THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 1, 1919

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Founded 'byFRANK QUEEN, 1853 NEW, YORK, OCTOBER 1, 1919 VOLUME LXV1I—No. 34

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SHOWS ALL SET

BUT MUST WAITFOR HOUSES

GOOD SHOWS KEPT ON ROAD

Producers who own no theatres in NewYork and depend upon procuring a metro-

politan theatre from some more fortunate

manager to book their attractions for a

Broadway run, are confronted with the

unprecedented situation of having the

plays, but of having no theatre in which

to present them within the White Light

area- This situation is both the outcome

of the recent actors' strike. and a more

than usual amount of production activity

this season. .

Many producers who have successes 'run-

ning on Broadway are forced to close down

in the midst of their business zenith be-

cause their contract called for a limited

engagement, and the way must be cleared

for attractions that are waiting. Usually

a production that is making good can hold

down the boards on Broadway as long as

the crowds continue, their patronage, but

this season such is not the case.

The Selwyns, Oliver Morosco, Scibilia

Productions, and Charles Emerson Cook

are some of the many who are suffering

from this unique situation. To many pro-

ducers it will mean the abandoning of

many productions that had been planned

for the season, and to those who have

successes that will be denied their nor-

mal-time runs, it will mean the loss of

many thousands of dollars.

"Fifty-fifty, Ltd.," a Scibilia attraction,

is jumping around on the road, unable to

reach Broadway because it cannot find a

home there. It is a brand new show, put

together with the idea of making a metro-

politan hit, but instead, it is eating upmoney in long road jumps,: and playing

towns like Poughkeepsie, which is usually

a one-nighter, for three or four nights.

The Scibilia interests had intended to

produce' a drama,' written by Bide Dud-ley, and several other attractions,' butcontemplating the advisability of abandon-ing all plans until matters readjust them-

selves.

"The Challenge,", a Selwyn show whichis doing a .good business at the Lyric, is

being forced on to the road to make roomfor other attractions. .'."

The same is true of "A Regular Feller,"

which Charles' Emerson Cook originally

brought to the Cort for eight weeks, butwhich lost four of these. eight duri'ng the

strike . period.. With, only four weeks of

actual performance and the play a $13,000a week hit, "A Regular Feller" must leave

the Cort to make room for' "Just A Min-ute," a John Cort production.The situation is just as unusual in Chi-

cago, - Boston and Philadelphia.

MUSICALIZING "OLD HEIDELBERG*

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The Shnberta, it became knows lastweek, are having 'Old Heidelberg,"- inwhich Richard Mansfield played, musical-ized' ' and will present it early in

NoVamber. -*

The musical adaptation, it is reported,is being made by Edgar Smith. AlfredBryan is writing the lyrics and JeanSchwartz win be responsible for the score.

EQUITY AND P. M. A. WRANGLEA conference lasting all of Monday af-

ternoon between officials of the Actors'Equity Association and the ProducingManagers' Association was held behindclosed doors, with Augustus Thomas, it is

understood, sitting as arbiter. The mat-ter under discussion concerned the wayin which the terms of the recent strike

settlement have been carried jjut, it be-ing understood that the Equity have notfelt entirely satisfied at the "spirit in

which some of the managers have com-plied with the terms. Particularly, inthe cases that went . to an arbitration

board a week ago, there has been a greatdeal of haggling and misunderstandings,and it has been reported that severalmanagers have shown unwarranted stub-borpess at the meetings of the arbitrationboard. The conference on Monday washeld to patch up these difficulties, and, if

the result is unsatisfactory"to the Equity,it is hinted that the actors' union maybegin to talk of another strike.

"MOVIE" OFFICE RAIDEDNineteen men were arrested on technical

charges of disorderly conduct last Satur-

day afternoon in a raid on an. alleged pool

room conducted in what was ostensibly amoving picture film office at 729 Seventhavenue, near Forty-ninth street.

The alleged pool room was located in

Room 70S of the building. When the police

entered they found familiar equipment 'in

the form of a switchboard, five telephonesand a number of racing charts, ilost of

.the: men gave their occupations as clerks

'and. waiters. They were arraigned in the

-Jefferson Market court:

CURCI CORESPONDENT SENTENCEDWaterbtjbt, Conn., Sept. 25.—Charged

with bigamy, Mary McCan, also knownas Mary Kinaldi and Mary Brown, andwho was named as a correspondent in

the Galli Curcl divorce action in Chi-

cago, was sentenced to a short term byJudge Eeeler, Tuesday.

Counsel for the accrued claimed she

was "framed" by friends of Galli euro'shusband. Judge Keeler ruled that while

the woman might have been "framed," hecould only consider the fact that she hadpleaded guilty to the charge.

MRS. A. M. WOODS LEASES HOUSEMrs. A. H. Woods last week leased the

dwelling house she owns at 869 Riverside

Drive to Rudolf Friml, the composer. Thehouse is at 163rd street, and ."has beenoccupied for the last four years by Alex-ander Bary, the architect.

Friml has taken the house under athree-year lease, beginning Nov. 1, at ayearly rental of $2,000.

LACKAYE LEFT $10,000 BY WIFEWilton Lackaye, the actor, is chief lega-

tee in the will of his late wife, Mrs. Alice

Lackaye, who died last August. The will,

which was filed for probate last week,leaves her entire estate, with the excep-

tion of $100, willed to her son, to herhusband. The estate is valued at $10,000.

PILCER TRIES TO BREAK STRIKEHarry Pilcer, the American dancer and

husband of Gaby Dealys, ia making an at-

tempt to break tbe^ Paris theatrical strike.

He, with a picked up orchestra succeeded

in keeping - the • Ap'polo open for several

nights.

NEW NATION-WIDE THEATRICALCIRCUIT IS SECRETLY PLANNED

Equity Members, Backed by Big Capital, to Have Chain ofTheatres and to Produce High Class Attractions on a Co-opera-

tive Basis—Ed Wynn Theatre for New York City

Secret meetings are now being held by.members of the Lambs' Club, who are also

prominent members of the. Actors' Equity. Association, to crystalize ways and meanswhereby actors can own and operate anation-wide circuit of "their own for the

:playing of high-class legitimate attrac-

tions.' Officially, no plans have as yet beenannounced, and an effort has been madeto keep the movement a complete secret,

but it has' been ascertained that the planhas already passed the stages of merespeculation, and that arrangements havebeen made for five theatres in five of thelarge Eastern cities.

Fathering the movement is Earle E.

Booth, who, during the strike, was themainspring of the entertainment activities

of the Equity. Closely affiliated withhim in the new project are Edwin Mordantand George Howells. »

Reeruiting their followers from theLambs' Club, about twenty or twenty-fiveassembled for the- first meeting which washeld secretly on the fourth floor of Keen'sChop House, Forty-fourth street.. Sincethen there has been a meeting every night,

and the attendance has now grown to sev-

eral hundred in number. . - -

Booth's plan is said to have the financial

support of Samuel Untermyer, VincentA&tor, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., andColonel Dupont. The actors also havemoney in the scheme.

It is planned to have at least one -rep-

resentative theatre of this new combina-tion in every large city of the UnitedStates. Each theatre will be named after

a well-known member of Equity, and thatmember will probably have an interest in

the house.

The theatres will be run on a co-opera-

tive principle.The New York House, which Vincent

Ast or ia said to be the sponsor for, will

he known as the Ed Wynn Theatre/ and

will probably open with a musical showin which Wynn will be featured.This puts to an end the speculation con-

cerning Wynn's future which has kept theBroadway gossips gabbing for some time.Stories have been current to" the effect thatthe managers have blacklisted Wynn, andthat it is impossible for Wynn to get anengagement on Broadway. Other storieswere to the effect that Wynn had volun-tarily broken with Shuberts to go into acommercial business, while others, nearerthe truth, intimated that the comedian in-

tended taking out a show of his own.The scheme has been in Booth's mind

ever since the termination of the actors'strike. During the strike the actors, onvery short notice, became actor-managers,and, at the Lexington Theatre, made bothan artistic and financial success. This-spurred Booth and his cohorts on to fur-ther efforts; and other Equity shows weregiven at some of the East Side theatresand out of town, which also fared wellfinancially, even if they fell a little shortartistically.

: At the end of the strike the Equityabandoned the co-operative idea in its set-

tlement with the managers, although it

had been planned to give Equity shows''

from coast to coast, if the strike had con-tinued long enough to warrant it. In fact,

many rehearsals were under way with thisobject ae the end.When the idea was discarded at the

end of the strike Booth stated: "The planis a good idea, and I wouldn't be surprisedif it were taken up by either the Equityor someone else in the near future."Just how many theatres the new com-

bination intends to control or how manyshows it intends putting out has not beanascertained. But the meetings are beingheld regularly at Keen's, and matters arebeing hurried along ae quickly as possible.

One thing, however, is certain. All theactors will play with Equity contracts.'

CRITIC INHERITS $50,000PrrcsBUBG, Pa., Sept. 26.—Mrs. Helen

Marr Bartlett, a critic on one of the local

dailies, has fallen heir to $50,000 in cashand some valuable real estate. She is

planning to build a studio home in the

exclusive East End section of the city,

which will be called "Point Breeze." Sheintends to make the place a Mecca for

theatrical people, as she ia a former pro-

fessional, and has many friends on the

stage. -

ROOF SHOW TO TOURFlo Ziegfeld's "Nine O'clock Revue,"

which,, has always been a strictly NewYork institution, is to tour' the principal

cities of the country, and will be replaced

by another revne on the Amsterdam Roof.

Just how ODt-of-townera will. take to the

"Nine O'clock Revue" remains to be seen,

for - it carries an intimacy of Broadwaythat may or may not please outside of

the Manhattan limits.

COURT RESTRAINS LESTER ALLENLester Allen, who quit the "Scandals of

1919" hut week to go in a production of

Gilbert M. Anderson's, has been served

with an order to show cause why he

should not be restrained from taking the

latter engagement. The order was issued

by the court on the motion of Arthur

Driscoll, of 'the law firm of O'Brien,Malovinsky & Driscoll, who are represent-ing George White in the proceedings. Be-fore his engagement with the "Scandals"

. show, Allen waa in burlesque. He waa"discovered" by White and taken intothe legitimate "at a salary of $150. Heclaims that Anderson offered him $370,and that his contract with White con-tained a two weeks' clause, which heabided by. Drisco 11 states that there la

no such clause in the contract. '

The courts will doubtless haTe to rule

on the case. '"'.•' '-".;"

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 1, 1919

NEGRO FINANCIERS FORMINGCIRCUIT OF TWENTY THEATRES

Broadway's Musical and Dramatic Successes to Be Presented byCompanies of Negro Players in Addition to Plays

Written by Colored Authors

A group of negro bankers who areeither the owners of banks or the headso£ banking institutions in various partsof the hanking firm of Brown & Stevensof the country consummated plans last

erected twenty theatres. These theatres,which trill house negro theatrical attrac-

tions of all kinds, will be added to thecircuit of five theatres in a like numberof cities now controlled by a syndicatewhich in turn is controlled by this groupof negro bankers.The principal factor among the bankers

iu the proposed theatrical project is E. C.

Brown, of Philadelphia, who is a membero fthe banking firm of Brown & Stevensin that city and who, in addition to his

banking interests, is heavily interested in

real estate right here in New York in

the negro section along upper Lenox ave-

nue. He controls the Quality AmusementCorporation which owns the LafayetteTheatre on Seventh avenue between 130th

and 131st streets.

This house is the producing center of

of the circuit now being operated, ofwhich the other four are the Avenne The-atre in Chicago, the Lyceum in Cincin-

nati, the Howard in Washington, and theDunbar, not yet completed, in Philadel-

phia.In connection with the latter house,

Lester H. Walton, general manager of the

Lafayette' Theatre and E. C. Brown's gen-eral "representative here, stated last weekthat an offer of 150,000 profit, made byinterests representing one of the bur-lesque wheels, had been refused. For theDunbar, it was stated, is situated on oneof the choicest theatrical sites in Phila-

delphia—at Broad and Lombard streets

—

and its approximate cost when completedwill be $375,000, which will make it themost expensive theatrical property in the

city, if not in the entire country.Work will soon be started on a new

negro theatre in Savannah, Ga., where a1,600-seat house will be erected on a siteacquired for that purpose by the Con-solidated Realty Corporation, a subsidiarycorporation of the negro syndicate. Then,too, work is nearing completion on thenew negro house in Norfolk, Va., to becalled the Attucks. This house is beingbuilt by another corporate member of thesyndicate, The Twin City AmusementCorporation.

Aji option on a site in Baltimore wasrecently obtained by the syndicate, thebuilding of a theatre to house negroshows in that city being made necessarythrough the action of the Baltimore au-thorities several months ago in revokingthe license held by the negroes to runshows in the Colonial Theatre. " TheStrand Theatre, in Richmond, Va., will

soon be added to the circuit ' of twentytheatres that the syndicate expects to

operate within a year.

More than $1,500,000 of the bankers'money will go into the project, the planbeing to play Broadway dramatic andmusical attractions in the houses of thecircuit in addition to the original playswritten by negro writers which will beproduced.

' Within the next eight weeks two newmusical plays will be produced by thesyndicate, both being written by AlexRogers and J. Luckeath Roberts. Thesewriters were placed under a two-year con-tract recently, and their first play, "Thisand That,'' went into rehearsal on Mon-day of this week and is scheduled toopen October 20 at the Avenue Theatre,Chicago. This show will be followed bya second musical play entitled "BabyBlues."

"HIP" CLOWN Oi COURT, PAROLEDAn adjourned hearing involving the case

of Francis Scallion of 54i Manhattan ave-

nue against his son, Frank Scallion, the

latter a clown in the Hippodrome's current

production of "Happy Days," was called

before Magistrate Curran in the Washing-ton Heights Court on last Thursday andended with another postponement of the

proceedings.The father charges his son with giving

him two black eyes during a row in their

home about ten days ago. Young Scallion

was defended by his brother. The case

was further adjourned for another hearing

on Nov. 3. young Scallion being paroled

in his brotheVe custody.

PLAY CONTEST CLOSES OCT. 20The Oliver Morosco Prize in Dramatic

Composition will be awarded on or aboutOctober 20th. The competition which wasfostered by Joseph Levowich, Morosco's

Boston Representative, offers a prize of

$300 for the best composition of at least

three acts and is open to those who havetaken a course in English 47 or 47a in

Harvard University or Radcliffe College.

The prize will not be in lieu of royalties,

not a regular royalty contract will begiven the winner and a guarantee of pro-

duction within six months after its ac-

ceptance.

SCB1L1A COMPLETES CASTThe complete cast for "My Once in a

While," which Anton Scibilia will producesoon, has been announced. In it will beVera Michelena, who will be starred;

Harry Tigbe, Alma Francis, Carrie Rey-nolds, Robert O'Oonner and TJabrey Baird.

Rehearsals will begin in two weeks. Theentire show, including book, lyrics andmusic, was written by Charles George.

HEALTH DEPT. TO FIGHT "FLU"Fearing that there will be a recurrence

of the influenza epidemic of last year of-

ficials of the Health Department havealready begun a campaign to ward off

the disease. Whether or not this will inany way effect the theatres remains to beseen. The Health Department has an-nounced that every possible precautionwill be taken, but as yet -have not madepublic their plans in connection with the-atres and public gathering places. It willbe remembered that last year, when prac-tically every theatre in the country wasclosed by the epidemic the New Yorkplay-houses were, alone, alloowed to re-main open. Although it is expected bythe health officials that this city will againbe visited by the epidemic they believethat there will be but a small number ofcases in comparison to last year.

SAYS HUBBY DREW PISTOLAlleging that her husband, on several

occasions, beat her to a point of uncon-sciousness and that, on another occasionless than two weeks ago, he brandisheda pistol and threatened to kill her, Fran-ces Bowen, a stock actress, has startedan action at law, through Harry SaksHechheimer, her attorney, against herhusband, Irving Bowen. He is a movingpicture operator at the Rivoli Theatre.

WILL PRESENT "WHAT'S IN A NAME"Morris Green and John Murray Ander-

son, the producers of "The Greenwich Vil-lage Follies," have announced that theywill release a new revue, "What's In aName," which will be presented about De-cember 1. The new revue has been planndalong most unusual and original lines andwill incorporate an entirely new and novelmethod of production.

READ WHAT MISS REED DIDVaudeville performers who played in

Bridgeport, Conn., last week are still

chuckling over the neat publicity stuntthat Jessie Reed put over on the Bridge-port Evening Post.

It seems that the dramatic reporterwho "covers" vaudeville on the Post gotit into his head that Miss Reed, who wasappearing at Poll's Theatre, was thebeauteous Jessie Reed—the much photo-graphed one of, Mr. Ziegfeld's "Follies."Nor is the Jessie. Reed in this case lackingin pulchritude.Anyhow, the Post*s dramatic news-

hound, thinking to pull a "Scoop" (andhe did, too), "blew" back stage at Poll's

for an interview with her whom hethought erstwhile of the "Follies." Well,when he got to her dressing room andsprong "Follies'' on her, she sort of prickedup her dainty ears and listened the whilehe spouted anent the change in her dra-matic milieu.In the Post of the following day, under

a nice two-column picture of her daintyself appeared the following interview.

"Jessie Reed, late of the Ziegfeld Win-ter Garden show, took a jump into vaude-ville about a year ago. When interviewedat Poli's Theatre last evening, one of thefirst questions asked was, 'Do you like

vaudeville?' •

" 'To be frank (and who can say thatshe wasn't ?) was her reply, "I really thinkI shall return to the Follies just as soonas my present contracts run out. Vaude-ville is all right, and I am not a bit sorryfor having entered the field, for the ex-

perience, but I miss the companionshipthat comes with big productions. I havebeen offered some very attractive oppor-tunities to enter the production field

again, and I really think that my talents

are more appreciated in the larger field.'

"Maybe Miss Reed is right, but it is

not clear how an audience could be moreappreciative than the one she entertainedlast night. Although she followed theThree Beatties, those fairy child dancers,

she was called for several encores.

"Miss Reed is a sister to Blossom See-ley, one of the stage's most beautifulwomen. She is usually billed as "The Fol-lies Beauty.*"And oh, girls, if you want to see some

of the latest creations in frocks, don't

fail to see Miss Reed. Ifs your last

chance."And oh, how Jessie herself must have-

chuckled when she read the interview.

For she is a singing comedienne whowas formerly a member of the Reed,Wright and Reed act, withdrawing fromthat act several months ago after somedifferences with her husband, Louis Reed,who was also in the act and against whomshe recently instituted a suit for divorce.

He is now a member of the Reed andTucker act.

Probably Miss Reed didn't want to dis-

illusion the Bridgeport Evening Posfsdramatic news-hound—reporters have away of arousing sympathy, anyhow. Andabout being Blossom Seeley's sister, why,she just isn't.

GERMAN OPERA TO START OCT. 20Despite the propaganda campaign

waged by the American Legion againstthe production of opera in Germanin this -.county, the Star Opera Com-pany will present eight weeks of Germanopera at the Lexington Avenue Theatre,beginning October 20, with Wagner's"Die Meistersinger," according to a state-ment made public last week by GeorgeBlum enthai, general manager.The Star Opera Company, according to

Mr. Blum enthai, is an "all American or-ganization." "Although there are still afew German-born members of our organi-zation who have not as yet taken outtheir first citizenship papers,*' he said,"our personnel for the most part is com-posed of American citizens, and- those fewwho are German have been in this coun-try for a number of years."."No talent has been or will be im-

ported from Europe for any of the pro-ductions now advertised by the Star Op-era Company," Mr. Blumenthal asserted.In commenting, on the statement madeby members of the American Legion tothe effect that Mme. Johanna Gadski wasa member of the Star organization hesaid, "Mme. Gadski has never at anytime since the formation of this companybeen approached to join the cast, and willat no time during our season appear onthe stage under the auspices of this com-pany.""Another statement I would like to cor-

rect," he said, "is that Otto Goritz, whohas been named as head of the Star Op-era Company, is not connected with thisorganization in that capacity. Mr. Gor-itz, who is a baritone and one of our lead-ing artists, is director general of the op-era, and not a member of the board ofdirectors. Every member of the board ofdirectors of the Star Opera Company is

100 per cent American.

SIX IN A ROW FOR MacGREGOREdgar MacGregor, in association with

A. L. Erlanger, is planning to produce six'

new plays this season, the first of whichwill be "The Haunted Pajamas," describedas a tipsy-turvy comedy, by George C.Hazelton, dramatized from the novel byFrances Perry Elliott. O. P. Heggie willbe featured in this play.Then will follow "Self Defense," a melo-

drama by Myron B. Pagan; "The Sweet-heart Shop," a musical comedy for whichAnne Caldwell wrote the book and lyrics,

with music by Hugo Felix; "The DreamGirl," which is a musical adaptation of"The Road to Yesterday," Victor Herbertcomposing the score and Rida JohnsonYoung writing the book and lyrics.Following the presentation of these

plays, MacGregor will produce a new com-edy drama by Edward Peple, entitled "HerBirthright"; a new three-act comedy byJohn Galsworthy, and a musicalized ver-sion of "A Pair of Sixes," Otto Harbachwriting the book and lyrics and Louis A.Hirseh contributing the score.

THURSTON TO HAVE OWN THEATREThurston, the magician; has acquired

an option, to expire on November 11, on aplot of land «n Broadway, between Forty-third and Fiftieth Streets on which he in-

tends to erect his own theatre. The op-

tion cost $5,000. For twenty-five years,

Thurston has been traveling about, andhe wants his own house where he can give

a six or eight week show each season andlease the house to other producers for the

remainder of the .year. It is likely that aten or twelve flight building will be erect-

ed with the lower part serving as a thea-

tre and the upper stories for offices.

EMMY DESTIN ARRIVESEmmy Destin, the singer, who returned

to this country last week after a three-

year absence, related a story of her im-prisonment on her own castle grounds,because of her activities in behalf of theCzecho-Slovack revolutionaries. She de-

nied the story of her engagement to DinnGhilly, the Algerian baritone.

BENNETT TO STAR IN TWO SHOWSRichard Bennett will enjoy the distinc-

tion of starring in two shows at the sametime while on tour. He will be supportedby a specially picked company, which willbe seen in both plays. The plays will be"On the Defense" and "Beyond the Hor-izon," both plays differing in characterand theme. In the supporting companywill be John Sainpolis, St. Clair Hales,William Crimmans, Angela Ogden, Adri-enne Morrison, Wallace Jackson andEugenie Woodward.

FOUR ROAD COS. OF *T FOR 3"The Selwyns have announced that there

will be four road companies of "Tea forThree" take to the road this season, be-ginning October 2. One of these willprobably open in Atlantic City on thatdate. *

BATES PLAYS TO $15,381San Francisco, Sept. 28.—Guy Bates

Post began his fourth season in "The Mas-querader" here last week at the CurranTheatre, under the management of RichardWalton Tally.' The receipts for the weektotaled $15,SS1, establishing a record forthat house.

October 1, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

PARIS ACTORS FORM ASS'N

AND CALL THEATRICAL STRIKEActon Organize and Demand More Pay and Closed Shop-Managers Obdurate, and Will Not Arbitrate—Strike Meeting

Marked by Tumultuous Disquiet

Pabis, France, Sept. 28.—Paris is again

in the throes of a theatrical strike, the

second within a period of four weeks. Thewalkout this time was precipitated by the

formation of an organization of artists,

known as "The Equity Association," whichlias placed its demands before the man-agers' organization, which is similar in

many respects to that of the Equity in

America. . ...

The first strike was caused by the ma-chinists and musicians, who made certain

demands upon the managers, which wereat first refused, but were later arbitrated,

satisfactorily, to all concerned. This timethe actors themselves are out. The strike

leaders are the most prominent perform-

ers in Paris, and all of them are primefavorites. Among the members of the or-

ganization are Derville, the most famousof French comedians and Mme. Delera, of

the Comedio Francaise.

Among the demands made by the actors

is an increased scale of remuneration for

services, and a request for the employmentof Equity actors only. The latter is the

sore spot of the fight, the managers havingrefused flatly to consider the matter, thuscausing the sixteen odd music halls, andnumerous other places of amusement toclose. The possibilities for arbitration donot look at all reassuring, as each faction

is determined to win a positive victory.

However, it is possible that the strike

may be ended even more speedily than hasbeen expected, for the houses that havebeen closed are the most popular resorts

in Paris, both with visitors and nativesalike, and public sympathy is with theactors. It is not known whether or notthe musicians and mechanics are in sym-pathy with the actors, but it is thoughtthat they are, as the actors aided them in

their fight on the managers.Several theatrical managers have already

proposed to accept arbitration on theclosed shop question, and the matter is

before a committee for settlement. A fewother managers have accepted the actors'contract including the clause prohibitingthe engagement of non-members of theunion, and no prolonging beyond Septem-ber, 1920, the engagement of non-mem-bers already under contract.

These include the manager of .theRenaissance, Odeon, Antoine, Grand-Guignol, Cluny and Dejazet.The directors of the Opera Comique

reached an agreement with the committeewhereby they were permitted to open thisafternoon and evening.The secretary of the committee, how-

ever, declared that if within forty-eighthours all the managers had not acceptedthe contract form the strike would bemade general, even in the case of thetheatres which had signed.

CHANGES DO NOT HELP CORT SHOWAtlahtio City, Sept 27th, 1918.—It

was evident after its first night here that"Just a Minute," the new John Cortmusical show could not hope to survivethe storms of the popular high seaswithout strict attention to its hull andupperworks.' To keep the ship from sink-ing prematurely, Clifton Webb last nightreplaced Jack Boyle as Mr. Fulton, AdaLewis filled the part of the Aunt insteadof Bertha Belmore, Percy Pollock wasgiven the part of Capt. Tide in the placeof Nat Carr, and Knute Erickson playedthe "nut" part instead of WilliamGoodall.

_Despite these heroic changes, and con-

siderable revision of line and dialogue,"Just A Minute" if anything was worsethan ever before. Rarely do more thantwo people occupy the stage at one time,and these tell jokes—that is plain truth

—

tell jokes which taste strongly after thecolumns of our five-penny joke books.

STOCK CO. ORGANIZER SUEDPhil De Angelis, the stock company or-

ganizer who early last summer unsuccess-fully ran a stock company in a theatrein White Plains, is now being sued here'by five of the players who appeared inhis company.The players, who have filed suits

through Paul N. Turner, their attorney,are Helen Freeburn, who is playing instock at present in Lowell, Mass.; WardMcCallister, David Monroe, Louise Dur-geon and Leo Chalzeo.Miss Freeburn is seeking to recover $50

due her for a week's salary; McCallisterwants a balance of $40 which he claimsis still due him; Monroe wants a balanceof $25 due on salary, and Miss Durgeonand Leo Chalzeo are each seeking to re-cover & balance of $23 which they allegeis doe them.

MOVIE ATTENDANTS MAY STRIKEDemands, the rejection of which they

assert will result in a general walk-out,were framed at a meeting last Wednesdayof the members of the Moving PictureTheatres Attendants' Union, . Local No.16,920, which embraces all classes of em-ployees with the exception of musiciansand operators.

The onion, which is affiliated with theAmerican Federation of Labor, will a*krecognition by the employers, the closed

shop, one day off a week, and a minimumwage scale carrying increases of from 30to 40 per cent, and the right of arbitra-

tion.

According to Samuel Tullman, counselfor the union, employees of nearly all themovie houses on the East Side have comeinto the organization and that some of

the workers of the Loew, Moss and Keithhouses have been unionized. The unionhas not penetrated the Strand, the Rivoli,

the Rialto or the Broadway.

PARSON WADDELL GETS MARRIEDParson WaddelL late of the Hagenbeck-

Wauace Circus and son of Doc Waddell,the press agent and circus story writer,was married last week in Portsmouth,Ohio, to Miss Ella Trende, a non-profes-sional. -

DONALD BRIAN'S WIFE SUESMrs. Florence Meagher Brian, wife of

Donald Brian, actor, filed suit last weekin the Supreme Court to recover ' 98,190from Charles H. Pope, a wealthy cottonmerchant, from whom she was divorcedseveral years ago. She alleges that in1909 Mr. Pope agreed to pay a $10,000mortgage on the property be conveyed toher and promised to reimburse her for theinterest if she payed it. She alleges thatup to March 4 last she had paid $6,300interest and asks $1,890 interest on herpayments.

BARONESS DEWITZ TO STARThe new Baroness DeWitz, profession-

ally known as Thaisa, who has been fea-tured in the past in photoplays taken inCanadian studios, is now in New Yorkand will probably soon be screened inUniversal releases. Thaisa is the fourthbride of the Baron DeWitz, who is a mov-ing picture director. Their marriage wassolemnized early this month, and the eon-pie are now honeymooning at LongBeach.

RENEE BOUCICAULT STARTS SUITSRence Boneicault, daughter of Aubrey

Boucicanlt and granddaughter of DionBoucicault, both famous actors and play-writes, filed a summons and complaint lastFriday against her husband, AlexanderMarks, from whom she has parted, whereinshe demands $2,000 damages, and begansuit against Oscar Englander, a lawyer, toset aside a trust agreement which sheentered into several months ago.In her complaint against her husband

Mrs. Marks alleges that he has attemptedto forcibly take her child from her pos-session, and still harrasses her. She fur-ther alleges that her husband has endeav-ored to extort money from her.

In her suit against the lawyer, Eng-lander is named as defendant both indi-

vidually and as a trustee. In the com-plaint against him it is alleged that he is

a relative of the plaintiff's husband, andthat the relations between him and theplaintiff are such that it is no longer fit-

ting that he act as trustee in her behalf.The plaintiff asserts that she is in-

debted to various firms, corporations andindividuals in the sum of $25,000 approxi-mately, her debts having been incurred forimprovements to her property at Larch-mont and for the support of herself andchild.

At the time that the trust agreementwas entered into, according to the plain-

tiff, the defendant was in possession, asher attorney, of all the property referredto in the trust agreement, the propertyhaving come to her as the legatee of IsaacE. Holbrook, her grandfather, and totaled$160,000 in value, of which all but $3,000consisted of bonds and other securities.

At the present time, she alleges, he still

is in possession of the property aforesaidas well as some $12,000 worth of propertybelonging to her which is outside of thesaid agreement. She further alleges thathe has refused to account to her for thesame, and that he has failed to permither, or an accountant designated by her,

to examine the books of account and otherentries concerning the trust fund.

Mrs. Marks demands that the trustagreement be abrogated, that an account-ing be made, that the property in trustbe restored to her as her own, not subjectto trust control. That a receiver, or sub-stitute trustee, be appointed for the prop-erty involved pending the final outcome ofthe suit, and that said receiver he directedto pay to her out of the principal of thetrust funds sufficient to discharge her in-

debtedness aforesaid.

"MY LADY FRIENDS" REHEARSING"My Lady Friends," the three-act com-

edy by Frank Mandel and Emil Nitray,which will be H. H. Frazee's next dra-matic production, with Clifton Crawfordheading the cast, was placed in rehearsallast week and is scheduled to open October13 in Akron, Ohio.The comedy was adapted from a novel

called, "Oh, James," written by May Edg-ington, and published, in England. Theplayers chosen to support Clifton Craw-ford are: Mona Kingaley, Theresa Con-over, Morgan Wallace, June Walker, Rob-ert Fiske, Louise Chapman, Helen Gill,

Norma Millay and Jessie Nagle.Edward Eisner is directing the produc-

tion, and Wallie Decker has been ap-pointed manager and publicity agent.

HAST HAS NEW PLAYFollowing the launching of "An Ex-

change of Wives" and "Scandal," WalterHast has announced that he has securedthe rights of "A Daughter of TwoWorlds" for his next production. Thenew play is a dramatization of Le BoyScott a novel of that name. -MarianCoakley is the first to be engaged for thecast.

WOODS IS CONVALESCINGA, H. Woods, the theatrical producer,

who was taken seriously ill last week, is

now recovering in Dr. Stern's sanitariumfrom an operation. Wood* is entirely outof danger and Dr. John P. Erdmann, whohas been attending him, says that Uspatient should be hack on Broadwaywithin ten days.

"HELLO ALEXANDER" SCORESWilmington, Del, Sept. 28.—"Hello

Alexander," a musical extravagania In.

two acta and nine scenes, produced byJacob J. Shnbert, with musical setting byJean Schwartz, opened here at the Play-house Thursday night, presenting Mcln-tyre and Heath, the two stars of min-strelsy, and who have been touring to-

gether for years, in the stellar position.

The crowd present stamped the produc-tion as the best ever "put over" by thePlayhouse management.Mclntyre and Heath were there with

all the oldtlme jokes, put over In the old-time way and a lot of new jokes thatproved side-splitters. Although seen heremany times, their age does not wither theiractivity on the boards nor do theiracts grow stale. These two were not theonly principals who made good, for everymember of the company acted his partwell.

Sophie Tucker, who has established her-self on Broadway as an ever welcomevariety actress, and a recognized "big timesingle" was also among the headline™ ofthe new piece. The "Queen of Jazz," asshe is known, with her "Seven Kings ofSyncopation" brim fall of jazz and peppresented a new line of songs that stoppedthe show. She was encored many times asthe result of "Yazoo Rag," "Wild, WildWomen" and other songs of the "jazz"variety.

Boyle and Brazil made a big hit withtheir buck dancing, and Mabel Elaine, asa mulatto manicurist, got off some fancysteps. Jack Cagwin took the part ofLieut. Jack Winslow in an excellent man-ner, and helped along a great deal withbis good singing. Vivian Holt and T.UHbti

Rosedale went "'big" with their southernsongs.

"Hello, Alexander" is a fast, clever,tuneful show. It 'scored here and will dothe same anywhere. *

"ACQUITTAL" SCORES A HITCnicAoo, Sept. 25.—In "The Acquittal,"

which opened here to-night at Cohan'sGrand Opera House, Rita Wei-nan haswritten a melo-drama that will probablybe extensively patronized. The theme ofthe play is tile well known legal dictumthat a person ahall not he placed Injeopardy twice charged with the same of-fense. So the story is unfolded of a manwho is acquitted of a murder of whichit develops that he is guilty.As a result his family will have none

of him. Interwoven in the plot is the_well known element of marital infidelity.'A good deal depends - on this last, whichis brought out by dramatic devices, thatare not marked by their originality. ACriminal Court reporter, Joe Conway byname, who is a bright, slangy and cigar-ette-rolling specimen of journalisticsleuth, unravels the "mystery" that theplot contains.But two and a half hours of this sort

of thing is a bit too long, which meansthat many of the interminably longpauses—pauses of suspense—that thethree acts contain will have to be elimi-

nated. They probably will be strickenfrom the play.Phoebe Hunt has a role that gives her

a chance to act emotionally throughoutthe play. William Harrigan Is the tal-

ented reporter. Others in the cast areMary Jepp, Joseph Selman, Franklin Hall,

J. M. Hollicky, Ann Mason and EdmundSoraghan.

BOOKS NEW ENGLAND HOUSESThe Louis E. Walters Amusement

Agency of Boston are now booking the fol-

lowing houses in New England; OwlTheatre, Lowell; Marlboro Theatre, Marl*boro; Gorman -Theatre, Framiagham

;

Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham; Princes*Theatre. Framlngham; Orphean Theatre,Gardner: MOford Theatre, Milford: TheSt James, Boston and the Park Theatreof Nashua, N. H.

"BOYS" SETS OPENING DATS."Boys WHl Be Boys,* Charles Ken-

nedy's dramatization of a story by IrwinS. Cobb, opens at the Belmont Theatre onOct. 13. Harry Beresford will play theleading role In the production.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 1, 1915

BILL FOR FIDELITY BENEFITIS LONG ARRAY OF BIG STARS

Score* of Stars to Be Seen in Role» from Old Plays That "MadeThem," While Vaudeville Will Abo Contribute* Share

;

Play Penned by George M . Cohan

The All Star Testimonial Performance,to be given at the Century Theatre, Son-day evening, Ottober 12th, by the Actors'

Fidelity League, is planning to present toNew York the meet elaborate bill ever

seen on a Broadway stage. The perform-

ance will be a contribution from the penof George 1L Cohan, president of the

League, and will also take a conspicuous

part in the performance. An importantrole is also being written for Willie

Collier.

Big scenes from many successses will

be presented in the first part of the bill

under the title of "Many Happy Re-

turns," with the stars that contributed to

the hits in their original roles. The fol-

lowing is the order in which they will

appear on the program:Julia Arthur in "The Lady of Quality";

Amelia Wngiiam in "The CUmbers"; Mar-garet Anglin as "Electra" ; Louis Mann in

"The Telephone Girl"; Fay Bainter in

"The Kiss Burglar"; Ina Claire as "TheQuaker Girl"; Grace George in Di-

vercons"; Ruth Chatterton in "DaddyLong Legs"; Burr Mcintosh in "Trilby";

Edna Wallace Hopper in "Florodora";

Baiie Burke and Henry Miller in "A Mar-riage of Convenience"; Otis Skinner in

"Kismet"; Minnie Maddern Flake, as

"Becky Sharp*"; Thomas B. Shea in "The

Bells"; Mary Ryan in "On Trial"; LenoreUlric and Willa'rd Mack in "Tiger Rose";George M. Cohan in "Broadway Jones";Florence Nash in "Within the Law":Willie Collier and Helen Hudson in"Weber and Fields Jubilee" ; B&lph Henin "The Soul Kiss"; Blanche Bates in"The Girl of the Golden West"; HolbrookBlinn in "The Duchess of Danzie"; BessieMcCoy Davis as "The Tama Tama Girl."A score of vaudeville hits will be in-

cluded in the olio, while the last part willconsist of a play in which Cohan will ap-pear together with a cast of Fideltyactors.Among those who will appear in the

olio are, George White, Ann Pennington,Robinson Newhold, Irving Berlin, De LyleA]da, prima donna of the Follies: DaveStamper, Nora Bayes and Irving Fisher,Eileen Huban, Jeanne Eagles, HalHixon, Savoy and Brennan, Thurston,the MagicianA number, known as the "Fidelity

Girls" will be staged by Ned Waybnrn,music for which is being written by Irv-ing Berlin. The scenery will be byJoseph Urban.The orchestra will be composed of solo

artists from the Metropolitan, Damrosch,Russian Symphony and Philharmonicorganizations.

STEWART*MORRISON TO PRODUCECharles G. Stewart and Lee Morrison

last week organized a producing corpora-

tion with a capitalization of $50,000 for

tie express purpose of producing the newmusical play written by Harry B. Smith

and Hugo Riesenfeld, which has been

placed in rehearsal and is scheduled to

open Oct. 20 in Stamford, Conn.

The title of the new play is "Betty,

Behave," but thie will probably be

changed this week; it having been dis-

covered that a play of the same title had

previously been presented.

The following principals are at present

rehearsing inTthe piece: Josephine Whit-

tell, who is the wife of Robert Warwick,and who formerly appeared in "Glori-

asna"; Laura Hamilton, Irving Beebe,

Josie Tntropidi, Frank Crumit, Georgie

Manatt, Frances Grant and Ted Wing,

Worthington Romaine, Lucille Manion,Bimmy Evans. Charles Sinclair is stag-

ing the book and Vaughn Godfrey is stag-

inx the dancing numbers.

Charles G. Stewart was formerly man-ager of. the Rialto Theatre and Lee Mor-rison was associated with the CenturyPlay Company.

DRAMA LECTURES PLANNEDMr. and Mrs. Joseph Lawren are now

planning to present a series of ten lec-

tures on the drama, each lecture by awell known dramatist. These lectures

will be given on ten consecutive Sundaysat some downtown theatre.

LEE ASKS ALLOWANCEAlbert Lee, playwright, author -and edi-

tor, asked permission of the court to uti-lize some of the $250,000 estate left by bismother to his two daughters for the sup-port of the same, according to his petitionSaturday to Surrogate Fowler, who re-served decision.Mrs. Lee, who died in 1918, left the es-

tate carefully to her grandchildren, spe-cifically ignoring her son. In his petitionLee declared that he would not ask forthe money now, onfy that his six-year-olddaughter Barbara is not in robust healthand needs special care which his own per-sonal means will not permit him to extend.He asked for $2,500 to enable him to dothis.

EQUITY HEADQUARTERS MOVEHeadquarters of the Actors Equity

Association will be located on West 47thstreet, in the building next to the Colum-bia Theatre, as soon as the painters andcarpenters have fixed up the rooms, whichwill probably be late this week. Thebuilding was formerly the meeting placeof the Screen Club and, later, of the Vol-ney Club. Equity will remain there untilits own clubhouse is" built.

BLACK, AND WHITE MELODY BOYSOn the front 'cover of but week's issue

of the Cltppeb was a photograph of the

Black and White Melody Boys, an aggre-

gation of musical artists who for the past

three months have been appearing at

Maxim's.

The band consists of Norman Carp, MoeGappelle, George Walsh and John Ryan.They are now considering an offer to ap-

pear at one of the large hotels in Cuba for

the winter. At present, in addition to their

work in Maxim's they are making a num-ber of phonograph records. Joe Franklinrepresents the boys.

Their music is remarkably fine .And theband compares favorably with, tile best.

HELD ON FRAUD CHARGECharged with obtaining money under

false pretenses to promote a film enter-prise he was interested in, James J.Blanchard, of Leonia, N. J., formerly pro-prietor of the Star Theatre in Hacken-sack, was held in $5,000 bail last Wednes-day for further hearing before the GrandJury. •Mrs. Kitty R. Sehmultz, a widow of

Hacken sack, charged Blanchard borrowedbetween $10,000 and $12,000 from her topromote a film enterprise. She allegedBlanchard promised her a weekly incomeof $150 ana to make her a beneficiary ofa large insurance policy on his life.

CHICAGO OPERA COMING HEREThe Chicago Opera Association will pre-

sent five weeks of grand opera here, be-ginning Jan. 26, at the Lexington Theatre,according to Cleofante CfcMiMhaj generaldirector, who will bring several new operasand introduce several new singers.

DALY'S COMES TO LIFE' Daly's Theatre on Broadway near 30thStreet, which in its heyday during the'DO'S was ' the foremost theatre in thiscountry, of international repute, and whichretained the dramatic integrity establishedfor it by the -late Augustin Daly untilabout twelve years ago, was saved fromdemolition but week by Milton Gosdorfwho leased the house for motion picturepurposes.Gosdorf already controls three huge mo-

tion picture houses, two in New York, thePlasa and the Odeon, and the Orpheum inYonkers, and he has acquired Daly's undera . lease from the Schiefflien Estate, theowner, for a term of years beginning Oc-tober 1

.

He is spending more than $25,000 toalter the bouse from plans drawn by Abra-

. ham T.ihnmn, the entire front beingchanged, while the interior will be restoredto conform to the period when AugustinDaly controlled its theatrical destinies. Anorgan costing more than. $10,000 is beinginstalled. The famous front-drop curtainwhich was executed by Biancardi in Milanfor Augustin Daly is being restored for useat this time by the artist who originallypainted it and who is now residing in this

city.. A strict motion picture policy will be

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maintained at Daly's which is expectedto. be ready for picture showing withinthe next two weeks, a fixed price beingestablished for all of the 1,000 seats thatthe house will contain when completed.The price win be 20 cents in the after-noon and 3D cents evenings.

Daly's base been empty now for morethan two years. Previous to that timeWalter and Jerome Rosenberg had thehouse under lease. During their tenancyburlesque and motion pictures held awaythere, but apparently these ventures failed

at that time, for the house reverted backto its owner.Recently the estate planned to demolish

the theatre and erect a tall office buildingon the site, but Milton Gosdorf came alongand by leasing the house caused the ownerto change his plans.

ROCK AND WHITE SUEDRock and White are being sued for com-

missions by the Clef dub Singers andPlayers' Managing Corporation, the agencywhich supplied them with colored mu-sicians for their act but year.According to the complaint filed in the

Third District Court by Wilfred H. Smith,attorney for the plaintiff, Rock and Whiteengaged fifteen musicians through theClef Club agency, agreeing to pay them atotal of $890 per week.' It is further al-leged that 5 per cent, of the total salary,or $44.50, was to be deducted each weekby Rock and White and forwarded to theagency.The agency now claims that Rock and

White failed to turn over a total df$28325, the sum it is seeking to recoverin the suit.

Rock and White, through their attor-neys, House, Grossman and Vorhaus, haveinterposed an answer to the suit in whichthe principal' defense is that, at the timethe contract was made the agency was notlicensed to "conduct a booking business ona commission basis as required by law.

CHATTERTON COMPANY FILLEDThe supporting company for Rath

Chatterton, with which she will open herrun at the Miller Theatre, here, in "Moon-light and Honeysuckle," includes JamesRennie, Lawrence Eddinger, Lucille Wat-son and Charles Trowbridge. The playwill open on September 29.

FRIEDLANDER WRITING BIG SHOWWilliam B. Friedlander is writing music

and lyrics for a revue which will feature

Jack Norworth. Norworth is writing thebook, and Friedlander will stage the pro-

duction.

ELWOOD OPERA HOUSE BURNSElwood, Ini, Sept. 26.—Fire early to-

- day destroyed the Grand Theatre causinga loss estimated at $75,000. The fire is

believed to have been caused by defectivewiring.

CLAIMS ACTOR CHOKED HERHarry Bartling, who said he was a

moving picture actor, and that he justfinished a seven-week engagement withMary Miles Minter, in Boston, was ar-raigned but Thursday before MagistrateCurranv in the Washington Heights Court.charged , by Itfjf wife with

(;havingJat-

tempted to choke and' stab her while 'shelay in bed at their; honra early thatmorning. >-. '•' MThe BartlingB- live at 8297 Eighth

avenue and have one daughter, Vivian, Isyears old, who testified against thefather. She said that her mother ar-rived home at two that morning, and thatshe arrived home thirty minutes later.The father became angry over their latehomecoming so, she testified, he went intoMrs. Baxtling's room about four thatmorning, grabbed her by the throat andwhile choking the mother also attemptedto stab her with a penknife. The daugh-ter said she came running into the room,grabbed her father's arm and pulled himaway from the bed.

Bartling, after denying that he had in-tended to stab his wife, told the magis-trate that she was an excessive drinkerattributing his marital unhappinese to hiswife's alleged excessive desire for liquor,

and that he had merely placed his handon her throat while pleading with her togive up drinking.Magistrate Curran released Bartling on

probation, placing him in the custody ofProbation Officer Fitzgerald.

ACTORS ON ROAD MAY VOTEAn amendment to permit absentee vot-

ing in the State of New Tork will be putbefore the State voters at the generalelection in November. This amendmentdirectly affects the actor, for, .at electiontime, thousands of actors whose residenceis New York, are on the road and there-fore unable to vote. If the amendment is

passed absentee voting will be permitted.The amendment will be known as"Amendment No. 2" on the ballot, andis the result of the following bill whichwas introduced in the State Legislatureby Assemblyman Louis M Martin:

Section 1. Resolved, That article twoof the constitution be amended by insert-ing therein a new section to be section1-a, to read as follows:

Sec. 1-a. The legislature may, by gen*eral law, provide a manner in which, andthe time and puce at which, qualified

voters who may, on the occurrence of anygeneral election, be unavoidably absentfrom the State or county of their resi-

dence because of their duties, occupationor business require them to be elsewherewithin the United States, may vote, andfor the return and canvass of their votes

in the election district in which they re-

spectively reside.

Sec 2. ' Resolved, That the foregoingamendment be submitted to the people

for approval at the general election in

the year nineteen hundred and nineteen,

in accordance with the provisions of the

election law.

MUST PAY TAX BEFORE SAILINGAccording to a ruling handed down by

the Board of Internal Revenue, actors

leaving this country must pay their income

tax before they will be permitted to partAliens, also, including opera singers, mustsatisfy all income tax obligations up to

and including the month preceding their

departure.A citizen must have paid all install-

ments of the tax due up to the time of

sailing and make arrangements for. the

payment of future installments as they fall

due. Evidence that the tax requirementshave been met are "being required at the

port of embarkations, and where certifi-

cates from the collector of the district

where the person has his residence are

not forthcoming, the person is obliged to

meet the requirements before the collector

at the port of sailing.

GET ROAD RIGHTS OF 'BETTER 'OLE'

The .road rights of the "Better '01e"

have been bought by De Wolf Hopper andJames Kerr from the CoburnsT Mr. Hop-per win take his role of "Bill" and playto the coast.

October 1, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

BECK BUYS OUTMEYERFELD.IS BELIEF

FEUD REPORTED TO BE CAUSE

Rumors which started several weeksago concerning the sale of the OrpheumCircuit still persist, and it is believed thatMartin Beck has bought the entire con-

trol. A denial b . Beck does not seem tohave quieted \:. rteville wiseacres whostate that he hi: i bought out the interests

of Mrs. Charles C. Kohl and MorrisMeyerfeld, who, together, held a consider-able portion of the Orpheum stock.

It is stated that .fleck has been tryingto comBummate such a deal as this for

many years, because, as managing direc-

tor, his hands were somewhat tied in theexecution of many of his hobbies in con-nection with the policies of the Orpheum.Beck is said to nave very radical ideasas to what the Orpheum Circuit could ac-complish, while Meyerfeld, on the otherhand, is reputed to be very conservativeand set against the suggestions of Beck.It is also hinted that Beck's idea has beento extend the Orpheum Circuit in its ter-

ritorial scope while Meyerfeld's idea hasbeen to leave well enough alone, contentwith the prosperity that the Orpheum hasbeen achieving in its present sphere.

In his alleged opposition to Beck,Meyerfeld is' said to have had the supportof Mrs. Kohl, the other large stockholder.

This is supposed to have discouragedBeck, and it is said that he declared thathe wanted to do one of two things:either he wished to have complete owner-ship of the Circuit and follow his owndesires in moulding its policy, or hewished to sell out his interests and retire

from the field. It is believed that theforni'T wish has materialized.

AL GERRARD LEAVES VAUVEVILLEAlfred Gerrard closed his summer vaude-

ville season Sunday night at the Riverside,

to re-assume the leading juvenile role cre-

ated for him in Slaw & Erlanger's musicalcomedy "The Velvet Lady" which openedin Buffalo Monday night. Mr. Gerrard hasbeen placed under personal contract to Ed-gar MacGregor for five years. Florine Mil-lership, his partner in vaudeville, will ap-pear opposite Gerrard, having also signedwith MacGregor.

NOVELTY SKETCHES READYLoRDOir, Enjf., Sept 19.—The newly

formed Welch Conrad Productions, a vari-

ety producing concern, has already pro-

duced several successful variety novelties,

including "Ambition,'' "Just Girls,'* and apicture taking novelty called "MakingMovies." Tie firm has many more novelty

sketches in preparation. They are repre-

sented in America by J. D. Elms.

NEW ACTSFrank Browne, xylophonisi, will open in

one .of the Eastern houses of the KeithVaudeville Exchange in a new act.

Al Karp, who formerly did a two-act,opens at Keith's, Jersey City, on Sept. 29in a new single comedy violin act, bookedby U. B. Burton.

Frgotti and Lewis, two men, have a newact entitled "The Human Pillar," a spec-tacular juggling act. They will be seenin one of the Keith houses in the nearfuture.

De Couraey and Jamieson have a newblack-face novelty singing and yodling actin whic.'i they will be seen shortly.

The Grvat Koban and Company have anew act which H. B. Burton is handling.They will c**r :t in one of the local the-atres shortly."The Race of Death" is a new automo-

bile and motorcycle thriller which will oepresented shortly in vaudeville bv LeonDuray, well known fe" His activities as anauto driver and Ha ". .""asteel, who will

ride the motorcycle. *

Paul Detmar and Giris have a ?iew danc-ing act with a special setting. H. B. Bur-ton' is handling the turn.

Olga'a Leopards is the title if a newanimal act which has been seen in theWest, but is new to the East. H. B. Bur-ton is bringing it here and will presentit at one of the local houjes in October.The Flying Oolville opens at Proctor's

125th Street on Oct. 6 in a new aerial act.

The Esther Trio opens 'at Proctor'sTwenty-third Street on Oct. 8. Twowomen and a. man are in the act, whichis an acrobatic turn.Jewell and Raymond have a new act

which they are presenting in the SouthernKeith bouses. Max E. Hayes booked theturn.Avery and O'Neill are playing the South-

ern Keith houses in a new act.

Slatter and Elliott are presenting a newact by Charles Horwitz on the Keith time.The offering is called "A Husband for TenMinutes."Hugh Herbert and Company have been

given an Eastern Keith route in "MindYour Own Business," the playlet by HughHerbert.

Louis E. Miller and Company have anew act written by Charles Horwitz, en-titled "And His Wife Walked Out."The Swor Brothers, formerly of the act

known as Swor and' Avery, opened in

Washington, D. C, Monday night with anew black-face double. -

"Memory Club," a new act with eight

people, has been booked over the Loewtime.Helen Pingree will open this week in a

new sketch by Edgar Allan Wolf, bookedby Sol Unger.Harmon, Fuller and Harmon, two men

and a woman* wil open in a new actshortly as a jazz trio.

Albert Vertchamp, the violinist, will

soon open on the trig time assisted byJoyce Alberts at the piano.

0*Nei]l and Hart will present an operatic

and ballad singing act at the Harlem OperaHouse, New York, Oct. 1.

LOHMULLER i.bastm ACTB. Lohmuller has leased "The Girl in

the Moon" act to Jennie McLaughlin, whoformerly appeared in it, and George Add-ington, who is carpenter for the act, fora term of two years. Miss McLaughlinwill appear in the act again, which opensSept. 28 at Omaha ior a tour of theW. V. M. A. time.

BATHING GIRLS TO PLAY VAUDEBothwell Browne, who is touring with

the Mack Sennett's Bathing Girls and"Yankee Doodle In Berlin," will soon openin vaudeville on the Keith Circuit. Hewill appear in a revue written for himselfand a number of the bathing girls, whowill appear with him. The act will openOct 27.

KEITH HOUSESBATTLE WITH

SPECS"

KICARD SIGNS WITH SHUBERTEarl Ricard, who has been playing vand -

ville since his return from overseas withthe 27th Division, has signed a five years'contract with the Shuberts. His first ap-pearance, under the contract, will be in

"Hello, Alexander."Ricard gives a remarkable imitation of

AL Jolson, and Lee Shubert, seeing himin a small-time vaudeville house, immedi-ately signed him.

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INTEND TO ABOLISH EVIL

BROWN WITH STONE SHOWTommy Brown is now on the road with

the "Jack O" Lantern" show, which hejo'ined with the Six Brown Brothers InDetroit. Brown has left all his producingbusiness in the hands of Charles Wilshin,with whom he formerly shared office space.

The Six Brown Brothers appeared in"Ziegfeld's 'Midnight Frolic* "' up to join-ing the Fred Stone show. Tommy Brown'swife, Theresa Valerio, has also joined the"Jack O' Lantern" cast in a principal role.

Active warfare between the Keith thea-tres and unlicensed ticket speculators is

on with full force, and it appears aa if theKeith theatres will ultimately succeed in

putting their "enemy" to rout. TheKeith interests are the first to take upan active fight against "scalpers" and arehoping that their activities will eliminatethe sidewalk speculator, so far as big timevaudeville, at least, is concerned.Warnings have been given to both the

public and to unlicensed speculators bythe Keith managers that prospective pa-trons with ticket; purchased from ticket

scalpers would be refused at the door.

The warning was unheetV 1, however, un-til Wednesday night oi last week, thePalace Theatre fired the first gun andrefused entrance to several score of per-

sons who had purchased tickets from un-licensed speculators. Wbsa the theatre-

goers put up a cry. tht-y were informed togo where they hac i-iirchased their seats

and io try to get their money refundedthere.The Palace ha* been supported in its

battle by the Colonial, Royal and Alham-bra Theatres, whkh have all taken simi-

lar measures and discouraged the activi-

ties of the ticket hounds perceptibly.

Numbers of people are being turnedaway from the Keith theatres at everyperformance, and signs in the lobby in-

form the ticket buyer to buy his ticket atthe boxof&ce. It is understood that this

speculator war will be waged until vaude-ville is free from the "corner-in-tickets"

evil.

KELLER ACTS GET ROUTESThe following acts booked by Edwin S.

Keller have been routed over the Keithand Orpheum circuits: Gallagher andMartin, Jack Kennedy, Willie Mahoney,Edwin George, Elsie White, Lillian Shawand Ben and Hazel Mann on the Orpheumeircuit, and Moran and Weiser, Oaks andDe Lour, "Kiss Me," Lord and Fuller,

Travers and Douglas, Belle Baker, Riggsand Ryan, Marmein Sisters and O'Neill

and Keller over the eastern Keith houses.

WARD OPENS OFFICES UPTOWNSammy Ward, who is producing a num-

ber of new vaudeville acts, among thembeing Hart and Lowery, Joe Baldwin, FourRosebuds, Jean and Nora Goldin, Gold andBurr and many others, has opened tempo-rary offices at 548 West 160th street.

As soon aa he can locate offices he will

open in the theatrical district Mr. Wardhas never been associated with the musicpublishing business.

ENGLISH ACT BOOKED HEREThe Three Blighty Girls, an English

song and dance act, which Eddie Darlingsaw in London will open at the Alhambraon November 24. H. B. Burton is han-dling the turn.

WILL FOX ON LOEW TIMEWill H. Fox arrived from England, Sep-

tember 25. He will open on the Loew Cir-

cuit, October 6.

SENATOR WRITES PLAYLETSenator W. E. Mason has written a

playlet which will be produced in vaude-ville by M. 3. Bentham and Alan Dme-hart. The playlet is, as yet, iwimum*,

SHARP MOVES FROM STRANDBilly Sharp, the producer of cabaret re-

vues, moved from the Strand Building onMonday to the Regal Building, at 1367Broadway.

VAUDE. SHOW TOURING COASTVahcouvo, B. O, Sept 2T.—The Prin-

cess Vaudeville show which Al Cotton or-

ganised here a few weeks ago to tour thePacific coast and Western territory, andis now on the road, includes the followingin the cast : Dick and Harvey, tramp com-edians ; Helen Huntington, classic dancer

;

Al Cotton, blackface monologist; HughLambie, magician; Ash and Vernon, in acomedy playlet : the Lawson Trio, acrobats,and Cook, Fields and Dawson in a musicalact. The offering has been routed as fareast as Denver, Colorado.

VAUDEVILLE AT WELLER'SZAircsvnxE, Ohio, Sept. 28.—The Wel-

ter Theatre, the only theatre in this city

that has been playing legitimate road at-tractions, has been forced, do* to- the scar-city of road shows, to adopt a policy ofvaudeville, playing five acts of vaudeville,

with two performances dally. The theatrehas been doing capacity business, withthis policy. When possible, the showing ofroad attractions will be resumed.

BUTTERFIELD PLANS TWO-A-DAYBattle Creek, Mich., Sept. 29.—What

promises to be the policy in all of theMichigan houses on the Batterfield circuithas been adopted at the Bijou here. Sixacts, two shows a dsy and a fifty cent topadmission rate have been adopted there.

It is likely that the same plan will shortlybe in operation at the rest of the Butter-field theatres.

"CHIC* LLOYD HAS A NEW ONEFrank "Chic" Lloyd, who baa been ap-

pearing in "Ain't We Nutty," with Keno.Lloyd and Da vies, Js to be seen shortly laa new act by James -Madison, called"Three Aces and a Queen." He will beassisted by Annette Ford, Matt Waltersand Jake Thome. The act will be underthe management of Max Hart.

BLAIR QUITS HIS ACTBaldwin Blair, who wrote and appeared

in the "Petticoat Man" for many unsune.bss decided to let some one else take a tryat it, so the act has been recast and will

be re-routed for a tour of the Loew timeby Joe Micheala.

McMANUS HAS NEW ACTWalter MaMaaus, who was the "nut"

comedian with the Argonne Flayers over-seas, is rehearsing a single, with speciallywritten material. He will be booked byMax Hart.

FROND AND DOWNING BOOKEDFrelnd and Downing are to start a tour

of the United Time on October 8 th, andwill continue playing it until they sail foxEngland early next year.

HJBBARD ON SOUTHERN TIMEClarence Hibbard, the comedian, will

tour the south this season in a new sing-

ing and talking act. He will open nextweek in Philadelphia.

MARCUS LOEW HAS BIRTHDAYIn order to celebrate the birthday of

Marcus Loew, a' special show was put onat the Avenue B Theatre last Wednesdaynight.

8 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October I) 1919

PALACEThe Four JancleyST'in the opening posi-

tion, offered a routine of risk; work that

was sensational.

Virginia Lewis and Mary White have asister offering of "merit, bat the one bigfault of the offering is the length of timeit runs. The two have a good variety ofsongs, sing them well, and handle the pat-ter and comedy end of the torn pleasingly.Lew Brice, assisted by Adelaide Mason

and Rube Beckwitb, the latter at thepiano, fonnd themselves among friends.

Miss Mason is a- pretty little girl anddances exceptionally well. Brice can eas-ily rank with the best of the male dancerson the vaudeville stage to-day and provedit. The turn is neatly staged and pre-sented. Beckwitb, in addition to being avery good assistant for the dances, . ren-dered a solo. *

"On the Ragged Edge," the jazz comedyb; Frances Nordstrom, was presented atthe Palace for the first rime, and the com-pany were programmed for the first time.Also, Renee Noel, Edward Lynch and Nor-ton L. Stevens, work hard to pnt over anoffering which misses the mark by a widemargin. With proper revision, the offer-

ing could turn into a screamingly funnyburlesque.

Al and Harry Klein, playing their lastweek in vaudeville before going into a pro-duction, kidded themselves and the audi-ence, and a great time was had by all.

Emma Carus called Al's bluff about kiss-

ing all the ladies in the theatre, but Almade good by going into the orchestra andplanted a resounding kiss on the lips ofthe blonde Emma.

Nonette, assisted by a new pianist, wasnot billed, picked np the applause wherethe boys left it off. Nonette is combingber hair in a new manner now, and hercurls were not to be seen. She sang andplayed her ' violin in good manner. Sheheld them in on the intermission for a fewbows.

Charles Irwin, following intermission,offered a monologue of exceptional merit.

He opened with a patter song, in "souse"style, which be retains throughout his of-"

fering, about his wife. According to thesong, if his wife said white is black—it

was black, and a number of other amusingverses. One bit consisted of bis singing afew lines, and a trombone solo, by theorchestra trombonist, who did capablework. Irwin has. some very good mate-rial and gets the best results possible fromit-

Two weeks ago, the writer reviewed BeePalmer as a new act. In that review, hesaid that the jazz craze was due for a bigrevival when this golden-haired girl hittown. Well,—she did it. The Palace hasnever in its history seen a bigger hit scoredby any act than Bee Palmer and her jazzband scored on Monday afternoon. Thestage setting has been improved since theact broke in, and Miss Palmer has addeda new white evening gown to her ward-robe. Dick Himber, the violinist, must begiven mention for the good work he does.

And the band— ! Never have we seen anentire- audience shimmy to jazz music asthe Palace crowd did when they "Bluedthe Blues." Miss Palmer not only Quiv-ered, shook- -and shivered,—wickedly to anextreme,—but accompanied herself at thepiano, while she sang a medley of "Cry"ballads, during which the drop of a pincould have been heard. Four bouquetsfrom admirers, and a special bouquet,presented by Granlund of the Loew offices,

were brought up after she stopped theshow.Pat Rooney bad to wait sometime and

finally came on while the house was still

applauding. He shimmied and then foundeasy going despite the tremendous hit ofthe preceding act. Santley assisted wellat the piano and Pat did his **mIH«» songsand dances.

Erford's Golden Whirl, an iron-jaw turn,closed the show with some sensationalwork. G. J. H.

COLONIALCombining clever dancing, and equally

clever juggling with a dash of real humor,the Breen Family opened the show andwere accorded considerable applause.. Theacrobatic dancing of the two girls, and thetoe dancing of Miss Nellie Breen werefeatures of the act.

Harry Masters and Jack Kraft in' asatire on the "Dance Man," past present,and future, found the second spot easygoing. The two young men following ashort .introductory song, went into a rout-ine of double stepping, offering first thedance feature of the variety stage of thirtyyears ago. This was followed with thejazz dance of to-day and they closed witha bnriesque of the dance, thirty years fromnow. Their offering went over big result-

ing in a encore, for which they offered thedance as they conceived it, of 2,000 yearsfrom now.

"Cold Feet," a moonlight comedy, asthe program termed it, by Roy Briant,produced by Laurence Schwab, and pres-

ented by Neil Pratt-Rae Dean & Co., wasnext. The playlet is woven about twoyoung people, who disappointed in thegame of love, are about to seek a waterygrave, .when they find that life is not sobad after all, and with the moon raisingover the sleeping city they enact a neatfade-away of the variety seen in the moviesas the curtain is rung down. The playletis well acted throughout and contains anumber of laughs.

Lillian Fitzgerald, with Clarence Sennaat the piano, scored a hit with her cleverimitations. Miss Fitzgerald possesses thesomething necessary to put an act across,he has a pleasing personality, whichcoupled with an equally pleasing voice anda well worked out offering made her a surehit from the start. Senna proved himselfto be a clever pianist.

"Extra Dry,"- an elaborately staged girl

act presented as the latest offering of Wil-liam B. Friedlander, did not live up to its

billing on the program as, "a sparkling,bubbling, draught of joy." Although theact carries several 'changes of scenery, to-

gether with a half score changes of cos-tume, a fairly large chorus and four prin-cipals, it was lacking in finish and is in

sore need of revision. The musical num-bers are well written. The dancing is all

that could be asked for it, but one of theweak spots is the acting of the principals

who, laboring with poorly written lines,

cannot be expected to do too well. Thisact runs for nearly three-quarters of anhour and the audience finds itself bored atthe conclusion.

Following the intermission the Cameronsisters offered their well known dancingspecialty. This act stands ont from theusual dancing acts of vaudeville in thatits setting is well modulated and the cos-tumes are never flamboyant "Dave Dryeris credited on the program as havingespecially written and arranged the musicscore.

El Brendel and Flo Bert in next toclosing place stopped the show. They of-

fered a few songs with a number of gagsthat went over. Brendel as a Swedishcomedian is hard to beat; bis clever make-up and costnming left little to be asked forin the offering. He was called back andmade a curtain speech, which was hardlyof the Louis M^rm variety, and scored anadded langh.

The United States Glee Club, composedof 32 former U. 8. bluejackets from theHampton Roads Naval Training Station,formed and conducted by Jerry Swineford,closed the bilL The boys sing well to-gether, but would do well to cut any at-tempts at comedy, as it deteriorates fromwhat would be a fine singing act withoutit. B. H.

ROYALWillie Hale and Brother headed the bill

in a juggling act that started like mostacts of its kind. After tossing a hat,umbrella, ball and cigar about in a man-ner that is familiar to vaudeville audi-ences, both men went through a routineof dub-juggling, in which they againfailed to show anything that is reallynovel. The stunts on the large globe weremore interesting and would have made asatisfactory closing, but the principaladded a xylophone solo that made theturn too long for an opening act.Dan Stanley and Al Birnes started with

a double song, rendered so that it wasexceedingly difficult to hear them exceptif seated near the stage. Two or tnreesongs were formerly included in the of-fering along with the terpsichorean ef-forts of the duo who have wisely cur-tailed their vocal efforts.

Clayton Kennedy and Mattie Rooneyhave chosen a rather grim subject fromwhich to gather laughs, but they handlethe various bite in the act in a mannerthat provokes mirth. Much of the comedyis of the slapstick variety and is excel-lently handled by the male member ofthe team. Although the offering is atrifle long, it contains numerous laughsand holds interest.Patricola sang several popular and spe-

cial selections in a. manner that madethe gathering hilarious in its glee andenthusiasm. She was given a tremendousround of applause and took two encores.Patrieola coupled some work on the violinand some dancing with her singing andeverything she did met with approval. Adashing and forward comedienne, she sup-plied the audience with exactly what it

wanted and that was the secret of hersuccess.

Charles Grapewin, assisted by AnnaChance, presented "Jed's Vacation," acomedy playlet, which unlike most play-lets offered in the variety houses consistsentirely of dialogue. The action, andthere is very little of it, is only of sec-ondary importance. Any number ofhumorous bits were spoken by the duowho handled the offering in a manner,truly artistic and clever. A hit of pro-portions was scored by them.Frank Sabini and Harry Goodwin, as-

sisted by a third member of the companywho was not billed, offered a comedy actthat scored one of the big hits of the bilLTwo of the men in the act are planted,there being some wop comedy dispensedby Sabini. Goodwin sings several balladsand Sabini plays the Hawaiian steel gui-tar and the piano' in fine fashion.

Irene Bordoni and Lieutenant Gitz-Rice,who is again wearing his uniform, scoreda great success with a budget of catchysongs, the offering closing in an appropri-ate manner, with the woman member ofthe team singing the French national an-them. Gitz-Rice is singing some of hiswar songs and a few of his newer pieces.

Milt Collins offered a monologue, thatconsists of a few bits of real wit but toomany gags that are either not funny, orhave, been heard frequently before. Col-lins gives the impression that he could domuch better with better material, but thetalk he uses at present is a handicap.

Frank Stafford closed the show withan act that was easily deserving of abetter position on the bill. The offeringwhich consists mainly of bird and animalimitations cleverly introduced in a wellput on sketch called "Sip Van Winkle'sDream," maintains . interest from start tofinish, is nicely staged and has all of theother requisites of a good offering. Staf-ford's impressions of the various wood-land birds are remarkable and the audi-ence waited to hear them all. L S.

RIVERSIDE« • .. .

Herman and Shirley opened the showwith their novelty, "The Mysterious Mas-querader," a contortionist act that is

really a surprise. - Herman is one of thebiggest men doing contortion on thestage, and his feats are all the more re-markable for that. He was given a realvolley of applause for everything he did,and deserved it-

Mel Craig calls himself a violin eccen-tric What he is is just a dancing violin-ist, and only a fair one at that. Craigcould easily improve his act one hundredper cent if he only tried. He might cutout the singing, and offer a few more realgood violin selections, and do a bit moreof the dancing. He's got appearance andpersonality, and if he strengthened hisact, he'd get along much better. Hescored.

"Mra. Wellington's Surprise,'' is billed

as a ' comedy playlet, and it succeeds inliving up to it's billing, by providingseveral good laughs. The act is built uparound some overheard information, andthe resulting entanglements, that comeabout when a nosy chambermaid, of the'61 vintage, who heard it, takes to tellingwhat she knows. It happens, luckily thatshe doesn't know as much as she thinksshe does, and so all ends happily, muchto everyone's amusement. All the peo-ple in the act did excellent work, es-pecially the chambermaid.

Miller and Mack have a surprisecomedy act. The reason we say it is

a surprise, is that it started rather slow,and ended with a rush. 'They are one ofthe few teams that get laughs out ofcomedy makeup. Their bnriesque on theclassic dancers, was a scream, nothingless. They declined an encore, which wastheirs for the asking.

The Ford Sisters, with their colonialorchestra', had things all their own way.The girls have a real dance production,which is better by far than anything thewriter has ever seen them in. The fea-ture of the act was their usually welldone clog dancing. The dances have beenwell arranged, beautifully costumed, andare executed with skill and grace. Theorchestra has the knack of rendering clas-

sic and jazz numbers with the same touchof harmony. The act was a great hit.

Following intermission and "The Topicsof the Day" came our old Friend,Lew Dockstader, the boy that has them

all beat a mile. His monologue on cur-

rent events, mostly Prohibition, which is

the most popular current event, next tothe League of Nations, which he also

' discussed, is one of the funniest we haveever heard, and that's saying something.Dockstader just let the laughs fly oneafter the other and the folks out frontdemanded more. Evidently Lew didn'thave any more, or else he-

didn't feel like

giving it, for he declined an encore ortwo. He certainly has the "Ear Full"which the program promised-Grace LaRue carries only one stamp,

and that is 'a thorough artist," in ouropinion. She has the art of song deline-

ation down to the ntb degree. She also

has a new routine, and several wonderfulgowns. Miss LaRue sang her way into

a solid hit, as usual, and was obliged torender several encores, for which ehe usednumbers that she has already made fa-

mous. These were well remembered, andapplauded.Harry and Anna Seymour offered their

well known singing, dancing and comedyact The "riddle" bit still goes over as

well as ever. They scored a large hit,

and richly deserved it, for they workedhard for it. They were also obliged to

take an encore.

Nelissa Ten Eyck and Max WeOly of-

fered their Hanging act, which by this

time, is not only well known and popular.

but a standard among dancing acts, andwere received with favor by an audiencethat waited to see the last step. S. K.

October 1, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

JAMES B. CARSON AND CO.Theatre

—

Keith's Jersey City.

Style—Comedy Playlet.

Time

—

Tieenty-ttoo minutes.

Setting

—

Full stage and in one.

In his new comedy playlet, "To Be OrNot To Be," James B. Carson has theassistance of a man and woman, whoare players of ability, and Oareon, him-self, gives a fine performance in the role

of the young man whose ambition is to

become an actor. The offering has beenwell written, and there are many amus-ing situations which have been workedout nicely. The author has providedsome good dialogue, which, while clever,

does not approach the farcical. The of-

fering is somewhat similar to one thathas been eeen hereabouts recently, butshould be able to hold its own in thebetter houses. Carson's delineation of

the principal role is most satisfactory.

David is the younger son in a Jewishhousehold. His brother has succeeded in

the business world, but David's ambi-tion is to become an actor. His parentsdisagree as to their attitude toward him.

Father ridiculed the young man's ef-

forts to succeed as a performer, butmother can see nothing but a path

strewn with roses awaiting her son.

David enters while his parents are ar-

guing about the matter. The dialogue

which ensues discloses the fact thatwhile David has had opportunities to

appear at various benefits, he has hadlittle work that had financial returns. Atelegram is brought for Mike Kelley, andit develops that that is David's stage

name. He is asked to appear at the

"Greasy Square" Theatre, in place of

an act that has been delayed. He leaves,

urging his parents to come and see him.

The next scene, in one, takes place at

the theatre. "Mike Kelley" appears andsings and talks, while his parents, whooccupy a lower box, break in occasionally

with remarks. Mother continually ex-plains that he is her boy, while fatheris decidedly uncomfortable. The act

over, the parents return home. Davidfollowed, and the third scene takes place

before the original full-stage setting.

The parents get home first and Davidfollows. He explains that the perform-ers, who were delayed came to the the-

atre and that they are embarrassedfinancially. He tells that he permittedthem to retain their place on the bill

out of sympathy, and did not accept thesalary for working at one performance.Father ridicules him, and the young manbreaks forth into a vituperative streamin which he scolds his father for his at-

titude and for placing obstacles in his

path. Father delivers a lusty blow to

the young man who is quelled, and ex-

plains to his mother that his manner of

acting was good, but father does notapplaud in suitable fashion.Another telegram is brought in, and

it developed that Flo Ziegfeld, who sawDavid's performance, offers him a con-tract for thirty weeks at $300 per week.Of course there is a happy ending.

One fault with the offering is that it

is prolonged just a trifle beyond its cli-

NEW ACTS AND REAPPEARANCES

ITALIAN TRIOTheatre- Proctor'* 125th St.

Style

—

Singing.'

Time

—

Twelve minutes.

Setting

—

In one.

Three men in full dress offered anumber of operatic arias in Italian astheir tryout at this house. They arebetter equipped for the concert field

than for vaudeville.

The men render all of their numbersas a trio and, at the end of each one,

all exit. They would do better takinga bow, without actually going into the

wings at the end of each number.Also, a solo, would greatly aid the

offering. G. J. H.

9ARTHUR DUNN & VALESKATheatre—Proctor' j 125th Street.

Style

—

Talking and singing.

Time

—

Fourteen minutes.

Setting

—

In one.

Arthur Dunn and Valeska have a songand talk act which is, as yet. Crude,but which will improve in time andprobably be able to play the betterthree-a-day houses. Dunn is a shortfellow and Valeska a tall girl, whichcauses a ludicrous contrast right at the

start. The talk is not particularly

funny, although there are a few clever

bits nicely put over.

They started with some talk, after

which the .girl member of the team sanga ballad in a fair voice. There wasthen some more talk coupled with someslapstick comedy, and they concluded

with a burlesque on an operatic medley,which did not go particularly well be-

cause of the fact that the same bit has

been often used before.

Dunn and Valeska team well together.

The latter has a pleasing personality,

and Dunn does his work well. What the

act needs is more work. I. S.

DAISY NELLISTheatre

—

Alt. Vernon.

Style—-Ptano Concert.

Time—Fourteen minutes.

Setting

—

In one (special).

At the side of a very pretty special

curtain a sign proclaims Miss Nellis,

"The American Pianist of Distinction."

We read it and thought that a middle-- aged woman attired in simple gownwould enter, smirk at the audience, andbang off some technical pieces. There-fore, it was indeed a very pleasant sur-

prise to see a dainty, pretty young girl,

attired in a pink "feather" gown, whichfitted her nicely, make her entrance,

and showed a very charming smile.

Mks Nellis did play selections thatrevealed technique. But her selections

were not of the type that bore one,

for Miss Nellis plays with style anddistinction and gives an artistic ren-

dition of her numbers that is a delight

to the ear. She opened with the "Con-cert Etude," by McDowell. An "Irish

Country Dance" selection followed, andthe closing rendition was the "Hun-garian Rhapsody," from Lizst.

She was compelled to take an encore,

and evidently in preparing her act did

not think one would be necessary, for

all her numbers up to here had beenannounced by her signboard. But she

did play the "Waters of Venice," anddid so very well.

Miss Nellis will be welcomed to

vaudeville by all lovers of good music.G. J. H.

GREAT WESTINTheatre—23rd St.

Style

—

Impersonator.

Time—12 minutes.

Setting—Special in four.

The Great Westin offers a number of

impersonations ranging from Washingtonto Wilson. The greater number of these

were correct as to detail and facial ex-

pression, which is all he endeavors to

show. Some of them were not very good,

the poorest being those of Roosevelt and

Wilson.His routine includes: Buffalo BUI,

Generals Pershing, Haig, Foch, QueenVictoria. Theodore Roosevelt, PresidentWilson and Admiral Dewey. There wasnot a word spoken throughout the entire

act, except when Westin announced whathe intended to do. S. K.

LEE STODDARDTheatre

—

Proctor's Fifty-eighth Street.

Style

—

Talk and ventriloquism.

Time

—

Fourteen minutes.

Setting

—

In one.

Lee Stoddard has an offering that in-

cludes a few ventriloquial feats, imita-tions of one or two phonograph recordsand some patter, which includes a fewbits that are clever and some that arenot so clever. Stoddard has a pleasingpersonality and the stunts he performswith his voice are remarkably well done.His imitations of phonograph records aremore like the records used on old-timemachines than those employed on present-day talking machines, but clever, never-

theless. The ventriloquial portion, towardthe end of the offering, while stretched atrifle too far, is interesting and helpsround out what should before long be atwo-a-day act.

Stoddard started with a few remarksexpressing that he was a phonographsalesman and that he imitated the records

he desired to sell. When he appeared his

name had not been posted in an effort,

apparently, to create the impression that

he was not one of the performers. Noone was fooled by it. Following the

imitations of a Scotch selection and alaughing song he gave an impression ofa banjo record. A few stories followed

and then came the voice-throwing stunts.

He closed by singing a Scotch melody.

I. S.

MAURAL BERNARDOTheatre--Proctor's 125th Street.

Style

—

Singing and talking.

Time

—

Twelve minutes.

Setting

—

In one.

Bernardo is assisted by a lady, whoaccompanies at the piano and flings withhim for his opening number. Theyhave fairly good voices and pleased.

He followed the opening number witha prohibition bit on the style of Ryanand Healy's. In this number, he has anumber of popular songs put togetherin a parody which he sings to a whiskeybottle. While the number is good, his

delivery is inferior. Some patter fol-

lowed, in which he did a number of im-personations, among them being aFrenchman, Hebrew and Italian.

Bernardo closed with a dramatic reci-

tation, the words of which could not beunderstood, but as he shouted, "safefor democracy" at the end, he was givena big hand.The act will do for the pop-houses.

G. J. H.

RALPH AND MAYS.Theatre—Proctor's 125th St.

Style

—

Juggling.

Time-

—

Ten minutes.

Setting

—

Full stage.

Man and woman in a juggling andbalancing turn that will do as an openingact on the small time. They go througha routine of stunts, using clubs, diablo.

a wheel, and various other apparatus for

balancing bits.

They have a fairly good variety of

feats, of which the closing bit is the

best. However, they should work out adifferent routine in which to present the

bits than the manner used /when re-

viewed. At that time, each would do adifferent stunt at the same time and thusdetract the attention of • the '.audience

from the other. They should do their

best stunts with one of them off the

stage, and will find it to their advantage.

G. J. H.

PRITCHARD St. PEMBERTONTheatre—iff. Vernon.

Style

—

Da ncing.

Time

—

Eighteen minutes.

Setting—Full Stage (special).

When a young man and a young girl

get together in a dancing act, in whichthey have no assistance from anyoneelse, and when that act not only pos-sesses class, but originality, they are tobe congratulated. For it means thatthey are comers. And when the team la

attractive in looks, and .when they pos-sess personality, it means that it won'tbe a very long time before they arrive.And this pair possess all of these

qualities. They use a pretty curtain inone, and a prettier setting for funstage. The young man opens with asong patter announcement to the tuneof the "Little Birch Canoe" about theact, and offers a new verse before everynumber in the act. The first dance is

a minuet, the second a waltz, and thethird one by the girl herself. We won-der, by the way, how Flo Ziegfeld everoverlooked this young miss when get-ting some of hia pretty girls. The girl

gave imitations of Frisco, Marylyn Mil-ler, Ann Pennington and Bessie McCoy.While the imitations were not so veryfaithful, the dancing was pretty, andthe' girl exceedingly so. A jazz dance-

by the two followed, in which the girl

unintentionally gave a real good imita-tion of Bee Palmer. Her partner out-shimmied Frisco. On the request ofthe stage hand to cut out the shivers,they offered a jazz dance minus theshake. O. J. H.

THREE SISTERS HERBERTTheatre

—

Proctor's Fifty-eighth Btreet.

Style

—

Singing and dancing.

Time

—

Fourteen minutes.

Setting—Special.;

The Three Sisters Herbert are person-able girls who have a nicely costumed andstaged song and dance act. All threedance well and there are also severalvocal numbers of merit. The offering la

an entertaining song and dance review,

and the girls are graceful, well formedand present neat appearances.They started with an introductory song

done together, after which came a songand dance by two of the girls. Thethird followed with another vocal num-ber rendered in fine fashion, after which

" came a double dance by the other two.There was a snappy selection by one ofthe gir&, after which another did arope-skippiug dance. There wan anothersong and dance by two of the girls andthen a clog dance by the trio.

The turn as it is possesses variety andholds the eye There are just enoughvocal and terpaichorean numbers included

to maintain interest, and the act hasbeen wisely arranged. I. S.

GEORGIA & EVELYN JEWELTheatre—Jersey City.

Style

—

Dancing and singing.

Time—Fourteen minute*.

Setting

—

In one (special).

Two pretty little girls who possesspleasing personalities and who werehandicapped by being placed in the open-ing position when reviewed, went oververy nicely.

The pair use a blue velvet curtainhung in one, and enter from the centerof the curtain. They open with a neateccentric military dance in white cos-

tumes. A toe-dance by one of the girls,

follows, in which she also injects a bit

of jazz. A comedy song by her sister

and a kid number and dance by the two,complete the offering.

The girla are attractive, dance Welland handle their material very nicely.

They should please in the better das*houses. G. J. H.

THE- NEW YORK CLIPPER .Octoberl, 1919

AUDUBON(Uit Half)

Ilufford and Bose started the vaudeville

portion of the bill with an excellently ar-

ranged routine of slack wire etunta. This

pair Is the team which we reviewed a» a NewAct last week under the name of Pat and

Jul la Jjwolo. The different billing must hare

been used for the new circuit. But new name

or not, the pair are all there when It comes

to dispensing thrills.

Frank Hurst. and Company found a big

welcome waiting for them. Most of the au-

dience seemed to remember Hurst from the

acts of Jack Wilson, Lucille Cavanaugh and

Bessie Clayton, and he refreshed; the

memories of those who didn't with his open-

ing song In which he tells why he decided

to do this act His company Is a neat ap-

pearing pianist. Hurst has a. good routine

of songs and sings them well, but should

either omit his patter or get a new set of

gsgs entirely. With' this Improvement, hewill please any audience.

Bessie Bempel and Company presented a

very pleasing serio-comic sketch, which, al-

though old In theme, will get over be-

cause of the east that Is handling it and

the linen of the offering. The playlet has afine comedy finish.

Gonne and Alberts, the "kid" team, stopped

the show and the lady member was com-

pelled to take a curtain speech alter ren-

dering an en<-ore. The pair have taken a

lot of old -kid" Jokes and deliver them in amanner that Is sure-fire. As a "kid" come-

dienne, the young lady Is In a class by her-

self, and her partner holds his end of the

turn capably.Lillian Fitzgerald, assisted at the piano

' by Clarence Senna, was not permitted to

leave before taking an encore. She gave her

various bits of burlesque and kept the audi-

ence laughing every second she was on.

Wilbur Sweatman and Company closed the

show and In that position took two encores.

He did his clarinet solos in bis usual ef-

fective manner. G. J. H.

METROPOLITAN(Last Half)

Bell and Caron, man -and woman. In a

dancing and acrobatic act, opened the show.

The turn consists of several bits of business,

which preceded the real work. A song and-

dance served to Introduce the acrobatic abili-

ties of the man, .who went through a routine

of turns and twist* that won approval. The

woman offered a toe dancing specialty that

wag well received.

Burns and Garry, who followed, gave the

Impression that it was a man and girl set,

due to the use of a high falsetto by one of

them, who sings from the wings. His en-

trance was the signal for applause. The act.

a melange of song, comedy and dance, amusedgreatly. Their closing number was especially

well liked..

LeHoen and Dupreeee followed. At first

they gave the Impression that it was to be

a song and dance act, with specialty num-bers about the wild and woolly west, whichtheir setting represents. But it turned out

to be a shooting act. with special scenery

and some comedy to between shots. Their'

offering; was accepted with favor though,

despite the weakness of the comedy. Thewoman is s remarkable shot, and her ex-

hibition of her ability was surprising.

Baker and Rogers have a tramp act that

is bound to bring a smile, even from the

most hardened of vaudevllllans. This Is not' the original team, however, for the original

recently split, and each member took a newpartner, and is doing much the same act as

- the other fellow. In this team. Baker Is of

the original, and his partner Is new. Theiroffering consists of several very clever gags,

and some clever parodies, on operatic andpopular numbers.

Jack Levy and The Symphony Girls closed

the show. This act can justly claim to be

the classiest musical act In vaudeville. Their

act la Ugh class from beginning to end. andwas exceedingly well put over. They wereforced to take an encore, for which they

rendered their own concepntlon of the waythe different nationalities would play "HomeSweet Home."The feature film was "The Spite Bride."

with Olive Thomas.a. k.

FIFTH AVENUE(Last Half)

Le Poilu. who opened the bill, plays several

brass instruments with vigor, and renders

in spirited fashion a varied assortment of

numbers. Some of his Instruments are rather

peculiar In abape and be does some trick

playing in the form of balancing some of the

instruments upon his lips and playing them

without the use of his bands.

. Holmes and Wells, a man and woman team,

offered a song skit, which for the greater part,

failed to excite the audience. The offering is

one of a number of the same kind now being

offered In vaudeville. There are a few solos,

some dance bits and patter which could Just

as well be omitted. There Is a wedding songand dance ensemble to close and it does notprovide a sufficient punch at the finish,

largely because of the manner in which it is

bandied.-"Petticoats" is the title of a comedy playlet

with a cast of four, three girls and a man.The theme of the sketch lacks novelty andthe cast is fairly efficient, but fails to makethe best of one or two situations. These, In-

cidentally, also lack originality and the en-

tire act lacks the Important element of sus-

pense.Harry Cooper Is a clever comedian and

handles his songs and comedy material in

goad fashion. Cooper is an excellent single

and holds his spot on the bill down In ex-

cellent shape."Chicken Cbow Hein" is an elaborate act

with a large and capable cast. The offering

is a conglomeration of song, dance and talk

bits which are rather disconnected and lacka strong connecting link. The melange of

scattered numbers, holds the eye however.The Wilson Brothers are a clever pair of

comedians and handle their talk and songsIn expert style. They registered a good-sizedhit.

Yvonne and Company closed the show witha terpslchorean offering that held the audienceIn until the finish. I. S.

HARLEM OPERA HOUSEDanses D'Arts opened the show with u

series of well executed dance numbers. Thetorn consults of three good looking girls whoare well costumed, with a little more class

In the way of a special drop and a pianist

this act should hit the better houses.

Green and La Fell, in a piano and song

act, pleased. Green has the right Idea about

clowning at the piano as If goes over. Hewould benefit the act however by omitting

the Hebrew music version of "Over There,"

.as three acta have already been aeen doing

the same bit In this house.

"Cold Feet" la the title of a smart playlet

presented by Herbert Dean A Co. It dealswith a young girl and fellow who plan suicideon acount of a love quarrel, disappointedIn love. The set represents a dock and theyplan to jump In. A policeman on the beatfamishes some, good comedy and the finish

of course is the decision that the water Is

too cold, so they run off to get married. Thecast is capable and the skit In all la pleasing.Jadevah De Rajah was a kit to bis tele-

pathy act assisted by Princess Olga and CostaValda. This act ia one of the fastest actsof its kind on the stage. Two men work in

the audience and questions and answers goand come in amaslng rapidity. The Princessknows the value of a touch of comedy here .

and there and uses It to good advantage.Kudinoff went well with artistic novelty.

He started by bucking a piece of enamel andforming a scene of a ship coming Into portwhich he changed with the alight motion ofbis fingers Into a landscape. He closed hisact' with several bird Imitations and went off

to a good hand.Mullen and Francis offered their comedy

song and talk act entitled "I Get what'sLeft." and scored the comedy hit of thebin. Mullen ia one of the best comediansof bla kind and every gag roes over for abig laugh. The new song number done byboth to the middle of the. ;.<1 is weak anda better number should be svusttruted.

L. D. 8.

AMERICAN(Last Half)

The Spartans have a routine of sensational

strong-man stunts and In the opening posi-

tion at this house scored a hit.

Monte and Lyons, two "wops," offered

some singing and instrumental work and hadno trouble in pleasing in tbc second spot.They deliver a bit of patter along the con-ventional lines of "wop" acts, and coaldimprove the talk to a great extent. One ofthe duo sings well, and the other played theguitar to good advantage.

Betty Bldert and Company, tbe latter be-

ing a male partner, kept a slow pace withtheir skit. Both work as "kids," and offer.some animal lmltitlons, a bit of singing andwhistling. The turn needs a lot of Improve-ment In the way of speed.Marie Russell and her violinist stopped

tbe show. Miss RuFjell Is wearing a beauti-ful gown, and the young man looks neat Ina tuxedo. She has added some new songsto tbe routine and renders them well. As a"coon-shouter" Miss Russell can easily rankwith the best, for her make-up will foolanyone and her voice If "the kind that la nec-essary for an act of this kind.Stan Stanley was billed to be assisted by

Mabel Barry, bat the young lady with himnow Is Miss Kellar, the one who was In hisact a year or so ago. Stanley would dowell to leave out the gag about the girlnot being a bum, for many to the audienceobjected to It. He should also cut down onthe swear words, which are not at all nec-essary. Ed Kane assisted capably. Tbe actIs in need of new material.

Marguerite Calvert, a pretty little girl,played tbe violin and danced her way Intothe good graces of the audiences. She doesher work well and possesses good personality.McCne and Dean, man and woman in a

"hokum" torn, have the ability to present amuch better offering than this one. Thelady has a dandy voice of the "coon-shouter"type and also Is a good comedienne. Herpartner also sings well.Mayo and Irwin closed the show with a

comedy skit that was billed with HermanTimberg's name as the author. One of thepair la a good "Hebrew" comedian and theother a good straight. Tbe team found easygoing and held the house. G. J. H.

PROCTOR'S 125TH STREET(Last Half)

Hurler and Harley, man and woman,opened with a novelty acrobatic turn. NewActs.

Parker and Dnbney lasted only for thematinee performance with a blackface sing-ing skit. . -

Carlo Nelson was cured of the hallucina-tion that he was a cartoonist by fsrlng thefate of the preceding team. "We don't liketo be hard, but Nelson can't even draw asalary as an artist, much less a picture.

Belle Newman went well with some sing-ing and violin playing. New Acts.

Geo. W. Stewart offered a novel imitationoffering and found easy going. New Acts.Silled under tbe name of "A Debut' In

Debuque," Ed Garvle and Company offered asatire on the serious drama. Garvle wasformerly comedian with the "Listen Lester''

show. The tarn will be reviewed underNew Acts.

Harold Garhart, a one-legged soldier, de-livered a number of songs and received muchapplause. New Acts.The Great Westin tried out hla present

act at this house last season and now pre-sented it as a regular act on the bill. Hegives a number of Impersonations of famousmen. While costuming and hair make-up aregood, the facial expression Is badly lacking.

Rosalie Archer, a dainty little miss, provedto be a real find. Tbe girl should be seenon the big time soon. She will be reviewedunder New Acts.Carry Owen and Company, the latter con-

sisting of a pianist, two women and a midgetwho plays a "Nance," scored a riot withtheir offering. Owen sings well and handlesbis comedy excellently. His company alsorenders capable assistace.Aubey and Biehtle. two pretty young

girls, sang and danced their way to a bigbit. In addition to being pretty, , the girlshave some very good costumes which theywear to good effect. The singing and danc-ing are very well done.Jarrow found the audience easy with his

"sleight o' hand" stunts and patter. Jarrowknows the value of showmanship and usesIt all through bis offering.The Fashion Minstrels, a female minstrel

offering presented by Josle Flynn, who plsysthe comedienne's role effectively, closed theshow. Despite the lateness of tbe hour, andtbe length of time the act runs. It provedIts merit by not only holding them In, butscoring a big hit. G. J. H.

VICTORIA.(Last Half)

Such a crowd ns packed this bouse on the -

opening night of the last half, Thursdaybeing a Jewish holiday, was deserving of

a much better show than bad been arranged,

the bill being essentially of small-time calibre.Fred Kornan whistled with several of tbe

fingers of bis hand stuck in bis mouth, andtbe tone qoalty of tbe tunes he rendered waslond rather than musical.

L'Estrange Sisters established themselves'

as the redeeming feature of the bill. Fortheirs la a musical offering that Is polite,finished and has character. Both of themsing, one playing the piano in addition. Theywere charmingly costumed, and In the choiceof the songs they rendered they showed rareJudgment. They deserve booking to the bet-ter class houses and probably will be ap-pearing In them soon.Jean Lelgbton's Revue has mnch room for

improvement. None of the live blackfaceminstrel men in the act had any definite sortof personality. All of them seem to be justreading their lines. And, as for Miss Leigh-ton, she slugs pleasingly and with fine vocalstyle.

Will and Mary Rogers pattered about theInstitution of marriage, dubbing each otherIn rapler-llke fashion at times, the whilearousing- laughter with, their quips. Andthat they speak many mugh-provokingUnes goes without saying. But their act latoo long. Then, too, both lack subtlety,which is probably the reason why they willremain In the small-time houses, wheretheir act will almost Invariably go over.The Fuji Troupe Is a quartette of acro-

batic Japs, one of whom is a woman, whotumble, juggle, and Indeed do all the conven-tional stunts that we have come to expectof Orientals appearing in vaudeville. Thewoman In this act la an exceptionally lithe

and fast tumbler, and for the rest the troupeIs no better or worse than the average act

of Its kind. M. L. A.

NEW ACTSWYNT AND WYNTON

Theatre—-Proctors'* 125<* St.

Style

—

Talking, singing and dancing.Time

—

Twelve minutes.Setting—In one.

Wynt and Wynton are an English manand woman team.The man sang a number, which, under

ordinary cdrcun. vtances, gets a lot of

laughs and applause. But not a giggle

.did he get, Tbe young lady, also at-

tempted a song. After a jazz number,delivered in minuette style, (uncon-

sciously) and a "near-dance," for that is

all that it could be termed, they thoughtthey had stopped the show. Well, aboutthree people did applaud. The tarnwon't do. G. J. H.

GEORGE BUCKTheatre—Jersey City.

Style-—Xylophone and piano.Time

—

Twelve fiwwifeW.* VSetting

—

In one.

Buck, who worked in bis shirt sleeves

when reviewed, opened his offering witha medley of operatic, popular- and jazx

numbers. He followed this with a bit

at the piano in which he sang in "blues"

manner a description of the various

tenants living on the different floors of

his apartment house. In this bit,' be put

over a few old gags and a little yodelling.

He closed his turn with a medley of jazz

on the xylophone.Buck's routine is very short and s

few more numbers on the xylophone,one of which should be a classical piece,

would greatly aid th? offering.

G.XH.

October 1, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 11--~

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USICJ3L•THUNDER," A DULLCOMEDY FALLS FARSHORT OF "00™!™*"THUNDER." a comedy in three acts,

by Peg Franklin and Ella W. Feat-tie. Presented by John Golden at theCriterion Theatre, Monday erenlng,Zeyteaiber 22, 1019.

OAST.

Ma MeBirney Marie DayPa McBirney Guy NicholsMindj Coulter Leila BennettJeff Coulter Charles McDonaldBock Babb Horace JamesMr. Carson George WrightMrs. Carson '....... .Era DennlsonSam Diabrow Cheater MorrisMr. Diabrow Wilson DayDick Babb Benjamin KatunAzalea ". Sylria FieldPreacher ......'.. •-.".._ Burr MelntoetfPliny Doanc 8am ReedBl Kltchell John TalbotMrs. Kitebell Marlon KerbyMrs. Doane .'. Blanche TalbotFiddler Charles AlthoffTom Genoa Mart B. Heiaey

"Thunder" is obviously designed by its

title to be a companion piece to the samemanager's production, "LightninV Butthere any attempt to twin it with its

predecessor at the Gaiety must end. Itwould be safe to say that the new com-edy will surely never create as much dis-

turbance in the heavens of the theatricalworld.

The play is the work of a new play-right, Peg Franklin, and is dramatizedfrom the magazine stories of Elia W.Peattie. For its setting it has the ro-mantic mountains of the South. Itscharacters are the rugged mountain folk,a type well known to the followers of thesilent drama. Although . "Thunder" ia

billed as a comedy, there is little thatsavors of the comedy in ite make up; infact, it might be termed a very old-timemelodrama, without any vestage of mod-ern trimmings.

The plot concerns the fortunes of a cir-cus waif whose loveliness, innocence andmiraculously developed business instinctscompletely transform a community ofignorant, shiftless and generally grotesquepeople who live far from the track ofcivilization. She puts an end to ancientfamily feuds, brings hesitating but lovingpairs together, builds a village school

house and generally spreads broadcastbeneficent ministration, and all this is

being accomplished while her own lover isbeing falsely accused of having stolen adead miser's hoard.

In an effort to create a stage character,bearing relationship of some kind toLightning Bill Jones, who is one of thesuccessful characterizations in "Light-nin'," Miss Franklin has fallen short withher character of a roaring, militant moun-taineer preacher, who is always ready tocommit MTJury in his effort to nerve theLord. Hers. is a crudely and obviouslydrawn serio-comic type, though it is actedwith a good deal of unction by Burr Mc-intosh.

Throughout the entire play fyylviafield's acting was a praiseworthy char-acterization, and there were other play-ers as capable as their parts demanded,although most of them were little knownto Broadway. The play as it now standsia insufferably long, and although it mighthe said that "Lightning* " has surelystruck, "Thunder* didst even make anoise. • -..--

WOODS HAS ANOTHER ONEAL H. Woods has another new; comedy

which he will show at the Booth Theatreon September 29. It is called "Too ManyHusbands,'' and is by Somerset Maugham,the English writer.. Kenneth Douglas andEstelle Winwood are to be in the leads,and Lawrence Grossmith and Fritz Will-iams will be the principal supports.

:«

"KATVS KISSES'* FOR LONDONCharles B. Cochran, the London man -

;er who originally produced "The Better>le," is negotiating with Neil Twomey,

the author, for the English, rights of*Kavty*s Kisses.*' James L. Denny, at pres-ent acting as Mr. Cochran's American rep-resentative, saw the performance of"Katy's Kisses" Saturday evening.

"SEESAW" WITH ACLEVER PLOT ANDCATCHY TUNES SCORES"SEB-SAW," a mnstcal comedy in twoacts. Book an ' Lyrics. 1-y Earl DerrBtggers. Music by T.odls A. Hlrsch:presented at the Georce M. CohenTheatre, Tuesday evening;, September23. by Henry W. Savave.

CAST.Elisabeth Hlaes, Gay Robertson, Horace

M. Gardner, Frederick Graham, CharlieBrown, John H. McKenna. Helen Bolton,George Baxbler, Jcanette Lowrte, DorotheaMacKaye. Charles Ksdale. Frank Carter,Charles Meaklna. Jimmle Parker, ByronHallstesd. Ella Danaher. Dorothy Smoller.

It doesn't speak well for the musicaloriginality of our successful musical com-edy composers when they have to resortto strains and motifs from other musicalcomedy composers, for that is what LouisA. Hirech has done in "See-Saw," thelatest musical comedy for which he com-posed the score, and which wag presentedat the George M. Cohan Theatre by HenryW. Savage. The influence and more ofJerome Kern, master of melodic lilt, is

discernible throughout Hirsch'3 "See-Saw"score.

But even if we can't speak well ofHirach's musical originality, we can speakwell of "See-Saw," including the music,for it is one thing to be unoriginal andanother thing to be that same smartly,and Hirech is nothing if not a smartcomposer of show tunes—plus the choiceorchestration contributed by CharlesMiller and Maurice De Packh.

Earl Derr Bigger* has furnished thepiece with a plot that really tells a tale.

The tale being of an impecunious Englishlord who wants to marry the daughter ofa Detroit automobile magnate. In fact,

it's all arranged that he should marryher; but he's not taking any chances. 80he takes out a Lloyd's policy, insuring for

$100,000 the chance of- their being a hitchin the prospective matrimonial alliance.

Suffice it to tell that in the end the -

American heiress fails to marry thenobleman, but does marry an American,her father's choice as well as her own,whom she had met one night in Paris.

The book and lyrics are not gushing in

humor, but just the same there is humorand plenty of it throughout the piece.

In spite of the reminiscence of thescore, the tunes for the most part arecatchy and easily remembered, which ia

fortunate for the play.

Frank. Carter played the role of RichardMinot, who In the end marries the auto-mobile man's daughter. A trim and in-

gratiating performer is Frank, and neverhas he danced with as muck pep andgrace as he displayed in this show, buthis acting was, to say the least, disap-pointing. Charles Mealdns, as a breezypress agent, proved to be a most interest-ing humorous element. Dorothea Mack-aye was more than passingly charming asthe heiress, and Jeannette Lowrie playedthe part of an aunt bent on bringingEnglish nobility into the family, withproperly poised dignity. Charles Brown,as Lord Harrowby, injected enough in-

nocnouaness into the role of the noble-man to make him appear humorouslystupid. And Frederick Graham, who waseast aa his lordship's valet, wae genuinelyamusing. Helen Bolton, as a formeractress-name of the nobleman, acted hervampirish role in conventional musicalcomedy fashion.

"KATY'S KISSES," AMIRTHLESS FARCE,AT THE GREENWICH

KATY'S KISSES."—A farce In threeacta by Nell Twomey. Presented byEdward B. Perkins st the GreenwichVillas* Theatre. Wednesday erenlncSept. 23. 1819.

CAST.Ned Summers Carl JacksonNat Poster Frank DawsonFred Jones Wllllsm I. ClarkSam LeTy Alfred WinnMathew Davla Nell TwomeyKsty Hartman Mary Ann DentlcrMargaret Lang Geraldln BeekwitbJ. O. Bockaurtb Harry klaltlandJohnnie Clifford RobbiesHes Hnckina .....Bobert CraigAmbrose Quirk T. C. HamiltonBUI Griggs Relnold WUltamaDelia. Dunn ' ........ .Agnes Kelly

"Katy's Kisses," the latest offering ofthe Greenwich Village Theatre, may besafely termed a mirthless farce, staged inthree acts, badly written and badlyplayed by Neil Twomey and poorlystaged by Clifford Brook. In fact, the"alleged" farce is so far lacking in qual-ity and workmanship that it seemshardly worthy of the reviewer's time.The best that can be said for it may beput in a few words—it is "awfuL"The play concerns a man who believes

that bluff is the most important thing in

the world. In the case of "Katy'sKisses," the bluff didn't work. Althoughthe audience tried hard to enjoy tht> play,

they found it impossible, and ere the last

curtain call there remained but thosefew who considered themselves dutybound to see it through, no matter whatthe odds.The intentions of Neil Twomey, the

author, who attempted to act the leadingcharacter, were undoubtedly the best,although he did not reveal the capacityfor either of the tasks he had undertaken.The three acts of his piece were a collec-

tion of the most familiar wheezes of an-cient comedy, which could not expect topass muster even in the most remote one-night stands. The other performers wereabout equal to the quality of the materialwith which they had to deal.

AUCTION LACKAYES GOODSAn auction sale of the -household fur-

nishings of Wilton Lackaye was startedyesterday (Tuesday) morning on thepremises, 261 West Ninetieth street.

The goods include works of art collected

by Mr. Laekaye at home and abroad. Inaddition to bronzes, paintings, marblesand antique furniture, his Chinese tem-ple hangings and Bammae, brought to thiscountry after the Boxer Rebellion, and apair of Florentine wood carvings importedby the late Augustin Daly, are also of-

fered for sale.

MUNROE RETURNS TO STAGEGeorge Monroe will return to the stage

after an absence of a year, caused by ill-

ness, in the cast of "The Passing Showof 1919," which will follow "Monte Cristo,

Jr." into the Winter Garden.Monroe has appeared in three other

Winter Garden productions, starting with"The Passing Show of 1914," "The Pass-

ing Show of 1916" and "The Show of

Wonders."

KRE1SLER OPERA NAMED"Apple Blossoms" is the title selected

for tiie new operetta written by FritzKreisler and Victor Jacobi, with thelibretto from the pen of William LeBaron. Charles Dillingham will producethe piece, in the cast of which will beinelnded John Charles Thomas, WildaBennett, Florence Shirley, Percival Knight,Roy AtweU, Harrison Brockbank andRen* Parker. The show opened in Balti-

more on Sept. 29.

CAST FOR TYLER PLAY COMPLETEThe cast for "A Young Man's Fancy"

has been completed and the play is nowrehearsing under the direction of FrederickStanhope. The play will open at the Lib-erty on October sixth. Jeane Eagle andPhilip Merivale will play the leads. Inthe supporting cast will be Jessie Busley,J. M. Kerrigan, Eugenie Blair, John David-son, Alfred Kappeler, Frank Allworth,Walter Percival, Mary Kennedy, HowardLindsay, Harry Barfoot, Bessie Owens,Morgan Farley, Sidney Elliott, SymonaBoniface, Viola Cain, Robert Reed andMary Carter.

•ROLY-BOLY EYES" WITHEDDIE LEONARD ATTHE KNICKERBOCKER

"ROLV-BOLV EYES." — A musical. comedy in three acta; book and lyricsby Edgar Allan Woolf; innate byEddy Brown and Loots Qroenberg.Presented by John Cort at the Knicker-bocker Theatre. Thursday eTCOlor,September S3, 1918.

OAR.Judge Robert Warren: Bosh CbllrersMrs. Robert Warren Adora AndrewsIda Lorio* Qneenle SmithMyron 8. Rentbam. .. .Barry Anson TrnaxMrs. Penelope Glddlngs Maude LeoneDorothy Glddlngs Kate FnllroanBuddie Montrose... Earl OatenMichael Flecbetti Frank MartinsPeter H. D. BUkemoreBilly Emerson Eddie LeonardBilly Rice BUdfe MasterBilly West Bert McflsrteyFred. W. Wambold O. Clayton FryaKitty Rice Mary Boley

"Roly-Boly Eyes," the latest offering ofJohn Cort, in which Eddie Leonard, foryears one of the popular headline acts invaudeville, plays the leading role, mayperhaps be set down as effective popularentertainment. Edgar Allan Wools haswritten the new piece after one of hispopular songs of the same name, and EddieBrown and Louis Gruenberg have sup-plied the necessary musical score. Theplay may well be termed a musical com-edy edition of minstrelsy.John Cort -has shown considerable

shrewdness in selecting Eddie Leonard asthe leading figure of a musical play Inwhich negro minstrelsy is the chief attrac-tion. The audience which greeted himlast Thursday evening at the Knicker-bocker Theatre was composed principallyof his faithful vaudeville following, and itleft no means untried to give has effortthe appearance of initial success.He was an excellent selection for a

musical comedy about the old-time min-strels. His style is neat, his humor, whilenot deep nor especially communicating, is

finished in its expression; his singing hasall the emotional tremolo demanded fromblack face actors, and his soft shoe danc-ing graceful and complicated. Those inthe audience who made bis acquaintancefor the first time Thursday evening en-joyed his appearance throughout the play,although none of them seemed moved bythe same warmth that inspired his old ad-mirers.

Queenie Smith, who used to be a mem-ber of the corp de ballet of the Metropoli-tan Opera House, gave an air of refinementto the piece by her dainty singing and herclever dancing. There were various othersingers and dancers in the cast, betterknown to vaudeville, than to the regularstage, who put plenty of physical activ-

ity into the piece. Among them KatePullman and Earle Gates proved an agile

pair and earned the applause they re-

ceived.

"Roly-Boly.Eyes" will probably please

the' public for which it is intended. Thatpubhc is large and not vtxj discriminating.

So perhaps the featur » of the show whichseem least raited to musical comedy in

the accepted sense may prove the chief

meant to its success.

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MOVIES HELP LEGITIMATEMore and more is it becoming apparent

that the movies instead of drawing busi-ness away from the legitimate theatres is

helping to increase the patronage in thelegitimate show houses. Why 7

Simply became of the stupid andmediocre stories that are being presentedthese days upon the screen. The fault is

evenly divided between the writers of thestories and those connected with film-pro-ducing companies whose business it is tosee that the stories are unfolded for thescreen.

In the case of the writers, some of thebetter known ones among them at leastdo write yarns that have coherency be-sides plot. For the rest, they are satis-fied to write stories for the screen thatjust have enough plot in them to attractthe film producer. And when the goodproducers get hold of even a decent story,the tendency among them seems to be togarble the yarn until it becomes unrecog-nizable on the screen.Thus we have a combination whose joint

efforts are producing a condition -whichwill ultimately result in creating a con-tempt for motion pictures on the part ofthe public—the vast majority of moviefans who now support the industry,It is quite true that vast sums are

being spent by film companies on screenproductions. But when it is consideredwhat a small percentage of the largenumber of film features produced arefound worthy of the screen, it becomesobvious that there is something wrongwith the film production business.Not that a large percentage of legiti-

mate plays produced are so great; in fact,a great number of them are bad. Butstill, the percentage of bad legitimate at-tractions among the many that are pro-duced is not nearly so great as in the filmindustry.

So under the circumstances there doesn'tseem to be anything left to do except topatronize legitimate shows, which is

being done by a vast majority of thepublic and the knowledge of which isbringing about some radical 'changes inthe way they are directing their business—acquiring > theatres and garnering therights to dramatic productions.

FRANCES NORDSTROM PROTESTSEditor New York Clipper:

An editorial in your last week's issueheaded "Why Many Acts Fail" says, in

part, "The booking offices are searchinghigh and low to give vaudeville audiencessomething new; but even more essentialto the successful vaudeville performer is

that he possess different matjerial fromUsTreatV J ID*

I wish to make a violent protestagainst the above. 'I-

Most of the acts are doing the "oldstuff" because~ anything new and worthwhile is utterly discouraged by the bigtime booking office.

Vaudeville means, or should mean, va-riety. Look at the vaudeville bills today.What do they consist of in nine bills outof tent Singing, dancing, jazz, hokum,hokum, jazz.

The sketch, which is, or should be, thebackbone of a bill—aa it is only humanfor 'everyone to like a story—is beingslowly and systematically crushed out ofvaudeville.

It is said that sketches are bad andbadly played. Why? First, because goodwriters will not waste their time writingfor vaudeville; and second, because goodactors will not play for the miserable sal-aries vaudeville sketches are able to pay.The insane desire to make people laugh

and laugh alone, no matter what lowcomedy means, is used to get the result,

takes first rank today in judging theworth of an offering.

Clever lines, daintiness, charm, heartinterest, must go, outclassed by noise,"pep" and speed.

And what is the result t Nice peopleare staying out of vaudeville theatres.

In talking over this deplorable condi-tion several months ago with one of' thebiggest house managers on the Keithtime, he said, and I am using his ownwords, "We have no complaint to makeas far as business is concerned, but I

have seen a gradual change in the qualityof our audiences until now we are gettinga completely different class of people."

I wonder if ' this 1 is not worth a fewminutes' consideration?

I feel I have a real right just now toprotoat against your article "Why ManyActs Fail."

Last February, 'The Memory Book,"written by me, was produced at a four-thousand-dollar expense. It was gen-erally hailed as one of, if not the mostbeautiful, acts vaudeville had ever seen.The act was at once booked for the NewYork houses and I was told by an official

in the office that there were four years'bookings for it, as it would be a wonder-ful repeater.

It played twelve weeks, and now—be-cause two or three reports came in fromthe road that the act was sad and slowedthe bill up—"The Memory Book" is in

the storehouse.And, to add insult to injury, I was of-

fered a route in "All Wrong" over theOrpheum -time, at a hundred dollar raise.

"All Wrong," played by me for fouryears! ! 1

Does this look as though the big timeoffice wanted' anything new ?

When a producer has the courage to putfour -thousand dollars into an offering

that has been passed on by the bookers,should not that act be given, at least,

time enough to pay back some part ofthe investment? -

If an act is good enough to play twelveweeks of the best houses is it not goodenough to play them all?

Is there not some way when an artist

hap gone through all the misery and trou-ble of "breaking in," surviving such places

as Jersey- City and Paterson, where anact is only as good as it goes, and his act

has been seen and accepted by the book-ers, for the' artist to be assured of con-sideration? . .

I can not and do not believe that Mr.Albee and Mr. Beck know of these con-ditions existing on the circuits.

If they do—if an act is too beautiful,

too high class, for their houses—then let*

s

pull down the signs "Refined Vaudeville"from over .the vaudeville theatres andring up the Shimmie Shirt.

•c FRANCES NORDSTROM.Hotel Flanders, New York City.

Answers to Queries Rialto Rattles

G. M.—Mrs. Justine Lewis wroteCharmed Bird."

The

R. Tif-Arthur Hopkins produced- "GioodGracious AnnabcUe." ijfa ..--- :»*

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0- UT. Ei—Violet Kelly appeared with "The

Century Maids"' two seasons ago.

G. W.—Helen Lowell was seen in "FriendMartha." EdgarMcGregorproduccd.it.

H. R. E.—Iaabelle Coe played the title

role in "Niobe" twenty-seven years ago.

T. H. G.—Peter Paul Porcasi played theleading role in "Twin Beds" at one time.

W. T. R—Will Delavoye was the prin-cipal clown with the Sells-Floto circus in1017.

A. L> V.—An act called the "Six RoyalHussars" was seen in the Loew houses inNew York in 1017. ,

F. F.—Bob Ferns appeared as a black-face comedian with the "Million DollarDolls" two years ago.

B. N. P.—Mary Pickford's real name is

Gladys Mary Smith. She is married toOwen Moore. Yes, they are sisters.

K. B. C.—The World Film Corporationproduced. "The Pago Mystery" In five

reels. Carlyle Blackwell and June Elvidgewere featured.

H. D.—The Clipper reviews new actseach week. Let us know where you willhave your New York showing and we will

try to catch the act.

H. H.—Genevieve Forster was divorcedfrom Jesse Forster two years ago. Theyplayed in vaudeville together and wereknown in the middle-west. ,

E. E. G.—You can find out about thatby writing to the International Congressof Dare-Devils. The office of that organi-zation is located in the Longacre Building.

G. D. R.—Why not insert an advertise-ment in the Cupper? It will be seen byany number of people in the theatricalprofession and may prove the solution ofthe problem.

1*. K. L.—Robert McGee Junk, known in

private as Harry A. Starr, died of typhoidin 1917. He contracted the illness whileon his way to Port Hope where he plannedto sped the summer. He was a stockactor.

25 YEARS AGOFred Mardo played at the Academy of

Music, New York, with Gilmore ft Tomp-kin's "Black Crook" company.

Otis Skinner made his stellar debut in

"His Grace De Grammont" at the Giand,Chicago.Ada Rehan made her first appearance as

a star in "The Last Word" at the Hol-lis Street Theatre, Boston.James A. Bailey acquired the Barnum's

interest in the Baraum ft Bailey Show.Sadie Martinet starred in "The Pass-

port.''

George Edwardes' "Gaiety Girl" waspresented at Daly's Theatre, New York.- New Plays: "Old Glory,*! "The VictoriaCross," "The Silver Wedding* "The GreatBrooklyn Handicap," "A True-BloodedYankee Girl," "Down in Doxie," "TheMaster Passion," "Athenia," "On theMississippi," "A Black Sheep," "TheDerby Winner," "Young America," "AJolly Good Fellow," "The Man From theWest," "Garry Owen," "The Star Gazer,""A Ron on the Bank," "The PrimaDonna," Tnniafallon," "The Sideshow," "ARide for Life," "4-11-44," "The Flams,""The Captain's Mate," "A Wild Dock,""Daughters of Eve."

TOO TRUEOf all sad words of tongue or pen,The saddest is "We flopped again."

REAL ACTINGIt takes a fellow with considerable

imagination to play a "souse" part .thesedays.

ASK COSMO HAMILTONWe always thought the Road to Virtue

was the right one, but it seems that, afterall,'"Scandal" pays.

WE BET ON THE SCREENIf William Shakespeare were living to-

day, wonder whether he'd be turning outhis old stuff or writing scenarios.

MATRIMONIAL WAR, PERHAPSWhen Edward Mackay, the actor, mar-

ried Alice C. Brown, a dramatic critic, hewas taking a chance, it seems. She mightthink it's her prerogative to criticize "hisactions all through life.

WALKER OUGHT TO KNOWIf what Ray Walker says is true in

that the "Over There" entertainersbrought home a bankroll, we're glad to seethat titer*- was really someone who gotsomething out of the Y. M. C. A.

WE VOTE TO ELIMINATEHandkerchiefs in' acrobatic acts.

Any more bedroom shows.The "Who Did It?" mystery dramas.Louis Mann's collar.

Raymond Hitchcock's monocle and spats.

SHE MIGHT NEED 'EM HERSELFHarrison Fisher thinks that Ruby Nor-

ton could supply the missing arms of theVenus de Milo. But the operation wouldcertainly be misplaced philanthropy, forthen what would Miss Norton do for herown?

THINGS WORTH HAVINGJim Toney's control of the Colonial gal-

lery gods.The old P. M. A. icebox.The deed to the Putnam Building.Ziegfeld's little red book.George Arliss' honorary degree.

THEATRE PESTSThe fellow who saw the show last week

and tells you all about it at the end ofact one.The fellow who sits in the middle of

the row and goes out every intermission.The guy who laughs in your ear.The musically inclined fellow who beats

time with his umbrella.The woman next to you who sits baby

half on her lap and half on you.

HEARD ON BROADWAY"I've got the greatest act you ever

saw, but I'm just holding out for morekale."

"I knew him when he was raping withJulia Marlowe.""He says I'm stealing his stuff, but

.I've heard at least ten acta using thegag"

"She's got a big head since she teamedup with him."

"Let's go and see The Jest.' Thereought to be a lot of laughs in a playlike that."

OUR OWN DICTIONARYAgent—A man who makes money aa

long as the other fellow work*. See five

per cent.

Applause—Something the star expectswhile the ham only hears it in his dreams.

Actor—A ham that has been cured.Artist—An actor who gets big money.Accompanist—See "Company."Author—The fellow who gets the blame

for the "flop," but has nothing to do witha success; eee A. S. Tenny.Attempt—An average act.

Acrobats—The men who seat the audi-ence and keep the audience working. See"Handkerchief."Animal Act—A eat, a dog, a pony, a

monkey—and a woman.

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The Jones Music Co., which has openedoffices in the Gaiety Theatre Building is

the latest addition to the ranks of NewYork music publishers.

A. J. Jones, the head of the company,having for years admired the writing abil-

ity of Anita Owens, determined to enter

the publishing field' with her compositionsas a basis for his song, catalogue.

Three songs from the pen of this tal-

ented writer were secured by the paymentof a "large- cash advance, and from these

three the Jones Co. believe they will be

able to popularize a number which will

rival, if it does not actually exceed in

popular favor her famous "Sweet Bunchof Daisies.'*yicp Owens has for several years been

writing for the Remick house to which she

was under contract to furnish twelve songs

a year. - At the end of the Remick con-

tract she placed a number with Waterson,Berlin & Snyder called "I Cannot Bear to

Say Good-Bye," a number which- hasreached the 500,000 sales mark.Hiss Owen's new numbers, which are

ready for release in the Jones catalogue,

are "Wander With Me to Loveland,"

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"Beautiful Land of Dreams" and "Don't

Be Sad."

"CAROUNE" IN THE "GAIETIES"One of the outstanding song hits of the

Shubert "Gaities of 1919," now playing to

crowded and enthusiastic houses at. the

Forty-fourth Street Theatre, is no less afavorite than "Cant To' Heah Me Calliu',

CarolineV This is the same melodious

ear-haunting Southern serenade that Wm.H. Gardner and Caro Roma wrote spine

years ago, and that leaped into popularity

over night, as it were. In the "Gaieties of

1919" it is sung beautifully and with splen-

did effect by Irving Fischer, and never

fails to get prodigiously encored. "Can't

T"o Heah Me Callin', Caroline?" is pub-

lished by M. Witmark & Sons.

"VAMP" A HIT IN "OH, LOOKfThe "Vamp," Byron Gay's big novelty

song hit, is being sung by the Dolly Sis-

ters in the_production "Oh, Look!" whichplayed at Washington last week. All of

the daily newspapers commented upon the

clever number, and several pronounced it

the big hit of the entire production.

PURCELL HAS VON TILZER ACTCharles Purcell, the light opera tenor,

* at Keith's Boston theatre this week,where he is scoring big with an act in

which the Harry Von TOzer songs will

predominate. The leaders are "Carolina

Sunshine," "Sweeties" and "Every Tear Is

a Smile." .

TASCOT WITH MEYER COHENTascot, one of the first of the rag-time

singers to be heard in vaudeville twentyyears or more ago, has for several yearspast been in the music business. He is

now located in Chicago, where he is repre-senting the Meyer Cohen Music Co.

WOOD WRITES COMEDY LYRICSLeo Wood has written a new comedy

double for the "Vamp," which is in bigdemand among the many singers of thenovelty song hit.

MORT GREEN 04 NEW JOBMort Green, for the past few months

with B. C. Nice & Co., is now with theGilbert & Friedland Co.

TRADE-MARKING "MARY EARL"The Shapiro-Bernstein Music Publishing

Company has filed an application with theCommissioner of Patents in Washingtonin which, the music publishing concern is

seeking to register as a trade-mark thename "Mary Earl."

This name, as the application setsforth, is to be used by the Shapiro-Bern-stein Company as an authorship pseudo-nym, on musical compositions to be pub-lished by the Bernstein Co.Whether or not the Shapiro-Bernstein

Company intends . to label all the newsongs it acquires for publication from newwriters with the "Mary Earl" pseudonymcould not be learned, for at the Shapiro-Bernstein offices it was stated that LoniaBernstein, president of the concern, whowould have charge of the matter, was outof town last Saturday.

IRISH SONG GOES BIGJos. W. Stern & Co. appear to have

picked the right time for the right song.Their new publication, "Let's Help theIrish Now," is proving a hit, and no doubtit owes some of its popularity to theeminence of "Free Ireland" and Presidentde Valera in the public opinion at thistime. Many noted vaudeviUisns are dailyinforming the Stern professional offices oftheir success with this number, and moreare constantly adding it to their reper-toire. It registers so complete a successeverywhere that most of its users figureon retaining it for some' time to come.Larry Kelly, now being featured on thePantages, describes "Irish" as a wonder,and states that he "will keep it on in-definitely."

GILBERT TO STAMP COPIESAll of the published copies of the new

Gilbert and Friedland number, "DreamyAmazon," will bear the fac-simile auto-graph of its composer, L. Wolfe Gilbert.The number, which Mr. Gilbert believes tobe .one of the best of his big list of com-positions, has already started out in aparticularly attractive manner, and Mr.Gilbert is having each copy stamped in

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order that there may be no confusion inregard to its originality. Another numberof similar title is out, and to prevent thepurchaser from being misled, Mr. Gilbertnag adopted the signature idea.

FEIST MEN BACK FROM FRANCEFrank Novak, who returned recently

from France, is back in charge of the Cin-cinnati office of Leo Feist, Inc., a positionhe had to leave when called for overseassen' ice with the A. E. F. With him is

Billy White, who also saw foreign servicewith the. 5th Division. Novak was withthe 90th Division, and both he and Whitewere in the front lines during the bigdrive of the Americans just before thearmistice was signed.

BOB MILLER PLACES SINGERSBob Miller, of the Leo Feist, Inc., pro-

fessional department, has finished his con-cert engagements with the Newark Band,and is back at .-the Feist offices again.During the past week he placed seven sing-ers on the Loew Circuit.

SONG LEADERS WANTGOOD POPULAR SONGS

HERBERT LOWE IN VAUDEVILLEHerbert Lowe, a- pianist "formerly with

the Harry Von Tilzer Music Co., is nowin vaudeville, furnishing the accompani-ments in the George MacFarlane act.

FEIST HAS SHORTEST TITLEA recent song release from Leo Feist,

Inc., is a novelty- number which en-joys the distinction of possessing theshortest title on record. It is by ByronGay, writer of the "Vamp" and "SandDunes" and is called "O." .

Community Organisers for Singing Look-

ing for Clean Melodious NumbersFor Us* in Their Concerts

A practical effect of the war-time com-munity singing on the style of popularsong writing is reflected by the trend ob-served in the new issues of the variouspublishers. Until we entered the warpopular songs had not been used for com-munity singing, but the desire of the pub-lic at home to sing the same songs thatthe boys in the service were singing ledto . the general use of the popular songsin community sings. Now that the waxperiod is over, those who are interestedin the stimulation of community singingsee the wisdom of continuing the use ofpopular songs, for these provide an enter-ing wedge for the singing among variedgroups, not only in large gatherings, butamong the factories, department stores,

etc., reaching some people to whom popu-lar songs are possibly the only familiarmusic. For instance, the War Camp Com-munity Service, which has about seventycommunity organizers for' singing in thefield, is desirous of retaining for com-munity singing the best popular songs thatare issued from time to time. Such songsare those which have a really good sub-stantial melody and wholesome words.Those who are guiding the community

music movement feel that .the great im-petus which has been given to the popu-lari-ation of good numbers by communitysinging may suggest to the publishers theadvisability of issuing more and moresongs of similarly serious musical value.

However, some numbers which are melodi-cally suited to community singing are notadapted to this purpose because the textis either too mushily sentimental or else

too risque.An ultra-syncopated song is difficult to

teach to a crowd. The moat suitablesongs, therefore, are those which are in

straight four-four or waltz time, or in alively march rhythm, either two-four orsix-eight.

The promulgators of community singinghope that the increased writing of morepopular, songs with really good melodies

will be encouraged by the publishers alongthe line of including a larger proportionof such numbers among their yearly issues.

The extent of the public that is being cre-

ated for such songs through communitysinging is indicated by the fact that in the

first seven months of 1919 the estimatedattendance at community sings conductedunder the auspices of War Gamp Commun-ity Service alone was 11,033,745.

"DIDN'T WANT ME" GROWS UP"You Didn't Want Me When Yon Had

Me (So Why Do Yon Want Me Now I)"a Jos. W. Stern &. Co. song, has grownup quickly. It is being heard all over thecountry already, and the new Stern pro-fessional offices in West Forty-sixth streetreport a heavy daily demand for the bal-

lad. It has been described as a "power-ful sob-ballad." At any rate, it carries

an irresistible appeal, and gets acrosswithout any great amount of effort. Ber-oie Grossman, one of the writers of thenumber, is on duty at Stem's, and ex-pressee'bimself as much more than pleasedat the reception visiting professionals givehis song. •• •

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$1,000 FOR STANLEY MURPHY '

Stanley Murphy, the songwriter who forthe past six months has been ill in asanatorium, was presented with a check,

for 91,000 by J. H. Remick, while in townlast week.

JONAS REVIVES AN OLD IDEAHenry B. Jonas, who, according to his

card, is a "scientific play analyst, comesforward with an idea for play producerswhich, if they can deliver, will net hun-dreds of thousands of dollars for the man-agers and incidentally fix MwimW upfinancially strong at 1 the same time.Henry claims to he able to read the

manuscript of a play, and by the appli-cation of his scientific methods eliminatemore than half of the play failures pro-duced and place the manager in the posi-tion whereby he can guarantee thetheatre-going public play values and satis-faction. He claims to be able to removethe play-producing business out of thegamble class and place it upon a safe andsolid business foundation. The Idea is

great, and if Henry can deliver his futureseems assured. There appears, however,to be some doubt in the minds of many asto the ability to pick the hits and theidea, while possibly new to the theatrem anagers, is an old one in the musicgame. Some eight'or ten years ago LeoFeist advertised that he had a positionopen in bis publishing business for a manthat could pick hits. He didn't expert a100 per cent, picker, bat merely asked forone qualified to pick ten song successes ayear. He would be supplied with an un-limited number of manuscripts from whichto make his selections, and was to be al- .

lowed a fair number of misses. The bigthing required was the selection of tenreal hits daring the twelve months. Theremaining two months of the year theexpert could call a vacation or a restperiod, during which time he could get ingood mental trim for the fall pickingwhen the season opened. Oh! yes, the sal-ary offered was a good one, $1,000 aweek the year round both during vacationtime and throughout the period when theexpert would be busy directing the pro-fessional department as to what particu-lar song was ripe for exploitation.The job is still unfilled.

WRITERS SING OWN SONGSEveryone knows what a clever writer of

lyrics is J. Keirn Brennan, and everybody.is rapidly coming to realize what a giftedmelody writer is Bert Rule. The formeris responsible for the lyrics of such greatsong successes as "Dear Little Boy ofMine," "A Little Bit of Heaven," "Good-bye, Good Luck, God Bless You," "TurnBack the Universe and Give Me Yester-day," "Have a Smile for Everyone YouMeet," "Gates of Gladness" and the newBrennan-Ball ballad hit, "Let the Best ofthe World Go By." Bert Rule, though anewcomer, is fast making a name for him-self, and has already to his credit twosuch hits as "Have a Smile" and "Gatesof Gladness." Both Brennan and Role,being, clever and versatile entertainers,have recently formed a vaudeville partner-ship, with results that are of the happiestkind, both for themselves and their de-lighted audiences. At the Keith's Bush-wick Theatre, Brooklyn, all week, Brennanand Rule have been going over very big,singing most their own songs. In additionto "Have a Smile" and "Gates of Glad-ness," they have also added the new bal-lad hit already referred to, "Let the Restof the World Go By," which the publishers,M. Witmark & Sons, believe will provethe biggest success they have ever pub-lished.

POWERS WRITES NEW SONGRodney Powers, has placed a new song

called "I Knew We'd Meet Again" withthe Bluebird Company.

REMICK OPENING NEW OFFICESJerome H. Remick & Co. are opening

new- branch offices in St. Louis and NewOrleans.

ROCKWELL HAS NEW JOBWin Rockwell, formerly manager of the

Boston office of Joe Morris, is now in

charge of the band and oreheatrsf'depart-ment of the Gilbert & Friedland, Inc.

FEIST OPENS NEW BRANCHLeo Feist, Inc., 'has opened a new

branch office in Indianapolis, Ind. It islocated at No. 12? Pembroke Arcade withCharles Cordray in charge.- Mr. Cordraywas manager of the Cincinnati office,which is now in charge of Frank Novak.

STERN OPENS NEW OFFICEJos. W. Stern ft Co. have a branch of-

fice in San Francisco, CaL Richard Areyis in charge, and his address is the Conti-nental Hotel. . .-- — i

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CLUB PRES. ISP NtfW UP ON

CHARGESHAS UNTO. OCT. 1 TO ANSWER

At a special meeting of the BurlesqueClub held at that organization's headquar-ters on Forty-seventh street on Tuesdaynight of last week, charges were preferredagainst the president of the club, HenryC. Jacobs, of the theatrical firm of Jacobsand Jermon, and a letter was sent to himto appear before the Board of Governorson Oct. 1 to answer the charges. Hisfailure to appear will be accepted as hisresignation.

An election of officers was held to re-place those who had resigned, and a newBoard of Governors were elected to takethe place of the old board. Benjamin F.Kahn, owner of the Union Square Theatre,was elected treasurer in place of Dan Dodyand Lou Sidman was elected secretary inplace of Al Singer. The new Board ofGovernors are James C Sutherland, man-ager of- the Casino Theatre, Brooklyn;Frank Eldredge, the printer; Phil Dalton,an insurance broker; Harry Butter, abooking agent, and Lou Lesser, of theNational Burlesque Circuit.

' An investigating committee was ap-pointed to revise the By-Laws and to ad-just the finances of the club. On thiscommittee are August Dreyer, chairman;Brad Sutton, B. F. Kahn, Will Roehm,Lou Lesser and Phil Dalton.The meeting, which was presided over

by Will Roehm, and at which there werepresent about thirty club members,charges were brought against the presi-dent for neglect of duty by Meyer Harris.The Harris charges were presented in writ-ing as follows:Board of Governors, Burlesque Club, New

York.Gentlemen: I wish to prefer charges as

a member in good standing against HenryC. Jacobs, president of our organization,and request a special meeting to hear mycharges, which are based on his refusal toperform the duties of his office as pre-sented by our by-laws and constitution.

I request Mr. Jacobs to appear withinthe specified time to defend my charges orexpect you gentlemen to take the actioninvested in your good offices and ask forhis resignation.

(Signed) MEYER HARRIS.Witness: Danny Goodman.The trouble arose, it is claimed, when

the former 'officers decided to close theclub and put the furniture in storage when

athe landlord advanced the rent of the club*rooms. This "the officers, it is said, tookon their own shoulders without consultingthe members of the club. As the club wasin good financial standing with a bank ac-count of over fifteen hundred dollars, andmore due the club for outstanding dues,the members who were in New York attiie time were very indignant and a spe-cial meeting was called to take such actionbb possible to save the club. The presi-dent, treasurer and secretary were re-quested for their resignations, which thelatter two complied with the request. Thetreasurer at Once tied up the bank ac-count for his own protection until a newtreasurer had been elected. This was doneat the last meeting, and the money is to beturned over to the present treasurer thisweek. In the meantime Doc Lothrop, ofBoston, loaned the club money to carry iton until the club- money was turned over.Tom Ward was appointed the new stew-

ard of the club at the last meeting, andhe took charge of the club rooms at once.

.

Atf the meeting tonight (Wednesday) anew /president will be elected and theBoarpTof Governors will present a new setof By-Laws.

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JULIUS BOOKBINDER MURDEREDChicago, 111., Sept. 26.—Julius Book-

binder, a well known burlesque agent, waskilled at the Chicago State Hospital yes-terday afternoon by another patient of theinstitution, Christian Hunt, colored, who,in an attempt to strangle Bookbinder witha pillow slip, broke several of his ribs

and bruised bis body. Bookbinder was con-fined recently to the institution after hav-ing been found on the street in a d«-

mented condition. The Actors* Fund will

bury him. Bookbinder was about forty-

three years of age and single. He was inburlesque for many years. He was withthe Hurtig and Seamon shows as an ad-vance agent for about eight years. Hislast burlesque engagement was last season,when he was ahead of Sim Williams'•'Girls From Joyland" for two months atthe beginning of the season. He later wassecond man for Griffith's "Hearts of theWorld," a film, assisting Fred Walters.He was also second man for the JackDempsey Carnival last Spring that Bar-ney Gerard sent out over the country onone nighters for a month. He was re-

cently doing work in the Middle West for"Broken Blossoms." Bookbinder was last

seen around the burlesque headquarters in

New York in July. .His last address is

given as 816 North Wells street, this city.

AM. BURLESQUETO BE TRIEDIN LONDON

C. E. TAYLOR TO PUT ON SHOW

GOT LICENSE BUT DID NOT WEDDecatdb, 111., Sept 29.—When Earl C.

Voyles and Miss Donathan Harris, one ofthe Mack Sennett Bathing Beauties, tookout a marriage license last week, no cere-mony followed. It was later disclosed

that the reason was that the bride-to-bewas but seventeen years of age. When thedocument was taken out, both parties gavetheir ages as twenty-two years. Voyleslater confessed to the county clerk thatMiss Harris was only seventeen years oldand that he feared to marry her before get-ting the consent of her parents.

WARD WITH "LONDON BELLES"AlbaNT, N. Y., Sept. 29.—Harry

(Dutch) Ward arrived here to-day andwill open with the Rose Sydell "LondonBelles" at the Empire Saturday. He will

work with Chester Nelson. Ward wasbooked by Ike Weber.

Burlesque producers here are taking adeep interest in the plan of Charles E.

Taylor, who is booked to Bail for Londonwithin the next ten days, where he will

produce an American burlesque show. Thiswill be the first time that such a type ofAmerican show has ever been definitely

planned for European presentation, and if

the show goes over, it is known that anumber of well-known burlesque producershere will immediately - internationalizetheir activities.

Taylor will be associated in London withLeon Errol, who is at the present timeappearing in a musical revue there, andwho, not so many years ago, before heachieved a reputation as a comedian in

Broadway musical shows was identified

with burlesque, acting in the dual capacityof comedian and producer.The experiment of producting American

burlesque shows in Europe has in the pastbeen planned by several well-known bur-lesque producers, chief among whom wereLawrence Weber and Max Spiegel, but nodefinite move in that direction was evermade.

If Taylor is successful with bis showover there, he will extend his producingactivities and present. American burlesqueshows in the larger cities throughout con-tinental Europe.

Taylor, until two seasons ago, held afranchise over the American Wheel, hislast show being "The Darlings of Paris."He disposed of his franchise to E; ThomasBeatty, who controls the Englewood The-atre in Chicago, where he also producesburlesque shows, being reckoned one of themost successful burlesque men in the Mid-dle West.

FRED IRWIN BUYS ESTATELocust Point, N. J., Sept. 27.—Fred

Irwin, burlesque owner, has purchased anestate of nine acres at this place, and isnow living here.

His place is next to Gus Hill's estate.

IRJUN JOINS "SIGHT SEERS"Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 29.—Sid Win

has joined "Blutch" Cooper's "SightSeers," replacing Gene Lord. Oscar Lib-erman is the new musical director, replac-ing Geo. Keller.

GERARD SHOW BREAKS RECORDToledo, Ohio, Sept. 28.—The "Girls dn

Looks," at the Empire here played to$6,907.00 last week, a record for thathouse.

"KEWPIE DOLLS" GET $4,300Spbingfuxd, Mass., Sept. 29.—Tom

Haward and his "Kewpie Dolls'" playedto over $4,300 at the Plaza here last -week.

EMORY TITMAN CONVICTEDEmory Titman, a burlesque fan who is

acquainted with the majority of the per-formers in burlesque, proved to be thelargest prisoner ever found in WhitePlains, where be was found guilty last

week of grand larceny in the second de-gree. Titman, who weighs 608 pounds,net, was arrested in Philadelphia and wassent to White Plains, occupying four •rdi-

nary seats in a railroad coach that groanedunder his weight. He was convicted, ofpassing a worthless check for $100 onGeorge Murphy, the feature comedian withthe burlesque "Wonder Show" last yearat the Empire City race track in Yonkers.The doors of the Westchester County.

Jail were not wide enough to admit him,and the authorities, not wishing to breakdown part of the walk, had him taken to

a hospital ward, where he will be confined

until his trial comes up. Harry Bulger, onhearing of the arrest, sent a telegram sug-gesting that Titman be confined in thePolo Grounds.

ROBERSON SHOW CLOSESMahxto, 111., Sept. 28.—The George C

Robe'rson Show closed here- last night aftera season of twenty weeks.

FRANK MACKEY CLOSESFrank Mackey did not work out his two

weeks' notice, but closed at Kahn's UnionSquare - last 'Thursday.

'

AL RAYMO BOOKEDAl. Kaymo has been booked by Ike

Weber for Sam Howe's "Sport Giria." Hejoins this week in Philadelphia.

BOOKED WITH MURRAY-AMD MACKRoehm and Richards booked Gladys

Sears and Ben Bryon with Murray andMack's Show on Monday.

BELLE AND GREY GET LOEW TIMEBelle and Grey have been booked to play

all of the Loew time in a new act.

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"PARISIAN WHIRL" IS

ONE OF THE BEST OFTHE WATSON SHOWS

Billy Watson and his "Parisian Whirl" atthe Columbia this week la one of the bestbows Watson has given us In a long time.It Is in two acts and four scenes.There la one thing that la lacking tbls

season, that we are so accustomed, to see-ing whenever Watson comes along, and thatis, big women in the chorus. Watson haschanged bis policy and la now carrying alot of pretty little ponies in the front lineand larger girls in the rear, but no twohundred pounders.

Watson, woo. la working tbrougbout theshowing doing his Phillip Krausomeyercharacter, has Us original "Grogan" withhim again this season, Billy Spencer. ThisIs nls first appearance with Watson In sixyears, and It looks good to sec them work-ing together again. Watson, who has anoriginal way of working, la moat amusing.Spencer doing the aame old "tad" with hismisfit clothes, as of long ago, hut a cleanermake-up waa very entertaining.

Edgar Bixley opens aa a tramp, portrayeda half dozen different comedy charactersvery well.Phil Walsh and Harry Howe are the sons

of Kranameyer and Qrogan, who are helpingto spend tbo rumlly coin. These boya fill

the bill better than any we have aeen Inthe parts In the past They are neat look-log chaps and both can put a song over.Harry Rappl does bits, but stands ant whenbe offers a violin specialty. This youngman simply cleaned up, bis playing was re-peatedly encored.

Pearl Lawler is the prima donna. This Isthe first time we have seen her at theColumbia, and she was surely a success Mon-day afternoon. Miss Lawler la a statelyyoung woman with a pretty form and avoice that Is both pleasing and powerful.Her wardrobe Is very elaborate, and ahe lookswell In tights. Miss Lawler. It we remem-ber correctly, was on the other circuit laat

' season ; ahe haa lost weight since then,which haa Improved her appearance.

Violet Buckley, the Ingenue Is an attractivelooking brunette who displayed a ratherpretty figure la a one piece bathing suit. Inone of the numbers. Blss Buckley haa Im-proved since we last saw ber. both In read-ing lines and putting -her numbers over.She offers pretty dresses this season.

Pearl Turner does a French soubrette rolevery well. Her accent and style of workingU very taking. Miss Turner Is a prettygirl of a blonde type with a pleasing per-sonality. Her chic way. of patting over anumber takes well. Her costumes are oddand In good taste for the part..Watson and Spencer who are in Parts with

their wives, to visit their sons, have theirusual arguments, oat of which they createconsiderable 'fan.The "garter" bit pleased the way It waa

worked up by Watson, Spencer and MissTurner. Watson was amusing the mannerIn which he got himself ont of trouble Inthe "dancing" "bit. In this be waa assistedby the Misses Lawler and Turner.

Another amusing scene waa the "Stammerboose" hit nicely worked ap and It pleasedImmensely. Watson. Spencer and the MintsLawler, Buckley and Turner were In this bit.The "hold op" bit went over the way

Watson, Spencer and Blxley did ItSpencer's Yiddish number took well. Few

Irishmen would bave the nerve to try to singit, bat be went through all right.One "drinking" bit that pat Kraasemeyer

and Qrogan to sleep, brought back their oldshow to them In a dream. "Krauaemeyer'sAlley." There was the hack drop, seen sooften ahowtng the alley. The girls In theold clothes, Howe and Miss Turner doinga tough dance, and Krauaemeyer's daughter•Katie with the baby. A quick change to theformer scene with Krausemeyer and Grogancoming out of the stupor, ended the scene-whleh was well presented and it met withthe approval of the audience.Miss Lawler's offering of Toatl's "Good-

bye" gave this lady an oportunlty to showthe real value of ber voice.Howe was liked In Us singing and dancing

specialty. He Is a dandy "boofer."-Watson has costumed his show In a har-

monious blending of bright colors, and thescenery la gay in coloring effects and pleas-ing to the eye.

The "Parisian Whirl" Is a . corking goodshow and. there is no doubt bat what Wat-son win get the coin with It this saason.

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Kaiion Murray k playing the Fisher

time.

Minerva Gray has been signed for "Angel

Face."

Bae Selwin has been engaged for a newproduction. • -!.,

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Lubovaka opened at the Palais Royal on

Monday night^X ,4-'. ~, •,«»V1•'

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Rose Clark has rejoined Jack Hallem in

"The Ix>ve Race.".

Myers and Maiden Have been added to

the cast of* "Gloryanna."

Harry Sherwood has been signed for. one

of the "'Flo Flo" companies. * -

Lew Dockstader has been routed to playall of tile Eastern Keith time. .

The Nora Sisters close at the BeauxArts in Atlantic City this week.

Billy Abrama, formerly a cabaret enter-

tainer, is. going into vaudeville.

Helen Weer and May Vokes have beenengaged for "Three Is a Crowd."

Florence Earle joined the cast of "She's

a Good Fellow" in Philadelphia hut week.

William Caryl has been engaged as chief

easting director >for the Messrs. Shubert.

SnUy and Houghton have been routedto play all of the Keith time in the East.

Ben Bernie has been routed over theEastern Keith houses by Lewis and Cor-don.

Freda. Leonard returned to the cast of"The Gaitiea" after an absence of oneweek.

Frank Folsom is to be businessfor "Fiddlers Three" when it takes toroad.

Grace Filkuis, widow of the late Admi-ral. Marix, U. S. N., is to return to thestage soon.-

"

Clyde Cook baa had his contract extend-ed till the first of .January by CharlesDillingham.

Etna Laxrimore will play the leadingfemmine^erole in a southern "Scandal"

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* 'Horace Sinclair, Leon Frances and Cath-erine Ward have been engaged for "Fid-dlers Three." ';

ABOUT YOU! AND YOU!! AND YOU!!!leading man for Sir Henry Irving, hasbeen engaged by Sothorn and Marlowe fortheir season oi Shakespeare.

Mias Lillian Green, of the Strand Build-

ing, denies the report that she was mar-ried two weeks ago.

Alice Tabor, .actress, was fined $25 for

J her automobile along the QueensJevard last -week.

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Charles LeUnd Marsh has-been sighed

by G. M. Anderson' for the juvenile role in

"Frivolities of 1919."

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Gerald B. Spiro, formerly with the Wil-liam Fox Enterprises, is now. advertisingmanager for the B. S. Moss theatres.

Mae West has been -engaged by NedWaybuxn aa,comedienne for the new Cap-

* ital Theatre^ resident ^toek company. ,

wSinger

Charles Murray Merchant, the coast

vaudeville author, has established his

headquarters in Seattle.

Clara Louise Moores is leading lady for

Barry McCormick in "The Logic of Larry,"a play by WiHard Mack.

Mr*. John C. Miller, wife of a stagehand at the i Riverside gave birth to ababy boy last Thursday.

Ceo. Milton left New York Monday for

Durham, N. G, to rejoin Gua Hill's "Bring-ing Up Father" company.

Ethel Barrymore will make her appear-ance in "Declasse" at the premiere onOctober 6 at the Empire. .

Grace Emerson is making her entrance,into vaudeville at the Brighton Theatrein Philadelphia this week.

Betty Kirkbride and Selma Marionhave been engaged for the number twocompany of "Listen, Lester."

Jerry DoUfver, who has appeared in -

stock for a number of years, will shortly

. open in a new vaudeville act.

. . Stanley C. Ridges has been added to thecast of "A Lonely Romeo" in which LewFields is starring at the Casino.

Kittle Francis is paying her friends herea visit, prior to resuming her English

touring contracts on Oct. 20.

George Gaits returned Wednesday froma business trip connected with his five at-

tractions playing in the West.

Jerome and Herbert, who are now play-ing on the Orpheum time, have a routeover the entire Orpheum Circuit.

Bartham and Sexton, together withSammy Weston, have been engaged for

G. M. Anderson's "Frivolities."

Johnny Stager and his dancing dolls,

and Ann Toddtngs will open at the PalaisRoyal on Oct. 13, booked by Sol TJnger.

Ernest Truex is to star in a new comedycalled "The Bashful Hero," which will

have ifa premiere in Scranton on October 1.

Adora Andrews has been added to thecast of "Roley Boley Eyes," which opensat the Knickerbocker Thursday, the 25th.

'.Tyler Brooke aud Mae Thompson havebeen added to the cast of "Angel Face,"and will open in Philadelphia on October 6.

Albert Vertchamp, who has been doingconcert work for the last six months, will

re-enter vaudeville shortly with a violin

act. *

Mariorie Hast, who is appearing in herfathers show, "Scandal," has had her sal-

ary, doubled.

Alma Kruger has been engaged bySothern and Marlowe for their season ofShakespeare. . .Cr'w-.-*

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..;:Joe Opp is rehearsing with .tite "Passing

Show of 1919," which opens at the WinterGarden soon. . -

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Elliott Forman is going out ahead ofone of the A. H. Woods' "Up In Mabel'sRoom" companies.

'Ted Lewis and his jazz band have beenengaged for the "Midnight Frolic," be-

-'.. ginning October 2. »'«'."•£? 'Ask-'.r ,

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Ted Lewis and his jazz band win befeatured in both the Greenwich Village andZeigfeld FoBies. i

Walker Whitesidee in "The Master of- Ballentrea" will be seen on Broadwaylater in the season.

-, Adrtenn* Hays, of Brookline, Mass, hasjoined Lew Fields' "Lonely Romeo" com-

.pany at the Oaaino.

Jack Rosekrigh and Frank Burbeck havebeen added to the cast of Bertha Kalick's

"The Riddle Woman" company.

Ernest P. Jorea, organist at the Audu-bon Theatre, has been engaged as chieforganist at the Capitol Theatre.

Lee Kohhnar and Company have beenbooked by Lewis and Gordon to play all

. of the Keith, houses in the East.

' Florence Ashley de Longeut, wife of aFrench nobleman, returned to the stagelast week in "A Lonely Romeo."

Peggy Bremen and Company are play-ing a route- over all of the Eastern Keithhouses, booked by Lewis and Gordon.

Ella Evans, .one of the chorus girls in

"Oh, What a Girl," is doing a specialtywith -Frank Fay, principal comedian.

Viola Lewis, opens at Poli's Wilkes-Barre on Nov. 17 in a new act which is

being bandied by Lewis and Gordon.

Dudley is engaging the east forthe Wayburn Revue, which opens soon atthe Capitol Theatre.

Hugh Cameron, Franklyn Hanna, IrvingWhite and Letty Ford have signed withEdwin Carewe to appear in "The RightfulHeir."

"Noisy Boy" Evans, of the team of"Noisy Boy" Evans and Mae Nash, hasbeen granted a divorce in the Chicagocourts.

Mae Dare has abandoned her WarService Community work, and will returnto Broadway in a production, to be namedshortly.

• Yerke's Jasxariraba Orchestra appearedat the last Sunday concert at the WinterGarden together with Sigrue Patterson,the dancer.

Gibson and ConneDi have been booked topresent their playlet, "The Honeymoon,"by Aaron Hoffman, over the entire Or-pheum time.

Sol Lesser, after a six months' stay inNew York, has left for the Coast to visit

his offices in San Francisco, Los Angelesand Seattle.

Fay Aarons, secretary to Lewis andGordon and Max E. 'Hayes, has been en-gaged to marry August S. Sachs, a non-professional.

. Helen CoUine, who was slated to openin a new act at the Royal a few weeksago, will open shortly in one of the localKeith houses-

Irene Fenwick has recovered from herrecent illness, and is to start rehearsingshortly a new-play for the Shuberts.

Marion Coakley will be featured in "ADaughter of Two Worlds," Walter Halt'sdramatization of Leroy Scott's novel.

Binie Burke had* as her guests twenty-four wounded soldiers from the dun HillRoad Embarkation Hospital, at the Hippo-drome last Friday afternoon.

Arrid Paulson, one of the first actors toenlist in the 27th Division, recently re-

turned from overseas, and will soon be seenin a new Broadway production.

Margaret Bower, formerly connectedwith theatrical ..work in London, is nowin charge of the fiction department of theLaura D. Wilck Agency in New York.

John Steel, the tenor singer now withthe "Follies," has sighed a song-termcontract with Flo Ziegfeld. A large in-

surance on his voice has been taken outalso.

Frank Bertrand, who played the Scotch-man In "A Tailor Made Man" last season,has been engaged by Walter Hast to playa Scotch part in "The Master of Ballaa-trae." "

William Courtney, Anna Little, WilliamMcDufi, Frances Underwood, John Hefler-man and Bert Chapman, will head the castof the Chicago "Civilian Clothes" com-pany.

Henrietta Crosman will tour"'' thecountry in a new play called "TheCritical Moment." The tour begins October20 at Atlantic City.

Buck Pielert and Abbie Soofleld areplaying the Keith houses in the East withtheir juggling and balancing act, bookedby Lewie and Gordon.

Lillian Green, who assists Nat Sobel in

booking acts from offices in the StrandBuilding, wiQ take up insurance writing

* this week as a side line.

Florence Roberta will start a tour ofvaudeville under the direction of M. S.Bentham in "Where Journeys End, LoversMeet," a dramatic playlet by John OliverHobba.

Tom Powers has signed with Flo Zieg-feld to play a role in "Caesar's Wife."Powers recently arrived from England,having served in the Canadian AviationForces.

Allen, Clifford and Barry, Godfrey andHenderson, "Submarine F. 7," and TheRoyal Four have been booked for a tourof the Loew and Moss circuits by HarryPincus.

Alexander Leftwich is writing a one-actspectacle for the Actors' Fidelity Benefitto be presented on Oct. 14 called "Yester-Thoughts of the Stage." -

Sherman Van and Hyman are presentinga new act in vaudeville. They are play-ing an Eastern route on the Keith time.Max Hayes handles the act.

Johnny and Shirley Black will be seenshortly in a new scenic production. Theywill present the offering, written .byJohnny Black, in vaudeville.

Henry Stanford, who was at one time

Harry C. Shush, who was for manyyears featured with Dumont'a Minstrelsand the AL G. Fields' Minstrels, will makea vaudeville debut shortly in a noveltysingle act.

Olin Howlanu, Lynn Overman, HelenGroody, May Bronte, Marjorie McCUntock,Frances Hirsch and Bernice Victory willsupport Charlotte Greenwood in "LingerLonger, Letty."

Nolan Leary, the juvenile and light co-median, who was with the artillery of the3rd Division in France, - and recently at-tached to the Over There Theatre Tipagno,returned to New York bet week on theNorthern Pacific.

Ernest GlendinninaV who appears in thetitle role of "A Regular Feller," is direct-ing rehearsals for Martin Brown's newcomedy, "An Innocent Idea," a CharlesEmerson Cook production.

Albert Vertchamp, the violinist, hascompleted a concert tour of the countryand is preparing an act for vaudeville. Heappeared at the Forty-fourth Street The-attre concert on Sunday evening.

Adele Rowland has been engaged byGeorge Lederer to play the leading role in"Angelface," which will open shortly ontof town, and which will come to NewYork after a short preliminary tour.

Martin Harvey has renewed his contractfor "The Lowland Wolf (Marta of theLowlands) for three years with Marburgand Gflpetrick. He will send ont a No. 3company and hopes to appear M»ht»w mthe title role in London.

Bert Savoy and Jay Brennan, of Zieg-feld's "Nine O'clock Review," win be see*in motion pictures shortly. They will goto Los Angeles for- six weeks, duringwhich they will partake in the filmingof "The Roaring Forties."

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DRAMATIC AND. MUSICALRoutes Mutt RttckHAOSciiNot"Later

Than Saturday'

"Adam and Eva"—Longacre, New York, In-

dex.••am Exchange of Wires"—Bijou, New York,

indef."At a:45"—Playhouse, New York, indef."Better *OIe"—Mr. and Mrs. Codurn—Booth,New York City. " " " " i~-

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"Breakfast in Bed"—Plymouth, Boston, in-

def."Bu^ules"—=Park Square. JBoaton. Mass., in-

dex."Cappy Kicks"—Cort, Chicago, til.

"Can Chin Chow"—Century, New York (lasttwo weeksj.

"Crimson Alibi"—Broadhurst, New York.Carmelo'a Ted. Musical Comedy Co.—Oar-

den, Mason City, la."Chin Chin"—Blsbee, Oct 1: Douglas, 2;

El Paso, 3-5 ; San Antonio, 7-9 ; Galveston,10 ; Houston. 11 ; Temple, 13 : Waco, 14

;

Corslcana. IS ; Ft. Worth, 16-18."Civilian Clothes"—Morocco, N. Y„ indef.

. "Challenge. The"Selwyn, .N. Y., Index."Canary, The"—Colonial, Chicago, index.

• "Clarence"—Hudson, N. Y., indef.••Dancer. The"—Harris, New York, Indef."Dark Rosaleen"—Manhattan Opera House.New York City. Index.

"Kiperlence"—Majestic, Boston, 2-9; Qct. 11.' First Is Last"

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UuIdc Elliott, N. X., Indef.• Five Million, The"—Lyric, New York City.Grace George—Vanderbilt, New York City,

Indef.Greenwich Village Follies—Nora Bayes, New

York, indef. * '

"Gaities of 1919"—44th St, New York City."Good Morning, Judge"—Shnbert—Riviera,New York City 28-Oet 4.

"Gold Diggers"—The Lyceum, New York, in-def. ' '

Gallo Opera Co.—Chestnut Bt Opera Honse,Pblla., indef.

"Hon.- Sam Davis,' The"—Adelpbla, i Phlla.,indef.

Hitchey Koo of ltiI9—Colonial, Boston, Indef.•Happy Days"—N. Y. Hippodrome, N. I.Herrman, Felix (Magician)—Lewiston, Oct.

1; Lebanon. 2; Carlisle, S; Lancaster, 4;Columbia, 6: Chamberaburg. 7: Hagers-town, Md.. 8; Sunbury, Pa., 9: Scranton,10-11: Langford, 13; Reading. 14-15.

"Jest, The"—Plymouth, N. Y., Indef."John Ferguson"—Fulton, New York City,

indef.

"^?.5!8 ¥*!*&'—Greenwich Village, N. Y.City. Indef.

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"Listen Lester"—Illinois, Chicago, indef."Lightnin' "—Gayety, New York City, indef."Lonely Borneo"—Casino, N. I."La La Lucille"—standard, M. Y. City, 29-

Oct- 4."Logic of Harry"—Walnut, Philadelphia. Pa-

Index. -

"Hiss Neelle of New Orleans"—Broad St.Philadelphia, Pa.

"Moonllgbt Honeysuckle"—Henry Miller's N.

"*gjgjer*j^,^"—Currsn. San Francisco,

"Monte"' Cristo, Jr."—Winter Qsrden, Newi orfc City.

• IlSm^ Nbrat"—Princess. New York City.

£$&* Love"—Wilbur. Boston, Mass.,

°defy"Mt * Gw""~8n"bert. New York. In-

"n£' £? .P^'rr^P "- B»»ton, index.Oh, Girlie, GlrUe"—Muscatine., Ia.,4; Bur-rii*??' »5,: -J3 ? Ma<y*OB-' a : Monmouth,iu. T, Abingdon, 8; Kewaunee, 8; Dixon,

"Prkfce There was. A"—Tremont, Boston, to-

"Boly-Boly Eyes"—Knickerbocker, N^Y., in-

^de?1" PeUer"—Cort, New York City, ln-

TBS X^TcStfcTta"-C«»« * HarrU.

^mief0t DeBtlny"—Lyric. Philadelphia, Pa..

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*V—Stubert. Philadelphia, Pa..

^J^n of 1919"—Forrest, Phyadelphla. .

;'See-Saw"Conan, N. Y.. Index,snnnysouth Co."—Chestervnie, Ont. 8

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P^t?*,?' iiJ* "^1""*-' «: Iroquois, 7;ggggjkit Athens, 9; LangdowneTlO; De^

••Scandal"_39th Street, New York City, In-

;i?^.a™e"-5?nbert, Boston, todet"KSS S5** *J»ls"—Power's, Chlcaio.

™w Yobra t3S! * ^kn^'-'sfh-Street.

•T*StiL¥,roJ&.Me"—Studebaker. Chicago.•:ThS??r—GSterlon

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STOCK

Bogfr Nellie,, Plajeri^-PlttBHirin, Pa, fe.

Chicago, Stock—Attoona, Psu, Indef.

Crawford, Ed., Stock—Bath. Me., Indef.Colonial Stock—Pittsfleld, Masa. indef.Colonial Stock—Cleveland, 0„ indef.Dominion Players—Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can..

indef. .*

Dnrkin Stock—Skowhegan, Me., Indef.Desmonde, Mae, Players—Scranton, Pa., indef.

Del Lawrence Co.—Majestic, San Francisco,CM., indef.

Enterprise Stock Co.—Green Bay, Wis., indef.Forest Park Musical Stock—St. Louis, Mo.Grand Theatre Stock Co—Tulsa, Okla., index.Gardner Bros. Stock Co.—Palace. Oklahoma

City, Okla.. Indef.Glaser, Vaugban, Musical 8tock—Cleveland,

O.. indef.Hunfs Musical Stock—Boston, Mass.. indef.Howard-Lorn Stock—National, Englewood,

111., indef.Hawkins-Webb Co.—Begent, Muskegon, Mich,

Indef.Hawkins-Webb Co. (2)—Powers, Grand Rap-

ids, Mich., indef.Keith Stock—Columbus. O., indef.Keith Players—Union Hill, N. J.Knickerbocker Players—Syracuse, N. Y., In-

def.Llscomb Players—Majestic, San . Francisco,CaL, Indef.

Liberty Players—Strand, San Diego, CaL:indef.

Liberty Players—Nornmbega Park, Mass.,indef.

Lyceum Theatre Stock—Duluth, Minn., indef.Lyric Stock—Lincoln, Neb., indef.Lyric Theatre Players—Hamilton, Can.IsasMsna, Pauline, Stock—Celeron Park. N.

Y.Myrkle-Harder Co.—Shnmokln. Pa., 22-27.Majestic Theatre Stock- -:.os Angeles, CaL;

indef.Manhattan Players—Rochester. N. Y.. indef.Marshall Stock—Washington. D. C, indef.Mlnturn Stock—Milwaukee, Wish., Indef.Morosco Stock—Los Angeles, Cal., indef.Orpheum Players—Montreal. Can.. Indef.Otis Olive Players—Montreal, Can, Indef.Park Theatre. Stock—Utlca, N. Y., indef.Permanent Players. Orpheum—Moose Jaw,

SaBk.. Can, index..Plney Theatre Stock—Boise, Idsho, Indef.Poll Players—Springfield, Mass.. indef.Poll Players—Waterbury, Conn., indef.Poll Piayen—Wllkes-Barre, Pa., indef.Poll Players—Worcester, Mass., Indef.Robins Piayen—Toronto, Can.. Indef.Royal Stock Co.—Vancouver, B. C, Lms£Shlpman Co, Bert.—Hot Springs, Ark, indef.8avoy Players—Hamilton, Can., indef.Spooner, Cecil—Miner's Bronx, New York.

City, Indef.Stevenson Musical Stock—Hartford, Conn.,

Indef.Taylor Musical Stock—Penacook, N. H, In-

COLUMBIA WHEELAt Reeves Show—Gayety, Toronto. 29-Oct.

4; Gayety, Buffalo, 6-11.Abe. Reynold's Revue—Star and Garter,Chicago, 29-Oct. 4; Des Moines, Iowa, 5-9.

Best Show in Town—Casino, Philadelphia,29-Oct. 4; Miner's 149th St.. New York.e-U.

Ben Welch—Bastable. Syracuse, 29-Oct 1:Lumberg, TJtlca, 2-4; Gayety. Montreal,6-11.

Behman Show—Grand, Hartford, 29-Oct- 4;Jacques. Waterbury. 6-11.

Beauty Trust—Gayety, Detroit, 29-Oct. 4;. .Gayety, Toronto, 6-11.Billy Watson's Parisian Whirl—Columbia,Now York, 29-Oct- 4; Empire, Brooklyn.6-11.

Bon Tons—Gayety, St. Louis, 29-Oct- 4;Star, and Garter, Chicago, 6-11.

Bowery—Star, Cleveland, 29-Oct. 4; Em-pire. Toledo, 6-11.

Bostonlans—Casino, Brooklyn, 29-Oct- 4;Empire, Newark. 6-11.

Burlesque Review—Stamford, Ct-. Oet 1;Park. Bridgeport. 2-4; Newburg. N. Y..6-8T Poughkeepsie, 9-11.

Burlesque Wonder Show—Empire, Toledo,29-Oct. 4; Lyric, Dayton, 6-11.

Dave Marion Show—Empire, Brooklyn, 29-Oet. 4; People's, Philadelphia- 6-11.

FoUles of the Day—Newburg. N. Y, 29-Oct.1: Poughkeepsie. 2-4; Gayety. Boston.6-11,

Girls a la Carte—Jacques, 'Waterbury, 29-Oct— 4; Hurtig & Seamon's, New York,

Girls of the TJ..S. A.—Berchell. Des Moines.29-Oct. 2; Gayety, Omaha, 6-11. -

Girls De Looks—Lyric, Dayton, 29-Oct. 4;Olympic, Cincinnati, 6-11.

Golden Crooks—Gayety, Boston, 29-Oct. 4;Columbia, New York. 6-U.

Harry Hastings Show—People's, Fhuadel-- phla, 29-Oct. 4; Palace, Baltimore. 6-11.Hello, America—Gayety, -Rochester, 29-Oct.. 4; Bastable. Syracuse, 6-8; Lumberg,

TJtlca, 9-11.Hlp-HJp-Hooray— Empire. Newark. 29-

Oct. 4; Casino. Philadelphia, 6-11.Lew Kelly Show—Majestic; Jersey City, 2C-

Oct. 4; Perth Amboy. 6; FlainneM. ;,Stamford, Ct., 8; Park, Bridgeport, 9-11.

Liberty Girls—Miner's 149th St., NewYork, 29-Oct- 4; Casino, Brooklyn. 6-11.

Maids of America—Gayety, Washington, 29-Oct. 4; Gayety, Pittsburg;, 6-11.

Million Dollar Dolls—Open 29-Oct. 4; Gay-ety, St. Louis, 6-U.

MoIUe Williams Show—Palace, Baltimore.29-Oct. 4; Gayety, Washington. 6-1L

Oh. Girl—Hurtig & Seamon's, New York,29-Oct. 4; Orpheum, Pateraon. 8.1L

Peek-a-Boo—Gayety, Boffalo, 29-Oct. 4;Gayety, Rochester. 6-11.

Rose Sydell's London Belles—Empire, Al-bany. 29-Oct. 4; Casino, Boston, 6-11.

Sight-Seers—Gayety, , Pittsburg, 29-Oct. 4;. Park, Yonngstown, 6-8; Grand, Akron.6-11.

Social Maids—Olympic, Cincinnati, 29-Oct.4; Columbia. Chicago, 6-U.

Sporting Widows^—Park, Youngstown. O...29-Oct. 1; Grand, Akron. 2-4; Star, Cleve-land, 6-U.

Star and Garter—Columbia. Chicago, 29-Oct- 4; Gayety. Detroit. 6-U.

Step Lively. Girls—Orpheum. Patenon, 29-Oct. 4; Majestic, Jersey City, 6-U. .

Twentieth Century Maids—Gayety, Mont-real, 29-Oct 4; Empire, Albany, 6.11.

Victory Belles—Gayety, Kansas City, 29-Oct 4; open. 6-11; Gayety, St Louis. 13-

AMERICAN WHEELAll Jaza Review—Gayety, Minneapolis, 29-

Oct. 4: Gayety. Sioux City. 6-U.Aviator Girls—Plaza, Springfield, 29-Oct 4;Grand, Worcester, 6-11.

Broadway Belles—Lyceum, Washington, 29-Oct. 4; Trocadero. Philadelphia, 6-11.

Beauty Review—Century. Kansas City. 29-Oct 4; open, 6-U; Standard, St Louis,6-U.

Blue Birds—Gayety, St. Paul, 29-Oct 4;Gayety, Minneapolis, 6-11.

Cabaret Girls—Gayety. Baltimore. 29-Oct4; Lyceum, Washington, 6-11.

Crackerjacks—Gayety, Newark, 29-Oct 4;Army, Wrlghtstown. 6-U.

Dixon's Big Review—Blngfaamton, N. Y., 29-Oct. 1; Niagara Falls, 2-4; Star, Toronto,6-U.

Edmond Hayes Show—Broadway. Camden,N. J., 29-Oct 4; Majestic. WUkeabarre,6-L

Follies of Pleasure—Olympic, New York,29-Oct. 4; Gayety, Brooklyn, 6-U.

French Frolics—Bijou, Philadelphia, 29-Oct.4: Empire. Hoboken, 6-11.

Girls from the Follies—Cadillac, Detroit. 19-Oct 4: Englewood, Chicago, 6-U.

G! -*s from Joyland—Gayety, Brooklyn, 21-4; Gayety, Newark. 6-U.

O'-'s. Girls, Girls—Majestic Scranton. 29-Oct. 4; Blnghamton, 6-8; Niagara Falls.9-U.

Grown Up Babie-—Lyceum, Columbus, O.,.2S-C~t, 4; Vlct-.rla, Pittsburg. 6-U.

,T-z; Babies—Star. Torotilv. 29-Oct 4; New

."..-iJemy, Buffalo. 611.Kewple Dolls—Grand, Worcester, 29-Oct 4;Howard, Boston. 6-U.

Lid Lifters—Gayety. Sioux City, 29-Oct 4;Century, Kansas City, 6-U.

Midnight Maids—Haymarket. Chicago, 29-Oct 4; Gayety. Milwaukee, 6-U.

Mischief Makers—Perm Circuit 29-Oct 4;Gayety. Baltimore. 6-U.

Monte Carlo Girls—Victoria, Pittsburg. 29-Oct 4; Perm Circuit 6-U.

Oh. Frenchy—Park. Indianapolis, 29-Oct- 4;Gayety, Louisville, 6-11.

Pacemakers—Star. Brooklyn, 29-Oct 4;Plaza, Springfield, 6-11.

Parisian Flirts— Army. Wrlghtstown, 29-Oct 4; Bijou. PhUadeiphla. 6-U.

Pat White's Show—Gayety. Louisville, 29-Oct. 4; Lyceum, Columbus, 6-11.

Record Breakers—Empire, Hoboken. 29-Oct4; Star, Brooklyn, 6-U.

Round the Town—Empire. Cleveland, 29-Oct 4; Cadillac, Detroit, 6-11.

Sliding Billy Watson—Gayety, Milwaukee,29-Oct. 4; Gayety, St. Paul, 6-11.

Social' Follies—Majestic. WUkeabarre. 29-Oct. 4; Majestic, Scranton. 6-U.

Some Show—Englewood, Chicago, 29-Oct 4;Haymarket Chicago, 6-11.

Sport Girls—Trocadero, Philadelphia, 29-Oct 4; Broadway, Camden, 6-11.

Stone & PUlard's Show—Standard, St-- Louis. 29-Oct 4; Terre Haute. E; Park,Indianapolis, 6-11.

Sweet Sweetie Girls—Howard, Boston. 29-Oct 4; Olympic New York, 6-U.

Tempters—Open, 29-Oct. 4; Standard, St.Louis. 6-U.

PENN CUtRCUiTWheeling, W. Va.—Monday.TJnlontown, Pa.—Tuesday.Johnstown. Pa.—Wednesday.Altoona. Pa.—Thursday.WlUiamsport. Fa.—Friday.York, Pa.—Saturday.

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24 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 1, 1919

PEACE WALTZ MUSIC HEREThe Latest Craze Along Broadway. Big Acts Wanted for These Sensational Waltz Melodies

^ Songs That

Satisfy

HERE ARE THE SONGS-LOOK THEM OVER AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF THFY'RF ALLWINNERS. ONE WILL SURELY SUIT YOUR NEEDS.LruKIUU ^LLh. 1HtYKtALL

No. 1

If you use aWaltz Songhere's onethat will getthem.

Land of Dreams

CtnmHI— fcjTfct )MM Mv>« C*. Qlirtj Ttailrt IMf.

No. 3A WaltzBallad youcan't forget.

r.wmn mcxhx >rniiM« a«iib.utf)Twuf. iu9 .

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No. 2A GreatStage Ballad.

.

Goes overBig.

Don't" Be Sad

<*IV <V lj_TW tmm, B~. . e». liM, 1

No, 4The FoxTrot Ballad /

you've been )

waiting for; (

ifs different.

Bznunf TtMUt TeH It To The World «iumi»ii'

u{m&jfc*rr*fH kCJUlI *r T* K»" taisCa BintjTfcUilll,

WAKE UP ! Don't want until a song has become the proverbial chestnutbefore you sing it. Get on the groundfloor. BE IN FIRST AND SHOW THE CROWD YOUKNOW HOW TO PICK A WINNER.There's power enough in any one of these four ANITA OWEN songs, driven home by the greatest public

appreciation of any song yet published, to shape your fortunes and destinies for the coming year.

TOUSEONEOFTHESE SONGSTODAY—and to get it quick—will insure solid booking for a year.

TO USEONEOF THESE SONGSNOW—Any one of her new numbers—will strengthen and bridge your

act through some unforeseen period of storm and stress—And if it is a Hit you are looking for, it will be one

of Anita Owen's New Melodies.

FACE THE FACTTS—We've got to make good withyou—So we put ANITA OWEN under contract to write

exclusively for the Jones Music Co. WATCH for her latest releases.

Call or let us send vpu professional copies and vocal orchestrations by return mail. They are now ready.Dance orchestrations of any of the above Peace Waltz numbers 25c. Colored slides sent free.

If you can't wait, go to the nearest music store for a copy. Songs are on sale everywhere.

JTJUL12. .XiOrVrcc K/tw jctjr^ ^*-x c»ie»v Th«i™ ic^t o »j W««.r *V«^L- f!tv

October 1, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 25

& F. KEITH VAUD. EXCH.NEW YORK U1XI.

Riverside—Imhnff. Conn A Corenne—Helene Davis—Jim Jin-King—Roth Roye.

Colonial—Kitty Doner A Co.—Swan A Swan

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Kellam H O'Dtre—Dooley A Sales.

Alhambra—Mme. Herman—Brendol A ' Bart

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Breen Family—Mosconl Broa.—Boaxell A Parker

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Masters A Kraft—Alleen Stanley—"Playmate*.""Boyal—Dickinson A Dragon —Herman A- Shirley

—gulxey Four—Dorothy Bronner—Harriet RempleA Co;—Begal A Moore.

BHOOKLY.nl, it. Y.

Bnahwick—Stanley * Barns—SI Cot*.—LarryBeilly A Co.

—"Mrs. W. Surprise"—"Kiaa Me"

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Elisabeth Murray—J. C. Nugent St. Co.Orpbsom—D. S. Glee Club—Miller & Bradford—

Willie Hale & Bro.—Rooney A Saotley—Chaa.Grapewin A Co.—Walter Brower—Patrlcola—AmesA Wlnthrop.

BOSTON.Keith's—Raymond A Schram—Creasy 4 Dayn*

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Heroine Shone A Co.—Gautier's Bricklayers—J.as S. Leonard A Co.—Helen Jackley.

BUFFALO. *'

Shea's—"Creole Fashion Plate"—Sidney Phil-lips—Eddie Herron A Co.—Potter it. Hartwell

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Camila's Birds—Howard A Clark—Hamilton ABarnes. __BALTIMORE.Maryland—Emily Darren—Brat Barle It Girls

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Walter C. Kelly—Adelaide Ben A Co.—-Byan AByan—"Sculptor's Garden."

3LEVEXAND.Keith's—Ann Gray—"5000 a Year"—Henry

Scott—Ashley A Dietrich—Lamont Trio—"BalnbowCocktai;"

Cincinnati,Keith's—Allan Rogers—"Old Time Darkles"

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Chilian A Keke—Adolphns A Co.

COLUMBUS.Hippodrome — Alice Hamilton — Three Stewart

Sisters—Smith A Austin—Bobbe A Nelson—Kings.ley A Benedict Co.

DETROIT.Temple—Santos A Hayes—Gretcben, Eastman *

Co.—B. * B. Adair—Hughes Duo—La PranceBrothers—Belle Baker—Claire Atwood—Coakley ADnnlery.

DAYTON.Ksith'i—Owen SlcGiraey—Chaa. Abeam A Co.

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Bill Robinson—Diamond A Brenner—Peggy Brem-men A Bro.—Hand Earl A Co.—Chpng Hwa Foot.

ERIE.Colonial—Ward &. Van—"Meanest Man In the

World." ".'GRAND EAPIDS.

Empress—Mary Howard A Co.—Clarke St. Berg-man—Reynolds A Donegau—Cartmell A Harris

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Martin A Webb.HAMILTON.

Lyric—Alice Lloydr-BUly Glason—Helen Glea-son A Co.

INDIAHAfOUB.Keith's—Elonore A Williams—Sheldon A Dalley

—Lew Hawkins—Toto—The Magleys—Sam MannA Co.

LOWELL.Keith's—Countess Verona—Brennan A Rule

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Whipple, Huston A Co.

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Foot Meyakos—Dunn Sis-

ters—Chaa. Semon—Johnson. Baker A J.

LOUISVILLE.Keith's—Bay EbaU ABro.—Bob Hall.

jfOSTBEAL. J

Princess—Myers A Noon—Jaxzland Naval Oct.

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POert A Scofleld—Gallagher A. Boily—Geo. Yoo-man . „

... PHOVIDZNCE.Keith's—Four Harmony Kings—Talleclta's

Leopards—Lyda McMilUn * Co.—"For Pity's

Sake"—Elly—EUda Mertls—Lewis A White—"Magic Glasses"—Jack Infills. '

PORTLAND, HE.Keith's—Solly A Houghton—Hooper A Burkhart—McCormack A Wallace—Bert -Baker A Co.—DoLsno A. Pike—Dare Klndler—Gertrude Dudley ACo.

PITTSBURGH.Davis—Loose & Sterling—"An American Ace"

—

"Artistic Treat"—Bae Samuels.

PHILADELPHIA.Keith's—Lee Kohlmar A Co.—Diane A Bablni

—

Cameron Sisters—H. A L. Blsworth—El Bey Sis-

ter*—Lew Doctstader—Duval A Symonds.

Temple—Nlttat Jo—O'Nell A KeUer—Dave Both—Marino A Maley—Cuaualngs A White—Six Kirk-smith SUters—Togan A*Genera—Macart A Brad-ford.

TOLEDO,Keith's—Maieta Lo—Libbonatl-stena afaybew

—M. A J. DnneMn—Primrose Four—Hugh HerbertA Co.

TORONTO.Shea's—Jack La vler—Columbia A Victor—Pour

Marx Bros.—Brown Sisters—Mabel McCane A Co.—Margaret Young—Chong A Moey.

WASTONOTON.Keith's— Herbert's . Dogs— Winston's Water

Lilies—Fred Barrens.

WILMINGTON.Garruk—Anna Held, Jr., A Co.—Earl A Mullen

—Earl A Sunshine—Langford A Fredericks—Cran-ston La SaDe—A. A S. Gold.

Y0UNO6T0WH.Hippodrome—Vera gahlne A Co.—Emmet -De Toy

& Co.—Maryland Singers—Eddie Boss—Burt Mel-rose—Everest's Circus—V. A E. Stanton—Tilyou£ Rogers.

ORPHEUMCHICAGO, .

TT .T -, .

Pslsoa 1Barnes A Crawford—Geo. MacfarlaneJoeerrfuneJA Hennlng—Jack Kennedy A Co-—BothBndd—Hersebel Henley—Piaano—Fox A Ward— .

Sails Bros.

Majestic—Irene Franklin—Florence Roberts ACo.—Geo. A. Moore—Bradley A Ardlne—Fenton AFields—Howard's Ponies—Bade! A Ramsdeo

—

Prosper A Maret.SUte Lake—Gus Edwarda A Co.—McLaUen A

Carson—Burns A Frablto—Marie Hart A Berne

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Frlscoe—Eddie Carr A Co Jaa. Cullen—FrankGaby.

CALGARY AND VICTORIA.Orpheum—U. S. Jaxs Band—Ergotti's Lillipu-

tians—Weber A Btdnor—LydeU A Macey—StephensA Holllster—Jimmy Savo A Co.—Bobble Gordone.

DEB MOINES.Orphenm—"Reckless Ere"—Elfreda Wyno—Mnr.

phy A White—Geo. Price—Van Cellos—The Bra ti-

nes—MolUe Mclntyre A Co.

Orphenm—"Putting It Over"—Mcintosh A Maids—Nell Lockwood—Tine Lerner—Long Tack SamCO.—Lloyd A Christie.

DUXTJTH.Orphoom—Sbelah Terry A Co.—Harry Holman

A Co.—Arthur West A Co.—Lloyd A Wells—Gar-clnetti Bros.—Joggling Nelson—Venlta Gould.

KANSAS CITY.Orphenm—Harry Watson A Co.—Oliver A Olp—

Hlckey Bros.—Nelson A Chain—Mason A Forrest

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E. T. Alexander—Chinese Brass Band.

LINCOLN.Orphenm—Marguerite Sylva—Marion Harris—La

Bernlcla A Co.—Mike Bernard—Gallagher A Mar-tin—Steve Juhaas—The CUntons.

LOS ANGELES.Orphenm—Bessie Clayton A Co.—Lydla Barry

—

Will J. Ward A Girls—Boyce Comb—"Levltatlon"—Bay Snow—Royal Gascolgnes.

MILWAUKEE.Palace—Nat Naxarro Troupe—Andrew Mack

—

Bensee A Balrd—"The Golden Bird"—Adams AThomas.

Majestic—Blossom Seeley A Co Juliet—BriscoeA Ranh—Stuart Barnes—O'Donnell A Blair—PhlnaA Co.—Leo ZarreU A Co.—Gmber's Animals.

MINNEAPOLIS.Orphenm—Lambert A Ball—Eva Shirley A Band

—Dunham A Edwards—Green A Myra—Williams AMitchell—Brodean A SUvermoon—"Indoor Sports."

MEMPHIS.Frank Dobson A Sirens—Patrlcola A Myers

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Rockwell A Fox—Don Fong Gue A Haw—ElsieWhite—McRae A Clegg.

NEW ORLEANS.Orpheum—Spanish Berue—Bernard A Duffy

—

Claudia Coleman—Cervo.

OAKLAND.Orphenm—Alice Els A Co.—Begay A Lorraine

Sisters—"Tango Shoes"—C'srl Jorn—Ja Da Trio

—

Belgian Trio—Burt A Rnsedale.

OMAHA.Orphenm—Hyams A Mclntyre—"PianoviUe"

—

Oscar Lorraine—Amant Bros.—Madge Maltland

—

Lambertl—Gibson A Connelll.

PORTLAND.Orpheum—"Not Yet. Marie"—MarteUe—Sidney

A Townley—Donald Roberta—ParreU, Taylor A Co.—Fern, King A Co.-—lack Morriaaey.

SEATTLE.Orpheum — "Sweetlea"—Comfort A King

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Khamm—Albertlna Rasch & Co.—Bob Tip A Co.

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Melnotte Duo—Jaa. J. Morton—Norwood A Han.SALT LAKE CITY.

Orphenm—Halg A Waldron—Heartland—"Cur-rent of Fun"—B. A J. Crelguton—Haydn A BrceUe—The Vivians—Sorter A Den.

SACRAMENTO, STOCKTON AND FRESNO.Orphenm—Julius Tannen—Naah A O'Donnell—

Ted Doner—7-Dunhsm A O'MaUey—Geo. Kelly ACo.—Seebacks—Rosa King A Co.

BAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.Orpheum—Stone A Kalias—Honey Boys—Harry

Breen—Maleta Bonconl—Sybil Vane—Mrs. GeneHughes A Co.—Mme. Ellis—Bell A Wood—Tennes-see Ten.

ST. FAUX.Orpheum—Gertrude. Hoffman—E. A J. Connolly

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Espe A Dotton—Meredith- A Snooser—Three Jahns—The Sterlings.

ST. LOUIS,Orpheum—Morgan Dancers—Sherman Van A

Hyroan—Al A F, Stedman—Mr. A Mrs. Melburne

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Nora Noreeoe—Musical Hunters.

VANCOUVER.Orpheum—Saranoff A Girls—The Sharrocka

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Wm. Eos—Kanaxawa Japs—Lee A Cranston—Colour Gems—Carl Emmy's Pets.

WINNIPEG.Orpheum—Harry Green A Co.—Ciccollni—Ben A

Hazel Mann—Lillian Shaw—Flo A Ollie Walters—.The Plckfords. »

POLI CIRCUITBRIDGEPORT.

Plaaa—Ralph A May—Lawrence A Kllst—GUdea A PhlUlps. (Last Half)—Florenio Due

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"Clubmatee."Poli—Will H. Armstrong A Co.—Jim A Marion

Harklns. (Last Half)—Martin A Florence—RobbA Whitman—Brown, Cardner A Bamet—CharlieWilson—J. Rosamond Johnson A Co.

HARTFORD.Palace—Martin A Florence—Dotson—Foley A La

Tour—Olson A Johnson—Jas. A Bessie Aliens.(Last Half)—Soxanne A Ernest—Xckert A Moore—Andre Sisters A Poole

—

Looey Haskell.NEW HAVEN.

Palace—Smanne A Ernest—Boot) A Whitman—Echoes. (Last Half)—Smith A King—'Win H.Armstrong .A Co.—Jim A Msrlon TTaylriii* ..

' Biioe—Floremo Due—Charlie Wilson—BrownGardner It Bamet L(sit Half)—Lawrence AKllst—GUdea A Fbmlpa. ..

BPRTNOFTELD. .

Palace—Frank A Ethel Carmen—Alexander AMack—Andre Slaters A Poole—Swarta A Clifford—"On the High Seas." (Last Half)—MargotFrancis A Co.—Art Smith—Tracy A McBxlde—Shes A Carroll—"On the High Seas." '

BOXANTON.Poli—Chief Tenderhoe—E. J. Moon—"Oh That

Melody." (Last Half)—Henry J. Kelly—DemarestA Collett—Three Nltos. -

WATERBURY.Fall—Art Smith—Ecker A Moore. (Last Half)

—Jas. A Bessie Alkens—-Dotson—Foley A La Tour—Olson A Johnson. ,

WILKES-BABBE.Poll—Henry J. Kelly—Demarest A Collett—

Three Nltos. (Last Halt)—Chief Tenderhoe

—

E. J. Moore—"Oh That Melody."

WORCESTER.Poll—Margot Francois A Co., Tracy A MeBrlda

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Loney Hsskell—J. Rosamond Johnson A Co. (LastHalf)—Frank A' Ethel Carmen—Swarta A Clifford—"Echoes."Plaaa—Smith" A King—Shea A Carroll—"Club-

mates." (Laat Half)—-Ralph A May-:—AlexanderA Mack.

PROCTOR CIRCUITNEW YORK CITY.

Fifth Avenue—E. Schuyler—Dale A Borah

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Nolan A Nolan—Jarow—Fashion Minstrels—EdHeron A Co.—Grant A Jones—"Pooghkeepsle"

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Moray Senna A Lee—LateU A Volks—"YellowSea"—C. PoweU Co.

(1st Street—Rob Bus A Partner—> HarmonyKings—Msdson A Keeler—Mr. and Mrs. Gov, Mllde—Howard A Clark.Mth Street—Melettes—iEral A Mullen—Pala A

Ballet—Monarch Com. 4—"League of Nations"

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O'Rourke A Adelpbl—J. A M. Harklns—Quinn ACaverly—Imp. Venetians—McNsll A Ford—Ed.Hill—McHugh A Deane.Harlem Opera Houae—Marconi Bros.—Tom Davis

—Dan McGrew—Alf. FarreU—Rogers A Lorn

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Glllen A Molcahy—Hallen A Fuller—Green A La-Tell—Cunningham A Bennett.S3rd Street—iamey Hsskell—Plqno A Fellows

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Wyatt's Lads A Lassies—"Wild Night"—Doon-soooe A Baker—Koodetea Fagan—Alex.Tom Davies—LaBoce A Lane—(Bert Howard.

125th Street—"Ponghkeepsle Latell A Volkes—Bernard A Merrltt—Sailor Lannlng—Kevins AMayo—Mel Klee—Wyatt's Lada A Lassies

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Rodlnoh?—Fern A Davis.Mt. Vernon—Rudlnoff—Cunningham A Bennett

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C. Powell A Co.—"Chicken Chow Meln"—JoeLaurie — Irving Berlon — "For Pity Sake" —Creole Fashion Plate—Nolan A Nolan.Yonkers—J. A M. Harklns—Hope Eden—Onion

A Caverly—"Miss Venus"—Dixon A- Gilbert

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Harry Cooper—Palo A Pallet—Grey A Oldrose.

BROOKLYN, N. Y. .

Halaey—Fostoa—J. A B. O'Brien—Mr. A Mrs.Emmett—Garfield A Smith—Prltchard Nash APerrilles—Dolce Sis. & Donegau—D. Southern S

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Brown, Bartlett A Welsey—Nancy Boyer—JJlxonA Mack—Vlnle Daly—"New Teacher."

Prospect—"For Pity Sake"—El Bey Sla.—FernA Davis—Grey A Old Rose—Montgomery A Allen—Mabel Burke—Dale A Borsb—Regal A Moore-Ben Bernie—Fashion Minst.—Jos. B. Carson Co.Greenpeint—Harry Cooper^—-Regal A Moore

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Homer Miles Co.—Evans A Wilson—'Loveland"

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Klnxo—Shelton Brooks—Joe Laurie.

ALTOONA, PA.

Evelyn A Donnelly—Charles Martin—Regal andMack—Sterling 4—Rosetlme—Althoff Sisters—AlRIcardo—4 Aarens—Al Shayne—Tom Brown'a Mos.Revue.

AIXENTOWN, FA.Eddie Badger—D. -8. S.. Carols 3—3. A W.

Hennings—Clara Howard—Larimer Hudson Co.

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Bolger Bros.—B1U Dooley—Jon. T. Doyle Co.

—

Nellottee A Leedum—Love Race."ALBANY, N. Y.

Wire A Walker—Baker A Rogers—"The Cat"

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-Marshal Montgomery—Texae Com. 4—Beth Bert Co.—W. A H. Brown—Countess Verona—Ethel N.Hall—Weston A FJlne—Little Cottage.

AUBURN, N. Y.Clinton A Rooney—Coakley A Dunlevy—3 Bo-

lellss—Cecil A Bernlce—Green A LaFell—Kings-ley Benedict—Barry Girls—Klass A Termini.

CANTON, OHIO.Davis A FeUa—Lottie Grouper-—Walker A Dyer—Eddie Carr A Co.—"O Sweetie"—81x Musical

CAKDZsT, H. J.Roy Harrab A Jacqnelina—Crawford A Brode-

rlck—Will Oakland—Yates A Beed—J. Rosa John-son—Ambler Bros.—Anger A Curtis Boys—Ray-mood Wiley—"Pbote Playmates."

' CHESTER, PA.Gabby Bros. A Clark—Anger A Cnrtla Boys

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Raymond Wiley—Woodrow Girls—"Photo Play-mates"—Diamond A Dangh.—Worth .Wayten *—Win Oakland—Crawford A Broderlck-VMelodyShop."

SLXTJtA, V. Y.E. J. Moore—Sylvester Family—Overseaa Four

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Aeroplsne Girls—Paul Brady—Shaw and Oampban—Chas. GObs—Sostoek's Bid. School.

ELIZABETH, N. J.Faber Broa.—stayne A Calvert—Chaa. Scofleld

Co.—Four Seasons—MeCormlex A Wlnehlll

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Seven Imperial Venetians—Levalos, The—JoeSherman—A Gold Million— "Loveland" — Elate

Maine A Boys.ZAarOsT. FA.

Bolger Bros.—BUI Dooley—Jno. T. Doyle Co.

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Melnotte A Leedum—"Lore Race"—Eddie Badger{J. 8. 8. CaroU III.—J. A W. HennlDgs—Clara

.Co.

Four Musical IfnaCFsiend A Downing—Cmley AHall—Clarke 'A Levers—"dubmatee."

: *P ST> »$UHHSjBinifJ, PA-Althoff Slater*—Al RIcardo—Foot Arrena—Al

Shsyne—Brown's Musical Bevue—Wlnton Bras.

—

Charles Martin—^Trorenee Henry Co.—J. A I. Mar-tin—i^eanty Vender." • >»,

-v* . Lf « HAZLETON. PA^J.'.AIJ-Ifelva—Kambert A Watson—Hnyler A

Bann—Viola May A Sunbeams—Wells A Va. AWest—Morgan A Gates—Garfield A Smith—Wood-row Girls.

ITHACA. H. Y.Paul Brady—Shaw A Campbell—Rostock's Rid.

School—"Aeroplane Girls"—Gill and Veak—Syl-. vester Fasally. *

JERSEY aiTY, N. J.Shelton Brooks Co.—Bessie Remple Co.—Hallen

A Fuller—Al Carp—Emll A Willy—Rasso i : Co.

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Bernard A Merritt—Jarrow—Winchester A CJglin—Evans A Wilson. >

JOHNSTOWN. PA. i,Ed Janla A Girl*—Ferry—Zelaya—Three Friend*—Ele A B. Dwyer—-Mack A Redding.

LANCASTER, PA.Wells, Va. A West—Grey A Byron—Worth Way-

ten Four—Dare— Bros,—J. Fltshugh—Henry AMoore—Dunn A Valeaka—"Buttercups."

l3 afBWAaUE. V. J.Frisco 4 Band—Morey Sonna A Lee—Levolos

—

Creole Fashion Plate—"Yellow sea"—lack Rose

—

Glenn A Jenkins—El Key Slilejs—Montgomery AAllen—All. Farrell "A Co.—Kitty Doner.

janasssjassawatseaasi FA* .

Wm. Peon—GrindeU A Esther—Mnllsly McCar-thy Co.—Helen Jackley—Wilson Bros.—"Melody ofYouth"—Prevost A Goelet—Marva Rehn—Bivea *Arnold—Hnyler A Bann—J. Rosa. Johnson.Grand Op. Bouse—Madison A Winchester—Peter-

son Kennedy A Murray—Frosinl—Kelso A Leigh ton—"Very Good Eddie"—Kennedy A Nelson.Broadway—Reeves A Arnold—Gooda A Phillips—

Psul Decker— "Some Bull"—Wilson Bros.—Lowe ABaker Sis.

Keystone—Three Nltos—Lang A Shaw—HolmesA Lavere—BUly Ellott—"Playmates."tsirard—Three Manning Sla.—Dunn A Valeaka

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Mergan A- Gates—Grlnde A Esther—Mullaly Mc-Carthy—Noodelee Fagen.Nixon—P. Decker A Co.—J. A I. Martin.

ALLEGHENY, PA.Ryan A Byan—Horllck A Sarampa G.—Wm. Gax-

ton—Basil Lynn A Co.PITTSBURG, PA.

Chief Tendrrboe—Moos Gray and Sister—Jame-sons, The—Jesav-Art Three—George Mack—Chaa. AS. McDonald—Frankle Fay A Boys—Wsrren ABoyle.

'

PITTS. JOHNSTOWN. FA.F. A L. Bomon—May Foster—Perklnoff A Base

Ballet—A. A J* Belle—Larry Comer.'prrraiTELD, mass.

Esther 3—Clarke A Lavere—Shirley and Hall—William Cutty—Carmen's Minstrels—WlkollaKalalu—John O'MaUey—DeLyte Girls— WUklns AWUklns. --:

PASSAIC, N. J.Dancing Humphreys—Nevlns and Msek—"Baity

Behave"—Die**- Knowles—Three Klrklllos—HelenJuckley—Fred A B. Lacier—Berger A Aubrey ABase—Ben Smith—Ubby A Nelson.

- . PATEKBON. N. J.Beeil A -Tneker-^-Macy A Arch—"Decorators"—

Ethel McDouoogb—Hendrtx Belle Isle Co.—Rogers& Lorn—Cbrulless-Aaakf A Girlie.

READING, PA.Wlnton Bros.—Phil Davis—Flo Henry A Co.

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Hendricks and Stooe—Alex Sparks and Co-—Anatrallan 8tanley—Four Avoloe—Fargo A Richards—"Melody of Youth."

SYRACUSE, N, Y.Crescent—Tourrati—O'Brien A DUle—Gin and

Veak—Star Revne—Chaa. Glob*—Joe A BelUy— "

Loray and George— Overseas Four—Dsre Devil Jno.Reynolds.

STAFFORD, CONN.Llbtiy A Nelson-r-Lewls A Leona—Berger Aubrey

A Rose—Manning Feeley A Knoll—Dancing Hum-phrey!—Nevlua and Mack—Dlek Knowles—FourSolorai.

BCRANTON, PA.

LaB, Dwyer—Jackie A BUlle—Three Twins—Allmao A Nally—Wilson Aubrey Co.—Lester Ray-mood Co.—Shirley Sisters—Three Beattlea—MurrayA Volk—Five American Girls.

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TORONTO.' 193 Yon^e Si.

LEO. FEIST, Inc.711 Seventh Averiue, New.. York

CLEVELAND; rEllaitone BId? .

BUFFALO^ 485 Main St.

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Greco, M. * Green—Bary Girts—Klngsley Bene-dict—Geo. YoemiDS—Chinese Jera 3—Goalar Je

lolly—Cecil * Bernlce—'The Oaf—Dobea *Welch—Mlran Don.

- gYRAOTJHE, ». T.

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Tempi*—"Modern Hinge"—Klass * Termini

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Goalar * Lusby—'"Wilcox LeOox Co.—Bpeneer AWilliams—Mlran Dogs—Camllle Blrda—Clinton ft

Geo.

VAUDEVILLE BILLSFor Next Week

,'Glrla—-Tom

Roarerr—"Meanest Man in World"—Rosalias,

Tuislini fTilrmti J"T "***" - PBJ- r-&K TORONTO, CANADA.-^•n Ovesatooi '

-ElghtV=Vn

^ -TROT, N. T.W A H. Brown—Connt. Verona—Ethel M. Hall

—Weston A Ellne — Little Cottage — Wire *Walter—Baker ft Rogers—Marsh, Montgomery

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FirJer ft H1H—Texas Com. 4.

thehton. ar. J.Pasqoale ft Golden—Dsytou—"Battercops"

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Henry ft Moore—The -Model—Dare Bros.—WarmingSlaters—Grey ft Brysn—Lee Stoddard—GabbyBros, ft Clark.

__ ,,,_UXIUA, N. T.WUhnr ft Ljee—Green ft Lnfell—Geralds—Bo-

und and Bay—"Meanest Man in the World"

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Eddie Heme ft Co.—Green Miller ft Green Bpeneer* WUliamsJ '

TrsjTOH HILL, V. J.

D. Southern Three—Brown Bartlett 4 Welsey

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Dixon ft Mack—Vlnle Daley—"Cold Turkey"

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Foatoas—McDonald A Cleveland—Mr. ft Mrs. Kro-

ne tt. Priehard Nash ft Pelletler—"The Spider."wTTwrsraan-n-g, pi

Lester Raymond Co.—Shirley Bisters—ThreeBeetties—Murray ft Yolk—Fire American Girls

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U A. B. Dwyer—Jackey * Blllle—Three Twins

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AUman and NaDey—Wilson Aubrey Co.

W00HBOCKET, B. I.

Dare Klndler—Resists—Mardo as Hunter

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Vanghn ft Dreams—Ford ft Hawett—ExpositionFour.Australian Stanley—Beanty Vender—Fargo ft

Richards—Tool Arolos—Erelyn A Dolly—PhilDarts—Regal and Mack—Hendricks ft Stone—AlexSparks and Co.

INTERSTATE CIRCUIT

Majestic—Pay ton Howard ft Llsette—Yoong ft

Wheeler — Langdona — Francis Renault — ErnestBrent Heme—Dressier Klass ft Sax—Lea Genlsv

FT. WORTH, TEXAS.Kajoitic—Charles JMwaxds Trio—Ed Morton—

Van A Carrie Arerx—rTbitnetd A Ireland—*"Potpouri"—Dawson Sisters ft Stern.

HOUSTON. TEXAS.Majestic—Ed ft Lottie Ford—Emba ft Alton—On Manila Say"—Meryl Prince Girls—Cshlii *Romalne—Nathano Bros.

kaxbas crrx. KO.Globe (First Hair)—Dare ft Lillian—Lyston ft

Emerson—Venetian Poor—Weir A King—Delmar'sLions. (Last Half)—Frawley ft Lonlse—Clifton ft

Dale—"Girl in the Moon"—Copper City Poor

—

Princess Kalama.

LITTLE BOCK.A Majestic (Pint Halt)—Lola Girlie ft Co.—Clark

TrwinJniTan- v SUrernail—Frawley ft Xoulae—Leroy Talma *.1

'CBoscnT^MLeat Half)—Bio A Helmar—Welds ft.Wells—Rlgoletto- Bros.—Edith Clinonl—AUa Mo»»bora. ' "-"- ''. f ''.

OBXAROMA OTTT.ORXA. -

Lyric (First Half)—Millar A Capman—Darts ft

McCoy—Hal Johnson—John Neff—Rose RUls ft

Rose. (Last Half)—Geo. ft Lilly Garden—ArnoldA Taylor—McLsJn Gates ft Co.—Williams ft Tay-lor—Vim, Beauty ft Health.

PIKE BLTJFT, ARK.- Orpheum (First Halt)—Snoa Iraier—Fields ft

Wells—Betty Bond. (Last Half)—Clark Silrer-

nail—Will Maboney.BAH ANTONIO, TEXAS.

Majestio—McConnell A Austin—Margaret Ford

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"Heart of Annie Wood"—Lou ft Gene Archer

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Dainty Mamie—Harry Jolson—Emma Francis ft

Arabs.ST. JOE. MO.

Crystal (First Half)—Clifford ft Marsh—Benrr....„ Troupe—Hatch ft LaTeEe—Duffy ft Cald-well—Fitzgerald ft Carroll. (Last Half)—Dare *Edfmjfll—Lo-ston A Emerson—Venetian Four—Wier -

& King—Delmar'e Lions.

TOPE3LA, RAM.Novelty (First Half)—Maralea Toy Shop—Talhert

ft Fisher—"On the Mississippi"—Nelson Waring—"Old Soldier Fiddlers.' (Last Half)—Monti ft

Parti—Ben Hareman—Honsch ft Lsrelle—Duffy ft

Caldwell—Fltagerald ft Carroll.

TULSA, OKLA.Empress (First Hslf)—Rice A Newton—Ann

Sutor—Nine Payne ft Co.—Adier ft Dunbar. (LastHslf)—Burke ft Betty—Lexey ft Rome—Lemalre,Hayes ft Co.—Howard ft Sadler—Hartt ft Diamond.

WICHITA, KA2T

.

Princes (First Halt)—Geo. * Lilly Garden—Ar-nold ft Taylor—McLain, Gates A Co.—Williams ATaylor—"Vim. Beanty A Health." (Last Half)

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Morales Toy Shop—Talbert ft Fisher—"On theMississippi.''

-BUTTERFIEtO CIRCUIT"BATTLE ftawuw if mil

Bijou Theatre (First Half)—Florette—TempleFoot—"Telephone ' Tangle"—Chase ft LaTour

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Three Belmonts. (Last Half)—Mario ft Duffy-

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Sennas A Sloan—Four Jacks and a Queen—NickHufford—Guy Voyer A Co.—Prince Karml.

BAT CITY, MICH.Bijou Theatre (First Half)—Clsyton ft Clayton—

Smith ft Farmer—Adams A Gobi—-Werner AmorceTrio. (Last Hslf)—Pictures.

FLINT, MICH.Palace Theatre (First Half)—Alsnson—Basil A

Allen—"Days of Long Ago"—8osman ft

Jean Moore—Boch Bros. (Cost Half)—Clayton Jk

Clayton—Simpson A Dean—Slmma ft Powers

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"Laughing Lady"—Jed Dooley ft Assistant—PourUueteal Hodges. *3tL - "-

. m-J& JACgtSOS, MICH. :-.f -

Oroheum Theatre|(First Half)—Marr ft DwyeT

Girls—Simpson ft Dess—Four Jacks and Queen—Iahkawa Bros.. (Last Half)—Brsns ft DssnSmith ft Parma:—"Days of Long Ago"—Kenny ft

Ftoilla.

Kalamazoo, mtcttRegaat (First Half)—Pictures. (Last Half)

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Buch Bros.—Kerr A Ensign—"Billet 13"—Chase ft

LaToor—ChaUonte Sisters.'

Bijou (First Half)—Pictures. (Last Hslf)—Alanson—American Comedy Trio—"TejephoneTangle"—Adams ft Quhl—Iahkawa Bros.

BASZXAW, MICH.Juffers-Btrsad (First Hslf)—"Laughing Lady"

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Slmms A Powers—Poor Musical Hodges—AmericanComedy Trio—Chalfonte Slaters. ' (Last Half)

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Two Blonds—Temple Pour—Mr. ft Mrs. Thome

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Jean Moore—Werner Amoros Trio.

WTV.sCA.CHICAGO. TTT.

Xedxie (First Half)—Three Weston Girls—u.nn(nt 4 Hall—Keating ft Walton-rDegnon ftClifton. (Last Half)—Two Caritons— Tracy, Pal-mer ft Tracy—Suburbanites—Jack Rothsll—"OhAuntie."Lincoln (First Hslf)—Paul Conchas Jr. ft Co.—

Calrln ft Barn—Wanaer ft Palmer—Chick ft DryHarrey—"Ob Anntie." (Last Half)—Leroy ft

Leroy—Henry Horton ft Co.—Chss. Olcott—Threeto PIU. •

.

American (First Half)—B!n*os—Blllle ft Dot-Gene Waters—Byron fins ft Ssxo Band. (LastHslf)—Psnl Concuss Jr. ft Co.—Gslrln ft Bath-Sam Ward—"Oh Auntie."

ALTON, ILL.Hippodrome (First Half)—Pedersoa Bros.—Msry

Whitman A Bays. (Last Half)—Ltndeman NelsonTroope—Boy La .Pearl.

Bxxxaras, most.Babcoca: (Firat Half)—Leonard ft Wright—Jen

Sanford—Howard ft Lewis—Louis Brocades. (LastHalf)—IsabeUe MUler—Besale Babh MamereldaWebb Three:—Alice Nelson A Oo.—Japlter Trio.

^SEsstfJasssssVea^LpsisB^Ea eCss^ftaw

WsaUnctas (Firat Half)—Boy La Pearl—Robert& De Mont—Jean Boydell. (Last Half)—Polly OaA Chic—Miller ft May—Barry ft Brighton.

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.Orpheum (First Hslf)—Hsmllton Bros.—Cys

Erdman—Alien A Hetty Leiber—Roy Ls Pearl

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"That's Going Some." (Last Half)—Bedmond A

Welti—"Two Sweethearts"—Fred Lewis—PowellTroops. *.".. ~

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CEDAR RAPIDS. I

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Majtstio - (Isrs* Ham—Joggling De Aroo—Tracy, Palmer ft- Tracy—Virginia Belles—NsslAmeJ—Hohlnson's Slenbanta. (Last Halt)— VanCellos—Manning A Hall—Dorothy Vaughn—NinaSuUIran ft Co.—Bert A Eatelle Gordon—AmongThoesv tesent.. -

fT^7^ , DtrLTTTH, MINN.

New Orasrf ( First ' Half)—Krenha Bros.—DaisyDuras ft Stir Four—Gypsy Rerue. (Last Half}—Chas. ft Helen Polly—MM . May Foster ft Co.—Brown's Mualcal Highlanders—Fat Barrett.•~&*rV ^aECATOss,' ill. - 3T

Xmsress (First Half)—Jap the WlssFBoaad—KesUog sV Walton—"Two Sweethearts"—HugoLargess—Powell Troupe. (Last Half)—HamiltonBros.—Que Erdman—Allen ft Betty Lcyber—Roy

,

La Pearl—"That's Going Some." ATjA.VRsTPORT.Ift. .»-•":

OslsabU (First Hslf)—Freer, Baggett A Frsar .

—Polly Kay—Rita Mario Orchestra—Nssl Abater I

Melrln Bros. (Last Half)—Ward ft Pools) sag I

othy Vaughso—Arthur De Voy A Co.—MeWaT 1

Garden—Skipper. Kennedy ft Reares.

EVANSVTLLZ, XXB. *New Grand—Carradinl's Animals—Manning Sls-

ters—Welcome ^i^aonit-—Jesnne Boydell—Tboe.Swirt A KellTr-^gtemurs Trio.

KftsTlfoT. LOUIS, tt.t,

Erbar's (First Half)—Sebastian Merrill ft Co.

—

Hlsler ft May—"Two Sweethearts"—Benny May.(Last nslfj—Robert A De Mort—Jeanne Boyden—

ftrnit LaSd^FT. WAYNE, LTD.

Palaoe (First Half)—Tuscano Bros,—Capps Fam-Uy—Watts ft Hawlexr-Kalaulla'a Hawaiian*—Wills ailbert-A Co.—ATerr A Barney. (Last Half)—PauL La Yarre ft Co.—Four Nelsons—Bob Hall—C ft N. Cleretrmi—Rae Elinor Ball ft Co.—EdwardHume A SjSft-ir'

--• - S'KOKOMO. rsTD.Sipe (Ftr*r«3a^)—Burke Bros. A Kendall, Three

Weston Olrls—Brennen A DstIb—C. A M. Clere-Isnd—Pedersoa Bros. (Last Hslf)—Ralney ftArery—Chlcsv nay ft Hsrrey—Morsn Sisters—BenBenny—WUladGDbert ft Co.

' ^LOQAlrSPORT. TXD.Colonist aSskt Half)—Tuscano Bros.—Kalaulla'a

Hswsllsnsy, ssyaaife

IJTTsTOflTON, MONT.Leonard ft Wright—Jere Sanford—Loula Bro-

cades—Howard ft Lewis.-

. LAFAYXTTR, TJTD.Family rtsnSSUlf)—BreTJDsn ft DaTis—Ohrs*

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Weatons Grr^SQts)sw1fhan A Groha—Jamea Llehter

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Pederson BroaKA-MTjnrEAPOijs, mTRsT.

aw Grand—SlgsbeesT Dofs—lieldl ft U AddlA.isSHXaVPOLS, Marx.

New PsiaoarMeTtrst Half)—Whitney's OperaticDolls—SontbsaOTSaiaphoue Sextette—Bobbins) ftFulton—Carl JJUlL i ie Troupe. (Last Half)—Wll-llama ft Cnlrwr—"Among Those Present"—Geo.Rsndell ft Co. ' ;i.

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ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARYRAY ALVINO ZZ JAZZ PHIENDSFormerly with Bessie Clayton; Joan Sawyer, Dominoe Roan. Broadway. .A aeasatjoe «ithe Tock, ' Buffalo. Exponents of "Jazz without Jars.** Opca lor the mum ol 1«1»H!»DAVE SCHWARTZ. Musical Diroeter, Suite SH. SM Fifth Ave, N. W. Car. God Si, N. V

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DEATHS OF THE WEEKADELINA PATTI died at Cralg-y-noa

Castle, London, last week, of heart failure,at the age of seventy-Blx years. The worldfamous opera prima donna was born InMadrid In 1843 and her real name wasAdela Juana Maria. Although born inSpain, she was the daughter of Italianparents. Her father, Salvator Paul, wasa well known baritone In his day, and thegirl seemed to Inherit his merits as asinger. She was brought to the UnitedStates by her father at the age of seven,making her first appearance in Philadelphiaat that age. She was a success from thestart,Salvator Pattl was the first teacher of

the girl who later became the world-famousopera star and at an early age the little girlsupported her family. Later she astonishedboth audience and critics with the ease withwhich ahe took high notes and scored a.sreat operatic triumph in "Lucia." In thisopera, she scored what was probably thegreatest success of her great career, vio-tetta In "Traviata" is another role inwhich she became famous, In fact shescored In almost avery opera, written then.Her fame spread to London, then to othergreat European cities. She was the annualfeature during the Covent Garden Season,much as Caruso is at the Metropolitan eachyear.

Following her first appearance In NewYork, she was engaged at a salary of 1100per week, at that time a goodly sum. Tenyears later, she sang In London for 8760 perweek. She married Henri, Marquis of Causeat the age of twenty-five, but her matri-monial life was not a happy one and theyseparated after a year or so. In 1885. Pattlsecured a divorce from him and marriedKmeato NlccoUni, an Italian tenor. Hedied in 1898 and seven years later, shemarried Baron Cedarstrom.Madam Pattl possessed one of the world's

greatest voices which combined with hergreat intelligence made of her the famousartist.MRS. JENNIE MURPHY, wife of Henry

C. Murphy, actor, and mother of the lateHarold Lockwood. died last week at herhome In New York City.

HIGH MASSwill be held Tuesday, Sept 30th, atSt. Patrick's Church. Montreal, fW.J.for the late CHARLES FIGG. who diedrecently in Pittsburgh. May his soulrest in peace. Inserted by his pal,LUXIAN SMITH.

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Ewery Sunday—2 Big Concerts 2

CASINO THEATRETHIS WEEK

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Patri•. 'r :-'.•"•' ; "

'-'-.. • •Scintillating Melodist

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—ROUTE—Sept. IB—Keitn'e," 22—Keith's, Proridence

23—Keith- 1 Royal, N. Y. City

Oct. 6 Keith'. Orpheum, Brooklyn" 13 Keith'. Buahwtck, Brooklyn

" 20-Sh*\ Baffdo27—Shee s, Toronto

No*. 3—Temple, Detroit" TO—Temple, Rochester" 17—Dominion, Ottawa" 24 Princes*, Montreal

Dec 1—Lyric, Hamilton, Cam." 8—Palace, Chicago

15 Orpheam, St. Lome

Dec 22—Palace, Milwaukee" 29—State-Lake, Chicago (?)

Ian. 5—Flint, Mich." 12—Battle Creek and Lansing,

Mick.'" 19—Fort Wayne, lad. .

" 26—Keith'., PhiladelphiaFeb. 9—Maryland, Baltimore" 16—Lyceum, Canton, O.

23 Keith's, Dayton, O.1—Keith's, Commbn.8—Dans, Pittsburgh15 Keith 'a, Cleveland

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Hippodrome, Yoangstown, O.1 29—Colonial, Akron, O.

Apr. 5—Keith's," 12 Keith's, Indianapolis" 19—Keith's, LouUrille

Grand Rapid.

May 3—Keith's, Toledo" ' 1(1—" 17

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June 7—Dallas14—Houston

" 21—Sen Antonio .

" 28—Little. Rock(England to follow.

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Direction, GLADYS BROWNMAKING RECORDS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PATHS PHONOGRAPH

Patricola and HerViolin Stops Show

At Keith's HouseBOSTON "RECORD." SEPT. U

. Vaudeville rested its chin on a newviolin this week all right. Pa tri cols.billed as the "scintillating melodist,"lived np to her billing and stopped theshow.This

.young Lady possesses the neces-

sary something that is required to put-an set across and leave them crying;for more. Without change of costumeand assisted only by a violin, whichshe uses quite as well as' her voice, shelasted 20 minutes single and had to makea. speech before she could bow off. Someact.

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STAGED AND PERSONALLY DIRECTED BY JOE MAXWELLB.F. KEITH'S ROYAL, THIS WEEK, SEPT. 29. IK)NT MSS IT.

DIRECTION—HARRY WEBER

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JIMMY CASSONThe AMERICAN ACE of SONG,with FRED KLEM at the PIANO

TECHOW'S CATSIN VAUDEVILLE

ED and EDNA FANTON

DAN MICHAELSNEW YORK FOLLIES

U an all star cast Musical C L-. - U k] "A LITTLE IBn EVLAYTHISS."Two Acta and Twelve Seen s».

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— CALLAHAN BROS.EAST—LAURENCE SCHWAB WEST—C W. NELSON

HARRY OAKS &nmtne

itrra timeCJeWht "Behind the

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October- 1, .191? THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 31

UNION SQUARE SHOWIS ONE OF THEBEST OF THE SEASON

The "Seeley Dinner" was the title of the

first part of the show at Kahn'a UnionSquare Theatre last week. It was In three

scenes. The burlesque In. one scene wascalled "Spotless Town." For some reason orother the show seemed to ran much smootherthan at any time It has In .recent months,this may be due to the fact that HarryBernard, a new man In the East, Is the newprincipal comedian and this fellow is * anactor. He has the confidence In himself andstage presence that is displayed In all fin-

ished performers. Bernard Is an Irish come-dian of the refined type, in ootid, he e-

minds us of Bert Baker and his style ofwork Is somewhat similar to Baker's.

In the first scene he was president of theBachelors' Clnb, which was holding the din-ner. The last scene be portrayed the judgeIn the court room. The last act saw himdoing a light Irish part In each scene hestood ont In the part he had. Bernard la

a good man and one of the best comedianswe have seen at this honse. Brad SattonIn the role of lawyer Bun , who .defendedall the prisoners. Old a great piece of low.comedy in the coart 'scene. . His make up was

...in keeping -with the part and he did notoverdue the character. He worked straight

• during the other part of the .performance.Jacjs Gibson proved himself a good straightin the- many scenes he was In.

Bert Bernard did two comedy charactersdaring the show. In the first part he did aHebrew, while In the burlesque he did aDutch, taking care of both nicely. BoySean, the Juvenile, was In several scenesand handled himself well. He was seen at

j» a better advantage In his two numbers, now-I ever. Norma Bell was In moat of the scenes

,

. and proved herself a good straight woman.. the manner In which she worked with the:comedians. Her numbers were nicely ren-dered. Grade Howard, offering several newdresses that were pretty and very becomingto her, put over some good fast numbersfor encores and read her lines very carefully.Miss Lorraine did not appear Tuesday after-

noon on account of illness, Maud Nelsonjumped in her place In three or four scenesand she carried herself well; she also didall that could be ezpeeted.The banquet scene was beautifully staged

and offered a good opening. A large table

with the male principals and eight of thechorus girls all attired in dress suits gavethe scene a tone of class and a stage onthe stage on which the entertainment wasfurnished for the lenefit of the diners was-well arranged. Harry -Bernard was the toast-

master and made a good one. Misses How-ard and Bell, assisted by eight girls, offered

the numbers. Gara Zen as Little Egypt of-

fered a dance. Daring the action of thedance, Sutton and half a dozen girls aspolicemen rushed down from the . front ofthe theatre through the aisles and raidedthe dinner. This was done so -well with abell ringing that many In the house thoughtIt waa a teal "Pinch."The court room scene was just one comedy

situation following the other. It was theold Irish justice.hit and It was done betterthan we have evaxi seen It acted in the past.

Bernard as the 'judge, working the bladderoften, with Sutton as the lawyer and Gibsonas the prosecuting attorney. Bert Bernardas the cop, the prisoners, jury and courtstenographer and Gars. Zera speaking linesin her defense and giving an exhibition of thedance she did at the dinner all helped tomake the scene a hlg sneess. "SpotlessTown," with both principals and chorusworking In- white In most of the scenes,waa a good contrast to the first part, andIt was In keeping with the scenery.

Bert Bernard and Jack Gibson did a goodtalking act in one, finishing with a few paro-dies that went over well. Norma BeU fol-lowed with a specialty In which she ren-dered one number, doing very nicely. A gooddrunk song followed, offered by Sears, as-

sisted by the chorus, went over hlg. Sears

finished with a neat dance that more thanpleased. "

This Is the kind of a show they like atthis honse and It looks as though the newman is partly responsible for.lt. Stevensstaged the show. 'Bin.

NEW PEOPLE IN MARION SHOWWAXXBBtmy, Conn., Sept 22.—The new

people who opened here with Dave Marion'sOwn Show, at the Jacques Theatre, anWill B. Ward, Tom Duffy, Joe Agus, RoyOonroy, John Willard, Joseph Roooej, RayMagruder, Coon and Whiting. Price andKennedy closed with the show last week.

WETNGARTEN SHOW AT ACADEMYPhiladelphia, Pa., Sept 20.—I. M.

Weingarten. has rented the Academy, this

city, for next week in which he will offer

his big colored show headed by Billy King.He could only get the honse for a week asit baa been leased previously for other at-

tractions. The show closed a four-weekengagement in Washington tonight

HARRY SEYMOUR SIGNSHarry Seymour has been signed by

I. H. Berk.

PRIMADONNA PEARL L A WLOR BILLY WATSON'S

PARISIAN WHIRL

FROM FRISCO?Yes, the Same HARRY BERNARD KAHN'S

UNIONSQUARE

WE ARENEW TO

BURLESQUE

F»AuL.YALE and DAVIDSON DOX

WITHPACE

MAKERS

JERRY LAWRENCE"Sky Scraper Lizzie" LIBERTY GIRLS

GOING OVER WITH PETE CLARK'S "OH GIRL." CO.

JOSEPHINE YOUNGEVAMPIRE GIRL, WITH "OH GIRL!-

IDA EMERSON and HARRY HILLSBACK IN BURLESQUE WITH EDMOND HAYES* OWN SHOW

ETHEL DEVEAUXSOUBRETTE HASTINGS ftA22L£ DAZZLE OF 1J1I

GERTRUDE O'CONNORAS MRS. BOZO WITH EDMOND HAYES* OWN CO.

CLAIRE DEVIIVELEADING WOMAN WITH DIXON'S BIG REVIEW

LORETTA AHEARNDAINTY SINGING AND DANCING SOUBRETTE—glJ»S,S«S DOLLS

HAROLD KENNEDYCOMEDIAN GIRLS A LA CARTE

WITH PACEMAKERS MANAGEMENT-HERK. KELLY * DAMSEL

PETE KELLY and BERG LYDIAWITH ED RUSH'S CRACKER JACKS

DON TRENTWITH WALDRON'S BOSTONIANS

PRIJ.TA DONNA PARISIAN FLIRTS

ANNETTE SHAWDANCING INGENUE LEW KELLY SHOW

HEBREW COMEDIANIVIOIMT

. ROUND THE TOWN UOS-Ss

GEO. CARROLLDOING TRAMP WITH THE JAZZ BABBIESBABE HEALY

Sesaa SntaafsUn, with Seen* fsssRS swMssl 3—on with Banker Csraiw

RUBY THORNE and ANNA GOLDIESOUBRETTE CRACKER JACKS, CHARACTERS

•JACK MUNDYDIRECTION-ARTHUR PEARSON

ROSE EIVI1VIETTRAGTIME INGENUE ROUND THE TOWN

STRAIGHT SECOND SEASON WITH MAIDS OF AMERICA

•JAIME 1VIAYSOUBRETTE SECOND SEASON MAIDS OP AMERICA

INGENUE SIXTH SEASON WITH DAN COLEMAN, HASTINCrs BIG SHOW

NOW WRITING BURLESQUES BEST SPECIAL SONGS. ALSO STAGING NUMBERS.WITH RUSH'S CRACKER JACKSssssssssb nwauEso.

RUTHHASTINGSPRIMA DONNA, BQSTONJAN? SEASON ma-If

32 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 1, 1919

ROBT. C SCHOENECKER PRESENTS THE ALL STAR CAST OFHERK, KELLY AND DAMSEL'S

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ROSE ALLENSoubrette

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DOT DAVIDSONSoubrette

HARRY SEYMOURPrincipal Comedian

FLORENCE TANNERGolden Voice Prima Donna

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GEORGE BARTLETTHebrew Comedian

WALTER VANStraight

PAUL YALEJuvenile Straight

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LETTINGENUE SOUBRETTE DIXON'S BIG REVIEW

John MacKinnonJUVENILE—TENOR EDMOND HATES' OWN SHOW

RUTH BARBOURSOUBRETTE RUBE BERNSTEIN'S FOLLIES OF PLEASURE

BABE WELLINGTONnUtESCTIBLE BUNCH OF NERVES SOUBRETTE-NATIONAL WINTERGARDEN

WM. F. (Billy) HARMS THEATRICAL ENTERPRISESHOBOKEN, N. J. (Mnkr of T. B. C)

FLORENCE WHITFORDSOUBRETTE JAZZ BABBIES

•JOHN O. GRANTPERSONAL DIRECTION—CHAMBERLAIN BROWN

LOUISE PEARSONPRIMA DONNA HINSKVS NATIONAL WINTER GARDEN

FRANK MALLAHANDOING STRAIGHT WITH SAM HOWE'S SPORT GIRLS

•JIM McCAULEYDOING RUBE AGAIN THIS SEASON WITH SAM HOWE'S SPORT GIRLS

FRANK LULEYEDMOND HAYES' ORIGINAL BOZO WITH EDMOND HAVES' OWN COMPANY

FRANK ANDERSONIrish Conic with Chaa. M. Baker's "Swaet SwetUa Girls." Comma; Up One Runr at a Tinw

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IBURLESQUE NEWS

(Continued from page IT)FOREIGN NEWS

WINTER GARDEN SHOW,BRIGHT AND TUNEFUL,GOES OVER WITH SNAP

The ehow at the National Winter Gar-den last week was made up of fast bits

and numbers. The numbers were prettily

arranged and the girls worked very nicely.

It didn't matter what number it was,

they all went over for at least one encore.

In fact, they can't help but go over in

this house with the orchestra Minskyhas there. It is a dandy and they playfinely.

The principal comedy was taken care of

by George Walsh, Harry Bentley and JackPerry. Walsh did a "bum." This ia the

first time we have seen him in a characterof this kind, although he has done nearlyevery other character one can think of.

Walsh did an excellent low comedy in the

role he portrayed, and they liked him here.

Bentley did Dutch, and 'he was very,amusing in the part. He is fast, and aglutton for work and never seems to tire.

His dialect was good and he worked wellwith his partners. Ferry did an Irishman,a regular old-time "tad,", with the red wigand chin piece. Perry stepped around like

'a young fellow.

Jimmy Francis handled the straight in

his usual careful way, and was responsible

for many of the laughs gained by thecomedians the way he "fed" them.Louise Pearson, the prima donna, sang

well and offered a pretty 'wardrobe. Shewas also seen at an advantage in thescenes reading lines. She is a goodstraight woman.Babe Wellington danced her way

through the numbers with lots of actionand did all around good work.Ruth Boiling, looking as pretty as

when we last saw her, had several num-bers. She also displayed a very beautifulwardrobe for which we have given hercredit before.Violet Pearl put her numbers over with

lots of speed. She has a pleasing person-ality and pretty form. Her dresses areneat and attractive.Sydel Bennett has changed her style of

work. Instead of the rough way she hadof working she has now tuned down a lot.

The "husband" bit was worked up byWalsh, Bentley, Francis and Miss Pearson.The "quiet place" bit was nicely takencare of by Francis, Walsh, Bentley, Perryand. the Misses Wellington and Boiling.The "key" bit was amusing: as done byWalsh, Bentley, Perry and Francis.Miss Wellington offered a singing and

dancing specialty that went very well.The "doctor" bit pleased the way Walsh,

Perry, Bentley, Francis and Miss Welling-ton did it. Francis handled Bentley ratherrough in this bit, much to the merrimentof the audience.Miss Pearson in a specialty offered two

numbers that more than pleased. '•'

The -Dancing Humphreys were an added -

attraction. They offered their act, and itpleased. •

Sn>.

VICTORIA PUTS TANK INPittsbubq, Pa., Sept. 27.—The man-

agement of the Victoria, and AmericanBurlesque Circuit bouse, this city, has just

completed a diving tank, 16% feet long and10}^ feet wide, built under the stage; withtrap doors on the stage. This tank is said

to be the largest of any in the. UnitedStates, except the one at the New YorkHippodrome. Manager Middleton is ad-

vertising diving contest for every Fridaynight, open to local girls and young men.

BIG WEEK FOR WATSONChicago, 111., Sept. 27.—"Sliding" Billy

Watson played to over $6,500 at the Hay-market last week. The "All Jazz Revue"did the largest previous week's business atthis house the week before, doing $5,600.

This show also broke all records at the

Englewood the week of September 7, with$5,400 on the week.

CATLETT IS A LONDON HITLondon, Eng., Sept 27.—Walter Cat-

lett, who is the principal comedian with"Baby Bunting,'" a new musical revueproduced here last night at the Shaftsbury,has created a MOW hit in London,with bis inimitable comedy antics. TheLondon papers say of him, "He is a won-derful American comedian, an exponentof low comedy, but unlike any of our lowcomedians, in that he does not resort to

makeup for his comedy, bnt depends uponfacial expression, his nimble dancing, anda pair of tortoise rim spectacles. He is

sure to become a London favorite, and theshow will of a surety be a most unusualhit"

Shakespeare and his works. He will ap-pear in New York, Boston, Philadelphia,and several others.

NEW MYSTERY PLAY PRODUCEDGlasgow, Scotland, Sept, 25.—The the-

atregoers of this city have been throngingto see the latest novelty in mystery playsat the Royal Theatre. The play, a Chi-nese mystery play, is by It. E. Jeffrey, alocal writer, and is known as "The Armof Li Hung." The principal players in

the cast ace Athole Stewart and DorisLloyd.

BURTON WITH THE "FLIRTS"Newabk,.N. J., Sept 20.—Joe Burton

is rehearsing with Chas. Robinson's"Parisian Flirts." He will open at theBijou in Philadelphia. Burton has beenworking in pictures since leaving Kahn'sUnion Square, last Summer, for the OliverFilm Company.

V. A. F. NOMINATES CANDIDATESLondon, Sept 28.—The following eight

candidates were nominated for the chair-manship of the Variety Artists' Federa-tion here last week: Albert Voyce, W. H.Atlas, John Warren, A. C. Astor, C. Crab-tree, Barry Ono, Stanley J. DamerelL andMonte Bayly. The election for a newchairman hag been made necessary by- theresignation of Fred Russell. Bayly, oneof the eight candidates, will represent theV. A. F. at the forthcoming Trades UnionCongress at Glasgow.

"JOY WHEEL" OPENS IN LONDONLondon, Sept 21.—"The Joy Wheel,"

George Sax's review, which has been suc-cessful in the provinces, has opened at theBedford here. Included in the cast of theproduction, which is finely costumed andstaged, are Fame and Fortune, MaleThorp, Hilda Newsome, Cliff Dacre, HildaBarry and W. F. Douglas.

"CRACKER JACKS" IMPROVEDThe "Cracker Jacks" since it has been

fixed up has shown great improvementManager Louis Kregg, of the Gayety,Brooklyn, last week said that bis patronsthought it was the best laughing show thathad played his house so far this season.

FAY SHIRLEY GIVES NOTICEFay Shirley, after giving her two-weeks'

notice at the Olympic, closed with the"Cracker Jacks" at the Gayety, Brooklyn,last Saturday night. She has signed withChaB. Robinson's "Parisian FlirtB."

BARNES' ENGAGEMENT BROKENLondon, Eng., Sept 27.—Fred Barnes,

the musical comedy artist who was en-gaged to Miss Kathleen Aldous, an Ameri-can heiress, has refused to comply withthe request of her parents that he quit thestage, in order to marry their daughter,and the engagement has subsequently beenbroken off. The engagement of Barnesand Miss Aldous has been one of the moatromantic affairs London has talked aboutfor some time.

GIVE EXTRA MATINEESLondon, Sept. 20.—Extra matinees of

"Monsieur Beaucaire" are being given henat the Palace every Thursday afternoon.The large demand for seats necessitated

the giving of the extra performance. Theplay is to be presented in New York latethis season.

DONALDA AND LEON IN FRANCEParis, France, Sept 27.—Mme. Don-

alds and M. Biscba-Leon, are delightingFrench audiences with their clever enter-

tainment.

COMEDY SHOW SCORESBoston, Mass., Sept 26.—Jack Singer's

Behman Show, which is playing the Gay-ety this city, is one of the best laughingshows that has been seen at this house sofar, this season.

FORBES-ROBERTSON TO LECTURELondon, Eng., Sept 27.—Sir Forbes-

Robertson, the eminent Shakespeareanactor, will visit America in the autumn,for a ten weeks' lecture tour, which willinclude the principal Eastern cities, andChicago.. His topics win be confined to

PARK CONCERTS ENDEDLondon, Eng., Sept 27.—The London

Park concert season has been, definitelyended, with the dosing of the Clissold andVictoria Park concerts, which have beesconducted very successfully.

DALY JOINS "BLUE BIRDS"Jim Daly left New York last Wednesday

for Milwaukee to join .the "Blue Birds."He was booked by Ike Weber. Daly re-places Nat Brown.

SYDELL AND CAMPBELL RETURNRose Sydell and William S. Campbell re-

turned from Mt Clemens last week, wherethey, took the baths.

.

O'KEEFE IS NOW A MOOSEPhil O'Keefe, property man of the

"Aviators" became a member of the localOrder of Moose 'No. 14 in Brooklyn hutThursday night

KELLY-DANVILLE CLOSESLondon, England, Sept 27.—The Kelly-

Danville Company have closed their seasonof thirteen weeks at the New Royal, Birk-enhead, after a very successful run.

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CHICAGO NEWSMUSIC MAN MURDERED

Chicago, 111, Sept. 27.—Chicafo police

and detectives admit they are baffled inthe murder of the aged music writer andmusician, Elias H. Purcell, who was foundmurdered late last Monday in bis home at

"

661' Boocoe" street Purcell was foundbound to a chair, with his head smashedin from a heavy instrument. It was dis-

covered that the murderer had escapedwith $25,000 in liberty Bonds and everypiece of paper that went to display anyof his holdings. The murdered man wasthe- owner of the apartment baQding in

which he lived, and where he met his

death.Purcell had been a retired business man

and was devoting his time to composingmusic. He was 61 years of ace and hadbeen a noted musician and conductor oforchestras.

BIG BUSINESS AT VICTORIAChicago, 111., Sept 27.—John Benerio,

at the managerial end of the Victoria The-atre, which is playing one of Lorin How-ard's dramatic stock companies, is deserv-

ing of much praise through his efforts isbuilding up the Victoria Theatre, which is

now being supported by neighborhood pa-trons. The Victoria . last week succeededin ™«H"f a record through the playing of"Everywoman," a production that has notbeen seen in Chicago since it last appearedat one of the leading theatres in the loop.Other theatres meeting with exceptionalsuccess through local dramatic stock com-panies are the National and Imperial the-atres, which are also under the directionof GazzoBo and Howard.

"ABRAHAM LINCOLN" OPENSChicago, 111., Sept. 27-—"Abraham

Lincoln," the new play from the pen ofRalph T. Kettering," opens' this week at

Fond du Lac, Wis., for a road tour. Theproduction has been played in stock inMinneapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago, bntthis marks its first appearance on theroad as a traveling attraction. EdgarMurray will portray the role of Lincolnand will be assisted by Maria rlinide, Ben-lsh Baker, Frank Ireaon, Harold Hopping,Joseph Reed, Arthur lines, Gilbert Tes-sick, Henry Nelson and others.

"WISE FOOLS" MUST MOVEChicago, I1L, Sept. 27.—"Three Wise

Fools," although enjoying big business atPowers Theatre, faces the prospects of anearly departure from this city.' Two anda half weeks of the time allotted to theplay slipped away during the aotoas' strikeso that it will have to give way to "Dad-dies,'* which is definitely dated there foran early opening. "Three Wise Fools"would have ran on here indefinitely if

"Daddies" did jiot interfere with its book-ings. -

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ACTORS IN CHARITY DRIVEChicago, 111., Sept 27.—Vaudeville per-

formers and music publishers are workingdaily on the streets of Chicago, assisting

the Salvation Army to raise $1,500,000

'

' for use in the State of DlinolsT Every"street corner has Its aerobat, singer andjuggler, and the artists are helping to patthe fund over the top every day. At Mon-roe and Dearborn streets, Annabelle Whit-ford came out of retirement to take upher old stand at these streets. She is be-ing ably assisted by Charles Kilpatrick,bow he lost his leg.

"FLOWER-TIME" COMES TO AN ENDEvmett, Wash., Sept 29.—"Flower-

time," a musical comedy, organized: in

Portland, Oregon, some weeks ago, andowned by Mason Black, a real estate dealerof that city, who played the role of theAngel, came to an end here . last week,and the company was disbanded.

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$7,270 FOR TANNER CHILDRENChicago, 111, Sept 27.—Actors and ac-

tresses have not laid idle since they startedthe fund for the Tanner children, whosefather and mother met such, a heroicdeath under a railroad train here lastmonth. The TinHring theapians are nowdevoting their time to the raising of afund for John Miller, the trackman, whoendeavored to rescue the pair and washimself badly hurt, losing a leg by his ac-tion. The Tanner Fund up until to-daywas 17,270.60, while the John Miller fundhas reached nearly $1,500.

MARY JEPP SECRETLY MARRIEDChicago, Sept 22.—Just before leaving

New York, Mary Jepp, of "The Acquittal"playing at the Grand Opera House wassecretly married to Robert D. BoneiL aNew York theatrical newspaper man.Miss Jepp, whose real name is Mary Jepp

Williams is a resident of this city and wentto New York last year where she was castfor a part in the Chauncey Olcott play"The Voice of McConnelL" This year shehas a good role in Rita Weiman*B mysteryplay. '

OAK PARK SEES OLIVER PLAYERSOak Pabk, Illinois, Sept 29.—The Otis

Oliver Players • are at the WarringtonTheatre here. "Chicken" was the showpresented last week, when the organizationopened its run here. Included in the castare Otis Oliver, Vada Hellman, FannyFern, Thomas St Pierre, Ruby Le Cornne,John Higgins, R. N. Hutchison, BerthaLeger, and Pauline Nadine.

VENITA'S HUBBY SUES FOR $25,000Chicago, Sept 27.—An hour before

Clarence Toots Rheum and Venita Gould,former wife of Harold R. Jones, were dis-

charged after trial on statutory charges,Jones filed suit for $25,000, charging alien-

ation against Rheum. The pair were ar-rested last Sunday morning, and the courtruled that no improper conduct had beenproven. •

BOND ISSUE FOR BUILDINGChicago, HI, Sept 27.—A bond issue is

being arranged for the American Building,adjoining the American Theatre, whichwill be floated by the Hool Realty Com-pany, agents for the' New State LakeBuilding.

BOYLE AND FOSHAY SIGNIrene Boyle and Harold Roahay have

been .engaged, for important roles in thefirst picture. that Edgar Lewis will makefor his own company.

STOCK AND REPERTOIREPAYTON CO. OPENS

Corse Payton opened his season of stockat the Crescent Theatre in Brooklyn Lost

Monday the 22d, with a strong bill, using"Bought and Paid For" as the attraction.Mrs house; whfeh- has -been repainted-andredecorated, has been doing good ' busi-ness. The scale of prices ranges from10 cents to 76 cents, with daily matinees.This week"the company is doing "NothingBut the Truth," to be followed by "DaddyLong Legs." The company that acted theopening play consisted of Bobby Living-stone, who played the part of Oka; Mar-jorie Foster, as Virginia Blaine; HenriettaBrown, who directs the company, asFanny Blaise; Corse Payton as JamesGilley; Arthur Holman as Robert Staf-ford, and Ester Small, who was Josephine.The play waa very wall put on, and admir-ably acted. Corse Payton, as the manwith the ideas, was extremely funnythroughout.

"LITTLE MOTHER" OBfrA«n». "Little Mother," or "The Little Motherto Be," the play having both titles, ha*been released for stock, in restricted ter-ritory. The play, a moral lesson, hasbeen indorsed by several leading medicalsocieties and women's clubs. The play,which has to be played under the formertitles only in certain states, baa pressmatter and printing for both titles.

TO REVIVE "GREAT DrVTDE""The Great Divide," which Henry Miller

played so successfully, and which baa-been a stock favorite for years, is to berevived. The reviving is to be done bySchaake and Buckley at the Opera House,Lowell, Mass., and will take place theweek of the 6th of October.

NOYES GOES WITH PRODUCTIONAubrey Noyea, who baa been directing

stock companies with great success fornumerous years, will this season confinehis activities to a regular production. Hehas signed with "Up in Mabel's Room.1'

Information as to what part he will havein the show could not be obtained.

"DISREALr GOES OVER IN STOCK"Disreali," the character play in which

George Arliss starred last year, and whichhas recently been given a tryout for stockin Portland, Me., has made a great bit,

and has been ordered by several stockmanagers for immediate production.

GEBHART GOES TO NEWARKAlbert Gebhart has been engaged for

the Orpheum Theatre Stock, at the-

Orpheum Theatre, in Newark, N. J., join-ing the company last week, through thePackard exchange.

ROGERS STOCK CLOSESGreat Falls, Montana, Sept 29.—Art

Rogers has closed his musical comedystock company here, leaving for Kansas-City, Mo., where he joined another com-pany.

DON GRAY PLAYERS OPENBausoHiii, Wash., Sept 29.—The

Don Gray Players have opened an in-definite engagement here. The company is

presenting two shows each week.

INJuvenile Man who sings and dances. Singing Ingenue. Carpenter play bit.

Character Man run stage. Sister team. Long season. Advise at once. P. R_

ALLAN, Bus. Mgr., 113 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

A PEACH OF A SONG

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LEO THE LADDER LADINTRODUCING THE

BIG BABYFORD & CUNNINGHAMIN VAUDEVILLE

A LAUGH. A TUNE. A STEPDIRECTION-LEO FITZGERALD

GEORGE DRURY HART & GO,In "I Beg Your Pardon"

75 Laughs in 18 Mjuntos, Ask the Manager*.

The Whirling Wheels of Deathib tne Tripla Revolving- Cycling Sensation

THE LATEST INVENTION By CHAS. ARTHUR ROEHR

ROSE WESLEY

KLINE and FRAZERSong and Talkology

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DWYER & MAYEWORKING

LEW FREYFROM OVER THERE

On tha Los* Thai Thanks to Geo.

SUE OLMSTEADNicknamed in the A. E. F. as "Irresistible Sue"

SUZANNE & ERNESTSICKELMORE LE MESSURIER

In "Studio Fancies"

CLARENCE BEATRICELUXZ & NEWMANSinging , Talking and Dancing

LOOK US OVERJOE WALTER

SANDIFER and BROGSDALEComedy Entertainers Direction-Arthur Horwttx and La* Kraos In Vauderille

HENDRIX- BELLE ISLE COIn "The Schoolmaster"

Booked Solid. Direction—ROSE & CURTIS

ROBERT AH-EEN

LEROY&HARVEYIN VAUDEVILLE

JACK KATHLEEN

MORALIS and DeVOlEREPRESENTED BY

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MERRIGAN & HOWARTHThe Long and Short of It

FLO BETTYELROYSISTERSSunburst of Fashion and Frolic

Direction—SAMUEL BAERWITZ

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VWIL.LIAM CONWAYTHE HUSH PIANIST—IN VAUDEVILLE

The. Little Magnet in Vanderillo

ALTHOFF SISTERSTWO GIRLS AND THE PIANO DIRECTION-HARRY WEBER

CONNOLLY& FRANCESFun and Music Jsrrtnr tna Harmonica and Grandma's Malodaon, Direction—Mandsl A Rose

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L BURLESQUE NEWS(Continued! from peg* 17)

VAUDEVILLE BILLS

Following the filing of the charges

Henry Jacobs, the club's president, sent

out toe follywing statement:The origin of the trouble was when the

property in which the Burlesque Club ia

situated received a dispossess notice to

vacate, the President, Treasurer andSecretary who were the only members or

the Governing Board in town at the time,

looked through the neighborhood to try

and secure quarters, but failed to do so

as there was nothing suitable available,

so they called a meeting of the Governors

and they decided to store the furniture

until such time as they could find suitable

quarters.• In the meantime new arrangementswere made with the then lessee and. he

offered to give the Club just half of the

space that they were then occupying andcharged them nearly double the amountof rent.

In other words, they were paying$125.00 per month for two floors and he

wanted them to retain one floor at $200.00

per month. This, the officers thought the

Club could not possibly afford.

At all event, before any definite action

was taken, cither to store the furniture

or to remain where they were, a numberof men, some who were not even membersand others who were suspended for non-

payment of dues, got together and at first

declared the offices of President, Treas-

urer and Secretary vacant, charging themwith wanting to disband the Club, then afew of the wiser heads present, amongthem an attorney, advised them that they

were acting contrary to all rules and con-

trary to all legal procedure, so the mat-ter was dropped for a while, and then

taken up again by a servant of the Club,

one Myer Harris.

This is the whole story except that I

believe specific charges against the of-

ficers were made on account of remaining

absent from the Club House and neglect-

ing their duties.This is very true and there is a good

reason for their absence, and the reason

is, that from time to time the police havecome in the dub House and charged it

with being a gambling house and also oncomplaint of the neighbors who havemade charges about the vile language andquarreling that takes place in the ClubHouse constantly, so that all self respect-

ing men and members have been makingtheir visits to the Club scarcer andscarcer.

TIM BENSON IS ILLNewark, N. J., Sept. 27.—Tim Benson,

character man of Chas. Robinson's "Paris-

ian Flirts" has been confined to his roomthe past three days on account of illness.

Robinson played his part as well as his

JIM ROONEY IN BURLESQUEJim Rooney, a young Broadway

juvenile, is taking a shot at burlesquethis season, and has joined Dave Marion'sOwn Show, when the attraction- played

Waterbury, Conn.

KLEIN BROS. WITH SHUBERTSThe Klein Bros., appearing at the Palace

this week, are bidding farewell to vaude-ville. They have signed a three-year con-tract with the Shuberts. They open with"The Shubert Gaieties" next week.

BLACK AND M1LFORD JOIN SHOWRochester, N. X., Sept 25.—John

Black and Sue Milford joined Mark Lea's"Jolly Girls" at the Columbia here to-day.

This is a National Burlesque Circui't

show. '

MORTON AND RUSSELL TO STAREdgar McGregor ia to star Harry K.

Morton and Zella Russell in a new show,which may be seen on Broadway.

EVANS WITH "BETTY BEHAVE"Sammy Evans ia now rehearsing, with

Stewart and Morrison's "Betty, Behave,"which win open out of town next week.

BENEFIT FOR PATTON'S WIDOWBuffalo, N. Y., Sept, 26.—The theatri-

cal managers of Buffalo have launched -agreat benefit in behalf of the widow of"Dick" Patton, formerly manager of theGayety Theatre here, who died recently.The benefit will take place in the MajesticTheatre, which has been loaned for the oc-

casion, and all the attaches of the theatrehave volunteered their services. All the

necessities for the benefit have beendonated, and tickets are selling for $1 and$2. Dr. R. O. Cornell ia in charge of theaffair, which takes place the evening ofOctober 5th.

NATIONAL SHOWS FOR LYCEUMTroy, N. Y., Sept. 27.—The Lyceum

Theatre, this city, made arrangements withthe National Burlesque Circuit to playtheir attractions for four days a week,commencing week of October 13. Thishouse played the Balaney dramatic stockshows last season.

HARRY COOPER SIGNSHarry (Hienie) Cooper, who recently

cancelled his contract with the Shuberts,was signed by Ike Weber last Saturdayfor the Sam Howe "Butterftye of Broad-way," playing Boston this week on theColumbia Circuit. Cooper will replace LeoHayes, who recently joined the show.

SAM HOWE IS ILLSam Howe is now confined at the Lloyds

Sanitarium, in New York, where he wastaken on Monday of last week in an am-bulance from his home in Bockaway. Heis, according to the latest reports, wellon the road to recovery.

JACK SHARGEL CLOSESJack Shargel closed at the National

Winter Garden Monday of last week. TheMinsky Brothers are in negotiation with awell-known burlesque comedian to take

Shargel's place, who they closed after thematinee on the above date. •

PARTY FOR DAN COLEMANJoe Bradner, one of the leading Elks in

Pittsburgh, was in New York last Thurs-day, and while here arranged for a bigtheatre party for Dan Coleman the weekhe plays the Gayety that city.

FRANKIE LA BRACK OPENSFrankie LaBrack will open at Kahn's

Union Square next Monday, in place ofGrace Howard, who closes Saturday. MissHoward is taking a * rest after fourteenweeks' engagement at this house.

PEARSON PAYS CHORUS $27.50Arthur Pearson, who was one of the first

burlesque managers to pay his chorus girls

$25, is now paying the girls from $27.50up. It is needless to say that he has a fine

chorus with both his shows.

THE McCLOUDS TO REMAINIt was announced in the office of James

E. Cooper last Thursday that both Mabeland Floosie McCloud will remain with the"Best Show in Town," which is now play-ing Philadelphia.

"PACEMAKERS" BOOK CHANGEDIt was stated at the American Burlesque

office that the only changes that were be-

ing made in Hork, Kelly and Damsel's"Pace Makers" is in the book which has to

be fixed up.

DANCERS SCORE IN SHOWConn and Whiting, the new dancing act

with the Dave Marion Show, ia going bigin their specialty. Marion broke the houserecord at Hurtig and Seamon's last week.

PETER CLARK IMPROVINGThe latest bulletin from the bedside, of

Peter S. Clark at his home in RichmondHill Monday night, shows a slight turnto the good. .

NORTH IASDU, WASH.Empire (First Half)—Fredericks a Van—Mont-

gomery A Milan—OaTe Mauler—"Her Trousseau"—Three lees—KendaU Pesrl A Slater. (LastBSBl—Curtis A Buster—Burdell A Burden—FayeA Thomas—Skinny Sheppard—Detaell a Carroll

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Pantxer Duo.PORTLAND. ORE.

Hippodrome (First Half)—Ksthryn Miller—Frank A Clsra La Tour—Three Boys and Girl

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Darls A Castle—Andros A George—Boss Bros.{Last Half)—Sherman A Bose—Wcnrlch A Dale

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Welser A Wilor—Leigh De Lace? A Co. Bob APeggy—Bough. Jack A George.SOUTH BEHD. IMD.

Orpheum (First Half)—Budler, Stein A Phillips—Edward Hume A Co.—Ben Benny Delton,Mareena A Helton. (Last Half>—Jeuer A Allen.

ST. LOUIS, MO.Colombia (First Half)—Jap—Nine Hussars.

Anderson A Golnes. (Last Half)—Sebastian, Mer-rUI A Co.—Weber, Beck A Frsser—Eldredge. BarA Eldredge. ^^ '

Bialto (First Half)—Mildred Norton—Elarede-e.Bar A Eldredge—Polly Os A Chirk—Jack A KittyDrummond. (Last Half)—Nell A Arllss—BernlceLa Bar A Co.—Nine Hussars.Orand—Billy Lang—strand Trio—Lee is Law-

rence—"Fashions a la Carte"—Arthur NlbyChurch Sisters—Minikins—lnes A Clark—Galrln ABath.

SPOKANE, WASH.Hippodrome (First Ilslf)—Jess A Doll—Georgia

Emmett—Rome A Wsger—Melanl Five Flagler& MsUa. (Last Hslf)—Leonard A Wright—JeroKan ford—Louis Brocades—Howard A Lewis.

SACRAMENTO, CAL.Hippodrome (First Half)—Wright A Earl—Staf-

ford A Watts—Knowles A Hurst—Lee Berth—Conlee sisters—Keen Cooper A Co. (Last Hslf)Cbaa. Ledagar—Ward A Howard—Violin Misses—Grace lie Winters—Jack Hawkins & Co.—McCar-ver A Itoblnaon.

SEATTLE, WASH.Palace Hippodrome (First Half)—Miller A

Balney—Swift A Lamont—Three Kings of Harmony—"When We Grow UP"—Reio—Seymour'a HappyFamily. (Last Half)—Howard A Graf—VictoriaGoodwin—Harris A Lyman—Douglas Graves A Co.—Kenokeyee A Melrose—Princess Mysterls.

SPRINGFIELD, MOMajestic (First Hslf)—Francis A Pullrpp—Red-

mond A Wells—Mabel Hsrder A Co.—Lools HarttGene Greene—'Bolls Trio. (Last Half)—Harper ABlsuks—Jap the Wise Hound—Orth A Cody GeneGreene—Moran A Wiser.

SUPERIOR. WIS.Wew Palace (First Hair)—Chas. A Helen Polly

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Edna May Foater A Co.—Brown's Muslesl High-landers—Pst Barrett. (Last Half)—Kremka Bros.—Daisy Dugas A Starr Four—Gypsy Revue

ST. PAUL, MINN.New Palace (First Half)—"Little Jim"—Pat APeggy Hoolton—"Cabaret de Luxe"—Geo. RandellA Co.—Used Act. (Last Half)—Whttneye Oper-

atic Dolls—Southern Saxophone Seilettc—MinnieStanley A Co.—Cs rl Eugene Troupe.

TERSE HAUTE, DID.Hippodrome (Opening)—Two Csrltons—Story A

Clark—Suburbanites—Jsck Ostermso—Stone AHayes—"Miss HMO."TACOMA. WASH.

Hippodrome (First Half)—Sherman A Rose—Walser A Walzer—Wenrlch A Dale—LeighDelacey A Co.—Bob A Peggy—Hough, Jack AGeorge. (Last Half)—Miller A Ralney—Swift ALamont—Three Kings of Harmony—"When WeGrow Up"—Rexo—Seymour's Hsppy Family

VANCOUVER, B. C.Columbia (First Hslf)—Howard A Graf—Vic-

toria Goodwin—Harris A Lyman—Douglas GravesA Co.—Princess Mysterla—Krnokeyes A Melrose.(Lsst Half)—Frederlcka A Van—Montgomery AMilan—Dare Manley—"Her Trousseau"—KendaU,Pearl A Slater—Three Lees.

WINNIPEG, MAN.Strand (First Hslf)—Moore A Shy—Geo. Beane

A Co.—Walton A Brandt—'Beatrice McKensle ACo. (Last Half)—Trenslee Trio—Romany Don—Seven Minstrel Misses.

WALLA WALLA, WASH.Liberty (First Half)—Curtis A Buster—BurdellA Burdell—Faye A Thomas—Sidney Sheppard A

Company—Detxell A Carroll—Pantxer Duo. (Last*Half)—Jess A Dell—Georgia Emmett—Rome AWager—'Melanl Fire—Flagler A Malls.

Co.—Fred Allen—

LOEWS CIRCUITNEW TORX COT,

American (First Half)—McLaughlin A Brans—Wayne A Beemsn—Barron A Burt—Perlera Sex-tette—La Rue A Stone—Benton. Elliott A Co.Lane A Plant. (Last Half)—Spencer A HostWill H. Fox—Muriel Hudson A Dave Jones-Frances Bice—Two IJIUes—Louise Carter A Co.Bert Hanlon.Boulevard (First Half)—Brown's Dogs—Crane

Sisters—"Salvation MoUy"—Wm. Slato—JackLevy A Symph. Girls. (Laat Half)—Three Greg-orys—Burns A Garry—Benton. Elliott A Co.Marie Russell A Co.National (First Half)—Gordon A Gordon—Win

H. Fox—Marie Russell A Co. (Laat Half)—Wal-ling A La Favor—Downing A Bunin—Carlisle AHomer—Anthony A Rogers. •Orphenm (First Half)—Krayona—Spencer A Bos*Wm. Smythe. A Co.—Betty Eldred A Co.—

Mel Klee—Three Gregorys. (List Ilslf>—Teobow'sCats—Bill A Gibson—Walter Flatter A Co.—HarryC. Green—ConstantJne Dancers.

A**. 3. (Pint Half)—Downing A Bonlo—LaHoen A Dopreece—Tnoa. Potter Dunn. (LastHalf)—Dorothy Roye—Murphy A Klein—L. WolfeGilbert.Deleaosy St. (Pint Hslf)—Lockhsrt A Leddy

—Hall A -Gibson—McCann A Roblrs—Frances Rica—Stan. Stanley A Co. (Last Half) MusicalWaylsnds Freeman A Lewis—Olive Le CempteA Co.—Clark A Frsncls—Stan. Stanley A Co.Bell A Caron.Greeley Sonar* (First Half)—Waning A 1m

Fevor—Burns A Garry—Olive Le Conrpte A Co.

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Louise Carter A Co.—Bert Hanlon. (Last Half)

—Krayona—Wm. Smythe ADams Broa.

Lincoln Square (First Half)—Two Valdares—Mildred Rogers—Carlisle A Homer—Buna AKtaeen—Constantino Dsncers. (Last Half)—"Fashions De Vogue"—Johnson Bros. A Johnson—Ears Matthews A Co.— Barron A Bart.Vlotoria (First Halt)—Bell A Caron—Johnson

Bros. A Johnson—Ears Matthews A Co.—FredAllen—Joe A Sadie De Ller. (Last Half)—TwoValdarea—Henry Frey—Pearl Abbott A Co,

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Laurie Ordway A Co.BROOKLYN. X. T.

Metropolitan (Pint HaU)—Musical Vfeylands

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Jones A Sylvester—Walter Planter A Co.—L.Wolfe Gilbert A Co.—Darrae Bros. (Laat Half)

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Gordon A Gordon—La Rue A Stone—Betty EldrodA Co.—Bums A Klssen.Se Xalb 'First Half)—Helen Morettl—Muriel

Hudson A Dave Jones—Anthony A Rogers—'Fashions Do Vogue." (Laat Hair)—Wayne ABeemsn—L'Rstrange Sisters—Royal Four—MelKlee—Joe A gadle De Ller.Palao* (First Half)—Two Vsqulns— Steve

Freda. Last Hair)—Geo. Kane A Bro.—La HoenA Dupreece—Mayo A Irwin.Warwick (First Hslf)—Pescl Duo—Haakett A

Francis—Laurie Ordway A Co.—Royal Four.(Last Half)—McLaughlin A Brans—8teve Freda—Two Yaqulna—Barnea A Freeman.

BALTIMORE, MB.Joggling De Usle—Wilson A Whitman—Jerome

Merrick A Co.—June Mills A Co.—Well* A Crest.HOBOKEN, N. T.

(First Hslf)—Dorothy Roye—Freeman A Lewis—Brown. Gardner A Barnett. (Laat Half)

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Aerial De (iron's—Allen. Clifford A Barry—Mc-Cann A Hobles— Russell A De Witt.

BOSTON. MASS.(First Half)—Thelma De Roma—Bellean A

Douln—Cordon A Delmar—La Hoy, Lyttoo A Co.—narry Antrim—Minnie Borke A Jaas Band.(Lsst Half)—Harry Ijrne.1—De Light Sisters-Murphy A DrlscoU—"Business Is Business."

FALL RIVER aasxasai

(First Half)—Harry Larned—De Light Slaters—"Business Is Business"—Zuhn A Drels—BondlnlA Bernard. (Last Half)—Thelma De Roma-Gordon A Delmar—Le Roy Lytton A Co.—HarryAntrim—Minnie Bnrke A Jaas Band.

HAMILTON, CANADA.Harris A Halloway—Dale A Devoe—Cook A

Oatman—Will J. Evans—Rosa Revue.MONTREAL, PANADA.

The Tomllns—Peggy Brooks—Mllloy-Keough Co.—Carson A Wlllard—Lapetlte Jennie A Co.NEW BOCHELLE, N. T,

(First Half)—Geo. Kane A Bro.—Murphy AKlein— Mnyn A Irwin. (Last Half)—Pescl Duo—Hsckftt A Frsncls—Jones A Sylvester.

PROVIDENCE, X. I.(First Half)—Derrick Bros.—Florence Ring—

Murphy A Driseoll—Morgan A Grey—Van A Ver-non—"Oh. Mike." (Lsst Half)—Magee A Anita—Bellean A IHiuIn— Hofalnson A Thomas—Latnbertl—will A Mary Rogers.

PATERSON, N. J.(First naif)—Russell A DeWltt—Taylor A

Francis—Allen. Clifford A Barry. (Last Half)Helen Morettl.

SPRINGFIELD. MASS.(First Half)—Magee A Anita—RoMuson A

Thomas—Lambertl—W1U A Mary Rogers—ArgonneFive. (Lest Half)—Derrick Bros.—Florence Ring—Morgan A Grsy—Van A Vernon—"Ob, Mike."

TORONTO, CANADA.Cornells A .Adele—Neda Nomine—Emmett A

Moore—Anderson A Rean—Lyons A Tosco—LingA Long.

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38 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 1, 1919

DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL FEATURE FILM REPORTS"CLARENCE," CLEVER

COMEDY, SCORESDECIDED SUCCESS

"CLARENCE."—A' comedy, by BoothTarklngton. Produced Saturday. Sept.20. at the Hudson Theatre, by GeorgeTyler.

CAST.Mil Martyn Bonnae WeatfordMr. Wheeler John Flood-Mr*. Wheeler Mary BolandBobby Wheeler Glean HunterCora Wheeler...... Helen HayesViolet Pinney Bi.le MaekayClarence Alfred LostDelia Bea MartinDinwiddle Barlowe BorlandHubert Stem Wlllard Barton

"Clarence" is another of those delight-ful . character sketches with which BoothTarkington has been delighting the read-ing world, and which he recently trans-ferred to the stage. The simplicity ofordinary human beings is very rarely usedas stage material, and when it is providesexcellent entertainment, which is exactlywhat "Clarence" does. The hero is anex-soldier, whose soldiering 'has been con-fined to a Texas training; camp, and his

command to a mule, which he drove with-out giving vent to the stream of colorfullanguage that usually accompanies at-tempts to drive mules.

Clarence is the name of the hero who,discharged from the army because of awound received while on target practice,seeks employment with The Wheelers, awell-to-do family, with two children justapproaching the boarding school age, whohave gotten out of control of their nurse,Violet, a shy, demure little thing, who is

the object of intense jealousy on the partof Mrs. Wheeler. When Clarence disclosedhis war record to the family Mr. Wheelerimmediately concludes that any man whohas been able to drive a mule withoutswearing could surely take care of twochildren such as his.

Clarence » accordingly taken on as asort of nurse for the two riotous caperingyoungsters, .who have ' been giving theirfond parents "the devil of a time," andimmediately begins to show bis versatil-ity by doing, just whatever he happens tobe asked to de. This, of course, wins forhim the everlasting, undying love of thechildren, whose idol he becomes, and thegratitude of a much narrassed family,which, thanks to his cleverness, is givena little peace and quiet. Violet, the coylittle nurse, does him the honor of fallingin love with him, and, strange as it mayseem, there is none of the sloppy senti-ment which has become so necessary apart of most plays. Instead, there is thelively humor of youth, which is ever de-lighting.

Of the actors, Alfred Lunt takes first

prize for his delightful characterization ofClarence, the discharged soldier, who turnsout to be a distinguished botanist andetymologist who has been temporarily de-prived of a professorship. It was a rolethat required extraordinary ability, andMr. Lunt supplied what was needed. HelenHayes, as the daughter who believed her-self the ruler of the household, was de-lightful. Mary Boland gave the role ofthe distracted step-mother a touch of com-edy that was a treat, and the role of thegoverness, coy, quiet and efficient, wasexceedingly well played by Elsie Maekay,an Australian girl,

.Taken all around, "Clarence" is far andaway one of the best comedies of youththat has ever graced a Broadway stage.

Tarkington nas drawn characters that areso real and true to life, that it is withdifficulty one realizes he has been -watch-ing a play. Especially in the first twoacts is this true, for the action here is

so fast and furious that yon would be-lieve yourself to be at home watching theantics of the children with a, grown-upbrother. . The last two acts are quieter,but equally as humorous, and the won-derful acting of all concerned saves themfrom being a failure because of the con-treat with the first two.

"FIRST IS LAST"A LIGHT COMEDY

OF COLLEGE LIFE

"FIBST IS LAST'—A comedy Inthree acta, by Samuel Shlpman andPerrlral Wilde. Prevented by WilliamllarrU. Jr., at th* Maxloe Elliot The-atre, Wednesday evening, Sept. IT, '.

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CA8T.Doug Haaaard ShortHarvey Robert StrangeLowell Fninklyn ArdellPM1 Richard JWxSteve Edward RobinsonMadge .....Phoebe FosterEthel Kathleen CumesjsAnnabeUe

, .Mary NewcorabeHelen .' Elise BartlettSelby Ja me* Kearney

"First Is Last," the combined work ofSamuel Shipman and Percival Wilde, theformer an industrious playwright, re-sponsible for several conspicuous popularsuccesses of the past year, is a three-actcomedy of college life, somewhat awkwardand preposterous in construction, havingfor its plot basis the ambitions and hopesof youth, and the disappointments some-times realized in later years.The new piece follows the adventures of

five Columbia students, a poet, a banker,an engineer, a" composer and a lawyer,who, together with four Barrard girls, onthe night of commencement, agree to poolall their future successes and failures anddevide. three years later, according to ascale fixed by their presumptive earningcapacities. Thus the play becomes some-what preposterous as a picture of under-graduate life, and becomes more fantasticand considerably duller.

At the end of three years, it is thepoet, who, having forsaken the muse, hasaccumulated a fortune as a garbage king.It is the two most boastful members ofthe fraternity who are now .down and out.The engineer, who dreamed of bridgesacross the Atlantic, has become a chauf-feur, and the youth who desired to emu-late J. P. Morgan, is now a runner' in abroker's office.. And so on and so on—

a

play which even a well chosen companyfound difficult to make persuasive.-Shipman has done such excellent work

and his "sense of the theatre" is so keenthat it is difficult to believe that hehelped to write "First Is Last," eventhough the program declared it to be so.

Of course, the players struggling withsuch material could not be. harshly judged.Hassard Short, although not suggestive ofthe college student character, played withhis unfailing skill and intelligence. PhoebeFoster, Franklyn Ardell and James Kearnywere effective.

HODGE IN NEW PLAYWilliam Hodge will be seen shortly in

a new play called "The Guest of Honor,"which will run in Boston after a tryoutin Wilmington on September 29. Thecompany supporting Hodge will be JaneHouston, Brigham Royce, Jennie L&Mont,Scott Cooper, Catherine Brook, CharlesW. Butler, Jane Miller, J. Albert Hall,Mariam McCauley, George Lund, DavidA. Leonard and Graham Lucas. The com-pany is under the management of LeeShubert. The Boston run will be at theWilbur Theatre.

SARG'S PUPPETS IN NEW PLAYSToney Sarg*s Marionettes presented a

new program of puppetry for the secondweek of the four-week subscription series

at the Provincetown Players Theatre, lastFriday evening. "A "Victorian Romance,""A Strange Dream" and "The IndianSnake Charmer," were the latest offeringsof the poppets.

"LA BELLE RUSSE" :

Fox. Five Reds.Cast

La Belle Russe Theda BaraFleurette Theda BoraPhilip 8ackton Warburton GamblePhilip Sackton, Jr Marian StewartSir James Baetton .Robert Lee KeelingBrand William B. DavidsonLady 'Baetton .-Mice WilsonButler Robert Vivian

Story—Dramatic. Written as legitimateplay by David Belasco. Adapted forscreen and directed by Chan. J. Brabln.Featuring Theda Bara.

R"marka"La Belle Russe" was produced some

years ago on the legitimate stage by DavidBelasco. As we did not see It we cannotcompare the aim version with the legitimateoffering. However, the screen play Is onefull of interest and suspense. And those arethe two main essentials for a good picture.

Miss Bara plays two parts in the aim. Inone, she is a lovable wife, and in the otherpart sbe has her cigarette, rolling eyes, andoriginal "vamp" movements.The story concerns two sisters, one a no-

torious "vamp," La Belle. Basse, and theother. Fleurette, who has married an Eng-lish furore lord. He is. cut off for marry-ing her and then—• .No ! you're wrong. Shesticks by him and they take a flat.

. The war then breaks out. He enlists, andbecomes n great friend of hie captain whotells him of La Belle Russe, and how sheblighted bis life. A battle then begins, andafter it is over the husband, Philip Sackton,is reported missing. His mother, on gettingthe news, repents and sends for Flenrette,and the son which has been born to her. Butshe has moved and cannot be found.Some time then passes, and at the end of

the war Flenrette, who Is ill, reads a per-sonal ad in a newspaper pertaining to her-self and her son. Sbe sends her sister, LaBelle Russe, to her mother-in-law, who in-

serted the advertisement, with ber son. Onarriving. La Belle Russe passes herself oft asFleurette and all Is forgiven. The young sonis made. master of the house.

Meanwhile, Sackton and his captain havemet In London. Sackton la discouraged atnot finding his wife, and is about to kill

himself. After talking to his captain, though,he decided to go home to bis mother, andafter all the greetings are over, recognizesLa Belle Russe. In the midst of a lightwhich started over the captain's accusation,Fleurette enters and all is explained.

Box Office ValueOne day.

JACK JOHNSON IN FILMSA film company of Barcelona, Spain, has

made a twelve-reel feature with Jack John-son, ex-heavyweight champion of the world,

as the hero. The picture, which has beenshown all over Europe, is now being ex-

ploited here by C. B. Price and Company.Just how they will handle the picture is asyet uncertain.

STUDIO DESTROYED BY FIRE .

The stndi) of the Alkire Films, Inc.,

which was to have been used by Sid Smith,in the making of Holly comedies, was de-

stroyed by fire last week, being burnt to

the ground. The comedies are now beingmade at the studios of the Bulls-Eye Com-edy Company, which firm also releasesthem.

CAREWE FORMS OWN COMPANYEdwin Carewe, for many years a direc-

tor for Metro, has formed bis own produc-ing company, with Dolores Cassinelli asthe star, himself as president, and HarryCabane as treasurer. The -pictures made bythe firm will be released through Pathe,with- whom Carewe has allied himself.

TO BUILD ANOTHER STRANDAllentown, Pa., will be the Home of an-

other, of.the circuit of Strand theatres, ac-cording to a statement from Max Speigal.

The theatre will be modelled after dieStrand, Rivoli, and Rialto in New York.It will seat 2,000 on two floors. There winbe a thirty-foot lobby.

WILL REVIVE "TRUE"Marie Dressier is not satisfied to rest

on her laurels, and so she will appear in

a revival of "Tillie's Nightmare, whichshe first played in 1910. The show willopen about October 15.

DREW COMEDY FOR LOEW CIRCUIT"A Sisterly Scheme," featuring John

Cumberland in support, of Mrs. SidneyDrew, has been booked for a tour of .the

Loew circuit.

"SOMEONE MUST PAY"GrapUo-Sfai Reel.

CastRegina Taylor Gail KaneCharles Bryant .Edmund BreezeSylvia Adam* • Jackie BoundersMarshall Taular. Jere AustinHenry Taylor Jere AustinVivian Taylor Dorothy Arnotcf

Ivan Abramson has surpassed himself in"Someone Must Pay," the latest photoplayfeature which he wrote and directed for theGraphic Finn Corporation. Indeed it maybe said that tbls Is the best picture be bosever created in his interesting career.For "Someone Must Pay" is a tense and

gripping story told in such a. smooth waythat very few, If any, fictitious elementsappear in the tale' as it unfolds itself onthe screen. There is nothing lurid about it—no false sex note struck to make morevivid the throbbing phase of life that thepicture portrays. Just a good, strong, storyof hearts torn asunder through Jealousy amimisunderstanding. That's what "SomeoneMust Pay" sets out to telL and the picturencompllsbes Its purpose In a manner thatmakes it a distinctive contribution to theart of motion picture production.The Btory tells of a young couple who are

living In wedded bliss and harmony togetherwith their only child, Vivian, charmlnglyplayed by little Dorothy Arnold.An "African bachelor." convincingly played

by Edmund Breese, makes his appearance Intheir household, and the husband (India?that the "bachelor" is taking what appearsto be an undue Interest in bis wife growsjealous, orders the bachelor from bis homennd thus begins, the series of lesions out-pourings, reckless stock market speculationand, extravagant living that ultimately tendsto destroy their mutual happiness. Theirmisery is added to by the death of theirchild through sickness; the child having con-tracted a cold when the mother, throughwith her husband and leaving- home for good,taking the child . with* her, Is caught In aheavy rain storm.

All this leads to a climax that is nothingif not remarkable in point of dramatic effecton the story and also on the lives of thehusband and wife. .' The climax comes at thepsychological moment, and so interesting Isthe surprise element It carries that It wouldbe unfair to tell at tbls tune what It Is allabout.Hugh Thompson, distinguished himself bv

his playing of the jealous husband, and GailKane, as the wife, while not entirely in herproper element, nevertheless struck a sinceredramatic note. Jackie Saunders, playing therole of a hoydenlsh friend of the family,acted easily, naturally and In an altogetherdelightful manner. Jere Austin did wellwith the part of a woman-hating playwright.The photograph was perfect : and the set-

tings were appropriate, elaborate and beau-tiful. Indeed, this is a' picture that manywill pay to see.Box Office Vain*.Run.

OSSO SPEEDING UP COMEDIESEvery effort is being made by Boro

Osso, general manager of Twarfc Pictures,Inc., to speed up the production of hiscomedies as he does not intend to makeany releasing arrangements until a num-ber of pictures have been completed. Witha view of facilitating production, thecompany moved from Port Lee to thelarger and better equipped studios atProvidence. The comedy that is nowbeing filmed is "Show Tour Cards," froman original story by Tommy Gray. Thepicture stars Mints. Durfee (Mrs. RoscoeArbuckle) and is being directed by CharlesH. France. Among the others in the castare Billy Quirk, who is returning to pic-tures after three- years in vaudeville;Mary Andersen and Angnea Nielsen,

MAYFLOWER AFTER "TOPLITSICY"The Mayflower Photoplay Corporation,

it was learned last week, is negotiatingthrough Alfred Beekman, of House, Gross-man and Vorhana, with Aaron Hoffmanfor the producing rights of - the latter's

TopUtaky's sayings which; have attained» film vogue of considerable value duringthe last year.The Mayflower corporation has offered

to organize a subsidiary corporation forthe special .-purpose of exploiting the say-ings, Hoffman to receive 50 "per cent, ofthe profits realized from the bookings.Up to Monday of this week Hoffman wa;still considering the offer.

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Harry White, in a neat looking silk tux-

edo, was one of the hits. of the perform-

ance in his dancing specialty. He is second

to none in his style of dancing, which he

calls the sliding jazz. He surely showed us

some 'steps and dancing that were worth

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And Mr. Belfrage, look out for Harry'

White ' Some musical comedy pro-

ducer will step in the Columbia this week,and unless you have Mr. White tied up on

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paper, look . out. He carries "all the ear-marks of a.musical comedy principal, buthie""!^ nothing to do in your show butdance. . .

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Telegraph" "Harry White was saved' for 'the last ofthe variety t id-bit. And a rare, appetizingtfd-bit he was, too. White . is, a completemaster of the Jazz. dance and that he is, ashe claims, the originator of a 'series of in-tricate slide steps, the audience concededvia a riotous demonstration of approval.These White feet will surely be bis founda-tion for future fame and fortune.. . ..

Many Thanks to

JULES VON TILZERPersonal' Direction

ROEHM & RICHARDS

' Now with the Best Manager of My Career

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THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 8, 1919

Copyright 1919,,* pubUabe* weekly by Clipper Corporation, 1604 B>way. N. Y. Entered a tN Y. Postofflce June U, 1879, as second-class mail under Act of March \VJJk

Founded by"FRANK QUEEN, 1863 NEW YORK, OCTOBER 8, 1919

PLAY TO BIG

HAVE REMARKABLE 8EA8ON

The eight first-class Yiddish theatres

in New York and Brooklyn did a com-bined business last week -amounting to

$119,436, an unprecedented- amount for

a .week's receipts from this' class, of- the-'

"atres.'-- As it' was a Hebrew holiday

week, nope of. the --Yiddish housesshowed nuring the first.three days, andwhen it is considered that the above to-

tal-ids taken in from Thursday to Sun-day, each day being a matinee day andeight performances being given at each

house, the total figures seem even more'remarkable. •

\Witb the exception .of the Hippo-drome, there, are probably no eight first-

c!ass theatres along Broadway the total

, receipts of which, last .week, aggregatedTinywhere hear the money taken in .at the

same number of Yiddish houses.

The total amount taken ijJ; at each of

- 'the eight bouses and the shows running

SUES TRIXIE FRIGANZATrixie Frlganxa is-being sued in the

Brooklyn Supreme jCourt by Barnet

Teita, who is seeking to compel her

to give him title to a house and lot he

claims he bought from her last Au-gust. " .'"

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According- to Teitz's complaint, the

plot he alleges -he bought from MissFriganza>whom he is suing under her

marriage name, Goettler, is 80 by 96

feet and is situated in Brooklyn on the

southeast 'side of Twenty-first "Street,

near Benson Avenue."He claims he entered into a contract

with her for^the property, paying her

. $1,000 on account at the time of the

signing of the alteRed contract on Au- '

gust 7 last; that $20,000 was to be the.

purchase price, $8,000 to remain onfirst mortgage and the. balance of $11,-

000 to be paid in cash at the time' when title was -cetnvejsfd to him.

Now*, he claims, Miss^Friganza has

changed her^jiin'd about selling himthe property. But he wants it ncyer-

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V REORGANIZE "LET'S GO"

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•San Francisco, Oct. 6.—"Let's Go,"

the Fanchon and Marco Revue' whichplayed at the Casino Theatre here last

season, is being reorganized bjc spe-

cial arrangement with Ackcrman andHarris, and opens in Oakland at the

Liberty Theatre on October 19, folr

lowing with a two weeks run at the

Curran, where it will open on OctoberIncluded- in the cast will be Fan-

HNHRsmrs

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NOW MAKING PLANS

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chon and Marco, Harry Hines, who«ri as follows : Second Avenue Theatre, replaces Jack: Wilson, Dave Lcrner,

$23,UO, ^e Rabbi's Melody?'; Thorn- Arline Milte*,- Mary Lewis}. Rubeashefsky's, $24,600, The. Two .Cantors" Wolff and okhers, as' well as a, chorus

LGwne.: 6f\ whom is' Eddie); People's ;~.of thirty girls. ::; . i •

$18,000,;:*Eyes of Love"; Irving Place,

'-THUMB Toyyc the Milk Sop"; Jewish

:Art Theatre (Garden), $11,186, "The- idle; . ImiS^ Gabei's, $1%200, "Secret

:i5veT; Lenox, $6,740, "My Girl's Love"

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. .Liberty Theatre, Brooklyn, $7,600, ."Chd-

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:theatre.vhas developed'and'expanded during, the last five years

to the point where. they are getting a.$£5D:topprice for seats. Salaries- rang-

ing from $60 to $500-per, week are being

paid to actors, and the yearly rentals.on.first-class, houses range from $15,000 to

$K000u :=, •'.*' vV---. The yearly. rental of each of the housesmentioned is as follows: 'Second Avenue

1 ^Theatre, $44,000;. Thomashefky's, $42,-

500; People's, $30,000y Irving Places$20,000; Garden; $20,000; Gabel's, . $15,-

000; Lenox,: $15,000; liberty, $18,000;This makes! a total of $204,500 yearlybeing paid in rentals on these houses.

In addition to the eight first-class

bouses in New York, there are ten .more:

first-cliss - theatres thatj tomprise a . cir-

cuit. The seasqn in eat* is fixed,by the

Hebrew Actors'; union \o last for'a min-'imum period of

ithirty-eight weeks, each

•year, play ,dr pay contracts for that pe-riod being entered into each season be-

. These theatres are situated in Phila-delphia (2), Chicago (2), 'Baltimore,

qetelahd, Tbrento, Montreal,

"The Yiddish •Theatiej in- this' countryis doing the'racist extensive' business of

^ BEATS; THE WAR TAX.--Satf Frartfsco, Oct 6,—The fc'an

Francisco SymphonyTOrchestra hadthe biggest Season ticket advance sale

in the history- of the Association, ow-

ing to the fact that the tickets Wereexempt front!war taxi They were ex-

empted, on tie"grounds that' the con-

certs .were, given 'purely for educa-

tional-purposes and not for.commer-cial gain. . Alfred Hert -i* the con-,

dductor and Louis Persinger.assistant

conductor andfConcert Master.(

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MME. PUBILLIONBS-COMING '

. Mme. PubiUiones. has. left Havanaand is en tputc- .for .New Hfork .to

arrange for the final booking of the

PubiUiones c'rrcus here this winter.

Richard Pitrotis her New York rep-

resentative,j

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. NEWMAN GETS NSW JOBSan Francisco, .Oct.: 4.-f-Sam New-

man, the "ciwboy"' ;masicxan," his

been made leader of the orchestra at

the Partola,Odeon Theatre! here, andbegins hisduties Monday. •

To perpetuate the memory of herhusband, and to bring to pass busi-nes ideals that' he intended to ma-terialize, Mrs.. Oscar Hammers tein hastaken over.. the reins, of the OscarHammcrstdfh Grand Opera Company,Inc., and intends to produce grandopera. Before- making her debut asan irnpressario she will have almosta year to look over the field and layher plans, for the Manhattan OperaHouse, which she intends to use, is

at present;, leased to Morris Gcst,whose contract does not expire untilSeptember ,1st. of next year.

The Manhattan will be the" home ofFrench opera and operatic noveltieswhen Mrs.'Hammerstein takes hold.-This, she states, is what her' husbandhad planned to do if he ; had lived.The prices /will be similar to those.charged at, the Metropolitan, exceptthat on Tuesday and Thursday .nights

. opera, will he given at mqre. popularprices to cflable poorer music-loversto attend.-.^

Mrs. Harprncrstcin intends to go far

'and' away from all- bounds -.of musicconvention By abolishing such' a thingas an "opera season," for it is her plan'

to .keep the-' Manhattan open all theyear around; '.

Acting aSs? her general manager is

George BIumen thai. .who, . until re-.

cent Iy; was associated with the StarOpera Company in the same capacity.

: It is planned to enclose and deco-

! rate the Manhattan Opera Housej Roof and to dedicate it to the memory 1

I of the late Hammcrst ein. In the day-time it wiirbe used for voice tryouts,-

and, in the" evening, for concerts andballs....- ; ,

Several mechanics are busy in per-

fecting patents that Hammcrstein in-

vented. One is a part stem, stripping

machine, another is a medical inven-

tion, while, a third is a contrivance to

be used in the curing of tobacco. Mrs.Hammers tein intends to dispose of

these patents.

She will 'he the first female grand

opera irnpressario.

VOLUME LXVH—No. 36 |

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mROAD SHOW -STRANDS" ^^

A story of having been stranded ia 3Memphis, Tenn., last Friday, was rtsjg

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vcalcd at Equity headquarters mMMonday of this week by six players m%"The Marriage Question." produced Jby Calvin Burke. The ptay«rs camedirectly from the train to the office

. of Paul N. Turner, attorney for the.!-;* Equity, to whom they unfolded the"?story of their trials and tribulations.

Edmund Dalby. leading man in the. show, was spokesman, for the otherfive players. He said t Rat after being;';out four weeks, the show landed tu/5Nashville, Tenn.. on the 26th of last "1

month, to fulfill a three-performance 1]engagement at the Vcndomc TheatreA week's salary was due them, saysDalby, and it was' demanded of Burke. ,

The latter told the players, they i

state, that he had wired -to New York Ifor money' which he> expected tore-;^ccive in Memphis, where the show .

was booked to play September 29-30.'"

and October 1. The players arrivedin Memphis that Monday morning, Vshortly afterwards being told by"Burke, -they ^say, that- the money hadfailed to arrive. However, Burke. didadvance each of the players from $5to $10 on account, guaranteed the bal-ance before leaving* Memphis anil:

. promised to share,the receipts of the:Memphis engagement. The show was '

playing on a 60-40 basts, with the .

house, but by Wednesday morning the 3]receipts were so slender that Burkehad practically ' no money to divide, fl

the players state. t ," ' . '-'i'

. f-'* » - H*,-• A meeting vras then railed at the ,-.

hotel, where they told Bnrkc they.;:

would not play the final performanceunless, he came 'through, with 'their if

back salaries forthwith. "Burke tele-

graphed his troubles to the manager -

; of the. Opera House in Illythe ville,'

.Ark., where the show was booked toplay last Thursday night. The ad- !»

vance sale in that, twn amounting to-almost $300, the Opera House man-

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accr went., lo- Memphis, advanced 'r

some money to Bnrke, cave X100 to

be diveded among the four leading];agitators in trie 'company, - and prom-ised to pay tlicni the balance beforethey played tile following night. TheJ;company then went to Itlythcvillc andthere, received their- previous week'sjsalary. .' : i ^

Printing Under Difficulties; -

Ttti pre««n> edition of The New York Clipper was Issued in the

face of a Strike in New York printing office* that has compelled manypublicateina to entirely suspend. Any eurUllmeiit of news, etc t* du»

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Joncsboro and Helena, the nexttwo towns m which they were sched-t'i

ulcd to play, were canceled because of

race riots. "The Marriage Question",!therefore closed: in Biyrhcville. But";

the players say that Burke told themto go back to Memphis, where hewould pay them the five days' salary/

still owinp and also furnish transpor-tation baSc to .New York. They say;they went back to Memphis, looked'for Burke at the Peahody and otherhotels, and failing to find him rcgia-s

tered, they went to the depot and dis-

covered, through his trunk that was'•till in the baggage room, that he hadleft for Pittsburgh that day with his

wife. Hazel Warren, the leading lady.

in the cast,. '.

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By Big Tax ValuationHIGHER VALUE PUT ON THEATRICAL HOLDINGS BY JACOB A.

CANTOR, PRESIDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXES ANDASSESSMENTS. PERSONS ALSO ASSESSED HIGHER.

A considerable increase in real estatetax valuations for 1920 on many of theprincipal theatrical properties through-out the dry was revealed last week whenJacob A. Cantor, President of the De;partment of Taxes and Assessments,opened his assessment - hooks for 1920to the public.

In no case has there been a. decreasein tax valuation. - Wherever there wasan increased valuation fixed, the amountin no case was less than $10,000, and, inat least one case, the Rialto Theatre, for-

merly Hammerstcin's Victoria, the ad-vance over the valuation of 1919 wasfixed at $80,000. . _

. The following table gives a list of the -

more important theatrical properties, the

amount of tax valuation for .1919 and the

amount for 1920:

RivoliStrand ~—Selwyn _1_-Vanderbilt

Theatre.CbrtNew AmsterdamlibertyRepublicLyric39th StreetGarrick -

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Princess:

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Cohan aiid HarrisAstorBelmont . ,

Belasco .

: Century !_Casino -CohanElliott _i :

EllingcGlobe _-HarrisHudson .

Hippidroim _KnickerbockerLyceumMetropolitan Op_ManhattanPlayhouse—'.

Rialto _ —

1919.

$335,000950.000455,000460.000460.000320,000240,000210,000

170,0«>

1J00O.0OO172,000

440,0001,850.0001,100.0002,170,000

390,000

420,000745,000342,000465.000

2^50,0001,280,000

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W75.000430.000375,000

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1920.

$350,000SameSameSameSameSameSameSamecamc

1.03C.000

190,000470,000SameSame

2j5sjnpSame

460.000755.006365,000490,000SameSame

460.000SameSame

400,0001.580000

— 1 .090.000 - 1.125,000_ 2,360,000 2.425,000300,000 315,000

_ 265.000 280,003

In the matter of personal tax assess-

ment for 1920, more than a score of peo-ple well known in the theatrical, musicaland motion picture world have been as-sessed in amounts running from $5,000to $100,000. To James K. Hackctt, asthe following list shows, belongs thehonor of having to pay the- largest raxassessment of any individual connected^with the theatre.- fit. die case of A.. L Erlanger, who

Lwill have to pay a rax on $75,000, it is

worthy of note that his business is givenon the tax rolls as that of "costumer."The late. Frederick E. Belcher, who

was vice-president and general man-ager of Jerome H. Remick and Com-pany, is assessed in the sum' of $10,000.'

The- valuations placed on -the personal

property of some of the people connected '

with the theatre arc as follows :.

James K. Hackett -—:

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J-Abraham L. Erlanger .

Frederick E- Belcher (Est.).Alfred F Aarons _WilKam Fox : —Theda Bara —'. -John Barrymore -Lionel BazrymoreDavid Warfield _Geraldinc. FarrarAlma-Glnck (Mrs. F Zimbalist)Efren Zimbalist '—

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Luigr Curci _ U^Clara Knmball YoungKitty GordonKing Baggbt

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Catherine Calvert .

Joseph M. Schenck .

F. Ray ComstockDavid BelascoWilliam A. Bradv - ii

$100,00075.00010,0005,000

20,00010,000

10,000

. 25,000

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50.00017,00050.00030.00025,000

20,00025,00025,00025.000

10.00010.000

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I WARD JOINS NEW CONCERN.-" Fred Ward, formerly employed as a

manager by Charles B. Dillingham, has

been appointed general manager -of the

recently organized Wilner-Romberg pro-

ducing corporation. Max Wilncr, whois interested in Yiddish theatricals, andSigmund Romberg, who composed the

music for several shows produced by the

Shubcrtst are the controlling principals

in the new corporation.' Carl Il-'lm, who managed the tour of

Tim Brymni's colored I band, has beenappointed publicity director for the pro-ductions, the "first one of which is nowin rehearsal and is called "The MagicMelody." =•;-.,

'..... APBLY FOR LICBNSESCharles L. Gill James ."P. Kane and

John A. Rollins appeared before Com-missioner; John F, Gilchrist, of the Li-

cense Bureau, last week, and made appli-

cation to be licensed as booking agents.. Following the approval of. the applica-

tions, GDI will open a motion picture

casting office and vaudeville bookingoffices.will be opened by K."rtie and Rol-ins.

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CHORUS GIRL WINS SUITAlleging that he fired her without no-

tice when there was a two weeks' no-tice clause in her contract, Bessie Fiske,

a chorus girl, last week secured a judg-ment of $50 against David Horowitz, ofthe Thoraa she Isky Theatre. Miss Fiske,

at the time she was discharged, was ap-pearing in "Down on the Farm." Shewas represented in court by Lawrence LCassidy, appearing for the law firm ofO'Brien, Malovinsky and DriscolL.

FRANK GILMORE IS ILLFrank Gilmore, who, as an A. E. A.

official, was constantly active during the

recent actors* strike, is suffering with

nervous prostration as a result of bis

grind and. has been confined to a sana-

torium. ' * /,

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"SPENDER" GOES TO JAILSan Francisco. Cal, Oct 2.—"Wild

Bill" Weightman, who a few years agowas known along Broadway as a notori-

ous spender, who" at one time invested

about $75,000 in the Burbank Theatre inLos Angeles, is in jail here on a chargeof passing a worthless check for $150.

MUSICIAN DECLARED SANESan Rafael, Cat; Oct: 3.—Jack Mil-

ler, the musician who was recently con-fined to San Quentin'prisoh for claiming

that he could play twenty-five musical-instruments, has been declared sane bya jury of alienists, and proclaimed as amusical genius.

K. ft K. ROUTE MAGIC SHOWFollowing a three weeks lay-off in

New York, Ralph Richard's and Chrys-tal Williams' Magic Show will take theroad -under the management of Klawand Erlanger.

MINSTRELS GETTING SETFields and Hanson's Minstrels will

take to the road carry in November withCharles Smith in. advance, John Nolanwill stage the show. - - — r-

ELIZA CANSINO SUEDEliza Cansino, who, with herbrother

Eduardo, makes up the dancing act ofThe Cansinos, recently with Bessie Clay-,ton, has been sued for separation by Na-thaniel Jackolo after be discovered en-dearing letters written by her to JackAllman. Although preparations for thebringing of the action were made sometime ago it was not until last week thatanything became public, Harry SaksHechhehner then applying: to the su-preme Court for permission to servethe dancer by .publication, owing- tothe fact that she is now in San Fran-cisco. She is" residing at"'the Conti-nental Hotel in the coast city.

In the complaint drawn, Jackolo states

that he and the dancer were married inPhiladelphia in January, 1917, _but that

shortly after they became roan and wife,

she began to be cruel to him, which be-havior on her part continual, he charges,right into 'the present year. In Octoberof last year they were living at 1649 Am-sterdam Avenue, he says," and one even-ing she told him that she, did not andnever had cared for him and that - shemust have been out of her mind whenshe consented to become his wife OnMay 15th of this year, he sets forth, sheinformed him before; several personsthat she did not wish to live any- longerwith a man she did not love and whenhe mentioned their marriage vows wentinto -a great rage, during which she up-braided him with vile language.Some time after that, Jackolo alleges,

he discovered a letter she had written to

Allman and, when he mentioned it. sheadmitted, . according to the complaint,that she was hi love with him and would.not give him "ftp." She. then left his

home, Jackolo -main tains^ind has not re-

turned. The letter to AiHnatfthat causedall the trouble is as'foHows:" ~

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"My. Dearest Jack—

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"I received your Tetter late to-night -

and it makes me very happy, becausespending three days without hearing

. from you is too much for me I- was ter-

ribly worrjed about you jod thought yonwere sick,, but to-hight I am so happy!I am going to bed knowing that I amgoing to dream about you. I" am so gtadthat my Jack is writing to me again '.

-One Ids s for your letter, for the onemade .me so happy to-night. %.

"I am sorry for what happened to. mybrother last Sunday. He never has agood girl dancing with htm and I feel

sorry for him. I feel all right-now, my"cold being gone, so don't worry about it

Yes, Jack, I will ;be glad when I finish

"with the show, for I want; to go back to

where yon are. Every day? that passes is

terrible for mt I love yqu. and it is im-possible for me to stay away from you.

It is too bad my brother ; Eduardo be-

came angry 'at Volga,- ..because shestopped talking to you. WelL" dear, tell

me how you arc going with your act—if

you are doing big: ' I^hope,you are, for

I want you to do as big- as you can. Iwant you to make a success and money,too.. Jackolio saw. you when you.were uvthe theatre last Sunday night.

"I am very blue, because I miss yohterribly. • I. don't: know -Iwhen the daywhen I can be with you all of the time

is coming. Do you also wish to be near

me all of the time? I dbn't think- youcan he tired near me. No, I. will never

make you tired— will do everything to

..make you very, happy. Now, Jack, besure and don't do anything bad with the

girl, for I want you to remember that I

want yqu for- myself, or nothing at alL

"A1I of my love is for'you. Nobodycan love you the way I do. Kisses for

your Elisa."

That his wife had been, .corresponding

in,an affectionate*manner with other menis also' maintained by Jackolo, Who has

. affixed to the complaint copies of letters

she received. They are two' in. number,and ran as follows

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'— "fThis morning when. I- came in fromridirur/ I found your dear letter of March30 and I am SO happy because when I

know that Elisa has not forgotten "her'colonel, everything looks much brighter.I a™ very sad that you did not receivethe flowers that I ordered sent to you inCleveland.^Jo, I have not sent the candy, be-

cause 1 was not sure of your address, butit starts to you to-day."My dear, as I write and everytime I

look at it (which is very often) it makesme want to see you so much that if hurts."Well, dearest girl in the world, you

dour know how much I miss you andbow I long to sec you, so please 1 please!please! wnte to me whenever you get thetime because your letter makes me hap-pier than anything bat a sight of yourlovely self could."

itLr rwT »* "April 30, 19W.

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"What is the matewSwith my dear lit-tle Spanish friend? I think she hasorate forgotten her CokmeL No fetter» a long,' long time and no photographeither. So, you see, I feel very sad andlonely. .. .

"Give my love to Miss Bessie bur keepa whole heart full for your lovely self."The pair have one child, a boy nine

years old, whom, they adopted in 1916when he was six years of age" Jackoloasks that the court award him the cus-tody of the little lad.

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MONTE KATTERJOHN SUEDMonte Katterjohn, the scenario writer,

was served "with a summons and com*plaint last week by Attornies S. EdwardGmsburg and Lyman Hess, of the Can-dler Building, in an action for $20,000damages brought -fcy Jerome Wilson, ofFort Lee also a. film playwright. "

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The action, according' to the complaintdrawn by the -attornies, revolves about ascenario written by Wilson"trUed TheOfficial Coquette;" submitted to and pur-chased by Thomas Ince, of the .NewYork Motion "Picture Corporation, in1917. After some time, according to thecomplaint, the scripr submitted by Wil-son was turned over'to Katttrjohrt forrevision and whet he Jiad- finished withit,- it was. produced as "Sweetheart o£ theDoomed." Wilson did not object to tha:,

: but the complaint sets forth that he doesobject to the alleged fact that Katterjohnclaimed to be the sole author of the

. scenario in advertisements- and inter-views. _ Wilson maintains that such al-leged action on the part of Katterjohn is

directly in opposition to.the wishes andintentions of Mr. kice in.- the matter. Oneof -the exhibits at- the trial of the case,the. attornies state, is a

-letter from' Kat-

terjohn to "Wilson in which he admitsusing part of the Wilson scenario.Wilson received $1,000 from ;Mr. Ince

for The Official CoquetteV and 'fShrap-heL" another, scenario. The dramaticrights of the latter are held>Dy MayTully. -".- 'f-;--. ::'

WANTS TO EXAMINE SHEAi.. An order for the attorneys of- Doris-Woolridge, an actress, to examine Pat-rick Shea, manager and. owner of theHcjyoke Theatre, at Hoh/oke, Mass., be-fore going to trial,, was vacated this weekby the court, marking another step in along litigation. .

Long ago. Miss Woolridge, started.her action against Shea, alleging that hebad broken a contract with her in whichlie agreed to pay her expenses and also

half of ali receipts. When he didn't payher. Miss- Woolridge sued and, showingin her testimony that, in 1914,. when shehad played for. Shea, the receipts had to-

talled, more than $1,200, .Judge Hen-dricks gave her a verdict for $600. .

This.decision was reversed by" the AppellateDivision, which held that the business of.1914 could hot be considered as a criter-

ion for the business that might have beendone in another year, and a new trial

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An order to examine Shea' before this

''new. trial is the one that has been nowvacated. Shea -is being represented by

i Lthe law 5 firm i of- O'Brien^.Malbvmsky-

sand -DriseolL while the case , of Mi**ll Woolridge is in the hands' of Rogers andKt^ers.

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Strike CasesARBITRATION BOARD ESTABLISHED TO PASS UPON CLAIMS IS

-'DISBANDED; FINAL -PAGE OF STRIFE; EQUITY 8IDES' WITH MANAGERS ON SOME POINTS.

„' The final page of the actors' strike wascompleted test Friday when the joint ar-

bitration board which had been -consider,

ing cases of Equity members who- hadlost their positions through the strike

completed its work and disbanded. Ac-cording to Grant Steward, executive

secretary of the A. E. A-, all cases weresettled satisfactorily on the basis of cash

settlements. /.

-The arbitration board consisted of six

members, three from the Equity andthree from the Producing Managers* As-sociation. Hie Equity representatives

were: George Stuart Christie, John Era-

. ersoo aad John Westley. The managerswere represented by William A. Brady.Arthur Hopkins and Marc Khtw. .• It

was not necessary to call in an' arbiter,

as atJ the eases were settled without the

MB nilj of - sorting to such action.

Charles Coburn was probably the mostobdurate manager with whom the boardhad to.deal and it was thought for atime that his cases would have to be ar-

hitrated by a' (pedal board. But hefinally agreed to a satisfactory cash set-

t,jnen t with fire actors whom he re-

fused -to take hack at the end of thestrike. •

. James Cathrow and Clara Palmer lost

their cases against Arthur Hammerstein.

the Equity representatives agreeing with

the managers m the deri«on. The pair,however, were reimbursed to a certainextent, by the Equity Association

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- Many cues were settled over the tel-

ephone, doing away with the holding ofa formal hearing.

The remainder of the eases consistedof Louise Sydmeth's claim againstGeorge Tyler; two complaints againstWalter Waageiy one of which , wasbrought by Cyrit Chadwiefc ; a complaintof Bcmice Parker against William A.Brady fArthur Eliott against Cohan andHarris; Edwards and Franklin againstthe "Angel Face" Company; Eddie Gar-vie against John Cort ; and four casesagainst Charles Emerson Cook.

Originally, there were forty odd casesto come before the board, but the major-ity were- settled by the managers andcomplainantsbefore the board sat in offi-

cial session.,

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The peace agreement provided that themanagers must re-employ all players

within thirty days or find employmentelsewhere for them on equally favorableterms. That failing, a reasonable cashsettlement was provided for.

Tdore thair2,'400 actors- and actresses,

have come under this ruling, all of whomhave been provided for to the satisfac-

tion of both managerial and Equity offi-

cials.

BRITISH FISH.SUBS HAST .

- An English judgment for $336.80. al-

leged to have bieeu obtained in Londonm the High .Court of Justice King'sBench, September 18. 1918, has followedWalter Hast, producer of "Scandal.'' tothis country, according to a suit filed

here in the Supreme Court by F. B. Law-rence; Titrated,

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' According : to 'the complaint in theaction.- filed in! behalf of the Britishjudgment creditor by - Taylor, Kelley,Metcalfe and Roberts. Hast was sned in

London, together with Leon Zeitlin. Ajudgment was obtained there against

both of them for £80, 5s., lOd, which at

the present rate .'of exchange amounts to

$336.80 in American money.Last week; WAuam Klein, acting for

Hast, obtained an order from Judge Er-langer requiring the foreign plaintiff to

deposit a bond-In the sum of $250'- as .se-

curity for costs in the action.t j

WAYBTJRN TO BR BUSYJ

~Ned Wayburii is scheduled to begin

rehearsing a new Ziegfeld Nine o'clock

Revue about the middle of this month,it going into rehearsal immediately after

Waybum is finished putting on the'revueat tiie new Capitol Theatre.While patting on the new Nine o'clock

Revue. Waybum will, at the same time,he rehearsing a composite "Frolic"show, intended by Ziegfeld as. a musicalroad show in addition to his "FolKes."This "Frolic" ! show will contain themore popular material used in the eightshows presented by Ziegfeld amp theNew Amsterdam Theatre since he tookit over several years ago.

Early next February," Wayburn wulmake his initial bow as a motion pic-

ture director. . JUe says he will direct afeature film to he produced by a corpo-ration now in process of organization inwhich he is to be a stockholder.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.There was much ado about nothingasm the New Amsterdam Theatre last

Friday morning.' Back-stage employees,and colored elevator men. were 'ques-tioned and, in turn, became questionersand everybody around the premiseswhere Flo Ziegfeld presents his two"Frolic" shows each evening.became all

het up over! what was supposed to. havehappenf d, but didn't- .

-And here.is what didn't and what didhappen.

A- man came from back-stage carryinga package in which it was afterwardsdiscovered reposed two costumes thathe had^taken from one of the dressingrooms. " He left die "building on one ofth'e elevators at the Forty-second Streetside of the building, having come up inthe Forty-first Street side elevator.

. The report was wen spread that oneof tie dressing rooms had been robbedand everybody began a- search for theman who had left with the package.

Later, the Snyder and Anderson Cos-tame Company, which is doing some re-pair work on costumes for Ziegfeld, re-

ported that their man had brought overme .costumes which he had been sent.toget and that they would be fixed in timefor that evening's performances.

Everybody around the Ziegfeld roofheaved a 'sigh of relief over the goodnews and 'one of the colored elevatormen who shortly before had been rudelyinterrupted while studying Latin verbsand. verbiage from Smith's First YearLatin Reader, heaved a couple of sighs.

'HONEYMOON GIRLS' TOURING"The Honeymoon Girls," under the

management of A, R. Gilbert, are nowon a tour of the South, making a Jumpfrom Minneapolis to Moberly, Missouri,Included in me company are Eddie Kus-sell,- A. R. Gilbert. Frank DeWitt, Ches-ter Smith, Elinor Taylor, Etna LaCrago and a chorus of six. u.

SELL "LALA LUCILLE"RIGHTSThe Alton Amusement Company, coo-

trolled by Alfred £. Aaxons and his son,Alfred El, Jr., and which produced "LaLa Lucille", early last Summer, has soldthe' one-night stand rights of the showto Hodge and Nevins.

The latter will organize a company andtour the small towns, in no instanceplaying in adjacent territory to Ac regu-lar "La La Locale" company, which hi

now on a tour of the larger cities winsthe original cast. The regular companyii still controlled by the Aarooscs.

NEW HODGE PLAY OlWilmington, Del, Oct. 3.—The Guesr ,

of Honor," a comedy in three acts, pre-

sented by the Messrs. Shubcrt with Wil-liam Hodge, credited with having beenthe author of the new play, in the lead-ing role, opened here this week at thePlayhouse, where an andience, that ex-ceeded the capacity of the theatre,

stamped its approval of the play by con-tinued applause.Although the play is a bit slender in

action, it is filled with the happy op- .

timism characteristic of Mr. Hodge andhis pla\s. Aside from the- unique charmpossessed by the star, a strong apipeal to <

the hearts of the audience is made by atiny golden-haired hoy who has almostas much talking to do as me noted star

himself. The child appeal never fans totouch an andience.The plot is woven about a young poet-,

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novelist, acted by Mr. Hodge, ;who aH.though he may be dunned by a crowd'of creditors,' and may he pawning tht>

last of his personal possessions for

bread, never loses faith that fame 'andriches will some day descend upon him.The' tenderness of the actor to the lit-

tle boy, whom he adopted upon the deathof a friendless, motherland toward his

old friend,) ft broken-down newspaperman, was expressed' with rare sincerity

and beauty. i

Jane Houston, a beautiful leading

woman, acted brilliantly.1

Jennie 'La-ment won the favor of the audience withher splendid portrayal of a rollicking

and rampageous Irish woman. Her an-,

pearance was always a-, signal for laughrter from the. audience.' ' The supporting,company wis excellent, especially Scott

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Cooper and 'Charles Butler. Others in

the cast were Graham Lucas, Howard- Morgan, Miriam McCauley, Jane Miller,

David A. Leonard, Brigham Royee. Eth-el Winthrop, George-Land and GeorgeSyndham. .

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CHICAGO 8EES "MIDNIGHT".

Chicago, Oct 3.—Crime has alwaysbeen more or less popular in this town;murder not excepted, which boded wellfenv "Midnight," the dramatic offeringfrom the joint pens of Samuel Janueyand Mr. and Mrs. Edward DetaneyDunn, pre set) ted at the Olympic Theatrethis week. But, despite this, it toscheduled to close shortly. , -

Crime is the dominant noie cf theplay. Midnight has ever been the witch-ing hoar at which people prefer to berobbed and murdered. Just why peo-ple prefer being crimed against 2fter 11

p. in. is a .secret that, probably, tn'ycriminals know. j

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- A great deal happens in this play. Theauthors have not been snaring in theirplot and counter plot. There's a rum-hound's sister, who is suspected ofdoing a man to death. The brother posi-tively identifies her as the one who wentinto the man's.room just previous to hisdecease.

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Then there is the handsome youngnovelist -who is love with the accused,but who will not believe anything againsther.

iSo he plans to find out who the

culprit really is, finally resorting to amost -ingenious method of solving themystery. This consists of a somnambu-listic stunt through which the real mur-derer is discovered.

There really is a great deal about this

play that is interesting. The swift-mov-ing events, the lines, and especially theacting of Pauline Lord, the heroine, all

hold" interest. Saxon King played thepart of the novelist neatly. Edward Em-ery, as the chief of police," acted in aspontaneous manner.

Others in the cast are Philip Leigh,Frank Kingdon, Edmund Elton. Curtis

Benton and William IngersolL

The play was well produced byCharles R. Hamnierslbogh, Ira, Hardsheme responsible for the staging. Thisis Hammerslough's first dramatic pro-duction, he being jointly interested ia

the play with the author*. He is auate of the Klaw and

SUBS OVER CHAPLIN FILMSNicholas Diar. representative here of.

Pairoa and Herrera, the Cuban motionpicture purveyors, is suing William Vo-get productions. Inc., in the City Court.He is seeking to recover $1,600, whichhe claims, through*' his attorney, DavidStcinhardt, he paid on account to' the

Vogel concern for Chaplin releases thatwere never, delivered. '.'. 3The suit is based on an alleged con-

tract entered into between Diaz and the

Vogel corporation ,ip June. 1918. under;the terms of which the Vogel concern,'

which has the territorial rights for FirstNational-Chaplin pictures outside of this

country, Canada and Alaska, was to de-liver eight new Chaplin releases to Diasfor exhibition in Mexico. *iDiaz claims the contract was for a

term of three years and that he was to

pay -a total of ,£6,400 for the eight pic-

tures. The SljWO he is seeking- to*-M@COTCT he claims he paid to the Vogelcorporation on account of the first Chap-lin picture, which was never delivered to

him. i

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LBBLANG GETS L. L PROPERTYJoe Lcblang became possessed of some

Long Island Teal estate fast week, toe

property being in a section- where a num-bcr of theatrical folk live: and reverting

to Leblang through foreclosure proceed-ings.

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The property is at Beecbharrt, L L,

and: the plot, which Leblang bought in

at the foreclosure sale, comprises fifteen

lots not far from Whitestone. - „' '/%

About three years'ago Leblang loaned

the Shore Acres - Realty. Company.'which developed the property. $10,00fk

He received as security . for. his loan a

first mortgage on one of the plots owned

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by the company. Less than a year agothe realty company went into bank-ruptcy. As a result, the interest on Mbmortgagee held by Leblang was not paid.

So he began foreclosure proceedingsjj

through Louis Rosenberg, his attorney,"

artd last week the property:was sold un-

der the hammer, Leblang buying if mihimself for approximately $5,000. A mheficiency judgment amounting to $3,44827

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was also recorded •. in his favor agaseass

_the realty company.

MABKL McCLOUDMabel McCloud, whose picture is

the cover of this week's issue of"Clipper," is the ingenue with James 1

Cooper's "Best Show in Town," BtqnKMiner's Bronx Theatre this week. Shewas formerly of the dancing team of

Feeley and McCloud. She. is considered

to be one of the best acrobatic dancers

appearing before the public to-day. Sheis doing a dancing specialty with Frank-;

Hunter in the show. Miss McCloud haul

a beautiful wardrobe of handgowns.

START NEW ORLEANS OPERA-;

New Orleans. Oct 3.—Louis Verande,formerly associated, with the Paris, Con-vent Garden, Metropolitan and Chicago.opera companies, is- arranging to present-

a season of opera in this city with diereorganization of a French, troupe. . He :

will give performances from Nov. 11 toFeb. 15, just prior, to the Mardi Gras-The performances will be made in the'

French Opera House, one of the first tog

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ELKS MAKING DRIVEThe Elks have been making a driv

in the vicinity of the Palace TheatreBuilding and among those who have'been herded into the "elk" pastureJohn McKee, John M. Liddy, Sam I

hy, Tommy Gray and George Poti.

RETURNING TO STAGELondon. Eng., Oct. 4.—Dion Bead*?

cault, aad Irene Vanbragh are msll-jIng a return to the variety stage with"Caroline." They are supported by sstrong company of selected players, a

LG H IGAM N EW S

Cohan jand Hatristo Be V

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: Mipuus George M. CohanIn Interview He Says He Is Through; Will Produce NoV; More:RewM;To^tainOneTheatte.inN^w ",: V :r *"v.''i ' .^fork and-Another'in Chicago. '.-• -

NEWS

h^ernoiA^t^ay ior Soldier !^Heroestake HeldbyN.V^

Will Endeaver to Make Day Nationwide in Realm of Vaude-... ville; Bronze Tablet With Vaudeville Roll of Honor

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?, George M. ' Cohan is 'through with'

the firm of- Cohan and Harris, accord-ing to- a statement- given out in; an in-

terview here last week. . He has an-

Hounced that he will piracficaly re-.

tire, f r'cfrn the theatrical, business, re-

taining but one theatre in New York;City -and another in-Chicago.. -.., ,..-' -.

"The following is his statements in

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-''fTbere won't be !any' jnore'Cohinwjvues. I'm through. The-firni^iof

Cohan and -Harris is 'through; except(or such productions ' as j.Sam .^Harris

and; I have already launched. S^mwill- retain the Cohan and Harrisname for the- theatre in New. York,but I'm through there as soon as. TheBoyal Vagabond' is_througb. ".

I "One of. the Equity crowd said I

iiras: the Prince of Hicks."" But you'vegot to hand it to Hilliard, if he did

sue me. He resigned from -the

Equity. •" -•

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hot as long as I live. .1 spent mywhole . life .with the boys. *

I. wentalong with them—and became the'Prince' of 'Hicks.' Now,"I'm coiner tocut it all, almost alt.- I'll try to haveone- theatre in New York1 and. one in'

Chicago' [ancY try to writ*1 plays forr

them. 131 produce the .plays simul-taneously in berth cities. ' If they flop

I'll rent the theatres for pictures till I

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taining two theatres.. *". '.

The National' Vaudeville Artistswill hold a memorial day on Novem-ber 11th, at which, time tribute will bepaid to all.vaudeville performers whogave' their, lives ,in fighting for theircdiintry rin the - 'recent, 'war. Thisday .will be more", than one in nameonly, Its. .sponsors assure"; it will beobserved in spirit; as. well, and an ef-

fort will be" made to make it nation-wide. •' .;

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.be used-for memorial ; services on the.;

day chosen-- ;ahd' vaudeviHians- whohave died 'in thclf "'country's selrvice'.

will be honored by a fitting. program,as elaborate- as it is -impressive. -Allmembers of the. N; V: A.-will be asked

' to attend and ;do their departed broth-""

ers honor. ... ?! ;-,."'/;: ; L..

Jt is planned to carry ^the memorialday inter the vaudeville . houses

throughout the country and an effortwill be made to have at least a minutelaid, aside in every vaudeville-house in

the land for silent devotion and prayer,lor She vaudeville : performers^ whodied on. the field of battle. £. -A 3

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-Henry Chesterfield, secretary of theN.-V-.A., is considering the purchase.of a bronze tablet on which a vaude-ville Roll of Honor can be inscribedwith the" names of all yaudevilleperformers .who ;died Over -There..This- tablet^ will stand- in 'the mainroom of the- N. V. A. and will be un-veiled at the services on memorialday." - ', . r.

j Secretary. Chesterfield is desirous o£securing the names: of all: Vaudevilleperformers who died -in the -country'sservice and has requested that anyoneknowing the name,bf any of these he-,roes communicate with him. \

C'J':'' 8EEKING HOTELS- ".'.''

Sim Scribher,. head 'of the ^oilumrbia Circuit, has notified his. local rep-

resentative here to make a yearly yr-

rangtment 'with some local hotel to

look s ftcr the various members of the'

Columbia Wheel shows coming to this

city to play the Columbia and Startheatres. -VandcviHians -are "seekingquarters, in the furnished room dis-

tricts, so' full are the hotels.

HOUSMAN WANTS DAMAGESLou M. Housman,' for a number of

years a local theatrical press agent,Ued the praecipe last: week in a dam-age suit in an attempt to. collect $25.-

D00 for injuries received when- his au-tomobile was smashed up by a street-

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car. .-The accident occurred some ..time

»gp while he was driving -his electric,

runabout, which was - struck by. a

street car at .Madison and Market'Housman was severely injured.'.

'WOMAN ACROBAT DIBS ';

Mrs. Ida Har res, formerly a mem-ber of the well known acrobatictroupe of Harres, -died on Thursdayof. heart failure. She was fiftyrtwo

years old. In 1887 she was married to

William Harres. Ten years later the

acrobatic troupe which , took, their.

name was formed. - It was composedof Mrs. Harres, three sisters ab'd

three brothers. '_ ' : ' ..

.". WILL ALDEAN DIES -

• Will Aldean, a member of the AJ-dean Brothers, died at the Cook Coun-ty Hospital in this city on Sept- 29 at.

eight p. m. The burial services wereheld on Ocu 1, and the remains wereburied at Montrose. The AldcahBrothers formed their act in- Beh-Dingham, England, Feb.- 8, 1869, and;worked continually together for 39.

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"FLO FLO" COMINq^. j^"Flo Flo" will-relieve ^Midm^;*"

It the Olympic Theatre. next week. Inits cast will be Hahders and' Millis,

Kathcrine Stout, Harry Crawford, AlShcan, Berr Gardner, JVenita -Pomfret,"Laura Bennett, Henry Sherwood, Rn-,iita Man tell a, William Hugh Mack,Shirley Lantham and a large chorus. -

THESPIANS ENTER HOSPITAL;. 'Mrs. Lillian IJ lack, comedienne, was

taken ". to], the jAmerican -Theatrical -

Hospital last week suffering-from aserious case .of gangrene. " poisoning.According to late reports, the patient'was .not in a serious condition and shewas expected lg make a cqmplete re-

covery.*- - ''"

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- Miss Gene' Ftnrher, of-thc" vande-ville' combination of Flurher ArFlur-her, has made a -splendid recovery fol-

lowing a minor operation: • •' I' '

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-Etbelyn- Creldon," wife;, of- James -

Crcidbh, 'theatrical manager, under-went a minor operation arid has fully

recovered; "^ ' -." '-*. >'*••?

•i .Ethel Vierra,':a.membe"r ,*f"Vierra'sVHawaiian Company, underwent anoperation forxtbe removal _of her ton-''

sils'at- the American " Hospital ' last

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-.'Louise Wallack, chorus .'girl, wasoperated upon at the American Hos-pital and is reported to. be doing;splendidly. ' She.- will be in the hos-pital for the next three weeks. -

CLAUDIUS AND SCARLET LOSS, Thc;

^.complaint' of Claudius* andScarlet to the effect that Mabel' Burke,"

assisted . by Sidney, Forbes, ,was" in-

fringing on their .act,, was. held, to "beunjustified.' by a committee appointedby the complaint bureau of the N. '.V.

.A. " The committee saw the Burke actat the Prospect, after which • IfcqrtJcfviewed Claudius and Scarlet, "at. theHippodrome, and decided 'that no in-fringement .could "be construed.- The

"MONKEY BUSINESS" ROW :

"He's gotta quit his'monkey-busi-ness!" is practically what ' Robert. Ev*

' erest said to the.N. VTAria complain-- ing against Alf Lipton, a fellow vaude">"villian. '. ' "_,-'• '-''-,:';'." \- "-'..;...

. 'Both' men have .monkey:. acts. . Ev-.erest's-act is called "A Monkey Hip-'podrome," .-»»' the Liptonact is billedas Lipton's-^tonkeys. Lipton has beenusing a dummy arm attachment inconnection with. his "monkey orches-

W. Cox-and Sam Liebert.commhec consisted of LOu Hall,-John -"tra,^ and Everest claims that the at-.

tachment belongs to him exclusrvely.The'/JN. V," A. -has several times ruledin favor of Everest, but the latter al-

leges that Upton is again using theattachment and has. appealed to the-N." V,: Al'tb- reconsider the faatter;-.'..-..•- ; - .. --• **n - / »-.. v /- . .- .. .

'BASEBALL STOPPED BU8INE88Offices in the Putnam Building last

week became .grand"stand seats fromwhich to watch the baseball score .

chart on the . Times Building, andwhen the Reds and White Sox startedplaying work irr all the agents' offices

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again establishing a local White Ratsheadquarters in Chicago. This hasbeen a constant rumor for the last

three months, ^nd, according to thosein close touch -with Rat. affairs, will,

become a reality/ Very shortly. rA lo-

cation has pot as yet been selected,

nor- has the representative, but it is'

thought most likely that Abner" Ali,

former director here for. the organi-zation, will be given the opportunityof again. looking after their affairs.' '

Ali is at present employed,, by theSero Advertising Agcncy> supplying'programs to a number bf prominentloop .theatres. When approached rcr;

garding the report, he stated that hehad heard nothing whatsoever of it."-

:. ADVANCE' MAN DIES / '.';.

John Bookbinder, formerly an ad-vance man with the Hurtig and Sea-mo n forces, died at the State Institute

for the Insane in Dunning, 111.; Hast

week.-penniless.:- (-.George E. McDon-ald, manager of. the. Columbia Bar-

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SamThall, head-of the Actors' Fundi

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Wilson "Avenue Theatre and -will re-

open "the hbnse! with a bill supplied bythe .Western VaudeVille "Managers*Association. The-house was. formerly"under the W- V. M.'Ad' banner, but, .

since the death of Mitchell Licalzi, it

has gone a-begging.-

HOFFMAN JOINS INTERSTATEDtck Hoffman, for :'. ai number: of

years booking manager of the familydepartment of ihe^Inferstate "circnit,

announced his joining the ConeyHolmes Agency, an-- independentagent. -

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to notify him o£ further, bookings and'

let' him' out of the act, Mnrphy hasmade complaint to the N. -V.A. Heclaims that be' was frozen out' without'

the other four giving him any reasonwhatsoever.for; their action.'

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has asked <• the N. V. A. to. requestEarl Pingree^- an" "actor, to retuim the-

vehicle, ^*^,Thanksgivirig,,,-'to- Mfdr"

lalry. 'Tbe. author claims he wrote it

N. V. A. HAS UNIQUE CASEA controversy^between ».yaudeville

performer and a moving picture '•btr;-

pany has come before the N. V, A-'foc"settlement, and it is the first: case of its

kind that has" Veen brought to the at-tention of the aiscciatiar.. The.com-

' plaint was registered by Fred Jackson,who charges Fred" Badcr.^bf- the Coin-*

monweafth Pictures* Corporation, withusing his entire, act andmakc-up in apicture, without the proper authoriza-tion.- >•' •',. „:;.;'". '. -

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-: The business of swallowing bird-seed instead of grape-nuts and thensaying, "I wonder what kind of a birdI'm going to be,V has started a.contro-

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the attention of the N.. V.. A., allegingthat he has been using this gag for'some time in his act^ "Jed's, Vacation," 4

and stating that the same gag is nowbeing used in a play. ;

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Milton Hochenberg resigned fromthe Orpheum Circuit Publicity De-partment -last week in ordetr. to estab-lish himself in a general publicity and '

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with ^at-Nazzaro, Inc.; -[last week:'for Pingree' who is "now usjng it ,bnC?%i&m&ln&<&&t:ifr :1&iaii*3L:'. HerJpaying ho" royalty. .-' -'- VVr": j *":i' -4 ^l"IJoOk'and.'produce_actsi- . ^-;5"

iS'."5£i-iV-- ~-'Ti-'ulW-'- .•.=.•^5^. ''-.-^.'*:^r-.~-^4^k-i'Vv:-itf'l-:.'-''.--.- . :ri ...... .

Berlin Theatres Prosperous J Printers Strike ThreatensDespite W^'r Reactioii To Close 'Publishii^^HGiiises

of the feig Music Houses 'Are Short of Stock and Avail-able Copies of Hits; Will Probably Be Exhausted

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Plays' Popular. "Charley's FAunt," Passes 1000

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Berlin, Germany, Oct 4.—The the-atrical season here is- now in foil

swing and promises to eclipse any inhistory;- despite the condition thecountry is in. Notwithstanding num-erous heavy taxes, and the prevailingprices of food and necessities, 'Berlintheatregoers have resumed their first

nights, and some of them have turnedout to be exceedingly brilliant.

The greatest -hit in the city is prob-ably "Charley's Aunt," which baspassed the 1000th performance. Otherpopular.plays are Ibsen dramas, someof which have played four or five hun-dred performances, with "Peer Gynt"predominating. .The -casts of theseplays are.stronger than the averagecasts in any other country, as Ger-man audiences have become more ex-

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acting- than ever. - Shakespeare also is

popular, as several' special requestperformances of his plays have beengiven.'

"The Geisha Girl," which last sea-san was the biggest money maker inBerlin- theatrical history, is still popu-lar. The most unusual play of themall, however, is the offering now run-ning, at the Tribune, Berlin's Little'

Theatre, which scats' 500. The playhere is called7 "The Spartacani Danceof Death," and is a wicrd, bloodcur-dling presentation of the war in the*

trenches and its results. » *"'.'

Berlin audiences' are , also crowdingthe opera, where the ibest there is is

being presented.- The admissions, al-

though greatly increased, are not pro-,hibitive by any means, and all classes,can afford the theatre- , J ' ... h . .;.

ELEPHANT PAULS ON GIRLBerlin, Oct. i-5.—A- -film" actress,

known as Fernanda* an American, wasnearly lolled by an elephant falling

upon her while a sensational film scenewas being taken at the circus Stosch,Leipzig. *. Fernanda escaped, but Di-rector Stosch, who is a brothcr

Nof Ad-

miral Stosch, in his efforts to save' theactress, was severely injn red.

MUCK ARRIVES IN BERLINBerlin, Oct 6.—Dr.- -Karl H. Mock,

who refused to olay theAmerican', na-tional anther" while conducting theBoston Symphony Orchestra and,waslater interned 'and IkMmt to^ Get-many, has arrived here ana intends . to

establish fnmsclf 'permanently 'in-.

Switzerland, his native", country, .

Gilbert Miller sailingLondon, pct^fcV—Gilbert Miller is to

go to America in the near future. Inthe United States he w3l Supervise theproduction

'.£f J ^Monsieu? 'BeaucaTre,"

the- musical' show which has been' agreat hit here -' Khrw-Jmd Erlangerwill present rA hi New York. •

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London, Eng., Oct 4.^NortfiahTharp, .who" is to 'appear at' 'TheQueens,* Manchester, -fdr four weeks,in

"Lit tl e Women," will, when he con-

cludes his run with that show, pro-duce "Leave It to lie," an Americancomedy. Which he brought over herewith him, and in which he played atthe Candler; Theatre,-New York.

PARIS STR IK E STILL ONParis, Oct. 6—An eleventh hour dis-

agreement between actors and man-agers upset> the agreement arrived atin the actors' strike here. This wasdue to the fact that two music haHdirectors refused to- dismiss perfonrr-

ers engaged during- the" strike and totake back old companies. The' strik-

ers assembled daring the afternoonand voted tr> continue the strike, i

ACCUSED OF BIGAMYLondon, En g^ Oct. 4.—Lillian Car-

men Jcanette LaurrL an actress, is

awaiting trial here charged with big-amy, because she has two husbands. It

happened thp way. She.was marriedin 1399 to Bernard Lauri. at Brighton.He left her in 1903. In 191$. when shemarried Ralph Ormonctjrons, she be-lieved her Erst husband to be. '(lead.

MAUD'S NEW PLAY OP^NS ,

London, Eng., OcL^.^-i'Lord Rich-ard- pi the Pantry," a new comedy by.Sydney Blowe and Douglas Hoarc inwhich Cyri) Maude is sfarred/has beenproduced arid scored a. huge hit. 'The'play deals with a rather Tax nobleman,who' can't seem to turn into a goodbusiness man. He loses the "funds ofa company he is

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In order to escape jail, he be/cbraes .a

butler in a .noble family, bqt,iy soonfound out. He' repays Jhe Joss,es ofthe .holders in his ,corrrpany„ and . it

then develops .that . his Jfunds . havenot been .touched at all. ' Of course,alt ends Very happily. The play is

ful f of quaint d<H i ghtfJl-hunt Sr, whichis well brought out. i i in '.-ii -t~,

fit the cast- ace 'George^STretton,Pratik Adair, .'Cyril .Maitde,' Mollfe"Maitland, Lydia Blfbrboke, G.W. Art-'son, ; Wilson GuririirrgV Tahjes Gerald;Bettjr Wild, Percy Foster,' Eliza-beth Pollock, Alfred Barber, HazelMay, Connie Ediss, Phoebe Hodg-son, Nellie Bowman/ *T»*. PJ»M *? '

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London, ,Eng., Oct..$.—The -produc-tion of 'TWio's Hooper," -a transposi-tion from Sir Arthur Pinero's "InChancery,'' has scored a large laugh-ing hit at the Adelphi, where it is nowrunning. The piece was transposedby Fred Thompson and set to musicby Ivor Novelli and Howard Talbot.!t is a very presentable musical com-edy.and ranks highest among all themusical comedies now in London. In'the cast are W. H. Berry. W. H. Raw-lins, Paul Plunkett, Alfred Beers,Robert Michaelis, Edward Rigby,Fred Winn; Arthur Wellesley, Wind-ham Guise, . Ralph Roberts, FrankPerfitt, Marjorie Gordon, MadelineSeymour, Violet Blythe, Ruby Lath-am, Polly Emery and Cicely Deben-hanj, .'- "

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TETTRAZINI IS BACKLondon, Eng., Oct 4—Mme. Tet-

trazini, the singer, arrived here thisweek, and. was given a royal-welcome.

"Theatrical children presented her withseveral floral tributes and' the Italiancolony sent its representatives to meether/ She has been absent from Lon-don for five years. '

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The strike "of printers' is now insecond week; and the- popular musieSublishers are facing a situation nevercfore known, in the history of music

publishing. A number of the big houses-are already considering the closing oftheir places of business in so far as thetrade end is concerned. .

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The d err.and for musical publications,,

especially hose in the hit class, .has beenso. great daring the past- few monthsthat it ha 3 been -with, .much .difficulty

that the larger publishers have been, ab^eto. .keep up with their orders, nod thestrike which _ has closed practically all

of the printing houses, in New. .Yorkhas put the" publishers 'in the position

of facing empty shelves' in their stockrooms and with a dark outlook for theirreplenishing,at any early

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QUICK HIT FOR WATERSONOne of the quickest hits on record:

has- been pat: over by -the Waterson^Berlin & Sqyder Co. in, the song "Oh

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What a Pal. Was Mary.* Althoughbut a few' weeks old the song is not ,

only one of .the biggest sellers on themarket but is being sung in nearlyevery vaudeville house' in the entirecountry. "

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Chicago, Jll., Oct. 4.—Leo Locktiqg,a- music publisher and .dealer of Min-neapolis, Minn., was arrested in thiscity.- last week on a charge, of non-support of his two children. Com-plaint was lodged against him by Mrs.Clara Locking, his former wife, wi.oalleges that he had not contributed to

the children's support in weeks. Theywere divorced two years ago.

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VON TILLER PLAY IS BRADY,Harry Von Tilzcr has completed

the score of a new musical play whichis to be presented in -New Yorkaround the holidays.- -The play is T aJl

ready and would be seen immediatelywere it not for the shortage of suit-

able playhouses in New York at pres-

BORNSTEIN BACK IN TOWNBen Born stein, of the Harry Yon

Tilzer Music Co., is back in townafter a tour of the Von Tilzer profes-

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sional offices. "Carolina Sunshine,"the new Von Tilzer song and instru-

mental number, is the leader in all the

cities! visited by Borastein.

'BWAY BUYS "SAH." SONGThe Broadway Muii'c Corporation

has secured the publication rights of

the new Kendis & Brockman song,

"I'm Like a Ship Without a Sail."

This number makes the fourth within

the past -few months that Kendis andBrockman have placed with large pub-

lishing bouses.I

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BRN EDWARDS HAS NBW JOBBen Edwards; for the past few years

with the Leo Feist lac. bouse, hasjoined the professional staff of Mc-Carthy & Fisher.

AUSTRALIAN MUSIC MAN HHUEErnest Lashmar, Australian man-

ager for Chappell 9c Co., the Engtiswmusie: bouse, is in. New York and is

making his headquarters at the Ghap-pell

1 & Co. offices in East 34th Street.

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printing of music Mt cities outside thestrike zone, but hire much difficulty is

being - met The big shortage in the

labor market in all the cities, makes thepromise of deliveries very uncertain, andprinters equipped to handle musical pub-lications are loath to accept orders fromthe strfke area.' due to the feeling ofthe employees who seem • disposed to

strike themselves upon the slightest prov-

The "strike situation in New York is

unprecedented, and from its,-very naturethe prospects of an early settlement seem

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remote. . In the meantime, music pub-

lishers are going ahead witn. their 'pub-

licity campaigns hi connection, with their

cqrrcnt successes, as well as 'the new

numbers*, in the' hope that'a 'settlement

win "be made 7

before the; absolute lack

'.or, 'music 'or the prospect" of obulrdhg^copies at' an early date forces a' completeshutdown.'

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"i^T'' 8ING» NByV »ONG|t '.

Miss Bessie;. Miller, of Louisville.'

Ky., is a young Jady prominent ill the*

atricats in her <:ity and holds a big in-

terest in several theatres in which sheStages arid directs ' her own musicalproductions, in, addition to attending

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_n'd at 'present "'is featuring aof new songs with . much success.

Tbey art- "OhV' tiady, Stbp * RollingYour Eyes." "Weeping Willow Lane*and "The WhSe 'Heather," all froml

the catalogue of the McKirilcy . Mu- -

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TELL TAYLOR IN NBW YORKTell Taylor, the Chicago music puB-

lisber. is in New* York looking 1&fc

offices and plans to locate permitneritly -in this city! TayTor is pla*<'nittg to greatly enlarge his publislWing business and expects to- move his *

entire publishing plant to New YotkV :

henry to play in London;Stanley Henry sailed last week for"'

London, where be has been bookedfor an extended engagement in themusic halls. He opens this week atCamberwell Palace and will intro-ldace a number > of new American I

songs, among them being S. R. Hen-ry's new ballad, "Now I Know."

S. R. HENRY NUMBERS SCOREGinsburg's Orchestra "of Denver,

Col., is successfully featuring four ofS. R Henry's new song and instru-mental successes. Tbey are "Ken-tucky Dream," "Pahjamah." "Hima-laya" and "Tears.'' According toLeader Ginsburg all four arc decidedhits whenever played

GEO. FRIEDMAN TO PUBLISH '

George Friedman, formerly- man-ager of >the McCarthy & Fisher Co.,will be open for business within thenext week or so. He has Jnst leasedquarters at 16S West 47th Streetwhich la In the. heart of the theatricaldistrict had a good location.

FEATURE NEW FEIST «ONQ*

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£5o !©n American WheelDeal. By Which Harry Wet tzman Was To Turn House

W.£ 0*ef, I?ed TJjroiigk Monday/ After Circuit' Held(|- Meeting." May Play Burlesque or Dramatic Stock.

. ;powiraro laying off^.' Robert Downing; -who' is. appearing

in a revival of "Ten' Nights in a' Bar -

Room,'* on the- road, has been" fojeed: to; lay - Off for. "several-' weeks, due' toconjested .bookings through. *he-Easfc-HeWill resume his tour on October20th -at Scran ton, Fa., and after fin-ishing -it -will -rtour -the- South, wherehe made a hit' several' years ago ! in

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"The-Gladiater"' and jptherplaysi •.

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Hwhich was;taken overby Harry Weitz-\ ; man and • his Detroit . associates on" September 27th, will not go on theAmerican Burlesque Circuit at pres-

- eat. according to Weitzman, who was..>3n.NeWeYorkTIoaday." 'ijjilll- { -Weitztrfcur was represent

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A by I 1. M.! : Herk of Cllcago »t i meeting of the

: \ American' Burlesque j Circuit Monday. I afternoon. . The proposition offend by

cuit house, and is in one of the .best

locations in the -city. It has a seatingcapacity of 1,300. "- "

Wcrtzman says he has not decidedas yet, just what policy be will adoptat this . house, but . it was rumoredaround the Columbia Building that hemay install btock burlesque and ; thatlie was engaging his people. One ofhis partners stated, however, that hethought Wcitzmah would place a: dra-

matic stock company 'in the house.

The stock burlesque idea looks themost likelv,- however. ' • .

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house was to .get it on the .circuit; sothat it would make another -goodspoke 'for a wheel, was' d siappointed

} the SalBvan and Considine. Circuit « It*, when. he. found that.ijhfi..'circuit; jjtn4j

. • is located .-on Vine- Street, in. the : Weitzinan could not come to terras.

, > business 'j&fctiovr'pf the" cityUand oply V There is nottoubtlf jsffftck burlesque*

la. few blacks ftohithe Olympic, winch i.did gb!6» ther house; it'ifould be; a bag

I plays- tbci - Corurabia" Circuit" atfrac- r opposition -io't the OlyAfenc. But tfie

' Boris. Itm also not far from the old i town secms'laVgc enong&'for two btir-

j Standard the former . Columbia ,Cir- . Iesque houses.; .*

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, ANNETTE BERGER RECOVERSAnnette Bcrgcr, private secretary tp

Wales Winter, who has been seriously,ill for several weeks, has fully recov-ered and is back on the job again.;

FILM STAR IN STOCK'San' Francisco, ; Gal," -Oct. 4.—The

Alcazar Stock 'Company. here bas forit's leading lady Belle iBenriett, themotion .picture" star: *

. Others"' in" thecompany are Thomas Chatterton, W.-P.. . Richardson; -ConnieL^.-.Fredericks,Emile Melville, May ^Nannery;-'.Bar«

.bara -Lee, Edna -Shaw. '£jnite : Pinter^Vaughan Morgan and . AL Cunning-ham. Beginning Monday; the com-ipany will present "The Naughty Wife

off:

beir~v.3»j The Empress, which is; t»jo»w beingredecorated, was.;formerryj-]a -. vjnide-

{ viHe botfsc and »ras at one tirhe on

.jABPELL.TO OPEN SOON'-^•Reading,. Pa^iOct- o.-r-Nathan IAp-ptjlpperis his:company at the Orphe--iani:.h«rc-

,'nQetLJwcek -So far rhe: hasengagedthe following people : WilliamR." Street for light' comedy leads,

Frank Charlton, seconds, and EdithS'pea re, seconds. The opening- playhas nbtyct been chosen. '

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STOCK MEN TAKE ROAD SHOW" Hawkins' and 'Webb are" negotiatingto

.produce'- and route a company to

tour .in ?Hcre Comes, the Bride."' Should .satisfactory arrangements bemade, the company will tour the west'era' territory.' ;

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NEAL COMPANY DOING WELLLansing, Mich., 'Oct,' 4.—The J. M.

[ NeaJ, Kaycr&»arc.doing excellent busi-.; ness .at the "Empress' Theatre; this

^ch-y.NSriih' Tec| Daley aridThelma" Wil-mer-m the lekSJng; roles.

HThe Es-cape," p'odu'eed this week, resulted." in

an- Overflow of "business.

. .TAYLOR TO OPEN SOON ^

The Taylor -Stock. Repertoire Comi-pany, a travelling organization, will,begin its tour on November 3rd. TKoentire cast of playets has, as yet, notbecri chosen. . v.- r-t>~~-- :

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."A Little Gjri jn. a lOglCity/*. for-three .consecutive, season's* the biggestmoney" maker on' the 'late Interna-tional' Circuit, has been ^released forstock by Arthur C. Alston. . - -. - .

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: It was: announced at the; iofnees of• the American Circuit Monday, that

rGeoTgc W-. .Gallagher has'. Hecni ap-•* pointed assistant general mapage^ of: that-cirirmt- ' He started uijiisJjnew.;capacit^-ifonday. ',: S .V-.

[ William -V. Jenaing, the. formc»,«s-: sPstant .general manager, is now on -a

. ! vacation nv! the South. When Ke jre-

- turns he.: will remain with the. ctQ?iit

in another capacity. <*. •"*"&»

Gallagher -has. been manager oCfhe;Gaycty Tbeatre.. Kansas City.' .for- fhe

'fast-five years. ' He was made the offer

*>By jhe;-An«eT;can Circuit early>-dast

^?weck,-and-4eft Kansas City Thursday."«*Fred Wa^dman,- the treasurer of; the

-house, - has bet n appointed manager-of the -Giycty. Waldman, for years,

•was" nranagcr of Waldman's in New-' .ark,-when?that house played the Co-lumbia attractions.

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* -Jack -Crawford, treasurer'of the-Em-;pirc Theatre, .Brooklyn, died Sunday•iattcrnoon at two o'clock r of heart

trouble at his home in Qumcy Street,

Brooklyn.-:He had been at the the^

atre half an hour before and com-plained of being ill. He was takenhome, and died shortly after his ar-

rival there-T -He was fifty-eight years

of age. -:•-'•"•'.I •'

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.the Enjpireever'iince it opened nine•years ago, and was at the old Londonon thc-Bowery before that He has'worked for James' Curtin, the man-ager oCthe house, for the .-past twen-

ty-four jeari He is survived by awife. ' two -step children and a grand-

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Peter S. Clark's condition late Mon-' day evening was the same: as 'last

week. -There has^ been no .change

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JOINING THE BOSTONIANS- Ncwarkr N.J^Oct.^.—Lulft'BceaonWffl joii jGhas. .Waldron'atl fBoito-

nians" h^'Satwday. 1.. Shejrepl^ces

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' StJES FOR1LOST COSTUMESWaterbury, Conn., 0^4.—Maonica

Redmond, prima donna 'of the "Eib-

ivcrty GErls,"- which was playing, the

1 Jacques1 Theatre last week, has made-a claim fot; $300 against the New:.~Y6rk, New Haven and- Hartford Raft-

; . road for costumes stolen from -her.

Miss Redmond- claims that her trunk- was broken open while ra :trarsit,froni

Hartford to Waterbury and her cos-tumes were missing when the transfer

men and the -company ;crew openedthe car on its arrival at this ctiy. .

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JOINS ITEW BEDFORD CO.New Bedford, Conn., Oct. 4.—Doro-

t' / Dunn, who joined the Warren0'Hara~Players last week, created ahit in the ingenue role of "The Coun-try Cousin." (-...-".'

1WAYLAURA TINTLB:!;Laura- Tintle, who manages the

stock department for Pa^t Scott, andwho is his aide-de-camp, lis^spendinga two -weeks vacation ;in -Atlantic City.

HAS NEW MANAGER• Fred V/agner has bien appointed

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on the American Burlesque Circuit."

-He joined 1 the company Monday in

Camden. This' is Wagner's first sea-

son in burlesque!" He is an old circus

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. Wnnam "Biff" Qark has closed a&manager of -the Sam Howe "SportGirls" and has 'taken over the manage-

;- anient- of Pete park's "Oh Girl" com?-'pany. i ', t \

REPLACES FRANK MACKEYSpringfield. Mass., Oct. 4.—Ernest

Mack arrived here to-day and will

join the "Aviators" in Wprcesterneitweek He' will work- opposite "Mitty

>Devere, in" place of Fripk Mackty,'•who will close there. *Roehm and"Richards bocted him. - y.-.-i.- " w.-: .

SHOW CHANGES'NAME* "* 4 '

Boston, Mass.. Oct 6.—Tommy 14-vene's "Yankee Doodle Girls." playingthe past four seasons in New Eng-land, has changeAJts title •tp'Oh'-U-:Baby." In the: :cast are Tommy: La-

. vene, Frank Murray, Madeline. Buqk-ley, Iona Savoy, .George Brown, AICasey -Fox- and Dick Krats. . PeterBrady .is the mnsicaL director/. •>'•'. i -

: ,[ J MOVE TO NEW. YORKjienlo Moored and M.' M. Mcgley,

the Chicago musical act producers,

have come to New York and estab-

lished a producing office here. Thi$office will be run in conjunction, with

the one Ihcy will continue to maintainin Chicago.

Several new -musical acts are plan-ncd,£or production by them within the

next two months, all of them opening' in or around New York. The first, en-

titled "Oncfc Upon a Time," is alreadyin rehearsal and is scheduled to open-

the -latter ^part of this week.^

Jack Princeton is to be featured in

"Once.Upon a Time," supported bythe following 'five players: Leon Leon-ard, Norene George, Marie Pollitt,-

Florence Brewe/, Wynn Galhe. HarryWeber is lobkingafter tKe bookings.

CARNiVAL;1?EpPLE ARRESTEDNew Britain, Conn., Oct. 6.—Lolo

Dorr Worth and Vincent Mendell, the

former of this city and the lattef^of-

Torrington, who were travelling -with

"a California exposition show and weremarried as. one of thi. features of the

carnival "on Junf- '19, were arrested

here last Week ion the charge of big-

amy. • The wife -gave-her name at po-

lice headquarters as Mrs. Worth, her

first husband's name having been Ed-ward A. Worth of this city.

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LEASES AMSTERDAM SUNDAYSThe New Amsterdam Theatre has

been leased for every Sunday morningfrom now until June by the Rev. JohnHaynes Holmes, who will hold com-munity-service there. --The -Rev.Holmes isrpaying $5,000 for the lease.

, ROAD SHOW "STrTANLG-(Continued from "Rage 3)

Then ' the players pooled theirfinances and bought tickets back toNew. Yoric, the tickets,without Pull-man berths and food,, costing $37.80.each. Food arid Pullrhan'-perths madethe total cost of each ticket approxi-mately $30. - - -r-J&T :'

- Tins money,' plus';inv£?^days* pay,plus an additional weeV&ialary undertheir Equity contracts, -|Hey arc now!seeking to recover

j }qom -Burkethjough the - Equityr*-TJfcy.also saythat. a couple of stigeSands. MikeQSrien. thi^carpentej-, aid Jim: Wil-'lianjs, the property ntanjjvere still in

Memphis when they jleil

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arrangingwith the local union, for transporta-tioii back to New Ycfrtij . .

- The p layers- be sides >E%|by who re-turned Monday, morning., are HenryC-irdon, Emory Blunkhain' Frank Mc-Donald, May Gerald, Margaret Mesh-,ey, andjack Curtis, the 'advance man.

."The. Marriage Question" was a-three-act drama by Ralph Kettering,the play being acquired in Chicago byBurke for road presentation.

Calvin Burke,- accordingfo the play-ers, was formerly .copnfccted ' withJohn Cort.

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' JOINS SHOW IN BUFFALO^•Buffalo. N.;fY., Oct. 6.-rJai*r-L3rMont, formed^of_ the.- ."Rariridr the

-TttJrn" -comiiiiry, - joined Jtbe* fjGirlsat th^jGtuden:

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'Cenrfnaedoh P age 21)

- -JMMfnrr company. - joi:

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MATO'rFULTON;TO MARRYSan JFrancisco. .Oct 4.-^-Announce.

ment --wasini»de'here''rthis -week 6f the

betrothatiii Maud- F*Jhbii,«wfco -Wiiote'

•^The Briji;'? to'; Frederick' A:- Green^' wood, of OSkland. Mr. Greenwood is

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any foreign language theatri." The bus-iness has become "*so lucrative that agroup of Yiddish bankersiare planningto ertct a new -Yiddish tHeatre on theEast Side, it became kno-*n early thisWeek" ITie approximate -

bouse win be $1,000,000 arcapacity wil] be about 2,4

make it- the largest Yidd

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"bankers interested in tbe.pl

cosb of thethe seatingwhich will

1) theatre in

nted by the"ect on two

separate sites, one -being.iribrand. and the other on Seton3t-Avenue -be?-'

S [tweeh "Houston- "and : Eighth streeti.

^WMun the nt^'diirry.' days:

the banker^.>>^decide;^*n;;'tfae site w|iffif they rail,

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FORGET THE PAST..

A number of Equity members whotook part in the recent- actors' Strikearc dissatisfied with -the attitude

adopted towards them.by some of themanagers. They say.that some of the

latter have 'shown an utter contemptfor the rulings made by the arbitra-

tion board, and that these same man-agers are succeeding in making life

unbearable for those actors againstwhom they still harbor prejudice.They cite .the case of Ed Wynn and.tell how word has. gone put amongmanagers that he; is' to be made the"goat" for his recent strike activities'!

AH of which, if true, bodes ill forsomebody. It will, ultimately, be suchmanagers who, by reason of their dis-criminatory methods, will cause a con-dition that will lead to Shot her strike,

a most undersirable thing for the the-atre at all times.-

Why not avoid it? The pettiness ofit all is so obvious that it

1shouldn't -be

a difficult matter, for both of the re-cently warring factions -to bury their

prejudices against each other and pur-sue the even-tenor of their ways. Whymust there be a plea for fairness atall? Are some of the managers sostupid that they fail to realize thatharboring grudges can lead to nothingbut trouble?Some of the actors themselves still

harbor a /eeling of rancor, againstsome of the managers. People mayargue that it is human .nature. Per-haps it is; bat it is a mighty poor wayof proving the broadmindedness thatshould be displayed in the. matter ofboth groups.

ANSWERS TO QUERIES

G. L—pora Claire appeared inBilly Watson's show two years ago.

• H; F. D.—Harry Seymour appearedin 1917 with the "Cabaret Girls."

J. N.—McGarry and Revere ap-peared last season with the "SomeBabies" show; '.

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E. D. W.—Beatrice Allen appearedtn,"Furs and Frills" last season.

H. Q. A.—George Broadhurst leasedthe South Chicago Opera House 'in

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LANDING THE LADIESTime—Present.Placer-Putnam Office Building.Characters—The Agents.Sam Lyons—Well, boys, I'm out to

capture that new dame I saw aroundhere. That's why I bought this cleancollar. .; - -

Joe Michaels—I think I stand apretty, gppd chance with her myself. Isent her a box. of cigars yesterday.George King—You guys think

pare fast. But I'm-tHe real speedboy. I'm going to send her a book ofpoems.

; That's what dames like."Gungha . Dhin." 'The Shooting ofDan McGrew'' sad stuff. -

Lew Busli—She'll be sad enoughwhen she looks at you. < .

Sam Lyons—^Did yon sec the wrist-watch she wore? Must be an heiressor something. That's why I'm inter-

_ ested. -..'••Al_ Leichter—She's rather hungry

looking—III give her a regular feed atthe Automat. .

Dave Green—I'm off dames. Nixon the ladies for .mine.Harvey Green—Ah, but you haven't

• seen this here one; them eyes, themlips; them face!

.Arthur Lyons—By rights, that dame

. is mine I saw her first. xSam Lyons—It's, a good thing shedidn't see-you, or she would havedied of" heart failure.

Arthur Lyons—A .fine brother youare to make a crack like this. If notfor me, you would be down and out.At that, you're down yet low down, ahard-boiled egg in a soft-boiled egg-shellPaul Allen—There, there, gentle-

men—cease rending the atmospherewith your vile vituperation.Chorus—How do you get this way?Harvey Green—That bird must have

inhaled the encyclopedia. A fine part-ner I ; got fie reads Shakespearewhile I do all the work. . sArthur Lyons—Talking about part-

nerships, you- ought to see how wefixed up our new office. I had a pencilsharpener installed.

(Enter Sara Bernstein). .

Bernstein—Say, how. about a gameof pinochle— I got a nickel to shoot.(While he holds the door open SHE ,

is seen passing down the halL At closerange she*, looks-

a'trifle stout and not

• half so Handsome. There is also evi-dent a wedding ring upon- her fingerand the, crowd observes this.)Sam < Ijyons—Well, she's : a punk

jane anyway. You fellows, can haveher. l\iChorui]—Keep her.yourself—I never

. cared forlher really.-! ,

OUR OWN DICTIONARYBaggage—Something never on hand

when wanted.Big—The way every act tells you it

went over, -v -

Bookings — Something everybodypromises you and few give..

Burlesque—Where most of themcome from.Broke—What most of them are,

most of the time.Big Mbney—What many hope for,

yet few get.- ".

Ballet- Dancer— Future dancingstar. ..:.'-•• a .

Ballet—A lot of 'em.

PUT THIS IN TOUR ACTShe—What js the best seller there

is today-?.

He—One that's been well stockedin advance. .-_'..P. S.—If this don't go over, you canhave your money back. -.

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Whemthe negro elevator man in the.

Jhnbert'Theatre heard it -was YomKippur be asked for the day off. . ._

Joe Brenan, Irish comedian, willopen the Keith time this week in anew single, written by James Madi-son..

Edward Garvey andGeorg ia Manatthave been engaged for the cast of

>CBettyr-Behave." the new Smith-Ric-senfeld musical comedy to be pro-duced by Stewart and Morrison.

Will Cnrtchfield. cousin to WillRogers, will do all of the letter'sstunts at the Capitol Theatre, havingbeen engaged by Ned Wayburn.

Gatti-Casazzo, director of the Metro-politan Opera Company, and Cleo-fonte Campanini. director of the Chi-cago Opera Company, arrived in NewYork after a visit to Italy, last week.

Foxie- George and Mabel Gerard,soubrettc and ingenue, arrived irt NewYork from the Pacific Coast lastThursday. They have joined the "SoLong Letty" Company.

Babe LaTonr was confined to herhome several.days last week with anattack of ptomaine poisoning. Shehad been playing the Empire, Brook-lyn, with the' Dave Marion show.

Frank-Gould will open on the West-ern Vaudeville Time in Minneapolis-Nov. 2. He is playing several weeksin towns in New York State in the.meantime.

Waiman and Berry opened a tourof the Interstate time last week atNorfolk, Virginia. Ray. Hodgdonbooked- them, getting a route of thir-ty weeks.

Guide Ciccolini, the Italian . tenorwith the Chicago Opera Companylast season and seen jn vaudeville' re-cently In New York, was marriee last

week to Gladys Sutphin. .

Charles Hampden arrived last weekfrom England 'on the Carmania,

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NeHson^forris, in private life. Mrs.Morley-Becl, "a playwright, arrived

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last, week on the Carmania, out ofLiverpool.

Lowell Sherman has been engagedby the Shuberts for a role in the"Mood of the Moon."- - •

Edward Garvey and Georgia. Manatthave been added to the east of theSmith-Ricscnfeld musical comedy,"Betty Behave."

J. Monte Crane has returned fromCanada and witl take a short rest be-fore opening in a new "rube" act-'.

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Gertrude La Brandt has beets en-gaged -by David Belasco for a -newproduction.

Joseph M. Shecran, business .man-ager of "The Wallace . ExpositionShows," and Elsie Getz, formerly in

vaudeville, were married last week. ,

Mr. and Mrs. Larriver are now play-

ing with the "Girls From the Follies"

show after sixty-one weeks in stock.

Mile. Ludenne Meyan. the . Frenchcomedienne, has been engaged for theZiegfeld "Midnight Frolic."

Baxtley Cashing is staging "BlindMan's Bluff."

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Dolly Connolly joined the "Green-wich Village Follies" last week.

- Tom Powers has been engaged byFlo Ziegfeld for "Caesar's Wife,* --'

Wellington Cross, Carl Randall, Ma-bel Withcc, John T. Murray. Mar-guerite Farrell, Oakland Sisters, OlgaCook. Sam Ash, Guiran and Marguer-ite, Duffy and Sweeney, the ArcoBrothers and Reno appeared at theWinter Garden concert Sunday even-ing.

Helen Falconer and Gene Buck'were married last week after announc-ing the event last Spring in Boston.The' ceremony was performed byFather McGcan at St James Rectoryon Thursday morning.

Ann Hamilton made her Broadwaydebut in "The Five Million" on Mon-day night, playing the leading role inthe piece. She was engaged for thecharacter while playing with a stockcompany in Providence, R I.

Lawrence Fein has returned afterentertaining the boys overseas andwill- soon open in a new vaudeville actwritten by. Leila Brett.

Bobby Newman his been appointedpress-agent by Edward Macuregor.He had acted as assistant to Al Stress-

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- Simone Matnia has been engaged asassociate conductor-and conjee rt mas-ter with Pryor's Band at the CapitolTheatre. '» i «

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Robert Armstrong, nephew of PaulArmstrong, has signed to appear in"Boys Will Be Boy*," which opens atthe Belmont Oct IS

Frances Anderson, formerly of the14th Street Stock Company,' will playthe lead in "Dear Brutus" when the.road company goes tout.

Bessie Dainty, aftbek leading lady,dropped into New' York for a fewdays last week on a vacation'and sightseeing tour.- L.

Charles CallahaJ is producingvaudeville acts in conjunction withhis appearance iu JWhe Royal Vaga-bond" . .. _j rThe Rosalies and Sam idd Mary

Kline sail iiovcmbi- 26 for, London,where they. will ooln Christmas in anew production. -' t

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The Louisiana Fiye, jazz hand, hasbeen engaged by John Cort for a newproduction ; to open in New York <

about the first of November. .

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Helen Westley will leave the castof "John Ferguson", to appear in "TheFaithful." i

Wells, Virginia arid West have been'booked to play-the eastern Keith time

- Charles 'Hunter . is the featuredmember of a new act called "The Aceof Hearts.'*

Maude Allen opened in a newvaudeville act at Nashville, Tcnn , lastweek. t

Nate Leiprig has|becn engaged byManaging Director -Bowes to enter-'tain at the Capitol Theatre.

Elesnom De Cisneros was given adischarge in bankruptcy by JudgeHough last week. •

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Barle Benham has been added tothe cast of the "MaRjc Melottj." .

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Marie Daw- has been booked for a .

tour of 'thej Pantagas and Loew time.

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"„':""- "PALACEThe Marine Brothers, with Bobby,

the latter being a dog, pulled a lot oflaughs and applause with their offer-

ing in the opening position. The men,two in number, went through a rou-tine of strong-man stunts which wereimitated by the dog, who also aidedin a few stunts where a third parry

i b required.

Charles Klass and Jose Terminemade the mistake of staying on toolong and not leaving when they hadscored a" decided hit'. The twooffered bits of musical selections, both-

classical and popular. One violin solo

was pragrammed to be "Mighty Laic aRose," but, if it was in their reper-

tory, the number must have been en-tirely revised, not only in tune, butin meter, for we heard nothing that

resembled the Southern lullaby. Ter-mine played the violin capably: and afreak guitar well, but made a bad

mistake in showing the latter instru-

ment in one of their bows.. The other

accompanied on the piano in the open-

ing part of the turn and also played

the accordeon.

t Valerie Bcrgere, with a -companythat rendered excellent assistance,

offered' a comedy-drama that -was newto the Palace under the title; of "TheMoth."

Tony Hunting and Corrinnc Fran-

cis were given a big hand on their

entrance. The pair pleased with their

"Flower-Shop" skit, and the. singing

of Miss. Francis and the clog-dancing

of Hunting were accorded .much, ap-plause. Hunting' should dp.- another

dance in the offering, for hejpossessesaWHty. w

Despite the fact that Bee Palmerand her six.kings of syncopation tookquite a few bows in dosing position

on the intermission, the pefformaHcethey gave seemed to lack a good 'deal,

after the tremendous success scored

last week. One of the reasons is the

fact that Bee has added only! one num-. ber that is new, and the restof the act

remains just as it- was offered last

week. The least Miss Paltaer could

do, or the. one who is coaching the

act could have her do, -would be to

offer some new selections for the sec-

ond week at this house. Her shoul-

der contortion also lost .control andslipped below the shoulders in quite

a few shakes. The boys jazzed ex-

cellently, but, for then- second week,

shoud have something different- •

Williams and Wolfus, with their

"Hark. Hark" skit and "Spotll-lght"

stopped the show. But, despite the

fact that Williams kept the crowdlaughing all the time he was_ on, we

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can't forgive him for telling _thewrong score in his announcementabout the ball game, for he said that

the Sox were ahead by 3 to 1 in the

fifth.;

Irene Bordont and Lieut. -Gitz-Rice

have changed their routine by open-

ing with the French Chantuese bit,

formerly in -the middle of the- act Rice

offered a number of new selections at

the piano and Miss Bordoni.delivered

her numbers in . her own excellent

manner.

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mFallon and Brown were a bit han-

dicapped at their opening by their po-

sition, but worked up in the latter part

of the offer to a big hand. Fallons

imitation of Bert Fitzgibbons did not

go as well as usuaL Perhaps Bert's

popularity is dying, for Fallon's imi-

tation is excellent Russ Brown is at.

dandy straight and gave a very goodaccount of himself with his singing.

W. Horiick and Sarampa Sisters de-

served much' better treatment than

they received from-a great many of

the ignorant patrons who always walkout on a closing-act For this dancing

act is one of exceptional merit and

those who stayed tosee the trio rec-' ognixed it as such with, a very large

amount of applause, G. J. H.

VAUDEVILLE REVIEWSCOLONIAL.

"Lea Rodrigues," two men; in abalancing act, opened the show, re-placing Swan and Swaa, programmedto open. These two men are hardworkers and their act deserves a bet-ter reception than it got on Mondayafternoon.' *> > .

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"Four of Us," a. quartette act thatis for some reason or -other strongly

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reminiscent of such acts as "The Co-lumbia City Four,™ etc., was second.The men in this act are all good sing-ers and their voices blend welL Theirnumbers are of the- -popular varietyand follow the usual tarn of such acts.Several of their specialty numbers aresimilar to the above mentioned acts;Carlos Sebas'tain, assisted by Olga

Myra and Arthur Anderson, presentedan entertaining scenic dancing actThe i numbers; have been well' ar-ranged, and are- capably executed. Thescenic, and music setting are appropri-ate.. "

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Dickinson and Deagon replacedJack Rose, billed to follow. Every-body knows these clever people andtheir act, and it was. received, withthe same amount Of laughter and ap-plause that has always greeted it.

Several new' bits have been added tothe act's advantage, and these wereall nicely pot oyer. They had to takean encore. Dickinson is a very per-sonable juvenile, and Miss Deagon hasthe art of {isping down to a. science.

It's a pleasure to listen to her. -

The surprise of the show, despitethe position, was "The Creole Fash-ion" Plate," billed as "A Delineatorof Songs and Fashions." Most peoplein -the, audience were in rapt attention

listening to the singing of the FashionPlate, and roundly' applauded his first

two numbers. 'When, in the midst of

the third, he suddenly stopped, tooko bis wig and announced .in his nat-

ural voice that Iwas all for the after-

noon,!the audience gasped. '..

Chanking into a Tuxedo, he sang anumber in his own voice, at the con-clusion' of which he was. forced to

take an encore. In less than a. min-ute; he! then changed back into femi-

nine attire, and offered another num-ber in falsetto. This boy needs only

time to make htm the most famous fe-

male impersonator in the country.Following intermission, and the

Topics) of the; Day, which containedthe usual amount of laughs, cameKellam and O'Dare, in a pot-pouri of

song, comedy and dance. - Kellam is along, lean, lanky nut comedian, whoseantics are the more laughable becauseof his size. Alongside of Miss O'Dare,he looks like her father, and she like

a little girl. Their good natured tom-foolery kept the audience amused andthey scored a big hit The last bit of

business, "The- Messopotamia Wig-gle," earned them an encore, for

which Kellam offered a comedyspeech ' of thanks. • ••

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. "Kitty Doner and a company of six

offered a dancing act that is a classic

of speed. She.makes an excellent boy,

and her dancing would deceive even acritic, did "be not know who she was^Her company, consisting of Rose Do-ner and Bobby Dale, three Arabs anda cornetist, rendered her excellent,

capable assistance. -

Phil Baker, assisted by ."Jojo,

scored a good sized bit Baker has

the knack of knowing how to get

away with, it, and take it from us, hecertainly does: The act was well re-

ceived and he was forced to take an

encore.Davis and Pelle offered "An Equt-

brilistic Marathon," a strong man actthat had them Jo. till, the last Theseboys have the muscle, the tricks, and

the speed necessary to make, good,

and they do. They scored spWrymthe closing spot - & K.

ROYALHerman and Shirley, presenting

"The Mysterious Masqnerader," anovel acrobatic dancing torn, openedthe show. This' act stands out fromthe usual routine of dancing acts in-that it contains a plot

Joseph. Mr Norcross, billed as "theoldest living minstrel in active- ser-vice," assisted by bis wife, NcHte I.

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Norcross, were next, offering- a'Song Glimpse of Yesterday:* Thisact scored from the very start, not somuch on account of 'the sinking ordanring of the duo as for the senti-ment -connected with an act of thiskind. Both were very nervous, but.delivered tfaeir material in a way thatwon the hearts and applause of theaudience.The Quixey Four, in a series of pop-

ular songs, found'no difficulty in keep-. ing up the applause started by thefirst two acts. The four young menwere full of pep and jazz, all possess-ing.pleasing voices and equally pleas-ing, personalities. Their program is :

well balanced, containing several so-los and winding up with some rag se-lections on banjos. The boys made adecided hit and were called back foran encore.* Harriet Rempel and Company, clos-.

- ing the first half of the program, pre- '

sented '""Tarrytown," which lived up;to its billing as a playlet of romance.The playlet as a -whole --was excel-lently staged, written and acted, with I

fitting settings. The plot is woven,about a now successful man of theworld, who happens, .by chance, uponthe scenes of his childhood. He findsthe selfsame village and the;selfsamehomestead, and, looking back uponthe life he left thirty years before, herealizes ' that with -all the wealth . hehas accumulated in the past years,there hv still a great .vacancy in hislife. Upon finding .the girl he left be-hind the great vacancy is filled. The

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audience expressed their approval bycontinuous' applause until a half-dozen

—or more curtain hows had been madeby the entire company.Following the intermission. Dorothy

Brenner, a pretty miss, appeared m asingle and offered a song cycle, whichas the program' stated, > had beenespecially prepared "for her. "by_Her-bert Moore. The young lady scoredheavily. She makes several changes-of costume to t her songs and finally

winds up her offering with a' clever

. "Idd1' song and monologue. _.

Homer Dickinson' and Grace' Dea-gon, offering .a paprika of chat t?r,

song and dance, stopped the show in"

next -to closing place This offering',

has a laugh in every line, and everylaugh is a hearty one. Both provedthemselves to be Iau gh-makers j ofmarked ability. - , - liH

"Chicken Chow Mein," presented'byHerman Timberg, with Jay Gould and

» Flo Lewis in the "leading roles,' is aminiature musical comedy, well stagedand acted throughout Unlike most

'of. tire musical acts in' vaudeville this

one contains a plot, or, rather, has all

the plot that is necessary, to hold amusical act together and to ~ keepplenty, of action going.'" There is abevy of girls, good to look -upon, andthey can dance and sing in a mannerthat wins the approval of the audi-

ence In addition to this there are ahalf,score of- changes of -costume- andseveral settings that will stamp- this

act' as "a- hit "anywhere -on any time.

The work of the principals i& all that,

could be asked for, especially that o£' Flo Lewis, who has the genuine abfl-

ity of a. legitimate-,comedienne andwho scored an instantaneous hit--; Theact contains a well worked out musi-

cal setting, and a wealth of humorousmoments, ,..*".•' ""H "';l E.-.H,

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RIVERSIDE rThere are only two acts that do not

offer either singing or dancing, and ata result of the numerous terpsiehor-ean and vocal numbers, the show thisweek starts to drag toward the finish.

A change has been made m the run-ning order of the bill, Charles' Kingand Company, slated for spot numberfour, -exchanging places with Imhof,Conn and Coreeae, scheduled lor thesixth position.

Jan. styled the Jazz King, a trainedbear, ted off with a few well executedstunts. Although the offering is notspectacular, the animal H well trainedand he does bis feats in a manner thatis entertaining. At the finish, thebear shimmr ied

. Helene "Smile" Davis, who ap-peared overseas, offered a song anddance act consisting -largely erf im-personations of chorus girls of vari-ous-periods- ' Drabed in numerousbeautiful costumes, an. expensive out-lay, she registered well. .±

J |Tim ' and . Kitty Meant, . assisted at.

the piano by Freddie Clinton, who rn-

. traduces all; the numbers in song, butreceives no mention in the billing.

offered a nicely staged and well exe-cuted -dance 'act - The tough danceproved to be. the outstanding featureof'the turn and the audience showedits approval. Closing with a bit thatconsisted.'of whirls and. steps of thesort that dazzle the eye, although notunfamiliar, they, walked off the boardswith a hit of plentiful proportions-stored away. ':-

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Joe Laurie has a.clever fine of chat-ter which he handles in his own orig-inal manner and. in addition, includesa song, medley. ' Laurie gives the im-pression before singing that he is theauthor of the song snatches'he singsand, at the finish, gets a laugh by an-nouncing that these" are the. songswhich he never wrote Before long,Laurie will probably find out that heis not a capable singer and then hewill dispense with the selection. Hegets laughs' with .the

:talk; but the

offering does not compare favorablywith the Laurle-Bronson turn.

- Imhof,. Conn and Coreene have arube act entitled "In a Pest House,"and did not fin •' the last position onthe mtitial section of the programmea difficult one. All of the players han-dle, their ends' of. die work efficiently,

but. there is much of the act that is

slow and a. handicap. -

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- Bill Bailey and -Lynn Cowan fol-

lowed "Topics of the Dayv" the Lit-

erary Digest's revue of current events,and completely stopped: the show witha „' singing and musical act Baileyplays- the banjo in. expert style andCowan sings several of his.own com-positions, as well as some by othercomposers.' A young lady assists,

playing the saxophone, which is also"used by Cowan in some of the selec-

tions. The" latter puts a Considerableamount of energy into his work andis ihainlyj. responsible for the successof the act, although Bailey does morethan merely help.

Charles King and Company have anoffering that almost baffles descrip-

tion. The settings of the act createan atmosphere -that is impressive, andthe drops and.hangings, together withthe lighting effect t,- are brilliant andsoothing to. the eye. ' There is. no lu-

rid glare so, evident in the settings

used by many, tur.is, and the spec-

tacle furnished by the-.'offering is sat-

isfying. Unfortunately., the orchestrafelt overambitious while the. act wason and, at times, it was difficult for

. the girls and King to sing above thedin.- ...... -"--' .- - -

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Irving Berlin found a hearty wel-

come awaiting him and scored wellwith a repertoire of Ids new., and old

published, numbers. ~r

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The RamsdfclU and Deyo closed the

show with lanorher .dancing act that

Started somewhat slowly bnf picked

up as it went along. . '.'»#£*

HOMER MILES AND CO.. Theatre—Grccnpoint. S V-. Style—Moral Playlet.

Time—Thirty minutes.Setting—Eull stage, special. . - -

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Playlets with a moral are, as a1 rale, very drab. affairs, with no re*

..-. deeming features. When the excep-\~. tion to the rule comes along, it is

boand to prove not only interesting,;

but also entertaining. This is oneof those- rare exceptions, for not

• only is this playlet interesting, butit has real comedy lines, each, of

: which is a sure fire laugh.'•.'•;".. The act has to do with a man and

wife of the "upper setT The wife,-. daughter of a "highly cultured" fam-

ily, is disgusted with her husband,one of the lower class who hasworked himself op. To her he Isjust a roughneck, uneducated and,

- : unrefined. She prefers the attentivesociety parasite type to the "rough-shod manly kind her husband rcprc-

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seats; and tells him so.' Enter the villain, in the shape of areporter on a so-called society jour-

'.. naT, which however is nothing shortof a blackmail sheet. He attemptsto blackmail the wife : by threaten-ing to disclose a secret of her past.

.] She refuses to be mulcted and issaying so when in comes the hus-

jband, who has known .the story for

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sixteen years. He makes shortwort _ of the reporter, and, to hissurprise, his wife asks .to be 'for-

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;: While the playlet is old in theme,-. its treatment is such as to give it a

new value and the dialogue, which is

.'.wittr,iWith just the- right touch ofpathos to teach its lesson, is verycleverry written. S. K.

'.",-*"'.£-; -rXUBOVSKA.'

Theatre—Flatbush.Style—Classic dancing.Time—Twenry-flTe minutes.Setting—Four-Special.

* First a few Words about Lubovska-V herself. She is a tall, well built

t woman, with a mass of dark hairover a rather pallid face. Slender

'„ as a reed, she is also as graceful.The curtain rises and discloses a

plush ':' drop, ' parted in the Cen-. tcr, showing < a mountain scene.

Stretched out on a bench as thoughasleep is.. Lubovska, as an Aztecprincess. A woman, gowned as an'attendant, enters and, after she haswarbled a few notes, Lubovskarises and .does; an Aztec number.

..'While: she is. making a' change of. costumes, a Juanist rendered a well-.

played solo. fTh is was followed byan Egyptian" ' dance, with all thequaint oriental grace and sinuous-nessof ancient Egypt. Again, whileshe is effecting a change of costume,a woman of the' Tettraztnfcuild andevidently with ambitions to becamea Tettrazmi, warbled a few notes inFrench. Lubovska then offered a

, number of the gypsy type.- Lubovska is a clever and graceful.,

dancer and holds interest every min-ute she is on the stage. We mightsuggest the elimination of thesinger, and the introduction of an-other piano solo instead? As it is,

the singer adds nothing to the act,

but rather detracts from its value. •

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S.K. •

EMIL AND WILLIETheatre—Jersey' City.Stole—Aerial Novelty.Time—Twelve minutes. .

Setting—Full Stage (special).

Using a purple curtain for a back-erou nd, two men have worked up aroutine of sensational acrobaticstunts on a novel apparatus consist*ing of two wide rings, held in mid-air, and each ring being; the heightof a man fa diameter.: tin, or on the ma of these rings,the men revolve, offer some thrill-

fug equilibrist stunts and gothrough various unusual acrobaticfeats. . :&.J.M..i'

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONSTheatre—Harlem Opera House.Style—Up to date minstrelsy.Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—Special, full stage..The opening of "The League ofNations" would lead one to believethat the offering is of a more 'or lessserious nature, but it later developsinto nothing more>lhan a modernminstrel act- Therefore, the open-ing bit is a surprise. '-"•: ••'.''

r- Miss Liberty presides at the sit-,ting of a miniature League of Na-tions. Her. black-face attendantushers in the members-one by-one—a soldier from England, one fromFrance, one from . Italy, and anIrish-American doughboy. Each re-cites some appropriate lines, inverse." upon his entrance, and re-ceives a welcome from Miss Lib*

. crty. - Then the. offering turns to- comedy when •«-negro, who claims.to be a representative from Montie-.negro, is admitted.

• -Fr°m this point, the acts runsalong minstrel lines, the girl as theinterlocutor, the negroes as the end-men and the. four soldiers as the re-mainder of the circle. The soldiershave good voices and sing well, bothas soloists and in quartette. Thecomedians try their best to be funnybut can't' succeed with the sparsematerial that is thcir's. The girl, asthe interlocutor, is only fair. The

'act succeeds musically, and failsfrom_ a standpoint of comedy.Shifting the routine around so thatthe Frenchman would sing his song

- later in the act would work an im-provement, as he is undoubtedly themost "peppery" of the' lot.

At best, though, the act -is not abig timer. '„ .H. J. G.

DE ONSONNB AND BAKERTheatre—Proctor's 23rd StreetStyle—Piano and Singing.Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—In one. ..

Nellie De Onsonne and EdythcBaker are two girls who seemSlated for the big time. For notonly do they possess the ability,

personality and wardrobe neces-sary for a big time" act, but alsothey have material which wasespecially written, for the act byMiss Baker. . ,-. ; ; ...;

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Miss Baker handles, the piano endof the act in a classy way.. ''.

As to Miss De Onsonne, when, it

comes to delivering a song; of the"blues" type, she - can . easily rankwith the best of that kind. Nordoes her delivery ever impress thelistener as being vulgar, or cheap, asis the case with so many "coon-shontersV"De Onsonne and Baker arc a fe-

male team of high calibre.

G. J. H.

CANS1NO BROTHERS * CO.Theatre—Harlem Opera House.Style—Dancing.Time—Twelve minutes. .

Setting—Full stage, special.The Cansino Brothers and Flor-

ence have a fancy dance routine inwhich castanets and tambourinesplay a conspicuous part They openwith a trio dance of the Latinschool, after which Florence exitsand the brothers dance a "guerilla"rpeciatty. The girl then does a solocastinet dance, followed by a tam-bourine number danced' by the men.A trio castinet dance concludes theroutine' The dancing was handicapped,when reviewed, by the poor tempoOf the orchestra. The act presents

* a pretty picture, and the girl's ward*robe is tasty and colorfat : H. J. G.

MLLE. RHEA AND CO.

Theatre—Fifth Avenue.Style—Dancing, with songs.Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—Special.

.Mile. Rhea has a dance offeringin which she. is assisted by a shalesinger and violinist. The turn is

nicely. • staged - and the . principaldances, well in several attractivegowns, ...

The fellow- who sings has a' voicewhich carries well, and the violinisthandles his bow in acceptable fash-ion. The act is well arranged and,apparently, ready for. a. swing in ,thetwo-a-day theatres. The danetattisgood and the steps displayed bjfthe

-principal gracefully executed. li*The opening selection was a yftcal

S number ftcm "Aida^TI after vQjchcame an Egyptian-dance by MUe.Rhea..: There was a. violin solo slierthat and then a toe dance. A popu-lar ballad 'was sung. 'Another dancebit followed, after which the violin-ist and singer offered a duet,. ren-dering a published selection. Therewas another dance by the principal,then a Valentine number, and thenanother song and > closing 'dance >

which posscsed a punch. -I;S..

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Theatre—K ci t h' s Jersey) City. '.

\Style—Singing and Tafkiftg. < -. .

Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—In one.

.. Art Smith has a angle song and

-' talk act which he offers in a mannerthat should find him plenty of work.He has good material, ; a likeablepersonality and all-round good actThe 'manner in which he handlesthe material enables him to scoresolidly.

Smith appears and announces thathe is "Smith's Manager," explainingthat this protege has been delayed.He then comes on again and goesinto his - talk. He i delivers' some .

patter and a few songs in fine style.• . At this theatre. Smith occupiedan early spot but scored strongly.In a.' lower position, he would havefound the going even' easier.IS.

THREE KIRKEXLOS .

Theatre—Keith's Jersey City.Style—Acrobatic. .

ThlH .Ten minutes. .'

Setting—in four '. i'.~

VThe Three Kirkeflos, two men,and a woman, have an acrobatic actwhich possesses little out of the or-dinary, but should find work never-theless, for. the different stunts arewell . executed. The .

offering is

somewhat crude as yet, and the trio

. should acquire new - and uniformcostumes, for the turn is not par-ticularly pleasing to the eye in its

' present,form, I. S.

GERTRUDE GEORGE AND CO.Theatre—Hamilton.Style—Singing and Piano.Time—Fourteen minutes.Sotting—-Special, in two.

Gertrude George and company'. offered a song cycle which was wellreferred. Miss George is a titian-

baired miss with lots of personality,and a fair voice. I She opened withan introductory cumber and thenrendered a new "Maryland" song. Apiano solo by the "company" wasWeil rendered, after which MissGeorge ml nii

*4> m TDndcr mm**- berand then dosed with a girt song.When reviewed, Mis j George took swell earned encore. L. D. S. .

EDDIE HERON AND CO.Theatre—Fifth Avenue. .

Style—Sketch.Time—Sixteen minutes.Setting—Full Stage. \ j£

Two women and a man present acomedy playlet of hopelessly smalltime calibre. Not pnly art the lines .

of the sketch in njeed of a great deal:j

of improvement} but the acting. of'.the trio leaves * ;great dial to Mstidesired. ijj ••

-J]A traveling ! salesman arriveshome after an 'absence 'of three

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weeks to. find that his ' wife, towhom he was married six weeks be-fore, has changed in her actions -,

toward him. After bearing a lec-turer, she has decided llat to showher husband any affection is makinga slave of herself. In the midst oxhubby's confusion at his reception, a

.; middle-aged woman enters and an-nounces -herself as a doctor repre-senting The Woman's SubstituteLeague. She'tclls the husband thatif be makes love to her his wife wiObecome jealous and will be the nor-mal woman that he married. Hodoes so and the result is as the fe- .

male doctor said it would be.Wine changes her mind and herplain clothes, dons her laces and rib-

bons and all ends happily. G. J. H.

:MARCONI BROTHERSTheatre—Harlem Opera House.Srj9o—Accordeon playing.Time—Feu rteen ftrhnites. - .

Setting—In one- V. These brothers are two in blber, both: playing the accordeOSfc.They opened wish a . march selec-tion, following which they went intosome patter. They then offered a i

number of gags between each nussi-'

cal number, some of which werej

poor, hot. the "majority* of which' - brought a good many laughs.

The playing, for the most part, 3consisted of popular published nuns- ',

bers. A great 'many musical acts ij

make the mistake of playing class*- I

cal selections to -excess, while thisj

pair go to the other extreme by not

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including one classical number in

their routine. One high class selec-"

tion woud aid the act G.J.R .. h

DALE AND BURCHTheatre—Fifth Avenue.Style—Talking aad* Singing.Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—To one (special).

Using a drop in one 'showing the .

interior of a riding school. Dale and |Bureh are putting over a clever line -

of talk. Miss Bufcb is a tall, good-looking blonde and Dale takes therole of the owner of the academy. '

an old Colonel who is old . in years |only. » ..

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The opening .patter leads to ssong about "Camouflage" by Dale. '

The remainder of the turn, with the"

exception of the closing song, con-sists of talk. The offering has agreat many clever gags and whenreviewed kept the laughs coming all "j

the time the pair were on the stage. ' :

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BERNARD AND MERRITTTheatre—Proctor's 123th St '-.-="

8tyle—Instrumental and Singing, :*

Time.—Fourteen minutes. 1$Setting—In one. .&&

J These two girls have a pleasing |instrnmenal offering that should get 9them plenty of work- They openusing an accord eon. They started I

with a medley of popular numbers;

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following which the blonde hairedone of the pair rendered a vocal -|

nnmber in good voice. The othergirl then offered some saxophoneplaying; and they closed with a sax- ;

ophone and accordeon dnetThe girls play well and have a g

good vanety of numbers. labetter clajs bemses they rnould i

with a good reception. G. J. H,

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In Sacred Memoriam of Beloved

Bertha Bernard andJack Saydell

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-TRY THIS ONE OYERWhen "You're Lonely, So L/Onely Just^ Drifting

CHORUSBy HARRY D; SERR &

C. ARTHUR FIFER

Wbenjmrtt tooe-ly.ao tone-Iy.joat iHft • iag, Drift-fag a - long wifiithe tide, _Wbenycar

friends all prove m -tnie,ud eT-Vy-thingibloe, it aeems to yon, When the

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A POSITIVE HITThe lyric (by the writerof ME-OW) touches theheart, while the melodytickleA die toes. It will

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Witt—Helen Moretta—Tnrteatan—Maro ftIrwin. (Last Half)—Barto Sisters—Merlin—Jack ft Tommy Weir.

BAunraakm mixCarle ft Hasans fjsssji Won Garden—

'The Owl"—Anthony ft Ross—Beata ft^Blome.

HOBOKEN, N. J.(First Haiti—Mildred Rogers—Carson ft

wmiaid. (Last Half)—Mile. Busses Dogs—Burns at Garry—Betty Kidred & Co.BOSTON. MASS.

(First Half)—Kimball ft Kenneth—Bar-ron ft Gremmer—"Salvation Molly"—Sen-ator

1F. Murphy—Bell ft Caron. (Last

Half)— The Ferrarao—Brown ft Evans

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Taylor ft Francis—Fisher ft Gllmore—Wm.Slsto—Dn Cane ft Co.

. . FALL RIVER, MA 8 S.(First Half)—The Ferraros—Brown ft

Evans-^-Flsher A Gllmore—Wm. Slsto—Du-cane ft Co. (Last Half)—Kimball & Ken-neth—Delbridge & Uriimmer—"SalvationMoll}"—Barron ft Burt—Ball ft Caran.

BAlOLTOn", CANADACornelia ft. Adele—Peggy Brooks—Millov-

Keougn. Co.—Lyone ft xosea—The TomUns.MONTREAL CANADA

Harris & Holloway—Emmett & Moore

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Wnlmaley ft Keating—Will J. Evans—"Oh.Mika,"

' mW BOCHELLF, K. Y.(First Half)—2 Taqulna—Steve Freda

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La Hoan ft. fapnacvv (Last Half)—Rua-selt ft Dfr Witt—Haunt Onlwey ft. Co.—Barnes A Freeman.

PROVIDENCE. B. L(First Half )—Harry Lamed—D* Lleht

. Sisters—Taylor • ft Francis—"Bttainesa is

Business"—Harry Antrim—BoudlnL ft Ber-nard. (Last Half)—Thclma Da Bama—Gordon ft Delroax—Zuhn ft Dress—Leroy,Lyttsn ft Cm—Sen. F. Murphy—MinnieBurke ft Jars Band.

PATBBHOnT. IV. J.(First Half)—Barto Sisters—Burns ft

Garry. (Last Half)—Pleas ft Rector—Dor-etuy Roje—Lane ft Plant.

sVtsaarfasrtsssssK MASS.(First Half)—Thelma De Roma—Gordon

ft Delater—Leroy. Lytton ft Co.—Zuhn ftDrele—Minnie Bnrke ft Jass Band. (LastHalf)—Harry Larned—De Light Sisters—^Business- ia Businesa"—Harry Aatrisx—Bntidini ft Rarnard.

TORONTO, CANADAKeene ft Fox—Loney Nrase—Cook ft Oat-

man—Bert Walton—Odlvea ft Seals.P1TTHF1KLD, MASS.

(Last Half)—Garnell ft Mack— MarieRussell A Co.—Bonn A Klssen—La Petit*Jennie ft Co.

*V WirKrm—Harry Cooper—"Prosperity**-•flarry Owen Co.—Scottish Romance—Lari-mer Carbrey—Paul Decker—Alt Farrell.

Ifaaftees—"League of Nations"—ltubla* ftPartner—Evans ft Wilson—AU Farrell Co.—Arco Bros.—Levoloa—Rett—Bert IlbwnnlCo.—Lorner Ulrls—Sis. Miller A Mack—Expos. -I—Burton.1st Street— Lillian Fltsgerald—The Ger-

aUla-Shirley Sis.—Rasym Lynn ft Co.—Jane Cogrthopact,.—Tee. Eyck ft Wiley,a^- v"JH!?L. ,^Q,f5^ ow "— Ballissl* K

J5'r"1i;h,*.I.n*' * Burke—Hilda Siioiig—S!**m £*"&*"£ *"»«« A Goelot-MiNeUft Jprtaa HaBee ft FuUer-^Julun ftC"«S,r~LJ.t 5" V**»n Co.—Grace Lalttt*—avian. A Swan.

MtUK, W. T.

PROCTOR'S CIRCUIT(Week af Oct. 6)HEW YORK CITY

5th Ave.—Hallen ft Fuller—Cunninghamft Benn—Jas. B. Carson—Lolahtons—John.F. Conroy—Miller ft Mack—Roy Hurrah ftCo.—Prlchard ft Pomber—Punchinello—Kolland A Ray—Rlccsrds—Homer Miles—Kenney ft Rooney—Cbas. Irwin.

. UssL Btrciat I Ullan Dirkln— Llnd—AlerWhite ft Co.—Esther Trio—Holmes ftWells—Lucky & Harris—Linton & Lawr-ence—May J. MelsUle—MuUeav ft Francis—Rlolto Co.—Dane ha OILHarlewi Opera House—Brewster—Jove-

dah A Co.—Ponghkeepsie—Mike S. Wallon—Fern ft Debis—Swsn A Swan—Dave Har-ris—Csatwell ft Walker—Gray ft Old Rose—Chas. Scoaeld.USth Street—Flying Coville—Quinn ft

Caver 1v—Rla (t» ft Cov—DeOnaonae ft. I!a-

Xer—KeiHKdr* Rooney—rnncla McNulty—Clark A Verdi—J. A W. Honnlngs.88th Street—May J. MelvUle-^"Miss

Veaua" fcsensBf CHrla—stafle Mains ft Boys—Yates ft Reed—Dixon ft GoWay—Evans

riaipait : Jeaters—Hudlnon—Letolos—a'T^J?1^ Co;—«««• * Ernh—LaTeUS Volkaa—OMnlagham ft Bennett Co.—Buth Hoye—EasSSatf-Dan Mc«rew;_ Malsey—Sam Lee—Duncan A Caster—Lanibert Watson—Scott ft Christie—Parke*Trio— Breen Family—Fredericks, Doll *}iS **"rLJ^OI,* * Clayton—Cbas. DluuleMlllanl ft Doyle—Davis ft Rich—7 Imp.Venetians. "^

• • ALLB.tTOWN, FA.Pfcjno A Keltows—Raymond Wiley—Ploj

Henry ft Co.—Noodloa Fagan—Brown Mui.Kev.—Geo. Bnch—I Buttercups—Murray ftVoelks—"Beauty Vender." .

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Wills ft H. Brown.

_ ALBAN Y, B. T.Rasso A Co.—Green ft LaFel—Flake A

Lloyd—Taylor ft Grntton—Foe Brownlaar—Marian's Deo—H. Dyer Co.—Clinton £Rooney—Chinese Jaas 3—Powers ft WslUace—3 RoseUaa—PorklnoS A 'Rose Bailee.

ALTOONA. PA.Leater Raymond—lilll Dooley—Samuel ft

Llnhard—Henry ft Moore—"Fixing theFurnace"—4 Avolos—Manning Feeley ftKanU Oreest. Miller ft Green—Clara How*art—Ai»s spars s. ,

BlISOHASTOS, N. V.The Rubens—"Overseas 4"—Mona Gray

ft ale—Irving ft White—Princess Nal To*Tal—1 Beattlcr.

AN ELABORATE POSING PRODUCTION

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THE SEASON'S BIG NOVELTY

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TECHOW^S CATSIN VAUDEVILLE

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MARION HASSHOW THAT?' WILLVG&TTHE BIGiMONEY

- D«va.Mirlnn h»» bit tha. bull's-eye acnlnId SelfCtla* bis big success of a few yearsago, Stjrgelautl," tot bis offering to bur-J»ei'iue fniinou t lie* -Ci>l umbra Circuit this£easoa."-He baa staffed the shew practically -

the sum as- It was-lief ore, tmt with a few

rnore sc^oes, songs and numbers, and witha belter- cast. His" Select loir baa proven a"goott one, »» the bnstaetsa he baa been dolusthe- last few weeks proves his Judgmentgodd. We nbovk- bn» been playing to record

" boslnMK. ta«t Friday, which is considered" "•-ttayffor the matinee at the Kmpire,

Be was completely sold out.

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£ doing Ida "Snuffy" character,t» "m*de him tbe idol of burlesque

iWPWHil" '. - '-. '.-VEljr tt.TVard is working opposite Marion

.tn<^ercomedy . Be Is a clever comedian oftheJOS? *ekqol, and. bis style of work wasthordng&ly enjoyed last Friday.

! Babe La Tour, the whirlwind BSubrette,vrho has been away from burlesque forseveral years, is the same Babe who was so•popuUr-BCfew J lll.ljl asx except that shei« »:ilttlejifre nnlsaed in fc*e work. Whilestill -full'of vim and bubblinfc" over' with.animation.; sue has toned down; a bit on hert"B«r ;*b]e she put ner!n«mbers over•wit-v '*«*<«*. speed and fori encores. Bercrttatnn ore beautiful. She has lost alittle weight since we last savf her, whichlas improved her looks. ' >1

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ilii«bli. the Juvenile, did' Steely In the_ , teesMTbd- *its, aii<r was a decided successwith; hii;a*iinber«. i

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. 5p*« -4« ^Verdler was in very good voicesad TeiderSd" her climbers with ease andntlf -Hefccostumes ore prettier thun ever,

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•*,. HUDSON

ieely in a numberIB 'way of wnrkinsting some ot j the

gallery hissedAs tbe vllllan.

Agnes Behler fits lbof scenes, and aer pie*

- belas materially in; ascenes over. t .- 'JJjj

_ j Tom DuUy li doloilo' beary straight,lectloir baa proven ar -which Is out of tbe ordlhury for u buriesuue-

show. He did so tv*4£ Hn tbe part thatseveral ' of the' boys ' Id 'fh'ehim in one of the scenes.he played the part true .to life.

Joe Argus; is doing* -straight, and- behandled himself very well in the part. Un-der Marion's tuition this season be shoulddevelop Into a corking good straight man.Ed Gerard, of the old time team of Con-

nelly and Gerard, Is doing several characterbits, and he gets around like a young fel-low. He also does a singing and danSngspecialty that went over big. Gerard canstUl step some, and it seemed good to seekim again.Barry Conn and " Joe Whiting are In

"GbLDEN:CROOKS" ISrW>OG COMEDY AND'.%. MUSICAL SHOWThe owners of- the "Golden Crooks'* at

the Columbia this week spared no expensein equipping the allow, as the scenery lavery artistic in every detail and tbe color-ing .effects blend Tery well. Whoever isresponsible for this part of the productionbaa a good eye for designing and a fineconception of what is wanted. The samecan be said of the costumes, which are gllt-tering in colors and of unusual beauty.One can see the band of John T. Jermonin both, as well as in th- staging ot thepiece. V-.- •

The comedy la in the hands of Billy Ar-lington, the. nappy tramp,

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Theatre, W. 44th St. :

Eves. 8.20. Mats. W«& Sat. 2. 20.

BOOTH. TARKINGTON'8New Comedy

CLARENCE

ELM ?Theatre, W. 42ndEves. 8.20. Mats. We

Sat. 2.20."-

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THE GIRLIN THE LJMOUS!."•• - A New Fare* by

Wilson Collison and Avery Hopv

B. F.

Keith's

nnmber of scenes and: stork bard. Thesebogav aland out how-even, -when they offertheir specialty fu one, ill which they Intro

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duite-some clover daactas. - - t-' liaw iliicruder, Roy, Oparoy, Joseph Roo-

ne>* iiSiti Bobby Roberts'sre others In thecast who have a few Bits that they bakecare of.-

Marion is a showman and knows Justwhat burlesque fans want, and he alwaystrys to give it to them. We think that hehas succeeded again this season. The*** **<

no doubt In our mind that be will continueto do-bra business the •flrai ot tue acu<If Its depends upon blm fhis sbof and hispeople, he will do It. ; { SID.

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PALACE

ingenie and a -goodoaf.'; She reminds os of Margie WfnteInlfc style of_work and appearance.Louie Barlow, a dancing sou b ret te, gave

a good account of herself.Walter La Foy handles the straight very

carefully and reads lines well. ....Bd Bennesey takes care of the juvenile

part nicely. _ -•

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Juliet lieimont.ls playing the leads. Onecouldr hardly calT her a prima donna, ma hervoice, did not warrant It Monday afternoon.

4149th Street

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HARRY R.LANDERAN ARTIST-CLEVER-REPOSEFUL—A iTONOR PERSONALITY—A CREATOR OF REALLAUGHS. AND THE TALK OF EVERYTHEATRE SO FAR PLAYED.

Broadway & 47thMat Dally at 2. P.

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Fadaliui^ flirt.- niiou.- Philadelphia, fl-11 ;

-BradwtT, Camden.' N.:-J.j 13-18.'•

Pat Wblle-'B Show—Lyceum. Columbus, ti-

ll r Vlctorfc, Pittsburg, 13-18. '-..-' -

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'Sliding BUI; Watson—Gayety. St Paul,O-U; Gayety, Minneapolis, 13-18.

Social FoMea—Majestic;! Seraatoa.- MJSlr" Bingnarapton, 13-15; Nltpri Mb, 16-

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Sweet Sweetie Girls—Olympic-, New Tort,•Hi Oayety, Brooklyn, 13-18. : i *.

;Tempter*—Standard, stv UnK 6-11: Terr*Haste. 12; Park. Indiana polia. 13-18. '

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FIVE TESTIFY IN

VAUDEVILLE

DEFENCEHEARING3 ARE RESUMED

James Mclntyre, Fat Rooney,Charles Grapewin, Loney Haskell "andJoe Laurie were examined last Tues-day at the offices of the Federal TradeCommission. 20 West ; 38th Street,when the United Booking Offices andother respondents' opened 'their de-fense to all charges made against themin the recent investigation into vaude-ville conditions conducted by the com-mission. .

As before, the commission was rep-resented by John J. Walsh, -whileMaurice Goodman and John. M. •Kelly,the latter the Ringling Brothers attor-ney, looked after- the interests of therespondents. ;

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The intention of the .respondent's at-torneys is to prove by their, witnessesthat the vaudeville - field has "neverbeen more prosperous nor cleanerthan at the present time. To provethis contention, all the witnesses weretaken back over their careers to showthe difference between booking con-ditions in the old days and how. Allwere cross-examined, but. there werevery few legal tilts between the op-posing sides, the hearing proceedingalong exceptionally quiet lines.The introduction by Walsh of a

blank form of vaudeville contract con-taining a clause providing that artistsnot belonging to the National .Vaude-ville Artists could be cancelled by thebooking office with a week's notice,caused a short debate. It was admit-,ted by the respondents that such acontract was "a mistake." but it wasdeclared that this form of contract had

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never been actually used.All witnesses were examined with

practically the same formula of ques-tions. Each was asked to go. over hispast career and to trace his successboth financially and artistically. He2!

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then *ske *"9 opinion of modernbooking "conditions and the treatmentof vaudeville performers. All werereceiving top notch salaries, accordingto/the testimony; none had any griev-

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ance whatsoever against the bookingoffice ; and all were of the opinion thatthese are the palmiest days ever inthe history of vaudeville.Going back to i the days when he

Played three-a-day with his sister atTony Pastor's for $80, Pat Rooneytraced his climb to his present stellarbaghts and testified that he is nowgetting $700 as a single on the two-a-day, besides owning a new vaudevilleact of twelve people that, when pro-duced, will net him $2,250 per week.. Rooney testified that he had never,in an n is experience, had any difficultywith any manager and. when asked ifhe had ever known a dishonest man-

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, "ROSE OF CHINA" GOODDetroit. Mich., Oct. 13.—The Rose

of China." the latest offering of F.Ray Comstoek and Morris Gest, hadits -premiere at the Shubert here to-night, and- won warm approval. It is

the story of a couple of adventurousAmericans who land in China, one tofall, in love with a native maid, al-

though he has already been selectedas the- prospective husband of an.American girl.'

. Oscar Shaw plays the smitten youth,Frank Mclntyre is the other man fromthe States, with a penchant for whole-sale- proposals, and a determinedyoung woman whom he jilted on theeve of' their wedding, in- hot pursuit.Mistaken -identity enters into the plot.Shaw is forced into marriage withthe Chinese maiden, and Mclntyredecides that, after all, the woman hedeserted will do for him.This gives rise to some amusing

situations, although the comedy is al-ways of the polite sort that evokeschuckles rather than guffaws. JaneRichardson, as Ling Tao, the Chinesemaid,, and Cecil Cunningham, as thedetermined American girl, are the out-standing figures in the feminine line.Both scored heavily. ' Oscar Shaw hassome of. the best'eonredy. work of hiscareer. Paul Irving,' Gene Richards,Stanley Ridges, George E. Mack andWilliam Pringle are an interestinggroup of Chinese. . .

The Bolton, Woodhouse, book andlyrics, are hardly up to .their accus-tomed standard. Armand Vecsey haswritten a delightful score that is morepretentious than is usually encoun-tered in musical plays these days. Jo-seph Urban provided three splendidsettings, in which the action takesplace."The Rose of China" needs shorten*

ing and speeding up. This it will re-ceive as all the architects were pres-ent at the premiere. When this isdone it should be good for a long ex-istence.

MONTGOMERY TO PRODUCEJames Montgomery, the playwright,

is going to produce his own plays andhas formed a company which willcommence operation immediately. Thefirst piece -to ,be presented is "IreneO'Dare," a musical piece by Mont-gomery, with lyrics by Joe McCarthyand music by Harry Tierney. EdithDay, last: year with "Going Up," willsing the lead. Sidney-Jarvis and othermusical comedy artists have been en-gaged.

- Montgomery is also said to' be ne-gotiating for a lease of the Vanderbiltand Belmont theatres, in which tomake a number of new productions.

WEISBERGER LEAVESLew Weisberger, for several years

manager of the Republic Theatre, re-signed on Saturday to accept a posi-tion with a motion picture company.

LOEW INTERESTS

COMPLETELY

STOCK LISTED ON CURBThe details connected with the

financial reorganization of the vaude-ville, booking and motion picture en-terprises controlled by Marcus Loewand bis associates having being con-summated last Friday night, stock in

the newly organized corporation wasoffered for sale on the New YorkCurb market the following morning,and the shares, which opened at $32,sold up to $34 on a considerable turn-over.The deal, according to Wall Street

information, involves an approximatecapitalization of $100,000,000 althoughno exact amount has been fixed. Therewill be issued an authorized issue of700,000 shares of stock in what is tobe known as Loew's, Inc. The stockwill cany no par value. ,

All of this stock, Marcus Loew ex-plained to a Clipper reporter late Sat-urday afternoon, will be disposed ofas follows: 380,000 shares will be re-tained by Mr. Loew for himself andthose at present interested with Lim

- in the Marcus Loew Theatrical Enter-prises, the latter corporation being thecorporate entity which now controlsthe various lesser corporations thatconstitute the Loew interests. Amongthose who are known to be closely as-sociated with him are David Warneld,Klaw and Erlanger, especially A. L.Erlanger of that firm.

The remaining 320,000 shares, saysMr. Loew, will be divided equally,160,000 being taken by the hankerswho arranged the financial readjust-ment and the balance of 169,000 sharesto be offered, to the public in smalllots. Regarding this, Mr. Loew. ex-plained specifically that no more than160,000 shares would be soldHowever, . Mr. Loew refused to di-

vulge the name of the bankers whoare concerned in the reorganizationdeal, despite the fact that one of them,or a representative of the group, wasbeing shown about the Loew offices in

the Putnam Building by Mr. Loewhimself. The gentleman, without tell-

ing his name, admitted to a Clipper re-

porter in the presence of Mr. Loewthat he was a banker, and even wentso far as joining with Mr. Loew in

explaining such details of the deal as

were forthcoming from them..Askedthe reason for the financial reorgani-zation at this time. Mr. Loew said:

Printing Under DifficultiesThe present edition of The Now York Clipper was Issued In the

face of a strike In New York printing offlces that has compelled many'publleatolns to entirely suspend. Any curtsllmsrrt of news, delay in da-livery, ate. Is due to that

"PETROLEUM PRINCE" POORAtlantic City, N. J., Oct. 13.—When

the turmoil and zest of just livingtakes occasionally into a quiet,reflective hour, it has occurred to onewho sometimes sorrows over the bur-dens humanity must bear that thegreat philosophic Greeks knew not theweight they added to Atlas' should-ers when they gave to the world thedrama. Guileless, they, not knowingto what uses their gift might be put,not prescient enough to see that someday must come a Richard Barry and aHarrison Grey Fisk and "A PetroleumPrince."

But, alas, pork packers and oil kingswere to become the fly. in the FourHundred's amber, and, reflecting a bit,after last night's performance of the"Petroleum Prince," one wonderswhether they really are snobbish orjust a little canny, possessing an inex-plicable sense of values rather thanthe gob of priggishness the novelsinvest them with.Of the Four Hundred or not, the

audience last night deserved the com-miseration of any well disposed per-son. It suffered silently and very po-litely through three absurd acts of avery preposterous "play." RichardBarry is the sinner, having written it;Harrison Grey Fiske the instigator,and -Marc Klaw. unsuspecting, it iasuspected, is the accomplice after thefact, for allowing his* name to standat the head of the program.Louis Bennison headed a forlorn

cast and seemed to grow more forlornas he realized it.

This was to have been a criticism,not anger. But, sorrow over the mis-takes of our fellow men is our mood.Thus has this criticism become anelegy.

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REPRESENTING EQUITYLondon, Oct. 10.—Samuel Karrakis,

better known by his professionalname, Paul Kay, is in London as theofficial representative of the Actors'Equity Association of America, en-trusted with the mission of presentinga record of . the American actor'sStrike before the Actors' Association,and also a report of the British Act-ors'- Committee in New York. He isaccompanied by Charles G. Mailerand -J. Morrison Taylor, and all threemade the trip- across the Atlantic inthe role of third-class stewards, thusreceiving a free passage and earning awage at the same time. .

This method of traveling wasadopted in order to avoid delay ia se-curing passports.

PRODUCING NEPHEW'S PLATArthur Hammerstein, it became

known last week, will shortly place inrehearsal a new musical play writtenby his nephew, Oscar Hammerstein,2nd. The latter wrote the book andlyrics and the score is the joint con-tribution of Herbert Stothart and Ar-thur Hammerstein. No name has asyet been definitely decided upon.

STARRING HARRY BULGERHarry Bulger is to be starred this

season in the musical play "The Flirt-ing Princess." Rehearsals are to

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THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 15, 1919

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Amount to Over $35,000Capadty Crowd Sees Performance That Breaks Away From

Regular Rut and Shows Stars in Scenes FromSuccesses That Made Them Famous

Little Fidos and big Fidos and all ofFido's friends wended their way to theCentury Theatre last Sunday night tosee the Actors' Fidelity League's Tes-timonial Performance, which .ill,

hereafter, be an annual affair.

Jammed to the doors with every seatoccupied, and folks standing in theaisles, thet—chl success of the per-formance spoke for itself, and thegross receipts from the sale of tickets,

programs, advertising and favors, ex-ceeded $63,000. More than $17,000 of

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this was realized in the premiums paidat the auction sale of seats, whenabout one-fourth of those for the bene-fit were sold. The highest premiuspaid were $1,000, and those whooffered this amount were David War-field, Mrs. J. J. Cohan, Sam Harris, A.L. Erlanger and Marc Klaw.

Practically every theatrical managerin New York attended the perform-ance, as well as his chief cohorts andfriends. The theatre was crowded withfaces familiar on theatrical. Broadway,and the absence of laymen was con-spicuous, probably for no other reasonthan the early sell out of seats.

The performance itself, startingahead of scheduled time, "lasted until1Z30, and. even at that late hour,some of the latter portion of the pro-gram had not appeared. But the au-dience had its money's worth, the highcost of theatre tickets and the war-taxnotwithstanding.The first half of the performance

was devoted to vaudeville and roof-show features, with acts from Zieg-feld's "Midnight Frolic" predominat-ing. . - . •

Far and above all of these acts NoraBayes stood out with radiant bril-

liance. With her was Irving Fisher,who surprised "his audience by sing-ing a bit of grand opera and was,otherwise, a god foil for Miss Bayes ina final duet number. Accompanyingthem at the piano was J. Dudley Wil-kinson.The surprise of the vaudeville por-

tion of the show proved to be JaneGreen and Jimmie Blyler, of the"Frolics," who are quite new toBroadway, but who registered a flat-

tering hit with a routine of originalsongs rendered in an original way."It was La Sylphe, of the "Scandals

of 1919," who started the vaudevilleball a-rolling, followed by Mary Eatonand Lou Lockett, in an eccentricdance from "The Royal Vagabond."Hal Hixon danced on next, makingthe third successive dancing act andmaking it appeal- for the nonce as if

the vaudeville bill was to be a DanceMarathon.But- this impression was dispelled

by Alma Clayburg, of the Metropoli-tan Opera House, who routed outTerpsichore and rendered an ariafrom "Aida." Then followed IrvingFisher as if to show Miss Clayburgthat she isn't the only one who cansing grand opera. Bnt the leaning ofthe audience seemed to be moretoward Nora Bayes' syncopation.Then on. danced George White, whoreceived, quite a hand upon his en-trance, and dancing once more heldsway when Maurice and FlorenceWalton (who probably had discardedstockings . to reduce the H. C. L.)eclipsed all the other dancers on thehill,. stepping about to the superb ac-companiment of "some" jazz band

Irving Berlin then sang a couple ofnumbers, with Harry Askt at thepiano. ...

Enter next' George"M Cohan andWillie Collier. Great applause.

Cheers, in fact. It resembled an elec-tion meeting, with the voters cheer-ing for their candidate and Cohanand Collier stood there as bashful asa couple of favorites at a vaudevillehouse on amateur night. When theapplause quieted down, the pair gal-lavanted through their "Here We AreTogether Again" songs, to which hasbeen added a new verse, which goes,in part:Cohan—I hear you're out of the

Lambs is it true?Collier—I had to get out for talking

to you.The less said about the rest of the

act the better. It was all along theline of "Are you really going to quit,

Georgie?" and "The-public-won't-let-you" stuff. If the talk had been funny,it would have been excusable, but it

bore rather a sad touch, and broughtback the bitterness of the recent act-ors' strike, which Broadway would liketo forget. Cohan said he was through,but, in the dialogue, admitted to Col-lier that if it were a "Very good show"and a "very good part," he might bepersuaded to produce and even to actagain.Then the living picture, "Hail to the

Spirit of the Folly," from the Frolics,arranged by Ben Ali Haggin, broughtthe vaudeville portion of the programto an artistic close.Savoy and Brennan, Gilda Gray, and

the Glorias were all programmed butdid not appear.The second half of the program re-

flashed famous scenes from famousplays, with their original stars. Thismemory qnilt was patched together byAlexander Leftwich, who staged andwrote the offering, which bore thename of "Many Happy Returns." Acouple of old theatre-goers start totalk over their old days before theiropen fireplace, and, as they unearth oldtheatrical memories, the scenes werere-enacted.Some of the scenes were acted

splendidly, some less splendidly, andsome in a way that made one wonderhow the star ever gained fame in therole portrayedHenry Miller presented part of

"The Only Way," and the big scene,which he shared with Ruth Chatterton,was wonderfully done. Then. too. thecloset scene from Hamlet, with E. H.Sothern in the role of the Danishprince, was a remarkably well actedbit, while Gladys Hanson,' as Hamlet'smother, contributed greatly towardthe success of the scene.Florence Nash, as "Aggie" Lynch,

gave a splendid characterization in ascene from "Within the Lay/." andGrace George, as Cyprienne des Pru-nelles, went through a scene in "Di-vorcons" that left nothing to be de-sired. .

While Thomas E Shea played "Ma-thtas, the burgomaster," in "TheBells," yon could have heard a pindrop in the audience.Among the other memories were

Holbrook Blinn, as Napoleon, in "TheDuchess of Dantzic," Ralph Herz as-the devil in "The Soul Kiss," MaryRyan in "On Trial," Margaret Anglinin "Medea," Burr Mcintosh in "Tril-by," Fay Bainter in "The Kiss Burg-lar," Bflle Burke in J33ie Marriage ofConvenience," Blanche Bates in *"TheDarling of the Gods/' Ina Claire inthe "Quaker Girl."- Louis Mann in"The Telephone Girl," Oris Skinner in"Mister Antonio'." Mrs. Fiske in "Teasof the DTJbervflles." and, last but notleast, George M Cohan, with a cho-

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THIS IS PUTTUJG IT OVERAkron, Ohio, Sept. 11.—H. E Fra-

zee. New York . theatrical manager,certainly whitewashed theatre patronsof this city -when he announced theopening of a new play here His ad-vertisements read like this: .

"H. H. Frazee presents 'America'sMost Important Theatrical Premiereof the Year, A New Farce Comedy,'My Lady Friends,* with Clifton Craw-ford, late star of Three Twins,' 'MySoldier Boy,' etc A Momentous His-tory Making. Theatrical Event, thatPuts Akron Right in the Lime Light,from New York to Frisco."

SWORD SWALLOWBR WINSMarie De Vere, the sword swal-

Iower, last week won a suit againstReuben Clarke and William Reichen-tbaler, Coney Island museum owners,'whom she sued for alleged breach ofcontract Judge Levy, in the ThirdMunicipal Court, rendered a verdict of$435.30 against them.

In her action, brought through H.J. and F. E. Goldsmith, Miss De Vereclaimed that she enered into a writ-ten contract with the museum owners,under the terms of which she was toswallow swords for a period of sixteenweeks at $50 a week.The contract was broken, she

claimed, when, after working eightweeks, the museum owners insistedthat she consent to a ten dollar week-ly salary cut This she refused to do.She sued to recover $400, and thejudgment in her favor includes inter-est and costs.

LIFE SEARCH REWARDEDAfter searching the entire country

for a photograph of his departedwife, Harry Emerson, who two de-cades ago was a member of the com-edy juggling team of Emerson andEmerson, on the vaudeville stage,wandered into a New York cafe lastweek and there he found an old andsomewhat faded likeness of his formerpartner. After hearing the details ofEmerson's hunt for the picture thecafe proprietor turned it over to theactor. ^

MAY SUE OVER SHOW TITLELitigation may result from the fact

that a play istouring the West with thesame title as one of the new vehiclesof William Harris, Jr., both being en-titled "Abraham Lincoln."The western play is from the pen

of Ralph Ketering, the Chicago pub-licity man. It has not yet been as-certained by the Harris office whetherthere is any similarity of plot betweenthe two shows, and it is questionablewhether such a common title as"Abraham Lincoln" can, in itself, formthe basis for a law suit

WHERE IS MAZIE KING?Mazie King, who has a brother in

the Canadian army, R L. King, is re-quested to communicate with the Bu-reau of Missing Persons, New YorkPolice Department, in reference tosome important matters.

QUITS THEATRE RESERVESO. Starstad, Regimental Sergeant

Major of the Theatrical Regiment,New York Police Reserves, has re-signed his office. The affairs of theregiment will be directed hereafter byMajorA L. Robertson from his officein the Palace Theatre Building.

SUPPORTING UNTERMYERMarie Dressler's name has been

?laced on the same ticket with that ofrwin Untermyer, Democratic candi-

date for judge of the Supreme Court.She is supporting Untermyer in hiscandidacy for the bench. Down inWall Street they are" distributing cardswhich read as follows:"Be sure and register, because -

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want you to vote for Irwin Unter-myer for the Supreme Court (Signed)Marie Dressier.'*The cards were distributed from an

automobile during all of last week.

MOROSCO WANTS HERLos Angeles, Oct. 10.—Curtyne

Englar, an assistant' teacher at FrankEgan's' dramatic school- here, has re-ceived an offer by wire from OliverMorosco to appear in his' productionof "Linger Longer. Letty."

GREENWICH MGR. ARRESTEDBarney Gallant- manager of the

Greenwich Village Theatre, was ar-rested last week, with three others,when the Greenwich Village Inn, for-merly Polly's, which he manages, wasraided by government authorities.Gallant and those, an ested. with himare charged with violation of the Fed-eral prohibition act They were ar-raigned before United States Commis-sioner Hitchcock, who held Gallant in$2,500 bail. The other three arrested,Leonard C Van Eys, Sam Roth andRichard Roberts, were held in $1,000bail each.This is the second time the Green-

wich Village Inn has been raided.About two years ago, while the inn,which is in Sherman Square, was still

known as Polly's, the police raided theplace and arrested a number of liter-ary people, besides Polly herself.They were charged, in the JeffersonMarket Police Court, with disorderlyconduct but the cases against themwere dismissed by the magistrate forlack of evidence.

FRIGANZA HAS NEW PLAYSan Francisco, Oct 11.—Trixie Fri-

ganza will open at the Curran Theatrein this city on Oct 19 in a new playcalled "Poor Mama," presented byThomas OTJay. She is supported bythe Three Dennis Sisters, RedellCraig, Sweetsie '.Diehl, Ruth Hand-forth, Lillian Bordman, MargaretPrice, George W. Banta, Jr., WilliamWagner, Burt Wesner; Fred Pierce,James Callahan, Charles Price andRay Brown- The company is managed

" by John F. • Connelly and GeorgeBovyer is doing" tEe advance work

."Poor Mama" is a comedy with mu-

sic, the book having been written byElmer Harris, co-author of "So LongLetty" and "Canary Cottage," and themusic by Jean Havez.

4,947 ACTORS LOSE VOTESAccording to statistics recently pub-

lished, there are about 4,397 actorswho yearly lose the right to vote forofficers of the State of New York,because of enforced absence fromhome.

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These statistics are gleaned fromthe United States Census report for1910, and from the occupational rec-ords of the State of New York. Thefigures- were compiled in connectionwith an attempt to bring before thelegislature a bill that will restore thevote to such citizens as are forced tobe absent from home on election day.In connection with these figures, it

was also disclosed that 2,420 peopleconnected in; various ways with theshow business also lose their votes be-cause of absence from home. .

EDDIE CANTOR TO STAREddie Cantor, the Ziegfeld Follies

comedian, is to be starred, next sea-son by Ziegfeld in a new musicalpiece as yet unnamedCantor, whose rise in theatricals has

been meteoric, jumping from smalltime vaudeville direct, to the positionof featured comedian in the "Follies,"with a salary which, according to le-

gal papers filed by Ziegfeld during theactors' strike, amounted to $800 perweek, is to receive a salary of $1,000per week, in addition to a big percent-age of the profits of the production.

DITRICHSTEIN DOUBLINGLeo Ditrichstein is this season using

two plays on his tour. He is present-ing first The Marquis De Eriola," byHenri Levanan, and. secondly "Th'>

Matinee Hero," by himself and A E.Thomas-

October 15, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

Western Business, DespiteUnrest, Surprisingly Good

Road Show Managers Report Unusually Good Takings,Even in Towns Where Strikes and

Walkouts Are in Force

Despite social and economical up-

heaval in the western states, produc-

ers who have road shows playing in

that section of the country are united

in declaring the present season the

most successful ever experienced in

the theatrical history of the country.

Strikes, race riots and the like seem tohave no effect on. the .theatrical busi-ness in that -field.

Although forced to lose one nightof a week stand in Omaha, recently,

in the thros of a race riot, which re-

sulted in the city being placed undermartial law, Fisk O'Hara, in GusPitou's production of "Down Limer-ick Way," played to slightly over$9,600. May Robson, in "Tish." an-other of the same producer's attrac-

tions, recently played to $11,000 in St.

Pau and $10,000 in Minneapolis.These figures are so-startling in com-parison to business done in previousseasons, that the producer was reluc-

tant in making them known, declaringthat it is practically impossible to con-

ceive such prosperity under presentconditions.

With many attractions of varioussorts on the road, and with fully halfthat number in western territory, theShuberts assert that attractions play-ing that field are not only doing goodbusiness, but are establishing a recordnever before reached, since they havebeen associated with the business.

Among other producers who haveextensive bookings west of the Miss-issippi, are A. H. Woods, whose at-tractions are packing the houses inwhich they play; George M. Gatts,whose "Revelations of a Wife" closeda $4,500 week Saturday in Omaha, ata dollar top, and whose "Daughter ofthe Sun" is doing an equally big busi-ness on the coast.

Gus Hill, with his "Minstrels,""Bringing up Farther" and "Mut andJeff" shows, playing such towns asSt. Joe, Miss., Lincoln, Neb., Quincy,111., and others of equal size, are ap-pearing to capacity houses every per-formance.

WTNN SKOW PLANS SETDetroit, Mich., Oct. 13.—Ed Wynn.

the comedian, has gone into partner-

ship with Bertram C. Whitney, man-ager of the New Detroit Opera Househere, and will soon be starred in a mu-sical revue which will make its ap-pearance under their joint proprietor-

ship. The revue will be known as the"Ed Wynn Carnival of 1920" and will

be written almost entirely, by Wynnhimself. He is already at work onthe project and it is understood thathe has completed the writing of twoepisodes.

It is planned to launch the revuesome time in late November, but notin the vicinity of New York.

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probability is that the piece will begiven a long road tour before NewYorkers get a glimpse of it, accord-ing to present plans. While attentionis to be paid to the chorus and cos-tumes, stress will be laid upon the se-lection of capable principals.Two corporations were formed last

week under which the show will ope-rate. One was the Ed Wynn Produc-ing Company and the other the EdWynn Carnival Company. Each wasincorporated for $5,000.

Wynn was very active in the actors'strike and much speculation has beenrife concerning his future activities.It was rumored that theatrical man-agers intend to ignore him and allkinds of rumors have, been going therounds, that he was going to retirefrom theatricals and go into a com-mercial business.

"WHAT'S THE ODDSr HALTSSam Shannon's new production,

"What's the Odds?" a musicalizationof "Checkers," the late Henry Blos-som's successful comedy, is "resting"at present, according to Shannon. Hestated last week that the show wasbrought in from Baltimore September30 so that a new mechanical appara-tus to make the horse race climax inthe last act more realistic could beperfected.

The contrivance. Shannon ex-plained, will be ready for installationwithin a couple of weeks, followingwhich the show will be sent out onthe road again, ultimately to bebrought back for presentation in aBroadway house.

In the meantime, however, the scen-ery and costumes of "What's theOdds" are reposing in Cain's StorageHouse on Forty-first Street.

ANNACAPLANProminent- -among, the i burlesque

stars this. seasons is Anna Caplan,whose picture is on the front cover ofthis week's issue of the Clipper. MissCaplan is the prima donna with the"Kewpie Dolls," one of Harry Has-tings' shows. Prior to her burlesqueengagement, she has been in vaude-ville and cabarets, where her' piquantpersonality and fine singing havemade her a favorite. To-day she isequally popular in burlesque, duelargely to her fine voice and exce-pional singing ability.

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tFew singers can compare with herm popular song rendition and her well

selected repertoire is" a big feature ofthe production in which she is appear-ing. •

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OUTDOOR AGENTS MEETMemphis, Oct. 12.—General and

contracting agents of outdoor amuse-ment enterprises from all over thecountry met at the Patten Hotel hereWednesday night to discuss ways andmeans of supporting their organiza-tion. .

Two general meetings were called,

one to be held at Chicago early in De-cember, and another at the Showmen'sLeague of America, headquarters,New York City, at a later date.

Among the amusement promotorsin the city for the meeting were W. S.

Cherry, president of the national or-

ganization: Felix Blei, secretary; Syd-ney Wire, publicity manager; M. B.Golden, Irving J. Polack, Walter A.White, J. C. Simpson, Jim Donaldson,and Col. San ford Cohen, .manager ofthe Augusta, Ga., exposition.

FOYS WIN AUTO CASEThe Foy family proved themselves

good business transactors as well asgood actors when they recovered $500from Parker's Garage this week in acourt action. The story has almost asmany twists as a "Get-Rich-Quick"WaUingford tale and chiefly concernsCharlie Foy, the twenty-year-old sonof Eddie.

Charlie made a deal., with Parker'sGarage to pay $700 for. a second handcar, paying $500 in cash and giving acheck, signed by Eddie Foy and datedin advance, for the remainder. Thecar, he claimed, was sold to him as.

a Mercer 1913, but later he found thatit was a 1909 model, and alleges thatit was out of order in several respects.Thereupon,'payment on the check wasstopped and Parker promised to sell

the car for 5700,- according to the Foyversion of the story. So Charlie ranthe car into. Parker's Garage, where-upon Parker declared he would holdthe car until the remaining $200 waspaid.

This aroused the Foy fightingblood, and the case was put into thehands of O'Brien, Malovinsky andDriscoll, who brought suit to revokethe transaction on the grounds thatCharlie is under age.. The case wasput before a jury. Diamond andDeutsch appearing as attorneys forthe garage. A verdict was awardedto Foy. . . v ..

During his testimony, Charlie wasasked if he didn't think it was a prettycood car. "That car," he testified,

"would come back to the garage with-out a driver, it has been returnedthere so often."

HARRIGAN'S HOUSE ROBBEDThe apartments of William D. Har-

rigan, actor and son of the old timestar of Harrigan and Hart, at 44 WestForty-sixth Street, were robbed ofvaluables worth $2,500 on Fridayafternoon. Harrigan is now in Chi-cago appearing in "The Acquittal."His wife went out on Friday .to keepan engagement. On her return, shefound all the silverware and articles

of clothing, in addition to other valu-ables, stolen. •'

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CUT OUT WED. MATINEEDetroit, Oct- 10.—One of the im-

mediate results of the terms underwhich a settlement was recently ef-fected between producing managersand the striking actors, manifesteditself here this week when the "LittleSimplicity'' company, playing at theShubert Detroit Opera House, elimi-nated the customary Wednesday mat-inee, while "Scandal," at the GarrickTheatre, and "Daddies," at the DetroitOpera House, continued as usualThe answer to this is the extra pay

for a ninth performance, and the atti-tude of the managers thereto.

Shows open here Sunday nights,which puts Detroit in- the nine-per-formance category. Sunday night' au-diences are always big, while Wed-nesday matinees vary. Consequently,the big and costly musical show, see-ing there was a possibility of the -sal-aries for the Wednesday-performancesamounting to more- than the com-pany's share of the receipts, will elim-inate the Wednesday matinee, therebykeeping within the eight-performanceno extra pay limit

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On the other hand, dramatic com-panies with a modest payroll, will givenine performances each week, bywhich the management will still beahead, although not as much asthough it were not for the bothersomeextra pay clause. Of course, the housemanagement is not consulted in thematter, which means a loss in thatquarter. Concerted action on the partof the local managers is contemplated.

"SEVEN MILES" OPENSBoston, Oct. 10.—Oliver Morosco's

new production, "Seven Miles to Ar-den," written in play form by AnnaNichols, from the story of that nameby Ruth Sawyer, was presented this

week at the Majestic Theatre. MissSawyer's book was one that pleasedexceedingly because of the excellentmanner in which the whimsical andmake-believe adventures of Patsy, theheroine of the story, were broughtforth. Her attempt, however, seemsto have missed the mark, for thereare a great many points that are lack-ing in the play.

Patsy O'Connell sets out to aid andcomfort a young man whose sweet-heart and father have lost faith in himbecause he has been accused "of forg- *

ing a check. She masquerades as acelebrated singer and, at a countryinn, falls in with a tinker. She and hebecome companions and, after, a se-ries of adventures, she arrives in thehome of the father of the young man'',

who has been turned out. By an Irishcharm, she drives all the hard-heart-edness out of him and the young-manis forgiven; in addition, the charm *

working so well that the old man hasnothing but kindnes in his heart forthe remainder of his life. She and thetinker are betrothed before she haslearned his name.Grace. Valentine, as Fatsy, worked

hard,'and did all that anybody couldto play a role that was poorly .repro-duced from fiction. Mr. Baxter, asthe tinker, also did good work, butthe rest or the cast were badly»i»andi-capped by poor lines.

PICKFORD SUIT POSTPONEDThe case of Cora C Wilkenning,

against Mary Pickford, -was put overlast week, until October 27th, when it

will be brought up for trial in the Su-preme Court. The action is for $108,-000, which Miss Wilkenning claims asa ten per cent commission doe herfrom Mary Pickford's salary whilewith the Famous Players, the plaintiffclaiming that she was "instrumental insecuring the star the engagement andalleging that a 10 per cent commissionhad been agreed upon.This is the second time the matter

is up for trial. It was originally wonby Miss Wilkenning in the SupremeCourt, but the Appellate Division re-versed the judgment and ordered anew trial. The law firm of O'Brien,Malovinsky and Driscoll represent

l ^kfiss Pickford in the litigation.

.INGRAM SHOW CLOSES

The Ingram Dramatic land Vaude-ville Show closed a successful seasonlast week in 'the West..' The com-pany played for twenty-ve weeks un-der canvas and did not lose one night'sperformance or make any changes inthe roster. They will continue toplay in opera houses.

The roster is as follows: Rodgersand Marvin, Francis and; Decima In-gram, .Silvers and Eagan, Jack Ran-dolph, George Connors, Adam Ingramand L. E. Johnson. '•'*'

TO MANAGE BOSTON HOUSEBoston, Mass., Oct 14.—Henry

Taylor, formerly manager of the Hol-lis Street Theatre, and more recentlyassociated with The Fred Stone Pic-tures, has been engaged as managerof the Majestic Theatre, this city.

PLAYWRIGHTS ELECTAt elections held at the Playwrights'

Club last week, the following officers

were elected: Robert Stoddard, presi-dent; Gustave Blunm, first vice-presi-dent; Mrs. Tadema Bussiere, secondvice-president; Leo Seiman, secretary-treasurer; E. F. Hague, recording sec-retary; Morris Abel Beer, publicity di-rector; and, as members of the Advis-ory Committee, Reita Weiman, Rich-ard A. Purdy, Robert L. Beecher, Mat-thew. White, Jr., J. B. Larric, EliaiLieberman and Percival Wilde.

"PINCH MB" INCORPORATESA corporation is- being formed for

the purpose of . producing a musicalcomedy entitled "Pinch Me," from thepen of Fred Rati and Al Dubin, to beknown as the Pinch Me Corporation.

BACON WRITING NEW PLAYFrank Bacon is writing a new play

for Chick Sale. In it, Sale will intro-

duce his rural characters, familiar to

vaudeville audiences and those whohave; seen the Shubert production,"Monte Christo. Jr." i'

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER -'October 15, 1919

Lambs Club, Prohibition^ p.

Hit, is now Facing CrisisMeeting on Thursday Will ElectNew Officers and Take Up

Questions Pertaining to Finances of

-;.^;...':':'. Organization

The Lambs Gub faces the prospectof a heavy financial deficit, if rumorscurrent along the Rial to concerningthe club's financial reverses during the

last few'months are to believed. '->-'

Tfiat the_ ireCent actors' strike has

bad-something to do with the reporteddrop; in; the club's -receipts' ie-.some^.

thing that may easily be believed. Forthe; simultaneous resignations during:the -strike of-George M, Cohan, Sam.Harris; • David Btlascow Morris r Gest,

N*i{.an--Burkan, and a score' or moreof; lesser theali ical-ligbts, alb of:whom .

Look a more -or less significant interest

iu;|becluU'?. affairs' while' they. wer«".

members, undoubtedly -had the effect

of diminishing the club's patronage. .

But . die. .one- thins more than

any .other that can be relied upon to

have put a dent in the state of the

chib's finances, is prohibition,' thedrouth of it having the same effect onalmost every other club of importancethroughout the country. . •. .

In an effort to offset this condition,

during the month of September there

was a series of midnight meetings held

at the Club to determine its policy re-

garding a number of things, financial

and otherwise, that.were agitating the

minds -of. the members who had rer

mained. loyal' .(luring the period, ofstress caused by the strike. .- .,

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"What was decided at these midnightmeetings will probably be revealed at

the special, meeting, called ostensibly

to elect new officers In place.of those^rho have resigned,.which will be heldat the club on, Thursday of this week.R...,'H. .Burnsjde^ " Shepherd of .the.

La^nbs, will preside, and-itis rumoredthat Joseph R/Grismer, former head.

ii>.t-ihe. elub, who is said to- be more-principally concerned than anyone else.

in the club's bonded indebtedness, will

appear at the meeting and present afew financial facts that the club in thenear future will have to overcome.' Just . what these reported "dark",

facts are,' nobody around the clubwould vouchsafe early this week..Those familiar with the club's affairs

say that the. recent special assessment,levied against each member, includingthe life. members, against whom, it .is

said, no assessment can legally.be lev-

ied, .is significant of the "dark" periodthrough which the club is now pass-'ing. '

SUSS KEITH ESTATE AGAINBoston, Oct. 13>r-Whlle John F.

Cronan, a Boston lawyer, has a suit

in equity pending in the supremecourt seeking to recover $5,000,000 of

the more than $15,000,000 estate of the

late A. Paul Keith in compliance withthe terms of an alleged oral agree-

ment,'he has entered an action in lawin .the superior court, setting up sub-

stantially the same facts and seeking

to recover the same amount. -

•Attjr. Cronan claims. to have ren-

dered professional services to : the tes-

tator, in consequence of which Tie wasthe principal beneficiary of his father,

B. R. Keith, late theatrical magnate,saving the son from disinheritance;

He also effected a compromise with

the second wife: of the elder Keith, healleges, inducing her to accept $500,000

as her share of the property and notto contest her husbands will.

Attached to the. declaration are 246items, representing*work done by At-torney Cronan, covering' a period of

five' years. By the terms of the al

leged oral agreement, Attorney Cro-nan- 'was to receive one-third interest

of any conveyance of the elder Keith'sproperty he induced to be-conveyed to i

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CHEESE CLUB MEETS AT N.VAAfter, being luncheon- guests of the

National Vaudeville Artists on Mon- -

day, the members of the Cheese Clubhave decided to apply to the N. V. A.for lay membership and to hold their

lunch gatherings at .the vaudevillians'clubhouse until such time as they maybuild a clubhouse of their own.. Dur-ing' their luncheon, the members werewelcomed by E. F. Albee, EdwardsDavis, president of the N. V. A., Hen-

2: Chesterfield, its secretary, andouse-manager HurlburtThose present at lunch were: Tom

Ofiphant, Curwen Stoddard, WalterKingsley, Neil Kingslcy, MichaelConnolly, .

Joseph Fleischler, MarkConnolly, Eugene Kelcey Allen, Ben-jamin F. Holzman, Harry Herschfield,Tirley Dillon, Sydney Hydeman, JohnMcMahon. Frank Pope, James Mc-Grath, CoL E. J. Crosby. J. T. New-mark, Samuel Hoffen stein, MichaelGoldreye r, Gerald Spiro, N. T. Gran-lun<L Carroll F. Piercem, Louis G.iS"Al Kayton, G. J. Meister, Fritz

Tiddcn, Garrett Cupp, Frank Hughes,

J. AL Benjamin, Pat V, Kyne and Edr"

ward Larry.

ROAD "FROLIC" OPENS NOV. 16Flo 2iegfeld's "Frolic" road show

is scheduled to open in Washington,November 16. The show will go intorehearsal a week from next Monday,under the direction of Ned Wayburn,who expects to finish putting on the

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new Capitol Theatre Revue by thattime.

•The "Frolic" show that Ziegfeld is

sending on tour is designed, in a mea-sure, to take the place of the "Follies,"which, this season, is remaining at theNew Amsterdam Theatre longer than .

ever before. The reason for the.show's

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continuance here beyond the usual pe-riod is twofold: First, the recent act-ors* strike forced the "Follies" to closefor several weeks, which loss is nowbeing made up,_ and, secondly, thephenomenal business the show hasplayed to since its opening, averagingupwards of $28,000 -a week, seems towarrant the continuance of its run atthis time. Last week, the "Follies"played to a total of $31,000, which is

no unusual week's business for this'

show at the New Amsterdam at theprevailing prices of $3.50 -top.

The musical numbers in the ^Trolic"road show were written by Gene Buckand Dave Stamper, and the cast will':

comprise twenty-eight girls, besides anumber of principals who have not, asyet been chosen.

STAGS 22 PLATS IN 16 DATSWhat is probably a play-producing

rtcord has been established by A H.Woods. In sixteen days, the Woodsinterests have put on twenty-two pro-ductions.' They are:, four companiesof "Up in Mabel's Room," five com-panies of "Friendly Enemies," fourcompanies of "Under Orders," twocompanies of "Parlor, Bedroom andBath." and companies of "The Womanin -Room 13," "Breakfast in Bed,""Road to Destiny," "Business BeforePleasure," a- Barney Bernard show,"Too Many Husbands," and "TheGirl in the Limousine.*' -

"AT 9.45" MOVES SOON AGAIN"At 9.45" which moved to. the Van-V

derbilt on Monday will remain there

for only three weeks and will then

move out to make way for the musical

version of "Irene OT)are,'* by TamesMontgomery.-

WALTER SUED FOR ASSAULTLos Angeles, Cal., Oct. 11.—A suit

for $50,000 has been started againstEugene Walter, the playwright, byNina Whitmore, a moving picture act-ress, because the playwright struckher with his fist, and, according toher statement, - rendered her -uncon-scious. Before going into the movies.Miss Whitmore- was a member ofZiegfeld's Follies, and also appeared at

Healey's Restaurant, New York. " '__

The incident occurred late Wednes-"day evening- when Walter entered herroom at the Hotel Alexandria and,according to her charges, beat her.She says, he first tried to climb overthe transom and. after he- had shat-tered the glass.' and tried, to . breakdown the door, she let him in.

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V It is .said that the assault .was theresult of Miss Whitmore going to aparty with Jack Pickford and. it is.

hinted that.-

she -and the. .playwrightwere tacitly engaged until such time,as Walter could, obtain a divorce fromhis wife. But Miss Walker, upon hear-ing of the incident, declared that shewill not divorce "her husband, "but willalways lpve him," Walter is now ill

with nervous .prostration' at his roomsin the Hollywood Hotel.

VEILLIER OPENS NEW PLATLos Angeles, Cal., Oct. 12.—Bayard

Veillier is presenting here a new playoriginally written by him for use byMargaret Wycherly, , and known as"Danger." , It is a story of a woman'sregeneration, and her determined ef-

fort to.keep straight.. _ ..-..' , ...' The 'play was o'rginally scheduled

- for a 'week's performance here, but,after the first week, so great1 was its

success and, so insistent the' -demands:for its being retained, that it is now in

its fourth, week. Evelyn Varden^ is

making her local debut in the leading,role of the play,- which is . to be pro-,duced later in New York by A. H.

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Woods. . The play - has -been revised

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for the fourth week, and is now being'presented in the -form in which it willbe seen in New York, with MargaretWycherly in the leading role. It is

being played here by the Wilkes Play-ers. ""...; .....-,

PASSPART SAILSW. L. Passpart, the vaudeville

agent, is on his way overseas to es-tablish offices in Rotterdam, Holland,and London, England. He intends toestablish himself on a large scale as aninternational booker. He will deal inboth the importing and exporting ofacts. His chief difficulty, he thinks,will be to get foreign acts to come1 toAmerica, as there seems to be a re-,

luctancy of late on the part of Euro-pean acts to sign' up for- Americanbookings. After Passpart has estab-lished his offices abroad; he will returnto New York and start activities.

"YOUNG CLIFF" IS ARRESTEDClifford Travers, known as "Young

Cliff," was arrested in the hallway of

the third floor of the Putnam Buildingon Friday afternoon, on. a charge ofbookmaking. He was taken to theWest Forty-seventh Street Police Sta-tion, where he was held in $500 bail,

supplied by Bernard A. Rosenthal.Travers gave his address as 140 -West'48th Street .'.'., .

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The case came up the followingmorning before Magistrate. McKeenin the 7th District Court and Traverswas discharged because of lack of evi-

dence. Travers formerly worked forFrank Keeney. .-•

LITTLE BILLY IN SHOWLittle Billy, who played the Keith

circuit last season, opened on Fridaynight at the Majestic Theatre, Bos-ton, in the new Oliver Morosco play,

"Seven Miles To Arden."

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-. LAUDER ON WAY HEREBecause of difficulties of transporta-

tion, the Harry Lauder Company,. up-on completing ' its Australian tour,

gave up plans of going from there toSouth Africa and sailed on October8th for San Francisco, for the purposeof making another American tour. .

Lauder and his outfit will arrive inSan Francisco on the 29th and pro-ceed directly' to El Paso, Texas, toopen their season there on October31st: ' The show will then play the en-tire Pacific Coast as far North as Spo-kane, Seattle and Winnipeg, and -thenstart eastward, taking in .all: the largecities. The tour will terminate inNew York City with a 'one week runstarting February 22nd, -after' whichthe Company will leave for its -de-ferred South African tour,' opening inCapetown on Easter Sunday. . -

'. :Lauder is supported by Muriel Win-dow, Milo, The Act Beautiful, Kata-mura Japs, and Marion Valance. Wil-lard D. Goxie and Robert McDowellaire in advance, and Lester W. Murrayis manager. - Lauder is the. first titledactor to play there.

. TULLY PLAY A LONDON HITLondon, Eng., Oct. 10.—The Ameri-

can play; "The Bird of Paradise,"written and produced by RichardWalton Tully in America, and like-wise here at the -Lyric Theatre, hasbeen doing capacity business since theopening, and is one of the biggest hitsin London, which likes this quaint,love tale of' the Hawaiias. The set-tings and music of the'' piece havemade a lasting impression.Lyn Harding plays- the principal

part and. is supported by Cronin Wil-son, James Carcw, William Lugg,Alexander Carver, Maud Cressel, BasilLofting, Stanley Peafde, Melissa Ken-drick, James "Powell, Fischer White,Dorothy Dix; May Ward, Alice Phil-lips, LiHie Mo, Joseph -Puni, JohnMoa, Diamond Kewoha, William Ka-moku, John Kamoku, Lindsay Grey,Henry Daniell, Sam Lysons, and IrmaJerome. •. .

LIVING DOLL ADOPTEDElizabeth Razs, a circus performer,

twenty-six years old and thirty-twoinches in height, was adopted lastweek by. Mrs. Rira Weiss, of theBronx. Judge Gibbs, in the BronxCounty Court, signed the adoption pa-pers after Mrs. Weiss told him thatshe desired to adopt Miss Razs becauseshe. had lived with her and'her motherfor eleven years. Miss Razs also ex-pressed- her desire to be adopted byMrs.. Weiss.-..Elizabeth Razs is known in theatri-

cal circles, as Elizabeth, the LivingDoll. •'

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PARIS STRIKE ENDSParis, Oct. 10.—A committee of the

striking actors interviewed PremierCIemenceau this week, with the re-sult that he took up the matter withM. Lafferre, Minister of Public In-struction: Following a meeting be-tween Laffe re and the managers, anagreement was reached through whichit was decided that the actors. wouldimmediately return to work. '

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BRIEUX 28 HONOREDParis, Oct. 10.—Eugene Brieux, au-

thor of "Damaged Goods," and amember of the French Academy;' waspromoted 'this week to'Commander ofthe Legion of Honor. The promotionwas for exceptional services renderedwhile Brieux was president of theFrance-American Relief Fund.

ETHEL LEVY'S MOTHER DIBSLos Angeles, Oct. 9.—Mrs. Martha

Goodwin Levey, mother of EthelLevy, the actress/died here this weekafter an illness of one year.-- ; -

BELL WRITES NEW LAYBartley Cushing has Secured a new

play by C W. Bell, author of "Par-lor, Bedroom and Bath," for produc-tion. It wilt follow Blind Man's Buff,"now in rehearsal. "'. ;

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GRACE HAWTHORNE IN PARISParis, Oct. 10.—Among the late ar-

rivals^ in .this city from New- York is

Grace Hawthorne, the actress.

October 15, 1919. THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

Saturday Night ReceiptsSmash Box-Office Records

Broadway Playhouses Do Unprecedented Business Aggre-gating Almost $250,000 ; Increased Price for Theatre -

Tickets Is Cause of Record NightSaturday night created a theatrical

record on Broadway, being the mostsuccessful, financially, in the history ofNew York theatrcdom. On that night,the first class theatres took in morethan $250,000. Capacity audienceswere the rale from one end of Broad-way to the other, despite the fact thatit was rainy. The increased prices fortheatre tickets, plus the fact that all

houses played to capacity, broughtthe figures up to the unprecedentedtotal.

Another pleasant theatrical surprisecame on Monday, when the Colum-bus Day matinees, which had been fig-ured for only normal business, hit thehigh figures and the S. R. O. signs.

The week's business for the Hip-podrome totalled $73,420, the largestfigure the "Hip" ever reached exceptduring the Christmas holidays. The"Ziegfeld Follies," at the New Am-sterdam, went over $30,000 last week."Apple Blossoms," at the Globe,played to $25,106 in its first five days.Raymond Hitchcock's show at theLiberty played to the tune of $21,654for the week.The Al Woods' attractions eclipsed

all their previous records. "The Girlin the Limousine," at the Eltinge,played to $2,107 Saturday evening anddid' a matinee business on Monday of$1,306. At the Booth, "Too ManyHusbands" reaped $1,923 on Saturday

night and $1,242 at the Monday mati-nee.. "The Voice in the Dark,'5 at theRepublic, with a $2.50 top price, to-talled $1,857 and $1,074 on Saturdaynight and Monday afternoon, respec-tively. .

At Teller's Theatre, Brooklyn,"Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" is play-ing for the third time and where theevening prices are $1.59 and $1, theSaturday night show made $1,980,while Louts Mann, at the Majestic, inBrooklyn, played to $1,975. "TheWoman in Room- 13," playing to $1,150and $1 at the Bronx Opera House,Dudley, the lyrics, have women a most"Clarence," the George Tyler show

at the Hudson, established a Saturdaynight record of $2,531.'The Royal. Vagabond," a Cohan

and Harris attraction, packed an audi-ence in while the box office receiptstotalled $2,690.The Selwyns made a Saturday night'

haul in the neighborhood of $2,800 on"The Challenge."At the Harris Theatre, "The

Dancer" cleared close to $1,550.Sothern and Marlowe, at the Shu-

bert Theatre, played to a $3,000 house,and Mc In tyre and Heath, in "HelloAlexander," at the Forty-fourth StreetThaatre, played to about the sameamount. "The Jest." at the Plymouth,a small house, did in the neighbor-hood of $2,000. "The Crimson Alibi"played to $2,500 at the Broadhurst.

CAPITOL COMPLETES STAFFSAnnouncement was made early this

week of the organization of a com-plete staff for the Capitol • Theatre,which will, in all probability, openwithin the next month. The staff is

as follows: managing director,. Ed-ward Bowes; producing director, NedWayburn; art director, John Wenger,who will take charge of the scenic de-partment. In the motion picture de-partment, Hy Mayer will be art direc-tor, Thomas Walker, film editor, andJames Prangle, camera man.The music department will haye Ar-

thur Pryor as musical director, SimoneMantia, concert master, Ernest P.Jores, organist, Robert Berentsen, as-sistant organist and Warren Shorts,librarian.

' Charlies Ries will act as house man-ager, Rivington M. Bisland will be

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treasurer, Jerome L. Falconer, audit-or, William J. 'O'Brien and EdwardBerry, assistant house managers, RaePrussak and Janet Prussak, assistanttreasurers, and Thomas Gavagan andJack Conney, chief ushers.

.Ben Atwell will be director of pub-

licity, Bessie Mack, press representa-tive and Abe.Mass will assist. In thetechnical department, Joseph .Sanfordwill act as_ chief carpenter FrankSchmieder as chief electrician; JosephHughes, master of properties; andJohn O'Day as chief engineer.

''WEDDING BELLS" CASTThe cast of "Wedding Bells," a

comedy in three acts by SalisburyField, has been 'chosen by the Sel-wyns. Among those engaged areWallace Eddinger, Margaret Law-rence, Jessie Glendenning, Mrs.Jacques Martin, John Harwood, Clar-ence Derwent, .Percy Ames, MaudAndrew. George Burton and George1-e-Soir.

ALLEN BEATS WHITEAs the result of an order signed last

week by Justice John V. McAvoy, inthe Supreme Court, Lester Allen willbe permitted to make professional en-gagements with other producers thanGeorge White, who sought to preventAH«n .from appearing in the "Frivoli-ties of 1919," after he had contractedto appear in "Scandals of 1919," underthe White management. White askedfor a permament injunction on Sep-tember 30. Henry Goldsmith, attor-ney for Allen, claimed that the con-tract given by White guaranteed Allenonly ten weeks work out of the wholeyear.

TYLER SHOW COMING IN"On the Hiring Line," a new satir-

ical comedy dealing with the servantproblem, by Harvey O'Higgins andHarriet Ford, will be

.presented by

George C. Tyler at the Criterion The-atre on Monday. Included in the castare Laura Hope Crews, Cyril Scott,

Donald Gallagher, John Blair, MinnaGombel, Josephine Hall, Robert Hud-son, Sidney Toler and Vivian Tobin.

NEW RAMBEAU PLAY READYMarjorie Rambeau will appear for

the first time in a new play in Wash-ington on October 27. The piece is

called "The Unknown Woman," andwas written by Marjorie Blaine andStanley Lewis. The latter has writtenquite a few plays in Yiddish -whichhave been produced in the SecondAvenue theatrical district under thename of Solomon Libin.

TELLEGEN HAS NEW PLAY"Prince O' the Pines," is the title

of a new play in which Lou Tellegenwill appear this season. The piece isfront the pen of Willard Mack and isscheduled to open in New York aboutNovember 10.

ACTOR'S GUILD SETS MEETINGThe Catholic Actor's Guild of Amer-

ica will open its season of 1919-1920 atthe George M. Cohan Theatre next -

Sunday. The house was donatedthrough the courtesy of Klaw andErlanger.

IN ON CRANK WILBUR PLAYCohan and Harris will be associated

with Arthur Hopkins in the produc-tion of "The Haunted Violin." Theplay was - written by Crane Wilbur,who will be presented in it.

NEW ANGLIN PLAY OPENSBaltimore, Oct. 10.—"The Woman Iff—

Bronze" opened at Ford's Theatre inthis city this week, and proved to bea personal triumph for Miss MargaretAnglin, who is starring in the piece.The offering was written by HenryKistermaeekers and- Eugene Delard,

. And .is in: emotional drama whichbrings Miss Anglin back from thelight comedy stage to the scene of herbest successes.The plot is one that has been seen

before, that of the artist whose wifeis his inspiration and a youngerwoman whom he has come to love. .

The first act opens with a rehearsalin the Hunt studio of a musicale thatis to be given for charity. One of thestars of the rehearsal is Sylvia Mor-ton. She and the sculptor, who is thehusband of Mrs. Hunt, fall in lovewith each other and hold a secretromance, of which Mrs. Hunt soon be-comes aware, but does not showthat she knows anything about it.

This she does so that her husband canfinish a memorial in bronze on whichhe is working.However, his power seems to fail

him, and he cannot bring the rightexpression to the' face of the figure.

The look of spiritual victory whichhe had planned to put into the face ofthe figure is lacking, and, finally, herealizes that his affair with Sylvia canno longer be hidden.- So he destroysthe bronze figure and takes Sylviaaway with him.The third act finds the sculptor re-

turning to. his home in the night sothat he may look around. He con-fesses that he has looked everywherefor the expression he wants to putinto the face of "The Woman InBronze." He then finds the look onthe face of his wife,' and he promisesto make reparation in returning tohis work.Throughout the play the work of

Miss Anglin stands out as- artisticOther members of the cast are: GeraldHamer, Fred Eric, Edna Walton,Robert Stevens,, Nina Morris, Lang-don Bruce, Harriet Sterling, RalphG. Kemmet, Bennit Southard andSally Williams.

FILL "LETTY ARRIVES" CASTLawrence Weber has completed the*

cast of "Letty 'Arrives," by the en-gagement of Clara Joel for the title

role. Louis Kimball, who recently re-

turned from Australia, is also a newaddition to the cast.

Others who will be seen in the outof town premiere'of the piece, which is

by Sydney Rosenfeld, are Ida Water-man, T. Jay Carrigan, Albert Gran,Nellie Callahan and Albert Reed.

SCHROEDER LEFT $24,000Under his will, executed on April 18,

1918, Charles M. Schroeder, who diedon February I, left a net estate of$23,875.37. The gross estate amountedto $26,059.99. Expenses against this

were $505.30 for funeral, $550 for ad-ministration, $680.72 to creditors andf450.60 for executors' commissions.

Mr. Schroeder was a well knownmanager who started his career in

San Francisco as treasurer of the Cali-

fornia Theatre. Later he was manag-ger of the old Fifth Avenue Theatrehere, and then ! managed MadisonSquare Garden for fifteen years.

MOROSCO DOING THIEF PLAYOliver Morosco will produce a play

under the title of "The -Master Thief."It is a dramatization of the "Pay-master" stories by Richard WashburnChild, which appeared in Collier's

Weekly. The stories were dramatizedby E. E. Rose. Two companies areto appear at the same time' in theplay. One of fhem has already goneinto rehearsal with Francis X. Bush-man and Beverly Bayne at its head.

REHEARSING DONELLY PLAYWalter Hast and George Moose

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have a new play entitled "Forbidden,"by Dorothy Donelly, 'trhich will beproduced shortly with Martha Hed-

man in the leading role.

HARRIS ANNOUNCES PLAYS- Sam H. Harris, continuing -as a pro-ducing manager despite the withdraw-al- from the erstwhile firm of Cohan &Harris of George M. Cohan, has is-

sued the following announcement con-cerning his producing plans {or thebalance of the present theatrical sea-5°n; .. . „ -

"The Haunted Violin," a fantasticcomedy by Crane Wilbur, was placedin rehearsal on Monday of this week,and is scheduled to open in AtlanticCity November 6, with the authorplaying one of the principal roles.

Other plays that will be presentedthis season by Harris include: "Wel-come Stranger," by Aaron Hoffman;"Mrs. Hope's Husband," a dramati-zation of Gellett Burgess's novel byGeorge Scarborough; "Queed," a dra-matization of Snyder Harrison's novelby George Hazel ton; "The Way toHeaven," an Oriental fantasy by EarlCarroll "Home Again," a comedy byThomas Loudon; "Prince Ferdy," aromantic comedy by Frances Hill andJohn T. Mclntyre; "The BeautifulOne," a musical play, the book andlyrics of which are by Rennold Wolf,the music by Louis A. Hirsch, and anAmerican, comedy by George M. Co-han. ———

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TO HOLD BENEFITAT SELWYNA benefit performance will be held

at the Selwyn Theatre on Sundaynight to aid Greenwich House. Amongthose who will appear on the programare Raymond Hitchcock, Bessie Mc-Coy Davis, Irene Bordoni and GitzRice, Harry Fox, Tom Powers, MarieCarroll, Otto Kruger and Jack Haz-zard.

REHEARSING NEW PIECE"Stand From Under," a new play by

William Anthony McGuire, will beplaced in rehearsal by G. M. Andersonthis week. Anderson is also arrangingto present "Mary Be Careful," anotherplay by McGuire in New York duringthe coming Winter.

CROSMAN PLAY READY"The Critical Moment," a new play

with Henrietta Crosman, will haveits p'remiere out of town shortly, un-der the direction of Dave Wise, Inc.In the cast are Jane Carlton, HarryBurkhart, L. A. Barret, May Harvey,Barbara Grey, Louise Fitz Allen,George Stillwell and Charles Darney.

LOEW TO BUILD ANOTHERMarcus Loew has purchased a piece

of property at Bayri-ige Avenue andFifth Street, Brooklyn, on which hewill erect a motion picture theatrewith a seating capacity of 2700 people,at a cost of $500,000. Louis Gold, of

Brooklyn, will build the house.

MOROSCO REHEARSING NEWOliver Morosco has placed in re-

hearsal a new play called "Smith,Jones and Brown," written by himself.and Elmer Harris. Charles Judelswill be in the cast.

' JULIA CULP RE-MARRIESBerlin, Germany, Oct. 10.—Julia

Culp, concert singer, who has an in-

ternational reputation, secured a di-

vorce, recently, from her husband, anengineer by the name of Merten. Shehas remarried, this time, to a textile

manufacturer by the name of Ginskey,whose home is in Reichenber, GermanBohemia. She continues in her con-cert work.

PROTEST KAISER FILMBerlin, Germany, Sept. 11.—A new

motion picture entitled "Wilhelm'sGood Fortune and Bad Finish," madeby Ferdinand Bonn, has caused mnchcomment and protest from the Ger-man Officers League, which claimsthat the film will lower the world'sestimate of Germany.

HASKELL SAILS FOR N. Y.London, Eng, Sept- 11.—Jack Has-

kelL vaudeville producer, sails for

New York, on Monday, the 13tb,

aboard the Adriatic. He is due in New ,

York on the 20th. ' .'

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 15, 1919

CONSIDINE NAY

REVIVE OLD

CIRCUT

MADE FORTUNE IN OILChicago, 111., Oct. 13.—Renewed ru-

mors are current here to the effectthat the old Sullivan and ConsidineCircuit is to be resuscitated. Similarrumors were going the rounds of the

- Loop about a year ago, but came tonothing. However, the new rumorsseem to be rather well founded andit is not unlikely that a new vaudevillecircuit,. with headquarters in Chicago,will soon -work its way over the west-ern field. In fact, plans for such arenow supposed to be in the process ofconsummation.John W. Considine, of the old S.

and C. Circuit, has amassed a consid-erable fortune in oil within the pastfew years in Texas and Oklahoma,and, it is stated, he now feels that hewould like to retire from the oil gameand resume his vaudeville activities.Despite the fortune that Considine haslately acquired, he is a comparativenovice in oil speculation while, on theother hand, he knows all the ins andouts of the vaudeville business.The presence of Chris Brown in

Chicago strengthens this likelihood.Brown was actively connected withthe old S- and C. interests and hasbeen endeavoring to get Considineback into the variety fold. His pres-ence in Chicago a year ago startedspeculation at that time as to the pos-sibility of Considine resuming his oldactivities, but it seems that Considinethought that the time was not ripethen.The success of Marcus Loew in ter-

ritory formerly a stronghold of theS. and C. houses has also made Con-sidine sit up and take notice, it is said.Loew has made such an unqualifiedsuccess with his western theatres inConstdine's old territory, and hasbuilt up such an interest for vaude-ville, that Considine is now anxious,with plenty of capital behind him, totake another crack at the field himself.

KRAMER AND MORTON SPLITDave Kramer, of Kramer and Mor-

ton, who have been playing in Eng-land during the last year, arrived inNew York last week with the surpris-ing announcement that he and Mortonhad split Morton, he said, is now do-ing a single in England. Kramer is atpresent rehearsing to go into EddieLeonard's show' at the Knickerbocker,"Roly Boly Eyes."

SUED OVER TAXICABAl lewis, of Lewis and Gordon, is

being sued in the Fourth District Mu-nicipal Court, in an action for negli-gence filed there early last week byBenjamin Newman, owner of the taxi-cab, which, he alleges, was damaged.Newman claims that Lewis's ma-

chine ran into his last Summer nearSheepshead Bay. He says the dam-age, caused by the accident was re-paired at a cost of $125.50, which sumhe is seeking to recover.

GET A. & H. TIMESan Francisco. Oct 11.—The Regu-

lar Army Jazzo-Maniacs opened at theHippodrome this week. They will-play the entire Ackerman and Harriscircuit.

PUTNAM GANG LOSES ON SOXNow that the world's baseball series

is over, a number of agents in the Put-nam Building will have to eat at theAutomat for some time to come torecover their losses. For, with agambling instinct to tempt them,many agents found a hole in theirbank accounts when the White Soxwent down to defeat.Lee. . Kraus .wishes he had thoughttwice

;before hacking his baseball

opinion up with about $500 on the.Sox, and Mike Skeedy runs Kraus aclose second in the Misery-Loves-Company Club.Joe Michaels, it is reported, is -

smoking a cheaper brand of cigarsthese days until he makes up on a$125 loss.

Edgar Allen dropped about $300around the Putnam Building, when it

began to look as if Chicago was"coming back".

The only one who seems to begoing around with a smile on his faceis Lou Pincus.

COPY NOT INTENDEDFollowing the charges of James C.

Morton that Hugh Eramctt was usinghis bit about "Mother leave theroom," and the bringing of the mat-ter before the N. V. A. complaintbureau, Emmett anounccs that he hastaken the bit out of his act. Heclaims that he would never have usedit, had he known that it was Mor-ton's, and that, if there was an in-fringement, it was done unintention-ally. Emmett further states that heoriginally heard the gag in a Londonmusic hall more than fourteen yearsago but had never heard it pulled onan American stage. Morton claimsthat the gag was given to him byHarry Houdini.

WALDORF CHANGES POLICYBoston, Oct. 10.—Starting Monday,

.the Waldorf Theatre in this city willinaugurate a new policy, whereby itspatrons will be given a program ofmotion pictures and musical revueswith a new change of program everyMonday and Tursday.Marr's Musical Revue will open this

Monday, with Pete Murray and achorus of girls in a revue called "TheNew Butler." The second half of theweek will feature a musical revuecalled "Life In A Hotel."

CHOOS HAS ANOTHER ONEGeorge Choos has another new

musical comedietta to his credit. Thisone is called "Hello Judge" and hasin it Ruth Francis, Blanche Boone,Victor Kahn, Frank Thornton and achorus of six girls. There is specialscenery and music for the act, whichopens this week.

PIANIST MARRIESMoore Dean, formerly pianist with

the "Creole Fashion Plate," was mar-ried June 4th to Miss Ophee BryceFort, of Nashville, Tennessee. Themarriage was kept secret until last

week. :

REHEARSE NEW PIECEJohn Con's "Three's A Crowd"

went into rehearsal last week, withHelen Weer. who will play the lead-

ing role. The play, a dramatic pro-

duction, was written by Earl DerrBiggers and Christopher Morley.

SALE RUMOR

FALSE SAYS

MEYEREELD

BUT WILL REORGANIZESan Francisco, Cal., Oct. 13.—In the

first statement he has issued since re-ports began to circulate regardingchanges in the Orpheum system, Mor-ris Meyerfeld, president of the circuit,

to-day stated that, although big plansfor reorganization were under way,there was no thought whatever ofselling the circuit. This statementwas issued in reply to reports con-cerning Meyerfeld's recent absencefrom the city, during which it wasbruited about that he was endeavoringto dispose of the big chain of two-aday houses. In making this denial, hesaid:

"I noticed that, during my absence,a statement appeared in several news-papers to the effect that I was endeav-oring to negotiate a sale of the Or-pheum Circuit. I wish to give thisreport my unqualified denial—such athing was furthest from my thoughts.This is a day of progress and enlarge-ment of enterprise, and my visit Eastwas solely for the purpose of attempt-ing to merge certain corporationswith which we were affiliated, andthereby to increase the magnitude andmerit of the Orpheum Circuit, which.to-day is conceded to be the biggestand best vaudeville circuit in *heworld.

"The realization of this idea wouldnaturally be of great benefit to ourpatrons, for it 'would result in pro-grams of a standard merit consideredimpossible because of the enormousexpense their presentation would en-tail."

From sources close to the head ofthe Circuit here it was learned thatthe contemplated reorganization maybe capitalized at $50,000,000 with east-ern capital furnishing the money. Thename of the Illinois Trust Companyhas been mentioned but nothing defi-nite is known as to any connection it

may have. W_A meeting of all the officials of the

Circuit will probably be held in thenear future, most likely in Chicago,when some definite steps will betaken.

LOHMULLER SELLS OUTB. Lohmuller, formerly of the K- &

L Corporation, has sold his interestin. the firm to Robert Keane, afterhaving resigned as vice-president andsecretary-treasurer. He will produceindependently.

ANNA FRANCIS HAS NEW ACTAnna Francis, formerly of the

vaudeville team of Jim and AnnaFrancis, will do a new act with FloWells. It will open shortly underthe direction of Jack Lewis.

REHEARSING NEW ACT"When It Strikes Home," a satirical

comedy with seven people, has beenput into rehearsal by Lews and Gor-don, and will have its "break-in" with-

in a week. It was written by MiltonHocky and Howard J. Green.

NEW ACTSSophie and Harvey Everett will

soon appear in a new act now beingwritten for them by Alien SpencerTenney.Murray and Irwin, comedians, have

a new singing and talking act whichthey will present in the local theatresshortly.The Laurel Sisters have a new danc-

ing act with special settings. H. B.Burton is doing the booking.Norbert and Brant, two men, have a

new juggling act which will be seenshortly in one of the local KeithExchange bouses.Dalwyn and Lizette have a new

skating act"Bricktop Mary" is a new comedy

playlet in one scene written by BenBarnett Nan Hewins.wi'.l play thelead in it and will be supported by acompany of another woman and oneman. The act is now in rehearsal."Fun in Sing Sing" is the title of a

new act with three scenes, with special

settings in two of the scenes. J. El-

lis Kirkham wrote it and there will beten people in the turn, each of themplaying a dual role. The offering wilt

run thirty' minutes and will includeamong its characters Edwin Holt, Jr.,

Tom Whitfield, June Francis, andDoris Stone.Helene De Nori has a new act called

"The Laundry Shop," which includes

in its cast Laura M. Cale, KatherineSweyne and Rose Miller. •

McCormack and Puree!!, man andwoman comedy singing and patter act,

booked by Charles Wilshin, will openin Keith's Union Hill Theatre this

week. Gerald McCormack formerlyappeared with the team of McCor-mack and Shannon, and Fannie Pur-cell was with the team of Paula andPurcell.Harry Garland, recently returned

from. England, opened last week in ablack-face single at the Bedford The-atre, booked by Arthur Lyons.

MOSS RUNS DOWN BOYWhile driving in his automobile

last Friday, B. S. Moss accidentallyran down Clifford Yuettner, a nine-

year-old boy, at Riverside Drive and149th Street Moss and his chauffeurimmediately rushed the boy to the St.

Lawrence Hospital, where it wasfound he had sustained a number ofminor injuries and a possible fracturedskull. Moss is having his own physi-sician attend Yuettner, whose condi-tion is serious.According to the police, the acci-

dent was unavoidable, as the boy ranin front of the machine before it couldbe stopped.

MEMBERS OF ACT MARRYFlorence Hamilton was married last

week to her vaudeville partner. Milo-

Lemus. The team has been appear-ing under the name of Lemus andHamilton. Miss Hamilton is the

daughter of John W. Hamilton andthe niece of "Tody" Hamilton, longidentified with Barnum and Bailey's

Circus. Her sister is Alice Hamiltonof the vaudeville team of Cooke andHamilton.

SIGNED FOR "LET'S GO"San Francisco, Oct 11.—Mme. Don-

ald-Ayre, a dramatic soprano, who re-

cently appeared over the OrpheumCircuit, has been engaged as prima.

donna with the new Ackerman andHarris revival of "Let's Go." Nelsonand Chase, a dancing team, have beenengaged" to take the place of Lloydand Wells in the original revue.

October 15. 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

PALACEThe pictures opened and were fol-

lowed by Herman and Shirley, pre-

senting "The Mysterious Masquerad-er." George Herman, made up as askeleton, contorted _

his form intomany positions, while Miss Shirleyspoke a few lines referring to a mas-querade ball. Herman is an excellentcontortionist and his work alone drewapplause.

Morey, Senna and Lee, a trio oflikable chaps, sang and played stringinstruments in a manner that sentthem over with a bang. . Many songsare offered and those that contained atinge of "blue" brought howls of laugh-ter. The act is framed along therathskeller type of years ago, but thepleasant countenances of the boys, to-

gether with a good idea of puttingnumbers over, scored a huge hit forthem.

Mile.' Diane and Jan Rubini un-doubtedly have the same idea of avaudeville act as many others in thetwo-a-day, for they presented a turnthat far out-distanced their allotted

time.. This act runs more than a halfhour and the desired results could beobtained in half the time, as there is

much sameness in almost everythingaccomplished. Both

_principals do

well with their assignments.

Joe Laurie, Jr., has hit upon a newidea and has worked out the noveltyto such good effect that not one pointwent amiss. He opens with a shortmonologue and then sings a medleyof popular hits, acknowledging the ap-plause by tipping his hat. Aftersinging these number to big applause,he tells the audience' that those arethe songs he did not write. He thentells about his father and mother andescorts them out, showering praise onthem and getting in some comedy thatwas a howl. Laurie is all set and will,

undoubtedly, score big on any bill.

"Bee" Palmer and her Jazz Band,held over for the third week, did notdo as well as anticipated, probably dueto the huskiness of her voice. But the"Shimmey" caught on. A new balladreplaced the "cry" number, but provedweak in comparison.

Joe Browning followed "Topics ofthe day and found little trouble in con-vincing the audience that his materialand delivery was up to the minute.He is a corking good performer and is

possessed of a grin that is contagious.He was compelled to do an encoreand bowed several time before theywould permit him to depart.Kitty Doner is surrounded by a

girl and four men who assist her in afew of her singing and dance num-bers. But she could do just as welland, in fact, much better, were she todo a single, as the company are a hin-drance to her act, because they pos-sess little merit All the applause in

evidence was for little Kitty, as she is

an artist of high standing and candance with the best of them. The actis not properly mounted, and Miss'oner, as previously stated, is capa-<le of going over all by herself. How-ever, a hit was scoredl

Irving Berlin was another whostayed too long, as his voice couldnot stand the constant grind. Two orthree numbers would have been suffi-

cient and the audience would havebeen satisfied. Some old and newsongs were offered in a light voicethat seemed strained. But Harry Akt,at the piano, pulled him through.Moss and Frye used good judgment

by cutting their act in half, and scoredone of the laughing hits of the show.Lunette Sisters whirled about

while being suspended by their teeth,to the delight of all, and kept many inwhile they were on view. J. D.

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COLONIALThe bill at the Colonial is adver-

tised as a "Triple Headine Bill."

The Lorner Girls, with Cliff Adamsat the piano, got off to a good start

with some singing and dancing, mostof the act consisting of the latter.

The girls have a neat set and a dandywardrobe. Their routine is workedout nicely and Adams, at the piano,lends his share toward the success.

Regal and Moore had the audiencethrilled with their acrobatic offering,

which they bill as "their own vaude-ville show." The closing stunts, whichthey offered as encores, are sensation-

al and attempted by very few. Theboys do the other bits in the act

well."Mrs. Wellington's Surprises," a

comedy sketch with Frederic Sumner,Lottie Briscoe, Walter C. Wilson and

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Harriett Marlotte, kept the audiencein good humor. The playlet is writtenwell and handled capably by the cast.

The finish, however, should be streng-thened, for, although the closing line

brings a laugh, it still leaves some-thing to be desired. Otherwise, theoffering is pleasing.The Creole Fashion Plate, with

Bobbie Simonds at the piano, is play-ing his second week here, and stoppedthe show* This boy is without adoubt one of the cleverest female im-personators in the show business to-

day, for, no matter how often one seeshim, one cannot help but wonder at theperfection and grace with which thelad plays his character. He has se-

cured a number of new costumessince the writer last saw him, and newnumbers. The featured number andis delivered excellently."Kiss Me" featuring Ethel Corcoran

and Harry Meyer, closed the first

half. Dorothy Sadlier, as the "vamp,"deserves billing, for the girl certainly

does good work. The tab is one ofthe best in vaudeville.

Daisy Nellis, who followed "Topicsof the Day," is already well known to

concert audiences, but did not get

half the appreciation a pianist of hermerit deserved from this audience.

Miss Nellis offered a very good rou-tine, but as her repertory did not in-

clude popular or jazz, she went onlyfairly well. Perhaps one or morepopular operatic selections in her re-

pertory would aid Miss Nellis in

vaudeville.Millet and Mack offered a "Hokum"

act and therefore got off to a bighand. But these boys will need a little

hetter material than their present of-

fering contains to go over in all

houses, for they offer "hokum," to anextreme. The "nance" bit would bemuch better if the two would work upsome clever gags, ala Savoy and Bren-nan, for the part. What dancing theydo is good; in fact, they have the abil-

ity to offer a real good comedy turn,

and should get the material.

Jimmey Hussey has bought a newsetting for his "Move On" offering,

and it looks classy. Jimmey is oneboy that knows the meaning of show-manship, and is constantly adding newmaterial. He has put in a number ofnew songs, one of which Billy Worse-ly is singing. Worsely took an en-core.. Hussey stopped the show twice.

Stewart Allen, the drummer, is still

doing his dance, which has more to it

now. This is one dance that no onehas attempted to imitate—and for avery good reason—it is too difficult.

Tot Quakers is wearing new gowns,and seems to have lost quite a fewpounds. G. J. H.

ORPHEUMIn the sky-blue uniform of a French

soldier. Le Poilu opened the bill witha novel musical oering. The act con-sists largely of playing well knownFrench chansons and the bugle calls

of the French army on specially con-structed instruments, which the per-

former balanced upon his lips.

"The Three Rubes," Bowers, Wal-ters and Croker, in their hayseed tum-bling dance turn had no difficulty in

scoring a number of hearty laughswith their antics. Although, in parts,

this act savors of the Mack Sennettvariety of slap-stick, the three "coun-try cousins" tumbled, squirmed, rig-

gled and flopped into a big share of

applause.

Tim and Kitty O'Meara, with Fred-die Clinton at the piano, were next in

"Memories of the Dance." Their of-

fering, set off with well-toned stagesettings, consists of a number of

dances of bygone days. Following ashort introductory song by Clinton at

the piano, the routine of double step-

ping opens, with the dance of grand-ma's day. This is followed by a clev-

er American danse Apache, as seen onthe Bowery • twenty years ago. Inclosing, they present the jazz danceof a year from now, which is a per-

fect whirl of syncopation.

Valerie Bergere and Company, pre-

senting "The Moth," a serio-comic-playlet, in two acts and three scenes,by Emmett Devoy, closed the first

portion of the program. This playlet

is exceptionally well written, stagedand performed by a company of welltrained actors, possessing ability sel-

dom found off the legitimate stage.

Concocted with just the proper num-ber of laughs and tense moments! De-voy has written a comedy-drama ofreal life. There is the struggling younginventor, with a wife fond of the plea-sures that he cannot give her, and thebinding tie, an anchor, as she termsit, in the form of a baby. Then, thereis a former lover, possessed ol wealth,who again enters the young wife's

life, aided by a world-wise adventur-ess. For a while it looks as if the

happiness of the two young marriedpeople would be wrecked, but at thepsychological moment the unexpectedhappens. The inventor sells a child

of his brain and the young wife onthe verge of running away, is led tosee the folly of such an action by avision, repents just in time, and all

ends well-

Following intermission, J. KeirnBrennan and Bert Rule, two songwriters, singing a number of their oldand new hits, scored. Brennan's ap-

peal to the Irish element in the au-dience with a new Irish number, in

which he boasts of his County Corkorigin, proved an instantaneous hit, asdid also his monologue. The twowere called back for an encore,- Elaborately staged, with a tunefulmusical setting, a bevy of good-look-ing girls, who can dance and sing, andwith three principals possessing genu-ine ability as performers of merit,

"Chicken Chow Mein," "with JayGould, Flo Lewis and Arthur Havel,proved a fitting closing number for anexceptionally well-balanced program.Although the act stretches outover a considerable period of time,interest never drags, so well has it

been put together. The work of FloLewis, who plays the part of a caba-ret singer with a delightfully lispingvoice,, is a praiseworthy characteri-

zation. E. H.

RIVERSIDEAsahi and his own company opened

the show with an exhibition of Orien-

tal skill that is truly amazing. Their

act is a blending of the arts of the Ori-

ent and provides excellent entertain*

ment.Mabte Burke and Sydney Forbes

offered a singing act in which they

show the contrast between the melo-dies of yesterday and the raggy, jazzy

songs of today. Miss Burke, dressed

in hoop skirt and bonnet, sang the

songs mother used to like, and Forbes,

in Tuxedo, offered the present daynumbers. The act scored a tremen-dous hit, for both have very goodvoices and their act appeals to the

hearts of an audience.

Hubert Kinney and Corrinc, assisted

by Tom Tucker at the piano, offered

a dancing act which was received withmarked appreciation. The act openswith Kinney singing a song aboutshopping for his sweetheart, and whathe buys for her. This is followed bya double dance number, which is, in

turn, succeeded by solo specialties.

The turn concludes with an interpre-

tive dance number, which is a bit

drawn out. Both are graceful dancers

and their act is set to good music, »

which enhances its value. Kinney'shigh kicking was well applauded.

El Brendel and Flo Bert offered

their well known comedy skit, "Wait-ing for Her." This is one of those acts

that never grows old, for, althoughthey have played here before, every

gag and every bit of ousiness was re-

ceived with hearty laughter, just as

though each was brand new. Miss

Bert has added a new song, whichwas well liked. They stopped the

' show.Irene Bordoni and Lieut. Gitt Rice

offered their repertoire of character-

songs. The first concerns the Frenchchanteuse of the days of yore and

is followed by the chanteuse of today.

During this bit Miss Bordoni sang

three numbers written by Gitz Rice.

He then sang the choruses of several

of his own soldier songs. A charac-

ter ballad, and "La Marseillaise" close

the act.

Following "Topics of the Day,"came Elizabeth M. Murray, with her

songs and stories. She came* the

earmarks of the old timer, and provedherself a real star, by getting laughs

with some stories that have been for-

gotten by the, older generation. Shesings well, and her negro dialect bal-

lads are real gems. She scored a tre-

mendous hit, and after replying with

an encore, was forced to take a second.

WilL M. Cressey and Blanche

. Dayne offered a. rural comedy sketch,

entitled "The New Store," which tells

the story of a country store keeper,

who, although he may not know city

business methods, has enough real

brains to go the city folks one better.

A troublesome city woman tries to run

his business, but he soon shows her

that he is the boss. Cresscy's work «very clever, and he is given capable

assistance by Miss Dayne, and an

unbilled young woman, who plays

the part of Hannah.George Whiting and Sadie Burt

offered their 1919 edition of SongSayings." This couple have one of

the best straight singing acts in vaude-

ville. Miss Burt has a charming per-

sonality that is all her own. Theyscored tremendously, and had to re-

spond to several encores. They have

replaced some of the old songs with

newer special numbers.

Los Rodrigues. two men, in Navalcostume, presented a perch act that

is interesting and entertaining. Thesmaller of the men does all of theaerial work.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 15, 1919

PROCTOR'S 23D STREETm„ _ (Last Half)n „yi,?„

e .S00"" ajlA I.acey displayedtt^S,?* 1 C0UI(1 "»«* be termed ontrfEJBZ^SLfL 'euaational In their clog-

Si^StW P"«t"<»» «t this house, netted ajtmeroM amount of applause. The teamconsists of a man and woman, the former-k"* * «£*** «maU allm young fellowJ^^fyi^1'^ m

?re "cllned toward theeccentric than the clog type.

^"SLS. °"" need« • •« of smoothingSnT-h^i* lu "me- The offering la aif^i -J™ * company of two men and aSKt •; e y°nn« man In the skit ahonldpur bis role more naturally. Toe offeringneed* a lot of revision before It wiSdolor anything but the pop houses. Aa ItStands, everything is overacted.•Mor*T, Senna and Lee are a neat appear-

S?.?J 2* T° ?e men who possess voicesthat blend excellently. They delivered a rou-tine of published numbers and a few num-bers

ifor comedy purpoaea that were formerly

B5ei,1,7J?,*r,e» Morey, who la a member

of thia trio, and Dave Harris. They alsoaave a number about scenes on a train

S™»w*«*. that grealty resambles the

irris and Morey "Koom 202" bit. One ortwo of the verses are on the "blue" order,trot got over for a big laugh at thia houseTommy McRae and Company have a pat-ter offering that wond easily make the bigtime if the latter part of the turn was asgood as the beginning. McRae. who nowworks In a red "rube" wig. was formerlythe comedian with BlUie Burke's "MotorBoating." Hia partner la an excellentstraight and easily deserves equal billingwith McRae from a viewpoint of theamount of work done by each. The closingbit is the song that was featured in "Mo-tor-Boating," and doea not come up tothe rest of the turn.

"

, Mayra. assisted by Eugh Barrett, opensher offering with a song telling that femalesingles never have anything but "nerve"and that she la not different than the rent.We would not say that about the majorityof woman singles, bnt Barya has certainlyclassified herself correctly. Poor materialand poor delivery are the features of heract. Barrett, however, at the plats, cer-tainly does dandy work and showed abil-ity.Mullen and Francis stopped the show

with their "hokum" offering. Mullen is anexcellent comedian. He is still using moatof the gags that he nsed in the old turnwith Alan Coogan. Miss Francis is every-thing that a partner to a comedian of Mul-len's type shonld be.Becredis. a scenic dancing turn, closed

the show and held the audience. The danc-ing needs a lot of improvement, bnt thescenes, which are flashed by means ofslides from a special machine, are verypretty. G. J. H.

VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS

REGENT(Last Half)

Scamp and Scamp, a conple of acrobats,one of whom is given to antics that arctroly laughter-provoking, disported them-selves on s trapeze in s swift, graceful andentertaining manner.Herman and Clifton sang a number of

popular songs in tones well adapted to theselections they offered. Herman has agood strong tenor voice, and Miss Clifton,though her voice is somewhat less distin-guished, contributed excellent vocal sup-port. Their'a is a singing and talking actthat should find little difficulty in gettingover in the small time houses.De Onsonne and Baker, two girls, regis-

tered a decided hit with their piano play-ing-, singing and dancing. For besidesbeing a graceful pair, and charmingly cos-tumed, there Is Miss Baker especially to beconsidered. She appears to be excessivelyyouthful and winsome, has a personalitythat is akin to the effervescent Marilyn Mil-ler's, sings in a small but clear contraltovoice and, last but not least. Is probablythe foremost ragtime planiste appearing invaudeville at present. A rare and radiantmaiden la this talented little creature, andby reason thereof one who is destined toforge ahead rapidly in her chosen profes-sion. Miss De Onsonne's capable singing

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and dancing proved a considerable factorin the act's success.Fox and Britt were the hit of the bill.

There are very few if any better comedydrunkards in vaudeville than Moe Fox.Tweirtrs. he has a tenor voice that is morethan passingingly ingratiating In ^utility.

Both, in fact, sing well, but Britt's tenortones sounded a bit harsh at times. Theirquips axe surefire and kept the audience ina continuous roar of laughter. Both areseasoned performers; but there is an ele-

ment of artistry about Fox which la easilydiscernible.

Mile. Polland, a jnnoesque soprano, as-sisted by a nameless tenor ami an unnamedballet dancer, aimed high with her musi-cal offering, bnt hit below the mark. Forthe act Is badly arranged, and. besides.

the respective talents of her assistants arehardly of the calibre that awes, '-.'nere is

sweetness In her soprano tones, which is all

the more reason why she ahonld sing alone

and raider s repertoire of nice songs in-

stead of doing part of an act from 'Car-M. L. A.

AUDUBON(Last HalO

The Llaieed Troupe, consisting of a num-ber of men and a woman, started the open-ing section of the vaudeville bill with aseries of sensational acrobatic stunts,which, for the most part, were tumblingand contortion feats. The act moves fastand has a whirlwind finish.

Benard and Jordan are using the samedrop and costumes, but have added a greatmany new gags to their offering and hadno trouble in scoring a big laugh hit.Curious to sar. some of their very oldgags, such as "Do you smoke?—Gimme thecoupons." went over for a big laugh. Wedoubt If the laugh could be repeated inother houses, for that particular gag hasbeen done to death by every Hebrewcomedian in vaudeville. However, the actIs good and bandied very well by the pair.

Herbert Denton and company, the lattera little blonde, offered "Poughkeepsie." adandy comedy sketch that was deliveredexcellently by the pair. The aklt is re-plete with laughs and the audience werenot alow In getting the lines. The younglady la entitled to equal billing, for shedoes practically as much work as Denton.Kstherlne Murray, assisted at the piano

by Marry Rubens, delivered a Bongalogueof special numbers and closed with a pub-lished number that netted her an en-core. Miss Murray should pay more at-tention to her make-up, for, when re-viewed, it was very poorly put on. Hernumbers are pleasing and she handlesthem well. Rubens, at the piano, playscapably, bnt makes a mistake in announc-ing one solo as "requested."

Glen and Jenkins, a colored team usingextra blacking, stopped the show aftertaking an encore and then were accordeda very big hand. The team have a black-face offering that can easily rank with thebest of our two-a-day black-face doubles.Their gags are all sure-fire, although someof them have been used by other turns ofthe same kind.

Berk and Valda and Company, billed aaBurke and Taldor and Company, havechanged their routine of dances and cos-tumes. The brunt of the work in the now-routine falls upon Valda, who has im-proved wonderfully since the act was first

broken in. This is saying a good deal,for this pretty little girl was always agood dancer. A pianist rendered capableassistance. An eccentric dance, of thekind that Berk Is capable of doing, wouldaid the offering and give Miss Valda achance to rest between her numbers. Thenew costumes are very pretty and the act

can be assured of plenty of work on thetwo-a-day. G. J- H.

FIFTH AVENUE(Last Half)

The Bickards opened the show with anexhibition of. magic and shadograpby thatla entertaining and decidedly illusive.They scored a big hit in the initial posi-tion.Bublnl and M«wlnl "have an accordeon

act that pleased the audience. They offereda cycle of classics] and popular tones Insolo and duet playing.The bill was split here by a comedy

film.Homer Miles and Company, in "The

Roughneck," s heart Interest sketch, fol-lowed the picture and scored a huge hit.The story Is appealing and well told. Theacting of the playlet la all that could bedesired. Miles handles the part of Tim toperfection. *

Punchlnelli, costumed aa a clown, offereda singing act that was received with heartyapplause- Hia number consisted .of twooperatic selections, a popular ballad and anumber that Is half song, half recitation.The lyric is Kipling's poem "Danny Dee-ver." Punchinelli'a voice la a robust oneand could be easily heard all over thehouse. 1 '. _Boland and Bay, with some comedy talk,

a few Bteps and a song or two, came neat.Most of their talk is just old stuff doneover In a rather clever way. Their step--ping is nsed for comedy purposes.Charles Irwin, with his "hick" and his

songs, came next. He had no trouble in en-thusing the folks and had things all to

himself. He won laughs galore with his

stories and songs. For an encore, he re-

cited a serious poem, which he credits toHarry Lauder.Kennedy and Rooney have a conglomera-

tion of song, talk, dances and nonsensethat Is bound to tickle the funny bone of

any audience. They scored tremendouslyand took an encore. They succeeded in

stopping; the show and had to make a cur-

tain speech after the following act hadbeen announced. _ _

Morey. Senna and Lee sang their wayinto instant favor. These boys have the

art of singing blues down to a tee. Theyaccompany themselves on various string In-

struments. .. , _-_Moss and Frye closed the vaudeville

with their well known comedy act. • HowHigh is Cp." They repealed their oft

performed success.a. &.

KEENEY'S(Last Half)

The bill opened with a ventriloquistoffering by Morin, who is clever enoughIn his line of entertainment, but is verymuch in need of new gags.The Tivoli Girls, attired in Gipsy cos-

tumes, next offered a very acceptable act.All three possess gaod voices and scored intheir coloratura and unaccompanied partsinging.

The Dancing Demons, three colored en-tertainers, filled with pep and jazz, fol-lowed with a neat song and step turn. Of'course, they can sing, and although theirdance offering is of the buck and wingvariety common to vaudeville fans, it wassprinkled with enough intricate steps toscore one of the biggest hits of the bill.-The Toll Bridge," presented by James

R. Grady, was indeed a "comedy classic,"ss the program stated. Grady, as a char-acter actor, was all that could be askedfor and was ably assisted by the two fem-inine members of the turn.Stanly and Mazie Hughs were next in a

"pretentious dance offering." bnt it wasn't.The act has well-toned settings and the twodancers possess a rather good wardrobe,bnt there was something wrong with theirdancing. Perhaps it was the ochestra

;

then, again, it might have been an "off-night." The act includes an unbilled plan-1st. Whether or not he is of any materialassistance is bard to say. He wonld dowell to note that Chopin, when played byan artist, la indeed a treat, bnt there areno pianists who qualify that rating on thesmall time, just at present.

Ward and Templeton, In their "cewestcomedy" creation, were next. There is no"new comedy" to be found anywhere in

the act. The two men possess good sing-

ing voices, pleasing personalitiea and dancefairly. With some really "new comedy"their offering wonld go big.

Saline's Circus, a typical animal act,

dosed the show. The four-footed petswere well trained and scored with theirantics.

' E. H.

PROCTOR'S 125TH ST.(Last Half)

The Dancing Humphreys are a clever

young pair, who have arranged a pleasing

dance offering that doea not drag exceptin one spot. This part is a guitar solo bythe young man, which is undoubtedlyplayed to fill In so that the girl can makea change and he can have a. chance to .

regain his breath. The dances are welldone, and the pair are very graceful. Theimitation of Frisco by the young manlacks a good deal, but the impersonationof William and Gordon - Dooley in their

French "Apache" burlesque was excellent.Heywynn Libby. a woman, offered a song

cycle. "New Acts.". Frances McNulty, another woman single,

followed, and, although ahe started slowly,she worked up to a generous amount ofapplause at the finish. She offered a rou-tine of songs and clog-dances startingwith the type of fifty years ago, and work-ing np by tens and fives to the present era.The singing, however, can only be termedfair.Following two "pluggers," Ricard and

Lawrence dragged wearily for about fifteenminutes with a poor offering. See "NewActs."George Griffin evidently did not think the

two women in his company were entitledto any billing, but offered a comedy aketchIn which all worked hard. See "New Acts."Dan Gracy offered n monologue and a

bit of singing, bnt did not serve to speedthe dragging show. See "New Acts."The Two Macks kept the sleep-producing

pace. See "New Acts."Fred Elliott stopped the show through

constant jockeying with a "rube" instru-mental act. See "New Acts."John and Winnie Hennings, also a "rube"

Instrumental turn, with a little varietyfrom the one preceding, gave a fair accountof themselves. The turn needs speeding upin the beginning, bnt otherwise pleases.Clark and Verdi, the "wop" comedians,

have added some new gags and materialto their familiar offering. The bit with thestatuary has been improved to a great ex-tent- The audience here liked them im-mensely."The League of Nations," a minstrel

offering that opens with, some "flag-wav-ing" and goes into regular minstrel style.

pleased in the closing position. The com-pany, which consists of aix men. and awoman, sing well, bnt should improve their

e good only in spots.

HARLEMOPERAHOUSE(Last Half)

The show was opened by June and IreneMelva, two pretty girls who have a better-than-average xylophone act. Unlike otherxylophonelata, these girls take their workvery easily and do not go into contortionsand near fits pounding out the cresendoportions of their numbers. Bather, theyswing gracefully to the rythm of the musicand thus greatly enhance the winning-power of the act. Several novelties areintroduced which help the success of theoffering.However, with all of their leaning toward

originality, they could not get away fromthe hackneyed and wildewed xylopbonicopening, the "Poet and Peasant" overture.To the first xylophone act that Is braveenough to defy all convention and to nseneither this selection nor the overture from"William Tell" we will do onr best to getvandevilledom to erect a bronze tablet inits honor.Evidently working on the theory that a

little smut stuff now and then is relishedby the best of men, women and children,Dave Harris, in his single, sings one sug-gestive bit after another. In Harris* casethe theory seems to be correct, for it is onlywhen he uses suggestive material that hescores. What may or may not be. individ-ual opinions on the matter of "blue" stuffin vaudeville, the fact remains that theHarlemites liked this quality in the Harrisoffering. As a story-teller. Harris willnever set the world afire. Not only havehis stories the earmarks of time, bnt theyare poorly told. A negro story without thedarky dialect is certain to lose its effect.

**N. G. 23" Is the name of a playlet serv-ing as s vehicle for Charles Schofleld andCompany, to be more folly reviewed under"New Acts.""Nine O'clock" Is a country school musi-

cal act with a new twist. A new, prettyteacher arrives to find that the town towhich she has been assigned is sufferingfrom the effects of race " suicide, with theconsequence that she has no pupils to teach.The old codgers on the school board there-fore discharge her, but she insists uponstaying because she has a written contractto uphold her In her rights. Bather thanallow her to collect the money withoutworking for it, the old men themselves

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live in all—decide to go to school again,and there the comedy starts. Musical in-terpolations are well rendered and the actis entertaining.Arthur Whltelaw got along passably well

with bis stories, but it was his closing songthat went over with a smash. He has en-dowed his act with a sure-fire end and itresponded to encore upon encore withtimely verses to an old song. He wasfinally allowed to bow off when be admittedthat he bad come to the end of his material.To him was accorded the biggest hand ofthe evening.An act that Is becoming as old as the

period of history that it portrays is "Grayand Old Rose," but it still has winningpower, and made a good closer. The gal-lery had considerable fun mimicking thefemale member of the duo, who talks in amarkedly affected pitch. But the act sailedalong nicely, nevertheless, with a goodpunch at the finish. H. J. G.

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METROPOLITAN(Last Half)

Gordon and Gordon, in an excellent danceand contortion act. opened the -show andscored an exceptionally large bit for an actof this kind. For a detailed revue of theiroffering see "New Acts."The Bennett Sisters are two very likeable"rls who have a pleasing little sister act.hey open with a novelty number, and

follow with several vocal solos. They con-clude with some comedy remarks which arewell handled by the slightly smaller of thetwo. who la a clever comedienne. They hadoffered a neat little dance number,to respond to an encore, for which theyBetty KMert and Company offered their

well known whistling act, which was re-ceived with hearty applause and scored ahuge hit. Miss Elderta' whistling Impressedthe audience very favorably indeed. Theirimitations are confined to the farm, thebarnyard fowls, and birds. An Imitationof a flute is nsed aa a closer. They, too,were made to respond to an encore, by akindly disposed and generout audience.Burns and Klssen followed. Little need

be said about this pair. One alwaya ex-pects them to score their huge hit. Theseboys seem to have peculiar hold upon everyboys seem to have a peculiar hold uponevery audience tbey play before, for the arerecalled time and time again, until tbey hadexhausted their entire stock of gags andparodies. Tbey had the audience in con-vulsions, so thick and fast were the laughsscored. . .

The vaudeville was concluded by "TheConstantlne Dancers," an aggregation ofthree women and a man, who offered adancing act, composed in the main of orien-tal numbers, with several modern steps.Interpolated to break the monotony. Theirefforts were well rewarded, and they scoredheavily.The feature picture was "Six Feet. Four,"

with William BnsseU. S. K.

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IRVING BERLINTheatre—Riverside. , -

Stvle—Singing. • • ..."Time—Eighteen minutes.Setting—In one.

The much heralded return tovaudeville- of Irving Berlin, writerof many song successes, has foiled

to add anything of real merit to

the list of variety offerings. There is

nothing that appeals to the eye in

the offering; for Berlin works beforethe theatre..drop. 'Harry Akst as-

sists at the piano, and one of Ber-lin's popular song pluggers helps

' him put some of the numbers acrossby singing from one of the upperboxes.

Berlin's singing voice is of little

merit, in fact, not nearly as good asthat of the fellow who sings fromthe box. . But. song-writers are al-

ways popular in vaudeville, there

being a peculiar curiosity of thepart of vaudeville audiences to seewhat composers or lyric writerslook like. Hence, with a voice that

would spell failure for a performersans a reputation, Berlin came intovaudeville, satisfied the curiosity ofthe gaping mob, and departed, aconque re r,

' like young Lochinvar,having registered an enormous hit.

As a matter of fact, Berlin's songswere the cause of his success, forhe is singing a number of clever se-

lections.

There are a few army songs in-

cluded by Berlin in the' act, several

of them being numbers from "Yip•Yip Yaphank," the soldier show.

Starting like many other acts of

to-day, Berlin introduced himself in

'a song, following with a comedynumber, which included several

clever catchlines. Another comedysong 'followed, and was one .of thehits of the turn. A published num-ber followed, and then came thearmy pieces. There was a demand.for an encore after the. latter, andBerlin, assisted, by his plant, renr

dered what was practically a part of- the. act, a new ballad. . There werethen several of Berlin's (rid songs,

. called for by the audience, after

which' he made the usual remarks,thanking the crowd and .so forth.

• • At its best, the offering is an or-

dinary singing act, with little thatis really creditable. It is just "An-other one of those song acts."

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RICARD AND HARVEYTheatre—Proctor's 125th St.

Style—Singing and talking-Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—In one.

Two " men constitute this team.One of whom claims to be a come-dian. They offered a number ofgags, all of which were either-' mil-

• dewed,, or humorless. The come-dian, to give him a little credit, didfairly well in a dance, but the effort

wasn't sufficient to get the turnover. The singing was only fair.

The act is in need of a new routine.

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; HEYWYNN tIBBYTheatre—Proctor's 125th StStyle-^-Singing.Tnne^TWelve minutes.Setting—In one. -

.Miss 'Libby is an attractive

woman, but her voice will never gether beyond the small time.] She hasarranged a routine of published bal-

lads, but,' >» her routine; something"for -speed purposes is needed very;badly.

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Theatre—Proctor's 125th St.

Style—Dancing.Time—Eighteen minutes. .'

Setting—Full stage (special).

Although" we found the name ofthe act on the time card as "Re-credis," the turn: was billed -on thename-boards as "Rialto and Com-

- pany." Rialto and Company wasthe name of a man and womandancing turn which played the smalltime a few. months ago. Recredia

. has a company of six women, fourof whom can really be called girls,

for they are in their early 'teens.

The sextette offers considerabledancing, while a number of different

slides are flashed on a specialtyscreen on the rear of the stage. Thedances are all on classical lines, butleave a great deal to be desired.

One thing is certain: the entire com-pany is badly in need of more re-

hearsing in the dances. The terp-

sichorean end of the offering, whenreviewed, was very poor. Some toe-dancing by one of the girls couldeasily serve for a burlesque, for shestaggered as though she were aboutto fall any minute. The girls arereally pretty, but even their • at-

tractive looks could not make up forthe fact that the dancing was poor.The scenes are artistic and han-dled excellently ' by the operator.

With more rehearsing for the danc-ing, the turn will do for the middle-class houses. G. J. H.

FLYING COLVTLLETheatre—Proctir's 125th StStyle—Trapeze.Time—Ten minutes.Setting—Full stage.

It is seldom that one man at-

tempts to work out a straight rou-. tine of' stunts in an act of this sortand the mere fact that Colvillc is

unaided by anyone in his offering" makes it, in a way, a novelty. Col-

ville does a very good routine, in

addition to being alone, and doesnot pause between his stunts, butkeeps on working and the thrills

coming.The more sensational of his feats

are done on the swinging trapeze,which follow a few stunts on thetrapeze while it is stationery. Whilehis stunts are sufficient to get himplenty of bookings, a little "class"

in the way of a special set for abackground would make FlyingColville a standard opening or clos-

; in act on the big time. G. J. H.

ESTHER TRIOTheatre—Proctor's 23rd StStyle—Acrobatic.Time—Fifteen minutes.Setting—Full.

The component of this act are twowomen and a man who might behusband, -wife and daughter. Theact is made up of a. number of dif-

cult hand balancing stunts, backtwists, and the like, the bulk of

. which are executed by the man. Thetwo women open the offering withsome fancy high kicking and are fol-

lowed by the man, who begins bywalking on his hands with his bodyclose to the ground. Then follows

a series of balancing stunts andhand springs that are fast, novel andinteresting. -One of the most inter-

esting of these was the one m whichthe man walked up a number of

t-r tables and chairs backwards, on hishands.'

LDMDTheatre—Proctor's.Style—Female impersonator.Time—Twenty-two minutes.Setting—Full. Special.

When the curtain rises, we see aback drop painted in old tapestrystyle representing a garden scene,This parts to disclose a picture;frame . in which stands an exceed*—ingly well built woman posed as adancer. .A sign on the side announ-ces "La Gavotte." "CarmencUa" fol-lows, equally well done, with all theflares of passion commonly attribu-ted to Spain. The castanets arewell used in this number.. The last is a descriptive dance

.called "The Five Senses," showing"Taste." "Hearing " "Smell." "Feel-ing" and "Seeing." At the conclu-sion of this number, Lind removes awig, disclosing a rather bald head,and the realization that he is a manis brought to the audience. Heclosed with a song in clown cos-tume.Lind's act will be a success', for

he has the attributes necessary tosuccess in an act of this kind—smallfeet, shapely limbs, and a chest thatmakes an excellent bust Also, hemakes a very good looking woman.

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CAVANAUGH AND TOMPKINSTheatre—Fifth Avenue.Style—Talking and Singing.Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—In one.

Cavanaugh and Tompkins are aman and woman team, the manworking the comedy end with abil-ity that is worthy of much bettermaterial. The woman makes a goodstraight and also sings a few num-bers well. They have a number ofclever gags, but need many mere toimprove the act. » "

At the Fifth Avenue they ap-peared in number two spot and gavea very good account of themselves.

G. J. H.

HARLEY AND HARLBYTheatre—Proctor's 125th Street.Style—Novelty Acrobats.Time—Eleven minutes.Setting—Full Stage.

In trying out their offering this

pair, consisting of a. man andwoman, showed ability in some linesthat may get them work on thesmall time. - But the offeringdragged for the most part, -beinglacking in thrills. Most of the workconsisted of the pair bouncing abig. rubber ball from the head of.

one to the head of the other. Thispart of the turn should be cut down.The male member of the. duo did afew-equilibrist feats that contained afew -thrills. They should work upmore of them. G. J. H.

• - AL CARPETheatrer-Jersey City. _ .? '.

Style—Eccentric ViolinistTime—Fourteen minutes.Setting—In one.

Al Carpe bills himself as an ec-centric violinist because he playsthe violin in the position that onewould hold a 'cello. He also offers

one number holding the violin in thecorrect manner. He has a pleasingroutine- of popular ' and classical

numbers, and renders them verywelt His instrument has a verygood tone, and Carpe plays well.

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cThe name of this playlet is "N—So far as the Big Time is con-

cerned?! for wh,ch «his playlet wasprobably written, the "N. fc." partof the title holds, although the «Etenng may have enough laughs toplease a Small Time house...Th? °«»« Part of the playlet is its

tupeUnes*. Dealing with the sub-ject of aeroplanes, the audience isimmediately interested, but the thin-ness of the plot does little to help.mere are four characters: Theyoungaeronaut, a pair of lovers, and

fc! S''! £ «« 'a"er is on onlyfor the first couple of minutes, has

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Wha!?.oeJer to do with the

v -l "d could be easily dispensedwith The plot is so flinisy tnatithardly bears reciting

nZr xl**™* " deserring of men-tion. rhe aeroplane is well builtand its presence on the stage iaquite a novelty. The scene it fullof ui^tc-date color. On the backdrop is a large sign dealing withaeronautics, which, we suppose, wasmore or less humorous, but it is notentirely readable from the left sideOf the house (where we were sit-ting) being more than half coveredby the aeroplane. H. J. G.

FRED ELLIOTTheatre—Proctor's 125th StStyle—"Rube" Instrumental.Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—In one.

Fred Elliot would greatly benefithimself by omitting the openingpart of his turn in which he offers afew gags and a "rube" song of littleor no merit and by sticking to theinstrumental part of hit novelty.This part consists of his playing ona wire-string attached to a broom,and a cigar-box, and playing it inthe manner of an Hawaiian steel

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which is the best part of the turn,was presented in the encores, whenElliot stopped the show. If Elliotwould work his routine from hit en-core numbers and his 'instruments,he would then find the small timeeasygoing. G.J. H.

GORDON AND GORDONTheatre—Metropolitan.St?1®—Dancing and Contortion.Time—Ten minues.Setting—Ordinary in one

Gordon and Gordon have an ex-cellent act That sums it all up ma fewworda. It is an act that couldhold down any position on the billwith easeThey open with an introductory

comedy song which they follow witha difficult and excellently executedacrobatic dance Then, removingtheir coats, they get down to busi-ness and exhibit a routine of twist*

; and turns, as they style them, thattakes away the breath of the audi-ence. They work as fast as it ia pos-sible to work, and keep up a runningfire of conversation that brings sev-eral laughs.They close with some double con-

tortion work in which they windthemselves around one another,which is something the writer hasnever seen anybody else atempt todo. These boys should find the go-ing easy, for they have an act thatcan. compare with any of its landanywhere . &'X.

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STOCK NEWS ,_ — CHICAGO NEWS

Congested Bookings HurtTraveling Rep. Companies

Many Forced to Lay Off for Two Months Before TheyWill Be Able to Resume Bookings. Small.

Shows Get Off Easy

• • The recent theatrical strike worked •

- great benefits for the managers andplayers of permanent stock compan-ies Bat -their brothers, the owners,

managers and players of travelling re-

pertoire and stock companies, have- suffered, not directly from the strike

itself, but from its after effects.

The bitter feeling and estrangementof the first ' two weeks of the strike

led these to believe that they would,. be playing safe by booking in townswhich the managers had formerly

•"' booked, but which were then withoutattractions. The sudden ending of the

strike, though; brought the -managersback into their houses, and forced therepertoire people out. Booking thenbecame confused and congested, withthe result that the travelling compan-ies which had been formed to absorbvaricant bookings' were left high anddry. Some of them will not be ableto resume their bookings till the tail

end of November. .

The one-night stand companies havenot suered as badly as the three-dayand week-stand companies, whichhave been unable to find theatres va-cant and capable of holding their com-

. panics.

• LYNN COMPANY CHANGESLynn, Mass., Oct. 11.—Allyn Gillen

replaces Leona Powers as leadinglady with The Auditorium company,.this city. Miss Powers is going west.

DKNNISTON TO TOURReynolds Denniston has completed

plans for. a tour of the Orient, whichtarts November 18th, in Honolulu.In his company will be, William An -

gustin, Warda Howard, and Leo Ken-nedy. The company will present ahigh class repertoire of Broadway suc-cesses.

REVIVE "DEEP PURPLE"Chicago, 111., Oct. 11.—Lorin How-

ard will present .a revival of "TheDeep Purple," for three weeks • here,->1aying one week at each of hislouses. He has companies running at

the Imperial, National and Victoria.

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FARLOWS JOINS BAINBRIDGEMinneapolis, Minn., Oct 10. — The

Bainbridge Stock Company, at theShubert Theatre, here, formerlyknown as The Shubert Stock Com-pany, has a new juvenile lead in FrankFarlowe, who joined the company lastweek. •

DAVIS JOINS APPELLReading; Pa., Oct 14—The Nathan

Appell Players, appearing at the Or-phcum Theatre, this city, have anewjuvenile man in Dan Davis, who join-ed last week.

BUFFHAM REPLACES DOYLEPortland. Me., Oct 11.—Elmer

Buffham has joined the Jefferson The-atre Stock Company here, as director,

replacing Larry Doyle, who is serious-ly ill.

JOINS COPLEY PLAYERS'Boston, Mass., Oct 14.—Percy

Warren has joined the Henry JewettPlayers at The Copley Square Thea-tre,- this city.

JOINS LAWRENCE COMPANYLawrence, Mass.. Oct 14.—The Co-

lonial Theatre Company, this city, hasa new leading lady in the person ofGladys Harebnt, who joined the com-pany late last week.

SHUBERT~CO. GETS PEOPLE*"Milwaukee, Wis., Oct 11.—Several

new people have joined the ShubertStock Company here. They are, Ma-rie Sinclair, seconds, Jerome Rehner,juveniles, and Carrie May Seatt, in-genues.

PARK COMPANY DOING WELLUtica, N. Y., Oct 13.—The Park

Theatre Stock Company, which re-cently opened here, is doing capacitybusiness. The company is presentingThe Silent Witness," this week, Va-lerie Velare, and Carroll Ashburn arethe leading players.

"MR. WU" RELEASED"lb. Wu." the character play in

which Walker Whiteside originally•tarred, has been released for stockpurposes.

FORBES PLAYERS PROSPERThe Forbes Players, who have been

holding forth at the Warburton The-atre, Yonkers, for the past sevenweeks, report overflow business everyperformance. Gus Forbes, leadingman and manager of the company, re-ports that he has been forced to placethe orchestra on the stage, or in thelobby, in order to accomodate patrons.F. James Carroll is business managerfor the company, of which Lillian Fos-ter is leading woman, and which in-cludes Edith Harcourt, Flora Gade,Helen Robinson, Raymond Branley,Ralph Spraguc, Edwin E. Vickey, andC Nick Stark.

OLIVER TO OPEN SOONFort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 11.—Otis

Oliver will inaugurate a stock com-pany at the Majestic Theatre here, onOctober 15th. The organization willbe a permanent one. The openingplay will be "The Naughty Wife,".with Vada Heilman, until recentlyleading lady with the Oliver Companyin Chicago, as the leading lady.

" OWEN CO. DOING WELLCleveland, Ohio, Oct 10.—The Cecil

Owen Stock Company, which openedhere last week at the Prospect The-atre, has been doing excellent busi-ness, and Owen, for the first week, re-ported his house sold out at every per-formance.

JOIN MORRISON CO.Hazel Baker and Milton Goodhand,

who played the leads for The RalphCtonninger Players, in Salt Lake City,up to October 4th, have joined theWL- Palmer Morrison Company, tour-ing the West in "Which One Shall IMarry," as leads.

Arrest Another ActorIn Brown Murder Case

Louis Kinsner, Member of The Kinsners, Vaudeville Team,.and an Equilibrist, Held in Pittsburgh, in-

Connection With CrimeLouis Kinsner, who, with his -wife,

did an equilibristic act in vaudevilleunder the name of The Kins-ners, wasarrested last week in Pittsburgh,where he is being held by the policein connection with -the murder six

weeks ago of Mrs. Louise Brown, thesixty-yearold woman found dead in

her Maywbod home.Leoma "Louis" C Palmer, a mov-

ing picture actor, was arrested hereand is being held by the police, whocharge him with knowing more aboutthe crime than he professes to. ' It is

said that Palmer is the one who "tip-

ped" the police here that Kinsner hadguilty knowledge of the crime.Several weeks ago, a photograph of

Kinsner was sent broadcast by the de-tective bureau here. However, Kins-ner was not located until last Tues-day. At that time, the police here

wired the Pittsburgh police that asearch through the vaudeville bookingoffices in the latter city might lead to

' the arrest of. K insner. As a result thePittsburgh police found and arrested

. him in a booking office.

It is reported that Kinsner, who waswell known about the Loop here as"Frenchy," and who told the Pitts-

burgh police that he is a native ofFrance, attempted to commit suicidein his cell shortly after his arrest,

by swallowing a quantity of strych-nine. The alleged attempt failed, andKinsner, whose wife is reported to beliving in Newcastle, Pa., will bebrought back to Chicago by DetectiveSergeant Benjamin Barsema, of May-wood, who is in Pittsburgh at presentwaiting for Kinsner to entirely recov-er from the effects of his alleged sui-

cide attempt.

LORIN HOWARD IN SCANDAL"Scandal" is to be produced hereshortly by three stock companies un-der the personal direction of LorinHoward and, to add a little bit of real-

ization to the play, Howard has pro-ceeded to get into quite a bit of scan-dal with one of his leading femalestars.

Howard, on many occasions, haswritten plays on the ternal triangle.

Many is the time that Ada Gerard hasplayed in them—on the Stage. Butlast Thursday night, Howard playedthe leading role himself and was ablyassisted by Miss Gerard.The stage setting was Howard's

apartment at 630 York Place. ThereHoward and Miss Gerard appeared in

the big" final, surrounded by the po-lice officers and under arrest. Theraid followed a tip given by Mrs.Lorin Howard, from whom the play-wright had been separated for over ayear. They were arraigned in theMorals Court and the ease was con-tinued until Oct 21.

In the meantime, "Scandal" will beproduced for use in the Victoria, Im-perial and National theatres, but thereal "scandal" will be enacted in theMorals court when the case is called.

BSRT GRANT DIVORCEDBernard Finkelstetn' "jazzed" his

way into the divorce courts this weekand, when the whirl of the day's busi-ness was over, found himself minus awife. Superior Judge William Fenni-more Cooper signed a decree of di-vorce for Mrs. Ethel Finkelstein aftershe told him that her husband, a com-poser of "jazz" music who salliesforth under the "non de note" of BertGrant,'? loved her first and then lovedliquor more."

COURTENAY CHANGES SHOWSWilliam Courtenay departed from

the cast of "Cappy Ricks" at the CortTheatre, this week, to enter "CivilianClothes." .. Los Angeles is the city se-lected for the Western premier.Thomas Wise, co-star in "Cappy

Ricks," has been given all the star-shine on the electric boards and post-ers. - Earl Fox has been selected asCourtenay's successor.

WILL HOLD G. O. H.' Although George M. Cohan has an-nounced his intentions of retiringfrom the firm of Cohan and Harris,it is stated here that he will not giveup his interest in the George M. Co-han's Grand Opera House.

LOST ON THE SOXWith the World's Series baseball

games completed, theatrical Chicagohas again settled down to a normalstate. The ball games crippled mati-nees at all houses and took a goodlyportion of the patronage, both maleand female, out to the southside are-na, and not only did it succeed in tak-ing quite a bit of currency out of thebox office but it also sent a load oftheatrical money back to the Ohiostate.

Chicago's theatrical colony backedthe Chicago Sox extremely heavy onthe eighth game, with the result that anumber awoke the following day withdetermined efforts to put in a hardseason in order to replenish their nowmuch dwindled bank rolls. Among theheaviest of losers is said to be MikeLevy, of Kramer and Levy, localagents, who is said to have lost in theneighborhood of $5,000. Among thehappy winners, however, can beclassed Abner Ali, Maurice Green-wald, Dan KusseU, Roy S. Sebree,Frank O'Donnell, Dwight Pepple,Feggy Art and Bernice Lahey.

TRIES SUICIDE IN AUTOHazel Russell, an actress, endeav-

ored to commit suicide early this weekwhile riding in an automobile, but is

reported to be well on the way to re-covery.Miss Russell committed the deed

just as the auto turned into Washing-ton and Clark streets, when she swal-lowed four tablets of bichloride ofmercury. She was taken immediately

to the Iroquois Hospital, whereprompt aid saved her life. Miss Rus-sell, in private life, was known as Mrs.Hazel Semmler. She is reported tohave been despondent for the past fewmonths over domestic troubles.

THEATRICAL RESTAURANTSOLD

Heinley's Restaurant for years afavorite rendezvous for theatrical highlights, is now under the managementof Frank Cleary. Mr. Cleary an-nounces that he intends to place a vau-deville show, which will consist ofeight acts, in the place.HAYMARK2ET SAFE ROBBEDThe Haymarket Theatre. 722 West

Maoison Street this city, was enteredand robbed last week, according tothe police, by five men armed withfire axes. They escaped with $835.Roy,White, negro watchman of thetheatre, is being held, pending an in-

vestigation of bis story to the police.

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FIGHT THIS NOWWith indications pointing toward

the fact that the amusement tax is

likely to stand, it is imperative thattheatrical interests join together forthe purpose of making a collective andsystematic fight against auch action.While we were at war, the burden

of an amusement tax was borne un-complainingly because everyone real-ized that each must do his bit, andthe theatre was more .than willing tocontribute its share. But making theamusement tax a -peace-time measure,with no sign of finally doing awaywith it, gives the case an entirely dif-ferent aspect, and theatredom . is jus-tified in asking why it should be madeto continue to bear an outlawed taxburden. The .theatre world shouldcertainly protest and fight the impo-sition with every ounce of energy' it

possesses. .

The need of amusement at any time,and particularly in such trying timesas these, is obviously apparent.' It

has been pointed out to the congres-sional committee by Ligon Johnson,counsel for the theatrical managers,that the theatrical tax was actuallykeeping people from the enjoyment ofthe theatre. He also pointed out thatthe play, as well as being a source. ofamusement, is a source of education.And, until the imposing of a tax, thepicture houses were financially withinthe reach of all, according poorer folka cheap way of enjoyment.There is no reason why the theatre

should, in slang parlance, be made the"goat. The theatre is a legitimateenterprise and, as such, should be ac-corded the same treatment by thegovernment as all other legitimate en-terprises. .

The theatre is close to the heart ofthe public, and if these facts werebrought home to the people, the con-templated action of the governmentto keep deriving revenue from theamusement world would meet suchbig opposition that it would finally .

be reconsidered with an ultimate re-versal of decision.A fight by theatredom for its rights,

backed by sensible advertising anapublicity, would result in a victory forthe amusement world. Let the publicknow what the government contem-plates doing with regard to theamusement tax. Let the public be-come acquainted with the casethrough the medium of a concisestatement of the facts in all theatreprograms, on all ticket envelopes, aline or two in all theatre advertise-ments.An active publicity campaign is

what is needed, backed by all the in-

fluence that can be brought to bear.Blank forms protesting against a the-

tre tax should be distributed to the-atregoers in all theatre lobbies andticket agencies. The subject shouldbe brought to the attention of thedaily newspapers and influence

brought to bear to secure editorials

and paragraphs upon the subject.Co-operation by all branches of the

theatrical arts should be broughtabout and then an active fight to re-

turn the theatre to its pre-war con-ditions and to keep the theatre frombeing imposed upon would be boundto result in victory.TWENTY-PnTR YEARS AGOBsoman and Ardelle were with the

Ida Van Cortland Company.Hope Booth returned to America

from England.Lowry and Hanly were with the

French Folly Burlesquers.The Anonymous Club held a ravel

at the Casino, New York.The Madison Square Theatre, New

York, opened as "Hoyfs Theatre/under the management of Hort andMcKee." with "A Milk White Flag."

Ed. F. Rush was booking TheWhite Crook Extravaganza Company,with Alex. D. Gorman as manager.Annie Hart was singing "My

J. W. Kelly was featured at TonyPastor's.Living Pictures were the hie fea-

ture at Roster and Beat's, New YOrk.

H. R. DJ—William Jerome, JohnQueen and Arthur Rigby formed apartnership about twenty-seven yearsago.

C Z.—Andy Rice presented a newact at the Colonial in April. 1917. Itconsisted of monologue in Hebrewdialect.

H. T. S.—Barnes and Freeman arenow playing the Loew time. Lookthat up in the Vaudeville Bills forNext Week on another page;

. J. R—You can find that out by con-sulting the "Clipper" route list.

F, L. I.—Billy Kilgard was seen invaudeville two years ago in an actcalled "The Upright Jester."

. G. T. R—Look through the "Clip-per" and you will see the advertise-ments of several competent vaudevilleauthors, among them James Madison,Allan Spencer Tenney, William Mc-Nalty, Samuel French and others. Allare reliable and we would advise youto have one of them write your ma-terial. —

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F. M.—George White and EmmaHaig appeared in vaudeville togethertwo years ago. Last season she pre-sented a vaudeville act, together with

i Lou Locket. She presented a similaract later with Jack Waldron.

K. P.—Lieutenant Gitz-Ricc is aCanadian. Irene Bordoni, with whomhe is now appearing in vaudeville, is

French. —

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H. H. T.—Henry E. Dixie appearedin "Iolanthe" twenty-seven years ago.

K. R—Sidonie Espero appeared twoyears ago in "Kitty DarlinV* Corn-stock, Elliott and Gest produced it.

Yea, it's Cornstock and Gest now.

T. T. —Th- Galli-Curci divorce suit

against Luigi Curci, her husband, hasnot been settled yet. •

H. E. D.—Orville Stamm, thestrong man now in vaudeville, wasmarried two years ago in Chicago.

N. G. K.—Arthur Hammerstein pro-duced "Sometime." A. H. Woodsproduced "Up in Mabel's Room."

D. S. C—Yes. theLew Fields in "ALonely Romeo" is the Lew Fields ofWeber and Fields.

C R H,—H. H. Frazee has madeseveral theatrical ventures. Yes, heis a baseball magnate as well.

O. V.—Viola Dana has appeared onthe speaking stage. John Collins washer husband.

N. H. D.—A Royal Flush beats

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anything going in a straight pokergame. It is correct to call it "jackpot"or "draw bluff." Yes, a straight beatsthrees. Why not get a copy ofHoyle's and find out tor yourself?

W. I.—No. she Is not married. IreneBordoni Is. Her husband la Bsy Goats.

C. H.—C. B. Haddock has offices In theFltigerald Building, on the ninth floor.

. 8. J.—Melville Ellis was his name. Heformerly played with Irene Bordoni. HeIs dead now. *

N. L.—Joe O'Neill Is the party's name.He la now assisting Bob CDonnell la thesjBMsjsMBi of Proctor's 12Mh Street. Aletter to the theatre will reach him.

O. T.—Bert Dixon is no longer In vande-vule. Ha la at present rehearalng with

. . , i ouT' production.

RIALTO RATTLESOUR OWN DICTIONARY

Contract—"A scrap of paper" some-times.

Clever—"That's me all over, Ma-bel."Comedienne—Female of the spe-

cies.

Comedian—One who is supposed tobring laughs.Critic—The guy who is always

wrong.Collector—Too frequent.Closing spot—Used only by acro-

bats and dancers. *

Clippings—Posted in books whengood. Non-existent when not.

Class—Usually found in schools.Contorionist—Original model for

crullers.Comedy— An almost extinct animal.

Must be diligently looked for.Clubs—See "jugglers" or "appara-

tus."

INDOOR SPORTSListening to an actor tell you why

he's good.Waiting your turn in a busy agents'

office.

Pulling gags beginning "When Iwas over there

UNAFFECTED BY THE H. C. L.:Henry Chesterfield's smile.George Cohan's frequent statements

about G. M. CPress agent yarns.Shakespeare revivals.

A NEW THEATRICAL FAMILYThe Tribune: "Alan Fagan, a young

brother of Ina Claire." The World:"Alan Fagan, a brother of Elsie Jan-is." Well, maybe Ina and Elsie aresisters I

COULDNT DO WITHOUT BMHarry Saks Hechheimer*s cane.Raymond Hitchcock's spats.Louis Mann's vocabulary.Shubert's press notices.Whodid it dramas.Bed room farces.

NO MORE STINGSince the price of ham is so high,

he who is called a ham actor has aright to ask for a proportionatelyhigh salary.

LEARNING PA8TA. R Parkhurst, the "Fid*" press

agent, is an old publicist, bat rathernew in the field of theatrical public-ity. However, he is very adaptable,for we heard him calling an actress"My dear" the other day.

METHOD IN HER MADNESSLooking at all those telegrams in

the Bee Palmer lobby display, wecouldn't help but wonder if she hasn'tsome kind of working agreement withthe Western Untax

QUITE TRUEWrite some rattles the editor says1 1 a manner rather hazy,And after reading this stuff,

You'll agise,The writer has gone crazy.

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N. Y. P.r-Bob La Belle, of Krana andLa Ban*, did work la btnek-fse* a few

Sus ago. Ho Old a double act with Nal-th» Oaaonao, who worked la nan"

makt-np.

RECIPROCITYWe' hear that the stage door "John-

nies" have organized a union andTgoneon strike. They demand more fortheir money and longer hours.

LEE LASH, TAKE NOTICE!Since when has Harold Orlob, the

musician, taken to scene painting? Inthe theatre lobby announcing theopening of "Nothing But Love," it

proclaims: Book and lyrics by FrankStammers; Scene by Harold Oris*

ITS TOO EASYEdythe Baker is making pianola,

rolls for the Aeolian Duo-Art repro-ducing piano. Why shouldn't a r

14 THE NEW YORK CLIPPvERr October 15, 1919

Music Men Face Loss ofBig Fortune in Royalties

Columbia Graphophone Co. Pays $600,000 for CanadianPlant. Under Kxisting Laws Records of U. S.

Compositions Made in This Factory andSold in Dominion are Royalty Free

The Colombia Graphophone Com-pany, has purchased the entire plantof the Canadian Aeroplane Co;, Ltd.of Toronto, Canada, paying the stunof $600,000 in cash, for the big es-

tablishment.The plant, one of the largest of the

many manufacturing concerns rushednp daring the war period, is enormous,covering over thirteen acres and has233,000 square feet of factory spaceand is said to. be not only one of themost modern and best equipped manu-facturing establishments situated inthe Dominion bnt the entire world aswell. When full operations have beenreached, about three thousand handswill be employed.Back of this purchase, a big_ one

indeed even in these days of businessexpansion, is a matter of enormousimport to the American publisher ofsheet music, for when the plant, getsinto operation and phonograph rec-

ords arc manufactured in it, the Co-lumbia Company -will be entirely re-

lieved of the payment of royalties topublishers and composers from thesales of records of American com-positions sold throughout the Domin-ion.Canada is a great market for phono-

graph records, and as the Canadiancopyright law contains no provisionfor mechanical rights,' publishers andcomposers have received nothing fromthe sale there of records of their pub-"lications. . .

The big phonograph companies arelocated in the United States and thenumber of records .sold in Canadaeach year is enormous. . So manyrecords are disposed of throughoutthe Dominion from which publishersreceived nothing in the way of royal-ties, that the attention of Francis Gil--

bert, a young copyright attorney, wasattracted, and after a.study of the situ-ation, acting for Leo Feist Inc., he in-

stituted a suit.for royalties against theColumbia Co.. During .the trial of the case it de-veloped that the Columbia Co. madeits "master records as well as executingseveral steps in record construction inthe United States, the final step, thatof stamping or pressing, being done inCanada, and that in the opinion ofthe recording company, constitutedCanadian manufacture, inasmuch asno royalties from record sales havebeen paid.The case went to the Apellate Di-

vision of the Supreme Court, whichdecided that the reproducing concernsmust pay copyright owners two centson every record sold in the Dominionof Canada, the master of which wasmade in the United States. '

In buying the big Canadian plantthe Columbia Co. doubless intends tomanufacture all the records sold in

the Dominion in the Toronto branch.This, under the existing law, will savethe company the payment of the twocents royalty, which the courts havedecided it must pay if it continuesits present manner of manufacture.In addition to this it will also have atwo cent selling edge on other phono-graph companies who do their record-ing in the United States.In addition to the big outlay in

purchasing the Canadian plant, a bigexpense will be incurred in sendingartists to Canada to make the mas-ters, a matter which the Columbiahas evidently figured out and decidedthat with the big plant in operation,its purchase and operating price will

in a few years- be paid back with biginterest.

ALBERTS ON WAY HOMEFrank Alberts, the Australian mu-

sic man, is spending a . few days in

New York, prior to departing on his

long trip to the Antipodes. Albertsarrived in New York last week fromLondon, where he went severalmonths ago, to purchase musicalgoods for his stores in Sydney. Hereturned empty handed in so far assecuring goods was concerned, foe,

both in England and on the continent,he says, that while everyone seems tohave money and the countries areenjoying unprecedented prosperity,the buying of merchandise in any realquantities is entirely out of the ques-tion.

OLCOTT HAS NEW SONGSJ. Kiern Brennan and Ernest R. Ball

have supplied Chauncey Olcott with anumber of new songs for. his revivalof the successful play "Macushla."According to critics' opinions theyaxe the best numbers the famous actortenor has ever been identified. Thenew songs, four in number, are "I'll

Miss You, Old Ireland, God BlessYou, Good Bye," "Tis an Irish GirlI Love and She's Just Like You,""That's How the Shannon Flows,"and "Maxushla Asthore." All. thesenumbers are published by M. Whit-mark & Sons.

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NUGENT WITH THE JONES CO.Richard Nugent, formerly a member

of the F. B. Haviland Music Co. andrecently with the Waterson, Berlin& Snyder. Co., is now the the managerof the Jones Music Co.

NEW BALL BALLAD READYErnest R Ball and J. Keirn Bren-

nan have pust finished a new balladcalled "Let the Rest of the World GoBy," ..It .was. first introduced byGeorge MacFarlaney who sang.it forthe first time last Week at the Palacetheatre, Chicago.

KEOUGH LEAVES FISHER CO.Ez. Keough, for the. past two years

manager of the Chicago office of theMcCarthy & Fisher Co., is no longerconnected with that firm. Joe. Ben-nett and Johnny Heinzman are nowlooking after the wants of the pro-fessionals in the Fisher Chocago. of-fice.

MAHONEY WITH FRIEDMANJack Mahoney, the songwriter will

be associated with Geo. Friedman,when lie opens his "new music pub-lishing establishment at No. 165 West47th St. - - --.^ l-*-

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GILBERT HEADLINED.Two songwriting publishers, Wolfe

Gilbert and Irving Berlin, appeared atLowe's Aye. B. theatre last Saturdaynight. Gilbert was booked in thehouse for the last half of the week,while Berlin doubled on Saturdaynight from the Riverside. Gilbert hasplayed the house several times and is

always a hit there, and the big electricsign before the entrance billed him inthe headline spot The big electricsign before the' theatre's entrancebilled the writers as follows: "L.Wolfe Gilbert—Irving' Berlin—InPerson!" '

FEIST SONG LEADS IN SALESThe new Byron Gay song, "The

Vamp," ia leading the. high pricednumbers in the syndicate stores whichhave a high class department thisweek. The number is one of' thequickest hits of the year, being fea-tured in a dozen music hall . produc-tions as well as by scores of vaude-ville headliners.

BILL HASKINS BACK AGAINBill Haskins, who many years ago

had a music publishing office in West28th Street, is back in the game again.Haskins is issuing a number which is

being featured with one of the newfeature film releases.

VAN ALSTYNE IN BUSINESSEgbert Van Alstyne, who hit New

York nearly twenty years ago accom-panied by Harry Williams and imme-diately got into the. limelight as the

writer of "Navajo" and other big hits,

is in business for himself. Williamsis out on the coast writing picturescenarios with an occasional songlyric just to keep, his hand in, whileVan Alstyne has for years been' con-nected with the Chicago office of theRemick house.

KERN WRITING A NEW ONEJerome D. Kern, who has been a

little inactive, during the present sea-son will be heard from around the hol-idays. He is at work on a new musi-cal play with Anne Caldwell whichwill be presented by Chas. B. Dilling-ham. ——^—

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NEW COMPANIES FORMINGBefore the end of the present year

at least two music publishing houseswill be formed with well known writ-ers at their heads. The big boom ex-perienced in publishing circles duringthe past year is responsible for themove and the end of existing contractswith writers will mark the entranceof the new houses in the publishingfield. —

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STERN NOVELTY SCORESOne of the brightest musical num-

bers in the new Mclntyre & Heathproduction is S. R. Henry's "Pahja-mah," which is used as a- dance byBoyle and Brazil. The big orchestrarenders .it most effectively and theaudience demands several encoreswith every performance. Stern & Co.are the publishers. .

SYLVIO HEIN WRITING SCORESylvio Hein is writing the musical

score of the new piece which Augus-tus Thomas is now; at work on. TheShuberts are to present the piece.

FRIEDMAN INCORPORATESGeo. A. Friedman Inc. is to be the

name of the new Friedman'music pub-lishing company, which was incorp-orated for $50,000 last week. Theincorporators are Geo. A Friedman,Mincoln H. Loper, and Harry C. Gom-pre'cht, all of New York.

.The new. company w*H" open' for

business about November 1st

MUSIC MEN UPON CHARGESThe Music Publishers' Association

of the United States, National Asso-ciation of Sheet Music Dealers, Thom-as F. Delaney individually and aspresident, E. Grant Ege individuallyand as vice-president, J. M. Priaulxindividually and as. secretary and trea-surer of the National Association ofSheet Music Dealers, Walter Fischer,

_J. Elmer Harvey. Charles W.' Ho-meyer, William J- Kearney, EdwardP. Little, Holmes T. Maddox, L. W..Miller, Harold Orth, Gustav Schirmer,S. Ernest Philpitt, Paul A SchmitvClayton F. Summy, Charles H. Willis,W. H. Witt, Harvey J. Wood, in-dividually and as directors of theNational Association of Sheet MusicDealers, and all the members of saidAssociation, are facing a charge' ofconspiracy filed by the Federal TradeCommission. According to the Com-mission's complaint, the . associationsand its members have atempted to sti-

fle competition in interstate commercein the business of selling musical com-positions throughout the UnitedStates, to the- public generally and toschools, convents, colleges and fac-ulties thereof.

It further charges that the twoassociations' and its members haveacted in cooperation to the extentthat competion has been largely elim-inated and the price required to bepaid by the public and the musicalprofession for musical profession hasbeen greatly enhanced. -

It also charges that with the. pur-pose and intent of stifling competi-tion, the Music Publishers' Associa-tion of the United States and theNational Association of Music Deal-

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ers, for more than three years haveheld annual meetings during the sameweek and in the same city, that suchmeetings have been held on alternatedays, that the meetings of each asso-ciation are attended by members ofthe other association, who take partin such meetings, that the committeesrepresenting one -association confer

' with the committees representing theother, that most of the members ofThe Music Publishers' Associationof the United States are also mem-bers of the National Asociationof Sheet Music Dealers; that resolu-tions calculated or intended to resultin increased prices to the public andto the music profession have been andare passed by one of said association'sand at times by its members or partof them acting together, recommend-ing action by the other associationand its members, and that such reso-lutions have been, and are, ratifiedand approved by such other' associa-tion or by its members, or some ofthem, and agreed to and carried outby its members or .a part, of them.The charges of the complaint are

tp be heard by the Federal TradeCommission at its offices in Washing-ton on the 22nd day of November,1919 at 10.30 in the forenoon.

WEEKS WITH THE ECHO CO.Harold Weeks, the composer, has

purchased an interest in the Echo Mu-sic Co., a Seattle publishing housecontrolled by Jas. Casey, who yearsago was with the Witmarks and wrote"Sing Me a Song of the South" andother numbers which achieved muchpopularity..Weeks is a clever composer, special-

izing in the Oriental type of compo-sition, and has placed a number ofnew pieces with the Echo Co.

BURT OUT OF BDWY. CORP.F. Burt, who; for. the past two

months has been connected with theBroadway Music Corp., severed hisconection Wjth that company on Sat-urday. .

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October 15, 1919 THE NEW YOR K CLIPPER 15

MUTUAL ASS'N

OF PRODUCERS

DISSOLVED

GOOD IDEA GONE WRONGThe Mutual Burlesque Producers'

Association, formed several years agoby managers and owners of shows onthe; American Circuit, for protectionof material, etc, has been dissolved byBert Levy, attorney for the associa-tion. The shares, which have a parvalue of $100, will be redeemed and, inplace of each, an equal number ofshares of the same value of the Ameri-can. Burlesque Association stock willbe given. ; •

. The following officers and managersheld shares in the Mutual BurlesqueProtective Association: George A.Peck, sixteen shares; William B. Wat-son, five; Sam Levy, one; William S.Campbell, five; Bernard and Gerard,five; Charles Robinson, three; JackReid, five; Sim Williams, five; Strouseand Franklyn, five; T. W. Dinkins,five; Joe Oppenheimer, four; FredGerhardy, four; I. H. Herk, five;James E .Cooper, five; Tom Sullivan,five; Henry Dixon, five, and Mrs.Fred Stair, one.The idea for the association, orogi-

nated by Chas. Franklyn, was a goodone. - It provided that a member ofthe association who had materialwhich was his own, either being orig-inated by himself or which he hadbought, was to have its exclusive use,and' ho member was to interfere witha performer under contract to anothermember. This included chorus girls.

But the rules were not lived up to,and the protection did not amount tovery much, which finally led to the as-sociation becoming inactive and weak.The officers of the company were I.

H. Herk, president; James E. Cooper,vice-president; T. W. Dinkins, secre-tary, and Charles Franklyn, treasurer.

SIGNS WITH PEARSONHarry Bentley has been signed by

Arthur Pearson through Roehm andRichards, to work opposite JimCoughlin in "Girls a la Carte." Hewill open at the Empire, Brooklyn,this Saturday. Harold Kennedy gaVein his notice this Saturday to closewith that, show last week at Hurtigand Seamon's, which takes effect Sat»

JOIN BELFRGAAGE SHOWHarry "Dutch" Ward and Bert'

Morrisey have been booked by IkeWeber for George Belfrage's "Hip.Hip Hooray Girls." They will replaceEddie Kane and Jay Herman. Theyleave to start rehearsal with a Broad-way show, and they secured their re-lease from Belfrage last week andwill dose at Hurtig and Seamon'snext week.

JOINS "OH FRENCHY" CO.Columbus, O., Oct. 13.—John Buck-

ley will open with the "Oh Frenchy"Company here this week. He arrivedfrom New York to-day, booked byRoehm and Richards.

CHAS. COLE'S FATHER DIBS-/Kansas City, Mo., Oct 11.—Thefather of Chas. Cole, of the "Lid Lift-ers," died here this week

FINNEY WINS SUITSpokane, Wash., Oct. 10.—Frank

Finney, featured with the "Boston-ians," on the Columubia Circuit, haswon a court fight here for ten acres ofapple orchard ground he and Mrs.Finney purchased last Spring at a pub-lic auction sale at $235 an acre.Through some mistake, when thecheck went through the bank, a dif-ference of $6 held the check up andthe owner of the property, who had abetter offer for the orchard, refused togive it up to the Finneys.Attorney William Davis, of this

city, who represents Finney, broughtsuit against the original owner, a manby the name of Jamison, who, in themeantime, resold the property for$850 an acre, and Finney won thecase. Jamison has appealed the case.In the meantime, the Fruit GrowersAssociation is looking after Finney'sinterest at the orchard and keepingtrack of all the apples taken off and if

he finally wins the case, Jamison willhave to settle for each case of appleshe Las shipped.The famous Skookum apple is

grown in the orchard and sells at $1.50a case wholesale.

USING GOOD AD SCHEMECharlie Baker has furnished a spe-

cial drop for Rube Bernstein's "Fol-lies of Pleasure" Show, which is usedduring one of the specialties in one,showing a three-sheet of Max Field,and another of Stella Morrisey. Italso gives the names of all the princi-pals in large type.This is one of the best advertise-

ments a show can get in advance, andit is said that Baker is paying a bigprice for it.

ERNEST MACK CLOSINGBoston, Mass., Oct. 13.—Ernest

Mack will close with the "Aviators"at the Howard, here, this week. Hegave in his nonce Monday. He willopen shortly with a Columbia Circuitshow booked by Roehm and Richards,who have also placed Lew Ledererwith the "Aviators" to work oppositeMitty Dcvere. Lederer will open Sat-urday. "' '

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DON TRENT, JR., APPEARSDon Trent, Jr., made his debut in

burlesque last Wednesday night inNewark, with the "Bostonians," whenPhil Ott took him out in the "pick up"number.

CLOSE AT MINSKY-SGeorge Walsh and Harry Bentley

closed at the National Winter Gardenlast Saturday night. Frank Mackayand Jack Shargel opened there Mon-day as principal comedians.

GO INTO VAUDEVHJLBBert Bernard, late of the Union

Square, and Grace Tremont, last sea-son with Sam Howe's Show, are doinga double act in vaudeville. Theyopened on the United Time up theState this week

CLOSE AT WINTER GARDENRuth Rolling and Louise Pearson

closed at the National W-rter Gardenlast Saturday night Miss Rolling is

going to join the "Glorianna" Companyand Miss Pearson will open in one ofthe New York Cabarets shortly. DollyFields opened at this house Monday.

WELLS WRITING ACTSBilly K. Wells is writing material

for Bert Wall, whom he discovered ashort time ago in the West. Wall is

going to do a "single" in vaudevilleHe is also writing two acts for BertLa Mont. V- -

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BURLESQUE CLUB

ELECTS NEW

OFFICERS

NOW SEEK MORE MEMBERSAt a meeting held last week in the

clnbrooms on West Forty-seventhStreet, the Burlesque Club elected newofficers, composed of the following:

James E. "Blutch" Cooper, President,William Roehm, Vice-President, Ben-jamin F. Kahn, treasurer and LouisSidman, secretary.

It was decided that the club shoulddo some advertising in the theatricalpapers, to let the world know that theclub was in good standing and tobring before the members the fact that

a different policy will be carried out in

the future and a drive made for newmembers. Three hundred dollars wasdonated for this purpose, one hundredeach by Cooper, L H. Herck and an-other well known member of the club.

It was alsc decided that the clubshould buy* a building for its homeand a fund was started -which Herkand Cooper each gave $500 and an-other member $225. It is the inten-

tion of the club to hold entertain-

ments, and also at the end of theseason to send an all star show out toplay a few weeks in the burlesquehouses of the nearby cities, the pro-ceeds to go to this fund. A commit-tee was then appointed tr take chargeof the building program. ne, which is

composed of James E Cooper, B. F.Kahn, Phil Dalton, Will Roehm- andLou Sidman.A motion was also passed that the

club will admit only persons in thetheatrical profession and no commer-cial men. There are a few membersnow, who are not directly connectedwith the business but they will remainas members. There were three hun-dred and forty members on the booksat the time of the last meeting.

Secretary Sidman has sent a letter

to all- members who have not sentin their dues, as follows:

October 1st, 1919.

Dear Sir & Bro.:

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No doubt you hove been wonder-ing why you received no notification

as to your standing as a member ofthis club.

To enlighten you, we wish to saythat, since our last communicationto you and other members, -we haveelected new officials who have gonethrough our books and find that youare indebted to the club ' to theamount of Eight Dollars and Twen-ty Five Cents ($825). . Nor

- doubtit is an oversight on your part and

.''-neglect in the part of ouX-old.pffi-* rials to send out notices.

«. . -We therefore ask you to -please

> send us- a check., foe the. above, amount and- set yourself "m-good

standing, for' which accept ."^ojir"* thanks in advance,. . '57* !"V „

Very truly yours, --» .

. •^~-1~ JL. Sidman,

.... .7 * .•." -Secretary.

PRIMADONNA LOSES VOICEWashington, D. C.,£)ct. Id—Etheal

Albertim, prima donna of the HarryHastings Big Show; closed herc/TtfeJt*day on account of losing her voice.She will retire from the show business.

STARS GET LOVING CUPSt. Louis,' Mo., Oct. 9.—George

Stone and Etta Pi Hard were presentedwith a loving cup by the members oftheir company in Kansas City lastweek On the cup was inscribed "ToGeorge Stone and Etta Pillard, thisloving cup we present with our bestwishes for your success and happinessin your new venture. We are withyou till the end. From the membersof your company."

PEARSON BUYS ESTATEWest Norwood, N. J., Oct. 10—Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Pearson have pur-chased an eleven-acre estate here andwill break ground for their home earlynext month. Mrs. Pearson (Kath-erine Crawford), who ' is with the"Step Lively, Girls" will retire fromthe show business at the end of thepresent season.

IS OPERATED ONAlga Hanson (Mrs. Harry Shan-

non), of the "Step Lively Girls," is

in O'Brien's Sanitarium, New York,where she underwent an operationMonday for appendicitis. The latestreports from the institution state thatthe operation was a success.

DOLLY WINTERS IMPROVINGDetroit, Mich., Oct 12.—Dolly Win-

ters, soubrette with the "Tempters"last season, who was operated on sev-eral months ago, is improving rapidly.She will not be able to work this sea-son, however.

LEO STEVENS CLOSINGLeo Stevens will close at the Union

Square Theatre Saturday night ofnext week He has been producingthe shows at the Square since early inJuly. Harry Bernard wilt produce theshows after this. Bernard aid HairyKoler are talcing care of the principalcomedy.

BECOMES EMPIRE TREASURERJohn Talazke has been appointed

treasurer of the Empire Theatre,Brooklyn, in place of Jack Crawford,who died last week Talazke has beenassistant treasurer of the house for anumber of seasons.

WILL PRODUCELou Reels and Ned Dandy have

formed a theatrical producing com-pany which they call the Real Pro-ducing Company. They will producegirl acts.

PLAY TO $6300Toronto, Can., Oct. 9.—The "Jaaz

Babies" broke all records at the StarTheatre here last week, when theyplayed to over $6300.

GOES INTO "AVIATOR GIRLS"Dolly Meden has been booked as

prima donna of the "Aviator Girls"by Boehm and Richards. She joinedthe show this week in Boston.

SIGNS FOR TWO YEARS- Charles Baker has signed StellaMorrisey for two years more afterthis season. Miss Morrisey is primadonna of his "Sweet Sweetie Girls"

. company.

RBIDS TO CELEBRATEMr. and Mrs. Jack Reid will cele-

brate their silver wedding anniversaryjon October 21 in Worcester. Mass.-Reid's "Record Breakers" will be play-ing the Grand Theatre, that city, then.

(Burlesque News Continued on Pages 25 and 30.)

SID WINTERS SIGNED*-•" Sid Winters has signed to work op-posite Harry Seymour in the "Pace-tmakers." He will open in Boston thetwentieth of. this month.

16 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 15, 1013

DRMamM.m£\"APPLE BLOSSOMS"HAS UNUSUALMUSICAND GOOD STORY

"APPLE BLOS80MS"-An operettaIs a prologue and two acts. Musicby Frits Krelnlsr and Victor JacobLBook and lyrics by William L* Ba-ron. Book based on **Dn Marriagesons Louis XV.," by Ai»v«nif.r dh -

mas. Presented by Charles Dilling-ham at the Globe Theatre, Mondayevening, October 8, 1919.

CASTJulie Bena ParkerPolly Juanita FletcherMolly ......AdeleAstalreJohnny Fred AstaireNancy Wllda BensetLucy Fielding Psnllne TT.nAnabell Mason Hllah BoederBichard (Dickie) Stewart,

• .. - - . Perctval KnightMall Carrier Frank SnyderChauffeur George ForayceGeorge Wlntbxop Gordon,

H. BrockbankHarrey Boy AtwellPhillip Campbell Charles ThomasMrs. Anne Merton. .Florence Shirley

In producing "Apple Blossoms," thefirst operetta to make, use of some ofFritz Kreisler's lighter music, with•such portions of the score as were notcontributed by the famous violinistand composer, by Victor Jacobi, andwith book and lyrics from the pen ofWilliam Le Baron, a graceful writerof comedy, Charles Dillingham, asidefrom adding another success to a longlist of " theatrical achievements, hasgiven to the stage an American op-eretta on a high artistic plane.

"Apple Blossoms," has been adaptedfrom the familiar work of AlexanderDumas, "Un Marriage sous Louis

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XV." The production has been stagedby Fred G. Latham and EdwardRoyce against beautiful scenic back-grounds by Joseph Urban. There is

a large cast, beautiful to look uponand vocally capable of meeting the de-mands placed upon it.

William Le Baron has thoroughlyAmericanied the Dumas' play, with aninfusion of the piquancy of the origi-

nal. The plot is woven about a mar-riage of convenience between two.young persons who hardly knew eachother. The story starts in a girls'

school overlooking the Hudson.Musically, the new piece is often

jaunty and airly capricious, and is farabove the average jingle ground out,season after season, for our musicalcomedies. Much of the most pleasingof the ' arias have the advantage, ofbeing sung by John Charles Thomas,whose singing and characterizations inseasons past have ever beep a sourceof delight to followers of light opera.Wilda Bennett made a lovely ro-

mantic character of the school girl,

and though extremely nervous on theopening night, managed to sing hernumbers in an acceptable manner. Forthe humorous contrasts there werePercival Knight and Ray Atwell, towhom the composers were generousin their apportionment of some of themost diverting numbers.Adele and Fred Astaire proved one

of the individual hits of the night withtheir dancing. Others whose actingwas of the praiseworthy variety wereAlan Fagan and Florence Shirley. Thechorus, although not numericallylarge, is uncommonly attractive andunusually well trained.

JOINS FROHMAN. INC.Charles Frbhman will, by an ar-

rangement with'William A. Brady, starGrace George in a new play by SirArthur Pinero, entitled "QuickWork," which 'will belhe first- Pineroplay tobe given its initial performancein America. The. play will be pro-duced - in . London in January, withIrene Vanbaugh in the Grace Georgepart.

"NIGHT BOAT" STEAMS UPCharles Dillingham has placed "The

Night Boat," a musical comedy byAnn Caldwell, with music by JeromeKern, in rehearsalIn the cast will be Frank Craven,

Anna Wheaton, Hal Skelly, LouiseGroody, Kathlene Martyn, Ada Lewis,Jeanetta Methven, Ernest Torrence,Hansford Wilson, John Scanlon, ElsieGordon, Elsa Thomas, and FlorenceBruce.

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HARRY FOX REHEARSINGRehearsals will begin shortly on

"Maid of Money," a new Cornstockand Gest production in which HarryFox will be featured "Maid o'Money" is a musical comedy by GuyBolton, with music by Jerome Kernand lyrics by Bud de Sylva. The playwill open out of town in a preliminarytour before being presented on Broad-way in November.

"WHERE'S YOURWIFE" IS NOVELAND ENTERTAINING"Wim;HE'S TOUB WIFE?"—A newmystery farce In three acta, byThomas Grant Springer, Fleta Camp-bell Springer and Joseph Noel. Pre-sented at the Punch and Jndy The-atre on Saturday evening, October 4,1919, by F. C. Thompson, and stagednnder the direction of George How-ell..

CASTFlorence Hentley Nils gfcgfane „ Huth ParryMrs. Hope-Barreliton-Howe,__ .. „ _" Grace GoodaUWalter MeLane Charles WhiteMr. Ewell Harry QnealyJoseph Hodgens jack PollardHoward Hentley Jack PendletonTaxi Driver Elmer EdwardsOfficer Casey James A. BeahellMatthew Ward Murray PhillipsJames J. Barnes Geo. HowellMadame Zeller Dorothy NewellCharles Whiting Boy HacNlcolCarpenter ....Frank AtwellRowan Taylor Mand GilbertMr. Watson Arthur KeithAnd Tenants of the Keystone Apart-

ments.

After a deluge of (serious "who-dld-tt"mystery dramas, along comes "Where'sTour Wife?" a farce that turns the mys-tery dramas topsy-turvy and laughs at thepolice and third degree methoda Instead ofshuddering at them. The result is a reliefand the effort a novel one.The premise upon which plays such as

"At 9:«" and "The Voice In the Dark"works is given a new twist in "Where'sTour WlfeT" In the latter, the audienceIs on the "Inside" instead of the detective.The plot revolves around the supposed

murder of Florence Hentley by her hus-band. As a matter of fact, there has beenno crime committed, bat the police are tedto believe that a murder has occurred bya story of an imaginative and garrulousneighbor, who has beard loud talking Inthe Hentley apartment, which, as a matterof fact, was occasioned when Hentley camehome and told his wife that they were leav-ing unexpectedly for Detroit on a businesstrip with only half an hour to catch the

The Hentley apartment Is visited by thepolice and found unoccupied. The presencecf bloodstains clinches the mystery in theminds of the police, but the audienceknows the marks of blood are from acouple of wild ducks that one of Hentley*!friends brought in from a hunting trip.From the entrance of the police, the play

presents complication upon complication,and only lets down at the very end, whereMrs. Hentley reappears and makes herIdentity known to the detective. The endis, naturally, more surprising to the de-tective than to the audience, and this Is anobvious fault.While the play carries laughs and Is

entertaining. It lacks finesse. Reportersand police crop up on a minute's notice.While one character exits L, another entersR, with mechanical precision. Severaltimes the action stops while the play runsalong vaudeville lines, as in the scene wherethe detective, tests his new dictagraph onthe telephone repairman.The actors portray their roles seriously,

although the play Is a farce, bnt this seri-ous interpretation makes the plot andcomedy situations even mere ludicrous.Nils Mac, in the part of Florence Hentley,

was a very natural type and gave a pol-ished performance. George Howell, aa De-

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tective Barnes, had the most to do and didit well where be: did not try to "down."James A. Boshell acted and talked like atypical New York cop. Others played theirpans acceptably, although the two news-paper reporters were Inclined to be over-boisterous. :

ETHEL BARRYMOREGAINSNEW HEIGHTS

IN LATEST PLAY"DECLAS8HB"—A play In threeacts by Zoe Akins. Presented byCharles Frohman, Inc. at the Em-pire Theatre, Tuesday evening, Octo-ber 7, BOS.

CASTRudolph Solomon Claude KingEdward Thayer Vernon SteelHarry Charteria Charles FrancisSir Bmmett Wilderlng.Jnlian RoyceSir Bruce Haden Harry PllmmerCount Paolo Del Magiore,

Half Belmont,Jean Alfred HesseWalters.... Edward Le HayLady Helen Haden. Ethel BarrymoreLady Wlldering Clare EamesCharlotte Ashley...Beatrice BeckleyMrs. Leslie .Katherlne HarrisAlice Vance Madeline DelmarZellito Gabrlelle Ravine

The appearance of Ethel Barrymore In anew comedy was perhaps the most inter-esting and potentially Important event lalast week's schedule of things theatrical.Her latest staring vehicle, "Declassee," Isthe work of Zoe Akins, immeasurably en-riched by the work of tho famous actressand a very able newcomer from Englandnamed Claude King. It held the first nightaudience spellbound throughout the entirethree acts and at the conclusion resultedIn a sincere ovation to Miss Akins and MissBarrymore.The new play concerns a titled English

woman who, after being found with com-promising, letters upon her person, writtenby a young adventurer. In whom she hasbecome Interested. Is turned out by a coarseand bibulous husband. Several years after,we find her a marked down Dutchess In aNew Tork hotel, declassee. It is while inNew Tork that she meets a self-madeAmerican, to whom she becomes betrothed.But happiness Is not to be hers. Theshadow of the adventure' falls over her,again and as the play draws to a dose, thetragic career of the woman is snuffed ontIn the night, in a manner very much likethat familiar figure of the French stage,Camille.Miss Barrymore, now In the golden bloom

of her beauty, never looked more lovelythan she did on this occasion, when everytalent was In its fullest flower. Throughoutthe entire play her acting struck the deep-est note of feeling and was, in all. one ofthe finest characterisations ever witnessedon the American stage.The company that supports Miss Barry-

more is very good. The performance byMr. King is a notable achievement. Thereare minor roles well done by Clare Eames,Beatrice Beckley, Charles Francis andHarry Pllmmer.

A. H. WOODS PUTSOVER BEST OF ALL

BEDROOM PLAYS"THE GIKL IN THE LTMOTJSINE"—A farce In three acta by WilsonColllson and Avery Hopwoed. Pre-sented by A. H. Woods, at the El-tinge Theatre, Tuesday evening, Oc-tober 7. 1B19.

CASTKargan Edward ButlerBenny Dann MalloyBetty Neville... Dorris KenyonDr. Jlmmie Galen. . .Charles BuggiesTony Hamilton . . . .John CumberlandBiggs ...'..... Barnett ParkerFreddie Neville Frank ThomasBernlce Warren.. ..Vivian RushmoreLucia Galen. Claiborne FosterAunt Cicely Zelda SearsGiles ...: ......Harry Charles

"The Girl In the Limousine," anotherfarce in which the bed Is the center ofattraction, written by Wilson Colllson andAvery Hopvood, has been added to theever growing list of bedroom plays, and.in many respects surpasses anything everattempted heretofore by that well knownproducer of this variety of entertainment,A. tEt. Woods. • • • •-

Throughout the entire play the audience,is allowed to witness all that goes onwithin two becanopyed bedchambers. Theysee menIn the beds, under the beds, onthe beds, alone, and with other men's wives,arid, in fact, we And men everywhere wheretheir position might be viewed In a com-promising manner. But, of course, this Is'

all done perfectly innocently; that is, yoncan form any opinion you choose, becausenearly every line uttered has a doublemeaning, ..and, in some cases,- the" authorsare more frank and call things what they

Doris Kenyon, who still 'retains thehabit of "registering," having been newlyrecruited, from the movies, . displayed an.unspoiled voice and some clever work aaa comedienne. Charles Buggies, as thedoctor, and -Barnett Parker, as the comicbutler, alio scored.- But all honors must

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go to the bed. -

PLAT FOR IRENE FRANKLINIrene Franklin and Burton Green,

who opened at the Majestic Theatre,Chicago, last week in the first lap of

their tour of the Orpheum Grcuit, arebusy preparing for a play of their

own which they will produce in NewYork next Spring.

"MELODY" OPBNS OCT. 28Wilner and Romberg will present

their initial production, "The MagicMelody," at the Shubert Theatre inNew Hoven on Oct. 28th. The playwill come to New York two weekslater.

SAM BLAIR BUSY AGAIN'The production of new piece, en-

titled "He Is an Elk," has been an-nounced by Sam Blair. The play, amusical farce in three acts, by ThomasHoyer, with music by Eddie Rich, willbe presented on Broadway within amonth. All the male members of thecast are Elks.

'TOO MANY HUSBANDS'WOOD'S NEW COM-EDY, IS SPLENDID

"TOO MANY HUSBANDS"—A com-edy in three acts by W. SomersetMaugham. Presented by A. H. Woodsst the Booth Theatre, Wednesdayevening, October 8, 191S.

CASTVictoria Estelle WinwoodMiss Dennis Beatrice MUterTaylor .....Carolyn DarlingMrs. Shuttleworth, -

Marguerite St. JohnLeicester Paton Frits WilliamsMajor Lowndes, D. S. 0.,

Lawrence GrosszalthMajor Cardew, D. S. O., .

Kenneth DouglasNannie .....'. Marlon Buckler

- Mr. Baham ..J. H. BrewerMiss Montmorency.. Florence EdneyBoy Bichard Gray

"Too Many Husbands," althoughanother farce of the bedroom variety,is as different as day is from night incomparison to the earlier productionof the week by the same producer, A.H. Woods. This new comedy, whichcame to the Booth Theatre, is pre-ceded by the news of successful runsin England, where it was presentedunder the title of "Home and Beauty."This new and wholly delightful

farce is the work of W. SomersetMaugham, a powerful novelist andadroit craftsman of the theatre. It is

a play, the texture of which is so frag-

ile and" light of touch, and,- above all,

so thoroughly English, that if left -tothe interpretation of the. Americanstage, .would have been utterly un-translatable, and might have proved adismal failure. Bnt the. far-sightedAmerican producer has secured a castcomposed of - the most accomplishedEnglish players to be had, resulting in

a production par excellence.Comedy, that is plausibly presumed

to lie just beyond the ragged edgesof war, forms the plot basis of. thenew play. There is an English Ma-jor, a winner of the D. S. O., who hasofficially died upon the fields of Ypres.

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Another Major, also decorated withthe D. S. O., and a chum of the alleged

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departed, finds, in marrying the wid-ow, what apears to be to him the best,

way of paying his tribute to both hisfriends. All this would have been veryright if the Major who was dead hadnot shown himself alive. In due sea-son he returns, like Enoch Arden, andthere is an imense confusion in thehouse where D. S. O. has succeededD. S.O. ' ?->:•?

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Estelle Winwood ;plays -with easyvivacity the role of the widow,' who

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feels that she has really done herbitby marrying two D.-S.' O.'s. The rolesof the two Majors are in the handsof Lawrence .Grossmith and KennethDouglas, and the . other important .

roles were -filled' by.- Marguerite VSfc';John, and Fritz Williams." .•';."!.' ".

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October 15, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 17

Jnlia_ AdJer has been engaged forFaithful." -

Rosie Quinn has been added to thecast of "Hello Alexander.'*, ... r .

Blanche Ring has been engaged for"The Passing Show of1919."

Sam Barlow is playing comedy roles• with the Urban Stock Company.

GUda Del Toro has joined the -Mu-sical Fredericks, now in vaudeville.

William Courtenay will head a Chi-cago company, of "Civilian Clothes."

Morgan Wallace has been engagedfor a role in Clifton Crawford's newplay; r -

Frank Browne is to present a new. xylophone act in the variety housessoon.

—i James K. Haekett is back in NewYork after recovering from a seriousillness. » .

ABOUT YOU!!! AND YOU!!! AND YOU!!!

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Alber James, of the ChamberlainBrown office, has returned to businessafter a four weeks' illness.

- Ward and Ward, two men, have anew juggling act in which they will beseen hereabouts in the near future.

P. B. McCoy, general stage-directorfor John L. Golden, became the father

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of a nine-pound boy last week.

Bigelow and Clinton have beenbooked by Pete Mack to play thirty-eight weeks on the Keith time.

Frank Davis and Delle Darnell havet>een added to the "Shubert Gaieties of1919."

_ George. Stuart Christie will appearin Edward Locke's new play, "TheCall." It will open in Chicago.

Jack Cagwin has been added to the Keegan and Edwards have signedcast of "Hello Alexander" by the Shu- with Flo Ziegfeld and are now appear-berts.: 1

">'... ' ing on the New Amsterdam root

Anna Held, Jr, and Jack Gilfoil arepreparing a new two-act for vaude-ville. ~-

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Marguerite St. Clair has been'addedto the cast of "Angel-Face" as adancer. ';

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Lowell Sherman has been engagedfor a role in "The Mood of the NewMoon." '-r>; •

Bruce Weyman, with Duncan Bea-sett at the piano, has a new act in re-hearsal. r .. , •

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-Harry and Banna McDonald willopen in a new act at Loew's Ameri-can shortly.

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Delbridge 'and Gremer replacedJassbn and' Cherry at the Americanlast week.

Hilda Spong is to play the featuredrole in a new act with four people nowin preparation.

Charles Stanton will play the juve-nile lead in "Business Before Pleas-ure" on the road.

Getorge Lask. has been engaged toproduce prologues for the CaliforniaTheatre in 'Frisco.

The Lanre Sisters will open short-ly at Proctor's Twenty-third StreetTheatre with a new act.

- The Klein Brothers joined the castof the "Shubert Gaities of 1919" at theWinter Garden last week. -

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Theodora Warfield will play the..leading feminine role in "39 East" onthe road this -season.

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AQeen Poe has joined "DreamStars," Charles King's vaudeville act,playing Keith time.

Jack Haniey went on at Proctor's,Elizabeth, instead of Dave Harris lastweek. The latter was 111. .

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Brice and Adora, a man and woman,have a new aerial act now beingbooked by H. B. Burton. -

Albert Kennedy and Mary Danahave a new two act which is Al Her-man's first-production^, v". .:

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-- Lillian. Mortimer., will open with anew act on the Loew time, October20, at th e American- -Theatre. <=-?-.-

Sidney Blackner will play the malelead with a special "39 East" companywhich wflj play on tour this season.

Kitty Recce and Paul Edwards havea new two act in preparation. They

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.will present it hereabouts shortly.

1 Marie Nordstrom has accepted anengagement to play at,.Sir AlfredButt's Palace .Theatre, England. **•"'

Harry K. Morton will be seen inThe Sweetheart Shop," now beingrewritten by Anne Caldwell for him.

Paul Frawley has been engaged byEdward Bowes for the musical com-edy company, at the new Capitol The-

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The Reynolds Trio has been givena Keith route for twenty-six weeks.They will play the eastern two-a-dayhouses.

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Kurt Schindler, director of theSchola Cantorum of New York, ar-rived here last week after a visit to-Spain..

Arthur Ashley has returned to thetitle role in; "The Man Who CameBack"- and opened in Providence lastweek, -

Al Rayne and Bert Roae left NewYork last week ,for Camden, to jointhe Sam Howe Sport Girls in thatcity. "

Ralph Bunker and William Ricciardihave been engaged for "PetroleumPrince," which is featuring LouisBennison. ^

Brown and Allman were unable toappear at the American last week andSmythe and Gladys replaced them on,the bill.

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The Barra Girls have been placed byTom Jones! for a route on the Loewcircuit, opening October 19 in Pater-son, N. J._ ' " ~

.Beet La Mont's "Four Singers"have been engaged by the Shubert

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and will be featured in a new musicalcomedy.

Marjorie Rambeau has returned from.the Adirondack* and will- soon start

Work on a motion picture for AlbertCappellanL

Bessie McCoy Davis will remainwith the* Greenwich Village Follies -

and will not go into vaudeville, as hasbeen -reported.-^- :-.'

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The Trennell Trio has been givena rout e of twenty-five weeks over, theWestern Vaudeville time. Nat Sobelbooked it.

Arthur E. MacHugb says there is

no truth in the report that he has ab-dicated as press agent for the B. S.

Moss interests. $ ,

Mable Fieraon and Claire Mathiaonhave been added to the cast of "Girlo'Mine," a new musical comedy byPeter Whiley.

Lark Taylor, Tulia Ralph; KathrynKidder, Howard Kyle and TyronePower have been engaged for "All theKing's Horses."

Earl Bonham has been added to thecast of the Wilner-Romberg produc-tion of "The Magic Melody," now inrehearsal

Pat Ahearn has left the "Every-sailor" act and is now rehearsing witha new three act being produced byNat Sobel.

Sidney Blackmar and TheodoraWarfield 'have been- engaged byRachel Crothera for a road companyof "39 East."

Joseph Plunkett left for Europe lastweek, to remain there indefinitely. Hewill act. as European representativefor Selnick picture*.

Mrs. Hanneford, of the Hannefordfamily, is back at the Hippodrome,having recovered from an injury_wh.cnshe fell from a horse.

Howard Kyle has been engaged bythe Coburns to appear in "All theKing's Horses," by Louis K. Ans-pacher.

M Thor, of the Th or AmusementAmusement Company, returned' toNew York last week following an ex-tended motor tour to the Coast.

Pauline Saxon" "and Halsey Mohrhave been routed by Tom Jones forthe Loew time and will open. at theGreeley Square.

Ryan's Five Musical Serenaders,who have been appearing in cabaretsfor the past three years, will appear ina new jazz band act shortly.

Margaret Dale, instead of returningto "Good Morning Judge," as was in-tended, will continue in "An Exchangeof Wives," now at the Bijou. -

Harry B. Herts has succeeded'George Blume'nThal as business man-ager of the Star Opera Company, fol-lowing the tatter's resignation.

Barnes and Crawford have bees-givena route" over the Orpheum time. Theyopened- on October 6 at- the Palace,Chicago. Pete Mack booked them.

Ernest Hussar's Hungarian JazzBand has been signed to play in con-junction with "The Magte Melody,"

-the new Wilner-Romberg production.

Victor Kami, Loring Smith, BlancheBoone and Ruth Francis are featuredin a new act which George Choos is

producing, entitled "Hello Judge."

Charles. B. Falls is making theworking drawing costumes for "Fab?and Wanner." He made the designsfor the "Greenwich Village Follies*

- costumes. ...

Cecil Cunningham left the .Green-wich Village Follies last Saturdaynight to go into "The Rose of China,"Comstock & Gest's show.

Mark Reed, author of "She Wouldand She Did," the present GraceGeorge vehicle, has completed another

. play, a comedy, entitled "When Menv Flew."

Dayton Stoddard has resigned fromthe position of general press agent forHenry W. Savage and is now ahead ofone of Arthur Hammerstein'a produc-tions.

S. Miller Kent and Ramsey Wallacesigned with Walter Hast last week tooriginate the two leading male roles ia

"Eve and the Man," Frederick Brueg-geVs new drama.

Lola Leigh, formerly with GeorgeWhite's "Scandals of 1919," and morerecently rehearsing "The Magic Mel-ody," was injured in an automobileaccident last week. ".<-

Lucille Chalfont, at present ap-pearing in Charley King's vaudevilleact, "Dream Stars," has' been engagedby Ned Wayburn to appear at theCapitol Theatre. -

Hilda Moore, who appeared in theLondon production of "Dear Brutus,"has arrived here and started rehears-ing in Sir James Barrie's comedy withWilliam Gillette.

Bert Williams, Van and Schenck,Marlyn Miller and Johnny Dooley willappear at the benefit performance of.

the 15th Infantry to be held at theCentury on October 19. <.

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James Marshall, a colored actor,was held last week in $1,500 bail byMagistrate Levine in the HarlemCourt, for the Grand Jury, on thecharge of Ruth Gleason, a ncgreas,who said he had threatened her.

Neta Johnson, who has just com-pleted a tour of -the Orpheum time,was married in New York. City latelast week to Sergeant Grover Bigger,a non-professional. Bigger wasawarded the croix de guerre whileoverseas.

J. _Aldridge_ Libbey, who sang"After the Ball" when the song was iaits prime, has returned to Broadwayafter an absence of seven years. Dur-ing that time, he has been playing inwestern vaudeville.

Louis Walters, formerly with ther.Quigley. Booking pffices, of Boston,

has opened his own vaudeville agencyat 180 Tremont Street, Boston. He u

.booking acts for the Saint James The-atre, Boston, and for the Park Thea-tre, Nashua, New Hampshire.

Fernuccio F. Coradetti, editor of theofficial; bulletin of the Italian Musical

): League, was sued last week for $25,-/ 000 damages by Alfred Salmaggi, a

vocal teacher, who alleges that hisreputation has been damaged by state-.

:ments published by the former.

- Al Tyler,. Miller and Mack, the BigCity Four, Gerald Griffin, Margaret

> Calvert, Frank Gould, the Angel Sis-ters, She Hussars, Marie and Danoffand Daisy Delmar appeared. at thevaudeville show, at the Selwyn The-atre last Sunday night . -

Constance Eastman is the heir ofthe estate left by her husband, thetate Henry Walter Webb, who died 6aJanuary 18, 1919. The estate, which is

estimated as at" least $100,000 in rtal

and personal property, is to be ap-praised for inheritance taxation tk»a

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'TWILL CHARM YOUR HEART

By KENDIS, BROCKMAN and VINCENT (I'M LONESOM E , SO

AND NOW COMES

THERE'S A LOT Of BLUE EYED MARYS

DOWN IN MARYLANDBy the writers of "Peaches Down in Georgia"

By JACK YELLIN, MILTON AGER and G. W. MEYER

The lure of mysterious China, blendedwith live American pep

CHONG^CAME FROMG KONG)

By HAROLD WEEKSThe new song they're dancing and singing and humming

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Riverside—Knth Roye—"For Pity's Sake—Walter Brower—Bee Palmer A Co.—Chae.Grapewln & Co.—Do For Boya—Sablnl £Goodwin.Colonial—Santos ft Hayea—Bert Baker ft

Co.—F. ft M. Brltton—V. Bereere ft Co.—Hehlln«er ft Mier—Johnny Clark ft Co.—Grace La Roe Miller ft Bradford.Alambn—"Mr. W's Sarprlae" — Craw-

ford 4 Broderlck—Claire ft Atwood—CarlosSebastian ft Co.—Dotson—Jas. Hnssey ftCo. _Boyal — vallecltas Leopard — Untie

Glasses—Zardo—Jas. B. Carson ft Co.

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Raymond ft Sehram—"Creole FashionPlate"—Mabel HcCane ft Co.

BBOOKIiYK.Orpheum—"Playmatea"—Fred Berrens

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J. A S. Leonard ft Co.—Jim Jaxa King

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Hontlnf ft Francis. Phil Baker—WilliamsiWolfos—Diane ft Knblnl.Bsahwlek—Regal ft Moore—Lida McMil-

lan A Co.—Herman ft Shirley—CountessVerona—Emma Cams ft Co.—DorothyBrenner—MoscoDl Bros.—T. ft K. O'Mara.

BALTIMORE.Jack In<tUav-"KlB« Me"—Two Brlanta

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3 Ellett Sisters—Cameron Bisters—Donald8Isters—Petty- Beat ft Co.—Louis ft White.

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BUFFALO.E. ft B. Adair—Patrlcola—Frank flabby

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Wheaton ft Carroll—La France Bros.BOSTON.

Keith's—EHda Morris—SuHy 4 Hough-ton—Marconi ft Fltigibbon—Potter ftHartweU—Irving Berlin—Asaki Japs—Wil-bur Mack ft Co.-^Jaa.C. Morton A\ Co.

- - COLUMBUS.Keith's—Owen McGlveny—ChaUen ft

Kete—Eddie Rosa—Clark A Bergman

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Reynolds ft Donegan—Bery Melrose.OXBTKLAHD.

Hippodrome—Alice Hamilton—Lohsa ftSterling—Maryland Singers—"Rube-rille"

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Billy Claaon. •.

CINCINNATI. -

' Keith's—Rllnore ft Williams—Rnth BaddHenri Scott—Gantler's Toy Shop.

DETROIT.Temple—Belle Baker—McMahon Diamond

Co.—Joggling Nelsons-—Gallagher ft Roily—Heed ft Tneker^-La Kne ft Dnpree—J. ftM. Harking—Kennedy ft Bart.

DAYTON.Keith's—Bmmett DeVoy ft Co.—Llboaatl

—Mr. ft Mrs. J. Barry—Eddie Carr ft Co.—Charles Abeam—Vera Sablnl ft Co.

Colonial—Klngsley Benedict—SissI* ftBlake—Jack Hanley—Conlln ft Glass—M.A J. Dunldln.

GRAND RAPIDS.Empress—Stella Mayhew—Bob Hall—Ca-

milla's Birds—Chung Hwa 4.HAMILTON.

LyrlcWazxland Naval Octette—Pielert* Schofleld—Willing ft Jordan—Henry B.Toomer ft Co.—M. Montgomery.

INDIANATOUS.Keith's—Francis Kennedy—Mary How-

ard ft Co.—Myers ft Noon—Prosper ftMoret.

LOWELL.Keith's—Martin ft Frabtnl—Qolxey 4—

Eskimo ft Seals—Mullen ft Prsncis—ArthurHavel .ft Co.—Clinton ft Booney—DareKindler.

LOTJIBTTLLK.Keith's—Sallle Fisher ft Co.—Diamond ft

Brennan—Wright ft Dietrich—Alan Sogers—The Magleys.

MONTREAL.Prtneess—Whipple Hasten ft Co.—Nan

Gray—O-Neil ft Keller—WMson Aubrey 8—Howard ft Clark.

PORTLAND.Keith's—Babbette—Ch as. Semon—Lane ft

Harper—Johnson Baker ft J.—Brennan ftBale—"Petticoats."

PITTSBURGH.D.Tit—Maria Lo ft Co.—Dickinson ft

Deagon—Sam Mann ft Co.—Peggy Brem-mer ft Bro.—"Ctrl With 1000 Byes"—WillOakland—McLsJIan ft Canon.

Keith's—Joe Towle—Winston's WaterLlona—Hermlne Shone ft Co.—Mrs. Her-ri,an—Lillian Pitsgerald—Berk ft Valoa—Ryan ft Healy—Boothby ft Everdean—TbeRloa. .

PROVTDBNCB.Keith's—InhoS Conn ft Co.—Brendel ft

Burt—Helene Davis—2 Jesters—IT. S. OleeCrab—A. Bobbins ft Part.

BOCHK9TEB . -

Temple—Alice Lloyd—Colombia ft Vlc--.: ft B. Stanton—Rinaldo Bros.—

I A Tear"—Ben Bernie—El Rey Sis-ters—Duval A Symonds.

TORONTO. .

. Shea's—Green Family—Stanley ft Birnes—Vine Daly—"Rainbow Cocktail"—Fallonft Brown—Reynolds ft White—Rives ft Ar.n'old—Wm. Gaiton ft Co.

TOLEDO.* Keith's—"Artistic Treaf'-Jdunont 8—Briscoe ft RanB-rFUrtatton—Smith ft Aus-tin—Walter C Kelly—Hobson ft Bentty.

WASHINGTON. -

-K«lth'«—Sylvester ft Vance—ElisabethMurray—Harriet Remple ft Co.—HerbertSlnny ft Corine—Miller ft Mack.

WILMINGTON._ Garriek—Ferry—Anger ft Curtis Boys

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Ernie ft Ernie-Harry Oakes ft Co.-^"Be«e-mgmSSk ft Reading. " """' '

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YOUNG8TOWN.Hippo—Rae B. Ball ft Bro.—S Stewart

Sisters—Bobbe ft Nelson—"An AmericanAce"—McMahon ft Chapello.

ORPHEUM CIRCUITCHICAGO.

Majeette—Irene Franklin—Chinese JanBand—Bums ft Frmbrito—t Readings

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Espe ft Dutton—Morris ft Campbell—Fris-coe—3 Stewart Slaters.

Pniace—Lew. Dockstader—Jason ft Halg—Bostock's Biding School—Maud Karl ftCo.—Hickey Bros.—Primrose •

Phillips—Kltamura Japs.4—Sidney

SALT LAKE.Orpheum—"Reckless Eye"—Josephine ft

Hennlng—-Howard's Pontes—Fenton ftFields—Fox ft Mayo.

CALGARY.Orpheum—Eva Shirley ft Band—Kltner

ft Reaney—Venlta Gould—Arthu r West Co.—"The Man Hunt"—Princess Rajah—M.Nelson.

DTJIFIH.Orpheum—Lambert ft Ball—Harry Hinea—Collins ft Hart—Dunbar's Salon, Sing— -

Chria Richards—Meredith ft Snooxer—"In-door Sports.".

DBS MOINF S.Orpheum—Hyams ft Mclntyre—Nelson ft

Chain—"Planoville"—Gibson ft Connelly-Madge Maltland—

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amberu—Arnaot Bros.DENVER

Orpheum—Bronson ft Baldwin—Will J.Ward ft Girls—Boyce Combe—"Levitatlon"—Lydia Barry—Bell ft Wood—Royal Gas-coignes.

KANSAS CTTT.Orpheum—Marguerite " 8yIts—Lloyd ft

Christie— Gallagher ft 'Martin— MarionHarris—Frawley ft Louise—La Bemicla ftBallet.

LOS ANQ3ELX 8.Orpheum—Alice Bis ft Co.— '. eo. Kelly

Co.—:Begay ft Lorraine Sis.— ..rt Jorn

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Burt ft Roiedaie—Belgian XrV>—JnliuaTannen. .

LINCOLN.Orpheum—Hals ft ' Waldron—"Heart-

land"—"Current of Fun"—B, ft J. Crelghton—Hayden ft ErceUe—The Vivians—Sut-ter ft Dell.

MINNEAPOLIS."Orpheum-^Harry Watson ft Co.—Janls

ft Chaplow—Jerome ft Herbert—Cartmellft Harris—Marphy ft White—Three Janet—Mo I lie Mclntyre Co.

MEMPHIS.Orpheom—Bert Fltsgibbons—Nat Na-

sarro. Jr., ft Band—Jack Kennedy & Co.—Fox ft Ward—Eadle ft Ramsden—Her-shel Hendler—Gen. Piaano ft Co.

MILWAUKEE.Palace Rlgoletto Bros.—Watts ft Haw-

ley—B. ft B. Conrad—Pat ft P. Houghton—Kremka Bros.MaJsstle Olga Petrova—Sheila Terry ft

Co.—DuSy ft Caldwell—Hudler Stein' ftPhillips—Ben K. Beany.

NEW ORLEANS. '-

Orpheum—"Somewhere With Pershing"—Le Roy Talma ft Bosco—Sherman Van ftHyam—AI. ft F. -Stedman—Jas. ThompsonCo.—Nora Noreene—Musical Hunters.

OMAHA.Orpheum—"Putting It - Over"—Oscar

Lorraine—Mcintosh ft Maids—Dolly Kay—Clinton Sisters—Aerial Shews—LongTack Sam.

OAKLAND.Orpheum—Stone ft Kails—Harry Breen—Martelle—Fern King ft Co.—Sidney ft

Townley—Farrell Taylor ft Co.—Bob Tipft Co.

PORTLAND.Orpheum—Saranofl! ft Girls—The Shar-

rocks—William : Ehs—Kanaxawa Boys

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Lee ft Cranston—Colour - Gem s—Carl Em-my's Pet*.

8T. PATJL.Orpheum—"Overseas Bevue"—Geo. Price

ft Co.—Clifford ft Wills—ELfreda Wynn—Steve Jullaax—Van Cellos.

ST. LOUIS.- - Orpheum—Blossom Seeley ft Co.—Gru-ber's Animals—Tot—Stuart Barnes—Qar-

. dnetti Bros.—Janet of France—Leo Zar-rell Co.

aTBXSNO.Orpheum—Seven Honey Boys—Mme. El-

lis .ft ' Co.—Maleta Bonconl—Sybil Vane-Mrs. Gene Hughes ft Co.

- SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.Orpheum—Sweeties—Kharum— Norwood

ft Hall—Comfort ft King—Mellnotte Duo—Albertlna Reach ft Co.—Jack Morrissey—"Not Yet Marie"—Jas. J. Morton.

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Orpheum—U. S. Jazs Band—HowardNichols—Weber ft Rldnor—Lydell ft Ma-tey—Stephens ft Holllster—Jimmy SavoCo.—Bobble Gordonne.

SALT LAKE CITY - - . •

Orpheum—Bessie Clayton ft Co.—Mash& O'Donnell—Ted Doner—Dunham ftO'Malley—Ray Snow—The Seebacks—RosaKing Co. ; . .

VANCOUVER.Orpheum—Harry Green Co.—Ben ft Ha-

zel Mann—Clccollpl—Lillian Shaw—Flo ft.

OUte Walters—The Pickforda.VICTORIA.

Orpheum—Eva Shirley ft Band—Kltnerft Beaney—Venlta Goold—Arthur West Co.—"The Man Hunt"—Princess Rajah—M.Nehjoa. .-.-•_;.-- •..-.-•

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'Dancer, The"—Harris, New York, indef.'First la Lasf'Maxine Elliott, New York,Indef.

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"Gold Diggers"—The Lyceum, New York,Indef.

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"Good Mornlntt Judge"—Chestnut SL O. H,Palls., Pa., Indef.

"Quest of Honor'—Wilbur, Boston, Indef."Hltehy Koo of 1919"—Liberty, New York,

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"Little Mother to Be"—Colonial. Baltimore,13-18.

"Little Journey -More, A"—Shubert-Be-Belsscou Washington, 13--J8.

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Letter List

"Somebody's. Sweetheart"—Garrlck, Chi-cago, 111., indef.

"Three Faces East"—National, Washing-ton. D. C, 13-18.

"Velvet Lady, The"—Detroit O. H., Detroit.13-18.

"Thirty-nine East"—Lyric, Philadelphia,Indef. * i

Thurston—Standard, New STork, 13-18.

"Tea for Three"—La Salle; Cbtcago, ludef."Tiger. Tiger"—Ford. Baltimore, 18-18."Three Wise Fools"—Power's, Chicago."Take It From Me"—Studebaker. Chicago."Thunder"—Criterion, New York/ lndsf."Too Many Husbands"—Booth, New York,

indef."Where's Your Wife!"—Punch and Jndy.New York, indef.

Wsrfleld, David—Garrlck- Philadelphia, in-def.

"Dp From Nowhere"— Adelphla, Philadel-phia, Fa, 13-18.

"lip in Mabel's Boom"—Wood, Chicago,indef.

"Young Man's Fancy, A"—Playhouse, NSWYork, indef.

Zlegfeld's Follies—New Amsterdam, N. Y.,Indef.

&COLUMBIA WHEELAl Beeves' Show—Gayety, Rochester, 13-18;Bastsble, Syracuse, 20-22; Lumbers-,TJtica, 23-25,

Abe Reynolds "Review .Gayety"—Omaha.13-18: Gayety. Kansas City. 20-25.

"Best Show In Town"—Orpheum, Peterson,N. J., 13-18; Majestic, Jersey City. 20-29.

Ben Welch—Empire, Albany, 13-18; Ca-sino. Boston, 20-2B.

Behmsn Show—Miner's 149th Street. NewYork. 13-18: Casino. Brooklyn, 20-23.

"Beauty Trust"—Gayety Buffalo, 13-18;Gayety, Rochester, 20-26.

Billy Wstaon's "Parlaiab. Whirl"—Empire,Newark, 13-18; Caaino. Philadelphia, 20-25.

"Bontona"—Gayety, Detroit, 13-18; Gayety,Toronto, 20 25.

Bowery—Lyric. Dayton, 13-18; Olympic,Cincinnati, 20*25.

" Boaton la ua"—Casino, Philadelphia. 13-18; Miner's 149th StNet, New York. 20-25.

"Burlesque Review"—Caialno, Boston, 14-18;arand, Hartford, 20-25.-

"Borlesque Wonder Show"—Olympic. Cln-cinnati. 13-18; Coluombla, Chicago, 20-20.

Dave Marlon Show—Palace, Baltimore, 13-

18: Gayety. Washington, 20- 2D."Follies of the Day"—-Grand, Hartford. 13-

18; Jacques, Waterbury, 20-23."Girls a la Carte"—Empire, Brooklyn, 18-

18; People's. PhUsdelphU. 20-25."Girls of the V. S. A/'—Gayety, KansasCity, 13-18; open -20-25; Gayety, StLouis. 27-Nov. 1.

"Girls De Looks"—Star and Garter. Chi-cago, 18-18; Berchell, Des Moines, 19-22.

"Golden Crooks"—Casino. Brooklyn, 18-18;Empire, Newark, 20-23.

Harry Hastings' Sbowl-Gayety, Washing-ton. 13-18; Gayety. Pittsburg, 20-25.

"Hello America —Gayety, Montreal, 13-18:Empire, Albany, 20-25.

"Hip Hip Hooray"—Hurtlg * Seamon's,Nsw York, 13-18; Orpheum, Peterson,

• 20-29. ' : - -

Lew Kelly Show—Newburg, N. T.. 18-15;rough kee,i tie, 10-18; Gayety, Boston, 20-

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"Mberty Girla"—People's, Philadelphia,13-18; Palace, Baltimore, 20-29.

"Maids of America"—Park, Youngstown,13-10; Grand, Akron-; 14-18; Star. Cleve-land. 20-25.

"Million Dollar. Dolls"—Columbia, Chicago,. 13-18: Gayety, Detroit 20-25. ' •

Mollis Williams Show—Gayety, Pittsburg,13-18; Park. Youngstown, 20-22; Grand.Akron. 23-25.

"Oh Girl"—Majestic, Jersey City, 18-18;Perth Am boy, 20; Plalnfleld, 21-. Stam-ford. Ct., 22; Park. Bridgeport. 23-25.

"Peek-a-Boo"—Bastable—Syracuse, 13-15;Lumberg, Utlcas 10-18) Gayety . Montzesl,20-25. --

"Roselsnd Girla"—Open 13-18; Gayety. St,Louis, 20-25. -' '

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••.•_•--?Bose 8y dell's "London Belles—Columbia,New York, 13-18; Empire, Brooklyn, 20-29,

Sam Howe Show—Jacquea. Waterbury. 18-New York, 20-25.18.

"Sight Beers'1—SUr, Cleveland, 18-18; Seat*. Dire, Toledo, 20-25."Social Maids"—Berchell, Oes Moines. IS-IS: Gayety. Omaha. 20-28.

"Sporting Wldowf—Empire, Totodo, 13-18

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' •Lyric. Dayton. 20-39. r -- C=T"8tar and Garter"—Gayety, Toronto, 18-18;Gayety. Buffalo, 20-25.

"Step Lively Girls"—Perth Amboy, 18;Plalnfleld. 14; 8tamford, Ct, IS; Park.Bridgmort 18: Newbarg, N. Y„ 20-22;Poughkeepste, 28-29.

"Twent leth Century Maids"—Gayety. Bos-ton, 18-18; Columbia, New York, 20-29.

"Victory Belles"—Gsyety, St. Louis, 18-18;Star and Garter, Chicago, 20-29.

AMERICAN WHEEL"All Jsxs Review"—Century, Kansas City.-13-18;. open 20-25; Standard, St- Louis.27-Nov. 1. .

•"Aviator Girls"—Howard. Boston, 18-18;Olympic, New York, 20-25.

"Broadway Belles"—Umpire, Hobokea, 13-18; Sta - Brooklyn. 20-23.

"Beauty Beview"—Standard, St. Louis, 18-"I; Terre- Haute, 19;. Park, Indianapolis,

"Blue Birds''—Gayety. Sioux City, 18-18;Century. Kansst City. 20-25.

"Cabaret Girls"—Trocsfero. Philadelphia.13-18: Empire, Hoboken, 20-25.

"CrsckerjacSo"—BiJqn, Philadelphia, 13-18:Broadway, Camden. SD-9B.

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24 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 15y 1»19

M'LLE RHEA.

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JOSEPH MACH JR.

In an Original Production of Story Paijiees, Songs ig^ Music.

B. F. KEITH'S ALHAMBRA,THIS :WEEK,- OCT. 13,: v'^fe^Si:-IDirection Arthur KleinProdliced by V. D. McMurray.

AN ELABORATE POSING PRODUCTION

"ipa sPRODUCER—KARL HERMES DIRECTION—PETE MACK

THE SEASON'S BIG NOVELTY*

EIM"MANAGEMENT—IRENE HERMES

JIMMY CASSONThe AMERICAN ACE of SONG,with FRED KLEJM at the PIANO

TECHOWS GATSIN VAUDEVILLE

DAIM MICHAELSNEW YORK FOLLIES

Lasi star Ml afncical Com«dy Entitled "A LITTLE BIT OF EVERVTHINa"Two Ads and Tw«lte

— CALLAHAN BROS. -EAST—LAURENCE SCHWAB WEST—C W. NELSON

ED and EDNA FANTONfai k OAinty a«ruu oodrty* Dir. Sun

IR1VIA & CONNERDainty Inna, A. Mary Pichferd of the Wire.

' Dfa^ Ma« Obernd°rf

AL MYRTLE

MARDO & DAVISDoing a sew act Material and fey Wm. Sirto

LESSON IN PHYSICAL CULTURE IN VAUDEVILLE

JOE muri if

COFFMAN »»«» CARROLL4 HIGGIE GIRLSEleven Minute* of Pep. PHIL BUSH, RepresenUtire

THE PORTER'S TROUBLES- DIRECTION-SAM BAERWITZ

BOOKING IN NEW ENGLANDED MARVAUDEVILLE AGENCY

Trcmont Theatre BIdg., 176 Tremont St, Boston, Mass.

ACTS WANTEDAVENUE THEATRE, DETROIT, MICH.

Good Acts, wisfem* to play Detroit, »*nd in yoor open time..

Addraaa ARTHUR A. CLAMAGE, Afoot Tfeeatre Detroit, *Beh-

pauline HARER ANDYCAMPBELL and DREWS LIBERTY C1RLS

A Peach of A Seng la

"PEACHES, EVERY LITTLE PEACH MUST FALL"

And You'll Go Up In th eAIr Over Thlt One

"OB CAROLINE GOME TAKE ATRIP IN MY AEROUNE'Orchestrations Ready Id All Keys. Call or Write

AL. GILBERT, Mu*le Publlaber

Hi weet 4*th Street, New York CRy

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VAUDEVILLE WRITERA I .1 .r,[\l If yon need any help with yonr material I

^_^___ J3i-a 1 can be of material help. "Tehny" on aa aet

^PFNCFR la aa "SterUnfT on Sflrer. Write. Phea*,

TENNEY ALLEN SPENCER TENNEY14*3 Broadway, New York CI*/

iiiiinnniir nilUIOT wanted for theatre orchestra playing goo* daw

fAUL»tllLLL rLANlol of VandeYille. Steady. all year —-«—..right man. no Sunday owrk. Telegraph or write W. .C. atoKAY.

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Opera House. St. Jehu. N. B. Canada. Other mnatdana write.

October 16, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER M"RECORD BREAKERS,"ONE OF THE BESTSHOWS REID HAD

Jack Eeid and Ma bunch of St. Louisbeauties, riding along under tbe title of the"Record Breakers," visited the' Star lastweek and put over a 'show that more, thanpleased a crowded house Thursday evening.Reld baa a better cast of principals tbfs

Tear than be has shown as In a long time,and he also baa a corking good-looking lotof girls In bis chorus. Tbe? are a dandylot of workers and look well in all thecostumes they wear. They are full of lifeand seemed pleased when tbe numbers re-ceived encores. Its the kind of a chorusthey like In burlesque. Now we snow whyReld rehearses his show away oat there InSt. Louis. He gets girls. ..

There are several people new to burlesquewith the show this season, and they arean improvement over those with him be-fore. Besides Reld, there are Bob Starts-man, John Max and Bonham Bell, of lastseason's cast.The show Is In two acta and seven scenes.

The first part Is called "Hello, New York."and the burlesque "The Tourists."In the first part of the show Reld la do-

ing bis "dope'r role as the Information Kid.He does his "Tad" In the burlesque. Lit tieneed be said of him, as In these two char-acters be Is well knows, and is an artistin both.Startxman bad little to do in the first

scene. He was in the opening as a- "bum"and did not appear again until the "China-town" scene, portraying a Chinese charac-ter excellently. He did some very goodwork in this scene. In the last act, bow-ever, he was very busy, doing a» "tramp"and handling It well. He finished doingblack face, a part be pat over well.Jack Crawford, a new man In this section

of the country, was kept busy daring theentire performance. This boy gave adandy account of himself all through theevening in this comedy part. He was Innearly every scene with Reld and, besideshandling the comedy, practically did thestraight for Reld. He baa a natural negrodialect and that easy way of working sofamiliar to tbe colored race.Harry Splelman la doing "bits" and por-

traying half a dozen different roles verywell. He is a hard worker and seemsanxious to please. Bonham Bell is in anumber of scenes and offered several se-lections well.John Max. an old timer, is in the China-

town scene and did very nicely. He hada prominent part. He talked distinctly andacted the part well.In Gertrude Beck, Reld has a corking

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good soubrette, in fact, the best he hashad in years. She is a very pretty blonde,with one of the most pleasing personalitiesof any young lady we have seen at thishouse. When she smiles, she shows a pairof dimples that can't help but win friends.She has a beautiful form and dresses ingood taste. In tights she is very attractive.Miss Beck Is a real good soubrette and

has a voice for putting over a number.She Is graceful and has a fine stage pres-ence. We think Reld has a "find" in thisyoung lady. Her wardrobe is pleasing tothe eye, and her selection of the dozen orso .dresses she wears was good. -

Bert • Humphreys another newcomer, isa character lead. She did a Charlie Chap-lin at the opening that more than pleased.Her suffrage bit waa very well done, aswas the boxing bit she did with Startxman.Miss Hampbrey's numbers went over well,

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r E*11?, I^Vern. Elsie Cobb, Kitty Carlln.ffUf. 0«7. Millie Marques and LorsttaDollard, chorus girls, work In some bitsand lead a number. -

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Although suffering with a cold. Miss BeckSot her numbers over for good results,be opened with a number about herself,

and sang it real cute, getting two encoresfor it.

The "Profiteering" bit was offered byReld and Crawford, and It went big. "Theinvention" bit waa also offered by these

:two and again they scored, as they did inthe "horse racing", bit Reld has a lot offine new material ier his "dope" bits thisseason that is right up to the minute.Miss Beck's specialty In one was liked.

She did two numbers very well. Her open-ing number could be improved if some oneoff stage would ring a bell as she enters.She uses a phone In this number.Miss Humphrey's "aviation" number, as-

sisted by the chorus, waa well done. Thisis followed by Miss Beck In an airplane,wnich swings ont over the audience whileshe sings, with Bell, Splelman and Starts-man singing the chorus in the aisles .of thetheatre.

Splelman did a good French number, as-sisted by the chorus. A good comedyscene was offered in the boxing bit withStartxman, Crawford and Miss Humphrey.Startxman was successful in his specialtywhen he blackened np before the audienceand made a quick change from his old

suit to a white all k - minstrel suit. . Hesang one number very well.

Reld has many more. bits and scenes thatwent over great. He has new scenery thatlooka very pretty, and the costumes thegirls wear are bright and blend fine in

. colore. He has one of the best, shows of

his career, and it was well liked at the

Star.

KAHN STOCK, WITHNEW PEOPLE, GIVEVERY GOOD SHOW

Aa excellent performance was given bythe players st Kann's Union Square The-atre last week, for It was both musical andfull of comedy. Tbe first part, staged byStevens, waa called "A Musical Revue,"and was In five scenes. The burlesque waaa fast, old time afterpiece that went de-cidedly well with the audience. It waacalled "Duffy's Daughter Kate" and waacrammed full of rough comedy. It wasstaged by Bernard.The show opened with Brad Sutton on

the stage asking the audience what theywanted. Harry Bernard, Harry Koler,Norma Bell, were seated in the boxes whileJack Gibson was the candy boy. RoySears, aa the manager, did all he could tokeep the others qqnlet. Considerable com-edy was worked up In this scene, withSutton doing straight from tbe stage, tothose In the boxes. This act also bad aminstrel show. Bernard and Koler as theEnd Men and the Mlssea Lorraine and Bell

. aa the Interlocutors. Both the comedians- worked up many amusing situations withthe two ladle* feeding' them. Specialtieswere given by Sears with the banjo, andMiss LaBrack sang "Land of Jaxz" verysuccessfully. The Misses Lorraine and Belloffered a duet well.The "Purse" bit, changed around some-

what, was put over well by Koler, Suttonand Miss LaBrack. Sears followed with asinging and dancing specialty, assisted bysix girls, that more than pleased. The"Union" bit got many a laugh the way itWas offered by Bernard, Gibson. Sears andthe orchestra. In tbe Grand Opera scenethat closed the first part, Gara Zera offereda classic dance that was artistic and pleaa-ing.-The burlesque told a story of an old

hard workint Irishman and his wife, withtheir daughter *?atle. The complicationsworked op in this part were very funny.Bernard, tbe fatber, in a low Lrlsh comedy,made a big hit. Miss Lorraine, bis wife,did a great character part as the old Irishwoman. Miss LaBrack, a light-heartedgirl, pleased sa the daughter Katy. Koler,aa the .Jewish landlord, was vsijr funny.Brad Sutton, aa the foolish son, did aa ec-centric' part that stamped nlm aa a per-formerKahn has two great comedians In Ber-

.

nard and Koler. They work well together.Miss Bell did pleasing work both In berFrankie LaBrack ia the new soubrette.

eeptably.Bears took care of all they had to do ac-scene and with ber numbers. Gibson andShe is a pretty brunette and a shapely, lit*

girl. She dances .well and can put aSIT* i «$?•£ „

Her costumes wer. p>«ty.This ia the Drat we have seen of Miss Li.we'Saw her. Her work ia pleasing- and «h«

SSL*!. SS «u,d.Ga£*?* «Ew tiru££

nts m well with this company.Solly Fields has stsged some numbers

SS?W- .

T5,1"5W w" « keeping withtbe material that waa offered.Kahn now has a east that he has wubd

fh.t'Jn??.°me !'n * aii U s^t"b Showsthat will draw them in. .

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HAS NEW SOUBRETTE_Tim Williams has! succeeded in get-

t,n5 * soubrette for; his "Girls FromJoyland" as ordered jby the Censors oftbe American Burlesque Associationwhen, that Board firJt caught the showseveral weeks ago.i Belle Young, achorus girl, has been trying to fill thebill, but she will be replaced this weekby Beulah Kennedy, with Williamstwo seasons ago.

has new ^anagerMontreal, Can., Ott 4.—B. M. Gar-

field has been madrf. manager of theGayety Theatre herf.. He was locatedat Jamestown last season and was outwith the Gus Hill shows previous tothat

xqyTLYCEUM. TROY. TO OPENTroy, N. Y. Ocd 6.—The Lyceum,

this city, will opin with the TomCoyne Show of fie National Bur-lesque Circuit Wednesday. The showwill go from here lp Rochester.

JOINS RUjiH SHOWEleanor Fisher 'joined Ed Rush's

"Cracker Jacks" a* the Gayety, New-ark, last Thursday night. She hasbeen doing a "sirfele" in vaudeville.She replaced Fay Shirley, who joinedthe "Parisian Flirt," last week.

MARIE GBBIMarie Gebhardl

Bernsteins "Follie!yany, was marritthe City Hall in NjLangley, an attoi

MARRIEDa member of Rubeof Pleasure" corn-last Saturday atYork to Charles

DOINGGREATTHANK YOU HARRY KOLER I COMEDIAN

KAKN8UNION SQUARE

COMIQUEECCENTRIC EDDIE 3HUBERT BURLE8QUE

REVIEW

BLACK FACEANDLEADS IICRAWFORD 8l HUMPHREYS •jack REIO'a

RECORDx BREAKERS

STILLHERE BOB STARTZMAN RECORD

BREAKERSVIC PLANT WORKING?

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3eason cu i$19-2cMAX SPIEGEL'S

SOCIAL FOLLIES CO. ARGIE COATE TIimiIes toMR. IKE WEBER

B F. Kahn's Union Square TheatreSTOCK BURLESQUE—CAN ALWAYS USE

GOOD CHORUS GIRLSOnly Good Lookers and good workers shouM apply. 52weeks a year. New York engagement. No Sundaywork.

Salary, $20.00 Per Weekha show "tiniTsiii, Apply i»

PRIMA DONNA

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ERNEST MACK VERA HENN1CIUP

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(ContinuedPOLI'S CIRCUIT

- «... -„BIU?P?fobtj coins.Poll—Merva Kehn—Leddy & Leddy—Ben-

nett Bathlnsr Girls. (Last Half)—DorothySonthern Trio—Sennett Battling- GtrlB.Flaw Higgle Girla—Gravett Kramer *

Sf*T^rItLnJ, O'clock. (Last Half)—GuyWeadllck & Flores La Doe—Florence Tem-peat & Co.

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HARTFORD. COW JT. '

Jrnm- Wilbur & Lyke—Jackie & Blllle—The volanteera—De Onaonne As BakerGaby Bros. & Clark. (Last Half)—Two.Barfe—Dave Thereby—Lawrence Crane *Co.—Alexandria—Dona and Raymond.

. JKW HATKIT. CONN.Pala rti Two Earls—Ford A Truly—Flor-

ence Tempest & Co.. (Last Half)—OsaU ATakl—Marva Rebn—Dixie Norton & Co.—Volunteers.Bijou—Gny Weadick * La Doe—Jane &

Katheriae Lee. (Laat Half)—Billy Barlow—Grevett Kramer ft Grevett—Nine O'clock.SCEAHTOS, PA.

Pnil—Arthur Hill—Jas. & Betty Morgan—Sennett Bathing Girls. (Last Half)—Lo-raye & George—Sennett Bathing Girls.

SPBINOFIELD, MASS.P«l»ee—Esther Trio—Glide & Philips-

Bernard & Scarth—The Little Garden. (LastHalf)—"Wilbur & Lyke—Babcock ft Dorllda—Ford &. Truly—Alf Grant—Oh, ThatMelody.

JVATHBBUBY. CORN.Fall— Dorothy Southern Trio— Dave

Thur8by—Lawrence Crane ft Co.—Alex-2ni.r.'.

tt: <J^Bt Half)—Higgle Girls—Jackie

&. BHUe—Gildea A Pbllllps-^Tane A Kath-erine Lee—Leddy A Leddy.

WORCESTER. MASS.Poll—Oaaki A Takl—Dixie Norton A Co.

—Alf Grant—Dugan A Raymond. (LastHalf)—De Onaonne A Baker—Little Garden.

rimmar—Billy Barlow—Oh, That Melody(Last Half) — Bernard A Scarth— GabyBros. A Clark.

WLLKES-BARRE. PA.PoU—Lorray A George—Little Cottage.

(Last Half)—Arthur Hill—Jas. A BettyMorgan—William Rock ft Co.

PROCTOR'S CIRCUIT(Week of October 18.)HIW TOBK CITY.

81st Street—1 Marx Bros.—Grant A Jones—Ragged Edge—Bell Sisters.

Sth Avenue—Dave Harris—Norman—Nel-son A Cronin—Ball A Brown—Roth Bert

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3 Pogals—Pazell & Parker—Jos. Davis 3

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Emma Stephens—Jack Trainor—Yates AReed.

12.1th street—Geo. Bock—Cunningham ftBennet—Jack Trainor—Tourestl—Ed. Bor-don Co.—Mildred Talmore—Joveddab—Dave Harris—Hendricks & Stone—BeantyVender.2Srd Street—Quinn A Cnverly—Trannalll

A Walker—3 Milfords—Maria—LIU. Fitz-gerald—Ruth Curtis A Boya—Billy Elliott—Ballen & Fuller—Geo. Bock—Gray A OldRose—Burns & Foran—Public Service—Pls-tel A Cushing.Harlem Opera House—Jos. Davis 3—Min-

nie Fasut Urns.—Phlllls Gllmore Co.—Bar-ry Girls—Rialto & Co.—Maria—Morgan AKloter—Amanda Gray ft Bnvs.rath Street—Playmates—Bob Mills—June

Mills Co.—Josephine Lenard—Hnrley AHarley—Vara A Tunis—1 Bards—Mullen AFrancis—Arnold A Sommers—Lelands—Kennedy & Rooney—J. A W. Hennings

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Rialto A Co. .

Yenkers—Mnllen A Francis—A. Turellk

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Georgia Campbell—Nancy Boyer Co.—Jas.B. Carson Co.—Warren A Templeton—Lo-ney Haskell—Playmates—4 Bards.Mount Vernon—Ben Smith—Eva Fay—

Yates &. Reed—Evelyn Kesbltt—Roy Har-rah Co.—Emma Stephens—Rooney A Bent—Friend A Kearns—Demarest A Colletti.

BROOKLYN, N. Y.Hmlwy— Dayton— Herman ft Clifton

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Earl ft Curtis—Recollections—Aus. Stanley—Dobbs Clare ft Daro—Welch ft Long—Horratl ft Harris—Al Lavan ft Co.—Phil-ippe ft Eby—Sterling Sax 4—One Day.Greenpolnt—Kennedy A Rooney—Leyoles

—Hendricks A 8tone—Morgan A Kloter

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Wyatfs Lads A Lassies—Bert Howard-Barry Girls.Prospect—Hallen & Fuller—Swan ft

Swan—Leonard ft Wlllard—Anna Held Jr.ft Gilford—Gerard'H Monks—Demerat ftColletti—Lowry ft Prince—Ed. Borden Co.—Phtllis Gllmore—Wyatt's Lads ft Lassies

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—Cavanaugh ft Thompklna—Nelson & Cro-nin—Boy Harrah Co._ ; ALTOOHA, PA.Bolger Bros.—Wells Va ft West—Mullaly

McCarthy—Rolland ft Ray—Love Raco—Modern Mirage—Ford ft Cummingham—John Doyle—Milnotte ft Leedum—ElsieMains—Boya. .

- - ALLEGHENY. PA.2 Jesters—Wilson Aubrey 3—Goslar ft

Luaby—Jqlla Curtis— Bob Heath Girls—"Allen ft Le«.

- ALBANY, N. Y. .

Dixon Bower ft Dixon—Page ft Gray—AlH. White Co.—Davis- ft Rich—High Seas—Sherwln Kelly—Smith ft Kaufman—Synco-pated Rehearsal—J. C. Nugent—High Seas:' I >'-.' -AWHUBN, N. Y.Jack' Lavier—3 Manning Sis—Greenlee ft

Dayton—6 Mus. Nosses—Chong ft Moey

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Green Miller ft Green—Phil Davis—Merian'sDogs. ALLBNTOWN, PA.'Dixon ft Mack—Chas. Martin—Langford

* Fredericks—Bernard ft Merrltt—LesterRaymond—Marg. Pedula—Will Armstrong—Walter WeemR—Fashion Mlnst.„-i >J rMNOMAMTOM,X, Y. -

.

- Swan Cockatoos—Billy Kogefs—Kennedy

Worn Page 21)BBIDGBPOBT, CONN. •

Phua—Remington ft Russel—Dave Thurs-by—Shea ft Carroll—Dolce Sis ft Jarnlgan—Billy Barlow—Bernard ft Scarth—Jeromeft Newell—8 Dancing Sunbeams. '

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Proetar'a—Jackie ft Blllle—Foley ft La-tour—Sandy Shaw—Oh, That Melody

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Raph ft May—Ford ft Truly—LawrenceCrane ft Co.—Alexandria—Magic Glasaea.

CANTON. OHIOSylvester Family—Burt Melrose—Henry

B. Doomer—Girlies Club.OAHDIlf, N. J.

3 Nltoa—Reed A Tucker—1 Buttercups^

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Henry A Moore—Cure for Bines—GrnetKramer ft Gruet—Corcoran ft Mack—MimicWorld.

CHESTER, PA.Ray's Mannikina—Gruet Kramer A Gru-

et—Mimic World—3 Nltos—Reed ft Tucker—I Buttercups—Henry A Moore—Cure forBlues.

BASTON. PA.Leslie Raymond Co.—Marg. Padula—Will

Armstrong—Walter Weems—Dashlon Mlnst—Dixon Mack—Chas. Martin—Langford AFredk.—Bernard A Merrltt.

KIMIRA, N. Y.Parillo—Little Cottage—Swan Cockatoos—Mus. Mack—Kennedy A Burt—Swor Bros.

ELIZABETH, N. J.Brads—Murry Leslie—Tid Bits—Burt

Howard—Gonno ft Albert—Elvora Sis

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Francis ft Overholt—Rudlnoff—Dillen ftParker—Jas. Rosa Johnson.

HABTFORD, CONN.Dane. Humphries—Higgle Girls—Claude

ft Fanny Usher—Chas. Wilson—Mar-gotFrancis Co.—Alexander ft Mack—Allen ftDog Taxi—Glides ft Phillips—Jane ft K.Lee—Brown Gardner ft Barnet.

HABBISBCRCi, PA.Dennis Bros.—Bill Dooley—John Doyle—Melnette ft Leoduro—E. Williams ft Boys—Diane ft Fellows^—Wells Va ft West

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Geralds—Raymond—Wylle—Jean Adair.HAZLETON. PA.

Geo. Bock—Dunn ft Valeska—Jamesons

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Will Oakland.ITHACA. N. Y.

Marie ft Co.—3 Beatties—Courtney ft Ir-win—W. ft H. Brown—Billy Rogers—

C

Yonngblood Carson.JEBSBY CITY, N. J.

Budinoff—Cook Mortimer Harvey—Friendft Kerns—Decorators—J. ft W. Heonings

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Exposition 4—Tourilly—Qnion ft Caverly

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Cantwell ft Walker—LIU. Fitzgerald—

3

Regale.JOHNSTOWN

Grew ft Pates—* Avelos—Eenle & Ernie

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Lord ft Fuller. Switch with Pittsburgh.LANCASTER. PA.

Turner ft Grace—McCarthy ft Stenard

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Cldlow ft Haight—Viola May ft Sunbeams—West & Edwards—Regal A Mack—ArthurWhltelaw—2 Earls.

McKEESPORT, PA.Paul Brady—L. Grooper—Mystic Garden—T. ft D. Ward—F. L. Grant Sis—Ed.

MONTREAL, QUE, CAN.Felix ft Fisher—Cunningham ft White

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Mack ft Lynn—King Sis.NEW BRITAIN. CONN.

Tom Sawyer—Bergman ft Leonard— G.Koban Trio—Parselys—Murphy ft Lach-man. NEW LONDON, CONN.Geo. W. Moore—E. J. Moore Co.—Lee

Kids—Weston & Kline—Columbia 6—Merri-gan ft Howarth—Duwald ft Edwards—BenHarrison Co.—Victory 4.

NEWARK, N. J.Gray A Old Rose—Burns ft Foran

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Miss Ventia—Jas. B. Carson—Pistel &Cushing—Nnkae Japs—Leab EdmundBon AMarr—Cunningham A Bennett—Swan ASwan—Adeline A Gold.aiw UAVEX, coaritr.Bijou—Mnrgot Francois Co.—Irene Mey-

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Palace—Wilbur A Lyke—Lonlae Vernon—Gould ft Davis—Alexandria—Gaby BrosA Clark—D. Southern 3—Jackie & BllUe—Sandy Shaw—Oh, That Melody.

OTTAWA, OST, CAJV.Jazalond Navy 8—Plerlot A Scofield—Nan

Gray—Marshall Montgomery— Willing ftJordon.

PAWTECKET, B. I.Art Smith—Kartell!—Andre 81a. A Poole—Lovenberg S1b. ft Neary—Lane ft Harper

—Bob. A P. Valentine—Dave Klndler—Col-lege 5. ... .

Pnn.ADEI.PHIA. FA.Gjbrard Aveane—Fostes—Ethel M. Hall—

A. Whitelaw—Geo. Bock—Arth. Edwards ftCo.—Peterson K. A Mnrray.Wm. renn—Peter K. Murry—Linton ALawrence— Echoes— Irwlng & White—

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Melody Monarchs—Mnrry K. Voelk.Herstone—Nolan A Nolan—Crawford A

Broderick — Brace Dnffet Co. — WilsonBros.—Photo Playmates. '

Grand Street—Caluette—Aerial Mitchells.Grand Opera Bohh—Adelaide Bell Co.

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Wallaye Galvin—Francis Murphy—DareBros.—Herbert Dogs—Angor & CurtisBoys.Nixon—J. Rosa. Johnson—Petty Beat

Bros.Broadway—Worth Waytb.be • 4—KooneySis—Apple Picking Time—Lillian A Twin

l?™*-—Submarine P-7—6 Astors—Menco AStory—3 Cops.National Winter Garden—Roatina & Bar-

rett!—Stamford—Parker Trio—Chas. Din-gle—P. Jnhaz—I Mus. Lnnds—Tom Sawyer—Day A Lavell—G. Eoban Troop._ : - PITTSBCBGH, PA.7 Glasgow Maids—Robillo & Rothman—

McCarmack A Winchill—Drean Sis. Switchwith Johnstown.„ H. A. Hnrlin—Jesson & Jesson—Jess ArtTrio—Lagwin & Curtis—Chas. Gibbs—Sf,!"1 ¥u£- ReTue—Lorray A George—Collier A DnvalL__ ,

POBCHK8TEB, PA.Francis A Overholt—Shelton A Brooks-Brads—Tld Bits—Doc Baker Revue.

PITTSFTEI.I>, MASS.Parselye—Merrigan A Howard—Rady AArthur—Ben Harrison—Eskimo A Seals

Geo. W. Moore- Bergam A Leonard—Wil-bur A Lyke—Weston A Eline—G. Westonirour.

_ PAIEKSO.V, n. J.Tom Glllen— Beauty Vender— All ForLove—Diamond & G. Daughter—Howard ACraddock—Geo. Campbell Boys—Kelly APollock—Imp. Venetians—Fostes— ProvostA GoeleL

PASSAIC, w. jr.

3 Friend—B. A W. Matthews—Evans J.A Evans—Murphy A Lachmar—Esther 3

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Cookie Clark—Owen — early & Latent—Parker 3—* Mus. Lunds.

BEADING, PA.Pique A Fellows—Raymond Wyllo—Ger-

alds—Noodles Fagan—Jean Adair — BillDooley—Grindell A Esther—Sempsel ALanhert—Huyler A Bann—Love Race.

SYRACUSE, N. T.Crescent—Mus. Mack—Duval A Lee

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Kingsbury A Munson—Street Urchin—SworBros.—Tonngers—Lester A Vinceny—Paril-lo—Jumble Inn—Larry Comer.Temple—Rasso Co.—Green A LaFell

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Green. Miller A Green—Fremont BentonCo.—Texas Comedy 4—Keating Wards.3 Manning Sis. Fiske A Lloyd—McMahonA Chappelle—6 Mus. Nosses—Carson A

Willard—Perkinoff A Ballot.

_ SCHENECTADY. N. Y.H. Dyer Co.—Clinton A Rooney—Fiske A

Lloyd—Phil Davis—Frescott A H. Eden

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Jack Lavier—Green ft Lafel]—Taylor Grat-ten Co.—3 Roxellas—Frescott A Eden._ 8CBANTON, PA.Wardell Bros. A LaCoste—Marva Rehn

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Gordon A Day—Lang A Shaw—K. A C.• Octette—Work A Kelt—Lawrence Crane Co.—Brown A Elaine—Little Cottage.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS.Palace—Suzanne A Ernest—Dotson—Al-

len A Dog Taxi—Olson A Johnson—MagicGlasses—Dane Humphries— The HiggleGirls—Gould A Davis—Eckert A Moore.

tbot, N. Y-Sherwin Kelly—Smith A Kaufman—Syn-

ropated Rehearsals—Taylor Gartton Co.

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J. C. Nugent—Perkinoff A R Ballot—DixonBowers A Dixon—Page A Gray—Greely ftDayton—Al H. White—Davis A Rich—Re-iista.

TRENTON, N. J.H. A K. Sutton—Garfield A Smith—Regal

A Mack—Sterling Sax 4—2 Earls—Turner A

Grace—Chidlow A Haig—Ethel Hall Co-June Mills Co.—Will Oakland Co.- CTICA. N. Y.W. A H. Brown—Devoy & Dayton—ChoncA Moey—Gort- Morgan—The Cat—3 Roiei:

las—Resists—Tonngers—Clinton A Roonev—Street Urchin—Terns Poor—Herb. DyerA Co.

.- _ tWION HILL. N. JT.May Foste Co.—Welch A Long—Al Lavan

Co.—Billy Barlow—Memory Clot.—Cecil jfe

Bernard—Evans. Johnson A Evans—DunnA Valeska—Aus. Stanley—Chili Con CarnoWOOXSOCKKI, K. I.

Bob A Peg. Valentine—College 6—Loven-berg Sis—Art Smith—Cartel II—Andro Sis £Poole.

. WORCESTER, MASS.Proctor**—D. Southern 3—Ford A Truly

—Once Upon a Time—Eckert A Moore—Leddy & Leddy—Remington A Russell—Foley A LaTour—C. A F. Usher—Olson &Johnson—F. Tempest A Co.

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Pnua—Ralh A May—Brown A Jackson-Shannon Banks Co.—Gildea A Phillips-Nine O'Clock—Oantxer A Sylvia—Lawrence& Kliest—The New Teacher—Reve LarsonTroup—Dotson.

W1LKIS-BABBK, PA.Work A Kelt — Lawrence Erase Co.

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Brown A Elaine—Wordell Bros. A LaCoste—Gordon A Day—Marva Rehn.

WAIEEBIKT, CONN.Lawrence A Kliest—Alexander A Mack—

P. Tempest A Co.—Loney Haskell—BrownA Gardner A Harriet—Suzanne A Ernest—Brown - A Jackson—Nine O'clock— Chas.Wilson—Gabby Bros. A Clark.Modern Mirage—Ford A Cunningham

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YORK. PA.Sampsell A Lenhart—Huyler A Bann—Mel-ody Monarchs 5—Bolger Bros.—NoodlesFagan—Mullaly McCarthy—Holland A Ray.

W. V. M. A.ALTON, HL'

Hippodrome—Follls A Leroy — HarveyHeney A Grace. (Last Half)—Winter Gar-den Four—Edan May Foster.

- BELLEVILLE, ILL.Washington— Sterling A Marguerite-

Keating & Walton—Arnold A Taylor. (LastHalf)—Harvey De Vora Trio=—Jed Dooley—Claude A Marion Cleveland.

CEDAR RAPIDS. MICH.Majestic—Three .Belmonts — Adams ft

Hickey—Two Sweethearts—John Geiger—Ward A Wilson—Ronas Troupe. (LastHalf)—Hector—Lee, A- Lawrence—J. CMack A Co.—Wlxxie B. Raymond—MynleMason A Co.—Byron Bros A Band.

CHICAGO, ILL.Kedxie—Robert A De Mont—Bryant ft

Stuart—Wizzie B. Raymond — VirginiaBelles—Claude A Marion Cleveland. (LastHalf)—Howard A Scott—Slmms A Powers—Cabaret De Luxe—Harry Holman.American—Ella, Lavail—Lyle A Virginia—Fonr Jacks A Queen—Frank DeVoe ft

Co.—9 Krazy Klda. (Last Half)—To nil.

Lincoln—Orth A Cody—Moraa A Wiser?

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4 to fill. (Last Half)—Ray A Fay—FourJacks A Queen—Adams A Guhl—3 to fill.

. CHAMPAIGN, ILL.Orpheum—Lillian's Dogs—Gilbert A Saul

—Ed. Hnme A Co.—Jimmy Lyons—HelenLeach Wallln Trio. (Last Half)—TwoCarltons—Lexey A Rome—Virginia Belles-Fiddler A Stevens—Reynold Trio.

DAVENPORT, IA.Columbia—Harry Tsuda—Jeanette Child*

—Allen A Betty Leiber—Gene Greene—Oh,Auntie. (Last Half)—Hamilton Bros—That's Going Some—BeU A Arliss—GeneGreene—Norris Circus.

DECAICB, MICH.Empress—Fred Lerelne A Co.—Dale ft

Boyle—Kalaluhi's Hawaiians—Fiddler *Stevens—Pipifax A Accomplice. Last Half)

—Kay Hamlin A Kay—Gilbert A Saul-Cantor's Minstrels—Jsck Osterman—LllliaaDogs.

BULtJTH—MINN.New Grand—Mlspah Selblol A Co.—The

Roycee—Harry Mason A Co.—Clayton *Lennie—Six Serenade™. (Last Half)- Uc-

Ilyar A Hamilton—nanny Simmons— rnree

Chums—Burns A Wilson—Everett'e Monks.EVASSTIXUS, ISD.

New Grand—Geo. A Lily Garden-Don-aldson A Geraldine—Bernice Labarr ft Co.

-XJus Edwards A Co.—Arthur Rlsb.y-Lailer Worth A Co. (Last Half)-Switcn

with Terra Haute.

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Erber*—The Kuhns—Adams A ThomaEdna May Foster—Louis Hart. (Last Half)—Bod A Jessie Crey—Arnold A Taylor

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Borkhart * Roberts—Jack Alfred Trio.GREEN BAT. WISO.

Orpheum—(Last Half)—Qua TEr<liY»«n

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Tom Brown's Highlanders—2 to nil.

,_ MI.VNKAPOLIB. MlJfN.Xew Grand—Collins A Dnnbar—Donglaa

Flint A Co.—Three Aces of Harmony—BillyLindeman A Co.New PiUt»-Nora Allen A Co.

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MlnnfaStanley A Co.—Billy Bouncers Clrcns—2 toOB. (Last Half)—Degon A Clifton—TennerLafcasaal A Hopkins—Harry Bona A Co.—Manning A Hall—Dunbar's Nine WhiteHussars.

MADISON, WISO.Orpheum—Tom Brown's Highlanders

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Fred Rogers—Conchas Jr. A Co.—2 to fill.(Last Half)—Evans A Peres—Story A Clark—Nana Sullivan A Co.—John Gelger—Ob,Aontie.

MOLIXE, ILL.Paleee—Lee A Lawrence—That's Going

Some—Myrtle Mason—Norrls Clrcns—1 tofill. (List Half)—The Kuhns—Allen ABetty Lelber—Roy. LaPearl—2 to fill.

KOCKFOED, ILL.Palace—Hamilton Bros.—Mabel Harper A

Co.—Arthur Devoy A Co.—Gus Erdman—

1

to fill. (Last Half)—Harry Teuda—AmongThose Present—Jeanne Boydell—ConchasJr. A Co.—1 to fill.

SIOUX CITY, IA.Orpheum—Degnon A Clifton—Manning A

Hall—Peronne A Oliver—Oliver A Olp

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Estelle A Bert Gordon—Ford Sisters ABand. (Last Half)—Mabel Whitman ABoys—Bennington A Scott—Minnie StanleyA Co.—Dorothy Vaugban—Barnes A Craw-ford—8 Whirlwinds.

SOOTH BEND, IND.Orpheum—Golden Bird—Dave Ferguson

A Co.—Buch Bros—2 to fill. (Last Half)—3 Misses Weston—DeWltt A Gunther—Ar-thur Devoy A Co.—Orth A Cody—Moran AWiser.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.Majestic—Kruzo—Weber Beck A Fraier

—Honor Thy Children—Jeanne Boydell

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Temple Four—Kay Hamlin A Kay. (LastHalf)—Rlalto A Lamont—Follls A LeRoy—Bender A Meaban—Kalalubl'a Hawalians

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Keating A Walton—Plplfax A Accomplice.ST. FATJL, MINN.

New Palace—Burke Bros A Kendall—Williams A Culver—Among Those Present—Dunbar's Nine White Hussars—1 to fill.(Last Half)—Nora Allen A Co.—Bond Wil-son A Co.—Estelle A Bert Gordon—BillyBouncers Circus—1 to fill.

ST. LOUIS. MO.Grand Str.—Morales Toy Shop—Nelson

Waring—Mack A Salle—Clemenso Bros

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Harper & Blnnea—Wyoming Trio—DaisyDean A Co.—Brltt 'Wood—Miss 1920-Coiorabla—Rlalto A LaMont—Williams

A Taylor—Daisy. Dngas A Four—Jed Doo-ley—1 to flU. (Last Half)—Sterling A Mar-guerite—Adams A Thomas—Temple Four

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Louis Hart—1 to fill.

Blalto—Bud A Jessie Grey—Harvey De-Vora Trio—May KlldutT A Allerton—JackRothal—Cantor's Minstrels. (Last Half)—Kruzo—Williams A Taylor—Daisy Dugag AFour—Ernest Hiatt.

SUPERIOR, WISC.New Palace—Mcllyar A Hamilton—Dan-

ny Simmons—Three Chums—Burns A Wil-son—Everett's Monks. (Last Half)—Mis-pah Selblnl A Co.—The Royces—Harry Ma-son A Co.—Clayton A Lennle—Six Serena-des.

TEBBE HAUTE, END.Hippodrome — The Stanleys — Beck A

Stone—Redmond A Wells—Rita Mario AOrchestrn—Fred Lewis—Paul A Walter La-Varre. (Last Half)—Switch with Evans-vllle. .

WINNIPEG, MAN, CAN.stimnd—Sheppard A Ott—Fields A La

Adella—Pinched—Tim Beauty, A Health.(Last Half)—Fred A Dorothy Norman-Haskell A Bloom—Russell's Minstrels—1 tonil..

NEW TOBK CITVLOKW CIRCUIT

Americas—(First Half)—Little Toshi—JoBle A Sadie De Ller—Walters A Walters—Genaro A Gold—Delight Sisters—"Busi-ness Is Business"—Jack Goldle. (LastHalf)—Barlo Sisters—Russell A De Witt

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Edna Lnby—Six Royal Hussars—FreemanA Lewis—Lillian Mortimer—Hoey A Fisch-er—Carl A Emma Frabell.Boulevard—(First Half)—2 Lillles—Mur-

phy A Klein—Pearl Abbott A Co.—SwartzA Clifford—Four Pierrotts. (Last Half)

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Thelma De Roma—Joe A Sadie Fondelier—Jack A Tommy Weir—Devlne A Williams

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"The Financiers." •

National—(First Half)—Minus A Bryant-^Jerome A Albright—Hudson A Jones

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Jack A Tommy Weir. (Last Half)—GordonA Delmnr—"Business Is Business"—Wal-ters A Walters—Steve Fre*";..Orpheum—(First Half)—ITie Concertos

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Gordon A Delmar—Ling A Long—JohnsonBros. A Johnson—Stan 'Stanley. (LastHalf)—Aerial De Graffs—Dorothy Boye

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Murphy A Driscoll—Allen, Clifford A Barry—Stan Stanley.Avenue B—-(First Half)—Spencer A Rose

—The Love Race—Al Carpe—Busses' Dogs.(Last Half)—Musical Waylands—LaurieOrdway A Co.—Ford A Cunningham—Davis ,A Chatwicke. --

Delaneey at.—(First Half)—Cart A EmmaFrabell—Barlo -Sisters—Downing A Bnais .

—Louise Carter A Co.—Bert Hanlon—Bou^dial A Bernard. (Last Half)—The Con-

'

certos—Belleaii A Donla—Jack Ophite—Two Taenia—Swarts A CBflord—Sanson*A Delilah.

Greeley Sq.—(Vlrst Half)—Thelma DoRoma—Bennett Sisters—Will A Mary. Rogers—Frances Rice—Lane A Plant. (LastHalf)—Evelyn A Margaret—Florence Ring—Znhn A Dreis—Just for Instance—TaylorA Francis—Boodlni A Bernard.Lincoln 8q.—(First Half)—Krayona—

Dorothy Roye—Financiers—Devlne A Will-iams—Russell A De Witt. (Last Half)—Minna A Bryant—Murphy A Klein—LouisaCarter A Co.—Mel Klee—Tecbow's Cats.Tletarta—(First Half)—Tecbow's Cats

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Steve Freda—Allen, Clifford A Barry—Ed-na Luby—Zuhn A Drels. (Last Half)—Wayne A Beeman—Bennett Slaters—Fran-ces Rice—Downing A Bunln—Mme. Doree'sCelebrities.

BROOKLYN, W. T.Metropolitan—(First Half)—Wayne A

Beeman—Hoey A Fischer—Lillian Morti-mer—Taylor A Francis—Mme. Doree. (LastHalf)—Kennedy A Dlnns—De Light Sis-ters—Genaro A Gold—Lane A Plant—LingA Long.Do Kalb—(First Half)—Evelyn A Mar-

garet—Just for Instance—Freeman A Lewis——6 Royal Hussars. (Last Half)—LiHleSlaters—Jerome A Albright—Leroy, Lyt-ton A Co.—Bert Hanlon—t Pierrots.Palace— (First Half)—Musical Waylands—Fenwick Sisters—Ford A Cunningham

(Last Half)—Krayona A Co.—Gordon AGordon—Ezra Matthews A Co.—Will AMary Rogers.Warwick—(First Half)—Gordon A Gor-

don—Mel Kleeman—Carlisle A Rommer

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Jones A Sylvester. (Last Half)—FenwickSisters—Spencer A Rose—Al Carpe—TheLove Race.

BALTIMORE, MD.Mildred Rogers—Jeff Healey A Co.

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Mayo A Irwin.BOSTON, MASS.

(First Half)—Pleas A Rector—WilliamSmythe A Co.—Russell A Titus—MarieRussell A Co.—Will Stanton A Co. (LastHalf)—McLaughlin A Evans—Francis A DeMar—Jack Levy A Symph Girls—Burns A

FALL RIVER, MASS.Kissen—Lockhardt A Laddie.

(First Half)—Lockhardt A Laddie—Mc-Loughlin A Evans—Burns A Kissen—JackLevy A Girls. (Last Half)—Pless A Rector—Wm. Smythe A Titus—Marie Russell ACo.—Will Stanton A Co.

HOBOKEN, N. J.(First Half)—Goldindi—Laurie Ordway

A Co.—Barnes A Freeman. (Last Half)

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Helen oMrettl—Argonne S.HAMILTON, CAN.

Keene A Foxworth—Emmett A Moore

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Walmsley A Keating—Bert Walton—OdivnA Seals.

MONTREAL, CAN.Cornelia A Adele—Loney Nase—Cook A

Oatman—Merlin—Lovett's Concentration.NEW ROCHELLE, N. V.(First Half)—Hall A Gibson—Ezra Mat-

thews A Co.—L. Wolfe Gilbert. (LastHalf)—Busses' Dogs—Carlisle A Homer

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Fred Allen.PROVIDENCE, K. I.

(First Half)—Kimball A Kenneth—Del-bridge A Grammer—Francis A De Mar

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Salvation Molly—Barron A Burt—Bell ACaron. (Last Half)—The Ferraros—BrownA Evans—Fischer A Gllmore—Wm. Sisto

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Duquesne A Co.SPRINGFILD, MASS.

(First Half)—The FerraroB—Brown AEvans—Fisher A Gllmore—Wm. Sisto

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Dnquesne A Co. (Last Half)—Kimball AKenneth—Delbrldge A Gremmer—SalvationMolly—Berron A Burt—Bell A Caron.

MTTSFIELD, MASS.(Last Half)—Harry Larned—Kinkaid

Kilties—Harry Antrim.TORONTO. CAN.

The TomUns—Dora Hilton A Co.—WillJ. Evans—Oh, Mike—Ward- A King—LeClair A Simpson.B. F. KEITH—WESTERN TIME

FORT WAYNE. IND.ton A Clayton—Orren A Drew—Hugo

Palace—(First Half)—Groeg A Tony—Frlck A Adair—Vol Vox A Co.—Love AKisses—Jean Moore—Ishlkawa Japs. (LastHalf)—Clayton A Clayton—Orren A Drew—-Hugo Lugtens—Harry Tenuy A Co.

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Thos. Swift A Co.—Six Imps A Girl.KOKOMO, IND.

Slpe—(First Half)—Clayton A Clayton—Marr A Dwyer Girls—Chaa. A La Tour

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Hugo Lugtens—Holliday In Dixieland.(Last Hair)—Galiettls Monks—George AToney—Golden Bird—Jean Moore.

LAFAYETTE, IND.Family—(Last Half)—Allanson—Chase A

La Tour—Four Hodges—Gertrude Newman—Three Rlanos.LOGAN 8PORT

Colonial— (Last Half)—Marr. A DwyerGirls—Love A Kisses.

MUSKEGON, MICH.Regent—(First Half)—Billy Lang—SlmmResent—(First Half)—Billy Lang—Slmms

A Powers—Harry Thome A Co.—Adams AGuhl—Barabon A Gorhs. (Last Half)—WillMorris—American Comedy Trio—WernerAmoros Co.—2 to AIL

OWOSBO. MICH.Strand— (Last Half)—Leroy A Leroy—

Barabon A Grobs—1 to fill.

BUTTERFIELD CIRCUITBATTLE CREEK. MICH.

BUeu Theatre— (First Half)—Two Blon-dys—Brennan A Davis—Marston A Co.

—

American Comedy Trio—Nea lAbel—EightVassar Girls, (Last. Half)—Billy Lang—WlncheU A Green—Holiday in Dixieland—Capps Family—DfUon Mareena A. Delton

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1 to flu.BAY CITY, MICH. — *-

BiJon nwajams . (First Half)—Lawtan—jenks A Alien-:Billet No. 13—Ben Linn—Prince KarmX .(Last Half)-*-Three Sprfn-ish-GotdlnlH—Kerr A Ensign—Tom A PearlAlmond—Harry Hayward A Co.—Lucy Gil-lette A Co.

LOOK US OVERJOE WALTER

SANDIFER and BROGSDALEComedy Entertainers Dlnxtloa-Arthur Horwttz and Lee Kr.ua In Vaudeville

HENDRIX- BELLE ISLE CO.In "The Schoolmaster 99

Booked Solid. Direction—ROSE * CURTIS

ROBERT AJLEEN

LEROY&HARVEYW VAUDEVILLE

JACK KATHLEEN

ORALIS and DeVOlEREPRESENTED BY

JACK MANDEL AND DAVE ROSEEDDIE TESS

MERRIGAN & HOWARTHThe Long and Short of It

FLO BETTY

Sunburst of Fashion and FrolicDirection—SAMUEL BAERWiTZ

PLAYSFOR STOCK REPERTOIRE. AMATEUR COMPANIES,LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN THE WORLD. Books for bomnaaraseaMnt. Negro Plays. Paper. Scenery. Mrs. Jarley's WaxWorks. Catalogue Free I Free I Free I

SAMUEL FRENCH, a West Btb St.. New York

MERRILEES and DORIAGEMS OF SONG AND OPERA

WILLIAM CONWAY I

THE IRISH PIANIST-IN VAUDEVILLE .

Tho Littln Magnet in Vaudeville.

ALTItOFF SISTERSTWO CJRLS AND THE PIANO DIRECTION-HARRY WEBER

CONNOLLY & FRANCESFast and Music Jazzing tha Harmonica awl Ci in hill's MetodWnk. Direction—Mandel A Ro»»

HEN R Y SP I ELM ANSinolng His Way Through With Jack Field's Record Breakers

SAMBACHE NRAIMADONNA GLAIRE WALKER ™DOING8TRAIGHT BURGH FRENCH

FROLICS

30 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 15, 1919

JERRY LAWRENCE"Sky Scraper Lizzie" LIBERTY GIRLS

BURLESQUE NEWS{Continued from Pages 15 and 25)

GOING 0\£ER WITH PETE CLARK'S "OH GIRL" CO.

JOSEPHINE YOUNGEVAMPIRE GIRL, WITH "OH GIRL!"

IDA EMERSON and HARRY HILLSBACK IN BURLESQUE WITH EDMOND HAYES* OWN SHOW

ETHEL DEVEAUXSOUBRETTE HASTINGS RAZZLE DAZZLE OF VU

GERTRUDE O'CONNORAS MRS. BOZO WITH EDMOND HAYES' OWN CO.

CLAIRE DEVINELEADING WOMAN WITH DIXON'S BIG REVIEW

LORETTA AHEARNDAINTY SINGING AND DANCINC SOUBRETTE-«LMMW DOLLS

HAROLD KENNEDYCOMEDIAN GIRLS A LA CARTEIRENE LEARYINGENUE BURLESQUE REVIEW

PETE KELLY and BERG LYIMAWITH ED RUSH'S CRACKER JACKS

DON TRENTWITH WALDRON'S BOSTONIANS

v^-miAN Fijjrn

DOING STRAIGHT,. WITH JACOBS AND JEIMONS BURLESQUE REVIE

ANNETTE LA ROCHELLlPRIMA DONNA RUBE BERNSTEIN'S FOLLIES OF PLEASUR)

LETTIE BOLLESINGENUE SOUBRETTE - - DIXON'S BIG REVIEW

•John MacKinnonJUVENILE—TENOR EDMOND HAYES* OWN SHOW

IfSOUBRETTE RUBE BERNSTEIN'S FOLLIES OF PLEASURE

BABE WELLINGTONIRRESISTIBLE BUNCH OF. NERVES-' SOUBRETTE—NATIONAL. WTNTERGARDRN

WM. F. (Billy) HARMS THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES

"LONDON BELLES"ONE OF BEST SHOWSCAMPBELL EVER HADRose Sydcll'a "London Belles," as of-

fered at the Columbia this week by Will-lam S. Campbell, is one of tbe best pro-duction b of this showman's career. Itscores rich In snappy, if not distinguished,melodies, with a slow number sprinkledhere and there by the prima donna, tocarry it out. Tbe production, from a scen-ic and costumed point of view, far sur-passes anything Campbell has ever stagedbefore and is one of the best shows irehave seen this season.The burlesque is a beantlfnl extrava-

ganza. The girls in tbe chorus are asinging, dancing lot of pretty things, whocompare favorably with any Broadwayaggrgatlon. Malilean did well in costum-ing the show, as the blending of colorsand the various designs of the many Bets,la excellent. Tbe scenery, also, Is brightand refreshing.Chester Nelson is featured and his im-

personation of the "rube" is very welldone. There are few who compare withhim in this line of work. Nelson is work- .

ing faster now than on any other occasionin the past, and he showB an improvementin his work. He is well surrounded.

' Lew Rose is doing -a Pebrew comedyopposite Nelson. This young fellow Is

a clever boy, and works differently tbanothers in bis line. We might suggest, how-ever, that he work a little more aggres-sively. He seems, at times, to be holdinghimself in check. He made a good lm-Sresslon Monday afternoon with tbe au-lencc.Steve Paul is doing eccentric characters

again this season, and, in these, be Isbetter than in anything be has done in tbepast. He would be wise to atlck to thisline of work.George Hanks la doing straight this

season, and, in this, he is much betterthan when we saw him last season inanother character. He la a neat dresserand a good "feeder."Netter Wilson la the prima donna." This

young lady gave a good account of h'er-

a blithesome fashion, although she washandicapped with a bad cola. She dls-self Monday and rendered her numbers inplsyed handsome gowns and has a cheerfulway of working.

liazel Harges captivated the audiencewith her dancing. She is a soubretteand a new one at the Columbia. Her styleof working pleases. She is a shapely little

Miss, with lots of personality and plentyof "pep." Her dresses are of unusualbeauty. Miss Harges attracts attentionby her youth and prettlness. She is asuccess. , ,Martha Richards is the Ingenue and is

on tbe stage more than last season. Hercostumes are attractive.There are many bits in the gbow, but

they have been well staged and nicelycarried ont. The "love" bit went overwell, the way Rose and Mlsa Wilson did

The "bold up" bit waa amusing aa It wasdone by Nelson, Hose. Banks, Paul and theMisses Harges and Richards.The "auto" bit went over well. It was

offered by Nelson, Rose, Paul, "Butch"Spelly and two chorus girls. -

A dandy specialty was offered in oneby Hazel Harges, when she showed nssome good dances.Tbe "insult" pleased, as it was done by

Rose, Paul and Miss Richards.Miss Wilson was successful in her sing-

. Ing specialty in on. The black and whitegown she wore was of the latest Frenchdesign and very rich looking.The "money" bit was funny aa offered ,

by Nelson, Rose and Miss Wilson.The Tasmanian Dno, working in full

stage, offered a singing and dancing spe-cialty that pleased. One number of thetroupe played well on a one string home-made violin. . .-.

The "Arabian" scene, which opened theburlesque, la one of the most beautifuland artistic seta we have seen at thishouse.

It is carried out well in the two scenesthat follow.

The "London Belles" is a delightful en-tertainment and a credit to the ColumbiaCircuit. Campbell spent lots of money onhis show this season.

HOBOKEN. N. J. (Mcsaber of T. B. C>

rL\-/JaXllfiN^'lli WHI 1 nHC^JM^lJ Lydia^Vrmstrong,%other_of Anna!

SOUBRETTE JAZZ BABBIES

WAINSTOCK HAS PLAYMorris Wainstock is rehearsing a

four-act dramatic comedy by GeorgeSmithville, called "A Chance EveryGirl Takes." Smithville is to bestarred in the company, which will

open. October 27th on K. and E. time.

USING THE DAILIKSNewark, N. J., Oct 10.—Charles

Koster, business manager of the "Fol-

lies of Pleasure," started an advertis-

ing campaign in the newspapers.hereto-day for his show which will' be at

the Gayety next week. The bill post-ers are on a strike in this' city, so Kes-ter is going after the papers.

.

SOUBRETTE HAS PARTYPauline Harer, soubrette of ' the

"Liberty Girls," was; tendered a bigtheatre party at the Casino last Fridaynight by the Buckhorn Club of thatcity. A banquet was tendered to herand the members of the company after

the show at the rooms of the club.

SEEK EDITH GRAHAMIf Edith Graham, formerly in bur-

lesque with the "Bon Tons," but later

in vaudeville working under the .nameof Warren and Graham, will commun-icate with John B. Knox, of 42 I? road-

way, New York, she will learn some-thing of interest to her.

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DORIS CLAIRE GOES INDoris Claire will open with Sim.Wil-

liams' "Girls From Jo'yland," as sou-brette, next week in Philadelhpia. Wil-liams was ordered to get a new sou-

brette several weeks ago by the Cen-sor Board. Belle Younge, a chorusgirl, has been attempting to do thesoubrette work, but was not able to

get the numbers over.

HASTINGS GOES WESTMr. and Mrs. Hary Hastings left

New York for Portland, Ore., to visit

Mrs. Hastings' mother, who is ill.

They. will also go to Frisco and LosAngeles before they return to NewYork to look up new people for their

shows next season.

SIGNS FOR PICTURESHazel Josslyn, former ingenue in

burlesque, has signed contracts withthe Jaxon Film Company to playleads in one reel comedies that that

company is putting out.* 3

BLANEY IN WILKESBARREWilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. J3.— When

the lease on the Nesbitt Theatre, this

city, now held by the Shuberts, ter-

minates next month, Harry Clav.Bla-ney will place a stock company in the

theatre. As yet,- no details of the com-pany have been given. .

DAMROTH TO OPEN COMPANYWoodcliffe, N. J., Oct 13.—George

Damroth has completed arrangementsand will open a stock company hereon Monday, the 20th. The companywill be known as "The Ruth HallPlayers," and will present two bills aweek. The theatre they will occupy is

The Jewel.

.

ANNA ARMSTRONG'S MOTHERDIES

Armstrong, of the "Girls From the

iFollies" Company, died at her home

: here yesterday.

MORE PLAYS RELEASEDSeveral new plays have been re-

leased for. stock this week. They are"The Broken Rosary," "The Danger-ous Ace." "Those: Who. Walk in

Darkness," and "The Confessions of aBride."

PRIMADONNA PEARL LAWLOR BILLY WATSON'S

PARISIAN WHIRL

FROM FRISCO? I r

Yes, die Same 1 »$ BERNARD KAHN'SUNIONSQUARE

October- 15^1919. THE N^ W -Y ORK CLIPPER 31

fewflitterests-Reorganized.^ (Continued from Page 3)

"'-?It;is for co-operative purpose*—_':

the same as I did in Boston. ' H a~

large number of people own stockyin

the theatres they will take a deep in-

terest in them and the result will bemutually satisfactory." " ':

Obviously 160,000 people, assumingthat but one share of stock' is bought

by each of that number of people

throughout the United States andCana^,ci5 . a small percentage; of the

theaifiegojngpopulation .of both.coun*

tries^that the Loew-theatres hope to

attract. But just why he sees fitto

limit the number of shares that the

public will be permitted to acquire >tfas

not explained. - - •• • <•' •

' Concerning the bankers who are be-

hind the Loew re-financing, the latest

report has it that it is the Liberty Se-.

curlties Corporation of 120 Broadway,a subsidiary company, of the_ Liberty

National Bank in the same buildingr.

The Liberty Securities Corporation

is known to deal in and underwrite

corporate stock issues and, in the past,

has had to do with securities in con-

nection with theatrical holding corpo-

rations controlled by Marcus Loew.Another banking house whose nameis linked with the distribution of the

Loew's, Inc., stock is Montgomery andCompany, of 14 Wall Street. Thishouse, it is : reported, will distribute

the stock among brokers, among,whom are M. S. Wolfe and Companyof 44 Broad Street, and Rodney, Pow-;ers and Company of 81 Exchange

,

Place. The latter firm, as a matter of

fact, has been advertising.Loew stock

in the dailies during most of last weekand is said to be heavily interested in

the issue. •. .

•

.

How the holders of stock of the

Loew's Theatrical Enterprises Com-pany, which was the dominating cor-

poration of all the Loew corporations

and was merged into the present

Loew's, Inc., will be taken care of in

the new deal was also not revealed byMr. Loew. It had been rumored that

the holders of the old stock, which

has not been actively traded recently,

but Which brokers say has been bid

and offered at a price ranging from$250 bid to $300, will receive eight

shares of the new issue for every share

of the old and, in addition, will re-

ceive a bonus of $30.

.

In connection with the present re-

organization of the Loew interests, it

is worthy of note that this is the third

readjustment that the Marcus Loewtheatrical corporations have- under-

gone during the last ten or twelve

years. '•."••;

A few years after Mr. Loew becamea factor- in the theatrical world, his

theatrical properties were merged into

the -Loew's Consolidated Enterprises

Corporation, with a -capitalization' of

$1,500,000.. Several years later, an-other, financial re-organization tookplaced This time, there was organizeda corporation.known as Loews The-atrical Enterprises, with a capitaliza-

tion of $5,000,000. Into this:company

was merged all the theatrical holdingcorporations controlled by the Loewinterests, . including -the Loew's Con-solidated • . Eenterprises, -.up to

:that

time. The $5,000,000 of capitalization

was divided into the- two groups of

shares that were issued.- There was$4,500,000 in common stock, and theremaining $500,000 consisted of pre-

ferred stock. • •-.v- .': '->'-.

At that time, holders of stock in

Loew's Consolidated Enterprises re-

ceived three shares in Loew's Theatri-cal Enterprises for each share of theformer company stock they owned.The present financial re-organization,

it is announced, will place $5,000,000in the treasury, the money to be usedat the discretion of Mr. Loew. '

During- the last seven- or eightmonths, the theatres controlled by theLoew interests have risen '.in numberfrom approximately thirty -to seventy-

ANNETTE SHAWDANCING INGENUE LEW KELLY SHOW

one at present in operation through-

out the country and Canada. To this

number will soon" be added eleven

more, now in course of construction

and nearing completion, and, in addi

tioH, options on sites for many morehouses throughout the. South and ex-

tending to the: coast, have been ac-

quired. Ultimately, the string of Loewtheatres throughout this country andCanada will total -150 houses..

"

Up to al>Qut;'six mbqthsago,- tht

Loew theatres wer.e-i<?htrMled by the

following group of;corporations: An-chor Theatrical Corp.; Borough Thea-

tre Company; Brdokside AmusementCorp., Cedric Amusement -Corpora-tion, Delancey Amusement Company,Globe Vaudeville Company, Greeley

Square - Amusement ' Company; Hu-manova Producing Company, Interna--

tional Vaudeville Company,' LoewsHamilton Theatres Company, Loew's.

Theatrical Enterprises, Loew's Thea-tres Company, Loew's ConsolidatedEnterprises, Loew Amusement Com-

Sany, Loew s Montreal Theatres, Ltd.,

[arloew Amusement Corporation,Marcus Loew's Booking Agency, Mar-cus Loew's Theatres, Ltd., MarcusLoew Incorporated, Mascot Amuse-ment Company, Peoples VaudevilleCompany, Putnam Theatrical Corpo-ration, Monarch Amusement Com-pany, New Columbia Company, Na-toma Amusement Company, N. Y; &Fall River Amusement Company,'Newark Heights Theatre Corporation,Stillman • Investment Company, 20thCentury Amusement Company, War-wick Amusement Corporation.

The most recent rumors in WallStreet link the name of the FamousPlayers-Lasky Corporation with thepresent re-organization of the Loewinterests, it being said that ultimately

the Loew.houses will enter into an ar-

rangement, with F. P.-L. to exhibit the

latter company's motion pictures ex-

clusively in connection with their vau-deville policy.

It is also rumored in Wall Streetthat Marcus Loew and his group will

pocket $25,000,000 in cash through the

present re-organization, while, at the wsame time, controlling the theatres

they, built and developed. However,members of the banking group that ar-

ranged the financial readjustment will

undoubtedly be elected to the direc-

torate of Loew's, Inc.

"SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE".London, EngV Oct. 12.—There was

produced during this week in theProvinces, a new play called "Sacredand Profane Love," by Arnold Ben-nett and it proved a success. The playdeals with the loves of .different

classes and shows how easy St is for ahigher" class, to sink .below its level.

Some of the scenes in the play aregruesome, yet gripping.' In the cast

are Blanche Stanley, Mary Byron, J.

H. Roberts, Iris Hoey, Franklyn Dy-all, Muriel H. Alexander, George Et-

: ton, Helen Ferrers, Hilda Bruce. Pot-" ter, Malcolm Keen, Margaret Watson,, Dorothy Turner, Margaret -Manning,Mildred Evelyn. .':'

NEW REVUE A SUCCESSLondon, F.ng.. Oct. 12.—The much

postponed '.and talked about- re>

vue of Oscar Ashe's "EastwardHo" has been produced at the

Alambra and proved 'to be a re-

markable success. The piece goesfrom London to the Orient, and is re-

markably ' funny and interesting,

throughout. In 'the cast are Violet

Lorraine, Peggy Kur^on, AndrewHigginson, Ralph Lynn, AmbroseManning, Tom Payne.and Joe Spree.

The piece made Miss Lorraine a star."'.' overnight. ..' ,'".

IVIOIMTHEBREW COMEDIAN ROUND THE TOWN UIS-S*

GEO. CARROLLDOING TRAMP WITH THE JAZZ BABBiES "'

BABE HERUBY THORNE and ANNA GOLDIE- ::'-. -. ; SOUBRETTE CRACKER JACKS CHARACTERS

,

JACK MUNDY/' DIRECTION-ARTHUR PEARSON

ROSE EMIVIETTRAGTIME INCENU

E

ROUND THE TOWN

STRAIGHT SECOND SEASON WITH MAIDS OF AMERICA

•JANE MAYSOUBRETTE 1 SECOND SEASON MAIDS OF AMERICA

INGENUE SIXTH SEASON WITH DAN COLEMAN. HASTINGS BIO SHOW

NOW WRITINC BURLESQUE'S BEST SPECIAL SONGS. ALSO STAGING NUMBERS.WITH RUSH'S CRACKER JACKS 7™T" """»*»•

RUTHHASTINGSPRIMA DONNA. BOSTONIAN" SEASON

JOHN O. GRANTPERSONAL DIRECTION CHAMBERLAIN BROWN '

LOUISE PEARSONPRIMA DONNA MINSJCV3 NATIONAL WINTER GARDEN

FRANK MALLAHANDOING STRAIGHT WITH SAM HOWE'S SPORT GIRLS

eJKVI McCAULEYDOING RUBE AGAIN THIS SEASON WITH SAM HOWES SPORT GIRLS

FRANK LULEYEDMOND. HAYES' ORIGINAL BOZO WITH EDMOND HRYES* OWN COMPANY

FRANK ANDEIrUfc final i witk Om M. Baku's "S«~t Swaatfe Curia." Cmtar Up Om Raaf at m

•JULIA MORGANTlwSaaUaTadnral P. W. Garfcaraya MlacaM Mafcara, 1MS-M. Tufa to J•> W»to»

32 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 15. 1919

WANTS UNITED

PICTURES MADE

HORSTHAN MAKES MOVE

' A suit was filed last week by ErnestHorstmann, The' Dalton Adding Ma-chine Company and Charles E. Kim-ball, whereby they seek to have theUnited Picture Theatre thrown intoinvoluntary bankruptcy. Their pcti

tion asks for $1,400, of which Horst-mann claims $1,000. The company is

fighting the suit and has asked .to havethe petition set aside, claiming that

the action of the three creditors wasunfounded.Horstmann is a creditor of the com-

pany for $1,000, which the companyhad paid with notes given by theatres

all over the country. He had also

held notes of the company for some$7,500 which were paid the day be-fore the filing of the bankruptcy suit.

The Dalton Company held a note for

$250, which was not due till Decem-ber 3rd, and, according to the com-pany officials, Kimball was not a cred-itor on their books, but held notes of

$150, which Horstmann had given

It is alleged that Horstmann, who IS

reported to own a number of theatres

in Boston, was dissatisfied with themanagement of the'Company and hadsought to have new executive officers

elected.- Due to the necessary legal

entanglements which arose and whichwill remain in existence until the.case

is 'finally tried, Harry Calkins has beenappointed 'receiver of the companyand will conduct is business as such.

_

-The company claims that the suit

and its instigators are not representa-

tive of the large..majority-of its stock-holders,' and, therefore, in their be-half, it will endeavor to have it set

aside. - - - .

WANT POWERS TO RETURNP. A. Powers, who, during the Act-

ors' Strike, resigned from the NationalAssociation of the Motion Picture In-dustry because ' he could not agreewith the stand, taken by the organiza-tion in regard to the battle betweenthe managers and actors, will be askedto reconsider his resignation. The as-sociation -will ask him to return-through its board of directors, a reso-lution having been passed at the quar-terly- meeting of the board to havethe secretary write to Powers on thema.tter. r . .

The following nominations . formembers of the executive committeewere filed by William A. Brady at themeeting: .

Walter W. Irwin, chairman; Wil-liam A. Brady, ex-officio chairman;Arthur S. Friend, Lewis Innerarity,W. E. Atkinson, John C Flinn, LewisJ. Selznick, Gabriel Hess, J. E. Bru-latour, John M. Quinn, Paul H. Crom-elin and Jack H. Leo.

BUY STORY FOR ROGERS"The Strange Boarder," written by

Will Payne for the Saturday EveningPost three years ago, has been pur-chased by the Goldwyn Company forWill Rogers. The story will form partof the next production in which Rog-ers will appear.

HOLMES FORMS OWN CO.Taylor Holmes, at the expiration of

his contract with the Triangle, will

head his own organization, which hasbeen incorporated as the TaylorHolmes Film Company. Holmes' con-tract with the Triangle will expire thismonth. 1.

FOX SIGNS MIX FOR 5 YEARS"- Los Angeles, Oct 3.-^-Tom Mix,'one

- of the best Fox bets for the last year,

has been-signed-nnder a five year con-

ttActsoth that organization by Wra-vfiild Rr-Sheeban, general :mahager:of .<

• ^the Fox^intereSts, wh(T arrived herelast week." When Mix was first ex-

ploited in Fox pictures, he was liked

.-.-To-day htis one -.of the favorites- Of -

• V"' the screen, and is growing. in.popular-'".

> ity all the time. -

~

. : With^the signing of the contract, it

.„ was reported there would be an in-

. crease in the number of Mix pictures..' A big expansion of -Mixville at Silver.'

Lake is -under way, additional land•. and. several hundred horses .having

been bought. "The -Untamed," by. Max Brand ha* been, purchased, ior-Mix^ andjvflt be his Erst production,under t&e new contract.

WILL SCREEN THE BIBLEThe H&tOncaL- Film, Company of

'-"- America i J the name of a new produc-"."-'

inR organization that will start workthis month m.visualizing the Bible.on.,the screen, starting with Genesis andgoing clear through to the end of Rev-elations. The director general of the

new company is ,Rayi£currd WeUs> -who":

directed the production" of "Julius~

Caesar-ifcWl^ J.A. McGin, p£yate_couver,Wasb^ P|esidelit^W.f^Sal manager, ana ucorgCfJu KeynoKtr,

. -of Portland, Oregon, i* secretary.

ROSENBERGS HAVE ROWAs the result of a row between J.

Jerome.. Rosenberg and- . his brother,Walter,.over the Savoy Theatre,' theirmotion picture house on West Thirty-fourth Street, Samuel J. Baron, of 132Nassau Street, has been appointed re-ceiver by Supreme .Corut.Justice- Rob-ert Wagner; who placed him under abond of $15,000.

In the complaint of a suit which hasbeen brought Jerome claims that thepartnership to operate'the theatre wasformed in January, 1918,' on a profit

and loss basis. He said that, of late,

his brother, has been doing as hepleased with the management of thetheatre" and: has made contracts for al-

terations of the theatre that were ab-solutely unnecessary, in addition to in-

stalling innovations and.new help that

were needless. He alleged that Wal-ter had given the/right of:attorney to

Charles W. Bryan, which allowed' Bry-an to draw monies -belonging -to thepartnership and

_gave him supreme

rights in managing "£ie. house.. Theclimax "came, he - said,, when .Bryan,

whohad always treated him discourte-

ously, and several other, employees,forcibly ejected him from the theatre.

Justice Wagner . thought the,, best

;way to attempt tOb.settle- the trouble,

pending an adjudication of the suit,

was to appoint -a -receiver who wouldguard both their interests in the mean-time. . ...... .... ....

FRANK G. HALL

BUYS MUTUAL

MONTREAL CENSORS SCOREDMontreal, Can., Oct. 1.—The Board

of Censors of this city has come infor a severe call down by the dramaticeditor of the Daily Star, who scoredthem for their action in banning 'TheBramble Bush," which he calls a "per-fectly harmless picture," and for pass-ing it after the VitaKraph. office hadfiled an appeal'- costing them $25.There have -been numerous complaintslately about: the actions of the Board.

t-.i <•.c'

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TAKES OVER CONTRACTS

Frank G. Hall last week consum-mated a deal by which he gains -con-trol of what is considered the finest

exchange - system in - the world, whenhe bought outright the exchanges andcontracts of distribution of Exhibit-ors- Mutual Echanges. This corpora-tion has built up an exchange systemthat covers every known town in thecountry and has contracts for the dis-tribution of many big features, someof -which are booking now, and someof which arc yet to be placed on themarket.Mr. Hall, who is president of Hall-

mark Productions, has announced thathe will abandon the Hallmark ex-change system, and will place all ofhis productions over the new- system,which will, in future, be known asHallmark Exchanges. He has alreadysigned contracts for the distributionof the output, of several large manu-facturing picture concerns, and plansto acquire many more.TheH allmark Pictures Corporation,

now has dn the. market one. serial,

with another ready for release, andtwenty-six productions scheduled forrelease during the year. They arenow in the course of production un-der the direction of three well knowndirectors. This series of special pro-ductions will be known as Famous Di-rectors Series.

The sale price of the ExhibitorsMutual was not divulged, but it is be-lieved to exceed,, by a goodly sum,$1,000,000. No confirmation of thereputed sales prace has been given.

TO MAKE TWO-REELERSThe last of the one-reel comedies of

Harold Lloyd, called "His Only Fath-er," produced for the Rolin Film Com-pany and -distributed through Pathe,will be released on Oct. 19.

Beginning Nov..?, Lloyd will ap-pear in a new"^eries;of comedies, this

time two-reelers, which, will be re-

leased every four weekj!_ ... ____

GET "BROKEN BLOSSOMS""Broken Blossoms," the D. W. Grif-

fiths production which made a recordin New York and other. cities, will be.

released to the entire country on Oc-tober 20, through the United ArtistsAssociation. .

'.

SIGNS LYNCH HOUSESRealart Pictures, has signed a con-

tract with the S. A. Lynch Enterpriseswhereby they will exhibit their pic-tures in theatres of the circuit, one ofthe largest in the South.

BUY "OPEN DOOR" SPECIALRobertson Cole has purchased from

Artclass Pictures its newly made spec-ial picture entitled "The Open Door,"a mystery story of prison life, similar,in a way, to "Jean Valjean." The pic-ture will be released through the new-ly-establish Robertson-Cole ex-changes. ;..';

EDGAR LEWIS HAS OWN CO.Under the name of the Edgar Lewis

Productions, Inc., Edgar Lewis hasarranged with the Pathe Company toproduce for him a minimum of fourspecial features a year. With Mr.Lewis in the formation of his owncompany, is Harry Cahane, also in-terested in the Albert Capellani andEdwin Carewe organizations.The first production Lewis, will

make to be released by Pathe will be"Other Men's Shoes," adapted from-the novel by Andrew Soutar.' *."

*'

GOLDWYN BUYS BOOK RIGHTS"Maggie," by Edward" People;. and

"Trimmed With Red," by Wallace Ir-

win, are among the recent purchasesmade by Goldwyn, in the book andplay line. , ..." '.'; ':""';.

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"RIGHT TO HAPPINESS": CLOSES! -

:

'The Right'tb Happiness' closed atthe Park Theatre Saturday after a runof five weeks. The picture is 'nowbeing shown at all of the MarcusLoew theatres, they having booked it

for the rst half of the week beginningMonday last.

SELZNICK BUYS OSMUN STORY"The Woman Game" has been pur-

chased from Leighton Graves-Osmunby the Selznick Company and FrankDazey has adapted it for screen pro-duction. Elaine Hammerstein will ap-pear in it'

OPENS NEW HAVEN BRANCHA new exchange has been opened at

New Haven by the Select, to relievecongestion in' the New England andNew York districts.- Morris Saner hasbeen appointed branch manager, beingpromoted from salesman at the Bos-ton office. '

-

BUY STORIES FOR ROGERSSamuel Goldwyn has purchased

"Jubilo," which recently appeared in

the Saturday Evening Post, for WillRogers; It will be the picture to pre-cede Rogers in "The Strange Board-er," purchased at the same time.

CLARK COMPANY WORKINGMarguerite Clark and her company

are at Loon- Lake in the Adirondacks,filming exteriors. In addition to MissClark and her director, Walter Ed-wards, the company includes HarrisonFord, Rod La Rocoue, Helen Mont-rose,. Julia Hurley, Kid Broad andHerbert Barrington.

* HOUDINI SUES FOR $40,000

Harry Houdini, the handcuff king,would like to unshackle $40,000 whichhe claims is owed him by the OctagonFilms, Inc., and to that end hasbrought suit against them for . thatamount.The complaint, now on file at the

County Clerk's office, alleges thatHoudini was engaged to play in "TheMaster Mystery" and was to receive$1,500 a week while the picture wasbeing produced, as well as 50 per centof the profits. Claiming that theprofits have been $80,000, he is suingfor. half of that 'amount Suit wasbrought through his attorneys, Ernst,Fox and Cane. ~

CAPITOL BOOKS UNIVERSALAnnouncement was- made last week

from the New York -Universal: Ex-change that the new Capitol Theatrehas booked the International News,the Universal Current Events, hewsreels, 'The Eternal Triangle" and ananimal comedy, making six Universalfeatures to be used by the new house.

In addition to these, the Capitol will

also feature "Blind Husbands," as yetnot- released by Universal, "Paid- in

.Advance,"'a Dorothy Phillips prpduc-

October 15, 1919 33

VAUDE DEFENCE START{Continued from Page 3)

'.'

ager, his reply was in the negative. Hetestified that he was in the first strike

of the White Rates, that be later.

dropped out of the organization andthen went back to it again, paying upback dues and taking put a life mem-bership. He stated that he was not inthe more recent strike of the' WhiteRats and that he is now a member oftheN.V.A.

'. Walsh then questioned him as towhy he had consented to play at theWinter Garden during the Equitystrike. Rooney replied that he was inthe country at the time of the begin-ning of the strike and did not knowconditions. He accepted a booking atthe Winter Garden, he testified, - as avaudeville booking, and after playingthere one night and becoming fully ac-quainted with the situation, refused toperform further. He testified that hisaction .had made no difference in E.F.-Albee's attitude toward him. Whenasked if he would sign a contract withthe N. V. A. inclusion clause, he statedthat he would not,' for he believes thatthe vaudeville performer should be a"free agent." ,

Charles Grapewin traced his start asan acrobat with a circus, through hisstock career in Portland, a season withFrank Daniels, followed by his debutin vaudeville about twenty-five yearsago. Then, as a single, he receivedapproximately $35 a week and testi-fied that he played so many shows aday he couldn't count them. He re-called having played thirteen shows aday at Huber's -Museum while withthe Silvon Trio. Next, as a sketchteam, at Tony Pastor's, his act madeas high as $80 for himself and wife.Lately, his acts have netted him ashigh as $750, but if he gets thirty orthirty-five weeks of consecutive book-ing, he admitted he will play for less.He could not recall having ever hadcontroversies with managers, bookshimself, and has, at times, playedwithout contracts, but .'has alwaysfound that the managers abided bytheir verbal agreement.When he had praised the present cen-

tralization of booking policy, Grapewinwas asked by Walsh if he had everheard. the booking floor of the U. B. O.referred to as "the bull-pen." Grapewinsaid that he had not.

'

Grapewin does not believe in a closedshop in vaudeville. He testified that hewould be equally against vaudeville thatrecognized only N. V. A. or vaudevillethat recognized only White Rats.Because Loney Haskell had, for a

time, been manager of Hammerstein'sVictoria when it was running vaudevillethe questions propounded to. him weremore varied, m that he was asked todescribe the workings of the manager'smeetings at the U. B. U. when he usedto attend them. He told how the mana-gers met on Tuesdays and Wednesdays,when the merits of various acts wouldbe put before them. He said that nodecision s were made against actors be-cause they belonged to certain organiza-tions and declared, that he made thisstatement on his oath.

'

When asked if he thought it rightthat the agent should give half Of hiscommission to the booking office, he re-plied that the agent is not worm more

. than 2^ per cent, and is really "noth-ing more than a nonentity." Haskellis his own agentHaskell testified that he had never

heard of nor had 'seen a blacklist dur-ing his managerial career.As an actor, Haskell started his career,

he testified, when a wholesale businessconcern with which he was workingfailed, and recalled having held a cele-bration when his salary was raised to$90 per week. He says. that his salarynow varies between $250 and $300, andclaims that he does not hold anythingagainst a manager who will not book-him, working on the . assumption thateach manager knows his business. Hetestified that the manager of the Palace

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"BOYS WILLBE BOYS"HAS SIMPLE STORYTHAT MAY CATCH ON

'THE LITTLE WHOP-PER" LOOKSLIKESUREHIT FOR ABE LEVY

"BOYS WILL BE BOYS"—A comedyof small town life. In three acts, dra-matized by Charles O'Brien Kennedy,from Irving Cobb's story of the samename. Presented by Follok, McKet-rick and Burk, Inc., at the BelmontTheatre, Monday evening, October13, 1919.

CASTWillie Jlngby Harold BerghGeorgle Greenl. Kdward HaydenTommle Martin. Donald MacPbersonJeff Polndexter Frank L. FrayneMrs. Gafford Eugene DuboisPeep O'Day . .Harry BereafordDr. Wells ....C. H. KlegelNick Bell Claude CooperBreck Queries. Ervllle AldersonHorace Gafford Charles OlbneyLucy Allen Winifred WellingtonTom Miner Robert ArmstrongMrs. Hunter. .Edna Archer CrawfordJudge Priest William St. JamesMr. Snblette Carl AnthonyFrankle Alton. ..Willie HanlonHarry Varney Edwin MouhotKatie O'Day Bose Mary KingSergeant Bagby George ParkMinnie. Summers Eldean SteuartMay Kelly Noel StewartGeorge Foster Maury Steuart, Jr.Tommy Bell Philip HaydenDan Spencer Gus Anderson

"Boys Will Be Boys." the first offer-ing of the new producing firm ofHarry Pollok, Daniel McKetrick andHarry Burk, Inc. is a dramatization ofone of Irvin Cobb's "Judge Priest"stories, by Charles O'Brien Kennedy.It is the story of "Peep" O'Daj^s be-lated boyhood and, to the friendly au-dience which iiiied the cosey little the-atre to capacity, Monday night, "Peep"and his pathetic role made a genuineappeal.

"Peep" O'Day has grown up in asmall Kentucky town; has developedfrom an almshouse boy into a gentle,

fine-hearted and simple chap whomthe village loves and whom some ofthe village overworks. There comes aday in "Peep's" life when old JudgePriest calls him into his office and in-

forms him that an Uncle O'Day hasdied in Ireland and left "Peep" hisnatural heir.

So. with $40,000 to spend, "Peep"breaks loose to the great advantage ofthe village youths. At this stage ofthe game, or rather the play, appearsthe villain, necessary to all regulated

flays of plain type, and then Judge'riest has a task, assisted by most of

the. village, to save the simple "Peep"from the plot spread by the localsharp-practice lawyer and a fake niecefrom Cincinnati. But the old judge,with his shrewd natural philosophy,finds a way and all ends well.

As "Peep" O'Day, lovable, simpleand vagabond, Harry Beresford putsto his credit .-real achievement Wil-liam St James, as Judge Prist, provedhimself to be a character actor ofgenuine ability. Erville Alderson is

sufficiently raspy as the Sheriff andthe scheming lawyer is made almostcredible by Carl Anthoney. The re-

mainder of the cast was well chosenand enacted their respective parts in acreditable manner.

"THE LITTLWHOPPER"—A mu-sical comedy with book by Otto Har-bach: music by Budolf Friml andlyrics by Bide Dudley. Presentedby Abraham Lery at the CasinoTheatre, Monday evening, October13, 1919.

CASTJanet MacGregor,

Mildred RichardsonMiss Granville. .Nellie Graham-DentKitty Wentworth Vlvlenne SegalGeorge Bmmett Sydney GrantJohn Harding Harry C. BrowneHarry Hayward Albert OblerJames Martin Sidney HallOliver Butts W. J. Ferguson.William Wilton SistersRobert Wilton SistersJudge MacGregor....David TorreneeMrs. MacGregor Letta Llnthlcnm

Film Flashes I

A fib still has its strategic value antaround a wee bit of falsehood OttoHarbach, who contributed the book,Rudolph Friml, the music, and BideDudley, the lyrics have woven a mostdelightful musical farce, "The LittleWhopper," recorded its metropolitandebut Monday night at the Casino, be-fore a large first night audience whichstamped its approval by continued ap-plause and at the conclusion left thetheatre, whistling, singing and laugh-ing—a perfect tribute to the new com-edy's entertaining value.The story deals with the innocent

adventure of a schoolgirl who told awhopper in order that she might runaway to marry a perfectly nice man.Her liberties with the truth led to amaze of complications which bind ev-ery one in a tangled web. But all

turned out happily, both for the char-acters and the audience.Vivienne Segal, in the leading role

of a boarding school miss, sang, dancedand acted with such grace and ability

that her curtain calls were almost asnumerous as. the intriguing fibs whichthe characters told, and Mildred Rich-ardson, who impersonated her chum,exhibited a fresh beauty and pleasingway...As the prudish keeper of the school,

Nellie Graham-Dent was decidedlyamusing. W. J. Ferguson, as a valetsecretary, also contributed excellentcomedy. In the kid parts. The- Wil-ton Sisters, well known to vaudeville,sang their way into a generousamount of applause. Sydney Grant,David Torrenee and Lotta Linthicumalso enacted praiseworthy characteri-zations.

It looks as if Abraham Levy, theproducer, has a big success in "TheLittle Whopper."

"THE GREAT DAY" LIKEDLondon, Eng., Oct 4.—The latest

Drury Lane production, "The GreatDay," supervised by Arthur Collinsand written by Louis N. Parker andGeorge R Sims, with incidental musicby J. M. Glover, is scoring a tremen-dous hit here. The piece is a hugedramatic spectacle in five acts, with,many. scenes, some of which are sen-sational in execution and effect.

,£u£? ,

Rel^nf?a' director of the Rlvoll

S£-h ritb

itSS" JTe

,rt»«' submitted before

ST*5? .?L 1^20' °D,y composers living intheJJnlted States will be permitted^\fcom.

_£rVaordo2. "*• b*eB engaged to annea*with Norma Talmadge in '^^WomenT^Herman C Raymaker, director for GalaHenry, waa borned badW afew daw «V£when * gasoline atattoS *££dtS?l 5E

exp1odedWWCh "™* be'sOrred

The latter is a non-professional •*a"e,e*

|3SK<W or^eM.Grossman has been sdded to ihe stiff of

oSBtm S^fbDm** »« Indlanap^fiS;

N^vv,* ^ w"™** "« returned toNew York after a six months stay at theLasky studios at the Coast.

King W. Vldor iTta New To* to com-'plete arrangements to produce a serleaofspeclal productions at his Hollywood

.v1"™"6

!! Marion, who recently returned tothe Coast, haa influenxa. "" *"

Brown. Mr.Barnes, Geo.- B.Burke, WallyBorkhardt, W.Bethew. HerbertConlon. W111F.Carroll, BudClemens, EddieDooley, T. .

Esmond, ChambersForster, Mr. & Mrs.Frayne. Frank I.Qallagher.MrAMrs.

Bennett Blllle

Bennett, GraceBomer, Louise *

.

BaUey, Mrs. . .

Boyle. Edith ' .. .

Cleveland, Haiel S.Claytou, LucilleClarke. LilUanColton, JessieCCahiU, Lilly

GENTLEMENHolmes, Jack M. Lord, Leonard E.

HebertOmer HSfi?"17Hill, Bueaell B. SiXEugeneKildouchevskyKildonchevaky. PaulKuebler Cbaa.Kaasino, JoeKussell, MatKrickman. O.Kelso, J. B.

B.Kearney. John F.Leigh, Lester

J.Lemuels, BUI

Myers. B.Marsh, L.Myle, SamnelMarcus,A B.Maekey, FrankMilton RobertMulh bour.Mr.A Mrs.O,Newhart, Chas.O'Day, BillyPnbst, Ben _

LADIESDlx, Mae Marelean, BothElliot, Margaret Marshall, MargeryFort Ophie Murphy, MarieFarccls, Kitty Morgan. DorothyFrtedland. Bae Miller. DotHoover. Miss L. Mathews, IreneHarrington. Hand Nailor, EmmaKamp, Toots Priehard, BylriaLorraine, Peggy Randolph. Miss TexLuker, Eleanor Rial, Gertie

Penny, Geo. A.Robertson, WUlardReece. Edw.Bedding. EdwinRice * LyonsReaves, Geo.Storrey & ClarkeSenna. MoreySmooth. I. D.TalbotLouWlelartMr.White, Earl T.Tellow SeaZelda, W. O.

Hostile, queenPenny, VioletBarney, MarieSchutta. Ethel8terenson. BaselSymouds, Patsy .

Sweet, Doll yTennyson, DixieWilliama, CatherineWohltmaa, Loretia C

Edward Gpuldlng. well known *writer who has been spending bla vacation

Engund!"Caj

'*"* *""*' "*™

Wallace Held will appear at the Rlvolithis week In "The Lottery Man,- a Pars-mouat-Artcraft picture based on RidsJohnson Toung's play of the same name.

."The Trembling Hour," a mystery pic-ture featuring Keneth Harlan, has been re-leased by TJuTrers*' for the fall season.

Bernard Durnlng has signed with the C.B. Macaoley Photoplays tor two years,

Ed jthe Sterling has started work on

on. C5rB9ss&b" WorW entUtod "Th»

T^^«nJ'hoxTer'p.cm^t

!orOUj:

.

RSfJ

n*„8alnn wU1 Pl*7 the leading- role

IS.™:*^!?* Wltn «• Overshot^tVl-£. vfu^gfTtw^*•mm*Me^aTSe^dinr-^te^-ThopT^th?feuar°rPte.^V ABteon"wS5

Montgomery and Rock will appear ancave men In their next Big "V comedy.

. '2S?*llf »^eVinabble»" is the title of•vnew Big "V" comedy Just completed.

Sally Cm te. Mare McDermott E. J. Bad-cllffe. John 2. .ghlne, Diana Aflen, Engen.Strong, Gordon H. 8tanding and James8. Ryan will appear In "The Bed vSgto!5

GUdya Leslie has completed "The Golden

Alice Joyce ind her eompaoy are taMngscenes for "Bride" at the De:m4J estateGlen Cove, L. I. • -, 7& T™"^ -J™.*Edward Joss's first production tot

Special, Inc., "Mothers of Men.? hascompleted and cut.

PMCTRaphseL London sales manager ofP^e Frerea Cinema alnce 1914, arrived Innew xork last week.

Henry Kolker has Joined the Brenthwoodforces fa a directorial capacity.

"Poor Relation s." Brentwood's fourthproduction, has been completed and is now

Ralph J. Bio seer has Joined Brentwood- as assistant to Claude- Hr Mitchell in di-recting a series of pictures.

- ^5l*ah_ T. Mason will write the scenariofrom two original stories for Zara Bttta,

William Duncan hag completed ten epl-aodes of "Smashing Barriers."

Carl Hunt formerly associated withSesraberts, has Joined the Selsnlek ]

during staff.

theprc-

Corlnne Barker has bees signed to rap-port Eugene O'Brien In. "The Broken Mel-ody," a picture based on a play by 0*0*

<St?v

34 THE. NEW YORK CLIPPER O-tober 15. 1919

Theatre. W. 44th. StEves. 8.20. Mats. Wed.

, w & Sat 2. 20.

BOOTH TARKINGTON'SNew Comedy

CLARENCEHUDSON r

riXlimr Theatre. W. 42nd. St

ELTINGE ns&r*-w"

A. H. woods Presents

THE GIRLIN THE LIMOUSINE

A New Farce byWilson CoUlson and Avery Hopwood

Broadway & . 47th StMat Daily at *. P. M.

25, BO and 75cEvery Night

i 1 1 l,j i u a- 25 50. 75. ft $L50

Irving Berlin, "Bee" Palmer. Kitty

Doner, Moss & Frye, Mile.Wane *Jan Rublni. Joe Browning, Herman *Shirley.

FOR -

EVERYONE

B. F.

Keith's

PALACE

Happy DaysMATINEE AtEVERY DAY The

Happy Prices—Seats 8 Weeks Ahead

Mats. Wed. & Sat 2.30.

Broadway. Eres. 8.30.

Theatre. 42d. St W. ot

a: H. WOODS Presents

A VOICE INTHE DARK

With Original Cast.

REPUBLIC

KNICKERBOCKER

net!

Wed. & Sat. 2.20.

I Eves. 8.30. Mats.

i huuj i -." - « J B'way & 38th St

JOHN CORTS New Musical Comedy

ROLY-BOLY EYESBy Edgar Allan Wolff

Music hyEddie Brown A Louis Gruenberq

WitbEDDIE LEONARDLBMSft Handsomest Chorus In Town—

" west 45th St. Eves.

U 8.16. Mats. Wed and

v l. J H' Sat. 2-15.

DAVID BELASCO Pre**"**

INA CUIIEkKr--THE GOLD DIGGERS

. This Week

KEWPIE DOLLS: Next Week—AVIATOR G1RL8

Brooklyn Theatres-

OT« A "D J*T nx. Pulton St Mat

S 1 A-K- TeL Maln 1893 DaDT

FRENCH FROUCSNext Week-BROADWAYMLLESNext Week—FRENCH FROLICSThursday Evening—Wrestling ..

" Under Direction of Geo. Bothner • -

Every Sunday—2 Big Concerts 2 . .

Casino TheatreThis Week ...

GOLDEN CROOKSNext Week—BEHMAN 8HOW

Empire TheatreRalph Avenue and Broadway

GIRLS A LA GARTENext Week—CONDON BELLES

GAYETYKwaTThis Weak

Sweet Sweetie GirlsNext Week—KEWPIE DOLLSEvery Sunday—2 Big Concerts 2

VESTA TILLEY AIDS CRIPPLESLondon. Eng, Oct. 10.—Vesta Til-

ley, who is making a farewell tour oftwenty-seven cities, has decided to do-nate her weekly salary for the lengthof the tour to the cause of crippledchildren. She gives her salary to the•Lord Mayor in every city for the pur-chase of T-Var Bonds, and. the interestfrom these bonds goes for the care ofthe cripples. The total amount of hergifts is $67,500, as her minimum salaryis $2,500 a week. ...HAS PLAT CALLED "PUGOIES"London, Eng., Oct. 12.—A." Patrick

Wilson has written a new play called"Puggies," scheduled to be producedOct. 6th at Clacton-On-Sea, withKeith Shepherd and Violet RangdaleIn the leading, roles. The pjay_is_acomedy in three acts.

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consistently refuses to play him, butHaskell is willing to abide uncomplain-ingly by each manager's judgment."The vaudeville business of to-day is

as near perfect," he testified, "as anyorganization as large as it could possi-bly be."

James. Mclntyre. of Mclntyre andHeath,- testified : "Vaudeville performersare 1,000,000 per cent better off todaythan they ever were in the history ofthe show business."He describes his start in the show

world when he received the magnificentwage of eight dollars per week " andboard, but, he said, "there was plentyof good booze and good pals in thosedays." - :

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That was in 1868.. In 1874 he teamedup with Heath, and was the first vaude-ville headliner -'when he appeared forKeith ' .and Batchelor . in 1888, playingsix-shows-a-day and receiving $200 aweek for the team The Roger Brothers,on the same bill, played seventeen-shows-a-day. On their last vaudeville contractMclntyre and' Heath receive d$l,500 a.

week."

Joe Laurie was the last witness of;

the day and testified that hie and MissBronson started on the- Fox time for;

$40, as a team. When they graduatedto the big time. they went over the Or-'pheum Circuit at $250 per week. Theteam finally received as high as $500.;Laurie is now. doing a single and draw-'ing $450 per week. He testified that he-

had not been forced to join the N. V. A.but .admitted having received a letter

from his agent suggesting that he join,

with an enclosed application for mem-bership blank, which Laurie. filled, out.

All the witnesses testified that their

early, days had been severe, but had af-

forded them valuable schooling. Nonesaw any evil in the .5. per' cent to agents'and 5 per: cent.-- to the booking office

plan, although Mclntyre admitted, he hadonce made 'a kick on the proposition to

E.F. Albee, and that the latter had told

him lie could dispense "with the : 5 ; percent, to the"agent: by booking himself, t

The hearing was adjourned until' thenext day at 10 o'clock, and will probablybe held every day this week. ;

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STRAND MANAGER. TO HARRYJack Eaton, managing director of

the Strand, has become engaged tomarry.. Eldora. Standford. a concertsinger whose home is in Waco, Texas.

SELZNICK REORGANIZESFollowing the purchase of complete

ownership of the.Select Lewis J. Selz-

nick's first step was to secure the for-

mal resignation from the board of di-

rectors of the Famous PUyer-LaskyInterest "representatives. These wereMorris Kohn, secretary-treasurer, andEmil Shauer, director. Sam E. Mor-ris, general manager of the company,was elected vice-president and direct-

or; Mrs. Lewis J. Sclznick, treasurer

and director, and David Selznick, as-

sistant secretary-treasurer. " V - ••

SHOW ROUTES-{Continued from Page 23) ..

Dixon's 'Big Review"—New Academy, Buf-• falo. 13-18; Umpire. Cleveland, 20-25.Bdmuad Hayes Snow—Majestic, Scranton,

13- IS; Armory, Bingham ton. 20-22; In-ternational. Niagara Falls, 23-25. .

"Follies of Pleasure"—Gayety, Newark,13-1S; Army. Wrlghtstown, N. J, 20-25.

"French Frolics"—Star, Brooklyn, 13-18;Plaza, Springfield, Mass., 20-25.

"Girls From the Follies"—Haymafket,Chicago, 13-18; Gayety,.. Milwaukee, 20-26U ^t'-.J HciB t -%.-"-'

"Girts From BJOy laiuT*—Army, Wrlgnts-. town, .-. 13-Iff; Trocadero, Philadelphia,20-25.. T;

"Girls, Girls, Girls"—Star. Toronto, 13-IS;New Academy, Buffalo, 20-25. !

"Grown Up Babies"—Pens Circuit, 13-18;Gayety, Baltimore, 20-25.

"Jan Babies"—Empire, Cleveland, 13-18;. Cadillac, Detroit, 20-25. .,- •

"Kewpie DoUs"—Olympic, New York, IS-IS: Gayety, Brooklyn. .20-25. • -

"Lid Lifters"—Open 13-18; Standard, St.

Louis, 20-25. -. 5

"Mid night Maids"—Gayety. St. Paul. 13-18;Gayety, Minneapolis, 20-25. -

"Mischief Makers"—Lyceum, Washington,13-18; Bijou, Philadelphia, 20-25.

"Monte Carlo Girls"—Gayety, Baltimore,13-18; Lyceum. "Washington, 20-25.

"Oh Frenchy"—Lyceum, Columbus, 13-18;Victoria, Pittsburg-, 20-25. ".

"PncemakerR"—Grand, Worcester. - 13-IS;Howard, Boston. 20-25.

"Parisian FUrts'^Broadway. '" Camden,13-18; Majestic, Wilkesbarre. 20-25.

Pat White's Show—Victoria, Pittsburg, 13-

18; Penn Circuit. 20-25."Kazile Dazzle Girls"—Cadillac, Detroit,13-18: Bnglewood. Chicago. 20-25.

"Record Breakers"—Plaza, Springfield, 13-- 18; Grand, Worcester, 20-25."Round the Town"—Englewood. Chicago,

13-18: Haymarket, Chicago. 20-25. .

"Sliding Billy Watson"—Gayety. Minneap-olis. 13-18: Gayety. Sioux City. 20-25.

"Social Follies"—Blngnamton, 13-15; Ni-agara Falls, 10-18; Star, Toronto, 20-25.

"Some Show"—Gayety. Milwaukee, 13-18;Gayety. St. Paul, 20-25.

"Sport Girls"—Majestic Wilkesbarre, 13-

18; Majestic, Scranton, 20-25. .

Stone and Pillard's "Gayety Show"—Loois-vllle, 13-18; Lyceum, Columbos, 20-25.

"Sweet Sweetie Girls"—Gayety. Brooklyn,13-18: Gayety, Newark, 20-25.

"Tempters"— Park, Indianapolis, 13-18:- Gayety, Louisville. 20-25.

PENN CIRCUITWheeling. W. Va,—-Monday.Unloatown, Pa.—Tuesday.John !town, Pa.—Wednesday.Altoona, Fa.—Thursday.Willlamsport, Pa.—Friday.York, Pa.—Saturday. ' ' ""-.

STOCK :

Albee Stock—Providence, K. I, lndef.Arlington Theatre Co.—Boston, Mass., ln-

def. ."-

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Alcazar Players—Alcazar, San Francisco,CaL .

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Baker.Players—Portland, Ore., lndef.

Blaney. Stock—York ville. New York 'City.Belgrade, Sadie—New Bedford, Mass, ln-

def. -- ;•••

Bessey, Jack, Stock—Peoria, HI., lndef

.

Brisssc, Virginia, Stock— Strand, SanDiego, CaL, lndef.

Brown, George, Stock— Whalen Park,Fitchborg; Mass-, lndef. ... .

Booth, NeUle, Players—Pittsburgh, Pa, ln-def. .:-:•'

Brownell-Stock—Dayton, O, lndef. .

Byers. Fred, Stock—Waveriy, N. T., lndef.

Chicago, Stock—Altoona, Pa, lndef.Crawford. Ed., Stock—Bath Me, lndef.Colonial Stock—Plttsfleld, Mass., lndef.Colonial Stock—Cleveland, O, lndef.Dominion. Players—Winnipeg, Manitoba,Can., lndef.

Durkln Stock—Skowhegan. Pa, lndef.Desmond, Mae, Players—Scranton, Pa., ln-

def. •".'-_

Del.Lawrence Co.—Majestic, San Franclaco,CM, lndef.

Enterprise Stock Co.—Green Bay, Wis, In-

Forest Park Musical Stock—St LonU, Mo.Grand Theatre Stock Co.—Tolas, Okla, la- i

def.Gardner Bros. Stock Co.—Palace, Okla-

'

, home City. Okla, lndef.' Glaser, Vaughan, Musical Stock—Cleveland,* OVlndef. - •

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Hnnfs Musical Stock—Boston, Mass, ln-

Howard -Lorn Stock—National, En glewood,TJL, lndef,

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Uscomb Players—Majestic, San Francisco.

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Liberty Players—Norumbega Park. Mass,. lndef. .Ubertv Players—Nommbesa Park, Mass.,

Lyceum Theatre Stock—Dulath, Minn, ln-

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Msrsliail Stock—Washington. D, C, lndef,Minturn Stock—UUwuktt, WU, lndef.Monaco Stock—Los Sng»t»«

, CaL. lndef.Orpbeom Players—Montreal, Can, indef.Otis Olive Players—Montreal. Can, lndef.Park Theatre, Stock—Utlca, N. Y., indef.Permanent Players, Orpheum—Moose Jaw,Sask, Can, lndef.

Piney Theatre Stock—Boise. Idaho, lndef.Poll Players—Springfield, Mass.. lndef.Poll Players—Waterbnry, Mass., indef.Poll Players—Wllkes-Barre, Pa., lndef.Poll Players—'Worcester,"Mass, lndef. . .

Robins 'Players—Toronto, Can.-, index. ;

Boy al Stock Co.—Vancouver, B. C, lndef.Shlpman Co, Bert—Hot Springs, Ark, ln-

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Spooner, Cecil—Miner's, Bronx, New YorkCity, indef. -.-'

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Among those' who supported theStars in the various scenes \ycre: F.l-

wood B os twick, Effingham Pinto, Al-lan Dinehart, Geoffrey Stein, BasilWest; E. Morton Konpal, Ray Brown,Frederic Karr, William Morgan, EdnaTerry, Aida Fuld, Kitty DeVere, AnnaPaully, Marjorie Whiteford, MunyLavonne, Ruth Clifton, Martha.' Kings-ton, Flora Ross, Norma Graves, DeLyle Aida, John Cromwell, EdwardHommer, Jean Speak, Benjamin Kau-ser, John Halliday, Frank Sylvester,Lowell Sherman, Edna Archer Craw-ford, Wilson Reynolds, William Nunn,Edna Pendleton, Sarah McVicker, Jo-sephine Drake, Helen Barnes, EdnaWhistler, Blythe Segale, Helen Smith,Virgin Wheeler, Ethel Slake, PeggyWentworth, Marjorie Bonner, ValTrainor, Minnie Palmer,, Olive Tell,Lark Taylor, Howard Kyle, MillyMuny, Vera Bayles, Effie ^helley,Reba Kent An::tte Weber, HazelHuneter, Gladys" Coleman, MildredSwanson, Beth Swanson, Ethel Duf-field, Josephine Warren, MadelineO'Brien, Betty Dair, Helen Halpren,Louis Gumpricht, Celeste McArthur,Al Hardy, George Coogan, MaxwellSpencer, Irving Clair, Edward Shel-don, Harry Lambert, Ralph LeFroy,Woolford LeFroy. Ruth Rose, RobertKeirries, Arthur. H. Ashley, and MartHeisey. .*. --

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Small houses involvedMontreal. Gin., October 18.—A the-

atrical story that has many indica-

tions of being the merest "bunk," butwhich, nevertheless, has some ele-

ments of probability about it, wasannounced here to-day. It concernsthe reported acquisition of a stringof theatres extending throughout theDominion to California and acrossthe Atlantic to London, where, it is

reported, the syndicate will estab-lish permanent offices, besides acquir-ing a theatre in the British capital.

If true, this is the biggest theatrical

deal ever consummated in the Domin-ion of Canada. For, to begin with, thestory runs that the entire holdings of

A. J. Small, the Toronto theatricalmagnate, which include the GrandOpera House, Toronto, theatres in

London, Hamilton, St. Thomas,Pcterboro and Kingston, and the A.

J. Small booking agency, have beentaken over. It also adds that the syn-dicate is now negotiating for the con-trol of the Walker Theatre, Winnipeg,owned by C P. Walker, and the en- -

tire theatre holdings of Sir JamesLougheed. Sir James's theatre hold-ings are situated in the western partof Canada and include theatres in Cal-gary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina,Mose Jaw, Victoria and several othersmall towns. The new syndicate, it

is reported, is also planning to build atheatre in Vancouver, which wouldgive it a complete chain of theatresextending across the continent.

The syndicate intends to establishits head offices here and produce playsindependently of any outside thea-trical interests. Booking affiliationshave been arranged, it is stated withthe Shuberts and Klaw and Erlanger.

The deal is said to have been putover by George F. Driscoll, of thetheatrical -firm of Edwards and Dris-coll, who it is said, will sail for Eng-land early next January to become thesyndicate's London representative. H.Wyndham Beauclerk, who, for thelast three years has been presidentof the Edwards and Driscoll concern,interested the individuals comprisingthe reported syndicate, the names ofwhom have not been given.

First-class productions will be pre-sented in towns not previously in-cluded in the itinerary of the class ofshows planned to be booked, and it is

generally indicated that this deal, in-volving the immediate outlay ofseveral millions of dollars, is designedto give the Dominion of Canada com-plete independence in the matter ofother forms of stage entertainment.Of special interest is tbe anounce-'

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DANCER STARTS SUIT.E. W. Grant, a former dancer in

the Hugo Jansen act "Fashions A LaCarte", last week, through Harry SaksHechheimer, began an action againstElizabeth Jane McFarland, of 58 West57th Street, upon the ground- that

she bad not lived up to a contract shemade with him.

Grant, in his complaint, alleges thatMiss McFarland entered into an agree-ment with him, under which, he wasto get $50 weekly, beginning Septem-ber 16th and running until October15th. After that, she was to have anoption upon his services. In case shefailed to do as agreed, Grant allegesthat she promised to forfeit $200. Hecharges that she did. not make goodon her end of the agreement and henow seeks to enforce the forfeit clausein a writen contract that was executedbetween them.

DIXIE O'NEIL WANTS DIVORCEDixie O'Ncil in the cabaret at the

Moulin Rouge, ' has filed a suit for

divorce against her husband, CharlesSteward, a vaudeville cator. Non-support is the ground upon which sheis asking it.

It has been a number of years sinceMiss O'Ncil has seen Stewart, whowas a lieutenant in tne Royal FlyingCorps. Since his discharge from. thearmy, he has been working in Pariscabarets. It is not thought that hewill contest the divorce. The plain-

tiff is asking for no alimony. HarrySaks Hechheimer is her attorney.

8HBRRI IS PRODUCING'Andre, Sherri, who has staged a

number of musical comedies, willshortly enter the producing field withhis own company, to be known as

Andre Sherri Productions, Inc.. Theinital offering of the new company will

be "The Andre Sherri Revue of 1919"

with words and music by Sherri andA. Baldwin Sloan e. The productionis now in rehearsal.

He is also preparing a number ofproductions to be presented early nextyear. They are, "Femina," a musicalcomedy; "It Takes a Thief." a melo-dramatic farce, by Edward Harry, and"Knights of Bagdad," a musical com-edy. ——

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San Francisco Cal. Oct. 18—SamHarris, of Ackerman and Harris, haspurcbased seventeen organs, whichmust be delivered before Fcbruary^Ist,1920, for installation in the variousA. & H. Hippodromes, throughoutCalifornia, Washington, Montana andUtah. The purchase price of the

organs is $288,500.

MAYOR HELPING ACTORSSan Francisco Cal. Oct. 18-Mayor

James Rolph Jr. will head a commit-tee of prominent Californians whowill aid in the Actors Fund MemorialDay Drive, which takes place on Dec-ember 5th. Others on the committeewill be, A. B. C Dohrmann. Frederickt. Koster. Paul T. Carroll, John A.

Britton, and B. F. Schlessinger.

WHITNEY DOING NEW FIELD"Suite 16", a new comedy in three

acts, will be presented by F. C Whit-ney in Washington. Nov. 3. The newattraction is booked through the of-

fices of Klaw and Erlanger.

NINE NEW

ALL HEADED FOR BROADWAYNine new shows, all of which expect

to arrive on Broadway.aopened out of

town the first part of this week. Sevenhad their premieres Monday night andtwo were given their intitial showingsTuesday."Fair Helen," produced by Richard

Onlya ski, opened at the Majestic, Bos-ton, and is to come into the Shubertwhen tbe Sothcrn-Marlowe engagementcloses.

In San Francisco, Trixie Friganzaplayed her first performance in a newmusical show called "Mamma."At Stamford, Conn., Stewart and

Morrison gave the premiere of their

new "Betty, be Good.Harrisburg, Pa., witnessed the first

night, last Tuesday, of Dave Wds' newHenrietta Crossman vehicle, "The Crit-

ical Moment."Monday, at Washington. Walter Hast

sponsored a new play titled "Eve andthe Man."Oliver Morosco entered the list Mon-

day night also, presenting "LingerLonger Letty," for the first time on anystage, at Hartford, with Charlote Green-wood in the name partWilmington, Del., came in for its

share of the week's honors when JoeGaites showed Kitty Gordon in "LoveFor Sale."G. M. Anderson was among those

present, when, at Providence, he gavethe first showing of "Frivolities of1919."

Last but not least . on the list wereWilmer and Romberg with their new"Magic Melody," which opened at NewHaven on Tuesday.Out of town reports from some of

these new productions are as follows:

"LINGER. LONGER LETEY"WILL NEED SOME FIXING.

' Hartford, Conn, Oct 20.—"The life

of the party" is the best way to expressthe position of Charlotte Greenwood in

"Linger Longer Letty," the musicalcomedy which Oliver Morosco presentedfor the first time on any stage at Par-son's Theatre to-night The show,while for the most part good, has needof revamping and additions in severalspots, especially in the first two acts,

where the action, when Miss Greenwood is not on the stage, is brightenedonly by the dancing of Helen Groodyand Arthur Hartley. . The chorus . is

young, pretty for the most part, butnot as shapely as the typical Moroscochorus usually is. One of its numbersin the second act "Parisienne Mechan-ical Dolls," is rather insipid and af-

fords an opportunity for the overdis-play of bits of underwear. Suffice it tosay the number is in poor taste.

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HELD FOR STEALING TRUNKCharged by Margaret Peterson of

435 West Forty-fourth street a formeractress, with stealing her trunk, whichshe claimed contained jewelry andclothing worth $5,000, Robert Platner.a soldier, and Salvatore di Lucca.chauffuer, were arraigned beforeMagistrate Kocing in the JeffersonMarket Court last Sunday and held in$3,000 bail each for further examin-ation.According to Miss Peterson, she

came to New York from Philadelphiaabout October 15. She met Platnerin Thirty-third street near Broadwaylast Thursday and went for a cab ridewith him. She alleges that he tookher trunk ch.eck and with it securedher trunk from the Pennsylvania sta-tion, with the aid of Salvatore.

TICKET SPECULATOR FINEDCharged with violating the city or-

dinance against ticket speculating.Henry Lewis, of East Thirty-thirdstreet, and Abraham Be-kowitz ofWest Forty-fourth street, were arres-ted last Saturday night by detectivesof the Fourth Inspection District, theformer in front of the Columbia Thea-tre and the other m front of tbePalace. They were arraigned beforeMagistrate Ten Eyck the followingday and Berkowitz was fined $laLewis was granted an adjournment ofthe hearing until this week.

PLAN STAGE CHILD HOMEPlans have been formulated to

build a Summer home for stage chhil-dren, according to a statement madepublic at a meeting of the Stage Chil-dren's Fund at the Hotel Astor lastweek. The home will be located inNew York State or in the southernpart of . ConnecticutThe money needed for the erection

of the home will be raised by threemonster card parties to take place inthe Hotel Astor at an early date. Thefirst will be given by Mrs. John HVantyne, the second by Mrs. AlmaRedding, and the third by Mrs. Hen-rietta May. _^____ZlEGFELD GETS CHIC SALEChic Sale will join the Ziegfcld

Midnight Frolic next Monday night,and will be seen on the roof later inthe new Nine O'Clock Revue.

HARRIS DOING IRISH PLAYFrank Conroy will be presented in

'The Lost Leader" Lennox Robin-son's new play, by William Harris,Jr. at the Greenwich Village Theatre.The play, which is about Irish life, hasalready had a successful run in Lon-don. Conroy is the director of theGreenwich Village Players.

"CLARENCE" DOBS $19,248.George Tyler's newest comedy,

"Clarence," by.Booth Tarkington. lastweek reported a gross of $19248. forthe week. This is considered a recordfor the Hudson Theatre, where thecomedy is being presented.

THEATRE BUILDER DIES.Richard Dceves, who built The

Madison Square Theatre, The Casino,Sherry's, and several famous theatresand hotels in the theatrical district,

died last week, at his home, 58 WestEighty-Third Street

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Testimony in Hearing Efr9s

With Mountford On StandRespondents Rest Their Case on Friday After Springing

Surprise of Putting Mountford Through Grill; Briefs

To Be Submitted Before Argument Is Heard

The taking of testimony in the in-

vestigation .being made of vaudevilleconditions by the Federal Trade Com-mission came to an end last weekwhen the respondents, consisting ofthe United Booking, Orpheum andother offices, suddenly put HarryMountford on the stand as the last

- witness before closing their case. Atthe conclusion of Mountford's testi-

mony. Maurice Goodman, represent-ing- the respondents, made a motionto ' dismiss the complaint on all

grounds. Examiner Moore did hotrule in the matter, reserving that de-cision for the Commission to pass onitself.

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Counsel will file a brief of the com-mission's case by November 10th. Therespondents will have thirty- days inwhich to make its reply. The com-mission will then set a day for argu-ment. •

The placing of Mountford on the •

stand was an unexpected move, andeven took him by surprise. On thefirst day of his testimony he appearedto be rather nervous.A verbal battle between Judge Mc-

Call, of associate counsel for the re-spondents, and John M. 'Walsh, attor-ney for the commission, created a lit-

tle excitement at the end of Friday'sproceedings when Walsh asked that aletter he had written to Mountfordand which the respondents had offeredas an exhibit, be accompanied by anarticle in a trade paper to which theletter referred. An argument over thispoint led to some heated words, and.in the heat.of the moment, Walsh saidhe was a "partisan" in the case. Hewas challenged by Judge McCall to al-

. low those words to go in the official

record, declaring that if Walsh meantthem, he would move to have the casedismissed on that ground. Walshseemed inclined to take up the' chal-lenge and said that in turn he wouldquestion McCall."Will you?" shouted McCall.

"When I get you before a propercourt, I'll get you on your feet."

"And 111 take the hide off you"threatened Walsh.McCall then challenged Walsh to

question,him and Walsh answered, "Iwon't put any questions to you be-cause. I know what I how."Examiner Moore quelled the dis-

turbance and nothing was put in therecord 'concerning it. IS

The .testimony of the respondentswas introduced to show that vaude-ville conditions were never better than

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they are at the present moment andthat an actor is his own free 'agent andnot under the iron rule of any combi-nation; - The testimony of those whoappeared. during the -week was as fol-

lows:

: .Harry MountfordWhen Mountford was called aa a witness

for the respondents, he seemed to gat con-siderable -pleasure ont of reminding Good-man that he was hla witness, and, as such,should be allowed to speak freely. Thelint tilt arose early In the examination.when Moo ntford, instead of answering aquestion with a "yea" or "no," startedto go into more or less foreign matter.whereupon Goodman Interjected:' "Now, Mr, Mountford," he said. "If yondon't mind, Just answer my question andwe will get along much better."Monntford—You're only giving a false

Impression, that's all.

Goodman—Mr. Monntford. Mr. Walshla a very capable lawyer and yon can tell

blm all that -when he will cross-examineyon and bring, it all ont.Monntford—All right. We will answer

the Questions then. But the result will beon yonr own head.ID -another part <of the, examination

Mountford answered' a question ratherfacetiously, and. when called to task- byJudge McCall, declared that ho was going

to treat Goodman in the same vein thatGoodman treated him and reminded theJudge thy. ha was the respondent's wit-ness.Goodmac-—Ton recognise the fact that

you are a hostile witness to this re-spondent T . .

Monntford—Not at all. I am Here totell the truth. If the truth is hostile, 1am hostile.During another part of the examination,

when Monntford -was reprimanded byGoodman, he said: "I know, but I amyonr witness." and when there was a little

difference between Goodman and Kelly,Monntford chimed In -with the remark:"I never heard attorneys quarrel so oyertheir own witness." '

The most surprising testimony given byMountford was with reference to E. P.Albee. When asked by Goodman to givehis opinion of the head of the Keithcircuit, most of the onlookers expectedthat Monntford would make a statementso full of expletives that ft would hardlybear printing in the official record. But.on the contrary, his characterization wasa perfect eulogy. He was asked to statebis opinion of Albee's attitude toward theactor. Sis answer was that Albee hadchanged markedly in the last six or sevenyears, since he became the majority ownerof the Keith circuit. He Is not the sameE. F. Albee. Mountford declared, who naedto be an employee of the Keith interests.With the spread of more liberal opinionson the part of ail people. Monntford thinksthat Albee has kept abreast of the H"t»t .

and, he stated:"Mr. Albee today stands the chance of

becoming the best loved man in the vaude-ville profession, if he carries ont his wordsand Ideas."Mountford admitted that he has made

attacks on Albee. but these attacks weremade upon him as the head of a bad sys-

- tern, and that Albee, as the head, mostnaturally bear the brunt of such attacks.Mountford declared that he still believedthere were grave faults In the bookingoffice and collection office.Mountford declared that the Keith and

Orphenm circuits stand ont preeminently,bnt that the small time leaves a lot tobe desired. The salient bad points ofthe larger circuits, he said, are imitatedby the smaller ones, and, like all imitators,they overstep their mark and abuse things,snch aa giving the outside agent as high

. as ten per cent.He declared that when such circuits as

Pantages, Loew, and Aekerman and Harrisbecame familiar with the TJ. B. O. and itsmethods, "they added the crimes of theD. B. O. to the crimes of which they werecapable."This latter statement goaded Judge Mc-

Call. who objected to Monntford using theword "crimes."

"I don't mean legal crimes," Mountfordreplied. .;

"I know," answered McCall, much irri-tated, "but yon mustn't use snch words.Ton say one thing on the record and meananother."

Monntford stated that the small time,today, is greatly inferior to the big time. 1

He pointed ont an abuse of the playing-on-holidays clause, stating an Instance ofwhere Loew acta were forced to play extrashows because it was Marcus Loew's bith-day. He also pointed to a six-shows-a-day rule in Seattle during Fleet Week.He admitted that these conditions no

' longer prevail In the U. B. O. He saidthat the small time contracts still employShrases that the TJ. B. O. formerly used,ut have since discarded.

"I think the TJ. B. O. under Mr. Albee,"stated Mountford. "has done a great dealof good in vaudeville in the last few

Mountford added that it could do moregood if Albee won Id take his supportaway from other circuits, both advisoryand financially. . thinking that, thereby,things wonld change materially in a veryshort time. -

la Doth direct and cross-examinationMonntford was made to go over the eventsof Us life. He testified that the nam*of Harry Monntford has been assumed fortheatrical purposes, and that bis realname is Harry Walsh. He is a citizen,of no country and owes allegiance to none,although he has been in the United Statesoff and on since 1007. He is not a UnitedStates citizen yet, but has taken ont hisfirst papers. As he expressed it, "he isnot yet in the union shop of the UnitedStates." He applied for his first papersafter the armistice. He wonld not applybefore that time because be would notdesert his old country. Great Britain, inthe time of her trouble. He said it wouldbe the same as quitting the White Batswhile they were ont on strike. He wasborn In. Dublin.. Ireland, in 1871. Hisfather was a clergyman. He received a

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LARVETT SHOW REROUTEDJules Larvett is rerouting

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his Hip-podrome Show, which -will open earlyin November. The show was origin-ally routed through -New' England, butthe railroads wanted Larvett to buy100 tickets for the thirty-three peoplehe has with him, because of the largeamount of baggage carried and Lar-vett refused. Instead, the show willnow travel" through New York; 'NewJersey and nearby states. He willcarry a "Wild West," with ten people.The show will play week stand housesand regular road show theatres.

KITTY'S CAR CAUSES SUITKitty Gordon owned a De Dion

Bouton automobile and shortly beforelast Christmas she decided to disposeof it,

So she.placed it with the Van DykeAuto Company, Inc., with instructionsto sell it for $2000 and. to deduct five,per cent, commission on the sellingprice.

Then, it seems, things began to hap-pen. Somebody removed two rubbershoes valued at $162; also a batteryvalued at $52 was removed and a boxof tools valued at $12 disappeared.The total value of the things that dis-appeared amounted to $226. Afterthat somebody took the car out and it

was damaged. And Miss Gordon hadto pay $421.75 to restore the car toits former self.

All of which she avers in a suitagainst the Van Dyke Auto Companywhich she has instituted in the ThirdDistrict Municipal Court through herattorney, Herman L. Roth.

MAKING LONG JUMPUnable to find room on Broadway in

the present crush of shows, "An inno-cent Idea," the latest production ofCharles Emerson Cook, will jump fromBaltimore to Grand Rapids at the con-clusion, of its run in the former city.

It iwll then play Indianapolis, afterwhich it will probably come to NewYork and lay around until it is able toget on Broadway.

ANDY RICE PRODUCINGAndy Rice has severed his connec-

tion with Lewis and Gordon, it be-came known last week, and is head-ing a newly organized vaudeville pro-ducing corporation which is to be in-corporated in this state within thenext few days with a capitalization of

.$25,000.The name of the new producing

- corporation which has practically beenorganized is Vaudeville AmusementCompany, with temporary offices at1465 Broadway. The prospective of-ficers are: Andy Rice, president; Wil-liam Russell Meyers, vice-presidentand Louis Kxellberg, secretary andtreasurer.Meyers is associated with the M.

S. Bentham offices and writes vaude-ville playets. Krellberg is a motionpicture producer, and recently ac-quired Sulzer's Harlem River Casino,which he will convert into a motionpicture studio at an approximate costof $1,200,000 the purchase price of theproperty being $800,000. Associatedwith - Krellberg in the acquisition ofthe' Harlem property is SamuelWeiseiger, who is the Shuberts*brother-in-law and is connected with

- the banking house of Speyer andCompany.The new producing company has

three playlets which will be present-ed in vaudeville within the next threeweeks. Two of them are already inrehearsal. These are "Lost", by Wil-liam Russell Meyers, -with .Nellieand Billy Leslie the featured players,which is scheduled to open in Pater-son next Monday and "The Benefit",by Andy Rice, with John E. Hen-shaw, the featured player.

No opening date has, as yet, been,fixed for the latter playet- The third

is called *T. Mistein" and was writtenby William Russell Meyers.

\ BURT SUING DIPPEL- Charles A. Burt, the booking mana-ger is suing-Andreas -Dippei, the lightopera impresario, in the'Third Dis-trict Municipal Court, the action beingone in which Burt fs seeking to re-cover $261.08 alleged -to be due forbooking commissions. \According to the complaint, filed by

O'Brien, .-Malevinsky and" Driscoll,Burt claims he became entitled' tocommissions amounting to $356 forbooking "The Lilac Domino," themusical show which Dippei producedseveral

.years ago. However;" Burt

credits Dippei with $94.92, which sumhe says he received on the originalamount alleged to be due, the balanceof which, he says, Dippei agreed topay by deducting '2 per cent fromthe weekly gross of the show during'the season of 1917-18.The suit also reveals the difficulties

encountered by two clerks in theoffice of O'Brien, Malvinsky and Dris-coll, in. trying to "serve Dippei, per-sonally, with the summons, and com-plaint in the action. The clerks areEdward C Rafter and. Murray A.Harris. .

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The affidavit filed by Rafter aversthat, though Dippei was living at theHotel Vanderbilt and had an office at1431 Broadway, it was impossible toserve him personally, so he mailed acopy of the papers to each of thoseplaces, first, however, obtaining per-mission from the court to do so. .

Harris's affidavit recites how, on fivedifferent days, he made efforts to. serveDippei personally, but was unsuccess-ful. He tells how on one occasion hespoke to Dippei over the telephonefrom the lobby of the Hotel Vander-bilt and how Dippei refused- to per-mit him to come np to his room sothat the latter might receive the pa-pers. -

Even after Dippei was served in

accordance with the court's permis-sion in the matter, he appeared hyJoseph R Brodsky, his attorneys, whoasked that the service be set aside onthe ground that Dippei had not beenlegally served. However, both sideslater -agreed to let the service stand.

NEW HAVEN AFTER "SPECS"New Haven, Oct. 19—A crusade to

prevent and stop, speculating and prof-iteering in theatre tickets, has beenstarted here by City Clerk Frank C.

Miles, who has issued notices calling

attention to the city ordinances en-

acted by the Board of Aldermen onOct. 6, forbidding' the selling of anytickets, privileges of "licenses of ad-

mission to any place of amusement,or sport, at a price greater than the

one printed on the ticket or the onefixed for admission to those places of

amusement '

TO BUILD IN FRISCO.San Fransisco, Oct 19—Reports of

the building of several new theatres is

this town are being given credit here.According to the reports, one of thehouses will be at the corner of Mar-ket and Taylor streets, on a lot witha frontage of 100 feeton Market street

and runnig to the rear street It is

claimed that a cash deposit has al-

ready been made in the deal byman from Chicago whose identiity is

not disclosed. The theatre is to havea seating capacity of 3,000. TheStrand, Tivoli and Imperial theatresare in the same neighborhood;Another house to be built will be in

the Richmond District, near the loca-

tion of the present Coliseum. Thishouse will have a seating' capacity of

2,000 . It is also reported that houseswill be built in the Heights Street dis-

trict and in the Mission districtA C. Blumenthal has formed two

new realty and theatre companies,which will engage in realty and thea-tre building enterprises. One will

act for the Aekerman and Harris in-

terests, and the other known as the

Pacific Theatre and Realty' Companywill act as a holding company, leas-

ing, buying and, bidding theatres onthe Coast

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fVtober 22. 1919. -THE NEW YORK CLIPPER >

Big Sunday Night BusinessMakes Managers Sit Up

Shuberts, With Four Houses Open This Week, Clean Up,and Ziegfeld Will Hereafter Run Show at New Amster-dam. Public Want Amusement, Showmen Say

After the big business- done Sunday-night by - the twelve1 theatres open in

the Times Square district, of whichone half gave concerts and the othersbenefits, producing firms were sitting

up taking notice Monday morning, and -

they are nearly all now casting a judi-

cious eye at what can be done in this

special field. As a result, several morehouses are likely to join the Sundayevening contingent and early Mondaythe new firm of Erranger, Dillinghamand Ziegfeld, issued an announcementsaying that next Sunday night a con-cert will be given at the New Amster-dam.This firm will make up' the bills

from acts controlled by each memberwith Raymond Hitchock in on it bymaking availiable acta from the"Hitchy Koo 1919" show. Stars ap-pearing in the "Follies" and the "Mid-night Frolic" will also participate, aswill those working in "Apple Blos-soms" and the new Dillingham show,"The Night Boat," shortly to be seen.

Whether or not this manager will

draw from the Hippodrome could notbe learned.Heretofore, the Schuberts got away

with the portion of Sunday night prof-

its and last Sunday they operated fourconcerts in four different theatres, theWinter Garden, Forty-fourth Street,

Lyric and Central.In addition to these, there was a

vaudeville show put on at the Selwynbooked by Abe Feinberg and of coursethe Palace, American and ColumbiaThen, for pictures, there were theStrand, Rialto, Rivoli, New York andBroadway, in front of each of whichthere was a long line. It was turnaway business everywhere.And as though these houses did not

provide enough places to go, therewere benefits at the Century and NoraBayes Theaters and the ManhattanOpera House. Eddie Foyer gave a re-

cital of poems at the Harris and theHipprodome was filled with a celebra-tion to Nahan Franko. Carnegie andAeolian Halls also had attractions.Outside of the announcement from

the Erlanger, Dilingham, Ziegfeld of-

fices, however, nothing of definateintent could be learned from othermanagers. John Cort said nothing sofar had been contemplated in his acti-

vities, as did Oliver Morosco; and,speaking for Sam H. Harris. JohnRobe, house manager of the C. & H.theatre, made a like assertion. MarkMcHilliard, of the Selwyn theatre,spoke in the same vein for the Selwyninterests.

Comstock & Gest, when seen saidthey contemplated nothing beyondtheir present operation of the CenturyRoof, although it is a certainty that,with their large casts, they could enterthe field if they desired.None of those who control dramatic

productions and are almost exclusive-ly active in that field, such as CharlesFrohman Inc., Arthur Hopkins, A.H. Woods and William A. Brady, con-template activities, although all ofthem express the opinion that it willnot be long before all theatres ofevery nature are open to the publicSunday night, even if not in the after-noon. The volume of business at pre-sent being done is an indication, theysay, that the public wants some placeof amusement to attend on Sunday.With the thought of Sunday per-

formances in .everyone's mind, how-ever, the older heads are looking wellbefore they leap, It is not just theeasiest thing to get a program to-gether which will bear op under theregular scale of admission custom-

arily charged, as was evidenced in thebilling of the various acts listed forappearances last Sunday. Charles -

Purcell was top-lined at the WinterGarden, his name in large lettering,

while on the same bill were such head-liners as William and Gordon Doo-ley, the Watson Sisters and others.This at the Winter Garden, Then, at

the Central, the Dooleys were theleaders, while at the 44th Street the

,

Watson Sisters were in red lettering -

to contrast with the others in blue. It

was not exactly the same bill at all theShubert houses, but it was near -

enough at one to make it rather im-material which other you went to.

There was "scurrying about, too, in

the vaudeville theatres,' one act doingthree performances in the evening,which, with the one given in the after-

noon, made four for the day.Burlesque, probably, fared better

than any of them in the matter ofbooking trials and tribulations. Allthe houses in the New York district

gave.' concerts, but participants in

these were drawn from the shows onhand only, in a few instances, wasthe hurry movement brought into

play.

CARROLL'S MOTHER ROBBEDEarl Carroll's mother, Mrs. E. Helen

Carroll, appeared in the West Fifty-

fourth Street Magistrate's Court last

Thursday as complainant against JohnFranklin, a colored grocery clerk, whowas charged with stealing $130 in cashand a $20 check from the Carroll apart-

men at 103 West Fifty-fifth StreetFranklin, who said he is seventeen

years old, had delivered some groceries

to the Carroll apartment the previousevening, and shortly after he left Mrs.Carroll, who is here from Pittsburgh to

visit her son and daughter, Alice, wentto her room and found that the moneyhad disappeared. She notified the po-lice of the West Forty-seventh Streetpolice station and Detective Manningwas assigned to the case.

After an investigation he decided toarrest Franklin, which he did that samenight The following morning, in court,

the colored boy admitted he had sneakedback into the apartment and taken themoney. He was held in $2,000 bail toawait the action of the Grand Jury.He bought several books with the moneyhe had taken rfom the Carroll apart-ment, one of them being "The Unpar-donable Sin."

ROWLAND-WEBER CASE OFFAdele Rowland's $15,000 action

against Joe Weber and Lew Fields'

was settled last Thursday just as thetrial of the case was about to beginin the Supreme' Court before JudgePendelton and a jury.Henry J. Goldsmith, representing

Miss Rowland, and Alfred Beekmaoof House, Grossman and Vorhaus, ap-pearing for Weber and Fields, came toterms 1 after a conference in the courtroom which lasted but a few minutes,the amount of the settlement beingapproximately $1,200.-

Miss Rowland had sued Weber and •'

Fields 1 to recover $15,000 for alleged

breach of contract by the defendants.She claimed that in June, 1918, shewas engaged by Weber and Fields to '

appear in "Back Again? -in which:nu,^sical show they were getting ready'tor-*»icnown there

KELLY PRODUCES OWN PLAYSAnthony Kelly,- author of "Three

Faces East", is the latest piay right tojoin the ranks of producing managersand on November 3rd will make his

first production, .a fantasy entitled

"The Phantom Legion."Kelly, who for years_ has been num-

bered among the leading motion pic-

tures scenario' writers, wrote his first

play last year, a spy mystery piece

produced by Cohan and Harris andwhich ran over a year inNew York.His latest play was originally an-nounced for production by Cohan andHarris, but the withdrawal of GeorgeCohan from the producing field evi-

dently made some changes in thefirm's plans, as Kelly now has thepiece and rehearsals have been goingon for several weeks."The Phantom Legion" is a fan-

tasy with a number of electrical ef-

fects. Kelly is financing the piece him-self and the outlay, 'up to the present,has exceeded $50,000.The play will open in Buffalo and

-will probably reach Broadway aroundthe first of December.

ALLEGED MANAGER HELDArrested for the "second time within

a short period of time, Joseph Bardell,of 990 Washington avenue, the Bronxwho said he was on the legitimate -

stage before he branched out for -

himself as a theatrical manager, wasarraigned in the Federal Court lastSaturday on- the charge of using the'mails to defraud, and was held in $500bail for further hearing next Satur-day.

i According to the authorities,Samuel Weisberg, of 785 Kelly Street,the Bronx, -alleges that last Januaryhe called at 1785 Lexington Avenue in

answer to an advertisement and metBurdell, to whom he gave $12.65, andwas told to call at Bryant Hall thenext morning for. a tryout. Weisberg

es he was told Burdell was un-

make their joint re-appearance, after

a long separation. Under the terras of

the' alleged contract, Miss Rowlandwas guaranteed twenty-five weeks'employment at a weekly salary of $600in New York and $700 on the road.

She never appeared in the piece, how-ever, because they notified her, she al-

leged, that there would be no play be-cause the author found it impossibleto finish the book. She was told to

seek employment in some other show.She sought and found employment

in another show, but brought an ac-

tion to recover twenty-five weeks'.-sal-'

ary at $600 per week, nevertheless^' r_

Following the settlement, MissRowland and Joe Weber, the latter

' having come from Baltimore to attendthe trial. Lew Fields not being pres-

ent in court, walked o-jt of the courtroom arm in arm, looking to all theworld as if they had never been op-posing litigants.

ALAS AND ALACKAgents, sub-agents and the vaude-

ville booking intelligentsia in general

in the Putnam Building were astir last

Tuesday morning, and the atmosphereof the corridors was not unlike that of

a herring exchange on the lower EastSide."A chance to clean up" was the

prevalent phrase uttered in hushedtones that could wake the dead. Theless sportive among the booking gen-try listened intently, for to their in-

genuous ears, it could mean but onething: somebody had discovered abath in the building. But nay, notso. .

The "Clean-up" had to do withGeorge Choos' horse, Eastern Glow,which was entered to run in the fourthrace at Empire City track that after-

noon. And the price, 20 to 1, causedthe eyes of the pop-eyed among thebetting gentry to pop even more.

- Well, everybody from the blond(sic) stenographer who "coulda" beenin a girl cat, but turned down the offer

because she's "gotta" home, to thefrowsy five percenter who oncebooked Al Jolsqn for forty-five dollars

athe .

There were just three horses in the. race and Eastern Glow was one ofthem. There was. no reason why thehorse shouldn't win, that is, no reasonexcept that there were two otherhorses in the race.

At 3.58 that afternoon they were off.

Just one minute and twelve secondslater, those among the Putnamitcswho were at the track were wishing

. they were "Offa" the fourth race.

Yes, Eastern Glow had come underthe wire first about two months ago.

But, last Tuesday afternoon, his efful-

gent, horseship, at 20 to 1, had failed

to equal his erstwhile performance,. running just third in this three-horserace. .

Quoth the Putnamites, as did theraven of yore, "Nevermore."

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Realising that he had been "stung"young Weisberg bidded his time, andlast Wednesday, while lookingthrough the help-wanted columns ofan afternoon paper, saw the 'self-sameadd that had taken his eye last winter.The following day he notified thePost Office authorities, and, in com-pany with two inspectors and hisyounger brother went to the Burdellhome.Fearing that Burdell might recog-

nize him, Weisberg claims, theyounger brother was sent up to call

upon him. Burdell, the youngerbrother alleges, offered him a oneyear contract at $30 a week and asked$12.65 in return, as compensation forhis services. Young Weisberg assert-

ed that he did not have the $12.65 onhis person, but would give Burdell$5.00, which the detectives had markedbefore hand. When the moneychanged hands, the two detectivesand the older brother made theirpearance and Burdell was taken in-

to custody.The police 'say another complain- -

ant is William J. Fennell of 462Seventh Avenue, who alleges Burdelltook $250 from him on the pretense of -

taking him into partnership. Fennellalleges that, after partnership papers'were drawn, Burdell disappeared..When the case comes up before theUnited States Commissioner, Satur-day, the Federal authorities expectabout 200 persons in court, who, at

one time or other, have answered oneof Burdell's advertisements.According to the police, Burdell was

arrested on the same charge on Aug-ust 30, and arraigned before Magis-trate Ruth in the Men's Night Court.

At the Magistrates order, he paid back$60 to five complainants who ap-

peared against .. him and was dis-

charged^. »

NEW FIRM FORMED.Madison Corey, who has just com-

pleted his duties as director of enter-

tainments for our troops in France,has formed a new theatrical producingcombination with Thomas Stark.

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rnG,°1W**** ^"TheTr first venture will be a touring• company of "The Grass Widow*Later on, it is planned to open a bur-eau for the placing of American plays

'and players with European managers.A new farce is scheduled for pro-duction later in the season.

OUT OF "PASSING 8HOWGeorge Monroe left the cast of the

"Passing Show" after the first per-

formance in New Haven. The first

- show ran until one twenty-five in themorning, necessitating some drastic

cuts. Several of these were Monroescenes, leaving but little for the come- -

dian to do, and, after looking at his

revised part, he left the cast

1 "WOMEN HE WANTED" TOURS. "The Woman He Wanted",' acomedy drama in three acts, is to bepresented for a road tour this seasonby Jack Cunningham. The show is-

to play all the K. and E. time, and -

' will open on November 1st. near New*"-''

York City.

SHOW OPENS THANKSGIVINGB. C. Whitney has announced that

Ed Wynn in rfEd Wynn's Carnivalwill open out of town oh Thanksgiv-ing day.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 82. l'iis.

Printers' Strike GuttingDown Paper For Shows

Nine Plays Open On Road

Lack of Date Strips Causing Considerable Trouble, as ArePrograms. Burlesque Unaffected* Legitimate

Attractions Being Hardest Hit.'..'

.. The. printers' strike is causing- thetheatrics] business some inconven-ience and many is the petulant wordheard among advertising and press.

". men of the various producers. -.•'•"

In the matter of lithographing pro-

ducers of legitimate attractions arenot so bad off, generally, most of thematter was ordered in advance andhas been delivered. Such producersas do find themselves caught for pa-per," however, and those who needemergency, paper, are having it print-

ed out of town, mostly in Philadel-

phia, Hartford, Erie and Cincinnati,

and are trying the Parcels Post meth-od. Bat this is very unsatisfactoryand scarcely better than nothing at

all.

The lack of date strips is thehardest trouble to contend with, and,occasionally there has been such ashortage of these and such a hurrycall for them, that one firm with anew show going to Chicago, sent -out

the show and then special delivered*an order for printing to be done in

that city, hoping that the orderwould be filled successfully.Programs are also a cause for some

worry .and right now. considerablethought is given a change in cast be-fore one is made, for the reason that

folders usually have to be printedwhen this is done. Such a situation,

however, so far has not stoppedchanges in the cast when one is deem-ed necessary. One manager did it,

but says he is getting his folders atthe rate of only 1,000 a day.The Loew and the Moss offices re-

port that, although they have quite anamount of work to be done, bothdaily and weekly, with this work ,

especially affecting their photoplayprograms, they are getting alongfairly well, nevertheless, cutting hereand their in their matter, which givesrise to the thought that, possibly.

there may be a permanent effect fromit . even when conditions are normalagain. Billing on the boards haspractically stopped except in emer-gency instances, which are overcomewith stock stuff. What printing here-tofore has been done in one and ttirew

sheets for outstde the theatres is nowhandled by painted signs, which,while more costly, serve the purpose.

Publicity departments of the pic-ture companies were, at first, seri-ously affected, because of folders anddodgers that were gotten out forspecial releases. But the output ofthese has been curtailed and it nowdoes not seem to be doing any dam-age. The elaborate press sheetswhich some of these companies cus-tomarily get out, are completed al-most with the completion of the pic-ture, of course, and, consequently,there has been no handicap on thispoint. None of the picture theatresin the city which customarily issue'programs, seem to be inconvenienced,for they are all issuing, and, so far asany other matter is concerned they,like the Moss and the Loew people,are using painted signs in front.

Burlesque is not feeling the. strikeat all. All the matter for both theimportant wheels was printed well inadvance and there has not been evena condition of emergency to affect thesmooth runing of these offices. Datesare set up out of town and locallyfor the road attractions.Opinion in the printing trade has it

that the strike will be over and all

matters amicably settled by the mid-dle of this week.A. H: Woods has discontinued lith-

ographing altogether and is confiningall .publicity of a paid nature to the .

newspapers; and this in the face ofthe fact that never before has hisoffice been so busy with it many at-tractions in town and on tour.

ANDERSON HAS NEW PIECEJohn Murray Anderson, producer of

die "Greenwich Village Follies",#

is

the prime mover in a new musicalplay, described as a "jazzless show."The corporation is known as JohnMurray Anderson, Inc., and the offi-

cers are: John Murray Anderson, pres-ident: Mrs. R. W. Hawkesworth,vice-president, and Morris Green,secretary and treasurer."What's in a Name?" is the tenta-

tive title adopted for the new play,

which is scheduled to go into rehear-sal next Monday and to open "cold,"

around Christmas rime.Anderson, besides being the author

of the book, is also staging the ^Uy,,and Milton Ager, wrote the score.

HUB MANAGERS FIGHT LAWBoston, Oct. 17—Theatre managers

have joined forces with members of

the Retail Board of Trade in a .fight

to keep Trcmont Street, Boston'sprincipal business thoroughfare, frombecoming a one-way street.

David E. Dow, treasurer and mana-ger of the Trcmont Theatre, who is

Strongly opposed to the one-way.' traf-

fic law, declcared at a meeting of theBoard of Trade that he was opposed,not only for the grave detriment it

would mean to business, but becauseof the inconvenience imposed uponthe theatre's patrons and the publicin general.

COOPER GETS DIVORCE.Lon Cooper last week became", free

from marital restraint when a divorcefreeing him was signed in the SupremeCourt. Harry Saks Hechheimer washis attorney.

ROAD "FROLIC" OPENING SETThe Ziegfeld road "Frolic" show

was scheduled, early this week, toopen in Pittsburgh, November 24.This opening date is the week follow-ing the opening in Washington ofBille Burke in "Ceasar's Wife", a newthree-act play by W. Somerset Maug-ham.

TYLER IN SHUBERT HOUSETheatre attaches and gossips were

very much surprised last week whenGeorge C Taylor booked his show, "AYoung Man's Fancy" into the Play-house, a Shubert house. The adver-tisements of the show read that the-theatre 'is ' being used by special ar-rangement with William A. Brady.Tyler is a K. & E. supporter and

bitter against the Shuberts, whileBrady is one of the Shuberts'staunchest allies. Therefore, it wasunthought of that Tyler would bookhis show in what is practically aShubert house. He is very emphatic,however, in stating mat the arrange-ment was made with Brady and notwith the brothers Shubert

CORT MAKING RECORDWith the present theatrical season,

John Cort establishes a record forhimself, he having, this year, thegreatest number of shows he has yethad in a single season. There arethree companies of "Listen Lester,"one each of "Roly Bolcy Eyes," "Gtor-Tanna," "Fiddlers Three, and "FloFlo." "Just a Minute" is ready toopen in New York, and "FiddlersThree" is in rehearsal, with HelenWeer in the leading role.

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bit of the show begins and the livelinesscontinues to the end - The plot dealswith the relegating to the kitchen of a

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homely sister of the family and layingmany tasks upon her shoulders. Thereis a good deal of catchy music, throughwhich "Linger Longer Lett/' will, per-haps, linger longer in one's mind.Another features that goes big in the

last act is a very funny scene by RayRice and Mary Werner.

Louise Groody and Arthur Hartley areclever dancers and the latter also, doessome very creditable singing in the last

act Margie McCIintock has a rich con-tralto voice. Virginia Marvin's dancewas also good Mention must also bemade of he kiddies, Bernice Hirsh andFrances Victory, who played RobertaQarabelle Brewster and Ethel May.

ANDERSON'S "FRIVOLITIES"IS 2 HOUR SHOW IN ONE

Providence, Oct 20.—The Frivolitiesof 1919" which opened its career at theShubert Majestic last evening, had thir-ty-three principals, a few score lesserartists, four carloads of scenery, othercarloads of lingerie and no less than23 separate "Frivols." A first nightaudience that packed the house had nocause to grumble, for it saw two showsfor one. There was material in suchsuperabundance that it palled Here isa job of dimensions for the play prunerand polisher..

The acting of Nan Halpcrin was per-haps the feature most redeeming inthree hours of conspiracy against thegarment makers and violence againstthe well known copyright of Mr. BalzacDespite the medium, one was interestedwith her emotional power. She re-minded, somehow, of Bertha Kalish,and, in the supernut Bolsheviki, bur-lesque, she appeared most at home.Felix Adler . and Henry Lewis, whocooperated as the big fun makers,fought valiantly< with the scene shiftersfor their innings. '

.

Others brought together by G. M. An-derson, the producer, who contributedto the performance, were Walter Mc-Cullough, Sammy Weston, LelandMarsh, Virginia Eastman, At Sanders,the former wine agent; Vernier Sexton,Gus Bartram, Gerald Griffin and theBarr Sisters.

The production is in two acts, eachof which are composed of as many in-tegral parts, clothed in their own setsand their peculiar style of lingerie.The words and music are by Harry

Anrarher. Tom Johnstone and WilliamB. Friedlander. The comedy is billedto go to Hartford at the close of its en-gagement here and to appear in NewYork in two weeks.

WALTER HAST HAS ATHRILLER HI NEW PLAY

Washington, D. G, Oct 20.—WalterHast's new play, "Eve and the Man," byFrederick Bruegger, opened at the Shu-bert-Garrick to-night Aside from apoor title, a miscast ingenne and a poordistribution of its occult mystery andsuspense, he has a play which shouldbe a thriller.

Bruegger has conceived the idea of anIndian Maharajah, who loves an Ameri-can girt who, in turn, is loved by oneHarry Swain, who, also in turn, is fail-

ing in bis attempts to cast off an af-fair with a married lady who is a guestat his fiance's home. The dramatic role

of the Rajah is intensified by his men-tal struggle over the problem of whe-ther to force the girl, by his occultmagic, to come to his arms, or to per-mit her to have her will and marryHarry Swain, whom she loves.The Rajah, a mixture of Indian and

English blood, takes the latter course,though he decides that he cannot en-trust the girl he loves to the man sheloves without teaching the latter a les-

son. In a third act bedroom scene, inwhich the matron has come to Harry'sroom, the Indian hypnotizes them intobelieving they have been shot by thesiren's husband and are in Hell. This

scene is vivid with -emotionalism and is

not only finely conceived but executedwith skill. The tension, however, is abit too strong and more of this occultinfluence should be spread over thehrstikwo acts, which drag a bit.

In'.the end, baring taught the twotheir lesson, the Rajah withdraws anda happy ending doses the show.

S. Miller Kent draws a convincingand forceful characterization of theRajah ; Helen Holmes gives strength toan exotic and difficult part; RamseyWallace is accurate and personable asthe hero of the story and the wholecast which includes Fred Nichols, Don-ald Foster, Betty Murray,. Peggy Payter, Lulu McGuire, Claude Beerbohrn,William Sampson, Julia Nos, ThomasIrwin, and Pisani Jourdan, deservescredit

BOSTON LIKES ^AIR HELEN"NEW ORDYNSKI PLAYBoston, Mass, Oct 20.—A repre-

sentative Boston audience receivedwith enthusiasm Richard Ordynski';version of "Fair Helen" in the Majes-tic Theatre to-night.

This revival of the Homeric musicalfantasy is generously sprinkled withmodern lines and Charles HansonTowns' lyrics bristle with good humorand satire.

While this presentation is somewhatrevolutionary as compared with the orig-inal version, it has gained much in en-joyment. To this, Joseph Urban hasadded generously in the gorgeous set-

tings he has providedMarcia Van Dresser meets fully the

demands of the role of Helen and han-dled the numerous burlesqque situationsin masterful manner. On the seriousside, her boudoir scene in the secondact, with Paris, the shepard, was im-pressive in the extreme and the audienee did not fail to make known its ap-preciation of their splendid workDuring the first act the audience ap-

peared to be suspending judgment onthe_ Ordynski presentation, but it wasvisibly wanned during the scond actand from then on the applause waswhole souled

It is an amazing picture to see Aga-memnon, Menelaus, the ponderous Gal-enas, vicious Achilles and the rest"shooting craps" before the Temple ofJupiter, but hardly more so than to seethe priest . of the crown engage in hismultiple flirtations with the worshippersof Adonis.The final act in particular is jammed

full of brilliant situations, every onefully met by the efficient cast It ap-pears evident that the offering will bea real success in this city.

"THE DREAM GIRL" FALLSSHORT IN MANY WAYS

Atlantic City. Oct 17—PopularProductions, Inc. last night at theGlobe Theatre presented a new musi-cal comedy entitled "The DreamGirl". If the producers had any dreamof fortune woven about the title ofthe show or the show itself, it is tobe feared that the results of last nighthave dispelled itMuriel Ostriche, a moving-picture

celebrity, was given the lead, the posi-tion and press work that goes to astar. Just why, it was hard to dis-

cover. For, though Miss Ostriche is

a demure little miss with a winsomecharm, she knows nothing of comedy-making, very little of singing and herdancing is quite hopeless. Face andform, though it may pass upon thecinema for talent, rarely' stands thetest of the speaking stage. To date,

there have been several moving-pic-ture leads presented to us in the legit i-

mat and most hove been failures.True enough, Miss Ostriche had

very little to work with- The musicwritten by Walter Irving and ArthurKing, consists of a melody of jazz

stuff. At melody or rhythm theyseem to be the veriest tyros. Such a

score coupled with a rather inane--(Continued on Page 31)

Ortober 22. 1919.

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THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

Pantages to Play BigBritish Headline Acts

Will Shortly Establish Office in London to Route Attrac-tions Through New Canadian and American Houses.

'Building Many New Theatres.

As a climax to the extension of hiscircuit by the planned erection of newhouses and the acquisition of theatresthroughout Canada and British Colum-bia, Alexander Pantages is arranging toestablish a booking office in London,England, it was learned last weekthrough an arrangement he has madewith the English vaudeville bookingfirmofEdclsten and Daw.

The Pantages London booking office

will.be established next March and, aswas explained here early this week byWalter J. Kcefe, general booking agentfor the Pantages . Circuit, the Londonoffice will be established for the expresspurpose of booking British headline actsinto the Canadian theatres controlled byPantages, which, however, does notmean that the acts will not play theAmerican Pantages houses. At the pres-ent time, Pantages is building, plan-ning to build or acquiring, seventeennew theatres in the following cities ofthis country, Canada and British Co-lumbia:

A new 3,842-seat house in KansasCity, Mo., which will be completedabout March 15, 1920, at an approximatecost of $800,000; a new 2,800-seat housein Memphis, Train., scheduled for com-pletion- early next March, at an ap-proximate cost of $40,000; a new 3,800-

seat house in St. Louis, Mo., to be com-pleted early next June at an approximatecost of $750,000, a new 3,800-scat housein Omaha, Neb., to be completed earlynext June at an approximate cost of$750,000: a new 2200-seat house in St

Paul, Minn., to be completed early nextMay at an approximate cost of $500,000

;

a new 3,000-seat house in Atlanta, Ga.,

to be ready early next May at an ap-proximate cost of $450,000. Two newhouses, for which ground has alreadybeen broken on newly acquired sites, willreplace the old Pantages bouses in LosAngeles and Salt Lake City, both ofthese being built at an approximate costof $1,000,000.

In Toronto a new 3,600-seat Pantageshouse is. now in course of contrac-tion, which will probably cost around$800,000 and will be completed aboutthe 15ih of next January. A new 3,600-seat theatre is scheduled for completionnext May in Montreal, at an approxi-mate cost of $800,000. The plans forboth of these houses were drawn by theNew York architect, Thomas Lamb.

In addition to the houses already men-tioned, the Pantages Circuit within thenext ten months,, will acquire newhouses in the following cities: Winni-peg, Saskatoon, Regina, Edmonton, Cal-gary, Vancouver, Victoria.

The extension by Pantages of his Ca-nadian circuit began several monthsago, when it was reported that he hadacquired, through Miles, of Detroitand Cleveland, five of the Canadianhouses controlled by the Small interests.

However, contrary to report, this dealnever got beyond the negotiation stage.At the present time, the Pantages Cir-

cuit can offer acts thirty-one weekssolid booking. But, within the next sixmonths, it was stated, at least ten moreweeks' will be added to the circuit

"CAESER'S WIFE" CAST PULL"Caeser's Wife," the new William

Somerset Maugham play in whichBillie Burke will make her reappear-ance on the stage, has been placed inrehearsal under the direction of Fred-erick Latham. The cast will include,in addition to Miss Burke, NormanTrevor, Tom Powers, Frederic DeBelleville, T. Wigney Percival, H.Green, Cyrus Wood, Hilda Spong,Cynthia Brocke and Gertrude Wise,The piece will be presented byFlorenz Ziegfeld, Jr.

ITALIAN COMPOSER, COMINGThe arrival of Italo Montemezzi,

one of the most renowned of livingItalian composers, is expected in NewYork in the early part of November.Montemezzi, who is making bis first

visit to America, was suposed to havesailed on Oct. 17 on the Puca Abruzzi,accompanied by Carlo GaiefE and TitoRuffo, both baritones in the ChicagoOpera Association.

RECASTING "EVERYBODY""It Happens to Everybody," which

was seen for a short time at the ParkTheatre, has been recast and is nowbeing rehearsed under the direction ofFrank McCoy. The following peoplehave been engaged, Frank Farlowe,Frank Dudley, Charles Green JoyceFair and L. J. O'Conner. GeorgieWhite has been engaged as stagemanager of the production.

TELLEGEN WRITES PIECELou Tellegcn in elaboration with

Andor Garvey has written a new playcalled "Heart Of The Forest," a storyof the Canadian Northwest.

ELEANOR FISHEREleanor Fisher, whose picture ap-

pears on the cover of this week's is-

sue of the Clipper, is the prima donnaof Ed. Rush's "Cracker Jacks," play-ing the American Burlesque Circuit.She deserted vaudeville several weeksago to accept Rush's flattering offer.

This is not her first appearance in bur-lesque, however, as she was featuredwith Max Spiegel's "Tourists," on theColumbia Circuit, a few years ago.Miss Fisher studied under Madam

Markazie, in Paris, eight years ago.After returning to this country, sheappeared with Bernard Granville in"Marriage a la Carte." She was alsoa member of the Ch:c-uro GrandOpera after that During the war shetoured this country and Canada, re-cruiting for the Government Shewas one of the very first to give hersemces in that great cause.

MAUDE ADAMS NOT WORKINGMaude Adams is the only one of

the Frohman stars who does not seemto have 'a vehicle this season. Shewas to have opened in Barrie's "AKiss For Cinderella," in which shetoured last season, but her sudden ner-vous breakdown caused all plans to becalled off and, as yet, no announce-ment of whether or not she will actthis season has been made. Herfriends in the profession are parti-

cularly anxious to know if she willappear.

MOSS MANAGER RESIGNSWilliam Rayno r, who has been man-

ager of Moss houses for the past twoyears, resigned last week to takecharge of a western vaudeville house.Jack LaReaux. formerly his assistant,has been appointed manager of theHamilton, the house Raynor was incharge of when he resigned.

BEE PALMER IS ILLBee Palmer and her jazz band were

compelled to cancel their engagementat the Riverside Theatre this week,owing to. the sudden illness of MissPalmer. Charles Purcell is filling in

for her at the theatre.

SHAKESPEARE GOING BIGIf Shakespeare were living to-day, he

would be raking in royalties from thepresent limited enagagementofSothern"and Marlowe in New York. Charging---

$5 on the first night of each play, witha $3 top the remainder of the week,these stars have set a new price onShakespearean plays, but neverthelessare packing their houses. "TwelfthNight," which they played the first

week, brought in about $35,000, and"Hamlet." the second week's attrac-

tion, topped it by a few thousand. Thisweek they are presenting "Taming of

the Shrew," which played to capacity onits first night but which will, probably,

in its week's run. fall slightly behindthe other two weeks.Next week, the last one of the en-

gagement a repertoire bill of the three

previous weeks will be given. Sothernand Marlowe will then visit Boston for

a two weeks' run, .charging the sameprices as they have been getting onBroadway. . . :-. ; .. :„,<,>

ACTS GET ORPHEUM ROUTEThe . following acts, booked ' by

Floyd W. Stoker, were given routes

over the Orpheum time early this

week: Brent Hayes; The Jack HughesMusical Duo, The Four Roses : andFrank Wilson.

MAKES JUMPS BY AUTOT. Ahnarine, carpenter, and Eddie

Shultz, property man, of the "Broad-way Belles," have been making all

their jumps from city to city since

they played the Victoria, Pittsburgh,in a seven passenger Mitchell car.

They have covered considerably morethan 1,000 miles. The boys will con-tinue using their car instead of thetrains until heavy snow interferes

with their travel

GOES INTO DRAMATIC STOCKHarold Kennedy, who closed with

the "Girls A La Carte" at the Empire,Brooklyn, last Saturday, will returnto dramatic stock, opening with .the

Blaney Stock Company at the York-ville. New York, in "Rolling Stones"on November 3.

BOOKED BY LOEWHarold Wyer and Max Field have

been booked by the Loew office to

play the Lincoln Square the first threedays of next week, during the layoff

of the "Sweet Sweetie Girls" betweenNewark and Trenton.

.

OPENS IN MINSKY SHOWDave Shafkin opened at Minsky

Brothers' ' National Winter Garden,Monday. He is working oppositeFrank Mackey and Jack Shargel.

FRED FOLLETTE CLOSESChicago, 111., Oct 18.—Owing to

illness, Fred Follette, manager of the"Girls de Looks" was compelled to..

,

close here today. Sam Rice has taken'over the management of the show.

FRAZBB PIECE OPENSAkron, Ohio. Sept 16.—"My Lady

Friends." heralded here by H. H. Fra-vjee -as "America's Most ImportantTheatrical Premiere of the Year.—

A

Momentous History Making TheatricalEvent," etc, opened here last night at

the Grand.The comedy is a new twist from the

pen of Emil Nyitray and Frank Man-del, cleverly woven, effervescent inconstruction and carried to a good end-ing after three mirth inviting acts.

Tames Smith is a rich New Yorker, whohas suddenly come into a fortune by aboom in the Bible selling business. Hi«desire in life is to make other people

happy by lavishing upon them all that

money. can buy. But Catherine Smith,his wife, keyed to a saving stare by lean

years, finds that she cannot change sorapidly.

It then develops that Smith conceives

the idea of keeping three young girls

without a selfish motive on his part. Onelives' in Boston, another in Washington,and still another in San Francisco. His.troubles start when each of the girls

fall in love with him became he hasgiven them apartments, and all thatmoney can buy. The real complicationsdevelop when Mrs. Smith, grown sus-

picious and. jealous, brings all three to-

gether in Atlantic City. Of course, theusual happy ending ensues when Mrs.Smith promises to provide her husbanawith an outlet for his income after he

has satisfactorily explained eventhing.

Clifton Crawford, as the indulgenthusband, is immense. His 'work is that

of a finished comedian. The producersmade a wise selection in Crawford, winpromises to be even more successful asa talking comedain than in musical com-edy. Mona Kingsley. as the wife, clev-

erly conducts herself throughout the

play. Others in the cast are TheresaMaxwell Conover, Frank Morgan, JuneWalker, Robert Fiske, Clara Verdera,Helen Gill, Jessie Nagle and Rae Bow-din.

MAX DILL WRITING PLAYSan Francisco, Oct 13.—Max Dill,

of Kolb and Dill, has returned after athree months visit to New York. Heis now writing a play dealing with pro-hibition and politics which will be pre-

sented during the coming season.

SIGNS TO SUPPORT KBLLARDSan Francisco, Oct 13.—May J»-

sephi Kinkaid has been engaged t«support John Kellard, in "The ThirdFloor Back" at the Columbia Theatrehere. She has already appeared withRoland Reed, Daniel Bandmann, Jo-seph Murphy, Evans and Hoey andFanny Davenport.

PLAN FORMAL DANCEA formal dance once a month has

been arranged for by the house com-mittee of the N. V. A The first will

take place on November 4th and em-bossed invitations are being sent ont for

the affair.

ANNETTE SHAW MARRIEDAnnette Shaw, soubrette of the Lew

Kelly Show, and Harry Rose, the mu-sical director of the company, weremarried recently in Jersey City.

LOTTIE LEE LEAVES SHOWLottie Lee, the wife of Al Martin,

with the "Oh Frenchy" Company, wasobliged to leave the show in Indiana-polis, to go to the Newark PrivateHospital; where she was operated onfor appendicitis. Her sister, MabelLee, went from. New York and will

take her place, in. the show. ... *...:»;

WALDRON LOSES MOTHERUtica. N. Y.. Oct 15.—The mother

of Charles Waldron, burlesque show-man, died at her home in this cityyesterday. She was ninety-two yearsof age at the time of her death.

GOES INTO PALACE BILL/Ted Lewis went into the Palace bill

on Monday night, replacing WilkieBard.

LILY LENA COMING OVERLily Lena, the English comedienne,

will make a vaudeville tour of the UnitedStates, starting in January and bookedby Rose and Curtis.

PARISIAN ACT DUE HERBThe Three Sisters Sturle, who were

"discovered" by Eddie Darling duringhis stay in Pans, will be seen in Amer-ican vaudeville under the direction »f

Rose and Curtis. They will open at the

Royal on November 10th.

MAXWELL SKETCH BREAKS IN. '"Her Debut in Dubuque." the newJoe Maxwell playlet, is breaking in thelast half of this week at Proctor'sTwenty-third Street Theatre. In thecast . are George Bancroft, HortenseClement, Harry Sleight, Daniel Garrett

and August Thorn. The sketch, whichwas first presented at thi: big Larnb*-Friars benefit at the Metropoliu»Opera House, was a big laughing hkand is believed to be particularly wati -

fitted for vaudeville.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 22. 1919.

M. V. A. STARTS

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TOURNEYHAS MANY ENTRANTS

A billiard tournament now. in foil•wing at the N. V. A. is attracting acrowd of billiard fans nightly and is

bang hotly contested by more -than,

,

thirty entries. Three prizes are being: ''offered, a cop to the winner and a bil-

liard cue to the second and third win-ners, respectively. The running of

.the tournament is in the hands of Wil-liam Stuart

It. was thought by wise-acre bflliard-ists that Kinzo, a Japanese performer,would be an easy winner, but thus farhe has played rather poorly, due, nodoubt, to nervousness. He is playingwith a handicap of 33. Others consid-ered -very much in the running are Tom

jMurray, with an equally large handi-cap, and Arthur Hill, who has playedno games in the present tournament todate.• The entries, with their handicaps,

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' are as follows: Nat Burns, 27; BobO'Brien, 19; Stan Stanley, 37; JoeKane, 30; Al Williams, 21; Santianello,,

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17; Bob Mflo, 15; Kinzo, 33; Jack Hal-len. 15; Frank Stafford, 27; FrankO'Brien, 20; Harry Masters, 17; RayLeason, 19; Bill Clark, 25; F. Hayden,27; L. Ross, 15; R. Hodgdon. 29; ValTrainor, 19; Will Burt, 16; Jim Allman,17; James DriscoU, 16; William Sea-bury 16; W. Beeman, 19; M. Walsh, 22;•At Rogers,, 15; H. Weston, 16; Phil

. Brice, 10; Murray Rubins, 15; W. Held,25; Barney Williams, 19; Jim Halley,25; T. Murray, 33; Carl Yalto, 19; J.Singer,. 27; H. Dixon, 19; C A. Coley,18; J.- G. Gibson, 19; Charles Grape-win, 16; and Nick Edwards, 26.

Losing five games eliminates the play-er from the contestOn Monday the following games had

been played, with the following scores,in each case the winner being mentionedfirst: Harry Master, 17, Barney Wil-liams, 17; Fred Hayden 27, Harry Dix-on 6; Val Trainor 19, J. G. Gibson 7;Joe Kane 30, Nat Bums 19; MurrayLevan 30, Wayne Beeman 15; StanStanley 27, Kinzo 24; Jim Halley 25,-

Fred Hayden 15; Tom Murray 33, Bar-ney Williams 16; Carl Yalto 19, NatBums 24; Nat Burns "27, Phil Brice3; Jimmy O'Brien 16,- Jim Halley 19;Murray Levan 30, Wilbur Held- 24;

- William Burt 16. Carl Murray 29; NatBurns 27. Al Williams 16; Murray Le-van 30, WDbur Held 24; Stan Stanley27, Murray Levari 18; Jim Halley 25,Murray Rubins 12; Wayne -Beeman 19,

" Stan Stanley 13; Phile Brice 10, Charles4 Grapewin 12; Bill Clark 25, Joe Kane"24; John Singer 27, Jack Hallen 5;

James DriscoU 16, Arthur Hill 17; San-tianelk) 19/ Murray Levan 10; LewRose 15, C A" Coley 7; Harry Masters17. John Singer 21; Al. Williams 21.

Jack Hallen 10; Al Williams 21. Val... Trainor 15; William Burt 16, Tom Mur-v nry 33; Val Trainor 19, Ray. Lea-

son 1LJames DriscoU 16, Nat Burns 27;

Jack Allman 19, Tom Murray 22; Har-ry Masters 17, Tom Murray 13; Ray

. Leason 19; Carl Yalto 18; VVal Train-or 19. Charles Grapewin 10; Nat Bums27, William Burt 4; Lew Rose 15, Al

- Williams 19; J. G. Gibson 19, James-Halley 21 ; Val Trainor 19, Jim Halley

- 18; Jim O'Brien 16, Ray Leason 8;: Tom Murray 33, Barney Williams 16;

- Carl Yalto 19. Nat Burns 24; BD1 dark..-25,. Fred Hayden 26; Harry Masters

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17, Nat Burns 26; Carl Yalto 19, Jim.- Allman 7; J. &• Gibson 19, Barney Wil-liams 18; Nick Edwards 27, Al Wil-liams 19; Carl Yalto 19, J. G. Gibson14;- Frank Stafford 27. Carl Yalta 14;James DriscoU 16, Nick Edwards 23;John Singer 27, Bill Clark 20; C A.Coley-.dS, Bob O'Brien 10; Ray Leason19, William Burt. 9: Billy Clark 25.

Val Trainor 12; Joe Kane 30, Nick Ed-wards 26; Jim Halley 25, Phil Brice 9;Murray Rubins 15, Kinzo 14; BarneyWilliams 19 Frank Stafford 24.

The biggest run thus far has beenmade by Tom Murray, with a score of 7.

The tournament starts every night at.1130, continuing until 230 a. m.

HELD UP IN HOTEL-*" -Providence. R. L, Oct 17.—JamesLeonard, a vaudeville performer of theteam of James and Sadie Leonard, wasrobbed of $380 at the Hotel Berkshirehere after an exciting encounter withthe burglar.Leonard found a. young man at his

clothes closet door when he came out ofhis bathroom at 4 a. m. The intruderpointed a revolver at Leonard and cau-tioned him to be silent But Leonardattacked him and they came to grips.

The intruder fired shots, but whetherthey were fired intentionally or acci- :

dentally, Leonard does not know. Fi-nally he broke the burglar's hold on thegun and it fell to the floor.

The burglar then ran to the windowand down the fire-escape. Leonardfound the gun, and, getting on _ the fire-

-escape, fired two shots but missed hismark.

GLENN COMPLAINS TO N. V. A.Alleging that the team of Moran and

Mack use two of his gags, WilliamGlenn, one of the team of Glenn andJenkins, has asked the N. V. A. to in-

tercede. One of the gags in dispute is

:

"If you hit me there ain't nothin' in thedrug store that can kill you quickerthan I."

Glenn says that he has been identified

with this gag for ten.years.

SAYS THEY STOLE YODELRobinson and Thomas charge the team

of Rucker and Winfred with using their

yodel finish and have brought the mat-ter to the attention of the N. V. A.complaint department

MOSS ARRANGES NEW STAFFWith the re-entry of B. S. Moss into

vaudeville the following comprise thestaff of his booking department: DanSimmons, Harry J. Padden and Bert Ir-win. Fred Curtis is in. the office as theKeeney representative. Rose Cohen is

in charge of the photo department, andArthur McHugh handles the publicity.'* The Moss Circuit is now offering

eleven weeks' work in New York,Brooklyn, Philadelphia, _ Baltimore,Washington, Trenton, Morristown andNewark.

GOING TO ANTIPODESJack Haskell, the English vaudeville

producer, who is at present spendingtwo weeks visiting.friends and rela-tives here in New York, leaves shortlyfor Australia, where he -will book vau-deville acts with the WilliamsonBrothers. Allen and Green are send-ing several acts over with him.

GOING TO ENGLANDJnne Mills has been booked for a

tour of England, beginning with theMoss Empires Varieties, Ltd.

BECKER ACT GETS 25 WEEKSHerman Becker's new tabloid act,

-"Sweet Sweeties," has been given atwenty-five weeks route •' over theSouthern Loew time, beginning De-cember 25th. Up till that time, theact has been booked in and aroundNew York.

MANAGERS NOW

WANT MORE

PLAYLETSMANY GO INTO REHEARSALA call has been issued by the booking

managers for sketches and playlets, ofwhich there has been a constantlygrowing dearth in the last five or sixseasons, with the result that an unusu-ally large number of playlets are nowin rehearsal.

For a long time, the playlet was dis-couraged by booking officials, whoclaimed that it tended to slow, up ashow. During the several seasons past,vaudeville sketches have been conspicu-ous by their absence, and the presenceof a playlet on a bill, particularly on thebig- tune, was only the exception to therule.

But acrobatic acts, animal acts andthe like have also decreased greatly innumber due to a combination of causes,and the result has been that many mod-ern vaudeville bills are entirely too sat-urated with songs and dances. -

As a consequence, the booking man-agers have reversed their . opinion re-

garding the vaudeville sketch, holdingthe belief that the playlet will solve theproblem of how to put color into theirvariety programs. Playlets are needed,they declare, to get away from the mo-notony of songs. and monologues in one,and dance acts in full stage. But, onaccount of a past lack of demand, therehas been no supply and agents are nowscouring the field again for vaudevilleplaylets that possess meritMore than tea vaudeville playlets, with

a leaning toward big time, have goneinto rehearsal within the last ten days.

HAS NEW ORCHESTRAA new orchestra was installed at

the Hamilton Theatre, of the Mosscircuit on Monday, in place of the onewhich has been there since the theatreopened this season. The orchestrawhich had been playing consisted ofconcert 'men, who, undoubtedly, goback to concert work. -The new orch-estra was selected from experiencedvaudeville musicians and is conductedby William McEwaYn, who has beendirecting the orchestra at Moss' Flat-bush Theatre this season. ju«

PRODUCE NORDSTROM PLAYS. William Pinkham is producing anumber of one-act plays written by hiswife, Frances Nordstrom. Amongthem . are "Some Lawyer,**, whichopens next week, "Broadway," open-ing soon, and "Who Did It," now inpreparation.Harry Von Tilzer is collaborating

with Pinkham in the production of amusical comedy in three acts, to becalled "Mad Love." i Lewis and Gor-don will handle the one-act plays.

BOOKING SHEEDY HOUSELouis Walters formerly of the Quig-

ley offices, is now booking the ParkTheatre in Manchester, New Hamp-shire. The house was formerly bookedthrough the Sheedy offices.

"CONSTABULES" JOIN SHOWTom Brown's "Constabules" joined

the east of ''Frivolities of 1919" onMonday, and opened out of town. Theshow is due in New York after a fewweeks on the road.

SHOW BECOMES MUSICAL TAB"Some Night,' a girl and musical

show produced by Jack Goldberg andbooked through the Shuberts, recent-ly cancelled all its booking when Sey-mour Felix secured the producingrights. Felix, who has had the pro-duction revised, will place it in vaude-ville as a musical tab.The act, which will carry thirty peo-

ple, including chorus and principals,together with a half-score changes ofscenery, . is scheduled to run a full

hour. Arthur Miller, Gale Wendaland Joe Fields are in the cast It willhave its metropolitan opening at theFifth Avenue at last half of this week

SAXTON AND MOHR TO SPLITPauline Saxton and Halsey Mohr

will split, their act, terminating theirengagement at Loew's Americanhere.

BROWNE ACT OPENING SETBothwell Browne and the Mack

Sennet Bathing Beauties will open in

vaudeville at the Mt Vernon Theatreon Oct 23rd.

WANT NAMES LENGTHENEDBob and Peggy Valentine have com-

plained to the N. V. A. aganist an actknown as Bob and Peggy,", on thegrounds that the similarity of namesmakes a' confusion in booking. TheN. V. A. has asked Bob and 'Peggy toadd enough to their team' .name tomake it more distinctive.

JACK INGLIS COMPLAINSJack Inglis .has complained to the

N. V. A. that- twqf different acts areboth using a gag about a parlor clockand a Jewish clock, that he claims is

his. He has asked that the acts eithershow a prior right to the gag or re-

move it from ' their offerings. Theacts against which he complains arethe Swot Brothers and McLallen andCarson.

WISH WYNN, COMING HEREWish Wynn, one of London's fa-

vorite music hall artists, has beenbooked through M. S. Bentham for atwenty week tour over the big timein this country, .beginning at thePalace Theatre on October 27. MissWynn starred . for , two years at theKiugsway Theatre,! London, in "TheGreat Adventure." j

FRTEDLAND WRITING TAB"Music Land" is the title -of a mu-

sical tabloid now being prepared for

presentation on the Keith circuit byAnatol Friedland, the composer for-

merly with L. Wolfe Gilbert It will

open at the Palace early in November.

LAUDER OPENS OCT. 30Sir Harry Lauder, due to arrive in

America from Australia on October27th, at San Francisco, will open his

American transcontinental tour in EIPaso, Texas, October' 31 and -will, in

all probability, reach' New York byFebruary 22. .Included in the Laudershow are Muriel Window, MarionVallance, Milo, 'and the- KitamuraBrothers, "The Act Beautiful," andFrazer*s Scottish Highlanders. Lester

- W. Murray will manage the tour, withMartin Wagner as his assistant, andwith Willard D. Coxey .and RobertMcDowell in advance.', y, .

ORPHEUM DROPS STOCKTONStokkton, California, is off the map

so far as the Orpheum Circuit is con-cerned, for the Clunie Theatre there is

no longer to be included -on the route.

When Stockton was in its itinerarythe Orpheum- show split- its week,playing three days at •the')Clunie_ in

Sacramento, two days at the WhiteFresno, and two in Stockton.

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October 22. 1919. THE NEW YORK. CLIPPER

PALACEDramatic moments seldom witness-

ed in any vaudeville theatre, trans-pired at this house Monday afternoonduring the last scene of Wilkie Bard'soffering, when he stepped to the foot-lights after most of the 'audience hadgrown tired of his humor and explain-ed that he was a sick man and shouldnot have opened. However, Bard'swork, especially in the "Ttoses areBlooming" number was greatly ham-pered by an assistant who supposedlyinjected a falsesetto voice into Bard'sthroat. -But the number was sung offstage by a lady, and. after the an-nouncement that his voice had failedhim, the deception was evident.Opening with "The Welch Railroad

Porter" Bard secured a few laughs.Then after a two minute wait, he ap-peared attired . in female costume,closely resembling that worn by thelate Nell Burgess. Here another errorwas made in the raising of the dropdisclosing the "Watchman Set" beforehe was ready, and this added to theconfusion. Bard, when appearing atHamerstein's Victoria some six yearsago, offered practically the same actat this Monday matinee performance,and many of his pet lines and situa-tions have been lifted since bis lastappearance. . It would be advisablefor him to secure more timely materialwhen he returns, and the reviewerhopes it will not be long before he is

well again and able to give to vaude-ville patrons comedy and pantomimein that artistic manner that has madehim famous.The pictures opened and were fol-

lowed by Gautier^s Dogs, who playedtheir parts as "Bricklayers" to the de-light of all.

Masters and Kraft danced them-selves into the hearts of the audienceand carried off a huge hit.

Kranz and La Salle sang sevensongs and the harmony was wellblended, especially in the high regis-ter. La Salle proved conclusively thathe can also dance, as he gave imita-tions of well known dancers that al-most brought down the house.Cressy and Dane offered a rural

playlet that contained many humorousHoes and situations. Marion Hodges,as the stenographer, was excellent andthe work of Cressy and Dane neverbetter. A huge hit was scored.De Marest and Collette are new to

the Palace, but if the applause andlaughter counted for anything theycould remain indefinitely as theircomedy and music was fine. Wm. DeMerest does a bit of comedy that wasa howl. While th ey are playing a mel-

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ody, he does a nip-up and then at-tempts another but falls to the stage.This is repeated to bowls of laugh-ter. ..

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Mabel McCane and her companysang and danced to the delight of all.

Miss McCane has a"charming voice,and the dancing of Miss Broderickstood out. The act is splendidlystaged, and Miss. McCane wore somebeautiful creations.The curtain was held for a minute

before the appearance of Wilkie Bard,and when he stepped out a demonstra-tion of hand-clapping seldom heardgreeted him.'Bailey and Cowen went to them

from the start, after Bard made hisspeech, and the boys worked hard toovercome the handicap. Bailey standsout as a banjoist, introducing melodiesseldom heard on this instrument.Cowen sang well, but could omit onecomedy number, as it was heard herelast week.The Four Bards - (no relation to .

Wilkie) performed' their acrobatictricks with skill and held many in.

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VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS(Continued on Page 10)

. THE ROYALDolores Vallecita and her Indian

leopards opened the show. The actis a well-staged animal act, and con-tains numerous thrills aside from be-ing interesting.

AI Raymond and Tom Schram in

"A Syncopated Cocktail," which wasa mixture of old and new songs, manyof them accompanied by parodies,

scored quite.a hit .in second spot.

"The Magic Glasses," "a speculationin specs," as the program stated it.

written by Frances Nordstorm, is arather clever little skit done entirely

in rhyme. The success of this offer-

ing was spoiled from the very first bythe tardiness of the electrician.

Preceded by an extremely awkwardpause,- Florence Ames and AdelaideWinthrop were next in "Caught ina Jam." There were laughs and manyof them, and, as the little episode pro-ceeded, becoming more risque withevery line (but never suggestive) theaudience almost laughed until it cried.

There was another awkward pausebefore Nonette made her appearance.Nonette, who is billed as a gypsy vi-

oliniste and singer, possesses a fairly

'

pleasing voice, and in playing her in-

strument displayed a fair technique,a rather raspy tone (except when theviolin was muted) and was not al-

ways true as to tone in playing herdouble stops and harmonics. How-ever, when she played her Maygainumbers she brought all the tricks ofbowing and technique, which are com-monly associated with gypsy music,into play. Jerry Jarnagin at thepiano played passably.

Following the intermission _ EricZardo, pianist, played himself into abig hand with a well-worked-ont pro-gram of classic, semi-classic and pop-ular solos. Zardo possesses just theproper amount of technique and tem-perament to make his act a success onthe variety stage. He opens with amedley of popular operatic airs whichhe has encased in an elaborate lace

work of variations. This is followedby the Prelude in C Sharp Minor, anumber well known to vaudeville fol-

lowers, and which is always sure toplease. In closing he again returns to

the lace work idea, but this time it

surrounds the latest jazz numbers,which he plays in the jazziest ofshoulder-moving manners. He wascalled back for an encore.

.James B. Carson and Companywere next with their comedy sketch,

"To Be or Not to .Be," by Hugh Her-bert and Ned Dandy. This turn tells

the story of a young Jewish lad whowould become one" of the merry bandof thespians, who are supposed to live

always in a "frolic" or "whirl." Butthe senior member of the family hasdifferent views and knows of a "goodopening at twelve dollars per" wherea man can make an ."honest" living.

It finally develops that just as the lad

is about to leave home for good, thelong expected chance comes and hetakes his place upon the stage wherehe "frolics" for three hundred "per."The turn is well written and containsmany humorous moments.

In next to closing place, the "Cre-ole Fashion Plate" appeared in his

flawless impersonation.

Los Rodriques. closed the showwith an act which, aside from beinginteresting, was sensational. Theywork hard and their stunts are wellworked out. They scored. E. H.

RIVERSIDERekoma lived up to his billing of

executing "graceful and daring feats"'in equilibrism. The young man is

very graceful, and, in, addition to pot-ting over a number of new stunts inthe line of equilibrism, he also deliv-ered some thrills in contortion workthat was well done.Big time' artists are supposed to be

temperamental, and we wonder if thatis the reason that one of the Du-FourBoys acted so strangely at the close ofthe act. He had been doing a singledance, and was doing it very nicely,when, either he fell out of step, orthe orchestra was wrong. Thereuponhe stopped the routine of the danceand glared at the orchestra. At theclose of the act he refused to bow,despite the big' hand accorded. Hisbrother, however, made up with a.

pleasant smile and bow. The two arenifty dancers, of exceptional merit,but the display of temper was entirelyunnecessary.

Eddie Buzzell and Peggy Parkerare the young couple who recentlymade themselves popular in "Not YetMarie." It looks as though this teamwill soon become a big time act, indemand, for their personality alone is

enough to get them over with anyaudience.

Announcement was made here ofMiss Palmer's illness, and that CharlesPurcell would fill in for her. Purcellwas greeted with applause on his en-trance. He worked without the as-sistance of a pianist, and was attiredin a street suit of blue. Followinghis opening medley of production hits,

he rendered a number of publishedsongs, and a special ballad. Pureell'sfault is that he took too many encores..

"For Pity's Sake," the traveityon old time melodrama, featuringThomas Duray, seems to have addedothers in the cast that are new. Thisoffering still continues to get as man>laughs as it did when it toured forthe first time, although the work ofsome in the cast seemed to lack thespirit that was formerly injected intothe piece.

Frank. Sabine and Harry Goodwin,assisted by a "wop" plant In the ot-chestra pit, offered their comedy, sing-ing and instrumental skit and stoppedthe show. Sabine is a dandy rag-time pianist and also played the. Ha-waiian steel guitar well. Harry Good-win sang and was compelled to takeah encore with . one of his numbers.

Charles Grapewin and Anna Chancekept the audience in good humor with"Jed's Vacation," a sequel to "Pough-keepsie,' which is now being done byHerbert Denton and Company. Grape-win, despite the fact that he testified

to the Federal Trade Commission that"Poughkeepsie" was a worn-out shirt,

is using a few gags that were in thatoffering, and also refers to it in somelines.

Although Ruth Roye was handi-capped by a very bad cold, it did notprevent her from stopping the showuntil she begged off. She rendereda routine of new published numbers.

John Guiran and Mile. Marguerite,with Billy Griffiths at the piano, arecertainly worthy of better than clos-

ing position on the bill. Guiran's danc-ing is very good.- Billy Griffiths is apianist of exceptional merit. In short,

the act is "all there." \ -V

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COLONIALFrank and Milt Britton opened the

show with a musical act that scored alarge hit in the position it occupied.

Miller and Bradford, on second, hadlittle difficulty in keeping the crowdwell in hand, and' scored a big hit withthe , well balanced singing act. Mil-ler's operatic number was well ap-plauded^ and Miss Bradford's comedynumber also pleased. They declinedan encore.

Mile. Rhea, Joseph Mach, Jr., andFrank K. Irvin, followed them, andpresented a clever little musical anddancing act. Mile. Rhea is a daintylittle miss, who possesses very clevertoes. Her dances are welt staged, andset to catchy music. Her two assist-

ants render her capable aid.

Buster Santos and Jacques Hayesoffered a comedy act that started thelaughball arolling. The contrast be-tween these two is so marked and soincongruous that their appearancetogether is bound to be laugh-provok-ing. Aside from their appearance,which helps considerably, the twoare really clever entertainers, and theysucceeded in scoring a huge hit

Valeric Bergere and Company oftwo men and a woman, offered a plry-let that is by far the best the writerhas seen her in. It not only has its

tense dramatic moments, but is fla-

vored abundantly with comedy that is.

really clever. Miss Bergere's por-trayal of the wouldbe Butterfly wife,who has "a little sense knocked intoher head," is sympathetic, and showsher to be a versatile actress. Thestory of the playlet is as follows:George, an inventor, has been tryingfor a long time to put his inventionon the market. His wife, a womanaccustomed to luxury, is dissatisfied

with him, and decides to leave him infavor of a millionaire, who isr a for-

mer lover of hers. In her hurry toget away, she is injured by the fall-

ing of a pole, and,' in semi-conscious-ness, has a peculiar dream in whichshe sees her future. She awakens in-

time to her nearly broken - life

right again. Miss Bergere's companyrendered excellent assistance,

: andthey deserve their fair share of thecredit that is the act's due.Following intermission and the

"Topics of the Day" came Grance La «

Rue, with her repertoire of specialtysongs. Miss LaRue is an artist in

her line, and she further demon-strated her title to such a positionby the manner in which she put her

1 act across, in spite of an audience that

was inclined to be disagreeable to

anything that bore the marks of theaesthetic However, she no soonerstarted to sing than the audience waswith her, and she scored an excep-tionally big hit.

Following came Bert Baker andcompany of two women and a .man.Baker's sketch, "Prevarication." is alaughfest' from begining to end Theaudience just "ate it up" as. it came.Baker fits his part' naturally. And hiscompany provide excellent foils for .

his peculiar brand of humor. Despitethe age of the act, and the frequencyof its appearance, it still proves its

right to' existence by the big laughinghit it scores.Mcblinger and Meyer offered a

singing and piano act that stopped theshow. These boys are singing songsthey wrote themselves, and, from thereception they got, proved their rightto call themselves popular song writ-

ers.

Johnny Clark and Company closedthe show with an exhibition of acro-batic skill, on the part of Clark, thatprovides quite a few thrills, darkIB an excellent knockabout acrobaticcomedian. . :

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AMERICAN(Last Half)

Bvetyn aad Marguerite opend to* showwith, a variety offering Including- singing.skating and bicycling. The girl* work fastad put their act over nicely.cut aad Boblnson, "The wop aad the

(Hrl, followed. They bare a song andtalk aet that pleases. They weald dowell to Inject a Ultla mora pap Into theset, however.The bill was Interrupted here by a Fox

comwit*DeVlne aad William* followed with

their .coined* offering called "What Doesthe Public Want 7" They offered a travestyob the drama, the magical comedy, andvaudeville. For an encore they offeredtheir Impression of how different starewould slag s popular song."Sweet Sweeties," a musical tabloid, fol-

lowed. The act pleased. For a fartherrerlew see New Acts.Saxton and.Mobr offered a singing and

comedy act that might be classed as "notso good." Was Saxton. a clever comedi-enne. Is a poor singer and their comedytalk la Bat. The act lacka speed and ma-terial. The singing, by. Hohr, of songshe wrote, was the biggest hit In the act.'

The news reel offered the second Inter-ruption to the bill.

Francis Ryan, a female Impersonator,•cored a decided bit. He makes a tall, im-pressive looking woman, and puts his de-lineation acroas nicely.Mr. snd Mrs. MacDonald, la a comedy

sketch called "The Knockout," followed.The act tells the story of a young wifewho decides to teach her husbsnd a lesson.Hubby has a nasty habit of telling lies,

and wine cures him of It In quick order.The aet sbonnds In laughs, and is verywell played.Cook snd Smith, closed the show with a

eemedy offering. These two boys, coloredcomedians, have an excellent act. Thetaller of the two essays a Chinese role,and does it well. One would swear that"a heathen chlnee" was standing beforehim. Their concluding number Is very ap-propriate at this time.••Someone Must Pay." a social drams,

concluded the performance, and the audi-ence remained Bested while a tale of love'strials unfolded Itself In a heart-gripping

PROCTOR'S 125TH STREET(Last Half). .'.'•.

Fifteen acta were offered on Friday aft-ernoon.

x Levy and Alexander offered some sensa-tional trapes* and bar work In the open-ing spot and found no difficulty in get-ting orar for a big hand.Mlltoo Wallace offered some patter and

soaga. wirtten by Miss Florence Hadley,and gave a good account of himself.Willi* Hearn followed with a routine of

rope-splnnlng and some gngs.Nanette Flack, assisted by a pianist who

was not billed, sang a cycle of old bal-lads. New Acts.Jack Splro followed with a song cycle

that was well set, but poorly sung. NewActa.Bobby Guyot, evidently an amateur,

talked and did some instrumental workthat was poor from start to finish. Newwiikerson and WUkeraon, two men who

most bara used some high shoe polish forblacking. Judging from the shine on theirfaces, lasted long enough for ManagerBob O' Donnell to get from the front of thehouse to back-stags to call them off.George and Bay Perry scored the first

big hit with a dandy banjo offering. NewJack Burdetts talked and did some dandy

eartooBlng and got over. New Acts.Millard and Doyle, a dandy team with an

act of exceptional merit, offered singing,patter and dancing, all of which they didwell. . They use a special drop in one, and.

special place drops In two. Theirclosing number, with the scene laid onthe Bowery, was a "tough" dance and Ison* of the best In the business.Dare Harris will always score<gkrlot In a

small time house, bat why resort to smutco get ever ? The opening numbers whichHarris delivers are good, and go over well.But the latter part of his turn consists ofa lot of suggestive verses, delivered In asuggestive manner.**Tbe Beauty Vender" la without doubt

one of the beat "boke" acts in the busi-ness. One man and three character womenare in the company. The man does biswork well, and tbp characters, sn Italiangirl, a Jewess and an old mntd. are ex-cellent. With a little more ImprovementIn the lines, this act can raise a riot onany bill.

Hendricks and Stone, two men. found It

easy going with some singing and patter,both of which they did well.Ruth Curtis and her Jaxa band followed

fourteen acta and not only held them In.

but scored a solid hit In closing the show.G. J. H.

VAUDEVILLE REVIEWSFLATBUSH

(Last Half)

Noack, a young man. offered a numberof equilibrist teau for the opening turn.Waits be showed nothing that could botermed, sensational or new In his line ofwork, ha did his work well and thrilled theaudience here.Holmes and Wella are a pleasing couple

as fax as personality la concerned,' bnttheir offering la badly in need of some-thing to liven It np, for It drags fromstart to finish. The- pair offer some sing-ing . and pstter and also go through anold fashlontd waits at the close of theirset. The songs are special numbers andrendered well. The patter, however. Issorely In need of improvement.De Onsonne snd Baker are, without a

doubt, one of the best female doubles tobe seen in vaudeville with sn act of theirkind. Miss De Onsonne, who does most ofthe singing in the turn, delivers a "blues"song In a manner that is sure-fire. Herappearance is very neat and ber voice is

excellent for the type of numbers sherenders. Miss Baker, besides being oneof the prettiest little creatures to be seenIn either vaudeville or production, caneasily lay claim to being one of the beatragtime painlsts now. appearing on thestage. As a team they are well matched,and It la no wonder they scored one ofthe biggest hits of the bill.

Walter Flshter and Company offer acomedy sketch that kept the laugh com-ing for every minute the torn was on.The old theme of mix-ups In Identity is

used In the offering, excellently handledby a capable cast.MIgnon Is still doing ber Imitations and

wss compelled to take three encores anda large number of bows. She opened withEddie Leonard and then offered ber lm-1>resslons of Sophie Tucker, Mnrle Dress-er, Nan Halperln, Henry Lewis and Ber-nard Granville. Wltb the exception of So-phie Tucker, the Imitations were well done."Corner-Store," the old "rube" set,

closed the show amid a riot of laughter,it's curious to see how buman beingslaugh at the sight of another human beingsmeared and pasted all over wltb a lot ofwhite, sticky and sloppy mush. But, aslong aa they do, the act la sure to go

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PROSPECT(Last Half)

Roy Harrah and Jacqueline opened theshow with an exhibition on roller skatesthat la marvellous. Their sensational stuntswon them hearty applause.Cavannugh and Tompkins offered a com-

edy singing, talking and dancing act thatwas received with favor. Both are cleverand have likable personalities. Their ma-teria], while it could be improved upon,is clever enough to win laughs as it Is.Their genial nonsense made a hit with theaudience, and accordingly they scored heav-ily. They declined an encore.Kelson and Cronln followed and offered

a repertoire of song numbers, new snd old.The taller of the two would make an ex-cellent eccentric dancer, for he displayedability In that line during some of the com-edy numbers. His few steps caused muchhilarity and the audience was evidentlydisappointed that he dldnt do an eccen-tric dance. They scored a large Used hitsnd took sn encore. Their work la a greatImprovement over what It waa when thewriter first saw them.

Phyllis GUmore and Company offered acomedy sketch that waa a riot. The plotla as follows: A young womsn gains entryto the apartments of a bachelor by meansof a clever ruse. Ones In bis room, shetries to blackmail him. A lady book agentwho has been trying to sell the young manher book enters and poses aa his wife.Between them, the two manage to get ridof tha blackmailer. After his rescuer hssrefused to be his wife, the young man asksher what he can do to repay her, and,presto, our persistent book agent bobs up,and says, "Buy a copy 'of my book."Eddie - Borden and Company followed

with their well known hokum act, andscored their osual bit. Borden's anticswon laughter aplenty. But be should, atleast, give his assistant a little of thebilling, for ha la Borden'a greatest asset.Jsck Wystt and his Scotch lada and

Lassie closed the vaudeville portion of thebill. The act contains the pep of ScotchWhiskey, the Ore of the Highlanders anda breath of the heather. They scored atremendous bit and Wyatt war forced totake two encores. What a haggis la to aScotchman on Hums day, this art la lu avaudeville bill, for it is one that appealsby -virtue of it's everlasting, inexplicable,heart holding qualities.The show wss closed- with high class

01m features. 8. K.

REGENT(Last Half)

The orchestra at this house, with S. W.Lawton wielding the baton, seems to bareconsiderably improved in its playing sincelast season. To those who remember thaunmusical aggregation that held forth inthe pit not ao very long ago, tha improve-ment was evident when, during the run-ning of the feature picture, Tscnsikowsy's"Chanson Trlste" waa rendered. It waaplayed well.Swain's Pets - are interesting animals,

especially the cats. . The rats cavortednimbly; but the cats, by reason of theirapparently superior - Intelligence, carriedoff the honors.Francis snd Hnme are a young man and

a yonng woman who sing, dance andchatter after the manner of a number ofothers In vaudeville. The outstandingfeature of their offering Is the singing ofthe yonng woman toward the end of theact. She warbled in a sort of whistlingstaccato that got over and helped the actconsiderably.King and Harvey's act is rather distinc-

tive. Both of these men sing and one ofthem plays the piano as well. The one atthe piano was funny when lie chirped Infeminine tones; and the other one is a bari-tone whose tones are quite pleasant to theear. The distinctiveness of their set liesin. their ability to arouse laughter withoutgrowing vulgar.

Elsie Williams and Company. In a play-let, entitled "Who la to Blame?" suc-ceeded In provoking laughter with theiroffering, which deals with an energeticquarrel carried on by a newlywed couplein the presence of their uncle, the quarrelresulting from the superstition that at-taches to the dropping of a salt shaker.The playlet waa well acted.Beaale Browning and Jack Denny were

recalled after the finish of their act andcame forth and bowed in acknowledgmentof the applause they Justly deserved. Den-ny played the piano, doing well; but MissBrowning charmed with her comical man-nerisms while she sang specially writtensongs. She Is a good comedienne with afine sense of comedy values.Cot. Diamond, an octogenarian, accord-

ing to his own admission, assisted by hisvery young granddaughter, seemed to beliving proof of the recent assertion of theFrench scientist. Dr. Toronoff, that youthmay be restored to the aged. The Coloneldanced three waltzes and a one-step withhis youthful partner, and what he lackedin terpslchoren grace and abandon he madeup for In the Intense Interest that hia danc-ing aroused. He is no nimble youngster;that is evident. But he is, apparently, ahale tnd heatry octogenarian, whose offer-ing will always prove interesting in thesmall time houses. He is booked at thishouse for the entire week, .and, judgingfrom the success his act met on the open-ing night of the last half, be conld easilyremain over another. M. L. A.

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HARLEM OPERA HOUSE(Last Half)

Maria, with ber accordeon, opened theshow and was well received. The yonnglady handles the Instrument in an accept-able manner and plays selections of thelopular and semi-classic order in a way.hat brings apnlsuse. She also scoredwith her song offerings.Amanda and Gray Boys were next and

found the second plsce very easy going,with their well-sung rag-time medley ofpopular operatic aire. See New Acta.

''Election Night," an act filled with pep,presented by a man and a woman, wasnext. Their offering waa well writtenand equally well enacted, with a goodhearty laugh In every line. The turn isconcocted about a man and wife who arepolitical rivals and their stump speecheswere more than humorous. The act scoreda decided hit and should always find thasmall time easy going.Morgan and Kloter worked themselves

Into their share of applause with theirneat turn of song, patter and impersona-tions of popular stars of the stage.Private Bobby Kendall, in next to clos-

ing Place, scored a number of laughs withhis black-face song and talk offering andhis reminiscence* of camp life. Althoughthe public has become fed up with soldieracta during the last half year, this youngman had no trouble In registering a bit.Yerke's Jssxmarimba Orchester closed

the show. This somewhat odd stringed in-strument wss featured in the opening num-bers. The work of the two young men onthe saxophones was well received.. Theorchester is a trifle to noisy to get thefull effect of the Jaxz numbers. They willdo well to listen to Ted Lcwis' Orchestraand pattern playing after it. The long-haired musician at the bass viol deserves'mention o nthe bill for his clever comedywork. - • B. H.

EIGHTY-FIRST STREET(Laat Half)

Tha vaudeville bill consisted of only fouracta, due to the length of the Four MarxBrothers' offering, which runs for thirty-nine minutes. Their vehicle, entitled *'N'-Everythlng," found a very receptive audi-ence and went over big. The Marx Broth-ers win their success by being able topresent an offering which Is far and awayfrom any other act In vaudeville. Andthe originality of their work is backed npby real ability.Arthur Marx, aa an Italian nondescript.

Is given plenty of chance -to show hisability aa a comedian and makes the mostof every opportunity. The saying that"every move la a picture," can be changedin his case to "every move Is a laugh,"for every bit of bis comedy .pantomlna la

sure-fire. His harp solo, with a happymixture of tha artist and the comedian,waa a gem;Not far behind in getting ianghs was

Julius Marx, in the role of the father. Hissong and dance number made the audiencewish, for more.The ten other members in the act all

acquitted themselves. well, and Bertlne Car-penter did aome fine work, particularly in

a whirlwind dance.- •' -

The show was opened by the Belle Sis-ters, two pretty girls, offering their "Songand Dance Revuette." If the Belle Sisterscould put over their songs more effectively,

they would have a successful big timeact. But their singing falls sadly ' shortof the mark. They make a classy appear-ance and their- several coat limes are all

tasty and distinctive. Their dancing is

far ahead of their singing. But the girls

sing as much as they dance. The audiencetreated them coldly."On the Bagged Edge" is a jass com-

edy, written by Frances Nordstrom. It is

a typical crook playlet, made distinctivehy a recital of the lines in lass metre.The idea Is good and is n welcome relieffrom the more serious "crook" acts. Bntmany of the rhmei are. Inexcusablyweak. There is no defense for trying torhyme "time" with "line," "alone" with"dome." "Joke" with "goat." or "light"with "pipe." The act Is originally pro-trayed and the setting classy.

Bert Grant and Bill Jones, billed as "pop-ular Song Writers In a Medley of TheirBits," bad an easy time of it and all oftheir work scored. The gag about thedead man, though, while funny to aome of

the audience, la probably offensive toothers. Its elimination would enhance thequality of the act.

The feature picture, "The Miracle Man."was probably responsible for an S. R. p.house. This production la one of the

most beautiful tales ever told. Its lesson,

of abounding faith, is taught In a simplemanner that reaches the hearts of all.

G. J. H.

AUDUBON 1(Last Half)

The Two Spartans followed the openingdims with a strong-man offering of excep-tional merit. The men went through a rou-tine of muscle straining feats and the audi-ence, contrary to its usual habit, did notwait until the. end of the turn to applaud,but gave each feat a generous hand.

Cosete and Verdi are still using the samematerial for comedy, and have added little

i4 that is new for their Instrumental numbers.They opened in "wop" costumes and didthe latter part of their turn in full dress.

The pair play the violin and 'cello fairly

well, but their comedy has much room forimprovement.Leonard and Wlllard are still using their

"Seldom Inn" drop, but have added a targenumber of new gags that proved to beriots. Some of them are Inclined to be onthe "blue" order, but, as delivered by thecapable pair,- they can't be called objec-tionable. The lady member of tbe team is

an excellent comedienne and her partner, la

addition to possessing a good singing,

voice, la a dandy straight man.Following tha debut of the "Fox News,"

Clara Howard, an attractive auburn-hairedyoung woman, announced In aong ber re-

turn after entertaining tha boys in France.

She offered a number of songs and somecomedy with such telling effect that she

took two encores and stopped the showcold.

The audience was in a giggling mood bythe time Miss Howard was through, andBurke and Tonhey found the going very

easy. The team, both men. play Irish

characters, who have met each other after

a number of years. Both start in to pnyeach other and they put over some fairly

good gags. ' One played tbe Irish pipes

and they closed with an Irish Jig or two.

Jovedah de Rajah and Company, billed

at this house as The Rajahs, closed theshow. This Is one mlnd-readlng act that

is in a class by itself. Jovedah soon badall tbe skeptics In the audience with him.

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October 22, 1919. THE NEW YORK CLIPPER n

EVELYN NESBITTheatre—Mt. Vernon.Style—Singing.Time—Sixteen minutes.Setting—In two (special).

Evelyn Nesbit is back in vaude-ville, assisted by a pianist who wasnot billed when reviewed. - Aftertwo years on the silver sheet, shehas returned looking much young-er, in fact, girlish. But she will

find that her new offering will hard-ly do.The last time Miss Nesbit ap-

peared in vaudeville, she did an ar-

tistic dancing, act with Jack Clif-

ford. « For her new offering she is

presenting a routine of songs anddramatic bits. - After an openingsong, she offers a number called

"You Ain't Heard Nothi n' Yet," andafter hearing it we didn't want tohear any more. ".-

The next song is about Romeoand Juliet and it has some exceed-ingly poor patter in it. A dramaticbit comes next, probably used afterseeing Mrae. Petrova's success with

. *^The Shulamite." It was very poor-ly done. Miss Nesbit gazed into acrystal ball and asked it whether

. she should marry a rich man, a poorman/ or make a career for herself..After gazing, she enacted ' the fu-ture, showing what would happen if

she did any of the three. '

Miss Nesbit may be a very goodscreen actress, but when it . comesto legitimate drama, her characteri-zations are far from convincing. Inaddition to her poor acting, the bit

offered is mediocre and drags.Her act closes with a jazz pub-

lished number.We .simply cannot understand,

after seeing what an exceptionallygood dancer Miss Nesbit is, the rea-son

.for her offering a song -cycle.

We can only suggest a new act forher. G. J. H.

FAUST AND BROTHERTheatre—Harlem Opera House.Style—Revolving Ladder.Time—Ten minutes.Setting—Full stage.

Minnie Faust and her brother willhave no difficulty in getting plentyof bookings as an opening or closingturn on any land of a bill, for the

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simple reason that acrobatic acts ofthis kind are very few and are al-ways' thrilling. ;•:

Miss Faust and her brother' startwith a number of trapeze feats, withthe trapeze hanging from the end ofa revolving ladder. After a fewopening stunts they went through ashTt routine on the revolving lad-der. . G. J. H.

MILDRED VALMORETheatre—Proctor's 125th St.Style—Singing Comedienne.Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—In one.

Mildred Valmore is an attractivewoman who has the voice and, inspots, showed ability to put over afairly good female "single." Buther present offering is anything butgood. For her comedy songs, sheas a lot of old numbers, such as

the "CTeopatra" number from Sin-bad," which she delivers very poor*ly. Her comedy material can onlybe called cheap and common, andmight offend an intelligent audiencethat had paid to see somethingclever.'Miss Valmore would do well to

fit a routine of numbers a la Bellealter, for her voice and her person-'

ality are of-that type. But her pres-ent act will never do fortnythingbat the small time. G. / H.

NEW ACTS AND REAPPEARANCESWILLIE HEARN ;

Theatre—Proctor's 125th Street.Style—Rope spinning and patter.Time—Ten minutes. .

Setting—Full stage.'Hcarn is a yourthful appearing fel-

low, who has a pleasing little offeringon the style of Will Rogers that will

undoubtedly, get plenty of work onthe small time.Costumed as a "movie" cowboy,. be

offers a . routine of rope-spinningstunts, using different sized rope anda clever line of patter.' He would dowell to. pay more attention. to the de-livery of his gags and get' more outof them. The rope stunts are goodand' also arc done well. . - G. J. H.

. , JACK BURDETTETheatre—Proctor's 125th Street.

Style—Monologue and Cartoonist.Time—Twelve minutes.Setting—In one.

Burdette 'starts his turn with a lot

of patter about some soap which heis supposed to be selling. In this, heput over some gags that were fairly

good and others less effective.

He also offered a bit of cartooning,

at the end of his act that was fairly

well done. The turn will do for thepop houses. • G. J. H.

AMANDA AND GRAY BOYSTheatre—Harlem Opera HouseStyle—Singing.Time—Fifteen minutes. . .

Setting—In one. -

In billing the two Grays as "boys,"there was probably an attempt atsubtle humor. The two allegedyouths appear to be far from. theclass of young men termed as"boys," but, if. not in the "spring-chicken" age, they lacked nothing inpep and offer an act that will alwaysreceive generous applause on thesmalltime.The act offers a medley of popu-

lar operatic airs which have.been soarranged that nothing - remains ofthe original theme but the melody;the rest is pure "rag." Amanda pos-sesses a good singing voice, andadds much to the success of theturn by her clever work. A little

comedy has been thrown in to goodeffect. The . two- men also possessgood singing voices and make gooduse of them. E. H.

"SWEET SWEETIES"Theatre—Loew's American.Style—Tabloid.Time—Thirty minutes.Setting—Full stage-candy shop.

Herman Becker is responsible, for

this act, a rather pleasing girl of-

fering, as such acts go. .There is a- plot to it, which is rather unusual.A young man has -fallen madly in

love with the superintendent of a' candy shop. She uses him. -to further

her. own ends.. She and the ownerof the shop to whom she is to be mar-ried decide to trim the youngster andsucceed, finally, in selling him the

candy shop. He offers to give it to

the object of his affections if she will

marry him, but she turns him down for

the other fellow.The act is excellently staged, baa

catchy tones and. some really cleverlines. With sufficient work, the actwill gradually be smoothed out and therough spots eliminated. In about twoweeks, this ought to rank as a first

class girl act, for it has the people andmaterial. There are three principalsand a chorus of. six comedy girls.

The work of all concerned is vegood Becker has* winner. S. K.

GEO. AND RAY PERRYTheatre—Proctor's 125th Street.Style—Banjo.Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—In one.

A team that offers straight banjoplaying is really an old time act, andthere are few playing . around invaudeville now-a-days. But Georgeand Ray Perry are by no means old-timers, for. their appearance la veryyouthful and refreshing,—which is at

the very, outset one big asset in their

favor. ."'.'

And how they can play I. This pair

are a jazz band in themselves. Theirentire routine consists of publishednumbers, iazz* one-step and a ballad,

all of which they play excellently.

George and Ray. Perry will have nodifficulty in pleasing any audience andshould have no trouble - in gettingworlcv -.. G. J. H..

MARIATheatre—Procter's 23rd St.

Style—Accordionist.Time—Twelve minutes. -

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Setting—In one. -

Maria is a capable accordianist anda rather good, singer She opens in asemi-Italian costume, and offers a na-tive number. She then changes hercostume, and offers a popular number.This is followed by several other highclass selections, with costume changes,and she closes with a medley of pop-ular numbers. For an encore, shesings a popular ballad, accompanying

- herself. She is a good accordianist,and has an act that will please. Herchanges, of costume are made withlightning rapidity. S. K.

THREE MELFORDS'

Theatre—Proctor's 23rd St.

Style—Acrobatic clowns.Time—Ten minutes.Setting—Full stage. Barren.

The Three Melfords are presentinga tumbling act that needs a little

speeding up. They offer a routine ofordinary tumbling and several risley

tricks. They work in black and whitemakeup,, with costumes to match.. ••

The act is capable of good things, if

properly treated. For instance, theycould inject some real good comedyand. get some livery, snappy music.

Also, the value of the act would begreatly enhanced by the use of ablack and white checkered box drop,as it would add an artistic touch tothe turn. . S. K.

HENDRICKS AND STONETheatre—Greenpoint.Style—Singing and Talking.Time—Eighteen minutes.

Ordinary iu one.Hendricks and Stone have an ex-

cellent' singing and talking act. Bomhave good voices, their talk is clever,

and Hendricks dresses well. Stonedoes ; the comedy, while Hendricksplays straight. He makes one of theclassiest straights we have seen.

They Open with some talk in whichHendricks tries to get Stone, who is

drunk, to go home-This leads 'to.asong about going home to mother.Stone then leaves the stage for thepurpose of getting a drink and Hen-dricks sings a high class ballad.

Stone follows with a comedy song,and they follow up with more talk andsongs. They should find the goingeasy anywhere; for they have the

• goods, and deliver in fine Style.;-.}« v-'-.-;: ':.*. &K*

ANNA WADELL AND CO:Theatre—Greenpoint.Style—Comedy skit.Tmw—Twenty minutes.Setting—In one. Ordinary.

Anna Wardell and her assistantare offering a travesty on the suf-frage situation in which they arccandidates for Mayor of the Wom-an's Suffrage and Independent par-ties, respectively. The act consistsof campaign speeches and providesmany hearty laughs. Some of theremarks could be eliminated and theact speeded up toward the finish.They start off furiously and keep

up the pace for most of the act.But the last three minutes slowdown, and drag monotonously. Jfthe act should be speeded up tow-ard the close, it would go much bet-ter than it now does.Aside from , the fault noted, the

act is a perfect little comedy skit.which should have-no trouble In get-ting laughs wherever it plays.

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JACKSPIROTheatre—Proctor's 125th Street. ',

Style—Singing. .'..

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Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—In two and three (specialdrop and boxed.Either Spiro cannot sing, or when

reviewed, he was troubled with -avery bad cold. His first drop is acurtain of blue satin, hung in two.In the rear, set in three, is a boxedstage with special place drops for ear*.number. And in this he works.He opened in uniform; which he

wore all through his routine. The first

scene was supposed to represent thetrenches in Flanders, and very melo-dramatically, Spiro sang several songsfollowed by a dramatic recitation.After the orchestra vamped severalminutes, he offered his next number,with a battleship for his background. <

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belle newmanTheatre—Proctor's 12Sth St.Style—Singing and Violin.Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—In one.

Miss Newman opened her offer-ing by singing a ballad off stage, en-tering during its rendition. She fol-lowed it with another song and thendid a violin solo in a costume alaNonette. A vocal number followedthe instrumental one and she dosedwith some popular numbers on theviolin. . Her voice is a wide rangecontralto. But we would suggestless singing and more violin playingas an improvement to the act. '

'At present. Miss Newman will dofor the small time only. But witha god violin routine and a more at-tractive wardrobe she may reach amuch higher plane. G. J. H

BOBBY GUYOTTheatre—Proctor's 125th StreetStyle—Singing, talking,Time—Fourteen minutes.Setting—In one.Attired in bell-hops' uniform, BobbyGuyot makes a good start with acomedy published number. But afterbis opening song, he fell fiat Hismaterial was poor to an extreme andhis delivery, although a bit confident,was just as bad. Bobby also played

the clarinet and a couple of whistles.All we can say about his playing is

that we'd hate to be his neighbor.Now, if Bobby is really anxious to

go into vaudeville, he should get someone to write an act for him and someone to teach hbn to play the clarinet

G.J.R

11 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 22, 1919.

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STOCK NEWS sk CHICAGO NEWS

StbckXIiompanies PuttingTowns on Theatrical Map

Many That Have Not Had Own Amusements for-YearsAre Housing Companies. Outlook for Sue- r

cess of Companies Very Bright.•Jr.

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Although New Jersey is just acrossthe way from New York, there aremany small towns there that haveneverbeen heard of theatrically speak-ing, and were it not for the unusualturmoil and sudden ending of the warand the recent strike, they would haveremained unknown. But. the strikebrought an unlobked for wave of pros-perity to stock managers and. theyfound, themselves with companies ontheir hands and no theatres to put

• them hi-'

'Then one or two enterprising folkwent over the Jersey and started hunt-ing, and soon they unearthed severalsmall: towns, averaging about 4,000 to5,000 population which had never hadany amusement centers of their own.True," there were theatres there, butno one had ever used them, and so

Three Film Men HeldinRailroad Ticket Friatid

Charged With Working In Connivance With ConductorsTotResell Tickets After They Were Collected Oh

Trains. Cleared $150,000, It Is Said

these persons started leasing the thea-tres. And now there arc about a doz-en new names oh the theatrical mapof New Jersey, and such towns asWoodclifie, Ramsey, and the like,

which had up to how been known onlyto those with relatives there, or thosewho had been there for vacations, arebecoming known theatrically.The outlook for stock in these

towns is par excellency, because theyare amusement hungry and ready togobble up anything that can cometheir way. The .residents of theseplaces who have had to go to nearbycities like Paterson and Newark, fortheir amusement, went willingly, but.now that they are having playsbrought to them, there is no reasonto. supose that| they will not supportstock companies.

HORTON GOES WESTEdward Evarett H orton, well

known along the pacific coast as astock leading man, has left New Yorkand gone to Los Angeles to head the

Majestic Theatre Stock Company,•'• where he will open in the leading role

of Broadway Jones.

CHAMPLIN GETS 2 PLAYERS.- Freehold, N. J.. Oct 20.—The Chas.

K. Champlin Playera, appearing herethtsi week, have with them two new

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;.'players- They are Hazel Carleton, the.new ingenue, and Chauncey Dumas,electrician, who also plays small parts.

']': TO RE-OPEN TOURWilliamsport, Pa, Oct. 20.—Robert

Downing, the evangelist actor,- openshere to-night in "Ten Nights in a BarRoom," after an enforced lay-off dueto congested bookings. After a short

tour through this state and New York,he will head South via Norfolk andRichmond. Va., for an extended tour

that will eventually carry him to the

"rTacffic coast

CUTTER CO. DOING WELLPerry, N. Y., Oct 18.—The Cutter

Stock Company closed its engagementhere tonight after a week of turnawaybusiness. The company has been do-ing turnaway since the tour started.In the cast are. Ward McAllister, M.A. Brewer, Herbert Powers, Jack Ray-mond, Luella Arnold and Luola Blais-dele.

RETURNS TO BRIDGEPORTBridgeport, Conn., Oct. 18.— Jack

McGrath, who has. been connectedwith the Polis Players for the pastfour years, has rejoined his old com-pany at Bridgeport, Conn.

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JOINS JEWISH PLAYERSMorris Rosenblatt, recently arrived

:from Europe, has been added to the*

: cast:, of the . Lyric Theatre JewishStock Company, in Brooklyn. He is adiscovery of M. Wilensky, director of

.^the;company.(

LEAVE STOCK FOR VATJDE.Akron, Ohio, Oct 17.—Paul A.

Moher and Del. W. Sherrard have left

the! Paaline McLean Stock Company,-•now playing here The two are pre-

paring an act for vaudeville.

WILL PUT ON NEW PLAY^Bridgeport, Conn., Oct 20.

—"OneBora Every Minute," a new play, •will

- be given it's first performance on the27th of this month, when the Foli

• Players, at the Lyric Theatre, this' cltyv will present it The piece will

be given, for the benefit of New York..managers, with a view to Broadwayproduction It was originally sched-uled for Broadway under the .title of

*= "Dollar Bitt."

v „ . QJOIN GLASSMIRE STOCK, Baltimore. M«L, Oct 20.— Ralph.Murphy and .George LaRue havejoined the Glassmire, Stock Company

-.'a* the Colonial Theatre, this city, as

juvenile and leading man respectively.

JOINS NEW HAVEN PLAYERSNew Haven, Conn., Oct. .17.—Wini-

fred St. Clair, well known stock lead-ing lady, has joined the Poli Playersin this' city and opens on Monday the20th, in "PoHyanna."

KANE TAKES CHARGEThomas F. Kane, president of the

Century Play Company, has assumedall the responsibilities of managementand will, in future, handle all of thecompany's business. DeWitt Newing,formerly general manager of the com-pany, resigned his position .to acceptone with the Reynolds Denniston Re-pertoire Company, to tour the.'Orient

GETS COOKE PLAYThe Century • Play Company 'have

secured the territorial rights, to'

Charles Emerson Cooke's play, "ARegular. Feller." at present at TheBlackstone Theatre, Chicago. The

. play . will tour the three-night andweek stands also. The Century PlayCompany's rights aie for stock only.

THATCHER TAKING TRIPJames Thatcher, general manager of

The Poli Stock .Companies, left NewYork last Friday for a tour' of the cir-cuit He first .visited Waterbury to

i see the presentation of a new play andthen started on his tour. He has goneto see how the companies are doing.

'.,: OPELS CLOSE SEASONThe Opels have closed the season

of "A Night In Wonderland."..playingtheir last week in Toledo, Ohio. Thecompany-was out twenty-four weeks,only one of which- was a losing one.The company will spend the Winterin Toledo.

Three prominent Milwaukee motionpicture men have been arrested bysecret service and Pinkerton detec-tives, who have been working formonths in an attempt to uncover oneof the greatest railroad ticket swindlesever attempted in this part of thecountry. They are FrankM. De Lor-enzo, a member of the Mutual FilmCo., John De Lorenzo, of the PurityFilm Company and Alfred'T.'.Tanzer,also a motion pitcure man.The three together with several

conductors of the North Shore Elec-tric lines, have confessed the officials

say, to their part in the swindle, whichhas baffled the entire detective forces

; of the West. $150,000 is said to havebeen . cleaned up in the past three

. months, through stolen tickets.

:" The film men Cleverly laid theirplans and a!owed several trusted em-ployes of the railroad, especially con-ductors, in on their plan, the officials,

state. -The conductors would- 'collect

the tickets, turn them over to thefilm men, who would it is r alleged re-sell them at a cheaper price.' In this

way the ticket was sold at least tentimes before it was returned to thecompany.For months spottershad been work-

ing on the caseand could not discoverthe methods used.- The film- men had•bragged it is alleged that they, had ascheme that couldn't be' beaten unless

' some one squealed. The men will beprosecuted to the fullest extent of thelaw; stated Britton I. Budd, presidentof the company.

NEW SHOWS COMINGChicago's future attractions have

been announced by the various, looptheatres;"The Call" is slated to arrive here

Oct 23. -In its cast will be MargaretOwens, Walter Wilson, Hubert Wilke,George Stewart Christie, FrekieBoro's, Antionio Salerno, and CaptainEdward Foster. '

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"The Five Million" with Ralph Mor-gan and Beatrice Noyes will open in

Chicago, for an extended period onOct 23.

"She's A Good Fellow" with JosephSantley and Ivy Sawyer will comeinto the Illinois on Oct 26.

Robert Mantell, will begin an en-gagement at the Olympic theatre onNov. 3. He will offer a repertoire ofShakespearian plays.

KISNER IS RELEASED.. Louis Kisner, the vaudeville actorbrought here last week from Pitts-burgh, Pa., as a subject in the murderof

_Mrs. Louisa Brown, was arraigned

this week before Justice of the PeaceSeymour T. Maywood, 111., and re-

leased. Justice Seymour found thatthe evidence against him was notsufficient to detain him.

TO MANAGE "THE STORM"Eugene Quigley, for a number of

years in the various box offices oflocal theatres, and -who arrived herelast .week in the capacity of managerOf "Keep It To Yourselr", departedfor the East to-day to assume themanagement of "The Storm", a newspectacular melodrama by LangdonMcCbrmick.. ;•

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HOWARD IS SUED NOWThe marital woes of Lorin J..

Howard are just starting. Followinghis being caught in his apartmentwith Ada Gerard, his leading lady,

and being arrested, he is now beingsued by Blanche A. Howard, for sep-arate maintenance. .

Mrs. Howardalleges. that Howard and Ada Gerardhave been living together for sometime and also, declared that Howardhas never supported her. since theirmarriage.Mrs. Howard further says that since

her husband is enabled by reason ofthe nomadic character of his business,to travel extensively,, she fears thatunless a writ of ne exeat is issued re-

straining him. from leaving the juris-

diction of the court, he will go tosome other state, thus defeating herattempts to obtain separate mainten-ance. .....-'The Howards were married Nov.

27, 1904 and separated March .14. 1914.

They have a daughter, ten years old.

The mother asks to be awarded thecustody of the. child. The bill filed

.claims that Howard has an annual"income of $10,000.

EXPECT MOUNTFORD HEREDr. T. F. Galligan, official dentist to

the White Rats in this city, has ' re-.

.turned to Chicago, after spending atwo

:weeks. vacation in the West. ;;He

speaks • enthusiastically about theopening of the. White. Rats local office

here next month and talks confidently

of -the success, -it will . make"in this

vicinity,.HarryMoantfbrd is^expexted.

here to lease a-;-location" suitable forclub purposes.

GOES ON LOEW TIME.. Bert Lewis has declined, to accept a

twenty-two week tour of the Western-Vaudeville.- Managers' . Associationtime and. will -depart next -.week to

open a tour of the Marcus LocwCurcuit in the East. '"..':"

WHITE SHOW COMING HEREGeorge White's "Scandals of 1919",

now • playing an. /.engagement . in the

east, is reported .as slated for an earlyengagement here, ; occupying the

Coloniali'theatre.

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" Among . those in

the Cast are Ann Pennington. LouHoltz, Lester__AIlen, George Bickcl,Al Sexton, Lowell Drew, YvettcRugel, Adele Arsdley and Ora Mun-son. .

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SIGN VAUDEVILLIANSMuscial comedy revues, now playing

in Chicago cafes, are leaning t'wards

the vaudeville field for talent- Elsie

Wedda, Edith Allen,. Billy Robinson,Dorothy Boswick, Johnnie' Byam,Josephine Taylor - and .Charles Gashhave been engaged for,Edward Beck's^Spotlites." •..._.:. £ ,

• AVERAGING $18,000"Up in Mabel's Room", which has

been: playing here'-'foe- {he last eight

weeks, and is still going strong, re-

ports that the lowest amount token in

at the box office -for,.' the. entire run,

was $18,000 a. week, which has been-the minimum for the entire run.

rCENTRAL TO RE-OPEN' The Central Music Hall, 'formerly.the old Whitney Opera Hous^.'is pre-

;paring to open its doors! as .a'jnusica!

comedy theatre.""-"'•:."""'

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25 YEARSAGO....,.:_„J. M. Ward 'was managing: "Pawn

Ticket 210," a comedy drama by Da-vid Belasco and Clay M. Green.Harry Harwood -was with the Em-

pire Theatre Stock, New York City.

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tective Union r was ; "pulled" at thePark Theatre, Brockton, Mass. WhenJoyce and Carroll were closed by themanagement, all the acts walked outby orders' of Delegate W. J. Garri-son,- .'

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ican debut at Palmer's Theatre, NewYork, in "The -Transgressor," sup-ported by Walton Lackaye, Ida Con-quest, G. F..Nash, Mrs. D. P. Bowers,J. H. Barnes, E. M. Holland, andGrant Stewart.. ' ".'

"Little Christopher Columbus" waspresented by Edward E. Rice at theGarden Theatre, New York.

H. P.—Evelyn Nesbit is returning tovaudeville. She broke in her act atProctor's Ml Vernon Theatre and theact is reviewed in the New Act depart-ment of The Clipper.

;A NEW ANGLEifore and more is the theatre figur-

ing in the annals of Wall Street

financeering. First, it is a huge moviecombine that we read about; the cap-

italization runs into millions and vies

with that of the foremost industrial

organizations listed on the stock ex-

change. •>.. . .

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More recently comes the announce-ment that the Loew string of theatres

have ben merged into one controlling

corporation whose capitalization . is

variously stated as approximating$50,000,000 or $100,000,000. Wall Street

is deeply concerned with the invest-

ment possibilities of the theatre, the

activities of some of the foremostbankers down there in theatrical stock

underwriting being the best evidence

of the importance that the theatre hasachieved as a dividend paying possi-

bility, '•;;

There is another reason why WallStreet is looking more and more to-

ward the theatre as a" financing propo-sition. It has to: do with the control

of the* railroads by the government.The- railroads were always fruitful

financial playthings for Wall StreetThey afforded The Street's bankingand brokerage-manipulators an oppor-tunity to place scores of millions ofdollars at once? in something that wasat least potentially dividend paying.

Now that .the government has takenover the control of the railroads, withthe possibility looming that the roadswill not be returned* to their private

owners," probably never entirely,' a fer-

tile entity for. the investment ofmillions, of dollars has. been nichedfrom Wall Street. .-,-. .-'„-

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So " Watl Street looked about forsomething to take the place of therailroads as an investment proposition,,and since Wall Street Has sharp'eyesit was but natural that these financial

orbs should focus oh the theatre.. For,strange as it may seem, the theatre tn

this country earned more money thanthe railroads last year;.' And the the-atre bids fair to continue earning moremoney, than- the 'railroads, which putsthe theatre; from a dividend payingstandpoint, at least, above the _rail-

roads as an investment proposition.The result !is that we now have

bankers' "buzzin*- aroun'" theatricalma nagers^arid seeking detailed light

oh -the earnings of their theatres,rather than as formerly, when. theirchief interest lay in the"specific female

ANSWERS TO QUERIES

R. S.—The White-Steppers, who areappearing in vaudeville, have appearedin burlesque with Dave Marion's bigshow.

S. V.—Mr. Renton. of the Keithoffices, tends to the booking of all thetryouts at Proctor's 125th Street, onFridays. He would be the best man tosee. '.<'•'..

H. L.—The team was formerly knownas Bard and Bann. Bann is the.onewho did the "Nance."' He is now doingthe act with another young man underthe name of Huyler and Bann.

C. G.—The act now done Uy Mel Keeis the same as was done by nl rHennan x

when he was in vaudeville last -season.

M I.—James T. Lowry died at hishome in Long Island on August 23,1916. .

K. T—The $10,000 Beauty with theAdam Fbrepaugh circus at that timewas Louise Montague.

N. C—"The Cohan Revue 1916"opened at Atlantic City, N. J., on Aug.14 of that year.

L P.—Francis X. Bushman and Bev-erly Bayne arc now rehearsing with aproduction. ' .

S. A—Ann Murdock was starred in" Please Help Emily."

L. S. D.—Annie Pixley starred in"The Deacon's Daughter.

'. D. C O.—There is no charge for reg-istering your material with the Clip-per. Just turn to. the last page andcut out the coupon, follow the direc-tions given and mail it in. '

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A. H. L.—Harry Akst, who is appear-ing with Irving Berlin in vaudeville, is

Berlin's private secretary. He did playfor. one week with Nonette at the Al-hambra last month. .

. C. B.—Dick Hiinber is now with BeePalmer in vaudeville. The rest of theband that was formerly with SophieTucker at ReisenWeber's is also withher. The original band is all brokenup. ' One of them, the pianist, is nowwith Pressler, Klass and Saxe in theirvaudeville act. -

Pv L.-r-"The Old Homestead" wasplayed for three consecutive seasons atthe Academy of Music, with the excep-tion of the season of 1890-91, when Den-man Thompson revived "Joshua Whit-comb.".

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A K.—We don't know the CreoleFashion Plate's age.

.D. D. V.—Yes, Douglas Fairbanks

appeared on the legitimate stage be-fore going into motion pictures.

S. A L.—Maude Fulton wrote"The Brat" It was a comedy in threeacts and had its New York premiereat the Harris Theatre. Oliver Moroscoproduced it. It was a success.

R. E. D.—The act to which you re-fer never played in New York. Itmay have been showing here under adifferent name. It would be exceed-ingly difficult to trace -the act. how-ever, as there are so many offeringsanswering to the same description.

R. A. D.—Wallace Reid was for-merly with the Metro. He is appearJ

ing in Paramount productions at pres-ent, •

M. S. Q .—Schubert, a contortion-ist, was with the Barnum and Baileycircus two years ago.

T. T.—Naninoa, a Hawaiian steelguitar player, appeared in some of thelocal vaudeville houses in 1917.

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S. J. R.—Burns and Frabito arccredited with being the originators ofthis bit of business.

C. V. E.—Emma Cams is Irish.Yes, she is back in vaudeville.

B. H. F.—Sam Bernard has beenappearing on the! stage for more thantwenty-five years, so you lose yourbet. Yes, he has done Dutch comedy.

D. J. T.—Billie Burke is the wifeof Flo Ziegfeld. Yes, she also has adaughter. No, she is not 'married toTom Meighan. Never was, either.

S. R. B.—Fritzi Scheff. is not anAmerican girl. She was born in Aus-tria-Hungary. She has appeared inGrand Opera. " " - *~ •**%>

. C. J, P.—Bessie McCoy Davis is thewidow of Richard Harding Davis.Yes, he -was a war correspondent, au-thor, . and playwright She was theoriginal "Yama-Yama" girl.

R. E. P.—You win the bet. EdythLyle played the part of ' Janet in"Johnny ..Get Your Gun" two yearsago.

|Rialto Rattles |

THE BRAVE DESERVEJimmy Hussey's billing on the pro-

gramme reads "Jimmy Hussey wisheshimself, Tot Quakers, etc/' Whydon't you tell it to her, Jimmy?

AND NOW WEIL POMEWhen we sit and watch actors.As they come and speak and go,

Wte think of what old Barnum said,. And we know it must be so.

ANENT THE LAY-OFFOf all sad words that actors speak.The saddest are, "No work this

" week."

STILL SPOUTINGThere once was an actor, McNammWho said, "I'm the Great I am. " .

Said an actor, McTish."Why, you poor silly fish.

You're only a very poor ham.

PUT THIS IN THB ACTShe—Why are you entering that

house. It's haunted.He—Perhaps I" can' round up some

spirits.

This is bound to go nowadays.

THAT'S OUT"

The old belief that actors- don't eat isnow out of date. Proof that they do isthat the Automat has built half a dozen-new restaurants in the last two months,all near to Times Square.

QUITE SO, QUITS SO."Some One Must Pay—With an All

"Star Cast," sign over a local picturehouse. How true were the words ofthe poet who said, "from the mouthsof babies and fools oftime cimethwords of wisdom." .

.It U.—"Hypocrites" made its debutin film form at the Strand Theatre, not"The Thoroughbred," which was -pre-sented during the same week at the Ri-alto. ...*-'. :.'

,D. K.—William Fox purchased the

City Theatre, on Fourteenth Street, inAugust,- "1916. The' site was formerly"occupied by 'the: Dewey Theatre andthe" Unique Picture House. ,' .

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H. D. E.—Evelyn Nesbit' played in

vaudeville with Jack Clifford in 1919.

T.'G. F.—Leo Donnelly appcanedin"A Small Town Gjrl." A. H. Woodsproduced it. It was not a great suc-cess, -t :_ *;"'-

W. A. C—Pat Rooney died twen-ty-seven years ago. He.was the fath-er of the Pat Rooney now appearingin vaudeville.

& A. A>-Fay Terupleton returnedfrom Europe in April, J892.~- -s

OUR OWN DICTIONARYDancer—Much maligned word. Very

often misused.- Diversiment—What most dance actsare supposed to be, but few are.Decided—What most hits are sup-

posed to be. Also some blondes.Divorce—Found frequently among

famous man and woman teams.Drummer—Often depended upon for

laughs in shows and who makes bed-room farces possible—and chorusgirls happy.Doorman—The hereditary enemy of

the reporters.•«&-Drawing card—What every act claimsto be. •

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AND SO IT GOES '.".-'A drama in one scene.Characters—An actor and a chorus

girtPlace, vaudeville theatre stage.He meets her and she. him. They

talk a little and she tells him her lifestory. He pities her and takes' her ashis partner and they frame a two act.They are successful and, in order toeliminate expense, they are married.They become big rimers and all isbright until she finds him and anotherwoman. 'She gets a- divorce and amortgage on his pocketbook for therest of his life, and quits working. Heworks himself to death trying to payher alimony, and then she.marries an-other.

HERE ARE A PEWWhy do all of these opening turns

use a. Spring scene with birds singing,and so on, and then, when the curtainrises, disclose two husky lookingGreeks who do a hand to hand balanc-ing turn?Why does every cabaret singer Who

enters vaudeville style herself an. "In-ternational Prima Donna"?Why does every Hebrew a

sing a song abbot setting Ire*and get away with it?

14 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 22. 1919.

Phonograph CompaniesSued for Record Royalties

Leo. Feist, Inc., Files Six Suits; Three Against theColumbia and Three Against the Victor for Royal-

ties on Phonograph Records Sold in Canada

Leo. Feist Inc. has filed six suits atlaw against the big mechanical repro-ducing companies, three against theColumbia Graphaphone Co., and threeagainst the Victor Talking MachineCo. for royalties on the sales ofphonograph records sold in the Dom-inion of Canada.

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The suits are based upon a decisionhanded down by- the Appellate Divi-sion of the Supreme Court, whichdecided in a previous Feist suit againstthe Columbia, that the reproducingcompanies must pay a royalty of twocents for each record sold in the Dom-inion of Canada, the master of whichwas made in the United States.

The evidence in the first, or test easerevealed the fact that several Of thesteps in the manufacture of a phono-graph record sold in Canada weretaken in the United States, and this

die court held constituted manufac-ture in so far as royalty liability wasconcerned-According to the Appellate Division

decision, music publishers can collect

royalties from the sales on phono-graph records in Canada the masterrecords of which have been manufac-tured in the United States for a periodextending back to the enactment ofthe new copyright law of ten yearsago and provided the statute of limi-

tations does not cut off any of thatperiod, publishers have a claim forroyalties since the new. law went intoeffect.• Various estimates as to the amountinvolved have been made but expertsunhesitatingly state that it runs intomillions of dollars as the sale of phon-ograph records throughout the Dom-inion of Canada is enormous and is

constantly increasing. ...

The six suits filed by the Feist houseare as fqlIows;T—Against the Colum-bia Co., one in the municipal court inconnection with the song "AlabamaLullaby", one in the City Court affect-ing- the songs, "Hail, Hail!The Gang'sAH Here", "Homward Bound", "IDon't Want To Get Well", and "InThe Land of Wedding Bells", and onein the Supreme Court relating to thesongs "The Navy Will Bring "ThemBack" and "Mother Here's YourBoy". Against the Victor Talking Ma-chine Co., all three are in the munici-pal court, No. 1. is in connection withthe song, "It's A Long Way To Ber-lin." No. 2. "Ja Da" and No. 3. "Every-thintr is Peaches Down In Georgia*.The Columbia Co. has made appli-

cation to have its cases transferred tothe Federal Courts.

Gilbert & Gilbert -are the atorneysfor Led Feist Inc. •*

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"THE VAMP" TO MANY SHOWS"The Vamp," Byron Bay's big nov-

elty song success, is a big feature in

no less than four of Broadway's bigshows, a unique experience in songhistory. The introduction of a pub-lished number in any show has in thepast automatically barred it from anyother production. Not SO with the"Vamp," however, which can be heardin the "Greenwich Village Follies,"

the Georgie White show, the "Gaie-ties of "1919" and Belasco's "The GoldDis

iWOOD WRITES SONGKay Sherwood has completed the

lyric of a new song, set to a melodyby F. W. Vandersloot, of the Van-dersloot Music Co., which will be re-

leased within the next week or so.

The Vandersloot catalogue now hasfor its leaders, "Let Me Dream,""Then 111 Stop Loving You" and"Gee Whiz."

VON TILZER PLAY READY. Harry Von Tilzer has completedthe musical score of the play "MadLove," by Frances Nordstrom. Thepiece has been accepted by a wellknown firm of producers and will bepresented around the holidays:

PIPER OPENS SONG SHOPSC Arthur Fifer, the Quincy, 111., mu-

sic publisher, is opening a series ofsong shops which will be known asthe Saunders Sons Shops. The first

one is in- Quincy and is under themanagement of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.Saunders. In addition to demonstrat-ing and selling the popular publica-tions of all the publishers, a profes-sional department for the popularizingof the Fifer Music Co. publications is

to be in each of the shops.

HARRIS HAS PICTURE BALLAD"In Mizzuri," the Paramount-Art-

craft film in which Robert. Warwickis starring, was shown last -week atthe Rialto and with it was played andsung Chas. K. Harris' new song ofthe same: name.. It will be featmed:wherever the picture is shown.' •'

NEW SONG TEAM FORMEDSam Coslow and . Joe . Gold have

formed a songwriting team and havewritten a number of new songs whichare ready for release. "All the Girl-ies Are Wild About Me" and "Pick-aniny Mine" are among the first. Bothof these songs will be issued by Chas.K. Harris.

HARRIS HAS NEW ONEIn "Give Me A Kiss," Chas. K.

Harris has a new song which judgingby the manner it is being taken upby trade and profession will be oneof the most popular in the big Harriscatalogue. ^.FRIEDMAN TO OPEN NOV. 1STGeorge Friedman will open his mu-

sic publishing offices at 165 West47th Street as soon as alterations arecompleted, which will be around thefirst of November.

BDWY. OPENS NEW OFFICEThe Broadway Music Corp. has

opened a branch office in the Camcr-phone Building, Pittsburgh.

SCENARIO BRINGS $5,000Charles K. Harris sold the scenario

"What Children Will Do" last weekto Frank Hall for $5,000. Lew Fieldswill probably be starred in the picture,which is to be a big feature to be re-leased sometime around the first oftheVeac'- -

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RUSSAK LEAVES COHEN.Bob Russak, for the past month

connected with the Meyer Cohen Mu-sic Co in the capacity of road sales-man, is no longer with the Cohenhouse. .

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EMERY WITH VON TILZERTed Emery has joined the staff of

the Harry Von Tilzer Music Co. andis in charge of. the Detroit office.

BERLIN OUT OF VAUDE.Irving Berlin, who had a twenty

weeks' vaudeville tour booked closedat the Palace after completing hissecond week Berlin, will

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never be seen' in vaudeville again ashis performance was far from satis-factory either to his audiences or him-self. Berlin has neither the vocal orphysicial strength to stand up underthe two a day grind and as the end ofthe Palace engagement drew near, heon several occasions looked danger-ously near collapse.

. Irrespective of the salary and thevalue to his publishing house in ap-pearing in vaudeville Berlin doubtlessdid a wise thing in cancelling the re-mainder of his tour.'

SONG WRITERS OPEN STUDIOLarry Briers, pianist at Cafe dc

Paris, and Lee M. Walker, who hasbeen associated with the Henry BurrPublishing Company as Lyricist, haveopened a Studio at 145 W. 45th St.,

together with Byron Gay, composerof "The Vamp." Messrs. Briers andWalker are promotin gtheir numbers"Nothing Counts But You," "I'mHomcs'ck For You" "Thoughts ofYou" and "My I.ovin' Eskimo' andare also preparing special song ma-terial for Vaudeville and Concert ar-

tists.

PERCY WENRICH TO PRODUCEPercy Wenrich, the songwriter and

composer has joined the ranks of pro-ducing managers and . has formed acompany Which will present as its first -

piece a new musical comedy, as yetunnamed, the book and lyrics of whichare by Raymond Peck and the scoreby Mr. Wenrich.The company, recently incorporated

bears the name of Vincent Dailey &Co.

SOL BLOOM GOES ABROADSol Bloom, who a few years ago

was a music publisher, deserting thatbusiness to become a phonographdealer, and later entering the real

estate business, is on his way toEurope.

Sol, who has been identified withseveral business ventures .since hequit the music business, has accumu-lated a lot of- money in his variousventures, and hsi trip abroad is in

the nature of a vacation.

RAY WALKER PUBLISHINGRay Walker, the songwriter recent-

ly returned from France, is now inbusiness with Lou Walker, and hasopened offices in the Gaiety TheatreBuilding. In addition to furnishingmusicians and entertainers for con-certs, clubs and dances, the firm is

publishing music and have for its first

publications several instrumental num-bers, which will be followed by a num-ber of songs.

VON TILZER HAS BIG HITIn "Carolina Sunshine" Harry Von

Tilzer has one of the big hits of theseason. The number is successful inboth its vocal and instrumental forms.

EZ.KBOUGH WITH THE B*DW*YEz. Keough, formerly with theChi-

cago office of the McCarthy & FisherCo., is now with the Broadway MusicCorporation.

REMICK BUYS KENDIS SONG' Jerome H. Remick & Co. have pur-chased the publication rights of thenew Kendis and Brockman song, "AllI Have Are Sunny Weather Friends."

FRISCO HAN ON WAY BASTJ. A. MacMeekin, a San Francisco

music publisher, is on his way east

and is stopping at the principal cities.

He h, -xpected in New York the lat-

ter part of next week.

FRIEDLAND ACT NOW READY"Musicland," Anatol Friendland's

now vaudeville act, is ready and willbe shown within the next few days.In the new act are a number of songswhich. Friendand has written andwhich are said to compaie very fa-vorably with any of his. previous suc-cesses. Two of the new ones are"Thanks," a finely written ballad, andTve Got The Cutest Little Daddy,"a melodious novelty. 'These are thefeature numbers in the act,- in whichthe composer will be seen, supportedby a cast of twelve. It is. a miniaturereview, without doubt : the most im-posing vaudeville offering ever pre-sented by a songwriter.A critic at one of the act's rehear-

sals declared that Friedland meritsthe title of "The Ziegfeld of Vaude-ville!" Melody, novelty,- girls andstunning effects are the ingredientshe uses in the act,, and the result is

said to be something of a sensation.Jos. W. Stern & Co., the publishers

of "Dream Girl," "Sweet Adair," andother Friendland hits are again hispublishers,' and will issue the newnumbers. The act will be seen forthe first time in New York at. theColonial Theatre on November 3.

STRIKE HURTS CAMPAIGNSThe printers' strike is seriously in-

terfering with the national advertisingcampaigns of a number of the bigpopular music publishers'.-' Not onlyare many of. the big publications withthe ad. copy ready for'printing com-pletely tied up, bnt publishers areshort of . printed copies of music aswell. The big music printing plants in

New York are shut down, and while afew of the publishers have been ableto get copies printed out of town, thesupply is limited and the quality notup to the standard of that of the NewYork printers. -.

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TAYLOR BUYS A "DIXD3" SONGTell. Taylor, the Chicago publisher

who is now in New York looking foroffices, has purchased a song called"Dixie Lullaby," which he states is asensation. He bought the numberfrom the Dixon-Lane Co. of St. Louis,as with that number as a feature heplans a big campaign in and aroandNew York '

H. C. OF L. SONG READYShatter Howard, a San Franci»c«

music man; has just released a highcost of living song called "I'm GoingTo Arizona In The Morning." How-ard 'wrote the music of .the musicalcomedy "His Majesty," which wasproduced in 1904 and which was wellreceived. The lyric of the Arizonasong is by James Re illy, a writer whoalready has to his credit --- amber ofsuccessful songs.

NEW SONGS FOR GORDON DUOThe Gordon Duo are meeting with

much success with a number of newsongs recently added to their reper-toire. They are singing both popalarand high class compositions, includ-ing the famous Melba song by Arditiand Hager and Goodwin's "ThatWonderful Mother of Mine," both of

which are decided hits with thesa

COMEDY SONG SCORESMurphy and White, two of vaade-

ville's clever entertainers, are scoringa laughing hit everywhere with the

comedy song "Give Me The Sultan'sHarem," one of the many clever ant-hers in the Witmark catalogue

HARRY SINGER WITH STASNYHarry . Singer - has joined the pro-

fessional department of the A J. Stmt

ny Music Co.-""

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BURLESQUE CLUB

LEASES NEW

HOMEWONT BUILD HOUSE MOWInstead of building a new club

bouse, the Building Committee of theBurlesque Club, has leased a newhouse for three years and nine monthsat 161 west forty-fourth street, nextto the stage entrance of the CriterionTheatre and a -short distance- fromBroadway. The new clubhouse' willhave three floors, on the' first of whichwill be the office and reception rooms,the larger room of the four beingthe same size . as the entire floorof the present - quarters. Here willbe held the entertainments whichwill be' given monthly during theyear. The ball room, meetingroom and ; billiard room will be onthe second floor. The third floor willbe devoted to reading and card roomsand living rooms for the steward. Thelease was signed on October 17 andthe club corns will be ready for themembers November first.

• The club house will be entirely fur-nished with ~ the most up-to-date fur-niture all of which has been donatedby three men high in burlesque circleswho do not wish their names men-tioned.Tom Ward will remain as the stew-

ard and in charge of the place.A house committee has been appoint-ed, one member of which will be at theclub each afternoon and one at nightto look after the comforts of members

. and their friends. According to thepresent programme, Danny Goodmanwill be at the club. Monday night andTuesday afternoon, Bert Weston,Tuesday night and Wednesday after-noon; Dave Leave tt, Wednesdaynight and Monday afternon, Lou Les-ser, Thursday night and Friday after-noon ; Harry Rudder, Saturday night

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Phil Dalton, Sunday night and Satur-day afternoon; Will Roehm, Sundayafternoon.Lou Reals is on the list for Friday

night and Thursday afternoon, but, ashe has accepted the management ofthe "Sport Girls," now on its wayWest, another member will be ap-pointed in his place.The membership is rapidly increas-

ing and many of the old members whowere back in their dues and had prac-tically dropped out of the dub, havebeen sending in their dues during thelast week. Forty of these have al-

ready' paid up during the week, andapplications have been received fromthirty more to join the .club.A complete roster of the officers of

the Burlesque Club are James E. Coo-per, president, Will Roehm, vice-presi-dent, B. K. Kahn, treasurer, and LollSidman, secretary. Board of Govern-ors, J. J. Williams, Joe Emerson, Chas.Falk, Dan Guggenheim, Frank Eld-redge, Harry Rudder, Phil Dalton, NatGolden, James Sutherland, Chas. M.Baker. Lou Lesser is chairman.

PETE CLARK IMPROVINGPete Clark who has been ill and in

a very dangerous condition at hishome in Richmond Hill, L. I. for thepast seven weeks, is reported well onthe road to recovery. In fact, he isnow able to get out of bed and sit up.The doctor allowed him to get upSunday and he spent most of the daym his easy chair. " ' >

ROSE HAILED TO COURTNew Orleans, Sept. 18.—Lew Rose,

proprietor of the Dauphine theatre,here, was arraingned Friday morning

' in the criminal district court, on thecharge of operating a disorderly bousein connection with which charge hewas indicted by the New Ci leans par-ish grand jury last Friday.

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The case involves a temporary in-juction granted the theatre against thepolice authorities of the city, prohibit-ing them from closing the Dauphineor interfering with- the performancesthere and follows the closing of thehouse by the police, recently, just be

TWO AMERi€AN

FRANCHISES

SOLDSHOWS WILL BE CHANGEDTwo franchises on. the' American

fore" the' evening sh'ow."Rose 'opened Circuit changed hands last week. Theup again the next day. '

"~ vThe case willbe continued and the house, allowed toremain open until the final hearing.

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RACED WITH SHERIFFScranton. Pa., Oct. 18.—-For.,.the

benefit' of 'the American Jewish ReliefCommittee _ which is holding a bigdrive in this city for funds, EdmondHayes, who is playing the MajesticTheatre at the head of his own show,and Sheriff Schlager, ran a race fora side bet of $100. ' The race was runfrom Wyoming Street to Penn, onLackawana Ave., at one o'clock thisafternoon and was witnessed by alarge crowd .

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WHITE LEAVES BELFRAGEHenry White, who closed with

Geo. Belfrage's "Hip Hip HoorayCompany last Sauturday night, willopen with G. M. Anderson's "Frivol-ities of 1919."

JOINS "PARISIAN WHIRL"Alex Spencer, son of Billy Spencer,

joined. Billy Watson's "ParisianWhirl" at the Empire, Newark, last

Saturday night, as property man, thesame show his father is one of theprincipal comedians with.

COOPER MAKING TRIPJames E. Cooper will leave New

York this week, for a trip around thecircuit to look over his four shows.

BACHEN GETTING DIVORCEScran ton, Pa., Oct 18—Sam Bachen,

who joins Chas. Baker's "Sport Girls"here next week, has been notifiedby his attorney ' in Philadelphia, thathis divorce wil be granted in that city,

Nov. 3rd His wife's stage name is

Betty Blondell.. Clinton A. Sower,represents Bachen.

UP-STATE HOUSE RE-OPENINGSchenectady, N. Y., Oct. 20—The

Hudson Theatre, this city, will openthis week, booking the attractions ofthe National Burlesque Circuit. Thefirst show to play here will be the"Whirl of Folly." It will be a fourday stand.

JUMP INTO VAUDEVILLEKane and Herman, who closed sev-

eral weeks ago with, the "Hip HipHooray" Company, on the ColumbiaCircuit, are playing a few weeks ofthe Keith Time before starting re-

hearsals with a Broadway show.

WALSH JOINING STOCKGeorge Walsh left New York Sun-

day for New Orleans to join the stockcompany at the Daupline Theatre. Hewill open next Sunday. He will bothproduce and work in the show. Hewas booked by Louie Redlesheimer.

GALLAGHER IS BACKGeorge Gallagher, Assistant Gen-

eral Manager of the American Bur-lesque Circuit, returned from a ten

day trip around the rircnit last Friday

Sport Girls?' awarded to Sam Howethis season, was taken over by CharlesBaker. This was a-new franchise this

season.The other show, was James E. Coo-

per's "Blue Birds." Cooper sold outto[Sm"Williams' fast Friday. Cooperclaims that his time is . taken, up withbis sbows on the Columbia Circuit tosuch an extent that he does not havetbe time he would like to devote tothe American Circuit show and, asthat show was not up to the usualCooper standard, he thought it best todispose of it entirely. Williams madehim a good offer and he acceptedIn die Howe case, it was a different

thing. Howe, who has been ill for thepast six weeks, was not able to lookafter the show, which the CensorCommittee claims -was far below theclass of shows that circuit called for

and, as Howe could not look after it

himself, be decided the best way to

serve the circuit was to let the fran-

chise go.Sim Williams left Trenton Saturday

night, where his "Girls from Joyland"was playing a two days' engagement,for Kansas City, where he will takeover the "Blue Birds." He will en-gage an entirely new cast with one ortwo exceptions, will get a. new bookand new 'scenery, .Williams will ^main with the show until it is set.

Jack Miller, wbo at present is featuredin the show, is one who will remainand will be starred in the new book.

Charles Franklyn will manage the"Girls from Joyland" during Williams'absence, which will be' about twoweeks. The "Blue Birds" will notbook in the one nighters betweenKansas City and St Louis but will re-

hearse the new show insteadBaker left New York last Saturday

for Scranton to make bis changes in

the "Sport Girls." He' will put BertRose, Sam Bachen and.' Bessie Brookswith the show. They will replace LewWelsfi, Flo McFaddeh and anotherman. Baker had not decided who theother man would be when he left this

city last Saturday.Rose, who is a fastj Hebrew come-

dian, was last in burlesque two yearsago in the "Star and.'. Garter' Show."He was in France last season. Sam

Bachen closed with the "ParisianFlirts" several weeks ago, where hewas doing -Irish. He will return tohis Dutch comedy in the new show.Bessie Brooks will /replace Miss Mc-Fadden as the soubrette. Baker book-ed all through Ike Weber's Office.

New electrical effects and costumesare to be added, to the show as wellas a number of new girls for the cho-rus. The book will also be fixed up.Lou Reals will be

Jthe new manager of

the company. He took charge-Mon-day.

ED. LEE WROTHE'SNEW SHOW IS A

• HIT ALL THROUGH-Ed LM Wroth* has returned to bur-

tesqu* after, a season In vaudeville. Hsis at the Colombia this week with Hurtigend Beamon's new show, the "TwentiethCentury Maids." _^Wroth* Is an artist and a comedian wha

I* different. Be prove* this In every ec*a*he U In. He kept the audience conetantlyamused. He 1* using much of the ma-terial he had several year*' axe.' hot It la

staged and arranged differently. Bat, tothe audience It looked new. They liked. It.

Wroth* Is stain doing Janitor Higglns.Id this role he waa always runny, bnt wasnever eeeri to better advantage than he ap-peared thte- season. His peculiar manner

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tnsms cannot be Imitated, and be. la sur-rounded bv an excellent cast.Owner Martin, one of the beet all around

men Jt- burlesque; la doing straight, andnone can work up to Wrothe ae he do**.Martin "feeds" the star capably all throughthe performance. He also make* a floe

appearance and la a corking good talker.

Clare Kvans la doing a character of aman in his fifties. He makes up well' Saddresses the part of a prosperous bualnesaman. In this role he la new to us, bnthis work Is done a* though he had beendoing It aU bis life. . ...

Lee Hickman In the eccentric "bam"makeup he has been using the past tw*season*, handles a comedy part, doing a

cop finely. He la not doing a* much la

this show a* ha did when we saw him lastseason. Bnt, what he does stands out.The Mark* Brothers are doing bits.

They, however, whipped over a dandySinging specialty in one, when they otteredtwo numbers, finishing with a dance. Thayboth sing well.

Babette. a bright, vivacious aoobrett*with a French accent, scored in all ah*did. Her odd costume*, of snappy andoriginal design, some of which are start-

ling, made a big Impression upon th*audience. She stands out more this sea-son, and her work pleases. '

Monle Hals Is a new on* at this house,and la th* prima donna. She reads herlines nicely, has a pleasing personality,

her costumes are dainty and very pretty.

She has a voice of unusual clarity of tone.

She waa liked Monday afternoon.Boater Perry, a good looking Ingenue

oubrette, put her numbers over nicely

and displayed some pretty dresses.

The management has selected a goodlooking chorus and has costumed there

with excellent taate. The many seta of

wardrobe they appear In are rich lookingand blend well. The scenery la brightad pleasing to the eye.The "reading of th* will" ML where

Wrothe Impersonates the husband. MartlBth* lawyer, and Hiss Hals the wife, wasput over, it was worked up Into « great

comedy scene. . . ..

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The specialty in one offered by Wrotheand Martin, about a flying lnaehjne^ wasvery amusing. In their "nirtatlonh.bitWrothe, Martin, Hickman and Babe"*were successful. W* have seen Wroth*and Martin In this seen* before, but it

baa never been done asw*U as at pnsost.A burlesque on "On trial" was the

laughing hit of the show. It closed the

first part. It U one of the beat ~nrtroomscenes ever seen " in burlesque. Wrotheaa the Judge kept the audlenca In aauproar all th* . tune. His antics wen

Hlchman was funny a* th* cop. Evans.-touch of comedy to/tte seen*. ."•rOs^s*the prisoner, and Miss Hals as his lawyer.

did well. . . - - -•:--

• Miss Perry, aa the prisoner"* daughter.was a hit. Babtte. - a* a wltnoe*, w*svery pleasing. Th* Marks Brothers war*court attendants and worked up some goodlaughs for Wroth*.One of th* beat and moat realistic pool-

room scene* we have seen _ on any

FRED WAGNER CHANGESPhiladelphia, Pa., Oct. 20.—Fred

Wagner was installed as manager ofthe Bijou, this city, today, relievingFrank Matxger.

(Bwieagus Newt Continued on Paget 26 and 27).

stage opened the second part. It Is car-

ried outta every UtUe detsB. In thte

seen* Wrothe and Martin aire a Un* of

race horse talk that is sot alone up to

date, bat, with sn audience like the Co-lumbia, It Is a knock out. Thlals a fine

comedy scene. It closes with Wroth* Ina recitation of the. recent war In a line

of racing talk that scored big.

Mis* Halg and the Marks Brothers werea success when they sang together, as theyharmonised nicely.

Babette. la her specialty In on* In treatof a purple drop, was a decided hit. sheopens with a "vamp" number in s beauti-ful gown, changing on a dark stage t*an elaborate Chinee* sown, and singingan Oriental number. She closes with a"dope" number is rags. The changes wenquick, and Miss Babette rendered hernumbers artistically . She la a clever little

person."The Twentieth Century Maids" fa a fast

enow. It has a great caat, and Is Sitedwith healthy, vlgoroua fun. If the Hortig•how* that follow sn OS s standard withthis one these producers hsve nothing t*worry shout. SID.

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DRAMATICOctober 22. 1910.

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"YOUNG MAN'S FANCY"BADLY HANDLED, NOTLIKELY TO GO PAR

"FIVE O'CLOCK," NEWFRANK BACON PLAY,

HAS REAL HUMOR

NEW POTASH PLAYHAS INGREDIENTSOF OTHER SUCCESSES

NEW THEATRE GUILDPLAY WORTHY OFHIGHESTSTANDARDS

"A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY"—A com-edy to three acta and twelve scenes.bTjJohn T. Melntyie. Presented bywowte c. Tyler, at the Playhouse,Wednesday evening. October 14, 1919.

5*!*I ••• PMllp MerivaleSj*. Harry Barfootg»g*el .. Frank Allworth

%^r.:::::::::Ste&8lgZgfff^:::::::;:;^SgSgSSJpntw ....Jessie Bushvif^g -;,----j.- Howard LindsayMaryDarling Furlong.Jeanne EagehThe Blonde Girl Bessie OwensThe Pink Youth Morgan FarleyThe Hostess Eugenie BlairThe Brown Haired IouhjHjji,

The Dark Young SCan.John iJafidlonTte Tall Girl. SymonaBonSSSThe Girl In Green.........VlotoCaSThe Man Serrant. .John D. SeymourThviUML Mary Carter

"FIVE iDJCLpCK"— An Americancomedy ^Bp^nnea.acta, bjiPrank Ba-con and Freeman Tlden. Presentedby Walter F. Wagner, at the FnltonTheatre, Monday evening, October18, 1919.

CASTDavis .: .......Paul PorterMra. Bnrdette Vlvla OgdenDaniels .....Joseph ConyersHigglns David HJgginaDr. Marsh...... Tom Murphy

- Dr. Gould Panl BvertonAlice Gould Alberta BartonOrvllle Stackwood Iiealle Austin-Jimmy ..Robert SchillingJaxa. Murray Mlna GleasonHcdliday Hayward GlnnGeorge Stackwood Perce BentonEmma Stackwood. Gertrude MaltlandPerclval Brighton Byron RussellKatherine Brighton. .Sarah EdwardsWatklna Charles T. LewisDr. Doyle; G. Lester PaulMiss Carroll Elizabeth Bnrbridge

Elaborately staged in three acta andtwelve scenes designed by Josef Urban, "AliKf-*^" ,

vFinc3rA \p*t**ic1 comedy

agg»y.«a John T. Mclntyre, a youngPhlladelphian whose profession hithertolias been that of a writer of popular fictionWa»Pfe»ented«t the Playhouse last week^SLSffPS- TJIer

'wl0> Jeanne Eagels and

Philip MerivaJe in the leading roles. Them7 ff'aaS'S^iS.des?ned for a «norture, in that the writer has allowed his magazine .ma, hu^S-ji""1 UW*T from himself, and has an able colaborator,awkwardly concocted a comedy lacking the The various iocldesupport of dramatic construction and built-up situation.In the mildly fantastic story of the new

Piece a dreamy and wealthy young poetfalls In love with a wax dummy In the*rUl*;lr.«* department store, gets intotrouble by smashing in the glass when theproprietor exposes It In somewhat conspic-uous negligee, and is rescued from bis pre-dicament by the loyely living counterpart,in whose likeness the artist had wrought2S»2H"^S

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p«rhaps, some day. awriter with more Imagination and crafts-

%3S*2?cS8i£gITSSm "fable!** P°Ml"

jewish theatreputs over Anothervery Worthy play

More than a year ago, when "Llghtnln'

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waa accorded its metropolitan debut, FrankBacon, one of the kindliest personalitieson the stage to-day. Informed the worldthat he had another play up his sleeve.This much heralded and long expectedproduction, presented by Walter F. Wan-ger, came to the Fulton Theatre laat Mon-day night In the form of an Americancomedy, aa the program stated it. In writ-,lng It Bacon was aided by Freeman Tlden,magazine writer, who proved himself to be

The various incidenta connected with theconstruction of the piece revolve about ayouth, who, under the cloud of Insanity,Anally triumphs by proving himself' to bea rational,"everyday, red-blooded American,while- the brain specialists who have or-dered his commitment to an institution areleft with their reputations mortally striken.Throughout the various episodes connectedthe working out of this theme, there are,occasionally, flashes of real hnmor, and,from the number . of laughs scored on theopening night, the producers feel perhapsthat they are not far from wrong in callingthe piece a comedy. But, for the most part,

"LONLY LIVES"—A drama Inthree acta by Gerhard Belchex atPresented by Emanuel Belcher '.at

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the Jewish Art Theatre, Thursdayevening, October 13, 1919.

CASTKatie Vockerat... CeUa AdlerMrs. Vockerat Anna AppelNurse Mrs. ZolotaroffBrown... Jechlel GoldsmithJohn Vockerat Ben AmiPastor KaUIn Isidor ElgardMrs. Tollman Clara LangsnerMaid Stella Grossman

Henrietta Schnltzer

^Lonely. Lives," the second play to makeits appearance this season at the old play-house- In Madison Square Garden, is thefamiliar English Title for "Einsame Mens-chen," a production that has been popularIn Germany for the past half score sea-eons. So weU staged and so delightfullyenacted was the piece that It may nowbe said, that In this, their eecond pro-duction, the Jewish Art Thaatre has am-plified their range and shown that theyare to be counted as a fine acquisitionto onr American stage.The plot of the play revolves about a

little, group of people who, though theylove each other, are powerless to rise outof their own individual set of circum-stances to save one another. There la arestless young professor and a strong self-Intellectual woman who is his equal. Thenthere la the tense quiet, self-effacing wifewhoknows. by an overpowering instinct,that the two are destined for each other,and their love happens before they areaware of it.

All the will of the three to avert theinevitable, the pity. that. alt feel for oneanother's suffering. Is powerless to change

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the. course of circumstances. Finally, theother woman, by a supreme effort, tearsherself away to go out of the man's life.

The wife, who has brooded over the factthat she stands between her husband and

. the woman he tores, and who, from thevery first, has contemplated putting her- ...

self out of the way. Is left alone, „ J£The performance was one rich- in Imagin-ation and faultless acting. Cella Adler.as the woman, gave a performance of pureartistry. Ben All. as the man. is an artistwho Is. really poetic really Imaginativeand sensitive. Anna 'Appel;' aa the mother,and Hyman Myeel, aa the father, gavemoving portrayals of old people.

"HIS HONOR. ABB POTASH"—

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comedy in three acts, by MontagueGlass and Jules Eckert Goodman.Presented by A. H. Woods at theBijou Theatre, Tuesday evening, Oc-tober 14, 1919,

CASTRoBle Potash ..... . Mathilde CottrellyIrma Potash.........Lucille EnglishAbe Potash. Barney Barnard >

Henry Gooding George BarnumHarry Potash Ted W. GibsonRobert Stafford ...Robert CummingsGeorge Block.....James SpottswoodCrawford Bertram MillerRothwell Stanley JessupEvans ....Frank J. KlrkeMr. Brady ..-.Harold Vosburgh i

Rlggs ...Kalman MatuaDetective Baker.... William VaughnHenry Block Edwin Mordant

the construction is attained to the ingredi-ents commonly associated with the dramato-day.Lack of Interest In what were very unin-

teresting hobbies were considered groundsenough to the blue-blooded relatives of

. Orvllle Stackwood to establish his Insanity,or rather feeble mlndedness, and so. whenbut a lad, he was shipped to an asylum inthe Intellectual barrens of Massachusetts.When the play opens, thirteen years later,we find the supposedly mentally deficientyouth grown to manhood and fighting forhis freedom from the sanatorium. Thehead of the Institution, aided by an emi-nent specialist, who, apparently, has built -

his reputation upon the way he wears hisgold rimmed pfnee nez, are opposed tofreeing the young man.

Finally, forced to give him -an exami-nation, a local practitioner Is called In tosit with the two very, very, eminent brainspecialists upon the examination commis-sion. Although this last mentioned physi-cian Is' overlaid with rural dust, he de-clares for liberating the young man.Then follows an Intensely dramatic mo-

ment, when It la disclosed that* youngStackwood has written a book on unjustlunacy commitments, which has been se-cretly published by the daughter of the -

head of the institution under the name of"Five O'clock." The. amazement of theyouth In finding his writings in. book form,and his declaration that he furnished thematter for the volume were enough toconvince the examining physicians of hissanity.

Ultimately, of course, he marries thespecialist's daughter, and the play closeswith a real touch of beauty when the youth,free to work out his sane but eccentricfancies, gathers about him a cottage fullof mentally defective children, whom' heIntends to rear in such a way that theywill some day take their place with the

. everyday, rational members of Americansociety.Tim Murphy made an impressive figure

as the country doctor, and David Higglns,Joseph Conyers, Perce Benton and ByronRussell- made good use of their oppor-tunities.' i Alberta Burton made a charm-ing' picture and acted with rare feeling.Erank Bacon slipped unobtrusively fromthe Gaiety Theatre, and, in the Grand Armyuniform of "Lighting' BUI." made a abortcurtain speech, expressing his faith In thenew production..

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DORIS KEANE RETURNINGDoris Kcane Is on her way back to

America, after a three year engage-,ment in London, which proved to beveiy~successrul. Whilcthere she-ap^-peared in "Romance'*-and- Other plays.

She is accompanied by her husband.

"His Honor, Abe Potash." the fourth ofa cycle of dramatizations of the well knowncharacters made famous by Montague GlassIn his short stories, was Introduced toBroadway last week by A. H. Woods at theBij on Theatre. This time, however, "Maw-rus," with his whlrlwird temper, was ab-sent.This time we find Abe with political

aspirations."Vy shouldn't I be Mayor?" he asks his

family. "I hear they got Mayors In NewYork and Chick-ago that ain't vorld beat-

.ers."So he becomes Mayor of Damascus, a

small town alive with small time life. Thepolitical ring think the new officeholderwill be putty, but, at the end of severalmonths become worried when everythingdoes not seem to be going their way.The climax comes when the Republican

boas tries to bulldoze him into signing abill to purchase a worthless swamp for atown park. Through this deal the bosshopes to "clean up" some $60,000. WhenAbe . refuses, the ring tries to break thenew Mayor by "framing" his son, and Abe,in his robes of office, commits bis boy tojail. Things look pretty dark, and It looksas if the gang have "got" him, but all lasaved when Irma, his daughter, becomesengaged to the -wealthy Commissioner ofAccounts.

"NOTHING BUT LOVE"FITTED WITH LOVELYSINGING & DANCING"NOTHING BtJT LOVE"—A musi-cal comedy in a prologue and threeacts; book and lyrics by FrankStammers; music by Harold Orlob.Presented by Maddock and Hart, atthe Lyric Theatre, Tuesday evening, -October 14, 1919.

CAST IrBilly Marbury Boston YoungeLucy Cotton Marlon SunshineJune Marbury ..Ruby NortonAllyn Hicks... Andrew TombesDoctor Tlbbetts ....Donald Meek

. "His - Majesty" Mi 111cent GleemanDrake Robert WoolseyBella.... ..Florence EnrlghtMrs. Maid Winchester,

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- Arllne FredericksTeddy Winchester,

Clarence Nordstrom

"Nothing But Love," the Initial offerin)

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of the new producing firm of Maddock ancHart,' Is 'not a William Collier farce, as thetitle might Indicate, but a musical comedybubbling over with good, clean humor andwith an attractive musical setting . It isthe work of Frank Stammers as to bookand lyrics, and of Otto Orlob as to tunes,well written and staged, and with AndrewTombes, who stepped out of vaudeville sev-eral seasons ago to.appear In "Flo-Flo." .

A comedy theme, with a tang of origi-nality, haa been used to advantage byStammers in framing the story of the newpiece. The hero, although an automobileracer, yachtsman and supposedly all 'roundathlete, cannot swim. But this does nothinder him from rescuing a fair maid from

' the cruel surf hard on the palmy shores ofFlorida, where all the scenes take place.After that, cupid does the rest and doesIt well.There are numerous attractive stage set-

tings and a large, active chorus is dressedin good taste. The whole company singswell and dances almost continuously.Throughout the entire production there Isplenty of action. The musical ensembles,which furnish some of the best momentsof the prologue and three acts, are .-cred-

ited In part to Orlob and David Bennett,the latter having arranged the whole score.Andrew Tombes, aa the unwilling hero;

gave a performance delicately shaded, andwon much applause with his clever dancingand pleasing voice. The heroine, BabyNorton, always singing in tune, possessesa dear, resonant soprano voice.

"THE FAITHFUL"—A Japanesedrama In three acts, by John Masefield. Presented by the TheatreGuild, at the Garrick Theatre, Mon-day evening, October 13, 1919.

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CASTAsano.. ..: Rollo PetersKnrano ....... An gustln DuncanHasama. .Henry TravelsKodua Robert DonaldsonHara......... .. ... ..Brsklne SanfordAn Old Samurai. .William J. NelsonA Widow's Son... Noel LeslieShod*. Walter GeerKJra ..Henry. HerbertSaguaka ...Boris KorllnKamal :...,.Walter HoweHonzo ..............Eraklne SanfordThe Envoy.. ....... .Henry StUlmanOno .........Milton PopeCaptain of Klna's Guard.

)!£}."• Albert LesterWild Cherry. ...... .. Mary BlairLady Knrano. Helen WestleyChlkara Richard AbbottS tarblossom . . . ....'. Julia Adler

The Theatre Guild, which placed Itselfemphatically among those present lastseason with its presentation of St. JohnG. Brrine'8 powerful Irish play, "JohnFerguson," began its second year of ex-istence last week with the presentation atthe Garrick Theatre of John Masefleld'snew play, "The Faithful," an exotic tragedyIn three acts based on a Japanese legion.The origin of the latter is said to date backto the period of 1338 B. C. The new playIs a combination of extraordinary beauty,vigor and spirit, and the performance, asseen by the large first night audience inattendance, was Interesting and. In Itsmanner of presentation, notably artistic.For its plot development, the author has

set forth the conflict of the powers of right-eousness against evil. He has' added theadornment of a pure and eloquently poeticimagination to the grim episodes in whichare mingled all the craft, guile and crueltyof the Japanese nature. The great strugglela fashioned about the characters of Asano,representative of all that la good andright in life, and Kira, a sinister embodi-ment of evil, treachery and Inst. Both areof noble birth, and the bitterest of politicalenemies. Kira,, availing himself of thechance to overcome his rival, deceivesAsano when their province is visited byan envoy of the Emperor, as to the ritualof the ceremoney to be used In receivinghim, with the result that Aasno profanesthe representative of the sovereign, a crimefor which he is - punished with self in-flicted death.Pledging themselves to avenge their lead-

er's death, Assno's faithful followers, ledby his counsellor, Knrano, bide their timeand, after many years of waiting, the con-spirators eventually, 'on the eve of thetreacherous Klra's ultimate triumph, wheahe la about to -be elated to a dukedom,force' their "entrance Into his unguardedpalace,

'surprise him In a moment of lust-

ful passion and compel I him to take hislife, as, years before, he had compelledAsano to tske his. It is here that the fatal-Ism of Japanese belief descends. In theirhour of victory, as they are laying thedagger of Asano upon his flowering grave,its mission having been fullfllled, the faith-ful little band receive a command from thesovereign that they mnst kill themselves aspunishment for their crime against theirenemy.

. Thus ends the play..Rollo Peters, as Asano, who played withrare intensity and perfect control, perhapsgave the most Interesting and effective per-formance of the evening. Henry Herbertmade.an excellent Kira, and Boris Korlinand Henry Stlllman were effective.The play- was marked by costumes and

scenery of genuine distinction designed byLee Slmonson. In closing it might be saidthat "The Faithful" Is a_play worthy of thehigh standard of the Theatre Guild, and

£roved to be a highly creditable and veryiterestlng accomplishment.

SET PROVINCETOWN OPENINGThe Provincctown Plays will open

their season, on Friday, October 31,

for' two weeks' instead of - one, asoriginally intended. They will presentthree one-act * plays', • "The DreamyKids,*! by Eugene "OrNeiU; fThreeFrom The Earth," by Djuna Barnes,and "The Phildsopheri" by HaroldChapin. .;.

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COBURNS HAVENEW COMEDY"Three Showers." a. new'edmedy

with music, ..will /shortly'-go into re-

hearsal.under the direction or the Coburns. Creamer and Layton art the

authors of "Three Showers." .

Octobers. 19ifc-_ THE NEW YORK CLIPPER XT

Ramsey Wallace lias been engagedfor "Eve and The Han." V - fy

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Flor de Mayo has been signed for"The Dream Girl" . . '

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Grace Leigh has joined the cast of"RoljrTBoly Eyes." .

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Charles Dalton has been engaged/or "All. the King's Horses."

Floy Murray has been- engaged byOliver Morosco for the Chicago com-pany of "Civilian Clothes." .

Frank Chick and. his daughter, Ger-trude, of Chick and Chicklets, areresting at their country home inBrookhaven, -LI.

Bert and Patty Tcnb will be seen ina new act written by Marion Seward,shortly.

Richard Barbee and Claire Merser-eaa have ben engaged by Walter Hastand George Mooser for Dorothy Con-nelly's new play, "Forbidden."

Frank Bernard was operated on forappendicitis in Rochester and is nowrecovering, having returned to NewYork

Wm. J. Whiuon has left the "Un-born Child" company and has joinedLeo. Marshall's Greater Norfolk Min-strels as contracting agent.

Bddie Benton and Buddie Carmin,last season with Sam Howe's showin burlesque, are now on the road with"Going Up," Cohan and Harris's mu-sical comedy.

Leo Hayes did not open with SamHowe's show in place of CharlesQuinn, whose part is being taken 'byHarry Cooper.

Arthur Albertson, of "CivilianClothes," was married last week toEsther Howard, who recently ap-peared in "She Would and She Did."

Fred Camp, Fritz Adams, Louis Ir-hoff, James Morrison and Kate PocrRoemer have been engaged by OliverMorosco for "The Master Thief."

The Oakland Sisters joined the castof "Oh, What a Girl" last week.

Emily Egmer, of O'Brien and Eg-mar, is seriously ill: at her home, 50Hull Street, Brooklyn.

Syd Dunn returned to the "KewpieDolls" last week after several weeksillness. • •' '

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Francesca Ward, recently seen in"The Diamond Necklace," is conva-lescing from a serious operation at theSt. Luke's Hospital. -...-.

Raymond Wallace has been engagedfor "Civilian Clothes" by Oliver Mo-rosco. -••:

Ray Kossar is rehearsing for a newproduction soon to open.

Allien Stanley has . been, held overfor another week at the .MarylandThetre, Baltimore. After the first

night she was moved from fourth toclosing spot. '. '

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M; Pratt of the Klaw and Erlangeroffices, is visiting his parents in SaltLake, City. . V.;^:

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Al Woods has recovered from bisrecent illness to the extent of goingto Atlantic Cityto rest up. .

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Mme. Emmy Dustin has been en-gaged by the Chicago Opera Com-pany for nine performances.

John Meanis is writing the lyricsfor Moris Gest's new "CenturyWhirl.? , "..,-, ..;,.;

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Percy Winter has been engaged byOliver Morosco for a role in a third"Civilian Clothes" .company, scheduledto take to the, road soon. .

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Otto A. Harbach, one of-the authorsof "The Little Whopper,." was pre-sented with one, a male, by his wifelast week. He will be called WilliamOtto Harbach.

Pan! Morton is rehearsing a singlewhich he expects to play over the bigtime. The act was written by JamesMadison.

Leo Mielziner, Jr., now appearing in"At 9.45," has changed his name toKenneth McKenna.'

The For Mortons have placed an or-der with James Madison for some new

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material for their, act. .

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Norman Trevor has been engagedby Flo Zeigfeld for "Caesar's Wife."

Helen Shipman, Ben Mnlvey, LynnOverman and Laura Arnold have beenengaged by Oliver Morosco for"Smith, Jones and Brown."'

Harry Sweatman, who has been rep-resenting one of the "Tea For Three"companies in the South, is coming toNew York to be treated for illness.

Langdon McConnack has completeda new play which will be produced in

the Spring.

George Le Gnere has been engagedby Arthur Hopkins for "Kentuck."

Arthur Shaw has been signed byEdgar MacGregor for "The HauntedPajamas."

Cleves Kinkaid. author of "CommonClay," has subscribed $250 to the Har-vard Endowment Fund for the coursein playwriting.

Pearl Regay has been engaged byNed Wayburn for the revue in theCapitol Theatre." - •

The Quaker City Quartette joined"Hello. Alexander" last week.

Walter Scanton, is to be starred in anew production soon.

Renee Adoree, the French artist, hasbeen placed under contract to appearin the next Winter Garden show.

Thelma Carlton will open at Rei-senweber's, New York, Oct. 16.

Kathryn Martyn, the English act-ress, .will make her American debutunder the management of Charles Dil-lingham in "The Night Boat"

Fred and Adele. Astaire, dancerswith "Apple .Blossoms, have beenplaced under long-term contracts byCharles Dillingham.

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Mabel Bnnyea joined the cast of"See-Saw" at the George M. CohanTheatre Monday night

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'Lawrence Fein and Lillian Morelyare now rehearsing a new act writtenby Leila Brett for presentation in

vaudeville.

Miriam Batista, who played Cinder-ella in "Oh, What A Girl" in Phila-delphia, rejoined that show. last weekat the Central Theatre. "

Charles Pnrcell, the Watson Sis-ters, George JesseL White and Clay-ton, Gilda Gray, the Barber Sisters,

Lew Cooper, Dooley and Sales, Mar-guerite Calvert, the Glorias, the Shel-tons, William and Gordon Dooley,the Klein Brothers, and D'Armoreand Douglas were among those whoappeared at the Winter Garden con-cert Sunday evening.

William K. Thompson, of the castof "The Crimson Alibi," and his wife,celebrated their twentieth weddinganniversary on Sunday.

Muriel Allen, formerly treasurer ofProctor's 58th Street, is now installed

in the box office of Moss' FlatbushTheatre. She even has her namedprinted on the programs.

Barton Kline, formerly Sunday edi-

tor of the New York "Tribune, willdispense publicity for "Abraham Lin-coln." •

Kata Kiachiro, a Japanese acrobat,is in the Knickerbocker Hospital in

a ' serious - condition' resulting' from a -

stab wound.

William Rock will open his singlein vaudeville at ' the Mount VernonTheatre shortly.

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Dora Montran opened with "ChinChin" in Omaha last week.

Tommy Rboney is back in NewYork from a visit to Boston, wherehe attended the marriage of his broth-er, John, a non-professional.

Aileen Poe has been engaged for arole in the "Magic Melody."

William Harcourt has been engagedfor "Forbidden." * .

Hermine Shore has been engagedby Walter Hast and George Mooserfor a role in Dorothy Donnelly's newplay, "Forbidden."

Vivienne Segal has been placed un-der a long contract by Abe Levy toappear in the leading roles of hisforthcoming attractions.

Rita Zalmene is now appearing in

"The Greenwich Follies" in the danceof the Golden Columbine.

Lewis and Leona opened in a newact at the Jefferson Theatre Monday.

Ruth Laden has returned to. herduties as George So fran ski's secretaryafter recoving from an operation.

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Bddie Keehan has been signed withSunshine Comedies for one year.

Ida Alberts, secretary to Anton Sci-bilia, left him last week to work forher father. She has been replaced byStephanie M- David.

Harry Sedley, Allen Jackson andHarold DeLong have been added tothe cast of the new Anthony PaulKelly show, "The Phantom Legion,"now in rehearsal. .

Virginia Burt, Edward Jo ice, Martinand Elliot and James Guitfoyle, havebeen engaged fqr the ' number tworoad company of "Gloryanna."

Miller and Hill, and Leonoragere, have been engaged for "The"Lady in Red," road production.

Bnrford Hampden andPierlot have been engaged for. one' ofthe "Please Get Married" companies.

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B. M. Stainback, manager of Loew'sTheatre in Memphis, Tenn., passed hissixtieth birthday last week. He hasbeen .in the theatrical business fortwenty-one years. •

Carl Randall, the dancer, has beenplaced under contract by M. S. Ben-tham with M. Vol terra, manager ofthe Casino, in Paris, to direct the hewrevue and to dance with Mme. Mis-tanguett He sailed. for Paris Mon-day. j .-. ,

Frank Gould has been routed overthe Western Vaudeville circuit,through Lew Goldberg.

Velma Addison, -of the " SweetSweetie Girls," went under an opera-tion at the Misericordia Hospital, lastweek.

Frances Ward, the old actress, is

confined in St Luke's Hospital. NewYork -

The Four Higgie Girls have beenbooked for a thirty-weeks', tour of theUnited Time.

Barry Melton opened this week with"The Dream Girl." in Paterson, N. J.

Gardner James has been signed byGeorge Broadhurst for the entire runof "The Crimson Alibi."

Edna 'Archer. Crawford has beenadded to the cast of "Boys Will BeBoys."booked for a tour of the PantageiCircuity opening on November 2nd atMinneapolis, Minn.

"Clark's Hawaiians," have beenbooked for a nine-week tour of theMoss time.

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Allen Spencer Tenney is writing anew act for Leon Toone, a ventrilo-quist.

Louis Anchor has joined the "Gaie-ties of 1919." doing straight

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George Hale, a dancer with the"Gaieties of 1919," will leave the '

to join "Irene O'Dare."

Harry K. Morton has- signed a five-year contract with Edgar McGregor.

•Charles Bartholomew has been en-gaged by Corns lock and Gest for animportant role in "Oh Lady, Lady." ~

Rivington M. Bisland has been ap- .

pointed treasurer of the New CapitolTheatre. .

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Isabelle Lowe, in "The Dancer," has t

purchased a home in Great Neck, L. I.

Helen Holmes has been engaged byWalter Hast for "Eve and the Man."

Carlotta Monterey has been en-gaged by Dodge and Pogany to playthe title role in "Esther." . *

Richard Barbee and Claire Meser-ean have been engaged for "Forbid-den" by. Walter Hast and GeorgeMooser.

Carol McComas, who has appearedin a number of Broadway productions,has signed to -appear in motion-pic-tures with the Famous-Players Laskyfilms. - .:'-;•...

Jack Osterman, son of J. J. Rosen-thal, has been booked for- a long routeon, the OrpheTim Circuit

Mollie Nelson, formerly with The-Twentieth Century Maids," 'has beenengaged, by New Yayburn for bis newRevue at the Capitol Theatre.

Clyde Cook, 'recovered from the in-

jury he received in a fall early histweek, has returned to the cast - of"Happy Days"

Elizabeth Marbnry, who arrangedthe entertainment of the KL of G, ar-rived in New York last week after; a .

four, i/ionths' visit to France. • :

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John P. Slocnm, the producer, wasmarried last week to "Frisco" Devere,who is rehearsing with "The MagicMelody.. -.-».---. - -„

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education, attending the School of: Edward VI„ Trinity College, at

Dublin, and Oxford, where be receivedOut degree of B. A. and M. a., and King'sCollege, where ha received the degree ofH. R.Hla stage career started In 1801, when he

want wtth Wilson Barrett. He also playedwith Sir Bearbohm Tree, Henry Irving,

' Will Edouln and George Alexander. Thenhe played the music nalla and syndicatehalls In London, followed by a Moss andThornton tonr, and later by a Stoll tour.He next appeared in the Paris theatres

and then. In tarn. In Germany, SouthAfrica and Australia. He testified that hahas played every first class vaudevillehouse In the world except those In Buda-pest, Bucharest and the United States.Mountford appeared twice in Americanvaudeville on the small time.

• Asked, for - his views on labor, he saidthat he agreed with Abraham Lincoln,.who declared: "Labor Is superior to capi-tal and worthy of greater consideration."He also coincided with the views of PopeLeo XIII. and President Wilson, whocontend* that there ahonld be no inter-ference with the right of collective bar-gaining. He Joined the White Bats inDecember, 1907, and was made an officerIn March, 1908. He resigned in October,1911, and returned to the organization InOctoter, 1015. •Mountford admitted that he conducted

an advertising campaign for the unionshop In 1911, and again published articlesto that effect in 1616. There was muchhaggling between Goodman and the wit-ness on the distinction between 8 closedand a union shop.. Mountford Insisted thats closed shop is an employer's expression,being an expression used by them In anagreement not to employ union men. Hestated that the closed shop is a misleadingterm used by employers to fool the public.A union shop, he said, believes In arbi-tration, bnt there mast be some policeforce to carry out the terms of the arbi-tration. Therefore, the union. He statedthat without the "police force," terms ofarbitration wonld not carry any weight.He cited the case of Pantagea. to whom hepurports to have made a proposition totha effect that, if Pantagea wonld pnt upa bond which could act as a guaranteehe would abide by a permanent board ofarbitration, the White Rats, on their part,would abandon a union shop. But Pan-tagea replied with the question: "Isn't 1 myword good enough 7". In Mountford's proposed union shop anyperson in the theatrical profession at thetime of the shop's inception could be amember, and all others would bare toserve a year's apprenticeship. If, aftera matter had been submitted for arbitra-tion, an actor refused to abide by theterms, all other actors would refuse toplay with him.Articles which Mountford had written

tram time to time concerning the- unionshop were then introduced Into evidenceby Goodman, aa well as a letter fromMountford to his deputy organisera en-closing a closed shop agreement.Mountford would not testify that the

.(rike.in Oklahoma City was an actor'sstrike. He testified that the reason thatthe actor* did not work waa to keep Man-ager Sinopnlo from winning his fightagainst the magicians.

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. . A' telegram printed in a trade rarerwas shown Mountford. It was addressedto him and signed E. J. GIddlngs. anattorney In Oklahoma City. Bnt Mount-ford- say* he did not authorise its publi-cation, that a man by the name of Whalenhad .canned It to be printed, and thatMountford had called him to task fordoing- so. disclaiming at the same timesay responsibility for its publication.

w*i.K**5f written by Mountford to CarlHoblltxelle, another theatre manager inOklahoma City, was Introduced In evl-dencjvln It Mountford told HobUtselleto "keen his nose out of the striks/' be-

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W?• £St JF' fleftt- He askedHoblltxelle to let Sinopnlo carry on hisfight alone and that, as long as Hoblltzelledid not Interfere, he would be safe."Safe from what?" he waa asked by the

indent', attoray*.fe from a strike." waa Mountford's

Mountford disclaimed having had any.thing to do with a telegram sent to eentered act. Hunter and Shapelle. duringthe Oklahoma strike, although his namewas signed to the telegram. Mountfordsaid he had no connection with the coloredbranch of the White Rata, and 'h.it aman by the name of Farrell had sent thetelegram without his authorisation.He admitted having sent a. telegram to

the FoDr Klnga at the time of the Okla-homa strike, suggesting that when theyleft Wichita for Oklahoma City to "getteat.**. "Obedience Is your duty; disobedi-ence la treachery," the telegram read. ~Although Mountford didn't recognise a

"scab list" that Goodman showed him, headmitted that there waa a "scab list" atthe White Bats that the officers had accessto. When asked what It la need for.* hareplied. "It la used to trace the progressof scabs la their downward path." < .

. Different corporations la . which theWhite Rat* were interested' at varioustimes were recalled to Mountford's mem-err by Goodman's questions .He admitted

that he was g stockholder and. directorin the Associated Actors, in which wasInvested S5.000 at one tlnia and 16,000 ataoather. This company organized in De-cember, 1908.Mountford gave the date of the organi-

sation of the Independent Booking Agencyaa August, 1908, and admitted that actorsnsed to refer to It as the White BatsBooking Office.Mountford. testified that he waa a di-

rector In the Lancaster Amusement Com-pany, which had twelve or fourteen townsIn eastern Pennsylvania on Its circuit.When- the White Rata Publlablng Asso-

ciation waa organised, Mountford wasmade editor of the Player. He was re-

ceiving 375 a month from the White Batsss his salary for being an officer, butrefused to accept, a salary aa editor. There-upon the directors of the association put320 per week into the bank, to be paid toMountford if the paper made at leastsix per cent, profit on the year. ThePlayer reached- a circulation of 24,000.

Mountford testified that he did not publishanything in the Player that was not cor-rect, and when excerpts were read to himthat differed rather materially with bisviews, he explained that that was the "sec-ond" Player/' edited by Vinton and not byhim.Mountford testified that the White Rata'

Realty Company wna organized in AugUBt,1917. He left the White Rata because hedid not agree with them on their policyof building a clubhouse, he said.While he was out of the White Rata

he did considerable magazine writing andestablished himself in England aa ' effi-

ciency expert in constructive and destruc-tive organization." :_*v, . „;„„ -

"I think you'll bear me out in that?" hefacotionaly asked Goodman."Yes," replied the attorney, "and so will

ail the White Bats." • -

When asked who Major Doyle was.Mountford said Doyle bad been an officer

Of the White Rata and had come into theorganization about December, 1910. Anexcerpt from a letter was introduced into

evidence which Mountford wrote to Doyleafter Mountford had left the Rat*. It

was written on March 23, 1914, and read:

"Haven't heard a word of it for twoyears. Get what yon can out of Worm-wood re inside Rata. Rub the stealing of

the funds down his throat. All of themwere guilty, and when the smash comes,someone wUl go to jalL It Is anotherSlegel (the dry goods store case) bankruptfor five years and kept going by the little

coming in and the jockeying of the funds.'When he returned to the United States,

he testified that the White Rata were In

a bankrupt condition. The membershipwas about 300. In 1911 they had about$185,000 In cash and railroad bonda. andstock in theatres worth about S9O.00O orriOOOOO Omitting unpaid dues, the assets

were about £280,000 and 1270,000 on October1, 1911. The membership was then 18.000

strong. When he retujrnedto the UnitedStates the Rata were $275,000 In debt, hesaid. ' _'

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While in Europe Mountford wrote atetter to Samuel Gompera about the Rats,which read In part:"Five weeks ago the secretary-treasurer

resigned because they could not afford to

pay his salary, and yet, two years ago thla

date, which, by a strange coincidence, is

the date I left, they had the richest andmost powerful actors organization theworld has ever known. Bnt they are nowbankrupt, living on borrowed money, onnotes, and the laughing stock Instead ofbeing the dread of the managers. Theirpresent position and all their tronblessredue to the forsaking of the policies withwhich I waa identified, and which are thepolicies which you publicly preached.In thla letter Mountford told Gompers

that he had enlisted the sympathy of

French, German and English acts, and that

la the event of a strike in America he hadsaid "no actor should leave those shores.Ooodman asked Mountford if this agree-

ment to stop actors from coming over herehad, in his mind, anything to do with thetheory of .collective bargaining. Mountfordgave an affirmative answer, with the ex-planatlon that not allowing acts to workas strikebreakers was certainly an exampleof collective bargaining. • •

Mountford's attention was called to anarticle In which- he said that the Vaude-ville Collection Agency took In 3370,000 Inone year from actors and agents, and thatthis money went to the directors. of theV. B. O. In the article he wrote

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"This proof is not from us. but comesfrom the mouth of Pat Casey, the managerand secretary of the V. C. A."The testimony on that point is aa fol-

lows:Q.—How about the 3370,0007 A.—Yes.

That la all right. 3370.000.Q.—Can you point out in the testimony

where there is any such proof 7 A—Yes.sir. if you will show me the exhibits.

Q.—The exhibits are in Washington, ex-cept respondents' exhibits, and it la notamong those exhibits. A.—Mr. Goodman,between us, yon know that we talked that

f matter over, and I showed you how I madeup those figures, and you disagreed withroe. Bnt I also disagreed with you,though I showed yon that la the way I.made it up.

Q.—We wont get into any controversy

over it. That statement you made isbaaed upon what la your construction hereof the exhibits offered in evidence in thlacane? A.—Yes. By my mathematical cal-culation of the exhibits.Mountford's attention was called to the

following advertisement which appearedIn a theatrical paper:"If the managers friends or representa-

tive or any: agent or agent's friends orrepresentative suggests or insinuates thatit would be to yonr professional advantageor to your booking or to your pecuniaryInterest to pay your dues to the N. V. A.Or to buy tickets for its benefits or balls,

or If any agent, manager's friend orrepresentative or any agent, agent's friendor representstive, suggests that you shouldpnt an advertisement in a theatrical paperthrough him or at his suggestion, andthat It would be to your benefit to do it,

immediately communicate the details, giv-ing manager, agent or other represents-five's name, time sod place, to JohnWalsh, Esq., Chief Counsel, Federal TradeCommission, Washington, D. C Yourname will be held in strict confidence.Or to our attorney, Joseph J. Meyers, 60sFifth Avenue, New York, or to me."Mountford testified that he had. printed

this notice without asking Walsh's per-mission.He was then asked to explain s, state-

ment he made to the effect that "becausethe actor makes the theatre, the actorshould own the theatre, because withoutthe actor the theatre la not.".

He explained that the word "theatre"waa only used in the abstract, and thatthe statement should not be construed tooliterally.Although Mountford objects to anyone

asking an actor to join the N. V. A, hethinks it's a different case when an actorla asked to join the White Rats. Headmitted writing the following in a the-atrical paper article:"The more I see of the law In this coun-

try, the more I think it needs .a. lot less

law *nd a lot more justice." •-

Questioned as to the present member-ship of the White Rats, Mountford ap-pealed to Examiner Moore on the groundsthat aa answer to the question wouldbetray a secret. The question waa with-held by Goodman, who said he wantedonly to know if it had a substantial mem-bership. Mountford replied that, at thepresent moment, there is really no suchan organization as the White Rats! Thereare just enough members in it to keepit going" nominally. In. October, 1917, onehundred and twenty-one members con-stituted a new organization, and in Janu-ary, 1919. it began to grow, and now hasabout 980 members in good standing. Thisorganization la a vaudeville branch of theFour As., having a subcharter. The Ratshave a membership of about 90.Testimony before the Oklahoma State

Board of Arbitration in 1916 was read toMountford to show that, at that time,as well aa now, he had testified that heowed no allegiance to any country.In that testimony he had said: "I am a

wanderer on the face of the globe." ButMountford replied that that did not meantbat he did not have a country, for. heconcluded, he is an Irishman,

Elizabeth M. MurrayMIbb Murray has been in the show busi-

ness for nineteen years, according to hertestimony. She paid for a life membershipIn the White Rata, and is a member of

the National Vaudeville ArtistB. She wasin vaudeville for eight years, and thenappeared in legitimate productions, afterwhich she returned again to the two-a-day.Her starting salary in vaudeville was

$35. Playing at Keith's. Boston, forseventeen weeks with a "nigger" chorus.her salary was 930, and, toward the endof the engagement it was raised to 875.

With the Joe Hart vaudeville show shereceived $75 and expenses.With the Orhpenm road show her salary,

the first of the season, aa 3125: the secondnetted her a weekly salary of 3185.She then returned to the Keith theatres

for 3150, and later went over the OrphenmCircuit again at 3200.A part In the musical comedy, "Madame

Cherry," gave her a salary of 3175 a week,and. In the off season, she returned tovaudeville for 3500 weekly. . She also ap-peared in "High Jinks," a musical comedy,after which she retured again to vaude-ville. At the Riverside Theatre last weekher salary was $800.For a time Alf Wilton was her agent,

bnt she now books herself. At times shehas worked solely on the manager's word,without a contract, and has found thatthe managers always keep their word.She admitted that her act has not always

been a success, because different localitieshave different tastes. She cited Baltimoreas an example where her vaudeville actwaa a frost, but said she msde a goodsuccess there In musical comedy. Shethinks managers have Individuality juataa actors have, and said that every man-ager has hla own ideas as to what a vaude-ville bill ahonld contain. She said thatsometimes managers make mistakes.Miss Murray la unalterably opposed to

the closed shop In either vaudeville or aproduction, because it is her belief that a

theatre could not survive if there.were aclosed shop. •'

When cross-examined, Miss Murray saidthat the reason she no longer has an agentla because Wlltoa did not book her sothat she could work consecutively. Shewent to see E. F. Albee about the matter,and he advised her to book herself andgot her twenty-one consecutive weeks.She never paid a Whit* Rata' strike

levy.Irving Weingardt ••/;

Irving Welngardt la the manager- of thecontract department of the Marcus LoewBooking Agency. He testified that be-tween, twenty-five and thirty per cent, ofthe acta playing Loew time book direct.At the time of the strike the Loew

Agency began using the "N. V. A. inclu-sion clanae" In its contracts. They usethis contract up to the present date be-

11 cause they hsve an abundance of them osSaaad. Bnt they have received a new formof contract from V. M. P. A- However,he testified, no' one has ever been cancelledbecause he is not a member' of the Na-tional Vaudeville Artists. ' '

On cross-examination, .Welngardt - wasasked if be ever ' remembered . seeing arubber-stamped clause on the contractwhich warranted that the actor was nota member of the White Rats, and was amember of the N. V. A. Welngardt saidhe did not "remember ever having seensuch a clause. Walsh questioned him againand again on this point and asked him torefresh his memory. But Weingart saidhe could -not remember. . . ,

. "Come back here to-morrow if you findout you're mistaken." admonished Walsh,as the witness left the stand.Welngardt very probably waa mistaken,

for the next day there was inserted In theofficial record a stipulation to - the effectthat a rubber stamp was used betweenFebruary 1 and the middle, of May, 1917,In which the- actor signing the contractwarranted that he was not a member ofthe White Rats and was a member ofthe N. V. A., and that, after ceasing thestamp, there was imprinted in the con-tract a provision that the artist agreedhe was a member of the N. V. A.

• Morgan D. SimmonsMorgan D. Simmons testified that be was

the booking manager of the AmalgamatedVaudeville Agency, which used to bookfor Moss and Brill. He estimated that be-tween five and ten per cent, of the actsplaying' those houses booked without anagent.The N. V. A. inclusion clause was used

in their contracts daring the White Ratsstrike, and the clause remained In thecontract until September, 1918, when Sim-mons was ordered to take It out. Noact was ever cancelled through this clause,he said.Simmons testified that the Amalgamated

has never had a collection agency, andalways provided offices and accommodationfor its thirty agents and the managers ofIts seventeen houses. -

The "big act" has been the act thathas booked without an agent, he said.By "big act" Simmons meant a big actfrom a small time standpoint, pointingout Regal and More, and Mllo as ex-amples. .-

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He does not know whether or not B. S.

Moss contributes to the N. V. A. ••

Roger ImhoffRoger Imhoff started in the show busi-

ness in 1801. He ha* played the circusand every other branch of show businessexcept grand opera. This is the eighthseason he has played vaudeville exclu-sively. He has been the manager and star

of a burlesque show, and, previously to

that waa in vaudeville. His average sea-

son In vaudeville la from forty to forty-four week*. . .

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. _Imhoff is a member of the act of Imhoff.

Conn and Coreen. At present Conn is sick

and there la a salaried man in his place-

Conn Is a third owner of the act, and.while sick, he draws the difference in paybetween the salary given bis substituteand his third interest. ', .

«' „The team hss played all kinds of time.

Imhoff testified he has an agent becausehe thinks that the agent is a better busi-

ness man than an actor. He waa in the

White Rata at one time, and la now •

member of the National Vaudeville Artists.

In the old days, booking used to be haphazard, be said. Nowit is very muchbetter. There has been a great improve-ment In booking conditions, at least as far

as he is concerned. If, in the old days,

he had played every theatre in the or-

ganization twice, he couldn't have playedforty-four weeks.Imhoff hss a contract from .

Pantageawhich, he testlfledjhe might accept. Theteam would get 3870 net under the termsof the contract. Four times during their

entire season they would be forced to

play five shows a day. Otherwise the con-

tract calls for three shows a day. Headmitted that he "would not be so elated

playig for Pantagea ss he would If he

were playing for the Orphenm, "but," hetestified, "we'll throw pride to the windsand get the money." ' •..-.*. ...Although he has at times had squabbles

With managers, It baa never interferedwith his bookings. Imhoff stated. He If

against s closed shop for the reason that

October 22. 1919. THE MEW YORK CUPPERhe is not willing to become an automaton.He wai not cross-examined.<Vvi'- v'-- ''-''Nan MaJpetiu-^''- ^^'- •

Nan Halperin testified that she la nowrehearsing is the "Frivolities of 1919."Her Btage career numbers ten year*, sevenOf which bare been apent In vaudevllle.andthree In stock. Her seven years in Vaude-ville have been split "between three on thentU time and fonr on the big time. Shebaa worked for the W. V. M. A., Ous Son.Jones, Linlck and Schaefer. Orpheum andKeith. She received $25 with Son and asblab aa $160 with Jones, Llnlk andSehaefer.Her first salary on bis; time waa $178,

and last Angnat, her last appearance onbig- time, ber salary waa $000. In herflrst bis time engagement she had anagent. Then E. F. Albee sent for ber andtold ber that aha didn't need sua agent, andmade a contract with her. on a' eliding.scale. Bat she retained. ber agent aa "abusiness associate." TShe presumes ehe waa a member of the

White Bate, because she once gave berdues money to a friend to pay to the Ratafor her. But aba never got a receipt, shestated. She la not a member of the 'Na-tional Vaudeville Artists. In the legiti-mate she receives $600. of which the Ben-

<. mltted to Walsh that she hag been in afortunate position in her relation to the

.: booking office, in that her services are Indemand. She la against a closed shop, be-cause It worka against Individuality.

William RockWilliam Rock's stage career dates back

twenty-five years. At the -present time hela not in vaudeville, bla last appearancein each having been in March of this year.Hia career began "In ancient history" In'Chicago, when he played the* "honky-tonks." He appeared at Cobn and Mld-

- dleton'a Museum In Chicago, and, in fact,"every place where they bad a stage." He

: aang, danced and "tried to be funny" for

( $12 or $14 a week.Q.—How many times a day did yon ap-

pear? A.—You jnat kept coming on whenanyone waa in the house.Rock testified that sometimes be did

' five shows, sometimes ten, and sometimes• aa many as thirty. His flrst real vaude-

ville engagement waa at the Olympic, InChicago, where be made hia debnt In thetwo a day thirteen or fourteen years ago,being employed in an act at a salary offJOO. per week.Twelve years ago, he teamed up with

Mamie Fulton, starting in vaudeville ata salary of 9290 for the team. It forgedupward at the following rate: 9500, $800,$1,000, $1,000 and finally $1,750.

'. He then went -with a production in San-. Francisco, and afterward back to vaude-

ville, this time with Frances White. Theyplayed over the Orphenm time for seven-teen weeka at $300, and then appeared atthe Palace, New York. Bock wanted $M»

• for the act, and the booking office haggledabout it. He said he wouldn't take less,that he would play either for his expenses

" or the salary he demanded. Under theseconditions the team went on. and. at theend of the second week got their salary.Rock and White then went into the

... "Follies," and, on their return to vaude-ville got $800. and later $1,000. Theyplayed simultaneously at Zlegfeld's Roofshow, where they received between $400and $500 a week. „Rock has always had an agent to handle

' hia business. He is not in favor of a closedshop. Cross-examined by Walsh, be wasasked: „ .

Q.—IX an artist baa merit, is it possiblefor the TT. B. O. to keep him out of vaiiile-

- villa? A.—I can only apeak for myself. Ihave never wanted for work.• Q.—In other words, yon were in a posi-tion-to demand these things. A—Yes, Iwaa.

w-alah then got Bock to admit that hewould be In a better position if be badno contract at all with the managers, be-cause he knows he has the goods.Rock testified be quit vaudeville last

1 Winter because he could not get the salary•'Me wanted. He wanted $2,000, and could

.- not get it. Walsh pointed out, by a lead-ing question, that there was no other bigtime Rock could play, and then asked him

'„ if conditions were not different when Ham-merateln waa a competitor. Bock admitted

? :.th»y were.-Rmtrm Cams

Emma Cams has been in the show busi-ness for about twenty years, according toher testimony, both in vaudeville andmusical comedy. Her flrst vaudeville en-gagement was at Proctor's Twenty-ThirdStreet Theatre when she received $30 aweek. Thin wag raised to $75 when shewent on the Orphenm time, then consist-ing, of San Francisco and Los Angeles,

' each for two weeks, and Omaha and Kon-> saa City for one week each. She playedon the initial bill of the Utter two.

.. "In the old days,"«Mlss Cams testified,; "it was very difficult for me. Nobodyknew and nobody cared." Thla waa evi-

' denced by the fact that she tried ont onseveral Sunday nights at the New YorkTheatre for $10 a performance.

I' Her musical comedy appearances runinto a long list, and It was her appear-ance aa leading woman in the "Folllea

:of 1907" that helped her get a substantial

.rise In vaudeville salaries.At the time of the beginning of the

: world war, she was receiving $750 a weekin vaudeville but, while on the road, shewaa notified by the honse manager where

1 she waa- playing that, on account of poorbusiness, everyone must make sacrifices

. and that the United Booking Ofaces bad.found a reconstruction in

sary. She waa given the choice of quit-ting, on the following Saturday night oraccept leg a cut of $200. I Miss Cans saysshe chose the latter, under protest.Two weeks later she played New York

and took the- matter- personally before8am Hodgdon who, after aba had con-

: vlnced him that they had made too muchof a cut In her salary, reduced the cut$100 and reimbursed her with the differ-ence for the two weeka - she had. playedwith the $200 cut.Walsh dwelt upon this part of the tes-

timony in bla cross-examination andasked ber why she bad stood for a cut,to which she replied that, at that time,everyone was sacrificing In one way oranother and she felt that she should, too.Walsh pointed out that, at that time, theLusitanla hod not yet been sunk.While on the Fantage'a Circuit, Miss

Cams received .$000 a week net,' aa wellaa ..railroad fares for herself and maid.She admitted that, "naturally" he did notlike to play more than two shows a day.After booking in turn with M. S. Ben-

tham. Edward Keller. Alf Wilton and-Harrry Weber, she went to B. F. Albee,.who suggested to her tbat She do herown booking." When they weren't doing what I want-ed them to do," she testified, "I'd writea letter to them disengaging them."Since dismissing' Weber, Miss Carus hasbeen doing her own booking, and playsmore than half the time without writtencontracts, . sbe sold.

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"Do you have any difficulty- getting into see Mr. Albee?" she was asked.

"I just go In," sbe answered in a waytbat left no room for dojbt.Her vaudeville salary la now $800 per

week. •

Bliss Carus is' in favor of a two weeks*cancellation clause because it would .en-able her to accept an offer In the legiti-mate at any time that such an offer would

Jtrove . alluring enough. She is- not Inavor of a union shop, because, for twentyyears, the managers have made it possiblefor her to make. a living, have treated herfairly and squarely, and she wouldn'tbelieve It fair to work against them.When cross-examined, she admitted

that she had virtually been doing her. own booking for three or four years, thatshe plays, on the average, forty weeks a

. year, and" that, while she had an agent,she was paying $1600 In agent's fees, withno service for it.

While she admitted that she had neverbeen turned down by a manager for thereason that he didn't want ber services.Miss Carus took exception to Walsh char-acterizing ber as an unqualified suc-cess."She testified tbat while on he Pantagea

time she had beard actors complain andthat more than two shows a day was agreat strain. Sbe joined the Nationalvaudeville Artists because there the actorand manager meet on a plane of socialequality, she said.Performers who "have not been fortun-

ate enough to have the proper opportun-ity to display their goods" * have beenhelped by Miss Cams, who would inter-pose a good word for them, she testified.

! Joseph BrowningJoseph Browning, who waa making $300

at the Palace Theatre last week, startedhis vaudeville career at the Family The-atre on 125th Street, twelve years ago,with Harry Bentley as hia partner. Tbeteam was getting $40 per week. At Keith'sUnion Square Theatre, the team waaraised to $75 and with a new partner.Browning worked bla act up to $150. Henext went over tbe Sullivan and Consldlne

' Circuit, playing as many as Ave shows aday. About seven years ago. Browningbecame a partner of Henry Lewis, and, Inthe two years they were together, theteam's salary grew from $80 to $200.Browning testified tbat be has always

had an agent because a third party canmake better business arrangements forhim than be himself can.While In the White Rats, he did not

obey a telegram to go out on strike atPoll's Theatre, in wilkes-Barre. Penn-Hlvanln, and thinks tha tbat antomatlc-

ly put him ont of the Bats. Althoughhe could not' vouch for the fact, it la bisIdea tbat tbe telegram to strike waasigned by Harry Mountford.His statement to the effect that a num-

ber of members of the White Bate werenot actors, attacked by Walsh, who askedhim for tbe names of these members.He waa unable to give any.When questioned by Walsh, Browning

testified that, at times, Pantagea gavebetter shows than the big time, but, hesaid,- the atmosphere waa lacking. Anact, he thinks, is Inspired to do betterwork on a big time bill. " ?

Lillian FitzgeraldLillian Fitxgerald started ber theatrical

career in tha chorus. When playing in"Tbe Girl from Rector's." her weeklysalary waa $50. She then went with tbeShuberts and later with Savage. Witheach of these Arms she received $75. Atthe same salary, she next played a partIn a vaudeville aketch. Tbe burlesquestage saw ber next In the "Tbe MerryWhirl." after which she starred in a bur-

- lesnue production.The last eight years have been spent by

Mlaa Fitzgerald on the vaudeville stagein a single act. She played for Moas andBrill and for Keith. She testified tbatshe baa always had an agent and used topsy Joe Shea $29 on a salary of $2S0.On Keith time, she hss got aa low aa$300 and as high aa $400 per week. Ar-thur Klein has been her agent.

While playing at the Johnstown The-atre, she .was cancelled after two perform-ances, and waa only given one day's pay.A complaint to the honse manager avail-ing naught, ehe telegraphed to . F. Albee,who got into instant communication withthe house, and settled the difference toMiss Fitzgerald's satisfaction.On another occasion, when Shea, ac-

cording to her testimony, was demandingmore than bit rightful share of ber earn-ing naught, she telegraphed to B. r. Albee,who heard the case. Lawrence Weber re-presenting Shea. At that time, Albee toldShea that "it waa a crime, a aln and adisgrace" to treat a woman In such a wayand said be waa glad that Shea was notconnected with the U. B. o.Mlaa Fitzgerald stated that she U a

member of the National Vaudeville Ar-tists. -

• ..- George HcFarland -

«Declaring that he hadMeen In every

kind of theatrical production, exceptShakespearean. George McFarland testi-fied that be had started vaudeville at $200per week, and- that; since that -time. Bis

•"JSf *as •oaredM high as $70* 3 -.Not believing in strikes be resignedfrom the White Bats at tbe time of theirstrike trouble. He also teslfled, on directexamination, that he la unalterably op-posed to the policy of the closed shop,on the grounds that tbe actor should al-*lftJHLJPWt4 to act as a "free agent.".McFarland Is a member of the National

Vaudeville Artists, joining the organbS-U°r? ^J?.**, ?J " «oclaf inducements.He testified that the vaudeville perform-

er of today la well off, and that a spiritof contentment prevails throughout vaude-villedom.No harsh, arbitrary nr unreasonable ac-

tion, baa ever been used against him byany manager according to kla testimony.He thinks that the essentials to vaude-ville success are- contained primarily inthe possession of personality, and thatanother element of success Is that an ac-tor continually strive to Improve his of-fering.

.McFarland testified tbat be calls him-

self an opera alager, "but that operasingers probably don't agree with him.".Upon cross-examination, he admittedi5a!ne

. H" met yrltb splendid success andthat, at the cpm.usion of each of his mu-sical comedy 'engagements, he has fonndhimself more valuable to the vaudevillebooking offices. His present Intention is1° •T2j5t

9.sudevUle again and he Is a.k-

lng_$850 for hia act.When asked tbe definition of a lockout,

he was unable to give one.He testified that he had never seen a

vaudeville contract with a rubber-stampclause to the effect that he warranted hewas a member of the N. V. A. and did '

not belong to tbe White Bats.The recent actors* strike caused Mc-

Farland to resign from the Actors' EquityAssociation, of which he was a member,

.

and he has since been a member of Fidel-ity. He stated that he resigned from theEquity "when they began to insult GeorgeM. Cohan." •

*

George LemaireGeorge Lemalre testified that he has

had a controversy with every agent hehaa ever bad and recited an Instance wherehe turned down a $750 offer because Max .

Hart, tbe agent, told him that a $1,000offer waa In sight. After laying off tenweeks, waiting for It to materialize, beaccepted the $750 offer, whereupon Hartasked him for a commission, which Le-malre refused to give.He has had two partners in bis carreer,

Mooney Lemalre, and, later Frank J. Con-roy. :

"In tbe early days," stated Lemalre, "Ihad a rotten act and had a bard timegetting it booked."Because a woman was billed over him,

be once refused to play In Providence. Hewired the manager be woudn't open unlessthe billing waa changed and, upon hisarrival In Providence, be and hia partnerwere both jailed. Otherwise, be has badno trouble to apeak of with managers.

Irving CooperWhen Irving Cooper started to explain

that he was not an agent, but an actor'srepresentative, he waa asked by Walshto explain the difference. He admittedthat he secured bookings for acts, forwhich be received commissions and thathe did much the same work as. for in-stance, Pat Casey or Harry Weber. Whenasked if he had ever received advice thatbe couldn't sue an act in New York, heanswered In tbe negative.This question was propounded to him

after he bad testified tbat the only actorhe had ever sued for commissions due htmwaa Jack Wilson, and tbat he bad suedWilson while the latter was playing inNewark.He estimated that between 25 per cent.

and 30 percent, of bis acts do not pay' blm his commissions and -that he hasspoken to Marcus Loew and Joe ScbenckIn favor of putting in a collection agency.He cited the case of Carl McCullough as

an Instance- of an act that owed blmmoney, claiming tbat he had got blmfourteen weeka' over tbe "Pan" time, withmore to follow, and that McCnlloughowed him $250 which be wouldn't paybecause be claimed to have - lost moneyon the act.Cooper started his career as a perform-

er ana, for ten years, be did a single. Hethen joined tbe Empire City Quartetteand $00 was bis share in the act*a salary.He stated that he is "easy" with actors

and refrains from starting litigation

against them because be waa once an ac-tor- himself,, .1

Patrick CaseyThe brunt of Pat. Casey's testimony

-was given at the previous hearing of the'Federal Trades Commission when theCommission was presenting its case- OnThursday, Casey waa recalled to testify,thla time aa a witness for the respondents.In tbe main, bis testimony was nothing

more than a verification of dates and cir-cumstances tbat had been previouslytestified to. " -•.•'

He said that the Oklahoma strike hadoccurred In the lavter part of July, 19M.He recalled the date of a vaudeville strikein Boston aa February 5, 1017. and theSt. Louis strike aa February 14. 1617.Tbe big White Bat strike started oaMarch 8, 1917.When asked to describe the activities

of the Vaudeville Managers' ProtectiveAssociation between 1912 and 1918, Caseystated that the association had had nameetings between November 23, 1012, andFebruary 24, 1918, and that, in that time.no does had been paid.In ' rebuttal to testimony previously

-given bw. other witnesses, Casey said- thatEdwin Keogh waa never on a blacklist.He further denied that either Keogh orMiss Nelson had ever been told that theymust resign from tbe White Bats If theywished to obtain engagements with- tbeV. M. P. ACasey testified that Individual contracts

are given performers for each theatre they

The new V. M. P. A. contract, whichsucceeded the one containing the "N. V.

' A. inclusion clause" waa sent out to thedifferent managers in August.Forty-seven representatives do business

with the TJ. B. O., fourteen with .Fox.twenty-one with Low and twenty-ninewith- Moss. In several cases these are du-plications; that is. many agents do busi-ness with more than one booking office.

A list of actors desiring tbe closed shopin .vaudeville waa handed to Casey byGoodman, and Cagey was asked to readtbe list and tell who' each man on tbelist was. Joe Blms and Eddie Carr weredepnty organizers for - the White Bats.Edward Clark waa Its vice-president.William P. Connolly and Cora Carsonwere depnty organisers for tbe Bats.George Delmar was an acrobat and la nowa -White Rats' Officer. James W. Fits-Patrick is tbe White Rata' Big Chief.Franks Herbs and Tony Lorella were bothWhite Bats* directors. Jnnle McCree waaa former Big Chief of the Rata. JamesMarco waa on the Board: Harry Mount-ford Is the International Secretary and

. Gabriel L. Whaten was one of tbe deputy

"'Casey further testified that B. F. Keithand B. F. Albee were not the only oneswho dominated the V. M. P. A. The as-sociation never required acts to advertise

In any trade paper, he testified.

Casey figures that the money investedIn vaudeville mounts Into several hun-dreds of millions of dollars. He admittedthat he hsd written letters to actors tell-

ing them that it would be a good thingfor them to sdvertlae in trade papers,

bnt that be hsd never requested or re-

quired them to do 00. '

When asked by Walsh If he had everrepresented an actor by the name of Mc-Namle, he answered, no.He wss shown what appeared to be a.

collection agency slip with reference to

tMs act that was put In at the_ victoryTheatre, at Charleston. South Carolina,

bnt knew nothing concerning it.

Al HermanAl Herman testified that ha baa beea

In vaudeville fourteen or fifteen years,

starting as a song-slide singer at $25 per

week. He started on tbe small time abouttwelve years ago and has done as many« nine' show, a day. HI. lntlal salary

in vaudeville waa $». On the L05W Cta-

calt he has received sa high as $200 and$200. He has also played for Fox andfor Sullivan and Consldlne.About live years ago he started for

Keith for $300 and found no difficulty In

swinging from smsU time onto big time.

He baa played tbe Orphenm Circuit aswell, where bla salary has ran ss high

."£%*&"£ U with the Gr-nwichVillage Folllea and gets $500 s week in

that production. .

'

He kaa always had an agent in vaude-ville. Morris and Fell are now his agents.

He was never a member of the WhiteBats nor the National VandarJle Artists.

but Is S member of the Actors' Equity

A,He

Crman

n" explained thst the standard

vaudeville actor never has say trouble.

"It taonly the fellows thst haven't the

merchandise to seU." he said. "Thar sure

Se .only ones that.are enejagadJ£

gotAnd

or shirts or hats or coats. -

>t the merchandise ha cannot sell It.

ad If he hss got It be can sell It."

Herman played in the Australian the-

atres and testified thst they cannot com-pare with onrs so far a. conditions are

concerned, bnt tbat the entertainmentcompares favorably. - —-"-Herman was confused whea Walsh

asked him about the five per cent, he pays

to the vaudeville exchange. His testi-

mony on that point .follows;X—Ton slso pay five per cent, to the3th vaudeville exchange A—Yes, Sir.

(Continued on Page 23)Kelt!

20 THE NEW YORK CL I P P E R October 22. 1919.

I'M SO TIRED OF DREAMING(DIXIE LEE)

By L. Wolfe Gilbert, Harry Cooper and Joseph Cooper

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Chicago

CHEST. CARPENTER240 Woodward Ave.

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Gilbert & Friedland, Inc.232 WEST 46th STREET, NEW YORK

L. WOLFE GILBERT, Pres. MAXWELL SILVER, Gen'l Mgr.TOM MARTIN, 240 Tremont St., BOSTON, MASS.

NAT SANDERS829 Chestnut St.

PHn.Arnci.PHtA, Pa.

HARRY BUSHPantages BuildingSan Fran Cisco

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October 22. 19JL9. jTHJL N EJrV Y-O'RX C L I PPER 81

VAUDEVILLE MILLSFor Next We®&

B. F. KEITH VAUDB. EXCHANGEMW YORK CITYsUverslde—Zardo—"Playmates" Bee Pal-

mer Co.—Hunting & Francis—Kranz 4 L>a-SoIIo.Colonial Both Hove—Crawford A Brod-

erid—Amea tc Winthrop—Dotsou—McKayA Addtne—Jack Hose—( Mortons—Whlt-

. ins; ft Burt—"Girl in Air."Alhambrm—Bothwell Brown Co.—LIda

KcMellan Co.—U. S. Glee CIub^A. Rnbldnsft Part/—Kartallie—Phil Bafeer.Boyai

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3. 8. Leonard ft Co.—DnPonrBros.—C. Sebastian ft Co.—Mellnker ft Mey-ers—Creole Fashion Plate—Am Slaters.

BROOKI/TNT, N. T.Orpheom— Gutters Brlklay— Connteu

Vernona—Bert Baker Co.—Raymond ftSchramm—Sabine ft Goodwin—Baley ftCowan—Joe Laurie.Bu.hwlrk—Valecltas Leopards—Walter

Brower John G. Marks ft Co Sully 4Hanchton—Elllda Morris—Marconi ft Fits-gibbon—Howard ft Clark.

BALTIMOREMaryland—Ferry—Jo Towle—Will Oak-

land—Dootby & Brerd—Harriet Rompel— .

- OMeara ft Co.BUFFALO

Shea's—Alice Lloyd—Creasy ft Dane—Jasaland Naval Oct.—Dare Roth—RInaldoBros.—El Bay Sisters—Williams ft Wolfns.

BOSTONKeith's—Inhoff Conn ft Corinne—Mabel

McCane ft Co.—Mme. Herman—Regal ftMoore—Clinton A Rooney—Jas. Thornton—Piske ft Lloyd—The Legolos—MoreySeena ft Leo.

CINCINNATIKeith's Ann Gray—Lexey ft Rome—Mor-

gan Dancers—Langford ft Fred.COLUMBUB

Keith's—Rae E. Ball ft Bro.—Emmet De-

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Voy A Co.—Lamont 3—Felix Adler Co.

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"Artistic Treat"—Mr. ft Mrs. J. Barry.er.VKT.ANTI

Hippodrome—"Reckless Eve"- -Alan Rog-ers—vera Sabona Co.—Prosper ft Moret—Bert Melrose—McMahon ft Chapelle—LewDockstater—Emerson ft' Baldwin.

DAYTONKeith's—EUnore ft Williams—Alice Ham-

ilton—8 Btearde Sisters—Cbalien ft Kske—Clark ft Bergman—Klngaley Benedict

DETROITTemple—Dream Stars—Plerlot ft ScnfleldFallon A Brown Morris A Campbell—

Kendalls A White—Tony Hackell—M. Max-field A Co.—Rekona.

ERIEColonial— Jack IngUs— "A Modern

Mirage"—"Rubeville."GRAND RAPIDS

Erapreni—Primrose 4—Walter C. Kelly—Fentnn A Fields—Jack Hanley—Lnba Nu-roff ft Co. .

HAMILTON_tyrl*—Nan Gray—Powera ft Wallace—Dewolfe Girla—Wallen ft LaFavor—SworBrothers.

INDIANAPOLISKelth'a—Kdwln George—Rnth Bndd

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Wright ft Dletrlck—Gautler'a Toy Shop-Daring McDonalds.

LOWELLKeith's—Columbia ft Victor—Staling Sax.

4—Martyn A Florence—"15000 A Tear"—Althoff Slaters—Worden Bros.—Kellem ftO'Dare.

LOCI8VILLKKeith's—Mary Howard Co.—Meyers ft

Noon—Francla Kennedy—Frank Gordon

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Diamond ft Hrennnn—Bailie Fisher Co.MONTREAL

Princess— Henry B. Toomber—BreenFamily—Stanley ft Bnrns—Brendel & Burt—* Meyakos—"Rainbow Cocktail."

PORTLANDKeith's—B. ft P. Valentine—M. ft A. Clark

—Dancing Kennedy—A. Havel Co.—HeleneDarts—Bert Earl ft Co.

PITTSBURGDavis—Owen McGlmey—"Chicken Chow

Meln"»—Ed Ross—Stone ft Hayer.PHTXADLPHIA

Keith's—Herman A Shirley—Ells. Murray—"Kiss Me"—Sylvester ft Vance—ValerieBergere Co.—Green A Byron—Kinney ft

Corinne—Miller ft Mack.PROVIDENCE

Keith's—NUto Jo.—Wm. Gaxton Co.

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Jack LaVier—Ramsdell ft Deyo—Geo. A.Moore—Fern & Davie's—Masters ft Kraft—Slssle ft Blake—Gere Delaney...-•'*--• BOORK8TSETemple—Belle Baker—McMahon Diamond

—Juggling NelsonsT-Gallagher A Holler—Reed ft Tucker—LaRue ft Dnpres—Janeeft Hawkins—Kennedy ft Bnrt.

SYRACUSE .- ;.•;

Orescent—Bobbe ft Nelson.TORONTO

Shea's—B. ft E. Adair—Patricola—FrankGaby—Sheldon A Daly—Walentlne A Bell—Lightners ft Alex.—La France Bros.

TOLEDOKeith's—Chung Hwa 4—Billy Gleason—

Peggy Bremmer Co.—Comllla's Birds

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Travers ft Donglas—Nnnneln Sis. A Co.WASHINGTON

Keith's—Ryan ft Healey—Lewis ft White—Estelle Wentworth—Maxima Bros, ftBobby—Hilda Spong ft Co.

wnjtTjfGTOirGmrrleh—Murphy A Lackmac—Freenjont

Benton—Brown A Evans—Carlotta.YOtTNGBTOWN

Hippodrome—Lohse ft Sterling—Magleyf—« Klrksmlth Sis.—IMekramn A Deagon

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Smith A Austin—Toby A O'Nell.

ORPHEUM CIRCUITCHICAGO. ILL.

Palace—Olga Petrova—Ed. ft B. Conrad—Watts ft Hawley—Kenny ft Hoills—Oru-ber's Animals—Sadler Stein ft Phillips

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Great Johnston.Majestie—Margnerlta Sylva—Walter C.

Kelly—"Heart of Annie Wood"—Bert Mel- -

rose—Bowman Bros.—Duffy ft Caldwell

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Mirano Bros.—Clinton Sisters.STATE T.Asrai

Swells Terry Co.—Rlgoletta Bros.—BobHall—Rostock's Riding School—O'DonneUft Klalr—Ben K. Benny—Lew ft Jean Ay- .

cher.C4I.OAKV * VICTORIA

Orpbeum—Gertrude Hoffmann—ClandlaColeman—Green ft Myra—Casting Wards—B. ft J. Connolly—Wood ft Wyde—8am-aroff & Sonla.

DENVEROrpbeum Bessie Clayton- Co.—Nash ft

O'DonneU—Ted Doner—Dunham ft O'Mal-ley—Ray Snow—The Seebacks—Tosa KingCo.

DE8 MOINES -

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Ford Sis. ft Co.DULUTH

Orpheum—Clifford A 'Wills — Janls AChaplow—Geo. Price—"Overseaa Revue"—Jerome ft Herbert—"Beginning of theWorld."

KAItSAB CITYOrpbeum—"Putting It Over"—B. ft J.

Creighton—Mcintosh ft Maids—Dolly Kay—Aerial Shews—Long Taek Sam Co.

LINCOLN _ „,..Orpbeum—Bronson ft Baldwin Co.—WW

J. Ward ft Girls—Botfce Combe—"Levlta-tlon"—Lydla Barry—Bell A Wood—RoyalGatcoignea.

LOS ANGELES <•

Orpbeum—"Tango Shoes"—Seven HoneyBoys—Sybil Vane—Maleta Bonconl—HarryBreen—Mrs. G. Hughes ft Co.—Mme. Ellis

Co.—Alice Els Co.MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Majestic—Lloyd A Wells—"Janet ofFrance"—Merrltt ft Brldwell—3 Jahns.Palaee—Chinese Jasx Band—Dainty Mar-

ie—Ashley A Dietrich—Melnotte & Leedon—Este ft Dutton—Brterre ft King—BrodeanA Sllvermoon.

MINNEAPOLISOrplirum—Hyaius A Mclntyre—Nelson A

Chain—Jas. Cullen—Chinese Brase Band—Kirrcda Wynn—Van Cellos—Gibson A Con-nelll.

MEMPHISOrpheum—Blossom Seeley ft Co.—Toto—

Stuart Barnes—Le Metre ft Hayes—LeoZarr.ll ft Co.

NEW ORLEANSOrpheum—Net Nazarro Jr. ft Band—Bert

Fltagjbbons—Jack Kennedy Co.—Fox AWard—Eadle ft Bamaden—Herahel Hend-ler—Gen. Plsano ft Co.

OMAHAOrpheum—Halg A Waldrlch—Barnes A

Crawford—Hearland—Harden A Rochelle

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Steve Jullase—Sutter ft Dell—"Current ofFun." OAKLANDOrpheum—"Not Yet Marie"—Donald Ro-

berts—Norwood A Hail—Kbarum—ComfortA King—Melnotte Duo—Jack Morrissey.

PORTLANDOrpheum—TJ. 8. Jazz Band—Howard

Nichols—Weber A Mscey—Stephens A Hol-llster—Jimmy Savo Co.

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Robbie Cordone.SALT LAKE CITTT .

orpheum—Julius Tannen— Geo. KellyCo.—Carl Jorn—Bnrt ft Rosedale—Regay &Lorraine Bis.—Ja Da Trio—Belgian Trio

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Orpheum—Harry Watson Co.—HarryHlnka—Cartmell ft Harris—Oliver ft Olf—Murphy ft White—Mason ft Forrest—Mol-He Mclntyre ft Co.

ST. LOUISOrpheum—Sylvia Jason—Maud Harl ft

Co.—Patricola—.Burns ft Frablto—* Read-ings—Ed. ft -Lottie Ford—Garclnettl Bros.

SEATTLE ._ _ «. „Orpheum—Harry Green Co.—B. ft H.

Mann—Ciccollnl—Lillian. Shaw—F. ft O.Walters—The Plckfords.8ACBEMENTO, STOCKTON * PBEBMOOrpheum—"Sweeties— Martelle—Bob Tip

'ft.Co.—Sidney ft Townley—Fern King Co.SAN FRANCISCO

Orpheum—Saranoff ft Girls— "ColourGents*'—The" Sharrocks— William Ebs—Kanaiawa Boys—Lee ft Cranston—CarlEmmy's Pets—Albertlna Ranch Co.—Jas.J. Morton.

VANCOUVEROrpheum—Bva Shirley ft Band—Arthur

WesfCoT—Venlta Gould—Kllner ft Reamey—"The Man Hunt"—Princeas Rajah—Jug-gling Nelson. .

WINNIPEG-Orpbeum—Lambert ft- Ball— "Indoor

SportsV—Dnnhar's Salon Singers—Phlna ft

Co.—Collins ft Hart—Meredith ft Snooxer—Chris.- Richards. ,:

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Baker, Emmet, Reeves and StilsonALWAYS WORKING. Personal Direction CHARLES S. WILSHIN B. F. KEITH CIRCUIT

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-(Nog—What U that for?swer). _-.•-<Qj—Why do 70a hedtateT Does It take

yon a long time to determine what yonpay that fori A.—I could not say whatthat ia for.q.—Weil. If that ia yoor anawar, that

is plenty %*. ''-.,"Goodman attempted to clear the matter

UP In the re-iiirect examination, aa fol-low*: - ,'•.-»

Mr. Goodman—You were aaked by Mr.Walsh what yon paid Ore per cent, to theUnited Booking Offices for, and yon saidyon didn't know. Let me ask yon whatthe business of the United Booking Of-fices Is. Do yon know what it ia theya*ye up there? A.—Well, I know theyare under heavy expense.

Q.—What happens In the United Book-las; Offices J Do you know? A.—In whatway do you mean?

Q.—They are finding Jobs for actors,aren't they? A.—Oh, yes, they are al-ways doing that.Q.—-That ia the place where your per-

sonal representative goes for you, aa yensaid? A.—Tea, sir.

Q.—To get you - employment, isn't It ?

A.—Tea, sir.Q.—Would It-occur to you that the At* -

per cent, you paid to the U. B. O. Is forthese facilities, the facilities of being ableto get to that office and go to that office?

A.—You mean for this agent of mine to

go to the offices?Q.—Tea, In your case you prefer to

bsTe your agent speak for yon. A—Well,n I say, so far aa the fire per cent. Is

concerned, they deduct the five per. cent-

eft your salary. It was a thing that Inerer did gire a thought for what theydid take It off for.

q.—Do you know what business theyare engaged in? A.—Tea, sir.

' Q.—Ton know that the maintain an of-

fice where actora and managers or actors'agents can meet? A.—Yes, sir.

". Valerie BergereValerie Bergere tea titled that she haa

been in vaudeville sixteen years. In vso-devllle she never played more than twoshows a day. For a while, .she bookedwith the Sutherland Agency,' but B. F.Albee told her it was unnecessary thatshe have a personal agent and that shecould get booked by writing direct to Mr.Hodgdon.She startud vaudeville at S350, and now

gets as high as $1000 for her act. For^Carmen," she received MOO. For "CherryBlossoms" she received giSO. In her new-est act, she testified, she obtained a raiseIn salary without a question. - .-

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She never belonged to the White Eats,and la a member of the N. v. A. Shebelieves in trying out an act. Her pres-ent vehicle bad only one week of tryout,but other acts take longer. Her stockexperience, she claims, has made her morespeedy in this particular than the aver-age performer. During her testimony shewas asked: "Will you compare conditionswhen you started in vaudeville and atthe present time/"All 'Witnesses had been questioned along

this line, but. at this point. Walsh Inter-posed and said:.'

"I dont think there is a doubt hutwhat conditions In the vaudeville Industryhave become materially better, as the de-mands of the people everywhere for betterconditions of life have grown. I do notthink there is any claim made that con-ditions in these circuits of theatres arebad."Goodman—"I am glad to have Mr. Walsh

make that statement, because I was underthe Impression from Mr. Fltspatrick andthe article which he haa written • • • fWalsh—"I think he said that on the

Paaeages Circuit and some of the circuits

the conditions were bad. Sullivan andConstdlne and I think some of the others.People nave bathtubs In their bouses andelectric lights and other convenienceswhich, of course, they didn't have ten orfifteen years ago, and I suppose these con-

ditions obtain In vaudeville theatres asthey do In people's houses.

Lee KohlmarLee Kohlmar testified that he has been

in the theatrical business for twenty-eightyears. - -Q.—Ton are an actor. A—That I

would not say. __. ,

Walsh—Altogether too modest. This is

unusual.Goodman—It is, very.A—It la pretty hard to make your au-

"SStaSS^ated that he has, been in all

branches of the theatrical profession, hav-ing started in the legitimate. He hasplayed In vaudeville for William Morris.the Orpheam and Keith.Although he never used to employ an

agent, he Is now under an agent's man-agement. His present scent is Lewis and.

Gordon, he testified. The set in wbWhhe now plays is getting $700 a week. Hehesitated about giving his own salary. Hetestified that his salary is psid to him byLewis and Gordon. He was not pressed

by Goodman to give the amount of salary

he receives, bnt stated that bis salary was•a the upgrade until the last two year*during which It remained fixed. - He hassever been cancelled, but his dates harebeen changed occasionally. He was aember of the White Rata, but dropped

la a member of the Actors' Equity Asso-ciation.

^^Fred C. Schanberger

Fred C. Schanberger testified that h*lives In Baltimore, where he operates theKelnan Hotel, the Maryland Theatre andthe Auditorium Theatre.The Maryland Theatre, which plays big

time vaudeville, was a •failure for the firstthree years that It booked through the U.b. o. I n the next two years, the noosebroke even. For the Isst four years .it

has reen making a profit. The CrippledChildren of the State of Maryland own .

two- thirds of Its preferred stock.Schanberger comes to New Tork City

to attend the managers' meetings and saysthat at these there Is always a diversityof opinion. -Some-managers like an act' andsome do not.- Many times,-when they areundecided as to the worth of an act, theact ia allowed to present an Itemised ex-pense account so that the managers canarrive at a conclusion in booking It.

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The managers, he testified, try to routean act In a systematic way to avoid giv-ing It unreasonable Jumps. He testifiedthat E. F. Albee does not attend these -

meetings.. Regarding Mr. Hodgdon's activities atthese meetings, the following Is Schan-berger' s testimony:

Q.—At these manager's meetings, doesMr. Hodgdon ever offer the names of setathat are not represented by agents? A.

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Oh, yea, Mr, Hodgdon presides at thosemeetings and reads the list of the acts asthey are presented to him, either by letterfrom the performer direct or by request,coming to him by the agent or the per-former individually.

Q.—What does Mr. Hodgdon do andsay with respect- to these names present-ed by him? A.—He reads the name and'calls on the men present for their opinion.

Q.—Does he ever express sn opinion,about it? A.—None whatever. He pre-sides at the meeting and accepts the de-cision of the meeting.Questioned about a manager's black list,

Schanberger testified that, to his know-ledge, there never has been such a thing.He admitted that he personally black-listed Eva Tanguay "in his own mind"because she once refused to appear on ac-count of the conspicuous billing givento Rock and White on the same bill. But,later, because of the demands of the audi-ence, he played Miss Tanguay.

If there was any discrimination againstthe Rats, It was only on the part of In-dividual managers, he Bald. He wasnever forbidden to play a "rat" act.Agents never come to a manager's meet-

ing, he testified, unless they are requestedto appear to give some information.There was a verbal battle between the

witness and Walsh when Walsh questionedhim about a strike assessment,Q.—At the time of the strike in 1916.

was there sn assessment made against yourtheatre? A.—I could not tell you that;I don't remember.

Q.—Didn't you have charge of the fi-

nances? A.—No. - I have auditors andbook-keepers for that purpose.

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talking about dnes and you know thatI am not talking about dues. I am askingyou about a strike assessment.Goodman—I object to Mr. Walsh's tone

in addressing the witness, and I object tothis attempt at bnlldostng the witness.A—What are yen trying to do? Ton

tell me I know what yon are talkingabout. .....Q —Yes, I do; and I ant asking you

about something you do know about andyon know it. A.—Ask me In a decentway and I will answer yon: yon can'tbulldoze me.Goodman—I object to this manner and

tone, yonr Honor.Q.—I do not propose to bulldoze you

but I do propose not to let you sidestepthe question.Schanberger then repeated that he didn't

remember anything about the matter.

Tony HuntingTony Hunting testified that he is thirty*

four years old and that, for thirty-fouryears, he has not been off the road. Hewan born with a circus.At the age of twelve, he left the circus

and went with a burlesque show. Whenhe waa sixteen he made his debut Invaudeville with aa act called "Ftguerra."Later, he went with the Fonr Huntingsand his share of the salary was $15 aweek. The act played around for elevenor twelve years. At one time, his shareof the salary was raised to S30. and whenthe act broke up be waa receiving $125,which waa one-fourth of the act's earn-ing newer.' His wife had a single turnon the same bill, which was arrangedthrough the kindness of the booking of-

fice.

For the lsst eight years he has been lavaudeville with his wife, almost two yearsof which was spent overseas entertainingthe American soldiers. They started with

, fStB- Jar-daw. team.- and now **e«*v*>r-»«S-^twees S425 and **S0.

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Formerly Starred in Vaudeville With "REDHEADS" and "MODELS ABROAD"

"TO BE OR NOT TO BE?"Suppobted by ADA JAFFE and HARRY YOKES (A Lawrence schwab production)

PRESENTS A BEAL>: COMEDYBy HUGH HERBERTand NED DANDY

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This Week (Oct. 20) KEITH'S RIVERSIDE

Bushwick and Orpheum, Brooklyn, To Follow

Booked Solid

Dir . Raymond Hodgdon

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I October 22. 1919. THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

IT DOT MATTER WHAT CUSS OF NUMBER YOU WANT

FOR YOUR ACT -WE HAVE IT

THINK OF ME LITTLE DADDY,A great little Blues song

THAT'S TOE FELLER,'•' -' 'Good enough for any Rube act.

NIGHTIE NIGHT,i 5 It's a lullaby.

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BEALE STREET BLUES,Featured in Schubert's Gaieties, 1919.

REMEMBER AND BE CAREFULEVERY DAYl A wonderful Mother song ballad.

BEAUTIFUL LAND OF DREAMS,A waltz ballad. - - .....

These numbers are by the Publishers of the hit of the. season

"A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND"Send for Professional copies TO-DAY.

PACE & HANDY MUSIC COMPANY, INC

1647 BROADWAYGaiety Theatre Building, NEW YORK

JOE MARKSSTILL UNDER CONTRACT AS FEATURED COMEDIAN

WITH THE BROADWAY BELLES

STAR, BROOKLYN, THIS WEEK

HENRY SPIELMAN81nglng His Way Through With Jack. Reld's Record Breaker*

BACHENFRENCHFROLIC8

PRIMADONNA CLAIRE WALKERDOINGSTRAIGHT HOBBY BURCH FRENCH

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Ijlliyy "As the Mandarin Aced the Part

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the Author No Doubt Wanted It Played."—Clipper, Sept. 2*.

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Burlesque News Vaudeville Bills

face comedian. What do you think!

LEW KELLY SHOW

Vfc* StrwinhV Extraordinary with the Baritone Vole* With Daw Marlon

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"FRENCH FROLICS"GIVING THEM PLENTYLAUGHS AND SONGSK. Thomas Beatty's "French Frolics."

featuring Harry Field* and Lena Daly,waa at the Star laat week, and it la a farbatter show than any that has been offeredby that owner In the past few seasons.There la a lot of speed to the show nowthat waa In some way lacking In the past.and there la an Improvement In the castIt haa practically the game book aa laatseason, with a few new bits Injected anda lot of bright fast numbers and prettycostumes.. Manager Daley of the company has anifty bunch of smiling- girls In the choruswho hare youth In their favor. They singand dance their way through the manynumbers In a merry manner, and seem tolike all they have to do. They are wellcostumed In a variety of colore.

Fields looks better to na now than atany time since he has been In burlesque.He is doing—his Hebvew character veryeffectively, and working much faster thanever before, which improves his vain* andmakes hla character stand ont. Be haa anIndividuality of hla own. Fields is notalone a fanny fellow, but Is very clever Inhis line also.

Miss Daley, looking more attractive thenever with her: smiling personality, Jumpedinto favor at once by the way she put hernumbers over. She dances gracefully and8nta plenty of pep into her work. She hasils season onidone anything In the line

of costumes she has ever shown us In the

Seat. Some of them are really startling Ine&lgn and far. ont of the ordinary.

Walter Parker Is working opposite Fieldsand la doing his fast Irish comedy, work-ins with the same speed he haa alwaysshown. He Is a good "tad" and a fine toil

for the featured comedian.A neat looking straight man la Bobby

Burch. This young man Is a good talker,

has a fine sinking and talking voice, andknows how to carry himself while on the

Gladys Jackson, a smart looking Ingenuesonbrette, hss a lot of class. She is asweet looking girl with a pleasing per-

sonality. She Is a valuable woman to ashow, aa she can sing, dance and readlines properly. Her wardrobe is also verygood.A pleasing voice haa the prima donna,

Claire Walker, and the audience Uked the

waj she offered her numbers last Thurs-day night, Sne displays some prettygowns that look well from the front.

Hal Sherman la a corking good hoofer,but he should stick to this and not attemptto do comedy. He can not read lints andknows nothing about humoring a situation

and putting a line over to get a laugh. If

he did his specialty with Miss Daley andthen his "single" and stayed off the stageat other times he would be a wiser boy.As a comedian he is not there.

Billy Gray, the singing property man,was very successful with the two numbershe offered. He has a dandy voice.

A good talking specialty that pleasedwss offered by Fields and Miss Daley.They have some new material that goesover fine.

The black and red "gambling" bit scoredthe way Fields, Parker, Burch, Sherman,and Miss Jackson did it. The barrelnumber ,led by Sherman and participatedIn by the chorus, pleased.

The "cabinet" bit went over well and

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was nicely carried out by Fields. Parker.Burch. Sherman and a chorUB girl. It hada good rough finish that the audience Used.

Miss Walker and Gray, in a duet, haxf-monlied very well. The ''table" bit pleasedthrough - the manner in which Fields,.Parker and the Misses Daley and Walkerworked it up. ...... j

Miss Daley and Sherman offered a goodeccentric dance that went over big. MissDaley, in male attire, worked very hardand divided the dancing honors with herpartners. The "Introduction" bit waaamusing. It waa done by Fields; Parker,Burch and Miss Jackson.Fields waa a decided success with his

specialty in one, in which he offered threeparodies, finishing with a Hebrew coonsong, and a neat dance. The act is fast,and Fields cleaned up in this spot. Hehss a lot of personality, which be Injectsinto his work.Miss Daley made a dandy appearance in

her bathing' number, and displayed arather shapely form In a white, tlght-fltting bathing rait.

Sherman offered a fine eccentric dance ina misfit suit that waa well done. This boyla a clever dancer and he knows it, a factwhich la very noticeable from the front-He should try to overcome the self-assuredair he displays while doing his specialty.The "candy" bit went over for results aa

. offered by Fields and Miss Daley.The "French Frolics" is a dean show,

with, may laughs and lots of pretty girls. . :

good- dancing and singing. That's .aboutall tBey want on this circuit, and thnishow 7is giving it to them. 8TDJ r

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POLI CIRCUIT. BRIDGEPORT,

. .F""» Lonlse Vernon—McCann A Rou-

ble. (Last galfj-osakl * - TaU-AlfGrant—Gaby Bros. & Clark.—*-»»

Pell— Ben Bernie— "Little Cottar*"(Last Ualf)-Two KarbWane A KaS-erlne Lee—"Music Land."

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«... . 1XBW "AYatWBUea—Joe Brown—Alf Grant—"Bullet

False* Dpbbs, Clark * Dare—KatheriaeMurray A Co.—"Music Land." (Last Half)—Dogma A Raymond—Ben Bernie.—^,_- ..aORARXOlt.Pali-Jean A Jacques—liolm** * Lavare

—Marguerite Padula—"Melody of Youth."(Last Half)—George Bock—Nelson 4 Bar-ry Boys—Chong A Moey—Olson A Job*-ojrs—Chc_.

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„ » ™_ WATKRBTJBT.Foil—Two Earls—Marva Kaon—Dug**A Raymond—Page * Gray—Aaahi Jan*.

(Last Half)—Margot A Francois—Louisevernon—Bernard A Searth—"Oh Tat Mai.ooy.

. . WORCESTER._FoU—Lew Hoff—Mack Scnnett. (LastHalf)—Alexandria—"Bathing Girls."Flaw Qoy Weadlck A Florea La Duo-

Jackie *_ Bfllle-Lawrence SanaT» Cov=?/n"Jt™K2im*^* Gruett—Dave Thursby.(Last Half)—Katherine Murray A Co.

. _ WIXKK8-BABBK.Poll—George Bock—Nelson A BarryBoys—Chong A Moey—Olson A Johnson-

Gardner A Barnet.BrownJean Aguerlte

. (Laat Half)—Jacques—Holme* A Lavere—Mar-Paduia—"Melody of Youth."

F. P. PROCTORWeak October 10. l»i*.SEW YORK CITY.

Fifth Avenue—Martin Van Bergea *Joeeph—Smlt h A Kaufman—"Only Girl"

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81** Street—Lee Hohlman Co.— MoraySenna -A Lee—Frisco A Co.—Jean Barrio*—Alf Farrell—H. A A. Seymour.Harlem Open u»uk~otto Bro*.—Parel-

li'* Circus—C. Powell Co.—Malcolm A La-mar—Jane A W. Hennlngs—Goane A Al-bert—Lucy Brush—Ed Borden Co.—Vic-tory 4.Sard Street—Dave Harris—Minnie Faust

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Morgan A Kloter—Barney First.Mount Vernon—Lucy Brush—A. Held

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mlngbam A Bennett—Hallen A Fuller-Once Upon a Time—Gerard's Monks Val-uers—'-Gray A Obi Rose"—League of Na-tions—Frank Hurst.Praspee*—Cantwell A Walker—Eva Tay-

lor Co.—Arthur Whltelaw—"Once Upon aTime"—Jack Rose."^

ALBAHY, K. T.Kinting Animals—Lang A Shaw—asaaaata—Marg. Young—Chas. King Co.—Jack La-vier—Greenlee A Dayton—Frankle Far ABoys-Dunn A Valeska—Kane A Herman—k. a c octette,

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Leonart—Ford A Cunningham—Jean Adair^LL;..* ?; »>wyer—Wallaee Gaxrln—VanSheldon Co.— Olson A Johnson — ElsieMains A Boys.

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Empress TheatreCINCINNATI, OHIO. ,

OPENING PATE SUN. NOVEMBER, 2LONG ENGAGEMENT TO RIGHT PEOPLE AT RIGHT SALARY

FOUR VAUDEVILLE ACTS USED WEEKLY

50—CHORUS GIRLS WANTED—50Salary $20 Per Week PRINCIPALS, CHORUS AND VAUDEVILLE ACTS

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PEOPLES' THEATREPHILADELPHIA

THIS WEEK

THANKS TOROEHM and RICHARDS

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

JOE ROSE"Eminent Dutch Comedian"

AT LIBERTY ALL SEASONSEEKS OFFER. CAN PRODUCE BOOKS AND DANCES.

Home Address: 2620 So. Sheridan St., Philadelphia, Pa. - -

PRIMA DONA BROADWAY BELLES

VICTORIA KAYE MARTHA RICHARDSINGENUE,- .

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October 32. 1019. THE NEW YORK CLIPPER *T

KAHN'S NEW COASTCOMEDIANANDKOLERPUT ON GOOD SHOW

It look* at though B. F. Kahn has bittbe nnll on the head llils time, as he baatwo comrUlana who work together rightand who know bow to sell their stuff, aoaa to keep the audience In good humor allthe time. The n«w man from the coast,Harry Bernard, la glvine them Just thekind of shows they want and, aa anIrish comedian, we wonld like to see anybetter. Harry Koler, wbo la working op-pn«lt • him, la Just aa tunny In his He-brew character. He la now wearing theer»pa. whlakere and reminds na of hlawork yenra ago. He sure la funny."Cannery Cottage" la tbe title of the

first part, and It waa ataged and producedby Bernard. It'a a story of a sanitariumwhere the Inmates are Insane. Bernard andKoler were hired by Dr. Cannary aaguards. Tbe boy a worked up considerablecomedy In this sart. Brad But ton. waathe doctor. The way he did the charactercould not have been Improved upon.Mlaa Lorraine, aa the nurse, bundled the

pan nicely, giving It a touch of comedy.Norma Bell, aa a society woman, waagood. She bad several numbers that wentover nU-ely. Her "Shake Tour Shoulder"shimmy number waa the bit of the show.and took six encorea last Wednesdayafternoon.Jerry (lerard. wbo jumped Into Miss l,a-

Brack's place at the matinee Monday, whenthe latter did not put In an appearance,

£roved heraelf mi excellent Ineemte. Shei a planning young person, wbo can read

linen well. '>Jaek tllhsnn la getting very popular at

this linuxe aa a straight man. He la a goodtalker and ran alng. na well. He waavary good Inst Wednesday.Boy Senra. the Juvenile. mHkes a good

impression with bli work. He reads lines

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nicely, can lead a number and makes agood appearance.Pearl leaning, a neat looking Ingenue

aoubrette, led several numbers most soc-casafuUy. She got several encores for eachof her nnmber. She has a pleasing per-sonnllty and dances well. With a littlework, this young lady should develop rap-Idly.Mazie Howard does several bits. Her

Western girl role aa an inmate of tbe san-itarium, was nicely done. She read IterHoes nicely and acted tbe part well.Babe Qulnn Jumped out of the chorus

and put over several numbers with a lotof pep. She alao did several hits nicely."In a Pnllmnn," the burlesque pro-

duced by Lee Stevens, was one of thebest comedy bills he has ahown us st thishouse. There were many laughing situa-tions during the action of this part of theahow.Knhn baa Improved his chorus a lot In

the last few weeks. There are now onlytwo of . the old girls left. ', They are agood looking lot and do no stalling |n thenumbers ' such aa Waa noticeable a> fewmonth ago.Fields pnt on some pretty numbers, Sev-

ern! of which were of a novelty order.They looked One from the front. '.

JACK SINGER'S BEH-MAN SHOW SHOULDGET THE MONEY

Jack Singer's "Bebmsn Show," whichwas at Ml her*a Bronx Theatre laat week.

is one of the beat langblng shows that baabeen at that house thUaeaaon:Singer baa a comedian new to bur-&$&.« to 0M of *»• IPt laugh get-ters we have seen. He la Harry BV Lau-der, on the programme as tbe "King ofHoboes," and in appearance be la aU that.As a eomedlatu be la a finished performerHe starts where Jim Barton left eft.TbU^fellow can carry any show «n by

Asset*. Pyaee won fever with her grace-ful dancing. 8he leada several numbersvery well .and wears costumes that aremoat attractive. Marie Sparrow la doingseveral characters and taking care ofthem. Frank Zanera la doing characterhits well.Willie Lauder Is a very good straight

man. He reads lines well, makes a good--.pearanee and "feeds" the comedian

Clarice' Lawrence la a neat lookingingenue aoubrette. « .

Harry Watson could be Improved upon.This young man does not St in. He is Inseveral scenes, but he Is too stilt In hiswork and lacks personality.Bobby Moore, Ada Vnmp West, Elisabeth

Sogers, Florence Atkins and Oladla Owenhave small parts with which they didnicely.Besides a great comedy show. Singer haa

a line production. He has spared nothingin making this one of tbe moat beautifulofferings he bns ever given to burlesqueand he haa ahown ua something In thepast. His wardrobe Is pretty. He shouldget the money this season with this show.

Sid.

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SOUBRETTES CHANGSNellie Crawford opened at the

Union Square Monday as soubrette.Roy Sears the juvenile, closed thereSaturday' night.

WON POPULARITYFlorence Kester and Toots Hiedt of

the "Follies of Pleasure" won thePopularity contest at the Gayetywhen the show played that house.

SHUBERT AT THE YORKVILLEHughy Shubert opened at the York-

ville Theatre. Monday, as musical di-rector of the stock company playingthat house. He is under contract withHurtig; and Seamon, who loaned himto the Yorkville management.

OPEN IN VAUDEVILLEErnest Shroder and Cy Ardinger

opened on the Keith Time in NewLondon, Conn., Monday. They willwork five weeks of this time and thenplay the Boston time. Pat CaseyAgency booked the act

JOINS BELFSAGE showPaterson, N. J., Oct. 20.— Dave

Gardner opened with George Belfra-ge's "Hip Hip Hooray" Company atthe Orphcum here today. He re-placed Henry White who closed withthe company at Hurtig and ScamonsSaturday.

EDDIE COLETHIRD SEASON WITH BROADWAY BELLES.

STAR, BROOKLYN. This WeekGOING FASTER THAN EVER.PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD. Next Week

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LEW LEDERERTHIS SPACERESERVED BY

PRIMADONNA MONICA REDMOND LIBERTY

GIRLS

JUNE LcVEAY «• GEORGE D.WIEST WithSPORTINGWIDOWS

BARNEYGERARDPRESENTS EVELYN CUNNINGHAM FOLLIES OF THE DAY

ROEHM and RICHARD*

soubrette BABE D e PA L IV! E R ROSE SYDELLCOMPANY

... —..—~._—^..NOW

APPEARINGWHERE? ANDTRAMP

ECCENTRIC CHAS F" A © A IN

HOUNDTHETOWNGIRLSA LACARTE

PRIMADONNA 1V1YR E OMERRY GIRLS

GIRLSGIRLS

SOUBRETTE FLORENCE DEVERE SWEETIESWEETIFGIRI .

DANCINGINGENUE ABEL McCLOUD BEST SHOW

IN TOWN

JERRY LAWRENCErSky Scraper I h-rfcT LIBERTY GIRLS

GOING OVER WITH PETE CLARK'S "OH GIRL" CO.

JOSEPHINE YOUNGEVAMPIRE GIRL. WITH -OH GIRLr

IDA EMERSON and HARRY HILLSBACK IN BURLESQUE WITH EDMOND HAYES' OWN SHOW

ETHEL DEVEAUXSOUBRETTE HASTINGS RAZZLE DAZZLE OP MM

GERTRUDE O'CONNORAS MRS. BOZO WITH ESMOND HAYES' OWN CD.

LEADING WOMAN WITH DKOtrS BIG REVIEW\

ANNETTE SHAWDANCING INGENUE LEW KELLY SHOW

HEBREW COMEDIANMONT

ROUND THE TOWN 1KV»

DOING TRAMP WITH THE JAZZ BABBITS

BABE HEALYwith

RUBY THORNE and ANNA GOLDIESOUBRETTE CRACKER JACKS CHARACTERS

JACK MUNDYDIRECTION-ARTHUR PEARSON

LORETTA AHEARNDAINTY SINGING AND DANCING SOUBKETTE-CLMUM DOLLS

HAROLD KENNEDYCOMEDIAN GIRLS A LA CARTE

IRENE LEARYOfCENUE BURLESQUE REVIEW

PETE KELLY °nd BERG LYDIAWITH ED RUSH'S CRACKER JACKS

- DON TRENT"j WITH WALDRON'S BOSTONIANS

fPtBWIAH FLIRT t

EMMETTRAGTIME INGENUE ROUND THE TOWN

STRAIGHT SECOND SEASON WITH MADS OF AMERICA

JANE 1VIAYSOUBKETTE SECOND SEASON MAIDS OF AMERICA

INGENUE SIXTH SEASON WITH DAN COLEMAN. HASTTNC'S BIC SHOW

NOW WRITING BURLESQUE'S BEST SPECIAL SONGS. ALSO STAGING NUMBERS.WITH RUSH'S CRACKER JACKS

PRIMA DONNA. BQSTONIANS SEASON

BILLY SCULLER JOHN O. GRANTDOING STRAIGHT WITH JACOBS AND JERMONS BURLESQUE REVIE PERSONAL DIRECTION-CHAMBERLAIN BROWN

ANNETTE LA ROCHELLET oiJISF PF arqonPBJMA DONNA RUBE BERNSTEIN'S FOLLIES OF PLEASURl L V/ U I k3 Ei jT Ed /\ IV O V^ 1 1PRIMA DONNA MIN3KVS NATIONAL WINTER CARDER

INGENUE SOUBRETTB DIXON'S BIC REVIEW FRANK MALLAHANWITH SAM HOWE'S SPORT COLSJohn MacKinnon TT1

°1— 1% "/*"~^t% vtv~"^^EDMOND HAYES" OWN 5H0W ^J J. iW^l [\/l w£T \^ ^ A%, 1^J I J * . JJUVENILE-TENOR

SOUBRETTE

DOING RUBE AGAIN THIS SEASON WITH SAM HOWES SPORT GIRLS

RUBE BERNSTEIN'S FOLLIES OF PLEASURE

BADE -.WELLINGTONIRRESISTIBLE BUNCH OF NERVES SOUBRETTE—NATIONAL WINTERCARDEN

WM. F. (Billy) BARMS THEATRICAL ENTERPRISESHOBOKEN. N. J. (Mentor o« T. B. C)

NK LULEYWITH EDMOND HAYES' OWN COMPANY

FRANK ANDERSONIrish Comic with Clin M. Bakcr'a "Swert Sweetie Girl*." Cominr Up One Rani ml • Tm

FLORENCE WHTTFORD JULIA MORGAN^» , SOUBRETTE JAZZ BABBIES 1 Tt I T I ~ ' I I •'

I - ."' tmmWJ*r*- mmmtt "-* — ---*- H *— ""*"

PRIMADONNA PEARL LAWLOR BILLY WATSON'S

PARISIAN WHIRLKAHN'S

«».•»>«» HARRY BERNARD ™°»Yes, the Same SQUARE.

October 22. 1919. THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 29

VAUDEVILLE BILLS(Continued from Page 25)

JERSEY CITY. If. J.Tom GlHea—Burns ft Koran—Morgan ft

Kloter—Bert Howard—1L * J. Dove

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Smith ft Kanfmnn.i/))iDo\, conn.

Edwards ft Walter—Overseas 8—"Petti-coat Haa"^—Geo. Yoeman—Pernlkof ft Rose.

„. McKEESPORT. Pa.Keiaon & Jeason—Brown Mna. Rev.

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Chas. Gibbs—Collier ft Dewall—Al Jerome—Rita ft White—Bertram May Co.

LASMSTEE, PA.Geo. W. Moore—Holmes ft I^avler—How-

ard A Craddlck—"Melody of Tonth"—Ce-cil ft Bernlce—Davis ft Harrison—WilsonBros.—Willie Halo ft Bro.

MOMBEAl, CANADAHnghes Duo—HlrshofTs Gypsies—Nor-

maa—Lljnari Rockley—Robins Family.STEWAKK, If. J.

Preseott ft Eden—Kooney ft Bent Rer.—

.

BUly Elliott—"Clubmates."STEW BBJTAIN, COBS.

Dancing Humphries—Stewart ft Neff—Colombia 6—Swain'* Cat*—Mabel ft J.Dot*.

1TB5W LONDON, COrTPT.Kit Carson—Welch ft Lone—Lad ft Las-

sie—Rob ft Whitman—Great Weston 4

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Harry Jenlins—Ash ft Hyams—"NewTeacher."

~ pmr.aHKi.PHiA. pa.- Warn. Pen—Nolan ft Nolan—Jarvig ftHarrison—Geo. Rosener — Newhoff APhelpha—Ed. Janls ft Girls—Herbert Dogs—Mnrphy A Lachm ar—"Love Bugs**—Lo-ney Haskell—Adelaide Bell Co.Keystone

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t Bnttersaps—Copes ft Hut-ton—Nancy Boyer Co.—Henry ft Moore

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Magazine QirLGLrard Ave.—Cunningham A Doret

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Jamesons — John White Co.—Mnrphy ftLachmar—Sultan—McCarthy ft Stenard—Howard Comedy 4.Grand Opera Hoik — Bill Robinson

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Bobbe Heath ft Girls—Haclne Bros, ftVobby.Broadway-—Sen. Francis Mnrphy—J. Ro-

sa. Johnson—Adelaide Bell Co.—"Cnre forBines"—June Mills—Fox A Britt—Sterling3.

ALLEOHEVTHallen ft Hunter—Yerke's Band.

OTTAWAPowers ft Wallace—Dave Roth—Moss ft

Frve—Lee Kotilmnr—Davis A Darnell—DeYTolf Girls—Wallace & LaFavor—MysticHanson 3.

PITTSBURGEd. Badger—Haddon A Chambers—Flsh-

er'a Cireus—Marie ft Co.—Sylvester Family— "Mystic Gnrden" — Lawrence Wilbue —Viola A Lewis.

POBTCHESTEBLewis A Dunbar — Yardon A Perry

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"League of Nations"—Tree Friends—Ne-well & Host—Qninn A Caverly.

PATEKSOX, N. J.Lottie Grooper—Hendricks A Stone—Car-

men's Minst.—Geo. 6c Ray Perry—NakaeJaps—Exposition 4—Harry Lee—Sensation-al Gerards—Bnrke Walsh ft Dana—Rialtoft Co.

pittsi. joKarsTowir, pa.3 Macks—Randalls—Stone A Moyer Sis.

—Bruce Dnflet Co.—Jack Marley.PASSAIC. S. J.

Tom Sawyei>-Dahl ft Kenny—O. K. Le-gal Co.—Garfield A Smith—Chas. ScofleldCo.—Lowry A Prince—Kaban Japs—Parsh-leys—Senna A Weber—Henry J. Kelly

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"Recollections"—Chldlow A Haight.PAWTUCKET as V

Sandy Shaw—Jessie Haywood—Marie

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Deller A Orman—Louise Vernon—4 Har-mony Kings—Homer Miles Co.

READING, PA.Hurry Yoelk—Dixon A Mack—Langford

A Frederick—Bernard A Merritt—GorgallaTrio—Bolcer Bros.—Wells Va. ft West.—Earl ft Mullen—Bollend ft Bay—Imp. Vene-

Chas. andDorothy

Jfc> . , ft*ae>«*«t

DINGLE

SYRACUSE, N. Y.Al Jerome—Bertram May Co.—Work ft

Kelt—Irene Meyers—Waller ft Dyer—Lari-mer Hudson—Lester Raymond—Francis AEldon— Revue Conlqnea—Synco. Rehear-sal—Herb. Dwyer.

. SCHENECTADY. K. Y.Oxford Trio—Hnyler A Bann—Al. H.

White Co.—Davis A. Rich—Mas. Nosseo

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Dixon, B. ft Dixon—3 Manning Sis.—Ho-mer Lind Co.—Allman A Nallle.

81'BACUSf^-TEMPLZ. > . T.3 Yoscarrya—Nippon Duo—Homer Ling

Co.—Aler Sparks Co.—Allman A Nallie

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K. of C Octette—Chief Tenderhoe—DavisA Rich—Al. H. White Co.—Francis ftOverholt—"Beauty Vendor"—Oxford Trio.

STAMFORD. CONN.Parsh leys—Early Laight Co.—Harry Lee

—Swain's Cats—O. K. Legal Co.—Garfieldft 8mlth—Phil Davis—"Lets Get Married."

TROY, N. T.Jack Lavier—Frankie Fay ft Boya—Dnnn

A Yaleska—Kane A Herman—"High Seas"—KlutlnK Animals—Lang A Shaw~ —=g^en^c^»aatE^—»s- —

B. F. Keith Vaud. Exchange

AL

LOEW CIRCUIT.NEW YORK CITY

American— (First Half)—Trie Concertos—Harry ft Anna Scranton—Murphy ft Dris-coll—Natalie Farrari A Co.—Gaynell AMack—Godfrey A Henderson—Race ft Edge—Simmons ft Bradley. (Last Half)—Tap.6an A Armstrong—Chas. Dingle ft Co.

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urke ft Dnrkln—Little. Lord Roberts-Senator F. Murphy—Dailey ' Bros.Boulevard—(First Half)—Sansone ft De-

lilah—Fenwlck Slaters—La Rose A Lane—Laurie Ordway ft Co. — Lane ft Plant.iLast Half)—Kennedy A Dlnna—Delbridffe

: Gremmar—Louise Carter ft Co.—Hoey ftFischer.National—(First Half)—Evelyn ft Mar-

garet—Dorothy Roye—Francis ft DeMar—Mel Klee—Stan Stanley. (Last Half)

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Sansome ft Delilah—Art Spanldlng Trio

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Mnrphy ft Drlscoll—Stan Stanley.Orphean—(First . Half)—Dally Bros.—

Jerome A Albright—Leroy, Lytton A Co.—Swartz. A Clifford—6 Royal Hnsaara.(Last Half)—Bennett Twins—Deviate ftWilliams — "The Financiers" — Walters AWalters—Bell A Caron,Ave. B.—(First Half)—Olive Le Compte

ft- Co.—"The Financiers"—Sen. FrancisMnrphy—The Spartans. (Last Half)

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Pesct Dno—Gordon ft Delmar—AL H.White ft Co.—3 Gregorys.DeUncy St. — (First Half) — Wayne ft

Beeman—Tappsn A Armstrong—Devlne AWilliams — Carlisle- ft Romer — Hoey ftFischer—Russell ft De Witt. (Last Half)—Aerial De Groffs—Gaynell A Mack—Jer-ome ft Albright—"Business is Business"

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Barnes ft Freeman.Greeley 8q.—(First Half)—Barlo Sisters—Jack ft Tommy Weir—Jeff Healy A Co.—Edna Lnby—Carl & Emma Frabell.

(Last Holf)—Wayne & Beeman—FenwickSisters—Zuhn ft Drels—Godfrey ft Hen-derson—Laurie Ordway ft Co.—Beth Stone.*Co.Lincoln Sq.— (First Half)—Beth Stone ft

Co.-—Steve Freda—Burke 4c Dnrkln—Fran-ces Rice—Wyre ft Fields. (Last Half)—Car) ft Emma Frabell—Francis A De Mar.—Allen, Clifford ft Henry—Lane ft Plant-Simmons A Bradley.Victoria—(First Half)—Kennedy ft Dinus i

—Delbridge ft Gremmar—Lillian MortimerA Co.—Win. Slsto—Ling ft Long. (LastHalf)—4 Novelty Plerrotts—Dorothy Roye .—Genaro A Gold—Jack A Tommy Wels

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S Royal Hussars.BROOKLYN, W. Y.

Metropolitan — (First Half) — NoveltyPierTOtts—Freeman A Lewis—Allen, Clif-ford A Barry—Walters A Walters—Little „Lord Roberta. (Last Half)—Harry A Anna ^HE PORTER'S TROUBLES"Scranton—Edna Luby—"Salvation Molly" ..••.-.•... • -......

—Race ft Edge—Natalie Farrari ft Co.Fulton— (First Half)—Lixette—Art Spau-

llng ft Co.—Genaro ft Gold—Downing ABnnln—Bell A Caron. (Last Half)—BarloSisters—Lillian Mortimer ft Co.—WilliamSlsto—Ling ft Long.De Kalb—(First Half)—The Ferraros—

Burns ft Garry—"Salvation Molly"—FredAllen. (Last Half)—The Concertos—Rus-sell ft De Witt—La Rose ft Lane—SteveFreda—Swarts ft Clifford.Palace—(First Half)—Basse's Dogs-

Bennett Sisters—Al. H. 'White A Co.—ZuhnA Drels. (Last Half)—The Spartans—Al.Carpe.

, _Warwick—(First Half)—Krayona ft Co.—Davis ft Chadwick—Louise Carter A Co -

—4 Novelty- Plerrotts. (Last Hslf)-Busee's Dogs—Robinson ft Thomas-Wolfe Gilbert.

BALTIMORE, MD.Dale A De Voe—Mar Marwln—Will i

Mary Rogers—"Sweet Sweeties".BOSTON, MASS.

(First Half)—Harris A Holloway

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Johnson Bros, ft Johnson—Pearl AbbottA Co.—Glllen A Mnlcahy. (Last Half)

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Hall ft Gibson—Gordon ft Gordon—Hud-son ft Jones—Mayo ft Irwin—Klnkald Kil-

ties.FALL RIVER, MASS.

(First Half)—Gordon ft Gordon—Hallft Glnson—Hudson ft Jones—Mayo ft Ir-.

win—Kinkald Kilties. (Last Half)—Har-ris ft Holloway—Johnson Bros. A John-,son—Pearl Abbott ft Co.—Glllen ft Mnl-cahy. ;

'' . HOBOKEN. N. J-

(Flrst Half)—Pescl Dno. (Last Hslf)—

;

Krayona ft Co.—Bondlnl ft Bernard—Barry 1

ft Lanton.HAMILTON, CAN.

Le Clair A Sampson—Dora Hilton—Ed-;ward Farrell A Co.—Ward ft King—"Oh.Mike."

MONTREAL, CAN.Keene ft Foxworth—Bert Walton—

i

Odlva ft Seals.NEW BOCrTET.T.K, N. Y. >

(First Half)—Gordon ft Delmar

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Taylor A Francis—Ethel Clifton ft Co.(Last Half)—Olive LeCompte ft Co.

BIT OF BLARNEY"Dir. Flynn &

LEILA DAVIS&CO."AS IT MAY BE-

Management—BRUCE DUFFU8

Dorothy Sothern TrioIn a New, Classy, Up-to-Date Offieriag of

SINGING, VIOLIN AND DANCING

TECHOW^S CATSIN VAUDEVILLE

ED and EDNA FANTONfn a ilsinlr asiisl nilililj Dir. Saaa

myrtle:

MARDO & DAVISDoing a new act. Material and staged by Wav State

JOE ISABELLE

COFFMAN ««" CARROLLDIRECTION-SAM BAERW1TZ

BOOKING IN' NEW ENGLANDED MARVAUDEVILLE AGENCY

Tremont Theatre Bldg., . 176 Tremont St,,* Boston, Maw.

— CALLAHAN BROS.EAST—LAURENCE SCHWAB WEST- W. NELSOW

IRIVfA &Dainty Ins*, to. Mary PiclttW of the Wire. Dir., Max Oteacterf

LESSON IN PHYSICAL CULTURE TN VAUDEVOX0

4 HIGGIE GIRLSEleven Minutes of Pep. PHIL BUSH, Representative

/N ELABORATE POSING PRODUCTION

"IIMPRODUCER—KARL HERMES DIRECTION—PETE MACK

W THE SEASON'S BIG NOVELTY*

RDEN"MANAGEMENT—IRENE HERMES

esse

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 22. 1919.

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A LAUGH. A TUNE. A STEPDIRECTION-LEO FITZGERALD

HUBERT KINNEY & GORINNESinging and Dancing—Direction Rosette Stewart

LOOK US OVERJOE WALTER

SANDIFER and BROGSDALEComedy Entertainers DLrection—Arthur Harwitz and Lee Kreus In Vaudeville

HENDRIX - BELLE ISLE CO.In "The Schoolmaster"

Booked Solid. Direction—ROSE <V CURTIS

. _ MRSThe Whirling Wheels of Death

in tke Triple Rerolring Cydins Sensation

THE LATEST INVENTION Br CHAS. ARTHUR ROEHR

ROSE WESLEY

KLINE and FRAZERSong and Talkology

ROBERT AILEEN

LEROY&HARVEYIN VAUDEVILLE

JACK KATHLEEN

ORALIS and DeVOlEREPRESENTED BY

JACK MANDEL AND DAVE ROSE

J1MMIE EDYTHE

DWYER & MAYEWORKING

SUE OLMSTEADNicknamed in the A. E. F. as "Irresistible Sue"

EDDIE TESS

MERRIGAN & HOWARTHThe Long and Short of It

FLO BETTYELROYSISTERSSunburst of Fashion and Frolic

Direction—SAMUEL BAERWITZ

PLAYSFOR STOCK REPERTOIRE. AMATEUR COMPANIES,LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN THE WORLD. Books ier boatHUMBUt, IfCaTO Flijt, Paper, Scenery, lira. Jarley** WaaWorks. Cstaloeae Preer Frecl Frccl

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MERRILEES and DORIAGEMS OF SONG AND OPERA

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SUZANNE & ERNEST3 SICKELMOHF LE MESSUR1EH

In "Studio Fancies"

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ALTHOFF SISTER?TWO GIRLS AND THE PIANO DIRECTION—HARRY WEBER

October 22. 1919. THE NEW YORK CLIPPER tl

"THE HIRING LINE"WILL ADD TO THEGAYETY OF B'WAY

"ON THE HlIilNQ LINK"—

A

satirical comedy In three acta byHarvey O'Hlgeins ana HarrietKnrd. presented by George CTrier, at the Crietrlon Theatre,Mouday, October 2, 1818.

CASTSberman Fessen den Cyril ScottDorothy Feaeenden,

Mlsa Vlrlan Tobln8t«va Mack Donald GallagherMrs. Sherman Feaaenden,

HIaa Laura Hope CrewBonnie Oliver John Blairlira. Billy Capron,„ _ MlM Minna GomhalRitchie Sidney Tnlerlira. Ritchie. .Mine Joeephlne HaUBilly Capron.. Robert Bndaon

CANADIAN CIRCUIT RUMORED

{Continued from Page 3)tnent that nothing but Canadian capi-

tal is involved in this deal, it being aCanadian undertaking {or Canadiansand no alien interests whatever will

have any voice in the affairs or direc-

tion of the syndicate.

At the Klaw and Erlanger bookingoffices here, it was stated that nothingofficial relating to this deal had beenreceived from Montreal up to Mon-day of this week. However, VictorLcighton, Klaw and Erlanger*s book-ing manager, explained the reportedaffiliation of the Canadian syndicatewith his firm, by the statement that

K. & E. book a number of housesthroughout Canada, including some in

the territory mentioned, and to them it

makes no difference who takes overthe theatres, for they are only con-cerned with the booking franchisesthat the theatres hold.Jules Murray, the Shubcrts' book-

ing manager/practically reiterated thestatement of Lcighton, when askedabout the reported Canadian deal, andindicated that he doubted the authen-ticity of the story.However, if the deal should prove

to be as reported, it is not unlikelythat both offices will be seeking to

book the American productions overthe circuit.

The one outstanding feature of thestory that more than any other thing!

makes the facts reported appear fishy

is the fact that the Montreal reportanent the deal credits the story ashaving been announced by a promin-ent theatrical firm in New York, andthe reports here concerning the dealare credited as having emanated fromMontreal. This geographical disparityis sifmificant to say the least.

The A. J. Small houses mentionedia the story were figured in the Newssome time ago when the head of theMiles houses in Detroit and Cleve-land came to New York and statedhe was going to take them over andmanage them as an adjunct to thePantages time, thereby giving Pantages the power to book from coastto coast and combat Marcus Loewthroughout Canada.

A novel and Ingenious situation In al-ways a eood bid for favor along Broad-way, and. In concocting "On the HiringLine." the authors hare written a playthat, although a little alow at the atari,develops Into a highly amaalng farce thatis more than Ingenious and novel In itstexture. Also, the producer baa shownvery wine judgment in providing It withan excellent cast.The story concerns a sncceafnl bnalnees

man who marries an actreaa and had herImmored In a lovely home In the country,a victim to a trifling ennal and an all Im-portant servant problem. The huabandmade a brent that be could get servants,but was at a loas bow to make good untilhe beard some gossip to the eireet that de-tectives, blred to watch erring: wives,often pose na houaehold workers and areexpert conk* and butlers. So. seeing onlya clever way to set servants, and hnvingthe money, he blred two sleuths from a de-tective agency.Next, behold as droll a pair of characters

aa comedy has seen In the way of detec-tives, lie wae mi honest, hard workingoperative, and his wife had become tiredof staying at home while ber spouse hada supposedly exciting life. So he wasbreaking ber Into the business, still call-ins ber "Mamma" and being aa pntlent asJob. with her. As the Indy of (be housebad a perfectly well behaved mTnr In thehouse aa guest, and na the h'mtPMtV voungdaughter was currying a (Mrlixh love af-fair with n chauffeur, and there was a guyyoung matron, seml-detHrhed. about thepremises, the earnest gum-shoe butlerSuite naturally found something to report.Ee hnd no Idea Jnat why be wna there and

wag correctly suspicious. Hence the com-plications.Laura Hope Crews and Cyril Scott gave

a superb performance, with every one ofthe many possibilities for humorous ef-fect shrewdly noted and effective. Sid-ney Toler as the bntler, makes everybit of action, aa well aa every line, telltoward the production of a hiigelv humor-ous characterization. There la also goodwork by Robert Hudson. Donald Oalta-Iber. Jsaephlre Hall and Vivian Tohln.Frederic Btanhope staged the piece

cleverly.

CASINO THEATRE BROOKLYNTHIS WEEK

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BEHMAN SHOWIT'S WORTH A TRIP IN THE SUBWAY TOSEE THIS GREAT LAUGHING SHOW. ANDALSO WITNESS A PERFORMANCE OF THEGREATEST FIND OF THE SEASON BYTHAT VERSATILE COMEDIAN.

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lor Paul E. Burns, this new musicalcomedy would have been absolutelyimpossible. His '.naive comedy won hisaudience in the face of every diffi-

culty.

A snappy chorus was provided, and,because of the evident inability of thecast and the crude mountings of thepiece, it stood out, with the exceptionof Burns, as the one virtue in a drearyvehicle.

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32 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 22. 1919.

Routes of ShowsDRAMATIC AND MUSICAL

Routes Most Reacb This Office NotLater Than Saturday *

"Adam and Era"—Long Acre, New York,indef.

"At 8.45"—Vand.Tbllt, New York. Indef."Apple . Blossoms"—Globe, New Tork, In-

def."Acquittal, The"—Grand O. BU Chicago,indef.

Anglln. Margaret—Broad St., Philadelphia,Pa., indef.

"Breakfast- in Bed" Plymouth, Eoeton.indef. ,

Barrrmon, Ethel—Empire, New Tork, in-d«- _ .-

"Boya "Will Be Boys"—Belmont, New Tork,Indef.- - - - • — — — - •

"Bashful Hero, The"—Princess, Chicago,indef. -

"Buddies"—Park Sq, Boston, Mass., lastw«*ek.

"Canny Ricks"—Cort, Chicago, indef."Crimson Alibi"—Broadnoxst, New York.Carmelo's Ted. Musical Comedy Co.—Gar-den. Mason City, la.

"Civilian Clothes"—Morosco. New Tork, in-

def."Challenge, The"—Selwyn, New Tork (last

"Clarence"—Hudson. New Tork. indef

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"Dancer, The"—Harris. New Tork, ladef.

"Daddies"—Powers, Chicago. HI."Dsrk Kosaleen"—Standard, New Tork,

20-25."Kve and the Man"—Shubert-Qarrick.Washington, D. C, 20-25.

"First Is £>ast"—Maxine Elliot, New Tork,

"Five Million. The"—Comedy, New Tork,"Faithful, The"—Garrick.. New Tork, in-

def"Five O'C.ock"—Fulton, New Tork. indef.

"Fair Helen"—Majestic, Boston, indef.

"Flo-Flo"—Olympic, Chicago, indef."Friendly Enemies"—Shubert-Riviera, NewTork. 20-25. _

Greenwich Tillage Follies—Nora Bayes, N.

"Gold Diggers"—The Lyceum, New Tork,

Gallo'opera Co.—Chestnut St. Opera House,Phi la. indef.

"Girl in the IJmoualne, The"— Blunge,New Tork. Indef. . _ .

"Good Morning. Judge"—Auditorium. Bal-

timore, Md., 20-25.

"Guest of Honor"—Wilbur Boston. Iadef.

Gillette. Win.—His Majesty's, Montreal,Canada, 20-25. _ __

"Hitchy Koo of 1M9"—Liberty, New Tork,

"Happy Days"—New Tork Hippodrome,*s*fw York

Hello. Alexander l"—»4th Street, New

StlSS Abe Potash"—BUon. New

"Jesti The"—Plymouth, New Tork. indef.

"John Ferguion"—Court, New Tork, ln-

"Ksty's Kisses"—Greenwich YUlage, New

-Ustaa Lester"—Illinois. Chicago, indef.

"Llghtnln' "-Gayety. New Tork. indef.

"Logic of Larry"—Walnut, Philadelphia.

•wt'ti'e Vho'vper. The"—Casino. New York,

"Luck of the Navy, The"—Manhattan O.

H„ New Tork. indef. __ ,

"Look Who's Here"—Colonial, Boston, in-

"Lonely Borneo"—Shubert, Boston, indef.

"Little Blue Devil"—Lyric Philadelphia.

"Miss Nellie of New Orleans"—Hollis St.,

Boston. Mass., indef. „.,"Moonlight and Honeysuckle"—Henry Mil-

ler's, New Tork, indef.••Monte Crlsto, Jr."—Boston Opera House,Boston. ataas_indef. _ ..*

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"Masqaerader, The"— Hoyt, Lonr Beach.Cal 23-25. *

"Nighty Night"—Princess, New Tork, in-

"Kothing But Love"—Lyric New Tork. In-

"On/Wflnt A Olrr—Central, New Tork. in

"Oh. My Dear"—Wilbur, Boston, indef.

"On the Hiring Line"—Criterion, NewTork. indef. _ „.

"Petroleum Prince"—Academy, Baltbnore.

"Prince There Was, A"—Tremont. Boston.

"Koly-Boly Byes"—Knickerbocker, N. Y-,

"Boya!" Vagabond, The"—Cohan A Harris,

"BoadsTofkDesuny"-Lyric Philadelphia.

"Remta!rdFeUow, A"—Blackstone, Chicago,

"Rainbow Girl. The" National, WaaluD C 20-25.

"Slobad"—Shubert. Philadelphia. Pa.••Scaidala of 1819"—Forrest. Philadelphia.

-cpwlsaw" Cohan. New Tork, indef.

"Sca^daT-^ Street, New Tork, indef.

"Sometime"—Shubert. Boston, indef.

"Storm, The~—18th Street. New Tork. in-

Southern and Martowe—Shubert, New

••sSndataof'l^-Forres*. Philadelphia.

«s^eb^'s^weetat-rt»-Garrick. Cufca-

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EVENING GOWNSAfternoon and Street Dresses slightly

worn. Large select stock of latestmodels- suitable for stage or movies.Mrs. A. Isner, 61 West 60th 8t, N. V.

ELMER TENLEY'SFamous Trolley Car

Stories317 Strand Theatre Bldg., N. Y.

POSINGACT, VISION de ASTComplete Triple Stereopticon HandPainted Slides. Fire, Fountain andSnow effects. Plugging box 75 ft No.6 Cable Frame and sheet trunk. AHready to. work. Sell or Trade.J. RYAN Care ot N. T. Clipper.

DOLLARSDOLLARS In vaudeville for thosewho have the "sense" to get newmaterial. Send for Madison's Bud-get No. 17. Contains my latest andbest monologues, parodies, actaand sketches for two and moreperformers, minstrel first-parts,

200 single gags, stage poems, eta,besides a sparkling one-act tabloid

farce for which no special secen-ery is required. Madison's BudgetNo. 17 costs One Dollar and la

sold under Money Back guarantee.Send orders to JAMES MADISON,1052 Third Avenue, New York.

(For material to order, call atmy downtown office, 1493 B'way.)

—Office of—THE OSCAR HAMMERSTEINTobacco Stripping Machine

Oscar Hammerstein, Inventor,151 West 38th Su, New York City.

The above office and workshopoccupied by Mr. Hammerstein upto the time of his lamentable death,

is to be now used exclusively for

The

lOscar Hammerstei"Memorial" Ass'n.

(Now in coarse of Organization)Full details regarding the "memo-

rial" to be decided on, the plansto carry the project through, andthe names of the Committee whowill be in charge solely of theabove, will be announced later.

Please address all communica-tions, for the present, to

GEORGE BLUMENTHAL151 West 38th Street, New York.

Sole Repersentative for

MRS. 08CAR HAMMERSTEINand the Estate of

MR. OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN

FOR SALE — MUSICAL INSTRU-MENTS used by the late GREATBARNETTL For further particulars

address Barnett, 1608—74th SL,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

"Shubert Gaieties"— Chestnut SL OperaOpera House. Phlla_ Pa.

Star Opera Co., Lexington, New Tork, in-def.

"Thirtv-nlne East"—Adelphia, Philadel-phia. .

"Tea for Three"—La Salle. Chicago, indef."Take It From Me"—Stuoebake'r, Chicago."Thunder*"—Criterion, New Tork, indef."Too Manx Husbands"—Booth, New Tork.

Indef."Three Faces East"—Ford's. Baltimore, 20-

25."Up In Mabel's Boom"—Wood, Chicago, ln-

"Velvet Lady"^Colonial. Chicago, indef."Woman In Boom 13"—Poll's, Washington,

20-25. . .

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"Where's Your Wife?"—Punch and Judy,New Tork. indef.

Warfleld, David—Garrick, Philadelphia, in-def. ........

"Tonng Man's Fancy, A"—Playhouse, NewTork, indef.

Ziegfeld Follies—New Amsterdam, K. Y„indef.

COLUMBIA WHEELAi Beeves' Show—Bastable, Syracuse, 20-

22; Lumberg, Utlca, 23-25; Gayety, Mon-treal, Can., 27-Nov. 1.

Abe Reynold's Review— Gayety, RwnassCity., 20-25, open 27-Nov.l; Gayety. St.Louie, 3-8.

Best Show in Town—Majestic, Jersey City,S0-2S; Perth Axnboy, N. J.. 27; Plalnfleld.28: Stamford. Conn.. 29: Park, Bridge-port, Conn., 30-Nov. J.

Ben Welch—Casino. Boston, 20-25; Colum-bia, New Tork, 27-Nov. L

Behman Show—Casino, Brooklyn, 20-25;Peoples, Philadelphia, 27-Nov. 1.

Bennty Trust—Gayety, Rochester, 20-25;Bastable. Syracuse. 27-20; Lumberg,Utlca. 30-Nov. L

Billy Watson's Parisian Whirl—Casino,Philadelphia, 20-25; Hurtig & Semons,New Tork, 2T-Nov. 1.

Bontona—Gayety—Toronto, 20-25; Gayety,Buffalo. 27-Nov. 1.

Bowery—Olympic, Cincinnati, 20-25; StarA Garter. Chicago, 27-Nov. L

Boatcninns—Miner's 149th Street, NewTork, 20-25; Orpheom, Paterson, 27-Nov.

Burlesque Review—Grand, Hartford. 20-

25; Jacques. Waterbury, Conn., 27-Nov,

Burlesque Wonder Show—Columbia, Chi-cago, 20-25; Berchell, Des Moines. Iowa,26-30.20-25; Gaiety, Pittsburg, 27-Nov. 1.

20-25; Gaety, Pittsburg, 27-Nov. 1.

Follies of the Day—Jacques, Waterbury,20-25; Miner's 149th St.. New Tork, 27-

Nov. LGirls a' la Carte—People's, Philadelphia,

20-25; Palace, Baltimore, 27-Nov. LGirls of the TJ. S. A.—open 20-25; Gayety,

St. Louis, 27-Nov. 1.

Girls De Looks—Berchell, Des Moines, 19-

22; Gayety, Omaha, Neb.. 27-Nov. X.

Golden Crooks—Empire, Newark, 20-25;Casino, Philadelphia, 27-Nov. 1.

Harry Hastings' Show—Gayety, Pittsburg,20-25; Park, Toungstown, O., 27-29;Grand, Akron, 30-Nov. 1.

Hello America—Empire, Albany, 20-25;

WANTED PARTNERYoung man for vaudeville. Must have

good singing voice. Address by man

only, MORRIS EINHORN, 166 Foun-

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Quick delivery Buarantaed.

Gayety . .Boston, 27-Nov. 1.

HlpHip Hooray—Orpheam, Paterson, 20-

25: Majestic. Jersey City, 27-Nov. 1.

Lew Kelly Show—Gayety, Boston, 20-25;Grand, Hartford. Conn.. 27-Nov. 1.

Liberty Girls—Palace, Baltimore. 20-25;Gayety. Washington. 27-Nov. 1.

Maids of America—Star, Cleveland, 20-25;Gayety, Toronto, Out., 27-Nov. X.

Mollle Williams Show—Part Tonngetown.20-22; Grand, Akron, 23-25; Star, Cleve-land. 27-Nov. L

Oh Girl— Stamford, Conn., 22; Park,Bridgeport, 23-25; Newburg, N. T, 27-

29; Poughkeepsle, 20-Nov. 1.

Peek-a-Boo—Gayety, Montreal, 20-25; Em-pire, Albany, 27-Nov. 1.

Rosalind Girls—Gayety, St. Louis, 20-25;Columbia, Chicago, 27-Nov. L

Rose Sydell's "London Belles"—Empire,Brooklyn, 20-25; Empire, Newark, 27-

Nov. LSam Howe Show—Hurtig A Semons, NewTork, 20-25; Empire, Brooklyn, 27- Nov.

Sight Seers—Empire, Toledo, 20-25; Lyric,Dayton, On 27-Nov. f.

Social Maids—Gayety, Omaha, 20-25; Gay-ety, Kansas City, 27-Nov. L -.

Sporting Widows—Lyric. Dayton, 20-25;

Olympic Cincinnati, 27-Nov. LStar and Garter—Gayety, Rochester, 27-

Nov. £Step Lively Girls—Newburg, N. Y„ 20-22:Poughkeepsle, 23-29; Casino, Boston, 27-

Nov. 1. •

Twentieth Century Maids—Columbia, NewTork, 20-25; Casino, Brooklyn, 27- Nov. L

Victory Belles, Star and Garter, Chicago,20-25; Gayety, Detroit, 27-Nov. L

- AMERICAN WHEELAll Jan Review—open 20-25; Standard,

St. Louis. 27-Nov. LAviator Gorls—Olympic, New Tork, 20-25;

Gayety, Brooklyn, 27-Nov. LBroadway Belles—Star, Brooklyn,- 20-25;

Plaza, Springfield. Mass., 27-Nov. LBeauty Review—Park, Indianapolis. 20-25;

Gayety, Louisville, Ky, 27-Npv. L _Blue Birds—Century, Kansas City, 20-25;open 27-Nov. 1.; Standard, St. Louis,

3-8.Cabaret GiGrls—Kmplre, Hoboken, 20-25;

Star. Brooklyn, 27-Nev. L __Crackeriacka—Broadway, Camden. 20-25;

Majestic. WUkesbarre. 27-Nov. 1.

Dixon's Big Review—Empire, Cleveland.

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October 22. 1919. THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

ATTENDANTS IN

HOUSES TORN

EAST SIDE AFFECTED MOSTMotion picture theater proprietors •

of the East Side and Brooklyn wilthave to decide this.week what action,w 1! b<» taken in the matter of de-.utnd«made hy the Motion Picluis Alv':n>tant** Association, affiiatc' with t*»—Amu ii an Federation of Labor. Theui'ioii Mibmittod its demands last weekand tl e prorrjetors were given a cer-tain length of time either to veepi orreject them.The demands embrace a wage scale,

one day off each week, the closed shopand the right of arbitration and rec-ognition of the union. Those affectedcomprise porters, ushers, cashiers and,in some instances, managers. Tues-day of last week, a regular meeting ofthe association was held and the ac-tion is the outcome of agitation whichhas been under way for some timeand. which resulted, finally, in the ul-timatum.A- special committee, headed by

Samuel Tollman, counsel for theunion, Murray Pearl, president, andBen L. Forre and A. B. Goldman willmeet the proprietors.

STRANDS HAVE NEW NAMEThe entire circuit of Strand The-

atres throughout the country, now con-'

trolled by the Mitchell H. MarkRealty Corporation, will be known asthe Mark Strand Theatres in the fu-ture. This includes the Strand The-atre at 47th Street and Broadway.

FILM PLATERS TO DANCEAn entertainment and ball will be held

at the Central Opera House, Sixty-Seventh Street and Third Avenue, onOct. 31st by the Allied Film Players,of which Al Gilbert is Director-General.Nine all star vaudeville acts will be pre-sented.

MARRIAGE ANNULLEDLos Angeles, CaL Oct. 18.—Gladys

Brockwell, the Fox Film star, has beengranted an annulment of her marriageto Harry J. Edwards, a director of filmproductions. Miss Brockwell marriedEdwards before she was granted herfinal decree of divorce from Robert S.Brockwell, also a director. The pairwere divorced on March 12, 1918, andon July 1, 1918, nine months previousto securing her absolute decree of di-vorce, she and Edwards were married.This was given as a reason for the an-nulment.

MINISTER ENTERS FILMSElgin, I1L, Oct. 18.—The Rev. A O.

Stixrud, of the Lake Bluff 111. Metho-dist Episcopalcan Church, has re-signed his pastorate and will enterthe moving picture business with hisbrother, of the Acme Moving PictureCompany, of Seattle, Wash.

TOLEDO ORCHESTRAS STRIKEToledo, Ohio, Oct 18.—The ousting

of orchestras from the motion picturehouses, and the installation of organsinstead, has caused a strike of all mu-sicians working in film houses. Theunion has called out the. organists in

an- effort to force the managers ofpicture houses to reinstate the orches-tras. The managers claim that thestrikers are unfair and are trying onlyto hurt their business.

NEW STRAND OPENINGAnother Strand Theatre will open

this week, when the Far RoekawayStrand Theatre opens its doors to thejublic on October 23rd. The theatrewill, follow the Strand policy of highclass features, with elaborate vocaland instrumental musical programs.

SELECT TO EXPLOITFive new exploitation experts have

been added to the staff of the SelectPictures Corporation, according toSam E. Morris, general manager forthe Selznick interests. The additionof these men makes the Select Staffan exploitation organization capableof carrying out, to the highest degree,co-operation with exhibitors through-out the United States and Canada.Lindsay McKenna, formerly a New

York newspaper man, will representthe company in Canada; Paul Gray,formerly associated with Mark Gatesas manager of the big Dayton The-atre, Dayton, Ohio, will be attachedto the New York exchange; JamesCarrier, recently associated with Har-ry Koplar as managing director of thePershing Theatre, St. Louis, will bethe Cincinnati representative; C W.Finney, New Orleans representativeand Charles McClinton at the homeoffice headquarters.Morris also announces the appoint-

ment of Ben. W. Beasdell as managerof the Select's Chicago exchange, fol-lowing the resignation of the formermanager, Fred. G Aiken.

SUES FILMS PRODUCTS CO.Maxwell M. Rozan, a stock sales-

man, through his attorney, AlfredBeekman, Grossman and Vorhaus, hasbrought suit in the Fifth District Mu-nicipal Court against the Powers FilmProducts. Rozan claims a balance of$860 still due him in commissions onstock he sold for the corporation.The Powers Film Products, Inc.,

was organized in Jtwy, 1918, the com-pany claiming that it has a secret pro-cess for manufacturing film for ma-tion picture purposes. This film andother film products will be sold to mo-tion picture producers. The capitali-zation of the company was $2,000,000.The authorized number of shares is-sued was 200,000. par value $10.Rozan claims that he was employed

by the company to sell its stock, heto receive ten per cent on all sales.

He alleges that he sold altogether1,060 shares of stock at $10 a share,becomng entitled to a total commis-sion of $1,060. However, he admitsthat he received $200 on account, andis now seeking to recover the allegedbalance due him.

QUIRK BECOMES EDITORJames Quirk, vice-president of the

Photo-Play Magazine corporation,will, on November 1st, assume the ed-itorship of the magazine, taking underhis editorial supervision the positionleft vacant by the resignation of JulianJohnston, who, for the past six years,has been editor of the publication.Randolph Bartlett, formerly in chargeof the Selznick publicity and adver-tising, will be connected with the mag-azine as associate editor.

HALL BUYS "HIGH SPEED"Frank Hall, president of the Hall-

mark company, has bought the screenrights to ^igh Speed," a racing storyadapted from the book by Clinton H.Stagg. Charles Miller will start put-ting the story in picture form, makinghis version from the continuity furn-ished by John Glavey. Edward Earleand Gladys Hulette will have the prin-cipal roles.

ACTOR STRIKE

MADE COIN

FOR FILMS

FILLED PICTURE HOUSESThat the recent strike of legitimate

actors aided greatly in- throwing -prof-its into the coffers of motion picturehouses is- the statement of BritonBusch, Treasurer and General Mana-ger of. the World Film Corporation.In discussing the matter he said, inpart:"While the strike was going on,

and the so-called legitimate theatreswere closed, many thousands deprivedof their amusements turned to the mo-tion picture emporiums for their, en-tertainments. Many who had beenjust casual visitors became regular pa-trons, and the result was a wave ofprosperity for the owner of the mo-tion picture theatre. .

"But more important even than theprofits of the theatres was the factthat the motion picture was- provento be a national institution, as con-crete as the Government itself. Italso taught the managers of picture .

theatres that the old fashioned storewindow method of business gettingwas dead and that the billboards andnewspapers were the only mediumsfor advertising that brought success."Mr. Busch is endeavoring to awaken

motion picture men in general to thefact that up to date business methodsare necessary for the successful oper-ation of large motion picture enter-prises and will introduce such meth-ods in the management of his ownconcern. It is his belief that the mo-tion picture industry has yet to reachits zenith.

ROTHAPFEL GOING WESTS. L. Rothapfel left for Los Angeles

last Saturday to take over the man-agement of the California Theatre inthat city. The house has recentlychanged, hands, Harry Leonhardt,who built and designed it, having soldhis interest.

ADAM HULL SHIRK HEREAdam Hull Shirk is now in charge

of "publicity and advertising for theFamous Players-Lasky Company onthe Coast. He arrived in New YorkSunday to look the town over andgreet his old friends.

Film FlashesConstance Tslmsdge's new picture, "At

the Barn." will have the star as prac-tically the only feminine member of thecast. There will be three Important malacharacter*, to b« enacted by Conway Taarla,George Fawcett and Tempta Sare.

John Bonny'»- brother, George, has beenengaged to appear in a forthcoming pre-sentation of "Pieadllly Jim." Owen Moorewill play the title role.

After ho complete* "The Girl from OutYonder" on which he is now working, withOlive Thomas as the star, Ralph Ineewill work the same player In a new pro-duction. Its title has not yet been an-nounced.

Drury Lane melodrama. This same playwub done about six years ago by J.ubia,Rose Cog-Man, who won (nmt> In It on thestage, then playing the lead.

Gladys Leslie, now a Vltagrapb star,soon is to be seen in a new- play named"The Golden Shower." This has beencompleted, and she now Is workluK in adramatic vehicle. "The Midnight Bride,"which William J. Humphrey Is directing.

Titagraph shortly will hare two newcompleted pictures with Earl Williams aathe star. The most recent" is not yettitled, bat the earlier one la called "TheBlack Gale." a mystery drama by BilliardBooth. Williams soon will come Kant towork for the Winter la the Brooklynstudio.

After it had established twenty-six ex-changes orer the country in a* many im-portant title*, the Robertson.Cole Con-nany immediately appointed A. 8. Kirk,mtrlck as vice-president and general man-nger of the Robertson-Cole DistributingCorporation. Mr. Klrkpatrlck 1* one orthe best known men In the film game, andhis selection was a wise choice,

Bobert Henley recently contracted withi'athe to produce four picture* a year, .

and, getting still busier, he went out andtook over the Estee stndlos, which he willuse to make the production*. He beganwork immediately on the first of his plays,at present titled "Skin Deep."

Word comes from California that Bea-trice Joy, fcr soma time an Importantfigure among various compuulea on thtCoast, now has become settled ** a regu-lar member of the Goldwyn stock com-pany.

Goldwyn will produce a new picture bySax Beach called "Going Borne."

Eugene Mullen ha* been pirn e.1 in rbnrs*of the editorial department of Goldwyn.

Claire Duprey and Yvonne Paris harebeen engaged for "The Walkons," a forth-coming Metro.

Don Walk, formerly publicity man withUniversal, Is now with Robertson-Cole.

Mary Miles Minter is on her w.ty to thecoast,- where she will star, in Bflart pic-tures.

„Will Genu has been appointed TitleEditor of Universal.

Carroll McComas has been signed forFamous Players-Lasky. Tola is her firstscreen venture.

Charles Swickard has been appointedgeneral director of the Pox ' western '.

stndlos.

A. 8. Klrkpatrlck ha* been appointedvice-president Of Robertson-Cole.

Hobart Henley has leased the EsteeStndlos for a period or one yo»r and wiuproduce four pictures.

Beatrice Joy ha* Joined the Goldwynstock company at» Culver City.

"The Red Virgin," a new Rolf* pro.dnctlon. Is bearing completion uuder the

- direction of B. A. Holfe.

J. A. Berest, of United Picture The-atres, Inc., last week returned from Cali-fornia, where he has been supervising theproduction of DnsUn FarnunTs new play,r*The Corslcan Brother*." He give* itaa his opinion that this la the best thing.this one of the famous Farnum brothersever has done. ——~—m—

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Bernard During, who recently was soluccessTul a» a featured -purer in "Wu*nBear Cat Went Dry," a World picture, has .

signed a long term contract with the C. R.Macao ley Photoplays, who produced theaforementioned bearcat success.

- Edwin August, erstwhile director andthen anthor, again has turned to the lattertrade (non-unionised), and World pictureswill present John Balnpolia and JaneElvldge as the star* of It. It I* to becalled "The Poison Pen," and will be infive acta.

Norma Tahnadge began work last weekon the first picture of her new contract.It Is a version of "A Daughter of TwoWorlds," from the novel by LeBoy Scottand James Young, who la responsible forthe scenario and continuity. Is directing

.

Titagraph la to present Alice Joyce inwhat, apparently. Is to be a revival of"The Sporting Duchess,

"

Jane McCanlly has been engaged toappear in the next nim to be produced bythe Bchomer-Ross compsny.

John William Kellette left New Tork -onSaturday to produce more Famous Play-ers-Lasky comedies.

Jack Holt and Katbryn Adams will bemembers of the all stsr cast to be featuredIn "The Best of Lack."

The motion picture rights to "The Put-terfly Han" have been sold by George Bar*

the famous MeCutcbeon to L. J. Gssnier.

u THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 23. 1913.

HUDSON rTheatre, w. 44th StKtm. SJO. Mat*. Wad.

Sat t iO.

BOOTH TARKINGTON'SNew Comedy

CLARENCE

ELTINGE rTheatre, W. Cted St.

Eves. 8.20. Mats. Wsd.Sat. 2.20.

A. H. WOODS Presents

THE GIRLIN THE LIMOUSINE

A New Fares byWilson Colllaon and Avery Hepwood

B. F.Keith's

KDWJC

Broadway * 47th St.

Mat. Dally at t P. M.

PAI ftPF Every NightrnLHUL 25 50, 75. *L 11.50

WHkee Bard, Mabel McCane. Creasy* Dayne, Ballsy £ Cowan. HarryKrans and Bob La Bale, Demorest ft

Collette..

Happy Days EHrssivs s. mppofflOHEHappy Prices Beats 8 Weeks Ahead

Mats. Wed. ft Sat. 2.30.

Broadway. Evea. 8.30.

Theatre, 42d. St. W. of

A. H. WOODS Presents

A VOICE INTHE DARK

With Original Cast.

Wed. ft SaL 2.20.

KUIPKFDRftPKFP Eves. 8.30. Mats.llnlUllLnDUliiLn B'way & 38th St.

JOHN CORPS New Musical Comedy

ROLY-BOLY EYESBy Edgar Allan Wolff

Music byEddis Brown & Louis GruenbergWith EDDIE LEONARD

Largest. Handsomest Chorus In TownWest 45th St. Eves.

Mats. Than, andSat. 2.15.

DAVID BELASCO Presents

la a NewComedy byAvery Hopwood

LYCEUM if;

INA CLAIRETHE GOLD DIGGERSOLYMPIC5255

This WeekAVIATOR GIRLSNext Week—PACEMAKER8

Brooklyn Theatresnm * -r> Jay nr. Fulton SL Mat.

O X J\ Iv Tel. Main 1893 Dally

BROADWAY GIRLSNext Week—CABARET GIRLSThursday Evening—WrestlingUnder Direction of Geo. Bothnc-Every 8unday—2 Big Concerts 2

Casino TheatreThis Week

BEHMAN SHOWNext Week—20th CENTURY MAIDS

Empire TheatreRalph Avenue and Broad-say

LONDON BELLESNext Week—SAM HOWE SHOW

Gas. -\j— -_- ^.w Throop Ave.A Y EL 1 Y BroadwayThis Week

Next Week—AVIATOR GIRLS

KEWPIE DOLLSEvery Sunday—2 Big Concert* t -

"BULLOr THE BU11SHEV1K1"Eff a Eff Voor Beela

CASTLotta Nerve.. ..Marguerite ClaytonKeyhole Katie.. ..Patsy de ForrestI/enlae.... Billy BagsTratakr .....George Humbert

Story: Farce. Adapted fiom anoriginal scenario by Frank P. Dono-van. Directed by Frank P. Dono-Tun. Fes in ring Marguerite Clayton.

Produced lnezpeaalvely, with one big actwhich may . or nay not have beea Lu lit

especially for the production. "Bullln -

theBuUshevlkT* la a new comedy producedby the Eff ft Eff Co. It la a fane andnothing elss. preaenled for laughing pur-poses, and. In thla measure, achieves suc-

It opens with a play on the mnln titleword and, through thla, eerrea Immediatelyto pat the spectator In a receptive moodfor the fun which la to follow. Joe Far-num la responsible for thla, aa he la formore than on laugh which comes fromthe clever continuity be has written andfor which he is given credit in the openingannouncement*. Throughout, there la arunning Ore of comment, and It all helpsmaterially.There is an attempt at a story, some-

thing not so often achieved In a farce, andIt all has humorously to do with a younglady's dethronement of the two factors re-sponsible for the Bolahsvlkl regime inRussia. Margnrite Clayton carries thisrole, not making great deal of It, forthe obvious reason that there Is not agreat deal to make, and Billy Ruge andGeorge Humbert are the principals onwhom she works. Patsy de Forrest Is Ina spy role, the alder an dabettor of thetwo rulers In their attempt to outwit thefeatured player.Almost every situation nnd piece of busi-

ness that baa been done for the farclalscreen is used, nltbongh there is no at-tempt at the smashing Hniah usually striv-en for to close a play.

rFRFF !*••.1 IV U L< Issue of

HOWTO MAKE-UP

WANTED for Reno Stock Co.General Business Man and.Woman. Prefer those doing

specialties. Also useful Band Actors.Address, quick, by mail only,

C R. RENO. Knlckebocker TheatreBuilding, 1402 Broadway, New York.

WANTED—Engagement by cap-able violinist and pianist(ladles) lwtb traveling picture

orchestra. Address Nella Long, HotelMena&ha, Menasha, Wis.

IDEATHS

JCATHEBIJTE BASiNlSTER, a vaudeville

actress, died laat week In Chicago, aa theresult of an automobile accident she suf-fered three months ugo in which she sus-tain a broken neck. Rlic was twrmy yearsof age and, at the time of the accident, wasappearing with a company In Fresno. Oil.She suffered four crtiHbetl vertebrea. whichbrought on paralysis, anil, flnnlly, endedher lute. Hhe was burled Monday, in Chi-cago.

In memory of that highlyesteemed actor

Mr. Wilson MelroseGreatly beloved, deeply mourned

October 15th, 19T8From Boston theatregoers

HEN ItY B- IBVTJVG, the actor-managerdied in tendon on Friday. Oct. 17. nftera lone Illness resulting from a nervousbreakdown.Henry Boodrllib Irving was born

In 1XT0 In the city of Lundon. Tie wasthe eldest aon of the late Sir Henry Irv-ing, the famnna actnr. and mad* his first

stage appearance In 18D1. tie tusml Eng-land, Anmrnlbt, the United States andSouth Africa In both comedy and tra-gedlc roles. Ha was educated for the Bar

and waa called to the Inner Temple inMM. but never practised.Irving appeared In "School." which waa

his debnt on the stage, "The Twin Sla-ter." "The Admirable Crichton,"

JACK LZTT. well known and one of theoldest booking' agents along Broadway,died mat week «s the result of heart fall-

The Bella." and many otherlerea. He married Dorothea Balrd. iapiece

isoe.

ore at the New Tork Hospital. Levy, atone time, was married to Delia Fox. whombe survived. Be wis also the father ofDorothy Daw, who has appeared in vaude-ville.

CLIPPER LETTER LISTAubrey, BeurtAdams, FritsBertrand, FrankBrown, Ik G.Callahan, ChuckChirk, Ktsat II.

. Allison, RuthAdams, MaeBarker, KathrynaItuulfin. BelleHarnett. LetlaBarlow, linyBenn.-tt llllils

Cleveland, HasalClaxtoB, Dorothy

GENTLEMENClifford, Paul Junes, Cbss.Fielding. Barry Kellers. BertFarnnm. Ted Lloyd, BlchnrdFay, Barney Landers, K. W-.Farnnm, Nat McAnallan, JoeHoadiey, Fred R. Norton, Ned

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LADIESGrey. MarieJenkins, ChicJohnson, AtlaneJsckley, HelensLoraync PailletteLa Porte. BabeLee. Virgin!::Lorraine, Peggy

BeeccEdSimpson, JoeShorten. AlTally, HarryWalling, w. O.Whitney, II. 8.Warren, Al

La Blanc VlrglalaPlunketL lira. UsuryKelchnrU SlsiersRichards. HettyHostile, Helen*Rlber- InesRosa, alary8k»vers.AanaWillis, Roe

TUBERCULOSISIt was when physicia-.-

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CAMPBELL and DREWS LIBERTY GIRLS

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FI MFR ATTTHOR QF ORIGINAL MATERIAL for

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Jack Gregory, Owner and Mar. Booked Solid- Loew Circuit.

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1 E-F. ALBEE J. J. MURDOCKGeneral Manager

F. F. PROCTORVice-President

B. F. Keith

Vaudeville Exchange(Agency)

(Palace Theatre Building, New York)

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Artists Can Book Direct by Addressing S. K. Hodgdon

WILLIAM FOX CIRCUITOF THEATRES

WILLIAM FOX, PresidentExecutive Offices, 130 West 46th St., New York

JACK W. LOEBGeneral Booking Manager

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nal Interviews with artists front 12 to 6, or ny appointment

Attention Vaudeville Acts

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VOLUME LXVXX—No. StPrice, Fifteen Centa, $5.00 a Tear

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nGUS HILL BACKING IDEA '

A new managers, association, prob-

ably to be called the Road Managers''

Association, is In the process of for*

nation. One meeting has already been

aeld and another la scheduled for Fri-

day of this week at the Hotel \itor,' at

which it Is Intended to elect officers

and get the organization 5 definitely un-

der wisy.;",', '\'

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[ Gus, Bill is prominent In fostering

the, new association, which plans Co

deal, as a body, ; wth the various

unions now connected with . theatric-

als. Road' managers, as • individuals,

are having their troubles in dealing

with the unions, and the idea is to

have a union of their own.

Organza tIon Is everywhere, it is as-

serted, among the stage hands, elec-

tricians, actors,, bill-posters, treasur-

ers, scene' painters,' 'transfer men andothers. And on occasion, it la claimed,advantage Is' taken' of conditions andprivileges, which -will require concert- .

ed measures to overcome.The organization la being formed to

correct evHs which' have existed for

a long time on. the road; and.whichwill be dealt with when the new. as-

sociation becomes official.

it is not die present Intention to af-

filiate with _ any 'other managerialbody, although what may develope Is

something for' the future. The neworganisation -will be worked ont alonglines similar'' to .those of the CentralManagers' Association, which Is com-posed of house managers In the East-

ern section of the country. This asso-

ciation; incidentally, has grown tre-

mendously, in the past year and newapplications are coming in monthly.

KID McCOY ARRESTEDKANSAS G1TT, Oct 25.—Kid Mc-

Coy,- formerly 'Vthe ' .middleweightchampion,- has been aralgned in courtHere as a result of Ms beeing arrested

mi' warran t sworn out in Tulsa, Okla.

.The authorities of Tulsa asked thatMcCoy be held In connection With a•laim for $600, alleged to belong to amotion-picture concern for which Mc-Coy .bad been selling stock. His trial

waa set for Oct. 31st and he was re-

leased under $1,500 bail.

THREATENS, TO ATTACH COINWl»n the Chicago Grand Opera Com-

pany opens here at the LexingtonTheatre next January 29, .its first

night's box office receipts will be' at-

tached, according to Alex H. Mandel-tort, who is prosecuting an action for

assault and battery against the Chi-

cago Opera Company on behalf of Fred.

B. Barrens' (Bernstein), appearing In

vaudeville at present with a piano play-

ing act, and who is seeking to recover

$10,000' through bis Supreme Court'action for alleged assault and battery.• The gronnrts for the prospective at-

tachment, Mandeltort stated, is the fact

that tha Chicago Grand Opera Companyis a foreign corporation, haying beenincorporated under the laws of the state

of Virginia. And he says, under the

laws of this state, he is entitled to at-

tach money or. property of the cor-

poration he la suing up to the amounthe Is seeking to recover, unless the

'grand' opera company deposits a bondin the action. ".

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Last week, the Chicago Opera Com-pany served notice of appeal to the Ap-pellate Division from an order signed

by Judge Luce requiring Berrens to

submit to an examination before trial.

.

Judge Lehman vacated the order on the

grand that the motion papers were le-

gally defective. ,'. • •.

- Berrens suit arises from- an assault

be alleges' took place last February In

the lobby of the Lexington Theatre,

following a performance of "Paileas et

MeUsande" that he witnessed, together

with Samy Lewis, Joe Young, DaveSapirsteln and Jacques Greenberg.

The complaint alleges that on thenight in question, Berrens got into anargument witin Louis Bergcf, usher, overthe insistence of the latter to see Ber-rens, ' ticket stub following an Inter-

mission. After the performance, it is

alleged, the usher waited in the lobby- for Berrens and when' be saw him go-ing out walked over to him, accompan-ied^ by the Special Officer, Daly. Bothaccosted Berrens, he claims, and after

'• a few sharp words, the special officer

struck him' in the face.

FILM PLAYERS MEET TOAFFILIATE WITH EQUITY

Farm By-Laws and... Are

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Meeting YVnere They

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LAMBS SOLDIERS FORM POSTAt a meeting held at the Lambs Club

last Saturday Evening, preliminary

steps were tHfc?n to form a post of theAmerican Legion composed exclusively

of Lambs and those of tbe Flayers Clubwo did service during the war. Thepost is to. be formed in honor of Capt.itobert StoWB Gill, member of the 68thInfantry, who died of wounds re-ceived at Chateau Thierry qn July- 18,

when the famous drive began. As thesoldier was a member of both clubs, tbereason for including the members: ofboth Is apparent..

. More than thirty actors were at themeeting Saturday and they electedEverett Butterfleld . to serve, .as - tem-porary chairman and Earl Metcalfe astemporary secretary.

The queetln of whether or nota onionof film players now being formed shall

become a part of the Actors' Equity,

was both hotly supported and attacked

at a meeting ot tbe motion picture

people, held last Friday night at GenevaHall, 159 West Forty-Sixth Street. Tbe

meeting was finally adjourned with-

out any definite action being taken.

D. J. Oarew held the chair and called

the meeting to order shortly after 8

o'clock, with about 200 in attendance.

Quiet prevailed during the. reading of

the minutes tof the last meeting and of

the constltotloii. But when- a motion

was put and seconded that they be ra-

tified as read, there immediately arose

from all quarters of the hall de demandfor "question".

Generally, It was. to State that no onepresent completely . understood the pa-

.

per and that the proper thins to dowould be to lay It on tbe table until all

members bad properly digested it and,

also, otter any changes they might see

f ttt Explanation on the point follow-

ed, to the effect that It was taken yet-

beUrn from the Actors' Equity Con-stitution, except to tbe present asso-

ciation, and that Paul Turner, counsel

for. Equity, had -read It and had given

his opinion that it was satisfactory.

This did not suffice for some, how-'

ever, and after several lenghty speechespro and con, a vote waa taken, with theresult that the motion to pass it as it

stood.was defeated by 63 to 73, somenot voting at all.

Even with this parlamentary settle-

ment of the motion,, though, argumentdid .'not cease. In fact, it continued

', vociferously. Those who advocated its

passage held to the point that the con-

stitution was satisfactory and that it

should be amended if occasion shouldarise. But this had no sway with thenegatives and they held to tbe fact thatthey wanted to know more about it. Dis-cussion continued, sometimes under par-lamentary proceedings and at others

. under personal. But, at midnight, whenthe. meeting closed. It, was amicably

' concluded that both constitution andby-laws should be laid on the tablefor another reading at a meeting whichwill' be held next Friday.

. It. was during these discussions thatit .came out that the Actors?. , EquityAssociation will be the. parent body,

. with control over the members of tbe

WEE HAS NEW PIECEHarry Wee last -week acquired the

entire dramatic rights to "The Little

Shepard of Kingdom Come," the JohnFox, Jr., novel and will start ont acompany about Christmas time. - Afterplaying throughout the South for afew weeks, be expects to bring it toNew. York. Sidney. Toter - dramatisedthe piece.; '-...V.

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ELECTION WILL CAUSE DELAY

to th. fact that next Trmiiay. thU dar. wffl

also Est Day. th. •n reach tfca

Motion Pitcure Players AssociationThis was fought at first and Mrs. AnnaScully, organizer for the extra people,threatened to go to Washington and geta charter from the A. P. of I£ " '.

It then was conceeded that' Equitywould issue; a charter, providing theextra people's association did not callthemselves "actors", the contenttlon be-ing presented that many of themembers -

would not be actors in the true, senseof the word, but only superDuinerleswho, in the large number of cases,would be employed 'fqr what is tech-

nically termed atmosphere.Mrs. Scully . fought this condition, .

too, and with such vigor that thequestion was presented to the ExecutiveCouncil of the A. F. of L. for an opinion.This body shortly afterwards banded „

,

down the. decision that extra people >,'

were actors, because, in their capacity. -

even though limited and .not- of vital ;"'•

importance, they served to amuse thepublic, and any one who did that wasan actor. This closed what, from all.

indication at the time was a matter ofsome discord. .

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Nevertheless, the extra peoples' asso-ciation will use the word "players",. In-stead of "actors", in its title. Equitywill issue a charter to the organisationentitling it to membership in the FourA's, as soon as the constitution and by-laws are passed and presented for con-sideration. •,-• >

A point the picture players axe eon-tenting for, however, and which waafervently, discussed and popularly re-ceived at Friday's meeting, may not, beso enthusiastically .-received in, Equitycircles. Tbe picture people' want'

a

clause in their constitution ' to the ef-fect, that even though an actor oractress does hold a card in Equity, if be

'

or she at any time works in pictures, acard In tbe Motion Picture Players'

. Association is necessary. Coastseiy,

. they expound that theirs is one trade •

and the stage actors' another, similarwith the sphere of bricklayer and car-penter, and that a carpenter, though he

. Is a union member, cannot do bricklay-

. ing unless he is a union bricklayer. .1

ARTCRAFT GETSComstock and Gest have released the

picture rights to their spectacle pro- .

dnetion of three seasons' ago', "TheWanderer", to Artcraft CeciUe B. De-

'

Mille will make' the screen production,shortly to begin, but as yet baa notannounced who will be the star. Re-lease of this subject to Artcraft givesrise to tbe query as to whether or notthe firm Is to plcturize past and futurespectacles.of the stage producers,

HARRIS WANTS COLLIERSam Harris, it was learned early this

week, is negotiating with Willie Collier.and if the negotiations are consumatedCMMer will appear, shortly in a.play to be produced by Harris.

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THE NEW YORK CLIP PER October 29, 1919

JSIew London Actor ^wardSJS Bans Strikes for five 3fears

^tXXOXfS, Oct 25.—*y Uie derision

of tbe award Landed down by Mr. A.

J. Ashton, K. C, the Arbitrator appoint-

ed by the MUri>try of Labor to consider

tbe proposed amendments put forward.

by tl» Variety Artistes* redcratton to

the Music Hall Award of 1913, J**"*"

adore and all members ottiie **, afleTare prevented from striking orta

any way cousins stoppage ot tbeaWcaX

^»S»M.froui the date, Nov.1.JWft-

£nen tbe new award goes ^ <*£*;rmeT« period of five years. Conatder-

hi£n before tbe Arbitrator for tbe past

toeSontbV various bearings being

SSTfWS^ to time, andjoany

J cbangeslive been made from P«ji°«r* S^eSsW conditions, amoag^which

tbe strike ruling is one of ja>««M«g^Back in 1S13. Sir George Rankin Ask-

wititleaner tbe Ministry of Utor.

SSi an award for Theatres of Varie-

rSTte Great Britain togo'^*latum of artiste and ^~«f" '"'Jlperiod Of not less than fivey»»^SfAprerent Award is a **;"X™**°*-

oTttTbld one, made at theeoUcitation

of the Variety Artistes' federation.

As in previous situations, affairs

were carried to tbe Ministry after re-

nresentatives of botb tbe players and

tbe managers bad met an failed to ar-

Sre at agreements satisfactory to botb.

Tbe ootoameTas is weU known now.

was a strike by tbe actors, which, tor

a short time, until arbitration was a-

greed on, tied up the theaters of Lon-

donand Its suburbs and a amber of

those in the provinces. .

"'Bepresented or actually present at

tbe' bearings which took place before

Sir Ashton, were nearly aU tbe mem-bers of tbe managerial body and a

large list of conncU for tbe Federation.

Each presented his contentions, elabor-

ating on conditions as they effected tbe

actor at present, what the changes were

that necessitated re-adjustments andwhat had caused these changes, howeondlUoES did or did not parallel in tbe

present day with those which the older

Award provided for, etcThe high politics of the hearings was

tbe barring system, a form of proceed-

ings which has been in force in London"for tbe past ten years and which, coun-

cil for tbe players brought out, hadbeen originally effectedby themanagers.and had been liberally misused by themever since. This barring system, boiled

down, Is to tho purpose that a managermay prohibit the appearance of anartist in any theater other than the onewhich his contract calls for over a sti-

pulated length before his engagementat the manager's theater and for a

. certain period after, and at all times- within a certain radios of the contract-ed heater. Originally, this was agreedto in good faith by tbe fiFderation, as it

apparently was fair that a manager\r*S should have tbe fuH benefit, if he were""'

wilting to pay for it, of an artist's ex-clusive appearances. But. gradually

. ar*J. by manipulation, this began tooperate to the disadvantage of the play-er, and. with Charles Gnlliver especial-

ly cited, enabled the managers to be-come a trust in themselves, controllingtbe appearance of an artist throughoutthe whole of London and, in some cases,extending to tbe provinces for a widearea. Gnlliver. operating from tbe Pa-tedium, controled the West End district

a mflia each way from the CharingCross Voonment, and with his 18 othertheaters rttetritrated in the dry itself

and into the suburbs, held a sway that'"

to be autocratic.

Gnlliver defended himself, however,in a ssssaasc that caused the Arbitrator

to give him and bis operations consider-able thought and, in the end, to makeconcessions. The manager stated that

he paid extra large amounts to haveartists appear exclusively for him andin his theatres, that be took a keen in-

terest In aU of them and their success,

and that it was a well known fact thatplayers were more desirous of securinghis contracts than those ofmany others.

Council for the Federation admittedt hie and added that, of his own person-al knowledge, artists always were work-ing to tbe end -of obtaining a Gullivercontract.

Gulliver's operations, however, like

those of Oscar StoH, were not to thegreater mterest of the greater number,and that was what the Federation wasfighting for and what would have to

be adjusted. In the Award, as It waspublished, it is found that both partiesmade concessions, although, it seems,neither entirely satifactory to the other.Because of the assertions of the ma-

nagers that the desires of the actorsas currently formulated would be aserious detriment to the business ofmany, it finally was the decision of theArbitrator that two forms of contractwould be necessary, one for tbe artist

of lesser fame and salary and anotherfor those who were in a position tocommand tbe limit the managers wouldpay them. Thus it is, that after Nov.1, this year, there will be a contractissued called, "Ordinary Contract", andanother form called, "Exclusive Con-tract". Tbe difference in tbe two is

when the xdusive contract effects play-ers drawing 40 pounds ($500) or overper week for a period of not less thantwenty-weeks, within a period of twelvemonths and a radius of ten miles of asingle specified bouse.

What this question of salary and ra-dius exactly Is, is too complicated todeal with except in the actual contractform, which i» too lengthty to printhere. But with almost every artist andin almos every section of London, su-burbs and provinces both have their ef-fectSome of the other high lights In the

ruling, as banded down by the Arbitra-tor, as will he incorporated, in tbe newcontracts are touched on, however.Most important of these, as has been

stated, is tbe proviso that no strikeshall take place within the periodnamed of five years, all differences tobe submitted first to a committee ofmanagers and actors and, if no agree-ment then is

' reached, to an Arbitra-tor of tbe Ministry of Labor, his de-cision to be final and binding. Second,that the manager shall have the soleright to determine the position of theartist's name In ' programing, size andnature of the type and the descriptionof the tarn In all advertising, unlessspecific clauses state otherwise. Forextra performances, managers are topay. at the rate pro rata of twelve week-ly performances, and in the event of anact playing two or more theaters in anowning. Is to pay money actually outof packet for traveling expenses and.in addition. K per cent, of the weeklysalary asan item for theinconveniencescaused, A contract that is made with-out the intervention' of an agent, batdirectly with- tbe management, citesthat no commission shall be paid.A number of other clauses cover any

chances in cast, which redound to theprotection of tbe manager, tfcg forward-ing of photographs, billing and light-plots etc. _ _•.

| MUSICAL DIRECTOR SUED;.

'Charging adultery! in, her complaint,'*

Hattie Zelanko, formerly on the bur-leBqoe stage, has been granted an ab-solute divorce by Justice Platoek fromMichael Zelanko, who was musical di-

rector and producer of Peek-e-Boo andis now directing a musical show forL. Lawrence Weber and G. M. Ander-son. *

According to the testimony of Mrs.Zelanko, she was married in November,1904.- in answer, to a question, as to

bow long her trosband has been com-mitting adultery, sbe testified that

^"adultery has been going- oh- right

along."- . . . - - . .

Ha1 tesfenony was corroborated byIsaac Bernstein who, several months

ago, followed Zelanko to toe MarkweliHotel and, after giving him time to

retire, went up to bis room and knockedat tbe door. Zelanko. in his pajamas,

opened tine door, and Bernstein testi-

fied that be saw a woman in bed whowas not' Mrs. Zelanko. On opening tbe

door. Zelanko threw a quilt over tbe

woman. There was only one bed in the

room, be testified. .

Harry Berkowitz, who accompaniedBernstein to the door, testified that besaw tbe woman in her nightgown, maiher hair was down and sbe was all

undressed. -

Tbe question of alimony waa settled

out of the court, and no defense wasput to. Lyman Hess appeared as the

attorney fOr. Mrs. Zektnko.

COMPLAIN AGAINST CORTLate kut week another case came

up for adjustment between the Pro-

ducing Managers ABB'n and A. E. A,with the Chorus Equity lodging a com-

plaint of discrimination against John

When contracts were signed lor

Corfs Gtoriana company, recently sent

on tour, the girls received contracts for

$40 a week. Tbe sleeper clause in these

contracts, it is said, was scratched out,

and when salary day came, nbe com-

pany, manager is said to have refused

payment. One girl immediately wired

in to Chorus Equity, and, later, tour

others filed complaints by letter.

Tbe case of the first girl was taken

up and settled on tbe basis that bothparties were subject to a misunder-standing in the matter, but, when the

four other complaints came in, it lead

to measures on the part of ChorusEquity to have the situation settled de-

finately.

Things were straightened out, ap-

parently, until it became rumored that

the manager was -trying to learn wbolodged tbe complaint, with the intent

of letting those particular girls go. It

has developed, now, that the five girls

on tbe show have been given their twoweeks' notice, and this. Chorus Equityclaims, is discrimination.

AN OFFICIOUS COP **

An «aribryo blue-coat, recently gradu-ated from police school and new onBroadway, attempted to arrest Mrs.ataxy Williams, wbo seas theatricalpublications in front of the PutnamBuilding test week. A number of agentswbo were present interceded in her be-half and the young officer, upon learn-

ing that be had desecrated a theatrical

tradition, finally let bar go.

BUY AUSTRALIAN RIGHTSHarry J. Cohen, general ma—gar for

Waiter Hast, has bought the Australianproducing rights to Oosmo HandKon'scomedy Scandal, Daughter of TwoWorlds and eight other Hast pro-ductions, which he will 'present in theAntipodian field.

GATS HAS NEW REVUEGeorge Gaits and George Peak, a

Chicago producer, have bought the pro-ducing rights to The KatzenjammerKids, a nraslcBi revue adapted fromthe cartoons of -the same name appear-ing In the Sunday papers, from Gatts& Clifford, of Chicago. They haveplaced the show in rehearsal under thedirection of Virgil Bennett. The castwill include forty people, with eighteenchorus girls,

EAST-WEST PLAYERS TO OPENThe East-West Flayers will in-

augurate their fifth season November25, at the Jewish Art Theatre (Gar-den) with a series of one-act plays.These are The Magnanimous Lover"by St. John Errine, "Baby Bed" byClarence Stratton. The Little StoneHouse" by George Calderon, and "TheLove Lotion" by J. Harry Irving. .

. The plays will be presented at theJewish Art Theatre one night eachweek for a period of ten weeks, theEast-West Players baring rented tbehouse from the Yiddish managementfor the days scheduled.Gustav Bloom, wso has directed the

players for the last four years, willcontinue In the same capacity thisseason, in addition to acting in theplays produced. Other players whowill participate are: Jane Manners,Samuel Wyickoff, Jane Burr, Max I4e-berman, Irving Zechnoff, (MadeleineDavidson, Allen Ragle, Helen Swenson,Archie Giden, Rose (Nebar, BdwardStelnmecz, Ivy Sherman, Etta t/urla,

Ralph Cahn and Alice Keisler.

RESERVE OFFICERS CHANGELieut- T. W. Dentins of Co. D, Thea-

trical Regiment, Police Beserves of NewYork, has been appointed to the Gradeof Captain, owing to the advancementof Capt Henry C. Jacobs to he a Lieu-tenant Colonel. Harry Hastings Is nowFirst Lieutenant; Sergt. Sam. Orange,Second Lieutenant; Fred, Mueller, FirstSMSJjaanjg,

Tbe staff of officers of the Thea-trical Regiment Includes: CoL E. F.Aibee, La. OoL Henry C. Jacobs, Majo r

and Adjutant A L. Robmson. Major 1stBnhtilon, George M. Cohan. &»d Bat-talllon. Lee Sbubeis and WUliam Box.

WAYBURN GETS PRET ,TLast Saturday, which waa the day

following the opening of the new Capi-tol Theatre, New Wayburn was present-ed with a set of diamond shirt studs,set in platinum, by the board of di-rectors. The gift was bestowed on be-half of the directorate by BdwardBowes as a mark of appreciation forhis staging the "Demi-Taase" revue atthe new theatre.The presentation of the studs dispels

the rumor that had become current a-long Broadway to the effect that Way-They started early last week, foUow-Tbey started eearly last week, follow-ing a rehearsal at the Capitol in whichWayburn ordered everybody, iiu*^nMngseveral of the millionaire directors whowere present, out of tbe auditorismn. Hehad become annoyed by the noisesemanating from the front of the housewhile he was conducting tbe rehearsalon the stage.As a matter of fact, Wayburn is

under a year's contract at the Capitolthe same expiring next October, hesays.'

GOETZ HAS "AS YOU WERE"Bay Goeta will place in. rehearsal

within tbe next ten days a new musicalplay called "As Yon Were," which he isproducing and in which fate wife.'IreneBordord, and Sam Bernard will beJointly starred.

Goeta acquired the American pro-ducing rights of the piece from C. B.Cochran, tbe London producer payingfio.ooo in advance royalties; be says.to Cochran, and Arthur Wkaaeris andHerman DarewsM who wrote tbe book,lyrics and musie, respectively."As Yon Were" has been running in

London and Is an adaption of Rip'sFrench Revue entitled "Pfcuj CaChange". Goetz says that the pro-duction here, for which he will write afew interpolated nombers, will costapproximately $50,000. A. H. Woodshas acquired a 25 per rent interest intbe prospective production. *

October 2% «9I9 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER-i T -j

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Aftiei- \¥eefc of Bad Rights

ppoinled for Mnriel Ostrkhe Starring Vehicle—Played

to $4,144 in Six D.p-Wu Protnoted

.'by.

Dream Girl," the new Muriel

Ostricbe Show went an the rocks lost

week. On Monday, * petition tai hank-

ruptey was flited In the Federal Courthere against the oorporation that pro-

duced the piece and Louis JersawUtwas appointed receiver by Judge Knox.About 13400 an unpaid salaries la

dslmed by the members of lite oom-j>any, the players having taken the

matter of unpaid wages up through the

Actors' Equity Association, -ml unless

the salaries are paid, Ivan Mwglnn. ofPaul N. Turner's office, says he will

bring imlt ag»»Ti«tf the stockholders.The trouble really started a week

ago last Saturday is Atlantic City,

where "The Dream Girl" was ffrSHhlng

a three-day engagement at the GlobeTheatre. After the matlwe perform-ance tbe Sheriff walked In with a wilt

of attachment that bad been Issued

against the show that morning. Tbedaimabt was the Lyceum Txteatre,

Patersou the manager of tbe latter

boose having Bought to recover 9M1which, be claims, Us 'theatre lost tbe

preTiou8 Monday, on account of TbeDream Girl show heme canceled for

tbe Initial showing there.Although tbe receipts In Atlantic

City were released by Daniel Guggen-heim, representing the Lyceum Theatre,the scenery, costumes and propertieswere placed in tbe custody of tbeSheriff and his asaisteots, and tbeshow played the final evening perform-

But the. players had learned of tbestate of affairs that existed and, led byMuriel Oetriche, tbe leading lady, andPaul E. Bonis, the principal comedian,they insisted that their salaries be paidto date. Some sort of satisfactory ar-rangement was made by manager W.P. Douglass with tbe players, tbeperformance was given end the com-pany came back to .New York the follow-

ing day, leaving the scenery and cos-

tumes in Atlantic City, where they arestar reposing in the custody of tbeSheriff.William Wennick. of Jamaica, L. I.,

said to be a banker, broker, and is

reported to have fanaabed most of themoney that went Into The Dream Girl.Others In the $200,000 corporation or-ganised to produce plays and motionpictures to feature Muriel Oetricbewere, according to a prospectus sentout..' Chamberlain Brown, designatedas president of the company. PopularProductions, Inc., Otto Henry HJarras,an advertising man. designated as thefirst vice-presdent, Morris Iittman,owner of Benard's on West Forty-second Street, second vlee-pnwidarit,and Muriel Oatriebe, third rice-prea-HK WrrHam Wennick was secretary,and Walter Irving, one of the authorsof The Dream Girl," tbe other beingArthur C. King, was treasurer of thecorporation.Walter Irving estimated, that the

corporation's first production wouldcost about $8,000. Before Tbe Dream0*t opened' two weeks ago the showbad already entailed an outlay of morethan $30,000. There were sixty-eightId the cast, of whom sixteen were prin-cipals, live executive staff numberedthree and. In addition, tbe show carriedaght musicians. ' The salary hat fortbe show "was in tbe neighborhood of$8,000. tbe weekly salary Uat for theplayers atone being exactly $4,515.Burdened with this salary list the

show was booked through the Sbnbertoffice over a route consisting for themost part of one-night stands. It wasscheduled to open at tbe Lyceum, Pater-

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son, October 13, hot' didn't becausesome of Umb coetnmes wore not ready.

That is why, it was explained, Pater-

son was canceled.

However, It oM open tbe followingday "cold," without drees rehearsal, atthe Trent, Trenton, where it played to

$1290, ibe division basis being 70—30ia that town. On Wednesday night theahow played to $821.50 in AUentowu,the split being 75—26. Tbe followingthree days were played at the Globe,Atlantic City, the total receipts in tbelatter town being $2,033 and the split

being 65—35. The total business "TheDream Girl" played to fax the six daysof its existence was $4,144.50.

On the Friday night that tbe showplayed Atlantic City, Wennick, thebanker, gathered the company abouthim en the stage and made a speech ofencouragement. The following day,however, it is reported he wee takento Baltimore by bis physician and thereplaced in a sanitarium as the result

Of « collapse he had suffered. Somemembers of tbe company say boat tbe

banker went to Baltimore so that bemight patronise tbe race course there,

he being the owner of several racinghorses. However, np to Saturday oflast week, W. P. Douglass, who wasplaced In charge of the show by Wen-nick, was reported as unable to locatethe banker to notify him of the status

of the bankruptcy proceedings.Waiter Irving, one of the authors of

tike show and an officer of tbe corpo-ration that produced it, stated that bebad been paid a lamp sum for bisrights in the show, besides being paid

. a weekly salary for writing exclusivelyfor tbe corporation,Douglass stated that, since tbe cor-

poration has no outstanding debtsexcept tbe attachment claim and theplayers' salary claims, the creditorsbeing tbe principal stockholders of thecorporation, be expected that the showwould soon revert back to its originalowner and be sent on tour again witha very much dhiiiia'Bbed cast.

Muriel Ostriche. it is reported, re-ceived a salary of $350 a week and, inaddition, was given a block of stock Inthe corporation and elected third vice-president.The prospectus that was sent out

encouraged tbe sale of 7500 shares ofstocks in tbe Popular Productions, Inc.,

at $10 per share. How much of It wassold is not known. *•'

JAMS PLANS NEW SHOWElsie Janis. through Charles DllHng-

bam, has postponed her London andParis engagements for this season andwill tour this country hi a musicalshow, opening in Baltimore, November10.. Her route will include only thelarge cities.

Among the cast there are a numberof- ex-service men with whom MissJanis worked in France. They are:Bill Kiernel, Robert Frechheimer, JackBrant, Bill Reardon, Jerry Hocketra,Bradley Knocke, Herbert Goff, ChickDevean, Charles Lawrence, Ralph T.Ryan, Henry Janewick and Sam Bar-bank. Among tbe girls selected areMarion Davison, May Harsters, Antoin-ette Driscoll, Lucille Lally. Mary JaneBixtoy and Jeannette Grant R. H.Burnstde is staging the-offertog.

NEW CROSMAN PLAY LIGHTHABB1SBUKO, Pa., Oct. 22.—The

Critical Moment which opened hereat the Orphean but week, is a playscarcely worthy of the talent of Hen-rietta :Grossman, although It did notrob her of her charm. In her -newvehicle, not entirely unsuited to herability, she made the moat of materialthat lacked the strength of those otherstage pieces in which she has scorednotable successes.In structure, the new piece la sero-

comle, and trifling pauses occasionallyoccur in the dialogue. It Is possiblethat parts of the play can he strength-ened, otherwise it wiH conceal ratherthan reveal tbe acting qualities of thestar.

Without Miss Ctasomsars) personal-ity, there Is no teUing what might hap-pen to tbe play. -With it, she sustainsthe piece and turns it into a ratherInteresting drama, which has its tenseand light moments in about equalorder.Ae tbe interloper who would wreck

matrimonial happiness by alienating awife from her husband, Edward Dar-ney was quite acceptable, ae was Alb-ert L. Barrett in the husband part.Adelaide Fttsallen, as a servant, wasconvincing. Others in the companymade the best of their parts.

ISSUING BAD CHECKSLate last week, it became known on

the Bialto that a certain manager, rec-ently come Into prominence for hisseveral production activities, and nowa figure la the Producing Managers'Association, was hear the rocks; sonear, in fact, that he bad issued two orthree checks without funds to coverthem, to on attempt to tide himselfover. One, made for $400, was given tothe leading man of one of his com-panies and another, for $300, was givento a prominent woman lead.Both tbe parties have kept the mat-

ter quiet for the past two weeks, batthe news recently came oat. This doesnot represent the first shady activityof the manager In que-tion, for on on»or two previous occasions his businessmethods have been questioned and hehad same quick explaining to do.

STRIKE SUITS SETTLEDFour salts against managers which

actors started through Equity attorneyPeal N. Turner, daring the recentstrike, for wages due up to the timetbe striking actors wsJked oat, weremarked settled and discontinued in toeThird District Municipal Court lastweek. In each of the suits WilliamKlein, appearing for the defendants,interposed the same defense, whichconsisted of a general denial and acounter-claim for $1000 In each ease.The following are the respective litig-

ants and the amounts sued tor in eacncase:Bud Murray against the Winter

Garden Company, claimed $71.66; SamJ. Curtis against the Shobert Thea-trical Company, claimed $80; ArthurCardinal, Tim Daly, Roger Utile,Jack Stearns, against tbe Winter Gar-den Company, their aggregate «lahnamounting to $250. Yvette Bagelclaimed $218.75 from George White'sScandal Company.

DREAM SONG OPENS WELL; GHIOAvO, Oct 25.—Bcrward Locke'snew play, originally named '"The Call",has been produced here under the nameof "The Dream Sang". The Central ,

Music Hall, reopening as a theatre,was the scene of the production, made-by Charles F. Horner.The play, a drama set to music by

Victor Herbert tells the story of theloves and hates that make up the lifeof our high strung, temperamental andsentimental writers and singers ofsongs. All of the characters, exceptone, are musicians, toe one exceptionbeing an artist.

~Joseph Pulaski, a Polish composer,

has written an opera, the loading role

®Jw**en la to be song by his daughter,

Marie. However, Marie decides thatlife with an artist even though poor, ispreferable to tbe high life of an operastar and abandones her career. Herfather then banishes her from his home,only to rake her back three years laterwhen several musician friends of hersdevise a scheme by means of which theyforce Pulaski to let his daughter j|Btte^eodtog role In tbe opera on ifsfirst nightSome splendid acting is done by Wal-

ter Wilson, as the aged composer, Ed-ward roster and Antonio Selerno, astwo tenors on the opposite sides ofsuccessful careers, Hubert Wllke as avagabond impress* rio, and HarjorieOwen, as Maria.The piece win stay at this boose tor

four weeks, according to the nsnsgimeat, and then, unless tmsinras is verygood, will take to the road.

TO PRODUCE SPECTACLETheatrical attractions in the metro-

politan district are going to hare apotent contender for patronage daringthe Christmas and New Tear's Holi-days. The Inter-Church World More*ment an association formed of aU thedenominations of tbe ProtestantChurch, has leased Madison SquareGarden for Ave weeks, beginning Dec.& "^LZ11

? P"""* The Wayfarer-.the spectacle protraction which wasmade and presented with great socceaalast July at Columbus. A sosssssichores of 3,000 is being recruited toleara special ports of various operas,which will be interpolated into the•pectacle. with Tali Eaen Morgan en-gaged to whip tbe singers into shape.Henry Hadley, a musician of note.

n,*_been *°aa«ed to conduct the or-chestra and the several cbolrs whichwlU be formed, an Laorence Rich, whohad charge of the big ensembles of theCohicobus affair, will stage the numbershere. By his association with thisgroup. Hadley will enjoy sn unusualdistinction around the first of theSHv Hls»qpera, "Cleopatra's Night",will be sung for- the first time as tb#season's novelty at the Metropolitanearly in January, while he is wielding™J>aton over "The Wayfarer" at;theGarden.

"LETTY" COMING IN"Linger Longer Letty" the new ma-

rieul comedy which Oliver Morosco hasprovided as a starting vehicle for Char-lotte Greenwood, will come to' NewYork November 11.

MINSTRELS TO CELEBRATEWednesday, Not. 12, win mark the

fourty-fiftb anniversary of Mclntyreand Heath's playing mm a team, and theminstrels are going to celebrate theevent in proper fashion.These two men are now figuring as

tbe stars of "Hello, Alexander", at tbeFonrty-Fonrtb Street theater and tostart tbe day off early they have in-vited as tbair guests for tbe matineeall those who at present ore living attbe Actor's Home, in addition to around two dosen of famous old timeminstrel men. Included smong thesewill be Bsrney Pagan, Willis P. Sweatand Dan Qulnlan.

SACHS SAILS PROM LONDONJ. L. Sachs, the London theatre-

magnate, sailed for New York on 8un-**»y on board tbe 8. 8. Ctrmsnls.

HELEN McCLAINHelen McCUin. whose lflrcinrss ap-

pears on the front page, is now In thefourth season with "Hip Hip Hurray,'*one of the leaning attractions of theColombia Circuit. In which companyshe occupies tbe Prims Donna rote.Formerly a cabaret entertainer, Xte>

Medaln was discovered quite by acci-dent a few years ago by her possessmanager, Geo. F. Beifrsge, who heardher sing in a hotel in Hartford, Ot,and Immediately signed her np for aterm of year* In his atrractloa.success was Instantaneous and she !

been the recipient of many offers j

Broadway managers. But she I

her sorroTindings and facia that as i

cast her lot hi burlesque fromfirst she will remain hi herfield.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 29. 1919

Chorus Equity Completes

Its Union Formation:-.:-i'i Sfte-.; "i

• COAST MANAGERS ACTIVESAN FRANCISCO, CaL. Oct. 24.—

A

number of local managers are prepar-ing companies for road toon. Several

. new shows are also scheduled for pro-duction.Among tie stows solas out are "Tbe

Brat", wMch Gebrie and Cooley winsend oat with Ettoa Reis, a local girl,

in tee lead. Jack MacArtbar is send-ing oat a company with Mary McAl-lister In. "The Little Princes".;. .-'-'-

Equity Aaeodatton ba-

real thing last weak when, at

at the Aiueterdam Opera

attended by several handred

,

pemwawit officers were

aod a. constitution and by-laws

Owtog to tbe absence of Ma-

Drej.Vsr, prealdent of the Chores

r, Paul Turaer, its »«°rney,-g?*-

„A speeches were made by Ethel

^Sa Fmnde wuson, the

-«,* of both being that tbe Chorus

etsmdy endeavor to maKe m•tea stronger and moA t™10™--,

.

^gSSStmtt the Chorus Equity now

tea about 2,000 members. _^The ConnoT, for tbB first yeer.^con-

^BtTef seven e^WJfjggfgMS fourteen Actors' MffWJ*"

Next year »nW --*'

A. EL A. ' leyteaugntivesfoorteen ehoros representatives,

It la planned that tbe third year's re-

presentatives will be comprised solely

of chorus folk. .

Tbe oborns representatives on tbe

Council are Edith Bock, EWe French,

Jean Rhodes, Kathleen Carroll, William

Morgan, Peggy Maloney and Vera Bail-

ley, Tbe A. B. A. repreeentotiveB ontbe Council are Ethel Barrymo re,

Florence Boright, Susanne Morgan,Mrs. Edwin AwJen, Pearl Sindelar, Mrs.

Felix Morris, Perdval Knight, GeorgeGw NJobais,

SUES FOR BROKEN LEGLOS ANGELES, CaL, Oct 26.—Do-

rothy Cardinal, a film actress, la suingBaron Long, proprietor of the VernonCountry Chub, and a certain well knownactor who Is named la tbe salts onlyas Jobs Doe, for $20,000, for injuriessustained while on tbe dance floor ofthedob. Miss Cardinal claims thatJohn Doe, while intoxicated, was per-mitted to eater the dance hall and that,because of bis conduct, one of her limbswas broken.

^.Trimble, Earl Booth^««^.—-—~^„ ______>-4*Roger Grey, Jack Gsgwia, -Frank^*ay =* — rtt'* A( CRA1

and John Charles Thomas.Tbe officers are Marie Dressier, pres-

ident; Ralph Whitehead, treasurer;

George Stifter, secretary, and Edi thBailor, Fay Tunis and George Leblanc,vlce-preedenta. The next election will

be ia Mayy.lBSQ. _ .,..

COASTPOLLARD CLOSING ON

HAM FRANCISCO, CaL, Oct24.—

.

Kite* tbe eminent tragedian,

ST^Mcessral aeason of re-

nt tbe CotombU Theatre b>

&hT BMted &L«f^*jajtoeen presenting*?****&

ne, constating <* J?™^,-taw of Venice, Julius ?£•***£JtLoVer, Tbe**^£*^?£?

Back, and Dr. Jeckyll and Mr.

COAST TO SEE NEW FLAY•MNraAKOWCC^C^OcL^-

•jaa tbae in NovenBoer, nje_^~Tr~WW be the scene of a new P™"**™?-X^aseey drama by John H.JBlack-

^JTentltled "A Dollar Down"- Tbto

Zm*a a digression from the usual po-

ew sf tbe theatre, which *-

, tried an* tree~ always

UmvERSlTT TO GIVE PLAT

•AN »«AN01SCO, Oa^Oet- University dramatic eireie,

.The #wordwm P«rfuce aa fteft^offer-

ut qi tbeir season, on NoTe?*^J^5^i First Born", a drwnaof Ohta"**

Mate the city of the Golden Gate,J*ISarts Power* Gordon Davis who

wan at Ibe cast of the original company.

^Bj «rect the production by the um-pktyer*.

FRIARS FORM LEGION POSTAt a dinner given in the club, the

Friars last week formed a post of theAmerican Legion and received a charter

from the parent body, tbe charter set-

ing forth that it was to be known as

the Frte*' Post . of - tbe AmericanLegion.The following officers were elected:

J. J. Gleason, president ; I. RaymondKeiter, secretary; John Querk, treasur-

er. Among those of the theatrical pro-

fession elected to serve on the commit-tee were Walter C. Hoban, Bun Gran-ville, Anthony Paul Kelly and IrvingBerlin. The post is composed ex-

^chisively of Friars. At the meeting, it

went on record as against tbe singingof epera to German in tills country.

WANT A RECEIVERSHIPCUMBERLAND, Hi, Oct 24.—

James T. Johnson and Samuel Wort-hcamer, minority stockholders of theMaryland Theatre Co.. which operatesthe Maryland Theatre here, have filed

a notion for ft receivership ef the com-pany, alleging that the MelHngerbrothers, managers of tbe theatre, havemismanaged the theatre so that It baanot made any money. Warren MelHn-ger, who testified in behalf of tbe com-pany, denied the accusations and testi-

fied that this was tbe only venture oftheirs which had not proven successful.

BELASCO OPENING SET

SAN FRANCISCO, CaL, 24.—

A

special exhibit is being held at tbeArchitectural Hall "of "The' Universityof California, in which the craftsman-ship of the leading stage designers andbuilders is being exhibited, among themtbe work Of such masters as Joseph Ur-ban, S. J. Home, C. Raymond Johnson,Michael C. Carr, and so on.

PATERSON STOPS OPERAPATEBSON, N. J. Oct 23.—Fearing

some such action as took place in NewYork during the early part of the weekto connection with the production ofGerman opera, the local police prevent-ed tbe proposed production of Der Bos-tetbinder, a german opera, at SalvetiaHalL The local post of the AmericanLegion filed protest with tbe author-ities, who acted immediately.Tbe operetta was to be sung by local

20 of the White Rate Actors Union, aGerman branch of the Associated Actorsand Artists of America. When wordwas received by them that tbe operettawould not be permitted, a committeeconsisting of Otto Steinert, president;Herman Born, secretary, and WilliamOaten confered with the local police,but their protest that prevention ef theperformance would cause them to lose$350 was futile and they were forcedto refund money for all tickets sold toadvance. ',

Tbe production, which was scheduledfor Thursday night, was to run only

tbj/mm night and was a benefit perform-ance for members of the union whowere to old or hare been ddaahlediiandcannot act any longer, according to tbeUnion's committee. —_ r' _i

START LITTLE THEATRENEW ORLEANS, Oct 26.—The

Theatre Da Vteax Carre, aa organ-ization composed of members of theDrawing Room Players, has been In-

MAR1E EMPRESS "MISSING"Arrtovtog from Liverpool Monday

afternoon, the Orduna, Canard Lane,carried on its passenger list Marie Em-press, well known on tbe vaudevillestage both here and abroad, but theactress herself was not aboard. Theship docked ex (HallfaT and, shortlyafter it had steamed oat for New York,Miss Empress requested that dinner bebrought to her stateroom. This wasdone, but when the stewardess return-ed later to get the tray the actress wasnot to her cabin.Tbe stewardess returned several

times with tbe intention of bidding MissEmpress good night but with tbe con-tinued absence of the lady became un-easy and reported the matter to tbepurser. Continued search of the shipfor twenty-four hours, disclosed noth-ing. Late Monday night tbe actresshad not appeared at the New York pierto claim her baggage The manifest oftbe ship when it was received by theauthorities here carried the report:"Marie Empress, actress, minri^g atsea."

angorated here to. present modern oneact dramas. They will occupy the Pon-table Building in Jackson So., is tbe oldFrench quarter, -where they will soonpresent as their initial offering severalone act French playlets.

WANT "CRIMSON ALffiP*The primson Alibi, is tbe first of tbto

seasons attractions to - get productionabroad Arrasgmente have been madeby George Broadburst author and pro-ducer, with Arthur Bronchier, of Lon-don, who will present the play at tbeStrand Theatre there on November, 24.Mrs. Lillian Trimble Bradley, wb»made tbe original production here, sail-ed on tbe Adriatic Saturday; to directthe London production.

SELWYNS REHEARSE NEW SHOWSmilin Through, a new fantaatc co-

medy In three arts by Allan' LanedonMartin, which will feature Jane Cowl.has been placed in rehearsal under tbedirection of Selwyn and Compaay.Assisting Miss Cowl are Orme Gaidar*,Henry Stephenson, Etbelbert Hales,Marion Bertram, Charlotte Granrilleand Elaine Inescodrt

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FMGANZA PIECE OPENSajajf FBANCieOO, Cat, OA 2S^-

^fja aew Trixie Triganaa. starring tjB-

Mds entitled "Poor Mama", a comedy

aa tbree acta by Elmer Harris aod Jean

a^Tee? opened here this week a»J

-mit I | decided hit. The play tells of

efts efforts ef a widow, aged 42, to con-

«aal from her next Tenture to matrt-

aaW. aged 25, the fact that she is the

matber of feur or five children.

In the supporting cast are The Den-

ads Bisters and George W. Banto Jr.

i pmy was produced at Tbe Ourran

!«, by Thomas O'Day.east of the piece, besides these

a, A. Bart Werner, Margaret.William Wagner, Fred Petece,

i Price. Lillian Boardman, BathHanafsrth, Hedell Craig and Dorothy

John F. Connolly is manager,A, Bwryer business manages,

See Casey, advance man, Ohalre Price,

aasokaaic, Seomne Howard, car-

Bay Brown, "electrician, *ad

BALTIMORE, Md. Oct 24.—DavidBelasco's newest spectacle, called "TheSon-Dauchter". will open here on No-vember 4th, with Leonore Ulrica to theleading role.. The play is a Chinesespectacle and is reported to be Belas-co's last

OPEN OUT OF TOWNBALTLMOBB, Md, Oct 27.—Oh No-

vember 3 and 4, the Theatre ParisieaCompany, which is to occupy tbe re-

named Belmont Theater In New York,will open here at Albsugh'e Lyceum.Robert Casedesns. manager of tbe com-pany, announces that tbe organizationwill play two weeks out of town beforeopening to New York.

TAKE BODY TO ENGLANDThe remains of tbe late Frank Kem-

ball Cooper, who died in New York lastDecember, haws been shipped to Bog-land and have been buried there in tbefamily grave at Kensel Green, Thewidow and ..brother of.ttowere present at bis ro-intenment.

HYDE GOES WITH MOROSCOClarence Hyde, erstwhile publicity

director for Henry Miller, has been ap-pointed by Oliver Morosco to act in aspecial managerial capacity, bis dutieshaving to do with various details con-nected with Morosco's productions.Hyde is an old newspaper man and,

during tbe last two years, was asso-ciated with Henry Miller, leaving thelatter/s employ several weeks ago following bis return from the Coast wherehe went last summer to herald one ofMUleTa productions. Previous to hisemployment by Miller, Hyde was as-sociated with Klaw and Erlasger for asodated with Klaw and Erlanger.

MOSS TO BUILD IN BRONXAnnouncement was made last week

ofthe purchase of tbe entire block onTremont Avenue and 176th Street Car-ter and Webster Avenues, containingfatten city lots, by B. F. Mossfrom

' sS^SEfLir**.**-The P«>Perty wffl be

immediately improved with a theatre.Btoresand office bufldtog, wWA, whencompleted. Is estimated to cost $750,000.

TOM LEWIS NEGOTIATINGTom Lewia, recently of the WinterGarden Show,- is negotiating to enter

a Broadway production shortly.

NEW FIRM HAS NEW PRICETbe Voice Is the title of a new.-:

act drama by Frederic Arnold !

acquired last week by the recentlyorganized WUner-Romberg producingcorporation. Tbe play was acqobedthrough Sanger and Jordan and laschcdaled to go toto rehearsal shortlyafter WOner and Romberg have launcnved their first production, The HagteMelody, a musical play.

WEBER SHOW OPENS MONDAYThe Little Btoe Devil, Joe Weber's

new musical farce, adapted from ClydeFitch's play Tbe Bine Moose, wit*[Bernard Granville and Lillian Lorrainein tbe leading roles, will open at tbeCenteral Theatre next Moady.

ENCAGES HELEN WAREHelen Ware has been engaged by Low

TeQegen as co-etar to bte forthceenfa*play, written in collaboration with An-dor Garvay. Tbe title of tbe play ha*

. been changed from Heart of tbe Vto Last of Gold. -j

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CANARIES ON NEW YORK ROOTFollowing - the . salaiaei at present

practiced in the larger cinema bouses taEurope, Marcos Loew has purchasedtwo hundred <»»b*««c ranarlm to fcenoeVfy his New York Roof.

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%i<& Put :5P COi^ ""^**^J" T r tiv "*" -' BAIfflMOaB, Md„ 28. Oct.—WjlWy ;:•*.- TT 1 T» ti»t "All the King's horses," the drama

1ncrease in riavlage Kates *»>^ ^,An8p

!e!ier S"? 'st 5

"**O at the Academy this week by Mr. and

HAS GOOD' ^

rTARRL3BT!RGH. Pa^ Oct. tt-"Betty Be Good." being whipped to-

Tw*»ty-five Per CantCoats theaadTowru Follow

Effect in New York City

Producers dependent upon theatrical

transrer-men to move their properties

to and from the theatre district, find

themselves paying an increase of

twenty-five per cent as compared withthe prices • charged In seasons prior.This present rate of haulage, tiie"

transfer-men assert* bas been madenecessary by: 'the decided increase in•wages that they have been forced to

meet and the bund red-and-one over-head expenses which have doubled andtrlbled. " •*?:•

Accoring to the Ca In Transfer Com-

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panv, men who received six and sevendollars a day 'last 'season are' now be-ing paid at the rate of ten and twelvedollars a day, with two dollars anhour over-time. This, combined with'the prevailing conditions in' the costof up-keep, made the present adjust-ment In prices. inevitable.. A schedule of rates in effect at thepresent time, as contained in a re-

cently issued bulletin from the AlliedTheatrical Transfer Association, readsas follows and states the present rates.

In.New York City, from FourteenthStreet to Sixty-third Street, includingto or from 'New Tori Central Depot:week days,, between 8 A. M. and 5 P.M., per load $10; night-time. Includ-

ing Saturdays, Sundays and holidays,

per load $20; baggage, per piece $1.

From all other railroads: on week'days, between 8 A. M. and S P. M., toBorough of Brooklyn as far as Bush-wick, per load $16; baggage' per piece$1; to Borough 'of Bronx, Sotth to

165th Street, Baet or. Weal; per load$lfi. Over the same route, at night-tine, including iSaturdays, 'Sundays andholidays, per load $20. .

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From Xew York and Brooklyn toNewark : per load $30. and baggage

In re$l.S0 per piece. In referenceto vaudeville acts which ride in oneload of scenery, baggage, etc., ' thecharge will -be- as per one load ofscenery. It adds that, all forty-footwagons constitute two loads and thatthe above charges, apply In oppositedirections and are for one way only.Although transfer men hi small

towns and cities throughout the coun-try have foilowdd . the lead of NewYork companies and are at presentcharging- the same. rates and in somecases are asking more, they, asidefrom having to expend slightly morefor the up-keep, are; not troubled withmeeting increased wage scales and arereaping a fat harvest from tne pro-ductions that pass their way. This is

true of the companies who pay their

men but from three to four dollars aday and charge from fifteen to twentydollars a load, the same prices pre-valent In New Tort.

SETTLE SUITS

Oomstock and Gest. by paying theprincipal, plus court costs, have settled

the suit brought against them in the

Third District Municipai Court byChristian Wollerson, a wood carver.WoIIersoD bad sued to recover $250,

bla claim being that be had furnishedsome carved wood properties used in

"Through the Ages," which tJhe defend-ants produced. He alleged to bla com-plaint, that the properties were onlyloaned to the show, the amount soughtI\r Mm being the value' of the prop-erties! . .

RALPH HERZ HAS MEW PIECEDee Shubert last week acquired a

new three-act comedy by -George BarrMcCutcheon and Earl Carroll called

*Mr. Bingle" . The play will be usedas a starring vehicle for Balph Herz,who will be presented in it early nextJanuary; ''

MODEL ACCUSED OF THEFTMarlon Brooks, who claims she is an

actress and model, is being held in

$2,000 bail on a charge of grand lar-

ceny preferred by J. Lowe, an official

of tie U. S. Shipping Board. Heclaims that, while dining with her anda male companion, he allowed her totry oh a diamond ring valued at $1,000which he was wearing, and that shefailed to return it, claiming she hadleft it in the washroom of the restau-

rant. A search failed to disclose therin, and Lowe had her arrested.

BECOMES ADVERTISING MANAGEREdward S. Moffat was appointed

manager of Universa 1 last week,' suc-ceeding Nat G. Rethsteto, who resign-ed.. Moffat has been in -charge of all

the Jewel advertising for Universal forthe past two years.In his advertising career, Moffat baa

been connected with the Aeolian com-pany and advertising agencies such asStreet and Finney, Calkins and Holdenand Frank Seeman.

HAD TO FULFIL CONTRACTThat Olson and Johnson failed to

open at the Capitol Theatre last Fri-day night, having been boeked to openthere by Edgar Dudley, was due to

the part- that they had a contract withthe Keith houses.

Olson and Johnson were bookedover the .Keith Circuit some time agoby Bart MaoWpgn, the Philadelphiaagent, their Joint salary being in theneighborhood of $350. They enteredupon their engagement and seemed to

be perfectly contented until about amonth ago. when. casting for the showat the Capitol was started. Then,through 'Edgar Dudley, who bookedthe entire cast of. principals in theCapitol ° show, they received an offer

to appear at that house at a weeklysalary said to be $600.. They accepted,

t

the terms of their employment calling

for a sixty-week play or play contract.

They canceled their booking over theKeith Circuit, giving as an excuse thatthey had hot authorized MacHugh tosign them up for. the period called for

in the. contract. MacHugh, however,brought the matter to the attentionof E. P. Albee, with the result that heplaced it in the bands of MauriceGoodman, the Keith attorney.

This latter became necessary after

Olson and Johnson had placed their

case in the bands of Harry Saks Hech-helmer. The Capitol Theatre's In-

terest was "looked after by MesmoreKendall, and after the three attorneys

bad consulted and corresponded In thematter, Olson and Johnson were ad-

vised by their attorney that It wouldbe useless to attempt to break the

Keith contract So the act is nowplaying oyer the Keith Circuit

saaraa sxsooa ibouvdWith the 'Opening of the current

"Passing Show" .here last Thursdaynight the Snuberts established a $3.50

top scale at the Winter Garden for ai:

evening performances, the top price o •

matinee days,. however, being fixed at

.$2. « The. jump over the former top" scale that prevailed is fifty, cents.

Mrs. Coburn, Is Interesting, is to only'

half express the feeling one has whilewitnessing It- And it seems even woreinteresting in thinking it over later.

Starting in I860, with a dramaticscene in the dining room of the Pres»

cofct homestead, where the daughter ofMajor PresoOtt mill owner and finan-

cier, acknowledges her love for Jeffer-

son Peet, the labor leader who Is the

head and front of the strike In prog-

ress in her father's mill, it follows the

fortunes of that daughter, her daughterand her daughter's daughter, through

three successive generations, the last

act taking place at the present time.

Buftb Presoott loving Jo, onlyrealises the impossibility or a unionwith him when .her brother Is killed

by the strikers after she, in a fit of

anger,, has refused to kiss him good-

bye because he has said some pretty

bard' things to Jo. Urged by herfather and mother, she marries MartinDexter, en intimate friend of thefamily end greatly beloved by herfather, and In time learns to love himand la completely dominated by him.

Then, after a lapse of twenty-five

years, Marion Dexter is introduced,

appearing with a "woman's rights" ban-

ner and well developed ideas of her

own. As in her mother's case, Marlonloves a socialist and but for the inter*

1erence &t her mother would handleher case according to the latest

-woman's rights, methods. Again there

is an Interval and the present-day

young woman appears, Ruth Lane,the daughter of Marlon, rich but to-

herting the taste of mother and grand-mother, not so much for socialism as

for socialists. In her case the man. Is

Jo's grandnephew, Owen Carlisle

Mr. Anspacber's motive is evidently

hi line with the ideas on which the

Industrial .Conference was called byPresident Wilson—the bringing, to-

gether of capital and labor. The play

is well worked out and is certainly in-

teresting and the acting is really fine,

but when it is all over it makes youfeel that you have been at a very real

discussion of the labor question, rather

than, at the theatre to enjoy a play.

Kathryn Kidder, as Ruth Preecott,

carried off three different roles, as

young girl, wife and mother, and last

a*, grandmother, wonderfully well,

while Tyrone Power, as Jefferson Peefand Charles Dalton, as Martin Dexter,

the labor leader an dtbe substantial

business man in equally difficult roles,

are excellent Others in the east are

Alma Chester as Mrs. Preacott LarkTaylor as Nigel Prescott. Howard Kyleas M-sjiJr.'Pr'estott and John J. Power,

Marjorie Bggleston as Marion Dexter,

Julia Ralph as Mrs. Jody Graham,labor leader and traveling delegate,

Lynn Starling as Nelson Lane, a

MtiaUat who nmrriea Marion, whofollows in her mother's footsteps, JohnMarchand aa Owen Carlisle, HarryHaramin as Ezra Holden, the dis-

honest capitalist J. J. Power as Colby,

the butler, and Bertha- Knight as

Annie, the maid.

WAMSTOCK TO DO PLAY

Morris Wainstock win enter thelegitimate end of the game -with a newfour-act comedy drama, called, "AChance Every Girl Takes," written byKalleser and Keeley. The play will

be booted through the K. ff E. office*.

The leading role will be played byGeorge SmlthfiekL supported by Wil-

liam Wayre, Jos. J. Sullivan, dissGreagor, Slakely Ramsey, Henrietta

Goodwyn, Agnes Loftus. and with

Ruth Burke and Harry Gates hand-ling the business end. — -

to shape' for Us ran it _

next week prior to its appearanceSew York, was presented here toadgat the Orpheum. It Is a tuneful etaw*

edy with music by Hugo Bleatsfatsand book by Harry K Smith. ™—three sets are pleasing bits of -

and the costumes in harmony withscheme of the stage pictures.

, Moot of the crudities of the op -

have been ej-ninated and the play haa>

been reduced almost within its-**"'

limits.

The musical •• numbers contain

of the reminiscent strain* of so Vof the present day productions

some of them made distinct

—Listen to My Heart Beat"Shall We Oq." '{Bod of aNight." and "Betty, Be Good,"

not of the whistling kind, are <

ly good.The plot is thin, revolving <

the -marriage of Tom Price toStarkweather and bla efforts' to

the fact from Betty, a musical comedystar. The part or Tom Price is played

by Irving Beebe who made a most ay-eeptafcle stage bridegroom. OeorgJsv

Manatt's voice won instant spplaBse.

Josephine Wbitell played Betty asdmade a capable showing aa a winterof men's hearts. .

The cast included Bddle Carrie aa

Colonel Ichabod Starkweather, father

of Amy, who furnished much of *bs>

comedy, Frank Cramitt as the Ms*man. whose acting and voice make 1

one of the hits of th* piece,. I*Manion, who as Madam OToole,not given much to work on, and J

Introplda, as the mother of Amy, wfea>

got out all there was in her part mmcomedienne. Laura Hamilton, as mcabaret dancer, through her individual

work, and in duets with CrumssH*.obtained many ' encores. Frances Graa*and Ted Wing did several specialties.

The piece was produced by Charfe*

Stewart and Lee Morrison of NewYork.

"SUITE 18" IS PROMISING

SYRACUSE, Oct 2T.—ISalto 16,"

with which F. C. Whitney re.tarna_ta>

the rank of theatrical producers aftar

an absence «t four years, wan gives*

its initial performance here tonight

This musical comedy, although spots

here and there show need of a little

polishing, bas considerable promise. It

is a dancing show, although there are

several snappy song numbers prosa-lnent among wbkh are "WlgglJWaggle," "I want some Love, and"1 Dare Toa." «.:!__The plot Is not a new one, being

based on the age-old idea <>'*_•*New Yorker using a substltude WW ••>

keep In the good graces of rich couatry

relatives. His own wife turns up later

and there are complications brought to

a new way and serving too keep tisa

audience in roars of laughter.

The acting is excellent. Graceworth, as -Gladys Lorraine, the

stitute wife, stands out above anothers in the cast Alexander Clark.

the uncle from the country, also ecorwheavily. The action dragged for a fewminutes early in the first act and-tawis sure to receive attention from thedirecting force to the days to come.

From the middle of the first set

the final curtain the play sweeps r"with excellent dancing, good iliwand some exceedingly funny comedy.

From here the show looks like a sne-

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MOROSCO CHANGES TniJROliver Morosco bas changed the tttia

of bis new nruuoal production "StoJSh.

Jones A Brown", to "Merry MaryBrovm". The new piece will open to.

Witoangton ob November 11th.

cast will be beaded by Charles 3t- an Helen Shlpman.

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 29. 1919

Lbew ReportedWMa¥

<&Sf S^iSSbL** -n* Claims Wo rId-r-^^y " »^-w^w ^, B^nd ^^ Revue" from Gob Edwards, .'--••• .-

Dickering For

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DEAL -SAID TO PENDING

With the arrival of Irving Aekermanand toe partner. Sun Harris, In NewYork, rumors are current to the effect

:. that these western vaudevalle men are '

:' here to comramate a deal with MarcosLoew whereby they would dispose ofthe A. and H. Circuit of vaudevilletheatres to him.Aekerman and Harris, who started

'not away years ago with one theatrela San Francisco, have built up a chainof successful small time vaudeville

..:' bouses that give the performer abouteight weeks work In the far WesL~TheHippodrome iB the name of all theirhouses, except one of the two Los An-geles theatres which is Clunie's Audi-

_ toricsn. The cities embraced' by theA- and H. interests are San Frandsoo,Los Angeles, Bakcrefield, Fresno, LongBeach, Sacramento, San Diego, SanJoee, eanta Barbara , Stockton and

if Loew should take over these the-atres, it would undoubtedly be a fore-runner of a ooast-to-coast vaudeville

>tfJ" *11 ef Loew houses . and a moreactive opposition to the Pantages' Or-cutt, which now has the cream of small

.: toe Western Vaudeville.d3m> control of these theatres by

:jjQJew*'woold also tend to crimp, In a"iSFiSi!!? "Ported activities of Johnw. Osasfdine, who, it is said, is plan-JtoB a resuscitationiof the old S. andC. Circuit which would, in part, oper-ate la the territory now occupied byA. and H. houses.Aekerman and Harris have been in

f?> '* aow for "wre "than a weekand. though negotations have probablyheSBiBoder way for earning over theOUPWtt to Loew, when last Interviewed

^^?2J,*d.nothIn* te »y except

that "Bothm* hmi really developed as

Band Box Revue" from Gas Edwards,together with costomes and scenery ofother acts produced by Edwards. Hewill produce these In vaudeville shortly

and will book them through ArthurLyons.

SIGN FOR SHUBERT SHOWTappin and Armstrong, the sister act

which broke to two week* ago, has beensigned by the ebufoerta to appear in the"Gaieties of 1959". The girls will openwith the production. In Ftitlndcapriio onNovember 3. ." ..'

j BookingGIVES ACT FOUR TEARS

MEMPHIS HOUSES READY SOONilEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct 25.—The con-

struction of the Pantages Theatre onSouth Main Street is nearing com-pletion, and it is hoped, that it can he

opened daring the early part of 1920.

BoMdiags on West Union Avenue are

being rased for Loew's vaudeville

theatre and the house is expected to beready to open about the same time that

Pantages will be read}.

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SWOR DROPS INCUS GAGabout die "Jewish Clock" following theewnplaint that Jack IngHs made to the

«Z JiA*.rw2£..

8*'* *»« «*« was gives

Ba*es, who had heard it done at a non-professional entertainment

+*£D DOES A COME-BACK>J^5e.

&**&• wno^ *>rced to leavetneaeage when he opened at the PalaceSie*Se, 1*8t weeK> oo^ed again beforette^Palace footlighta last Thnrsdaynight, and met with success. Bard'stenure at the opening performance.was doe' to an insufficient familiarity*j*5S temperament of an Americanvaudeville audience. Upon his reap-pearance, he eliminated the scrub-wo-man characterisation, speeded up his"nigat-watcbaano" bit and Americaniz-ed His whole offering, with the resultthat be win probably remain at the Pa-

• lace-tor three weeks more, after which.Yhe.wTO go to the other Keith houses.

"

':. v ^framjtmn act stopsIreee Franklin and Bnrt Green were

forced to terminate their vaudeville:

.- engagement last week while Blaring atthe "Pata**.- Milwaukee. According toHarrv Weber, their aeevt the act is

•=- .tennarnrflT stopned because of a heavycnW ni«t<5reeu <*on+ractM. Tt has been

-i.epaeEe^ bowere*. that C«**« w»« aj»A.

^-'A^Wi-n^rtaVen .with a nervoos hreak-*"iKluiiBtC

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vaodeviiie featuring Adelaide HaU, andwith her the dance team of Dick Dooleyand Jim Naulty, The act has beenespecially staged and produced by Wli-Bam Seabury, of. Seabury and Sfaaw,with special material written by Bud-die .Coper. . .

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Louise Bowers and Pauline Saundershave teamed up again and will openshortly on the Keith time in a newsister routine. The act bus been bookedsolid. , -

C. B. Maddock has three new tabs inpreparation, the names of which are tobe announced soon. .

William O'dare and- Girls, four innumber, will open a tour at the Ameri-can theatre during the last half of the

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Fred Bernard and George Bennettthe song-writer, will open this week ina new act booked by Jack Under.Eathryn Dahl and Karl Karey will

'open soon iu a new rf«g<«g fallring andmusical act . The torn was written forthem by William B. Friedlander andwill be presented by Alf. T. Wilton.

. . Josephine Clair, recently returnedfrom over-seas, where she sang for thesoldiers .is rehearsing a new vaudevilleart with Virginia Drew.. The Crescent Trio, formerly the ThreeVagrants, has been rooted by TomJones fer a tour on the Moss tfane.

Dtntdns' Minstrel Trio, formerly Din-kins. Barr and Everett, will soon ap-

' pear in a new act on the small time.Tne Four Bannerettes, a new song

and dancing turn, has been routed overtne loew tfcne.

Kennedy and Thomas, of Akron, Ohio,will present shortly, "Brides ofFashion." The act written and stagedby BiBy De Haven, the eccentric co-median, wiH play the big time.

Frank Wirth, of the firm of F. Wirthand Blumenfetd, in the Strand theatre

irnUdU*, claims the World's record for

successive booking time made out jf

New York. Last week he gave a con-

tract, to Apledale's *«»«m«i«i covering aperiod of four years, the act workingconstantly except in its traveling time.

Apledale's Animals goes first toCuba, dated to leave New .Dork Mon-day of tins week. From there it goesto Australia, then to Africa and latertakes up the Stall time in England forthe foil tour. Contracts call for theact's eppearance back in New York atthe .finish "of the four years.Besides tie act Wirth last week is-

sued contracts for Cuba to Roderiouez. Brothers.and the Dncas Brothers andsent the Australian . Woodcbopper toEngland for, a tour of the Stall time.

BOOKED FOR REVUESSan Francisco, CaL, Oct 25.—Two

VaudevlHa acts whJdb have appearedoh aH the big circuits, are being fea-

tured with cafe revoes la this city.

They are Oafes and DeLoor, bast roomexti*>ition dancers, and Jack Holdenand His Bevue, the latter act includingCharlotte Vermont Adele Este, Lncffle

Barteiette, FhyH is Torfee and FlorenceGustave.

BILLIARD TOURNEYBy Monday night, eighteen of the

thirty odd entrants in the K. V. A.billiard tourney had lost five games,thereby eliminating themselves from

.

the contest Several are on the"ragged edge," and it is only a matterof a few days before the tournamentwiH come'to an end. Kinzo; who wasslated as the winner when 'the" tour-nament started, lost bis fifth' gameon Sunday night and thereby opset thedope of. all the prophets. Those whoare still in the contest are as follows:Player -:Wo» Lost

Joe Kane ...... ^ .... .v . ,C ;5L/:\] 3

'Frank Stafford. .. .v. . .V. .„ S'>'- 81Burt WBllams.....^.. .... "1 4Murray Bubens . . . .-'. ...-.v. ^' "8". ;> 3"

Stan Stanl^'. .'.'•'. •"•'.'• •* • .'. -,-vft,:-- -: d\-

SantianeHo . . . .... .. . ...'•...• 7' '•. 2

Jfan O^Brien . = .. . 6 2G. Gfteon. .. . ;. ; ..... ,.i,V Mr ' 4Ray Leason ............ J. 6»''.'. S.

will ivurt. .-...-.-....-... ^ 4Jim Allm'an .........."...'. 2 4Jack Chrr..... ....'.'.;... ..

v;pv .i -, 2

Bob O^Srien. . . . . .-. ... . . .*.'.;. '2: ."- xWllbnr Held...,.........: . 3wlB Clerk .*•••• .*•.•"• • * • • • , . O oM. Tjevan ^ •••..'..'•...--. *i V4 . . dLew Rose :.•••; :.. •'•».•«*• •:'..>$ .^". 1Bob Milo. ........... ..V. '.;..' 0. 1Harry Devine..... ........ 6 OThose who are eliminated are: Tom

Murray; Al Williams, Nat Burns,Harry Masters, Nick Edwards. .PhilBrice, John Sinser, Mickey Walsh,Jack Hsllen, Kinzo, Jan Drlscoll.

Wiayne Beenian, Charles Grapewhi.C A. Coley, Jhn Ballen, Fred Hayden,Joe Gold and Val Tralnor. .

Because of the success of the N. v.

A. tournament now in progress, it hasbeen decided to fdllow it up with apool tournament which wiH start onNovember 8. Entries for the tour-

nament are now being taken.. Nick

FORM NEW GIRL TEAM.

Bi ills De Her, formerly of Quirm andDe Bex, will appear to a new act

shortly with Fay Guye. Miss Guye,who has been performing in Europe for

the last six years, last appeared here in

musical corned}-. l4ie hew act will hein foil stage, with special scenery andmaterial.

HELD FOR SHOOTING SELFAlexander Ebert, a midget vaudeville

performer, forty years oM, is being held

a prisoner in BeUevue Hospital on acharge of having violated the SuUlvanlaw. He is suffering from a ballet

wound in the temple and policemanNorman, of the West Forty-SeventhStreet Station charges that be shot him-self. .~ . •

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Ebert and his two brothers composethe Picolo Trio «nd have been, laying

off for several 'weeks. He is saM to

have been in iU health recently.

REHEARSE MEW TAB; Manhattan", a musical tabloid,

went into rehearsal last Thursday wader

the direction of the Murphy and JamesProducing Company. The tab" has acast of twenty-two people; five of whomare principals, a Jazz band, and a

chorus of ten. It will open soon.

booked by Murphy and James.

DILLON PUTS ONE OVERSAN FRANCISCO, CaL, Oct 26^—

Gerald Dillon, publicity man of theOrpbenm Theatre, here, put one overby baring the King, Queen and CrownPrince of Beletom as his guests whlle_ Edwards, because of the splendid poolthey were visiting die city. After the form he has shown In his gatnees atRoyal party had had dinner at Tates.

he managed to have them -.. escortedacross the street to his house, wheretoe second' half of thee show was Just

beginning.As they entered, the orchestra played

the Bekdan "National afar and the

audience stood. - When . the vaodeviiie

bean, the Royal party became very

much interested, and remained tfll the

finish of the "show. It proved to bea big publicity stunt for die theatre.

the dub rooms, is "doped'ner of the contest

as the win-

•*;. ..HEW-. ACT IS READY;V; Cleveland Rummer andlrte $15,000prodwerton. "One vDay", with a ;

com--nanv of rwelv*> peoBJe and a .eemolete

Brentr jfcmtomenr. w«1 K».T»r»Sfnted in

Hw vaHono W*«th "Thesrre" hi 'GreaterV*w York s**wtlT. wnfl«" toe directioni«r A»e T •vrx^tm "riu. n«Hwr w"«

'DOUBT BRIDEGROOM'S STORY.

FOBTLAND, Ore., Oct 26.—Theusual story of a young millionsire be-

ing ensnared, by a pretty cfaoras. girl,

has been given a new twist since Betty

Wright playing in vaodeviiie with "Not

Yet Marie", has found that she wasbunkoed in the game of matrimony andthat her bosband, who gives his nameas WUHaon Edward Glenn Cnrths, is

not the son of the famous aviator, asshe says he represented himself to be.

The couple married while "Not Set

Marie" was playing at the MooreTheatre, here, two weeks ago. Curtiss,

or whatever his name might be, bought

a ticket for every performance and, late

in the week, plucked op enough courage

to sent a boquet of flowers to Miss

Wright An introduction was arranged,

followed by a twelve hour courtship,

which ended at the marriage license

bureau and a marriage ceremony al

the First Presbyterian Church. Ourtiss

tokl the m**d"*T be was the son o-

Glenn H. Curtiss, the aviator, gave his

age as 27 and his residence as Hammonsport , N. V.

A Seattle aviator, being rather sus-

picioas of the whole affair, got in touch

with the chief of police who, in turn,

telegraphed Glenn Curtiss, relating the

facte. He received the following re-

ply: *T3ie only son Mr. Curtiss has is

a lad 9 years old. ' Youth representinghimself as son is fraud."But the bridgegroom still insists that

the aviator is his father and says that

Curtiss' denial was because of "a desire

to see him marry an Eastern heiress."

When asked bis mothers" name, he re-

plied his mother was dead, she having

been his father's first wife, but "Who'sWho In America" ImBcates that Curtiss

was married but once. He gave his

father's age as 59, while the aviator is

bub4^

October 29. 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER

PALACEWllkie Bard brought forth all his

humor and entertaining qualities at the

Monday afternoon performance andscored a hit that he will long remem-ber. Only two characterisations wereoffered. The "Scrub Woman" numberand the "Night Watchman" con-

gamed, thirty minutes and most of the

time the audience was screaming withdelight at his delivery" and expertrmfwWTig of the material.

iwtiw act to stop the show wasTed Lewis. This boy is a marvel andevery move and utterance met withapproval. The balance of the Showwas enjoyed by a crowd that packedthe house. .

The pictures opened and were fol-

lowed by. Herbert's Animals, consist-

ing of dogs, cats and pigeons. Thepets were put through their routine

and received a good hand for their

efforts. The leaping hounds closed theact, while Herbert who has been Invaudeville more than forty years,

bowed off gracefully.Mabel Burke, who. for many seasons,

sang illustrated songs at Proctor'sFifth Ave.' Theatre, has put together,

an act that border? on the novelty plan.She sings, the old - time songs, whileSidney- Forbes warbles the more up-to-date numbers'. Both sing well, butthe' finish', could'- be strengthened,' asthat Is the weakest portion. However,the act la a good one and was enjoyed.Grapewin and Chance did not get

their usual amount of laughs, due prob-ably to the fact that they played thehouse a short time ago and most ofthe audience knew what was coming.Both are artists in their line andacknowledged hearty applause whenthey finished. - .n-7-.-

Barry and Anna Seymour appearednervous at the start and their materialsuffered in consequence. After a fewminutes, they settled down and MissSeymour gathered a few laughs withthe Clifton Crawford sneezing recita-tion. But she should acquire the propersneeze to put the bit over. She sang"Give me a Smile and Kiss" in theGrace La Roe imitation that broughta big round of applause.WUHe Bard received an ovation

and proceeded with his characters, andafter the act he thanked the audiencefor their appreciation and sang two oldtime ballads in ragtime, to the delightof all.

The Cameron Sisters appeared afteriBtermlssion and displayed a series ofdancea that were excellently accom-plished. The girls are there with thelooks and wear three pretty frocks thatcaused much comment among the fe-male contingent..

Santos and Hays opened with crossfire talk that was hard to hear onaccount of the low tone of Miss Santos.But, after this, the girls gave a per-formance that contained a world ofamusement. The fat and the lean gibeeach other on their shapes. Miss Hayspossesses a double voice that scored Inhoth registers...

Ted Lewis. Is an entertainer whoranks with the best. He sings, playsinstruments and is accompanied byfour boys : who get- real harmony withtheir instruments.

.He has added Wal-

ter Bryan, a colored man. who. fermer-ly was the porter at the .Palace; - towMstle "Blues" and he was a sensa-tion. The act.was a riot and deservedto be. --Jv-''^ ".', , V- :

Wlnton's .'water Lions, and DivingNymphes closed the show with a mar-velous display of feats under water.The Lions and; two girls gave a. -per-formance that' was inspiring holdingeveryone in for the finish. , j.D; :

VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS(Continued Mir page 10)

COLONIAL '

As an opening act Benin Kennedyhas one that is really unique, living

up to Its billing as a spectacular elec-

trical scenic novelty. But, as to the "withsongs" part of the billing,, we cannotcomment so highly. In fact, Miss Ken-nedy prossesses a voice that is medic -re

at the best. Nevertheless, the act scoreda big hand, its originality pulling it

through.In his lightning steps and laughs and

Ms clever and well rendered songs,Dotson, a colored comedian, stoppedthe show in second spot. Quite natur-ally, he can sing and also dance. Thesetalents, coupled with his pleasing per-sonality and his ability to put Ids Jokesover in a manner that leaves the au,dience crying for more, stamp him. asa comedian of real merit and one whowill always score any where on anytime.McKay and Ardine were next, offer-

ing a well written and acted song,

dance and patter turn. There Is nothinglacking in Miss Ardine's portrayal ofa Swedish character and McKay givesa good account of himself when itcomes to singing ami getting over thelaughs. They scored a good sized hit.

-With -numerous straw hats, JackRose was next with his nut Offering.

If Rose is not. a natural born nut hecertainly has aqnlred the knack ofbeing one, because it is hard to credit

mere imitation to suchn creditable per-formance.

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Lester Crawford and Helen Broderickin a little of this and a little of that,

as the program states it, have a neatlittle potpourri act bubbling over withgood clean humor and fairly clever

dancing and, in the case of Crawford,some creditable singing.

• A one-girl revue, featuring Juliet,

who Is assisted at the piano by RobertiBralne. la really a miniature PassingShow, of a half score or more seasons,

and proved to be one. of the biggest

Mte on the Mil Miss Juliet..without

a doubt offers some of he finest tra-

vesties ever witnessed on the variety

staee.

Following Tort's o* the Pay. Floreiws

Ames and Adelaide Wihthron annearedIn Cauo-ht In a Jam an episode, the

theme «f'»Wi* .m**t»t him*.started as

an A. ' W! XVnnA'n wiidiwHun. not that

It has anvHrlns to do with beds buttiecanae fbA vnonevlsdv :too** of- therime »riunw In he- Hn««r»». •TWs turn<uwr«<t * *>•>• «<vAd bit nlttmtivh. Inonnts. tirta toHrttMr In -lrnlfy '0>W finish.

XAVArHi^Iaoa -It : 'minfwhMi numerous

Ian*** and *b*» sre bast+r nnw.

Oeorre WWHm and Sadie Bnrtstormed the *bow with their 1B1» edi-

tion of •ww* and. ssvtiws. .Their act

1s : concocWirl of material, that is snre

to snore s»W rite two. clever youngnennle ktwiw now to deliver it In ato'i'n? manner.

The Frsir Mortons, won sl-ldg shareof the armlaTiPfc In next- to dooinsr spot,

particularly the two elder members ofthe family, who; have been, familiarfigures." on- the -'variety stowe for thenast thirty veers or more.' The youneerMorfw>Q. ulthoneh thevdsnoe in a verycreditsMe manner, lack finish in theirsons offerings. ••

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.Alfred I.i tell as.Punso the PensivePun. scored in clostnr the bill.' He is

assisted by Flsie" Voices .Who. adds, tothe success iof the tarrn with her wellrendered vocal numbers. -

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Betty Beath and Brother opened the

show with a musical act that pleasedimmensely. They offer an assortedselection of aumbera upon xylophones,

bottles, and accordlans. They wereexceptionally well received, taking anencore, and several extra bows.The Du For Boys, clever dancers,

with very nimble feet, make one vital

mistake in presenting their act, forthey should not attempt singing butconfine themselves to dancing, at whichthey show ability, grace, and ingenuity.

They scored a large hit, took severalbows, declining an encore.Carlos Sebastian, assisted by Olga

Myra and Arthur Anderson, offered his

well known dance fantasy entitledBubbleland, and delighted his audiencewith his dreamy haunting fantastical

revue. Sebastian has a dance produc-

tion that can rank with the beet of

them, and is given capable assistance

by Olga Myri and Anderson,Charles Irwin is a very likeable chap,

indeed, with a heap of personality , anda manner of getting his stuff across

that is truly a gift. His material Is

getting a little old, however, and needs

a few shots of something that will put

a little more life Into it We wouldsuggest that he get a few gags that are

of more recent origin and another songor two to fit his personality. He scored

nicely. .--•

William H. Macart and BthlynneBradford, assisted by an unbilled youngman, offered their little skit A Legitim-

ate Hold-no. The bulk of the workfalls upon Macart whose drunk Char-

acter is drawn true to life. The skit is

a neat little affair, with just' one or

two spots that need eumlnatimr. such

as the line about the gruppe. which is

in exceedingly poor taste. They scored

and answered several calls. The young

man in the act possessed ability as adancer and does good work.

. _Following intermission fame The

Creole Fashion Plate. In his second

week at this house, and if applause

means anything, he is good for a third

week here. He employs a- new reoer-

toire and new gowns. The outstandingfeature of the act Is bis ability to sub-

merge bis real self in bis delineation.

It seems almost Impossible to believe

that the dainty little girl before youIs, in reality, a man. He was forced

to take an encore, and responded to -a

second one after Insistent applause,

James and Sadie Leonard, and Com-pany offered their burlesque travesty

on Shakespeare's Julias Caesar, en-

titled When Caesar C's Her. The art

abounds in laughs galore, for it is very

funny, indeed, to see Caesar slttine onhis throne reading The Evening Tele-

gram, and to see Mark Anthony comein with a gold bag. and announce thathe has Just made nineteen holes at VanCortland Park. The act was a surefire hitMehlinger and Meyer, the popular

pone writers, followed, and the recep-

tion they got showed them to be really

popular. The offered a singing act. fnwhich they rendered there own com-positions to the satisfaction of their

audience. They stopped the show, andhad to beg off when they got tired ofresnondlng to calls.

The Ara 8i*ter» offered a dancingdtvershnent.that succeeded in holdingthe artdienee seated, denrlto the late-

imw of the hoar. Their act is. indeed.a diversion. They scored soHdrr. V

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The Four Bards have, a strong-manoffering of unusual merit which doesnot drag for a i minute. The feats latheir tontine are all extraordinary andnot. one of them failed to thrill. Al-though the audience was a bit cold atthe start of the act they soon warmedup and gave the quartette the apprecia-tion it deservedBarry Krans and Bob La Salle, back

la the old number two spot althoughprogrammed In the, second half, haveadded a few new numbers to the songpart of their turn, among them the

American Desert number used by Bate

Samuels. The boys deHvered their

songs with the usual amount of pepand went off to a great hand with the

dance bits. In which Boh La Salle did

a number of Imitations.Larry Rellly and a company of two

men and' two women, pleased here, andwol do so in other bouses, with his

new offering of Irish life. The oldwoman who was formerly with him InThe Minstrel of Kerry, Is a very. goodcharacter actress as are both the other

men in the act. The little girl was also

in BeUly's M'.netrel offering, and is ascharming as ever. Rellly 's personality

and singing are always sure-fire assets,.

and all of these put together in an of-

fering of humor and sentiment arebound to go over.Bert Hanlon has a monologue that is

really very clever and delivered weltBut In spots It is overdone. This was .

especially noticeable in his' imitation of

a Liberty Loan speaker, who, he said,

he beard an Delancey Street His ac-

cent could not have been, better done

by the speaker he was refertrig to. But

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the ain't you's and are you's were put

in too often to be clever. The Fly song,

is also too weak for a closing number... Bee Palmer still has the same Jazz-

band with her, despite the many re-

ports which have been gWen credit opand down Broadway to the effect that

they had quit. She haa added one newnumber and the band Jaxeed excellently.

We would suggest however, that HarryWeber keep bis feet ont of the scene in

directing the tempo from the wings,

for they do not add to tb* beauty of

the setting. ^ • w " -^Jay Dillon and Betty Parker foliowed

the Topics of the Day. opening the

second section. The pair are *..»«$Uttto couple, and their singing andpatter can also be termed neat Theysing well and deliver their material

pleasingly. ........ .'

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Eric Zardo. using his own big grand

piano, played two classical bits, ifliow-

los very goodtechniojoe and ability andthen rendered a medley, of published

number*, excellently arranged. He also

received an exceptionally big hand for

a classical pianist in fact, a very big .«

amount of applause for any kind of an ..

act He bowed to the audience several

time* and just as many time to Julias

Lenabere and his orchestra.

Bert Baker and Company filled in

for "Playmates", who were supposedto close the show. Baker offered the

well-known comedy "Prevarication''.

Despite its age, the sketch- Is still goingstrong as was proved by the laughter

and the hysterics into which the audi-

ence was thrown.George McKay and Ardine.dmbUnr .

at the Colonial, closed the show, andagain some patrons showed their Ig-

norance by walking out But these .;.

were very few. McKay and Ardine,notonly held the rest in, hot were com-nelled to, take on encore and then tookbows. Ass dancer and comedian,McKay-ranks with the best, and is support. .

MM' Ardine is not ait' all behind him.

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can always enjoy seeing them..

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10 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 29. 1919

HARLEM OPERA HOUSE- (bit Half)

The Dancing Humphrey*, a youthfulpair, have thi ability to offer a dancetarn that shou d make the better houses.Their present turn, while pleasing, needsmore In It, however, before It will dofor bettor than the three-a-day. Theywould do wen. also, to tone down theirImitation of. William and Gordon Dooley.for certain things permissible in 'an actbetween two mas strike the audience aaraw whan a male and female sotluouah the same actions.The Victory Four, consisting of one

youth and three middle-aged men, sans;their way into a bis hit. The quartetteharmonlxes well, and also delivers itsnumbers to good advantage. The youth-ful nuns I Ins member of the company'possesses' a good tenor and led well.There are one or two - numbers in. theroutine that should be changed for morecurrent ^^ffgv.Eddie Heron and Company offered a

comedy sketch that was received with agoo* deal of laughter. The theme tellsof a. newly-wedded pair, who have beenspars led from each other tor "threeweeks, owing; to the husband bains; atraveling salesman. On his arrival home.he finds that his wife acts coldly towardshim. She talis him that a lecturer con-vinced her that it was the only mannerto which to act toward one's husband.He Is saved from his dllemmo by anotherwoman, who. caving heard of the lect-urer's effect on the salesman's wife,comes to the house and flirts with him.His wife becomes Jealous, changes hermanner and all la as it should be. Theacting Is overdone and the sketch isordinary.Lucy Brush, an attractive young

woman, played, the violin piessingly andSve a good account of herself. She will

reviewed under New Acta,Bddle Borden, with ' Sir Fred Court-

ney, was the laugh hit of the show withhokum and Instrumental work. It- isnot the material the act contains whichseta the pah- over, hot their excellentdelivery of It. The instrumental bit. inwhich Courtney displayed ability andBorden played the violin, a la 'cello, waswell dose.

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The Navassar Girls, a female orchestra,of eleven instruments and a leader, closedthe snow, and in that position was com-pelled to take an encore. The companyhas a sign-board, on which they an-nounce the name of each number aboutto be rendered. . 'When reviewed, theboard was placed away over In the wings,and. perhaps, only ten people out of theparked audience were even aware of thefact that there was a sign-board there.While the playing is very good, theirrepertory runs to the ordinary line oforchestra acts. -

The closing bit, however, is excellent.In this, with the stage darkened, theyrendered the Anvil Chorus, while fourgirls attired as blacksmiths, hanged onanvils on a special set In the rear of thestage, and, by some electrical device, had

flying with each hammer-blow. -

O. J. H.

PROCTOR'S 23rd STREET(Last Half)

George Buck opened the show, offeringa pleasing conglomeration of song, come-dy and lastrumestaliam. He is an ex*ceilent xylophohlst, a good. comedian, andknows how- to put his act across.Pop Ward and Curran, two old

timers, who still have a lot of pep leftin them, offered a comedy act that wasa laughing hit. Ward plays the part ofa stage manager, and Curran that ofmaid and later, a wop who tries to be-come an actor. His imitations were welldone.Cunningham and Bennett offered a

song and talk act that is not unusual,but at the same time is diverting. Theyhsjsjfss their material well, and havefathomed their ability so that at no timedo they attempt anything out of thetrIine, They scored heavily.A Debut in Dubuque, a farcelet,

came next, and will be further reviewedunder New Acta.The Fouls Girls offered a song and

dance act that could be Improved uponby putting in some real comedy in placeof the childtan antics they employ at

£resent to win laughs with. The girlsave real ability, and should not spoil it.

Otto Brothers presented a burlesque onthe vaudeville show, which was veryclever, and proved to be a winner. Theyare burlesquing The single man, TheDutch comedians, The operatic act,and The song and dance team. Theywere generously applauded, and deserv-edly so. • •

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Kennedy and Booney came next andpicked up the thread of laughter wheretheir predecessors had left off. KennedyIs a nut comedian, with a style all hisown, and Hiss Rooney has the dancingability of the family. They had to res-pond to an encore, declining; a second.Catherine Powell closed the show. The

act is. In reality, a four .people dancingact. and the other members are entitledto some billing. Miss Powell is a veryclever toe dancer, and has a well stagedact. We would suggest that the Blighterof the two men eliminate his singing.Are Tou Legally Married? was the

feature picture. S. K.

MOUNT VERNON(Last Half)

The Valdarea. who really have a veryclever bicycle offering, started by- thrill-ing the audience and also had themgiggling with some comedy stunts. Mostof the -work, is done by the male memberof the team, who put over a few sewones in the line of cycle work.'

Isabel Burke and Sidney Forbes, -withtheir Old Time and Modern Song Revueare playing a full week here. For thesecond half of the week, they offered asentirely new repertoire of numbers. MissBurke needs no praise, as to her charm*Ins; appearance and excellent voice. For,having bees* seen at Proctor's FifthAvenue forbears, practically all NewTork theatre goers know her ability.Sidney Forbes, while known to some. Is

new to many. He presents a ^my neatappearance, and. in addition, has theessential qualification for an act of thiskind—

a

n excellent voice. AB in all. theyCan be summed up aa a pair of unusualmerit in aa act of unusual merit.Dangerous Dan McGrew. the tra-

vesty, kept the audience shrieking withlaaghter. While the material itself canbe vastly .improved upon, the work of theeast; especially that of the main come-dian. Is good. One of the girls sings ina fairly good voice, and the other doesa Spanish dan<-e. evidently called Span-ish because of the costume which she

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BothneTI Browne*' Revue dosed thehow. . This was the second performancethe .act bad ever, sriven In vaudeville.AKhoosih It • did leave* something* to bedestret constaerlntr ifs newness it did-*x>H- A fun rovl.w of the art win befossd in New Aeta. O.-S.-'B.

KEENEY'S(Last Half)

With a fine exhibition of strong-armwork, which was both interesting andsensational throughout, the Dare Broth-ers, exponents of physical culture, openedthe bill. These two young men, withtheir clever stunts, worked themselvesInto a big band. . - - .

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Grace Dora and Marguerite Evans werenext. Miss Dora, who is billed as apopular song writer, may be. bat she isno pianist, and, when it comes to -f"ir*"Sahe is very weak.. However, her partnerhas a fairly good soprano voice, whichshe uses to advantage, making the actpassable for the very small time.Valand Gamble, as a lightning calcu-

lator, is probably- "unbeatable, but, as acomedian he will never do. To startwith, this young man, with his nimblebrain, aa far as figures are concerned,lacks the stage presence, the personalityand the material to make him even apassable comedian. He probably wouldbe better off if he discarded his unbilledpartner, who dwells upon jokes of ancientvintage and could never get a laugh froman up-to-the-minute audience.

Billy (Swede) Hall & Company offereda comedy playlet which, although fairlywell enacted, is a poorly written vehicleand needs lots of revising and pruning.The act is compounded mostly of hokumand, at times, the lines are suggestive.Probably the best part of the act, aa itnow stands. Is Hall In the role of thewayward son. It Is a fine hit of char-acter!ration.Following the illustrated weekly, Hope

Vernon made her appearance and scoredfrom the very start with her rather sweet-voice and charming personality. In herImitations of the violin, she should learnhow to hold the Instrument as well assomething about bowing, and. above an,never forget to move her fingers. 'Whenthese points have been mastered the imi-tation will be flawless.Barness and Freeman have a well

written vehicle In "The Tailor." Thesetwo laugh makers scored a big hand withtheir songs, natter and the dancing ofthe tailor. There should be more of thelatter.Sylvester Scfaaffer is without doubt one

of the most versatile uerfurmeis Invaudevfile. A eomnlete vaudeville bfl! Iscontained in Ma act. • '-"• K. H.

. FIFTH AVENUE(Las* Half)

A bill that offered a variety of actsmoved amooUaty along, with Mewhoff aadfhelps taking first honors.

IjOUIs stone, In a novelty clog act.Opened the show. See Mew Acta.Grace and Eddie Parks followed, open-

ing with some patter, on the- subject ofhorses and then, offering a routine ofsongs, dances and recitations. The teamhas a very acceptable vehicle and putweir stutf over most effectively. Bothuussess good singing voices, and the actcould easily stand another duet,Vardon and Perry, recently returned

from overseas, where they were enter-taining soldiers, were in the third spot,and did welL ' See New Acts.Virginia Rye, an original playlet pres-

enting Eva Taylor and Company, con-tained a laugh for almost every line. Theidea of the offering is timely, dealingwith the high cost of liquor and the man-ner in which the action Is carried outis both original and amusing. All theroles axe well portrayed. The man whotakes the part of the old codger does aparticularly artistic bit of acting, and,on his exit, he received considerableapplause. His bit could be dispensedwith so far aa the action of the pieceis concerned, for he has nothing to dowith the main plot. But he is so cleverand gains so many laughs that hispresence is more than Justified.Newhoff and Fbelphs came next, a man

aad a girl with a routine of special andpublished numbers. Their songs are win-ners, although the Red Cross number Isgetting out of date. This team demon-strates the point that it isn't so muchwhat you do as how you do it, and agreat amount of thought has evidentlybeen given to the working out of thenumbers. The act stopped the show.

Piste] and Cashing, barkening back tothe days of mlnatetoy. extracted a lot oflaughs with their fooliahment and thegas; So it has come to this!, used in theiropening minutes, was a sure-fire laugh-getter. This old act must have been seenbefore by a majority of the audience,but most of the house was still wittingto chuckle over, the comedy.Anna Held, Junior is assisted by Em-

mett Gultfoyle, if we are to be guided bythe billing, but Gutlfoyle's comic effortsgo further than assistance; he is half ofthe act It is Miss Held's chicness thatputs her over so successfully, while herexquisite costumes and the way shewears them delight both the female andmale 'portions of the audience.Lehr. Edmondson and Mohr, a male

trio, held down the next to closing spot.See New Acta.Marion Vadie and Ota GIgl closed the

show with a New Act. H.' J. G.

CITY(Last Half)

Vie Breakaway Barlows started theperforamnce with their exceptionallywnwalns and entertaining revolving' lad-

der exhibition. They were well ap-plaucied at the conclusion of tfcelx act,

WfU Bird, a Hawaiian entertainer,

who not only plays hie native steelguitar well, out who possesses a ratherpleasing voice in. addition, was next,He offered a routine of vocal and ln-

etrumeatal numbers that were appre-ciated.

Walter Fenner and Company (of

two women), offered a rattier divert Lag

sketch, which Is more or less of a pfcay-

cologioai treattce. The playlet lias to

do' with a coojple of ex-chorus girls whoget together on a sdbome to fleece someof the wise Johnny boy s from', uptown.On this trip, however; they lose out forJohnny boy gets wise to. their little

graft. • '.' <- -

'A news reel was shown, following thesketch, after which Grace Cameron of-

fered several character song bits, whichwent over nicely. She Is a clever per-

son, who has a likeable way about her,

and knows how to jn Ige he; audience.Warren and Templeton scored a bags

hH, with their nonsense, singing, andacrobatic dancing. The boys are evi-

dently real favorite© with this bunch,

aa was evidence1 by their reception.

Then came Tne Decorators with tts

slop, slosh, and slapstick comedy. Theaudience enjoyed it immensely, andlaughed Itself almost atoav The act

wenr lffee wildfire. - -

After all these years, Ryan and Leeare still doing their old act We domtblame them, for toe way they wentthrough that audience was proofenough of its worth. They started off

is whirlwind style, and kept things

going throughout The violin bit wasperhaps the most appreciated of any-

thing In the act.

Holt and Kendrldt, In their ex-

hibition of bicycle basotet. baH, con-

cluded the performance, and scored alarge hit with tbe atheletlc enthusiasts

in the crowd.The Blue Bonnet a story of a Sal-

vation T^«Mt», was the feature picture.

S.B,

VICTORIA_" (Last Half) „..Fred and Albert, a couple, of acrobats

who worked on a trapere. dismayed featsof acrobatic strength with their teeth andfingers and got over rather welt.,* Theirnames didn't apoear In the Wiling, ne^.cause they took the place In the eveningof the billed opening act, 'Wayne Beeman.the' latter's failure to appear being dueto Illness.The B»nnett Twins are two girls whose

ha»*v talk nonsense didn't go nearly asw»n as tholr stngmlr and dsneinsr. Oneof them clays the nlano and both worevery yretty costumes, the latter elementsheinlng the act considerably.Father's Daughter, the plaviet that

not so very long ago was used by GladysHulette. the motion picture actress, as avaudeville vehicle, is now being used byfour different slave"* who** name* arenot sriven In the billing. The obtvtet Isan Inflnltelv better one than the averagela vaudeville, for it has smart lines, eventhough it is rather thin In substance.' Itdeals with a runaway newlywed couplewho are being followed by the iratefather of the wife, who, however, ulti-mately- forgives them.Downing and Bunin armear to be

headed for the big time. The man Is acapable comedian, even though his nutantics are a bit overdrawn. He mightalso sing his songs in a lower kev. whichwould prove less of a strain on bis vocalchords, and surely less on the ears of theoodlenee. - .

Mme. Doree. whose, musical aggrega-tions have anoeared In' the btr timehouses, has seen fit. for some tnexoHclnlere» son, to eliminate her name from thewrung of the musical act she Is offeringat present. Ttrtn. the act Is railed TheAll-Star Grand Opera Companv. r-j.---

JEFFERSON(Last Half)

Eight acts comprised the vaudevilleprogram, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wildein their sketch called Shadowlandbeing the first to appear. Wilde did

some shadowgraph ingr. very good throagn-out, and often touching the humorous,after which he Istroduced his daughter,Connie, who, in a small voice and withnot a great deal of personality, sang atypical n^igMeh music hall number anddanced, after which the turn went backto the finger manipulation of WUde, who.with both his wife and daughter as

assistants, played out a little comedy onthe sheet.Berman and Harvey followed In the

second spot, Berman singing four songs,

a lyric number, a ballad and two Jazz

offerings, doing well for his part andworking harder than he should have to

because of the tame and Impersonalmanner in which Harvey, at the plane,

performed He Just sat there and played,

showing no life at all except in stealing

a third bowWoolf and Stewart. In their old sketch.

In Two Flats, did very welLFourth on the list were Friend and

Donning, a straight and Jewish character,doisg cross-fire and 'parodies. Theypulled twenty-two Jokes, by actual count,one of which was new.Gould and Gold, the coun try boy end

the country girl, a well vnnwn act onthe small time, came on fifth, and, be-«**n*e of their now mateHat. h«»d a hardtime getting started. They finally got

• over, but not to any thunderous aoplaose.Colint" Dancers occupied the sixth

snot. The*» are eight people, four menand fonr ertrls, three men and' three gtrls

MlfeHwf flpsl tti An wimp rythmic danc-•«•» followed hv a solo dancer who showed"tie more tnan a tvo 8"»onr *Te" 5*55*raw>^«.r»>*«"o!ta ran .do. The act flni»»ed

dp In h flash, however. M. F.

October 29. 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 11

"ONCE UPON A TIME"THEATRE

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Oreenpoint.STYLE

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Musical Fantasy.TIME—Thirty Minutes.SETTING—.Special, in F$ur

There Beans to be just one troublewith this act ; It is a trifle too long.Aside from that. It Is something of atreat, for not only .has it a threadof heart Interest miming through-out, bat it is padced fall of comedy.A young chap who, in bis day, has

had quite a few lore affairs, as toevidenced by the number of portraitsof yoang ladies that adorn his room,wishes that he might be with themall once more. While resting him-seif by the fireside, be, naturallyenough, falls asleep and dreams.(Hl» old sweethearts then enter one

by one and announce that they havecame fleck to visit htm for one night.He arranges e party for tfcem, to beproperly chaperoned, of course, andthey consent to came After theyhave gone to make themselves pres-entable for the party, enter Bill, astrapping chap, who is on the look-out for some fan. Oar hero of themany sweethearts, failing to finda proper chaperon. Induces friendBill to pose es his stepmother, inorder that everything may be all'right. BUI, after much persuasion,consents. And, in the words of thepeot, then the fun began. Bill notonly is the life of the party, but thelife of the act, for his clowning andcarryings, on brought laugh, afterlaugh.

After he has succeeded in med-dling things op beautifully anddriven the glils from the house, beleaves, angry and disappointed, togo out and get drunk. Our herothen awakens and finds that It hasan been a dream.Taking a long lingering look at

the sweethearts that bad been bisonce upon a time he goes back tothe fireside, to dream some more.The act is well written and staged

with an excellent musical setting,and fast comedy. It has all theelements of success, Including cleverPeople to play it The lion's shareof the honors, however, should go tothe one playing BUI, for be is a veryclever nut comedian, and his workis a pleasure to witness. No predic-tions as to rbe act's future are neces-sary, for it speaks for lteelf.

S.K.

NEW ACTS AND REAPPEARANCES

MARTIN VAN BERGENTHEATBE—Fifth Avenue. .

3TY(LE>—Parlor Entertainment.TUSZ—Fifteen Minutes.8ETTIING—/» One, tcith Piano.

'Tan Bergen does well to style bisact Parlor Entertainment, for thatto exactly what it is : a refined par-lor entertainment. He to assisted bya comely miss with a good voice HePossesses a pleasing baritone, whichbe employs to the best advantageThey open with Che rendition of a

popular number, sung as a duet.This is followed by Kipling's "OnThe Boad To Mandalay", sung byVan Bergen. He then exits, whileUs partner offers an Irish ballad.Tan Bergen's next number, to a

Popular ballad bit which he puts oververy well and follows with the ren-dition of Robert W. Service's "TheFool". His delivery of this piece tonotewonthy of mention In that hisenunciation to very good.For an encore he offers a double

version of a love ballad. This actshould find no trouble getting overbefore family audiences and hi thebetter class theatres. It to a pleas-ing nit of entertainment. S. K.

ANNA HELD, JR.THEATRE—Mt. Vernon..STYLE—Ringing and Comedy.TIME—Eighteen Minute*.SETTING

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In One and Putt Stage.Anna Held, Jr., formerly known to

theatregoers as Liane Oarrerra, bidsfair to soon become as popular as herlate mother.

Miss Held to supported by EmmettGuilfoyle, upon whom the entirecomedy and singing part of the actfalls. He starts bis portion of theact after an opening song by Ml*Held, by coming up from the aud-ience. He then presents her witb abouquet which be tells her be tookfrom a dead man. fatter followsbetween the two In which the aud-ience is made aware that Guilfoyle,(who to not billed), is known as A.Knutt,—but no relation to Jeff .Mitt.

Guilfoyle is a dandy comedian andput over a number of clever gags,with Miss Held working as••straight."

Following the patter portion, thesetting shifts to foil stage.and Guil-foyle, In a good tenor, sings a rou-tine of published numbers. For eachnumber, iMiss Held, attired in a dif-ferent costume, poses witb him, and,In a few, sings with him. In theclosing number, she wears the fa-mous peacock gown which taermother wore.The act Is clever, from start to fin-

ish and handled excellently by bothMiss .leld and Guilfoyle. G. J. H.

LUCY BRUCHTHEATRE

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Mt. Vernon.STYLE—YUXinUte.TIME

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Twelve . Minutes.SETTING

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In One (Special).Attired In a neat gypsy costume,

wl|h knickerbockers, Miss Brochpresents a pleasing picture, workingbefore a special curtain of bluesatin.

She opened with a selection of"Gypsy Aim" and followed with anHungarian aria on the violin. Aballad, using the mote, came next,and she closed <wlth a medley of po-pular numbers.

IMiss Broch plays ber classicalselections and Ixailads very nicely,

bat her popular tunes are laklng inpep. She will find it easy goingthrough vaudeville. G. J. H.

GEORGE GRIFFINTHEATRE-AProctor's 126th St.STYLE—Sketch.TIME

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Eighteen Minute*.SETTING—Full Stage

George Griffin has a csmedysketch in which be Is supported bytwo women who were not billed

when reviewed.The' skit Showed a few good

flashes in One way of laughs, but theplot of rbe offering and the Sketchss a whole will never do for any-thing but the small time.

Griffin takes the role of a ben-pecked hubby whose wife has writ-ten a play. A famous actress calls

to buy the play and by trickery hefinally gets ber to buy tbe piece for40,896 more than bis wife Intendedto sea It for.

Tbe lady who plays tbe part of his.wife would do well to modulate bervoice a bit, for although ber partrequires a harsh tone, she used it toan extreme. G. J. H.

BOBBY RANDALLTHEATRE

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Oreenpoint.STYLE

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Monologue.TIME—Eighteen Minutes.SETTING

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In One.Appearing In blackface and dress-

ed in a white suit, with a buge reddischarge chevron on bis left arm,Bobby Randall's entrance starts tbelaughs going. He has a bunch ofclever gags anent his experience inthe army, which are not only laughprovoking, but very, very true.Randall has a good voice, which beOSes witb satisfactory results. Someof bis gags ere a bit suggestive, how-ever.Randall is a likeable chap witb a

good act and should find the goingeasy. If he watches his ate?. Bystudying his audiences be will. Intime, learn to meet their demands.We say this, because, when reviewed,be used several gags that did not gowitb the Greenpoint audience, al-though fbey might have gone else-where. S. K.

HUDSON SISTERSTHKATRrV-iVoctor's 125th St.STYLE—Singing and Dancing.THOSE—Fourteen Minutes.SETTING—In One.

Two pretty girls whose featuresbear enough resemblance to eachother to pass for sisters, bare a sla-ter turn that will soon make the bet-ter bouses. For, In addition' to pos-sessing looks, the girls nave person-ality, youth, and the ability todeliver a good song to Che best ad-vantage. Furthermore, they have anextensive wardrobe

Their -voices blend nicely togetherand their dancing also Is very good.In fact, wltfa a few weeks to smoothover\tbe rough spots which are al-ways found to a new act, they willdo nicely for a number two spot onthe big time G. J. H.

PRELLE'S CIRCUSTHEATRE

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Harlem Opera House.STYLE—Animal and Ventriloquist.TIME—Tew Minutes.SHTTENG

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In Three {Special}."With tbe scene showing tbe in-

terior of a circus performance.Prelle, evidently a Frenchman, of-

fers e novel dog act which willplease tbe average audience. Hiscanines are attired in the costumesof horses and elephants, and, in aventrlloquial bit, he gave two of thedogs tbe fatee faces of a man andwoman.The only trouble with tbe ventrl-

loquial bit to that Prelle's pronun-ciation cannot be understood most ofthe time.But the novelty Is there, and that

to amrfiecient to get rbe act over.G. J. H.

DAN GRACYTHEATRE

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Proctor'a 125th St.STYLE

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Monologue.TIME

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Twelve Minutes. .

SETTING

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In One.Gracy works in a grey salt and

uses a beard makeup. He opened. with a number of gags, some ofwhich are poor, some good, and manyof which have been beard beforeHe uses two songs In bto routine, oneIn the middle of bto act and one, avery old one at tbe dose With btopresent act, Gracy will do for tbepop bouses only. G. J. H.

BOTHWELL BROWNE'SREVUE

THEATRE—Mt. Vernon.STYLE

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Posing, and Specialties.TIME—Forty Minutes.SETTBNF—One and Full (Special).

Before starting a revue of Both-well Browne and bis Battling Beau-ties, It would only be fair to Browneto say that when tbe act was re-viewed, it was its second perform-ance to vaudeville. Therefore, theoffering will undoubtedly have manychanges In it by the time it comes tothe city. And it must be said, thatmany changes will be necessary—ifIt to to contain more than the formsand faces of some very pretty girls.Before a special drop to one, a

girl starts the offering with a songtelling tbe audience that We Arethe Movie Bathing Girls. Follow-ing the song the set : shifted- tothree, special. Mickey Burns didthe announcing of each of tbe bitsthat followed, holding up a signwhich bore tbe title of tbe bit. Tenminutes of tbe act consisted of posesby tbe various girls, tbe pose.i show-ing A Bubble, A Ftober-aidMen, ASand-Witch, An Ocean-Tamp, A Ca-mouflage Nymph, A Beach Bntter-Fly, Tbe Queen of the Sea, and flvagirls to Neptune's Bow. Followingthe poses, all tbe girls were Intro-duced by means of a sign-board, theirnames being : Eve Worth, Bee Aliard,Harrietts Gimbel, Jean Carlson,Maryon Aye Mickey Burns, MarieCorliss, and Elinor Bell.Tbe setting went back to one andtwo pretty little girls, whom we re-cognised as the Brown Sisters, of-fered some numbers on accordeons.

.Tbe girls did about eight minutes orso from tbe act which they formerlypresented hi vaudeville. They arestill using some numbers which theyhave been playing for about twoyears or so, and new songs would bean acceptable change. Tbe girls,however, gave a good account ofthemselves and received a -big band.We were wondering where BottvweUBrowne was ail this time, when tbestage went back to full, and disclosedan oriental setting. Two young menand all the girls, attired hi orientalcostumes, lounged about on tbestage.After tiie house was folly "smell-

ed-Tip" wttfl incense, Browne entered.We would suggest' that be removedthose black beauty spots from btochin—for they seem to emphasise hisnose and mouth, which show btofeatures to be masculineAfter some posing by Browne, be

did hto oriental dance, which basbeen his specialty for some time. Attbe end of it, he thanked the aud-ience in a male voice—but tbe gaspof surprise was not to be beard.The finish to very weak.

G. J. H.

NANETTE FLACKTHEATRE—Proctor's 1251a Btreet.STYLE

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Singing.TIME

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Fourteen Minutes.SETTING—in One.

'Nanette Flack offered a number ofsongs as ber tryont at -this house if

one were to Judge by ber repertoire,he would come to tbe conclusion thatshe bas done concert work.Miss Flack bas some pretty cos-

tumes and displayed a pleasing voiceIn some of ber numbers, but ber sel-

ections are poorly coosen for vaude-ville We would suggest a routineof popular ballads, and somethingfor speed, for ber present offeringdrags. G. J. H.

CLIPPER

M> Relief in Sight for

Gonjestion of Booking

_ of Snail HHold Written

of

Trying to Stall Companies Who Do NotBooking' rH'tlaffO r

and Greater Profit

The conjeetion of booking which has

been reported since the season opened,

continues unabated and in some terri-

tory grows worse, with no evidence of

any relief.

That there would be a conjestion ofbookings was only to be expected, whenthe season, brought to a sodden stop

by the recent differences between the

——stag and playing ends of the pro-

fession, was as suddenly resumed. How-ever; conditions the like of which nowexists, were not expected, or' even im-agined and when it was found thatthere would be many eases of conjes-

tion due to the large number of showsthat would be suddenly placed on the

road, it was hoped that in- a wees: ortwo conditions would right themselves.To the contrary, however, despite the

pwwfng of several weeks, there is nochange or relief. Travelling stock com-panies which nave been booking aheadby wire, find that when they arrive at

a town the managers of the house,

many of which are controlled by large

combines, are disinclined to carry onttheir word, claiming that unless the

managers of the companies have writ-

ten contracts they will not play. Thishas caused quite a lot of hardship to

some of the companies, which havefound, when they arrived at townsthrough, the middle of the country, thatthey have lost a week of playing timeand that the possibilities are they will

lose another in the next town.The reason tor this attitude of bouse

managers is that, during the off seaaon,

the hooked pictures at their houses andfound they were Jnst as well patron-ized. , at' leaser expense. So, when theyhave any open time at all they playpictures in their bouses. Now, believ-

ing that wired bookings are not bind-ing, they are endeavoring, wherever,possible to. book pictures instead ofshows. This also includes regular dra-matic and Tnmdfwi productions.

MORE PLAYS RELEASEDA new batch of plays have been re-

leased for stock this week, and theylncluda "Petticoats," "Those Whowalk in Darkness," and "A Place in

The Sun."

REPEATS TO CAPACITYLOWELL. Mass., Oct. 27.—Buckley

and Schaake produced The GreatDivide last week, following it's pro-

duction by another company, and re-

port that the week's business made arecord for them this season.

BLANEYS ENTER WILKESBARREWTLKESRARRE, Pa., Oct. 27.—The

Blaneys, Harry Clay and Charles, have.

squired a ten-year lease on The NesbitTheatre, this city, the highest classhouse in town, and ere planning to

spend about $10,000 in repairing andrefitting the place, prior to opening it

with a company of stock players.

JOINS APFEL COMPANYREADING, Pa., Oct 27.—Mary .Hill

joins the Nathan Apfel Players in this

city next Monday, as second womanand characters, jumping from KansasCity, Miss., to do so.

JOINS NEW BRITAIN COMPANYNEW BRITAIN, Conn., Oct. 25.—

Dillon Deasey has been signed to playseconds with the stock company here.

GOES INTO PICTURESSAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct. 24.—John

Wray, who runs the stock company atthe Strand Theatre, this city, has beenappointed director with the Inoe forcesat Los Angeles, where he will makepictures at the same time he is runninghis company here.

DAMROTH CHANCES PLANS. WOODCLTFFE, N. X, Oct 27.—George Damroth, who was to haveopened bis company. The Bath HallPlayers, here, last week, has changedhis plans and the company will openon November 3rd instead. The openingbills will be The Divorce Question andThe Sweetest Girl in Dixie Meanwhile,The Jewel Theatre, his house, is beingrenovated and redecorated.

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SHERMAN-KELLY TO REOPENThe Sherman-Kelly Stock company,

which for several season past has beenplaying through the North Centralstates, will reopen it's season at Supe-rior Wisconsin, on November 15th, fora run of 20 weeks. In tie company willbe Violet LeCloir, leading lady, Law-rence Bingham, leading man. JackReedy and Gene Lane are to play im-portant parts. The opening bill hasnot yet been decided upon.

BALTDAORE STOCK GOES OVER'BALTIMORE, Md., Oct 25.—The A.

J. Glassmire Stock Company, known asThe Colonial Players, which openedit's season on Monday of this week,with "Daddy Long Legs" as the attrac-tion, has registered strong. In the castare Ninlta Guy Bristol, leading lady,Arthur La Roe," leading man, RalphMurphy, juveniles, Ohristabel Hunter,nigennes, Louise Gerard Huntington,characters, Vivian Suckling and Rich-ard Barrows. Max Thomas is stagedirector and Frank S. Peck assistantdirector, while the bouse is under themanagement of Edward C. Hartznan.

GOES INTO VAUDEVILLEJosephine Dillon, who has just ar-

rived from the coast where she wasa great favorite with various stockcompanies, has deserted the repertoirefield and is now in vaudeville withBert Wilcox, playing over the TJ. B. O.time.

JOIN HAVERHILL STOCKHAVERHTLIi Mass., Oct 25.—The

Academy Theatre Stock Company, atthe Academy, this city, under the di-rection of A. J. Casey, has made somechanges in it's personal, and now hasClyde Franklin In the cast, while LeeSterrick is the new director of the com-pany, starting this week with TheWoman in The Case.

QUITS STOCK FOR COLLEGESEATTLE, Wash., Oct 25.—Charles

Murphy closed tonight with the WilkesPlayers and leaves Monday for SanFrancisco, where he will continue hisstudy at the California College ofOsteopathy, where he studied before bebecame an actor.

AFTER NEW THEATER SITEReports are current here that The

Famous Players-Lasky Company arenegotiating for she acquisition of the

Old Potter Palmer estate, situated at

Sooth State and Monroe streets. TheFamous Players firm intends ' to raze

the buildings standing at present anderect a new skyscraping hotel andtheatre adjourning.Should the deal go through, it Is

reported that some $20,000,000 will

change bflnda

NEW ONE FOR LOOP FIRMJones, Linick A Schaeffer are plan-

ning the erection of a new housedirectly opposite BothschHd'a Depart-ment Store, to be built upon the pro-

perty now containing The PastimeTheatre, and several smallAnother house will be built by308-10 South State Street uodJperty just leased from Geoiand son tor a. period of teh i

present a hotel occupies tbl ad.

EUGENE WALTERSEugene WaKens, Ike playwRht, who

gained a lot of rather doubtful publi-

city recently by beating up Nina Whit-more, the actress, in Los Angeles is in

town here, having arrived to witness

the opening oijpdward Locke's newplay, "The Drell^ Song."

WILSON AVENUE THEATRE SOLDThe Wilson Ave Theatre will

shortly be withdrawn from the list oflocal vaudeville ^eatres. The prop-

erty has been purchased by a bankand will be torn' down to make wayfor s modern banking institution.

The -Wilson Avenue Theatre has notbeen successful since the death of Its

founder, Mitchell LicalxL Many others

have managed the bouse since then andall have prove dfailures. The housewas formerly booked by the WesternVaudeville Managers' Association, be-

ing recently leased by Coney Holmes, alocal Independent agent.

"FLO-FLO" IS CLOSING"Fto-Fto" will end its engagement at

the Olympic Ghearte a week from to-

day and will be succeeded by RobertMan tell in Shakespearean plays, whowUl remain here for hot a short stay,

taking to. the .road. following his local

engagement Al Sheen, one. of the

principals of ?1ETo-Flo" will appear ina new play," now betas written forbim by a Chicago author. He win acta Yiddish character, which is said tobe a Mend of David "Wartield, SimonLevi and Barney Bernard's AbePotash.

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SANTLEY SHOW COMES INShe's A Good . Fellow, „with Joseph

Santley and Ivy Sawyer, replacedListen Lester at the Illinois' theatre,

Sunday night '. ';•',— -'•'•'

GAVE TWO SHOWSTwo performances of *Oh, Look,"

were given by The Dolly Sisters onSaturday night at the AuditoriumTheatre, where they ere appearingfor the Policemen's benefit The firstperformance started at 7 o'clock andthe second started at 10 P. M. sharp.

PICKED TO RUN CIRCUSCy De Vry, formerly animal keeper

for the Lincoln Park Zoo and knownas one of the best animal trainers In

showdom, has been selected to conductthe animal show at the AmericanLegion Victory reunion and CircusHippodrome to be held Nov. 8-16 inthe International Amphitheatre. Thedrncs program will include a numberof prominent circus acts. Includinganimals, clowns, etc

SHUBERT-POST FIGHT STILL ONThe- fight> between the Shubert in-

terests and the Chicago Evening Postis Still being contested. The Post con-

tinually hammers the Sbuberts whenan oportunity presents Itself and theShuberfs have caused to be placed in

their programs the following announce-ment : This £heatre does not advertisein The Chicago Evening Post becauseof Its persistency in printing untruth-ful statements about the Messrs.Shubert their theatres and attrac-

tions.

These announcements apear in iheprograms of the Garrlck, Princess undStudebacker.

STATE BUYS CUBS PARKBaseball fans are grieving tills week

at the news that the Old Cube park outon the north side has passed into thebands of ithe State of Illinois. TheState paid $400,000 for toe ball park.The property'" will ;be Improved withState hospitals an dother state insti-

tutions. '• - ;*<." -•-'"..

JOE BtRNES HERE AGAINThe much discussed opening of the

local White Rats' ' office has not as

yet taken-plaee.- -However, two farmerrepresentatives are on the_ticene, JoeBlrnes having^ar^e^here -late last

week and Ata^;A^ wh*> has beenmaking Chicago his home 'since' heleft the Rats some years ago.

PUBLICITY HELPING "SCANDAL"Following -the ' scandal created by

the fttvttn'g of Loria Howard 'and AdaGerard in a Cat last week by Mrs.Lorin Howard, -both "the principals areplaying the . outlying' theatres" 'in

Chicago, heading a cast which is offer-

ing "Scandal." Last week the companyplayed the Victoria Theatre and, ac-

cording to Manager John Benerlo, thehouse record was completely smashed.it Is said that people were attracted to

the production from ell parts of the-city, due to the wide publicity giventhe affair through the dally press.

LEWIS GOES EASTBert Lewis has. folded bis tent -and

departed for the East He was' givena route for forty weeks, but the figures

did not meet with his approval,and heqnitly' and quickly traveled eastwardto seek an offer there in vaudeville.

'. JOINS WINTER GARDENAdele Jason, former prima donna

for Pepple and. Greenwald, has ac-

ceepted an engagement to appear withthe Chicago Winter Carden produc-tions, playing at the Winter .GardenRestaurant She. will appear In sing-

ing roles only. She has just completeda tour of the Pantages Clrcult-

START ON NEW THEATREWreckers have started work on the

old Inter Ocean building, formerlytiie Columbia which some years agowas destroyed by fire. The Interior

has been completely torn out and workwill be rushed in order to completethe theatre before the Christmas Holi-

days. The theatre will be devoted to

straight motion pictures.

JACK LEWIS OPENSROANOAKE, Ya„ Oct 25.—Jack X.

Lewis and his stock company openedhere on Monday with "The Rosary" as

the attraction, and scored so heavily

that they will remain for the remainderof the season. In the company areEdna Grandin, leading lady, GraceLeonard, Janet Carew, Dawn Frost,

Hal Stack, Frank Morris, Pat Carson,Larry Powers, Ramon Greenleaf, Fred-erick Clayton. Robert Harrlgon, DessTamlinson, George Gilday, scenic artist,

and Dave Heilman, Business Manager.

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WOULDN'T ONE BE BETTERThe American Legion, an organiza-

tion composed of men, wbo contributedtoward tie -winning of the recent world,war, will shortly find among its manyposts, three made up entirely of the-

atrical men. These axe the S. RankinDrew Post, the Thomas Gill Post,' ofthe Lambs Gluts and the recently or-

ganized Friars Post,;

all of which seek,to enter the parent- body with bat one.aim in view, that of strengthening toe

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bond, of fellowship among the thou-sands of ex.service men In the country

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In forming three organizations in thetheatrical "worei, a field' that narrowsdown to perhaps 5,000 or §,000 menwbo actually took some part rn winningthe war, the eager promoters have over*looked the first and main factor whlcnprompted the formation of the Amer-ican Legion unity. It Is unity thatwon the war and it Is unity tfaat mostbe had for better government -andcounter. Without unity every greatorganization in the world has failedand without unity the American Legionwill «B^"In"IEs"alt^pt~f6'r"1«ettjernmeat"and good fellowship, to "the UnitedStateav ."_... ''V-V^.'-^-:

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The -stage has.always been governed^Pretty. Jealousies, and from an out-swers point of view. Jealousy has beenauowed to creep into the formation of««e three separate units of America'sngbtiag theatrical men. This must he*!"g*! out before' unity can ever he

nS^-M W* *ould **• « ««eorganiMfion^ when one would sufficeyjfgwtfty. Men who gave their

worM**!.1" needa* to * theatrical

thSf fL.™* <«SantaHon and nottbree. Theatredom is too small for

ob^Lt^* "^ ^ side as one unit,obeying the same commands. Now, if

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wln **n »*"*• «»e sameZif-i

Petl»I» « * only fair that ifsnch steps eh<mld ^ ^^ tb&t

rLw terJmder *» charter of the S.

°i»o Legion in the theatrical Held,ineatrical men, put aside your pettyjealousy, enter one organization, underone head, establish unity and win.

25 YEARS AGOAmanda Patoris" was prfrrmdorsis with

the (Francis Wilson Oaml Dperay Oom-pany. : '

Forbes and Quton were with Hyde'sComedians.

Tfce management of the HeraldSquare Theatre, New York, announcedthat, in future, no tickets for thathouse, wonM he sold except at the boxoffice.

Steve Brodie appeared in On theBowery at the Peoples Theatre, NewTort.New Plays: The Cotton King, The

Best Man, The Struggle for Gold, TheBrownies, Moeswood, Was Dynamite,Bob Boy, with Win. ProeBc and JosephHerbert, Off the Earth, with EddieFoy, Doreas, The Kodak, Church andStage, The -Scapegoat, Cell 22.

Sdtfia,—'TDhe Oeeasr" was a tour-

•lestpje on "The Geisha" and waa pro-

duced at Weber and FleW MusicHatt.

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Inq.—Savers and Marcettne were atthe Hippodrome.

O. P.—The Boyel Theatre, in theBronx, need to close during themar; bat, for the past few years,

remained open -all season.

Rialto Battles

Answers to Querries

,B. -H.^'Pals First" ' opened at . the

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Fulton Theatre on February 26, 1917.(2) By Lee Wilson Dodd, adapted'from Francis Perry Elliot's hovel by

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the same name. (3) William Courte-nay and Thomas A Wise. •

B: W.—E. H. Sothern wrote "Stran-ger Than Fiction." It was presentedat the Garrick,

R- T.—"Paul Jones" was an opera.It was revived at the Union SquareTheatre toy Agnes Huntington twenty-seven years ago.

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A. "P?^The" same "Yvetba" Roger whodid a tangle in vaudeville and is howwith George White's "Scandals," isthe eame who appeared formerly Invaudeville with Johnny Dooley. Theywere a headline act on the big time jiold

W. L.—The Garrick Theatreowned ' by Annie I. Harrigan, but inMay, 1816, was transferred by her to

the Braham Realty Company for 1800,-000. The property carried' a mortgageof 9180,000. at the time. ...

CO.—Paul Armstrong died oh' Aug."30, 1915.

Ben—Bier name was Ada Lewis. Sheappeared as the tough girl with "TheLast of-Tfae Hogans."

A. L.—The theatre now known asSpooner*s Theatre, in the Bronx, onSouthern Boulevard and 163rd Street,is now a motion-plctnre, house. Thiswas the same one in which Cecil Spoo-ler appeared with her stock companysome years ago. The play yon havereference to was "Life's Shop Win-dow."

P. /.—Write or see Gus Hill, in theColumbia Theatre Building, New York.

7. 8.—Jack Wilson has appeared onthe Loew circuit.

. V. r7.—Pack" Allman. formerly team-'ed with Herbert Ashley- .in the actdone. by Ashley and Skipper. Allmanis now playing with Maretta Nally inthe act done by himself and Beua Ar-

Printing Under Difficulties ?.

The present edition of The New York Clipper was .Issued In the face ofa strlka In. New York printing offices that has compelled miny putillcition*to entirely suspend.- Any curtailment of news, detsy In delivery, •£.; Is duetoto that cause,

P. L.—It . was announced in 1917,' but; as yet, the Sbuberts have'not bnfltany theatre near the Garrick on Thirty -

first Street. - -- >• » !

• K. S.—D. D; Withers died In-NewYork •twenty-enght -years ago. — »

P. A*.—William A Brady played therole of Svengali in .the production ofTrilby In the South. • . /- •

A. D.—The Frank Seenan now ap-nea ring in fflms-Tdr- Pathe~WasTarv"

.merly a legitimate performer.- 0. '

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:^W. r^-Bert and Harry Gordon, who,played in vaudeville, have gone Intothe producing and hooking end of thegame.

J. B-—Valerie Bergere appeared laDavid Belasco'e production of "Ma-dame Butterfly." She played the roleof Ghocho San.

E. C—The Fugitive was written byJohn Galsworthy and opened at the39th Street Theatre on March IS, 1917Emily Stevens was featured.

T. /.—Ntblo's Garden held it's lastperformance on March 23, 1&5, with'My Aunt Bridget" aa the attraction.

E- P-—John Drew was with August-ine Daly's company, but he left to be-come leading man at the Empire The-atre.

B. X.—E H. Sobbero was a memberof the Lyceum Theatre stock comnanyunder the management of Daniel Froh-man.

. NO MORE GERMAN OPERAGerman Opera will not toe produced

in New York toy the' Star Opera Com-pany, under a decision handed downby Justice. Leonard Giegerlch on Mon-day. : '- * "' The Star Company through its attor-ney, Max D. Steuer, had .obtained atemporary injunction 'restrainingMayor"Hylan, Police' Oommlssioner En-rlght and other city official frominterferring with the production ofopera in, the-German language at-theLexington Opera. House on LexingtonAve. In his decision on a motion for.a permanent injunction. Justice Gie-gerlch said: "After carefuL considera-tion of ' the. facts appearing in. thepapers, and the arguments of connselI have reached the conclusion that themotion * to continue the injunctionshould be denied.

GEST MAKES A SUNDAY DEALAdded to the weekly increasing list

of theatres offering -Sunday concertsIs the Century Theatre, which willoffer a program of Keith vaudevilleacts every Sunday night, starting thisweek. The Keith interests and MorrisGost are connected Jointly In the plan,and Gest will, in all probability, giveover the Manhattan Opera House, aswell, to Sunday night concerts, withthe same kind of an arrangement.

COHEN ISSUES "WRINKLES""Wrinkles". la the title of a new

song Just released by the Meyer CohenMusic Co. It is by Eddie Dorr, BobRcbafer and Dave RIngle.

HERE GOES AGAINThere waa once a critic named HaynasWho with his writing took lots of painsBat the editor said.As his cony be read.Ye Gods, Ibe poor fish has no brains.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?What's In a NameI to the title of a

new show that John Murray Andersonis putting -into rehearsal. HeV Andoat the answer soon enough.

jHOW TIMES CHANGE'iTwentyMHe yean ago Adolph Phil-

lip produeM "The New York Brewsr -

and His Family." Twenty-five yeanfrom bow folks will he wondering whata Brewer is.

SOUNDING "DOUGH" •.-.—

In light of the. sum attendance atthe performances ' of the. Star OperaCompany, it looks as if the company is

having a hard time ensiring its singers'

'notes. .;-',' *

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A TACTLESS REMINDERAt the Holy Cross League, where

many rehearsals go on, Che doormatbears the letters : BLCL. A fine thing,*to remind an actor about when he's not

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even drawing a salary 1 :;".j

BUTTHESE THINGS NEVER HAPPENNora Bayes flopping. ,

BdVrtfr Foy-playtog Hamlet. - ...

Ed Wynn dining with Che Shuberts.Plenty of seats for "Clarence" at the

box-office.Acton getting sore at good reviews.

HEARD ALONG THE RIALTO,

And he's been stringing me alongabout a booking now for two months.

I wonder if The Jest is a funnyshow. /

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What does he know about vauderHle•that he can pan my act? . .

Since he has a route, he doesn't speakto anybody. '

TELL ME—Have you ever noticed how the titles

of newly published songs run In sac-cession, for instance. "Tell Me", —'iNow I Know*".. — "You didn't want

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.me when yon had- me", — "Someday.you'll .want tne.back?,— "I know whatit means to be lonesome", — "At the

High brown babies Ball",—"Ida evernotice, hah, dUa?"

AND SO IT GOESTbe curtain rises, disclosing avery

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pretty scene, with a sweet; youhgTbtBg' seated, waiting, for her. lover. He

,

"enters end .they tnake fervent Jove. In'

'the second act they are happily wed.,

. In tite third they are divorced, In Matt

fourth they reconsiled, and tbe audiencesigns, end says, "It's too bad they

' aren't really married", and after theshow, he goes borne to wash the dishes

for eome other women, and aho goeshome tomend some other fellows socks.

And tbe next day a new audience atghs

and says the same thing that yester-

days did. Such is life.

OUR OWN DICTIONARYEntertainment—What theatres wen

built fo?, but don't always provide..Entertainers—L*fe good wfeJakay,

now-e-days, 'very, tare.RTallfcrlam—Very necessary toperch

end balancing acts on the stage.Excellent—A word that does not al-

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ways means what it Is meant to mean.mvrtring—What most acrobatic acts

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and murder dramas are supposed to be.

Eclipse—What happens what a moviestar appears in a regular play.

Expense—To eliminate which mostmen and women teams get married.

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SIX STERN SONGS ™ae SURE SUCCESSES

SOMEDAYYOU'LL, WANT ME BAC

K

THE SOLID BALLAD HIT THAT GOES OVERS

EVERY TIME—YOU'D BETTER GET IT!

BLUESMY NAUGHTY SWEETIE GIVES TO ME

THE BEST BET OF BLUES SONGSBEATS 'EM ALL!

HONEYMOONThe Charming Waltz Success

A DAINTY AND TUNEFUL DELIGHT

HAVE YOU HEARD IT?

I FOUND THE SWEETEST ROSETHAT GROWS IN DIXIELAND

The Different "Dixie" Song. Great Melody, Wonderful Lyric. Get It!

- YOU DIDN'T WANT ME,WHEN YOU .HAD ME

(SO WHY DO YOU! WANT ME NOW?)ONE MIGHTY PUNCH FROM START TO WNTSR I EFFECTIVE DOUBLE VERSIONS READY

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TO CHANGE

POLICYCHORUSES WILL BE PERMANENTA change of policy of the National

Burlesque Circa it will be made In thenext week or two,, according to theannouncement of General (ManagerCharles Barton last Saturday at theheadquarters of the company in theGayety Theatre Building.Barton is now working out a plan

which will go into effect about themiddle of (November, whereby the cir-

cuit will discontinue moving the showsfrom city to city, but, Instead, .theprincipals wil . go from s^ne house to

the ether, with a manager In charge,while the chorus wttK remain intact.

- When' ;pie prindpala^riave.' D&yed all'

the 'booses once, they'will repeat: witha new enow. vA producer will stay per-

maneatly /at" each theatre and stagenew numbers every week.

- -yAt thtv present tone,, the,circuit hashouses "W Butafl6,at Liberty, » 'sub-urb of Pittsburg. Baltimore, Philadel-phia and Rochester, all week stands.Schenectady .and Trdy' are four day *.

. «tari<te. It will .remain this way prac-.tlcally the telanee of the season, withthe posaible*,4xceDtion 'of a few moreweeks added^JpHowerer^^the

;circuit

will cave a w/Wking agreement next-season with. mbjpav more houses in the'.

."West' and the Iflddie (West- .What the

.- houses are, how^r, cuuld not be

NAUMAN LEAVES WELSH SHOWChris Nauniau closed as agent of the

Ben Welsh Show at the Columbia lastSaturday night. He was immediatelyengaged! by Mike Kelly to go ahead ofthe "Pace Makers". He will open nextweek.

. PRIMA DONNA LAID UPCAMDEN. N. J., Oct. 25.—Eleanor

Fisher, prima donna of the "CrackerJacks" has been compelled to remain ather hotel for a few days on account ofa reaction from an automobile accidentshe had several months ago.

AMERICAN FILLS

IN KANSASLAYOFF

' AL REEVES SIGNS TWOMONTREAL, Can., Oct. ?.—Kennedy

and Kramer, who recently .'.returnedfrom South America, will join Al.Beeves Show at the Empire, Albany,next Monday. They will do their

' specialty In place of the one done howby Stewart and La Van. Kennedy andKreamer were with Beeves two seasonsago, before going to -Soiith ;America;\,\- •

,. TO MANAGE ROAD SHOW-BOeHESOTB,. .>»./.Y., Oc. at-Edmonstoa has closed ae manager ofthe Colombia Theatre; a National Bur-lesque Circuit house and is managinga $2.00 road «how. Barney Kelly, itheformer treasurer of the house, la nowmanager.^..^J -.' .» :* ii-i r

fi"-":.--,

the Empress.early inngc-agree-

lesofue Cir-'

88a -reajem-

1earnedV'dtjteijao

- Cmchmati;*whu_-November? will ha'

jnen* wl&'tbe! curt..- This house.-;;

- bereo^ . wa,s xeceHUy; bought-by •-•several

Detroit inen, who -tried to put it ohth'a American Circuit, hut; were* unsuc-cesdfuL^TheT; then, announced that it

,'. .would ,; pissi' burresque 'stock.- The

, Empresif Jivlll open with thirteen prin-- ciaalsjend .twenty-six chords girls, andfh addiaoD'to this', they wau^g^r fourwidevTUe acts. The prlnf-rlSH' and: ^nagement of the ."Burlesque Won-

,aota'wfll he changed each' *«Be*T; "Moe ^ der Show" a* that haase to-day, re-Mesiong, who dose^ with tbe..'?Bur- ^ptedng Moe %r«^n^^o left here

to-night for Cincinnati;: wher be will

BELLE ADAMS TO MARRY It J" PHILADELPHIA, Pa., 5©ct# ;«7-->Belle A^amsftSbses witry the/ Betanan

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Sbow -at "the; .People's Theatre, here,Saturday"/ ,to retire from show husl-nt^-ahe/wjfiJL leave at one© for .Ca-lifornia • to bT married. Miss Adams

4ba* been with the Jack Singer showsTor the last ten X*ers. ..-'«>

W ARrJKGTc#^Ti^?Qurr\£*"

< This wil. be Bflly ^Arlington's lastseason , In burlesmie; apewW open >fnvaudeville at the close of the. presentseason with the "Pall &all TflS. underthe name Of Billy Arlington and Com-pany./ Max Bite -witt,bo«fc;*he ««£ '-. ».

' ..%^' '«£* /*? : <>•— - .v£>..:^:,--v.

MESSING ! LEAVES ! CHICAGO^ "

^OHhOAQ©, «iL, \KfctJ 2fx-^Fr|hk-

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Parry, former jqanager of She Colom-bia Theatre here, : took over . the.

WILL PLAY TULSA, OKLAHOMAIt was announced at the headquar-

ters of the American Burlesque Circuit

last Thursday that the lay-off betweenKansas City and St. Louis had beenfilled In at Tulsa, Okla.Commencing with the "Midnight

Maiden*'* company on Sunday, Novem-ber ft, the American shows will playthe Grand Theatre that elty for six

days, closing on Friday night. Theshows will then leave Tulsa Saturdaymorning for St. Louis, a distance ofover 4G0 miles and open the next- dayat the Standard, that city. Joe Done-gan, of Kansas Olty, completed thedeal- with the Americaa Circuit, andwill handle, the. house. ,•

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Tulsa will be tried out for four orfive weeks and If found; not a payingproposition, the agreement will be can-celled. The companies will -pjay thehouse on percentage—and there will

be.no guarantee,^fi; ** "\ ' '

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The Amealcan 'Bnriesque Circuit,

wired -I. <H.»Berk* about bookin?. to

Sliding .BUly^JB^Am-iaist; Saturday. *hut had no* recetved,au answer to: thel|.

telegram- up to-Monday night. In case

they are successful in potting Watsonin there, he will open" the house.'* weakearlier. JjfcjB i '..

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Same managers whowiave playedthat territory seemV'ttf tfi&k |ta mla-.

take to book *ows at Tula* for six

days'* 'They/ think- it^wooW he goodtof three eir four. days. 'They? suggest

opening there on Sunday and playingfour ^ays and. then two days at OWa-homa Crty, closing there Friday night

and Jumping, inte 'Sfe 'Louis the ne^day. They alscrjelaim that the ahows-eoura easily get'M If hilled he INew*-'^x^ ;'^rIes(|ne.,,

' ,»^U^-c1aimea ttatth> small "tabs" ' are going.

,jttoough

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"BROADWAY BELLES"ALL ACTION, HASGOOD WEEK AT STARThe "Broadway Belles." owned by Joe

Oppenbelmer and Joe Leavltt, waa at theStar laat week and played to one of Ufee>

best week's business of the seaaon, lUkout a holiday. Ttiia show, while it a**many ot the same bits It bad laat saassstand with but three changes In the east,two new seta of scenery and soma aswcoatume*. La one or too beat In i ia.lil—t,uow» to play tnu, hou«e, and u. alTlienIa doubt, about^tbe Xaatest we have aaeatoere. it ia ail action tram' the time the)curtain coes up to the end of ta* per-formance. -:• ....

Tin ia. due principally to the fact t

Joe Marks la the flrat comedian and 7~

v,ute'uia urn i lieutenant. '1'heae two I

merchanta In any ahow wlU keep it ,

at a record rate ot speed.In -Marks, this firm baa the

acrobatic Hebrew funater In burleeeae.Thle little fellow, when It com« toVtlon. itarta where moai of the othera ISSTaoff. He 1* a dandy^umbler, takiur a*kinds of bumps and falla; he caa:£r—hr witty, can alng, la tunny and to a

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ten tor work. ... .*

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Cole repeated hl» eucceaj »f Laatin hU •Outch" role. Mia dialect- la i

he works fast and oh* thing not"the way be always ,*«k> up JTheae two bora .team up aettermajoritg of teams on either. '

'Harris u the luveallThis young fellow Is not '

advantage we have aeen hln> tar-naat, for he U -mlicast. He. wa*,.w'.;aarvlce teat seawm and. we mlaae**

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He to a flse talker, good dresser,

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aTeat appearance and-'ta a naru'

s aeen' rlxht. He' should Bto do. Qert the.'-way tbto

ed up, he .could hot ahow up p:Can- to the straight man.

ti*a

Burtonto a neat appealing- fellow whorn the acenea." . . ,

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- Victoria Kaye to the prima donnavto a stately woman of good, carrlae*poaaeaaea: a fine voice. . While, severher numbers are- not lust suited to'

.she) renders -them Wall. Her high

.'•he takea atoely. ' She displayed awardrobe. -She did vewweft in thewith- the comedians. -•• /

f . In Doily Davis, the manaaemantsoubrette that;«outd to«/doveloped li

. of the beat In She buattfess With thehandling., aUpL D&vsKls'new'to i

to a*pearai2»*i* a SfkfaA MldjleHer: Work,- wmiestni'iPLlt tie crudthe lines of that popular soubretvDavis dances and piits a num :

WeH and -there is no doubt hut. whatmanager of a Columbia- show,

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ber> slfnediJip befor»ahs \aif she Is ftp alreay .under.

leacrae. Wonder InOhlfligo-lastSaturdayThe nmtrrWptthe mrcuJLt wlU

ts said, as TTOows.-. '.Gayety, •M _.lahia, to Ttoj, :t>r*aHh« the jump Withtwo mm nighbars. Two mdre dne-MgabBTS will then be played and thenInto Schenectady for four days. - Theythen wfll play cave week stands h>Rocbeater, Buffalo, Bast Liberty, Cin-ehmati 'and a -week of one-nightere in-to Balttaaoresend hack to Philadelphia.This wfll grre them nine weeks. It la

claimed, however, that before hoe first

ef December there will be two moreweek stands and three more weeks ofone-, two- and three-lighten.

vmanage-Qie house. ;., manage, the-.tBmp

" '' bvrlesqne.stook_

* new:,

will.-ppen-

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OPERATE ON SOUBftETTE' ^

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. aSrhCmce Flet-cher, soubrette with HurtJg and Sea*mon's "Social .MaMs," was.operatad; onduring the week's stay of the) companyat the Gayety^ Theatre, .here.'-by;. Dr.Lee Edwards, a chiropractor. Ha wassuccessful in forcing hack into- Km po-sition one of the email bones in herspine without causing hl» patient tomiss a single performance. :'-

mcmfXtKanaaa- City:

Hnrrv fam%^ f«oroTed comedian^theB*be*r, Pbow -knd-4tfs brother.:

' WflflalrirttrB B^nrd^trp by^ack Skvger la*t Wedoeeaay to * «ve year coc-

vtract, conVmemfrjg next

SHOWS . MAKE CHANGESThe Asaerlcan Burlesque Circuit has

ordered two of the principals to be re-Placed, a aew set of scenery and- twonew sets of costumes for the "BroadwayBeUea". Ia the "Aviators" the fol-lowing changes have been made, MittyI^evere and Lew Lederer have replaoedthe two former comedians, and SollyMedea Is the new prima danfta. BayMidgk-y i« ftrJng up the rmmbers.

GERARD BREAKS RECORDWATBBjBtraY. Oooow Oct 27-dJar-

ney Gerard's "Follies of tbe Day"broke all records at Jacques Theatrenere without a hoUday. They playedto $4,6<M.

W. T. CAMPBELL' HURTCurvrxAWD, O., Oct. 23.—W. T. Camp-

bell, of Drew and Campbell, who con-trol several theatres in this city andelsewhere, aq well as the Liberty Girls

<n the Columbia Circuit, was badlyinjured at bis Dome ia Wauserm sev-eral days ago in a gas explosion,which occured while examining a'natural gas well on Ws properly. Behas improved steadily during the peat

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week and experts to be able to returnto Ms office at the Star to tbe nextWeek or so.

"GIRLS OT U. S. A." .

Brnest Mack will Join the "Girls OfThe V. s. A" at Chicago next week. He•I Work opposite Lew Hilton. . :.

JOINS "STAR * CARTER'BOCHaSTEaV N. T., Oct 2T.-

HeodWcks arrived here this morningto Join the Star.and Garter Show. Shewfll open at the Gayety daring theweek. Miss Hendricks was bookedthrough Ike Webers office.

SIGN FOR PRODUCnO*Maynpfle Parker and Agnes Peppln

have been signed with a Xew Torkproduction tbronrh the Ohonss EtjultyAssociation, which stagr joined en OctIRtb. Previous) to jofnfee the girtsrwismed from the. Golden Crook com-pany.

en Pi 27 33)

done by Marka, Cole_ Carr, Harrto..MtoseaDavts and Ctork. The: "tatbit changed around some' wane n

' offered bji Cole] Harria and Caxr.' aiarka and; Mtas Davis were a <

In, tn.tr specialty, to, which theyoneaoax, ind- finlaned with a fast

' It NtQpPssaaT Mss> eQlOW. -

iWUrksTcaU. Oarr. Harris and the MamasKaye and Cterk, din w«u wltn tne :«5WS^

'bit. .--;. '

-The" "fuoker** bit' thay did as wdlaat season.- Marks. (Sola, -Harris .

Mtosos Kara and Clark were In it. In••ptano*' bit. they repeated their feesuccess. Marks, Cole and Carr were i

in this bit a«aln.. aomsthlng saw they are doing, 1

lathe finals of the first part, when ]

Introduces the principals in song, «vejthe staca crew and the manager. It «ever big and they seem to enjoy the 1

of being- there, even to Manager Leawftt.who seemed to be counting up the h

—the way ha looked. Several of thselpato offered a dance hare, with kfinishing with a few fast BussUut.stspavMarks and Cole, in their Hpocialty. asV

fered a half atoaen parodies that wars msure fire bit. *

Mtoa Davis' •'finishing'' number wassuccess, as she <U& it Terr wen. EThe "meal" Mt was full of laughs ths

way Marks, Cote, Carr and Miss Kaye eH*it. Marka did a cerklag good drunk

"

Ths comedy quartette done by"

CoieBsrrto ana Carr, pleased.The eherus looks wen ana the

work hard. Ths management has i

them somenew wardrobe that waa notlea-abte lacking In past aeaaeni. As a wssSsl"Broadway Belles" to a good, clean fas*ahow.

' To ocr way of thinking, it Is one ef thsfastest shows ws have ssan at tins rwith one of the fastest

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16 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 29, 19||

ARRY VQN TILZER'SRUNAWAY YEAR THE SAME" OLD LUCKY HOUSE FOR-ACTORS

NOXH INC T-B UT "HI

BETTER THAN"LWANT A DOLL." A CINCH HIT

: Lyric.By Andrew B. Sterling MujicBy. Harry Von Ttlzer

THEY'RE ALL SWEETIES' MALE AND' FEMALE VERSIONS

DOUBLES FOR OR TWOOIRLSLOTSOF- FXT-RA CHORU5E

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Mo9~t iieiitiiul

•M.-h Ballad, 'in th*^ Market

EVERY TEAR IS ASMILE IN AN

IRISHMAN'S HEARTyrir by Dan *5uiiiva:T*

i::..«-'C by Monir ' (T.-irio and.

Min.i M. Sfrndtii

Missouri Waltz

CAROLINA

SUNSHINEThis it our Star Number

It's going to Sweep the CountryLyric by WALTER HIRSCH

Music byERWIN SCHMIDT

AN OVERNIGHT HIT

WHOA JANUARY{ YOU^RE GOING TO BE WORSE'THAN JULY]

'A Songr FiiiT Of LfrusjHs.' Up To' THrr Minute..:;-' ,-i * :'--

Bv Arsdrevr B. Sterltrii

I AINT ;EN

GOT'EN NO TIME"

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TO HAVE THE BLUES

eat ! atter" t-horii»

r.'. VAN AS^c^KiiBig Hit^ ;;:.

OPEN UP THEv; GOLDEN GATES TO

DIXIEu LAND

WHEN M MAKES DA

SHE WAB

- Still Going Big" l

somebody's waiting forSomeone

5cUci- tnan,:bay:

SURE AND IT '

S. MENTHA.KNOWS'

HARRY vbNTlLZER-MUSie PUBLISHING COMPANY, 222^^^^:

W

N. Y. City

BEN BORNSTEIN, Gen: M ?:MURRA'Y - BLOOM, {Pro. Mgr,

Chicago: EDDIE LEWIS, Mgr.

5TATE LAKE. SLDC.

HERMAN SCHENCK. AVst: Pro. Alter,

Philadelphia: HARRY LINK, Mgr,;

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KEITH'S THEATRE HLDC

San Francisco,: CARL LAMONT, Mgr., Pafttages Bldg.

ioston: BILLY HARRI.

2 20 TREMONT.ST. .

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ondon: HERMAN DAREWSKL Ltd

October 29. 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 17

Printers Strike Makes Big

Inroads On Music Business

Plant* Now Closed for Nearly a Month Have Created Unprecedented• Condition in Publishing Industry. Few Home* Have. Stock ."

. -to Supply Demand ami Future is StiB Uncertain

The printers' strike, now in its fourthweek is making big inroads on the -

sheet anisic business and practicallyevery house is seriously affected. AnU-d pa tins the trouble nearly all of tbepublishers bad a large quantity of inn-.

sic on tenia and were therefor prepared '•:

for tbe closing down of tbe plants, -but .-

few anticipated that the strike .would .

last more than an week or so and tbereserve stock was soon depleted.A few of the larger publishers made •

arrangements with plants outside of the -

cits' to do die work and while consider-able music is coming from them the de-

. liveries are slow and uncertain and the-• quality decidedly inferior to that furn- -

isbed from the big New York music .

printing esiabllsameats. \ :,; i *

The -strike of the railway expreesmenstill farther implicates matters ' 4a -

this not only, delayed the receipt ofmusic sot also, held op tbe out of townshipments made by the publishers, whofor a week or an were forced to use the

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pared post ..,.-. :

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Another condition has seriously af-i

fectea tbe business and that is the big;sBontage -of skilled labor throughoutthe entire country, 'targe printing/plants were forced to turn down Targeand profitable orders for tbe printingof maslc"%lnrplyi on account of their in*

ability to' secure men to torn out thework. Nearly every large printingplant In the entire east. ia winning Snort' .

harJdVB and is. therefore away behind Inthe work of the rejrular, customers. Thishas caused. the refusal. of many print- '

lng erders"wblcb~would in normal timesbe gladly accepted. -

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Those in close touch With thesituation predict that tbe strike willlast at least a week or so longer al-

though it may be settled suddenly muchsooner, but In any event labor costs arebound to increase. This means of coursethat the cost at sheet music is .to he in-creased and. that Is a serious matter forthe publisher 6t popular prints. Thegreat increased cost of doing business

'

at present baa! already cut the profitto a minimum,' and many publishersfrankly state that were it not for thehigh priced numbers In their cataloguesit would be impossible to continue inbusiness. •

A?big Increase in printing cost willcompletely wipe ont tbe profit on thepopular print ; which now . wholesalesfor something around six- cents- per •

ottpy and witbj this gone tbe publisherjjroet do one otj two things ; either raisefills price or .eHrnlna te-tae-popularprint-

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'from his catalogue.- A raise in price to-ibe-ten-cent stores-will be stubbornly contested for whileit seems in these times to be a simplematter for the ten: cent store to raiseits retail rate] to fifteen cents, but upto now any suggestion along these lineswhich the publishers have made havebeen quickly andt decisively turneddown. - } J

."Whatever occurs, some decisivechange in the popular sheet music bu-fSiuese is bound, toj be made. It maymean tbe endnt ten cent music, a con-dition which. Judging from the big salesof some of tie high priced, numbers,would not bother the music buyingpublic at all.

GILBERT AT JEFFERSONOn tbe site of Moss' Jefferson The-

atre on 14th Street, L. Wolfe Gilberteleven years ago wrote parodies for thelate Nat.- N. Wills, Joe Welch, the wellknown star Barney Bernard and sev-eral ,headliners. After the elapse..'ofeleven years He Is playing Moss/- Jeffer-son but under different ctontmstances.Gilbert was engaged by .Mir. Moss thisweek only, as he is a great favorite intins section of the city. After tbe Mon-day afternoon performance, a Mrs.Smithers was so Impressed with Gil-bert's new song ''Granny'' that she hascanvassed the aetghborhod, seeking thegrandmothers and all will attend theWednesday matinee.Mr. Moss has saw fit to bill Gilbert

with "The Miracle Man" picture andIs billing him as "The Miracle Han -oftbe Song World." .

NEW BUILDING FOR SCHIRMERG. i Schirmer. Inc., is patting up a

new seven story buSdlng on.- Bast.44thStreet, directly back of its presentstructure and with which wben com-pleted it is to be connected and .form« part of the big music' pubnshtogestablishment,'This ground floor wfll be connected

with tbe -present retail store of tbeSchirmer Co. and when completed itwill be the Unseat «*ail eheet-uwsicstore in tbe city. Tbe other floors ofthe-new-bniiding are to be_gipen overto the various music Interests of theSchirmer Co.

REILLY-WrTH SHAFTER HOWARDJames M. Betily, of Rensselaer, N. T.,

writing partner of the late ArthurGHleepie, ah* who also coteboratt**(with Herbert" Spencer, H. W. Betrie,Harry Be. Costa and ethen* is now.writing RWth fltefter Howard, tbe' SanFrancisco composer and publisher.

SAM FOX HAS BIG WEEKSeptember 28th to October 6th was

Sam Fox week in-Los Angeles,- and atall,the theatres, cabarets and restau-rants the Fox numbers were played and

. . featured. -,.,"'\ Ad iai tlsements of the Sam Fox publ-

icaflees were run-in the papers, whileflyers,' leaflets and' other advertisingnovetttieswere distributed. Harry Kerr,one af the Fox staff lyric writers, whomakes bis hove'in Los Angeles collabor-ated with Mr. Fox Is making tbe weeka big success, '

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Beta Mr. Kerr and Mr. Fox are nowin San Francisco making arrangementsfor a similar week In that city. ,,'

"FRECKLES" SCORES QUICKLY"'Freckles," a new novelty sons by

Ciiff Hess, Howard Johnson and Srit-

i ton Ager, has- scored a quick' success '

and is being suag by scores 'of.webknown singers. In tbe stores,, it hasiu a few weeks rapidly mounted to' a

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leading place among the best sellers--of the month. V5- I

HARRY HOWARD rN NEW YORKHarry HT Howard, of'Howard '&

MeCarty. Canton. O., music pubHeiers,was in New York last week in£roduk4nghis firm's new" song', "My Canton, Ohio.V^S. A.(McKIntey^8 Old Home Towny

. -,LEO .FEIST. GETS."LETTT"!Leo Feist,' Toc'..~bas secured the pub-

BB H°JCids»l ;»tJiHa»9w~8ftsar.-Mo*

,

rpsco musical comedy. "linger LongerLefty" in which Charlotte Greenwood -

is starring. --,,

THE MUSIC CAME BACKL. "Wolfe Gilbert has a publication

wbicb-be.eflUs "Dreamy Amazon" andto distinguish it from another com-position of similar title be announeedrecently, that all his copies would bearthe signature of IU Wolfe Gflbert.Recently an order for a- thousandcopies came In from a Los Angeles'stor%. Ike copies were sent out in dueorder but Gilbert was out of the city

jana the stook which bore his signaturehad become 'exhausted the shippingclerk giving no thought to the matter'sent them along. ••,...

.. In the course of a couple of wgekfl-back came the thousand' copies -withthe fallowing notation: "This la notwhat I ordered. I want 'L. Wolfe Gil-bert, the -Dreamy Amazon Man^ not

.

the- waits you sent me.?In future all copies are looked over

carefully to see Oat they bear tise-

signature as annonncedV and- the "aifit-

aon man"_baB" provided tbe shippingcferk with a"rubber stamp.

HATCH HAS THREE SONGSThe Chas. W. Hatch Music Co., Of

Los Anaeles, .CaL, has three songs thatare In,demand along the Pacific coastsand are being beard of in the Bast,They are "Some Fine Day," "Drift-

Igg With Mary/', and ''Lonesome Trail."* big offer for tbe 'TrairjSSong was

_jnade_by_an Eastern publishsi-but wasrefused.

rSO'THE GOOD BOOK SATSi " wf :

.The first Ham in history, was a son

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of Noah. *m<- -at.

FRIEDLAND ACT COST $10,000 -

AnstoT Friedland, whose "new act"MnsfclaiaT' will be seen in tbe localbig time bouses has expended over $12,-006 in the aevnery and costumes of theproduction. Friedland bas written all

the music of tbe act which win be pu-blished by Jos. W. Stem-A-Co. - —A. S. C. A. P. TO MEET NOV. 6A general b>eeting of tbB members of

tbe - American Society of Composers.'Authors- anbf Publishers is to be heldat tbe Society's rooms on November 6thAt tills meeting, in addition to thegeneral bBrinsas matters of tbe society,a new campaign for the, enrollment ofnew

.members to to be discussed, and

some decided action fat tbe matter is tobe taken. Tbe society ia ia a partic-ularly strong position financially, hav-ing a big bank balance and is breakingKs previous large receipt records everyweek.

"FLOWER" TITLES CONFLICTAnother conflict of popular song

titles appeared last week when tbe-Broadway Music Corporation and tbeMeyer Cohen Music Co..were haled be-fore the executive committee of theMusic Publishers' Protective Associa-tion in connection with the song title

"Say It With,VFlowers." .

Ear]y In October, the BroadwayMusic Corp. iHed with the RegistryBureau . of the Association In' regularform ,the title "Say It With Blowers."The Cohen Music Co. also filed a cex-

- tlocate with -tbe bureau wfth identic-ally the same title, but over a weeklater. The bureau returned the Cohencertificate with the notification thatthe Broadway - bad already filed thetitle and had thereby the rights to it!

Cohen immediately appealed fromChe bureau and a bearing was .held be-fore the committee. The . BroadwayCorp. submitted a lead sheet of Its

song with the lyric and claimed thatinasmuch as it bad complied with the.rules of the M. P. r. A. It was entitled

to tbe use'of the title. Cohen* evid-

ence was to tbe effect that be had hi*song since early in July, that it badbeen sung publicly at convention^ ofche Society- of American Florists' in

' Detroit in August and that the numberhad been accepted by tne florists' 'or-

ganization which bad planned to aafastin the populartatkm of the number.Tbe executive committee of the

-{Monte Pnbtisjbers* Preteotire Associa-

tion ruled In favor of tbe BroadwayCoiroration and agalost Cohen statingthat the Broadway bad fulfilled an the

' requirements of the Registry Bureauto secure protection of tbe Association.

fCohen, however, fHed an appeal tram

the raring of the crsnmlttoe and la ae-

, cordance with the rules of tbe organi-

sation can have 'a bearing before ageneral meeting of tbe members of thepublishers' association.Cohen Claims that inasmuch aa his

sons; was written, completed arid mamsome three months ago, prior to tbeestablishment Of the Registry Bureau,that be bas a regal rigjb* to tbe title.

In tbe meantime be la going ahead get-

ting out tne song and states that bewill. If necessary, go to count in con-

nection with the song.In tbe meantime, friends uf both

TUbUshers are attempting t». arrangesome amicable settlement af tbe mat-ter. - , .

GUSTAVE SCHIRMER IS PRESIDENTGusta-re Schirmer Is now president

-of She G. Schirmer, Inc., music bouse,succeeding the late Rudolph Schirmer.

KERSHAW WITH VON TILZERGeorge Kershaw has Joined the pro-

fessional staff of Harry Von tliiei andwill make bis headquarters at thehome office of the Co. in West 46th St.

A L. GREEN HAS NEW JOBAl. Green, fosmerly .with the Sha-

piro-Bernstein Co. is now with HarryVon TiTser- _

rwrra~voN TILZERLeo Jacobs, has- Joined the eta'ff oftbe Harry VonjTIIaer Co. g£

.''-'€-

BELCHER WILL MRCUVSTbe wfH of Frederick B

late secretary of Jerome H. Bemlek 4Co, which was filed last wee* la theoffice of the Surrogate Is dafsettve ac-

cording to law, la thgt instead of twowitnesses to the instrument, but oneappears.Jerome Kelt, ia tbe sole witness, and

Mr. Belcher's sodden death undoubted-ly prevented him from executing tbe In-

strument in legal form.The will was drawn on lebrwary

21st, 1919 end reads as foftcsTs:—l.Frederick G. Belcher, ro hereby giveand bequeath everything I own bstiareal and personal to Miss Florence Ce-cilia Hart, my fiancee, whether I'.ammarried at tbe time of my death ornot; after first deducting any moneythat I may owe and tbe expenses of myfuneral.

(Mr. Jerome Kelt baa an intimateknowledge of my affairs and I herebyname him and Miss Florence Hart, myexecutors without bond, and to usethen: best Judgement In regard to myebelld Maxlne. F. G. Belcher.-Mr, -Belober married Mln Hart,several months after the execution ofthe wffl. and terrtag any contest, willinherit Mr. Belcher's entire estate, •he evidently Intended.

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18 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 29, 1919

4A CERTl

Ke;ndis 6VBrockrrian

Gets The Kind of Applause That!

AND NOW COMES

THERE'S A LOT OE BLUE EYED

MARYS DOWN IN MARYLANDBy the writers of "Peaches Down in Georgia"

By JACK YELLEN. MILTON AGER and G.W.MEYER' •

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:''. !* . • • ,.••' /•*

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IT WAS A BORN HIT

FRECKLESBy CLIFF HESS. HOWARD JOHNSON and MILTON AGER

Be Up and.Doing Get This One Quick

'TWILL CHARM YOUR HEART

A SENSATldN

i

VAMP A LI

By BYRON GAY, Gompo

Get it befon

By KENDIS, BROCKMAN and VINCENT

I

(I'M LONESOME, SO 1

BOSTON181 Tranent Street

PHILADELPHIAGlobs Theatre Building

SAN FRANCISCOPantagee Theatre Building

MINNEAPOLISLyric Theatre Building

. ...' NEW ORLEANS'..115 Ur.lvor.ity PI.

•f ";

CHICAGOGrand Optri Houu Building

SEATTLESD1 Chlcktrlna Hill

ST. LOUISCalumet BuIWHtq

'.» -r. •..-:" CLEVELAND ..

Etlaatana Building

LEO FE711 SEVENTH AVENUE

A Stone*. Throw From tho Pilice Thwtt

£

October 29, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 19

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It

By The Ca.mpfireA Wistful Melody with a Lure That is Fascinating

Words by Mabel E. Girling Masicby Percy Wenrich

Cleaning up and no wonder

!

At The High BrownBabies Ball

A riot of Jazz Better than "Strutters Bali"

By BENNY DAVIS. SID ERDMAN and ERNIE T.RDMAN $ ;•&!'

GET IT TO DAY

)NESOME FOR YOU) YOU'LL LOVE ITS RARE MELODY

Trine.NEW YORK

N«xt To tW CotuiiibteTh—tr»

DETROIT213 Woodward Ave.

TORONTO1*3 Yonga Strvat

INDIANAPOLIS122 Pembroke Aro.de

CINCINNATI710 Lyric Theatre Bldg.

KANSAS CITY.Qayety Theatre BulMbifl

LOS ANOBLKSS3s San Fernando Building

BUFFALO415 Main Street

PITTSBURGH312 Camerphone Building

20 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 29, 1919

October 29. 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 21

ANN1 ANDREWS has been engagedby Sam H. Harris to play the lendingfeminine part In Grain Wilbur's newplay "The Haunted Violin."

MPSNO.N REED has been promotedto one of the principal parts in "Noth-

ing But Lore."

GEORGE S. TRIMBLE has the

principal comedy role In Richard! Or-dynskl's musical fantasy "Fair Heine."

DHXTER FELLOWS resigned last

week from the RlngUng Bros, outfit

and has been succeeded by Big BUIWilliams. .

,

RAYMOND BOND, JANET MOORE!and WILLIAM ROBERTSON will ap-mear in Bond's new playlet at the 81st

St Theatre during the week of Not.10. .It is at present out of town.

DOLA FISHER, by a special ar-

rangement with George C. Tyler will

be presented by Selwyn and Oompa-yfor a limited time in "Wedding Bells,"

the mew comedy by Salisbury Field

that Is soon to open.

MARTIN LEWIS and SEBASTIANSMITH, who arrived from London last

Friday on die Adriatic have been ad-

ded to the cast of Pinero'a new produc-

tion "Quick Work."

HELEN ALLAN, of the "AppleBlossoms" cast, was. married last

week to Dean De" White, a broker, ofCMombus, Ohio.

jjune Mcdonald was granted adivorce from Max McDonald in Ohl-

i-ago recently.

THOMPSON BUCHANAN baa re-

turned to California after a short trip

to New York. >

SIDNEY HAMILTON. GLADYSSEARS, LOIS LAROE and BEN B.BRYAN hare Joined Murray and Mack's"ra Say So".

HAM ORLFFIN has signed "Happy''' Bnnway. now appearing with the; "Seven Honey Boys," for the feature

rale ts> his "Frisco Mliwtrefc."

LEW PRICE and his Four Amer-• inean Beactles, who have dosed vsude-

fjB| > wrigagenmitw' id the West; navebean mated by Hughes and I/eaaon foralong tour la Dae East.

i *. -

: KELLY and MCDONALD, two girlsformercy in burlesque, are doing acomedy boxing act in vaudeville.

RBRT LAMONT8' "World of Har-mony-has been routed over the Pan-

' tages circuit

-

ESTEiAiE CAREY, Canadian so-la singing at the Strand this

MA'CTRIOE and FLORENCE WtAL-'£ TON will soon sail for London, where

they wiH appear in a revue.

JOHN CROMWELL returned' to thecast «f "At A:45" at the VanderbiltMonday night.

§ eDSAN QlVtEN Joined the cast of; ^Scandal", last week.

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HARRY WARDBLL will produce a. new musical play by Victor Herbert,

with book and lyrics by Frederick Ar-noM iKummer.

.', IB. THXBLE, of the Astor Theatre'srochestra has written a Chinese one-step called The Sing-Song Girt.

JACK CARLISLE and FRED. M.BISHOP wlH take out a CaxniTai.com-pany sometime in May which willtravel by anto truck.

B9SANK LAMBERT Joined the Avi-atwte at the Gayety Brooklyn this week.

SYLVIA CLARK, ALLAN DINE-HART, JOB COOK. MAURICE andFLORENCE WALTON, JULIA KE-LBTY, STAN STANDBY, HARRYTIGMB and BL CLEVE were amongthose on the program at the SehvynnTheatre on Sunday evening.

PHUL BARKER, a London scenicartist, arrived in New York last weekand will take charge of the seme ef-fects for. the production of Aphrodite.

ANTOINETTE WALKER has beenengaged by Edgar MacGregor for ThePajamas.

.

(ESTER HOWARD, WALTER MOR-RjISON, ELEANOR HARTD andSONNY LAWIRBNOE have been en-gaged by Edgar MaoGtregor to supportHarry K. Morton and ZeUa RiusBell InThe Sweetheart Shop, ,*y Anne Cald-well and Hugo Felix. It- will be pre-sented early in November.'

GEORGE LENtNARD has been sign-ed by Cohan and Harris for their newproduction Welcome Stranger, j.

DAVH) MANNINO win appear inthe col© of Antonio Verdi In CheatingCreators, scheduled to open in Atlantic,Iowa, next month.

C. iB. QT.ABENOB, an English actor,baa arrived fir this country and willappear wfch Otis Skinner In The Biseof Peter. Barbon.

LILLIAN GOLDSMITH, TOMCRAPY. KATIE ROONEY and WAL-TER de WOLF have been engaged tosupport Hkirry Bulger In The FlirtingMm

MARY SHAW has been engaged byCharles Frohnian Inc. to play an fan-'

portant part with Otis Skinner in hisnew play "The Rise of Peter Barhan."

JAMES MADISON purchased 1,000rare theatre programs last week at theauction sale of the effects of the lateEvent Jansen Wendell.

ESTELLE SOHWARTZ, formerlyprivate secretary to Charles Wllabinin the .Strand Building, was marriedrecently to Gus. J. Haas, and has Justreturned from her honeymoon, spent'in Atlantic City.

ROSALIE STEWART began rehear-sals last week of a new act vshieh shewill produce with Blaine Bronson, for-merly of Laurie and Bronson, as toestar. It will be ready for the Initialshowing in about two weeks.

MURRY LACKMANN, for the pastthree seasons at the Hippodrome asticket seller, has been transferred tothe Globe to assist Henry Young. .

JOE WORTH and EDDIE POWELLare breaking in a new blackface, sing-ing, dancing and talking -double, aiHerman wrote the material.—

'

"*vDAVH) ABLER has been engaged

for a role in Aaron Hoffman's newproduction "Welcome,.Strangers."

TILE MORIN SISTERS hare been" for "Just a Minute."

HARRY DOBSON, one of the orig-inal "Telegraph Four," and for uhelast season connected with the Herman-Becker office, has decided to quit showbusiness and go into commercial line.

AGATHB DB BUSSY, of Jnst A Ml- LBO SAMDSBJS, formerly managermite east, la featured on the cover of of The Jefferson and National Winterthe November 'Metropolitan" tnaga- Garden Theatre, has become engagednine, to marry Virginia Cohen, a non-pro-

JSS sS^T.'«i n£JEto*tMl- *" GOHDON and MERLIN, In a newtouring She Pantsges Circuit. act by Henry Bergman, have bean

booked for a tour of the Fox time.JAMB GKBI has been engaged by

Oharlea Frotanann, Inc, for ,"QulekWork." (he new Plnero paty to be pro-doced here shortly.

. WALTER BROOKS. English actorand stage director, baa been engagedby the Scibiita. Producing Company tostage Its attractions.

OLAIRE MHHSBREAU, who appear-ed in "Polyanna", last season has beenengaged by Walter Hast for a forth-comming attraction. . ;

'.

. MARJORFE ELEANOR EDWARDShas been engaged by. Oomstocfc andlOast for the Eastern company of "Ohlady, Lady." -;''

JACK COOK, formerly in the musicalcomedy "Live. Love and Laugh," isreplacing Frank K. Ervln as the singerIn the Mile Rhea ad

STBXiLA MAYKBW. who has beendoing, a single in vaudeville, has <io afa-

led up with Bflly Taylor again,- open-ing at Mt Vernon under the directionof Harry Weber. >

JACK McSHAYNE, well known inminstrelsy, has gone into vaudevillewith his wife under 'the team nameof Dixie and Jack McSbayne. Theyare doing a' singing act.

BILLY ABRAMS has' been placedunder, contract, tor one year with BillySharp's Echoes, an impersonating act*

featuring LlHlan Bradley. He wflll doa few specialties.

THE PHILMBRS, an European act,opened (he first half of this week atthe American, beginning a tour of theLoew circuit.

ARTHUR MILLAS. who has-beenplaying the leading role with' SomeNight on the road, has dosed with theshow and is back in New York.

JACK LESLIE has been signed toplay leads with Dorothy Richmond. -

BILL LESLIE and DOROTHYWALKER are to be featured in oneof Andy. Rlcew new; sets.

ALBERT JAMBS has been ap-pointed casting director of the) Oham-berhh Brown offices.

HYMAN ABLER has been .routedover the Loew cirtuit for a tour of theEastern and Western houses.

OLIVE LB OOMPTE baa receiveda route of 26 weeks over the Loewtime. '

'

HAMPTON and BLAKE have, beenbooked over the Loew circuit for acomplete tour. " . . -

"DORA HILTON has been booked fora return . engagement over the routeshe has Just completed for the Loewhouses. ' ; -

ROBINSON and THOMAS,have beenbooked for a tour of the Haste™ Loewnouses. ''

CLARENCE DUDLEY HTrTRARDwill urea kin a new mmatiel act soonat the Harlem Opera Hnnse.

The BARS TWINS and the BAST-MAN SISTERS have been engaged byG. M. Anderson for "The Frrvotttles ofveaar

PHIL MINDEL haB been added tothe staff of the New York Trftnne, towrite theatrical news.

FRANK MACKEY, MAY KELLY,and AiMBLTA dOVERLDOS opened atthe National Winter Garden this week.

RUSSELL. SISTERS returned toNew York last week following an ex-tended tour on the W. V. M. A. time,and .will open In a new dancing spe-cialty soon, on the big time.

DONALD MAODONALD baa Joinedthe "My Once in a While" show beingproduced by the Sclhilia Enterprise*,Inc.

JIMMY DUFFY has written a newact for Tom Lewis called "Wet andDry."

JEANNTEfTTB KAHN, secretary toHenry Chesterfield at the N. V. A-, hasrecovered from an operation tot tonal-litis and la back at work again.

RAYMOND CRANE and BAT PURV1ANGE have been engaged by Cohanand Harris tor one of the "Owing Up"road companies.

« THE LILY sisnaas.Two LHles, have beenLoew Circuit.

theon the

forLEE BAKER has beena role In "AH the King's Horses."

HOWAKD SHELLEY Is now prrepresentative for the SoeMg ofAmerican Stagers.

LEW- GOLDEN, formerly principalcomedian with the "Hello Parse" Oom-

slgned to appear with theWtost motion picture onmadlaa

pnay,Bilry

FAT BAiNTEBt has become i

to Lt. Commander Reginald VetaMe, ofthe navy.

HUGO FBLIX wlU write She Ind-dentel music for "The Haunted Pa-Jamaa."

ARTHUR flUAW has been enanged*y Bngar MacGregor for a part in thelattara InattPaaafc production, "TheHannted CaJamaa.**

LLALA SELBTNT, MAUXU9 agAL-LIA and MUNNB KAUFMAN has beenengaged to appear, hi a new bicycling

act at the Hippodrome-

'

JOilE CONORBVE, DANA DBSBRO, MARGUBBITB BLBSSDtGTON.FLORBNOB COVENTRY, ARTHURIDS LSX>D, JOHN F. RYAN andFrederick MAYNAKD have beenadded to the cast of "BHnd Man'sBuff" being produced by Bartley Oosh-.ing., .-—r-

LOIS LANS has been booked withMax Spiegel's "PU Say So" by Boehmand Richard*.

EDWARD OARVLE snd LUCILLEMANION have been added to the cast

of 'Betty Behave.•,. .

B0 (ABO

22 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER October 29, 1919

October 29. 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 23

"PASSING SHOW OF 1919"SURPASSES ALL FORMERWINTER GARDEN SHOWS

Surpassing all productions sheltered In the Winter Garden in seasons past,lie Passing Show of 1919, eighth in the aeries, has taken its plane on Broadwayand, after witnessing the dazzling opening performance, one may safely saythat the new revue is a pronounced success from first to last.

In this season's Passing Show, the producers present a revue compoundedof color, jingling memory-haunting tunes and good, clean humor. There werea few fall spots, inevitable at a first performance on such a prodigous scale,but, within a week, these will disappear and the show will be on the tips of itstoes from start to finish.

The costuming of the show has never been so -beautiful, and, presumably, socostly, and some of the scenes have a richness that has never before beenequaled at this house. Three of this stage pictures that have a lasting affectupon the memory are the Florentine setting, used for the burlesque on the "Jest,"the court of King Solomon that comes at the close of the first act, and theChinese scene in the travesty on East is West Andi these are only a trio ofbigh spots in the glittering program contained in the fourteen scenes.

Without a doubt the highest level of Intelligent burlesque that the WinterGarden has ever attained and one that is really a great compliment to theItalian melodrama at the Plymouth, is tbe burlesque on the Jest. It is in thisskit that Blanch Ring, in a clever travesty on the role of Giometti, the Flor-entine Poet, and Charles Wlnninger's equally clever take-off of Lionel Barry-xnore's acting as Neri, won the heartiest applause of the evening.

Other bright spots on tbe brilliant bill were the Avon Comedy Four, whoaang themselves into a large share of tbe applause and who, with their clevercomedy work, kept tbe audience laughing all the time they were on the stage.James Barton, with his specialty dances and his "sonse" turn, also scored a bigbantd, Joe Opp and Lon Haskell gave a good account of themselves with theirclever work and Eddie Miller with his ever pleasing voice and personality, wasaccored heatry applause at every appearence. These were but a few of anexcellent cast, the full membership of which is shown In the following program:

BEGINNING THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1919

Matinee* Thursday, Friday and SaturdayMESSRS. LEE and J. J. SHUBERT OfferThe Winter Garden's Annual Revue

Staged by J. G. HUFFMAN -- -

Dialogue and Lyrics by Harold Atterldge Muslo by Jean SchwartzDance Numbers Arranged by Allan K. Foster

Orchestra Directed by Oscar Rid In '• Art Director, Watson Barratt

Produced under the Personal/Direction ofMR. J. J. SHUBERT

In Two Acts and Eighteen Scenes I

'. act i:. .

(The Scenes and Characters In tbe Order of Their Appearance),' f X' Scene 1—PROLOGUE \

Mount Olympus -The Home of tns GodsBacchus .' .T... i.. -......; ....:..... •WALTER WOLFZeus ; HARRY TURPINHestla BETH ELLIOTTFalstaff ..LON HASCALLRobin Hood HAZEL COXRip Van Winkle CHARLES ADAMSOmar Khyaam '. ...EDDIE MTT.T.KRNeptune .RALPH RIGGSBevo JOHN CRONE

Scene »—The Border Lying Between Canada and AmericaLightning Bui Moloney JOE OPPMolly, his daughter ...OLQA COOKBui LON HASCALLAlf , ..ROLAND WOODRUFFBert -. JAMES GRANTWilliam Prince REGINALD DENNYPhotographer JACK DONNELLYWalter FRANK MARTINComfort FRANKIE HEATHMr. Comeon JAMES BARTONMbn Flirt TTTiTJE BARTONFour Haley Sisters GRACE, BERNICB, LUCILLE and MABELDick WALTER WOLFAvon Comedy FourIsadora i JOE SMITHHerman CHARLES DALEJames ....' •. EDDIE RASHHenry CHARLES ADAMSCenstable JOHN CRONE1st Gent GEORGE 9CHALL2nd Gent JACK DONNELLY3rd Gent ..« ROLAND WOODRUFF4th Gent NICHOLAS KANE

Scene 3—Back In Salem—Ourkia the Puritanical DaysMrs. Spritely KATHERINE WITrrmF.Mr. Sprite RALPH RIGGSA Witch BETH ELLIOTT

Scene 4—Mischief In Your EyasMischief In Your Eyes .., OLGA COOK

'. '..

. . Scenes—The Road to Destiny .'

Wm.'' Prince. ..._...... .•-..". .i*... :.; REGINALD DENNYSpirit of the Left Road.: ...±.: ... GRACE HALVYSnh-it of the Main Road../.........,............. hbrntce haleySpirit of the Right Road. , t «,M .»...»:

. ............ ««»...MA tyfi i , HALHYf'-'> Scene 6—In Floratieo a la Jest '';•' ___ :

Wm. Prince .............. ..^. +............ ;.....REGINALD PENNYSpirit . .BEi'H ELLIOnMadonna • . r .ORACH kke"ho\John Olaraetto.. ....... .........'.„.....»......•.:......;....•....BLANCHE SINGFstcMo ::.. :.:;...... : ...bay oddoLionel Neri.. ........•............'.-.v.'....v.:.....'...:....CHARLES WTNNTNGERCanaodra ~ Walter wot.fDoctor •. . RALPH RIGGS

Scene 7—King .Solomon's Kitchen-Major Domo .......J0J*1 OPPAvon Comedy Four£he£ St£H • -JOB SMITHHigh Chef CHARLES DALE1st Chef... , CHARLES ADAMS2nd. Chef...; .'

.J.......EDDIE RASHScene 8—The Court of Klna Solomon

The King's Favorite MLLB. MADGES DERNYSpirit of the Main Road BERNICE HALEYWm. Prince REGINALD DENNYRosie GRACE KEBSHON1st Wife FBANKIE HEATH2nd Wife TTLLTB BARTONPage BETH ELLIOTTEphralm LON HASCALLKins; Solomon CHARLES WINNTNGRRCourier ; JOHN CRONETbe Queen of Sheba ..; BLANCHE RINGA Hand Maiden VERNA BURKEThe King's Dancers ROSALIE and HELEN MELLETTEMr. Who's This JAMES BARTON

" ACT II.

Scone 1—Water LilyWater Lily .'. -.HAZEL COX

Scene 2—A Love Boat In ChinaAn Idol KATHERINE WITCHIEThe Idol's Worshipper RALPH RIGGSOolong Toy .............EDDIE MILLERMolly OLGA COOKWm. Prince REGINALD DKNNYSpirit of the Right Road.... MABEL HALEYLo San Kee... LON HASCALLAuctioneer HARRY TURFIN1st Merchant JOHN CRONESnd Merchant JAMES GRANT1st 'Shave ...BETH ELLIOTT2nd Slave MURIEL KNOWLBSMine Toy BLANCHE RINGCharlie Young.... , CHARLES WINNINOBRMe So Kee WALTER WOLFSing Song FRANKIE HEATH

Scene 3—The Doctor ShopAvon Comedy Four

Scene 4—A Summer GardenAmerica's Popular Athletes .....GEORGE and DICK RATHAlbert A .' REGINALD DENNYJack » WAT.TER WO'."Josephine FRANKIE HEATHKid Sponge. ••...•.••••««.••••••..••••.••«.-......•••....«.....- .JAMES BARTONCharlie JOE OPPKid Backet LON HASCALL

Sense 5—The Maltlna Pot of Amsriea'e Popular TunasEDDTE MILLER

Scene *—Ball RoomLovable Moon Octette. AVON COMEDY FOUR and FOUR HALEY BISTERSIgnatz .' LON HASCALLJim ...•••.................................'...................... .JAMES BAKTUHWm. Prince '. .'• •' REGINALD DENNYMolly '. OLGA COOKJack WALTER WOLFJosephine FRANKIE HEATHLionel Neri CHARLES WWNrNOBRJohn Giametto .,. BLANCHE RING

Personnel' of MM CharuaSHOW GIRLS—Dorothy Bruce. Mao Doaly. Do Veaera AmuUliar. Lola Taylor.

Mildred Soper. Mabel . Grurwold. Madge McCarthy, Phoebe Lee, Helen Dempeenr.Beatrice Lancols, Madeline Lombard. Virginia O'SuUvan, Carolyn Roland, VioletWeber, Mae Gluran, Muriel Knowles,' Beth Elliott, Gertrude Lane, Ann Delmore, Helen.Crawford. Betty Dnrland. Doris Evans. Kittens Moore, Margaret Hansel. LouiseWayne, Mary Klssen. Trixe Brunette, Peggy Merrimont. BernIce Page. Bobble McCree.Maxlne Robinson. Thea Thompson. _ .-

DANCING GIRLS—Orllla Smith, Phyllis Miller, Beverly Miller, Anna Berry, JewelBerry, Dolores Mendes, Jean Cameron. Malale Elliott, Hazel Friable, Ella Foster. Irene.

Held. Flo SomervlUe, Pauline Dakla, Isabel Holland, Beatrice Jennings. Adelte Do-vereaux, Marie Gray, Yvette Reals. Marion Dunham, Dorothy Jackson. Violet Ayrea.Jean Woods. Josephine Kenan. Lucille Pryor. Juliet StrabL Isabel McLaughlin. RubyHoward, Polly Mayer, Burtresa Dletcb. Peggy Furst, Shirley Canon. Mary Eaton.Qoglna Lorraine. Millie Edwards. Marie Le Mar, Pearl Secton.

GENTLEMEN—Jack Donnell, Bnly Creedon, Julian Martin. Roland Woodruff.George SchanV Arthur Becker, Ray Oddo. Walter Baker. Nicholas Kane, JeggerMarr, Jack Jerome, James Nichols. Ralph Roehm. ,

Musical NumbersACT L . .

1 "Wine Ballet" Vema Burke and Grecian Girls

2 Opening Chorus MeHettte Slaters and Ensemble3 "Seven Ages of Women" Lon Hascall and the Sevea Asm4 "Molly Malone" :....Oiga Cook and Some Irish Beauties5 "Tumble Inn" Walter Wolf, Frankle Heath, Four Haley Sisters and

Tumble Inn Girls6 "Goodbye" .*. Avon Comedy Four7 "In Salem"; Walter Wolf, RIggs and Wltchle and Witch Dancers8 "Mischief In Your Eyes" Olga Cook and Some Mischievous Girls9 "Road to Destiny" Reginald Denny, Mabel, Grace and Berolce Haley

10 "Dream Florence".. Hazel Cox and Florentine Beauties-11 "Neapolitan Jazz" Eddie Miller. Mellette Sisters and Somo Neapolitan Beauties12 "Plate Dance" 'Winter Garden Oriental Chefs13 "Orient" Olga Cook and Winter Garden Chorus14 "The King's Favorite" -Mme. Madge Djrny15 "Solomon" "..'...Blanche Rlng-16 "Shimmy a la Egyptian" James Barton and Winter Garden Company

ACT n.IT "Water Lily" : Hazel Cox and Water Lille*

America's Popular Athletes George and Dick Rath18 "Summertime at the WIntPr Garden." _

Blanche Ring and Charles WSnrJnger and Skating Olrl*

19 "The Girl You Marry" Walter Wolf. FVankle Heath and Girls

20 "America's -Popular Tune" v»*<t> MHIer snd Winter ^3«rd»n High *"*««>£«»

21 "T.nve -Boat" Eddie Miller. Olga Cook and Rlgga and-.Wltehle22 "Wlss Unrulv" . :

." Blaneho, Rlflr23 "<«ng jioni Gh-I" Walter Wolf. Frankle Heath and Rome 81n« anor. Girls»« "i/miM« Moon" .. Avon Comedy Four and Four Haley sisters

25 "A la Hockey"-. ..... ... ...y. ....................................... .Jarne* «artonStage settings by Watson 'Barrntt. nalnted hv Rhnbart Scenic Studios, direction of

Mr. 'Walter Scbaffner. '.'

Working models hr Qeorae Stlmmel. ....--.

Music fnr "The Passing Show of l»1F' Is BubMehed by Jerome H. Remlek.A-'Co..

Orchestra scores of Mr. Schwartz* comcoslMens by Oscar Radln...

Frank Tonra J. Bodswait Umr* and Jama* C. McCaho.Costum** destsmde by McGooehy and Homer Conant. axeented: by the

Mod* Coetnme Pnmnany. dheetlon of Madame Havwrstlck.Costumes by Brooks Unlf"nn Co. Furnishings by Nat Lewis.

Shoes by T. Mnter.

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DRAMATIC AND MUSICALRoute* Must Reach This Office Not

L«ter Than Saturday

"Adam and Eva"—Longacre, New York,indef.

"At 9.«6"—Vanderbllt, New York. Indef."Apple Blossoms"—Qlobe, New York. In-

def.-Acquittal. The"—Grand 0. H., Chicago,IndeL

Anglin, Margaret—Broad St, Philadel-phia, Fa., lodef.

"Ansel Face"—Forrest^ Philadelphia, Pa."All The King's Horses" — Academy,Baltimore, Mi, 27—Nov. 1.

"Breakfast In Bed"—Plymouth, Boston,indef.

Barrymore, Ethel—Empire, New York.Indef.

"Boys Will Be Boys"—Belmont, NewYork, Indef.

"Buddies"—Selwyn. N. Y. City, Indef."Cappy Ricks"—Cort, Chicago, indef."Crimson Alibi"—Broadhurst, New York.Carmelo's Ted. Musical Comedy Co.—Gar-den, Mason City, la.

-civilian Clothes"—Morosoo. New York,indef.

"Challenge. The"—Selwyn, New YorkOast weak). _

'Challenge. The"—Park Square, Boston,Indef.

"Dancer, The"—Harris. New York, indef."Baddies"—Powers, Chicago, ill.

Dletiichsteln, Leo—Tremont, Boston, 17

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Not. 8.

"Dark Rosaleen"—Ford's, Baltimore, Md.,J7—Nov. 1 -

"Dream Song, The"—Central, Chicago,EL, Indef.

"First Is Last"—Maxlne Elliot, NewYork, Indef.

"Five Million, The"—Princess, Chicago,indef.

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"Faithful. The"—Garrick, New York, in-def.

•"Five O'clock"—Fulton, New York. Indef."Fair Helen"—Majestic, Boston, indef.

- "Fib-Flo"—-Olympic. Chicago, indef. —"Fifty-Fifty—Comedy. N. Y. City. Indef.Grwivllle village Follies—Nora Bayas, N.

•. y:. tadat

. "Gold Diggers"—The Lyceum, New York.index. .__

Gallo Opera' Co.—Chestnut St. OperaHouse. Pbila.. Indef.

"Girl In the Limousine, The"—Bltlnge.New York, indef..

"Gneet of-Honor*'—Wilbur. Boston, indef."Hltrhy Koo of 1919"—Liberty, New York,

Indef."Happy Days"—New York Hippodrome.New. York* •

ii. , „"Hello, Alexander!"—Mtb, Street, NewYork. Indef.

"His Honor Abe Potaah"—Bijou, NewYork, Indef.

"Jack CLantern"—National, •Washing-ton, D. C 27—Nov. 8.

"Jest, The"—Plymouth, New York, indef."John Ferguson"—Standard. New York,27—Nov. fc3 • ,.

"Just A Mtnute'.'-^Cort, New York, Indef.'Ttaty»s Kisses"—Greenwich Village, NewYet*. Indef. »

"Lirlitnln" "—Gayetr. New York, Indef."Llt«le Whopper, The"—Casino, N. Y.,

indef."Lnr* of the Navy. The"—Manhattan O.H.. New York. Indef.

"Lonely Romeo"—Rhubert. Boston. Indef.—x.t«»- Blue Devil"—Lyric. Philadelphia.

Indef. '- v •'"«**•• *•->-

"Lor* -Who's Here"—Garrick,Ms; 87—Nov. 8. • -* :.- £- —P.

'"Letry Arrive""—Hhof»ert Garrick. Wasn-Inetm. D. C. 87—Nov.- 1.-

"Mlw Nrflte of New Orleans"—Hollls St..Bo^on. Mass., indef. • .

"Moonlight and Honevsuckle"—HenryMTn»r.- New York» indef. .

"Monte Crista. J*-"—Boston. Opera House,Boston. Mass. Oast week).

"Nighty Night"—Princess, New York, in-. def."Nothing But Love"—Lyric, New York,.

Indef. . _ i *

"Oh.- What A Girl"—Central. New York.Indef.

"Oh. My Dear**—Wilbur. Boston, Indef.' "On the- Hiring Line"—Criterion, New

York, Indef.Passing Show of 1919."Palmy Days"—Playhouse, N. Y., indef."Bojy-Boly Eyes"—Knickerbocker. N. Y.,

Indef."Rovxl Vagabond. The"—Cohan * Harris,New York.

"Rnnd« of Destiny"—Lyric. Philadelphia,Pa., Indef.

"Smbad"—Shnbert. Philadelphia. Pa."Scandals of 1.919"—Forrest, Philadelphia,

Pa.. lnd« f. -

"She's A '4oofl^FWkrw"—HJlnols, Chicago,Indef..

"Thirty-nine East"—Adelpbia, Philadel-phia.

"Tea for Throe"—La Salle, Chicago, in-def. .

"Take tt From Me'.'—Stodebaker. Chi-cago, ,

"Thunder"—Criterion. New York, Indef."Too - Many • Husbands"—Booth, NewYork, indef.

"Unknown Woman, The*'—Poll's. . Wash -

*• in*t«>n. ». C. 57—Nov, 1. '

*l7D. '".sBsliePs Room"—Wood. Chicago,

"Velvet Lady"—Colonial. Chicago. Indef."Woman In Room IS"—Shubert-Rlvlera.N. Y.. 27—Nov. L

Whltesldes Walker—Blackstone, Chicago,Indef.

"Where's Your Wife?"—Punch and Judy,New York. Indef.

Warfleld. David—Garrick. Philadelphia,Indef.

COLUMBIA WHEELAl Reeves Show—Gayety, Montreal, Can.,

27-Nov.. 1; Empire. Albany. S-S.Abe Reynolds' Review—Open 27-Nov. 1;Gayety, St. Louis, 3-8.

Best Show In. Town—Park. Bridgeport,30-Nov. 1; Newburgh, N. Y., 3-S;Poughkeepsle. 6-8.

Ben Welch—Columbia, New York, 27-Nov. 1; Empire, Brooklyn. 3-8.

Behman Show—People's. Philadelphia, 27-Nov. 1; Palace, Baltimore. 3-8.

Beauty Trust—Bastable, Syracuse, 27-29;Lumbers, TJtlca, 30-Nov. X; Gayety.Montreal. 3-8.

Billy Watson's Parisian Whirl—Hurtlg ASeamon's. New York. 27-Nov. 1; Or-pheum, Paterson, 3-8.

Bon . Tons—Gayety. Buffalo, 27-Nov. 1;Gayety. Rochester, S-8.

Bowery—Star & Garter, Chicago, 27-Nov.1; Berchell, Des Moines, Iowa, 2-9.

Bostonlana—Orpheum. Paterson, 27-Nov.1: Majestic. Jersey City. 8-8.

Burlesque Review—Jacques, Waterbury,27-Nov. 1; Burtig & Seamon's, NewYork, 3-8.

Burlesque Wonder Show—Berchell. DesMoines, Iowa. 27-30; Gayety, Omaha,Neb., 3-8.

Dave Marion Show—Gayety, Pittsburgh,27-Nov. 1; Park, Youngstown. 3-5;Grand, Akron. 6-8."

Follies of the Day—Miner's 149th Street.New York, 27-Nov. 1; Casino. Brooklyn.

Girls" a la Carte—Palace, Baltimore, 27-Nov. 1; Gayety, Washington, 8-8.

Girls of the V. S. A.—Gayety. St Louis.27-Nov. 1; Star & Garter, Chicago. 3-8.

Girls de Looks—Gayety. . Omaha, 27-Nov.1: Gayety. Kansas City, 3-8.

Golden Crooks—Casino, Philadelphia, 27-Nov. l; Miner's 149th Street, New York,3-8. .. .

Harry Hastings Show—Grand, Akron, O..30-Nov. 1;. Star, Cleveland, 3-8.

Hello America—Gayety, Boston, 27-Nov.- 1: Columbia, New York, 3-8.HIp-HIp-Hooray—Majestic. Jersey City.27-Nov. 1: Perth Amboy, 3; Plain field,4; Stamford. Conn., 5; Park, Bridgeport,6-8.

Lew Kelly Show—Grand. Hartford. 27-Nov. 1; Jacques, Waterbury. 3-8.

Liberty Girls—Gayety. Washington. 27-Nov. 1: Gayety, Pittsburg. 3-8.

Maids of America—Gayety. Toronto. 27-Nov. 1; Gayety. Buffalo, S"-8. '

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MoUie Williams Show—Star. Cleveland,27-Nov. 1; Empire. Toledo. Nov. S-8.

Oh Girl—Cohen's, Poughkeepsle, N. Y.,30-Nov. 1: Gayety. Boston. S-8.

Peek-a-Boo—Empire. Albany, 27-Nov. 1;Casino, Boston, 3-8. j

Rosetand Girls—Columbia, Chicago, 27-. Nov. 1: Gayety, Detroit. Nov. 3-8.Rose Syoell's London Belles—Empire,Newark. 27-Nov. 1; Casino, Philadel-phia. S-8.

Sam Howe Show—Empire, Brooklyn, 27-Nov. 1: People's. Philadelphia. 3-8.

Sight Seers—Lyric, Dayton, 27-Nov. 1.Olympic. Cincinnati. 3-8.

Soda] Maids—Gayety. Kansas City, 27-v Nov. 1; Open. 3-8: Gayety. St. Louis.r. 10-16. • ,'...- •

Sporting Widows—Oiymoic, Cincinnati.. 27-Nov. l: Columbia. Chicago. 3-8.Star ft Garter Show—Bastable. Syracuse,

27-29: ' Lumbers, TTtica, 30-Nov. 1:Gayety. Montreal, 3-8.

Steo Lively Girls—Casino. Boston. 27-Nov. 1: Grand. Hartford. Conn., 3-8.

Twen-tleth Century Maids — Casino.Brooklyn. 27-Nov. 1; Empire. Newark,S-8. .

VTctoT Belle«—Gayety. Detroit, 27-Nov.1; Gayety. Toronto. 3-8.

AMERICAN WHEELAll Jan Reviews-Standard. St. Louis, 27-Nov. 1; Park, Indianapolis, 3-S.

Aviator Girls—Gayety, Brooklyn, 27-Nov.1: Gayety. Newark. S-8.

Broadway Belles—Plaza, Springfield, 27-Nov. 1: Grand, Worcester, S-8.

Beauty Review—Gayety. Louisville. ST-Nov, 1; Lyceum, Columbus. 3-8.

Blue Birds—Open 27-Nov. 1; Standard,St Louis. 38-8.

Cabaret Girls—Star. Brooklyn. 27-Nov. 1;Plaia, Springfield. 3-8.

Crackeriacks—Majestic. WUkesbarre. 27-Nov. 1: Majestic. Scran ton, 3-8.

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HARRY BERNARDSTAGES GOOD SHOW

AT UNION SQUARETWO good comedy bills were ottered last

last week at Ben Kahn's Union SquareTheatre, both, staged by Hairy Bernard.He called the first part "Two Old Sports,"with "HChlUera" following, as the bur-lesque. There were more laughs crowdedinto both parts than In many shows wehave seen on either of the. bis; burlesquecircuits.Bernard cleaned up a bit last week and

did a "tad" a la Bert Baker style. Ha laa younger edition of that wen knownIrish comedian. Like Baker, he has . agood singing voice and the way he putover an Irish sons' last Thursday after-noon, added much to his prestige at thishouse. He was repeatedly encored-. Wo

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11ke his style of comedy as well, if not. better. -than the low Irish he previouslyportrayed.Harry Keler shared the comedy honors,

with Bernard doing his well known He-brew character. Although these two havebeen working together but a short time,their team work Is very noticeable. KelerIs a fast little worker and never lets anopportunity for a laugh slip by.Brad Sutton did a tough character In

the first part decidedly well. In the bur-lesque, his Impersonation of an English-man waa a good piece of character work.Jack Qlbson, In the straight part, "fed"

the comedians nicely. __ He had a number

which went over very well, and he has agood voice. Qlbson dressed well lastweek.Although suffering with a bad cold. Mln

Lorraine did very nicely as Mrs. Hogan.She read her lines nicely and acted thepart pleasingly. Her costumes last weekwere real classy. Norma Bell, as Mrs.Cohan, did well In the scenes and was abig hit with her number.

Nellie Crawford Is the new soubrette atthis house and made a good Impressionlast week. She Is a shapely little Hiss,was on at the opening of the show andput "Who Got the Cherries" over forseveral encores. .

with lots of speed. Her numbers got Ovsrflnely anl she wore pretty dressesPearl Lining had two numbers that ah*

'put 'over very nicely. She did vary wall• with "Freckles" as she did also with herother number. She dancea prettily andgracefully In her numbers, which alsocontain splits and turn-overs. 8he U »neat looking ingenue soubrette. _Hs~

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NEW YORK CITY.BIwsrsMs P. ; & Glee Club—Marine

Bros. * Bobby—Nonette—Walter Brower-Emmt CvuA Co. '

Co Ion HI—Swor Bros.—Kartell I—Bailey& Cowan—Mabel Burke A Co.—Morel AWiser.Afbambra—Santos A Hayes-^Jack Rose I

—Bert Baker t Co.—Lillian Fitzgerald

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Creole Fashion Plate.Royal—Frank Gaby—Winston's Water

Lions—Countess Verona—Solly A Hough-ton.

BROOKLYN.Orpheum—VallecKa'a Leopard*—

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otterA HartweU—Crawford A Brodertck—wn-kle Bar*—Larry Riley—Marconi & Kits?gibbon—Howard ft Clark—Kranx ft ' LaSalle.Bushwlek—Zardo—"Playmates*'—J. *

S. Leonard Co.—Sabine * Goodwin—Gau-tler*a Bricklayers.

BALTIMORB.Maryland—Herman ft Shirley—Parmane

& Shelly—Sylvester A Vance—Ends, Mor-ris—Johnson Baker A J—Bee Fanner &Co.—Buaxell A Palmer.

BOSTON.Keith's—Nitta. Jo—Masters & Kraft—

Wro. Gorton 4 Co.—Pane, Hack * Mack"ss Duo—C, Sebastian Co.—FbU

Edge—Altaian A Kally.

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BUFFALO.Shea's—McMahoa Diamond A Co.

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PotPity's Sake—J. A M. HarklDS—BoothbyA Bverdean—Ward A Van—La Rue ADupree—T. R. Johnson A Co.

. CINCINNATI.Keith's—Mary Howard A Co.—Edwin

George—M. A J. Dunedin—Ann Gray

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Lunette Sisters.CLEVELAND.

Kerfh—Bae E. Baa A Bro.—HarrietRemple—Edith Clifford A Co.—Hamilton* Imimj—Bowman Bros.—Dickinson ADeagosv.

COLUMBUS. :

Hippo—Camilla's Birds Maryland Sin-

gers—Lew Dockstader—Ashley A Delt-rlch—Frank Gordon—Leoua, tjwot—TheBrads. -J* ••"> '-•" rr—-.--.- •

DETROIT.. Temple—Patricola—Gruber's Awimnla—Comrade A Comrade—Fenton & Fields—Davis & Pelle—Bert Melrose—Grace LaRue. * .-

DAYTON. .

Keith's—Marmein. Sisters—Briscoe ARauh—Jee Towle—Reynolds A Donegan

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•Artistic Treat"—McMahon A Chappelle.ERIE.

. . . Colonial—Bobbe A Nelson—Bob Hall—Travew A Douglas. .

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Brennan— Wright A Deltrich— PeggyBremmen A Co.

HAMILTON.Lyric—Whipple Huston & Co.—Breen

Family—©'Neil! A KeDer^Wnson "Au-brey s. -

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INDIANAPOLIS.Keith's—Jack Inglls—Chas. Ahearn A

Co.—Llbenattl—Roy Harrah A Co.—BaeSamuels—Jeeephtme A Hemming—Lang-ford A Fredericks—Prosper A MoreL

'•-. LOUISVILLE.

Keith's—Lexey A Rome.... LOWELL.Keith's—"Mrs. W's Surprise—M. A A.

Clark—HaSon A Fuller—Mrs. Eva Fay—'Gray A Graham—Two LadeUas—HeleneDavis.

MONTREAL.Princess Juggling Kelsons—E. A E.

Adair—Oulxey 4—Belle Baker—V. A E.Stanton—Jackie A Billie-

' -L PORTLAND.Keith's—sterling Saxaphone *—MartinA Florence—Mary Haynes A Co.—MullenA Francis—Jack La Vler—Homer MilesA Co. . _

PITTSBURGH.Da»ls—Ryan A Heary—Valerie Bergere—Roy A Arthur.

• PROVIDENCE.Keltlrw—Vtole Daly—Mme. Herman—

,Columbia A Victor—Walter Weetns—JimJazz King- "S.SOo a year"—Barry Girls-Joe Laurie—Ebr.

PHILADELPHIA..Keith's^—Hunting A Francis—Llda Mc-Millan—Aileen Stanley—Will Oakland-Raymond A Schram—Nora Jane A Co.— - ROCHESTER.Temple—•Dream Stars"—Pielert A

Scofleld—Fallon A Brown—Morris ACampbeB—Reynolds ft White—Tony Has-kell—Mary Maxfleld A Co.—Rekona.

SYRACUSE.Crescent—Flirtation.

TORONTO.Shea's—Alice Lloyd—Crossy A Dayne

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JawlaDANaval Oct—Dave Roth—Rlnalflof"58-—El Rey Sisters—Williams A Wol-ihs—Cameron Sister*—Gonne A Alberta.

TOLEDO.i**"*»'•—Allan Roarers—Lohse A Sterl-

Vera-^ilma'TcS:11'- * MnL * ^m~

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^"«r. Sbetts A Klnr—McCarthy A«ernaroV-Marg«rot Padula—Pisano ftBingham—Carlotta.

WASHINGTON.Keith**—Fnnr B*rd»—»T<-Fart»ne S'«-

*""•—Cha«. Oanewfn A Co.—T- A R*.'

JUSSr* Co.—«JtoTla Mavhew A Taylor—vf^'itBa; A Wnvt—TToHtok A . RarunMsi«ter»J-G«o: Yeoman—Stone A- Hay*e.__ ..

VAUDEVILLE SELLSFor Next WeeJb—

YOUNOSTOWN.Hippo—Owen McGlveny—tainor A Wil-

liams—Lamont S—Felix Adler A Co.—Powers ft Wallace—Llghtners ft Alexan-

.J- ORPHEUM CIRCUITCHICAGO.

Palace Clark A Bergman—FrancesKennedy—Myers ft Noon—Dainty Marie—Clifford A Wills—Ed A Lottie Ford—Three JahnsL '-"

Msjestto 'Morgan Dancers—Geo. .Mac

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Farlane—Patricola ft Myers—OauUer'aToyshop—Sherman Van ft Hyman—-Janlsft Chaplow.

SALT LAKE.. Orpheum—Chinese Jasa Band—MarieLo—Montgomery A Allen—Espa ft Dot-ton—Janet of France—Lloyd ft Wens—Harmon A Frances—Jack Kennedy.

CALGARY.Orpheum—Lambert ft Ball—Indoor

Sports—Dunbar's Singers—Phlna A Co.

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Collins ft Hart—Meredith ft Snooser—Chris. Richards. .V ••; -

DENVER.'Orpheum—Julius Taasen—Geo. Kelly

Co.—Carl Joro—Bart A Roaedale—RegayA Lorraine Sie-^Ja Da Trio—BelgianTrio.

DULUTH...' Orpheum—Van Cellos—Murphy * White—Cartmell ft Harris—Jas. Cullen—Fraw-ley ft Louise—Nelson A Chain—Harry'Watson Co.

DES MOINES.Orpheum—"Putting -It Over"—"Leylta-

tlon"—Boyce Combe—Dolly .Kay—AerialShaws—The Vivians—La Berblcia Co.

KANSAS CITY. .

Orpheum—Halg A Wadron—Barnes ACrawford—"Heartland"—Hayden ft Er-celle—Steve Juliasz—Sutter A Dell

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"Current of Fun."LINCOLN.

Orpheum—Bessie' Clayton A Co.—NashA O'Donnell—Ted Doner—Dunham A O'-Malley—Ray Snow—The Seebacks—RosaKing Co.

LOS ANGELES.Orpheum—Stone ft Esjlz—KarreU Tay-

lor ft Co.—Martelle—Fern King ft Ca

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Sidney ft Townley—Melnotte Duo—HarryBreen—Mme. Ellis Co. i

MILWAUKEE.-Majestic—Sallle Fisher Co.—Walter C.

Kelly—Murano Bros.—Elsa Rueger—^FordA Arman-^Hahn, WeOer ft CDonnell—Kenney ft HoDls^-Dupree A Donree. i

Palace O'Donnell & Blair—Cooper &Ricardo—Jean BoydelL . - - -

. , MINNEAPOLIS.Orpheum—Ford Sisters & Co.—Oliver

4 Olp—Howard's Ponies—Oscar Lor-raine—Mason & Forrest—The Bradnas

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Arnaut Bros.MEMPHIS.

Orpheum—Jason ft Halg1—Burns &Frablto—Four: Readings—Nell Lockwood—Garcinetti Bros.—Florence Robers Co.

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Great Lester.. NEW ORLEANS.

Orpheum—Blossom Seeley ft Co.—Toto—Stuart Barnes—Le Malre A Hayes

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Leo Zarrell ft Co.OMAHA.

Orpheum—Gus Edwards ft Co.—Will J.Ward A Girls—B. A J. Creighton—r.ydlaBarry—Royal Gascoignes—Bell A Wood

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Motile Mclntyre Co.OAKLAND.

Orpheum—"Sweeties"—Wni. Ebs—TheSharrocks—Kanaxawa Boys—AlbertlnaRaach Ca—Lee ft Cranston—Karl En-my*a Pets—Jas. J. Morton.

PORTLAND.Orpheum—Harry Green A Co.—Ben &

Hazel Mann—Ciccollnl—Lillian Shaw-Flo ft Ollle Walters—The Pickfords.

SALT LAKEOrpheum—Mrs. ' Gene Hughes—Seven

Honey Boys—Sybil Vane Co.—Maleta Bon-eonl—Alice Els ft Co.—"Tango Shoes"

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Bob Tip ft.Co. ..... - —SEATTLE

Orpheum—Eva Shirley ft Band—ArthurWest; ft Co.—Venlta Gould—Kltner AReaney—"The Man Hunt"—Princess Ra-jah—Juggling Nelson. •

SAOR. FRE8NOOrpheum—"Not Tet Marie"—Kharum

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Donald Roberts—Norwood ft Hall—Com-fort A King—Colour Gems—Jack Morris-sey.

ST. LOUIS . .

Orpheum— Olgs. Petrova— "Boatock'B-Riding School"—Sheila Terry Co.—HudlerSaerna A Phillips—Duffy ft Caldwell

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Samsted ft Marlon—Ben k. Benny—Clin-ton Sisters. I ,

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Orpheum—Hyams ft Mclntyre—Gal-lagher ft Martin—"Planovffle"—Lloyd ft

Christie— Madge. Maltland— LamebrU—Gibson ft ConnelU.

FRISCOOrpheum—D. S. Jhxs Band—Weber ft

Rlemar—Ergott's Luliputans—LydeH AMacey—Stephens ft Holllrter—JimmySavo ft Co.—Saranoff ft Girls—RobbieCordone. __ .: ,.. ,. '...„... . . . ... -

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VANCOUVEROrpheum—Gertrude Hoffman—Claudia

Coleman Green ft Myra—Carting Wards—EU ft J. Connelly—Wood ft Wyde—Sa-maroff ft Sonla.

WINNIPEGOrph urn — "Overseas Revue"— Geo.

Price Co.—Jerome ft Herbert—A. ft F;

.

atedman-"Beginning of the World"—Musical Banters.^^ pou cmcurr

BRIDGEPORT, CONN.Poll—Chong ft Moey—Marry ft Voelk—

Dugan ft Raymond. (Last Half)—Dona-hue A Fletcher—Bruce Duffet ft Co.

—

Katharine Murray A Co. '

Plaza—Parino—'Mammy* Birthday."(Last Half)—"A Cold Million"—Joe Mar-tnl—Lawrence Crane ft Ca

HARTFORD, CONN.Pslsce Jean A Jacques—Alf Grant

—

Tabor ft Green—"Little Cottage." (LastHalO—Onaki A Taki—Marva Rehn—HaBA Brown—Rural Comedy Four—"Scalp-tor's Garden."

NEW HAVEN. CONN.BIJou—Lawrence Crane A Co.—Rural

Comedy Four—"Sculptor's Garden." (LastHalf)—PariDo—Chong ' A Moey—MurrayTVoellc—"Mammy's Birthday."Palace—Mack Bennett's Show. (Last

' Half)—Guy Voyer ft Co.—Bathing Girls.SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

Parse s. Two Earls—Gruett, Kramer AGruett—Hall - ft

.'

' Brown—Ben Bernie.(Last Half)—Jean A Jacques—Maud ftMarion Dunn—Dugan ft Raymond—LinaAnger ft Curtis Boys.

SCRANTON, PA.Poll—The Higgle Girls—Regal . ft Mack

—Charlie Wilson—Jan A Katherine Lee.(Last HalO—Dotson—Allen & Dog Taxi

—

Alexandria.WATERBURY, CONN.

'; Poll—Osakl A Taki—Donahue A Fel tell-

er—Bruce Duffet ft Co.—Katharine Mur-rayA Co.—vie Qujnn ft. Co. (Last Hair)—James A Etta Mitchell—Gruett. Kramerft Gruett—Alf Grant—"Little Cottage."

WORCHESTER, MASS.Poll—James ft Etta Mitchell—Marva

Rehn—Guy Voyer . A Co.—Llna Anger ACurtis . Boys. (Last Half)—Two "Earls-Tabor A Green—Helen Harrington ft Co.—Ben Bernie.

Plaza)—Joe Martini—Maud ft MarlonDunn— A Cold Million." (Last Hatt)—McCann ft Rouble.

WILKES BARRB, PA.Poll—Dotson—Allen ft Dog Taxi—Alex-

andria. (Last Half)—The Higgle Girls-Regal ft Mack—Charlie WHsot.

loew cmcurr>.:. ' NEW YORK CITY * .

American—(First Half)—Wilfred Dubois—Davis . A Walker—2 Yakuts—Shea, ftCarroll—Barney Williams ft Co.—Al Caipe—Cook • A Oatman—Ryan ft Lee—

3

Kundles. (Last Half)—Frank Cotter—i Annette ft Morell—Barry A Layton—Ar-thur Stone—Rowland A Meehan.Boulevard— (First Half) — Young ft

Leander—Arthur Stone^—La Hoen ft Du-preece—Walters ft Walters—Stan Stanley. .

(Last Half)—Aerial De Groffs—BennettTwins—Van ft Vernon—Stan Stanley—.Beth Stone ft Co.

Ave. B—(First HalO—Barra Sisters

—

Rose Revue—Francs ft De Mar—6 Aval-Ions. (Last Half)—Beuiah Pearl—"Sur-

' prise Party"—Walters ft Walters.Deteneey St.—(First Half)—Dafley Bros.

—Wikl Bird—Van ft Vernon—La Rose ft

Lane—Barry ft Layton—Beth Stone A Co.(Last Half)—Evelyn ft Margaret—SamWilson—Cook A Oatman—Will A MaryRogers—L. Wolfe Gilbert—Hayataka Japs.Greeley Sq.—(First Half)—Frank Colter

—Pescl Duc^—FY Barrett Carman—Russellft Titus—Burns A Kissen—L. Wolfe Gilb-ert. (Last Half)—P. George—Hackett ft

Francis—Robinson ft Thomas—Genaro ftOo\i—Barnes ft Freeman.Lincoln 8q.—(First Half)—Evelyn ft

Margaret—Wm. Smythe A Co.—GodfreyA Henderson—Swartz ft Clifford—JackLevy ft Girls. (Last Half)—Wilfred Du-bois—Delbridge ft Gremmer—Russell ftTitos—Wm. Sis to.

National—(First HalO—Lilly Sisters—Robinson * Thomas—Delbridge ft Grem-mer—Wm. Sisto—Bell ft Csron. (LastHalf)—Wayne ft Beeman—Burke ft Dur-kJn—La Rose ft Lane—Burns ft Kiesen.. .Orpheum—<First Half)—Warns Beeman—Fenwick Sisters—Marie Russell ft Co.

—

Genaro ft Gold—Bernard ft Myers—Rus-sell ft De Witt. (Last BaiO—Mae «ar-wln—Shea *. Carroll—Fred Elliott—Rialtaft Co.. -Victoria—(First Half)—Mae Marvin—"Business It; Boslness"—Rowland ft 9t«e-han—Rlalta A- Co. (Last Half)

—

RojmUft De Witt—F. Barrett Carman—"Salva-tion Molly"—Bernard A Myers—"TheFinanciers."

BROOKLYN, N. Y.DeKalb—(First Half)—P. George-^-Ben-

nett Twins—Redding ft Walton—LaurieOrdway A Co.—"The Financiers.'* (LastHalf)—3 Gregorys—Dorothy Roye—LouiseCarter ft Co.—Hoey ft Fisher—Jack Levy

. * Girls. . . . _ .. .;_.,.;

Fulton—(First HalO—Fred aahott—Dorothy Roye—"Salvation Motty"—Taytar

! A Francis—Annette ft Morrefi. (LastHalf)—Young ft Leander—Wm. Sniytheft- Co.—"Bualneaa Is ataunaaaa**—MarieMetraaelltan— (First HalO—Haytake

i Japs—-Bark* ft Durkln—Louise Carter- ftCo.—Jack ft Tommy Weir. (Last HSrO '

' J Kundles—Dav is A Walker Pert Lewis—Ryan ft Lee—Lawler A Graasr. j.Palace—(First Half)—Downing ft Bonln

—••Surprise Party"—* Gregorys. (LastHalf)—Swarte ft Clifford—Boudinl ft Bar-

Warwick—(First Half)—Kennedy *Dino»—Beuiah Pearl—Le Roy, Lrtuao ftCo.—Lane A Plant—Tba Spartana (LastHalf)—The Ferraros—Downing A Buntn

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Merlin—Will A Mary Rogers.ATLANTA, GA.

Grand—(First Half)-^Aldlne ft Wrisrt—Brown A EUlne-^Henahaw A A ityiMinnie Burke * Jaxa Band. (Last Saab—Lelanda— Pepplno A Perry HowardMartelle ft Co.—Barron ft Burl—Stafford* De Ross.

BALTIMORB. MD.S Maxim Girls—Gordon ft Deltnar—Car-

lisle ft RomtX—Zoha ft Drela. "

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.Bijeu—(First Half)—Vksker, DUta ft

Vlcker—McMahon suters—"Tb* Owr —Martin * Courtney—Cnaa. McOcoda A Oo.(Last Half)—Adline ft Wright—Brown ftElaine—Henshaw ft Avery—Minnie BorkeA Band.

BOSTON, MASS.(First Half)—Wbeeker Trio—Jerome ft

Albright—"Father's Daughter" DsikeeftWilliams— Ling A Long. (Last HalO—Carl A Emma Frabell—Burns ft Garry—Isaneue D'Armand A Ca—Francis BinsMel Klee—6 Royal Huasars.

CHICAGO, ILL. «-—McVlcker'a—Beu A Grey—Scanlaa. Dan-

no ft Scanlan Sam Harris—Bangdon ft

Smith—Theaaon's Doga.CLEVELAND, O. _ •

Liberty—Francis ft Wilson—Lang ft

Green—Arthur Sullivan ft Co.—Bessie LeCount—Harry A Anna 8cranton.

DETROIT. MICH. ^-jt?Colonial—King Bros.—Storey ft Oara—

Harrtaon A Burr—Ronair ft Ward—Ward,ft Warde—8 Domlnoea

FALL RIVER _^_BUou—(First Half)—Carl ft Emma Fra-

bell—Bums & Garry—Frances Rice—MelKlee-< Roy»l Hnssara (I^.T»IO—_Wheeler Trio—Jerore A Albright—"Fath-er's Daughter"—Devine ft Williams—LingA Long.^r.. HAMILTON, CANADAPaul A Pauline—Ferguson ft

land—Kingsbury ft Munson-Jamss—Lovett's Concentration.

> HOBOKEN. N£_J.(First Hair— Steve Freda— "Sweet

Sweeties." (Last Half)—LillyBell ft Caron.

LETTER LISTGENTS

Albani. GreatBayer, J. F.Bertrand. .FrankBennett, SidBarnes, Geo.Boyle, Joe .

Brown, L.;

Barker. Harry L.Butcher. H. J. CCampbeD, LaroyClifton,TJos. d.Compton, 8amuel LCastle. Harry B.Dale. EddlaDs Roe Bros.Drobey, MikeElston, 3.Evans, Bob

;

Edna ft PaullFielding, HarryGlasgow, Jas.HSTtins. Jas.Holmes, C- O.Harris. Law

Lorretta. Julian. J

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Lester, S. E.Michaels, DsaMandell, RobLMurray. J. . .

Marshall, Leon W.M alloy. John F.Nbrworth, Nad - -

Oliver,OeneOpel, Barry .

Ptke, LesterPendleton, PaulRobinson, Maes D. -

Ryan, J. '

Rassaft, Lewis L.Sraith. AtSnort, Jos

HlWrnen, F. P.Kflby, HarryKnoles, HowardLink. H. F.

SL <j«ir, rtarrjTheme. Harry I

Taggart, BtawartVickery, HarryWard. Lew ELWest A Fields

Wal te, BiHy B.

LATHESCasey, LillianCraig. Sallia K.Carleton. ElancroClyde, FrancesChase, LauraCbucten. DorothyDraper. VernaDonoghue, HOfredDr.vls, SophieDe Rom, HelenDtcMayFrost. Jane LeahGordon. AmyGray, MaudHolmes, Clyde .

Kinsey, MadgeLa flklle. Ansa

mLuhua. _Lorraine, . „..Marlon. SeanaMorgan. HUda. .^.NaUor, BmmaNorman, Miss J.Primrose, HelenBsnwsJSj PollyRaymond. MildredSelf. Zete.Ravage. Jerry.TnomtorTobias,WUeon, ^Warner. AL, Mrs.WtDJamj. Marie KWoodwart, DaBlat

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iJERRY LAWRENCE

THE N.EW YORK C L I P P ER &^:i*i«fjSBOctober 29, 1919

LIBERTY GIRLS

GOING OVER WITH PETE CLARK'S "OH GIRL" CO.

JOSEPHINE YOUNGEVAMPIRE GIRL. WITH "OH GIRL!"

,IDA EMERSON and HARRY HILLS\ jpriC* IN BURLESQUE

'•''» WITH EDMOND HAYES'. OWN SHOW

ETHEL DEVEAUXHASTINGS DAZZLE OP mi

GERTRUDE O'CONNORAS MRS. BOZO WITH EDMOND HAYES* OWN CO.

de\/ineLEADING WOMAN WITH DIXON'S BIG REVIEW

> LORETTA AHEARN* DAINTY 3INGINO AND DANCING SOUBRgTTE-tLWMW DOLLS

HAROLD KENNEDYCOMEDIAN ^ GIRLS A LA CARTI

IRENE LEARYBURLESQUE REVIEW

PETE KELLY and BERG lvdiaWITH ED RUSH'S CRACKER JACKS

? DOM TRENT

DANCING INGENUE LEW KELLY SHOW?r

HEBREW COMEDIANBVIOIMT

ROUND THE TOWN UU*

GEO. CARROLL- DOING TRAMP WITH THE JAZZ BABBIES

o a b e HEA-L'YRUBY THQRNE and ANNA GOLDIE

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SOUBRETTE RUBE BERNSTEIN'S FOLLIES OF PLEASURE 'I B-| * Bww-P /Jk ^^_T 1p^~

BABE WELLINGTON edmond hayes- original BOZo1RRFMTT1BLE BUNCH OF NERVES SOUBRETTE—NATIONAL WINTERCARDEN

WM. F. (Billy) HARMS THEATRICAL ENTERPRISESHOBOKEN. N. J. (Mahr of T. B. C)

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WITH EDMOND HRVES' OWN COMPANY

FRANK ANDERSONIrUh Comic with Che*. M. Baker's "Sweet Sweetie Glrla." Comlnj Up One Run* at a Tims

JULIA MORGAN1 The Sophie Tucker of BnHwaoa. F. W. Gerharoy'e Mlacliiat Maker*. U1M. Teak, ta Jo* WBbav

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SHOW ROUTES(Continned from Page 25)

Dixon' » BIS Revue—Cadillac. Detroit, 27-Nov. l; Englewood, Chrcaa-o, l-S.

Edmund Hayes . Show—Star, - Toronto.Onr_; 27-Nov. 1; Now Arsflwny. Buffalo,

Follies ot Pleasure—BOou. Philadelphia,27-Nov. I; Broadway, Camden. N. J..

French, Frolica—Grand, Worcester, Man.,17-Nov. 1; Howard, Boston, 3-8.

QlrtB from the FoUlea—Gayety. St Paul.,17-Nov. t; Gayety. Minneapolis, 3-8.

Girls from Joyland—Broadway, Camden.17-Nov. l: Majestic, W likesbarre. 3-8.

Girls, Girls, Girls—Empire, Cleveland, 17-Nov. 1; Cadillac, Detroit, S-8.

Grown Up Babies—Lyceum, Washington,17-Nov. 1; BUou, Philadelphia, 3-8.

Jazz Babies—Englewood, Cblcago, 27-NOV. 1; HaymarKet, Chicago, 3-S.

Kewpie Dolloi—Gayety, Newark, 27-Nov.1; Army, 'WrlKhtBtown. 8-8.

Lid Lifters—Park. Indianapolis. 37-Nov.1; Gayaty, Loulrrvllle, 3-8.

Midnight M»ld*-Gayety. tjloux City, 27-' Nov. 1; Century, Kannae City. 3-S.Mischief Makers—Empire, Hoboken. 17*Nov. 1; Star, Brooklyn, 3-8.

Monte Carlo Girls—Trocadero. PhUaoel-Jhia. 27-Nov. 1; Empire, Hoboken, N.

., J-8.Oh Frencby—Perm Circuit, 27-Nov. l.

Gayety,' Baltimore. 3-8.Pacemaker*—Olympic, Near York, .

27-i Nov. 1; Gayaty, Brooklyn, 3-8.Parisian Flirts—Majestic, Scranton. 27-Nov. 1; Armory, Blnjrmunton, s-5; In-ternational, Niagara Falls. 8-8.

Fat White Show—Gayety, Baltimore, 27-Nov. 1; Lyceum. Washington. 8-8.

Razzle Dazzle Girls—Haymarket, Chicago,27-Nov. 1; Gayety, Milwaukee. 8-8.

Record Breakers—Howard, Boeton. 27-Nov. 1; Olympic, New York. S-8." •

•

Round the Town—Gayety, Milwaukee, 27-Nov. 1: Gayety. fit. Paul, S-8.

Sliding . Billy Watson—Century, KansasCity. 27-Nov. 1; Open, 3-8; Standard,St. Louis, 10-15.

Social Follies—New Academy, Buffalo;27-Nov. 1; Empire, Cleveland. S-8.- >

Some Show—Gayety, Minneapolis, -27-Nov. 1: Gayety, Sioux City, S-8.

Sport Girls—Armory, Blnghamton, 27-22;International. Niagara Falls, 20-Nov. 1:Star, Toronto, S-8.

Stone As Ftllard> Show—Victoria. Pitta-hnnfh. 27-Nov; 1: Fenn Circuit. 8-8.

Sweet Sweetie Glrin—Army, . WrUrhts-town. 27-Nov. 1; Trocadero, Philadel-phia, 8-8.

Tempters—Lyceum. Columbus. 27-Nov. 1; .

Victoria, Pittsburgh, 2-8. . .

PENN CIRCUITWheellnr, W. Va.—Monday.TJnlontown, Pa.—Tuesday.Johnstown. Pa.—Wednesday.Altoona. Pa.—Thursday.WllUajnsport, Pa.—Friday. .

York. Pa.—Saturday.

KAISER WANTS FILM STOPPEDBERLIN, Oct 23.-^Bx'KaIacr Wll-

helm bos brorur/ht »uit tbrougib nto at-

torney, Seobert, of Berrta, ajralnRt the

actor cFwlinnnd Bono, who preparedthe "Kaiser Flhrw". OTJese fllnai warebarred In Berlin but were exUWUxt inother places. Ttoo former emperorclaims that the films are taBultlnK, andchanges misuse of bis portrait, ITlttimkafor RuppressJon of tho film.

Bono prodnced the film wfctdbi wa h

fitrppoaed to be released in Berlin onOct, 10, under the title of "WJibelm'sGood Fortune and Bad: Ftasah'*. It wassuppressed In Berlin on Oct 10,.by theGovernment, whose annonnpernerit said

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Violet Hemlng, who is an English

giri, born of a well-*nown theatrical

family In Iieeds',' appeared last season

in the leading feminine role In "ThreeFaces Bast" She came to this coun-

try at the age of 12 and made her

debut here as the child Wendley, In

"peter Fan." She later appeared In

the title role of "Bebeoca of Sunny-brook Farm," and also appeared with

George Arlfes and Margaret Illlngton.

14th Street.Near 3rd AvOLYMPIC

This WeakPACEMAKERS

Next Week—RECORD BREAKERS.

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CABARET GIRLSNext Week—MISCHIEF MAKERSThursday Evening—Wrestling

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SAM HOWE SHOWNext Week—BEN WELCH_ _ _. ~- Throop Ave.Q A t, I T Broadway

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Every Sundey—2 Big Concert* 2

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THE LIMOUSINE"Ul per cent funnier than "Fair A

Warmer.'"—Ev. MalL . •- „ _._'^Took the. 1M oft the, laughs."—Times.

B. f. Broadway & «th St

PALACE M. mBfie&Wllkle Bard, Cameron Sisters, CharlesGrapewln, Santos A Harpe. Barry *Anna Seymour and Ted Lewie, andothers.

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A. H. WOODS Presents

A VOICE IN

THE DARKBegins where all myetery plays end-"

REPUBLIC

Knickerbocker Sst^-M-SJOHN CORTS Nsw Musleal Comedy

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BURLESCL NEWS(Continued from Pagee Is and ST)

BEN WEJXH SHOW-NOW AT COLUMBIA

' HAS BEEN CHANGEDBen Welch and his Bertie is at the

Columbia this week. We caught theshow early last Summer, when It bada few weeks run at Hvtig and Sea-mons. It is about the same now, ex,cept.a few of the bits are Afferent andseveral changes have been made in thecast. ', There are three new men andtwo new.women.Weluh, Murphy and Vic Gasmoreare

harearing the comedy. Welch la doingabout the same as he always lias beendoing. Murphy is putting over hisIrish comedy welt There are severalspots where be dashes on the stage inthe first part with..a con. that doesn'tmean anything. Of course this la nofault of 'his, as It was evidently givenhim to do.Oasmore, who is one of our best

character men In burlesque, gave theaudience an opportunity to see bow aFrench role should be portrayal, whenbe <dtd a count He Is fast, plays thepart creditably and Injects speed intothe show. As a "bum legit", in amoving picture studio, be again por-trayed an excellent comedy role.

Pa 1 1 Kearney is all class as a"straight". We know of no other, whocould work to Welch as be does.Hurry Morrlttey, a. singing, dancing

Juvenile, shows up better this season,than at any time we nave seen him inthe past. He makes a fine appearance,puts his numbers over and "fits" innicely. He did a "dandy specialty inone in' the last part, in' which he offer-ed one . song and introduced a cleverdance.

Nettie Hyde, an attractive lookingMonde, is the Ingenue. She can put

. over a nomber well and dances grace-fully. She did nicely In severalscenes. She also offered a singingspecialty, assisted by the musical Di-

rector, that was s. dean u'p,following a> specialty given by the prknadorma andanother by Welch. It wao a bardspot, but It went very big. Hercostumes are also very pretty.Frankle Martin, the soufarette, is

again with the show, and is Just aslively as when we saw ber last. Sheworks with lots of "pep", and, in bernumbers, inject* a few cartwheels sndother acrobatic stunts. They liked tier

Monday afternoon.Freda Florence, .who plays leads,

lends value to the performance as shecan read lines and knows bow tohumor a situation. She looks well andtttsplays pretty gowns. There are snumber of specialties in the show,Welch doing two.

in the cabaret scene, which closesthe show, the chorus girls are intro-duced in a "Fashion Show". TOe girls

- cut re centre stage and pose on a smallrevolving platorm for a few secondsand then walk down stage in a break-away set of steps, which is the sameIdea Jack Singer had with bis BehmanShow last season.The chorus is well costumed and the

girls look pretty. Sid.

WILL DISTRIBUTE SUNSET"Ton Never Know Tour Lock," a

five-reel feature made by the SunsetPictures, Inc., wHi be distributed byWorld Pictures. The film, which stareBoose Peters, Is founded on the storyof ' the same name by Sir ' GilbertParker.

AT THE OLD

BOSTON, MASS.

<•;: WEEK OF OCT. *7

HUNCHWhen you're on the soft aide of a

sure thing-, that's when you've got a"Hunch." The fellow who follows thepontes has a hunch that his filly willcop the bacon In a atroU—the baseballfan had a hunch that Pat Moran wouldnail the championship and the ~urleso.uefollower has a hunch that burlesque lathe only form of entertainment that willclear your loft and put the merry merryson your phis. And speaking of bunch,we've got a hunch that JACK RBIDAND HIS RECORD BREAKERS BUR-LESQUE who are at the Howard willwin the popularity prise in a walk. Lastweek up In Worcester, they lust put on aahow that kept the whole town vaporingfor six whole days. If you happen toelide Into Beantown this week. Just digup the Howard and give Jack and bisbunch the once across—they'll sure looklike new mint coin to you. CharleyDonoghue, one of the best, and a regularfellow, la the popular manager of thisahow. Always something doing, I tell V.

JACK REIDAND HIS OWN FAMOUS COMPANY

Your old pat. Jack Raid, Is sure In aclass, by himsel f when It comes to puttingover the wise chatter and lingo that has£..""s' in ?vsry line. As the InformationKid he looms up all to the good, andwhen It come* to speed, why, that's Justwhere hu fits with alt the wise ones.Has got a oast too, of real lookers, andthey can win In any kind of s "BeautyContest" Gertrude Beck is some dreamIn the looks line, and Miss Bert Hum-phreys Is another skirt wbo shines to thegood. Then a cluster of other top favor-ites include Bonhsm Bell, Hy. Jsnssn,Bob Startxman, Jack Crawford, and JohnMax. Belie cook and Lorstte Dollar*)shape up like a couple' of regulars, andin fact the whole show Is' one of speed,dash, pep and sparkling' wit

ataisJtjSJ fcsalsF CsaaSSSg

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PiSS-EM?ASMS S?£

&&££r&«aS£fewJj^SuSdaV nlgh?£?& ffllVJ"jS«Theatre, where the fSture'"T,

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abounded la ?Se„to JLJ^y™*. w .It

that packed*l5sd,

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tS" n*v» us consider itf"1"*1 advisers

that was

fee. ft.%?&&%SSS?an axUmporaneous bit that teneSd £create a moet cheerful Intlmacy^Stweir?ilk. inST

and the sn^neeTtodssdTl?waslike some sort of featlve ocoaslnS .kl-fThe™ oxcJre

,£»,1 of ^^a^furatabS

M&voklng SuS 'Tw^Sa<f2w*?hS

n,n,e 2*2 conrmsd bStattTto

pathlc act w|& ?ore^i!nMX^ "ft :

«o-mb«u'„^H^^-Keegan and Edwards, with th'.ir .i_-

JJlk n-fvmn Burn"" >"ontalns. atnr-

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JSoia? 2S?i2S.*na Ted^wiTaad htajuziral anregatlon, contributed tn thl

?hl*rS?t^ lm^^tiaut;the first part, the cloelnr number belnSin " 'S™' ^"P 1"! BlrJa" of The ^Sl'lies, done by a bevy or th. HnTj.it t_i

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The exotic "Follies Picture " i-..^,

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rt^^r«^«ttince Of the evening.'

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of '**' ^""sy nights entertahVbv one or the most representative an-"™n

C.V,

hat.Sv"" »»en «»d a Sunday nStconcert, there seems to be nethta

for Zlegfetd to do but continueshows, as ha probably will. Mi I*

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You'll find some real beauts In thisline-up so give your lights a treat andlook over, Zella Orsy, cxxiy La Vams,DeLorel. Brloos, Eleeee Cobb, Tessi*Hargsr, Jeane Msrton, Dot Bell, AlbsrtaNugent Marie Keleey. Bobby Smith,Louisa Walla, Kitty Csrlln, Sm|lar Me'Keen. Ms. Clerk. AnHi Stan*. DorethyDe Starrs, Benny Da Wert and DorisFrancis.After Jack Raid's Record Breakers play

the Howard, they slide over to theOlympic Theatre In Nsw York, from therethey Jump to the Oayety Theatre, Brook-lyn. Tbeat to the Oayety -fa> Kewark.where they'll make a clean-up In every '

town.

MY PAL AND. FRIEND

LEE HARRISON

WHO PASSED INTO ETERNITX

October 29,;i9I6;

Gone, But Never To Bs Forgotten

Will H. Cohan

OPENS NEW STUDIOThe Waldorf itlm Corporation, Ltd.,

baa opened a new stndio la Boston,where it will prodnoa nictarea. Wil-liam H. Bodd has been signed to playJuvenile leads for a period of oca*

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• The sew Capitol Theatre, which openedIts doers to the public for the first timelast Friday night, is a huge temple of

something or other, but Just what its

theatrical purport la was not made quiteclear by the varied forma of entertain-ment that are holding forth there at

' present,-•"--

A beautiful structure It Is, lindeed, withIts rich appointments, 6380 seats and Coli-seum-like proportions. More than *S, 000,-000, it la reported, has been spent in theerection and outfitting of this house,which la called "the largest in the world."What the money waa spent for la quite

apparent. One Is awed by the breadth' and proportions of this newest house oftheatrical entertainment. FTom the In-side, the site on which the theatre waaerected suggests acreage rather than anyother size of plot.Included In the things on which vast

sums of money was lavished by the More-. dall Realty Corporation, owner of the Ca-'pltoL la. the entertainment • Itself, whichextends from a splendid band of musiciansled by Arthur Fryer, to a "Demi-tasse-Revue" put on by Ned Wayburn. In be-tween, there is a motion picture programwhich, it appears, is the legitimate excusefor charging popular prices, these sameranging from twenty-five cents to a dol-lar. Through these, it is hoped by themanagement to attract the populace inlarge numbers. And nothing less thanpatronage to very large numbers will evermake this vast edifice pay, it may benoted.With regard to the entertainment, it la

quite evident that the management Is giv-ing a great deal for Its money—too much,in fact. . For, on the opening Bight, theperformance ran for mora than four hoars.

'

That which took up moat of the time isNed Waybora'a "Demi-tasse Revue," withIts beautiful girls, talented principals andelaborate settings. But lt'a about aa"Demi-tasse" to size aa a demljon wouldbe if used for an after dinner cup of cof-fee. In fact, the revue ia nothing morenor less than an entire musical show, con-sisting of a succession of staged musicalnumbers.The entertainment began with a solo

played on the immense "hidden" organ byErnest F. Jores, after which a pictorialnews reel was flashed on the screen. ThenPryor'a band, led by Simone Mantla, play-ed Fryor'a "Tone Poem After Sunset,"Next followed a song from Gounod's "Ml-rellle," sung by Lucille Chalfant and ac-companied by the band. In this number.Miss Chalfant proved that she has a splen-didly trained soprano voice, the tonequantity of which is limited, but whichmay . be used with good effect in anymusical ahow. -

Then followed a concert by the band,with Arthur Pryor BaaaaMsW wielding thebaton. Two operatic numbers and an-other composed by Pryor were rendered,the concert establishing the fact thatPryor'a Is reall- a notable band of musi-llans. Followed a few reels of screen mat-ter again. These Included an exception-ally beautiful Prizma "Color-Land Revue,By Mayer's Capitol Travelaughs, a Uni-versal Production called "The EternalTriangle." which baa to do with dogs ofan kinds and breeds, the story beingadapted to fit the quaint actions of thesecanines. And there is more rollicking funand humor in this dog picture than therewas to the Douglas Fairbanks "His Ma-jesty the American" feature which waa.shown following the Tevue. Some flashesof Ned 'Wayburn rehearsing bis revue' werealso shown.Now we come to the piece de resistance

of the performance—Ned Wayburn'a"Beml-tasse Revue," which Is a series ofsongs specially written for the occasion,each of which was separately staged byWayburn. The opening song, "You're theFinest of Them All," by Rennold Wonand Dave - Stamper, was sung by Paul

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Frawley and Lucille Chalfant. both ofwhose voiced were eminently suited to thisvery pretty selection.Jim Tbney acted aa a sort of master of

ceremonies. Introducing the first number- and fflvtog vent to some chatter In gen-eral that eaUbllahed . him aa a good co-median. But his chatter, unfortunately,ia out of place In this big house. Bow-ever, it la aa a grotesque dancer, gracefuland lithe of limb, that Jim Honey shines.He also has an excellent sense of panto-mime.

"Milady's Dresang Table," with musicby Leo Edwards, was effective more byreason of the dancing of Pearl Regay than-anything else. She symbolized "Moth" inthis number, which Included Paul Fraw-ley, Dorothy Miller and Janet Stone, andthe grace and abandon with which shedance established her aa easily the fore-most terpsicborean exponent among allthe principals."Just for Me and Mary," by Qrant

Clarke, Howard Rogers and Leo Edwards,was the next song of the program, whichwaa followed by a scene called "Silhou-ettes." And in this scene, Muriel De For-rest sang one of the most beautiful songsof the program, "Swanee," by I. Caesarand George Gershwin, the trained handof Frank Sadler being evident In thesplendid orchestration. ,

Cass Freeborn, "The Singing Conduc-tor," played his voice effectively from theorchestra pit during the rendition of the"How Can Tou Tell" Number by NedWayburn and Harold Orlob. The prin-cipals In this number were' Pearl Regay,Paul Frawley and Jim Tbmey.

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Other numbers Included "Indian Sum-mer," by Fred Hager and Justin Ring."Vampires," by Joe Goodwn and MauriceAbrahams. "Underneath the Honeymoon,"by Ballard McDonald and James Hanley,and -- the final number. "Come to theMoon,"- by Lou Paley, Ned Wayburn andGeorge Gershwin. This number is playedmore than any other in the show and isstaged with, a setting that is the mostelaborate of all.

The setting consists of a huge spiralstairway tower from which a bevy of girlsemanate and continue cavorting up anddown. It is studded with lights, and. atthe finish, it turns like a carousel. Thefinale is effective even if not extraordin-ary. Although designated in the programaa the inventor of the tower (which hasbeen used less pretentiously in varioustheatres throughout Europe), Wayburnbaa done much better with Flo Zlegfleld'sshows In the past. .

WANTED—LECTURERFor small travelogue show to open soon,playing schools, churches, &c , Preferman with own -reels, speak -.on same.State salary which must be low. Ad-dress. "Travelogue," care N. T. Clipper.

JOE ARGUSStraight, Extraordinary with the Baritone Voice with Dave Marlon

JACK GLADYS MILTON

Trie Tnree GregorysJack Gregory, Owner and Mgr,

IN NOVELTY LANDBooked Sol-Id Leaw Circuit

PAULINE U ARFR ANDY• Ingenue .• - • - 1 1 XsV I\ £af 1\ Singing

CAMPBELL and DREWS LIBERTY GIRLS

JOSEPH FINGERJOSEPH FINGER, the president of the

Eff and Eft Producing Company, .which. Ispresenting "Bullto' The Bullshevllcl," is

° known as pioneer exhibitor to the motion-picture industry, to and around New YorkState where he operates several housesdevoted to the showing of motion-picturesexclusively. .

In making bis -bow to-the public aa thepresident of the Eff and Eff ProducingCompany. Mr. Finger has selected amongmany stories, the one which be considereddifferent from the usual run of motion-plctures. "Bunin* The BuUshevfki.'*which stars Marguerite Clayton, indicatesby its title, the subject It deals with, in asatirical and -omlcal manner. Mr. Finger,as president of the Eff and Eff ProducingComedy, win make comedy and dramaticsubjects, or a- combination of both, butwill give each release the stamp of nov-elty.

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E. F. ALBEEPresident

J. J. MURDOCKGeneral Manager

F. F. PROCTORVice-President

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