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INTL CIRCUIT

SIGNS 22

SHOWSIS AFTER BROADWAY SUCCESSES

Contracts bare already been signed for

twenty-two snows to appear next season onthe International Circuit and Gob Hill andGeorge H. Nicolai are negotiating for eight

more Broadway attractions. Some of those

obtained have appeared in New York this

season.

The heads of the Circuit have found thatthe lurid melodramatic offerings did notappeal to their clientele and have thereforeprocured some of the most famous Ri&lto

successes.

The promoters believe they obtained the"pulse" of their patrons this year and thatnext season will be a banner one for the

organization. In consideration of this out-

look, they are sparing no expense in secur-

ing the most suitable attractions.

Of the current Broadway attractionsprocured for next season, "TreasureIsland," in which Mr. and Airs. Cbas. Hop-kins have appeared for the past two sea-

sons, "The Cinderella Man," and "TwinBeds" are the foremost Thos. E. Sheawill appear in a new starring vehicle andalso present his repertoire of formersuccesses. Hap. Ward will have two newshows for the Circuit, starring in one of

them. All of the Hill shows that have beenpresented on the Circuit this season will

be endowed with new titles and books.

Mutt & Jeff are to be divorced in a newattraction, Happy Hooligan will go on his

honeymoon, Father will be brought up inIreland and Hans & Fritz are to cut newcapers.

Hurtig & Seamon will present a big

colored show on a style similar to their

Williams 8c Walker successes. George Sid-

ney is to have a new starring vehicle andit is quite likely that Nat Wills will also

have an attraction operating on the circuit.

Negotiations are at present being con-ducted by Messrs. Hill & Nicolai for theacquisition of a score of new bouses for the

Circuit next season. Two houses will beoperated in Manhattan, one in the Bronxand two in Brooklyn. Several housesthroughout the country that are at presentplaying the big road shows will also enroll

under the banner of the International Cir-

cuit next season.. The attractions that will appear on the

Circuit are as follows : "Treasure Island,"

"Mutt & Jeff Divorced," "Peg O* MyHeart," "The White Slave," Hap. Wardpresenting two shows, Thos. Shea in a newvehicle and repertoire, "Hapy Hooligan'sHoneymoon," "The Cinderella Man,"Howard Thurston, the magician, "The OldHomestead," "Bringing Up Father In Ire-

land," Rose Melville as "Sis Hopkins,"Walter Lawrence in his second trip overthe circuit in "Come Back to Erin" andGns Hill's "Hans 4 Fritz." The new melo-

drama, "The Girl Without a Chance," is

also among the shows routed.

J. B. Mack will make his debut on the

circuit in "Mother Goose." The Selwynshave leased their success, "Twin Beds," andthe old Sam Bernard success, "The Rollick-

ing Girl," has also been procured. Otherattractions also have been booked.

LOEW CHAMPIONS LOSEThe basketball team of the Marcus

Loew Booking Agency, in a game with theUniversity Settlement Five last Saturdaynight at Savage's Gymnasium, were de-feated by a score of 26 to 14. The Loewteam put up a good fight for the honors,but was a bit outplayed by the more sea-soned players from the Settlement. Theplayers on the Loew team were CharlesMoacowitz, Moe Schenck, Abe Friedman,Alee Harlo and Sol. Turek. There wereabout two hundred and fifty theatricalpeople at the game. Afterward an en-tertainment and dance was given. TheLoew team is arranging for a match withthe New York Athletic Five, to take placewithin the next two weeks.

SAY ACROBAT DEFAMED WILSONWashington, D. C, March 3.—The

police have thrown considerable mysteryaround the arrest yesterday afternoon ofWan Wing, alias Fat Murphy, a CantonChinaman, who is a member of a. Chineseacrobatic team, which was to have beguna week's engagement in Washington to-

morrow. He is charged with "defaming thePresident"

ACTOR WINS ESTATE FIGHTSpringfield-, Mo., March 4.—After a

fight of three weeks over the estate of Mrs.Blanche Sittler Crane, the matter ended in

the Probate Court yesterday when FrankCrane, an actor, of New York, was con-ceded the right for which he contended andgiven the power to control the estate left

by his wife.

JORDON TO MANAGE THEATREJules Jordon, who played one of the

principal characters in "Object Matri-mony," has temporarily given up thestage to take over the management of amotion picture theatre in Ithaca, N. Y.He left New York on Monday to take hisnew pott.

JONES BECOMES PRODUCERRobert Edmond Jones, scenic artist, is

to become a director, and his first produc-tion will be in association with Mrs. EmilieHapgood, who is responsible for "Magic" atMaxine Elliott's Theatre.

LESSER IS IN TOWNSol Lesser, of San Francisco, is in town

on what is said to be the most importantof his eastern visits. It is Leaser's inten-

tion to consummate a number of import-ant purchases of big features for his West-ern territory.

SHUBERTS PLAN 5TH NEW HOUSEThe Shuberts have announced their in-

tention of building a new theatre on WestThirty-fifth street near the Garriefe. Thismakes five new Sbubert theatres planned.

FRANCIS PRESS AGENT AGAINJack Francis, long known as a news-

paperman, has again taken up the taskof keeping Maurice and Florence Waltonprominently before the public.

FIRE DESTROYS MIRE THEATREDallas, Tex., March 6.—The Mire The-

atre here has been destroyed by fire. Theloss is about $30,000.

MACE ADMINISTRATORS NAMEDMrs. Fred Mace and Harry Saks Hech-

helmer have been appointed co-adminis-

trators of the estate of Fred Mace, whodied recently.

JACK WILSONSIGNS WITH

LOEWCIRCUIT USING BIG HEADUNERS

The Loew Circuit, again resuming a pol-

icy, they instituted several years ago toplay big time vaudeville headliners, haveengaged Jack Wilson to present his Im-promptu Revue for a period of twentyweeks on their circuit, beginning at theBijou Theatre, Brooklyn, next Monday, ata net salary of $675 a week. Wilson is toplay each house a full week. Outside ofthe salary paid the Singer Midgets' sev-eral years ago, this is the biggest salarypaid any act on the Loew Circuit. -••The business at the Loew houses about

New York has not hit the average recent-ly that the heads of the circuit believed it

should, and means were planned to solvethe problem. A few weeks ago Ruth Rovewas engaged to play a full week at eachhouse at a salary of $350 a week. Be-fore beginning her engagement on theLoew time, Miss Roye had been playingthe two-a-day houses. It is understoodthat the Loew office is negotiating withseveral other big-time acts and that with-in a few weeks will have at least half adozen headliners playing the circuit withweek stands at each house. All of theseacta will be compelled, however, to playthree shows daily, wMch is the policy ofthe Loew theatres.

Wilson is appearing at the Palace The-atre this week in his "Impromptu Revue"with Frank Hurst and Dolores Swarez, ata salary of $000 a week, less commissions,and under the Loew arrangements will re-

ceive $170 more a week than on the bigtime, as no commissions are to be de-ducted. The Loew people are to advertiseand bill Wilson heavily and expect an im-mense business at the houses he plays.He is to play ten weeks of his contractprior to the beginning of the summer sea-son and the balance in the fall. Afterplaying the Bijou, Wilson will be at theAmerican the following week.

"THE LIONESS" TO CLOSECHICAGO, March B.—Having seen oppor-

tunities for improvment in the manuscriptof his play "The Lioness," in wMch Mar-garet Anglin is appearing under the di-

rection of George C. Tyler, at the Black-stone Theatre here, Rupert Hughes hasdecided to bring its preliminary season to

an end, on Saturday night The play will

be revised and produced in New York in

September.

MANAGER AIDS STRANDED SHOWLynchburg. Va.. March 1.—Stranded,

after having been closed at the Trenton The-atre, H. M. Veudig's "Winter GardenGirls Musical Comedy Company" succeed-ed in staging four performances at theAcademy of Music on a benefit basis, asthe result of Manager Hamner's kindness.Vendig was allowed the theatre for theactual cost of keeping the house open, andthe patronage was sufficient to enable himto take his people to Greensboro, N. C.

PRODUCER SUES HOTELAlleging that the Morrison Hotel Co.,

of Chicago, owes him $1,000 for breachof contract, Michael W. Ring, the pro-ducer, has instituted suit against HugoBrumlik, its director of amusements. Ringclaims that he had been engaged by Brum-lik to put on a show and that after he hadmade all arrangements, Brumlik failed tokeep his side of the agreement HarrySaks Hechheimer is the attorney for theproducer.

"EILEEN" OPENS MARCH 19Joseph Weber will present his new Irish

operetta, "Eileen," for an extended en-gagement at tbe Shubert Theatre, start-

ing March 19. The music of the piece is

by Victor Herbert and the boat by HenryBlossom. The Marbury-Shubert piece,

"Love O'Mike," which is at the Shubertwill close its engagement there March 17and move to the Maxine Elliott Theatre.

ACTRESS MUST PROVE HOMENewark, N. J., March 3.—May Latham,

an actress, who recently appeared in

"Alma Where Do You Live?" seeking adivorce from her husband, Harry C Rosen*krans, will have to prove that she is aresident of Jersey, before the divorce will

be granted.

BELASCO HAS NEW MACK PLAYDavid Belasco has accepted for produc-

tion another Willard Mack play, whichgoes into rehearsal shortly. It will haveits premiere March 26 in Washington andwill be brought to New York immediatelyafter. Mr,. Mack will not appear in thePlay.

STRAUSS OPERETTA TO TRY AGAINWilminoton, DeL, March 5.—The new

version of "The Beautiful Unknown," willopen here March 15, playing three days,and then goes to tbe Adelphi Theatre,Philadelphia, where it wilt begin an en-gagement March 19.

"BRONCHO BILLY" SUEDGeorge M. (Broncho Billy) Anderson is

being sued by Mengef and Ring throughtheir attorney, Harry Saks Hechheimer.for an overdue account for merchandisewhich Anderson is alleged to have boughtamounting to $280.

MM,P. GALANTA TO STARMile. Ekaterina Galanta, who came to

America recently as a premier ballerina ofDiaghilefTs Ballet Russe, has signed a con-tract to go under tbe management of Mor-ris Gest, William Elliott and F. Ray Corn-

stock for the next five years. She win be

featured as a dramatic star.

MINSTRELS PREPARING TOURBeaver Dak, Wis., March 3.—The

Beach & Bowers Minstrels are makingPreparations to put out tbe largest com-pany they have ever carried.

BOOTH FAMILY INCREASEDChabxotte. N. O, March 3.—Thelma

Booth, wife of Billings Booth, of the West-ern "Million Dollar Dolls" company, pre-sented her husband with an eight poundbaby girl "Vivian" February 26, at herparents' home here.

MILTERN IN MILLIARD'S ROLERobert Ilillinrd has withdrawn from the

cast of "The Small Town Girl." follow-ing a week's rehearsal, and A. H. Woodshas again engaged John Mlltern for therole.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 7, 1917

SEEK TO STOPPLAY ON BIRTH

CONTROLFIGHT AGAINST "UNBORN CHILD"

AtBAirr, March 5.— "Her Unborn

Child," the new birth eontrol play, which

created a sensation throughout the West,

opened here today under the scrutiny of

attaches of Mayor Stevens' office, following

complaints which had been made to that

official by the Mothers' Club and other

local organizations.

The complaints were lodged with the

Mayor on Saturday and both he and Com-missioner of Public Safety, Sheldon J.

Frost, were urged to bar the presentation

of the piece at Haxmanua 'Bleecker Hull .

The Mayor, however, did not wish to act

until he bad made investigation and whenthe curtain went np today, be had repre-

sentatives scattered throughout the audi-

ence who made detailed notes of the

dialogue, scenes and situations, which will

later be submitted to the authorities for

consideration and. any action that may be

deemed necessary.

The play is booked for a week solid and

the management annennced last week that

no person a under eighteen yean .of ace

wonld be admitted, to any performance.

This statement attracted the attention of

some of the prominent citizens and oppo-

sition was quickly organized.

When the engagement began today it

was to a packed house and at its con-

clusion representatives of the city officials

refused to make any statement as to what

report they would make. It is known,

however, that both Mayor Stevens and

Commissioner Frost are opposed to public

entertainments that are in any way ques-

tionable. It is predicted by some that

summary action may follow the receipt of

the report. _"Her Unborn Child" is by Howard Me-

Kent Barnes, and was first presented in

the Middle West about two months ago.

Coming when birth control propagandas

were sweeping the country it caught on

quickly and four companies are now pre-

senting it in various parts of the country.

The company that opened here today is

the first one that has invaded the Eastand it was planned to have it work its waygradually into New York at a time a

Broadway house could be provided.

RUSH DENIES SEEKING CAPITALFollowing an attack in a weekly publi-

cation, Edward F. Rush, head of the newCircuit of Musical Follies, denied emphati-

cally Monday that any ontaide capital

had been sought in his undertaking, as

was maintained in the article, and that

the statements made were misleading,

damaging and untruthful. Mr. Rushadded that, as a matter of fact, he had

on several occasions, refused to consider

offers of outside capital.

Many of the theatres mentioned by the

publication have neither been considered

nor solicited, Mr. Rush states. In refer-

ence to the plays for the circuit, he again

emphatically states that they will be dis-

tinctive musical comedies, and will in no

way resemble burlesque, nor is it his in-

tention that the Circuit of Musical Fol-

lies shall oppose, in any way, the exist-

ing burlesque circuits. The chain of the-

atres is nearly completed, the plays have

been selected, 'and Mr. Rush will announcethe full and complete program in a fewdays, he states.

ANDERSON PLAY OPENS MARCH 12

George M. Anderson's new musical play,

"Seven Little Widows," will have its

premiere at the Duquesne Theatre, Pitts-

burgh, March 12. After two weeks at thatbouse the play will be brought into theLongacre Theatre, where it will succeedWilliam Collier, "In Nothing Bnt theTruth." The principals in the show are.

Carter De Haven, Flora Parker, HarryTighe, Frank Lawlor, Robert EmmetKeene and the Four Haley Sisters, whowere secured for the attraction through JoeShea, the vaudeville agent.

POPULAR PATRONS CHOSENThe popularity contest which was con-

ducted by the Harlem Borne Veica for themost popular patrons of the Regent andHamilton Theatres was won by BettyBergere and King Carter. Hie winnersare being featured in a two-reel motionpicture, entitled "Melrah of the Heights."Fifteen other persons who competed in thecontest are playing principal parts in thepicture. The film win be shown ex-

clusively next week at the Hamilton andRegent theatres and the stars will appearpersonally at each performance.

DOLLY HACKETTDolly Hackett, in private life Mrs. Will

Morrisy, -whose picture is on the front

cover of this issue, has just signed a con-

tract to forsake the speaking stage for

films. Miss Hackett is well known in

vaudeville and musical shows, and is play-

ing at the Cocoanut Grove atop the Cen-tury now. She is conceded by many to be

the prettiest blonde girl on the stage.

SCENIC ARTISTS SUING KUGELH. P. Knight Scenic Studios, painters

of scenery for the stage, are suing LeeKngel, producer of "Old Lady 31," playingat the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre, for

$450, which they claim is still due themfor painting the scenery of that produc-tion. Lee Kugel has entered a counterclaim for $500 against the Knight Co., ex-plaining that in order to get the work com-pleted in. time, he was forced to engageother artists.

JOSEF STRANSKY HURTIn a collision between his automobile

and a taxicab, which skidded at Fifty-ninth Street and Seventh Avenue Sundaynight, Josef Stransky, conductor of thePhilharmonic Orchestra, was painfully in-

jured. He was removed to the Presby-terian Hospital where superficial bruisesand lacerations from broken glass weredressed He was taken from there to hishome on Monday. It is expected that aweek will elapse before the conductor canresume work.

PEERLESS COMEDY TAB. OPENSShelbubre, Mass., March 3.—The Peer-

less Comedy Co., under the management ofO'Neil and Raleigh, opened here recentlyand will play through Vermont and NewHampshire until June when they will bookSummer parks. The roster includesThomas Raleigh, James F. O'Neil, RobertGrunewald, Max Shapiro, Leo Herzig,Harold Mangan, Mexican Joe and wife.Earl Thompson, Bell Caswell, ElizabethQuarp. Eleanor Fadette, Pearl Newcomband Fleda Berry.

SAVAGE TO PRODUCE OPERETTAHenry W. Savage is contemplating an-

other musical production. The piece willbe a foreign operetta, adapted to Ameri-can purposes by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wode-house and Jerome Kern.

MRS. DILLINGHAM IS SENSATIONPalm Beach, Fla., March 3.—Mrs.

Charles B. Dillingham was a sensation atthe recent New York 'Dance here. Shewore a dress of white chiffon, and her or-

nament was a diamond snake windingaround her neck and ending at her waist.

TREE TO PRODUCE "NEWCOMES"At the close of his engagement at the

Montank Theatre, Brooklyn, last Saturdaynight, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree an-nounced that he wonld present a playbased on Thackeray's "The Newcomes"shortly in New York.

DONATE TO ACTORS' FAIRAmong those who have donated jewelry

to the Actors' Fund Fair are Mrs. Chaun-cey Oleott. William Solomon and EdithLuekett- The estate of Henry C. Minerhas donated $500 worth of theatrical

makeup.

THEATRE FOLKFILL PALMBEACH

PROMENADE IS LITTLE BROADWAY

Palm Beach. Fla., March 3.—PalmBeach has its Broadway, every bit as dis-tinctive as the one in New York. In fact,

half of New York seems to be here at thepresent time, and the Promenade is

swarmed with theatrical folk from theGreat White Way. Probably never beforehave so many of the profession been hereat one time. There is a veritable galaxyof theatrical stars wintering here.The local merchants, restaurant keepers

and hotel men are ranking a harvest whilethey can. The restaurants are chargingthe fanciest of prices, while hotel roomsare at a premium. Very few are available,

and rooms are bringing aa high as twenty-five dollars a day.The beaches are dotted with electric

lights. Lillian Russell, Ethel Barrymore,Alice Joyce and Pearl White may be seenany morning taking their ocean dip.

Among the well-known Broadwayitea en-

joying the winter weather here are FloZiegfeld, "Arch" Selwyn, E. F. Albee,

Mary Mannering, Ruby Hoffman, Geo. M.Cohan, Martin Beck, Matt Gran, CharlesDillingham and many otb»fa.

SHEA GETS 'MASS" BANDThe original "jug jass" band, which has

been playing at a Louisville hotel for thepast six months, has been procured for lo-

cal hotel and cabaret work by Joe Shea.The four members of the band arrived herelast Saturday and Monday night gave a

performance at the Cocoanut Grove. Theinstruments used by the band are a jug,

guitar, mandolin and gazoo.

SPITZ ERECTING NEW THEATREFall River, Mass., March 5.—Land and

other property rights have been acquired

by A A Spitz, theatrical man of Provi-

dence, for the erection of a spacious vaude-ville and moving picture theatre on the

Second Street site of Rich's Theatre, withentrances from both South Main and Sec-ond Streets. Mr. Spitz expects to start

operations at once with the opening set

for Labor Day.

GOULDEN TO MARRYThe engagement of Hilda Rejane Litke

to Alfred M. Goulden was formally an-nounced Monday afternoon. Mr. Gouldenis well known in the concert and theat-

rical fields. He has personally represented

Zimbalist and Eddy Brown, the violinists,

and is concerned in the management of

the Harris Theatre.

LEON FREEDMAN IN TOWNLeon Freedman, business manager of

Flo Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1916," was in

New York last week for a few days after

an absence of six months. He left for

Washington Monday, where his show is

sceduled to appear at the National The-atre next week.

FRITZI SCHEFF FOR CABARETPaul Salvain has engaged Fritzi Scheff

at a salary of 81,500 a week to head arevue of thirty people to inaugurate the

opening of the Palais Royal, a new caba-

ret establishment at Broadway and Forty-eighth Street, which will open April 9.

LONG STANDS FOR GARDEN SHOWWhen the "Show of Wonders" is sent on

tour, it will play for one week in cities

where it has been the custom of companiesto remain but three days.

"F-7" IN ALL SHUBERT SHOWSThe Winter Garden will introduce the

"Submarine F-7," in all its productions nowon tour.

HAMILTON STAMPS READYThe special stamps printed for distribu-

tion among, friends of the late Tody Ham-ilton to raise money to provide for hiswidow are ready for distribution. MarkA. Luescher of the Hippodrome is chair-

man of this committee and stamps maybe procured from him. They are arrangedin books of 100 each, selling for $1 a book.The stamps will be used on all of the pressmaterial sent out from the Hippodromeand Century Theatre.

FRIARS' MARCH AT RIALTOThe Rialto Orchestra is playing the

rousing "Friars' March" as an added num-ber on the program this week. This se-

lection is a joint arrangement by Mr.Rothapfel, of the Rialto, Hugo Riesen-feld, his orchestra leader, and Dr. Robyn,the composer and organist. It is basedon the "Friars' Song," by Charles Emer-son Cook and Victor Herbert, and hasnever been played in public except as theoverture to the last Friars' Frolic

SELZNICK SUED BY ACTRESSMarie Edith Wells, an actress, is suing

Lewis J. Selznick for alleged breach ofcontract According to the plaintiff, awritten agreement was entered into be-tween Selznick and herself March 26, 1916,under which it is alleged he was to actas her manager for five years and guaran-teed to obtain her suitable employment for

not less than twelve weeks each year. MissWells is asking $9,600, at which amountshe has estimated her loss.

NEW PRODUCING COMBINATIONJoseph Urban, scenic artist, and Richard

Ordynsky, stage director, have formed apartnership to make a series of produc-tions at the Bandbox Theatre. A companywill be formed shortly and the first oftheir productions will be made in thespring. ,

TWELFTH NIGHTERS PLAN BILLThe Twelfth Night Club has set March

16 as the date of their annual theatricalperformance. The performance will be heldat the Princess Theatre and will be fea-tured with one act plays.

LOU HOLT CANCELLEDAfter playing the Monday matinee at

the Colonial Theatre, Lou Holtz was can-celled by Manager Darling and replacedby Emma Stevens.

BENNISON TO STARLouis Bennison has obtained a long

term contract from John Cort and willhereafter be the featured member of the"Johnny Get Your Gun" cast.

SAN DIEGO EXPO. MADE MONEYSan Diego, Cal., March 1.—The final re-

port of the Exposition directors has beenpublished and shows that the Expositionwas a money maker both years.

SINGER SENT TO PRISONMrs. Helen Andrews, a cabaret singer,

was last week sentenced to prison for anindeterminate period, on the charge ofhaving heroin m her possession.

WOODS TO PRODUCE "REALIST"A. H. Woods has secured "The Realist,"

a new play by Eden E. Greville, and willproduce it later in the season.

BREEN IS STAGE MANACERHarry Breen, who is with Sarah Bem-

hardt's show, has been appointed stagemanager of the production.

ANCKER REPLACES COURTLEIGHLouis Ancker has replaced Richard

Courtleigh in Richard Warton Tully*s"The Flame."

MARGARET GREEN IN SKETCHOlive Wyndham has been replaced in

"The Sweetmeat Game" by MargaretGreen.

March 7, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

STAGE HANDSSHELVES WHITE RAT PLEA

Situation, as Presented by Mountford and Fitzpatrick, Referredto Incoming Executive Board; Shay Re-elected President;

Ottawa Gets Next Meeting

Cleveland, March 3.—The conventionof the International Alliance of TheatricalStage Employees of the Doited States andCanada adjourned here tonight' withoutgiving their support to the White Bat Ac-tors': Union in. their troubles with, theVaudeville Managers'- . Protective Associa-tion, as had been expected in some quar-ters. Instead, the facta that were laid be-fore the convention by Harry Mountfordand James W. Fitzpatrick, were referredto the incoming General Executive- Board,for consideration. This board has not metas vet, but it is understood that it willinvestigate the situation very thoroughlyand then submit a report to . the main body.

Chas. C. Shay of New York was againre-elected International president, beatingbis opponent, Chas. F. Scblegel, of Indi-anapolis, by a vote of 261 to 66. William

< Rash, of San Francisco, was elected first

vice-president; William Carina ran of StLouis, second vice-president ; Chas. Malloy

,

of Butte, Mont., third vice-president;Richard Green, Chicago, fourth vice-presi-dent; Louis Kraoss, Philadelphia,! - fifth

vice-president, . and Frank G. . Le Master,genera] organizer, of Denver, succeeded M.A. Carney. ' of Newark, as general secre-tary and treasurer. All of these officersare members of the . General ExecutiveBoard and will hold office for two years.-Green 'and Le Master are the- two newmembers of the board, the others havingheld their offices the previous year.Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, -was selected

as the place for the next convention, whichis to be held in Jnne, 1919. Ogden, Utah,also sought the convention, but the Bastseemed to out-vote the West on this issue.

Mountford and FitzPatrick, in theirspeeches narrated tbeir story of the diffi-

culty the White Rats had with the man-agers. They told of the work they haddone in Boston, St. Louis and OklahomaCity. They made no direct appeal to theorganization to assist tbem by strikemethods, but, according to some of the dele-gates, asked . for the locals, which havelocal autonomy to give them their moral8npport.

Should the Executive Board make anyrecommendations in favor of the WhiteRats, according to the constitution, theywill have to be submitted for referendumto the I orals for action.

It seems as though the Alliance at pres-ent would not care to take any action in

the matter aa the White Rat matters arepurely of a local nature it feels, and onethat the various locals should take care ofindividually until such time as the Alli-ance finds it necessary to declare itself asa- body.

Word was conveyed to the delegates thatit was understood the burlesque housesnext season would eliminate local housecrews, intending to have the traveling roadcrews handle both the shows and thehouses. Long discussion took place onthis matter and it was finally decided torefer the matter to the General ExecutiveBoard for action, without referendum tothe locals.

It was first believed the burlesque showswould try to eliminate the carrying of aproperty man from their complement nextseason. However, the delegates declaredthe showa must carry a property man orthe Alliance would take issue with themanagers on this score and, if necessary,declare a strike, calling out road as wellas house crews. The officials of the In-ternational body, feel that such actionwould be necessary, for, if this move wereallowed, it would be the practical wreck-ing of their organization.

The following amendments were made to

the constitution ; Hereafter, a vaudevilleact shall not be compelled to carry morethan one Alliance man unless the equip-ment is so heavy that additional help mustbe engaged. The man is to receive notless than $40 a week and must confine his

services to the act covered by contract.

There will be no change in the agree-

ment with the musicians.

Laws governing tabloid productions andburlesque companies remain unchanged.

The Alliance will impose a fine of notless than $250 on any local that takes it

upon itself to call out road members em-ployed by traveling attractions, exceptWhere the call is officially sponsored bythe Alliance.

No member of the Alliance will be al-

lowed to accept a position with a roadcompany unless he carries a fully paid-uproad and local working card, for the en-

suing year.

DENY BIG FILM COMBINEThe reported combination of the Famous

Players-Lasky Co., Goldwyn Pictures Corp.and Selznick Pictures was denied by HiramAbrams, president of the Paramount:Samuel Goldfish, president of Goldwyn andMr. Selznick, when questioned, had noth-ing to say. In spite of this two-third de-

nial, the fact that Mr. Selznick refused tospeak on the subject gave the rumor a newlease of life, and there are those who Still

believe the report had some foundation.

DUNCAN STATUE BY BARNARDA representative of the French Govern-

ment has commissioned George Grey Bar-nard, the American sculptor, to model Isa-

dora Duncan in marble. The statue, whichis intended for one of the public parksnear Paris, will be the first of several notedpersons, whose fame rests on achievements,peaceful and martial, during the presentwar, which will be made for the FrenchGovernment.

GENERAL FILM MAKES CHANGESH. H. Buxbaum, formerly manager of

the New York branch office of the GeneralFilm Co., has been appointed comptrollerof the company in charge of the operations

of all the branches. B. F. Lyon, formerlydivision manager for the International, hasbeen made supervisor over General Film's

West Central territory. C. E. Shurtleff,

recently Patbe's Cleveland manager, is nowsupervisor for General's east central terri-

tory. Charles S. Goetz, who was managerof International's Cleveland braacb, hasbeen appointed branch manager of Gen-eral's office at St. Louis.

ANDRE SHERRI INJUREDAndre Shorn, the theatrical producer,

was injured Sunday in an accident directly

attributed to the snowstorm. His motorcar crashed into a Third avenue car at OneHundred and Twenty-fifth Street.

PLAYERS TO GIVE PROGRAMRichmond Hill, L. I., March 6.—The

Community Players will give their third

program of the season on Thursday andFriday nights, March 22 and 23. The bill

will consist of the following three playlets

:

"At Night All Cats Are Gray," by RobertGarland: "Playing With Fire," by Per-cival Wilde; and "A Bright Morning."

COLLINS LEAVES FOR COASTFrederick L. Collins, president of Mc-

Clure Pictures, producer of "Seven DeadlySins," left New York Saturday for LosAngeles, where he will investigate motionpicture conditionn. On his tour he willstop in many dries to discuss motion pic-ture conditions with exhibitors.

ARTS CLUB PLAYERS AT COMEDYThe Three Arte Club Players presented

four one-act plays last Friday afternoon atthe Comedy Theatre for the benefit of theTheatre Workshop. The playlets were "ADear Little Wife," "The Maker ofDreams," "The Gaol Gate" and "A Mid-summer Dance Dream."

FERGUSON TO FORM FILM CORP.Dave Ferguson, formerly connected with

the Fox Films, is arranging to go to thePacific Coast in June for the ! purpose ofestablishing his own film producing com-pany.

SAYS FILMS SAVE DRUNKARDSTrenton, N. J., March 3.—James Don-

nelly, Overseer of the Poor in Passaic City,spoke in favor of the Colgan bill to allowmotion picture shows to be open on Sun-day, and claimed that it was the means ofsaving drunkards.

ESSANAY WILL FILM "ON TRIAL"The Essanay Co. has purchased from

Cohan & Harris, the film rights to "OnTrial," which will be adapted for screenproduction at the Chicago studio of thatconcern.

"THE HALF-BACK" COMING"The Half-Back" is the title of a five-

part motion picture, which will be shortlyreleased on the General Film program.Yale Boss is playing the feature part inthe picture.

TO PRODUCE "PAWN" IN APRIL"The Pawn" will be ready for produc-

tion in three weeks and will be presentedin New York late in April.

"MILITARY MAIDS"PRODUCE "NIGHTONB'WAY" AT OLYMPIC

"A Nigbt on Broadway," with Will H.Ward as the sausage merchant, proved tobe a laughing first part for the show at theOlympic on Monday afternoon, and in theburlesque on moving picture productionthe pnee was kept up at good speed, withWard impersonating the screen comedian.Martha Pryor, the primadonna, merits

praise for the excellent manner in whichshe put forward her special numbers,notably the "Umberola Rag." Her actingin the "Ace in the Hole" sketch was goodwork.

Myrtle Frank is a valuable member forcharacter work and her "Ladies' Maid,"her "Tough" in the sketch, and her "Bossof the Island" in black face stamped heras a versatile performer. She led the "Cot-ton Blosom" number as a wench.

Nellie Greenwood, soubrette, fills the bill

in looks and action.

Ed Rogers played the French cafe pro-prietor, the director of the Motion PictureTroupe. Harry Harrigan worked as theHebrew in his various assignments. MorrisLloyd bad several roles and his specialtyof aongs had a place in the olio.

James Hilbert played straight and BabeNazworthy completed the cast.

The sketch. "Ace in the Hole," is builtaround the recitation of that title and pre-sented Will H. Ward as a grafter and MissPryor as bis partner, who shoots thepoliceman about to arrest him, just to showshe is on the level. The act held close at-

tention.

The chorus includes Peggy Conley, DixieRoberts, ""Mabel O'Neal, Beatrice Evans,Madeline Franks, Lillian Banks, Babe Naz-worthy, Elsie Monteneck, Rose Duffin,

Margaret Nelson, Sadie Willis, FrancesWilli.tms. Mny Holland, Betty Slater. Ma-bel Foster, Fay Huntington, Susan Madi-son, Alice Phillips.

Sam Robinson is the manager: W. L.

Terrell, musical director. The show bnsbeen rounded up into very good shape, andshowy costumes are in evidence throughout.

"MIDNIGHT MAIDS"SCORE A BIG HITAT THE COLUMBIA

"The Night in a Music Hall" act is theclosing feature at the Columbia this week,and Harry Hearn, as the inebriated swell,falls in and out of the boxes in real bur-lesque style and concludes the act with thefunny wrestling match. The entire showis constructed along these broad comedylines, and the comedy keeps the fun elec-

trodes sparking incessantly."Stolen Sweets" is tbe title of the first

part, for which an elaborate scenic set is

used.Billy Barry, as Elias, a gay Irishman, is

loaded with funny remarks, which are dis-charged in an original manner.Wm. J. Hoyt wae billed as a crazy in-

ventor, and succeeded in feeding Dutch tothe Irish in effective style. Chas. Cordonwas good as the straight.Helen Byron, attractive and possessing

a splendid soprano voice, was a fine a2round prima donna, with "lion Cherie,""Hawaiian Moon" and "Arizona" as her as-signments, all of which received encores.Ethel Vernon was another bright mem-

ber, active and accomplished, who im-pressed favorably with her "New Orleans"song, also in her singing and dancingspecialty with Frank Hanseom. The lat-ter waa a lively bellhop and a fine dancer.

Clara Gibson showed ber exceptionalhigh kicking, but her singing sufferedfrom the effects of a eold. She contributed"Quaker Girl," "Every Chappie Has aSweetheart" and "The Face in the Flag ILove."Larry Meeban, Billy Fern and Bobby

Williams completed the cast.

A great acrobatic specialty was shownby Fern, Bigelow and Meehan, with someespecially clever twisters by Meehan andgood comedy by the "Chaplin" Chap.A Scotch drill by the girls, with Grace

King as drummer, was a handsomely uni-formed and well executed series of evolu-tions.

Pani, a Javanese midget, 38 Inches high,helped in some of the numbers with goodcomedy effect.

The girls selected from the chorus forthe "Iowa" number furnished several sur-prises, and Grace King was heard in well-played selections on the cello, with har-monious vocal accompaniment.Bobby Williams and Irene Blaney con-

tributed an up-to-date dance exhibition.

In the Mnsic Hall scene, "Shorty" Bige-low was the mischievous youngster andBilly Barry the uncle.The Midnight Maidens Trio sang well

and scored a hit.

The scene in the Bleeping car, with thefour married couples, was one continuouslaugb. Tbe "No More Bullets," and otherstandard hits like "Willie Green," wentover with precision and this real old-timeburlesque show provides really enjoyableentertainment.

FOX MANAGER TRANSFERREDSt. John, Canada, March 3.—C. M.

Crawford, who established the local branchof the Fox Film Co. here a year ago, hasbeen transferred to the Montreal office

and has been succeeded here by I. Lourkes.

PHOTOPLAY LEAGUE SEES FILM"A Tale of Two Cities." the William

Fox seven-reel production of Charles Dick-ens* book, was shown Thursday afternoonto the advisory committee of the Photo-play League at their headquarters.

BLACKWELL RENEWS CONTRACTCarlrle Blackwell has signed a new con-

tract covering a long term with WorldPictures Brady-Made.

"SINS OF SONS" WINS"The Sins of Sons" film won its case

here when the court overruled the censor's

decision and proclaimed the picture notobjectionable.

WOODS GETS POTTER PLAYA. H. Woods has secured for production

this Spring a musical comedy by PaulI'otter. entitled "Tbe Girl From theTrenches." The storr is based on a Frenchfarce.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 7, 1917

MANAGERS TIP

BOOSTS N.V.A.

MEMBERSHIPAPPLICATIONS PILING IN

Since the reported suggestion becamespread about two weeks ago, tbat it

would be advisable for all actors desiring

to obtain employment at bouses affiliated

with the Vaudeville Managers' ProtectiveAssociation to become members of the

National Vaudeville Artists more than1,000 names have been added to the mem-bership -rolls of that organization. Appli-

cations are still coming in with the ar-

rival of each mail and, according to HenryChesterfield, they will average 150 a dayduring the current week.There has been considerable gossip

among the actors along Broadway regard-

ing the "suggestion." They seem to see

the handwriting on the wall if they donot join, and consequently have hurriedover to the offices of the N. V. A. to file

their application.

Managers of all houses about New Yorkhave been very diligent in their efforts torecruit new members for the organization.

The most diligent of these have been Al-bert Darling, of the Colonial Theatre;

Harry C. Swift, of the Harlem OperaHouse, who has been turning in an aver-

age of fifteen applicants a week; HarryBailey, of the Alhambra Theatre, andManager Quaid, of the Fifth Avenue.The club rooms of the organization have

assumed a very busy aspect of late, manyperformers calling on Secretary Chester-field to adjust grievances which, theyclaim, existed between them and man-agers. Mr. Chesterfield states that, at thepresent time, there are 4,500 members in

the organization.

EFF1E SHANNON FOR VAUDE..

Pending the recovery of Herbert Kelcey,

who is in a sanitarium as the result of anervous breakdown, Effie Shannon will

make a short tour in vaudeville, if she canfind a suitable playlet.

HOWARD GIBBS MARRIEDCmulWMATT, March 5.—Howard E.

Gibbs, who appeared last week at Keith's

Theatre in "America First,'* and MurielSharpe, formerly with the same company,were married last week.

FILMS LURE VAUDEVILUANDorothy Brown, late of the vaudeville

team of Brown and Kilgour, has been do-ing such good work for the new Philadel-

phia Picture Corp., that they have signedher up.

TEAM JOINS ORCHESTRASt. John, Can.. March 3.—Borbank and

Danforth, well known vaudeville act ofmusicians, are at present members of theImperial Theatre orchestra here.

VAUDEVILLE ACTOR FINEDPercival St. Clair, a vaudeville actor,

was filled $100 and costs Friday by Magis-trate House in the Traffic Court on the

charge of speeding.

MABEL BROWNELL WANTS ACTMabel BrowneU, who has closed with

Eugene Walter's "Just a Woman," hasreturned to Broadway and is seeking avaudeville vehicle.

OGDEN CRANE HAS NEW ACTOgden Crane will soon appear in a new

one-act farce by Charles Horwitz, entitled

"Marry the Lady."

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COUNT TOLSTOY FOR VAUDECount Hya- Tolstoy, son of Count Leo

Tolstoy, who is in America on a lecturetour, has been engaged by Martin Beck toappear at the Orpheum Theatre, SanFrancisco, for one week in addition to theregular vaudeville show. Count Tolstoywill lecture on the subject, "The Life andIdeals of Leo Tolstoy." This will be his

only appearance at a vaudeville theatre.

CORA BECKWITH FIXING ACTDubuque, Iowa, March 6.—Cora Beck-

with is spending two weeks here at herhome, having successfully completed a tourof the Canadian time of the WesternVaudeville Association with her diving act.

She is now preparing a new act with whichshe will tour the East. Later she will befeatured as a free attraction with the big

fain throughout the Middle West

NEW BILLY INMAN SKETCHBilly Inman and Frank L. Wakefield,

the former burlesque comedians wrfo are ap-pearing in a vaudeville skit on the U. B.O. time, are having a comedy dramaticsketch prepared for them for next season

by Edward Little. In this sketch theywill be assisted by Francis Collins andMarion Earie, also presenting a vaudeville

turn.

MRS. GOODWIN FOR VAUDEVILLEMargaret Mo reland (Mrs. Nat C. Good-

win) win take a try at vaudeville onMarch 10, when she will present "Play-ing the Game," by Haydn Talbot. InMiss Moreland's support will be DouglasJ; Wood, Norman Mitchell and Guy Mil-

halm. Wilmington, Del., has been selected

as the "dog town."

HOYT AND TAYLOR JOIN AGAINThe old team of Harry Hoyt and Andy

Taylor win appear in vaudeville againafter several years of retirement, opening

at the Hippodrome, Beading, Pa., March12. Since leaving vaudeville, Taylor hasbeen the manager of Gene Howard's min-strels.

NEW QUARTETTE APPEARSUtica, N..Y., March 6.—The four Amer-

ican Beauties is the title of a new quar-tette of harmonists who made their vaude-ville debut at the Majestic Theatre, here.

Lew Price is manager of the act whichalso includes Arthur Clay, Ray Lynch andFred Slater.

COLUMBIA BEING REBUILTBoston, Mass., March 6.—The old Co-

lumbia Theatre, recently gutted by fire, is

being rebuilt as a modem, fireproof-the-

atre with a seating capacity of nearly2,500. It win be opened on Labor Day bythe Marcus Loew interests.

ACTS RETURN FROM AUSTRALIAVaudeville performers arriving recently

from Australia include: The Skatelles,Degnon and Clifton, Bertie Ford, WalterWeems, Jamie Kelly, and Jack Merlin,who aU appeared with success in the HughD. Mcintosh Theatres.

GRIFFIN PREPARING ACTGerald E. Griffin, who has returned from

Australia, where he has been playing inIrish dramas, is preparing for a vaude-ville engagement in an Irish costume act.

ARDMORE HAS NEW THEATREAbdmore, Okla., March 2.—Ardmore's

new theatre, the Princess, has a seatingcapacity of l,ii50. It has played to bigbusiness since its. opening last week.

TRANSLATING COWAN PLAYLET"The State Forbids," a one-act playlet

by Sada Cowan, a young Americandramatist, is being translated into Japa-nese for production in the Orient. :

EMIL1E LEA LEAVES ACTEmilie Lea withdrew from the cast of

"The World's Dancers" following Sundaynight's performance at the Riverside. Shewin rest for a time.

"THE CHICKEN" REHEARSES"The CMcken," si one-act satire by

Charles Horwitz, with. a cast of eight peo-ple and special scenery, is now rehearsingfor vaudeville.

HAZEL BOYNE IN VAUDE AGAINHazel Boyne, who was with "Watch

Your Step," has returned to vaudevillewith her former partner, Harry Pauli.

HELEN BURKE IN SINGLEAlbany, N. Y., March 5.—Helen Burke,

formerly with Cal Deav, opened today at

the Majestic in a new single.

NEW ACT CALLED "TROUBLE""Trouble" is the. name of a new vaude-

ville musical offering which will feature

Mr., and Mrs. Frank Deshen.

PREVOST ON LOEW CIRCUITPrevost and Goulet, after a year's en-

gagement in the West, opened on the Loewcircuit this week.

MATTIE CHOATE REHEARSINGMat tie Choate & Co. , are rehearsing a

new sketch, entitled "Doctor Mary."

ESTELLE THEBAUD JOINS ACTEgtelle Thebaud has joined the Ade-

laide and Hughes act.

THOS. J. QUICLEYManager of the Chicago Office of

M. Witmark & Sons.

PATSY'S PATTER

Ballard McDonald presented a real

novelty for vaudeville at the Harlem OperaHouse last week. The idea is great, butthe offering, as a whole, is crude and with-out the necessary punch at the finish to patit over."

Dobbs, a valet, who, Ballard assert*, hewon in a crap game in London, is excel-

lent. The character impersonations pre-

sented are announced very soberly by thevalet: Mr:- Sloan, of Sloan's Liniment; Mr.Radway, of Radway*s Ready Relief; Mr.Allen, of Allen's Foot Ease; Carter's little

Liver Pills; Ostermoor of mattress fame;Tony GazeUo, Tonsorial Artist, of No. 31Main Street, Bayonne: Smith, of SmithBros, cough drop fame; The Other CoughDrop.

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The laughs that greeted these imper-sonations were genuine, which puts thestamp of approval on the main point, a new,humorous -idea. At the finish, Dobbs ex-

presses his 'disgust at the' performance andhis master's ability as a performer of anysort whatsoever. McDonald's 'final replyis, "No man is a hero in' the eyes - of his

valet."

The act needs much before it will do forany regular ' time. -

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Billy Allen, of Montrose & Allen, is still

suffering so- badly from the effects of anoperation he had two weeks ago, that hehas bad to cancel another week. He is

going about with his head bandaged, look-ing for aU the world as if he had ' beenshot up with shrapnel, or somethingworse. The plain truth is that Billy hada poor little' inconspicuous wart on his

scalp that worried him, and he let awise (T) little barber try to take it off.

Result, blood poisoning. Now he wisheshe had the wart back again.

Ft""I* Stephens, who stepped into thebUI at the Colonial Monday, when LewHoltz stepped out, had the surprise of herlife. She went on without any rehearsal,following Sophie Tucker and two othersinging acts, and made an enormous suc-cess just singing songs. Miss Stephens'sinimitable manner of rendering "Poor But-terfly" won special and continued applausefor her, even when she was ready to re-spond with another number. Hear otherssing this number and then hear MissStephens.

Carrie Weber, of the Three WeberGirls, blew right into the "marriage game"last week without even warning any of theother players. The event took place atWilliamsport and the party of the secondpart is Wm. M. Hicfcg, a much respectedcitizen of Bath, N. Y. Carrie win finish

her contracted time with her sisters andthen good bye to the professional stage.

And she means it too.

Just watch those "Two Girls Trying toGet Along," Lewis and White, the Orpbeumthis week. They are strangera here fromthe West the West that always offers aglad hand to "tenderfoot" Eastern girls.

They are yonng, ambitions and determinedto make good here, and they are sure tosucceed. Watch them "get along."

Through an error, Officer Vokes* "Don"was referred to last week as "Don the

Talking Dog" instead of "Don the InebriateDog." Lonely HaskeU's Don has been deadsometime and, be it"known. Officer YokesDon is no "dead one," evidenced plainly bythe success he is meeting with nightly atthe "FoUies."

The Yaltos, that dainty dancing duo hada tempting offer to join a big productionlast week, but turned it down, preferring

to work out the rest of their vaudeville

time, this season.

March 7, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

PALACEThe Gladiators opened the rather tame

bill this week.With the music of "The Gladiator

March," a Roman Hippodrome circular

drop, and the boys in showy gladiator dress,

everything was in harmony. The big fel-

low does his best feats with one arm. Theact is pleasing to the eye, with the little

fellow registering 75 per cent of it.

Sylvia Young, formerly of the sister actof YouDg & Brown and Jack Waldron, whoworked with a male partner earlier in the

season, have joined hands in a vaudeville

offering that they bill as "Moments Enjoy-able." Mr. Waldron makes no announce-ment, and so, it is difficult to tell at first

whether he is trying to imitate Lew Briceor Johny Dooley. Neither of the team cansing well enough for a big time bill, butthey have a dance at the finish, with somenovelty steps in it, that was well liked.

Jas. B. Carson and Go. in "The ModelsAbroad" again made the audience sit npand take notice. The girls are pretty andthe act moves along quickly from the mo-ment Carson appears upon the scene. Afew people applauded as the actor whoplays the reporter came on at the opening,thinking it was Carson, bnt it soon diedout, when they got a good look at him.Of the models who appear in costumes rep-

resenting prominent actresses, the GabyDeslya and Mrs. Vernon Castle girls weresplendid, in looks, manner and style of

dress.

Dorothy Toye, the girl with the twogrand opera voices, opened with the "Hymnda Soleil" and sang four other numbersdelightfully. She was forced to do an en-core and sang the ever popular "La DonneMobile," which the audience started to

applaud as soon as they heard the music.Sam Mann, through loss of voice, had to

drop out of the bill and Bert Baker & Co.were brought down from the Riverside toreplace his act.

Adelaide & Hughes were moved np to

closing intermission position and opened,as last week, with their Colonial danceduet, which is a picture of grace, to saythe least. The raise of last week, the Pannumber, Miss Adelaide's Hawaii number,and the Birth of the Dance follow, andthen Adelaide and Hughes put on an ela-

borate Pierrot and Columbine number.This is one of the best numbers these ar-

tists have appeared in this season.

Bock & White opened Intermission as atough boy and girl. As Mane, the girl,

Miss White says she has never been to a"movie," and Bock, who has fifteen cents,

tells her to grap her shawl and he will take

her. A lot Of Stalling for time was in-

dulged in at the afternoon performance,and it is doubtful if any other audience in

town -wou)d have stood for it. Miss Whitehas a new number about wanting to be amonkey in the Zoo.These clever artists seem to be running

short of new material and it would be bet-

ter for them to go straight ahead and dotheir old act than stall.

Bert Baker & Co. filled the much felt

want on the bin and set the audience laugh-ing with his "Prevarication" the minnte heshowed them his good natnred face. Theact is a laugh from start to finish and onebit of business, that of grabbing his wife's

hands, whenever she starts to gesticulate,

for fear she is going to "hand him one"furnishes Jack Wilson his best burlesque.

Jack did not seem to hit on many big-

laughs, bnt he had a hard spot, followinga comedy act. Miss Dolores Suarez de-serves special mention for her looks andappearance. The big scream of the act wasJack's appearance in a red velvet train af-

fair, wearing a string of potatoes as a neck-

lace and large onions as ear rings.

The eighth episode of the Mrs. VernonCastle picture, "Patria," failed to holdmany people in even though it was far

more comfortable inside than ont in theslush and rain.—P. S.

SHOW REVIEWS(Continned on page H)

RIVERSIDEThe program at the Riverside this week

is a rather alow one. The burden of car-rying the last half fell entirely upon Ger-trude Hoffmann's act.

The dazzling settings for this Revueproved its best feature, although at timesnumbers in the routine approached regularGertrude Hoffmann quality.

Bnt the girls in the turn have eitherbeen accustomed to cavorting among themilk maids on a dairy farm, or have notbeen given sufficient time to rehearse thebusiness. During about half the numbers,the audience absolutely guffawed at theawkward performances. Three or four ofthe girls climbed on trapeze as if they hadrheumatism, and dives made into a tankwere simply falls.

When some of them sang, it would navetaken a person in the first row with anear trumpet to have distinguished anysound. About the only good thing to besaid about the Cingalese Troupe is thatthey mean welL They appear to be excessbaggage. Miss Hoffmann's numbers wentover fair, but only the Apache dance anda couple of specialty dances by others mademore than a passing impression.

Robert T. Haines and Company was innumber five spot with the playlet, "Enter—A Stranger." A wife is supposed to betaught a lesson through a frame-up by herhusband and a friend, bnt the audience is

not "in" on most of the lines and onlylearns what it's all aboout at the last min-nte. Some of the early exposition is lost

to those in the rear of the house becausethe lines are not spoken loud enough. Theskit pleased the audience.

Johnnie Dyer and Frank Fay stoppedthe show with their "What's it all about"stuff. Fay has a way of bis own of beingfanny. He uses a chalk-like make-up andassumes a pose between that of a scarecrowand a village cut-up. This comedian is

good. The song by Dyer and the girl ofthe company should be dropped, as it slowsup the turn. Dyer isn't a singer and thegirl's voice has an unpleasant screech.

"Jim" Corbet dropped into number fourspot when the audience wasn't looking forhim and put over the history of incidentsin his career in a pleasing manner, forwhich he received a good hand. He wasbilled to open intermission.

Loyal's canine Toque and some otherdog entertainers of no mean ability were in

the first spot and won the usual approba-tion accorded this clever turn.

Felix Bernard and Eddie Janis regis-

tered big in the second position. One getssome tuneful music out of a violin whilethe other strokes the piano keys. A clever

bit of stepping for a close is sure-fire. Thisis a classy act, but the use throughout ofthe spotlight is unnecessary and really de-tracts from the worth of the turn. Thespot is almost "strained" at times to keepthe two within its bounds. The act wouldgo over on a bare stage.

Bert Melrose offered his "ultimo loco"

stuff and his famous fall, keeping the houseroaring throughout. Melrose is a clown ofthe first magnitude and could knock 'emcold in an alley.

Mrs. Vernon Castle was in the last spot

and received a big hand when a close-upwas flashed on the screen at the beginningof the installment. J. L.

COLONIALRobbie Gordone, who opened the show,

had an accident while presenting her actMonday afternoon.Miss Gordone gives classic reproductions

of famous porcelains, ivories and oil paint-ings and when the curtain went up on thefinal number, which was to have represented"The Death of the Dancing Girl," theaudience witnessed the mishap, instead.

While the man assisting her lifted herand the mount to which she was attached,Miss Gordone lost her balance and sheand the paraphernalia toppled to the floor,

bringing the act to a close. Miss Gordonecame before the curtain to take a bow andshow she was not seriously hurt

Scarpioff, the Russian boy tenor assistedby Leon Varvara, at the piano, offer anentertaining vaudeville turn. Scarpioff hasa clear and pleasing voice, which, althoughlacking in volume, is readily made np ofeven tones and good enunciation. Thepianist offers a selection, which was liked.

The act got a big band.It is not often that ah acrobatic act

can occupy third position on a bill and getaway with it The Fonr Readings are anexception. That is the position they helddown at the Colonial and offered good proofthat it is not necessary for an acrobatic actto open or close the show.- Their gymnasticfeats were skilfully performed and kept theaudience gasping with suspense.Lou Holts opens with a song bnt the

audience did not share his effusiveness. Heis of the nut variety and while his workat times was liked, be is prone to overdo hiseccentric stuff.

Sophie Tucker and her Five Kings ofSyncopation closed the first half and arereviewed under New Acts.

Following intermission came Herbert Ash-ley and Jack AUman, in a skit entitled"The Dawn of a New Day." This opensas a dramatic sketch with a prosperousJew (Herbert Ashley) advancing $125 toa young Irishman who has stolen thatamonnt from his employer to buy a ringfor his girl, and desperate, wants to commitsuicide because she has turned him down.The Jew gives him the money because, ashe said, an Irishman had once done hima good turn and he is now even. The actappeals to both the Jewish and Irish ele-

mentThe offering is then converted into a

singing act with Jack AUman, whose richtenor voice should be more featured in theact than it is, rendering several Irish songs.

When Ashley sang, however, it was tooslow to be effective. The act dragged alittle and should have more speed injected.

Alexandra Carlisle and company offer anew act entitled "Let Us Divorce." It is

reviewed nnder New Acts.

Johnny Dooley and Yvette Rugel registertheir usual big hit The previous act camein for some burlesquing by Dooley and wasa scream. The burlesque of Rath St Deniswas also laughter-provoking, in fact,

everything they did was liked. Their Ha-waiian song and dance brought forth muchapplause and they were forced to respondto an encore.

The "Patria" film closed the show.S. W.

HAWAIIAN ACT BREAKING IN

The Princess Mabella Troupe is. nowbreaking in a new Hawaiian act for vaude-ville. William Beck and Princess Mabella,a Hawaiian dancer, win be featured in theoffering.

MOSS STOPS USE OF FLAG"The Star Spangled Banner" and the

American flag, according to an edict ofB. S. Moss, will no longer have a placeon the vaudeville and motion picture pro-grams of the Moss Theatres. Mr. Mossfeels that a place of public entertainmentis not suitable for indiscriminate flagwaving and making capital of the lia-

tional anthem.

ALHAMBRAThis is Patrons' Request Week at the

Alhambra, which means a ten-act bill.

On Monday night the audience was stillcoming in as far along as the fourth spot,so that Lillian's Comedy Pets found itrather trying in the opening position.However, the act went well.

Pietro came next and entertained withrag and classical selections, played uponhis piano accordion. He is a master ofthe instrument and pleases, particularly,with his popular selections.

Phil and Arthur Roy juggled plates andshot at targets in the third spot Theircomicalities drew many laughs. The jug-gling of the turn is rather clever, but itlsupon breaking plates and other by-playthat they depend for success.

George Austin Moore and CordeliaHaager are a. talented pair and found iteasy to win the audience over to them.Moore plays the ukulele well, and knowshow to tell darky dialect stories. Thegirl is charming, and sings her songs ina very pleasing way. However, she seemsto be holding herself in too much of thetime. She has not enough to do, and theaudience would have liked mora of her.Frank Mullane sings ballads and tells

Irish and Yiddish stories in a way thatpleases. But he should get over laughingat his jokes, leaving that part of it to theaudience.

Eva Taylor, Lawrence Grattan & Co.present the farce playlet, "Rocking theBoat" with a series of artificially cookedup situations which are even too ludicrousfor a farce. The playlet receives quite anumber of laughs, but is not strongenough to close the first half of the bill,as it does. It is as well acted as its plotpermits.

Gladys Clark and Henry Bergman, withCliff Hess at the piano, followed intermis-sion. More correctly, the billing shouldread: Henry Bergman, assisted by GladysClark, for the latter has but little to doand does that only fairly welL For anencore, she sings a patriotic number whichanybody should be able to put over inthese turbulent times. But Bergman hasto intercede and sing the second verse tocarry the number over. Bergman is thewhole act. He knows how to sing popularmelodies. Success crowned every one ofhis numbers. The act won hearty ap-proval from the audience.The Baby Grand was then hauled far-

ther front, and Roland Warner played thepiano for Craig Campbell, whose tenorvoice showed signs of hnskiness at times.His lighter selections were by far the beat.J^y request" he sang the sob song fromTagliacci." He should not have heededthe request, because the aria is too muchfor him, even though many of the audiencaapplauded.

Marie Nordstrom followed. Her intro-duction in rhyme is very clever. The hitentitled "Twenty Years From Now" toher strongest offering, and would make aaideal closer for her act Following it with"On and Off," which is a much weaker of.fering. is unwise. Miss Nordstrom has aaagreeable personality, but, on the srkola.needs stronger material. She had tis> dJ.ficulty in going over In such a wars;house, however. JEZ"house, however.

"Seeley*s Syncopated StudfBlossom Seeley, assisted byand Lynn Cowan, closed tf *bill Ragtime only know,'' —^Seeley. She has a way that Tig,own. In this offering she has 8am.„«i>dherself with two very capable a.«i^^t».The banjo solo is a feature of the aet. andon Monday night the audience H»rh«n^^an encore from the banjoist. The fellowat the piano pulls off some good comedyin the Hawaiian number.

"Patria" holds np wen at this theatre,and the latest installment proved a veryinteresting one. if. q.

3 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 7, 1917

V^ft/ROYAL

Performers played to an "easy" audi-ence at the Royal at Monday's matinee.The audience was quick to appreciate thesmallest trifle with applause.

The show was opened by the Rials,

Daisy and Fred, described on the programas "A boy, a girl, a pair of rings and afew old hats." Working in front of adaintily colored drop this pair executedsome truly remarkable feats which re-

ceived their quota of applause. Balanc-ing hats while working on the rings wasa feature of the act and was well done.

This act was followed by Walter DeLeon and Mary Davies who will receive

a detailed review under New Acts.

How an act like like "Tango Shoes" canprove a riot is a mystery, yet that is just

what it did at the matinee on Monday.The members of the act give an adequateillustration of bow it is possible to suc-

cessfully invade vaudeville without anytalent worth writing of. The act consists

of Bert Cole and five "plants" in the audi-ence who come upon the stage uponvarious pretences and perform some ordi-

nary Hanmng steps. However, their danc-

ing and nonsense pleased the ltoyalites andthe applause which greeted their offering

was of the kind that is music to anyactor's ears.The Lander Brothers will receive a re-

view under New Acts.Octavia. Broske & Company in an

operetta entitled, "Highway,'' closed the

first half of the bill. The thing that stands

out above all else in the act is the scenery.

The effect of distance, the rolling clouds,

the setting sun, the sky blue lake, the run-ning stream and the pugging of the posse areall most realistic and form one of the mostambitious scenic attempts in vaudeville.

Next in importance is the music in the act,

written by Percy Wenrieh. It is far moretuneful than the music contained in the

average vaudeville operetta or musicalcomedy.Not as much can be said for the lines

and lyrics, however. Edgar Allan Woolfhas turned out a mediocre "book" and ordi-

nary lyrics in this operetta.

Miss Broske has a wonderfully fine

voice but would appear to better advantagein a single than in this offering. GeorgeBancroft gives her passable support.

There is no rhyme nor reason for havinga third character in the operetta and the

role of "Peter Kettering" could be cut out

and never missed. The act has improvedsomewhat since reviewed at the AudubonTheatre, but the action drags despite MissBroske's voice, good music and a wonderfulsetting.

The second half of the bill was openedby Xvette. This pretty little girl knowsthe meaning and importance of "pep" andmakes use of her knowledge. Time does

not drag while she is on the stage and her

violin playing, dancing and singing, all w^nequal applause. Her Hawaiian numberwas put over well. Her Japanese openingwas done prettily. The house liked her,

judging from the hand which was given herand an encore was hers for the granting,

but, for some reason or other, she did notrespond and signalled the orchestra leader

to start the music for the next act.

Jim and Marion Harkins will be re-

viewed under New Acts.The show was closed by Joseph E.

Howard & Ethelyn Clark. Howard should

consider himself lucky in possessing such

a charming partner and the chief trouble

with the act is that Miss Clark is not onthe stage enough. Each entrance of hers,

—

seven in all,—was a sensation as each timeshe appeared in a different wonderfully

stylish gown. Near the end of the act,

Howard heard a request for one of his ownsongs from the audience, although the re-

quest was not audible to the house.

The Bronxites like "Patria" and a great

majority of the audience remained for the

eighth installment. Some interestingscenes are shown in this episode. H. G.

FIFTH AVENUEThe capacity audience on hand Monday

night saw a well arranged bill at thishouse.

In number one position, Van Cello, afoot and hand juggler, held attention withbis clever work. After doing several or-dinary feats, he lies in the position of afoot juggler and juggles three battle axes,a stunt requiring strength of wrist, owingto his position, as ' well as accuracy. Hethen does barrel juggling with his feet,and scores. As a finish, still in his up-side down position, he keeps the barrelmoving with soft shoe dance steps, whichbrought down the house.Bud and Nellie Hein presented their

well-known juvenile act, and were receivedwith every evidence of approval.Arthur Whitelaw scored one of the big

hits of the bill. He started with talk andthen went into the Irish song, which he fol-lowed with a patter song that was liked sowen be was compelled to render a dozenverses or more. He finished with his reci-tation "Take It From Me."Karl Emmy put his pets through their

paces to the huge entertainment of the au-dience. His troupe of canines ranks sec-

ond to none, when it comes to intelligenceand perfection of training. The little

animals do their stunts in regular routine,without any apparent prompting from Mr.Emmy and their closing stunts, slidingdown the toboggan, gives a hurrah finian

to an ever pleasing dog act.Peggy Brooks, the "Midnight Follies

star," proved herself to be a capable singleentertainer. She opened with an Irishcharacter song, rendered with all the neces-sary brogue and gaelic trimmings. Shefollowed with a Scotch number, sung a to

Harry Lauder with an excellent Highlanddialect and then gave two popular songs.Miss Brooks possesses the requirements

necessary to success. She has ability anda pleasing personality. Her Scotch andIrish dialects are rood and the big successBhe scored was well deserved.Enunett J. Welch and company of eight

men, had a minstrel offering entitled "AMinstrel Revision," which is away from theaverage act of its kind seen today, in thatit is more like a minstrel first part, withinterlocution, end men, singers and dancers.Mr. Welch, who acts as the "Middle Man"is in white face, while the members of hiscompany put on burnt cork.

The act opens with Welch introducingthe Harmony Quartette, which sings anumber. Then follow songs by the in-

dividual members, one of whom has a re-

markable falsetto voice. An ensemblenumber is the finish. The act carries aspecial set, full stage.

John B. Hymer, with the assistance ofa company of six, five men and a girl,

presented "Tom Walker in Dixie," anelaborate offering. The story of the acttells of Uncle Tom Walker reading a bookon Faust. While he is reading, he falls

asleep and dreams that he sells his soulto the devil and kills a man under the

devil's promise that he will take care ofhim. The old negro is convicted and sen-

tenced to die and, at the very last moment,when he is in the electric chair, the devil

appears and saves him. Tom wakes npand is so happy it was a dream that he de-

cides to read the Bible and go to church.Mr. Hymer does good work as Tom

Walker. The work of his support is ade-quate. Three special Bets are required, acabin, a prison cell and an executionchamber.Lew Reed and the Wright Girls gave an

act they call "Musical Comedy Oddities"in which they sing and dance. The twogirls are attractive and dress well and Mr.Reed is a capital soft shoe dancer.

B. W.

NEW PLAY FOR BROOKLYN CO.The Brooklyn Repertory Theatre will

give its second offering on Friday night.

It win be an English version of Asa's andCarrion's Spanish drama, "Zaragueta."

AMERICANThe inclement weather didn't deter the

patrons of this popular house from turningout in full force Monday afternoon to seethe entertaining bill Manager Chas. Pots-dam had prepared for them.

Sheppard and Ott opened, with a singingand talking act, interspersed with a bit ofpiano playing. The man's impersonationof Bert Williams singing "Put On YourGlad Rags," was poor. In neither voicenor gesture did he get anywhere near the"big smoke."Lomont and Wright, two young ladies

of the blonde and brunette type, recalled

the palmy days of the Cherry Sisters. Theyeach played harmonicas; almost two at atime. One. made up as a rube, did a little

fiddling. They were warmly greeted.The Three Melvin Brothers contributed

an acrobatic act of merit, and were gen-erously applauded.Wright and Douglass followed with a

nonsensical skit about "Love Insurance."It contained some good smiles, but the -

feature of it was what might be justlycalled "the evolution of dancing," commenc-ing with the old-fashioned minuet, thenfollowed by the almost obsolete waltz, andquickly getting into the glides of the pres-ent day steps. All were nicely executed,and well received, as they deserved to be.

"The New Producer" proved to be agrand opera concoction, calling for an emptystage, four men, an equal number of women,and a leader, who makes his way down theaisle into the space allotted him. The actis badly constructed, but splendidly actedas regards tbe vocal efforts of the octette,

who sang classic selections from Carmenand other popular operas. A premieredanseuse divided the honors with the vocal-ists. The act wasn't accorded the recog-nition it deserved, and would undoubtedlygo better on Broadway. The dropping of aurge flag while the company sang "TheStar-Spangled Banner" was sadly out ofplace.

A big hit was Tommy Ray. Thomas is

supposed to have been a stoker on the ill-

fated Lusitania, where he was known as"the singing stoker"—or was it fireman?Anyway, Tommy can sing, and furthermore,he did sing, to the huge delight of thosepresent.His appearance is preceded by a series

of pictures showing him in his natural en-vironment. Then he appears in person, andin characteristic dress, his shirt cut U shape.He easily got over on his merits, finishingwith a recitation and some "kind applause"talk about going to be naturalized, etc.,

that might have been better left unsaid."A Soldier's Wife" proved to be a dra-

matic gem, with bright, snappy dialogue,that at times was almost epigrammatic.

Ifs about a girl mostly, but the twomen engaged were quite necessary to theactThe girl is enticed away from friend hus

band by a man. The third party, anotherman, enters on the scene, after which, untilthe denouement, ifs a case of mistakenidentity. The man who enters thinks theman with the woman is the wronged hus-band, and, as a consequence, lets go of five

thousand perfectly good iron men ; enoughto buy potatoes and eggs for a week.

All in all, it was fine entertainment, well

portrayed.The laughing honors fell to O'Connor

and Dixon, who served up a new line ofnuts. Both the comedian and the straightman did excellent work. There were laughsgalore from the time the humorous chapmade his appearance below the curtain, onthe floor, with a bucket and soap.

It is regrettable that this really clever

team should find it necessary to use one of

the best gags long used by Mclntyre andHeath in their Georgia Minstrels. Cut it

out, boys. You're capable enough withoutitThe show closed with a bicycle act, the

Gillette Trio. Yes, they used safety wheels.

The trio comprises a man, a woman and acomedian. It's a good act. E. R.

JEFFERSONThe bad weather on Monday afternoon

had a deterring effect upon the patronage'at this house but, nevertheless, tbe seatswere nearly all filled, and those who bravedthe elements were well repaid.

After the usual run of pictures, Kinzo,a Japanese juggler, opened the vaudevillebill and he soon convinced those presenthe was deserving of their attention. Clever-ness at juggling is the rule with the Japa-nese, but Kinzo proved himself to bebetter than many of his predecessors andcan surely be classed among the top-notchers. It is true that many of hisfeats are familiar, but he performs with anexceptional ease and grace that makesthem seem better as he goes along. Cer-tain it is that he scored a good sized hit.Brunelle and PurnteD presented a very

pleasing ringing and talking act and wereaccorded a hearty reception. Mr. Porn tellhas a powerful voice of rather good qualityand his articulation is excellent. It would,however, serve the act better if he mode-rated his vocal efforts. As it is, his tonesdrown Miss Brunelle's voice at times.

Sidney Drew's old success, "Bniy*sTombstones" was presented by J. RussellBarry and company and was well liked.This is one of the funniest skits the vaude-ville stage has known, which is proved bythe fact that in spite of its age it hasretained its laugh-making qualities. Mr.Barry, while he gets a great deal out ofthe lines, is a little heavy for the role ofBilly. The young lady who played theBister did fairly well.Haley and Noble presented a comedy

talking, singing and dancing act and werewen liked. Heir comedy talk drew manylaughs and the dancing of the f^", -whokicks his heels most artistically Won welldeserved applause.

Fields and Wells upheld their reputa-tion as fun-makers. They have blight andsnappy material and know how to put itover. The smaller man is a capital He-brew comedian and his partner is a good"straight" and sings wen. They scored thecomedy hit of the bill.

Six Peaches and a Pear is one of thoseperennial girl acts that always seems tofind favor, and in this case it is well de-served. The six girls are attractive, singweU, dance gracefuUy and make threechanges of pretty costumes. The two menare good comedians. The taller of the twois a capital dancer and Is the centralfigure of two pleasing chorus numbers.The dialogue is in the main bright butthe reference to "washing her neck" shouldbe eliminated.

DT/eir and Termini, a violinist and ac-cordionist, proved themselves to be artists.rsVey played a number of selections andwere so well liked that they were forcedto respond to an encore.

George Brown, the champion walker,presented an act out of the ordinary andone which grew in interest as it progressed.The act opens with motion pictures of Mr.Brown doing various walking stunts, fromcontesting in races to teaching others howto walk.Mr. Brown then appears and explains

that the purpose of the act is to race amile on racing machines and introducesBilly Weston, grandson of the famouswalker, as his opponent The machines areof the old treadmill variety and when Wes-ton puts his ahead one lap they get readyand start.

As the men walk a dial on each machineshows their progress and gradually Mr.Brown gains on his young competitor untilat the end he "crosses the tape" by inches.

After six and a half laps have been re-corded the audience begins to show interestand at the end there is a decided demonstra-tion with calls for Billy. E. W.

TREE SPEAKS ON WARSir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, who ap-

peared last week at the Montauk Theatre,Brooklyn, made a brief speech Fridaynight between the acts, on peace and war.

March 7, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

MULE. DE ALMERTheatre—Proctor's 125th St.

Style

—

Shooting and target.

Time

—

Fourteen minutes.

Setting—Full stage.

The billing of this act calls far "TheBullet Proof Lady." Whether tins is

the proper title, however, is a matter of

conjecture, as all of the work is done bythe man, the woman performing only

several minor feats in acting as a hu-

man target. The man is a superb

shot, accomplishing many hard tasks

with the rifle in shooting at small tar-

gets from, various positions.

The woman's' first' stunt is in having

the man shoot a balloon from the top

of her head. He then 'shoots at two"musical anvils," following it With try-

ing the same stunt at "musical bells."

Of course, the big feat of the act is

the shooting through the human target.

The woman is placed on a pedestal with

Uack of playing cards pinned to herice. Back of her, suspended from a

rack, bangs a piece of glass- "The manannounces that he will shoot throughthe woman's body via the pack of cards

and shatter the glass with a military

rifle. He stands about five feet fromthe woman and fires the shot, the re-

port of which is similar to the Bound of

a 22 calibre revolver. The glass then

falls to the floor, shattered. The manthen announces that he has accom-plished his feat. He declared that his

stunt had baffled scientists and physi-

cians all over the world.

The act is hardly an acceptable turn

for vaudeville, as little interest in it wasmanifested by the audience. It prob-

ably would make a more suitable offering

for a side-show novelty with a circus

or carnival organization. A. TJ.

NEW ACTS(ContluiTJ ott P«a» »)

"DINING CAR MAIDS"Theatre

—

Harlem opera house.

Style

—

Girl act.

Time—Eighteen minutes.

Setting—Special. Full stage.

Peyton's "Dining Car Maids," com-posed of four girls and two men, is the

most entertaining aggregation of col-

ored performers seen by the reviewer in

an act of this type.The turn excels in every manner the

usual style of girl act seen at the

neighborhood theatres.The material used is new and original.

The two men are clever comedians andput over with plenty of "pep" the busi-

ness they indulge in. The taller of thetwo is a comedian "A-la Bert Williams"and in an imaginary dining car service

"bit" had the audience in spasms of

laughter.The girls have pleasing voices and are

clever dancers. On the whole the act is

a wholesome and entertaining product.A. TJ.

MILLINGTON & PAULITheatre—Regent.Style

—

Song and dance.

Time

—

Fourteen minutes.

Setting—One.The girl in this act is dressed as a

Bed Cross nurse. She appeals to theman, a dude "drunk," to help the sol-

diers. After a little patter, they sing

a comic war song. This is followed bysome more repartee.She exits, leaving him to dance; he

has some good eccentric steps. She re-

enters in a stylish costume and sings anovelty song. By this time he is over

his "drunk" and is surprised to find thatshe is his sweetheart. There is a little

talk about marriage, followed by aclever war medley, after which, theyexit.

The team presents a passably goodskit for small time audiences.

H. G.

DE LEON AND SAVIESTheatre—JBoyoLStyle—Stir.Tome

—

Nineteen minute*.Setting—Special.

This act, as it stands, lacks the neces-sary snap- The first half of it is par-ticularly draggy, the -second half pick-ing up a little more speed. 'The. mantries to do a number -of impersonationsOf different nationalities which are notvery well done and consume a' great dealof time. It is the girl's assistance in

these impersonations that carries theact over to whatever success it may at-

tain.The music, specially written for the

-act, smacks of musical comedy, and is

sufficiently catchy for its purpose.-The Act introduces an American am-

bulance -chauffeur "somewhere inFrance," who is exhausted from over-work sad lack of sleep. It deals withhis meeting his American lady loveabroad, whereupon the pair sing a songabout, "the same old love," during whichthe impersonations are -dragged in.

The girl's dresses are a feature of theact. They are in very good taste andAre worn well.The act needs considerable speeding

up. Tfce dialogue should be more*nappy. H. Q.

ALEXANDRA CARLISLE& CO. h

Theatre

—

Colonial.

Style—Sketoh.Time

—

Fifteen minute*.Setting—Special.

The playlet offered by Alexandra.

Carlisle and company, entitled "Let TJ»

Divorce," is an adaptation of Sardou's"Divoreons," by I. Thompson Buchanan^There are many comedy lines and situa-

tions and the actors make the best ofthem.Alexandra Carlisle is particularly

pleasing as Cypreene, who wants to di-

vorce her husband and marry anotherman because she thinks he can offer herthe love and romance she craves.

When the divorce is made easy for

her, she is not so anxious for it, especi-

ally when she finds out that the other

man makes only $10 a week. Her hus-

band then conquers her with his cave-

man stuff.

The role of the husband, Henry, is

well portrayed by Fife Roberta. Ea-telle, who has a minor role, is played byAgnes Everett. S. W.

JIM AND MARION HARKINSTheatre

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Royal.Style—Ifan and girl.

Time

—

Fifteen minute*.Setting—One.

The girl in this act enters and starts

to sing a song, but is interrupted bythe entrance of her "nut" partner.

After a little talk she exits. He, there-

upon, Starts to "kid" the acts that pre-

ceded him. He takes the audience into

his confidence and tells of all the scan-

dal that goes on back stage and gives

his impression of a negro singing asong. She re-enters and sings while hecontinues his chatter with the audience.

They end with a duet.The act is a standard one of its kind,

but will find it rather hard going on bigtime, owing to the fact that it has beenpreceded by many acta of the samestyle. It is just as good as many of

them, but the business of confiding in

the audience and the rest of the "nut"business is not entirely new any more.

H. G.

MORAN AND WHEELERTheatre

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City.

Style

—

Song and talk.

Time

—

Twenty-three minute*.Setting

—

One.

Mike Moran enters and starts to singa song, but is interrupted by the uncere-monious entrance of his partner, BertWheeler. Moran plays the "straight"while Wheeler acts the "nut."Wheeler explains his late arrival was

due to meeting an attractive girl in frontof -the theatre for whom he stopped tobuy a ticket so that she could see himact. The subject then turns to girls,.and there is considerable talk about"beautiful eggs" which would be betterunsaid. Wheeler next tells what heknows about love, after which he springsseveral riddles in an original fashion.Moran exists while Wheeler sings a

song, after some business with the or-chestra leader. Moran sings a balladfairly well, which gets several encores,owing to Wheeler's ludicrous confidenceswith the audience in which be asks them

, not to applaud his partner. There issome talk about mother, followed by aduet, with which the act closes. A shortscene with a rag baby is given as anencore, made funny by the "nut"The act will carry first honors on any

small time bill. Its success dependssolely upon Wheeler, who is funny in away that is all bis own. Moran will, intime, work into a better "straight."

H. W.

LANDER BROTHERSTheatre

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Royal. i

Style—Dialogue. \Time

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Twenty minute*.Setting—One.

Harry and Willie Lander are made upto represent a tramp and a "straight."The title of their offering is "Pills for

His."The tramp has just arrived in town

and meets the other man on the mainstreet. Humorous conversation ensuesfinally working round to some wonder-ful pills which the "straight" is selling.The act ends with a comic song.Beading a description of the act, one

would probably conclude that it is buta standard double act. This is an er-roneous impression, however, as the actis far above the average of its kind.The talk is breezy and really funny.Furthermore, it is highly original. Atthe Royal, practically every line re-ceived a laugh.The man who takes off the tramp

character does it remarkably well, whilethe "straight" is more than a "feeder"to the comedian.The pair is guaranteed to make any

audience laugh. H. G.

FOUR DARLING GIRLSTheatre—Procters iisth st.

Style—Musical.Time

—

Twelve minutes.Setting—One.

The four Darling Girls are neat in ap-pearance and present a refined musicalturn.

They open with a concert number onsaxophones which shows that they pos-sess more than ordinary ability on theseinstruments. One of the women followswith a voice number and the remainderof the routine is made up of selectionson these instruments.This act probably could be improved

by working in full stage, with the girls

coming forward for their different num.bera and three of them being seatedwhile the solos are being rendered.

SOPHIE TUCKERTheatre Colonial.Style

—

Singing.Time—Twenty minute*.Sitting—Special.

Sophie Tucker, one of the few sur-viving "queens of ragtime," made herreappearance at the Colonial after along Western tour with her five Kingsof Syncopation.After an introductory song in which-

the syncopated, or jazz band, consistingof piano, saxophone, 'cello, violin anddrum was introduced, Miss Tucker gotinto her real stride and put over aclever selection of Bongs as only she cando."Loneaomeness" seemed to predomi-

nate in all her numbers, and the plaint-ive

_little note in her voice and her

quaint style soon won the audiencecompletely. So clever is Miss Tuckerthat the orchestra seems an almost un-necessary adjunct, although they playwell and with their ragging enliventhings greatly.While Sophie made a change of cos-

tume the violinist offered a solo anddance that scored weU.The audience seemed to appreciate the

act very much, and an encore was calledfor, Miss Tucker responding with aHawaiian number. S. W.

1

BOB CARLINTheatre

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Riviera.Style

—

Monologue. * «Time

—

Fifteen minute*. "" "

Setting—One.Bob Carlin portrays a German janitor

and makes up well for the part.With a German accent he tells the

audience of the troubles of a tenementhouse janitor and of the vagaries of thedifferent tenants. He drifts into thesubject of eugenics and then Into a poemabout bis marriage to Katie Schmidt, aeugenic match.The poem can be safely characterised

as the longest poem in vaudeville, con-suming at least a third of the act Itgets many laughs and handles a danger-ous subject in a way more delicate thanmight be expected. Carlin closes with acomic song which blames everything uponthe war.Carlin possesses a remarkably good

German accent. He has a likable per-sonality, and his material is original andfunny. He will experience no troublein pleasing audiences who like Germancomedians.His song is weak The poem is the

riot of the act. He would be accordedmore applause by eliminating his songnumber and making his exit after thepoem. H. W.

GROHS, KING AND CO.Theatre—Eighty-first St.

JStyle

—

Dancing. r

Time

—

Fifteen minutes.Setting—Special.

Charles C. Grohs, Dottie King andCompany have a turn called "Terpaich-orean Evolution." Four dancing num-bers are offered, each carrying specialscenery.The first is a garden flirtation by the

three members of the company. Thenfollows a "Modern Melange," by Grohsand Miss Portser ; "The Death of theAigrette," by Dottie King, and "AztecIndian Love," by the three. The latteris a pantomimic number.The last number has a beautiful set-

ting representing a moonlight scene inan Aztec village.

All the dancers are very graceful.Dottie King could work on tile big timein a double. Her toe d»m-ing mn^agility are wonderful. The turn through-out is well staged and the Haw^Tig wellexecuted. j. jj.

10 THE NEW .YORK CLIPPER ._ March 7, 1917

MOROSCO PRESENTSMAUDE FULTON'S

PLAY, 'THE BRAT*

"THE BBAT."—A three act comedy,by Maude Fulton. Prelected Mondayevening, March 5, at tbe Uarrl»Theatre.

CAST.

T 1m no n John W"j—

>

aba. Pell Porreater Isabel O'MadlganAngela Smytiie. Charlotte Ires

Jane De Pew Gertrude Maltland

BUbop Ware Frank KingdomUacmiUan Forreeter Lewi* S. Stone

Stereo Forrester Edmond LoweTbe Brat Mande FultonMarsot Gertrude Workman

In presenting "The Brat" Oliver Moros-

co gives New York a new play, by a newauthor, with a new dramatic star, a triple

event for which Mande Pulton is solely

responsible."The Brat" gets its name from the title

of a book written by Macmillan For-

rester, a noted novelist, tbe central

figure being that of a down-and-out chorus

girl whom he picks up in the Night Court

whence Bhe had been dragged for beg-

ging on the streets After long siege in

the hospital she found herself without

work, money or friends.

To the novelist she is "driftwood" andthe very thing for his work. He takes

her to his home and there she forthwith

turns things topsy-turvy, from scandaliz-

ing everyone with her talk to falling in

love with the novelist's younger brother

and finally marrying him.The latter, however, does not come

about till after she has imagined herself

in love with the author himself, or rather

disconcerted that individual.

There is much that is human in "TheBrat," and there is an undeniable heart

story that holds interest. It is in this re-

spect that Miss Fulton's play is strong

in its appeal, and this will counteract

whatever faults it may possess, and it

does possess faults.

However, it has many bright lines, and

for a first attempt at play-writing is cer-

tainly well written, and in it the author

has disclosed herself at the possessor of

an unusual turn of wit which seems des-

tined to land her among the leading

women playwrights.

As leading lady of the company Miss

Fulton falls below the standard she set

as author, but while she does not makethe most of her opportunities Bhe is notalways out of touch with her character.

Louis S. Stone could not make the im-

possible role of the novelist the least bit

human or even Interesting. The blame

for this, however, should not fall upon the

actor.Edmond Lowe gave a good perform-

ance of Steven Forrester

WHAT THE DAILIES SAT.Times

—

Frequently amusing.

World

—

Maude Fulton amuses.Herald

—

Witty and highly satirical.

Sun

—

Baa some brioht and catch]/ line*.

Tribune

—

Distinct credit to author.

American

—

Delight* audience.

CLUB TO PERFORM AT PRINCESS

The annual theatrical performance bymembers of the Twelfth Night Club will

take place March 16 at the Princess The-atre. One-act plays will be the feature

this season, prominent on the programbeing Laurette Taylor, Gertrude Kingston,

Irene Franklin, Mrs. Edwin Milton Koyle,

Laura Burt, Fania Marinoff, Flora Zabelle,

Burton Greene, Henry Stanford, Bert

Lytell, Percy Ames and Emmett Shackel-

ford

ACKER VISITS ST. JOHNST. JOHN, Canada, March 3.—L. R.

Acker, manager of Acker's Family Theatre,

Halifax, N. S., was in town recently en

route from Boston to Halifax.

IRVING PLACE SEES "POVERTY"Last week the German repertory play-

ers at the Irving Place Theatre presented"Poverty," the drama which recentlymade a striking impression in Germanyand Austria, winning prizeB as the mostworthy work of dramatic literature pro-duced during the past year in those coun-tries. The presentation was under the di-rection of Rudolph Christians.

"PALS FIRST" ATFULTON WINS FIRST

NIGHT AUDIENCE

"PALS FIRST."—A comedy In a pro-loRiie and tbree acta by Lee WilsonDodd, from Francis Perry KlUotfaCorel of tbe same name, presentedMonday craning, February 20, at tbeFulton Tbeatre.

OAST.Danny WUUam ConrteaayDominie Taos. A. WiseUncle Alex, a aerrant at WInnecrest._ _ Harry LlewellynTbe Squirrel, a tramp. .Francis X. Oast—Aunt Caroline, s aerrant at Wlnneereat.

Marion KerbyJodie Logan Ben JohnsonJean, Judge Logan's niece.. Ann MacDonaldDr. Cbilton Lyater Chamber.Aunt Alicia Anrlol LeaGordon, of tbe NaabrUle Central Offlce.

Lawrence EddingerStivers, a Federal detective.

James J. Byaa

"Pala First," a "crook" play with a newtwist, in which William Conrtenay andThos. A. Wise are jointly starred, will re-main at the Fulton Theatre for manyweeks if the verdict of the first nightaudience is any criterion.Few plays presented this season have

been received with greater enthusiasm,and the two stars divided honors evenlybetween them.Danny and Dominie are two knights of

the road, recently escaped from prison,and at the beginning of the play tired,hungry and footsore have climbed a long,steep hill leading up to a country homenear Nashville, Term., in the hopes of get-ting food and shelter. Arriving at thegate they find it locked and the placeapparently deserted, but soon an olddarky comes from the house asking themtheir business. Danny replies, and to hisamazement the old servant welcomes him

. as the owner of the estate who has beenabroad for nearly two years, and whomit was feared was dead.Next morning the two pals, dressed in

fine clothes found in the wardrobe, arecomfortably established in their newquarters.Servants and friends believe Danny to

be the rightful owner, and all movesswimmingly until tbe arrival of Jean, hisold sweetheart, who is also deceived as tohis identity.With Dannie it is a case of love at first

sight, and he determines to confess andtell her everything, but Dominie, underthe oath of "Pals First," deters him, andpleads with him to rob the house andescape. Danny refuses, and they stay onuntil Dominie, himself falling under theinfluence of Jean, repents and, believingthat Danny is to marry her, confesseseverything.In the meantime Dr. Hilton, a cousin of

the departed owner, finding a will leav-ing everything to Jean, destroys it, hopingto get possession of the estate.Through the Squirrel, a tramp loitering

about the neighborhood, the doctor learnsthat Danny is an impostor, and, callingthe family together, exposes him, only tolearn that Danny is the real owner afterall, who has been masquerading from thefirst,

WHAT THE DAILIES SAY.

Tribute

—

Complex, but ha* its thrill*.

Sun

—

Left audience guessing.Herald

—

Play of surprises.

Times—Bntertatntni; farce.World—Play hat quality.American

—

Play hot oome to stay.

NEW E. H. SOTHERNPLAY AT THE GARRICK

IS AMUSING SATIRE

•STRANGER THAN FICTION." Anadventure In tbree acts by 8. H.Sotbern. Presented Monday. March S,at tbe Carries Tbeatre.

OAST.Salaw Jaaln. a writer Jobn Craiglosepb Billings, M.D Fred EricColonel l'ockllngton. Nicaragua!] army"tired H. Cooper Cllfle

Etbelbert Brlggs Edgar NortonTbe Countess of Bellport.

.«— . . .. _ Katharine StewartAlfred, Lord Brompton, her son.

Mary YoungNannie, an old family aerrant.

w *..„..8UIU st- Andrle

Mathilda, maid servant at Jasln's.

_ „ Was Georgia BrytonSmiles, man servant to Jaaln.

Bobert Capron

"Stranger Than Fiction," E. H. Soth-ern's new play or "adventure" as the pro-gram reads, is well named, for it is strangeindeed, satirically developing as it goesalong,' a play within a play, in which ayoung writer suddenly plunged into anamazing series of adventures assemblesthem as he would if he were constructinga play, holds back the denouement untilthe proper moment after he has carefullybuilt up the "love interest" which, accord-ing to all authorities is necessary for thecomplete success of a modern play.Salaw Jasin, the young writer, played

by Mr. Craig, has spent the evening at aLondon theatre, accompanied by his friendDr. Joseph Billings (Fred Eric). Uponleaving the theatre they find the city en-veloped In a dense fog and enter a cabjust as two men get into the vehicle fromthe other side. Tbe fog increases .until

the cab driver refuses to go further andall get out and enter Jasin's apartment,where i he offers his unknown companionsshelter for the night.

- He entertains them with one of his dis-courses on playwritlng, bnt be is inter-rupted by screams from the street andrushing out finds two women and a youngman injured in an accident caused by acab colliding with a lamp post in the dark-ness. All are brought Into tbe house andas no other cab can be found he insists

they remain for the night and then theplot of the second play begins. The womenare the Countess of Bellport, her son, LordBrompton (played by Mary Young) anda maid The young lord faints and thedoctor in making- a hasty examination dis-

covers the supposed youth to be a girl.

Jasin enjoins him to secrecy, wishing theStory to develop along its natural lines.

The two male companions of the cab turnout to be crooks escaped from prison andthey immediately plan the abduction of theyoung nobleman. They are frustrated In

this and the countess confesses that theyoung lord is a girl brought up as a boyfrom childhood, believing herself the heirto a great fortune. By this deception thetrue heir has been cheated of his inherit-

ance and the two crooks immediately de-

mand a large sum of money for their sil-

ence.The play is nearing its conclusion, and

the 'love interest?* dormant up to this timesuddenly appears in the sudden affection

shown Jasin by the young girl who badbelieved herself to be a boy and suddenlyrealizes that she has loved him all thewhile.

One thing remains to bring the play to

the logical completion, and this is fur-

nished by discovering in a newspaper that

Jasin is the real heir, and all ends hap-pily.

WHAT THE DAILIES SAT.

Times

—

Half satire and half burlesque.

World

—

Very amusing.Sun

—

Really amusing.Tribune

—

Both confuses and amuses.Americas

—

A curious medley.

WILL GIVE WEDEKIND'S DRAMA"The Awakening of Spring," Wede-

kind's drama, will be presented at a spe-cial matinee on the last Friday of thismonth under the auspices of the Socio-logical Fund of the Medical Review ofReviews. Geoffrey C. Stein will act oneof the principal roles and will choose thecast.

"PROFESSOR'S LOVESTORY" REVIVEDAT KNICKERBOCKER

. "THE! PROFESSOR'S LOVE 8T0H.Y."—-J. M. Barrle's tbree act comedy, re-vived at tbe Knickerbocker Tbeatre,Monday night. February 2S.

OAST.Professor Goodwills George Arils*Dr. Cosens Grant StewartDr. Xellowlees Arthur EldredMiss Agnes GoodwiUle Mrs. ArUsaLucy White Jeanne Eagelssane Proctor Mollj PearsonSir George Gliding, M. P Edgar KantLady Gliding Violet Kemble CooperThe Dowager Lady Gliding Kthel DaneBenders , Reginald Denny"'• Malcolm Morlej

This seems to be a season when revivalsof heart plays, popular a decade or moreago, renew the popularity accorded theoriginal productions. The most recent ofthese is "The Professor's Love Story," J.M. Barrie's charming comedy, which Klaw& Brlanger and George Tyler have selectedas a vehicle in which to star George Arliss

.

This play had its original production aquarter of a century ago at the old StarTheatre, this dty, with H. S. Willard inthe leading role. At that time, much to thesurprise of Mr. Willard, it scored aphenomenal success and was played by himfor several seasons thereafter. Its heart in-terest and charming simplicity captivatedthe public and its great success had muchto do with popularizing its author, who upto that time, had had the struggle familiarto many a playwright.At the revival on Monday night the

simple heart story of the middle aged manwho. falls in love without knowing It, wasjust as gripping as it was twenty-five yearsago. It seemed just as fresh and just asappealing as though it were a new play.Perhaps this was so because a love story,ever the same and as old as time itself, isever new.

.Mr. Arliss once again proved what a

finished and versatile actor be Is. It istrue his conception of Prof. Goodwilliediffers somewhat from that of his predeces-sor and that, possibly because of hisphysique and a difference in temperament,he does not lend to the character the samelovable characteristics which marked Wll-lard's portrayal. But Mr. Arliss, in spiteof this natural comparison, gives a remark-able performance.The very fact that we have been used to

seeing Mr. Arliss in roles marked by craft,cunning or subtlety, handicaps him, for Itis difficult to disassociate his wsrk with gnchcharacters.And this same fact only makes his success

as Prof. Ooodwillle more marked That heis able to hide all those characteristicswhich have made his former portrayals sogreat and impersonate a man who, thoughgreat in mind, is simple in character, onlyaccentuates his versatility. If none otherthan George Arliss had ever been in therole, it is more than probable his Prof.Coodwillie would have been ranked with hisother great performances.

The supporting company was excellent,and the play was handsomely staged

WHAT THE DALLIES SAT.Sun—Plow gets renewed life.

Herald

—

Lost none of its charm.Times—Play is fragrant stillWorld

—

Humor, charm and finish.Tribune

—

Its whimsy and charm are fresh.

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A SAD BLUNDERNo graver error was ever committed by

the outdoor Hhowtnen than, their splittingup Into two separate protective associa-tions at the recent convention of the Out-door Showmen of the World at Chicago.When the Association of the Outdoor

Showmen of the World was born in NewYork not many months ago, it gave prom-ise of materially changing conditions forthe better In the realm of the Big Top. Acapable coterie of officers and committee-men were appointed and work was immedi-ately begun to make it a representative andpowerful organization, strong enough toserve the interests of all connected with theoutdoor show world.The formation of this association pre-

sented the biggest chance ever accorded theoutdoor men to affiliate themselves witheach other for their mutual protection, and,as a unit, to demand more favorable legis-

lation and more equitable treatment forCircuses, carnivals and the like. In otherwords, a protective trade organization hadbeen formed just as merchants In manyother lines of business have formed simi-lar organisations to protect their own pe-culiar ends.

Bnt what started to be a great innova-tion In the show world ended in a fiasco

by the failure of many showmen to realisethe necessity of absolute co-operation.Petty jealousy, personal enmity and out-side interests dominated over co-operationand common sense with the result thatmany outdoor men sounded protection'sdeath knell by disregarding the New YorkState charter granted to the Association ofthe Outdoor Showmen of the World, byignoring the good work already accom-plished by heads of that body and by sep-arating the outdoor show world into twohopelessly divided factions with the organi-sation of a new association which can ac-complish no more than—and probably notas much as—the old.

There are now two protective associa-tions which can never pull together.The insurgents seemed to forget that the

first law of protection ia unity of pur-pose. To secure better legislation andother measures more equitable, it is neces-sary for the showmen to act in unison.They have utterly disregarded that trueaxiom that "a house divided against itself

cannot stand."

A. H., Brooklyn.—Yon are right. Ed-win D. Miner managed the Miner's Bow-ery; A. H. Wooda managed the ThirdAvenue; Sullivan 4 Woods managed theThalia, and Wm. T. Keogh managed theMurray Hill.

• • *

N. I. G.—B. G. Gilmore and. EugeneTompkins managed the Academy of Music,New York, when Denman Thompson hadthe long run of "The Old Homestead." Mr.Gilmore also managed Niblo's Garden atthat time.

• • *" .

O. R. A., New York.—The. Forepaugh-Sells Bros. Circus .made- its second visit toNew York April 4, 1900, when it opened aseventeen-day engagement at MadisonSquare Garden.

• • •.T. J.—-Wm. A. Brady and Florenz Zieg-

feld were managers of the Manhattan The-atre, Sixth Avenue and Thirty-third Street,when "Woman and Wine" was produced.

• '• •

H. FT., Cedar Rapids.—Maude Adamsappeared in the first American productionof Rostand's "L'Aiglon" Oct. 15, 1900, atthe Academy of Music, Baltimore.

• • •

B. B., Ithaca.—Edgar Smith wrote theburlesque on- "Arizona" produced at theWeber & Fields Music Hall. The musicwas by John Stromberg.

• • •

O. B. W., New York.—"Ninety in theShade" was produced Jan. 26, 1916, at theKnickerbocker Theatre, with Marie Oahilland Richard Carle.

• • e>

W. A. P., Cleveland.—Everhart was atthe height of his popularity in 1900.

- L. D., Auburn.—Joseph Santley ap-peared in "From Rags to Riches."

Editor, The New York Clipfeb: -

Dear Sir.—The article In a weekly the-artical paper last week, issue of Feb. 23,states that "the Murrays" of the Murraya'dog act were arrested in Cincinnati andbrought back to Chicago, implicated in theloss of $00,000 worth of jewelry belongingto the Baroness de Warduer-Hollub.

Now, aa my wife and myself have beendoing an act for fourteen years past,known throughout the United States,Canada and Europe as the Murrays* Dogact, and as everybody on Broadway is

now asking me when I "got out of jail,"

I feel that it is only right that I shoulddeny the statement, as I am the original"Murray" of the "Murrays' Dog act"

As. so much publicity has been given tothe article regarding the loss of the jewelryand it has reflected so much discredit uponus—the real Murrays—I would appreciateany space you may be able to give us inmaking this denial of a very nnpleasantstory.

Thanking you for your consideration, I

remain, Yours very truly,ElXBWOBTIi J. Mubbat,

' of "Murrays* Dogs."February 26, 1917.

BOXY MORAN WITH ALLIESEditor, The New York Clipper.Dear Sir: (From Billy Moran, Duchess

of Connaughfs Own Irish Canadian Rang-ers, Care of Army P. O., London, Eng.)I am now in England with the Canadianforces. We had a wonderful trip throughIreland, as guests of the people, stoppingat Dublin, Belfast,' Limerick, Cork andother places, where we were entertainedroyally.

I want some of my old friends in theshow world to write me, for I am going tothe front shortly, and I get lonesome when

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EVERYWHERENEWSPAPER MEN PREFERRED

P. P., Buffalo.—Blanche Walsh playedin "The Woman in the Case" at the Madi-son Square Theatre, New York, openingAug. 21. 1905.

R. S., Reading.—Herbert Kelcey andEffie Shannon presented "The String ofPearls" at the Colonial Theatre in the fall

of 1906.• •

O. A. C, Harlem.—A wins. David Hlg-jrins wrote "At Piney Ridge." Hal Reid'sbest known play was "Human Hearts.**

• >• •

O. W., Keokuk.—Edna May appeared in

"The Catch of the Season" at Daly's, notWallacVs, as you state.

• • •

W. O., New York.—"The Pearl and thePumpkin" was presented at the BroadwayTheatre.

not hearing from my friends of the oldlife. I am also lonesome for The Clipperand I wiah I could get the Old Reliableevery week, even if the numbers are oldones. It ia very hard to get any readingmatter in camp.My friends will know me through Hyde

and Moran, and Billy Moran, the char-acter actor and vocalist.

Yours for success,Boat Moran.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGONew plays: "Ten Thousand a Year,"

"Playmates," "Pompadour," "The SaltCellar," "The Circus."Agnes Huntington revived the opera

"Paul Jones" at the Union Square Thea-tre, New York.M. S. Robinson conducted museums in

Buffalo and Rochester, N. Y.The Manhattan Athletic Club of New

York gave boxing exhibitions.

Tom Mace and Harry Morris dissolved

partnership.The Sells Brothers Circus was touring

Australia.AL H. Wilson was with "Two Old Cro-

nies."

Emily Yeamans died at New York City.

ATTACKS SHOW LAWSEditor, The New York Clipper:

Dear Sir.—If all the blows aimed at theshowman's bead through legislature weresuccessful there would not be a show onearth as big as a jack rabbit, and the last

insult to showmen is the proposed tax ofone and one-half cent on each ticket sold.

In these times the showman has to takeout a war tax in each State of the Cnion,circuses paying (100 in each State. Hespends thousands of dollars all winter feed-

ing his, animals, painting and repairing his

wagons, thousands of dollars for horses,

beautiful costumes, banners, tents, etc Therailroads charge him to the limit Arrivingin the city be is charged a heavy city

license, and, in many States, a countylicense. The lot man gets heavy rental

and, with the groceries, hay, com and oats,

how do you think a man looks to a show-man who wants to place any more legis-

lative hardships on him?I think if the ticket tax is successful It

will work a big hardship on the showman.Yours fraternally,

R. C. Hebxb.

RIALT0 RATTLES

STANDING HEADLINES I

Shuberta to Build Another Theatre.Vaudeville Joins Musical Comedy.Actor Fined for Speeding.White Rats to Pull Strike.New Tenant for Princess Theatre.Hammerstein Sues U. B. O."Diamond Jim" Was There.Gene Walters Writes New Play.New Million Dollar Film Company.Nellie Revelle Resigns.Lillian Russell Has Birthday.

HEARD ON THE RIALTO"I don't see how she does it on her

salary." .....''You oughts see how stuck up he is

since he joined their act.""I wonder why -Collier resigned.""I remember him when he couldn't get

his laundry out of bock."

PASSING SHOWS—"You're in Lovel'-rJoe Stanley and Ivy

Sawyer."Her Soldier Boy"—Vernon Castle."The Wanderer"—Richard Mansfield, Jr."The Century Girt"—Eva Tanguay."Stranger Than Fiction"—"Diamond'*

Jim."Turn to the Bight"—Willard Mack.

GOING ONE BETTERThe Keystone Weekly says: "Fiahbaok

(a Keystone director) took two days offrecently to go fishing. The first day hacaught three fish. One of them smelt"It would have therefore been better if hewould have brought only two Fish-back.

THE TROTH ABOUT ITAlbert Kiralfy did so much talking in

Chicago, it is rumored he lost his voiceand that the "heavy cold" he brought backto New York waa only a "stall.

SHORTER STYLESLatest report of styles: With such

play titles as "Magic," "Ohl" and Tf,"they are wearing 'em shorter every day.HA! HA!

CEYLON NUTSIf you should see Gertrude Hoffman's

Cingalese Troupe you would become con-vinced that all the nuts don't come fromBrazil. They thrive in Ceylon, too.

EASY SOLE TO FILLAnother movie is entitled "The Evolu-

tion of a Hard Boiled Egg." We canthink of many persons suitable for thetitle role.

NOT NEWMr. and Mrs. Frank Deshon are produc-

ing "Trouble" in vaudeville, but that*s ;

done many times before.

QUITE APPROPRIATETheodore Lieber and his father probably

speak from experience in producing "TheMan Who Lost."

HARD-HEARTED HARTWhen Frank Tinney heard that Max

Hart waa suing him for $7,000 he startedsinging "Have a Heart."

FIDO IN THE MOVIESIf you've lost your Fido, yon had bet-

ter go and see the moving picture "HowFrankfurters Are Made."

AN IDEA, JOSEPH!If Towle could find a partner by the

name of Mop, he could certainly cleanthings up!

THEY'D DRAW THE CROWDSSome enterprising agent now will try to

sign up those twelve stubborn Senators for

a vaudeville tour.

CHRONICThere are colds and colds—Albright's

and others.

12 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 7, 1917

LONDONPARISFOREIGN NMWS BERLIN

SYDNEY

London, Eng, Feb. 24.

Gillin plays Leeds next week.

Rene Ralph played the Palladium this

week.

Nixon Grey is playing two local houses

nightly.

Sidney Black plays Middlesbrough next

week.

The Ronnles had good success last weekat Leeds.

Hark Sheridan plays the Palace, Plym-outh, next week.

Mabel Costello played the Hippodrome,Coventry, this weak.

George Hylton plays the Empire, Old-

ham, week of March S.

Fits and Gerald are at the Metropole,

Manchester, next week.

Boelgin and his parrots are still doing

well on the South African tour.

Little Caprice closes tonight a week's

stay at the Hippodrome, Mexboro.

Dottridge's "Robinson Crusoe'' companyclosed last Saturday.

The "Magic Crucible" is at the Empire,

Barnaley, next week.

Mile. Azaelia plays the Empire, Grays,

week of March 6.

Harry Ray plays the Palace, Luton,

week: of March 6.

Emmie Ames is making good on tour

with "Emmie's Christmas Tree."

The Four Delevines are on tour with

"Jack and Jill."

Cooper and Balnea close tonight a weekat the Kineiua, Newhaven,

Wal Lesby closes tonight a week at the

Palace, Plymouth.

The Bates Duo, George and Lydia, playthe Empire, Shoreditch, next week.

.

« Norman Field, with hie harp, plays the

Hippodrome, Aldershot, next week.

Kit Keen, recently in the pantomime at

the Theatre Royal, Sheffield, has joined

the army.

Arthur Haynes played King's Southsea,

this week, and goes to the Empire, Bir-

mingham, next Monday.

Joy- Wattle, at the Empire, Brixton,

this week, opens next Monday at thePalace, Walthamstow.

Maurice Bobey, after having been re-

jected on medical grounds five times, hasbeen accepted in the Army Service Corps.

Michael E. Fitzgerald and his ClubJuggling Girls, in "American Swells atPractice," are touring the provincial halls.

Daly and Healy opened this week onthe Moss Tour and at the conclusion oftheir engagement will play the L. T. V.Tour.

Lill Can- has two weeks more as prin-

cipal boy with DeLacy's "Jack and theBeanstalk," after which she will be seenin a revue or the halls.

Madame Ali played Leeds this week.

The Three Beynolds play Bradford weekof March 6.

Alfred Butt is to build a new theatre inthe West End.

Madame Angot'a Ceramic Nymphs playEnson next week.

Two shows nightly is the rule at thePalace, Manchester.

Joe Parr has received his permanent dis-charge from the army.

Jack O'Connor and aisttr are playingthe Moss provincial halls.

Frank Craig, the "Coffee Cooler," fa ap-pearing in "Three Cheers."

Beatie and Babe have been engaged forthe forthcoming Empire revue.

Will Page, having been invalided outof the army, will resume work shortly.

Bob Anderson and his polo pony are atthe Hippodrome, Rotherham, next week.

F. Dudman Bromwich baa resigned Jiis

position as manager of the Grand, llanley.

The Royal Tokiwa Family closed lastMonday a month's stay at the Alhambra,Paris.

The Actors' Church Union at-Homea havebeen discontinued owing to food restric-

tions.

The Coliseum, Rochdale, has changedmanagement and will ue run as a varietyhail.

Sonia Seal, in pantomime, at the Prin-cess Theatre, Glasgow, returns to the hallsApril 8.

Carlton Brough's new sketch, "TinGods," is making a success on the L. T.V. Circuit.

Greta Mack closes tonight with "DickWhittington" and returns to the balls

Monday night.

Florrie Gallimore plays the Palace,Glasgow, next week, with the Star Palace,Aberdeen, to follow.

The management of the Theatre Royal,Rochdale, are to make extensive altera-

tions on that house:

Hanover and Lee are playing ' a fourweeks' engagement atParis, closing March 9.

the)g i

Albambra,

The Ivannya, closing tonight a week atthe Victoria Palace, play the Empire,Hackney, next week.

Rsy Barry is playing the title role

(principal boy) with JoshWhittington"

Clifton'e "Dickpantomime company on tour.

Edith Cairns' Five Gold Flakes, this

week at the Palace, Warsop, open Mondayat the Palladium, Beeaton, Nottingham-shire.

West and Tate and Thurber and Thur-ber have sailed for Capetown to fill en-gagements with the African TheatresTrust, Ltd.

Alf Askey, of Finlan and Askey, has re-

turned to the trenches, having spent afew days at home after his discharge froma hospital in France.

Alma Le Dare plays Manchester nextweek.

Shawlene has been engaged for the newEmpire production.

Harry Gilbert is serving the colors"somewhere in France."

Lolo and May Trio play the OperaHouse, Tunbridge Wells, next week.

Russell Carr and Val a Parnell haveleft with their regiment for the front.

8yd Sydney is wen booked on the MossEmpire Circuit for this year and next.

The late Thomas J. West, of West'sPictures, left an estate valued at £39,797.

Harry Merrylees succeeds Harry Lauderin "Three Cheers" when it goes on theroad. __^^The Biff Girla are at the Chelsea Pal-

ace next week, with the Grand, Hanley,to follow.

Alfred Butt states that the cast of hisproduction of "Very Good Eddie" will beall-Amorican.

The Two Violets have purchased an au-tomobile to travel in because of the newrailway regulations,

Harry Blake, as the "Female School Inspeotor," will be seen next week at theHippodrome, Stoke-on-Trent.

On application of C. A. Warring, theSessions at Melton have granted him afull license for the Picture Palace at thatplace.

Scholey and Scholey, doing the UglySisters with Russell's "Cinderella" com-pany, close with the company and returnto the halls March 6.

The tenth annual general meeting of theVariety Artists' Benevolent Fund and In-stitution will be held next Wednesday inthe Board Room, 18 Charing Cross Boad,W. C.

Guy Rand, Geo. M. Stone's new starcomedian, is at present in the UnitedStates, but will open here about April 19unless detained on the other side throughnot being able to saiL

Evan Good, late manager of the Pavil-ion, Glasgow, who was wounded in the"Big Drive" last July, has been dischargedfrom a Liverpool hospital, where he wasconfined for seven months.

That members of the variety profes-sion are not lacking in patriotism is

proved by the fact that an incomplete list

of performers who have subscribed to theVictory War Loan shows their subscrip-tions to total a half million pounds.

Henri Cazman, whose death occurred re-

cently at his home, 144 Denmark Hill, S.E-, was well known in America as a con-juror and shadowgraphist as wen as amanager of his own companies on the roadfor several seasons. In private life Mr.Cazman was known as Richard HenryTurner Plumb.

Robert Fossett, Sr., proprietor of Fob-setfs Circus, has erected a monument tohis late wife in the Northampton Ceme-tery. Mrs. Fossett was known as one ofthe best circus riders of her day and themonument, a marble statue, depicts ahorse in a drooping attitude, with thecloak of its absent rider thrown carelessly

across its back.

NEW YANKEE ACTS IN SYDNEYSydney, Ana., Feb, 28.—Frank Markley

and the Flying Mayos, the most recent im-portations of Hugh D. Mcintosh, had suc-

cessful openings Monday night, at theTivoli here.

CUBAN CIRCUSES CLOSEHavana, Cuba, Feb. 8.—The revolution

has played havoc with the tented showbusiness in Cuba. All the circuses on theroad have. closed and .the Santos & Artisoft

and O'HoUoran's Shows have returned totown.

SANGER'S CIRCUS TO CLOSELondon, Bug., Feb. 29.—In conformity

with the wishes of the government, Sang-er's Circus is to close down for the dura-tion of the war. This circus has neverdosed its doors since 1842.

MARION TERRY IN OLD PLAYManchester, Eng., Feb. 28.—Marion

Terry made her reappearance here Mon-day night in "Wonderful James," a playby Louis N. Parker and Murray Carson,which was originally produced nearly aquarter of a century ago as "Judgeons."

NEW REVUE AT OPERA HOUSELondon, Eng., March 3.—The new

LauriUard-Grossinith revue, "The OtherBing Boys," will be produced next Mondaynight at the London Opera House withAugustus Xorke and Robert Leonard inthe leading roles.

PARIS RESTRICTS PERFORMANCESParis. Ft., Feb. 28.—Owing to the pres-

ent coal crisis here the government hasdecreed that all theatres, music halls, cine-mas, concert halls, circuses and - ofcsflng

rinks he permitted to open onlv three daysweekly, with a total of five performances,three nights and two matinees.

THEATRES CLOSE AT 9 P. MLNewcastle-on-Tyne, Eng., Feb. 28.

—

With the expiration today of the temporarylicenses under which the cinema theatresare now running, the Town ImprovementCommittee of the City Council has decidedthat nil picture houses must close hereafterat p. m. This is deemed necessary owingto the curtailment of the train and tram-way service.

RAILWAY REGULATIONS TO STANDLondon, Eng., March 1.—In answer to

a joint note from the two variety artists'associations, the Railway Executive Com-mittee has refused to grant concessionsfrom the existing regulations which ad-vanced fares 60 per cent, and lowered thepermissible luggage weight to one hundredpounds, third class.

SHEEHAN LEAVES LIVERPOOLLondon, March 8.—W. F. Sheehan, gen-

eral manager of the Fox Film Corp., whohas been over here for the past two monthsarranging for the exhibition of "The HonorSystem" and "A Daughter of the Gods"sailed for America last Wednesday on a

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Cunard line ship from Liverpool. He wfllbe due in New York next Saturday.

WILLIS LEAVES FOR HOMESydney, Aust, March. 3.—Lloyd Willis,

assistant general manager of the Fox FilmCorp., who has been here for the pasteight months relative to the projection of"A Daughter of the Gods" and "The HonorSystem," left for San Francisco last week.While in Australia Mr. Willis establishedseveral branch offices for bis concern.

NO WORD FROM PUBHJLONE SHOWHavana, Cuba, March 2.—Havana is

shut off from the rest of the island on ac-count of the revolution. All the wires aredown, and there are no trains leaving thiscity. There is considerable anxiety feltfor shows on tne road, which, though theyhave closed, have not reached here. ThePubillones Circus played Camagues morethan two weeks ago, but nothing has beenheard from it since.

March 7, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 13

^l^^WfS&W^RUMSEY'S TWO

CO'S OPENAPRIL 23

PLAY SYRACUSE AND ROCHESTER

Howard Rumiey has announced theopening of the spring and summer sea-

sons of his two companies, the Knicker-bocker Players, in Syracuse, N. Y., andthe Manhattan Players in Rochester, bothto star April 23.

This will inaugurate the second seasonfor the Syracuse company, which appearsat the Empire Theatre, the opening being8 social event of the season. Arrange-ments are being made for the plays to be

presented and the list will be announcedshortly.The Syracuse company is planning a

play contest. A prize of $250 in gold will

be given to the best play written by aresident of that city and the play will be

Eresentedby the company some time dur-

ig its engagement. The management is

especially desirous of having college stu-

dents enter this contest, which seems par-

ticularly designed to attract them.Frank Wilcox and Minna Qombel will

head the company aa usual and will havein their support Adelaide Hibbexd, TomEmory, Harold Salter, Halbert Brown, El-mer Brown, Charles Mather, Frances El-lison and Carolin Waide.The Manhattan Players appear at the

Lyceum Theatre and this will be theirfifth season. The company will be underthe direction of George Henry Trader andwill consist of the same members of previ-ous seasons. Robert Hyman will be lead-

ing man.

GLASER CO. PRESENTS NEW PLAYCleveland, O., March 3.—The Vaughan

Glaser Stock Co. is tbia week presentingfor the first time on any stage a new playby Robert McLaughlin, author of "TheEternal Magdalene," entitled "The HouseWithout Children." While the play wassuggested by the agitation for and againstbirth control, now sweeping the country,it is neither pro nor and birth controlpropaganda. Will Corbett was seen in theleading male role. It is likely the playwin be repeated next week.

TRUMBULL CO. IN 35TH WEEKEmporium. Pa., March 3.—The Lawrence

R. Trumbull Players with Isabel Gouldare now in their thirty-fifth week and atthe termination of the present season will

secure a permanent location. Since theopening date. July 1, there has not beena change in the acting company. The ros-

ter follows: Isabel Gould, Ada Burris,Olive Drown, Jennie Le Hand, LawrenceTrumbull, William Barton, Ramon Green-leaf, Jack Kearney, Burton Mallery, Ray-mond, J. Binnn, Chas. Hammond, T. I).

Middaugh and W. S. Bates.

DE FOREST CO. IN IRISH DRAMAOmaha, Neb., March 3.—"Where the

Rirer Shannon Flows" is the offering atthe KniK Theatre this week, presented bythe De Forest Select Players, under the

management of Jack De Forest. Follow-ing is the cast: Jack De Forest, LloydSabine, Arthur Lines, Dick Elliot, Mr.Varney, Jack Carroll, A. Anderson, Mr.Murphy. Marjorie Garrett, Sue Kellar,Beulah Baker and Ivn Garret.

BEVERIDCE WRITING PLAYLitchfield, HI., March 5.—Glen L.

Beveridge, of the Beveridge Players, Is athis home here writing a new play whichwill be featured with the company. Theorganization plays under canvas and will

open its season April 30 in Illinois. Al.

Thurburn has been engaged to lead theorchestra, C. O. Glover the band, and Nor-man "Bick" Hanley as comedian.

MUSICAL CO. OPENING IN TOLEDOToledo, O., March 3.—A musical stock

company Is opening at the Arcade Thea-tre tomorrow with Nat Fields at the head.The company will play here indefinitely,

changing the offering weekly. Five acts ofvaudeville will be given in conjunction.Harry Woods, Hebrew comedian, is a mem-ber of the organization.

WH1TTIER WITH BEVERIDGE CO.Pittsburg, Kan., March 3.—H. H.

Whitrier, who has been ahead of "FineFeathers" this season, will have Charge Ofthe advance of the Beveridge Players this

coming season. This will make his fifth

season in the same capacity.

GLASER CO. HAS NEW MEMBERSClevkland, O., March 3.—Three new

members joined the cast of the VaughanGlaser Stock Co. at the Duchess Theatrethis week. Keith Wakeman, Anne Hamil-ton and Henry Gsell are the new peopleand are appearing in "The House With-out Children."

ELLIOTT RETURNS TO CASTOmaha, Neb., March 2.—Dick Elliott,

a member of the De Forest Stock Co. atthe Krug Theatre, left the cast last weekto play an engagement of one week at theGarden Theatre, Kansas City. He re-

turned to his place at the Krug Monday.

BENEFIT GIVEN ACTRESSCLEVELAND, O., March 3.—Constance

Kenyon, a member of the Vaughan GlaserStock Co., who has been ill and confinedto her home, was given a benefit per-formance of "Romance" laat Saturday atthe Duchess Theatre by the Glaser Co.

INGRAM CO. TO OPEN IN APRIL.The Frauds Ingram Co. will open the

first week in April, playing the same terri-

tory. Mr. Ingram plays all week standsand has a combination musical and dra-matic Show. The show Is booked solid fortwenty-seven weeks.

GLECKLER LEAVING PATERSON CO.Patebson, N. J., March 5.—Robert T.

Gleckler, leading man of the Winifred St.Clair Stock Co., will finish bis engagementSaturday, and after spending a short vaca-tion at his Long Island bungalow, will, it

is "understood, enter the producing field onhis own account.

EUGENIE BLAIR JOINS STOCK CO.Philadelphia, March 5.—Eugenie Blair,

has been engaged as leading lady of theKnickerbocker Stock Co. at the Knicker-bocker Theatre, opening today in "Withinthe Law," and will appear with the com-pany for the rest of Its season.

AMBLER COMPANY CLOSESGrand Island, Neb., March 2.—The

Walter Ambler Stock Co., which openedat tbc Lelderkrantz Theatre here recently,

played a week and a half and closed forlack of patronage.

"DRY TOWN" IN FOURTH WEEKSt. Louis, March 2.—''A Dry Town."

which bad its premiere receutly by thePlayers Co. at the Players Theatre, is inits fourth consecutive week there.

KEITH'S STOCKHOUSES WILLBE REVIVED

BROOKLYN CO. OPENS MONDAY

The B. F. Keith interests are shortlyto again invade the stock field, revivingsome of the companies made popular in

former 8pring and Summer seasons.Next Monday will see the inauguration

of their first company, at the GothamTheatre in Brooklyn, and as soon aa thisis well under way other theatres inGreater New York will be turned over tostock.

The opening bill at the Gotham wUl be"Sinners," to be foUowed by "CommonClay," "Rolling Stones" and other currentreleases, Warren MnnseU wiU have full

charge of productions and stage manage-ment Alma Tell will be leading woman,Arling Alcine leading man and others lathe cast will be Raymond Bramley, GraceHamilton, Jean Newton, Beatrice More-land, James Hestor and Mary Blair.

In former Summer seasons the Keithmanagement has had as many as fourteendramatic stock companies and it is withthe belief that the theatre-goers of thenation are once more hungry for thepeaking drama that It has undertaken tore-enter that line of amusement.

General Manager John J. Maloney ofthe Keith Theatres of Greater New Yorkis in personal charge of all the details ofthe stock revival and promises the publicthe best drama at low prices.

Early in April, the Keith Theatre StockCo. in Providence, R. L, will open underthe management of Charles LoreDberg.The company will be practically the sameas in former seasons. Edward Longmanhas been engaged to play juvenile roleswith the company.

SOUTH AFRICAN CO. TO SAILThe members of the organisation aa-

gaged by Wurley Birch to play a seasonof stock in South Africa will sail thisweek. In the company are Georgia stiii-

weU, Richard Scott, Jack Pendleton, Ed-ward Donnelly. Richard McCaskelL LouiseGrassier, leading woman; Jeanne Adams,Florence Roberts, character woman, andAnne Bradley.

CLIFTON MALLORY CO. CLOSINGThe Clifton Mallory Lyceum Players

close their winter season of twenty-nineweeks the last of March. The companyis under the management of the AffiliatedLyceum Bureaus. The personnel follows!Clifton Mallory, Julia Barter Mallory,Ivah M. Brower, Will Bingham, L. Vera*Slout, Clifford Dickson and Nell Barnes.

JOE PAYTON IN NEW YORKJoe Payton has returned to Broadway

from Mt. Clements, Mich., where he hadbeen for the last five weeks, undergoing acure for rheumatism. He wiU remain im

town for about ten days or two weeks andwiU then go back to Mt. Clements to com-plete the cure.

WANDA LUDLOW OPENS COMPANYCovington, Ky., March 3.—Wanda Lud-

low Is back at the bead of ber own com-pany at the Colonial Theatre, after closingher engagement with the Home Stock Co.,at Akron. O. Jack Emerson is leading manand in the cast are Howard Fits, CharlesMarlow, W. B. Fredericks, Warren Wil-son, Perle Kincaid, Mrs. Jack Emerson sndMrs. Howard Fitz.

vachell PLAY CAST COMPLETEDThe completed cast of Horace Annealey

Vaehell's "The Cnne of Lady Camber,"which tbe Charles Frohman Co. is prepar-ing to produce, includes Lyn Harding, MaryBoland, Sydney Shields. H. E. Herbert.W. L. Abingdon, Kate Sergeantson, LouisEmery, Shirley Anhert and Henry Dornton.

EVANSV1LLE CO. CLOSESEvanbviijle, Ind., March 3.—Tbe stock

company which had been appearing at tbeMajestic Theatre has closed.

SIGN WITH CRAWFORD CO.Bert Cusbman and Geneva De Von have

signed with the Crawford Players No. 1company for tbe rest of the season.

LENT NOT HURTING ROCHESTERRochester, N. Y., March 3.—The Len-

ten season has not changed local theatricalconditions, all houses doing a fine businessat the present time.

CHAMPLIN PLANS SUMMER STOCKChas. K. Champlin's No. 2 Co.. will open

a summer engagement at the JeffersonTheatre, Auburn, N. Y., May 14.

NEW PLAY FOR MASONAl Wood has a new play ready for John

Mason When Mason Closes in "CommonClay."

RAE CO. BREAKS RECORDLiberai, Kan., March 3.—John G. Rae

and Little Fern Stock Co. broke all houserecords when they appeared here recently.The company includes John G. Rae, FernWilson, E. C. Bickford, Van Lawrence,Fred Copeland, Joe Burba, Otis Eaton andBonne Bernard.

DAVIS CO. TO PLAY LOCK HAVENLock Haven, Pa., March S.—The Wal-

ter Davis Stock Co., which recently playeda week's engagement at the New GardenTheatre and broke the house records, will

return Easter Monday for an indefinite

run, presenting two buls a week.

MURPHY PLAYERS IN 'FRISCOSan FitANcisco. March. 2.—The Repub-

lic Theatre, formerly run by the Hippo-drome management, will open as a stockhouse Sunday with the Murphy Players,presenting "Baby Mine" as the initial at-traction. "Brewster's Millions" snd "TheYellow Ticket" follow.

PAYTON CO. TO RESUMEMekiden, Conn., March 5.—The Joe

Payton Repertoire Co. will resume its tourMarch 18 with Meriden as its first stand.John Macauley will assume tbe directionof the company.

TROUSDALE CO. PLAYS CHEYENNECheyenne, Wyo.. March 2.—The Trous-

dale Bros. Stock Co. played a week's en-gagement here recently at the Eagle OperaHouse, a new theatre with, a capacity of1,000. ,

MISS MAXWELL BREAKS FINGERNEW BEDFOno, Mass., March 3.—Bessie

Maxwell, a member of tbe All-Star Play-ers st the New Bedford Theatre, broke berfinger while playing her role in the excit-ing scene in the last act of "A Full House"last week.

HOUSE MCR. TAKES OVER STOCKCamden, N. J., March S.—Sam J.

Healy, the new manager of tbe BroadwayTheatre, has taken over tbe managementof tbe Severn De Deyn Stock' Co., playingthat bouse.

GRAU SOON TO PUT OUT CO.'SMatt G rau. who is expected back; in New

.

York from Palm Beach, will immediatelybegin tbe organization of a series of mu-sical stock companies.

SWAFFORD PLAYERS CLOSECarthage, N. Y., March 5.—The Swaf-

ford Players closed here Saturday, after aseason of forty-three weeks.

"SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE" RELEASEDOne of the late releases for stock is

"Somebody's Luggage."

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'MMS

CLYDE SECURESCONTRACT FOR

VA.JAIRESTABLISHES NEW RECORD

Richmond, Va, March 3.—James T.Clyde, owner and director of the Worldat Home Shows, has closed contracts to

exhibit at the Virginia State Fair, heldhere annually, and came to Richmond dar-

ing the past week from Chicago to confirmthe agreement

Mr. Clyde some time ago made a propo-sition to furnish the exclusive shows, rid-

ing devices and amusement novelties at theforthcoming Virginia fair.

' The secretatry of the fair association

then called a special meeting of the gen-eral directors and Mr. Clyde was sum-moned to confirm the proposition.

The World at Home ' Shows this yearare an entirely new organization, bat thequality, .novelty offerings and general highstandard of l:

.the Clyde shows are well

known' end have "secured for them manychoice plums from the carnival field.

By accepting the Richmond engagement,the- World at Home Shows complete atranscontinental chain of exhibitions andfairs that extends from the CanadianNorthwest and includes some of the lead-

ing Eastern fairs. This establishes a newrecord.

S. C TOWNS BAR TENT SHOWSColumbia, S. C March 5.—With the

exception of circuses, all traveling showsexhibiting under tents are excluded fromOconee, Cherokee and Laurens counties,

8. C under a bill which has passed the

South Carolina General Assembly and hasbeen signed by Governor Manning. Cir-

cuses are permitted for forty-eight honrsduring the year in each county, and mayobtain licenses accordingly. The act took

affect immediately npon its approval by the

chief executive.

DETROIT TO HAVE NEW PARKDetroit, Mich., March 5.—A new amuse-

ment park is being erected here whichwill cost about $400,000. The Jefferson

Concession Co., Inc., will manage the parkand Harry H. Lasker, well known conces-

sionaire, will be general manager. FredIngereoll is president of the new corpora-

tion and will handle all the concessions.

POLACK CONTRACTS MANY FAIRSPtttsbc-bch, March 3.—Harry R. Po-

lack has returned to his offices here, after

spending ten days in Chicago, in attend-

ance at the annual meeting of the Show-man's League of America. While in Chi-

cago, Mr. Polack contracted for manycounty fairs and has twelve big State

fairs contracted for.

JARIETT WITH COOP & LENTAttrora, JJL, March 3.—David Jariett

has signed a contract with the Coop & LentCircus, now wintering over at Dixon, I1L,

to be contracting agent for season 1917.

SELLS-FLOTO FIRST IN AURORAAoboba, I1L, March 3.—The Sells-Floto

Show will get into this territory ahead of

any other circns, showing here in June.

WHITE CITY OPENS MAY 19Chicago, March 5.—May 19 is the day

art for the opening of the regular amuse-ment park season at White City.

BALDWIN OPENS APRIL 16BjamiOBK, Md_ March 3.—Tbe Bald-

win & Franklin Shows are announced to

open April 16 outside the city.

UPMAN SUES SCHNEESeattle, Wash., March 2.—Louis Lip-

man is suing Gostave Schnee and J. W.Zeene for $47,050, which he claims to behis share in the profits as partner withthe two men in two concessions at the SanDiego Exposition. Tbe concessions areThe Foolish House," and the sale of sweetcider. Lipman alleges- a conspiracy tooust him from tbe partnership, and Schnee,in defense, denies the charges and seeks$5,000 from Lipman. Zeene, in a separateanswer, also denies all charges of con-spiracy.

KING'S UNITED SHOW READYKing's United Shows is all in readiness

for the coming season and will open atDover, N. J„ April 28. The trick will be asix-car show,- carrying two rides, a free at-traction six shows. Professor Pierno's RoyalItalian Band and about twenty concessions.Harry Manias* athletic show and "Doc"Hall'g reptile show are both signed up withKing for the coming season. King's UnitedShows will play in Jersey and Pennsyl-

SMYTHE TO PAINT FRONTSPrXTSBUBGH, March 3.—T. Claude

Smytbe, panel portrait artist, passedthrough this pity nn his way to the winterquarters of the Rutherford Greater Showsat New Puflndelphia, Ohio, where he hascontracted to do all the portrait work onthe new fronts for the "Twenty in One,""Diving Girl*," Willard & Moran Ath-letic," Walter L. Main Circns Stadiumand others.

RICE SIGNS UNDER WATER SHOWLncDe Anderson and her Submarine

Girls and Marine Marvels, presenting hernnder-water spectacle, featuring the newdiving hoods and the wireless telephone,has been secured by W. H. "Bill" Rice forthe Rutherford Greater Shows. LadleAnderson presents a full five-minute actunder the surface, concluding her exhibitionof endurance with the Great Chest Escapeof Submarine Mystery.

HAGENBACH TO OPEN APRIL 18Tense Hatjte, Ind., March 2.—Major

G. A. Gagg, general secretary and treas-urer of the Hagenbach-Wallace Circus,has returned from West Baden, afterspending two weeks at the winter quarters,and announces the opening of the seasonApril 18. The show win tour the Southand East, with Floyd King in charge' ofthe press work.

SARGENT BACK IN FOLDFred P. Sargent is visiting this city and

will very likely enter the outdoor amuse-ment field again. Sargent retired fromcircus activities some years ago to go intothe real estate business in California. Al-though this venture has been seeminglysuccessful, Sargent claims that he has ahankering for the old life again.

McCURDY PURCHASES SPEEDWAYPnTSBtraoH, March 3.—CoL Will Mc-

Curdv, of the Rutherford Greater Shows,who accompanied Mr. Polack to Chicagolast week, purchased, while there, one ofthe J. A. Parker Monkey Speedways.

SUTHERLAND JOINS FERARIHarry Sutherland replaces Harold Bar-

low as press agent and promoter with theCoL Francis Ferari Shows this coming sea-son, joining the show April 15 at Cleve-land, O., the Ferari starting point.

STIMPSON DOING CLOWN ACTGas Stimpson is putting on clown num-

bers with local amateur circus entertain-ments in New York and vicinity.

ECNER AGAIN WITH HAGENBACHBrazil, Iito., March 3.—Fred Egner,

producing clown, win be with the Hagen-bach-Wallace Circus again this season.

OUTDOOR ASS'N

MAKES PLANSFOR YEAR

FALL CONVENTION FOR NEW YORK

- Now that the dust of the Chicago con-vention has cleared away, plans are beinglaid by the Association of the OutdoorShowmen of the World for tbe comingyear, and its officers predict one of cease-less activity. .•-.-".

President Spellman declares that the as-sociation will continue to exert its influencein the various State legislatures to securemore equitable laws for the outdoor men.

The. date of the. next convention of theassociation has already been decided upon',

Spellman declares, and will be held at theHotel Astor, New. York, during the first

week of December.

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Plans are also under way, it is declared,for the erection of a clubhouse of the as-sociation of the Outdoor Showmen of theWorld, and Albert E. Kiralfy has beenbusy looking over several sites. He willmoke a report -at the next meeting of tbeExecutive Committee, which will he calledby the president sometime within the nextcouple of weeks.

NEW ASS'N FILES PAPERSChicago, 111., March 5.—The National

Outdoor Showmen's Association has ap-plied for articles of incorporation . in theState of Illinois. The petitioners areCharles H. Duffield, Edward S. Carruth-ers, Walter S. Driver, Edward P. Neu-mann, Steve A. Woods, Alonso H. Bark-ley, Robert M. Harvey, William H. Don-aldson, V. D. Levitt, John B. Warren, ConT. Kennedy, Chaa. G. Eilpatrick, FredBukanin, Tom W. Allen, Frank L. Alberts,Tobias A. Keppler and James T. Clyde.

WALLACE-ALLEN SHOW TOURS •

Walktjt Ridge, Ark., March 3.—Wal-lace and Allen's Indoor Circus is playingin A>li-aT.qoa Missouri, Mississippi, Ten-nessee and Alabama. The roster of thecompany follows: Jack Wallace andBilly Allen, proprietors; Ed. Stoke, ad-vance representative; Billie and Josie

Allen, comedy sketch artists; Prof. Mar-ian's troupe of dogs, Val Jean, sensationalescape artist, and Wallace Parker, eccen-

tric novelties.

BAKER GETS WILD WEST RIGHTSChicago, March 5.—Johnny Baker now

has the rights to the title of the Buffalo

Bill Wild West and it is reported that hewill put out a wild west show next Sum-mer, having an interest in the 101 Ranch,which will have Jess Willard as its fea-

ture attraction.

SUNDAY OFFERED CIRCUS JOBBilly Sunday has been offered $2,000 a

day to travel with Frank P. Spellman 'a

Motor Circus. Spellman makes the offer

for as many weeks of the summer as Sun-day can arrange.

JIMMIE SIMPSON MARRIESPrrrsBTTBQH, March 3.—Jimmie Simp-

son, of the Rutherford Greater Shows,was married a few weeks ago and will

leave for New York with his bride shortly.

HOPPER TO OPEN SHOW IN APRILAlto, Tex., March 3.—The Hopper

Greater Shows, in Winter quarters heresince Jan. 13, will reopen some time in

ApriL

LAWRENCE NOT TO MARRYSam Lawrence, with the Harry Polack

Three G's Shows this season, denies that

he will be married this Spring, as reported.

BIG CIRCUS OPENS AT GARDENTbe Great American Circns, inaugurated

by the Vacation Association, will begin afour days' season tonight at MadisonSquare Garden. Samuel McCrackxa baaorganized the big show," and among the of-

ferings will be the Twelve Daytona, theGalvina, sensational bicyclists; the GaschSisters, head balancers; the Four Roeders,European gymnasts ; .the Aerial Fontanisin a sensational performance on an ele-

vated revolving wheel, the Kremolina andDams Trio and Costas, daring aerial barand trapeze experts ; M me. Berzac's comedymules and ponies. Wormwood's monkeysand dogs, Rhoda Royal's trained elephants,dogs and ponies, and many other circusacta.

LICENSE INCREASE BILL KILLEDSan Fbancisco, March 3.—The pro-

posed measure to make prohibitive tentedorganizations by increasing the license feeOf circuses from $100 to $1,000 has beenpat on the shelf by tbe prompt action ofthe showmen. Harry Davis has beengranted a license for the Al G. Barnes ex-hibition here four days in April at the old

fee.

WARREN TO VISIT IN BOSTONA. A. Warren, press agent of the Greater

Parker Shows, left for a visit with his'

father in Boston last Monday. After afew days' sojourn there he will proceed toFort Leavenworth, Kans., the Winter head-quarters of the Parker shows. The showwill open in Missouri during the fore partof May.

SALTER, JR., VISITING FATHERPmsBUECH, March 5.—Eddie Salter,

tbe seven-year-old son of Ed B, Salter, ar-rived in the city Thursday on a visit to hisdaddy. The young man made the entiretrip from New York City to Pittsburghalone.

GLANZ ON RUTHERFORD STAFFPtttsbubgh, March 5.—Mo Glanz is a

new addition to the executive staff of theRutherford Greater Shows which alreadyhas under contract Ed B. Salter, GeorgeAlabama Florida, Charles McKinney andRaymond Moore.

MADALYN STONER MARRIESNewport, Ky., March 3.—Hadalyn

Stoner (Mrs. Colorado Grant), owner ofthe Colorado Grant Dog and Pony Show,was married here recently to Elmer CMyers, who has traveled with the Downle& Wheeler and Sun Bros, as advertisingsolicitor and ticket seller.

CIRCUS GROUNDS SOLDLtschbttbo, Va., March 3.—Circuses

booking Lynchburg will have & hard timeto find a lot as the old circus grounds havebeen sold for the erection of an overallfactory. .

POLACK GOING ON BUSINESS TRIPPittsbdboh, March 3.—Manager Harry

R. Pollock of the Rutherford GreaterShows, will leave the city tomorrow on abusiness trip to be gone about two weeks.

WALLICK CLOSES SHOWMcAlesteb, Okla., March 3.—The Wal-

lick Shows, of which Frank C. Wallick ispresident, have closed for the winter andare in quarters here.

MORENCY LEAVES INTERNATLPittsbubob, March 3,—Joe Thonet *"»

announced that Percy Morency, is no longerconnected with the Great InternationalShows.

INTER-OCEAN OPENING APRIL SOCincinnati, March 5.—The Inter-Ocean

Greater Shows will open their seasonApril 30.

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With bouses already on both the Pacific

and Atlantic coasts, Oliver Moroseo is nowgoing to build a theatre in Chicago. Plansare Only in the formative state as yet, bntby the time fall arrives, the new house will

be either completed or under construction.The fact became known here when a big

real estate man, having under his controlseveral suitable sites for such a structurewithin the loop, left for New York' to talk

the matter over with Moroseo.

Questioned at his office in New York,Mr. Moroseo readily admitted that he is tobuild in Chicago, thereby breaking the longjump which he must make to bring a playfrom bis Los Angeles theatre to Broadway.

"Nothing definite has been decided uponyet," he said, "the question of a site beingstill under consideration. But the reportthat I am to have a Chicago bouse ia trueand it will be built just as soon aa groundcan be obtained within the loop and theother preliminaries completed."

Mr. Moroseo stated that he had come tothis conclusion after his experience with"So Long Letty" and "Canary Cottage,"both of which he played in Chicago forlong periods before introducing them toBroadway.As soon as the new house is in opera-

tion, a play, after having gone through itsprobationary stage at the Los Angeles the-

atre, win start out on the road, workingEastward until it comes into Chicago andfaces the scrutiny of a metropolitan audi-ence. If it catches on, it can then settle

down for a run or jump directly into oneof the Moroseo Broadway houses, for therewill be two such next year. If not, it

can be rewritten or otherwise fixed npbefore facing Broadway.

It may eventually transpire that one ormore houses will be established betweenChicago and New York.

AMERICAN LOSING MONEYBecause of a shift of clientele due to

neighborhood conditions, the AmericanTheatre, offering W. V. M. A vaudeville,is said to be losing money continuously.However, it ia kept open because it is con-sidered a valuable adjunct to the otherbouses on the same circuit—from a bookingstandpoint.

W. V. M. A . TO HAVE NEW HOMEThe Western Vaudeville Managers' As-

sociation, now occupying several floors ofthe Majestic Theatre building, will moveinto its new home, when the new OrpheumCircuit theatre reaches completion, at thecorner of State and Lake streets next sea-son.

SMITH BACK AT MAJESTICBob Smith, who was transferred to the

Palace Theatre a few weeks ago to assist

the treasurer when Morris Bahne was pro-moted to house-managership, returned tothe Majestic Theatre Monday. Hisbrother, CaL assisted Treasurer Fred Ack-erman during Bob's absence.

LOOKING FOR PETE LANGChicago friends of Pete Lang are try-

lag their best to locate him. Lang's wifedied in Chicago last week and Meads fearthat her valuables, now in a safety depositvault, wQl be claimed by outsiders If Langdoesn't make an appearsnee soon.

TENWICK SELLING STOCKWalter Tenwick, formerly a booker in

the TJ. B. O. office, is now connected witha fhrnHsl security concern.

MEAGHER BACK FROM ST. LOUTSKerry Meagher, of the W. V. M. A.

forces, has returned from St. Louis, wherelie-performed valuable services in the inter-

est of the association during the strikecrisis. Meagher's testimony before thegrievance committee of the labor unionaimed to show that the White Rats' esti-mate of over six million dollars per yearprofit for the association was absurd, aait would mean a gross business of overone hundred and twenty billions. He also

stated that he knew of no headliners whobelonged to the union, and affirmed thatthe association was firm in its resolve notto employ White Rats. He said it wouldnot be practicable to frame a vaudevillebill consisting exclusively of White Ratacts.

NOTED ACTORS PLAY FOR FUNDThe Actors' Fand benefit takes place la

this city next Friday at the Auditorium.The affair, which will be under the stagedirection of Alex Leftwich, will have theservices of noted players, among whomwill be Margaret Anglin, Donald Brian,Ralph Morgan, Nora Bayes, Joe Caw-thorne, Barney Bernard, Stella Hoban, TedBarron, Stewart Baird, Belle Ashlyn, FayTempleton and ten stars from the EssanayFilm studios in a farce specially writtenby Mr. Leftwich.

EMPIRE EMPLOYES GET BONUSThe management of the Empire Theatre,

housing a Jewish stock company on Chi-cago west side, has evolved a unique planfor awarding bonuses to faithful employes.Beginning with last evening, a day of eachweek will be set aside, the entire pro-ceeds going to designated employes. Thefirst week's award was tendered the Hirahbrothers, treasurers of the house, andCharles E. Nelson, advertising manager.

BOY CAUSES PANIC IN THEATREBecause Edward Murphy, a fourteen-

year-old messenger boy, learned the trick

of exhaling liquid fire and practiced it inthe Monogram Theatre, on the South aide,

last week, the audience thought the thea-tre was on fire and a panic ensued.

REMICK TO OCCUPY NEW BUILDINGWhen the W. V. M. A. moves into its

new building at State and Lake streets,

next season, J. H. Remick & Co.'s Chicagooffice, now located in the Majestic Theatrebuilding, will occupy ft floor of the newbuilding.

GARJUTY WITH "THE KNIFE"John J. Garrity, former general manager

of the Shubert Chicago enterprises, was inChicago last week assisting in launchingthe run of Eugene Walter's "The Knife,"at the Chicago Theatre.

HERMAN RETURNS TO CHICAGOW. C. Herman, author of "The Million-

aire's Son and the 'Shop Girl," on the In-ternational Circuit, returned to Chicagolast week after an eight weeks' vacationin Kansas.

AGENTS FILE TAX REPORTSMost of the agents in the Majestic

Theatre building filed candid and completereports of their incomes, in accordancewith the revenue law governing the in-

come tax.

GET WOOLFOLK CONTRACTYon Heine ft Gibson, well-known In

local vaudeville circles, bare signed withBoyle Woolfoik for a musical review to

be launched next season.

ALLANSON ON ROADEdward O. ATlanson, of the Chicago mu-

sic publishing concern bearing his name, is'

on the road in the interest of his publi-

cations.

eOOKCOUNTYTOHAVE AN 0LD-

TIMEFAIRLOCAL SHOWMEN ARE INTERESTED

A movement is on foot to have an old-fashioned fair for Cook County, despitethe fact that many believe it will be hardto interest merchants of Chicago in alocal venture which rests upon farmers forits main patronage.

In the past it has always been takenfor granted that the annual stock show,run at the Union Stock Yards, was thelogical substitute for a Cook County Fair.But certain local showmen refuge to

look at. things in this light During therecent Fair Secretaries' convention in Chi-ago, a prominent showman was suggest-ing methods for stimulating attendance.

"If you know so much about how todraw crowds, why don't the residents ofCook County run your own fair?" askedone of the secretaries.

The question was unanswered, but it

resulted in the determination to have aCook County Fair.

Organization plans have not proceededvery far, bnt one of the sponsors of theproject was delegated to "sound" StateStreet merchants and ascertain how farthey would go in supporting the plan.

TO ESTABLISH A RIALTOMadison street theatre owners and hotel

men have perfected a permanent organiza-tion, the object of which is to make thisthoroughfare, from Michigan Avenue tothe bridge, Chicago's new Rialto. The dis-trict will be ornamented with permanentdecorative lights. Aaron J. . Jones, ofJones, Linick and Schaefer forces, pro-prietors of McVicker's theatre, in theheart of this district; Harry C. Moir, headof the New Morrison Hotel; John Z. Vo-gelsang and Leonard R. Adams are incor-porators of the organization, founded un-der the direction of C. A. Pratt.

FRANK DOYLE IS GRANDPAFrank Q. Doyle, booking manager of

Jones, linick ft Schaefer, is now a grand-father. A child has been born to his daugh-ter, Mabel, who is the wife of B. E. Mills.

a theatrical manager.

TAB FOR INTERNATIONALE. P. Churchill's "Fraternity Boys and

Girls," a tab which has been going therounds for some time, ia being elaboratedinto a complete show for the InternationalCircuit.

PLAN THEATRE BENEFITFriends of the Little Theatre Co., re-

cently declared bankrupt, plan a big bene-fit for Saturday, March 17. GrsnvfllsBarker, Minnie Lawson, Grace HQcoxand Charlotte Foaa will take part.

ORCHESTRA REVEALS MARRIAGEMr. and Mrs. James H. Pinson tried to

keep their marriage secret, hat friendsspoiled it all by "fixing" a cabaret or-chestra to play strains of "Here Comesthe Bride" as the couple entered.

MAXINE ALTON CONVALESCINGMaxine- Alton, who was with "My

Mother's Rosary" early In the season, isnow at her home in St. Joseph, Ma, re-covering from a serious illness.

CORT THEATRE HAS NEW SHOWAfter a prosperous run of thirty weeks,

"Fair and Wanner" left the Cort TheatreSaturday night. "Good Gracious, Anna-belle" now holds the boards.

"AUTOMAT" FOR CHICAGONew York thespians visiting Chicago

will soon .be favored with an innovationwhich has long been a feature of NewYork's mid-town theatrical centre. ThePhiladelphia concern which owns the "Au-tomat," nickel-in-the-slot lunch rooms, haspurchased a big corner on Chicago's northside for a commissary and is negotiatingleases for Loop restaurants.

ACTORS ASK AID OF EQUITY ASSNHarry Scott and Edmund Sprague have

filed a complaint with the Actors' EquityAssociation against the management of'That Other Wife." It seems the show laidoff a week at Nashville, and in the middleof this period it was announced that thetbow had closed. These players seek thetwo weeks' notice money.

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ADVANCE AGENTS ARE DINEDRobert Sherman took pity on his

hungry advance agent friends and recentlyentertained them at a dinner at his newhome. The guests were Lew Wilcox,Steward S. Walters, Frank Healey, Sed J.Deschane, C. Jay Smith. Joe Cohan. LouEilliot and Al C. Oaks.

ANDREW CASTLE TO MARRYL. Andrew Castle, Chicago representa-

tive of the Actors' Equity Association,is engaged to Helen Hamburger. The an-nouncement follows a romance which be-gan a couple of seasons ago when bothwere with the Labadie Film Co. in Michi-gan.

ARTISTS TO CHRISTEN HOUSEVaudeville artists will perhaps select the

name for the theatre that Martin, Beckand h is associates are building '

in "TheLoop" district. Beck is expected hers o*xtweek when it is likely that a choice of atitle for the new house will be put to ftvote of the players.

WOODS' HOUSE READY NOV. ISThe new Woods' Theatre and office

building here is expected to be ready foroccupancy Nov. 15. Work on the res-taurant, which will be on top of it, willcommence May 15 next. "Cheating flhsstlers" will be the opening attraction.

PICKFORD FILM IN AUDITORIUMThe Auditorium, home of grand open,

and more recently the stamping groundof "Hip, Hip, Hooray," will Bouse a filmversion of "A Poor Little Rich Girl," fea-turing Mary Pickford, beginning Saturc iy.

HARRY LORCH IN DETROITHarry S. Lorch, Butterafleld'a general

representative, with headquarters in Chi-cago, jumped to Detroit, last week, tosupervise the state-rights release of"Civilisation" for Michigan.

NORA BAYES OPENS HERENora Bayes opened at the La Salle The-

atre Monday night with her own show.She played to capacity audience and lookslike a big success.

SCHMIDT WITH HARMSErwin R. Schmidt has returned to the

music publishing game, stroking the ksysand landing acts for the Chicago office ofT. B. Barms, Frances Day and Hunter.

GALWAY HERBERT VISITS HEREGalway Herbert who lad the cast of

"Hobson's Choice," was in Chicago lastweek visiting his wife, Jane TThestlsT.who is in the Hodge Co. at the mimosa

RAYMOND EAGAN IN CHICAGORaymond Egaa, who came to the freet

with several song hits last season, is isChicago, visiting the Remick office.

MABEL LE COUVER JOINS TAIL*.&*££* SPT^*-* *»•*•* Be»ta W«*folk's "The Girl V.orth Wbfls" Co.

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WILL NOT EXACT PAYFOR PUBLIC RIGHTS

G. Schinn>r St*to. That Purchas« Price

For Competition* W31 CoverPerforming Fas

G. Schirmer, Inc., is sending- a notice tosMsictom, vaudeville artists, cabaret sing-

ers and others calling attention to toe factthat the Schirmer bouse will not exact pay-ment for the public performance of any ofits copyrighted publications.

This does not apply to the singing of

rocsl KlttUuu» from musical production*,

the performing rights of which are ownedby theatrical producers.The Schirmer house is not a member of

the Society of Authors, Composers andPublishers, the organization formed to col-

lect fees from all who render copyrighted

musical compositions for profit In dis-

cussing the matter, a representative of theSchirmers said

:

"We consider the payment of the pur-chase price for any of onr compositions suf-

ficient to cover the performing rights fee

BB well. Jn other words, we believe In

collecting the fee at the source, rather

than by the method outlined in connectionwith the Authors and Composers Society.

This method we believed is so complicatedthat in the end it will be discovered thatit will require the expenditure of two dol-

lars to collect one in every instance. Webelieve it much simpler to let the purchaseprice of a number cover the performingrights fees than to go through the intri-

cate process of having each public per-

formance of all onr compositions checkednp and the pro-rata fee collected and di-

vided."The numbers upon which we will not

exact payment for public performance, ofcourse, are not the musical comedy andtight opera songs, the performing rights of

which are owned by the various theatrical

managers who made the production. Thelist does include, however, our large cata-

logue of instrumental music; much of

which is used in the hotels and restaurants

where musicians are employed."

OLMAN & PEYTON IN CHICAGOAbe Olman and Tom Peyton left Satur-

day night for Chicago to attend a meeting

of the department heads of Forster MusicPub., Inc. One of the matters to be taken

up at the meeting is the proposed movingof the professional headquarters of thecompany from Chicago to New York.

NEW WINTER GARDEN SONGHoward and Howard are singing the

new James Brockman. song "The Ghost of

the Ukelele" in the new Winter Gardenproduction.

KERN IN THE SOUTHJerome D. Kern is spending a few weeks'

vacation aboard Henry D. Savage's house-

boat, now anchored off the coast of Florida.

KORNHEISER IN PH1LA.Philip Kornheiser spent.a couple of days

in Philadelphia last week and placed someof th& new Feist songs with big acts play-

ing in that city.

BUTT GETS SONG HITAlfred Butt, the Loudon impresario, haa

arranged for the exclusive producing rights

in England of the big Harms Co. songhit, "Poor Butterfly," and will give it anelaborate presentation at the London Em-pire.

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EDWARDS A MUSIC MANJ. F. "Jack" Edwards, for years a mem-

ber of the New York Cuffeb staff and re-

cently with the Binooard, is now connectedwith McCarthy A Fisher, music publish-

ers. He is the business manager of thenew firm.

NEW SET OF OFFICERSThe Greater New York Music Publish-

ers and Dealers' Association at their din-ner last week elected a new set of officers.

Joseph Prianix is president, Walter East-man, vice-president; Joseph Glasamacher,treasurer, and John Bliss, secretary. Thenew board of governors is composed of B.F. Bitner, Felix Meyer, Maurice Richmondand George Hilbert.

STERN'S PATRIOTIC SONGJos. W. Stern & Co. have just issned

a special edition of the old patriotic song,"The Old Flag Never Touched theGround." The number was written manyyears ago by the famous aong writing team,Cole & Johnson, and has been successfullysung for many years. It is of the typewhich seemingly will live forever and de-serves a place with the country's bestpatriotic compositions.

FEATURING "SHADES OF NIGHT"There are few high-class songs that have

met with the instant and lasting favor fromthe mnsic-loving public that has greeted"Shades of Night," the exquisite composi-tion of T, Wolfe Gilbert and Anatol Fried-land and Mnlvin Franklin. Such notedvaudeville headliners as May Naudaln,Dorothy Jardon, Mme. Chilson Ohrmnn,Grace La Rue, Marion Weeks and a host

of others have found It a number thatscored for them at every rendition.

HOWARD'S NEW NUMBERAt the Palace Theatre last week Joe

Howard, after «ingtng a dozen or more ofhis old-time aong hits, introduced a newnumber, which in point of applause sur-passed them all. The new song is called,

"Love Me All the Time," and if the recep-tion accorded it at every performance is

any criterion, it will become one of hismost popular compositions. Chaa. K. Har-ris publishes it.

DELLON IN CHICAGOHarold Dellon, professional manager for

the T. B. Harms ft Francis, Day ft HunterCo. is in Chicago introducing "A BrokenDoll" among the profession. Mr. Dellonput over "The Sunshine of Your Smile" inrecord-breaking time in that city and heexpects to do even better with the newsong. The Harms' Chicago professional de-partment is to be enlarged and in futurewill be an important branch of this success-ful firm.

BACK FROM PANAMAJoe Gold, a member of the Chaa. K- Har-

ris professional staff is back after a twomonths' stay in Panama. Joe made his

vacation a profitable one by playing pianoin one of the big cabarets on the Isthmus."Spanish compositions are the favoritesthere," he said, although the soldiers andengineers from the States are fast makingAmerican songs popular.

"CALIFORNIA" FEATUREDGeorge Lyons (formerly of Lyons and

Tosco) is singing Ernest R. Ball's song,"I'm Going Back to California" and writesthe publishers, M. Witmark ft Sons, thathe has found it to be one of the best songshe has used in years.

"I'm Going Back to California" is oneof the most captivating songs Mr. Ball.hasever written.

"AT THE HULA HULA BALL"Billy Vanderveer has just completed anew

novelty number entitled "At the Hula HulaBan," which is attracting scores of singers

to the Harris professional offices.

KILGOUR WITH VON TILZERGarfield Kilgonr is writing exclusively

for Harry Von Tnzer.

VON TILZER BALLAD HITThe great popularity achieved during

the past few weeks by the Harry Von Til-zer ballad "There's Someone More Lone-some Than You" has been a source ofwonder to many but is no secret aroundthe Von TOzer offices.

In the first place the song was "there"—that is, it possessed all the elementsthat go to make a success in the firstplace, and secondly, it is doubtful if anysong published this season was more con-sistently worked upon by every member ofthe Von TOzer staff.

Every night during the week Mr. VonTilzer could be found at some theatrewhere the song was being rendered. Froma secluded part of the house he listenedto the rendition, and after the perform-ance visited the singer back of the stageand offered valuable suggestions as toways which the song could be sung moreeffectively.

In this work he has been ably assistedby his professional manager Ben Born-stein and his assistants, Murray Bloom,Bert Low and Jesse Greer.

After each night's tour of tbe theatresMr. Von Tilzer and Mr. Bornstein metand compared notes, and watuhed thegrowth of the song's popularity, until nowit is one of the acknowledged hits of theyear.

This song, however, la by no means theonly success in tbe Von Tilzer catalogue.Other numbers have been attracting al-most as much attention, and in conse-quence business with this house is boom-ing. Some of the numbers which aregoing particularly well are, "On the SouthSea Isle," "Somewhere in Dixie," "Justthe Kind of a Girl," and "Through ThoseWonderful Glasses of Mine."

GOOD BALLADS IN DEMANDThe constantly increasing demand in

the vaudeville theatres for songs of thebetter grade is sending singers to thestandard or high-class publishing housesfor new material. During the past fewmonths there has been heard in the vaude-ville theatres a larger number of high-classballads than ever before. Songs which upto a year or so ago would scarcely be suit-able for anything but the concert stage aremeeting with pronounced success in thevaudeville houses. One song in particular,a high-class ballad published by Boosey ft

Co., entitled "Calling Me Home to Yon,"is a striking instance. This song, intro-

duced a few months ago in one of the largevaudeville houses, is being taken up byscores of the best singers and can be heardweekly in dozens of the houses throughoutthe city.

It is a striking indication of the markedmusical advancement of the Americantheatre-going public.

"MY HAWAIIAN SUNSHINE"A Hawaiian song that pleases wherever

it is heard is "My Hawaiian Sunshine,"by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Carey Morgan.Wherever it be, from the vaudeville stage,

around the piano, or on a talking machinerecord, "My Hawaiian Sunshine" createsan impression that few songs have everbeen able to excel. It has in it all thecharm of the islands themselves. WhatMark Twain said of Hawaii the song-buy-ing public has said of "My Hawaiian Sun-shine." Mark Twain's words were "It is

marvelously beautiful." - ..

BOB COLE IN THE EASTBob Cole, of the Billy Smythe Music Co.

of Chicago is making his first eastern trip

of the year. In addition to calling on thetrade he is showing the new Smythe songsto the singers In the towns he visits.

REMICK IN THE SOUTHJerome H. Remick Is spending a short

vacation in Ashville, N. C.

A BELLE BAKER NOVELTYBelle Baker scored one' of the biggest

hits of her career at the Albambra The-atre last week with the new Feist song"Why Did You Make Me Leave St. Louis,Mo.?"

TELL TAYLOR Bt TOWNTell Taylor, the Chicago publisher is

spending a lew weeks in New Xork, show-ing his new songs to both trade and pro-fession. Two of the beat are "When LoveBuilds a World of Its Own" and "YouHave a Wonderful Way of Doing WhatYou Do."

HANBURY WITH EDWARDSHarry Banbury, formerly collected with

the high-class department of Wstarson,Berlin ft Snyder, is now with the Gna.Edwards Publishing Co.

Sharps and FlatsBy TEDDY MORSE

"That Serenade by Shubert is certainlya pretty piece," mused Blanche Merrillrecently. "I wonder which one wrote it,

Lee or Jake."

Earl Carroll's "Q. T. TJ. C. I. M. 4. TJ"has created a world of talk among theAnvil Chorus. In the interim, as theysay in the higher musical ciroles, "Oil"carols blithely along, smiling serenelyupon all who pass his way.

Murray Roth is the quiet kind of lyricwriter. Ha has songs here and there, aswell as round-a-bout, and doesn't talkmuch about any of them.

George Little haB the distinction of up-setting all the dope in Song Ville with hi*"Hawaiian Butterfly" song. Just as thelast rites were being observed over theHawaiian craze, he appears with bis ditty,and it has Chicago by the ears, eyes andhands. New York looks like it will fol-low suit.

With a new top piece of soft grayishmaterial, Billy Barr, former carouer forthe Bernstein Co., arrives in our midst asa member of the Temple Quartette, andfull of business.

Fred Fischer is having all sorts oftrouble with his German dialect, sincePresident Wilson's "overt" act letter.

Fred is smart, tbo'. He writes two sengsthat keep him in good standing with theAllies—an Irish and an Italian song.

Monroe Silver was telling Billy Mur-ray, the fellow-who-makes-the-best-phono-graph - record-because-you-can-understajid-tho- words, about eggs. "They used to be12 for 26 cents, then 8 for 26 cents, andnow you bave to pay as high as 6 and Scents a piece for them." "It's caused bythe war, said Billy the balladist. "Geewhiz!" gasped Silver, "they're not fight-ing with eggs, are theyI*

Sayt If you and I had all the doughThat's spent to make those war songs go)How happy we would be I Hi hoi

It isn't very often we get peeved. Es-pecially at a pal.. For good pals arescarce. But there's a limit to all things.Sometimes we hope we're wrong, aboutit, but gosh hang the luck, if it hasn'tbeen told around for a week or so thatAlbert Gerber is learning to play a Yuke-a-lay-lay. (Applaud with your handsonly.)

Poor Butterfly! Tough about her, isn't

it? She's having such a hard time to getalong. The dear, sweet thing.

You might have guessed it was in-evitable. McCarthy and Fischer havemade the prize catch of the season bylanding Melody Lane (ex) Jack Edwardsin then- firm. Success, Jack.

Somewhere a voice is calling to JeffBranenT Where are you, JeffT

March 7, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

KAHN TO GIVEUP DALY'STHEATRE

HOLDS RENT INCREASE TOO HIGH

Claiming that the rental for the renewalof his lease on Daly's Theatre ia exorbi-

tant, Ben Kahn will relinquish his right

to ran the house on the expiration of hislease, May 1. The cause for the increase

Is tie reverting of the Daly property

to the Shefflin estate, the owners of the

ground. They had leased the property to

the Jones estate, from whom Kahn ob-tained his lease.

According to Kahn, the Shefflin estate

demands a rental of $25,000 a year tor thetheatre itself. In addition, he says, to

meet with the requirements of the fire

prevention laws "' it would be necessary for

Urn to lease the property directly to therear of his stage door for an entrance.This property is owned by the Jones es-

tate, which is asking a rental of $5,000

a year.When the Jones people were making

alterations to the theatre several years

Tthey were compelled to lease a piece

property, in which a loft building is

located, at a rental of $2,000 a year for

an additional fire exit. They desire $6,000rental for this property. Kahn states

that a rental of $36,000 a year, whichthese figures aggregate, would be too

much. Be is paying $12,000 yearly rental

at present.Daly's, which had a varied career In

burlesque, was leased by Kahn last No-vember when he installed a burlesque

stock company. It was necessary for himto make alterations to meet the fire andbuilding laws, which amounted to about$5,000.

Business in the beginning was verypoor, Kahn sustaining a loss every week.But after a month things began to pick

up and he has been making a little profit

out of the venture each week and prob-

ably by the end of the season will be able

to break even on his investment.If the property is not immediately

rented it will be torn down and the- own-ers will erect a large loft building on thesite, as will be done on the Weber's Thea-tre property, which adjoins Daly's.

BARTON CHARGED WITH ASSAULT« RoonESTEB, March 0.—James Barton,

comedian with the "Twentieth • CenturyMaids," appeared in police court March 2charged with assault in the third degree onAlexander Hyde, musical director of theshow. When Barton appeared it was an-

nounced that Hyde was suing- the come-dian for two thousand dollars damages.The case was adjourned until June 15, at

the request of Barton's attorney. Hyde is

said to have called Barton a "bum come-

dian" and, the argument' was finished,back,stage when Barton save the director's

violin a shove, inflicting a cnt over the

musician's eye.

CAMPBELL IS NEW DIRECTOR

At the meeting held by the Board of Di-

rectors of the Columbia Amusement Co.

March 1, Wm. S. Campbell was elected as

a member of the board, to succeed the late

Charles H. Barton. "Bill" . Campbell ia

one of the original members of the asso-

ciation from which sprang the present'

splendid organization, and for a time wasa member of the board, resigning for busi-

ness reasons.As manager of the Rose 8yd ell "London

Belles" he has piloted the. attraction sac-.

eesBfuUy for many seasons.

STAGE CARPENTER IS HURTAltoona, Pa., March 3.—Paul Riley of

this city, stage carpenter of the "Grown-up Babies" Burlesque company which ap-peared at the Mistier Theatre Feb. 28, is

recovering; from injuries which he receivedearly that morning at Johnstown, when atrolley car collided with a theatrical trans-fer track. Properties of the burlesquecompany were damaged to the extent ofseveral hundred dollars in the accident andthree other men were hurt by being hurledto the street.

CHAS. L. WALTERS DEADChas. Li. Walters, well known as agent

and manager of attractions, died March 3at the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank J.Wesson, at Fairhaven, N. J. His last en-gagement was as manager of the Star andGarter Theatre in Chicago, and he retiredsome time ago owing to illness. He wasfifty-seven years old and a member of theMasons and the Elks. The funeral washeld March 6 under the auspices of the RedBank Masonic Lodge.

COLUMBIA SEEKS SUMMER SHOWNo decision has been reached as to the

attraction which will hold forth at theColumbia, New York, after the close of theregular season and supplementary dates.Several Shows have been mentioned aslikely candidates for the distinction andone that played the house recently is saidto ha the most likely contender. An-nouncement of the selection is expected ina few days.

BURLESQUERS TO ENTER VAUDE.Abe Leavitt and Ruth Lockwood, who

recently retired from the cast of the "Sport-ing Widows," a burlesque attraction onthe Columbia Circuit, will shortly maketheir debut In vaudeville. A route hasbeen secured from the United Booking Of-fices by Max Cordon and the couple willmake their initial appearance at the Ma-jestic Theatre, Paterson.

COLUMBIA NOT TO INVADE WESTThe Columbia Amusement Co. directors

have decided not to extend their operationsfurther West than Omaha, after consider-ing the offer made by the Ackermann andHarris Circuit. The long jumps and theone-night stands do not appeal to the man-agers of the attractions, who now find their

season fully provided for in the existing cir-

cuit.

HAWLEY JOINS REEVES SHOWChas. Hawley, Hebrew comedian, has

been engaged to fin the gap caused by theretirement of Cbas. Roubles, principal

comedian with the Al Reeves "BeautyShow," on the Columbia Burlesque Circuit,

who was forced to retire from the cast onaccount of the loss of his sight eye .

KANSAS CITY GAININGAt the meeting Of the Columbia Amuse-

ment . Co. directors last week, most en-couraging financial reports were bandedout, especially about the Gaiety, KansasCity, Mo., which is controlled by . one of

the Columbia's subsidiary corporations.

WOLFFHEIM BOOKS NEW ACTSEugene Wolffheim has engaged La

Gracia, the posing act; Harry Morris,

Hebrew comedian, and J. Hart, juvenile,

for next season's tour of "The Girls in

Toyland."

ELEANOR COCHRAN BANKRUPTEleanor Cochran has filed a petition for

bankruptcy, with liabilities of $4,220 andno assets. H. V. Chace is named as pre-ferred creditor for $1,000.

WELCH GETS RECORDBen Welch, ia now the possessor of the

house record at the Casino, Brooklyn, beat-

ing the mark held by the second show byseveral ducats.

HILL ALLEGESCOHEN BROKECONTRACT

STARTS ACTION FOR $580.44

Alleging breach of contract, Gus Hillhas begun an action in the Supreme Courtagainst Harry Cohen, proprietor of Cohen'sOpera House, Pougbkeepsle, N. Y., to re-

cover $580.44. Cohen was served with thepapers in the suit by a Deputy Sheriff ofDutchess County at Ponghkeepsle lastWednesday.Through his attorney, Nathan Burkan,

Hill alleges in his complaint, that the Co-lumbia Amusement Co. had provided himwith a contract to play his show, "TheMidnight Maidens," at Cohen's OperaHouse August 81, September 1, 2, 1916,for a guaranteed sum of $1,650. Thisamount is the guarantee that was given all

burlesque shows that played this theatre.After fulfilling the engagement, Ike

Rose, the manager of the "Midnight Maid-ens," visited the office of Cohen and thelatter turned over to Mm $1,089.66. Thishe told Rose was the company share of thereceipts. Rose then produced the contractwhich he had received from the ColumbiaAmusement Co., which called for $1,660payment for the engagement. Cohen la

alleged, according to the complaint, tohave informed Rose that the amount hehad paid him was all that he would re-ceive for the company share.

Rose then communicated with Mr. Hilland the latter made several attempts toget Cohen to pay Mm the balance. This,It is said, Cohen refused to do and thematter was then turned over to the attor-ney.

TYSON 4 BARBER ENGAGEDDeraorr, March 5.—Tyson & Barber

joined the cast of the "Cabaret Girls,"which is appearing at the Cadillac Theatre,an American Burlesque Circuit house, this

week.

STOCK FOR BOBBY MORROWThere will be a summer stock season at

the Trocadero, Philadelphia. The regularseason is not long enough for this popularmansger.

CHANGES IN "SPORTING WIDOWS"Maude Rockwell and Matt Kennedy are

late additions to the cast of the "SportingWodows," replacing Abe Leavitt and MissRockwood.

MONEY LEFT ELEANOR COCHRANElesnor Cochran (Mrs. Billy Arlington)

has Inherited a snug sum of money andsome real estate from her grandmother,who died recently in Philadelphia.

BLACK FOR BOSTON STOCKJohn J. Black will work in stock for

Strouse & Franklyn at the Howard, Bos-ton. The season will start on April 80.

DUFFY JOINS "HELLO PARIS"The "Hello Paris" show has been ' aug-

mented by Tom Duffy, who replaced CharlesHinton.

KITTY BELMONT HURTKitty Belmi/nt, of the "Maids of Amer-

ica." is recovering from the effects of a badfall in Kansas City.

ELIZABETH MARTIN DEAD- Elizabeth Martin, of the Chas. Robinsonshow, died recently.

HUSTLING FOR FAIR FUNDHenry C. Jacobs is kept busy requesting

and accepting donations and perfectiafplans, to make the burlesque booth at theActors' Fund Fair a big success. Promi-nent burlesque stars will take turns iaworking the fair.

HARRY CATUN DEADMargie Catiin has received the news of

the death of her brother, Harry Catiin, atSan Bernardino, CaL. February 22. Hawaa 26 yeara old.

JOHN G. JERMON ILLJohn G. Jermon is confined to his home

in New York, suffering from a severe caseof blood poisoning.

KAHN STAFF TO DANCEThe B. F. Kahn Ensembles, comprising

performers and staff, will give a danceat Teotonia Hall, New York, March 23.

VIVIAN PERRY AT RECTOR'SVivian Perry, who has closed with "The

Follies of Pleasure," has joined the cabaretat Rector's.

BURLESQUE NOTES

Dorothy DuFree and Dorothy Grey leftthe "Golden Crook" company Febrnaxy 24,Duchess Yale rejoined the show on the24th and Evelyn Miller, formerly of theSocial Follies, joined Feb. 20.

Dick Maddox has signed with Strouseand Franklin for the Summer, and fornext Reason. Dick has been In burlesquebefore this. He will be located at the Howard, Boston, for the Summer.

Grace Sachs has closed with the BillyWatson "Beef Trust" show, owing to thedeath of her father, Max Sachs, at Provi-dence, R. L She will remain at horns forthe rest of the season.

Danny Davenport, treasurer of Hurtigand Seamon's, New York, has been seenrunning around Central Park with BennyLeonard.

Marguerite Ryan, the little ingenue,closed with the "Pnss Post" show at theCasino, Brooklyn. May Meyers succeedsher. '

Billy Mclntyre, Billy Bender and HalGroves are new recruits at the HollldayStreet Theatre stock, Baltimore.

Ushers' strikes are spreading. Miner'sBronx had one Monday, Feb. 20, and anew crew has been installed.

Marie Williams has closed with the Bur-lesque Review to join the Peklo Revus,New York.

Ben Small of the "Ginger Girls" will re-main with Hurtig' and Seamon for anotherseason.

La Gracia is booked solid for next sea-son under direction of Eugene Wolffheim.

Vincent Dusey, with the "Record Break-ers," has been replaced by Doe Howard.

Harry Hills has been re-engaged by Bar-ney Gerard for "Some Show."

Hazel Langley has been granted a di-vorce from J. Harrison Wolfe.

Kyra remains the feature with "TheCharming Widows."

Flo Ebert closed with the "Frolics of1917" last week.

18»> THE NEW YORK CLIPPER M^rch 7, 1917

FRANCIS WILSON LOSES MOTHERPhiladelphia, Pa., Much 4.—Mrs.

Emily Craycroft Wilson, mother of BJiandaWilson,- the comedian, is dead. A tele-

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tram was sent to the actor informizrg himof his mother's death while be was tour-ing Yosemite Valley on his- wedding trip,

bat the newly-weds had suddenly decided

to sail for Honolulu, and all efforts tonotify him of the funeral were unsuccess-ful. Mrs. Wilson was ninety-five years old.

She is survived by three daughters andtwo sons.

SPRECKELS BUILDING NEW HOUSE"San Diego, Cal., ' March 4.—John D.

Spreckels is to build a new vaudeville the-"1

atre here to boose the Hippodrome shows -

now playing, the Spreckels Theatre. 'The.proposed theatre will have a seating ca-pacity ot 3,400. Ine Spreckels Theatre,is unsuited for vaudeville, and the Strandentirely inadequate for road shows. Whenthe new theatre is completed the Hip showswill have a suitable home and the fine

Spreckels Theatre will again be availablefor. road attractions.

"'.FRISCOHOUSE MAY GET OPERA"'. San Francisco,'March 2.—The new Ca-

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aino -Theatre, nearjng. completion, is being-:

sought by Max Rabinoff, the impresario,as a Dome ^for.. opera jin the West.' 'Mr.RabiBoff is negotiating with -the PalaceTheatre Co. to establish an operatic or-

ganization at the house on the order of

the Metropolitan Opera Co. of Newjork,but his plans have not yet been acceptedby the owners. . ...

" craTgs prize to remainAlthough John Craig and Mary- Young

have transferred j their residence.- fromBoston\ to this 'city, Mr. -Cray? -will con-tinue to maintain '{be Craig prize at Har-vard University, for the best- play writtenat -Harvard or Radcliffe during the year.Two or three 'New" York successes "havebeen Harvard price .plays, first presentedat, Craig's Castle Square Theatre in Bos-ton. - - - -.'•...

PHILLIPS GETS TREASURER JOBHarvey Phillips has been appointed

treasurer of the Triangle Theatre, Brook-lyn. He was formerly treasurer of the

Herald Square and Daly Theatres and wasconnected with the Tyson Ticket Agencyfor some time.

ROBB HANDLES MINSTREL SHOWLtschsusg. Va, March 5.—Alexander

Robb, of the Joe Bren Producing Com-pany, was in charge of rehearsals for the

fourth annual charity minstrel show, giv-

en here by Lynchburg Lodge No. 321, of

the Elks.

TO RESTRICT FLAGS IN THEATRESSeattle, Wash., March 4.—Two bills

been introduced in the city council at therequest of patriotic organizations, onewhich prohibits the use of the flag in the-atres merely for the purpose of gainingapplause. The other is to prohibit theplaying of "The Star Spangled Banner"except as a separate piece and the playersand audience must stand.

VAUDEVILLE AT HONOLULUHonolulu, Hawaii, March 2.—The all

Star Vaudeville Co., made up of playersen route to and from Australia, is the at-

traction at the Bijou Theatre. The com-pany includes: The Correlli Trio musicalact ; Bertie Ford, on the wire ; Degnon andClifton, strong men act, and Frank DeGro, tramp comedian.

OLD TIME PERFORMERS ACT '

Bedford, Va., March 5.—Clem McGhee,an old-time dancer, gave a fine exhibitionof fancy toe work at the Elks' NationalHome here when a vaudeville performancewas given by the inmates whose livelihood

was once earned on the stage. The eventis an annual one.

LINCOLN THEATRE LEASEDUnion Hm, N. J., March 6.—The Lin-

coln Theatre here has been leased for ten

years to Kenneth Marvin, director of the

Motion Picture Patents Company. Thehouse will continue to run feature photo-

plays and vaudeville.

FIRE DESTROYS PA. THEATREClearfield, Pa. March 5.—A fire of

unknown origin destroyed the building

here in which the opera house was located.

The total loss is approximated at $125,000.

ALTOONA THEATRE SOLDAitoosa, Pa.. March 3.—The Crystal

Theatre, better known as "Fee's House,"has been sold to George M. Weaver, of

Bellwood, Pa.

ELKS TO PRODUCE COMEDYTekre Haute, Ind., March 6.—Terre

Haute Lodge No. 86, Order of the Elks,

will produce a musical comedy, entitled

The Other Fellow's Girl." written byWin. K. Hamilton. April 9, 10, 11. Mar-garet Galligan, daughter of Edward Galli-

gan, manager of the Grand, will play theleading role.

GARDEN TENANTS MUST VACATETenants and concessionaires of Madison

Square Garden have been given the orderto vacate by Grant Hugh Browne, thenew lessee, and several of the tenantshave already begun to move. Some Ofthem have been in the building for almosta quarter- of a century.

LEASEHOLD ON THEATRE SOLDThe leasehold on the Seventy-seventh

Street Theatre, store and loft building onthe east side of Broadway, just north ofWest Seventy-seventh Street, has beensold by the 2182 Broadway Company tothe 225 West Seventy-seventh Street Cor-poration.

WEBSTER IS VERY ILL

Baltimore, Md., March 4.—HarryWebster, of "The Old Homestead" com-pany, is critically ill in the Mercy Hospitalhere, following an operation for stomachtrouble. His physicians believe he will

recover.

BIG FILM HOUSE FOR FRISCOSalt Faarfcisco, Cal., March 3.—Nego-

tiations are under way for the constructionby Richard McCreery, for the A. B. Mc-Creery estate, of a mammoth moving pic-

ture theatre on the site of the old CentralPark. The building will seat 6,000 persons.

MANAGER ADDRESSES CLUBScrantok, Pa., March 3.—Frank Whit-

beck, manager of Poll's and former circus

man, addressed the "Five o'clock" dublast Sunday afternoon at the Immana el

Baptist church on the subject, "Mr. Quit-ters."

RYAN AND GILLICK REJOIN

Billy Ryan and Will Gillick have re-

joined after a separation of a year and arebreaking in a singing and talking actaround New York.

EULISS JOINS FILM CONCERNTekre Haute. Ind., March 5.—W. E.

Enlias, for the past season electrician atthe Grand, left last week for Los Angelesto join a film company.

MRS. FRANK TAYLOR ILLMrs. Frank Taylor, of the Farrel Tay-

lor Trio, is very ill with heart disease ather home at 46 West Sixty-fifth Street.

RUBIN AND BEHIEM Of PHLLA.Philadelphia, March 3.—Joe Rubin

and Arthur Bebiem, of the Waterson, Ber-lin & Snyder Co., are singing their newsongs in the leading restaurants in this

city.'«

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NEW THEATRE FOR BROOKLYNA. N. Schwartz and a syndicate plan a

theatre to cost $300,000 on the northwestcorner of Bedford avenue and Brevoortplace, Brooklyn.

MAX HART'S LA

I"AT JASPER

NEXT WEEK, ORPHEUNJPress Comments of The Week—

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Clifford sad WiDa. sua and woman, offer a very good tint called "Jasper Junction,"which starts off as a small town railroad station where trains stop by accident and seldomreach the station within a day or so of their schedule rime Mr. Clifford assumes the role of

the robe station agent. Miss Wills appears as the jnu actress who has Just missed hertrain. Clifford is exeeOeat as the robe, while Miss Wilis is a splendid foil for all of the

comedian's remarks. Just to show that Clifford is more t h an a robe comedian, be makes aQuick T*H"ftT sad sya I S I s go the scene as a - "dope;** fiend TTois i» an exceedingly goodpiece of characterisation that came in for a good many laughs and got him a big round of

applause at the finish. After the "dope" character. Clifford returns to the robe sad the pairreader several popular numbers in good voice. Clifford's imitation of a cheap gTSphophonebrought down the hone. Miss Willi is strikingly_pretty and wears some very bt

The act ought to be s cleanup on soy bill.—A. Herbs*. New York Star.

Clifford and WiDa."At Jasper Junction." (Comedy.)18 alms. ; Two. (Special Set.)

Thia team, new to the East, in this skat,alunsif* the Colonial tbow Monday night inevery seaae of that rather unique phrase. Theturn is snggeslise of the former sketch of Mil-ton sad the De Long Sisters to a small dear**,.but there is no aim at a "copy** in any direc-tion- The set ahowa a rural railroad station,the man doubling in two characters, opening asthe station master, changing to s dope fiendand lemming to the original character for the

finale. The woman essays a repertoire actresswith the comedy rcrolrjng around her desireto make an outbound train. ' The openingroutine anent the late trains has been done todeath, but the remainder of the cross-fire talksounds singularly origin al. During the actionthe man introduces some mimicry, well ar-ranged and nicely delivered, with the womansobbing. The dope "bit" needs hoosecleaning.The character is wonderfully well handled, butthe scene showing the man *ifr*fi«w a asjsjggshould be ellminstrd It spoiled a decidedlyelever piece of work. The "Shanghai" songfits in well, likewise the accompanying actionbut the inhalation might be done behind the

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ACTRESSES DIE. IN.JMHUL .--.-

BaXXEKOBE, iia., March 2.—Three wo-men, actresses, and a man, were killed hereyesterday when a closed automobile inwhich they were passengers plunged into

the Baltimore harbor in. twenty-five feet

of water. Three others were rescued fromthe water. The actresses killed were MarieHaynes, stage name Marie Woods, acabaret performer of Camden, N. J. ; EdnaEirby, stage name Edna King, member of

the "Pat" White Burlesque Co., New York,and Anne M. Rogers, burlesque actress of

this city. Anna L. Luce, of Fannington,Me., stage name Anna Burnette, memberof the White company, was injured.

JXQ AUCTION ANDREWS' EFFECTS' - Daisy Andrews' Share of the royalties on"Love Watches," "The Marionettes" andother plays, as well as her interest .in acontract with Elizabeth Marbnry, will beput up at auction tomorrow. She filed apetition in bankruptcy some time ago.

PATTEN GETS DIVORCE ."

,- Chicago," til; March 1.—R. E. Pattonhas been granted an absolute divorce fromGrace Patton by Judge Foell of the Su-preme -Court of Cook county. He will beknown hereafter as Richard Single Patton.

WANTS STEWARTS ACCOUNTMrs. Genevieve V. Stewart, widow of

Melville Stewart, has been directed by theSurrogate Court to appear on Friday andshow cause why, as the administratrix of

her husband's estate, she should not becompelled to file an accounting of hertrust and to pay into court any and all

sums of money and other assets belongingto the estate. The action of the Surro-gate is, based on a long petition made byVictor * A. Rett ich, brother of the actorand guardian of the decedent's fifteen-

year-old son, Albert..

MISS MARBURY SUES DANCERSElizabeth Marbury has brought suit

against Maurice and Florence Walton for$2,000, alleged due on a contract she hadwith the dancers to act as their managerfor one year from October 13, 1915. Sheclaims that they were to pay her $100weekly, but abrogated their agreement inJune, 1910.

FRANCES NORDSTROM MARRIEDSaw Francisco, Cai., March 2.—It just

leaked out here last week that FrancesNordstrom and William Pinkham, whoplayed at the Orphenm in "All Wrong,"were married secretly at Sacramento sometime ago.

PLAYWRIGHTS GUARD WHITMANSydney Smith and Luke Thomas ac-

companied Governor Whitman to Wash-ington to serve as his bodyguards duringthe inauguration ceremonies. The twoauthors are members of Squadron A.

ANNIE OAKLEY SHOOTS AGAINhnORME N. C, March 3.—Annie

Oakley repeated her famous old perform-ance of shooting before a large gatheringat the Gun Club here recently.

WHIPPLE CLOSES GOOD SEASONWaldo Whipple, the rube minstrel, has

just closed a successful season with KateElinore's "My Aunt From Utah" Company.

MORRIS WRITES GIRL ACTSa>-i Morris recently completed a girl

act of nine persons for N. S. Feldman'sFlayers. It is called "The Garden Bells."

LONDON WANTS DORALDINAEnglish managers have made Doraldina

an offer to appear at the Empire Theatre,London, for a period of ten weeks.

GIRLS FAINT IN THEATRE FIRE .

' Chft-hea, Mass.. March 6.—Afire caused

by the careless throwing of a lighted

cigarette into a corner of the bowling alley

beneath the Broadway Theatre here last

Saturday afternoon caused considerable ex-

citement in the theatre and the audience

started a stampede.- There, were several

hundred children in the house at the time*,

most of them occupying seats in the twoupper balconies. When the cry of "fire"

was heard the youngsters made a rush for

the fire escape and during the stampede to

get out, three young girls fainted and werecarried out by police officers. The fire wasconfined to the basement and easily ex-

tinguished. The loss is estimated at $100.

PHILADELPHIA THEATRE SOLDPhiladelphia, Pa., March 3.—The big

moving picture theatre, at No. 917 to 929North Second . Street, which occupies alot 105 by 189 feet, has been sold byFrancis E. Henneasy to William Cohen for

a nominal consideration subject to a$30,000 mortgage.

.. . ALICE SHER SLAPS MASHERKjiimaioo, Mich., ' March 5.—Alice

Sher, wife of Max Bloom and a member of

the cast in "Sunny Side of Broadway," en-

listed her services for a new role here last

week when she slapped a street masher,after she had obtained the aid of a police-

man. The man tipped his hat and spoke

to her on the street after, be says, she had

smiled at him in a local theatre during her

performance.

EMPIRE CLOSES FOR ALL TIMEruiLADELFiiiA, March 4.—The Empire

Theatre, at Broad Street and FairmountAvenue, which was bought last year byJohn Wanamaker from the Empire Amuse-ment Co., has seen its last day as a place

of amusement. The theatre is now being

remodeled into a building to be occupied

by the Salvation Army. Its last occupantwas the Empire Amusement Co., whichran burlesque shows there for several

years, up to 1915.

BERNHARDT WATCHES HOUDINIBoston, Mass., March 1.—Harry Hou-

dini last week liberated himself from astrait-jacket while suspended upside downsixty feet in the air in front of the Tre-mont side of the Keith Theatre. SarahBernhardt witnessed the performance.

MANAGER'S WIFE TO TOUROakland, Cal, March 5.—Mme. Jena

Jennings, in real life Mrs. Bob Drady,wife of the manager of Pantages Theatre,is planning an operatic tour of the Orient

and Antipodes. Mrs- Drady headed the

La Scala sextet, recently a Pantages Cir-

cuit feature, which disbanded here a fewweeks ago. She plans to take abouteighteen grand opera singers on tour.

ARTHUR RYAN LEAVES SAVAGEArthur Ryan, formerly with the Henry

W. Savage press department, has joinedthe A. H. Woods' forces.

FIELDS CLOSED—KELLER BACKArthur Keller, who has been out ahead

of Lew Fields in "Bosom Friends," is backin town, waiting until a Broadway houseis found for the attraction, .which closedin Chicago last week.

HATTONS GO BACK HOMEFrederick Hatton and his wife have re-

turned to Chicago, having terminatedtheir New York business.

HASTY SIGNS WITH PRIMROSECharlie Hasty, "The Hoosier Boy," bat

signed with the Primrose & West Minstrels,

which open the season for a summertour at Redlands, Cal., March 10. Theshow is under the management of J. M.Busby. It will travel by automobile andBhow under canvas. The company con-

sists of about thirty people and will fea-

ture the band and orchestra.

SAM RORKE VISITING HERESam Rorke, editor of the Keystone

Weekly, is in New York on a brief visit.

RICE IS ADVANCE MANPeter Rice has been appointed advance

man for "The Small Town Girl."

fEST DISCOVERY

AND

JUNCTION'"[ THEATRE, MONTREALTiile at B. F. KEITH'S COLONIALvV This combination should find it easyi orxicct, for they have all the fumHili of

modern comedy sketch,—Wyna,

Clifford and Wills make a big bit with "Atirper Junction." The smart Aleck ration;ent has a reply ready for the baster of aagist from a snow troupe. The station scent>es fnside and is followed by the frightenedits, who saw a strange-lookiaa; person ftp-

niching. The doable is made by Mr. Clifforda dope fiend, sad it is a remarkable char-

McKee, Morning Telegraph.

CLIFFORD AND WILLSTheatre—ColonialStyle Battle Side.

Tune—Sixteen minutes.Setting—Special in two.

The scene is at Jasper Junction, somewhereis the Ozark Mountains.

Inside the door of a special drop is the officeof the itstion agent. Outside, on the wan, thetraia schedule is posted. In the garb of a Maw,the ageat comes forth, announcing that onetrain u one hoar and sixty-three minutes late;

a success.

Hethe

that another is on time, reason unknown.talks in a shrill, piping voice, and "gets*audience at once.A girl comes to the station, inquiring about

the tnne the 8:30 train km. The cross-firegag* are made trp of langh-Uxics concerningsach matters. Finally, the agent gees inside,tilling; the Ctrl to keep a weather eye oat (ortramps.From the opposite side of the stage, the scent

then appears in the garb of a "dope" tramp.The girl aces. The tramp sings a numbershoot solas; back to Chins, the gui joining infrom back ttijge.

After they are seated ia frost of the station

the agent duplicates a phonograph record withhis voice, which is exceptionally well dons.Later he uses the broom as a ukulele, m i kingthe necessary fosnd with his mouth.The turn hss been very well pat together

snd the rube chirartrrinHon is good. Thesongs arc pot over in a satisfactory manner.

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dipper.

ClinW and Will* open with a rptdil set,showing- the depot St Jsspcr Junction. Char-acter lack staff got them Isngbs, sad the fol-

lowing dope fiend characterisation went big.

The girl has a good voice, sad gives the set aateat little ram-—BQlbosrd.

t indue**, courtesy and co-op«rati«m in —«-artnsy our act

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RIVIERA<La* Half)

Two jote out of six playing higherclass imisirsl selections does not tend to-

ward a well balanced bill. Not more thanone is usually Mad on a pragma of that»ire. The bill at the Riviera had twosuch acts, Helen SoHolder in the secondpot and Schooler & Dickison in numberfire. Under these circumstances, thewarm applause that the latter tern re-

ceived on Friday night must have beenparticularly gratifying to the pair.Helen Scholder is a fairly good cellist,

but her playing is all on the same orderana grows tiresome. The blue light thatshe uses for her "kiss" song makes theact go even slower. Miss Scholder shouldstrive for as mucu brightness as possi-ble, while the blue light tends towarddullness. The numbers played with lighterspots were more satisfactory. The. actwas accorded scant applause.Schooler & Dickison found it easy go-

ing. The boy's piano-playing broughtforth applause which more than forgavethe imperfections. The girl has a verypleasing voice and her singing was the bestthing in the act. The dance, at the endof the turn, was neatly done.Julia Nash & Company presented "Arbi-

trary Liz," a playlet with an old situa-

tion, but with Borne very cleverly writtenlines. Miss Nash is a capable actress andhas passable support.

Ollie & Johnny Vanis performed on aslack-wire. Their act has an abundanceof ginger and their feats are performedin a snappy, care-free way, which makesthe performance none the less hazardous.The girl gives a particularly daring per-

formance.Bob Oarlin will be reviewed under New

Acts.Welch, Mealy & Montrose closed the

show with their acrobatic skit "You Ain'tBeen Doing It!" Their talk is very silly,

but makes the audience howl with laugh-ter, which more than excuses its absurdi-

ties. The fat member of the trio fur-

nishes the brunt of the comedy and is anatural comedian. His gibes at the audi-

ence for not laughing sufficiently at his

riddles are very funny. The dancingpasses muster.A Hearat-Pathe News Pictorial was run

in the middle of the performance, and apicture featuring Nance (/Neil in "Greed"—one of "The Seven Deadly Sins"—closedike show. H. G.

EIGHTY-nRST ST.(Last Half)

The muse of the dance held sway overthis bill, all the numbers but one contain-ing some terpsichorean bits.

The Three Weber Girls are billed assingers, dancers and acrobats. They openwith a song and dance in one, then go tofull stage. All three are pretty, • dress

well, and possess individual ability as ac-

robats. It looks as if this turn is headedfor the big time. One seems to possess

ability as a comedienne and more atten-

tion might be given to this phase of the

turn.R. Eddie Greenlee and Thaddeus Dray-

ton have" a classy act in which they offer

songs, dances, and conversation in five

languages. The two work hard and theturn moves along in a pleasing manner.They are both dancers of more than ordi-

nary ability and dress as if they badstepped out of a fashion shop; Theyscored a tremendous hit.

Ryder Keane and Ilka Diehl offered anew playlet, "Human Nature," which will

be reviewed under New Acts.During intermission "The Bad Boy," a

feature film, was shown. This photo-drama is very human and carries value in

an educational way. The picture got abig hand.Harry Linton and Anita Lawrence rise

up from behind the piano when the lights

are turned on. The girl is a very goodcomedienne and a graceful dancer. Lin-ton works at the piano, while she doesvarious bits of business, most of the timeplaving the role of a little girL

Charles a Grohs, Dottie King & Co.

scored a big bit in the last spot. See NewActs for review.-A Keystone comedy closed the bill.

7. Tj.

REGENT(Last Half)

There were two acts of big time calibreon this bill, they being "Fashions a La.Carte" and Jones & McCarthy.The latter team stopped the show. Prac-

tically everyone in the house contributedto the applause at the end of the turnand, although the lights were already upfor the next act, "Miss Jones" and herpartner were forced to come out for an-other bow before the audience would al-

low the show to go on. This clever come-dienne, who is masquerading under thename of Jones, but is none other thanLillian Fitzgerald, should not be playingsmall time houses because, with her ex-ceptional cleverness, she could headline abig time bill. Her impersonations aremost entertaining;.

The other act that stood out from therest of the bill was "Fashions A La Carte."Vaudeville, always seeking novelties, hasfound one in this act. The singing is notas good as it might be, but the act is notprimarily a singing act. It is a FashionRevue, and the deft way in which theman drapes his models is entertaining,even to the men in the audience, althoughthe act addresses its appeal to the fairersex.

Sutton, McXntyre and Sutton opened theshow. Their comedy was not as funnyas they tried to make it, but the contor-tion feats of the girl were well done andmerited applause.Laura and Billy Dwyer danced their way

successfully through the second spot. Al-though billed for songs and dances, therewas no singing in the act.

"Billy's Tombstones" presented a highlyoriginal and entertaining plot acted poorly.

Millington & Paul will be reviewed un-der New Acts.

E. J. Moore, assisted by an eccentric

messenger boy, well earned his title ofcomic trickster.

Jack Morrisey, with his exhibition of

shooting, lariat throwing and whip crack-

ing, was a good closer, but suffered froma very heavy cold, which made him deliver

his lines under extreme difficulty.

H. G.

CITY<Last Half)

The Bronze Apollo Trio opened the'

show. They give the appearance of three

bronze statues and, in their bronze at-

tire, do a number of acrobatic feats. Theirappearance is their biggest asset.

The Bolger Brothers followed and en-

tertained with banjos. Their playing is

suited for small time bouses and wentover big.

Mr. and Mrs. William CVClare have aunique Irish offering which went rather

slow on Friday afternoon. The pair havegood voices and the girl does some Irish

and Scotch dancing which has merit.

Mile. Lilyan & Boggs followed the Selig-

Tribune with a .series of dances. Thetaller girl is far the" better of the two.Her rope-skipping dance was particularly

good.Lazar & Dale are a couple of black-

face comedians who found it easy to get

the audience laughing. Their violin andpiano duet comes just at the right time,

saving the act from becoming monotonous.

J. K. Emmett & Company presented anoffering, entitled . "The Devil He Does."It ends with the applause-getting line,

"Love beats the devil!" But the plot thatinspires this last line is rather hazy andis as poor as the acting of those in it.

The author of the piece nas made an at-

tempt at ultra hi^h-brow stuff and hasutterly failed.

Moran & Wheeler carried the honors of

the bill. They will be reviewed underNew Acts.The bill is closed by Broslus & Brown,

a pair of skaters. The entrance of the

"straight** is very effective. Tie "eccentric"

is made up very comically and merits manylaughs. H. G. -

NATIONAL(Last Half)

Clara Kimball Young in the photoplay,"The Price She Paid," seemed to be thedrawing card that led to a capacity house.Jimmy Flynn opened the show and. sang

a couple of songs in a way that pleased.There is no particular reason for usingthe spotlight constantly in an act of thiskind. Such indiscriminate use of a "spot"takes away from its effect when it is

really needed.

.

White, Mulally and White, three cleverdancers, came next. They have a very ac-ceptable stage appearance and give asnappy, bright performance. Their pianotrio, played while dancing, is a clever bitof business and makes a good finish to agood act.

Kelly and Drake present one of the bestman-and-girl acts on Loew time. Theirpatter is, on the whole, original and witty.They persist in using that time-worn gag,"Speaking of insects, how's your aunt!"The girl has grace and personality andhas no trouble winning approval. Theboy has the audience with him from thestart. His dance, at the end of the turn,is the best thing in the act and is reallybig-time stuff.

Following the Hearst-Pathe News Pic-torial, Burke and Burke presented theircomical skit. Some of the lines and busi-ness are rather rough, but get big laughs.The man takes the role of a messengerboy and his whimsical portrayal is a win-ner. The girl shows her ability by inject-ing plenty of comedy into a part whichthe average woman would play as astraight.Lew Hawkins does a blackface single.

In light of the fact that his jokes getwhole-hearted genuine laughs, the ap-plause which he received at the end of theact was not as great as was deserved.The show was closed by the Orel Sis-

ters, two girls who perform some ratherhazardous acrobatic feats in an easy andwinning way. H. G.

PROCTOR'S 125th ST.(Last Half)

Van Cello, who juggles a barrel withhis feet, opened. He works fast and in-

jects considerable comedy into his routine.

He got a big hand for the early place.Maley and Woods, man and woman,

called their turn "New Stuff." When thecurtain rises only their feet can be seenand they do a short dance, closing witha pair of dummy legs, which leads theaudience to believe there are three personsin the act. This is the only "new stuff"

they show. Their diction is bad and nomanager should allow one gag they useto be put over. The girl's singing is poor,but she evidently had a bad cold last

Thursday afternoon.Willy Zimmerman gave his impersona-

tions of great men, musicians, kings andimpresarios. The poorest in the repertorywas probably that of President Wilson.Zimmerman works rapidly and baa the

stage finesse so necessary to a turn ofthis kind. His work registered heavily.

The Four Darlings, women, are saxo-phone players. Their offering will be re-

viewed under New Acts.Bob Quigley and Company, an Irish

character sketch, went big. The delinea-

tions are very good and the gags are newand well handled.Win. Sisto has a talking single that

keeps the bouse roaring. Sisto seems to

be a favorite. He stopped the show withhis first few lines. He should be morecareful with his dialect, however. It is

supposed to-be Italian, but is not entirely

consistent.

Capt. George Auger and a bunch oflively girls close the show. This act car-

ries a human giant, much over seven feet

high, and billed as the tallest man in theworld. He is finally slain by a midget.

The slapstick comedy between the big fel-

low and the midget is very funny, while

the other members of the company givethem able assistance. This is an excel-

lent small-time feature. J. L.

HARLEM OPERA HOUSE(Last Half)

Many in the audience came fromBroadway to witness Ballard MacDonald'sdebut in vaudeville aa a mimic, while alarge number were present to receive giftsawarded to those present "Orientalnight."

The show opened with the Four Earls,an aerial novelty. They use a novel de-vice constructed on the merry-go-roundstyle and on it perform a number of in-

teresting feats. The two men and twowomen are adept performers and theirteeth-hanging stunts were novel and dar-ing. The turn deserves the opening spoton any of the big two-a-day bills.

In the second spot were Mack and May-belle. This act is of the audience plantvariety and had the attention of everyonefrom the start. The dialogue between theman "plant" and the woman is of therapid fire sort and entertaining. Theirdancing and singing is good.

Ballard MacDonald, the song-writer,was in the third spot.

Sol Levoy had some new illustratedsongs to offer.

The sketch, "Broadway Love," whichhas been seen in the neighborhood theatresfor the past few seasons, is still presentedin an entertaining manner and its touch ofheart interest is always a welcome ac-quisition to a bill.

Flavins, the "Dancing Accordeon Girl,"presented her repertoire of classical andpopular offerings.

Ernie and Ernie have a novel turn ofa dancing and acrobatic nature. The man,who has but one leg, offers several danc-ing novelties with and without the aid ofa crutch. He also does several difficult

acrobatic stunts. The finish of the act,

which is the tango, seemed to hit the audi-ence just right, as the turn received morethan a dozen encores..

The Primrose Four, comprised of morethan a half-a-ton of harmony, held thenext to closing spot. The act got overnicely.

The last turn on the bill was Peyton's"Dining Car Maids," which is reviewed aaa new act. A. TJ.

HAMILTON(Last Half)

The Wartenberg Bros., peda! jugglers,

were in the opening spot The act is oneof the most novel of the dumb set varietyand the routine sensational and entertain-ing. It is quite likely that in a short timethey will be opening bills at the two-a-dayhouses.

Jessie Standish, singing . commedienne,with her repertoire of character songs, waain the second position. She has an open-ing number which immediately "gets" theaudience and manages to hold attentionthroughout her offering.

Addison Dolan & Co. appeared in the

comedy-dramatic playlet, "Danny." Theact is one that can always find a place onthe neighborhood theatre bills. Dolan asthe hick figbter baa a hard tussle for first

honors, as Flo Mack, as Mrs. Leary, gives

him a good go for the laughs.

The Van Bros., who followed this turn,

had the. way paved for them to "clean up"with their antiquated offering. The boyshave practically played everything in sight

with this act. There is plenty of humor in

the dialogue, but the material is ancientand might stand a little revamping, es-

pecially the "chinese money" gags.

Having received a franchise to operate abnrlesque show next season, Billy K. Wellstook the script of his old monologue downfrom the shelf, brushed it up a bit andcame back to vaudeville with it Billy hada' few. new twists to his parody melody,

which was his opening number, after whichho delivered his monologue. This seemed to

be just to the liking of the WashingtonHeights' crowd.Olga Mishka & Co.. presenting poetic,

classical and modern dances, waa in theclosing spot This young woman possesses

marked ability as a dancer, but a partner

is unnecessary for her in the opening num-ber, as his presence on the stage detracts

from her toe dance. The "Minuet," whichis their second • offering. . is well executed

and their last number, the modern dance, Is

a fitting finish to the ac* The turn Unovel snd entertaining. A. TJ.

22 THE« W E~W NYOR K ,. CL I P P E

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A Combination atdm Coaj.dy ana UBttax Tom by Eddie Da NoyarSPECIAL SCENERY Direction GENE HUGHES and JO PAIGE SMITH

Stuart BarnesDirection JAS. E. PLUNKETT

MARY FORRESTWith ADELE BLOOD AND CO. Palace, Chicago, HL, Fab. 26

EMMA STEPHENSBOOKED SOLID DIRECTION HARRY FITZGERALD

DAINTY MARIEVENUS OF THE AIR

Wlahaa to Ba Known la Futnra Under Har Own Nuu

(DAINTY) MARIE MEEKERDIRECTION PAT CASEY

A Different Comedy Act

ALLEN AND MORTONFool, Fldtfle and Voice in Fob and Folly

WORKING FOR U. B. O. DIR. CHARLES BORNHAUPT

Dainty Dancing DuoDIRECTION GENE HUGHES. INC, AND JO. PAIGE SMITH

SUPREME NEW OPERATIC OFFERING

MME DOREE'S CELEBRITIESDirection STOKER & B1ERBAUER

ORPHEUM, BROOKLYN, MARCH 5-10

MAZIE KINGIn Her Own Dance Creations Direction MAX HART

MRS. THOS. WHIFFEN 6 CO.AND PEGGY DALE WHIFFEN

PLAYING U. B. O. THISIn "The Golden Night"

NOLAN and NOLANJESTING JUGGLERS

FEB. 19 KEITH'S, PROVIDENCE Direction NORMAN JEFFRIES

THE READESSlack Wire Juggling Novelty

Direction RAY HODGDON

RUTH BARNEY

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Direction IRVING COOPERTHE CLEANEST ACT ON THE BILL

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OPILY 2 /TURN TO RIGHr' COS.Winchell Smith and John L. Golden,

producers of "Turn to the Right," have an-nonnced that no more companies of that

comedy will be ' organized this season.They have two in operation, one at theGaiety and the other in Chicago.

TO REVIVE "CALIBAN"Frederick Stanhope has been engaged to

revive "Caliban" for Boston, and Elsie

Herndon Kearns la preparing e. revival of

"Everyman" aa a Lenten offering.

STUDENTS AGAIN SEEN IN PLAYSThe .sixth performance f this season

by the American Academy of DramaticArt a and the Empire Theatre DramaticSchool was given at the Lyceum' TheatreFriday afternoon. "Mothers," a one-actplay by George Middleton, and "His Ex-cellency, the Governor," a comedy in threeacts, by R. Marshall, constituted the en-tertainment.

Players Engaged

Joe Jackson and the Arnaut Brothers byCharles Dillingham for the Hippodromefor an additional ten weeks.

Charlotte Granville, Charles Harbury,Thomas MacSarnie and Duncan McRae for

"The Fugitive."

Flora Zabelle hy Henry W. Savage to

replace Louise Dresser until the latter re-

covers.

Easton Young and Florence Kewsum byV. Ray Comstoek for "Very Good Eddie."

Charles Judels by the Messrs. Sbuhertfor "The Beautiful Unknown." .

MARY SHAW GIVES LECTURE. Mary Shaw, actress and producer, de-livered a lecture to an audience of threehundred students at Columbia UniversityFriday afternoon under the auspices Ofthe Institute of Arts and Sciences, tell-ing why she preferred acting in Ibsen'splays to Shakespeare's.

HARRY DAVIS TAKES FALLPjmjureOjsjiXA, March 3.—Harry Davis,

theatrical agent, and George Ade's nephew,was tendered a dinner in the big diningroom of the Hotel Walton. Daring themeal he leaned back in his chair, unawarethat its legs were on the extreme edge ofthe platform, and performed a completesomersault.

Estelle McNeil by Charles Dillinghamfor "Watch Your Step."

Burford Hampden for the role of EddieIn "Very Good Eddie."

Josephine Brumiller by Joseph Physiocfor "The People."

John Ellis by lime. Nazimova for

'Option Shoals." .

.

Alice Fleming by Franke Keenan for"The Pawn."

MRS. SHUBERT GETS DECREEBtjefalo, N. Y., March 5.—An inter-

Iocntory decree of divorce has been handeddown from the Supreme Court in favor ofMrs. Catherine Shnbert, wife of Jacob J.Shubert, the producer. She is to havecustody of her little son, Jacob Shubert,Jr., and alimony amounting to $500 amonth.

Ralph Hen hy Andreas Dippel for "TheLove Mill."

Stuart Sage for juvenile lead in "OldLady 31."

Ann Hamilton for "Very Good Eddie."

Fay Bainter for "The Willow Tree."

MUST TRY RUMSEY SUIT '"

*

In the suit which John W. Ramsey, asassignee to the Biltmore Theatre Corpora-tion, brought against the Gere ten-CreamerAmusement. Co. to recover a .deposit Of$12,500 given to secure the rent of the Lex-ington Avenue Opera House, the' Appel-late Division last < week affirmed an order,

overruling Ramsey's demurrer' to theanswer of the defendants and did not per-

mit him to withdraw his demurrer. Thisthrows the case to the Supreme Court.

CARUSO BUYS PLAQUES- Enrico Oaruso has purchased from the

galleries of C. & E. Canessa four rare andimportant pieces of Limoges enamelledwork, made in France in, the Sixteenthcentury. He paid $30,000 for- the pieces.

Three of -them are plaques representing re-

ligious subjects and the fourth is a curiouscap with classic designs.

DROPS VAUDEVILLEStracuse, N. Y., March 5.—Realizing

the impossibility of successfully runningvaudeville at the Grand Theatre, which is

an "upstairs house," the vaudeville policy

has been discontinued. The theatre nowruns pictures. George Blumenthal is man-'aging- the house. .

STAINBACH MAKES MOVEMemphis, Term., March 5.—Benj. M

Stainbach.'who is the advertising man for

the Lyric and Lyceum Theatres here, hasgone to Birmingham to remain a monthfor the purpose of arranging for the open-ing of the new Loew vaudeville house there.

. MILLER TO TRY OUT PLAYSDuring Ms twelve weeks of stock en-

gagements on the Coast, opening May 28,Henry Miller' will produce a dozen newplays from which he will choose his vehicle

for next season.

GUY BOLTON TO MARRY ACTRESSIt is reported that Guy Bolton, one of the

librettists of "Oh, Boy!" at the Princess

Theatre, and Justine Johnson, a memberof the company, are soon to be married.

DEATHSlouise 8T. OOTTHARD, of Karl and

Louise St. Gotthard, the musical team,died at the Homeopathic Hospital, Syracuae.N. Y., Feb. 31. Her husband wlshea to thankthe employes and acts at the various Syra-cuse theatres for their timely aid.

BEN F. DODSON, well known In circusand theatrical circles, died recently at De-catur, TO. He had been ahead of many bigshows and had traveled around the worldseveral times. When he was agent forCalendar's minstrels, Charles Frobman waspress agent. He helped with "The PassingShow," "The Bell of New Yora," and "AStranger In New York" and was connectedwith scores of big American amusementcompanies. He ma SO years old.

MRS. ELIZABETH HUGHES died Feb.23 at her home at 423 W. 17th street. NewYork. She was a member of the theatricalprofession in her younger years and theauthor of several plays. She was themother of Johnnie Hughes. Three otherChildren also survive her. Harrier, Kittleand Jalnea. Burled took place in CalvaryCemetery.

BARNEY LINK DIESLong Key, Fla.. March 5.—Barney

Link, president of the Tan Buren and NewYork Bill Posting Companies, died heresuddenly. He was born at Baraboo, Wis.,in 1862 and early in his career was pub-licity manager for Barnnm & Bailey's Cir-

cus. Later he went to Europe with Buf-falo Bill's show.

la Loving Memoryof My Father

CHARLES S. GRANTWho passed away March 5th, 1912

Hie DaughterANNA GRANT

a. I*. nmriPALACEBroadway * «TU St.

aaat. DaUy a t I P. M

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Baa M sad Toe.tirj mi at

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WTe\ HOCK * rSAHCeBWHITE, ADELAIDE *HT7QHES, JACK WTL80JT.SAX MASH & CO., "THEMODELS ABEOAD," with•AS. B. OASSOH, UBS.CASTLE J3T '•PATEIA,"othere.

HAZEL LEWIS TO MARRYHazel Lewis, known as "The Perfect

Chorus Girl." is going to be married in

June to Henry Clifton, musical directorand, orchestra manager for KJaw & Er-langer.

BELASCO Waat 44th St. atroa. *.soHat*. Thai*. A Sat. at *.So

DAVID BBXASCO praaaata

NEW riiOROSCO THEATRE«s t h ar. . jost w. or b*w*7. rbon* Bara** sat.

8,13. Mats. Wad. and Sat. lis.ou»or Xaroeao'a Oraat Xnalaal Faroe wita OlrU.

CANARY COTTAGEWITH TB1X1S nUOAJfZA.

Chatiae Raawlee aod Barbart CortbalL

KNICKfR80€KCRKlaw A ErlAsxer.

Tbeatre, B'wbt a 3StoSt. Bre*. at 8.20. Mat*.Wed. A Sat. 2.20.

Manager*

GEORGE ARLISS— In J. M. BABBIE'S OOMZDYTHE PROFESSOR'S LOVE STORY

EITINrtF TH«*TBJJ W. «M Br. a.* a. IJOfcLieHrjE JliU. V«l. a btA. H. WOODS prtaut*

CHEATING CHEATERS. By MAX MARC1N.

HIPPODROMEMANAOaUIENT CBABLJH DILUNOVailNlrht* at S.1S. Uat. ***ry day. M»"THE BIG SHOW"

8TASBP BY B. B. BBBMBIKB

(buself) KELLERMANNla a anwim arrCTTAOXX.

MEW ICC I . MAMMOTB I ISO NOBAIJ.ET MINSTRELS 1000 rejoru

CITI TjflSal rHEATHD. WEST 46th ST.

fULll/il Evea.«ts.ln. Met*.. Wed. 4

J. TZED ilMjCEBMAK PretenU

COURTENAY WISEf^tpedy" PALS. FIRST Wua«nod4

REPUBLIC S: fu st E™- p 30 «««•

JANE COWLin "LILAC TIME"J IRE'DTV ,Ve* t *2d St

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IlllWterVl I Mat*. Wed. ana Sat.

EESTXT W. saYAOS affaraThe New Moaleal Coswdy.

HAVE A HEARTHUDSON ?.-"£A .!r "*

KLAW ft iimiWlS t' aaaa t

LAST WXEXELSIE FERGLTSOIM

la a new cocnady or taday

S2?- SHIRLEY KAYEBar- Marco Is—OTJB BETTZXS.

GEO. IVf. T1IBATRE, B'WAT ft 4*4

COHAN'S " *1S sSTw~

Kun a KRLANaiK M*aa««nRBNBT MILLIE praaaan

RUTH CHATTERTONand Company, laeledtnx eUxn Meata*. la

"COME OUTOFTHE KITCHEN*B' way. 40 St. Era. SJaMate. Wad. ft Sat. J-SS-

CKABTJM raoHjaaji MEsanA KISS

ADAMS | CINDERELLA

EMPIRECHA3LES

MAUDEJ. M. BARBIaTS OBBATEBT TB1HMPB.

GAIETY TBEATBB, lew ASt. Ere*, at ASO. UWed. ft Sat. tt lit.

WUUHJUX aOOTX aad J aor t. HUBrraaant Ua ****** aajajaaj

TURN TO THE RIGHTBy Maura. Imita *ad jaaaatrA

fld\r»fr> Waat 48th 8L, Phon. Bryant 4A.if* i are*. *t 8-30. Mat*. Wed. A Sat.""*m m SJO. OUear afaaaav'a raaatlansbln*; aoeceai. Seuoo'* On* SobataatUI aaeiaaa.

UPSTAIRS iDOWNby ntEDERic • FAinrr mattow

Cohan & Barn'sTHEATREWest 4Zd St.Call Bryant 6344.

Ere*. 8.20. Mat*. Wed. a Sat. at tJSO.

OOBAV AJTD HABBTS pnaaat

FRANCES STARR ..Tin? will mi/ TDCs7»>la a r*rr*e*ir*lr aaw «rra*ay I "£. If ILLV ff 1 KEElla a rerroaairerty

'OJTTLE LADY IN BLUE" A Furtuy of *Tap«a.By B4snrimo tad EsnlwB Bhodet.

24 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 7, 1917

[VAUDEVILLE HEADLINE ACTS

LA BELLE CARMEN TRKOThe Best Novelty of the Season

IN VAUDEVILLE

"SUM" CORYL

GRINDELL ««» ESTHERBOOKED SOLID Df FUNNY ECCENTRICITIES DIRECTION SAMUEL BAERWITZ

BARRY, NELSON & BARRYEntertainers De Luxe

IN VAUDEVILLE Direction, Jo Paige South

5L EDDIE

GREENLEE and DRAYTONIN VAUDEVILLE

Dir»ction MORRIS AND FEU.

THE NELSON FAMILYVaudeville's Unique Animal Novelty

RATS AND CATSDIRECTION ROSE * CURTIS

IRELAND'S FAVORITE SON

BARRY McCORMACK & CO.In "YOU CANT BEAT THEM,** by Albert Cowle.

i CHAS. FTTZPATRJCK

AL JOB

CONRAD ^d CONLEY*"* In Vaudeville

WANO

SHIP AHOY, BOYS! SPILLING THE BEANS

joeCOOPER andHARTMAN belleDirection ARTHUR J. HORWITZ

TOMTwo Boy* from Italy.

FREDand ARNOLD

PUjin, U. B. O. TSbm

F»AXE FAMILYin a High-Class Musical Act, U. B. O.

LES VALDOSHindu Hokton

FETE HACK-CHIEF YOGI

FISHER & ROCKWAYDELINEATORS OF THE SOUTHERN NEGRO

BIG CHIEF—CHAS. BIERBAUER

PERSONAL DIRECTION LLOYD HARRISON

DAVID G. FISCHER & CO. in "IMMIGRANTS"A Chapter from tbm Paths* of I—

—

> rou

BttH^BT MURIEL.

WATTS and RINGGOLDGREATEST COLORED COMEBY ACT OF THE ACE

Direction LEW LESLIE

VERCE&VERCI20th Century Elopement

Dinette ROSE A CURTIS

IRVING AND WARDThe Button Busters

DIRECTION BERNARD BURKE

THREE ACES ^p1^Hall, Ellsworth & Merrick

IN VAUDEVILLE Diractkm MARK LEVY

FREDWILHELM ARTHUR HUMBURG AL. GEORGEU Splash*, of

Harmony Singing , Comedy, Dancing, and MusicAsk any Real Agent

HARRY FLORRIE

HOLMES & LE VEREBOOKED SOLID

"In Themselves"DIRECTION ARTHUR J. HOROWITZ

THE ORIGINAL BOZOBOB A BLANCHE

ND

Presenting THE NEW JANITORDIRECTION MARK LEVY

HAROLD ALICE

LA COSTEIN VAUDEVILLE.

and CLIFTONDirection A. J. HORWIT?

EDAND

IRENE LOWRY IN

'Jests & JigsBY TOMMY CRAY

»»

BROWN and McCORMACKIn Vaudeville

BERT GRACE

Amarict'i Yoanfest Colored Entertainer*.

A.1SJD

Direction TOM JONES

JAS. B. STANFORD

ROBINSON and McKISSICKDIRECTION MAX OBENDORF~

ORIGINAL

THREE MELVI'N BROS.America'. Most Sensational Gymnasts—Clasnart Act of Its Kind

March 7, 1917 THE NEW YQRK CLIPPER 25

VAUDEVILLE ACTS(Continued from page 9)

MORGAN AND GRAYTbeatre

—

Eighty-first Street.

Style

—

Domestic sketch.

Time

—

Ttceltte minutes.

Setting—Kitchen tet.

"Every Day in the Year," by WfflardBlack, is a commonplace title and thematerial doesn't belie it any.The couple it concerns live twenty

minutes from New York. The man wasout late the "night before," and hewants to sleep late "the morning after."

His wife wields the verbal whip andber spouse rolls out to partake of break-fast, after searching for the proverbialmissing collar button and other acces-sories wished on man in the Garden ofEden.The cross-fire stuff consist* ot talk

about their troubles. Despite the

"hurry"—the man is late for work

—

Indicated in the first lines, he take*

bis time" eating, after which he enlists

friend wife to help him find his collar

and tie. As he starts to rush out of

the house, a hand reaches through thrdoor and slaps him over the head withthe morning paper. His eyes spy thefunny sheet."Sunaay," says the hubby, "I don't

have to go to work."Whereupon, the belated spouse again

looks for a comfortable spot amid thefeathers.Les Morgan and Beryl Gray act their

roles very well, Morgan, especially,making a good grouch. But the intrinsic

value of the skit spells an early spoton the small time. J. L.

NORTON AND T.ARLTheatre

—

Eighty-first Street.

Style—Singing end dancing.Time—Seventeen minute*.

Setting

—

Three—special

—

and one.

This act opens in one, with a songWhen the curtain rises, the man is

seated in a chair, singing about, a ffirl

he saw in a cabaret. The woman ap-pears and they do a double dancing andsinging number. Later, the man doe*a dancing single and the woman sings

a solo.

For a dose .they appear in the garbof the eighteenth century. The clothesworn are beautiful, and different shadesof light are thrown on them. Afterdoing a Colonial dance, they have amodern terpsichorean number.The routine throughout is varied and

well done, but both performers shouldbe more careful of their diction, theman's words, especially, being sung insuch a garbled manner that the mean-ing ib entirely lost.- Much of the worthof the act is destroyed through this onefault.The woman has a voice of wide range

and much force, which is well adaptedto the high-class ballads sung. Theman's voice, too, is virile, but lacksclearness. J.. D.

SVENGAL!Theatre—Eighty-first Street.Style—Hind reading dog.Time—Ttccnty-six minutes.Setting—Ttco. One. Bouie.

If every dog ha* his day, Svengalican have a week. And in the big-timehouses, too.Sven opens in two, seated at the front

of -the stage, with the instructor in therear. He is told to multiply two byfour, and promptly barks eight times.He looks around and is asked to dividethat figure by two. The dog barks fourtimes. He is told to go over to theright hand side of the stage and countthe number of persons in the first row.He does this and promptly barks threetimes, there being three persons. Thedog repeats this business at the otherside of the stage, barking six times.That number of seats are occupied. Heis asked how many persons are in theboxes at the right, replying correctly.He states the day of the month Lin-

coln was born on, works at a type-writer, plays the piano and shows hispatriotism by barking four timet whenasked on what day the signing of theDeclaration of Independence is cele-brated.When the instructor goes off the stags

and hands out cards, Svengali barks forthe number of spots on each. The in-structor asks two or three persons togive him a number. The dog gives thenecessary number of barks for the num-bers named. The instructor asks thedog how old a boy is, the lad beingseated in the front- row. The dog barkseight times, and when the boy's mothersays the child is but seven, Svengaliapologizes by barking once. The big-

gest numbers he multiplies are two b)eight.

When he is asked to multiply twenty-two by thirty-one he leaves the stagein disgust.Among the other stunts he does are

a couple of dances and the businessOf winking his eyes, at the reqnast ofthe instructor.This singular dog is in a class by him-

self. J. U

THE YALTOSTheatre—Eighty-first Street.Styles

—

Dancing.TUat—Einht minute*.Setting

—

F"uB stage. .

The Yaltoe are novelty dancers. Theyopen with a double number. During theroutine, they negotiate a number of fastspins in mid-air, cleverly done and sure

- applause getters.

Probably the most difficult businessin the act is that of "cracking theWhip," with each, alternately, handslocked, throwing the other free of th«stage and whirling with startling rapid-ity.

The two are neat in appearance andgraceful in action, possessing, at thesame time, individual ability as noveltydancers.This team, a man and a woman, have

a terpsichorean act—far better than theusual double dancing turns. J. L.

O'CONNOR AND DIXONTheatre

—

Bijou, Brooklyn.Style

—

Song and talk.Tune

—

Nineteen minute*.Setting—One.

This is a particularly good act of its

kind and will experience no difficulty

in achieving success. The team has anabundance of ginger and ability and thematerial that they use is, on the whole,very good.The action of the turn is as follows:

A man enters in a dress suit and startsto recite, "You'll Never Be Missed."His recitation is interrupted by the in-trusion of his partner, who is made upas a stage hand. . His -awkwardness Is

the cause of many laughs.The "straight" thinks that the stage-

hand will make a good partner for hisact and starts to question him. Theeccentric informs the "straight" thathe comes from a small town in Iowa,where he used to spend his time in"watching the snails whizz by." Henext tells the other fellow's fortune,which is quite diverting.A comic soldier song follows, which

is very good, except for a questionableallusion to the gun which the eccentriccarries. More talk then ensues, whichis really funny, although one gag about"sitting down" is too broad and shouldbe eliminated. A burlesque Egyptiandance follows. The act ends with anHawaiian number. H. G.

ERROL BACK IN CASTLeon Errol resumed his place in the

cast of "The Century Girl'' last week,after an absence due to an injury to hisankle.

AL. TUCKERTRICK VIOLINIST

The Boy With the White ViolinDIRECTION PETE MACK

A BREEZE FROM THE PLAINS

NEBRASKA BILLS & COWESTERN NOVELTY ACT

IN VAUDEVILLE

GRACIE & ADELE FOXIN VAUDEVILLE

J. RUSSELL BARRYOf

"Billy's Tombstones"WILLIAM

EDMUNDS * ** ut-* c—

*

EDNA

LEEDOMGOING TO THE WEDDING

ALWAYS WORKING. I wonder why? Dfawctiaa MAX CORDON

ABSLAM SHARIFFPresents

«*COXEY'S AR1VTV"DIRECTION MARK MONROE

lVIabel HarperThe Funbeam of Vaudeville ELSIE WEBER at the Piano

I i-IN VAUDEVILLE O IM

Novelty "JUBt Songe" Cbuvl'rDIRECTION ARTHUR H0RW1TZ

— MORIARITY SISTERS —DRESDEN DOLLS OF VAUDEVILLE Direction IRVING SHANNON

MARINO *™ RICHITALIAN PIANO MOVERS IN VAUDEVILLETHE HENNINGS

Refined Comedy Novelty OfferingDIRECTION J. P. HARRIS

LAURENCE FEIN and 3 FINE GIRLSwith Welford Sisters—Vera De Varney

EUGENE EMMETT & CO.In the Rural Musical Comedy, TOWN HALL FOLLIES"

RAYMOND FRAZIER, Principal Comedian

EMILIE SISTERS DIRECTIONLEW COLDER

ETHEL MAE BARKER"KUBEUK IN PETTICOATS" Direction GEORGE SOFRANSKI

26 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 7, 1917

VAUDEVILLE HEADLINE ACTS

BETTY FIELDSBooked Solid

Direction LOU EDLEMAN

IRVING BLACKMAN MURRAY WESTON

GEORGIA COMEDY FOURDIRECTION JACK FLYNNBooked Solid U. B. O. Tim*

HARRY SINGER CARL BERNARD

THE THREE ROZELLASA Unique Original Musical Oddity

IN VAUDEVILLE Direction ARTHUR HORWTIZ

Fisher. Luckie & GordonDIRECTION ROSE A CURTIS

JOHN JOHNNY

MARTIN and ELLIOTT"THOSE FASHION PLATE DANCING BOYS"

Direction MARK LEVY

DAINTY QUEEN OF SENSATIONAL RHYTHMIC GRACE

LA PETITE MERCEDESA GORGEOUS DISPLAY OF NOVEL RICHNESS

Direction ARTHUR J. HORWITZ

Thomas & HendersonThe Black Steppers

WATCH THEM IN VAUDEVILLE

The Boy Who Came Back

In a New Act by Allen Spencer Tennej

ASK MY AGENT

ALICE FARRELL/ft Vaudeville

SINGING DANCING VIOUNISTE

BOB RUSSAKPresents

THREE SYNCOPATORSSMITHDirection GLADYS BROWN

LANG NOMOUMarch S—Procter** 51th A NarolcMarch U—AUuunbra, N. Y.

FREDERICK H. SPEARE AND CO.Offer the Novel Comedy Sketch Hit,

,9*ss•>«

NOW HEADLINING LOEW CIRCUIT

99

REPRESENTATIVE LOUIS WESLEY

JOHNNY SINGERAND

DANCING DOLLSIN VAUDEVILLE AARON KESSLER. REPRESENTATIVE

JOAN STORM and JOHN MARSTONPresent the Ultra-Novelty Comedy

"His Alibi"PLAYING LOEW TIME BOOKED SOLID

•JIM C.

COVENEY & WOODROWThe Precedents of Vaudeville

ANDERSON&EVANSPRESENTING THEIR NEW ACT

• • 99

PILOT—L KAUFFMAN

KATHRYN MILEY"Nature's Own Comedienne"

In Vaudeville

Three INJorrie SistersSinging, Dancing, Novelty

New Act In Vaudeville

JACK WALTERS & CUFF SISTERSWORKING

FLORENCE TIMPONI Dan DIx & VTroilIN VAUDEVILLE Direction MARK LEVY WITH STAMPEDE RIDERS

IEDDIE

In S Feet of Sweetness and a ViolinAND

THE THREE ARLEYSA HIT ON ANY BILL

PLAYING VAUDEVILLE MONKEY SHINES—IN VAUDEVILLE

BOB

>FDirection of MAX LANDAU

UNITED TIME Diroctioa-PAUL DURAND

WALTER

Two Jay*

PHILIPAND GILESIn V«ud«rffl.

ED E. and BIRDIE CONRADIn a Vaudeville Claesiaue by ED E. CONRAD

Direction Lewis * Gordon

JLEY & CATLIIM-€eo.THOSE NATURAL COMEDIANS

Qam&r*rtU*faU**WmUCazwfa1*drStttUlScn^MutauSiialtlSeiiM

-March 7, 1917.' THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 27

t U.B.O. ».., MXW VORX CITY.

,PiliM—Grace La Bnc—Bock and Whlte-rBelle.Baker—Gus Edwards' Bandbox, Bene—KltamuraTroupe. {Three acts to H1J_ find "Patrla."!

; Colonial—Brice A Klntr—D«1«y Jean—MargaretOeen ft Co.—8tm ft Kittle Morton—Stuart Barnes—Spencer 4 Williams.Royal—Conrad ft Conrad—R. ft 0. Dooley—

Gandsmldts—Al-rtu 4 Williams—UN 4 Sterling—Clark 4 Bergman.Alhambra—Leach Wallen Trio—will Oakland *

OS.—Bernard 4 Janla—Emily A. Wellman—De-Leon 4 Davis—Three Syncopators.

Riverside—Era Tnnguaj—Chip 4 Marble—Ap-•dale's Animals.

BROOKLTN.Boshwick—TTCtte — Welch's Minstrels— Four

Readings — 8ylvester 4 Vance—"Headllners"

—

TencM«« Ten—Cooper 4 Rtcardo—American Com-edy Four—Chick Sale—Diamond 4 Granddaughter—Lewis 4 White.Orpheum—Mclntyre 4 Heath—Dooley 4 Basel

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"The Stampede"— Robbie Gordone—Leigh 4 Jones—"Vscnum Cleaners"—Craig CampbeU.ATLANTA. A.

Forsyth—Brennan 4 Powell—Jack Wilson Trio

—

—Princess Kulana.BOSTON, MASS.

Keith's—Bee E. Ball—Bennett 4 Richards—Jas.Carson 4 Co.—"Sports In the Alps"—ImperialChinese Duo—Elisabeth Murray—C. Morton—Nolan-A Nolan.

BIRMINGHAM, MaiLyrlo (First Half)—Doa-an 4 Raymond—"Forest

wire"—DoBy ft Daisy—Lydell & Hlgglns. (LastHalf)—Leo Beers.

BUFFALO, N. T.Shea's—The Brighton!—Page, Hack 4 Msck

—

Edwin George—"Motor Boating'*—Gerard 4 Clark—"Girlies' Gambol"—Bowman Bros.

BAiTUtORE, IIS.Maryland—Al Herman—Franklyn Ardell Co.

—

Bert Baker 4 Co.—Alt Loyal—"Dancing Girl ofDelhi"—Frances Hlee—Beemsn A Anderson—SallyFisher 4 Co.

CLEVELAND, OHIO.Keith's—Sharrocka—Dunbar's Darkles—Moran 4

Wiser—Bran B. Fontaine—Harry Green 4 Co.—Golet. Harris ft Morey—Will J. Ward 4 Girls—Etui 4 Stater.

CTJfCOnfATX, OHIO.Keith's—Lovenberg Sisters—Fenton 4 Green

—

Geo. V. Roeener—Wilfred Clark & Co.—Fern ft

Davis—"Boberllle"—Stone ft Kails*—Meehan'sDogs.

C0LOT£BrJ8, OHIO.Keith's—Marion Weeks—Eddie Foy 4 Co.

—

'Willie Solar—Rnby, Cavelle 4 Co.—Bessie Scrapieft Co.—"Garden of Surprises."

DAYTON, OHIO.Keith's—Lillian Kingsbury — Primrose Foot—

Cole, Bossell 4 Darts—Wood 4 Wyde—TendsBros.—California Boys' Band.

DETHOIT, MICH,Temple—Kerr 4 Weston—Shannon 4 Annls

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Whipple Huston Co.—Selma Braats—Bert Johnsonft Co.—"At the Party"—Nat Wills.

ERIE, PA.Colonial—Cycling MeNntta—"Finders Keepers"—Junie Mills 4 Co.—Australian Crelghtons—"Ten

Dark Knights"—Booth ft Leander.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.Empress—Olga Mlsbka Trio—Frances 4 Boss

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Whitfield ft Ireland—Maryland Singers—Brengk'aModels.

HAMILTON. CAM.Temple—Laurie ft Branson—Watson 8lsters

—

Frank Shields—Conlln Parks Trio—Cartmell ft

Harris—Barry Fern ft Co.

indianapoijs, rsD.Grand—Nan Halperln — "Petticoats"-— Toots,

Pska 4 Co.—Mother, Hayes ft Mosher—Old Home-stead Eight.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.Keith's (First Half)—"Cranberries"—Edna Aug.

(Last Half)—Frank LeDent—Mcintosh ft Maids.

LOtnSVTLLE, KT.Keith's—Mrs. Gene Hughes Co.—Seven Bracks——Blcknell—Jas. H. CnUen—Mayhew ft Taylor

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Ward ft CnUen.MONTREAL, CAM,

Orpheura—Scotch Lads ft Lassies—Warren ft

Conley—Ward ft Van.NORFOLK, VA.

Academy (First Half)—Ponriilo Sisters. (LastBait)—"Breath of Old Virginia"—Pariah ft Pern,

vraumj 1 1 T.TJ TEMN.Princess (First Half—Leo Been. (Last Half)—

'

Dugan 4 Raymond—Duffy ft Daisy—Lydell 4Hlgglns.

PROVIDENCE. B. I.

Keith's—Both St. Denis—McCarthy ft Faye—Jordan Girls—Flavilia—Walsh ft Bentley—Hnffordft Chain—Allen 4 Howard—Lou Holts—Lillian's

Dogs.PrrTBBTJKOH, PA,

Davis—Chief Caupolican—Sophie Tucker ft Co.—lablkawa Japs.TltrrT.ADTT.THTA, PA,

Keith's—Jas. ft B. Morgan—Alexander Bros.

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Nina Payne ft Co.—Hnll 4 Dnrkln—Raymond 4O'Connor—Bockwell A Wood—Moon 4 Morris

—

Gertrude Hoffman.ROCHESTER, M. T.

Temple—Kelly ft Calvin—Kelly 4 Wilder-Weiss Troupe—Clara Howard—Montgomery ft

Perry—Mme. Doree ft Co.—Pinkie—Al Bayno'tDogs.- •

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RICHMOND, VA.Lyrlo (First Half)—"Breath of Old Virginia"—

Parish ft Fern. (Last Half)—Ponslllo Sisters.

SAVANNAH, GA.Savannah (First Half)—Frank LeDent—Mcin-

tosh 4 Maids. (Last Half)—"Cranberries"—EdnaAug.

TOLEDO, OHIO.Keith's—Vlollnsky—Five of Clabs—Three Da For

Boys—"Olrl with 1000 Byes"—Harry Holman ft

Co.—"Night Boat"—The Larneds—Grace DeWln-

T0K0BT0, CAN.Shea's—Bensee 4 Balrd—Arthur Deagtrn—Car-

lisle 4 Bomer—Klrby ft Home—"Four Husbands"—Wolf ft Stuart.

WASHINGTON, D. 0.Keith's—Musical Johnsons—"America First"

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Roland Travers 4 Co.—Harold DnKane ft Co.—H.Beresford ft Co.

YOUNOBTOWM, OHIO.Keith's—Wslter Brewer—Maleta Bonconl—Lewis

Hsrdt—"Honor Thy Children"—Vivians—McShans4 Hathaway—Avon Poor—Avellng ft Lloyd.

ORPMEUM CIRCUITCHICAGO, ILL.

Majestio—BeUe Story—Nellie Nichols—HermlneShone 4 Co.—Bonlta 4 Hearn—"Lots 4 Lots ofIt"—Frank Cnimlt—Mme. Dorin.Palace—Koaleff 4 Ballet—Rooney 4 Beat

—

Barry Carroll—Smith ft Austin—losie Bernard ftCo.—Nail 0*ConnelI—Balzer Slaters.

CALGARY, 0AM.Orpheura—Els ft French—MedUn, Watts ft

Townee—Harold Lloyd—Cnaa. arapevrln 4 Co.

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Palfrey, Hall ft Brown—The Norvellee—Mme.Jomelll.

DENVER, COLO.Orpheum—Geo. Nash ft Co.—Creasy ft Dayne

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Samsroff ft Sonla—Foster. Ball 4 Co.—Zeds 4Hoot—Pllcer ft Douglas.

duxtjth, nuns'.Orphsnm—Sadie Leonard 4 Go.—Edwin Arden 4

Co.—Mabel Russell ft Co.—Wright ft Dietrich—Marmeln Slaters—Better Bros.—Stan Stanley Trio.

DES MOINES, IA,Orphenm—White 4 Cavanagb—Bert Kenny

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Lambert ft Fredricha—Donohue ft Stewart—Bur-della Patterson—Bena Parker—Clayton, White ft

Co.KANSAS CITY, MO.

Orphenm Dorothy Shoemaker ft Co.—Mayo ftTnUy—J. ft W. Henning—Frances Kennedy—luesMacauley ft Co.—Mr. ft Mrs. . Jlmmle Barry.

LOS ANGELES, CAL,Orpheum Haroko Onukl—Farber Girls—Beatrice

Herford—Benny 4 Woods—Henry Reane ft Ce.Ames ft Wlnthrop—Maurice Bnrkhart—Howard'sPonies—Biggs ft Witchie.

LINCOLN, NEB.Orphsnm— Phyllis Neilaon Terry— Adair ft

Adelphi—Aileen Stanley—Trovato—Myrl ft Delmsr—MUares—Milt Collins.

MEMPHIS, TENS.Orphenm—Emma Came ft Co.—McConneU ft

Simpson—Llgbtner Sisters ft Co.—Loney Haskell—Fink's Mules.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.Orphenm—Louis Maun ft Co.—Morris ft Camp-

bell—Wallace Galvla—"Tate'a Motoring"—LupltaPerea—Mario ft Duffy—Bae Samuels.

" MILWAUKEE, WIS.Orphsnm—Anna Chandler—Julias Tannen—Jean

Adair 4 Co.—Cap Anson 4 Daughters—Al Shame—Morin Sisters—Harris 4 Manion—Frlscoe.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.Orphenm—Balls 4 Bordonl—Sarah Padden 4 Co.—Bert Fltagibbon—Raymond ft Caverley—Mr. ft

Mrs. George Wilde—Rigga & Ryan.OMAHA, NEB

Orphenm—Nat Goodwin—Bonalr, Ward ft Farroa—Valeclta's Leopards—The Volunteers—Silver ftDuval—Flying Henrys—"Age of Reason."

OAKLAND, CAL.Orpheum—Morgan Dancers—Tempest 4 Sunshine—Pat Barrett—Dorothy Jsrdon—Flanagan 4 Ed-

wards—Frank Wilson—Meredith ft Snooter—CaltesBros.

• PORTLAND, ORE.Orpheum—Clara Morton ft Co.—Whiting ft Bart—Embs ft Alton—EsteBe Wentwortb—Wheeler ft

Dolan—Bert Leslie ft Co.—Onrl ft Dolly.

8T. LOUIS, MO.Orpheum—Mllo—Kajlyama— Lloyd ft Britt

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Marie Fltsglbbon—Three Janus.

SAM FRANCISCO, CAL.Orpheum—Lew Dockstader—Geo. Kelly ft Co.

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Natalie Alt—Everest's Monkeys—Thos. Swift 4Co.—Blta Mario Orchestra—Moore, Gardner ftRose—Misses CampbeU.

SACBAMENTO, STOCKTON AMD FRESNO.Orpheum—Harry ft Anna Seymour—Corbett.

Sheppard & Donough—Maria Lo—Ryan ft Lee

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Witt & Winter—Claude Giuingweter 4 Co.—Hal-len 4 Fuller.

ST. PAUL, MINN.Orpheum—Mason 4 Keeler Co.—Cecil Conning,

ham—Chang Hwa Four—The Ben-ens—Ernie Potts4 Co.—Muriel Worth 4 Co.

"SEATTLE, WASH.Orphenm—Cross ft Josephine—Newhoff ft Phelps—F. 4 A. Astalre—Lydla Barry—Bice, Elmer ft

Tom—"The Core"—Llnne'B Dancing Girls.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.Orphenm—Mme. Chllson Gorman—Odlva—Nord-

strom ft Pinkham—Harry L. Mason—Hans Hanke—Mile. Leltsel—Imhoff, Conn 4 Coreene.

VANCOUVER, CAN.Orpheum—Nonette—The Canslnoe—Ethel Hop-

kins—HalUgan 4 Sykes—Brent Hayes—KulllrvoBros.—"The Doable Exposure."

wnrsiPEo, oak.Orpheum—Seven Honey Boys—Casks. Howard ft

Co.—Alice Lyndon Doll ft Co.—"Garden of Aloha"—La Gradoss—Arris Mehllnger—Una Clayton ftCo.

LOEW CIRCUITHEW TORE CITY.

American (First Half)—The Sterlings—Sullivanft Mason—Mr. ft Mrs, Wm. O'Ciare—Kelly ftDrake—Ernette Asorla ft Co.—Kitty Flynn—JohnB. Gordon ft Co.—The Lelghtons—Three Eseardoa.(Last Half)—Kelly ft Mayo—Ollle ft Johnnie Van-nls—Beven ft Flint—The Wedding Party—ElsieWhite—Davttt ft Duval—Moran ft Wheeler—KingBros,

Boulevard (First naif)—Greno 4 Piatt—Wright4 Davis—will Stanton 4 Co.—Temple Quartette—Lewis, Belmont 4 Lewis. (Last Half)—TaneenBros.—Doris Leater Trio—Dorothy Wahl 4 Curtis—Sabbott 4 Wright.

Greeley Square (First Halt)—Taneen Bros.

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Little Lord Boberta—Foster ft Ferguson—EvaShirley—Welch, Mealy ft Montrose. (Last Half)Greno ft Piatt—Beolah Pearl—Brown ft Barrows—"•A Soldier's Wife"—Telegraph Trio—Will Stan-ton ft Co.Delanoey Street (First Half)—King Bros.—Hell

4 O-Erleo—Caason 4 Earle—Leonard 4 Anderson—Dooley ft Nelson. (Last Half)—The Sterlings

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Daniels ft Waiters—O'Connor ft Dixon—AdrlaAinaley ft Co.Lincoln Square (First Half)—Commodore Tom-

Solly ft Arnold—Daniels ft Walters—Roberta,Stewart 4 Roberts—I>w Hawkins. (Lest Half)—Sidney 4 Tonnley—Sullivan ft Mason "TnaBribe"—Marlon ft Trevette—Hoey ft Lee—Outranft Newell.Avenue B (First Half)—Three Norrle Sisters—

Rice ft Francis—Dorothy Burton ft Co. (LastHalf)—Tom Davies ft Co.—GrindeU ft Esther—"Grey ft Old Rose."National (First Hslf)—Pelser ft LeBetk—La-

Mont 4 Wright—Viola Duval—"A Soldier's Wife"—Hoey ft Lee—Gliding O'Mearaa. (Last Half)—You Wing—Kitty Flynn—Foster ft Ferguson—Leonard ft Anderson—Temple Quartette.Orphsnm (First Hslf)—Wilbur ft Sweatman—

Brown ft Barrows—Alice ft Johnny Venla Tele-graph Trio—Grey ft Klnnker—"The Bribe." (LastBall)—DeArmo A Marguerite—Fred Weber 4 Co.—"Holllday In Dixieland"—Welch. Mealy ftMontrose—Lewis, Belmont 4 Lewis—Viola DuvalSeventh Avenue (First Half)—Mason ft Murray

•T^HSLi-"; * Co.—Moran ft Wheeler—Sabbottft Wright (Last Half)—Pelser ft LeBeek—Hen-drtx ft Padula—Little Lord Roberts—Eva Shirley—Welmera ft Burke.

BROOKLYN.Bijou (First Hslf)—Meehan ft Knspp—Fred

Weber ft Co^-Marlo ft Trevette—Adris Ainaley 4Co—Jack Wilson Trio. (Last Half)—GlidingO'Mearas—LaMont ft Wright—Mason ft Murray-John R, Gordon 4 Co.—Jack Wilson Trio—ThreeEseardoa.DeKalb (First Hslf)—Three Buby Girls—Gee-

ban 4 Spencer—Laurie Ordwsy. (Lsst Half)—Commodore Tom—Conlsy ft Conrad—Holder ftHerron—Maud Leone ft Co.—Lew Hawkins—Er-nette Asorla ft Co.Warwick (First Half)—Davltt ft Duval—Grin-

dell ft Esther—Josephns Troupe. (Last Hslf)Murray Bennett—8Ix Stylish Steppers.

Fulton (First Half)—DeArmo ft Marguerite—Doris Lester Trio—Dorothy Wahl ft Curtis—O'Con-nor 4 Dixon. (Last Hslf)—Three Ruby Girls—Meehan 4 Knspp—Kelly 4 Drake—Ankles—Dooley4 Nelson. *

..?J!1t<*JFlBt Half)—Harry First ft Co.—Six

8tyllan Steppers. (Lsst Hslf)—Dorothy Burtonft Co.—Laurie Ordwsy—Breen Fatally.

ATLANTA, GA.Q-. O. H,—P, George—Howard 4 Hurst—For-

rester 4 Lloyd—Grace Howard—Primrooe Mln-atrela.

BALTIMORE, MD.Hippodrome—Martyn ft Florence—Archer ftWard—Master Lore—Merry Maids of Japan-

Prince Charles.

BOSTON, MASS.Orphenm (First Half)—Fraternity Four—"PoUy

Prim"—Burke, Toohey 4 Co.—Demareat 4 Doll-Six Harvard.. (Lsst Half)—General Orders-Three Boeellas—81x Serenadera—Sandy Shaw-Gordon ft Day.

St. James (Flrat Half)—Thomas ft Henderson-Ben 4 Haiel Mann—Gordon 4 Day—"Everyman'sSnster"—Bath Boye. (Last Half)—The Flitches—Chabot ft Dlxoo—"The Criminal"—Buth RoyePernlkoff ft Rose.

FALL RIVER, MASS."Bijou (First Hslf)—The Frltcbes—Three Bosel-

las—"General Orders"—Sandy Shaw—Six Sere-nadera. (Last Half)—Burke 4 Toohey 4 Co.Demareat 4 Doll—Six Harvards.

NEWARK, N. J.Majestio (First. Half)—Yon Wing—Kelly ft

Mayo—Beulah Pearl—Archer ft Belford—Arm-strong & Ford—"Holllday In Dixieland." (LastHalf)—Three Norrle Sisters—Grey 4 KluokerRoberts, Stewart 4 Roberts—The LehjhtonsBsmbard, Dunbar ft Bambard.

NEW ROCHELLE, N. T.Loew's (First Half)—Hendrlx ft Padala—

Bowery Camille. (Lsst Hslf)—Wilbur Sweatman—Gasson ft Earle—Archer ft Belford.

PROVIDENCE, B. I.Emory (First Half)—Chabot 4 Dixon The

Criminal—Pernlkofl ft Rose. (Laat Half)—Thomasft Henderson—Ben ft Hazel Mann—"Polly Prim"—Fraternity Four.

SPRINGFIELD. MASS.Puss (First Half)—Marie Dupree—Barrett ft

Opp—Cook ft Stevens. (Last Half)—Field Barnes—Russell 4 Frey—Dave Rafael 4 Co.—Russell 4Bvans—Joggling Wilburs.

TORONTO, OAK.Tongs Street—Brown 4 McCormack—Hobson ft

Beaty—Knight 4 Carlyle—"Woman Proposes"Adrian—Jack Morrissey ft Co.

WESTTTELD, MASS.Grand (First Half)—Juggling Wilburs—Russell

ft Frey—Dare Rafael ft Co.

POU CsRCUITBRIDGEPORT, CONN.

Poll (First Half)—Jack La Veer—Mae Msrvln—Fletcher. Drlacoll ft Co.—Val ft Ernie Stanton—"Joy Riders.," (Last Hslf)—Reynolds 4 White—Ghartrea ft Holllday—Font Frollickers—MargieGray—"The Miracle."Flaaa (First Half)—Chss. Diamond ft Co.—

Land Sisters—Muller ft Meyers—TUlle from Pic-

cadilly." (Last Hslf)—Jolly Johnny Jones—Nsney' Barring—Dunham Edwards Trio.

. HARTFORD, CONN.Palace (First Half)—Stagpole ft Spire—Earl ft

Sunshine—Ethel Clifton A Co—Olga Mlska A Co.(Last Hslf)—Mae Marvin—King ft Harvey—BeHo Gray ft Co.

Poll (First Half)—Macuret ft Hanley—Williamsft Held—Baby Helen—"The Miracle." (Last Hair)—J. Warren Keen 4 Co.—Marry Donohue—Leon-ard ft Whitney—Stephen O'Bourke—Chss. alackft Co.

' NEW HAVEN. CONN.Poll (First Half)—Chartres ft Holllday—Mabel

Johnstone—Stephen O'Rourke—Be Ho Gray 4 Co.Bijou (First Hslf)—Jolly Johnson Jsmes—Nancy

Barring—Herbert 4 Molm—Dunham Edwards Trio.(Laat Half)—Onetl Bisters—Fletcher, Drlscoll ftCo.—Sullivan. Wells ft Msrtln—Baby Helen

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Olga Mlska ft Co.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS.Palace (First Half)—J. Warren Keane 4 Co.—

Conroy ft O'Donnell—Potter ft Hartwell—FourFrollckers—Durkln Girls—"Polishing Psps." (LsstHslf)—Jsck Lsvere—Davenport ft Rafferty—Corn-ford ft King—"Silent Poses."

SOBANTON. PA.Poll (First Half)—Bmllle Sisters—El Cola—

Coyle A Morrell—Bell ft Fredo—"Fashion Snow."(Last Half)—Yamannoto Bros.—Mary ft Jack-Porter J. White * Co.—Joseph L. Browning-Larry Beilley ft Co.

WATEBBUBT, CONN.Poll (First Hslf)—Reynolds ft White—Chaa.

Mack ft Co.—Davenport 4 Rafferty—King ft

Harvey.WLLKZS-BAKSZ, PA.

Poll (First Hslf)—Yamannoto Bros.—Mary ft

Jack—Porter J. White ft Co.—Joseph L. Brown-ing—Larry RelUey ft Co. (Lsst Half)—EmIUsSisters—Bl Cots—Coyle ft Morrell—Bell ft Fredo—"Fashion Show."

WORCESTER, MASS.Boll (First Half)—O'Neil Sisters—Anthrnm ft

Vsle—!Comfort ft King—"Silent Poses." (LastHalf)—Stsgpole ft Spire—Mabel Johnstone ftEthel Clifton ft Co.—Dnrkln Trio—"PolishingPapa."

Plana, (Flrat Half)—Four Haymakers—Leonardft Whitney—Margie Gray. (Last Halt)—Macuretft Hanley—Enrl ft Sunshine—Herbert ft Molm—William 4 Held—"Joy Riders."

PANTAGES' CIRCUIT 1

CHICAGO. ILL.

Vletoria (First Half)—Prerltt. Merrill ft Co.—Louise DeFogle—lietta — Keene ft Foxworth

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Terry Girls. (Last Half)—Richard Wslly ft Co.—Bill Robinson—Stanley ft Fsrrell—Hunter, Perryft Co.—Stress ft Becker—"Girl from Starland."

CALGARY, CAN.Pantagea'—Texas Roundup—Bruce Dnffett ft

Co.—Weber, Beck ft Fraser—LaHoen ft Dupreecs—Adter 4 Arllne.

DENVER, COLO.Pantagea'—Sterling ft Marguerite—Ten Califor-

nia Girls—Winston's Seals—Joe Roberts—Lemslre4 Dawson.

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BURLESQUE

ColumlU WhealAl Beeves—Gaiety, Boston, 5-10 ; Columbia,New York, 12-17.

Betunan Bbow—Gaiety, Toronto, 6-10; Gaie-ty, Buffalo, 12-17.

Beit Welch's—Casino, Philadelphia, 6-10;Miner's Bronx, New York, 12-17. .

Bon Ton*—Hurtlg A Seamon's, New York,6-10; Empire, Brookyn, 12-17.

Bostonlans— Grand, Hartford, Conn., 6-10;Jacques, Waterbury, Conn., 12-17.

Bowery—Bercbel, Dea Moines, la., 6-7 ; Gaie-ty, Omaha, Neb., 12-17.

Burlesque Bevue—-Gaiety, Omaha, Neb., 6-10,open 12-17 ; Gaiety, Kansas City, 12-17.

Follies of the Day—Gaiety, Washington, 5-10 :

Gaiety, Pittsburgh, 12-17.Globe Trotters—Gaiety, Buffalo, 6-10; Cor-

inthian. Rochester, N. Y., 12-17.Golden Crooks — Park. Bridgeport, Conn.,

7-10; Colonial, Providence, R. I., 12-17.Hastings. Bbow—Star, Cleveland, 5-10: Em-

pire. Toledo. O.. 12-17.Hello New York—Gaiety, Montreal, Can.,

5-10 ; Empire, Albany, N. Y„ 12-17.Hlp-Hlp-Hooray Girls—Jacques, Waterbury,

Conn., 5-10 ; Cohen's, Newbnrg, N. Y.,12-14 ; Cohen's, Pougbkeepsle, 15-17.

Howe's Kissing Girls—People's, Philadelphia,5-10: Palace. Baltimore. 12-17.

Irwin's Big Show—Olympic, Cincinnati, 5-10;Chicago, 12-17.

Liberty Girls—Colonial, Providence, 5-10;Boston, 12-17.

MaldB of America—Gaiety, St, Louis, 5-10;Chicago, 12-17.

Majestic—Lyric, Dayton, O., 5-10; Olympic,Cincinnati, 12-17.

Marlon's—Orpheam, Faterson, 6-10 ; Empire,Hoboken, N. J„ 12-17.

Merry Bounders—Gaiety, Detroit, 6-10;Gaiety, Toronto, Ont,, 12-17.

Midnight Maidens—Columbia. New York,5-10; Casino, Brooklyn, 12-17.

Million Dollar Dolls—Corinthian, Rochester,5-10: Bastnble Syracuse, N. Y., 12-14;Lumbers. TJtlca, 15-17.

Molly Williams' Co.—Empire, Toledo, O.,5-10 ; Lyric, Dayton, O.. 12-17.

New York Girls—Cohen's, Pongbkeepsle, 8-10

;

Hurttg & Seaman's. New York, 12-17."Pass Puss"—Empire, Newark, N. 3., 5-10

;

Casino, Philadelphia, 12-17."Rag Doll In Bagland"—Chicago, 6-10;

Gaiety, Detroit, 12-17. '

Roseland Girls—Gaiety, Pittsburgh, 6-10

;

Star, Cleveland, 12-17.Bose Bydell's—Empire, Brooklyn, N. Y., 6-10

;

Park, Bridgeport, Conn., 16-17. _^Sldman's Lane—Empire, Albany, N. Y., 6-10 ;

Casino, Boston, 12-17.Sightseers—Casino, Brooklyn, 6-10 ; Empire,Newark, N. J., 12-17.

Some Show—Empire, Hoboken, 6-10 : People's,Philadelphia, 12-17.

Spiegel's Revue—Gaiety, Kansas City, 6-10

;

Gaiety, 8t. Loots, Mo., 12-17. _ ..

Sporting Widows—Chicago, 6-10; Bercbel,Des Moines, Iowa, 12-14.

Star and Garter—Palace, Baltimore, 6-10;Gaiety, Washington, D. C„ 12-17.

Btep Lively Girls—Miner's Bronx, Now York,5-10; Orpbeum, Pateraon, N. J., 12-17.

Twentieth Century Girls—Lumbcrg, Dtlca,N. Y.. 8-10: Gaiety, Montreal, Can., 12-17.

Watson's Beef Trust—Boston, 6-10; Grand,Hartford, Conn;. 12-17.

Watson-Wrothe—Open 6-10; Gaiety, KanBasCity, 12-17.

American Circuit

American—Gaiety, Chicago, 6-10; Majestic,Indianapolis, 12-17. _ „ _ M

Auto Girls—Howard, Boston, 6-10 ; New Bed-ford, Mass., 12-14 ; Worcester, 16-17.

Broadway Belles—Englewood, Chicago, 6-10;Gaiety, Milwaukee. 12-17. _

Beauty. Youth & Folly—Star, Toronto, Ont.,5-10; Savoy, Hamilton. Can., 12-17.

Big Review of 1017—Holvoke, Mass., 6-7

;

Springfield, 8-10; Howard, Boston, 12-17.Cabaret Girls—Cadillac, Detroit, 5-10 ; open

12-17; Englewood, Chicago, 19-24.Charming Widows—Schenectady, 7-10 ; Blng-

hnmton. N. Y.. 12-18; Oneida, 14; Inter-national, Niagara Falls, 16-17.

Cherry Blossoms—Trenton, N. J., 8-10; Star,Brooklyn, N. Y„ 12-17. _„„

Darlings of Paris—Empire, Cleveland, 5-10;Erie, Pa., 12-18: Ashtabula, 14; Park,YoungBtown, 16-17. _ __.

Follies Of Pleasure—Savoy, Hamilton, Ont.,5-10; Cadillac. Detroit, Mich., 12-17.

French Frolics—Open 6-10; Englewood, Chl-

FroUcs' of 1916—Park, Youngatown, O., 8-10

;

Pcnn Circuit, 12-17.tmts_

Ginger Girls—Academy, Jersey City, 6-10

,

Gaiety, Philadelphia, 12-17. _Girls from Joyland—Terre Haute, Ind., 6-7

;

Gaiety, Chicago. 12-17. „_Girls from the Follies—Buckingham, Louis-

ville, 0-10; Lyceum, Columbus, O., 12-17.

Grownup Babies—Gaiety, Baltimore, 6-10;Philadelphia, 12-17.

.

Hello Girls—International, Niagara Falls,

N. Y., 8-10 : Star, Toronto, Ont, 12-17.

Hello Parle—Majestic, Bcranton, Pa., 6-10;Gaiety, Brooklyn, N. Y., 12-17.

High Life Girls—Star, Brooklyn, 6-10 : Holy-oke, Mass., 12-14; Springfield, 16-17.

Lady Buccaneers—Gaiety. Brooklyn, 6-10;Academy, Jersey City, it J,, 12-17.

Lid Litters—Penn. Circuit, 6>10 ; Gaiety, Bal-

Hllltary' Maids—Olympic, New York, 6-10

;

Majestic. Bcranton. Pa., 12-17.

Mischief Makers—Gaiety, Minneapolis, 5-io;

Star, 8L Paul, Minn- UtT,[onte Carlo Girls—Gaiety, Ml-.^Gaiety, Minneapolis, Minn., 12-17.-

South Bethlehem, Pa., 12: Easton. IS:Trenton. N. J., 1617.

Pat Wblte's— l'nlla., 6-10; Olympla, NewYork, 12-17.

Record Breakers—Century, Kansas City, 5-10,;

Standard, St. Louis, Mo., 12-17.September Morning Glories—Majestic, In-

dianapolis. 5-10; Buckingham. Louisville,Ky., 12-17.

Social FoUles— Standard, St. Louis, 5-10

;

Terre Haute, lud., 12-14.Tempters—Akron, 8-1D ; Empire, Cleveland,

O.. 12-17.Thoroughbreds—Star, St. Paul, 6-10; open

12-17; Kansas City, Mo., 19-24.Tourists—Phlla., 5-10 ; Mt. Carmel, Pa., 12 ;

Shenandoah, 12; Wilkesbarre, 14-17.TJ. S. Beauties—Lyceum, Columbus. O., 5-10

;

Newark. 0.. 12 ; Zanesvllle, 13 ; Canton, 14 ;

Akron, 18-17.

International Circuit

"Bringing Up Father"—New Orleans, 5-lo."Come Back to Erin"—National, Chicago,

5-10."Fraternity Boys and Girls"—Indianapolis,

"Fool There Was, A"—Castle So.., Boston,12-17.

"For the Man she Loved"—Omaha, Neb., 6-10."Girl Without a Chance"—Detroit, 6-10."Hans and Frltt"—Bronx, New York, 3-10."Hans and Fritz," No. 2 Co.—Nashville.

Tenn., 6-10."Her Unborn Child"—Albany. N. Y., 5-10."Her Unborn Child"—Worcester, Mass., 6-10.

"Her Unborn Child"—Des Moines, la.. 8-10."Her Unborn Child"—Kalamazoo. Mich., 7-8 ;

Saginaw, 9-10."Katzeojammer Kids"—Imperial, Chicago,

5-10."Little Women"—Orpheum, Phlla., 5-10."Little Girl In a Big City"—Lexington, New

York. B-10.Melville. Rose—Buffalo, N. Y„ 6-10; Pitts-

burgh, Pa., 12-17."Millionaire's Son and the Shop Girl"—Cleve-

land, O., 5-10."Mutt * Jeff's Wedding"—Pittsburgh, 5-10."Peg o' My Heart"—Kansas City, Mo., 5-10."Pedro the Italian"—Baltimore, 5-10.Sidney, George—8t. Louis, 5-10.Thurston—Camden, N. J., 6-10; Lexington,New York, 12-17.

"That Other Woman"—Richmond, Vs.. 5-10.

STOCK AND REPERTOIRE ROUTESPermanent and Traveling

Academy Players—Haverhill. Mass., Indef.American Players—Spokane, Wash., Indef.Academy Players—Halifax, N. S„ Can., Indef.Auditorium Players—Maiden, Mass., Indef.All Star Stock—New Bedford. Mass., Indef.Angell Stock (Joe Angell, mgr.)—Park,

Pittsburgh, Indef.Angell Stock No. 2 (Ike Jatras, mgr.)

—

Sharpsburg, Pa., Indef.Angell's Comedians (BUlle O. AngelO, mgr.)

Plggott. Ark.. 3-10.Balnbrldgc Players—Minneapolis, Indef.Bay ley. J. Wlllard, Players—Betolt, Wis., In-

Bishop. Chester, Players—Grand Rapids,Mich., Indef.

Bray, Thurman F., Stock—Columbus, O.,Indef.

Bunting, Emms, Stock—San Antonio, Tex.Bryant, Marguerite, Players—Empire, Pitts-

burgh, Indef.Brooklyn's Own Stock (Cbas. W. Daniels,

mgr.)—Grand O. II., Brooklyn, Indef.Benjamin, Jack. Stock—Sullna, Kan., Indef.Brooks, Jack, Stock—Green Bay. Wis.. Indef.Bybee, M. E.. Stock—Hutchinson, Kan., In-

def.Bishop Players—Oakland. Cal., indef.Byers, Fred, Stock (Fred A. Byers, mgr.)—

Morrison, Okla., 8-10.Butler, George. Stock—Johnsonburg, Pa.,

5-10; Vandcrgrift. 12-17.

Cornell-Price riayera—Tarentum. Pa., Indef.Compton-Plumb Stock (. H. Pinmb, mgr.)

—

Badne, Wis., Indef.Columbia Musical Stock—Oakland. Cal., Indef.Denham Stock—Denver, indef.Dublnsky Stock (Ed. Dublnsky, mgr.)—St.

Josepb, Mo., Indef.Demlng, Lawrence, Theatre Co.—Miles City,

Mont.. Indef.Davis, Walter. Stock (A. W. Friend, mgr.)—Hanover, Pa., 5-10: Ephrata, 12-17.Davis, Ches. M. C. Co.—line Bluff, Ark, 6-10.Eckbardt. Oliver, Players—Reglna. Saak.,

Can., Indef.Emerson Players—Lowell. Mass., Indef.Empire Players—Salem. Mass., Indef.Fifth Ave. Stock (Jacques E. Horn, mgr.)—

Fifth Ave., Brooklyn, Indef.Fleming, Alice, Stock—Portland, Ore., Indef.Cordtnlcr Bros. Stock—Ft Dodge. la.. In-

def.Hyperion Players—New Haven, Conn., Indef.Hathaway Players—Brockton, Mass., Indef.Home. Col. P. P.. Stock—Akron, O., Indef.Jewett. Henry. Players—Copley, Boston, in-

ner.Keith's Hudson Theatre, Stock—Union Hill,

N. J., indef.John G. & Little Fern Co. (John G. Rae,

mgr.)—Guymon; Okla., 12-17.Kelly Bros. Stock—Lansing, Mich., Indef.Knickerbocker Stock (Geo. Barbler, mgr.)

—

Knickerbocker, Phlla.. indef.Klark-Urban Stock—Newport, Va., 5-10.Lawrence, Del., Stock—Vancouver, Can.,

Indef.Lyric Theatre Stock—Bridgeport. • Conn..

indef.Lonergun Players (E. V. Phelan, mgr.)

—

Lynn., Mass., Indef.Lewln, Florence. Players (Hawkins A Klb-

bee, mgrs.)—Wichita. Kan., Indef.Ix>reh. Theo., Stock—Phoenix, Ariz., Indef.Morosco Stock—Los Angeles, Indef.McKlnley, Pattl, Players—Zanesvllle, O.,

Indef.Mozart Ployors—Klmlra. N. Y.. Indef.Nestell Players—Jefferson City, Mo., Indef.Northampton Flayers—Northampton, Mass.,

Indef.Naylor. Walter, Players—New Britain, Conn.,

Indef.New Strand Stock—Mobile, Ala., Indef.Norwood, Maude, Stock (Win. J. Nelson,

mgr.)—Oil City, Pa., Indef.NutPe Comedy Co.—PrattviUe, Ala., 6-10.Orpbeum Players—Reading. Pa., Indef.Overbolser Stock—Oklahoma City, Okla.,* Indef.Oliver, Otis, Players (Harry J. Wallace.

mgr.)—Richmond, Ind.. Indef.Opera Players—Kansas City, Mo., Indef.Princess Stock—Bloux City, la., indef.Players Stock—Players, St. Louis, Indef.Park. Edna. Stock—Tampa. Fla.. Indef.Poll Stock—Bcranton, Fa., Indef.Playhouse Players—Mt. Vernon, N. T., Indef.Poll Players—Poll's, Washington, Indef.Qw Maids M. C. Co.—Hutchinson. Kan..

Indef.Spooner, Cedl, Stock—Lawrence, Mass.,

Indcr.Shubert Stock—Milwaukee, Indef.Shubert Stock—SL Paul, Indef.Somcrvllte Theatre Players—Somervllle.

Mass., indef.St. Clair, Winifred Stock (Earl Sine, mgr.)

Paterson. N. J., Indef.Sherman Kelly Stock—Aberdeen, S. D.. 5.

Indef.Temple 8tock—Ft. Wayne, Ind., Indef.Taylor. Albert. 8tock^EI Paso. Tex., IndefTrumbull Players (Lawrence, R. Trumbull

mgr.)—Batavls, N. Y.. 6-10Van Dyke & Eaton Stock (F. Mack, mgr

)

—Tulsa, Okla., Indef.Wilkes Players—Seattle, Wash., indef.Wilkes Players—Salt Lake City. Utah.

Indef.Wilkes Musical Stock—Vancouver. Can..

Wadswprtb Dram. Stock (Edward Ornsteln.mgr.)—Toledo, O., Indef.

Wigwam Stock (Lander Stevens, mgr.)—SanKranclsco, indef.

Wallace, Chester. Players—Butler, Pa.,Indef.

Williams. Ed., Stock—Elkhart, Ind., indef.

COMPANIES IN TABLOID PLAYSat and Traveling

Ainlck's Pennant Winners (Jock Amlck, mgr.)—Danville, Va.. 6-10; Greensboro, N. C12-17.

"Around the Town"—Huntington, W. Va.,8-10.

"Blow Out, The"— Muncle. Ind., 8-10.Enterprise Stuck (Norman Htlyard, mgr.)

—

Chicago. Indef.Enterprise Stock No. 2 Co. (Norman 1111-

yard, mgr.)—Chicago, indef."Girl Worth While"—Lafayette, Ind., 8-10.Hyatt & l.cNore Miniature M. C. Co., |T.

II. Hyatt, mgr.)—Moose Jaw, Sask., Can..Indef. ,

Harris A Prey M. C. Co.—Minor, N. D.Indef. .

"He's in Again"—Lansing. Mich., 8-10.Lord & Vernon M. C. Co., Butler, Pa., indef.Morton's Kentucky Ilellca

—

Roseland Maids—Mansfield, O., 5-10; CanalDover. 12-17.

Rellly's. Foi. Globe Trotters— Ft. Dodge, la.,.1-10.

Suiodar Girls (Chas. L. Brlnkley, mgr.)

—

Durham, N. c , 5-10."Sunny Side of Broadway" (Boyle Wolfolk,

mgr.)—Bay City, Mich., 4-7 ; Battle Creek.8-10 : Jackson. 11-14 j Ann Arbor. 15-17.

"Suffragette Revue"—Peoria, III., 8-10.Tabarln Girls (Dave Newman, mgr.)—

Charlotte, N. C. 6-10."Vanity Fair." Wolfolk's (Jack Tralnor.mgr.)—Madison. Wis., 8-10; Itorkford, 111.,

12-14. *

Walker's Musical ft Lady Minstrels—Atlanta,Ga., 3-10; Greenville. S. C, 12-17.

MINSTRELSField's, Al G.—Independence, Kan., 7 ; Bar-

tlesville, Okla., 8; Tulsa, 0-10; Muskogee.12; Ft. Smith. Arte.. 12-14: McAlester.Okla.. IS: Okla. City. 18-18.

Huntington's, F. C. (J. W. West, mgr.)

—

Ybor City. Fla., 7; Plant City, 8; Lake-land, 9 ; Klsslromee, 10 ; Orlands, 12 ; San-ford, IS; Delsed, 14; Palatka. 15; Jack-sonville, 18 ; Waycross, Ga., 17.

O'Brien's, Nell, Minstrels (Oscar F. Hodge,mgr.)—Yazoo City. Mils., 7 : Greenwood,8 ; Clarksdale, 9 ; Memphis, Tenn., 10-11

;

Helena, Ark. 12; Greenville. Miss.. IS;Grenada, 14 ; Jackson, Tenn., 13 ; NashvtUe.16: Huntsvllle. Ala., 17.

CARNIVALSBarkoot, K. G„ Shows—Spartanburg, S. C,

5-10: Greenville, 12-17.Campbell's, H. W., United Shows—Hot

Springs. Ark.. 12-17.Great Wortbam Shows—El Poso, Tex., 5-10.Herbert Greater Shows—Columbia. 8. C.

10-17.Johnny J. Jones Shows—West Palm Beach,

Fla.. 6-10: Miami. 12-14.I.lttlejobn's United Shows—West Point, Oa„

17.

SUNDAY SHOW BILL MAY PASSTrenton, N. J., March 6.—It ia ex-

pected here that the Colgan bill, permitting

the opening of motion picture houses on

Sunday, will pass in the House of the NewJersey Legislature, and it is almost assured

that the Governor will aign the measure.

TRADE REVIEW SUED AGAINThe Motion Picture Stmt, as a corpora-

tion, last week began suit against the Ex-hibitor't Trade Review, as a corporation,

for the sum of $100,000 damages, for

alleged libel. »

Monte Carlo Girls—Gafety, Milwaukee, 6-10

:

Gaiety, Minneapolis, Minn- 12-17.-

Pacemakers—Worcester. 8-10; Amsterdam,N. Y., 12-18; Hudson, Schenectady, N. Y„14-17

Parisian Plirta—WUkesbarre, Pa„ 7-10;

An Immediate and PronouncedSuccess

CHARLES FRANK

Diamond6Albano

World's Greatest Dancing Harpist Chromatic Accordionist

Played Poll's Theatre, New Haven, Sunday, February 27th. Re-

engaged immediately for Bridgeport and return to Bijou, New Haven.

Booked solid to April 16th and with offers to follow. A novel,

artistic and entertaining specialty. Address all communications to

MARK MONROE, Representative303

i/a Putnam Bid*., NEW YORKTel. Bryant 1970 Regards to Law Graham

30 THE NEW YOKK CLIPPER3H 4

March 7, 1917

ALWAYS SOMETHING NEWBy CHAS. K. HARRIS and His Staff off Famous Writers

"Love Me All the Time". By JOS. E. HOWARD

"A Study In Black and White"By CHAS. K. HARRIS and LEO WOODS

"My Little China Doll"By VAN & SCHENCK and JACK YELLEN

"At the Hula-Hula Ball"By BILLY VANDERVEER

"Let Him Miss Y.u Just a Little Bit"(And He'll Think More of You)

Br CHAS. K. HARRIS and VAN & SCHENCK

39"You Came, You Saw, You ConqueredBr CHAS. K. HARRIS

"Come Back" (Let's Be Sweethearts Once More)Br CHAS. K. HARRIS

«It's a Long Long Time Since I've Been Home

By JOSEPHINE E. VAIL

71

"Love Me Little, Love Me Long"Br JOS. E. HOWARD

Abo the following standard song hits:

"All I Want Is a Cottage, Some Roses and You""The Story of a Soul*"Songs of Yesterday*J>1

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO

CHAS. K. HARRIS, Broadway and 47th Street, New York City

FOUR READINGSJust Finished Successful Orpheum Tour; Played Palace, N. Y.City Week Feb. 19th. Result—Booked Solid Until June 23dDirection PAT CASEY

ALBERT HAYNESAND HIS OWN COMPANY IN

CCI M 99

A Military Musical ComedyBOOK BY GRACE BRYAN LYRICS BY ALLEN LOWE

First Half—Proctor's 125th St.; Last Half—Proctor's Fifth Ave., N. Y.

MUSIC BY ALBERT VON TII.ZF.R

Dir. WM. LYKENS

NOVELTY, COMEDY SONG, SENSATION WITH LAUGHS, PUNCHPOSITIVE RIOT FOR ANY ACT

MALE OR FEMALETABS. PRODUCTIONS, CABARET I'M AFRAID CATCH LINES AND EXTRA

VERSES GALORENOVEL AND DIFFERENT

WILL L. LIVE.R~NA.SH 1YLU SI C CO ., Kansas City, Mo. ;

white for ballads and noueltt songs."I'POVCSSIONAL >F~iCtS N!J CENTRAL S7?:?.^ | \»'H EN I N KANSAS CITY CALL AM O H EAR TH EM

March 7, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 31

AFTER TONIGHTA "novelty" song that is a big hit everywhere and going bigger every day

(YOU WON'TFORGET ME)

By W. H. FARRELL

It's a song that is "different," unusual and out of the ordinary. A great ion( for •ingle, doubles, or a big number. You cannot male* a —1.4-Lr- in •ending' for itand nutting it in your act at once. Orchestrations ready in nil' key*. ' - •WAV IPhone: Bryant 7842 Vr

AND128 W. 48th St., bet. 6th and 7th Ave*., New York.

JACK DALY&BERLEW —Whizzing Whirlwind Wizards v '

r ^ -.

U..B. O. Time Direction, WENONAH M. TENNEY

ED. F. REYNARD PiwnU

BIANCAf. .j, In a.Sei-ie. of Dramatic,•"• '.

: »,.' Dance Poeine. '"'*»*.

Ml,IF BIANCA Presr tit.

ED..F. i.

The. Ventrilcxruial Comedian,m "BEFORE THE COURT."

RSs CLEVELANDWants The Best In VaudevilleSuite Z88, Ordway Bldg., M Market St.. NEWARK. NEW JERSEY. PHONE 15 MARKET

BUHLA PEARLA GARDEN SPOT ON ANY BILL

aroitrinrj Xorut Circuit Birrrtton, xetarfe Crag

MILLER & KENT(LATE OF VAUDEVILLE)

Beg to Announce that They Are Conducting

SCHULICH'S EXCLUSIVE SAMPLE STYLE SHOPCoat*, Suits, Dresses and Gown*

THEATRICAL PATRONAGE SOLICITED122 W. «4*Ii STREET - NEW YORK CITY

Juat the deg you want. All breeds, all ages aad at prices to suit everyom'i purse.

COLONIALDOG MARTNew York's Largest Dog Shop

41 West «fth St. (Just West of Thorlay's) Talaphona Bryant SUS

The quality of our stock, our courtesy to visitors aad the .sanitary condition ofOUT shop hsa earned u. an enviable repntation.

CENTRAL TRUNKS28 In., $13.00; 28 In., 114.00: 82 In., 815.00; 88 In., 818.00; 40 In.. S17.80. Otrena Trunk.. 24x18x18,111. bo. BUI Trunks. 30x28x18, Inside. 115.00. LItbo Trunin, 42^x28^x12, Inside, 818.00. Snipped onreceipt of 85, balance 0. 0. D„ except over 300 allies, then remit toe whole amount.

CENTRAL, TRUNK FACTORY. Bat. 1864. SIMONS A CO.. S. w cor. 7th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia.

ALLIANCE HOTEL258 West 44th Street, New York City

AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN. 45 Seconds from Broadway. Professional people willfind here high-class accommodations and senrice st reasonable prices. Tel. Bryant 6068.

TelephonesBryant I8S8-8IS1 "THE ADELAIDE" HALF BLOCK FROM

THE WHITE RATS754-750 Eighth Are., Bet. 46th and 47tb St.., One Block Wast of Broadway

8-4-8 Room Apartments, Completely Furaiahed far Housekeeping. Steam Heat. Bath, PhoneStrictly Prefeaalaaal MRS. OEO. HIEGEL. ManagerGEORGE DUGAS

THEATRICAL. MANAGER and PRODUCERNoblette. General Manager Fitzgerald Building, Room 412. 1482 Broadway, New York

Telephone Bryant 4407

TENNEYWrites the right kind of sets, sketches, and monologues, write to -That Play-wright That writes Playa That Play Right,'* aad ha will write to pat yon Isright. Don't wish for s good set, Oct him to write yon one. Correspondence so-

licited.

__ ALLEN SPENCER'TENNEY. MB Broadway. New Yorfc City

FRANK B0HM, Inc.Loo Edleman, Gen. Mgr. New York City

EMMA STEPHENSWho sang before Presi-

dent Wilson in Wash-ington last, week.

', ' t

She is now delighting,

audiences at the

COLONIAL

THEATREwith her- scintillating

personality and songs.

Enormous success No.

6—following three sing-

ing acts.

DirectionHARRY

FITZGERALD

JENIE JACOBS PRESENTSVirginia Jean

LEWIS-WHITEJust two girls trying to get along.

March 4th, Orpheum, Bklyn. March 12th, Bushwick, Bklyn.

CAMILLE PERS0NITHE "MADAM BUTTERFLY" OF VAUDEVILLE

SONG WRITERS^^^^Sm^MPERFORMERS ROBT. H. BRENNEN. 1433 Broadway, N. Y.

32 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 7, 1917

A REAL SONG introduced by TWO REAL BOYS in a

{?. . ms^y nn

THEATER

A riot every performance in "The Show of Wonders" at the Winter Garden

'Gene—HOWARD and HOWARD—Published by JAMES BROCKMAN MUSIC PUBLISHING CO., 145 West 45th St., New York City

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NOW AT THE 81stSTREET THEATREDirection J. M. ALLISON

FRANK BONDBusiness and Director; height 6 ft.;

age 30; weight 170.

ZORAIngenue and General Business; height S ft.;

weight 12S; age 24.

Wardrobe, appearances, ability. Address GRAND THEATRE, San Antonio, Texas.

WANTED --Repertoire and StockGood House, capacity 800, good business, factory town of 30,000, open time about

April 1st. Would also like to hear from first class Musical Stock. Those whowrote before please write again. J. C. GARNETTE, Crystal Theatre, Ander-son, Ind.

Warning! —Warning!THE WASHINGTON GRAY BAND is no mora, on account of introducers, imitators, defacers,misrepresenters, etc The name had to be changed and will be from now on (organized or not),the H. L SMITH BAND, or CABLE-SMITHBAND.You must understand that I have all rights reserved. Those that have copied, better come todaylight, or the attachment will be laid. I guarantee we will not use Baby Paste or BrimstoneGrease. H. I. SMITH, Virtuoso, Director and Manager, S24 Walnut Street, Allentown, Fa.

At Liberty After IVtarelr 5 -THANE EOWA.RDESJuvenile, light comedy, characters, dude, refined old men. Age 28, height 6 ft., weight 170.Excellent appearance, ability, wardrobe, sober and reliable. Rep. or Vaudeville preferred. Re-liable managers only. THANE EDWARDES, Mb, and Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.

At Liberty UARDA ZELLA SAYRELeads—2nd Bns—All essentials. 7751 S. Shore Drive, Chicago, 111. Responsible

. Mgrs. only.

WANTED FORIVI/VCK-IVITVE STOCK CO-

General Business Man and Woman. Youth, Appearance, Ability, Wardrobe, Specialties.Also Sensational Trap Drummer. Address, E. A. McNUTT, Week of 12th, Plattsmouth,Nebr.; Week of 5th, Guthrie Center, la.

WANTED AT ONCEFOR FRANCIS M. INGRAM CO!VIF»AIVYUnder Canvas. Second Business Man and Woman—with specialties. Light Comedian with Fea-ture Specialties. General Business and Character Man and Woman with Specialties. Note—Menmust be able to sing in quartette; state what yon sing. Specialty teams that can act givenpreference. Give every particular; send late photo; start rehearsals at' once. -Season of 27weeks—money sure—new classy outfit. Address FRANCIS M. INGRAM, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,care General Delivery.

TheTedDaUeyStockCo.—WANTSPeople in all lines. Musicians to double B. and O. Actors doing specialties or good band actors

given preference. Feature Vaudeville act to change nlgntly. Good, sober, reliable boss canvas man.Must know his business. Open under canvas May 1st. Long sore icitoo—7th big year. Repertoire ofstrong royalty plays. Week stands. Pay own. State all first letter. No time for correspondence.Send photos, programmes, etc. Will be returned. People who hare written before, write again. ForNo. 2 Company. Will buy at once for cash, complete tent outfit or part. What hare you to sell?

Address TED DATXBY, Box 87, Fremont, Nsbrsaka,

Wanted for Ginnivan Dramatic Co.Under canvas. Rehearsal April SI. All week stands. Tleary man. one that can direct. Man sodwoman (Ingenue and Comedian), with good specialties. Gen. Bns. man. People that can doable bandpreferred. Cornet and Trombone for B. & O. Piano player to double band. Tuba player. Must navegood wardrobe and ability. Addres* H0EKA GDfiiTVAN. 118 S. Euclid Ave., Dayton, Ohio.

BON TONSTOCK COMPANY, UNDER CANVAS, WANTSYoung Lc&ding Man, Man For Heavies, Young Second Business Woman for SomeLeads, General Business Man; Must Sing and Dance. Preference Given All LinesDoing Specialties. Long Season. Salary Absolutely Sure. Geo. Tappan, FlorenceFrey , Wire Quick. Show Opens March 26th. - Address Frank Young, Care ofMaceo Theatre, Tampa, Fla.

WANTEDfor the Walter Davis Stock Co.Specialty People who can play parts. Long engagement, good treatment,sure money. ADAM W. FRIEND, Manager, Hanover, Pa., March 5 to 10;Ephrata, Pa.. March 12 to 17.

^NTEDDRUMMER with tynpaal, bells and effects, also xylophone. CELLIST with real tone. OnlyFIRST-CLASS musicians considered. This is a regular engagement and is YEAR ROUND. Salary$20 per week, 7-piece orchestra. Feature picture theatre, 6 hours day. no Sunday work. Othermusicians write. State ALL, and when you can join. Will buy orchestrations of all kinds concertmusic Send list. Address MATT MANNIX, Mns. Dir.. Isis Theatre, Greensboro. K. C

Wanted for RepertoireWOMAN for. second business, not under 5-5 (some characters); prefer strong specialty.MAN for juveniles, gen. bus. Must do strong specialties or double orchestra. PIANOPLAYER (orch.) double slide trombone or other instrument- opening overtures. TRAPDRUMMER with full line of traps, including bells. _ Other useful people. All musicians mustbe sight renders. Actors doubling orchestra or doing real specialties preferred. Year roundwork here for real troupers who can stand prosperity. Sure salary (my twelfth year).Photos, programs, full particulars first letter. JOHN G. RAE, Guyrnon, Okla. (John G. &Little Fern Stock Co.).

Wanted—QuickComedian, seme general business. Woman for general business, some juveniles, heavies, char-

acters. Must be reliable and learn lines. Send late photo. Others please write. Flora Frost.

Jack Carrington write. Will be closed first rehearsal if you misrepresent. C A. BRAISTED,Boyce Players, General Delivery, McKeesport, Pa.

WANTED STOCK PEOPLEin all line*, must be young, good dressers on and off, comedian with strong lineof spec, scenic artist that can play parts when needed. Send late photo and pro-gram, two bub a week. Address W. W. RICHERDS, Lyric Theatre, Jamestown,N. T.

WANTED GOOD MUSICAL COMEDY PEOPLEGood chorus girl; leader: man with good voice for quartet and parts; can place good singingand dancing team immediately. Must have voices, wardrobe. Single and doable specialties,wire. Other good people write. Long season. GRACEY-CHRISTIE MUSICAL COMEDYCO. Week March 5, Lockhaven, Pa. ; week March 12, Rome, N. Y.

March 7, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 33

FILM BILLS DUEFOR HEARINGMARCH 21

WILL WATT FOR WHEELER REPORT

The bearing on the numerous motion pic-

tares Sunday closing bills, which was. scheduled to take place at Albany to-day

will not be held until March 21. A joint

meeting of the Senate and Assembly CodesCommittees will take place on that date,

and film bills introduced in both branches

of the Legislature will be considered.

The Wheeler motion picture investiga-

tion committee is to file its report with the

Legislature March 15, regarding the sub-

ject of imposing a tax upon the motion pic-

ture industry, and it was decided to post-

pone the hearing on the Sunday films until

after that date, under the belie/ that the

Wheeler committee might make recom-mendations affecting the subject of Sundaypictures.

The bills number about ten in all. All,

with one exception, add a clause to the

present Sunday observance law, to the

effect that "nothing in this law shall be

construed to prohibit the exhibition of mo-

tion pictures after 12 o'clock noon" on Sun-days. The one exception places the power

of decision as to whether or not motion pic-

tures may be shown on the Sabbath in the

hands of the municipalities.

The National Association of Motion Pic-

tures is planning to present a strong front

in the debate before t* e committee and will

not only appear in its own behalf, but will

be supported by the many social welfare

organizations which are in favor of the

Sunday motion picture show.The representation at the hearings is be-

ing arranged by Executive Secretary Fred-

erick H. Elliott of the National Associa-

tion, who plans a delegation to be headed

by William A. Brady, president of the asso-

ciation. Included in the party, which will

go to Albany in a special car, will be not

only prominent motion picture men, butalso representatives of the National Boardof Review, and those charitable and social

welfare bodies which have been such

strong supporters of the poor man's Sun-

day -recreation.~—

The party will also carry to Albany the

petition which has been -signed by manymotion picture patrons in practically every

theatre in the State, at the- instigation of

the slides Bent' out by the National Asso-

ciation and the Exhibitors' League. Thesepetitions are now being sent ill to the

headquarters in the Times Building and

may aggregate over a million signatures.

FRIEDMAN GOING WESTBenjamin Friedman, of the Friedman

Enterprises, Inc., plans to leave, shortly

on an extended trip through the West, to

personally direct a series of trade show-ings of "The Monnan Maid." Mr. Fried-

man believes this method of getting a film

before the exhibitors is highly efficient.

He will- give- showings in Chicago, Minne-apolis, Denver and San Francisco, and re-

ports unusual success in the disposition of

State rights territory.

George Gerhardt, a popular youngnewspaperman formerly of the New YorkJournal and The World has joined thepublicity forces of the Friedman Enter-

prises.

WOODS FILM CO. BORNAL8AUT, March 5.—The A. H. Woods

Picture Corporation of New York City,

authorized to manufacture and exhibit mo-tion picture films and to engage in a gen-

eral theatrical business, was incorporated

here Saturday for $1,000,000. The direc-

tors are A. H. Woods, Martin Herman andR. 3. Kohn of New York City.

PICKFORD SUED FOR $103,750

Cora C. Wilkening has brought suit inthe Supreme Court of New York againstMary Pickford for $103,750 and againstLily Langtry for $2,500. Mrs. Wilkeuiug,who conducts a managerial agency formotion picture players, declares that shehas an agreement with Mary Pickford toact as her general manager under whichshe is to be paid on a percentage basis.With Mrs. Langtry she claims the samekind of an agreement, and these form thebasis of her suits.

PATHS FRERES MGR. DROWNEDCedric Ivatts, who was drowned on the

lioconia when that vessel was sunk by aGerman submarine, was closely connectedwith Pathe Freres. Mr. Ivatts was thebrother of E. A. Ivatts, for many yearschairman of the board of directors ofPath* Freres in France, and was for sev-eral years the general manager of PatheCinema, Ltd., of London. He leaves awidow and two daughters who are en-gaged in ambulance work in France. Mr.Ivatts has recently been representingAmerican concerns in England.

K. E. S. E. ADDS TO PROGRAMThe Kleine-Edison-Selig-Essanay Service

will add to its program twelve additionalfeatures each year. Beginning April 2. this

organization will release a feature everyweek instead of the forty each year, andan occasional super-feature, which was cus-

tomary heretofore. Under the new plan anexhibitor may sign for a year's productionand be assured of a picture each week with-out a break. The twelve additional super-features which will be added to the regularservice will never be under five reels.

EXHIBITORS ENGAGE ONE CARRIERThe F. I. L. M. Club, consisting of most

of the managers of the important film ex-changes of the city, and the three metro-politan branches of the Exhibitors'League have agreed to allow a commoncarrier to undertake the shipment of all

films in Greater New York. The Pruden-tial Film Delivery Co. was engaged forthe work. It is expected the new arrange-ment will insure more prompt delivery andeliminate loss by theft.

MOSS SUING CONSOLIDATED CO.Sa>- Francisco, March 3.—B. S. Moss,

through his attorney here, has begun suit

against the Consolidated Film Co. for $10,-

000 damages, alleging infringement on bistwo pictures, "The Salamander" and "OneDay." The Consolidated exhibited the twofilms in local theatres and claim they werejustified in doing so as they purchased themfrom an independent concern who claimedto be rightfully handling the state rights.

UNIVERSAL HELPS SEEK GIRLAt the request of District Attorney

Swann the Universal Animated Weekly wasturned over to the authorities to aid in thesearch for Ruth Cruger, the young girl

who mysteriously disappeared from herhome recently. District Attorney Swannwrote the titles for the picture.

WHEELER TAXPROBE ISCONTINUED

SESSIONS RESUMED AT ALBANY

Further investigation of the motion pic-

ture industry with a view of determiningwhether or not it is subject to a state taxwas started yesterday at Albany. The de-cision to resume investigation followed aconference of the Wheeler legislative com-mittee which adopted lines along whichfurther investigation could be pursued.

This action waa expected several dayssooner, but, owing to the illness of HeserE. Wheeler, the committee's chairman, it

was not decided upon until a few days ago.Although nothing definite has as yet been

decided upon by the committee, it is ex-

pected that recommendations will be madeto impose a tax npon film manufacturersand distributors. It is understood, how-ever, that the motion picture exhibitors will

not be asked to pay revenue to the State.The committee will most likely report in

favor of a tax of so much per foot of film

on each positive print of a picture.While it is the belief of some of the

members of the committee that it might bepossible to levy a tax on film theatres, the

majority seem inclined to the belief that if

picture houses were subjected to such a tax,a similar tax would have to be imposedupon all other classes of theatres.

In another quarter there is a rumor tothe effect that the committee will finally de-

cide to establish the office of a state mo-tion picture commissioner, to be appointedby the Governor. This commissioner wouldhave the power to license motion pictureexchanges, subject to revocation if com-plaint is made by dry officials' regardingany picture that may be deemed unfit tobe shown to the public.

Yesterday's session was executive. Chair-man Wheeler intimated that other publichearings would be held and the examinn-tion of witnesses wonld be continued for anumber of days.

BRENON TO SCREEN "LONE WOLF"Herbert Brenon. whose second Selznick-

Picture. "The Eternal Sin," starring Flor-ence Reed, is almost ready for release, willbegin work at once on an adaptation ofLonis Joseph Vance's popular novel. "TheLone Wolf."

EMPIRE GETS STUDIOSThe Empire All Star Corp., recently or-

ganized by John R. Freuler, president ofthe Mutual Film Corp., and A If Hayman,representative of the Cbarlea Frobman Co.interests, hss acquired studios at Glendale,Long Island, and has installed a technicalstaff consisting of Frank Bereaford, studiomanager and technical director; ArthurEnglander, scenic artist: Arthur Peck,chief carpenter, and Harry Redmond, chiefelectrician.

SEMLER HAS NEW IDEABuoyed up by visions of a young for-

tune, John Semler has opened offices in theCandler Building and will undertake tomake movie heroes and heroines out ofall the blacksmiths and bricklayers,waitresses and kitchen maids that canshow the necessary long green. He sayshe has a complete studio for use in theeffort.

BUGIE WITH MAMMOTH CO.H. A. Bugie, for three years with George

Kleine, handling New Jersey and the Cin-cinnati and Philadelphia branches, hassevered his connections with the K-E-S-Eexchange to take charge of the State ofNew Jersey for the Mammoth Film Cor-poration.

VAN LOAN TO LEAD MARCHHerbert H. Van Loan, publicity director

of the Universal Film Manufacturing Co.,and Violet Mersereau have been selected to

lead the grand march at the carnival andball of the Brooklyn Motion Picture MutualAid Society in the Brooklyn Labor Lyceumon Sunday evening, April 8.

FOX SIGNS McCARRON'S CHILDEileen McCarron, the two-year-old

daughter of Chas. McCarron, the songwriter, has been engaged by the Fox FilmCorp. for several of their future film re-

leases. She is to have an important partin a future Suratt release.

ARBUCKLE IS DINEDPhiladelphia, March 3.—Roscoe Ar-

bucklc was feasted here last night as aguest of the Quaker City Exhibitors. Morethan three hundred and fifty film menwere present at the dinner.

MISS DALMORES IN WORLD FILMAimee Dalmores has begun work with

the World! Film Co. in its production of

"Mademoiselle Fifi," in which Alice Bradyis featured.

WANT WOMEN AS FILM CENSORSFollowing a theatre party at the Lyric

Theatre last Friday morning, the NewYork Theatre Club, Inc., discussed thequestion of censorship and issued a state-

ment advocating their belief that thewomen of the country and not the lawshould censor the motion pictures.

WILLIAM A. BRADYIn association with

WORLD PICTURESPresents

GAIL KANE"As Man Made Her"Cast including Frank Mill», Gerda Holmes, EdwardLangford.

Directed by George Archainbaud

Written by Helen Beare

CAREWE AT WORK AGAINEdwin Carewe, having fully recovered

after his recent operation, is again at his

post on the directorial staff of the MetroCorporation and will soon begin work on afeature with Ethel Barrymore.

BENJAMIN CHfAPINAuthor and Director General of

The Lincoln Cycle of PhotoplaysStudios and Executive Office* at Ridgefield Park, N. J.

34 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 7, 1917

ALBOLENEStefla Mayhew. JoaeCoBbu. tnex Ptamaur.Ceo. Morrison and a host of other star* of

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They say that it "is the best preparation

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Albolena u put up in t and a ounce tub**to fit the mike-up box: also in '•and i lb.

am. It may be had of most druggists amia mai—r-up. SampleJrt* on request*

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we are not dependent on foreignauppliea. All shipments can he madepromptly. WB ARE THE- LARGESTMANUFACTURERS AND DIS-TRIBUTORS OF PHOTO-HANDLEDKNIVES FOR PUNCH BOARDSAND RAFFLE CARDS IN THEUNITED STATES. Write OS andwe will see that yon are promptlysupplied. Aak for catalogue andterma today.

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McNALLY'S BULLETINEverything New. Bright and OrigmaJ

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A COMEDY SKETCH, Entitled "ANXIOUSTO GET RICH." It's the FUNNIESTSKETCH In Vaudeville.

MnNALLY'B MERRY MINSTRELS. Con-alatlng of ell corking FIRST PARTS, end-ing with a screaming Finale. "NOTGUILTY."

A TABLOID COMEDY AID BTrRIXSaUE,entitled "IT"8 YOUH WIFE": also hnn-dred* of Croaa-Flre Gaga and Jokes andadditional Comedy Surprises. Rememberthe price Of McNALLY'S BULLETIN No.2 Is only ONE DOLLAR per copy, withmoney-back guarantee.

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BIG REVIEWColumbia Theatre Bulldine, New York

BOOKED SOLID UNTIL in

Al Harris * Grace LymanA VERITABLE PAIR

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MADISON'S BUDGET_j aa A hook of comedy material 1NA In *m proud to be the author of.-***»* *v MADISON'S BUDGET No. 16contain* 12 original monologues, 8 great actafor two male* and 7 for male and female, abright Irish act for three people, 20 sure-Oreparodies. 4 professional minstrel first-part*.

a screaming tabloid comedy, entitled "HaysMercy, Judge"; also bundreda of nifty gagaand funny sidewalk bits. Remember the priceof MADISON'S BUDGBT No. 16 la only ONMDOLLAR: or for II.BO I will aend BUDGETNos. IB and 16. JAMES MADISON, 1081Third Avenue. Haw York.

THEATRES AND PRODUCTIONS,VAUDEVILLE ACTS EQUIPPEDNew and Second Hand Scenery — Stock

MURRAY HILL SCENIC STUDIOColumbia Theatre BIdg., 47th A Broadway

Tel. Bryant 1243 Tom Creamer, MgT.

Telephone 1635 Bryant

Standard Kennelsus West ana St, New York

All Breeds at Reasonable Prices

Fox Terriers furnished by this Kennel forthe Lillian Dog- Act and Dassl

at the Hippodrome.

Fluhrer & Fluhrer"Araraws warkktr. thank your

Man with capital to backup sonfjwriring team; andform music publishing

company. Address

MURRAY R.TANNENHOLZ22M Mermaid Ave. Coney Island

ANITA STEWART HAS BREAKDOWNBat Shore, L. I., March 3.—Anita

Stewart, who with Douglas .Fairbanks led

tie grand march' at ' the Brooklyn Exhibi-tors' anriualball at Coney Island Wednes-day night, and collapsed Immediately after-

ward, is resting at her home here, suffering?

from a nervous breakdown.

Telephones—5233-6641 Bryant.

liberty Construction Co.F. O'ROURKE AND P. LBNNON.

New and Second Hand SCENERY, PROPERTIES,AND LUMBER. STAGE ELECTRIC-

APPLIANCES.Liberty Theatre, Wl West 47th St., New YorkEverything used by "Birth of a Nation" and

"Intolerance" furnished by a*.

PLAYSLarge List ofNew Proles-

.

siona I andAmateur Plays. Vaudeville Sketch*es. Stage Monologues. New Min-strel Material. Jokes, Band-BooksOperetta*, Folk Dane**, MusicalPieces, Special Entertainment*.

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Tableaux. Dribs, Wig*, Beard*. Creue Paint* andOther Make. up Good*. CATALOGUE FREE.T. S. DENIaON & CO- DEFT. 17. CHICAGO

Hartsdale Canine CemeteryINTERMENT FOR ANIMALS

Office, 12* Wast ZSth St, New York CityTelephone 9809—Farragnt.

Illustrated Catalogue mailed upon request

Buell Scenic Co.CT/BTAnrS — VAUDEVILLE — PRODUCTIONS

Boom 320, Knickerbocker Theatre Building.Nsw York.

10c—FOR ALL THIS-40l4 Sketches. 1 Monolog, 2 Recitations. S Parodies

and 00 Oar*, Comic wants, etc., with Money BackGuarantee! Other material. Catalog and testi-

monials for (tamp. MARY THAYER, S100 Breed

36 PARODIES 25 CENTSSura rtn Kind, on lata

tssl sUlV THAYE1. 2130 tn_t tt. Piwl*—is. §k I.

Pbona 1826 GreeleyREISER'SAnte Thearjloal Transfer Co., *T( Wast Mth St.

Long and short distance moving. Day and nightservice. If we take order we get you there.

griTAiFPV,*-^Productions, Vaudeville, Tabloids, Dyes orWater Colors. High grade, exclusive in de-sign at lowest prices. BOHME STUDIOS, litBerry Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.

VENmoaui-r.Taught Almost Anyone at Home. Small cnat. Sendtoday Z-.-*»n. ntampfnr Dartirnlnmnnd prooL0. A. SaUTM. Rata 536, 823 Mffrif* St, rawla. III.

KING'S UNITED SHOWSWant Show*, Concessions, Rides. Offices 701

Seventh Ave., New York.

WE INVITE OFFERSfor spring and summer season. Good all-roundCharacter Comedy; S. A D. Sketch team; sober,

reliable. Go anywhere. Join any show that paysmoney. TED *Y MAE GOODWIN, o/o Show,Wonewoc, Wl*.

DOM I PNO Will prepare you for stagea*\/au aWaa.lu"**' al,d screen. Classes con-stantly forming. We guarantee positions tograduates free. All branches of Dancing andActing taught. Reasonable rates. 14s WestMth Street, New York. Bryant 1194.

WANTED— CURVED MIRROR FORAMUSEMENT CONCESSION.

Advise kind and size of what you have.Box No. 4, care of Clipper.

Leading Lady, Juvenile Woman, Agent,Dramatic people in all lines wanted. State age,height, weight. Clever amateurs write. Willconsider partnership with 2 clever people. Nomoney necessary. FRANCIS GARDNER. Gen.DeL, Pittsburgh. Pa.

MARY GARDEN SAILSMary Garden sailed last week for Vigo,

Spain, -on the Spanish liner Alfonso XII.on ber way to Paris, where she ia to act in"Thaia". for the movies.

"CIVILIZATION" IN HONOLULUHonolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 27,—"Civiliia-

tion," the Ince cinema spectacle whichopened last week at the Opera House, hascaptured the public, and will stay indefin-

nitely.

JACK WALSH CLOSES WITH SHOWBiLLiN08, Okla., March 3.—Jack R.

Walsh has closed as promoter with theGoodman Greater Shows, and is at hishome here on account of the illness of hisbrother.

NESBIT AND SON FOR PICTUREJoseph Schenck is making arrangements

to. present Evelyn Ncsbit and her son, Rus-sell Thaw, in a photoplay.

H. H. BILLING— AT LIBERTY —

after March 10, go anywhere. Heavies or Char-acters. Ref. or stock preferred. Write or wire,Centropolis Hotel, Kansas City, Mo.

TRICK UNICYCLISTWanted, to join act at once. State all.

Address H. A. TOURNY, 64. EastNewton St, Boston, Mass.

Wanted—Heavy ManFive feet eight, or over; double piano or handlestage. Other useful peopleBYERS, Morrison, Okla, March 8-10; Hominy,

lie write. FREDa. muiuggn, uviii, jdhch d-iu

Okla., March 11-13; Cleveland, Old14-16,

March

AT LIBERTYAfter March 17 on account of company closing.

MARGARET RAGANLeada or Second Business. Address Johnson-burg, Pa., March 5 and week; Vandergrift,Pa., March 12 and week, care Geo. Butler Co.

COSTUMESFor Sale. lOOChoms Sets, __** (mOmS0LASET FIRE AND ELECTRICAL

DANCE—Novel, Beautiful. Everything com-plete, 6 trunks of materiaLTHE BEAuTLTuX PONY "DON"—Talk-

ins and pink out marvaL Faat, sura worker.Will aall or Isaas to responsible party.SMALL L'ESCHELLE—With BSt and

tigging* compl*t*.PAIS SOMAN LADDERS— Laverldgs

board and Pedestal*. Other shew piouaitj .

8*11 oUesp.

J. W. Gorman's Amassment Attraction*, Inc.

100 B0YLSTON ST., BOSTON.

nVT fsDsfsD*S 16 X 20 webbed tup, 4 in."a- Barge.*_»- **S pocket on bottom, paint-ed to your order, 610.00. Satisfaction guaranteed.62.00 deposit with order. BAY VTEW SCENICCO., Box 607, Bay City, Mich.

WANTED arjlCK To hear from parties Lavingtent outfit for sale; must be complete with seats,stage, scenery, and in good shape; will pay cash,but price must be reasonable. WALTER SLODES-BECK, Kgr. Stock Co., JonssVoro, Indiana.__ ______

Tabloids, Sketches,etc., to order. Ad-dress ALICEHOWLAND, X7Z8 Eddy Street, Chicago.

Bailey Studios (Scenery)Hlgh-Grad* Scenery, at Bottom Pra—

1W-. *J. DAIR, D.V. S.CANINE SPECIALIST

67 West Forty-Siith StreetNEW YORK, N. Y.

PLAYS

March 7, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 35

Deliveries of Costumes, Tights and WigsIjUlLlV We are Mannfaclnrers g^tj^r «a.^^^^^^^^ Oar Rental Department Contain* Over 5,vM ContumM.

NOW READY! Jack Weber's Minstrel Joke BookNo. 1. A Big Hit. 25c Postpaid

We carry lour complete line* of Make UpCHICAGO COSTUME WORKS {5TE. ggrSLIg CHICAGO, U. S. A.

FOR STOCK, REPERTOIRE, AMATEUR COMPANIESLARGEST ASSORTMENT IN THE WORLD. Book* for homeamusement, Negro Plays, Paper, Scenery, Mrs. Jarley'e WaxWorks. Catalogue Free! Free) Free!

SAMUEL FRENCH, 2S West »tb St., New YorkPLAYS

Taylors No. 2 Circus Regular Trunk

The Circus trunk with no regrets.

Has been used by performers for overfifty years. Start the season with answ Taylor Circus Trunk and you will

have no trunk worries.

Send for Sew 1917 Catalogue

C. A. TAYLOR TRUNK WORKS«7S N. Hoisted St, Chicago, 111.

zu W. 44th St, New York, N. Y.

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New Victoria HotelIN NEW YORK &n?a^&a?3145 to 155 West 47th Street

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ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF3S0 ROOMS 3S0 PRIVATE BATHS

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Now at Columbia Theatre Bids.. New YorkPhone Bryant 1243

For Ten Years at the Hurray Hill

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Til* only auccr«ral portablt. Carry U« All on the,

market. And the greatest money maker In the

imuirment world. Write for facta and ficTxrea.

C. W. PARKER. Leavenworth. Kae,

TIGHTSCotton Tlibti, rcry rood quality,

a pair 90c worsted Tlehts.

medium welsh t, $2.00 a pair.

Worsted Tlsbts, hear/ welshl,

$2.79 a pair. Imported silk

plslted Ucbtl. In brlcht Rs4 sodgolden Brown, only la. 50 spair, Stlkollns Tlsbts la ancolon, $2.50 s pair. Deary T5per cent. Imported sua tlsbts.

In brttht red only, reduced from18.00 to (4.00 a pair, railliters Sblrts to match Ufststsame pries ss tlgbta. Orders

flllcd promptly. Clipper Catslof

free on sppllestlon.

BERNARD MANDI.210-212 W. MADISON ST. CHICAGO, ILL

WARDROBE PROPTRUNKS, $S.OO

Big Bargain. Have been used. Also a lewSecond Hand Innovation and Fibre Ward-robe Trunks. $10 and til A few extra UrgeProperty Trunks. Also old Taylor Trunksand Bal Trunks. „ . __Parlor Floor, IS W. Slst St-. New York City

B B & B Special

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Chicago: Marahall Field ft Co. $40.00Send for Catalogue

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PLAYSVAUDEVILLE ACTS, ETCN. Y. PLAY BUREAU, Tre-mont Theatre, N.Stamp for catalog.

dry.

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HENRY L. GEBHARDTTHEATRICAL FBOPEBTTES

439-436 West 48nd St. New York

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NOW READYTHE | CLIPPERRED BOOKAND DATE BOOKFor Season 1916-1917

It contains the names and addresses of Man-agers, Vaudeville and Dramatic Agents is NewYork, Chicago, Boston. Philadelphia Pitta.burgh, San Francisco, Canada; MUtfe Pob-lisherst Theatrical Clubs and Societies! Mov-ing Picture Firms, and other information.Sent only oa receipt of 2c. stamp, accom-

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The Beat 50c. Dinner in New YorkC. A. HOLLiNGSWORTH New York City

SCRIPTS: Tab., Mus. Comedy, S3each, 3 for $5. Book of

Bits $5. List for stamp. Typewriters, Blickslike new, $10. cases included. Coronas, etc.H. J. ASHTON. S17 N. Clark St, Chicago.St., Providence, K. 1.

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STAGE TRAININGDrses. Cease,. Vsasrrllls. Stass Dut-ies ssi Paste Play Tssibt Technical

and Practical Courses. Celebrities whostudied under Mr. AMena: Annette Kol-lermsnn. Nora Bares. Basel Dawn.Joseph Ssntley. Barry Plleer. MBaDsile. tlsry Fuller, Dolly Shorn, TaylorHolmes. Vlflaa Prescott. Eleanor Painterand ethers. Write for estalofns sssa-

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astrsnes 223 W. BTtb St.. Nee Task.

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ATTRACTIONS!Minstrels, Stock Companies, Repertoires,Burlesque, Dramatic and Musical ComedyRepresenting Trsveling Combinations. At-tractions Routed and Booked—1 Night, 3 Nightand Week Stands. CRITERION BOOKINGEXCHANGE, Suite (W, Columbia TheatreBuilding, B'way and 47th St, New York City.

TIGHTSSilk Opera Hose and Stockings

ABO OCa SPECIALTIES

QUALITY PRICES tie°I.OWl»TGold and Silver Brocades, Bilks,

Theatrical Jewelry, Bpaaglse, Eta.Gold and BUver Trimmings.

Wigs, Beards and all Ooods xbsauioai.Catalogues and Samples upon request-

When asking for Catalogue, please mentionwhat goods are wanted.

SIEGMAN & WEIL8. W. Cor. tTth Bt. and Madison Ave.

THE) THEATRICAL SUPPLY EMPORIUM

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CONSISTING OF THREE £8 z 42 SHEETS FLATSnail Anoint Dlislay Hatter.

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C L_. I -P -P E R.BUSINESS INDEXAdvertisements not exceeding one line in

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this index, at the rate of $10 for one year (52

issues). A copy of The New .York Clipper

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CHEWING GUM-BALL—CANDY COATEDToledo Chewing Gum Co, factories Bldg,

Toledo, O.LAWYERC

F. L. Boyd, Attorney, 17 N. La Salle St.,

E 1 AC|fe

Kr?10 South La Salle St., Chicago, III.

MUSiC COMPOSED. ARRANGED..Chas. L Lewis, 429 Richmond St., Cincinnati,

°SCENERY AND SCENIC PAINTERS.Howard Tuttle, 141 Burleigh St, Milwaukee,

Wis.

SCHELL'S SCENIC STUDIOlg|.sej.eo| South High St, Columbus, O.SCENERY FOR HIRE AND SALE

Amelia Grain, 810 Spring Garden St, Philadel-

phia, Pa, -__v SONG BOOKS.Wm W. Delaney, 117 Park Row, New York.

STAGE LIGHT EFFECTS. LAMPS

Newton Art Works? 305 W. 15th St, New York.TENTS.

. ... .

I C Coss Co, 10 Atwater St, Detroit, Mich.THEATRICAL GOODS.

Boston Regalia Co, 387 Washington St, Bos-

ton. ^^TIUCAL HARDWARE.Graves Hardware Co, 47 Eliot bt, Boston,

M""THEATRICAL PROPERTIES

E. Walker, 309 W. 39th St, New York.TRANSFERS. _ _ ,

Walton. 455 W. 33d St, N. Y. 1179 Greeley.

VENTRILOQUIST FIGURES.Ben Hobson. "J10 Prospect Ave, N. Y. C.

BILLY CARTERWrites playlets and everything else—ss cent songs

—for vsudsvllls. MARLOWE THEATRE old

and Stewart. Chicago.

TOUPEES, GREASEPAINTS, ETC

A. M. BUCH 4k CO.lit N. Ninth St, Philadelphia

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WON'T YOU

TO LOVE YOU?Lyric by Joe Goodwin. Music by Jimmy Monaco.

Read the lyric and then you'll know why it will be the biggest ballad hit since "That's How I Need You" by the same author.

FIRST VERSEAll of the poor have a chance to grow rich.

All of the weak to grow strong;Most everyone, under the ranHas a chalice to be right when they're wrong;Everyone, dear, has a chance, you'll agree;Why can't it be so frith me?

CHORUSThe rain gives the flowers a chance to grow; The sky, way up high, gives the sunlight a

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__ , , „ We re glad when it comes shining through;There are chances for all, ^j the Lord up Bbove gBVC u, oor chance toFor the great ana the small; love;

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UNIONS MAKEDEMAND ON

LOEWWANT CREWS MEMBERS OF LOCALS

Following the convention of the Inter-

national Alliance of Theatrical Stage Em-ployees in Cleveland, where the adjustmentof differences existing between the mu-sicians, stage hands, electricians and mo-tion picture operators, affiliated with or-

ganized labor, and theatre managers, wasdiscussed, notice was served on the Loewtheatres last week that they must man all

of their houses with union men. The no-tice was served prior to the outbreak ofthe White Rats strike in the Loew the-

atres, and the heads of the various locals

state that they have no intention of enter-

ing the White Bats fight with the Loewinterests.

A meeting of the union heads and Loewofficials was held in the Loew office yester-

day afternoon. Considerable parleying tookplace daring the conference, each side stat-

ing its position. At the conclusion all thosewho participated seemed to be quite satis-fied, bat would not discuss the matter.

It was learned, however, that the Loewpeople had agreed to grant the requests ofthe union men and enter into a contractwith them for the manning of all their the-

atres with anion crews and musicians underthe condition that the unions do not takeissue against the Loew people by joiningthe White Rats. It was declared that thisproposition was acceptable to the unionheads.The differences that were thrashed out

yesterday afternoon between the unionmen and the Loew people have existed forseveral years. The union men have insistedthat all the Loew houses be manned byunion employees. Mr. Schenck, who repre-sented the Loew concern, always told theanions that there were a great many ofthe theatres on the Loew circuit of whichthey did not have control, as outside in-terests held the majority of the stock inthese houses. He, however, told the unionrepresentatives that he would do every-thing possible to get the owners of thesetheatres to employ union help.Conferences have been held almost

monthly with Mr. Schenck for the pastthree yean regarding this subject, but noconclusion was arrived at.

After. all of the delegates had returnedfrom the I. A. T. S. E. convention a meet-ing of the business agents of the variouslocals was held, at wMch it was decided toput the issue up to the Loew people forimmediate action. Ed Porter, head of theMusicians' Union, notified the Loew peo-ple that if they did not agree by noon last

Saturday to employ union men in all oftheir theatres or those affiliated with thecircuit that the members of this unionwould give their two weeks notice to themanagement last Monday.The stage hands, electricians and motion

picture operators who are aligned withthe musicians through a labor tradescouncil were to abide by the decision inthe matter of the musicians it was agreed.As the White Rats strike situation came

up Thursday, the Loew people were un-able to arrange for a conference with theunion men last week.

ARTISTS WONT AID RATSAt an informal meeting of the Interna-

tional ' Artists' League last Saturdaynight, held for the purpose of decidingwhether or not the League should lend itssupport to the White Bats in their pres-ent strike, it was decided that the organi-zation would remain inactive in the mat-ter. There was considerable discussion onthe question before it was put to a voteand it seemed to be the consensus of opin-ion that as the Rats have never takenthe Artists' League very seriously, therewas no reason for giving the strikers sup-port. The decision to remain neutral inthe matter was carried by a large vote.

"DIAMOND JIM" PATRIOTICAtlantic City, N. J., March. 12.

—

"Diamond Jim" Brady has given AtlanticCity something new to talk about since heappeared in an open-front wicker limousinewearing the most costly American flag evermade. It measures two inches one wayand three the other. The base of theflag is platinum. The stars are diamondsset in a bed of sapphires. The white stripesare worked ont in square cut diamonds,while the red stripes are made up of rubies.

JACKSON RETURNS TO LYRICBen H. Jackson, who was managing the

Lyric Theatre for William Fox duringthe showing of the film, "A Daughter ofthe Gods," and was recently sent to Bos-ton for the premiere of that picture there,returned to the Lyric Theatre on Sundayand is directing "The Honor System"there.

PLIMMER IS "NEUTRAL"A statement was current along Broad-

way Monday that Walter Plimmer wouldbook only White Rats acts at the theatreshe supplied with performers. This he de-nied, saying that he was neutral in thetrouble and would book any turn that wasacceptable to the managers of his houses.

BYRNE TO BOOK RATSByrne & Kirby, who book several small

houses in New England, issued a statementMonday that in booking they would showpreference to all White Rats performers in

good standing and under no considerationbook any acts which were on the "scablist" of the White Rats.

HEBREW TRADES HEAR RAT PLEAAfter listening to an appeal by Harry

Mountford, the United Hebrew Trades last

Monday night appointed a committee of

five members with full power to indorseand co-operate with the White Rats in

their strike in the LoeW houses.

A . L. WILBUR IS ILL

Boston. Mass., March 12.—A. L. Wil-bur is seriously ill at his home here. Heis associated with the Shuberts in themanagement of the Majestic and WilburTheatres here.

SHOW GIRLS IN RAIDED HOTELBaltimore, Md., March 12.—The Savoy

Hotel, a stopping place for chorus girls in

the burlesque shows, was raided early yes-terday morning by the police. A dozenmen and women were arrested.

TENLEY ON FOLLIES CIRCUIT"Seeing New York" will be the title of

the Elmer Tenley production on the RushCircuit of Follies. Mr. Tenley will also

stage the production on Rush's new the-

atre in New York this summer.

WHITE RATS STRIKE IN

POU CIRCUIT HOUSESActs Walk Out in Waterbury, Bridgeport and Hartford, but

Other Houses Axe Not Affected, Though Ail

Performers Are Approached

New Haven, March 12.—The WhiteRats organization attempted to pull astrike tonight on the entire Poli Circuit

of vaudeville theatres in New England andPennsylvania. The effort, however, onlymet with half-hearted success, some acts

leaving the bill, but others refusing to doBO.

At Poll's Bridgeport theatre, Jim Marco,one of the White Bats directors came onfrom New York to take charge of the situa-

tion. He approached many performers as

they were entering the theatre and finally

persuaded May Mat-win to walk ont. Shenotified the manager of her intentions andleft for New York, with Marco.

Chas. Mack & Co., and Tillyou & Ward,were the performers to answer the call of

the Rats in the Waterbury house.

Both of the Poli houses in Hartford lost

two acts from their bills. Williams &Held and Collins & Lloyd left the bill at

Poli's and Stackpole & Meyer and John-son, Howard & Lizette left the bill at the

Palace.Efforts were made to get the performers

to walk ont in New Haven, Providenceand Worcester, but none of them answeredthe —31 of the organizers and pickets.

S. Z. Poli was at his home here whenword was conveyed to him of the attempt.

He immediately got into touch with his

other houses and learned the conditions

that existed in those places. He then Im-

mediately got into touch with the UnitedBooking office in New York, where his

representative, J. H. Alonzo, immediately

procured acts to replace the strikers. Theturns that were secured are Julia Ed-wards, Lester & Reilly, "In Mexico,"Oallando, The Nine Berber Arabs andMabel McDonald. They arrived at their

destinations tonight in time to appear at

the last performance.All of the performers worked the mat-

inee shows here this afternoon without

any indication of trouble. However, up-

on their return for the evening show some

of the acts informed the stage managersof the various houses that they would notwork as they were White Rats. Wordwas conveyed to the house managers andthe strikers were immediately escortedfrom the theatres after preenring their be-

longings.Efforts were made to picket the various

houses tonight, but none of the businesswas interfered with.

ACTS REFUSE TO QUITScranton, Pa., March 12.—Strikes

called by organizers for the White Ratsat the Poli vaudeville theatres in Scrantonand WUkes-Barre tonight, failed to get anyof the acts oil the stage in either house.The organizers said after the theatres hadclosed for the night that they expect tohave two acta Join the strike in Scrantontomorrow, but the managers of the Polihouses here and in Wllkes-Barre declaredthat all their acts have promised to fulfill

their three-day bookings, which end Wed-nesday night.

The Catherine Crawford Fashion act,

Poli headliner here, stuck to a woman andMisa Crawford and her girls refused totalk to the organizers. George Kingsbury,former minstrel man and until last weekon the vaudeville circuit, is in charge ofthe situation here for the White Rats. Hejumped his act in New Bedford, Mass-last week, he said, when the house therewas struck.

Sylvester Poli has a stock company herein a theatre he owns, but the White Ratorganizers have not asked the stock per-formers to join their strike.

Early tonight the organizers issued astatement that two Poli acts bad walkedout, but the actors did not live up to thestatement.

Kingsbury has already solicited the aidof the local labor organizations for thestrike and meetings are to be arranged in

a day or two. He said he is also arrang-ing to picket the theatres in the two cities.

THEATRE FOR STATEN ISLANDA company capitalized at $100,000 has

been formed to build and operate a big

playhouse on Beach Street, Stapleton,

Staten Island. It will have a seating ca-

pacity of 2.000 in the main building with

a roof garden inclosed in glass. Messrs.Johnson & Moses, owners of other lead-

ing theatres on the Island, are back of

the new venture.

FRIARS' HALLMAN MARRIEDWilliam L. Wilson, head hallman at the

Friars' Club, is wearing a face wreathed

in smiles since his marriage last week to

Garnette M. Thomas, of Pittsburgh.

WESTERN MANAGERS IN TOWNPeter McCourt, of Denver, and Calvin

Heilig, of the Heilig Theatre, Portland,

Ore., are in town on business connected

with their theatres.

LOEWS DO BETTER THIS TIMEThe basket ball team of the Marcus

Loew Booking Offices defeated the RutgersBasketball Club by a score of 20 to 12at the Loew Gymnasium last Wednesdaynight. The Loew team was comprised ofChas. Moscowitz, Moe Schenck, Abe Fried-maun, Alec. Hanlon and Sol Turek. Theplaying of Hanlon and Turek was a fea-

ture of the game. After the contest adance and entertainment was given atwhich two hundred guests were enter-

tained.

BLANCHARD TRIAL SETThe trial of Charles Blanchard, vaude-

ville agent, accused of accepting more thanthe legal fee from an actor, has been setfor April 25 in the Special Sessions Court.Harry Saks Hechheimer has been appoint-ed Blanchard's attorney and is preparinga defence.

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WHITE RATS EXTEND ?THEIR -

STRIKE IN LOEW HOUSES

Few Acts on Bflb in Hazelton, Erie, Providence, Baltimore androw *u»^RocheUc Walk Out; Managers Quickly Fill

Vacancies and Continue Shows 1

The attempt of the White Bats to tie np

the vaudeville theatre, of New York was

farther extended on the Loew carcuitJfcm-

day, when acta refused to work in Hasd-

ton, and Brie, Pa., Providence. H. L. Bal-

timore, New KocheUe, and a number of

the Loew honaea in Brooklyn.

The "flm_word reccedJ* *~J»i

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Indfand'aatod to be excus

^"to^Haaelton, when,the"^^the Loew house there called up •»*•»«?

Z5k Joe Scbenck spoke to Mr. Breenwort Joe °"""

~rmaded him to letover the wire and fM'JJ Tbilithe three children of the act work. J-nw

"••S^JrA the manager of theShortly arterware, . . * fll)1» Res-

theatre again

gie Iia Connte,

Newsboya

^Ued and stated that Bes-

Pisano A Bingham, The

Sextette and the Six Stylish

Schenck apoke

ffifflfSiS o^e^nebnt-eheSrnaedto listen to hia request, saying- 1

"STwUta Bat and will not wort

Willy Zimmerman and the Stroua ±™w^LJ^AiT*c.U sent there and appeared

am

were immediately sent there

SfttTmatinee in place |« *»f|*»Martyn & Florence who were jettt to

Baltimore on ou""«j --= -•d

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theatre Monday and «"**£*bodily^t0 Tt?y"e«Vpircerry.an extra

ScTwhic? had been sent there in case of

emergency.

Kello and Kelly Quit

The acts that refused to work to Provi

Sere sen?f^Bo^o^e their places

Tto house which only runs three acts and

t£lfi!?££Z* the striker*

All ™rts of excuses were concocted -by

Jtam^wto were scheduled to play the

w«w York and Brooklyn houses. Many °'

fhem^fe^ed, sudden mness,£«^reluctant to receive any excuse what

f*& to appear. Their places were un-

mediately nDed^emergency acts

At the Bijou, Brooklyn, Tyler ft Sinclair

were the ones to balk. . .

The Telegraph Trio refused to work at

the De Kalb Theatre, in Brooklyn.

The Boulevard had two refusals, The

Temule Quartette, and Armstrong ft roru.TTS Aerial Eddys balked at the Greeley

Square and Mullen & Rogers at the De-

fence? Street Theatre.

Lyrlca ReaBy m.Lyrica called the Loew office and stated

ahe was very ill and a physician was sent

to her home, where he verified her asser-

The Van Camps appeared at the Na-

tional, but were not permitted to go on.

No explanation was given for. their can-

cellation. .

Will Morrisey. who was to have gone

on at the Toronto (Canada) Theatre, ap-

peared and presented a physician's cer-

tificates but the house manager refused to

accept H, telling him to play or be can-

celled. He refused, however.

The Gordon" Family, who were to haveappeared at the Palace, Brooklyn, called

the office and stated, one of the women in

the act had lost her'"false" teeth and they

could not appear. This being an acrobatic

turn it waa placed on the undesirable list.

It waa stated at the Loew offices Mon-day that Harry Mountford had sent tele-

grams to Alexander Pantages, in Seattle,

G. H. Miles, to Cleveland, and Mr. Newton,

of The Palace Theatre, Erie, to the effect

that if they did not sever their relations

with the Loew Circuit he would order astrike in their theatres. Monday the only

house affected waa the Palace, in Erie,

where one act walked out.

Chaa, Bipbrna ti, the legitimate and mo-tion picture star, who is filling an engage-

ment at the various Loew bouses to

Brooklyn and New York by a personal

appearance with pictures in which he is

starred, called the Loew offices and stated

he had received a telegram signed HarryMountford, saying, "Dont be a strike

breaker." He asked to know what it

meant and, after explanations were madeto him by the Loew offices, filled his en-

gagement at the various houses.

Emergency Acta Seady.

At the Loew offices a number of acts

have been kept to emergency since the

beginning of the trouble. These have been

despatched to various houses from time to

time as they were needed. All of these

acts while unemployed are receiving half-

salary.

White Bats pickets were very busy in-

tercepting actors going into the PutnamBuilding on Monday. Many of them cameinto the offices of agents and declared they

were threatened with bodily violence andharm if they went to work. The police

were immediately communicated with andtwo men have been patrolling up and downin front of the building keeping all strag-

glers moving.The Loew people had Pinkerton men dis-

tributed about the floors of the building

and wherever they saw any person in-

clined to make trouble, escorted them from

the building.All day Monday two motor cycle police-

men to civilian clothes were stationed in

front of the Palace Theatre building.

It waa expected that considerable trouble

would develop at the American Theatre

when Jack Wilson appeared Monday after-

noon and the house was heavily policed.

Early to the day it was said that, as

Wilson was a life member of the WhiteRats, every member of the organization

would make an effort to prevent his ap-

pearance. A rumor was current along

Broadway early in the afternoon that he

had been kidnapped by the White Rata.^

However, he appeared to time for his

turn and declared to Manager Pottsdam

that he had been intercepted by membersof the White Rats and told that if he ap-

peared he would be pulled from the stage.

The manager, however, told him that he

need have no fear as every conceivable

form of protection would be afforded him.

Upon hia first appearance Wilson was abit nervous but had recovered his com-posure for the night show.

Striking Acta Tabooed.

It was stated by General ManagerSchenck on Monday night that all acts

which failed to appear for work on Mon-day would receive no . audience in theoffice nor would they be able to obtain

employment on the circuit in the. future.

Jake Lubta and Sol Turik. who are in

charge of the books, prepared lists of these

acts and supplied them to all of the

agents.It was thought that trouble would arise

on Monday night in some of the Loew

houses and ponsibly in the jVjxr'-M5a*-.end

Keeney theatres. All pt the agents ware

kept in the office until S p. to., hut as no

further move had been made by that time V

left for their homes. However, Sol Turik

and Abe Freidman were left to the office

for night duty to case any trouble should

arise out of town. All of the emergency

acta were quartered to a nearby hotel to

case of 'necessity.'•" '"/'',

..: White Bats sympathisers were" to tie

audience Monday night at the. Greeley

Square and the Lincoln Square theatres

and biased and called at' several acta on

the bill. The disturbers-"were ejected.

' Sunday was a very busy' day at the

Loew houses. All of the staff* doors were

guarded by Pinkerton men and only per.

sons sponsored by the house managerswere admitted back atage. White Ratspickets hovered about the theatres all day

long and, when the performers left for

their meals, they were escorted by the

Pinkerton men to and from the restaurant.

After the evening performance, all ofthe acts that were to play out-of-town

Loew houses were taken to automobiles to

the Pennsylvania and Grand Central

depots by agents of the Loew offices and

put on their trains. Pinkerton men ac-

companied them to see that they were not

disturbed until they arrived at their

destination.

Managers Are Watchful.

N. T. Granlund, publicity director of theLoew Circuit had charge of the partythat departed from the Pennsylvaniadepot. The men who accompanied the

actors to the Grand Central station wereJake Lubto, Sol Turik, Abe Thalbeimer,

Lou Edelman, Mark Levy, Abe Freidman,Harry Shea and Max Oberndorf. . Therewas also a delegation of United Bookingoffice agents on hand to see their acts off

on the same train. J. J. Murdock and PatCasey headed the united delegation. Whilethe performers were waiting for the train.

Mrs. Sidney Baxter, who walked out of

the Lincoln Square Theatre, was in thedepot offering tickets for sale for theWhite Rats ball. There were seventy-five

acts which left on this train. Amongthem were twenty ' emergency turns.

Saturday night at the American Theatrea letter was received by Mr. and Mrs.Courtis, who appeared in the sketch, "TheMaster Move." The letter was in anenvelope said to come from a Mrs. Smithon Southern Boulevard. When opened, the

signature of Harry Mountford was foundappended to the epistle. The contents

stated that he, Mountford, knew they wereWhite Rats and, as such, they should nottake the place of another act on the bill.

It stated that if they did not walk outimmediately word would be conveyed tothe Loew people that they were WhiteRats agitators and that it would not bewell for them. It also told them thatLoew was just using them and when theygot through they would have no work.

It was stated at the Loew offices thatthey were aware of the fact that Mr. andMrs. Courtis had been members of theWhite Rats, but had renounced their

affiliations. It was also said that thecouple had an eight-week contract previouato the trouble and would be kept at work.They are to Baltimore this week.A letter addressed to Arthur Lipson, at

the American Theatre, where he took theplace of one of the strikers, was receivedSaturday to an envelope of the NationalVaudeville Artists. The letter was signed

by Eddie Clark, one of the InternationalVice-Presidents of the White Rata. Its

contents were: "Friend Scab! .You are atraitor. You expect to get' a job with aBroadway show, nit! Your chances arekilled, as are those of all scabs andtraitors."

Lipson Gets Route.

Lipson said that he bad an agreementwith Clark to appear in "You're In Love"and that he was to have gone into re-hearsal Monday. However, the deal waacalled off after the receipt of the. letter

and Lipson was given a new route for areturn over the Loew Circuit.

At the American Theatre Saturday nightseveral.' attempts were made by "WhiteRate sympathizers to interrupt ' the

. per-formance. They were' -detected- by the

house employees and ejected -from the

theatre? . ~Jt V ' * '_>-"! V. i --

The whole trouble started Thursday eve-

ning when deputy^ organizers, pickets andether workers -were dispatched by Mount-ford, with sealed orders^ to -the various

theatres 4>n the Loew Circuit to New York,Brooklyn, New Jersey and New Rochelle.

When they- arrived at the houses, whichwas shortly before o'clock, they exam-toed their, instructions and found theywere delegated to- go into the various the-

atres under any possible subterfuge andinstruct the-artists there to walk out prior

to the giving of the evening show. Everypossible means to get back stage was em-ployed, the organizers in some cases pre

-

senting cards of various concerns andnewspapers which do business with per-

formers. Thus, to a good many theatres

they received permission from managers to

interview the performers back stage.

However, to a number of houses they wereunable to get back stage and, conse-

quently, were compelled to wait outside

and intercept the performers on their wayto and from supper.

Rata Were Ejected.

Mart M. Fuller, a brother of the late

George Fuller Golden, who, several monthsago was employed on a theatrical news-paper as a solicitor, presented a card ofthe newspaper at the National Theatreand obtained access to the stage. He hadinterviewed five of the acta- on the bill

when his purpose was detected by one ofthe stage crew. His immediate ejectmentfollowed. Several other emissaries of theRats were likewise ejected from theatreswhen the purpose of their visit wasbrought to the attention of the house em-ployees and managers. A half dozen Ratsagitators, headed by Jim Marco, hoveredabout the American Theatre for severalhours attempting to get in touch withthe performers on the bill. The purposeof their visit was called to the attentionof Manager Chas. Pottsdam, and he withseveral house employees "shooed" themaway.At the beginning of the evening per-

formance in the American Theatre ; theorchestra, was playing the music for theappearance of the Piser & Le Beck actwhen those performers informed the stagemanager that they would not go on. He,to turn, told Manager Pottsdam. Themanager came back stage and told the per-formers that if any of them were WhiteRats or to sympathy with the cause tbeyshould declare themselves then and there.Walsh, Lynch ft Co. and Leonard ft

Hall, who were on the bill, answered thatthey would also quit, whereupon the man-ager ordered them to immediately gettheir street clothes on and leave the the-atre. Instead of doing so, however, theyhovered about the stage and attempted topersuade other performers on the bill towalk out. House employees then persuad-ed them to don their street attire asquickly as possible, after which they wereescorted from the theatre. They ' weregreeted on the sidewalk by a delegationof White Rats pickets and sympathizersand cheered as martyrs of the cause. Laterthey were escorted to the White Rataclubhouse, where a reception was tenderedthem by the members.

Secured New Acta.

In the meantime Manager Pottsdam gotinto touch with General Manager NicholasM. Schenck, of the Loew Circuit, and to-formed him of the situation. The latterimmediately went to the Lincoln SquareTheatre, where he established headquar-ters. Pottsdam then got into touch withseveral acts through agents, and waseasily able to give his full show that nightwithout further disturbance.Before the performance started Hoey ft

Lee had reported sick, and the White Ratstried to convey the impression that thereason they did so was because they weremembers of the organization, and thatwaa their means of showing they were onstrike. However, Harry Lee appeared atthe theatre when the trouble started andtold Manager Pottsdam that he was will-ing to go on and- do a stogie until 'hispartner, Chaa. Hoey, was physically' ableto appear, as he waa suffering from a badattack of the grippe. - •*••.' -..-

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March 14, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

BOSTON STRIKE

NOW INVOLVES8 THEATRES

15 ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE

Boston, Mass., March 12.—The strike

oJ the White Rats Actors' Union and As-sociated Actresses of America, .was ex-

tended to three additional, itheatres here

the latter part of last week and the first

of this week, malting eight local playhouses

now involved in the dispute existing be-

tween the White Rate and. the New Eng-land Vaudeville Managers' Protective As-sociation. .

Since the extension of the strike to Mar-cus LoeWs Orpheum and Globe, on Wash-ington Street, and tfle St. James on Hunt-ington Avenue, the pickets of the WhiteRats have been exceptionally busy at these

theatres and fifteen additional arrests havebeen made by the police on charges of"sauntering and loitering" and "disturbing

the peace."

Of the fifteen new arrests made, eight

were taken into custody in Hamilton Place,

one of the entrances to the Orpheum,which is a" private way. In view of this

the police of the City Hall Avenne Sta-

tion ruled that the pickets have no right

to use "even peaceful persuasion" onprivate ground. A ruling by the court in

connection with the police contention is

looked for the latter part of this week, as

all of the new cases have been postponedfor a later hearing in the City Police

Court, because of the new situation raised

by the police edict.

The strike was extended to the Orpheumand the St. James Thursday noon and to

the Globe, Sunday night. Managers of

these houses declare that none of their

acts have been affected by the spread. Infront of the Washington Street entrance

of the Orpheum patrons and shoppers are

entertained afternoon and evening and the

pickets at this playhouse are now resort-

ing to "explaining their entire case" whilemoving up and down the sidewalk in the

"seven minutes of grace" allowed themunder the "sauntering and loitering" ordi-

nance,

A sign over the ticket office in the lobbyof the Orpheum attracts considerable at-

tention and may be indirectly the meansof "stirring up" the other unions of the-

atrical workers. It declares that the WhiteRate Actors' Union comprises only a small

percentage of the profession ; that themanagement did business with the union ofthe National Vaudeville Artiste; thattheir musicians, stage employees and mov-ing picture operators are union men be-

longing to the American Federation of

Labor and the Boston Central Labor Un-ion.

As all theatres in Boston affiliated withthe New England Vaudeville Managers'Protective Association have been placed onthe "unfair to labor list" of the BostonCentral Labor Union the executive boardof the Central body held a special meet-ing Sunday afternoon at Wells MemorialBuilding, at which plans were outlined

for bringing about a new alignment of theunions of other theatrical workers in thehope of inducing union musicians, stage

employees and moving picture operators to

"use their best influence*' and the "pres-sure necessary" to bring about an amicableadjustment of the strike,'* , '

Although members of the C. L. U.'s ex-ecutive board were rather reticent aboutmaking their plans public at this particulartime, . until they have . an opportunity ofgetting their machinery actually working-It was Intimated that "something definite"

may be looked for the latter part of this

week or the first of next, which win eitherhave a tendency to adjust the presenttrouble, or lead to more general organisedstrike.

President Fitzpatrick declares that he is

willing, to arbitrate, or do any sane orsensible thing to adjust the present strikesin the theatres here, Lynn and ia Haver-hill.

"

RECRUITING FROM STAGENewpokt, R. -W March 10.—Lieutenant

Walter. B. Decker, U. S. N., attached, to

the Naval Training Station here, today an-nounced-, that he;, would, appear on the

vaudeville stage in pursuance of a plan to

stimulate the enlistment in the naval serv-

ice. Twice a day for the first three daysof next.^week Lieutenant Decker will speakon preparedness from the stage of a 'vaude-

ville theatre in Providence, at the Regularperformances, and will urge men to .enlist

for Naval .Reserve duty. ~\.

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.APPEAL REAM CASE "?:

Albans, N, X.', March 12.—An; appeal

from tlididf ablins of Justice Borst deciding

that Eleanor Davidson, an actress, andLouis Ream are still husband and wifewas filed yesterday by Ream's attorneys.

Saratoga society circles were surprised re-

cently when Justice Borst set aside a pre-

vious decree annulling the marriage of the

Davidson girl to Ream.

PICKETS BUSYAT CHICAGO

;.. HOUSESBUT ONLY ONE ACT WALKS OUT

WINS SUIT

PLAY DATE DESPITE WRECKDakvtxxe, Tn

, March 7.—The Broad-way Models of Hugo Jensen's "FashionShop" took a long trip overland recently.

A freight wreck threatened to be the causeof their missing a matinee, so Erl Corr,

manager; piled them into two automobileswhich traveled sixty miles. It was afrozen bunch of beauties that landed atDanville.

HERMAN MANAGING REVUELew Herman, who has had out "Peck's

Bad Boy" for the past few years, is nowconnected with Pepple & Greenwald, pro-ducing girl acts. He is manager of the"Song and Dance" Revue of 1917, play-

ing only W. V. M. A. and U. B. O. time.The Revue is booked solid until June,1917.

JACK ROSENTHAL'S SONG"We're Glad We Got Yon Mr. Wilson"

was the big hit of "Alone At Last," at the

Bronx Opera House last week. The songid by yonng Jack Rosenthal, and his par-

ents, Jake Rosenthal and Katherine Oster-

man, are very proud of his success. Thesong is published by The William JeromeCorp. •-

SHUBERTS NAME NEW THEATREThe Messrs. Shubert will name one of

the new playhouses to be built by them in

the plot adjoining the Shubert Theatre in

West Forty-fourth Street the "IntimateTheatre." It will be devoted wholly tomusical plays of the "intimate" type.

BOSTON OPERA PROSPEROUSSaw Francisco, March 7.—The Boston

National Grand Opera Co. closed last Sat-

urday night an engagement of six nights

and three matinees, playing to over $50,-

000.

GROSSMITH HAS MEASLESLawrence Grossmith, the English

comedian appearing in "Love o' Mike,"was taken ill with measles last Friday andwill be out of the cast for a couple of

weeks.

BERNHARDT ILL AT SAVOYSarah Bernhardt is HI at the Savoy Ho-

tel and immediate engagements have been

cancelled. Her condition is not considered

serious, bnt she wiQ take a much-neededrest.

BRIGHTON TO OPEN MAY 21On May 21. the Brighton Theatre, will

open for the season with big time vaude-ville. Johnny Collins will book the houseand George Robinson will be house man-ager.

CHAS. WARD SERIOUSLY ILLCharles B. Ward, known twenty-five

years ago in vaudeville as the "BoweryBoy," is seriously ill at Roosevelt Hos-pital. Just prior to his illness he and his

wife did a double.

HUEDLANDER LEAVING CHICAGOChicago, March 12.—William B. Fried-

lander is to leave Chicago and make Usheadquarters in New York.

Chicago, I1L, March 12.—Although con-

siderable trouble was expected when astrike of the White Rate was called here

on Thursday, only one act walked out.

That was the Four Dannbes who walkedout today during the morning rehearsal.

At the other houses, everything la quiet,

and the shows are running along smoothlyexcept for the picketing that is being done.Pickets can be seen busily working at the

Windsor, Lincoln, Hippodrome, KedateAvenue and Academy Theatres, distribut-

ing hand-bills and declaiming to patrons

that the houses are unfair. Many pickets

have been arrested.

Cora Youngblood Carson, head of the

Associated Actresses of America, who ar-

rived here about a month ago from Okla-homa City, led the pickets at the Lincoln

Theatre on Thursday night, followed byMay McBride, Fern Seneff, Gladys Crooks,

Grace Acton, Hattie Acton, Ida Mundelland Ethel Haitt. They were taken to the

Sheffield Station and later released onbonds.Sunday the picketing was very active

and many arrests were made. Cora Car-son and her followers were rearrested at

the Kedzie. Other arrests included : DaisyGlynn and May Young at the WindsorTheatre; Theodore Peters, Marvel Roser,

Mathew Roser and Louis Rollo at the

Academy.The managers tried to frustrate the at-

tempts of the pickets by endeavoring to

obtain a general injunction this morningagainst picketing, but failed in their at-

tempt. Picketing continued today, andtonight six pickets were arrested at the

Avenue Theatre and two at the Windsor.The claims of the pickets that the W.

V. M. A. houses are unfair has caused the

managers of some of the houses to flash

moving picture slides denying the unfair

allegation. In the denial, it is claimed bythe managers that they employ union labor

throughout.The White Rats enthusiasts claim a big

Chicago tieup will occur within two weeks.

They claim that, with so many acta beingsent out of Chicago to the Eastern "battle-

ground." a local strike will result in a big

victory.

Ernest Carr, secretary and treasurer of

the Rats, arrived here today and will prob-

ably take charge of the local situation.

Joe Birnes made a wire public today,

which states that Sarah Bernhardt re-

fused to play witV non-union performers

on a bill at Haverhill. Mass. Press re-

ports, however,. attribute Bernhardfs non-

appearance at Haverhill to Illness.

The Federation of Labor held a meetingyesterday behind closed doors. What wasdone there was shrouded In mystery. Thereseems to be no evidence that union labor

is supporting the Rats other than an in-

cident that occurred at the Academy of

Music, when Manager Joe Pilerim asked

a stranger if a picket had told him not

to patronise the house. The stranger

claimed to be the secretary of the Federa-

tion of Labor and said he had ordered the

strike.

The total picketing arrests to date num-ber nearly 100. _•.- .,-,-,

ZANFT TO TAKE RESTJohn Zanft, general manager of the

Wm. Fox Circuit of theatres, suffering

from a nervous breakdown, has been com-pelled by his physician to take a rest.

He left for Lakewood, N. J., Monday, andwill remain 'there for about two weeks.

Since assuming charge of the Fox Cir-

cuit of theatres Mr. Zanft has been un-able to get an opportunity to take avacation. In addition to the managementof aTi' the theatres. Zanft has also hadcharge of the exploitation of Fox special

feature films, which include the Keller-

maun picture and "The Honor System."

^ Balttmobsv March 12.—Tha action In-stituted here' about a year ago by JacobGoldenberg , and Garnet Y. Clark against

the Columbian Amusement Co., in con-nection with the proposed sale of the stock

owned . by the company in the AmericanBurlesque Association, Inc.. to MichaelMuller, came up for trial last Thursday,March 8, 1917, before Judge Rose in theDistrict Court of the United States, andcounsel for the complainants asked leave

to dismiss their bill of complaint, whichwas done, resulting in a victory for theColumbia Amusement Co. ' Messrs. Scrib-

ncr, Mack and Hynlcka of the Columbiawho 'were' in attendance to testify' were notcalled. Leon Laaki represented the Colum-bia. Amusement Co.

HAMNER l.F.ASRS ACADEMYLtnchbubg. Vav March 12.-—Following

the re-election of Charles M. Gnggenheuneras president of the Academy of Music Com-pany, the theatre has been leased to RolandT. Hamner for a period of two years. Mr.Gaggenbeimer was responsible for the re-

habilitation of the Academy after -its de-struction by fire six years ago and bis in-

terest in the house has contributed in alarge measure to its success. Hamner was•placed in charge September 25, 1816, andup until the time he secured the lease hehas been operating the Academy for thedirectors under Mr. Guggenhelmer's super-vision.

PENN. WANTS TICKET TAXPnTT.AngT.PWTA, March 13.—The State of

Pennsylvania needs more revenue and themembers of the Legislature having the mat-ter in charge are devising a scheme where-by the theatre ticket will provide somefunds for the lean State Treasury. Theidea being worked out is a stamp tax thatwill hit all places of amusement, even to

the extent of the humble five-cent movie.It is estimated that a revenue of over$1,000,000 can be obtained if the measuregoes through.

RAE ELEANOR BALLOn the front page of this issue is an ex-

cellent likeness of Rae Eleanor Ball, aviolinist of great ability. She is called the"Princess of the Violin," and lives up to

this title. She has a fine stage presence.

Is an artiste to her finger tips, and is fnll

of personality. She plays classical musicand her work is away from that usually

presented by the vaudeville' violinist.

She is now playing the leading vaude-ville houses on the big circuit on whichshe Is well booked op.

GOURAND PROTEGE FOR STAGEYvonne Gourand, Mrs. Jackson-Gour-

and'a foster daughter, will make her debutupon the stage at the Winter Garden when"The Passing Show of 1917" is producedearly the coming Summer.

NUCOLS ENCAGED BY LUBELSKISeattle, Wash., March 8.—J. R. Nu-

eols, a theatrical manager well known in

the Northwest, has been engaged as assist-

ant to Manager Henry Lubelski at the

Tivoli.

NEW THEATRE FOR LA GRANDELa Grande, Ore., March 8.—A new the-

atre will be built in this dry by Meyers &Leltner, of the Arcade Theatre;'-: It will

have ample stage utilities for vaudeville

and road attractions.

JACK MORRISSEY MARRIEDJack Morrissey, the stampede rider, and

Mrs. Jean Berzac. former wife of Cliff

Beriac, of Berzac'a Circus were married

Monday morning at the City HaH. -

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WILLIAM JENNY DEADTerse Haute, Tnd., March 10.—William

Jenny, aged forty-four, well-known stag*

hand and former treasurer of Torre HauteLocal 49 I. A. T. S. E, died Tuesday.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1917

CHARGES TABCO. WITHPIRACY

WANTS "SMART SHOP" ROYALTIES

Ogden, Utah., March-12.—Theatrical

piracy is charged against the managementof "The Smart Shop," a vaudeville tab act

now playing the Pantages Circuit, by Man-ager Joseph Goss of the Orpheum Theatre

of Ogden, one of the Pantages Circui t's

bouses. ru - -

Manager Gosa_.bas just returned fromButte, Mont., -where "The Smart Shop" has

been playing at the Ansonia Theatre. Theplay in its original form was produced at

the Orpheum Theatre in Ogden, and Man-ager Goes claims that he bought all rights

to it. Manager Goas later sold the produc-

ing rights to Roland and Howard, pro-

ducers, of Chicago.Learning that "The Smart Shop" was

playing at Butte, the Ogden man wentthere, and in company with his attorney,

manuscript in hand, visited the AnsoniaTheatre, where the tabloid was being

shown. His investigation convincing_him

that the play being produced was the iden-

tical one to which he claims to be entitled

to royalties, Goss served notice on the

Pantages Vaudeville Circuit; the Ansonia

Theatrical Co. and its manager, Philip

Levy, and the producers, Roland and How-ard, that legal steps would be taken to

force the closing of "The Smart Shop."

UNITED BOOKS NEW HOUSEAugusta, Ga., March 12.—Commencing

today, the Grand Theatre win be added to

the chain of theatres in the South offering

vaudeville booked through the UnitedOffices. It is intended to present a split-

week policy, with three shows a day, con-

sisting of five acts, and a Triangle comedy.

As the road attractions play this house,

the acts will lay off when there is atraveling attraction in town. The Grandis under the management of James Tant,

and the direction of Jake Wells.

TANGO SHOE" CAST ENTERTAINEDThe members of the "Tango Shoes" act,

including Jane Tarr, Leda Welmore, Mrs.

Bert Cole, Bert Cole, Charles Kelly andCapt. Jack Mullen, were recently enter-

tained at a special invitation dinner given

by Kate Price at the Seminole Hotel, Jack-

sonville, Fla.

LOEW GETS ANOTHER HOUSEBirmingham, Ala., March 12.—The

Bijou Theatre in this city has been closed

in order to make alterations. It will be

made over for the Loew interests. Thisconcern will open here about Easter.

LEON HAHN MARRIEDJessie Hayward and Leon Hahn were

married recently in Brooklyn. They are

playing "The Quitter," a comedy sketch,

and have been out West two years.

GREAT CARTER ON MOSS TIMEThe Great Carter will make his first

appearance in New York, after a tour

of the world, at Moss' Jefferson Theatretomorrow.

BUTTE TO HAVE NEW THEATREButte, Mont., March 12.—Ackennan &

Harris have announced that they will build

a new vaudeville theatre in Butte this year

at a cost of $250,000.

ISABEL IRVING FOR VAUDE.Isabel Irving is to appear in vaudeville,

reviving "A Woman Intervenes," by J.

Hartley Manners.

BETTY BOND IN NEW ACTBetty Bond is being presented in a,

new act entitled "Five Flights of MusicalComedy," with special scenery and gownsdesigned by Mme. Hammer. Charles Mc-Carron, who has embarked in the produc-ing field, has written the numbers and is

producing the skit.

"THE FINISH" HAS PREMIEREHabtfobd, Conn., March 8.—A new

playlet, "The Finish," nad its tryout atPoli's and is now on the road. The castincludes William Harrigan, Ed Haverlyand Georgie Drew Mendum. It was writ-

ten by James Madison and is staged byGeorge E. Lask.

WALLIS CLARK IN VAUDEWallis dark will shortly appear in

vaudeville in a comedy sketch entitled

"After Fifty Years," by T. W. Gibson.The tour will be under the direction ofAugustin Glassmire, and will be bookedby M. S. Bentham.

BENEFIT FOR NEEDHAMM. J. Needham, who was obliged to

close with "Tango Shoes" owing to illness

which required serious operations, will

have a benefit at Clayton's Academy,Philadelphia, April 18. He is recoveringvery Blowly.

ORCHESTRA LEADER FILLS PLACEDue to the sickness of Katherine Mur-

ray's pianist, the orchestra leader, Mr.Zwerling, of the Jamaica Theatre went onthe stage last week and filled the position.

FELIX HAS NEW ACTGeorge Felix and Doll Girls have com-

bined for vaudeville in an act called "Mis-ter Tite." The new turn win be openedMarch 12. Frank Evans win handle the trio.

ELLIOTT & MULLEN SPLITThe team of Elliott & Mullen, which

have been touring the Loew Circuit, haveseparated. Each is seeking a new partnerto again return to vaudeville.

KITTY WATSON ILLKitty Watson of the Watson sisters,

who canceled bookings to attend their sick

mother, is ill with diphtheria at the WandeHospital, Buffalo, N. Y.

WEST & CROSS FORM TEAMIrene West, of Norton & West, and

Charles Cross, of Cross & Mooney, are re-

hearsing a new singing and dancing act

for vaudeville.

RICHMAN AT LOEW HOUSESCharles Kichman, now starring in "The

Secret Kingdom," is appearing at theLoew theatres in Greater New York this

week in person.

NEW BOOKING FIRM STARTSNat Osborne and Leo Edwards have

opened offices in the Columbia Theatrebuilding. This new partnership will bookand produce acts.

EVELYN OXLEY FOR VAUDE.Evelyn Oxley and Vera Evelyn have

forsaken cabaret work to return to vaude-ville and will open at the Royal March 26.

RAYMOND TO TRY VAUDE.Al Raymond, who is now working in the

Garden Cafe cabaret; wfll soon be seen onthe vaudevflle boards in a single.

BILLY BERNARD MARRIEDGeraldine Coffman and Billy Bernard, of

Bernard and Janis, were married last

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CAMILLE PERSONI"The Madame Butterfly" of Vaudeville,

Playing the T.»«.Hng VaudevHIe Circuit*

ACTORS' SERVICE SUNDAYThe March service of the New York

Chapter of the Actors' Church Alliance will

be held next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock

at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. TheScripture Lessons will be read by GeorgeArlisa and Frederic Warde and the sermonwill be by the Rev. John S. Height, for-merly of the dramatic profession and nowcurate of St. Andrew's Church. Besidesthe magnificent vested choir, there will bespecial music by soloists.

PANTAGES HOUSE TO OPENVancouver, B. C., March 8.—The finish-

ishing touches are being put to the NewAlex. Pantages Theatre in this city andwork has so far progressed that from head-quarters comes the announcement that it

win open on April 2. The Tacoma addition

to the Pantages Circuit wfll be opened afew weeks later.

FOX POSTPONES NEW THEATREWilliam Fox has indefinitely postponed

the erection of his new theatre on 14thStreet, awaiting the decision of the Cityof New York to continue Irving Place,

which would necessitate the tearing downof the City Theatre.

HAS ANNIVERSARY BILLThis is a gala week at the Palace, Port

Richmond, Staten Island, and a programof eight acts is being offered besides thefeature films, including Tatria."

NEW HOUSE TO REPLACE STARCleveland, O., March 13.—The Star

Theatre here will be replaced by a newhouse, work to start on it at the close of

the present season.

GUY BROS. OPEN IN APRILGuy Brothers Minstrels win reopen their

tour in April.

FISHER EXTENDS HIS ROUTINGSPocatello. Idaho, March 8.—The Prin-

cess Theatre here has been added to the list

of houses booked by Fisher.

MILNE RETURNS FROM TRIPSeattle, Wash., March 10.—Edward G.

Milne, assistant to Alex Pantages, of thePantages Circuit, has returned from a six

weeks' trip over the Southwestern portion

of the circuit. Mr. Milne reports business

good in California.

OPPOSITION' FOR BUTTERFIELDBat Crrv, Mich., March 12.—A new

vaudeville theatre in opposition to theButterfield Circuit is to be erected here andwfll be ready for opening in the Fall.

MILES THEATRE CHANGES POLICYCleveland, O., March 12.—The Miles

Theatre in the future win play continuousvaudeville, changing from its old policy of

three shows a day.

LOUIS CLICK TO MARRYLouis Glick, an acrobat, is engaged to

marry a non-professional, the date beingset for June 1.

PATSY'S PATTER

Talk about press matter. SophieTucker has been her own press agent onher latest Western tour, and has the great-est press stories a vaudeville woman hasever received over the circuit. The arti-

cles are bo laudatory that Miss Tuckersays you might think her mother wrotethem, were it not for the fact that youcan recognize the individuality of AshtonStevens, Amy Leslie, etc., running throughthem.

Blossom Seeley, in more new gowns, andher syncopation boys, Lynn Cowan and.BUI Bailey, closed the show at the A1-.

bambra last week, and held every moth-er's son and daughter in until the veryclose of their act. Another song was addedto the splendid repertoire. Where is there'anything sweeter than a girl from Dixie,'

so the song runs, but what's in a title,

since Miss Seeley came from California T

Two of the most important members ofthe Dooley family, Johnny and YvetteRugel, are to forsake vaudeville and jointhe new Winter Garden show. So long asthey stay around New York we wUl for-

S've them. There is no end to JohnnyDoley's possibilities in a musical show

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if they let him loose.

Watch out for that new quartette ofboys from the .West, the Phelan brothersand McKay. These boys know how todress, sing, dance and have a brightbreezy way about them that "gets you"right at the opening of the act.

Dorothy Toye has come baek to NewYork so fresh and rejuvenated in voiceand appearance that she has set the curi-ous guessing, as nothing but completehappiness could bring about such a result.

Ideal bliss has visited the home of Mr.and Mrs. George. Richard. Kilman, Jr., in.

the form of an ideal miniature edition of"Ideal." Mrs. Kilman is known, profes-sionally, as "Ideal," the diving beauty.

Another vaudeville deserter is Nat Carr.He closed his engagement with the Loewpeople at the Lincoln Square last week.He starts to rehearse with the new Shu-bert show next week.

Sophie Tucker's great success at the.Colonial last week was made doubly happyby the fact that she had her mother, fromHartford, visiting with her all.the week..

Therese Martin- presented "The Proof,"a new act by Jimmy Barry, at the HarlemOpera House last week.

March 14, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

PALACEThe large attendance of prominent act-

resses at the Monday matinee attested to

the popularity of more than one star onthe bill. Actresses always turn ont to see

sister stars and among the audience wereto be seen Marie Cahill, Florence Reed,Florence Nash, Josephine , Drake and acore of other prominent ' footJ igh t favor-

ites. The audience also included manyprominent oat of town managers.

Klsa Ryan was undoubtedly the first

attraction, with Grace LaRue a close

second and a program of undoubted excel-

lence to support them.Tie Five Kitamnras, featuring Soman

and Tommy Kitamura, premier rialey per-

formers, also their $6,000 drop and cos-

tumes, opened the- show. The beautiful

setting is more than 60 per cent, of the

act and helped to put the stamp of "class"

on the entire bill.

Will Burns & Ed. Lynn, in a descrip-

tive display of different dances, made their

first bow to a Palace audience, and metwith generous approval. "Plants** in the

audience call ont different dances for themto do, such as "Bergen clog," "Highland-fling" and "Irish Breakdown.'* It livened

np No. 2 spot and helped the boys to a.

couple of substantial bows.Qua Edwards' two famous proteges,

Georgie and Cuddles, are featured in "ABandbox Revue" lyrics by Jean Haveswhich almost stopped the show in this

early position. It is reviewed under NewActs.

Santley and Norton who are aptly billed

"singers with trimmings," had things their

own way, right from the opening. Theyopened with their old standbye "To-night's

the Night of Nights" and introduced acouple of new songs, each of which regis-

tered a distinct hit. These boys axe un-doubtedly quite in the lead of all the "twomen" acts in Vaudeville to-day.

Elsa Ryan, ably supported by WilliamRoselle in Dion Titheradge's new one actcomedy, "Peg for Short" was the piece deresistance of the program. The title role,

played by Miss Ryan, follows closely thetype of "Peg O' My Heart'' and is well

nigh as irresistibly attractive and humor-ous. The comedy will be reviewed underNew Acta.

John B. Hymer and Company, present-

ing "Tom Walker In Dixie," another big

laughing novelty by the prolific writer-

actor, John B. Hymer himself, opened in-

termission. This fantastic comedy, that

succeeds in extracting hnge merriment fromserious situations and a dramatic plot, is

also reviewed under New Acts.Grace La Rue, international star of

song, offered a program which introduceddistinctly different "types." In a Balkanlooking dress of gray, bine and rose, shesang "Twilight at Barakeesh" from"Algeria," which showed off both thevolume and sweetness of her flexible voice

to perfection. "Two Eyes of Gray," "Joanof Arc," "I Love you So,"- "Don't ForgetMe," "Poor Butterfly" and "The Star"followed, with Master Alfred Neuman atthe piano, playing a number in betweenwhich was well received. For "Don'tForget Me," Miss La Rue changed herdress to black novelty creation trimmedwith large rhinestone buttons. This splen-

did artist's forte is interpretation. Withless voice quality she would be able to gether songs over almost as well so unusualis her ability at shading and bringing outthe telling points in a song.

Win. Rock and Frances White held downthe closing spot with their entertainmentof dance and song. Mr. Rock opened witha new number in the character of a suavegentlemanly devil. A rounder, he called

himself, "no one. in particnlar, just Broad-way"—at the finish of which Miss Whitejoined, him for a dance. In fact. MissWhite joins him in everything he does.Billy Rock takes no chances with gettingaway with a number all by himself, thesedays. Frances White Is growing biggerdairy—in this act P. S.

SHOW REVIEWS(Continawl am nag* a)

RIVERSIDEThe combination of Eva Tanguay as

headliner and the best bill seen since this

house has been added to the Keith chainput standing room at a premium earlyMonday evening.

After the Hearst-Pathe News Pictorial,

the Rials, a boy and girl, did some par-ticularly clever work on the flying rings.

The girl did not follow the usual customthat prevails in an act of this nature andconfine her efforts to merely assisting herpartner, but did a number of difficult feats.

Myrtle Young and Jack Waldron, sing-

ers and dancers in second place, have anact that can scarcely be rated abovemediocrity. Their singing is but fair andtheir dancing little better. Waldron, whohas all the physical requirements necessaryto make a great eccentric dancer, appearsmore like a musical comedy chorus manthan a big time vaudeville dancer.

George Rolland ft Co., in "The VacuumCleaner," scored a laughing hit In spite

of the dozen or more inconsistencies of

the act, it is mirth provoking from start

to finish.

Maud Lambert and Ernest R. Ball, re-

united, presented the act that met withsuch success in the local houses last sea-

son. Miss Lambert is singing a numberof new songs, two of them exceptionally

good, and in some stunning gowns she wasa pleasure . to look upon . Mr. Ball is abig favorite with New York audiences. Hissturdy and manly bearing is in suchmarked- contrast to that of many of thesongwriters who have, appeared. . in thevaudeville, houses recently, that he winsadmiration from both sexes the moment hestrides out on the stage. Before he touchesthe piano, one knows that he is going to

do something well. And he does. Haplays magnificently and sings well. Herendered a number of new songs, one in

particular, called "The Story of OldGlory," arousing great enthusiasm. Hismedley of oldtime song hits met with afine reception, the audience showing their

intimate acquaintance with his composi-tions by breaking In with applause as hewent from tile chorus of one to the other.

Sam Chip and' Mary Marble,' in the

musical fantasy "The Clock Shop," closed

intermission and gave their usual clever

impersonations of the clocks coming to

life on New Year's eve and for a single

hour living a life of romance Just like

humans.Emma Stephens, billed as the "Sunshiny

Songstress," opened intermission and Im-

mediately justified the program announce-ment.' Miss Stephens fairly radiates sun-

shine. Her personality is delightful andher singing is charming. Her voice is apure soprano, of fine rage and timbre, ex-

cellently placed. She sang several ballads,

a light opera selection," and for an encorea clever patriotic 'number.

Valerie Bergere and Co. presented theJapanese comedy "Little Cherry Blossom,"a playlet which gives her an excellent op-

portunity to- present her fine impersona-tion of a Japanese maiden. The story of

the little play is not of much consequence,dealing with an American in Japan andthe plan of two of his countrymen to robhim of some plans. The plot is frustrated

by the little Japanese, who loves him. Injustice to the sketch, however, it must be

said that , it would be ' much stronger if

Miss Bergere would strengthen the cast.

'"To talent I make no claimBut I Get There Just the Same.'"

sings Eva Tanguay and that just abouttells the story. Her voice is shrill andstrident as ever, her mannerisms still the

same, but in eighth position, she sang at

least a dozen songs and left the audienceclamoring for more. W. V.

ALHAMBRAAn excellent all round bill, though some-

what deficient in comedy," was what theHarlemites saw at the Alhambra Mondayafternoon.

Following the pictures of current views,the program proper began with the HelenTeacle Wallin Trio, three young ladies towhom Mother Nature has been exceedinglygracious- They performed astoundingevolutions on the slack wire and lateron the alack rope. The finish of the act, inwhich one of them made innumerablerevolutions while her team-mates held therope between their teeth, was worthy ofthe applause bestowed upon them.

Peggy Brooks substituted for the ThreeSyncopators. They bad Miss Brooks downfor a song and a jest. The song came overall right ; in fact three of them ; afterwhich Miss Brooks was declared "in" bythe wise ones in front

"General" Ed. Lavine followed. It's

hard to say just where Eddie got his ap-pelation. However, it doesn't matter. La-vine's efforts in juggling were much betterthan his comedy.

The offering of Walter De Leon andMary Davies grew in favor as it progressed.The scene was laid "Somewhere in France."Just who painted that drop deponent sayethnot It was a weird sort of an affair ofvariegated coloring, the roof looking like anice mess of old-fashioned molasses candy.There was only a thread of a plot and it

came near breaking on several occasions.

Bnt when these folks got busy with theircharacter impersonations they mora thanmade good, Irish, Scotch and other nation-alities being equally well represented.

Following the intermission came theclassical act of Felix Bernard and EddieJones. Their piano and violin playing werefeatures, while the eccentric dancing ofone of them was fully appreciated, as it

well deserved to be.

Win Oakland and company's contribu-tion, "Danny O'GiQ, of the D. S. A.," wasvery well received. It is from the pen ofHenry J. Sayers, in itself a guarantee ofits merit Mr. Oakland as a young Irishchap just returned home from the shoresof Uncle Sam did surprisingly well in bisnew line of endeavor. Ruth Parry asPeggy O'Shea, a pretty young colleen, wasacceptable. We object though to MissPeggy's using such colloquialisms as "takeit from me," and "eat out of my band."They are not indigenous to Erin's soil.

Danny O'Gill, as portrayed by John Car-mody, was a clever bit of work.

Mr. Oakland's vocal efforts were as goodas in his early minstrel days. His lullabywas rendered a trifle too fast but his fin-

ishing number, in which his support har-monized very well, was excellently rendered.

Emily Ann Wellman, in "Young Mrs.Stanford," gave a playlet which, for dra-matic intensity and capable interpretation,

one might travel far and long to witness

its equal.

Miss Wellman is not the star by courtesyonly. As Mrs. Stanford, the wronged wife,

she reached heights only attainable by anaccomplished actress. Robert Hyman, asher husband, was virile and satisfying.

Thomas Tempest was capable as Mr. Lang-don, and Winifred Burke was equally so asMrs. Langdon. Harry Hayden left nothing

to be desired as the secretary, while Russell

Parker furnished a pleasant surprise bythe comedy he injected into the role of thevalet.

And then came Jin and Marion Harkins.Jim is fanny, and Marion is clever. Mr.Harkins is slightly reminiscent of JackWilson and Jim Francis Dooley, albeit he.

has a way of his own, and what's more,possesses that delightful attribute, unction.

E. L. R.

ROYALThe first half of this bill was composed

entirely of new acts.

Baraban ft Tarry, a pair of whirlwinddancers, opened the show. Their variousdances prove their versatility and includea whirlwind number, a waits, a Spanishdance and a Japanese number. The pairstep well. The girl makes a charmingstage picture. The act is a good openerand received more applause on Mondayafternoon than is usually accorded an actin the opening spot.

Mercedes Alvin ft Andy Williams fol-lowed with "Bits from Songland." Theypossess better singing voices than oneusually hears in a man-and-girl act Theiropening number is sung well, bnt the pairshould get more into the spirit of the song.The girl's laugh is contagious, and she soonhas the bouse laughing with her. The lastnumber could be speeded np a little. Asa whole, the act is good and should succeedin an early spot on any bill.

"The New Lion Tamer," featuring JoeFields and Will Halllday, has the "mak-ings" of a good vaudeville skit, but who-ever wrote the material tailed in most ofhis efforts at comedy. The first part ofthe act drags considerably. The comedyin the second portion Is much snappier,but the impression left by the act's begin-ning detracts from whatever comedy andmerit the last part may contain. Theback drop in the first scene is a clever bitof work. Wm. Crackles is a good lion.

.If. Halliday and Fields would engage

someone who is capable of revising this skit,

it would be made Into a rollicking, funnyact New and original lines in the partof the act done in "one" should be in-jected. The second half of the turn couldalso stand building up.Eddie ft Birdie Conrad appeared la *

"Vaudeville Classic" More ia going to beheard of this clever team on big time. Thegirl Is aa winsome and sweet as a girlcan be, while the bay Is cleverness with acapital O. His song of an Italian boysinging of his love to his Hebrew sweet-heart la very funny. The Eddie For Im-pression is weak and could be dispensedwith to good advantage.As an old fashioned couple, the team

sings a pleasing song to do a graeefnldance of the old school. There Is no rea-son for announcing that the last dance iaan imitation of Montgomery & Stone !a"Chin Chin" because it does not suggestthis famous pair at all The Conrada dasome very original and clever business inthis number, so why give the credit to thenumber of Montgomery ft Stone? TheChinese dance which they do as a closer is

the snappiest kind of business and broughtthe house down.

Miss Percy Haswell ft Co. closed thsfirst half in an Edgar Allan Wool* playletentitled "Heartsease." The playlet Uartistically staged. The actors make themost of what are, on the whole, colorless

lines. The plot is passable bnt is by nomeans worthy of - close inspection. Theonly place where Miss Haswell has really achance to display her talents Is near theend of the playlet where she tells herdaughter of what true love means In awoman's life. She does tills bit commend-ably. Why the author has put an Irishdialect- into the months of all his charact-ers is not clear, when it would suit -the

purposes of the comedy just as well, to

have them talk "real American." :.* :.nRay Dooley & J. Gordon Dooley fol-

lowed Intermission and "cleaned np.** Thispair stopped the show, and when the. cur-tain rose for Clark ft Bergman the audi-ence was still applauding. The boy's fells

got the most laughs.Clark & Bergman pleased. Their

Chinese nnmber was particularly welldone.The show was closed by the Gaodsmldts

and their . Spanish poodles. The Gand-suidts are a pair of capable acrobats andcould succeed even without the doge.

THE: NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1917

AMERICANA packed house downstairB and a com-

fortably filled roof was the condition atthis theatre on. Monday night .

'.".."

On the roof Sadie Fondelier in numberone .

position presented a novelty, alack

wire act and proved herself to be a clever

performer. -She is perfectly at home on

the wire and juggles balls, knives, bottles

and torches, plays an accordion and walksoh the inside of a hoop. She is also pretty

and attractive,' and the applause she re-

ceived was proof that her work was ap-

preciated.

Sullivan and Mason, two. men, in their

singing and talking skit, pleased. Theyare good, comedians, have good materialand know how to get the most out of it.

One of the team has a good voice and sings

an:Irish song in pleasing style.

Lester Bernard' and Earl Lloyd, in their

amusing comedy skit, "See My Lawyer,"were a laughing hit. One as a straight

and (he other as a Hebrew kept the audi-

ence in. a good humor.

Ernette Asoria and company, a man andtwo women, presented a varied dancingspecialty. The man and one. of thewoman open with a novel Japanese dance.

The other woman, in Amazon dress, thendoes a clever solo dance,, in which there

is considerable toe work. Hex two part-

ners then do a dance a la cabaret.,A

Spanish dance follows, and then the trio

in white costumes, those of the. -womenbeing of filmy. fabric, gave a dance that

was pleasingly attractive. An acrobatic

terpsichorean -stunt by the women made astrong finish and sent them off to a goodhand. -» •>•—• •". •

- After the ;intermission Kitty Flynn

"ragged" her songs with good results. Shesang a half-dozen songs and -kept the audi-

ence with her from, the start, Miss Flynn«w a primer '.favorite, here. She has amarked personality -. and knows how to

sing songs. She received a hearty weir

come on her entrance and was so well liked

that it was difficult for her to break away.

George Drury,Hnrt and company prer

sented the dramatic playlet ''The Pardon"and won well "deserved favor. There are

three men and a woman in the sketch andeach one is a capable player.

That king1 of iaughmakers, Jack Wilson,

direct from the Palace, scored the great

big hit of the bill. As usual Mr. Wilsonmade his impromptu review from the workof the acts which preceded him on the pro-

gram. None of them escaped his fun-

making, and for good measure he made abutt of the orchestra leader. He not onlymade those in front laugh, but FrankHarst and Dolores Swarez, Ids two assist-

ants, as well. Mr. Wilson sang one num-ber, a parody on "I Know I GotMore Than My Share," but that one hadmore laughs to every line than is usually

found in a dozen parodies.

It is reiterative to say that Jack Wilsonis clever, that he is a top-noteher, but it

is difficult to write anything about himwithout saying it. His wit is so spon-taneous and genuine. It is no effort forhim. to get a laugh out of anything, nomatter how trivial the subject, and it is

all done in such sober -fashion that it onlybecomes' the funnier.

Mr. Hurst and Miss Swarez were 'able

assistants to Mr.- Wilson, as well as goodfoUe, Their individual work in the actconsisted of singing, which Was well re-

ceived. ._,,...The Three Escardos offered an acrobatic

act above the average. They ace well built

young men and their work is clean Cut.

The top mounter is an expert at "doubles"

and' "twisters," some of which are donefrom a cradle and some from a trampolinto the stage. They do an excellent routineand the act is one that would be a credit

to any bill. ...'.".

The pictures closed the bill...

'

Downstairs the feature film was "20,000

League Under the Sea." '." E. W.

FIFTH AVENUEt •

The usual big audience was in evidenceon Monday afternoon to view the bill of-

fered by Manager Quaid for the first threedays of the week, and judging by the fre-

quent applause the verdict was favorable.

The Hughes Musical Trio, two men anda woman, started the vaudeville ball roll-

ing and set a speed that would haveaugured ill for ah act not up to a goodstandard. They opened with a cornet duoby the men, accompanied on the piano bythe woman, and went into a cornet trio.

Then followed a cornet trio in which thethree players did some remarkable triple-

tonguing. Then came a banjo offering

with the three playing. ' A violin solo wasnext by the taller of the men, and thefinish was a saxaphone trio. They aregood musicians. They scored a well de-served success.Jack Ryan and Billy Joyce followed

with a «s«ff»ng and piano act. They sanga budget of songs and put them over togood effect, in spite of the fart that theyfollowed a strong musical act. A posi-tion farther down on the bill would givethese boys a better chance.' "From Zasa to ' Uncle Tom," that old

but ever new offering of Wm. H. Murphy,Blanche Nichols and company, was nun-three on the bill. No doubt there weremany in the audience to whom the sketchwas not new, but the hearty i»nght»r thatgreeted the work of the players was proofthat it still held its popularity.

: Francis Yates and Bernard, in theiraptly, named act, "Who's Who. andWhich." made a decided hit They openwith Wheeler in a dress suit and Yates in.woman's clothes, and the latter imper-sonates a woman so well that many in theaudience were fooled untQ he took of hiswig, .They then reverse costumes, Wheelerdoing a burlesque female impersonation.Yates has a good voice and nses.it toadvantage in an Irish song. Wheeler Is

one of the best soft shoe and eccentricdancers seen here.Sam Dody has a capital single which

he calls "A perfect day." He has a goodline of talk, sings a couple . of charactersongs and finishes with an excellently

arranged medley of popular songs whichare* fitted so well together that they tell

a' connected story. Dody Is' a good enter-

tainer. His patter is bright and he knowshow to put his stuff over the footlights.

The approval extended to him was wellearned.

Grace De Mar is somewhat different

from the average lady single. She doesa talking act, starting off with an imita-tion of a wife who is going to take a tripto California and her husband is at thePennsylvania Station to see her off. Shethen does a telephone switchboard operatorand closes with a girl on a subway train.

Miss De Mar has a cleverly constructedand well written monologue, filled withup-to-date material and bright lines. Sheis a remarkably clever entertainer, hasmagnetism and a decidedly pleasing per-sonality. She was the great big hit ofthe bill.

Mazie King, assisted by E. E. Marini,presented her dance creations. Her open-ing might have been called "Springtimein Ye Olden Time," the costumes of her-self and Marini and 'the. back drop remind-ing one of this title. Then.came the -mod-ern, cabaret dance and the finish was a la

Miliiaire. with getting representing a fort,

the music having a martial strain and thedancers dressed to suit.

Miss King is well known as a toe dancerand her work in this act is up to herusual high standard. Mr. Marini is alsoan excellent dancer. The act was re-

ceived with marked approbation-.

Mabel Burke, an old standby here, sangan illustrated song to good results.

Another installment of "Fatria," with' Mrs.. Vernon Castle, was the feature' film

and the interesting episode held them tothe dose. .'—'•

E. W.

; JEFFERSON "

Cfaas. Ledegar does too much fooling be-

fore getting down to bis real work, per-

forming, on a tight rope. He then gets anumber 'of laughs and some applause,

DeBall and-Romaine, in songs and talk-

ing, got a big hand. Romaine does thesinging and has a powerful' 'voice.'; But hedraws his notes in a displeasrEgv'way. Heopens with a song, bnt Is interrupted bysome false notes by DeBall, the clarinet-ist, in the orchestra, and lots of .comedycross talk results. DeBall then goes onthe stage and the two entertain. -

The Five MacLarens comprise a Scotchmusical act They play on various instru-ments, bagpipes included, and also sing anddance. The offering is a very good one,the only weak spot being the song- by thetwo young girls. These two- are verydainty misses but have weak voices and theorchestra entirely drowned their song. Theysing mechanically, too, but what theylacked here they made up in their dancing.The troupe has a good finish and respondedto an encore.

A long unnecessary wait preceded MaidieDe Long and the orchestra seemed un-familiar with her music However, this

did not prevent this clever comediennefrom going over big. Her baseball num-ber was especially liked.

Allen and Francis found it hard to putover their comedy talk, bnt when theystarted to dance their eccentric dances theaudience liked them.

Mnllaly, Pingree h Go. in a sketch en-titled "Miss Thanksgiving" met with ahearty response from an appreciative audi-ence. .The sketch is replete with laughsand commands interest throughout.A cordial reception was accorded the

Bell Boy Trio, who furnish many laughswith their songs, dances and comicalities.

The Three .Regals present a classy acro-batic . offering. Dressed as blacksmithsand with the scheme carried out in their

setting, they exhibit feats of strength, all

of which - were applauded. S . w,

COLONIAL

CITYThe Four Casters offer an acrobatic act

in -which there is too much sameness. How-ever, their stunts were skillfully performedand received big applause.McCloud and Carp, ' hanjolst and violin-

ist *re a mediocre musical duo. Theviolinist tries to inject comedy In playingbut does not succeed In getting it over.'

They finish with lots of noise and get a bighand.

"All Wrong" Is a comedy sketch, inwhich a wife becomes tired of the monot-ony of. her domestic life with her Englishhusband. She longs for excitement andgoes into hysterics, falls onto a couch anddozes off. She then dreams that her hus-band is not at all the peaceful Englishmanshe thought he was but a crook and amurderer, and when she awakes is Only tooglad to resume quiet life. The sketch con-tains a number of laughs, but received onlyfair applause.

Mills and Moulton had the audiencelaughing all the time, but the song at thefinish weakens the. act.

The Golden Troupe of four, girls andfive men, render several operatic selectionsand -then exhibit some dancing, in whichthey, excel. The act is gorgeously cos-tumed and is. a pretentions vaudeville Offer-

ing:...:'"..

Mabel Harper, chuck full of personality,captivates with her songs and comedy. Shedoes, a good deal of "rough stuff" hut herwork was liked at all times. Her' laughwas certainly infectious and she 'pleasedvery much. The applause she received waswell deserved. A girl pianist accompaniesh«r« ,. .... ,v,«c»ti *':».

The Ann ls Trio present an acrobaticturn. The woman in the act is -. not amere assistant . and performs numerousstunts, exhibiting -remarkable strength.'.»' ^Lw:-,:S,,W.

Brice and King, Sam and Kitty Morton,and Daisy Jean at the Colonial this weakform the nuelena of as good a variety bIBas one would care to see. '

...

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The show opened with the Hearst-Path*News Pictorial. .In the first spot wasAphdale's Zoological Circus. The act con-tains four'-beaVs, eight dogs, three "mon-keys and one anteater. This is an enter-taining turn. A dog and a monkey fur-

nished good comedy throughout:Zadie and Ramsden, in "Charlie's Visit,"

did some clever work. The act as a whole,however, lacks finish and is poorly con-structed. The "legmania" work of theman, supplemented by his contortion feat,

has not been surpassed, if indeed equaled,in these' parts for many moons.Daisy Jean-, billed as 'Europe's Musical

Prodigy," performed creditably on thepiano, violin and 'cello. She also sang sev-eral selections in a- sweet soprano voice.

Stuart Barnes' effervescent monologuenever went better. He has a line of ma-terial which goes especially well with theladies. His talk on the high cost of liv-

ing brought up the subject of eggs andthe altJtudinous prices they have reached.

Brice and King—one would think thatwould be all that was necessary to amyabout this sterling act, for the simple an-nouncement of their turn was the signalfor prolonged applause. Their perfectenunciation in their song numbers andgrace personified in their thoroughly art-istic -terpsichorean efforts stamps this actas class.

Chester Spencer and Lola Williams andthe barrel breezed over in great shape. Mr.Spencer's comedy is of the ""nut" variety,and their offering was' a hodge-podge ofstuff that defies definition. Miss Williams'articulation will stand considerable, im-provement. She 'was a worthy foil forher partner."The Sweetmeat Game," an Oriental

playlet presented by May Tully, had BaaFrancisco's

,

Chinatown aa its locale. Al-though grewsome, it was interesting andas a whole well acted. Its five characterswere sustained by Albert Perry, FredGoodtow, -Margaret Greene, and CharlesMcEweh. It was Miss Greene who sound-ed the only discordant note. In readingher lines her articulation was generallyimperfect In other respects she- was fair-ly capable.A genuine substantial hit was registered

by the Evergreen Duo, Sam and KittyMorton, who nave given three clever chil-

dren to the stage in Clara and Paul andthe latest addition, Margaret It is pleas-ing to relate that these exponents of astyle of comedy that has become practi-cally extinct are, after thirty-six years,making good entirely on their merits.They" entertained the audience for halfan hour, and for a finish did a bit of danc-ing that for grace and execution would bedifficult to surpass."Patria" dosed. E. L. R.

PERFORMERS CHOOSE PLAYSRuth Chatter-ton's company, when ques-

tioned as to the play on Broadway theywould prefer to see made the followingselections: Marguerite St. John, "A Kissfor Cinderella"; Mrs. Charles G. Craig,"Turn to the "Right"; Frances Goodrich,"A Kiss for Cinderella"; Barbara Milton,the same;' Bruce" MeRae, "Johnny GetYour Gun"i W."H. Sams and Walter Con-nolly, "Magic"; Charles Trowbridge, "Turnto the Right"; Robert Ames, "A Success-ful Calamity**; Harry Mestayer, grandopera. Miss Chatterton picked "Old Lady31." .'~\

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SON FOR BERT CHAPMANBostoj?, Mass., March 8.—An eight-

pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs.Bert Chapman recently. Both mother andbaby are doing ' nicely- Chapman is amember, of the team of Willis & JChap-

March 14, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

ELSA RYAN & COTheatre—Palace.Style—On e act comedy.

Setting

—

Living room bachelor'*: apart-,

ment.Time

—

Eighteen minute I.

Elsa Byen in the role of ?Pe»** • type

-borrowed from "Peg 0£«.,My Heart?'

bowed now a woman reporter could be

delightfully feminine and clever as well

with a distinctly Irish brogue to add In-

terest to it alL *. • . .„

William Boaelle, the man, carries Miss

Ryan, the woman, into his apartment and

laya her, with bad grace, on a sofa.

He then dashes a few drops of water in

her face to revive her. .

As she awakens be sits down on the

opposite side of the room and starts to

read, telling her, when she feels well

enough, she can get oat Not entirely

surprised at his abrupt manner, she auks

for a drop of liquor. Learning that he

keeps none in the apartment, she asks

for water. He tells her it is on the side-

board.Finally ehe elicits the information

from him that he hates women, par-

ticularly Irian women. He is a writer,

a soldier of fortune, and a recluse whorefuses to be interviewed. He tells a

tale about being married twelve years

ago to a Blip of a girl in Venezuela, as

he was about to be shot as a filibuster

in a government revolt The girl ran

away and later claimed his fortune in

New York and has never bees heard

from. - _ii_.

Peg falls in with the story and claims

she is the wife. In a spirit of adventure,

the man takes it as the truth and tells,

her she will have to live there with Mm.As he tries to force an embrace upon

her—and insists on being master in his

own house—she, thoroughly frightened.

acknowledges she is lying; that ife^ll

: a joke: that she is not his wife. After

which he acknowledges he made up the

story himself. •

Thoroughly awakened from his clois-

ter existence, he insists on knowing whoshe Ik. She acknowledges she is the re-

porter who has been pestering him for

an interview for weeks, and claims a hat

as a bet that she would get into his

apartment and remain there twenty

minutes in conversation with him.

Both Miss Byan and Mr. Boselle are

Ideal In the parts and the only spot that

can be criticised is at the beginning of

the story. Miss Ryan's pert speech and

the manner of her entrance, help to

carry out a wrong impression, whenconsidered along with the speech or sug-

gestion, "that she can get liquor In the

comer saloon." One might get the im-

pression that she la a woman of the

streets instead of a newspaper womanwho has designedly fainted on the man s

door step. "• "•

DE KOCH TROUPEProctor"* 125t* Street.

Style—AcrobaticTime

—

Eight minutes.

Setting—Pull tinge.

Bus troupe, three men,and two boys,

work in street clothes. Much of their

stuff is of the standard variety, but

stands out from similar turns, because

the men waste no time in kowtowing to

the audience. ,-...

One of the bits is very much out of

the. ordinary. A dog sits on the headof one of the performers. A second per-

former then climbs on the shoulders of

his partner and, with his head on the

dog's head balances himself. Also, one• man climbs a tedder, with another bal-

anced on his, head against head.

Some comedy is interjected when the

.two youths appear in the. mute-up of

Charlie Chaplin. '

The act throughout is classy and

makes an excellent opener. J. L.

NEW ACTS(Cootfrasd <a Pag* a)

A BANDBOX REVUETheatre

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Palace. ,..-...Style—Juvenile - revue or fantasy.Setting

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Special scenery.Tiaue—Ticenty-flve minutet.

Presented, conceived, composed andstaged by Gus Edwards, but withoutGas Edwards in the cast "A BandboxRevue," featuring Georgle and Caddies,looks like a real hit on any old bin. Thelyrics, by Jean Haves are bright and npto the minute.

Besides Georgie and Coddles, VincentCDonnell, a liliputian, stands out forspecial mention in the cast. Little

O'Donnell, besides being a good comedian.has a good voice and convincing stageappearance.The first drop represents a toy shop—

with a lot of well dressed kiddies lookingin the windows. Little Cuddles, in rags,

is looked upon with disdain and they goin the shop leasing her crying. A big

fellow comes along and calls her Cin-derella. He offers to take her home anddress her op as the Cinderella of Fairy-land was dressed np.

The next scene is in his home and thetiny chorus ladies appear as Shop girls,

each with a bandbox for the waiting Cin-derella. She stands on one and is dress-ed in a bizarre affair in which she singsLittle Miss Vogue." Georgle makes hisappearance (as the son) "in his first

long pants" and sings a song about them."There's No More Regular Kids,"

sung by Georgie and Cuddles, "Capt-Kiddo" and the Tellegen-Farrar satire

used in their old act, all show Georgiegrowing stronger in voice, physique andshowmanship.A dance by Miss Lucille comes In for

considerable applause, ss does LittleODonnell's Irish number. The closing

number, "When I Grow Up to Be aSoldier," brings the big fellow on thestage again, as TJncle Sam, and the girls

do a rifle drill and march, which earnsmany bows for them, everyone in appro-priate exaggerated B'way show-girl uni-forms. >

Georgie is destined to become some-thing more than a child celebrity—andCuddles' mimicry and perfect stage de-

portment is destined to make her a com-ing actress of ability as well as beauty.

P. S.

ALDRICH & FLEMINGTheatre

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Harlem Opera House.Style—Singing.Time—Twenty minutet.Setting

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Mutic room, full ttage.

Aldrich & Fleming present a classical

musical offering which, when its roughedges are worn off, will find sufficienttime on the two-a-day circuits to keepthem busy for some time to come.For the Introduction of their songs a

sketch is used.The story of it Is both interesting and

conventional. It tells of the tenor break-ing up the scene of the prima donnathrough a "sneeze" during her big num-ber the night before and of her fallingout with him. He calls at her apart-ment to retrieve himself. She, however,is rather indignant bat he finally per-suades her to go through their iringltig;

numbers.Aldrich, despite his absence from the

stage for some time, has not lost anyof the rich tone of his voice and MissFleming has an exceptionally pleasingsoprano voice. All of their numbers

.

took several encores. With the jjsjgjag

of the last selection the story Unfoldsitself, when, again in the' same, place asthe previous evening, the tenor has hissneezing speU and again Interrupts thebig scene of the prima donna's song. Heexplains that this was the

, cause thenight before and not intentional, whichseems to satisfy the prima donna and.brings the offering to its conclusion.

A. TJ.

SMALL AND SMALL GIRLSTneatre

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Harlem Opera House.Style

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Singing, dancing.Time

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Ten minutes.Setting

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Special drop in one.

John Small and his girls have an of-

fering of song, dance and chatter whichis presented in front of a rather elabor-

ate plush drop. The opening is rathernovel, the two girls appearing in front ofthe center of the drop singing a little

French song which is responsible for theintroduction of John, who makes his en-

trance from the center folds of the drop.The Trio then renders a character

song and dance which Is later followedby a modem dance by one of the girls

and Small. The dance seems to give

momentum to the act which is loot how-ever, through the slow and boresome di-

alogue which ensues between John andthe girls. It is quite necessary for talk

in this' act hut a little more hamorousand snappy material should be used.

The concluding number of the turn is

an Irish character song with dances, for

the rendition of which Small and the

girls are attired in costumes' typical of

Erin.' This number is very novel anda suitable one for the dose of the actpractically saving it A. U.

KITTY FLYNNTheatre—Bijou. Brooklyn.Style—Singing.Time—Ten minutet.Setting—One.

Kitty Flynn presents a singing act.which is a standard of its kind. 8he hasa contralto voice, well suited for rag andcoon selections. The singer has a pleas-ing way also and wastes no time in exit-ing and re-entering, chatting with the or-chestra leader or any other form of time-

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killing, bnt sings her songs one after theother with plenty of "pep" and person-ality.

Her first number is a waht-to-go-back-home selection. Her second selection isa coon novelty. Then there Is an Hawai-ian number. This is followed by an ec-centric song and clever dance.Miss Flynn win find it easy going in

the small time houses with her newroutine. H. G.

DOROTHY WAHL ANDCURTIS BROS.

Theatre—Fulton, Brooklyn.Style

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Singing, violin and piano.Time—Ten minutet.Setting

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One.

One of the Curtis boys plays the piano,while Dorothy Wail sings a Honolulunumber. She has a pleasant voice, wellsuited to rendering popular selections.The boy at the piano la an exceptionallygood player.Her next song is about her violin man.

Daring the number the other Cards boyenters, playing-,his violin. -

After this number, she -makes her exit. and an aria from "La Boheme" is playedas a . violin solo. .- ••

The Curtis Brothers conclude the actwith a Chinese rag selection of their own.The act Is well suited to small time

houses. The violin solo Is rather weakand could be dispensed with to good ad-vantage. It should be replaced by an-other vocal number by Miss WahL

H. G.

INMANN AND WAKEFIELDTheatre

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Olympic, Brooklyn.Style

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Comedy talking. . K

Time

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Sixteen minutes.Setting

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Special in one.' Billy Inmann and Frank Wakefield,

the former burlesque comedians, have amost welcome offering for vaudeville.Inmann, as a "Tad" and Wakefield as"The Wise Guy," attired in immaculateevening dress, have, an abundance ofrapid-fire humor and comedy composed ofup-to-the-minute bits.

A pleasing theme of a story la carriedthrough the entire action of the turn. Itis one of heart interest The Wise Guy"ropes-in" the "Tad" in a business dealand finally, after hearing the man's storyabout his son who ran away, looks intothe case of a watch which he had ex-tracted from the Tad's pocket and dis-

covers the picture of his mother. Hethen admits that he Is the "black-sheepreturned again,"

The act was in the next to dosing po-sition on the bill at the Olympic and hadthings practically Its own way.

A. D.

THREE TONESThaatre—American. .

Style—Singing.Time—Ten minutet.Setting—One.

These three dapper looking fellowsknow how to harmonize well and put an'abundance of "pep" into the. popular'song numbers that they sing. Their act

'

is the kind that win always please.Their first number is a novelty Ha-

waiian song, followed by a novelty love'song.' i One of the trio then sings' a soloabout the modesty of Evs in comparison'with the girl of today and pnta the num-

- - ber over to good effect. This is followedby two more trio numbers. . H, G.

*UD . WIHHM1 mt~i be ber partner,appeared. They

followed by con-

CARR AND CROUCH\

Theatre—Fifty-eighth St.Stylo—Comedy.Time

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Thirteen minutet.Setting—Boa.

A man and woman are in this turn.When the curtain rises, the. man is

seated at the piano. The woman ap-pears and asks him to be heras her real one has not —do a dance, which is t_ -.

siderable slapstick comedy. . Both ofthe performers do all. sorts of sillygyrations in an attempt to get laughs,ut the audience fitnmea a nonchalant

attitude throughoutFor one of the bits, the man plays a,

cigar-box violin. For another, homounts a table, on which a large bot-tle has been placed in addition to achair. With one hand on the bottleand one on the chair, he raises his bod;in mid-air,. later balancing himself withone hand, bis only apparent support be-ing a finger in the bottle. It was ob-vious, however, that he had soma solidobstacle in bis hand, and the crowd wasnot fooled by the business.

This couple should confine their tornmostly to dancing. • _..-.

THE THREE SYNCOPATORSTheatre

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Fifty-eighth Street.'

Style

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Singing,Time—Ten minutet.Setting—One. *"

- The Three Syncopators, men, are styl-ish in appearance. They work in dresssuits and open with popular ballads.Among their numbers are ' included op-eratic flashes in ragtime. .

Their' voices are forceful and blendwell, while considerable snap is put into

. their work. Perhaps a humorous num-ber added to the routine would give it awider appeal. J. L.

10 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1917

RATS EXTEND LOEW CIRCUIT STRIKE(Gontimte* from page 4.)

Ob Friday Frank Terry informed Man-ager Pottidam that be would work nolonger u b* was a White Bat. Anotheract waa obtained in hia place.

Daring- Ike tapper show on Friday sev-

eral eggs ware thrown from the balconyat performers^ but the Pinkerton men whowere distributed about the house caughtthe disturber and ejected him from thehouse. While being ejected the man said:

'I am doing thia for the White Batcause, and even though you throw me outthere will be plenty more to break up yourperformance.1'

Disturbers Ousted.

While the Bennett Sisters were on thestage on Friday night one of a team ofactors who was in the audience, attempt-ed to break up the act by calling "scab"from the audience at the girls. He wasfound by one of the Pinkertons and cre-

ated a scene while being ejected from thetheatre. He attempted to strike ManagerPottsdam, but the latter beat him to it

and gave him a good whaling.Perhaps the most trouble was caused at

the Lincoln Square Theatre on Thursdaynight as the Bat agitators got into thetheatre just before the beginning of theevening performance. They circulatedaround among the actors and induced Mr.and Mrs. Sidney Baxter, wire walkers, whowere the opening turn, to walk out. Thepickets created a considerable scene and,

as a result, two of the women on the bill

fainted, they being Mimi Ward, of Archerand Ward, and Mary Rogers, of Will andMary Rogers. Neither of these turns wereable to resume the evening performance onaccount of their condition, but returned to

the bill on Friday.As a result of this situation the bill was

delayed for a considerable period. Wordwaa then conveyed to Manager Al Darling,

of the Colonial Theatre, and he despatchedAshley and an*"«n from hia theatre andseveral other acta to the house. Joe Ter-mini also went over. About 8:30, with the

arrival of the other acts, the show at thia

house was started and ran without anydelay.Manager Darling, of the Colonial, held

all of the acta in bis theatre in readiness

to go to any theatre that evening wheretheir services might be needed.

Trouble at Delaneey Street .

At the Delaneey Street Theatre onThursday night Tommy Bay, the singingfireman of the Tinwitania, was the onlyone of the acta to walk out. However, onFriday, Alf Bippon, Kelley and Drake andGordon and Dey failed to appear for thematinee performance. Their place wasquickly taken by other acts.

Sandy Shaw waa the only one to walkout of the Orpheum on Thursday, and onFriday Vivian Arnsman failed to appearfor the matinee.The National, where the White Bats re-

ported on Thursday night that they had"pulled" four acts out of six, only lost

one act. That was the Josephus Troupe.Two members of this act were persuadedby the White Bat emissaries to walk outand the other three members were willing

to give their turn. Manager Henry Loewdecided that his show was of sufficient

length without the turn so let them go.

Kurtis' Roosters were the only turn toheed the strike call at the Majestic The-atre, Hoboken, on Thursday. But, on Fri-

day, Weber and Pond, and Saint Clair andCaaper failed to appear for the perform-ance. Other acts were in the theatre in

readiness to take their place on the bUl.

Demarest and Dahl was the only turn to

desert at the Bijou, Brooklyn, and noneof the turns joined the walkout on Fri-

day. It was said that at this house there

were five members of the White Bats onthe bill who refused to walk out.

At the Fulton, Brooklyn, Equillo Bros,

was the only act to desert on Thursdayevening. Several of the pickets attemptedto start a disturbance about the theatre,

but were quickly driven away by thepolice.

Bather and GrindeO Stock.

At The Boulevard, in the Bronx, the

pickets tried every possible means to get

Esther and Grindell to walk out on Thurs-

day night. They blocked the entrance of

the performers at the stage door andfinally, when the woman called for help

,

were driven away by house employees.None of the acts walked out on Thursday,but on Friday Patsy Doyle failed to ap-pear. It was said the reason for Doyle'sfailure to work waa that he had someWhite Bat bonds, and waa afraid that hewould lose the money if he should refuseto walk out.Meehan and Knapp failed to appear at

the matinee on Friday at the De KalbTheatre in Brooklyn.Four acts were persuaded to walk out

of the Seventh Avenue on Thursday night.

They were the Leightons, Henry andLizelle, Kelly and Mayo and the ThreeGillettes. Other acts were quickly ob-tained from Manager Swift of the Har-lem Opera House, and Harry Dafley of theAlhambra, which theatres are close by, to

take place of the strikers.*

The Leightons, who were working onthe Loew Circuit on a play or pay con-tract, had six weeks time to finish Theywere formerly on the V. M. P. A. "blank"list," and it is said that the Loew BookingOffice had interceded for them with themanagers' organization so that they couldplay the time. They were then acceptedand joined the N. V. A-, renouncing anyallegiance to the White Bats at that time.The Loew offices have instructed their

attorney to bring suit against these per-formers for damages through their failureto fulfill the contract. They were receiv-ing $250 a week from the Loew people, andwere also appearing each midnight at theCocoanut Grove show atop the CenturyTheatre. They are said to be quite wellto do, and the Loew offices expects to col-

lect the damage.Beth Mayo, of the Kelly-Mayo turn, ex-

plained in the Loew offices that she hadnot walked out, but that her partner wasthe guilty one, and that she could not doher turn alone. Her excuse was accepted,and aa soon as she obtains a new partnerwiQ be supplied with work on the LoewCircuit.

Failed to Appear,.At the Greeley Square on Friday Clark

and McCullongh failed to appear for thematinee performance. None of the otherpersons on the bill showed any sign ofwalking out Thursday night, despite thefact that more than a dozen White Batworkers were about the theatre to inducethem to quit.

At the Avenue B Theatre on FridayEverards Monkeys were missing from thebin.

At the Newark Theatre White, Mullaleyand White, Greene and Piatt and Charlesand Mary Cleveland and a sketch called "ASoldier's Wife," were the acts to walk outon Thursday. One of the walk-out actslocked the members of the team of Cassonand Earl in their dressing rooms, and theywere unable to get out until too late forthe performance, It was at first thoughtthat they were also strikers, bnt afterthey had made their explanations to theLoew office were allowed to continue onFriday.The members of "The Soldier's Wife"

act walked out against the advice of theowners of the act, as it was staged byRoland West, who waa formerly connectedwith the Loew offices. It is said that the"

Loew people will institute suit against theClevelands, as they are known to be ingood financial circumstances, having playedthe Loew time continuously for severalyears.

Managers Deny Claim.

Francis Gilmour, one of the White Batorganizers, reported on Thursday night toMountford that all of the acts, musiciansand stage hands appearing at Loew's NewRochelle Theatre had walked out, and thehouse was dark. Much glee was mani-fested in the clubhouse as a result of thisstatement. However, upon investigationby The Cltppeb that evening, it wasstated by the manager that no one hadwalked out of the theatre, and that an ofthe acts were playing as usual.The White Rat workers had also given

out reports that they had darkened sev-eral of the Loew houses about New Yorkand Brooklyn, but upon investigation theirstatement could not be verified.

WOULD HALT UNION PICKETSBOCHBBTEB, N. Y„ March 10.—Testi-

mony in an action to make permanent atemporary injunction which was grantedlast December restraining the officers andmembers of the Rochester Union 253,American Federation of Labor, known asthe Moving Picture and Projecting MachineOperators Protective Union, from inter-

fering with the business of three Rochestermoving picture houses, the Rose Grand,the Plaza, and the Aator, is now beingheard before Justice Benton in EquityTerm of the Supreme Court in this city.

It is charged that the Union has "picketed"these playhouses because of the alleged

refusal of the management to employ mem-bers of the local union. Justice Roden-beck on December 30 granted the tempor-ary injunction on application by JudgeJohn F. Kinney, who represents the the-

atres, who are the plaintiffs in this action.

FIRE NEAR, THEATRE EMPTIEDA moving picture house atj313 and 315

West Fifty-ninth street was cleared ofits patrons last Wednesday night, whena near-by five-story building caught fire.

The 500 patrons marched out while theorchestra played "The Star Spangled Ban-ner." Poison gas., overcame a number offiremen and" other persons.

HARCOURT LOSES SUITGeorge Harcourt lost his case against

Oliver Morosco, in which he sued for twoweeks' salary. Harcourt bad signed a con-tract to appear in "The Fugitive,'' bntMorosco and the directors decided he waanot the type for the role and he neverrehearsed. ,

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MeMANUS IS SONG PLUGGERMomssEJt, Pa_ March 13.—Billy Mc-

Manus, the "spotlight" singer who is fin-

ing a fifteen weeks* engagement at theStar Theatre in this city, is scoringheavily as a song plugger. He memorizesand puts over two new songs daUy.

TO RAZE TERRE HAUTE HOUSETekbx Haute, Ind., March 10.—The

Varieties Theatre, formerly a vaudevillehouse and lately showing pictures, will

be thrown down by April 1 and a newtheatre to be devoted to vaudeville andpicturea will be built on the. site.

STAGE-STRUCK GIRL MISSINGVictoria .Bubenstein, a sixteen-year-old

stage-aspirant, has been reported missingfrom her home since last week. She helda position last year with a side show atConey Island and her mother declares herto have been stage-struck.

STTLLWELL TO ACT IN AFRICAGeorge A. StiUweU sailed last week for

Africa to fulfill a theatrical engagementwith the Australian Producing Co. HewiU appear in "The House of Glass," "KickIn," "The Easiest Way" and "It Pays toAdvertise."

THEATRE FOR FIFTIETH STREETThe Herald Square Holding Co. has pur-

chased two houses at 132 and 134 WestFiftieth Street and intend building a smalltheatre for concerts and moving pictures

on the site.

CHILDREN TO SEE "F-7"'

School children of New York, overtwelve years old, win witness a special

performance of "Submarine F-7" at theWinter Garden, Friday. .

POUS AT RVAUGURATIONS. Z. Poli and wife were in Washington

last week to witness the inaugural cere-

monies. Manager James Thatcher alsovisited the Capital.

ACTRESS RUNS CANDY STOREHelen Lowell has embarked on an en-

terprise of her own, having opened acandy shop in Pelham.

MORGAN WITH "INTOLERANCE*'A. E. Morgan has left for Chicago to

take charge of the "Intolerance*' exhibi-

LAN3ING HAS NEW THEATRELanstho, Mich, March 9.—The Em-

press, a new popular priced house wasopened here last night The theatre la

owned and managed by J. M. NeaL and is

a fine structure, searing about 900. Thehouse will be run on the "three-a-day"policy, with four acta of vaudeville andpictures, booked by the Marcus Loew of-

fice, and spUtting with Detroit. The prices

of admission will be 15 and 25 cents. Theopening bill, in addition to pictures, in-

cluded : GocdeU and Denton, Mae PageTaylor, The Ziras, McKay's Scotch Re-vue, and Prof. Burchell in a recital onthe LTope-Jone Organ.

NEGRO SUES THEATRE—LOSESZanesvtixe, O., March 12.—A damage

suit for $500 was brought against HenryStemm, manager of the Quimby Theatre, amotion picture house, by Basil Ramsey, anegro, on a charge of discrimination.

Stemm forced the negro to ait in the place

provided for negro patrons, to which Ram-sey objected. The suit was tried in com-mon pleas court before Judge Lemert, thejury being ont but 12 minutes and returneda verdict of not guilty. The costs, amount-ing to over $100, were paid by the plaintiff.

FILMS HALTED SUNDAY NIGHTSBockfobd, HI-, March 10.—Mayor Ben-

nett vetoed the ordinance permitting mo-tion pictures to remain open after 6 p. m.Sundays. The film managers raised theprices for Sunday afternoon, but the peoplehave not yet become accustomed to payingbig prices on Sunday. Reports from thechurches do not indicate that people arenocking to the services Sunday night.

FILM PIANIST HALTS PANICOttawa, Kuut, March 13.—Loss of life

in a fire which broke out suddenly in amotion picture theatre here recently wasprevented by the presence " of mind of apianist, Harry Mapes, who played through-out the panic that followed the discovery.

Several men in the audience assisted in

quieting women and children. The theatre,

valued at $8,000, waa mined, ; .

JUDGE'S WIFE WRITES PLAYDejtveb, March 10.—Mrs. Ben B. land'

sey, the wife of Judge Lindsey, hss writtena play, based on a Denver ' murder trial,

which the Denham Players will produceweek of March 25 at the Denham Theatre.The play is a sensational drama and is

entitled, "The Greater Love."

CASTLE GETS WAR CROSSOne of the arrivals on the Adriatic last

week was Mrs. Vernon Castle, who hasbeen visiting her husband in England Ver-non Castle has become an expert aviator,and has received the war cross fromFrance for bringing down two German ma-chines, i

BELLE RAKER CANCELS PALACEBelle Baker, who was to have appeared

at the Palace Theatre this week, was com-pelled to cancel her engagement on ac-count of throat trouble. She has gone toLakewood for a week's rest.

ADVANCE MAN SEEKS DIVORCELos Angeles, March 3.—Bay W. Jones,

advance car No. 2 manager of the Al G.Barnes Circus last year, has filed suitagainst Elma A. Jones for divorce.

WILL ARCHIE AROUND AGAINWiU Archie, after a two weeks' siege

of sickness, has recovered and will invadevaudeville the latter part of this week.

MISS JOHNSTONE NOT ENGAGEDJustine Johnstone denies the rumor that

she is engaged to Guy Bolton, librettist

of the piece in which she is playing.

STORK VISITS PHILLIPS' HOMESioux Crrr, la-, March 7.—A baby girl

was born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen W. Phillipsat their home in this city.

MRS. JANIS OPERATED ONMrs. Josephine Janis, mother of Elsie

Janis, was operated upon for appendicitislast week' at the German Hospital.

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AN ARGUMENT FOR SUNDAY SHOWChief of Police Michael T. Long of

Newark, N. J., has delivered a body blowto the opponents of Sunday amusementwhen he testified before an Aldermauic in-

vestigating committee that the theatres ofNewark had given to charity last year$70,000 from the receipts of their Sundayperformances.This means that nearly $1,400 a week

was devoted to the needy and deserving of

the city of Newark from a source whichthe Sabbatarian societies and many min-isters of the Gospel are doing their ut-

most to stop, and that the men respon-sible for the source are guilty of com-mitting charitable acts to many of theirfellow beings who have been overtaken bymisfortune.Of course we know that such charity

will ever be condemned by canting, so-

called Christians and all institutions andindividuals whose almsgiving is alwayscarefully noted in the daily press, but wealso know that all real men and womenare grateful that such charity exists.

This action of Newark managers is sureto convince all persons not cramped withnarrow-minded views that Sunday amuse-ments have more than one mission, andthat the example set by the men respon-sible for such amusements might well befollowed by many a pillar of the church.As a sidelight upon the situation it

might prove instructive if the same Al-dermanic committee were to investigatethe churches of Newark for the purpose oflearning how many thousands of dollarsthey had contributed to charity during1916. It is more than likely the churcheswould resent such an attempt and claimtheir exemption rights.We have long espoused the Sunday

amusement course, particularly as regardsthe motion picture houses, on the groundthat it forms a necessary relaxation formany who are unable, because of theirduties, to visit a theatre on any day butSunday. It is neither right nor just todeprive persons so situated from privilegesenjoyed by their more fortunate fellow-men.But the testimony of Chief of Police

Lone furnishes another cogent reason whySunday performances should be encour-aged. It is the strongest argument thatcould be advanced in favor of the Sundayshow, and there is not a manager, in thecountry who would be unwilling to givehis pro rata share to the worthy causeof charity.

ANSWERS TO QUERIESW. K., Grand Rapids.—You are right.

Lillian Russell is the wife of Editor Moore'of the Pittsburgh header.

• • •

B. C;, Trenton.—George Arliss is a na-tive of England. He first won prominenceIn America as a member of Mrs. Fiske'scompany at the Manhattan Theatre.ess

G. I, H.—Mary Pickford appeared in

"The Good Little Devil" (spoken drama),produced at the Republic Theatre, this city,

by David Belasco.• * •

E. M., Harlem.—Thos. J. Ryan was amember of- the 'stock company at Weber" &'

Fields Music Hall and appeared in theirfirst two productions—"The 'Art of Mary-land" and "The Geezer."

• • *

X. Y. Z.—Bessie Abbot was formerly oneof the Abbot Sisters who did a singing andbanjo playing act. They were with AlbertChevalier when he made a tour of this

country at the head of his own vaudevillecompany. The company appeared at theGarrick Theatre, this city.

• * *

M. X.—The Spooner Stock Company ap-peared at both the bouses you mention inBrooklyn.

• • •

S. S. T., Philadelphia.—"The Last Chap-ter" was produced at the Garden and "TheYear One" at the Star.

• • •

O. G., Camden.—"Ben Hur" and "TheWaltz Dream" were both presented at theBroadway Theatre.

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T. F. B., Aurora.—R. G. Knowles, thewell known vaudeville star, was at one timea member of Augustin Daly's Co.

DENY TAKING GAGEditor, New Tors Clipper.Dear Sir: In your paper I note there

was an article stating that the WatsonSisters had lifted: a gag claimed by Mr.George Morton, formally of Kreamer andMorton.

In the first place we never had a repu-tation of taking any one's material. Kindlydo us the favor to make mention the fact

that Mr. George Morton, in the first place,

is not the originator of the face and coffee

gag. and I challenge him to trove same, j

How can a person claim something he doesnot originate? The gag he speaks of wehave often used when in bnrlesque.

I've got a thousand dollars that so says

he is not the originator of the gag be claims

is his.

We have a reputation, but made it our-

selves, not from other people.

Trusting you will make a note on the

above,We ore, sincerely,

Watson Sisters.Buffalo, X. Y., March 8, 1917.

THANKS THE CLIPPER

Editor New Yore Clipper:Dear Sir—I wish to take this oppor-

tunity of thanking you for inserting in

your valuable paper the notice of myfather's death. We were playing at the

Blinn Theatre, Frankfort, III., for theWestern office of Marcus Loew. and, after

finishing our engagement Saturday, Mr.Carlton, the manager of the theatre, in-

formed us of the sad news, as he wasthe first to see it in The Cupper. If it

had not been for your valuable paper, I

do not suppose we" would know anythingabout it, as I had failed to let my folks

know my whereabouts for the past four

weeks. Thanking you again for your

Correspondents WantedTHE CLIPPER

Wishes Live, Wide-Awake Representatives

EVERYWHERENEWSPAPER MEN PREFERRED

in ii i in is—ana.3sawaw*awawa>aw"aw"s1

Otj> Timer.—You are wrong. "The BlackCrook" was originally produced in 1866.

It was not presented at the Academy of

Music till many years later.• • *

D. D., TJtica.—Mrs. Leslie Carter first

appeared in "Adrea" at the Republic Thea-tre, then under the management of DavidBelasco.

• • •

E. R. B., Scranton.—The late Peter F.Dailey appeared in "A Good Thing," byJ. J. McNally, at the Casino.

• * •

L. A., Cleveland.—Willis Sweatnam wasfeatured in "Excuse Me."

• * •

M. E. M.—The late Kyrle Bellew ap-peared in "A Gentleman of France" at

Wallack's Theatre, Broadway and Thirtieth

Street.• • •

R. F., Sr.—Archie Boyd starred in "TheOld Homestead" on the road, while Den-man Thompson was presenting it at the

Academy of Music, New York.

kindness and courtesy extended, I re-main, Respectfully,

J. H. McGee,(Of McGee & DeVoy.)

Chicago, 111., March 4, 1917.

25 YEARS AGOAda Lewis was the tough girl in "The

Last of the Hogans."Aug. Pitou's Stock Co. opened at the

Union Square, New York.'Fayette Welch was shot and killed by

Wm. Flannery.Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Peter Maher

at New Orleans.The Columbia Theatre, Brooklyn, N. Y.,

was opened with "Alabama."Stanford White arranged the plans for

the Actors' Fund Fair in Madison SquareGarden, New York.

PRAISES CLIPPER REVIEWEditor, The Kew York Cuppeb:

Dear Sir: On behalf of my partner,

Miss Bosden, and myself, I wish to thank

you for your honest review of our act

while playing at Proctor's Fifty-eighth

Street Theatre. Yonr suggestions werefollowed very exactly, new songs substi-

tuted and certain lines eliminated and wefind it has improved the act one hundred

per cent.

You and your paper have done more for

us in the short time we have been in theEast than all the producers in the countryhave done. A true and just criticism cando wonderful things for any act, if the per-sons in it are inclined to accept the reviewand not get up on their "high horse."We feel that you have done us a won-

derful good favor and think so much ofyour paper that we intend to subscribe fora year.Again thanking yon for your just opin-

ion, we areRespectfully yours,

Katnore & Bosdek.130 West Sixty-sixth St., New York City.

ELLEN TERRY'S CHAUCER SOLDEllen Terry's copy of "Chaucer" was

sold at auction last week, bringing $1,010.

OH, TO BE A SHOW GIRLWith the approach of spring the average

show girl begins making her summerplans as to refurnishing her bungalow,buying the latest model Cadillac and in-vesting in real estate. She has to indulgein home doings since the war prevents hermaking annual visits to Monte Carlo.

HIGH LIVING NOTEBilly Inmann and Frank Wakefield

were tendered a theatre party at the Ca-sino, Brooklyn, recently, by the Henne-.-Club. P. O. Tato, president of the club,headed the delegation. Eggs and potatoeswere the favors.

A NOTE TO KNOCKERSThe old-fashioned knocker is becoming

the thing on the front doors of the homesof the rich.—New* Item.As far as we know the old-fashioned

knocker has always been the thing on therialto.

HEARD IN THE AUDIENCE"It doesn't take much talent now-a-days.""I wonder if she's his wife.""He really doesn't make those coins

disappear.""Are these the best seats you could

Set""sss

KNOTTY PROBLEM 1

Manager Knott recovering—Newt item.What we want to know is Knott recover-ing or is Knott not recovering and if theKnott is not recovering which Knott is.

And if not, why not?

LIVING UP TO ITS NAMEThe "Show of Wonders" intends play-

ing one week in cities where other showshave played but three days. If It carriesout its intention it will truly be a Showof Wonders.

HE'S NEUTRAL, ALRIGHT!They've been kidding Fred Fischer

about his German dialect since our diplo-matic break with the Kaiser. But Fischer'sneutrality is evidenced by the firm name,Fischer & McCarthv.

EDICTLESS EDICTSEvery time a booking office sends out

an edict against referring to the presentinternational crisis in any way upon thestage, a few more performers add warsongs and patriotic poems to their acts.

ON BROADWAY'S BOARDWALKS"There's many a slip twixt the curb

and the step" is a version of the old sawpopular on the boardwalks that line ourgreat and only Broadway.

EXPENSIVE ZEALThat egg-throwing, which took place at

the American Theatre, is a rather high-priced method of showing loyalty to to.*

White Rate.

ROGUE'S GALLERY, PERHAPSIf a stranger should walk into the office

of Chamberlain Brown, his first impressionwould be that he had wandered into a pho-tographer's reception room.

LO. THE POOR MANAGERThis is the time of year that the play-

wright keeps the producing manager busyreturning unread plays.

SHE'D LOSE HER CHARMDainty Marie will hereafter use her

surname "Meeker." But who would liketo see Dainty Marie meeker?

STRONG STUFFWith the way the price of onions has

soared. Red Onion Hewitt has a very aris-tocratic handle to his name.

LET'S HOPE NOT.From some of the reviews given "The

Willow Tree" perhaps it will soon be aWeeping Willow.

12 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1917

LONDONPARISFOREIGN NEWS BERLIN

SYDNEY

LONDON AT A GLANCELONDON, Bag., March 3.

The Ryewodes play Bradford next week.

Harry Gardener, the Lyceum clown, Udead.

Milly and Gordon will play Norwich weekMarch 12.

Betancourt plays the Palace, Bradford,

next week.

George Hylton plays the Empire, Oldham,

next week.

Mdlle Aazelia plays the Empire, Grays,

next week.

Kitchen & Roy are in Paris, Fr., for an

indefinite stay.

The Joannys played the Empire, Hack-

ney, this week.

Mark Sheridan was at the Palace, Ply-

month, this week.

The Biff Girls open at the Grand, Hen-

ley, next Monday.

The Four Shades play the Gaiety, Leith

week of March 12.

ate Bates Duo were this week at the

Empire, Shoreditch.

Zarry, the mimic, plays the Palace, Barry

Dock, week after next.

The Exposition Three will play North

Shields week after next.

Dawn & Hazel open at the Hippodrome,

St. Helens, next Monday.

May Idento and Eddie were at the

Palace, Xeovil, this week.

The Five Obracs close to-night a week

at the Palace, Southampton

Harry Kay opens next Monday at the

Palace, Luton, for a week.

Harry Blake goes to the Hippodrome,

Balham, next Monday week.

Roxy La Rocca, the harpist, has been at

the King's, Sonthsea, this week.

Steele & Steele are closing to-night aweek at the Regent, Yarmouth.

Norman Field and his harp will be at theEmpress, Brixton, week after next.

The Exposition Three play the BoroughTheatre, North Shields, week of March 12.

Percy A. E. Brown has been appointedgeneral manager of the Coliseum, Goole.

Edith Cairns' Five Gold Flakes are clos-

ing to-night a week at the Palladium, Bee-ston, Notts.

De Lacy*s "Jack and the Beanstalk,"with Llll Carr as principal boy, playing the

provinces, closes week after next.

Greta Mack closes with "Dick Whitting-ton" March 10, after a most successful pan-tomime season. She returns to the halls.

Florrie GaHimore, who plays the StarPalace, Aberdeen, next week, will be at theNew Casino, Glasgow, week of March 12.

Adeline Genee's return to the Colisinmlast Monday was a notable event. Shefound that her long absence had made nodifference in her -popularity.

James Reed was at the Hippodrome,Rochdale, this week.

Albert Bulmer has been appointed man-ager of the Grand, Hanley.

Edward Edwards & Co. was this week atCarnegie Hall, Workington.

Mme. Adelina Patti has passed herseventy-fourth birthday anniversary.

"Some," at the Vaudeville is wellstarted on its fourth century mark.

Lily and Madge Williams have also goneto South Africa for a tour of the halls.

Mabel Costello plays the Pavilion, Glas-gow, next week, with the Palace, Oldham,to follow.

Fame and Fortune, "The Railway Por-ters," open next Monday at the Hippodrome,Rochdale.

Manager Pat Collins of the Hippodrome,Burslem, has changed the policy of his

house and gives variety.

Jack Clifford & Co., who plays the Palace,Chatham, next week, will be at the Alham-bra, Leith, March 12-17.

Mary Law, the celebrated violinist, hasbeen engaged to appear at the VictoriaPalace, week of March 12.

H. S. Maguire and his horse mascot havehad a successful week at the Palace, Black-burn, where they are closing to-night.

Arthur White will play the leadingcomedy role with Ernest Dottridge's newproduction "My Son Sammy," now in re-hearsal.

Lew Lake has purchased the sole rightsof "Isadora, Ton Tell Her" for the nails

and opened last Monday at the Empire,,Holborn.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Daniels, with Maxi-millian the Great, have sailed for SouthAfrica for an engagement with the AfricanTheatres Trust, Ltd.

Hughie Ogilvie, who is still playing theSouth African Tour, has endeavored to en-list for service in German East Africa, butthe military authorities there followed theexample of those here at home and rejectedhim.

Harry Bawn has completed his arrange-ments for his customary annual Masonicweek at the Empire, Edmonton, beginningnext Monday, when all the artists on thebill will be Masons themselves or relatives

of Masons.

Ernest C. Rolls is aiming to make hisfirst revue at the Empire, which he calls"1917," the equal of any that have beenseen at that house. Rehearsals are in full

swing and Manager Rolls hopes to have it

ready for production next Saturday.

Mrs. Emney, widow of the late Fred Em-ney, has decided to reproduce her late

husband's sketches on the L. T. V. Circuit.Lionel 'Wallace, former business managerfor Mr. Emney, win manage the tour, whichwill open April 2 at a Gulliver Hall.

Max Darewski escaped serious injury in.his recent accident, when his motor col-lided with a taxi. He was thrown out ofthe machine and by a narrow marginmissed being run over by a motor has.Several bruises and * a good shaking upwere the extent of his injuries.

Jennie Benson is out of the cast of "TheBig Show."

"Remnant" is due to open to-night atthe Royalty.

Harry Lauder has invested £59,000 inthe War Loan.

Ada Crossley, oratorio vocalist, is play-ing the Moss Tour.

Ellen Terry celebrated her birthday an-niversary last Tuesday.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" played this weekat the King's Theatre, Greenock.

Cliffe and Vanstan play the Palace,Creswell, Derby, week of March 5.

Karl Hooper's traveling revne "A la

Carte" is fully booked up till August.

The annual meeting of the Actors' Asso-ciation will be held April 1 at the Ambas-sador's.

J. M. Glover intends to return to once-nightly stock comic opera and drama onmodern lines.

Moliere's "La Malade Imaginaire" is tobe acted this afternoon at the Conrt by theTheatre des Allies.

"Three Grass Widows—and a Piano,"Augustus Bingham's new act, is to havean early production.

Manager Harry Day is employing dis-

charged soldiers in the chorus of "ThreeCheers" at the Shaftesbury.

At the Playgoers* Club to-morrow evening Albert de Courville will read a paperentitled "A Review of Revues."

Win. J. Wilson produced his spec-tacular revue, "Follow the Flag," Mondaynight at the Olympia, Liverpool.

Margaret Halstan and Dawson Milwardappeared this week at the Victoria Palacein a sketch called "A Waiting Game."

J. Tiller and J. M. Glover announcethat the six weeks of pantomime at theRoyal, Plymouth, averaged £922 weekly.

The annual general meeting of membersof the Royal General is announced to takeplace March 27 on the stage of the StJames.

Frank Darwin, who has been playing theRobber with Frederick's "Babes in theWood" company returns to the hallsMarch 5.

Dorothy Ward has invested i8,000 in

the War Loan, which is, we believe, a rec-ord for the "Cause" among the womenperformers.

Oswald Stoll's new house at Chatham,which opened last Monday, is called "ThePicture House." It backs against the Em-pire and Geo. A. HJggs is acting managerof both houses.

Ellen Terry will play the Spirit of Chel-sea in a revue given at the Chelsea Palaceafternoon of March 20 in aid of the Con-certs at the Front Fund.

Karl Hooper has booked his new ver-sion of "Step This Way" to open nextMonday at the Hippodrome, Eastbourne.The cast includes: Reg. Wilson, FreddieWolgast Fred H. St Claire, Peggy Hope,Nancie Hanton and Kitty Denton.

HAROLD ASHTON IS SERIOUSLY ILL

Melbourne, Aus., March 8.—HaroldAshton, a representative of J. C. William-son, Ltd., is seriously ill here.

PARIS LUCES "WITHIN THE LAW. Pabis, Fr.,^Iarch a—"Within the Law"was enthusiastically received at its first

presentation at the Rejane Theatre here.

HARRY CLARK IN BRAZILRio de Janeiko, Brazil, March 7.

—

Harry Clark, the American manager, hasarrived here from Spain, to manage anAmerican company sent to South Americaby Richard Pitrot.

DOONE LEASES SYDNEY THEATRESydney, Aus., March 8.—Allen Doone,

the popular Irish star, has become lesseeand manager of the Palace Theatre, here,and contemplates a return engagementsoon.

"FAIR AND WARMER" IN SYDNEYSydney, Aus., March 7.—"Fair and

Warmer" has been added to the list ofAmerican plays which have found favor inAustralia. It registered an immediate suc-cess on its production here.

ALL AMERICAN BILL IN SYDNEYSydney, Aus., March 7.—The following

American acts, appearing on one bill atthe Tivoli have all made good in Australia

;

Belle Oliver, Lady San Mei, Frank andI/ydia Weaver, Frank Markley, the FlyingMayos and Marie King Scott (now in hertenth month under Mcintosh banner).

START SHOWS AN HOUR LATERSydney, Aus, March 8.—The Daylight

Saving scheme is still greatly affectingsome of the theatres throughout the coun-try. But this does not include those un-der the Mcintosh management and otherhouses where the difficulty has been over-come by starting the shows an hour later.

YANKEE SINGER SHOT IN SPAINMadrid, Spain, March 7.—The "Senor"

Russell who was shot in the back recentlyat an operatic dress rehearsal at the Te-atro Principal, Valencia, was an Americanbaritone singer, and had made a great suc-cess. The bullet was extracted from Mr.Russell's jugular vein and he is still in avery precarious condition.

TRAVELING DIFFICULT IN ENGLANDLondon, Eng., Feb. 23.—There is still

considerable difficulty and inconvenience tobe overcome by the traveling performer inthis country. While the question of con-cession has been settled, the restricted trainservice remains. The revision of schedulesof the various roads has not been completedadd on some systems the old time tablesare still in force.

PUBILLONES CIRCUS MAROONEDHavana, Cuba, March 7.—Pubillones

and what is left of his circus troupe hasbeen marooned in Camaguey since Febru-ary 11, and can not move anywhere, noteven to this city. Some of his acts, includ-ing the Toto Seigrist Troupe, who havearrived here were obliged to spend fourdays and nights in a little sailboat in or-der to reach this city. There seems to belittle abatement in the Revolution.

SCHAEFFER'S HORSES SEIZEDHavana, Cuba, March 6.—Sylvester

Schaeffer with bis company has been inHavana for several days, but went throughmany hardships getting here. In Cama-guey the Revolutionists confiscated hishorses, but later returned them. How-ever, the animals are still in Camagueyas there is no means of transportation outof that city, the Revolutionists havingburned most of the railroad bridges be-tween the two dries.

March 14, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 13

MISS ST. CLAIRE

TO OPEN 2nd

COMPANYWILL HEAD CO. IN TRENTON

Patebson, N. J., March 12.—WinifredSt. Claire, to whom credit must be given

for having overcome a poor show town andestablishing stock as a permanent feature

in Paterson, will open a second companyEaster Monday, April 9, at the Trent The-atre, Trenton, N. J., with herself at the

head.The present company, with which she is

appearing at the St. Claire Playhouse(formerly the Empire), will remain intact

and will continue as heretofore.

The Trenton engagement is the annualSpring and Summer engagement for MissSt. Claire and in going there this season,

in spite of her pronounced and undoubtedsuccess in Paterson, is doing so at the re-

quest of Montgomery Moses, manager of

the Trent Theatre, at which house she

broke all records last year.

She will present the same plays in Tren-ton, in which she has been appearing here.

Earl D. Sipe, manager for Miss St.

Claire, will accompany her, and a well-

known Broadway favorite has been se-

lected for her. The opening bin will be

"Nearly Married." The personnel of the

Trenton company comprises : Clifford

Mack, William Peters, William Blake,

Walter Jones, Charles Kinsmore, Elizabeth

Hunt and Frances Woodbury. ThomasCoffin Cooke will be the director.

Miss St. Claire's Paterson company,which will play right through the Summerseason includes Robert Gleckler, TeddBrackett, Morris Burr, Kilburn Bennett,

Frank Harvey, Frederic Ellsworth, BerthaAllen, Mary Fox, Nola Mercer and EdythKetcbum.Dixon Van Valkenberg will conduct the

publicity for both houses.

CO. TO OPEN IN JOHANNESBURGThe company which Howard Shaw or-

ganized for his chain of theatres in SouthAfrica, and which sailed from New YorkSaturday on the steamship City of Lahorefor Cape Town, wiU open at His Majesty'sTheatre, Johannesburg, about April 11 in

"Kick In." This wUl be followed by pro-

ductions of "The Easiest Way," ''The

House of Glass," "The Heart of Wetona,""Hit the TraQ Holliday," "A Full House,""The Girl of the Golden West," "HelpWanted," "Baddy Longlegs," "The Mis-leading Lady," "The Cinderella Man," "No-body's Widow," "The Traveling Salesman"and "The Argyle Case." The company is

in charge of Wryley Birch, the director.

PUBLICATION FOR LYRIC CO.Bridgeport, Conn., March 10.—W. L

Iaham, manager of the Lyric Players, is

publishing a weekly newspaper devoted to

the doings of the Lyric Players. It is

called the Lyric Tonic and made its first

appearance this week.

WES5ELMAN TO OPEN TENT CO.The L B. Wesselman Stock Co., playing

through the Mid-West, will open its sum-mer season about May 14 under the newtent theatre which Mr. Wesselman re-

cently purchased.. He has a. deal on. withMaurice Dubinsky 'to produce six of his

best plays, making each a scenic produc-tion. The company will carry an eightpiece band and orchestra, and several fairs

and picnics are booked. The company in-

cludes L. B. Wesselman and Nona Mar-low, leads; Al C. Wilson, heavies; LornLeMoyne, characters; Frank Daniels, gen-eral business; May Wilson, characters andgeneral business; Grace Murray, sou-brettes; Master Lawrence Wilson, childparts and specialties, and Jack Boyer,musical director.

STOCK FOR THE GRANDBen Levine is in town arranging for the

Grand Street Stock to open April 23.

George A. Clark will put on the shows.George Douglas has also been signed.Twenty girls, nine principals and two spe-cial dumb acts win provide the show.

P1NSKI JOINS FARGO STOCKFabgo, N. D.. March 9.—Louis Pinski

has been engaged for the Orpheum StockCo. here.

NEW CO. IN OMAHAOmaha, Neb., March 9.—The New

Krug Theatre has changed hands, and is

now under the management of Grossmanand Welshman, playing Kathryn Dale Co.Quite a few members of The De ForestPlayers have been retained, among themV. A. Varney, Arthur Lines, Jack Garrettand Beulah Baker. Nothing bnt high class

royalty bills will be produced and all playswin be under the personal direction of

Dick Elliott George B. Welshman will

be active manager. .

CHAS. HUSTED A DIRECTORGsasd Rapids, Mich., March 10.

—

Charles Husted, who has been presenting

his dramatic sketch, "Don't Lie to YourWife," in vaudeville, has cancelled all fu-

ture bookings to accept the position of di-

rector with the Columbia Drama Players,

who are playing an indefinite stock en-

gagement at the Columbia Theatre. Thefirst production under his direction will

be "Dora Thorne."

STOCK OPENS IN SAN FRANCISCOSan Francisco, March 9.—In the cast

of the Murphy Players, who re-opened the

Republic Theatre Sunday with "BabyMine" are: Martha Gibbs, leads; Robt.Lawrence, leads; Horace Murphy,comedian: Nellie Waters, John Latham,Harry Hayes, Ruby Kisman, John Frank.The company has been engaged to run ten

weeks. __^—MISS BEARDSLEY IN SOMERVILLESomervtlle, Mass., March 10.—Dorothy

Beardsley, who has been appearing withAll Star Stock Co., New Bedford, in in-

genue roles since the beginning of the sea-

son, has closed and joined the Somerville

Theatre Stock Co., with whom she played

last season.

JUVENILE PLAYERS JOIN CO.San Fkancisco, March 9.— Dulcie

Cooper, Bonita Semmens and GeorgeStevens comprise a trio of juvenile play-

ers who joined the cast of the WigwamStock Co. for this week's production of

"Salomy Jane." George Stevens is the

only one of the trio who is new to Wigwamtheatregoers.

LACK OF PLAYSCONFRONTSMANAGERS

SITUATION GROWING SERIOUS

From information imparted by personsclosely in touch with the situation, ascarcity of plays for use in stock is to beexpected next year.The shortage has, as a matter of fact,

already become somewhat alarming, butit promises to be worse next season.

While new plays have been written andare being written it seems that the lack

of sufficient theatres on Broadway in

which to give them a showing is the pri-

mary cause. This did not at first connectitself with the stock situation, but whenit is taken into consideration that the

average stock theatregoer demands a playwhich has been presented on Broadway, it

can readily be seen that a play whichhas not had a metropolitan showing standslittle chance so far as stock is concerned.

Plays which have been running onBroadway throughout the entire seasonhave kept out new productions, which,unable to get into a Broadway theatre

and there. establish their worth, are there-

fore not available for stock.

On account of this, there have beenfewer stock releases during the past sea-

son and consequently stock theatres havebeen obliged to show old plays over andover again. These are plays which haveproved popular in stock for many years,

but this condition cannot last as patronswant something new."The latest Broadway releases" is what

managers have been wont to advertise astheir strong forte, and what their patronshave been accustomed to expect. It is

likely though that they will have few suchto offer next season.

HOUSE MANAGER RESIGNS

New Britain, Conn., March 10.

—

Thomas Lynch, house manager for the pasttwenty-five years of the Lyceum Theatre,

where the Walter Naylor Stock Co. la nowappearing, has resigned, leaving the the-

atre tonight.

NEW LEADS, IN AKRON CO.

Akbon, O., March 12.—Beulah PoynterwiU be the new leading lady for the HomeStock Co. and G. Swayne Gordon will be

the new leading man, opening next Mon-day in "The Girl of the Golden West."

HILLMAN IDEAL CO. CLOSESAtwood, Kan., March 9.—The Hillman

Ideal Stock Co., No. 1, under the manage-ment of Harry Sohns, closed its season

here and the members hare all left to join

other companies. Tom C. Ryan and Ele-

nnor Foster joined the Triangle Players.

Bert G. Hedden joined the W. I. SwainShow. Alida Bertenn went to Los An-geles, Cal. Harry Burke left for Cleve-

land, O. Harry Sohns is at present visit-

ing at her home in Pennsylvania, and will

later join her husband, who Is at present

in New York seeking plays for next sea-

son. ^

—

PARK CO. LEAVES TAMPATampa, Fla., March 10.—The Edna

Park Stock Co. have closed here after amost successful season of twelve weeks.

These players have been playing in their

own big canvas theatre, and will be out

of Tampa until March 28, when they wUlreturn for an engagement of three or four

weeks. They are leaving their tent hire,

playing houses while away. The tent .vill

be in the hands of carpenters and painters,

who will have everything looking newwhen the company returns.

ANNA MAY LEAVES STOCKComtmbtjb, O., March 10.—Anna May,

who has been second business, woman with

the Southern Theatre Stock here, has

severed her connections with that com-

pany—and will be actively engaged with

her husband, J. Raymond Barrett, In their

dramatic studio. Mr. Barrett was form-

erly business manager of Southern Theatre

Co.

WIGWAM CO. STAGES NOVELTYSaw Fbarcisco, March 10.—The Wig-

wam Stock Co. baa put on a novelty this

week at the Wigwam Theatre. The com-pany is presenting "Salomy Jane" and this

has been staged in conjunction with a se-

ries of photoplay scenes connecting the

main thread of the story. Lander Stevens

and Georgie Cooper play the leading roles.

ENGAGED FOR MOOSE JAW CO.Moose Jaw, Can., March 10.—B. a

Fahr, Peggy Fahr, Mr. and Mrs. ThomasHayes and chorus girls have been engaged

for a musical stock engagement at the Elite

Theatre.

LEONARD LORD IN McKEESPORTMcKeesi-obt, Pa., March 12.—Leonard

Lord has joined the F. V. Boycc Stock Co.here.

WILKES CO. IN. S2ND WEEKSeattle, Wash., March 9.—Tom WUkes,

who inaugurated the Wilkes Stock Co.,

now playing at the Orpheum Theatre, is

this week celebrating the fifty-second weekof his stock in Seattle. The Wilkes Play-ers opened in this city Sunday, March 5,

1916.

BLACK CO. OPENS IN COVINGTONCovington, Ky., March 10.—Eddie Black

opened a stock company at the Colonial

Theatre, Sunday. The roster includes

Hazel Hazelton, Evelyn Welb, Helen May,Chas. Marlowe, George Hall, Jewell Kel-ley, Laurence Foster and Frank Goodrich.

DEM1NG CLOSES IN MILES CITYMiles Cut, Mont, March 9.—Lawrence

Deming has closed his stock company andhe and Mrs. Deming are motoring, their

way home.

STOCK RE-OPENING IN NEWPORTNewpobt, Ky., March 12.—The stock

company at the Strand Theatre win re-

open Easter Sunday, presenting "TheAuto, the Girl and the Question," a newplay from the pen of Jack Emerson.

ACTRESS RESCUED FROM FIRE

El Paso, March 10.—Audra Alden, play-

ing with the company at the CrawfordTheatre, was recently rescued from a fire

which threatened the house, starting in the

Angelas Hotel basement.

BABY GIRL TO CHRISTYS

Hutchinson, Kan., March 10.—A babygirl was born to Taz and Sadie Christy

Feb. 28, at their home here, Mr. Christy

is a member of the stock company playing

at the Rex Theatre.

GEORGIE WOODTHORPE IN FRISCO

Saw Fbahcibco, March 10.—Georgie

Woodthorpe, character actress, bas joined

the cast of the Wigwam Stock Co. this

week, appearing as Liza Heath in "SalomyJane."

MISS CARPENTER IN HAVERHILLHaverhiix, Mass., March 10.—Florence

Carpenter, former leading lady of the

Northampton Flayers, is playing leads with

the Players at the Academy of Music.

GAYLORD AT GOTHAM THEATREAl. E. Gaylord, musical director, is the

orchestra director at the B. F. Keith's

Gotham Theatre, Brooklyn, N. Y., whichopened Monday with dramatic stock.

ANN HAMILTON FOR PROVIDENCEPbovtdence, R. I., March 12.—Charles

Lovenberg has engaged Ann Hamilton andHelen Benner for the Keith TheatreStock Co. opening soon.

MISS BUNTING IN BENEFITSan Antonio, Tex.. March 9.—Emma

Bunting will give a benefit performancefor the benefit of the Jewish war sufferers

in the near future.

BERRY TENT CO. OPENING IN MAYThe Miles Berry Repertoire Co., now

playing in opera houses, wDl reopen its sea-

son under canvas, May 15.

ELSIE SOUTHERN IN NEW BEDFORDNew Bedford, Mass.. March 10.—Elsie

Southern has joined the cast of the All

Star Stock Co. as ingenne.

HOXWORTHS CLOSE IN FT. WORTHFt. Wobth, Tex., March 9.—C. E. Hox-

worth and wife have closed their stock

company here.

14 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14X 191Z

SPELLMAN ANDKIRALFY TO

RESIGNHOLD CRITICISM IS UNJUST

When the Executive Committee of theAssociation of the Outdoor Showmen of theWorld holds its meeting on March 25,Frank P. Spellman, president of the or-ganization, and Albert E. Kiralfy, as wellas the other incumbent officials, will tendertheir resignations as officers of the organiz-ation, Messrs. Spellman and Kiralfy an-nounced last week.

This announcement from Spellman andKiralfy comes as the result of criticismwhich has been directed at them from cer-tain members of the outdoor show world to

the effect that the Association of OutdoorShowmen of the World is a two-man organ-ization. To dispel any erroneous impres-sion that might have been created, Spell-man and Kiralfy have considered it wise tovoluntarily step ont of the limelight for thetime being and, in the interests of the as-sociation, allow other bands to guide it.

The resignations will take effect in Jane,and the new officers elected will hold office

for one year.It is almost a certainty that Oscar C.

Jnrney will be elected to the presidency byunanimous consent, it is said.

It is also very likely that Spellman willaccept a place upon the Board of Directors.

Kiralfy has expressed his intention of be-coming a "private citizen." He states thatbis interest in the organization win notwane bat that be prefers not to hold anyoffice.

SHOWS OPEN 1917 SEASONThe 1917 carnival and circus season has

been ushered in.

Under ideal weather conditions manycarnivals inaugurated their tours last weekand others are following in rapid succes-sion.

The Metropolitan Shows bad as theiropening stand the Mobile Mardi Gras andit was the most auspicious opening in thehistory of the organization. The show is

entirely new this year and Manager Bar-field has contracted for many artistic nov-elties. The roster includes: C. E. Bar-field's carouse], ferris wheel, ocean waveand tango swing, managed by Louis Guetb,Doc Stanton, Will Black and Frank Dover,respectively; Barfield's Minstrel Show,Silodrome and Model City, managed by H.C. Benson, John D. Davis and Billy Sloan,respectively ; Tokio, owned and managed byBarry Kamish; Spencer's Athletic Show,Jack Spencer, manager; Mysteria (spidershow), Fred Delvy, manager; Giant Rep-tiles, Mrs. Emma Revns, manager; C. H.Dickinson's 10-in-l and Menagerie; Won-derland (circus side-show). A. W. Hayes,owner and manager ; Alligator Farm, FredEwing, manager: Lane's Platform Show,and Human Heart Lynch, with anothernovelty platform attraction, and MaybelleMack's Mules, managed by Clayton Smith.

At Teague, Tex., the J. George LoosShows opened their regular season, present-ing new fronts and remodeled equipment.Among the attractions with this aggre-

gation are Booger Red's Congress of Amer-ican Riders, Ranger's Palace of Illusions,Barnum's Original Monkey Men, under themanagement of Stone and Shelton ; TheDixieland Minstrels, Jolly Vallera. the fatgirl ; Rooster's Roost, and the Hippodrome,including the Halters, a sketch team; La-berta Family, contortion and knife throw-ing; Original Schoenes in a Dutch comedyact, the Wonderful Maridell, rings and fly-

ing trapeze : The Imogene Sisters, in songsand dances, and many others.

SHOWMEN DENY MEMBERSHIPA notice has been sent out of a ball

and entertainment of the Outdoor Show-men Carnival and Concessioners askingoutdoor showmen for financial support inthe way of advertising. The letter hasbrought fire from a number of outdoorshowmen whose names appear on the let-

terhead of the notice as "members" of theaffair, although they claim that they knownothing whatever about it. Among thosewho protest innocence are Arthur- Ran-dall, Oscar Jurney, A. E. Kiralfy, H.Meyerhoff, Lewis E. Cooke, Frank Spell-man, Cant. Baber, W. F. Mangels andothers. Pop Foster is chairman of theArrangements Committee.

IDORA PARK TO OPEN MARCH 31

Oakland. CaL, March 9.—Manager L.B. York, of Idora Park, has announced theopening of this amusement resort forMarch 31. The plans being made for thisseason are more extensive than ever be-fore and Mr. York expects it to be his ban-ner season. Joseph Geisler will again bein direct charge of the park as super-intendent, and J. R. Drake will hold downhis usual job as manager of concessions.

MARIE, 'TAT GIRL," DIES

New Kensihgton, Pa., March 10.

—

Marie, "the Fat Girl," died here recently.

She was well known among show folks,

having appeared as a feature of the Bar-num & Bailey's Circus under the name ofMarie Riche. She had been exhibiting atvarious indoor affairs daring the last win-ter and was an attraction at the Irish Fair,

held in Pittsburgh, in February.

BALTIMORE BAZAAR IS SUCCESSBaltimore. Md., March 11.—The Allied

Bazaar here is proving a big success. Morethan 15,000 tickets have been sold to date.

Among the attractions are Marceline, Al-fredo and Laberto and Rhoda Royal's an-imal act The Fifth Regiment ArmoryBand is furnishing the music.

HIGH DIVER SEEKS DIVORCEAlbert Gormon Steinberg, known to the

stage and circus as Nervo, a high diver, is

suing his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth LorraineSteinberg for divorce. Steinberg has ap-peared for various years with circuses andat various fairs and side shows in a highdiving specialty.

BISTANY SETS OPENING DATELeo Bistany, manager of the Wonder-

land Shows, has announced the openingof his show for April 21 in Nashua, N. H.Mr. Bistany recently returned to NewYork from Canada, where he had beenlooking after the interests of bis shows.

FERARI RE-ENGAGES TRAINERSRandall, 0.,*March 10.—Capt. William

Purchase and Princess Alice have been en-

gaged for their fourth season with the CoLFrancis Ferari Shows as wild animal train-

ers. The show opens April 28 near Cleve-land.

SOLOMON UNDERGOES OPERATIONMontgomery, Ala., March 10.—Bernard

Solomon, secretary of the George ReynoldsShows, has undergone an operation and is

at present in a hospital here, where it is

reported he is recovering.

PREPARING FOR FALL CARNIVALChicago, March 12.—Many of the boys

are already closing contracts for next fall's

street carnivals to be run under the aus-pices of business men's associations.

PERFORMER BREAKS ANKLEAda, Okla., March 9.—George F. Andres,

a trapeze performer with the Dano GreaterShows, fell recently during his performanceand broke his ankle.

GRAHAM SIGNSSHOWS FORRINGLINGS

GETS BIG LINE-UP FOR SIDE SHOWBaraboo, Wis., March 10.—Lew Gra-

ham has contracted many attractions forthe Annex of the Singling Brothers' Showsfor this season, opening in Chicago inApril

Included in the line-up are Capt. Wal-ters, "blue man." Mme. Gabrielli, "onlyliving half woman" ; F. Lentini, "three-

legged Sicilian" ; Krao Faririi, "Burmesemissing link"; Miss Amelia, "World's tall-

est woman" ; Hans and Gretel, tangomidgets ("original") ; Mme. Suritha,"paragon of panoramic pulchritude" ; Kingand Prince, "pigmy pugilistic prodigies"

;

Mme. Grace Gilbert, "of the auburnbeard"; Prof. J. C. Wood, "bee king";Mr. and Mrs. Barry Gray, "ye olde Eng-lish Puppets"; W. T. Felton, "noveltyelectric bags and clubs" ; Musical Sullivans,

"exponents of Euphony" ; Lessik, Anita &Co., "experts with fire arms"; Prof. ValVino, lecturer; Mrs. Barry Gray, TJna-

Fone ; Brown and Swinton, dancers

:

Mayme Gilmore, serpent and insect trainer.

. Walter Gilliland is superintendent of

canvas; P. A. Venable, band and orchestraleader; Thomas Nichols, chief doorman,assisted by L. C. Guinter, Harry M. Rileyand Fred Smythe.Leo Graham as usual will be the chief

in front.

INDUSTRIAL ACTS FOR CIRCUSThe Bafnnm & Bailey Circus, which

some time ago signed the Australian WoodChoppers for the coming season, are trying

to secure the California Orange Packersand other industrial novelties.

ARLINGTON BUYS STOCKEdward Arlington of the Jess Willard

and 101 Ranch Shows has returned fromBaltimore where he purchased eighty-eight

head of stock and three stock cars fromthe Wheeler Brothers Shows.

REICH AND GOODMAN COMBINESimon Reich and Max Goodman have

joined partnership and will hereafter beknown as the Reich-Goodman ConcessionCo. Several fairs have already beenbooked.

JULIA ALLEN WILD WEST BOOKEDJulia Allen's Wild West and Hippo-

drome Show has been engaged by theKeystone Exposition Shows as one of themidway attractions the coming season..

BARNUM CALLS REHEARSALA rehearsal has been called for the Bar-

num & Bailey performers at MadisonSquare Garden. New York, for Wednes-day morning, March 28.

OCEAN PARK PIER CO. CHANGESLos Angeles, March 10.—An important

deal was closed last week when Fred W.Siegel acquired the controlling interest in

the Ocean Park Pier Co.

SALTER TO VTSrT PITTSBURGHPrrrsBUBGH, March 8.—Ed. R. Salter,

Jr., is expected here shortly on a visit. Heis at present attending a military schoolat Rutland, Vt.

WARREN WITH PARKER SHOWSLeavenwobth, Kan., March 10.—E. A.

Warren has been engaged as publicity di-

rector of Parker's Greatest Shows, winter-ing here.

SUNDAY SHOWS BENEFIT CHARITYNzwakk, N. J., March 12.—Chief of

Police Michael T. Long, in testifying be-fore the Aldermanic investigating commit-tee, declared that the theatres of this city,

motion picture ones included, had given$70,000 to charity from their Sunday re-

ceipts last year. Applications for the ben-efits were made to the police, who, after in-

vestigating, designated to the theatres whatinstitution or organization was to share inthe receipts. The police also verified thechecks to see that the right party received

the money. This speaks favorably for Sun-day amusements.

WAR UNIT FOR SHOWMENFrank P. Sargent has received permis-

sion from Secretary of War Baker to or-ganize a detachment of 1,000 outdoorshowmen, in the event of this country be-coming involved in war. Sargent is will-

ing to finance the initial cost of organiza-tion, whatever it may be. Should the de-tachment be formed, Major J. H. Shanton,head of the New York police mounted'forces, will head the detachment as its-

colonel. Shanton was chief cowboy with'the Buffalo Bill Shows for eight seasons.

CARNIVALS EXPECT BIG SEASONChicago, March 10.—The carnivals

which have started their season in theSouth find every indication that the pres-ent year will prove as successful as lastseason.Early receipts point to the fact that the

people who hailed this form of entertain-

ment so eagerly last year are going to-

award the same enthusiastic support thisseason.

ANNIE OAKLEY WINS HORSE RACEPikehttbst, N. C, March 8.—The Pine-

hurst Jockey Club yesterday held one ofthe most successful meets in its history. Anovel feature of the meeting was a WildWest race, in costume and disguise, whichwas- won by Annie Oakley, who, riding

"Chief," led the cowboys' field home bythree lengths.

BEVERLY WHITE WITH CIRCUSST. Paul, Minn., March 10.—Beverly

White, press agent for the Orpheum Thea-tre here for two seasons, has tendered his

resignation, to become effective next Satur-day. Mr. White resigned to accept the po-sition of press agent with the Sells-Floto.

Circus.

HANS, TRAINED GOOSE, DEADMarshfield, Ore., March 8. — The

trained goose, Hans, was killed in a fire-

at the Orpheum Theatre here recently. Thegoose was valued at $1,000 and was ownedby Mr. and Mrs. Thateri. Little damagewas done to the theatre.

MORENCY WITH PARKER CO.Leavenworth, Kan., March 10.—Percy

Morency, who recently left the Great Inter-

national Shows, is working for the ParkerManufacturing Co.

NEPTUNE BEACH OPENING SOONAlameda, CaL, March 8.—March 31 has

been set as the opening date of NeptuneBeach and a big celebration will mark theopening.

CURRAN LEAVES NIGRO SHOWSCharles F. Curran is no longer connected!

with the C. M. Nigro Shows. He had beengeneral agent the past season with theshow.

BAKER RETURNS EASTJohnny Baker has returned to this city

from Wyoming where he was settling upthe affairs of the late Colonel Cody.

March 14, 191? THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 15

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$2,500

MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER HELD

With receipts expected to total $2,600,

Chicago's Actors' Fund Show last weekproved the most successful ever held by theorganization in the Windy City.

Society and club leaden and other rep-

resentative Chicagoans crowded the theatre,

while a big array of stars furnished the en-

tertainment. The initial number, "Let's

All Be Americans," sung on the raising of

the curtain, put the audience in a happymood. Some surprises were sprung on the

bQl when two new sketches were played,

"Somewhere in Mexico," by Robert MeanMcKay, in which Donald Brian starred,

and "Hellfire and Brimstone," by the Hat-tons, featuring Margaret A nglin .

Among the Essanay Stan to appear in

"a real drama in real life" were HenryWalthall, Edward Arnold, MargueriteClayton and Mary Charleson.

Ed Wynn was the official announcer,

-while Harry Ridings, president of the The-

atrical Managers' Association, stepped into

the limelight with a trombone solo.

Coryphees from all the musical shows in

.the city wen at the Auditorium to take

part in the big show.

NEW HARMONY ACTWalter King, Milton Schwarzwald and

Sydney T*">'"""', all employees of Rem-ick's Chicago office, have organized as a-vaudeville act, under the billing King, Mil-

ton & Lachman, "12 Minutes of Rhythm."They will play W. V. M. A. time, andbegan at the Wilson March 12.

MRS. HUGHES ENTERTAINEDCharles Hoyland and 6. S. Berger, of

the Allardt offices in Chicago, entertained

Mrs. Gene Hughes and Nell Paul at aValentine party at the Bismarck Gardenduring the recent engagement of. Mrs.Hughes at the Palace.

REICHARD HAS NEW DUTIES

In addition to his regular duties as-Mort H. Singer's secretary, Max Belchardlias been entrusted with the work of is-

suing information as to the activities of^he W. V. M. A.

KNIGHTS JOB THREATENEDGovernor Lowden has signed the new

bill aiming to merge State bureaus in

such a way that many important offices,

including that of Chief Inspector of Em-ployment Agencies, which governs the-

atrical licenses, may be wiped out. How-ever, a movement is on foot to include

Richard J. Knight, present incumbent of

the position, in the cabinet of nine menwho will have absolute jurisdiction overall State bureaus. Thus Knight will havemore power than ever, or his activity maybe completely curtailed, according to thedesire of the State executive.

MONTE JOINS REVUEMonte Howard, well known in revue cir-

•cles because of his work at the States,has joined the new revue at the Lambs'•Cafe.

MARIE JAMES TO QUITMarie James, the booking agent, has

Announced her intention of retiring fromthe vaudeville booking field. Her W. V.M. A. franchise is for sale.

CORA CORSON ISSUES BOOKLETSCora Youngblood Corson, head of the

A. A. A., is conducting a spirited campaignin behalf of unionism for actors and^actreses via booklets and folders.

CUMBLE POSTPONES VISIT

Mose Gumble, New York professionalmanager for J. H. Remick & Co., delayedlis last week visit to the Chicago office

for ten days.

NO STOCK IN CHICAGOOutside of a few theatres devoted to

stock presentation of plays writen in for-

-eign languages, Chicago Is now devoid of.--stock companies

.

THEATRE SMOKES TOO MUCHThe Majestic Theatre building, once a

beauty spot in Chicago's loop, gained un-enviable publicity lately as one of a tri-

umvirate of "buildings which smoke toomuch." Recently,* the Chicago Tribunepictured their smokestacks under .the

heading, "'Zeppelins* of Chicago," withthe subhead, "They Attack DefenselessCivilians with Their Poison Gases." Fre-quently crowds gather in front of the the-

atre, thinking it is afire because of thethick volumes of smoke belching forth.

DELLON MAKES CHANGESHarold Dellon, of the T. B. Harms forces,

made a hurry-up trip to Chicago last

week and made several changes in thepersonnel of the Chicago office. EddieVan, who assisted Walter Wilson in JoeMorris' Chicago office a couple of seasons

ago, will succeed Walter Borsch as local

manager.

FRANK CLARK DIVORCEDFrank Clark, Chicago manager for

Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, secured hisdivorce from Flo Jacobson last Monday,eons alimony. Horry Foster, the co-

respondent, is working for Shapiro-Bern-stem's Chicago office.

TO ERECT NEW THEATRE BLOCKKusel & Harris will tear down their

hall at the northeast corner of Clarkstreet and Devon avenue and erect alarge building embracing a theatre andbusiness offices.

CROMWELL "COVERS'* MURDERFrederick Cromwell, formerly an as-

sistant stage manager for road shows, un-der the Charles Frohman banner, investi-

gated the recent Hammond auto murdermystery for a Chicago daily.

KEJTHLEY FOR NEW YORKE. Clinton Keithley, professional man-

ager for the McKinley Music Co., will goto New York to open a new professional

office in the neighborhood of Broadwayand Forty-seventh Street.

MANY AGENTS IN

CHICAGO TOQUITFIELD

INCOMES HAVE BEEN ON WANE

OLD-TIMERS' BILL AT PALACELast week's bill at the Palace Musis

Hall could be termed an "old-timer's bill,"

as it embraced Fay Templeton, Capt. An-son and his daughter and Digby Bell &Co.

SOPHIE TUCKER GETS PARTSophie Tucker, perennial Chicago fa-

vorite, is slated for a part in the Shubertsummer show for the Palace Music Hall,Chicago. She will do her specialty.

GET BEACH FILM FEATUREThe Central Film Co. has purchased

the rights of Rex Beach's "Ne'er Do Well"for Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.

FOLEY ON PANTAGES TIMEFoley & O'Neill have been booked for

the Pantages circuit by J. O. Matthews,the Chicago representative of the circuit.

May 1 will witness many empty offices

in the Majestic Theatre and other build-ings where Chicago vaudeville agents holdforth. The time of the year that usuallysees the issuance of new franchises willshow, instead, a surrender of old ones.

Old-established agents candidly admitthat "the game isn't what it used to be."They plainly ascribe present difficulties tothe fact that the field has been over-crowded.The strike situation has brought money

into some coffers sadly needing it andthus some of the agencies have been saved.Others, longer established, however, haveenjoyed but little profit.

Movements on foot to eliminate activ-ity on the part of "independent'' agentsmake it likely that those who close theiroffices will definitely retire from the busi-ness. Whether those remaining will thussecure benefits depends, in a great meas-ure, upon the success of certain reformscontemplated by powers in control.

It is openly intimated that the men incharge of the bigger booking syndicatesare far from satisfied with the manner inwhich new acts are recruited. In fact, itis alleged that the agency business hasresolved itself into a system which dis-courages the acquisition of new acts."Family quarrels" have occurred on thefloors of big agencies, because of the factthat many agents confine their operationsto stealing each other's acts, instead ofgoing forth and securing them, "on theirown hooks." Some of the agents whoplan giving up their franchises are amongthose who have been called in Singer's andHumphrey's offices for violations of theagents' code of ethics.

Tlie executives of the bigger circuits

have also asked some of the agents to ex-plain why certain acts which were repeat-edly refused bookings in Chicago haveshown themselves to possess real talentupon going to New York and other East-ern cities. It is said that some of theseacta are now headlining over the OrpheumCircuit.

The only answer the agents have beenable to vouchsafe is the explanation thatthese acts received "unfavorable reports"at local try-outs. Now, the executives arebusying themselves with investigation ofthe charges that office boys, not the agentsthemselves, looked the acts over.

The W. V. M. A. has tried the policy ofdelegating an active floor member to keepon the lookout for new acts and person-ally review those claiming consideration.Several obstacles, however, have served tointerfere with the success of this plan.The man delegated can only be at oneplace and frequently misses the really im-portant try-out.In addition to this, when he returns an

unfavorable report regarding an act underthe wing of an individual agent, the agentclaims that the report emanated frommotives of personal spite. Recently therewas quite a scandal on the "floor" whena young man, whose meteoric rise fromthe position of office boy to that of lead-ing agent within a few years placed himin a position of influence, attributed thereviewer's decision to personal motives.He also demanded that the act be given aroute despite the unfavorable report.

Episodes like this have convinced theexecutives that seme new system for judg-ing acts must be evolved. It is wellknown that many agents, far from beingthe happy family their mutual Interestswould imply, are in reality eagerly await-ing an opportunity to gobble the business

of the other. Even the White Batstrouble, while it has solidified the man-agers, has joined the interests of agentsonly insofar as actual necessities of themoment require. In the midst of it, ex-ecutives are compelled to devote timewhich should be allotted to more impor-tant things, to adjustments of pettystrife.

In the meantime, Chicago amusementcircles are eagerly interested in construct-ive changes that will take place after theMay 1 migration.

SARATOGA OWNERS IN COURTThe Saratoga Hotel, long known as a

home for many performers while stoppingin Chicago, gained undesirable publicitylast week when Its ownen were summonedby the State's Attorney's office to revealwhat they knew regarding "White Slave"activity in its confines. This was in con-nection with the arrest of Thomas Gary,a pugilist, Jack Price and others, undercharges of having quartered the PalmerSisters at the hotel for Immoral purposes.

GRJFFEN SEES EVERYBODYCal Griffon, newly apopinted manager

of the Orpheum Circuit in Chicago, hasabolished the "closed door" rule formerlyin vogue in the office. He makes it apoint to personally interview all acts seek-ing time. The net result is that theChicago Orpheum office is a very busyplace.

CHICAGO ARENA OPENSChicago's latest amusement enterprise, a

vast, indoor ice-skating rink called theChicago Arena, opened last Thursday eve-ning. The rink was completed at a coatof half a million dollars. It is located atthe corner of Broadway and Thorndaleavenue.

BLAUNDIN'S SON JOINS NAVYHarry Blaundin, Jr., sixteen years old

on March 2, son of the manager of theVictoria Theatre, has Joined the navy, pre-ferring a life in the service of Uncle Samto one in vaudeville, as suggested by hisfather.

MOORE TO WRITE CARUS ACTHerbert ' Moore, a Chicago author, will

write the book and lyrics for a productionin which Emma Cams will be seen invaudeville at the close of her present sea-son. Harry Weber win book the act.

"OVERZEALOUS" TO ACTRESSAdele Hughes, a motion picture actress,

charged Henry H. Bussian, a Chicago pho-tographer, with being "overzealoua" whenthe latter posed her for hosiery advertise-

ments. Bussian was fined $25 and costs.

RAY MERWTN TO WEDRay Merwin, booking agent, and Mabel

Coombs, both attaches of the Affiliated

Booking Offices, will embark upon theiratrimonial sea Saturday. They will de-fer their honeymoon until June.

PUBLISHERS BUYING OWN PAPERThe uncertain condition of the paper

market has led Chicago music publishersto purchase their own paper, awardingseparate contracts for printing.

MAKES BOOK OF UTTERHEADSCross & Banta have had the letterheads

printed for show people in the last twentyyean bound in book form, making a veryinteresting volume.

CHARLOTTES GET BOOKINGThe Five Charlottes, headed by Mrs.

Sam Du Vires, has secured long bookingsover the HodTdns-Pantages time.

CAL DE VAL BACK IN CHICAGOCal de Val has returned to Chicago,

after "c&bareting" for a couple ofis Cincinnati.

16 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1917

KARCZAG PUB. CO. SUESSHUBERTS FOR $50,000

Claim* Damages One to Song Interpola-

tion, m tto Musical Play "H«rSoldier Boy"

The Karczag Publishing Co. Inc hasbrought a suit at law against the ShubertTheatrical Company and Lee and JacobJ. Shabert, for $50,000, alleging that onaccount of the interpolation of song num-bers in "Her Soldier Boy" without first

consulting the plaintiff, the Karczag Co.had been damaged to that amount.

The action, according to the complaintfiled by plaintiff's attorneys, O'Brien,Malavinsky & Driscoll alleges that anagreement was signed on August 15, 1915,by the terms of which the exclusive pro-

duction rights to the musical play "GoldGab Ich Fuer Eisen" was given to thedefendants with the understanding that if

any interpolations were necessary, theplaintiff was to supply them. If it wasunable to supply the necessary interpola-

tions, then an outside party might becalled in to furnish them.The name of the piece was changed

to "Her Soldier Boy" and prior to its

production, the plaintiff alleges, the de-

fendant did not at any time demand orrequest the furnishing of any interpola-

tion, bat long before the production madeand entered into an agreement with thehouse of 6. Schlrmer Inc. for the fur-nishing of them.Some of these interpolations, the plain-

tiff alleges were original while others wereadapted from the musical play "Gold GabIch Fuer EiBen.""The defendant by these acts," alleges

the complaint, in order to obtain secret

profits, royalties and emoluments and in

order to deprive the plaintiff of the profits

properly due under the terms of the con-tract, did receiye_juid obtain interpolations

from some one other than \ the plaintiff."

THE "HOUSE OF IRISH HITS"

St. Patrick's Day evokes more than theaverage amount of singing all over theworld wherever the Irish axe and wherevertheir influence is felt. The attention of

singers naturally" turns to the sourcewhence they can obtain the best as wellas the most appropriate songs for thisoccasion. Wliafc" better or more valuablesource could there be than the "House ofIrish Hits," as M. Witmark & Sons areso often called these daya? To enumer-ate the full list of the Irish song suc-

cesses published'by this house would be to

reprint a veritable catalog. But some of themore recent, as well as the older ones thatare just as popular as ever, are worth re-

calling. These, include "A Little Bit ofHeaven," "Mother Machree." "When Irish

Eyes Are Smiling," "My Wild Irish Rose,""Where the River Shannon Flows"" Twas Only an Irishman's Dream," "TooRa Loo Ra Loo Ral, That's an Irish Lulla-by," "O'Brien Is Tryin' to Learn to TalkHawaiian," "She's the Daughter of MotherMachree," "Come Back to Erin MonaDarling," "When It's Springtime in Killar-

ney," "For KiTlarney and You," "111 ComeBack to Erin and You," "Ireland Is Irelandto Me," "Never Let Yourself Forget ThatYou Are Irish,. -Too," "McCarty" and"Peaceful Rafferty*!*;:

WRITES PALAIS ROYAL MUSICHarry Von Tilzcr has been engaged to

write the music for the new Palais Royalcabaret, which will open- at Broadway and48th St this month. •

In addition to the ensemble numbers hewill supply the songs for Fritzi Scheff, whowill be the feature of the entertainment.

ON THE TRAIL OF THE "TRAIL"Everybody's on the trail of the "Long,

Long Trail" song these days. It is carry-ing all before it, this song with the haunt-ing melody that has both Europe andAmerica in its -pleasant grip.

Dorothy Jardon, now on the OrpheumCircuit, sends word that her success withthis song is so big that it has gained apermanent place in her repertoire thatnothing can dislodge. Her audiences liter-

ally revel in her magnificent rendering ofthis song.

"There's a Long, Long Trail" hasreached a point of popularity that hasjustified its publishers, M. Witmark &Sons, in issuing it as a one-step, and nodancing rendezvous dares go without it

now, for the dancers are unanimous in

their enthusiasm in stepping to its melo-dious strains.In addition to this, it is significant that

the regimental bands in America are fol-

lowing the example of their Europeanbrethren. "There's a Long, Long Trail"has been the reigning hit of Britain formany months, and the military bands haveused it with telling effect both in andout of the war. The other day, whenthe Sixty-ninth Regiment returned fromthe border and marched triumphantlydown Fifth avenue, the thousands of on-lookers were thrilled by the playing of"There's a Long, Long Trail" as a marchbv the regimental band. It proved a won-derful tune to march to, and its effect

on both the "boys" and the spectatorswas both impressive and inspiring.

POPULAR WITH "BIG TIMERS""Come on Over Here, It's a Wonderful

Place" is proving more of a success thansanguine William Jerome ever expected.It is being sung by such well-known sing-ers as Willie Howard, Eddie Cantor, Wal-ter Lawrence, Lew Hawkins, StuartBarnes, Sam Harris, Billy Kilgard, Jamesand Anna Francis, Joe Hardman, PeggyBrooks, Bert Williams and many other"big time" comedians.Maude Nugent's "Donkey Trot" is being

featured by Doyle and Dixon, and sev-eral other dancing acts.

STERN & CO. SELLING AGENTSJos. W. Stern & Co. are acting as ex-

clusive selling agents for seven new num-bers by Will E. Skidmore, writer of"Pray for the Lights to Go Out." . TheSterns' treatment of the latter numberimpelled Mr. Skidmore to turn over tothem his new works, which include "ItTakes a Long Tall Brownskin Gal toMake a Preacher Lay His Bible Down,""Sing Me the Melody of Love," *T NeverAsked to Come to This World" and fourother sensational numbers.

KERN'S UNIQUE RECORDJerome D. Kern is enjoying the unique

distinction of having three musical com-edy successes appearing simultaneously inNew York, a record which will doubtlessstand for many seasons.His royalties from these and several

other productions now on the road is

considerably in excess of $3,000 a week,an income probably ten times greaterthan he ever hoped to obtain when hefirst took up musical composition.

BERLIN ON VACATIONIrving Berlin is spending a two weeks'

vacation in Battle Creek, Mich.

A "DIFFERENT" STATE SONGThere is a new state song, far differ-

ent from the host of such numbers whichhave preceded it. It is called "Some-where in Delaware," the work of Will J.

Harris and Harry I. Robinson, and thepublication of Jos. W. Stern & Co. Thepianos at the professional department ofthis firm are kept busy with this songand the other excellent numbers now inthe Stem catalog.

WITH FISHER & McCARTHYJohn P. Medbury. is the latest addition

to the staff of the Fisher & McCarthyMusic Publishing Co.

OLD MS. BRINGS $360Two stanzas of "Home, Sweet Home,"

each with a three-line refrain, in themanuscript of John Howard Payne, theauthor, signed in full and dated Wash-ington, August 10, 1850, brought $360 ata sale in Washington recently.

SINGING HARRIS SONGSA particularly long list of well-known

singers are featuring the Harris songB thisseason, doubtless due to the general all

around excellence of the Harris catalog.A few of the best known vocalists whoare meeting with success with Harrissongs are: Goelet, Harris and Mowrey,Powell and Brennan, Nonette, Frank Mor-rell, Willa Holt Wakefield, Caliste Co-nant, and many others.

LEO FEIST BUYS'"HONG KONG"Leo Feist has purchased from Buck &

Lowney of St. Louis, the clever Chineselove song, "Hong Kong," which is alreadya big success throughout the middle west,and its popularity is fast traveling east-ward.The Feist house is planning a big cam-

paign in connection with the number.

•TM AFRAID" A NOVELTY"I'm Afraid," a clever novelty song

published by W. L. Livernash, of KansasCity, Mo., is proving a fine applause get-ter for singers who need a particularlystrong number to close an act.

Many of the big time artists have foundthis clever song a sure encore producer.

KERN, A FIRE CHIEFJerome D. Kern, the composer, is the

chief of the Bronxville Volunteer Fire De-partment. Recently he invited the entiredepartment to attend the performance of"Love O' Mike" at the Shubert Theatre.

MOSE GUMBLE IN CHICAGOMose Gamble will spend a week in

Chicago, making his headquarters at theRemick professional offices. On the wayout he will atop a day to see the WinterGarden show in which Al. Jolson is fea-turing "Mammy's little Coal Black Rose."

PLAYED ON U. S. BATTLESHIP"Flag of My Country," a new patri-

otic song by Wm. J. Going, has been ac-cepted by the bandmaster of the U. S. S.Oklahoma and is a regular feature of hisdaily program. It is published by theErato Song House of Trenton, N. J.

LOOK IN THE AD. COLSTeddy Morse, who has been paging Jeff.

Branen in his "Sharps and Flats" column!is hereby referred to the advertising col-

umns of this week's issue of The Clipper.

NEW WOLFE GILBERT SONGSThe two new Stern songs by L Wolfe

Gilbert and Anatol Friedland, "I'mHearin' From Erin" and "Love Is a Won-derful Thing," are already well on theirway toward success.

MORRIS' PATRIOTIC SONGConroy & O'Donnell, at the Prospect

Theatre last week, introduced the new An-drew B. Sterling and Arthur Lange pa-triotic song "America, Here's My Boy,"and scored one of the biggest hits of their

FRIEDMAN LEAVES B'WAY CO.George Friedman, who for several years

was connected with the Broadway Musiccorp. is no longer connected with that com-pany.

JOE MORRIS RECOVERINGJoe Morris is recovering from a seri-

ous case of blood poisoning, the effects

of an operation on his foot. He is ex-

'

pected to be about again this week.

YES! CRAWFORD CAN WRITEThe young newspaper man who after

receiving the Shubert Press departmentstory to the effect that Clifton Crawford,the star in "Her Soldier Boy," had writ-ten a new song, penned a sarcastic para-graph concerning Mr. Crawford's inabilityto compose a song, probably never heardof "Nancy Brown."

Sharps and FlatsBy TEDDY MORSE

How about a Preparedness Leagueamong the musical ones? Anybody wantto start a drilling school for the country'scause? There is a world of good ma-terial that can be made good use of byUncle Sam. Surely those who profit bythe patriotic element in our songs, andmost of as do, should be willing to givea little to their country. "Sharps andFlats" is at your disposal.

Albert Piantadosi announces offices inall the principal cities of the country.Looks like a "get there" for this firm.They have several excellent songs, and agreat asset in Bert Avery, considered oneof the beat sales managers in the trade.And you should hear "Al." sing his"World and AU His Gold" ballad. Hepots a sob in it like Caruso!

"Why do the chickens cross thestreet?" mused Mose Gumbie, as he lookedtoward Harry Von Tiber's song em-porium. "Must be 'cause someone's morelonesome than yon," smiled Meyer Cohenback at him.

F. W. (not Woolworth) wonld like to'

know if any of these titles have been used

:

"Kiss Me, Dear; I'm Only a Music Pub-Usher," "How Are Your Corns Today?""Wiping on the Old Door Mat."

Mrs. Lew Leslie smiled a wonderfulsmile, and said last week's item vin thisspace amused her. We're stronger thanever for that Belle Baker girl now. Shereads this column!

Just as the call was being sounded forthe third time, Jeff Branen ' bobbed up.Is no longer with Morris, but sailing withthings planted for a spring and summercrop. Skookum. '

Well, they're training down South andout West, so get ready. Of course theband will play between innings, some plug-gers will sing, others won't—see you backof third base.

Here stands the statue of Andy Matt,He wrote a song and it fell flat.

He said it was punk and worse than that

;

That's why there's a statue to Andy Matt.

Those celebrated "Jazz's" didn't set uson fire in the East, after all. Many asilent prayer, hitherto unused, went heav-enward when the "flop" became known.

Ernie Ball is supposed to have made$30,000 last year in royalties. Let's hopehe did. He deserves all he can get. He'ssome boy.

"Sing Me Love's Lullaby" is the nameof a beautiful song that the Feist Co. ispleasing hosts of professionals with.

Said the Egg to the Potato: "Whadda-yer want to make those eyes at me for?"

Jack Yellen is a song writer. Withthat name he should have been a singer..

Billy Tracy is around lyric-ing withsome of" the stiff—pardon—staff writers.

March 14, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 17

USHERS' STRIKE

NOT DUE TOUNION

INDIVIDUAL TROUBLE BACKED UP

Several walkouts of ushers in burlesquetheatres which occurred recently havecaused the report of an ushers' union hav-ing been formed. The real causa of the

strikes, however, was the infraction of

rules by one of the force. When this per-

son's discharge was ordered the rest sought

to prevent it by a threat to quit, and in

all cases they were told to travel.

Except for the Hebrew theatres there is

no affiliation of the musicians and stagehands with the ushers, box office or door-

men, and any strike by the employees in

front could gain but little headway.The ushers in the burlesque houses aver-

age about ten dollars a week and havetheir uniform furnished. All of the houseshave large waiting lists to fall back on in

case of trouble.

In the recent strike other employees of

the house were recruited for the emer-

gency, and a new staff secured for the nextperformance.

REEVES PICKS NEW TITLE"Tit-Bits of Beauty, Fun and Song" is

the new title of Al Beeves' show nestseason.

STOCK FOR OLYMPIC MAY 14

The stock season at the Olympic, NewYork, will open May 14.

SUES FOR SHARE OF PROFITS

Seattle, Wash., March 7.—L. H. Grif-fiths, of this city, has. filed a complaint in

Superior Court alleging Jensen & Yon Her-bert?, of the Greater Theatres Co. (Coli-

seum, Liberty and Mission) owe him $30,-

000, as one-tenth of the net profits of theLiberty Theatre since November, 1013. Hebuilt the honse and claims the lessees wereto pay him 10 per cent of the net profits.

STEVENS LOVE SUIT ENDEDFlorence, Ala., March 9.—The jury in

the breach of promise case of Mrs. HelenB. Stevens against Belmont Tiffany wasdismissed today after being out for twenty-four houre^and failing to agree. .Mrs.Stevens, who' is the widow of the late BenD. Stevens,,the well known manager, will

continue the action at the September term.of Court.

THEATRE WORKSHOP MAKES BOWThe

r"Theatre Workshop" made its bow

last Friday night in the Lenox Theatre,54 East Seventy-eighth street The threeshort plays which made up the program-were : "A Marriage Has Been 'Arranged.""In a Balcony" and "The Barbarians."

BONHEUR SLOWLY RECOVERINGLncien L. Bonheur, director of the

French Theatre, who went to the MountSinai Hospital for treatment some timeago, is slowly recovering from a severesurgical operation and hopes to be ableto leave the hospital within a month.

AHEARN FAILS TO APPEARCharlie Ahearn failed to appear before

Supreme Court Justice Cohalan Friday,when his wife's suit for an absolute divorcewas tried. Decision was reserved.

PERFORMERS AT COUNTRY CLUBLtnchbubo, Ya., March 8.—At the or-

ganization meeting of the Lynchburg Ro-tary Club, Raymond Root and Earl andPauline Lewis, of Zarrow's American Curls'

Musical Company, who appeared at the

Trenton Theatre, were engaged to give acabaret performance at the Oakwood Coun-try Club, and they scored a big hit withthe Rotarians.

JOKE COST HIM $100One hundred dollars was the cost of

sending a. joke which was judged objec-tionable by Manager Stadtler of the Pal-ace, Baltimore, over the footlights withthe "Star and Garter Show." The showpaid the amount.

ELKS ELECT NEW TREASURERBrooklyn Lodge of Elks have elected

Daniel J. Doyle as treasurer in place ofDan McCann, who bad served in thatcapacity for many years. James J. Byrneis the new Exalted Ruler.

TRIO IS ADDED ATTRACTIONFletcher, Levy & McCabe were used as

an added attraction with the "High LifeGirls," a burlesque organization playingon the American Circuit, at the Star The-atre, Brooklyn, last week..

PEARSON ENGAGES PAINERaymond Paine has been engaged by

Arthur Pearson for the east of "StepLively Girls," an attraction on the Colum-bia Circuit next season.

FAY SIGNS WITH MARIONDave Marian has signed Gus Fay for

his summer run-.

STACY-PROCTOR SUIT DROPPEDAlbany, N. Y., March 13.—An order has.

been filed, in the Albany county clerk's

office by which the suit of Oliver H.Stacy, formerly manager of the ColonialTheatre, against F. F. Proctor was dis-

continued, having been "settled out ofcourt. His suit was for $2,500 for analleged breach of contract under whichthe Colonial Theatre was sold to Proctor.

MARIE DAVENPORT ENGAGEDSeattle, Wash., March 10.—Marie Dav-

enport, an actress well known on the Pa-cific Coast in vaudeville and musical come-dy circles, has joined the Monte Carter Co.at the Oak. Dick Frazier is also with this

company.

SARI PETRASS MARRIES BROKERSari Petrass, light opera prima "donna,

who made her American debut in "MissSpringtime," was married last Tuesday toFelix Augustus Eugene Sommerhoff, abroker. \ ;

CLARK SUCCEEDS ARLINGTONGrand' Rapids, Mich., March 12.

—

Carl H. r Clark, formerly of the PalaceTheatre, [Detroit, succeeds Harry Arling-

ton as manager of the Orpheum.

COHEN TO FIGHTSUIT BROUGHT

BYJHILLSAYS HE HAD TO CENSOR SHOW

SOTHERN TO WRITE ARTICLESE. H. Sothern announces that he will

write a series of critical articles for amagazine on the general subject "The.Stage as I knew It"

ADAMS & SON BUY THEATRENoR-riiroKT, Wash., March 7.—Charles

Adams & Son, of Seattle, have purchasedthe Bijou Theatre, here.

WILLS IN CENTURY ROOF REVUENat M. Wills has joined the company

appearing in the midnight revue at . theCocoanut Grove.

BOGARDUS IS WELL AGAINSeattle, Wash., March 6.—Franklyn

Bogardus has recovered from a recent op-eration for appendicitis.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y., March 12.—Man-ager Cohen, who runs theatres in New-burgh and this city, is going to give GusHill a fight in the action which the latterhas brought against him, he says. Hillseeks to recover money he alleges is duehim as part of bis contract price in pro-ducing "The Midnight Maidens" in theCohen houses. Cohen has decided to makethis a test case to determine whether theproducer or the house manager shall be theone to say how a production shall be puton in a theatre.

"The Midnight Maidens" showed forthree days last autumn at Cohen's OperaHouse. The Columbia Amusement Com-pany provided Hill with a contract,guaranteeing him the sum of $1,650 for thethree days. However, Cohen turned overto him only $1,069.56, Hill alleges.

Cohen, in his defense, claims that theproduction was not the kind of a show hehad contracted for. He alleges that he wasforced to censor whole scenes because theywere objectionable and that, therefore, herefused to pay the whole contract price.Cohen states that he notified the booking

agency of bis stand, which, in turn, told

Hill to clean up his show, he says.It is Cohen's contention that, in view of

the fact that he must comply with the localcensor board and give clean shows, it is hisright as a manager to eliminate anythingin a production which he might deem ob-jectionable and deduct his financial loss

from the money doe the producer.

WEBERS LEASE THEATREPlattsbubgh, N. Y., March 12.—Joe N.

and Ike Weber have leased the new theatrein Plattsbnrgh, N. Y., and will open it forthe summer season with musical comedy orburlesque stock. The encampment of thesoldiers will open in June and the Weber'sexpect good patronage from the Khakiboys. A well known burlesque comedianwill bead and produce the shows.

KAHN FORMS FOLLIES SHOWBen Kahn, of the Union Square The-

atre, and Henry Frey are making prepara-tions to take out a show of their ownover /the new Ed Rush Follies Circuit.The show will be known as Henry Frey's"Parisian Follies."

DIXON FOR PICTURESHenry P. -Dixon's new "scenery" caused

a commotion in . the' Columbia AmusementCo. offices on Monday morning. He in-forms us that1 he is being featured in anew .Triangle five-reeler, entitled "Break-ing Loose."

SUMMER SHOW NOT CHOSENThe selection for the Summer run at the

Columbia, New York, has not been made..President J.' Herbert Mack will announcethe choice, before he leaves on his recrea-tion trip next week.

FIFTEEN ACTS AT MINER'SFor the Sunday concert, March 11, at

Miner's, Bronx, fifteen good acts wereshown to packed bouses afternoon andevening. This week's gift night with theBen Welch show will dispose of 25 six-

Cind strips of bacon, frying pans andketa of vegetables. A wrestling bout

is scheduled for Friday night. The divingcontest will attract many local amateursfor the "Hip, Hip, Hooray Girls." The"Sightseers" will contribute their noveltyprizes, and 625 pounds of beef will be thetotal of the prizes for the "Beef Trust"week.

PREPARES FOR BURLESQUE BOOTHMrs. T. W. Dink ins requests that all

those wishing to can add to the success ofthe Burlesque Booth at the Actors' FundFair by sending in contributions as earlyas possible.

ZIEGFELD BACK ON BROADWAYFlorenz Ziegfeld, Jr., has returned from

Palm Beach, where he has been for sev-

eral weeks.

GOOD DAYS FOR TREASURERSThese are halcyon days for the treas-

urers in the burlesque theatre box offices.The extraordinary prosperity enjoyednaturally reflects itself upon the boys whohandle the receipts. The manager ofevery visiting show, in recognition of suchextra receipts, when figuring up at theend of the week, is favorably inclined to-ward leaving some substantial token ofappreciation with the treasurer.

KAHN'S EMPLOYEES TO DANCEThe employees of Daly's Theatre and

B. F. Kahn'a Union Square will give theirgrand annual ball Friday, March 23, atTeutonia, Assembly Booms, Third Avenueand Sixteenth Street. The boys haveworked hard to make it one big night, andthe sale of tickets is large. The girls ofthe booth chorus have invited all chorusgirls playing around the city.

POWERS GETS CLUB ROOMSTreasurer James Powers of the Bur-

lesque Club ii.forms the members that thenew club rooms have been selected andwill open in time to have them used whenthe boys close their season. There is

plenty of money on hand to carry out theliberal plans of the committee.

BURLESQUE NOTESWatson's "Beef Trust," with "Krouse-

meyer's Alley," in continued use for nine-teen years, continues to draw recordcrowda down East. Watson's "U. 8.Beauties" also are sharing in the generalprosperity out West

Dan Dody's work will be in evidencewith the Sam Sidman show when it hitsthe Columbia. He is tuning it up in Al-bany this week.

M. J. Guild, Dutch comedian with the"High Life Girls," has' been replaced byTed Evans.

Harry Steppe will close with the "HelloGirls" when his contract expires at theclose of the regular season at St Paul,May 5.

Tillie Cox will close with the "StepLively, Girls" at Paterson, March 17.

Dave Marion has secured the houserecord at the Orphenm, Paterson.

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Leo Stevens is in stock at the UnionSquare, New York.

Al Lawrence has joined the "Star andGarter Show."

Mae Clark is with the "BroadwayBelles."

Tom Henry is managing the Gayety,Buffalo.

REEVES GETS CASINO RECORDAl Reeves annexed the reocrd for one

performance at the Casino, Boston, lastSaturday night, March 10.

Eddie Miller has joined the ''"Ameri-cans." .

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Billy Wells is doing vaudeville.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1917

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The Sensational Hawaiian Novelty Song Hit!THE SONG RAGE, WITH THE INFECTIOUS, HONEY-SI

AIN'T IT THE TRUTH? You're good so long as you can make good. You can con

the truth? Same here. "Feist Songs" are good for you so long as they make good for you, fS<

THE BIGGEST HIT IN THE COUNTKf

AT DO YOU WANTAT ME FOR IF THEY DO

Words by HOWARD JOHNSON and JCc

This wonderful number, originally introduced by Henry Lewis in Anna Held's "Follow Me" musical production, scoring theIN ORDERING JUST

Here are the current Feist hits: "Silver Bay/' "I Know I Got More Than My

2

"Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There," "Way Out Yonder in theGot 'em? Also that New Wallop Ballad, "WON'T YOU GIVE ME A CHANCE T01

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That unexpected novelty hit, that sneaks in every once in awhile, when you least

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reeping Across the Continent Like a Tornado!, UNIQUE, CROONY MELODY! Lyric by GEORGE A. LITTLE. Music by BILLY BASKETTE and JOE SANTLY «^C *_

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MAKE THOSE EYMEAN WHAT THEY SAY?

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hit caught the fickle fancy of the public to such an extent that we had to release it—Go to it Boy—It's tne one bie hit'lux Tuner rvcc •• ' .

^"MINT THOSE EYES

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THE BALLAD BEAUTIFUL

CALLING ME HOME TO YOUAn instant and positive success. If you want a song that will immeasurably strengthen and improve your act send for this

really great ballad.

ORCHESTRATIONS IN Eb AND C, 16e. '.

To Racognizsd EnUrtalntrsSsndlng Crsdtntlals a Professional Song Copy Will B« Sent Gratis.

BOOSEY & CO., 9 East 17th Street, NEW YORK, N. Y.Ryrie Building, Yonge Street, Toronto, and London, Eng. '.*'

PHELAN BROS, & IKIcKAYTHIS IS TO announce the arrival In Eastern Vaudevilleoff a quartette off entertainers, featuring good voices, goodappearances, youth, pep, and personality.

Moved from 2nd to 7th position on bill after matinee at the: Harlem Opera House—first showing.

CHARLES McCARRONPresents

BETTY BOND"Five Flights of Musical Comedy

CHARLES McCARRON

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Gowns Designed byMME. HAMMER

CHARLES McCARRONVAUDEVILLE PRODUCER

Room 1101, Exchange Bldg., 145W 45th St, New York

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HARLEM OPERA HOUSE(Last Half)

Harry Swift is a resourceful manager.

Sol Levoy, his assistant, being ill with

the grippe, bad to be replaced by an il-

lustrated song delineator last week. Swift

did not nave to go out of tbe boose to do

it, however. In tbe selection of bis em-ployees one of tbe requirements is that

they possess vocal abilities and it was a

very simple matter, as a result, to haveIrving Hart, assistant treasurer of tbe

house, temporarily leave tbe ticket cage

and replace Sol on the program.The opening turn was the Hawaiian

Duo, presenting native dances, and music

on the Ukuleles. This act was a poorselection for the opening number and rather

handicapped John Small and Tbe SmallGirls (New Act) in the second spot.

Hill and Ackerman, comedy acrobats,

were placed in the third position. Theuse of a woman "plant" in the audienceadded speed and ginger to the act.

Irving Hart held rather a hard spot with

bis illustrated songs, following tbe serial

picture.Arthur Aldrich, late tenor of the Hip-

podrome, assisted by his wife, appearing

as Aldrich & Fleming, (New Acta) wasthe next torn.

Winona Winter, the singing comedi-enne, seemed to be the hit of the bill in

the next spot, with her songs and im-personations. Her impression of a ven-triloquist waa responsible for several re-

calls from the audience at the end of her

offering.

Harry First & Co. presented bis comedy-dramatic sketch, "The Marriage Fee."Harry seemed to have the "bee" on theaudience, as bis delineation of the char-

acter of "Weinstein the Marriage Broker"was greatly to their liking.

The Bialto Four, operatic artists withselections from various operas, were in the

next to closing spot.

"In Mexico," a mediocre musical tab-

loid, held the closing position. This actis altogether too talky. The story deals

with the overthrow of the Mexican govern-ment and the installation of a usurper.

The musical numbers were very poor, asthe chorus girls had bnt little volnme totheir voices and none of the principals dig-

played any vocal ability at all.'•

The girls in the chorus seemed to berather negligent regarding their appear-ance also. In one of the numbers theyappeared wearing dirty white shoes, whichseemed to be rather noticeable to the audi-ence, as considerable comment was made,t A. TJ.

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BIJOU(Last Half)

The show was opened by Peppino A Per-ry, who certainly know how to play theirpiano 'accordions. Near the end of tbe actone of the team discards his accordion for

a violin and plays -the. latter instrumentvery well. 2

Kitty Flynn followed witb a number ofsong selections. The act is reviewed underNew Acts.The comedy picture, "Max Comes Across,"

featuring Max Linder, provoked manylaughs. •. y -. •

Wright & Davis presented a clever man-and-girl act. His efforts to sell the girl

Love Insurance contained many funny lines.

The business of measuring her for a policywas quite original. The act pleased theaudience on Friday afternoon.

"General Orders" is the name of a ratherunusual playlet with the Philippines aa its

locale. The end of the playlet has an ele-

ment of surprise and turns a serious situa-tion into a happy ending. The offering waswell received and is one of the few smalltime playlets where the end is not obviousthroughoutTommy Haydn appeared in place of Dem-

srest & Doll. His English takeoff was wellliked. The ball game business got manylaughs. The dance at the end of the turnmade a strong finish to a good act.The show was closed by Paul, Le Van &

Dobbs, who are three skilled acrobats. Theblackface member of the trio is a good com-edian and injects,many laughs into the act.

H. G.

VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS(Ccrtawd from Pag* I)

AUDUBON(Last Half)

"Intelligence," reviewed under NewActs, and Moran & Wheeler, shared thehonors of this bill.

Due to the efforts of Bert Wheeler, withhis inimitable style of "nut" comedy,Moran & Wheeler went over for the big-

gest kind of a hit. This lad has a winningway about him that "gets" the audienceimmediately. Unfortunately for him, hispartner, who plays the "straight," is weak.Although, no doubt, Moran will improvewith time, he will never shape up to his

"nut" partner.Wheeler has big time stuff in him and

is in need of a big time mate. For evensmall time, Moran will have to cultivate

more stage composure. He presents avery stiff stage appearance, seems at aloss to know what to do with his hands,and finds it difficult to play up to Wheeler.Several objectionable parts of this acthave been eliminated since it waa last re-

viewed by The Clipper and the turn is

better for the absence of certain lines.

Wheeler's entrance is different than theone used at the City Theatre, and is agreat improvement.The show was opened by the Smettens,

who juggle hoops while performing ratherhazardous acrobatic feats.

Burns & Kissen, in the second spot, gota number of laughs with their patter,while their singing passed muster. Thisis a passable small time act.

Chauncey Monroe & Co. presented aplaylet that was fairly well acted.Creighton, Belmont A Creighton resort

to an abundance of hokum, but get awaywith it in satisfactory shape. Their actgot many laughs and seemed to pleasethe audience.

"Intelligence" closed the vaudeville bill.IT p

FULTON(Last Half)

. While fully realizing the difficulties un-der which a performer labors in playing asupper show and as a result making manyallowances for shortcomings, there is noreason for an actor to be rude to bis audi-ence simply because it is an empty and un-appreciative bouse. A performer should en-deavor at all times to do his very best be-cause that is what he is being paid for.

Tbe audience, which has paid its way intothe theatre, is entitled to courtesy from theperformer.A case in point is. that of Dorothy Wahl

& Curtis Brothers, at this house. MissWahl sang two songs at Friday's secondshow in a haphazard way at the beginningof the act and then left the stage to theCurtis Brothers, not even appearing to bowat the end of the act The Curtis Brotherspaid absolutely no attention to the audi-ence, smiling and talking continually to per-sons behind the wings, putting no effort intotheir work and getting through their actas quickly as possible. No bows.- The routine of the act will be reviewedunder New Acts.The other acts on the bills strove their

hardest to please and received gratifyingapplause, considering the house.The Van Camps opened the show. The

tricks that the man does are performed verycleverly and the way he made »nimal» ap-pear from a hat particularly amused tbekiddies.

Lee Tong Foo, "the Chinese Nut," singshis numbers in his happy-go-lucky way andwins applanse. His Scotch takeoff is par-ticularly good.Maude Leone & Company act their play-

let in a convincing way. The plot is goodand the playlet should have no difficulty inpleasing small time audiences.

Bernard & Lloyd have some very funnylines in their act which are sure-fire laughgetters. Their singing pleased.

The show was closed by May Barclay,who replaced the Eqnillo Brothers. Shemore than made good in the closing spot

H. G.

HAMILTON(Last Half)

The booking office was a bit a fault in

the selection of the bill at this house forthe last half. Better judgment could havebeen shown in the assemblage of the acts.There were two turns following each otherwhich used motion pictures for their in-troductions and it seemed to take the edgeoff the performance considerably.George W. Brown, the champion walker,

assisted by Willie W. Weston, was inthe opening spot. As an introduction tothe act, motion pictures were shown ofBrown going about tbe country in his ex-hibition and training stunts. At the fin-

ish of the picture, Brown A Weston en-gaged in a mile walk on an improvised"walking machine."

Clinton A Rooney appeared in theirsongs and dances, Julia, as usual, givingher impersonation of Brother Pat. Thepicture machine is used in the act to giveJulia time to make her change. Had it

been eliminated at the Hamilton withClinton filling in the time instead, tbeact would have been more appreciated,especially as it followed an act whichused pictures.

Ubert Carlton, blackface comedian, withhis monologue and songs, was in a ratherhard spot, but after consistent effort onhis part "got" the audience with him.

Spencer Charters A Co. appeared in thecomedy playlet, "The Hermit." Thetheme is an exceptionally good one, withthe character man carrying off the honors.The other two people in the sketch arepassable.

King & King appeared in their songsand dances. The act, in next to closingposition, was placed wrong, as little abil-

ity is displayed by the couple throughoutthe greater part of the turn. The man'seccentric dance seemed to be a life saverfor it amused the audience considerably.It might be suggested that the act obtaina new line of talk, as the material usedbored the audience considerably.

. The Fire Violin Girls in their musicalselections and dances held the closing spot.The act is a decided novelty and, with tbeexception of one girl, they all make apretty appearance. This girl, the little

one with the "bobbed" hair, seems to bea bit careless in ~her carriage, dress andmannerisms, which makes her appearrather conspicuous, much to her own detri-ment. A. U.

BOULEVARD(Last Half)

The Ruby Girls, previously reviewed inthis paper as the Lillian Sisters, openedthe show. Three talented girls present apleasing musical act in this offering.

Grindell A Esther followed. This pairis a very clever team and experienced nodifficulty in getting over big. The mangets a lot of fun out of his thin physique.He is a capable comedian. The girl singsnicely and dresses in good taste. Her lastcostume is exceptionally pretty.The playlet ''Ankles* proved to be re-

plete with laughs and was capably acted.The man who portrays the Jewish hus-band gives an excellent performance. Hiswife's acting is also far better than tbatusually found in small time playlets. Theother two members of the cast give satis-

factory support.Patsy. Doyle is just about as fat aa

tbe man in the Grindell A Esther team is

thin. His rotundity is the occasion formuch mirth, and his funny stories add tothe laughs.While Swain's Rats and Cats are very

clever, it is questionable whether this kindof an act is suitable for a vaudeville audi-ence. To many tbe sight of rats is repl-iant. As a proof of this contention, whenone of tbe rats started to run front onthe stage and it appeared as if be wasabout to get into the audience, many ofthe women screamed in fright. The catsand rats share equal honors and are welltrained. H. G.~"

EIGHTY-FIRST ST.(Last Half)

Betty Bruce Stewart, who offers a nov-elty dancing act, opened. See New Actafor review.

Patsia De Forest and Allen Kearns havea skit with a bare nucleus of a plot,

called "You Can't Believe Them." It eon-

cerns the ever deceptive human race.

The two meet at the seashore and talk

to each other as if they were the reigningdeities of wealth. It turns out that tbeman is really a department store head,

while the girl is a saleslady at the ribboncounter in the same store. Tbe materialis very difficult to handle, but is attrac-

tive. A very good hand was accorded theact.

"Howard" is a ventriloquist. He calls

his skit, "At the Doctor's," and the mate-rial is all new and very cleverly handled.

Two dummies come for treatment andkeep up a rapid-fire talk while one of thepatients is having a tooth extracted. Theperformer makes frequent use of the tele-

phone, both the assistants "butting in"on the conversation in a laughable way.The close is a song, by Howard himself,

a girl who talks over the 'phone and thetwo dummy assistants. The whole rou-

tine keeps the house in ecstasies of mirth.This act has big-time possibilities.

The Three Hickey Brothers are goodacrobatic dancers, but a little too careless

in their manner, indulging in talk amongthemselves. The comedian uses a bit oil

business made famous by Joe Jackson attbe Hippodrome and, unless it is original

with him, should be dropped. This Trioof brothers registered a big hit and re-

sponded with a laugh-provoking encore.

Catherine Crawford's "Fashion Girls"were in the last spot, and the act was in-

teresting throughout. The gowns worn arepretty and there seems an unlimited sup-ply of them. J. L-

PROCTOR'S 58th STREET(Last Half)

"Bob" Albright has told about the coldhe caught in Fall River so much that it

has become a part of his act. He washeadlining at this house for the hut halfand dragged in his old announcement, stat-ing that his voice was bo bad he had in-

sisted on not appearing. TTfa stuff went big,

however, and he responded with severalencores, while his pianist played a coupleof solos. One of the singer's encore num-bers is a patriotic preparedness talk, deal-ing mostly with some American firemenwho won a tournament in London andother athletes who carried off the Olympicgame honors. "Bob's" poem needs re-vision.

Stagpole and Spier opened. The man is

a good eccentric dancer but the patterwith his partner, a woman, is zero in en-tertainment. Some new gags should beadded to this routine. The team got abig hand for the early spot.The next team, Maley and Woods, reg?

istered heavily. They are fair dancers,and the girl is neat In appearance. One"blue" jest is too suggestive to be usedon any stage. Their encore number seemsthe best in the routine, and it might begood to lead off with it.

Noel Travers and Irene Douglas offereda little playlet called "Meadowbrook Lane"which will fit in nicely most anywhere.It concerns a young school teacher whosehome is about to be sold because of anunpaid debt An agent comes along, takesa liking to the girl and, a la Wallingford,gets a big roll of money from the mort-gage holder. The skit has some laughablesituations and action.

Charles Althoff kept the house roaringwith his rustic skit, "The Sheriff of Hicks-ville." Althoff has an excellent make-up,while his gags are well related. His num-bers on the violin went big.

Joyce, West and Senn, two men and awoman, have some good dance numbers,while one of the men is a pianist of fairability. Although they got a big band,they offered no encore, seemingly beingcontent to repeat bow after how.The Four Earls found a ready response

to their clever acrobatic novelty, closingthe shew. J. L.

22 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 191?

JEANADAIRVAUDEVILLE FEATURE ACTS

FRANK STANLEYIN

"Where's The Finish"Representative

BERT GOLDBERGDIRECT FROM

THE NUT FACTORY

Directiea HARRY WEBER

FLYING MISSILE EXPERTSAND BOOMERANG THROWERS

Booked SolidU. B. O—BIG TIME

Stuart BarnesDirection JAS. E. PLUNKETT

MARY FORRESTWith ADFJ.E BLOOD AND CO. Palace. Chicago, EL, Fab. 28

EMMA STEPHENSBOOKED SOLID DIRECTION HARRY FITZGERALD

VENUS OF THE AIRWishes to Be Known to Fuiun Under Her Own Name

(DAINTY) MARIE MEEKERDIRECTION PAT CASEY

A Different Comedy Act

ALLEN AND MORTONFool. Fiddle and Voice in Fob and Folly

WORKING FOR U. B. O. DDL CHARLES BORNHAUPT

Dainty Dancing DuoDIRECTION CENE HUGHES. INC. AND JO. PAIGE SMITH

ED. F. REYNARD Presents

MI .I.E.

Bl ANC

A

la a Saria* o* Dramatic

M1J.F BIANCA PresentsED. F.

REYNARDThe Veatruoejolnl Comedian.m -BEFORE THE COURT."

SUPREME NEW OPERATIC OFFERING

ftp DOREE'S CELEBRITIESDirection STOKER & BIERBAUER

ORPHEUM, BROOKLYN, MARCH 5-10

MAZIE KINGIn Her Own Dance Creations Direction MAX HART

MRS. THOS. WHIFFEN & CO.AND PEGGY DALE WHIFFEN

PLAYING U. B. 0. TIME

In "The Golden Night

NOLAN and NOLANJESTING JUGGLERS

FEB. 19 KEITH'S, PROVIDENCE Direction NORMAN JEFFRIES

THE READESSlack Wire Juggling Novelty

Direction RAY HODCDON

THE CLEANEST ACT ON THE BILL

JOE TOWLELEO FITZGERALD. V.oArrW.

(Greetings)

SHERLOCK SISTERSDIRECTION OF GEO. CHOOSE—UNITED TIME.

ARTHUR HAVEL & CO.-PLAYMATESBy WILL M. CRESSY

DIRECTION JAMBS B. PUJNKBTT

ALL GIRLS

Darling Saxophone FourDIRECTION ROSE * CURTIS

CAMILLE PERSONITHE "MADAM BUTTERFLY" OF VAUDEVILLE

March 14, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 23-

VAUDEVILLE ACTS(Continued from page 9)

DIAVOLOTheatre

—

Madison Square Garden.Style

—

Sensational cycle act.

Time

—

Ten minute*.Setting—None.

The act performed by Siavolo is oneof the most sensational bicycle acts everseen in Madison Square Garden, whichhas been the home of sensations.

In this act Diavolo uses a large bas-

ket-like affair, which is made of slats,

is shaped like a large round breadpan and is minus a bottom. Diavolo's

first work in this is while it rests uponthe stage. He mounts his bicycle andrides around inside the basket at a ter-

rific rate of speed. This, in itself, is

daring, but what follows is much morehazardous.Again he mounts his wheel and in a

flash be is once more circling the- basketat top speed. Then at his signal, thebasket, which is suspended by a single

rope, ia raised from the stage. Up it

goes until it is about. fifteen feet in theair and the rider is still circling thebasket on his wheel.To make the feat still more hazard-

ous, Diabolo blindfolds himself before hestarts on his midair ride.

Ab a finish, fireworks, attached all

around the outside of the basket, are set

oft! and Diavolo makes his descent in ablaze of fire.

This was Diavolo's American debutand occurred last Wednesday nightwhen he was a feature of the GreatAmerican Circus. B. W.

PAT & PEGGY HOULTONTheatre—Eighty-first Street.Style

—

Comedy tkit.

Time

—

Thirteen minute*.Setting

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Special.

This skit, entitled "A Rummer Flirta-tion," has three very pretty scenes.The first ona is in one, with the drop

representing a country landscape.Peggy enters and sings a song rathersweetly. She is an actress from theGreat White Way, and has come to thecountry for a rest. A young fellownamed Jones saw her in New York, andit was a case of love at first sight.

Understanding that she has gone tothe country, he follows her there, butdoes not recognize the ideal of his

dreams in her milkmaid attire. He tells

her of his love for the actress and asong is rendered by the pair. She askshim to meet her that evening again inthe park,

i The second scene is in two and rep-

resents the park. She is now dressedas a country boy and is charming inthe costume. The man enters, and shediscloses her real identity to him. Theysing a love duct.The curtain rises for the encore upon

a very pretty water scene.This last bit is particularly effective

and makes a strong closer for the actwhich is very pleasing. H. G.

FIVE AERIAL FONTANISTheatre—Madison Square Garden.Style

—

Gymnastic.Time

—

Eight minutes.Setting—tfone.

It is rarely that one sees an aerial

novelty, but the five aerial Fontanis,furnish one. The performers are youngwomen and each one is a gymnast.They work on a wheel, which revolves

in perpendicular fashion like a ferris

wheel, and has, in place of baskets, five

trapezes. On these, the women work asthe wheel revolves, performing simul-

taneously their various stunts, which in-

clude a number of feats usually fonnd in

the routine of every trapeze act with theaddition of iron jaw work.The act is very showy . and the ease

and grace with which the performers

work made it more attractive. E. W.

KEANE AND DIEHLTheatre—Eighty-first st.

Style—Playlet.Time

—

Twenty minutes.Setting—Full stage. Special.- .Ryder Keane and Ilka Diehl have acomedy playlet with an excellent plot.

The girl lives in a email town. Theboy leaves to make his name in theworld with the understanding that heis to return at cherry-blossom time.A year later he appears at the coun-

try home and, as the girl's grouchyfather predicted, is dressed "swell."The sweetheart announces that he is apromoter and this disgusts the old man,who leaves. The young man then tells

the girl that he is even wearing a bor-rowed suit of clothes and that he hasbeen a failure in the city, most of his

time having been spent as a book agent.Success or failure, the girl wants him.

His latest job was selling stock for anew invention and, with his "book-agent" tactics, he urges the girl's fatherto buy some. He thereby gets enoughmoney for the honeymoon trip.

The girl's father, Fred Quimby, makesa good grouch of the old school and thelovers' roles are played in a pleasingmanner. J. L.

ALICE HAMILTONTheatre—Fifty-eighth Street.

Style—Talking, tinging.Time—Seven minutes.Setting—One. House.

Alice Hamilton portrays a kindly old

lady, first coming on stage escorted bya policeman. She explains that he hashelped her across a street and thengives a line of talk pertaining tomodern customs and fashions.

Her routine is so motivated that thechoruses of a couple of songs arc inter-

spersed In the turn. She also does alittle foot work.The idea for this act is very good,

but most of the gags, although witty,

are not laugh getters. Considerable

of the talk needs to be revised. Thesongs are put over in a pleasing way.

J. I ..

"SOLDIER BOY"Theatre

—

Proctor's 1251*- Street.

Style

—

Musical comedy tah.

Time

—

Thirty-five minutes.Setting

—

Special. Pull stage.

Albert Haynes and his company pre-

sent an interesting tab, with WestPoint atmosphere and a fair plot.

It is graduation day at the military

school and one of the popular students

is about to "flunk" in his studies. Anuncle .comes to see him and the twomeet.' The student, not knowing hiB

uncle, "roasts" the latter, but, later,

makes good with his relative and is

given a big fortune.

The act moves along with lots of

ginger and plenty of comedy is inter-

jected.

This military musical comedy tabmakes a good feature for the small

time. J. L-

BETTY BRUCE STEWART

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itsan the data (or number) of the CUPPER ta> which the lettera

It _the latter la to be stmt, mad the

GENTLEMENAdair. John. Jr.Anders, GlennAlhreebt, H.Bertrano. FrankBrady, PaidBertram! 4 WolfBon. Albert

Braham, HarryBravo, KirkBurt, Vfm. P.Colters, Tbedements. Burr E.

Gvlrle, cinfev.Carliu a Hoe-

lend

Aimont. MlodaAtvood, danAkerstrom. UUleBunnell. MabelBeeeney, EraBuford. lira.

J. E.Brodertck. LillianBrown, Margie

Dunbar, Chaa. E.Dunham. BenDrtne. J. W.Drciall, ErnestField. Normsn B.

Frailer. Stanley

Porer, EddieFriedeU, SeottleGraham. FrankHillman, F. P.Huntley, J. B.Harney, BenHolmes. Earl

Castle, JeanClarke, DeliaCsslltton. TbelmaDredon, GraceDaly. CarrieExcells. Mile.Emmett, GraceFleteher, IsabelForrest, Klisteeo

Harrey. FrankHamilton, Jas.

Ball. Geo. 8.Hanley, Nicklies. Gar R.Krampe. Ben J.

Kins. Tboa. J.

KsacU. RobertKennett, KndouTKline, RobertKraft ft MyrtleKeene, E.Kennedy, TonyLalor, Frank

Leonard, MaiLee. Joe H.Learnt, llarrjLexer, BamLa Man. ArthurL» Cour. BarryMurray. FreakMack, KellerMsrahsll. G. 0.

Mull's HawaUansMason. Wm.Msnett, Fred'k B.May. Allen

LADIESFagan. Mrs. Bar-

neyGordon, Mrs.

Cilmore. Edith U.Gray, EdithBurner. MinnieLearitt, JeanetteUarttt, Katbryn

Lorraine, PeggyLohr. EmilyLeigh. MabelLarman, FrancesLogan, BeleoLorry. May (4c

das)May, EileenMrNeal. Oraoe

Noble. Wm.Ort. FredPenney, Qro.Briers, GuyBay. EbertRusnae, HarryBelUy. Jea. A.Rajan. JohnStnyresant, DixieThompson. Geo.

Lyle. Jack

May. AlleenPanll, MadgePonee. EthelHeld. Virginia V.Robeson. ErbaBene, Inn*Held. HelensRussell. Miss

H. y

Tenmey. NeUTaunean, JustinThomas, John CTaectus. aTests, HenryVu, BUlle B.Wserer EdrtnWeeks, Walter aWagoner. FredWest, Cbaa. W.Waldron. J. L.

Yates, BobMontrose. Senator

Roberts, Edna8awyer. DeliaThompson. Norlne

Whitney.A.

Wlndooe.stance

Edith

Coo-

NEW HOUSE FOR NORTH YAKIMANorth Yakima, Wash., March 10.

—

North Yakima will have a new theatre this

year, costing about ?100,000. Fred Mercy,theatrical magnate of this city, will build

the new house. It will be known as the

New Yakima Theatre and will open Sep-tember 1. A house with 1,800 seating ca-

.

purity will be provided for in the plans.

ACADEMY MATINEE FRIDAYFriday afternoon the American Acade-

my of Dramatic Arts will give its Beventhmatinee of the season in the Lyceum The-atre. The bill consists of "The Twig ofThorn," a fairy play by Marie JosephineWarren, and two one-act plays by MaryS. Watts, entitled "Civilization" and "TheWearing o' the Green."

HIPPODROME CORTEU1HIHUIKT CHARIjaa DIIOJNSNight, at lis Hat, artery ear. ' '»

••THE BIO SHOW"STAGED BY. It B. BTJRNSIDB«™™ KELLERMANNla a aew WITH SPKOT1CTJL

NaYW IGf | MAMMOTH | ISO Norwl.Tiaa

laoehinar

t eSth 8C. Phone Bryant an.

at ft.30. Male. Wad. A Bat.Oliver Maroaro's fleet

Boeaon'a One Bubataatlal n

BALLOT MINSTRELS lOW raina

UPSTAIRS .DOWNBY HBPg ae FAJrWT HATTOaW

Cohan & HarrisTrtBATRB, WEST 40th ST.Eves, et 8.15. Mate. Wed. ft

Sat. 2.15.

J. FRED ZlaTMTBMArl Presents

FULTON

THEATREWest 43d BtCall Bryant C344.

Eves. 8.20. Mala. Wed. ft Sat. at 2.20.

OOHAN AND HARRIS present

WXtXIAJI TBOB. A.

COURTENAY WISEComedy* PALS FIRST wllaon

"THE WILLOW TREEA FANTASY 07 JAPAN.

By B«nHmo and Harrison Rhodes.

•r

Comedy Wilson Dodd

EMPIREMAUDEADAMS

Theatre

—

eighty-first St.

Style

—

Dancing.Time

—

Eight minutes.

Setting

—

Full stage.

Betty Bruce Stewart is a neat little

dancer. She offers three numbers, in

one of which considerable toe dancingis done. A butterfly number, in whichdifferent colored lights are used, is very

Her changes of dress are made in *y/* I aP. I jfview of the stage, behind a huge trans-

parent fan. This novelty adds muchto the worth of the turn.

The act makes a good opener for the

. small time. J. L.

DfPITRI IgT" W. 42d St. Bvee.e-.30. Mat..ItLTUDUl/ w*d. ft jjet. 2.20.

JANE COWLin "LILAC TIME"HUDSON Zs^MtJr *

Estate of Henry B. Harris, Btanafer.JOHK S. WILLIAMS Presents

The Hew Three-Act Comedy

"OUR BETTERS"By K. SOMERSET MATJOHAM

GEO. M. THBtATBM. B'WAT * eae

COHAN'S"SBJr w~KXAW ft BBLANQBB Haaajrer*

HBNBY laTXXBB pea. sets

RUTH CHATTERTONand Company. Including- Brnee MrBae. la

"COMEOUT OFTHE KITCHEN''

B. T. aJLiXH'B

PALACEBroadway * eTth St-

elae Dally at t P. M.SB, 60 and Toe.B tery Hlsatio-ao.7g.-a-i si. to

OBAOE IA BITE, wal.BOCK ft TRANCESWHITE. ELBA RYAN ft

CO., "A BANDBOX HE.WE"; JOHN B. HTMZKft 00., BANTLEY ftNORTON. MHB. OABTLEin 9th Epls. "FATBIA,"KITAMTJBA JAP8.

West Mtb St.

Mats. Tbnrs. ft Sat, at ».»•BELASCODAVID BJtLABOO praanu

FRANCES STARRla a lefieaalailj aew aetaedy

'1JTTLE LADY US BLUE,F

NEW M0R0SC0 THEATRE4Sth ST.. Jeet W. of Ifway. Phoae Bryant MO.

arses, a 15. Mats. Wad. and Bat. 111.OUrer asameee'e Greet Musical raree erltb Oirla.

CANARY COTTAGEWITH TR1XIE rBIOAHZA.

Caarlaa Rugrlse and HeiDext CertnalL

B'sray, 40 St. In, 8.30Mats. Wed. ft Sat 2.30

CHARLES EBOHHAV PHESBNT8RNICWWOCKfR

A KISSFOR

CINDERELLA

Theatre. B'way ft SStnBt. Brree. et 8.20. Mate.Wed. ft Bat. 2.20.

Managers

J. M. BAnBlETS GREATE8T TBIUMTH.

THEATRE, B'way & 46tti

Bt. Eves, at 8.20. MateWed. ft 8at. at 2.20.

•omrCHELL antTTM and JOHB L. OOLDEBPresent ta* season's seeeaee

TURN TO THE RIGHTBy Xeesrs. fmith aad Itaaaasd.

Klsw ft BrUnger...

GEORGE ARLISSIn J. M. BAKBTE'8 COMEDY

THE PROFESSOR'S LOVE STORY

II TlfUCC THEATRE W. 42d St. Bra. at X..10BlilinVE M»t«. WkI ft BetA. H. WOODS presents

CHEATING CHEATERSBy MAX MA IfCIN.

24 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1917

VAUDEVILLE HEADLINE ACTS ]

LA BELLE CARMEN TRIOThe Best Novelty of the Season

IN VAUDEVILLE""

"SUM" CORYL

GRINDELL » ESTHERBOOKED SOLID IN FUNNY ECCENTRICITIES DIRECTION SAMUEL RAERWITZ

BARRY, NELSON & BARRYEntertainers De Luxe

IN VAUDEVILLE Direction, Jo Paige Smith

R. EDDIE TEDDIE A.

GREENLEE a.d DRAYTONIN VAUDEVILLE

Direction MORRIS AMD FEIL

THE NELSON FAMILYVaudeville's Unique Animal Novelty

RATS AND CATSDIRECTION ROSE * CURTIS

IRELAND'S FAVORITE SON

BARRY McCORMACK & CO.In "YOU CANT BEAT THEM,'* by Albert Cowles

Direction CHAS. FTTZPATRICK

JOE

CONRAD ^ CONLEYvwu" In VaudevUle PIAHO

SHIP AHOY, BOYS! SPILLING THE BEANS

joeCOOPER andHARTMAN belleDirection ARTHUR J. HORWITZ

TOMand

Two Boys from Italy.

FREDLlMOlPlaying- U. B. O. Ti>

F»ATE FAMILYin a High-Class Musical Act. U. B. O.

LES VALDOSHindu Hokam

PETE HACK-CHIEF YOGI

FISHER & ROCKWAYDELINEATORS OF THE SOUTHERN NEGRO

BIG CHIEF-CHAS. BIERBAUER

PERSONAL DIRECTION LLOYD HARRISON

DAVID G. FISCHER & CO. in "IMMIGRANTS"A Chapter from th» Pathos of Ignorance Poll Tuna

ERNKST MURIEL.

WATTS and RINGGOLDGREATEST COLORED COMEDY ACT OF THE AGE

Direction LEW LESLIE

VERCE& VERCIPrasonttna; tbo

20th Century ElopementDirection ROSE A CURTIS

IRVING AND WARDThe Button Busters

DIRECTION BERNARD BURKE

TUDrr A-PITC BETTER THAN1 nJLx.tliIL. ALLj two pairHall. Ellsworth & Merrick

IN VAUDEVILLE Direction MARK LEVY

FRED WTLHELM ARTHUR HUMBURG AL. GEORGEIn-Splasbas of

Harmony Singing, Comedy, Dancing, and Music.Ask any Real Agent

HARRY FLORRIE

HOLMES & LE VEREBOOKED SOLID

'In Themselves"DIRECTION ARTHUR J. HOROWITZ

THE ORIGINAL, BOZOBOB A BLANCHE

ND

Presenting THE NEW JANITORDIRECTION MARK LEVY

HAROLD

LA COSTEIN VAUDEVILLE.

ALICE

and CLIFTONDirection A. J. HORWITZ

EDAND

IRENE LOWRY IN

'Jests & Jigs'BY TOMMY GRAY

BROWN and McCORMACKIn VaudevUle

BERT GRACE

America's Youngest Colored Entertainers.

AD

Directioa TOM JONES

JAS. B. STANFORD

ROBINSON and McKISSICKDIRECTION MAX OBENDORF

ORIGINAL

THREE MELVIN BROS.America* » Moil Sensational Gymnast* Classiest Act of Its Kind

March 14, 1917. THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 25

FRIARS TO SEE COHAN FILMThe Friars are organizing a body of

members to march from their clubhouse tothe Strand Theatre Monday afternoon,March 26, to see their Abbot, George H.Cohan, make his debut as a screen starin a movie version of "Broadway Jones."

KATHRYN LEE LOSES SUITKathryn Lee lost her suit against the

Boston Grand Opera Co. for $5,000 al-leged due her, when the Appellate Divisionlast week vacated the- -warrant of attach-ment against the organization granted herby the Supreme Court in 1916.

HAZEL DAWN TO STAR AGAINHazel Dawn will, it i8 reported, return

to the realms of stardom next season, in amusical show under Dillingham-Ziegfeldmanagement.

D1XEY WINS SUIT FOR SALARYHenry E. Dixey won bis suit against

the management of the Punch and JudyTheatre, being awarded $350 due him asthe last week's salary for his engagementin "Treasure Island" at the Punch andJudy. The break came when the man-agement refused Dizey the use of the the-

atre for concerts which, it is said, be hadcontracted for and advertised.

MAY IRWIN GETS NEW FARCEIt is reported that

_,May Irwin has ae-

'cepted a three-act ,farce entitled "Love,Honor and Obey," written by Roy Octa-vus Cohen and Dan Rubin, a reporter.

TO STAR 1NA CLAIREIna Claire, who is one of the bright

lights of the Ziegfeld Follies, will, it is

said, be starred next season in a musicalcomedy.

EVANGELIST HURTS THEATRESZanesvtlle, Ohio, March 8.—The ap-

pearance here of "Boh" Jones, the evan-gelist, is hurting amusement enterprises.

Jones is playing to S. R. O., and the

attendance at the picture houses and bur-lesque shows has dwindled considerably.

CRITICS FAVORED IN BILL

Albany, N. Y., March 10.—A bill hasbeen introduced in the assembly prohibit-

ing the owner, or manager of any, theatredenying the right to admit to his theatreany dramatic critic whose criticisms havebeen objectionable to him.

POSTPONE BENEFIT CONCERTThe concert to be given at the Metro-

politan Opera House for the benefit ofthe war-stricken musical artists has beenpostponed until the evening of April IT.

MRS. ANDREWS WANTS ALIMONYCincinnati, March 10.-—Dorothy Keats

Andrews, an actress, in her suit againstber husband for alimony, testified thatafter dismissing his divorce suit, her hus-band sent her to New York to work. Mr.Andrews, an automobile man, is also seek-ing a divorce.

BERNHARDT GIVES SUPPER PARTYProvidence, R. I., March 10.—Sarah

Bernhardt gave a supper party in herprivate • car Monday for William Faver-slinrn, appearing this week at the Provi-dence Opera House, and Mrs. Faversham.

COOPER RETURNS TO CASTAfter a week's, absence owing to illness,

Frank Kemble Cooper has returned to the

cast of "The Harp of Life" at the GlobeTheatre.

VAUDEVILLE HEADLINE ACTSAGENTS, LOOK US OVER

TIIVIIVIOIMS audi EDDYBACK IN TOWN

Refined Singing, Violin and PianoIN VAUDEVILLE

WILLIAM EDNA

EDMUNDS i»**i—to—*•-—- LEEDOMGOING TO THE WEDDING

ALWAYS WORKING. I wonder why? Direction MAX CORDON

ABSLAM SHARIFFPresents"COXEVS ARMY"

DIRECTION MARK MONROE

ttljia p^arlA (garden S>pot on ang Sill

Souring Hocm Cirruit Sirertton, Math Xruu

Mabel HarperThe Funbeam of Vaudeville ELSIE WEBER at the Piano

JOHNNY CORA

A Breeze from the South. DIRECTION SAM SHANNON

ROBERT, STUART and ROBERTFROLICS OF 1916-17

HARRY DOROTHY

FABER -° TAYLORIn "GOING NORTH'

U. B. O. TW • Ma A*

AL. TUCKERTRICK VIOLINIST

The Boy With the White ViolinDIRECTION PETE MACK

A BREEZE FROM THE PLAINS

NEBRASKA BILLS & CO.WESTERN NOVELTY ACT

IN VAUDEVILLE

GRACIE & ADELE FOXIN VAUDEVILLE

BOOKED SOLID—LOEW CIRCUIT REP. SAM BAERWITZ

JACK MATT

CAMPBELL & MEEKERIN VAUDEVILLE

EUGENE EMMETT & CO.In the Rural Musical Comedy,TOWN HALL FOLLIES"

RAYMOND FRAZIER, Principal Comedian

EMILIE SISTERS 2732.

ETHEL MAE BARKER"KUBEUK IN PETTICOATS" Direction GEORGE SOFRANSKI

— MORIARITY SISTERS —DRESDEN DOLLS OF VAUDEVILLE Direction IRVING SHANNON

MARINO and RICHITALIAN PIANO MOVERS IN VAUDEVILLETHE HENNINGS

Refined Comedy Novelty OfferingDIRECTION J. P. HARRIS

BILLY GLASONNovelty "JUST SONGS" Character DIRECTION A. J. HORWITZ

RUTH

IN VAUDEVILLEAND

JOE

ITDirection HARRY PINCUS

ANDIN "A VAUDEVILLE SURPRISE"

BOOKED SOLID U. B. O. DIRECTION JACK MACANN

PAUL LE VAN &ACROBATIC COMEDIANS IN VAUDEVILLE

26 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1917

[VAUDEVILLE HEADLINE ACTS I

BETTY FIELDSBooked Solid

Direction LOU EOLEMAN

IRVING BLACKMAN MURRAY WESTON

GEORGIA COMEDY FOURDIRECTION JACK FLYNNBoakad Solid U. B. O. Tim*

HARRY SINGER CARI BERNARD

THE THREE ROZELLASA Classy Musical Oddity

IN VAUDEVILLE Direction ARTHUR HORWTTZ

Fisher. Luckie & GordonDIRECTION ROSE & CURTIS

JOHN JOHNNY

MARTIN and ELLIOTT"THOSE FASHION PLATE DANCING BOYS"

Direction MARK LEVY

DAINTY QUEEN OF SENSATIONAL RHYTHMIC GRACE

LA PETITE MERCEDESA GORGEOUS DISPLAY OF NOVEL RICHNESS

Direction ARTHUR J. HORW1TZ

Thomas & HendersonThe Black Steppers

WATCH THEM IPJ VAUDEVILLE

The Boy Who Came Bach

In a New Act by Allen Spencer Tenney

ASK MY AGENT

ALICE FARRELLIn Vaudeville

SINGING DANCING VIOLINISTE

FLORENCE TIMPONIIN VAUDEVILLE Direction MARK LEVY

I

la 5 Feet of Sweetness and a Violin PLAYING VAUDEVILLE

THE THREE ARLEYSA HIT ON ANY BILL

UNITED TIME DlrocMuu PAUL DURAND

BOB RUSSAKPresents

THREE SYNCOPATORSSMITHDirection GLADYS BROWN

LANG , NOMOLIMarch S—Proctor"* sath * NnnAMarch 12—Albambra. N. Y.

FREDERICK H. SPEARE AND CO.Offer the Novel Comedy Sketch Hit, -

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NOW HEADLINING LOEW CIRCUIT

99

REPRESENTATIVE LOUIS WESLEY

JOHNNY SINGERAND

DAINCING DOLLSIN VAUDEVILLE AARON KF-S.SJ.FR, REPRESENTATIVE

JOAN STORM and JOHN MARSTONPresent the Ultra-Novelty Comedy

"His Alibi"PLAYING LOEW TIME BOOKED SOLID

JIM c.

COVENEY & WOODROWThe Precedents of Vaudeville

WL •:

ANDERSON&EVANSPRESENTING THEIR NEW ACT

«« »»

PILOT—L KAUFFMAN

KATHRYN MILEY"Nature's Own Comedienne"

In Vaudeville

Three IMorrie SistersSinging, Dancing, Novelty-

New Act In Vaudeville

JACK WALTERS & CLIFF SISTERSWORKING

Dan Dix & VirgilWITH STAMPEDE RIDERS

EDDIE

ANDMONKEY SHINES—IN VAUDEVILLE

BOB

>FDirection of MAX LANDAU

WALTER

Two Jajt

PHILIP

aivd GILESIn VaocWriOa

ED E. and BIRDIE CONRADIn a Vaudeville Oauique by ED E. CONRAD

Direction Lewi* A Gordon

bob-KELLEY &CATLI1M-€eoTHOSE NATURAL COMEDIANS

TieTHm**rua4 Or)ft>Mt«rf tin fed? IMpafWW"* at Werk.) Canyfatf thrfr Sped*! Scenery in* El«*r!ei] Elfc-u

March 14, 1917' THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 27

U. B.O.

JUW TOXX COT.Palans . Both St. Deals—Bock and White—Sam

A Co.—Sam and Kitty Morton—Bennett andRichards—Alexander McFayden—Beeman tnd An-derson—"Patria" film.

(Mesial—Musical Johnsons—J. A B. Morgan

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Pinkie—"Vitnn Cleaners"—Emily A. Wellman

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Savoy 4 Brerman—Dorl* Wilson * Co.Bora!—Bemud A Janla—Kennedy * Bart

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Blossom Seeley.AlsAnibTA—Ytette—Alexsnder Bros.—Donley A

Rngol—John Cotty—Brie* & Kin*—Lew Welch 4Co.—Dyer A r».Bltaiihl* Toan Sawyer—Libonat!—Dainty Marie—Lambert A Ball—Florence Moore A Brother

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Sallle Fisher & Co.—Santlsy ft Norton—CartmeU4 Harris.

BBOOEXTS,Buahwiok—Apdale's Animals—Durkln Oirla—

Marx Bra.—A. BnlllTan A Co.—Hallen A Hunter—Adelaide * Hughes.Oiuaeiim. Allen A Howard—Daley Jean—Prank

Mullane—Bennett A Richards—"America First"

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Four Readings.

BOSTON, XASB.Keith's—Kelly A Calvin—Clark A. Hamilton—

David Baplrsteln—Telbor'a Seal!—Bra Tanguay

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Nina Payne A Co.—Moon A Morris—Hunting AFrancis. snurminrtit ALA.Lyric (Pint Half) — Bell Ringers — Diving

Nymphs—Aveling A Lloyd—"Breath of Old Vir-ginia." (Last Half)—Lydell A HIggtns.

BUFFALO, B. T.Shea's—Scotch Lads A Lassies—The Shsrrocks—

Weston A Claire—Marie Stoddard—Five Kltamoras—Doree A Co.

BALTIMORE. XD.Maryland—Ponalllo Sisters—Will Oakland A Go.—Wm. Slsto—A. A F. Stedman—Roland Travera

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Co.—Nlckey Bros.

CLEVELAND, OHI .

Keith's—Walter Brower—Stone A Kallai—El-Una, Fay A El kins

—"Honor Thy Children"

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Blcknell—California Boys—Chaa. Abeam A Co.

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Fenton A Green.

CISCX5~NATI, OHIO.Keiti'i—Seven Bracks—Wm. Ebs—Clalrmont

Bros.—Sophie Tucker A Co.—Bessie Hemple A Co.—Axon Four—Jos. H. Cnllen—"Creation.'*

. CHATTANOOGA, TENN.Keith's (First Half)—Brennan A PowelL (Last

Half)—Mcintosh A Maids—Bennett Sisters.

COLUMBUS, OHIO.Keith's—Primrose Foor—Moran A Wiser—Bock-

wen A Wood—MeShane A Hathaway—Nelson ANelson—Will Ward A Girls—Dong loot One AHaw—"Night Boat.''

DAYTON, OHIO.Keith's—"Rnbevllle"—Geo. U. Kosener—Lonls

Hardt—Georgia Eerie A Co.— Golet, Harris A.Morey—Booth A Leander—Laurie A Branson.

DETROIT, MICH.Temple—Bessee A Balrd—Kliby A Borne—Harry

Glrard A Co.—Cos*. Olcott—The Leroloa—AdamsA Murray—Bogaany Troupe.

BUTE, PA.

Colonial—Lillian Kingsbury A Co.—Ben DeeleyA Co.—P. A L. Brucn—Cole, Russell A Davis

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Wm Morrtssey A Co.

BXAXB RAPIDS, SUCH. .

Bmprisi ! Oarclnettl Bros.—viollnaky—Three DaFor Boys—"Girl with 1.000 Byes"—Swot A Avery—"At the .Party."

HAXTLTOH. CAN.Temple—Lacy , Valmon t A Co.—Warren A Con-

ley—Ward A Tan—Dan Burke A Girls—AustralianCreightona.

nrDiANAPOLis, nro.Grand—Lorenberg. Bisters— Median's Dogs-

Harry Green A Co.—Clara Howard—The Vivians—Montgomery A Perry—Moore A Gtrard. , .

FACBSOirVTIXS, TLA,Keith's (First Half)—Marshall Montgomery A

Co.—Henry "A Adelaide. (Last Half)—Dugan ARaymond. e *

• "

KB0XVTLL3, TENJI.Bijou (First Half)—Mcintosh A Maids—Bennett

Sisters. (Last Half)—Brennan A Powell.

LOuabvjT.T.T?. KY.Haiti's—Nan Halperin—"Petticoat*"—Fern A

Davis—afo*her, Hayes A laosher—Toota Pake

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Willie Solar.

XOBTBBAL, OAK.Orphsnm—Kelly A Wilder—McCarthy A Fay-

Jack Norworth. • -

BORFOLX, VA.Aeademy (First Half)—Chief Canpollcan—Webb

A Burns. (Last Half)—Frank LeDent—MaxleKing A Co.—Van Bergen A Goalar.

NASB7VTLLZ, TSNN,Prinoass (First Half)—Lydell A Hlgglns. (Last

Half)—Bell Ringers—Dtvlng Nymphs—Areling ALloyd—"Breath of Old Virginia."

PBOVTBEBGE, B. I.

Keith's—Rati Bros.—Jas. Carson A Co.—Scar-Plof A Varrara—Miner A Vincent—John B. Hy-mer A Co.—Spencer A Williams.

FTXTSBUBGH, PA.Davis—Weiss Troupe—Bert Baker * Co.—Hale

A Pateraoo—Harry Bills—Grace La Rue.WTTTT. a TVPT.VTTV | PA.

Keith's—AL Herman—Pranklyn Ardell A Co.

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Oscar Lorraine—Martinet! A Sylvester—Ortn ADooley—Gen. Ed. latlne—Hamilton A Barnes-Gertrude Hoffman.

K00HK8TBB. H. YTemple—Shannon A Annls—Whipple, Boston A

Co.—Sehna Brsatx-^Great Johnston. A Co.—NatM. Wills—Imperial Troape—Walsh A Bentley—Reed A.Wright Girls—Kaufman Bros.

RICHMOND. VA. .

Lyrio. (First 'BUM)—Frsj>k'LeI>e«t—sIaale. KingA Co.—Van Bergen A Goslar. (Lest Half)—ChiefCaunollean—Webb A Barns.

VAUDEVILLEMILLS

Waring

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SAVANNAH, O A.

Savannah (Ftrst Half)—Dugan A Raymond.(Laat Half)—Marshall Montgomery A Co.—HenryA Adelaide.

TOLEDO, OHIO.Keith's—Marlon Weeks—Buoy Carelle A Co.—

Mayhew A Taylor—Roger Gray A Co.—Jas. J.Cocbett—"Act Bteutlml"—Perettl Bros.

T0B0NTO, CAN.Shea's—Brighton*—Page.- Hack A Mack—Edwin

George—"Motor Boating"—Gerard A Clark

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"Girlies* Gambol"—Bowman Bros.

WASHINGTON, D. O.

Keith's—Pariah * Pern—Rials—Dancing GUI ofDelhi—Belle Baker—Jas. J. Morton—Blsa Ryan ACo.—Chick Sale—Melody Six—Cooper ft Bleardo.

TOTTNGSTOWN, OHIO.Keith's—"Five of Clubs"—Nelson

Four Husbands—Harry Holman.

ORPHEUM CIRCUITCHICAGO, HI, .

Majestio—-Eddie Foy A Family—Julius Tannen

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Anna Chandler—Inea Maeauley A Co.—Bert Mel-rose—Harris A Manlon—De Witt, Burns A Tor-renee—Old Time Darkle.

Palace—Eddie Leonard A Co.—AI Shayne—JeanAdair A Co.—Frances Kennedy—Arthur Deagon

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Mabel Russell A Co.—Morin Sisters.

CALGARY, CAB.Orpheum—Seven Honey Boys—Chaa. Howard A

Co.—Alice Lyndon Doll A Co.—"'Garden of Aloha"—La Gracloea—Artec Mehllnger—Una Clayton ACo. .

DENVER, COLO,Orpheum —• Mme. Chilaon Ohrman —O diva —

Frances Nordstrom A Co.—Harry I* Msjou—HansHanke—Mile. Leltael—Imhos, Conn A Coreene.

DTJLUTH, MINN.Orpheum iBse Samuels—"The Recital"—Wal-

lace Galtin—Johnson A Harty—Morris A Came-ben—"M6tortng"—Olivottl Mofett ft Clare.

DES MOUldS, IA.Orpheum—Phyllis Nellaon Tarry—John A Winnie

Hennlng—MUUcent Mower—Skating Bear—

a

arerA Duval—King A King—McKay A Ardlne.

XABSAB CTPY, MO.Orpheum—White A Cavanagh—Connolly A Wen-

rich—Milt Collins—Adair A Adelphl—Myrl A Del-mar—"Age of Reason"—Vallecita's Leopards.

LOS ANGELES, CAL.Orphem-a—Beatrice Herford—Ryan * Lee—Ooe-

bette, Sheppard A Donoogn—Clande GUllngwatarA Co.—Maria Lo—Thoa. Swift A Co.—Ames AWlnthrop—Haroko Onnkl.

LTNCOLH, NEB.Orpheum—Geo. Nash A Co.—Creasy A

Samaroff A Bonis—Foster Ball A Co.—ZedsHoot—Ptteer A Douglas.

Boy, Talma A Boseo—Wright ADietrich—Ethel MeDonough—Stan Stanley Trio-Burdens' Psttcrson—EMward Marsha11—ClaytonWhits A Co.

. < MTLWATfHEE, WIS.Orpheum—Mason A Keller Co.—"The Volun-

teers"—El Bey Sisters—Jimmy Hussey A Co.

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Harry Carrou—Harry A Bra Puck—George Lyons—"Garden of Surprises."

MKIIKHIH, TENS.Orpheum—Anele Blood A Co. — Mllo— Josle

Heather A Co.—Merian's Dogs—Three Jains

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Marie Fltsglbboo.

HEW ORLEANS, LA.Orpheum--Emma Carus A Co.—HcConneU A

Slmpaon—Lightner Sisters A Alex—Loney Hsskell—Fink's Mules, -

OMAHA, B2B,Orpheum—Docoboe A Stewart—Dorothy Shoe-

maker A Co.—Mayo A Tally—Alleen Stanley-Willing A Jordan—MUsres—Mnriel Worth A Co.

OAKLAND, CAX.

Orpheum—Whiting A Burt—Misses Campbell

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Natalie Alt—Everest's Monkeys—Caltee Bros.—

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Moore, Gardner A Boee—Wheeler A Dolan.

PORTLAND, OBE.Orpheum-—Cross A Josephine—NewboS A Phelps—F. A A. Astalre—Lydla Barry—Rice. Elmer 4Tom—"The Core"—LI one's Dancing Girls.

ST. LOUTS, XO.Orpheum—Koaloff A Ballet—Nellie Nichols

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Rooney A Bent—Bernard A Harrington—NellO'Connen—Mme. Doris—Balser Sisters.

AH FRANCISCO. CAL.Orpheum—Rita Mario Orcheatn—Eatelle Went-

worth—Bert Leslie A Co.—Meredith A Bnoosei

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H. A A. Seymour—Clara Morton—Geo. Kelly ACo.—Lew Dockstader.

SACRAMENTO, STOCKTON AND FBBSHO.Orpheum-—Morgan Dancers—Tempest A Sunshine

—Pat Barrett—Embs A Alton—Flanagan A Ed-wards—Frank Wilson.

ST. PAUL, MTNB.Orpheum—Louis Mann A- Co-.—Bert Kenny

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Lambert A Fredriehs—Blssett A Scott—BensParker—Flying Henrys—"Our Fsmlly."

SEATTLE, WASH.^

Orphsam—Nonette—The Csnainos—Btbel Hop-kins—Halllgan A Bykes—Brent Hayes—KuDeTTO

Bros.—'The Doable Exposure."

SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH.Orpheum—Biggs A Wltcble—Fsrber Girls—

Msnrlce Barkbsrt—Benny A Woods—Henry KeaneA Co.—Howard's Ponies—Witt A Winter.

VANCOUVER, CAN.Orpheum—Els A French—Medlln. Watts A

Townee—Harold Lloyd—Chaa. Grapewln A Co.

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Palfrey. HaU A Brown—The Norvalles—Mme.JomellL

WLBX1PZO, CAN.Orphsnm Cecil Cunningham—Edwin Arden A

Co.—-Chang Hws Foor—Gould A Lewis—TIN Ber-rens—Msrmeln Sisters—Pedersen Bros.

POLI CIRCUITBRIDGEPORT, CONN.

Pell (First Hslf)—Ysmsmoto Bros.—Berts. Chid-low A Hart—Porter J. Wbtte A Co.—Sylvester AVance. (Last Hslf)—Btsgpole A Spire—TommyHaydn—Dshl A GUlen—Comford A King—Be HoGray A Co.Plan, (pint Half)—Bob Teuny—Raymond A

O'Connor1—"Garden of Araby." (Laat Half)—Sul-livan, Wells A Martin—Lorraine A George—"Silent Poses."

HARTFORD, COBB.Pall (First Half)—Georgette A Victoria—Mabel

Johnstone—Chartrce Holliday—Four Haymakers.(Last Half)—Ben A Benson—Chaa. Bice A Co.

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Betts, Cbldlow A Hart—"Dream Garden."Palaoa (First Half)—Three Romans—Dunham,

Edwards Trio—"Wanted a Wife," (Last Half)—Taylor A La Compte—Harold Durksne A Co.

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Adams A Gobi—"Garden of Araby."NEW HAVEN, COBB.

Poll (First Half)—Btsgpole A Spire—TommyHaydn—Taylor A La Compte—Harold Durkane 4Co. (Lest Hslf)—Yamamoto Broa.—Sylvester AVsnce—Johnson. Howard A Llxette.

Bijou (First Half)—Math Bros. A Girlie—Chaa.Rice A Co.—Lorraine A George—"The Miracle."(Last Hslf)—Bob Tenney—"Wanted a Wife."

SPRINGFIELD, MASS.Palace (First Half I—Bally Hoo Trio—Msboney

A Soger*—Fletcher, DriseoU A Co.—Beaumont AArnold—Andrew Mack—Garden Girls. (Laat Hslf)—Reynolds A White—Nancy Barring—Four Hay-mskers—Hal A Francis—Billy Dale Trio—OlgaMlika A Co.

SCRANTON, PA.Poli (First Half)—The Hennlngs—Kear A Dean

—Beatrice McKensle A Co.—Master Gabriel A Co.—The Btantons—Jack Laveer. (Last Half )—FrankShields—Van A Carrie Avery—Montana Five—Mit-chell, Grlswold A Mitchell—Bortoch's BidingSchool.

WATKBSOBT, COBB.Poll (First Half)—"Silent Poses"—Baby Helen—Hal A Francis—Dahl A Qlllen—Comford A King

—Be Ho Gray A Co. (Lest Half)—Belly HooTrio—Mahoney A Bogers—Mae Marvin—Porter J.

;Whits A Co.—Mabel Johnstone—"The Miracle."

WTLXXS-BARBE, PA.Foil (First Half)—Frank Shields—Van A Carrie

Aveny—Montana Five—Mitchell. Grlswold A Mit-chell—"Bostock's Biding BchooL" (Last Half)—The Hennlngs—-The Stanton*—Kear A Dear—Mas-ter Gabriel A Co.—Beatrice McKensle A Co.—JackLaveer. • . .

WORCESTER. XAS8.Poll (First Hslf (—Reynolds A Whits—Mae Mar-

vin—Olga Mlaka A Co.—Biny Dale Trio—Johnson,Howard A Lustte. (Last Half)—Raymond AO'Connor—Beaumont A Arnold—Andrew Mack

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"Garden Glrla."Flax* (First Hslf)—BeU A Benson—Nancy Bar

ring—Sullivan. Wella A Martin—Adama A Gohl—"Dream Garden." (Last Half)—Three Romans—Math Bros. A Qtrlle—Dunham Edwards Trio—"TheLawn BeUes."

W. U. B. O.AXX ARBOR, MICH.

Majestio (First Half)—Loplta Puree—Geo. AIJUie Garden—"The Tamer." (Last Half)—Ox-ford Trio—Three Lyres—Rawson A Claire—Bisonpity Four—Dudley Trio.

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Palace—Cycling McNotts—Froiinl—"Miss Amer-ica"—8ilber A North—Royal Toklo Troope. (LastHslf)—TDdaoo's Pets—Curley A Welch—"SchoolPlay Ground—Guerre A Carmen—Billy Bounce'sCircus.

PLZHT, XICH.Majestio (First Hslf)—Woolfolks' Musical

Comedy Co. (Laat Half)—Plplfax A Panic—Bee4 Wynn—James J. Grady A Co.—Both A Roberts—81stko's Midnight BoUlekera. - .

FT. WAYNE, IBD.

Palace (First Half)—The Bloodys—Boattanlo AShelly—Curley 4 Welch—Mme. Suznlno 4 Co.

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Brltt Wood—Lucy Clllett A Co. (Last Half)

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Four Danube*—Wm. Armstrong A Co.—Nita John-son A Sweethearts—Jas. Thompson A Co.—Cook ALorenx—Royal Toklo Troupe.

INDIANAPOLIS, DTD.Lyric—Angonst A Aogoust—Brown A Jackson

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"On the Veranda"—Byal A Early—PrincessKalama.

JACKSON, MICH.Orpheum . (First Half)—Oxford Trio—Three

Lyres—Rawson A Claire—Bison City Four—Dad-ley Trio. (Last Hslf)—LopitS Pures—Geo. ALiUIe Garden—'"Toe Tamer"—Jlmmle Lucas ACo.—"The Two Pikers."

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28 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14; 1917

BILL JEROMEREMARKETH:

He who Singeth a bad Song injureth himself muchly.

The BIG TIME waiteth lor Thee if Thou Singeth the

Right Songs.

When, you -want real Jewelry you go to Tiffany—when youwant real songs, where do you go?Lay Off Ave. is paved with singers who sing the wrongsongs. •

Our business keeps growing Bigger every day. There's aReason. *

We are living in an age of class. That's why all the classy

singers are using our songs.

GEORGE M. COHAN'S "THERE'S ONLY ONE LITTLEGIRL" is without doubt one of the best songs G. M. C.

has ever written. This song has all the Cohan go to it. Wehave a Statue of Liberty version that will stampede your

audience. LYNN COWAN of BAILEY & COWANcleans house with it. .'

For the next three weeks FRANCES WHITE of ROCK &WHITE will continue to storm the Palace Theatre Customers

With her Sensational Spelling Song M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.

Harry Tierney, Bert Hanlon and Benny Ryan are very proudof Miss White's rendition of this most talked of Song of

Songs.

We have just issued a new Ballad by MAUDE NUGENT,who wrote "SWEET ROSE CGRADY," entitled "LOVEAND YOU."Before offering this number we gave it a hard Third Degreetest—if you ever sang 'THE SUNSHINE OF YOURSMILE'* you will like mis number—it has our guarantee for

success, ".'..."".;

Our descriptive Ballad, "TURN TO THE RIGHT," with

big dramatic recitation, promises to be as big a success as

the play 'TURN TO THE RIGHT," which means somesuccess.

Of course its only a waste of time and space to tell youabout RAYMOND HITCHCOCK'S Hypnotic Song Hit,

"SOME TIME." This is Harry Tierney's Master Melody—and Manager Chas. Dillingham has kindly allowed us to re-

lease it in all cities east of Chicago.

"COME OVER, COME OVER, COME ON OVER HEREFFSA WONDERFUL PLACE"—This is me Comedy Sen-

sation of a decade.

When in town, if you are a stranger, come in and get

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March 14, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 29

-i-v ,•-:- BURLESQUEColumbia WUJ

Al Beeves—Col umbia. New York. 12 1 7 ; Cs-«lno, Brooklyn. 19-24.

Bebman Show—Gaiety, Buffalo, 12-17; Corin-thian, Rochester. K. Y, 19-24. >

Ben. Welch's-—Miner'* Bronx, New. York, 12-17; Empire. Brooklyn. N. Y., 19-24.

Bon Tons—Empire, Brooklyn, 12-17 ; Park,Bridgeport, NT Y.. 22-24. .

Bostonlana—Jacques, Waterbury, Conn., 12-17. "Cohen's Newburgfc, 19-21; Cohen'sFoughkeepsle, 22-24.

Bowery—Gaiety, Omaha, Neb., 12-17 ; open,10-24 ; Gaiety, Kansas City, 20-31.

Burlesque Revue—Open, 12-17; Gaiety, Kan-sas City. 12-17.

Follies of the Day—Gaiety,. Pittsburgh, 12-

17; Star, Cleveland. O., 19-24. _ „Globe Trotters—Corinthian, Rochester, N. _Y.,: 12-17; Bastable, Syracuse. N. Y., 19-21;Lumbers, TJtlca, 22-24. Tj \" ' .

Golden Crook*—Colonial, Providence. B. I.,

12-17 ; Boston, 19-24." •

Bastings Show—Empire, Toledo. O., 12-17

;

lyric, Dayton, O., 19-24. „ _ •

Hello New York—Empire, Albany, N. Y„ 12-

1T: Boston. 19-24. __ _^._Hlp-mp-Hooray Girls—Cohen's, Foughkeep-ale, 16-17: Miner's, Bronx, N.Y.. 19-24.

Howe's Kissing GUIs—Palace, Baltimore, 12-

17; Gaiety, Washington. D. C. 19-24. _ .Irwin's Big Show—Chicago, 12-17; BerehelDes Moines, Iowa, 19-21. . ,

Liberty Girls—Beaton, 12-17; Grand, Hart-ford, Conn., 19-24. _. .

Maids of America—Chicago, 12-17; Gaiety,Detroit, Mich., 19-24. _.

Majestic—Olympic, Cincinnati. 12-17; Chica-go. 111m 19-24.

Marion's—Empire. Hoboken, N. J., 12-17;People's, Philadelphia, 19-24. .

Merry Boanders-^-Gaiet^ Toronto. Onfc. 12-

Midnjght Maidena-^Casino, Brooklyn, 12-17

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Empire, Newark, N. J., 19-24.Million Dollar Dolls—Lumber*, DUca, 15-17:

Gaiety, Montreal, Can., 19-24.Molly Williams' Co.—Lyric. Dayton, O.. 12-

lTs Olympic, Cincinnati, 19-2*.New York Girls—Hurtlg & Seamon's, New

York, 12-17;. Orpheum, Pateraon, N. J,19-24

"Pom Puss"—Casino, Philadelphia, -12-17:

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, Hurtlg ft Beamon'a, New York,l*5*S ,»"Bag Doll In Bagland"—Gaiety, Detroit, 12-

lf; Gaiety. Toronto. Ont, .19-24. •-

Boseland Girls—Star, Cleveland, 12-17 ; Em-pire. Toledo, o.. lMt .

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Boas Bydairs—Park, Bridgeport, Conn- 16-

: 17; Colonial, Providence. B. I_ 18-24.Sldroan's Bam—Casino, Boston, 12 17 ; Colusi-• bla. New York, 19-24. . .»._ '

Sightseers—Empire, Newark, N. J., 12-17:Casino. Philadelphia, 10-24. . '

Berne show—People's. Philadelphia, 12-17;'Palace, Baltimore,' 19-24. . -

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BpSgelVHTvue—Gaiety, St. LouU, Ma, 12-

^7 ; Chicago, 19r24; 7, • „ .:

.Sporting Widow**-Berehel, Des Moines;, Iowa, ,

12-14T; Gaiety, Omaha, Neb., 19-24: .1

Star and Garter—Gaiety, Washington, V. C,12-17 ; Gaiety. Pittsburgh, Pa.7lM4. ' , .

Step Lively Girls—Orpheum. Paterson, Jf. J.,

12-17; Empire, Hoboken, N. 3., 19-24-. •

Twentieth Centnry Girls—Gaiety, . Montreal..

Can„ 12-17: Empire, Albany. r*Y3i£24. .

Watson's Beef Treat—Grand. Hartford. Conn..12-17 : Jacques, Waterbury, Conn., 19-24.

Watson-Wrothe—Gaiety, Kansas City. 12-17: I

Gaiety, St Louts, Mo., 19-24.

American Circuit

American — Majestic, Indianapolis, 12-17;Buckingham, Louisville, By.. 19-24.

Ante Girls—Worcester. 15-17 i Amsterdam,N. Y., 19-20; Hudson-Schenectady. 21-24.

Broadway Belles—Gaiety, Milwaukee, 12-17:Gaiety, Minneapolis, 19-24. .

Bcaoty, Youth A Folly—Savoy Hamilton. ,

Can!, 12-17: CadiUac, DetroltT Mich,, 19-24.

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Big Review of 1917—Howard, Boston, 12-17 :.

New Bedford, Mass., 19-21 ; Worcester,22-24

Cabaret Girls—Open 12-17 ; Engtewood, Chl-

Charmine Widows—International, NiagaraPalls, 16-17; Star. Toronto, Ont, 1&-24.

Cherry Blossoms—Btar, Brooklyn, N. Y-. 12-

17 ; Holyoke, Maui., 19-21 ; Springfield,

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22-24. ^Darllnga of Paria—Park, Yonngatown; 13-17

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Pehn Circuit. 10-24. S'JFollies of Pleasure—Cadillac, Detroit -Mich.,

12-17 ; open 10-24 : Engtewood. . Chicago.26-81

French 'Frolics—Englewood, Chicago, 12-17:Gaiety. Milwaukee, Wla., 18-24.

Frolics of 19161—Perm Circuit, 12-17 ; Gaiety.Baltimore. 19-24.

Ginger Glris—Gaiety, Philadelphia, 12-17;Mt. Carmel, Pa.. 19; Shenandoah. 20;WUkeabarre. 21-24. . .„,-.

Girls from Joyland—Gaiety, Chicago, 12-17;

Majestic. Indianapolis, Ind., ,19-24;

Girls Trom the Fumes—Lyceum, Columbus,O., 12-17; Newark, O., 19 > Janesrille, 20;Canton, 21 : Akron, 22-24. ' - _.

Grownup Babies—Philadelphia. 12-17; Olym-pic. New York. 10-24.

, _> «„„•«,Hetio Glrla—Star, Toronto, Ont, 12-17 ; Sa-

voy, Hamilton. Can.. 19-24. -. .____.HeUo Paris—GaW. BrooMyn, Nl

J..12-17;

AcKdemy, Jersey City, N/J., 18-24.„High Life Girls— Springfield, 16-17 ; Howard.

Boston, 19-24. -•

• _, • „Lady. Buccaneers—Academy, Jersey City. N.

J., 12-17; Gaiety, Philadelphia, 19-24Lid utters—Gaiety, Baltimore, 1247 ; Troea-

dero. Philadelphia, 19-24, . -.Military Maido^— Majestic/ Seranton. ;Pa..

12-1 /: Gaiety. BrooUyTl, fc.Tu 18-24.

Mischief Makers—Star, St. ^»V »g2;»12-17: open 19-244 Century. .Kansas City,OR qi ... * t -* . '..'-'"..*,-

Monte 'Carlo Glrfs^Gaie^ ^Minneapolis..Mlqn:,. 12-17 ; Btar, St. Paul„ *ftnn,v W-24.

Pacemakers—Hudson, Schenectady, N. Y.,14-17; Blnghamton, N. Y.. 19-20; Oneida,N. Y.. 21 ; International, Niagara Falls, N.Y., 22-24.

Parisian Flirts—Trenton, N. J., 18-17; Star,Brooklyn, N. Y, 19-24.

Pat White's—Olympic. New York, 12-17 ; Ma-jestic, Scranton, Pa., 19-24.

Record Breakers—Standard, 8t Louis Mo.,12-17 : Terre Haute, Ind., 19-21.

September Morning Glories— Buckingham,Louisville, Ky., 12-17; Lyceum, Columbus,O., 19-24.

Social Folllee—Terre Haute, Ind, 12-14;Chicago, lit. 19-24.

Tempters—Empire, Cleveland, O., 12-17 ; Brie,Pa., 19-20; AahtabnU, 21; Park, Youngs-town, 22-24.

Tourists—WUkeabarre, 14-17; South Bethle-hem, Pa., 19; Easton, 20; Pottstown, 21;Trenton, N. J.. 22-24.

U. 8. Beauties—Akron, O., 15-17; Empire,Cleveland, O., 19-24.

STOCK AND REPERTOIRE ROUTESParmansmt and Traveling .

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Academy Players—Haverhill, Masa, indef.

American Players—Spokane, Wash., Indef.

Academy Players—Halifax, N. S., Can., indef.

Auditorium Players—Maiden, Mass., indef.Angell Stock (Joe Angel I, mgr.)—Park,

Pittsburgh, Indef.Angell Stock No. 2 (Ike Jntraa, mgr.)

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Sharpsburg, Pa., indef.Bainbridge Players—Minneapolis, indef.-ayleyrJ. wfflard, Flayers—Belolt, Wis., ln-

Cheater, Players—Grand Baplds,MlcV, Indef.

Bray. Thurman F., Stock—Columbus, O., In-

Bunting', Emma, Btock—San Antonio, Tex.Bryant Marguerite, Playen—Empire, Pitta-.

burgh. Index.Brooklyn's Own Btock (Chas. w. Daniels,mgr.)—Grand O. H.. Brooklyn, Indef.

Benjamin, Jack, Stock—Sauna, Kan., indef.Brooks, Jack Stock—Monroe, Wis., 11-18.Bybee, M. E, Stock—Hutchinson, Kan., In-

def.Bishop Players—Oakland. CaL, indef.Butler, George, Stock— (Vandegrift Fa., 12-

17.-Cornell-Price Players—Tarentum, Pa., indef.Compton-Plnmb Stock (H. H. Plumb, mgr.)

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Badne, Wla., Indef.Columbia Musical Stock—Oakland. Cat., Indef.Cutter Stock (Wallace B. Cutter, mgr.)

Dolgerille, N. v., 12-17.Denham Stock—Denver, indef.Dubinaky Stock (Ed. Dublnsky, mgr.)—St.

Joseph, Mo., Indef.Davis. Walter. Stock lA. W. Friend, mgr.)

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Ephrata, Pa., 12-17; Lewlstown, 19-24.Bcknardt Oliver. Players—Regius, Sank.,

Can., indef.Emerson Players—Lowell, Mass., indef.Empire Flayers—Balem, Mass,, Indef.Fifth Ave. Btock (Jacques B. Horn, mgr.)

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Fifth Aye., Brooklyn, indef.Plemlnp, Alice, Stock—Portland, Ore., indef.Gordlnfer Bros., Stock—Ft Dodge. la., Indef.Hyperion Playen—New Haven, Conn., indef.Hathawsy Players—Brockton. Mass., Indef.Home, CoL F. P., Stock—Akron, 0„ Indef.Jewett, Henry, Flayers—Copley, Boston, in

. def.yobs G. * Little' Fen (John G. Roe, mgr.)

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Gnymon, Okla., 12-17 ; Liberal, Kan.. 19-24.Keith's Hudson Theatre, Stock—Union Hill,

N. J., indef.Keith Stock—Gotham, Bklyn., 12, indef.Kelly Bros. Stock—Lansing, Mich., indef.

Knickerbocker Stock (Geo. Barbier, mgr.)

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Knickerbocker, Phlla., indef.Lawrence; Del., Stock—Vancouver, Can., In-

dex.Lyric Theatre Btock—Bridgeport, Conn., in-

def.Lonergan Players (E>. V. Phelao, mgr.)

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Lynn., Mass., Index.Lewin. Florence. Players (Hawkins & Klb-

bee, nigra.)—Wichita. Kan., indef.Lurch, Theo., 8tock—Phoenix, Arts., lndetMonaco Stock—Los Angeles, indef.McKlnley, Pattl, Players—Zanesvlle, 0., In-

dex.Mozart Players—Elmira, N. Y.. Indef.Nestell Players—Jefferson City, Mo., Indef.Northampton Players—Northampton, Mass'Northampton Players—Northampton, Masa,

lndetNaylor, Walter, Players—New Britain, Conn.,

New Strand Stock—Mobile, Ala., Indef.Norwood, Maude, Stock twin. J. Nelson,

mgr.)—Oil City. Pa., indef.Orpheum Players—Beading, Pa., Indef.Overholeer Stock—Oklahoma City, Okla.,

lndet .

Oliver, Otta, Player* (Harry J. Wallace,mgr.)-—Pern, Ind., lndet

. Indef.Park, Edna, Stock—Tampa. Fla., lndetPoll Stock—Scranton. Pa., lndetPlayhouse Players—Mt. Vernon. N. Y., Indef.Pott Players—Poll's. Washington. lndetQuaker Maids M. C. Co.—Hutchinson, Kan.,

index.Spooner. Cecil, Stock—Lawrence, Mass., ln-

det- .

Shnbert Stoek—Milwaukee, lndetShubert Stock—St Paul, lndet '

Bomervllle - . Theatre , Player*—Some rvi lie,

Man- lndetSt. Clair. Winifred Stock (Earl Slpe, mgr.)—

Peterson, N. Ja lndet : .

Bherman; Kelly Stock—Aberdeen, 8. D., 5.

Indef. •. .:

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Tempi* Stockr-TrFt.. Wayne. Ind., Indef:

Taylor, Albert, Btock—El Pa«o, Tex., indef.Van Dyke & Eaton Stock (F. Mack, mgr.)

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Tulsa, Okla., indef.Wilkes Players—Salt Lake City, Utah. Indef.Wilkes Musical Stock—Vancouver, Can., In-

def.Wadsworth Dram. Stock (Edward Ornsteln,

mgr.)—Toledo, O., indef.Wigwam Btock (Lander Stevens, mgr.)—San

Francisco, Indef.Wallace, Cheater. Players—Butler, Pa., Indef.Williams, Ed.. Btock—Elkhart, Ind, indef.

COMPANIES IH TABLOID PLAYSParman—it ajsjJ Traveling

Amlck's Pennant Winner* (Jaek Amlck, mgr.)—Greensboro, N. C. 12-17 ; Wlnston-SaTem,19-24.

"Birds of Paradise"—Clarksbur-. W. Va„ 12-17: Bluefield. 19-24.

Enterprise Stock (Norman HUyard, mgr.)

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Chicago, lndetEnterprise Stock No, 2 Co. (Norman Hll-

yard, rngr.)—Chicago, lndetHyatt eTLeNore Miniature M. C. Co., (T.

H. Hyatt, mgr.)—Moose Jaw, Saak., Can.,indet

Harris ft Prey M. C. Co.—MInot, N. D., indef.Lord ft Vernon M. C. Co., Butler. Pa., Indef.Maxwell * Shaw (Bob Shaw, mgr.)—Hor-

neU. N. Y.. 12-17.Boseland Maids—Canal Dover, O., 12-17;

Cambridge, 19-24."Sunny Side of Broadway" (Boyle Wolfolk,

mgr.)—Ann Arbor, Mich., 15-17 ; So. Bend,Ind., 19-21; Kokomo. 22-24.

Thomas, M. C. Co.—Blddeford, Me., 12-17;Lowell. Mass.. 19-81.

"Vanity Fair," Wolfolk's (Jack Tralnor,mgr?)—Rock ford, in., 12-14.

Walker's Musical and Lady Minstrels—Green-ville, S. C, 12-17: Charlotte. 19-24.

Zarrow's American Girl—Ashland, Ky, 12-17.Zarrow'a Little Bluebird (Jack Fuquay,

mgr.)—Cambridge, O., 12-17.Zarrow's Variety Bevlew (D. J. Lynch,

mgr.)—Fairmont, W. Vs., 12-17.Zarrow's Passing Revue (Win. Hill, mgr.)

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Newport News, Va., 12-17.

MINSTRELSField'*, Al G.—Ft Smith, Ark* 14 : McAles-

ter. Okla.. IB ; Oklahoma - City, 16-18

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Arkansas City, Kan., 19; Wichita, 20;Topeka, 21; St. Joseph, Mo., 22; DesMoines. Is., 28-24.

Huntington'*, F". C (J. W. West, mgr.)—De-land, Fla.. 14; Palatka. 15; Jacksonville.16; Wavcross. 17.

O'Brien's, NeU, Minstrels (Oscar F. Hodge,mgr.)—Grenada, Miss., 14 ; Jackson, Tenn.,IS : Nashville, 16 ; Chattanooga, 17

;

Huntsvllle. Ala., 19 ; New Decatur. . 20

:

Gadsden. SI: Montgomery, 22; Mobile. 23:Pensacola, PI*- 24.

CARNIVALSBarkoot K. Q., Shows—Greenville, B. C.

12-17; BtatesvUle. 19-24.Campbell's, E. W„ United Shows—Hot

Springs, Ark* 12-17.. ,

- Herbert Greater Shows—Columbia. S. C. '

12-17. _Johnny, J. Jones Show*—Miami, Fla.. 12-24.Little&hn's United Shows—West Point, Ga..

CIRCUSESBarnes. Al. G.—Los Angeles, 14-17.Cole Bros.—San Bernardino, Cal.. 14 ; Po-

mona, 13 ; Pasadena, 16 : Long Beach, 17 :

Whlttier, 19; Santa Paula, 20; SantaMaria. 21.

Sella-Floto—Aurora. IB* 14; Elgin, 16.

MISCELLANEOUSMallory. Clifton A Co.—McConnellsvllle, O..

14; Troy, 10: Kenton, 16; Orange, Mass.,19 ; Warren. 20 ; Gardner, 21 ; Ware, 22

;

Haverhill , 23 ; W. Bozbury. 24.Smith, Mysterious (Albert A Smith, mgra.)—Flora. N. Dak., 17 ; Oberon, N. Dak., 15

;

Sykeston, N. Dak.. 16-17; Turtle Lake,N. Dak., 19-20 : Underwood, N. Dak., 21-22

:

Washburn, N. Dak., 23-24.

BOYLE AND BROWNOpening April lea the Orphenm Circuit

GUY BROTHERS MINSTRELSWent musicians, siaxers, cornedfans Balaae*

this season and next. Quick. 142 State Street,

SprinrSeld, Mass.- .,'•--. -. -«•

Criticas Says:

"Seta* Swigs Thai Win BilMDp Tot AeTf;

Tsit'rtgat msi In tb* right afass, workstsrs /or sjvy mlnnr. Ths soo*-s I

ass IklttBg fcers aro RIGHT Mag*, allrlglft Psrhaps YOU have the rightplat* (or oaa or mors of tats*.

I'M HEARIN'

FROM ERINby I_ Watte Gilbert and Anatsl Fried-laad U ths most cHsrmta* lltt). Irishsag that •*•*> braogbt a breath of tba>« sod" fate Asasrles. Yea wlli a*-stroo* tar It," and (or

"LOVE ISAVVOIVDERFULTHIl^!G

,

tb* »*no»sphlcal love *ong by GUbsrt

£. M. Wick*: on* a/ Ins moit noted•M^tAarsUa* •* popular soncs, hat sojns-lAlaar **>—9 ajkisji Mis *g» ft tk» mmppprntis*aw or" thm American Mamnint. Sm* it.

mmm I aaar you a sura-fir* farce sosig

WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN'

FREED THE SLAVtS HE

FORGOT IHf MARRIED MEN"fcr W01 J. Hania and Harryt R. Robbuaa.Tka tills tall* part of lis story, but yea

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cannot nails* all of its value to you la-til you baar it. It wUI b* ess of thes—

s

sTV.ni ef ths sasaea. And than'*

SOMEWHEREINDELAWARE

Harris u4 Roblasoa's. srsmt a*w "Stst.Mag," uttsrhr uallko any othsr that has•ear b**a oAVrsd to you. It has charmasal rsal navalry bath la lyrics and uv»l-ody. Let ma tsU you again that

HAWAilANM SUNSHINE

By L. Wolf* Gilbert and Carey MorganI* the oas hi*- hit snssf sll Hawaiiansong*. Hero's tb* Dumber that broughtHawaii lata the heart* cf Ainsrli*. It"has avarytamg/' that** alL And farfrom ths I*a*t I* tha coon shout success

PRAY FLIGHTSTO GO OUT"

by Tunnah and Slddmor*. It is the big-gest thing in coon songs that tb* Assort•can (tag* ha* had fat t«*> year* and resalready marvelous popularity is dailyiacraaaiac by lsspa and bwmds. Vestwould do wall to get ia on it.

JOS. W. STERN & GO.L. WOLFE GILBERT, Prof. Mgr.

15541 Broadway, New YorkHorn* OfBce-l«l Wat Mth St.Cblcago-M. /. Stous, 14* N. Cterk St,Frtato—E. S. Florsntiaj*. Ill Ksaray 3t

30 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1917

PEACEWELOVE MR. WILSON, UNITED WE STAND

TO MAKE OLD GLORY WAVE FOR PEACE ALL O'ER THE LAND"Words and Music by Louis Pasciuti

WARWEHATE

LOUIS PASCIUTI, Music Publisher 179 Washington Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y.Orchestrations in .3 keys' now ready Professional Copies R e co g n i z e

JOE STANLEY ROBERT L. WILLIS HARRY MENDOZAK CONQ

Direction Mo. Glass and Mark Levy

GAZZOLO, GATTS & CLIFFORD, Inc., PRESENT THE RECORD-BREAKERUNBORN CHILA Play Dealing with a Timely Subject (Birth Control) in a Way that Gives No Offense, by Howard McKent Barnes

NOT A PICTURE-TWICE DAILY EVERYWHERE-MATINEES LADIES ONLYCo. A. Co. B. Co.. C. Co. D.

Mch. U—Bronx Theater, New York CityMet. 1»—Lexington Theater, New York City

Co. B.Mch. 12—Walnut St Theater. PhiladelphiaMch. It—Orpheum, Philadelphia

Co. C.Mch. 11—Lyceum, Dulutb, Minn.Mch. IS—Metropolitan, St. Paul, Minn.

Mch. 12-14—Grand, Rockford, 111.

Mch. 15-17—Oliver, South Bend, lad.

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ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS 1610 MASONIC TEMPLE BUILDING, CHICAGO, ILL.

FLAG OF MY COUNTRY"THE MARCH SONG By W1VI. «J. GOING

From the BATTLESHIP "OKLAHOMA""I have arranged your Song for my band. All the boys like it. It

will "certainly go on at our next entertainment." Yours truly,

C A. STREHLE, Bandmaster.

If you want a patriotic song that your audience will remember, get this one. NO MUSH.Song and 1 0-pait orchestration free to professionals during March. -

ERATO SOIMG HOUSE, Trenton, N. J.

BARNUM& BAILEYGreatest Show on Earth

ALL PERFORMERS engaged for the sea-

son of 1917 with this show must report for

rehearsals TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH27TH, at Madison Square Garden. New YorkCity. Acknowledge this call by mail to -

BARNUM & BAILEY, Bridgeport, Conn.

TENNEYWrite* the right kind of acta, sketches, and monologues. Write to "That Play-wright That Writes Plays That Play Bight," and he will write to put yon inright. Don't wish for a good act. Get him to write you one. Correspondence so-

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TANEAN BROS.A comedy show; the hall brought big attendance to the roof Tuesday night. The aerial houseappears to bare struck a gait of late. The house did not fill up early Tuesday night: But by9 o'clock- had a fine gathering • • Tanean Brothers No. 2, a blackface musical team, startedthe laughs and secured a steady stream throughout their offering. The men use a good comedyidea in their xylophone work, which goes oyer handily.—Sime, "Variety."

March. 14, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 31

AL REEVES "BEAUTYSHOW" SCORES BIG

AT THE COLUMBIAA thoroughly up-to-date fashion parade

opens the Al Reeves "Beauty Show" atthe Columbia, the models wearing thelatest creations. Principals and chorusgirls alike are brought on with appropri-

ate music, show cards introducing them.Mabelle Courtney, a stately, pleasant

blonde, as the head of the costumery en-

tertained the two buyers, played by AlGreen as straight and John Hawley as his

Hebrew partner, who keeps the establish-

ment in hot water.Leona Miller, the soubrette; Eleanor

Marshall, Bernice Taber and Edna Clair

were showy members.Jerry White's piano specialty was good

entertainment, introducing a mother song,

a medley of choruses tracing a flirtation

and marriage, and a Wilson song thatDrought down the house.Harry Paynton and Frank Green, in

comedy make-up, went through a clever

routine of acrobatics. "New Orleans," aminstrel number led by Leona Miller, whodoes a good clog, assisted by the girls in

showy suits, served as the finish of thefirst act*

Eddy and Earle's whirlwind dancesserved as a pleasing specialty.

The second act showed the cabaret in

Chinatown with Al Green as the "bum"and John Hawley as the Hebrew barten-der. Here' Eddy and Earle did their

Apache dance; Pagana her clever violin

solo, with excellent accompaniment byJerry White; Francis Murphy his femaleimpersonation with song and dance; Payn-ton and Green their "Percy and Harold"bit, and Packer Green, Sulzback and MissMiller harmonizing.Then came Al Reeves, in immaculate

evening clothes, with a new line of talk

about his show, bis girls and his pleasure

at being among his old pals, concludingwith his new song "That Is Life," in

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A complete sell out at the matinee andan exceptionally big night house started

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THE JIMMIE SHEA TRIOJimmie Shea, Earle Rickard Harry Donnelly

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32 THE i NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1917

COMMITTEE TOFAVOR TAX ON

POSITIVESWHEELER REPORT IN THURSDAY

Albany, March 12.—The Wheeler Com-mittee, which during the past two monthshas been investigating the motion picture

industry for the purpose of determiningif the State should receive revenue fromit, will Bobmit its report to the legislature

Thursday. The committee is reported to

be in favor of a . tax on all "positive

prints," which probably would net the

State an annual income of from $500,000

to $750,000.Legislation which, without the .creation

of a State censorship board, will operate

toward the prevention of the exhibition of

objectionable films, win be recommended.To serve this purpose a motion picture bu-

reau will be established at small cost to

the State.During the past two months many of

the prominent manufacturers and exhibi-

tors have appeared before the committeeand testified regarding conditions existing

in the industry. The witnesses who testi-

fied gave the legislators a good insight into

the business, and from the information

gleaned the members of the committee feel

that the State should derive considerable

revenue from the business.

At the last meeting of the committee held

in the Murray Hill Hotel, New York City,

last Saturday, Commissioner of Licenses

George H. Bell, Ben. R. Hampton, presi-

dent of the General Film Co., and WilliamA. Brady testified.

In doing so, Commissioner Bell wentinto detail. on the question of objectionable

film and said he believed the public wasbacking his department in its fight againstthem. He declared that, only recently, he

stopped the public showing of five motionpictures considered objectionable and re-

ceived the co-operation of the exhibitors in

this respect.

During his testimony Mr. Bell said he

believed there should be one day's rest in

seven, particularly for motion picture ma-chine operators, and for that reason favored

Sunday observance, although he thought it

was foolish to permit certain shows onSunday and prohibit others. He submitted

lists of figures of licenses issued in NewYork City. He put the average daily at-

tendance in New York theatres at 600,000

persons, and showed there were licenses

existing in this department for 864 the-

atres with a total seating capacity of 630,-

266. In 1916 there were 1,039 licensed

theatres and in 1915 1,169.

Mr. Brady, who has appeared^ on sev-

eral occasions before the committee, de-

clared that, at the present time, the indus-

try was not able to stand taxation. Thetestimony of Hampton and other witnesses

was along the same'lines.

SOL. LESSER HERESol L. Lesser, the young State rights

distributor, arrived in New York, last

week from the coast on one of .his fre-

quent flying tripe, Mr. Leaser's present

visit will hut ten days. He reports newsuccess in his handling of the "Ne'er DoWell."

BRENON DIRECTS LONE WOLFHerbert Brenott is in New Orleans,

where he is producing Louis Joseph Vance's

"The Lone Wolf" for distribution by theHerbert Brenon Film Corporation throughLewis J. Selznick Enterprises, Inc. Theprincipal female role will be played byHazel Dawn, who is taking a necessaryvacation from "The Century Girl," andwho will probably resume her work inthat production upon her return to NewYork. Opposite Miss Dawn will be BertLytell in the principal male role.

"The Lone Wolf* will probably set ahigh mark in cost of production. It is

understood that Mr. Vance, the author, re-

ceived $6,000 or $7,000 for the producingrights in motion picture form, and MissDawn's salary will be close to the three-

figure mark, with other expenditures in

proportion. This is Mr. Brenon's first pic-

ture since his recent illness interrupted themaking of "The Eternal Sin," featuring

Florence Reed, which picture is now com-pleted and about to be distributed byLewis J. Selznick.

BEACH DID NOT DIRECT FILM"The Barrier," of which Rex Beach is

the author, was directed entirely by EdgarLewis. Some trade papers, through error,

gave credit for the production to Beach.

. HODKINSON LEAVES FOR TOURW. W. Hodkinson.'presiden* of the Tri-

angle Distributing Corp., has left NewYork for. a tour of the big cities of theWest •'<••••:

DECIDES AGAINST EXHIBITORThat a motion picture exhibitor must

pay for a picture which he books even if

the censors do not allow him to screen it

is the opinion of the court which has just

awarded a judgment to the Phax Pictures

Company on this point. The Phax Com-pany were the distributors of "Race Sui-

cide," and secured bookings from a num-ber of theatres who finally refused to paythe contract price, claiming that the cen-

sors would not aUow them to run the pic-

ture. The list of theatres included the

Miller, Montauk, Prospect, Plaza, Chester,

Garden and several others. The PhaxCompany was represented by AttorneyHarry Saks Hechheimer.

FILM COMPANY FOR OGDENOoden, Utah, March 12.—The only mo-

tion picture producing company betweenChicago and the Pacific Coast has been or-

ganized here. Capital stock to the extent

of $100,000 has been secured. Albert Scow-croft, who has built a number of theatres

in the West, is president of the concern.

COMPLETING "GOD'S MAN"The Frohman Amusement Corporation's

ten-reel photo-play production of AnthonyP. Kelly's adaptation of George BronsonHoward's novel, entitled "God's Man," is

rapidly nearing completion under the direc-

tion of George Irving, the Frohman super-vising director.

A. E. SMITH GOES WESTAlbert E. Smith, president of the Vita-

graph Company, has left New York for

Los Angeles, where he will add to theproduction resources and facilities of Vita-

graph's California studios, with particu-

lar regard to Blue Ribbon program fea-

tures.

SELZNICK SIGNS WOMAN WRITERLewis J. Selznick has engaged Virginia

Terhune Van de Water, writer on domes-tic problems, to write scenarios for adapta-

tion into motion pictures. She is to fur-

nish a stated number of scenarios duringthe year. Edgar Selden arranged the con-tract.

MENA FILM CO. GETS CHARTERTrek-ton, N. J., March 12.—The Mena

Film Co. was incorporated last week to

conduct the manufacture and sale of mo-tion picture films from an office in Jersey

City. • The concern is capitalized at

$250,000.

"TROOPER 44" SOON READYThe E. L.'S. Motion Picture Corpora-

tion is completing a five-reel feature, en-

titled "Trooper 44." Juane Daye anil

George Soule Spencer have leading roles.

State rights on the picture are now beingsold.

EXPRESSMEN TOHELP FILM

MENSHIPMENT OF FILMS EXPEDITED

A system which keeps a full record ofevery transfer of a package of film fromthe time it leaves the shipper until it

reaches the consignee is now in effect withthe Adams, Wells Fargo and American Ex-press Companies. This system has been in-

stalled as the result of a conference betweenthe traffic managers of the big express com-panies and a committee of the NationalAssociation Of the Motion Picture Industry.The American was the first to adopt thenew rule and, within the last few days, theother two companies have followed suit.

To further expedite shipments of film,

the express companies are considering thefeasibility of collecting all films from oneexchange on one wagon, to be separated forshipment by the express company aftercollection.

Those present at this conference wereE. E. Bush, traffic manager of the Amer-ican ; J. Edward Cronin, traffic manager ofthe Adams; G. S. Lee, traffic manager ofthe Wells Fargo ; F. G. Airy, secretary ofthe express conference ; William L. Sherrill,

chairman of the transportation committeeof the National Association; Frederick H.Elliott, executive secretary of the associa-

tion ; P. H. StQson, of the Paramount Pic-

tures Corp., and J. S. Clark, of the WilliamL. Sherry Feature Film Co.

METRO, OF TEXAS, IS SOLDOklahoma Citt, Okla., March 12.—One

of the largest deals ever been made in themoving picture field of the Southwest wascompleted when Albert Russell and DaveReed, of Dallas, sold the Metro PictureCorporation of Texas to L. C. Bickel andothers of Oklahoma City for $50,000. Thecorporation distributes films in Oklahoma,Texas and Arkansas. ' The Metro Corpora-tion is one of the largest distributors in theSouthwest.

DORIS KENYON WITH WHARTONSDoris Eenyon has been engaged - by

Wharton, Inc., of Ithaca, N. Y., to star in

their first super-feature production, "TheGreat White Trail." The company is nowat Saranac Lake taking some of the winterscenes. "The Great White Trail" will bethe first of releases of the Whartons undertheir policy of one super-feature eachmonth. '

CALIFORNIA CO. REORGANIZEDSan Francisco, March 12.—The click

of the camera is to be heard again at thecamp of the California Film corporation.

Following the resignation of Beatrix Mich-elena, and other members of the old com-pany, a new firm has been partially or-

ganized. Heading it is Lois Wilson. Nor-val McGregor will be director.

LOSES SUIT AGAINST TRIANGLEPhblamxphia, March 12.—The Phila-

delphia Booking Co. lost its suit againstthe Triangle Film Co. when the court re-

fused to restrain the Triangle Film Corp.and the Triangle Distributing Corp. fromcancelling the franchise for the Philadel-

phia territory held by the Philadelphia

Booking Co..

PRES. WILSON IN ART DRAMAThe Art Dramas production of Emile

Zola's novel "Nantas, which will be knownas "A Man and the Woman," -will havescenes in which President .Wilson ap-

pears..'

ATLANTIC FILM CO. TO PRODUCEProvidence, B, I., March &—The At-

lantic Film Corp., which was recently in-corporated in this State, will soon beginproducing films, featuring five and six reel

plays and one and two reel comedies. Thenew company plans the early erection ofa commodious studio, and in the meantimewill use the studio of the Eastern Film Co.in this 'city. Joseph C. Gonyea is presi-

dent, treasurer and manager of the newconcern. ..-.:.• '"1"-

FORM NEW PICTURE FIRMEdward Small and Herman Becker are

the heads and organizers of a new picturefirm to be known as "The Master DramaFeatures, Inc.," for the purpose of pro-ducing photo dramas. The initial produc-tion will be a drama by Willard Mack, en-titled "Who's Your Neighbort" B. RankinDrew is directing the picture, the first

part of which is already under way.

ANTI-SUNDAY FILM LAW.UPHELDAustin, Texas, March 8.—A majority of

the Court of Criminal- Appeals have af-

firmed the Fort Worth motion picturecases, holding that motion pictures areamusements and can not be operated onSunday; also, that Fort Worth ordinancepermitting motion picture shows to operateon Sundays from 2 p. m. to midnight is in

conflict with the State law.

SIMPLER SPELLING ON SCREENR. H. Cochrane, vice-president of the

Universal Film Company, has sent out anorder that phonetic spelling shall hence-forth be used in aU film titling, publicityand advertising. Words such as cigaret,

thru, catalog, and tho, which admit ofbeing shortened, shall be used in then-simpler form, according to the. new order.

WARREN TAKES PLAYERS SOUTHEdward Warren, with a company of one

hundred players, started for the South last! week by a specially chartered train tofinish his exterior scenes of his produc-tion now known by the working title asthe "Transgressor," It is expected thatthe picture wiU be released by State rightholders in April.

ART DRAMA ADDS 2 EXCHANGESDue to increasing bookings on Art

Dramas, the Standard Film Corporation ofKansas City, distributers of the new pro-gram throughout Iowa, Nebraska, Missouriand Kansas, has opened additional . ex-changes in St. Louis and Des Moines.

PULLS NEW MOVIE STUNTEdward Sachs, manager of the Morning-

side Theatre at 2139 Eighth Avenue, lastweek originated a novel idea when he hadthe author of "The Royal Pauper," HenryAlbert Phillips, appear in person and makea few remarks.

BEATTY BILL MIGHT PASSCmcTKNATi, O., March 12.—The Beatty

Bill, which is aimed at "The Birth of aNation," prohibiting an exhibition here,

has been passed by the lower house of thelegislature and will probably pass the Sen-ate.

SYLVIA BREMER WITH TRIANGLESylvia Bremer has been engaged by Thos.

H. Bice and wfll make her debut on theTriangle program next month, playing theheroine in a baseball drama in whichCharles Roy win' star.

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FILM TITLE CHANGEDEthel Clayton's next picture play for

World-Brady is now titled "Man'sWoman," in place of "The House Cat."

HALL JOINS COLDWYN STAFFEmmett Campbell Hall has signed with

the Goldwyn Pictures Corp. as assistant to

Edith Ellis of tits scenario staff.

March 14, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 33

"THE GIFT GIRL"Bluebird. Five Beels.

Rcleated March 26 by Bluebird Photoplays.

Cast. "...

Rokalia .Louise LovelyMarcel ..Emory JohntonMalec Jtupert JulianMarquis de Tonquin. . . Wadsicorth HarrisDr. D'Eglantine Frederick MontagueVenn .Bateau .Winter SailMajor Abercrombie -i. . .Rex Roselli

Story—Suggested by H. K.Durant'a play,"Marcel's Birthday Present." Scenarioby E. J, Claweon. Directed by RupertJulian. •

Action—Slow.Continuity—Even.Suspense—Insufficient.Detail—Poor.Atmosphere—Lacking.Photography—Good.

Louise Lovely has much to learn in theart of acting, as a pretty face ia notsufficient to make an interesting picture.

She is featured in "The Gift Girl/ but is

entirely unsuited to the role. She tries

to imitate the Mary Pickford mannerismsat times and her .portrayal of the GiftGirl is colorless.

The picture itself is long drawn out.The action of the first reel is unnecessaryto the development of the story andcould be unfolded later in less space andtime. The essentials of a good pictureare lacking. Detail and atmosphereseemed to be a minor consideration in themaking of this film. There ia some inter-est in "The Gift Girl," although the pic-ture has been crudely treated. The sub-titles, too, are crude.

Box Office Value '- -

One day. Regular program.

t_ "CASTLES FOR TWO"Lasky. Five Seels.

Released March 12 by Paramount.

> Cast . .

Patricia Calhoun. Marie DonBrian~0'NeU> ............ .Elliott DexterPatricia' a Secretary Mayme Kelso'-'.-'

f Jane WolffBrian's Sisters. ...... i Harriett Sorenson'} - ... i ^ Lillian LeightonBrian's Mother Julia JacksonNeough : . . . .Horace B. CarpenterCallahan Billy ElmerNanny Marie MiUtStory—Romance by Beatrice DeMille and

Leighton Oamun. Directed by FrankReicher. Featuring Marie Doro.

Action—Interesting.Continuity—Even.Suspense—None.Detail—Correct.Atmosphere—Very good.Photography—O. K.

Remarks.

The story tells of an American heiress,Patricia Calhoun, traveling in Ireland inan endeavor to learn whether or not sheis loved for her money. She changes po-sitions with her secretary, posing as apoor dependent of the heiress, meets apoor Irish nobleman, Brian CNeiL Theyfall in love and, in spite of the fact thathis mother wants him to marry theheiress, he chooses, as he thinks, the maid.She. then discloses her identity and allends well. "

"

It is a prettily told heart story andMiss Doro makes a most lovable Patricia.Mr. Dexter is a manly young Irishmanand the others in the. cast are capableplayers.

Box Office Value.

The combined interest in the star andthe film on its own merits makes it suit-able 'for any of the better class of housesfor from three. days to a week.. ...••

DAVIES SIGNS WITH FOXHoward Davies has signed .with William

Fox. and - is cast for -a role \ supportingMiriam Cooper in her first' program fea-ture.

: "BLOOD WILL TELL"Ince-BUy Bee. Five Beels.

vast.

Released March 18 by Triangle.Samson Oakley III William DesmondNora North. Enid MarkeySamson Oakley II. .

.

. .David M. HartfordJames Black. Howard HickmanDixie Du Fresnt. ... .Margaret ThompsonOtis Blade Charles OunnAaron Hoielett J. Frank BurkeStory—Drama of frenzied finance by JoanLynch and J. G. dawks. Directed byCharles Miller. Featuring William Des-mond.

Action—Holds interest.

Continuity—At times somewhat incoher-ent.

Suspense—Sustained.Detail—0. K.Atmosphere—Correct.Photography—Excellent.

Remarks.Love and finance have formed the basis

of many a story,' but this fact in no waydetracts from the interest in this par-

ticular one. The story tells of a rich

father who disinherits his son for marry-ing a chorus girl and later discovers thatthis same girl makes a man of the son,who saves his father from financial ruinby defeating the machinations of a crowdof business rivals.

It is a well written and well directedfilm, except for the part which takesYoung Oakley to a room back of Dur-ban's saloon. His errand there is not ex-

plained, but the- manner in which he getsthere and the work he does in the placeimpresses one as being crooked. If it is

honest work it should oe explained. If it

is crooked it should be eliminated, as in

the latter case the character of the herois woefully weakened.Mr. Desmond is a most heroic hero,

forceful, manly and convincing. Theothers in the company did excellent work,Mr. Hartford deserving a . special word of

praise.

Box Office Value.

Good for two days.

"SAPHO"Famous Players. Five Reels.

Released March 5 by Paramount.

Cast.

8apho {Fanny Legrand) .Pauline FrederickCaoudal .Fran* Losee'Dejoie John SainpolieFlamant Pedro de CordobaJean Gaussin Thomas MeighanStory—Dramatized from Alphonse Dau-

det's well-known story. Directed byHugh Ford. Featuring Pauline Fred-erick.

Action—Good.Continuity—Even.Suspense—Very little-

Detail—O. K.Atmosphere—Good.Photography—Excellent.

Remarks."Sapho" ia a story which not only does

,not lend itself to the full requirementsof the screen, but is a story, the visualiza-tion of which is not suitable for the largepercentage of motion picture patrons be-cause of Iheir age. Daudefa heroine ia

such a fickle wanton that, while there is

considerable sensationalism of the un-savory kind, there is little real dramaticor emotional interest because a woman ofthe ilk of Fanny Legrand is incapable ofemotion and can only give way to a frenzyborn to her because something is denied.For this reason "Sapho" has an appeal asa spoken drama which it does not possessin picture form.

"ALADDIN FROM BROADWAY"Vitagraph. Five Reels.

Released March 19 by Vitagraph.

CastJames Fitzgerald. ...... .William DuncanMrs. Fitzgerald Edith StoreyLight-of-Life .' Laura WinstonAmad Otto LedererJack Stanton Antonio MorenoSadi George Holt

Story— Corned v drama. Written byFrederick Isham. William Wolbert,director.

Action—Interesting.

Continuity—Even.Suspense—Well sustained.Detail—Good.Atmosphere—Realistic.Photography—43ood.

' Remarks.

A very good and original story waswritten by Frederick Isham in the pic-

ture of "Aladdin From Broadway," andthe screening carefully unfolded it. Thescenes are laid principally in the desert, inDamascus and in the Holy City of Mecca,and seem to breathe the atmosphere ofthose parts. The play was excellently

acted, too, with Edith Storey and An-tonio Moreno ' as the featured stars. ADin all. "Aladdin From Broadway" is aninteresting picture with a well-developedplot and a goodly amount of suspense.

Box Office Value.One day. A good drawing card.

DALY BECOMES BELASCO STARDavid Belasco has placed Arnold Daly

under contract to star under his directionduring the next- two seasons. Mr. Daly is

now at Palm Beach recuperating from thesevere illness which' overtook him - abouttwo months ago and will return Mondayand immediately begin rehearsals.

"BURNING THE CANDLE"Essanay. Five Reels.

Released March 5 by K. E. B. B.

Cast. ;

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James Morwell Henry B. WalthallMolly Carrington Mary CharletonJudge Carrington Julien BartonMrs. Carrington Frank ie RaymondAlfred Lewie .Tkurlour Brewer•Merrii Cole. Patrick Calhoun

Story—Drama, written by Turner White.Arranged and directed by Harry Beau-mont.

'

Action—Interesting.Continuity—Excellently maintained.Detail—Correct.Atmosphere—Very good.Photography—Excellent.

Remarks.

Although the spectators are assured thatthe picture is not intended as a propaganda."Burning the Candle" is a strong argu-ment for prohibition.The action begins in tbs South, where

"Jimmie" Maxwell, whose exhaustiveknowledge of cotton has secured him agood position in a cotton broker's office ia

New York, wins the heart and hand ofMolly Carrington.

It is a well acted and well directed film,

with no aide issues to detract from themain thread of the story, which is clearly,

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: Lot* ..t L..u K hii

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" Cross My Heart and Hope to Die"fBetler than "PICK ON ME")

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Love Will Find the WayI -waited hvr ve.trs

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Music by Harry Von Till

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THE SENSATIONAL

NOVELTY SONG HIT

SWEEPING ACROSS THECONTINENT LIKE A TORNADO!

if

HAWAIIANBUTTERFLY"

Lyric by George A. Little

Music by Billy Baskette and Joe Santley

TheNew Ballad That's

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Lyric by Joe GoodwinMusic by Jimmie Monaco

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"WHAT DO YOU WANT TO

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Words by Howard Johnson and Joe McCarthy

Music by Jimmie Monaco

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LOEW AGREESTO UNIONIZE

CIRCUITGRANTS STAGE HANDS DEMANDS

Despite denials from the Marcos Loewoffices and the anions concerned, it waslearned on Monday that the Marcus LoewCircuit has agreed to employ onion stage-

bands, electricians, motion picture opera-tors and musicians in all of the theatres it

controls.

A series of conferences have been heldalmost daily for the last -week between theonion representatives and Marcos Loewand Nicholas M. Schenck. At these con-ferences one issue or another was alwaysraised which seemed to need farther con-

sideration. The meetings were thus post-poned from day to day until Monday, whentwo meetings were held, one in the after-noon at the Loew offices, and the other atnight in the offices of an attorney. Thislatter session lasted until almost 2 a. m.At this meeting the whole situation was

gone over thoroughly and the various issuesput forward by either side finally discussed.Those present at that meeting were Mar-cog Loew and Nicholas M. Schenck, rep-resenting the Loew Circuit, and Harry Wil-liams and Harry L. Abbott, representingthe theatrical Federation.The onion men pointed out to the Loew

people that, as promises had been made tothem from time to time, they felt theywould have to hold them to their word.They stated the unions they representedinsisted that the circuit employ only unionmen in all the houses and that they did notfeel as though they had any alternativeto take under the circumstances.

After several hours discussion on thispoint and several other minor ones, it wasfinally agreed that the Loew people wouldrenew their contract with the union andemploy all union help in the houses theywere affiliated with, under the conditionthat the matter of the White Rats strikeagainst the Loew interests did not enterinto the matter. It was also agreed thatthey would not join in any sympathy strikeagainst the Loew circuit with the WhiteRats organizations.The union representatives stated they

were sorry their matter came up at thistime, but that they had served notice uponthe Loew people prior to the calling of theWhite Rata strike. They assured Mr.Loew that, as long as the circuit lived upto its agreement with the unions no troubleneed be anticipated on their part, espe-cially as far as the White Rats matter wasconcerned.

This statement seemed to satisfy theLoew people and the attorney was in-strocted to draw op the contracts whichare to be signed to-morrow by both parties.The new agreement is to take effect im-

mediately after the' signatures have beenappended and win remain in force untilSeptember, 1918.

It was learned that B. S. Moss wouldbe called upon this week with reference tothe unionization of his house employees andthat others who controlled circuits in thisvicinity would also shortly receive a visitregarding this matter.

LOEW BOOKING NEW THEATREProvidence, Mar. 19.—Emery's New

Majestic Theatre, a $250,000 structure,will open its doors to the public next Mon-day afternoon. The vaudeville, which con-sists of five acts, will be sopplied by theLoew booking offices. The Jack WilsonTrio have been selected to headline theopening bill. Emery's Theatre, which is

conducted by the proprietor of the newhouse, will continue to run Loew vaude-ville for the balance of the season. It is

believed that the policy of this house willbe changed next season.

FRED NICE A PLAINTIFFFred Nice, who dances with Ada Weeks

in "Miss Springtime," is the complainantin an action just started in the Munici-pal Court to collect $200 from Fred Beall.Through Harry N. Steinfeld, his attorney,Nice says that on August 29 last he gaveBeall the money as part payment fortwenty shares of stock in a corporationto be formed under the name of theOTJeall System of Gas Production. Sev-eral requests for the certificates failed tobring them forth, Nice states. Beall wasserved with the summons and complaintlast Thursday.

"UNBORN CHILD" DOES $1,693PmT.AnFT.PHiA, Pa., March 19.—"Her

Unborn Child" played to $1,693 gross Sat-urday at the two performances and BenStern, owner of the Walnut Street The-atre, immediately got Frank A. P. Gazzolo,a member of the firm of Gazzolo, Gatta.and Clifford, producers of this play, on thephone at the Knickerbocker Hotel here andrequested that this production be returnedto this theatre for an indefinite run. Thisrun will probably be arranged to start thethird or fourth week in April.

LaFOLLETTE BACKThe Great LaFollette, better known as

Rush Ling Toy, the Chinese magician, hasreturned from a ten months' tour in Southand Central America. He is now touringthe' New England States with his ownshow, giving a two hour performance. Hewill return to New York in time to openon May 19 at Luna Park for the Summer,the booking having been arranged by Rich-ard Pitrot

PLAY FOR DALY CHOSENArnold Daly's first starring vehicle un-

der David Belasco will be "The Very Min-ute," by John Meehan. The play will openApril 9 at the Belaaco Theatre. "LittleLady in Blue" will be sent on a brief

Spring tour. The Daly company includesWilliam Morris, John W. Cope, LesterLonergan, Forrest Robinson, Harry Daven-port, Cathleen Nesbit and Marie Wain-wright.

HARRY SHEERAN CHANGESHarry Sheeran, for some time stage

manager at the Hippodrome, has accepteda similar position at Proctor's One Hun-dred and Twenty-fifth Street Theatre.

TEMPLETON TO STAR AGAINFay Templeton, who has been touring

in vaudeville, will return to the musicalcomedy stage next season as the star in

a new operatic production.

WHITE RATS STRIKE FAILSTO INVOLVE MORE HOUSES

Rumored Walkouts on Fox, Mom, Keeney and Proctor lime DoNot Take Place; Sympathizers, However Riot in

Several Theatres and Police Make Arrests

GET GARDEN ENGAGEMENTClark & Bergman, now appearing in

vaudeville, are to .be a part of the WinterGarden show' next season.

Outside of disturbances in houses whichhave been declared "unfair" little tookplace during the last week in the strikewhich the White Rats have called againstthe Loew Circuit of theatres, although it

was reported that the walkout would beextended to the Fox, Moss, Keeney andProctor Circuits. This rumor kept themanagers constantly on the alert, butproved to be a false alarm.Double crews of acts were placed in all

of the theatres operated by the Fox, Moss.Keeney and Proctor Circuits to thwart anytrooble that might be started. All of themwere closely guarded by private detective*.Vaudeville agents were placed on guardat all theatres to prevent anyone thatmight appear suspicious, from entering.All actors, unless working in the houses,were denied admission to theatres.Every one of the booking offices was kept

open until the conclusion of evening per-formances, but the wait of the agents wasneedless.

A new list of undesirables has been addedto that of last week, and it is understoodthat more than seventy-five names, havebeen added to those already tabulated.On Monday night, at a meeting of the

Hebrew Trades Council, the committeewhich had been appointed to act upon therequest of the White Rats for support ap-peared and submitted a favorable report.This endorsed the White Rats strike andcalled for the moral support of the Council.

Yesterday afternoon the committee wasto have started its work by instituting"picketing" methods about the DclanceyStreet, Avenue B, and Loew's Palace The-atre, in Brooklyn. This organization is

said to have 200,000 members. Mountfordand Fitzpatrick spoke at the meeting.A meeting of the Council of the Actors'

Equity Union was held Monday afternoon,at which a letter was received from HarryMountford, complaining that two membersof the union bad worked in Loew houses.The men complained against were CharlesRichman and Joe Henshaw. After alengthy discussion upon the subject, thecouncil decided that, as the equity was notaffiliated with organized labor and theirmen were not actual strike breakers theydid not feel that they should take any cog-nizance of the complaint. Howard Kyle,secretary of the union, said that the equitywas not desirous of entering into the dis-

pute the White Rats bad with the man-agers and that there was no intention oftheir co-operating with the White Rats.There were many rumors along Broad-

way during the early part of the day thatMountford had departed for Philadelphiaand would begin activities there. However,the International executive was busily en-

gaged about New York city all day.

No difficulty was encountered at any ofthe Loew bouses Monday. Three hundredprivate detectives at a salary of $5 a dayhave been placed to guard the Loew housesand performers since last Thursday.• Sunday was a rather quiet day about

' the New York houses. It was'expected, withthe usual Sunday capacity attendances.

that efforts might be made to create dis-turbances. However, even though a fewattempts were made in numerous theatres,they were quickly suppressed.At the conclusion of the evening per-

formances at some houses, groups of WhiteRats pickets gathered about and attemptedto dissuade performers who were scheduledto go out of town, from leaving. All sortsof methods were resorted to in endeavoringto get the performers to quit. Even threats«f bodily barm were made.

Considerable fear was manifested by theLoew people regarding the departure of theJack Wilson Trio for Boston. White Ratspickets hovered about the American the-atre when he left at the conclusion of theevening performance and attempts weremade to attack him. However, a cordonwas formed h round him and be was hur-ried to the Grand Central depot. In themeantime efforts were made to get FrankHurst to des»rt the act. All sorts ofpromises were neing made to him, whenseveral of the Loew agents came along andfinally got him to the depot. DorothySwarez, who is also in the act, failed to ap-pear at the Grand Central depot at 11 :30and the Loew men started to worry abouther. They thought that probably the WhiteBata were trying to detain her somewhere.The telephone was resorted to, and finally,

ten minutes before train time. Miss Swarezarrived at the depot.

Sol Turek, Alec Hanlon. Abe Thal-lieimer. Abe Friedman, Lew Leslie and.several other Loew agents accompanied thedelegation of Loew acts to the depot. Aboutthirty-five acts were sent off on the varioustrains that left the depot around midnight-Throughout the evening, Torek was boiilyengaged in rounding up those that were todepart. He appeared at the various the-atres with a car, and as toon as the per-formers were through with their turn,rushed them to the depot, where they wereguarded by Loew agents and detectives.Word had been sent out that the White

Rats would make trauble at the Grand Cen-tral depot Sunday night. However, the11 :30 train departed witheut a White Ratapicket in sight.

Shortly before midnight a score of themappeared. There were twenty-eight menand, four women, among them being Mr.and Mrs. Sidney Baxter, Nora Drayer,Herbert Jelly, tbe woman from the Boh,Tip & Co. act; Libby, the bicycle rider;Charlie Mack and Johnny Bell. Also anumber of pickets who had been active inBoston. They immediately started offering

tickets for the White Rats benefit that is

being held tonight, but found no pur-chasers. Several of tbe pickets then startedto annoy the performers going away, bydrawing sketches of them, and walking upto them and peering into their faces.

Jelly was one of the most active of theseworkers. He would dance around a per-

former and grin at him. This seemed tovex a number of tbe people and made themquite nervous. However, no attempts weremade to talk to the actors, as they wereclosely guarded by the agents.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21, 1917

The delegation of United Booking office

acta that left consisted of about one hun-dred performers. There were about twenty-five of the United agents present, amongthem being Charles Bierbauer, Fred DuBondy, Jo Paige Smith, Bernard Burke,Nat Sobol, Jack Henry, Claude Bostocfcand Harry Shea.As the midnight train was leaving for

Albany, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Baxterdashed through the gate and boarded thetrain. They stated that they were goingto work at the Majestic Theatre, Albany,which is booked by Walter Plimmer. Itwas learned at his office that they were notbooked for that house. Upon the Albanytrain there were about fifteen performerswho were going to play at Proctor's The-atre there.

Just as the Boston train was to pull outBierbauer and Jo Paige Smith dashedthrough the gates and it was presumedthat they were headed for Boston.

Reports reached the managers Sundaythat several performers bad been attackedand beaten up Saturday night. Investiga-tion showed that Bill Hawthorne, of Haw-thorne's Minstrels, had been attacked inWest Forty-third Street and badly beatenby several men. His assailants got awaybefore a policeman, who discovered Mm,arrived. He was attended by a physicianin the neighborhood and taken home.

There was little activity Saturday out-side of the report that actors had beenbeaten. All day Saturday Jake Lubin andSol Torek Were busily engaged at the Loewoffices on the books in engaging emergencyacta for the week. It was mighty diffi-

cult to get people to do reserve duty athalf salary, as most of them desired to act-

ually work. However, toward night, a com-plement of acts were procured so that fromtwo or three could be allotted to eachhouse.The White Bats held their annual ball

at the Amsterdam Opera House on Fridaynight. There were about sixteen hundredpeople present, about half of them beingtheatrical people. Thirty-five prizes wereawarded in the costume march. Practicallyall of the acts that have been placed onthe undesirable list by the managers at-tended. There were a number of promi-nent politicians in attendance also.

It was feared that trouble might bestarted in the hall and twenty-five detec-

tives from headquarters and fonr police-

men in uniform were distributed about thehall. It was declared by White Rats offi-

cials that the affair was a financial success.

It was announced that a benefit perfor-mance for the organization, at which all

White Rats acts would appear, would beheld in that hall this evening.

Trouble at Greeley Square.Even though agents who book acta

through the Loew offices were detailed infront of the various theatres, for the pur-pose of keeping actors believed to bemembers of the White Rats and in sym-pathy with their cause, out of the houses,about fifty of them managed to evade thewatchers last week, and succeeded in get-

ting into the Greeley Square Theatre,where they scattered about the house andwaited quietly until Arthur and GraceTerry appeared.As soon as this pair appeared in front

of the footlights, however, there werehisses and calls of "scab" coming from all

parts of the house. Manager Block andseveral Pinkerton detectives attempted topick out the disturbers in the audienceand managed to eject a few of them.Things were then quiet for a minute ortwo, when a fusillade of vegetables ' andeggs began alighting on the stage, someof them striking the performers.That precipitated a wild commotion in

the house and a squad of policemen wascalled from the West Thirtieth Street sta-

tion. In the meantime, Mark Levy, aLoew agent, addressed the audience andtried to acquaint them with the WhiteRats situation and the managers' standin the matter, but, like the Terrys, hewas greeted by an avalanche of eggs andvegetables.

Aa soon as the police arrived they be-gan clearing out the disturbers. One ofthe house attaches pointed out ArthurJenning, an actor ana a member of theWhite Rata, aa one of the men who hadbeen yelling "scab" during the show..While they were taking him from the

theatre, Herbert Jelly, also an actor anda member of the White Bats, was in therear of the theatre expounding the causeof the White Rats to the people. He wasalso taken into custody.On Friday the two men were arraigned

in the Jefferson Market Police Court andheld under $300 bonds to keep the peacefor six months by Magistrate Murphy.The bond was supplied by the White Ratsand the men released.

Magistrate Warns Rioters.

After hearing the testimony in the caseand listening to William Travers Jerome,attorney for the Loew Circuit, MagistrateMurphy said that the differences of theRats and the managers must be kept outof the theatre, and that, if there wereany further disturbances of this kind, hewould adopt summary measures and meetones. He then discharged the prisoners.After this disturbance, about twenty-

five special policemen were posted aboutthe Greeley Square Theatre to preventany further occurrences of the same na-ture. Several of the men, in uniform,patrolled the aisles during the perform-ances.As Harry Lee, of the team of Hoey &

Lee, was leaving the stage entrance ofthe National Theatre on Tuesday eveningof last week he was attacked and beatenwith a club over the bead. His injurieswere slight, and, after being attended bya physician, he appeared at the theatre onWednesday.There were attempts on Tuesday night

to interrupt performances at the variousLoew houses in New York and Brooklynby people said to be in sympathy withthe White Rats. However, the guardsabout the theatres were alert and quicklyejected the disturbers.On Wednesday night, almost a hundred

Rats sympathizers appeared at the FultonTheatre, a Loew house in Brooklyn, and,during the performance of a juggling act,shouts of "scab" started to come from allparts of the house. Following shortlyafterward came a score of vegetables andeggs, all going in the direction of theactors. Every possible effort was madeby the house attaches and special officers,

of whom there were a score, to restoreorder, but the crowd got out of theircontrol, and it became necessary to sum-mon the police reserves of the Gates Ave-nue Police station.

Arrest an Actress.

Upon their arrival the police immedi-ately started clearing out the house, andduring this process took into custodyHazel Hall, an actress, and Harry Kelso, ajuggler, both members of the White Rats.The infuriated crowd then started to de-stroy the property about the lobby of thehouse, tearing picture frames from thewall and destroying almost anything theycould lay their hands upon. Rocks werehurled at the glass canopy and the doorsand windows of the building, until thepolice were compelled to charge the crowdand establish police lines about the the-atre. The performance was suspended forthe balance of the evening.Miss Hall was arraigned in the Night

Court that evening and held by Magis-trate Esterbrook for examination Thurs-'day. After a hearing and warning not tobe mixed up in affairs of this sort againshe was fined $10.Kelso was also arraigned in the Gates

Avenue Police Court on Thursday and,after a hearing, was sentenced to ten daysin the City Prison. The Magistrate, insentencing him, stated that if any casesof this sort came before him again hewould be more severe in dealing with thedisturbers. He stated that if rioterswanted to break up things he would givethem an opportunity of breaking thingsthat would be beneficial to both thecounty and public at the workhouse.Max Rogers, a cabaret agent in the

Strand building, Jack Lane and "Jock"McNeal, actors, were arraigned beforeMagistrate Simms in the West Side Courton Wednesday on counter charges of as-sault.

Rogers told the Magistrate that the twomen appeared in his office and demandedthat he give them work. He informedthem he had nothing for them, he Said.They then accused him of not wanting togive them work on account of their being

members of the White Rats, he charged:Rogers said that he told them this wasnot the case, and that they then beganto berate him. During a heated argumentblows were struck, and the two actorsleft the office and returned shortly after-ward with a policeman who placed Rogersunder arrest. The agent made a counter-charge of assault against the two men,and all three were taken to the WestForty-seventh Street Police Station andlater to the court.

All Were Discharged.

The men, in testifying, told the Magis-trate that they were under the impressionRogers was trying to discriminate againstthem because they were members of theRats, and that they called at his officefor the purpose of ascertaining if this wasthe case.

The Court then told them they had noright to enter a man's office to starttrouble of this sort, and that if any fur-ther cases of this sort were brought be-fore him it would go hard with the guiltyones. He then discharged the prisoners

BOTH SIDES MARKINGTIME IN CHICAGO

Chicago, March 19.—The situation herein the trouble between the White Rats andthe Vaudeville Managers' Protective Asso-ciation is one in which both sides appearto be marking time. Since the managerssecured an injunction last week, limitingthe activities of the White Rats pickets,they have given no outward evidence oftaking any further step. On the otherhand the actors seem to be awaiting theaction of the," Chicago Federation of Labor.A meeting of the latter body was held

last Sunday, but a decision as to whetheror not that body will aid the actors wasdeferred until the next meeting. In themeantime, the musicians and stage handsunions will hold meetings and it is hintedthat the federation will act on their ad-vice in the matter, of whether or not theRats should be supported.White Rats leaders to-day announced

that the metal polishers and broom mak-ers' locals had pledged their financial sup-port to the Rats.There is also a report that the White

Rats have leased several houses inthe Middle-West, in which they will in-stall their own shows. The Columbia, justopposite the Windsor, one of the neighbor-hood houses termed "unfair" by the Ratsopened Thursday evening, March 15, witha five-act program, changed bi-weekly,Mondays and Thursdays, at an admissionscale of ten, twenty and thirty cents. Forthe present, the theatre is being bookedfrom the actors' union headquarters.The fire marshall permitted the house to

open with a "Class B." qualification, whichprecluded the use of movable scenery. Thisnecessitated the use of house miscellaneousstuff. A wood set was used for two ofthe acts. The bill included Zemater andSmith, a horizontal bar act, Maskoff andErickson, classical songs and dances. Ros-ens Dogs, Charley Bartholomew, "the dif-

ferent entertainer," and Cora YoungbloodCarson's instrumentalists. This week'sbills include: (First half) Jim and EllisHughes. Adams Bros.. Burke and Kendall,Tom Evans and one to 611. (Last half)

Cleola Miller Trio, The Bluches, Alvia andAlvia and two to fill.

The managers' injunction summarilystopped picketing after 9.30 Thursday eve-

ning, and the whole situation has beenvery quiet ever since, as the pickets haveraised but little disturbance whenever mo-lested in their work about the theatres.

The organization claims that an actwalked out at the Academy. Friday, after

taking a full musical cue, despite the fact

that the performer was attired in full-

dress. Manager Pilgrim denies the story,

however, and claims all acts appeared In

the order slated.

BOSTON LABOR HEADSWATCH THE SITUATIONBoston, Mass., March 19.—Assurances

that "the necessary pressure" will soon bebrought to bear to settle the strike of theWhite Rats actors' union in eight theatreshere, have been given to the ExecutiveBoard of the Boston Central Labor Union,by international officers representing theunions, of the other theatrical workers who,thus far, have remained at work in thehouses involved in the dispute.

While no attempts were made during thelast week to extend the strike, the picketsare just as vigilant as ever and extrapolicemen have been assigned to the housesto keep the crowds from congesting adjacentsidewalks and streets.

Police activity has eased off considerablyand the pickets who are keeping well withinthe meaning of the "sauntering and loiter-ing" ordinance law of this city, have beenvirtually unmolested, the police departmentevidently being satisfied to wait develop-ments from the courts and district attor-ney's office on cases now pending.

A development that may result in an ad-justment or spreading of the strike to otherunions of workers became known at ameeting of the Boston Central Labor UnionSunday, when President Harry Jennings re-ported on a conference that was held in thiscity last' Thursday between the executiveboard and New York representatives of theInternational Unions of the Musicians, stageemployes and moving picture operators.

In reporting on the conference, PresidentJennings declared that the Internationalvice presidents of the other theatricalunions, following a long discussion of thelocal strike of the White Rata, have pledgedthe support of their organizations and re-turned to New York.

During his report, Jennings told of atrip that he made to Washington. Jenningssaid he had a conference there with Presi-dent Gompers in regard to the strike of theWhite Rats in Boston. Through the headof the A. F. of It. a conference was ar-ranged between Jennings and internationalvice presidents of the musicians, stage em-ployes and moving picture operators, atwhich these men pledged Jennings thatthey would be in Boston last Thursday,when the executive board of the BostonCentral Labor Union was scheduled to meetto take further action on the local strike.

_ Although omitting the details of the longdiscussion that took place at that meetingof the executive board, which was attendedby the international officers of the affiliated

theatrics,! unions, President Jennings madeit clear that something is expected to de-velop in the local situation in the near fu-ture.

The head of the Central body has beenassured of the support of the unions of thetransportation workers here in case theunions of the workers more closely affili-

ated with the striking actors will do theirshare.

AUTHORS TO RAISE $500,000

The Authors' Relief Fund was granteda certificate of incorporation last Saturday.The object of the Fund is to raise the sumof $500,000 to be placed at interest, and therevenue thus accruing to be applied to therelief of needy authors, painters, sculptorsand newspaper men. The incorporatorsare Ellis Parker Butler, George BarrBaker, Irving Bacheller, Hamlin Garland,Rex Beach, Irvin S. Cobb, Rupert Hughes,Jesse Lynch Williams. Roger B. Whitman,Gertrude Atherton, Leroy Scott, EmilyPost, Harvey O'Higgins, Will Irwin andCharles Dana Gibson. The Secretary ofState refused to issue a certificate last yearbecause the purposes of the corporationwere not specifically defined.

EDITH GILMORE WANTEDThayer Charles of Napoleon, Ohio, has

written the Cupper that he desires to

learn the whereabouts of his wife who,when last beard from, was with the "Little

Cafe Co." Her professional name is EdithM. Gilmoi-e . He wishes her to communicatewith him at his home in Napoleon.

ARNOLD DALY RETURNSArnold Daly, entirely recovered from the

attack of peritonitis, which so nearlyproved fatal, returns from Palm Beach,Fla., this week and will at once commencerehearsals in a new American play underthe direction of David Belasco, which will

follow the engagement of Frances Starr atthe Belasco Theatre.

March 21. 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

A.H.WOODSSUESBELASCO OVERMACKPLAY

CLAIMS CONTRACT FOR ALL WORK

A motion for an injunction restraining

David Bclasco from producing a new play

by Willard Mack next month, will beargued in special term of the SupremeCourt next Monday. The action was in-

stituted against Belasco by A. H. Woods,through his attorneys, House, Grossman &Vorhaus, Times Building. §»' ,X£|

According to complaint filed by Woods,;he alleges that, in Nov.; 1915, the A. H.Woods' Extravaganza Co/ made a contract

with Mack for a period of five years, dur-

ing which time he was to submit all of the

material he wrote to them for production,purposes. They paid him at that time$1,000, and further agreed that they shouldhave the right of rejection of all plays,

which they promised would be read withinninety days after submission. On all of the

plays that were rejected, they were to payMack a fee of $200 for a reading privilege.

The Woods concern also agreed to producewithin one year all plays accepted.

Mack submitted to Woods six plays, ofwhich five were accepted and produced.The other, "So Much for So Much." herejected, and it was produced by H. H.Frazee. with Woods' permission.

In May of last year the attention ofWoods was called to the production of asketch in which Mack appeared at the

Palace Theatre, under the direction ofDavid Belasco. The Woods people immed-iately got into touch with Belasco, andafter several conferences, finally agreed to

allow Mack to appear in the sketch, as it

was a vaudeville offering.

However, when the Woods people learnedthat Mack was to have a new play pro-duced by Belasco next month, they immed-iately recalled the terms of their contractwith the author-playwright and instructed

their attorneys, to take whatever actionthey deemed necessary.

DANCER SUES CLUBAlexander Vlad, the dancer, has served

a summons and complaint upon Fred J.

Lancaster, director of the Coterie Club,in an action for $750 which, he claims, ia

due him for services. Vlad, throughHarry N. Steinfeld, his attorney, chargesthat he was engaged to dance with BerthaKing Draper at the club, which is con-ducted under the patronage of Mrs. An-thony Biddle, Mrs. Preston Gibson, Mrs.George J. Gould and other society women.He performed several times, he says, butwas unable to get his money, and wasfinally forced to bring an action.

THEATRES MUST PAY RIGHT TAXLynchburg. Va., March 16.—To urge

greater vigilance over the operation of mo-tion picture theatres and see that they paythe proper tax to the State when chargingmore than ten cents admission, StateAuditor C. Lee Moore has sent out cir-

culars to the commissioners of revenuethroughout Virginia'. It appears that someof the theatres charge an admission of tencents only a part of the day, increasing this

amount usually for the night performances.Under the law, where the price of ad-

mission is ten cents, the theatres can beoperated for a license tax of $90 per year.If, however, the price exceeds ten cents,the theatre is required to pay a tax of $15weekly. The law also provides that wherethe price exceeds ten cents, bnt does notgo higher than twenty cents, and a singing,

dancing or vaudeville act is presented, thelicense fee shall be $90 annually.

RAY COX HOME AGAINTerminating her engagement at the

London Hippodrome in time to returnsafely home on board the "Finland," thelast American ship to leave England be-fore the "ruthless warfare" began, RayCox arrived in New York last week. Sev-eral offers have been made to her to re-turn to vaudeville, including one to openat the Palace, which she will probablyaccept. It is her intention to go into themovies this summer when, it is rumored.she will be starred in a film company ofher own.

TREASURERS' BALL APRIL 21The Grand Annual ball of the Theatrical

Treasurers will be held at Palm Garden,Saturday evening, April 21. The commit-tee of arrangements has invited as guestsall the managers of Broadway theatres aswell as the stars and the performers ap-pearing in the current productions in these

MANAGER'S WIFE DEADThe wife of Charles K. French died

March 12, in Edendale, Los Angeles, fromthe effects of burns received about threeweeks ago.She was baking a birthday cake for her

husband when a little pet kitten started to

claw at her dress. She stooped to petthe kitten, when her apron string caughtfire from the gas range. Mrs. Frenchtoured for years with her husband, whowas stage manager for "In Old Kentacky"and other productions.

BUYS FOUR THEATRESLewiston, Me., March 19.—The trans-

fer of the leases of four local theatres toa corporation headed by William F. Car-rigan has been made here. The combinehas taken over the Music Hall, Empire,Union Square and Mystic Theatres, involv-ing an exchange of $200,000. The newcorporation is composed of William F. Car-rigan, John H. Bartlett and Albert Hislopof Portsmouth. William P. Gray carriedthe deal through and is to be the generalmanager of several bouses.

"OUR BETTERS" FOR ENGLANDThrough the American Play Co. John D.

Williams has completed arrangements withW. Somerset Maugham whereby be controlsthe acting rights of "Our Betters" forGreat Britain and her colonies. The Eng-lish production will be made in Londonnext October with many members of thecast now playing in the work at the Hud-son Theatre, this city. J. Clifford Brooke,who directed the rehearsals here, win stagethe work in London for Mr. Williams.

ACCEPTS NORDSTROM PLAYMessrs. John Craig and Lee Shubert

have accepted for production a new farcical

comedy in three acts by Frances Nord-strom, entitled "He Said and She BelievedHim." The play win have its premiere atthe Wilbur Theatre, Boston, March 26,and will be brought later to the New Gar-rick Theatre for a Spring season.

ARLISS HOLDS RECEPTIONGeorge Arliss held a reception on the

stage of the Knickerbocker after the per-formance last night for the officers andmembers of the Actors' Church Alliance.

who witnessed the performance. Mr. Ar-liss is president of the society.

MAX ROGERS TO MOVEMax Rogers, the cabaret agent, will

move bis offices from the Strand Buildingnext month to the Ritchie Cornell Build-ing adjoining the Palace Theatre. Hisnew quarters wiU occupy an entire floor

and wiU have a rehearsal hall.

PROMINENT WOMEN AID FAIRAmong the prominent women who have

volunteered to help with the work of /r-

ganizing and running the Actors' Fj'nd

Fair' are Mrs. Vincent Astor. Mrs. J/me*Speyer. Mrs. Georce Gnnld. Mrs. Jean P.

Mitchel and Mrs. John Hays Hammond.

FAIR WORKERS TO MEETOn Friday afternoon a meeting >f work-

ers of the Actor's Fund Fi 'r wUlbe held at the Gaietv Theatre. (Ida C.

Nahm. chairman of the women's 'division

of the fair, will be the presiding,' officer.

BENEFIT FUND GETS $1,900More than $3,000 was netted for the

death benefit fund of the InternationalAlliance of Theatrical Stage Employeesfrom the proceeds of their recent enter-

tainment and ban.

CRITICS PANNEDBY ARTIST IN

CARICATURESBROADWAY THESPIANS REJOICE

It seems that at last the actor has hadhis inning with the often discerning,severe and exacting dramatic critic of tiedaily papers. Many a time the actor hasexpressed a desire to see the critic"roasted" in the fashion the latter occa-sionally roasts the actor. It took JohnHeld, an artist employed by the Theatremagazine, to . "pan" the critics. In theMarch issue of this magazine there ap-peared impressions the artist gleaned fromthe actions, appearances and expressionsof the countenances of thirteen of the mostprominent daily newspaper critics, as theywere doing their day's toil in a Broadwaytheatre.

No sooner was the periodical on thenew-stand when word was carried to theLambs, Players' Green Room and Friarsclubs regarding the pictures in the maga-zine. The word passed along the WhiteWay and the performers seemed to enjoya big laugh through the caricatures. Thegrotesque manner in which the sketchingwas done fairly meted out justice to the

jury who regularly sit at the first night

performances, according to numerous Thes-pians.

Most of the critics took the matter in

the beat of nature, bnt one well knownwriter on a morning newspaper consulted

counsel and it is said he intended to bringaction for libel against the publication, aswen as apply for an injunction prohibiting

the distribution of the paper throughnewsdealers.

NEW FROUC OPENS APRIL 9The new Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic Re-

vue wUl open atop the New Amsterdam.April 9. It has been devised by Gene Buckand Dave Stamper and will be staged byNed Wayburn. The three men have just

returned from London and brought back anumber of novel plans which wiU be in-

corporated into the new show.

REAL ACTORS AT ATHLETIC CLUB"The City Athletic Club at the Front"

is the title of a two-act musical comedy,written by Jean Havez and Louis Silvers,

which was produced Monday evening at the

City Athletic Club with a cast of profes-

sional players.

CHANGES IN "VERY GOOD EDDIE"Eva Olivetti joined the "Very Good Ed-

die" Co. last Monday night at Akron, Ohio,replacing Mary Louise Morrison in the role

of Elsie Lilly. Jack Squire, another newmember, is now playing the leading malerole.

"HOOLIGAN" PLAY OPENSLtnchbubo, Va., March 19.—"Happy

Hooligan's Honeymoon." a new edition of

Happy Hooligan's adventures, opened hereto-night at the Academy of Music. Thecompany has thirty-five people, the ma-jority of the principals being recruited

from vaudeviUe by Gus Hill.

ENCAGED FOR "SOLDIER BOY"Sidonia Spiro. a young American prima

donna, educated in Paris at the OperaComique. has been added to the cast of

"Her Soldier Boy." Miss Spiro was heard

once before in New York in "Le Poilo."

LEON FRIEDMAN BACKLeon Friedman, advance agent of "Zleg-

feld Follies," has returned to New Yorkand baa established offices in the CenturyTheatre. He is ready to exploit the waresof the Follies of 1917.

"MELTING OF MOLLY" REVIVEDThe Sbuberts are to revive In New York

soon "The Melting of Molly." No one hasyet been chosen for the leading role.

"FAMILY TREE" HAS PREMIERPhiladelphia, Pa„ March 20.—"The

Family Tree," a satirical farce dealingwith the humor of ancestral pride, receivedits first production on any stage at theLittle Theatre here last night. The playis by Howard Shelley, well known in NewYork from his association with the Phila-delphia-Chicago Grand Opera Co. in amanagerial capacity.

COL. STANTON DEADLynn, Mass.. March 19.—Col. Willard

G. Stanton, an old-time circus manager,and for many years a prominent managerin this city, died last night in the Massa-chusetts State Hospital for the Insane atDanvers, where he had been an inmatefor about two years. He was 6fty-nineyears of age. Funeral services were heldthis afternoon.

McKEON SUING FOR $625,000Jack McKeon has Instituted suit in the

Supreme Court against Alf Hayman andChas. Frohman, Inc., for $625,000. In hiscomplaint McKeon alleges he promoted theEmpire All-Star Film Co., and was to re-ceive as his share fifty per cent of thestock, which was not forthcoming uponthe organization of the corporation.

MONTGOMERY IS SERIOUSLY ILLChicago, March 19.—David Montgom-

ery, of Montgomery and Stone, the "Chin-Chin" stars, who Is in the PresbyterianHospital here suffering from an internalcomplication of a serious nature, will beoperated on. His condition is consideredvery serious.

SLOANE WRITING PLAY MUSICA. Baldwin Sloane has forsaken the

cabaret for the drama. He is busily en-gaged in writing the music for a musicalplay in which be will appear. Glen Mac-Donough is to furnish the libretto. Theplay is said to be a new version of one ofthe old Hoyt farces.

POSTPONE OPENING AT COMEDYJose Ruber, who was to have appeared

In two roles of the new bill of the Wash-ington Square Players at the Comedy The-atre, was suddenly taken ill at rehearsal

on Sunday and the initial performancescheduled for Monday evening bad to be de-

ferred until yesterday.

RETURN FROM VACATIONCharles A. Bird, of the Shubert office*.

John Zanft, of the Fox forces and H. S.Hechbeimer returned to their desks Mon-day, after a week's sojourn in Lakewood,N. J.

TESTIMONIAL FOR LEON EVANSNewabk, N. J.. March 18.—A testimo-

nial wfll be given to Leon Evans, at Min-er's Empire, April 15. A long burlesque

and vaudeville bill has been arranged.

"BALLET LOOSE" FOR MOSCOW"The Ballet Loose." the burlesque on the

Russian ballet in the "Century Girl," ia

shortly to be presented in Moscow, the

Russian rights having been disposed of.

DAVE GREEN TO WRITE SONGSDave Green, who has been connected

with the Sheedy Booking office for sometime, has resigned to write several song*for a Broadway publisher.

HARLAN TO BE IN OWN PLAYKenneth Harlan is to appear in his own

new play. "The Undercurrent." soon at the

Wigwam Theatre in Los Angeles.

ALICE FLEMING RECOVERSAlice Fleming has again made her ap-

pearance on Broadway, after having beenconfined several months because of a fall.

ARCH SELWYN RETURNSArch Selwyn has returned from a three

weeks* visit to Palm Beach.

NEW ROLE FOR EDYTH LYLEEdyth Lvle is now playing the part of

Janet In "Johnny Get Your Gun."

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21, 1917

LOEW CIRCUITSIGNS AMELIABINGHAM

GETS TEN-WEEK CONTRACT

DRADY TO QUIT PANTAGESSeattle, Wash., March 18.—Announce-

ment has been made by the Pantages cir-

cuit of the resignation of Manager RobertG. Drady, of the Oakland bouse, who leaves

in two weeks to enter a new field jn SanFrancisco, to handle another venture. Man-ager Drady has been with the Pantagescircuit for a number of years as managerand publicity director.

In accordance with their determinationto have headliners from the two-a-daybouses tour their circuit, the Marcus Loewmanagement on Saturday signed a contract

with Amelia Bingham to appear for aperiod of ten weeks in her cycle of scenes

from famous plays, entitled, "MomentsFrom Great Plays." Miss Bingham andCo., will receive a salary of $1,000 perweek. She is to open her engagementnext Monday at the American Theatre,and will remain at each house for oneweek.

General Manager Jos. M. Schenckclosed the deal with Miss Bingham. Sinceplaying her engagement at the Palace dur-

ing the week of February 12, Miss Bing-ham has been waiting for a suitable route

from the United Booking Office, but it

was not forthcoming at the salary she de-

sired. •>

However, she was determined to appear

in vaudeville this season and word to this

effect was brought to the Loew offices.

Emissaries consulted Miss Bingham in ref-

erence to the matter upon several occasions

and finally the meeting with Mr. Schenckwas arranged, when the deal was quickly

consummated.Special endeavors are to be made in the

billing and advertising matter nsed in eachhouse. A determined effort is to be madeto acquaint the patrons of the theatres

with the fact that Miss Bingham is "Amer-ica's Greatest Actress."

With the engagement of Miss Binghamby the Leew people following so shortly

after that of Jack Wilson and Co., it waslearned that, within the course of a fewweeks, several of the foremost stars plsy-

ing the two-a-day houses will be seen at

Loew theatres.

MOORES GIVE VAUDE. PARTYProvtdenck, R. I., March 16.—A party

was given for performers on the Keith Cir-

cuit here by Mr. and Mrs. George AustinMoore last night. Ruth St. Denis gavean Hawaiian dance and other performerswere on the bill, which was topped off withdancing by all present.

THERESA MARTIN IN SKETCHTheresa Martin made her vaudeville de-

bat in a comedy dramatic sketch, "TheProof of It," at Trenton, N. J., last week.The act is to be seen in the TJ. B. O. housesshortly. Assisting Miss Martin are Dor-othy Mauriece and Herbert Bethew.

GOLDBERG BOOKING ACTSLew Goldberg and William Chandler

have opened offices in the Putnam Buildingfor the purpose of producing and bookingvaudeville acts. Goldberg was formerly as-

sociated with his brother. Jack Goldberg,

in the motion picture production business.

ROCK AND WHITE LEADRock and White are leading in the

popularity contest being conducted byManager Darling at the Colonial Theatre.Patrons' request week will begin at thisbouse Monday.

RICHARD CARLE IN VAUDE.Richard Carle .will enter vaudeville this

week, his vehicle being a sketch called"Sharps Flat" -

LILLIAN SHAW AT ORPHEUMLillian Shaw has . returned to Keith

vaudeville, opening at the Orpheum thisweek.

WOODS FORMS TRAVEL FILM CO.A. H. Woods has organized the Elmen-

dorf Travel Talks, Inc., with a capital of$1,000,000. Dwight Elmendorf, the trav-eler-lecturer, is president, Mr. Woods vice-

president and treasurer, and Dr. AlbertA. Lowenthal, of Chicago, secretary. Theoffices of the corporation are at presentin the Eltinge Theatre.

KINCSLEY AND GLYNN FOR VAUDEJack Kinsley and Eddie Glynn, in-

structors at Grundy's Dancing Carnival in

the Grand Central Palace, are to invadevaudeville. The former has affected apartnership with Dolly Hyland and will

introduce a repertoire of dances, whileGlynn will be co-starred with Jean La Rnein a new dance revue.

WALTER POND MAKES DEBUTWalter J. Pond, singer and composer,

made his vaudeville debut at the HarlemOpera House March 12. He sang several

songs and played some of his latest com-positions. Mr. Pond is the grandson of the

late Major James B. Pond, the lyceumbureau manager.

IRISH NIGHT A SUCCESSThe Irish Night and Harrigan Celebra-

tion at the New York Elks' clubroom onMarch 17 proved a big Buccess. Amongthe entertainers was J. Bernard Dyllzu,who sang "Never Take the Horseshoefrom the Door" and a parody on "WhenI Lost You."

ASHLEY ON ORPHEUM TIMEHerbert Ashley and Jack Allman, who

are appearing at the Keith bouses aboutNew York in a new vaudeville offering,

have been provided with an eighteen weekroute over the Orpheum Circuit and will

commence their tour at Winnipeg nestSunday.

ROOM HAS NEW ACTHarry Room and Ida Neale are appear-

ing on the Loew Circuit in a new act pro-

vided for them by Ben Bernard. The actis carrying special scenery and lighting ef-

fects.

ZIG ZAG CLOWN FOR VAUDE.Yottngstown, O.. March 17.—John W.

Bevington will appear in vaudeville soonwith his original idea, as Zig Zag tbe pos-

'

ing down. The act runs, eight to ten min-utes.

RO LORRENS REHEARSINGFinal rehearsals are being conducted for

a new vaudeville offering featuring Ro Lor-rens. She will be assisted by LenoreChanaud and Estelle Walker.

SKETCH FOR FRANCES RINGFrances Ring and William Mack have a

new sketch for vaudeville called "BankedFires." It will be played under the di-

rection of M. S. Bentbam.

HAS NEW VAUDE. PLAYLETLulu Beeson will appear early in April

in a new vaudeville offering, entitled "TheRoad to Pneumonia." Morris and Caseywill arrange the tonr. . .

WRITING NEW HALPERIN ACTWilliam B. Friedlander is' preparirijt '-a

new act for his wife, Nan Halperin. Shewin be seen in it in the near future.

THE FIVE KINGS OF SYNCOPATION—Sam Green, DirectorEd. Slim, Pianist; Pete Quitra, 'Cellist; Ralph Hertz, Drummer; Phil. .Sax, Saxaphone.

They were the sensation of the Orpheum Circuit and are now the talk of all tbe Keith houses.Thanks to Miss Sophie Tucker, the Mary Garden of Ragtime.

ABE FEINBERG ILLAbe Feinberg, the vaudeville agent, was

confined to his home with a severe at-tack of the grippe and tonsilitis for morethan a week, but made bis reappearanceat his office last Monday. Mr. Feinbergintends going to Roosevelt Hospital thelatter part of this week to have his ton-sils removed.

GILBERT'S PATRIOTIC SONGThe New York World in last Sunday's

issue devoted considerable space to WolfeGilbert's new patriotic song "Let the FlagFly." The new number is being featured

by many well-known singers.

FRIARS CHANGE CONSTITUTIONThe Friars have adopted a new consti-

tution. This action was taken at a meet-ing Monday, when A. L. Jacobs, chairmanof the constitution committee, submittedthe new document to the members. Tbeold constitution is supposed to have out-

lived its usefulness. One of the importantprovisions of the new constitution is that

a majority of the Board of Governorsmust be men in the theatrical field. .Ac-cording to Friar John J. Gleason, this pro-

vision is made to insure keeping tbe club

primarily theatrical.

MME. BERNHARDT MUCH BETTERMme. Sarah Bernhardt is convalescing

satisfactorily at the Savoy Hotel.The exact date of her departure for

Michigan has not yet been decided upon.

"PETEK 1BBOTSON" REHEARSING"Peter Ibbotson" has been put in re-

hearsal on the stage of tbe Eltinge The-atre. John Barrymore and Constance Col-

lier are in tbe cast.

VACHELL PLAY OPENS MONDAY"The Case of Lady Camber," a play by

Horace Annesley Vachell, is in rehearsaland will be presented next Monday night

at the Lyceum Theatre by the CharlesFrohman, Inc. The complete cast in-

cludes: Lyn Harding, Mary Boland, Syd-ney Shields, H. E. Herbert, W. L. Abing-don, Kate Sergeantson, Louie Emery,Shirley Aubert and Henry Dornton.

CAINE NOVEL DRAMATIZED"The Woman Thou Gavest," dramatized

from tbe novel by Hall Caine, is now in

rehearsal.

SHUBERT SIGNS WESTONWillie Weston has signed a. contract

with the Shuberts and will shortly be seen

in musical comedy. It is stated that hecancelled his engagement at the RoyalTheatre this week on that account, as theShuberts will not permit him to appearin vaudeville while under contract' withthem.

"ZIEGFELD FOLLIES" TO CLOSEThe "Ziegfeld Follies" are to end their

tour at Baltimore, March 31. The reasonfor the closing of the show is to give themembers of the company a brief rest prior

to rehearsals for the "1917 Follies," whichwill have its initial presentation at At-lantic City Decoration Day.

HELEN GLEASONIn "The Submarine Attack."

The enthusiastic manner in which HelenGleason and MacLane Gates were received intheir farce-camedy vehicle, "The SubmarineAttack," when 'he playlet was offered to West-ern audiences, his encouraged them to bid forEastern Time.

BARRYMORE KIN DEADMary Barrymore, aged one and a half

years, the infant daughter of Mr. andMrs. Lionel Barrymore and niece of EthelBarrymore, died at the family residencein Garden City, Long Island, Mondayfrom pneumonia. The child had been ill

five days prior to her death.

THOMPSON TO MAKE PICTURESWallace Thompson, who has been the

publicity representative for the NationalAssociation of the Motion Picture Indus-try for the past six months, has resignedthat position.' In the future Mr. Thomp-son will be engaged in the manufacturingof motion pictures.

O'ROURKE TO REPLACE LEWISEugene O'Rourke is rehearsing the role

played by Tom Lewis with the Winter-Garden show, for tbe road tonr. TomLewis win. stay in New York.

March 21, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

PALACEA strong and .well blended bill received

hearty applause from an over-capacity audi-

ence at the Palace at Monday's matinee.

Ruth St Denis, with her company, stood

out for first' honors in a "Review of the

Dance Pageant of India, Greece and Egypt,

as presented at the Greek Theatre at Ber-

keley, California."

The act moved like clockwork, dance fol-

lowing dance without the slightest kind of

a hitch. Excuses could easily be made for

any shortcomings at the first performanceof such an ambitious offering as this, butexcuses were not needed on Monday, for

the act, from beginning to end, was a fin-

ished performance in every respect.

Of course, the work of Miss St. Denisstands out, but Ted Shawn and the danc-ing girls did their share and did it

splendidly.

The act is divided into three parts:

Egypt, Greece and India (in the ordernamed). In the Egyptian scene, the dance

' of Isis and Osiris was a gem, the twodancers looking as if they had just steppedout of an old Egyptian crockery jar. TheGrecian dances were well done. In the

India scene, the Nautch girls' dance wasdone splendidly, and the girl who led this

number is the personification of grace.

Miss St. Dennis was stunning as Parvati.

The accompanying music was as allur-

ing as it was fitting. The scenery, cos-

tumes and coloring, was in perfect har-

mony and keeping with the dances.

Earl Beeman and Claude Anderson,opening the show, do some fast work onroller skates- and succeeded in the openingspot, despite the fact that only about half

of the audience was seated.

Alexander MacFayden followed. Hiswork will be reviewed under Mew Acts.

Joseph Bennett and Edward Richardspresent a real novelty In "Dark Clouds."The opening business Is a scream and"gets" the house immediately. This is the

first appearance of this pair at the Palace,

but they experienced no difficulty in win-

ning their way into the good graces of the

audience.Samm Mann and Co., in a farce entitled

"The. Question," closed the first half of the

bill and will be reviewed under New Acts.Sam and Kitty Morton followed inter-

mission in their skit, "Back to Where TheyStarted." The team received a warm handupon their entrance and proceeded to prove

themselves entirely worthy of- the recep-tion tendered -them. Their songs are well

sung and their talk of olden days is

original and funny. Mrs. Morton can still

do some mighty fancy stepping. Sam Mop-ton retains his . old-time ginger and cangive many of the younger fellows lessons

in the art of injecting "pep" into an act.

His Sousa burlesque is a snappy piece of

business and went over big.

The show was closed by William Rockand Frances White, who started their third

consecutive week at the Palace on Monday.Despite the number of times that most of

the audience have seen the team, their en-trance was greeted with a warm hand.Most of the material in the act this week

has been done before at some time or otherby the team. One number, at least, wasnew; their impression of a classical danc-ing team invading vaudeville with a play-let. Rock confided to the audience thatthis number had been concocted in thecellar an hoar previous to going on. Ifthis be the case, he should concoct somemore numbers is the Palace cellar, becausethe classic burlesque was the best thingin the act. It seemed particularly appro-priate, being on the same program withRuth St. Denis.Rock and White may be likened unto a

couple of parting guests who have bidtheir hosts adieu but linger along in thedoorway. With the moving picture screendown for "Patria," the pair stUl held downthe stage, although the applause was notso great that there was need for their do-ing so. That they are a clever team can-not be gainsaid, but that is no reason fortheir outstaying their welcome. H. G.

SHOW REVIEWS(Continued on page 21)

RIVERSIDEDainty Marie Meeker opened the strong

bill provided for the week at this theatre

and even in the early spot allotted her,

found the audience in a most appreciative

mood. Miss Meeker has been showing herflying ring and trapeze act around NewYork for a long time, yet possesses the

happy faculty of holding all her old ad-mirers and making many new ones at everyperformance.

Libonati, who is billed as the RagtimeXylophonist, does not confine himself to

this style of composition, but plays every-

thing from a Paul Dresser ballad to the"Rosary." He is a master of the xylo-

phone and succeeds in getting considerable

music from this rather unmusical instru-

ment.Charles Cartmell and Laura Harris have

a rather novel singing and dancing sketchcalled "Golfing With Cupid." Both are

clever dancers and have some bright dia-

logue and one or two good songs. The actis staged on a golf links with the clubhousein the foreground and they get considerablehumor at the expense of the lovers of the

old Scotch game. A clever bit of dancingin contributed by the clubhouse waiter.

Bert Savoy and. Jay Brennan, in their

familiar act, "After the Matinee," foundnumber four spot a hard one, although theyworked hard and offered considerable newmaterial. It is a question, however, if thenumber of admirers of the comedy femaleimpersonator of the type of George Monroeor Jlmmle Russell is on the increase.

Snllie Fisher's charming sketch, "TheChoir Rehearsal," made many new frtands.

This sketch, from the pen of Clare Rum-mer, is a little classic and, cleverly por-trayed by Miss Fisher and ber capablecompany, will last in the' two-a-day housesabout as long as Miss Fisher will care to

appear in it. She makes of EsmeraldaTucker, the demure village maiden who, ohaccount of singing a secular song in the

choir- "bad to be prayed for," a characterso natural and true to life that it is diffi-

cult to remember her as the sprightly musi-cal comedy star of a couple of seasons ago.

Joan- Sawyer returned to vaudeville with(i new partner, Jack Gavin, and ArthurStone's syncopated orchestra, and gave aconsiderable portion of her dancing reper-

toire. It will be reviewed under New Acts.Santly and Norton, the two boys who

scored such a pronounced hit at the Palacelast week, duplicated their performance atthis house. They have a cleverly selected

list of songs and, best of all, they knowhow to put them over. Songs which wouldattract little attention if rendered by the

average singer, stand out like hit sensations

in the hands of these clever interpreters.

They were compelled to respond to numer-ous encores on Monday night.

Bert Kalmar and Jessie Brown's noveltysketch, "Nursery Land." was one of thebrightest spots on the bill. This clever pre-

sensation of nursery rhymes, with the char-

acters brought to life, is a novelty which,

in its second season, is fully as popular aswhen it was first presented. Mr. Kalmaris a good dancer and comedienne and MissBrown dances with such dainty grace thatmany of vaudeville's headline dancers couldwell afford to copy her.

While the act was undoubtedly plannedwith a view of pleasing the younger people,

it was a noticeable fact that the larger

portion of the applause accorded it camefrom the elders.

The tenth episode of "Patria" closed thebill. W. V.

MRS. PETER LANG STILL LIVING

The Mrs. Lang that died recently in

Chicago was not Mrs. Peter Lang as pub-lished In the Ct.rpreB, but Mrs. Jos. Lang,a relative.

COLONIALEmily Ann Wellman is headlining a bill

at the Colonial this week which, althoughit contains no galaxy of stars, has several

turns of "show-stopping" proclivities.

"Young Mrs. Stanford" is a flash drama,skirting tragedy, every line of which is

virile and well motivated and which movesrapidly to a surprise finish both naturaland satisfying. The acting throughout is

superb. Miss Wellman allows no exag-gerated sentiment to play the least part

.

in the lines of which love is the predomi-nant note. The novel lighting effects anduse of film adds an intensity to the play-

let, which makes It doubly strong. Thepiece held the audience throughout andregistered a tremendous hit at the curtain.

The Musical Johnstons were in the early

spot and scored a fair hit with their workon the xylophones. The approbation given

the turn hardly warranted the encorewhich the trio took. A medley of songs

met with considerable applause.

Ed. Morton got better as be went along.

He only gained passing attention with his

early routine, but finished like a houseafire. They called him back for several

encores. Morton uses plain,, every-day nov-

elty numbers, but he puts them over in

a distinct and forceful way and has noweird stage mannerisms that detract frombis work.

"The Vacuum Cleaner" starts off witha bang, bnt weakens toward the «nd.However, George Rolland and his companydid not get near the applause they de-

served. The act breaks off abruptly for

a close, leaving the audience "up in the

air" as to whether or not the turn baacompletely ended. Rolland kept the housein ecstacics of mirth with the gruelling

which he gave the helper. Ah was .ex-

pected, the act "cleaned up."

Jim and Betty Morgan sang their ownsongs.. Morgan, besides being able to

stroke the piano to the liking of the audi-

ence, registered heavily with a couple of

ragging numbers on the violin. Miss Mor-gan, in appearance and action, is consider-

ably like Mrs. Vernon Castle. The turn

fairly stopped the show. Even after the

curtain had been lowered, the two werecalled back.

Doris Wilson and Co. were in a difficult

spot, opening after intermission, but it

didn't seem to make any difference to this

likeable trio. There Is a charm in the

way they maintain the quaint characters

they portray that seems to cling even after

they "have been made over," as the skit

is called. Love and regret strays into the

sketch and the suspense, where the girls

look toward the coming of "the unex-

pected" lover, for whom Cornelia Hopeful.

Suzanne Anne Hopeful and Clarabelle

Hopeful hold great expectations, is held

throughout

Bert Savoy and Jar Brennan were the

presiding dieties of fun on the bill. Thecomedian had 'em squirming on the edge

of their seats with his side-splitting gags

and contagious laugh. The turn is called

"After the Matinee" and deals with aflirtation between the straight and the

comedian, the latter appearing in a bizarre

make-up of a girl, who, to use her ownwords, is careless in a careful way.

"Pinkie" was in the last spot. This

act is composed of a woman and half-por-

tion bell-hop. The opening scene showsthe woman rising in the morning, andwhen she has slipped on her shoes she

sings a song about "the night before."

Later the bell hop appears and the twoprove singers and dancers of more than

ordinary ability. The audience enjoyed

their work throughoutThe tenth episode of "Patria" closed the

excellent bill. J. L.

ROYALThere were two changes on the Royal

program Monday night On account of

the illness of Nan O'Connor, Clave andO'Connor were replaced by . Boh Yosco.Bennett and Richards replaced Willie

Weston.Aa usual, Manager Egan's house was

crowded to capacity, and practically the

entire audience was seated when theAerial Mitchells opened the show. Theyperform some daring feats on a ladder in

mid-air, and end their act with a hazard-ous performance on a break-a-away lad-

der. The house liked their work.Bob Yosco took a sorry "flop" in the

second spot. The ballads that he sings

are good numbers, but he fails to putthem over in big time fashion. He slurs

over notes and words unconcernedly, witha hit-or-miss attitude. His Italian talk is

fairly funny. His 'cello playing just gets

by. Royal audiences like musical acts,

generally speaking, but Yosco did not ap-

peal to them.Dooley and Nelson are reviewed under

New Acts.Kennedy and Burt take a while warm-

ing up in their skit, "Engaged—Married-'Divorced." Their opening is weak, andthe skit would be greatly improved bycutting, .out one of the song numbers in

the opening third of their act and bypruning down the dialogue also. The di-

vorce, talk is very bright. But why, withsuch original lines, do they resort to, onejoke that every small timer is using?"(He) You can't take a joke. (She) I

took you." The, pair, $f they wish to be!

original, should will this gag to the hvin-s

dred and one other acts that persist in .

using it.

"The Corner Store" was a veritable riot.

The audience was shrieking with laughterso loudly .and continuously that at least

half of the lines were lost. The slapsticksituations appealed to the house, and,particularly in the paint episode, the actresembled a rollicking Keystone comedy.,The "rube" girl, the store clerk and thestore lounger take first honors in the act,

while the rest of the cast'do their smallerparts very well.

Following intermission came BlossomSeeley, who introduced the audience toBill Bailey and Lynn Cowan in "Seeley'sSyncopated Studio." The audience ten-dered Miss Seeley a welcome when ,she

appeared to sing the prologue to the act.

Her Egyptian song seemed particularlyeffective and her Hawaiian number alsoproved to be a big favorite. Miss Seeleydeserves praise for the gracious way sheallows Bailey and Cowan to show their

respective talents. Most singers of herability and reputation labor under a false

impression that they are the "wholeshow," but Miss Seeley seems to realize

that anything which will enhance thevalue of an act belongs in it. Therefore,the two boys in the act need not hid*their lights under a bushel.

Bill Bailey makes the banjo talk. Hissolo deservedly brought forth an encore,

"When old Bill Bailey plays the ukulele"be can't play it any better than he_playn

.

the banjo. It can't be done. Lynn.Cowanhas a heap of personality, and make*, it -

felt throughout the act Bis song numberwas very popular. T.?kf _-..-

Bennett and Richards rushed up front .

the Palace in time to appear in a late

spot on the Royal bill. They repeatedtheir usual success. Their stepping is

unique and entertaining. Their talk is

as funny. as it is original. They won theunqualified approval of the Bronxites.

Closing the vaudeville bill, "The WildGuardians" proved a real sensation. Itwill be reviewed under New Acta.

A majority of the house remained tosee the tenth episode of "Patria,"

H. G.

STRAND SHOW TO START 10 A. RWhen George M. Cohan appears on the

screen at the Strand Theatre next week,

the performances will commeace at 10 a.

m. every day.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21, 1917

AMERICANThe opening spot on the bill wu al-

lotted to Del Bodie and his boll pap, Jap,

nd Jap proved himself to be one of the

beat single dog acta seen hereabouts for

gome time. The dog works slowly, buthe shows unusual intelligence. Mr. Bodiein putting the animal through his paces•peaks only in a itit""1 tone of voice, andhe does not in a. single instance have to

repeat, so well does the canine seem tounderstand. Many of the stunts donehave been seen many times before, butrarely axe they done so well. As a finish

Del Bodie plays an air on a violin while

the dog plays the accompaniment on asmall melodeon-organ which is pumped bythe man. The hearty applause accorded

Jap for his work was well deserved.

Stewart and Keeley, a man, and awoman, open with talking and go into asong and dance. Then the man gives imi-

tations of the dance creations of Billy &Clifford (cane dance) ; Charlie Grapewin,Al Jolaon and Joe Welch. The woman,dressed in Turkish costume, follows witha dance characteristic of the land ofharems, and the man gives an excellent

exhibition of eccentric dancing. A doable

dance of the modern style was the finish.

They were will liked.Mil* Therese and company presented a

novelty act, which called for the services

of one woman, two men, a very small

pony, three dogs, a monkey and six

pigeons. The woman enters sitting in asmall chaise, which is drawn by the pony,

with the monkey acting as footman, andas she rides around the stage the pigeons

fly from the wings and perah on her shoul-

ders- The men do some tumbling, whichthe dogs imitate. It is a very showy act,

made up from little stunts of various

kinds and pleases.

A ventriloquial comedy entitled "At theStage Door" is the offering of Fred Web-ber and company, the company being ayoung woman. The special drop repre-

sents the stage door of a theatre, and the

act opens with a dummy messenger boywaiting to deliver a telegram. A youngwoman enters with a satchel which sheasks the messenger boy to take care of

till she returns, when she will pay hima dime. As she exits the boy begins to

sing, and at the finish of the song Webber,

enters through the stage door. Thesatchel is found to contain a baby, andwith these two figures Mr. Webber com-£letes the act, a song by the boy dummyeing the wind-up. Mr. Webber is a most

finished ventriloquist, as it is impossible

for the audience to see the least motionof his lips; in fact, much of the time hework* he smokes a cigarette. It is afinished act, and one that would grace

any bill.

Fletcher Norton and Maud Pari do apleasing act with singing and dancing.Thev open in one with a song and danc-

ing-, 'and go to full stage. They then give,

with appropriate costumes, a Spanish num-ber, a coster, and a colonial dance, a hi

minuet. They finish with a moderncabaret dance. It is a pleasing act andwas well received.

After the intermission Conley and Con-rad, with piano and violin, opened with aselection from "La Boheme, which wasfollowed by a popular air. Then came amedley-rag time piano and solo. The vio-

linist then gave a solo, and this in turnwas followed by a piano and violin duet.

The boys were so well liked that theywere forced to take an encore. They are

very clever performers and earned the ap-probation they received.

J. K. Emmet, Mary E. Ryan and com-pany were seen in a sketch entitled TheDevil He Did," which proved a very meri-

torious offering. (See New Acts.)

Clayton and Lennie, as the English

Johnny and the Wise Guy, scored thelaughing hit of the bill.

Howard and Graff closed the bill in "AJuggler's Dream." The man is a very

clever Juggler. B. W.

5th AVENUEGold and Seal, two clever boys, began

the vaudeville bill, opening with a song anddancing. This was followed bj some goodsoft shoe dancing. Then the shorter of

the two men gave an imitation of GeorgePrimrose doing his celebrated soft shoe

dance, together with his own idea of backand wing dancing, past and present. Aa afinish, the boys do a doable clog on roller

skates, executing' several steps impossible

with shoes alone.

Bob Yates, the tramp comedian, wasseen in his monologue and singing act.

Opening with a darkened stage, a song is

rendered in a good voice and when thelights go up Yates is seen in the windowof an automobile, which is painted on the

drop. He then steps on the stage and does

a monologue of rather old material, whichcaused little laughter. Yates' songs andparodies were liked beet, and were pat over

to a good sized bitJolly, Francis and Wild, two men and a

woman, were seen in "Step Lively" andscored a decided success. While the skit is

only a conglomeration of quips and patter,

it contains much bright material and makesfor many laughs. The performers are clever

with comedy stuff, and the shorter of the

men has a good singing voice.- From be-

ginning to end, the skit is good entertain-

ment.Mons. and Mme. Alt W. LoyaTs. troupe

of dogs were put through stunts away' fromthose usually seen in acts of this kind. Asan opener, a brown poodle is perched on apedestal, raised about four feet above abicycle, which is propelled by Mme. Loyal.

As tiie wheel circles around the stage, Mr.Loyal throws balls, hoops and knives to

the dog, who catches them in his mouthand drops them in a basket attached to the

pedestal. Another of the dogs, perched at

one side of the stage, catches on his snout

eight or ten hats which are thrown to him.

As a finish, an elevated run is set up andtwo black poodles make the run and leap

to a spring table. Then the brown poodle

makes a run and does a backward somer-

sault to the table, and follows this with

a somersault over the beads of three menand one through a hoop, all from the run-

way. In doing this, the dog makes a leap

of about eight feet. The clown dog is awonderfully well trained animal. The act

is good from start to finish, and scored

well-deserved success.

Billy K. Wells, the monologist, scored

the big hit of the bill. He opened with abright parody medley, and then went into

his monologue, with which he got a laugh

for almost every line he uttered. The audi-

ence refused to let him go until he gave a

little more for good measure, and for anencore he had a short parody of mixedverses. Mr. Wells is an exceptionally clever

entertainer. He knows how to get out

of each line all there is in it, and is able,

to get laughs where others couldn't.

Harry Beresford, with his company, twomen and a woman, presented his sketch,

"Seventy Odd Years," wh'ch tells a delight-

ful little story of two young persons,

whose course of true love Is not permitted

to run smoothly because of an old quarrel

between the young man's father and his

sweetheart's uncle. But Cupid, youth anda few years win in the end, and the twoold men shake hands. The special set used

for the act represents a cottage with prac-

tical, porch, windows and doors, and a yard

filled with flowers. It ia a well-written

sketch and the capital acting of Mr. Beres-

ford carries it to complete success.

The American Comedy Four, with their

capital singing and patter, were well liked.

The voices of the four blend nicely, andone does solo work. Just why the tenor

ia not given a solo is a puzzle, for he has

a capital voice. The act would be im-

proved if the effeminate stuff done by the

tenor were omitted. They went off to a

good hand.The Hong Kong Mysteries proved to be

a good closing number. B. W.

SAM SIDMAN ANDCO. AT COLUMBIA

HAVEGOODSHOW"Welcome to Our City" is the title of

the burlesque in which Sam Sidman, theGerman comedian, introduced himself toNew Yorkers as a burlesque star at theColumbia. His characteristic expressionsand action served well aa an entertainingproposition, although the book credited toHenrietta Kellar is in the main a con-

glomeration of puns and far-fetched de-ductions.The musical portion is splendid, num-

bers being well put over by Frank Mar-tin in "Me and Ma Gal"; Esther De Laurin "Moss and Fell" and "Sunlight of YourSmile"; Addie Carlson and James Romein "Eyes at Me"; Maxwell Sargent in

-'America Needs You Like a Mother" andin a splendid duct with Margie Carlson in

"Two Hearts That Beat As One."The Carlson Singers harmonized excel-

lently in "Honolulu"; Addie Carlson sang"A Little Monkey in TJs All" with com-edy chorus encores; Esther De Laur andJean Schuler did the "Wedding Glide" andMr. Schuler sang singly "He's Living theLife of Riley."The trio, Martin, Sargent and Rauth,

gained applause by their singing of "Vir-

ginia," "California" and "Bring Back theUniverse," while Margie Carlson presented"I've Got the Blues." The "Jazz Band"was a good chorus number.

Fritzi Van satisfactorily played thecharacter role of the German wife of Lud-wig Meyer, impersonated by Sam Sidman,first as a chef, then as a regular Germanand later as a street cleaner. KathrynHoward showed class as the "Duchess of

Hoboken."A travesty on "Lady Godiva" gave an

excuse for a funny hoop skirt make-upby Sam Sidman, and for a brief flash ofMargie Carlson's union-suited figure.

More union suits are introduced by the

entire chorus for the finale, allowing for

liberal display of their charms.A banquet scene showed frequent mix-

ups between Schuler as the Irish and Sid-

man as the Dutch, with Schuler beingthrown back and forth over the table. Alittle private supper scene at two single

tables later is credited to Lew Fields.

The Fashion Parade incidental to the

marriage of Meyer's Daughter to the Irish

Duke showed eighteen exquisite gowns,and the bridal dress was also a beautiful

creation.Francis Lorman, Florence Adams, Myr-

tle Barry, Marjorie Adams, Nell Schroe-

der, Myrtle Young; Kathryn Howard andMay Mauley were eight of the girls cast

as ^actresses."

GOOD CAST FOR WEDEKIND PLAYGeoffrey C. Stein has engaged Charles

A. Stevenson, Fuller Mellish, Olive Oliver,

Fania Marinoff, Edward Emery, EmilyMcLean and Maude Milton for "TheAwakening of Spring," the Wedekind play

to be presented by the Medical Review of

Reviews at the Thirty-ninth Street The-atre on the afternoon of March 30.

RAYMOND TO STAR LACKAYEJames Lackaye is about to enter stellar

ranks under the direction of Melville B.Raymond. The play selected is . "UncleBob," written by Mark Price. Jane An-derson will be leading lady.:

"PEOPLE" SEEN IN WASHINGTONWasbhwgtqs, March 17.—"The People,"

by Marian Crighton and staged by Mme.Yorska, was presented here last night. It

is described as a play of constructive

patriotism. -

FIELDS SIGNS HELEN WARELew Fields has engaged Helen Ware for

a role in "Bosom Friends."

"BEAUTY DOCTORS"CONTAINS A BIGREVUEOF ACTORS

At the Olympic, New York, this week,the Billy Vail Amusement Co. are show-ing their attraction with results highlysatisfactory to themselves and to largeaudiences."The Beauty Doctors" ia the vehicle and

its first act, after a series of numbers, well

put on, resolves into a revue of well-

known actors. Emil Casper appears asBert Williams; Gertrude Lynch as EvaTanguay ; Harry Koler as Joe Welsh

;

Anna Mack as Fritzi Scheff; Reilly andCapman as Montgomery and Stone; Bill

Armstrong as Nat Wells, and MadlynWorth as Mary Pickford.Jack Strouse presents his singing spe-

cialty and Gertrude Lynch closes the first

part with "Walking the Dog" in lively

fashion. The comedy hits are well lined

up and the entire show is reeled off at highspeed.

The "China Lady" number by AnnaMack; and the Hawaii song by MissWorth and Jack Strouse in the second act

hold attention.

Living pictures are posed artistically bythe models and the comedy introductions

to the same are entertaining.

The Foot Ball episode by GertrudeLynch; a specialty by Koler, Strouse andM|sa Mack; and the "Miss Liberty" num-ber aroused enthusiasm. A trombone andcornet duet by Miss Mack and' the musicaldirector was well liked.

The chorus Includes May Phillips, RuthBancroft, Margaret Vail, Frances Siddons,

May Miller, Grace Parker, Ethel Sheppard,Mazie Reilly, Ethel Ziegler, Leona Ed-wards, Ruth Murray, Lillian Florence,

May Finberg, Lulu Hogan, Marie Star,

Vera Rose and Jene Desmond.

FAMOUS PLAYERS SUE SEUGThe Famous Players Company have

brought a suit against the General Filmand Selig-Polyscope Company for $348,000,alleging that the defendants infringed

upon the copyright of the motion picture

play, "The Count of Monte Cristo," ownedby the plaintiff.

PREMIERS FOR "NO. 355"

Atlantic Crrr, N. J., March 15.—AnnaGoldmark Gross, Ernest Shuter and Charles

H Bauer's production of "No. 355," openedlast night. In the company were HelfHolmes, Joseph Rawley, Percy Helton,Kate Guyon, Robert Thorn and Carl Ger-ard.

TO REVTVE SHAW PLAYMary Shaw has announced that she will

revive G. B. Shaw's play, "Mrs. Warren'sProfession," April 12, for a matinee per-formance for the benefit of the buildingfund of the Gamut Club, of which she is

president.

.

"POST OFFICE" TO OPENNorthampton, Mass., March 18.—

A

- new play to be produced at George BlissMacOall's private theatre is called "ThePost . Office," and is by RabindranathTagore.

WILL PRODUCE "GRASSHOPPER"B. Iden Payne has accepted a three-act

play by E. Keyserling called "The Grass-hopper," for early prod action.

DELAMATER GETS NEW PLAYA. G. Delamater has acquired for produc-

tion "The Master of Arms," a three-act play

by Atherton Brownell.

EXTENDS ARUSS' TIME' George Arliss' time in the "Professor'sLove Story" at the Knickerbocker has beenextended four weeks.

March 21, 191? THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

THE WILD GUARDIANSTheatre—RoyalStyle

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Animal melodrama.Time

—

Twenty-seven minute*.Setting

—

Special

Vaudeville managers are clamoring for

novelties. Here is one. "The WildGuardians" is a combination of the mov-ing picture, the melodramatic playlet andthe wild animal act. It possesses all the

vividness of the first, all the intensity

of the second and all the hazards of thethird.

The melodrama, written by GeorgesMarci, is in two parts. Part 1, the mov-ing picture, depicts the following action

:

Gaston is in love with the Countess. Hisfinancial standing is not equal to hers,

so. be decides to leave for the Centra)American jungle in order to forget his

love. The night he is paying Ins fare-

well visit to the Countess, he sees anorgan grinder mistreating a poor little

girl. He interferes and gets the organgrinder arrested. The organ grinder is

sent to prison. Gaston becomes thechild's guardian and she accompanies himto the Jangles.Gaston captures some lions in the

jungle and. sends.them— cased, of course—to bis ladylove in France, whom he

. cannot forget. The organ grinder is nowout of jail and has sworn revenge. Gas-ton and the girl return to France and

. both go to the Countess' house to dine.

There the picture ends. The samecharacters now take part' in a panto-

imime action. While all are dining, theorgan grinder plans a diabolical revengeby letting the lions loose. Bat Gastonshows his bravery, in his firm mastery of

the beasts.'"-

Marek, who portrays the role of Gas-. ton, has his lions tinder perfect control,

and they .snarl and snap or cringe andlie down at their master's will.

The act is unusual to the extreme. It

is wonderfully staged and as realistic asits possibilities will allow. While themovie is by no means a Griffith or Incefeature, it is convincing enough for its

purposes and sustains the interest of theaudience."The Wild Guardians" is a feature

act, and when given more publicity will

prove a wonderful drawing card whereverit is shown. H. G.

NEW ACTS(Coatmuad as Fas* B)

JOAN SAWYERTheatre

—

Riverside.

Style

—

Dancing.Time

—

Twenty minute*.Setting—Special

Joan Sawyer, supported by a new part-

ner, Jack Gavin, and Arthur Stone'sSyncopated Orchestra, presents a con-siderable portion of 'her extensive andnow rather familiar repertoire of societydances.With her partner she gave the "Waltz

Syncopation," the "Fox Trot," a nov-elty dance called "Setting the Face" andthe "Aeroplane Waltz."

While Miss Sawyer's ability as adancer is unquestioned, the fact must berecorded that acts of this nature are fastlosing their appeal in the vaudevillehouses. Particularly was this noticeablein the fox trot dance number which, whengiven by Miss Sawyer a year ago, wasalways received with great enthusiasm.It passed off Monday night with scarcelya ripple of applause.

Little strength is given the act by the"Syncopated Orchestra." an organizationcomposed of violin, piano, banjo, saxo-phone, trombone, bass viol and drums,which makes up in noise what they lackin ability to furnish genuine melody.

Sooner or later some dancing act will

discard these misfit collections of musi-cians and assemble a string orchestra.Then all win marvel at the result.

With the gradual loss of interest in

dancing. Miss Sawyer has only a "sight"act, the drawing power of which is prob-lematical. W. V.

CARTER THE GREATTheatre

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Jefferson.Style

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Magician and illusionist.

Setting

—

Full stage-two-special sets.

Time

—

Twenty-seven minute*.

Garter, who has been touring the coun-try with his Own troupe giving a twoand a half hour entertainment, has con-densed his act for vaudeville purposesand made his initial appearance at this

theatre on Thursday.The first part of his offering, magical

stunts and illusion novelties, similar to

the work of Thurston and other pres-ent day magicians, consumes seventeenminutes. The second part, which is

preceeded by an act in one, consumesten minutes. The offering is entitled"The Lion's Bride."

Carter has an engaging personalityand the line of chatter accompanyinghis work helps greatly toward the finesseof his offering. His cup bit, where heturns paper and brandy into coffee andmilk, easily gets and holds the atten-tion of his audience. The stunt of plac-ing a wooden hand on a piece of, glassfor the purpose of acknowledging ques-tions which the audience may ask is

mystifying, but Is worked rather to anextreme. An illusion ladder stunt,where a woman disappears, after thefiring of a shot, in full view «f the andi-

- ence, is quite a novelty and a good fore-runner for the trunk trick, which hasbeen done by practically every illusionist

in vaudeville.The concluding number of the first

part of the act requires the use of twocabinets. A girl is put Into one, and,after the lapse of thirty seconds, it Is

opened and a man appears in her stead.

This stunt did not seem to take so wellwith the audience, but the following one,where the girl disappears out of onecabinet fifteen feet back of the other,held the audience spellbound. Still aclose observer might have noticed thatin appearance the girls do not resembleeach other much."The Lion's Bride," which is a pan-

tonine7 story of a Harem girl who is

cast into the den of a ferocious lion, is

rather overdrawn. The climax hardlywarrants the suspense the audience Is

held in throughout the turn. The pan-tomime is altogether too long, its lengthbeing caused through the introductionof useless and minor details.

For a final stunt, when the girl is

thrown into the cage, Carter- dons alion's robe and false head and forces hisway into the cage. He is supposed to

work a sliding platform, during the op-eration of which two flashes are to bemade, the smoke of which covers hisoperation. During this, time the girl is

taken from the den and hurled out bythe dummy lion, the platform then slid

back and the real lion appears. Thurs-day, the flashes did not work properlyand the audience was let in on howthe stunt 'was done. " This naturallytook the entire edge off of the act andlittle applause was forthcoming at its

termination.•The Lion's Bride" may be quite a

novelty, but to the mind of the reviewerCarter offers sufficient of the mystify-ing entertainment in the first part of

the act without the use of the ferociousanimal illusion.—A. TJ.

J. K. EMMET & CO.Theatre

—

American.Style

—

Fantastic dramatic tketoh.Time

—

nineteen minutes.Setting—Full stage—Boxed scene.

In his new sketch by Clifton andFowler, entitled "The Devil He Did,"Mr. Emmet is assisted by Miss Ryanand two men. The story tells of anarchitect who has struggled hard togratify the extravagant wishes of hiswife, and, as a consequence, has over-reached himself. He has always beenthe soul of honor and refused to enter-tain the advances of grafting poli-ticians. Finally, in despair, he calls onthe Devil, who appears before him.With his Satanic Majesty he make* acontract whereby the Devil is to be thearchitect's obedient slave for five years,at the end of which time the Devil, if

he has lived up to his part of the con-tract, will own the architect's soul. If,however, the Devil fails in any way toobey the orders of the architect hebreaks the contract.

Money flows in on every hand. Po-litical honors come to the architect, andin every way the Devil carries out hisagreement. At last the architect asksthe Devil to give him the love of hiswife and the happiness that goes withit. At this the Devil rebels. He sayshe can not bring happiness to any one.By his refusal he breaks the agreement,and, after tearing up the document,vanishes, and the curtain falls.

The sketch is well conceived and ad-mirably written. Mr. Emmet does cap-ital work as the Devil, and Miss RyanAlls every requirement of the role of

• the wife. B. W.

NELL SHIPMAN ON TOURNell Shipman, accompanied by two motion

picture experts and a private secretary is

now on a tour of the sub-tropical countries

of the Americas for the Williamson Bros,film productions. She is at present in theBahama Islands, and will then go to Cuba,Porto Rico and Danish West Indies.

THE CORNER STORETheatre—Proctor's 125th Street.

Style

—

Rustic skit.

Time

—

Twenty minute*.

Setting—Three. Special

Zeke and his mother run a countrystore. Zeke likes to flirt with the villagegirls, while the mother, a widow, lawooed by the county sheriff, the townparson and another hanger-on. Thesheriff drops into the store on his wayto the station to meet a school teacher,due from the city. He kids with Zeke,also agreeing to help the boy paint thecounter, provided the hick will put ina good word for him.The hanger-on also agrees to help deco-

rate the counter, if he is put on theinside trail with the widow. When thesheriff returns with the school teacher,the three men get busy on the counterand put over some slapstick comedy thatwill keep any house in ecstasies ofmirth. All three get their countenancesconsiderably mussed up with the paint,and turn to see the village parson armin arm with the widow.There are many laughable situations

and actions in the routine and the char-acters are well portrayed. The schoolteacher does little more than make anappearance. This skit could be putover with at least two persons fewer inthe cast. Zeke does a little stepping fora close, while a trio renders a song.

This is a big-time act. J. L.

"THE SUBMARINE ATTACK"Theatre—GreaJ Sorthern Hippodrome.

Chicago.Style—Farce.Time

—

Twelve minutes.Setting—Special, in three.

Helen Glesson and MacLain Gatesappear in this act as a bridal couplestarting their honeymoon aboard ship.The groom appears in one twin bed, thebride in another, as the curtain rises.Electric effects show » terriffio storm.

The bride imagines the ship has beenattacked by a submarine, while in mid-ocean, and the groom endeavors to re-assure her. Her terror is intensifiedwhen she recalls that she has receiveda telegram warning her to keep off theship. This convinces the groom that theship has been struck by a torpedo.A burst of thunder completely un-

nerves him and he frantically beats uponthe cabin door, shouting for help. Atthe critical moment, the purser opensthe door and informs the distracted cou-ple that the ship has not yet left port.The scene is carefully portrayed, the

wardrobe good and the lines provoke con-stant laughter. The light cues couldbe Improved considerably ; likewise thestorm effects. However, these defectsare probably due to house limitationsand will doubtless be improved. Theact possesses sufficient originality to war-rant continued bookings. C. N.

JOVEDDAH RAJAHSTheatre—Proctor's 125th Street.Style—Mind reading.Time

—

Twenty-floe minute*.Setting—Three.

There are four persons in this act.A Hindu announces that a girl, blind-

folded, win answer questions aakedmentally by persons in the andlenee,while the other, at the piano, will playselections which persons in the audiencefix in their minds. The girls are sup-posed to be hypnotised.

Besides answering questions, the girlannounces what different objects are, thewhile two Hindus work off stage, passingrapidly among the andlenee. They callout "What is this?" "What have wehere 7** etc., and no sooner are the wordsspoken than the girl has an answerready. During the routine, no less thana hundred persons show objects, or statsto the Hindu working off stage that theyhave a question In. mind for which theydesire an answer. Strange to ssy, manyof these questions seem to be aproposmarriage, and are laugh-getters.The routine moves along very smoothly

and Is bewildering, for if a code is usedit must be very cleverly employed. Ap-parently, those showing objects and ask'ing questions were satisfied with theanswers. J. L.

MELFORD SIGNS WITH FOXGeorge H. Melford has signed with Will-

iam Fox, to begin directing pictures forthis concern at the expiration of his pres-

ent contract with Lasky.

ALEXANDER MAC FAYDENTheatre—Palace.Style—Pianist.Time

—

Eleven minutes.Setting—One.

This is a standard piano act Theman is a talented pianist and plays anumber of selections, ranging from clas-sical to ragtime, in a masterful way.His selections at Monday's matinee

were as follows, in the order named:Liszt Fantaste, Walts Parsphaae, EchoesFrom the South, Sextette from Lucia,with the left hand only. Ragtime Melo-dies and an Hawaiian melody.His classical and semi-classical pieces

are rendered best. As a ragtime player,there are many vaudevfllians who arehis peer.

A piano act such as Mac Fayden's Isthe hardest kind of an act to put oversuccessfully. Mae Fayden succeeds inturning the trick. H. G.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21, 1917

•"THE WILLOW TREE"A PLAY OF POETRY,LOVE AND ROMANCE

"THB WILLOW TBHB."—A three actfantasy by Harrison Rhodes and J. H.Benrlmo, presented at the Cohan andHarris Theatre Monday. March S, 1017.

CAST.Nogo Arrld PaulsonKimurm Harold De BeckerGeoffrey Fuller Harold Voeburgb -

Edward HamUton 8belley HullJohn Charles Goto .Richard TsberTomotada Oeorgc W. WilsonThe Image....... ........ •..Fay BainterA Bird Seller S. HataaenskaA. Priest Parrel VintonA Flab Seller .....Blcbard TaberA Street Singer Mia. Thomas A WiseMary Temple Fay Bainter

HARVARD PLAY "RUSTED STOCK"The third production of the Harvard

Workshop 47, the advanced school for dra-

matists at Harvard and Kadclifle Colleges,

under the direction of Prof. Baker, will be"Rusted Stock," a four-act play of NewEngland life by Doris Halman, a graduatestudent of Radcliffe. Two private per-

formances of the play will be given at theAgassiz House, Radcliffe, Cambridge,March 22 and 23.

Shorn of about one hour of its augustlength and of much of its most honorableredundancy, both of which will have beenattended to before this is printed, "TheWillow Tree," a fantastic Japanese me-lange of legendry, poetry, sentiment andromance, produced by Cohan & Harris atthe Candler Theatre during the last week,will take its place among the moat artistic

of the season's productions. Written byHarrison Rhodes and J. H. Benrimo, . thenew piece holds considerable of the charmthat made "The Yellow Jacket" such asuccess. .

The story of the play is an old Japa-nese legend in which a great general fled

to an island for tranquility and rest, while

his country is at peace, falls' in love witha beautiful woman, who has been bornout of the heart of a willow. tree. Theyare happy until war clouds sweep- over therice fields, ..and then the soldier is re-

luctant to leave his sweetheart, preferring

to forego duty and bear the disgrace thatwould be his for not heeding his country'scall. She saves him, however, by order-

ing the willow tree from. which she spranginto .life cut dnwn. Kur. as its trunktouohes th*' ground she disappears and thewarrior, rushes to new honors on the bat-tlefield.;- :•..:; .

:'

In the play an old image maker baamade . a. statue of this - wonder womanwhich he has sold to an: Englishman, nowliving in Japan because weary of London.Knowing its history, the latter experi-

ments with. a. mirror, as directed ' by atradition, and the image begins to breathe,

walk, talk and love.

The Englishman returns its affection,

and they are happy until England calls

him to the colors. Then he, too, is con-

fronted by the alternative of choosing be-tween love and honor, and, as was done in

the legend, the image orders the destruc-

tion of a willow tree nearby and, as it

falls, the breath leaves her and ahe be-

comes cold. Of course, the Englishmanheeds the call of his country.Throughout this fanciful story Miss Fay

Bainter diffuses a sweetness and naivette,

as the .willow tree image, that are delight-

ful, piquant and altogether enchanting.

Her taste is really a dual one, for, in ad-

dition to portraying the black-haireddaughter of Nippon, ahe is also a blondeEnglish girl.

As the Englishman, Shelley Hull inject-

ed the proper amount of romance andsentiment to make the piece dear towomen. Mrs. Thomas Wise was a splen-

did street singer and Arvid Paulson, Har-old de Becker and Richard Tabor excel-

lent as Japanese boys. The rest of the

cast' was of equal merit.Sumptuous is the only word that de-

scribes the settings, one. only of which is

used.WHAT THE DAILIES SAY:

Times—A thing of beauty.

World

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Play of rwe caters*. . .

Herald

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I* « stage gem.Tribune

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Play of great charm.American—A poetic fantaty.

ARLISS IS GIVEN DINNERRev. Walter E. Bentley of the Overseas

Club gave a dinner to George Arliss Mon-day night. The club is composed of British

subjects all over the world.

VICTOR HERBERTSOPERA FULL OF

RICH MELODIES

"EILEEN"—A three-act romanticcomic opera, book and lyrics by Hen-ry Blossom. Music by Victor Herbert.Presented Monday night, March 19.

at the Shnbert Theatre.

THE OAST.Captain Barry O'Day Walter ScanlanSir "Reggie" StrlbUng Algernon GrelgDlnny Doyle Scott WelshLanty Hackett Harry Crosby"Hompr" Grogmn John B. CookeShann Dhu Greek EvansMickey O'Brien Joseph DillonColonel Lester Edward MartlmlelBiddy Flynn Joalc Claflln

Bosle Flynn Louise AllenLady Maude Estabrooke Olga Roller

Eileen Molvanej Grace BreenMaria Panlette AntolneMyles LonU AyerPeter...; ....Francis X. HennessySergeant Roger McKennaCorporal Eric Block

IDLE RICH ABROADSATIRIZED IN "OURBETTERS" AT HUDSON

MUST CENSOR TRENTON FILMSTrenton, N. J„ March 18.—On ac-

count of a protest raised by Mayor Brownand the Village Improvement Society, on-

censored motion picture films will not beallowed in this city. The films must be

passed by the censors in the State fromwhich they axe sent.

"ODB BETTERS,"—A three-act com-edy by W. Somerset Maugham. Pres-ented Monday evening, March 12, atthe Hudson Theatre.

CAST.Lady Graystoa Chzyetal HernoDuchess of Snrennea '. ...Rose CoghlanPrlnclpesse Delia Cercola...Leonora HarrisBUzabeta Saunders Dlantha PaulsonArthur Fenwlck John FloodThornton Clay :.. Fritz wnilamsFleming Harvey. ....;.... .Joseph McManusAntony Pazton Bonald SquireLord Bleane Cecil FletcherErnest Arthur' CbesneyPole Robert BrIn ton

"Eileen," which is produced by JosephM. Weber, is not only the most elaborate

musical . production this astute manager hasever made but it is the most ambitious op-eretta, that New York has seen in manya day.Mr. Blossom has furnished a libretto

which is better than the usual run of them.The scenes are laid in Sligo, Ireland, in

1798, a country and period rich in romanceof which the author has taken good advan-tage.

But it la the music of Victor Herbertthat makes the work stand out from others

of its class. This composer, who has longbeen regarded as one of America's best, hasfallen into the Irish theme and turned out

a score which for melodic richness is likely

to remain a standard for aspiring composersfor generations to come.To select the most pleasingly tuneful of

them would be difficult There are fifteen

numbers—solos, duets and ensembles—andthey are written in a characteristic Irish

spirit. And it is this that enhances thecharm of the score. Then there is the sameclever instrumentation and the same valueof musical values always apparent in his

work. And this he has used to good ad-vantage to at times embellish the actionwith descriptive orchestral passages. All

of which only goes to prove what an artist

he is.

Many of the numbers are likely to beplayed, sung and whistled wherever people

enjoy music. Notable hits were "Ireland,

My Sireland," "Glad, Triumphant Hour,""When Love Awakes" and "Thine Alone."Mr. Weber has supplied an excellent cast

.

and one of the best choruses heard on

'

Broadway in a decade. Fred G. Lathamdeserves credit for staging the work andGeorge Marion for his dances and en-

sembles. The work had beautiful stagesettings.

WHAT THE DAILIES SAT.Tribune

—

Wholesome and melodious.

Sun—"Eileen" Might*.Herald

—

Romantic, melodic and dainty.

Times)

—

FuU of rich melodies.

World

—

Composer at his best.

In producing "Our Betters," John D.Williams has swerved from tie star sys-tem and presented a play which is in-

tended to stand on its own legs, ratherthan have the support of a featured player.Just how long it will stand will dependupon the whim of the public. That it

cannot have lasting popularity is a fore-

gone conclusion for, while the public mayallow its curiosity to lead It to see theplay—once—it is sure to treat it as it hasever treated plays of its class.

While it is possible the play may fattenthe author's pocket book it will bring nofresh laurels to his brow as a playwright.The play is a satire on American women,

title hunters and English noblemen, wealthhunters. As one of the characters is madeto say, "They are. not worth botheringabout" In truth they are all rotters.

The little story around which the au-thor has built his plsy tells of a New Yorkgirl who is being introduced to English so-

ciety by her sister, who has married alord, and the girl expects to capture anearl. Her ambition satisfied in this di-

rection she tries to accommodate herself to

her surroundings, but soon realizes she is

in the center of society's mire. She dis-

covers a condition which her unsophisti-

cated mind had not dreamed of, that herown sister is a woman of "easy virtue."

She finally asks to be released from herengagement and returns to the UnitedStates with her American suitor.

Chrystal Heme does good work as LadyGrayston, bnt owing to the thanklessness

of the role her opportunities are limited.

Rose Coghlan has not been on the local

stage much of late, but ahe has lost noneof the ability that made her famous. Herperformance as the Duchess was artistic.

Ronald Squire did excellent work as An-thony Pazton. Leonore Harris as Princi-

peBse Delia Cerola did well.

Fritz Williams is capital as the snob-

bish American, Thorn Clay.The play was adequately staged.

WHAT THE DAILIES SAY.Tribune—One scene spoils "Our Betters."

Herald

—

Witty and nasty.

WorlftV- Inferior in workmanship.Times

—

Clever and interesting.

American

—

Contains bold unpleasant

types.

MANAGER KNOTT RECOVERINGKalispell, Mont, March 7.— William

Knott, manager of the Princess Theatre,

this city, is recovering from a recent opera-

tion for appendicitis.

NEW BILL FOR SUNDAY FILMSAlbany, March 18.—Another bill was

introduced in the Assembly last night de-

signed to legalize motion picture shows on

Sunday. It was introduced by Assembly-

man Nathan D. Perlman, of New York,

and, if passed, it will take effect immedi-

ately. It amends the penal .law regarding

shooting, hunting, horse racing, exercises,

shows and other public sports, so that the

exhibition . of motion picture films are not

to be considered in the other exemptions

specified on the Sabbath day.

"NAVY BLUE" IS NEW OPERA"Navy Blue" is the title of a new opera

which will have its premier in Septemberwith Jack Squire in the leading role.

Others already engaged for . the cast areMabel Carruthers, Kenneth Harlan, MaryWelch, Vera Shore and Alfred Gerrard.The book and lyrics are by Howard Hull.

Hamilton Hughes, composed the music. Thepiece will be produced by the Squire Pro-ducing Company.

EMILY STEVENSSCORES SUCCESS

IN "THE FUGITIVE"

"THE FDGIT1VB"—A four act playby John Galsworthy, produced Mon-day evening, March IS, at the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre.

OAST.George Dedmond!.. Edward EmeryClare, his wife... I Emily StevensGen Sir Charles Dedmond, K. C. B.,

Charles HarburyLady Dedmond Charlotte GranvilleReginald Huntington Duncan McBtvEdward Fnllarton.. ..Henry WarwickMrs. Fnllarton ......Alice JohnFarmer Walter HoweBarney ......' .Ethel StanardTwladen. .

.' •'.'. .... -Thomas MacLarnleHaywood. ..Milton PopeMallse.' Conway . TearleMrs. Mller .Annie HughesPorter ......Roger P. WilliamsA Messenger Boy Perdval VivianA Young MSB William Boyd.Amend Paul DoucetMr. Varley. Gavin YoungA Languid Lord .....Harry BlalatngA Gentleman ...J. Alfred.. Oiborn

Oliver Morosco made no mistake, whenhe selected Emily Stevens for the.; leadingrole in "The Fugitive'.' and elected to makeher a star, for as a star she has. taken aplace in the theatrical : firmament tlint is

hers for a. surety. i . . .

Miss Stevens' portrayal of the . role ofClare Dedmond is one which - will not beforgotten by those who see it She playswith a power and precision that are' al-

most beyond criticism and her performanceis one of the great acting achievements ofthe season.

With the story of the play many arefamiliar from the fact that it was pub-lished here Bhortly after its production in

London some three years ago. It is purelypropaganda and at the same time it has anabsorbing interest, because it is an intenseexposition of human frailties an accentu-

ated in the character of Clare Dedmond.Clare does not love her husband and

goes to Malise, whom also, she does notlove, and later leaves him because of thatvery fact Then the author puts into herheart a love for the man for whom shedishonored herself and she returns to him.Again she .leaves her lover, but this timeit is because she loves him and wants to

save him from being hounded by the manwhose wife she once was. She makes abrief effort at a decent existence and thenfollows the almost inevitable end—she be-

comes a woman of the streets. Suicide in

one of the flashy restaurants of which she

has become an habitue.

Conway Tearle, while he fails to bringout the real sensitive character of Malise,

does, good work.Edward Emery gives a good perform-

ance of the husband, but, he, too, falls

short of making the character what it

should be.

Annie Hughes did well as Mrs. Miller

and - J. Alfred. Osborn was capital in a"bit"

WHAT THE DAILIES SAY.

Tribune

—

Acting of Emily Stevens a fea~

ture. •

Sim—Emily Steven* make* ideal heroine.

Herald—Mi*ss Steven* a* star win* her way.Times

—

Miss Stevens' performance one of

the achievement* of the season.

World—A "play of gnat power.

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Let Sunday Shows RunIn view of the fact that the general pub-

lic has shown its desire for Sunday shows,particularly those made up of motion pic-

tures, it is high time that legislators be-

gan to make up their minds that the de-

sires of their, constituents should be givenconsideration. These lawmakers are thor-

oughly familiar with the wanta of the ma-jority of the voters and know that theyshould have them granted.The best argument in the world for the

Sunday show law is the attendance at thevarious houses on the first day of everyweek. In more than 90 per cent, of thehouses giving motion pictures only, or mo-tion pictures and vaudeville, the Sundayattendance is the largeat of the week. Andthis applies to all large centres, particularly

those having a cosmopolitan population.

We know that the ministers and cant-ing Sabbatarians are strong in their de-

nunciation of the Sunday show and wantto see the township closed np tightly onthe Lord's Day, but the fact that the Sun-day show has not lessened the church at-

tendance, in general, contradicts theirstatement that motion pictures and othershows on Sunday keep many persons awayfrom church.

If a man wants to go to church nothingcan keep him away from it and if hedoesn't want to go there he will not go. If

he wanta to go to a theatre on Sundaynothing can keep him away bnt the clos-

ing of. the theatre, and In such an eventhe will not go to ekunsh, bnt will seek someother form of recreation which may not beas harmless as a motion picture or otherstyle of show.The older the world grows the more its

peoples realize the necessity of recreation.

In ancient times it took much longer toaccomplish a specified piece of work thanit does to-day and the people knew noth-ing bnt drudgery. To-day we accomplishmore work in less time and use np aa muchvital energy in one hour as onr forefathersconsumed in half a day. This increasedstrain on our energies makes more neces-sary that recreation which the wise menof the past frowned upon.With the growing necessity of more rest

the work day of the artisan has in the last

quarter of a century been reduced fromten to eight hours. The mind of the aver-age person has broadened. He does thingsto-day he would not think of doing twenty-five or thirty years ago. He looks uponSunday as his natural day of recreation.

ANSWERS TO QUERIESR. A. D., Bayonne.—1. Only the biggest

vaudeville stars are given a percentage ofthe house receipts. A vaudeville act re-

ceives a stated salary and it is to the per-former that an author must look for payfor his sketch, not the bouse management.2. Address Conrad and Conley, care of TheClipper, and we will advertise letter inCupper letter list.

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W. A. C, New York.—You lose. EddieFoy celebrated bis sixtieth birthday abouttwo weeks ago. Can't answer your secondquestion. Get his name from the Vaude-ville Bill list and write him personally onthe road.

• • •

J. G., New York.—1. He acts under hisown name. 2. Born in Providence, R. L3. We have no record of when and wherehe started his career.

• • •

"Player."—"Little Women" was revivedin December at the Park Theatre by Wil-liam A. Brady and Jessie Bonstelle.

• • •

F. P., Chicago.—The Buffalo Bill-101Ranch Shows are being rebuilt. The win-ter quarters are at Norfolk, Va.

• • •

S. C. A.—Robert Mantell appeared inShakespearean repertoire in New York forseveral consecutive seasons.

• • •

N. C, New York.—Christmas to NewYear business for "Come Out of theKitchen" was 514,000.

• • •

T. M. O.—Valerie Bergere was the Oho-cho San in Belasco's presentation of "Ma-dame Butterfly."

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FRISCO CIRCUS LICENSE $100Editor, New York Clipper,

Dear Sir: In your issue of Feb. 28,

page 14, column 4, under the heading,"Fighting License Increase," it is stated

that a representative of the Al. G. BarnesCircus, applying for a license to show inthis city for four days in April was askedthe sum of $1,000 a day for such license.

As The Clipper is known as the "OldReliable" and aims to publish only thetruth at all timet, permit me to say thatthe statement as above given of charging$1,000 a day for a circus license is

erroneous and has no foundation in fact

whatever. Prior to our "calamity" (year1906-7) the license was $100 for each per-

formance; after that it was changed to

$100 per day of 24 hours, and as manyshows as could be given in one day werepermitted for that $100.

Last year (1016-7) it was reported bysome wiseacres that the Barnum & Bailey

Show had taken in in three days anamount equal to $83,000, and the Boardof Supervisors of this city, the legislative

body controlling licenses, etc., was inducedto offer an amendment to the present lawof $100 per day, making or changing it

to $1,000. That resolution or ordinancewas proposed and referred to ita proper

committee, and to this date it is still in

the committee's bands without any action

having been taken, and it is doubtful

whether it will ever leave the committee'shands.That is all is to it, and you may safely

publish that the license for any circus in

the city of San Francisco is $100 per day,

covering as many performances for that

day as time will permit and the vitality

of the performers allow.Harry J. Labk.

San Francisco. March 0.

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G. I. G.—"Marta of the Lowlands" wasa failure. It waa presented at the Man-hattan Theatre.

• • •

J. J.—E. H. Sothern is Julia Marlowe'ssecond husband. Her first was the late

Robert Taber.• • •

M. M., Jersey City.—Enid May Jack-con is leading lady and Alfred Swensonleading man.

• • •

L. A. F., New York.—"The People vs.

John Doe" was released on State rights'

basis.• • •

K. R., New York.—Earl Metcalfe wasrecently in vaudeville. Yes, he's married.

• • a

M. W., St. Paul.—Yes, the original

"Anna Eve Fay" is still alive.

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K. L., New York.—The new Centuryshow will be ready In October.

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A. F., New York.—Pavlowa is to openin London, October 1.

CLARKE NOT DIVORCEDEditor, New York Clipper:Dear Sir.—Will you please contradict

the statement under the title of "FrankClarke Divorced"? Mr. Clarke did not geta divorce from me last Monday, aa thepaper states, and will not get it. It wasthrown out of court for the lack of evi-dence. He named his case as infidelity

and Mr. Forster as the person concerned.The Chicago Judge Thompson told him

that he should be ashamed of himself forbringing such a charge against a girl withsuch a lack of evidence, and gave him twoweeks to get more to go through.In the meantime, I have evidence on

Mr. Clarke that will give me my divorce.Thanking you for past favors and

trusting that you will change this so thatmy many friends will know that it Is

not true, I remainSincerely,

FLO JACOBSON.Chicago, March 13.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO"Columbus,'' a Kiralfy spectacle, was

put on with the B & B Show at MadisonSquare Garden, New York.The Proctor and Turner Stock opened in

"The English Rose" at Proctor's, NewYork.

Song hits: "I Asked to be Excused"(Rossiter) ; "The Bad Hotel" (Wood-ward) ; "Sliding on the Old Cellar Door"(Lane) ; "Only Bong He Knew" (Greene).John Stromberg was musical director

with the Rents Santley Co.

WAS TRIPLE TURN DONE?Editor The New York Clipper.Dear sir: The circus season is coming

and some of the old-timers here are arguingabout the performers, etc.

Is there any authentic record of anyone having done a clean triple somersault?

Louis H. Schmitt.Plantsville, Conn., March 15.

RIALTO RATTLES

SCRIBNER HAD A PASSColonel Josh E. Ogden of Provident*

was walking down Broadway the otherday when he met Sam Scribner, of theColumbia, Amusement Company.

"Hello, Colonel 1" exclaimed Scribner,"here's a pass I wish you'd honor."Reaching into his pocket he then took

out a pass signed by Colonel Ogden in1673, at Reading, Pa., when he was busi-ness manager for the late Buffalo Bill, andentitling Scribner to see the performance.At that time Scribner was playing in an or-chestra. Being unable to honor the passnow. Colonel Ogden took it up ana is

holding it as a souvenior.

WHO'S WHOThe guy who made America famou

George M. Cohan.The guy who made it possible for $20 n

week chorus girls to own automobiles—FloZiegfeld.

He of the infinite cold—"Bob" Albright.The guy who proved 13 was lucky—Bay-

ard Vellier.

MARY SHAW GIVEN DINNERMary Shaw was given a "friendship din-

ner" Sunday, in the Hotel McAlpin by bermany friends, including suffragists, ac-

tresses and authors.

SPRING POETSIt seems to be the proper thingWith ev'ry coming of the SpringTo write a rhyme.But most stuff that the poets singIn heralding the wond'roos SpringIs for small time.

A CORRECTIONA moving picture advertisement of "His

Father's Son" reads: "With the moneygone, what chance bas the son of a million-aire?"—Bat, wait a minute I With themoney gone, he isn't the son of amillionaire.

WHATEVER BECAME OF—The Has-Beens Club?"Such Is Ufa"The out of town branches of the N. V. A?Whiskerless America, Inc.?

BE HAD A REASONFolks wondered why Julius Witmark dis-

played so much green on St. Patrick's Day.He was celebrating the success of Ms Irishsongs, of course.

IN PERSON!If film authors and actors keep up the

pace set by "appearing in person" It wontbe long before the films will not be needed.

BUT THE CZAR IS BOOKEDCount Tolstoi and the Cxar would make

a good team for the big time.

THE EVIL THEREOFAt least the railroad strike will save a

lot of worry over time tables.

COHAN AFTER NEW ONEGeorge M. Cohan is after a new comedy—the Providence baseball team.

ON TOURThe Hip. Ticket Offlce bad its premiere

at Bridgeport March 16.

SUNDAY VAUDEVILLEAt last we're to have Sunday shows.

Billy's coming to town.

GAMBLERS ALLThe Lambs' Gambol will gamble when it

takes to the road.

AND SUN TIMEAnyway, we can all get bookings on the

spring time.

EX-ACTOR MARRIES MONEYSaw Frahcibco, March 17.—George B.

De Long one of the stars of Fisher's oldtheatre on 0*Farrell Street, is In the city

with his bride, formerly Mrs. RichardLounsberry and daughter of the late JamesB. Higgin, the wealthy turfman. Theyare here on their honeymoon, the marriagehaving taken place January IB in NewYork.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21, 1917

LONDONPARIS

BERLINSYDNEY

LONDON AT A GLANCELondon, Eng., March 10.

The Lady Shoeblacks play Birminghamweek after next.

Milly and Gordon are in Norwich nextweex.

George Hyton will be in Selby weekafter next.

Greta Hack closes tonight with "DickWhittington."

The Biff Girls played the Grand, Han-ley, this week.

Daisy Dormer is in London playing theL. T. V. houses.

Mabel CosteUo is at the Palace, Old-ham, next week.

Jack Clifford plays the Alhambra,Leith, next week.

The Four Shades are at the Gaiety,Leith, next week.

Gertie Gitana played the Olympia,Shoreditcb, this week.

Wilfred Draycott is still with "UnderCover" at the Strand.

Harry Bay closes a good week at thePalace, Luton, tonight.

Marie Loft us comes to the Palladium,Monday for a two weeks* stay.

DeLacey's "Jack and the Beanstalk*'

company closes its tour tonight.

Norman Field and his harp will be atthe Empress, Brixton, next week.

The Exposition Three play the BoroughTheatre, North Shields, next week.

Dawn and Hazel close tonight a goodweek at the Hippodrome, St. Helens.

Frank Forbes-Robertson continues withMartin Harvey's company until June 4.

H. S. Maguire with his horse Mascotwill be at the Palace, Carlisle, week ofMarch IS.

Ventom Swiffs "Babes in the Wood"company closes tonight at the Empire,Rotherham.

Fame and Fortune have bad a goodweek at the Hippodrome, Rochdale, clos-

ing tonight.

The latest from South Africa statesthat RoelguTs Parrots are still a success

in the halls.

Edis and Forbes open March 26 on theStoll Tour beginning at the Empire, Shep-herd's Bush.

The Ryewodes, Winnie, Florrie andTom, in "Music Awakes" were in Brad-ford this week.

Mile. Aazelia, who is playing Grays this

week, goes there for a return engagementweek of March 19.

Harry Blake, at the Hippodrome, Bal-ham, next week, goes to the Imperial,Canning Town, March 19.

Florrie Gallimore at the New Casino,

Glasgow, next week, plays a return dateweek of March 19 at the Public Hall,Alexandria, N. B.

Jimmy Welch is ill again and has beenordered by his physician to take a longrest.

Councillor W. W. Kelly has acceptedthe position of chairman of the ArgyleClub.

Ray Parry closes as leading lady withErnest E. Morris' company week afternext.

Alfred Lester begins next Monday anindefinite engagement at the Coliseum.He is assured of a hearty welcome.

"The Last Straw," a new comedy by J.W. Damley, is promised an early produc-tion at one of the West End theatres.

Ellen Terry, who celebrated her sixty-ninth birthday anniversary last week, is

slowly recovering from an attack ofbronchitis.

Leslie Henson has entirely recovered hishealth and is once more playing the roleof Pony Twitchin in "Theodore & Co." atthe Gaiety.

"Under Cover" is well on its seventy-fifth performance at the Strand, and "TheMisleading Lady" baa passed the doublecentury mark at the Playhouse.

"The Reappearance of Betty," a farceby W. H. Robertson, is another new playwhich is to have an early presentationat one of the leading London theatres.

"The Man Who Went Abroad," whichreplaced "Peg o* My Heart" at the Globelast Thursday, has all male characterssave one which is played by Iris Hoey.

The seven weeks* engagement of "Ro-mance" at the Gaiety Theatre, Man-chester, was a record breaker. The totalnumber paying admission being 60,000. Itwas capacity at every performance.

"The Gayest of the Gay" by ArthurShirley and Eric Hudson, was revived last

Monday by J. Forbes Knowles and com-pany at the Hippodrome, Stoke-on-Trent.Mary Lovett played the role of Belle Bas-eombe, originally acted by Edith Cole.

Some hitherto unknown playwright is

seeking fame or notoriety, through themedium of a new dramatization of "ThreeWeeks." The name of the dramatist will

not be divulged until the new work is

produced, which is promised at an earlydate.

"General Post" is booked to come to theHaymarfcet next Wednesday, and thehearty reception accorded it in the prov-inces for the past fortninght presages ametropolitan success. In the companywill be Norman McKinnel, George Tully,Lilian Braithwaite and Madge Titheradge.

The opera season of the Harrison Fre-win company at the Shakespeare Theatre,Liverpool, has been extended to sixteenweeks. This will be the longest seasonof opera ever played in Liverpool. W. W.Kelly, who is directing the enterprise, con-templates making it a six months' seasonnext year.

The Actors' Association will hold its an-nual meeting Sunday, April 1, at 6 p. m.at the Ambassadors. This will be the first

time this association has held a meetingon Sunday and it is tried as an experi-

ment in the belief that larger attendancewill result because many can attend onthat day who would be playing during theweek.

Arthur Godfrey has recovered from aslight attack of bronchitis.

"Within the Law" was this week at theEmpire, GamberweU, S. E.

The late Fred Emney left an estate ofover £5,000. His widow is sole bene-ficiary.

"His Mother's Rosary," at the Elephantand Castle, is another play from the penof that prolific writer, Eva Elwes.

Sydney W. Winter, of the Dover andEastbourne's Royal Hippodromes, hascontributed £25,000 to the new war loan.

The two "Peg o' My Heart" companiesand two "Potash and Perlmutter" com-panies are still successfully touring theprovinces.

Joseph Sherman will shortly appear ina new musical comedy sketch entitled "AWife by Instalments," under the directionof H. Bernhardt.

"What Happened to Jones," Geo. H.Broadhursfs well-known farce, finishes agood week tonight at the MarlboroughTheatre, Holloway.

At the Chelsea Palace last Monday Con-stance Drever and company appeared in

a new sketch entitled, "Love and War,"by Roy Devereux and J. C. Chaftajgne,with music by Jean Nougues. The little

skit found favor.

The entertainment last Sunday at theChelsea Palace, in aid of the WestminsterBoys' Club "gym" and cadet corps, wasa huge success. Prominent among thoseon the program were Evie Greene, CicelyDebenham, F. C. Hennequin and OliveSturgess.

Martin Adeson will present for the first

time next Monday a sketch entitled "Let-ting the Flat," written by George Elton.

The sketch has two special scenes. ClaraBernard win be Mr. Adeson's leading sup-port. The premiere will occur at the Hip-podrome, fialham.

At the Palace Theatre, Maidstone, nextMonday, Willie Benn will produce for

Violet Farren a musical comedy skit en-

titled, "Pass on. Please." The cast will

include: Nan Chester. Four Mimosa Maids,the GladweHs, and Hall and Menzies. It

will be seen in London April 16.

Louise Nolan, a revue girl appearing in

"Three Cheers" at the Shaftsbury, hasbeen the recipient of personal commenda-tion from the King and the Military

Medal for heroism displayed during the

Irish rebellion. Miss Nolan, who is still

in her teens, dragged wounded soldiers tosafety under a hail of bullets.

Jugt at this time it is advisable thatartists playing fortress towns see thattheir passports are all right. Otherwisethey are liable to find themselves runningcounter to the Defence of the Realmorder. It takes not less than four daysto have a passbook put in order to enter

a town, but it is time well spent, as it

saves after trouble and inconvenience.

The dividend announcements made bythe Oswald Stall companies, less all taxfor 1916, are as follows: The ColiseumSyndicate. Ltd. 25 per cent ; Hackney andShepherd's Bush Empire Palaces, Ltd, 6per cent.; St. Augustine's Parade Hippo-drome, Bristol, Ltd., 10 per cent.; Leices-

ter Palace Theatre, Ltd., 10 per cent.;

Manchester Hippodrome and Ardwick Em-pires, Ltd, 6 per cent

McKINNEL SCORES IN NEW PLAYLondon, Eng, March 16.—Norman Mc-

Kinnel has scored a hit in "General Post,"produced Wednesday evening at the Hay-market.

MELBOURNE LIKES "PASSING SHOW"Melbourne, Ana., March 16.—"The Pass-

ing Show," which came here from its Syd-ney engagement, has hit the public fancyhere and scored an emphatic success.

MORE ACTS FOR AUSTRALIASydney, Ana,, March 18.—Among the

American acts announced for early open-ing on the Mcintosh time are Reed andWright, Archie Onri and Dolly and JoeReed.

"BEAUCAIRE" AS MUSICAL PLAYLondon, Eng, March 17.—Gilbert Mil-

ler has arranged to present a musical ver-sion of "Monsieur Beaucaire," the librettofor which is by Frederick Lonsdale andAdrian Ross.

MARTIN HARVEY IN EDINBURGHEdinbubuh, Scotland, March 14.—The

Martin Harvey season which began herelast week at the Lyceum has started aus-piciously. The opening play, "Rosemary,"proved a popular revivaL

MUSICIAN DIES ON STAGELondon, Eng, March 15.—W. T. Sam-

uel, well known in Wales as a composerand musical director, is dead in Cardiff.He was conducting a children's festival atPark Han when he suddenly dropped onthe stage. He was fifty-five years of age.

MUSICAL COMEDY FOR GABYLondon, Eng, March 16.—Gaby Deslys

and Harry Pilcer will appear early inApril in the long-deferred production of"Saucy Suzette," a two-act musical com-edy. Mile. Deslys has recovered from theillness which attacked her before Christ-mas.

SYDNEY TIMES SCORES HAMILTONSydney. Aus, March 17.

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The BunionTimet, in the column conducted by "TheKnocker." takes a go at Hale Hamiltonfor stating that there is a flat 25 per centtax on all actors playing here. There la

no such rate, but an actor is taxed thesame as the rest of us. Up to £5,000.Of all above this sum one quarter goes tothe Colonial government.

"PERCIVAL" DIES IN PARISPabis, Ft, March 14.—John N. Raphad,

whose pen name was "Percival," is dead.He had for many years been correspondentfor the London Referee and had writtensketches for the music hall stage. He madethe English version of "La Femme X" inwhich Lena Ashwell appeared in Londonin 1909. His last work was a French ver-sion of "Potash and Perlmutter.**

LONDON LIKES "GENERAL POST*London, Eng, March 14.—"General

Post," presented last night at the Hay-market, has been acclaimed as the bestcomedy of its kind given in London in thelast ten years. It is the first play its

author, Harold Terry, has written alone,his previous work having been done incollaboration with other playwrights. Theplay has been secured for America.

ENGLISH MANAGER IS BANKRUPTLondon, Eng, March 14.—J. Bannister

Howard, the well-known manager is be-fore the Bankruptcy Court. F. S. Solo-man, chartered accountant, has been ap-pointed trustee to wind up the estate inbankruptcy, which, owing to the many in-terests of Howard, will take some time.Mr. Howard has. been in the business since1886, and has been known for making lav-ish productions of all kinds. He also con-trols many picture houses.

March 21, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 13

BRIDGEPORT CO.

TO PRODUCENEW_PLAYS

1ST ANNOUNCED FOR HOLY WEEK

Bridgepobt, Conn., March 17.—Thescarcity of Broadway release* which is

confronting stock managers, as pointed outin last week's Clipper, is evidently not go-ing to seriously bother the management ofthe Lyric Players at the Lyric Theatre.for it is announced that that company will

present many plays which have never be-fore been seen on any stage.The first to see the light of day will be

a new play by Luella Morey, a member ofthe company, entitled "The Tidal Wave."This will be produced daring the week ofApril 2. The name of the play, Roland G.Edwards, the director, announces, is onlytentative. It will either be changed beforeproduction or the Lyric patrons will havean opportunity to choose a name for it.

The following week Lee Morrison's ver-sion of "Treasure Island" will be put on,and for the week following the companypromises something novel for a stock com-pany.

This will be a series of one-act plays.Three one-act plays will be presented dur-ing the week of April 16, and if the schemeis successful, will be repeated some timelater in the season. "Matzu, the PineTree," "The Sculptor's Dream," and "TheBoss" will be the first series.

There are many other new plays whichthe management has under considerationand which will be announced as soon asthe suitable ones are selected.

WESTERN STOCK ACTORS IN N. Y.The majority of Coast favorites who

have for several years headed stock com-panies on the Pacific have all made goodin New York productions. A few namesare Marjorie Rambeau in "Cheating Cheat-ers," Edmund Lowe in "The Brat," CharlesRuggles in "Canary Cottage," Grace Val-entine in "Johnny Get Tour Gun," LewisAncker in "The Flame," Alice Fleming in"The Pawn" and Burford Hampden.

OLIVER TO OPEN IN LA FAYETTELa Fayette, Ind., March 19.—Oris

Oliver, who recently closed his companyat the Murray Theatre, Richmond, willbegin his spring and summer stock engage-ment at the Family Theatre here nextMonday. The initial attraction will be"Rolling Stones." This will make thesixth year this company has played sum-mer stock in La Fayette.

FIELDS CO. IN WHITE PLAINSWhite Plains, N. T., March 17.—The

Marguerite Fields Co., under the manage-ment of Dr. Harry A. March, which hasbeen playing here for several weeks, hasdecided to continue the engagement indefi-

nitely.

THOMAS WITH NORTHAMPTON CO.Northampton, Mass., March 19.—Cal-

vin Thomas will succeed Selmer Jacksonas leading man of the Northampton Play-ers, joining next week in "Arms and theGirl."

MILLER RETURNS TO CASTAkbon, Ohio, March 17.—Fred P. Mil-

ler, of the Home Stock Co., after a severeattack of pneumonia, has again returnedto the cast at the Music Hall.

GSELL BACK ON BROADWAYHenry Gsell has closed aa juvenile lead

with the Vaughan Glaser Stock Co. inCleveland and has returned to New York.

CLARENDON CO. OPENING IN MAYThe Clarendon Stock Co., headed by

Cecil Wood Clarendon, will open its fourthbig season under their new sixty-footround top about first of May. Chieflyamong Miss Clarendon's support are: Har-riet Mayer, ingenue; Jimmy Clark, atpresent touring Orpheum Circuit at thepiano for Fay Templeton, and MarieLozay, character woman. The companywill carry its own band and orchestraand unaphone. The Fahl Bros. (T. I. andC. S.) have selected a repertoire ofroyalty bills.

MUSICAL COMEDY IN SEATTLESeattle, Wash., March 17.—The Tivoli

Theatre, at First Avenue and MadisonStreet, opened Sunday with the Willis G.West Extravaganza Co. presenting "HeCame From Milwaukee." Dorothy Ray-mond is prima donna with the company,which includes Hazel Boyd, soubrette;Frances Kemble, ingenue; George Ford,leading man ; Willis G. West, comedian

;

Frank Earl. Richard Hyland and Flo Cun-ningham.Three performances are given daily with

the bill changed each week.

BANCE & NEWTON CO. CLOSESThe Bance & Newton Stock Co. closed

a very successful season of twenty-fourweeks last Saturday night. This wasthe first season for this company, and it

will go out again next season. Mr. Bancewent to work in stock at Cleveland, Ohio.Mr. Newton joined the La Reane Players,Miss Stewart the Shannon Stock* Mr. andMrs. Miller the Irene Harper Players andMr. Carmel goes ahead of the Four Gra-hams in vaudeville.

MADAM WANDA DEADDubois, Penn., March 19.—Mrs. Harry

L. Waterhouse, wife of Harry L. Water-house, known throughout the UnitedStates, Canada and Australia as MadameWanda, died here last week following anervous breakdown. She came here fromShamokin as the feature number of TheChamplain Comedy Co. Her maiden namewas Wanda Lee and she was the daughterof Samuel G. Lee, editor of the PattersonMorning Call.

DEMAREST GETTING READYStarke, Fla,, March 17.—The Demarest

Stock Company No. 2 will open here Mon-day in one of the finest and most completetent theatres in the South. Ona Demarestwill be leading lady with the company,which will include Roselle and Haynes,W. Oscar Sullivan, Aline Moore, RobertDunbar and Jno. Whiton. The No. 1 showwill open in South Carolina April 9. Manyof the old people have been re-engaged.

MISS HUNT LEAVING SEATTLE CO.Seattle, Wash., March 18.—This is the

last week for Phoebe Hunt as the leadingwoman with the Wilkes Players at theOrpheum Theatre. She is leaving to takea vacation and will return to the com-pany in June. Her closing attraction is

"The Show Shop." Norma W'mslow is

succeeding Miss Hunt for a few weeks.

MISS WILKES RETURNINGNorthampton, Mass., March 17.—Miss

F. M. Wilkes, who was with the North-ampton Players early in the season, will

return to take the place of Director J. H.Boyle, who is soon to join the Providencecompany. Mr. and Mrs. Boyle left thecompany here last Saturday.

STOCK CO. IN PH1LA. CLOSESPmLADCLPiiiA, March 17.—The Knick-

erbocker Players, with Eugenie Blair andJohn Lorenzin the leading roles, will bringtheir season to a close to-night, presenting"Sapho." A supplemental season of roadattractions started Monday with "ThePrincess Pat."

TWO COMPANIESTO OPEN IN

PORTLANDDATE SET AS EASTER MONDAY

Portland, Me., March 19.—Two sum-mer stock companies will open in this city

Easter Monday, April 9, one at the Keithand the other at the Jefferson Theatre.The Keith Theatre is at present play-

ing vaudeville, but the week of April 2will mark the close of the vaudeville sea-

son and the regular Keith Stock Co. en-gagement will be inaugurated.Alma Tell, who was the leading lady

here last season and who is now playingleads with the Keith Stock Co. at theGotham Theatre, Brooklyn, will return toPortland to head the company. Jack Rose-leigh will also rejoin the company as lead-

ing man and the supporting company willinclude practically the same people as last

season.The announcement that the Jefferson

Theatre is going into stock has created agreat deal of interest and the fact that it

will be Sidney Toler who will establish acompany there has been of greater interest.

Mr. Toler is now dosing his winter sea-

son in Halifax, where for five years hehas been at the head of his own company.There will be no change In that companyand the list of plays to be presented at the-

Jefferson will include most of the attrac-

tions which were a success in Halifax.Negotiations are under way to secure

Adelaide Keim as leading lady for the To-ledo Co. Both she and Mr. Toler have ap-peared here in stock before at the CaneTheatre.James E. Moore will be business manager

of the company.

GLASER CO. CHANGES THEATREClevevland, O., March 17.—Vaugban

Glaser has leased the New Lyceum Thea-tre to continue bis stock company for therest of the season. The lease of the

Duchess Theatre, where the company hadbeen playing, could not be renewed.

EMMA BUNTING ILL—MUST QUITSan Antonio, Tex., March 16.—Emma

Bunting, on account of the state of herhealth, has been ordered by her physiciannot to play for quite a while. Miss Bunt-ing has cancelled all engagements in SanAntonio for the season.

POLI CO. IN WORCESTER OPENINGWorcestib, Mass., March 19.—The Poli

Stock Co. will resume at the Grand The-atre for the Spring and Summer EasterMonday, April 9,- with Geo. Arvine as di-

rector.

STOCK FOR SCHENECTADYSchenectadt, N. Y., March 17.—It is

reported that a stock company will openthe Van Curler Opera House Easter Mon-day, with Mae Desmond heading the cast.

JUSTIN McNABB IN CLEVELANDCleveland. O.. March 19.—Justin Mc-

Nabb joined the Vaughan Glaser Stock Co.last week in "Tess of the Storm Coun-try," at the New Lyceum Theatre.

ANTHONY LEAVES DENHAM CO.Denveb, March 17.—Carl Anthony

closed to-night as leading man with theDenham Players at the Denham Theatre,in "A Woman's Way." \

MISS WOODBURY FOR TRENTONTrenton, N. J., March 19.—Frances

Woodbury will open Easter Monday as amember of the Winifred St. Claire Co. at*

the Trent Theatre.

STOCK ACTOR LOSES WARDROBEEvansvuxe, Ind., March 17.—Ralph

Waldo Pogue, late of the Gene LewisStock Co., lost two trunks of wardrobewhen the Orpheum Theatre of this cityburned to the ground. Mr. Pogue wasplaying a vaudeville date at the Orpheum.Mr. Pogue has signed to work for Burchand Reed's "Auto Girls" company whichopens at the Novelty Theatre to-morrow.

ANGELA'S COMEDIANS IN MO.Kennett, Mo., March 17.—The An-

gell's Comedians have just finished sixteenhighly successful weeks in the State ofArkansas and are now entering Missourifor a few weeks prior to closing the Win-ter show. They win re-open early in Mayin Iowa under canvass with an augmentedband and orchestra, and an entirely newrepertoire of plays.

HARRY SHANNON CO. RE-OPENSHartford City. Ind., March 17.—The

Shannon Stock Co., which recently suf-fered heavy losses by fire, has reopenedhere. The company will play theatres forabout seven weeks before opening its tentand Hazel Shannon beads the company,season. Harry Shannon, Sr., is manager

JOINS DEVEREUX PLAYERSGeo. F. Smithfield has been engaged to

appear with the "Devereux Players," pre-senting Shakespeare's "Much Ado AboutNothing" ; Ibsen's "League of Youth"

;

Sheridan's "School for Scandal"; "Every-man," and Moliere's "Learned Ladies."

STOCK FOR LOWELLJ. W. Miller win open his stock company

at the Academy of Music, Lowell, Mass.,Monday. Hugbey Flaherty, Irish com-edian ; J. B. Cunningham, straight, andGrace Lewis, prims donna, are among theprincipals.

MOULAN WITH BAINBRIDGE CO.Minneapolis, March 17.—Manager

Bainbridge of the Bainbridge Opera Play-ers at the Shubert Theatre, has securedfor a four week's engagement Frank Mou-lan, who opened Sunday and will be seenin a series of musical comedies.

ENCAGED FOR SUMMER STOCKRegine Wallace, who recently created

the leading role in George Broadhursfs"Rich Man Poor Man." and Lynn Over-man have been engaged by Charles Lovea-burg for the Albee stock in Providence thissummer.

MARSHALL CO. TO OPEN MAY 3The Marshall Players will open their

dramatic season under canvass on May3. Marshall has completed contracts withtwenty players for the summer season: Theshow will also carry a band.

AUCE CLEMENTS RESTINGHaverhill. Mass., March 15.—Alice

Clements has left as leading lady of theAcademy of Music Players and has goneto Bermuda, where she will take a well-

earned rest.

TIME OF CONTEST EXTENDEDManager Horn, of the Fifth Avenue

Stock Co., Brooklyn, has announced thatthe time of the play contest he is conduct-ing has been extended until Saturday,March 24.

BEASLEY AND OVERMAN ENGAGEDProvidence, R. I., March 15.—Byron

Beasley and Lynn Overman have been en-gaged for the Keith Theatre Stock Co,which is opening here early in April.

WALLACE FOR LOS ANGELES CO.Los Angeles, March 17.—Ramsey Wal-

lace has been engaged as leading man forthe Morosco Stock Co.

14 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21, 1917

CENTRAL FAIRCIRCUIT IS

FORMEDMANY STATES REPRESENTED

HKADtso, Pa., March 17.—A new fair cir-

cuit was recently formed at a meeting hereof the different fain of the eastern partof Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Mary-land and is known as the Central FairCircuit.

Eleven organisations were representedand the dates decided upon for each areas follows: Pottstown, Pa., Aug. 14; Kutz-town, Aug. 21; Lebanon, Aug. 28; Han-over, Sept. 4; Reading, Sept 11; Allen-town, Sept. 18; Lancaster, Sept 25; York,Oct 2: Hagerstown. Md„ Oct 9, andFrederick, Oct IS.The meeting' took place in the Mineral

Springs Hotel and the following officers

were elected: Abner Deysher, of Reading,president ; H. B. Scball, of Allentown, vice-

president; and H. C Heckert, of York,secretary-treasurer.

Attending the meeting were: AbnerDeysher and D. J-' McDermott, represent-ing the Beading Fair; Harry D. Scball,

Allentown: John R. Rollman, Lebanon;H. C Heckert of the York Fair, and hold-ing proxies of Hagerstown and Frederick,Md. ; D. J. McDermott proxy for Han-over ; H. D. Smyser, of York ; Al Saunders,of Trenton, N. J.; Charles Herman andS. H. Heffner, of Kntztown ; Lemon Leiseyand W. E. Baker, of Pottstown; J. F.Seldomridge, of Lancaster, and WalterBnckman, of Byberry.

BROOKS IN PITTSBURGHPittsburgh, March 17.—O. C. Brooks

and Mrs. Brooks, known as "Girlie," the

Alabama Blossom; have arrived in Pitts-

burgh and Mr. Brooks will immediatelygo to winter quarters to start work on the

three shows he puts on, "Why Smith LeftHome." "Hazel the Mysterious," and "Spi-dora," the mysterious Alabama Blossom.Mr. and Mrs. Brooks have been spendingthe winter in Hannibal Mo., where Brookswas interested in a chain of moving pic-

tures. Charles Lorenzo will manage all

the Brooks' attractions on the Ruther-ford Greater Shows.

JOIN NEW ASSOCIATIONChicago. March 18.—Secretary Frank

L. Alberts filed fifteen approved applica-

tions for membership in the new NationalOutdoor Showmen's Association, twenty-five that had not yet been passed upon bythe Board of Directors and over 100 re-

fused, last week. Alberts planned leaving

Chicago, Thursday night to attend a di-

rectors' meeting at Perry. la

HARRY POLACK ON TRIP

PrriaBLfBGB, March Id.—Manager HarryR. Polack, of the Rutherford GreaterShows, has left on a trip that win takehim as far East as Halifax. Nova Scotia.

From Halifax he will travel West throughCanada to Winnipeg and back to Pitts-

burgh, via Minneapolis and Chicago.

POLACK VISITS QUARTERSNew Philadelphia. O., March 17.

—

Harry R. Polack and Sam Lawrence paida visit to the show's winter quarters last

week and report everything in readinessfor the opening, April 21, at Pittsburgh,Pa.

CIRCUS GROUNDS SOLDTeebe Haute, Ind., March 17.—The old

drcoB grounds, used for the past twenty-five years, have passed into the hands of

real estate agents who on April 1 win dis-

pose of same for resident purposes.

SUMMER SHOWS FOR PORTLANDPortland, Me., March 19.—The follow-

ing is a list of summer attractions herefor this year: Rivertou Park, Portland,Me. ; D. B. Smith, manager. Cape Cot-tage Park, Portland, Me., CumberlandCounty Power & Light Co., managers;Greenwood Garden, Peaks Island, Portland,Me., Casco Bay Steamboat Co., managers:Jefferson Theatre, Portland, Me., M. J.Garrity manager, stock company; B.F. Keith's Theatre, Portland, Me., S.Hamilton, manager, stock company ; NewPortland Theatre, Portland, Me., HerbertW. Hutchinson manager, vaudeville

:

Greely's Theatre, Portland, Me., musicalcomedies; Cape Theatre, Cape CottagePark, Portland, Me., musical comedies andOpera; Seaside Park, Old Orchard Beach.

VETERAN CIRCUS CLOWN DIESSunbuby, Pa., March 17.—Charles

"Pogey" O'Brien, veteran circus clown,died at his home here Thursday, at theage of sixty-three years. Mr. O'Brien en-tered the sawdust ring at the age of eightand has toured with the following organi-zations : Col. J. H. Carrington's, John H.Murray's, Lent A Murray's, Bob Hunting-ton, Baird & Howell, O'Brien Bros., BardBros., Jones Bros., Robinson & Stoll, SigSautelle, Welsh Bros, and the Ottos. Hehad crossed the United States twenty-fivetimes and toured England twice.

IMPROVE STATE FAIR GROUNDSSyracuse, N. Y., March 19.—Many

changes are to be made on the racing in-

closures of the New York State FairGrounds, here, before the racing seasonopens. These include the moving of thebig grandstand and the tearing up of theold track and building a new one wherethe present infield is. There win also beconstructed up-to-date stalls to replace theold ones. The improvements are to costover $200,000.

REVIEW FERRARI CASEAlbany. N. Y., March 19.—Emma Fer-

rari, the circus owner, who originally wona judgment for $4,164.18 against the NewYork Central and Hudson River RailroadCo.. but who met with a reversal of thedecision in the First Appelate Division is

now asking for a review of the judgmentin the Court of Appeals. The action wasbrought to recover damages for the de-struction of circus paraphernalia by fire

through the alleged negligence of the rail-

road company.

BROWN A McGEARY STAY OVEROkolona, Miss., March 17.—On ac-

count of heavy rain, the . Brown & Hv-Geary Shows, which were to have playedTupelo last week, were forced to remainover here for a second week. The Man-agement received a wire from the Mayorof Tupelo that the grounds the city hadrented to the shows had been under water.

NEW BARN FOR N. Y. STATE FAIRSyracuse, N. Y., March 16.—The plans

for the new barn for the State FairGrounds nave been completed by Louis C.Pilcher, State Architect The building will

be a modern brick structure 376 by 130feet and win accommodate 432 horses. Thecost is estimated at about $50,000.

AUGUSTINE SELLS THEATREDecatur, HI., March 18.—O. O. Ebel

has just closed a deal for the purchase ofthe lease and equipment of the OaklandMotion Picture Theatre in this city. Thepurchase was made from W. L. Augustine,the carnival man, and Mr. Ebel has al-

ready taken possession.

LA TENA SECURES HERONWorcester, Mass.. March 17.—James

J. Heron, press agent with the WorcesterTheatre, has signed with the La TenaWild Animal Circus to do the press work.Mr. Heron occupied a similar position lastseason with the Sparks Circus.-

GUMPERTZ MADEVICE-PRES. OFNAT.^ASS'N

SAY SPELLMAN DIDN'T QUALIFY

Clnclnnatl, March. 17.—Samuel Gum-pertz, of New York City, was elected first

vice-president of the National OutdoorShowmen's Association yesterday at Perry,Iowa, where a meeting of the directors hadbeen called, according to a statement is-

sued to-day by R. M. Harvey, presidentof the association, which was as follows

:

Since, by premature announcement thestatement was made that Frank P. Spell-

man was the first vice-president of the Na-tional Outdoor Showmen's Association, thefollowing official statement is now issuedby the executive committee.Mr. Spellman, not having paid his initia-

tion fees or any part of his annual dues,and not otherwise qualifying, the office offirst vice-president was discovered to bevacant by the secretary, who immediatelynotified Victor D. Levitt, chairman of theBoard of Directors, who immediately no-tified the secretary to advise the presidentat once and suggest he call a meeting ofthe executive committee. This was doneimmediately by the president who calledthe meeting for Perry, Iowa, Mar 16.

At the meeting were Fred Buchanan,Frank L. Albert and R. M. Harvey. Thesethree constituting a quorum, they elected

to fin the vacancy. Mr. Samuel Gumpertz,of New York City, as first vice-presidentThis met with the approval of other mem-bers of the Board of Directors, who wiredtheir approval of the selection. Mr. Gum-pertz, already being a director, remains adirector by virtue of his office as first vice-

president R- M. Harvey president F. L.Albert secretary, Fred Buchanan director.

GENTRY SHOW GETS DAMAGESRichmond, Va„ March 17.—According

to the decision handed down in the Fed-eral Appeals Court here, the Gentry Bros.'

Show was awarded $2,450 from the Cityof Grafton, W. Va., as a result of dam-ages sustained when a bridge in the towncollapsed in 1905 under the weight of oneof the company's wagons.

POLACK ENGAGES ALICE NEVINPittsburgh, March 18.—Alice Nevin

has been re-engaged by Manager IrvingPolack to manage the Whip on PolackBros.' 20 Big Shows.

BAUSCHER SHOWS OPENING SOONDavis, Cal., March 16.—A. C. Bauscher

is getting everything in readiness for theOpening of his Big United Shows, March19, at VaUejo, CaL

FAIR ASKS STATE AIDNashville. Tenn., March 18.—Tie

Chattanooga Fair Association is seeking$10,000 from the State to aid them in

their fairs.

FORMING S. C. FAIR COMPANYColumbia, S. C. March 18.—A stock

company is being organized for the pur-pose of giving Darlington County a fair.

RUTH LAW RETURNINGRuth Law, the aviatrix, is returning

home from France. She is bringing aFrench police dog back with her.

BARNUM & BAILEY CHANGE DATEThe B. & B. performers are notified to

appear for rehearsals on Monday, March26, instead of the 27th.

SALTER TO MANAGE "CRISIS"Harris Wolfberg, who owns the Penn-

sylvania, Ohio and West Virginia Statesrights for the famous Selig play picture,"The Crisis," has engaged Ed. R. Salteras manager. In the summer time Salteris general factotum with the RutherfordGreater Shows, assisting Harry Polack inthe management, acting as press agentand treasurer, lot superintendent, checksup George Alabama Florida's expense ac-count, entertains the committees, and,while resting occasionally, helps out someof the talkers on the Pit Shows.

BUYS INTEREST IN WEISER PARKWeiseb, Ida., March 16.—Guy L. Atkin-

son has purchased one-half interest in theOregon Trail Park, which inaugurates its

second season May 1. Many improvementsare under way for this year's opening. Therefreshment pavilion is being built to doublecapacity and a new airdome for picturesand vaudeville is being built

CARRUTHERS BOOKS BIG FAIRSEdward Carruthers, general manager of

the United Fairs Booking Association, hassigned contracts to furnish all free attrac-tions, music and midway features for theIndiana and Kentucky State Fairs. Mr.Carruthers has booked the WorthamShows for the midways of both fairs.

SCHIEBERL LEAVING SHOW GAMEFrank R Schieberl has announced that

he is about to retire from the show gameand wUI represent the Roedding SignalTail Light Co., in which K. G. Barkoot isinterested. Mr. Schieberl has operatedconcessions with the Great PattersonShows for eight or nine years.

LINIGERS TO PUT OUT NEW SHOWThe Liniger Brothers are planning to

put out a new seven-wagon show, to tourthe same route as last year. The newaggregation is to be known as the lin-iger Bros. Combined Shows, with Paul W.Liniger as manager.

CHERRY GETS INTEREST IN SHOWRubin Gruberg, who recently purchased

the interest of Sam Solomon in the Sol &Rubin Shows, has sold an interest to W.S. Cherry, and the shows will hereafterbe known as the Rubin & Cherry Shows.

CAVANAUGH JOINS WILLIAMSWilliam. J. Cavanaugh, for many years

associated with Joe Hughes, has signedwith the Williams Standard Shows as spe-cial agent and has left for the West inthe interest of the show.

PARRISH WITH BEAM CO.Al Parrish, well known in vaudeville, has

been appointed special representative forthe B. Ward Beam Co. of Celina, Ohio,who are booking feature attractions forfairs.

DAUGHERTY LOSES FATHERAlexandria. La., March 16.-

Daugherty, of the Wheeler Bros.' shows,mourns the loss of bis father, who diedMarch 4 at his home here.

BURKHARDT TO PUT OUT SHOWG. Burkhardt, who has trouped with

most of the leading circuses as a magi-cian and lecturer, is to have, a carnival ofhis own this season.

FELGAR WITH FERARIClarke B. Felgar will manage and han-

dle the front of Johnnie Wallace's Mon-key Speedway with the Francis FerariShows.

BATTLING NELSON WITH CIRCUSBattling Nelson has been signed by Fred

Buchanan for the Yankee Robinson Showsfor the coming

March 21. 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 15

WESTERN OFFICE,Roo— 21»

35 SO. DEARISORN ST. CHICAGO FOR ADVERTISINGRATES

RANDOLPH BUILDING OWNERSFORCE OUT MUSIC CONCERNS

Order Means Passing of Old Landmark Which Housed ManyFamous Companies; New Locations Not Yet Chosen

by Publishers Affected

The owners of the Randolph building,at 145 North Clark Street, have issued asweeping order, notifying all music pub-lishing concerns housed in the buildingthai they must leave the premises on orbefore April 30.

This means that one of Chicago's oldestmusic publishing landmarks will no longermark the southeast corner of Clark andRandolph streets. For years the Randolphbuilding has vied with the Grand OperaHouse for music publishers' rental pa-tronage. This condition emanates fromthe remote past when the corner struc-ture was called the Oneida building, witha double entrance embracing both Clarkand Randolph Streets, which was later re-placed by a single Clark Street entrancebecause of the rental value of the spaceoccupied by the Randolph Street lobby.

In the old days, few publishers ven-tured outside of the two buildings men-tioned. To be in the publishing businessin Chicago meant having headquarters in

the Randolph (Oneida) building or in theGrand Opera House (now called Cohan's

.

Grand). The bidding for publishers'patronage became acute. One year, onebuilding would lead in the number ofmain offices and branch agencies housed;the next year, the other would show apreponderance. But each managed to holdenough to be identified as a music pub-lishing center.Harry Von Tilzer was the first pub-

lisher to realize that the extensive adver-tising campaign he conducted while housedin one of these buildings brought per-formers to the premises who were likelyto saunter into rival offices. He estab-lished the precedent of "getting awayfrom the bunch," which was soon widelyemulated. Last year Leo Feist movedfrom the Randolph building, where he hadheadquarters covering most of the sixthfloor, to Cohan's Grand.

Recalling the names of publishing con-cerns which had headquarters at "145

North Clark Street" savors of a completereview of the music publishing game. Inaddition to Leo Feist, the following con-cerns, some still in the business, othersnow existing only in memory, were estab-lished there: Joseph W. Stem & Co., still

there; Victor Kramer, out of business;the Music House of Laemmle, out of busi-ness; the Kedzie Music Co., Gua Kahn andGrace Le Boy; the Standard Music Pub-lishing Co., out of business; Chase &Scott, out of business; Harold Rossiter,retired from professional end; the Syndi-cate Publishing Co., out of business; LeoFriedman, out of business; Parke, DanielsA Friedman, out of business; Abe Olman,now writing for Forster Music Publishers,Inc.; Blood & Koehler, out of business;Le Roy Publishing Co., out of business;Jas. Sumner, out of business; the YorkPublishing Co., Albert and Judes Von Til-zer; Milton Weil, Inc., out of business;A. J. Stasny, still there; Billy Smythe,still there; Craig & Co., business sus-pended; Roger Graham, still there; HenryWaterson's "Syndicate" Houses, still rep-resented by Abrahams, Kalmar & Puck,Consolidated; Waterson, Berlin A Snyderand others.Most of the houses still there have not

decided upon new locations. Cohan'sGrand is pretty well filled and many ofthe "marooned concerns candidly admitthat they do not know where they willestablish themselves six weeks from this

time.The tendency to follow the "Southward,

Ho!" movement and establish themselvesin the neighborhood of Monroe Street is

checked by the knowledge that the newW. V. M. A. headquarters at State andLake Streets will draw the publisherstoward the Clark and Randolph StreetRialto again. Unless some building hos-pitably opens its doors for the "stranded"concerns, the problem of finding suitableChicago headquarters will prove a hardone for publishers to solve.

TRIAL DAY SET FOR ACTORSJudge Crowe has named next Friday as

the trial day for James and Lillian Mur-ray and three others, under indictment for

disposing of jewels worth more than $10,-

000 which were lost by Baroness DeWardner-Hollud, known to the stage asHattie Lorraine. The judge's action wastaken in face of the fact that the Baronessis inclined to show leniency.

LOWELL SHERMAN MARRIEDEvelyn Booth of New York was married

here last week to Lowell Sherman, whoplays a leading part in "The Knife."Sherman proposed marriage to Miss Boothby long distance telephone to New Yorkand she accepted and started for Chicagoby the next train.

SON SUES FATHERElmyra Laughlin, of Oregon, 111.,

brought suit against bis father, Henry D.Laughlin, owner of the Great NorthernHotel, here, requiring him to pay over$230,000 for a series of transactions cover-ing twenty years, ending in 1916. Theaction was brought in St Louis, becausethe elder Laughlin has extensive propertyholdings there.

CHANGE NAME OF TABLOIDE. P. Churchill, Inc., has changed the

named of its tabloid on the InternationalCircuit from "Fraternity Boys and Girls"to "Girl o* Mine."

ORR SHOW TO CARRY JASS BANDHarvey D. Ore's next season's revue,

"There She Goes," will introduce a noveltyon the one night stands in the shape of a"Jass" band.

"DRVS" TO EXPLOIT PLAY"Intemperance" is the title of a play

written by Harry Segal which Merl Nor-ton will produce next season, opening thelatter part of August. The play, whichmakes a strong appeal for prohibition, willbe exploited and supported by the "Drys,"who aim to make Illinois a dry State.

"HONOLULU GIRL" IN SOUTHNorman Friedenwald's "My Honolulu

Girl," having finished the Sun Circuit anda few Independent dates, is playing theWilmer Vincent time.

DAVE MONTGOMERY ILLDavid Montgomery, of Montgomery and

Stone, is ill in the Presbyterian Hospital.Roy Binder is taking his place at theIllinois Theatre in "Chin Chin."

DECREASE IN FILM SEATS '

The seating capacity of Chicago movingpicture theatres has decreased 209,000seats, according to statistics compiled bythe National Association of the MotionPicture Industry. These statistics showthat the theatres are becoming fewer innumber and that the size of those sur-viving are also getting smaller.

POUCE CALLED TO GARDENBismark Garden was the scene of a

police call last night, when "rough-necks"attending an automobile dealers' banquetbegan pelting girls who supplied the en-tertainment with bread. The girls re-fused to go on with the show until guar-anteed safety.

TO OPEN UNION THEATREA movement Is on foot to establish a

union theatre on the premises of thenorth side Columbia, just across the streetfrom the Windsor. In addition to em-ploying union stage hands and musicians.White Rats will be featured exclusivelyon the bills, according to present plana.

WAGNER PLANS PRODUCTIONSChas. L. Wagner, operatic manager for

Galli-Curci, also manager of John Mc-Cormick, the tenor, intends to enter thelegitimate producing field In New Yorknext season. One of his plays, now inpreparation, will be called "Mr. Man."

STRIKE AIDS BOOKERSSome Chicago small booking agents,

who, heretofore, confined their efforts tothe cabaret and movie field, have foundbig-time openings in the situation pre-cipitated by the White Rats' strike ac-tion.

"THE SNARE" ON TOUR"The Snare," a play by Arthur J. Lamb,

well-known song writer, is to start its

road tour at Indianapolis, under the direc-tion of Schrock & Harkinson, proprietorsof the New Play Co.

THOUGHT VAN WAS SPYKddie Van, T. B. Harms' new Chicago

manager, was subjected to considerableannoyance last week when government in-vestigators mistook him for an Englishspy.

KAHN BUYS CREAMERY STOCKGus Kahn, the song writer, has pur-

chased extensive stock holdings in a De-troit creamery company controlled by J.H. Remick, the publisher.

MOVIE ACTRESS ACCUSEDBillie Wilson, a movie actress, was ar-

rested last week on charges of havingpassed nearly $100 in bogus cheeks onMichigan avenue dealers.

STANLEY MURPHY HEREStanley Murphy, one of Remick's lyric-

ists who has been teamed with HarryCarroll, was in Chicago hut week whileCarroll appeared at the Palace.

INCREASE FOR McKINLEY DEPT.A big increase over past appropriations

for the professional department was votedat a recent directors' meeting of the Mc-Kinley Music Co.

ROSE IN VAUDEVILLEHarry Rose, whose previous claim to

fame lay in the fact that he edited'Vaudeville," has entered vaudeville as aviolinist.

THESPIANS DONATE TIN FOILA unique method of gaining donations

for the American Theatrical Hospital hasbeen contrived by its friends. A big boxappears in the W. V. M. A offices, andagents are asked to contribute tin foil

stripped from cigarette boxes and any-thing else that contains this material.The intention is to sell this foil, por-tioned out in separate packets, at a forth-coming benefit.

THEATRES MUST WASH UPIn order to prevent the spread of a scarlet

fever epidemic. Health Commissioner Rob-ertson has ordered over 600 picture the-

atre owners, 1,400 churches and thousandsof other places including dance and lodgehalls to scrub up their walls and floors.

The commissioner had ordered that no drycleaning be done, bat that the walla andfloors be thoroughly scrubbed.

PUBLISHERS SHARE SPACEThe big Shapiro-Bernstein music pub-

lishing office on the second floor of Cohan'sGrand is undergoing complete remodeling.A partition divides the space into twoequal parts. One part will be occupied byT. B. Harms. Shapiro-Bernstein will oc-

cupy the other.

GUMBLE IN CHICAGOMose Gamble, Remick's New York pro-

fessional manager, who arrived in Chicagoearly last week for a week's stay, madeseveral rounds of the Windy City thatconvinced him the Remick numbers aremore than making good in the West.

SHERMAN'S SHOW LAYS OFFRobert Sherman's "The Girl Without a

Chance," which proved exceptionally suc-cessful on the International Circuit, willlay off in Chicago for a couple of weeks,starting March 25.

STEAL ACTOR'S "L O. U.VFifteen hundred dollars worth of acton'

"I. O. U.'b" were extracted from the safeof Waterson, Berlin & Snyder's Chicagooffice. Frank Clark merely shrugged hisshoulders, saying: "I pity the thief."

PEDRO DE CORDOBA TO MARRYLouisville, Kj., March 10.—Mrs. Wal-

ter E. Glover, of this city, has announcedthe engagement of her daughter, Antoin-ette, to Pedro de Cordoba, the well knowndramatic and motion picture actor.

"HUMPTY DUMPTY" BURIED"Humpty Dumpty" Tony Denier, famous

circus clown, who died at Kingston, N. Y.,

March 10, was buried at Rosen ill Ceme-tery, Chicago. Prominent showmen at-tended the funeral.

STAMM TO HAVE NEW ACTOrville Stamm, "The Boy Hercules,"

will spend his May vacation in California,where he intends to frame a new actinvolving an investment of 93,000.

FULL SHOW AT BENEFITA full vaudeville show was offered at

the Strand during Friday's benefit per-formance for Paddy Carroll, "Father ofBoxing in Chicago."

ALINE CRATER REJOINS SHOWAline Crater has rejoined "Chin-Chin"

for the Chicago engagement.

DU ROCHER HAS NEW REVUE- Harry Do Rocher's latest revue is "AGarden Party," which is said to be up tothe standard of his past productions.

SACHS WITH STANDARDHugo Sachs has been added to the art

department of the Standard EngravingCo.

WILL UNDERSTUDY SISTERMarie Oavanagh, youthful danseuse, ex-

pects to serve as understudy for ber sla-

ter. Lucille, next season. The sisters aremembers of the "Chin Chin" company.

JONES BACK IN CITYAaron Jones returned to bis desk in tha

Chicago Jones, Linick & Schaefer head-quarters Tuesday.

WEBSTER RECOVERSGeorge Webster, of the circuit bearing

his name, has recovered from his recentillness.

16 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21. 1917

QUICK RECOGNITIONOF UNKNOWN WRITERS

Sucmu of Csmpaian of New Song Hit

Refutes Popular Impression Re-

garding Song WritingThe quick success scored by the new

novelty song "Hawaiian Butterfly," andthe aggressive manner in which its pub-lisher is exploiting it, refutes the popularimpression that an unknown writer has nochance to break into the charmed circle

of successful song writing.While it is true that an unknown writer

with nothing but a conventional song inhis possession finds it extremely difficult

to get a hearing, the writer of a noveltymeets with no such obstacle; on the con-trary, every publisher in the country is

continually on the lookout for a writerwith something new.The experiences of George Little, Billy

Baakette and Joe Santly, writers of"Hawaiian Butterfly" is an example. Thissong, written in Chicago, was placed with-in an hour after its completion, and its

writers now find themselves in the posi-tion of having all their composition seri-

ously considered by the largest houses.

ANOTHER BALL SONG HIT

The following telegram received this

week by M. Witmark & Sons, fromGeorge Lyons, who is playing in Chicago,indicates that "Ernie" Ball has anotherhit to his credit. The message read:"Have surprise for yon. I tried out 'All

the World' last night by special requestof the manager, who raved over the num-ber when he accidentally heard me re-hearsing it during the week. The housecame down with a roar of applause. Bidit without orchestra; juat used harp.Biggest hit I have ever had.—GeorgieLyons."The song is Ernie Ball's latest—"All the

World Will Be Jealous of Me," to thelyric supplied by Al Dubin, and it is oneof the cleverest and best things of its

kind that either of these successful writ-ers have been responsible for.

Although a brand-new song, several

Srominent acts featured it in New YorkLet week, and all with unvarying suc-

cess. Peggy Brooks at the Alhambra, TheIrish Colleens at the Brooklyn Orpheum,Eadie and Ramsden at the Colonial, andfinally Ernest R. Ball himself, who ap-peared in conjunction with his wife,Maud Lambert, at the Riverside, and puthis latest winner over the line with fly-

ing colors. M. Witmark & Sons are thepublishers of "All the World Will BeJealous of Me."

JAS. T. POWERS LOSES APPEALThe Appellate Division of the Supreme

Court has rendered a decision in the caseof James T. Powers, the comedian, againstT. B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter,and John Golden, dismissing Mr. Powers'appeal from an adverse decision in bis in-

junction in the lower courts.The suit arose over Mr. Powers' claim

to have written the song; "I Can Dancewith Anybody But My Wife," and sung byJoseph Cawthorne in "SybO." The songis published by T. B. Harms & Francis,Day & Hunter and was composed by Mr.Cawthorne and John L. Golden. The songmet with success from the first time it

"as rendered by Mr. Cawthorne, andshortly after Mr. Powers announced thatbe had written the song and commencedsalt.

'

GILBERT & FRIEDLANDS SONG"Love Is a Wonderful Thing," the new

humorous love song by L. Wolfe Gilbertand Anatol Friedland, is rapidly creatinga name for itself among the best songs ofrecent issue. Henry Lewis scored a tre-

mendous success with it in the Anna Held•bow. when> its cleverly constructed lyric

and beautiful melody win new acclaim atevery performance.

THE IRISH COLLEENSOne of the most delightful acts in

vaudeville is that just imported to thiscountry under the patronage of Lord andLady Aberdeen, both of whom are at pres-ent in the States working to raise fundsfor the National Health Association ofIreland. "The Irish Colleens," as the actis known, opened at the Orpheum Theatre,Brooklyn, this week and scored an im-mense hit. The personnel comprises fiveof the comeliest, liveliest and most giftedcolleens from Dublin and County Kerry,headed and managed by Lady Louise Ag-nese, a favorite in the music halls of Dub-lin and London.Needless to say they feature the songs

of Ireland in their act as well as severalAmerican compositions, among them being"My Wild Irish Rose," "A Little Bit ofHeaven," "River Shannon," " 'Twas Onlyan Irishman's Dream," and E. R, Ball'slatest song, "All the World Will Be Jealousof Me." AH are from the house of Wit-mark.

•TOTTING SONGS OVER"That portion of the general public which

likes to read of popular song writers andtheir work, will be interested in E. M.Wicks' article in the April issue of theAmerican Magazine on "Putting Over Pop-ular Songs." Mr. Wicks, who is an au-thority on the subject, has in his articlesupplied a lot of interesting material re-lating to the inside workings of the songand theatrical worlds.Mr. Wicks goes at considerable length

to disprove the popular opinion that thesong writer is an unbusinesslike individualwho idles his time away waiting for aninspiration, showing that the averagepopular writer is a keen, alert businessman continually on the lookout for newideas to please a fickle public.

A NEW STERN PRODUCTIONThe G. M. Anderson-L. Lawrence Weber

production of "His Little Widows" opensat Johnstown, Pa., on Friday next. Thebook and lyrics are by Rida JohnsonYoung and Wm. Cary Duncan and themusic is by Wm. Schroeder. Several ofthe musical numbers, all of which arepublished by Jos. W. Stern & Co., bidfair to enter the ranks of the big pro-duction hits immediately.The cast includes Carter de Haven,

Flora Parker, Frank Lalor, Harry Tigheand Muriel Hudson.

HARRIS & ROBINSON'S NEW SONGA great stage song is "Somewhere in

Delaware," by Will J. Harris and HarryL Robinson. Not many folks have foundit possible to believe that novelty mightbe injected into a State song, but Hamsand Robinson have just disproved any be-lief of such a thing. "Delaware" is filled

with novelty, cleverness and melody.These young men are presenting the new-est farce song, "When Abraham LincolnFreed the Slaves He Forgot the MarriedMen." Both numbers are published byJos. W. Stern & Co.

BUCK TO WRITE MUSICAL PLAYKlaw & Erlanger have entered into a

contract with Gene Buck to write thebook and lyrics of a new musical playto be produced in New York early nextseason.Buck, who has just returned from Lon-

don where he wrote the London Hippo-drome revue, has made his ascent to theplane of musical comedy writing by easystages. He started out as a designer ofpopular song title pages, then took towriting songs and now is a full-fledgedmusical comedy composer.

HEADUNERS LIKE "JOHNNY"Ed Rose and Abe Olman's song, "Oh,

Johnny, Oh Johnny! Oh!!" is one of theprize numbers in the repertory of Dooleyand Rugel, Nora Bayes, Brice and King,Henry Lewes, Frank and Frances Moore,Whiting and Burt and Sae Samuels.

BOOSEY BALLAD A FAVORITEScores of singers, who during the past

few weeks have introduced the new balled"Calling Me Home to You," in the vaude-ville theatres have been agreeably surprisedat its enthusiastic reception. The generalimpression that vaudeville audiences careonly for the lighter songs is fast being dis-pelled and in consequence songs that ashort time ago were only heard on the con*cert stage are now big favorites in vaude-ville theatres.The new Boosey ballad, "Calling Me

Home" is an example of this and it is be-coming more popular each week.

ANNA CASE A COMPOSERMiss Anna Case, the lyric soprano of

the Metropolitan Opera Company, has justapplied her musical genius in unexpectedquarters.She has blossomed forth as a ragtime

composer, and her first composition,- called"Metropolitan Bag," has just been pub-lished by T. W. Alien of Newark. MissCase is now working on a waltz which aBroadway manager has offered to incorpor-ate in his next musical comedy offering.

USES A PHONOGRAPHJames Kendis has a phonograph in his

office and a Victor record of "Come Outof the Kitchen, Mary Ann," which he is

using to demonstrate his new novelty song.In addition to being valuable in teachingthe song, it also gives singers an idea ofthe full orchestra accompaniment of thenumber. •

JOSEPH HARRINGTON DEADEast Liverpool, Ohio, March 19.—Jo-

seph Harrington, well known in local mus-ical circles, died here last week. He at onetime had charge of the New York office ofthe Chickering Piano Co. and later cameto this city. He was the organizer of theHarrington orchestra.

A HARRIS NOVELTY"A Study In Black and White," Charles

K. Harris' new novelty song, continues tobe the feature of Wills Holt Wakefield'sact, and it is fast becoming one of the mostpopular songs in the Harris Catalogue.

KORNHEISER DM CHICAGOPhil. Kornheiser, professional manager

for the Leo Feist house, is in Chicagoand for the next week will make his head-,quarters at the Feist offices in the GrandOpera House building.

GLOGAU OUT OF FEISTS"Jack" Glogau, who has been connected

with the Leo Feist house for the pastseven years, in the capacity of pianist andcomposer, is no longer connected withthat house.

MITNICK OUT OF STERN'S'Sam Mitnick, for the past few months

a member of the Jos. W. Stern &, Co.professional staff, is no longer with thatfirm, having severed his connection onSaturday.

BROADWAY PLAYS FOR PARISGabrielle Dorziat, the French actress,

will produce in Paris next season "TheThirteenth Chair" and another play nowrunning in New York.

JULIUS WEARS THE GREENIn honor of Ireland's patron Saint,

Julius P. Witmark wore an entire outfit ofgreen on St. Patrick's Day.

RICHMOND ON WESTERN TRIPMaurice Richmond, of the Enterprise

Music Supply Co., left on Monday for atwo weeks' Western trip.

FRIML GOES TO LOS ANGELES .

Rndolf Friml, who wrote the musicscore of "You're In Love," has left for LosAngeles.

FEATURE VON T1LZER SONGHiggina &. Lydel, the first vaudeville

team to sing Harry Von Tilzer's song hit"There's Someone More Lonesome ThanYou," are in Birmingham, Ala., this week,and the same song which they have sangfrom coast to coast remains the hit oftheir clever act.

There is little likelihood of them findinga successor to the song for sometime tocome.

MORTON'S NOVELTY SONGEddie Morton, long associated with the

singing of clever novelty songs, is now invaudeville and is successfully introducingthe new Von TUzer number "Just theKind of a GirL"

Sharps and Flats*7 TEDDY HOME

There seems no getting hold of the sourceof the Vamp. Alfredo Gerber, comicallyricist, gives it up, and putting in a lotof time, is endeavoring to discover who in-serted the bell in Belcher, gum in Gamble,the bit in Bitner and the lark in Clark. Hemight also hunt for the corn in Korn-heiser, the wit in Witmark and the mickin Remick.

Gottcha, Jeff! How the divil could anauld Irish poet the likes o' ye stay quietfor long? If Oi don't see yez in the BigParade on the Sivinteenth, come this Sat-urday, which by way of lettiu' ye know isthe third payday this month, O'ill meet yein Callah an's, which is forninst JerryRimick's place. So long.

"Do you know I was a riot with yousong last week in Perth Amboy," said thesingle lady to the prof, mgr's third as-sistant. "Any casualties?" inquired the"smarty." She didn't "get him" at all, soshe ventured this answer. "No, they onlyhad violin and piano in the orchestra."

Witmark's Ail-Star Quintette of PianoPlunkers consists of Fred Spencer, HarryArmstrong, Bert Rule, Bert Reed and fat.

facetious Sammy Wilson. These boys areconsidered top-notchers and are an asset toany publishing company.

Riding on the crest of a song craze, thetwo writers of Chicago's Rag hit, "Every-body loves a Jazz band," Coleman Getz andLeo Flatow, are doing an act on the W.V. A. time and getting excellent noticeseverywhere they play.

It's not a disease, a game, patent medi-cine, a carousel or a title for an instru-

. mental piece. It's the name of the man-ager of Feist's Chicago Office and here it

is—Rocco Vocco.

His friends said it was prettyAnd would surely make him rich.

But sad to say it didn't.

It was called the "Barber's Itch."

Misses Flossie Brooks and Frances Gen-dering are rehearsing an act every day in

the Feist offices. They are putting somespeed in two Underwoods.

Bill McKenna wrote an Irish song called

"Let's all be Irish Tonight" and dedicatedit "to my only Irish friend, my father."

Ernie Brener (they call him "Dutch" In

Chi) is in N. Y. placing songs right andleft, mostly right.

It's the German tenors getting as in

all this war muss. They want the "freedomof the CVHere lie the bones of Henry Hazz.They killed him quick. He invented Jazz.

The saddest words of tongue or throat.

"Ifa the best song I ever wrote."

March 21, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 17

AMERICAN WILLGET 2 NEWHOUSES

PITTSBURG AND BUFFALO LIKELY

The negotiations conducted by the Amer-ican Burlesque Circuit for the house at Buf-

falo are likely to be completed in the nearfuture. The percentage question is nowthe only point at issue.

The Pittsburg deal is a little farther

from completion, bat the chances are

strongly in favor of the town being on the

A. B. C. route sheet next season.

These two stands, along with several

other enforcements in the route, will makethe A. B. C. franchises more desirable thanever.

Producers will now be encouraged to

keep pace with the improvements bystrengthening the attractions.

WHITE SHOW HERE LAST WEEKAt the Olympic, New York, last week

Pat White headed his troupe of capableentertainers, including Anna Grant, GeneTrue, Daisy Mayfatr, Walter Brown.Marty Pudig, George E. Elliott, FrankWest and John McVey. A dancing spe-

cialty by Elliott and West and the group-ing of the posing girls were special fea-

tures. The chorus included Rat Wilder,Babe Ball, Bessie West, Edith Dorin,Blanche Roberts, Dixie Barry, Anna Bur-nett, Georgia Cuminings, Anna Geary,Edna King, Pinkey Holmes, Virginia Beed,Gladys Ring, Dolly Cramer, Grace McNeil,Frankie Harlow.

AUDIENCES AID FUNDMrs. Tour Durkins, chairman of the Bur-

lesque Department of the Actors' FundFair, called on Ike Rose, manager of the"Midnight Maidens" company at the Casi-

no Theatre, Brooklyn, and requested himto distribute Shamrocks on St. Patrick's

Day among the audience. Lady membersof the company made a $152 collection for

the fund at night. Ike Rose and Mr. andMrs. Durkins went to the Empire Theatre,Brooklyn, and with Ira Miller and the

"Bontons" collected $72.

KITTY BELMONT INJUREDSt. Joseph, Mo., March 17.—While

playing the Lyceum recently, Kitty Bel-mont, a member of the chorus of the"Maids of America," in going down the

stairs from her dressing room, fell andhurt herself internally. She has not beenable to work since the accident.

ILLNESS MAKES FAY QUIT

As the result of a nervous breakdown,Gus Fay, principal comedian of "TheTourists," was forced to quit the showduring last week's engagement at the Troc-adero, Philadelphia.

BENEFIT AT MINER'S MAY 6Frank Howie, stage manager, Dave Sny-

der, treasurer and P. O'Hara, advertising

manager, of Miner's Bronx, will have their

benefit performance May 6.

CLARK RE-ENGAGES SEVERALHarry Bentley, Frances Taet Botaford,

Irving Sands, Mills and Lockwood andClare Evans are fixed for next season, re-

maining with Pete Clark's New York Girl

Co.

SIGN WITH MAX SPEIGELMidgie Miller and the Callahan Brothers

annexed their signatures to a contractwith Max Spiegel for one more year whilethey were in Kansas City.

EVANS BENEFIT APRIL 18The date for the benefit of Treasurer Lou

Evans of Miners Empire, Newark, N. J.,

has been set for April 18.

MONICA REDMOND REPLACEDMonica Redmond has been replaced by.

Eva Lappan in the prima donna role in

Harry Hastings' "Tango Queens."

MIDGIE MILLER GETS OFFERDon Barclay has made Midgie Miller an

offer for the Follies" at New AmsterdamRoof for the summer.

ROSE WANTS BICYCLISTSIke Rose is looking for several pretty

and experienced girl bicyclists.

MINER JOINS HOME GUARDNewark, N. J., March 19.—Manager

Tom Miner is very much interested in pre-

paredness these days and has joined the"Home Guard" of East Orange. He hasalso agreed to furnish an armored auto-mobile. Miner has secured one of the bestmakes and is having it completely coveredwith armor and will equip it with rapidfire guns.

SUMMER SEASON TO BE SHORTThe construction of the Seventh Ave-

nue Subway is likely to interfere with the

free access to the main entrance of theColumbia, in New York, during the build-

ing of the station at Forty-seventh Streetthis summer. It will probably cause thebouse to remain closed longer than during

the past few summers.

CUPID WITH IRWIN'S SHOWCleveland, Ohio, March 10.—Mae

O'Connor and Harry Howe, of Irwin's BigShow, were married here. Following the

night performance of the show, a weddingsupper was given.

DALY'S CLOSEDDaly's Burlesque season in New York is

over. The bouse is dark and B. F. Kahn'abig electric sign has been removed. In-quiries concerning the house are referred

to a downtown real estate firm.

ROGELS' NO BETTERCharles Rogels, formerly with the Al

Reeves Show, may become permanentlyblind. Specialists have made little prog-

ress in the restoration of his sight since hewas stricken at Montreal.

SUMMER SHOW FOR MARIONDave Marion has decided to put on a

summer show at the close of his regular

season and promises to beat his last year's

Chicago production. The place has notbeen announced.

MAKES BURLESQUE DEBUTRochester, N. Y., March 18.—Claire

Keating made her debut in burlesque this

week as a principal with Cooper's "GlobeTrotters," playing at the Corinthian The-atre here.

AUDREY LEE IS IN N. Y.

Audrey Lee of the Follies of Pleasurecompany has been discharged from the

Springfield Hospital and has returned toNew York, where she is rapidly convales-

cing.

ROSE ENGAGES CONDONCharles F. Condon will be with Ike Rose

and the "Midnight Maidens" again nextseason.

MARJIE CATLIN CLOSESMargie Catlin has closed with the Caba-

ret Girls.

ENTAL WITH "LID LIFTERS"Ora Ental. the dancer, rejoined the "Lid

Lifters" at Philadelphia this week.

EVANS JOINS "HIGH LIFE" CO.Ted Evans joined the "High Life Girls"

at Brooklyn.

A. B. C. SHOWSBELOW 14th

BANNEDMANAGERS CANT FILL EXTRA TIME

The American Burlesque Circuit hasnotified the managers of all their showsnot to make arrangements to fill extratime at any New York houses other thanthe Olympic.The management of the proposed sum-

mer stock at the Grand Street Theatrehas made overtures to several of the A. B.C. managers to "boy" the show, after theregular season, and thus secure attractionsintactThe edict will probably compel Messrs.

Relkin and Levine of the Grand Street toengage stock attractions, as originally an-nounced.Their policy provides for a cast of ca-

pable principals, at least 16 girls and twoadded attractions, in the way of dumbacts, each week.

ARMSTRONG IS WELL AGAINAfter spending several days in the hos-

pital, where he was operated upon forthroat trouble, Max Armstrong is wellagain and is again producing stock at theHaymarket, Chicago.

BURLESQUE NOTESBernice Taber and Edna Clair present a

Clever singing act, in showy wardrobe, withthe Al Beeves Show, in one. They use"The Jazz Band"; a "Coon" plaint, and anovelty conversation number.

Ford Strauss has returned to his duties

as advance agent for the "Grown UpBabies," starting in New York last weekafter a two weeks' illness.

George A. Barnett and wife closed March10 with the Haymarket Theatre Stock inChicago. They will reopen their StatenIsland home in April.

Sylvia Brady is introducing several newnumbers with the "New York Girls," withappropriate and elaborate wardrobe.

REEVES TITLE CENSOREDOwing to objections raised by the Co-

lumbia Amusement Co. directors to thetitle. Titbits," which Al Reeves had se-

lected for his next season's show, he will

change it to "The Reeves Show."

Mae MacCormack has joined the"Cherry Blossoms." Martha Richards hasbeen reengaged for next season.

Evelyn and Ida Hoag mourn the loss oftheir mother, who died March 13 at Water-vliet N. Y.

Gladys Parker bad an enjoyable birthdaycelebration at Hurtig and Seman's, NewYork, March 8.

Anna Regan, formerly with the Gas Ed-wards act, is now at the Alamo Cabaret,New York.

May Meyers has succeeded MargueriteRyan as ingenue with the "Puss Puss" Co.

Charles E. Taylor has engaged TomHoward and Matt Kolb for next season.

Jane Pearson will close with the "NewYork Girl" at Paterson, N. J.

Francis Reynolds goes to the Howard,Boston, for the summer.

GERARD AT PALM BEACHBarney Gerard, who motored to Florida,

is now at Palm Beach and will returnNorth during the first week in April.

ADAMS TO JOIN 101 RANCH"Doc" Adams of the Al Reeves Show

wiU join the "101 Ranch" show May 1

as special agent.

JOHN JERMON RECOVERSJohn G. Jermon has recovered from his

illness and is again at his office.

TO PLAY IN SOUTH AFRICAA dramatic company, including Louise

Grassier, Jean Adams, Ann Bradley, Flor-ence Roberts, Richard. I. Scott, GeorgeStillwell, J. D. Pendleton, Roseberry Mac-Caskell and Edward Donnelly, sailed lastweek for South Africa to play the housescontrolled by the African Theatres TrustCo., Ltd. The company is under the direc-tion of Wryley Birch.

SEATTLE HOUSE FOR LUBELSKISeattle, Wash., March 18.—Henry Lu-

belski, former manager of the Novelty,Denver, and well known in Ooast theatri-cals, has secured a two years' lease on theTivoli Theatre here, and he and W. A.Smythe, manager of the Strand, will openthe bouse tomorrow with musical comedyand pictures.

WOULD DIVORCE PAULINE WILCHBud Fisher, the cartoonist, last Friday

filed an answer to the suit for divorcebrought against him by Margaret P.Fisher. In it be asks that the divorce bedenied his wife and granted to him. Mrs.Fisher before her marriage was PaulineWelch, a vaudeville actress.

TRIANGuJ THEATRE CHANGESThe Triangle Theatre in Brooklyn has

been taken ever by the Brooklyn TriangleTheatre Corp., a new organization ofwhich Win. H. Hiekin is president. DavidR Beach and Albert Zimmerman are alsoprominent in the direction of the com-pany.

MILLER THEATRE PLANS FILEDPlans for the Henry Miller Theatre, to

be erected on West Forty-third Streetwere filed last Friday by the architects.They call for a fireproof theatre with aseating capacity of 959. The building is tocost $120,000.

CORRIGAN BECOMES CITIZENEmmett Corrigan has applied to the Nat-

uralization Bureau for citizenship papers,after residing in this country for about for-ty-three yean. The Irish comedian wasborn in Holland.

FRAWLEY CO. INCORPORATESAlhawt, N. Y., March 16.—The Daniel

Frawley Co., Inc., was chartered here to-day with a capital of $10,000. W. P.Thomas, J. J. Cunningham and B. 1*.

Foster were the incorporators named.

May Lane joined the "Lid Lifters" atBaltimore March 12.

SEATTLE THEATRE CONDEMNEDSeattle, Wash., March 18.—The Oak

Theatre, this city has been condemned by'the building inspector, but may be allowedto remain open if certain changes are made.

MISS GTLMORE IN CAST AGAINSeattle, Wash., March 19.—Blanch Go-

more has recovered from a two weeks' siegeof bronchial troubles and is again in thecast of the Monte Carter Co.

18 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21, 1917

CABARET PERFORMER SUEDIsabelle D'Almond, an actress, has pe-

titioned the Supreme Court for a perma-nent injunction restraining her formerpartner, Robert J. CNeil, from appearingwith any other production than her ownduring the term of a contract which aheallege* ahe haa with him. With her peti-tion for an injunction, ahe also filed a$10,000 suit against CNeil and Qua Ed-wards. The latter is employing O'Neil inhis Revue at Reisenwebers.

FRISCO HOUSE OPENS APRIL 18Saw Fbancisco, March 18.—Easter

Sunday, April 8, will mark the opening ofthe latest addition to this city's playhouses,the Casino, at the corner of EUis and Ma-son Street*. The house, which will seat3,000, has only two floors, orchestra andbalcony. The lessee is Charles H. Brownwho, for a number of years has been con-nected with the management of the Or-pbeum and Hippodrome.

THESPIANS WORK FOR PLEDGEMembers of the "Turn - to the Right"

company assisted in getting signatures tothe Mayor's Committee loyalty pledgelast week, obtaining nearly four hundredsignatures in the lobby of the Gaiety inthe first hour of work. Among those whoaided were Louise Rutter, Lucy Cotton,Alice Hastings and William E. Meehan.

DECATUR CLUB TO STAGE SHOWDecatur, HI., March 17.—"Fooling His

Wife," a big musical comedy, will be pro-duced by the Iroquois Club at the LincolnSquare Theatre the latter part of themonth. This will be the »"""«' springevent of this club, which has given this city

nothing but first class entertainments.

FT. WORTH GETS OPERA DATESFobt Wohth, Tex., 'March 16.—Fort

Worth will again bear Campanini's groupof stars, the 1917 date having been set forthe Coliseum for October 24 and 25. Thiscity is the only one in Texas included inthe tour.

SHAY IS LABOR DELEGATEPresident Charles C. Shay of the Inter-

national Alliance of Theatrical Stage Em-ployees will be one of the labor delegatesto attend the Dominion Trades and LaborCongress of Canada next fall at Ottawa.The others will be John J. Barry of Bos-ton, Less Dollivar of San Francisco andJohn Snares of St. Louis.

"HER UNBORN CHILD" O.K. /After viewing a private performance of

"Her Unborn Child" last week, LicenseCommissioner Bell gave his official ap-proval to the production as one entirelyproper for presentation before any audi-trace. As the city officials of Albanyfailed to . take any action after viewingthe play, in response to loud appeals fromseveral reform societies, they nave doubt-less come to the same conclusion.

HAGEMANS AGREE ON DIVORCEThe separation suit brought by Mrs.

Rosina Hageman, whose operatic name is

Rosins Van Dyck, against Richard Hage-man, assistant conductor at the Metro-

Sotitan Opera House, has been agreed to

y both parties. Mrs. TTagnman will with-draw her 923,000 alienation action againstRena Thornton, a singer, Hageman agreesto a legal separation and Justice Cohalanhas reserved decision on Mrs. Hageman'sapplication for $80 weekly alimony.

HOROSCO LAUNCHES NEW PLAYLos Angeles, Cal., March 15.—Oliver

Morosco has launched a new piece here,

"We Are Seven." Sue MacManamy wasin the leading role.

TO MANAGE STALL AT FAIRAdele Rowland, of "Her Soldier Boy"

Go* haa been chosen to manage the bookstall at the Actor's Fund Fair to be held

at the Grand Central Palace in May.

CORSICANA TO HAVE NEW O. H.

Oobsicana, Tex., March 17.—A newand modern opera house is being buOt for

this city by M. L. Levine, to be completed

by next season.

HIP. TICKET OFFICE TOURSJBeidgxpobt, Conn., March 16.—The

touring ticket office of the New York Hip-podrome arrived here today and opened upa sale of tickets for an excursion from this

city to the Hippodrome next Wednesday.Over 1,200 tickets have been sold. OnTuesday the car moves on to New London.It is the intention of the Hippodrome man-agement to cover many of the leading

towns .and cities along the lines of theNew York, New Haven & Hartford Ban-road.

CHILD PRODIGY HEARDE. Doris Levene, the eleven-year-old

daughter of Herbert Levene of the Joe Le-Blang agency made her debut as a pianist at

a recital given for the members of Wen-dell Phillips Lodge, K. of P., in their clubrooms last Thursday night. The infant prod-igy's repertoire consisted of four operatic

selections. During the summer months the

girl will appear at a number of recitals in

the summer colonies at the seashore andin the Catskill mountains.

FRISCO MGRS. OPPOSING BILLS

SAH Francisco, March 18.—The mem-bers of the Allied Theatre Managers ofSan Francisco are opposing a bill prohibit-

ing the sale of theatre tickets unless thepurchaser can be given a seat at the timehe buys the ticket. The theatre men saythis would work a hardship on vaudeville

and motion picture bouses that give morethan one show during an afternoon or eve-

ning, and they will try to have that meas-ure amended. They are opposed to the

proposed Sunday-closing law, and they arenot in favor of a board of censors to passon films for motion picture bouses.

LAMBS' GAMBOL TO TRAVELFollowing a Lambs' all-star public gam-

bol at the Metropolitan Opera House late

in May, a grand tour of the territory be-

tween Boston and Chicago will be held

under the direction of Abraham L. Er-langer. Willie Collier and R. H. Burnsidewill be the collies in charge. The decision

to hold the tour was reached last Thurs-day.

NEW FILM COMPANY FORMEDMcAlesteb, Ok., March IS.—The Baker

Moving Picture Company, Lockbart, Texas,

has been incorporated with a capital stock

or $10,000. The incorporators arc A. D.Baker, W. B. and O. L. Swearingen, all of

Lockbart.

REOPEN COLFAX THEATREColfax, Wash., March 18.—The Bunga-

low Theatre, which has been dark for sometime, has been reopened and is now operat-

ed by Ben Achenbrener and Billy Schult-

ing.

FORT WORTH NAMES CENSORSFort Wobth, Texas, March 19.—At a

meeting of the City Commission recently

a motion picture censor board was ap-pointed to serve for the ensuing twoyears. The members of the board are asfollows: John B. Rawlings, Mrs. J. W.KuykendaU, Mrs J. V. Brewer, Miss Mar-garet McLean and A. C. Williams. Mr.Rawlings was appointed in the place of

Mrs. L- D. Cobb, who retires.

GREEK PLAYS FOR NEW YORKThe Symphony Society of New York

have made arrangements with MargaretAnglin and Walter Damrosch to give afestival of Greek plays in this city nextwinter, ""H"1 to that given by them at the

exposition in San Francisco.

GUARD GUEST OF CRITICS

Philadelphia, March 12.—Will J.

Guard, press representative of the Metro-politan Opera Company, was the guest of

honor last week at a dinner given by the

critics of this city.

"WANDERER" FOR EASTER MONDAY"The Wanderer" will give a special holi-

day matinee Easter Monday, April 9.

PAULINE HALL NOT ILLJosephine W«W, a former musical com-

edy actress, has been ill and the reportgained circulation that it was PaulineHall, not Josephine, -who was suffering froman attack of pneumonia.

JUDGE DITTENHOEFER IS 80Judge A. J. Dittenhoefer, associated with

theatrical litigation for years, celebratedhis eightieth birthday last Saturday. Manypersons in the theatrical business paidtheir respects to the venerable judge.

BARKER RETURNING TO NEW YORKSan Francisco. March 18.—Franklin

Barker, London theatrical producer andplaywright, who has been visiting this cityand who has been a guest of the BritishConsul-General while here, has left forNew York, Friday, via Portland, Ore. andSeattle.

MORNINGSIDE HAS NEW BILLThe Morningside Players will give a

bill of Columbia-written one-act plays onthe afternoon of April 19, at the ComedyTheatre. A private performance of theplays will be given the preceding Sundayevening.

ANNETTE KELLERMANN REMAINSCharles Dillingham has extended the

contract of Annette Kellermann at the Hip-podrome for an indefinite period. The en-gagement was originally for ten weeks audwould have ended next week.

CYRIL MAUDE SPEAKS ON WARAUSTIN, Tex., March 17.—Cyril Maude,

who appeared here in "Grumpy," spoke be-fore the Senate and House of the TexasLegislature on war.

KLEIN GOING TO LONDONPhilip Klein is preparing to return to

London, where he represents A. H. Woodsand Selwyn & Co. He is taking over themanuscripts of several plays to be producedin London.

ENGAGE FRED BELASCOFred Belasco, brother of David Belasco,

will act as general representative on thePacific Coast for William Elliott, F. BayComstock and Morris Gest.

LINK AND LESLIE IN THE WESTSeattle, Wash., March 17.—Link and

Leslie, formerly known as the Eaton Bros.,are playing Northwestern vaudeville datesfor Fisher.

GRACE SISTERS JOIN ROAD SHOWSeattle, Wash., March 20.—The Grace

Sisters joined the Pantages Road Showhere last week and will complete the circuit

Sooth and thence East.

ABRAM AND JOHNS PLAYING TABSSouth Bend, Wash., March 18.—Will

Abram and Agnes Johns' are playing dra-

matic tabs at George Beisner's Lyric Thea-tre, this city.

MRS. STEELE HEADS LODGEDecatur, 111. , March 18.—Mrs. Geo.

D. Steele, wife of George Steele, the show-man, has been elected president of theElks here for the coming year.

"MAGIC" FOR THE GARRICKThe withdrawal of "Stranger Than Fic-

tion" at the end of this week has made it

possible for Mrs. Hapgood to secure theGarrick Theatre for the continuation of"Magic," after it was forced to leave theMarine Elliott Saturday night The Gar-rick has been taken for an indefinite period.

SET "PAWN" OPENING DATE"The Pawn," staged by Frank Keenan

for the Plymouth Producing Co., will bepresented for the first time on any stage atStamford. Conn.. March 30, and after abrief tour of the eastern cities "will bebrought to New York. When this playhas been successfully launched Mr. Keenanwill begin preparations for his own dra-

matic appearance

ZIEGFELD WINS SUITFlorens TitftrM, Jr., has been awarded

a verdict for $3,000 from the father ofOdette Myrtil, who, it is said, jumped acontract with the producer to cavort in aLondon show.

TWELFTH NIGHT GIVES MATINEEThe annual matinee of the Twelfth

Night Club was held last Friday at thePrincess Theatre. A number of stagestars participated. Three one-act playswere on the program.

GERMANS ACT NEW COMEDYThe German stock company at the

Irving Place Theatre last week presentedfor the first time in this country "ImClubsessel" ("In the Easy Chair"), acomedy by Carl Roessler and LudwigHeller.

SHAKESPEARE CO. FOR CALVERTLouis Calvert, who is now with the Guy

Bates Post Co. in "The Masquerader,"has in contemplation the direction of aShakespearean company in New York nextseason.

"SMALL TOWN CTRL" SEEN"The Small Town Girl" was produced

last Wednesday night in Baltimore by A.H. Woods. In the cast were Charlotte -

Walker, John Miltem, Lucile Watson,Edward Abeles, George Le Guere andMrs. Stuart Robson.

"MIKE" STAYS THROUGH SEASON"Love o' Mike" will run to the end of

the season at Maxine Elliott's Theatre,where it moved Monday night. Next fallthree companies will present this playon tour.

WILL REVIVE "HIGHWAYMAN"The Shuberts will make a revival soon

of "The Highwayman." Lois Ewell willhead the cast.

THOMAS WRITING NEW PLAYAugustus Thomas is writing a new play

at his home in New Rochelle.

LAST MATINEE FOR ACADEMYFriday afternoon at the Lyceum The-

atre the American Academy of DramaticArts will give its final matinee of the sea-son, presenting Bernard 'Shaw's three-act?lay, "Arms and the Man," and a one-actapaneae comedy, "A Flower of Yeddo,"

by Victor Mapes.

NEW TITLE FOR "MR. LAZARUS"The title, "Mr. Lazarus," has been

changed to "The Happy Stranger." Theplay is to appear at the Columbia Theatre,San Francisco, with W. H. Crane.

TO BURLESQUE "WANDERER""The Wanderer" will be burlesqued in

the Winter Garden's next, production. Atravesty of the drama also is in prepara-tion for the next Lambs' Gambol, whenTom Wise will play Florence Reed's roleof Tisha.

MILLER PLAY TO QUIT LYCEUM"The Great Divide" will leave the -Ly-

ceum March 24 and "The Case - of LadyCamber" will be seen there beginningMarch 26. In the company will be LynHarding and Mary Boland.

BROADHURST TO MAKE REVIVALIt is reported that George Broadhurst

will open the Forty-eighth street theatrenext season with a revival of "What Hap-pened to Jones." .»

MISS STARR IN LAST TWO WEEKSFrances Starr has entered upon her

last two weeks in "Little Lady in Blue."

"NJU" PREMIERE TOMORROWThe premiere of "Njn" will take place at

the Bandbox Theatre tomorrow evening.

"BOSOM FRIENDS" FOR LIBERTYLew Fields will bring "Bosom Friends"

to the Liberty Theatre, April 9.

March 21, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 19

CRAIG PRIZE FOR YALEJohn Craig will establish an annual play

contest for Tale students similar to the

one he has directed for several years at

Harvard. A prize of $600 will be awardedthe author of the play selected by the

board of judges composed of instructors

in the English department. He will also

produce the successful play. The Craig

Prise at Harvard was established in 1811.

MICHAEL GOODMAN DEADBbidgepobt, Conn., March 16.—Michael

J. Goodman died here yesterday. He wasa well known billposter, having troupedwith Barnum A Bailey, Buffalo Bill andForepaugh-Sells. At the time of bis deathMr. Goodman was advance agent ofKeeney's Empire Theatre and businessagent of Bridgeport Local No. 60 of Bill-

posters and Billera.

SYLVA TO RETURNMarguerita Sylva will return to the

United States next month to resume herstage career temporarily abandoned onher marriage to an American naval of-

ficer. Madame Sylva has not been heardin this country since her appearance inthe prima donna role of "Gypsy Love."

GOSHEN THEATRE BURNSGoshejt, Ind., March 19.—The Irwin

Theatre here, which was totally destroyedby fire, was the oldabt theatre in the city.

At one time it was the home for the bestdramatic attractions bat latterly had beenrun as a vaudeville and picture house.The loss was $30,000.

SUNDAY BILL BARELY FAILSTrenton, N. J., March 18.—The amuse-

ment bill which would permit the operat-ing of motion picture houses, theatres andother amusements on Sunday in first-

class cities in New Jersey failed to passthe House of Assembly by only threevotes. It will be reconsidered this week.

BOSTON BARS BARE LEGSCambridge, Mass., March 17.—Harvard

men playing feminine roles must observethe proprieties of the sex they impersonate,and cannot appear in bare feet or legs-

Tins ruling has been made by John M.Casey, Boston's official censor.

DRAMATIC STUDENTS GRADUATEThe graduation exercises of the thirty-

third year of the American Academy ofDramatic Arts took place in the LyceumTheatre, Monday afternoon. The guest ofhonor and principal speaker of the oc-casion was E. H. Sothern.

HATTIE CARMONTEL ELL

After four weeks' severe illness, the re-sult of a double operation, Hattie Cannon-tel ia alowly recovering. Following; the ad-vice of her physician she will work no morethis season. Miss Carmontel is the authorof the sketch "Reminiscence of the GleeClub," in which she has been playing anold Virginia Mammy.

BI1XIE BURKE SUEDAn action for $5,000 has been started

against Billie Burke, whose automobilelast Fall knocked down Helen F. Neville,seven years old, at- Eighth Avenue at OneHundred and Thirty-eighth Street At thetime of the accident the police said it wasunavoidable.

DRAMA SCHOOL FOR PORTLANDPortland, Me., March 19.—The Port-

land Academy of Dramatic Arts has beenorganized here, with the following officers:

James E. Moore, secretary and managingdirector; David F. Perkins, dramatic di-

rector; Eugene d'Avigneau, operatic di-

rector.

MARGARET ROMAINE TO STARHenry W. Savage is to star Margaret

Romaine. next season. She is now play-ing in "Have a Heart." Should she decideto return to grand opera Mr. Savage hasagreed to release her from his contract.

HARRY FRANKLIN TO JAIL

Harry L. Franklin, 139 West Forty-seventh street, a motion picture directorwith the Rolfe studio, was sent to thecity prison last week for ten days on acharge of speeding his automobile.

NOBILITY ATTENDS SHOWOttawa, Can., March 17.—While play-

ing at the Russell Theatre, "The Girl whoSmiles" company had the honor of play-ing to the Duke of Devonshire and hisfamily as well as his executive staff.

SELWYNS RE-LEASE HARRISMessrs. Selwyn & Co. have released the

Harris Theatre for five years. They willmake alterations in it this summer andreopen.it early in August with a play byOwen Davis, "Her Dearest Friend."

FOY IS 60 YEARS OLDEddie Foy celebrated his sixtieth birth-

day recently in Dayton, O.

HAUERBACH OPERATED ONOtto Hauerbach, author of "You-re in

Love," was operated on recently.

hits! HARRY

"ARRIVAL OF KITTY" REVISEDThe farce success, "The Arrival of

Kitty," has been revised by the author, Nor-man Lee Swartout, and will begin a springand summer tour early next month underthe management of the Acme Producing Co.The cast will be headed by Jean Bernardand several others of equal prominence. '

CHURCH TO BECOME THEATRECleveland, 0., March 19.—The Cleve-

land Playhouse Co. has purchased a local

church which will be used for theatricalpurposes. It will have a seating capacityof but 150 persons. Among the member-ship are artists, musicians and sociolo-gists.

ORPHEUM, EVANSV1LLE, BURNEDEvansvtixe, Ind., March 18.—Fire that

originated in the Orpheum Theatre de-stroyed that building with a loss of $40,-

000, half of which is covered by insurance.The blaze started on the stage of the the-atre and spread quickly through the build-ing.

SOPHYE BARNARD GIVES DINNERSophye Barnard, of the Hippodrome,

gave a dinner for girls who appear withher in the Poor Butterfly number, follow-ing the benefit performance at the GlobeTlseatre Sunday night for the HippodromeSick Fund.

PRUETTE ON BROADWAY AGAINWilliam Pruette is again on Broadway,

after having undergone treatment for sev-eral months in the country. He wasstricken with bronchitis last fall and wasordered by his physician to take a rest.

MISS FERGUSON'S MOTHER DDESMrs. Amelia Ferguson, mother of Elsie

Ferguson, died at Long Branch, N. J.,

March 14. She was stricken with apo-plexy while out walking.

NANCE O'NEIL IN CAST AGAINNance O'Neil returned to the cast of

"The Wanderer" Monday night, after anabsence of nearly four weeks on accountof a sprained ankle.

COHAN AFTER PROVIDENCE TEAMIt is reported that Cohan & Harris arc

negotiating for the franchise of the Provi-dence Club of the International BaseballLeague.

BEN MOWATT MARRIEDHen Mowatt and Billie Mullen were

married at Dayton, O., March 8.

HONOR FORREST'S BIRTHDAYPhiladelphia. March 19.—The 111th

anniversary of the birthday of Edwin For-rest, the tragedian, was appropriately cele-brated on March 9 by the guests of theForrest Home, at Holmesburg, a suburbof Philadelphia. In the morning, severalof the veteran actors and actresses jour-neyed to Old St Paul's Church at Thirdand Walnnt Streets and placed flowers onhis grave, while in the afternoon a ban-quet was served at Springbrook, the statelymansion which was Forrest's last resi-

dence. The guests of the home are: Wil-liam Beach, Carrie Lee Stoyle, William H.Bartholomew, Mrs. Josephine Bishop, Mrs.Annie Firmin Jack, Amy Lee, PercyPlnnkett, Mrs. Anna Ware Barnes, Mrs.Jennie Stone, Mrs. Samuel Charles, MissSidney Cowell and Miss Emily Lewis.

THEATRE COPING HURTS MANBoston, March 17.—One man was se-

verely injured yesterday afternoon whentwo huge pieces of coping on the frontwall of the Beacon Theatre, here, crashedthrough the marquee. One man escapedinstant death when one of the stonesgrazed his shoulders. Scores of passersbywere showered with particles of glass, butall escaped injury.

ENLARGE EMPIRE, PORTLANDI'ohtland, Me., March 19.—Extensive

improvements, which will make tbe EmpireTheatre one of the largest in this section,are to be made immediately. The plansof improvement include the increasing ofthe seating capacity by about 300, the in-

stallation of a stage setting and a ladies'parlor.

BENEFIT FOR F1NBERGTberton, N. J., March 17.—Fifteen

hundred tickets were sold for a benefitperformance given last night at the GrandBurlesque Theatre for Charles Finberg.manager. The show was "The ParisianFlirts."

MACE LEFT $500 ESTATESo far as can he ascertained, the late

Fred Mace had no will The motion pic-ture star left an estate valued at $500

CRAWFORD LAMBS' COLLIEClifton Crawford has bwsj elected the

Collie of the next private Lambs' Gambol,to be held early in April.

LEAVES HIP FOR CIRCUSLittle Major Johnson has left tbe shov

at the Hippodrome to join the Barnuii. &Bailey Show.

I I TILZER h.ts

OUR BIG BALLAD HIT WITH POEM

".SOMEONE'S MORE LONESOME THAN YOU"OUR BIG HAWAIIAN SONG HIT

"ON THE SOUTH SEA ISLE"OUR BIG NOVELTY SONG HIT

"JUST THE KIND OF A GIRL"ANOTHER—LAST NIGHT WAS THE END OF THE WORLD

"LOVE WILL FIND THE WAY"

Hits HARRY V0N TI1ZER MUSIC PUB. CO. HITS222 WEST 46TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY '-!.

BEN BORNSTEIN, Prof. Mgr. MEYER COHEN, Bus. Ms

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DOROTHY JARDONOW [PLAYING THE ORPHEUM CIRCUIT HASSTARTED THE ENTIRE PACIFIC COAST,—AND

THE TWO STARS

ROCKWELLANDWOOD

LATE OFThe Milky Way

NOWKeith's, Boston

VAUDEVILLECIRCUIT

SOS DELAWARE BLDC. CHICAGO

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALLENGAGED FOR THE

PERFORMERS

BARNUM & BAILEY GREATEST SHOW ON EARTHREHEARSALS will begin MONDAY MORNING, MARCH

26th, instead of March 27th as published in our call of last week. Onaccount of our early opening date it is important that all perform-ers should be at Madison Square Garden, MONDAY MORNING,MARCH 26TH, for the first rehearsal.

Acknowledge this call by mail to

BARNUM & BAILEY, Bridgeport, Conn.

WANTEDAttractions ot Merit ot All Kinds

NEW ORPHEUM THEATRECLIIMTOIM, IOWA

Liberal Terms—Beautiful Theatre—1200 Seats

Address E. G. NEWMAN, Clinton, Iowa, or La Salle, III.

Ann DarIn Vaudeville

DIRECTION CHAS. FTTZPATRICK

HUGE AS THE ALPS IN CLASS

THE JIMMIE SHEA TRIO•Emmie Shea, Earle Ridcani Harry Donnelly

Direction, Lee P. Muckenfass

THE

NAGYFYSPresenting e

Pyrotechnical Novelty

Direction Alf. T. Wilton

VWiwn Lee Bert

Lawrence. Daly and LawrenceCOMEDY—SINGING AND DANCING ACT

IN VAUDEVILLE ADDRESS—CLIPPER

HENRY P. DIXONProducer

BIG REVIEWColombia Theatre Building. New York

W. S. CLEVELANDWants' The Best In VaudevilleSuite tat, Ordway Bide, an Market St, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. PHONE «S MARKET

BOOKED SOLID UNTIL lta

Al Harris I Grace LymanA VERITABLE PAIR

Personal Direction Haiti* A fltemnri

New Playing Leew Time

ALBOLENEAccud (TJtryhtno, Jose C-ofURS, wu * uumarr.Ceo. Morrison owf a host otother star* of

the stage "dag it* proves."

They say that it "is the best preparationfor removing all kinds or meatxicalmake-up" and that "it leaves the skinsoft, smooth and tree from irritation/*

Albolent is pot up in i and 2 ounce tubesto fie tfaa mike-up box: also in *-? and i lb.

It may be hid of most druggists andt-Up. -Samplefree an retjMtst.

McKesson & robbinsIlUT^rTlrffT*STfff

91 Fullori Street . N.w Yerlr 4

Bailey Studios (Scenery)lUffe-Onea Scenery, at Bottom Price*

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VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS(CoatfaUMd from P«i» •)

HAMILTON(Last Half)

The show for the last half was par-

ticularly well laid out.

The opening number was Lilyan ABoggs, two clever girls, a la Tempest andSunshine, who presented a repertoire of

dances de luxe. One of the girls offered

a song which was poorly rendered. Thisnumber should be eliminated and the workconfined to dancing.Winston, Rozell & Demar, two women

and a man, offered a high-class vocal re-

pertoire. They all possess good singing

voices and present an entertaining turn.

Burke &. Burke, with their comedy dia-

logue of "slangy" chatter, offered the

"Trials and Tribulations of a MessengerBoy." The talk is all bright and witty

but borders on the suggestive in someplaces. The act seemed to appeal to theaudience, despite the encroachment on pro-

prietary lines.

Bay-Monde, a delineator of femaletypes, presented a novel offering and at

the finish, through the removal of numer-ous wigs, had the audience somewhatmystified. He has sufficient personality

to get him by.Ash & Shaw, the "Dope" and the He-

brew, presented their comedy dialogue,

"The Mosquito Trust." The material theboys used in this turn seemed to be just

to the liking of tie Heights audience, as

they were in convulsions of laughterthroughout the act.

Wormwood's Animals, in the next spot,

augmented by Charlie Chaplin in Monkey-land, was the hit of the bill. It might be .

advisable for Wormwood to use CharlieChaplin as a single. This monkey seemsto be the whole act.

As an added attraction the houseshowed the motion picture "Melrah of theHeights," in which the winners of a popu-larity contest were featured. At the con-

clusion of the pictures both stars madepersonal appearances. Betty Bergere, thegirl, entertained with a repertoire of songsand received a big reception from herfriends and admirers.King Caater, the young man of the con-

test, went through a routine of training

stunts which are indulged in by a pugilist

getting ready for battle. A. U.

EIGHTY-FIRST(Last Half)

The program for the last half lackedcomedy. Two of the acts were of big

time calibre, but two others were not upto Eighty-first Street standard.Noack opened. Noack keeps the audi-

ence squirming while he balances onchairs, to use his billing, "on Eiffel tower."The turn is a thriller and went over big.

Dan Maley and Mildred Woods sing,dance and talk. They seem to possess

only very ordinary ability, but by dint of

hard work get their stuff over. Theiropening song should be replaced by a bet-ter number. .

Arthur Sullivan and Ricca Scott, in "ADrawing from Life," registered a- tre-

mendous hit. The author has put thebreath of life into the lines, and bothperformers are aces high with their roles.

So cleverly has the exposition of this skitbeen worked in, that even the early lines

are good for laughs.The film play was Enid Bennett in "The

Little Brother."Harry G. Richards and Bessie Kyle of-

fered "Club Night" after intermission.The wife awaits her spouse outside "theclub" and throws a veil over her headwhen he cornea forth bo that she will notbe recognized. Some funny situations en-sue, but audiences have long since growntired of mistaken identity plots. Thewoman's singing is the best part of theturn.The Futuristic Review, presenting

flashes from well-known operas, is asplendid and artistic act, combining classydressing, pretty Bettings and excellentsinging. Countess de Leonardi'a violinnumbers are big features. J. Lb

CITY(Last Half)

The predominant note on this billsinging.The Oval Sisters, aerial performers,

were in the early spot. The two womendo some striking feats on the rings andtrapeze, but are a little too stagy in theiractions. An awkward man assistant fur-nishes the comedy.Haney & Francis, in black face, man

and woman, are excellent singers. Theirline of talk is hackneyed and needs re-vision. It should also be put over ina livelier manner. Numerous "asides"by the man, while the woman is singing,detract from the value of this number.Bena Cooper & Co. were in number

three spot with a melodramatic sketch.To trap a nurse, believed to be a spy, twoaviators make love to her, quarrel, andone of the men then accuses the other ofbeing a spy. The so-called spy is sen-tenced to be shot, whereupon the nursetells him that she, herself, is a spy. Thedifferent roles are well played, but theplot is not satisfying. After the sketchis finished, one wonders what object thewriter had in penning it.

Sally Seely is a dual-voiced singer witha likable manner and a pleasing voice..

For a singing single she registered an ex-ceptional hit.

Fanchon & Marco & Frisco have a Jazzband. They put plenty of life into theirmusic, and vary the routine with some,excellent - dancing by a woman assistantand the violin player. They did not re-

spond with an encore, although applausecontinued into the next act.

Curry & Graham, man and woman, will

prove big favorites with any small-timeaudience. During the routine they getinto an argument as to the better songs,Irish or Scotch. They sing airs fromeach. The weakest number in the act is

a solo by the girl, which could be droppedto advantage.

Willard Simms always stops the showwith his slapstick comedy, wherein hegets into the wrong flat on a paper-hanging errand.

Fern, Richelieu & Fern are clever withIndian clubs, at times hurling them ateach other with bullet-like speed. Theyclosed. J. L.

GREELEY SQUARE(Last Half)

All in all, this is the best Loew bill this

reviewer has had the pleasure to see.

The show was opened by Del Badie andhis dog, Jap. The dog is a highly intelli-

gent animal and performs cleverly. Atthe end of the act he plays the organ, ac-

companying a simple tune that his mas-ter plays on the violin. This is an ef-

fective and unusual bit of work.Beulali Pearl holds down the second

spot and entertains with songs andstories. She knows how to successfully

put over a popular song and has mas-tered the difficult art of story- telling.

She possesses charm and personality.

Warren and Frost followed a'blood-and-thunder episode of "The Secret Kingdom,"film. The team sings with effective har-

mony.A playlet that sustains interest

throughout was presented by E. E. Clive

& Co. Not only is the plot worthy, butthe acting is also of high water. Clive

does some fine acting .as the "souse" uponwhom some rogues have put a "frame up."Ed Bizley & Co. kept up the excellent

pace set by the preceding acts. His talk

with the uncommunicative "silly ass"Englishman caused plenty of 'laughs,

while his "ad lib" lines in this part ofthe act were funny and well placed. Hisborrowing of various instruments fromthe orchestra, which he played with moreor less dexterity, made . a hit -with the

audience. The Melba-Caruso burlesque atthe end of the turn registered big.

Sinfer Rah & Co. closed the show. Thisstrong man act went over well and provedto be a good closer. H. 6.

r EADLINE ACTS 1

DIKE LEWIS

THOMAS & CRADDOCKSinging, Talking and Comedy

IN VAUDEVILLE

FRANK RITA

McNELLIS and REYOSIn 'The Waning Honeymoon"

BY FRED J. BEAMAN—A COMEDY SKETCH CLASSIC

RUSSELL'S DANCING MODELSIn a Scenic Dancing Novelty

Bonked Solid

AGENTS, LOOK US OVER

TIlVflVIOrMS andJEDDYBACK IN TOWN

Refined Singing, Violin and PianoIN VAUDEVILLE

WILLIAM EDNA

EDMUNDS - ** •"-* Co~dy —— LEEDOMGOING TO THE WEDDING

ALWAYS WORKING. I woofer why? Dlroctfaa MAX GORDON

ABSLAM "SHARIFF"COXEY'S ARMY"

DIRECTION MARK MONROE

tthla -p^ariA (Borden S>pat an any Sill

Souring Cneiu Cirmrt Birrrtion, flark Crau

Mabel HarperThe Funbeam of Vaudeville ELSIE WEBER at the Piano

JOHNNY CORA.

A Brmt from tho South. DIRECTION SAM SHANNON

ROBERT, STUART and ROBERTFROLICS OF 1916-17

BOOKED SOLID-LOEW CIRCUIT REP. SAM BAERWITZ

JACK MATT

CAMPBELL & MEEKERIN VAUDEVILLE

EUGENE EMMETT & CO.In the Rural Musical Comedy, "TOWN HALL FOLLIES"

RAYMOND FRAZ1ER. Prtncfrol Co—dto

EMILIE SISTERS SSSSL.ACRI

ETHEL MAE BARKER"KUBELDC IN PETTICOATS" Diractum GEORGE SOFRANSKl

22 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21, 1917

JEANADAIR m

"Maggie Taylor—Waitress"Direction Lewis & Gereon

[VAUDEVILLE FEATURE ACTS

FRANK STANLEYIN

"Where's The Finish"RepresentativeBERT GOLDBERG

DIRECT FROMTHE NUT FACTORY

Dinettes HARRY WEBER

FLYING MISSILE EXPERTSAND BOOMERANG THROWERS

Booked SolidU. B. O.—BIG TIME

Stuart BarnesDimeHon JAS. E. PLUNKETT

MARY FORRESTWith ADELE BLOOD AND CO. Palace, Chicago, 01., Feb. 26

EMMA STEPHENSBOOKED SOLID DIRECTION HARRY FITZGERALD

DAINTY IVIARIEVENUS OF THE AIR

Wlahea to Be Known in Future Under Her Own Nun

(DAINTY) MARIE MEEKERDIRECTION PAT CASEY

A Different Comedy Act

ALLEN AND MORTONFoci, Fiddle and Voice In Fun and Folly

WORKING FOR U. B. O. DIR. CHARLES BORNHAUPT

The YaltoDainty Dancing Duo

DIRECTION GENE HUGHES. INC, AND JO. PAIGE SMITH

_

ED. F. REYNARD PramtaMLLE.

Bl ANCAla a Sarin* of Dramatic

Dane* Poems.

MLLE. BIANCA Present*

ED. F.

REYNARDThe Veatrfloquial Comedian,in "BEFORE THE COURT."

SUPREME NEW OPERATIC OFFERING

NF- DOREE'S CELEBRITIESDirection STOKER * BIERBAUER

ORPHEUM, BROOKLYN, MARCH 5-10

MAZIE KINGIn Her Own Dance Creation* Direction MAX HART

MRS. THOS. WHIFFEN 6 CO.AND PEGGY DALE WHIFFEN

PLAYING U. B. 0. TIMEIn "The Golden Night"

NOLAN and NOLANJESTING JUGGLERS

FEB. 19 KEITH'S, PROVIDENCE Direction NORMAN JEFFRIES

THE READESSlack Wire Juggling Novelty

Direction RAY HODGDON

THE CLEANEST ACT ON THE BOX

JOE TOWLELEO FITZGERALD, V.nnrrTO* Brekar

GEO. IRENE

FAIRMAN and FERALUp to Date Song*—Pianologue and Hawaiian Guitar

Direction Pete Mack

ARTHUR HAVEL& CO.-PLAYMATESBy WILL M. CRESSY

DIRECTION JAMES E. PLUNKETT

RUTH BARNEY

NOBLE t NORTONA BREEZE FROM MUSICAL COMEDY

Direction IRVING COOPER

CAMILLE PER50NITHE "MADAM BUTTERFLY" OF VAUDEVILLE

March 21, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 23

SEVENTH AVENUE(LutHtlf)

Although the feature picture, "TwentyThousand Leagues Under the Sea," wuprobably the drawing card that drew anover-capacity house on Friday afternoon,

the vaudeville rendered was excellent as awhole and must have proved an agreeable

surprise to the audience. The bill wasone act shorter than usual, evidently due

to the length of the picture.

The show was opened by Howard &Graff. It starts out as if it were a nov-

elty singing act, but soon turns into abalancing turn, and the man does someclever work. His balancing of twentychairs at one time was the feature of the

act and well done. The girl has a pass-

able singing 'vdie«.

The Edah Delbridge Trio render somesongs in a winning way. The team con-

sists of two men and a girl. Their voices

blend melodiously. The numbers that

they sing have been chosen with care andscore deservedly heavy.

Frank Whittier & Co. present a weakplaylet. A son, discovering the short-

comings of his mother and father, is not

a theme that is in" taste, even for comedypurposes. The playlet is fairly acted,.but

it is doubtful whether audiences care to

pry into the affairs of a household where

there is a drunken father and a motherwho bets with money taken from the

church fund. Of course, the playlet is

given merely to produce laughs and should

not be taken seriously, but there are bo

many cleaner subjects upon which com-edy themes ean be founded that there is

little excuse for the one in point.

Tommy Haydn had little difficulty in

making good with his songs and talk. His

baseball stuff, though rather old, scored

big. He dances. well and puts ginger into

his song numbers.Little Lord Roberts, who closed the

show, is a very cfever midget. His Ha-waiian dance was a winner. There is a

little too much talk about "booze" in

{he act but, on the whole, the turn is

very entertaining and goes over for a big

bit. H. G.

DELANCEY ST.(Last Half.)

It took O'Connor & Dixon to prove

that the audience at this theatre onThursday afternoon was not handcuffed.

They applauded the other turns mostsparingly.

This does not mean that the acta werehot good, but only that the audience wasan exceptionally "hard one to please.

The Cooney Sisters presented an at-

tractive appearance and rendered somevocal selections pleasingly.

Daniels & Walters just get by in the

second spot. The girl plays the violin

well and has a pleasant singing voice,

but the man's G. A. R. impersonation is

very crude.Following a hair-raising installment of

"The Secret Kingdom," the Baseball Fourentertained with talk and song. Thelingo of the diamond did not mean muchto the Delancey Street audience, and, asa consequence, their talk proceeded veryla.ggs.rdly. A performer should study his

audience. Obviously, this audience is notcomposed of many baseball fans. On theother hand, it u t music-loving house

where every song selection is applauded.The answer for this quartette, therefore,

when playing a house like this one, wouldbe to nave less talk and more songs. Thesongs went over passably, although ren-

dered in a mediocre way.Du Val k. Simon presented a clean and

snappy man-and-girl act. Their singing

passed muster, but it is their dancingthat makes the act get by, and the pair

should do more of the latter.

O'Connor & Dixon were a long while"getting" the house but, before the endof the turn, they held the audience in thepalm of their hands. They went oyervery big, the nut scoring heavily withhis comedy. The other man is an ex-

ceptionally good "straight."The show was closed by Weimers &

Burke."Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the

Sea" was the feature picture. H. G.

HARLEM OPERA HOUSE. (Last Half)

Out of seven acts on the bill four wereof the dancing variety, and the first ofthem so far outclassed the others in theirroutine that it was a mighty hard stuntfor the later ones to get over.The opening turn was the Hughes Musi-

cal Trio. This act is a neat and enter-taining one, using cornets, banjos, violinsand saxophones for a repertoire of popularand classical offerings.

Davis & Walker, with their singing, talk-,

ing and dancing, stopped the show in thesecond spot. The man has a unique rou-tine of grotesque, eccentric and acrobaticdancing. The audience clamored for moreat the end of the turn.

: . Dooley-ft Kelson offered a variety ofhonsensity which included singing, talking,dancing, rope spinning and trick unicycleriding.- Closing with the'rope spinning anddancing, the act, although it followed, abig terpsicboreah turn, went over nicely.

Fox & Ingraham presented a pianologueand vocal skit composed of popular andexclusive numbers. The woman possessesconsiderable 'personality, and the man hasa pleasant singing voice.

The Oklahoma Four, two men and twowomen, have a novelty singing and danc-ing offering. They might have found it

much easier to receive the approbation ofthe audience for their dancing routine if

two other dancing acts had not precededthem on the bill.

Yates & Wheeler, in the next to closingspot, had an offering which, while full of

.humor and funny situations, was. a bitnauseous as a result of overdoing the bur-,

lesquing of a female impersonator.Wheeler, it appears, is the type' of co-median that will resort to most any sort

of low business to get a laugh. Attired in

an evening gown with the back out to thewaist line and wearing a watch at hisankle, be attempts to get laughs througha series of stunts that were obnoxious andridiculously foolish. Yates does not over-

do his bit and his work pleased the audi-ence.Karl Emmy and his pets were in the

closing spot and held the audience to thefinish. A. U.

[

PROCTOR'S 125th ST.(Last Half)

Bell & Eva, with their bounce andbound turn, were in the first spot. Work-ing from a spring net, they did some re-

markable feats in the air. The womanbrought down the house when she did adozen successive air flips from the net,her body going through a hoop each time.Kathryn Clair Ward, a woman singer,

pleased the audience with her numbers.The Five Musical Gormans put a tre-

mendous amount of life into their play-ing and registered a big hit. The turnis composed of three women and twoboys. The latter affect the antics of long-haired musicians, much to the detrimentof the turn. A hair cut for both and alittle more reserve in their actions wouldlift the act out of the freak class.

Kennedy & Burt have a man andwoman talking act which is very cleverand interspersed throughout with wellmotivated actions and gags. They flirt,

get married, quarrel and are divorced,using two special drops and considerablebusiness that is new and well done.Morgan & Gray have improved their

routine since the reviewer last "caught"the turn.Bob Albright, figuratively speaking, is

"getting away with murder." It has be-come a chronic habit with him to an-nounce to the audience that he caught abad cold at Fall River some weeks ago."I told the manager," says Albright, "thatit 'would be impossible for me to go onwith the act. But he insisted that Ishould That's the trouble with this busi-ness. You've got to work even thoughone foot is in the grave."

If Albright doesn't stop using this stuffon his own account, some manager will

stop it for him, as audiences are becom-ing tired of it.

Coxey's Army, acrobats and tumblers,was in the last spot.

HEADLINE ACTS 1

ROBERTS CLINTON

WILLIAMS & TAYLORSinging, Dancing and Talking

IN VAUDEVILLE

JAS. B. STANFORD

ROBINSON and McKISSICKDIRECTION MAX OBENDORF

TOMAPPOINTED BY UNCLE SAM

JACK

CONROY O'DONNELLDirection

PARCEL. POSTMANDvltverlar Boadlsa ef Joy aad Packacaa o* Laiwhtar for the U. B. O.

of TREAT MATHEWS Urn and MatarUl Cepjrrlattsd

HARRY DOROTHY

FABER™ TAYLORIn "GOING NORTH"

U. B. O. wf« » <M. A.

AL. TUCKERTRICK VIOLINIST

The Boy With the White ViolinDIRECTION PETE MACK

A BREEZE FROM THE PLAINS

NEBRASKA BILLS & CO.WESTERN NOVELTY ACT

IN VAUDEVILLE

GRACIE & ADELE FOXJS VAUDEVILLE

— MORIARITY SISTERS -»DRESDEN DOLLS OF VAUDEVILLE Direction gVBW shannon

1VIARIINJO ±~E RICHITALIAN PIANO MOVERS IN VAUDEVILLETHE HENNINGS

Refined Comedy Novelty OfferingDIRECTION J. r. HARRIS

BILLY GLASONNovaltr "JUST SONGS- Charecfr DIRECTION A. J. HORWTTZ

RUTH

uIN VAUDEVILLE

ANDJOE

Direction HARRY PTNCUS

ANDIN "A VAUDEVILLE SURPRISE"

BOOKED SOLID U. B. O. DIRECTION JACK MAQANN

PAUL LE VAN & DOBBSACROBATIC COMEDIANS IN VAUDEVILLE

24 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21, 1917

f VAUDEVILLE HEADLINE ACTS

LA BELLE CARMEN TRIOThe Best Novelty of the Season

IN VAUDEVILLE

"SUM" COKYL

GRINDELL »° ESTHERBOOKED SOLID IN FUNNY ECCENTRICITIES DIRECTION SAMUEL BAERWITZ

BARRY, NELSON & BARRYEntertainers De Luxe

IN VAUDEVILLE Direction, Jo Paige Smith

TEDDIEA.

GREENLEE a.d DRAYTONIN VAUDEVILLE

Diraciica MORRIS AND FEIL

THE NELSON FAMILYVaudeville's Unique Animal Novelty

RATS AND CATSDIRECTION ROSE * CURTIS

IRELAND'S FAVORITE SON

BARRY McCORMACK & CO.In "YOU CANT BEAT THEM," by Albert Cowles

Direction CHAS. FTTZFATRIOC

JOE

CONRAD and CONLEYv,ou" In Vaudeville "»

SHIP AHOY, BOYS! SPILLING THE BEANS

joeCOOPER andHARTMAN belleDirection ARTHUR J. HORWITZ

XOIWIand

Two Boya from Italy.

FREDLIMOlPlayinc U. B. O.

F»AXE FAMILYin a High-Class Musical Act. U. B. O.

LES VALDOSHindu Hokum

PETE MACK—CHIEF YOGI

FISHER & ROCKWAYDELINEATORS OF THE SOUTHERN NEGRO

BIG CWRP-CHAS. BIEBRAUBR

PERSONAL DIRECTION LLOYD HAJUUSON

DAVID G. FISCHER & CO. in "IMMIGRANTS"fi-otn th • P»lh o* of Itiumn, P«

ERNSiST MURIEL.

WATTS and RINGGOLDGREATEST COLORED COMEDY ACT OF TIE AGE

Direction LEWM—

VERCE & VERCI

20th Century ElopementDirection ROSE A CURTIS

IRVING AND WARDThe Button Busters

DIRECTION BERNARD BURKE

THREE ACES xT^pTfSHall, Ellsworth & Merrick

Df VAUDEVILLE Dincttea MARK LEVY

FRED WILHELM ARTHUR HUMBURG AL. GEORGEla H»l—h— af

Harmony Singing, Comedy, Dancing, and Music.Ask any Real Agent

EDDIE DOLLYDOLLY & LEWININ A

School, Fool and a FlirtIN VAUDEVILLE

THE ORIGINAL BOZOBOB A BLANCHE

ND

Presenting THE NEW JANITORDIRECTION MARK LEVY

HAROLD

LA COSTEW VAUDEVILLE.

ALICE

and CLIFTONDirection A. J. HORWITZ

EDAND

IRENE LOWRY IN

iiJests & Jigs'BY TOMMY CRAY

BROWN and McCORMACKIn Vaudeville

,'• Youngest Colored

AND

GRACE

kHLvDirectio* TOM JONES

ALL GIRLS

Darling Saxophone FourDIRECTION MARK LEVY

ORIGINAL

THREE MELVIN BROS.Act of It, KM

March 21. 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 25

SHOW REVIEWS(Cod tic nod aa p»jo a)

JOHN B. HYMER AND CO.Theatre

—

Palace.Style—Tom Walker in Dixie.

Time

—

Thirty minute*.Setting

—

Special.

The first scene shows Tom Walker'scabin on the Nashville Turnpike, nearGallatin, Texas. Tom is the same hardluck nigger who appeared in Mr.Hymer's former offering, "Tom Walkerand the Devil." He is now trying to

eke out an existence "white washing"and, as his signs reads, "covers up all

spots." Tiger Smith, a eporty colored

man, owes him money and refuses to

pay him,—even trying to touch Tomfor another five spotTom soliloquizes on his tough luck and

refers to a copy he has of "Faust." Hereads of how Faust sold his soul to the

Devil and thinks it a good idea for the

return promised.Annabelle Lee, little daughter of a

white man who had befriended Tom,then comes along selling flowers and be-

wailing her hard luck. She wants fourdollars to buy a dress for a party andcan't sell her flowers. Tom promises to

try and get his money from Tiger Smithand if he does, says he will give it to

her. She goes away pleased and tells

him she will bring him a Bible to readinstead of the bad book he has in his

hands.Reading his book he drops off to sleep

and dreams the devil appears dressed in

red. Tom wakes and is sure it is the

devil because his wife who ran awaywore red underwear. And she was a-devil. He signs a book, sells his soul

to the devil, and, at the bidding of the

latter, shoots Tiger Smith when hecomes along.

The devil tells him he will be ar-

rested, fonnd guilty and sent to the

electric chair, but at the last moment he

will appear and save him. To be re-

assured that he win appear whenwanted, the Devil tells Tom all be has

to do is snap his fingers. Through the

following scene, a cell in the jail andthe death chamber, Tom tries to get the

Devil to come to him and at the last his

devilish laughter is heard and, with the

full force of the current turned on, Tomwiggles about in the chair in great glee.

Baying he never felt bo good in his life.

Then, of course. Tom promptly wakesup in his cabin to find it is all a dream.Tiger returns with big winnings and

pays up, the little girl gets her dress

and Tom his Bible. Jnst as he is aboutto follow the little girl to Wednesdaynight prayer meeting Tiger appearsscared to death, telling of a devil all

dressed in red jumping from behind atree as he came along. Tom, being as-

sured that Tiger signed no book, pro-

ceeds to read him a moral lesson onthe way to church.

"Tom Walker in Diiey" is an enter-

taining novelty, bnt it needs a John B.Hymer to put it over. P. S.

MARIE DONAHUETheatre

—

Proctor's 125th Street.

Style

—

Singing.Time

—

Thirteen minute*.Setting

—

One.

Marie Donahue's biggest asset for

this single is her appearance. She hasa good voice, but another person not so

pretty and refined would haye a hardtime "with the routine, even though theycould sing as well.Her numbers consist of high-class and

popular ballads. Her voice is not veryforcible, but has a wide range, and heract will please most all small timers.

One good thing about the turn is thatshe does not have the spot light con-

tinually following her about the stage.

Miss Donahue makes two changes ofclothes, appearing for the last number,an Irish song, in a pretty green drees.

' J. tu

INTELLIGENCETheatre

—

Audubon.Style

—

Mind-read\ng.Time

—

Tteenty minute*.Setting—Full ttage.

This act has a company of three. Theman makes an announcement that MissCrane, an occult pianist, and Mahatna,psychic phenomena, will give a shortdemonstration in mind-reading. He andthe ushers pass slips of paper around tomembers of the audience. Each personwho holds one is requested to write hisname on the slip and a question forMahatna to answer or the name of asong for Miss Crane to play.The women then go into a trance and

alternate in their "readings." The manhardly passea around the audience at all,

except to verify readings after they havebeen made.For instance, Mahatna will say,

"There ia someone in the audience whoholds a slip of paper with the name"Jack King." The man then finds JackKing, whereupon Mahatna answers thequestion. The same method is used byMiss Crane at the piano.

Miss Crane was with .the original

Mercedes act.

The act can be featured on big time.H. G.

GEORGE D. HART AND CO.Theatre

—

American.Style

—

Dramatic sketch.

Tim*

—

Twenty minute*.Setting

—

Boxed tcene in three.

Mr. Hart and his little company ofthree, two men and a woman, are pre-senting a rather dramatic playlet en-titled "The Pardon," which tells of howMcGonigal, a political boss of New YorkCity, attempts to force the Governor to

sign a pardon for a lifer in Sing Sing.It is to be given to the young man andjust as he steps out of prison he ia to

be arrested and told that it was all a

mistake. * •

The Governor is under obligations to

McGonigal and writes the pardon. Atthis juncture the mother of the youngman enters and the Governor learns thatthe young man was railroaded' to SingSine through McGonigal's political in-

fluence ; that he killed in self defense

:

When the Governor learns this hesigns the pardon.The sketch is forcefully written and

well played, the work of the players in

the role of McGonigal and the Governordeserving special mention. E. W.

ROBERT DORETheatre

—

Eighty-first Street.

Style

—

Singing.Time

—

Thirteen minute*.Setting—One.

Robert Dore has a strong, clear bari-

tone voice and renders four high-classselections in a satisfactory way. He is

accompanied on the piano by AlbertVernon.

Dore's first selection ia' an aria from"Pagliacci," which is followed by a bal-

lad number. Both are well sung.He then leaves the stage, and the

pianist plays a solo, following thebeaten track of many of his irllows byattempting to play the sextette from"Lucia" with his "left hand only. It

would be wise for him to substitute aneasier selection. His solo was disap-pointing in view of the masterful wayhe had accompanied Dore.Dore then returns and sings a reci-

tative song based on one of RudyardKipling's well-known poems. This

number is very effective. For an encoreDore sings of old Mandalay.The act is high class. Dore has a

voice full of color, while his selections

possess sufficient contrast to keep theact from becoming tiresome. The actwill please on any bill. H. G.

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Dickson. C. F. ton H. Lots. Howard don santtaa. c aBertram! Frank Earls, (fraham Holms. 0*4, La Porte. Wn. McWads. Aotart Stark. I. CBauer * Herman Eddy, E. B. Hopkins, Frank Leonjo, Harry Marshall, SOW. Tosmklns* wildBoth!. Mr. Ellis. Jack Haydn. Carl Me Marion. Jaa.

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Apoleejate, Either Darts, Marjorla rjadunelster. U Salle. Babe Prestons. Mrs. Vincent. 0.

Alien. Mrs. Searl Diamond. KMlyn Jessie Lennox, Berenice ThiasiD. eQeorrda Wood, Maurice V.

Eerie. Graham Haien, Sign* Mack, trade Buret. Kseass White, BeneUBooth. Alma Parent. Lads Haftle, Miss La Marlsw, Franca Beaten, NeUa Ward, Shirley

Fountain, Marts eel Major, Florence Belrf. VtrrlnlaV. Weeks, MsoelGordon, Peanor Hale. Gloria Malison. Wtlda Sawyer. Delia Wayne. Kathrrn

Ooftdlo, Mer- Greenwsld. Dorrls Hamrleb. Ethel B. Bcott. Flo M.Crehanj. Gar Hale. Alice B. Morrill. Dot 8ebmnai. Clara Walker. Nettls C.

Cooley, Mu Gale, Dolly Howard, Era Oakley, Amy Storm, Mabel

TWO NEW HOUSES FOR BROOKLYNWilliam H. Eemble, former head of the

Triangle Corporation has organized a new$2,000,000 corporation which will immedi-ately erect two new theatres in Brooklyn.The theatres will be available for motionpictures and hippodrome features. Onewill be located in the downtown district

and one in the Bushwick section.

SEATTLE HOUSES CHANGESeattle, Wash., March 19.—The Metro-

politan will be the only house in the cityavailable for road attractions after nextAugust, when the Orphenm vaudeville peo-ple will move to the Moore from the Al-hambra, and the Wilkes Stock Companyswitch from the old Orpheum to the Al-hambra.

HIPPODROME CORTMANAOEUENT CH AWT,too DILIJNOHAMNights at S.1S. Mat. every ear. I.U.

"THE BIG SHOW"STAGED BY B, H. BUBNStDE

*EEE, KELLERMANNAJTS &ETTTRH 0T CHARLOTTE

NEW ICM I MAMMOTH 11 '

I MIHeTTBEtLfl *

THEATRE. WEST 46th ST.Eves, at 8.30. Hats. Wed. ASat. 2.30.

lanaThiaa;

West data St.. Pause Bsyaat **.Bra. at «-JO. Mats. Wed. At a. t.

Ut. outer ateneee'e gasatBeeson's One Snbetantlal I

FULTONJ. FRED ZlaraXEaAK Presents

WILLIAM TH0S. A.

C0URTENAY WISE£•»!" PALS FIRST *£Z

UPSTAIRS sDOWNV FltatDaUUC ss FAWTfY jt^TTOW

Cohan& Harris -Eft™,.vvuuu •*». uaaa a 10 Ca„ Brjant ,334s,

Erea. 8.20. Mate. Wed. 6 Sat. at i.io.

COHAN Aim srat>m>T* present

"THE WILLOW TREE"A FASTaST OI> TAPAH.

By Bsnrimo and Harrlton wii^A—

Comedy vmaeaSexU

DCpi inl f /-. w. 42i St. Eves. 8.20. Mats.IXlLrUDLslV' wed. A Snt. 2.20.

JANE COWLin ''LILAC TIME"HITnCaTarVI w - "th St. Ere*. 8.1sIHJUkMJni Mats. Wed. & Sat.

Estate of Henry B. Harris. Manner.JOHN D. WILLIAMS Presents

PALACEBroadway A 4Tta At.

Mat. Dally at a P. at.

very lea

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sts-so-Ts-ai-li-BO

EUTS ST. DEBT*.BOCK A PJ1SC!IWHITE. BAM MAHH *CO.. SAX A KJLITKMORTON. BENTJETT ARICHARDS, ALEXANDER.KcJADYZK, BEUIAR *AMDERSOhT.

a •>

The Haw Three-Act Comedy

OUR BETTERSBy K. SOMERSET MAUOHAM

GEO. sVt. THEATRE. B'WAT & 43d

COHAN'S ST-EVsft.^ ™-

KLAW A ERLANGERHENRY H1IXKB presents

RUTH CHATTERTONand Comp«Dy. 1nclu(Hn»r Bruce MrRae. is

"COMEOUT OFTHE KITCHEN"

EMPIRE B' way. 40 St. Etb. 8.30Mats. Wed. A Set. 2JO

CHARLES FBOHXAlf PRESEHTSA KISSMAUDE

ADa\MS

DILaLi>*3V,Sj Mate. Thar*. lUtit fJaDAVID BBLASCO preeeaU

LAST TWO WEEKS

FRANCES STARR"UTTLE LADY IN BLUE"

NEW M0R0SC0 THEATRE40 tk ST.. Jaet W. of B 1way. Phoe* Biysat IS*.

Etm. 8.1S. UatL Wed. and Sat. J. II.

Oltrar atoroiea'f Great Musical raroe with Oirla.

CANARY COTTAGEWITH TBTTTE FXIOAVZA.

Charles Rorylea sad Herbert OertheU.

IsNICItflBOaiflt ^^ B '"'> ^Slew A Brlsncer

St. Brc*. at 8.20. Mats.Wed. 4 Sat. 2.20.

MaDAfcr*

FORCINDERELLA

J. M. BARBIE'S GREATEST TBIDMPH.

GAIETY THEATRE. B'way A •18th

St. Erea. at 8.20. Mats.Wed. A Sat. st 2.20.

sac JOSH X. MX, ~

GEORGE ARLJSSIn J. at. BARRIES COatZST

THE PROFESSOR'S LOVE STORY

F I TIMsCF THEATRE W. «2d St. Eta. at 8.30r,Liintj t Mmtfc w>^A. H. WOODS

TURN TO THE RIGHT CHEATING CHEATERSBy MAX MABClIt.

26 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21, 1917

VAUDEVILLE HEADLINE ACTS

BETTY FIELDSBooked Solid

Diction LOU EDLEMAN

IRVING BLACKMAN MURRAY WESTON

GEORGIA COMEDY FOURHARRY SINGER

DIRECTION JACK FLYNNBooted Solid U. B. O. Tim.

CARL BERNARD

THE THREE ROZELLASA Classy Musical Oddity

IN VAUDEVILLE Dirrciioo ARTHUR HORWITZ

Fisher, Luckie & GordonDIRECTION ROSE & CURTIS

JOHN JOHNNY

MARTIN and ELLIOTT"THOSE FASHION PLATE DANCING BOYS"

Direction MARK LEVY

DAINTY QUEEN OF SENSATIONAL RHYTHMIC GRACE

LA PETITE MERCEDESA GORGEOUS DISPLAY OF NOVEL RICHNESS

Direction ARTHUR X HORWITZ

Thomas & HendersonThe Black Steppers

WATCH THFM IN VAUDEVILLE

The Boy Who Came BackIn a. New Act by Alloa Spencer Tenney

ASK MY AGENT

ALICE FARRELLIn Vaudeville

SINGING DANCING VI0LIN1STE

FLORENCE TIMPONIIN VAUDEVILLE Direction MARK LEVY

L.IL.L,In 5 Feet of Sweetness and a Violin PLAYING VAUDEVILLE

THE THREE ARLEYSA HIT ON ANY BILL

UNITED TIME DlreHlim rAUL DUItAND

BOB RUSSAKPresents

THREE SYNCOPATORSSMITH LANG

Direction GLADYS BROWNNOMOU

FREDERICK H. SPEARE AND CO.Offer the Novel Comedy Sketch Hit,

iteSi• 6

NOW HEADLINING LOEW CIRCUIT

99

REPRESENTATIVE LOUIS WESLEY

JOHNNY SINGERAND

DANCING DOLLSIN VAUDEVILLE AARON KESSLER, REPRESENTATIVE

JOAN STORM and JOHN MARSTONPresent the Ultra-Novelty Comedy

"His Alibi"PLAYING LOEW TIME BOOKED SOLID

JIM C.

COVENEY & WOODROWThe Precedent* of Vaudeville

ANDERSON&EVANSPRESENTING THEIR NEW ACT

•« »»

PILOT—L KAUFFMAN

KATHRYN MILEY<<Nature's Own Comedienne'

In Vaudeville

»»

Three IMorrie SistersSinging, Dancing, Novelty

New Act In VaudevilW

JACK WALTERS & CLIFF SISTERSWORKING ___Dan Dix & Virgil

WITH STAMPEDE RIDERS

EDDIE

ANDMONKEY SHINES—IN VAUDEVILLE

BOB

>FDirection of MAX LANDAU

O'BRIEN & KING(Formeriy O'Brien A Earner)

In THE NEW PIANO PLAYER

ED E. and BIRDIE CONRADIn a Vaudeville Oasmiqne by ED E. CONRAD

Difwctfao L*wW A Ci liu

bob-KELLEY &CAXLIISI-aoTHOSE NATURAL COMEDIANS

OendrPertlatfarllecel WorldCenjlei nfif SfcUl

March 21, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 27

U. B.O.HEW TOBX on

Falaoe—Price and Sins—Nat WiUa—Bath St.

Denis A Co.—Ellis ana Bordoni—Edwin George

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Rath Brothers—Patrla. (Three to fill.)

Colonial—-Gerard A Clark—"Sparta In AlDa"

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Prank Mullane—Rock ft White—"Nursery Land"Craig Campbell— 11. ft C. Dooley—Berole * Baker.Royal—Abdale'e Animals—Margaret Young—Tre-

vers 4 Douglas—"Savannah ft Georgia"—Skipper

A Kaetrup.Alhembra—Bennet ft Richard*—Delay Jean

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Bobble Gordone—"Vacuum Cleanere"—May Curtis—Adelaide ft Hugbea—Three Sullys.

Riverside—Bob Albright—Doraldlna—Spencer Awiuiams—Mclntyre A Heath—Florence Moore ft

Bra.BROOKLYN.

Bushwiok—Emily Ann Wellman—Jane Connelly£ CO.—Nolan A Nolan—Jas. Carson ft Co.Orpheum—Lillian's Dogs—Pariah ft Pern—J. ft

B. Morgan—Bert Hanlon—Yvette—Harold DuKaneft Co.—SaUle Fisher ft Co.—Savoy ft Brennan

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J. C. Norton ft Co.—Lillian Shaw.ATLANTA, OA.

Forsyth—Marshall Montgomery—Maleta Bocconl

—Mazle King ft Co.—Dngan ft Baymond—AvellngA Lloyd—Diving Nymphs—"Breath of Old Vir-ginia."

BOSTON, MASS.Keith's—Bowman Bros.—The Brlghtons—Watson

Slaters—Baymond ft O'Connor—Gertrude Hoffman."Headllners"—Moran ft Wlaer.

BIBMTrlOHAH. ALA.Lyrio (First Halt)—Mcintosh ft Maids—Lelgbt-

'

ners & Alexander—Baymond & Cavcrly. (Lust

Halt)—Ruth Budd—Brown, Harris ft BrowneBUFFALO, X. T.

Shea's—Kelly ft Wilder—Herbert's Dogs—JackNorwortb—Knapp ft Cornelia.

BALTIMORE, MS.Maryland—"Forest Fire"—Gordon ft Rica—Her

Dard & Janla—Durkln Girls—Belle Baker—StuartBarnes—Chick Sale. > -ir-iL yr

CLEVELAND, OHIO. ' "HF»*Keith's—Rockwell ft Wood—Nelson ' Waring

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McShane ft Hathaway—Bert Baker ft Co.—DanBurke ft airls—Van ft Bell—"Those FrenchGirls." -'.,

crarcrNNATi, ohio.Keith's—Wslter Brower—Primrose Four—Lillian

Kingsbury ft Co:—Mosher, Hayes ft Moaner—ClaraHoward—Fay Templeton—Aaahl Troope.

COLUMBUS, OHIO. - . i '

Keith's—null ft Durkln—Lydell »> Hlgglns—Mrs. Gene Hughes ft Co.—Miss Hamlet—Hal ftFrancis—Evan B_ Fontaine^—"Three of Clubs."

DAYTON, OHIO.; Keith's—Brltt Wood—Dunbar's Darkles—WittMorrlsecy—Wilfred Clark ft Co.—"Creation"

—

Nelson ft Nelson.

• DETROIT, 10OH.I Temple—Al. Herman—dar'cfnettl Bros.—McCar-thy ft Fay—Ward ft Van—Tiny Mey'a Circus

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Alex Can A Co.—Four AmeiillUlsMLOrth ft Dooley.

.'..-. . ERjfJt,*'PA. .

Colonial—Tbe Virions—Helena Davis—Sid LewisClifford ft Will*. - -

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.Empress—Marlon Weeks—Seven Bracks—Ruklna,

Fay ft Elklns—Msyhew ft Taylor—Fenton ft Green—Booth ft Leandetf—Whipple, Boston, ft Co.

HAMILTON, CAN.Temple—Page. Hack ft Mack—Crawford ft Brod-

eriok—Bobby Heath's Bevue—Mosconl Bros.;

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Great Howard. .,

INDIANAPOLIS, DTD. ..

.

Grand—The Capoellns—Sophie Tucker ft Co.—F«y. Two Coleys ft Fay—Clalrmont Bros.—LootsStone—Laurie ft 'Broneon—Gray Trio.

LOUISVILLE, XX,Keith's—Lovenberg Sisters—Harry Green A Co.

—Montgomery ft Perry—Terada Bros.—Median'sDogs—Win. Bbs ft Co.—Moore ft Gerald.

MONTREAL, CAM.Orphoum—Bart Johnson ft Co.— Australian

Crelgbtona)—Wm. Carton ft Co.—Andrew Mack

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Brooks ft Bowen—Briere ft King.

NORFOLK, VA.Academy (First Half)—Will Oakland ft Co.—

Princess Knlana. (Last Half)—Leon Sisters

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Parlllo A Problto.

NASHVILLE, TENN.Princess (First Half)—Rath Budd—Brown,

Harris ft Brown. (Last Hair)—Mcintosh ft Maids—Lelghtners ft Alexander—Raymond & Coverly.

PROVIDENCE, B. I.

Keith's—Kelly ft Gslvln—FonalUo Sletera—KerrA Weeton—Santley ft Norton—Henshaw ft Avery—"Peacock Alley"—Duffln-Redcay Troupe—Four .

Aitklns.PITTSBURGH, PA.

Davis—Nan Halpetin—"Night Boat"—Fern ADavis—Ooley. Harris ft Morey—''California Boys"—Loyal's Dogs—A. ft F. Stedman.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.Keith's—Siva Tancuay—David Saperstetn—Clark

ft Hamilton—HIckey Bros.—Pinkie—De Forest ftKeams—R|als—Bradley ft Ardlne.

ROCHESTER, H. Y.Temple—Benzee A Balrd—Klrby A Rome—Barry

Clrard ft Co.—Chan. Olcott—The Levoloa—AdamsA Murray—Boganoy Troupe—Harry Cooper.

...... RICHMOND, VA.Lyrio tFlrat Half)—Leon Slaters ft Co.—Parlllo

ft Prablto. (Lest Half)—Will Oakland ft Co.—Princess Knlana ft Co.

TOLEDO, OHIO.Keith's—Adelaide Boothby ft Co.—Dlexo—"Honor

Thy Children"—Swor ft Avery—Dong Fong Que ftHaw—Jaa. H. Culleu—Black ft White—Cries.Abeam ft Co.

TORONTO, OAK.Shea's—Scotch Lads ft Lassies—The Sharroeks—

Weston ft Claire—Marie Stoddard—Five Klta-muras—Mme. Doree ft Co.

WiUBEWIhWASHINGTON. D. C.

Keith's—Mclntyre ft Heath—Jaa. J. Morton-Joe Towle—Remples—Two Cantons—Hale ft Pat-erson—Cbas. Howard ft Co.

YOUHGSTOWK, OHIO.Keith's—Maryland Singers—Cole, Russell ft

Davis—Ishikawa Japs—Francis A Ross—BlossomSeeley ft Co.—"Act Beautiful"—Alexander Kids—Helen Page ft Co.

ORPHEUM CIRCUITCHICAGO, ILL.

Majestlo—Grace La Rue—Mason ft "Heeler Co.

—

The Volunteers—Stan Stanley Trio—Harry ft EvaPock—Harry Carroll—Geo. Lyons—Selina Braata.Palace— "Girl with 1000 Byes"—Bae Bamnele—

"Rubevllle"—Toots Pska ft Co.—Edna Aug—Tro-vato—Mme. Doris.

CALGARY, CAM.Orphoum—Cecil Cunningham—Edwin Arden ft

Co.—Chung Hwa Four—Gould ft Lewis—The Ber-rens—Marraeln Sisters—Pedersen Bros.

DENVER, COLO.Orphsnm—Biggs ft WItchle—Farter Girls-

Maurice Burkhart—Benny A Woods—Henry Kesneft Co.—Howard's Ponies—Witt ft Winter.

• DULUTH, MINN.Orphoum—Le Roy Talma ft Bosco—Barry Girls

—Bert Kenny — Lambert ft Fredrlcbs—FlyingHenrys—Clayton White A Co.

DEB MOINES, IA.

Orpheum—Dorothy Shoemaker ft Co.—MarlonHarris—Willing ft Jordan—M lit Collins—Mljaree—Valleclta's Leopards—"Age of Reason." ;

KANSAS CITY, XO.Orpheum.—Nat Goodwin—Ptlcer ft Douglas

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Foster Ball ft Co.—Milllcent Mower—Wm. BbsA Co.—Zeda A Hoot—Geo. Nash ft Co.

LOS ANGELES, CAL.Orpheum,—Morgan Dancers—Tempest & Sun.

suin^'-r'nmk Wilson—Pat Barrett—Dorothy Jar-doSr-dFtanagan ft Edwards—Harry ft Anna Sey-mou^-Hallen .A Fuller.

LINCOLN, NEB.Orpheum.—Mme. Chllson Ohrman—Odlva

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Nordstrom ft Plnkham—Harry I.. Mason—HansHanke—Mile. Leltsel—Imboff, Conn ft Coreene.

MINNEAP0U8, MINN.Orpheum.—Belle Story—Muriel Worth ft Co.

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Donohue ft Stewart—Mayo ft Tally—"TheFamily"—"The Recital"—McKay ft Ardlne.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.Orpheum.—Loulamann ft Co.—Geo. M. Rosener

—I. C. Nugent ft CO.— itlsaett ft Srjott—BalxerTSIsters.'-' '

.. MEtWBUk—8H5NN, .....

Orpheum.—Rooney ft Bent—Nellie Nichols-Carmen's Mlnstteie . Berosrd A Harrington

—

Chief CaupoUcan—Myrl A Delmar.

,• xjE^" JBmh LA.Orpheum.—Adele "Blood .ft Co.—MUo—Joale

Heather ft Co.—Merlan's Dogs—Three Jabns

—

Marie Fltsglbbons.

OMAHA, NEB.Orpheum.—Wblte ft Csvanagh. Cressy ft Wsyne—Adslr ft Adelpbl—Rena Parker—Samarolf ftBonis—King ft King—Connolly A Wenricn.

OAKLAND, CAL.

Orpheum—Lew Dockstader—Geo. Kelly ftCo.—Rice, Elmer A Tom—Rrabs A Alton—EsteUeWentwortb—Bert Leslie A Co.—Rita MarioOrchestra.

PORTLAND, ORE.Orpheum.—Nonette—The, Causlnos—Ethel Hop-

kins—HaUlgan A Sykes—Brent Hayes—KullervoBros.—"The Double Exposure."

ST. LOUIS, XO.Orpheum.—Eddie Foy ft Family—Julius Tannen

—Harris ft Manlon—Arthur Deagon—FrancesKennedy—Morln Sisters.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.Orpheum.—Llnue's Dancing Girl—Whiting ft

Burt—NewboCT ft Phelps—F. ft A. Astalre—Crossft Josephine—Lydla Barry—The Core—Clara Mor-ton.

SACRAMENTO. STOCKTON AND FRESNO, OAX.Orpheum.—Natalie Alt—Moore, Gardner ft Rose—Miseea Campbell—Everest's Monkeys—Caltea

Bros.—Wheeler ft Dolan.

BT. PAUL, MINN.Orpheum,—-Phyllis, Nellson Terry—Johnston A

Harty—Emerson ft Baldwin—Wallace Galvln

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Burdella Patterson—Mr. and Mrs. Jlmmle Barry.

SEATTLE, WASH.Orpheum.—Els ft French—Medlln, Watts ft

Townes—Hlrschel Hendler—Cbas. Grapewln ft Co.—Palfrey, Hall A Brown—The Norvellea—Mme.Jomelli.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.Orpheum.—Haruko Onukl—Claude GlUIngwater

ft Co.—Tboa. Swift ft Co.—Maria Lo—Meredithft Snooier—Ryan ft Lee—Ames A Wlnthrop.

VANCOUVER, CAN,Orpheum.—Seven Honey Boys—McWstters a

Tyson—"Garden or Aloha"—Alice Lyndon noil ACo.—La Gracioaa—Artie Mehlloger—Una ClaytonA Co.

WINNIPEG, CAB.Orpheum.—Hermlne Shone ft Co.—Ashley ft

Allman—Bthel McDonoogb—Wright ft Dietrich—Olivetti, Moffet ft Clare—Billy Kin Kald—"Tate'sMotoring."

1LEMOESPANTAGES' CIRCUIT

CHICAGO.

Crown (First Half)—Halklngs—1'oshay A White— Gllfalu Trio—"Hawaiian Revue"—Duffy A Mon-tague—Carlos Caesare. ' (.Last Half)—Wilson ASnyder—Story A Clark—Catherine Cameron—GeneEllsworth A Co.—Two Musical Keuuns—GardnerVincent Co.

Victoria (First Half)—Wilson A Snyder—StoryA Clark—Catherine Cameron—Gene Ellsworth ACo.—Two Musical Keuhns—Gardner Vincent Co.(Lost Half)—Halklngs—Posbay ft White—GllfalnTrio—Hawaiian Revue—Duffy A Montague—CarlosCaesare.

CALGARY, CAM.Pantages'—"Girl from Amsterdam"—Barbler.

Thatcher ft Co.—Harry Sardell—Roach ft McCurdy—Aasrd Bros.—Wilton Sinters. .'

DENVER, COLO.Pantages'—Gaston Palmer—Wilson Bros.—Oru-

ber's Animals—Perquete—Kelly A Ontrim.

EDMONTON, CAN.Pantages'— Capt. Sorcbo—Jerome ft Carson

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Stoddsrd A Haynes—Freddy James—AndersenRevue—Ed A Jack Smith.

OBEAT FALLS, MONT.Pantages' (March 26-27)—Chris Richards—

"Pbunpblends"—Three Marconi ' Bros.—Knicker-bocker Fonr—Paul Decker ft Co. \ •

,

KASBA8 CITY, MO.Empress—Winston's Seals—Sterling ft Mar-

guerite—Anna Eva Fay—Joe Roberts—ClipperTrio.

LOB ANGELES, OAL.Pantages— Pauline—Hugo Koch- A Co.—Gold-

smith ft Plnard—Evelyn ft Dolly—Marie Russell.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.Pantages'—"Six Peaches ft:-si> Pair"—Stephens

ft Holllster—Pedersen Bros.—Olsen ft Johnson—Kajlyama.

MOLINE, ILL.Family (First Half)—Zemates ft Smith—Mar-

Jorle Smith—The Kellogs—Marlon A Willard—Her-bert Lloyd ft Co. (Last Half)—Hewitt ft Callsn—Frankle Kelcey—Vaughan ft L'Eatrange—Kube-llck—Harry Lamed ft Co.

OODEN, UTAH. - .'•

Pantages'— "Bed Heads"—Jubilee Four—Ray-mond—Herbert A Dennis—Verna Mercervau.

OAXXAXS, OAL.Pantages'—Hubert Dyer ft Co.—Elisabeth Catty—"Telephone Tangle"—Bobble A Nelson—Attstra-

. Uaii -Woodchoppers—Belleelaire Bros. ..

fiPORTLAND, ORE. . ^

franUges'—Reynolds A Douegau—Feeley ft Mc-

'

Cloud—Elisabeth Otto—Klein Bros.—"Act Beautl- .

f L"BAN DIEGO, CAL.

jPantages'—"Mr. Chaser"—Bob Fltxslmmuns ftSvn—Joe Chong A Rosle Moey—Anthony A Muck~t8ol lii-rns. * .'

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.'jPautagea'—Great Leon ft Co.—ckboff ft Gor-din—Trevltt's Canlues—Klnksld KllUee—Jones AJohnson—Margaret Ford.>'

. SEATTLE, WASH.Pantages'—"Ke Mall Clerks"—Thalero'e Anl-

ninla—Tuscsno Bros.—Nlblo'e Parrots—.Bernard fthleyers^

BAN FRAKOMCO, OAL.'Pantages'—Berlo Diving Girls—Mack ft Velmar—Grace Edmonds—Frank Fogarty—"Mystic Bird"

—Six ft Dixie.

SPOKANE. WASH.Pantages'—"Dneeda Girl"—BstrellU—Zelaya—

Jed ft Ethel Dooley—Reed ft Hudson—W. J. Mc-Dermott.

TAOOXA, WASH.Pantages'—Cedora—Bernardl—Friend ft Down-

ing—Geo. ft Mae LeFevre—Oakland Slaters

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Rawls ft VonKanfman.VANCOUVER, CAN.

Pantages'—"Smart Shop"—John P. Wade A Co.—Wells, Norwortb. ft Moors—Military Elephants-Francis Renault.

VICTORIA, OAX.Pantages'—Ed Price ft Pals—Billy S. Hall ft

Co.—Samoya—Tabor A Green—Patrlioh,—"Bach-elor Dinner." . .

WINNIPEG, CAN.Pantages'—Golem Troupe—Foley ft O'Neil—

Qdeenle Dunedln—Bevan ft Flint—Harlan. Knightft Co.

S. AC. CIRCUITCINCINNATI, OHIO.

Empress—Davis ft . Moore—Hsney, Mason AScholle—Curson Sisters—Models De Besux Arts

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Goldberg A Wsyne—Rodero.

DETROIT, MICH.Kilee—La France Bros.—McQreevey ft Doyle-

Clarence Wilbur—Greene ft Parker—Valentine VoxMimic Fonr.

FARGO, X. S.

Grand (First Half)—Lightning Weston—EdithMote—Wm. Cahlll—Martin A Martin. (Last Half)—Anderson Slaters—Callahan A Callahan—NettleCarroll Troope.

JANESVILLE, WIS.Apollo (Last Half)—La Vine A Ionian—Frank

ft Eldrle Fisher.

XABON CITY, IA.

Csdl (First Half)—Lewis ft Brob—Jnle, Jsne ftLewis. (Last Half)—Wills-Gilbert ft Co.—JohnA. West.

XbRHHALLTOWX, IA.

Casino (Last Half)—Ware A Ban—Jnle. Jane *lew Is—Dancing Davey—"Girl from Starland"

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Lewis ft Broh.

ST. CLOUD. MINN.Nemo (One Day)—Lightning Weelon—Martin ft

MarUn—Callahan A Callahan—Win. Cahlll.

ST. PAUL, MINN.Hippodrome (First Half)—Keene ft Foxworth—Great Weatln ft Co.—Leonard A Dempsey—Bradsbaw A Linden—The Gleeaona A Houlahan.(Last Half)—The Kelloggs—Wm. Cahlll—FourCollnls—Bradshaw ft Llndon.

W. U. B. O.ANN ARBOR, MICH.

Xsjestlo (First Half)—Three Skating Venuses—SUber ft North—Madam Marion A Co.—Sherman.Van A Hyman—"The Color Gems." (Last Half)—"He's In Agsln."

DANVILLE, ILL.

Palsoe (First HaU)—Rosa Bros.—Brown ft Jack-son—-James Thompson A Co.—Lew Msdden A Co.—Ned Nestor ft Sweethearts. (Last Half)—Chas.ft Anna Olocker—Three Lyres—Madam Sumlko ft

Co.—Cook ft Lorens—Three Bartos.

FLINT, MICH.Majestic (First Half)—Will A Kemp—WllUeoa

ft Sherwood—Freeman, Dunham ft Co.—HarryHlnes—"College Olrl Frolics." (Last Half)—Luplta Peres— Geo. ft IJllle Garden—The Tamer—Jlmmle Lucas ft Co.—Two Pikers.

FT. WAYNE, IND.

Palace (First Half ) — I'rlm-. s» Kalams ft Co.

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BUI Robinson—Max Bloom & Co. (Ust Half)—Thlesson's 1'ets—Cecil Weston A Co.—Howard AFields' Mlnstrebi—"Lucky Glrla" — Carson ft

Willard—Three Willy Bros.

INDIANAPOLIS. INC.

Lyrio—Folsln Bros.—Gladys Corrtell — Stloe,

Hume A Thomas—Lane A Harper—"The MagaslneGirls."

JACKSON. MICH.Orpheum (First Half)—"lie's In Agsln." (Last

Half)—Three Skating Venuses—Silver ft North

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Msdsm Marlon ft Co.—Sherman. Van ft Hyman—"The Color Gems." ,

KALAMAZOO. MICH.Majestic (First Half)—Harold Yatea—Mlddleton

ft Spellmeyer—"Lingerie Shop"—Dorothy Brenner—Royal Toklo Troope. (last Half)—Piplfax ft

1'anlo—Use ft Wynn—James Grady ft Co.—Roth ft

Roberta—"81stko's Mldnlte Rolllckers."

LANSING. MICH.Bijou (First Half)—Piplfax ft-Panlo—Bae ft

Wynn—Jas. Grady ft Co.—Roth ft Roberts—"Slst-ke's Midnight Rolllckers." . .(Last Half)—HaroldYates—"Lingerie Bhop.''

LOOAN8FORT, IMD.

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TANEAN BROS.A comedy show; the half brought big attendance to the roof Tuesday night. The aerial houseappear, to have struck a. gait of late. The house did not fill up early Tuesday night. But by9 o'clock had a fine gathering * * Tanean Brothers No. 2, a blackface musical team, started

the laughs and secured a steady stream throughout their offering. The men use a good comedyidea in their xylophone work, which goes over handily.—Sime, "Variety."

March 21, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 29

BURLESQUEColumbia Wheel

Al Beeves—Casino, Brooklyn. 19-34; Empire,Newark. N. J., 26-31.

Behman Show—Corinthian, Rochester, N.T., 19-24; Bootable. Syracuse, N. T., 26-

28; Lumbers, Utlca, 29-31.Ben Welch -*—Empire, Brooklyn. N. T.. 19-

21; Park. Bridgeport. Ct., 29-31.Bon Tons—Park. Bridgeport, N. T., 22-24;Colonial, Providence. R. I., 26-31.

Bostonlana—Cohen's, Poughkeepsle, 22-24;HurUf & Seaman's, New York, 26-31.

Bowery—Open, 19-24; Gaiety, Kansas City,26-31

Burlesque Revue—Gaiety. Kansas City, 12-17; Gaiety, St. Louis, mo, Z6-31.

Follies of the Day—Star. Cleveland. O.. 19-24; Empire, Toledo, O., 26-3L

Globe Trotters—Lumbers;, Utlca. 22-24;Gaiety, Montreal, Can., 26-31.

Golden Crooks—Boston, 19-24; Grand, Hart-ford. Ct.. 26-31.

Hastings Show—Lyric, Dayton, O., 19-24;Olympic Cincinnati, 26-31.

Hello New York—Boston, 19-24; Columbia,New York, 26-31.

Hlp-Hlp-Hooray Girls—Miner's, Bronx, N.T., 19-24; Orpheum, Faterson, N. J., 26-31.

Howe's Kissing Girls—Gaiety, Washington,D. C, 19-24; Gaiety, Pittsburgh, Pa.. 26-31.

31* Show—Berchel Des Moines,9-21; Gaiety, Omaha, Neb., 26-31.

Irwin's BUIowa, 19-

Llberty Girls—Grand, Hartford, Conn., 19-24; Jacques, Waterbury. Ct., 26-31.

Maids of America—Gaiety. Detroit, Mich.,19-24; Gaiety, Toronto, Ont., 26-31.

Majestic—Chicago, 111., 19-24; Berchel, DesMoines, Iowa, 26-28.

Marlon's—People's, Philadelphia, 19-24;Palace, Baltimore, 26-31.

Merry Rounders—Gaiety, Buffalo, N. Y., 19-24; Corinthian, Rochester, N. Y.. 26-31.

Midnight Maidens—Empire. Newark, N. J.,19-24; Casino. Phlla.. 26-31.

Million Dollar Dolls—Gaiety, Montreal. Can.,19-24: Empire, Albany, N. Y., 26-31.

Molly Williams' Co.—Olympic. Cincinnati,19-24: Chicago, 26-81.

New York Girls—Orpheum. Paterson, N.X. 19-24; Empire, Hoboken, N. J„ 26-31.

"Puss Puss"—Hurtlg & Seamon's, NewYork. 19-24; Empire. Brooklyn, 26-31.

"Rag Doll In Ragland"—Gaiety, Toronto,Ont., 19-24; Gaiety. Buffalo. N. Y.. 26-31.

Roseland Girls—Empire, Toledo, O.. 19-24;Lyric. Dayton. O., 26-31.

Rose Sydell's—Colonial, Providence, R. I.,

19-24; Casino, Brooklyn, 26-31.Sldman's Sam—Columbia, New York, 19-24;Casino, Brooklyn, 26-31.Miner's Bronx. New York. 26-31.

Some Show—Palace, Baltimore.Gaiety, Washington, D. C. 26-31.

Spiegel's Revue—Chicago, 19-24;Detroit, 26-31.

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Sporting Widows—Gaiety, Omaha, Neb.,19-24; open, 26-31; Gaiety, Kansas City,April 2-7.

Star and Garter—Gaiety, Pittsburgh, Pa..19-24: Star. Cleveland. O.. 26-31.

Step Lively Girls—Empire, Hoboken, N. J.,19-24; People's. Philadelphia. 26-31.

Twentieth Century Girls—Empire, Albany,N. Y-. 19-24: Boston, 26-31.

Watson's Beef Trust—Jacques, Waterbury,Conn., 19-24; Cohen's, Newburg, N. Y.,26-28; Cohen's, Poughkeepsle. 29-31.

Watson-Wrothe—Gaiety, St. Louis, Mo..19-24; Chicago. 26-31.

American CircuitAmerican—Buckingham, Louisville, Ky., 19-24; Lyceum, Columbus. O.. 26-31.

Auto Girls—Hudson. Schenectady, 21-24;Blnghamton, N. Y., 26-27; Oneida, 28;Inter National, Niagara. Falls, 29-31.

Broadway Belles—Gaiety, Minneapolis, 19-24; Star, St. Paul. 26-31.

Beauty. Youth & Folly—Cadillac. Detroit,Mich., 19-24; open, 26-31; Englewood, Chi-cago, April 2-7.

Big Review of 1917—Worcester. 22-24; Am-sterdam, N. Y., 26-27; Hudson, Schenec-tady, 28-31.

Cabaret Glrla—Englewood. Chicago, 19-24;Gaiety, Milwaukee, 26-31.

Charming Widows—Star, Toronto, Ont., 19-24; Savoy, Hamilton, Can., 26-31.

Cherry Blossoms—Springfield, 22-24; How-ard, Boston, 26-31.

Darlings of Paris—Perm Circuit. 19-24:Gaiety. Baltimore. 26-31.

Follies of Pleasure—open 19-24; Englewood.Chicago. 26-Si.

French Frolics—Gaiety, Milwaukee, Wis.,19-24; Gaiety, Minneapolis, 26-31.

Frolics of 1916—Gaiety, Baltimore. 19-24;People's, Philadelphia, 26-31.

Ginger Girls—Wllkesbarre. 21-24; SouthBethlehem. 26: Easton. 27; Pottstown. 28;Trenton. N. J.. 29-31.

Girls from Joyland—Majestic. Indianapolis,Ind., 19-24; Buckingham, Louisville. Ky..26-31.

Girls from the' Follies— Akron. 22-24: Em-pire, Cleveland, 26-31.

Grownup Babies—Olympic. New York, 19-24; Majestic, Scranton. Pa., 26-31.

Hello Girls—Savoy, Hamilton, Can., 19-24;Cadillac, Detroit, 26-31.

Hello Paris—Academy. Jersey City, N. J..19-24; Gaiety. Philadelphia. 26-31.

High Life Girls—Howard. Boston. 19-24:New Bedford, Mass., 26-28; Worcester,29-31.

Lady Buccaneers—Gaiety, Philadelphia, 19-24: Mt. Carmel. Pa., 26: Shenandoah, 27:Wllkesbarre, 28-31.

Lid Litters—Trocadero. Philadelphia. 19-34:Olympic New York. 26-31.

Mischief Makers—open 19-24; Century, Kan-as City, 26-31.

Monte Carlo Girls—Star, St Paul, Minn.,19-24; open 26-31; Century, Kansas City.April 2-7.

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32 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 21, 1917

'OHRIALTO OUTBIDS

STRAND FORFAIRBANKS

KEEN RIVALRY PREDICTED

Through the obtaining of the Douglas

Fairbanks picture, "In Again, Ont Again,"

by the Rialto Theatre, from the Artcraf

t

Picture Corporation, it was learned that in

the future keen rivalry will ensue relative

to the booking of special features, between

the Rialto and Strand Theatres.

The management of the Strand has a

contract with the Artcraft concern, where-

by the big house is to have first option uponall releases made by this concern. In the

past, they have been running all of the

Pickford and other pictures that have been

made by Artcraft. They also have ob-

tained the George M. Cohan picture,

"Broadway Jones," which they will exhibit

next week, A fiat rental of $2,000 a weekwas charged them for all films they rented.

When word was conveyed to the Strandmanagement that the Fairbanks picture

would be ready for release shortly, it in-

formed the Artcraft concern that it would

like to have this picture at the Strand for

its initial showing in New York. In the

meantime, the manager of the Rialto

theatre, who became friendly with Fair-

banks when he was with the Triangle peo-

ple, also put in a bid for the film. Harold

Edel, of the Strand, then informed the Art-

craft people that he would pay ?2,500 for

the rental of the film.

The manager of the Rialto, however,

brought pressure to bear on Fairbanks to

use all the influence possible to obtain the

film for him, stating that rental price

would be no object. He told Fairbanks

that, as all of his former releases were

shown at the Rialto, it would be wise for

him to have his first release with the newcompany shown there also. The Rialto

people then submitted a bid of $3,000 for

one week of the film.

The Artcraft Corporation then informed

the Strand people that the Rialto was will-

ing to pay this sum and, if 'they cared to,

they conld have the film at this figure also.

Mr. Edel answered that be did not see his

way clear to accept the film at that price

and that, if they cared to dispose of it to

their competitors, it was perfectly agree-

able to him.Since Christmas the Rialto people have

been booking film in the open market, but

not once during that time have they tres-

passed upon the field through which the

Strand obtain their pictures until the pres-

ent time. The Strand regularly run Para-

mount pictures, but. however, when the

Artcraft or other concerns have had an

especially big release they have obtained it

and paid for their Paramount service with-

out nsing the film.

The Fairbanks' film is scheduled to have

its initial showing at the Rialto Theatre

on April 22.

ARTCRAFT GETS GRIFFITHDavid W. Griffith has entered into an

arrangement with the Artcraft Pictures

Corp. whereby all his future productions

will be released through the Artcraft com-pany.

KELLARD APPEARS IN PERSONBbxdgepobt. Conn.. March 17.—Ralph

Kellard, the Pathg star, appeared in per-

son at the Liberty Theatre here last Satur-

day, when "The Precious Packet," the

final chapter of "The Shielding Shadow,"and the current chapter of "Pearl of theArmy," in all of which Mr. Kellard stars,

were shown.

INDICTED ON DUPING CHARGEPhiladelphia, Pa., March 19.—George

W. Brandenburgh, a former alderman ofthis city, is under federal indictment ona charge of "duping" a Mutual-Chaplincomedy GIm. He is charged with violatingthe copyright law by the making of aduplicate print of "The Floorwalker" andoffering it for sale in England.

KERRIGAN VISITS LYNCHBURGLynchbtthg, Ya., March 16.—J. Warren

Kerrigan, the Universal star, appeared atthe Broadway Theatre for one day andmade seven five-minute talks during thetime be stopped off in Lynchburg, appear-ing in the spot at the conclusion of thepicture in which he was featured.

DEMANDS FILM EXPERIENCEAlbaht, N. Y., March 19.—The pro-

visions of a bill introduced into thelegislature provide that motion picturemachine operators before securing a license

must have operated machines in a film

house for a period of at least six months.

NAVY CENSORS MOVIESThe Navy Department has established

a censorship of all moving pictures show-ing the activities of the American navy.Before any such pictures can be screenedthey must be properly passed upon by theauthorities of the Navy Department.

FOX CANVASS SUCCEEDSA nation-wide canvass in which more

than a million persons were asked to ex-press their feelings toward "The HonorSystem" brought forth more than fifty

thousand answers from persons in all classes

of society.

MARIE DORO LEAVES LASKYMarie Doro has left Lasky and is re-

turning East for "Heart's Desire," whichis being produced at the Famous Players'studio and at Fort Lee. It will be releasedby the Paramount Corp., April 12.

FRANCE DENIES HART RUMORR. W. France, general manager of the

Triangle Distributing Corp., denies astatement to the effect that William S.Hart intends to withdraw from the Tri-

angle-Ince management.

NINE REPLACES GOOKINForrest F. Nine, city salesman in the

Kansas City exchange of Vitagraph-V. L.S. E., has been promoted to the branchmanagership, to succeed W. C. Gookin, whorecently resigned.

COLLINS PLANS SERIALFrederick L. Collins, president of the

McClure pictures, is in Los Angeles per-fecting plans for the production of an-other McClure series to follow the "SevenDeadly Sins."

TAKES OVER PARAGON STUDIOThe Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

has taken possession of the Paragonstudio in Fort Lee. Hereafter it will beused for the production of Paramount pic-

tures.

WORLD GETS BERNHARDT FILMThe World Film Corp. has secured the

rights to Sarah. Bernhardt's "Mothers ofFrance." which had a sensational recep-tion last week at the Rialto Theatre.

FIELDING DIRECTING FOR WORLDRomaine Fielding is now directing for

the World Film Co. He is supervising theproduction of "The Crimson Dove" at theFort Lee studio.

TOURNEUR WITH LASKYMaurice Tourneur, French director, has

been engaged by the Jesse L Lasky Fea-ture Play Co. to direct nine pictures intwelve months.

WHEELER COM.ADVISES NOFILM TAX

FAVORS SUPERVISION BUREAU

Albany, March. 19.—Recommendationsto the effect that it would be unwise for theState, at the present time, to tax the mo-tion picture industry, was the report of theWheeler Motion Picture Investigation Com-mittee to the Legislature, after conductinghearings in this regard.The committee, however, recommended

the establishment of a State licensingbureau for the supervision of the motionpicture business, including the operationof projection machines and the class ofpictures to be -exhibited.

With reference to the taxation measures,the committee was of the opinion that it

would be inadvisable at this time to levy aspecial tax upon any particular industry.They were of the opinion, though, that onthe return of normal conditions, the mo-tion picture business, as well as the wholeamusement field, will be subject to tax-ation.The committee recommended legislation

which would make the theft or intentionalmutilation or destruction of, or injury to;

any motion picture film, apparatus or de-vice, cause for the cancellation of the li-

cense of the guilty person.In their report, the committee called

attention to stock jobbing propositionswith advertising of a fraudulent characterin relation to moving picture machines,and the profits in the business.

It is expected that legislation upon therecommendations made in the report willbe enacted within the next few weeks.

AGENT HELD ON SCHOOL LAWMrs. Ann Wilson, who conducts a the-

atrical agency in this city, was arraignedlast Friday before Magistrate Cobb in theMunicipal Court, charged with violationof the compulsory education law. Ac-cording to the complaint lodged againstMrs. Wilson, Sylvia Parnes, thirteen, Lil-lian .Levine, twelve, and Ida Meyers, four-teen, failed to attend school and went,instead, to a studio at Cliffside, N. J. Thehearing was postponed till March 23. Thefilm companies and theatrical agencies aremaking this a test case. They believethat when they engage children for studiowork, with the consent of their parents,they are acting well within their rights.

WILLIAM FOX ON SCREENLos Angeles, March 12.—When Wil-

liam Fox arrived at his Hollywood studios.Dal Clawson, his cameraman, took severalhundred feet of film with Mr. Fox as thesubject, and Mr. Fox saw himself on thescreen later in the day in the Hollywoodprojection room.

GRIFFITH TO FILM WARD. W. Griffith has sailed for London and

will later visit the war fronts to make amotion picture history of the great conflict.The governmental authorities of the na-tions at war have given him a commissionto carry out the mission.

SELZNICK BUYS LESSER FILMLewis J. Selznick added another spe-

cial fecature film to his States Rightspurchases this week by a deal with SolLesser of San Francisco, for the NewYork State and northern New Jerseyrights to the "Ne'er Do Well," Selig> fa-mous picturization of the popular novelby Rex Beach.Greater New York City will be han-

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MORE HOUSES FOR PARAMOUNTNine Southern theatres have joined

Paramount during the past week and havesigned contracts with the Atlanta ex-change. The new additions are the OperaHouse in Van Alstyne, Texas; Mazuma,Granbury, Texas; Happy Hour, Danger-field, Texas; the Mission, Ponce City,Okla. ; the St. Denis, Sapula, Okla. ; thePalace, McGhee, Ark. ; Jewel, Coweta,Okla., and the Crystal Theatre of Estel-line, Texas.

JAMES HUSSEY DEADJames J. Hussey, chief property man of

the Popular Plays and Players studio, diedof heart failure at Lakewood, N. J.,

whither he had gone in an effort to re-cuperate. Mr. Hussey bad been with thePopular Play and Players Co. for a yearand a half. He was thenty-three yearsold. The funeral took place at Bayonne.

LATHROP GOES TO COASTF. H. Lathrop, vice-president of the

Sierra Photoplays, has left for the studiosin Los Angeles, having closed a contractby which bis company is to make singlereel comedies . of "Polly and Her Pals,"based on the popular comic strip of thatname appearing in newspapers throughoutthe country.

FOX FORMS COMEDY COMPANYNot satisfied with his new Fox Film

comedy program, William Fox has formedthe Sunshine Comedy Company, the en-tire output of which "-will be releasedthrough his own exchanges. Mr. Fox ispresident of the new concern and HenryLehrman vice-president and general man-ager.

FITCH JOINS PARAMOUNTC. ,J. Fitch has joined the sales forces

of the Win. L. Sherry Feature Film Co.,of New York, distributors of ParamountPictures in this district, and will takecharge of the Rosco ("Fatty") ArbuckleComedies.

"WOMANHOOD" OPENS APRIL 2The Vitagraph feature, "Womanhood,

the Glory of -the' Nation," will open itsfirst showing at the Chestnut Street OperaHouse in Philadelphia April 2. It willhave a run of three weeks.

GORDON FOR "WHITE TRAIL"Paul Gordon has been engaged to play

the leading role in "The Great WhiteTrail," the first super-feature productionnow being filmed by Wharton, Inc., atSaranac Lake. .*'

"DEEMSTER" RIGHTS TO MAYERLouis Mayer of Boston has purchased

the New England exhibition rights to "TheDeemster." This film play will begin itsNew York Run at the Broadway TheatreApril 8.

MOSS TO START ANOTHERThe second of the eight special features

undertaken by B. S. Moss for the cur-rent year, "The Sins of the Children," willbe pnt under way early in April.

YOUNG FILM BY WOMAN AUTHOR"Why I Left My Husband" is the title

of Clara Kimball Young's next film play.It is from the pen of Virginia TerhuneVan De Water.

WARREN FILM TITLE CHANGED"The Warfare of the Flesh" is tie final

title of Edward Warren's State rights fea-ture, heretofore referred to as the "Trans-gressors."

GOLDFISH AROUND AGAINSamuel . Goldfish is hobbling around

again, after having been laid np with aninjured ankle received while playing hand-ball.

March 21, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 33

FEATURE FILM REPORTSTHE PULSE OF LIFE"

Bluebird. Five Keels.

Released April 2 by Bluebird Photoplay*.

Cast.

lAsetta Gypsy HarteBucket* Sue Dorothy BarrettMolly Oapelt Molly MaloneDomenic Nioholat DuneautGuido Serrani Wedgewood Nouyell

Standford Graham Millard K. Wilson"Dago" Joe Albert McQuarrielAiigi ilaseto Edward BrownHatting Oapelt Seymour Hatting*

Story—Written by E. Magnus Ingleton.

Produced for Bluebird by Rex Ingram.Photographer, Duke Hayward.

Action—-Slow.Continuity—Uneven.Stispens*—Little.

Detail—Fair.Atmosphere—Good.

Remarks."The Pulse of Life" throbs uncertainly

with adventure and exciting incidents,

and interest is allowed to- cool by toomany cut-ins and cut-backs.The story deals with Liaetta, daughter

of an old fisherman, living in a little set-

tlement on the shore of the Isle of Capri,

off the coast of Italy. She longs to

break through her narrow environment,and when Serrani, an Italian artist, wholived in New York, persuades her to goto America with him, she readily does so.

He soon tires of her, however, and shefalls in with Dago Joe, a frequenter of theunderworld cafes, and while dancing withhim at one of these is discovered by Gra-ham, a sculptor, who wants her as amodel.She poses for him, and it is not long

before they fall in love with each other.Lisetta's brother, in the meantime, hascome to America to search for her and,locating Serrani, kills him with a dagger,which the sculptor had given Serrani.Circumstantial evidence is convicting

Graham for the murder, but, as the hourof his execution approaches, Lisetta'sbrother confesses.

Box Office Value.

One day. Smaller houses.

"SUSAN'S GENTLEMAN"Blue Bird. Five Reels.

Released April 2 by Bluebird.

Cast.

Nancy Croyden. Violet MertereauSusan Flynn Violet MertereauOra Tourette Maud CoolingSir Jeffrey Croyden Jante* O'NeillSir Bevit Neville William O'NeillTerence Flynn Bradley BarkerTom Neville Sidney MasonStory—Comedy drama by Kate Jordan.Scenario by John C. Brownell. Photo-graphed by Lewis Ostland. EdwinStevens, director.

Action—Not convincing.Continuity—Lacking.Suspense—None.Detail—Bad.Atmosphere—Fair.

Remarks.The story of "Susan'B Gentleman" is

by no means strong enough to carry it

through five reels, and in its picturiza-tion was at least two reels too long.There were also many unconvincing

situations and inconsistencies in the pic-ture. The denouement is unreal and onlyby the wildest stretch of the imaginationcan one conceive of things being done asthey do them in "Susan's Gentleman."The story is too "jumpy" and is extreme-ly difficult to follow. There are severalpretty scenes with Violet Mersereau asthe child of poverty which add a touchof real interest and appeal.

Box Office Value.

One day. Smaller house. Would ap-peal to youthful romantic minds.

"THE DARK ROAD"Triangle-Ince-Kay Bee. Five Reels.

Released April 1 by Triangle.

CastCleo Muriton Dorothy DaltonCarlo* Ootta Robert MoKimCapt. James Muriton Jack LivingstonCedrio Conttable Jack GilbertSir John Conttable Walt WhitmanLady Mary Conttable Lydia Knott

Story—Vampire play, written by JohnLynch. Directed * by Charles Miller.Supervised by Thomas H. Ince.

Action—Holds interest.Continuity—Even.Suspense—Well sustained.Detail—Correct.Atmosphere—Very good.Photography—Excellent.

Remarks."The Dark Road" is essentially a vam-

pire picture.

Cleo Murison, the reincarnation of Cleo-patra, is the^wife of an English army of-ficer, who is so infatuated with her thathe believes her to be all that is beautiful,pure and noble. When war breaks outand Jim is ordered to the front with hisregiment, he leaves his wife in the careof relatives in the country.There Cleo works her phnrma on her

husband's cousin, an unsophisticatedyouth, who is soon infatuated with her,and, when he leaves to enlist in the army,after an assurance of her love, she im-mediately forgets all about him.

Carlos Costa, posing as a Spaniard,comes to the village and Cleo tries to en-trap him, but is subjugated to his moredominant will, and the two leave forCosta's apartment in London.Costa in reality is in the German secret

service and uses Cleo as a means of in-formation as to the movements of theBritish troops, which Cleo receives in aletter from her husband. The letter is

found on a German spy by Jim, who hur-ries to London and tracks down Costa,only to find his wife in his arms. Astruggle between husband and wife en-sues and Cleo is killed.The story is directly told and the pic-

ture has received an excellent direction.

Box Office Value.One day. Advertise picture of Vampire

type.

"THE DUMMY"Famous Players—5 Reels.

Released March 19 by ParamountCost

Barney Cook Jack PickfordBabbings Frank LoteeMr. Meredith Edvoin StanleyMrt. Meredith Belen GreeneBeryl Meredith BtheUnarv OaklandRatio Hart Ruby Hoffman

Story—Melodrama. Screen version of playby Harvey J. O'Higgins and HarrietFord. Featuring Jack Pickford.

Action—Quick and full of interest.

Continuity—Always consistent.

Suspense—Sustained throughoutDetail—Excellent.Atmosphere—Convincing.Photography—O. K.

Remarks."The Dummy" lends itself well to pic-

turization because of its many melodramaticmoments and its well sustained suspense,which exists almost from the very start.

As a matter of fact on the screen the sus-

pense seems to be accentuated.Jack Pickford does good work in the title

role but by no means dominates the picture.

Frank Losee easily shares first honors withhis capital portrayal. Ethelmary Oaklanddoes excellent work as the child. She is

one of the best child actresses before the

screen.Box Office V*lue.

Two days. The name of Pickford andthe title of the play are both good to drawattendance.

"THE FIGHTING GRINGO"Red Feather. Five Reels.

Released March 26 by Univertal.

CastMary Smith Claire Du Bray"Red" Baundert Harry CareyArthur Baton George WebbJim Bill QettingerPerez T. Du CrowBelknap T. D. CrittendenOrinex Res de RotteUiPedro Vetta Pegg

Story—Melodrama. Written by HenryWallace Phillips. Scenario by MaudGeorge. Directed by Fred A. Kelsey.

Action—Rapid.Continuity—All right.Suspense—Gripping at times.

Detail—O. K.Atmosphere—Good.Photography—O. K.

Remarks,

The most glaring fault attached to thisfilm is to be found in the style of cap-tions. Some of them are ridiculous andmany of them might fit a burlesque ona serious drama.This is a title bestowed on "Red" Saun-

ders, an American youth who becomes arancher in Mexico. "Red" proves to be averitable Jaek-of -all trades and master ofall as well. He is a regular Johnny onthe spot. He saves Orinez, the head ofthe government party, from death at thehands of three assassins. He is the mainfactor in putting down a revolution, andis the means of causing a reconciliationbetween two loving hearts who had beenruthlessly separated by the machinationsof a villainous missionary, and had thatundesirable party run out of town.

Box Office Value.

Two days in the average bouse.

"PRISON WITHOUT WALLS"Laaky. Five Reels.

Released March 15 by Paramount.

CastHuntington Babbs IVoJlae* fit-id

Helen Ainsworth Slyrtle BtedmanNorman Morris William Conk tin

"Horte" GUligan Billy Elmer

Story—Melodrama adapted by Beulah Ma-rie Dix from story by Robert EmmetMac Alamey. Directed by R. MasonHopper. Featuring Wallace Reid andMyrtle Stedman.

Action—Interesting.

Continuity—Somewhat broken.Suspense—Well sustained.Detail—Good.Atmosphere—CorrectPhotography—Excellent.

Remarks.

A timely picture. There is so much in-

terest in prison reform work that this story,

which tells of the ferretting out of a gangwho smuggle drugs into the State prisons,is sure to hold attention.

The "man higher up" in this case haswealth and social position and is trappedby a young prison expert who enters theinstitution as a convict There is also astrong love interest as the young man notonly succeeds in putting the genteel gangleader behind the bars, but wins the heartof the young girl philanthropist who wasformerly the fiancee of the "man higher

up."

The picture is well directed and the act-

ing of Mr. Reid and Miss Stedman is good,

but first honors in this line belong to

William Conklin, who is one of the best

genteel heavies we have seen in film work.

Box Office Value.

Should draw well for two days.

LEWIS J. SELZNICK ANNOUNCESThe Purchase of Greater New York, New York State and Northern

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NEW YORK, MARCH 28, 1917VOLUME LXV—No. 6

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FIFTY THEATRES TO GIVE

MUSICAL STOCK THIS YEARProvidence, Hartford, Newark, New Haven, Elmira, Bridgeport

and Many Other Cities to Have Companies

,. . , During Summer Season

Over fifty theatres will present musical

comedy stock during the coming Summerthroughout the United States. With the

dearth of good travelling musical shows

and the general increase of revenues and

profits by both theatres and travelling

companies, managers of theatres aboutthe

country seem to be imbued with the idea

that this Summer will be the proper time

for the presentation of musical stock in

their various localities.

Through New York state and the New .

England region, upward of fifty theatres

will operate and produce musical stock

from the middle of May until the end of

August.The various theatrical engaging agents

throughout this territory have been in-

structed to sign up as many prominentstars and principals who have been ap-

pearing in musical shows this season as

they possibly can. The salary being of-

fered those approached by the agencies is

considerably in excess of that paid in

previous seasons.The agencies which lease musical plays

have already disposed of almost all of

the musical comedy hits of recent years

which they will present during the season.

The Chamberlain Brown offices have al-

ready engaged twenty-five principals for

various companies throughout the East,

and before the middle of April, expect to

have placed about seventy-five prominentmusical comedy performers with various

stock companies through the East. Otheroffices are also busily engaged in selecting

principals for their clients.

However, there seems to be a lack ofchorus people for these engagements. Thesalaries that are offered this season aremore than 35 per cent, in advance of thoseoffered in past seasons but do not seemto be attractive enough to both the chorusgirls and men that are generally employedin these shows."

Most of the girls that have been previ-ously employed in these shows have hadsteady work during the present seasonand, with the expectation that their pres-ent engagement wQl run into May or June,are rather reluctant to accept the Summerengagements, 'which would mean goinginto rehearsal within the next few weeks.Then again, a great many of these girlsdesire a month or two of rest prior to be-ginning their next season's work.Bequests have been made to producers

of successful musical productions duringthe past two seasons for the performingrights during the Summer season. Oneof the stock producers offered the ownerof a popular Broadway musical success$1,000 royalty for the use of his title andscript for one week. This is the highestprice that has ever been offered for theuse of either dramatic or musical scriptfor stock purposes.

The Lyric Light Opera Co.. has leasedthe Providence Opera House. Providence,R. L. for the Summer. Thev will opentheir season there early In May. .A per-manent company of fifty people will ap-

pear throughout the season. From timeto time, new principals will be engagedto head the cast. A number of thesewill be especially engaged to appear in

roles they created in various Broadwaysuccesses. Among some of those alreadyengaged for this company are: FlorenceWeber, Forrest Huff, Fritzi Von Busing,George Harvey, Royden Keith and MayFrancis.

S. Z. Poli, will operate musical stockin three of hiB houses. The seasons in

these theatres will open during the early

part of May. The houses selected are

Hartford, New Haven and Worcester.Among the people engaged by the Poli

forces are, Annette Fitzhugh, EdwardBeck, Arthur Berkley, Alice Hills and EvaOlivetti Each of the Poli companies willhave thirty-five members. The bills in all

of the houses will be changed weekly.H. C. Parsons contemplates operating a

Summer stock company at the Parson'sOpera House, Hartford, Conn. He will op-

erate on an extensive scale, keeping a per-

manent company of from fifty to sixty

people throughout the season. In addi-

tion, he will also engage stars from thevarious musical successes that have ap-peared in New York during the past fewyears to enact their original roles in pro-

ductions which will be put on from timeto time. Each of these stars will be en-

gaged for a period of one week.The Aborns will again be on deck this

season. They have closed negotiations topresent musical stock at Olympic Park,Newark, N. J. Their company will com-mence operation about Decoration Dayand continue until the forepart of Sep-tember. Most of the favorite AbomGrand Opera Company stars will appearduring the Olympic Park engagement.

P. G. Moloney will arrive in New Yorkon Friday to engaee people for the stockcompany which will appear at the ElmiraWater & Light Co., Park, in Elmira, ber

ginning the early part -of May. Forty per-

sons are to be engaged by Mr. Moloney.He has already closed negotiations with aprominent musical comedy producer tostage the shows.Joe & Ike Weber will install a musical

stock aggregation at the PlattsburgTheatre, Plattsburg, New York. The com-pany will commence operation toward theend of May and continue until well intothe fall. It Is expected that considerablebusiness will be done on account of theclose proximity of the town to the mili-

tary training camp. It is anticipatedthat the town will be over-run with Sum-mer guests desirous of being near thecamp.Frank Isham will conduct the stock

company at the Lyric Theatre, Bridgeport,

Conn, This company is expected to opentoward the end of April. Isham will pro-

. duce lavishly here, having a company ofsixty people. As business conditions areflourishing in this town, H is expectedthat, the season will run well into theFall.

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CLOWNS TO HOLD DINNERThe Imperial Order of Phools, an or-

ganization of downs, will hold its annualdinner on Saturday night. The officers

at the dinner will be: Big Phool, HarryLa Pearl, of the United States Circus;

Fat Phool, Harry Clemens, of the Bar-num and Bailey Show; O. U. Phool, GeorgeBaker, of the Wallace Show; U. R. A.Phool, Frankie Hammer, and SkinnyPhool, Jim Rossi, of the Barnum andBailey Show; Little Phool, Marceline, ofthe United States Circus. It is reported

that Toto, the Hippodrome clown, will beinitiated into the OTder at the dinner.

EVELYN NESBIT OPERATED UPONThe reason why Evelyn Nesbit and Jack

Clifford cancelled some of their vaudevilletime, thereby arousing much curiosity in

vaudeville circles, was because Miss Nesbithad been informed by her physician thatan operation upon her nose was neces-sary. She has been bothered considerablyof late by the trouble, and decided thatthe best thing to do was to follow theadvice of the surgeon. The operation wasperformed last Friday.

HEIST AND ANDREWS OUTLyle D. Andrews and Sam Heist, both

of whom were stockholders in the UnitedStates Theatre, in Hoboken, have sold theirinterests in the house to Frank Hall, ofNewark. Meyer Harsburg, another stock-holder, has done likewise. The theatre,which is booked by Walter Plimmer, will

continue to play vaudeville and featurepictures.

TEAL SAYS WAITER STOLE WIFEBelieving that his wife's affections have

been alienated, Ben Teal, the theatrical

producer, has instituted suit for $60,000damages against August Schneider, headwaiter at the Hotel Astor. Teal claimsthat Schneider alienated the affection ofEleanor M. Tea], whom Teal married in

Boston in October, 1907.

WILLIAM ELLIOTT TAKES RESTWilliam Elliott, who has felt the strain

of playing the lead in "The Wanderer," is

taking a two weeks' vacation at FrenchLick Springs. Elliott retired from thecast after Saturday night's performance,and Frederick Lewis is temporarily replac-

ing him in the role of the prodigal son.

ROGERS TO RETURN TO "FROLIC"On Monday next Will Rogers, will re-

turn to the cast of "The Midnight Frolic."

Owing to the closing of the 'Tollies" inBaltimore on Saturday, with which he hasbeen on tour, he is able to rejoin hisformer associates in the "Frolic."

RATS STRIKEMAKES NOHEADWAY

SIMMERS DOWN TO PICKETTNC

JACK GLEASON INJUREDJack Gleason, of the Friars, dislocated

a small bone in his left hand last weekwhile boxing with Father Jordan in theclub gymnasium and was forced to keepit heavily bandaged for several days.

CALL ADVANCE MAN TO COLORSColonel George F. Hinton, advance agent

for Otis Skinner in "Mister Antonio" hasbeen ordered to report for military dutyimmediately and left the theatrical com-pany at Waco, Texas, to answer the call.

GOODMAN IS DAD OF THREEOn Sunday morning, Jules Eckert Good-

man became the father of a baby girl, histhird offspring.

Developments during the past week in

the attempt made by the White Rata to

tie up the Loew and Poli theatres resolved

themselves down into a simple case of

picketing. No new houses were added to

the list, either in New York or surround-ing cities, and, as far as could be learned,

no trouble was experienced with the bills

by either the Loew or Poli circuits.

Rumors of efforts being made to induceacts to walk out were frequent, bnt np to

a late hour none of them had succeeded.The greater part of the activities of the

White Rats were confined to the LowerEast Side of New York and the Browns-ville section of Brooklyn, where MarcusLoew operates three houses. Having oV-

tained the endorsement of the UnitedHebrew Trades Council, a concerted movewas made to picket the Loew houses inthese sections, which are strong laborcommunities. Outdoor meetings were heldon Saturday In these communities and thedemands of the White Rats were ex-

pounded by speakers. In the meantimepickets were patrolling up and down in

front of these theatres to inform the in-

tended patrons that the houses were "un-fair." .'

Daring the later part of laat week con-siderable trouble developed, as a greatnumber of the pickets and their sympa-thizers were arrested. But, since lsst Fri-

day night, when wholesale arrests weremade at three houses, no further trouble

was experienced.W. J Fib!Ps trick, head of the White

Rats, left for Boston on Sunday where heattended a meeting of the labor leaders.

Yesterday and today he spent In Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Pa., ' where the Poll

houses are located.Harry Mountford, International execu-

tive of the White Rats, is expected to leavefor Pittsburgh either today or tomorrow.

Morris Finestone, secretary of the UnitedHebrew Trades Council, stated on Mondaynight that preparations were being madeto extend the picketing of Loew theatres

daring the present week. It was learnedthat activities would be commenced aboutthe National Theatre, in the Bronx, andthe Warwick Theatre in Brooklyn eithertoday or tomorrow. There are 200.000members of organizations affiliated withthe council.Doable bills and guards were still main-

tained at all of the theatres In the GreaterNew York district on Monday. Despitethe fact, that there was little possibility

of - further activities on the part of theWhite Rats in the New York region, themanagers did not relax their precaution.There was the nsual exodous of acts from

the Grand Central and Pennsylvania depoton Sunday night. More than sixty agentscongregated about both railroad terminalsto see their respective acts off. Bnt therewas not a White Rat in evidence at either

place. This is the first time since strikeconditions have existed that no "pickets"were present at the depots. It was said

that most of them were engaged in picket-ing local Loew theatres.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER "Tilarch 28, 1917

Saturday there were no activities what-

ever. Everything wa» peaceful after the,

turbulent times at the ' I«oew .theatres the

night before.

However, on Friday, more activity wasMen in Greater New York than at any

time daring the strike. The Hebrew Trades

Council pickets commenced their work of

picketing the Loew theatres for the first

Him and, as a result, there was consider-

able trouble and rioting which necessitated

the calling out of the police reserves and

the arrest of a score of people.

The pickets were very diligent In their

efforts to keep people from entering the

Delancey Street and Avenue B theatres

and, as a result, trouble ensued at both

houses.Fourteen men and two women were ar-

rested at the Avenue B Theatre and

twelve men and four women at the

Delancey street bouse.

Those arrested at the Avenue B house

were charged with disorderly conduct byBenjamin Friedman, the manager, who wasthe complainant. He declared that the

prisoners prevented persons from entering

the theatre by standing in the entrance and

telling prospective buyers of tickets it wasan "unfair house."A large crowd gathered, about the the-

atre and is wss necessary to summon the

reserves from the Fifth Street station, whoarrested those pointed out as disturbers.

Similar conditions prevailed at the

Delancey Street theatre until the police

took the disturbers there into custody.

All of the women prisoners were bailed

out at the station house and the menprisoners taken to the Night Court Magis-trate Oroehl, who was sitting, fined nineof them $1 each, discharged six and sus-

pended sentence in eleven cases. He told

all that rioting and disturbance must cease,

or, in the future, if any of them were ar-

raigned before him be would sentence them, to workhouse terms.

The six women, who gave their names asHasel Hall. 142 West Sixty-eighth Street;

Ruth Hoyt, 736 Eighth Avenue; HarrietThompson, 138 West Forty-ninth Street;

Marion Elliott, 736 Eighth Avenue ; MaryWillis, 206 West Fifty-fonrth Street, andElisabeth Menton, 266 West Fifty-second

Street, were arraigned before MagistrateCorrigan in the Essex Market Police CourtSaturday morning. William TraveraJerome appeared on behalf of the Loewpeople. Magistrate Corrigan, after severely

reprimanding the women and tellling themthey must cease creating disturbances underpenalty of a workhouse sentence, dis-

charged them all.

The most serious trouble, however, wasexperienced that evening at the PalaceTheatre in Brooklyn. Shortly after the

performance began there, calls of "scab"

came from all parte of the house as well

as hisses. Efforts were made by ManagerJoseph Vogel to stop the disturbance and it

became neceBsary for him to summons the

police from the Brownsville station whotook into custody five of the disturbers.

In the meantime, the performance waspostponed, with the audience assisting the

police in ejecting the disturbers. On the

outside of the theatre while the trouble wasgoing on pickets were prevailing upon in-

tended patrons not > to enter the theatre.

Five, men and one woman were arrested.

Clara Dorva. of 267 West Thirty-third

Street, a member of the musical team ofDe Leon and Dorva, was arraigned beforeMagistrate C. J. Dodd in the Adams StreetNight Court. The complainant against herwas Manager Vogel. He charged her withaccosting people in front of the theatre.

She pleaded not guilty and was paroled for

trial Saturday evening when MagistrateDodd found her guilty and suspendedsentence. He told her that, in the future,

she must refrain from any endeavors thatwould cause a disturbance or she would hesentenced to the workhouse.The men who were arrested : Vincent de

Leon, husband of Miss Dorva : Stan Stan-ley, an actor, of 118 West Forty-thirdStreet; Abraham Philipowite, garmentmaker, of 875 Saratoga Avenue. Brooklyn

:

William Kane, of 260 West Fifty-fourth

street, an actor, were arraigned beforeMagistrate William Vogel in the NewJersey Avenue Police Court on Saturdaymorning. After finding them guilty theMagistrate, aa did an of the others, warned

the men that they must cease disturbingpeople about the theatres or workhouseterms would follow. He then suspendedsentence upon them.

Following a lively disturbance at Loew'sOrpheum Theatre, in East Eighty-sixthStreet on Wednesday night, three personswere arrested.During the progress of the show at this

house, calls of scab came from variousparte of the house and missiles were thrownat one of the acta on the stage. Efforts

were made to get hold of the disturbers

and, during the excitement that followed,

considerable trouble took place.

Those taken into custody and later ar-

raigned in the Men's Night Court wereDelmore Clarke, actor, of 600 West OneHundred and Twenty-seventh Street; Wil-liam J. Drier, actor, of 118 West Forty-third Street, and Samuel Blodgett, a rail-

road engineer.Clarke was charged with leading a crowd

of men into the lobby of the theatre com-ing from the street, and after calling

Charles Meyerson, manager of the house,vile names, striking him with his fist.

After a trial of two hours MagistrateMurphy found him guilty and fined him$10, warning him that he would get' asevere workhouse sentence if brought into

court again.Drier was charged with having kicked

a candy butcher in the stomach. It wasalleged that he had asked to purchase somecandy as he came out of the theatre, andwhen the boy went to offer it to him re-

torted that be did not wish to get anythingfrom a "scab." Whereupon, it was alleged

that he kicked the boy and ran. He wasfollowed out of the theatre by house em-ployees and turned over to a policeman.

Magistrate Murphy, after hearing the

testimony, found Drier guilty. Prior toimposing sentence, the Magistrate scored

the White Bate with reference to their

policy in conducting their strike. Hedeclared that summary action would haveto he taken in matters of this kind andthat it would be advisable for them tosettle their differences with the managersin a different manner than was being tried.

He said that he was tired of this sort ofdisturbance and procedure and thensentenced Drier to thirty days in the work-house.

Blodgett told the Court he had beendrinking and had accompanied two womeninto the theatre who, he alleged, said theywere members of the White Bats. He ad-mitted he was a bit too enthusiastic, butwas not concerned in the matter. AfterWilliam Travera Jerome had intercededfor him, Magistrate Murphy suspendedsentence.

FILM MAN AND WIFE ASSAULTEDFlorence B. Harwell, wife of Harold W.

Harwell, president of- the Unity FilmCorp., has- brought suit through her at-torney, Harry Saks Hechheimer, againstThompson's Restaurant, alleging that ' awaiter at the . 1002 Broadway branch as-saulted her. She claims that while she,

her husband and a friend, were eatingthere, one of the waiters was having anargument with the manager in which pro-fane language was used. Harwell's re-quest for them to refrain from profanityis said to have started the rumpus whichended in the waiter striking Mrs. Harwell,breaking one; of her teeth and bruisingher mouth. Harwell's face was cut in

the fight while his friend suffered minorinjuries. Mrs. Harwell is suing for $10,-000 damages.

. PLAN 10 "UNBORN CHILD" COS.Chicago, 111., March 27.—Gazzolo, Gatts

and Clifford, inc., are going to flood thecountry wi.1i "Her Unborn Child" organ-izations next season. No leas than tencompanies are being planned and every cityof 50,000 or over will be played for a full

week and cities of from 25,000 to 00,000will be made three-day stands. The book-ings are already being shaped and 163points have been decided upon aa importantenough for week stands.

SHOOTING ANDSTABBING IN CHICAGO

A shooting match and a stabbing fracas

lent color to the White Bate strike situa-

tion in Chicago during the last week.

Early last Tuesday morning a gang oftwelve men invaded the pool room of theRevere House, on North Clark street, andbegan shooting up the place in real wildWestern style. B. J. Stinson, known onthe stage as Sullivan, of Sullivan's Wrest-ling Bears act, who is in charge of thepool room, claims that he was the subject

of the attack, though he was not hit.

William Hand, a cabaret waiter, was ar-

rested under Stinson'a complaint on acharge of assault with a deadly weapon,and was released under $400 bond. Somepersons claim that the White Rats have agrievance against Stinson because he onceplayed Oklahoma City.

On the afternoon of the same day Ed.Morton, a White Bat, was stabbed by sixassailants at Clark and Erie streets, andleft unconscious. He claims the attackwas instigated because he refused to ceasepicketing before the injunction was issued.

"Stink balls" were thrown into theaudience of the Windsor Theatre, one ofChicago's strike houses, last Thursdaynight.

CLAUDIA WHEELER ACTS AGAINClaudia Carlstadt Wheeler returned to

the stage last Monday night, making anappearance in a small role in "The Wan-derer.'' This is her first appearance sinceher marriage, ten years ago, to Albert Gal-latin Wheeler, a wealthy stock broker.Before her marriage she was known atthe Casino Theatre as "The Girl in theRed Tights."

CLAIMS FOX TOOK HER STORYEmma Del*. Pieraon has brought suit

against the Fox Film Corporation charg-ing that the motion picture, "The HonorSystem," is her story. The suit asks for

$50,000 damages. She alleges the filmplay was taken from her book, "A Wiz-ard's Love," which she revised for screenproduction.

JUDGE'S CHILD STAGE STRUCKChicago, March 26.—Mary Francis

McGoorty, daughter of Judge John P. Mc-Goorty, an officer of the American Theat-rical Hospital, was found today in a room-ing house in Grand Rapids, Michigan, towhich city she had gone in an effort to get

upon the stage.

PLAYHOUSE FOR STATEN ISLANDComing On top of the new theatre venture

of Moses Johnson of the Island, Messrs.Plunkett & Burke, lessees of the PalaceTheatre, Port Richmond, Staten'a Island's

big rime house, announce that they will

soon start construction on the theatre theyplanned over a year ago. The playhousewill be located on Bay street, Stapleton,

opposite the Stapleton Postofflce and will

cost about $100,000. It is planned to useit for the same standard vaudeville as the

Palace runs. It Will be located three blocksfrom where the other new house is nnderway.

WOODS-BELASCO CASE ONThe motion for an injunction brought

by A. H. Woods to restrain David Belascofrom producing a play by Willard Mackwill be argued in the Supreme Court thismorning. The play in question is in re-

hearsal at present and scheduled to , openduring April.

....

THEATRE HAS RED-HEAD DAYUmorr Hill, N. J., March 26.—At the

Fulton Theatre Saturday afternoon, themanagement invited all red-headed girls to

attend the performance free, to Bee the pic-

ture in which Ella Hall and Polly RedHead are featured.

,

HIP SUED OVER ELEPHANTSuit has been brought against the Hip-

podrome management by John Von derLelth, whose Saxon car was completelydismantled by one of the Hip's playfulelephants while out for his daily airing.

WILL GIVE "A CURIOUS MISHAP"The Brooklyn Repertory Theatre has

selected for its next production Carlo Gol-doni's "A Curious Mishap," which win begiven next Friday evening at the CentralAuditorium.

KILMAN AT RIVERSIDEGeorge Human has been appointed as

assistant manager of the Riverside Thea-tre.

AMELIA MAYBORN DEADAmelia Mayborn, wife of Charles N.

Greene, died March 20 at the ChicagoUnion Hospital.

MACY/S HELP ACTOR'S FUNDR. H. Macy & Co. have given credit for

$1,000 worth of merchandise to the Act-ors' Fund Fair.

RUSH TO TOUR CIRCUITIn his new prize winning Sterling Auto-

mobile, Edw. F. Rush, president and gen-

eral manager of the Rush Circuit of Musi-cal Follies will make an extended trip to

the cities where the new circuit has in-

terests early next month.; There will be nochange of plana or policy according to Mr.Rush. Bright musical comedies, many of

which will be bite New York successes, areto be presented and an attractive line ofnew and original paper will be used by eachshow.

THE FOUR HALEY SISTERSThe Four Haley Sisters, whose likeness

is on the' cover this week are appearingin G. M. Anderson's production, "His tattle

Widows'" which had its. premiere at theDuqueane Theatre, Pittsburgh on Mondaynight. The girls scored quite a hit in' thepiece. They were recently recruited fromvaudeville for the musical comedy field

through Jos. Shea, the vaudeville agentwho has been directing their, theatricalcareer for several years.

FIELDS PICKS ALL-STAR CASTLew Fields certainly intends to leave

nothing in the way of a cast' stand be-tween "Bosom Friends," and success, forhe has chosen one ' which is all-star inevery particular. It includes JohnMason, Irene Fenwick, Richard Bennett,Willis Sweatnam, Helen Ware, HelenLowell, Mathllde Cbtrelly and - himself,

making eight stars in all. The play will

open at the Liberty Theatre April 10.

BERNHARDT CANCELS CHICAGOSarah Bernhardt cancelled .her Chicago

date, at the Auditorium, because' of 111-

PITT THEATRE MCR. HEREWilliam M. Patch, manager of the Pitt

Theatre, Pittsburgh, is in New York fora brief visit. ' '. '. 1 i .'•• •.

FIFTY MUSICAL COMPANIESTHIS YEAR

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Tho Bainbridge Musical Stock Co. havechosen for their base of operation Duluth,Minn. They will commence their ' seasonthere early in' May. A number of othermusical stock companies will be operatedthrough the middle West. It' is also ex-pected that a large numW of the thea-tres on the Coast and through the NorthWest will also present musical stockshows during the Summer months.The Aborns will also have an opera com-

pany at the Bronx Opera House for five

weeks commencing May 7.

The Aborns held the stage of the Bronxa year ago for a period of'four'weeks.Two operas a week will be presented thisSpring as before. In the repertoire are"Madam Butterfly," "La Boheme," "TheJewels of the Madonna," "Cavalleria Rus-ticana," "Lucia di Lammermoor," "Lohen-grin" and "II Trovatore."

In the company will be Bettina Free-man, Edith Helena, Franceses Milena,Bianca Saroya, Blanche Whltely, MarieLouise Biggers, Lillian Buhank, GertrudeFrancis, Marguerit Von Trese, GraceBaum, Giuseppe AgostJni, Alberto Amadi,Ernest Davie, Ralph Frolle. SalvatoreGiordano, Marie Rodolfe, Domenico Ruese,Pilade Sinagra, Morton Ad kins, RichardBunn, Txmis D*Angelo, Joseph Interante,Alfred Interante, Alfred Kaufman. GeorgeShields, William Schuster, Lonis Dei-manand Phillip Fein.

March 28, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

THEATRICAL MANAGERS FACEMUCH HOSTILE LEGISLATION

Bills in Many States Advocate Taxes on Tickets, Admission of

Negroes, Exclusion of Children from Theatres—General

Protest Needed to Prevent Their Becoming Laws

Not for many years, if ever, haveshowmen of all classes, from motion, pic-

ture manufacturers to circus proprietors,

been bo- confronted with hostile legisla-

tion as at the present time. Almost everyEastern State is now the scene of somebill or other that has the theatre or its

offshoots for a target.

In New York, there is the Emerson-Coffey bill, which proposes to place a taxon the Bale of admission tickets to the-

atres, baseball games, circuses, automo-bile races, horse racing and all other

forms of entertainment.Another proposed law would make it

illegal for any theatre or place of amuse-ment to sell any tickets of admission after

all the reserved chairs have been disposed

of without displaying in the lobby a sign

indicating the fact that no more seats

are available.

Another bill placed before the Assem-bly is for an act to amend the tax lawin relation .to a tax upon admission tick-

ets to places of amusement sold "other-

wise than at the box office or entrance."

This bill would require that all tickets

sold at the box office be so stamped andthose otherwise disposed of should beplainly labelled "Not sold at box office."

The tax on tickets sold at places otherthan the theatre entrance or ticket win-dow is to be at the rate of 00 per cent, of

the excess at which such tickets are sold.

The bill requires the rue of tax stampsand reposes the administration of the pro-

posed taw in State and city officials.

During the week a hearing was held

at Albany on the Emerson-Coney bill, andseveral theatrical men spoke against it.

Lignon Johnson,- representing the UnitedTheatrical Managers' Association, was thefirst speaker. He declared that the pro-posed bill was unfair, discriminating in its

effect, impracticable. He said it wouldcoat the managers at least ten cent* aticket to comply with the provisions ofthe bill and would prove a source of

grafting.Mr. Johnson told of the large expenses

the theatrical managers are under at this

time, everything having advanced from20 to 75 per cent., and said that it ia im-possible to advance the rates for theatretickets to meet the conditions. Businesshas been poor for several seasons and in-

vestments have not paid. This, he said,

was largely due to the motion picture at-

tractions.Uly S. Sill, manager of Harmanus

Bleecker Hall, Albany, declared that it

was evident that the bill under discussionhad been drawn with little knowledge ofthe theatrical and show business gener-ally and that it was impracticable andpoorly drawn."We will meet you half way, if you

will give us a chance," he said, "but donot make us the goat. We cannot standthis burden, simply for the reason thebusiness in. its present condition will notafford any taxation."Charles P. Bnrnham, representing the

New York City Theatrical Managers, alsospoke against the bill.

In Pennsylvania almost the name con-dition exists. The Legislature at Harris-burg is confronted with several measuresthat are antagonistic to the interests oftheatrical men.Summed up, if all the bills now before

that body pass, it will be a crime to re-fuse to sell orchestra seats to negroes inthat State. It will be against the lawto admit a child to a circus, moving pic-ture show, or even a menagerie, without Itbe accompanied by a guardian, and theperson that is caught selling a - theatreticket for more than the box office pricewill be liable to a fine of from $50 to $100.

There are fonr bills pending in the

Harriaburg Legislature which provide thatthere shall be no discrimination on ac-

count of class or color by theatre man-agers in admitting people to theatres orselling tickets. The object of these meas-ures & to prevent negroes being excludedfrom theatres or any portions of atheatre.

The bill dealing with the admission of

minors prohibits any child under sixteen

from all forms of theatrical amusement,stereoptioon views, circuses, menageries,museums, pnblic zoos, etc., unless accom-panied by an adult person.The bill intended to kill ticket specu-

lating is a drastic measure and requiresall theatre managers to print the boxoffice price of the ticket on the ticket

itself, making it illegal to sell the ticket

for more than the printed price.

Only concerted action by theatrical menwill prevent some of these becoming laws.

PARSONS TO CELEBRATEHabtfobd, Conn., March 26.—On April

1 Herbert C. Parsons will celebrate his

twenty-first anniversary as proprietor of

the well known theatre bearing his name.During all these years it has ranked amongthe most notable playhouses in the land andis now considered the luckiest premiere

house in the Bast Oliver Morosco hasused it for practically all his "first nightB"

for the past two seasons. For bis sincere

efforts Mr. ParsonB ia now reaping the

harvest and almost any attraction that gets

fonr month* in New York run be assured

a week's capacity business when they

reach here.

LAMBS' STEWARD IN CUSTODYHenry Francis Russell, formerly steward

of the Lambs' Club, was arrested last weekin Chicago on a charge preferred by the

New York police and immediately broughtto this city by Detective George Thomp-son where he is wanted on a charge of

larceny of $600 and bond forfeiture. Rus-sell was steward of the Lambs' Club until

last July when he made his disappearancewhile some $800 in arrears in his ac-

counts at the Lambs'. Russell admits thedeficiency but says that he paid it back.

NEW CORT MUSICAL PIECE"The Masked Model," a new musical

comedy by George Stoddard and Frederick

Harendeen, with music by Harold Orlobwill be presented at the Duquesne Thea-

tre, Pittsburgh, on April 9, by John Cort.

In the company are Bonita, Lew Hearn,Irene Audrey, Edna Pendleton, Jack Pat-

ton, Dale Turner, Edith Mason and ArthurMills.

BRIDGEPORT GETS BIG THEATREBridgeport, Conn., March 27.—Within

a few months, construction on the largest

theatre in the State will be started in this

city. The cost will be $300,000. Thecompany la headed by David Feuer, mem-ber of Susman A Fener, of New York, whoinclude the Shuberts. The theatre will be

devoted entirely to vaudeville and will havea seating capacity of 3,880 persons. JosephSapperstein, one of the best known thea-

trical managers of the country, will be

manager. Tue building will be located near

the City Hall.

FIELD CASE SET FOR APRILNewark, N. J., March 27.—The action

of Al. G. Field against the Trenton The-atre Co. is on the April calendar of the

U. S. Court here. Field will close his sea-

son April 14 at Toledo, O., In order to be

present snd will be accompanied by J. W.Pickens, Edw. Conard, Earl Lingo andFrank Miller of his company, who will be

witnesses. This will be a kind of test case,

the principle involved being the validity of

theatrical contracts. The case is expected

to be hotly fought.

ACTORS SHOW PATRIOTISMWith war danger threatening, actors

are showing their patriotism to UncleSam. Charles Lane, who 1b playing in "ASuccessful Calamity," has placed his CapeCod wireless station at the disposal of

the government. Charles Waldron, whohas just reached Australia, has given

strict instructions to a New York friend

to tender his yacht to the government as

soon as war breaks out.

CLOSE "GIRL WITHOUT A CHANCE"Aubora. HI., March 28.—Robert Sher-

man's Western "Girl Without a Chance,"under the management of Karl Hewitt,closed its season here March 21, after

thirty weeks' tour. Sherman has also

closed his company with this play on theInternational Circuit. It opened in Mem-phis Sept. 3 and finished March 17 at the

National in Chicago, after a very success-

ful season, breaking records In some of

the houses and playing to a uniform goodbusiness over the entire circuit. It is said

that it is the only melodrama that will berepeated next season on that circuit. All

three companies of this piece, which havebeen directed by Mr. Sherman, will be ontour again next year.

THEATRE MANAGERS SHIFTMilwaukee, Wis., March 24.—Wm.

Gray has resigned his position as managerof the Crystal Theatre to accept the man-agement of the new Miller Theatre, a

popular priced vaudeville theatre. He will

be succeeded at the Crystal by Jack Leo,

now manager of the Orpheum.' The neworder of things goes into effect April 1.

CLUB FOR JUSTINE JOHNSTONEJustine Johnstone will open a club early

next month in the Forty-fourth Street

Theatre Building. The initial fee for

members will be $60. Miss Johnstone will

act as hostess and treasurer, arriving at

the club after her appearance in "Oh,

Boy!" at the Princess Theatre.

"BROTHER'S KEEPER" CLOSESRush and Andrews last week closed "His

Brother's Keeper," in which Robert Edesonhas been touring through the South, at

Memphis, Tenn. The piece, which waswritten by Edeson, started through the

Southern States playing week stands.

There is a possibility of its opening in

Chicago.

NANCY BOYER NOT SIGNEDNancy Boyer, who was reported to have

signed a five year contract to appear un-

der the direction of W.' S. Butterfleld

states that the negotiations for the con-

summation of this contract fell through.

She will probably head a show on the

International Circuit next season.

V1NALS CLOSE SEASONEdgar A. Vinal, musical director, and

his wife, Abbadell Evans, closed their sea-

son at the Orpheum Theatre, Philadelphia,

with Gus Hill's "Hans and Fritz" Co.

They are now In New York and will re-

main here during the Summer.

ACTORS' BUNGALOW BURNEDThe bungalow at Amityvllle, N. Y.,

owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs.

Adolph Fisher, was burned entirely March18. The occupants escaped with their

night clothes only and were taken care of

by neighbors.

W. L HARVEY IS WANTEDD. B. Daley, freight claim agent for

the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., Phila-

delphia, is looking for W. I. Harvey, anactor. The company has on hand twotrunks belonging to Harvey and contain-

ing much valuable clothing.

$57.00 FOR ACTORS' FUNDBabe La Tour collected $67.00 among

the attendance at Saturday's matinee in

Bridgeport, Conn., and will pass the hat

for the Actors' Fund at each stand for the

rest of the season.

FIGHT OVER KRAMER ESTATEThree women applied in the Surrogate's

Court to have the testamentary letters Is-

sued to the executors of the estate of thelate William Kramer, owner of theThalia Theatre, revoked. A supplementalapplication was made by a brother of oneof the executors to retain the other two.The three women in their petition said

that the executors have wasted and im-properly applied money and other assets

of the estate, that the executors, havefailed to pay taxes on the Thalia Theatre,and they furthermore contracted to con-

vey the theatre as being subject to amortgage of $100,000.

MUST GIVE SEAT WITH TICKETSacrauento, Cal.. March 26.—Assem-

blyman H. F. Morrison, of San Francisco,

has introduced a bill in the State Legisla-

ture which provides for the prohibition of

the sale of tickets to all places of amuse-ment (except circuses or exhibitions given

in the open or under canvas) unless there

is a seat for each ticket purchased. Thepenalty carried is a fine of not less than$100 nor more than $500 or by imprison-ment in the county Jail for not more thansix months or both fine and Imprisonment.

"HAS-BEENS" DELAY PLANSPlans for the organization of the Has-

Beens, a club of revolting Lambs andPlayers, have been temporarily dropped.

This action is said to have been taken

at the request of the Lambs' officials, whofeared that further activities of the Has-Beens at this time would be a serious

blow to the Lambs.

NAZIMOVA HALTS SHOWWashington, D. C, March 2fl—During

a performance Saturday of "OeptionShoals" at the Belasco Theatre, a conversa-

tion going on in one of the boxes was so

annoying to Alls Nazimova, the star, that

she ordered the curtain rung down and the

lights, with the exception of those in the

box, turned out.

WISE CTVEN SURPRISE PARTYMarch 22 was the fifty-second anniver-

sary of Tom Wise's first appearance on

the stage, and was marked by a surprise

party which his friends in the "Pals First"

company tendered him.

MME. BERNHARDT LEAVES N. Y.Mme. Sarah Bernhardt has left New

York with her suite. It is stated that

she will rest in Charleston, S. C, until

completely recovered from her recent Ill-

ness.

NUDE POSTERS STOPPEDDiTTON, Ohio, March 25.—Because Au-

drey Munson appeared In nature unadornedon some one sheets of the moving picture,

"Purity," the chief of police here ordered

the lithographs to be removed. "Purity"is booked for a ran at the Majestic here.

ACTRESS HAS FLIRT JAILEDFor following Bertha Herman, an

actress, and accosting her, Emile Garfo, ft

shoemaker, was sentenced to one monthin the workhouse by Magistrate Broogh.

JOINS DEVEREAUX PLAYERSEdith Randolph, formerly of the Art

Drama Flayers, baa joined the Clifford

Devereaux Players for the season.

HAMMERSTEIN RETURNS HOMEArthur Hammerstein has returned to

Broadway after a month's visit to Ber-

muda.

WHITE IN HOSPITALChas. E. White has been removed from

the Brunswick Home at Amityvllle, L. I.,

to the German Hospital In New York.

EDDIE CANTOR FOR FOLLIESEddie Cantor, now performing in the

Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, has been en-

gaged for the Follies of 1917.

SHUBERT PLAY FOR BOSTONBoston, Mass., March 26.—"The Beauti-

ful Unknown" will open here at the Sbu-

bert Theatre on April 9.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

WANTS $10,000

FOR DAMAGE•TOACT

CHARGES MATERIAL WAS STOLEN

Charging that his act, "The Paris Fash-

ion Shop," has been stolen by Will Brad-

ahaw and Charles W. Cross, Hugo Jansen

brought suit yesterday through his attor-

ney, Henry Saks Hechheimer, in the

United States Disrict Court to recover

$10,000 damages.For a number of yean Jansen was in

the business of draping costumes for

women and finally hit upon the idea of

displaying his talents on the vaudeville

stage. To this end, he states that he con-

tracted with Bradshaw to write dialogue

for a fashion act, which Bradshaw actual-

ly did. Jansen claims that the act, whencompleted, was copyrighted in Mb nameor, rather, that he paid Bradshaw the

money necessary for the copyright fee and

left the matter to Bradshaw.Jansen claims that the act proved to

be a big success and had no difficulty in

securing good and continual bookings

from April, 1914, to January, 1017.

In the act, he found it necessary to

employ the services of other persons, one

of whom was Charles W. Cross, who is

the other defendant in the present action.

CTOB8 left the act in July, 1015, and,

sometime after that, procured an "act of

his own which toured-the vaudeville cir-

cuits billed as "Mason de la Mode." Jan-

sen claims that this act was almost iden-

tical to his own and an infringement on

his copyright. The complaint, intimates

that Bradshaw wrote the material for

"Mason de la Mode."Jansen admits in his complaint that

the other act materially lessened his in

the public opinion and compelled him to

play on smaller and less known circuits

thereby reducing the earning capacity of

the act about one-third.

POSTPONED EMERY OPENINGPbovtdenck, March 26.—Emery's New

Majestic Theatre, which was to have its

opening today, has not been fully com-

pleted and the initial performance has been

set for April 9. The acts which were to

have played at the new house are playing

at the Emery Theatre. Jack Wilson &Co. heading; the bin. The feature act for

the opening of the new house will be

Amelia Bingham * Co., in "Great Mo-ments from Famous Plays."

DAVENPORT STRICKEN ON STAGEWebster, Mass., March 23.—Kenneth

Davenport, of the vaudeville team ofDavenport & Baftery, was stricken withhemorrhage while in the middle of theact at the Steinberg Theatre, stopping theshow. Mr. Davenport was removed to ahotel and his condition is reported se-

rious. He will be taken to a sanitariumin Hartford as soon as he is able totravel. Helen Raftery, partner in the act,

was prostrated over the occurrence. Theteam is working on the U. B. O. time, andhas been playing the Poli circuit, comingto Webster for a Sunday performancefrom Springfield.

THEATRE INSTALLS NURSERYDattoh, O., March 26.—Keith's The-

atre here has made an emphatic hit withthe installation of a nursery connectedwith the theatre. While mammas enjoythe show their youngsters are entertainedon a lavish scale. Toys and games ofevery description are at their disposal, andthe young women in attendance are welladapted to win the hearts of their little

charges.

PITZER AND DAVIS RE-UNITEThe team of Pitzer and Davis have

been re-united after an absence of a year,

and are again doing their original act,

"The Actor and the Constable." Pitzerhas been through the South with his

"Fuzzy Muzzy Girls" Tabloid Co., whileRube Davis has been doing character cre-

ations through the Middle West with his

musical comedy oddity.

NEW ACT FOR LULU BEESON"The Road to Pneumonia" .is the title

of a new act that will be" beaded by LuluBeeson, formerly of the Lulu Beeson Trio.

The act is a big spectacular novelty. As-sisting Miss Beeson will be Amy Manning,the "450-pound" fat woman, and Col.

Clique, the midget. It will open on the

two-a-day circuit during the middle of

April.

NEW GIRL ACT COMINGHerman Becker is producing a new girl

act of ten people which will be headed byClay Crouch, the black-face comedian.Nad Dandy has supplied the book andwill produce the numbers. The act is

scheduled to open on the Pantages Cir-

cuit in April.

STUART WALKER FOR VAUDE.Stuart Walker and a company chosen

from his Portmanteau Players will entervaudeville next week, opening at theColonial in a playlet, "Very Naked Boy,"chosen from the Portmanteau repertoire.

NEW ACT FOR CAMPBELLSThe Misses Campbell, the two Southern

society girls who are appearing in amusical novelty, "A Home Entertain-ment," on the Orpheum Circuit, are pre-paring a similar act for next season towhich will be added two young men. Theybelieve that a mixed quartette of this

style would be very much in demand forvaudeville.

NEW ACT FOR CLARA MORTONA new act, entitled "The Doll Shop," is

being prepared for Clara Morton byBlanche Merrill and Frank Sheehan, MissMorton's husband. The act will have its

initial presentation upon Miss Morton'sconclusion of her Orpheum tour in June.

NEW ACT SEEN"The Modern Misses," a novelty musical

revue produced by Joe Levitt, had its

initial performance at the Lyric Theatre,Newark, N. J., last Thursday. In thecast are Jack Marcus, Mike CConner,Viola Burke and six chorus girls.

"WASH DAY" REHEARSINGHarold Webster and Reta Sloan are re-

hearsing a skit for vaudeville entitled"Wash Day."

LEWIS & WHITEIn Vaudeville

6,000 SEE MORGANS DANCEOakxahd, Cal, March 24.—The Great

Morgan Dancers, playing the Orpheum Cir-

cuit, gave a public performance at theHearst Greek Theatre, Berkeley, on theUniversity of California's campus, March15 before six thousand people. No admis-sion was charged.

ST. DENIS CO. FOR ORPHEUMAt the conclusion of their engagement

at the Palace Theatre, Sunday, Ruth St.Denis & Co. will leave for Duluth, wherethey will commence a tour of the OrpheumCircuit on April 8. Miss St. Denis made atour of the Circuit last season.

BINGHAM REPERTOIRE CHOSENAmelia Bingham's repertoire for her en-

gagement over the Loew Circuit will in-

clude "Joan of Arc," "Mme. Sans Gene,""La Tosca," "Lady Godiva" and "Schoolfor HuBbands."

NEW PERSONI ACT COMINGCamille Person! is having; a new act

written for next season. She will againportray a Japanese girl. The act will con-tain novelties in construction, scenery andstage settings.

TEAM TO OPEN IN CANADALewis and Norton, an act which has

been playing in the Middle West, willcommence a tour of the Orpheum Circuit

at the Orpheum Theatre, Winnipeg, be-ginning April 15.

"LITTLE BRIDE" FOR ORPHEUMRosalind Coghlan & Co., in the comedy

sketch, "The Little Bride," will commencea tour of eighteen weeks over the Or-pheum Circuit at the Grand Theatre, Cal-gary, April 8.

VAUDE. TEAM FOR MUSICAL SHOWDuffy and Lorenz, who are touring the

Orpheum Circuit, have been engaged byCohan & Harris to appear in a new musi-cal show which that concern will producenext season.

PINGREE CO. OPENS AT DULUTHHelen Pingree & Co., in a comedy play-

let, "Bullowa's Birthday," have receiveda route over the Orpheum Circuit, openingat the Orpheum Theatre, Duluth, April 15.

CLIFTON AND GOSSIn Vaudeville

MERIEN'S DOGS BOOKEDMerien's Dogs have been booked for a

tour of the Fox Circuit commencing atthe Audubon Theatre, April 2. The actwas placed by A. Feinberg.

YOUNG-ACH FOR LOEW TIMEFelix Young-Ach. a Russian pianist, is

preparing an act for Loew time entitled"A Little Bit of Nothing."

ERLANGER LOSES TO BRADYActing as referee in the action of Wil-

liam A. Brady against A. L. Erlanger in

a partnership claim, E. Bright Wilson last

Friday handed down his report whichcalls for $33,056 and costs to be paid toBrady by Erlanger. Brady brought theaction two years ago to establish the factof the existence of a partnership betweenErlanger and hitn«»lf in the AuditoriumTheatre, Chicago, claiming a 37% percent, interest in the lease of the theatreand in all profits accruing from it.

PLAYS GIVEN FOR STUDENTSUnder the auspices of the Drama Com-

mittee of the Civic Club, in co-operation,with the Board of Education, Clifford

Devereux and his company is giving anumber of professional performances inthe auditoriums of local schools and col-

leges this week. "Everyman," "Much AdoAbout Nothing" and "The School forScandal" will be given iu the auditoriumsof Hunter College, De Witt Clinton HighSchool and Washington Irving HighSchool.

CHILDREN TO PERFORMAn entertainment for the benefit of the

school for stage children, maintained by theRehearsal Club, is to be given by juvenileactors and actresses Tuesday afternoon,April 10, at the Hudson Theatre. Theprogram will consist of 'Op o' MyThumb," "Quiet Family" and "SilverSaucer."

CARRIGAN ELECTED TREASURERLewibton, Me^ March 26.—Wm." F.

Carrigan, formerly manager of the BostonRed Sox, has been elected treasurer of thenewly formed Union Theatre Co., a cor-

poration which controls theatres in this

city and Portsmouth. The other incor-

porators of the company are Wm. P. Gray,Arthur Hislop and John H. Bartlett.

MRS. AHEARN GRANTED DIVORCEMrs. Charles Ahearn has been granted

a decree of absolute divorce from CharlesAhearn by Justice Cohalan in the Su-preme Court. The decision continues theweekly alimony of $35 per week allowedin the separation action several monthsago, and gives Mrs. Ahearn permission toresume her maiden name.

ACTRESS IS DAUGHTER OF MGR.Buffalo, N. Y., March 26.—Katherine

Cornell, who has won praise in New Yorkfor her acting in "Plots and Playwrights,"in the Washington Square Players' newbill, is the daughter of Dr. P. C. Cornell,manager of the Star Theatre.

MRS. BERNSTEIN RECOVERINGMrs. Louis Bernstein, wife of the presi-

dent of the Shapiro-Bernstein Music Pub-lishing Co., who underwent a serioussurgical operation last week at MountSinai Hospital, is reported to be on theroad to recovery.

EMPRESS TO BE FILM HOUSESan Francisco, Cal., March 26.—The

Empress Theatre has closed its doors tovaudeville. The theatre will hereafter bethe Strand, and will be devoted to motionpictures.

SPANISH PLAYLET PRESENTED"A Bright Morning," a Spanish play-

let, bad its first presentation at RichmondHill last week by the Community Play-ers of that city.

CLARENCE WILLARD MARRIEDClarence Ed. WDlard, a vaudeville per-

former, has been married to Ila May Bar-nard, a non-professional.

CRAWFORD WRITES SKETCHESClifton Crawford has written two

sketches which will be in the next privateLambs' Gambol Sunday.

March 28, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

PALACEThis being the fourth anniversary of

the Palace, the program has been some-

what augmented for the occasion.

Ruth St. Denis, held over from last

week, takes first honors on the bill with

a new offering which will be reviewed

under New Acts. Nat Wills, who will

also be reviewed under New Acts, makeshis reappearance on the variety boards

with a new tramp monologue.

George and Dick Rath opened the showon Monday afternoon and gave a very fine

exhibition of athletic endurance. The pair

worked under a hardship due to the fact

that less than half of the audience wereseated at the beginning of their turn.

However, the early comers liked the workof the pair and applauded liberally. Thelast feat makes a classy ending to aclassy act.

Edwin George was too early on the bill

for his sort of a turn. With the audience

still coming in, it is very difficult for

"nut" stuff to get over. In view of this

fact the applause at the end of his turn

was surprising. George has considerable

"hokum" in his act, but serves it out in

a showman-like way.

Cartmell and Harris possess a neatvehicle in "Golfing With Cupid." Their

playing golf to ragtime is a dainty bit of

business, and in itself would be sufficient

excuse for the act. The old man, whosename was not on the program, also camein for his share of applause. The "souse"

song at the end of the act was sung well.

Bert Savoy and Jay Brennan scored thefirst big hit with their now familiar

phrases, "You dont know the half of it,

dearie," and "I'm glad you asked me!"Their act was a laughing scream from be-

ginning to end.

The first half of the bill was closed byElizabeth Brice and Charles King. SidneyFranklin accompanied them at the piano.It is to be regretted that such an ac-

complished pianist as Franklin is not per-

mitted to render a solo somewhere in thecourse of the act, for, judging from his

accompaniments, bis playing is far abovethe average.This well-known singing duo sang a

number of songs in a way that pleased,ending with a medley of their former songhits which brought forth hearty applause.

Miss Brice rendered a novelty song in amost charming way, which makes onewonder why she doesn't sing more noveltysongs, for this style of number is. surelyher forte.

Melville Ellis and Irene Bordoni openedthe second half of the bill. Ellis plays acouple of new selections for his solos.

Miss Bordoni has a new song, it being animpression of Frances White singing oneof her song hits in French. This song is

not one of Miss Bordoni's best, and it is

a rather weak closer to the act. For anencore Ellis makes his customary curtainspeech with some new business.As usual. Miss Bordoni's gowns are

stunning. The act is the essence of re-

finement and is an example of the mostartistic sort of a vaudeville offering.

This act gets over successfully, not somuch because of the talent of the artists,

but because of the artistic ari3 carefulmanner of presentation. The pair havestudied their audiences and seem to knownot only the fundamentals but also thefiner points of good showmanship.Franklyn Ardell, assisted by Marjorie

Sheldon, gets a lot of laughs out of hiscomedy, "The Wife Saver." It is Ardell'spersonal magnetism that makes this actsucceed. The auction sale with which theact opens is really funny, and the playletcontinues with just enough of a plot tokeep the audience amused. The act wasapplauded generously at its conclusion.Nat Wills and 1 Ruth St. Denis followed

Ardell in the order named.The audiences at the Palace do not seem

even mildly interested in "Patria," andbut few remained for the eleventh episode.

H. G.

SHOW REVIEWS(Continued on page 19) 1

RIVERSIDEA smoothly running, evenly balanced

bill, so well arranged that the feature actwas largely a matter of individual opin-

ion, pleased a large audience at this the-

atre on Monday night.

After the Hearst-Pathe News Pictorial,

Beeman and Anderson, two clever roller

skaters, opened the bill. The boys, in ad-dition to showing the usual skating rou-

tine, offer a novelty in the shape of awaltz, which was well received.

Lewis and White, two girls "trying toget along," have made a careful selection

of material in their effort to present asinging act that is different than the usualoffering of the sort. And they have suc-

ceeded. Two of their numbers, the open-ing and closing, are particularly good.Ralph Dunbar's Tennessee Ten, in

"Plantation Days," an Ethiopian Episodein Three Scenes, introducing a Jazz hand,is a collection of colored performers, every-one of whom can sing and dance, and themajority play well upon a musical instru-

ment.Nat M. .Wills, who is also playing the

Palace this week, which accounts for his

early spot on the bill, scored one of thebig hits of the evening with a new mono-logue which deals with practically every-thing from war to marriage, with a num-ber of humorous stories at the expense ofBilly Sunday thrown in for good measure.Wills appears to be saving his voice thesedays and sings but little, which, when onelooks back over all the years that he hasbeen throwing high notes over the foot-

lights with a reckless regard for his vocal

chords, shows that he is acquiring wisdomwith years. No one knows better thanNat the value of that vibrant voice in

bringing out the point of either song orstory.

Florence Moore and Brother FrankMoore found no difficulty in holding upthe fast pace set by Wills and, in conse-quence, brought the first part of the eve-

ning's bill to a close amid much en-thusiasm. Florence Moore is one of thevery few women on the English-speakingstage who is genuinely funny. Whetherin dialogue or song she gets to its humorimmediately and brings out the pointwithout an effort.

Elizabeth M. Murray, late of the CohanRevue, opened intermission, and, in acleverly selected routine of songs andstories, registered her usual hit. MissMurray has personality and brains, acombination which spells success in thetheatrical world and, as a result, she canalways be depended upon to furnish a half

hour of real entertainment.Dooley and Sales, just home from an

eight months' engagement in London, arepresenting their old act -with one or twoadditions picked up in England. MissSales has undoubtedly seen Ethel Levyabroad, as several bits of her work areremarkably reminiscent of the talentedAmerican who is now such a favorite in

London. Mr. Dooley. however, bringsback no stamp of the English halls. Onthe contrary, his style resembles that of

Frank Tinney even' more than before heleft these shores.No better time than the present could

have been selected to present Rolfe andMaddock's patriotic act "America First."With the country at the threshold of war,every scene of the piece was enthusiasti-cally applauded until, at the finale, when,with the musicians playing patriotic airs,

the picture of American heroes wereflashed npon the screen, ending with thatof President Wilson, the audience aroseand cheered wildly.Bruce Weyman, the featured singer of

the act, has a good voice and he effectively

rendered a couple of patriotic numbers.W. V.

COLONIALSeveral incidents marred a good matinee

at the Colonial Monday afternoon. Theaudience was subjected to two long waitsbetween acts, nearly five minutes, andgrew impatient each time. The acts thatfollowed the delay suffered considerablyas a result.

During one of Craig Campbell's num-bers, some person in the audience thoughthe struck a false note and let out a whoopthat drew the attention of the entire

lower floor.

Then when Rock and White started

their film travesty, the operator of thespot turned it on the corner where thecradle should have been, but neither thecradle nor Miss White had yet put in anappearance. Later, when Miss White be-

gan rocking the cradle, the lights flickered

so strongly that neither she nor the audi-ence could stand the glare. She quit thestage, leaving the audience wondering.Rock appeared when the stage lights hadbeen turned out and Miss White soonfollowed.

As this was patron's request week, thosewho had voted for Willa Holt Wakefieldmust have been disappointed, for she didnot put in an appearance.

Rock and White sang "Mississippi"

which is, apparently, due for as long arun as the great river itself. The cleverpair held down the stage for twenty-fiveminutes, with the entire audience wait-ing through the spot, which was the last

one.

Ahead of this team, Ray and GordonDooley registered a substantial hit. Theaudience was eagerly enthusiastic in its

praise of their act. There is no comedianholding down the boards that can fall in

such an excruciatingly funny manner ascan Dooley.Craig Campbell has overused his voice

in the last several weeks, but all of hisnumbers won the vehement approbationof the audience. Two other men singershad earlier places on the bill, but this didnot seem to detract in the least fromCampbell's routine. The audience likedhis voice and showed it.

The La Vara started the bill at a fastclip with their whirlwind dancing. Forone of the encores, the woman did a Hulanumber which was exceptionally wellexecuted.Frank Mullane managed to get over in

the second spot for a fair hand. Mullaneshould confine his work to character jests,

for his singing is poor. His voice is harshand unpleasant in the middle register. Acoupls of gags Mullane uses are so oldthat they detract from the ones that arereally good.The Gaudsmidts work fast as tumblers

and acrobats, and a couple of poodle dogsfurnish good comedy. The two men couldimprove their make-up by being morecareful in putting on their face paint.

Al. Gerard and Sylvia Clark were bigfavorites. The team was called back fornumerous encores. Miss Clark's inimitableway of cutting up registered at once.Gene Greene made one of the big hits

with his singing and character stories.

Anybody but Mrs. Thomas Whiffenwould fail to awaken "The Golden Night"into life. With ber in the cast, however,the skit met with a humorous responsein all hearts. This act crowned the first

half of the bill.

Ben Bernie and Phil Baker offered theirsyncopated numbers on the violin and ae-

cordeon after intermission. It has becomea habit of late with many musical turnsto use "plants" in the audience and thencall for selections. The reviewer gainedthe impression that such was the casewith this team.

J. L.

ALHAMBRAOn Monday evening the performer* at

this theatre played to a very restless andcold audience. Some sort of a benefit wasbeing given, and the audience was payingas much attention to the flower-girls andto each other as they were to the show,with the result that the acts found it verybard going.

The bill did not run in program order,

but was twisted around considerably, al-

though it would have been better balancedif left in its original running order. Al-though the acts in the second half werestrong enough, either Adelaide and Hughesor "The Vacuum Cleaner" could haveclosed the show, leaving Bennett andRichards in next to closing spot.

Gere and Delaney opened the show in

what they rightly style " a picturesqueskating novelty." In an attractive polarregion setting, they perform expertly onroller skates, and make a grand finish byskating between a number of lighted can-dles, placed rather close together. Afterdoing this feat with a great deal of skill,

the applause was very meager.

Eddie and Birdie Conrad entertainedwith their impersonations, songs anddances. Their opening old-fashioned songwas very well done. The Hebrew-Italianlove song is rendered cleverly ' by EddieConrad. The Chinese number, which thepair use as a closer, is by far the bestthing in their act.

Arthur Sullivan, with Ricca Scott, in"A Drawing From Life," has a very flimsyoffering which is acted no better than theplot will allow.

The Three Sullys followed in a highlyoriginal offering. At the beginning oftheir turn they explain in song that theyare under indictment, charged with thecrime of breaking into vaudeville. Thisnumber is happily away from the beatentrack. The minstrel specialty is anotherpart of this act worthy of mention for itsdiversity. This good act met with butslight response from the audience.

It took Adelaide and Hughes, in thenext spot, to get a genuine reception. Thefirst part of their act did not impress theaudience greatly, with the possible ex-ception of Hughes' "Pan" dance. Thestage was entirely too dark for the num-ber called "The Birth of the Dance." Itwas the allegorical ballet, "The Garden ofthe World," that put the act over sosuccessfully. This dance-drama of Peaceand War was never more timely than atthe present writing, and a noisy audiencekept quiet Jong enough to follow the for-tunes and 'adventures of Peace, Civiliza-tion and War.

Adelaide and Hughes are artists of thehighest mark, and their offering is as fineas anything of its kind on the present-dayvaudeville stage.

Following intermission, ' George Rollandand Company presented their skit, "TheVacuum Cleaner." This absurdity seemedto please the audience as much as any-thing on the bill, and the talk betweenMaguire and Panky, his helper, got morethan its share of laughs.

Mae Curtis has managed to find a"somewhat different" act in her singingsingle. She has a very charming person-ality. Her songs are character selectionsand are put over in a satisfactory way.Her opening song about wanting a manis very entertaining. In the "tube" num-ber she does some very clever work. MaeCurtis demonstrated her ability. to pleasethe hardest kind of an audience.

It fell upon Bennett 'and Richards toclose the show. This is a difficult and un-natural spot for a pair of "stepping" art-ists, but this pair have the goods andsucceed where most others, would .havefailed. Their usual opening made . theaudience scream with laughter, while thedancing in the act went over big.The audience, for the moat part, re-

mained for the eleventh episode of"Patria." H, G.

8 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

AMERICANThe usual big attendance was the condi-

tion here laat Monday night, the downstairs

noose being capacity and almost every seat

oa the roof being filled.

No. 1 position was alloted to TooWing, a Chinese contortionist, who is an

unusually clever performer. He begins his

act with a series of contortion feats,

several of which are startling. He then

spina two plates, nsing the regulation

sticks, one in each hand, and resumes bis

contortion work, keeping the plates spin-

nine meanwhile. And this be keeps np to

the end of his performance. It is a very

clever and novel act and would make good

on any MIL. He received a big hand at the

finish.

Ed and Irene Lowrey in "Jests and

Jigs" were well received. In their opening

Miss Lowrey is dressed as a boy, and they

start with patter and follow with a song

and dance. Lowrey then gives some comedy

talk while Irene is changing to a girl dress.

Then they have some more talk, a song and

some more dancing. They are good dancers

and will always be welcomed.' Warren and Frost, man and woman,open in' one with winging, the womanrendering selections from operas and the

popular songs, in alternate verses._The

scene changes to three when they give a

lot of quick fire repartee, all bright stuff,

and go to singing with the woman at the

piano. They close with a duet This is

an entertaining offering made np of good

laugh making material and good singing.

Smith and Farmer held down numbertwo position in great shape. The man is

a genuine comedian and has good material,

which he knows how to handle. He kept

the audience in roars of laughter. Thewoman sings well and, for a finish, she

sang, while be played, the air on a cornet.

They scored a well-earned langhing hit.

The Phelan Brothers and McKay, four

men, presented a well liked singing act

The three singers have good voices wMehblend well and the man at the piano knowshow to play that instrument.

Mareell and fDodge, man and woman,have a musical act away from the usual

ran. The woman opens with a clitmrifal

song and then singB and plays the violin

at the same time. Then, with the womanat the piano, the man plays a 'cello solo.

For an encore the woman sang and played

the violin and the man played the 'cello,

rendering a popular number.The woman is talented. She is a colora-

tura singer of much ability, possessing a

well trained soprano voice of good quality,

much power and sweetness. She is also

an excellent pianist, playing with muchexpression and handles the violin muchbetter than the average violinist heard onthe vaudeville stage. The man is an ex-

cellent 'cello player. They scored a pro-

nounced hit.

Amelia Bingham, who Is playing a special

engagement at the Loew houses, presented

a scene from "Mm. Sans Gene" as the

first of her series of "Big Moments fromGreat Flays" and was accorded a rousing

reception. The scene used in that wherethe Queen visits Sans Gene for the purposeof humiliating her. only to have the womanwho has risen from a washerwoman turndie tables on ber. It is the real big momentin the play and is well done by MissBingham and her little company, consisting

of Agnes Elliott Scott Mortimer Martin.Edw. B. Relss. L'Estrance MiHman andMiss 0*rTane.Moran and Wheeler, in tbeir fun making

sketch "Remember Mickey." lived up totheir reputation as comedians and kept the

audience in a merry mood from first tolast. They are also good singers anddancers and the appreciation accorded their

efforts was well deserved.Angle Weimers and Walter Burke in

"The Dancing Teacher" open in one withtalking, and g* to three, in which theydo some soft shoe dancing. Then follows ashadow dance. They are good dancers.

E. W.

FIFTH AVENUELord and Fuller, man and woman, began

the vaudeville part of the program withan act made up of varied stunts, all donein a clever manner. The man opens witha little nut stuff, and he and the womando some very clever unicycle riding, first

with seats the regulation bicycle heightand then on pedestal seats raised aboutthree feet.

Then comes some very good violin play-ing by the young lady and juggling bythe man, which makes a good finish. Thelady is pretty of face and form and makesa very striking appearance in dark graytights and bodice. They are clever per-formers and met with favor.

Davis and Walker were a man andwoman team of colored performers whopleased. They open with a. song anddance. The woman follows with a songand the man gives as good an example ofeccentric dancing as haa been seen here-abouts. They finish with a song. Thewoman has a good voice and knows howto use it and the man is an exceptionallygood dancer.

Branda Fowler and company of three,in "Petticoats and Politics," written byMiss Fowler, is a comedy sketch abovethe average seen in vaudeville. MissFowler has handled her subject well, mix-ing the suffragettes with politics and giv-

ing just a little touch of love interest.

The author proves herself to be a capableactress as well and plays the leading role,

that of a woman lawyer, well. Thewoman and two men who assist her arecompetent players. The sketch was ac-corded the full appreciation it deserved,and should be welcomed everywhere.

Tinlion and Hunter, man and woman,were liked from the start. The womanopens with a medley of popular andoperatic airs played on the violin. Theman then sings a quick patter song andfollows with a comedy monologue that hasa laugh in every line. They close withthe man singing and his partner playingthe violin.This is a very clever team. The man is

a capital comedian, has good clean mate-rial, and knows how to put it over. Thewoman is a good violinist and serves asan excellent foil for him. They scored agreat big hit.

Master Gabriel and company of two, in

"Little Kick" were well ' liked as usual.Of course this little comedian is the wholeact and has many admirers from whom heis always sure of receiving hearty ap-plause.Oklahoma Bob Albright gave bis "song

cycle" and captured the great big hit ofthe bill. He sang two songs and thengave imitations of Chauncey Olcott, EddieLeonard and J. K. JEmmet. He then triedto leave, but the audience would not hearof mich a thing and for an encore gave apatriotic recitation and followed with anattempt to drown the music of the orches-tra with his singing and succeeded bowell that his voice was plainly heard.Albright is a very capable entertainer.

He has a pleasing personality and an ex-cellent voice which he uses to the bestadvantage. He also yodels well and hisimitation of Emmet was capital. He is

assisted by a young lady at the piano whois an accomplished accompanist.

"Sports in the Alps," is an acrobaticact employing six men, with a specialsetting showing a snow topped mountainscene in Switzerland. The men do mostof their work with the aid of a springboard, but the stunts they perform areout of the ordinary. They do many threehigh to shoulders and several singles totwo high. The troupe differs from mostin its class in that at least three of themen do top-mounter's work. . There werefrequent bursts of applause during the actand at the finish they went off to a good-sized hit.

Mabel Burke was heard in an illustratedsong and was given the reception usuallyaccorded her. E. W.

JEFFERSONThis was a big week at this house, ten

acts being shown.Things seemed to go wrong with Jug-

gling De Lisle at the afternoon show, ashis work did not go smoothly and hemissed several tricks.

The Monte Duo put over their musicalact, after a very hard start, when theylivened up and were called upon for anencore.Ed and Minnie Foster entertained with

piano and songs, but the act contains sev-eral suggestive lines which should be cutout. The man plays the piano with in-numerable pairs of mittens and sings twosongs, while the woman sits by, chimingin with a little talk. They finiah witheach trying to outdo the other, and try-ing to sing louder than the music of theorchestra. The act went big."On the Edge," a comedy dramatic

sketch, contained a double meaning ineach line, and was supposed to point outa moral. The material is good, but is

badly acted. The young, innocent girlwas especially amateurish and lessenedthe effect of the symbolical sentences.

Cecil Dunham has a pleasing deliveryand her songs were rendered to an appre-ciative audience.

Circus Day in Toyland amused and, al-though it is an act that appeals especiallyto children, the grown-ups enjoyed it im-mensely.

Bell and Mayo were liked here, theman's Yiddish comicalities going big."Miss Matched Miss," a miniature mus-

ical comedy in three scenes, had manygood qualities. The chorus sings well andone of the men has a good voice. Therewere many lines which should be elimi-nated and the September Morn is for bur-lesque and not for vaudeville.

Michaels, Jesta and Art are reviewedunder New Acts.The Three Walseys performed their

acrobatic feats to good applause.

CITYThe Three Shelvey Bros., acrobats and

contortionists, performed their stuntsrapidly and capably, gaining some ap-plause.Capes and Snow, man and woman, sang

and danced. Their first dance was a goodopener, but the song they followed withwas spiritless. The man seemed to be in

a hurry to get through and their singingdid not go well together. Their dances,though, presented some novelties.Seller and Belmont offered a comedy

sketch that provoked many laughs. Thegirl's Irish was not an easy, naturalbrogue, which was somewhat of a draw-back. The sketch was funny, however,and the man, who had that something-doing-every-minute way about him, wasliked.

The Six Serenaders made a solid hit.

The two men are excellent comedians andcould easily work as ' a double. This is

not meant aa a slight to the four girls,

who are all good, but the two comedianswere so clever, not only in what they saidbut in the way they said it, that theirwork stands out and was thoroughly en-joyed. --«•

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The girls sing well and, especially asfour country girls, their work waa liked.

Gray and Klunker were a pleasing duo.The girl plays the violin and the mandoes an eccentric dance which went overbig.

Resists proved a mystery. She is ca-

pable of making herself weigh more orless at will.

Elsie White was liked in several songswhich she put over wetL It does notlook well, however, for a girl to imper-sonate a dope, and there are many whowould take exception to that number.

"Ladies Reducing Parlor" was the usuallaughing hit. It always goes over well,

no matter where it is played. S. W.

LID LIFTERS AREUSING BIG WHEELSTUFF AT OLYMPIC

Harry Lang, the versatile Hebrew co-median, acrobat, dancer, whistler andmimic, is at the top of the Olympic's bill

this week"Are You the Count?" is the name of

the burlesque, with the original book ofthe Lew Kelly show apportioned off so asto give the leading lines to Lang, whileothers are doled out to Frank Williamson,in the straight role, and Harry Van, whointroduces a dope character, somewhatsimilar to Kelly's portrayal.Russell Hill, as an energetic count, quali-

fies as a singer and actor. Mr. William-son appears to advantage as the straightin the first act, then in his well-knownimpersonation of a bad Westerner in "ANight in Chinatown," and as the Generalin the "Shenandoah" burlesque.

Dolly Sweet shows her baby ways and"cute talk" in the soubrette role, andAlice Robertson does some acting, singingand dsnHng in clever style. Fred Robbplayed several characters very acceptablyand, with Miss Robertson, presents aschoolboy and girl specialty, introducinga "monkey" song and the trick of leaningfar out over the footlights.

Other specialties are introduced by DollySweet in her choice selections, and by OraEntal, in rapid work on' the trapeze.The numbers are well staged and cos-

tumed and the attractive chorus works inunison. A chorus girls' number, workedup by Harry Lang, displays some latenttalent on the part of the girls.

The usually cold matinee audiencewarmed up well to the "Shenandoah" skit.

Harry Van and Gertrude Kingsley scorewith their comedy dance.The chorus includes Helen Walters, Ger-

trude Kingsley, Jacquelyn Grey, MayLane, Rose Meyers, Pauline Muhlbaur,Louise Walton, Lillian Reynolds, ElmaPrescott, Adia Baroudi, Mollie Palmer,Violet Penny, Lucille Careton, EvaBeechey, Mame Holden, Evelyn Dumont-Lew Talbot is the manager; Harry Fin-

berg, advance; Otto Muhlbauer, musicaldirector.

"HELLO NEW YORK"BACK TO COLUMBIA

STRONG AS EVERLast Summer's Columbia Show, some-

what curtailed and shortened, is again onview at that theatre, with Lew Kelly asProfessor Dope in his "pipe dreams,'' LonHaseall, as the peddler and the bum;James Ten Brooke aa the policeman, andthe candy butcher, Earl Gates as the an-nouncer; Nettie Nelson as the reporter;Kitty Gamer as Luna; Marie Gates aslona; Tom O'Brien and Charlie O'Brien aastreet gamins; Thomas Bell as a cop;Colie Lorella as the Chinaman.Lon Haseall also appeared as Red, the

B. R, T. Guard, and in the submarinescene as the general His specialty in-cluding "Yesterday" and "The Gny fromTexas"~made a big hit.The big step scene has been 'eliminated,

the principal sets being Chatham Square,Luna Park, and the McAlpin. lobby. Theparade of the city departments is heldon the stage level.

The O'Brien Brothers' acrobats, and thedancing entertainments of Earl and MarieGates were pleasing interpolations. "Isthe Sweet Long Ago" by Kitty Garner;"Walking the Dog" by Earl Gates;"Soldier Boy" by Kitty Garner; Burlesqueopera and cat duet by Ten Brooke andO'Brien; "Little Bit of Monkey" by AlGarner; "Iowa'* by Kitty Richardson;"Irishman's Dream" by Harry Edwards;"Jazz Band" by Marie Backmari, and "IMet You in Dreamland" by Kitty Gar-ner were among the most effective num-bers. - -

March:^, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

RUTH ST. DENISTheatre

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Palace.

Style

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Classical dancing.

Time

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Twenty-eight minutes.Setting—Special.

Buth St Denis opens her new act

with a prelude in which she appearsalone as Kuan Yin, the Chinese Goddessof Mercy. It is not so much the dancein this number as the coloring and set-

tins that is responsible for its success.

In this number and throughout the act,

the spot light shines down from directly

above the stage, and the manner in whichit fades out at the end of each danceadds much to the strength of the endings.

After the prelude, the scene shifts to

Egypt, showing Ted Shawn as the keeper

of the doors of the Temple of Amen-Ra.Shawn gives Miss St. Denis strong sup-

port and does this Egyptian dance withwonderful understanding.

Greece is next. Margaret Severa, asan Arabesque, opens the Grecian part of

the act with a solo dance. Her flashing

red costnme is very stunning and shedances well. This is followed by a trio

of Grecian dancers with the lute, thecymbals and the lyre. After this, Shawnand Miss St. Denis, representing figures

from an Amphora, do a very picturesqueGrecian dance.The scene then changes to India. A

typically Indian dance by a girl, who,judging from her appearance and keenunderstanding of the dance, must be of

Indian origin, proved to be one of the

features of the act.

From this point on, Miss St. Itenis

used the Indian scenes from her old act,

starting with the Nautch girls who danceso charmingly. Ted Shawn follows asYogi, the holy man, and then Miss St.Denis dances wonderfully as Parvati, thefamous beauty and dancer. '

One cannot help but feel that the actwould be more complete if Miss St. Deniswould put in the snake dance which eventhe mere mention of her .name alwaysrecalls. Everyone who has seen Miss St.

Denis' snake dance remembers it withprofound admiration and vaudeville audi-ences would welcome it in the act.

Miss St Denis* new act is an ambi-tious offering worthy of the artiste thatit features. H. G.

ED REYNARD AND CO.Theatre—Proctor'e BSto Street.Style— Ventriloquist.

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Time—Sixteen minute*.Setting—Special. Three.

The scene is quite elaborate for a turnof it* kind, being a courtroom, with jury,judge, witnesses and persons awaitingtrial. Reynard works from beneath thejudge's stand, and calls the court toorder, after which numerous dummiesare questioned as to their cases.

One of the cases before the court is

that of a performer, whose act is sup-posed to have bordered on impropriety.The judge announces that he will havethis woman do her dances in the court

;

room. -She is sent to the jury room tochange her clothes, and during the rou-tine does several novelty dances, muchto the pleasure of the judge and jury.After her closing number, the judge sayshe win join the show, and forthwith dis-

misses the case.The act is not exactly a riot, bnt there

are plenty of funny situations and thetorn is a good feature for the smalltime. The apparatus is so arranged thatthe heads of the different persons ontrial and the witnesses can be movedabout They can also be made to standup.By expectorating frequently, the judge

brings forth vehement laughter from theaudience. He does this by sqpirting asmall stream of water in the general di-

rection of the footlights. J. L.

HARRY STAFFORD & CO.Theatre

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Riviera.Style—Playlet.Time

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Sixteen minutes.Setting

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FuU stage.

The set represents a hotel room. A.Hammond Smith and his bride haverented the room without the funds to

pay for it. Smith's father, a millionaire,

has cut off his son's allowance but hastold him that whenever he is under his

father's roof, he can live there free. Hisfather will not give him any more moneyuntil he proves he can earn some, bow-ever.

Suddenly he finds that his father ownsthe hotel where he is stopping, so hedecides he does not have to bother aboutpaying his bill, as he is under his father's

roof.

But when he finds out that the hotelis about to be sold, he worries and, in

desperation, gives a phony check as anoption on the hotel. Complications thencome to pass making his option veryvaluable, whereupon he sells it for a goodamount, gets back his phony check, makesamends with his father, and all ends in

a way that assures the audience thebride and groom will live happily everafter.

The sketch is well acted. The plot toenough off of the beaten track to provediverting. The playlet will find It easyto succeed on the small time circuits.

H. G.

SEYMOUR & SEYMOURTheatre

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Riviera.Style

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Singing.Time—A'ine minutes.Setting—One.

These two young fellows make a poorattempt to pnt over a number of popularsongs. They sing their novelty numbersbest, but even these are put over poorly.

Not only have the pair little talent, bnttheir act also lacks finesse. It is anoffering very much in the rough aa it

stands, but even with this fault cor-rected, the ability to successfully put overtheir stuff would not be there.

One of the duo plays a piano accom-paniment to all the numbers. Both sing.

Their routine is a standard one forthis sort of an act H. G.

MICHAELS, JESTA & ARTTheatre

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Jefferson.Style

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Comedy and Musical.Time

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Fifteen minutes.Setting

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House set in one.

This is a very promising act. All it

needs is a little speeding up.

Two men give up their work in a gaahouse and take up a course of fifteen

lessons teaching them how to becomemusicians by -correspondence. Broke,they toy to make their living by- play-ing, bnt prove a dismal failure. Theyopen with some dreadful discords, andare about to give up, when a girl en-ters who, it develops, has also taken thecorrespondence course.

The situations furnish capital comedyand the skit is replete with funny lines.

When they pose aa professors and offer

to teach the girl, who wants to furtherher musical education, provided, ofcourse, that she alleviate their financial

embarrassment, the act becomes musi-cal, and the three play their instru-

ments.

This part of the- act does not amountto much. It will be the comedy thatwill make It go over. S. W.

NAT M. WILLSTheatre

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Palace.Style—Tramp monologue.Time—Fifteen minutes.Setting—One.

Nat M. Wills' new tramp act may bedivided into three parts: monologue,comic telegrams and parodies, in theorder named.

Wills enters, in his familiar hobo at-tire, and starts his monologue by tellinga joke about fat meu in the army, whichleads him around to such subjects asmother-in-law, marriage, wives, whiskeyand all the other subjects that mono-logists have depended upon since timeimmemorial.

It was Wills' reputation and the factthat Monday afternoon marked his re-appearance in vaudeville that had a lotto do with getting the first part of hisact over so successfully. Give the samematerial to a small time tratnp comedianand the audience will be only mildlyamused. In fact the monologue is notas clever as some that Wills has used inthe past.

The second portion of his act consistsof his reading twenty or thirty telegramsfrom prominent persons. Most of themessages refer comically to topical sub-jects and are very funny. This is thebest part of Wills' actHe ends his turn with a parody medley,

in which the American Sag works over-time. The words are fairly good.

H. G.

CATHLEEN MURRAYTheatre

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City.

Style—Singing.Time—Tioenty-two minutes.Setting—Fall stage.

Cathleen Murray Is one of the newcomers in vaudeville who is destined toforge rapidly ahead. She has a fetchingstyle, a pleasing personality, plenty oftalent and has the knack of getting themost possible out of her material.At the City' last Saturday afternoon

she wore four different costumes andrendered five songs.Opening in a dress of ye olden time

she rendered an appropriate song. Forher next number she was dressed as arevue girl. This was followed with animitation of Frances White singing herwell known lisp song and in her last cos-tume, a modern ruffled affair, she gavetwo songs.Miss Murray half talks-half sings her

numbers, and her work is in a style quiteher own. She won hearty appreciationwhich was well deserved. S. W.

HORLICH FAMILYTheatre;

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Audubon.Style—&ypsy Dancing.Time Twelve minutes.Setting—Special

There are eight persons in the HorlichFamily; four men and four women.Their act consists of a series of gypsydances and one song.They work on a full stage with special

scenery which Is pretty depicting a pic-turesque gypsy camp.

After a short pantomime, the first

number is a well done gypsy dance. Thisla followed by a solo dance to the accom-paniment o"J typical gypsy music and atamborine. Some eccentric Russian danc-ing which is also well done follows thisnumber.A gypsy song Is rendered by one of the

women who possesses a pleasing voice. A* duel dance is next, immediately followedby an ensemble final dance.The act is entertaining and a good one

of its kind. H. G.

DAVE KINDLERTheatre

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Riviera.j

Style

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Singing and whistling.Time—Eight minute*.Setting—One.

Dave Kindler has a very individualway of whistling. It is very novel whenfirst introduced, but becomes tiresomewhen used in three consecutive songs.He also sings, bnt his ninging la veryweak. It is upon his whistling that hebases his booking claim.While the whistling is a novelty, some-

thing else must be injected into the actif Kindler expects to get by. He could,for instance, use his whistle as an openerand a closer and, In the middle of theact deliver some snappy dialogue. Or,perhaps, he could do a little stepping.Aa the act stacks up at present, how-ever, it tends toward monotony. Theone accomplishment is not enough tobring success to it H. G.

THE McINTYRESTheatre—Proctor's 126** St.

~Style—Shooting. ]

Time—Twelve minutes. :

Setting—Three. Special." !

The Mclntyres, man and woman, arecrack shots, but the act to much betterthan turns of a similar nature, becauseof new business and a pretty scene.The man shoots both with a pistol and

revolver. Besides the standard work ofthe rifle act, he hangs from a trapeze,bead down, breaking swinging targets.From the back of the house, he does somegood target work. A piece of card isshot from a whiskey glass held by thewoman, while bits of clay arrangedabove her head on a crown are brokenwith shots fired rapidly by the man.Mclntyre does just about the right

amount of talking for the turn. All Inall, the act to a hundred per cent betterthan most openers on the small time.

J. L.

FOUR MELLIOSTheatre—Proctor's 126«ft Street.Style—Contortionists. 1

Time—Thirteen minutes. 1

Setting—FuU stage.",""

The four women first appear doing adance number. They unloose theirdresses while dancing, changing totights. They are all very lithe and theentire routine is well executed.The most difficult bit of business to

that where one of the women standswith one Toot on each of two chainand, with another woman entertwinedaround her body, bends backward andpicks up a handkerchief with her teeth.For a close, the four mount as many

platforms, on top of which are largeplant pots. In unison, they do numer-ous contortion bits on these.This act is entertaining throughout

and makes an excellent closer, j". Is,

CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG SUEDClara Kimn«ll Young has been made the

defendant in an action brought by theVal OTarrell Detective Agency, Inc., torecover $11,436 for service* alleged ren-dered in connection with' the married lifeof Miss Young and James Young, theactor. Miss Young paid $3,000 to theagency, leaving the amount brought inthe suit due, it is alleged.

COURT DECISION FAVORS WOODSJustice Delehanty, in the Supreme

Court last Friday, denied the applicationof Mrs. Amy Ongley, widow of ByronOngley, for a preliminary injunction torestrain A. H. Woods from presenting"Cheating Cheaters" and prevent himfrom paying royalties to Max Marcin, ac-credited author of the play. The Justiceheld that the contentions of the plaintiffwere not sufficiently sound to warrant thegranting of a temporary injunction.

10 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

URBAN & ORDYNSKIOPEN THE BANDBOXWITH RUSSIAN PLAY

"NJU"—A drama In ten episodes byOsalp D7DOW, ss.aii«t. adaptation byRosalind Ivan, produced ThursdayHTtnlni, March 22. at the BandboxTheatre.

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Nju Ann AndrewsB* Ben StanfordTilt husband Frank MillsKoartje Arthur O VlenMarie Lamm BnrtA young man Harry HaHThe waiter Tbomaa MitchellMascha... Janka MlecxkowakaA chambermaid Irene BeranaThe florist .Thomaa Mitchell

An elderly lady ..Helen SchadeAnother lady .• Klaa BarnardDnaja...... ...... ..Donah BenrimoA tall lady Helen P. BlakeA Undent Clarence Lee FelterA gentleman James X. AllenA young lady • ..Isabel Wither

Joseph Urban and Richard Ordynaki for

their initial offering, as joint managers of

the Bandbox, hare chosen a drama of

darkest Russia marked with gruesomeincidents, and disclosing; a low moralstandard in its characters.

Nju, a young woman, after eight years

of married life has a vague longing for

something which she knows not of. Herhusband borea her and when she finally

meets a poet she turns to him in the hopeshe will attain her unknown desire. Inthe flush of the newly formed intimacywhich soon follows she thinks she hassatisfied her soul's craving.Her huBband objects, sometimes with

anger, sometimes with abject pleading.

Then comes a violent quarrel and Njuleaves her home, her husband and herchild and goes to a furnished room wherethe poet visits her.

In a short time she realizes the shallowcharacter of her lover and knows she has

only been as a momentary plaything to

him. The elusive thing for which she baasought is still beyond her reach and she

takes poison and ends her misery. Thelast scene shows the funeral, with the

lover selecting his next inamorata in theshape of a pretty young girl who is one

of the disinterested ones present.

While many a successful play has hadfor its chief character an immoral woman,we believe that success is impossible

where the intended heroine is unmoral as

is the case with Nju. Her leaving herhusband is not prompted by love for thepoet, but to attain an ^explainable some-thing which, probably, is what has becomefamiliar to us through newspaper ex-

ploitation as "boulmate" or "affinity."

Of the acting there is little to say in

its favor, but this fault can be laid to

the incomprehensible characters in the

play, and not to the players. Ann An-drews, who portrays the . title role, is anew comer here.

Joseph Urban has given the production

an artistic setting.

"Nju" can scarcely be called a play.

It 1b merely a series of episodes.

WHAT THE DAILIES SAT.World—Insufferably tedious.

Times—A murky tragedy.

Tribune—-Curious product from Russia.

Herald

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Neurotic Russian drama.Sun—A series of pictures.

American

—

Old story in new garb.

8ELASCO SECURES MEEHAN PLAYJohn Meehan, who was manager and

director of the Broadway Players, whenthey appeared at the Spooner Theatre in

the Bronx, has succeeded in placing a playwith David Belasco, entitled "The VeryMinute."

NEW PLAY FOR FRED NOLOSydney Rosenfeld's play, "Under Pres-

sure," is the vehicle which Cohan & Har-ris have selected in which to send FredNiblo on his next starring trip. The sup-porting company will include Grace Ellis-

ton, Olive Tell, May Ramsay, DonaldMeek, Lola Frost,. Percy Ames, H. CooperCliffe, Magna Paxton, John . Fenton andZeffie Tilbury. The tour begins April 9at the Apollo Theatre, Atlantic City,

N. J.

TO REVIVE "WALLINGrORD"Hale Hamilton and Edward Ellis are

planning a revival of "Get-Rich-QuickWallingford" this spring. They were inthe original production, the first namedhaving played the title role, while Mr.Ellis was the Blackie Daw, and in therevival they will play the same . roles.

It is the intention to engage as manymembers as possible of the original com-pany.

LIEBLER PLAY SCORES SUCCESSPmaBUBOH, Pa., March 22.—"The Man

Who Lost," written by Adeline Leitzbach

and Theodora Liebler, which was producedat the Duquesne Theatre last Mondaynight, has scored an unqualified hit andbids fair to be one of the substantial suc-

cesses of the season. The local press wasunanimous in its praise.

COLUMBIA PLAY TONIGHT"Home, James," a musical comedy in

two acts, will be presented tonight at theHotel Astor and will run until Saturdaynight. It was written by Oscar Hammer-stein and Herman Axefrod of ColumbiaUniversity, and will be presented by theUniversity Players of that institution.

HITCHCOCK TO ACT IN "SOME"Raymond Hitchcock has announced his

intention of appearing in a new play en-

titled, "Some," before the close of the cur-

rent season. Charles Dillingham, his man-ager, Is not concerned in the venture andit appears as if the play will be producedlargely on Hitchcock's own responsibility.

NAME "GRASSHOPPER" CASTThe cast for "The Grasshopper" in-

cludes Eileen Huban, Jane Ross, LillianJago, Mrs. Dudley Diggs, John P. Camp-bell, Thomaa Donnelly, Ashton'and PhilipTonge, Charles Wcbater and others.

CANADA LIKES BDWY. FAILUREEdmonton, Alt., March 26.—"A Little

Bit of Fluff,** which failed on Broadway,is doing a phenomenal business in Canada,playing to more than $1,000 a night. Inits nine days at Winnipeg a few weeks agoit played to more than $10,000.

"YELLOW JACKET' AT LIBERTYInstead of presenting Moliere's "The

Imaginary Invalid" throughout the threeweeks of their engagement at the Libertythe Coburns have withdrawn it -and sub-'

stituted "The Yellow Jacket."

SHOW CANT FIND THEATRECorey and Hitter's "A Nigger in the

Woodpile" will not see Broadway untfl theFall, the managers giving the unavail-ability of a New York theatre as the rea-

son for the play's hiatus.

MAY PRODUCE PASSION PLAYRichard Bennett and Arthur Hopkins

may produce "The King of Kings," a pas-sion play by the late George M. Baxter,the poet and journalist who died in NewYork in February.

"SPRINGTIME" LEAVES APRIL 7"Miss Springtime" will leave the New

Amsterdam Theatre April 7.

PORTLAND HAS NEW PLAYERPortland, Ore., March 23.—Aline Slc-

Dermott will join the Baker Stock Co. asleading lady, Sunday, in "The Great Pur-suit."

NEW VACHELL PLAYAT LYCEUM LIKEDBY FIRST NIGHTERS

"THE CASE OP LADY CAMBER."—A four act play by Horace AnnesleyVacheU. presented Monday night.March 26, at the Lyceum Theatre.

Lord Camber H, E. HerbertSir Bedford Sinner W. L. AbingdonH&rley Napier Lynn Harding'Buckle Henry DorntooMaid Shirley AnbertLady Camber Mary BolandLady Matilda Bye Kate SergesnUonreach Louie EmeryEsther Yorke Sydney Shields

If "The Case of Lady Camber" does notmeet with the success that nearly every-one who saw it on the opening nightthinks it will have, no blame can be at-tached the Charles Frohman, Inc., whoproduced it, for that management hasselected a cast of most capable playersand spared no money on the production.But "the play's the thing," and it is

therefore the brain creation of Mr. Vachellthat will have to stand on its own bottom.The first night audience gave every evi-dence that it liked the play, and whilethe first nighters' judgment sometimesgoes astray, it is seldom wrong, andusually as goes the first performance inNew York so goes the play.Lady Camber suffers from heart trouble

as- well as a mental disorder which baf-fles her physician, who calls in a special-ist, Dr. Napier. Under Napier's care sheis slowly gaining strength when her maid,through jealousy, reveals the outward ap-pearances of an intrigue between LordCamber and Lady Camber's nurse. LadyCamber was formerly an actress and,using her power of mimicry, she tele-phones her husband in the voice of hernurse, and thus tricks her husband, whoconvicts himself and the nurse of wrong-doing. Lady Camber faintB and dies be-fore she can accuse her husband, but thestrange manner of her taking off rousessuspicion that the nurse had poisonedLady Camber to silence her.Of course, all is cleared up in the end,

and the characters in the play learn whatis very obvious to the audience.

The. author has not constructed his playin the method best known to playwrightsof experience. He has resorted to the old-style theatric tricks, and as a consequencehis characters seem more or less artificial.

Bnt, in spite of this, there are excitingmoments and thrills in the play, andthese and the very excellent acting of thevarious members of the company won theapproval of the audience on Monday night.To Mary Boland falls an excellent role,

that of Lady Camber, and displays afinesse in art we did not know she pos-sessed. Indeed, her work in this role is

quite the best she has given us.

Lynn Harding, by his excellent acting,gave the role of Napier a prominence itdoes not possess'in itself.

Louie Emery also did good work.

WHAT THE DAILIES SATTribune—A mechanical contrivance.World

—

Compendium of obvious tricks.

Sun—A thriller.

Herald

—

A fascinating play.Times

—

Interesting melodrama.American—A hit.

ARLISS TO MAKE REVIVALAt a special matinee performance at

the Knickerbocker Theatre next Fridayafternoon George Arliss will revive thesecond act of "Disraeli." The matinee willbe given for the benefit of the Anti-Vivisection Society.

PLAN NEW FROHMAN PIECEB. Iden Payne will make the produc-

tion for the Charles Frohman Companyof a new play by George Parker afterEaster.

GURLONG PREPARING TO OPENBuffalo, N. Y., March 28.—The Gur-

long Stock Co. will open its snmmer sea-son the last of April, under the manage-ment of W. Gnrlong and A. De Sanite.The company will number seventeen peo-ple and band, and orchestra will be carried.Laura Cleaver will be leading lady and shewill have a new play to offer this seasontbat Mr. Gurlong has just finished called"Her Own Horror." Harry DeVeil willbe agent.

ACTRESSES FOR WAR RELIEFA movement to organize all women con-

nected with the stage into a unit to helpwith war relief work in the event of thiscountry being drawn into the world strug-gle is steadily gaining momentum. A com-mittee, headed by Rachaei Orothers, is

making plans for a mass meeting of the-atrical women.

BURROWES CONSIDERING STOCKWarren Burrows closed hist week with

the "Dream Girl O* Mine" company, aftera season of twenty-four weeks. LeonaLeslie (Mrs. Burrows) played the part ofSheila Farrell in the same company. Mr.and Mrs. Burrows are in Chicago at pres-ent, and will probably be in stock thissummer.

EARL CO. STILL IN SHARPSBURGShabpsbubq, Pa., March 24.—The Earl

Stock Co. is now in its twenty-second weekat the Earl Theatre, under the managementof Larry Powers. The roster includesBasil F. Blake, Arthur J. Price, Frank B.Meserve, Frances Short, Laura Cleaver,Helen Marlowe, Dot Oliver and HarryPowers.

NEGRO ACTORS FOR PLAYLETSMrs. Emilie Hapgood has leased the

Garden Theatre and on April 5 will pro-duce three one-act plays by Ridgley Tor-rande, directed and staged by Robert Ed-mond Jones. The plays deal with negroesand will have negro casts.

350TH SHOW FOR HIP.

The passing of the 350th presentationof "The Big Show" at the Hippodromewas observed last Friday. The show hasestablished the longest run in town thisseason and has played to nearly a millionand one-half patrons.

DRAMA STUDENTS IN MATINEEThe Henderson Players, assisted by

students of the Henderson School, pre-sented several one-act plays in ChickeringHall last Thursday afternoon. Mr. Hen-derson took part in the playlets.

HIGGINS DIRECTS GIRL SHOWChtcaoo, March 26.—Arthur J. Higgins

who conducted his own stock company atthe Peoples Theatre, Springfield, is direct-ing the girl show at the National Theatreon State Street.

JACKSON LEAVING NORTHAMPTONNorthampton, Mass., March 24.—Sel-

mer Jackson, leading man with the North-ampton Players, will leave the companyto join the Princess Players, Des Moines,la., for a Summer engagement.

CLUB ENGAGES SMITHFIELDGeorge F. Smithfield has been engaged

.to appear in a series of classical playsthat will be given in schools and collegesin Manhattan under the auspices of theCivic Club.

PREMIERE FOR CRAIG PLAYBoston, Mass., March 27.—"He Said

and She Believed," a production by JohnCraig, had its premiere at the WilburThe-atre here last night.

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WHO OPPOSES SUNDAY FILMS?It frequently huppens that the man

least effected by a proposed legislation

is the loudest in his denunciation of themeasure, and this has never been moreforcibly shown than in the present fight

being made at Albany against the legali-

zation of motion picture shows on Sunday.The man who is doing the most shoutingand bluster is the up-State legislatorwhose constituent is the farmer, and thefanner has but little time or inclinationto go to the movies, by beck!Mr Farmer lives in a world of his own.

Six months in the year he rises by candleand the only time he doesn't go to bedwith the chickens is when his horse hasan attack of glanders and needs his urgentattention, or some other member of hislive stock family needs veterinary atten-tion. The county fair is the only formof amusement he knows, and the 1916 fairfurnishes the topic of conversation at thelittle cross-roads grocery store till the1017 exhibition has been given. Theatresin general are considered hell holes andmotion pictures looked upon as a frivolityin which only the idle rich can indulge.And it is the legislator whom the for-

mer elects who now undertakes to dictatea Sunday law affecting New York CSty,Buffalo and other large communitieswhose populations are cosmopolitan.The up-State legislator should pause

and compare the farmer with the cityman ; compare his inclinations and hisdesires, and, above all, compare his work.The ordinary city man in his work con-sumes as much vitality in a month as thefarmer does in & year. As a' consequence,unless the former is given opportunity forrevitalization, he would cease to exist.

Recreation is the best known aid torevitalization, and therefore to the cityman it becomes an absolute necessity. Inmany cases he is so situated that Sundayis the only day he can call his own, andthis day he sets aside for recreation, andprobably eight times out of ten he choosesmotion pictures because of its mind-diverting power and its cheapness.And this entertainment the up-State

legislator would take from the man whogives to the farmer ten times more thanhe receives from him. Let him look be-fore he leaps for, even though they do notcome now, advancement almost demandsSunday films as a part of our life.

NO LACK OF STOCK PLAYSEditor, The Cxippeb: •

Dear Sir:—In a recent issue of TheClippeb, there is an article entitled "Lackof. Plays Confronts Managers," meaninglock of plays for stock production.The fact is, there is no lack of plays, but

there is lack of intelligence—in the selec-

tion of plays.The stock manager who adopts as bis

policy "Broadway Successes Only" mustcontemplate a very brief season. The veryword, "Broadway" is misleading, since manyof the producing theatres are not on Broad-way. In any case, a New York productionis not as vitally important as the pressagents would like to make customers be-lieve.

The Life of the drama lies in expansion

;

we cannot have drama without recruiting;the stock company is the logical trainingschool for dramatists, players and manag-ers. There is no- reason why the UnitedStates should not support at least five hun-dred resident stock companies ; there is

abundant territory and materials—thrivingcities, fine theatres, plays, managers, play-ers and patrons. Regarding the plays, asa matter of data, how many Metropolitansuccesses are available, each season, forstock production?And when they are available, many of

them are wholly unsuitable for presenta-tion in stock theatres, mainly because the

' themes employed in a great number ofplays recently produced are entirely devoidof universal appeal, and the stock patronis quick to feel its absence ; people who payfifty cents for a seat want full measure for

the investment : the two dollar patronsseem to be an easier mark. Furthermore,in the case of a really meritorious Metro-

politan production, it has every advantageof scenic equipment a carefully selected

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the logical policy of a successful stock com-pany should be "always a good play and agood performance." It ia not difficult tosupply both.

The dramatized novel has steadily madefriends and profits. The most successfulplays in dramatic history have been derivedfrom novels—"Camille," "East Lynne,""Uncle Tom's Cabin," "The Two Orphans,""Rip Van Winkle" and others, and, in thepresent era, so to speak, we have "QuoVadis," followed by a long list of safe hits.

There are as many more stories availablefor transfer to the stage. The writer hasa list of thirty-five works of fiction, every-one famous, and possessing the qualities

necessary to produce a successful play.

Much of this literature properly belongs to

the stage ; in placing it there, let no onefeel that it is an easy task. The authormust exercise all his imagination, skill andoriginality in order to turn out a manu-script which he can hand to the busystock director, to be successfully staged in

Ave rehearsals.

When books live through the changingages and sell by the million copies, wequestion, what is the hold? It is universal

appeal—simplicity, interest, sympathy.patboB and laughter. These same qualities

are necessary to the success of a play, andwhen we get them in combination, we haveplus. Marie Dobait.

ANSWERS TO QUERIES• • •

P. R., Albany.—Frank Keenan is a

Shakespearean actor. He is the same Kee-nan that has been acting in film playa, but

has returned recently to the legitimate

field.• • •

O. A. P.—Wm. A. Brady played Sven-

gali in "Trilby" in the South and was

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careful rehearsing. The average stock com-pany has a weekly change of bill, ten or

twelve performances, and five rehearsals;

the two productions cannot in justice, becompared.

Again, when a production fails com-pletely in New York, it is tossed to the

stock manager, who is kindly permitted to

remit an exorbitant royalty for no other

purpose than to help reimburse the pro-

ducer, who has lost. This play may havehad a tremendous run of one week in NewYork, yet the stock manager will advertise

it as a record breaker, deliberately deceiv-

ing his customers.If it is true, as some declare, that stock

patrons and managers demand only "Broad-way Successes," will they explain why stock

companies who struggle to maintain this

policy always end in .failure? If this is

what the public wants, and it gets it, whydo we see stock companies close, from coast

to coast, with heavy pecuniary losses? Theanswer is, the plays did not please the

people—they felt they were cheated andremained away. A manager is indeed apoor business man if he permits himself to

be persuaded that he can give his patronsevery week a satisfactory play from Broad-way, at the high royalties demanded, Heis bankrupt before he starts.

In the last sixteen years, the writer ha»produced twenty-one plays : all had a first

hearing in stock; most of these plays madea great deal of money without any Metro-politan backing. The same holds good of

other plays that never broke any box office

records on Broadway, but did break themevery where else; for example. "LenaRivers." "The Rosary," "Graustark," "StElmo" and more. So it would seem that

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B. L. T., Syracuse.—Send for a CupperRed Book. You can get a complete list ofNew York theatres from it

• a •

F. R.—Rejane. Novell! and Ezra Kendallwere all under the management of Liebler& Co.

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C. I. R„ New York.—Blanche Bates wasin "The Girl of the Golden West."

• • •

I*. T., New York.—Fanny Davenportdied Sept 26, 1898.

• • •

"Pat." New York.— Hiwe no record ofthis show.

• • •

"Films"—Motographv is motion photog-raphy.

TWENTY-FTVE YEARS AGOThe Zoological Garden at Central Park,

New York, under management of W. A.Conklin, was investigated by the Commis-sioner of Accounts.

Clyde Fitch had three shows running inNew York: "A Modern Match," "BeauBrummel" and "Frederick I* Maitre."

"

Charley Mitchell and Jim Corbett hada run-in at Miner's, Bowery, where Cor-bett and Jim Daly were sparring.

H. A. Covell and James Murray formedthe Globe Amusement Association.

James J. Morton was stage manager ofthe World's Museum, Altoona, Pa.

Helene Mora was with Hyde's Com-edians.

Max Strakosch died in New York.

RIALTO RATTLESRHYMED INTERVIEWS NO. i

There in his little two-by-four behindthe Hip's tobacco store, the Animal Kingsits on bis throne and, undisputed, rulesalone. Doc Potter is the ruler's name,King of Beasts both wild and tame. Heput them all in Noah's Ark; he knowseach monkey in Bronx Park; he knowswhy camels have their humps; he knowsjust why the kangaroo jumps; he knowswhy all the cows say "Moo"; he knowswhy goats have whiskers, too; he knowswhy sheep have so much wool;—and heknows a lot about the bull.

THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM."The Man.Who Came Back" has never

gone away."The Century Girl" is only in her

twenties."The 13th Chair" is having a lucky

run."The Wanderer" seems content to stay

on Thirty-fourth Street.At the Globe Theatre "Out There" is

in there.

HARRY B. SMITH, A TRAGEDIAN.Musical comedy librettists can' hold

their own with" William Shakespeare aatragedians, according to Professor WilliamLyon Phelps of Yale, who says: "When-ever I go to a musical comedy, for daysafter I am in a dull lethargy of grief."

HIS OWN MEDICINEShame upon the critic who is contemplat-

ing bringing a libel action against a maga-zine for treating him roughly! Supposebe had been sued every time he neglectedto handle an actor with kid gloves!

A SUGGESTIONShort play titles are all the vogue, and

now that they are running out of realwords, they have started manufacturingsome. To wit: "Nju." Wo would suggest"Xtz" and "Rda" as splendid titles.

BICYCLES NOT NECESSARYIke Rose is looking for several pretty

and experienced girl bicylists. We'relooking, too, but they can leave their bi-cycles at home.

IT OUGHT TO BE GOOD,"Wh7 * Left My Husband" is the title

of Clara Kimball Young's next film playIs she going to take the public into herconfidence T

GOOD HEADLINERS FOR VAUDE"Benny." .

David Starr Jordan in "The Pacifist

"

Nick, the Cxar, in "Why Boys LeaveHome."

NOT NATURAL.At the New Amsterdam: Springtime

leaves aa Tree sprouts up. Ain't naturequeer?

BRIGHT PROSPECTSA headline says that The Unborn Child

makes $1,693. He should certainly be awonderful business man when he growsup.

QUITE TRUJH.There is a queer play called NjuWith a plot exceedingly blju.

A PARADOXSpring is here and "Miss Springtime"

is leaving.

PHONY SPELLINGIn "Nju" the "j" is silent as in duck.

WILL IT EVER BE?"The Has Beens" never was.

12 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

LONDONPARISFommmN nmw^ BERLIN

SYDNEY

London, Eng., March 17.

George Hylton plays Selby next week.

Milly and Gordon are next week in Ips-

wich.

Zarry will be next week at the Palace,

Neath.

The Four Shades will play Dundee weekof March 26.

The Q"s have been at the Empire, Ches-

wick, this week.

The Lady Shoeblacks are in Birming-ham next week.

Sidney Black opens at Middlesbroughweek after next.

Clark and Hamilton are expected to

return from America.

Mabel Costello closes tonight a weekat the. Palace, Oldham.

Harry Blake plays the Imperial, Can-ning Town, next week.

The Royal Tokiwa Family will be atSheffield week after next.

James Beid plays the Pier Pavilion,

Torquay, week after next.

Greta Mack will be at the Tivoli, NewBrighton, week of March 28.

The Montagues, in "A Feathered Revue,"

play the Palace, Reading, next week.

Fred Karno's revue, "All Women,"played this week at the Empire, Cardiff.

The "once nightly" show is returningto favor in many of the provincial towns.

Norman Field, the harpist, closes to-

night a good week at the Empress, Brix-

ton.

The Khaki Boys open next Mondaynight at the Palace, Manchester, for aweek.

H. S. Maguire, and his wonder horse,

Mascot, will be at the Palace, Carlisle,

next week.

The Exposition Three will be at theEmpire, West Hartlepool, for the weekbeginning March 26.

Florrie Gallimore plays a return datenext week at the Publie Hall, Alexan-dria, N. B.. and the week.following is at

the Palace, Plymouth.

The new Stoll picture house in Chat-ham, recently opened, is claimed to bethe best in Kent. The house has beenerected at the back of the Empire and its

entrance adjoins that of the older house.

It has a Beating capacity of 1,000 and is

fitted with a grand orchestral pipe organ.

George Higgs is resident manager.

Genee has been sensationally success-

ful at the Coliseum. At the end of theballet at each performance when, in place

of the piles of bouquets formerly presentedto this dancer, she is given dozens of

very modest bunches of flowers with anenvelope attached to each, and inside of

each envelope is the money which in nor-

mal times 'would have been spent for that

particular bouquet. Genee has asked this

form of tribute that she may send themoney to the War Seal Fund for Crippled

Soldiers. The flowers she sends to themilitary hospitals.

Bob Morrison returns to London weekafter next.

Niblo and Boris have a success in theirnew comedy specialty.

Joe Grrilianotti has decided to changehis name to Jack Walton.

May Moore Duprez has gone for a shortprovincial tour, opening at Glasgow.

Jean Robb is leading lady with War-den & Wilmot's revue "Wait and See."

The Four Clovelly Girls are due to re-

turn to the Moss Halls on April 2 atGlasgow.

George Robey is making progress withthe two big charity concerts which he is

arranging.

Bransby Williams has entirely recov-ered from his recent indisposition and hasresumed work.

Martin Adeson presented George El-ton's "Letting the Flat" this week at theHippodrome, Ttnlhpm

Hal Jones, of the Three Crookes, whojoined the colors February 12, expectsto be in France in a fortnight.

The Margate Hippodrome and the Hall-by-the-Sea have each been successful insecuring a cinematograph license.

"Pass on Please," which was this weekat the Palace, Maidstone, comes to Lon-don April 16, opening at the Bedford.

"Papa" Cragg has retaken his old pri-

vate gymnasium which will once more beheadquarters for gymnasts hereabouts.

It was reported that Phyllis Monkmanwas soon to be led to the altar and settle

down, but the lady denies the soft im-peachment.

The Lawrence Wright Ensemble, aftera long tour of the provinces, returned totown last Monday and opened at theMetropolitan and Chelsea Palace.

There are three matinees now givenweekly at the Pavilion, a Monday after-noon performance having been added tothose of Wednesday and Saturday.

Robert Oourtneidge's lease of theShaftesbury Theatre terminated last week,but an arrangement has been reached bywhich "Three Cheers" will be continued.

Little Thomas, the veteran corner manof the Mohawk-Moore & Burgess Min-strels, was given a benefit last Mondayat the Prince of Wales Road Baths, Kent-ish Town.

Marriott Edgar, Herman Darewski andWilliam J. Wilson are indeed a strongcombination, and as they are respectivelyresponsible for the book, the music andthe staging of fFoHow the Flag," it will

be surprising if it does not enjoy a longrun. To begin with its opening wasauspicious and the good reports comingfrom Liverpool augur well for a long life.

In the east of "Follow the Flag." theMoss Empire's spectacular revue recentlyproduced at the Olympia, Liverpool, arethe following weR-known players: WalterPassmore. Rosie Revs, Grace Gordon,Madge Vincent. Bertram IrArey, JosephFletcher. Donald Cooper, Frank Wilson,Maude Dupre, Wilson James, CharlesEmerald, Billy Walters, Maude Francis,George Belmore and Leo Rav.

Sharp's Tromboneers are playing theprovincial halls.

The Diving Belles are due at the Pal-ladium very shortly.

Mabel Msmr has been booked over theStoll and Moss tours.

Mamie Holland, the male impersonator,is going into a revue.

Kitty Colyer is in Harry Day's newrevue "Special Mixtures."

Zella Vondi has a new ensemble actwhich has scored a success.

W. Gregory is the new musical directorat the Empire, Nottingham.

Walter and Lester are touring the halls*in Scotland with a new sketch.

Tom Sherboume wiU shortly introducea new novelty moving figure into his act.

Alan Mayne has organized a companyfor the entertainment of the woundedTommies.

R. A. Barnard, of Barnard's WHnwiHw)

has rejoined his regiment, having recov-ered bis health.

George E. Belmont writes from MonteCarlo that the place is beginning to as-sume a normal aspect.

Word reaches us from the Far Eastthat Max E. Weldon, the magician, is inthe hospital suffering- from wounds re-ceived in action.

Constance Drever has met with successin "Love and War," a new musical sketch,book by Roy Devereux and J. C. de Chas-saigne and music by Jean Mougeux.

Isobel Dorothy has been engaged byHarry McKelvie for his next season's pan-tomime. She recently concluded a tourwith Mr. McKelvie's "Cinderella" company.

Betty Lambert, who recently deputizedfor the Three Scamps, at the Imperial,Canning Town, made such a success thatshe has been booked by the manager ofthat house for an early date.

David FuUer has signed an agreementwith the North British Railway Co. ' bythe terms of which he will furnish thesummer shows at Siloth until 1922. Hehas held a contract for the work for thepast seventeen years.

"Goody Two Shoes," the pantomimewhich Arthur Clarence produced this sea-son, was staged in 1885, at Stockton, byhis father, Lloyd Clarence. The onlythings new in the production were acouple of the prevailing popular songswhich Mr. Clarence introduced. Otherwiseit was given just as his father had givenit thirty-two years ago.

From Paris comes the news that all

places of amusement in France remainclosed four days every week, following theGovernment Order. The Alhambra andFolies Bergere, in fact all of the play-houses, with one or two exceptions, areopen Thursday for two shows; Saturdaysfor an evening show, and Sundays for twoshows. The Olympia is open for twoshows on Fridays instead of Thursdays.The best establishments pay artists fourfull days pro rata salary. It is hopedthat this condition is about at an end asthe coal crisis has been gradually over-come and the Daylight Saving Bill againwent into operation yesterday.

"THREE CHEERS" FOR AMERICALondon, Eng., March 22.—Harry Lauder

is completing negotiations to take "ThreeCheers" to the United States.

McINTOSH BOOKS Bn.i.if, SEATON

Sydney, Aug.; March 22.—Miss BillieSeaton and Raymond Wilbert are recentbookings for the Hngb Mcintosh Theatres,who will arrive here next month.

TIVOLI FOLLIES TOURINGMelboubne, Aus., March 24.—The

Tivoli Follies are now touring- the Victoriacentres before opening at the AdelaideTivoli. .

CHING LING SOO TOURING INDIABombay, India, March 15.—Cbing Ling

Soo, the magician, is touring India andmeeting with success. He is billed to fol-low the Bandman Comedy Co. here.

ADA REEVE IN CALCUTTACaXiCutta, India, March 17.—The Ada

Reeve Co. is playing here in repertoire.Miss Reeve has become an immense favor-ite at every city she has played in India.

"THEODORE * CO." FOR AMERICALondon, England, March 24.—Messrs.

Gros&mith & LaurOlard have decided tosend "Theodore & Co.," their successfulmusical play, to America.

LUCE AMERICAN FILM STARSSydney, Aus., March 25.—American

films and film stars are gaining in popu-larity every day, but the most popularamong the latter are Billie Bnrke andDouglas Fairbanks.

"DOUBLE EVENT" FOR NEW YORKLondon, England, March 22.—The final

arrangements have been completed whereby"The Double Event" win be seen inAmerica under the management of a lead-ing New York manager.

BANDMAN COMPANY IN BOMBAYBombay, India, March -16.—The Band-

man Comedy Co., featuring Mr. Clarke andMiss Owen, are playing a month's engage-ment here and doing weR.

"REMNANT" PLEASES LONDONLondon, England, March 2L—At the

Royalty "Remnant," the musical show writ-ten by Michael Morton, with Music by D.Niccodemi, in which Marie Lohr is thestar, has made an unquestioned hit.

"HANKY-PANKY" AT THE EMPIRELondon, England, March 20.—"Hanky-

Panky," the Ernest C. Rolls' revue at theEmpire seems to have hit public francy.Robert Hale, PhyUis Dare, Joe Nightingale,Amy Augarde and Unity Moore are promi-nent in the cast.

UKE "DADDY LONGLEGS"Stdnet, Ada, March 22.—"Daddy Long-

legs," under J. C. Williamson. Ltd., man-agement, which was produced here lastSaturday night, has scored a big success,and Kathlene MacDoneU in the leadingfemale role has been enthusiastically re-ceived.

ALHAMBRA HAS ANOTHER HITLondon, Eng., March 26.—Necessary

cuts have been made in "The Bing GirlsAre There," the new revue at the Alham-bra, and it appears to have settled downto what promises to be a long run. JosephCoyne and Laddie Cliff are among thechief fun-makers.

"PETTICOATS" IS A NOVELTYLondon, England, March 20.—"Petti-

coats,"' with its all women cast, is provingto be one of the real novelties of the sea-son at the Garrick. Frances White, LouieTinsley, Ponie Emery, Marga La Rubia,Audrey Ford and Frances WetberaJl haveprominent roles.

March 28, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 13

DE FOREST ANDWEST COMBINE

INTERESTSWILL PUT OUT SHOW SHORTLY

Omaha, Neb., March 24.—Jack De For-

est, who recently closed his stock com-pany at the Krug Theatre and severed his

connection with the management of thathouse, has combined his interests withC. W. West, manager of the West Players.

They will send out a monster dramaticshow and will cover the territory in whichMr. De Forest and Mr. West have formerlyplayed with their companies and in whichthey are well known.The cast will include Marjorie Garrett,

late of Morosco's coast production of "Pego' My Heart," who will play the leadingroles opposite Jack De Forest; KathrynMaxney, from the circuit show of "TheGirl Without a Chance"; Fanny FernBrown of the Lincoln Stock Co.; BillyEllis, V. A. Varney, Louis Andrews, JackStewart, Alyse Brown, Iva Garrett, BillyGriggs, Ida West and Carl McFarlaud.Harry Brown will be the band director

and Billy Griggs will paint the scenery,each play to have a separate production.George Dunham will handle the advancewith an assistant; V. A. Varney, thestage, and Ed. Foster, the canvas, withfive assistants.

Ed. Whalen will be in charge of thebox office and Miss Ellis of the reservedseats.

The repertoire of plays selected willinclude, besides four late Eastern suc-cesses, three of C. W. Herman's plays,"The Shop Lifters," "Where the RiverShannon Flows" and "Old Virginia."

MURPHY CO. CLOSES IN FRISCOSan Francisco, March 23.—The Horace

Murphy Players have closed their engage-ment at the Republic Theatre, owing totrouble with the unions. The trouble arosewhen the management wanted to cut downexpenses by employing seven stage handsinstead of nine, and the union refused toallow the seven men to work. The com-pany has gone on a tour of the small towns,but will open a permanent Summer en-gagement in Fresno in a few weeks.

BRAY CLOSES COLUMBUS CO.Columbus, O.. March 26.—Thnrman F.

Bray closed his stock company at the South-ern Theatre Saturday night, after a thirteenweeks engagement. Mr. Bray closed thecompany in order to devote all his time tohis tent theatre, which will open May 1.

The cast, which appeared with Mr. Bray atthe Southern Theatre, will remain practi-cally the same for the tent season.

GRAND RAPIDS CO. CHANGESGrans Rapids, Mich., March 25.—The

name of the stock company playing at theColumbia Theatre, this city, has beenchanged from the Chester. Bishop Playersto that of the Columbia Players. JamesBlaine and Ollie Cameron are the newleading people.

KELLY BROS. STOCK CLOSESLansing, Mich., March 24.—The Kelly

Bros. Stock Co.. which has been operatingall Winter at the Gladmer Theatre, has dis-

banded, part of the company going to Chi-cago to prepare for Summer stock.

NEW PLAY AT UNION HILLUnion Hill, N. J.. March 24.—The

Keith Players, at the Hudson Theatre, arepresenting this week for the first time onany stage a new play by Dollie E. Sullivan,

entitled "The Heart of a Woman."

STOCK WOMAN WITH PRODUCTIONAdele Elaer has been specially engaged

for the part of "Peg" in the forthcomingproduction of "The Grasshopper," underthe direction of B. Iden Payne. MissKlaer toured last season with the Dever-eaux Players. She will be seen in aprincipal role in "The Curious Mishap,"by Carlo Goldoni, which the BrooklynRepertoire Theatre Co. will present Fri-

day evening, March 30, at the CentralAuditorium.

CO. Of 7TH WEEK IN HAMMONDHammond, Ind., March 24.—The

Orpheum Stock, headed by James H.Cooper and Grace Baird, is in its seventhweek here, and despite the fact that thecompany opened in the face of Lent, busi-

ness has increased weekly. This week thecompany is playing "The Squaw Man" andto follow are "The Man From Home,""The Hawk," "Seven Keys to Baldpate,""Mile-A-Minnte-Kendall" and "Forty-fiveMinutes from Broadway."

WILLIAMS TO OPEN QUINCY CO.Elkhart, Ind., March 25.—Ed. Will-

iams, whose stock company here has beenplaying to big business, will open anothercompany Easter Sunday, April 8, atQuiney, 111. The Elkhart company, beadedby Tiny Leone, will remain intact

MARIAN CHESTER FOR TRENTONBrockton. Mass., March 26.—Marian

Chester closes as- character woman withthe Hathaway Players Saturday and will

open in the same capacity with the Wini-fred St. Clair Co. at the Trent Theatre,Trenton, on Easter Monday.

INGENUE DISAPPEARSMinneapolis, March 24.— Eulalia

Young, ingenue of the Bainbridge LightOpera Co., who has been missing since last

week, is reported still unfound. Everyeffort has been made to locate her, but herdisappearance has proved a mystery.

GLECKLER TO STAY IN PATERSONPatebson, N. J., March 26.—Robert

Gleckler will be retained as leading manwith the Winifred St. Claire Stock Co.here, when Miss St. Claire opens her com-pany in Trenton.

BROWN TO OPEN MONTREAL CO.Montreal, Can., March 24.—Clark

Brown will open his stock company hereearly in May. Percy Meldon will be stagedirector.

TEAM GOES WITH BRYSONSHiatt and Franklyn, formerly with the

Clark-Urban Co. have signed contractswith the Bryson Players for their Springtour.

JACK LEWIS READY TO OPENJamestown, Pa., March 24.—Jack Lewis

win open his stock company here Mondayand has secured the rights to "The DivorceQuestion" and "The Rosary."

POLI PLAYER RECOVERINGWashington, March 24.—Sam Iden

Thompson, one of Poll's Popular Players,is recovering from an operation on histhroat and win soon rejoin the company.

TRUESDELL CLOSES REP. SHOWBoyd Trnesdell closed his repertoire com-

pany Saturday and has opened a one-night

stand show entitled "One Girl's Mistake."

GRAHAM VELSEY HAS GRIPPEGraham Velsey is out of the cast of the

Grand Opera House Stock Co.. in Brook-lyn, because of the grippe.

EUGENIE CURTIS IN TOLEDOToledo, O., March 22.—Eugenie Curtis

joined the Wadsworth Dramatic Co. atthe Palace Theatre this week, in "To-day."

PLAN MORETENTSHOWS THIS

SUMMERREP. MEN ORGANIZING COMPANIES

From the present outlook, there is everyindication that the number of tentedstock organizations to tour the countrythis summer will be greater than everbefore.

Repertoire men have been busy for thepast several weeks organizing their com-panies and by April 1 many will take tothe road.The Barney Williams Players, under

the management of Barney Williams andW. P. Driver, are making preparations toopen their tent theatre April 1 and will

play through the Southwest. The com-pany will include twenty-five people.Those already engaged are F. C. Kelton,director and leads; Marie Williams, leads;Mr. and Mrs. Highley, specialties andsoubrette; Mr. and Mrs. Billy Snyders,characters and specialties; Billy B. Kent,general business; Willis Court, ThomasM. Carlton, J. H. Chenworth, H. W. Bach,Tessie Holt and Frank Post.The Myrtle Vinton Repertoire Co. will

go out under canvas shortly with H. P.Bulmer, manager and owner.Joycey Williams is at present in Chi-

cago engaging his people and his showwill open under canvas at Knox City, Mo.Harry Keefer, who was manager of theGoldie Cole Stock Co., will put out arepertoire show under canvas shortly.Glen L. Beveridge, owner and manager

of the Beveridge Players, will open bis

tent theatre season about the middle ofApril and will use the new play which hehas been busy writing, in addition to latestock releases.

Cecil Wood Clarendon, leading womanof the Clarendon Stock Co., will open herfourth season under canvas with the com-pany May 1 and several former ClarendonPlayers will be seen again with the show.The Fahl Brothers, managers of theorganization, have selected a repertoire ofhigh-class plays.A new show under canvas will be

launched by William Triplett and H Wal-ter Van Dyke, which will probably openat Council Bluffs, la.

The LaRoy Repertoire Co., which is 'at

present playing opera houses, will soonbegin .its tent season. The company is

headed by Marie Hayes. Stark Robinsonwill play the leading male roles when thetent season begins.

S. F. Nash, formerly of the Nash andLawrence Stock Co., has recently formeda partnership with A. W. Townley, for-

merly with the La Mont Bros.' Circus,

and they will put out a repertoire show,beginning May 5 at Perry, III. The com-pany will play week stands throughnorthern Illinois and Wisconsin. The De-Forest and West new combination will

also play under canvas and other tentcompanies are rapidly being formed.

TONGE FOR WASH. SQ. PLAYERSPhilip Tonge, who has appeared in

many leading parts with the BrooklynRepertoire Theatre Co. during the pastseason, has been specially engaged to ap-pear in the current bill presented by theWashington Square Players at. the Com-edy Theatre.

MITCHELL ENGAGED FOR "NJU"Thomas Mitchell, who has been promi-

nently associated with the BrooklynRepertoire Theatre during the past sea-son, has been engaged for the RichardOrdyngki-Joseph Urban production of"Nju," at the Bandbox Theatre.

MOBILE CO. STILL PLAYINGMobile, Ala., March 24.- -The Spring

and Summer season of the Strand TheatreStock Co., which has been appearing atthe Strand Theatre all Winter, beganMonday, the bill being "Little Lost Sister."The members of the company include War-ren E. Lyle. Pearl Evans Lewis, JackRegan, Alfred A. Webster, Edward Clark,Dorothy Lewis, Eulalie Crovetto, CamilleSazzarin, Henry Coroneas, Don Peruchiand Edward H. Norton.The executive staff of the company for

the Spring and Summer season is: Ed-ward Clark, manager; Alfred A. Webster,stage director; Henry Coroneas, scenicartist; Daniel S. Drago, leader of orches-

tra: Emile A. Bines, stage carpenter; E.\V. Bancroft, electrician, and James luPerry, master of properties. Edward H.Norton is a new member of the company.He is known in vaudeville, member of theteam of Norton and Kelly, as a black face-

comedian and violinist and is a Mobile boy.

SPOONER CO. GOING TO BOSTONLawrence, Mass., March 26.—The Cecil

Spooner Stock Co. now playing at theColonial Theatre closes Saturday presentingdouble bill of "The Cutest Girl in Town"and "My Irish Cinderella," and will openat the Castle Square Theatre, Boston.April 9. The future policy of the Colonialhas not been determined.

PLANS ROCHESTER CO.Rochester. N. Y.. March 26.—Edward

J. MacGregor, formerly associated withHoward Rumsey in the Manhattan Play-ers at the Lyceum Theatre here, will havea company of his own at one of the houseshere. His company will run six weeks.

NEW FACES FOR SIOUX CITY CO.Sioux Crrr, la.. March 24.—Several

changes are being made in the company atthe Grand Opera House, six new playershaving been engaged. Elsie Esmond andRobert Le Sienr will be (he new leadingplayers, and Fred Quimby, Una Trevelyn,Harry Le Coeur and Mildred Johnson willalso join.

VELSEY HAS OPERATIONGraham Velsey, the juvenile of the

Daniels Stock Co. at the Grand OperaHouse, Brooklyn, underwent a nasaloperation last week and was temporarilyout of the cast. He reappeared at theGrand Monday. During his absence, C.Hooper Trask took his place.

STOCK. FOR NEWARK SOONNewark, N. J., March 26.—The Or-

pheum Theatre, which has been dark thisseason, will be reopened Easter Mondaywith a new stock organization under themanagement of Jay Packard.

MINNIE MILNE LEAVES SCRANTONScsARTOir, Pa., March 24.—Minnie

Milne, character woman with the PollPlayers at the Academy of Music, has leftthe company and returned to New York.

BUNTING CO. CONTINUESSan Antonio, Tex., March 23.—The

Bunting Stock Company is continuing atthe Majestic without Emma Bunting, whois absent on account of illness.

PAYTON POSTPONES OPENINGThe opening of the Joe Payton Stock

Co, under the management of John Mac-auley, which was to have occurred Marck19, has been postponed to April 9.

TWO PLAYS RELEASED"The House of Glass" and "Hit the Trail

Holliday" have been released this weekfor use in stock.

CUS FORBES IN WTLKES-BARREWtlkes-Babre, Pa.. March 25.—Gas

Forbes returns to the Nesbitt PIsyers Mon-day as leading man.

14 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

CIRCUSES AREWORRIED OVER

WARFEAR COMMANDEERING OF STOCK

With the gathering of war clouds inthe United States, circus and carnivalmen frankly admit that they are worriedconcerning the outlook for the outdoorshow season which is just about to begin.

If the war should assume big proportionsit would undoubtedly cripple the circus

and carnival business to a serious extent,

if it does not tie it up altogether.The shipment of live stock to the Allies

during the past three years has madehorses very valuable. Prices on good ani-

mals have risen considerably during thewar period. If this country should be-come involved in the European hostilities

and the United States should throw herunqualified support to the Allies, therewould be even a greater demand for all

the live stock available. In this case,

the circuses would be sure to suffer. It is

known that circus men possess the bestlive stock obtainable and, in the eventof this country facing actual hostilities,

the live stock of the outdoor showmenwould, in all probability, be commandeeredby the federal government, showmen say.Another problem that would face the

circuses in tile event of war would be thatof transportation. The rolling stock ofthe circuses might be taken over by thegovernment, which would mean a com-plete paralysis iu the circus world.The engines and engineers which are

rented to the circuses by the railroadcompanies would, also, probably be amongthe first to do federal service in trans-porting troops and supplies, so that evenif the circus rolling stock should not becommandeered, it might still be an im-possibility to move it.

Soup kitchens and tents belonging tocircuses would also be most likely com-mandeered, if actual war should comeupon the country.

MOBILE BUYS FAIR GROUNDSMobile, Ala., March 26.—The board of

control of the Gulf Coast Fair Associationhas just ratified the sale of the propertyto the City of Mobile. The Gulf CoastFair Association will now be able to payin full all outstanding bills owed since thefair held last October, and will hold theirnext Fair October 22-28.

The purchase price is given at $18,000and the fairgrounds will be rented by theGulf Coast Fair Association at a stipu-lated sum. from the City of Mobile, for theannual fairs. J. J. Barry is the secretary,with headquarters in the Chamber of Com-merce.

PURCHASE PARK PROPERTYJackson, Mich.. March 24.—The Jack-

son Amusement Co., operators of HaguePark, has recently purchased the one hun-dred and ten acres occupied by the park.J. Albert Odell is manager and presidentof the company.

RUSSELL FORMS CARNIVALCincinnati, March 24.—P. S. Russell

has organized a new carnival companywhich will be known as World's WonderShows. It will open near here about April16. Col. I. N. Fisk has been engaged asagent.

NEW PARK LEASE GRANTEDRichmond. Ya„ March 24.—E. C. Berger

& Bros, have been granted a lease by theVirginia Railway & Power Co.. of ForestHill Park and will make extensive im-provements on the property.

COOP * LENT OPENING SETDixon, 111., March 24.—The Coop &

Lent Circus will inaugurate its tentingseason here April 25 and then proceed East.J. FI. McFarland is side show manager,Lou B. Williams is in advance, HarryClansman elephant man, and J. H. Ad kingeneral manager.

VETERAN SHOWMAN DIESFbeepobt, HL, March 25.—Donald Me-

Kenzie, veteran showman, died at a local

hospital last week from Bright's disease.

Mr. McKenzie had been a showman for thepast forty-two years and had been con-nected with practically every important cir-

cus in the country.

ROCKFORD CLUB GETS CARNIVALRockiord, 111., March 25.—The Rock-

ford Baseball Clnb has made tentative ar-rangements for the return this season ofthe World at Home Shows to Rockfordfor week of April 30. This company playedhere early last season under the sameauspices.

NORTH BEACH NOT TO OPENThe George Ehret interests will not

open their amusement park at NorthBeach, Long Island, this season, accord-ing to information from a reliable source.In the last few years, the park has notbeen a successful moneymaker, it is said.

LEAGUE MOVES HEADQUARTERSChicago, March 26.—The headquarters

of the Showmen's League of America willbe removed from the Saratoga Hotel to theCrilly building, just next door, May 1.

The league will occupy most of the seventhfloor of the Crilly building.

RICHARD CUMISKEY DEADSaw Francisco, March 23.—Richard

J. Cumiskey, well-known concessionaire,died recently at his home in Fairfax, CaL,from tuberculosis. He bad been conces-sionaire and showman with various car-nivals.

PARK NEAR TRENTON LEASEDTrenton, N. J., March 25.—Charles

HUdinger, president of- the HildingerAmusement Co., has leased White CityPark, near Trenton, and will open it

Memorial Day with many added conces-sions.

BROWN TO MANAGE INTN*L SHOWSFrank M. Brown will manage Mrs. C. E.

Brown's International Shows this year.Mr. Brown had a show of his own in theSouthwest last season. The InternationalShows will open Saturday at Orange, Tex.

MELNOTTE DUO WITH CIRCUSChicago, March 26.—The Melnotte Duo,

now finishing their vaudeville season, willbe added to the roster of the Sells-FlotoShow, opening April 28 at Wichita, ir«n

GUS LAMBRIGGER MARRIEDColumbus, O.. March 26.—It has just

been learned that Gus Lambrigger. well-known showman, was married Dec 4, 1916,at Mercer, Pa., to Mrs. Harriet Clark.

PETIT WITH DORMAN-KRAUSEDarlington. S. C. March 25.—Frank

M. Petit, last season with the Sibley Su-perb Shows, is with Dorman i. KrauseShows as general manager.

SELLS-FLOTO OPENING APRIL 28Wichita, Kan.. March 25.—The Sells-

Floto Circus will open its 1917 season atWichita on April 2S.

REISS SHOW OPENS APRIL 28Chicago. March 25.—The Nat Reiss

Show will open its carnival season Satur-day. April 2S. near Chicago.

BIG SHOW IS

READY TOOPEN

FINAL REHEARSALS HELD

Barnum & Bailey's Big Show arrivedin New York City on Sunday night directfrom its winter quarters at Bridgeport,Conn., on four special, trains bearing theparaphernalia, animals and workmen. Ar-riving shortly after dark, it moved downto Madison Square Garden and almostimmediately began rehearsing for its an-nual opening, scheduled for tomorrow.A spectacular pageant which unfolds

the story of "Aladdin and His WonderfulLamp" will open the performance. Morethan 1,200 persons, droves of camels, herdsof elephants and hundreds of horses takepart in this pageant.The Hannaford Family of English

equestrians will be a feature of the show.Following the pageant will come a rapid

succession of novelty circus acts. Eques-trians, gymnasts, acrobats, acrialists,athletes and clowns have been enlistedto a number of nearly five hundred.When the rehearsal began things

seemed in a hopeless jumble at the Gar-den. But gangs of laborers worked hardand industriously in putting things torights, and it was not long before theGarden was all ready for the Big Show.

JACK BONAVITA KILLEDI/>B

aAngeles. March 23.—Capt. Jack

Bonavita, famous animal trainer, diedMonday night from injuries received whena polar bear attacked and mortally woundedhim before the keepers could come to hisassistance. Capt. Bonavita entered theshow business a quarter of a century agoas an acrobatic performer with a wagoncircus. He soon became trainer of thewild annual show and his life from thattime bad been a series of thrilling escapes.He bad toured Europe with the Bostockorganization and had appeared beforeroyalty. • -

RIPLEY CLOSING O. H. SEASONGeo. W. Ripley, proprietor of Ripley's

Big Tent Show, will close his Opera Housemovie show season of twenty-six weeksSaturday and go at once to his winterquarters at Homer, N. Y., where he willget things ready to open his tent show.This will be a vaudeville and moving pic-ture show traveling by automobiles, play-ing week and three night stands.

WILLARD TO OPEN ARPRIL 11

Jess Willard and the Buffalo Bill WildWest Show will open their season AprilII at Norfolk, Va. George Arlington isthe general manager, and Johnny Bakerwill have charge of the arena. MerleEvans is the bandmaster and George V.Connor will have the sideshow, as usual.T. L. Gill is the treasurer. The call is forMonday, April 9.

KIRALFY GOING WESTAlbert E. Kiralfy leaves for Los An-

geles late this week to select what ani-mals in the Bostock collection will beused in the Spellman-Bostock-KJralfyMotorized Circus.

GENTRY SHOW OPENING APRIL 4Memphis, Tenn., March 28.—Gentry

Bros. Show, which made its winter quartershere, will open the 1917 season here withtwo performances each on April 4 and 5.

LA TENA OPENS APRIL 19Andrew Downie announces the opening

of his La Tens. Big Three Ring Circus andWild West for April 19 at Havre de Grace,Md. His people are called for April 14.

TAYLOR SIGNS WITH LA MONDSalem, 111., March 23.—Robert Taylor,

recently with the Wheeler Bros.' Shows,has signed with the La Mond Bros.' Showsas general agent.

ADAMS OPENING DATE CHANGEDJackson, O., March 25.—The Otis L.

Adams Shows have changed their open-ing date in this city from April 21 toApril 14.

SUN BROS. TO START MARCH 29Macon, Ga„ March 23.—The Sun

Brothers Circus, winter-quartering here,will hit the trail March 29.

FRED STONE GOING HUNTINGLate in May Fred Stone will journey

into the wilds of Arizona with a big partyof wild animal hunters and moving pic-ture men. Stone will be the guest ofAmbrose Means, who accompanied Buf-falo Jones' expedition to South Africa.Means owns a large ranch in Arizona.Arthur J. Houghton, manager of "Chin-Chin," will also make the trip.. Aboutforty film men and hunters will be in theparty.

ACTRESS AWARDED DOGIn the XorkvUle courtroom last week it

fell upon Magistrate Wylie to decide uponthe ownership of a fox terrier, which badbeen picked up by Ellen Starbuck, a mem-ber of the Society for the Prevention ofCruelty to Animals, but, according to evi-dence, originally the property of Mme. Al-exandria Piarda. The dog was said tohave been lost The Magistrate awardedthe animal to Mme. Piarda.

WILL DEFEND ACTORSIf Billy Sunday flays the theatre in New

York, he will be answered by the Rev. Wal-ter E. Bentley, an Episcopal clergymanand national secretary of the Actors'Church Alliance, according to a statementmade last week by the local clergyman ata theatre party given in honor of GeorgeArliss. A theatre win be hired and theRev. Bentley will answer Sunday public-ly, is was stated.

INMATES OF HOME TO SEE PLAYResident members of- the Actors* Fund

home on Staten Island will attend thisafternoon's matinee at the Hudson The-atre, seeing "Our Betters." The occasionwill be in observance of the Golden Jubi-lee of Rose Coghlan's stage debut. Theinvitation was sent the Home bv JohnD. Williams.

JEFFERSON KIN TO APPEARJosephine Jefferson Rolfe, great-grand-

daughter of Joseph Jefferson, will makeber debut on Broadway April 17 when thestudents of Columbia University present"Markheim." She is also a granddaughterof William J. Rolfe.

McGOWAN IS P. A.Philadelphia, March 23.—Kenneth Mc-

Gowan, former dramatic critic of thePhiladelphia Evening Ledger, has been ap-pointed press representative for Messrs.Urban and Ordynski at the BandboxTheatre.

LOUISE DRESSER RECOVERINGLouise Dresser will probably return to

her role in "Have a Heart" for the en-gagement beginning at Atlantic City April8. Her wrist is mending rapidly.

NORWORTH THEATRE SIGNS WARDHerbert Ward will be art director for

the Norworth Theatre building. The firstproduction under his direction will be"The Odds snd Ends of 1917."

STORK VISITS COOGANSA daughter arrived at the home of

Charles Coogan, treasurer of the HudsonTheatre, March 16.

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35 SO. DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO FOR ADVSRTCHJtC

FILM MEN FIGHTLICENSE FEEINCREASE

TESTIFY PICTURES UNPROFITABLE

A great deal of excitement has beencreated in Chicago moving picture circles

by the action of the Board of Aldermen,who are endeavoring to raise the tax nowbeing charged moving picture theatres

and exchanges. 'Chicago moving picture exhibitors and

film exchange owners are making a con-

certed fight to prevent any such increase,

and their protests are based on the in-

creased cost of living, which is makingfilms unprofitable.

'

The City Council has taken action

through a committee of three, especially

appointed to investigate conditions, andPresident Joseph Hopp of the Motion Pic-

ture Exhibitors* League of Chicago in his

testimony explained that the high cost ofliving has reacted to so great an extent

on the attendance at picture shows as toeliminate- their profits. He also pointedout that three yean ago there were sevenhundred picture theatres in Chicago; nowthere are only four hundred.Other picture men testified that film ex-

changes which did a gross business of

$50,000 per week three years ago now find

that their receipts have dwindled to about$30,000. Evidence was introduced tend-ing to show that 60 per cent, of Chicagomovie houses change owners annually.When it was pointed out that the pro-

ducers are the only ones now makingmoney, the alderman wanted to knowhow these producers could be reached bylicense fees, but were informed that mostof the companies are now located on theAtlantic or Pacific coasts.

"TURK" WEDGED IN SHAFTHumid Kalla Pasha, also known as "The

Terrible Turk," a wrestler who has beenfeatured with several theatrical organ-izations, got wedged in an elevator shaftwhen police raided a gambling house, in

the basement of the Arcade building, last

week. Pasha is a veritable mountain offlesh, which accounts for the fact thatthe police experienced no difficulty in ap-prehending him, as his ponderous framewas stuck fast between two ledges of theshaft.

TRIBUNE GETS LAITJack Lait, dramatic critic and author,

whose articles in The Herald revealed in-

teresting side lights of the theatrical

world, has signed with the ChicagoTribune. He will join its staff when his

Herald contract expires, next November.

SHANNON WITH SNYDERJ. R. Shannon has taken charge of the

High Class Music Department of Water-son, Berlin & Snyder's Chicago office. Hislast connection with the music game wasas manager of F. J. A. Forater's profes-sional department.

ADRIAN HAYES FOUNDThe oft-repeated question, "What be-

came of Adrian Hayes?" has been an-swered at last. She was discovered in

the chorus of "The Passing Show" at theGarrick.

SHAEFFER ADVERTISING MANAGERJoseph Shaeffer, formerly editor of a

South Side neighborhood magazine, hasbeen made advertising manager for theAscher Brothers' moving picture enter-prises.

ROBERTS WITH SNYDERBob Roberts has deserted the con-

ductor's baton of road shows in favor of"stroking the keys" for Waterson, Berlin& Snyder's Chicago office.

TIMBERG SEEKS SONGHerman Timberg, star of "The Passing

Show," is looking for a suitable song totake the place of "Pretty Baby."

McKINLEY TAKES VACATIONPresident William McKinley, of the Mc-

Kinley Music Co., has taken a ten days'vacation, because of illness.

THEATRE DANCE HALL "O. K."

An amusement license has been issuedfor the dance hall in the Pekin Theatrebuilding, State and Twenty-seventhStreets, with the understanding that nointoxicants will be sold on the premises.

Some time ago the place, which had anunsavory reputation as the Beaux ArtsClub, had its license revoked because ofaction brought by the State's Attorney.

BLUE GOOSE MAY CLOSEThe proprietor of the Blue Goose Cafe,

Barry Avenue and North Clark Street,may lose bis license as a result of ' thearrest of six patrons, including CoreneUzell, a movie actress. Harry Singer, nowwith the Martin Beck forces in New York,ia said to have transferred his holdingsto W. P. Stuart.

. HEADLINERS OFFSET LENTChicago vaudeville managers of first-

class houses have anticipated the inroadsof Lent by providing exceptionally strongheadliners. This has served to stimulateattendance considerably, although thesame headliners provided during normaltimes would sell out shows far in advance.

NEW ACT FOR PAT ROONEYPacific coast moving picture offers failed

to coerce Pat Rooney, of Rooney andBent fame, from vaudeville. After manyyears' service in his newsstand sketch,

Rooney is changing his act for a newone to be called "Up Town."

"DIXIE" AUTHOR'S WIDOW DEADMrs. Dan Emmett, widow of the minstrel

who wrote "Dixie," was buried here last

week from the residence of her daughter.

She was eighty-one years old. Dan Em-mett died at Mount Vernon, O., fourteenyears ago.

ROGERS ENLARGES STAFFDoris Lavine, formerly of the Western

Booking Agency, Chicago, office force, hasbeen added to the booking staff of theMax Rogers vaudeville and cabaretagency.

MORRIS AFTER LILLIAN WATSONLillian Watson is the subject of nego-

tiations between Wm. Morris and Jones,

Linick & Scbaefer, whereby Morris ex-pects to arrange an Eastern route for

her.

LOOP THEATRESPLAYING TOCAPACITY

CHICAGO SHOWS DOING WELL

BIESE AT NORTH AMERICANJack Biese and his orchestra, featured

at Bismarck Gardens for many months,has accepted an engagement at the NorthAmerican.

JACKSONS IN NEW ACTLee and May Jackson, seen last week

at the Rialto, have separated from therest of the original Jackson family,cyclists.

KLIMT HERE HEADING SHOWGeorge Klimt, producer of "The Mil-

lionaire's Son and the Shop Girl," was in

Chicago, last week, at the head of hisshow.

Loop theatres here are enjoying an un-precedented season of prosperity. Chicagois feeling the same theatrical prosperitythat has taken hold of New York andlesser theatrical centers. All theatresare taxed to capacity at almost every per-formance, and ticket speculators are reap-ing a good-sized harvest, getting substan-tial premiums on tickets for practically

all of the houses."Very good, Eddie," which opened a

week ago last Tuesday night, shows signsof breaking all previous show records. It

is playing at the Chicago Theatre, whichhas been more or less of a hoodoo house,but the latest attraction seems to belie

this belief. The critics were lavish intheir praises and it promises to be themost successful play in a most successfulseason.

Mrs. Fiske and her company enjoyed asuccessful run at the Blackstone, wherethey were playing "Erstwhile Susan."Julia Arthur in "Seremonda" opened thereMonday night and received satisfyingpress notices.

"Turn to the Right" is doing an enor-mous business at Cohan's Grand OperaHouse."The Boomerang" has entered upon its

twentieth week at Powers'."Potash and Perlmutter in Society"

seems destined for a long run at theOlympic, where it has completed its

eighth week.Other plays which seem to be meeting

with flattering successes are: "TheCinderella Man" at the Princess; "ChinChin," with Montgomery and Stone, wind-ing up a long engagement at the Illinois;

"The Lodger, ' which is scoring such a suc-cess at the Playhouae that it will con*tinoe there indefinitely; "Good Gracious,Annabelle," which ia doing a capacity,

business at the Cort; Nora Bayes, withher own company, winding up her thirdweek at the La Salle Opera House; "ThePassing Show of 1916," finishing its

fourth week at the Garrick.Raymond Hitchcock and a stellar cast

will bring "Betty" to the Illinois on April1, and the opening of this musical com-edy promises to be auspicious.Chauncey Olcott will invade the Olym-

pic on April 8 in "The Heart of PaddyWhack," which is scheduled for a twoweeks' run. Anna Held's show will openat the Garrick on Monday, April 0.

The vaudeville houses are also enjoy-ing Chicago's theatrical prosperity. ThePalace did a record business last weekwith Eddie Leonard as the chief attrac-

tion. Eddie Foy and his seven kidspacked them in at the Majestic. JuliusTannen was also on the bill.

FROST RETURNSJack Frost, the lyricist, has returned

to Chicago from New York.

LIBONATl'S KIN WANTS DIVORCELucien Libonati, the drummer at the

New Morrison Hotel, better known as"Kid Duffy," a former feather-weightchampion, is seeking divorce from AliceRoberts Libonati, on the charge of de-sertion. They were married March 26,

1007. Libonati filed his suit through At-torney Guy C. Crapple in the CircuitCourt. "Kid Duffy" is a brother of JesseLibonati, the -xylophone player.

CHARLOTTE BOOKED AS ACTHarry C. Moir, of the Hotel Morrison,

has engaged Charlotte, the skater, to ap-pear at Terrace Garden for twenty weeksat a salary of $2,000 per week, beginningMay 1. She will be the star of the Ter-race Gardens show and will have an as-

sisting ice ballet of thirty-five.

FORFEITS FORTUNE TO WEDCarlos Sebastian, who used to comprise

50 per cent, of the dancing team knownas Sebastian and Bentley, appears to beworth far more than his weight in goldto his newly acquired bride. For the •rat-

while Elizabeth Thompson, who succeededDorothy Bentley in the matrimonial part-nership, ia said to have been disinherited

by her multimillionaire parents for slop-

ing with the dancer. The Thompsons'estate is said to be worth $2,000,000.

The marriage followed closely on thaSebastian-Bentley divorce, granted acouple of weeks ago.

BUTTERFIELD BOYCOTTS LANSINGThe publicity department of the But-

terfield Circuit has issued a statement tothe effect that acts aspiring to play theMichigan Circuit will lose their value onButterfield time if they accept an en-gagement at the New Empress, Lansing,Mich. In other words, acts playing theLansing house run a chance of sacrificing

four weeks of Butterfield time.

SUES TO RECOVER FORTUNEMrs. Eleanor M. Ruysdael, wife of the

Metropolitan Opera House star, went intoJudge Landis' court last week and filed

a petition for an accounting of earnings

of the Standard Cap & Seal Company,which was founded by her first husband,the late Arthur Manierre. She claims herdividends dwindled from $18,000 to $3,000per year.

SKATER WINS $100,000Herbert Gebauer, the ice-skater, won his

$100,000 suit against Thomas M. Gregory,a Pittsburgh millionaire, in Chicago, last

week, for alienation of the affections ofCaroline Gebauer, the plaintiffs wife andskating' partner. The action was not con-tested.

UNDERSTUDY MAKES GOODWhile David Montgomery, of Montgom-

ery and Stone, is absent from the cast of"Chin Chin," to undergo an operation, RoyBinder has taken the star's place andscored a big hit.

JONES UKES FILM FIELDIn view of the present uncertain con-

ditions in vaudeville, Aaron Jones, of theJones, Linick & Schaefer officea, has de-cided to devote most of his time tomoving pictures.

KEDZIE IS UNION HOUSEThe Kedzie Theatre management sent

letters to Union men stating the Kedziewas a union theatre in every respect, in

answer to the White Rat boycott.

STORK VISITS PAULINE FANTONThe stork visited Pauline, of Paul and

Pauline, in private life, Pauline Fanton,recently and left a baby girl which wasnamed after its mother.

USES PUBLISHERS' SONGSFrances Kennedy, at the Palace, last

week, started using publishers' songs inaddition to the song routine supplied byWill Friedlander.

VAUDEVILLE FOR STRIKERSVaudeville is part of the daily program

provided for the striking members of theLadies' Garment Workers in Chicago.

POSTING CO. ON UNFAIR LISTThe Chicago Federation of Labor placed

the American Posting Service on the "un-fair list," at the last meeting.

STAGE HANDS WALK OUTMembers of the I. A. T. S. E. walked

out of Bismarck Gardens last week, insupport of the waiters' strike.

NELLIE NICHOLS PLANS NEW ACTNellie Nichols plans appearing in a new

act from the pen of Tom Duncan,

id THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

HIGH-CLASS SONGSARE IN MUCH FAVOR

Vaudeville Audience Enthu»e Over

Numbers of the Better Grade—NewpP11«J. in Demand

A marked change in the appreciation of

songs of the better grade is seen in all the

vaudeville houses of the country. Ballads

of the higher class, which up to a com-

paratively short time ago would have been

considered only suitable for the concert

stage are now marked favorites with vaude-

ville audiences, and singers quick to feel

the pulfle of the theatre patrons are con-

tinually introducing new and meritorious

songs.There is something stable about the bet-

ter grade ballad, which makes it a par-

ticularly valuable addition to a vaudeville

act, as the popular song has in many in-

stances shown itself to be a rather un-

certain thing, songs which scored a great

hit in one city, failing to make the slightest

impression in others.

To meet this demand among the singers,

almost every publisher is issuing standard

or semi-high class songs, and is showing

them to the best artists. Another thing of

value in connection with the high class

ballad is that it requires only a slight

effort to place as compared with the

itrenons efforts necessary to popularize the

average song.

TWO WITMARK NOVELTIESM. Witmark &. Sons have just pub-

lished a couple of excellent novelty songs

that are bound to prove widely popular.

Both of the newcomers are entirely differ-

ent, but each has a strong appeal that

cannot help but make tbem universal

favorites everywhere. Each is an essen-

tially popular song and gives place to

none when it comes to melodiousness and

that indefinable something that makes a

popular song really popular.

The first of these novelties is "Sulci

San," by J. Keirn Brennan and Walter

Donaldson. It is a delightful little Japan-

ese song with a tune that is bound to find

its echo on all the humming and whistling

lips that once hear it. The other is arollicking number that only deaf ears

could Tesist. It's by that pair o' Jacks,

Yellen and Glogau, and its title, "WhenIt's Circus Day Back Home," is sufficient

indication of its breezy and manifold

merits. The two numbers are particularly

well adapted for cabaret performances,

and each presents an opportunity for some

very effective costuming.

BROADWAY CO. TO REMAINChicago, March 26.—When the music

publishers make their exit rm matte from

the Randolph building May 1, because of

the building management's decision to

make it a lawyers* and doctors* nemfestrom,

one music publishing concern—and only

one—will remain. Because of a special un-

derstanding between Will Von Tuser andthe building management, made at the time

Will moved his headquarters from the third

floor to the greater part of the sixth floor,

the Broadway Music Corporation will be

permitted to remain as long as it desires.

Will took the sixth floor space with the

proviso that be would not be required to

move under any circumstances.

"SCANLON" IS WALTER VAN BRUNTThat portion of the large audience that

witnessed the opening performance of"Eileen," familiar with the people of Mel-ody Lane, were greatly surprised to recog-

nize in Walter Scanlon, the leading tenor,

the song writer and singer Walter VanBrunt.Walter sings the role of "Captain Barry

CDay," the romantic hero of Victor Her-bert's Irish opera, charmingly, and al-

though this is his first acting part playsit like a veteran.

HARRIS FILM PLAY FOR FIELDSEarly in August Lew Fields will com-

mence work for the Selig Co. in a newmotion picture feature entitled "TheBarker" by Charles K. Harris.The piece was originally written by

Mr. Harris for the spoken stage, but uponcompletion was found to contain so muchmatter suitable for the films that Mr.Fields prevailed upon Mr. Harris to adaptit for the screen.

GILBERT'S NEW IRISH SONG"I'm Hearin' from Erin," L. Wolfe Gil-

bert's new Irish song, although bat a fewweeks' old is attracting much attention andis being featured in scores of the. vaudevillehouses. It is a well written, melodiousnumber and possesses many of the quali-

ties that go to make a hit Jos. W. Stern& Co. are the publishers.

"SNARE" HAS BAD ENDINGIndianapolis, Ind., March 28.—Arthur

Lamb's new play "The Snare," whichstarted out so promisingly a few days ago,came to a bad ending at the English OperaHouse here, today. The show was un-mercifully "panned" by the critics andfinancial difficulties soon followed.

A CLEVER VAUDEVILLE ACTOne of vaudeville's cleverest acts is that

of Santly and Norton, now appearing' inthe Keith bouses. These two boys are ina class by themselves as far as puttingoyer a popular song is concerned.

Their singing of "Honolulu, AmericaLoves You," is particularly effective.

NEW B'WAY BUSINESS MANAGERSol Bornstein, a brother of Benny Born-

stein, is the new business manager of theBroadway Music Corporation. He hasbeen connected with several of the largemusical instrument manufacturing andimporting houses and has had a particu-larly successful business career.

MORE HARRIS FEATURE FILMSThe Chas. K. Harris Feature Film Go.

will within the next few weeks begin workupon a new feature motion picture whichwill be released early this summer.Mr. Harris has written the scenario for

this and other pictures which will be madeduring the summer and fall.

MOSE GUMBLE BACK FROM WESTMose Gamble returned last week from

a ten days' western trip on which be vis-

ited Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Cin-cinnati. In all these cities he states thathe found the Remick song and instru-mental numbers prominently featured.

FORSTER DUE IN N. Y.Fred Forster, the Chicago music pub-

lisher, is expected in New York within thenext few days. The success of the For-ster songs in this city has been so pro-nounced that the opening of larger pro-fessional quarters is under consideration.

BROADWAY'S BIG QUARTETThe Broadway Music Corp. has a big

quartet of popular sellers in "When theSun Goes Down in Dixie," "The Cute Lit-tle Wigglin' Dance," "The Honolulu HickiBoola Boo," and "Eve Wasn't Modest Till

She Ate That Apple."

A STAR ''BUTTERFLY'' RECORDFrances Alda, the Metropolitan Opera

House soprano, has made a phonographrecord of "Poor Butterfly" for the VictorCo. A violin obligate to her solo wassupplied by Fritz Kreisler, the celebratedBelgian virtuoso.

SOLMAN WRITING SCENARIOSAlfred Solman, the composer, who has

many high class and popular song suc-cesses to his credit, has taken up the writ-ing of motion picture scenarios and baaalready placed a number.

A REAL PATRIOTIC SONGFortune continues to favor both Ernest

R. Bali and his publishers, M. Witmark &Sons. Some time ago they published anew patriotic song, "The Story of OldGlory, the Flag We Love," and steadilyand surely it has come to be the greatpatriotic song of the day. A dignified andsensible patriotic song it is, too—just thekind that is most likely to be welcomedin days when patriotism has come to bea very serious business. Last week, Mr.Ball himself, in the course of his vaude-ville engagements, happened to find him-self in Washington, and of course his at-tractive' repertoire included "The Storyof Old Glory." It is needless to say thatthe Keith audiences there gave an em-phatically enthusiastic reception to bothsinger and 'song, and many of the nation'srepresentatives were among those whosewhole-hearted plaudits greeted the finestrains of this splendid national song,with its admirably-fashioned words.

BILLY JEROME PREPAREDThe array of song material mobilized

by Wm. Jerome has gone into action all

along the line. "Turn to the Bight,""M-i-s-s-i-8-s-i-p-p-i," "There's Only OneLittle Girl," "We're Glad We've Got You,Mr. Wilson," "Come On Over Here, It's

a Wonderful Place," "The Donkey Trot,""Some Time" and "He's a Hard BoiledEgg" is some catalogue.

Thirty-one extra choruses, sung ' byArthur Whitelaw for "Come on OverHere," seems to be a record.

TITLE TROUBLE ADJUSTEDHenceforth the competition between

Gus Hill and the firm of Gazzolo, Gatts& Clifford 'will be less keen, as they havecome to an understanding about the di-"

vision of territory of their respective pro-ductions, "Katzenjammer Kids" and'Hans and Fritz."

HEfN DIRECTS ORCHESTRASilvio Hein, who left the musical field

to become a Shakespearian producer, pre-senting "The Merry Wives of Windsor,"which played a short engagement at thePark Theatre, is back in music again.He is directing the orchestra for the

musical play, "The Six Winning WidowB,"which opened in Pittsburgh on Monday. '

WARE AND BARR IN THE WESTWare and Barr have been booked for

a number of weeks in the middle west byJake Sternad. On their tour they will

sing "Lonesome," "South Sea Isle" andseveral other Von Tilzer songs.

NEW GEORGE M. COHAN SONGTo celebrate bis debut as a screen' star,

George M. Cohan has written a new songentitled "There's Only One Little Girl.**

It will be featured in all the houses wherethe film of "Broadway Jones" is shown.

MARION HARRIS ON ORPHEUM TIMEMarion Harris, now appearing on' the

Orpheum circuit, is singing the cleverHarry Von Tilzer novelty song, "Just theKind of a Girl."

MACK FEATURES NEW SONGSAndrew Mack, who is now In vaudeville,

is featuring "Night Time in Little Italy"and "Pull the Cork Out of Erin." two newsongs in the McCarthy & Fisher catalogue.

FEATURES VON TILZER SONGFrankie Fay, now appearing on the

Loew circuit, is featuring the successfulVon Tilzer song, "There's Someone MoreLonesome Than You."

KORNHEISER HOME AGAINPhil Komheiser, manager of the profes-

sional department of the Leo Feist house,is back, after a week's stay in Chicago.

.

GLOGAU WITH THE HARMS CO.Jack Glogau, the song writer and pian-

ist, has joined the professional staff ofT. B. Harms, Day & Hunter.

SHARPS AND FLATSBy TEDDY MORSE.

Sammy Levy bad his nails manicuredlast week.

Jack Glogau has retired from the Feiststaff.

Moe Kleeman has a Scrippe-Booth gada-bout car. Very nifty.

Harry Hoch is doing a crack specialtyon the Moss time.

Bennie "Remick" is polishing up bisbaseball talk.

Gus Edwards calls Will Cobb the "J.Whitcomb Riley" of songdom.

Lewis and Gordon bill Edward. Maddenas the "Master Lyricist"

Dolly Connolly ..has joined the WinterGarden show. ...

Ed Morton has a six-foot son workingin Feist's Philadelphia office.

Jack Mahoney is lyridng with PercyWeurich once more.

Alfred Bryan has written a book ofpoems called "Songs of Sin."

Pianos don't go hungry any more. Theyare fed rolls regularly.

New song just out. "I love to Tease theNoodles in My Soup."

Jeff Branca is giving away the "Brideand Groom" for $1.

Great Irish team—Murphy and Carroll.But Harry isn't Irish.

Bennie Edwards is "High-Classing" it

for the W. B. & S. Co.

Arthur Fields and Saddle Bernie havebeen piano-acting all season.

Eddie Litchfield picks pretty, girls toplay for ; first it was Mae Francis, now it's

Frankie Heath.

David Berg is resting on his laurels sincebe wrote that "Quaker Girl" song.

Nat Vincent is doing a great act withBilly Tracy—in vaudeville and among thepublishers.

Eddie Cox and Abraham Frankl will goas color bearers for the Music Men's Com-pany. Both very small but quite neat, sir

!

Will you join the Music Men's Company?There's room for an and plenty to do.Yonr boss might be a private under you.

The American Society for the Preven-tion of Cruelty to Pee-anner Players is

rapidly forming. Ear players are barred.

The month of March came in just like

a headliner.

The rain prevented Al. Doyle, Jack Mai-loy, Joe McCarthy, and a few other loyal

ones from parading on the 17th.

B. K. sends in a tune to play on the"Cello" hot water bottle. He suggests"White Reck,I love your bubbles."-

March 28, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 17

"HOORAY GIRLS"

GET COLUMBIASUMMER RUN

SKATING CARNIVAL A FEATURE

The good fortune of having its showselected for the summer run at the Co-

lumbia Theatre has fallen to the bur-

lesque Operating Co., the production

chosen being "Hip, Hip, Hooray Girls."

The author of this piece la Junie McCree,

and this makes the second consecutive

season that the honor has fallen to aproduction from his pen: .

Manager George. Belfrage has received

many messages of congratulation on the

selection of his show. lie will provide en-

tirely new scenery and many new cos-

tumes.\-'. '' .

The show is. a combination of pleasing

personality and features. The .diving

mermaids is a big attraction.

.

A new second act, entitled "The Ex-plorers," is ready to be .put .on, and will

include an ice skating carnival for the.

finish.. >•/ - '. ••- .;. . - .'.. .,' '..

The. company at present includes' BenPierce, Win. A. Weston, Serin G. Somers,Ed .Jordan, Frank. Peek, Wm. Cronauer,

Helen Vreeland, Tillie . Storke and May-belle. Mahlum. The chorus will be great-

ly augmented.The novelty musical act with the or-

gan keyboards disguised as filing cabi-

nets, bookcases and desk drawers is apleasing novelty with the show and BenPierce's dodging of cannon balls thrown bythe audience ia a big laugh at every

show.

: SHOW SPRINGS SURPRISEDayton, 0., March 26.—The Lyric, a

Hurtig and Seamon house, playing the No.

1 wheel shows surprised its patrons Sun-day, when the "Roseland Girls" started a

week's run. While it 'is customary in all

Dayton playhouses to have the orchestra

render the national anthem preceding the

overture at each performance, the Lyricarranged to have the. members of the com-pany carry the melody behind the curtain.

Forty voices of "Roseland Girls" entertain-

ers found a wonderful support in about1,400 more of the audience. The effect wasinspiring and .created unlimited enthusiasm.

WATSON CO. HAS BALL TEAMThe members of the Watson & Wrothe

Co. have formed a baseball team. Suitswere donated by Sliding Billy Watsonand Ed Lee Wrothe. They issue a chal-lenge to any theatrical company playingthe same town with them, the proceedsof the game to go to any worthy charit-able cause. Gus Rober is captain. Her-man Gibson, c. f.; Fred Gardner, 1. f.;

Fred Desilver, 1st b.; Curley Johnson,3rd b.; Billy Watson, s. a; Gus Rober,c; Owen Martin, p.; Sid Rankin, r. f.;

Ed Lee Wrothe, 2nd b.

H.4S. BOOKING GAMESHook Lewis is ready to book games for

the Hurtig & Seamon baseball team, tobe played at the Lenox Oval, New York.The line-up is Gus Smith, p.; FrankLippy> ft.1 Shereff Hook, 1st b.; JackStern, 2nd b.; Murray Welles, s. s.; Her-man Smith, 3rd b.; Max Selig, r. f.; H.Osterbrook, c. f.; Doe Follac, 1. f.; SidCrowley and Joe Harrison, subs.

MINER RUNS CONTESTManager George H. Miner made an-

nouncements and ran the diving contestfor the "Hip, Hip Hooray" girls at hisBronx Theatre last Thursday. Five ama-teurs gave an interesting and amusing ex-hibition for the cups.

SIGN FOR NEXT SEASONRaymond Paine, of Paine and Nesbit,

has been engaged by Arthur Pearson for

his "Step Lively Girls" Company on theColumbia Wheel next season. Rich Mc-Allister, Harry T. Shannon and MaudeHeath, of this year's company, have alsobeen signed for next season.

AO> FOR ROBLESi The friends of Charles Robles, whowas suddenly stricken blind while withthe Al Reeves Show, are asked to cometo his assistance in raising a sum suf-ficient to enable him to secure medicaltreatment. Ike Weber will acknowledgeall contributions.

FRANK FARBER DEADFrank Farber, electrician of the

"Grown-Up Babies," died March 15 at his

home in Philadelphia, after a threemonths' illness. He was buried at Mount"Peace Cemetery. Mrs. Farber is a mem-ber of. the "Grown-Up Babies" company.

ISSY GRODZ, MANAGERIaay. Grade will manage the "Hip Hip

Hooray Girls" for the rest of the season.

Geo. Keifrage will remain in New Yorkto look after the 'summer run, . Rehearsalsstart in Baltimore, April 16 and the newshow will open, in Pittsburgh, April 30.

HARRIS & LYMAN SIGN UPAl Harris and Grace Lyman will begin

a three-year engagement with Hurtig &Seamon next fall. This summer they will

go to the country .for nine weeks, wherethey will speed around in a new $4,600Overland car.

STEPPE TO PRODUCEHarry Steppe has signed with Jos. L

Weber to produce musical comedy stockat Weber's Plattsburg (N. Y.) Theatre.The stock is to open about June 1 with"Some Vacation Among the Soldiers."

"MUTT AND JEFF" FOR GRANDBen Levine and B. Kelkin will open the

season at the Grand Theatre, New York,with "Mutt and Jeff," April 30. Stockburlesque will probably 'follow.

PECK ON BUSINESS TRIPGeorge Peck, manager of the A. B. C,

is visiting Buffalo and Pittsburgh, and it

is expected that deals for houses in thosetowns and in other stands will be com-pleted before he returns.

VAUDEVILLE FOR WELCHBen Welch will close his show at Pough-

keepsie, N. Y., early in May, and will

immediately begin his annual vaudevilleengagement over the United Circuit atShea's, Buffalo.

THE HOWARD STOCKJohn J. Black will produce the festivities

at the Howard, Boston; this summer, as-

sisted by Otto Orletta, Hugh Flaherty,

Sue Milford, Winnie DeWall, and PeggyWilder.

BILL MdNTYRE IN VAUDEVILLEWm. Mclntyre and Jules Bennett opened

on the Loew time last week. They mayopen with the Morrow Stock at the Tro-cadero, Philadelphia, in April.

FLORENCE ROTHER FOR "MAIDS'*Florence Bother, now with the Ben

Welch Show, will be prima donna with the"Maids of America" next season.

LEW HERMAN JOINS REVUEDecatub, 111., March 25.—Lew Herman,

who was in Decatur recently, has joinedthe "Song and Dance Review."

FAY RETURNS TO SHOWGus Fay rejoined the "Tourists" at the

Star, Brooklyn, March 26.

SUMMER STOCKFOR LOWEREASTSIDE

LUMBERMAN TO BE IN CHARGE

BURLESQUE NOTESMaurle Mitchell and Mabel Orell were

special guests at a dinner given by the"New York Girl" Co. at Pabsfs, NewYork, last week. The Andrew SherryRevue entertained for the occasion.

Barney Gerard at Miami, Fla., umpiredon bases in a game between picked ninesof the Philadelphia Athletics and theBoston Braves, who were training in thatcity until the 24th.

PLANS BIG FILM HOUSETerse Haute, Ind., March 26.—One of

the most modernly equipped film distribut-

ing houses west of New York will be com-pleted here before the end of June by theLyric Film & Supply Co., of which Man-rice Less is president and manager. Thenew structure will be of modern fireproof

construction with pressed brick front andcanopy of steel running the length of thebuilding. The cost of the property andbuilding is approximately $12,000.

The Loner East Side will again havesummer stock burlesque a'top the roof of

Kessler's Theatre, Second Avenue andSecond Street, beginning June 1. JakeLieberman; who engineered the summer

' stock campaign at this theatre last sum-mer, will again be in charge.

It is the purpose this summer- to have-

a company of twenty girls and twelve prin-

cipals in the weekly cast. Negotiationswith various principals appearing in

Columbia shows to play the engagement arenow in progress. Frank P. Murphy andPat Kearney, who appeared in the cast last

summer, have already been re-engaged.

A well known musical comedy pro-

ducer has been engaged to stage the bookand numbers. A number of new burlesquescripts will have their New York premierduring the run of burlesque at this house.

The purpose of trying out these scripts will

be to decide their suitability for perma-nent use. These scripts will be loaned to

Lieberman by several of the producers onthe Columbia and American Circuits whointend using them during the coming sea-son.

FAIRBANKS YALE FAVORITENew Haven, Conn., March 24.—The

annual votes taken by Yale seniors on their

stage favorites resulted in Douglas Fair-banks coming out in the lead as their

favorite actor, with a total vote of 58.

Forbes-Robertson received 50 votes andDavid Warfield 28. Of the actresses MaudeAdams led with 78 votes, Marguerite Clarkcame second with 22 votes and Elsie Fer-guson came third.

THEATRE FIRE CAUSES PANICHoboken, N. 3., March 25.—Fire in the

film operating booth of the United StatesTheatre here caused a panic of more than800 persons when stifling black smoke filled

the auditorium. The fire wag confined to

the metal lined booth and did about 91,000damage. No one was hurt.

RAWLS TO SUE FOR •30,000Spokane, March 22.—William Rawls,

who was severely slashed with a raaor bya negro porter in the Northern Pacificstation recently, will be disfigured for life.

He has begun action against the railroad

company for $30,000 damagea

TOWNS WANT GOOD SHOWSTerse Haute, Ind., March 26.—Braall,

Clinton and Sullivan, Ind., and Paris, 111.,

which have been unable to obtain any roadshows this season, are all looking forwardfor the circus and carnival season to open,hoping to be favored in this line. All ate

^good show towns.

Jimmy Frank reached New York lastweek in advance of the "Hello New York"Co. after a 28 weeks' trip with Sam Sid-man.

MRS. GREENWALL SUEDNew Orleans, March 22.—The Dau-

phine Investment Co., owner of theDauphine Theatre have begun suit againstMrs. Henry Greenwall for $21,000, alleged

to be dne for back rent of the theatre.

Eddie Maiden, formerly with FredIrwin's Big Show, is now in Vaudeville, amember of the team, Meyers, Townsendand Maiden.

MARGARET BRAINARD MARRIEDBoston, March 26.—Margaret Bralnard,

leading woman in "Nothing Bnt theTroth." was married here last week to G.K. Worms, a New York banker and broker.She will leave the stage.

Joe Levey has returned from Australia,where he was a vaudeville favorite and isin the Alamo Cabaret.

Al Reeves is negotiating with a wellknown burlesque comedian to feat a re in bisnext season's show.

PRESTON GIBSON DIVORCEDWashington, March 24.—Mrs. Grace

McMillan Gibson was granted an abso-lute divorce from Preston Gibson, the play-

wright, and was given the custody of tbechildren here last week.

Helen Davis will open a theatrical hotelin New York at the close of the presentseason.

Billy Pecan, the popular Columbia drnsa-mer, ia recuperating on Long Island.

ZTEGFELD BALL APRIL 10

The annual ball of Ziegfeld's 'Tollies"and "Midnight Frolics" will be held Tues-day night, April 10, on the New Amster-dam Roof.

Lucille Demott closed with Peter Clark'sShow Marph 16, owing to illness.

Johnnie Walker closed 24th with theBon Tons to go into vaudeville.

KATZENBACH IS MANAGERTexbe Haute, Ind., March 26.—Shan-

non Katzenbach, former treasurer of Grandand Varieties Theatres, has taken chargeof the American Theatre as manager.

Stanley McAvoy will dose with the SamSidman Show on March 81.

Irving Sands is re-engaged by P. S.Clark for next

ACTRESS AND AUTHOR ENGAGEDTbe engagement of Zitelka Dolores, of

the "Midnight Frolic" company, to GeorgeBronaon Howard, the author, has been an-nounced.

Harry S. LeVan goes with the TangoQueens next season.

May Le Moyr left Sam Howe's Show atPittsburgh, March 17.

GROSSMTTH REJOINS CASTAfter an absence on account of illness,

Lawrence Grossmith returned to the "LoveO* Mike" cast last Thursday night.

18 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

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VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS(CaatiMMd from Pao •)

HAMILTON(Laat Half)

Talking acts with a bit of dancing here

and there, were the general thing on the

bill at this house for the last half. In

quality, these acts were of the neighbor-

hood house feature variety.

The opening turn was Chaa. Ledegar,

"The Flying Dutchman on the Wire." Be-sides being an adept wire walker, Ledegar

is somewhat of an eccentric comedian.

His talk is good and humorous. Theact is a good opener.

Allen and Franic, who followed, indulge

in chatter and dancing. The dialogue is

not' quite as wholesome as might be ex-

pected, as was shown by the impression

made on the audience. The eccentric

dancing of the couple, however, was ex-

ceptionally good and carried the act over.

Bernard and Lloyd appeared in their

comedy skit, "See My Lawyer." The boyshave a novel and humorous turn. It

might be suggested for the value of theact, however, that Lloyd eliminate the

use of the ballad and in its stead use the

straight song of which Bernard sings the

parodies. This change would add a greatdeal to the act.

"The Harmless Bug," a comedy playlet,

was a very suitable offering for the bill.

Howard & Parks, in the next to closing

spot, appeared to be the hit of the show.Their dialogue is amusing and humorousand the man's eccentric and acrobatic

dancing was to the liking of the audience.

The girl has plenty of personality andability.

A musical revue, entitled "Bit o* Scan-dal," was in the closing spot. The act

is elaborately staged, but voices werelacking. The girls in the act are pretty

and good dancers. Their voices in theopening number were weak and it wasonly through the bard work of the come-dians that this deficiency was overlookedby the audience. The prima donna hasseveral lines to speak which, being utteredby a woman, leave a suggestive impres-sion. It would be much better if thesewere left to the use of the comedians.

A. TJ.

AUDUBON(last Half)

This bill was far below the standardof entertainment usually offered at theAudubon. In the first place, Audubonaudiences like to hear popular songs, andthere was no singing act on the bill. Theprogram consisted of only four acts: acro-bats, a playlet, a performing dog and aRussian dance troupe. All of the acts,excepting the playlet, are either openersor closers. The bill lacked the meat neces-sary for a good vaudeville show.The above is not meant to imply that

the acts presented were poor. In fact,they were fairly good ones of their land.The Bronze Apollo Trio opened the

show. Their statuesque appearance al-

ways gets applause. They possess per-

fect physiques and really give the ap-pearance of three bronze figures. Theirwork, however, is very commonplace, andif it were not for the bronze novelty thegroup would find it hard-going. As it is,

they acquit themselves satisfactorily inthe initial spot.A slapstick comedy followed the trio.

"All Wrong," a comedy playlet, wasthe next vaudeville act. The plot of this

is slightly off the beaten track, while asurprise ending puts a big finish on theoffering. The playlet is satisfactorilyacted and goes over with a bang.Ed Vinton can justly be proud of his

dog. Buster. This canine performs so in-

telligently that one is. almost forced tobelieve he . understands the English lan-

guage. If a dog can have such a thingas a magnetic personality, Buster pos-sesses this attribute, successfully winninghis way to the hearts of the audience.

The show was closed by the HorlichFamily, which will be reviewed underNew Acts. H. G.

HARLEM OPERA HOUSE(Last Half)

Arthur Whitelaw was out of the showFriday night on account of illness, andthe substitution of an emergency act inhiB place somewhat disarranged the bill.

The Gallons, a comedy juggling act, wasthe opening turn.Wells and Lee, an emergency act, were

placed in the second spot. If this is thetype of emergency act sent to the aver-age neighborhood theatre, it would be amighty fortunate thing for the house if

its original billing could be kept intact.The dialogue of the turn was nothing buta lot of burlesque bits, which reek withsuggestiveness.Van and The LeNoir Sisters seemed to

come at the right moment to start theshow. The "nut" material used was justto the liking of the One Hundred andTwenty-fifth Street audience.E. E. dive and company appeared in

the comedy playlet "One Good Turn." Mr.dive is a capable comedian, but he needsa new vaudeville vehicle. The presentone is a bit tarnished from over use in

the neighborhood theatres.As a special attraction for the evening

Bob Carson, who plays the "detective" in

"The Great Secret," made a personal ap-pearance.The Boys Banjo Jazz Band livened

things up considerably after the picture.The act was a . novel offering for this

house and was well received.Sol Levoy, following the Jazz Band,

made a very good impression.Richards and Kyle offered their comedy

skit, "Club Night." It seemed as thoughthe material used in this act was not for-sign to the lives of the "Harlemites" and.as a result, the act made a hit.

"The Great Jensen," magician and il-

lusionist, had the closing spot of theshow. Jensen works very fast, but notfast enough to avoid detection. His ma-terial is the usual routine of the averagemagician, with no startling stunts.

PROCTOR'S 23rd ST.

(Laat Half)

The patrons of this theatre were treated

to a bill of exceptional merit last week.There were ten acts, well arranged andrunning the whole gamut of variety.

Betty Bruce Stewart opened with herrepertoire of dances. She received a big

hand for the spot.

Willy Fields just manages to get over,

being saved by a "dope" characterization.

Much of his material is poor and is notbettered any by his manner of presenta-

tion. His "hello" and "good-bye" numbersfor an opening and dose are good.

Edythe and Eddie Adair have a routine

of Lilliputian chatter, using a shoe-store

setting. Although they have gags of a re-

lated nature, funny lines and situations

are few and far between.Lulu Coates and her Cracker Jacks

scored heavily in the fourth spot. Thethree boys are very clever dancers andmanage to please the audience, despite thehandicap given the turn by the woman'sattempts to dance and sing. She can doneither.

Flavilla made the first big hit on the

bill. She has a very pleasing personality

and extracts tuneful music from an ac-

cordeon. This act is of big-time calibre.

Roy and Arthur, jugglers and cut-ups,

opening in blackface, brought forth vehe-

ment applause. The burnt-cork member' of the team breaks up a lot of dishes, buthe does it in a comical way.Ryan and Joyce have a pleasing way of

presenting their songs.

The Joy Riders have improved their

work in their musical comedy tab, and the

audience liked the turn throughout.Joe Towle cleaned up. The house was

roaring all the time he was on the stage.

Kane Brothers are two of the most neat-

ly dressed acrobats the reviewer has seen

in some time. Their balancing work is

very striking. This act closed. J. L.

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LINCOLN SQUARE(Last Half)

The Fritsehes . balance themselves onchairs and tables with considerable dex-terity. However, the man is entirely tooreminiscent of Bert Melrose in his work.Not only does he do the famous "Melrosefall," but bis clowning for this part of theact i» very much of the Melrose type al-

though, of course, it does not get overwith the same effect.

Fred Webber is a versatile ventriloquist.

The audience liked his work and was gen-erous with applause on Thursday after-

noon.. At this point the vaudeville perform-

ance was broken into by the tenth epi-

sode of "The Secret Kingdom."i Viola du Va.1 was next. The house wasvery cold to her, even to the point of dis-

courtesy.. When they heard the first fewnotes of her opening classical number anoticeable .unrest began. Miss du Valpossesses a good voice, nevertheless. Butthe Lincoln Squarers did not seem to wantthis kind of an act. Later, Miss du Valswitched to some ragtime' selections, buther idea of how ragtime should be sungrecalls the saying: "Shoemaker,' stick tothy last I " Miss du Val has a voice suitedonly, to 'classical selections.

Maude Leone scored a big hit with herplaylet, and deservedly so. . She is anaccomplished actress and possesses arather good vehicle.

Thanks to Bert Wheeler, Moran .and

Wheeler scored the big' hit of the bill.

Morail is nothing more-thaiia "feeder" for

Wheeler, and a poor one at that. He seemsto lack stage composure. He delivers his

lines in a sing-songy way. •. "•'.; V ";' 11."

Wheeler, however, more than . atonesfor his partner's faults. This lad can holdhis own with any "nut" comedian. Hehas personality, "pep," and, above all,

originality. He never allows -his work tobecome stupid routine. This reviewer hasseen him oh many occasions, and he hasnever done the act the same way twice,

but always goes over big. He has all theearmarks of a big timer. The act was ariot.

Gangler's Dogs closed the show. Thetricks these animals do, while not ap-pearing difficult, are well done and areput over neatly. The dog whose namesounds like "Squib" does the brant ofthe work and is a clever canine. - H. G.

RIVIERA(Last Half)

On Friday afternoon a great 'majorityof the audience at this theatre werewomen. As a result, the "Ladies Reduc-ing Parlor," the feature of the bill, foundit rather hard going, as it is obviously aman's act. The act seems more suited for

burlesque than for vaudeville consump-tion, particularly in a neighborhood like

the one in which the Riviera is situated.

The act is a very good one of its kind.The lines are, for the most. part, enter-taining. The idea is a good one. - Theprincipals play their roles well, particu-

larly "Peggy." The thin and fat come-diennes are well built for their parts. Thegirls in the act are most attractive andare perfectly shaped. The reducing exer-cises seemed to appeal to the audiencemore than anything else in the act.

The show was opened by the FourCasters. They perform some difficult

feats on bars and win deserved applausefrom the audience.

. Dave Kindler, in the second spot, willbe reviewed under New Acta.Harry Stafford and company were seen

in a new playlet, reviewed under NewActs.Katherine Powell is appearing on Fox

time under the name of Katherine Millsand is still assisted by Adele. Her dances.are done with considerable grace, and theaudience showed that they liked her offer-

ing. Her opening number, which seemsto be new, is not on a par with her othernumbers, and the act would be improvedby its elimination. Her last two dancesare her best.Seymour and Seymour will be reviewed

under New Acts.The show was closed by the "Ladies'

Reducing Parlor." .H. G.

SEVENTH AVENUE(Last Half)

Roberto, who juggles and balances withremarkable skill, opened the show. Theact is an excellent one of its kind.The feats appear most difficult, but

Roberto executes them with apparentease. He does not indulge in "stalling,"

but works hard every minute of his turn.The woman who assists him has a win-ning manner that contributes to the suc-cess of the act.

Stewart and Keeley started slowly, butwith the first of their dancing specialties

the act took on speed and pleased theaudience. On the whole, the stuff thatthe act uses is original. But, unless theyare the first of a thousand and one actsto say, when they begin stepping aftera song number, "For no reason at all wewill now dance," they should eliminatethe line from the act. Audiences be-

come tired of hearing every man-and-girlact use this line, and it does not helpan act to carry a thing so trite. It wasfunny the first time it was used. Theact had no trouble going over success-fully.

Dorothy Wahl and.the Curtis Boys havea classy act. The trio was more generouswith its routine than when last, reviewedby The Clipper.Jimmy Flynn received a warm hand

when the card boys announced "him andhe sang several songs well. There is noreason for a crimson "spot" throughouthis turn. Ha' could sing his numbers as.well on a- lighted stage,. and this con-

tinual m?e of the spotlight detracts fromits effectiveness when some other actreally needs it. fA"The Punch" is a clever playlet that is

reviewed under New Acts.O'Connor and ' Dixon "cleaned up" as

usual. The "hilt" of this team could geta laugh Out of an undertaker with acracked lip. The straight is all that canbe desired, and comes in for his share ofthe honors.

. Weimers and Burke closed. This teamof dancers put their stuff over in a high-ly original way, and have no difficulty in

scoring in the final spot. H. G.

EIGHTY-FIRST STREET(Last Half)

The DaBare opened, the man starting

his act by asking the assistance of aboy in the audience. The performer goeson stage and hands the lad a "plant"egg. He then has the youngster stepupon the stage, and the rest of the bit

consists of handing the boy eggs, whichthe hitter drops, and a sleight-of-handtrick. This business belongs to vaude-ville's yesterdays.The remainder of the routine consists

of the water trick, making thin streamsappear from the floor, from tables, teddybears and even from the performer's feet.

This part of the turn is very striking,completely bewildering the audience.George Skipper and Myrtle Kastrup

use cross-fire talk, sing, dance and de-

lineate two "dopes." Outside of Skip-per's singing, there is little of merit inthe turn. Even after they have, finished

their Chinese "dopes" they continue towork in a pale "spot," much to the detri-

ment of the act.

Emmet J. Welch and his minstrels

scored a big hit. The act has a numbeiof side-splitting gags which the end menhandle in a capable manner. The har-

monizing is poor but the individual songnumbers are fair.

"The Flying Torpedo," a film drama,was a patriotic, thrilling and spectacularstory.After intermission, Ralph Herz, billed

as the musical comedy star, entertainedfor fifteen minutes. Herz gets off thebeaten path in both material and pres-

entation, and the audience liked his work.He recited two poems—one about his

shadow being his only true friend, whilethe lights were so arranged that his

shadow was flashed on the curtain; an-other, Service's "Ballad of the Brand."Both were 'well done.

Loyal's Toque was in the closing spot.

J. L.

HEADLINE ACTS

Ann DareIn Vaudeville

DIRECTION CHAS. F1TZPATR1CK

HUGE AS THE ALPS IN CLASS

THE JIMMIE SHEA TRIOJimmia Shea, Earle Rickard Harry Donnelly

Direction, Lee P. Muckenfuaa

Vivian Lee Bert

Lawrence. Daly and LawrenceCOMEDY—SINGING AND DANCING ACT

IN VAUDEVILLE ADDRESS—CLIPPER

EDDIE MADGE BILLY

DE LITE, STEWART and HARDY- 20th Century Trio, Singing, Dancing and Patter

. , . . In Va.iuj*vills

ADELAIDE CONLEYREFINED SINGING

IN VAUDEVILLE

Ray Lynch Arthur ClayFOR YOUR OWN INTEREST

FOUR AMERICAN BEAUTIESA BIO SURPRISE

Fred Slater Lew Price

ELEANOR FISHERIN VAUDEVILLE

Margaret YoungDescriptive Singer of Exclusive and

Popular SongsDIRECTION MAX HART

FRAMKIE KAYSINGING COMEDIENNE

Direction PAUL DURAND

JOSEPHINE LENHARTThe Diminutive Songster ,N vaudeville

THE

MARTIANSIn "THE ASTRONOMER'SDREAM OF MARS."

Special Scenery. Everythinr Original.

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JEANADAIRVAUDEVILLE FEATURE ACTS

FRANK STANLEYIN

"Where's The Finish"Representative

BERT GOLDBERGDIRECT FROM

THE NUT FACTORY

Direction HARRY WEBER

FLYING MISSILE EXPERTSAND BOOMERANG THROWERS

Booked Solid

U. R O.—BIG TIME

Stuart BarnesDinetion MS. E. PLUNKETT

MARY FORRESTWith AOELE BLOOD AND CO.

EMMA STEPHENSBOOKED SOLID DIRECTION HARRY FITZGERALD

DAINTY MARIE:VENUS OF THE AIR

Wiahu to Be Known fat Future Under Her Own Name

(DAINTY) MARIE MEEKERDIRECTION PAT CASEY

A Different Comedy Act

ALLEN AND MORTONFool, Fiddle and Voice in Fon and Folly

WORKING FOR U. B. O. DIR. CHARLES BORNHAUPT

Dainty Dancing DuoDIRECTION GENE HUGHES, INC AND JO. PAIGE SMITH

SUPREME NEW OPERATIC OFFERING

MME DOREE'S CELEBRITIESDirection STOKER <% BTERBAUER

MAZIE KINGIn Her Own Dance Creation* DWetion MAX HART

MRS. THOS. WHIFFEN 6 CO.AND PEGGY DALE WHIFFEN

PLAYING U. B. O. TIMEIn 'The Golden Night"

NOLAN and NOLANJESTING JUGGLERS

Direction NORMAN JEFFRIES

THE READESSlack Wire Juggling Novelty

Direction RAY HODGDON

THE CLEANEST ACT ON THE BILL

JOE TOWLELEO FITZGERALD, Yaadrrtlle

ARTHUR HAVEL & CO.-PLAYMATESEy WILL M. CRESS

Y

DIRECTION JAMES E. PLUNKETT

ED. F. REYNARD Pr».nt»mi c

BIANCAIn a Saris* of Dramatic

Daaco Potma.

MM E. BIANCAED. F.

REYNARDThe Voatrfloquia] Comedian,in "BEFORE THE COURT."

CAMILLE PER50NITHE "BUTTERFLY GIRL" OF VAUDEVILLE

TANEAN BROSA comedy show; the hall brought big attendance to the roof Tuesday night. The aerial houseappears to hare (track a gait of late. The honae did not fill op early Tuesday night. Bat br9 o'clock had a fine gathering • • Tanean Brothers No. 2, a blackface musical team, startedthe laughs and secured a steady stream throughout their offering. The men use a goodidea in their xylophone work, which goes over handily.—Sitae. —Variety.'*

March 28, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 23

VAUDEVILLE ACTS(Continued from page 9)

SAM MANN & CO.Theatre

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Palace.Style—Playlet.Time

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Forty-four minutes.Setting

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Special. .

To go into the plot of "The Question"in a limited space is impossible. AaronHoffman's farce playlet, in which SamMann is starring, is a deluge of plots,

sub-plots and counter-plots, all of whichin the final analysis, are unimportant ex-

cept to serve as a means for Mann in therole of "The Question" to expound his

philosophy.The plot, boiled down to a capsule,

may be stated as follows: There is all

sorts of trouble in the library of Mr.Moore's country home. Theft, lies, infi-

delity, and all the other deadly sins seemto abound there. Love seems to be anunknown thing in the Moore household.A quaint old German, portrayed by

Mr. Mann, enters upon this state of tu-

mult, and in forty-four minutes putseverything to rights. Bis ways of doingso are very singular and his philosophy'most original. He finally discloses hisidentity to those he has saved and putupon the path of right. He says hisname is Reason.

Keepers from the lunatic asylum comein as the anti-dimax. They recognize"Reason" as one of their inmates andtake him home with them.The playlet is very "talky." In fact,

the lines are the best part of the playlet.

But a little talk goes a long way with avaudeville audience and it is questionablehow many vaudeville audiences are go-

ing to welcome forty-four minutes of it.

A lot of nonsense in the first part of

the playlet before the entrance of Mr.Mann could easily be eliminated. The"patching up" at the end takes entirelytoo long and should be done in half ofthe time. Someone with a blue pencil is

needed to bring the playlet down to sen-sible running time.

The playlet is certainly unusual. Theacting in it is to be commended. Thelines are very entertaining. But brevityis the soul of wit—particularly on thevaudeville boards. H. G. .

THE BALLAD TRIOTheatre—Eighty-first Street.Style

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Musical.Time—Sixteen minutes.Setting

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House set.

The Ballad Trio offer a refined musi-cal entertainment.The first selection is sung off stage

by the female member, while the twomen accompany her on the piano andflute. This is followed by a piano and

.cello duet. The woman appears for thenext number and sings' to the accom-paniment of the two instruments. Thepianist renders a solo, after which theact is closed by a trio number.The music is admirably played and

the songs are well sung. Despite thefact that the act, in its present form,is hardly fitted for vaudeville consump-tion, the ability and material for a goodact are there.In the first place, the trio must strive

for more stage effect. The entire first

number, for instance, is sung off stage.This is bound to become tiresome be-cause an audience likes to see the per-son who is performipg. How much bet-ter it would be to open with a prettystage picture and an amber spot.

Then, again, the three give the im-pression of parlor performers. There is

too long a wait between numbers. Onenumber should follow another in thequickest possible succession in an actof this kind, else the turn is sure todrag. This slow connection of numberswas particularly noticeable before thepiano solo.

When the act is speeded up and moreconsideration given to appealing to theeye. and when the trio cultivate morestage presence, the act will be a cork-ingly good one of its kind. H. G.

•THE PUNCH"Theatre

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Seventh Avenue.Style—Playlet.Time—Sixteen minutes.Setting

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Office set.

"The Punch" is a well-acted playletwith an entertaining plot and shouldexperience a very successful run overthe Loew Circuit.

There are four characters, all withgood parts: Jim, the office boy; MissMoore, an actress; Bob Cartwright, aplaywright; Mr. Manners, a theatricalproducer.The plot deals with the efforts of

Cartwright to persuade Manners to ac-cept his play, rejected because it lacks"the punch.""When you can give me a good punch,

I'll put on your play," the producer de-clares.

Miss Moore, who is Cartwright's wife,applies to Manners for a chance to showher histrionic ability. He allows her toread some lines from Cartwright's playand is struck with her natural ability.One thing leads to another until hetries to kiss her, whereupon Cartwrightenters and plays the rescuing hero, giv-ing the producer one well-aimed"punch."The producer remembers his promise

to Cartwright, decides to produce theplay with Miss Moore in the leadingrole, and all ends happily as the curtaindescends. H. G.

DOOLEY AND NELSONTheatre—Royal.Style—Comedians.Time

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Fourteen minutes.Setting

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Bouse set.

These two fellows do a little of every-thing and do each thing well. They openwith a song. This is followed by adance. One of them performs a drumsolo. The other entertains with an ec-centric bicycle trick. An imitation ofBernard Granville is given. The nke-lele is brought into play by one of theboys, while the other does a screaminglyfunny burlesque of Hawaiian hula dan-ping. They end with a cowboy song, ac-companied by a clever manipulation of alasso.

They rightfully style themselves "sixcylinder comedians." They run on sixcylinders—and then some

!

The only suggestion to be made aboutthe act is with reference to the drumspecialty. Either the drummer shouldplay more quietly or the orchestrashould come out stronger. As mattersstand, the contrast is too marked.

This act should be able to hold its ownon any bill. Real six cylinder come-dians are scarce as hen's teeth, and theseboys have the goods. H. G.

GEORGE FELIX AND GIRLSTheatre—Proctor's 125** St.Styles

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Comedy, tinging, dancing.Time

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Fifteen minute*.Setting

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Bow.

The turn opens with the two Doll girlssinging, after which one announces thatthey are expecting their Uncle Tight,

• who has plenty of money. When theuncle comes, he is carried in, drunk. Hetells the girls that he has been to acabaret and that he is going to have theperformance repeated. The girls do notdivulge their identity, and tell him thatthey will put on the show for him.While Felix does some very fanny

"souse" business, the girls change dress-es. Two or three times they appear withsinging and dancing numbers. One is avery graceful dancer and the songs areput over satisfactorily.

Although the germ of the plot hintedat in the early exposition is lost track ofbefore the close, the entire routine movesalong smoothly. Felix is a comedian ofability and has some strikingly funnystunts. The Doll girls lend him ableassistance. J. L.

[ HEADLINE ACTS]

ROBERTS CLINTON

WILLIAMS & TAYLORSinging, Dancing and Talking

IN VAUDEVILLE

JAS. B. STANFORD

ROBINSON and McKISSICKDIRECTION MAX OBENDORF

TOMAPPOINTED BY UNCLE SAM

JACK

CONROY O'DONNELLPARCEL. POSTMAN

Delivering Bundle* of Joy and Peckmeee of Leuihter for the U. B. O.Direction ef TREAT MATHEWS Idee and Material Copyrighted

HABRV DOROTHY

FABERm TAYLORIn "GOING NORTH'

U. B. O. We Ve Ma Ae

AL. TUCKERTRICK VIOLINIST

The Boy With the White ViolinDIRECTION PETE MACK

A BREEZE FROM THE PLAINS

NEBRASKA BILL & CO.WESTERN NOVELTY ACT

IN VAUDEVILLE

GRACIE & ADELE FOXIN VAUDEVILLE

- MORIARITY SISTERS —DRESDEN DOLLS OF VAUDEVILLE Direction Irving shannon

MARINO and RICHITALIAN PIANO MOVERS IN VAUDEVILLE

THE HENNINGSRefined Comedy Novelty Offering

DIRECTION J. P. HARRIS

BILLY GLASONNeralty "JUST SONGS" Character DIRECTION A. J. HORWTTZ

RUTH

UIN VAUDEVILLE

ANDJOE

Direction HARRY PMCUS

ANDIN "A VAUDEVILLE SURPRISE"

BOOKED SOLID U. B. O. DIRECTION JACK MACANN

PAUL, LE VAN & DOBBSACROBATIC COMEDIANS IN VAUDEVILLE

24 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

VAUDEVILLE HEADLINE ACTS I

LA BELLE CARMEN TRIOThe Best Novelty of the Season

IN VAUDEVILLE

"SUM** CORTL

GRINDELL « ESTHERBOOKED SOLID IN FUNNi* ECCENTRICITIES DIRECTION SAMUEL BAERWTTZ

BARRY, NELSON & BARRYEntertainers De Luxe

IN VAUDEVILLE Direction, Jo Paige Smith

R. EDDCR TEDDKA.

GREENLEE and DRAYTONIN VAUDEVILLE

Direction MORRIS AMD FEU.

THE NELSON FAMILYVaudeville's Unique Animal Novelty .

RATS AND CATSDIRECTION ROSS * CURTIS "

IRELAND'S FAVORITE SON

BARRY McCORMACK & CO.In "YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM," by Albert Cowle*

CHAS. FTTZPATRICK

AL

CONRAD and CONLEY^"^ In Vaudeville

MA"°

SHIP AHOY, BOYS! SPILLING THE BEANS

joeCOOPER andHARTMAN belleDirection ARTHUR J. HORWITZ

TOM FREDand ARNOLD

Two Bey* from Italy. Playing U. B. O. Tub.

F»AXE FAMILYin a High-CUss Musical Act. U. B. O.

LES VALDOSHindu Hokum

FETR MACK-CHIEF YOGI

FISHER St ROCKWAYDELINEATORS OF THE SOUTHERN NEGRO

SIC CHIEF—CHAS. BIERBAUER

PERSONAL DIRECTION LLOYD HARRISON

DAVID G. FISCHER & CO. in "IMMIGRANTS"A CWtar from tn. Pathos of

ERNEST MURIEL

WATTS and RINGGOLDGREATEST COLORED COHEBY ACT OF THE AGE

Direction LEW LESLIE

VERCE & VERCIB—MRoj tfa.

20th CeDtnry ElopementDinetloa ROSS * CURTIS

IRVING AND WARDThe Button Busters

DIRECTION BERNARD BURKE

TLIDCC A-OITC better than1 ni\£JL ALLj two pairHall, Ellsworth & Merrick

IN VAUDEVILLE Diroctio. MARK LEVT

PENN CITY TRIOFREDWTLHELM ARTHUR HUMBURG AL. GEORGE

la Sjlnln of

Harmony Singing, Comedy, Dancing, and MusicAsk any Rsal Agen t

EDDIE DOLLYDOLLY & LEWININ A

School, Fool and a FlirtIN VAUDEVILLE'

THE ORIGINAL BOZOA BLANCHEND

Presenting THE NEW JANITORDIRECTION MARK LEVY

BILLY NEWELL I ELSA MOSTWith MENLO MOORE

W. V. M. A. U. B. O.

SAM

IA Lesson in Dancing— N<

LAURA

\A/Ai_Kin Jefferie.

EDAND

IRENE LOWRY m«iJests & JigsBY TOMMY OKAY

»»

ALL GIRLS

Darling Saxophone FourDIRECTION MARK LEVY

ORIGINAL

THREE MELVIN BROS.> Moot Sonaatioaal Cj »!» C.Ummmmt Act of Its Kind

March 28, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 25

INTERNATL LEASES LEXINGTON '

The Internationa] Circuit managementhas taken a year's lease on the LexingtonOpera House beginning the first of nextAugust. This season the Internationalshows have played the Lexington on asnaring basis -

Players EngagedThomas Mitchell for "Nju."

Adele Klaer for "The Grasshopper."

Charles Webster for "The Grasshopper."

Dorothy Cheston for "The Little Man."

Alice Esden by Howard Hall for "No.355."

Norma Mendoza for "Boys Win BeBoys."

George P. Smithfield by the DevereuiPlayers.

Elnora Kirwin for "The Beautiful Un-known."

Ann Andrews by Urban and Ordynstrifor "Nju."

Florence Martin by Frank Keenan for

"The Pawn."

Beth Franklyn by John Craig for Gar-rick -Theatre.

Edith Randolph by Clifford Devereauxfor leading roles.

Leo Donnelly by A. H. Woods for "ASmall Town Girl."

Marilynn Miller by the Shuberts . for aperiod of ten years.

Eva Olivetti by F. Ray Comatock for"Very Good, Eddie."

Grace Valentine" by John Craig for "HeSaid and She Believed."

Harry Stanford by Messrs. Urban andOrdynski for "Nju."

Lois Meredith and Mabel Frenyear for"The Man Who Lost."

Edith Lyle and William J. Kelly for

"The Man Who Lost"

Paul Cazeneuve by A. G. Delamater for"The Master of Arms."

Frank Mills by Messrs. Urban andOrdynski far "Xju."

Philip Tonge by the Washington SquarePlayers for the current bill.

Dore Davidson by Geoffrey C. Stein for"The Awakening of Spring."

John Mason and Irene Fenwick by LewFields for "Bosom Friends."

John L. Shine for "Magic" and GlennHunter for "The Little Man."

Charles PurceH by the Messrs. Shubertfor "The Beautiful Unknown."

Minna Gale Haynes by Cohan and Har-ris for "A Tailor Made Man."

Florence Auer by Messrs. Elliott, Corn-

stock & Geat for "The Wanderer."

Mabel Carruthers by Sam and Lee Shu-bert for "The Woman Thou Gavest Me."

Florence Huntington, by John Craigand Mary Young for "He Said and SheBelieved Him."

Frank Kemble Cooper, Lynn Fontanne,Louise Edgard, Herbert Druce, J. M. Ker-rigan. Colin Campbell, Douglas Roam, Lea-lie Ryecroft, Eleanor Scott I/Estelle andLillian Bernard by Klaw & Erlanger for

"Out There."

ACTORS TO AID BENEFITFriday afternoon at the Knickerbocker

Theatre a benefit performance in aid ofthe New York Anti-Vivisection Societywill be given. George Arliss, Thomas A.Wise. Henry Miller, Ruth Chatterton,Henri de Vries, Clifton Crawford andClara Tapper are among those who willappear.

RUTH MAYCL1FFE TO ACTRuth Mayclifie, in private life the

Princess Braganza D'Avelar, is preparingto return to the stage. The Prince waskilled several months ago during an up-rising in Lisbon, and his widow has de-termined to return to her old work. Herlast appearance here was in "Officer 666."

DON MEANY IN NEW YORKDon Meany, the publicity promoter, who

is now located on the Pacific Coast, cametr. New York last week on a businesstrip.

CAINE PLAY OPENS APRIL 19

"The Woman Thou Gavest Me" will haveits premiere April 19 In Boston.

DEATHSCHARLES B. WARD, the original Bow-

ery Boy. died March 21. at Roosevelt Hospi-tal. New York, after a long Illness culmi-nating In pneumonia. Services wereheld In the Broadway Funeral Chapel,March 23, and Interment was made In theActora' Fund Plot, .Evergreen Cemetery,Brooklyn, N. Y. -He. Is survived by bis wife,Katharine Klare. He was born 52 yearsaso In Pittsburgh. «

A. L. WILBUR died In Boston March »of arterial sclerosis, after an Illness of sev-eral weeks. In 1876 be became associatedwith Gus Frohman In the management ofthe Callander Georgia Minstrels. He waslater in a score of .theatrical ventures. Thefirm of Stair & Wilbur acquired severaltheatres In the West and owned the UnitedStates Amusement Company, controlled theMajestic West End and American theatresIn New York. They built the Majestic InBrooklyn. Wilbur has been associated withthe Shuberts in Boston with the manage-ment of the Majestic and Wilbur theatres,tie was 60 years old. •- « ,'.

JIM CONNORS dropped. dead from heartdisease at New Cumberland, W. Va_. March16. He was known In private life as JackV. -Hester. He was a member of theoriginal.team of Connors Brothers, Jim andJohnny. Later he doubled with DanGracey. Connors was a singer, dancer andIrish comedian and In his day was a writerand producer. The funeral services tookplace at the home of his sister, Mrs. WilliamBrown. 2S Argentine Place, Pittsburg.MRS. D. M. SIMMONS, Daisy Markre,

died at Plttafleld. Mass., recently. Shetoured the country In some of her own playsand for some time she played the role ofTopsy. Services were held In New York atthe Little Church Around the Corner andburial was In the Evergreen cemetery.Miss Markre leaves an aged mother. Mrs:

.

Frankie Gonzalez, a former actress. Sheleft a bequest of 1300 to the Actors' Fund.MRS. PEARL BRAGG, wife of Geo. M.

Bragg, for many years known as the vaude-ville team of Bragg and Bragg, died fromappendicitis recently at the Moulton Hos-gltai. She was burled In the Riversideemetery at Sprlngvale. She leaves her

husband and two children.DAVID LINDSEY MORISON, better

known aa Lindsay Morison, who died re-cently at the New Rochelle <N. Y.) Hos-pital from heart trouble, was formerly wellknown as a stock producer. Leaving thestock field, he became director-actor of theThanhouser studio, New Rochelle. He wasborn In England, fifty-two years ago andcame to America at the age of seventeen.He leaves a widow, professionally known asRose Cummlng.CORINNE SNELL, a well-known Western

stock actress, recently In vaudeville In theEast, died March 10, after a brief illness,from pneumonia.LOU 18 TASSON. sixty-five years old, an

actor, died suddenly March 13 in his roomat 54 West 26th St. He had been sick forsome time.GERALDINE WRIGHT, a member of the

Marchall Players during the past season,died recently at the German-AmericanHospital, Chicago, from peritonitis. Sheleaves a son, K. Creston Wright, formerlywith the Henderson Stock Co.WILLIAM HENRY MUNROE. one of the

oldest theatrical men in Providence, diedMarch 13 at his home In that city, after anIllness of several years. During the lasttwenty- seven years of existence of theWestminster Theatre, he was the stagemanager there and was known as "Pop"tfunroe. He had traveled on tour with Mag-gie Mitchell and various other players.THOMAS F. O'CONNOR, an old time

minstrel, died March 16 at his home. No.324 North Broad street, in his 70th year.For many years he was associated withHughey Dougherty. Frank Dumont. BobHarrison ana Dick Hennlngs at the oldEleventh Street Opera House. He was alsofor several years In the carnival business.

la order to avoid mistakes and to Injur* the prompt dsUvsry of tfa* • ttarfsi *vdv^s»T~trls»*»e!

to this list, a POSTAL CARD mast b. Mat r tins us to forward roui lilts'. It mustbe signed with your full bum and ths arlrlraia to which tha 1 ts be seat asd thslass at bualneaa foUewsd by ths sendWar •hernia' b*> »a*S>sJ.

Plus* mention the dats (or number) of ths CLIPPER In which th. Uturs •eat larwars advartisad.

GENTLEMENAdlrr, Chas.Aduai, Ted 4EAndrews. Chaj. B.Armor. MalcomAlley. T. c.Arnold. BethBeaitey, Felix M.Benton. HarryBiafcei, HaroldBrowo a MeGor-

miekBecg & Co.. LeeBitot. JackBra&eh. LouisBryscn PlajenBluings. la*. J.

Bancroft. JicasjnBemud. Fran*Black. John J.Banner. BertCatenon. PatrickOil Ids. Joe

Allen. NellieAnthony. SettleBarm, BctaalCane. Blaodhe N.Celeste. GraceCampbell, tin.

Le BayCameron, Cath-

erine

Coleman. Claodll

Church, L. B.CormJcan. J as.

Connors. RalphCulbaoe. Wm. K.Clalrr, WlllntDonovan A LeeDalror. JackDoner. S. H.Darts. 1. T.Dolan, RocerEstrrbrook. FredGills. LouElliott. Mai CFlelds S BerneFol.y A LetureFountain Stock

Co.

Foh a WhiteFord, Gorman

Stock Co.Fields. Joe

Clar-

Camr. Mia. WillDeism. EttaDej val, miopiaDe Weeae, Jennie

Do. Bob. GraceDe Armnad. Mrs.ETUI. EuthEarle. Mr*.

OrahamFosler,

Forbes A Carlisle

Falser. FredGtifflth. JUSGaUafber. E. B.Glyon, W. C.

GranBus. Geo. I.Howard A BoyleHarney, BenHome. r. P..Hnntley. J. H.Bun. DickHarford. JackHeelo*. Chaa.Hayes. Geo. P.

Healey. JohnHlllman. P. P.Hammond. Chas.Indiana Amuse

Co.Jacobs. JaaryDen Bros.Kelly, Oaod

Kalatek, U at.

King. TooLawrence. Daly a

LawrenceLatoor, Geo.Latin American

Booklnf Co.Lord. JackLink. H. P.La Marr. ArthurLaaley. ArtLouie, JackLloyd, milMurray's Enter-

prises

Uatyloirr, Mar-tin

Hilton a DelmarMay, BaysModMason. John W.HeGln. John D.MtMn. Fan]Marian. P. C

LADIESFerroaon, Knnle_ L.Forrest, DorothyFisher. Flossie

Gar*. Zona.

Ianrharn, BoaalleasaTtAlBj, LeoDate. HaasKnox. BesdeKennedy. Florence '

Greenwood. Violet Lewis. GraceGordon. Mr*. K. "

W.-Gandy. Leolse

Hubbard. Min-' dena

Lloyd,LeltbtaB. BothLawlon, Helen G.LOWTT. Mis*' BilUe

Uason. J. W. A.MeGowan. H. CNewport. HalOdell, TommyPark Stock Co.

.

SanPerkins. Brit B.Phlooey, Wm. F.

Pomemy. L. R.Polrer, AdolpnPetri. LewPrinceton. Jack

Pierce. Frank C.ptupps. c aQu.-en. Tom C.

Boeaaln A PearlBlrloedrer. Fred

K.Boseo. W J.

RoberU. JoeBcae, Lew' w.Bnss. ClarkBUllnin. Geo.

Lowry, JohnnieMario*, MayftrttMortals, Ills. H.Maet Billy

(Ml«)Menttta DorothyMcfutlij. Mas

A.Olitcr. Christine

Porter. EdnaRobinson. Minnie'

Slater A FinesSwarm. OUTSeanlao, Wat.Smith, Arthur J.

Sehtamrn, CharlieSonultb. Jos.

Van Oaten AParts

Vann. LewVamey, AnionVlnal, Ecfcv A.Wriibt. Karl C.Wilson. LewWilli A CouuteraWilliams. J. W.Wilton. Joewon. r.

Waldran. J. L.

Wot. C. W.Whyte. P. aWolffbelm. EoceneToast. Bert

. Krb*Barasiy, Mis* T.Beasall. NailsRhenerd. Kltfe-

artoeTtacker. Ethel

Weston, BaltnaWayne. Katharine

w.Ztnl. Fan

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was. 8-UL llat*. Wad. and gat. MB.OUrar Maroaoo'i Gnat Xatteal Ikrcs with Olrla.

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CHARLES PB0HMAH Preien's

H. A. TAOHEIX'S PLAT IH 4 ACTS.

THE CASE of LADY CAMBER

26 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

[VAUDEVILLE HEADLINE ACTS

BETTY FIELDSBooked Solid

LOUEDLEMAN

IRVING BLACKMAN MURRAY WESTON

GEORGIA COMEDY FOURDIRECTION JACK FLYNNBirufcri MM U. B . O. Tana

HARRY SINGER CARL BERNARD

THE THREE ROZELLASA Classy Musical Oddity

IN VAUDEVILLE Direction ARTHUR HORWTTZ

Fisher, Luckie & GordonDIRECTION ROSE * CURTIS

JOHN JOHNNY

MARTIN and ELLIOTT"THOSE FASHION PLATE DANCING BOYS"

Direction MARK LEVY

DAINTY QUEEN OF SENSATIONAL RHYTHMIC GRACE

LA PETITE MERCEDESA GORGEOUS DISPLAY OF NOVEL RICHNESS

Direction ARTHUR J. HORW1TZ

Thomas & HendersonThe Black Steppers

WATCH THEM IN VAUDEVILLE

The Boy Who Came Back

In • New Act by Allen Spencer Tenney

ASK MY AGENT

ALICE FARRELLIn Vaudeville

SINGING DANCING VIOLINISTE

FLORENCE TIMPONIIN VAUDEVILLE MARK LEVY

IIn 5 Feet of Sweetness and a Violin PLAYING VAUDEVILLE

THE THREE ARLEYSA HIT ON ANY BILL

UNITED TIME Dn-ectfan-PAUL DURAND

O'BRIEN & KING(Formerly O'Brien ec Egamar).

In THE NEW PIANO PLAYER

BOB RUSSAKPresents

THREE SYNCOPATORSSMITH LANG

Direction GLADYS BROWNNOMOU

FREDERICK H. SPEARE AND CO.Offer the Novel Comedy Sketch Hit,

66

NOW HEADLINING LOEW CIRCUIT

»»

REPRESENTATIVE LOUIS WESLEY

JOHNNY SINGERAND

DANCING DOLLSIN VAUDEVILLE AARON KES3LER. REPRESENTATIVE

JAS. E. ED. F.

WORLD & PEATSINGING, DANCING AND COMEDY IN VAUDEVILLE

•JIM C.

COVENEY & WOODROWThe Precedent* of Vaudeville

ANDERSON&EVANSPRESENTING THEIR NEW ACT

PILOT—L KAUFFMAN

KATHRYN MILEY"Nature's Own Comedienne"

In Vaudeville

Three Nome SistersSinging, Dancing, Novelty

New Act In Vaudeville

JACK WALTERS & CLIFF SISTERSWORKING

Dan Dix & VirgilWITH STAMPEDE RIDERS

EDDIE

ANDMONKEY SHINES—IN VAUDEVILLE

BOB

>FDirection of MAX LANDAU

ED E. and BIRDIE CONRADIn a Vaudeville Oauiaue by ED E. CONRAD

Direction Lewie * Cardan

bob-KELLEY&CATLIN-«eTHOSE NATURAL COMEDIANS

TIkneiemasaMilaitm (taMrhraeoteUtt rtWer^

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March 28, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 27

U. B. o. circuitH3W TO&K CUT.

Royal—Frank Le Dent—Nan HaJpertn—Ban *Kittle Morton—Bin ft Werner—"flirtation"

—

Lnbowaka A Co.

Colonial—Kelly ft Gslvln—Adelaide ft Hughes—The Brighton*—Maletl BodcodI—Santley ft Norton—Billy OoaM—"Naked Boy."

alhsmhra—Rath Bra*.—J. ft B. Korean—Leighft Jonea—Savoy ft Brennan—Sallle Flaber ft Co. ,

Riverside—Imperial Chinese Two—Emma Caroaft Co.—White ft Cavanaogb—Harry Gllfoll—Ap-dale's "'-"'«

BROOKLYN.Bushwiok—Daley Jean—Bobble Gordone—Brlce

ft King—J. W. Keane ft Co.—Joe Towle.Orpheus—Artbor Sullivan Co.—Gerard ft Clark

Two Carltons—Clark ft Hamilton—Gertrude Hoff-man Co.—Bennett ft Richard*.

ATLANTA, OA.Forsyth—Warren A Conley—Lovenberg Sisters—

Raymond ft Caverly.

BOSTON, MA8B.Keith's—Scotch Lada ft Lassies—A. ft G. Falls-

Nat Wills—Tennessee Ten—Klrby ft Borne—Syl-ester ft Vance—Valerie Bergere ft Co.

BUFFALO, X. T.Shea's—Moran ft Wiser—Swor A Avery—Shannon

A Annls—Connelly Trio—Lillian Shaw.

BALTIMORE, MD.Maryland—Franklin Ardelle Co.—Frank Shields——Spencer A Williams—Skipper A Bastrop—Flor-«nce Moore ft Brother—Emma Stereos—WUlardSlmras A Co.—Scarploff A Varvara—Hslo A Pater-son.

CINCINNATI, OHIO.Keith's—Sboen A Mayne—Boll ft Dnrkln—The

Vivians—Montgomery ft Kerry—Bert Melrose—Cali-fornia Boys' Band—"Night Boat."

CLEVELAND, OHIO.Keith's—The Crlaps—"Five of Clubs"—Sophie

Tucker Co.—Miss Hamlet—Marine Bros, ft Co.

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COle T Russell A Co.—Capt. Anson A Daughter.

COLUMBUS, OHIO.Keith's—rage, Hack ft Mack—Chaa. Ahearn ft

Co.—Delro—Dan Borke A Girls—Bert Baker A Co.—Jas. H. Cnllen.

CHARLESTON, S. C.

Academy (First Half)—Leon Sister-- ft Co.

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Parillo ft Ftablto. (Last Half)—Lloyd A Brltt

—

Dugan ft Raymond.

DAYTON, OHIO.Keith's—Vlollnsty—McSbane A Hathaway—Fay,

Two Coleya ft Fay—Belle Baker—Selma Braatx

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"Girl with Thousand Eyea"—Meehan'a Dogs-Francis A Kennedy.

DETROIT, MICH.Temple—Hallen ft Hunter—Chip ft Marble—Sea-

Oury A Price—Four Beddings—Whitfield A Ireland—Bradley A Ardlne—Grace De Mar—Durkln'a Ani-mals.

ERIE , PA.Colonial—"Old Time Darkles"—The Cappelllna.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.Empress—Std Lewis—Laurl A Branson—T>e Pace

Opera Co.—Eras Antonla Trio—Blossom Seeley ft

Co.—Do Witt. Burns ft Co.

HAMILTON, CAN.Temple—Briere ft King—"Love In the Suburbs"

—Burt Johnson ft Co.—John F. Conroy ft Co.—TylerA Crolne.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.Grand—Walter Brower—Primrose Four—Brennan

ft Powell—Mrs. Gene Hnghes ft Co.—Clifford AWills Brcngfc'a Models—Jasper.

JACKSONVILLE, TLA.Keith/a (First Half)—Diving Nymphs—Von Ber-

k-era A Gosler. (Last Half)—Wm. Oakland A Co.

LOUISVILLE, KT.Keith's—Aeahi Troupe—Lydell & Hlgglns—Three

On Foy Boys—Haywood Stafford Co.—Avon Four

—

"At the Party."

MONTREAL, CAN.Orpheum—Werner-Amoros Tronpe—PonslBo Sis-

ters—Raymond ft O'Connor—BockweU ft Wood

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Musical Johnsons—Boganny Troupe—Chaa. T. Al-•drich.

NA8HVIIXE, TENN. • •

Princess (First Half)—Morin Slaters. (Last Half)Marshall Montgomery ft Co.—Marie King ft Co.

—

Dyer ft Faye—Al Shayne.

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Keith's—Yrette—Dorse's Celebrities—Harry Hol-man A Co.—Three Hlckey Bros Three Bobs—Jas.J. Corbett—Elite & BordooL

PITTflBUaQH, PA.Davis—Brltt Wood—Nelson Waring—"Girlies'

Gambol;"'

vmTT.aTYETT.wTrra pa.

Keith's—Evan B. Fontaine—Pletro—Emily AnnWellmsn—Stuart Barnes—"Vacuum Cleaners"

—

Jos. B. Howard ft Co.—Leach Wallln Three—Beadft Wright Slaters.

EOCHESTEH, XT. 7.Temple—Al. Herman—Garelnetti Bros.—McCar-

thy ft Faye—Ward ft Van—Tiny May's Clrcns—Four Amaranths—Orth A Dooley—Master GabrielCo.

SAVANNAH, Oft,

Savannah (First Half)—Wm Oakland A Oo. (LastHalf)—Diving Nymphs—Von Bergen ft Gosler.

TOLEDO, OHIO..

Keith's—Maryland Singers—Seven Bracks—JeanAdair ft Co.—Weston ft Clare—Booth ft Leander

—

Hofford ft Chain—Alexander Kids—Billy GaxtonA Co.

TORONTO, CAM.Shea's—Kelly ft Wilder—Herbert's" Dogs—Rus-

sell, Ward * Oo.—Eddie Leonard Co.—Knapp ftCornelia—John B. Hymer Co.

WiUBEWILLB BILESWASHINGTON, D. 0.

Keith's—Chaa. Oleott—Futuristic Revue—Ber-nard A Janla—Jane Connelly A Co.—Pinkie—Ade-laide Francis—Dooley ft Sales—"Forest Fires."

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.Keith's—Beasee A Balrd—"Those French Girls"—"Petticoats"—George Bneener—Pope ft Dno—Van

A Belle—Lonte Stone—Era Tanguay.

ORPHEUM CIRCUITCHICAGO, ILL.

Majestio (First Half)—Stella Maybew ft Co.—"The Bride Shop"—J. C. Nogent ft Co.—MarionWeeks—Mayo ft Tally—Blsaett ft Scott—BalserSlaters.

Palace (First Hslf)—Louis Mann A Co.—Avellngft Lloyd—Dainty Marie Meeker—Bra Taylor ft

Co.—Maxle Stoddard—Don Ftong Que A Haw—BenaParker—Valleclta's Leopards.

CALGARY, CAN.Orpheum—Hermlne Shone ft Co.—Ashley ft All-

man—Ethel McDonough—Wrlgbt A Dietrich—Oll-vott. Moffet ft Clare—Billy Klnkald—"Tate'a Mo-toring."

DENVER. COLO.Orphenm—Haruko Onukl—Claude GllllDgwater

ft Co.—Thus. Swift ft Co.—Maria Lo—MeredithA Snoorer—Byan ft Lee—Ames ft Wlnthrop.

DTJLTJTH, MINN.Orphenm—Phyllla Nellson Terry—"Our Family"—Emerson A Baldwin—Bordella Patterson—Silver

ft Duval—Ben Deely ft CO.—Muriel Worth A Co.

DEB KOINES, IA.

Orphenm—Geo. Nash A Co.—Pllcer A Donglaa

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Foster Ball ft Co.—Adair ft Adelpbl—Wallace Cal-vin—Zeda A Hoot—Konns Sisters.

KANSAS CITY. MO.Orphenm—Orvllle Harrold—Creasy A Dyane

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Harry L. Mason—Wm. ft Margaret Cutty—Willingft Jordan—Samaroff ft Soma— Mile. Leltxel.

LOS ANGELES, CAL.Orpheum—Natalie Alt— Everest's Monkeys—

Caltes Bros.—Tempest ft Sunshine—Morgan Danc-ers—Flanagan ft Edwards—Moore, Gardner ft Boss—Misses Campbell.

LINCOLN, NEB.Orpheum—Biggs A ^Vltchle-rFarber Girls—

Msurlce Burkbart—Benny ft Woods—Henry Keaneft Co.—Howard's Ponies—Witt ft Winter.

MINNEAPOLIS, KUtN.Orphenm—Dorothy Shoemaker ft Co.—Konns Sis-

ters—Russian Gypsies—Boyle ft Brown—Lambertft Fredricha—Flying Henry—Jimmy Hussey A Co.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.Orphenm—Eddie Foy ft Family—Mme. Chllson

-Ohrman—Mr. A Mrs. Jlmmle Barry—Trovato—Ade-laide Bootbby ft Co.—Florenxe Duo—Morris ftCampbell—01 le Yoong ft April.

MTTTPHIB, TENN.OTphsum—G. Edw. Band Box Revue—Julloa Tan-

nen—Harry Girard A Co.—Frances Kennedy—Har-ris ft Manlon.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.Orpheum—Booney ft Bent—Nellie Nichols—Car-

men'a Minstrels—Bernard A Harrington—ChiefCaupollcan—MyrI ft Delmar.

OMAHA. NEB.Orphenm—Nat Goodwin—Milt Collins—MUUcent

Mower—Herbert Clifton—Hans Hanke—Kenny ALnaby—Imhoff, Conn ft Coreene.

OAKLAND, CAL.Orphenm—Clara Morton ft Co.—"A Double Ex-

posure"—Newhoff A Phelps—Lydla Barry—BrentHayes—F. ft A. Astalre—Bert Leslie ft Co.

PORTLAND, OBE.Orpheum—Els ft French—Medlln, Watts ft

Townea—Hlrscbel Hendler—Cbas. Grspewtn ft Co.—Palfrey, Hall A Brown—The Norrelles—Mme.JomeUl.

ST. LOUIS, XO.Orphenm—Grace LaBue—Mason A Keeler Oo.

—

J. A W. Hewing—The Volunteers—"Garden ofSurprises"—George Lyons—Maxtine ttl & Sylvester.

BAH FRANCISCO, CAL.Orphenm—Nonette—"The Cure"—Ethel Hopkins

—The Canelnos—Halllgan ft Sykea—Whiting ft

Burt—Linne's Dancing Girls—Cross ft Josephine.

SACRAMENTO, STOCKTON AND FRESNO.Orpheum—Lew Dockstader—Geo. Kelly A Co.

—

Estelle Wentwortb—Bice, Elmer ft Tom—RitaMario Orchestra.

ST. PAUL, MINN.Orpheum—Le Boy. Talma ft Bosco—McKay ft Ar-

dlne—Natalie ft Ferrari—Marion Harris—DonohueA Stewart—King A King—"Age. of Season."

SEATTLE, WASH.Orpheum—Seven Honey Boys—McWstters A Ty-

son—"Garden of Aloha"—Alice Lyndon Doll ft Co.—La Graclosa—Artie Mehllnger—Dna Clayton ftCo.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.Orpheum—Dorothy Jardon—Hallen A Fuller

—

Corbett, Sbepp ft Donoogb—Wheeler A Doles—PatBarrett—Better Bros.—Beatrice Herford.

VANCOUVER, CAN.Orpheum—Cecil Cunningham—Edwin Ardea A Co.

—Chlng Hwa Four—Gould A Lewis—The Berrena—-Marmeln Sisters—Togan A Genera.

WINNIPEG, CAN.Orphenm—Belle Story—Clayton, White ft Co.—

Johnstone A Harty—Bert Kenny—Barry Girls

—

"The Recital."

PANTAGES' CIRCUITCALGARY, CAN.

Fantagee'—Captain Sorcbo—Anderson's Girl Be-rne—Ed A Jaek Smith—Stoddard ft Haynsa

—

Freddy James—Jerome & Carson.

CHICAGO. Hi.Crown (First Half)—Edgar A Eddy—Xylo Meld.

—Mossman ft Vance—Hewitt ft Cellar,—HaselMorris—Herbert Lloyd A Co. (Last Half)—La-vine ft Inman—Boy Lawreoce—Murray A Man-ning—Musical Charlottes—Mayo A Vernon—ThreeFlying Lordons.

Victoria (First Half)—Lavlne A Ioman—BayLawrence—Murray A Manning—Musical Charlottes—Mayo ft Vernon—Three Flying Lordons. (LastHalf)—Edgar A Eddy—Xylo Maids—Mossman AVance—Hewitt A Callan—Hasel Morris—HerbertLloyd ft Co.

DENVER, COLO.Pantacos'—"Bed Heads"—Vema Mercereao ft

Co.—Herbert ft Dennis—Jubilee Four—Raymond.EDMONTON. CAL. '

Fantages'—Colem Troupe—Harlan, Knight ft Co.—Qneenle Dunedlr,—Beran A Flint—Foley ft

O'Nell.

GREAT FALLS, MONT.Pantagea' (April 2-3)—"Girl From Amsterdam"—Harry Sydell—Boach ft MeCnrdy—Azard Broa.—Wilton Slaters—Barber Thatehler A CO.

KANSAS CITT, XO.Pantagea'—Four Portia Sisters—Four Cook Sis

ters—Chlsbolm A Breen—Daniels A Conrad

—

"Courtroom Girls"—Three Symphony Maids.

LOB ANGELES, CAL.Pantagea'—Hubert, Dyer A Co.—Elisabeth Cutty—Australian Woodcboppera—"Telephone Tangle"—Bobble ft Nelson—Belleclalre Bros.

MINNEAPOLIS.Pantagea'—Alber's Polar Bears—George Morton

—Ten California Girls—Minnie Allen—Byan ft

Richfield.

MOLTME. ILL.

Family (First Hslf)—Flying Banvards—Daw-ion, Lanagan ft Co.—Ling ft Long—Bobey Trio—Gnscolgne. (Last Half)—Madam Sampson—Fox AEvana—Carl A Le Clair—Cleora Miller Trio—Bran-don ft Taylor.

OAKLAND, CAL.Pantagea'—Berlo Diving Girls—Frank Fogarty

—

Mystic Bird—Grace Edmunds—Dtx & Dixie—MackA Volmar.

OQDEN, UTAH.Pantagei'—Great Leon ft Co.—Klnkald Kilties—

Jones A Johnson—Margaret Ford—Trevlt's Ca-nines—Eckboff A Gordon.

PORTLAND, OBE.Pantagea'—Cedora—Friend A Downing—Constan-

tino Bernard!—Geo. A Mae LeFerre—Oakland Sla-

ters—Bawls ft Von Kaufman.BAN DIEGO. CAL.

Pantagea'—Pauline—Marie Russell—Hugo B.Koch A Co.—Evelyn ft Dolly—Goldsmith ft Plnard.

SALT LAKE CITT, UTAH.Pantagea'—"Mr. Chaser"—Sol Bern*—Bob Fits-

slmmons A Co.—Anthony ft Mack—Joe Chong &Moey.

BAN FRANCISCO, CAL.Pantagea'—"Motor Madness"—Dalay Jerome

—

Amoroa & Molvey—Morton Bros.—Harry Rose

—

"Jungle Ban."SPOKANE, WASH.

Pantagea'—"Texas Roundup"—Bruce Duffett ft

Oo.—Weber, Beck ft Fraser—Adler A Arllne—Le-Hoen ft Dnpreece.

SUPERIOR, WIS.Broadway—"To Save One Girl"—Jos. White-

head—Joe ft Vera White—Brown, Carstens ft Co.

SEATTLE, WASH.Pantagea'—"TJneeda Girl"—Reed A Hudson—La*

Estrellta—E. J. McDermott—Jed A Ethel Dooley—Zelaya.

TAOOXA, WASH.Fantages'—M Price A Pals—Patrlcola—Billy

(Swede) Hall A Co.—"Bachelor Dinner"—Samoya—Tabor ft Green.

VANCOUVER, CAN.Pantagea'—Tbalero's Circus—"Fe Mall Clerks"

—Nlblo's Birds — Tuscano Broa. — Bernard ftMeyers.

VICTORIA. CAN.Pantagea'—"The' Smart Shop"—John P. Wad*

ft Co.—Wells, Norworth A Moore—Military Ele-phants—Francis Renault.

WINNIPEG, CAN,Pantagea*—"Six Peaches ft Pair"—Stephens &

HoUlster—KaJlyama — Pederaen Bros.—Olsen ft

Johnson.

S. Mc C. CIRCUITCINCINNATI, OHIO.

Empress—Stein, Hume ft Thomas—Stlcknay'aAnimals—Lane ft Harper—Link ft Robinson

—

Artalne—Holmes ft Holllston.

DETBOXT, MICH.Miles—Kaney, Mason A Scbolle—Corson Sisters—Bodero—Models De Beaux Arts—Vanity FallGirls—Coldberg A Wayne.

FABOO. N. S.Grand (First Hslf)—The KeDoggs—Four Collnla

—Eeene ft Foiworth—Little Abcn ft BenAbdla.(Last Hslf)—Wyndbsm A Moore—Jo* ft VeraWhite—Wolfe ft Zedalla—Empire Comedy mm—Hobson ft Beattj.

MASON CITY. IA.

Ceofl (First Half)—Great Weatln A Co.—"Oldtram Starland." (Last Half)—Martin A Martin.

MARSHALLTOWN, IA.

Casino (Last Halt)—Great Weatln ft Co.— Wills-

Gilbert ft Co.—Lightning Weston—Leonard ft

Dempsey—Folly Sisters ft LeBoy.

8T. PAUL, MINN.Hippodrome (First Half)—Jule. Jane ft Leuls—

Edith Mote—Empire Comedy Four—Nettle Carroll

A Co.—Martin A Martin. (Last Half)—CallahanA Callahan—Little Aben ft Ben Abdls—"Girl fromStarland."

ST. CLOUD. MINN.Nemo (One Day—The Keiloggs—Four CoUnls—

Wyndbsm ft Moore—Ted TJllmarck—Wolfe ft Za-

delle.

INTERSTATE CIRCUITAUSTIN, TEX.

Majestio (First Half)—Geralds—DInklns, BarrA Everett—Bob Dalley ft Co.—Mllo Plcco—Mor-ton ft Glass—Diamond ft Brennan—Dancing Mars.

ATCHISON. KAN.Orpheum (April 1>— Frick ft Adair—Fitch Cooper

—Klta Johnson ft Co.—Zeno, Jordon ft Zeno.

DALLAS, TEX.Majestio—Elrey Sisters— Dorotby Granville

—

Ines McCauley ft Co.—Looey Haskell—Smith AAustin—Fine's Mules.

FOBT WORTH, TEX,Majeatio (Last Half)—Geralds—DlnsJns, Barr A

Everett—Bob Dalley A Co.—Mllo plcco—Morton

ft Glass—Diamond ft Brennan—Dancing Mara.Byers (First Half!—Burman A Yant—Chief

Little Elk—Anthony ft Adele. (Lent Haiti—Alle-gro—Mllo Beldon ft Co.—Dixie Harris ft Co.—Mystic Hansen ft Co.

OALVESTON, TEXGrand Opera Honae (First Half)—Jsck ft Kitty

Demaco—Lotta Gruper—"Proaperlty"—Demareatft Collette—Harry Tetea Flablng—Kenny ft Hon Is

—Chaa. Grobs ft Co.

HOUSTON, TEX.Majestio—Mr. ft Mrs. Gordon Wilde—Frank

Crummlt—Hsvlland Thornton — l>orotby Toys

—

Allan Dlnebart ft Co.—Bert Fltxfilbbona—Martini

ft Fabrlnl.

JOPLIN. XO.Eleotrio (First Half)—Wbot Four. (Laat Half)

—Hayes ft Neal—Juvenile Six.

KANSAS CITV. KAN.Eleotrio (First Half)—Hayes ft Neol—Juvenile

Six. (Last Half)—Duffy A Dunn.

KANSAS CITY, MO.Globe (First Half)—Lew Hoffman—Three Mel-

ody Glrle—"What Happened to Butbl"—Big City

Four, llast llalfl -Martclll—Hoey. Scott ABaker—"Girl In the lloon"—C. Francis Blesner.

(Continued on page 31)

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28 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

THE SONG HIT OF TWO WORLDS

BROKEN DOLL"By CLIFFORD HARRIS and JAMES W. TATE

A novelty ballad masterpiece. Alone in the field. No other number like it. And

THE REIGNING BALLAD SUCCESS

"THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILEThe ballad beautiful. Sung by hundreds of headliners

7*. B. Harms & Francis, Day & HunterWe also take pleasure in announcing that we have secured the services of Mr. JACK GLOGAU, who will be pleased to

meet bis friends at our professional studios

No. G2 WEST FORTY-FIFTH STREET NEW YORK

Kelly & Fern CriticismA Laugh to Those Who Know

Thii U what two critics, from the same paper, maid during the same week.

(Avenue Theatre) "Kelly A Fern in "HoraooaJnc* i ill 1 1 1i '"r1 and found tiic a

•nee ready lor all they far* them. Theact proved meritorious."—("All,- "

ville.)

(Gt- Northern) "A man and a woman, whotu; and talked; may be a«t down aa thewont act of the two Mill and probably'the worst act tarn In this house tor seme«me."-("Reed.")

VERDICT BY JURY—Sentenced until June 1 0, W. V. M. A. time. Judges

Beehler & Jacobs.

EDWARD ARLINGTON NOTIFIES OFFICIAL CALL. MONDAY,APRIL S. AT NORKFOLK, VA-, OF THE

JESS W1LLARD (Himself) SK? BUFFALO BILL SHOWShow opens at Norfolk. Vs.. Wednesday. April 11th. Circus Artists and Areas People report to

Jaannj Biker; Musicians, Bugle Corp, Drum sad Its, to Merle Brass. Cook Bouse people, April7th to Geo. V. Tipton. Canvas and Seat Men to Edward Lacey. Train Hen and Polere to* JohnMartin. Drivers and Grooms, to "Shorty" Phillips. Side Show people and Band to George V.Connor. Pit Show and Freaks to Max Klass. Cindy Butchers ssd Concessions to "Deacon" Wilson,light Men and Electricians to Jack Walk. Artillery. Ciralry and Soldiers to "Bed" Rankin. Poll-man Porters report April 6th to Manuel Garcia. Billposters snd Lltho. to Tom Dransfleld at Phila-delphia, Pa. Brigade, Autos and Banner Men to Frank Cralckahank. Ticket Sellers. ConcessionairestoT. U Gill. Treaanrer. All others to Boot. S. Blraby, GenL So.pt. Winter quarters.

GIOBGE ArU.TTTOTOH, General Manager,General Offices 702 Tunes Building, New York, (Phone Bryant 8450).

Note: Want porchis* Sit cars. Steel preferred. Want worklngmen 111 departmen I >. FinestSleeping quarters. Beat Cook House, Wagea. Treatment "light" Show.

LA TENAS BIG 3 RING CIRCUS& WILD WESTWANTED

Far N|— Ml Wire, artaehu Ian, Iras Jan, Truss ass Cisusj Arts of all kinds, don, ponln. bucking moleand iniml sen. risen with taws- em start, downs, etc. esMsss far big show band, rrprrtrocrd Ban natter, drossMsetwallh ts join at ones. WaralaaSMa In all depsrtevoti, 2.4.6 and 8 kens drietra, pony ban. Sahara, eantaai Ben.bain nen. property awn. hunea maker, teal men. Long stajon and good tceesSsodsUons. AH people engaged with ahowreport April 14th at Hair* de Grace. Md. Season opens April 19th. Adtaoce mart not later than April 4th. Want one

i and one billposter. Camp open April 1st. Address AU01FW HWIIE. Mm as Grant,

PERRON'S DETECTIVE AGENCY. Harry W. Frrron, Prmci,.tHorLrcd by State. Bond-rxi. Peridural to Thr-.*. tr 14. a! Prof era*.on. Prrs-Ciimina! Investigations confidentially conducted Phone. Day and Nik*.Bryant. Fitzgerald Bid?.. 1482 Broadway, New York City.

Van Sisters

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THE

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Illustrated Catalogue mailed upon request

March 28, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 29

OUTB LISTRoutes Mutt Reach Thu Office Not Later

Than Saturday

BURLESQUEColumbia Wheel

Al Reeves—Empire, Newark, N. J., 26-31;Casino, Philadelphia, Apl. 2-7.

Behman Show—Lumbers, TTtlca, 29-31;Gaiety, Montreal, Can., Apl. 2-7.

Ben Welch's—Park, Bridgeport, Ct., 29-81;Colonial, Providence. R. I., Apl 2-7.

Bon Tons—Colonial. Providence, R. I.. 26-31; Boston. Apl. 2-7.

Bostonlana—Hurtig & Seamon'a, New York,26-31; Orpheum, Paterson, N. J.. Apl. 2-7.

Bowery—Gaiety, St. Louis, Mo., 26-31; Co-lumbia, Chicago, April 2-7.

Follies Of the Day—Empire. Toledo, O., 26-21; Lyric. Dayton, O.. Apl. 2-7.

Globe Trotters—Gaiety, Montreal, Can., 26-• 31; Empire, Albany, N-. Y., ApL 2-7.Golden Crooks—Grand, Hartford, Ct, 26-31;Jacques, Waterbury, Ct., Apl. 2-7.

Hastings Show—Olympic, Cincinnati, 26-31;Star and Garter. Chicago, ApL 2-7.

Hello New York—Columbia. New York, 26-31; Casino. Brooklyn, Apl. 2-7.

HIp-Hlp-Hooray Girls—Orpheum, Paterson,N. J., 26-31; Empire, Hoboken. Apr. 2-7.

Howe's Kissing Girls—Gaiety. Pittsburgh,Pa., 26-31; Star, Cleveland, O., Apl. 2-7.

Irwin's Big- Show—Gaiety, Omaha, Neb., 26-31; open Apt 2-7; Gaiety, Kansas City,9-14.

Liberty Girls—Jacques, 'Waterbury, Ct, 26-31; Cohen's. Wewburg. N. Y., ApL 2-4;Cohen's, Poughkeepsie, E-7.

Maids of America.—Gaiety, Toronto. Ont,26-31; Gaiety, Buffalo. N. Y., ApL 2-7.

Majestic—BercheL Des Moines, Iowa, 26-28;GTaiety, Omaha. Neb.. ApL 2-7.

Marlon's—Palace, Baltimore, 26-31; Gaiety,Washington, D. C, Apl. 2-7.

Merry Rounders—Corinthian, Rochester, N.Y., 26.-31; Bastable, Syracuse. N. Y., ApL2-4; Lumberg, Utlca, E-7.

Midnight Maidens—Casino. Phila., 26-31;. Hurtig & Seamons, New York, ApL 2-7.MllllonDollar Dolls—Empire, Albany, N. Y.,

26-31; BoBton, Apl. 2-7.Molly Williams' Co.—Chicago, 26-31: Ber-cheL Des Moines. Iowa. ApL 2-4.

New York Girls—Empire, Hoboken, N. J.,26-31; Peoples, Philadelphia. ApL 2-7.

"Puss Puss"—Empire, Brooklyn, 26-31;Park, Bridgeport ApL E-7.

"Rag Doll in Ragland"—Gaiety, Buffalo. N.T.. 26-31; Corinthian. Rochester, N. Y..Apl. 2-7.

Roseland Girls—Lyric. Dayton. O.. 26-31;Olympic, Cincinnati, ApL 2-7.

Rose Sydell'e—Casino, Boston, 26-31; Grand.Hartford. Ct. ApL 2-7.

Sldman's Sam—Casino, Brooklyn. 26-31;Empire. Newark, N. J., ApL 2-7.

Some Show—Gaiety, Washington, D. C,26-31: Pittsburgh, ApL 2-7.

Spiegel's Revue—Gaiety. Detroit, 26-31;Gaiety, Toronto, Ont, ApL 2-7.

Sight Seers—Miners' Bronx, New York, 26-31; Empire. Newark, N. J.. ApL 2-7.

Sporting Widows—Open, 26-31; Gaiety,Kansas City, ApL 2-7.

Star and Garter—Star, Cleveland, O., 26-31;Empire, Toledo. O., ApL 2-7.

Step Lively Girls—People's, Philadelphia,26-31; Palace, Baltimore, ApL 2-7.

Twentieth Century Girls—Boston. 26-31;Columbia. New York. ApL 2-7.

Watson's Beef Trust—Cohen's, Poughkeep-sie, 29-31; Miner's Bronx, New York. Apl.

Watson-Wrothe—Chicago, 26-31; Gaiety,Detroit ApL 2-7.

American Circuit

American—Lyceum, Columbus, O.. 26-31;Newark, O., ApL 2; Zanesvllle, 3; Canton,4; Akron, 5-7.

Auto Girls—Inter National, Niagara Falls.29-31; Star, Toronto, ApL 2-7.

Broadway Belles—Star, St Paul, 26-31; openApl. 2-7; Century, Kansas City, 9-14.

Beauty. Youth & Folly—Open, 26-81; Engle-wood, Chicago, ApL 2-7.

Big Review of 1917—Hudson. Schenectady,28-31; Blnghamton, N. Y., Ajl M;Oneida. 4; Inter National, Niagara Falls,B-7.

Cabaret Girls—Gaiety, Milwaukee. 26-21:Gaiety, Minneapolis, Apl. S-7.

Charming WldowB—Savoy. Hamilton, Can.,26-31, Cadillac, Detroit ApL 2-7.

Cherry Blossoms—Howard, Boston, 26-31;New Bedford, Mass., Apl. 2-4; Worcester.;s;7t pDa f Paris—Gaiety, Baltimore, J6-J1;arlkuis ct*TrScadero. Phila., ApL 2-7.

Follies of Pleasure—Englewcod. Chicago, 26-

31; Gaiety. Milwaukee, ApL 2-7.

French Frolics—Gaiety, Minneapolis. 26-81;Star, St Paul, ApL 2-7. .... „

Frolics of 1916—People's. Philadelphia. 26-

31: Olympic New York, ApL 2-7.Ginger Girls—Trenton. N. J., 29-31; Star,Brooklyn, ApL 2-7.

Girls from Joyiand—Buckingham, Louis-ville, Ky.. 26-31; Lyceum. Columbus, O.,Apl. 2-7. _.

Girls from the Follies—Empire. Cleveland,26-31; Erie, Fa., ApL 3; Ashtabula, O.,

4; Park, Youngstown. 5-7.Grownup Babies—Majestic, Scranton, Pa.,

26-31; Gaiety, Brooklyn, ApL 2-7. •

Hello Girls—Cadillac, Detroit, 26-31: open.ApL 2-7; Englewooo. Chicago. 9-14.

Hello Paris—Gaiety. Philadelphia. 26-31:Mt. Carmel, Pa., ApL 2; Shenandoah, 3;Wilkes Barre, 4-7.

High Life Girls—Worcester, 29-31; Amster-dam. N. Y., Apl. 2-8; Hudson, Schenec-tady, 4-7.

Lady Buccaneers—Wllkeobarre, 28-31; SouthBethlehem, Pa., ApL 2; Easton, 3; Fotts-town. 4; Trenton. N. J.. 6-7.

Lid Lifters—Olympic, New York, 26-31; Ma-jestic, Scranton, Pa.. ApL 2-7.

Mischief Makers—Century, Kansas City, 26-. 31; Standard, St. Louis, ApL 2-7.Monte Carlo Glrui—Open, 26-31; Century,Kansas City, ApL 2-7.

Pacemakers—Star, Toronto, Ont, 26-31; Sa-voy, Hamilton, Can.. ApL 2-7.

Parisian Flirts—Holyoke, Mass., 26-2S;Springfield, 29-31; Howard, Boston, ApL2-7.

Pat White's—Gaiety, Brooklyn, 26-31; Aca-demy, Jersey City. ApL 2-7.

Record Breakers—Gaiety, -Chicago, 26-31.Majestic, Indianapolis, ApL 2-7.

September Morning Glories—Akron, O.. 29-31; Empire, Cleveland, Apl. 2-7.

Social Follies—Majestic, Indianapolis. 26-31;Buckingham, Louisville, Ky., Apl. 2-7.

Tempters—Penn Circuit, 26-31; Gaiety, Bal-timore, ApL 2-7.

Tourists—Star, Brooklyn. 26-31; Holyoke.Mass., ApL 24; Worcester. E-7.

U. S. Beauties—Erie, Pa., Apl. 26-27; Ash-tabula, O., 26; Park, Youngstown, O., 29-31; Penn Circuit, Apl. 2-7.

STOCK AND REPERTOIRE ROUTESPermanent and Traveling

Academy Players—Haverhill, Mass., lndef.American Players—Spokane, Wash., lndef.Academy Players—Halifax, N. S., Can., ln-

def.Auditorium Players—Maiden, Mass., lndef.Angell Stock (Joe Angell, mgr.)—Park.

Pittsburgh, lndef.Bainbrldee Players—Minneapolis, lndef.Bayley, J. Wlllard, Players—Belolt, Wis., ln-

Bryant Marguerite, Players—Empire, Pitts-burgh, lndef.

Brooklyn's Own Stock (Chas. W. Daniels.mgr.)—Grand O. H„ Brooklyn, lndef.

Benjamin, Jack, Stock—Saline, Kan., lndef.Bishop Players—Oakland, CaL, lndef.Byers, Fred, Stock (Fred A Byera. mgr.)

—

Newoka, Okla., 29-31.Bunting, Emma, Stock—San Antonio, Tex.,

lndef;Bybee, M. E„ Stock—Hutchinson, Kan., ln-

def.Bishop Players—Oakland, CaL, lndef.Cornell-Price Players—Tarentum, Pa., lndef.Compton-PInmb Stock (H. H. Plumb, mgr.)

—

Racine, Wis., lndef.Columbia Players—Grand Baplds, Mich., ln-

def.Columbia Musical Stock—Oakland, CaL. lndef.Dcnham Stock—Denver, lndef.Dublnsky Stock (Ed. Dublnsky, mgr.)—St.

Joseph, Mo., lndef.Dealing, Lawrence, Theatre Co.—Cogswell,

N. D., 28 : Lldgerwood, 29-31 : Aberdeen. S.D., April 1-8.

Earl Stock (Larry Powers, mgr.)—Sharps-burg, Pa., lndef.

Bckbardt, Oliver, Players—Begins, Sask.,

Can., lndef.Emerson Players—Lowell, Mass., lndef.Empire Players—Salem, Mass., lndef.Fifth Ave. Stock (Jacques E. Horn, mgr.)

—

Fifth Ave., Brooklyn, lndef.Fleming, Alice, Stock—Portland. Ore., lndef.Gordlnler Bros., Stock—Ft Dodge. la., lndef.

Hyperion Players—New Haven, Conn., lndef.

Hathaway Players—Brockton. Mass., lndef.Home, CoL F. P., Stock—Akron, O., indef.Jewett, Henry, Players—Copley. Boston, ln-

def.Keith's Hudson Theatre, Stock—Union Hill,

N. J., lndef.Keith Stock—Gotham, Brooklyn, lndef.Lawrence, Del., Stock—Vancouver, Can., ln-

def.Lyric Theatre Stock—Bridgeport Conn., ln-

def.Lonergan Players (E. V. Phelan, mgr.)

—

Lynn, Mass., Indef.Lewln, Florence, Players (Hawkins * Klb-

bee, nigra.)—Wichita. Kan., lndef.Lorch, Tfieo., Stock—Phoenix, Arlx., lndef.

Morosco Stock—Los Angeles, lndef.McKlnley, Pattl, Players—Zanesvllle, O., ln-

def.Mosart Players—FJmlra, N. Y., lndef.

NcsteU Players—AnJmorc, Okla.. 28-31 :

Durant April 2-7. „ .

Northampton Players—Northampton, Mass.,

Naylor, Walter, Players—New Britain, Conn.,

lndef.New Strand Stock—Mobile. _Ala., indef.

Norwood, Maude. Stock (Wm. J. Nelson,- mgr.)—Oil City, Pa., lndef.

Orpheum Players—Beading, Pa., indef.

Overoolser Stock—Oklahoma City, Okla.. ln-

def. .

Oliver, Otis, Players (Harry J. Wallace, mgr.)—La Fayette. IndL, lndef.

Opera Players—Kansas City, Mo„ lndef.

Princess Stock—Sioux City, la., lndef.

Players Stock—Players^St Louis, lndef.

Poll Stock—Scranton, Pa, lndef.

Playhouse Players—Mt Vernon. N. Y.,

Purkias Stock—Harris, la., 29-31; Sheldon,Anri! 2-T

Poll Players—Poll's, Washington indef.

Qnaker Maids M. C. Co.—Hutchinson, Kan.,

lndef. \ «. „„Spooner, Cedl, Stock—Lawrence, Mass., 26-

8LShubert Stock—Milwaukee, lndef.

Sbubert Stock—St Paul, lndef.

Somervnie ^Theatre Plsyers— SomervUle,Mass.. lndef. „

St Clair, Winifred Stock (Earl Bine, mgr.)—Paterson, N. J., lndef.

Sherman Kelly Stock—Aberdeen, S. D., lndef.Temple Stock—Ft. Wayne. Ind., Indef.Taylor, Albert Stock—El Paso, Tex., lndef.Van Dyke & Eaton Stock (F. Mack, mgr.)—

Tulsa, Okla., lndef.Wilkes Players—Salt Lake City. Utah, lndef.Wilkes Musical Stock—Vancouver, Can., ln-

def.Wadsworth Dram. Stock (Edward Ornsteln,

mgr.)—Toledo, O., lndef.Wigwam Stock (Lander Stevens, mgr.)—San

Francisco, lndef.Wallace, Chester, Players—Butler, Pa., lndef.Williams, Ed., Stock—Elkhart, lnd., indef.

COMPANIES IN TABLOID PLAYSPermantnl and Traveling

"Birds of Paradise"—Lynchburg, Va., 28 31:Danville, April 2-7.

Enterprise Stock (Norban Hllvard, mgr.)

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Chicago, lndef.Enterprise Stock No. 2 Co. (Norman Hll-

vard, mgr.)—Chicago, lndef.Hyatt 4 LeNore Miniature M. C. Co. (T.

H. Hyatt mgr.)—Moose Jaw, Sask., Can.,lndef.

Harris A Proy M. C. Co.—Mlnot, N. D„ in-

def.Lord * Vernon M. C. Co.—Bluefleld, W. Va.,

26-31.Roseland Maids—Maxwell A Shaw Tab. Co.Bob 8haw, mgr.)—Corning, N. Y., 26-31;Marietta, 28-31.

Shaffer's, Al, Boys A Girls—Okmulgee, Okla..26-31.

-Submarine Girls (Mersereu Bros., mgr.)—Oklahoma City, 25-31 ; El Reno, April 1-7.

"Sunny 81de of Broadway" (Boyle Wolfolk.mgr.)—IIogan sport, Ind., 29-31.

Tabarin Girls (Dave Newman, mgr.)—At-lanta, Os,, 28-Aprll 7.

Thomas, M. C. Co.—Lowell. Mass., 26-31.Walker's Musical and Lady Minstrels—Con-

cord, N. C, 26-81 ; Roanoke Rapids, April

Zarrow's American Girl—Farkersburg, W.Va., 26-31.

Zarrow's Little Bluebird (Jack Fuquay, mgr.)—Grafton, W. Va., 26-31.Zarrow's Variety Review (D. J. Lynch, mgr.)—Davis, Va., 29-31.Zarrow's Passing Revue (Billy Hill, mgr.)—

Raleigh, N. C. 26-31.

Actors, Actresses, Agentfor small Summer Repertoire Co State all.

Always near New York City. Will buy scriptsand scenery. FRANCIS GARDNER, Olsan,N. Y.

ACTSPLAYS, SKETCHES WRITTENTElSt tw a ttaaa. VAiBEVILL!SMK. SOs Gals; 4 isilasn. 3 Aat.

as* IS raradles, 50a Ma.L. GAMBLE, PLAYWRIGHT

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MINSTRELS

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stage. Classic and Vaudeville; alao To.dancing.Special Instruction to chorus of nanr pro-ductlona. ISM Broadway. New York

AX LIBERTYField's, AL G.—Hannibal, Mo., 28; Qulncy. Til 11„ r_-»„»A-

HL, 29; Burlington, Is., 30; Davenport. Yially (jfiiySOIl

O'Brien's, Nell, Minstrels (Oscar F. Hodge.mgr.)—Columbos, Ga., 28 ; Macon, 29

:

Albany. SO; Jacksonville. Fia.. 31: Gaines-ville, April 2 : Ocala, 8 ; 8t. Petersburg, 4

;

Tampa, 5 ; Orlando, 0.

Erie CallahanJoienlles. Geo. Boa. All24. bdibt 6 ft. 3% is,

scUit US Its

CARNIVALSBarkoot, K. G„ Shows—High Point 26-30.Brundage, S. W. Shows—Muskogee, Okla.,

26-SlTCampbell's United Shows—High Point, N.

C, 26-31; ReldsvlUe. April 2-7.

Johnny J. Jones Carnival—Valdosta, Ga., 28-

31Sol 4 Cherry Showai—McAlester. Okla., 26-81.

CIRCUSESBarnnm * Bailey—Madison Sq. Garden. New

York, 29, lndef. _Cole Bros.—HolUster, CaL, 28; Santa Cruz.

29; Monterey, 30; Salinas, 81.

MISCELLANEOUSMallory. Clifton A Co.—Deep Hirer, Conn.,

29: Suffern. N. V., 80; Edmeston, 31;Auburn, April 2.

Smith, Mysterious (Albert A Smith, mgrs.)—Churches Ferry, N. D„ 80-31; BrocketApril 2-8; Sarles, 4-» ; Munich, 6-7.

Jureailea. Llcht Comedy. Gen.Baa. Asa IS. heisbt 5 ft. 8in., stifht 143 Da.

AMrm WALIY SlAYSSl. 1816 6ta Are.. H

W. Va

30c—FOR ALL THIS—30c8-min. Cross-fire for m.lf.. 8-min. Cross-fire forJm., 8-min. B. F. Monolog, 4-min. Cross-fire for2 nk. 3-min. Croaa-fire for m.4f.. 3 Recitations,IS Parodies and 85 Gaga, Comic Wants, etcOr,' all this and 36 more parodies on late songsfor SSc Always Money Back GuaraotectCatalog for stamp. MARY THAYER. 3190Broad St., Providence. R. L

WANTED jc "Brysoa Players"Experienced versatile repertoire people la aU lines, lsclad-

iot eintr leadnit woman, bear, sua, rbsrsrttr man: laosa

dotnx ipceuatles preferred. State belaat. ate and all par-

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BOOKED SOLID UNTIL. ia»

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AX LIBERTYFOR 10BSEI AID RESULAI SCASM.JOE MABELLELYONELL aad LEVERTON

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ANNOUNCEMENTX. lVfl. A.

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RELIABLE PROFESSIONAL.FRANCIS X. HENNESSY

Irish flpae—Beaten Piper— Iriih Step Dawn Ijsaaa

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Lady Partner (Bet. 30-40)wanted, who can sing, plsw piano or do Irish orScotch flint In Taudeellle. State particulars.

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30 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

MAE CURTISSINGING COMEDIENNE

Scoring a great big success

this week at B. F. Keiths

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HIP, HIP, HOORAY GIRLSFAST SINGING AND DANCING SOUBRETTE. GOOD LOOKING CHORUS GIRLS (MEDIUMS). REHEARSALS OF NEW SHOW

START IN BALTIMORE, APRIL 16. OPEN IN PITTSBURGH APRIL 30. COLUMBIA RUN COMMENCESMAY 21. ADDRESS BY MAIL ONLY. GEO. F. BELFRAGE, CARE COLUMBIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, N. Y.

IAN IAt liberty. Best of theatre, concert orchestraand picture house experience. Finest refer-ences. Address ERNEST ROSE. Gen. Del,Duluth, Minn.

Manicuring. Hair Dressing. Scalp Treatment. Sham-pooing, Toilet Preparations. Boudoir Novelties.

•LA MWIW" SHOP1482 Broadiray, Boom T01 (8 a. m. to 6 p. m.)

Special attention £l.en members ofPbooe Bryant 2297 Theatrical Profession

LECTURERS WANTEDWANT IMMEDIATELY, 100 LECTURERS for travelogues. Mam gajfclti

with foreign countries preferred. Apply between -10 'and 12 A. M. Suite 606,1493 Broadway, New York.

March 28, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 31

VAUDEVILLE BILLS(.Continued from page 27)

LITTLE BOCK, ARK.Xajestic (First Half)—Harts A Erans—Bull *

Allen—"In the Trenches' -—Al Wohlman

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FootBards. (Last Half)—"Black ft White Berlew"—Bert Lery—Soattnek a Golden—wiiUama AWolfos—1— Jape.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKXA.LjTiO (First Halt)—Myrtle Hansen A Co.

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AUeSTO—Hllo Beldon A Co.—Dixie Harris & Co.

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Adeline Inn A Co. (Last Half)—Kay Belle

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Miller Slaters—Walter 8. Howe & Co.—Emily Dar-ren A Co.—Miniature Basse.

ST. JOSEPH, XO.Crystal (First Half)—Daffy A Dans—Mimical

Lands—Nat Naaarrow A Co. (Laat Half)—PoorRoses—Jack Lamey—Ross, Snow A Co.—"Into tneLlgnf—Bysl * Early—Frear, BaffOt A FTear.

BPBXHOFIELB. XO.Electric (Fbst Half)—HaUhran & Combes—

Three Ankers. (Last Half)—Whot Four.

SAN ANTONIO, TEX.Majeatfo (Last Half)—Jack A Kitty Demaco—

Lotta Qrnper—"Prosperity"—Demsrest A ColletteHarry TStes Planing—Kenny A Bollla—Chaa.Grohs A Co.

TULSA, OKXA.Empress (First Halt)—Kay A Belle—Miller Sis-

ter*—Walter 8. Howe A Co.—"Miniature BSTTje"—Emily Barrell A Co. (Last Half)—Lew Hon-nuuiu—Three Melody Girls—"What Happened toBothT*—Big City Four.

TOPEXA. KAN.Norolty (First Half)—Frlck A Adair—Fitch

Cooper—Nlta Johnson A Co.—Zrno Jnrdon A Zeno.(Last Half)—Musical Lands—Fire Bayashl laps.

WICHITA, KAN.Princess (First Half)—Kartelll—Hoey Scott A

Bsker—"Oirl In the Moon"—C. Francis Blesner.(Lest Half)—Frlck A Adair—Fitch Cooper—NltaJohnson A Co.—Zeno, Jordon A Zeno.

WACO, TEX.Auditorium (Last Half)—Geralds—Dlnklns. Barr

A Everett—Bob Dalley A Co.—Milo Plceo—MortonA Glass—Diamond A Brennan—Dancing Mars.

W. V. M. A.

ALTON, ILL.Hippodrome—Bnrr A Broderlck—Billy Beard.

(Last Hslf)—The Clown Seal—Holmes A WeUa.

BUTTE, MONT.Empress (First Hslf)—Franks' A Addlna^on

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Bob A Beth Stanley—American PatroUera—Coo-way A Fields—Rome "A Wager—Fred A Albert.(Last Half)—The Ferraros—The Reynolds—Gil-more Corbtn—McGrath A Yeoman—Jobnson AWells—Drawee. Hambo A Frisco.

BILLINGS. MONT.Babcock (First Half)—Le Donx A Le Horn

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Jerman A Mack—Brown. Carstens A Wuerl—Frank A Bldrld Fibber—Tom Murphy—Howard'sBears. (Last Half)—Fenner A Tolman—Le VereA Palmer—Knblllck—Catherine Cnaloner A Co.

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The Skatella.CHICAGO, ILL.

Kedrle (First Half)—Biggs A Byan—WhippleHouston Co.—Curley A Welcli—Princeton Fire.(Last Half)—Froxlni—McCormack A Wallace

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Gordon A Rleea.Windsor (First Half)—Kawana Bros.—Mildred

Hayward—Isabelle Miller A Co.—Zeno A Mandel

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Mrs. Bra Fay. (Last Half)—Newport A Stirs—John T. Bay A Co.—Lee Bartb—Six WaterliUes.Avenue (First Half)—August A Angust—Mitch

A Mitchell—Dae A NerlBe—John T. Bay A Co.

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Ed A Lottie Ford. (Last Half)—McDonnell -A.Simpson—Julian Hall.Wilson (First Half)—Howard A Boas—Kelly A

Fern—Bart Macomber A Co.—Coskley A Dnnlery—McOonneU A 81mpaon. (Last Half)—Whipple.Houston A Co.—Curley A Welch—Mrs. Bra Fay.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA.

Majestic (First Half)—Frank Hartley—"Sep-tember Morn"—OlWe Briscoe—Mlnettl A Sldello.(Last Hslf)—Lunette Sisters—Mildred Hayward

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Harry Beresfotd A Co.—Gonne A Albert—Prince-ton Fire,

DTTLUTH, MINN.Grand (First Half)—Cook A Bothert—Dot Mar-

shall—Putman A Lewis—Monte Carlo Sextette.(Last Half)—DeWItt Young A Slater—Miller,Scott A Fuller—Smith & Kaufman—McGood-Tate'aCo.

Telephone 3960 Bryant.

Hydro Electric BathsCandler Bldg.,

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Hours for men, 10 a. m. to 8 p. m.

Ladles by appointment.

Telephone 1745 Bryant

«I. SCHIERINGEXPERIMENTAL WORK

Special attention to theatrical wok. 344 W. 4M SL.bet. 8th and 8th Aw*., New Tors.

PIANISTSteady and reliable, desires Burlesque position.

Season 2917-18. Best of reference*. MemberA. F. of M. Address H. E. JEROY. M Colby

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Hoffman, Healy's Golden Glades and Others

LEGITIMATE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY;-Illness forces majority stockholder in Chicago's most thriving theatrical businessto dispose of holdings. Buyer must be man with knowledge of wardrobe, formanufacturing or executive end. Also must have sufficient ready cash to partici-

pate in earnings—business averaging $40,000 yearly. Rigid inspection invited.Address J. I. C, Chicago Press Club, Chicago, I1L

WANTED FOR VERONEE DRAMATIC CO.Repertoire under canvass. Week stands. We pay all. Juvenile Lead, good dresser; SketchTeam. Hustling Agent, one familiar with Southern territory. E. A. Hempill write. Piano Player,one familiar with vaudeville; prefer one doubling brass; Ralph Young write. Trombone,Tuba, Baritone. B & O. Thos. Thompson write. All must be Al. Useful people in all lineswrite. Rehearsals start May 4. Address J. L. VERONEE, Petersburg, Mich._____

John HigginsLight and Char. Comedy, Gen. Bus. Age 30

years, weight 135 lbs., height 5 ft. TA in. Goodwardrobe. 15 years' experience. Stock or Rep.

Miss Ruby Le CornnIngenue and Soubrette. Age 19 yeara, height5 feet, weight 100 pounds. Good wardrobe.5 years' experience.

Address JOHN HIGGINS, IIS Bunnell St, Bridgeport, Conn.

GOWNS AND WRAPS FOR THE STAGE

PARFAIT MODE SHOPCreators and Specialists

High clsss work and up to the minute atyles Insure satisfaction to all who rail.

J. FEIGENBAUM &. FELIX YOUNG, Mgn.14S West 45th St., Suite 702 New York

WANTED FOR"STEP LIVELY " COMPANY

Musical Director (Pianist). Must be A. F. M. man, arrange and transpose. Chorus Girls.All to join at once. Show runs all summer. GEORGE DONAHUE, Mar. Step Lively, Win.

Va.. Mar. 30; Frederick. Md., Mar. 31; Cumberland, Md., April 2; Piedmont, Westcheater,

Va., April 3 Frostburg, West Va., April 4.

In the Heart of theTheatrical District

A thoroughly and modernlyEQUIPPED HALL for Danc-ing, Rehearsing and Physical Cul-

ture. Reason for selling, owing to

death of proprietor. Widow can-not handle. Part cash and goodsecurity for balance accepted.Good lease at low rental. A. W.,Care of New York Clipper. 1604Broadway.

fAT LIBERTYFRANK J. DEANCharacters, character comedy. Years of ex-perience. Good study, and can act,Michigan.

WANTEDFOR NEXT SEASON

CboruB Ladlea for

THE BEEF TRUSTAlso Small Girls tor tbe

UNITED STATESBEAUTIES

Also want good feature acta, and people In all

lines of Burlesque. Address BILLY WATS0H,Orphenm Theatre, Peterson, N. 7.

JOHN A. WALSHWriter of the dermst ia Vaaderule, Songs,Sketches, Mooologs, Fatter. Wffla Paaat, Tana.

PLAYS WANTEDWill buy a Script of "Fine Feathers."

C. P. REASER, Hotel Franklin, Del-aware, Ohio.

WANTEDDramatic people, all lines; two young girls for

nlee parts; chauffeur to ran car and play piano.BARLOW at WTLBOV, M Halo ot, Daatrarr, Conn.

32 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

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WANTED!! WANTED!!WEST-DeFOREST FAMOUS PLAYERS

UNDER CANVASActors and Musician*. Piano Player. Double B. 4 O. Al Orchestra, Leader,

Double Band. Actors that Double Band,—WRITE.

OPEN MIDDLE OF APRILStrong Tabs. Doable String Base in Orchestra. Flute and Piccolo. B. * O. Trap Drum*

mar, with complete outfit. Three Cornets. Three Clarinets. Two Trombones. Two Altoa,and Strong Baritone. Double Orchestra or State. Specialty team that can chance everyalgttt to featar*.

Note. Thia ia a real caat mule up of A-l people: fine outfit: it ia business on here andno boose goes; I have had enough. JACK DEFOREST, Box 733, Omaha. Nohr.

MINNELLI BROS.Under Cictu Supporting tte Utdfenal Fcr^Us

MINA GENNELLWast tooroorbir capable,specialties write, allCan't writ* without

saber Jurmllo Leading Man. Mas bin wirdrobe and appearance. Other tlerer rep. people situBast work In afterabow or concert, and must remain until close of season. Salary ion.photos end prograen. Bebesnals April 23. Delaware, Okie.

THE CLEAN-UP SHOWGracey- Christie Musical Comedy Company

WANTED to enlarge company. Good SKETCH TEAM that can do Fancy Dancing, must hare roodrolcee and play parts. COMEDIAN and SODBKBTTE. Singers and Dacceri. FIVE CHORDS 0IHL8. Along engagement, nmmet and winter, to capable people. IC at liberty, keep In toncD With the Big Show.ORACET-CSHISTTE STDSICAI. COaTDr CO. Weak starch 26th, Herkimer, V. T. Week April Sad,Utioa. V. T.

Wanted: People in All Lines for Three Rotary Stock CompaniesOne Bill a Week in Theatre-,

Gaallafan for leads, beariet, characters, comedy, jimnlles, ftoeral busineas and property-nsen for bit*. LaJki for

lettdB. bearita. teeood badness, characters, lagcnnea and soobrettea. SfwcixJtr ITo!- ftliulf of all kinds who pUy put*.qparttttcs. trios and teams. Dlrrcton with acrtpts, two senile artists. Ten all firat letter and send late photos andpragraaia. Wardrobe and appearance a—Bttaj Ticket* to those 1 know. Continacaa work until October and aalair abso-lntelj xure, Than woo hare written or spoken for eoiagenepta write; also ttoae vbo bat* worked for ma before. Addnaall eoanmtnlcatioos to HAIRY 5. ELLIS, Eaa Clair-, Via.

RUTH ROBINSONleerlrns; Woman

MOROSCO THEATRE, LOS ANGELESForemast Productions

WANTED QUICKIKEYandABEYCO.Han with good Ringing role* to do Jew part of Iker Cohen. Alao alnglng and dancing sohbrette to playsmall part. State all and lowest. Wire or write. Must Join at once. GEO. R. BtTBB, Hgr. Newark.Ohio, Harsh 29; Miners*, Ohio, SO; Lisbon. 0., SI.

WANTEDfor ttie PURKISS STOCK CO.People In all Unas. State if 70s do specialties or doable plane alao age, height, weight, lowest salaryand full particulars. People most be wining to play anything caat for and commit lines correctly andplay parts aa directed. Only reliable and experienced people wasted; alao went to bear from moalealcomedy people and chorea ladle* for our Taming of Lolo Co. Our Stock Co. play* , wwek stands andpermanent stock all inmmer. Fay your own. Address ETJGKUT M. VUaUDBS.of April I.

AN IRISH NOVELTY SONG THAT WILL UVE"MARY- MARIE-McHUGH"A different Mary Marie Song. This one win itay with yon.

IfTJSIC PTTBNo - prof, eopleBeg. copies only sent on receipt of a dime.

. Box IBS, Hood Rrwer, Oregon.NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS-TUB SONG IS FOR SALE

TENNEYlike the Parcel Foit "delivers the goods." Acta, sketches, and monolognea, writtenright. They're foil of originality, "pep" sad "ret-over." Don't wiah for a O00Dset, bare Tannay write yon one. Correapondenee aoUeitad.

. . S ALLEN SPENCER 1'ElTNh lt, Ho. 1498 Broadway, Hew York City.

Wanted For Musical Comedy TabloidGUARANTEED TIME

Good Looking young Chorus Girla that ean sing and dance, can place leading aoprano, alao musicaldirector A. F. M. People in all lines write. Playing two bllla, week stands. Would consider first classpark for inmmer for the Passing Parade Co.. 18 people. Addreaa MURPHY AND SET, This week,Palace Theatre, Clarasbnrg. W. Vs. Neit week. Hippodrome. Fairmont Welt Vs.

WANTED FOR PERMANENT STOCKTwo Bills a Week

FULL ACTING COMPANYincluding competent director for royalty plays. Full productions. Man for

props; man for stage manager; ingenue, capable of playing leads; people withspecialties; men for quartette. Write best Wardrobe essential. Sobrietydemanded. All must send late photos, with full description and lowest salary.Address MANAGER, METROPOLITAN STOCK CO, Oil City, Pa.

BILLY BETTY

KIMBALL and KENNETH. Novelty Banjo Act New at the Fulton

Playing Loew Time Direction Mark Levy

Roscoe Van TuylJUVENILE LEAD at LIBERTY

Negotiations with responsible management and competent direction only. 534Mount Hope Road, Cincinnati, Ohio.

If you .ire .i professional t*et a. professional copy of thi» ii*-..utiful love badSacI.

You Carved Your Name Into My HeartPublished by HAROLD RO.i.SlTER MUSIC CO.. ^i:?is;?l W Madison SI . Cbica'eo, III.

At Liberty, March 25thFKANX and D0EI8 COHDON. Man—Charac-ter and comedy; 5 feet 9; weight 170. Woman

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Ingenue, soubrettes; 5 feet 1: weight 105. Doublespecialties. Joint only. Address FRAJTK CON-DOH, General DeliTery, Minneapolis, Minn.

WANTEDBnTimataT. married asaa preferred. NEWCASTLE POSTER ADV. CO, New Castle, Pa.

FUNNYSOME No. 4XMTTtXFiF9 eT,ry Performer who Is**»«» m aTSafaTafaBW looking for sure-lire, up-to-date comedy material. Pitch yonr eipectatlonahigh for FTJNNYEONE No. 4 will more thao lireop to them. It contains s great monologue, en-titled "~Sht Engagement Party": an set for 2malea, "Ask Grandfather—He Knows"; an set formale and female, "Baby Mine"; besides an actfor 2 females; alao minstrel first-pert, 3 lateparodies, GO sidewalk gags, stage poems, etc.YUNNYBONB No. 4 costs 35c.; or for *1 willsend rUNNYBONB, -No*. 1, 2. 3 and 4. Yourmoney returned If yon say so. JfUHH VBOHXrVBLtSBiaa CO., Bo. ineS Third Arsons. HewYork (Sept. ft).

March 28, 1917 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 33

MANY FILM CO'S

SEEK CHAPLINCONTRACT

COMEDIAN WANTS $1,000,000

ASS'N ABOLISHES COUNSELAt the meeting of the executive com-

mittee of the National Association of theMotion Picture Industry, held last week,the office of general counsel of the asso-ciation *was abolished by mutual consent.

. Mr. Seabury, who previously held, theoffice, was immediately retained as legaladviser in a case which is now on thecalendar of the organization. His yearlycontract with the association, however,was terminated.

With only a few more months of . his

Mutual Film Co. contract to run, Charlie

Chaplin is being approached .and soughtafter by almost every big film manufac-turer in the country. As the eccentric

film star has placed a valuation of $1,000,-

000 upon' his services for the next year,

however, there is likely to be a consider-

able amount of negotiation before he af-

fixes his signature to a new contract. Hisincome- for. the present year, with a bonusgiven him by the Mutual concern,'amountsto $670,000. .

.- -: I . . .

Inquiries revealed the fact that theMutual is still desirous of retaining theservices of Chaplin. Recently John R.

Freuler, president -of the company, madea trip to the coast, where he conferredwith Chaplin regarding the renewal of his

contract at an advance which would ag-gregate a revenue of close to a million

dollars for the comedian. Several confer-

ences took place, but no decided answerwas given by Chaplin.Adolph Zukor, head of the Famous

Players and other film concerns, recently

returned to New York from a. trip to thecoast, where, it is said, be also went forthe purpose of consulting Chaplin. Hisidea, it is said, concerned the establish-

ment of a special company to releasefilms through the Artcraft. However, it

was learned that no final or definite ar-rangements have' been entered into.

'

George Spoor, head of the Essanay Co.,

was also in California during the pastmonth, and is said to have opened nego-tiations with the eccentric comedian. Itis rumored that he offered Chaplin a flat

salary of $760,000 a. year, with a per-centage of the profits of the films manu-factured. There were several other offers

made to Chaplin by other manufacturersall with salaries said to be close to a mil-lion dollars. But it is understood thatChaplin has a tentative agreement withthe Mutual concern, whereby he will ac-cept their offer, providing no better ormore profitable proposition ia made. .

Chaplin, it is said, "has two more releasesto make prior to his present contract ex-piring with the Mutual concern.

LESSER SELLING FILM RIGHTSSince the withdrawal last week of "The

Ne'er-Do-Well" from the V-L-S-E pro-gram, Sol I*. Lesser, who controls theUnited States rights, has already closedfor a number . of important territories,aside from those which his own offices

control.While in Chicago, Mr. Lesser closed with

Aaron Jones of the Lewis J. SelznickProductions for Indiana, Illinois andlower Wisconsin. The New EnglandStates have been purchased by LouisMayer-of- the Metro Pictures Corporationof, -Now England, Boston; Minnesota,Iowa, North and'South Dakota and UpperWisconsin "by the Supreme Feature FilmCo., Minneapolis; western Pennsylvania,West Virginia and Kentucky by the Mas-terpiece . Film Attractions, Pittsburgh

;

Greater New York, New York State andnorthern New Jersey by Louis J. Selznick;Michigan by Harry Garson of Detroit;Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montanaby the De Luxe Feature Film Co., Seat-tle; California, Arizona and Nevada bythe All Star Features Distributors, Inc.,

San Francisco, Gal.

THANHOUSER CHANGES POLICYWhen asked whether the engagement of

Directors Van Dyke Brooke and EmileChautard meant costlier Thanhouser pro-ductions, Edwin Thanhouser stated thatsuch was the case. He said that hereafterthere would be no Thanhouser film playswhere the production cost does not reacha certain figure. The features hereafterwill not hold to a five-reel length.

ERBOGRAPH FORMS 2D COMPANYThe new Erbograph Co. has organized

a second company of players . to producefeatures .for., the Art Dramas program.The organization will be headed by MarionSwayne and directed by Joseph Levering.Work has been, started on a play writtenfor Miss; Swayne by the Rev. Clarence J.

Harris. ...

FOLEY BACK FROM FLORIDAJohn J. Foley, financial and business

manager of the Virginia Pearson andValeska Suratt companies, which aremaking Fox films at Tampa, Fla., has re-

turned to New York, after an absence of

four weeks. He will resume his post inSam Kingston's office.

FOX RELEASES TWO FEATURES"Her Greatest Love," with Theda Bars,

and "Tangled Lives," with GenevieveHamper, are the Win. Fox releases for thisweek. - The first named is founded onOuida's novel "Moths," and "TangledLives" is a screen version of the play.

TOTO ENGAGED BY ROL1N FILMToto, the well-known Hippodrome

clown, has succumbed to the lure of thefilm and at the end of the. present Hip-podrome season he will go to Los An-geles to .work in the studios of the RolinFilm Oo. on a new comedy program.

FOX SIGNS' TWO DIRECTORSGeo. H. Melford and Richard Stanton

were last week engaged by William Foxas directors. Melford, now with Lasky,will join Fox in May, and Stanton windirect the next Dustin Farnum picture.

r. MARSTON REJOINS PATHETheodore Marston, the well-known di-

rector, has. returned to Paths, and is atwork in the' Astra Studio, in Jersey City,directing a new serial featuring Mollie

King and Creighton Hale.

NEW McCLURE SERIALFrederick L. Collins, president of the

McClure Pictures Corporation, announces- the production shortly of a new series ofpictures, to consist of nine five-reel fea-

tures. .

EQUIPMENT MENCALL NEW CO.

TRUSTWILL DOMINATE FIELD, THEY SAY

What is declared by many New Yorkmotion picture equipment men to be theformation of a trust that will soon domi-nate the entire motion picture businesssprang into life in Dover, Del., last-weekwhen the United Theatre Equipment Cor-poration, with $3/100,000 capital, secureda charter in that State. Plans for theformation of the company have been .in

the air , since last July, it is said.

According to the incorporation announce-ment, the men behind the new companyare Herbert E. Latter, Norman P. Coffin,

and Clement M. Egner, all of the Stateof Delaware.. None, of them are knownin .New York, so far as could .be learned.Rumor, 'spreading like wildfire, has

linked the names of the biggest equip-ment companies with the combine, al-

though officials of these concerns pre-served discreet silence when questioned.

B. F. Porter, of the B. F. Porter PictureSupply Co., who has been mentioned in?ossip as a member of the combiningorces, gave a statement typical of theutterances from the offices of all bigdealers.

"I can't tell you a word about the or-

ganization," he said, "and nobody else

will. The people back of it are not goingto give out information until they'reready."Mr. Porter declined to say whether or

not his company was in the corporation.BL T. Edwards, of the Picture TheaterEquipment Co., who, also, is mentioned asone of the combine figures, was out of thecity Monday.

,

Officials of the J. H. Hallberg companypermitted themselves only to deepen themystery of the combine. They declaredthe whole world would know all about theorganization in a few days, but not until

those in command of it chose to let thenews loose.

The smaller dealers were considerablyfreer of tongue. They declare that thecombine already has put into effect a gen-eral increase ia equipment prices, andcontemplates increasing the price of pro-jecting machines about $60.One small dealer suffered such alarm

over the news of the incorporation thatbe grabbed a telephone and offered to sell

out bis business at once to another in-

dependent competitor. He was persuadedto hold out for a while and await anoffer from the combine.The organization lists among its pur-

poses that of conducting motion picturetheatres. If this plan is- carried to its

extreme possibilities, the organization'could in time swallow a tremendous chainof theatres.

Among the institutions that are thusfar believed to be holding aloof from tbecombination are the C. R. Baird Co., theAmerican Standard Machine Co., the Gen-eral Electric and the Westinghouse Elec-tric Co.

"V NEWS SERVICE FOR GOVT.The Universal Animated Weekly has

been placed at the disposal of the gov-ernment for the dissemination of anypropaganda that may be of aid in eventof

SETTLE CASE AGAINST LUBJNThe litigation instituted some time ago

by Evelyn Nesbit and Fred Mace againstthe Lubin Manufacturing Company withreference to the picture, "The Threads ofDestiny," has been amicably adjusted.The action was for money due. lite at-torneys were William Grossman, HarrySaks Heehheimer and Nicholas G. Roose-velt, representing Miss Nesbit, Mace andLubin, respectively.

TO CHANGE ADVERTISING METHODThe Frohman Amusement Corp. . an-

nounces that beginning with the releaseo'f its next special production, "God'sMan," with H. B. Warner as the star, anew style of general advertising will beadopted which will benefit buyers. Eachpicture will be given a number of weeks'consistent advertising after it has beensold in a territory.

MOVIE COMPANY CHARTERED' Tbintow, N. J., March 25.—The RialtoTheatre Company, of Camden, has beenchartered to conduct motion picture andother theatrical enterprises, as well asathletics. The concern is capitalised at

$116,000. Tbe incorporators are Frank G.Hall, of Newark; George A Enright, ofBayonne, and John B. McNally, of Newark.

NEW DIRECTOR FOR SURATTAfter finishing her picture work under

the direction of Keenan Buell at Tampa,Yaleska Suratt immediately returned to

New York and commenced work at theFox Fort Lee Studios under the direction

of William Nigh.

INCE TO DIRECT TODAY"Ralph Ince will direct "Today," the

motion picture rights for which have beenacquired by Harry Rapf from the authors,George Broadhurst and Abraham Schomer.It will be a special feature to be releasedon State's right basis. Robert Warwickis interested with Rapf in the venture.

NEW TITLES FOR ART DRAMASThe coming Erbograph feature, the

working title of which was "The Dragon-fly," will be released April 6 on ArtDramas program under the title "The In-evitable," and the Apollo picture, formerly"Whose Hand!" will be released as "TheGreat Bradley Mystery," April 12.

MORE REISSUES FOR VTTACRAPHThe Greater Vitagraph intends to re-

issue many of its older masterpieces inorder that the motion picture fans of re-cent development may have an oppor-tunity of seeing pictures considered thebest in their line when first released.

NATIONAL DUTY WEEK PLANNEDAt a regular weekly meeting held last

Thursday the Associated Motion PictureAdvertisers entertained four officers ofthe Army and Navy at luncheon, and for-

mulated plans for a National Duty Week,designating week of April 8 to 16.

KILL LAW TO BAR FILMCntcranaxx, Ohio, March 25.—The ef-

fort to make tbe Ohio State Legislatureenact a law prohibiting tbe exhibition of

"The Birth of a Nation" in OMo hasfailed.

THE WHIP" FILM AT PARKThe film version of The Whip"

put on at the Park Theatre Sunday nightfor an indefinite run. ...

ESSANAY STILL WITH GENERALThe report that the Essanay Co. has

withdrawn from the General Film Co. is

untrue, according to an announcementmade by the two companies.

NEW MAXTNE ELLIOTT FILMMarine Elliott is about to begin her

second picture in a mystical role writtenby an author with several stage successesto his credit. The director has not yetbeen announced.

MADGE KENNEDY A CARTOONISTMadge Kennedy, who has signed with

the Goidwyn Co., is to publish a series ofcomic strips which will appear in thedaily papers.

SINGER BACK FROM TRIPJulius Singer, representative of the

L-Ko Co., has returned to New York afteran extended trip throughout the country.

MATT MOORE GETS RIGHTSMatt Moore has obtained the moving

picture rights of "The Turn of the Bal-ance," by Brand Whrtlock.

GOLDWYN SIGNS HARRONThe Goidwyn Pictures Corp. has en-

gaged Bobbie Harron as Mae Marsh'sleading man.

34 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 28, 1917

FEATURE FILM REPORTS"THE MORE EXCELLENT

WAY"Vitagraph, Five Keels.

Released March 26 6y V. L. 8. E.

Cast.

Chrissey Deuelden Anita StewartJohn Warburton Charles RichmanRobert Net/land Rudolph CameronColonel Taylor Chat. A. StevensonHilly Alton Gordon GrayBecky Alton Josephine EarleRow Katherine Lewie

Story—Dramatic. Written by Dr. CyrusTownsend Brady. Directed by PerryM. Vekroff. Featuring Anita Stewartand Charles Richman.

Action—Direct and forceful.

Continuity—EvenSuspense—Strong and sustained.Detail—O. K.Atmosphere—Convincing.Photography—Al.

Remarks.

The story of "The More Excellent Way"is an admixture of uncertainty and love,

with a little touch of finance. ChrisseyDesselden, a girl of eighteen or twenty, is

about to consent to many Robert Neyland,

a rich young ne'er-do-well. But his in-

constancy causes her to dismiss him andmarry her guardian, John Warburton, awealthy broker.

They are no sooner married, however,than Cbrissey thinks she has made a mis-take. She tells her hnsband she is toomuch of a child to fulfil the obligations of

a wife. Warburton leaves the house.

In the meantime, young Neyland goes to

the bad, in spite of which the call of youthgrows stronger in Chrissey and she de-

cides she loves him. With Warburton'sconsent, she goes to Reno to get a divorce.

Neyland, meantime, plots to ruin War-burton financially. To accomplish this, heneeds money and wires Chrissey for it.

She grants him permission to nse her se-

curities, but when she learns to what atreacherous purpose he intends to patthem she withdraws her consent, whichoverthrows Neyland and he commits sui-

cide. She then returns to Warburton,with the statement that she did not get adivorce, and husband and wife are enfold-

ed in each others' arms.

Box Office Value.

Good for two days.

"A MILLION BID"Vitagraph. Five Heels.

Released March 12 by V. L. 8. E.

CastSidney Belgradin Charles KentMrs. Relgradin Julia Swayne GordonAgnes Belgradin Anita StewartDr. Loring Brent E. K. Lincoln

Geoffrey Marshe Barry MoreyBarry Furniss > .Gladden James

Story—Dramatic. Adaptation from GeorgeCameron's play "Agnes." Directed byRalph W. Ince.

Action—Holds the interest.

Continuity—O. K.Suspense—Gripping.Detail—Correct.Atmosphere—Convincing.Photography—Suffers by comparison withthat of today.

Remarks.

"A Million Bid" was the big feature pic-

ture with which the Vitagraph Film Corp.opened the Vitagraph Theatre (Criterion)in March, 1914.

It proved a sensation at that time. Itwas among the first of the big films tobe picturized from the modern spokendrama, and its marked excellence of di-

rection, acting and atmosphere, togetherwith the thrillingly interesting story it

told, proved a strong magnet and drewthe public to the new home for pictures.

Box Office Value.

Two days.

"THE LAW THAT FAILED"Apollo. Five Reels.

Released March 29 by Art Drama*.Cast.

Luke Rodin .Edward EllisAltos Campbell Alma BanlonRichard Oampbett J. K. RobertsEstrella Santos Florence ShortJack Thorpe Harold VermUyeStory—Melodrama. Written by Louis

Reeves Harrison. Directed by RichardRidgeley. Featuring Edward Ellis.

Action—Has interest.Continuity—Very even.Suspense—Gripping.Detail—Good.Atmosphere—Convincing.Photography—Good.

Remarks.

The story of this film is founded onthe fact that a man cannot be foundguilty of a murder he has committedwhen the corpus delicti has not beenproven.Luke Rodin wants to get rid of Estrella

Santos, who threatens to expose his pastlife, because he wants to marry AliceCampbell, a girl twenty years his Junior.Failing to bribe Estrella, Rodin stranglesher and puts the body in a large trunk,which is taken away by expressmen.While crossing a bridge, the trunk is

Jolted off the wagon, falls into the riverflowing beneath and is carried ont to seaand sulks.

Rodin is tried and, while the jury be-lieves him guilty, the judge instructs averdict of "not guilty" on the tech-

nicality of the law that no one can beproven guilty of murder without first

proving that the person supposed to bemurdered has been murdered. Rodin is

therefore discharged and goes to Alice,who repulses him, and he commits suicide.The plot is well conceived and the story

has for the most part been well written.The characters are well drawn and thatof Rodin is a most difficult one to portray.But Mr. Ellis is equal to the task anddoes most convincing work.

Box Office Value.

Two days. Advertise the principal

tense scenes.

"BROADWAY JONES"Geo. M. Cohan Film Corp. Six Reels.

Released March 26 by Artoroft

Cast.

Broadway Jones George M. CohanJosie Richards Marguerite SnowAndrew Jones Russell BassettRobert Wattaoe ...Crawford KentMr*. Gerard Ida Darling

Story—Comedy. Screen version of GeorgeM. Cohan's play of some name. Direct-

ed by Joseph Kaufman. Featuring Geo.M. Cohan.

Action—Interesting.

Continuity—Even.Suspense—Sustained throughout.Detail—Excellent.Atmosphere—Convincing.Photography—Excellent.

Remarks."Broadway Jones" lends itself capital-

ly to the screen, and the work of adapt-ing it has been well done. The story of

the play is faithfully followed, all of thesalient points of the stage version havingbeen put into the film. The comedy anasentiment, so well blended in the original,

have lost nothing in the picturiiation andthere is little doubt but that this, thefirst release of the George M. Cohan FilmConcern, will bold its own among the best

feature releases of the day."Good wine needs no bush." Therefore

the acting of Mr. Cohan needs no praise

here. His supporting company, which in-

cludes Marguerite Snow and Russell Bas-sett, does capital work.

Box Office Value.

Will please any audience. AdvertiseMr. Cohan and the play equally, as bothwill have great drawing power.

"THE SPOUT OF ROMANCE"Pallas, live Seals.

Released March 22 by Paramount

Cast *'

Abby Lou Maynard Vivian MartinRichard Cobb Percy ChallengerTom Cobb Colin ChaseJoseph Bnow Herbert StandingMrs. Rollins Eleanor HancockPercival Rollins.-. George FisherMarguerite D'Arcy .Daisy RobinsonMace JET. F. Crane

Story—Fanciful. Written by GeorgeHopkins. Directed by E. Mason Hopper.Featuring Vivian Martin.

Action—Interesting.

Continuity—Even.Suspense—None.Detail—Good.Atmosphere—Good.Photography—Excellent.

Remarks.

"The Spirit of Romance" is a prettily

told, fanciful creation which shows bowthe smallest incident can completelychange the life current of a man whomthe possession of great wealth has givena sour disposition and turned him against'the world.Joseph Snow, a grouchy old millionaire,

knows his relatives are waiting for himto die to get his money. Abby Lou May-nard is a maid of all work in the antiqueshop of Richard Cobb, but, in spite of herdrudgery, she has a spirit of romance.One day, in the antique shop, Abby Loubreaks a vase Snow is about to purchaseand starts to cry. Snow offers her apiece of money which she refuses.That night at home Snow, who has

been strongly attracted to the little girl

who refused to accept money from him,decides to pretend to be dead and leaveall of bis fortune to her.Snow had built his house with secret

rooms and sliding panels, and in one ofthese he conceals himself to see what willhappen to his wealth. Abby takes pos-session of the house and, believing Snowto be a great and good man, proceeds tospend his money as she thinks he wouldlike it spent.

She takes some of the old man's rela-tives to live with her and seta one ofthem up in a haberdashery store, chang-ing, them into lovable persons; advancesTom, son of the antique dealer, money forthe promotion of a tea-kettle which willnot boil over, an invention of his.'

Snow, through the secret panels, seeingwhat good Abby has done, decides to"come back to life." He is a changed man.He adopts Abby and continues her kindwork. Tom's invention proves a success,and the old love between Abby and Tomis rekindled.

BOX Office Value.

Two. days.

"TROOPER 44"

E. L S. M. P. Corp. Five Reels.

Released March HI by E. I. S. M. P. Corp.

Cast

Trooper 44 {.Corporal Jack) .<?. 8. SpencerRuth Moreland June Day*Captain Lynn G. Adams HimselfIan Sanford W. W. BlackJohn Moreland Walter P. LewieArnold Davie Roy SheldonSandy McLane .' Roy Gahris

Story—Drama. Scenario by GarfieldThompson. Camera work by FredArmitage and Charles Charlton. Di-rected by Roy Gahris.

Action—Interesting.Continuity—Smooth.Suspense—SufficientDetail—Good. "

i-

Atmosphere—Good..

Remarks;

This is a hackneyed theme' which hasbeen made into an interesting picture bycareful treatment. The introduction of thePennsylvania State Constabulary, instead

of the regular police, is the only vital di-

gression from a conventional story.

Jack Trooper 44 is in love with RuthMoreland, the daughter of a member of aband of outlaws, whose leader is the muchfeared Ian Sanford. A bank watchmanhas been murdered and Jack is assigned to

the case. A lock of blond hair, a blood-

stained handkerchief with the initial R andher tired horse are enough evidences to her

lover to prove that Rnth is implicated in

the crime, and he does his duty by arrest-

ing her.

However, she is saved by the confession

of one of the gang, which is rounded up bythe State troopers. Ruth's father, who has

been injured, sets fire to the cabin and dies,

giving Ruth to the care of Jack. -

There are plenty of thrilling incidents in

this film and the elimination of all sordid-

ness, which is so apt to appear in the film-

ing of dance balls, la to be commended.There are several little things which should

be taken ont before exhibited. One is the

scene showing Sanford opening a latched

door; as the manner of doing it ia likely to

make more of an impression than the fact

that it was-snrreptitiously done. The cabin

burning seemed so natural an occurrence

that it elicited no. excitement and the

trooperB passed it without so much as aglance.

'

June Daye makes a winsome little

mountain girl and plays with delightful

simplicity. George Soule Spencer made a

dignified trooper, but the role is not a very

convincing one.

• Box Office Value.

One day. Smaller houses. Of added in-

'

teres t in New York State since the con-

stabularly bill for this State is pending in

the Assembly.

WILLIAM A. BRADYInWORLD PICTURES

KITTYGORDON.» Forget -Me -NotWith Montagu LoveAs played over 3,000 times by Genevieve Ward andRose CoghlanDirected by Emile Chautard

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BENJAMIN CHAPINAuthor and Director General of

The Lincoln Cycle of Photoplays" :T " Stadias and Ejcecotivo Officee et Rldgefield Perfc, K. J.

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Music by Billy Baskette and Joe Santley :

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Words by Howard Johnson and Joe McCarthy

Music by Jimmie Monaco

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Scanned from microfilm from the collection of

Q. David Bowers

Coordinated by the

Media History Digital Library

www.mediahistoryproject.org

Funded by Q. David Bowers and

Kathryn Fuller-Seeley