Mrs 
Damerel Geo (C) 
Damerel Alice (C) 



SCENERY 



I can save you money. Sss ms. 
Trunk Scenery a specialty 
FREDERICK'S STUDIOS. 843 W. 42nd 
Nsw York City 



St* 




Guerrini Co 

Manufacturers of 

High Grade 

Accordions 

270 Columbus Avenue 
SAN FRANCISCO 










Grand Opera House, Boston, Mass. 

Apply PHIL. HUNT, Putnam Building, New York, or G. E. LOTHROP, 

Bowdoin Square Theatre, Boston, Mass. 



JULIAN SIEGEL 

DENTIST 



PUTNAM BUILDING, 14M BROADWAY 

S p ools! Kates to the Profession 

Official Dentist to tke White Rate 



Special Service for Vaudevillians 

Lehigh Valley ^Railroad 

Reehester, $7.88 Toronto, $10.55 

Buffalo, 18.80 Chicago, llfl.lt 

All Steel Cars, Lowest Fares, Special 

Baggage Service 

If You Want Anything Quick— 

'Phone W. B. LINDSAY, E. P. A., Bryant 

4212 

A. J. SIMMONS, A. a P. A. 

Ticket Office, B'way at 42nd St., Nsw York 



JAMES MADISON 

WILL WRITE HIS VAUDEVILLE ACTS IN SAN FRANCISCO 
UNTIL SEPT. 20th. His Uinu thers It Flstlron BHi , 
Ssttsr ass Martrt Sh. <»— 504). 

Theatrical Photographer 

100 8*10, $10.00 (Originals) 
100 0x10, $7.00 (Reproductions) 
100 Sx7, $050 (Reproductions) 



Ms EIGHTH AVENUE 



NEW YORK 





SCENERY 

makers that have accorded satisfaction for a 
period of 20 years as regards workmanship, 
quality and price. Your interest is served by 
submitting the plan for our estimate. As care- 
ful attention to the single piece as the produc- 
tion. Without fear of contradiction, our ref- 
erence, the whole world of Theatrical Producers. 



New York Costume Co. 

Margaret Ripley Carrie E. Perkins 

Belle Caughley 

ESTIMATES GIVEN 

Buying and Selling Building and Renting 

Reasonable and Reliable 

WADROBES RENOVATED 

135 West 45th Street, Nsw York City 

Phone— Bryant S4fl» 



PERFECT TEETH 



'The Stones of Success** 
MOVIE 
VAUDEVILLE 
LEGITIMATE 
STARS •"••* **»• '•«* 



Summer vacation the opportune tims to com- 
plete the work. Pslnlsssly. 

Dr. B. B. BROMBERG 

Surgeon Dentist 
133 E 34th I N - w - Corner 

iff » v«Jrl LEXINGTON AVE. 



If you don't advertise In VARIETY, 
don't advertise. 



Sale Now On 

A Distinguished Trio 

Mick's Suits for Men 

$15, $18 & $20 

In One, Two and Three 

Button Models 
Reduced from $25, $30, $35 

Mack's 

Clothes Shop 

1582-1584 Broadway, N. Y. City 
Bet. 47th A 48th Sts. Opp. Strand Theatre 



VARIETY 



29 



POTTSVILLE, PA. 

WANTS SHOWS 
DURING AUGUST 

Vaudeville season opens Aug. St end the 
town has had no traveling combination 
since Academy of Music burned down. 

CHAS. HAUSSMANN 

Manager Hippodrome. 



Recogniied Va.dkvilU Ads 

Writs or Wire 

J. H. ALOZ 



Orphsum Theatre Bldg. 
MONTREAL, P. Q- 



Davles Warren C 
De Castola Inei (P) 
DeCosta Harry (C) 
Dech Anna 
De Lacey Mabel 
Delany P 8 (C) 
Delmar Marie (C) 
Delmont Nan 
DeMar Ross C) 
Dewey Earle 
De Witt Shorty 
Diamond Morris 
Dilworth Lillian 
Doherty Jim 
Donlta Miss 
Dothery Thresea (C) 
Dwyer Eddie (C) 

B 
Edge J P (P) 
Edison Jill 
Edwards Miss J 
Edmonds Joe 
Bganlar Emails 
Emerson Harry 
Bmmett Robt (C) 
English J A 
Bsmeraldo Edna 
Evans Arthur (P) 



Everhardt Will 
Swing Ella 
Excellas (C) 

P 
Palrburn A Fairburn 
Falk Charlie (C) 
Fslndt L 
Fanner Geo 
Fields Bsllle 
FlUgersld Gerald 
Flynn J H 
Foo Lee Tong (C) 
Ford Bertie (C) 
Foster Kate 
Foster Allan K 
Fox Marion (C> 
Frankllno A VIoletto 
(C) 



Oale Franklyn 
Gardner A Nlcoli 
Oirad Dlxls 
Gordon Harry 
Gordon A Elgin (C) 
Gordon A E Girls 
Graham Edith 
Grant Hassl 



A IE All IE It-NtALtW •EVIL* 

SNIEtT. rstsai see reMSsatsj 
rsitrlctsi, Nils 4 rsesi ■■sfslsvs, 
1425; fill slit plets. filly le- 
pra*. $175 if; nastily 
sMats; tea sassy satalsj 
sstsrsl ssrssr far p l issifs 
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Green Violet 
Grey Evelyn 
Grlffen A Lewis 
Guertln Henry 

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Haines Ted 
Hamid Geo (C) 
Hardeastle Ted (C) 
Harris Al 
Harrison Chas A 
Hart Billy 
Harte Rose 
Hass Chuck 
Hasson Miss A L (C) 
Harris Eleonore (C) 
Hayes Adrien (C) 
Haviland Floyd 
Hawthorne & Inglts 
Hayden Dorothy 
Hllden J C 



Hlgglns Bobby 
Hillysr Evelyn (P) 
Holland Virginia 
Hoover Mary 
Howard Jos E 
Howe William H 
Howell Mr J 
Hubert Besthe (P) 
Hunters The Musical 
Hwlst Frank 



Johnson W P (C) 
Jones Emerson A 

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Kallkoa David 
Kelly-Pisyel Co (C) 
Kelso Joe (C) 
Kemp Marie 
Kennedy Matt 



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THAfl A PLASTER. 

Just watch vouas 

ITS A LOW LOflfrM/ALK 
TO AUSTRALIA 

FROM HEW YORK 




8ERT W/OCrlM 

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010 rf**v o/N£e famous *w*r 



ZIEGFELD'S "MIDNIGHT REVUE" 

NEW AMSTERDAM ROOF 
THE EUROPEAN SENSATIONS 

Mr. Max Weily 

and 

Miss Melissa Ten Eyck 

CLASSIC POSE DANCERS 

In Their Wonderfully Alluring Dance 

"THE GAMBOL OF THE GODS" 

Unlike anything ever seen in this country. Limited engagement. Be surs to see them. 

Direction MORRIS AND FIEL. 








INDEPENDENT 



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The Best Small Tims In the Far West. Steady Consecutive Work for Novelty Feature Acts 

EXECUTIVE OFFICES, ALCAZAR THEATRE BLDG.. SAN FRANCISCO 
Can arrange from three to Ave weeks between sailings of boats for Australia for all Arst 
acta. Communicate by wire or lstter. 

AMALGAMATED VaudeviHe Agency 

BOOKING 



S. MOSS, President and General Manager 

B. S. MOSS CIRCUIT PRUDENTIAL CIRCUIT 

PLIMMER CIRCUIT 

Artists and Acts of every description suitable for vaudeville can obtain long engagements by 
ROOKING DIRECT with us. Send In your open time at once or call. 

Officest Columbia Theatre Buildlng.-TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK.— Telephone Bryant MO. 



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of all performers going to Europe make their stesmehip arrangements through 
us. The following have* 

Polly Pickel's Pets, Patty Bros., Pertina, Perex Troupe, Ploetz Larella Troupe, 
Frank Piper, Piccollo Midgets, Poncherrys, Pissuitis. Cortell Powell, Palace 
Girls, the Piquays, Willie Pantser Troupe, Ernest Pantzer Trio, Harry Piker, Pauline. 

PAUL TAUS1G A SON, 104 E. 14th St., Nsw Yorb City 
German Savings Bank Blag- Telephone Stuyveoant lies 



Fuller's Australasian Vaudeville Circuit 

Gs»smsng Director, Bon J. Fuller 
The "live wire" circuit of the Soil Sham HlBSlsphsM. Where the "make goods" play 
1st weeks. All Rail and Stoamabip Faros, eacess baggage and haulage peiJ by 
from AMBRJCA to AMBAICA. 

is Ga soman, who baa been on the circuit ever 7t weeks ( 



LTD. 
AUSTRALIA 



I still going strong), sold, 
if the gang bask in the States only knew what a "paradise for actors" Australia rooily is. Gee) 
what a stooapode there woodd be. If you have a good single, double or novelty act, get In to u ch 
with BEN J. FULLBnVS CHICAGO •FFICE. Silence a polite negative. 

Suite Ull-» E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111. Phone Wabaab Till 
B+Y s>. MURPHY, U. S. 

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Asm AFFILIATE* CIRCUITS. INDIA and AFRICA 

HUGH Mc I N f CTS HTG Iv e r n i n g Director 

Registered Cable Addreeai "HUCHMAC," Sydney 

Head •meet TIVBU THEATRE, SYDNEY- AUSTRALIA 

NEW YORK OFFICESi MI Strand Theatre Bldg. 

WANTED-TABLOIDS 

to run one hour and a half. Write full particulars first letter. How many 
people, lowest salary, full weak stand, must carry own scenery, otc. 

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Kennedy Tony 
Klnmuster Fred 
Kirk Ralph 
Klass Chas 



La Forrest Jerry 
La Monte Berte 
Langdon Marlon 
La Vslle Sisters 
Lavender Ida 
Loach Wallen 8 
Le Andsr Harry 
Lemmely Jack 
Le Roy Josephine 
Le Roy Paul (C) 
Levee Carman 
Lewis Jack M (C) 
Lewis Walter 
Lincoln Corlnne 
Livingston B J 
Livingston Cora 
iaockwood Ruth 
Lojettl Alice 
Lytell Margaret U 



Lytell Wm 



Manning Helen 
Manley Edmund (C) 
Marcusson E 
Martin Wilbur D (C) 
Maximo 
May Evelyn 
McDermott Billy 
Melvern Babe (C) 
Meyers Belle 
Mills Catherine 
Miller Trsaa (C) 
Mitchell Mamls (C) 
Melvern Bsbe 
Moore Fred (C) 
Moore Mrs F (P) 
Morales Bros 
Moran Haiel 
Moran Tom 
Morelle Beatrice 
Morhart Hortense (C) 
Morton Bobble (C) 
Morton Dorothy 



Mouotcsstle J R 
Murry Frances 
Murray Laura 

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Nevlns ft Gordon 
Nice Arthur B 



O'Brien Wm (C) 
Oliver Players 
O'Nsll Faye 



Paden Howard (C) 
Pake Mrs T 

Palmer CTaston 
Perron Anna (C) 
Patrice 
Patty Dlack 
Philbrlck Mr A Mrs 
Plow Ford 
Price Fern 
Putnam Oliver 8 



Kamlnoff Olga 
Rankin Bid 
Ray Ethel 
Raymond Chas (P) 
Remy Jack 
Reno Bessls 
Rsno George B 
Ryan A Richfield 
Robinson Charles 
Rogers C 
Rolland George 
Rolland Jos 
Rolston Elton (C) 
Rowland Adele 
Richardson Mlrlum 

(C) 
Robinson Dare N (C) 
Robinson Jack J (C) 
Roehm Will (C) 
Roth Dave (C) 
Russell D N (C) 
Russell Flo 



VAUGHAN GLASER Presents 

HERMAN TIMBERG 



IN THE ibis EDITION OF 




PLAYING ALL THE BIG CITIES ON 

The STAIR A HAVLIN CIRCUIT 

WANTED— Comedians, Singers, Dancers and Chorus Girls. Rehearsals 
commence Monday, July 26, 10 A. M. at Bryant Hall, 42nd St. and 8th Ave. 
(Room 7). 



The HIT OF THE BILL 

AT THE 

AMERICAN THIS WEEK 

(JULY 19) 



MATTIE CHOATE 

in "OUTCLASSED" The Best Comedy Act in Vaudeville Today 



and 
CO. 



VARIETY 



L_ll_l_IAINJ SHAW 

"The Uttle 



IS NOW SINGING THAT 



WONDERFUL BALLAD SUCCESS 



Words by Bernard Grossman 




Mother 



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(Who Waits All Alone) 



Music by Harry De Costa 



Her rendition of this "powerful appeal" is a veritable work of art and is earning the praise and endorsement of the press and public where- 

ever she appears. 



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Presenting that Beautiful Terpsichorean Interlude 
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Address Vera Sabina, 103 Stockton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 




MABEL ELAINE 

ECCENTRIC COMEDIENNE, FEATURING HER ECCENTRIC DANCE 
SIGNED FOR 3 SEASONS WITH NED WAYBURN'5 



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REGARDS TO ALL FRIENDS 



One of the World's Famous 6 Musical Cutty s 

SEE HIM AT THE 

PROSPECT NEXT WEEK 

(July 26) 

if you missed him at the Bushwick 

agent, HARRY WEBER 



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Sam Barto 



Silent Ti 
Varlntjr. 



Ryan Margaret 

S 
Sabine Vera (P) 
Sahaya Miss 
Sawtelle Erma 
Scoble Ada (C) 
Scott Thos 



Selfried Carl 
Sheperd Burt (C) 
Sherwood Don (P) 
Shy & Shyman 
Sllber Arthur (C) 
Smith All 
Smith Prank (C) 
Solar Willie 



Spencer Bertha W 
Splash Emett 
Stanley Frank 
Stevens Mrs L 
Stilling Fred 
St James W H 
Sweatraan Geonre 
Sykea Frank (C) 



Texlco 

Thomaines Musi (C) 
Thurston Leslie 
Tonge Philip (C) 
Trainor Val 
Trexell Hottie 
Turner Grace (C) 



Velde Dealc 

Venus Venus 

Van Eddie 

Vance Qlady's 

Vann Jack 

Van Nally Elsie 

Van Sickler Raymond 

Vinson Jack 

Von Dell Harry 

W 

Wakefield Frank L 
Walton Beulah 
Walton Chas (P) 



Wardell Edith 
Wellington Winifred 

(C) 
White Jack (C) 
Willard Morris (C) 
Williams Crystal (C) 
Williams Dot 
Wood Bob (P) 
Wynn Ida 



Yant Walter 
Yule Arthur 

Z 

Zell Fern (C) 



ORA-ENTAL 




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PHYSICAL 

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BAREFOOT 

DANCER 

Working Steady, 
Vaudeville and 



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NEW JERSEY 



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Remarkable Canine, 

"TOQUE" 

Just Completed a Tour 
of the Orpheum Circuit 



Just Returned 
from a Successful 
Tour in South Africa 



THE 



THIS WEEK (July 19) Proctor's Fifth Ave. and Halsey, Brooklyn 
NEXT WEEK (July 26) Taylor Opera House, Trenton, N. J. 




IRAS 



Introducing 



The Eton Boy Clown and 
The Lady Gymnast 



Direction H. B. MARINELLI 



VARIETY 




Buster 
Santos 

Jacque 
Hays 

The Girls with Oho 
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SIMONS AGENCY 



BROWN and 
JACKSON 

BOOKED SOLID ON LOEW CIRCUIT 
UNTIL SEPTEMBER, THEN 

NEW ACT by TOMMY GRAY 



"At the Boat House" 




"Suffocated with 
dellghtfulacss** 



Fiddler 



AND 



Shelton 



Sam* Characters 
New Material 

a Wast Ulst SL. 

NawYorh 

'Phoas Hariam JSS7, 

Apt. 7 



ALFREDO 

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Valli Sister 

NEW ACT 
EUROPEAN NOVELTY 



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BERTIE FORD 



THE TANGOIST ON 
THE WIRE 

My last ad may have looked like an obituary, 
but I'm etill stepping 'em off. 

Next Week (July 2tth), Henderson's, Coney 
Island. N. Y. 



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CALLOWAY and ROBERTS 



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PRESENTING 



PEKIN MYSTERIES 

Addre.si W. K. CHAO. VARIETY, NEW YORK 




THE 



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SOMETHING NEW "IN ONE" 
Address Care VARIETY, New York 



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CROSS ROAD, LONDON. W. C. 

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Winter ularlss srs "X-Y-Z" 
AsnluiM sealst as "1-2-3" 
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OUR Meeer salary it "0. V. D." 

"Bait Valia Oarivaa" 



'J6™fHS?" 




Nan Halperin 

Direction, M. S. BENTHAM 




4 MARX BROS. * CO. 

IN "HOME AGAIN" 

Produced by AL SHEAN 

The asset sensational success of the asassa 
Direction HARRY WEBER Address VARIETY. Nsw York 



ACKNOWLEDGED PEER OF ALL JUGGLING ACTS 

FOUR MAXIMS 

THREE WONDERFUL GIRL JUGGLERS AND MALE COMEDIAN 

THIS WEEK (July If), HENDERSON'S, CONEY ISLAND 

Direction, PAT CASEY. 



SANDY SHAW 

Scotch Comedian 

Steads Alone 

Per. Address: TOM JONES, Putnam Bldg., 

New York 



Blanche Ring 



In VAUDEVILLE 



Permanent Address t 

Sunny Gables, 



Mamaroneck. N. Y. 



WANTED 
Managers that need a cracker-jack 
opening act. Apply 

MARTYN and FLORENCE 

(Vaudevile's best opening act) 




FIRST ARTIST— 
"The Manager of 
This Theatre Is an 
Incompetent, Unre- 
fined nobody.** 

SECOND ARTIST— 
.."He didn't Cars for 
My Act, Either." 

BILLY 

O aaasHllaal 

the South** 

Boohed by ALF. T. WILTON 



James Kelso «« 
Blanche Leighton 

Direction GENE HUGHES 



As Edward Marshall is oa the bill with as 
this wash it Is only fairness to him that we 
must confess "Ho is the best cartoonist en 
the bill." This is no mors than right after 
reading' his many "Shop Talks'* ead Car- 
toons which contained many a boost for us. 
As it Is duo time for us to rsclprocato we 
take this opportunity to do so. 

JIM AMD 

HARKINS 





HARRY HOLMAN 
"Adam^Killjoy" 

This Week (July it) 
Richmond and Norfolk 

Direction 

THOS. J. FITZPATRICK 



sas 



ROY ATWELL 

With 

-ALL OVER TOWN** 

Garrlck Theatre, Chicago 

For the Summer 



Howard Langford 

(Juvenile Light Comedian) 
Late feature of the "Night Clerk.** 

Direction. WM. B. FRIED LANDER 



If you don't advertise in VARIETY, 
don't advertise. 




PAULINE SAXON 

THE "SIS PERKINS" GIRL 









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*"TTUST OUT OF COLLEGE' is a real comedy. You are not obliged to look at the 
producers announcement to discover the fact. Naturally one might suppose that a 
George Ade comedy could not help being a laugh'maker, but even his Farcical efforts 
would be lost without skillful picturization." 

"Nothing important was overlooked in this screen version of a well-known stage hit. The 
cast is good, the settings are splendid, the photography leaves nothing to be desired. 
Altogether, the feature is a creditable piece of work." 

"There is a certain indescribable charm about a George Ade comedy, with its fresh, clean 
humor, that is particularly delightful, and the screen version of this justly popular offering 
is as replete with this elusive quality as the play was. There can be little doubt but what 
it will meet with as much success as the play." 

*A good fiveTeel comedy is a hard thing to put over, and this film has been so well handled 
that it does go over. Nobody but a cigar store Indian or a professional lecturer on the 
psycological aspects of laughter could sit through the picture without smiling in complete 
enjoyment of its uproarious tun." 

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with a splendid cast, including Eugene O'Brien, Amelia Summerville, 
Marie Edith Wells, Ben Hendricks and Jack Sherrill 

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NAT GOODWIN CANCELS ROUTE 
TO REMAIN IN PICTURE PLAYS 



Comedian First to Cancel Route Booked and Disband Company 

Engaged, in Favor of "Pictures" for Himself* New 

Play and Vaudeville Passed Up by Goodwin's 

Action. 



For the first time in the history of 
American theatricals a stage star not 
only cancels a / long road route al- 
ready booked but also disbands the 
entire company in order that he may 
continue picture acting all fall and 
winter. 

Nat Goodwin last Saturday wired 
from the Coast he had decided to stick 
to the pictures and notified the mem- 
bers of his "Never Say Die" company 
everything was off for next season. 

Goodwin's cancellation of time and 
company struck the acting members a 
body blow, as the legitimate season 
looked sure and solid. Goodwin has 
another new feature picture which he 
has contracted for with the Universal. 

Reports have had a new stage play 
for Goodwin next season, also vaude- 
ville engagements that he could com- 
mand at his pleasure. 

Another star, Robert Edeson, has a 
fat picture contract and will finish his 
camera work before attempting any 
new stage role. 

Missing from the legit ranks for next 
season or at least the greater part will 
be DeWolf Hopper, Lew Fields, Rob- 
ert Mantell, Viola Allen, Robert War- 
wick, William Farnum and Alice Brady. 



position to the feature maker or ser- 
vice that will be inviting to all con- 
cerned. Other matters may have been 
discussed at the first meeting, or are 
to come up before the next that have 
not become public. 

Among those who gathered at the 
Sherman House were Jones of Chi- 
cago, Gordon of Boston, Mandelbaum 
of Cleveland, Saxe of Milwaukee, Fur- 
ness of Duluth, Blank of Davenport, 
Kunsky of Detroit, and a representa- 
tive of Turner & Dahnken, on the 
coast. 



BIG EXHIBITORS MEET. 

Chicago, July 28. 

In September sometime, at the Sher- 
man House here, a meeting will be 
called of all big exhibitors of feature 
films throughout the country. It will 
follow a meeting held at the same place 
about three weeks ago, when 15 ex- 
hibitors got together for an informal 
talk over conditions. 

The plan of the next meeting, as far 
as has been outlined, will be to have 
a member of an exclusive exhibitors' 
league, in each large city. When com- 
bined, tlicy may be able to offer a pro- 



CRAWFORD AT GARDEN. 

The new Winter Garden show, to 
be produced in October with Al Jol- 
son as the star, will have in its cast 
Clifton Crawford. It will be Craw- 
ford's first appearance up there. 

The book is nearly completed by 
Harrold Atteridge. A call for the first 
gathering of the people will be sent 
out this week. Two other engage- 
ments are Helen Shipman and Edmund 
Goulding. Miss Shipman has been on 
the Loew Circuit. She was engaged 
through Jule Delmar, who also secured 
Frances Pritchard for the Shuberts 
from the same field. Goulding is a 
Delmar "discovery" as well. He is an 
English comedian, singer and dancer, 
with special stress laid upon his voice. 



SOUSA WITH HARMS. 

The F. B. Harms-Francis, Day & 
Hunter music publishing firm will here- 
after handle commercially all the Sousa 
compositions. Sousa has been an ad- 
herent of the John Church Co. for 
several years. 

The Harms combination will also 
publish the music for the Charles Dil- 
lingham Hippodrome show. It is said 
Malvin Franklin wi'l do most of the 
composing for hat production. 



ELLIS WITH ZIEGFELD. 

The wheels of show business have 
revolved until Flo Ziegfeld and Mel- 
ville Ellis are opposite one another, 
on a peace footing. Ellis is rehears- 
ing with Ziegfeld's new "Midnight 
Frolic" revue for the Amsterdam 
Roof. 

When Ellis was friendly toward the 
Shuberts, and the Shuberts were as 
frankly unfriendly with Ziegfeld, 
"Melellis" became official critic for the 
Shuberts of Ziegfeld and his stage pro- 
ductions. 



RECORD-BREAKING GOAT. 

Cincinnati, July 28. 

One of Alvarado's goats, in his ani- 
mal act at Chester Park this week, 
has brought about a law suit against 
his trainer, through swallowing the 
pink tights belonging to Marie Chap- 
ron, on the same bill. Miss Chapron 
started the suit, alleging loss of wear- 
ing apparel $51, and injured feelings 
$500 more. 

The young woman states that her 
feelings were slammed through having 
been unable to secure a substitute for 
the goat's meal, obliging her to finish 
the act without tights and limbs bare, 
causing her "great pain and anguish." 

Alvarado replies he can't understand 
the goat, who has been around pink 
tights ever since on the stage, and that 
he never made love to a pair before. 



COLLIER IN ACT. 

William Collier has confided to in- 
timate friends his present plans called 
for no production next season and that 
he was getting ready to plunge into 
vaudeville. 

The report spread last week that 
Collier had signed with John Cort, but 
this was denied at the Cort offices. 



WAYBURN ENGAGEMENTS. 

Cross and Josephine and Moran and 
Wiser are the latest engagements for 
Ned Wayburn's "Town Topics" revue, 
now in rehearsal. 



"Fads and Fancies" Going Out." 

The Klaw & Erlanger revue, "Fads 
and Fancies," is preparing to go on 
the road next season. Pat Casey is at- 
tending to the engagement of people 
for the production. 



COHAN & HARRIS CIRCUIT? 

Cohan & Harris are reported nego- 
tiating for a legitimate house in St. 
Louis, Kansas City and Cincinnati. If 
they land the theatres they are after, 
the houses will form a circuit in con- 
nection with the C. & H. tenancy of 
the Grand, Chicago, and Astor and 
Bronx, New York. 

Bert Feibelman is the C. & H. scout 
reported looking for the additions. 



BUSHWICK AND PROSPECT SHUT. 

With this Sunday the summer v*u» 
deville season at Keith's Bushwick and 
Prospect theatres will come to an end 
The houses will remain closed until 
about Labor day, when the regular sea- 
son starts. 

An effort was made to keep the 
Brooklyn big time houses open 
throughout the hot weather, but from 
indications Coney Island has proven too 
strong an opposition on Saturdays and 
Sundays, the two days of the week the 
vaudeville theatres must largely depend 
upon. 



EMPRESS, DENVER, REOPENS. 

Denver, July 28. 

The Empress, now under the direc- 
tion of John W. Considine, reopened 
July 24, with six acts and pictures, play- 
ing to 10 cents at all shows. 

Under this policy the house looks 
to have a good chance for business. It 
was formerly operated by the Loew 
Circuit, after Loew had purchased the 
Sullivan-Considine houses, recently re- 
turned to their original owners. 



MOLLY KING IN PICTURES. 

The pictures have taken Molly King, 
who has engaged to play before the 
World Film's camera, for one year, at 
$350 weekly. 

Miss King reserved the privilege to 
take part in a stage production at any 
time during the life of her contract. 



SUFFRAGE PLAY. 

W. W. La Point, a Vermont news- 
paper man, who now makes his head- 
quarters in New York, has written a 
new play, on the suffrage question, en- 
titled "In a Woman's Town," which 
Cohan & Harris are giving attention 
with a prospect of producing it next 
season. 



CABLES 



on 



ENGLISH COMPLAINT AGAINST 
AMERICANS ' LACK OF INTEREST 

The Complaint It Because America Does Not Import More 

English Film. English Circuit Manager Explains 

Objection to Six-Reelers. Says Famous Players 

Is 39 Releases Behind Oyer There. 



London, July 20. 

The managing director of one of the 
largest circuits of cinema theatres in 
Great Britain, with which is affiliated 
a picture production enterprise of con- 
sequence, was discussing with VarietvJs 
London representative recently the 
general situation, and especially mar- 
ket conditions that exist on both sides 
of the water. Among other things, he 
said: 

"England is necessarily an open mar- 
ket for the reason it is the dumping 
ground of aH the pictures of the world. 
We are therefo/e in a position to pick 
and choose. For instance, we have a 
committee of three men who do noth- 
ing else but view pictures all day long 
for the theatres on our circuit. These 
men see on an average of 250 pictures 
a week, out of which but 14 are se- 
lected; so you see, so far as supply 
goes, we are in an enviable position. 
You in America have approximately 
25,000 picture houses to less than 5,000 
of ours. You naturally require a larger 
output to supply this enormous market 
and we can pick the cream of your 
productions. 

"There is one thing we are fighting 
as hard as we can, and that is the 
six-reel features. We try to keep ours 
down to four wherever possible, al- 
though often compelled to use longer 
ones. I think that American exhibit- 
ors foolishly educated their public in- 
to looking for lengthy feature subjects, 
which interfere with their takings. For 
instance, if a visitor to a cinema en- 
ters the house in the middle of the 
second reel he or she will remain 
through the remainder of the run and 
again through the entire picture. They 
therefore interfere with the Riling of 
the house more often. We figure that 
with one and two-reel subjects people 
will remain sometimes only an hour 
and depart, leaving room for fresh 
patronage. Every time we show a six- 
reel picture we calculate a difference of 
$250 a week in the takings of each 
theatre. 

"We have one increasing problem 
with respect to our producing enter- 
prise that we find it very difficult to 
solve. It is generally conceded that 
we make features as fine as any turned 
out in the world. Your own paper, in 
reviewing them, has frequently said so. 
Yet we cannot secure a footing in the 
United States. We have given the mat- 
ter careful study and can only con- 
clude it is not the desire of the Ameri- 
can to encourage foreign features. In 
our opinion they figure every penny 
contributed toward the support of 
foreign productions helps to build up 
opposition. This may sound far- 
fetched, but you will be compelled to 
give it some credence when I tell you 



that of our own knowledge there are 
not two British film producing com- 
panies today making a profit. The 
English market is not big enough to 
yield sufficient returns to pay for the 
expenditure entailed in making a fea- 
ture. Without the sale of a number 
of copies in the States we are badly 
handicapped. 

"As before stated, the English ex- 
hibitor buys anybody's pictures; but 
to prove to you that we make equally 
good films here I will state to you as 
a fact that the Famous Players is 39 
releases behind in England what they 
have marketed in America. It is not 
a matter of price, but a preference for 
some of the things we create." 

An American could not agree with 
the assertions made by this English 
cinema man. If it is true the Famous 
Players is 39 releases behind over 
there as against their American re- 
leases, it would seem the reason for 
this is the smallness of the market in 
England, which is unable to assimilate 
the fast output of this American con- 
cern. The Englishman's statement his 
committee sees 250 pictures a week 
and only uses 14 is evidence in itself 
it is impossible to use everything from 
America. 

Yet when the war broke out and 
temporarily tied up the foreign market 
for American film, the manufacturers 
on this side claimed that through the 
expensive picture productions then 
having been made, with the European 
field in prospect, their profits had been 
practically cut off, as the American 
trade could but return the cost of pro- 
duction and operation. Some picture 
people have since disputed this state- 
ment, and say that at present or at 
least in Great Britain there is no re- 
straint upon the importation of Ameri- 
can pictures. 

In Varieties cables of this issue is a 
report the Metro has disposed of its 
foreign rights to a London concern 
that undertakes to release one Metro 
feature weekly, for 40 weeks out of 
the year, paying $3,500 down upon the 
delivery of each subject, and dividing 
with the Metro the profits made from 
the film on the other side. 

There is little doubt, though, that the 
war has clipped considerable revenue 
in Europe from the American feature 
film maker. 



FRANCE FOR NOVELTIES. 

London, July 28. 
Louis Nethersole has gone to France 
in search of novelties for Charles Dil- 
lingham's use in the New York Hip- 
podrome. 

If yoi^ron^TavertK^lii 
don't advertise. 



IN LONDON. 

London, July 13. 
Quite the most recent innovation 
which has manifested itself as a result 
ol war is the manner in which the 
Empire management entertains of- 
ficers and privates while in London on 
leave of absence. One of the regula- 
tions imposed by the men in command 
when granting leave of absence to 
those at the front is a strict order 
to wear the regulation army belt at all 
times and especially in public places. 
An old employee at the Empire, a re- 
tired soldier, has been loath to refuse 
admission to various men home on 
leave because of their neglect to ob- 
serve this rule. In order to make it 
possible for these delinquents to enter 
the theatre without first returning 
home at such an inopportune time, the 
ex-soldier politely informs them Man- 
ager Cochran has a supply of regu- 
lation belts in his office for such con- 
tingencies and the negligent soldier 
is cordially invited to make use of one 
for the evening. News of this inno- 
vation at the Empire is said to have 
spread to the innermost recesses of the 
trenches to such an extent that it has 
advertised the Empire theatre and its 
production of "Watch Your Step" 
throughout the entire armies of the 
Allies fighting in France and Belgium. 



It is a reasonable hazard that Hall 
Caine will break into print with some 
sort of a tirade during August. This 
conjecture, an odds-on gamble, is 
based upon the announcement a new 
play by Caine will be produced in the 
early fall. This clever little self-ad- 
vertiser is bound to take up something 
to call attention to his wares before 
offering them for approval. 

Speakiifg of personal advertising, the 
lack of interest shown in theatricals is 
due to the insatiable desire of actors 
and actresses for social notoriety. This 
sort of thing tends to diminish the 
mystery surrounding the stage and to 
destroy the glamour that in former 
days attached to that branch of amuse- 
ment. Nothing is great at close con- 
tact and the hob-nobbing of artists 
with the general public has reached 
such a state the average theatre-goer 
knows full well that artists are only 
human beings. 

Unless there is a strong and con- 
certed attempt to improve the brand 
of the revues now touring the English 
provinces, the patrons of music halls 
will shortly grow extremely weary of 
them. Up to now practically every one 
of these revues is built along regula- 
tion lines and after a theatre patron 
has seen half a dozen he gets to know 
pretty much what to expect. The 
shows usually run about an hour and 
a half and are preceded by three very 
cheap turns which must be paid by 
the traveling company out of its share. 
There will shortly take to the road the 
original production of one of the most 
successful West End revues, with a 
cheapened cast, of course, which will 
consume the entire two hours allowed 
to a twice nightly show. This pro- 
duction originally cost $70,000 and 
when seen in the provinces will shine 



CLEMART DIES. 

London, July 28. 

W. H. Clemart, died July 23 of can- 
cer. He was secretary of the Variety 
Artists' Federation of England for two 
years, from 1908, until selected Chair- 
man in 1910. 

Clemart's name in private life was 
Cartmell. He was 50 years of age at 
death. In his former years Clemart 
v/as a ventriloquist. 



METRO'S ENGLISH IDEAL 

London, July 28. 

A deal involving the Britain and 
Continental exclusive rights to the 
Metro feature films of New York has 
been put through by Harry Cohen, rep- 
resenting the Metro over here. He 
closed with the Ruffels Co. to handle 
the Metro pictures, Ruffels guarantee- 
ing to buy 40 Metro features yearly, 
paying $3,500 and one-half the foreign 
profits on each subject, agreeing to re- 
lease one weekly commencing Jan. 1. 

Ruffels is said to have paid an ad- 
vance of $25,000 on the transaction. 



DE FREECES' SILVER WEDDING. 

London, July 28. 
The silver wedding of Vesta Tilley 
and Walter de Freece will be celebrated 
by the couple Aug. 16. 



KENNETH DOUGLAS REJECTS. 

London, July 28. 

Kenneth Douglas has rejected the 
offer made him by the Shuberts to 
appear in "A Pair of Silk Stockings" 
and will return to New York under 
William A. Brady's management, after 
the limited revival of "Ready Money'' 
at the New Theatre. 

Allan Aynesworth, who is also to 
appear in his original role of that 
revival, has recovered from his recent 
illness. 



MRS. CARTER GONE. 

London, July 28. 
Mrs. Leslie Carter has returned to 
America, leaving as mysteriously as 
she came. The presumption is Mrs. 
Carter could not obtain a postpone- 
ment of her Orpheum Circuit vaude- 
ville engagement on your side. 

Mrs. Leslie Carter commences her 
Orpheum tour next week at the Ma- 
jestic, Chicago. 



Edna Goodrich Returning. 

London, July 28. 
Edna Goodrich will sail shortly* for 
New York to commence appearing in 
a Lasky feature film she has been en- 
gaged for. 

Her departure and arrival in New 
York will be kept as quiet as possible, 
it is said. 



Elmer Grandin has been engaged to 
play the soap king role in fohan & 
Harris' "It Pays to Advertise" for 
next season. 



so brilliantly by contrast with other 
touring revues it will create a sensa- 
tion and incite the booking managers 
to demand other sensationally effec- 
tive scenic and sartorial displays. That 
will sound the death knell of the 
smal. -»rs. 



VAUDEVILLE 



FEATURE FILM IN LOEWS BILLS 
MEANS VAUDEVILLE CHOPPING 



With Opening Season All Loew Programs to Exhibit Feature 
Films Regularly, with Corresponding Lessening Number 
of Acts Used. Loew Show May be Uniformly 
Acts and Pictures, Running Late. 



The Loew Circuit commencing with 
the opening of the season, intends play- 
ing a feature film in all of its vaude- 
ville programs that change twice 
weekly. The features will probably 
be used in addition to any serial or 
special film the Loew houses are 
showing. 

A feature of the type the Loew peo- 
ple will play runs from four to six 
leels, averaging in running time 14 or 
15 minutes to a reel. This will reduce 
the number of vaudeville acts on the 
Loew bills to about six in each house, 
and give a show that will not be over 
until 11.15 or later. The Loew bills 
have been made up in season of about 
seven or eight acts and pictures 
(mostly single reels). 

There will be no material difference 
in cost of the show to Loew as the 
expense of playing the features will 
about equal the cost of the acts dis- 
pensed with, unless Loew should 
learn it can headline the feature film. 
The Loew Circuit's Picture Depart- 
ment will probably take its features 
from the open market. Loew will 
book about 30 houses at the opening 
of next season. 



FIELDS IS BOOKED. 

Chicago, July 28. 

The vaudeville engagement of Lew 
Fields with 14 people in the "Barber- 
shop scene" from "The Hen Pecks" 
has been booked. Mr. Fields will open 
at the Majestic, this city, Dec. 20, hav- 
ing engaged to play on the big time for 
22 weeks from that date, at $2,500 
weekly, i 

As Mr. Fields, with Joe Weber, will 
commence making comedy pictures for 
the Keystone Sept. 6 and continue until 
Dec. 6, resuming the film work April 6, 
next, it would seem the announced 
Fields contract to appear in "Bosom 
Friends" under the direction of David 
Bclasco after New Year's, has cither 
been postponed or called off. 

Harry J. Fitzgerald, the New .York 
agent, arranged the vaudeville contract 
for Mr. Fields. 



GREENWOOD-RING WEDDING. 

Los Angeles. July 28. 

Charlotte Greenwood and Cyril Ring 
were married here July 17. The an- 
nouncement was withheld until a few 
days afterward. 

Miss Greenwood is appearing in "So 
Long, Letty," the musical show at the 
Morocco, and is co-starred in that piece 
with Sydney Grant, who has been Miss 
Greenwood's stage partner for the past 
lliree or four years. 

Mr. Ring is playing in pictures on 
the Coast. He is a brother of Blanche 
King. 

Miss ( in n. v.oorl said** ; 'Tnarria^e 



occurred within an hour after her hus- 
band had proposed to her. 

Greenwood and Grant will continue 
together in stage partnership, as be- 
fore, it is said. 



OFFER FOR SANTLEY. 

Chicago, July 28. 
A vaudeville route has been offered 
to and refused by Joseph Santley, star 
of "All Over Town" at the Garrick. 
Mr. Santley received offers also from 
other musical comedy managers, but 
declined them likewise, through the 
the show he is now with having been 
booked for a tour upon leaving Chi- 
cago. 



RATS' ALL-STAR SCAMPER. 

The White Rats will hold an All-Star 
Scamper for one performance at the 
Manhattan Opera House Tuesday, Aug. 
10. The proceeds will go to the charity 
fund of the Actors' Fund of America, 
and the White Rats' Charity Fund. 

The program as so far outlined in- 
cludes many of the best-known names 
in the profession. 



M ARINELLI'S BRANCH. 

H. B. Marinelli will organize a Chi- 
cago branch of his agency, opening it 
about Aug. 15, with Max Lowe (from 
the New York office) in charge. 



Chicago's Notable in Town. 

Andy Monahan, head barman at the 
Majestic Bar, Chicago, is making New 
York his first visit. Several of Andy's 
best customers moved to this city 
lately. 




ROBERT EMMETT KEANE. 

"The American Ktifilishinan," will open his 
fourth annual season with his single act an a 
feature attraction on the l*. H. (>. time at 
Keith's, Boston, Monday, Auk- 2. This is the 
second time he has played this house within the 
last three months. 

After Boston, Mr. Keane will k<> l " Keith's, 
Washington, I). < '., his third appearance in the 
Capital withii five months. 



'ZONE" SHOWS CLOSED. 

San Francisco, July 28. 

The following changes have recently 
been made on the Exposition's "Zone": 
"Maori Village" has closed and the in- 
habitants left. "The Dayton Flood" 
has closed, for good, so it is said. "The 
Hawaiian Village" has been remodeled. 
"Toyland" as a combined show is done, 
but several sub-concessions will oper- 
ate on the site. "From London to the 
South Pole" has closed. The "'49 
Camp," under new management, is 
open. 

It has been announced a new attrac- 
tion will occupy the site formerly held 
by the "101 Ranch" show. 

"The Streets of Seville" (Spanish 
concession staging bull fights) is open 
and claims to be doing well. It is re- 
ported several of the shows closed will 
be replaced with new attractions. 
Lately business along the "Zone" has 
shown an improvement, so "Zone" 
managers claim. 



TY COBB FOR A DRAW. 

Ty Cobb as a feature attraction for 
vaudeville is being sought by Frank 
Evans, the agent. 

Cobb may be posted in "an act," if 
all arrangements are made, by Harry 
Tuttle, trainer of the Detroit Tigers. 



ANOTHER WAR SONG. 

The latest war song is being pub- 
lished by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. It 
is called "Celebrating War in Rage 
time" by Coleman Geotz and Jack 
Sterns. 

The idea of the lyric is that after the 
war is over all the countries involved 
must sing of it in ragtime, and the 
"punch" line is, "Mr. Wilson will lead 
the band." 

SNAKE BITES MAN'S TONGUE. 

Chicago, July 28. 
George Horner, with the Cambell 
Carnival Co. as a snake charmer was 
bitten on the tongue by a rattlesnake 
last week while he was hunting snakes 
near Pocatella, Idaho. Horner, after 
capturing eight rattlers, was extracting 
their fangs by means of his teeth. He 
is now breathing through a tube which 
has been inserted in his windpipe. 



FEATURING TOM BARNES. 

The paper for "See My Lawyer," to 
open at the Eltinge theatre, features 
the name of T. Roy Barnes. Billing 
for the A. H. Woods farce (by Max 
Marcin) reads "'Sec My Lawyer,' with 
1'. Roy Barnes and others." 



FISK CIRCUSING AGAIN. 

Dode Fisk is planning to return to 
the circus realm in 1916 and has 
placed an order for the making of 
circus wagons wjth a Western firm. 
Fisk is now living in Wisconsin. 



Splitting for Business Purposes. 

Chicago, July 28. 
Allen and White, an act around the 
west f«»r sunn- year*, will irtiir from 
tl-e theatrical business shortly. Allen 
i ncs to San Jose, Cal., where he has 
purchased a night lunch wagon, and 
White, it is said, will be a tailor. 



EASTLAND DISASTER. 

Chicago, July 28. 
Theatres and amusements in gen- 
eral suffered naturally last Saturday 
through the Eastland disaster. The 
only death recorded so far that has 
any connection with show business 
here was that of a brother-in-law of 
Harry Spingold, the agent. 

Chicago, July 28. 
Sunday Major Funkhouser of the re- 
form brigade here announced no pic- 
tures of the Eastland disaster would be 
shown in Chicago. The Chicago Trib- 
une had camera men at the scene of 
the wreck and took about 1,000 feet. 
This film is now being released through 
the Central Film Co. of Chicago in 
conjunction with the Tribune which 
claims all profits will go to relieve the 
sufferers of the big disaster. 

In some of the New York small time 
vaudeville theatres this week, where 
the Tribune's pictures of the Eastland 
were shown, women in the audience 
turned their heads away, in tears, as 
the views disclosed bodies being re- 
moved from the overturned boat. 

It is said in New York that camera- 
men were at the side of the Eastland, 
taking pictures of its departure, when 
the accident occurred, they securing full 
views of ensuing scenes. 



PERCENTAGE FOR HOUSE MGR. 

What may be the future house salary 
of the vaudeville and picture theatre 
resident manager is presaged by an ad- 
vertisement in this week's Variety* It 
is that of a house manager offering his 
services, "on salary or percentage." 

The percentage plan for house man- 
agers has been satisfactorily adopted 
in several instances on pop vaudeville 
circuits, but has not been universally 
taken to, the pop vaudeville circuit ex- 
ecutives as a Tule believing the limit 
of capacity in a manager at their pre- 
vailing scale of salaries did not bring 
them unusual ability, and that a per- 
centage offered merely meant more 
money to the house manager, without 
the theatre benefiting. This reasoning, 
however, has been confined to the less 
experienced small time vaudeville di- 
rectors. 

The small time circuits have lately 
awakened to the fact a house manager 
means a great deal. It has been most 
often forcibly impressed upon small 
time circuits when they were abreast 
of more astute direction in opposition. 
A couple of very glaring instances of 
this have been on exhibition in New 
York this summer. 



POP TO STOCK. 

W. H. Foster, now in New York, is 
personally engaging people for the 
new musical stock that will be in- 
stalled under Foster's directions in the 
Theatre Francais. Montreal. Aiu. 16. 

The Montreal house management has 
decided to discontinue its present vau- 
deville policy and give stock a thor- 
ough trial. 



VAUDEVILLE 



COLONIAL, CHICAGO, GOES TO 
NEW FEATURE FILM CONCERN 



Triangle Corporation Will Place "Birth of a Nation" at Jones, 

Linick & Schaeffer House August 23 — Announced 

Vaudeville Off — Triangle Also After Firm's 

Studebaker Theatre in Windy City. 



Chicago, July 28. 
Vaudeville will not reopen at the Col- 
onial Aug. 9, as announced by Jones, 
Linick & Schaeffer, who have arranged 
with the Triangle picture company to 

move "The Birth of a Nation!' from 
the Illinois to the Colonial, starting 
Aug. 23. Until then the Colonial will 
play pictures as it is now doing. 

The "Nation" film is in its eighth 
week at the Illinois, playing to a $2 
scale, and doing from $12,000 to $14,000 
weekly. The Colonial is a larger house. 
A $2 scale for the picture will also 
prevail there. 

It is reported as quite possible the 
Triangle, which is composed of the H. 
E. Aitken-D. W. Griffith coterie, will 
take over the Studebaker theatre from 
Jones, Linick & Schaeffer. Negotia- 
tions looking to that end are under ( 
way. The Studebaker is showing fea- 
ture films under the firm's direction. 

The Triangle is the corporation re- 
ported as having taken the Knicker- 
bocker, New York, for the exhibition 
of its forthcoming big film produc- 
tions. The Knickerbocker report was 
denied by the Frohman office, confirm- 
ed by the Triangle, and later again 
denied by Klaw & Erlangcr ,thc latter 
stating the deal was on, without having 
been brought to a close. 



DULUTH MAY BE CLOSED. 

Chicago, July 28. 

Notwithstanding that the Orpheum 
Circuit turned over to the Finn & Hei- 
man people its Orpheums in Des 
Moines, Duluth and Sioux '"•ty, through 
being unable to make thos. nouses re- 
turn a profit at big time admission 
prices, the F-H circuit will quite likely 
keep the Orpheum, Duluth, closed un- 
til business conditions in the town 
may warrant trying to place the house 
on a profitable basis with vaudeville 
at popular prices. 

The Orpheum, Sioux City, under the 
F-H direction, will charge 15-25-35, 
with matinees 10-20, playing six acts, 
as against the Orpheum former box 
office scale up to 75 cents. The Sioux 
City Orpheum will be 15-25, with mati- 
nees 10-15. Its scale under the Or- 
pheum Circuit was up to 50 cents. 
Sioux City will have five acts weekly. 

The addition of the Orpheums to the 
F-H string gives that concern an im- 
posing list for the middle west, all of 
its theatres being booked from the 
Western Vaudeville Managers' Asso- 
ciation. The concern has done some 
extensive building and has a modern 
chain. Its Palace at Rockford. 111., 
cost $100,000, the Hippodrome, Tcrre 
Haute, $125,000, and the Orpheum, 
rhnmpaign. III.. $ C W,000 



The principal F-H theatres, all play- 
ing vaudeville, and several of which 
play but twice daily next season (16 
performances on the week — one extra 

Saturday and Sunday), are American, 
Chicago; Majestic, SpTingfield, 111.; Or- 
pheum, Champaign, 111.; Palace, Rock- 
ford, 111.; Empress, Decatur, 111.; Hip- 
podrome, Terre Haute, Ind.; Grand," 
Evansville, Ind.; Orpheums, Gary, 
South Bend and Michigan City, Ind.; 
Columbia, Davenport, la.; Majestic, 
Waterloo, la.; Orpheum at Madison, 
Green Bay (Wis.), Duluth, Des Moines 
and Sioux City. 

It is also reported Finn & Heiman 
are after a couple of more theatres in 
this territory. 

Sam Kahl left for New York Sunday 
to select such bookings from the 
Orpheum Circuit books as might be 
required for the additions to the F. H. 
Circuit. 

Mr. Kahl was in the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit office, New York, during the week, 
filling up bills for the Sioux City and 
Des Moines additions to the Finn & 
Heiman Circuit, these houses having 
been taken over from the Orpheum 
Circuit as reported in last week's 
Variety 

Nearly all the acts originally routed 
on the Orpheum books for the two 
towns were left intact by Mr. Kahl. He 
said any openings in the F.-H. bills 
would be filled from the Chicago office 
(W. V. M. A.), but that he thought 
the Orpheum acts as a rule would fit in 
with their policy. 

A denial was made by Mr. Kahl his 
firm was after the Sullivan-Considine 
Empress theatre in Chicago. 

H. B. Burton, formerly in charge of 
the Orpheum, Des Moines, will be the 
manager of the American, Chicago, for 
F.-H., when that house opens Aug. 23. 



Keeney's Olympic Park Sundays. 

Frank A. Keeney has taken a tem- 
porary lease on Olympic Park, Newark, 
where for at least a month anyway 
he will offer Sunday vaudeville and 
pictures. 

Keeney hasn't been playing Sunday 
shows at his Newark house and for 
Olympic Park will move his regular 
house bill over there for the Sunday 
performances. 



Fields' Tab Quits Trenton Quickly. 

Trenton. N. J., July 28. 

The Nat Fields Tabloid stock, open- 
ing at the Grand last Thursday for a 
run, closed after three days. 

The show continued and is playing 
Frankfort, Pa., this week. 



U. B. O'S., YOUNGSTOWN. 

Youngstown, O., July 28. 

Commencing with next season, the 

United Booking Offices in New York 

will furnish the bills at the Hippodrome 

here, that house playing a split week 

with the Majestic, Canton, also United- 
booked. 

Feiber & Shea's Park theatre, also 
playing vaudeville in this town, will 
commence a three-a-day policy with the 
season's opening. 

The local Hippodrome opened last 
spring, when it was booked through 
the Marcus Loew agency, on the C H. 
Miles circuit, over which Walter Keefe 
supervises in booking. Miles, it is said, 
never had an interest in the, Hip, be- 
yond charging weekly for the "booking 
franchise" through Loew, although a 
couple of the Youngstown men in the 
Hip corporation are said to be also 
interested in the Miles theatre at Cleve- 
land. 



DES MOINES HOUSE SWITCH. 

Chicago, July 28. 
The Empress, Des Moines, will be 
booked by the Affiliated Booking Co., 
starting Aug. 8. It has been supplied 
by the Western Vaudeville Managers' 
Association for some time past. The 
management hearing the Association 
would book the Orpheum, that city, de- 
cided to make the change. 



ANOTHER COLORED HOUSE. 

A theatre for negro patronage is in 
course of construction on the south- 
east corner of 135th street and Lenox 

avenue. It will play pop vaudeville at 
10-15-25c. 

The seating capacity will be between 
1,500 and 1,800. The new house h not 
far from the Crescent and is only five 
blocks removed from the LaFayette, 
right in the heart of the uptown negro 
colony. 



SAVING 14 FEET. 

Because the building department in- 
sisted if the building, formerly Ham- 
merstein's Victoria, was entirely de- 
molished and rebuilt to suit the present 
lessees there would have to be a 14- 
foot alley around the hous' . the lessees 
have decided the outer w? s to at least 
the second story shall be left standing, 
but the entire interior of the house is 
to be remodeled. 

The Hammerstein's roof garden has 
already passed from existence and will 
not be rebuilt. A roof resort would 
have necessitated a series of fire es- 
capes leading from the roof and this 
would have balked the possibilities of 
the store rentals. 



Continuing Orpheum Travelogues. 

The Orpheum Circuit upon reopen- 
ing for the coming season will be sup- 
plied with an entirely new set of travel 
pictures, all routed and released 
through the New York office under 
the supervision of Chas. E. Bray. The 
pictures were decided a success on the 
circuit last season and will probably 
become an annual fixture. 

ff you don't advertiso In VARIETY, 
don't advertise , 



BILL POSTERS' DECISION. 

Chicago, July 28. 

After hearing the plea of Morgan L. 

Davies, Assistant United States District 

Attorney, last week, in which he asked 

Judge Keneshaw M. Landis to appoint 

a receiver for the Associated Bill Post- 
ers and Distributors of the United 
States and Canada, to dissolve the as- 
sociation and to arrange for the sale 
of the billposting plants here, in New 
York, Boston, Detroit and Cincinnati, 
the judge announced he would reserve 
his decision until some time this week 
or next. 



BACK TO GRAND* SYRACUSE. 

Syracuse, July 28. 

It looks very much now as though 

the Keith big time vaudeville will again 

be back in the Grand opera house, when 

the season opens. Notwithstanding an- 
nouncement of building here by the 
Keith interests, on the site owned on 
South Salina street, and various re- 
ports of combinations, the most impor- 
tant having been the big time for the 
Temple (now small time), nothing has 
developed. 

Were the big time to leave the Grand, 
threatened law suits might have fol- 
lowed, the Keith people and the Shu- 
berts having the house in common. 



PROCTOR'S RAISES PRICES. 

Albany, N. Y., July 28. 

Beginning this week at Proctor's, the 

price for the first eight rows in the 

orchestra has been increased from 25 
to 50 cents. "War Brides" (No. 2) is 
the feature, but the increase may be a 
permanent one. The house plays three 
shows daily. 



Two Southwestern Keith's Close. 

Louisville, July 28. 
Keith's, with pop vaudeville, will 
close its summer season this week. It 
is the second trial during the hot weath- 
er of that style of show. 

Cincinnati, July 28. 
This week will mark the end of the 
summer season of pop vaudeville at 
Keith's. The house will undergo 
renovation before the regular season 
opens. 



A BOOB I HERE WAS. 

BY FRANCES NORDSTROM. 
A Boob there was, and he gave his act. 

Even as you and I, 
To a ten per center, an agent that, 
Took It to book it, or at least to try, 
But did be do It? He didn't. 

The Boob put the act on the four a day, 

Even as you and I, 
And the Agent promised to find the way, 
And the house to "show it," 
The talk you know it, 
But did he do it? He didn't. 

The Boob laid off — then off again, 

Even as you and I. 
Then himself booked a dump, with a ten-dol- 
lar Jump, 
And sent the commission — and minus contrition, 
Did the Agent take it? He did. 

Hut at last the Boob got a chance one day, 

Even as you and I, 
lie put thr act on, without any pay. 
For the "Jury" to see--to be brought ARrntly. 
Did the Agent bring them? lie didn't. 

Hut after many weary months, 

With much "laying off and dollars in Jumps. 

The art got a look In and the "Office" it 

booked him. 
D|d the Agent take credit? Oh, my God, Yes. 



R. 



H. & S: "BURLESQUE CARNIVAL" 

Hurtig & Seamon are putting over 
a double-header as a burlesque en- 
tertainment in their ("Sliding") Billy 
Watson-Ed Lee-Wrothe production, 
which is to be billed as "The Bur- 
lesque Carnival." 

Watson and Wrothe will appear in 
the performance, but not at the same 
time. Each will have a "part," Wat- 
son probably taking the first part, and 
Wrothe the second part. This reduces 
the actual playing time by each to one 
half what would be done by them were 
they to head their own shows. All 
billing matter will be made neutral, as 
far as possible, the names changed 
about in position on an equal quantity 
of the paper. 

Both comedians are well known on 
the burlesque circuits and each has a 
following. Hurtig & Seamon have 
three other burlesque shows. 

Watson and Wrothe have signed- to 
make single reel comedies. Watson 
started this week. Wrothe will begin 
later. 



FILM AT MURRAY HILL. 

When the Loew Circuit reopens the 
Murray Hill theatre under the pooling 
arrangement with the Columbia Amuse- 
ment Co. on the Orpheum, Yorkville, 
the Murray Hill will play a straight 
picture show, at 10 cents admission. 



OLYMPIC'S EARLY OPENING. 

The Olympic on 14th street will 
open Aug. 14, with "Hello Paris" two 
weeks earlier than originally an- 
nounced. 



COLUMBIA'S REGULAR OPENING 

It has been decided to continue the 
engagement of "The Behman Show" 
at the Columbia until Aug. 14. The 
Columbia will be closed one week, 
opening with "The Golden Crooks" 
Aug. 23. 



Rehearsal Starting Date Changed. 

The rehearsals of Barney Gerard's 
"Americans" will begin at Miner's 
Bronx Monday, Aug. 2, instead of 
Wednesday, Aug. 4, as previously an- 
nounced. 



AMERICAN WEEK FILLED. 

W. S. Busby, representing a chain of 
theatres in the middle west, has con- 
tracted for nearly all of the American 
shows to play his circuit each week 
between St. Paul and Kansas City. 

The towns are Mankato, Mason City, 
Waterloo, Marshalltown and St. Jo- 
seph. 



TRYING OUT IN AUGUST. 

August at the Gayety, Philadelphia, 
will be devoted to trying out the Ja- 
cobs & Jermon and the Theatrical 
Operating Co. shows. Each show will 
appear for three days only. 

The Trocadero will open Aug. 7 with 
"Follies of Pleasure." 



STOCKS CLOSING. 

Winston-Salem, N. C, July 28. 
The Piedmont Players closed Satur- 
day night. 



STOCK AT DALITS? 

It is said Daly's, under the same man- 
agement as last season, will reopen 
with stock burlesque Aug. 14. Rumor 
has it Bob Dady of Philadelphia, is in- 
terested in the project. 



WITH THE WOMEN 



BY MISS RUBY. 



SIM'S NEW PEOPLE. 

When Sim Williams' rejuvenated 
burlesque show, "Girls From Joyland," 
starts its preliminary season at the 
Gaiety Chicago, Aug. 22, for an eight 
days' engagement prior to opening its 
regular route on the American Circuit 
it will only have one member who has 
ever been seen east of Chicago upon 
the stage. 

The show is to be produced by A. 
M. Zinn, the Western producer. 
Danny Mack will be in advance of the 
troupe. 



TWO MEN AHEAD. 

All of the shows of the American 
Circuit will have qualified men ahead 
the coming season and most will have 
the services of a second man. 



Frank Fanning with Mollie Williams. 
Mollie Williams, who will next sea- 
son be the featured member of Bob 
Manchester's show, has succeeded in 
securing Frank Fanning for her spe- 
cialty called "The Dance of the En- 
ticement," which will be the principal 
act of the olio. Mr. Fanning was the 
original in the part. 



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STOCKS OPENING. 

San Francisco, July 28. 

Aug. 2 the Alcazar will return to its 
stock policy with a company being 
organized in the east. Bert Lytell 
and Evelyn Vaughn, favorites here, 
will head the new company. Manager 
George Davis is in charge. James 
Post will place a popular priced dra- 
matic company, featuring Florence 
Oakley, in the Garrick. The Garrick 
has been showing pictures since the 
Orpheum shows moved downtown in 
the new Orpheum. The Post company 
is also scheduled to open Aug. 2. 

The 116th theatre which will be the 
York next season playing combina- 
tions is to have four weeks of melo- 
dramatic stock, starting Aug. 2 under 
Jay Packard'^ direction. Beatrice 
Morgan will tf| 4 the leading woman. 

Buffalo, July 28. 
Arrangements have been completed 
for a new policy at the Lyric opening, 
Labor Day. B. E. Franklin, New York, 
will manage. 

Bridgeport, Conn., July 28. 
Jack Kearney's contract with the 
Cal-Burn Players has run out. The 
Lyric will be the home this fall of a 
permanent Aborn operatic and musical 
stock. 

Charles K. Champlin and H. M. Ad- 
dison, who will manage the new 
Charles K. Champlin stock, are in New 
York engaging people for the new sea- 
son. The Charles Champlin Co. opens 
Aug. 16 at Freehold, N. J., and the 
Champlin stock starts Aug. 30 in Penn- 
sylvania. Both companies will play 
eastern routes. 



Judging by new gowns worn by such 
well dressed headliners as Bonnie Glass 
and Grace La Rue, and by the fashions 
shown at the Palace this week — a good 
place to hunt up novelties — hips are not 
the immodest and to-be-carefully-con- 
cealed things they have been. For some 
seasons they've been trimmed down 
and generally discouraged until one 
resembled nothing quite so much as 
an ironing board — unless a bean pole. 
Now it seems the human figure will be 
allowed to resume its divinity of shape 
that poets once raved about. 

For' confirmation: the gowns that 
show slenderly curved waists, and a 
general semblance of beauty and pro- 
portion. Lucile has taken it into her 
head to encourage the style by running 
hoops about her gowns, at about the 
hip line or slightly below it. Bonnie 
Glass wore such a gown — a rich rasp- 
berry red in color, veiled with gray 
chiffon, with a dainty lace ruffle and 
quaint clusters of roses hidden, or half 
hidden, under the folds of the chifffon. 
The waist was chiffon, a rose color 
strap that ran over one shoulder, a 
gray over the other. And as she 
danced, a gold edging on the raspberry 
red skirt glinted and gleamed in the 
most fascinating manner. The hoop, 
by the way, ran about the hips. 

Her first dress was also delightful — 
white chiffon, with a skirt about 15 
yards wide, so that the chiffon could 
float and swirl about in the dancing. 
The waist was simply cut, and made 
chiefly of beaded net, finished by a pale 
blue girdle. The petticoat dropped a 
few inches below the skirt, and glinted 
quite brilliantly. 

Miss La Rue followed the newest 
fashion of large hipped gowns, too, 
and appeared in a black crepe, with a 
full overdress of black chiffon, banded 
about the hem with a six-inch deep 
band of black fox fur. The waist was 
as tightly fitting as the one-time 'basque, 
and flared suddenly from under the belt 
to a ruffle or pcplum about the hips, 
which was also banded with fur. A 
smaller band of the fox formed a cuff 
at the bottom of the sleeve and then 
wound itself around the arm, as far 
up as the elbow. 

The effect, of course, was very styl- 
ish, even though all dull black is a bit 
sombre for the stage, unless the wearer 
is a decided blonde, or the large-eyed 
Oriental type of brunet. But the rich- 
ness and novelty of the gown counter- 
acted any idea of dullness. Then she 
appeared for a tango song in an all- 
silver dress, one of the handsomest seen 
on the stage this season. The waist of 
this was of silver net, cut in the fashion 
of a short circular cape, edged with 
silver fringe, and pulled back from the 
shoulders to the undcr-arm, and held 
there, to form a sleeve. The waist was 
a high silver girdle, the skirt very full 
and made of silver gauze, banded every 
few inches with silver braid. With this 
went a draped turban of pale green 
silk, while the silver slippers had heels 
of cerise satin. The general effect, of 
course, was unusually stunning. 



Phoebe Hunt, as the young wife in 
Paul Armstrong's sketch, wore a simple 
but very becoming brown suit. As the 
wife of an underpaid bank teller she 
couldn't dress very fashionably, but the 
little brown suit was as neat and pretty 
as anyone could want, and Miss Hunt 
looked very charming in it. Dora Ford, 
in a dancing revue, had a chance to 
show some attractive costumes. 



Fashions for fall, and Belle Blanche 
are the chief attractions at the Brigh- 
ton theatre this week. "The Fashion 
Show" has been traveling, but mean- 
time, some of the gowns have been 

changed, and fall styles used in place 
of spring ones. 

From the various gowns shown it 
may safely be deduced there are a lot 
of designers who aren't sure in their 
own minds what Fashion is going to 
do next, so they are all taking a chance. 

Lady Duff Gordon shows hoop 
skirts, -hooped about the hips. She 
staged a costume called "Dear Lady 
Disdain" of blue maline over midnight 
blue satin, the maline held far away 
from the figure at the hip line. Then 
she went to the opposite extreme, made 
a clinging evening gown of mauve 
paon velvet, lined with rich rose chif- 
fon, with a skirt that was cut in two 
pieces, one piece hanging straight out 
to form a train, the other draped around 
the back and sides — and named it "A 
Discourager of Hesitancy." 

However, there is one safe prophecy 
regarding fall and winter styles for 
anyone planning some particularly ef- 
fective gowns for wear on the stage. 
The more draped they are, the more 
fashionable they will be. The more 
uneven the skirts are cut, the better 
their style. And if the gown is faced 
around the hem of the skirt inside, so 
that the unevenness shows a flash of 
contrasting color in the skirt lining, 
the more effective will the costume 
be. 

A gown that exhibited a few new 
points, and that would work up well for 
stage wear, was made of brown and 
white checked taffeta, with a corded 
band of brown taffeta that ran about at 
the knee line, the cording making it 
stiff enough to hoop out the skirt at the 
knees. And another, very effective for 
the stage, but impossible for street use, 
was a suit with a skirt of black broad- 
cloth, tight at the knee, but with in- 
serted pleats to give a "kick" to it as 
the girl walked, a pleated pcplum of 
Mack and white Scotch plaid that hung 
kiltie fashion from the hips, and a 
Scotch style white coat, with a sash 
<>f. the same plaid silk bound around 
the waist and brought up over the 
shoulder. , It was the most effective 
costume and will likely be copied this 
winter. Miss Blanche wore a charm- 
ing evening dress of pastel colored 
•satin, made with lace and rhinestonc 
trimming. Vera Sabina, in fancy 
dances, wore several fantastic cos- 
tumes. 



8 



VARIETY 



BILLS NEXT WEEK (August 2) 

In Vaudeville Theatre*, Playing Three or Lets Shows Daily. 

(All house* open for the week with Monday matinees, when not otherwise indicated.) 
Theatres listed as "Orpheum" without any further distinguishing description are on the 
Orpheum Circuit. Theatres with "Loew" following name are on the Loew Circuit. 

Agencies booking the houses are noted by single name or initials, such as "Orph," Orpheum 
Circuit-'U. B. O.," United Booking Offices— "W. V. M. A./' Western Vaudeville Managers' Asso- 
ciation (Chicago)—"?," Pantages Circuit— "Inter," Interstate Circuit (booking through W. V. M. 
A.— "M," James C. Matthews (Chicago). 



ftetv York 

PALACE (orph) 
l-opoukovu A Makallfl 
lioudinl 

Marie .N'urdHtroui 
feuwardB uavia Co 
i toward a MtCane 
iicn Welch 
• Solomon, the Great" 
AH lo? 
Mc.utthon D & C 

AMERICAN (loew) 
Wayne- Warren Ulrlu 
GoeJet, Harris A M 
"Dugan'B Money" 
Maniul & Fabrinl 
Lew HolU 
Cook a Kotbert 
Lillian Devere 
iTwo to till) 

2d half 
iiowen a Howen 
Hoso a Moon 
Maude Tlllany 
Noel Traveru Co 
"New Impresario'* 
Chaa Hart 
Four Maxims 
(Two to fill) 

7TH AVE (loew) 
Hal a Francis 
Aveling a Lloyd 
Claudia Tracvy 
Bedini A Arthur 
(Two to nil) 

2d half 
Olga 6 Mlshka 
Gertrude Cogert 
Haruian, Zarnes a I> 
Hale NorcroBS Co 
Allen a Francis 
3 Harashlma Bros 

GREELEY (loew) 
Mullen a Gerald 
Mack a DeFrankle 
"Way Out" 
Chas Hart 
Vanderhoff £ Louie 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Knowles a White 
"Mysterious Will" 
Claudia Tracey 
DuFor Bros 
(Two to fill) 

LINCOLN (loew) 
H a A Seymour 
"Mysterious Will" 
Frank Bush 
Lawton 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Mullen a Gerald 
LeVan a Devlne 
"Dugan's Money" 
Cook a StcvenR 
Koster 
(One to All) 

DELANCEY (loew) 
Sterling a Chapman 
Foy a Page 
Old Sol Fiddlers 
LeVan a Devlne 
(Two to All) 

2d half 
Low Woods 
Cook a Rothert 
Smith a West 
"Way Out" 
Gordon a Marx 
(One to fill) 

ORPHEUM (loew) 
Harashlma Bros 
llowcn a Bowen 
"Shot at Sunrise" 
Cook a Stevens 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
DotRon a Gordon 
I rown & Jackson 
ICthel Mae Hall Co 
Frank Bush 
Blerlottes 
(One to fill) 

NATIONAL (loew) 
Dotson & Gordon 
Knowles a White 
Hilly West Co 
Gordon & Marx 
Maude Tiffany 
Throwing Tabors 

2d half 
Hal a Francla 
T P Jackson Co 
Bernard a Roberta 
Bedlnl a Arthur 
(Two to fill) 
BOULEVARD (loew) 
Olgn & Mlshka 
Smith ft WoHt 
Hale NoreroHH Co 
Jok K Watson 
Lea Jnrdeya 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Lola , , 

Martini ft Fabrlnl 
Schwartz & Wooley 
Harry Brooks Co 
John Neff 
Slg a Edith Franz 

Coney Inland. 

BRIGHTON (ubo) 
Heras-Prc«ton 
Harry a Eva Puck 



Harry ilolmun Co 
Belle Baker 
"Scnool i'layground" 
Moore Garuner a R 
Riggs a Witchie 
fox a Dolly 
iill Rey Slaters 

Brooklyn 

HALSEY Si (ubo) 
Raymouu 
Uooney a Clinton 
Musical Vinos 
i'aisy Leon 
Harris a Head 
Ratlin a Anthony 
Adeline Lowe Co 
(One to hll) 

2d naif 
3 English Girls 
King a Burns 
liHV Went 
"iiungalow Girls" 
Evans a Arken 
Klva Larson Tr 
Euwin George 
Carmen Minstrels 

OTH AVE (ubo) 
3 English Girls 
King a Burns 
low West 

Bungalow Girls" 
Evans a Arken 
Carmen Minstrels 

2d half 
Broomstick Elliot* 
Uooney a Clinton 
Daisy Leon 
Rice Beeson Co 
Adeline Lowe Co 
(One to All) 

on i tiEKi' (loew) 
The Blerlottes 
John Nell 
Thos P Jackson 
Norton a Earle 
Harman Zarnes a D 

2d half 
Bill Pruitt 
uiu Sol Fiddlers 
JAM Harklns 
Aldo Bros 
(One to fill) 

FULTON (loew) 
Cunningham a Bennett 
Schwartz a Wooley 
Noel Travera Co 
Valentine Vox 
R utter Broa 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Norrie Sisters 
Walters a Daniels 
Glen Ellison 
Billy Weat Co 
Foy a Page 
*h>b JardoyB 

BIJOU (loew) 
Harry Gilbert 
Gertrude Cogert 
Harry Brooks Co 
Allen a FranclB 
Koster t 

(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Maek a DeFrankle 
Berne Troupe 
"Shot at Sunrise" 
Goelet Harris a M 
Vanderhoff a Louie 
v i wo to All) , 

PALACE (loew) 
Bill Pruitt 
Ethel May Hall Co 
J a M Harklns 
Slg a Edith Franz 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Sterling a Chapman 
Richard Milloy Co 
Jones a Sylvester 
Lawton 

Atlantic City, N. J. 

KEITHS (ubo) 
Geo Brown Co 
Ethel MeDonough 
H Beresford Co 
McKay a Ardlne 
"Fashion Show" 
Walter C Kelly 
Nat Nazarro Tr 

Htnarkamton, N. Y. 

STONE O H (ubo) 
Turner a Grace 
Musical Parshleys 
Fox & Stewart 
2d half 
Dainty English 3 
Flynn & Collins 
Van Cleve a Pete 
llonton 
KEITHS (ubo) 
Claremont Bros 
Adeline Francis 
Ivoyal's Dogs 
A a F Stedman 
Bendlx Players 
Robt E Keane 
Morton & Moore 
Imperial Ballet 

GLOBE (loew) 
Smith a Ralph 
Billy Swede Hall Co 
Frank Terry 
Cole a Denahy 
(Three to fill) 



2d half 
Richard Burton 
Margaret Farrell 
Mobs a Frey 
'throwing Tabors 
(Three to till) 

ST. JAMES (loew) 
Cecil Dunham 
KKhard burton 
Stanley James Co 
iYtoBB u Frey 
Sterling a Marguerite 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Smith a Ralph 
Steppe a Martin 
Olga Cooke 
Lester Trio 
Frank Terry 
Cole a Denahy 

MrsaatviMwt* coast. 

POLl'S (ubo) 
La Belle Marie 
Gene Frailer Co 
Jack Lewis 
John a Mae Burke 
Will Oakland Co 

2d half 
Holmea a* Buchanan 
Smith Cook a B 
John Wlnthrop 
Toombs it Wentworth 
La Delia Comlquea 

PLAZA (ubo) 
Juggling Nelaon 
Frank A Eldrie Fisher 
Bernard a My era 
"Jolly Models" 
2d half 
Robee a Robee 
Wolsey a Mehr 
Gllmore ft Castle 



rsury. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Going Up 
LaZar and Dare 
Will Armstrong Co 
Archer ft Carr 
Gascolgnes 

Cfeleagjo 

MAJESTIC (orph) 
Mrs Leslie Carter 
Long Tack Sam 
Rooney ft Bent 
Cooper ft Cook 
Smith ft Austin 
Eugene Damond 
Lockett ft Waldron 
McRae ft Clegg 
GREAT NORTHERN 

HIP (wva) 
Sari Sisters 
Keefe ft Adams 
Princess Kalama 
George Rozner 
"D'way Revue" 
Princeton ft Yale 
Chas McGooda 
Lohse ft Sterling 
Redwood A Gordon 
Al Fields Co 
McVICKERS (loew) 
Collier A DeWalde 
Al Wild 

Henry ft Adelaide 
Geo. Yeoman 
Muriel Ridley 
Two Bryants 

Cincinnati. 
KEITHS (ubo) 
Brown ft Taylor 
Capt Spaulding 
Gladstone A Talmadge 
Denny A Boyle 
"Dream Orient" 

Cleveland 

MILES (loew) 
Maestro 
Lee Berth 
"Peaches A Pair" 
Herbert A Dennis 
Josephine Davis 
3 Shelvey Boys 

Colombia, Mo. 

STAR (wva) 
Fenner A Talman 

2d half 
Rayncr A Bell 

Colwnabns. 

KEITHS (ubo) 
Brown A McCormack 
Blanche Colvln 
Montrose A Sardell 
Walter Waters 
Emllle Sisters 

Detroit 

TEMPLE (ubo) 
Terada Bros 
Kaufman Bros 
Mtb Gene Hughes Co 
Nonette 
Flak O'Hara 
FlHher A Green 
Morrlsey A Harkett 
"Aurora Light" 

ORPHEUM (loew) 
"Posing Beauty" 
Willie Smith 
I?urke A Burke 
Ranoua A Nelson 
Manhattan Trio 
Lafayette's Dogs 



Dalata 

NEW GRAND (wva) 
Cornelia A Adele 
Yates ft Wheeler 
Si ft Mary Stebblns 
Sterling, Rose ft S 

2d half 
Stroas ft Becker 
Gilroy ft Corriel 
Howard Langford 
A A r men to ft Broa 

Kaamaataav Cam. 

PANTAGES (m) 
"Miaa U. S. A." 
Ober ft Dumont 
Will ft Kemp 
Gray a Wheeler 
Kennedy ft Burt 

Blaalra. N. Y. 

MAJESTIC (ubo) 
Mlntz ft Palmer 
Dainty English 3 
Lynn ft Collins 
Van Cleve ft Pete 

2d half 
Turner ft Grace 
Musical Parshleys 
Fox ft Stewart 
(Ono to nil) 

Fall River, Mais. 

BIJOU (loew) 
Hanola ft Miller 
Lester Trio 
Olga Cooke 
Karlton ft Kllfford 

2d half 
Dumley ft Merrill 
Stanley James Co 
5 Merry Youngsters 
Sterling ft Marguerite 

Frensoat, Net* 

EMPRESS (wva) 
BroBlus ft Brown 

2d half 
Burton ft Burton 

Glen Falla, N. Y. 

EMPIRE (ubo) 
Edith Ward 
• Girl In Moon" 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Swan ft O'Day 
Stanley ft Le Braack 
The Turners 

Uloveiwvllle, N. Y. 

GLOBE (ubo) 
Empire Comedy 3 
The Turners 

2d half 
Blanche Gordon 
4 Xella Sisters 

Grand laland.Neb. 

MAJESTIC (wva) 
Burton A Burton 

2d hall 
Broslus A Brown 

Grmmd Raplaa, Mick 

RAMONAPK (ubo) 
The Posaires 
Jean Challon 
"Telephone Tangle" 
Lewis A McCarthy 
The Duttons 
(One to All) 

Hartford, Conn. 

PALACE (ubo) 
Wood Bros 
Mack A Irwin 
Arthur A Nash 
Exila Sisters 

2d half 
Mareno Sisters 
Georgia Earl Co 
Joe Daniels 
Kerr A Weston 
Elsie White 
Honey Boy Mlns 

Hobofcen, N. J. 

LYRIC (loew) 
Brown A Brown 
Glen Ellison 
"Mighty Moment" 
Steppe A Martin 
Aldo Bros 

2d half 
Pan-American Four 
Deary A Carter 
Harry Ollbert 
Neal A Ncal 
(One to All) 

llolyoke, Mann. 

MOUNTAIN PK (ubo) 
Serveande 
Farrell Taylor 3 
"Midnight Rolllckers" 
Chas Kenna 
Treat's Seals 
(One to fill) 

Indlannpolls. 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Tyler St Clair 
Two Lowes 
Simpson A Dean 
Knnawa BroH 

JefTemon City, Mo. 

GEM (wva) 
Rayner A Bell 
2d half 
Fenner ft Talman 



Iiaaiwlei, Pa# 
MAJESTIC (ubo) 
Mable Mack 
New Leader 
Bogart ft Nelson 
Selblnl ft Grovlnl 

2d half 
Bert Wlggin 
Holr ft Boggs 

3 'Vagrants 
Max Circus 

Uaeola 

LYRIC (wva) 
Stelndel ft Lee 
Slgsbee's Dogs 

2d half 
"Childhood Days" 
Johnson ft Crane 
ELECTRIC PK (wva) 
Alfred Davles Family 
Norrie Babboons 

2d half 
Lucille Mulhall Co 
(One to fill) 

Loa Amjrelea 

ORPHEUM 
Kitty Gordon Co 
Jack Wilson 

4 Melodious Chaps 
Brltt Wood 
Kelly ft Pollock 
Dooley ft Rugel 
Lucy Gillette 
Norton ft Lee 

PANTAGES (m) 
Geo Primrose ft Co 
Rhoda A Crampton 
Arline 

Early A Lalght 
The Bremena 
Chartrea Halliday Co 

Lonlavllle 

FN FRY PK (orph) 
(Open Sun Mat) 
Hooper A Cook 
Clark A Verdi 
Gene Muller 3 
Gordon Chester 
Libby A Barton 

Mlddletowa, W. Y. 

STRATTON (ubo) 
Hazel Moran 
"College Girls" 
2d half 
Mints A Palmer 
Naasar Arabs 

Mlaaea polls. 
UNIQUE (loew) 
Albert Rouget Co 
Christie Kennedy A F 
"Within the Lines- 
Evelyn Dare 
Alpha Troupe 
NEW GRAND (wva) 
Burnham ft Yant 
Mr ft Mrs A Cappelan 
Judson Cole 
Nettie Carroll Troupe 

Montreal. 

SOHMER PK (ubo) 
The Keillors 
Duffln Redcay Tr 
Power'a Elephants 
Two local acts 

Newark, N. J. 

MAJESTIC (loew) 
3 Norrie Sisters 

Old Song Revue" 
Walters A Daniels 
Eerne Troupe 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Valentine Vox 
Cunningham A Bennett 
Ross Bros 
(Two to All) 

New Haven 

POLl'S (ubo) 
The Amolis 
Wolsey A Mohr 
Bosh A Shoperlo 
John Wentworth Co 
Bell Boy Trio 
Navassare Girls 

2d half 
Swan ft Swan 
Jack Lewis 
Mack ft Irwin 
Will Oakland Co 
BIJOU (ubo) 
Robee ft Robee 
Fen ton's Athletes 
Gllmore A Castle 

2d half 
Laird A Thompson 
(Two to All) 

New London, Conn. 

LYCEUM (ubo) 
Evelyn Cunningham 
Harry Batchelor 
"Song Birds" 

2d half 
Julia Edwards 
Edith Ward 
"Earl A Girl" 

Norfolk. Va. 

ACADEMY (ubo) 
(Richmond split 1st 

half) 
Francis A Ross 
J as Thompson Co 
Marshall Montgomery 
Roeder's Invention 
(One to All) 

Oakland 

ORPHEUM 

Morgan Dancers 

Bert Melrose 

Misses Campbell 

Ruth Heyman 

(Others to fill) 
PANTAGES (m) 
(Opens Sun mat) 

Tom Linton A Girls 

Blackface Eddie Ross 



Maye ft Addis 

LaToaka 

Jue Quong Tal 

King Thornton Co 

Fallaade Fa.-k, N. J. 

(Loew) 
Von Cello 
6 Navigators 
(One to fill) 

Pataraosu N. J. 

MAJESTIC (ubo) 
Althea Twins 
O'Clare ft McDonald 
Rice Beeson Co 
Rlva Larsen Tr 

2d half 
Eugenie La Blanc 
Ward ft Howell 
Nevlna ft Erwood 
"Clown Seal" 

Perry. la. 

OPERA HOUSE (wva) 
Abbott A Mills 
2d half 
Slgsbee's Dogs 
Philadelphia 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Bankoff ft Girlie 
Frank Mullane 
Burdella Patterson 
Raymond A Caverly 
Sue Smith 
Russell ft Calhown 
Gallagher ft Martin 

GRAND (ubo) 
Louie Leo 
Revue Comedy 4 
Musical McLarens 
Eckert ft Parker 
Al Herman 
Olympla Desvall 

^ Flttnbnrarm 
HARRIS (ubo) 
Dave Wellington 
Boyle ft Patsy 
Deodata 
Joe Warren 
"Belle Isle" 
Mack Dixon Co 
3 Lorettas 

Plttalleld, Mass. 

EMPIRE (ubo) 
Cliff Bailey 
Scanlon ft La Braack 
"Garden Peaches" 

2d half 
May Johnson 
Empire Comedy 3 
"Fashion Shop" 

Portland. Ore. 

PANTAGES (m) 
"Shadow Girl" 
Gordon Highlanders 
Mint ft Wertz 
Clark A McCullough 
Edith Helena 
Provldenee, R. I. 
EMERY (loew) 
Dumley ft Merrill 
Margaret Farrell 

5 Merry Youngsters 
Ross Bros 

(One to fill) 

2d half 
Cecil Dunham 
Billy Swede Hall Co 
Handls ft Miller 
Karlton A Kllfford 

Richmond 

BIJOU (ubo) 
(Norfolk split 1st 

half) 
Thurber ft Madison 
Kurtis' Roosters 
Chas Olcott 
Harry Gerard Co 
(One to All) 

Sacraments. 

EMPRESS (loew) 
(Final week for Loew 
bookings in Sulllvan- 
Consldine's Empress 
theatres) 
Lonzo Cox 
Connors A Witt 
"On the Veranda" 
Dorothy Hermann 
La Palarirka A Part 

St Lonls 

FRST PK HOHLDS 
(orph) 
Shannon A Annis 
Joe Whitehead 
Diamond A Mark 
Harris A Mannion 
Henry G Rudolph 

st Pavl 

EMPRESS (loew) 
Aerial Patts 
LeRoy A Cahlll 
Francesca Redding Co 
Billy Roder Co 
La Toy's Models 

PRINCESS (wva) 
Stross A Becker 
Gilroy A Corriel 
Howard Langford 
Armento A Bro 
2d half 
Allen A White 
Casad Irwin A C 
Zeno A Mandell 
Black A White 

fatt Lake. 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Open Wed Mat) 
Sarah Padden Co 
Friend A Downing 
West A VanSlcIen 
Randow Trio 
Ishlkawa Japs 

Saa Bleejo. 
PAN'iAGES (m) 

6 Klrksmlth Sis 
Cornel Corley Co 



Halley ft Nobel 
Paaalng Revue Trio 
3 Weber Sisters 



ORPHEUM 

(Open Sun Mat) 

William Morris Co 

Ananlan ft Giordans 

James Teddy 

Nan Halperin 

Alan Dinehart Co 

The Volunteers 

"Song Revue" 

PANTAGES (m) 
(Opena Bun Mat) 

Ethel Davis Co 

Jessie Hayward Co 

Neua ft Eldrld 

Bigelow Campbell ft R 

Cain ft Odom 

Saratoga. N. Y. 
B'WAY (ubo) 

May Johnson 

Swan ft O'Day 

Fashion Shop 
2d half 

Cliff Bailey 

"Garden Peaches" 

(One to All) 

Seattle 

PANTAGES (m) 
Salt Lake Belles 
Inness A Ryan 
Lalla Selblnl Co 
Karl Emmy A Pets 
Sullivan ft Mason 



PANTAGES (m) 
(Open Sun Mat) 
"Birthday Party" 
Maude Leone Co 
Parisian Trio 
Hanlon Dean ft H 
Spencer A Williams 

Springfield, Mass. 

PALACE (ubo) 
Mareno Sisters 
Joe Daniels 
Lulu Sutton Co 
Holmes ft Buchanan 
Toombs ft Wentworth 
"Honey Boy Mins" 

2d half 
Fairfax ft Stafford 
Wood Melville ft P 
Helen Shlpman 
John ft Mae Burke 
Orange Packers 
Haaorlor, Win. 
PEOPLES (wva) 
Wells Sisters 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Joe Bannister ft Co 
Michell ft Michell 



PANTAGES (m) 
Edmund Hayes Co 
Victoria Four 
Belle Oliver 
Lady Alice's Pets 
Dorsch ft Russell 

Toledo, O. 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
Emmet ft Emmet 
Holden ft Harron 
Lawlor ft Daughters 
Joe Lanlgan 
Wilson ft Aubrey 

Toronto 

HIP (ubo) 
Chief Tenderhoa 
Rutland A Clinton 
Sketch (local) 
Jolly Bachelors 
Guerro A Carmen 
Oallettl's Monks 
(One to fill) 

YOUNGE (loew) 
3 Dixon Sisters 
Kamerer A Howland 
Jenkins A Covert 
Bessie LeCount 
"Name Was Dennis" 
Rucker A Winifred 
"Red Bottle" 



Troatoa, N. J. 

TAYLOR O H (ubo) 
Bert Wlggin 
Lowe ft Devere 
Holr ft Boggs 
Grace Seymour 
Max Circus 

2d half 
Mabel Mack 
J J Duffy 

O'Clare a McDonald 
Bogart ft Nelson 
"Fun Shop" 



▼aaaaaww, B. o. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Henrietta DeSerrls 
Joe Roberts 
Welch Carabasse Co 
Univerait- 4 
Alexander Broa 

Victoria, B. C. 

PANTAGES (m) 
Klein's Production" 
Josle Flynn Mlns 
Sllber ft North 
Rice ft Francis 
Rio A Norman 
Julletta Klka 

Virginia, Mian. 

ROYAL (wva) 
Joe Bannister A Co 
Michell A Michell 

2d half 
Wells Sisters 
(One to fill) 

Washington 

KEITH'S (ubo) 
La Hoen a Dupreece 
Grace Fisher 
Richmond a Trenton 
Una Clayton Co 
Colonial Belles 
Hussey A Boyle 
Nat Willa 
Mazie King Co 
Waterbury, Conn. 
POLl'S (ubo) 
Keefe Langdon A W 
Georgia Earl Co 
Wood, Melville A P 
Kerr A Weston 
Helen Shlpman 
La Delia Comlquea 

2d half 
The Amolis 
Evelyn Cunningham 
Grace A Burke 
F A E Fisher 
Arthur A Nash 
Navassar Girla 



mw Ma^^^^hhnrff^w Pa 

POLl'S (ubo) 
Flood A Erna 
Blssett A Scott 
Smith, Cook ft B 
3 Vagrants 
Pucciannl Troupe 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Silblnl ft Grovlnl 
Schindler 
Jones ft Johnson 
"College Girls'" 
(Two to fill) 



PANTAGES (m) 
Dlckrlll's Horses 
Melody Six 
Lewis and Chapra 
E J Moore Co 
Bounding Pattersons 

STRAND (wva) 
El Cota 
The Puppetta 
Novelty Four 
Paul La Croix Co 



^y 

PLAZA (ubo) 
Swan ft Swan 
Grace ft Burke 
Elsie White 
Orange Packers 
2d half 
Marie Hart 
Bernard A Myer 
Bell Boy Trio 
Wood Brothers 



HARMONY BOOKINGS. 

Chicago, July 28. 

The heads of the Western Vaude- 
ville Manager's Association made it 
clear this week there will be no diffi- 
culty in the booking of the Kedzie 
theatre along with the new acquisi- 
tion, American, lately taken over by 
the Finn & Heiman interests. 

The Association bookers say that in 
past years the Circle, Lydia and the 
Ashland theatres, all in the vicinity of 
the Kedzie, have been booked by the 
Association without trouble. 

There is also a big possibility of the 
Association acquiring more Chicago 
theatres before the fall season starts, 
and it is expected these will also be 
booked in perfect harmony. The pres- 
ent routing places acts with both the 
American and Kedzie, playing them 
one before the other and vice versa. 



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James Wall is now managing the 
Temple, Hamilton, Can., playing stock. 



Fred S. Lorraine is sailing for South 
America Aug. 7. 



Monty and Dot have severed con- 
nections as a vaudeville two act on 
account of Miss Dot's ill health. 



The Wadsworth is playing three acts 
and pictures for the remainder of the 
summer. 



J. J. Dreyfuss, of the B. S. Moss 
forces, is out and around after a week's 
illness. 



"Fugitives," a drama of the Canadian 
wilderness, will be sent on tour through 
the middle west next fall. 



Arthur L. Robertson, private secre- 
tary to E. F. Aloes, was married June 
21 to a non-professional. 



Gene Hughes paralyzed business in 
the Palace theatre building Tuesday 
with his shirt. 

Adele Blood is motoring across the 
continent to the Expo at San Fran- 
cisco. 



Louis Ramsdell has been engaged as 
leading man for the road tour of "A 
Royal Slave" next season. 

The Riverside and Comedy (Brook- 
lyn), two William Fox houses, are 
closed during the summer for repairs. 



Road shows will play the Auditori- 
um, Marion, Kan., now owned by Harry 
K. Rogers. 



Helen Hussey has been engaged for 
the new Mclntyre & Heath show. Re- 
hearsals are expected to start Aug. 10. 



Johnny Simon, of the Simon Agency, 
Chicago, killed this week laying off on 
Broadway. 

Grant Luce, who took out "Uncle 
Tom's Cabin" under canvas, closed the 
show in Keansberg. N. J., last week. 



Archie Curtis leaves "The Bubble" 
Saturday. He has been the stage man- 
ager with the attraction. 



Ywaxy has returned from a world's 
trip and will open in New York 
shortly. 

Belle Baker did not open at the 
Bushwick Monday, owing to vocal 
difficulty. Nellie Nichols substituted. 



Rowland & Clifford are framing for 
two companies of "September Morn," 
and two of "While the City Sleeps" 
for the new road season. 



Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weber became 
the parents of another girl (third 
child), last Friday. 



*A Royal Gentleman," direction of 
Guy Caufman, and with him as one of 
the principals, is slated to open its road 
tour Aug. 1. 

Goldie Stover, professionally known 
as Sally Baum, is in the Polyclinic Hos- 
pital after having been operated upon 
for appendicitis. 

Seymour Felix was held in $2,500 
bonds the other day for driving over 
a little boy. Felix was at the wheel 
of a rented car. 



Gil Wells is back in New York after 
several months at the St. Charles Ho- 
tel in New Orleans. He will be in the 
cast of the new Winter Garden show. 



Sim Allen has been appointed the 
resident manager of the Wilmer & 
Vincent theatres and billposting plants 
at York, Pa. 



"Peck's Bad Boy," management 
Wallace R. Cutter, is in its second 
week of its summer touring of Long 
Island, and drawing well. 



The newly organized road show, 
"The Garden of Allah," will play its 
first date Sept. 6 at the Lyric, Allen- 
town, Pa. This will also mark the 
Lyric's new season. 



Carrying a burn that nothing but 
the sun could have given him, and 
loaded down with fish (stories), Ted 
Snyder, the song-boy of Broadway, is 
back in New York for good. Yes, 
girls, good. — (Adv.) 



Although the big Drury Lane pro- 
duction, "Sealed Orders," is slated to 
open the new season at the Manhattan 
opera house Sept. 22, the men behind 
the American presentation will give it 
a new name. "Sealed Orders" was 
used by a feature film concern. 



Edward Hibben, manager of the Cab- 
aret Department of the Affiliated Book- 
ing Co.. Chicago, has returned after be- 
ing on a Wyoming ranch for six 
months. Hibben will put on attrac- 
tions for t lie Affiliated, starting around 
JTcpt. 1. 



Power's Elephants, opening at 
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Sunday, for a 
two weeks' engagement, is the first big 
animal act to play Canada since the 
v.ar started. 



George Schiller and Mae Hopkins 
have been re-engaged for the road tour 
of "She's In Again," re-opening Sept. 4 
at the Broadway, Brooklyn. Ada Lewis 
is also going back to her original role. 

Chester Sutton has left the United 
Booking Offices temporarily over the 
summer, to take charge of the enter- 
tainment features at Feltman's, Coney 
Island. 

A pro-German campaign, sided by 
pictures, is being carried on by Her- 
man Ridder, editor of the Staats- 
Zeitung, New York. Mr. Ridder is 
now in the southwest speaking in the- 
atres. 



Joe Schenck returns. the end of the 
week from a two weeks' cruise on his 
yacht. Jack Goldberg, Mr. Schenck's 
assistant in the Loew booking office, 
will leave upon his vacation this 
Saturday. 

William H. Quaid, manager of Proc- 
tor's Fifth Avenue, claims to be the 
champ fisherman of Broadway. The 
total catch for a party of four in one 
day w^s one sea robin, one fluke and 
one skate. No one will tell who caught 
them. 

Frank Tinney is lassoing men in the 
water while flying past them in his 
motor boat that can go 40 miles an 
hour. Tinney has become efficient 
with the lariat and experiments with 
the natives of Freeport, L. I., where 
he lives. 



En route to Australia are Shep 
Camp, Ian Maclaren and Charlotte 
Ives, with one year contracts to ap- 
pear in plays for J. C. Williamson. 
Among the first they will appear in 
August are "Inside the Lines," "Under 
Cover," and "A Pair of Sixes." 



Among the first combination book- 
ings for the new season at the Armory, 
Binghamton, N. Y., is the Ruth Chat- 
tcrton stock, which opened its season 
at Corning, N. Y., this week. The 
Armory is to have American burlesque 
the first three days of each week, start- 
ing Aug. 16. 



Willie Cohen paid $4.65 for white 
cloth to have a "Panama" suit made of 
it, which was promptly done by a tailor. 
The day Willie received the suit he 
put it on and went to the Fifth Ave- 
nue theatre, where he was playing. 
After the matinee Willie wanted to vis- 
it Times Square and got on a Broad- 
way car. It started to rain. Willie was 
afraid to take a chance with the suit 
in the wet so rode up and down town 
on the street car from 4.30 until nine 
that evening, when it was time to again 
report at the theatre. The next morn- 
ing Willie tried out the suit in the 
bath tub and it stood the water very 
well. 



Perry J. Kelly has made an an- 
nouncement that he will present John 
Hyams and Lelia Mclntyre as the 
stars of "The Girl from Grand Rap- 
ids," scheduled for a production iu 
Chicago during November. 

The tour of "Sari" will reopen at 
St. Paul, Aug. 8. After playing Minne- 
apolis the company will play a return 
date in Chicago. The cast will be the 
same as last season, with one possible, 
exception. 

Al. Linde and John Murphy, proper- 
tyman and carpenter respectively at 
the Brighton theatre, will be attached 
to the staff of the Grand Opera House, 
Brooklyn, in like capacities when the 
regular season there opens. 

Rosalie Muckenfuss and May Tully 
returned to New York Monday, brim- 
ming over with enthusiasm for the 
Frisco Exposition and the Pacific 
Coast in general. They travelled west 
accompanying "The Fashion Shop" 
playing the Orpheum houses. The 
two girls were away for about six 
weeks. 



Andreas Dippel, at present in New 
York (reports to the contrary not- 
withstanding), has a long route booked 
for the forthcoming road tour of "The 
Lilac Domino." The show will re- 
open the last of August. Dippel has 
arranged for some interpolated num- 
bers to be written by L. Wolfe Gilbert 
and Anatol Friedland. 



An auto party left New York Satur- 
day for White Lake, near Liberty, N. 
Y. In the crowd were M. S. Epstein, 
Jack Goldberg, Abe Thalhcimer, Harry 
Pincus and Meyer Jones. When half 
way there and hunger time arrived the 
party learned through an investiga- 
tion they had $7.64 between them. Re- 
turning to New York Sunday night 
Thalheimer had $2 and Goldberg 40 
cents. 



A woman applied to a picture place 
for work. When told there was noth- 
ing doing she asked if it were possible 
to get a job for her daughter. The 
lattcr's picture was shown and she 
was told to bring her child to the office. 
Living outside New York it cost the 
woman $2 to go home and return with 
the child. She was then told the kidlet 
couldn't be used because she had blue 
eyes. 



Neil O'Brien and His Great Ameri- 
can Minstrels presented by Oscar F. 
Hodge open their fourth annual tour 
in Poughkccpsie, Aug. 14. The man- 
agement is parading the fact that 
everything about the show, with the 
exception of the title, is to be new. 
In the company will be Neil O'Brien, 
Eddie Mazier, Pete Dctzel, Major No- 
wak, George G. Peduzzi, James Bara- 
di, D. D. Morris, Matt Keefe, Emil 
Subers, "Lasses" White, Conro and 
Denny, Charles Stone and Herman 
Hummel, who will direct both the band 
and orchestra. It will be a two-car 
show this season. Miquc C. Coyne will 
be ahead. 



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Jack Pratt Is to open his season In advance 
of "Sari" for Henry W. Savage. 



O. P. Haggle will be In "Androcles and the 
Lion" which goea on tour next season. 



"The Last Laugb," with Edward Abeles. 
will be produced at the 31Kh St. theatre Aug. 2. 

The opening date for "The Blue Paradise" 
has been set for Aug. 2 at the Casino. 



Edward Sheldon has finished "The Lonely 
Heart," to he used as a starring vehicle by 
John Barrymore. 

Three compnnles of "It Pays to Advertise" 
are having road routes lined up by Cohan & 
Harris. 



Agnes Thorn, an Australian singer, win 
have a part In the John Cort production, "The 
Princess Pat.'" 



A Charles Krohman production for next 
season will be "Our Betters," by W. Somer- 
set Maugham. 

Leo Detrichstcin will be under the manage- 
ment of Cohan & Harris next season, starred 
In "Jeal Paurel." 

Orace Valentine and Earle Mitchell are the 
latest additions to "Brother Masons," In re- 
hearsal. 



The Monarch Producing Corporation will 
produce this season a dramatisation of Jacques 
Putrelle's novel, "My Lady's Garter." 

Max Dearly has secured the French rights 
for "Twin Beds" and will produce it in Paris 
In the fall. 



Harry Rowe has been engaged to manage 
the Gasklll-MacVltty road tour of "A Lone- 
some Pine." 



Frederic de Gressac and Frank Mandel have 
been Jointly engaged to write a new play for 
Fannie Ward which will be among the fall's 
early productions. 



John Webster and Fanchlon Campbell will 
appear In Australia in the roles left open by 
the coming to America of Fred Nlblo and 
Josephine Cohan. 



Clarence Parker is to go In advance of "High 
Jinks," to be managed by George Edes. Charles 
Wilson will be back with the second company 
on tour. 



Alfred de Manby, who created the role of 
Lord Amersham In the London production of 
"The Girl from Utah." will have the same 
part In the company that opens In the fall 
over here. 



"Common Clay" has an electric sign run- 
ning diagonally across the entire front of the 
newly painted Republic theatre, the large let- 
ters in the two words facing toward Broad- 
way. 



Clay Lambert, last season general manager 
for the A. O. Delamater attractions, has 
formed a producing partnership with L. C. 
Yeomans. They will have one company on 
the road next season, "The Winning of Bar- 
bara Worth." 



The first of the "Mutt and Jeff In College" 
shows to be sent out by Gus Hill will go Into 
rehearsal Aug. 2, with the opening scheduled 
for the 27th. There are to be five companies. 
Three "Bringing Up Father" will start their 
seasons Sept. 2, 6 and 12. 



"The Good Samnrltnn." with W. B. Patton 
again featured, opens its season Aug. 25» play- 
ing a long route thnugh the middle west and 
south. Frank B. Smith will manago while Ed. 
Tlerney'g place ahead will be taken by M. J. 
Coughlln. 



The play William A. Brady accepted for 
legitimate production was "The Devil's Work- 
shop" and not '"The Devil's Show Shop" as 
reported. The piece Is the Joint work of 
AugUHtln and Albert GlasRmlre, the latter be- 
ing the scenario writer for a local picture 
concern. 



A new producing concern under the name 
of the Savoy Producing Co. has been launched 
by Paul and Adolf Phillip. A muHleal come&y 
In three acts. "Two Is Company," will be the 
first production. The American rights to 
"That Night." "Three flood Things," "The 
Bank Cashier." "My Shadow and I" and "Sh. 
It's a Secret" have also been secured. 



No routing of a "To-Day" company 1b being 
made by the producing company of which 
Harry Von Tilser la one of the principal fac- 
tors. Von Tllzer bad planned two companies 
of "The Law of the I>and" for next season, 
but for some reason has called off his pro- 
posed routing. Adelaide French goes out In a 
"Law of the Land." directed by Miss French's 
husband, while Julia Dean heads the original 
company under George II. nroadhursfs direc- 
tion. 

The ruster for the new Walker Whiteside 
sho • Is practically complete, the engaging of 
the players bring done through the Carolyn 



Lawrence office. "The Ragged Messenger," 
Whiteside's new vehicle. Is scheduled to open 
Aug. 31 at Buffalo. It goes Into Chicago In 
September for an anticipated run. After the 
Windy City, St. Louis will be played and the 
company will work its way by degrees to New 
York, where It will open some time In Jan- 
uary. Marie Pettis has been engaged as lead- 
ing woman to originate the role of Lady 
Sarah. Whiteside has arranged to produce 
the Messenger piece in London In 1916. 

The Charles Frohman press department this 
week Issued a statement laying out Its plans 
for the coming season. Maude Adams wlM 
appear In a cycle of Barrle plays. Her first 
appearance will be in New York Christmas 
week. Ethel Barrymore will be seen In the 
new comedy "Roast Beef Medium." Pinero 
ban written a new play for John Drew. Will- 
Ham Gillette will depend upon "Sherlock 
Holmes" aad "Secret Service" for a road 
tour and a few weeks at the Empire. Otis 
Skinner will have a new comedy and Elsie 
Ferguson will continue on tour In "Outcast," 
with a new play to follow. Michael Morton is 
writing a piece for Blanche Bates and Rudolf 
Besler is looking after a starring vehicle for 
Marie Doro. Marie Tempest, Francis Wilson, 
Ann Murdock and Grahame Browne will co- 
Btar in "The Duke of Ktllikrankle," and an- 
other Barrle play after which they will each 
head their own companies In new plays. Froh- 
man will produce In conjunction with David 
Belaaco "The Girl" and a revival of "A Cele- 
brated Case." 



SHOWS IN THE STICKS. 

"Old Sport Benson" will travel under 
N. S. Scoville's direction. 

Godfrey Anderson has been engaged 
to play the title role in "Ole the Fall 
Guy," which started through Iowa 
July 27. 

Johnny Pringle is booking up a tour 
of the one-nighters for "The White 
Elephant." 

Fred Cronk plans to take out "Ole, 
the Cowboy Swede," early in Septem 
ber. 

"The Wolf" takes to the trail again 
under Lief Berger's direction. Waldo 
Whitcomb is engaged as leading man. 

Al. Markham is routing up two road- 
sters, "Ole, the Swede Detective," and 
"Ole Evanson, Our Swede Friend." 

"A Girl of the Streets," with Tiny 
Leone featured (management, James 
Wallace), was booked to open its sea- 
son in the one-night stands of Illinois 
July 24. 

"A Modern Cinderella" (management 
Jones & Crane), now in rehearsal in 
Chicago, opens the latter part of the 
month. S. V. Campbell has been en- 
gaged for the advance. 

William Pructte Jr. signed this week 
to play the Santley role in "When 
Dreams Come True" (eastern) which 
Coutts-Tennis will start on a new road 
tour Aug. 26 at Dover, N. J. 



LOUISE GUNNING MARRIED. 

Los Angeles, July 28. 

Louise Gunning was married last 
Saturday to Oscar Selling, a local mu- 
sician who is the first violinist with the 
Braham Quintette. 

The romance began while the two 
were living on adjoining ranches. 



CASTLE PICTURE FINISHING. 

The Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle 
fcatuie picture is expected to be fin- 
ished in about a month. So far the 
Castles, wilh Inez Ragan, playing the 
other woman, and supporting players, 
have done nothing but engage in danc- 
ing, canoeing, bathing, polo, tennis 
and golf for camera results. Recently 
the company worked at Manhasset 
Beach, and this week was in Central 
Park. New York. 



NEW THEATIE" AGAIN. 

With the coming of the season 
plans are expected to reach final con- 
summation whereby a revived New 
Theatre will be opened in the fall. The 
backers of the enterprise which is 
slated to have Granville Barker as its 
director are practically the same men 
who founded the old New Theatre, 
now the Century Opera House. 

The Barker idea will be similar to 
that employed by Winthrop Ames — 
that of a repertoire playhouse to pre- 
sent high class pieces. The theatre 
under consideration will be differently 
located than the Century and the seat- 
ing capacity will be considerably less, 
two things which worked against the 
Ames project. 

Barker, in addition to running the 
house, will also operate a similar 
theatre of repertoire plays in London. 



ELTINGE FILLING IN. 

The Julian Eltinge show, "Cousin 
Lucy" is not expected to play a long 
engagement, evidently, by its manager, 
A. H. Woods, when opening at the 
Cohan theatre Aug. 23. The Eltinge 
show will likely remain at the Cohan 
until Woods' other new production, 
"Potash & Perlmutter, Inc." is ready 
to take the stage of that house for a 
long run. 

Eltinge, though one of the most pop- 
ular and biggest cards on the stage, 
has never captivated New York so 
completely he has endured for a long 
run here. While the metropolis may 
capitulate to his newest performance it 
is said the Woods management is cal- 
culating on the Cohan theatre engage- 
ment to hold that house for the "P. 
& P." show. 

Apparently in line with this is the 
engagement of Leo Donnelly with the 
Eltinge show, he to remain until the 
"Potash" production is ready, when 
Donnelly will be shifted to that com- 
pany. 



GREEK PLAYS IN ENGLISH. 

San Francisco, July 28. 

Margaret Anglin and company are 
expected to arrive this week and com- 
mence rehearsals for a festival of 
Greek plays in English, to be presented 
at the Greek Theatre, University of 
California, Berkley, in August. It 
has been announced Miss Anglin's sup- 
port will include Fuller Mcllish, Pedro 
de Cordoba, Lawson Butt and Ruth 
Holt Boucicault. Gustave von Seif- 
fertiz will be the stage director. Walter 
Damrosch will personally select the 
chorus and direct the orchestra of 50 
pieces. 

Two years ago when Miss Anglin 
presented "Electra" at the Greek 
theatre she accepted the invitation to 
return and present a cycle of Greek 
plays which will be given on the fol- 
lowing dates: "Iphigenia in Aulis," 
Aug. 14; "Medea" of Euripides, Aug. 
21, and "Electra" of Sophocles, Aug. 
2E. Miss Anglin will reside in Berkley 
during the Greek season. 



NEW BUILDINGS. 

Plans for a theatre at 72d street and Third 
nvrnue, Brooklyn, have been drawn by Robert 
E. Rasmussen, calling for a building 100x200, 
Heating 2,000, estimated coat $260,000. 

If you don't advertise In VARIETY, 
don't advertise. 



GESTO WAR MILLIONS. 

Morris Gest is on his way to clean 
up over a million dollars by sending 
supplies to the Russian Government 
during the present war. In doing this 
he is following in the footsteps of his 
grandfather and father. The former is 
said to have accumulated a bank roll 
during the Crimean War and the latter 
did likewise during the Franco-Prus- 
sian War in 1870. 

At present Gest's income from send- 
ing supplies to Russia is averaging 
about $5,000 a day. If trade keeps up 
it looks as though he will be about 
ready to retire from show business in 
about a year. Last week he shipped 
2,000,000 Cross safety razors, a million 
medical thermometers and the same 
number of fountain pens to the other 
side. 

The Russian Government's repre- 
sentatives in this country accepted them 
on this side and insured them against 
loss in transportation. However, for 
the present he is keeping his hand on 
the pulse of national wants in the war 
zone and letting his partner, Ray Com- 
stock, look after the firm's theatrical 
ventures. 



HURT IN MIMIC WAR. 

Los Angeles, July 28. 
During a mimic war for a picture, at 
Venice, Oscar Dempsey, in the play- 
ing company, and Glenn L. Martin, the 
aviator, were badly injured through 
bomb explosions. Other players suf- 
fered slight bruises. 



OBITUARY 



Notice of death of friends, relatives or of 
persona not directly connected with theat- 
rical* will be charged for at at cents a line 
(seven word*). 

Memorials, boxed In, minimum, M.7I (Vi 
Inch, not over S Imce). One Inch, SSJS, 



The four months' old son of Mr. and 
Mrs. Arthur Goldsmith died July 24. 

L. W. Gleason died in New Orleans 
last week. He was an old time actor 
and manager. 

Ruth Winegard, with Frank Merritt 
in vaudeville (under the team name of 
Nutt and Wine), died July 17 in 
Denver of heart's disease. 



Delia Walker, the twin sister of Rita 
Walker (Cantwell and Walker), aged 
29 years, succumbed to an attack of 
pneumonia July 27, at Ridgefield, N. J. 



David Brantingham Holland, art di- 
rector and assistant stage director for 
the David Belasco theatres in New 
York, died Monday at his home in 
Brooklyn. He was 35 years of age. 



Archie (Red) McKinnon (McKinnon 
and Saymon) died July 23 in St. Jo- 
seph's Hospital, St. Paul, Minn. Death 
was due to a complication of diseases. 
He was 37 and is survived by a widow, 
who was his vaudeville partner. 



William Le Grand Howland, the 

composer and playwright, died July 26 
at his home in Douglass Manor, L. I., 
from a complication of diseases. He 
was born 42 years ago and spent most 
of his time in France. A widow sur- 
vives. 



LEGITIMATE, 



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SHAKESPEARE STAGE-PASSING; 
ANYWAY FOR CO MING SEASON 

Sothern and Mantell Turning to Other Theatrical Plans. 
Sir Forbes-Robertson May Do "Hamlet" in 

Last Farewell Tour. 



From the present indications there 
will be no one on tour this season 
presenting Shakespearean repertoire. 
It is practically certain none of the big 
American stars who have toured the 
country in recent years in Shakespear- 
ean revivals will go out this season. 

E. H. Sothern will present a series 
of modern comedies at the Shubert 
theatre, New York, for a preliminary 
season, and later will take these plays 
on tour. In spite of the announcement 
that later there is a possibility he will 
again co-star with Julia Marlowe, there 
seems to be a small likelihood of this. 

The release from a contract of Rob- 
ert Mantell by William A. Brady brings 
the one other American Shakespearean 
star off of the road. Mr. Mantell is to 
appear in pictures. 

The farewell tour of Sir Johnson 
Forbes-Robertson, if it really comes 
to pass, will be the only possibility of 
seeing "Hamlet" in this country by a 
recognized star this season. 

A New York film concern is reported 
as being gumshoeing on the quiet to- 
ward landing several prominent stage 
thespians under contract for the sole 
purpose of appearing in Shakesperian 
film features. 

As far as known there has been little 
attempt to do the Shakespeare's plays 
upon the film upon a pretentious scale. 

The other week a flattering propo- 
sition was made to two prominent 
players who turned down the offer 
without further ado. Several others 
mentioned are said to be "considering." 



NEW PLAT LIKELY. 

Long Branch, N. J., July 28. 

The dramatization by Zelda Sears of 
"The Heart of a Child" was first 
played at Walter Rosenberg's Broad- 
way theatre last Saturday. The piece 
looks very likely. It is a comedy 
drama, along the lines somewhat sim- 
ilar to "Peg o' My Heart." 

Kathleen Clifford scored the in- 
dividual hit of the performance in the 
"child" role. George Sidney led the 
men in favor. Miss Sears, who also 
appeared in the play, impressed. 



SHUBERTS' TWO BIG HOUSES. 

Boston, July 28. 

Next season the Boston Opera House 
with the Shuberts in charge will house 
the biggest productions, it is said. 
There is another report the Shuberts 
have secured the opera house on most 
favorable terms for them, and which 
do not practically obligate the Shuberts 
beyond cost of operating the theatre. 

While the exact terms are not known, 
it is reported there is a percentage 
arrangement to cover what otherwise 
would be a rental. 

Philadelphia. July 28. 
From accounts the Shuberts have 
secured the Metropolitan Opera House 



on an easy basis, that only obliges 
them to become responsible for in- 
terest and taxes, playing their attrac- 
tions in the big theatre on percentage. 



LA SALLE'S NEW PEOPLE. 

Chicago, July 28. 

While in New York this week Aaron 
Jones (of Jones, Linick & Scheffer) 
engaged several people for the musical 
comedy production of "Molly and I," 
to be first shown at the La Salle about 
Sept. 1. The piece, written by Frank 
Adams with music by Lou Hirsch, will 
go into rehearsal Aug. 9. A change of 
title may be made before finally pre- 
sented. 

The cast is to be headed by Lina 
Abarbanell, John Miltern, Jas Brad- 
bury and Burrell Barbaretto were 
among the engagements this week. 



BLANCHE RING UNDECIDED. 

Los Angeles, July 28. 
Blanche Ring has not as yet decided 
whether she will return to the manage- 
ment of Frederic Edward McKay next 
season. The musical comedy star is 
here while her husband is appearing 
in pictures. Her brother-in-law, 
Thomas Meighan, and her sister, 
Frances, are also here, in pictures. 
Miss Ring has had offers from both 
Oliver Morosco and the Shuberts for 
the coming season. She has also had 
several picture offers. 

Frederic Edward McKay stated this 
week Miss Ring was under a 10-year 
contract to appear under his manage- 
ment. The contract has several years 
to run. He has already made arrange- 
ments for her tour the coming season 
and has a play in readiness for her. 
The opening date for the attraction has 
already been set. 

The offer that the Shuberts wired 
Miss Ring to the coast was for the new 
Winter Garden production to be made 
in October. Oliver Morosco wants 
her for a Pacific Coast starring tour in 
"Nobody Home." 



K. ft E's. NEW ONE. 

A new musical show, book by C. S. 
McClellan and music by a Mr. Fink, 
has been accepted by Klaw & Er- 
lnnger and will be one of the first 
companies to be sent out by K. & E. 
about Sept. 15. 

The present title, "Miss Tootsie," 
will be changed before the company is 
fully recruited. 



YOUNG COURTLEIGH MARRIES. 

Los Angeles, July 28. 

William Courtleigh, Jr., and Ethel 
Fleming, both professionals from New 
York, were married here recently. 

Mr. Courtleigh is playing opposite 
Lillian Lorraine in the "Neal of the 
Navy" feature film, now being made on 
t!i« Coast. 



"STEP LIVELY" LAGS. 

Los Angeles, July 28. 
"Step Lively," a new farce by John 
Emerson and Robert M. Baker, pro- 
duced by Franklin Underwood, opened 
this week at the Burbank. While the 
situations are amusing the dialogue is 
not brilliant. The plot deals with a 
baby as does "Baby Mine" and "The 
Elixir of Youth." The piece ran a 
trifle slow at times and the cast 
showed an inclination to overplay. If 
speeded up and the lines burnished 
"Step Lively" may prove an ultimate 
success. 



MIDDLE-WEST CONVENTION. 

Chicago, July 28. 

Everything's set for the convention 
here Aug. 12-14 of the theatre manag- 
ers and house managers of the middle- 
west. Fully 200 delegates are expected 
to attend, and a committee of 50 Chi- 
cago theatrical men, headed by Karl 
G. MacVitty and Lincoln J. Carter, 
have arranged a novel program of en- 
tertainment. The Strollers' Club on 
Aug. 12 will be host to the delegates. 

It will be the Midwest Managers' 
Convention, called for the purpose of 
establishing a better mutual under- 
standing between the theatre and house 
managers, etc. 



SHOWS IN 'FRISCO. 

San Francisco, July 28. 

"Omar, the Tentmaker" had a fair 
opening at the Cort. 

Mrs. Patrick Campbell in "Pygma- 
lion" this week at the Columbia, the 
bill replacing "The Second Mrs. Tan- 
gueray." Business good. 



COHAN'S NIBLO PLAY. 

George M. Cohan's play for Fred 
Niblo and Josephine Cohan (Mrs. 
Niblo) is due to first be seen at 
the Broadway theatre, Long Branch, 
Sept. 3-4. 



WOODS' COMPANY SAILING. 

A. H. Woods has completed the cast 
for the company which is to present 
"Kick In" in London. The company 
to sail include Wilton Taylor, Harriet 
Burt, Harold Vosburg, Helen Holmes, 
Edith Browning, James Heenan, Theo. 
Mitchell, Josephine Williams, Noel 
Arnold, Gladys Wilcox. 



PICKENS IS BACK. 

Arthur Pickens, who while on the 
Coast with "Potash & Pearlmutter" 
was so severely injured in an automo- 
bile accident his life was despaired of, 
has returned to New York. He ar- 
rived last Wednesday and is at the 
Princeton Hotel, where he will remain 
for about a week, after which he will 
recuperate at his country place on 
Long Island. 



Writing "A Flea in Her Ear." 

The first two acts of the new 
comedy, "A Flea in Her Ear," which 
Leffler-Bratton will produce next sea- 
son, have been completed. As soon as 
the remainder of the script is done (it 
is being adapted from the German) L. 
B. will engage a company and start 
rehearsals. 

don't advertlM. 



HIP'S FOREIGN PEOPLE. 

While the Charles Dillingham office 
is maintaining strict secrecy regarding 
its movements toward the opening 
production at the New York Hippo- 
drome, under the Dillingham direction, 
it is said there have been many en- 
gagements made abroad of late for the 
Hip show. An extensive gymnastic 
display is believed to be part of the 
scheme. 

The first Hip show will represent an 
outlay in production cost amounting 
to $125,000. The weekly expense at 
the house including the front and stage 
will average between $32,000 and $34,- 
000. 

There is one big effect for the new 
show under construction at present. 
It is an automobile race with two cars. 
The effect alone is costing $5,000 and 
there will be a weekly royalty of about 
$250 for its use. 

Irene Bordoni, who came over here 
and appeared for the Shuberts at the 
Winter Garden, is reported as a Dil- 
lingham engaged foreign artiste, who 
may be next seen on this side at the 
Hip. 

Dillingham is preparing in a way, 
while arranging for the initial produc- 
tion, for a second show to follow at the 
Hip, sometime around New Year's. 



OPERA CLUB SPLIT. 

Cincinnati, July 28. 

The Cincinnati Opera Club, a new 
local organization, as a result of in- 
ternal dissension, has split into two fac- 
tions, each now holding separate meet- 
ings. 

Twenty-five mutineers have elected J. 
Stacey Holmes president, to succeed 
Isadore Weinstock of the Plum Street 
Temple. Weinstock refuses to abdi- 
cate the presidency. 

Following the presentation of "Cava- 
lieria Rusticana" in the Music Hall last 
May, the club reported a deficit. Wein- 
stock says the trouble in the club's 
ranks started because he personally re- 
fused to pay the club's debts. Mem- 
bers of the Musicians' Union have sued 
the club for back salary. 



WIFE SUES SHOWMAN. 

Los Angeles, July 28. 
Prof. John P. Caruthers, the show- 
man, has b*en sued for a divorce by 
his wife, who is also suing Mrs. D. M. 
Phillips, an actress, for $10,000, charg- 
ing alienation of affections. 



MOROSCO'S WESTERN RIGHTS. 

Oliver Morosco has purchased from 
F. Ray Comstock and Elizabeth Mar- 
bury the right to present "Nobody 
Home" in the territory west of and in- 
cluding Denver. 



SHUBERTS "FULL VALUE." 

The Shuberts will place a farce en- 
titled "Full Value" into rehearsal as 
soon as the cast is completed next 
week. 



Priest'a Play for Production. 
"Ill Starred Babbie" is the title of a 
new play to be produced during Oc- 
tober by Bartley Cushing. The Rev. 
Wm. W. Whelan, a Catholic priest, is 
the author. 



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NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



MEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation, First Appearance 

or Reappearance in or Around 

New York 

Lydia Lopoukova and Edmund Maka- 

liff, Palace. 
Edwards Davis and Co. (New Acts), 

Palace. 
"Solomon the Great" (chimpanzee), 

Palace. 

NEW SHOWS NEXT WEEK 

"The Blue Paradise," Casino (Aug. 2). 



Bert and Harriet Brown. 
Songs and Talk. 
15 Mins.; One. 

Harlem Opera House. 

To youthfulness this couple owe 
much of their success. In one way it 
is detrimental, through the boy labor- 
ing under the impression he can suc- 
cessfully use any comedy material. H»; 
is evidently a recruit from a "kid act" 
and has old talk that is not amusing. 
An inclination to use off-color matter 
is also noticeable. The girl looks 
well, first in kid costume, then wear- 
ing two attractive gowns. The man 
appears first in a nondescript costume, 
later in evening dress. Songs Here and 
there with the talk. This pair must 
have newer talk before they can ex- 
pect to secure recognition. 



Larry Comer. 

Songs and Talk. 

15 Mins.; One. 

Royal. 

Larry Comer may have the appear- 
ance and a few more necessary re- 
quirements that go to make a good 
single, hut how he became connected 
with his present routine is hard to un- 
derstand. Most of his songs are al- 
most gray with age and of the four or 
five used, not a late song success is 
among them. More talk would prob- 
ably help, for the little bit done at the 
close sounded much better than some 
of the numbers. After brushing up, 
Larry Comer will just about do for 
the big small time. 



Smith and West. 
Songs and Dancing. 
12 Mins.; One. 
American Roof. 

A couple with a routine as common 
as the names they bear. Three bal- 
lads, a rag, comic song and a bit of 
dancing. Two of the ballads arc un- 
familiar, not owing to newness in af 
probability as to uselcssness. The 
other, "Tulip Time in Holland," is a 
tuneful piece, easily the best of the act. 
The man's kid impersonations with the 
comic song gained little. The girl looks 
attractive in a white dress. Only a 
singing and dancing two-act for the 
small time. 



Bessie DeVoie and Guy Livingston. 

Dancing. 

18 Mins.; Full Stage. 

City. 

Not so long ago Bessie DeVoie did 
a dancing and singing turn with Al 
B. White. Now she is doing a straight 
dancing turn with (iuy Livingston. It. 
should gain her a place of prominence 
among the so-called classical dancers. 



The Bank's Half Million." 
Comedy. 
24 Mins.; Three (Interior; Special 

Setting.) 
Palace. 

"The Bank's Half Million" as pro- 
grammed is "a comedy by Paul Arm- 
strong." Labeling it a comedy is very 
easily done, but making it travel across 
the footlights as such is a horse of an- 
other color. It's town talk that an 
actual bank experience as re-enacted in 
stage form at the Palace occurred 
somewhere up in New England. 
Granted bu't being a sure enough thing 
in everyday life doesn't give it the 
comedy punch that one naturally antici- 
pates while sitting in a theatre seat 
waiting' for the big laugh or big sur- 
prise finish to come off. It isn't there 
in "The Bank's Half Million," al- 
though there were several indications 
that Armstrong was holding something 
of a novel comedy order up his sleeve 
for the final curtain. When the Palace 
sheet fell the finish was as quiet as 
quiet could be. The ending was so 
tame and commonplace that even the 
characters seemed surprised that it 
should terminate so quietly. The story 
tells of one bank teller, Dick Moore 
(Robert Armstrong), who has married 
a girl named Mollie (Phoebe Hunt), 
who at one time was beseeched to be- 
come the wife of the president and 
cashier of the bank, John Lanning 
(William Balfour). Mollie has letters 
to prove that Lanning would be an 
obstacle in case Moore should desire 
a raise in salary, etc. The Moores have 
had a' baby boy who died because lack 
o.* money prevented proper nursing. 
Dick resolves to make the bank come 
to time, knowing of Lanning's dislike 
for him. He writes to each of the four 
directors, George Logan (Frederick 
M. Conklm). Hiram Smith (William 
Marsh), Henry Hessig (William 
Meyer), and Philip Hooper (Charles 
Brokate), to meet at the bank at 9 
a. m., as there's an important matter 
demanding immediate attention. Logan 
is of the brisk, sedate type. Hiram as 
his name indicates is a rube with chin 
whiskers, exacting in all money mat- 
ters. Hessig is German, who sputters 
and hisses when excited. Being a bank 
director of course would give him 
plenty of scope for excitement. 
Hooper is old and hard of hearing. It 
must be readily understood that any 
time one finds a ruben, a deaf-asapost 
gink, a sputtering dutchic and a dig- 
nified old guy together there is bound 
to be comedy. Just what kind of 
comedy is left to the imagination of 
the audience. Moore tells the directors 
his domestic trials and tribulations. 
Then he dramatically informs them he 
is ready to serve a term of two years 
for grand larceny but that a half mil- 
lion of the bank's funds will be his for 
the sacrifice. It turns out Moore hasn't 
touched a cent of the money yet he 
forces the bank men to make him a sub- 
turned by Mollie. Then Hiram offers 
up the promised raise and back salary 
to boot and appoints Dick as cashier, 
firing Lannin for his failure to go 
and examine the vault. There's con- 
siderable talk and old comedy by- 
play for laughs. 

Mark. 



Evelyn and Dolly. 

Songs, Dances, Skating and Riding. 

15 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Harlem Opera House. 

Versatility marks these girls, who 
never ceased trying from the start to 
finish of their turn. A kid song with 
the girls in character costumes starts 
it off. "Simple Dolly Dimple" is the 
number. They then proceed to do 
some trick bicycle work, one of the 
act's best assets. One girl does a 
roller skate dance, with her partner 
following with another dance, the two 
finishing in Chinese costumes, using 
"Chinatown," to which they dance. 
Youthfulness and appearance, together 
with real ginger in their work, will 
make Evelyn and Dolly welcome on 
many bills. 



Keller and D'Violet. 

Roller Skating. 

8 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Flooring). 

Royal. 

Although this act does not come up 
to some of the standard skating turns, 
it is certain the woman shows some 
beautiful costumes, besides all the grace 
necessary and a personality she may 
be proud of. The turn has the usual 
skating, but the clothes alone as a 
flash will do. 



La Rue and Richmond. 
Songs and Talk. 
13 Mins.; One. 
Jefferson. 

Two girls, one doing straight and 
other comedy. The comedienne places 
the act over and might take a chance 
alone. The straight does not work 
well. The comedienne shows good 
judgment throughout by continually re- 
maining on the stage. But for one of 
her numbers not suited to her style of 
delivery, her routine is almost perfect. 
She will bear watching. 



NEW ACTS. 

Art Franklin and Harold Richhardt, 
piano act. 

The Moriarity Sisters in a new big 
act. 

The Del Costa Duo (William Dcu- 
sing and Olga MacAlpine), operatic. 

Mabelle Estclle and Co. in "Turning 
the Tables." 

Lew Archer and George Fairman, 
two-act. 

Jimmie Lucas in a new act, with 
Frances Lucille. 

D. S. Samuels is securing people for 
eight girl acts for next season. 

Joseph Kessler, the Yiddish actor, 
in a war sketch. "The Victim," with 
10 people. 

Mr. and Mrs. Artizoni (last season 
with "Twin Beds") are rehearsing an 
act for vaudeville. 

Clifford and Burke have closed their 
season as a team, and separated. Each 
will join his wife in a new turn, the 
acts being known as Clifford and Doug- 
las and Burke and Harrison. 

J. Herbert Frank, who has been with 
the Vitagraph company for the past 
year, returns to vaudeville in his act 
"The Atonement," supported by Ar- 
thur Sprague and James Ryan. They 
open at White Plains next week, placed 
by M. S. Kpstin. 



CABARET 

San Francisco, July 28. 

The niftiest revue ever presented in 
any of the local cafes is opened at the 
Tait-Zinkand Cafe last week, headed 
by Mon Andre and Mme. Sherri and 
advertised as "The Broadway Revue." 
Fourteen people are in the revue, con- 
ceived by Andre and staged by Mme. 
Sherri, who also designed the cos- 
tumes which for daintiness and class 
excell the costumes seen in many of 
the road attractions playing here. The 
six principals are good vocalists, sup- 
ported by eight mighty good looking 
chorus girls who know how to sing 
and dance. The program is made up 
of several singing and dancing solos 
and six ensemble numbers, of which 
the Humoresque and Spanish numbers 
are the best. Immediately after the 
opening business at the cafe began to 
pick up and by Wednesday night it was 
almost impossible to secure seats. De- 
spite the company is handicapped by 
having to work on the dancing floor 
and dodge waiters while making en- 
trances and exits, the revue is more 
than satisfactory. Andre and his com- 
pany will remain at Tait-Zinkand in- 
definitely. 

Chicago, July 28. 

The cabaret shows in this city almost 
to a full total cut out their shows 
Saturday, Sunday and Monday through 
the Eastland disaster. At most of the 
cabarets single singers entertained, the 
revue shows being postponed. It was 
thought by many that Sunday evening 
the theatres would not be open as the 
Federal and American League baseball 
parks were closed after it was an- 
nounced in the morning papers there 
would be no games at these parks. 

Vernon Castle is in earnest about 
wishing to fly for his country, Eng- 
land. Castle wants to fly two ways, 
toward England and as an aviator in 
the army corps after arrival. But 
Charles Dillingham doesn't want him 
to leave "Watch Your Step," which is 
to go out again next season. Mr. 
Castle has consented to opening the 
season with the show. If he should 
leave later for the front, Mrs. Castle 
will remain with the production. It is 
said Castle did not want to join "Watch 
Your Step" under the original contract, 
preferring to go to war with his coun- 
trymen. But he was also persuaded at 
that time. 

"Flo Ziegfeld's new "Midnight Frolic" 
for the Amsterdam Roof went into re- 
hearsal Wednesday. It will open in 
three weeks, with most of the people 
engaged in the present aerial Ziegfeld 
show retained. The current "Frolic" 
will continue until the new production 
pushes it off the floor. 



Duffy, Geisler and Lewis, Johnny 
Cook, and Vivian Webster of the Col- 
lege Inn, Rockaway Beach, have en- 
gaged with Chas. Robinson's "Parisian 
Flirts" for next season. 









SHOW REVIEWS 



13 



HANDS UP. 

It isn't long after the curtain goes up on 
this Shubert production at the 44th Street 
theatre before the majority of the audience 
believe the title is peculiarly appropriate. 

The first act ran two hours Monday night. 
That's enough to ruin any musical comedy 
production. But the main whirlpool of the 
piece is that it appears to have been built 
{or around and to uplift Maurice and Wal- 
ton' professional dancers, who look very well 
on a ballroom floor. They are featured In the 
billing and on the stage. A titter ran through 
the house when Maurice tried to take a high 
note. He and Florence Walton can dance In 
geveral styles, but they are not actors, yet, 
nor will this show make them that— nor sing- 
ers. If the scheme was to incite comparison 
between two pairs of dancers, Mr. and Mrs. 
Castle and Maurice and Florence Walton, one 
can have a lot of Inner pleasure while Maurice 
»nd Walton are on the stage, trying to Imagine 
what would happen If the two couples were In 
the same show. This desire to become perform- 
ers may bo the best evidence the dance craze 
is wobbling badly. 

"Hands Up" Is an adapted play, Its scheme 
or theme taken from a picture serial, one 
»cene (and the best laugh maker of the even- 
ing, as far as laughs ever got) having been 
adapted from Conroy and Le Malre's "The 
Doctor Shop," and another (opening of the 
»econd act) being a liberal steal from "High 
Life in Jail." a vaudeville act of some seasons 
ago. But the "High Life In Jail" thing has 
been done several times on Broadway since 
then in one guise or another, so It doesn't 
matter much. And it's the same about the 
;eetb pulling affair. 

Vaudeville In fact has contributed all there 
is and only what there is worth while In 
•Hands Up." Irene Franklin, looking prettily 
girlish, plays a role extremely well and with 
Burton Green at the piano, captured one of the 
large hits of the evening whilst singing a few 
of her songs, the audience compelling her to 
return for an encore. Will Rogers was an- 
other individual hit, with his lariat and talk. 
also from vaudeville, while Robblns, a Con- 
tinental musical Imitator, not receiving much 
attention while in vaudeville, did very well 
at the 44th Street, though misplaced in the 
running. 

Then there was Artie Mehllngcr, who can 
put over a rag and did so, while Bobby North, 
in blackface (entirely unsulted to him) had to 
struggle with a couple of rags during the 
evening, also singing a parody on "I'm Simply 
Crazy Over You," the musical hit of the score, 
the parody idea being a neat plan to repeat 
the melody, first sung straight by Mr. Mehlinger 
and Alice Uovey. 

Ralph Herz was fearfully In wrong as Fake 
Kennedy, a detective of many silly disguises, 
even though they were so intended. Miss Dovey 
had little to do besides looking nice while 
playing opposite Mehlinger, and Emille Lea, 
who certainly can dance in the high kickfng 
way, was held down, as was also her cast- 
partner, Ballard MacDonough. Adcle Jason 
could hardly be detected, were it not for her 
brown make-up, and George Hassell, a big 
Englishman, who narrowly escaped making 
himself us as a red nose comic, was often 
heavily humorous in action and dialog. 

There is nothing in this show for the Lon- 
don revue managers to worry over. The near- 
est to anything they want is "The Animated 
Screen" scene (also adapted from "The Tele- 
phone Tangle" In vaudeville). It Is various 
sections on a double decked scene, lighted up 
to revenl different players in melodramatic 
bits. The only real scene of the production, 
and about the nearest approach to regular 
costuming, was the ballroom with the ballet 
at the finale of the second (and last) act. 
Just previously some chorus girls had reap- 
peared in the same costumes they wore In a 
first act number. 

Mr. Mehlinger had a good song, for this 
show, in "The Pirate Rag," the lyric explain- 
ing how two song writers had stolen the num- 
ber from all of the best known rags. There 
may have been other good songs, but Mau- 
rice and Walton were Blnglng several of them. 

For looks the Shuberts have the best lot of 
ilH'Kscd up homely Broadway chorus girls a $2 
show has shown for years. 

Edgar Smith wrote the book, E. Ray Goetz, 
tho lyrics, and Mr. Goetz also composed the 
music, with S. Romberg. Benrlmo staged the 
production and Jack Mason put on the dance 
ensembles, those that Maurice did not attend 
to. Of this lot, It can only be said it was a 
Pity to waste the words and music on this 
show. Nothing in the staging stood out. 

The "balloon" thing from "The Midnight 
Frolic" has been attempted in a crude man- 
ner, and this number was repeated for an 
encore, although there was not a sound from 
the front of the house after the song proper 
had concluded. Maurice in "The Best Liuie 
Sweethearts of All" had live little kldlets to 
draw the applause, especially the youngest two, 
a little blonde and brunet, with a couple of lines 
each to speak. 

The young woman who (ells about clothes 
under "With the Woman" In Vnrlety opined 
Miss Walton's g>wns in 'Hands Up" should 
be worth looking at sine; Lady Duff Gordon 
designed them. Lady Luff, said she. is the 
only modiste In Americ; at present who hns 
or displays originality In creation of women's 
clothes ; she Is daring 1 1 her ideas, and more 
of that stuff women Ilk'. If the clothes worn 
by Miss Walton are a woman's Idea of won- 
derful gowns, the Lord preserve us. When 
Miss Walton Is not overdressed, her clothes 
look foolish, with the exception of the gown 
worn by her In the wait/. Miss Franklin liter* 
'My "showed up" Miss Walton's million-dollar 
wardrobe, though wearing sweetly simple 
gown?— that were becoming to her. And Miss 
"ranklin's bathing costume may not havo had 
Lady Duff working overtime on It, but it out- 
Irettird Miss Walton's. In fact, for Irene 



Franklin's debut us an-actress-wlth-a-part, 
"Hands Up" was as well built to display her 
qualifications, other than the singing of good 
songs, as it was to envelop Maurice and Wal- 
to'i with disaster. As the crowd was walking 
out the theatre a fellow just ahead, noting a 
girl who had been sitting in a box during the 
evening, remarked to the young woman with 
him : "See, that girl has a dress just like 
Florence Walton wore. She must be another 
professional dancer." He was right. She was 
— from Shanley's. 

The book or plot of the piece runs with the 
rest — it's about a lost ruby Fake Kennedy is 
looking for, and In the end discovers he stole 
it himself. Which reminds that early in the 
performance Monday evening, Mr. Herz, tell- 
ing how a poisoned arrow had been stopped by 
a "sterilized coat" worn by him, added, "If 
I had not worn the coat, 1 would have been 
killed and this play ended." A couple of 
people In front applauded the speech, and one 
continued the applause until an usher whis- 
pered to him. ' 

"Hands Up" is very bad. The light house 
Monday evening that must have held quite 
some paper, indicated the big public outside 
the theatre knew of it. Neither does there seem 
to be any hope for the piece, although if the 
"Maurice and Walton" name has any value, this 
produetior should be sent on the road. Simc. 



PALACE. 

One of tho most appreciative audiences that 
has assembled in the Palace theatre for a long 
time was present Monday night and It was 
very profuse and liberal in applause. 

Long before the show was over old Jupiter 
Pluvlus turned loose the rain outside and there 
was more applause when the announcer of the 
hist act, the Six Water Lilies, informed the 
audience the management had arranged to run 
the Pathe Weekly over again as it was raining 
pretty hard at the time and the wait inside 
might bring about the cessation of water hostili- 
ties. 

Edward and Dora Ford were carded for the 
first spot. Instead of the Fords appeared the 
Frldkowskle Troupe of Russian singers and 
dancers. The vocal part was only Incidental 
to the legmania routine performed by four men 
and three women. The Russian form of danc- 
ing was well done by two of the men. The act 
received big applause. 

Santly and Norton didn't make any ground 
until near the the finish. Then the pair for an 
encore did their best work upon a Scottish 
number which they have been using for some 
time. The boys fell down hard upon their talk 
and several of their attempted comedy bits 
were flat. Han Ping Chlen and Co. were very 
mystifying. H. P. Chlen does some very good 
tricks. A splendid act of its kind. 

Nat Wills got the biggest laughs on his 
cablegrams. Several were especially funny and 
of recent date. Wills hasn't made much change 
in his routine. Wills Is still passing the Board 
of Health with his tramp beard. Bonnie Glass 
and Moris. Rodolph danced entertainingly. 
They were on just before intermission. 

Doyle and Dixon have their act in more im- 
proved form and the boys score one of the big- 
gest hits of the night. After Paul Armstrong's 
"The Bank's Half Million" (New Acts) had 
failed to start anything, the headliner, Grace 
La Rue, appeared. 

Miss La Rue is using about the same song 
numbers, but has some new wardrobe that looks 
nifty upon her supple figure. One thing de- 
cidedly In Miss La Rue's favor is that she 
enunciates clearly and distinctly. The diving 
act. Six Water Lilies, made a good closer. 
The girls were In their bare legs but wore light 
foot coverings. Mark. 



AMERICAN ROOF. 

The summer In In full sway on the Amerl 
can Roof In every way but big attendance. 
With the extensive advertising given the Loew 
aerial resort a larger house should have gath- 
ered Monday night. Those present liked the 
fuov very well, manifested by the applause. A 
bill consisting of five two acts would not 
necessarily mean great novelty and In this in- 
stance all of the two-people acts were used 
In the first half, making it rather monotonous 
but nevertheless diversifying through the turns 
depending upon some different bit of stage 
work for their routine. 

The first half's headliner was Josephine 
Davis, here but a few months ago. At her 
previous visit she evidently made a number 
fo friends. Miss Davis, slim and attract- 
ive as ever, opened with "Bom Bora Bay," a 
swlngy number that caught on nicely, after 
which she used her "Yiddish Soldier" comic, 
good for a number of laughs. A voice demon- 
strator in the way of a medley of light opera 
pieces was followed by "Same Old Friends," 
a ballad with a lyric as well as a melody. 

Things got a good start with Vadlnoff and 
Louie In artistic painting. This couple, to 
get away from the stereotyped, are hot using 
a snow scene picture in the routine. Smith 
and West (New Acts). "No. 2," were the only 
real out and out singing and dancing two-act 
of the evening. I^onnrd and Louie put up 
as fast a routlnn of acrobatics as has been 
seen here in some time and in all probability 
ever. The men worked decidedly fast and the 
novel opening fooled many. Cook and Stevens, 
two more men, added some real laughs, al- 
though their comedy hns been heard in- 
numerable times before. They are using 
"Can't Get a Girl In the Summertime" for one 
of their two song numbers. 

Olga and Mlscha were assigned the closing 
spit of the first half, and upon the strength 
of the girl's fine dancing upheld it creditably. 
She la a most ' graceful creature and has 
routined her wo^k In such a way as to show 
her off to good hdvnntnge. A very noticeable 
violinist Is used as an orchestra leader. Just 
why Is hard to see. Like other musicians, 
his antics spoil his clever playing. 



The rain fell and the thunder and lightning 
became noticeable during ami after the inter- 
mission but failed to put a damper on the 
shoW, which ran along well enough starting 
with Arthur Rlgby, who had Billy (Swede) 
Hall and Co. as his successors. The Hall 
sketch added some reul mirth to the bill nnd 
the character work of the star was well ap- 
preciated. The Riva-Larsen Troupe equlli- 
brlstlcally closed. Arthur Rlgby, also there 
in a monolog, will do well on small time, but 
bis long political lecture might be dropped. 



ROYAL. 

Business continues capacity at this house, 
although the earlier part of Monday evening 
showed signs of a rather poor attendance. By 
the lime the last show started (8:&T>) every 
seat was taken and a more appreciative audi- 
ence would be hard to find. All acts received 
applause, hut the Courtney Sisters stopped the 
show. The girls held an ideal spot, following 
the one sketch of the bill. 

The "Dance Contest" was the feature and 
drew Its usual entries and patrons. A Pathe 
Weekly News, Blograph drama and a Sellg two- 
reel drama held attention until Keller and 
I)' Violet (New' Acts) started the show proper. 
Nevlns and Erwood did not do much with their 
talk but landed solidly when dancing. They 
could use some new material for next season. 
Ad Hoyt's Minstrels, always a Bronx favorite, 
and Hoyt, may-be a resident of that section, 
had home followers In all parts of the house. 
The act remains the same as when seen before. 
A parody in it is about two years old In air. 
If a parody Is to be used it should be a popular 
one. The singing held up the turn, the quin- 
tet harmonizing very well. "When I Leave 
the World Behind" was sung In neat style and 
Hiored the hit of the turn. 

After an old Keystone Chaplin reissue Larry 
Comer (New Acts) kept things going, although 
the returns received overshadowed his offerings. 
Lillian Kingsbury and Co. in a dramatic of- 
fering, "The Coward," found an interesting au- 
dience who appreciated every move of the play- 
ers. Aided by a big punch for a finish the act 
went over big. The Courtney Sisters followed. 
They were forced to an encore. "Over the 
Hills to Mary," "I Didn't Think You'd Care" 
and "Down Yonder in the Cornfield" were the 
best liked. The "Clown Seal" closed, holding 
everyone In. The seal wan working well and 
drew quite a number of laughs. The Dance 
Contest followed. 



HARLEM OPERA HOUSE. 

The summery weather Tuesday night mude 
little If any indentation upon the Harlem 
Opera House business. Although Manager 
Harry Swift was away things ran on In the 
same swift way and there was little fault to 
find with the seven-act bill, bolstered with a 
two-reel comedy picture, a Chaplin and an ill. 
song sung by acting manager, Sol Levoy. 

The summer policy of this bouse to use one 
big time act was added to this week when at 
least three of the turns of the first half pro- 
gram have passed most of their time In the 
two-a-day houses. The first half of the show, 
the dividing point being a two-reel Keystone, 
started with Evelyn and Dolly (New Acts), 
two girls who were untiring in their efforts 
and put over a good hit for such an early 
spot. Bert and Harriet Brown (New Acts) 
faired decidedly well, scoring easily on their 
youthfulness. Rogers, Guard and Co. fur- 
nished the only sketch of the bill, a hodge- 
podge of burlesque comedy. Miss Rogers, 
who displays her sylph like figure behind a 
transparent screen, caused many gasps while 
doing it. "The Cannon Ball," a two-reel 
Keystone, with Chester Conklin featured, split 
tho bill at this point. It Is one of those 
comedy pictures with a wealth of action. 

Edwin George juggled along after the HI. 
song which followed the picture. His rapid 
stream of talk brought forth many laughs, 
much of it having to soak In some time be- 
fore appreciated. They seemed to get It after 
a while so that was some encouragement. The 
Musical Gormans. who followed, put over the 
applause hit of the bill, tho little boys war- 
ranting moBt of this. The other members are 
hard workers and there is no turn of this 
kind more attractively costumed than the 
Gormans especially the girls, who have the 
figures to carry their gowns. Val and Ernie 
Stanton scored a laughing hit Their Sal- 
vation Army impersonation used with "Can't 
Get a Girl In the Summertime" was a scream. 
Val is no longer doing his Chaplin Imperso- 
nation, probably due to the numbers now 
using It. The Frank Gregory Troupe of hoop 
rollers brought the show to a satisfactory 
close. 



CITY. 

With favorable weather conditions Monday 
night tho City again came Into Its own for 
good business, evidently because of the bill of- 
fered, which In a way made good summer en- 
tertainment. Wilson and L*> Nolr. not carded 
as large as some present, succeeded In stop- 
ping the show. 

Caluet entertained for about ten minutes on 
the slack wire, but his efforts were not taken 
very seriously, which allowed him to pass off to 
light relurns. He has youthful appearance and 
works In masterly fashion. 

Next came Brown and Burton. In a tough 
spot for their talk, that Is of light value, like- 
wise their singing. The couple are now trying 
a novel opening. But the tnlk is a little too 
long, becoming monotonous. The feminine 
member has an agreeable voice. 

i/conard and Wlllnrd did well with their 
talk before a special drop In "two."' The fid- 
low possesses a pleasing tenor vob-e and put 
over "Lonesome Melody" In good style. Some 
of the fly-talk could be touched up a bit. 

A Hearst-Sellg Weekly followed which al- 
lowed the. niwllenro to wMI«» sway a few mo- 
ments. After came DeVole and Livingston 



(New Acts) offering popular and classical 
dunces, which scored. Some of Miss DeVole's 
kowus brought no little comment. 

Big things were accomplished by Wilson and 
LeNoire, a mixed team. With all the crodlt due 
to the male members, the woman handled a 
couple of song numbers in cupable style. But 
the whistling, singing, and "hokum" by the 
fellow In evening dress put the ad over with 
a bang, and stopped proceedings for about 
ten minutes. The fellow's main fault la the 
Chaplin imitation, done straight, for he pos- 
sesses sufficient talent to iniss on his own. 

Mattle Cboate and Co. in a comedy-dramatic 
sketch entitled "Outclassed," pleased. The 
theme has to do with the trials of a burlesque 
woman, taken by Miss Choatc, who does so with 
no mean ability. Likewise her support, with 
the act for some time. A weekly serial hold 
Interest. 

Fox and Eschell demonstrated how songa 
could be put over, if sung right. The boys 
pulled down a good-sized hit. Their song 
repertoire has been rearranged somewhat to 
better advantage. With a number "Fatrland 
Police" inserted, which landed easily. Their 
dramatic number for a finish placed them in the 
hit column. 

The Polzin Brothers, with acrobats, closed 
and proved a big supprise. An old six-reel 
feature rounded out a good evening. 



81 ST STREET. 

Vaudeville plays second fiddle to pictures at 
the 81 at Street. As a summer policy perhaps 
only five acts are on the bill with a feature 
film as the headllncr-and regular one and two- 
reeled releases thrown In as trimmings at the 
start and close of tho show. Business was 
pretty good Tuesday night, although there 
was plenty of room at the rear of the house. 

The variety section as a whole provided 
diversion from the pictures, and most of the 
talking, singing and dancing was well re- 
ceived. But the feature picture, in the mid- 
dle of the bill, was what caught the audi- 
ence's fancy. It was the Metro production. 
"The Second In Command" (Film Reviews). 
The film made a big hit. 

The show started with several single film 
subjects, one a comedy that had tome B. 
V. D. horseplay that would make Chaplin's 
roughest bits look tame in comparison. 

The first vaudeville act was furnished by the 
Four Roeders, sometimes billed as Roeder's 
Invention, and this gymnastic turn made a 
good impression. 

Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Frlel had a rural 
sketch that was Inconsistent with Mr. Frle! 
giving Broadway and its bright lights some 
swift, straight Jabs from the speaking chan- 
nels. Act may hit between the shoulderblades 
on the road but in tbe heart of Broadway 
where folks are still living and enjoying life 
the spiel about the reform stuff has the same 
• ffect as water on a duck's back. Some of the 
palter between the old rube and the show 
girl caused Intermittent laughter. 

Weston and Clare did well considering there 
isn't a single lota of originality to tbe turn. 
They do considerable "stalling" and affect 
self-assurance that could well be dropped he- 
fore It proves a stone around their necks. 

The 81st Street orchestra had the spot dur- 
ing intermission, or rather the musical di- 
rector had it while he fiddled most earnestly 
ipona selection that was applauded. The 
Karrell-Taylor Trio closes the show, getting 
the most laughs with It-i blackfaced comedy. 

Mark. 



JEFFERSON. 






Business poor along 1 4th street Tuesday night 
best accounted for by tho hot weather. The 
Jefferson held a light attendance. Tbe show 
the first half was the best put on down here 
in some time, running In summer style 
throughout, except for one heavy sketch. Mark 
Under and Co., who also scored one of the 
hits of the evening. 

Wartenberg Bros, started the show In lively 
fashion with a different routine of Juggling. 
The boys make a neat appearance which helps 
considerably nnd aids them In deriving the 
best results from their work. A few slides 
of the Eastland disaster were then shown 
with a lecturer Indistinctly explaining. Fran- 
els and Ross gave the bill enough speed at 
this time to pull It through for the remainder 
of the evening. Both boys dance well, but 
for the closing number, dining which they 
wear derbies, they would have pawned on much 
better. That dress appeared to put them out 
of place and caused a little weakening In the 
applause, according to what they received 
earlier In the act. 

La Rue and Richmond (New Acts) created 
a little commotion with comedy and also sajig 
"Down Yonder In the Cornfield'' to good re- 
turns. The Hcrsi hoff Troupe of Russian- 
dancers gave an exhibition of the whirlwind 
art. Tho act does not differ any from the 
others of this kind seen ab nit, but the dancing 
could be improved. It would be best to diss 
card some of the heavy wardrobe during the 
summer. The Marathon Four, following 
Weekly News, caught hold with their singing, 
but the comedy was away off. If the < otnedy 
were dropped and the quartet did more sing 
Ing It would Improve. In ensemble singing 
tho boys do very well, but are not so good with 
loloa, 

The Under dramatic sketch for a light 
show of this kind held the interest of all 
after the net went to full stage. The talk be- 
fore the curtain could be much more plainlv 
spoken for the benefit of the audience. It Is 
a sort of a prologue and missing It means the 
loss of thn 1d*»s. The characters handled 
well were the old man and the rrlpple. Jack 
Strauss made a neat appearance upon his 
entrance In evening clothes, but did not get 
much from his first number. After doing his 
Italian bit. however, ho scored the hit of the 
-venlng. Booth and Leander closed mid held 
those present. 



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MOVING PICTURES 



COAST BAD FOR FILM PLAYERS; 
LITTLE REGULAR WORK THERE 



Picture People Returning from Pacific Say Anyone Looking 

for Berth in Far West Had Better Remain At Home. 

Hundreds Out of Employment. 



A bevy of picture players reached 
New York Monday from the Pacific 
Coast. Each registered a complaint 
about the lack of regular stock work 
on the western coast. 

The women declared things were in 
bad shape out there and some of the 
biggest and best-known producers had 
laid off the majority of the stock com- 
panies or loaned the services of their 

stars to other firms. 

The returning picture folks say that 
the film players of the east seeking 
stock berths or jobbing assignments 
could well stay away from the Coast, 
as there are numerous applicants for 
each place that becomes vacant and 
hundreds of picture people are out of 
employment in the west. 



FILM CARRIERS SUMMONED. 

Fire Commissioner Adamson started 
.in active crusade this week against the 
picture exhibitors in the custom of 
carrying films in the subway. A city 
ordinance forbids this but has not been 
strictly enforced. Monday 500 sum- 
monses were taken out but with only 
one arrest that day. More than 150 
wore summoned, however. 

Films may be carried on the surface 
and elevated lines when encased in fire 
proof containers, but not in the subway 
under any conditions. 

The Long Island Railroad this week 
posted notices all films carried on their 
trains must go in the baggage car and 
a special rate will be charged. In the 
past the surburban exhibitors have pur- 
chased commutation tickets for their 
reel boys who have carried the films 
free of charge in the day coaches as 
hand baggage. 

It was understood this week the 
Universal would arrange with the Mu- 
tual and Fox for the establishment of a 
central point for the exchanges, ex- 
hibitors to bring their film cases and 
have the reels sent out in the proper 
casing from that centre. 



DREW STOOD PAT. 

S. Rankin Drew, the Vitagraph di- 
rector, refused to accept a chance to 
spoil a production which he was mak- 
ing for the company a short while ago, 
and as a result had to defer the taking 
of a lot of personal satisfaction until 
after the picture was completed. 

Drew was directing a company in- 
cluding Antonio Mareno in the cast. 
During the action one of the actors 
insisted he wished to do his own di- 
recting and when Drew refused the 
permission, the actor became particu- 
larly abusive. 

Finally the director was invited to 



fight or declare himself out of the run- 
ning in the argument. He accepted 
the latter until the picture was fin- 
ished a week or so later and then 
walked to the actor and practically did 
a "clean-up" with him. 

As beth the actor and Mr. Drew 
are warm personal friends of J. Stuart 
Blackton, the latter prevailed upon 
them to "kiss and make up" after the 
row. However, the director got what 
he wanted and did not spoil the pro- 
duction. 



EXHIBITORS 9 FIELD DAY. 

Preparations are being made for the 
field day exercises to be held at the 
New York Moving Picture Exhibitors' 
Outing to take place Aug. 21, at Brigh- 
ton Beach. Joe Humphreys has been 
specially engaged as master of cere- 
monies. 

Sam Trigger personally is going to 
Chicago to endeavor to bring Charles 
Chaplin here expressly for the Brigh- 
ton doings. The local and Brooklyn 
manufacturers as well as the Screen 
Club and photoplayers outside are tak- 
ing an interest in the outing, which 
starts at 10 a. m. and will last until 
sundown. 

From 1 to 2 o'clock a general parade 
will occur which will wind up at the 
Brighton Beach race track. A feature 
will be a Charles Chaplin contest for 
the public. The field day sports proper 
will ensue between 2 and 5:30 p. m. 
"Silent Bill" Haddock will help 
Humphreys announce the resdlts. 



KEITH'S PICTURE HOUSES. 

Arrangements have been made for 
the opening Labor Day of the new 
Monroe theatre, opposite the Bush- 
wick, Brooklyn, which Mike Minden 
built but later disposed of to the B. F. 
Keith interests for a straight picture 
policy. It's a new house and seats 
600. 

Keith's Madison, Brooklyn, will con- 
tinue its picture shows throughout the 
winter. Arthur White, who's manag- 
ing the Crescent over there, says the 
present picture policy will continue 
until the latter part of August when 
stock will be resumed. 

The Greenpoint, which is playing 
pop vaudeville, will continue and not 
offer stock as reported the past fort- 
night. 



DAILY RELEASE CHANGES. 

Within the very near future there 
will be shifting and changing among 
some of the more important daily film 
release bureaus. One is* sure to drop 
several of its present makes. Another 
company in particular which has been 
turning out weekly film subjects is 
going to make new connections. 



ADVERTISING GERALDINE FARRAR 

Geraldine Farrar's "Carmen" picture 
will be ready for release on the Para- 
mount program some time during Oc- 
tober. At about the same time the 
Victor Talking Machine Co. is to start 
a country-wide advertising campaign 
costing $100,000 on behalf of the oper- 
atic star. At present there are 9,500,- 
000 of her song records in various 
homes throughout the country. The 
Ladies' Home Journal is to start the 
publication of a serial story by the 
singer, to run for seven months. The 
publication is also to start an ocean- 
to-ocean advertising campaign in be- 
half of the story. . This, coupled with 
the fact that the Journal has about 7,- 
000,000 readers a month and that the 
other publications which are to be 
reached in their advertising campaign 
cover about 50,000,000 readers, Miss 
Farrar will undoubtedly be the best 
advertised woman in the world. 

Miss Farrar will return from the 
Pacific Coast during the last week in 
August and rest for several months 
in the mountains, after which she will 
begin a three months' concert" tour 
under the direction of C. A. Ellis of 
Boston, who is also the manager of the 
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Miss 
Farrar is to return to the Metropolitan 
Opera House company about Jan. 15. 
During the concert tour she is to give 
at least four performances a week and 
receive $2,500 for each. This is one of 
the record figures for concert tour 
recitals. The guarantee for John Mc- 
Cormack is $2,200. 



CARMAN PICTURE MADE. 

Although reports were broadcast that 
Mrs. Carman, the Freeport woman, had 
not yet made the proposed feature in 
which she was to be the central fig- 
ure, the picture had been made. A 
two-reeled subject entitled "The Home- 
stead" was given a New York show- 
ing at the Savoy Tuesday. 

Garland Gaden, who assumed the 
management of Mrs. Carmen on the 
picture deal and who made the picture 
a reality, also has pictures of the Free- 
port home of the Carmans and in 
turn are introduced: Dr. Edwin Car- 
man, George Morton Kevy, Piatt Conk- 
lin, and Mrs. Carman's nephew, Clar- 
ence Carman, one of the fastest bicy- 
cle riders in the country. 

Now that she has worked in her first 
picture, Gaden plans to produce a five- 
part feature with her as the star. 



Frisco Exhibitors Protesting. 

San Francisco, July 28. 
Tiie local exhibitors are bringing all 
their influence to bear on the city 
officials to prevent having pictures ex- 
hibited in saloons, cafes and dance 
halls. The M. P. E.'s so far have been 
the direct cause of preventing several 
places from securing permits to ex- 
hibit movies. 



Louisville House for Keith Film. 

Louisville, July 28. 
The B. F. Keith interests in New 
York have secured the Novelty 
theatre, practically a new picture house 
here, and will take possession Aug. 1, 
pursuing the same policy. 



FAMILIAR FILM CAPTIONS. 

That Night. 

As the Days Went By. 

Morning. 

That Afternoon. 

Later. 

The Next Day. 

She Never Knew. 

The Colonel Arrives. 

The End of the Trail. 

He Believed in Her. 

The Wedding Day. 

Too Late. 

The Reception. 

Still No Message. 

Hurry 1 Hurry!! Hurry!!! 

The Signal. 

Faith. 

A Stranger. 

The Christening. 

And Some Must Suffer. 

A Little Child Shall Lead Them. 

The Call to Arms. 

Conscription. 

Court Martial. 

In Better Surroundings. 

She Trusted Him. 

A Child of the Sea. 

Promotion. 

The Long Dull Days. 

Convalescence. 

She Becomes a Nurse. 

Her Own Child. 

No Place to Turn. 

The Lure of the City. . 

Her Friend Proves False. 

The Better Way. 

A Wild Flower. 

Leave Me. 

He Starts Anew. 

Twilight. 

They Are Watched. 

A Detective Is Summoned. 

Eluding Capture. 

A Mother's Love. 

Back Home. 

A Friend Indeed. 

She Meets Mr. . 

Dross. 

Day Dreams. 

A Benefactor. 

Love Finds a Way. 

The Return. 

Circumstantial Evidence. 

The Bank Fails. 

A Reporter Gets the Story. 

Bankruptcy. 

Disgraced. 

The Clouds Pass Away. 

Happy at Last. 

Love Rules the World. 

•0. M. Samuel. 



ADOLPH PHILIPP'S OFFER. 

The Triangle is egotiating for 
Adolph Philipp, the G rman actor, to 
appear before* the came a in all of his 
original roles in sixteer plays which 
Philipp has presented \v New York 
and Europe. * 

Among some of f he first to be made 
will be "The Corn r Grocery," "The 
New York Hrewer," "Auction Pin- 
ochle" and "My Shadow and I." 

To land P lilipp the Triangle has 
made him a tempting offer ) q is almost 
sure to accept The or.ly drawback 
was the conflhtion the u. p. work 
would have wit'i Philipps' new season 
productions a> . n important cog of the 
Savoy Producing Co., wl irh will do 
considerable producing. 



MOVING PICTURES 



15 



NEW YORK HOUSES ADVANCE 
ADMISSI ONS FO R DAILY FILM 

Savoy and Garrick Do Away With "10-Cent Pictures." Walter 

Rosenberg Says Impossible to Make Money* Scale Now 

15-20 at Both Houses. Savoy Shows First 

Eastland Calamity Views. 



The Savoy and Garrick theatres, 
both in the 34th street and Broadway 
neighborhood, sent out a notice this 
week their prices of admission here- 
after will be 15 and 20 cents, with the 
10-cent seat entirely eliminated. 

Both houses are operated by Walter 
Rosenberg, who gave as a reason for 
the advance in prices the increased 
cost of a selected program of daily 
release subjects, changed every day. 
This, said Mr. Rosenberg, costs .„ the 
Savoy and Garrick $500 weekly each, 
too expensive a show, in conjunction 
with the overhead charges, to play at 
the former prices obtaining, 10-15. 

The Herald Square theatre, also the 
Bijou, Daly's and Weber's, closely ad- 
jacent in the same territory, have re- 
cently passed out of existence for 
picture exhibiting. While the Herald 
Square was a competitor the Savoy 
charged 10 cents, as did the Square. 
That was before the Garrick was 
secured by Rosenberg for pictures. 

When the manager was asked if the 
clearance of the picture field in his 
vicinity had aught to do with the 
higher price box office price, he • re- 
plied it did not. 

"We find we can not maintain our- 
selves at the 10-15 scale, and I believe 
the end of the 10-cent picture house is 
here. Service for a good show is too 
expensive to return a profit in an 
ordinary sized theatre. As far as the 
store show or smaller picture place 
is concerned, I do not see how it has 
a living chance, if putting up anything 
like a desirable program, to play at 
the 10-cent scale. And, of course, un- 
less you give the film fans nowadays 
a class A program of the daily release 
sort, you can not retain a profitable 
patronage." 

The first picture print of the East- 
land calamity at Chicago last Satur- 
day morning was shown at the Savoy 
Monday noon. It was a Hearst-Selig 
"Special" and had been brought on by 
a messenger after Rosenberg had com- 
municated with the Chicago picture 
makers by phone. 

The cost of the special for the run is 
said to have been $200, with the Savoy 
paying the expenses of the messenger's 
trip to New York, amounting to 
about $45. 

The film ran 500 feet. It was ex- 
pected to become a part of the regular 
If.-S. Weekly, later in the week. 

Syracuse, July 28. 
Using as an excuse the picture the- 
atre owners of Syracuse were going to 
establish a minimum rate of a dime, 
proprietors of shows in smaller towns 
around here, Oswego, Watertown, Ful- 
ton and other places have announced 
they may also boost the rates. 



The out-of-town men claim that the 
Syracuse owners are going to raise the 
price because the film owners have 
raised the price on them. 

Syracuse men are mystified as to how 
the report started. There are about 
50 film houses here asking five cents 
and three or four higher priced ones. 
None of the managers of the five-cent 
houses know anything about a con- 
templated raise. 



ROSIE DOLLY ON FILM. 

Los Angeles, July 28. 

The Jean Schwartz', which includes 
Rosie Dolly (Mrs. Schwartz), did not 
leave here last week as they expected. 
A couple of business propositions con- 
fronting them brought about the 
change in plans. 

Miss Dolly, it is understood, has 
agreed to play in a feature film, re- 
ceiving $600 weekly for her camera 
work. Mr. Schwartz will likely turn 
out the music for an Oliver Morosco 
production that will be first locally 
produced. 



"PURIST" CALLED MANIAC. 

San Francisco, July 28. 

Robert C. Barton, secretary of the 
Morals Efficiency Committee of Los 
Angeles, succeeded in earning the dis- 
like of California's picture colonies in 
an address to the International Purity 
Congress in session here last week 
when he said: "Investigation shows 
that it is almost impossible to be in 
pictures and keep virtuous." 

Perhaps the "purist" was seeking 
notoriety when he made the state- 
ment, but no matter his object, Char- 
lotte Walker took it upon herself to 
take exception to Barton's remarks. 
In her reply Miss Walker said: "No 
one but a raving maniac would make 
such a remark deliberately, knowing 
it untrue, and thereby bringing shame 
and humiliation upon the thousands of 
noble women who earn their living in 
the picture profession." 

At this same convention which took 
special delight in condemning most 
everything the human race does, a 
woman (she was a bachelor lady) said 
nickelodeons did much to keep chil- 
dren away from school and exercised a 
bad influence over the youngsters. 



FEATURING 'TATTY" ARBUCKLE. 

The Keystone is now featuring Ros- 
coe (Fatty) Arbuckle in two-part com- 
edy pictures, and the first of the new 
Arbuckle releases reached New York 
this week. 

Arbuckle is not only featured in 
name, but his picture also adorns the 
one and two-sheet posters. The pic- 
ture is the first of the new Keystones 
since the Charles Chaplin reissues. 



VITA STILL CUTTING DOWN. 

Further indication the Vitagraph is 
going to retrench to a greater extent 
is evident in "notice" having been, 
given to some of its oldest directors 
and players. The Vita on the salary 
thing alone will cut expenses from 
$1,500 to $2,000 a week. In reducing 
the forces the Vita is also "retrench- 
ing" in other departments. 

It's known the Vita has quite a 
number of features stored in the vaults 
that are expected to last out the win- 
ter with the regularly employed stocks 
keeping up the supply regularly called 
for. 

Those slated to go Within the next 
fortnight are George Ridgewell, di- 
rector; Harry Northrup (considered 
one of the best "heavy men" in pic- 
tures and long with the Vita); Nich- 
olas Duneaw, Gladden James and Mu- 
riel Ostriche. 

As these people have picture reputa- 
tions, they will not likely be "at lib- 
erty" very long. 



PROMOTING NEW CONCERN. 

News of a new picture corporation 
in which some of the big show pro- 
ducers and theatrical managers will 
be stockholders came to ligh: this 
week and within the next few .veeks 
some important announcements are 
expected to be made. The proposed 
corporation is said to have lined up 
prospective stars and film subjects in 
addition to having established men of 
wealth attending to the financial end 
and that only the finishing touches are 
needed to make the corporation a real- 
ity. A big New York agency is behind 
the promotion. 

Eastern and western offices will be 
maintained and the feature companies 
that will produce art to be placed in 
the field by late fall. The first pictures 
to be made will be turned out on the 
Coast, although next summer will find 
the new corporation in full possession 
of commodious eastern studios. 

The matter of incorporating has been 
kept a profound secret lest a slip or two 
might nip the whole proposition in the 
bud. Matters, 'tis said, have progressed 
so far now that there isn't any likeli- 
hood of the corporation blowing up 
at the start. 



GIRLS COMPLAIN. 

The inability of several young women 
to obtain picture employment through 
their refusal to accept attentions from 
the men doing the engaging for the 
film concerns, and the insults offered 
tc another miss of attractive propor- 
tions when applying for an engage- 
ment, promise to result in the girls 
concerned taking the matter to Vice 
Crusader Anthony Comstock for his 
personal investigation. 

If the girls swear out affidavits bear- 
ing up the distressing experiences told 
to friends there will be some spicy 
official doings. 



COMEDY SERIAL. 

Serials do not appear to be on the 
wane. An independent company was 
formed this week to make a series of 
20 episodes of comedy and they will 
be taken in eastern territory. 



PICTURE OFFER FOR PLAYS. 

A picture-play production under way 
is being engineered by Arthur Hopkins, 
acting as the intermediary between 
Cohan & Harris, A. H. Woods, Sel- 
wyn & Co. and the Paramount, the 
latter feature film service company 
representing mainly the Famous Play- 
ers and Lasky. 

It is said Mr. Hopkins is striving to 
have the parties reach an understand- 
ing whereby the Paramount will be 
able to announce the plays of the three 
firms, as future Paramount feature film 
releases. To obtain this result it is re- 
ported Mr. Hopkins had suggested the 
respective speaking stage play con- 
cerns incorporate as a joint company, 
for the picture purposes, they then put- 
ting o.ut their play-pictures under their 
own brand, with the Paramount ready, 
it is said, to guarantee such a com- 
pany that no less than $35,000 shall 
be its share of the proceeds upon any 
and all of the three firms' pieces pic- 
ture-turned. The Paramount will make 
the usual cash advance as well as the 
films being delivered, that amount to 
be included in the guarantee. 

The Famous Players and Lasky are 
willing, according to report, to allow 
the new companies use of their stu- 
dios for making the play-pictures. 

Neither of the three firms has yet 
leleased any of their plays for the 
screen, although they have been much 
in demand. 



HODKINSON'S FAITH. 

W. W. Hodkinson, president of the 
Paramount, who has been on a trip 
taking in the principal cities of the 
Pacific Coast, returned to New York 
Sunday and immediately set to work 
to do things on a larger scale than 
ever attempted before by a feature pro- 
gram. 

Mr. Hodkinson is enthusiastic over 
the outlook for the picture business, 
especially the rapid advancement made 
by his own concern, the Paramount. 

After his inspection throughout the 
country Mr. Hodkinson is of the opin- 
ion the higher admission and the larger 
feature are the most profitable for the 
exhibitor. Although believing in this 
he says the nickelodeon will in all prob- 
ability have a place in the picture field. 

Co-operation between the exhibitor 
and the manufacturer is most neces- 
sary, says Mr. Hodkinson. Just now 
the business is overcrowded with man- 
ufacturers and theaters, he added, but 
a general cleaning out or survival of 
the fittest will take place and then 
the picture industry will be on a sound 
basis. 



BIG WAR FEATURE. 

The American Correspondent Film 
Co. is ready to release its big war 
feature "The Smashing of the Armies 
of Czar," the first of the war news 
films to be released by this concern, 

M. B. Clausscn, president of the A. 
C. F., has an organization with cor- 
respondents all over the world and a 
well equipped plant in Stamford, Conn. 

The war pictures will be shipped to 
this country as soon as taken and 
put into exhibition form at the Stam- 
ford plant. 



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MOVING PICTURES 




**MnM^ 



FILM FLASHES 



Margaret Adair has been engaged by the 
Iran for the lead in "A Mother's Confession." 



Chas. Bear Is directing for the Equitable. 
His first production will be "Blue Grass." 

Bffle Publicity Shannon Is doing press work 
for the Equitable and Wlsard companies. 

J. Searle Dawley Is again a member of the 
directing staff of the Famous Players. 

Florence Reed will be In "The Cowardly 
Way" to be directed by John Ince. 

John R. Freuler is now handing out 
"straight talks from the shoulder." 

Florence Malone Is the feminine lead In the 
Nat Ooodwln feature, "The Master Hand." 

Lasky has obtained film rights to 'The 
Chorus Lady," from Its author, James Forbes. 

William Courtlelgh has a leading role In the 
film Terslon of "Life's Crucible." 

"The Heart of Jennifer" Is a Famous Play- 
ers' production. 

Tom Mix Is writing scenarios as well as di- 
recting and appearing in them for Sellg. 

Paul McAllister and Qall Kane bare been 
engaged to support Bruce McRae In the fea- 
ture, "Via Wireless." 

Francis X. Bushman has been working In 
a flre-reeler. "The Silent Voice," which fol- 
lows "The Second In Command." 

"Jeanne of the Wilds," slated for release 
on the Paramount program Aug. 19, has been 
renamed "Helene of the North.' 



The Bryant theatre on 42nd street Is closed 
for repairs. It will reopen July with the 
same ploture r Hey. 

Frank D. Sniff en has been made general sales 
manager of the Paramount. It Is a newly 
created office. 

A film scenario by Frederlo de Oressao has 
been submitted by Sanger * Jordan to BUUe 
Bourke for her proposed screen debut 

Kathlyn Williams Is the author of the three- 
part animal feature. "The Mark of a Ldon- 



The Lasky production of "Carmen," with 
Qeraldlne Farrar, will be released upon the 
Paramount program in October. 

Hilda Spong started with The Triumph Film 
Co. Monday. This company was formerly 
known as the Cosmos. 

The Sherry F. F. Co. has secured the Great- 
er New York lights for "The Allen" from 
the Select Booking Agency. 

Harry Carey will play opposite Julia Dean 
In the forthcoming U feature, In which the 
latter Is starring. • 

The Mutual released "The Mating" July 
22, with Bessie Barrlscale as the principal 
player. 

Clara Kimball Young Is to make a single 
reel society comedy at the old Ramo studio In 
Flushing, at present occupied by the Equitable. 

Larry McOUl will leave the Metro-de-Luxe 
next week. He has Just completed the direction 
of "The Sealed Valley." 

Eugene Nowland will direct the plcturlslng 
of "Vanity Fair." In which Mrs. Flake Is to 
be starred by Edison. ' 

"Comrade John," the novel by Samuel Mer- 
wln and Kltchell Webster, Is to be made Into 
a feature with William Elliott and Mary 
Boland as the principals. 



"York State Folks," which has James 
Lackaye in his original stage role, Is receiv- 
ing Its finishing touches by the Drako Film 
Co and will be released about Aug. IS. 



Lubln has turned loose the first of a series 
of Made-ln-Ireland photodramas, produced in 
Ireland by Sidney Olcott with an American 
company headed by Valentine Grant. 

E. H. Perry will devote most of Mb time to 
pictures next season and has cancelled all of 
his road shows. He will have out the Perry 
Sisters stock but It will play week stands. 



Many of the smaller city exhibitors are 
acting as their own "reel boys" these days 
through the generally hard times the small 
house Is experiencing. 



Harry Neville, a picture actor, was struck 
by an automobile at 64th street and Broadwaftr 
Sunday. He was taken to Polyclinic Hospital 
Buffering with a fractured skull. 

The W. H. Bell F. F. Co., of Chicago, ha*s 
secured the state rights for Indiana, Wiscon- 
sin and Iowa for the featum picture "Prohi- 
bition." 




T. Hayes Hunter has been specially engaged 
by the Universal to make the feature of "A 
Run on the Bank," in which Ward and Vokes 
are camera enacting their old stage roles. 



In the Thanhouser four-part feature, "Mile- 
stones of Life," the Juvenile contingent of 
the T forces play Important ro\es. Mlgnon 
Anderson Is featured. 



Orrln Denny and C. B. Christie, formerly 
with the Universal and Essanay companies, 
have organised a picture company that will 
make educational films for weeklies. 



With several new players to support him In 
future pieces and his company now Installed 
at the new Essanay plant on Boyle Heights, 
Los Angeles, Charles Chaplin has set his 
plans for the remainder of the summer. 



The Eastern Film Company, which plans to 
make any number of new comedy subjects, 
has placed Dan Mason, Wilfred Clark and Tom 
MacAvoy under contract for stock berths. 
The Eastern has Its studios In Providence. 



Among the most recent options upon pieces 
for film production by the Metro are "Pigs In 
Clover," "The Silent Voice," "Baccarat," 
"The Purple Lady," "Richard Carvel" and 
"Rosemary for Remembrance." 



Ground has been broken for the new Drury 
Lane theatre on Eighth avenue, between 43d 
and 44th streets. The United cigar store and 
delicatessen store, on this site, have been 
torn down. 



Workmen are turning the old dance hall on 
52d street, near 8th avenue, Into a picture 
studio. It Is expetced to be ready for occu- 
pancy by an Independent concern within the 
next month. 



The Kolb A Dill Film Company filed ar- 
ticles of Incorporation, In San Francisco, July 
21. Capital stock. $50,000, with shares SI 
each. The directors are C. William Kolb, 
Max Dill. Oscar Bretvllle, Maud L. Moulin, 
George D. Perry. 

Essanay has completed Its comedy feature 
version of "A Bunch of Keys" by Charles 
Hoyt In It are featured William Burress, 
John Slavln and William Edwin. The same 
company will fllmise all of the Hoyt 
the next subject being "A Milk White 



The Universal has set Dec. 13 as the release 
date for the Nat Goodwin feature, "Business 
Is Business," which will be made on the Coast 
In support of Goodwin will appear Anna Lit- 
tle, Wellington Playter, Gretchen Lederer, 
Maud George and Marie Robbins. 



Robert Mantell and his wife, Genevieve 
Hamper, have been engaged by Fox. They 
have signed a contract saying that they will 
do no theatrical work while under contract 
for all of next season with the picture con- 
cern. Modern drama will be used for the 
screen work of the star. 



Marie Cahlll has been having a time in get- 
ting her feature picture made for the Uni- 
versal. On top of a falling out with her 
director at the start came a mishap In which 
Miss Cahlll had a bone caught In her thrbat 
and this forced her to abandon her film work 
for a time. 



Henry Slegel, who has been with the New 
York office of the World Film, has been pro- 
moted to take charge of the Newark Branch. 
He has made a record since his advent In the 
film game Just a short time ago and pulled 
down the second money bonus for Increase of 
office business his first week In Newark. 



The ranks of an Independent producing film 
company In New York are quaking with fear 
over the "underground report" the axe Is to 
fall heavily their way within the next fort- 
night. The lopping off of heads Is also said 
to take in at least three directors who have 
been with the company a long time. 

A legitimate actor, who has been with sev- 
eral big New York companies, was Instructed 
to call regarding a picture Job. When the 
meeting took place the legit was offered 12.60 
for a day's work, providing he fell out of a 
moving auto In a suit of white flannel (fur- 
nlHhed by the thesplan) and follow that by 
rescuing the heroine, the actor to wear evening 
clothes (his own) while this incident was be- 
ing cameraed. 



$100,000 MORE SUBSCRIBED. 

The stockholders of the Metro, at a 
recent meeting, decided to subscribe 
$100,000 more to its working capital 
fund, in order to give the film service 
concern unlimited scope for activities. 

The subscriptions for the added 
amount came from the stockholders. 



COAST PICTURE NEWS. 

BY GUY PRICB. 

Henry Walthal won his case against Balboa, 
which sued him for breach of contract. He has 
returned to Chicago to resume his work with 
Essanay. 

Hobart Henley has left for San Francisco to 
attend the Exposition. He will represent the 
Universal artists at the Exhibition League 
Convention. 



Miriam Cooper is visiting in New York, but 
contemplates returning to the Griffith Cali- 
fornia studio soon. 



(Miss) Signs Auen, of the Reliance and Ma- 
jestic, entertained the company of Japanese 
players who appeared with her In "The Fox 
Woman." 



Francella BUllngton will participate In the 
annual tennis tournament to take place at 
Long Beach, Cal. 

Douglas Fairbanks has been engaged by 
Griffith to appear in feature photoplays. 

Gladys Brockwell has returned to the Re- 
liance-Majestic studios after a few days' ill- 
ness. 



The Major Film Co. has started classes of Its 
own In picture acting and camera work, for the 
purpose of developing Its own producing com- 
pany. Charles J. Wilson Is In charge of the 
former and A. N. Wilson the latter. 



Frank Lloyd has been engaged by Moroeco 
as director. 



Forrest Stanley has severed his connection 
with the Burbank stock to become permanent 
leading man for the Morosco Photoplay Co. 

Raymond Hitchcock was elected chairman of 
the Los Angeles Boosters Club. 



The members of the Motion Picture Exhibit- 
ors' League who visited Los Angeles were en- 
tertained at Universal City. 



Stella Razetto, former Sellg star, has Joined 
the Universal. 



Charles -Glblyn, who attended the conference 
of the Shrlners in Seattle, has returned to the 
Universal Pacific Coast studio*. 



N. G. Jones, head of the Universale publicity 
department, has returned from San Francisco, 
acting as special representative of the company 
at the convention of the Motion Picture Exhib- 
itors' League of America. 



Carl Laemmle has returned to New York. 



NEW INCORPORATIONS. 



C l a i e e aomt ABMsewaeat Co.i $10,000; E. 
S. and Q. R, Benda, S. Bergoffen, Bronx. 

Lambert Film Corp.j $2,500,000; L. H. 
Freed man, Leland B. Oarretson, D. C. 
Muhleman, New York. 

lateraatloMl Photo Play Advertising? 
Corp.| $10,000; C. H. Weston, A. Ober- 
beck, M. Meyenberg, Montclalr, N. J. 

Tke Brooklyn Olympic i $5,000; theatri- 
cal; J. Shlndler, J. LI twin, W. N. Wald- 
ron, Brooklyn. 

Lincoln Film Co.i $5,000; J. Boyd Pot- 
ter, Q. H. Horsey, H. L. Hughes, New 
York. 

Colnon Amusement Co. No par value; 
A. A. Schaeffer. M. B. & L. S. Colson, 
Brooklyn. 

Ueona Corporation. Pictures; K. Short, 
O. Sanford, A. V. Parsons, New Brigh- 
ton. 



CHURCH PICTURE AIRDOME. 

Red Bank, N. J., July 28. 

The Rev. Lester G. Leggett of the 
Reformed Church is conducting an 
airdome next to his church here run- 
ning a straight picture show during 
the week with stereopticon views and 
a choir of girls used on Sunday. 

This is said to be the only airdome 
in the country run tor church purposes. 
The proceeds go to the fund for a new 
church. 



ANOTHER STATE RIGHTS FEATURE 

Another feature film concern has 
gone in for states' rights selling. It 
is the Mirrorgraph Corporation, offer- 
ing the five-reeler, "All for a Girl," by 
Rupert Hughes, and with Renee Kelly 
as the star. 

Several picture men say they would 
not be surprised if the supply of weekly 
feature releases after the opening of 
the season did not force a general 
states' rights sale of many long-reelers 
before Jan. 1. 



FEATURE EXHIBITORS MEET. 

Chicago, July 28. 

A meeting of exhibitors of feature 
films is reported to have been held 
here recently, with another meeting 
scheduled at the Sherman House Aug. 
15. 

The object of these meetings is to 
take some steps whereby the feature 
manufacturers, direct or through the 
services they are connected with, will 
make concessions, including price of 
service and permission to use first run 
features in vaudeville theatres. 

Among the exhibitors attending the 
first meeting are said to have been 
Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville and Bos- 
ton men. After it was over each one 
present contributed $50, according to 
report, for an expense fund, and the 
movement may be extended. 



BOOKING MEETING NEXT WEEK. 

The United Booking Office man- 
agers will hold a routing meeting next 
Tuesday (Aug. 3), to dispose of an 
accumulation of mail in reference to 
bookings, that includes many accept- 
ances from acts, necessitating routes 
to be laid out to avoid later confusion. 



RETURN DATES FOR FILM. 

"The Melting Pot," sold on the state 
rights basis, is playing return dates 
up state, Albany and Troy asking the 
teature be returned for a three days' 
exhibition. 



Trenton's Tabloid Stock. 

Trenton, July 28. 

A tabloid company headed by Nat 
Fields has opened at the Grand for 
six weeks, shows to be changed 
weekly. 

The company includes Elva Bcrton, 
Martin Guild, Herbert Standing and 
Thomas Van, who is producing the 
pieces. Several of the old Weber and 
Fields burlesques are being used. 



Engaged for Indianapolis Stock. 

Tony Kennedy, Jack Hubb, H. Rath- 
burn, Mrs. Rathburn, Ted Russell, Myr- 
tle Howard and Louise Henry open 
in stock burlesque for the Heuck in- 
terests at Indianapolis, Aug. 2. 

STOCKS OPENING. 

Birmingham, July 28. 
The Grayce Scott Players, manage- 
ment, DeWitt Newitig, open the fall 
season at the Bijou Sept. 13. In the 
company are Leona Soule and Herbert 
Charles. 

The Gertrude Ewing Company opens 
a road tour of stock pieces Aug. 1 
under the management of William N. 
Smith. 

Trenton, N. J., July 28. 
The Cal-Burns stock, formerly at 
Bridgeport, will open at the Trent here 
Aug. 16. 



Susanne Jackson Joins Keith's stock, Port- 
land, Me., next week, as leading woman. 



Maude Potter of the Royster & Dudley Opera 
Co., at Rlverton Park, Portland, Me., wrench- 
ed her knee while dancing Monday and will In 
all probability be unable to dance again this 
season. 



FILM REVIEWS 



19 



GRAND CENTRAL PALACE. 

It looks as though the "three ring show" 
at the Grand Central Palace is a success. A 
hot, sweltering night out of doors and three 
picture theatres all under one roof packed 
to the doors. That was Monday night. 
Twenty-one reels for a dime, never less and 
sometimes more is the manner in which 
Manager H. H. Lichtig sets forth his policy. 
The three ring show occupies the entire lower 
floor, the space being divided naturally into 
three theatres, designated as A, B and C, by 
the giant pillars rising from the floor to the 
celling. Each of the "houses" seats approxi- 
mately 500, and each presents a separate pro- 
gram consisting of a feature, either Ave or 
six reels in length, and several single reels, 
usually one comedy and one drama. The ad- 
mission, ten cents, permits one to see all three 
shows, in other words a five and a quarter 
hour show for a dime. 

The building is particularly adaptable for 
its present purpose and on Monday night was 
delightfully cool. The arrangement of the 
three scenes allows the projection from the 
rear. Three separate booths are situated at 
the 47th street end of the building, each 
equipped with two projecting machines with 
an operator In constant attention in each 
booth. This is particularly necessary be- 
cause of the fact that from the rear there 
is little visible of what Is being projected on 
the screen. It seems as though the nearer one 
gets to the screen when the projection is 
from the rear, the less one can see, as the 
picture loses much of its life. Another fact 
noticeable Is that back projection brings out 
every little defect in the picture. Because of 
this there is a special rewind room where a 
girl cleans every film in the rewinding. 

In the "A" theatre the first half of the 
week the World's 'M'Uss" was shown in addi- 
tion to two comedies, "Pokes and Jabs" and 
"Flashes and Splashes." Another reel here 
was one of the "You Know Me Al" series. 
This made eight reels in all. In theatre "B" 
the attraction was Tom Terris In "The 
Chimes," another World feature of five reels, 
and one Phoros and one Universal reel ; seven 
in all. Theatre "C" had "In the Land of 
the Headhunters" and a Universal two-reeler 
another total of seven ; grand total of twenty- 
two reels. 

One organ furnishes the music for all three 
shows at one time. The organist played 
neutral music. 

The features shown were from six to nine 
months old but tho public seem to like them 
all. At times the material is very much 
newer than this. The Grand Central also uses 
the Fox service, playing features that are 
from 20 days to one month old. The one 
drawback to the use of other exhibition build- 
ings in this manner Is that with the advent 
of. each of the regular shows, such as the 
Automobile Show, Sporting Show, etc., the 
lessees have to pull up stakes and get out for 
the time being. Monday of this week the 
Grand Central Palace show pulled about 2,000 
paid admissions. Fred. 



SEVEN SISTERS. 

Clara Madge Evans 

Lisa Dorothea Camden 

Perka George Fursman 

Mid Marguerite Clark 

BUa J« an Stewart 

•Sari • • •• -I- Feder 

Katlnka Lola Ba , rc,a , y 

Horkoy Conway Tearle 

Tonl George Renevant 

Olda Nayne Lynton 

Sandorffy Syndey Nathan 

Inn Keeper Charles Krauf 

Mother Madam Dalburg 

Bertha Marjori Nelson 

Baron Radvlany Edward Mordant 

Servant Dick Lee 

Inn Keeper's Wife Lizzie Goods 

In turning out the production of "Seven 
Sisters" Sidney Olcott who directed the fea- 
ture which the Famous Players have Just re- 
leased through the Paramount with Marguerite 
Clark as the star, has completed one of the 
prettiest scenic pictures shown in some time. 
Originally the "Seven Sisters" was presented 
at the Lyceum theatre and Charles Cherry 
was the star. In the picture productions how- 
ever, the fourth youngest sister, Mici, is made 
the stellar role and played by Miss Clark with 
an abandon and vivacity at all times wholly 
delightful. Conway Tearle is in the role that 
was originated by Mr. Cherry and his per- 
formance is most satisfactory. At the Strand 
the picture was shown to the accompaniment 
of a series of Hungarian airs whose strains 
aided materially In the atmosphere. The 
story is based on a custom in vogue In Hun- 
gary, where If one of the younger daughters 
of a family weds before her elder sisters, the 
latter are placed in the "spinster" class and 
their matrimonial chances considerably less- 
ened. In "Seven Sisters" the Widow Glda has 
seven daughters, who range seemingly from a 
little tot about Ave to 28. MIcI must be about 
16 or 17. She is a wild little thing, adored 
by her younger sisters and feared because of 
attractiveness by her older sisters. The little 
minx is Into all sorts of mischief. Her pranks 
from time to time frightened off suitors for 
the elder girls. Finally the mother In de- 
spair decides to send her to a convent. Upon 
her arrival she meets with a kindred spirit 
in another girl student. The two run off one 
night to attend a Masque Ball, where Micl 
meets Count Horkoy, who falls In love with 
her. On her return to the convent she is 
caught by the good sisters, who send her back 
to her home. On the day of her arrival there 
la also a letter from a cousin named Tonl, 
who had seen a picture of Mlcl and who wishes 
to marry her. He states he will visit the 
family. In the meantime Count Horkoy, In- 
fatuated with Mlcl, makes a search for her 



and arrives Just in time to be hailed as Tonl, 
the expected cousin. Micl has been forced to 
assume the short dresses of a girl of 14 and 
told that only as her older sisters marry 
will she be permitted to add a year to her 
age. Horkoy hears the story from her lips, 
for she permits him to hoax her family with 
the belief he is Cousin Toni so that he may 
be near her, and Bays he will marry off the 
three sisters within a month. In the Interim 
the real Tonl arrives but is frightened away. 
The Count keeps his promise and finds hus- 
bands for the three elder sisters and wins the 
dainty Mici. The picture is a real pleasing 
comedy. It has no big punch, but the pro- 
duction is well directed and scenlcally It is a 
delight. One scene in particular shows a wa- 
ter mill and stream, very picturesque. The 
ball scene is well done, the Russian dancing 
troupe doing the specialty dances coming in 
for applause from the audience. The cast as 
a whole is very good. Fred. 



THE CROOKED PATH. 

In theme "The Crooked Path" Is old, al- 
though the extermination of the two bad men 
in the picture was very much up to date in 
the sense that each choked the other to death. 
When this camera scene was shown at the 
Aoelphla the other night the audience guf- 
fawed loudly. If pictures like "The Crooked 
Path," with a story supposed to be dramatic, 
can make 'em laugh good and loud, then the 
real comedy makers had better keep their 
weather eyes peeled. Two boys, Alan and 
Lynn, are schoolmates. They love the same 
girl. She clerks in a department store and 
after school Is o'er the boys troop down there. 
Alan's dad works in the same store and the 
picture puts him there no doubt to make good 
the theft of a greenback from the cash regis- 
ter by Alan when making change for the girl 
while she's waiting upon a customer. The 
boys finish school and both get a job in the 
same bank. Yes, indeedy. Then one knows 
that sooner or later Alan, with that thieving 
Instinct, is going to make love to all the 
money. Alan touches the bank now and then 
for some bills, so he can buy candy and a 
ring for Mary, who turns Lynn down because 
he hasn't the price of a few sodas at the cor- 
ner drug store. Lynn encounters Alan (who 
has turned to drink to make the plot thicker). 
Alan Is drunk and Lynn takes him home. 
Here Alan and Mary have a tender little 
meeting which results in Alan ordering Lynn 
out of the house. To get even (one must ex- 
pect such a crisis) Alan steals a roll of 
greenbacks from Lynn's money cage and the 
inability of Lynn to clear himself results in 
the officers of the bank calling in a police- 
man, who looked as though he had been bor- 
rowed from the Keystone. Away went Lynn 
to the pen for two years. Lynn and the chap- 
lain become friends. Lynn addresses the con- 
victs upon the eighth commandment, "Thou 
Shalt Not Steal," but his talk only made one 
tough-looking Jailbird wrinkle up his face. 
Lynn is released. He goes back to the old 
home town and gets a job oiling and looking 
after a stone crushing engine. No, Alan 
doesn't tell the owner of the crusher that he 
has hired an ex-convict Alan was too wise 
for that, as one doesn't have to be honest to 
run an engine, as there wasn't anything to 
steal except the oil can and bricks. Alan fol- 
lows his wife (he having married Mary), who 
has been taking vegetables to Lynn's mother 
and he finds her looking sympathetically into 
the eyes of Lynn, who has Just returned from 
the pen. He rushes In and makes a scene. So 
furious is Alan he pulls a gun and fires, the 
shot hitting his wife in the arm. She re- 
covers and then she hates her husband. Alan 
plans a wholesale robbery of the bank. Watch- 
ing him through the bank window was the old 
jailbird, who had been in the front row when 
Lynn delivered his prison lecture. He fol- 
lows Alan home, where the best bit In the pic- 
ture was shown when the wife and Alan are 
fighting, the former trying to dissuade him 
from leaving her cold, and the grip files open 
and shows wad after wad of money. (There 
was enough In that satchel to start several 
picture concerns.) The J. b. rushes In and 
with a gun tries to wrest the grip away from 
Alan. A struggle ensues and each man gets 
a deathhold on the other's throat. The wife 
runs to Lynn's home (Just outside the cam- 
era's range) and In a Jiffy Lynn Is back with 
the comedy policeman and finds the men lying 
stiff and cold on the floor. Lynn then tells 
the c. p. that "It's their punishment for break- 
ing the eighth commandment." That sudden 
laugh when the men kicked the bucket spoiled 
everything, although It was supposed that 
Lynn and Mary wed as soon as that comedy 
policeman could dress up like a clergyman. 
Just how Lynn exonerated himself from the 
first bank robbery wasn't explained by the 
camera. Perhaps Mary understood, and the 
audience was in on tht story anyway. Kalem 
will have to come stronger than this with its 
features. Mark. 



ON HER WEDDING NIGHT. 

Helen Carter. Society Girl Edith Storey 

Henry Hallem, Clubman Antonio Moreno 

The Woman Carolyn Birch 

William Carter, Helen's Father. .Charles Kent 
Jessica Carter, Her Mother. . .Louise Beaudet 

Carlo Plcalll, Emigrant William Dunn 

John Klendon, Helen's Fiance. .. .Denton Vane 
Of course a lot of things could happen on 
any girl's wedding night, but It Is seldom the 
brldegroom-to-be Is shot down In cold blood 
by a woman he has wronged. Maybe many 
men have been threatened with this sort of 
punishment, but because It Is the plot of a 
four-reel feature (Vltagraph) that doesn't 
necessarily stamp the tale as truthful. The 
scenario was written by Eugene Mullen and 
the plcturir.atlon was directed by William 
Humphrey, although the program also stated 
the picture was produced under tho personal 



direction of Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart 
Blackton. The story in itself Is melodramatic 
enough to please the most enthusiastic ad- 
mirer of the thrillers, but is told in a back- 
handed fashion that calls for too many cut- 
backs and reviews of scenes gone before. The 
plot tells of a young society girl (Edith 
Storey) who, with her family, Is awaiting the 
bridegroom for the wedding ceremony to bo 
performed. There Is a telephone call, and the 
bridegroom is shown at the other end of the 
wire while the bride answers him. Prior to 
this a shadowy figure has been shown creep- 
ing about the bridegroom's home, and while 
he Is talking to his wife-to-be the figure steals 
into his room and shoots him. The girl hears 
the shot at the other end of the wire, but does 
not know what to make of it. The bridegroom 
has evidently recognized his slayer for, just 
before he died he took a pen in hand and 
wrote "It was I." He would have con- 
tinued and finished the sentence and revealed 
the murderer but just then his heart stopped 
beating and the mystery was framed. If he 
had lasted a few seconds longer there would 
not have been any reason for a picture, so It 
was best that he stopped when he did. Then 
the police were called in and because the mes- 
sage on the paper reading "It was I" they 
Immediately stated the death was a suicide. 
The girl who shot him, In running from the 
scene of the crime, bumped into a man and 
sent him sprawling into the road between the 
houses of the murdered man and the girl he 
was to have married. Naturally there were 
a lot of automobile trips between the two 
houses on the night In question, but It took 
three trips before the Injured person was dis- 
covered in the roadway and then by a miracle 
it was discovered that he was lying there be- 
fore the machine ran over him. The injured 
man is suffering from aphasia, but Henry 
Hallem (Antonla Moreno), a clubman and the 
best friend of the chap who was shot, Is a 
good fellow and Immediately takes the injured 
man under his wing. In this case the man 
who lost his memory sees a familiar face 
which belongs to a woman. At the time he is 
seated in Hallem's car In front of a settle- 
ment house In the slums. He Jumps from the 
car and follows the face. Then Hallem's 
chauffeur tells his boss. There was a reason 
for Hallem being in the tenement district. It 
seems that after the bridegroom-to-be was 
shot, the brlde-that-was-to-be took to settle- 
ment work as a distraction. Hallem, feeling 
that he was John Klendon's best pal in life, 
It would be no more than right that he devote 
his life to the girl who almost had a husband, 
so he follows her around through the entire 
picture, until the aphasia victim recovers his 
memory ; the girl who shot the man confesses 
and commits suicide, and then Hallem pro- 
poses and Is accepted. Story Is rather far- 
fetched, but, nevertheless, makes a strong 
melodramatic thriller that satisfies. Fred. 



ON DANGEROUS PATHS. 



Eleanor Thurston.. 
Her Mother. 
Her Father. . 
Roger Sterritt 
His Mother 



Viola Dana 

.Helen Strickland 

...Will West 

. .Pat O'Malley 

Mrs. Will West 



One thing scenario writers have not yet 
cleared their minds of, and that Is the big 
city is beset with pitfalls and traps for the 
unwary girl from the small town. It seems 
as though It would be about time for the big 
cities to get together and, by some means, 
force these writers of fiction to lay off the pit- 
fall stuff. A poor little country girl, more 
than passingly pretty, comes to New York and 
Is immediately taken to a private dining room 
at a road bouse. However, the scenario 
writer who wrote "On Dangerous Paths" 
(Edison) as a four reel feature most have had 
the Boston Post Road in his mind, otherwise 
there does not seem to be any legitimate rea- 
son for his title. The story tells of a min- 
ister's daughter, whose elder sister Is one of 
the most successful business women in New 
York City. Sister must have sure been a 
humdinger or had a newspaperman for a 
friend, for sisters don't unsually have special 
stories regarding their business abilities print- 
ed regarding them in New York papers. How- 
ever, sis comes back to the old home and ar- 
rives at a time when collections were bad at 
the church services, and father hadn't enough 
to pay the bills, so she sits down and writes 

check for a couple of hundred. The younger 
sister, who Is loved by a town youth, after 
witnessing the check writing by the older girl, 
decides she is going to the city and become a 
wage earner. So she leaves her sweetheart 
(who had an engagement ring bought) flat 
on the lot and comes to tho big city. Poor 
girl ! She becomes a nurse in one of the hos- 
pitals through the influence of her uncle. A 
short while later the small town sweetheart fol- 
lows to rescue her from the lure of the wicked 
city and on his arrival "gets tanked," Is pick- 
ed up by a doctor and taken to the hospital. 
The doctor is a little sweet on the new nurse, 
and she Is infatuated with him, so the small 
town boy stands no chance. However, he 
sallies forth and grabs himself a nice-looking 
girl, who Is wise enough to know that 8eventh 
avenue crosses Broadway at Times Square, 
and she takes him to a road house. While 
they are seated there Dr. and the nurse arrive 
and are shown to a private dining room. In- 
ddentally this road house must have been a 
great place, for nobody paid any checks. The 
S. T. S. spies the girl and the doc as they 
come Into the place and sends a note to the 
private dining room. The doctor comes out 
and they tn Ik it over, with the result that the 
S. T. 8. goes bark to the private dining room 
Instead of the doctor and the latter grabs off 
the girl who was waiting on the porch after the 
S. T. S. left her. There are three or four 
good laughs In the film which, on the whole. 
Is Just a fnlr picture that will do to help All 
out a program that has at least one other 
picture with a good punch in it. Fred. 



THE CHALICE OF COURAGE. 

William Newbold William Duncan 

Enid Maltland Myrtle Gonsales 

Louise Rosser Natalie De Lontan 

James Armstrong George Holt 

Robert Maltland George Kunkel 

"Jud" Klrkby William V. Ranous 

Stephen Maltland Otto Lederer 

Mrs. Robert Maltland Anne Schaefer 

"The Chalice or Courage" is a six-part fea- 
ture which the Vitagraph has placed on the 
V-L-S-B service list, the release date being 
Aug. 0. This film was adapted from the novel 
by Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady and was pro- 
duced by Rollln S. Sturgeon. It rounds up 
into a pretty good feature though there doesn't 
appear to be any great necessity why the pic- 
ture should have run Into six parts. There 
seems to be considerable padding and the 
"cut backs" at one time tell the preceding 
happenings so that anyone Just dropping in the 
theatre can get a line on what has gone on 
before. Louise Rosser accepts the attentions 
of one tough bird, James Armstrong, who turns 
right around In her very presence and showers 
the glad eyes upon another woman at a danoe. 
Louise returns his ring. Jim goes to another 
mining camp and while he's away Louise 
meets William Newbold and marries him. 
Louise receives some embarrassing letters from 
Armstrong and persuades her husband to let 
her accompany him upon a prospecting trip. 
On the mountain trail Louise's horse tumbles 
down the mountain side, carrying the lady 
with him. Severely Injured and with every 
bone in her body broken she begs her hus- 
band to end her misery. Drawing his gun he 
fires a shot that ends her life. He buries her 
there. Later he becomes a recluse. From the 
east comes Enid Maltland and is the center 
of attention from Armstrong. Miss Maltland 
goes alone up tho mountains and while taking 
a cool swim In nature's swimming garb a big 
black bruin comes upon her vision and ahe 
yells for help. Newbold kills the beast and 
rolls him off her clothes. She starts to her 
camp when a storm breaks and she slips into a 
raging stream only to be saved by Newbold. 
To his cabin he carries her as her ankle is 
sprained. The winter brings deep snow and 
pens them In. For three months they live 
within the cabin amidst a platonlc friendship 
that ripens into love on the part of both New- 
bold and Enid. They sleep In separate cabin 
compartments and Newbold has a great fight 
with himself when he is seized with a burning, 
yearning desire to rush in where Enid lies 
peacefully sleeping and crush her to his manly 
bosom. Of course, this is mere deduction and 
this is the point where the chalice of courage 
bobs up. Newbold lets the lady sleep on. When 
spring comes Armstrong, Enid's uncle and an 
old guide named Klrkby, finally round them 
up. Newbold bad a locket which his wife had 
worn and which contained Armstrong's picture. 
When Armstrong and Newbold meet the men 
have a rough-and-tumble fight In the cabin. 
Newbold is about to choke daylight out of 
Armstrong when the outers rush upon the 
scene. Later Armstrong goes outside in the 
snow and shoots himself out of the picture. 
The Vita has done very well with the story 
which Jumps considerably about in kaleidoscopic 
action. The camera outcameras Itself at times 
and all of the mountain scenes, particularly 
those taken where the rain is falling hard, 
were unusually effective, picturesque and real- 
istic. Duncan handled the role of Newbold with 
feeling while Myrtle Gonzales makes a most 
acceptable Enid Maltland. On her rough work 
in the open she acquitted herself creditably, 
(leorgo Holt did fairly well as Armstrong. 
William V. Ranous made up splendidly as the 
old guide. Oeorge Kunkel was a robust, 
hearty type of mountaineer. There is much 
in the way of wild scenery to delight the eye 
and the Vita cameras were kept very busy. 
It's old fashioned melodrama in construction 
yet lends Itself most admirably to photoplay 
purposes. Mark. 



LEO M. FRANK. 

About 800 feet gotten out as a special reel 
by Hal Reid. Its full title is "Leo M. Frank 
(showing Life In Jail) and Gov. Slaton." Be- 
sides are seen in the film Mrs. Leo M. Frank 
and the mother of her husband, also Mrs. 
John M. Slaton, wife of the Governor. Of 
course there is Hal Held, quite often, In con- 
versation with one or the other of the cele- 
brities. Besides which Mr. Reld, when the 
film was shown at the New York theatre, de- 
livered a preliminary discourse, containing 
a glowing tribute to Frank and his mother, 
with a little boom as well for the Presidential 
nomination of Slaton. The main reason, said 
Mr. Reid, why Georgia's ex-Governor should 
get the big seat at Washington is because he 
did his duty in face of death when he com- 
muted Frank's sentence. Reld also remarked 
Gov. Slaton Informed him that he (the Gov- 
ernor) had received over 1,000 messages warn- 
ing him If he did commute the sentence his 
death would follow. But with the confidence 
of his wife, who kissed him when he an- 
nounced his determination, the Governor did 
tho thing ho thought should be done, added 
Mr. Reld, who dwells quite heavily upon this 
In lecture and captions. It's Just as well, 
too, for once In a while when a fellow like 
Slaton looms up It might as well go on the 
record. The poses of Frank show him evi- 
dently in the warden's room of the prison, in 
convict's uniform. He is a slightly built 
man, of distinct Hebraic type, wearing glasses 
and having a studious expression. His case 
might account for his physical condition. Gov. 
Slaton Is a middle-aged man, clean shaven, 
with a face that would fit In a statesmanship 
group. Mrs. Slaton Just looks like what you 
expect the wife of a Governor to look like. 
Mrs. Frank, "the Spartan Mother" (as Mr. 
Reld termed her), Is the Hebrew mother of 
the old school. A caption stated Mrs. Frsnk 
has never shed a tear over the difficulty of 
her son, always convinced of bis innocence. 



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No story Ih tried for In the short run. It la a 
series nf scenes and photographs of a remark- 
uble affulr. Connected with the display la a 
personal letter from tbo Governor to Reld, 
dlKplayed In the lobby. It will probably be" 
utilized for press work wherever the til in Is 
shown. It 1h also mated the Frank piece of 
film will be exhibited along with "Thou Shalt 
Not Kill," another of Hold's features de- 
signed as a protest against cupltal punlsh- 
ment. Incidentally Mr. Held talks more In- 
terestingly of the Frank case off the stage 
than he does upon it, telling "inside stuff, " 
such as he found out when in Georgia. Mr. 
Held mentioned some unpublishable phrases 
of the Frank murder matter that appear to 
bear out his assertion of Frank s persecution. 
So much publicity haB been given the ease 
this film should create a general interest that 
could be easily heightened by proper atten- 
tion to showmanship details in the smaller 
cities. It is not a "crime picture," and Is en- 
tirely without sensation, keeping away from 
all incidents of the crime or trial, merely 
bringing to the sheet the principals of whom 
so much has been printed. Simc. 



BOUND ON THE WHEEL. 

"Bound on the Wheel" is a Rex (Universal). 
It is written by Julius G. Furtbraann and the 
featured players are Lon Chaney and Elsie 
Jane WllBon. The title sounds as though one 
was going to see an old-fashioned mill-wheel 
thriller. "Bound on the Wheel" Is melodra- 
matic, but the title is only a plcturlzed version 
of an old saying about a poor person unable to 
climb any higher in life or wealth because of 
being bound too close to the grindstone. It's a 
tenement house story. The Gertz family and 
the Coulahans aro neighbors. There's Cora 
Gertz and there's Tom Coulahan. They are 
in love. Tom's dad Is of tbo drinking type 
and Mother Coulahan slaves over the wash- 
tub. Tom appears to be a hardworking me- 
chanic. Cora's folks live In apparent con- 
tentment. Tom procures a marriage license. 
His parents won't listen to bis declaration 
that he's going to quit the house. Cora 
rushes In and tells them It is all her fault. 
Result : Tom and Cora marry* hut Cora goes 
to live with the Coulahans. Meanwhile Cora's 
folks go back to the old country. Tom at 30 
is a chip of the old block. His father Is dead 
and his mother dies over the washtub. Cora 
threatens to quit Tom for good but he per- 
suades her to stick. Tom goes from bad to 
worse. A nice-looking boy comes from the 
other side to look up the Coulahans at the 
request of Cora's parents who know him 
pretty well. Hans Is the German boy who hits 
America with a roll, which, of course, catches 
Tom's eyes and he tries to put one over. Tom 
doesn't speak German. Hans Is tipped off by 
the barkeeper, who Is from the Fatherland 
and Hans keeps his money. Tom upbraids his 
wife. When Tom's mother died she had some 
medicine, three drops of which would kill. 
Cora finds the bottlo some time later and, 
knowing its deadllness, pours the whole busi- 
ness Into a pitcher of water. Cora changes 
her mind, but left the water whore anyone 
dropping In could help himself. A neighbor- 
ing kid was about to drink some from a glass 
which Cora had threatened to empty before 
leaving the house. (A "nasty fly" prevented 
the kid from gulping the poison.) Tom, being 
a drinking man, and having punished some 
very hefty schooners of beer, got so thirsty 
he resorted to water. He saw the fly. He 
poured the water out of the glass and took 
some fresher water from the pitcher. That 
ended Tom as far ns the picture was concern- 
ed, although there was a flash of Tom In the 
throes of death that would make any sober 
man think twice before he drank water, from 
a caraffe or pitcher standing around loose. 
Cora and Hans take advantage of Tom's de- 
mise to hook up, for there's a closing scene of 
them together with a little baby. Lon Chaney 
plays Tom and he n minds one very much of 
Men Wilson, both In looks and style of acting. 
He put considerable force into the character, 
while Miss Wilson made an acceptable Cora. 
A picture that has a moral making the film 
worth the mnklng. The tenement house In- 
teriors were splendidly staged nnd were the 
most effective part. Mark. 

THE WHITE SISTER. 

When EfiKanay obtained the F. Marion 
Crawford novel, "The White Sister." it wetfl 
to considerable expense to have Viola Allen 
take the title role, in which she was so suc- 
cessful when the Crawford story was Intro- 
duced In stngo form. The story is well known. 
A woman falls In love with a young Italian 
army lieutenant. He reciprocates. The wo- 
man's father dies suddenly. An unscrupulous 
aunt of the daughter steals and destroys the 
will. Then the woman is cast out of the pa- 
latial home, rightfully hers, and branded as 
a nobody. Yet the lieutenant remains true 
In his lovo and Just when all looks turtlc- 
dovey for the two the Minister of War sends 
young Giovanni away to Africa. Word comes 
back the lieutenant Is killed in a massacre. 
The woman left behind enters a convent to 
hide her ureat grief. When her aunt becomes 
very 111 Sister Giovanni (Miss Allen) goes to 
nurse her. In delirium the aunt retells the 
burning of the will. Later it develops that 
Lieutenant Giovanni wasn't killed after all, 
and he returns home. Ho tries very hard to 
have his old sweetheart give up the convent 
and marry him. She refuses. Then he ab- 
ducts her only to let her go back to the con- 
vent. Where he is stationed three dark- 
skinned villains set off the powder works nnd 
In the explosion nnd lire that follow the Ileu- 
tennnt Is almost killed. He's taken to the 
very convent hospital where Sister Giovanni In. 
Only the amputation of his arm will save his 
life. He has been told by his only love she Is 
Kolng to a leper colony. He refuses to let 
them operate unless his love changes her 
mind. Considering the handicap Richard 
Travors had In playing "opposite" a legitimate 



actress or the reputation of Miss Allen's, 
Travers did unusually well. The picture for 
the most part was splendidly acted. Thomas 
Coram erf ord deserves mention for his charac- 
terization and naturalness as the priest, while 
Kmille Melville was up to all expectations as 
the dignified and sedate Mother Superior. 
Florence Oberle was good as the villainous 
Aunt Marchesa. Minor roles were well taken 
care of by John Thorn, Ernest Maupan, Ca- 
mllle D'Arcy. Much of the success of "The 
Whlto Sister" depends solely upon the emo- 
tional ability of Miss Allen. As Bister Gio- 
vanni she Is tender, sweet and humane, glvfng 
n charm of sympathy and effectiveness to the 
role that many another woman would have 
lacked. The photography at times was off 
color and there were a number of slips in 
the general scenic connections, yet, all told, 
the feature makes an indelible Impression. 
Crawford's novellstlc greatness and Miss Al- 
len's stage prestige will keep "The White Sis- 
ter" up among the front ranks as a draw at 
the picture box office. Mark. 



THE SECOND IN COMMAND. 

Lieut. Col. Miles Anstruther. Francis X. Bushman 

Muriel Mannerlng Marguerite Snow 

Major Bingham Wm. Clifford 

Lieut. Sir Walter Mannerlng Lester Cuneo 

Lady Sarah Harburgh Helen Dunbar 

Hon. Bertie Carstatrs Paul Byron 

Maid Evelyn Greeley 

Nora Vinlng Marcla Moore 

This Is Metro's latest, and first with Its new 
star. Francis X. Bushman. It Is In Ave reelB, 
made by the Quality Picture Co. "The Sec- 
ond In Command" was most tiring to watch at 
the private showing Tuesday afternoon through 
the speed at which the machine was run, with 
the other. reason the number of times the di- 
rector moves both camera and people at the 
same time, keeping the picture fllckery. This 
production Is In all probability the longest In 
which Bushman has appeared. His worth as a 
picture star Is known, and from his first feature 
production he will score as easily In the long 
reelers as he has In the shorter, if given op- 
portunities, with proper scenarios. This pic- 
ture is not always Interesting. There have 
been numerous versions made of army stories, 
and this Just passes along with the crowd. 
"The Second In Command" has an ugly duck- 
ling type of man as one of Its leading char- 
acters. A wife he cannot get, although pos- 
sessing money. He finally thinks he has suc- 
ceeded when rudely awakened to the fact the 
girl Is In love with another (Mr. Bushman) a 
brother officer. With the aid of a weak brother 
and Innumerable lies, his prospects loom bright 
once again. The girl, however, cannot see him, 
and although made to believe the other will 
not have her, she will not marry her ardent 
suitor. The Boer war occurs. Troops are sent, 
to participate. Both officers go, with both still 
unmarried. On the field of battle they cover 
themselves with honor. The deceitful one tells 
his rival In love how he haB tricked him and 
how the girl still lives for him. They return 
to England (the story being laid In the Eng- 
lish army) and the ugly duckling remains a 
bachelor, while his younger and better look- 
ing rival marries the girl. Bushman gets a few 
chances at strenuous acting and also a bit of 
love making. The battle scenes are well worked 
out. Numerous supers are used In these. 
Marguerite Snow is the featured woman. 
Youthful and attractive she does all that is 
asked. Wm. Clifford as the disappointed of- 
ficer is a most convincing actor, and ideally cast 
for an English role. Lester Cuneo as the 
brother put In an occasional appearance with 
the others fitting In satisfactorily. 



A STRANGE STORY. 

London, July in. 
It Is barely possible the novel, play and 
picture, "The Masqueraders," never reached 
Denmark, or possibly It did, and was the In- 
spiration for the three-part Dansk film, "A 
Strange Story." It is the familiar tale of a 
man addicted to drugs and unable to keep his 
place in the world, who selects a substitute 
and whom even his wife mistakes for him. In 
this Instance It Is a physician who substitutes, 
and as in "The Masqueraders" and other 
stories the substitute falls in love with the 
unfortunate man's wife and she, believing It 
to be her husband, showers hlra with endear- 
ments. The drug afflicted individual dies in 
the throes of a morphia dehnueh. The doctor 
changes card cases and throws the body Into 
the water. It Is found and an anouneement 
made of the death of the doctor. He goes Im- 
mediately to the wife and she. still thinking 
It is her husband, throws herself Into the doc- 
tor's arms. With Just the slightest hesitancy 
he lifts her up a la "Sapho" and Is seen car- 
rying her upstairs to her boudoir, which ter- 
minates the film. Much more could have been 
made of the picture had the two men re- 
sembled each other more closely In height 
and features. It b» a long stretch of imagina- 
tion to ask people to believe that a man's 
wife would not have been able to detert the 
difference of about two Inches In height and 
that the clothes of one would fit another a 
couple of Inches taller. A little Ingenuity 
might have been exercised by resorting to 
double exposure work, having one man play 
both parts. It would have been much more 
convincing. As it Is, "A Strnnge Story" Is 
nothing more than a popular price film. 

Jolo. 

IF I WERE KING. 

I^ondon. July 1(1. 
A Gaumont four-part colored feature alleged 
to be founded on the book of that name bv 
Justin Huntly McCarthy. A dramatization of 
the book was presented In America by E. H. 
Sothern a few yearB ago, when Sothern play- 
ed the principal role of Villon, the poet, and 
selected Cecilia Loftus for the role of Kath- 
arine. The story in the film is not altogether 
satisfactory, although a serious and Intelli- 
gent attempt wns made to create a big produc- 
tion The stage version wat, much more ro- 



mantic and its especial attraction was the 
reading by Sothern of the poem from which 
the play took Its name. The costuming of 
the period of Louis Xlth has been carefully 
carried out and while It Is not a picture that 
can be designated as the very best, It Is an ac- 
ceptable feature for a mixed program. Jolo. 



THE INSURRECTION. 

A Lubln three-reeler with an all-wrong 
story. Had It been a single reel educational 
with the educational bits without the story it 
would have been well worth while, but in its 
present form the story kills the interest In 
the good bits that are made to look ridiculous 
through It. The action Is supposed to take 
place In a small country of numerous Insur- 
rections. The IT. S. sailors take possession 



of the principal town. The lnsur rectos plot 
to massacre the Americans. A little love story 
is worked In, and the man and girl are In 
each other's arms at the finish. Some fine 
scenes of the American navy and the drilling 
of the sailors. At one point a caption stales 
the lnsurrectos have their men attired In the 
same uniforms as the Americans. The pic- 
ture then goes on to show the same' sailors 
marching as were shown for the other side 
Just a few minutes before. These big drill 
scenes were evidently taken In one of the navy 
yards or stations. At no time while the regu- 
lars are In the picture are any of the actors 
around. A few supers used look much differ- 
ent than the regulars. The scenes upon the 
battleships and torpedo firing are worth while. 
Too bad to waste the good scenes on such an 
awful plot. 



CORRESPONDENCE 

Uilets otherwise i t ta d, the feflewuf reports are for the cvrent week. 



VARIETY'S 
CHICAGO OFFICE: 



CHICAGO 



MAJESTIC 
THEATRE BUILDING 



Aug. the Strollers will give their first an- 
nual picnic at Rivervlew Park. 



Monte Carter, a producer from the Coast, 
is in town and expects to try out a couple of 
tabs he brought with him from Frisco. 



W. S. Butterfleld, who, some time ago, 
moved his residence to Chicago from Battle 
Creek, Mich., will move back again. 

The Princess, Nashville, looked after by the 
Chicago branch of the United Booking Offices 
in the past, will likely he booked from the 
agency's New York office for next season. 



With the advent of the Orpheum, Des 
Moines, into the booking realm of the West- 
ern Vaudeville Managers' Association comes 
whisperings that some little excitement may 
be caused through the agency booking the 
Empress in the Iowa town. The Empress, 
controlled by Elbert A Qetchel, has been one 
of the star money-makers of the Association In 
the past. It Is not known as yet what the con- 
trolling Interests of this bouse think of the 
new arrangement whereby the Association will 
also be booking another theatre In their town 
next season. Paul Oourdon handles the book- 
ings of the Empress. 



The Society La Nova Italia Matua Soc- 
corsa (elite of the Italians In Chicago) will 
give an operatic benefit performance at the 
Victorlr Saturday night. 



Sam Thall, the head of the tabloid depart- 
ment of the Wetsern Vaudeville Association, 
left here on Tuesday for New York where he 
will remain a few weeks. 



Mrs. Kohl has purchased a strip of property 
adjoining her Academy theatre on Halstead 
street. The strip tacked on to the site gives 
her a frontage of 100 feet on Halstead. It 
Is expected the theatre will be enlarged. 

Ed and Jack Smith, at McVlcker's last 
week, almost went to Cleveland the opening 
day there. The boys were on the train for 
Cleveland with a telegram stating they play 
there that week when, upon looking at the 
Bills Next Week In Variety, they discovered 
they were billed for McVlcker's. The boys 
got off the train Just as she was pulling out. 

Nonie Sullivan received Judgment against 
Dave Russell last week for $146 which Miss 
Sullivan claimed was due her from the time 
that Bhe was employed by Russell at stenog- 
rapher. He was at one time manager of the 
Great Northern Hippodrome. Miss Sullivan 
Is at present employed by the United Booking 
Offices In Chicago. 



They have caught the fellow who stole 
Mrs. William Selig's Jewels here some time 
ago. He confessed to his crime in Oakland, 
Cal. Mrs. Sellg, the wife of the film man. 
startled the natives here some time ago when 
she announced the robbery of $10,000 worth 
of gems. The thief was an old servant, who 
did not have the diamonds on him, saying he 
had sold them for $.300. 

Sam Kahl left for New York Sunday to talk 
things over In connection with the three new 
houses the F*. & H. company have taken over 
from the Orpheum Circuit. All routing of acts 
was suspended by the bookers of the Western 
Vaudeville Managers' Association last weeTc 
through those houses now being on the Asso- 
ciation time. The routes already made out 
will have to bo revised In order to get the 
booked acts into the Association towns. 



CORT (U. J. Hermann, mgr.). -"Peg o' My 
Heart," with Peggy O'Nell. (11th week) 
Closes Aug. 7. Doing fairly. 

COHAN'S GRAND (Harry Ridings, mgr.). 
—"The Lady in Red." (3d week.) Cooler 
weather helped last week. 

GARRICK (John J. Garrlty, mgr.).— "All 
Over Town," with Joseph Santley. (9th week). 
Still going nicely. 

ILLINOIS (Augustus Pltou. mgr.).— "The 
Birth of a Nation." Film. (8th week.) Busi- 
ness stamped as wonderful. 

LA SALLE (Joseph Bransky, mgr.). — Pic- 
tures. 

PALACE (Harry Singer, mgr.).— "Maid in 
American." (9th week.) Dandy summer at- 
traction. Business keeps up. 

MAJESTIC (Fred Eberts. mgr.; agent, 
Orph.). — It looked like mid-season vaudeville 
at the Majestic Monday night both in regard 
to the entertainment and the business. The 
weather was right and the show was a pleas- 
ing one, so the crowd was big. Through some 
arrangement or other the bill was not run ac- 
cording to the program, rather an uncommon 
occurrence at this house. As it resulted In the 
misplacing of two of the acts the show was 
not as smooth in the running as it might have 
been. Brice and King, billed as the draw- 
ing attraction, were second from closing, and 
Judging from their reception are a welcome 
addition to a vaudeville program at any time 
out this way. After singing some numbers 
out of "Watch Your Step," the favorites did 
some of their old successes to big applause. 
The team finished a tremendous hit. Queenle 
Dunedln opened the show and the versatile 
girl made a dandy starter for the bill. The 
audience were quite surprised to find Miss 
Dunedln was more than a singing single. Her 
work on the wire along with the talk made 
her a big success. Fisher and Green, in their 
skit, "The Partners." were No. 2 and it was 
u difficult spot for the Hebrew comfdians. 
The Aurora of Light, being a p.oslng act fea- 
turing Browne Dupont, was No.' 3, one of the 
misplaced acts. The turn would have been 
of more value had it closed the show. The 
Three Steindel Brothers, cellist, vloirhist and 
pianist, managed to pull down one of the big 
hits of the evening. In the main the three 
men do classical solos, but for an encore play 
popular medleys. Jean Challon was another 
act In the wrong position. Miss Challon. who 
has a good voice, failed to create much of an 
Impression. Next to closing Kramer ano! 
Morton found favor with their eccentric step- 
ping, singing nnd comedy. Gladys Clark and* 



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The cast includes the greatest ensemble of well known actors ever 
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Sidney D'Albrook, Jerold HeveneV, Frank DeVernon, Sue Balfour, E. 
G. Longman, Margaret Willard, Al Grady, Bert Tuey and Georgia Har- 
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and makes her film debut in this picture. The newspapers have com- 
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VARIETY: The Mirograph Corporation has every reason to feel mighty 
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a charming actress. The realism of the outdoor pastoral is so close to photo- 
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MOVING PICTURE WORLD': Flawless photography makes every scene 
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one wonder why all producers do not take the care in such matters that the 
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Henry Bergman In "The Society Buds" closed 
the show, a spot that was a tough one for 
them. The big act, a good looking affair, 
would have done wonders bad It been placeu 
one uet earlier. As It was the audience was 
restless and the turn could not receive proper 
attention. The Orpbcum Circuit Travel Week- 
ly wan whown on the ticreen for the first time 
in this house. It failed to create much in- 
terest. 

GREAT NORTHERN HIPPODROME (A. H. 
Talbot, nigr. ; agent. W. V. M. A.).— The Hip- 
podrome started off to what promised to be a 
big business Monday when the first bbow of 
the day shift was nearly finished. The show 
did not prove to be much above the average, 
but It finished strongly after a pretty slow 
start. It was opened by Gardner's Dogs. The 
act contains a man and a woman and some 
bulldogs. A prize English bull Is shown and 
causes talk by his good looks. The man at- 
tempts to get comedy out of talk, but the at- 
tempt la useless. Phelps and Kempler, No. 2, 
were a boy and girl who sing and dance. The 
girl shouldn't sing. The dancing does not 
show anything startling. Splssel Brothers 
and Muck helped the show considerably, the 
first act that contained comedy. Curtis and 
Hlbbard arc two girls making an effort to do 
an up-to-date "sister act." One is doing "nut" 
comedy. The girl who does it got some laughs 
at the Hippodrome, but for most theatres it 
fould be regurded as somewhat cheap and un- 
restrained humor. The girls did well on No. 
4. The Six Royal Hussars are still able to 
make much noise and some display. Hufford 
and Chain were a welcome attraction, the 
blackface comic and the straight man readily 
getting the audience. The act was a hit. The 
Five Casting Cumpbells closed the show 

McVICKER'S (J. G. Burch, mgr.; agent, 
Loew). — The show this week seems to be one 
built out of summer material. Monday being 
cool the early audience was a big one. The 
bills outside announce Fred Gllmore, a welter 
weight fighter with a large following in this, 
his local, town. Gllmore does the usual 
training stunts besides training a little for the 
audience. Mutsero, the juggler, opened the 
show, doing well before the scattered few. 
The McKltty Trio did nicely. The Van der 
Koors did well. The two magicians were at 
the Majestic only a few weeks ago. A dancing 
act made up of two men and two girls Is 
given the name of The Four Jigger Cps. 
Outside of that the act in every way is ex- 
tremely old-fashioned. "Conscience," a dra- 
matic sketch by Ralph Kettering, was held 
over until the second show. Chris Lane tells- 
Rtories, now new, but manages to get some 
laughs. Lane also sings songs, among which 
is an extemporaneous number In which he does 
the usual audience rhymes. 



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ORPHEUM.— Gus Edwards and "Song Revue 
of 15)15," well received in the closing spot. 
Nan Halperin, splendid. Allan Dinehart and 
Co., pleased. Katherlne Ruth Heymun, late 
soloist of the Camille Selnt-Saens Concerts, 
Exposition, excellent musician. "The Volun- 
teers," went big. Misses Campbell (holdover), 
registered. Bert Melrose (holdover), scream 
in opening position. Marlon Morgan's classi- 
cal dancers (holdover), again successful. 

EMPRESS. — La Palatrlka, In dancing rou- 
tine, displayed class. "On the Veranda," fair 
entertainment. Dorothy Herman, pleased 
with songs. Connors and Witt, liked. Alonzo 
Cox, successful. DaMonte Brothers, well ap- 
plauded. George Hall, satisfactory. Juggling 
Hennlngs, opening the show, gave satisfaction. 
Frank Stafford and Co., feature of bill. 

CORT (Homer F. Curran, mgr.).- "Omar 
the Tentmaker." 

COLUMBIA (Gottlob. Marx & Co., mgrs.).— 
Mrs. Pat Campbell in 'Pygmalion." 

ALCAZAR (Belnsco & Mayer, mgrs.).- "The 
Clansman" film (last week). 

WIGWAM (.Ins. F. Bauer, mgr.).— Del. S. 
Lawerence Dramatic Plavers. 

PRINCESS (Bert Levey, lessee and mgr.; 
agent. Levey).— Vaudeville. 

HIPPODROME (Win. Ely, mgr.). Vaude- 
ville. 



During her engagement here, Mrs. Patrick 
Campbell will not appear Sunday nights. 



The Australian Boys' Band is playing a 
week's engagement at the Expo. 



Dillon and King are changing their bill 
twice weekly at the Republic. 

Warren Lemon, assistant manager of Pant- 
ages' Oakland house, Is also doing the press 
work. 



The San Francisco Musical Association has 
appointed Alfred Hertz director of the local 
Symphony Orchestra. 

Myrtle Dingwall. Coast soubret, was mar- 
ried to Chester Kelley last week. The gr.oom 
Is a non-professional. 

There is a report that Pantages" Oakland 
house dolni* a better business since the 

reduced admission s< .lie wen* into effect. 

The annual Vintaue Festival, whirh was to 
be held at St. Helena. Cal., has been switched 
lo (be Court of I'nlvi r.-e. Exposition. Th* 
;'ff;tlr begins Aug 7. 

I^ast week Frank ' (Talc presented the 
Golden Gate Park Y< lorlal Museum with a 



The Mission theatre, Santa Barbara, and 
the El Monterey theatre, San Luis Obispo, 
have recently been added to the W. 8. V. A. 
booking sheet 



The W. 8. V. A. disposed of its Majestic, in 
the Mission, recently. At one time this house 
Bplit the week with the Republic and played 
variety, but for the last year It has been de- 
voted to film, which, so it is said, will con- 
tinue to be its policy. 



When the Alcazar stock opens, and the Oar- 
rick company gets to running smoothly this 
city will have three dramatic stock companies 
to support. In spite of two of them being 
pop priced affairs it's doubtful If the three 
companies will be able to make It go. 

W. P. Reese, the local Sulllvan-Consldine 
booking representative, Is sending out letters 
as a feeler to ascertain If some of the Interior 
managers playing pop vaudeville care to en- 
tertain the idea of having their bills made up 
of S.-C. acts, booked under his personal su- 
pervision. 



During the past few weeks the Orpheum 
has been playing to S. R. O. with excellent 
matinee attendance. Despite the Hip across 
the street continues to hold them out nightly 
and do a most satisfactory business. It does 
not seem to effect the Orpheum's patronage, 
the healthiest It has been for some time. 



The stock burlesque company playing at the 
Savoy, has been warned by the police to 
eliminate the off-color material. Accordingly, 
it is said the police were going to close the 
house, but so far the rumor has proven empty. 
The management did have some of the objec- 
tionable dialogue and scenes cut out with the 
result business Immediately fell off consider- 
ably. 



Report says A. p. F. Stodd, believed to be 
a local playwright, was drowned last week at 
Monterey while bathing. A man's clothes 
were found on the beach and in the pockets 
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BUFFALO. 

By CLYDE P. REX. 

Theatrically Buffalo continues about the 
same, pop vaudeville and pictures. Inclement 
weather, It la feared, will make the park sea- 
son a failure. 

SHEA '8 (Henry J. Carr, mgr.; U. B. O.).— 
Fiske O'Hara, first time here in vaudeville, 
headlined, with great sucess ; Willard, "The 
Man Who Grows," featured ; Anna Chandler, 
hit; Alexander and Murry, good; Sully Fam- 
ily, scored ; Guerro and Carmen, entertain ; 
Belle Onrl, pleased ; Oalettl's Baboons, good. 

OLYMPIC (M. Slotkln, mgr.).— Jackson and 
Andrews, headlines; Frank Minor, scored; 
Garden City Quartet, good ; Adroit Bros., sen- 
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Charles W. Denzlnger has resigned as man- 
ager of the Olympic and following an extended 
vacation on his farm nearby will enter activi- 
ties in the metropolis. Mr. Denzlnger for 
many years was identified with the Shea en- 
terprises In this city, and is an efficient and 
able manager, thoroughly schooled In the 
game. 



First meeting of creditors of H. Boasberg's 
Son's & Co., voluntary bankrupts, called for 
Aug. 2. Firm schedules liabilities of over 
$600,000 and among assets missing Jewels 
valued at $88,000. Firm became prominent 
through Toby Claude incident. 



CINCINNATI. 



■y BARRY Y. MARTIN. 

KEITH'S (John F. Royal, mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. O.).— Tyler St. Clair Trio, Miller and 




Bampo, Chevalier John De Lorls, Holden and 
Harron. Kalma Co. Pictures. 

CHESTER PARK (I. M. Martin, mgr.).— 
Weddlck and La Due, Harmony Duo, Syman 
and McNaly, The Westoffs, Leach LaQuln- 
lan Trio. 

ZOO (W. P. Whltlock, mgr.). — Last week 
of Iroquois Indian Players In "Hiawatha." 
Esberger's Band, local, gave concert Sunday. 

CONEY ISLAND (Arthur Relsenberger, 
mgr.).— Harry Hill's Wild West Show. 

LAGOON.— Vaudeville — cabaret 



The Woodward stock policy of presenting 
well known stars for a brief season Is bring- 
ing results. 



Fire destroyed a picture booth and caused 
considerable excitement but little damage at 
the Little Nemo alrdome, In Norwood, Satur- 
day. 



HONOLULU. 

By B. O. YAUGHAN. 

Honolulu, July 18. 

BIJOU. YE LIBERTY, EMPIRE (J. H. Ma- 
goon, mgr.). — Pictures. 

HAWAII (Con. Amuse. Co).. — Pictures. 

POPULAR (Henry Bredhoff, mgr.).— Pic- 
tures. 

HAWAIIAN O. H. (W. D. Adams, mgr.).— 
Dark. 



Not to be vanquished by the Keith policy of 
supplying patrons with lemonade, Manager 
Paul Hlllman, of the Lyric, which Is run- 
ning pictures in summer, is giving away Iced 
tea. 



The Popular has been closed the past week. 
House cleaning. Re-opens 14th with Feature 

Films. 



Jack Royal, manager of Keith's, and his 
bride (nee Anne Kenny) have returned from 
a honeymoon in the east. 



DENVER. 

DKNIIAM (Woodward-Homan Co., mgrs.). 

-Helen Ware, supported by the Woodward 
Stock, in "Paid in Full." packing them in. 
Excellent performance. Henrietta Crosman 
Btock star next week In "Antl Matrimony." 

ELITCH'S GARDENS (Mrs. Mary Elltch- 
Long, mgr.). — "The County Boy," well pre- 
sented by the stock company, attracting good 
sized audiences. "Young Wisdom," featuring 
Edith Taliaferro and Earle Brown, next week. 

LAKESIDE (Colorado Amusement Co., 
mgr.).— "Dora Thorne." fair business. 



Mme. Melba will arrive from Australia 
Aug. 20 with her concert company. She will 
be at the Opera House Aug. 21-24. Others 
will be Robert Parker, baritone, and St. Lsgar, 
.pianist. Party will remain here five days. 

The Raymond Teal musical comedy company 
Is due here July 27 to open at the BIJou. 

Helnles Tavern, located at Walklkl Beaoh, 
Is now Introducing musical numbers In the 
evenings In the form of cabaret. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 

By C. J. CALLAHAN. 

KEITH'S (Ned Hastings, mgr.).— Chas. B. 
Lawler and Daughters, Bmmett and Emmett, 
Will Morris, Bayle and Patsy. 

ENGLISH'S (H. K. Burton, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O.).— Bonnie Sextette, Hawley and Hawley, 
Elliott, The Rajahs, Bell and Eva. 



John F. Harley, manager of the stock at 
Flitch's, leaves for New York City 31, to take 
up his work ahead of Joseph Brooks' revival 
of "Trilby." 



The Columbia opens 31 
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The latest rumor has It the Broadway here 
will present road attractions during the com- 
ing season and that the Tabor Grand will 
show pictures exclusively. 



The Majestic, Family and Lyceum open 
about Aug. 10. 



The Majestic Is being redecorated preparing 
for its opening on the American Burlesque 
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LOS ANGELES 

VARIETY'S 

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Mi MASON OPERA HOUSE BLDG. 

| GUY PRICE, Correspondent 



ORPHEUM (Clarence Drown, mgr. ; U. B. 
0.). -Week U, Nazlmova In "War Brides," well 
received ; Mercedes, hit ; Terada Brothers, very 
good ; Joe Cook, entertaining ; "Little Nap," 
pleasing; Elizabeth Murray, scored. 

HIPPODROME (Lester Fountain, mgr., 
Western States). — "Everybody," well present- 
ed; Evening Herald Newsboys, hit; George 
Yeoman, applause ; Agnes Ahern and Co., good ; 
The Le Vails, fair: Genevieve Bllnn and Co., 
ordinary ; Wa Na Te, pleasing. 

REPUBLIC (Al. Watson, mgr., Levey).— 
"The Goat," very good ; Hallett and Co., well 
received; Florence Russell, hit; Wllllamg and 
Maxon, well presented ; Robinson and Ro- 
maine, entertaining ; Buckley and Moore, ordi- 
nary ; Charles and Lottie Parker, pleasing. 

MASON.— La Loie Fuller and Co. 

BURBANK.— "The Conspiracy." 

MOROSCO.— "So Long. Letty." 

CENTURY.— Burlesque. 

Marguerite Faulkner, stage dancer, recently 
became the bride of Lieutenant Ralph C. 
Holllday, an army officer. 

Blanche Ring will appear in a new play to 
be produced by Morosco. 



William Meek, manager of the Century, has 
returned from Mexico, whither he went to en- 
gage a "cooch" dancer. He got her. 

The Civic Repertory company presented "A 
Mid-Summer's Night Dream" at Eaglerock. 

Deane Worley kicked himself out of a Job 
when he advised John Consldlne to close the 
Empress. 

Ruth St. Denis Is rehenrHlng a new show for 
next Beuson. It will open here. 

Peggy O'Neill wll. come here to do a new 
play by Morosco. 

William J. Bryan was the guest of Arthur 
John McGroarty at the Mission Play. 

Elizabeth Murray hnH resumed her vaude- 
ville tour after a Jolly vacation at Venice. 

"Safety First" is to be an early musical pro- 
duction by Morosco. Elmer Harris wrote It 
and It is said to be a companion play to the 
"High Cost of Loving." 

MONTREAL. 

By ARTVfTB ir«ALRK. 

ORPHEUM (G. F. Drlscoll. mgr.).— Orph- 
eum Players in the biggest hit of the season, 
'The Boss." Next. "Elevating a Husband." 

IMPERIAL (II. W. Conover. a*t. II. B. O.).— 
Primrose Four (lid week). Pictures. 

SOHMER PARK (I). LaRose. mgr.; agt. 
U. B. O.). -Powers Elephants, big hit: Leach- 
Wallen trio, held Interest ; Zito, very good ; 
Sherman and Uttrey, good; Juggling Dellslc, 
clever. 

SCALA (W. II. Foster, mgr. ) .--Spain Mus- 
ical Comedy Co. in "The New Boy." Good 
houses. 



BOB MANCHESTER'S 

Burlesquera 

With MOLLIE WILLIAMS 



CALL 

All People Engaged for Season 1915-1916 

Report for Rehearsal on 
MONDAY, AUGUST 9th, 10 A. M. 

At the Harlem Casino 
116th Street and Lenox Avenue 



NOTE: Answer this call In person or by letter to 

BOB MANCHESTER 

New Victoria Hotel, 47th St., near Broadway, New York City 

Phone: Bryant M 




THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ENGAGED FOR 

DAVE MARION'S OWN CO. 

Will please report for rehearsal 

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 4th, 10 A. M., at SAENGERBUND HALL, Corner Schermerhorn and 
Smith Sts., Brooklyn, N. Y. Kindly acknowledge this call by letter to 

ISSY GRODY, Mgr. 
Room 620 Columbia Theatre Bldg., New York 

CAN USE a few more good-looking chorus girls. 



CALL ANY ONE KNOWING THE ADDRESS OF— 



IRVIN R. WALTON, Comedian 
ALLIE VIVIAN, Comedienne Ingenue 



Who are AT LIBERTY for coming season. 



Address Irvin R. Walton, Baldwin, L. I. 
Phone 741 -J 



KINO EDWARD (E. La wand, mgr.).— Joe 
Waldron's Burlesque Stock and Robbi's French 
Stock ; pictures. 

TIV0L1 (M. Cockles, mgr.).— Feature film, 
good business. 

HIS MAJESTY'S opens Aug. 16, H. Quln- 
ton Brooks, manager. 



NEW ORLEANS. 

BY O. M. SAMUEL. 

HIPPODROME (Jake Miller, mgr.).— Vau- 
deville. 

ALAMO (Will Ouerlnger, mgr.).— Vaude- 
ville. 

SPANISH FORT ( M. S. Sloan, mgr.).— 
Paolettl's Band and Dansant. 



Vic Perez' Audubon theatre haB been closed 
for non-payment of rent. 



David Frank Is song-boosting here for 
Remlck. 



Halligan and Cosby are reframlng their act 
for the coming vaudeville season. They were 
at the Alamo last week. 



O. X. Rogers has leased the Austin theatre, 
Bogalusa, La. 

Phil Reilly, the local press agent, Is travel- 
ing for Pathe. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



■Y R. B. ANSON. 

HEILIO (W. T. Pangel, mgr. ) .—10-20. 
"Trojan Women." 

ORPHEUM (T. R. Conlon, mgr.).— Featuro 
film. 

EMPRESS (H. W. Plerong, mgr.).— Week 
lit. The Florenis, opened ; Martini and Trolse. 
pleased ; Theresa Miller, hit ; Hendricks and* 
Padula, good ; Hal Davis & Co, fine. 

LYRIC (Dan Flood, mgr.).— Vaudeville. 



After 13 months at the Alhambra, Seattle, 
picture house, the All Star Trio (Oscar Lee, 
Dow Brink and Ted Mack) are at the Co- 
lumbia. 



Jensen and Von Herberg. who control tho 
Alhambra, Seattle, have taken over the man- 
agement of the Columbia. 



.Tames Cruze and Sidney Braey, film favor- 
ites, will arrive here July 29, and appear at 
the Columbia one day only. 



TORONTO. 0NT. 

By HARTLEY. 

ROYAL ALEXANDRA (L. Solomon, mgr.). 

Robins Players in "The Misleading Lady," 
scored strongly. 

SHEAS HIPPODROME (A. C. McArdle, 
mgr.; U. B. O.).— Graham Moffatt Scotch 
Players, laughing hit; Bond and Casson, en- 
tertaining; ; McRac and Clegg, sensational ; 
James Reynolds, diverting ; Mabel Mack, 
pleased ; Van Cleve and Mule "Pete" scream ; 
The Ozaves, good. 

LOEWS YONCTE STREET (J. Bernstein, 
mgr.; agent. Loew).— Six Peaches and a Pair, 
went strongly ; Posing Beauty, novelty ; Olga 
De Baugh, encored; Willie Smith, clever; 
Mowen and Bowen. good; Cunningham and 
Marlon, held interest; Ed and Jack Smith, ex- 
cellent. 

STRAND (R. S. Marvin, mgr.).— Feature 
pictures and music. 



My TEN WEEKS' Contract at the LONDON HIPPODROME 



HAS BEEN EXTENDED 

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AMALGAMATED ARTISTS RELIEF ASSOCIATION 

will be held 

THURSDAY, AUGUST STH, AT TWELVE, NOON 

in the Board of Directors room of the WHITE RATS ACTORS' UNION 

OF AMERICA, 227-231 WEST 46TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY. 

Yearly dues are now payable. Remittance should be made to the undersigned 

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MISS BABE HOLMES 

Under direction of ALF. T. WILTON, Palace Theatre Building, New York 



WANTED— ROLLER SKATING GIRLS 

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JACK McLALLEN'S KILTIE GIRLS 

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SCARDO BEACH (F. C. Hubbard, mir.).— 
Gormley and Caffery, band concerts and open 
air movies. 

HANLANS POINT (L. Solomon, mgr.).— 
Hand concerts, picture grove and fireworks. 



private bospital. He was successfuly oper* 
ated upon for appendicitis. 



I^awrence Solman, manager Royal Alex- 
andra. Hanlan's Point, etc., was taken sud- 
denly ill last week and rushed to the Wellesley 



The manager of the San Carlo Opera Com- 
pany, Charles Baker, was In town recently 
making arrangements for a season of grand 
opera at the Royal Alexandra. He has en- 
gaged Margaret George, a local dramatic 
soprano. 



ADDRESS DEPARTMENT 

Where Players May Be Located 
Next Week (August 2) 

Players may be listed in this department weekly, either at the theatres they are 
appearing in or at a permanent or temporary address (which will be inserted when route 
is not received) for $5 yearly, or if name is in bolt type, $10 yearly. All are eligible to 
this department. 



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•ar Ilia, lite every stter. nert be aada a stady ef. and tilt we are eentlnaally deles, ta tha teaslete tesatt 
ef ear tssaatt. far fsrsltsr* It tte teat, sew la every raaeaet. with Ssatfc Auerleas earkd hair nattraaaaa 
thraetheet 

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aad tali ttey tas te tare af stttlss. All salldlass Maipped with alettrla light 



IRVINGTON 



355 to SSf West Slat St. Phono 7152 Col. (Block to Broadway) 

Elevatar aaildinp af tha hlaheat tvpa. Jut eenplatad. With every feeders aeavealaaae, 
Apartatnta are teaatlfally an-anped and coniltt af 2, 3 and 4 reosu, kltehaat and kltehasattat, prlvata 
hath and paoea. 

$12.00 UP WEEKLY 

DIS 0< 

241-247 Weat 43d St. Phono 7312 Bryant. (Just off Broadway) 

Tola aalldleft la tha tesrt af tte arty. 100 feat frees Tinea Suars. Claaa ta all teetlse afaaaa, pria- 

tlpal thaatrat. dapartmtat iterw, traetiea Man aad L read*. 

1. 3 and 4 reen apartmentt with kitchenette*. Prlvata hath aad pheea. 

$10.00 UP WEEKLY 

HENRI COURT 

512, S14 and Slf Weat 48th St. Phono ISM Bryant. (Block to Broadway) 
Aa ap te-tha-nlnate aev Oratreef haildlnp, arranpad la apartnanta af 3 ass 4 ream with kiuhaat. prlvata 
hath. Pteaa la aaeh apart nan t 

$12.00 UP WEEKLY 

THE CLA 

S2S and SM Wsst 43d St. Phono 4233-4131 Bryant. (Block to Broadway) 
Thrta aad fear nana aad hath, taereeahly finished. Mara hanallka thaa alters. Aay ajs rtnest sill 
aata f at ta hly a eaaawadata 4 adaita. 

$8.00 UP WEEKLY 

Principal Office : Yandis Court. 241 West 43rd Street, New York 

ALWAYS PLEASED TO SHOW APARTMENTS 



AN ITALIAN DINNER YOU WON'T FORGET 

1M-11I Watt 4Hh St. A I f\ I I T ft Near 6th Ave 
LuMh 4tt. I« 1 1 1 ■ I I 1 1 D1NNER - WMh •>*»•■ •*. 
WHh Wiat UIULIIU """'"„£ « «*• 

"THE RENDEZVOUS OF THEATRICAL'S BEST' 
TURNING THEM AWAY NIGHTLY 

THE ADELAIDE hJaE„ 

754-756 EIGHTH AVENUE 

3-4-5 ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATH M UP 

THOROUGHLY RENOVATED, NEWLY FURNISHED AND HOMELIKE 

MRS. GEORGE HIEGEL, Mgr. STRICTLY PROFESSIONAL Phono Bryant 74M 

FURNISHED APARTMENTS 
1, 2, 3 AND 4 ROOMS, $3.50 to $10.50 

Complete Housekeeping Equipments. Telephone and Elevator Service. 

MARION APTS., 156 W. 35th St., NEW YORK 

Juat off Broadway 



Theatrical Headquarters 

Large light room a, all with hot and cold running water, $S.M-$f.M weekly. With private 
bath, $0.00, $10.09 snd $12.00 weekly. Same rate for on* or two people In room. Alao nice 
roome at $7.00 per week. 

S«a HOTEL NORMANDIEtNEw yobk 



DANI 



L-EIVIEN 

Northweat Cor. 42d Street and 9th Avenue 

TWO BLOCKS WEST OF BROADWAY m 

Telephon. 1M2 Bryant NEW YORK CITY 

NEW BUILDING ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF 

84 ROOMS With Hot and Cold Running Water 

ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS TELEPHONE IN EVERY ROOM 

SHOWER BATHS EVERYTHING NEW 

PRICES, $3.5*, $4.00, $4-50 WEEKLY 

CAFE AND RESTAURANT ASiraffiwu 



Hotel Richmond 



NEW YORK 



70 WEST 4CTH STREET 

1 BLOCK FROM BROADWAY, 1 BLOCK FROM STH AVENUE 
S MINUTES' WALK TO 90 THEATRES 
This excellent hotel, with ite quiet, comfortable, attractive service and restful atmos- 
phere, invites your patronage, 

TARIFFS 
I *ouble room, use of bath, $150 per day. Double room, private bath and ohowsr, $2.00 

Cr day. Parlor, bedroom and private bath, $3.00 par day. Parlor, two bedroom, and private 
th, $4.00 per day. For parties of three, four or five parsons we have large suites with 
private bath at special rates, ranging from $1.00 par day up. Telephone in every room. 
Good and reasonable restaurant, giving you room •ervice free of charge. Special pro- 
fessional rates. EUGENE CABLE, Proprietor. 



Phone Bryant 1044 



Gee. P. Schneider, Prep. 






FURNISHED APARTMENTS 

ft " 'gfflB"ti|lf" h '' 323 Weat 43rd Street, NEW YORK CITY 

Privets Bath, 3-d Rooms. Catering to tha comfort and convenience of the profession 
Steam Heat $» Up 

UNDER MANAGEMENT OF THE OWNER 



E ARTHUR 




252-254 Weat 38th St., Off 7th Avenue, New York 

$2.50 to $5.00 Weekly 

100 rooma, acrupuloualy clean, baths on every floor, ateam heat, electric light and gas 
Telephone 41S5 Greeley MUSIC ROOM FOR USE OF GUESTS 

"ACTORS OIML.Y" 

at HOTEL CALVERT, cor. Broadway and 41st St., New York 

Rooms with Hot snd Cold Running Wstsr, $5,000 to $0.00 Wsskly 
Telephone call In rooma, S cente. With Private $0.00 to $12.00 Weekly 



Telephone Bryant 2307 

Furnished Apartments 
and Rooms 

Large rooms $4.00 snd up 

Three and Four Room Apartmenta $0 to $0 
COMPLETE HOUSEKEEPING 

310 W. 48TH ST., NEW YORK 

Catering to Vaudeville's Blue Llat 

Schilling House 

107-100 Weat 48th Street 

NEW YORK 

American Plan. MEAL SERVICE AT ALL 
HOURS. Private Bathe. Mualc Room for 
Rehearaala. Phone 1050 Bryant 



Conlin Ray Variety N Y 

Conroy dk Lemalro Variety N Y 

Cook Joe Variety N Y 

Crane Mr & Mra Douglas Orpheum Circuit 

Croea A Joaephine 902 Palace Bldg NYC 



Dares Alec & Gina Variety San Francisco 

Demarest & Coltette Variety N Y 

De Dio Circus care Tausig 104 E 14th St N Y 

De Lyons 3 care F M Barnea Chicago 

Devine A Williams Variety N Y 

Duprez Fred Variety London 



ST. PAUL HOTEL 

00TH ST. AND COLUMBUS AVE. 

NEW YORK CITY 

Ten-atory building, absolutely fireproof. All 
hatha with ahower attachment. Telephone in 
every room. 

One block from Central Park Subway, 0th 
and 0th Ave. L Stations. Same distance from 
Century. Colonial, Circle and Park Theatres. 

RATES 

100 Rooma, uae of bath, $1.00 per day. 
150 Rooma, private batb, $1.50 per day. 
Sultea, Parlor, Bedroom and Bath, $2.50 and up. 
By the week, $0, $0 and $14.00. 

SPECIAL RATES TO THE PROFESSION. 



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Eary Trio Variety San Francisco 

Elinors Ksts A Williams Sam Northport L I 



SOPHIE and 

HARVEY EVERETT 

"ADAM AND EVE UP-TO-DATE- 
Direction ARTHUR KLEIN 



Fern Hsrry Fern Theatre Wildwood N J 



VARIETY 



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BEST PLACES TO STOP AT 



A MONEY SAVING NOTICE 



LEONARD HICKSSHOTEL GRANT 



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The Keystone of Hotel Hospitality'' 

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OFFER DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS SPECIAL WEEKLY RATES TO THE PROFESSION 

WHY NOT LIVE IN THE HEART OF CHICAGO? 



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PHONE BRYANT 4541 



20 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS OF 2 AND 3 ROOMS WITH BATH, $8.00 TO $15 WEEKLY. 
60 SINGLE AND DOUBLE ROOMS WITH BATH, $5.00 TO $10.00 WEEKLY. Special Summer Reductions 

CITY HOMES HOME COOKING HOME COMFORTS on Those R.fular Rates. 



114 West 47th Street 
New York City 

(Just Off Broadway) 
COMPLETE HOTEL SERVICE 



Hotel Maryland 

Home of Happiness, Sunshine and Satisfaction 

Catering Especially to 
THEATRICAL PROFESSION. 

SPECIAL RATES 
American or European Plan 
F. A. CHAPMAN, Mar. 
New York Avenue near Boardwalk 

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. 



JACK E. GARDNER 

In "CURSE YOU, JACK D ALTON" 

Direction, HARRY WEBER 



Ciordon Jim & Elgin Mary Variety San Francisco 
Gray Trio Variety N Y 



Hart Marie A Billy Bob Manchester Co 
Hayward Stafford A Co Variety N Y 
Heather Josie Variety N Y 
Hagans 4 Australian Variety N Y 



Rooms with Private Bath $7.00 Week 

IN THE NEW, MODERN FIREPROOF 

NORMANDIE HOTEL 

417-19 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE r Mir Am II I 

Within three blacks of T«fl Largest Down-Town Theatres VIllVllUWp ■•>■>■ 



VIOLINSKYS 



HOTEL. CHICKASAW 



Los Angeles' Most Modern Hostelry 



Catering Especially to Profession. ISf 
Rooms (7S with bath). One block from 
Broadway Theatres. Special Rates. 

«2f So. Hill St. 

LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Dad's Theatrical Hotel 

PHILADELPHIA 






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Hermann Adelaide Hotel Pierpont N Y 
Holmsn Harry Co Brighton Coney Island 
Howland Leach Variety N Y 



Ismed Variety N Y 



Jefferson Joseph Palace Theatre Bldg N Y 

Jewell's Manikins Variety N Y 

Jonstons Musical 625 S Potomac St Baltimore 

Jordan 6 Dohsrty Variety N Y 

Josefsaon Iceland Glima Co Ringling Circus 



REGENT HOTEL, 1ft N. 14TH ST. 

NEW REGENT HOTEL, ltl N. 14TH ST. 

E. E. CAMPBELL, Prop, and Mar. 

THEATRICAL HEADQUARTERS 

FREE AUTOMOBILE TO ALL THEATRES 



JOE JACKSON 

JEN IE JACOBS 



Kelso & Leighton 167 W 145th St N Y C 
Krelles The care Irving Cooper NYC 
Kronold Hans Variety N Y 



Lai Mon Kim Prince Orpheum Kansas City 
Langdons The 801 Palace Bldg NYC 
Leonard & Willard Variety N Y 



Just Finishing a Successful 
Week at B. F. KEITH'S 
PALACE, NEW YORK, pre- 
vious to opening on Orpheum 
Circuit, starting AUG. 9 at 
MAJESTIC, CHICAGO. 



HAN PING CHIEN, pressing 



Pekin Mysteries 



Greatest Novelty 
Ever Presented 

Address All Communications 
Care VARIETY, New York 



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Kindly Report for Rehearsal MONDAY, AUGUST 9th, 10 A. M. at Reisenweber's, 59th Street and Broadway 

KINDLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE ABOVE CALL EITHER IN PERSON OR BY LETTER 



U/ANTm MEDIUM GIRLS— GOOD SALARIES 
W/\m 1 E-L/ AND NO WARDROBE TO FURNISH 



AL. LUBIN, Manager 



JEAN RFDINI RooM m > gaiety theatre bldg 

JLA11 DCl/inU mh st. and Broadway. N. Y. City 




Queenie Dunedin 



"The Variety Girl" 

THIS WEEK (July 26) 
MAJESTIC THEATRE 
CHICAGO 

Direction ROSE & CURTIS 



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VARIETY 



PERFECT TEETH 

"The Stones of Success" 

MOVIE, VAUDEVILLE and LE- 
GITIMATE STARS 

attest the fact. Summer vacation the 
opportune time to complete the work, 
painlessly. 

DR. B. B. BROMBERG 

Surgeon Dentist. 

133 E. 34th St., Cor. Lexington Ave. 

Established 20 Years. 



I. MILLER, 1554 *uhnir, a $Ar' 



Tel. 



Col. 



S18-S2S 
W. ssth St. 



Manufacturer 
of Theatrical 
loots and 
Shoes. 

CLOG. Ballet 
and Acrobstic 
Shoes a Spe- 
cialty. All work 
made at short 
notice. 
Write for Catalog 4 





Smart styl«\ rare beauty, perfect comfort, 
all comlmi. .! m this original Glassberg 
model. M.i.W in all leathers, all sizes, 
high or low cut; French or Cuban heels. 
Latest Novelties. 

511 6'h At«.» near 31st St. 

225 We»i ild St., near Times Sq. 

H 3 1 d Ave., near 10th St. 

Send i.»r Illustrated Catalogue. V. 

Mail Orders Carefully Filled. 



At ihortv For Burlesque or Musical 
AI LIDeny Comedy, for season 1515-11 



PHIL On and NETTIE NELSON 

Last three seasons, featured on No. 1 
Columbia Burlesque Wheel. WUI furnish 
first class book with original music, and 
will stage same. Address PHIL OTT, IS 
Kemper St., Wollaston, Maaa. Phone 
Qulncy 1-7-5-5 



Benjamin H. Ehrlich 



LAWYER 

in N. DEARBORN ST. 



Unity Bldg. 

CHICAGO 



Special Attention to Theatrical Profession 

MUSIC ARRANGED 



For orchestra or piano. Songs taken down from 
voice. Old orchestrations rewritten. W. H. 
NELSON, Suite 453, 1511 Broadway, Aator 
Theatre Building. NQW_York : _____^___ 



NAT LEWIS 

ANNOUNCES 

Semi-Annual Sale 

OF 

Shirts, Underwear 



AND 



Pajamas 

REMARKABLE VALUES 



THEATRICAL OUTFITTERS 
OF EXCLUSIVENESS 

1S7S-1S55 Broadway 

running through to 714-714 7th Ave. 

OPPOSITE STRAND 

555 Melrose Ave., Bronx 

Phone Bryant 771S Phone Melrose 5511 



Credit to Profession to Any Amount 




Professional Dis- 
count, 12ft%t Al- 
lowed on All Cash 
Sales. 



LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS 

TO THE ARTIST 

Worth Down Weekly 

$75 $5.00 $1.00 to $1.50 

$100 $10.00 $1.50 to $2.00 

$150 $15.00 $2.00 to $2.25 

$200 $20.00 $2.50 

$300 $30.00 $3.00 

$400 $40.00 $4.00 

$500 $50.00 $5.00 

Larger Amounts and Longer Terms 
By Special Arrangement 

Our Terms apply also to New 

York State, New Jersey, 

Connecticut. 

Write for Our Premium ¥"■¥> ¥? f 
Book No. 3 and 48- W* l\ f« p 
Page CataJoem. M»il*<i * *^*^*^ 
FREE DELIVERY 



Five-Room Out- 
fit, Grand Rapids 
Furniture, et 



$275 



Apartment with 
Period Furniture, 
Value 5555, now 



$375 



$1,555 5-Room 
Apartment 

$750 

Period Furniture 



OUT OF THE 
HIGH RENT 
DISTRICT 

OPEN 
EVERY 
EVENING 
UNTIL 5 



HOLWaSSER 



1417-1423 Third Avenue, near 80th Street 



New York City 



Littlejohns The Variety N Y 
Lloyd Herbert Pantages Circuit 

M 

Mardo & Hunter 25 N Newstead Ave St Louis 
McGinn Francis Lambs Club N Y 
Moore A Hanger 1657 Edenside Ave Louisville 
Morrissey & Hackett Variety N Y 



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Countess Grazia Nardini 

Direction GENE HUGHES 



Noble A Brooks Tivoli Sydney Australia 
Nosses Musical New Brighton Pa 

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Omega 3 Celavan 1'k Jamestown N Y 



Pelletier Pierre Variety N Y 



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Reilly Charlie Variety San Frsncinco _ 
Roc hex's Monkey Music Hall 2 Maiden Hill 
Gardens Maiden Eng 



Schaffer Sylvester care Tausig 104 E 14th N Y 
Shentons 3 Variety N Y 

Silver & Du Vail Silver wd Cot Southberry Cl 
Simpson & Dean Variety N Y 
Skatelle Bert A Hazel Permanent address 
General Delivery Somers Point N J 

SKETCH FOR A WOMAN 

_ who is clever in 

CLEAN HIGH GRADE COMEDY. 
Must be of slender build with particularly 
small waisU* Three people (woman lead, man 
and small maid's part). Have distinct novelty 
in which right party can make big hit. Easy 
Terms. SCAMMON LOCKWOOD, author. In- 
quire Dramatic Agent Laura D. Wilck, 555 
Longacre Building, N. Y. 



New York Costume Co. 

MARGARET RIPLEY 

CARRIE E. PERKINS 

BELLE CAUGHLEY 



BUYING 

AND 

SELLING 



ESTIMATES GIVEN 

REASONABLE 
AND 

RELIABLE 



BUILDING 

AND 

RENTING 



WARDROBES RENOVATED 

135 West 45th Street 
NEW YORK CITY 

Phone— Bryant 5455 



House Manager 
At Liberty 

Pictures, Vaudeville, Dramatic or Musical 

Stock. 

Salary or Percentage. 

Address, MANAGER 

1 Ashton Square 

EAST LYNN, MASS. 



PLUSH DROPS All Slses and Colors 

Special Discount and Terms This Month 

Rental in City 

CONSOLIDATED VELVET 

245 Weat 45th St. New York City 



Wanted Vaudeville Novelties 

to Represent and Produce — Must Be New- 
Address ED. WARD ENTERPRISES 
Suite 54, Baxter Bldg, Philadelphia. Rep. Ed. 
Ward and Co . 

WANTED: EXPERIENCED MOVING PIC- 
TURE THEATRE MANAGER with capital to 
take interest in theatre. One of the best mod- 
ern equipped theatres in the Middle West in 
Indisna town — population 75,556 seating 1,000. 
Echo pipe organ is installed. Address Box 31, 
VARIETY, New York. 



HAVE YOU HEARD OF "FOOTLITE BRAND" OF S1LKOLINE? 

Well, to sm the word* of hundred! of performer*, "Footlite Silkoline" In tifhts. anion potint 
and diving itiiti, are better than pure silk, because "Footlite Silkoline" improves after a coiple 
sf washings, and looks better the second month than the first. Nothing eqaals "Footlite Silko- 
line," and prices are low enough to surprise you. Wo 
also manufacture our garments in eotton, worsted, 
and pare silk. We make no extra charao either 
for oar "Foetllaht Sanitary Pal," an exclusive 
feature, and certainly a boos to female performers, 
or for procuring garments made to your special 

measure. If you do not find it convenient to visit 

our fitting room we can efficiently handle 

orders received for special measurements when 

oar new form of measuring ehart is used. 

Do not buy anything In knit goods before 

you write us for our new catalogue, price- 
list, and ^^huu^l samples. Free. 



T,$ * 



WALTER G. BRETZFIELD CO. 



Dept. A, 1357 Broadway, Cor. 37th Street. 



DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

DENTIST 



PUTNAM BUILDING, 14M BROADWAY 

Special Rates to the Profession 

Official Dentist to the White Rats 



Special Service for Vaudevillians 

Lehigh Vnllev Railroad 

Rochester, S7.so Toronto, SIMS 

Buffalo, (IN Chicago, Slt.lS 

All Steel Cars, Lowest Fares, Special 

Bag ajajre Service 

If You Want Anything Quick— 

'Phone W. B. LINDSAY. E. P. A., Bryant 

4212 

A. J. SIMMONS, A. G. P. A. 

Ticket Office, B'wey 4k 42nd St., New York 



JAMES MADISON 

WILL WRITE HIS VAUDEVILLE ACTS IN SAN FRANCISCO 
UNTIL SEPT. 20th. His address tsars Is Flatiron Bldg., 
Sutter ssd Market Sts. (Room 504). 

Theatrical Photographer 

100 8x10, $10.00 (Originals) 
100 8x10, $7.00 (Reproductions) 
100 5x7, $350 (Reproductions) 



•45 EIGHTH AVENUE 



NEW YORK 





SCENERY 



makers that beve accorded satisfaction (or a 
period of 20 years as regards workmanship, 
quality and price. Your interest is served by 
submitting the plan for our estimate. As care- 
ful attention to the single piece as the produc- 
tion. Without fear of contradiction, our ref- 
erence, the whole world of Theatrical Producers. 



SCENERY 

DROP CURTAINS 

Lee Lash Studios 

308 to 316 East 48th Street 

Broadway Offices 
LONGACRE BUILDING 



Red Velvet Draw-Drop 

40x42— LIGHT WEIGHT 
Address BARGAIN, care VARIETY, New York. 

SCENERY 

1 can save you money. See me. 

Trunk Scenery a specialty 

FREDERICK'S STUDIOS, 043 W. 42nd St., 

New York City 



Sale Now On 

A Distinguished Trio 

Mack's Suits for Men 



AT 



$15, $18 & $20 

In One, Two and Three 

Button Models 
Reduced from $25, $30, $35 

Mack's 

Clothes Shop 

1582-1584 Broadway, N. Y. City 
Bet. 47th St 48th Sts. Opp. Strand Theatre 



VARIETY 



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Recognized Vaudeville Acts 



Writ, or Wire 



J. H. ALOZ 






Booking Agency 
Orpheum Theatre Bldg. 

MONTREAL, P. Q. 



A SEASIDE ■UkeALoW DEVEL- 
OPMENT, relaeJ see 
rwtrtoM, Milt 4 reen 
$425; fill tin slots, filly In- 
aretei. $175 ip; Montkly e«y- 
■«st>; two tasty battle! beesse*; 
■ataral hirkir for sUessrs beets; 
fines* IlllM fresssY 
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TNE DACNE REALTY CD.. 220 Breeswsy. Imp Yott City 



Stanley Aileen Variety N Y 

Stanley Forreit Burbank Los Angeles 

Stein & Hume Variety N Y 

St Elmo Carlotta Variety N Y 

Stephens Loon* 1213 Elder Ave N Y 

Sutton Mclntyre A Sutton 994 Palace Bldg N Y 

Syman Stanley Variety N Y 



JULIUS TANNEN 

If Brookdale Ave. 

Now Rochelle. N. Y. 

Phono Now Rochelle 4113 



Tighe Harry and Babotto Variety N Y 

V 

Valdarei(Original)Cycliit Variety San Franciico 
Valli Muriel & Arthur Variety Chicago 
Violinsky Variety N Y 
Von Hoff George Variety N Y 

W 
Wade John P Variety N Y 
Walton & Vivian Baldwin L I 
Weils & Bundy Variety N Y 
Williams & Rankin Variety N Y 
Wright Cecelia United Booking Office N Y 



Zazelle H M Co 8 W 65th St N Y C 



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6 Blsmark, N. D.. 7 Valley City. 

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Stamford, 2 Bridgeport, 3 Ansonia, 4 Water- 
bury, 5 Torrington, 6 New Britain, 7 Meriden. 

RING LING -30 Great Bend, Kan., 31 
Hutchinson, 2 Woodward, Okla, 3 Alva, 4 
Wellington, Kan., 5 Wichita, 6 Enid, Okla., 7 
Clinton. 

SELLS-FLOTO— 30 Benton Harbor, Mich., 
31 Jollet, 111., 2 Ottawa, 3 Streator, 4 Prince- 
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VAUDEVILLE 



The Boat Small Time la the Far West. 



Steady Consecutive Work for Novelty Feature Acta 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES, ALCAZAR THEATRE BLDG., SAN FRANCISCO 
Can arrenf e from throe to Ave weeks between sailings of boets for Australia for all first claee 
acta. Communicate by wire or letter. 

AMALGAMATED Vaudeville Agency 



BOOKING 



B. S. MOSS, President and General Meneger 

B. S. MOSS CIRCUIT PRUDENTIAL CIRCUIT 

PLIMMER CIRCUIT 



Artists and Acta of every description suitable for vaudeville can obtain lone engagements by 
BOOKING DIRECT with us. Send in your open time at once or call. 

Offices: Columbia Theatre Building.-TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK.-Telephone Bryant 044$. 



95% 



of all performers going to Europe make their steamship arrangements through 
us. The following have: 

Penderson Bros., Olga Petrova. Pearl and Wheeler, Lem Put, Jean Paul, 
Pendel Troupe, Phillip Sisters, Quinlan and Richards, Ida Rene, Rice and Prevost, 
Rigoletto Trio, Rigo and Band, Will Rogers, Ross and Lewis, Julian Rose. 

PAUL TAUSIG A SON, ltd E. 14th St.. New York City 
German Savings Bank Bldg. Telephone Stuvv 



Fuller's Australasian Vaudeville Ci 



Governing Director, Ben J. Fuller 

The "live wire" circuit of the Southern Hemisphere. Where the "make foods" play from SO to 
Is* wooka. All Rail and Steamabip Faroe, excess beggage and haulage paid by the saanaga—s sot 
from AMERICA to AMERICA. 

Josephine Gaaamaa, who baa been ea the circuit ever 7t weeks (and still going strong), said, 
if the gang back in the States only know what a "paradiee for ectors" Australia really la, •eel 
what a stampede there would be. If you have e feed single, double or novelty net, get la touch 
with BEN J. FULLER'S CHICAGO OFFICE. Silence a polite negative. 

Suite 1311-2S E. Jackeon BlvdL. Chicago, 111. Phono Webaah Till 

ROY D. MURPHY, U. S. Representative. 



LT». 
AUSTRALIA 



Harry Rickar-'s Tivtli Theatres 

Aad AFFILIATED CIRCUITS, INDIA aad AFRICA 

HUGH Mc I NTcTsltrfieverning Director 

Regietered Cable Addreeei "HUGHMAC," Sydney 

Head Office i TIVOLI THEATRE, SYDNEY- AUSTRALIA 

NEW YORK OFFICES! Ml Strand Theatre Bldg. 

FOR RENT, GRAND THEATRE 

12tS seats on two floors. Centrally located la busineaa district of CLEVELAND, OHIO. Right 
party can secure house on right terms and conditions. Call, write or wire 

S. EPSTINs 4U Putnam Building, 1403 Broadway, New York City. 



LETTERS 

Where C follows name, letter is in 
Variety's Chicago office. 

Where S F follows name, letter is in 
Variety's San Francisco office. 

Advertising or circular letters will 
not be listed. 

P following name indicates postal, 
advertised once only. 



Cheaters Three (0) Clarke Harry C 



Clarlmont Joseph 
Clark Meta 



Clifford Frank 
CIlveVE 



Abbott Al (C) 
Actors Protective Ass 
Alman John King 
Anthony Ethel 
Antrim Harry 
Archer De Mllo 
Ashe A Shaw 

B 

Baker Lotta 
Bailey Ralph (C\ 
Bartlett Mrs W 
Beaumont Arnold (C) 
Benner Emelle 
Bennett Al 
Bentley Lillian (P) 
Berleu Hazel 
Berzac Cliff 
Boland Reta 
Bimbos The (C) 



Blattie Wm (C) 
Bowers George 
Bradford E C 
Bradley Geo (P) 
Drown Lew 
Drowning Lillian 
Bruce Bettma (C) 
Burns Genevieve 



(C) 



California Trio 
Cardwell Bettle (C) 
Carlin Bob 
Carona 

Carter Barrlngton 
Carter A Carter (C) 
Cassln Jack 
Cate F 

Cavanaugb Earl 
Challon Jean 
Chaplin Rene 
Chase Mabel K 



REN 



OWING TO THE DEATH OF 
M. C. ANDERSON 

SENIOR MEMBER OF THE FIRM- 
ANDERSON A ZIEGLER 

THE 

LYCEUM THEATRE 

COLUMBUS, OHIO 



is 



IM 



On reasonable terms to responsible party 

only. 
The Lyceum Theatre is located on High 
Street (the main street) in the heart of the 
buslnees section adjoining the well known 
Chittenden Hotel. It has a seating capacity 
of 1,000, and it Is In excellent condition, ready 
to open at once, thoroughly and magnifi- 
cently equipped for pictures. It has a 
special $1,500 stage sotting, and a booth with 
two new Power's sA machines. 

FOR TERMS APPLY TO 

J. SIDNEY BERNSTEIN 

Attorney for Estate of M. C. Anderson 

Woolworth Building, New York City 

OR 

H. M. ZIECLER, 608 Times Building 

New York City 



n 



FRANK 
HAYDEN i.. 

BENJ. O. DAVIS, Pro*. 

56 West 45th Street 
New York City 

Telephone, I27S Bryant 

THEATRICAL 
COSTUMES 



ATTRACTIVE PLATES 

For Production end Novelty Numbers 

ALWAYS ON HAND 



ORIGINAL 



PRICES 
IDEAS 

WORKMANSHIP 



BEST 



LET US ESTIMATE BEFORE CLOSING 
CONTRACTS 



VARIETY 



THE SENSATION OF SAN FRANCISCO! 



MONSIEUR ANDRE'S BROADWAY REVUE 



headed by ANDRE and MLLE. SHERRI 



Engaged indefinitely at Tait-Zinkand — 'Frisco's Leading Cafe 

14 People; 8 Changes of Dazzling Costumes, and a Diversified Program of Songs, Dances, and Beautiful Melodious Ensembles 

Pronounced by critics as a worthy headliner for vaudeville and a powerful drawing attraction for cafes that cater to the elite. 
Staged by MME. SHERRI (The French Suratt.) Address MON. ANDRE. care of VARIETY, Pantages' Theatre Bid*., San Francisco 



THE VAUDEVILLE'S GREATEST AND LATEST SUCCESS 




AND 




JOHN 



Assisted by MISS INEZ NOURSE 



A BIO IVIUSI 

Featuring the FIRST and ONLY Mechanical 

You have been looking for just this kind of an act with 
A BIG SMASH, BANG AND SENSATIONAL FINISH 




Miss Inez Noursa 



L- SURPRI 

Electrical Air ORGANAPHONE-CALLIOPE 

Week Aug. 16th, Waldamere Park, Erie, Pa. 
Per. Address, 227 West 46th Street, New York Cit x 



Sam Barto 



The Sileat Traaap" 


Variety 


, Leaden 


Codeux Mr P 


G 


Combine L (C) 




Comer Isabel 


Garland Ruth 


Cornetto Ton/ 


George Geo M 


Conlln, Ray 


Germalne Plorrle (C) 


Cooke Mr W H 


Gilbert Nellie 


Cooper Maude 


Glaysher Jack (C) 


Cummlngs Sellna 


Gold Irene 




Gordon a Elgin | C) 


D 


Gould Venita (C) 




Gould Flo 


Dalley Hammond J 


Grace A Berkes 


Damerel Geo (C) 
Damerel Alice (C) 


Grady James 


Graeme A W II mot 


Darling Dslty (C) 


Graham Clara (P) 


Davles Relne 


Graham Helen 


Dean Earl 


Grant Miss F 


DeCosts Harry (C) 


Graydon Jack (C) 


Delany P 8 (C) 
Dell Jack 


Greenfield Babe 


Griffin Herbert 


DeMar Ross (C) 




D'Oita Gird (C) 


H 


De Witt Shorty 




Diamond Morris 


Hack Joe 


Dlson S Dison 


HaHlday Will 


Dodd Jlmmle 


Hamtd Geo (C) 


Dorr Monroe (C) 
Dothery Theresa (C) 


Harris Al 


Hardosstle Tew (C) 


Pengra Charlotte (C) 


Harrison Chas A 


Du For Harry 


Hart Billy 


Dunham Cecil 


Hart Tom 




Hasson MIbb A L (C) 


B 


Haviland Floyd 




Hawley Walter (C) 
Hayes Adrian (C) 


Emmett Oracle 


Bmmett Robt (C) 


Heath Frsnkle 


English J A 


Hedge John (C) 


Everhardt Will 


Heseman Alice (C) 


Excellas (C) 


Holt Ted 




Howard Joe E 


P 


Howell Mr J 


Falk Charlie (C) 


Howell J (C> 


Fern Alma 


Hunter Mr M T 


Fern Beth (P) 


Huston Walter 


Foilette A Wicks 


Hwut Frank 


Foley Johnnie 


Hyman John (C) 


Foo Lee Tong (C) 




Forbes Marlon 


J 


Ford Bertie (C) 




Forrest Jack (P) 


Jacobs Jules 


Forrester Charles 


Jenkins Harry 


Fox Marion (C) 


Jessies Duo 


Fields Al 


Johnson W P (C) 


Fife R S 


Jonathan 


Flovette Miss 




Francis Adeline 


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Francis Ruth 




Frlel Thornton 


Kallkoa David 


Fullum Miss P F 


Kaneelos Wm (G) 



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CHAS. CROSSMAN, Mgr. A Owner, Representative Marinelli 

Playing United Time 



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Kayne Agnes (C) 
Keller Phil E 
Kelly Edward E 
Kelly-Plstel Co (C) 
King Jack (C) 
Knight May (P) 



La Vern a Allen 
Leach Hannah 
Lee Mark 



Le Ander Harry 
Le More Jack 
Le Roy Paul (C) 
Leslie Edna (P) 
Lewis Jack M (C) 
Lewis Walter 
Lirhtensteln Louis 
Linton Harry 
Llnne Hans 
Livingston Cora 
Louden Janet (C) 
Lowenthal Milton 



Lowenthal 
Lytell Wm 



Sol (C) 



M 

MacCIelland Kenneth 
Mack James 
Mack Kellar 
Mack Merle 
Maddox Dick 
Malvern Babe 
Mauley Edmund (C) 



Marcusson E 
Markee Bros 
Martin Wilbur (C) 
Martyn & Florence 

(C) 
Mason A Dixon 
Matthews Katherine 
Maximo 
McVeigh Emma 
Mead Vera 
Melvern Babe (C) 
Melvern Bobby (C) 



Meriman Ruby 
Mills Catherine 
Miller P 

Mints A Maimer (C) 
Mitchell Mamie (C) 
Montrose A Allen (C) 
Moutran Donna 
Montrose A Sardell 
Moore Frank 
Moore Fred (C) 
Moore Irene (C) 
Mora Teas (C) 
Morelle Beatrice 
Morhart Hortense 
Mulroy Steve 
Myers Maudette Jess 

N 

NeaJand Walter D 
Neher A Ksppel 
Nello Ed (P) 
NillsonCarl (P) 



(C) 



O'Brien 



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Wm 



(C) 



P 
Paden Howard (C) 
Patrice 

Pengrs Chsrlottle (C) 
Pierce Edward J 
Plnkham William 
Powers A A 
Price Fern 



Ramlnoff Olgs 
Rankin Bid 
Rayburn Stanley 
Reno George B 
Reynolds Earl 
Rhodes Gillian 
Rice Audy 
Rich Bertha 
Richardson Mlrium 

(C) 
Ring Blanche 
Robinson Charles 
Roehm William 
Rogers Mr C 
Rosenbluh Louis 
Roberts Al J (C) 
Robinson Dave N (C) 
Rolston Elton (C) 
Roth Dave (C) 
Russell D N (C) 

S 

Sahaya Miss 

Scott Thos 

Scoble Ada (C) 

Shayne Al 

Shellow Ksrl 

Sheperd Burt (C) 

Sigler Mrs R C Zell Fern 

Silber Arthur (C) Zlnn Mr 



Silverman A 
Simpson Lily 
Smith All 
Smith Frank (C) 
Splash Emmett 
Stanley Frank 
St Clair Miss F 
Stewart Jean 
Stewart Jeannctte 
Sweatman George L 
Sykes Frank (C) 



Taylor Sidney 
Tate J 

Taylor Miss H (P) 
Thayer Mrs R W (P) 
Thomaines Mus'l (C) 
Taylor May (P) 
Terry A Elmer 
Tonge Philip C) 
Trife Reginald 
Turner Grace (C) 



Van Billy 
Van Dot 
Van Eddie 
Van Nally Elsie 
Vert Hasel 

W 

Wakefield Frank L 
Walton Beulah 
Ward Edith 
Ward Edith 
Warren Bob 
Waters Lester 
Wayne Chas (C) 
Weber Harry 
Wellington Winifred 

(C) 
Whaite Jack A (C) 
White Eula 
Whiting Mrs S B 
Willard Morris (C) 
Williams Crystal (C) 
Williams Dott 
Williams Jack 
Wilson Ollle (P) 
Wilton Belle 
Wolof A Zedela 
Woed Bob 
Wood Josephine (C) 



Yant Walter 
Youngers The 
Yule Arthur 



(C) 




THE RAGGED VIOLINIST 



After an absence of two years from 
America during which time I successfully 
toured Italy, England, Africa, Australia 
and New Zealand, HAVE RETURNED TO 
THE STATES. MANAGERS AND 

AGENTS— Kindly take notice that I am, 
so to say, NEW TO AMERICA. 

All communications, care VARIETY, 
New York. 

VIDE PRESS.— It is simply wonderful 
how YWAXY performs two feats, dancing 
and playing. 



VARIETY 




Buster 
Santos 



Jacque 
Hays 

The Girls with the 
Funny Figure 

Direction 
SIMONS AGENCY 



BROWN 



AND 



JACKSON 



Personal Direction 
JULE DELMAR. 




"Suffocated with 
delightrulness" 

Fiddler 



AND 



Shelton 



Same Characters 
New Material 

a West 131st St., 

New York 

'Phone Harlem SSS7. 

Apt. 7 




ft MR* 

If * THWt— 

0>0N£ NlCK INSTRUMENT, 

BUT WHEN QLOWN TOO 
WCH Or THG OWNGR THEtEor 
IT $firs rW'fVc MONOTONOUS. 



Mt/CH rtpe AOci/r *er*/*ft 



t-ifes rtvsreft&s. 




HARRY HOLMAN 



a 



Adam Killjoy" 

Next Week (August 2), 
Brighton, Coney Island, N. Y. 

Direction 

THOS. J. FITZPATRICK 



BERTIE FORD 



SAYS: 

"Nearly everyone I meet, 

Trouping day by day, 
Says, 'I'm pleased to meet you, Ford:' 

How they grin end say: 
'Is Henry your relation 7* 

I tell you It's a shame. 
I'm going to keep my same old act. 

But I'm going to change my name." 
"Working Steady Folks V 






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ALFREDO 

RICKARDS TOUR- AUSTRALIA 



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CALLOWAY and ROBERTS 



PEKIN 



IIMO CHIEN 

PRESENTING 

MYSTERIES 



Address: W. K. CHAO, VARIETY. NEW YORK 



All Communications should be 
Sent Direct to 



NORWORTH 

CARE VARIETY. II CHARING 

CROSS ROAD, LONDON. W. C. 

CABLES: NORWORTH J ESS FREE LONDON 



ACKNOWLEDGED PEER OF ALL JUGGLING ACTS 

F"OUR MAXIMS 

THREE WONDERFUL GIRL JUGGLERS AND MALE COMEDIAN 

Address care VARIETY, New York 

Direction, PAT CASEY. 



Denny Mack, of Mack, Albright and Mack, 
asked me to say something in this ad. about 
Albright- 
Urn? That boy sings a nasty bass. 
Ed. Marshall has sailed for Australia. 
Bum voyage, Ed— We will soon be with you. 

JIM-MARIAN 

HARKINS 




FRANCES 
CLARE 



GUV 
RAWSON 



Direction, CHRIS O. BROWN 



Permanent address, Clsre Cottage, 22 
Fairvlew Ave., Auburndale, Long Island. 
(Phone Flushing 17s2.) 



Nan Halperin 

Direction, M. S. BENTHAM 




4 MARX BROS. - CO. 

IN "HOME AGAIN" 

Produced by AL SHEAN 

The most sensational success of the season 
Direction HARRY WEBER Addreee VARIETY, New York 




MABEL ELAINE 

"TOWN TOPI«*" 

REGARDS TO ALL FRIENDS 



SAFETY FIRST 



WITH 



MARTYN and FLORENCE 

(Vaudeville's best opening act) 




Nervous Juggler on 
the bill with me last 
week. One who bal- 
ances billiard balls. 
Complained to the 
manager because the 
leader did not catch 
his cues. 

BILLY 
BEARD 

"Th. Party from ■*■■■*■*■* 
the South'* 

Booked by ALF. T. WILTON 



If you don't advertise In VARIETY, 
don't advertise. 



ORA-ENTAL 







THAT TINY 

PHYSICAL 

CULTURE 

AND 

ECCENTRIC 

BAREFOOT 

DANCER 

Working Steady, 

VaudeviUe and 

Burlesque 

Encourage Future 



Per. Add. HIGHLANDS. 
NEW JERSEY 



Howard Langford 

(Juvenile Light Comedian) 
Late feature of the "Night Clerk." 

Direction. WM. B. FRIED LANDER 




PAULINE SAXON 



THE "SIS PERKINS" GIRL. 



The Silvenos 

IN MUSIC, MAGIC AND SHADOWGRAPHS 

Just finished POLI'S CIRCUIT. OPEN AUG. 2 
ONWARD. 

Books returns everywhere. Phone, wire or write. 

MONFORT HOTEL, 104 W. 4fth St., New York 




Successful This Week 
( July 26) at B.F. Keith's 
PROSPECT, Brooklyn 



GRACE FISHER 



THE SUNSHINE GIRL 

DIRECTION 
M. S. BENTHAM 



VARIETY 




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