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VARIETY

aSTOP TH• SHOWII

That is the dream of every artist and we have got the song that will STOP ANY SNOW* We have seen

it done night after night, day after day. All over the Country Singers are Stopping the Show with•

AMERICA HERESMYBOTTHE GREATEST OF ALL PATRIOTIC SONGS

FROM ME TO MANDY LEEA swingy-singy idea song. With a wonderful lyric and the dandiest tune you ever heard. With a corking

double and great male and female version.

YOU CANT MISS—WITH THIS ONE

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We were going to hold this "Bird" back, but circumstance* compel us to publish it. Your gain.

LETSALLDO SOMETHINGA new patriotic song by the writers of "America, Here's My Boy." It's a riot. Here's the chorus:

CHORUSLet's all do something,We can all do something;Ev'ry little bit helps, so do it now.We want the man with the sword, the man with the gun,The man with the hoe, and the plow;Girls, you don't need rehearsingTo go Red Cross nursing,

Your hand can soothe a soldier's brow,Ev'ry boy can be a scout,

Ev'ry body must turn out,

And do their little bit of something;Let's all do something,UNCLE SAMMY WANTS US NOW.

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THE HIT OFANNA HELD'S SHOW, "FOLLOWME"

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MORRIS MUSIO OOMIKE MORRISGeneral Manager

CHICAGOGrand Opera House Building

WALTER WILSON

145 West 45th Street, New York City

BOSTON230 Tremont StreetJACK MENDEHLSSON

JOE HOLLANDERProfessional Manager

PHILADELPHIA136 West 9th StreetARCHIE FLETCHER

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$1 ,000,000 CHARITY SHOW;AIDING RED CROSS FUND

Walter F. Wanger Proposes to Present "Once Upon a Time"Under Auspices of Red Cross Organization. All Profits

to Go to Charity. Mazfield Parrish Painting

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der the direction of Wlwhich will 1}e one ofjuncts to the Red Crolof which, it is hoped tj

annually for that sociis to be entitled "Onc(Each season it will ret

a new fairy tale.

Eugene Walter is tol

fairy tales and adapt]productions. Each ol

to be done on a scalfthe outlay of over $l{

initial curtain goes ui

melodrama, ballet, in<

a large chorus. Itproducer to carry a

Maxfield Parrish is]

last two sets to com;five for the productsbe nine tremendousFour are to be drotpainted by Mr. Paimodels alone will hai000. Those already dable master workscarried out to the uti

Parrish, who has pail

on wood, instead of I

painting on paper ui

models. One of the set

pleted took six weeksthey have been usedcompleted, Mr. Parriithem. He has placed]of $10,000 each upondesigns will also beMr. Wanger has

Marion Davies andappear in the piece.

"Jack and the Beaitale that is under coisecond season,musical extravaganttitle was produced at]

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back to its owner, Charles Herman.When the house was converted from acafe and dance hall, William Morristook charge and made it a moneymaker. However since the Shubertstook it over four or five years ago, thetheatre has proven a loadstone and its

managers have lost a small fortune try-ing to put it on a paying basis.

The last attraction to play the housewas "Very Goo4 Eddie."

WOODS RELEASES ELTINCE.The agreement between Julian El-

tinge and A. H. Woods, expiring Nov.15 next was canceled by mutual con-sent Tuesday, with Mr. Eltingc re-ported to be taking up picture playingover the summer.Thia it the sixth year of Eltinge's

phenomenally successful tours underthe Woods management, the Woods of-fice having been the first to present thefamous impersonator as an individualstar in a legitimate attraction.While Eltinge somehow never con-

nected in New York for a marked run,out of town he was a box office furoreand often had to give extra and morn-ing matinees to accommodate the rush.

SAWYER AND BARRIE AGAIN.The dancing act of Joan Sawyer and

Nisei Barrie has again been formed,and will be placed for immediate timein vaudeville by Arthur Klein.Mr. Barrie was Miss Sawyer's first

dancing partner on the stage. Of latehe has been playing in pictures. Be-fore taking up dancing Mr. Barrie wasquite well known as a player on thelegit stage.

CIRCUS LOTS CULTIVATED.An advance agent for a circus who

has just been through the Illinois andIndiana territory reports that there is

extreme difficulty in obtaining lots forthe shows to play, because local com-munities have placed all of the availableground under cultivation.

SIR GILBERT PARKER'S DRAMA.While in Arizona the past winter for

his health, Sir Gilbert Parker, who hasreturned

teast, finished a new drama,

which will probably be produced bythe Charles Frohman Co.

SOLDIERS DRAWING SHOWS.Chicago, May 31.

A possible reason why several east-ern managers have suddenly decided tosend shows to the coast this summer,lies in the fact that at a number ofcities there are now army and navyconcentration points.A showman in discussing the situa-

tion pointed out the recent army ordermaking it illegal to serve or sell alco-holic liquors to men in uniform is

good for theatricals since the averagepay per month Is $42, figuring the of-ficers' pay with that of his men.The latest addition to the shows go-

ing coastward is "Very Good Eddie."which leaves the Garrick here thisweek, breaking its two-week Journeywith one-nighters. Ernest • Truex re-mains with the show, but there are tobe a number of cast changes, the No. 2"Eddie" filling the places of those notmaking the trip.

Oscar Shaw returns to New York tostart rehearsals for the musical versionof "The College Widow."

WAR NOT A JOKE.Fred Hildebrand, formerly appearing

in vaudeville with Boland and Hilde-brand. called the other day at the Avia-tion Corps to enlist. Mr. Hildebrandstands over six feet and is quite thin.Prepared to undergo the physical ex-

amination, a sergeant standing near-bylooked him over, then felt of his arm,and remarked, "Say, young fellow, doyou know that this war is on the level?"

CRITIC AND P. A. MARRYING.Heywood Broun, until a few weeks

ago the dramatic critic of the •Tribune,"andRuth Hale, press representative forArthur Hopkins, are to be marriedshortly according to intimate friends.Mr. Broun has left "the Trib." to be-

come the chief of staff of the press cen-sorship bureau in Washington.

DENVER UNION PROVIDING.Denver, May 31.

The Denver Stage Employes Union,No. 7, will pay $1 a day to every singleand $2 a day to every married memberwho enlists or is drafted, during theentire term of his enlistment.The union has also subscribed for

$1,000 worth of Liberty loan bondsand has provided the entire equipmentof a room for a Red Cross base hos-pital.

MOOSER PRODUCING.George Mooser, formerly general

manager for the Oliver Morosco Of-fices, is arranging to produce at leasttwo new shows under his own man-agement next season.Mooser plans to remain on Broad-

way and already has started in on hisnew production plans.

FAIRS EXEMPT?Cincinnati, May 31.

Congressman A. W. Overmyer, of theCommittee on Agriculture

{has notified

Myers Y. Cooper, of this city, presidentof the Ohio Fair Managers' Associa-tion, consisting of 80 agricultural so-cieties, that in his opinion Ohio fairs

will be exempt from having their ad-mission fees taxed during the war.Cooper stated that the fairs will

prove valuable to the government'sproposed food increased food produc-tion campaign. Liberal prizes are be-ing offered by fair boards to stimulateinterest in vegetable and stock raising.

PASS TAX BOTHERSOME.Call it a "broad," "ducket," "skull"

or just plain pass, for no matter whatyou call it, it is the wherewith tocrash" past the door keeper, but thesame wherewith is to carry a burdenfrom this time forth. It has been writ-ten down and set forth in the new WarTax measure that each free ticket to aplace of amusement must carry a stampand the stamp must be paid tor by theuser of the ticket who must cancel it bywriting his name across the fact ofthe stamp.The management of the Orpheum,

Brooklyn (ore of the Keith houses) is

the first to send a notification to thedaily papers regularly receiving passesthat in the future none would be sentout, but that those authorized may call

for the seats at the box office.

In a measure the idea of cancellingfree pass stamps will undoubtedly doaway with the misuse of courtesies thetheatre managers extend rather toofreely.

ORPHEUM PRODUCED SKETCHES.Next season in vaudeville may see

a few playlets produced under the per-sonal direction of the Orpheum cir-cuit heads.Martin Beck is reported to hsve fav-

orably passed upon three or foursketches which will be staged beforethe new season starts.

The Orpheum's general manager.Harry Singer, has also a couple ofketches selected from several read,

which he will order placed in stageform.

EMMT WEHLEN TO RETURN.Emmy Wehlen has announced her

intention to desert the picture field

next season and according to her pres-ent plans will return to musical com-edy.

"FOLLIES" AT $5 FOR OPENING.Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., has decided the

opening night prices for the "Follies"at the Amsterdam will be $5 per seatThis will give the house a capacity of$6.000 for that -performance.

* CABLESPROBLEMATICAL DAMAGE GIVEN

IN HIGH ENGLISH COURTSArtiste Having Sharing Arrangement Sues to Recover Per-

centage of Lost Receipts Through Theatre HavingIncreased Admission Scale. Allowance

Based on Previous Engagements.

London, May 31.

A new point of law is raised in a de-cision by the King's Bench division ofthe High Court on a theatrical law suit,

brought by Liane d'Eve against theEmpire Theatre of Varieties of Mid-dlesborough for breach of contract

Mile. d'Eve entered into a contractto play on sharing terms with the man-agement of the theatre, she to furnshthe entire show and to receive 60 percent of the gross. About that time theGovernment entertainment tax went

performance at the Haymarket, Tune 1,and is probably the success of the cur-rent season. It is a comedy in threeacts by J. E. Harold Terry, and ispresented by Frederick Harrison inconjunction with Percy Hutchison andHerbert Jay.Charles Dillingham has the American

rights to the pjay.

"INSIDE THE LINES" GOOD.„_ . London, May 31.Inside the Lines" was produced at

into operation and the house manage-, the Apollo May 23. The press gen-the prices for all seats erally votes it a good play. It was

throughout the theatre, causing thegross to drop below that of previousengagements at the former scale.

Plaintiffs counsel contended it wouldbe possible for any management, at

any moment, by altering the prices, to

render it impossible for an artist to

earn a living. On the question of dam-ages, he added, it must be assumedthat if the plaintiff had had the samefair play as in previous engagements,she would have been as great a suc-

cess.

The Court held that plaintiff was en-titled to damages through the altera-

tion of the admission prices, but therehad never been a precedent to deter-mine problematical receipts either in

England or America. He ruled theplaintiff was surely entitled to takingsequal to previous engagements in thetown and taking two previous appear-ances in Middlesborough as a basis to

determine the amount she was entitled

to have earned on the contract, he ren-dered a verdict for something like $140more than her share of the 60-40 divi-

sion of receipts for the week.

enthusiastically received.

LAUDER SHOW ENDING RUN.London, May 31.

Cheers," in which Harry"Three

BRILLIANT FARCICAL COMEDY

Lauder is appearing, will be withdrawnfrom the Shaftesbury June 2.

The show will be succeeded by theCarl Rosa Opera Company now atthe Garrick, which opens at the Gar-rick June 4.

MUST PUT IN PROVINCES.London, May 31.

Harry Tate, unable to play Londonowing to the barring clause in his con-tract with Albert De Courville, the re-vue, "Good-Bye," was produced at theBrighton Hippodrome June 28, witliTate and Irene Shamrock in the lead-ing parts.

TOM POM" AT THE PALACE.London, May 31.

"Vanity Pair" will leave the PalaceTune 9, and some time during the fed*lowing week, probably June t5, Al-fred Butt will present tnere "PomPom," produced by tb* American stagedirector. William T. Wilson.

Tj^ die cast will be Gertie Millar,London, May 31. _ ---Grade Leight, John Hynphries.

of .Wjfef, ••••Penny —

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Atthe_£WiseTby Mary Stafford Smith, wasproduced May 26. It is a brilliant far-

cical comedy of Lancashire life andwas a triumph for Ada King as the

leading lady.

Incidentally, Manager Aldin intro-

duced an innovation in West Endprices, charging from eight to one shil-

lings ($2.00 to 25 cents), including the

war tax on tickets.

At all other houses visitors pay the

tax.

PROHIBITED PUT SHOWING.London, May 31.

Charles B. Cochran will present at

the Ambassadors', June 5, EugeneBrieux's hitherto prohibited play. "TheThree Daughters of M. Dupont," withEthel Irving and O. B. Clarence in the

leading roles.

Lawrence Irving presented the play

in America some years ago.

ALL STARS, THRICE DAILT.London, May 31.

The Palladium successfully continuesits policy of three shows daily, withall-star bills.

The program this week includesMarie Lloyd, Billv Merson. Sam Bar-ton, Lorna and Toots Pounds, MayMoore Duprez, Bransby Williams.

COMIC OPERA SEASON.London, May 31.

"Jimmy" Glover commenced a sea-son of comic opera Mav 28 at Ply-mouth for four weeks, reviving"Cloches Corneville." with YvonneGranville as principal, to be followedby "Falka" and "La Mascotte."

DUPREZ HEADING REVUE.London, May 31.

Albert deCourville presents "Smile"at the Garrick June 6. with Fred Du-prez as leading comedian.The -"-eviie will be staged by

Haskell.

Forbes-Robertson Ordered Out of Play.London, May 31.

At the Queen's, where Foroes-Rob-ertson has been plaving "The Passingof the Third Floor Back." donating hisentire company in aid of war charities,

he has been compelled to withdraw onthe advice of his physician. Ben Web*ster has been substituted.

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PICKED AS SEASON'S SUCCESS.London, May 31.

"General Post" celebrated its 100th

Phyllis Dare Leaves "Hanky Panky."London, May 31

Phyllis Dares leaves "Hanky Panky"at the Empire Tune 2. Her successorwill be Jennie Benson.In spit of the continual additions the

piece remains uninteresting. _

DEBUTANTE IN "LONDON PRIDILondon, May 31

Mabel Russell retires from "LondonPride" at Wyndham's June 13, andii»be succeeded by Flora LeB reton,.'di-

rect from the Acamedy of DranfiticArts. Miss LeBreton is only 17 jjars

old. This will be her first appeartneeother than as an amateur.The experiment of presenting a neo-

phyte in a leading role in the WestEnd will be watched with intersft

ILL AND INJURED IN LONDON.London, May 31.

Paul Martinette is about again aftera long and severe illness. Charles Aus-tin is recovering from his recent ac-cident.

THEATRE TAX MAT BE DROPPED.London, May 31.

The impression is generally gainingthe theatre tax will not be imposed be-yond October and may probably bedropped entirely before that time.

GIBBONS' HAVE SON.London, May 31.

Lieut. Colonel Walter Gibbons' wifeptesented him with a son May 15.

Garden Party Needs More Room.London, „May 31.

The annual Theatrical Garden Partywill be held this year at Royal Hospital.Grounds, Chelsea. Attractions have soincreased that the Royal Botanical Gar-dens cannot accommodate them.This popular function will be held in

July.

NO. 2 "LIBERTY AFLAME."There is an endesvor afoot to se-

cure the services oi Margaret Anglinto present the Julia Arthur offering,"Liberty Aflame" over the OrpheumCircuit Miss Arthur is to continue topresent the act in the East.The Orpheum Circuit announced that

it had secured Miss Anglin on Wed-nesday. The same day Miss Anglinannounced she would present threeplays in New Yorkmext season. Theyare a iruiiiacized version of EmersonHough^s novel "The Broken Gate,"Hulbert Footner's play, "Getters andGivers," and a comedy entitled "ThePot o' Shamrock."

"Another surprise came in the last act withSociety Dances of Mile. Wertebsa and PrankVan Hoven. He is now working- all throughthe Revue and his French, if anything, is worsethan when he was at the Alhambra last sum-frfr; but he makes us laugh, and that is whatFaria wand at the present time, Perhspt someday he will tell the world what he is ambitiousto become. At present he does at piano play-ing, dancing, bicycle riding, etc. But one mustadmit he is a past msster at what the Ameri-cans would term 'stalling his way through/ M

(Translated from "La Petite Journal." Paris.)

IN LONDON.London, May 14.

Charles B, Cochran has acquired aplay by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather en-titled "The Better 'Ole" for productionin the autumn. He has also securedthe English and American rights of'Carminetti," recently produced inParis by Andre Barde and C. A. Car-pentier. Music by Emile Lassailly. Itwill follow "£150" at the Ambassador'swith Delzm in the leading part

British Empire pictures are comingalong at last. Britain, Australia, Can-ada and now South Africa are turningout fine pictures and the public are be-ginning to ask for them. A few daysago "The Grit of a Jew/' with Augus-tus Yorke the principal part, madea good impression and we shall seeboth Potass and Perlmutter in anotherJewish pictire shortly entitled "A JustDeception.'"

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Many variety managers are of opinionthat the ne* "Entertainment Tax" wtilmean the closing of provincial housesduring July and August ' The cheapercinema housts are feeling the drain ter-ribly. A report on the subject ofcheaper seati shows that at 315 thea-tres the takings for three months im-mediately folowing the tax show a re-duction of £52,000 less than the pre-ceding three months.

Louisa Nolan, a chorus girl appear-ing in "Three Cheers" at the Shaftes-bury, who was awarded the militarycross by the king in recognition of herheroism during the Irish rebellion, hasbeen further honored with a gold wrist-let watch from the Carnegie HeroFund. The Lord Mayor made the pre-senatioa.

bought 100 seats formusic-hall boxing

chamoionsTiins,#b take place at the Na-tionjftf Sporting* Club on June 7th forthe use of wounded soldiers.

CANADIAN CONDITIONS.The present .Conditions in Canada,

governing ijie~e<|trance into that conn-try of forefgJferi, have been modifiedto enable professionals to appear there.This at least is Ae case with the play-ers engage^ by the Canadian CircuitCo., of which Cltrk Brown is generalmanager.Mr. Brown furnishes each American

player engaged by him, whether forstock or vaudeville, with a letter, stat-ing (he purpose of the artist enteringCanada and the length of the stay. This.has been accepted by the CanadianCommissioner Of Immigration, who hasbeen assured by U.r. Clark no one willbe brought into tne country by his cor-poration 1 eaccepttnte for the purposes setforth.

LONG TACK SAM. ~The pictures of Long Tack Sam end

his family are on the cover page thisweek.Long Tack,Sam is the most versatile

celestial' in America and with histroupe- can oft>r an entire evening's en-tertainment. ' His act in vaudevillehowever, run's only 24 minutes, but em-braces magic, sitiginrr. piano playing,contortion, juggling and comedy and is

the peer of all Chinese acts.A member of the troupe, 74 years of

age, did the famous needle trick inChina when a mere boy, and would liketo prove it to certain claimants of thistrick who are young enough to be hissens.The gorgeous costumes and settings

are beautiful 1 examples of orientalneedle work and are valued at a smallfortune.Long Tack^ Sam and his company

have played eyery first class vaudevilletheatre in thei entire world.

Mirinelli is\ the agent for foreigntours. Long Tack Sam's American ad-dress ia VAWBirr, New York.

VAUDEVILLE 5

INTERNING GERMAN ARTISTS

IS GOVERNMENT'S PLANSecret Service Agents Checking Up Permit Applications with

Emigration Records. June 9 Last Day Permission

to Travel.

Germans who do not make applica-

tion to the Government for special per-mits to travel into the restricted zonesprior to June 9 will be checked up byspecial deputy U. S. marshals and takeninto custody.' Later they will be sentto internment camps which will be lo-

cated in various sections of the coun-try. The camp for the eastern section

will be in the vicinit" of Lake Erie.An official attached to the U. S. mar-

shal's staff for the southern districtof New York gave an opinion therewere in the neighborhood of 300members of the theatrical profes-sion listed on the books in the of-fice of the Department of Justice. Ofthese less than half had applied forpermits. Those who did not will im-mediately be looked up as suspects andinterned. Especial attention will bepaid to theatrical cases because themembers have a legitimate excuse fortraveling.The investigation thus far has

brought to light that from time to timea number of men of German origin,who had not professed their intentionto become citizens of the United States,had acted in the capacity of jurors inthe courts of this country. In each ofthe cases where this will be proven, theverdict will be thrown out of court anda new trial ordered.

Jas. A. Power, \J. S. Marshal for theEastern District of New York City, is

making a special investigation of Ger-mans in the Brooklyn and Flatbushsections'.

The edict of last week prohibiting all

alien enemies from approaching withina half mile of the water front, wiltmake it impossible for even those Ger-mans who have secured permits ormade application for permits to playany of the theatres located below 14thstreet, as Manhattan Island narrowsdown to such an extent that any of thetheatres in that section are within lessthan a half mile of the water front andadjacent to the bridges.

DOWNTOWN'S GARDEN FEATURES.The National Winter Garden man-

agement has finally made arrangementsfor Belle Baker to headline the openingbill at that house.The feature atraction will be Ben

...Welchr rvdthffr -of whom Ha.«_sipnfar*d..• in that section of the town since win-ning vaudeville laurels. This sectionwas the scene of the early appearancesof Belle Baker as a member of thecasts presenting Yiddish plays here.The East Side Winter Garden books

its pop vaudeville shows through theU. B. O.

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8WITCH PARTNERS.The most recent example of a 50-50

split is the switching of partners oftwo vaudeville teams, breaking up twoteams and Organizing two new ones.Lou Luckett of the team of Lucketfand Waldron, has taken Jessica Brownof Young and Brown as a partner, andJack Waldron has teamed with MyrtleYoung. Aaron Kessler is handling theformer act

PALACE'S "LEVY MORNING."The Palace, New York, has invited

Bert Levy to give a children's morningat the Palace theatre this Saturdaymorning. All of the children are tobe invited as the guests.Mr. Levy has been giving a series

of these entertainments throughout thecountry in the various houses at whichhe has appeared.

PLAYLET TITLE INFRINGES.Edgar MacGregor has informed his

attorneys to take steps to prevent theuse of the title, "Here Comes theBride," in vaudeville for a playlet, writ-ten by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

Flo and Ollie Walters, heralded as"two clever society entertainers/' areon their way to New York from Cali-fornia to appear in the playlet

BATES AND VAUDEVILLE.Nora Baves is returning to vaude-

ville for a tew weeks, perhaps openingMonday (June 4), or a week later,

placed by Jenie Jacobs.Miss Bayes will do a single turn,

without any of the company in herpersonal show at the 39th street thea-tre, which closed Saturday.

CHARLOTTE PARRY.Casting aside all of the protean hon-

ors earned in vaudeville where she be-came famed for character playing andquick changes, Charlotte Parry hasevolved a single turn, reported as aunique combination of story-songs, andwill first present the new act on Broad-way next week at the Colonial.

NO LONGER MR. AND MRS. CARTER.Chicago, May 31.

Frank Carter and Lucy Weston areno longer Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carter,according to Carter, who is here, whilethe Al Jolson show is laying off, pre-paratory to its trip to the coast.The final decision the pair had agreed

to disagree was reached lately. It is

understood Mr. Carter has become en-gaged to a Chicago heiress.

BACKWARD SUMMER.The backward summer has upset all

theatrical plans, with those houses nothaving closed, continuing without dateannounced.The weather break, of frequent oc-

currence with past years, has been ex-tended beyond customary time thisseason. The theatres now open report4>r.o.6iable..bustn.eM and are prepared todeclare the weather man in on the grossif he doesn't change the temperature

BILLY GRADY'S PASSING.Commencing Sunday, June 3, Billy

Grady, the agent, will be a Benedict.On that date poor Bill marries, to Mar-guerite E. Foster, a Brooklyn youngwoman and a non-professional.The ceremony will be performed in

Brooklyn, a fit place for the deed.

Claudius and Scarlet in "Follies."The Ziegfeld "Follies" for this year

will have Caludius and Scarlet amongits attractions. The team .will travelwith the show, leaving "The MidnightFrolic" on the Amsterdam Roof, when"The Follies" starts on the road, mean-while likely appearing in other per-formances over the summer.

Norworth-Lorraine "Breaking In."Jack Norworth and Lillian Lorraine

will "break in" their vaudeville turnweek of June 11 and play together afew weeks this spring.

AL JOLSON DROPS IN.

Al Jolson dropped in on BroadwayMonday, to remain until necessary to

leave and rejoin the Jolson show, "Rob-inson Crusoe, Jr.," reopening at StFaul Monday, June 4, after laying off

this week. It gave Al a chance to re-

turn to New York and incidentally

make a few disc records, at so much(which is very much) per disc

The Jolson show starts for the Coast

al>out June 7, opening at San Francisco

June 24, remaining there three weeksand then going to Los Angeles for twoweeks more.

The show took the town record at

Kansas City when playing to $23,500

at a $2.50 scale, on the week. Threedays in Omaha got it $7,800 and twoperformances in Sioux City brought$4,200, with corresponding businesssince the attraction left the WinterGarden. As Jolson is "in" on theshow besides his salary weekly, it's

likely the present trip to New Yorkbecame settling day with the Shubertsfor Jolson's share to date. This seemedJossible since it was rumored aroundolson intended purchasing $100,000worth of Liberty bonds.That show business has been good to

Jolson is evidenced by the special carhe is traveling in, at his own expense,paying $55 daily for it The New YorkCentral rented the car to the star,

equipping it with a porter, waiter andcook. It has brass beds and is a reg-ular traveling home, says Al. The caris tacked onto the special train carry-ing the "Crusoe" people and produc-tion.

The next Jolson show due for theWinter Garden next fall, may be asort of continuation of "RobinsonCrusoe," and it is practically settled

that Jolson will be found again in his

comic role of "Good Friday"

JORDON JEWELS RELEASED.Chicago, May 31.

Collector of Customs Rivers McNeilhas released the $50,000 worth of gemsseized some weeks ago from Mrs. Nel-lie Jordon, wife of Joe Jordon, thenegro song writer.At the time Mrs. Jordon arrived from

Liverpool she failed to declare theproperty and the jewels were held assmuggled goods.

It has since been proven thev werepersonal property. Mrs. Jordon,though an English citizen, is said tobe the daughter of an East Indianmerchant. The customs officer is still

holding $2,000 worth of jewels belong-ing to her husband, who is the coloredsong writer.

RUTH RANDALL MARRYING.Chicago. Mav 31.

Ruth Randall lately divorced fromSaronoff, the violinist, is to marry DanHanna, Jr.. of Cleveland. He !s astudent officer at Fort Harrison, ac-

cording to a news report from Indian-apolis.

SONG WRONGLY U3ED.Arthur Hammerstein, Ltd., through

House, Grossman & Vorhaus, has no-tified Rooney and Bent they musteliminate from their act the musicalnumber, "Allah's Holiday," from "Ka-tinka."

Pat Rooney has been using themusic for a dancing number.

Maude Fealy's Condensed Playlet.Denver, May 31.

"The Reason," a one-act play byMaude Fealy, the actress, was tried outhere Thursday. It is a condensationof "Shadows-Lights," a four-act com-edy by Miss Fealy, which she pro-duced at a benefit here a few weeksago.The longer play has possibilities, but

the sketch doesn't seem to have thepunch.

CHAS. E. KOHL DEAD.Chicago, May 31.

Charles E» Kohl, managing director

of the Western Vaudeville Managers'Association and active representative

and general manager of his late

father's theatrical interests, died undermysterious circumstances in a sani-tarium Monday, his death being as-cribed to heart failure after an autopsyheld by representatives of the coroner'soffice.

Kohl wasHound running through thestreets MoAay morning claiming hehad been s^t, hut no bullet woundswere found on his body by the physi-cians who attended him. For the pasttwo years Kohl has been suffering frommelancholia and of late his actions hadcaused his friends much worry. He re-

signed recently from the officers' staff

of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry. Ouringa training period with his regimentKohl was struck^ on the head with aspade and this injury is supposed tohave had much to do with his death.

Charles E. Kohl first became presi-dent in the active management of the-atricals when he succeeded Charles E.Bray as general manager of the "As-sociation. Shortly after he was ap-pointed managing director of the or-ganization, an honorary position, whichcarried little or no authority or work.His first move was to appoint MortSinger as general manager of the W.V. M. A., which position Singer still

holds.With Singer in active charge of the

agency, Kohl devoted most 6f his timeto traveling, and beyond being recog-nized as a figurehead in Chicago the-atricals his connection with the indus-try was purely of a financial nature.He is survived by a widow and two

children, a daughter and son, the lat-

ter being named Charles E. Kohl, 3d,

mother, brother (Jack) and two sis-

ters. He was about 38 years of ageand in physical stature resembled his

father very much.

DANCER AND ORCHESTRA.Chicago, May 31.

Marion Morgan, now resting at Ash-ville, N. C, will return to the NewYork in three weeks to direct a newact to be done by the Morgan Dancers.Miss Morgan has several plans for

next season's offering. One is to carrya large orchestra when the act wouldconsume half the running time of theaverage big time bill.

MISS MERRILL'S "FOLLIES" SONGS.The comedy songs to be sung by

Fannie Brice and Bert Williams in thenew Ziegfeld "Follies" will be rewrit-ten by Blanche Merrill, who accepteda contract to write this much only ofthe entertainment.

WOOD FINED AND APPEALS.Judge Schmuck of the City Court

fined Joe Wood, the theatrical pro-ducer, $250 for contempt of court forfailing to appear and be examined in

supplementary proceedings, withCharles S. Rosenthal appointed re-

ceiver for Wood to endeavor to col-

lect the judgment of $800 secured bvOlga Feldman (Countess Olga Rossi)for breach of contract.Wood claims that he was detained In

Elmira on the day he was to haveappeared in court owing to the seriousillness of two girls in one of his com-panies and has secured a stay of execu-tion. He will appeal the fine to theAppellate Division.

Perry Managing Columbia, ChLUnless other plans are made, Frank

G. Perry, who formerly m&nsged theGayety, St Louis, will manage the Co-lumbia (burlesque), Chicago, succeed-ing E. H. Wood, who has had the housesince Colonel Billy Roche severed con-nections there. The Columbia dose4May 19 for the summer season.

VAUDEVILLEN. V. A. PERFORMANCE BIGGEST

EVER GIVEN IN VAUDEVILLEFinancial Returns Surpassing Expectations. Show at Hippo-

drome Sunday Night Has Great Variety and Numbers.Program of Over 250 Pages.

The first annual performance of the

National Vaudeville Artists, to be held

Sunday (tomorrow) night, at the NewYork Hippodrome, has already far sur-

passed the anticipations of its promot-

ers. The returns promise it will be the

biggest thing of its kind vaudeville has

ever had.

A finishing rush gave impetus to theselling of tickets and program space,with the result the performance finan-

cially is an assured success. The sou-venir program is of over 250 pages. Noestimate has been given of the tickets

sold, but there has been a vast quantitydisposed of, with the sale of the onedollar exchange ticket reaching hugeproportions.The Vaudeville Managers' Protec-

tive Association has worked in har-mony with the N. V. A. on the affair,

and the latter will further aid the per-formance by assisting to secure the bestshow obtainable.Pat Casey will have charge of the

stage, assisted by Mark Nelson, withR. H. Burnside, the Hippodrome's gen-eral stage manager, promising to bepresent* Ben Roberts will conduct theorchestra of 25 pieces.

Artists volunteering will be given a

limited stage time for appearance. Com-binations are to be effected that will beimpromptu turns.

BRATS GOING ABROAD.Not delighted at the prospect,

Charles E. Bray sees no alternativebut to make another trip to Paris,starting about June 16, with Mrs. Bray.It is necessary to sail across the oceanat this time to secure a further series ofthe Travelogs the Orpheum Circuit hasfeatured in its houses the past season.The last installment was obtained byMr. Brav in person, likewise on theother side.

The Brays are in New York now,after closing the New Orleans Or-pheum for the summer. Mr. Bray re-mained in that city over the whiterlooking after the house and arrangingfor the building of the new Orpheum,which will start in the fall. He will

probably return to New Orleans this

week, coming back to catch the Frenchboat at this port.Mrs. Bray is pleased at the ocean

voyage just now, scenting an elementof danger in it. Her husband takesthe opposite view, that the danger is

minimized but that personal comfortwill have to be sacrificed under presentconditions.

Chicago. Mav 31.

Martin Johnson, who handles theOrpheum Travel Weekly, sailed from'Frisco Wednesdav fpr Australia. Hehas chartered a schooner and will start

out from Svdney for a voyage to theSouth Sea Islands, where he will takeover 60,000 feet of pictures. Mr. John-son was with Jack London on the"Stark" when the latter made his first

visit to the islands.

EDDIE CLARK FEELS "DAMAGED."Fddie Clark who swears he is a play-

wright has brought an action againstVa*it»,tv to recover $2S,000, the -amount'Hark claims he was damaged throughVariftt publishing March 23. last, a re-

nort Clark had tried to hold up mem-bers of the "You're in Love" at theCasino, to contribute toward the priceof two boxes Clark purchased for theWhite Rats ball a few days before.

Clark also swears in the complainthe bought some box seats and gavethem to the people of "You're in Love"without asking or accepting anything inreturn.The complaint further says Variety,

"well knowing the plaintiff (Clark), de-servingly enjoyed the respect andesteem of his neighbors, associates, ac-quaintances and friends and of the com-munity in general, wickedly and ma-liciously intended to injure Clark inhis good name/ fame and credit tobring him into public scandal, to noldhim up as an object of hatred, ridicule

and contempt, to cause him to be sus-pected that he was guilty of bad taste,

stinginess, hypocrisy and miserlinessand to harass and. annoy him" and alot of other things. .

The article in Vabibtt referred tosaid: "Eddie Clark, who is connectedwith 'You're In Love' at the Casino, is

said to have reserved two boxes for themembers of that company for theWhite Rats ball last Friday night, thensent each member a bill for a propor-tionate share of the cost. The last re-

ports were the principals had refusedto be held up."Gark also swears he is interested in

the management and profits of "You'reIn Love."Edward Dark" as the complaint de-

scribes the defendant, was born Issy orIsadore Baity. He is a Hebrew andhas been in show business a number ofyears, going on to the stage from therace tracks. When known as IssyBaity, the present "Gark" was a fre-

quenter of the tracks throughout thecountry and it is said it was his experi-ences on those tracks that assisted himto a stage debut where he did a racetrack tout in vaudeville.Under the name of Edward Clark he

also has an action pending against theUnited Booking Offices and associates,

alleging he has been prevented fromappearing in vaudeville through a con-spiracy, although in the Marinejli suit,

Clark, when testifying, was obliged toadmit that his acts were "shown" in

U. B. O. houses but could not securebookings.Nourishing his grievances against

vaudeville managers who did not thinkhis act was -suitable to their stages,

Clark joined the White Rats. Duringthe recent White Rats strike he wasone of the organization's principal agi-

tators. It was during the White Rattroubles that the order held the ball for

which Clark swears he bought sometickets and gave them away.Clark is credited on the Casino pro-

gram with having had something to dowith the writing of "You're in Love,"a musical piece.

Keeney**, Newark, Straight Vaudeville.

Keeney's, Newark, discards featurefilms next week, the house returningto the former policy of six vaudevilleacts.

The feature film, however, is mak-ing money for Keeney's. Brooklynhouse, but it seemingly kept manyaway from the Newark show. Startingnext week Danny Simmons, Moss' of-

fice, will add two more acts to theNewark bill.

GREENWOOD IN TOWN.George B. Greenwood, from Atlanta,

has been in New York, and is confer-ring, according to report, with vaude-ville people here.Mr. Greenwood has been a vaudeville

agent at Atlanta for several years.

ANNOYING "REPORTS."An incident concerned with bookings

in the United Booking Offices croppedup there this week and displayed whata series of annoying moments to book-ing men and acts may be causedthrough an agent starting a "report."

to vent a grievance or a spite. It is

but one of several similar occurrencesthat appear to grow more frequent,

and the U. B. O. bookers would bewell pleased if the "report" practicestopped.Two of the U. B. O. agents had a

controversy over an act The agentlosing the turn mentioned casually

the act "would be kept out of vaude-ville" and several like remarks, whichreached the act of course, as the peevedagent expected they would.The act had been pencilled in by

Johnny Collins for the Brighton thea-

tre next week. ("Pencilled in" is notan absolute booking, merely tentative,

pending final arrangement of bill, butoften becomes permanent). The agenthaving the turn informed it that theBrighton booking had been set, in

which he acted within reason.Through the Brighton bill unex-

f>ectedly taking on a high-priced head-iner- for next week, there was a "re-

arrangement of the first program lay-

out and the tentative booking was re-

moved by Mr. Collins, to average the

cost of the bill.

This "cancellation" as the aggrievedagent termed it, was claimed to have,

been caused by his efforts, and as a,

proof of what he had stated, that theact "would be kept out of vaudeville."

The act's agent, despite its protests(the act believing the other agent hadsufficient influence to accomplish whathe claimed), insisted the act go direct

to Mr. Collins and receive the properexplanation, which Collins made to it.

The U. B. O. booking staff think thatpossibly this may happen even moreoften than they hear about. They sug-gest any act given reason to believe

they are "out" without anything morethan hearsay in confirmation, or anact subject to the whims of more thanone agent, should call on or call up th*e

booking office for a statement concern-ing their standing through any book-ing made.

ONE LOEW HOUSE CLOSING.The only theatre on the Marcus Loew

circuit in the east scheduled to close

over the summer is the Majestic, New-ark, ending its season this week.The remainder of the Loew eastern

theatres will go through the hot weath-er with their usual policy, vaudeville or

pictures or both.

Interested in Cinema New House.Cincinnati, May 31.

The Palace Amusement Co., whichwill operate the proposed Palace Thea-tre, at Sixth and Vie streets, the largest

house in the Ohio Valley, was organizedSaturday, with the followng officers:

John P. Harris, Pittsburgh, president;E. F. Albee, New York, and Isaac Lib-son, Cincinnati, vice-presidents; Ben L.Heidingsfeld, secretary.Libson, who now manages five pic-

ture houses operated bv the Harris-Keith film interests in this city, will

have charge of the Palace. W. H. Mc-Elfatrick, New York theatrical archi-

tect, accompanied Mr. Albee to this

city. McElfatrick designed the Grandopera house and Walnut street theatre,in Cincinnati.Tenants have been notified to vacate

by July 1, when the work of razingbuildings on the site is to begin.

Vaudeville in New Palace, FlintChicago. May 31.

The new Palace now beine built byW. S. Butterfield at Flint, Mich., is tobe the vati^cvill* hotrse there, bockrnesbeing switched next se&scr. from theMajestic, which will take care of roadattractions and pictures.The Garden, also a Butterfield house,

will have a straight picture policy.The cost of the Palace will approxi-

mate $100.000.

POLICE OUT FOR MANAGER.Portland, Me., May 31.

Chief Bowen of the Portland Police

Department has sent out a general

alarm for Charles V. Kirkland, one of

the owners of "The Girls from Happy-land," which played at the Greely last

week.Kirkland, who comes from Utica,

N. Y., disappeared Saturday, taking

with him several hundred dollars of

the money of the company, and owingback salaries to the members.William Foss, principal comedian,

and who was half owner of the showwith Kirkland has taken the companyto Brunswick, where they are playingthis week.

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BURLESQUE ASS'N OFFICERS.The Mutual Burlesque Association,

composed of only franchise holders onthe American burlesque circuit, electedofficers yesterday (Thursday), with I.

H. Herlc selected as president, BlutchCooper, vice-president, Barney Gerard,secretary, Charles Franklin, treasurer.The officers, with Sam Levy of De-

troit in addition, form the board of di-

rectors, who have the sole direction ofthe association's affairs. -

AMERICAN MEETING.George Peck, general manager of the

American Burlesque Association, hascalled a special meeting for house man-agers and producers of the circuit forJune 4 in the offices of the circuit.

Mr. Peck wants to go over the plansfor the coming season with the pro-ducers and managers.The regular annual meeting of the

Board of Directors of the Americanwheel was held Friday, this week.

CHAS. BARTON ILL.Charles Barton, the burlesque man,

is confined to his home in Fordham,suffering from gallstones. The doctorsare undecided on the advisability of anoperation at this time.

NEW "BURLESQUEWONDER SHOW."Of the five shows Hurtig & Seamoi

will have on the Columbia burlesquecircuit next season, one will be an ill-

new attraction, named 'The BurlesqueWonder Show."Among the new titles for burlesque

shows for next season will be "TheAviators," which will be used in con-nection with one of the Harry Hartshows on the American Wheel.

BAKER'S TWO SHOWS. •

Charles Baker, who holds the Ameri-can Wheel franchise for "The Temp-ters," has been granted another fran-chise on the burlesque circuit for nextseason and will operate two shows.

PANTAOES AND ST. LOUIS.Unless present forecasting goes awry

the Pantages Circuit will have a housein St. Louis before another snow flies.

When asked about St. Louis, WalterF. Keefe, who handles the New Yorkbookings for Pantages. said nothinghad developed beyond St. Louis mightbe on the circuit at some future time!\^hen asked if there was any possi-

bility that Pantages was after Joe Er-ber's theatre, East St. Louis, Keefeadmitted, that if such a theatrical movewas in the air that he was not aware ofit. Erber's is booked by Eddie Shaynein the Chicago W. V. M. A. offices.

Mr. Keefe may go west about July 1.

Empress, Cincinnati, on International.Cincinnati. May 31.

According to rumor, the Empress willpass from the Sullivan & Considinevaudeville hands next season and willbe used by the International Circuitas a pop priced legitimate house,Chicago men who financed the re-

cent limited engagement which termin-ated with the closing of "Her UnbornChild." by the police, are said to beback of the project and are convincedthat Cincinnati can support a theatreof this character.

VAUDEVILLEAMONG THEJWOMEN

The negligee worn by Emily AnnWellman at the Palace this week dia-

tinctly typifies the character of "TheYfting Mrs. Stanford," which the

portrayt. Flesh pink silk, lacy and

pearl trimmed, it is sweetly feminine,frail, clinging and dignified as Mrs.Stanford herself. A white eveninggown with its tiny brilliant bodice andits long flowing draperies, increasesher height and adds still more dignityto the enacting of the big moments of

the sketch. Winifred Burke Wears agreen velvet fur trimmed wrap over ablack net, jet embroidered gown lined

with green. Strings of jet beads fall

over the upper arms. A long pearlnecklace to toy with at nervous inter-

vals and a large red rose carry out thevampire idea to perfection.

Ivy Sawyer looks so bride-like in

the title role title-page gown, "TheGirl on the Magazine," it's surprising

Joseph Santley can wait until nextmonth to rush her to that little

church. Miss Sawyer looks charm-ing in all of her gowns. As a little

bright-eyed Japanese she is irresistibly

cute and doll like. A white kimonaover a green petticoat, showing largeappliqued circles of gold and bluestripped material is an original touch.A changeable blue-violet skirt, a two-toned wistaria, laced girdle and lace

bodice and cap make her a captivatingpeasant girl.

As Liberty, Julia Arthur at the Pal-

ace Monday looked graceful and dig-

nified. In her changeable copper-green-blue draperies over a skirt of

material that so closely resembledbronze itself, one watched to see if it

moved with the sway of her body.It did not Hilda Wolfus, of Williamsand Wolfus, displayed what looked like

a brand new gown of green grey giver-

ette cloth. The skirt shirred on .to thelong waist with a two-inch headinghad a panel or silver lace flounces backand front Green chiffon sleeves anda large hat jauntily turned up in theback completed it A peach coloredbathing outfit was worn for a few sec-

onds only. It's a pity Miss Wolfusdoes not have some opportunity to dis-

play talent in the act besides the wear-ing of prety clothes. The young wom-an in the Page Hack and Mack turnhas proved that acrobats can keep asup-to-date in their dressing as any-body else. With a. white cloth skirt

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cut quite up to the minute, she wears acoat bodice of nile green satin, Whitecollars, cuffs, gloves, button shoes anda sport hat set the stamp of approval.

The purple velvet Bernhardt-Nazi-mova affair worn by Dorothy Jardonat the Riverside is far from becomingin color or design. A sleeveless Chi-nese blue wrap—mandarin looking in

front and cut very low at back, is for

the Carmen number. A large hat with' black velvet around outline of brimand crown, has two large black pom-poms, which give the only Spanishtouch. A simple white military coatis worn over a dress of red white andblue. An American flag worked outin the same trimming forms the entirefront of bodice. Other than this last

costume, Miss Jardon's display is notup to her former high standard, butwhat she lacks in effective wardrobe shemakes up for with her fine spectacularvoice.

Little Ethlyn Clark has proved herunselfishness by giving her one newfrock to "The Guide" in the new How-ard and Clark Musical Revue—pro-grammed as AUna Poe. It Would cer-tainly have been a shame to throw intothe discard all of her pretty dresses,which for the most part look as freshas they did a few months ago. TheGuide, who looks very much like MissClark (who could easily have doubled

to it) is a picture in black and white.A very short white flare skirt trimmedwith bands of jet, has a black velvetbodice and chiffon sleeves. Black,white tipped ostrich feathers form theentire headdress and long black lacestockings topped with- double puffedwhite bloomers were generously dis-

played and admired. The designerover worked in the Chinese affair wornby Flora Stem, and it lost its effective-

ness by being too showy. Ottie Ardine(McKay and Ardine) is wearing adainty dancing frock. Quantities ofwhite and beach tulle form side pan-els over a silver skirt A silver bodiceencrusted with brilliants has a crescentof tiny pink roses at the waist line.

Watch your step at Freeport this sum-mer. Miss Ardine-—embonpoint it

close upon yon.

Many N. V. A. devotees will be pleasedto know it's only a matter of a fewdays now before the club will have its

own restaurant and bar and that whilea table d'hote lunch and dinner maybe served, chops and steaks will befeatures of the menu. Some specialluncheon attractions are being dis-

cussed to interest the women members.

At the Colonial this week Marguerite(Sterling and Marguerite) is wearing ashowy little costume for her athletics.

It is a combination of pink, black andflowered material with pink marabouthrown in for good measure. HarrietRoss (Mary Lovejoy in the Digbv Bellact) in the same soft gray silk house-dress she wore when the sketch openedearly in the season is ideal The whitelace edged kerchief at neck and loosesleeves with the dainty lace falling overwrist and hand suit wonderfully, wellher soft gray hair and young old ladycharacter. May Duryea wears a mustardcolored crepe with double skirt effect.

A tiny black ribbon tie is just the neces-sary touch with her black hair. Awhite semi-tailored one piece clothdress is worn by Helen Blair, whoplays the daughter. Hilda Wolfus(Williams and Wolfus) wore quite themost becoming dress she has had, aturquoise blue satin with baby bodiceshowing soft lace at top and tinysleeves of same material. A full skirt

draped away from the front showed asilk lace underskirt. With this a tur-quoise blue hat faced with pink.Will Ward's "Symphony Girls" all

wear the seemingly popular Colonialdame dresses at opening, changing todancing frocks. .A white net caughtup in headings here and there just be-'

low the hips ' shows a broad band oftrimming on the underskirt. A blueclinging skirt has, a five-inch band ofsequins half way down that matchesthe broad belt. A deep green tulle

shows perpendicular bands of silver

sequins in the skirt. A lavender ruffled

skirt with gold bodice and an ecru netand lace ruffled dress all harmonizenicely and make a pretty setting for

their various talents. Amelia Stone(Stone and Kalisz) looks particularlywell in a gold velvet voluptuous wraptrimmed with civet fur in a specially

pretty setting showing furniture,

screen, chandelier, lamp, etc., coveredwith an artistic gold and black silk ma-terial. Her prettv silver, dancing frock'looks last season s, as it is made withhoops at sides, but looks wonderfullywell nevertheless. Margaret Farrellmakes her appearance in front of amost attractive Chinese blue silk dropshowing two Oriental looking suns andorange borders at top and bottom. Aputty colored one-piece walking dresstrimmed with heaver is first worn. It

has smart little beaver edged pockets,as a novelty touch. A French soubrettype of dress has royal blue sequinpanels front and back and is trimmedwith silver braid. A rose dress ofgrandmother's vintage with long lace

pantalets showing Is worn for a songabout the dress mother wore. A greentulle affair, not overly smart or overlybecoming, is for her Irish number.Phyllis Relph wears a white tulle din-

ner dress with a gayly colored floweredribbon girdle which continues downthe back in a sash effect

The woman of Denny and Perri at

the American the first half made three

changes of costume. A little greenshimmery affair coming half way toher knees is made up of three flouncesedged with gold fringe. Short pantsof the same material show just belowthe skirt and a large hat of same ma-terial as dress makes a pretty outfit for

"Huckleberry Finn." For the closing

number she wears a changeable bluetaffeta with blue bodice. Elliott's "Mis-sissippi Maids" (girls in blackface)break the usual routine of chorus workby three stepping down to the foot-

lights in their turn and singing a chorusby themselves capably. The principal

girl looks exceedingly well in a whitebrocade taffeta made with polonaiseeffect, but her last dress can be im-proved upon—the white net lookingsoiled against the blue lining and top.

The girls have three changes—the best

the orange dresses trimmed with blackbands. They all have pretty figures.

Mabel Douglas of Sampson and Doug-las is improving in her comedy andstyle. She wears the same comedymakeup as for the past two seasonsand changes in the hamper or dog crate

brought on stage to a midnight bluechiffon dress having a tiny border of

brilliants outlining its lower edge anda solid brilliant bodice. With this shewears a large silver cloth hat with large

points forming the brim. Better dress-

ing still will improve the act. Monardand Mayne do a fast little dancing turn.

At the opening the girl has on a blue

velvet full circular skirt, short flare

coat and small hat all of same material,

all trimmed with bands of black plush.

A long blue cape appliqued with silver

stars, a red satin bodice and whitepants are worn for a toe dance, and awhite ankle length dress for the doubledance at finish. Alice Clifton shows apretty head of tousled hair in thesketch she is now doing with HeroldLa Costa, but not much in the way of

dress of any sort She makes her ap-pearance in her husband's dressinggown and slippers, getting a lot oflaughs out of the dressing scene whereshe uses up almost a paper of pins put-

ting herself together. Many womenin the American audience were perhapsquite familiar with the careless, happy-go-lucky female she portrays.

MARRIAGES.Mabele Cedars, leading woman to

Julian Eltinge in "Cousin Lucy," toJack Pierre, company manager, in Chi-cago, ten days ago.

Frankie Wade, for two years with"The Bride Shop," last October, toBernard Broadhurst, manager of theBond Hotel, Hartford, Conn. The wed-ding has been kept a secretRuby Jacquelin Smith and Majoi

John Albert Brown of the 1st Inf. N. G.Penna., May 24, at St. Stephen's, NewYork City.

John H. Billsbury, of the VictoriaFour and interested in the Helen Mur-phy agency, Chicago, and Miss Mur-phy's sister, Laura May, in New York,May 30. Helen Murphy, who came onwith her sister for the wedding, will

look over local acts with a view ofplacing them under contract for west-ern dates.

TOMMY'S TATTLES.By Thomas J. Gray.

The income war tax won't be felt

very hard by the acts playing the cutweeks.

In the midst of the benefit season it is

good to notice that the actors havetwo benefits for themselves, the Actors'Fund Fair, and the N. V. A.'s.

Motion Picture Companies are nowengaging orchestras to play appro-priate Junes while certain scenes artbeing played—we submit the followingsuggestions:When comedian throws pie—"Good Pie Sweetheart, Good Pit."When vampire starts to camp—"I Just Can't Make My Eyes Be-

have.When "Father Returns from the

Mines"—"The Old Soaken Bucket"Happy Ending-Kiss-Fade Out—"Everybody's Doing It"

With the college boys enlisting,it looks like a tough season for thechorus girl.

When you come to think of it, con-scription is not so bad. Besides "thefolks you love," it also takes in au-thors, song pluggers, hotel clerks, bag-gage men, act reviewers, agents, chorusmen, tagicab drivers, and female im-personators.

We didn't think the war would effectmusical comedy until yesterday. Weheard that three costume designerswere going to the front as Red Crossnurses.

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People are using so much buntingand so many American flags it's goingto be tough on magicians who use themfor a finish.

BIRTHS.Mr. and Mrs. Irving Cooper, May 30,

daughter.

CORSE LEAVING.Corse Payton's stock days at the

Lexington O. H. are numbered. Thisweek is expected to see the companywind up its unsuccessful engagement.

Do You Know That-Few good Irish comedians come

from Japan?Animal acts have to be fed while lay-

ing off?Fink tights should not be worn for

north pole scenes?Monologues are no good in a circus

tent?

They say love will find a way—lotsof people love work, but they can'tfind a way to get it

Suppose you're wondering how thesummer home is going to look.

INTERNATIONAL'S LAY-OUT.The. present lay-out for the Inter-

national Circuit for next season in-cludes 22 shows, 12 new to the cir-cuit and seven brand new shows.

In eluded in the list are "Which OneShall I Marry" (Ed. Rowland), "PegO' Mv Heart" (Robert Campbell),"The Old Homestead" (James Thatch-er). "Shore Acres" ((Stair and Nic-olai), "My Irish Cinderella" (Chas. E.Blaney). r«The White Slave" and "TheCinderella Man" both by Robert Camp-bell, a Hawaiian show by Rowland& Howard, with four shows by GusHill, including "Mutt and Jeff " "Bring-ing Up Father," "Hans und Fritz," anda new piece by Martin Herman (A. H.W >ods), will place a company of"Common Clay'' on the circuit, withnew shows (titles not selected) forGeorge Sidney, Timmie Hodges andHalton Powers, the play for the latterbeing tried out at present in stock inIndianapolis.''The Katzenjammer Kids" and prob-

ably "Her Unborn Child" will se In-cluded on the circuit. Arthur Alstonand Charles E. Blaney will also havenew shows.

FLORENCE NASH FOR "MOLLY.•

Florence Nash may be seen in thetitle role of "The Melting of Moll/9

when the Shuberts snd Frederic Mc-Kay again send the piece out.

8 VAUDEVILLELIBERTY'S CALL

By W. Dayton Wegefarth

(This poem, written by Mr. Wegefarth, a Philadelphia theatrical man-ager, appears on the programs of several of Philadelphia's theaters):

When the battle-cry is ended,And when vict'ry hat been won,

When the cold of steel is blendedWith the warmth of Freedom's sun,

When the Peace we crave is given,When our Honor is secure,

When the blood-red pall is rivenThat our safety may endure;

Will you greet the flag that shields youWith upraised and pride-filled eyes,

With a cheer for your red, white and blueThat flecks the azure skies?

If you would, then back Old Glory,Back the men who do and dare,

Be a part of history's story,

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Buy a bond, and do your share!

ILL AND INJURED.Mrs. Max (Tillie) Winslow expects

to leave St. Elizabeth Hospital on West51st street this week, where she is re-

covering from an operation performedthere. Mrs. Winslow was advised acouple of years ago to have the opera-tion gone through with when it wouldhave been a slight matter, but delayeduntil it grew serious.

Hattie Mcintosh King (colored) is

very ill at her home in Chicago. Sheis the wife of Billy King, comedian.

Eddie Convey, secretary of Theatri-cal Protective Union No. 1, was con-fined to his home this week with aslight attack of pneumonia. His re-turn to work is expected shortly.George A. E we'll is conhned to Dr.

Given's Sanitarium, Stamford, Conn.A. W. Herman (Cohan & Harris

forces) is at the Post Graduate Hospi-tal, having undergone a slight opera-tion.

Joe Bennett, a vaudevillian, was se-verely beaten and robbed Tuesdaynight and was taken to the AmericanHospital, Chicago, in a serious condi-tion, suffering from a fractured jaw andinternal injuries. His assailants havenot as yet ^een apprehended.Janet Adair, wife of James (Fat)

Thompson, was suddenly operated onat the American Hospital, Chicago,Monday, by Dr. Max Thorek. The op-eration was of minor character, butthe patient is reported sure of recovery.Lou Bowers, superintendent of the

Garrick theatre, Chicago, was operatedon for a tongue affection by Dr. HarryMartin at the Michael Reese Hospital,Chicago.Gus Lans, carpenter with the Ger-

trude Hoffman Revue, was removedfrom the Majestic. Chicago, at mid-night Sunday and taken to the Ameri-can Hospital. Lans is seriously ill

with a stomach disorder which may ne-cessitate an operation.Edwin Lamar with the Lew Wood

stock at the VVicting, Syracuse, N. fY.,

is at the City Hospital there with scar-let fever.

The critical condition of their mothercaused the Ferraros to cancel theirPacific Coast bookings and return cast.

Otto Koerner, playing a formerHarry Holman sketch ("The Automo-bile Rroker") on the Ackerman & Har-ris Circuit in the far west, canceledthrough a sudden illness contracted byNellie McNamara of the company whilethe act was en route. Mr. Koerner andhis company returned to Chicago.Sarah Scdalia. a vaudevillian appear-

ing at Sherin's tl.c.rtrc, a small houseon North Clark street. Chicago, wasovercome by gas last Thursday night\vf)!U- S'.'"! 1 '--! j., Ii.t fiVcsin^ room,rc.ifiv to ^o on.George Kingsbury, manager of the

Chicaeo "Turn to the Right," was con-fined to the room for several days lastweek, with an attack of stomach trou-ble.

Venita Fitzhugh is suffering frommeasles, at New Haven.Edward Ornstein, manager of the

stock company at the Palace, Toledo,has been conhned to his bed for twoweeks with throat trouble.

BURLESQUE FRANCHISES.The franchise of Hertz and Reaum

of Detroit, who operated the "HelloParis" show on the American wheel lastseason, which was revoked last week,due to the owners' failure to bring theshow up to the requirements of the cir-

cuit, will be operated next season byGeorge Belfrage, who operates the "HipHip Hooray Girls" on the Columbiawheel. The American wheel has alsogranted a franchise to Charlie Bakerfor the one new additional show in thecircuit next season.

NEW ACTS."An Heir for a Night" with Jack Rus-

sell, Lotta Baker and Fred Raymond.A chorus of six girls.

Tom Moran and Joe McCormack in

"On Our Way Home" (Max Landau)."Wild Women" by Steve Champlin,

featuring Charles Horn; "A HusbandWanted," by Blocker Jennings, withDorothy Sadlier, aqd "Pep," with OttoKoerner (Harry Holman).Anita Osgood and Joe Phillips, two-

act.

Bert Wilcox and Co. in comedysketch with three people.Anthony Andre and Co. in "The

Beggerman."Hugh Cameron and Hal Ford, two-

actHarry Palmer and "Billie" Craven

(Lou Edleman).Henrietta Goodwin (former leading

woman with the Elsmere stock), in acomedy sketch with three people. (PatCasey).

"Julius Caesar on Broadway," 35 peo-ple and eight Shetland ponies, withRichard Anderson and Leo (Buddy)Clark as principals. Corcoran andMack may also be with the act (JoeWood).

WILSON RETURNING.William J. Wilson, the American

stage director at present staging thenew show at the Palace, London, is

to return to this country immediatelyafter that production is finished. Heis expected to arrive in New Yorkabout June 15, and will complete ar-rangements here for a couple of Eng-ilsh touring revues which he will pro-duce abroad on his return, in associa-tion with the Moss-Empires, Ltd.

Ina Claire's Show Tryout June II.

Ina Claire in "Polly With a Past,"under the management of David Be-lasco, is to undergo a week's tryout inAtlantic City opening June 11. Thepiece will then be shelved until late inAugust.

FAVERSHAM'S MORTALITY LIST.

Chicago, May 31.

William Faversham in a letter to

Percy Hammond of the Chicago"Tribune" decries the fact that there

need be any anxiety regarding the ac-

tor of this country take his part in thegrim business of war and citing that2,700 of the profession in England havebeen in the ranks during the struggle.

Just as willing as were the Englishmembers of the profession as a whole,so will the Americans of the stage an-swer to the call of Uncle Sam, Mr.Faversham says. He added a list ofnames to one previously publishedbv Hammond of those of the Englishstage either killed or wounded in thestruggle. The list includes:

Farren Soutar—Age about 48. As youknow, he la the son of the famous NellieFarren of the London Gaiety. He had botheyes and both arms shot away only a fewwoeka ago.Frank Baker—Stage manager of the Duke

of York's theatre for Charles Frohman foryears. He was killed In the early stages ofthe war.Duncan Druce and his brother. William

Druce, were both killed within a few weeksof one another.Ralph Dennlson—Who played here in

"Milestones," and his brother, were bothkilled on the same day In 1015.Captain Murray Carson—Who died last

week in Canterbury. • He donned khaki assoon as he could make the authorities be-lieve he was younger than he really was.

Launcelot Lauder—Killed.Eric Benson—Son of F. P. Benson. Killed.Cyril Branch—Killed.Herbert HeuetBon—Wounded and reported

as mlBsIng for nearly two years.Fred Penley—Son of the famous W. S.

Penley and also business manager for Klaw& Ertanger. He was wounded and taken pris-oner the first weeks of the war.Terence Nesbit—Killed.Tom Nesbit—Wounded three times and back

to the front three times.Charlie Maude—You undoubtedly remember

him both In London and New York. I aaldgood-bye to him myself wben he decided togo to the front. He went via Canada. Hehas been In the thick of the fight and he Is

now captain on the staff.

Arthur Cleeve—Went with the first contin-gent as lieutenant and was wounded and in-valided out as captain after the battle ofthe Marne.Edward Cambermere—Who played with Cy-

ril Maude In "Grumpy." Was wounded andinvalided out aftT serving two years.Lee Nichols—Enlisted at the very begin-

ning. He was yery severely wounded. Inconnection with his name I am Inclosing youa letter he wrote to the New York Times onApril 25. T think It is a very modest letterand so splendid of this actor not to "crow"about himself. I believe he Is Incapacitatedfor the Btage forever and Is working now In asilversmith's on Fifth avenue in New York.

Arthur Curtis—This is ono of the gamestand yet saddest cases of the whole lot. Hiseyeslirht was verv bad ; in fact, to use theold phrase, "be was as blind as a bat." Hewore glasses almost as thick as opera "lasses.He passed the reading test by waiting out-side the building and asking the different re-cruits as they came out what they had toread. By continually hearing It, and finallymeeting a "pal" who remembered him veryw»11, be committed It to memory and whenhis turn came, with his glasses hidden awayIn his pocket, be read everything the officerasked him to. He passed and proved a veryfine soldier. He soon got a commission. Hewas made a first lieutenant: was wounded,and when better went back again. He wasthen made a captain. This time the poorfellow had bis law shot away and died tendayR afterward In hospital.

Lionel MacKlnder—The famous variety com-edian. He was 47. He enlisted at the out-break of the war, saying he was 28, and hepot away with it. He was shot throughthe head and killed by a sniper, while singinga comic song to the men In the trenches.Herbert Sleath—You remember him with

me In "The Squawman," perhaps. He servedover two yenrs and then was Invalided home.(He is the husband of Ellis Jefferys.)Captain Arthur Holmes-Gore—He was last

seen wounded two years ago: has been miss-ing ever since, and the straneest thing is

his wife will not believe he Is dead. .

Colonel Holland—Retired army officer, cameout here with Cyril Maude as business man-ager, and went back when the war brokeout. Is now a general on the staff.

Probyn Dlghton—Still at the front. Hisbrother, nnothor actor, was killed the first

year of the war.Of Cyril Maude's company there were

:

I'erclval Young.James Dale.Herbert Marshall.Leonard Trollope.Julian d'Ablie.They were the members of the company

rllirlhlp while playing In New York, and theyoil icur.ivl UK Tv. •'?•: hu* IV'i'ii 1 ! 1 1 7

«

% ru'wr. rfsr.v of tVem. Vovng wis t\ Hrntennnf. In

Salonika the Inst wo hoard of him.Guy Standing—Served as commander of

submarine chaser In the channel. Was finallyInvalided out. and put In the nnvnl war de-partment, and Is now In fine position.Guy Rathbnne—Of Gerald du Maurler's com-

pany. Wounded.

Allan Pollock—Whom you undoubtedlySeverely wounded. _. .

Dion Calthorp—Actor and author. Hi(la-the author of the play 1 am producing this

autumn called "The Old Country." He hasbeen a commander of a torpedo boat de-

stroyer since the beginning of the **/.Cyril Haroourt—Author of "A Pair of Silk

Stockings," went up last week. I !»• ntaletters to headquarters In Canada.8tanley Bell—Sir Herbert Tree's stage man-

ager. _Norman Lorlng—Marie Tempest's son. Yon

most likely remember him. He had •tarted

as an actor, and then she put him in the

box office on her last tour. He haa been at

the front some months.Henry Alnley—Of London fame, who went

with the contingent on the first of April to

Flanders. We have heard no news of nunyet

Oscar Ashe—Went with the first of Maycontingent. MNorman Tharp—He was with Blanche

Bates and William Gillette In "Diplomacy."No report yet. mm . ,

Major Latouche Congreve—Cyril Maudeason-in-law. He was married to Maudesdaughter. Won the Victoria cross and waskilled five days after the marriage. The kingpresented the Victoria cross In person to his

wife, who now has a posthumous child, adaughter.

. .

Bailey Hick—Reeves-Smith's son-in-law heIs. He was very severely wounded. There are

rumors that he Is dead.

IN AND OUT.Dooley and Sales retired from the

Bushwick bill last Thursday, and can-celed this week at the Brighton, throughthe illness of Corinne Sales. Irwin andHenry are substituting at the beach.Kelly and Fern were out of the Ked-

zie, Chicago, first half, on account of

illness. They were replaced by Silber

and North.Sampson and Douglass could not

open at the Bijou, Brooklyn, the last

half of last week through illness. Dennyand Perry secured the spot.

Harmon and Malcolm did not appearfor rehearsal at Loew's, Newark, Mon-day, and were replaced by Fraser,Bunce and Hardy.

Griffith and Bosley left the CrotonaMonday after the first show, replacedby Kelly and Morrell."Danse Divertissement" filled a dis-

appointment at Fox's Ridgewood thefirst half.

"Flying Venus" left the Academy,Chicago, on Friday last, after troublewith the local branch of the I. T. A.S.E. The man working the apparatusemployed in the act refused to showhis union card, although he claimedto be a member of the local union.The act was replaced by the Box CarTrio.

ALAN DALE IS BACK.Alan Dale is once again the reviewer

of dramatic productions for the "Amer-ican," his first criticism having ap-appeared in that paper Tuesday morn-ing.

Throughout the theatrical field thesubject of the return of the most caus-tic of dramatic critics was dis-

cussed Tuesday. It was commented onthat the reviewer and the "American"parted company about two years agowhen one of the producing firms man-aged to get the ear of the businessoffice of the publication. Since that timethe "American" has practically lost

caste entirely in its theatrical reviews.

Officially Visiting Actors' Fund Home.The annual visit of the President and

Board of Trustees to the Actors' FundHome on Staten Island will take placeSunday, June 3, the party starting onthe trip from the Fund rooms in NewYorTc at 11.15.

Board members and guests* are askedto assemble at 11 o'clock.

All who have machines are asked topress them into service for the trip.

Notices were sent out Monday by theassistant secretary, W. Austin.

"Beautiful Unknown" Nearly Ready.The- finish in;? touches are being put

on the "Beautifiil Unknown," which theShuberts are grooming for an antici-pated summer run at the 44th street,opening June 18.

Allan K. Foster is handling the di-recting end.

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Vol. XLVII.

Variety is issuing one day late this

week, owing to the holiday falling onWednesday.

Ada Portser has left the, act of Grohs,King and Co.

C. H. Miles reached New York Mon-day, to reamain about six weeks.

Milton and the De Long Sisters aremotoring to Denver.

Sohmer Park opened its summer sea-

son May 28.

"Johnny Get Your Gun" will go intothe Duquesne, Pittsburgh, next weekfor a five weeks' engagement.

Anniversary Week and 12 acts will

be at the Brighton theatre June 25 for

the week.

The New Yorjc Elks subscribedto $100,000 worth of Liberty Bonds at

the meeting Sunday night.

'There She Goes" is a new musicalshow under the direction of Harvey T.Orr.

"Stop, Look, Listen" goes out againnext season, direction of Gus Hill andMartin Sampter.

Jessie Mae Hall is motoring to Chi-cago with Mrs. John H. Norton, of

Los Angeles.

Marietta Craig has been chosen asthe star for Lem B. Parker's new play,

"Reason," for next season.

The Ferrari Shows, a tent organiza-tion, is preparing a musical tabloid asan added attraction.

'

Michael A. Carman is manager of theColonial, Reading Pa., a new house,seating 2,000.

Edith Ward and Dennis Player,both members of the Red Cross, aretaking up aviation.

'His Majesty Bunker Bean" will besent on tour through the one-nightersnext season under the direction of Wil-liam Currier.

James Thatcher, who is in New Yorkengaging players for the Poli summerstocks, has written a song, "In WalkedJimmy."

Jimmy Lane's flat at 108 West 95thstreet was burned out last week and all

the wardrobe and manuscripts were de-stroyed. No insurance.

DeRue Brothers have booked a longtour through Vermont and New Hamp-shire for their Ideal Minstrels this

No. 1 summer.

The Brighton Beach Music Hall is

to have a picture policy this summer,opening July 1.

Sam Water, son of Water, the Great,the magician, has enlisted in the En-gineers' Corps and is stationed at FortTotten, N. Y.

"The Broadway Follies," producedby Clark Ross, will take to the roadnext season as a popular priced musi-cal comedy.

Nate Erber, manager of *be ^ataceDanville, I!!., has taken over the Lin-coln Square theatre, Decatur, 111., andwill put it into pictures.

Jos. H. Tooker has bought the Hog-encamp property at Deal. N. J. Con-sideration reported at $50,000. It will

be Mr. Tooker's summer home.

The open air theatre at RivertonPark, Portland. Me., reopens July 25,

playing musical tabloid booked by theGorman office of Boston.

The "Sonoma," arriving at San Fran-cisco May 22 from Australia, broughtback Wilmos Westony, The Flemingsand Mile. Lingard.

George Harcourt is at Madison Bar-racks, N. Y., at the officers' trainingcamp. He will be attached to ColBates regiment and will go to Francewith that unit.

Thomas J. Armstrong;, son of JimArmstrong, the vaudeville agent, is

now stationed at Fort Meyer, Va.,where he is attached to the Officers'Reserve Corps.

Joe Levy has joined the 69th Regi-ment. He is a brother of Mark Levy,who says he booked his brother in thearmy, as summer was coming on withthings looking dull.

James J. Corbett has presented anengraved gold watch and chain of thelatest design to George O'Brien of theHarry Weber office, which books theformer champ in vaudeville.

Perry J. Kelly has secured the roadrights for the coming season of "HisBridal Night" and will star FrederickV. Bowers in the production. Therewill be but one company on tour andit will play the first class houses.

Harry Cort, manager of the Stand-ard, and John Scholl, orchestra leaderat the same house, have organized acompany to present "The

.Substitute"

on the road.

Bob Jeanette, now with the NationalPrint, was formerly in charge of the125th Street theatre, not the Harlemopera house, as reported last week.Harry Swift is manager of the operahouse.

The stock company at the RoyalAlexandra, Toronto, headed by Flor-ence Roberts, produced for the first

time on any stage this week "TheClaim."

DuMonr*s Minstrels, which closed along season in Philadelphia, has takento the road. The minstrels may stayout six weeks. Eddie Cassady is withthe show as principal comedian.

The Alhambra, New York, whichended its vaudeville season Sunday,now has a straight picture policy, with"Joan the Woman" the first program.

"Dewdrop Inn," a musical comedynow in rehearsal under the manage-ment of Rice & Mayer, will have its

opening in Chicago within the nextfortnight. Percival Knight and Fred-eric Santley are playing the leads.

The Strand, New Bedford (formerlythe French theatre), which has beenplaying dramatic stock, has a musicaltabloid policy, starting this week forthe summer.

(Miss) Jean Smoot, one of the fewwomen theater managers in this coun-try arrived in New York Monday toarrange bookings for the coming sea-son at her theatre in Montgomery, Ala.

Dunne and Langley have dissolved,with Harold Dunne securing a com-mission as chief electrician in the navy.Miss Langley expects to go to Francewith a Boston hospital unit.

The Colonial, Pittsneld, Mass., Loewbooked, closes this week. The Hart-ford theatre, recently added to thebooks of the Loew office, discontinuedvaudeville for the "summer last week.

The Shuberts have taken a numberof the girls who closed with "ThePassing Show of 1916" and are rehears-ing them for the present Winter Gar-den show. The Garden show has beenshy of girls since its opening.

Bobby R. Robinson and Lillian Ro-maine (Mr. and Mrs. Robinson) haveagreed to disagree and after playing

. the Princess, San Francisco, will partBob Robinson may continue in vaude-ville as a single.

The Steinway theatre, Steinway, L. I.,

has vaudeville, booked by Paul Allen,brother of Edgar Allen. The houseplays three bills a week, two showsplaying for three days with a specialshow for Sunday.

Francis Wilson is now in Pekin. Aninteresting letter from him was readat the annual meeting of the Actors'Equity Association at the Hotel As-tor las^ Monday. Wilson is presidentof the organization.

Elliott Forman departed for Chicagothe latter part of the week, where hewill personally represent Alan Brooks,the latter opening at the Garrick nextMonday in his new show, "Dollars andSense."

James Murray, some .35 years agoplaying the piano in Henderson's Bow-ery shows, now a doorkeeper at theColumbia, Chicago, came in from the-

west Monday for a visit with friendsand relatives.

The Regent, Baltimore, has CharlesW. Moseley again in charge and will

Leslie Morosco, brother of OliverMorosco, who has been conducting a

players' agency for several years, hasadded a play reading department to his

offices.

Thomas E. Shea will start anotherroad tour next season in "CommonClay," opening Labor Day, going to the

Coast and back, playing all weekstands.

Associated with Frank Stammers in

writing the new musical show, "SomeGirl," which Anderson & Weber will

produce, is Harold Orlob, the latter

writing the music.

The stock company at the Hudson,Union Hill, will produce next week for

the first time on any stage Roy Fos-ter's melodrama, "After Office Hours."Arthur Aiston has the producing rights

to the piece and will take it on theroad next season.

Harry Spingold, the Chicago agentnow in New York, was set back a weekin his plans through being confined to

his hotel for that length of time witha severe cold. Mr. Spingold will prob-ably return to Chicago in a couple ofweeks.

Dan Sherman has opened ShermanLake Park at Davenport Center, N. Y.Billie Grace is there producing andHarry Cotton is on the job with a 40-

horse power merry-go-round.. Arthur

Grismon is the leader of the orchestraand Jim De Forrest has the miniaturerailroad.

Bill Quaid, manager of Proctor's 5thAvenue, has been getting out a line ofpretty posters and throwaways for thebig hotels in the near vicinity of thetheatre. Special designs in colors makethe advertising extra attractive. The5th Avenue will remain open over thesummer.

George Cohan is one of the biggestcontributors to the "Liberty Loan"bond sum voted by the Friars. In ad-dition to the $25,000 subscribed he maytake another block of bonds on the sec-ond sum that may be agreed upon bythe organization. The Friars havetaken $100,000 worth of the bonds.

The action of Kitty Gordon againstJoseph M. Weber for salary claimeddue while a member of "Alma WhereDo You Live" was discontinued this

week when the plaintiff failed to ap-?»ear after the Weber interests hadorced the action, pending severalyears, to a court hearing.

An action has been commenced inBoston by Harry Saks Hechheimer, asattorney for Jane Kennedy, for an in-

junction and damages against Kinneyand Lusby, formerly engaged in "DanaeFantasies," a vaudeville act. The actwas produced by Miss Kennedy, withKinney under contract to it until nextDecember. Unfair competition is al-

leged. —The Baker, Dover, N. J., will start a

four-act vaudeville show next week,playing vaudeville the first three days,feature films Thursday and Friday, andvaudeville Saturdays. Byrne & Kirbyare booking the acts. The house re-

sumes its legitimate attractions nextfall, Joe Payton's repertoire show open-ing there Sept. 3.

Henry Hadlev proposes a grandopera version of "The Garden of Al-lah," which may be produced by Cleo-fonte Campanini, who has already ac-cepted Hadley's Indian opera, "Azora,"for production next season. The scoreto the "Allah" production will be writ-ten by Hadley, while Henry Meltzerwill furnish the libretto.

William Fox is reported as unde-cided whether to close the Riviera(which adjoins Keith's Riverside andplays pop vaudeville) for the summer.The house will close providing the 81stStreet theatre, also playing vaudevilleand pictures, shuts down, but if thelatter remains open the Fox house will

also be operated owing to the keenrivalry between the two houses.

A singular coincident occurred last

week when both L. Wolfe Gilbert andCarey Morgan of the Jos. W. Stern Co..were arrested in different sections ofthe city for speeding. The couple hadjust written a number called Some-body's Gonna Get You," and had left

for the respective homes when the ar-rests took place. Both *were subse-quently discharged in the speeder'scourt.

A number of stage folks and vaude-villians who own their own autos weregreatly concerned last week by a re-

port that the Federal Governmentmight seize their machines and putthem into army service, but men at-tached to the U. S. service deny thatsuch a move is contemplated. TheGovernment is having all kinds of armyautos made per contract and under noconsideration would commandeer any-body's machine unless war reached sucha crisis that overland need made sucha move imperative. There are manyTDfti though who have the right tocommandeer any machine for severalhours at any time they see fit, but de-claring such a necessity exists for thegood of the army service. Of course,the proper credentials must be shown.

1C GITIMATE,Baa

Chicago, May 31.

Although the weather up to nowhat not shown May time form, save

for a few scattered dayi, the legitimate

houses are closing up for the season

and by the end of the week there will

be but five regular attractions show-

ing. They are "The Show of Won-ders," "Turn to the Right," "Seven

Chances," "The Pawn" and "The Bird

of Paradise." The latter show, nowin its sixth week, surprised the Loopexperts by being able to stick. Re-

ceipts are reported under $5,000, but

the management claims to be making

a profit and it looks as if the showwould last for some weeks yetWith takinfcs approaching $20,000 for

last week, the "Wonders" show bylong odds overshadows the field, withcapacity houses the rule, save at mati-nees. This is ahead of last year's showin point of receipts since the higherpriced seats in balcony and gallery

nave been moved back. The night topremains at $2, but the matinee top is

$1.50, whereas it was $1 last summer."The Pawn," with Frank Keenan.

opened at the Princess Sunday, andalthough not a sensation, was votedgood enough to remain a month ormore. The show laid off here last

week to allow "Getting Married" to

stay for a third week, the latter snowtaking in $10,000."Very Good Eddie" minus Doraldina

is in its eleventh and last week at theGarrick. The decision to close it wasco-incident with the determination to

rush the play to the coast, it arrivingthere two weeks after leaving here.

The Garrick was minus a booking to

succeed it early this week. "Dollars andSense," with Alan Brooks, opens at theGarrick next Monday."The Love Mill" stops Saturday and

the Illinois closes for the season.Last week's reports on the receipts

were considerably under the $5,000mark."Seven Chances" is well thought of

and possesses a fairly strong demand.The end of the run of "Turn to theRight" is not in sight and the showis turning a good weekly profit

San Francisco. May 31.

Business for "The Masked Model" at

the Cort is holding up nicely.

Stock burlesque at the Savoy draw-ing well.

Alcazar—dark.

Atlantic City, May 31.

The Raymond Hitchcock show, "Kit-chy Koo," opened Monday and will

require some drastic knitting togetherbefore it opens in New York Thursday.Most of the scenes were prolonged be-

yond their entertainment length andwill probably be cut for the New Yorkpremiere.

EQUITY ASS'N. ELECTION.The annual meeting of the Actors'

Equity Association was held Mondayafternoon at the Hotel Astor at 3

o'clock. In addition to a gratifying at-

tendance, despite the inclementweather, some splendid reports on theprogress of the association were heard.The main interest was centered in

the election of officers, which resultedas follows: (to serve one year) Presi-dent, Francis Wilson; vice-president,

Bruce MacRae; corresponding secre-tary, Howard Kyle; recording secre-

tary, Grant Stewart; treasurer, RichardA. Purdy.Councilmcn for three year term: Ed-

mund Brecse, Bertha Churchill, CharlesD. Coburn, Edward J. Connelly, Her-bert Corthell, Frank Craven, Will J.

Deming. Harry Harwood, Frank Mills,

Grant Mitchell, Edward H. Sothern,Scott Walsh."The Equity Council at a previous

session resolved that delinquent mem-bers be suspended, with the exceptionof those who have been excused, andall those who were behind in theirdues were barred from the Astor Ho-tel meeting.The Equity is in splendid shape finan-

cially and applications for member-ship have been" pouring in at a mostsatisfactory rate of late.

The Association has a cablegram re-

ceived from Sir Johnston Forbes-Rob-ertson, now at his home in London,which embodied greetings from the Ac-tors' Association, representing British

actors and actresses, to their comrades,American actors and actresses. Forbes-Robertson, in signing the message,,conveyed the English spirit that is withthe English profession and with whichthe American sentiment is now allied.

The Equity has practically agreed to

a mutual form of players' contractwhich the United Managers' Protec-tive Association is expected to ratify

next week.The contract is very similar to the

one formerly used by the Equity andmanagers, the new form providing for

a co-ordinating board of arbitration

composed equally of representatives

from both the Equity and managers.A chairman of neutral disposition will

preside.Nothing to date has reached any tan-

gible shape regarding the request for acharter with the American Federationof Labor, and there is no telling whenthe Federation will make any definite

decision now that the war is on and the

Federation heads are chary about is-

suing new charters.

The Federation has apparently hadenough of the theatrical acting pro-fession for the present, the much-vaunted promises of the White Rats'

heads at the Baltimore convention fail-

ing to come true, with the Rats organi-zation now a thing of the past, ex-

tremely bothersome in its day to manyA. F. of L. leaders. But should thecharter be granted to the Equity at the

next Federation meeting, it is almosta certainty the Equity will change its

present name.Meanwhile the proposed equitable

contract is the main talk arrrong theEquity members. Final considera-tion by the managers is expectedwhen Marc Klaw returns from his

western trip.

Chicago, May 30.

With a renewal of the present lease

of the local quarters of the Actors'Equity Association is a report to themain headquarters in New York that

the western office has done exception-ally well in adding new" members, set-

tling a number of disputes in whichA. E. A. members were involved andhas obtained the consent of practically

all Chicago producers to use Equitycontracts next season.When the Chicago office was first es-

tablished it was not seriously lookedupon, but the success the representa-

tion there has recorded has made the

office most important.

FAVORING CANADA.Fully convinced Canada is show hun-

gry and that conditions up there will

be unusually rosy for "girly shows,"

a number of New York managers are

penciling in routes that will keep their

productions mostly in Canadian roadterritory.

One show that has been cut for four

seasons and has played nearly everycrossroads in the States played a part

of last season in Canada and the re-

turns were such that the show will

get in that section early in the fall

R. R. TAX LIFTED?Washington, May 31.

The indications here are that the

railroad tax will be suspended as far

as amusement enterprises are con-

cerned. This is the opinion prevalent

among those who seem to have somesort of an inside line on what the

War Tax Committee proposes to do.

There is hardly any possibility thai

the tax on admissions will be modified.

Producing managers in New Yorkhail the possibility of the theatrical

traveling attractions being exemptfrom the railroad tax as a distinct vic-

tory. They do not feel the admissiontax is going to work any particular

hardship because it is to be borne bythe public.The tax on railroad tickets would

have hit all of the traveling attractionsparticularly hard. Several of the man-agers had fully made up their mindsnot to send out road shows during theperiod that the war tax would be in

effectUp to Thursday there had been no

further developments in the proposedtax levy in so far as it concerned thea-

tres, circuses, baseball and other formsof amusement enterprises so included.The protestations of the Theatre

Managers' Association as well as thecircus interests, represented in Wash-ington by Attorney John M. Kelly,

Chicago, and the former by AttorneyLigon Johnson, New York, are now in

the hands of the Senate drafting com-mittee, which is exnected to make cer-

tain changes that will reduce the tax,

especially that phase which affects the

show interests.

It was Mr. Johnson who in behalf

of the managers requested the Senatecommittee adopt the Canadian formof tax as it now works during wartimes there.

STOCKS OPENING.A musical stock (direction Messrs.

Katze & Phelan) will open in the Olym-

pia, Lynn, Mass., June 4.

The Odeon, Newark, is to have sum-

mer musical stock opening June 4. Thecompany was recruited through the

Paul Scott Offices.

With Godfrey Matthews and Flor-

ence Carpenter playing leads, a dra-

matic stock (direction Walter S. Bald-win) opened at the Lyceum, Duluth,May 28. Baldwin is personally manag-ing and directing the company.A denial is made by Charles Blaney

his stock at the Park, Bridgeport,Conn., is closing. Blaney reports goodbusiness since opening last month."Common Clay" has been chosen as

the opener for the Poli stock in Water-bury, Conn., starting June 4, with JackWhite, as stage director. Enid MayJackson and Harry Bond will playleads, with the company including Wil-liam MacCauley, Mary Hill, Maude At-kinson, Joseph Creahan, Arthur Grif-

fin and Gus Tapley, stage manager. Thesecond bill will be "It Pays to Adver-tise."

With vaudeville closing for the sea-son Saturday at, the Temple, Hamilton,Canu the house' will revert to a stockpolicy over the summer. The samemanagement continues it. Harry Hoi-lingsworth and Ottola Nesmith are theleads. Charles Pitt is the director ofthe stock plays, with Russell Websterassistant. Others members are RobertLowe, Philip Lord, Sumner Gard,Charles Fletcher, Nan Crawford, Lu-cille Crane, Anna Athy. "It Pays toAdvertise" will be the opener.O. E. Wee has opened his summer

dramatic stock in Haverhill, Mass.

The Holman theatre, Montreal, anew 1,200-seat house, opened May 20under the management of George Rod-sky.

GRAND OPERA CONFUSION.Until the courts decide who is legally

entitled to the possession of the Lex-ington opera house, now held by FrankGersten, and occupied by the Corse Pay-

ton stock company (to close Saturday),

Oscar Hammerstein. of the Hammer-stein Opera Co., which built the house

and still claims ownership, said Thurs-

day the Chicago Grand Opera Com-pany, under Cleofonte Campanini's di-

rection, would not be permitted to openthere, as officially announced by Cam-panini's New York representative, JohnBrown, for Jan. 22 nextHammerstein avers Gersten retains .

possession illegally and that the case,

now on the court calendar, mav be set

for a final hearing next week. The Ham-merstein faction has been reported as

planning an operatic season of its own,providing it can get hold of the Lexing-

ton, but, according to the Hammersteinagreement with the Metropolitan, Ham-merstein is prohibited from sponsoring

any grand operatic movement in NewYork.Hammerstein claims Gersten had not

paid the Hammerstein Opera Companyone cent since obtaining possession of

the theatre.Campanini's eastern representative,

Mr. Brown, and his press publicist, Ru-fus Dewey, continue active preparations

for the inaugural of grand opera in the

Lexington for four weeks. Campanimis due here next week.Campanini had John McCormack last

year, but efforts to retain him fell

through when the Metropolitan landedMcCormack at a salary said to greatly

exceed that paid by the Chicago com-pany. To offset the McCormack en-

gagement, Campanini has signed upeverybody with the Chicago companylast year, including GaUi-Curci, LucienMuratore, Rosa Raisa, Marcelle Journet,

Vanni Marcoux, Julia Giulio, Crimi andothers. Among the newer contracts are

those of Mme. Melba, now in Australia,

Marthe Chenal, of the Paris G. O..

Charles Fontaine, the French tenor, andMme. Genieve Vix, also of the Paris

company.The regular Chicago season, starting

Nov. 15 and running ten weeks, will be

preceded by about a ten days' tour that

will embrace visits in Kansas City, Oma-ha, and other western cities. After the

New York season the company plays

two weeks in Boston.The war so far has not cut into the

preparations for the Metropolitan's reg-

ular season Nov. 13 and continuing 23

weeks. All of the Met's artists are

now in this country, fearing a delay in

coming back were they to go abroadmeanwhile.

If the Chicago company gets underwav at the Lexington, it will be runningat the same time the Met is in opera-

tion.

All holders of opera box seats will

be subjected to a ten per cent tax of

the amount the seat cost for each per-

formance.

STOCKS CLOSING.The dramatic stock (direction J. E.

Home), which has been playing at theFifth avenue, Brooklyn, for the past

38 weeks, closes June 2 for the sum-mer.The Academy stock (Haverhill,

' Mass. (direction Emerson & Sights),

is to close June 2.

Warren O'Hara plans to wind up his

dramatic stock at the New Bedford O.H., New Bedford, June' 2.

The Empire stock, Salem, Mass., (di-

rection Harry Katze) closes June 2.

The Lew Morton stock closed at theHyperion, New Haven, Conn., Satur-day after two weeks.

Earl Sipe closed his stock at the StClaire, Paterson, N.

J.,Saturday, for

the summer. Sipe will reopen in thefall. His Trenton company, headed byMiss St, Claire, will, continue indefin-

itely.

Max Halperin, with the Jos. SullivanAgency, Chicago, has joined the U. S.

field artillery and is at Jefferson Bar-racks, St. Louis, Mo.

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RECORD CIRCUS SEASONCHEERS LEGITIMATE MANAGERS

Business of Tented Attractions Is Taken by Hall Show Man-agers to Presage Big Season For Them. Circus

9 AreSkipping Wheat Belt Willard a Strong Draw.

As long as time was, theatrical man-agers have taken the summer's circusbusiness as an almost certain indicationof the prospects for the legitimateamusement takings for the followingfall and winter season. In the past,

whenever circus business was good,managers of traveling indoor attrac-

tions making ready for the fall werewont to breathe sighs of content.Aflshowman familiar with circus busi-

ness this spring, state* that wheneverthe weather has been right, practically

all the tent shows have done well, espe-cially at nights.

The Ringling show in New Jerseyhad four turnaways last week and the

Jess Willard and Buffalo Bill show, upNew York state, enjoyed a similar runof good business. The latter show in

Syracuse, Rochester and adjacent terri-

tory, did bigger business than it regis-

tered there two years" ago, this being areturn engagement. The Hagenbeckshow is doing capacitv in the middlewest and the smaller tent showsthroughout the country are doing big-

ger business than ever in their history,

whenever they get a good break on theweather.There are a number of wagon shows

that are also reported as doing phenom-enal Business.

Circuses will skip the wheat sectionof Indiana, Illinois and Kansas th.s

season owing to the small wheat crop.Kansas, for instance, has the lightest

crop of wheat in twenty years.

The showman went on to state thatin his opinion business would be bigall next fall and winter for the biglegitimate attractions of all kinds. "Butshows must excel in their respectivelines. For instance, if you have a girl

show, you must have* plenty of them; if

a sensational drama, it must be verysensational. In times of excitement,people are only touched by things moreexciting than usual. An ordinary at-

traction will have hard sledding."Willard's contract with the Buffalo

Bill show for this summer is for 40days only, commencing from the open-ing of the tent show about the middleof April, and it is doubtful if it will berenewed. Willard is receiving $500 a

day and 50 per cent, of the receipts over$14,000 a week. He is understood to

have been drawing down something like

$7,500 weekly for his share.

"IBBETSON" INDEF."Peter Ibbetson" did over $12,000 at

the Republic last week and seems to begetting better daily.

The piece will continue indefinitely,

until such time as Lionel Barrymore is

called upon to leave the city to com-plete a picture contract.

NO WAR ALIBI.

While at least one producing firm is

expected to cut salaries of its peoplenext season, with the war as an alibi,

the remaining offices at present havenot planned any reduction and are en-gaging players at former salaries, witha number of principal people receivingan increase.

Several producers are of the opinionthat the war will make no inroads ongeneral business and that so far noth-ing warrants a reduction of salaries.

Australian Leading Woman Here.Jean Robertson, an Australian lead-

ing women, who has been playing leads

with Julius Knight under the J. C. Wil-

liamson management, arrived in NewYork last week. She is known as theAustralian Joan of Arc, having playedthat role in a five-reel feature film pro-duction produced by George Willeby inthe Antipodes.

Irving Obtains "Victory," Dramatized.H. B. Irving has secured the dramatic

rights for England to Joseph Conrad'snovel, "Victory," and. will present thepiece at the Savoy, London, in the fall.

Macdonald Hastings is responsiblefor the dramatization.

A VIVID TITLE.M. T. Middleton, general manager

for Gus Hill, is going the "UnbornChild" title one better by making readyfor production Aug. 15, a four-act dramawritten by Lem Parker, entitled "ABarren Woman."Al Spink, who is taking "Her Un-

born Child" around to different thea-tres and playing it with the local stockcompanies in the cast on a percentagebasis, struck trouble when he startedto present it Monday at Carl Hunfsstock in Vonkers. Not a single paperwould accept his advertising, but thebillboards carried the line /'Unborn" inall* its sheets.The Irving place (New York) news-

paper ads for the Richard Buhler pro-duction of the show parried only "HerChild." In and around New York the

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fight now against the title is made bythe Holy Name Society, the birth con-trol organization, and by License Com-missioner Bell.

CLAUDE FLEMMING AT FRONT.Chicago, May 31.

Claude Flemming, who is playing thetitle role in "Robinson Crusoe, Jr.,"leaves the cast after the show reachesthe coast and sails for England, wherehe will join an Australian regiment,the New South Wales Lancers, in

which his brother is an officer.

Flemming is an Australian by birth.

COMMONWEALTH PLAYING.Noel Travers is not returning to

stock acting nor managing at theGrand, Brooklyn. Travers will returnto vaudevilling with his former sketch.Travers has done his best to make

stock a paying venture, but a cheaper,stock across the river, pop vaudevilleand the feature films proved too much.The Grand company is still playing,

Commonwealth plan.

RESURRECTING WAR PLAY."Where Are My Children?" is a new

play that Jay Packard has. He will

give a production of it at his Orpheumtheatre stock, Newark, about June 24«

Mr. Packard has taken advantage ofthe war spirit to resurrect FranklinFyles* "The Girl I Left Behind Me,"and will give that a production June 18.

OPENING IN MILWAUKEE.Chicago, May 31.

"Dew Drop Inn," the musical playby Jack Hazzard and Percival Knigh&and A. Baldwin Sloane, is due to openJune 11 at the Davidson, Milwaukee.Knight is to be featured.

Myron B. Rice, who is producing the

show, is not sure what house will beobtained for it in Chicago, although it

may go into the Garrick, if "The Pawn"is not moved there from the Princess.

MARTHA HEDMAN INVOLVED.Chicago, May 30.

Mrs. Ethel Whittern, better knownas a pianist under the name of Ethel

Leginska, filed suit for divorce in NewYork last Thursday against Roy Emer-son Whittern, a composer, alleging in-

discretions by him with many women,but naming Martha Hedman.

It was made much of in the dailies

here, since the co-respondent was ap-pearing at Powers in "The Boom-erang/ Friday Mme. Leginska bobbedup in this city and at once filed suit

against Miss Hedman for $25,000, al-

leging alienation of affections.

The Whitterns were married in Lon-don nine years ago and have one child,

now living with the' grandparents in

Cleveland. The "affair" between herhusband and the golden-haired foreignstar began in January, 1915, accordingto Mrs. Whittern. She alleges that,

accompanied by a detective, she foundher husband and. a woman in a northside apartment here, supposed to beexclusively bachelor. They obtainedadmittance, though the doors weredouble locked, and when discoveredthe pair "didn't say much. They ap-peared to be too sleepy to realizewhat had happened." Places involvedin the wife's charges in addition toWhittern's New York residence, are1250 Astor street and 1239 and 1433North Dearborn street, Chicago.Before leaving here with "The Boom-

erang," which is bound for the coast,Miss Hedman characterized Mme. Le-ginska's charges as "just ravings."Miss Hedman said that the Whitternshad started four divorce actions againsteach other and that they had Seenfighting for the past eight years. Itis understood • Whittern return§4 toNew York two weeks ago and that hewill fight his wife's charges.

MOROSCO'S LOS ANGELES PLANS.Chicago, May 30.

Oliver Morosco stopped off here onhis way to Los Angeles, where he willproduce his usual summer crop of newplays. There are five plays to be doneat the Morosco, including two by theHattons. One is "Lombard i, Ltd.,"featuring Leo Carrillo, and an un-named play for Emily Stevens. Otherpieces are "The Skeleton," by Fred'kTruesdell, "Only a Suggestion/' fea-turing Walter Catlett, and "The Cling-ing Vine." A new show by Louis K.Anspacher may also be tried out.

"What Next," the musical show, will

be done at the Majestic, Los Angeles,which has been playing combinations.The cast holds Blanche Ring, CharlesWinniger, Flanagan and Edwards,Dainty Marie and the Dufor brothers.

EXCLUSIVE MANAGERS9 CLUB.There is a scheme under way to

form a luncheon club for theatrical

managers exclusively in the sectionnear Times square. The question cameup for discussion at the last meeting'of the United Managers' Protective As-sociation and a committee was formedwith Sam H. Harris as chairman to

look into the matter.It is intended to model the club along

the lines that similar organizations of

this sort that are conducted by almostevery line and profession both hereand abroad.

RECORD STOCK SEASON.New Orleans, May 31.

Emma Bunting closed the longeststock season ever recorded in the southat San Antonio Saturday. She is rest-

ing here at present before returningeast.

"Proving an Alibi" New.'"Ptoviiitf an Alibi" is the titl* of a

piece the Shubert management is to

try out in New Haven June 18. Theplans for making the production werecompleted Tuesday.

DRESSING ROOM CLEAN-UP."Clean up the dressing rooms" is *

slogan that will be followed to the endby the Actors' Equity Association.The Equity is making appeals to the

managers and owners and if they don'treturn some sort of a definite answer,the aid of the Health Departments inthe towns where complaints are dulytiled is invoked.

In the campaign to clean up dress-ing rooms, improvements are noted inTulsa, Okla., Springfield, Mass., and Al-toona, Pa.

CHRISTIE MacDONALD SHOW OFF."The Little Missus," in which Chris-

tie MacDonald made a brief return tothe stage, has been declared off forthe present and the officers of the pro-ducing company in the FitzgeraldBuilding have been closed.The piece after a preliminary tryout

was brought back to New York foradditional rehearsing and recasting, butlast week the principals were informedthe summer engagement in Boston wasoff.

CHANGES IN "LITTLE,WIDOWS."Last Saturday witnessed the depart-

ure of a trio of the principals of "HisLittle Widows," Carter De Haven,Flora Parker and Frank Lalor leavingthe cast. In their stead Richard Ti-ber, Leonore Navasio and Phil Ryleyopened Monday.

BALLET JUDGMENT.Boston, May 29.

A judgment of $4,500 against SergeDiaghilofT, director of the RussianBallet, has been recovered by XeniaP. Makletzova, the toe dancer, throngsa decision by the full bench of .the Su-preme Court, which sustained the Su-perior Court's jury award. Sept IB,1915, she entered into an agreementwith DiaghilofT to assume some of thefeature dancing roles when the RussianBallet toured the United States. Dur-ing the period the troupe was playingat the Boston opera house, Makletzovarefused to dance in 'The EnchantedPrincess" on the ground the partnerassigned to her was incompetent andinexperienced, thus rendering her lia-ble to personal injury at his hands inthe- difficult numbers.

Diaghiloff regarded the refusal as sbreach of contract and thereafter re-fused to admit her in the theatre foreither performances or rehearsals.During the jury trial she illustrated

to them the dancing steps and feats inwhich an inexperienced partner couldeasily cripple her.

REMODELING LYCEUM.The Lyceum, New York, will be re-

modeled at a cost of $25,000 before it

opens next season.H. Tallent, architect, filed plans for

the alterations with the building de-partment this week.

GERMANS CHANGING NAMES.As the war situation grows and the

United States continues preparationsto take a more active part, comes apronounced tendency on the part ofvaudeville managers in certain easternhouses to sidestep German turns, book-ing them only through the agents'changing the names.Two pop house managers last week

had an argument with an agent over aturn with German vaudevillians whofinally had to change the regular bill-ing or have the dates cancelled.

Alfred G. Steiner, of O'Brien, Male-vinsky & Driscoll, has started an ac-tion against G. M. Anderson on behalfof Dore Plowder to recover $900 on acontract under which she was engagedfor "W* UttU Widows," . M»*s* Plow-der appeared for three performances inDetroit. She held a personal contractwith Anderson for six weeks at $150per week.

12 VARIETY-

NEWS FROM THE DAILIES

"Her Soldier Boy" closed at the ShubertSaturday.

Jack Norworth and Lillian Lorraine maybe a combination In vaudeville this summer.

Hugh Ward haa obtained the Australianrights for "Up Stairs and Down" from OliverMorosco.

Ethel Barrymore returned to the f peakingstage last week In a revival of "Tho TwelvePound Look" at the Empire, New York.

Richard O. Herndon filed a petition In bank-ruptcy last week with liabilities of $12,002and assets, $341.

lime. Tonka will give a performance ofAlgernon Boysen's "Jenny" at the ComedyMonday afternoon.

It is estimated that the War Tax will re-ceive $00,000,000 annually from theatre ad-missions and $7,000,000 from the film tax.

Elfle Fay, reported dead several year* agodropped Into New York laBt week after fiveyear's absence.

Charles Dillingham will reopen the (Kobenext season with "General Post," by HaroldTerry* It Is at present at tho Haymarket,London.

Performances of "The People," "A NightAt An Inn" will be played at the Neighbor-hood Playhouse tomorrow and Sunday nights.

Laurette Taylor's engagement in "OutThere" at the Globe Is scheduled to close thlBweek.

Morris Oest donated the Manhattan O. H.to the Lambs for the gambol to be field June17.

The Louis N. Parker "Masque of Peace andWar" la to be presented at the Century the-atre during June.

Mrs. Billy Sunday, wife of the monologietlcevangelist, Is recovering from a recent oper-ation for appendicitis.

Cohan t Harris have acquired the stagerights to Oelett Burgess's story, "Mrs. Hope'sHusband," to be adapted by George M. Cohan.

The outdoor theatre of the Sleepy HollowCountry Club opened May 30 with a perform-ance of the Pavley-Oukralnsky Russian Bal-let.

Mrs. Stella Hammersteln Keating, daughterof Oscar Hammersteln, has started suit for alegal separation from her husband FrederickL. C. Keating, alleging cruel treatment.

Mme. Bernhardt left Mt. Slnal HospKal,Sunday, having practically recovered entirelyfrom her recent operation and Is at presentat Brlarcllff Lodge.

Rush 6 Andrews have completed arrange-ments for the staging of "The Dalsey" In

which Conway Tearle will have the principalrole.

There will be no auction sale of leats for

the "Follies" opening. The box office sale

opens June 7 and the show will have Its NewYork premiere June 12.

Oscar Hammersteln was discharged In

bankruptcy May 25. He filed an Involuntarypetition Jan. 4, 1016 with liabilities of over$260,000.

President Wilson attended the performanceof "Robin Hood" given by the Aborn Com-pany at the National theatre, Washington,last Thursday night.

Mrs. Genevieve V. Stewart, widow of Mel-ville Stewart, was appointed by SurrogateCohalan as the administratrix of the late ac-

tor's estate, desipte opposition of her brother-in-law.

Marguerite Sylvia, who has been abroadsince her last appearance here In "GypsyLove." Is on her way to America to appearon the operatic and concert stage and to act

In the motion picture*.

"Daybreak" la the piece Sclwyn & Co. will

present Mary Boland, to have Its first per-

formance In Atlantic City, June 18. The au-

thors are Jane Ccvl nnd Jane Murfln. whoalso collaborated on "Lilac Time."

Eugene Walter haa Issued a statement deny-ing A. H. Woods will produce his play "TheSmall Town Girl" next fall, tho»author hold-

ing that the manager has no contract withhim to produce any of his writings.

Marie Dressier and nor husband James H.Dalton have been named as defendants in anaction that has b^-ti hiT.ii*I,t tijr Grace Fll-

klus and Alice Nclh-.cn, Who arc trying to re-

cover $6,300 which they paid for some stock.

A fire In the Mt. Klsco Opera House, Mt.

Klsco, N. Y., caused a small sized panicWednesday In which several people wpre In-

jured. The fire was a trifling one caused by afilm explosion.

Martha Hedman has been sued by Mrs.Ethel Leglnska Whlttern, who asks $25,000

for the alienation of the affections of her hus-band. Mlaa Hedman has entered suit for $50,-000 against Mrs. Whlttern, alleging libel.

William Sommerset Maugham, the Englishplaywright was married May 26 In a PoliceCourt in Jersey City to Mrs. Syrle Welcome,a divorcee. Edward Sheldon and CounteeaAlexandra Colebrook were witnesses.

The Lambs Gambol, twice poetponed, willfinally take place at the Manhattan OperaHouse, Sunday night, June 17, with a matineeperformance the Monday afternoon following.The proceeds will be employed to pay off thebonds on the new Lambs' club house.

"Come Back to Erin," with Walter Law-rence and Georglana Griffin as the principals,was presented at the Standard Monday nightunder the auspices of the United Irish CountyAssociation, the receipts going to the disabledand needy Irish soldiers.

Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt Jr. and Mrs. CharlesB. Dillingham are In charge of the enter-tainment features of the Maodougal AlleyFesta In aid of the Red Cross and Allied WarFunds. The Festa will run four days, June0, 7, o, 0.

Frederic McKay has accepted a comedyentitled "Craven" by Mabel Ferris and LauraL. Hinkley for production next fall. The piecewill be tried out In stock by the Poll companyat the Columbia theatre, Washington nextmonth.

The new Hazsard-Knlght-Sloane musicalcomedy "Dew Drop Inn" had Its Initial per-formance at Grand Rapids, May 24. In thecast are Perclval Knight, Arthur Ayleeworth,Frederic Santley, Winona Winter, SuaaaaeWllla, Florence Morrison, Zltalka Dolores,Charles W Meyer and Thomas Donnelly.

The Washington Square Players closed theirregular season at the Comedy Saturday nightand reopened Monday for . a limited engage-ment in several pieces. One entitled "Pariah"Is brand new. The other playa are "AnotherWay Out" and "Plots and Playwrights." Inthe cast are Ralph L. Roeder and Arthur H.Hohl.

Alice Agoust and her brother, Emll, to-gether with the manager of the restaurant Inwhich the team appeared were arrested lastweek and arraigned In the West Side Courtcharged with giving an objectionable dance.The arrests were made by deotectlves fromInspector Daly's staff.

Lulu Marie Upsrung formerly a WinterGarden girl won a verdict for $15,000 In theSupreme Court as damages for Injuries re-ceived aa the result of a fall through anelevator shaft at the theatre. The defend-ants were the Winter Garden Company andthe Floyd Grant Co.

"Our Betters" will close at the Hudson, June0. Somerset Maugham, who was married lastweek will undoubtedly absorb considerableatmosphere In the next few weekB which willenable him to write a new play entitled "LoveIn a Cottage" which the John D. Williamsmanagement announces for next season.

Three of the members of Louise Agnese's"Irish Colleens" applied to the County Clerkof Albany, N. Y., for papers of citizenship.They are Imelda Vale, Anet Daunt Goldenand Florence Rush. All stated that they wishedto become citizens so that they could not besent back to Ireland by their employers.

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" wanmoved to the Manhattan O. H., Monday afterhaving closed at the Amsterdam, Saturday.A dollar top scale will be In vogue at thedowntown house which has been taken overon a rental by F. C. Whitney for this en-gagement.

Tbe bill la designed to relieve theatrical pro-prietors and managers from being generallyolaased with the "theatrical employementagencies."

The 8huberta have arranged a aerlee ofspecial doctor'c nights at tho BIJoa whert••""»« Knight" la the attraction. The tenor oftLe notioe sent out by tbe Shubert publicitydepartment would geem to Indicate there baabeen a row between that very capable Insti-tution and tbe managing board of the MedicalReview of Reviews.

June 1 Is the opening of tbe Sylvan theatre,Washington, D. C. It la an open air amphi-theatre owned by tbe Government. Otis Skin-ner, B. H. Sotbern, Julia Marlowe, Viola Allen,Jamea K. Hackett B. Mantell, R. I. McLean,Odette Tyler, Sophie Brealau, Iaetta Jewel.Louis Thompson, Kathertne Lee and PaulSwan are announced to appear In the openingpagent.

The Altman Estates, Ino. has a leaae onthe site on which Joe Weber's theatre stands(Broadway and "28th Street), for 21 yeare be-ginning May 1, 1017 and with two renewalprivileges for the same terms. The leaaecarries with It an option to buy at $500,000.The preeent asaesaed value la $705,000 ofwhich $003,000 la land value. The rentalprice Is $25,000 with taxes.

Two plays Intended for New York consump-tion were produced out of town Monday.Raymond Hitchcock's summer revue "Hltchy-Koo" opened at the Apollo, Atlantic City andwill be brought to the Cohan A Harris theatreThursday night. A. H. Woods produced"Mary's Ankle" in New Haven and will takeit to the Wilbur theatre, Boston, before bring-ing it to Broadway.

The death of C. E. Kohl, Chicago, at a sani-tarium at Oconomowoc, Wis., .is being madethe subject of a sensational mystery. Thefuneral was held up Wednesday pending anInvestigation, even though Coroner Schaeffelissued a death certificate the theatre managerdied of heart disease following nervous pros-tration. The manager had been found on thestreets shouting he had been shot.

If they don't watch out the Actors' Fundwill be able to go Into the live stock rais-ing game themselves. The latest Is that theFlorida Live Stock Association has presentedthe Fund with a prize blooded pig and it ishoped that the Fund will receive a thousanddollars annual!y from this source. Just bowthe thou Is to ..«-. made Isn't said. TheF. L. S. A. has also presented the Fund witha tract of land fcr the building of a home InFlorida.

Raymond Hitchcock and Billy Sunday havecome to a gentleman's agreement under whichthe comedian agrees to forego giving hisburlesque Impersonation of the evangelist andthe latter agrees to cease traducing the stageand stage folk. Hitchcock will keep his endof the bargain aa long as Sunday manages tokeep his, and New York In the meantime willbe denied the pleasure of a good laugh, forthe Sunday burlesque was to be one of thefeatures of the performance of "Hltchy-Koo."

"The Epistle," the official organ of theFriars, make its June advent, twenty-fourpages strong, with the artists of the club, con-tributing special cartoons and pictures. Allthe New York artists who are members havesubmitted specimens for the number which J.

J. Gleason is editing. Bert Levey Is person-ally directing the general contributions. Thesporting page will be handled by Robert Ed-gren (World). The paper comes out the first

of each month, heretofore being sixteen pages.

The musical version of "The CollegeWidow" to be produced by William Elliott,

F. Ray Comstock and Morris Oest is scheduledto be the opening attraction at the Loagacretheatre next season. Carl Randall haa beenengaged. The piece will be renamed. Ashas been the custom In the past with this

firm's productions the book will be written byGuy Bolton, lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse andmusic by Jerry Kern.

The Bon Ton, Jersey City, which has fluc-

tuated in policy during Its existence, latelydevoted to pictures, was completely destroyedby fire Monday noon. The house was dark atthe time. Michael Malone built the theatre25 years ago at a cost of about $75,000. Theestimated loss is between $25,000 and $30,000.It had two galleries and seated about 2,000.

Next week will be Liberty Loan Week Inall the theatres of the country. This Is theoutcome of a meeting held In the Lyceumtheatre Tuesday morning at which the owners «

and representatives of the lending theatresin the country met and pledged themselves toco-operate In every possible way In the na-tional campaign for the sale of Liberty Bonds.

William A. Brady will produce "Eve'sDaughter" a play by Alicia Ramsey at theHelaseo theatre, Washington, next week. Thetit:.- rwlr. will ba enacted \>y Christ Ino Nf/rraannnd the cn«t v!l! tirade Oyrwy O'Brien, AnnieHughes, Thomas Holding, Lionel Belmore andNora Lamson.

Alfred Weiss, one of the best known dis-

tribution executives in the motion picture in-

dustry, has Joined the Goldwyn organizationand will become one of the vice presidents of

the Goldwyn Distributing Corporation at anelection to be held in a few days. Weissresigned from Triangle thirty days ago andimmediately he started on a tour of the UnitedStates for Goldwyn and has closed all of therealty contracts and leases for tbe openingof the Goldwyn exchanges In nineteen citiescovering every part of America.

David Belasco and A. H. Woods have settledthe controversy waging between them overthe services of Wlllard Mack as a playwright.The former lately produced "Tiger Rose"written by Mr. Mack and Mr. Woods startedsuit on the strength of a contract that hehad with the author dated Nov. 5, 1015, whichgave him an option on all of the Mack writ-ings for a term of five years. By the agree-ment entered Into this week, Mr. B°»asco ac-quires the rights to 'Tiger Rose" written byhimself and Mack and also "Alias" by Mackand John A. Morose. "Tiger Rose" is to bepresented In New York early In the fall.

There will bo a public hearing In the legis-

lative chamber In Albany on June 6 relative

to Senator J. Henry Walter's bill definingthe statute of theatrical employment agencies.

F. Zlegfeld, Jr., paused long enough In therehearsals of "The Follies" Saturday to tell

Leon Friedman that he might divulge thenames of the entire oast of "The Follies"

for the year of 1P17. Therefore Leon beinga dutiful press agent got on the Job with

typewriter to say will Rogers, Bert Williams,Walter Catlett, W. C. Fields, Eddie Oantor,Don Barclay, Carl Hyson, Hans WllSon, Irv-

D«r v«Ing Flsber, George Baldwin* Oflosrand "Don," Fred Holder, Claudius and Soar-let. Fanny Brlce, Mile. VIra Amasar, Dor-othy Dickson, Edttb Hallor, Allyn Ktnr. VeraMaxwell, Beatrice Allen, Helen Barnes andthe Fairbanks Twins would bo Hated with tbeprincipals of the organisation, to open Ita

New York season at the Amsterdam, June 12.

• Bill Sunday, the master showman and piagent of them all took a pan at tbe theatreand profession last week. BUI Is a funnysort of a guy when one gets the dope on bimand when he starts after tbe theatre bo Is

"all wrong, boys all wrong." Tbla stuff Is

being pulled In slang phraseology so thatwhen BUI gets out his little scrap book topaste the notice with all the other bunk thathe has clipped be will be able to understandwhat It Is all about on reading It. B1U saysthat shows have been tainted to get tbe money.That If someone sent out a Sbakeepoaran re-pertoire company be would go bankrupt. Bill

evidently doesn't know that Southern andMarlowe clean up with Shakespeare and thatRobert B. Mantell had a fairly successfulseason this year. As for ranking the theatreand ahow business as a whole with tbe con-ducting of a bawdy house and the managerswith highwaymen. It might be well for BUIto keep his eyee on his personal staV andtheir doings after Tabernacle hours.

Tbe Shuberts sent out to the dallies Mon-day morning renumeratlng a number of the-atrical activities they claim aa their own, al-

though the majority of the productions Hatedare due to several managements allied withthe Shuberts through booking In the theatreswhich they control. Among the productionIs "The Pawn," with Frank Keenan as tbestar, playing at preeent In Chicago and sche-duled for a New York hearing In the fall. Thiswas produced by Mr. Keenan in associationwith Esra B. Eddy. "Saturday to Monday,"produced by Wlnthrop Amea with Ruth May-cl.ffe as the star, la another attraction prom-ised for New York early In the fall. "Dollarsand Sense," produced by Alan Brooks, la alsoclaimed aa a Shubert show. "The Assassin,"which Eugene Walter Is personally producing,Is Included In the list. It opened Wednes-day at Pougskeepele and will continue prior toopening at a Shubert theatre In August.George Probert and Fanla Marlnoff are In theleading roles. Wilton Lackaye opens In "TbeInner Man," at Albany June 4 and "TheBeautiful Unknown" Is headed for the 44thStreet theatre, opening in. & week or so. Inthe cast of the latter will be Frances De-marest, Xlvlenne Segal, Charlee Purcell,Charles Judels and Charles McNaughton."The Masquerader," a Richard Walton TuUyproduction, In which Guy Bates Post Is

starring at the Plymouth, Boston, la one ofthe pieces to be seen on Broadway early Inthe season. "The Eyes of Youth," recentlytried out In Newark, will be shown In NewYork In September. "The Melting of Molly,""The Woman Thou Gaveet Me." "The Yearsof the Tigers" and "Jubilee Jax" are also tofly the Shubert banner next season, all newto New York though tried out on the road.

The plans for the coming season for the A.H. Woods attractions were announced Mon-day, Including the spring tryout productionswith the number of new pieces to be stagednext fall. The first will be "Mary's Ankle,"opening Monday In New Haven, followed by"The Target," by Samuel Shlpman, principalsIncluding Emmett Corrlgan, Clara Joel, HarryC. Browne, Harry Mestayer, James Spotts-wood, Maldel Turner and Suzanne Wllla. At-lantic City. July 0, Is the date of the pre-miere. "Potash and Perlmutter Film Co."is the third of the series of the MontagueGlass-Jules Eckert Goodman plays with thesetwo principal characters, to be played by AlexCarr and Barney Bernard, who will be Jointlystarred. Robert HUlard Is to appepar In "AScrap of Paper." The Dolly Sisters are to ap-pear In am uslcal production written by GuyBolton and P. O. Wodehouse. Other musicalplays under the Woods direction will be "Calla Taxi," by Earl Carroll ; "The Girl from theTrenches," an adaptation from the French, byPaul M. Potter, and a musical adptatlon of"The Girl from Clro's," to serve as a vehiclefor Mable McCane. Majorle Rambeau Is to beseen In a new play and Robert Warwick willalso be under the Woods management after abrief season with Grace George at the openingof the season. Max Marcln, who wrote "Cheat-ing the Cehaters," is writing a new farce mys-tery melodrama. In giving a list of produc-tions Mr. Woods Is to make by Oct. 1, thepress agent Includes "Jim's Woman," byWayne Bryan Carlock ; "It Is the Law," byArthur J. Westmeyer and Col. Jasper Ewlngnrady; "In the Net," by Ramsey Morris;"Fingerprints," by Minnie Seheff ; "The GayLothario," by C. W. Bell and Mark Sawn;"The Small Town Girl," by Eugene Walterand Cronln Wilson: "His Honor, the Judge,"by Nancy and Jean Rloux, and "Playing theGame," by Ashton Stevens and Charles Mlch-elson. Early In November the new Woods'theatre In Chicago Is to be opened with"Cheating the Cheaters."

ENGAGEMENTS.Rodney Ranons (leads with Orpheum Play-

er*. Montreal—replacing Ted Woodruff).Janet Dunbar (Oliver Morosco, Lqs Angeles

stock).James Spottswood, Harry Mestayer, Suzanne

Wllla, Maldel Turner (A. H. Woods TheTarget").James J. Cassady (Al. H. Woods).Jay Blwood, Juvenile (Nathan Appell stock,

Maiden, Mass).

VARIETY 13

High prices in the larger New Yorkrestaurants may be as fully responsiblefor the recent decline in patronage as

the war or one o'clock closing order.

That is the view held by many who for-

merly played the cabaret route steadily,

but has eschewed it altogether of late,

feeling they could not stand the pres-

sure of the prices for the amusementpossible to be derived and considering"hanging out" at a restaurant had be-

come too expensive a pastime. Therestaurant men have pushed the limit

too far, it appears. For every increasereported in the dailies, where therestaurants were concerned, they im-mediately took advantage of it, feeling

the public had been informed of theraise, by making a corresponding in-

crease of a thousand per cent, or moreon their menu cards. As an instance,when wine was raised one dollar a case(24 bottles), the restaurants sent theprice from $4.50 and $5 to $6, $6.50 and$7 a bottle. If the newspapers said

lobsters had advanced three cents apound the restaurant increased their

menu charge of lobsters 25 cents a por-tion, until now in the cabaret restau-rant the bill calls for $1.75 or $2 for asingle lobster and for that price thepatron receives a very small "baby"lobster. Even thr cabaret shows'andrevues cannot be charged for responsi-bility with these enormous increases.The New York public has finally takencognizance, until they are dining at theless greedy eateries or taking moremeals at home. Even the hotels thatformerly served a moderate pricedmenu during the daytime have beenimbued with the scheme of getting ev-erything in sight all at once and theirbusiness ia also falling off. It seemsimpossible nowadays for a couple toeat an ordinary lunch, witkout expen-sive drinks, in a better known NewYork hotel or restaurant under $4.50,and it more often reaches $6, while for$3.50 the couple have to starve them-selves. It's as ridiculous as it is trueand the final result will probably bethe inordinate greed of the food sup-pliers because they thought they sawan opportunity to get everything in ahurry will be to make New Yorkersexercise more care in selecting theireating places in the future. It's not un-likely that this lesson will remain withthem after the war is over or the eab-aret thing (that helped so much tobring big profits to the restaurants)has passed away. The profits of therestaurant business of late may be •

guessed at when one little place ofhardly any capacity can earn $100,000in a season, while another, but larger(•although not the largest along Broad-way) has made $300,000 net in a year.As a matter of fact in the restaurantsoperated by the clubs around New Yorkwhere a large profit is not looked for.there has been no marked increase ofany kind for foods nor have the por-tions been cut down in size. Therestaurants, like other businesses, havesome legitimate claims for a moderateraise in price, but they have no excusefor the wholesale plundering they haveattempted and so far gotten away with,although at the finish it may be lessthan an even split for them.

mThe latest current popular dance mu-

sic in the Broadway restaurants (addi-tional to those previously reported,some still retained) reported forVariety by Earl Fuller, of Fuller's Or-chestras at Rector's and Palais Royal,is:

FOX TROTS—"Shim-Me-Sha-Wab-ble," "Rooster Rag," "Love is a Won-derful Thing," "Lily of the Valley,""Brown Skin Girl." "Princess of theWillow Tree," "Love in Mexico" (Stern& Co.); "Joan of Arc." "HuckleberryFinn," "Mama's Baby," "I Love MyBillv Sunday" (Waterson, Berlin &Snyder); "Somewhere on Bro«idwav"{Remick ft'Co.); "Cute Little WigglinDance" (B'way Music Corp.); "Rock-way" (Leo Feist) ; "Lookout Mountain"(Shapiro-Bernstein); "Boolo Boolo,"*Only Dreaming,'*. "He Will Under-stand" (Schirmer); "It's a Pippin"

(Karczag); "Rose of Palestine" (For-ster); "12th St. Rag" (Jenkins); "StoryBook Ball" (Rossiter); "Pass the But-ter" (Millegram); "If I Catch the GuyWho Wrote 'Poor Butterfly'" (Wm.Jerome).ONE-STEPS.—"Each Star in Old

Glory," "What Wonderful Things OneLittle Girl Can Do." "New OrleansJazz," "Where Do We Go From Here?"(Feist); "It's Time for Every Boy to Bea Soldier" (Remick); "Rolling Chair,""Ragtime Volunteers" (Shapiro) ; "Hy-Sine," " Let the Flag Fly," "WhenLincoln Freed the Slaves," "CreepyWeepy Feeling" (Stern); "What Rindof An American Are You?", "JustLike You" (B'way); "The Hammer andthe Plow" (Harry Von Tilzer); "YourCountry and My Country" (W. B. &S.); "Oh, Boy" (T. B. Harms); "Cir-cus Day Back Home" (Witmark &Sons); "Freedom of the World" (SamFox); "Million More Like Teddy"(Kendis Music Co.) ; "America To-Day"(Rossiter); "Savannah" (Rosenberg);"Didn't Mean Goodbye" (Triangle);"Come to Me Now" (Bowers) ; "Amer-ica Here's My Boy" (Jos. Morris).WALTZES.—"You're Mine," "How

Can I Forget?" (W. B. & S.); "EileenAstore" (Witmark); "Sometime You'll

Remember" (Harms); "The Girl YouCan't Forget" (Rossiter); "My Heart Is

Calling You" (Karczag); "The GreatLover," "Waltz Charming" (Feist).

Al Sanders, the wine boomer, whoheadquarters at the Friars after dark,

using the club house for his night of-

fice and side line, seems to have a

libelous action against S. Jay Kaufman,of the Evening Globe. Mr. Sanderslost the contest for the most popularNo. 1 Lodge Elk at the Actors' FundFair and the contest ended the sameday the following appeared in Mr.Kaufman's column:

Aldebert Saunders, an elderly gen-tleman, who is well known as a fash-

ion expert, a poker expert, and the

representative for a small brewery,was one of the candidates for themost popular Elk contest at the Ac-tors' Fund Fair. We are told that

at .the various clubs where he is a

member he wheedled dimes from themen in the poker games, which dimeswere to buy votes in the contest. Thetotal vote cast for him was abouthalf of the amount he received onSaturday night at one of the clubs.

The libel action appears to lie in thestatement Mr. Sanders' total vote didnot reach the amount he received byvoluntary contributions from clubbypoker players. Contest tickets wereten cents. Mr. Sanders' received con-siderable more votes than he could havepurchased with the amounts receivedover the poker table, but had Mr. San-ders used that money to purchase votesthe result might have been different.

Another injustice pushed upon theaffable Al (besides misspelling his

name) by the young but enthusiasticwriting Kaufman, who wanted to dohis friend a favor evidently by givinghim a "good notice" was to say Mr.Sanders represented a small brewery.This proves S. Jay is not a winehound.for everybody who drinks knows AlSanders plugs only for Peiper Heidsick.

Doraldina left "Very Good Eddie"at the Garrick, Chicago, Saturday, andis now appearing at the College Inn.Several of the big hotels bid for thedancer's services with the Biefelds, whowere out to obtain an attraction tooffset Charlotte at Terrace Garden,landing her. DoraHiniTs first appear-ance at the Inn was Monday, her con-tract being for ten weeks. There is abonus of $5,000 attached to the con-tract, as Doraldina takes over theLouis XVI Room, formerly known asthe Bal Taberin and now called DoraJ-

dina's Dance Club, at the Hotel Sher-man. She dances her Hawaiian num-ber in the Inn at 7.30 and 11.30, the ice

floor being entirely covered with aplatform laid in eight sections. Justprevious to her appearance, Billy Spe-dick, the drummer, does a spot lightnumber, Walter Kalomuku plays on thesteel string guitar and Jake Brightsings "The Doraldina Hula Girl." Inher dance club Doraldina does her newIndian dance. The engagement of thedancer may presage the passing of theice skating craze in cabarets, for theCollege Inn, the first cafe to give anice show, has cut the skating exhibi-tions in half. DoraTdina's initial ap-pearances at the Inn were marked suc-cesses.

Wednesday was the official openingday of the Lonft Beach resorts. LateWednesday night and Thursday morn-ing the wails of those stung by the newschedule of prices 'at the wateringplace were still to be heard alongBroadway. The prices on almost ev-erything have been tilted 100 per cent,at the beach. Couvert charges are ev-erywhere and the crowd in the majorityMemorial Day comprised the sharp-shooters of both sexes "to a great ex-tent. Healy's, destroyed by fire sev-eral weeks ago, is very much missed.The Nassau is getting the class of theplay, while Castles-by-the-Sea this sea-son is in charge of Jos. Pani, who hasLouis with him serving in an executivecapacity. Pierre has Trouville. At theCastles an idea of the price list maybe obtained by figuring that two, smalllamb chops are listed at $1 and nodrink is served under 50 cents. In ad-dition a couvert charge of a quarter is

taxed each person. Lobsters are on thebill, of fare without any price printed.

Suit asking for damages for $100,000was started Monday by Attorney MaxKorshak acting for Joseph K. Kessler,the Yiddish tragedian, against the Mor-rison Hotel, Chicago. The action is

the result of a bad beating administeredKessler by the hotel detectives, afterhe had been ordered out of his ownroom, where he had been playingpinochle with William Mendelsohn,manager for Boris Thomashefsky, andJoe Rumshinsky, composer of "TheBroken Violin." The rumpus startedafter the detectives had reached thelobby with Kessler and the others.Kessler alleges/ that he was not onlybeaten, but kicked as well and ran outinto the street yelling murder. Hewas taken to the American Hospitallater. Kessler had been appearing atthe Empire theatre here in Yiddishstock and the others concerned werealso identified with current Yiddishplays.

The federal rule, effective June 1,

making it an offence for any unnatur-alized citizen to approach within a half-mile of any government building ormilitary or naval station without aspecial permit, catised a rush of per-mit applications to be made by hoteland cafe managers in Chicago. AllLoop cafes and hostelries are affectedby the new rule because of the loca-tion of the Federal building. The At-lantic (formerly Kaiserhof), Morrison,Bismark and'the La Salle have in theiremploy the largest number of un-nat--uralizcd employees, now classed as"alien enemies." Marshall Bradley puton an additional corps of clerks andkept his office open until midnight forseveral days, to receive applications forpermits, which when issued must holda photograph of the person It is issuedto.

Veronica, who was the featureddancer at the Cocoanut Grove duringthe run of "Dance and Grow Thin,"has instructed her attorneys, Henry J.

& Frederick E. Goldsmith, to take thenecessary steps to restrain VeronicaMarquise from billing herself as "Ver-onica." Until a few weeks ago Veron-ica Marquise had been utilizing her fullname in the billing matter, but onopening at the Strand Roof she droppedher surname and is now employing onlyher baptismal name. The original Ver-onica having established that name asa trade mark in connection with herdancing believes that a court of equitywill give her the relief from the copybecause of her prior employment ofthe same and because that VeronicaMarquise is also a dancer.

The Ansonia Cafe, an oasis on WestMadison street, Chicago, has consid-erable neighborhood draw and attractsothers because of the unusual dance invogue there. It is called "Shakin' thebhimmey and it is more than an evenchance that it never would be permit-ted at Coney Island. It is, however,not jo bad as the "harrel push," known -

in Memphis. There are -five entertain-

tT8ii-

aitiljf

Ansonia, Fred Leonard,Nellie iyOnnsee, Viola Wilson, Mar-gie O Rourke and Herbie Vogel. Theyare accompanied by Pinky Aarseth, a*drummer who is a "darb" with thexylophone, and Fred Strauss at thepiano. For the dancing a colored jazzband is used.

One of the largest cabarets in thevicinity of Times Square has adoptedthe old-fashioned "box rustling" ideafor putting speed into the purchase ofrefreshments. It riow has on its pay-roll a bunch of good looking chorusgirls who have been engaged to "sitaround," as it were. In other words,these girls can be found lounging aboutthe place during dinner hour and alterthe show at night and can be induced,without much persuasion to partake ofexpensive refreshments. For this theyare fid $15 a week and a percentageof i' checks representing drinks, batdernc no rake-off on the food pur-chased by the come-ons.

Female entertainers were barredfrom all Salt Lake City cabarets lastWu- ; Jte ..

order was iMU«<i by theChief of Police and forced the mana-gers of the several resorts to at oncediscontinue their floor revues, whichwere prospering. Male artists will beengaged to replace those displaced, butnight life is not expected to be livelyin the Mormon town, for Utah has gonebone drv and the wetness is to dis-appear Aug. 1. E. G. Wood, managerof the Hotel Newhouse entertainmentat Salt Lake, has left the city and mayopen the Peninsula Hotel, San Mateo.Cal.

The Casino, adjoining the Brightontheatre, Brighton Beach, is now underthe management of James J. Mead, whohas local repute as caterer for the Bos-

» ton and Crescent athletic clubs. Th*Casino will have dancing and music,with no cabaret attachment. It is be-ing operated upon the moderate priceplan for food and liquid refreshment.The Casino has been made attractivein looks and the large dancing space onthe main floor will likely prove a drawas well.

Supreme Court Justice Gieperich hashanded down a decision prohibiting thesale of liquor in the Century theatrebuilding on the grounds the buildingis not the required distance from the

• Ethical Culture School at the north-west corner of 63d street and CentralPark West. Messrs. Dillingham andZicgfcld have announced their intentionto appeal.

Paragon Park, at N?..ntasket, Mm,is sjiowinrr signs, of running, a snappycabaret at Dodge's Palm Garden thissummer. The place now seats 2,000.A diving girl cabaret in the centre ofthe main dining room, with a big tankin place, is the first surprise of theseason.

14 NEW ACTS THIS WEEKMEW ACTS NEXT WEEK

Initial Presentation, First Appearance

or Reappearanc* in or AroundNew York

Grand Opera Quintet, Royal.Rollins and Harris, Royal.Three Chums, Royal.George White Co., Henderson's.Charlotte Parry, Colonial

Julia Arthur."Liberty Aflame" (Declamation).12 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Settings).

Palace.Julia Arthur, for years a star in the

legitimate, and who served a long andarduous apprenticeship as a Shakespear-ean actress, has been excellently fitted

with a "vehicle" for her debut in vaude-ville by Roland Burke • Hennessy, in

what is best described as a patriotic

spectacle. Miss Arthur reoresents the

Statue of Liberty, located in New Yorkbay, with the huge skvscrapers loomingup in the far grev distance. Standingon what is probably a ten-foot high ped-estal, and with the illuminated torch in

her hand, she stands motionless as thecurtain rises. It is one of the finest re-

productions of a familiar scene ever putupon the metropolitan stage. When theapplause for the picture subsides MissArthur delivers a patriotic speech, dur-ing which there is flashed in illuminatedform in the front panel of the pedestal"The Spirit of 76," Washington, Lin-coln, the sinking of the/^'Lusitania,"President Wilson (to the tune of

"Dixie"), then there is the roar of can-non, bugle calls, drums, etc., she calls

the countrv to arms—"Go forth andguard the flag"

—"Let no man shirk"

—

"For Humanity and Our Flag." and a

huge American flag is lowered behindher. The whole thine: is "actor-proof"and anybody could do it. But in thehands of so good a "reader," with its

strong plea for recruiting, its magnifi-cent and costlv (and artistic) setting,

the lighting effects, incidental music,the value of the name of the star, it's

the biggest "kind applause" thing per-

petrated since the U. S. A. declaredwar. Jolo.

Davia and Kitty.^

Tugoding and Music.14 M'ns.; One.23d Street.Man and woman. Man has some

talk sandwiched in between a jugglingexhibition and a "bit" with a cornetthat he takes from one of the men in

the orchestra pit. The woman singsand makes several chanees, returningfor the finish with a trombone, playinga medley with the man. Music madea hit with the 23d Street audience. Theman is good juggler, working up thebouncing of four rubber balls effective-

ly. Act run* nicelv, with the finish all

to the hurrah. Mark.

Harrv Von Fossen.Blackface.10 M ;ns.; One.Roval.

Enveloped in a bright, resplendentuniform, no doubt that he had made to

order when on the road with "WatchYour Step" to handle the former FrankTinney part of the bellhop. Harry VonFos<»en returns to vaudeville with prac-ticallv a -brand new act. The black-faced comedian has changed his turnso that few of the western audiencesthat have long been used to his familiarstyle of monoloping would barely rec-

oenize it. Von Fossen is usine a sec-

tion of bis stump speech, with thesharp stops and the walk to and fro onthe stape He has new song numbersand some natter that is not as funnyas his old material Mr. Van Fos-sen was on second at the "Roval

and with the. ;uidier;rr not fullv

it unquestionably took «snme of thestarch out of his proverbial eood na-ture. Von Fo<?sen was well receivedbut the act didn't obtain the laughingresults he has registered on other oc-casions Mark.

Winston's Seals and Diving Nymphs.Tank Act12 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set).

The Winston seal-act. as a seal-act,is so far ahead of anything vaudevillehas seen in this line that there is nocomparison. The Winston seals areput forward in a new way and light

—

they are "educated" or appear so, andthey also seemingly attest that seals areto the ocean what apes are to land. Twoyoung women divers perform swim-ming feats and diving tricks. In all ofthese the seals ape them. The sealsmake high dives as well as the moreshallow ones, do the "fly around" andthe "porpoise" immediately after thegirls do the same things. In one ofthe dives where a girl first rested uponher hands only, making her position ahandstand before taking a drop of aboutseven feet to the water, the seal did*the self-same thing, elevating itself per-pendicularly, holding only by its frontfins before making the drop. It's re-

markable, or at least seems to be, that aseal may be trained to do it. For- it is

training, even though the seals are .apt

at aping. Howard Winston, the train-

er, controls the seals by spoken com-mands. At first this would look like

a routine but little things in connectionwith the work alter that impression. Inconversation William Quaid, managerof the 5th Avenue, where the act playedthe last half last week, told of some-thing he would not have thought pos-sible if he had not been present. Mr.Quaid asked Mr. Winston if he couldstretch out the act a little, as the stagecrew needed more time. Mr. Winstonreplied he had been working on a planand would like to try it out at that per-formance. He asked Mr. Quaid towatch it and see how it worked out.

After the act proper finished, Mr. Win-ston asked the audience to request anydive the animals had just performedand thev would do it from the auditor'svoice. Several asked for different dives,which the seals did without the peopleof act participating. Winston did this

only for the one performance. Theturn carries an announcer quite unique.He says nothing excepting to the point,owns a pleasant voice and aids ratherthan detracts as most announcers do.The two girls who dive help the pic-

ture, but the big point is the mannerthe seals work. The turn looks sopromising it could be headlined in thesmaller cities, where it is bound to at-

tract business. Even on a big bill it

should not be placed to close the per-formance. It is too important for that.

The Palace, with several girls addedto fill out the stage and using a largertank, might hold this turn for a runover the summer. It's a real noveltyact. one of the best. Rime.

Billy Kelgard.

Piano and Talk.

14 Mins.; One.81st Street.

Billy Kelgard. after a humorousopening consisting of talk, offers aseries of songs, all of a comedy nature,that bring laughs and applause. Hisclosing song. "Over There." practical-ly stopped the show for him. It isn't

either Kelgard's plaving or his vocalability (the latter being at zero as far

as tones are concerned), but it is hismanner of putting over a song thatgets his audience and he certainlydemonstrated that he can get them at

this house.*

Fred.

Regal and Mack."At the Bookstore."

15 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set)

Fifth Avenue.

"Re cral and Mack start off stowlv,with Hialorr that fails to reaeh. Theact gains speed with the introductionof dancinir. the girl in this doing somegood work. Should the couple iniectmore pen and eliminate some of thetalk at the opening, the results wouldbe more substantial.

Valerie Bergere and Co. (6)."The Noblest Vampire" (Travesty).24 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set).Bnshwick.

Valerie Bergere in "The NoblestVampire" has a travesty by David LeoFreeman entirely away from anythingdone by her in vaudeville heretofore. It

dates back to Marc Antony and Cleo-patra with their lives furnishing thetheme. The author's modern expres-sion in connection with the ancientlingo provides the comedy. MissBergere as Cleopatra has the bulk ofthe work, with Frank Elliott as adrunken Marc Antony playing oppo-site. The remainder of the cast con-sists of court servants,, mainly to addto the picture. Travesty in vaudevilleat present is about a dead issue. Thereis little chance Miss Bergere's newskit will be an exception. Mr. Free-man has written a comparatively amus-ing travesty, but audiences in the ma-jority will much prefer Miss Bergerein something dramatic.

Hilton and Laxar.Songs and Talk.17 Mins.; One.A decidedly clever combination, but

severely handicapped through the ab-sence of marketable material of anyoriginal grade. Lou Hilton essays asomewhat different type of Hebrew co-median and does it well. Alice Lazaris plump, good looking, and works wellwith Hilton, considering his rather ec-

centric manner of ad libbing. Both areof burlesque. Their dialog carries toomany familiar "puns" and those offset

the good mark registered with their

own material. Hilton and Lazar cango along this grade of time, getting'laughing honors, but they should pro-ceed to arm themselves with anothervehicle and then look forward. At theAmerican they were the undisputedlaughing hit of the show. Wynn.

W. H. St James and Co. (4).Farce.18 Mins.; Full Stage.Harlem O. H.A corking, rip roaring farce, full of

jazz and hoke that will make any audi-ence from that at the Palace down tothe variest small time crowd howl withlaughter. It is a simple story of agreat big fat "con" man who gets intoa boarding house which caters exclu-sively to women and promises to marryevery one, the housekeeper, the maid, asupposed orphan heiress and a sportywidow, putting over the "cash-a-check"touch on each one and finally leavinglaughingly. The comedy arises prin-cipally through the "con" man usingthe same method of approach with thewomen and hands each the same story.

Each repeat item brings a bigger how!.With a little additional speed in twoof the roles—that of the maid and theingenue—the act will go in the fastestcompany and score. Fred.

Morley and McCarthy Sisters.

Sonrs and Dances.15 Mins.; One.Fifth Avenue.

Small time girl trio using publishedsongs and commonolace material. Cos-tuming ordinary with the act fitted bestto houses whose audiences demandjazz.

Mazier and Thompson.Blackface and Straight.16 Mins.; One.Harlem O. H.

Just about right for the No. 2 spot onsmall time. The men depend solely onthe voices, the straight pan having a

particularlv worthv baritone that heuses effectively. The comedian has onenumber he does nicelv with. The scenerepresents the exterior of a penny ar-cade where the straight is about toemploy the "coon" as a target in theshooting gallery adjunct. The comedycenters entirely about this. The straightman has a number entitled "Jealous ofMe" that goes over with a bang,A double number is used for closing.

Frsd.

Betty Bond."Five Rights of Musical Comedy."17 Mins.; One and a Half (SpecialDrop).

Riverside.

Betty Bond as a single means spe-cial material, special setting and BettyBond. One never seems to rise abovethe other. It may be the material or it

may be Miss Bond. The chances arethat it is both. 'Five Flights of Musi-cal Comedy" is the title of this actwritten by Charles McCarron and alsoproduced by him, although in whatsense it has been produced or stagedother than Miss Bond singing songsin different dresses doesn't make itselfevident. The drop is the exterior ofan apartment house, with the elevator'sentrance close to the sidewalk. MissBond walks out from the elevator, af-ter making rapid changes of good look-ing costumes, with the Indicator point-ing each time to the floor she de-scended from, commencing with 1.

The numbers. "An Innocent Girl.""Little Italy Girl," "365 Days in theYear." "Baby Butterfly" and "MilitaryEyes" mention the floors in rotationas the place where the singer lives.The idea, no doubt, suggests possibili-ties for a "single." It wasn't a badscheme, but "the act" depended uponthe material and the interpreter of it.

Both fail in their respective duties. Ofthe songs, only "Military Eyes," clos-ing the act and pushing it over, is

worthy of the idea and setting. It's agood number with a flag finish thatcan't fall down at this time, but therehad been nothing preceding to war-rant the rjouse adding up its applausefor this number alone, so it had tostand by itself. In fact, nMiss Bond hadto press the limit to reach the finale,for her four other songs were verymildly received, some even less so. Shecreated a wrong and poor impressionat the outset by the only really char-acter number tried by her, "The Inno-cent Kid," who spoke of a bridalcouple living upstairs and what sheheard through the airshaft, also otherthings that "were over her head."This stvle of lyric isn't for a "neat" or"refined single." If special song ma-terial is going to run along the bluelines, such as appears quite probableof late, the vaudeville managers hadbetter get out their censoring pads in

their offices rather than to await thestage debut, and let it be known thatall lyrics must be absolutely clean."The Innocent Kid" thing is a storyas silly as the character is partiallymade to appear. The other numbershave no especial merit, with the "But-terflv" song onlv noted for its dressing,while the "Ttalv Girl" carried a veryfamiliar melodv. One number pro-gramed, called "Bettv Bond," was notused. Miss Bond doesn't alter hersinging expression at present sufficient-

ly to handle a variety of numbers, it

would seem. In the "No. 2" spot atthe Riverside Tuesday evening thesinger got little. Tf she is to succeedin -this single on big time new num-bers are necessarv. otherwise MissBond, a fairlv comelv brunet with adimple, but no particular magnetism,mav b* considered a classv act forsmall time. Tf she continues over thebig time in this turn. Miss Bond willbe iiist luckily slipping past. fttme.

r>uftv and Daisy.Bicvcling.14 Mins.: Full Stage.Harlem O. H.The man is a clever comedy cvclist

who. judging from his style of work haseither been with the Ahearn act or haswatched some of the comedians withthat big time turn rather closely. T^utbe that as it mav. he does fcet a lot oflaughs and considerable applause onsome of his trick riding. The girl thathe has assisting him looks pretty andshoulders quite a lot of the work. Theturn is a nice little opener for the small-er big time show* JVsA

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Hyman Adler and Co. (1).

Ifosteal Protean Act19 Mint.; One (7); Two (4); One (2);

Full (6); One (2).

Harlem O. H.One must give Hyman Adler credit

at least for jamming a lot of materialinto the 19 minutes he is on the stage.

There is too much to the act, a touchhere and there that is small tuney andwhen eliminated the turn will have abetter chance in the bigger houses.Mr. Adler opens with a light introduc-tory verse proclaiming he is going togive vaudeville something new and thenafter a quick change appears as RipVan Winkle and does a monolog suchas Rip would supposedly pull if hecame to Broadway today. The changeis quick enough, but it seems bad stagebusiness to let the audience be awareof the fact that the trousers have afalse front and no backing. This num-ber is followed by "Night Time Downin Little Italy/' with the curtain goingup for a little comedy dramatic scenein "two/' the plot concerning a modernItalian Rip who has only been awayfor six years and returns to find thatnis wife has wed again and has fourkids, after which he confides in herthat he has also married again and hassix kids and calls it square at that Mr.Adler returns to "one" for a brief min-ute and relates that he is about to pre-sent another character, that of an oldman, an aped Hebrew. The story hereconcerns itself with his daughter whohas Been jilted, but the father says thatthe young man will return, for goldwill bring him back, and this leads toa semi-recitative song about gold andits chink. It is well done, but out ofplace in this act, smacking too much ofthe old-fashioned meller and only goodfor the smaller houses. A comedy jin-

gle in "one" closes the act. It :> thebest thing that Mr. Adler docs, simplybecause it fits him, and the majority ofthe earlier bits do not Fred.

Five American Boya and Girls.

Singing.18 Mine.; Full Stage Set (Special).Like a little of "America First"

adapted for small time. The billing is

slightly misleading. There are no girls

in it. There is a girl, but that is all,

and she is supported by a quartet ofboys. It could appropriately be billed

as "Four Midshipmen and a Maid."The scene is the deck of a battleshipwith the boys in the uniforms of en-signs. The opening number is a marchballad to which they execute a walkabout. After watching that bit ofmarching, the act had better never playAnnapolis. The girl appears on thescene and at the request of one of theboys offers "More Lonesome ThanYou" with the quartet in on thechorus. A bass solo brings to light theold reliable "Asleep in the Deep,"rather poorly delivered. A comedynumber by the boys and then anotherof the ballad type by the girl and for afinish a bit of syncopation that bringscertain applause. It is a neat flash forsmall time. Fred.

Katherine Murray.

Songs.

22 Mine.; Two (Special Set).

RoyalKatherine Murray is young, wears

nice clothes and isn't afraid of work.

She shows a progressive spirit to be

commended and at the Royal in the

third position, scored an emphatic suc-

cess. With Miss Murray is a cork-ing good piano player, Murray Rubens.Miss Murray has a pleasing stage ap-pearance and a pleasant voice. MissMurray bills herself as "Uncle Sam'sGirl," through using "I'm a RegularDaughter -of Uncle Sam" for her clos-

ing number, dressed as a Red Crossnurse. She looked mighty nifty in this

outfit and put a lot of life into the song.Following her introductory numberwith "He's Just Like You." the first

of the topical songs, she followed in

turn with "Cute Little Wiggle," impres-sion of Frances White singing "Missis-

sippi," which Miss Murray did ^splen-

didly, "Where Do You Get ThatStuff?" and the Uncle Sam's daughterselection. Miss Murray dresses eachnumber with care. Her act is stagedwith neatness and artistic taste, thecurtained interior proving a dandybackground for her work. Miss Mur-ray has a specially made annunciator,carrying the title of the different num-bers. Rubens gets his chances duringMiss Murray's chances and he makesthe best of them. He let the audiencesing one of the choruses of "Missis-sippi" and .the Royal bunch not onlyrevealed good voices, but swung right

into the words much to Rubens' ap-parent astonishment. Miss Murrayheld the "wiggle" number withinbounds, there being only a slight sug-gestiveness of the body movement donewith her hands. Her last two numbers,particularly the patriotic number, wereespecially well received. Mark.

Frisco, the "jazz dancer," who is

never without a cigar or "neater," ashe calls them, whether dancing or not,is gracing the Green Mill Gardens, Chi-cago. He affects a tuxedo make-upnow and admits to even using rougewhen he goes on.

Ciro's, London, closed after the first

revue was presented there has reopen-ed and is now called the York Club.Entertainments are given daily for all

men in uniform and their friends. Teaand soft drinks are served.

Miniature lighthouses about a foot in

height, on all tables at College Inn,Chicago, are used as match trays, butare really designed to increase serviceefficiency, by turning a switch a redlamp lights up in the top of the orna-ment and signals the waiter.

Alfred H. White and Co. (3).

Dramatic 8ketch.

18 Mine.; FuU 8tage.

81st Street

Alfred H. White is presenting a dis-

tinctively different Hebrew character

in vaudeville. It is the type known in

Wall Street and banking circles, thetype that carries the affairs of nationsand does it successfully, a type that

will appeal universally and create anew respect in the minds of those whostill hold racial prejudices. The little

sketch in which he is the central char-acter carries with it a tone of convic-tion that is welcome and wins applause.

The scene is in the parlor of a manu-facturer who is of the Christian faith.

He is in need of financial assistance

and has appealed to the banker whois coming to visit him. Because of his

business* affairs the manufacturer hasneglected his wife and 'she in seekingsolace elsewhere has begun a flirtation

with the banker's son. This boy has

an ambition to become one of the mem-bership of one of the most exclusive

clubs where tlte racial prejudice is car-

ried to extreme length. At the homeof the manufacturer the latter and the

banker -are discussing business in the

library when the son calls on the wife.

In coming into the parlor the father

discovers his boy and the wife in a

compromising position. When the

husband leaves the room he takes the

boy to task and breaks up the affair

for Ml time by sending his son abroad.

Tr-»re are a lot of good lines in the

sketch that make a popular appeal, andwhen the finish of the sketch is

strengthened it will answer on a"yjj i"-

Martha Russell and Co. (2).

Dramatic Sketch.

15 Mine.; Five (Interior).

23d Street

Martha Russell has been playing in

vaudeville for some years, but it is

doubtful if she has had as good a vehi-

cle to display her stage wares as this

new skit which she and* two men bringto a surprise finish and one that makes alaughing finale. Each of the principals

endeavors to outwit, outguess and trapthe other, each being a detective andeach working on the same line of sus-picion. Miss Russell, who turns out to

be Kate Burke from headquarters, as-

sumes the role of a French womanand who places herself under thoroughsuspicion in order to trap the others.

The others have disguised actions andthe like and just when the climax is

reached where one "drop" comes after

another, the curtain falls with the threeejaculating what a fine trio of boobsthey turned out to be. At times thetrio becomes a little too harsh and dra-matic and leave considerable to theimagination, but the sketch works outagreeably and interesting to pop houseaudiences. Rather difficult now to fol-

low films having a million and onestage tricks and dramatic surprises of

the meller trend, yet Miss Russell did

very well with the playlet at the 23dStreet. Mark.

Billy Curtis, the cabaret agent, will

temporarily discontinue his offices in

the New York Theatre Building andwill take up headquarters with JoeFranklin in the Gaiety for the summer.

PALACE.The headline* this WMk at the Palace is

Julia Arthur In a 12-mlnuU recitation withspectacular effect* (New Acts), entitled

"Liberty Aflame." After the Monday mati-

nee the was moved from a late position In

the second part of ths bill to close the first

balf. a much more appropriate position on acomedy program. The Idea Is good and In

keeping with the times—different from the

surfeit of pstrlotlo songs and strikes home.In spite of two such btg names on the bill

as Miss Arthur and Joseph Santley. business

was considerably off Monday CTenlng, with

the chances the rsin faTored city amusementas against joy riding. The show opened with

the Pathe Weekly, with the first turn Derkln's

dog and monkey show, the usual pantomimeof canines entering a saloon, the patrol wagoncoming on to carry off the "drunk." etc. Theaudience liked It. The Volunteers, a singing

norelty conceived end produced by GeorgePotsford, furnishes an original Idea for In-

troducing a male quartet without the cissy,

legit and so on, and also aToldlng an abso-

lutely straight singing turn. The four mensing well, the "boob" tenor furnishes good,

clean comedy and the act was a healthy hit,

especially so for second spot.

Emily Ann Wsllman and Co. In "YoungMrs. Stanford," the "flash drama." has analtogether unique offering, altogether original

as a stage production, but the "stmosphere"is worthy of a better vehicle. All of the sup-

porting company pitch their voices In too

raucous a key as If they were endeavoring to

yell above a din, or had recently been play-

ing In barns. Jfo other reason was apparent.

Mtsa, Wellman should call a rehearsal forth-

with. The performance does not comparewith that given by Miss Wellman and theoriginal company, when first at the Palace.

Lydell and Hlgglns were a "scream" all the

way. Al Lydell was the biggest sort of a

laugh. , ^ .„Just before the opening of the second half

Bert Levey came before the footlights andannounced he would give an entertainmentfor children at the Palace Saturday morn-ing. This made It a bit smoother for Santly

end Norton, with their singing, piano and"nut" act and they "topped the show" to the

extent of having to put up the lights sfter

the allotted number of "bends" for still an-

other bow. Joseph Santley and Co. with the

tabloid, "The Girl on the Magazine," occu-

pied a pleasant half hour or so, with singing

and dancing. Williams and Wolfus next to

closing, with Page, Hack and Mack the final

turn. Pretty big show with three such"flashos" as Julia Arthur, Joseph Santley

and Emily Ann Wellman, especially for the

time of year. Jolo.

house. The show there this week broke well.Van and Bchenok and Daisy Jean are the{olnt topllners, with John B. Hymer and Go.leavlly featured.The first half ran through nicely, with the

second part racing to a finish that advertisedin* whole bill as a wsll balanced entertain-ment.There was no red fire other than a couple

of flags displayed In the Vivian snapshoot-ing act opening, and the nearest to a warsong was "Joan of Arc" sung by the pianistof the Van and Schenck turn. It's a corkingballad number that the singer with his lyrictenor sent over without any doubt. Van andSchenck are big Brooklyn favorites, no matterwhere they appear on the other side of thebridge. Brighton Is the same and they wereapplauded when appearing almost as stronglyas when finishing It In the next to closingposition. The boys took advantage of theirCentury engagement this season In a Broad-way production and the profit may be noted.They are singing mostly all doubles now, butone solo each. The song repertoire is nicelyarranged. "It's A Long Way* From Home"Is In It. This Is the song that conflicted atthe Bushwlck last week, when Dooley andSales, next to closing on that program, hadto follow Van and Schenck. As DoolefV andSales make a production bit out of the num-ber, they probably didn't like the Idea. InDooley and Sales' place at Brighton this weekare Irwin and Henry, No. 4, with CharlesIrwin carrying the turn ovor to an easy hit.

He does everything that's required In the actand though overworking the hiccough In hissouse bits, the audience went to him hard,voting him an extremely likeable light com-edian, which he seems to be.

Closing the first part was Nina Payne, Inher entirely original scheme of single danc-ing number, with a trombonist and musical di-rector carried. Miss Payne's dances are the"Pen Picture Prance," "Cleopatra Cakewalk,""The Dancer's Dream" and "The FuturistFreak." Miss Payne Is entitled to all thecredit she has received for this act, and alsothe vaudeville time certain for It.

After Intermission was Miss Jean with herfinished musical entertainment that is leav-ing a very big Impression near the ocean.Miss Jean is singing too many songs, fourWednesday afternoon, and closing with "PoorButterfly," not a Judicious selection so lateIn the wane of the huge popularity of thatnumber. "Sunshine of Your Smile" Is plentyfor long lasted popular numbers.The Hymer comedy, "Tom Walker In

Dixie" convulsed the house. It ran about 84minutes, with Mr. Hymer having put new bitsInto the finish, taking a long chance withkidding reading out of a Bible, but It made theBrooklynites laugh. As that Is "The City ofChurches," If they think It funny over there,they will howl at It anywhere else.

After the Vivian company had made theaudience mentally register a wish all Amer-icans could shoot as well as they, Nip andTuck went through their talking contortions,doing a nice lltle act for the spot, with WillOakland and Co. In "Danny O'Qlll, U. 8. A."following, singing their way Into favor. Theskit Is Irish always sure to an extent. "WildIrish Rose" was in it for a moment and againsounded during the Van and Bchenok turn.

Closing the performance were the Joe Fan-ton company In "A Oarden of Surprises," thegarden effect being obtained by draperies overthe rigging for the rings of the gymnasiumact. Some comedy was gotten out of thedrapes. The Fantons have some spectaculartricks that have also been shown by others.Whoever thought out these tricks should havethem to themselves, at least for a while. TheFantons however have Improved upon them.One of their tricks, for ring wejrk, done atthe opening, Is solely their own. It's goodenough for the finish of the act. 8ime.

Two colored porters at White City,

Chicago, were fined $25 and costs byJudge Newcomber Monday, for selling

liquor to sailors and marines.

Harry DeK was placed by HarryShea this week to open a 12 weeks'engagement at the Palais Royal, NewYork, June 11.

BRIGHTON THEATRE.Decoration Day marked the first visit of

the sun to the Coney Island since the Brigh-ton thtstre opened Its summer season May21. With the weather came a crowd for the

matinee with a capacity attendance Indicated

for the night performance.The Brighton looks as cheery as ever for

the hot spell, and Is again mansgsd by OeorgeRobinson, who Is always on the Job at this

RIVERSIDE.The speculation around the Riverside Is con-

cerning what Is going to happen when the first

hot wave strikes the city. It means a line onwhat the Riverside may be able to do through-

out the summer with its big time policy, as

the present Intention Is to havs the theatreremain open continuously. The house has beenprettily and summerly dressed In anticipation.The attendance of Tuesday night oould

stand much diminishing without affecting asummer's run, for the crowd there that even-ing Jammed the place, albeit the rain stoppedalmost at the theatre hour, causing a rush."Names" are helping the program at ths

box office this week. There are Dorothy Jar-don and Joe Howard as the principal two, withBen Welch also on the program, closing ItThere Isn't any question but in the com-fortable neighborhood the Riverside lies thatMiss Jardon means something In the advancebilling and lights. She has returned from along trip west, with voice unimpaired, thesame classiness of appoaranco and a reper-toire of numbers with a wide range, besidesclothes more or lens attractive, but none un-attractive. It was said about the theatre thatMonday matinee Miss Jardon wore a gownthat was a revelation, so much in fact It

was discarded for the week after that per-

formance. Jerry Jarnagan Is Miss Jsrdon'spianist and did a medley solo on the Instru-

ment In a likeable way, both in the playing,

and the music employed. Miss Jardon's voice

sounded strong and true, even at the end of

a two-a-days season and she did sli songs, all

rjiWnr, for "clnglng" without a falter TheproKram descilbes Miss Jardon as TheBeautiful Broadway star, with one of the best

voices on the vsudevllle stage." One mightbe almost tempted to ask who has the other.

The Joe Howard production Is a skilful

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piece of showmanship In staging, it's named"A MuBlcal World Revue," with manj per-soom including a l«»rge colored chorus, andbaa been built around Mr. Howard'! songs,mostly old favorite*, already well known toraudevlllo through Howard's repetition ofthem In other acts. But In this turn running3i minute* and closing the first part, Mr.Howard baa arranged an entertainment thatalways seems to be away from the aongs, thelatter being but Incidental rather than Im-portant. This, termed "atmoaphere" on theprogram Is what sends the act over, althoughneither Mr. Howard nor hla clever partnerEtblyn Clark, should be overlooked for credit.Miss Clark may not own the beat singing voicethe world ever heard but ahe misses mightylittle else of what la assigned to her, and herspeaking delivery more than atonea, besideswhich Miss. Clark looks good. The strengthof the act and particularly the finish of Itmay be best decided through Howard havingtaken a "Spirit of 7(1" number (not writtenby him) that has been excellently staged andInstead of employing It for a finale where Itwould legitimately fit, made It a bit In theoentro ut the finishing scene, closing the actwith u real waterfall that Is also a real riot.There In a male quartet lu the turn, some-fammar Howard business, besides the Bongs,and "Tho Guide," another kind of a "prolog,"done by Alna Poe to tho complete satisfactionof the house. Miss Poe seems ready to Weepalmost when bidding the audience good byeand they believe it.

"Somtlmes you hear a good one and some-times you don't" referring to war songs orballads. If there are around 30,000 theutreaIn the U. S. and each one should have anew war song every week, with 52 weeks tothe year and the war lasted two more years,thero would still be a couple of million warsongs left over, according to the current flood.Nearly all the acts a., the Riverside this weekhave one, of some kind or another, but the audi-ence didn't huve to stand for any of them.A War bill may prove more agreeable to thosewho visit the theatres but once weekly, butwhether agreeable or not they will have tobe endured In tho patriotic crisis.The Riverside bill also holds three "dumb"

acta this week, the first two among the firstthree turns. It was not until McKay andArdlne appeared No. 4 that the show shot offou Its running stride that held up at a faBtgait right to the finish. George McKay hadone of the new war numbers, something about"red, white and blue," rather good and wellwritten. He aiso kidded Miss Ardlne aboutbecoming too stout, but she doesn't look soat all, as she Is a very nice appearing girland does her share most creditably. The turngot over so easily It had to go the limit ofIts routine whether wanting to or not.After Intermission the Arnaut Brothers gave

more comedy moments with their eccentrici-ties, followed by MIbs Jardon, with a Keystoneending the late evening after Welch.

Opening wore the Gladiators, who doUftlug work In a nicely prepared cyclo-

. rama, they having a new and big trick forthe finish that gets them across. No 2 wasBetty Bond (New Acta), who barply causeda ripple, then Maria Lo's poslngs that hap-pened too shortly after the Gladiators, whodo posing In a way themselves. The Lo pos-lngs seem to carry too much coloring orperhaps the lighting effects could be Improvedupon, but the act as a posing turn Is notbig nor novel, although a "Columbia" finishgreatly helped. The opening or closing spotIs probably the usual place for it. The useof a bell to notify the stage crew to send upthe curtain Beems a crude expedient In thesedays. Sim*.

* BUSHWICK.The Busbwlck attendance appears to have

a big brace of late which would give the im-pression the Brooklyn house can remain openall summer If a fair break with the weatheris encountered and Coney Island does notloom up to strongly as opposition. The housemade a record last week and Judging fromTuesday night's business will do It again thisweek.The program was rather mixed, several

turns billed not appearing which necessitatedaddltloua which ouly affected the appearanceof the printing for the entertainmentcame well up to requirements. Olgaand Mishku, dancing opened. The coupleneed more pop In their turn and somuch time should not be given over tothe violinist they carry In tbe pit. VioletDale with imitations No. 2, started quietlywith an imitation of Belle Baker which shouldbe dropped. Her Lillian Shaw bit gave theact Uh sturt. The Busbwlck audience was In-

clined to kid Miss Dale during the Mrs.Leslie Carter impersonation although theyprobably would have done the fame to Mrs.Carter. The flag finish did little for themimic although she worked very hard withIt.

Harry Holman and Co. In "Adam Killjoy"rounded up tho first bunch of laughs. Thepicture finish proved as big a laugh produceras the dialog. The Bowman Brothers con-tinued the show along laughing lines andscored applause In abundance In addition.Valerie Rergere and Co. In "Tho Noblest Vam-pire" closed the first half.Robins who Imitates musical Instruments

opened the second half In capable style. Hobrought forth several surprises which caughton. Rooney and Bent in a revival of their"At Tho NV\v« Strind" were credited with theHpzcr! re.'. ;

' ;n", ;•' t^c cvrnlr.^. The :c.:;ie

di»pia>ed nuihiiig thin was n»j» ViUL someof the gags used by Pat Rooney of an ancientvintage but still productive at tho Busbwlck.The use of the sawdust Is carried a bit too

far it being necessary to hold up the show

while It Is being cleaned up after the com-pletion of the turn.The Primrose Four with popular song found

an appreciative audience and scored accord-ingly, with Merle's Cockatoos closing the showIn flashy style.

AMERICAN ROOF.The American program the first half was

laid out for the summer time. It held noth-ing large but ran evenly throughout, with theshow speeding through by reason of the short-ness of the time taken by the acts, the pro-gram ending with a flve-reeler "Wolf Lowry."The first half was composed of Stewart and

olive, Denny and Perrl, Geo. Davis Family,Sampson and Douglas, and Billy Elliott and"Mississippi Maids." Plenty of singing anddancing with the holiday bringing a big nightatendance. The Elliott act la a revival, withBilly Elliott, (formerly Elliott and Mullen)taking on most of the work. Two principalsand six choristers in blackface make up theturn. The dressing is for small time and theact was revived for that division. Elliottcarries it through neatly, giving it an applausewallop through his yodellng singing of "CoalBlack Rose."

After Intermission Monard and Mayne, withthe Stars and Stripes showing, did some sing-ing and dancing to fair returns, followed by"Just Nan," a comedy sketch playcc. by Har-old La Coste and Alice Clifton. The playletwas written by Clara Knott, who turned outa laughing vehicle for the purpose but it Is

necessary for the players to make It go over,which they do. It's sure fife for small timeonly. Next to closing were Smith and Kaufman,two men, one a souse and the other a police-man. They talked but sang better and also gotin the fair class at the finish. Kate andWiley, In lifting, closed, having a differentsort of an opening with a thrill in it, sincethey work on high pedestal with a small plat-

form. The turn makes a good looking sightact for a small time. Sime.

•

ROYAL.On the eve of Decoration Day and with

the weather cold and inclement, the Royaldid a Jam-up business Tuesday. Hundredswere turned away, unable to obtain seats.The show was 75 per cent comedy, which

cinched things then and there.Manager Egan was all over the place. He

has had the house put in tip-top, attractiveshape for the summer, and the usheretteslooked nice in their white, summery outfits

and with the show giving satisfaction themanagement was all the mora elated.The house was in a quandary to run the

acts smoothly without comedy oonfllction, andMr. Egan did a pretty good Job of it, not-withstanding that the bill had two black-faced acts, each of male composition, offer-ing talk and songs. On the originally laidout program Harry Van Fossen (New Acts)was next to closing, the Avon Comedy Fourhaving the last spot, with the KaufmanBrothers carded for fourth position. The LaVara were slated for the third spot, andKatherlne Murray (New Acts) to open afterintermission. Eadle and Ramsden were card-ed as "No. 2." The rearrangement had Will-lam Ferry opening, followed In turn by VanFossen. Miss Murray, the Kaufmans and theStan Stanley Trio. After intermission ap-peared Eadle and Ramsden, the Avon ComedyFour and the La Vara.Ferry was a novelty for the Royal Ites, and

they applauded his contortion work enthusi-astically. Both Van Fossen and Miss Murraywere well received. The Kaufman Brothersare presenting much the same turn of otherseasons. They received applause when theyappeared, the men having played the neighbor-hood c*» previous occasions.The laughing comedy hit of the first part

was registered by the Stan Stanley Trio.Stan isn't spending the time that he usedto on the trampoline, and the bounding netsection is receiving only a smattering it at-tention. His talk smashed 'em all tne wayand the closing "bit" in "one" proved es-pecially amusing.Eadle and Ramsden waste time with talk.

At the Royal few words eould be. heard, andwhat they said had to be guessed. The wfauansings entertainingly, but It Is the acrobaticsJames Eadle does that holds up the turn. Heaffects a booblsh mannerism and pulls somedidoes at the piano that remind one of sev-eral other comedy pianists now in vaude-ville. Looks like an English act that is

trying to Americanise Itself. A rearrange-ment of the turn would strengthen It con-siderably. Seems too patchety at present.The act shows possibilities.The Avon Comedy Four got away slowly,

with the talk In the kitchen between Chart**Dale and Joe Smith proving the place deresistance of this section. However, whenthe boys swung Into the doctor's visit tholaughs came rapidly and spontaneously untilthe singing finish.

Tbe r*a Vara closed the show. The danc-ers have altered their old routine consider-ably and have added a Jazz band that en-livens things noticeably and adds atmospherethe neighborhood houses revel In. The LaVara are good dancers and show team workthnt helps them Immeasurably. The bigaudience stuck for the finish. Act makvsmuch better flash than It did before. Mark.

work opened the show, followed by Morleyand the McCarthy Sisters (New Acta), aftea-ward Regal and Mack (New Acts) showing.Lazar and Dale, In a blackface turn of the

old school, provided the first real comedy. Attl*ls Juncture Be: I Levey mu«-' a short speechregarding his free Saturday morning per-formance for children at the Palace afterwhich 'Mable Burke sang "Let's All Be Amer-icana Now" with the audience Joining in

heartily. Jeoaell and Martin, a Juvenile team,

ftave the show a stamp of class with an offer-

ng framed along novel lines. George Jessell

haa improved considerably and has lost thechildish manners he retained so long. MissMartin Is a petite miss who should be heardfrom when she haa gained more experience.Ward and Van, street musicians, down next toclosing, provided one of the comedy hits of thebill, with the Tennesee Ten closing the showwith a bang.

JEFFERSON.The B. B. Moss booking staff outdid Itself

In the selection of the current first half bill

at the Jefferson, one of the most entertain-ing programs the house had had in many aday. Monday night with the rain (a bighandicap) the 14th street house was wellfilled, better by far than on other occasionswhen climatic conditions were more favorable.The Peklneze Trio opened, followed by

Frank •Ward who does impersonations, endingwith a "finger dance," easily the best thinghe does. Ward went along but mildly withhis imitations but his finish held him up.

Charles De Land and Co. provided one of tbelivliest two-people sketches the house has everbad. The act has had considerable usage butthe Jefferson audience was amused all of thetime. The manner In which the old vehiclela played helps It immensely.One of the big hits the Victoria Four, a

male singing quartet immensely popular down-town. The Jefferson audience could not getenough of the boys' work and kept up inces-

sant applause after the news pictorial hadbeen flashed.

Muriel Window, the classiest single theJefferson has ever had, opened after the inter-mission. Miss Window has been playing all

of the Moss houses but should have beenspared the Jeff, on account of the orchestraif nothing else, the musicians managing to

botch her numbers terribly. The audience en-Joyed what portion of Miss Window's act notaffected by the musicians and the girl tookdown her share of the applause notwithstand-ing the difficulties.

"Lillles of The Lake," a girt act which doesnot appear any too new brought forth threeprincipals and six choristers. One or twoof the chorus costumes look well, with thegirls and acceptable collection. The principalsare not specially strong but the act is onlymeant for the smaller pop houses although thescenic effects might lead one to "believe other-wise. Senator Francis Murphy scored a steadystream of laughs with talk that was evergrasped by the cosmopolitan Jefferson audi-ence. The La Toy Sisters closed the showafter which came a feature picture.

FIFTH AVENUE.MiitiiKi buMM-sK Decoration Day found tho

Filth Avenue tilled to near capacity beforethe first show was over. A fringe of standeeswas noticeable throughout the major portionof the afternon.The Four Jansleys with fast equlllbrlstlc

CITY.A lot of singing and talking perforated the

City bill Monday night but the audienceshowqd great delight in applauding and laugh-ing. The weather was cold and rainy.LaToy's Models opened and drew unusual

applause for a posing act at this house. Someeffective pictures were posed. Dolly Morris-Bey, second, appeared to better advantage whenshe discarded her outerwrap which made heflook all bundled up. Miss Morrissey offeredpopular songs, with several seemingly prettymuch ysed up for that neighborhood. Shefooled them with her dancing and proved thatshe Is still light on her feet.

Jack Kennedy and Co. (Including womanand slender youth playing office boy) found bigfavor, the dialog between the married coupleseeking a divorce In the same office turningthe trick. Tho woman Is noticeably dramaticall the way, not necessary In this skit. TheUniversal weekly held Interest through thenew war training pictures, with several viewsof the late Lcs Darcy showing the fighter In

a laughing mood at close range.Caryll and Flynn are singers, the woman

however helping matters, by playing piano ac-companiments. Good voices and some splendidharmony registered. The man Is a top tenorand harmonizes sweetly and musically with*

the woman. Act sure of returns in tbe pophouses. Rice and Francis are one of those"man and woman" combinations with theusual kidding preliminaries and song Intro-ductions. The young woman looks young andacts girlishly. She's cute and has a niceway of hnndllng solos. The act has patterand songs apparently written especially for It.

the opening number most indicative of this

fact. Turn pleased Immensely."What's .The Idea?" is a "girl act," with

one made principal, a boy who is a corkinggood dancer and who also does a comedy skat-ing bit that was a feature of the turn. Offer-

ing has youthful-looking chorus, but boys andgirls who carry out the kid Idea all the way.Another girl has a small-speaking part thnt• alls for no acting but gives her a chance to

change several times and lead numbers."What's the Idea" is e catchllne, there beingno consistency to the, entire turn aside fromgiving the dancing man ample opportunity to

peddle his stage wares. The chorus has sev-

eral snugs wbjrh In tho main wire r^rr'.'.vc,

The turn could stand rebuilding a:;d ;.-unty

of work. Another male prlnrlpnl could boused. Act rather nicely costumed.Andy Lewis, aided by a young man and

woman, worked about 20 minutes and regis-

tered the laughing hit of the evening. Andy

kids and ad libs and does all sorts of thingsthat a long burlesque training and experiencehave equipped him plentifully for. The pairworking with Lewis help along his style offunmaking advantageously, the woman in par-ticular proving a good helpmate. The FourNightons, in "risley" work held close atten-tion. Good act of its kind, with one of themost Samsonlike understanders in this sec-tion in a long time. The film feature was"Souls Triumphant" ((Triangle) with a moralthat struch home In the 14th Street neighbor-hood. Marie.

HARLEM OPERA HOUSE.The storm Monday handed the business at

the Harlem opera house a bump. The lowerfloor held but two-thirds and the balconyand gallory were about half filled. The showwas a corker for the policy of the house.Seven acts, a Triangle comedy and "WildWlnahlp's Widow," a Triangle flve-reeler com-prised the program, with the closing actwalking away with the hit honors of theshow. It was Bert Lamont and his sextetteof singers in cowboy costume. They wereon the stage for 31 minutes and had the audi-ence with them all the way. It Is going someto put a singing turn down In the spot andhave them get away with the honors as thisact did.

Duffy and Daisy (New Acts), bicycling,opened with good results. Mazier and Thomp-son (New Acts) were the one small timeoffering on the bill. Hyman Adler and Co.(New Acts) Interested the audience with amusical protean act. The Triangle comedysplit the show after this turn. The secondhalf was started off with W. H. St. James(New Acts) In a farcical offering that hadthe audience screaming. Harry Ellis In asingle singing turn scored strongly, and Ber-nard and Scarth, who followed him, broughtlaugh after laugh. Fred.

23rd STREET^A holiday with about the first sunshiny

weather of the season put the kibosh on the23rd Street business Wednesday afternoon,and when the matinee started there was* bare-ly a corporal's guard In, but before the showwas half over the attendance Jumped gratl-fylngly to Manager Callan, but nowherecame close to the afternoon proportions thatthe house has been recording. There wasn'tanything wrong with the show at pop pricesand plenty of comedy.

Laldlaw, the skater, opened, but therewasn't enough applause to have startled aprairie hen. Not Laldlaw's fault, but thefolks uadn't gotten In. Davis and Kttty(New Acts) hit such an early spot for theafternoon show that they, too, suffered, butthe pair worked fast and they registered well,all things notwithstanding.Fanny Rice Is now being billed as "So-

ciable Fanny Rice." The "sociable" comesthrough her opening number wherein she ad-monishes everybody to smile awhile, et cetera.Miss Rice Is offering a turn about tho aameas In other years, although ahe had addeda patriotic finish 'that puts Fanny In rightin any neighborhood nowadays. She char-acterizes Uncle Sam and makes a redhot ap-peal for support, enlistment and liberty bondpurchases as well as urging the land tollerato do their duty. Miss Rice puts It over Inbully shape. It Is an honest belief thatwere Miss Rice to sit out In the audienceawhile and look steadily at that very bright,glittering array of lights that border herstage frame and which are unprotected fromthe audience's eyes, she would make hasteto dim 'em. One can count nine above, elevento the left and eight below and then losecount through having to close the eyes forawhile. Tbe lighting arrangements needs at-tention, and it would help Miss Rice in moreways than one.Adrian Is in black-face, but where he got

such a stage monicker is beyond conJecM^.He may have gotten It from the state ofMichigan. With Adrian are two stage band"plants," one a splendid singer and who dur-ing his warbling of "Sunshine of Your Smile"takes all the play away from Adrian. Theblack-face talks awhile, sings awhile and do*sa number of nuttlsh capers which tbe 23rdStreeters seemed to appreciate Immensely.Adrian appears to be an ambitious chap andwilling to share honors with that chubby singer.Martha Russell and Co. (New Acts) heldattention. Cook and Lorenz hit up a comedypace with their familiar style of funmaking.The Three Singing Types, with a new girlreplacing the one that first started In tb«act, not only made a nice appearance, bi«tsang effectively. They filled In an acceptabletwelve minutes, the topical songs getting themost play.

Bert Fltzglbbon devoted more attention tosinging than anything else, and showed fur-ther versatility by having a piano shoved onthe stage and Bert playing accompanimentsto several songs that his wife sang aftershe had climbed upon tbe stage from thebox where she had Joined In on a chorus ofone of his songs. Mrs. Fltzglbbons not onlydresses attractively, but did some dancingthat showed she Is forte In that department,but displayed unusual grace. The addition ofthe young lady to the turn will give Bert achance to rest his hat and cane.The Larneds closed the show. Not long

ago It was a two-act but a woman has beenadded who does straight riding and does It

well, having a good appearance to help heralong. She changes to black tights, full

sotted, thp.t n*i.o If rffectlve. Th« Ls^nefl*are introducing some new comedy wheelstunts, Lamed (the man) affecting a maksuoa la Joe Jackson, and who has a number ofcomedy "bits" that reminds one of the lat-

ter. Act proved a good closer for the 28rdStreet bill. Mark.

VARIETY 17

An ment

The Vaudeville Managers' Protective Association ack-

nowledges its gratification at the spirit shown by the

members of the National Vaudeville Artists in the

FIRST ANNUAL PERFORMANCE,SUNDAY NIGHT, JUNE 3, AT THE

NEW YORK HIPPODROMEand the result, obtained through their individual andconcerted efforts.

Our members have also lent their aid in all ways andthe Annual Performance will be a distinct mark of credit

to the Vaudeville Profession, upon the stage and off, as

well to to the artists, managers and agents who havedone their share so well and thoroughly.

We are given to understand the Souvenir Programfor the Performance is the largest, in pages, of anysimilar attempt in the history of showdom, and the

sale of tickets for the Performance, through casual

reports heard, is of so large a volume it displays the

great and deserved interest taken by all in the vaude-

ville profession to stamp the N. V. A. as the real artists9

society, the first real one they have ever had for their ownbenefit and protection, while the mutuality of the efforts

by the artists and managers for a joint cause must fur-

ther cement the friendliness that has been created betweenthe artiste and managers, as represented by their organi-

zation and ours.

It is extremely gratifying to the managers and no doubtas much so to the artists. The result justifies our con-

tinuous contention, that much is to be gained by unity andharmony—nothing otherwise.

We present our compliments to the National Vaude-ville Artists and its membership. We trust its future will

be as brilliant as its First Annual Performance and that

the future will even bring about a stronger bond of

friendship than either of us dared at one time to hope for.

VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS'PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION

18 VARIETY

BILLS NEXT WEEK (JUNE 4)In Vaudawilla Thaatrat

(All Boast r open for the week with Monday matinee, when not ottaeniae Indicated.)Theatres listed as "Orphenm'* without any further distinguishing description are on theaacuaa Circuit. Theatres with "S-C and ^A-B-C" following same (usually "Empress") are

em the Sullivan-Considine-Affiliated Booking Company Circuit.Agencies booking the houses are noted oy single name or initials, such as "Orph." Orpheum

OfaaTt; "U B O," United Booking Offices; f'W V M A," Western Vaudeville Managers' Aaeo-etatiaa (Chicago); "P." Pantages Circuit; "Loew," Marcus Loew Circuit; "later," InterstateCircuit (hawking through W. V. M. A.); "Sun," Sun Circuit; "A ft H." Ackerman ft Harris(Baa Francisco): the A.-H. houses are booked In conjunction with the W. V. M. A.

SPECIAL NOTICE—The manner in which these bills are printed does not indicate the rala-lira Importaaee *f acts nor their program positions. The haste in which the bills are gatheredaewreats any attention being givea these matters.

New YorkPALACE (orph)

Julia Arthur CoConroy A LemalreFlorence Moore ft Dro"Forest Fire"Harry CarrollMUoBeabury ft ShawMeehan's DogsCOLONIAL (ubo)

Van ft SchenckCol Boys BandCharlotte ParryBranson ft BaldwinJack Alfred CoKelly ft OalvlnMarie StoddardHerman ShirleyThe GladiatorsRIVERSIDE (ubo)

"Band Box Revue"Adele RowlandP V Bowers CoMr ft Mrs J BarryHallen ft HunterMr ft Mrs O WildeDunbars DarklesLouis Hardt

ROYAL (ubo)Moaber H ft MRollins ft HarrisThree ChumsBowman BrosGrand Opera 5Cole Russell ft DBelle' BakerJaa Teddy

H O H (ubo)2d half (31-3)

Dufty ft DaisyMaud Scott CoJack LavlerDavis ft Kitty

• 12STH ST (ubo)2d half (31-3)

Le Van ft DevaBell RingersMorley ft McCarthy

BOTH ST (ubo)2d half (31-3)

5 KltamurasAllen ft FrancisAbbott ft MillsMarshall MontgomeryWhipple Houston CoThe Lanards5TH AVE (ubo)2d half (31-3)

Regal ft MackW H St James CoElliott ft WestBrown ft SpencerNAT WIN GAR (ubo)

2d half (31-3)Jolly Johnny Jones"In Old Madrid"Noha ft PhelpsStetson ft HubersAMERICAN (loew)

The ValdosNat ft Flo AlbertsRandalsMills ft LockwoodHirechoff TrRay LawrenceHans Roberts CoWalter JamesFIJlama Japs

2d halfTyler ft SinclairFrazer Bunco ft 1}Harlshlma BrosAI K Hall CoReslstaHoward A SadlerMercedes Clark CoJulia Curtis(One to fill)

LINCOLN (loew)Howard ft JamesStewart ft KeeleyPayne A NesbltCbas C Rice CoFox ft CrossSeymour's Family

2d halfHomer A DuHarBernard ft LloydGypsy SongntersJim McWIMlams(One to fill)

7TH AVE (loew)LaTroy's Mod&sDenny A PerryLelghton A Kennedy"Alibi"Jan Rubin"Boarding School

Girls"2d half

Marshall A CovertCbc« TleW.yChas C kin- ToEllnore A Carlton"Days Long Aro''GREELEY (loew)

Russell A FrcyNorton A NohloRica ft Francis

3 Tlvoll GirlsCbas Deland CoLewlR Belmont ft LThe Brlants

2d halfO ft E ForrestHoward A MackMohr A MoffattCblsholm A BreenWalter JamesFIJlama JapsDELANCEY (loew)The FrltcbesSpiegel A JonesJulia CurtisCliff Dean CoHoward A Mack(One to fill)

2d halfDenny A PerryRandallsManning SistersBush A ShaprloGirl In Mask"Ray LawrencePaul A Pauline(One to fill)

NATIONAL (loew)Stewart A OlivePlottlMontrose ft AllenEllnore A CarletonGeo Davis Family(One to fill)

2d hairKato A WileyBurns A LynnPayne A NesbltBallard TrioLewis Belmont A LORPHEUM (loew)

NoackHomer A DuBarEleanor Haber CoHoward A SadlerBush A Shapiro"Days Long Ago"

2d halfStewart A OliveLee Tong FooHans Roberts CoCunningham A Ben-

nett"Boarding School

Olrie"Gray A Southern P.oysLa Toy's ModelsBOULEVARD (loew)Kate A WileyLee Tong FooMr A Mrs ThomasMumford A Thomson"Girls from Starland"

2d halfZlta LyonsFosters ft FergusonPlottl"The Alibi"Fox A Cross

AVE B (loew)Kenney A LaFranceHolden A Herroniwt HowardHam Tree Mule

2d halfRoattno A Shelley"Ankles"Montrose A AllenRlgoletto Bros

Coney Island. N. Y.BRIGHTON (ubo)

Jos Santley CoTennessee TenWatson SistersAl HermannWard A VanBeaumont A ArnoldMoore A GeraldMcClure A DollySkattnir GirlsHENDERSONS (ubo)Devoe A StatzcrEarl A RamsdenJoe CookGeorge White CoLydell A Hlgglns*Avon Comedy 4Follies D'Amour

BrooklynORPHEUM (ubo)

P Dickey CoRooney A KentS Stanley CoW Clarke CoL A F nruchDnhl A GlllonGeo LyonsMerle's Cockatoos(One to fill)

BUSHW1CK (ubo).Tolin P ll>'n'"t' ('{,

iimry I^wIhLambrrt A BallArnant BrosJimmy Ilussry CoGenaro A GoldHernnrd A JanlsHughes Mua 3

PROSPECT (ubo)2d half (31-3)

Plplfax A Paul!Jessal A MartinTennessee Ten

HALSEY (ubo)2d half (31-3)

LaldlawNerrett Watson A 8"The Scoop"Ward ft CurranThe RajahsDouglas Family

BIJOU (loew)Tyler ft SinclairGlenn ft BurnsCunningham A Ben-

nettReslstaManning Sisters

2d halfHoward A JamesNorton A NobleBaker A RogersMr A Mrs ThomasJan Rublnl"Girls from Starland"DE KALB (loew)

Marshal A CovertMobr A Carrie AveryBernard A LloydGypsy Songsters(One to nil)

2d halfThe ValdosMilitary Maids A SMills A LockwoodEleanor Haber Co3 Tlvoll GirlsGeo Davis FamilyPALACE (loew)

Orben A DixieRoatino A ShelleyJim McWilliamsMartians(One to fill)

2d halfKenney A LaFranceRice A FranciaBert Howard(Two to nil)FULTON (loew)

Zlta LyonsChas Reilly"Girl In Mask"Gray A Southern BoysAl K Hall Co

2d halfThe FrltchesSpiegel A JonesCliff Dean CoPolly PrimHlrschoff Tr

2d halfTorcatGrace DeWlntersDorman A Deyline(Two to nil)

Altooaa, Pa*ORPHEUM (ubo)

Jack ReddyGreen Mller A GWayne ft Warren SisDoree's Celebrities(One to 11,11)

2d halfLaldlawThe Doherty'sJohn T Ray CoPete ft Pals(One to nil)

Auatlju Tex.MAJESTIC (Inter)

(4-5)Cole ft DenahyWalter WeemsChas Mason CoParlllo A Fabrlto"The Dreamer"Chas OlcottVan Cello A Assist-ant

Bakerafleld, Cal.O H (aAb)

(9-10)The FerrarosMcGrath A YeomanThe ReynoldsFour SlickersMusical McDonalds

Baltimore, Md.MARYLAND (ubo)

"Dream Fantasies"Frankie Heath Co"Riding Act"Lorraine A PrltchardThe SbarrocksPlstel A GushingEddy Duo(One to ttll)

HIP (loew)Duval A SimonsM Johnson Co"Case for Sherlock"3 RozellaaJulian Rose

Bllllnsja, Moat.BABCOCK (ah-wva)

(7)Musical Blue BirdsCbadwlck A Taylor4 Old VeteransLouis LondonFred Zoebedl CoRobey Trio

Oftgfcaal

CONTINENTAL HOTELLOS ANGELESSbanley and Fu

SAN FRANCISCO<MFtfir-Piftrw>

WARWICK (loew)Knowles A WhiteDaniels A WaltersW Gilraln A Girls(One to nil)

2d halfOrben A DixieMaudo Leono CoHolden A HerronMartians

AlbanyPROCTORS (ubo)

(Troy split)

1st halfHunt A DcNambyLaFrance A KennedyArcher A BclfordHarry Girls3 BobsTho Christies

Allentown. Pa.ORPHEUM (uoo)

2d half (7-0)Garclnettl BrosThornton A ThorntonTho VernonsFern A Davis"Rubevlllo"

Atlanta, Gs.LYRIC (ubo)

(Hlrmlngham split)

1st halfKnrl Walton A H"« Little Wives""Corner Store"GRAND (loew)

De Armo A Mnrg'rltcBeatrice MeK^nzleFriM'oH .V WrightKn-d WebberColonial Belles

(10-11)The Rexo'sFruet Kraemer A GRodway A EdwardsFremont Benton CoCAM DunbarBlnajhamtoa, N. Y.

STONE (ubo)Ballyhoo TrioGranville A MackAnnette A Wass Band

2d halfWanda(Two to nil)

Birmingham, Ala.LYRIC (ubo)(Atlanta split)

1st halfGertrude BarnesEddie Carr CoCook A Loren z"Midnight Rolllckers"(One to nil)(Trovolla A Co in 29half bill at Atlanta)BIJOU (loew)

Delbadle A JapMabel Harper CoAnderson A EvansArthur DenningThe Schmlttans

2d halfOrren A DrewArthur BlpsonDavett A DuvallAsh A ShawWeber A Wilson Rev

TlovtonKRiJfl> 'ubo)

tfofihie Tucker Co"For Pity's Sake"

Williams ft WolfusTrovilla BrosWarren A ConleyJimmy LucaaHull A DerkinRowley A YoungSterling A MargueriteORPHUUM (loew)

Chyo A ChyoMiller A MitchellJos Remington CoSampson A DouglasWinston Hoffman A RSmith A KaufmanFred LaRelne Co

2d halfThe Van CampaDelight Stewart A HPisano A BinghamHelen VincentTom Davies CoBrady A MaboneyC A A GlockerST JAMES (loew)Van CampsKeene A Williams6 SerenadersHerbert A DennisFern Richelieu A F

2d halfFerdinand"Surprise Party"Frank BushBernlvlcl Bros(One to fill)

Bridgeport* Coafc.poLrs (ubo)

E A E ElliottElm City 4Sylvester FamilyTudor Cameron CoWhite Circus

2d halfThose 5 GirlsMack A VincentRice A WernerEmma StephensCollins A Hart

HOWATSON"A Caao of PtcJriea"

id SWAYBELLLAUGH BROKERS

iloSHEA'S (ubo)

Peggy O'Nell CoMoran A WiserDan Burke A GirlsPrimrose 4Bernle A BakerDurkln GirlaC Abeam TrKanyawa Japs

Butte. Moat.PANTAGES (p)

(8-13)Gillespie Girls"Magazine Girls"Ed Blondell CoMiller A LyleGerard's MonkeysEMPRESS (ah-wva)Florenze DuoDorothy Hayea CoBegley A HowlandWitching WltcbeaJohn A Westfillers Novelty

2d halfKawana BrosBessie LesterSelbie A LllllePrincess KaNewport A StlrkRoy Harah A Girls

CalvaryPANTAGES (p)

Howard Klbel A H"Miss Hamlet"Leila Shaw CoSwain's AnimalsNash A Nash

Camden, N. J.TOWER'S (ubo)2d half (31-2)

Musical CloversLAS Clifford4 RunawaysWm Cablll"Bon Voyage"

Canton, O.MEYERS LAKE PK

(ubo)Chas LedegarBurke A HarrisMontgomery A PerryLelghtner A Alexan-der

Chinko A KaufmanChattanooga, Tenn.

R IALTO (Ubo)(Knoxville split)

1st halfFrank CarmenM Hurst A MidgetClifford A WillsJoe ReedFlynn's Minstrels

Chicago. III.

MAJESTIC (ubo)Nat WillsCanslnosC Grapewln CoBennett A RichardsFrancis KennedyClark A VerdiLewis A FelberF A A AsatlreThe Kramers

KEDZIE (wva)Rose A EllisArchie Nicholson 3Morgan A GrayBobby A Nelson\ ATI & Ti*'\i>'

2d halfValentine A BellOdonneR A A BoylanFields A WellsWINDSOR (wva)

Lohse A Sterling

Silver A DuvalFremont Benton CoLewis A LeopoldR A A Boylan

2d halfRose A EllisMack A MaybelleTed McLeau CoBobby A Nelson(One to nil)

CincinnatiKEITH'S (ubo)(Sunday opening)

Blanche SloanSavannah A GeorgiaH A A TurplnDorothy EarleThe Duttons

ClevelaadHIP (ubo)

MusetteChas Rogers CoStrand 35 Juggling NelsonsFrancis P BentRobinson's Elephants

Columboa, O.KEITH'S (ubo)

Eddie HowardIrving A WardMack A WilliamsJas N Leonard CoDave ManleyLolla Seeblm Co

Dayton, O.KEITH'S (ubo)

"Girl in Moon"Susanna Rocomora

Denver, Colo.PANTAGES (p)

B "Swede" Hall CoPatricola"Bachelor's Dinner"Tabor A GreeneEd Price A PalsSamoya

DetroitTEMPLE (ubo)

Cross A JosephineBert Leslie CoOnuklEddie RossAeahl TroupeBrennan A PowellGuerian A NewellThe Seebacka

MILES (abc)Jno T Doyle CoTom MahoneyJuvenile 6Edwards A HughesPowder A CapmanAnette

Dnlath, Minn.GRAND (wva)

Newell A MostHugo Lutgens6 HarvardsTwo Lowes

2d halfLon Gin YokeSherman Van A HThe Explorers(One to nil)

Eaatoa. Pa.ABLE O H (ubo)

1st half (4-0)Roy A ArthurElsie WhiteGarden BellesLoney HaskellImhoff Conn A C

EdmontoaPANTAGES (p)

Julian HallThe Gascolgnes"Women"Brooks A Bowem"Wanted—A Wife"

Elmlra, N. Y.MAJESTIC (ubo)

Howard A ClaytonCrelghton GirlsStroud TrioGeo YeomanBlllie Reeves

2d halfGAL GardenGranville A MackBlllie ReevesArthur Floyd3 Alex

Fall River. Maaa.BIJOU (loew)

Delight Stewart A HHelen VincentPisano A BinghamBrady A MahoneyChas A Anna Glocker

2d halfChyo A ChyoSampson A DouglasJos Remington CoSmith A KaufmanFred LaRelne Co

Fararo. N. D.GRAND (abc)

Planosong 4Hall A GuildaLaPalvaTom Arthur Co

2d halfReml Duo(Two to nil)

Ft. Wayne, Ind.PALACE (ubo)

The VanderkoorsYi.'thp WHirr .v Mnio'AiYiris: A Doan5 SweethenrtsFrank MorrellIsakawa Bros

2d halfZara Carmen 3Mitch A Mitchell

Mayo A TallyWill Atanton CoCelts BrosHerbert Germaine 8Grand Rapid*, MicaRAMONA PK (ubo)Ponzella SisMedlin Watts A TRAG DooleyNonetteThe De Bars4 Bolses

Great Falla, Moat.PANTAGES (p)

(5-6)(Same bill playingAnaconda 7)

' Will Morris"Mr Detective"Stuart"Woman Proposes"Green McHenry A D

Harrlahnrar, Pa.MAJESTIC (ubo)

LaldlawThe DohertysHAS ConleySteve FredaMarried by Wireless

2d halfPlquoWayne A Warren SisDoree's CelebritiesLoney HaskellDupree A Dupree

Hartford, Coaa.POLI'S (ubo)

Laralne A CrawfordAlton A AllenBison City 4Lulu Beeson Co

2d halfThree ParoffsValerie StatersFox A Ingraham"Garden of Mirth"

PALACE (ubo)Dalbeanle A CoEmma StephensWill Ward A GirlsBurns A QulnnCollins A Hart

2d halfMaximilian's DogsEvelyn ElklnJoe Bernard CoAlexander O'Nell A SWill Ward A Girls

Haaletoa, Pa.FEELEY'S (ubo)2d half (31-2)

3o!ger BrosThe VernonsKeno Keyes A M"Midnight Follies"

Hlbblaaj, Minn.POWERS Cwva)

(0-10)J A I MelvaFoster A FosterBessie LaChunt(One to nil)

HobokeaLYRIC (loew)

3 BrittonsJaffalo A ArnoldGypsy Strollers(Two to nil)

Kaaaaa City, Ma.PANTAGES (p)(Sunday opening)

Elisabeth OttoThe LangdonsKlein BrosReynolds A DoneganSeely A McCloud

Keaooaa. Wla.VIRGINIA (wva)

2d half (7-9)The HalklngsWilson A WilsonKremka Bros(Two to ttll)

Kaozvlllc. TeaauBIJOU (ubo)

(Chattanooga split)1st half

Ethel Mae BarkerArnold A TaylorUbert CarltonJAM Harklns"School Play Ground"

Llacola, Nab,LYRIC (wva)

Catalano A O'BrienArthur LaVlne Co

2d halfPete A CharlesBrevltt Merrill Co

Uttle Rock, Ark.MAJESTIC (inter)

Jewett A PendletonWellington 4Dunedln Duo(Two to fill)

2d halfKathryn PowellChas Olcott"The Dreamer"Parlllo A FabrltoVan Cello A Assist-ant

Logaaaport, lad.COLONIAL (ubo)

YwaxyFagg A WhiteCalts Bros

2d halfJames HowardRae A WynnThe Vanderkoors

Loa AnareleaORPHEUM

(Sunday opening)Ruth St Denis CoJohnston A HartyHelen Plngree CoBelle StoryFrank A TobyLe Roy Talma A BBen Deely Co

PANTAGES (p)LeHoen A DupreeceWeber Beck A FBruce Duffet CoAdler A Arline"Texas Round Up"

HIPP (aAh)Argo A VirginiaVictoria TrioAnderson A GolnesTaylor A BrownCatherine Chaloner CoGreta Von BergenLamont's W'ern Days

E. HEMMENDINGER 4>£KW

iv7HfT

Tel. 171 Jefta

2d halfWard A WaltersHam Tree Mule(Three to nil)

IndianapolisKEITH'S (ubo)(Sunday opening)

Wilson A LarsenIrving A WardDaisy LeonGordon Highlanders(One to nil)ENGLISH (ubo)

Marlett's ManikinsGordon A KinleyLink A RobinsonHarry ColemanHoyt's Minstrels

Ithaen, N. Y.STAR (ubo)

Abbott A WhiteClarke Hawailans

2d halfBallyhoo TrioGarden Belles

Jacksonville, Fin.ARCADE (ubo)(Sunday opening)(Savannah split)

1st half"Sunny Side Bway"

Jeraey CityKEITH'S (ubo)2d half (31-2)

Vera Sablnl CoCurtis Trio

Johnatown, Pa.MAJESTIC (ubo)(Pittsburgh split)

1st halfTheo A DandlesAl ShayneRobert DoveKrrmtir Tlrr.a

(One to fill)

Loulavllle, Kr,FOUNTAIN FERRY

PK (orph)(Sunday opening)

Wheler A DolanHaager A GoodwinDorothy MeutherOxford 3Crouch A Carr

KEITH'S (ubo)Maurice WoodKamplln A BellFelix A DarrlsonsDeleon A Termini4 Danubes

2d halfScott A WillsonGirl from MilwaukeeEarl A CurtisJack MarleyEl Rey Sisters

Madlaoa, Wla.ORPHEUM (wva)( Sunday opening)

OddoaaMorris A CampbellNora Kelly CoRucker A Winifred"Lingerie Shop"

2d halfGordon Bros A KGallerlnl SistersMcConncll A SimpsonBerlo SistersJune Mills CoMarahalltown, la.CASINO (abc)2d half (7-0)

Leonard A LouieWalton A BrandtBert LennonEdwin Keough CoExposition Jubilee 4Manon City, la.

^»'jL.»L (ace)Leonard A Wright

A Screaming 8ubrilarlna Satire"THE CRUISE OF THE DOUGHNUT"

Securely Copyrighted. 1017. by

BRADY and MAHONEY

VARIETY 193T

Dorothy DeSchelle Co2d half

Ray A MarlonVorden's Birds

Memphis, Tens.LYCEUM ()oew)

Orren A DrewArthur LlpsonDavltt A DuvallAah A ShawWeber A Wilson ReT

2d halfDelbadle A JapMabel Harper CoAnderson A EvansArthur DenningThe SchmlttensORPHBUM (inter)

Kathryn PowellMadge MaltlandLlndLong Tack Bam(One to fill)

2d haltWellington 4Chas Mason CoWalter WeemsBurt Johnson Co

McrMea, Cobb.POLI'S (ubo)

Annette HammerMack A LeeJohn F ClarkWhite Circus(One to fill)

MAdletowa, If. T.8TRATTON (ubo)

Keno A WagnerConroy A O'Donnell

2d halfBlllsbury A Robinson(One to fill)

MilwaukeePALACE (wva)(Sunday opening)

Laypo A BenjaminGallerlnl SistersHendrlx's Belle Isle

"Prosperity"Eckert A ParkerBerlo Girls

2d halfVan A BelleBoothby A EverdeanSilver A DuvalA Fireside ReverieBasil A AllenOrvllle StammMlaaeapolla. MIbb*PANTAGES (p)(8unday opening)

The Lamp In is

Smith A McGulreGodfrey A HendersonAbrams A Johns"Mimic World"

GRAND (wva)Dancing MarsEmily Darrell CoIiettaStrasslers Animals

PALACE (wva)Taylor TripletsFrlck A AdairRobt McDonald CoOrpheus Comedy 4Royal Toklo TrIfasavWe, Tea*.PRINCESS (ubo)

Scott A WilsonTrovolla A CoEarl A CurtisEl Rey Sisters

2d halfMaurice WoodKamplln A BellDons Weston CoDeleon A Termini4 Danubes

Newark, If. J.PALACE (ubo)2d half (31-2)

Tom Barry CoBernard A ScarthDora Opera CoTorcat's RoostersJohnson Bros A J

New Haven, Cobb.BTJOU (ubo)

BlcknellMack A LeeGrazer A BellValerie SistersOdlva A Seals

2d haltJohn StoneE A E ElliottSylvester FamilyTudor Cameron CoOdlva A Sea!a

New IiOaAoa. Cobb.LYCEUM (ubo)2d half (31-2)

Mme PaulaLua A AnellkaStroud 3Chas Atkinson5 Merry Youngsters

New Roehelle, N.Y.LOEW

Beth Mayo"Ankles"(One to fill)

2d bairWalton A DelbergNovelty 4Dannv

Norfolk, Va.ACADEMY (ubo)(Richmond split)

1st halfYoung A WaldronRagtime Dancing CarFashions a la Carte

N. Taklsaa. Wash.EMPIRE (ah-wva)

Zeb Zarrow TrNelson SistersKenne A FoxworthJ C Lewis Jr CoAdolphoLuc/ GKlctts

2d hslfLeonard A LouieGarrlty SistersNorton BrosMonte Carlo 6Dot MarsellHayashl Japs

Oakland. CaLPANTAGES (p)*

Klmlwa TrKnickerbocker 4Paul Decker CoMarconi BrosChris Richards"Phun Phiends"

HIPP (ah-wva)SuperbaMansfield A RiddleJohnson & RolllnsonMasseroff GypsiesLew FKzgibbons3 Ankers

2d halfMoran SistersCowles A DustlnRotbrlck & McGradePaul PooleDouglas Flint Co4 Charles

OadeaPANTAGES (p)

(7-0)Military ElephantsFrancis RenaultJohn P Wade CoWells Nortbwortb A M"Smart Shop"

Omaha. Neb.EMPRESS (wva)(Sunday opening)

Elsie- Williams CoHarvey 3(Two to fill)

2d halfDarto A RlaltoCatalano A O'BrienArthur LeVlne CoCecil Jefferson

Paaaale. N. J.PLAYHOUSE (ubo)

2d half (31-2)Mack A LeeEugene La BlancWol ford's DogsCol Diamond A Daugh

PhiladelphiaKEITH'S (ubo)

A A O FallsWalter BrowerBert Baker CoViolet DaleGirl of DelhiDooley A SalesC GUllngwater CoV A E StantonWM PENN (ubo)

Barry Nelson A BMorton A RussellBen SmithRevue D'Vogue

2d halfVardon A P&rrySchwartz Co3 Hlckey Bros(One to fill)

KEYSTONE (ubo)(Week of 28)

Barry Nelson A BAmedloMark Llnder CoInglls A ReadingBaganny Tr

GRAND (ubo)Juggling DeLlsle3 CrumsFrank Mullane"Devil He Did"Edmunds A LeedomJoyce West A S

PittsburghDAVIS (ubo)

Howard A Clark•'Cranberries"Foster Ball CoMargaret YoungChas KennaDudley 3Clown Seal

HARRIS (ubo)The FaynesMcAuliffe A PearsonEdgar Foreman CoCecil Dunham"Dalntyland"Geo W HusseyHill A SylvanlaSHERIDAN SQ (ubo)

(Johnstown split)

1st halfHufford A ChainCycling BrunettsWood BrosFrankie Hay(One to fill)

PlttunVld. Man.MAJESTIC (ubo)2d half (31-2)

Maid of MusicGaylord A Fields"Two T.fttlo Days"Lctser 3

Pontlac, Mich.OAKLAND (abc)

1st half (4-6)Brown A Jackson"Save One Girl"Heras A Preston

Great Weston CoAxel Chrlstlnson

Portland, Ore.PANTAGES (p)

Bevan Flint CoQueenle DunedlnFoley A O'NellHarlan Knights CoAl Golem Tr

HIPP (ah-wva)DeVelde A ZeldaSeymore A WilliamsWilliam Morrow CoColonial BellesBilly BrownPlccola Midgets

2d halfKeough SistersJanls A WestJAN OlmsDowney Wlllsrd A I

Ives Farnsworth A WTaketa Japs

Provldeaee* R. I.EMERY (loew;

Howard SistersMajor Doyle"Check Baggage"Brown A BarrowsCosta TrLeRoy A BarryWinston Roselle A HLambertl(Two to fill)

MAJESTIC (loew)Ferdinand"Surprise Party"Frank BushBernlvlcl Bros(One to fill)

2d halfMiller A MitchellKeene A Williams6 SerenadersHerbert A DennisFern Richelieu A F

Reading;, Pa.HIP (ubo)

PlquoThornton A ThorntonMr InquisitiveJohn T Ray CoDupree A Dupree

2d halfRoy A ArthurJack ReddyMinerva Courtney CoElsie WhiteImhoff Conn A C

Reao. Not.TAD (aAh)(3-5)

The Ferraros(One to fill)

(6-7)PollardLaVera A Palmer

(8-9)Conway A FieldsScamp A Scamp

Rlchmoad. Va.BIJOU (ubo)(Norfolk split)

1st halfZlnka Panna CoMonde A SalleMystic Hanson 3Kenney A Hollls"School Days"

Roaaoke, Va.ROANOKE (ubo)

Claude RaufLazar A Dal"Girl 1,000 Eyes"Dotson A RichardsKnapp A Cornelia

2d halfNalonaFrank GordonRlggs A Ryan"Girl 1000 Eyes"Ganzmalnl 3Roeaeater Mlaa.METRO (wva)

The Marendas(Two fo fill)

2d halfCurtlss CaninesSherwood A 8herwoodMedley A Noyes

Rockford, III.PALACE (w\a)

Herbert Germalne 3Bill RobinsonMcConnell A SlmpscnFarber GirlsOrvllle Stamm

2d halfKay A BelleBilly BeardNora Kelly CoMorris A Campbell"Lingerie Shop"

Sacramento. CaLEMPRESS (ah-wva)Bollinger A ReynoldsLeRoy A Mabel HarttWamsley A LelghtonLuzanne GirlsRay SnowHerbertas Seals

2d halfAllison A TruccoCarter A WatersJolly TrioEarl Flynn CoTaz WeatbcrfordCer'"» C^ksmEMPRESS faftb>

(3-3)Musical MacDonaldsJolly TrioCarter A WatersEarl Flynn A MoCarlo Casgero

(6-9)Bollinger A ReynoldsWalmsley A LelghtonLeroy A Mabel HartLuzanne GirlsRay SnowHerbert's Seals

Salt LafcoPANTAGE8 (P)

Tuscano BrosBernard A MeyersNlblo's BirdsThalero's Circus"Fe Mall Clerks"Bob Hall

Saa Antonio* Tea.MAJESTIC (Inter)

(6-10)Whirling PropellersChas L SemonNewhoff A PhelpsJames C MortonMelody BizSwor A AveyBenny A Woods

Saa DiegoPANTAGES (p)JAB Dooley

ZelayaBilly McDermottEstrellte A Pagean"Uneeda Girl Co"Reed A Hudson

HIPP (aAh)4-6)

« Amer PatrollersBlack A MoConeBAB StanleyM Harris(Two to fill)

(7-10)Fransk A SddlngtonRosa A RosnaMusical MacDonaldsFour Kings(One to fill)

Saa FraaelaeoORPHEUM

(Sunday opening)Nat GoodwinOlivattl Moffet A CLeach Wallen 3Dorothy BrennerDe Leon A DaviesBoyde A BrownD Shoemaker CoRay Coz

PANTAGES (p)(Sunday opening)

Azard BrosWilson SisBarbler Thatcher CoRoach A McCurdy"Girl from A'dam"Harry Sydell

HIPP (aAh)(Sunday opening)

Douglas Flint CoMoran SistersRothrock A McGradePaul PooleSuperbaAlliston A Trucco

CASINO (aAh)(Sunday opening)

Three AnkersMansfield A RiddleRussian DancersJohnson A RolllnsonCowles A DustlnFour CharlesLew Fitsglbbons

Saa Joee, CaLVICTORY (ah-wva)Moran Sisters'Cowles A DustlnRothrock A McGradePaul PooleDouglas Flint Co4 Charles

2d halfAlliston A TruccoCarter A WatersJolly TrioEarl Flynn CoTas WeatherfordCarlos Caesora

Saata Barbara* Cal.PORTOLA (aAh)

(7-10)DeComaBob A Beth StanleyFargo A Wells

Savannah. Ga.LYRIC (ubo)

Jacksonville split)1st half

Mildred GroverGllmore A CastleReed A Wright GirlsSavoy A BrennanJack Onrl

St. Loals, Mo.(Closing week)

COLUMBIA (orph)Elizabeth Murray"Motor Boating""The Cure"Whitfield A IrelandArtie MehllngerHalligan A SykesMeredith A SnoozerTogan A GenevaFRST PK (orph)(Sunday opening)

Kltner H A McKayBilly KinkaldLeah NoraP rosin f> Pr^wnKfnr * KingEMPRESS (wva)

Ovanda DuoSherlock SistersHomer Llnd CoC Hanson A Vlll 4Emerson A Baldwin

2d halfRetter BrosFagg A WhiteArchie Nicholuon 8Dunedln Duo(One to fill)

GRAND (wva)Wolgast A GirileHectorMillard BroeKelly A FernMcCormack & WallaceLillian Steele 3Orange PackersGarden of Aloah

PARK (wva)"Girl Revue"

2d halfGilmore A RomanoffAlice ColeAlice Nelson CoLewis A LeopoldBalzar SistersSKYDOME (wva)

Boothby A EverdeanSidney A TownleyRetter Bros

2d halfOvanda DuoSherlock SistersNovelty Clintons

St. Paul, Mlaa.HIPP (abc)

Ray A MarionPaid in FullWorden's BirdsEx Jubilee 4Maldie DeLong

2d halfJ A D PalmerHall A GuildaRogers A Mack(Two to fill)

PALACE (wva)Gene WestThe ExplorersSherman Van A H(Two to fill)

2d halfCosmopolitan 3Mme MarlonThree Lyres4 Roeders(One to fill)

SeaenectadrPROCTOR'S (ubo)(Syracuse split)

1st half"Irish Colleens"Mr A Mrs Mel-BourneHarry Von FossenHsl A FrancisOlva A PartnerCycling McNutts

2d halfLarry Rellly CoAmetaBert FitsglbbonsBAH MsnnDonsld RobertsLeddy A Leddy

Seattle. Wash.PANTAGES (p)

D'Armour A DouglasWill A Mary RogersUniversity 4"Hello Japan"AlexandriaPALACE (ah-wva)

Keough SistersJanls A WestJAN OlmsDowney Willard A I

Ives Farnsworth A WTaketa Japs

2d halfSmlllette SistersThe BslkansSkelly A HeltLeRoy A HarveyFitch Cooper"Fashion Shop"ORPHEUM (wva)(Sunday opening)

Cosmopolitan 3CAM Dunbar(Two to fill)

2d hairMorgan Fields A 8(Three to fill)

Sooth Bead, lad.ORPHEUM (wva)(Sunday opening)

3 Misses WestonMcCarthy A FayeBilly BeardAshal Japs(One to fill)

2d halfFrear Barvott A FZeno Mandel"Prosperity"Drowning A DeanThe Seebacks

Spokane, Wash.PANTAGES (p)

AlbertoMile Bianco CoEd F Reynard CoDorothy VaughanWill Morrlssey"Honeymoon Isle"

HIPP (ah-wva)VanPere A VanPereRambler SistersWalters A WaltersCloaks A SuitsPatrlcola A MyersJ.<tu?*> * Art«>tnr> S'-n

2d hulfBlanche LeDuc CoEdna Relse CoNoble A BrooksMusical LundsPauline SaxonMennettl A Sldelll

fprtnjrfteld* MaPLAZA (loew

i

LeRoy A BerryWard A ShubertNlobePaber A TaylorLambertl

24 halfHoward pistesMajor DoyleFred C Hagan CoBrown A BarrowsCosta Troupe

Staamtyr** Cobb.ALHAMBRA (ubo)2D HALF (31-2)

Tom HaydenHelen Jackley"Love In Suburbs"Castellans Bros

Superior, Win.PALACE (wva)

Wm DeHollls CoMelville A MellneJoe RolleyNestor A Moore Co

2d halfConway A DayGleason A GatesDaisy HarcourtRaskin's Russlsns

jracnee. N. Y.TEMPLE (ubo)

Llnne's DancersWolf A StewartBert FitsglbbonsBAH MannDonald RobertsLeddy A Leddy

2d half(1st half split fromSchnectady, N Y.)CRESCENT (ubo)GAL Garden

Helen Page CoArthur Lloyd CoWandaHoward A Clayton

2d halfCrelghton GirlsStroud TrioGeo YeomanClark Hawallans(One to fill)

Tacoma, Waah.PANTAGES (p)

Pederson BrosKljlyamaStephens A HolllsterOleson A Johnson6 Peaches A PearREGENT (ah-wva)

Smllette SistersThe BalkansSkelly A HaltLeRoy A HarveyFitch Cooper"Fashion Shop"

2d halfZeb Zarrow TrNelson SistersKeene A FoxworthJ C Lewis Jr CoAdolphoLucy Gillette

ToledoKEITH'S (ubo)

"At the Party"Carleton * CliffordOlga

TorontoHIP (ubo)

Ethel VaughnHomestead 8JensenDsve GlsverAlbert Cutler(One to fill)

YONOE (loew)Largay A SneeAlice ColeNorwood A HallMr. ChaserHudler Stein A PWill A Kemp(One to fill)

Trenton. If. J.TAYLOR (ubo)2d half (31-2)

Deeley A SistersCurwood A Gorman3 VagrantsFinders KeepersQulnn A LaffertyMang A Snyder

TroyPROCTOR'S (ubo)(Albany split)

1st half"Dream Garden""Preparedness"Cooper A RlcardoAmer Comedy 4Burns A ForanKltara JapsVancouver. B. C.PANTAGES (p)

Zertho's DogsAntrim A valeThree RomanoffsSchooler A DickinsonSinger's Midgets

Victoria. B. C.PANTAGES (p)

Alber's Polar BearsMinnie Allen"Fong Cloy"Willie Hale A BroRynn # Rlrhn>M

Virginia, Mlaa.LYRIC (wva)

(7-8)J A I MelvaFoster A FosterBessie LsCbunt(One to fill)

Walla Walla. WashLIBERTY (ah-wva)Leonard A LouieGarrlty SistersNorton BrosMonte Carlo 6Hayashl JapsDot Marsell

2d halfRambler SistersVanPere A VanPereWalters A WaltersCloaks A SuitsPatricola MyersLeon A Adeline 81s

Washington, D. O.KEITH'S ubo)JAB MorganW Oakland Co

Rockwell A WoodMaryland 81ngersM isses CampbellG Green Co

WinnipegPANAGEd (p)

RoderiguezHolmes A LeVere"Breath of Old Va"Morris A Allen"Movie Girls"

STRAND (wva)2d half (7-0)

Russell A BelleN Johnson A S'heartsMorris & Beasley(One to fill)

Worcester, Man.POLI'S (ubo)

Maxmlllan's DogsEvelyn ElkinRice A WernerMack A VincentL Mayer's Models

2d halfAlton A Allen

Arthur Havel CoElm City 4L Mayer n Models(One to fill)

PLAZA (ubo)John StoneAimette HammerAlexander O'Nell A SFox & Tngrabam"Garden of Mirth"

2d halfDalbeanle A CoGrazer A BellBurns A QuinnLulu Beeson Co(One to fill)

YoakerePROCTOR'S (ubo)

Louis Mann CoAveling A LloydFrancis A RossThe Gladiators(One to fill)

2d half6 Water Li HiesWolf A StewartRita Boland(Two to till)

loangatown O.HIP (ubo)

Frances NordeFinn A FinnH Beresford CoDunley A MurrueSylvester Schaefer(One to fill)

ParlaMEDRANO

Mile MartheVictor A ReglnaOrlaLarcy's TrioBastionJack3 FratelllnlSalvator

NOTES.The cost of living is still increasing

in France, and this vital question hasno doubt prompted the syndicate nowcontrolling the theatrical advertisingin the larger daily Paris newspapers toput up their price. Henceforth IS frs.

per line (bourgeois) will be charged fordisplayed, and 10 frs. for reading an-nouncement (brevier) in the principaljournals. The legitimate houses seemto have fallen into line, but the vaude-ville managers have offered 12 frs. and8 frs. respectively. The negotiationscontinue between the men forming thisjournalistic pool and the music halldirectors. The publishers of the dailiesdo not appear to be interested, havingfarmed out to a syndicate the space al-loted to theatrical advertising.

The amusement caterer's lot at pres-ent is not all beer and skittles. Withthe increased taxation, which the publiclargely bears, authors' royalties im-posed by the two societies, stamp taxon posters, income tax, poor tax of 10per cent on receipts and the usual prop-erty taxes, a wide margin between theactual receipts and cost of programmust be reached in order to make adecent profit. Yet some of the housesare doing it and managers kicked whenordered to close. Audiences are thin,due mainly to the lack of transporta-tion after 10 p. m. Now comes theorchestra with its usual music for moremoney, which is right and proper afterall when we consider the purchasingcapacity of former salaries. The onlyvictims are the poor little acts, thatmust accept former prices and evenstand for cuts. The managers have re-fused to entertain the musicians' claims,and as we are now nearing the holidayseason, when so many Parisian housesclose down for two months, the matterhas been left in abeyance. But stepsare being taken for nexf winter's oper-ations, and to secure coal at a mini-mum cost (which is terribly high atthat), the vaudeville directors are form-ing a co-operative with the object ofpurchasing their combustibles in lump.

"The Marriage of Mile. Beulemans,"the Belgian comedy, bas been revivedat the Ambigu in place of operetta.

A new comedy by Tristan Bernard,to be billed as "Le Poulailler" ("ThePoultry House") L due at the Bou fifes,

in lieu of "The Monte Carlo Scandal,which has had a short run as pre-dict H.Another revue, presented by Mrs.

Rasini was produced at the TheatreMichel this week, with Mistanguett,Maurice Chevalier in lead. Nothingparticular to report.

20 MOVING PICTURESa ifti a vr j

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INCE AND SENNETT STILL HERESEEKING OTHER DISTRIBUTION

Triangle Producers Holding Conferences with Other Selling

Organizations for Release of Productions. Paramount

May Be Behind Lynch'* Control of

Corp.

The purchase of Stephen A. Lynchof control of the Triangle Distributing

Corporation, published in last week'sVariety, has since been officially con-

firmed, and much speculation is rife at

to the value of the purchase in the

event Mack Sennett and Thomas H.Ince withdraw from the Triangle pro-

ducing organization.

It is known that both Sennett and

Ince have been in town for the past

fortnight, holding conferences with

other distributing organizations, dis-

cussing other alliance for their output

—

the most prominent concern mentionedbeing Paramount.

According to reports, Ince wants a

responsible distributing connection

for the release of a number of features

with W. S. Hart as star, to receive 65

per cent, of the takings, augmented bya guarantee of $150,000 minimum for

his share of the receipts of each release.

Sennett is reported to be willing to

produce two-reel comedies under a sim-

ilar arrangement, with a sruarantee of

$40,000 for each picture. This arrange-

ment would be along the same lines as

the Fairbanks-Artcraft contract, bywhich Artcraft distributes six Fair-

banks pictures a year with a guarantee

of $200,000 for the star's share on each

feature.Another report has it that Lynch's

purchase of the Triangle Distributing

Corp. has Paramount behind it some-where. Lynch controls a goodly pro-

portion of the Paramount distribution

in the south, which may be the basis

for such a surmise.From Jacksonville comes a "wireless"

that Lvnch was financed in his last

week's purchase "by J. B. Duke, the mil-

lionaire tobacco man. while still an-

other rumor has it that he was able to

raise the- large sum involved on his

personal paper placed in four banks.

In the trade Lvnch is regarded as

one of the shrewdest men in the film

game. He seldom talks for publication

and is reluctant to make any statement

at this time.

WONT ANNOUNCE SALARIES.

There is a movement on foot in the

industry to refrain hereafter from an-

nouncing for publication the salaries of

motion picture stars. To that end a

number of the press agents for film

concerns have been instructed by their

principals to send out no more pressmaster containing salary quotations.^

This decision was arrived at duringthe recent fight to keep within boundsthe government tax. It is believed the

tax people were inspired to impose the

proposed excessive tax through the con-stant appearance in print of the million-

dollar salaries that appeared in the news-papers from time to time. Every hear-

ing on the subject of taxation#has

broueht out this point, and invariably

the inquisitors have asked if it weretrn* that film stars receive the "fabu-

lous" salaries accredited to them.

PARAMOUNT^ BOOKING PLANS.Paramount's open booking plans

have now been offlciallv announced andwill po into effect August 5. As pre-viously indicated in these columns it is

tvon of ih«- distn'iMilion of Paramountand Artrraft pictures.

The new nlan in onen bookings is notan arbitrarily established selling rule.

All Paramount and Artcraft pictures

after August 5 will be booked in star

series, exhibitors taking such series asthey may desire to select and the starswhom their patrons prefer.

Under the former Paramount plan ofdistribution, a condition existed bywhich Artcraft and Paramount produc-tions were competing with each otherin many of which the same stars ap-peared; for instance, the new and im-portant Artcraft productions starringMary Pickford met the national compe-tition of the old Paramount-Pickfordproductions, thereby making it impos-sible for exhibitors to obtain the full-

est possible returns on these subjects.Under the new coordinated system,

the forthcoming Pickford productionswill be booked without the oppositionof this star's previous releases, the lat-

ter appearing only where they will notinterfere with the fullest returns to theexhibitor who presents the newer sub-jects.

To this end exhibitors will be en-abled to choose their list of pictures forthe forthcoming year. The producingcompanies have already formulatedtheir entire schedule for the year, be-ginning August 5, and for the first timein the history of the motion pictureindustry, the exhibitor may choose hisentire program, a whole year in ad-vance.

THE TOUNG-SELZNICK FEUD.Clara Kimball Younur began an ac-

tion in the Supreme Court -Jast weekagainst Lewis J. Selznick and the allied

corporations for an accounting, injunc-tion and appointment for a receiver forthe corporation bearing her name. Shealleges she has received her $1,000 a

week salary, but has been "defrauded"out of her one-half interest in theprofits.

This week Lewis J. Selznick insti-

tuted an action in the Federal DistrictCourt for an injunction restrainingMiss Young from appearing under anyother management, and requested thatthe action be directed particularlyagainst Harnr I. Garson. of Detroit.Mr. Selznick. up to Thursdav morn-

ing, declined to make anv statementsaying the matter was entirelv in thehands of his attorneys and that thelegarl action speaks for itself.

Detroit. March 31.

It is reported here that Andrew JCobe had secured an option of ClaraKimball Young's film service and wasendeavoring to form a company to ex-

ploit the star.

BUSHMAN-BATNE REMAIN.Francis X. Bushman and Beverlv

Bayne have signed a new contract withMetro for a long term at a joint salarvagreable to both sides. The figure is

not given out, but it is believed theywill receive a substantial increase.

Tt was renorted Henry B. Walthalland Mary Charleson had also signedwith Metro for a joint starring arrange-ment, but this was denied at the Metrooffices.

Another Cincv House.Cincinnati. May 31.

McMahan and Jackson, who were thef(.«t r!nrinn.it?'jn« ir, y/f, u\ir\ tht* fea-

ture film exchange game, announce thatthev have leased the building at Sixthand Vine streets, used for many vearsas the Gifts' fire engine house and will

convert it into a picture theatre.

GRIFFITH STILL IN FRANCE.Reports to the contrary notwith-

standing, David Wark Griffith has notreturned froir. the French fighting lines

where he went to obtain a series o*war pictures. Instead Griffith is still

within hearing distance of the screech-ing war shell and may remain thereindefinitely now that President Wilsonis sending General Pershing to theFrench battlefields.

There is likelihood that Griffith will

remain there and endeavor to "shoot"the first battle in which the Pershingforces will take a hand and then re-turn to the States with the first au-thentic views of the American forcesin action.

It was reported that Griffith wouldset sail from Europe this week, butthis is not official, although the arrival

of Pershing and his aides are expectedon the other side at any moment.

Griffith sailed from here March 27last and went direct to London, wherehe spent three weeks at the DruryLane where "Intolerance" opened April7. From London Griffith went to thewestern fighting front in France where.*with the aid of camera experts pickedup in London, he took many scenesof the trench fighting at close range.According to Griffith's contract with

Artcraft he must be up and doing some-thing for that corporation, althoughcabled changes of his foreign programmay provide for a further stay in

France.

WALLT VAN'S OWN CO.Before the week is out Wally Van. the

former Vitagraph comedian-director,will probably have closed contracts for

the formation of a new film corporationbearing his name, organized for the ex-

ploitation of Van as the star of a series

of two-reel comedies, produced underhis personal supervision.^ and to be re-

leased on state right basis.

EXHIBITORS9 MEETINGS.Milwaukee. Mav 31.

The Wisconsin State Exhibitors*League, affiliated with the Motion Pic-ture Exhibitors' League of America, Is

holding an important two-day sessionhere Mav 31 and June 1.

A number of absorbing topics, in-

cluding the war tax and other matters,now on top of the exhibitors, are duefor discussion.The Wisconsin film men will also

sound a preliminarv slogan or two forthe Chicago meeting of the biggerbody.

Des Moines. May 31.

The state convention of the Iowa Ex-hibitors' League is scheduled to be heldin this city June 12-13 and a big at-

tendance is expected as a number ofimportant matters are crying for at-

tention from the state film men.Iowa plans to send a good represen-

tation to the Chicago convention ofthe M. P. Exhibitors* League of Amer-ica.

Local exhibitors for a time weregreatly worried over the proposed en-forcement of the "Sunday blue laws,"but so far the atmosphere has clearednicely with the Sundav picture exhibit-ing considered legal here.The league will lay plans to offset

any movement to make the state en-forcement a possibility at any futuretime.

COLORED FILM ACTORS.Another feature film with the cast

entirelv made up of colored plavershas just been completed by the Fred-erick Douglas Film Companv in a NewTersev studio, the title being "TheScapegoat."The principal roles were taken bv

Walter Thompson. Sidnev KirkpatriekAKht> \fjtrn*»l1. T.eon Williams andMahel Young.The Douglas Co. also made another

negro plavers* film. "The ColoredAmerican Winning His Own Suit,"turning it out a year ago fast spring.

METRO ABSORBS PRODUCERS.Metro Pictures Corporation has re-

incorporated at Albany, increasing its

capitalization from $400,000 to $2,600,-

000. The new issue was subscribed en-tirely by the Metro group, and none ofthe stock will be offered to the public.The officers under the new regime re-main as before.

In the reincorporation the business ofRolfe Photoplays, Inc., Columbuia Pic-tures Corporation and Popular Playi& Players, Inc., three of Metro's manu-facturing companies, were taken overby the parent company. The Yorke-Metro Company, which, under the di-rection of Fred J. Balshofer, producesthe Harold Lockwood pictures, willshortly be absorbed.Metro's production plans in full will

be announced within the next thirtydays, as soon as each of the details is

perfected. Under the new system theexhibitor will be permitted to book theprogram or contract for the stars, thusplacing Metro in the position of beingneither for nor against the open book-ing policy and neither for nor againstthe program policy, but striking a newplan which is likely to solve the prob-lems which both systems presentRichard A. Rowland, Metro's presi-

dent, speaking of Metro's enlargementsaid: "We proceeded from the idea thatno man or group of men, sitting in theiroffices in New York City, can hope todominate motion picture rental prices.The public, first speaking to the exhib-itor and then the exhibitor speaking tothe manufacturer and distributor, deter-mines the picture market, and we haveprepared ourselves to meet the demandsof the market."

WEST BOOSTING PRICES.From the west comes word that any

number of the cheaper priced picturehouses are going to tilt their prices,owing to what they claim is an in-creased price in the films they state arenecessary to run their places at profit.Up through the northwest in par*

ticular the picture men are "holleringtheir heads off" and now with theirshare of the war tax ahead of them(those that do come in for exemption)they declare that the raising of theadmission fee is the only salvatton if

thev would remain in existence.When the Motion Picture Exhibitors'

League of America holds its conven-tion in Chicago the delegates of theterritory that nurses what thev claimis a well-lodged complaint against theincreasing cost of film which they sayis bound to force a raft of the housesout of business.

Already a number of small townhouses are boosting their prices up atleast five and ten cents more.

WAR FILM'S BIG DRAW.The British war films, "The Tanks in

Action at the Battle of the Ancre,"which played the Strand last week, pro-ceeds to be donated to the Americanand British War Relief, has proved atremendous draw. So confident was therepresentative of the British govern-ment, which controls the pictures, thatthev would attract, that he guaran-teed the Strand management receiptsof not less than $16,000 on the week,and participate only in excess of thatsum. The takings for the seven daysare estimated at $30,000.

VipLET MERSERBAU RENEWS.Violet Mersereau has renewed for an-

other year her contract to star InBluebirds. With Rex Ingram direct-ing Miss Mersereau has iust completedat Bluebird's, Leonia (N. J.) studio.an adaptation of "La Cigale," the HenriMeilhac comedy ?n which Lotta, thefamous soubret of other days, touredthe country. Earlier in the Bluebirdseries. Mr. Ingram directed Miss Mer-sereau in several features, and hasagain returned to the East for thepurpose of creating light comedies withthe fair-haired Violet starring therein.

MOVING PICTURES 21

THE TAX BILLThere it much elation among pic-

ture mar ifacturers oyer the decisionof the Senate Finance Committee notto tax the films and at far as can bediscerned at present there is little like-lihood of the committee arranging forany substitute tax for the originallyplanned levy of the photoplay manu-facture. The bill was beaten in com-mittee and must now go on the floorof the Senate, and then before theHouse.A few days ago the prospect of pay-

ing a lot of tax money on every pic-ture made had thrown dismay and con-sternation into the film ranks, butthings are different now that the pic-tures have apparently escaped taxa-tion. Jewelry and chewing gum werealso exempted by the committee, butother phases that affect the amusementend were not touched.The committee has decided to ask

the Treasury Department for a plan ofimposing a tax on confectionery basedon a rate per pound; a stamp tax onmusical instruments; a tax on pleasureboats based on a tonnage rate, andstamp taxes on sporting goods', per-fumes, cosmetics and proprietary medi-cines.

With the picture manufacturersceasing to worry, the legitimate mana-gers, however, are still on the anxiousseat and maintaining efforts to havecertain restrictions made before thefinal tax rate is fixed.

It is almost a certainty that the com-mittee will eliminate that section af-fecting railway transportation, whichimpost would mean a heavy drain onthe exchequers of any traveling com-pany.Attorney Ligon Johnson, of the

United Managers' Association, hasmade several trips to Washington,with a number of legit managers andproducers, in an effort to show why

the tax should be reduced in certainsections.

'Tis reported that the billposter in-dustry has had its phase of the pro-posed tax modified, so that it will notbe as heavily taxed as first indicated.Looks as though newspaper advertisingwill come under the war levy.Theatre owners are also hopeful that

they will not be as heavily taxed as theoriginal bill indicated, but there doesn'tseem much prospect of them escapingthe levy fixed by the committee.The state legislature of Pennsyl-

vania is having a hand-to-hand andmouth-to-mouth grapple with a wartax of its own, and it certain measuresthat are now up before the Quakercongressional body become effectivethe picture interests and legitimatehouses will be more than heavily taxedwith the Federal levy also pending.The Pennsylvania tax proposes a

levy on the film footage and the pro-hibiting the admission of boys and girls

under 16 years is also another matterthat is receiving consiiedration.

S. RANKIN DREW IN FRANCE.S. Rankin Drew, according to cable

advices to Master Drama Features,Inc., has arrived in France and is em-ployed by the American AmbulanceCorps as a motor ambulance pilotTwo weeks ago Drew completed the

direction of "Who's Your Neighbor,"a seven part film written by WillardMack, and immediately sought leave ofabsence from the Master Drama Fea-tures Co. to serve his country. Uponhis return he will immediately com-mence work on a new scrip from thepen of Mack.

CONSTANCE TALMADGE SIGNEDLewis J. Selznick has signed Con-

stance Talmadge and proposes to ex-ploit her as a picture star, feeling thatin a very short time she will take rankwith the best of the screen luminaries.

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BIDDING FOR NESBIT RIGHTS.State rights buyers were reported

wearing out the carpet this week inthe oftices of Julius Steger, makingbids for territorial rights to the EvelynNesbit special film, "Redemption/*now playing to capacity at the Cohantheatre.

Up to Wednesday no rights had beendisposed of. Mr. Steger and his asso-ciates had not at that time decidedupon the future course of the big of-fice film, although stating that probablyit would be sold on the state rightsbasis.

They were also considering, accord-ing to a report, a proposition sub-mitted by the United Booking Officesto take over the film for certain sec-tions. The U. B. O., besides operat-ing many picture houses, through its

own and affiliated offices, has manyvaudeville theatres temporarily closedfor the summer which could be re-

opened with the Nesbit picture as theattraction for a summer run.On Wednesday a bid of $35,000 for

the states of New York and New Jer-sey was turned down, the holders ofthe picture asking $40,000 for the ter-

ritory. New Jersey alone is expectedto bring at least $12,000 for the rights.

MAJOR FUNKHOUSER RELENTS.Late last week Major Funkhouser,

second deputy of police and known asthe morals officer, issued a permit toRobert Goldstein for the showing ofhis film, "The Spirit of 76," over whicha legal battle was waged in the local

courts for more than two weeks.It has been contended that the pic-

ture tended to belittle England, but this

was not held to be so by Judge Kav-anaugh, who. however, in mandamusproceedings decided in favor of the cityon moral grounds.When Funkhouser learned that addi-

tional cuts would be made and thatthe picture's sponsors did not intendgoing into the higher courts, he sud-denly lifted the ban.The picture started showing on Mon-

day night, just three weeks after it

had been originally advertised to be-gin. This is the fourth week that Or-chestra hall has been under lease toGoldstein, but an extension of the time'has been agreed on, depending uponbusiness.The film management claim that it

suffered a loss of $25,000 in rent, ad-vertising and other expenses, due tothe court fight and delay in exhibiting.

FILM HAS GOVT SANCTION.Chicago, May 31.

"Uncle Sam Awake," said to be theonly picture holding Government sanc-tion, which began Wednesday at theAuditorium under the management ofRubel & Stoermer, is to raise funds forthe military training camp at Farra-ington, L. I., started by Hamilton Fish*Because of the latter's connection,

wealthy persons are interested in thetowns when the film is shown.

CHAPLIN'S NEXT NAMED."The Immigrant" is the title of the

next Charlie Chaplin comedy. Its re-lease date is not definite, but it is prac-tically sure that the picture will reachexhibition before mid-June.

FILM GIRLS SUE.Leah Irving and Cathryn Fitzgerald,

both members of the Roscoe (Fatty)Arbuckle company, have started actionthrough their attorney, Nathan Burkan,against the Town Taxi Co. for damagessustained in an accident which occurredwhile they were riding in one of thedefendants cabs on May 23. Theplaintiffs at the time of the accidentuere poitT£ to their homes upt^nr.from the Arbuckle studio, throughCentral Park, when the chauffeur raninto a tre throwing the two youngwomen out of the car. They were se-verely cut by flying glass, which ne-cessitated their being taken to a hos-pital

BRENON'S BIG FEATURE.The Uiodor Picture Corporation, re-

cently chartered at Albany has, by spe-cial arrangement with the HerbertBrenon Film Corporation and Lewis J.Selznick, obtained the services of Her-bert Brenon to make a drama of theRussian revolution which will be pre-sented in a few weeks as what is claim-ed to be the biggest states rights at-traction ever offered in films.

This drama bf the overturn of a na-tion's rulers and the establishment ofhuman liberty is being made under thetide "The Downfall of the Romanoffs"and Iliodor, the fugitive monk who wasthe spiritual adviser of the CxarNicholas is the featured player.

lliodor's own story of the intriguesand scandals of the Russian court is

now appearing in more than three hun-dred daily newspapers throughout theUnited States and this giyes HerbertBtenon's picture advance national pub-licity of great scope.

MAINE EXHIBITORS' LEAGUE.Portland, lie., May 31.

There was formed in this city last'

Ftiday the Maine Exhibitors' League,which will later be affliated with theNational League of Motion Picture Ex-hibitors, and the following temporaryofficers were elected: President, Al-fred S. Black, of Rockland; secretaryand treasurer, Lysander Richmond, ofSanford. The league was formed tobetter conditions in the State and willwork in perfect harmony with the na-tional organization.The next meeting will take place at

the Exchange Hotel in Bangor June7, when it is expected that around 60exhibitors will be. presentThose present at Friday's meeting

were: lames Goodwin of HalloweU,Harry Webber of Bath, A. Goodsideof Portland, H.J. Mulqueer of Bidde-ford, Fred M. Eugley of Westbrodk,James W. Greely of Portland, R. J.Power of Caribou, Charles H. Traftonof Sanford, William P. Gray of Lewis-ton, P. P. Peakes of Milo, P. £. Carey,William H. Stithan of Pittsneld, S.Hansen o! Camden, J. A. Emery of BarHarbor, and A. S. Black of Rockland.The Boston representatives presentwere: £. H. Hortsman, president oithe Massachusetts branch of the Na-tional league, who addressed the meet-ing; Harry Campbell, A. E. Penn. Sam-uel Grant. Schultz, A. A. Allen, CharlesStern and J. McCracken.

Worthington Makes a Change.Franklyn Farnum and Brownie Ver-

non, stars of Bluebirds, will have anew director, as Wm. Worthington hassigned a contract for his services else-

where. Before departing Mr. Worth-ington made three Bluebirds for futurerelease with the Farnum-Vernon com-bination leading: "Bringing HomeFather," for June 4; "The Car ofChance," July 9, and "The Clean Up/*due for circulation late in July.

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TITAN CO. WORKINQ.Chicago, May 31.

The Titan Company, which has beenmaking a series of one-reel comedies,the proceeds to be devoted to the Mili-

tary Relief Fund, has completed "TheGardening of Aleck," with ErnestTruex, his wife and two children theprincipals. Truex enacts a citizen re-

jected by the recruiting officer becauseof his small size, and determined to

do his bit, turns feverishly to gardenfarming.The series is called "Follies of

the Day," and the company has si-

ready made comedies with RaymondHitchcock Ealah Ucrz and JosephineHarriman featured, the artists workinggratis.

The Hitchcock picture is called"Knocking the L Out of the H. C. ofL." Miss Harriman's picture is called

"I Can Dance With Everybody ButMy Wife."

22'i! FILM REVIEWS

THE BEAUTIFUL LIE.Louise Joyic Frances NelsonMori. inn- r 'Jrknon Hurry S. NorthrupPaul Vivian, :irti;,t IMwurv! HaikThe Other Girl Elsie MacLeodMary Sully CruteHoward Hayes John DavidsonMth. Joyee Mrs. Allan Walker

Frances Nelson Is the star of tnls Kolfe-Metro feature, which Is baned on the poem,"KcvcrleH of u Station Ifouso," by EllaWheeler Wilcox, the adaptation for the scrccftdeveloping a corklnn heart Interest melodramathat will thrill und Interest the audience.The picture Is capably directed and equallyas well acted, the outstanding surprise of Itbeing the Improvement In the lighting of theinterior seenes that this production holdsover a great number of previous Rolfe re-leases. Miss Nelson carries the role of theheroine of the Btory in a manner that winscredit for her, and the supporting cast playedup to her in every scene. The story, asbrought out Ir. the adaptation, tells of a lit-tle girl from the country who comes to NewYork to win her living. She obtains em-ployment as a stcno In the office of an archi-tect, who Is considerable of a chaser and Iseven willing to promise marriage and gothrough a phoney ceremony if ho cannot"make" the object of his desires in any othermanner. This is what he does in the caseof the stcno, only it happens that on this oc-casion his secretary plays him false andplants a real Justice of the peace to performthe ceremony. But this Is not discovered un-

til the roue bas discarded the girl after In-forming her that the ceremony was illegaland that she has only been a mistress inreality. Then the girl becomes a -alsmandera/id diails out to make all men pay, and shedoes this for a while until she falls in lovewith a young artist for whom she is posing.He returns the love and proposes, but sheturns him down, feeling that she is un-worthy. It happens that the young artist Is

the protege of the self same architect thatruined the girl's life, but he is shot by an-other of his castoffs, and Just as he Is aboutto pass out the secretary turns up and tellsthe truth ; then of course the lovers get to-gether for the final clinch. This is the onlything about the picture that Is commonplace.The titles and subtitles in the production arewell written and help to carry the story alongIn great shape. It is a picture that is dis-tinctly worth while. Fred.

BRINGING HOME FATHER.Peter Drako Franklyn FarnumJackie Swazey "Brownie" VernonEliza Tilly Swaiey Florence Mayon"Pa" Bwazey Arthur HoytMike Clancy Richard Le Reno

H. O. Davis, former general manager ofUniversal City, Is a merry wag. He Is re-sponsible for the story of Bluebird's "BringingUp Father," a five-reel comedy, scenario byBess Meredyth, directed by William Worth

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lngton. It's a rather skimpy story to pad outInto a full feature, but, strange as it mayseem, it holds pretty well. A man about town

Is headed for a party, sees a girl seated onher own veranda opposite, gets acquainted In

a straightforward, honest way—no cheap flir-

tation—finds out the girl is lonesome, takes herto the party. The girl Is In an unfortunateposition. Her mother Is a rabid suffragette

and is running for alderman on the Pro-hibition ticket, and father spends his timecarousing at his club. Father Is "persuaded"by his wife to take part In the suffragette

parade and rides a fire horse. The youn '

man bribes a kid to ring the fire alarm and

the horse, carrying father with him, follows

the engines. This Is excruciatingly funny. It

winds up with father and the young mandoping the grape Juice at the suffragette meet-

ing and mother getting stewed. A pity that

the daughter should appear so "heartless" as

to suspect the trick and not protect hermother. But It's all so farcical that onemustn't sties: to the ethics too closely. Tocap the climax the young man and daughterelope that night before mother comes to hersober senses. Jolo.

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THE CALL OF HER PEOPLEEgypt Ethel BarrymoreYoung Faro Robert WhittierNicholas Van Kleet William B. DavidsonFaro Black Frank MontgomeryGordon Lindsay William Mandc villeMother Komello Mrs. Allan WalkerMary Van Kleet Helen ArnoldSheriff Hugh Jeffrey

Ethel Barrymore is the star of the screenadaption of Edward Sheldon's play "Egypt"presented in film form under the title of"The Call of Her People" and released on theMetro program. The piece was adapted byJune Mathis, who has developed a very in-teresting story for the shadow drama, andthe direction was in the hands of John W.Noble, who delivered, with the exception ofthe mob scenes (which were very badly done),a feature picture which will earn a lot ofmoney, when coupled with the advertisingvalue the name of the star carries. MissBarrymore plays the role of the Gypsy maidwith a distinction that only she could lendto It, while Robert Whittier as the young sonof the tribe's chief, puts over a performancethat has with It a rough and tumble fight thatIs a corker and that will win favor for him.The remainder of the cast is good, especiallythe old chief and the hag fortune tellerstanding out. The Gypsies in their wander-ings come to a neighborhood that has beenthe scene of great unhappiness In the oldchief's life. It is here that his wife lefthim to elope with a wealthy Southerner. Thetribe encamps and the fact that the chief'sson and Egypt are in love with each other is

planted. But the old chief has other ideas.He has planned a revenge on the wrecker ofhis life. It seems that after the wife hadlived with the man of wealth until a childWas born there came the call of her peopleand she Joined them only to die. Her childdied with her. The revenge the chief hasplanned Is to pass off Egypt as the realdaughter and later steal her away again.The love affair of the young people seem al-most to put a spoke in his wheel, for he ar-rives at the camp just In time to stop thecompletion of the wedding ceremony accord-ing to the Gypsy rites. The girl and boy areparted, but before she is sent to her sup-posed father the two pledge an oath neverto falter in their love for each other untilthe boy can return to claim her. But Egyptbecomes Impatient and as the days pass andthe boy cometh not she gives her promise toone of the friends of her father. The wed-ding date is set when the tribe returns again,the old chief having died in the meantime,confessing his trick, and the successor comesto claim his bride. A fight that takes placefinishes in a stabbing and a mob starts afterthe Gypsy chief, who doubles on his tracksand comes back after the girl, who at firstis loath to go with him, but who finally fol-lows him in time to rescue him from the mobabout to string him to a tree. The yearspass and at a cross roads the Gypsy caravanhalts a motor car. A house on wheels con-tains Egypt and her baby, while the motorcontains the man she was to marry. Thereis a brief scene and with the parting of theways comes the Intimation that each to hisown kind works out as the best for all. Apicture production that is distinctly worthwhile anywhere. Fred.

ENGAGES MARY MACLAREN.David Horsley has announced the

signing of a contract with Mary Mac-Donald, known as Mary MacLaren, thecontract being for three years. MissMacDonald is now at work in the Hors-ley Studios in Los Angeles under thedirection of Thomas Ricketts.Miss MacDonald has had consider-

able litigation with the Universal FilmManufacturing Company over a con-tract that she had with that companyand which the Superior Court of Cali-fornia decided was void and*ordered thecontracts into court to be cancelled.

Theatre Changes Hands.New Orleans, May 31.

The Boehring Amusement Company,now operating the Grccnwall as a pop-ular priced picture playhouse, hasbought the theatre outright. The pur-chase price was very low.

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THE FALSE FRIEND.William Ramsdell Robert WarwickVirginia Farrell Gall KaneRobert Farrell Jack DrumlerDe Witt Clinton Earl ScbenckJ. Cai leton Clinton hi. J. RollowByron Louis EdgardMarietta Pinna Neeblt

Genuine, simon-pure melodrama Is rampantin "The False Friend," a Peerless (World)release, story by Florence C. Bolles, directedby Harry Davenport, photoprapbed by PhilipHatkln. The hero (Robert Warwick) Is work-ing his way through college, has a friend in

another student, a rich man's son, both lovethe same girl, rich youth has valet in hisclutcheB, forces said valet to dope the hero sothe girl's family will believe he's a hopfiend and wealthy young man thereby mar-ries the girl. Hero goes west to a lumbercamp and becomes foreman, young couple alsogo to that neighborhood for the summer, theM^fet confesses to hero, big fight, husbandkWled by valet, who commits suicide, and soso. While there are no very original twiststo the plot, It Is unfolded with what is usuallydesignated as "class," intelligently directed,and with two such popular film stars as Rob-ert Warwick and Gall Kane heading the cast,

the feature should be a very desirable pro-gram picture. Jolo.

THE TELLTALE STEP.Giovanni Pallazl Guido CollucclLucia Shirley MasonLulgl Charles SuttonPietro Bob HugglnsRosetta Nellie GrantDimltrl Blgelow CooperHugh Graham Pat O'MalleyBeverly Wlnton Sally CruteHugh's mother Jessie StevensThis K-E-S-E release is a rather un-

usual production for the Edison studio toturn out. It is unusual in the amount of theexpense the company went to to complete the

picture. All of two dozen eggs are smashedin one of the scenes, and smashed so badlythat they could not be repaired for anotherproduction. Herein lies the only lavlsbnessthat Is apparent In the picture. "The TelltaleStep" Is a melodrama dealing with thv. ven-e'etta of tho Mafia, the punishment being visit-ed on an emigrant who has come to this coun-try with his blind daughter. When the crimewan committed the daughter hearu the footstepsof the murderer and she finally Is tho cauBeof his conviction for the crime. Linked withthe story is a love tale that runs at cross pur-poses at times but Anally untangles Itself tothe satisfaction of tho Edison people even If

it would appeal to the majority of tho audi-ences in that light. During the entire pic-ture there are evidences of cheating In thematter of sets, cheap corners being used forInteriors 'n a number of spots and the direc-tion at times is so bad as to be actuallyfunny. "The Telltale Step" Is a nlckleodeonfeature. Fred.

NEW INCORPORATIONS.Pinnude Picture* Inc., Manhattan,

manufacture fllma and manage theatres,$20,000; H. A. Rosenberg, Ii. Taffer, F.Nordenchild, 19 Cedar street.

Kao. Mfa*. Corp.* Manhattan, manufac-ture lubricating devices, $10,000: J. B.Wandell, B. M. Holmes. L, W. Powers,30 East 42nd street.

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CUNNINGHAMStaff WriterUniversal City

Joker Comedies and Other

Odd Jobs

Irving; Commlnars Pictures. lee., Man-hattan, motion pictures $100,000; M. F.Tobias, A. Bluemenkrohn. M. R. Low-enthal, 729 Seventh avenue.

Lola Meredith Picture*. lac* Man-hattan, motion pictures, $100,000: M. F.Tobias, A. Blumenkrohn, M. R. Lowsn-thal, 729 Seventh avenue.

Superlative Pictures Cere., Manhattan,motion pictures, $200,000* M. F. Tobias.A. Blumenkrohn, M. R. Lowenthal, 7IfSeventh avenue.

Zlerler Films, Inc., Brooklyn, motionpictures, $6,600; S. Zlerler, M. ds A. Barr,499 Washington avenue, Brooklyn, N. X.Raf Film Laboratories, Inc., Yonkers,

motion pictures, $80,000; B. P. Rldelng,W. J. Auchterlolne, A. P. Furman, ll|4Clay avenue, Bronx, N. Y.Sample Print Film Laboratories, Ime*

Manhattan, general laboratory businessconnected with motion picture Industry.$5,000; A. B. Davis, F. V. Martin, C. Colt,209 Broadway.Henry Alden, Inc., Manhattan, print*

ers, publishers, moving ploture films.$75,000; W. N. H. Blackford. A. Neweomb,W. P. Shafer, 602 West 119th streetProducers' Holding Corp., Manhattan.

moving pictures, $600,000: R. Dsbss, J.Boyle, J. Sweeney. 2717 West Sixthstreet, Coney Island.Wlckwer Film Corp., Manhattan, mo-

tion picture business, $30,000 • B. ELSternberg H. L. Jacobson, H. W. Pol*lock, 233 Broadway.

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compatriots call a "troubling

beauty."—London "Daily Ex-press."

Perhaps this moredescribes Miss Parry than thethousands of eulogistic criticisms

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VARIETY Z5

NEW DEPARTURE

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"Story Songs of the City"The Cream of the Lyrical and Musical Genius World Has

Been Drawn Upon to Develop the Human and ComicAspects of City Life Into Song Form

The following have contributed words and music

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Harold Clarke, William F. Kirk, Bide Dudley, Louis

Weslyn, Will D. Cobb, Louis Harrison, R. P. Weston,

Harry Von Tilzer, Byrd Dougherty, Muriel Pollock,

Ernest Breuer.

Orchestrations by Frank Sadler and Will Vodery.

Original sketches for drop by R. W. Bergman.

Painted at Lee Lash Studios.

Lighting effects by Samuel RothapfeL

Motion picture illusion by Lewis J. Selznick.

Musical conductor, Richard Conn.

FIRST APPEARANCE, NEXT WEEK (June 4)

COLONIAL, NEW YORK

26 FILM REVIEWSTHE SILENT MASTER.

Valentin Robert WarwickMiss Virginia Arleu Olive TollEugene Arlcn Donald GalaherJaquellne Anna LittleJuliette Juliette MooreLe Beau Robert Henri VulbelMra. Carllngford Valentin PetitMr. Carllngford George ClarkThe Robert Warwick Film Co., releasing

through Selznlck Pictures, offers for ap-proval a photoplay version or E. PhillipsOppenhelm's novel, "The Court of St. Simon,"under the title of "The Silent Master." Tbedirection of the feature was In the hands ofLeonoe Perret, a famous French motion pic-ture producer, wbo claims he hasn't had the

proper opportunity In this country as yet,because he has not been given a female starto work with. "Be that aa It may," the out-standing fact Is apparent that U- Perret Isan artist at his craft, for In "The Silent Mas-ter" he has given us some wonderful effects.The one drawback to the Oppenhelm photo-play Is that It has enough plot to make threeaverage features, and with such a surfeit ofmaterial congested Into about 6,500 feet It Isapt to cverface the average spectator. Inspite of thlQ, the story practically ends tworeels before the finish of the screen ver-sion. Robert Warwick has a star role that Is

a "fat" one—one of those misunderstoodheroes who suffers In silence for the mis-deeds of others. There are so many angles tothe Htory that in the effort to Include most

of them In the screening tbe result was abit sketchy and a trifle Incoherent. Some-body whispered that It was originally a ten-rceler, cut to six and a half, and this mayaccount for Its sketch'.ness. The picture de-velops one rather interesting thing, 1. e.,

that Mr. Warwick shines most lustrouslywhen cleanly shaven and In well-fitting,tailor-made clothing. When he essays a rag-ged, unshaved and unkempt make-up he be-comes "cruel" as an actor. An excellent com-pany throughout supports him, with an indi-vidual word of praise due Henri Valbel as anApache. All things considered—the expensiveproduction, the Warwick stellar name, Perretas producer, Selsnlck as distributor, etc.—it

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SOULS TRIUMPHANT.Lillian Vale Lillian GlshRobert Powers Wilfred LucasJosluh Vale Spottiswoode AltkenHatlle Lee Louise Hamilton

Here Is a five-part Fine Arta production

that points out a moral that has been told

and retold In story books for a long. Ions;

time, yet a splendid acting cast and a well

staged production make the film presentation

far more impressionable than tongue or pencould In a thousand years. The picture has

plenty of environment, one atmosphere In

which the innocence of youth abounds In re-

freshing latitudes while another has everyaspect of reckless dissipation and the Indul-gences of frivolity that bubbling libations andlate hours are ever ready to lend first aidin wrecking health. In the refreshing coun-tryside scenes appears Lillian Glsh aa theunsophisticated daughter of the curat* of St.Anthony's, where she rambles In and out theverdant hills with apparently no thought thatthe outside world was anything but the per-sonification of all that la good and righteous.The girl's life continues along an uninter-rupted vale until Robert Powers, capablyacted by Wilfred Lucas, cornea Into her heartand wooa her away from the picturesquewoodland where she was wont to sit and listento the Bible teachings of her father. Powers,prior to meeting the girl of the woods, en-joyed a life of Idleness and companionship withwomen of the city wilds, especially one womanwho was there with the vamplrish conquestof anybody that spent money foolishly andrecklessly on her. Of course Powers was onIntimate terms with her else the film Indi-cations were very deceiving but he did theSatan-get-behlnd-me stunt when he asked thecountry girl to marry him. Just prior to thewedding, Powers met Hattlo Lee, the scarletwoman, for a farewell party. There was araid and the police pinched the merry bunch.The newspapers printed the story and Lilli-an's father was the first to read of the scan-dal. He told his daughter who thought It

over and figured that the Bible taught themto save souls and not lose them, fine stlckBand the marriage comes and by-and-by thestork visits the Powers home and leaves thedarllngest, cutest little bump of humanity thatwas ever cameraed. The producer took espe-cial pains to make the arrival of the kidletstand out every foot of the celluloid way anda mighty big tug It takes at the heartstringsat this juncture. Throughout this section ofthe picture both Lucas and Miss Glsh enactedtheir roles admirably and made the climaxan impressive one. Meanwhile another pagewas turned and the picture shows how theformer paramour of Robert Is getting alongIn the big, cruel and trammeled city. Shedidn't starve or lie down to die when Powersapparently passed out of her life. No, slree.

She up and grabbed a young fellow whothought so much of her apparent love thathe lavished Jewels and the like on her untilhe went beyond his means and the detectivescame along and carted him off to prison. Thewoman of dissolute habits gave him the mtrryha ha when he asked her to give up theJewels so he could raise money and save him-self from the bars and he then and there putthe curse on her. To make the plot thicken,sho packs up and goes to a swell hotel In

the very neighborhood where the Powers andtheir curybalred baby boy are having the timeof their lives. Mrs. Powers is called to thebedside of her father. Miss Lee then lnvleglesPowers into a clandestine meeting. He falls.

He quits bis happy home after putting theboy to sleep. Fire breaks out. His home ie

burned. Powers returns and sees histumble down paradise and believes the boy hasgone with It. Remorsefully, heartbroken anddispirited he screws up courage for a meetingwith his wife, imagine his great surpriseand happiness to not only find forgiveness butthat his wife had saved their boy. Mean-while the wildlife feminine person has herlife choked out by the young man who hadescaped from prison and sought revenge. Allis well that ends well. Miss Hamilton de-serves special mention for her portray of thescarlet woman. Spottiswoode Altken wascompetent and painstaking as the curate. MissGlsh was girlishly sweet and natural as themiss of the wooded countryside and was mooteffective in her emotional scenes. Lucas atall times came up to expectations aa the manwbo dissipated his earlier days but renouncedthem for the quiet life of the country. Pho-tography up to standard and the story as awhole pretty well connected. Mark.

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729 SEVENTH AVE HEW VOCK CITYControlled by FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY CORPORATIONAsoira Zv*ot, /•*#,., Jiiti L. Laikv, Put-Pm., Cicu B. DbMilis, AmurGnur*!

WOLF L0WRY."Wolf" Lowry Wlllam 8. HartMary Davis Margery WilsonRuck Fanning Aaron EdwardsOwen Thorpe Carl Ullman"Wolf Lowry" Is the latest Triangle re-

lease with William S. Hart. Charles TurnerDazey wrote the story with Hart directingthe picture under the supervision of Tomincc. The feature Is closely patterned afterother Hart pictures, with the star playing hiscustomary Western role. There Is conslder-nblo human Interest contained In the storywhich is centered around a hermit-like ranch-man who falls In love only to have the girlsnatched from him on their wedding day bythe appearance of her former lover, to whomhr gives her' upon seeing her real love. Com-pared to bluer Hart alms, the shooting Iscomparatively moderate with the picture Ingeneral not overrun with action. In thescenic end the picture is but an ordinaryWestern, with bits of ranch life which provideinterest.

THE BOOK AGENT."The Book Agent" is a five-part t?ox fea-

ture, with George Walsh In the stel.ar role.Walsh is again very much to the fore with hisprowess along the athletic type, but does notremain long as a book agent. As "SmilingKelly," the Irrepressible book seller, he doesall sorts of hurdling fences and barriers,climbing walls and sides of houses, fightingfour or five burly men at one time, and out-witting a band of blackmailers, kidnappersand cutthroats and winning the hand of arich man's granddaughter at the same time.Doris Pawn as Mollle, who reciprocates Kelly'slove, has very little to do but handles heralloted task acceptably. The scenario is asmeller as the old days of Nick Carter, Dia-mond Dick and Old Sleuth, and sections ap-pear as though they wero sheared from someof the pages of the dime novel stalwarts.There are many disconnected scenes In "TheBook Agent" and the scenario gallops aroundlike a wild horse on a fifty-acre lot. Allsorts of liberties are taken . with the filmaction and almost any kind of tricks are usedto give Walsh a chance to act like a collegeathlete out for the Jumps. In "The* BookAgent" one sees Walsh racing through thehouse vaulting furniture when there was ab-solutely no reason for the parlor frolic. Heis a hardworking chap and entitled to all thedaredevlltry praise that goes with an athleticrole that he portrays, but some of the stuntsare uncalled for at times. "The Eook Agent"looks like a hurried up Job and the photog-graphy at times Jumps the traces. There Isalso much play for the Imagination, and thereare several characters before the camera that

• are as artificial as the posies on Mamie's hatIn dead winter. However there is enoughdynamic action to keep the interest going, butone would like to watch young Walsh In amore consistent film scenario than this one.He may not have the vibrant personality ofDoug Fairbanks, but he races and tearsaround the camera lot with a vengeance thatmakes him a desired figure In any celluloidromance that demands the speed and strengthof a young, romantic, athletic American. Heis live-blooded, quick as a cat and not afraidto attempt anything bordering on the hazard-ous. Walsh is peppery in action, clean cut Inathletic maneuvers and tackles his knock-em-down and rescue-the-glrl-at-any-cost stuntswith a delight that should keep him In themelodramatic film scenarios until he pets tooold and stiff to cut up the lightning and seem-ingly impossible capers. Mark

YORKEFilm Corporation

presents

HAROLD

L0CKW00Din Francis Perry Elliott's

'The

HauntedPajamas' 9

Five Acts of METRO standard

entertainment Directed by

Fred J. Balshofer.

Released June 11th

FILM REVIEWSA NAKFI) SOUL. * Poor girl and they are separated through

r^ wni%^6V uvwi*.

the machinations of a duke for what he con-Susan Daubray ..Susan Orandaise Biderg tlle good of nls C0UntrTf |n or <jer thatPrince Michael Brenton Marchvi e the pr ince may contract a uiatrlmonial allt-Duke Valdimere George Treville ance with a royal prlnceM . A chUd is bornPrincess Sonla Grace Derval to the un f0rtnnate girl and whon her brother,Another of the Brady-International Service- believing the prince has deliberately aban-

World features was offered for review this doned his sister, attempts to assassinate theweek, also directed by Louise Mercanton and prince, he is shot dead before the eyes of theRene Hervil, made in France. One or two girl, who goes crmsy and gives a series ofmore such features on the regular World pro- heart-breaking mad scenes that makes thegram should put the World Film exhibitors average impersonation of Ophelia In "Hamlet"in rear good humor. This one Is entitled "A look trivial by comparison. The whole affair

Naked Soul," and can be summed up as a is produced with a dignity and grandeur andcombination of "Old Heidelberg," "Prisoner so naturally there is no straining for ostenta-of Zenda" and half a dozen such film sue- tlon and minus any military or court scenes.cesses. It is the familiar and always accept- Susan Orandaise, In the leading role, gives aable story of a prince who falls in love with really wonderful performance of the unhappy

girl. All tha members of the cast are excel-lent film artists. "A Naked Soul" Is a bettorpicture than three-fourths of the state lightreleases. Jolo.

MARK OUT OF CHAPIN CO.?Mitchell H. Mark, president of the

Strand Theatre Co., sent out an an-nouncement last week that he had be-come financially interested in the Lin-coln Cycle of pictures, produced byBenjamin Chapin.This week there was a report that

Mark had elected to change his mind

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"COURAGEOUS WOMANHOOD—STRONG APPEAL" New York Times

"EXHIBITORS WILL DO FOUR TIMES THE BUSINESS" .New York Evening Journal

"A SURPRISE—A REVELATION" Morning Telegraph

"ALMOST CRUSHED INTO PULP, TRYING TO GET INTOTHE THEATRE" Rev. Thomas B. Gregory

N. Y. American

"BOX OFFICE MAGIC. A CERTAINTY FOR STATE RIGHTBUYERS" Motion Picture News

"MANY WORTHY FOLK WILL APPROVE AND ENJOY IT". Motion Picture World

"PLAYING TO CAPACITY AT EVERY PERFORMANCE". . Variety

"A VERITABLE SENSATION" New York Star

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28

TRIANGLE

VARIITY

MACK SENNETT-KEYSTONE COMEDIES

Sincerityin Film PlaysThe success of all great undertakings—by; men or by nations—depends pri-

marily on Sincerity of Purpose,

And in direct proportion as this sin-

cerity of purpose has been adhered to,

have temporary successes become per*

manent achievements.

Triangle Plays are built upon sincerity

—the sincere conviction that only bygiving the public picture plays that arebetter'—and by continuing to give thembetter plays, each one as good or betterthan the last—can Triangle succeed asa permanent institution.

.

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A gripping drama of American life.In five acts. Directed by RollinSturgeon. Released May 28th.

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nA story that is logical and interesting. The workof Gail Kane is pleasing" writes Margaret I: Mac-Donald of the Moving Picture World, in reviewing44Whose Wife," the first Gail Kane-Mutual Picture.

This winsome star has won a vast host of admirersby her screen work. Theatres all over the coun-try are packed to the doors when a Gail Kane pro-duction js on the screen. Secure your portion ofthis business. Arrange now to show every GailKane-Mutual Picture. You can book the wholeKane Series at your nearest Mutual Exchange.

Producer DistributorAMUICM PILH COMPANY, INC. MUTUAL FILM COBPONJLfIONSamuml 5. Hatchin&on, Prm$ld*nt John R. Frmulmr, Pmidmnt

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VARIETY 29

OBITUARYCatherine Rowe Palmer died May 31

at the home of her sister in Harlem(New York City). A complication ofdiseases caused death, the deceasedhaving been ill for some time. Sheappeared at the opening of "The Cen-tury Girl" at the Century theatre andhas been in many of the better knownmusical productions. Funeral ser-vices will be held this morning inPhiladelphia.

William (Billy) Bryan was reportedWednesday to have been killed thenight before by falling from the fire

escape where he lived in New York.Bryan was about 40 years of age andhad been in the employ of the Proctorand Orpheum circuits since coming toNew York. Some years ago he wasChicago representative for "The Clip-

per."

In Fond and Loving MiMy Beloved Wife and Pal

MABEL (Calvert) BRUCEWho Departed TMe Ufa May tttn, ISIS

Pm etfll a-troupfn' round, my Pal, fromana town to another.

The same aa yon and I did, Pal, farmany yeara together.

Bat the gotn'a mighty loneaonie now—I miss year compos?!

But, Pal, though cone, yon atfll cheerme with your fond niairy.

Your levins husband.

AL BRUCEBruce and Calvert)

The widow of O. M. Bicknell, whodied last week, wishes it made positiveher husband's death was due to heartfailure, superinduced by a "tobaccoheart," he having been an inveteratecigar smoker. The house physician ofthe Hotel Victoria, Newark, N. J.,

where the death occurred pronounceddeath due to heart failure, while an-other physician said a narcotic was thecause. The latter statement, pub-lished, brought forth Mrs. Bicknell'srequest. The deceased was of Bicknelland Gibney, in vaudeville.

Lieut Colonel N. Newnham Davis, ofthe British Army, playwright and au-thor, died in London Mav 28. He waspart author of "Lady Madcap" pro-duced in London in 1904, and authorof "A Dav in Paris,'* produced in Lon-don in 1908 and in New York in 1911.

He had retired from the service, butreturned to it at the outbreak of thewar.

George Small, 17. son of Prof. Jos.Small, the head of the vaudeville actknown as "The Five Younsr Amer-icans." was drowned Mav 27 whilecanoeing in the Hudson River. Thebody was recovered on Tuesday andthe burial tou< olace yesterday. Hewas a member of the N. V. A.

William Egan. last season propertyman with "The Smiling Beauties." diedMay 25 in Hamburg, Pa., in his 27thvear. His bodv was sent to Easton,Pa., where burial was conducted byLocal 203. T. A. T. S. E., of which hewas a member.

A. C. Coles, father of Avita Sanches(Mrs. Nat Royster) died Sunday.

Lieut. Johnstone Erskine GalweyHerbert, son of Galwev Herbert, whohas been appearing in this country, anda nephew of Wallace Erskine. waskilled in action in France April 24. Hewas actiner captain of his company in

the Yorkshire Regiment.

Joseoh H. Boring died at St. Mary'sHosnital. Brooklyn, Tuesday, of pneu-monia, contracted on a recent trfp

south. The deceased was formerly thehusband of Lillian Doherty (DohertySisters).

Mis. M. Kornblum died May 31 ather home in Bath Beach, L. I. Shewas 29 years of age and the daughterof Andy Lewis. A husband and twochildren survive. Mr. Kornblum is abrother of the late Sam Chip.

Harry Fisher, Jr., son of the come-dian, died May 21 in Los Angeles frominjuries received in an automobile ac-cident the previous day. Burial wasfrom the home of his parents May 31,

in Brooklyn.

May Dillon, formerly of Hart andDillon, died at her home, Chicago, May18, succumbing to paralysis of thenerves. She is survived by her hus-band, Will Hart, now doing blackface,and four children.

Beulah Watson, a member of theoriginal "On Trial" company, commit-ted suicide May 27 at Gerth's Hotel,Fort Lee, N. J. Her last engagementwas in stock at Waltham, Mass. Shehad been complaining of ill health.

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L. W. Mcintosh, formerly connectedwith W. S. Geveland, of Newark, N. J.,

died May 30 at Taft's Hotel. NewYork, from apoplexy. He was 55 yearsold.

Ernest La Jeunesse, dramatic critic

of the Paris daily, Le Journal, latelydied after a lingering illness, althoughhe frequented the Parisian boulevardsto the very last

Herbert Danger (Count Berto Dan-yell Tassinari) died May 30 at Poly-clinic Hospital, New York. He hadbeen ill a short time.

Edouard de Reszke, the famous operastar, is reported as having died at hisestate in Erictrikov, Poland. The re-port reached New York via Berlin.

Henry Maubel, the Belgian play-wright, died recently at Brussels. Hewas 56 years of age and his propername, Maurice Belval.

William G. Sammis, formerly treas-urer of the Park, Brooklyn, died inLondon May 27 after an illness ofseven days.

Wflliam J. Lampton, poet, one ofthe charter members of the Friars, diedsuddenly May 30 of heart disease.

Frank J. Well, brother of Sam C.Weil (Dean and Weil), died May 22 in

New York. He was 45 years old.

Art Greiner, noted as an auto racingdriver, died in a sanatarium, near Mil-waukee, last week.

Francis Brete Harte, son of theAmerican author, died April 24 atMonte Carlo.

The mother of Sada Wander diedMay 29.

The father of Billy Wagner (Kaneand Wagner), died May 25 at his homein Cincinnati.

Winston's Water Lions and DivingNymphs is the correct title of the actadvertised in last week's Vartktt. It

was announced "Living Nymphs"through a typographical error. PeurlWilkerson, the well known Californiabooking man, is piloting the act in theeast. Wilkersnn *viM hf rememberedas the promoter who enpapM practical-ly every minstrel entertainer in thecountry for an all-star show at theCentral theatre, San Francisco, someyears ago, the event failing through thefinancial timidity of his backers.

ANTS, ENGAGEMENTS

SALE and EXCHANGE

£3for IS words.FOR IS WORD*

3 eomts for mmmk word oVoo I

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A-l NOVELTY ACTS FOR CABARET. GIRLSEXPERIENCED IN SCHOOL ACTS. WALTERWINDSOR, ASTOR THEATRE BLDG., ROOM504, NEW YORK.

A LYRIC writer of proven ability, with pub-lishing connections, wanted to collaborate onsome nr.ususlly good ideas: work evenings.Address Live Wire, Variety, New York.

A. NEALE, London revue writer. Now in

America. Comedy acts, tabloids, or complete"books." Subtle, risque, or broad stuff. Reas-onable terms. Gen. Del., Boston.

ARTISTIC soft and hard shoe, eccentric andcharacter dancing taught by the World's cham-pion lady dancer; private and class lessons;song and dance acts arranged and produced.Terms reasonsble. Write for appointment.Agnes Du Vea Studio, 235 W. 45th St., Bryant1865, New York.

AT LIBERTY June 11th —Cornetist, pianist,xvlophonist. formerly with Majestic MusicalFour. Al. Banan, 12 Albion St., Lawrence, Mass.

SCENERY FOR SALE-First part Minstrelset; parallels pin-hinged; good condition. EarsHarrison, St. Joseph, Ma

SCENERY FOR YOUR ACT. BUELL SCENICCO., 326 KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE BLDG.,NEW YORK.

SOUBRETTE. GOOD VOICE, WISHES TOJOIN PARTNER IN VAUDEVILLE ACT ORVAUDEVILLE PRODUCTION; JUST CLOSEDWITH RECOGNIZED ACT.NEW YORK.

R\ E., VARIETY,

BOOKING FIRST-CLASS ACTS for cabaretsthroughout the country. BILLY CURTIS (Gen-eral Manager), Broadway Booking Office, GaietyTheatre Bldg., Room 601, New York.

FOR SALE—ROLL TOP DESK. LIGHT OAK,IN VERY GOOD CONDITION : WILL BE SOLDREASONABLE TO QUICK BUYER. JOHN-SON, VARIETY, NEW YORK.

FOR SALE—Regulation else asbestos curtain,in perfect condition. Apply Walter Rosenberg,Savoy Theatre, 112 WT 34th St.. New York.Orcolcy t#L

I HAVE strongly drsmatlc one-act "crook**play for sale or on royalty. Easily staged;two men, one woman. Plot, Box 14, Variety,New York.

KIDS WANTED-Taleated Children lor Van-deville. Cap guarantee Forty Weeks' Work.E. W. Wolf, Globe Theatre Bldg„ Philadelphia,

PROFESSIONAL depsrtment of popular mu-sic publisher wants young man to play piano(transpose) snd sing. State experience: repliesconfidential. Publisher. Variety, New York.

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mer; about twelve people with producer, pre-sent inn clean, meritorious entertainment. Es-tablished Keith house. Answering, omit hotsir and send credentials. Pastime Theatre.Columbia, S. CWANTED—For well-known act, Small Lady

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Sarr MountainPark Casino

Holyoke, Mass.; operated by Holyoke Street

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entirely independent.

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John Blackwood, formerlj associated withOliver Moroaco In the letter's picture ven-tures and now press representative for theInce pictures, was a visitor here.

George Lovett of "Lovett's Concentration"has entered the mnslo publishing businessunder the name of the Concentration Publish-ing Co. He Is also producing acta.

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Rocoo Vocco and his wife, Dolly La Marr,are leaving for Italy shortly on a visit toVocco's family, resident there. Es Keoughwill temporarily replace Vocco as profes-sional manager of the Leo Feist office until

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Ed Hayes of Hayes and Wynn settled hissuit against the Rock Island road for $200.He Instituted action because of Injuries to hisspine when the train in which he was ridingJumped the track. That was on March 16.

will give shows on Saturday and 9Vndaysthroughout the summer.

George Kingsbury has devised a drawingscheme to help swell the Red Cross fund, It

being circulated around the Association floor,the numbers calling for a payment from onecent to a dollar. There are two prizes, onebeing a life membership to the Fund and theother a box to "Turn to the Right."

Cal Griffiths, manager of the local OrpheumCircuit office, now that most of the housesare closed, has blossomed out as a pro-nounced golf bug. The champion golf playerof the Majestic building, however, Is TlnkHumphrey, who sometimes takes along "Aus-tralian" Roy Murphy for laughing purposes.At that, though, since Mort Singer was latelyknown to have played with Champion ChickEvans, he is looked on as a dark horse.

Goldson heard an act volunteer to WalterDownie to play a day for nothing as a try outat the Rex (a Goldson house) he said he hadno objections to the act appearing three dayson the same basis.

By the end of next week most of the Asso-ciation houses In the city will close for the,seaaon. The Lincoln, American and Wilsonstop on Saturday, while the Kedcle, Avenueand Windsor close next week. The Lincoln

Eddie Shayne is making a mysterious col-lection, saying that the money goes to buy awrist watch for Walter Meeker and a meshbag for S. Goldson, both managing smalltime houses in the city. So far the fundamounts to 60 cents, supposed to have beenput in by Shayne himself. Lately when

Mort Singer called in all the bookers andothers employed by the W. V. M. A. andasked that they cut down on chewing gum,cigarettes and cigars so that they might In-

vest in Liberty Bonds. Already most of thetheatrical folk in the Majestic building havestarted payments on such bonds, ,which arefrom 150 up In denomination. Bond sellersare also making a thorough canvass of profes-sionals, having applied for permission towork back stage. Mr. Singer has purchased$10,000 worth of the bonds and Sam Thallhas taken $2,000.

Pageant, which takes place In two sectionsthis week. The first celebration occurredWednesday, with the final ceremony Satur-day. The pageant was held on the sanddunes near Gary, Ind., which is a freakland formation adjacent to Lake Michigan.The demonstration, which has many folkssocially prominent In Chicago participating,was conceived with the Idea of making thedunes a national park and to block com-mercial Interests who desired to buy the landfor factory purposes. Trains were run fromhere every fifteen minutes on the afternoonsof both days.

Of considerable local Interest in the Dunes

"The Teasers," the musical show attachedlast week by J. Sherwood Brown of theDavidson, Milwaukee, for moneys advanced,had a female "angel" In Addle Palmer ofChicago. The principals got away with mostof the costumes, claiming salary due. The

COME UP TO OUR ROOF GARDEN STUDIOand hear two of the year's best songs for vaudeville

:

(a) "TWILIGHT LANE" by Greene and Solman, a charming musical comedy type of number arranged in single, double,

male or mixed quartet forms. Especially effective as a situation duet, opening or closing number. Come up and workit out on our stage.

(b) "THE PARADISE OF YOUR DEAR EYES" by Greene and Miller, a ballad in high class form, but not too "high-

browy". A special feature of this song is the expressive vocal or violin obbligato ad libitum on the last refrain.

CHAS. MILLER and a competent staff of arrangers and pianists in constant attendance.

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I34 VARUTY

Jos. W. Stern & Co.

announce an exclusive publish-

ing arrangement with

William 6.

Friedlanderauthor and composer of manysuccessful musical reviews andsongs, including all of the num-bers featured by

Nan Halperincomprising

"Play My Wedding March In

Ragtime"

"The Youngest ofthe Family"

I'd Rather Be a Bridesmaid

Than a Bride"

AND OTHERSas well as

"Oh,YouWonderfHieirl"

the musical hit of Mr. FriecQand-er's pretentious vaudeville offer-

ing

nTHE FOUR HUSBANDSAmong the first of Mr. Fried-lander's works offered the pro-fession will be a carefully se-lected list of

SONG NOVELTIES

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ANNOUNCEMENTSOwing to the fact that, despitemany offers from publishers,Mr. Friedlander has hithertopreferred to reserve his materialfor special use, we are particu-larly gratified to be enabled, bythis exclusive arrangement, tooffer to the profession the splen-did and original works of thistalented writer.

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production was released on a writ of replevinsued out by Fred Lowenthal in behalf of the20th Century Studios, I. M. Welngarten andthe Up to Now Costume Co. Brown foughtthe writ. The show had been scheduled to*play the GTarrick, succeeding "Very Good'Eddie." It is said that LeCompte andFletcher, who toured several of the formerMort Singer Shows, will again put "TheTeasers" on, after recasting It.

AUDITORIUM (H. M. Johnson, mgr.).—"Uncle Sam Awake," film, starting Wednes-day.BLACKSTONE.—Dark.COHAN'S ORAND (Harry J. Ridings, mgr.).

"Turn to the Right" (20th week).CHICAGO.—Dark.COLONIAL (Norman Fields, mgr.).—"Tbe

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MAJESTLC (Fretf Bberts, mgr. ; agent, Or-pheum).—The bill was again run on a seven-act basis, since the Gertrude Hoffman revuewas held over. At first the Hoffman act wasbooked into Milwaukee this week, with Crossand Josephine billed to headline at the Ma-jestic, but In light of the big business en-Joyed last week, the two acts were switched.The Hoffman revue remains the same as pre-sented laBt week, and irregardless of Its ac-knowledged faults, the fast remains that it is

a big flash. The house Monday night wasvery good, with the lower floor and boxescapacity. Some credit goes to Miss Hoffmanas a draw, but the weather being continuedcool had something to do with it. As framedthe bathing portion at the finish seemed outof order, Its only excuse being that some-

. thing had to be used to close the revue. YetIt seems wasteful that the theatre was forcedto spend several hundred dollars for thesunken tank. Miss Hoffman's act closed thebill, succeeding in holding In practically theentire house. The supporting show was notas good as last week, and for some reason It

dragged. Maybe It was because of the lackof singing, for when Medlin, Watts andTownes appeared in the sixth spot, they hadan easy time. They were, however, helpedby the comedy. Ray and Gordon Dooley, onfourth, left as favorites. They were pro-gramed as assisted by Elmer Oraham, butthe latter failed to show. "The Cure," a JohnB. Hymer comedy, was enjoyably played by

* Ralph Locke and Ida Stanhope, with threeassisting play%rs. It occupied No. 3 positionand won several curtains. As the wife of sosuccessful a physician, the girl playing therole might wear a more attractive costume.Rtggs and Wltchle danced In perfect rhythmIn the fifth spot, where they won apprecia-tion. Perhaps the best of their routine arethe harlequin numbers. Brent Hayes, whoplays his own accompaniment on the banjo,was second, with the house insisting on sev-eral encores. The Qarlclnnetl Brothers, acro-bats and hat throwers, opened the shownicely. Their bull dog by butting a big ballInto the audience put tho audience In goodhumor.

McVICKER'S (Jones, Llnlck & Schaefer,mgrs. ; agent, Loew-Doyle).—The bill appearedto be up to standard, but the running orderfor the second show Monday was a ratherweak arrangement. Of the first five acts, fourworked 4n "one" and the two single womenon the bill had spots too close together, oneappealing on third and the other on fifth.

Tlie house was big, the weather not yet beingtempered with summer air. O'Connor andDixon went over for a hit, getting laughsaplenty with rather bright material. Theyare a hard working team, deserving th« ap-preciation. Mae Curtis also went very big,

the house taking strongly to the humorouslyrics of her ditties, all being restricted num-bers. Best liked of her routine were "It's aGreat Place for a Fellow that's Single," "TonCan Always Tell a Lady. But Tou Can't TellHer Much," and "My Kingdom for a Man."For a finish she did a rube number that senther off to a good hand. The fart that MissCurtis was on two turns before her, naturallyhandicapped Buhla Pearl, a golden hairedgirl of good appearance, but they liked herand she probably scored In later shows, wherea better working order was likely effected.

The "Ladles Reducing Parlor." all girls, and' several the extreme In build for comedy pur-poses, was mildly accepted savo at the finish

when they laughed at the hurlosquo boxingbit. It might be said that the act was at adisadvantage compared to the girls' shapes In

the Keystone comedy shown after It and called"Secrets of a Peauty Parlor." "Every Man'sSister," a playlet rather well done, met aready response for Its sentiments. Tojettland Bennett did nicely with a dancing turnin "one." The Beaudonls, w'th slack wireand Juggling, went fairly. Also on the bill

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KBJDZIE (Ous Bunge, mgr. ; agent, W. V.M. A.).—Rather a pleasing five-act show forthe last half last week. The house Is due toclose for the season at the end of next week,running pictures until fall. It was one of the

affected houses during the White Rat dis-turbance, but business has been satisfactorythroughout to the Kedxle management Thefeature was "Twenty Odd Tears," the quaintplaylet given by Harry Beresford. His oldman portrayal of "Nunky" is a lovable char-acter, which was relished Thursday night.A. straight singing trio, Hahn, Weller andMarts, were second, where they found thingseasy. Olive Briscoe, next to closing, appearedto be suffering from a cold, and her routinewas subdued until she gave her favorite num-ber "The Days of *61," which brought re-turns. "Jealousy," her opening number, gotlittle, though It seemed worthy. Emersonand Baldwin with their "nut" comedy Jug-gling, were allotted the closing spot. Whenthey pulled a burlesque magic bit in the mid-dle of the act, a man on the second rowarose and bid them "Good Night" with a waveof the hand. That got them laughing andmight have been why they missed severaltimes with the club Juggling, at which theyare best, ""lie Novelty Clintons, with a neatwoman assistant and a Jumpsr of skill rarelyseen these days, opened the show. His workdemands perfect physical condition, which theman showed. He is also a clever tumbler.ACADEMT (Joe Pilgrim, mgr.; agent, W.

V. M. A.).—Joe Pilgrim, the theatrical powerof Halsted street, admitted that tho first halfshow was "the best of the season," but thatwas no alibi for the last half. At that therewere two interesting spots on the six-actbill.' One was Louie Dacre, squat and titIanhaired, who confidentially told the house thather "shape was undoubtedly on the blink."Miss Dacre, formerly of burlesque, has beenIn vaudeville of late, and not long ago suedthe parents of the younger James Mclntyre,her erstwhile husband, for a princely sum,alleging alienation of affection. At the Acad-emy she was a hit. or as near to a hit aspossible there. She monologs a bit, the"blue" bits of her material getting over, andfor a finish has a parody or two. "FlyingVenus," said to be the same act knownformerly as "Mrs. Eddy," succeeded In fool-ing the house with her aerial excursions with-out visible support and suggesting more thananything else a quick exposition of the "levi-tatlon" stunts. The woman always remainsclose to a black cyclorama, placed In about"four" and apparently a projecting crane Is

employed to carry her through the evolutions.

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There Is a female announcer and, of course,a man In back. "Old Home Folks," a toohomely playlet with heroics and everything,will hardly do save for the smaller houses.Three persons are concerned, two of themsaid to have once billed themselves as Turnerand Turner. Arnold and Page, with pianoand songs, and both making a good appear-ance, the woman making several costumechanges, need new material, and with it shouldnot find trouble in securing bookings. TheJones Brothers, a blackface talking act, didonly fair. They depend upon the Jerkingdown of a flimsy drop, disclosing to viewstage hands who scamper off, for the onlyreal laugh. The Ovonda Duo, with piano andxylophone, opened the show well, and as theyare known, probably do not lack for time."Flying Venus" left the bUl on Friday night,because of trouble with the stage hands union.The Box Car Trio replaced her.

WINDSOR (D. L. Swarts, mgr. ; agent, W.V. M. A.).—Not quite up to the average here,still last week's last half bill pleased. Thewaning season made Itself evident in the siseof the house for the last show on Friday,there being less than half capacity on hand.One of the feature turns, "Every Day In theTear," as done by Morgan and Gray, provedone of the best comedy playlets in months.It Is a Wlllard Mack sketch, of farclal treat-ment, humorously touching on the affairs ofyoung wedded pair. The situation finds hubbyabed, with the wife Just having finished pre-paring breakfast prodding her mate with thefact that he has to dress, eat and make thetrain to town all In fifteen minutes. The factthat he has had a tough night session, makesthe dally hustling stunt all the harder forhubby. But when he Is finally off for a rush toJoin his fellow commuters, the morning paperarrives and it Is discovered that he doesn'thave to go Into town at all, since it is Sunday.There are 1 many bright lines, well handled.Joe Morris and Flossie Campbell In theirskit, "The Avl-ate-her," went over very big,next to closing, getting a goodly amount oflaughs. Miss Campbell got something, too,with a humorous lyric, "Come Out of theKitchen Mary Ann." Jerry and OretchenOmeara, on second, had a singing novelty,liked fairly. Oretchen sits at the pianopoetically telling of people they have met,while Jerry gives character costume impres-sions of them—a hobo, an old ex-soldier andan elderly Dutchman. The latter was theonly humorous role and was most appreciated.Harts and Evans did nicely, opening the showwith dances. The Herbert Oermalne Trio,

. cadleiti, closed the five-act bill.

OREAT NORTHERN HIPPODROME (AndyTalbot, mgr.; agent, W. V. M. A.).—The dayshift for the first portion of the week held asa feature "The Llngere Shop," which earlierIn the season worked in the east under thetitle of "The Haberdashery." The house,fully up to the usual big business Mondayafternoon with lobbies holding waiting crowds,liked the English "Johnny" part and laughedfreely, and though the act lacks in musicalnumbers, It stands up to the average of its

class. "It Happens Every Day," the WlllardMack comedy, done by Morgan and Grey andmentioned more fully In a review of the Wind-sor bill, was much enjoyed by the Hipp crowd.Directly after It was Harry Coleman, theventriloquist, rather handicapped because ofthe talking ahead of him. However, LesMorgan evened up matters by walking out Inthe midst of Coleman's act and supposedly re-trieving his collar button from the footlights.The house laughed heartily and then Colemangot something with his dummy, which is soconstructed that it "walks" with him." Moore,Gardner and Rose, a neatly arrayed male triowith comedy and songs, went over well, usinga burlesque opera bit for a finish. TheKrenka Brothers opened the show nicely withcomedy acrobatics, the smallest of the pairworking very fast In spots, which brought ap-plause. The Balzar Sisters closed the showwith their aerial work, going but fairly.DeVore and Wally, two girls offering straightviolin playing, were on second and, though aneat act, won little in the way of returns.

WINDSOR AVE.—With the weather coolenough to enrourago almost any kind of In-door sports, the Wilson Avenue business atthe first show Monday night was considerablybelow normal for some reason. The Wilsonsuffers in a business way with the advent ofmotor weather, and despite the bite of thechilly lake wtad, Sheridan road waa crowdedwith 1017 models. BvJs the audlenee as-

sembled and the usual Monday night com-mltte of agents, chaperoned by Walter Buell,voted the five-act bill unusually good. Thebill waa exceptionally well balanced, aa five-act bills go around these parts. Maestro andCo. opened with Juggling and balancing.Maestro does the Juggling, aided and advisedby the "company," a statuesque lady, whoseannouncement, " Maestro will attempt a diffi-cult and interesting balancing feat," is super-fluous. Maestro's tumbling, Juggling, bal-ancing and maglo are decidedly unique, andwith a little speeding up and the eliminationof the unnecessary announcement he wouldbe a contender for big time. Anthony andAdelle were In second position. They openedwith a piano accordion duet following whichthe woman rendered a solo upon the ItalianStelnway. The man's whistling solo and thewhistling accordion finish earned the team anencore which should have been taken withoutthe forcing of five or six bows. Menlo Moore's"Miss America" shows a decided Improve-ment Jean Waters has fallen into the waysof a "nut" In handling the soubret role andher style brings home the laughs. She wassuffering from hoarseness and had troublewith her songs. Neal Anderson Is also get-ting some good laughs now and his part nasbeen brightened up considerably. PierceKeegan has replaced Frank Ellis in the lightcomedy and featured part and Is an Improve-ment as far as getting the lines over is con-cerned. He Is not up to Ellis on the step-ping thing, but otherwise aU to the good."Miss America," a good-natured sort of asuffraget satire on present day recruiting,should find favor during these times. It'scrisp, clean and tuneful. Next to closingwere Fields and Wells, billed verbatim asfollows : "Klasslkal Komlks Note—Mr. Fields'Family of School Kids—Mr. Wells' Familyof Rathskellar Trio." The audience expecteda sort of combined school and rathskelleract. The mystery was explained by Mr. Buell,who said the words "family" should have been'formerly." This team literally cleaned withtheir songs and talk. The low cut dress gag,seedy at best and decidedly blue, and the lone"damn" should have been left out of theotherwise good routine—especially at theWilson. When Mr. Wells started In to sing"For Me and My Gal," following its renditionon the accordion, there was an audible sigh,but the comedian's parody on the first verseand chorus squared matters. Three aoodparodies In fact figured not a little In tnelrmeasure of applause. Loose and Sterlingclosed the bill. Ralph Lohse has Introducedsome comedy business with a concertina Inhis trapeze work which earned him severalhearty laughs. Vaudeville gives way to asummer stock policy at the Windsor beginningnext week, with "Seven Keys to Baldpate" asthe opening attraction.

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agent, direct).—Ray Cox, who has not ap-peared at the Orpheum for nearly four years,headlines the current bill, providing a laugh-ing hit, her horseback riding travesty beingespecially strong. Dorothy Shoemaker, as-sisted by Louis Leon Hall in "Supper ForTwo." held attention. Boyle and Brown in"Bright Breesy Bits" scored. Frank andToble opened the show nicely. Ruth St Denisand Co. in her second week closed the showImmensely. Mlllleent Mower and Marlon Har-rfo, both holdovers, repeated satisfactorily.De Leon and Davies received big reception.

PANTAOE8.—"Phun Fiends," snappy girlact closed with a sip. Chris Richards, ap-SlauM hit Klmlwa Japs opened showily,larconl Brothers, bf? retires. Paul Pecker

and Co., pleased. Knickerbocker Quartet,passed.

HIPPODROME.—Libby Blondell and Co..pleased. Miller, Scott and Fuller, laughingresults. Alvaretta, Rego and Stopplt closedthe show. McCarthy and Woolcott held at-tention. Mardo and Hunter.

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August 25, 1916.

Mr. Pietro,

New Milford, N. J.

My dear Mr. Pietro:

In a recent issue of "Variety" we notice

that an accordion player named Deiro madestatements in which he said that a great talk-

ing machine company had begged him to play

for them, but he refused, etc., etc. Thesestatements are absolutely ridiculous.

The facts which the Victor Company will

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heard your test records and compared themwith those made by Deiro, they dropped all

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Offices of

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Counsellors At LawNo. 106 Market Street, Camden, N. J.

February 13, 1917.

Henry Silverman, Esq.,

299 Broadway, New York.Dear Sir :

—

Your letter of February 10th addressed toVictor Talking Machine Company has beenhanded to us for reply. You have evidentlybeen misinformed. The company never wrotethe alleged letter dated August 25, 1916, pub-lished in the Variety. You can yourself seethat the company would never sign a letter"Victor Talking Machine."

Mr. Diero says he and his brother havereached an amicable understanding in the mat-ter. If this be true you might ask the brotherto produce the alleged letter of August 25th.When you satisfy yourself that he cannot pro-duce it you will readily sec that what youwant is a statement from the brother ad-mitting that the company never wrote andhp nt'vj'r received the alleged Jdfer published'n thr Variety.

Very truly,

(Signed) FRENCH & RICHARDS.

Feb. ia 1917.Victor Talking Machine Co.,Camden, New Jersey.Gentlemen :

—

Mr. Guido Deiro has placed with me formy attention, a matter against you arising outof a publication of a letter written by you onAugust 25, 1916, to Mr. Pietro and publishedin the Variety. The contents of that letterare injurious to my client's reputation. He is

willing, however, to forgo any action that hemay have against you upon condition that youwill cause to be published in the Variety, afuil page statement retracting the statementsmade in your letter and recompense himfor his expenses in advertising denial of yourstatements.Should I fail to hear from you by return

mail, I will take it that you desire me toproceed and I will act accordingly.

Very truly yours,(Signed) HARRY SILVERMAN.

Variety, Times Square, N. Y;Dear Sirs:

—

In "Variety" of August 18th, Deiro made cer-tain statements which were absolutely false.

One of these statements was to the effectthat I was present and overheard a conver-sation at the Palace Theatre, three years ago,and that the Victor agent appeared at thestage door and begged him to come to someunderstanding with the company. In answerto that I would state that during the timethat Deiro played the Palace Theatre, I wasnot in New York and I never was either atthe stage door of the Palace Theatre, nor any-where near the Palace Theatre during thetime of any of his engagements at thathouse. Regarding his statement that he askedme to fulfill the time with the Victor people,would state that this also is absolutely false,

and the letter which I have from the VictorTalking people will verify my statement. Thefact of the matter is, as the Victor people havewritten, my records were faultless, while notone of his was perfect.

I regret very much to have been broughtinto this matter, as I usually attend to myown business, and my engagements Keep mebusy without having any controversy of thiskind. Why Deiro should have printed amalicious falsehood regarding me, I cannotunderstand. I shall pay no more attention toany statement that he may make.

PIETRO. _

Offices ofFrench and RichardsCounsellors At Law

*

No. 106 Market Street, Camden, N. J.* February 16, 1917.

Henry Silverman, Esq.,299 Broadway,

New York, N. Y.

Dear Sir :

—

We have your letter of February 14th, andare glad to know that you agree with us thatthe company would not sign such a letter asthat published. These brothers seem to becarrying on a controversy which interests noone but themselves. The Victor Companyrefused to be drawn into the controversy andrefused to furnish a letter for publication. It

did not send the alleged letter published andno one can produce such a letter. This state-ment would seem to cover the suggestion con-tained in the fourth paragraph of your letterof February 14th. While other people haveforgotten the statements published by eachof these brothers against the other do younot think it would be a sensible thing for thebrothers to let the matter drop and each tryto succeed on hi* own merits rather than byattempting to ridicule the other?

Very truly yours,(Signed) FRENCH & RICHARDS.

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accordeon specialty on Big

Time?

Who is the highest salaried

artist of this classification?

Who plays the Big Timecontinually?

Whose piano accordeon rec-

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Who stopped the show for

14 consecutive performances

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8,000 people?

Who was awarded the Gold

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Who taught Pietro how to

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piano accordeon?

Who published the Victor

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union, the two female assistants appearingto hold a little conversation between them-selves about a MOO check. During the ab-sence of both. Miss Chaloner appears as ayoung maiden, apparently atealing her wayinto the room for no reason at all. The fol-

lowing dialog is meaningless. The sketchcould be laid away Immediately. Brown Car-stens and Wuerl opened with xylophone, giv-ing the performance an unusually fast startcarried throughout. The violin solo wan awell-accomplished bit, although a little ahort-enlng would undoubtedly make it more val-uable. More care should be taken with thefast playing, one individual appearing to runfar ahead of the other two, almost killing theoriginal melody. Oden and Holland offeredthe usual routine of two acts, the male mem-ber indulging In a number of familiar bitsand gaga They fared exceptionally wellthrough going in for Borne audience workthat was further helped through the anxlous-ness of the auditor who waa willing to par-ticipate. Anita Arllss, billed as the formerstar of "The Chocolate Soldier," assisted byArthur Alton in the pit, gained considerablewith neatly-arranged singing. Including for?mer popular melodies. While the turn ap-pears a bit long, they nevertheless wore as-sured of safe landing through the good Im-pression made by atlas Arllss upon her open-ing. Henri Kubllck then proceeded to tie upproceedings with his violin novelty turn, fur-ther aided by his corking voice. They ap-plauded long after the lights had gone out.Kubllck looks ripe for a trip over the biggercircuits, for he appears to possess all thenecessary requirements, not only to got himthere, but to keep him there. Ward, Belland Ward closed with the fast aorobatlc work,gaining their usual applause. The Bkatelleswere delegated to follow the sketch, andwhile the spot looked a bit hard they eaallyregistered In the applause column. The turnremalna practically the same, although theystill retain their diatlnctiveneaa in offeringan entirely different skating act.

SAVOY.—Although considerable interest wascentered upon the opening of the burlesqueseason at the Savoy, it was apparent the first

evenlng'a gathering was willing to laugh andapplaud, notwithstanding the trouble the showwas forced to contend with through tbe In-ability of the stage hands to properly makechanges and handls the lights. This naturallywas decidedly harmful to the opening part thatlooked like a $2 attraction for the first 15minutes before encountering the stage trouble.It threw the entire first part out of line, it

not again attaining a proper running strideuntil almost the closing. While the show theopening night looked good enough when con-sidering the circumstances. It could stand alittle cutting and speeding, although tbe bookIs there. It Is the regulation burlesque work-ed up to satisfy the most critical for the ad-mission price, and while it might be classed

as stock burlesque, looks a good deal betterthan some of the regular wheel shows In theeast. The principals appeared uncertain thefirst night, and the performance at timeslacked the punch, although the laughs throughthe book were of excellent quality. Tbe fe-male contingent made a dandy impression.Rosaline Lee, handling the most numbera,possesses the essential qualities of a soubret,besides a striking personality. She also speaksdistinctly. Miss Leo tears all the necessaryquallflcatlona expected from a winsome soubretof her type, and ahe can wear clothes. Bettyfiutterlck also came in for her ahare of ap-preciation being splendidly built and wearingclothes with the best of them, besides display-ing a voice of exceedingly high quality. Thismore than anything else waa responsible forher successful debut, and with aufflcient ex-perience she promises to attract attention indue time. Chryatal Francis handled a minorrole, but hardly left the impression of theother women through not having at least onesong. Joe Barton Is given credit for the pro-duction, and while he had little to do In thepiece, accredited himself during the best com-edy bit of the evening in the burlesque whenhe did a hair-Up bit The Belmoote Sistersalso did a dancing specialty juat before him.Joe Lee played a clean Hebrew throughout,and while a bit ahy on mannerisms managed tofare well and repeatedly gained laughing re-sults. Lee was somewhat harmed by hismake-up, and while he gave a creditable per-formance will appear to bettor advantage Inthe next show scheduled to open in about fourweeks. Ward Caulfleld, doing a Tad. attractedattention, carrying the greater portion of theahow with hla experience coming in handy, heualng it to good advantage when the perform-ance began to weaken. Caulfleld did not at-tempt to utilise the familiar style of workingusually Identified with this character, but in-stead clung to the book. F. Kek Schilling isa good straight. He leads a few numbers,besides the final, which caused more com-motion than any other number. The finalewas exceptionally well arranged, and com-bined with some beautiful costumes and for-mations it closed the evening with a bangMinor parts were handled by Jerry McVlckerRex Carter and Jack Stanley, the latter dis-playing nothing in his favor during his onenumber, besides attempting to dance, whichhe proved unable to do. Barring the openingnight drawbacks, Meyers & Shapiro should en-Joy a indefinite engagement at the Savoy Ifthe opening attraction is any criterion.

J. J. Cluxton, local representative for Pan-tages, who has been busily engaged latelyin staging the new Edna Keeley girl actwhich shortly opens on the Pantagea Cir-cuit, made a trip out of town to witness theopening and, according to reports, It looksmighty good. The setting Is said to be themost pretentious ever sent over the circuit.

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Henry Miller opened his engagement herelast week, and if the opening business Is anycriterion, Miller can look forward to a pros-perous sojourn. Notwithstanding the strongopposition afforded through the opening of"The Masked Model," the big Cort produc-tion, both houses were almost taxed to theircapacities, although the Cort probably heldthe most money through having the largerone.

Ground has ' been broken for the erectionof the new Ackerman A Harrla office building.

A number of professionals have registeredfor the draft.

Pantagea, Ogden, a three-day stand. Is toclose June 2 for the summer, reopeningaround Aug. 1.

An organization to be known aa Clarke'sMusical Comedy Co. will play through Cali-fornia under canvas this summer, openingJune 12.

BOSTON.BY aUBN LIBBEY.

KEITH'S (Robert G. Larsen, mgr. ; agent,U. B. O.).—A well balanced bill, althoughmost of It has played this bouse recently,offered one of the best shows of the season.The featured act Is "The Forest Fire," whichcloses the bill and which is running even bet-ter than on its last showing. The Watson Sis-ters caught on at Just the psychological mo-ment and cleaned up big, especially with their"Ioway" number. McClure and Dolly In acombination of c'ub swinging and balancingwent well; Dunbar's Old Time Darkies nearlystopped the show, repeating their previoussuccess; "The Playmates," a snappy sketch,went fair ; Frank Crummit in a single barelycarried his place; Dan Burke in "The OldMaster" nearly scored decisively ; Yvette gotacross neatly ; while Laurie and Rronsongave the Watson Sisters a close run for sec-ond honors.BOSTON (Charles Harris, mgr. ; agent, U.

R. O.).—Vaudeville and pictures. Long show.Excellent.

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BIJOU (Ralph Gilman, mgr.; agent, U. B.O.).—Pictures. Fair.

BOWDOIN (Al Somerbee, mgr. ; agent, U.B. O.).—A special feature bill, heavily ad-vertised aa "A Spring Vaudevile Carnival,"drawing capacity, with a fair net.

ST. JAMES (Joseph Brennan, mgr.; agent,Loew).— Pop. Good.GLOBE ( Frank Meagher, mgr. ; agent.

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PARK (Thomas D. Sorlero, mgr.).—Plo-tures, with Brady's "The Whip" featured Inheavy advertising at no Increase over regularadmission prices.

COLONIAL (Charles J. Rich, mgr.).—Dark.8HUBERT (B. D. Smith, mgr.).—Second

week of "The Highwayman" going surpris-ingly strong. Monday nlgth was the date ofthe 20th anniversary of the completion of tbescore by Reginald De Koven, and he per-sonally conducted the orchestra as a result.

MAJESTIC (E. D. Smith, mgr.).—The thirdweek of "The Crisis" Sim. Good.PLYMOUTH (B. D. Smith, mgr.).—Now on

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WILBUR (B. D. Smith, mgr.).—Lent weekof the Dolly Sisters In "His Bridal Night" tofair business. Next Monday night will comethe metropolitan premier of the A. H. Woods'

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The 17th week of "Fair and Warmer" withbusiness still going big.HOLLIS (Charles J. Rich, mgr.).—Last

week of "Treasure Island," which has beendoing excellently but has booking that precludeIts retention.TREMONT (John B. Bchoeffel, mgr.).—

Grant Mitchell In "The Tailor-Made Man" onIts 12th week to fair business. This Is theCohan comedy that had Its first performancehere and was expected to go Into N«w Torkafter two weeks.BOSTON OPERA HOUSE (Lawrence Mo-

Carty. mgr.).—Dark.CASTLE SQUARE (John Craig, mgr.).—

Stock. "Mr. Jubilee Drax," Horace AnneeleyVachell's detective play, was given Its firstAmerican performance Tuesday night withJohn Craig In the title role.COPLEY (George H. Pattee, mgr.).—"The

Angel In the House" was produced by theHenry Jewett English Players Monday to acapacity house. It was received with no es-pecial favor, although the real trouble laidwith the company, which did not have theaesthetic comedy In good shape. Is going tcplay through next week, at least.CASINO (Charles Waldron, mgr.).—"The

Trocaderos," Waldron's stock burlesque, Isdonning up through the cold weather, andwill probably play until the Howard closes.HOWARD (George E. Lothrop, mgr.).—

Strouse and Franklyn stock, using 24 girls,playing to capacity, flanked with a good vau-deville bill. Will play at least two weeks InJune.

BUFFALO.BY W. B. mEPHAIf.

SHEA'S (Henry Carr. mgr.).—Excellent billheaded by Sylvester Schaefer, with TobyClaude, well featured; Ward and Faye, openneatly; Skating Venuses, good; Helen Pageand Co., fair; Klmberly and Arnold, big ap-plause: Pay, Coleys « Fay, good.OLYMPIC (Hruce Fowler, mgr.).—"The

Drcmn harden. " musical revue, headliningnucccsafuny; Bohn A Bonn, exceptionally;Grace Wesson, pleasing: Russell A Hughes,well liked, and Martin Lynn, a hit.LYRIC (Chas. Bowe, mgr.).—Opening week

of Jack X. Lewis Players In "The Rosary." toreceptive houses; playing three a day. Fol-lowing, "Why Girls Leave Home."

M. D. SIMMONSGeneral Booking Manager

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ACADEMT (Jules Michael, mgr.).—F Irathalf: Kaptaln Kidder a Co.; Beck and Woods,Felix Haney, Willie Mlssem A Co., Flint'sCanines.OAYETY (Richard Patten, mgr.).—Mollle

Williams and her big show heartily welcomedagain with exceptional recelpta.

The Academy, Buffalo, ehlfts to assumesummer stock June 4, the leads belnc Oreenand Parker, Temple Quartet, Maurice Samuelsand Irma Vincent.

Virginia Irwin of Fred Irwin's "Big Show,"Is now singing at Ruth's.

Crystal Beach opened May 20 with manynew attractions. The new Identification Sys-tem, now in effect on the border, does notInclude this resort.

LOS ANGELESBy GUY PRICE.

Al Nathan, one time manager of the _«*-press, San Francisco, has succeeded Ben Col-lier as manager of the Superba.

Bill Jacobs Is hers as manager of the Kolband Dill show, which Is breaking all previousrecord for the comedians at ths Majestic.

A nice sum wss realised for the Home Oar-don committee the opening day of Qulnn'eRlalto, the management giving the first dayproceeds to the movement.

The AmerJran Alii«vu Huiubi', lr4 p.rc*:rc3«at the Broadway Aufl!»c-f'jm. 1* />*?.• of thebiggest events ever attempted here and Isbeing attended by thousands from all overths States. May 23 to June 2.

Webb's Hawaiian Jass Band has been en-gaged for Erie Beach

Arthur Wenzel, one of Morosco's publloltymen, has fully recovered from an affliction ofthe no«e. An operation put the smeller backIn condition.

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Ramsey Wallace and Lola May have retiredfrom the Morosco cart.

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tary of the Flchtenberg enterprises, has re-

signed In order to accept a position with the"Item." Dureau will aaslst R. E. Prltchardin the motion picture department of the paper.

L. M. Ash, the Shreveport impresario, glim-med the local boulevards Sunday. Accordingto Ash. Wednesday of last week marked the

time when the politicians of his city showedtheir actual strength. That day the telephonecompany notified subscribers that thereinafter

INERSAKE-UP

I -t. Ill NHY < MIM K. *t*c.

PHfsJtMLMIA, PAKEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr. ) .—Comedy

and music ran right through the entire billthis week. Even tha clown dug with Her-bert's act, which opened the show, did hit"bit," for a laugh. It was a heavy-lookingbill on paper, 'but it was well laid out andstruck an even balance. The dogs, with theirsetting, gave the bill a nice start and wonsome applause on appearance alone, which is

a strong feature of this act. George Skipperand Myrtle Kastrup did very nicely withtheir mixture of comedy and character songswith a dancing finish. They get a neat bitout of the "dope" number, and their eccentricstepping gives them a good finish. SammyWeston and Sidney Clare also dance. Theydo a bit of singing, too, but It is their danc-ing that carries these boys along. Therewas a question about how Raymond andCaverley, who are known as a German act,

would get along In the face of the Inter-national situation, but the boys really pulleda rfurprise hit. While the audience was read-ing the signs on the comedy drop, the or-chestra played "The Marseillaise" and thacomedians have modified their make-up sothat they are working almost straight. Theydo their tangle talk in broken German, andit got over Just as big as ever, the boys get-ting plenty of laughs for their talk and par-odies and finishing to a big hand. "TheBride Shop" with Andrew Tombes in theprincipal comedy roW r

^rns or.r of the biglaughing hits. This ranks as one of the verybest of the tabloids played here, and tt wentjust as well as it did two seasons ago, al-

though the supporting cast Is not as strongas with Lola Wentworth in the principal fa-

male role. Tombes is a clever funmaker ofthe Dan Daly type, making his points count.

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After a successful season in the west, booked .

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NOW. B. F. Keith's Palace Theatre, 2d Week

In the Miniature Musical Globe Trot

"The Girl On the Magazine," with IVY SAWYER"VaudevilU'a smartest little review"

Personal Direction. GEORGE OBRIE.N of HARRY WLBER OFFICE

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Judges:J. J. O'CONNORLESTER JACOBS

and has an eleelleat foil la Basil Lynn. Taanot Is nfosly dressed and the lingerie Bom-ber, which Is a corking good bit. Is wellhandled. It la some time since James B.Donovan first road "hotel rules" out ofmenu, but they got a lot of laughs out ofthe Chestnut Street crowd. Donovan hasn'tchanged a great deal, can "111 put an Ir'.sb

story over and baa a clever partner In MarieLee, who gives the act a big finish witha bit ob aa Irish reel. They are doing thekind of an act which helped to make the oldvariety bills, and were a good-slxed applausehit here. Wilfred Clarke has another oneof those rapid-fire farces 1b "Who Owns iheFlat ?" the vehicle running oa hfcB speedall the time. It's a broad faros well playedand with the situations changing so rapidlythat It keeps the laugha going. Clarke, asusual, la well supported. The big applausehit of the bill were Maud Lambert and Er-nest R. Ball. They have a good lot of songsand Ernie Ball Is alwara worth listening to

at the piano, for hs works In a free and easysort of way that makes him solid. MissLambert, who hasn't been board here forsome time, was In excellent voles, makes adandy appearance and shared the honors of abig hit. "The California Boys' Band." an ed-ucational Institution from the Pacific Coast,furnished a very showy closing number. Theboys do some tumbling and fancy marchingalong with their music, earning a liberal rec-ognition. The Pathe Weekly Mews Picturesadded their usual series to the bill.

NIXON'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE (W. D.Wegefarth, mgr.).—Ed. Morton, a well-known Pblladelphlan and popular balladsinger, headlines the bill thla week. Othersare: Mosher, Hayes At Mosher; Daniels AConrad; B. E. Clive 4 Co. In "One GoodTims"; Nellie Allen; Plerlot A Schofeld, andmotion pictures.NIXON (F. D. Nlxoa-Nlrdllager, mgr.).—

"Holiday la Dixie," by a oomneny of tencolored comedians, singers and dancers, la

Us feature of thla week's bill. Others are:

WATCH USBILLY

WILSONand DICK

STEWARTOFFERING

A LITTLE BIT OFEVERYTHING

N. V. A.

HOUDINIPRINCE KARMICRAPH

NUMBER

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ILLUSIONIST SAYS:HE IS NOW PLAYING RETURN DATES IN THE EAST.

~-- WHICH SHOWS(Address VARIETY. New York) '

"KAR-MI GETS THEM IN"

MAGGIE CASEYLE CLAIR

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The natural Irish Lady in her Celtic

Comeallyes, Wit, Humor and Stories

of the Emerald Isle.

At Liberty For Next Season

Address - VARIETY, CHICAGO

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BOGKBD SOLDsVfUtlGsVL tftMTY

ARTHUR J. HORWITZ

JACK NELLIE

ORBEN and DIXIEas

Southern Songs and DancesLOEWTIME

EDDIEBORDENby -SIR- JAMES A. DWYER Direction, HARRY WEBER

Archie s Gertie FallsNORMAN JEFFERIES

SID ADA

VINCENT-CARTER"The Chap from England" "The Maid from America"

Playing for W. V. M. A. Direction, HOLMES & DUDLEY

ED. F. REYNARD

Mile. BIAICAwith a

MLLE. BIANCA

ED. F. REYNARDTke Vsatrllssjvlst wltk a Prosluettssi

ANDTHE BHMINVnVE PAIR

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"IN THE HALLWAY"A Nsssjajr SMt Is -©•"-WaewiagT Yea.

THE WORLD'S INCOMPARABLE

The most gorgeous and astounding equilibnstic novelty ever conceived by brain of mmThis act has been a positive sensstion all over the Western Vaudeville Managers' Ass?'ciation Circuits.

BOOKED SOLID W. V. M. A. CIRCUITNOW TOURING ACKERMAN AND HARRIS TIME

THE FAYNISTHE ARTISTS WITH A SUPREME OPPUUNO

fctfr*a> JACK PLYMM

Leo Beers: Booth A Leaader; Bront S Aid-well; film features: "Her Final Payment";"The Double Cross/ 1 and "Railroad Raiders."COLONIAL (H. A. Smith, mgr.).—"Maids

in Phllly," a breeiy musical comedy com-posed of Philadelpblans, is the headliner fora special Memorial Week bill, surrounded witha strong bill of vaudeville acts and motionplcturea.KEYSTONE (M. W. Taylor, mgr.).—Joe

Doganny"s Lunatio Bakers la the chief of-fering. Others are: Inglls A Reauing ; MarkLinden A Co., In a one-act playlet : Barry,NelHon 4 Barry; Amerlo; Schaen A Burt;motion pictures.GLOBE (Babloskey A McOulrk. mgr*.) —

There is a special musical comedy bill thisweek with three big offerings. 'The NightClerk" is the headllner. Others are: "TheShow Olrl Revue," "Btoryland," Rlalto A Co.,Irene Law and others.WILLIAM PENN (O. W. Metzel, mgr.).—

Rsilaais Pratasslesal

Francis X. Henoessyw^ ?,p,f

' •wt^1 «»»•IrUe ttes Dsmmt. tMtabFIIM Oaaeer, VUllnltt (Ms.slelss) TMtSv, Play Parts.seats kMp this addrm:

122 M Ave.. New Vera. N. Y.

Plrat half: Charlie Howard, Margaret Taylorand Hal Pine in "A Happy Combination,"headlines. Others: Hamilton A Barnes; Bol-ger Bros. ; Big. Frans Troupe, and motionplcturea. Last half: Mot Daniels A Co. In"The Rising Generation," surrounded by astrong vaudeville bill, and moving plcturea.CROSS KEYS (Sabloakey A McOulrk,

mgrs.).—First half: "A Dream of the Orient"headlines. Others: Willie Solar; Ollmore,Payton A Co.; Sullivan A Mason; Edna Luby;Walter Baker A Co. Last half: "The Honey-

mooners," and a big vaudeville bill.BROADWAY (Joseph Cohen, mgr.).—"The

Naughty Princess" headlines the first halfwith the following acts : Burns A Qulnn • Pot-ter, Hartwell A Co. Last half: J. C. MackA Co. in "Mother Goose" headlines. Othersare: Billy Bouncer A Co. and others.

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WORRY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL

LOOKING FORWARDTO A PROSPEROUS COMING SEASON

THE LUCKY—LIKABLE—LIVELY

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DUOACCORDIONIST and SINGER

Direction, BESSIE ROYAL

THE BRADS

Direction, H. B. MARINELLI

JOE LAURIE andALEEH BRONSON

DID YOU EVER SEEHenry Fray eat the piece of holoime T

.

Fred Lewie play the heavy In the Forest Fire?Jack Inglls read our ads?Arthur Havel' Playmate?The bag Walter Qlmble gave Aleen?The money Harry C. Green won on horaes?Charlie Van pay for pool?The aame goee for Paul Nolan. Harry C. Green.

Joe Graham. Harry C. Green, Jack Eady. Harry C.Green, Jack Conway and Harry C. Green.And If you did so. WELL ??????

COLE,RUSSEL and

DAVISPlaying U. B. O. and Orphaum

Circuits.

CHARLIE

HOWARDManagement, MAX HART

A ten-word tele-

gram on the firstwarm spring day:"Send B. V. D.

C.O.D. I\ D. Q."

BILLYBEARD"The Party from

the South"EasternRepresen ta ti ve,

PETE MACKWesternRepresentative,SIMON AGENCY

NOLAN

NOLANJim and Marlon Harklna: We were on the bill

with IloluVu and Ilerron. They sure are good fel-

lows.

Hoi*- Tujlor and Arnold and yourselves are en-

Joying your SoutlitTii trip.

Jtciiards to Gertie and Vincent Van Dyke.

AT*lOTIC .

WITHOUT The "5.S. B."OR "OUD Qrt.ORY* M

F Et>wARD DARL.INGor, &c.o. g-ottlob couuoscb my waa cartoonsStopping- 3how£ inTHESE APPLAUSE-LESSMid-west houses voSoon ax plaving-SOr^EWHCAft OH BftOADvwVT.

I AM OOINO- MY BIT.

*«EW^RDMARS/1aLL|S** CMALKOLOGIST3er\t foiHH twAlfcWilton.

"Mr. Manhattan"Fred Daprez Says:

Whoever is responsible for

the song "PRAY FOR THELIGHTS TO GO OUT" has evi-

dently not been over here since

the war began. If he had, hewouldn't write such silly stuff.

We're prsying for 'em to goup.

MM BAERWITZ "ftfti

BILLY

Newel I

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HOWARDLANGFORD

Address FRIARS' CLUB,New York.

Direction, Chamberlain Brc

MARTY1 and FLORENCEVane* .lie's

LEST YE FORGET2 of the beat.

One of the finest, earnest boys we over had the

lUeaaurc of knowing passed away in Memiihls laat

week. His name,

LES DARCYllo didn't get a chanee lu this country; but now

that lie has gone wo feel euro he will set a square

deal before the Heal BEFKUEE. who will give him

a chance.

MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACEla our sincere prayer.

Jim and Marian HarkinsPersonal Direction, NORMAN JEFFERIES

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AN' Y SEZ UWell, the PUBLISHERS have ORGANIZED.and the FIFTEEN-DOLLAR BALLAD is

Now NON-PRODUCTIVE, Aaltwere—

HARRY "SNAPPY" SYDELL"The Singing Spendthrift."

Pantages Time.Direction, MARK LEVY.

Eddie and Birdie

CONRADhi

Vaudeville Classic

ED. E. CONRAD

RICKARDSAUSTRALIANTOUR

Ar*\

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feet in

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last

week

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NOW PLAYING LOEW TIME

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STEWART andDOWNING CO.A NEW ACT

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While you are sleeping, your France is weeping,

Wake from your dreams, Maid of France.

Her heart is bleeding, are you unheeding?

Come with the flame in your glance;

Through the Gates of Heaven with your sword in your hand

Come your legions to command.

CHORUSJoan of Arc, Joan of Arc,Do your eyes from the skies see the foe?Don't you see the drooping Fleur-de-lis?Can't you hear the tears of Normandy?Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc,Let your spirit guide us through;Come lead your France to victoryJoan of Arc, they are calling you!

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"BLACKLISTED" ACTS TAKEN UPAFTER OTHERS ARE PLACED

V. M. P. A. "Beefsteak" Monday Night Turned into MeetingWhen "Blacklist" Is Discutsed for First Time. Field DayThis Summer witlj Artists and Managers Participating.

The first official discussion of thestanding of the "blacklist" by the mem-bers of the Vaudeville Managers' Pro-tective Association occurred Mondaynight at Castle Cave, when the man-agers met for* a beefsteak dinner.There were 28 managers present.

It was decided "blacklisted" actsshould be ' engaged after all otheracts had first been placed, giving,

"the acts that stuck" (as one man-ager expressed it) the preference overall others. After the first choice are tocome those acts that took no sides in

the late White Rats activity, and fol-

lowing, if V. M. P. A. managers re-

quire further material, acts on theblacklist may be selected.

Instructions were issued to PatCasey to prepare and furnish to eachV. M. P. A. booking management alist of the preferred turns.

No positive information could beobtained from a V. M. P. A. managerwhen, in his opinion, the conditions as

laid down would open up the vaude-ville market for the blacklisted turns.

One manager stated the term "actsthat stuck" meant those turns that

were in theatres where a strike wascalled and refused to leave. He said

there was no reason meanwhile whyacts not desired by V. M. P. A. man-agers at oresent should not appear in

theatres of managements not membersof the V. M. P. A., although it is un-derstood that at the same meetingMonday night, it was proposed andadopted that managers outside the V.M. P. A. should not be allowed to

engage any "V. M. P. A. acts."

The "beefsteak" was arranged for a

social gathering and was accidentally

turned into a business meeting, replac-

ing the regular monthly meeting duofor Tuesday, which was passed by.

A managers' committee was appoint-

ed to confer with the National Vaude-ville Artists for a field day during thc^

summer, to be given under the auspices

of both organizations.The managers before adjourning ap-

pointed a representative to cover ccr-

tr.in dc^ciherl rfUtrirfs. to report to

the association, the names of artists or

acts that had changed their names andmaterial, to avoid detection as a black-

listed turn. Tt was stated at the meet-ing many acts now on the blacklist

had been advised by former leaders of

the late White Rat society to makethe changes. It was said that one artist,

formerly of a team which had beenplaced on the blacklist for "walkingout," had become a vaudeville bookingagent in a Hudson River town.

NEW WESTERN CIRCUIT.Seattle, June 6.

Returning here this week after atwo-month tour of eastern sections,Eugene Levy announced the forma-tion of a new popular-priced circuitwhich will have a chain of 33 housesin the west and the middle-west.The affiliations arranged will include

the Affiliated Booking Corporation ofChicago, Bert Levy of* San Francisco,Phil Levy of Butte, S. Morton Cohn at

Los Angeles, and Eugene Levy atSeattle.

Bookings will start from the A. B.C. offices in Chicago.

ELTINGE'S SKETCH PLAYED.Chicago, June 6.

"Her Grace, the Vamp," the vaude-ville playlet written by Julian Eltingeand tried out here several weeks ago,is now playing in the east with JaneOaker featured. There are five char-acters concerned.The locale of the sketch is an open

air picture studio in California, whenthat industrv was young.Miss Oaker is remaining with the

playlet, which will be booked by Wil-liam Morris.

WALKING TO THE COAST.Frank S. Colburn, known as "Uncle

Sam" and "The Yankee Tourist,"through his patriotic principles in

boosting the Nation by lectures enroute on numerous walks from Coastto Coast, started June 6 from the CitvHall, New York, on an overland "hike"to San Francisco.Upon the conclusion of his present

walk, he plans to return to vaudevilleas a rube monologist.

HELEN WARE IN "MAN PAYS."Helen Ware has been selected for

the starring role of Sam Shipman'slatest play, "The Man Pays." It will

be produced for a fall showing.

WILL LEASE TWO THEATERS.Two Broadway theatres, H suitable

to A. H. Woods, will be leased by himfor next season. Mr. Woods made of-

fers for the Cort and Fulton, but couldsecure neither. The Fulton could have-secured $35,000 yearly from Woodsand the Cort, $40,000.The Woods office has a superfluity

of what they believe are "runs" forthe start of the new season. Woods'latest "Potash & Perlmutter" for theEltinge, "Peter Ibbetson" at the Re-public. The "Ibbettson" play, drawing$11,600 last week, will close June 16,

reopening in August.Besides will be the Sam Shipman

piece, "The Target," soon, to be pre-liminarily shown, "Scrap of Paper,"with Robert Hilliard. "Eyes of Youth,"with Marjorie Rambeau, and one ortwo other in early prospect.

ANDERSON STARRING HELD.The next starring tour of Anna Held

will be under the management of

George M. Anderson, it is said, whowill present the French star in a musi-cal production.Miss Held recently finished a tour

under the Shubert management, in

"Follow Me," a musical concoctionthat met with no marked financial suc-

cess.

BERLIN'S COHAN & HARRIS SHOW.Irving Berlin is reported at work on

words and music of "The Beautiful

One." as the musical show is to becalled.

It will be elaborately staged by Cohan& Harris in the fall.

ROUTED WITHOUT PLAY.Walker Whiteside has three plays

under consideration for productionnext season. Just which one of the

three it will be has not been definitely

settled upon as yet. but a route hasbeen laid out for the star in any oneof the trio that he cares to appear in.

BALKED AT COAST TRIP.Chicago, June 6.

"Vcrv Good Eddie" started coast-

ward Sundav night with the first stop

Omaha. Although it was known that

one or two of the company would not

make the trip, the majority of the cast

suddenly decided not to go. giving as

a reason they needed a vacation after

appearing steadilv for 10 months.Dave Hennett arrived here last week

to rehearse new members most of

whom come from the No. 2 'Eddie."

Those who withdrew ire ErnestTrriu .mil his wife fTulia AfillsV Alice

Dovey (soon to wed lack Hazzard),Oscar Shaw and probablv Ada Lewis.Georgie Mack took Treux's role, Flor-

ence Earle and Edna Bates, from the

second company, joined the show.

LETTING STUDEBAKER GO.Chicago, June 6.

The Studebaker, which for severalyears has been subleased from theKlaw & Erlanger offices by Joffcs,Linick & Schaefer and has been thehome of feature films during most ofthat time, is not to be retained by the

J-L-S firm when its lease expires Sept.1 next and will revert to the owners ofthe property.

Until the expiration of the leaseholdJones, Linick & Schaefer will continuethe showing of big pictures there, plan-ning "The Submarine Eye" as one ofthe summer's screen novelties.

In New York Tuesday, Aaron Jonessaid his firm had made every effort tomake the house a winner but theneighborhood (out of the Loop andon the lake front) is against it as a pic-

ture lure.

Several pictures have made moneythere but the film tenancy has notpanned out as profitably, owing to thebig rental.

USING PARKS FOR SOLDIERS.Chicago, June 6.

Fair and park agencies are calling in

their traveling representatives, uponthe advance tips that the governmentis likely to take over parks for thetraining of troops.

The agencies face a big loss. Theynave had men on the road from Jan-uary to September, but the main loss

is liable to come because of the re-

ported wholesale cancellations from thefairs and park people.

Allentown, June 6.

The grounds of the state fair associa-tiog here have been taken over by theGovernment for the purposes of mob-ilizing the medical units for the U. S.

Army service.

SAHARET REPORTED MARRIED.Saharet and Maxim P. Lowe are

reported to have been married June 1,

No place for the ceremony was named.Lowe informed some of his friends Sat-urdav of the marriage. £

Saharet was formerlv the wife of IkeRose and became well known on thecontinent as a dancer under Rose'smanagement. During the past seasonshe appeared in a vaudeville produc-tion managed by Lowe, who staged the

act shortly after leaving the H. B.

Marinelli agency, where he had beenfor some years.

CHICAGO MANAGERS INVEST.Chicago, June 6.

The Chicago local of the UnitedTheatrical Association voted to invest

$100,000 in Liberty bonds at their

weekly meeting on May 31.

CABLES

Paris, May 20.

The Olympia proposes playing fourdays weekly this summer, giving twoshows daily. As nine performancesonly per week are still permitted bythe authorities, Barrett-Volterra andcompany will be within the margin. Asto salaries, this clause is under discus-

sion, and it remains for the artists to

know whether he is going to get fourdays' pay, or five or eight. He shouldhave this query fully explained in all

contracts.

The Alhambra is presenting a newlion act, owned by De Weil, the first

wild animal number seen in Paris since

the outbreak of war. The house maypossibly close for July and part of

August, the same as all the large legi-

timate theatres. If the present propi-

tious weather continues the af fresco

season will be the best since 1913, the

resorts to run being Ambassadeurs, Al-

cazar d'Ete, Marigny and Luna Park.

The Comedie Francaise in producing"Les Noces d'Argent," Paul Geraldo's

Jkst big piece, heralded an importantplay, has not registered the success an-

ticipated. The portrayal of the ingrati-

tude of children is insipid, though to a

certain degree true. The Course auxFlambeaux treated the subject )n a

more interesting manner. It is natural

young folks should create a home of

their own as soon as they are able to

swim for themselves. That is life^ andparents who feel the pangs of solitude

did exactly the same when young. Butthere are many sons, and particularly

daughters, who remain faithful and re-

spectful to the old ties up to the end.

even after having a new family aroundthem. Indeed the new family is often

a balm "to the old people in their de-

clining years. Those who understandhuman nature and can practice the art

of being grandparents find solace in

this natural order of life. "Les Nocesd'Argent" (The Silver Wedding) is not

a true study. The parents in this poorcomedy are too exacting; the son is a

puppy, while the daughter remains a

flapper. Such people exist, but wedon't seek their company even in the

theatre, especially at war time.

"Promethee," the new mythologicalwork due soon at the Opera, is beingrehearsed, and the elaborate stage sets

are almost ready.

"Dolly" will be produced in Frenchbv Max Dearly, at the Theatre desVariet^s, June 1.

The Folies Bergere will revive "TheBelle of New York" in the near future,

to be followed probably by the Fienchoperetta. "La Duchesse des Folies

Bergere."

R. Baratta, who has the Olympia andFolie9 Bergere with Volterra, has ar-

ranged to open the al fresco concerts,

Alcazar d'Ete and Ambassadeurs,Champs Elys£es, this summer. Barattais one of the so-called mushroom di-

rectors, who have sprung into beingduring the present war, and has metwith profitable success.

Jean Guitrv, described as a Frenchdramatic author, son of the famous ac-

tor, is undergoing trial in Paris as anopium smoker, now forbidden by law.It is anticipated he will come out ontop this time.

sclf), a local prestidigitator, has turnedthe tables on the spiritualists. He is

giving a series of lectures in which hereveals tricks employed by professionalexponents to create phenomenal dem-

onstrations and supposed communica-tions with the departed.

Lucien Guitry claimed 17,886 francsfrom Hertz for expenses of a theatricaltour in Switzerland, Italy, Spain andPortugal, terminating with the Frenchprovinces in 1916-17. His wife, JeanneGuitry, was taken ill in Bordeaux, caus-ing a delay and the return of the com-pany to Paris. The courts have de-cided the health of a relative, when notdesperately serious, is not sufficient ex-cuse for non-fulfillment of a contractby an actor. Hertz, who admitted heowed 13,864.70 francs (to be exact) forthe tour already made, won the caseon payment of that amount.

Tane Marnac, a clever French vaude-ville comedienne, is booked for NewYork next winter.

Falot, chansonnier, who has a cab-aret, Pie qui Chante, has commissionedRip to write a revue for next season,and engaged Louise Balthy for thelead. The same author is also makinganother revue for the Capucines forOctober.

The Marigny has been taken by Herofor the summer months, and will havea series of local stars during the sea-son, including Max Dearly, Dranem,Polaire. Louise Balthy. Mistfnguett andSignoret. Hero was formerly managerof the Scala music hall and collaboratorwith P. Flers for revues given by Ban-nel at the Folies Bergere.

The patriotic drama. "Alsace," is thesubject of litigation between the au-thor, Mme. Rejane. and Hertz, mana-ger of the Porte St.-Martin, as to itsforthcoming revival at this house. Thecourts, unable to decide the matter forthe present, ordered the receipts to beseized until settled, wherever the playmav he oroduced. Mme. Rejane claimsrights of production. "Alsace" was alsofilmed and proved a big attraction inFrance. In the meanwhile "La Flam-be*e" has been revived at the PorteSt.-Martin theatre.

LONDON THRILLER.„_ _ _ Boston. June 6.Mr. Jubilee Drax," the melodramatic

thriller from London, has been given itsfirst American presentation at the handsof John Craig's stock company at theCastle Square and bears all the ear-marks of getting by next fall as a $2drama if properlv cast and modified.As it stands, it looks more like a film

serial, and might well have been writ-ten by Blaney instead of by HoraceAnnesley Vachell and Walter Hackett.As the Herald described the produc-

tion upon its opening oerformance, "Lu-pin, Lecocq, Sherlock Holmes and OldSleuth are as village constables as com-pared to Jubilee Drax."

The plot concerns an uncut blue1diamond of fabulous value, and anAmerican millionaire, rotten withmoney, assigned Detective Drax toobtain it from as fine a band of cut-throats as ever scuttled a ship.For example, there is one character, a

Chinaman, whose chief indoor sport is

doing legerdemain with bodies of thosewho seek the diamond, the bodies van-ishing in a bath of quicklime.The production is lavishly staged for

a stock production, giving the impres-sion that the scenic investure was se-cured in anticipation of a Broadway|.h/.h«. fir.itiiiii. "piis.iivny by Vht* Silli t^tfl rS.

One-Night "Cheating Cheaters.-A. H. Woods has leased "Cheating

Cheaters" for next season in the one-night stands to Aubrey Mittenthal.

ENGLISH FILMS.London, June 6.

An economy food propaganda film,

featuring Gerald DuMaurier, MathesonLang, Norman McKinnell, Renee Kellyand Kate Rorke,. entitled "Everybody'sBusiness," will be released June 11.

"Motherhood," another propagandafilm, with the object of instructingmothers in the proper attention tobabies by scientific methods, and fea-

turing Mrs. H. B. Irving, will shortlybe shown."Intolerance" is failing to draw at

Philharmonic Hall.

ROBEY IN NEXT HIP SHOW.London, June 6.

Shirley Kellogg is taking a holidayand is temporarily replaced in the castof "Zig Zag" at the Hippodrome byLillian Major.

Albert deCourville has secujedGeorge Robey for the next revue at

the Hip, to be produced some timeafter Christmas. "Zig Zag" is still

going strong.

BEECHAM SEASON EXTENDED.London, June 6.

The Beecham Opera Companyopened a highly successful season atDrury Lane, May 30, which has alreadybeen extended.

"General Post" in Bookform.London, June 6.

Harold Terry's, successful comedy,"General Post," now running at theHaymarket, has been published in

bookform by Methuen.

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"THREE CHEERS" HERE.London, June 6.

"Three Cheers" has concluded its

run at the Shaftesbury and HarryLauder goes to France to entertain thesoldiers. Later on he returns to thevarieties.

J. L. Sacks is going to America toarrange for the production of "Three,Cheers" there and to endeavor to se-cure an American production for Lon-don for the autumn.

Mrs. Daniel Joseph Katherine Van HovenBarry, whose maiden name was Katie Barry,is the mother of Frank Van Hoven, and youwill have a hard time telling her he is not thegreatest actor in the world.

Harry Fox and she are great pals. She sawJulius Tannen recently and wrote that he wasgood but it was easy to see he was new inthe business. After the war, his mother andthe "mad magician" are going for a trip aroundthe world. The place she wants most to seeis County Cork, Ireland.

AUTHORS DIE.London, June 6.

The Rev. Forbes Phillips, Vicar ofGorleston, author of many plays underthe name of Athol Forbes, died hereMay 29.

Lady Lever, author of several plays,died May 29 of septic poisoning, con-:tracted while nursing wounded sol-diers.

REVIVAL REOPENS NEW THEATRE.London, June 6.

The New theatre reopens June 9 witha revival of "Hfs Excellency the Gov-ernor," with Irene Van Brugh, PeggyKurton, Allan Aynesworth and DionBoucicault in the leading parts.

CAPT. OLIPHANT DOWN KILLED.London, June 6.

Captain Oliphant Down was killedin France. He was the author of "TheMaker of Dreams," and other playsand had done splendid work at thefront, receiving the military cross.

ETHEL LEVEY, SINGLE.London, June 6.

Ethel Levey is presenting a singlevariety turn.

MANAGER'S SON PROMOTEDLondon, June 6.

The son of Fred Trussell. the man-ager, has been created a full lieuten-ant in the naval air service and was re-cently awarded the distinguished ser-vice medal.

»f550th for "Daddy Long Legs.'London, June 6.

At the 550th performance of "DaddyLoner Legs" at the Duke of York's theaudience 'vas presented with copies ofthe author's book, with illustratedscenes from the play.

St James' Reopens.London, June 6.

The St. James' theatre, which hasbeen closed, reopens tonight.

George Graves' Newest Sketch,London, June 6.

George Graves opened Mondav atthe Coliseum in a new sketch, "Whata Lady." which proved neither novelnor entertaining.

Comic Opera's Light Opening.London, June 6.

Jimmy Glover's comic opera seasonat Plymouth, opened successfully do-ing about $4,000 on the initial week.

"Partnership" in Repertoire.London. June 6.

Elizabeth Barker's .comedv. "Part-nership." opened at Birmingham witha repertory company.

SEA BATTLE "FOLLIES' " PUNCH.Atlantic City, June 6.

Flo Zeigfeld is holding out on the1 natives here this week and reserving thebig wallop of the "Follies" until theshow opens in New York. It is to bea vivid marine battle effect, devised byLangdon McCormack. It is said to bejiu»m I't-rtii'siK anu tnat the s>ta£e of theAmsterdam, New York, has been cutto pieces to receive the effect. Sub-marines, torpedo boats and destroyersas well as seaplanes in action are allto be shown.

VAUDEVILLEN. V. A.'S FIRST PERFORMANCE

PRONOUNCED BIGGEST EVEROver $50,000 Realized. Program of 37 Acts Presented inRecord Time. Big Hippodrome Packed with PleasedAudience. Show Noted for Smoothness of Running.

The First Annual Performance heldby the National Vaudeville Artists last

Sunday night at the New York Hippo-drome was voted the biggest successof its kind ever given for and by the-

atrical people only.

Around $50,000 was realized from theaffair, about $28,000 of which was rep-

resented in the souvenir program of

over 200 pages, with a colored cover,

that was limited in retail price in the

lobby to 25 cents each.The Hippodrome held its largest

gross business. Between $15,000 and$16,000 was the total of the attendance,with settlements to be received for alarge number of one-doiiar tickets sold.It will probably be a month before thenet gross can be computed. The ad-mission scale to the Hip was $1, $2, $3and $5 for seats, with boxes from $50to $200. The overflow around 8:10 wasseated upon the stage, about 300 find-ing space there. These were mostlyholders of the one-dollar tickets whocould not be accommodated elsewhere.The performance started at 8:20 and

ended at 12:10. In between 37 actswere given, the announcers, James J.Morton and Loney Haskell, included asone act. Calculating the time of eachannouncement' (before every act) andthe entrances and exits to and from thewide stage, the Hip program is

claimed to be the biggest, fastest,

smoothest and best blended vaudevillebill ever presented in this country.

Pat Casey was in charge of the stage,assisted by Mark Nelson, WilliamStewart and Clyde Powers. Upon Mr.Casey all the minor complaints backstage regarding "position," etc., wereblamed, and his smiling geniality over-came them when he listened.

About 40 acts had rehearsed duringthe day for the performance, but when"too much- show" was found on han<J.two or three acts suggested they notappear, to aid the performance. An

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illustration of the spirit prevailing wasexhibited by Earnest Ball, who, withhis wife, Maude Lambert (Ball andLambert) wene ready to go on. Mr.Ball said the stage management mightbe embarrassed by over-production, andoffered to withdraw,! first, however, pur-chasing two seats for himself and wife,

to watch the performance from thefront, paying $100 for the pair of cou-oons.Anna Held, who has not been in

vaudeville this season, was seated in

an upper box. Viewing the crowd MissHeld said it was a "grand cause" andshe wanted to be part of it, Miss Heldthereupon volnnteering her services.

George White personally explained his

disappointment through the illness ofhis stage partner, Emma Haig. Ade-laide and Hughes were prevented fromappearing by illness. Emma Carusalso ill, enclosed in a letter containinga doctor's certificate a check for $100toward the fund. Harry Carroll waivedhis appearance to keep the programdown.The box purchased by E. M. Robin-

son was turned back by Mr. Robinsonto again be sold for the benefit of theclub, and David Sapperstein. the pian-

ist, did likewise with the box he hadbought.

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aMe l.rcvity. excepting in a couple of

instances. Ben Welch, remaining in

front for 15 minutes being one of

them. Eddie Leonard merely appearedto bow. Belle Baker sang but one song,

"Ain't You Coming Back to Dixie-land?" with which she rang up a bull's-eye.

The four big hits of the performancewere credited to Houdini (who stoppedthe show, the house obliging him toreturn to the stage for a bow), EvaTanguay, Eddie Foy and Family, andConroy and Le Maire, the latter secur-ing the laughing honors with their "pri-vate party" professional skit, "TheKnocking Club." Jack- Norworth wasused as the "straight man" for it. FrankConroy, when George Le Maire askedhim if he were an N. V. A., replied"No, I'm a White Rat but I haven'tworked in 18 months. There are onlytwo of us left, me and Johnny O'Con-nor." Houdini announced he wouldtry to break his record of a little overfour minutes in getting out of a straightjacket, strapped on him by soldiers whowere present. Houaini, who had pur-chased the privilege of his photo onthe front cover of the program for$499, left the jacket in one minute, 10seconds. Jim Morton, while announc-ing, read a wire received from Tommy

DOOLEY GIVES "NOTICE."Johnny Dooley and Yvette Rugel

(Dooley and Rugel) expect to leave"The Passing Show" at the WinterGarden June 16, the date of the expira-tion of their two weeks' notice, givenby the couple to the Shuberts upon thelatter's refusal to grant an increase ofsalary asked for by the team.The Shuberts claim the Dooley and

Rugel contract does not allow them togive "notice," but Mr. Dooley disputesit and has arranged his plans followingtheir withdrawal. Mr. Dooley anaMiss Rugel (who have been in vaude-ville together for some time) intendfirst to be married in Philadelphia,honeymooning at Atlantic City and af-

terward taking up a big time vaudevilleroute, for which they are asking $500weekly from the managers. The couplehave an offer that looks attractive tothem from the Henry W. Savage office

for the Mizzi Hajos show next season.This is Dooley and Rugel's first pro-

duction engagement. The comedy hit

of the new Winter Garden show is unit

versally conceded Johnny Dooley.

ELOPEMENT CELEBRATION.Chicago, June 6.

Irving Yates, who has been asso-ciated lately with the Louis Goldbergagency, is now a full partner of LouEarl, who has been agenting alone forthe past few weeks, when General Pi-sano withdrew from partnership.To celebrate his new business con-

nection Yates eloped on Sunday toCrown Point, there marrying ' SadieHarrison, a non-professional.

VARIETY FREETO THEATRICAL MEN IN THE SERVICE

While the war continues Variety will be sent compli-

mentary to any theatrical man enlisted in the U. S.

Service.

Name, with address, should be forwarded and changeof address duly forwarded.The list will be maintained also for re-mailing letters

sent care Variety.

Gray, reading, "As the war has causedenough suffering, don't let Loney Has-kal recite 'Gunga Din.'"During the Corbett-Tinney talking

turn, the former heavyweight cham-pion introduced the present lightweightchampion, Benny Leonard, and the,

popular Harlem boy responded to thebig reception with a brief speech ofthanks.

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The program in its order of runningwas California Boys Band, SevenBracks, Dorothy Jordan, Ben Welch,Rooney and Bent (who brought ontheir son for a song and dance), Ar-naut Brothers, Little Billy, SophieTucker, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Mos-coni Brothers, Joseph Santley andCo., Henry Lewis, Bernard Gran-ville, Mile. Dazie, Louis Mann, Rockand White, Gus Edwards and Girls,Marion Weeks, Howard and Clark,Eva Tanguay, Eddie Foy and Fam-ilv. Whiting and Burt, Houdini,Julia Arthur, James J. Corbett andFrank Tinney, Orville Harrold, BelleBaker, Al Herman, Santley and Nor-ton, Stella Mayhew, Mclntyre andHeath. Craig Campbell, Conroy andLe Maire. Anna Held, Milo, WillieWeston. The orchestra was under theleadership of Ben Roberts.The Hippodrome attendance was as

large professionally as has beengathered in New York in years. Thiswas fully made known when Al Her-man, in going through his usual rou-tine,, mentioned about "the dishes in

the sink at home."Tt V,ac l^eon rliTiffpf! in view of the

cijrrpcc of the Hip performance that

the N. V. A. next spring will hold its

second annual performance at boththe Metropolitan Opera House andHippodrome, New York, the same,

HUSBAND, HARSH CRITIC.Cincinnati, June 6.

Mrs. Ethel O. Rendigs, wife of Build-ing Commissioner Rendigs, was grant-ed a divorce Monday.The wife's principal complaint was

her husband objected to her singingand would not speak to her for days be-cause of it.

Woolfenden-Blauvelt Engagement Off.The engagement to wed existing be-

tween Victoria Blauvelt and Serg.(Vm. Woolfenden of the 71st has beenmutually canceled.

Usual Summer Combination Booking.Atlantic City, June 6.

June 25 is the positive date set forthe reopening of Keith's, the local

vaudeville house, which will again bebooked by J. J. Collins in conjunc-tion with the Brighton theatre.

night, with another show that eveningto be given in Chicago.The proceeds of the Hip entertain-

ment are to be placed in the generalfunds of the N. V. A. The charityfunds of the N. V. A. are to be takencare of through an arrangementreached regarding them between theVaudeville Managers' Protective As-sociation and the N. V. A. The charityfunds include maintenance for insur-

ance, illness, old age and death anda home for aged artists.

A list of all commercial advertisersin the program has been compiled andwill be sent each N. V. A. member, witha request they be patronized whenpossible, or at least be called uponwhen the artists are in their cities.

LIGHTS9 OPENING.The official opening of the season for

the Lights at Freeport, L. I , is tomor-row (o.turday), when the event willstart with a ball game between thesociety's team and the Friars, at 2 inthe afternoon, to be carried forwardwith a specially served dinner at sevenand the remainder of the evening tobe given over to entertainment.The annual meeting and election of

officers will be held Thursday, June14, with the meeting called at 8 p. m.and the. polls remaining open until 11.This is the second season for the

club, ft is composed of theatricalpeople. Its clubhouse is located onthe ocean front. A swimming beachis among the many improvements sincelast summer to the pretty location theclub found for itself.

V. A. R. OUSTS LESLIE.The first agent to be dropped from

the lately formed membership roll ofthe Vaudeville A'rtists' Representativesis Lou Leslie.The society is composed of agents

booking through the Marcus Loewagency and has been in existence about

PERCY WINNIEBRONSON and BALDWIN

beg to announce their opening with "HISdLLITTLE WIDOWS" at the A.tor Theatre. NewYork, June 11. after a most successful tourwith "SO LONG LETTY."Sharing headline honors at COLONIAL

THEATRE, New York, this week (June 4).

five weeks, with Leslie one of the orig-inal members. The cause of the expul-sion of Leslie was not announced butit is said to have been through sus-pected unreliability.

Leslie failed, according to report, tomaintain the agency standard de-manded bv the V. A. R. of its mem-bers and it is said that his standingwith the Loew agency bookers is on asimilar par, although Leslie, by request,according t;o report, is still given admis-sion to the Loew suite, while the samereports say his bookings there areabout nil.

Jack Mandel is the latest memberadmitted into the V. A. R., which car-ries with it a Loew booking^franchise,the V. A. R. having been sanctionedby Jos. M. Schenck in its attempt toregulate the booking men in the pop-ular vaudeville field of New York.

N. Y.'S STREET CARNIVALStarting Wednesday night w|jat was

announced to become a large social

event before its four days' run should)ie completed was a street carnival andfair, stn^ci in !\!».-I >migal Amy, down-town.

Several social and theatrical lights

are among the sponsors for the openair carnival.

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VAUDEVILLEIN THE ARMY

By Richard Weil

I guess the Doc* was loaded, 'cause he said that I would do,So now I m in the army, and our dancin' act is through.I sneaked up there this mornon/ Hon, while you was still asleep.I did it quiet—'cause I thought that maybe you would weepAnd carry on and holler if I told you of my plan;I had to do it, dear,—I had to show I was a man.Ive had my share of loaiin,' and I've had my share of fun.I couldnt stand by idle now, while this work's bein' done.

You needn't worry, Babe, for we've saved enough to keepYou pretty well provided for, and if the Great Big SleepShould come tome, my little girl has looks and class and brain,—And she won t find it hard at all to team right up againWith some good guy,—but for the love of Mikt don't pick a "Ham," •I never was the boastin' kind, but just look where I am!I hate to talk about myself, but say, you know my 4rCp'—Remember how I knocked 'em dead that year in "Keep in Step?"

^Remember how they chased me up for ev'ry swell affair?Their gaudy hops were flivvers if Yours Truly wasn't there.Well, anyway, that*s done with, and I guess I'll go to work;1 11 go and take a wallop at the Dutchman and the Turk;1 11 go and mix with men-folk, like a white man ought to do.1 11 bleed and starve and maybe die? Well,—I can do that, too.Remember all I told you, Dear, and live life like you should,—I m due to hit the Fightin' TraU—So long, Old Pal,—Be good!

NOTICE TO ACTS WITH FILM.Cincinnati, June 6.

The following letter was sent by NedHastings, manager of Keith's theatre,

here, to the United Booking Office^,

as information to the vaudeville pro-fession :

Cincinnati. May 30, 1917.United Booking Offices,

1564 Broadway, N. Y. City:Gentlemen: Hereafter—in fact, this

has been the rule for some time—it

will be absolutely necessary for all

acts playing Keith's theatre, Cincin-nati (and if the law is enforced inothef Ohio towns, the same rule ap-plies to them), to have every motionpicture film which they exhibit cen-sored by the Ohio Board of Censorsat Columbus.

It doesn't matter if the NationalBoard of Censors has O. K'd. thefilm, it must be censored by the OhioState Board. This applies to all actsthat introduce motion pictures in

their offering, like, for instance, JackNorworth and a half dozen others.The local inspectors are getting

very busy on this proposition, andare threatening arrest for any filmshown without the Ohio censorshipmark.This is very important, and every

agent should be informed of this,' orelse trouble is sure to result.

I nositivelv cannot let anv film runin this theatre that has not been cen-sored by the authorities in this state,

and it may be very embarrassing foran act to come here depending uponpictures as part of their offering to

be refused permission to run them.Yours very truly,

(Signed) Ned Hastings.

ing Company's office in Chicago), maybe hooked by Pantages.Walter F. Keefe and Carl Milligan,

of the New York Pantages forces, denyofficial word has been passed the DesMoines house has been annexed, butadmit such a hooking change is likely.There is also a report Lincoln, Neb.,

will be on the Pantages list next sea-son. Up to the first of the week Mr.Keefe had received no word of it.

The Erie. Pa., house booked in theLoew office by Keefe, is dark at pres-ent, but will again be one of the office'seastern links next season.

PANTAGES BOOKING HODKINS.Chicago, June 6.

Charles E. Hodkins will turn overhis string of southern houses to the

Pantages Circuit for booking, begin-

ning in August.

The list includes theatres in Hous-ton, Shreevesport. Little Rock, Mont-gomery, Ala., and New Orleans andincludes seven weeks. - This, it is

claimed, will enable Pantages to routefor 31 weeks,- should houses in StLouis and several other points be se-cured as expected. At present the cir-

cuit claims 21 weeks.The Hodkins string of theatres will

be in direct opposition to the Inter-state time and will be booked by JC. Matthews. The additional houseswill be attached to the latter end of thecircuit, but the actual terminal is ex-pected to be St. Louis.

PANTAGES REPORTS.Stories flit in from the west regard-

ing changes in the Pantages Circuit,

with the New York offices stating it

knows nothing of any reported changes,at the same time not denying they maybe in mind by Alex. Pantages.That Pantages may annex a St. Louis

house has caused much speculation, butit is believed that Pantages quietly ob-tained the site desired when he visited

the Mound City on his way home fromNew York last year. Tn St. Louisspeculation is rife as to what housePantages can have, as Cclla & Tatehave acquired about all the

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property worth having in that city, withan option 'U: sev'.rrO ? i t. »"

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One report is the Empress. DesMoines. la., which Elbert & Getchell

own and operate as a pop vaudeville

house (heretofore playing acts bookedin by John Nash, of the Affiliated Book-

J., L. & S.'s HOUSES.According to a statement by Aaron

Tones (Jones, Linick & Schaefer), of

Chicago, who was in New York the

first of the week, the new J-L-S house,now in course of construction at Broad-way and Lawrence, north side, Chicago,will be ready by Nov. 1, 1917, or per-haps earlier, when it will open withseven acts and pictures, booked directby the J-L-S firm along the lines nowfollowed at McVicker's and Rialtohouses in the Windy City.

Tt will be called the Broadway Hip-podrome.

Jones says the Colonial, Chicago, willresume a pop vaudeville policy, playingseven acts vaudeville and a feature film,

Aug. 1. Until that time the housewill have a film policy.

Mr. Jones is financially interested in

tlie Victoria. Chicngo. and saws that &>f.ir as known now the house will re-

sume pop vaudeville next season, hav-ing "The Birth of a Nation" in therenow for a fortnight, with the houseclosing for the summer.

CHICAGO'S "WHITE STARS."Chicago, June 6.

An effort is being made to organizewhat is called "The White Stars Ac-tors Club," with a room at 234 NorthClark street. Joe Birnes, the formerlocal representative of the late WhiteRats, is promoting the movement andthe opinion is about that Birnes wishesto organize some local club of vaude-ville artists, to keep him busy.

In the list of officers Arthur Beauvaisis president, Charles Bartholomew,vice-president, and Joe Birnes, secre-tary and treasurer. The active mem-bers so far enlisting are Cleora MillerTrio (Johnny Burke (Burke Bros, andKenny), Adams Brothers (Jack andFred), Herbert and Dare, Bob Cleve-land, Charles Fried (also known asGeorge Brooks).The club is experiencing difficulty in

obtaining recruits. The name, "WhiteStars," suggests "White Rats" throughthe original name of the White Ratshaving been selected by spelling "Star"backward.

Birnes was reported early in the weekhaving gone to St. Louis in an endeavorto incite interest in the club among theartists there.The Chicago branch of the Vaude-

ville Managers' Protective Associationseems advised of all details in connec-tion with the club and forwarded a full

report of it. with/ the names, to themeeting of the V. M. P. A. held in NewYork this week.

MORE WILSON AVE. OPPOSITION.Chicago, June 6.

Mitch Licalzie, who controls theWilson avenue theatre, will build avaudeville house seating 2,400 at thecorner of Wilson avenue and Broadway, which property directly adjoinshis present house.He is backed by Garabaldi Cuneo,

vice-president of the Italia State Bankand the structure will also include aneight-story hotel.

The new house, booked by the W.V. M. A., will have in opposition thenew vaudeville house now nearingcompletion at Broadway and Lawrencestreets, just three blocks away. Thishouse is being built by Jones, Linick& Schaefer but it is understood thatTom Chomales of the Green Mill Gar-den is also interested.The Wilson Ave. theatre, now play-

ing stock, will retain that policy whenthe new Licalzie theatre is finished,

with pictures as the alternative.

HOPE TO RECOVER SIGHT.Mrs Alex. Pantages, wife of the

western vaudeville circuit owner andmanager, arrived in New York Satur-day with her 11-year-old son, LloydPantages, the trip east being made toconsult New York eye specialists in thehope of effecting a recovery of th&boy's sight, which was recently im-paired in an accident.

LUDLOW LAGOON LEASED.Cincinnati, June 6.

Ludlow Lagoon will open June 16,

managed by H. K. Shocklcy and FredW. Strautman. who have leased it fromthe Commonwealth Amusement Co.Louis Mentel will be associated withthem.

New House at 63d and Cottage Grove.Chicago, June 6.

The acceptance of plans for a newtheatre at 63d street and Cpttage Groveavenue from Architects David andDavis by E. Thomas Beatty, the southside theatrical manager and owner,seating 4,500, has led to much specula-tion as to the policy.

Mr. ric.it ty. iff New York "i:;-st wee;:said the new Chicago house will becalled the Grove and would play popvaudeville and pictures. It is to beready by Oct. 10.

COOPER ACTS OFF FOX TIME.Once again has Irving Cooper and

the William Fox general vaudevillemanager, Jack Loeb, reached a clinchin bookings with none of Mr. Cooper'sacts now appearing on that time,through their agent's orders.• It happened several days ago, whenCooper demanded the Fox offices issuea contract for one of his acts, in orderthat that the turn could be assured ofa continuous engagement over the cir-cuit. Upon Loeb declining to accede(although the act was then playing atthe Audubon after completing an en-gagement at Fox's Riveria) Cooper in-formed Loeb he would withdraw thatturn, also of the others booked by himwith Fox from the circuit, which hedid, Mr. Cooper placing the acts thesame day to open on the B. S. Mosscircuit.

Complaints have been so generalamong artists playing the Fox Circuitagainst the manner in which thev arehandled under Loeb's orders while ap-pearing on the Fox time, that it is

said the matter has been brought tothe attention of the Vaudeville Man-agers* Protective Association, of whichFox is a member.Loeb is somewhat notorious for a

cancelling habit, he often cancelling aturn after the first performance andeven more often refusing to give a*

turn engaged a contract, leaving the actsappearing in the Fox houses subject todismissal at any time. The failure ofLoeb in his conduct of the Fox book-ing office to engage and play acts asthe other New York booking agenciesdo in most instances has been a con-tinuous sore point with the artists, alsotheir agents.The attitude of ^ocb toward what

are known as small time. acts bookedby small time agents is said to becaused to quite an extent through his

secret booking dealings with bigtime agents who are expected to placetheir turns onlv in theatres supplied bythe United Booking Offices. Theseagents, and there are several do busi-

ness with Loeb. although the U. B. O.has taken cognizance of it and has beencollecting evidence for some time of the

V. B. O. agents booking in this way.Tt is likelv there will be an aftermathto it.

Mr. Cooper a couple of vears agocomplaining of the Loeb method with-drew all of his acts from that circuit,

later again booking with Fox wheninformed his acts would be played as

engaged.Acts for the Fox time are engaged by

Edgar Allen, the Fox booking man-ager, who is not involved by either the

artists or agents, the latter placing the

entire blame upon Loeb.

HOLD-UP TRIO ARRESTED.The three men who startled Broad-

way a few weeks ?go when thev forcedan entrance into the St. Francis Hoteland held up several well known pro-fessionals who were participating in

a game of dice were taken in tow bythe police this week. They are GenePrice. "Whitie" Johnson and DanO'Donnell. the latter a prize fight pro-moter of Cleveland.When apprehended the men had in

their oossession a number of revolvers,

fake Federal warrants and a completeset of police uniforms. All werefound "wanted" in different cities, onebeing charged with the theft of sev-

eral thousand dollars' worth of dia-

monds from the wife of Gene Sennctt,the Bronx cabaret owner.The men were arrested bv Detectives

Johnson. Kerwin. Shea and Flynn of

the "strongarm" squad and when ar-

raigned were held in $25,000 bail for

trial.

Those in the game when the in-

\vi:u: .- rt;;1\ed included George I.e-

maire. Arnold Kothstein and severalothers, while it was said Sam Bernardhad just left the room as the visitors

arrived.

VAUDEVILLEAMERICAN CIRCUIT MANAGERSMAKE PUNS FOR NEXT SEASON

Traveling and House Managers Talk It Over. "Better Shows"and "Cleanliness." George Peck Elected President.

KOHL'S SUCCESSOR.

At the annual meeting of the Amer-ican Burlesque Association, held in

New York June 1, George Peck, gen-

eral manager of the circuit, was also

elected its president, vice Judge Mul-ler of Cincinnati resigned.

William B. Jennings was added to

the Board of Directors.

The Association has decided to take

the Chicago Empire and the Pittsburgh

Victoria matter for next season under

further advisement, to be discussed andsettled at a special meeting to be called

within two weeks by the board of di-

rectors.s

At the meeting pf the house man-agers and producing traveling man-agers of the American. Burlesque As-

sociation Monday morning plans for

the new season were gone over anda number of things discussed.The house managers offered to ren-

der the traveling attractions every aid

and special attention will be paid nextyear to advertising and billing of ashow, with each show to carry an ad-vance agent.The producing managers in addition

to engaging advance men have con-sented to better equip their compan-ies and to spend some of the moneythey are reported as making on theseason just closed on their new showsand outfits.

The subject of "cleanliness" came upand the association heads directed that

especial care and attention be giventhis phase of production. The man-agers were given to understand that

under no condition would they standfor any "cheating" in general show in-

vestiture.

"A higher standard" is the slogan

and with a view to obtaining a better

grade of productions next season the

American Association has decided to

have a censoring committee pass uponthe shows much after the fashion of

the Columbia wheel.President Peck will appoint three

men later whose business will be to

tour the circuit after having given the

shows what inspection, they can dur-

ing the preliminary season. If the

shows visited do not come up to re-

quirements they will be laid off until

they do show the improvement de-

sired by the censors.

Under no circumstances will the

American producers or managers be

permitted to slip over any "cooch"or "nautch" dances that will in any wise

permit of suggestive advertising. Clas-

sical dances such as interpreted bysome of the dancers without carrying

the gyrations to extremes will be ap-

proved but the "hooch" will not be tol-

erated.The regular season of the Ameri-

can shows will open Aug. 20.

No further decision was made on

the open time between St. Paul andKansas City aside from arranging to

play Duluth for Sunday only with the

remainder of the week open or filled in

as the road manager may so decree.

Each company will carry a road

crew of three union men, carpenter,

electrician and property man.At the Columbia theatre headquar-

ters Secrctarv Tcnnings said that amic-

able relations existed between tT>e As-

sociation and the I. A. T. S. K. an 1

that so far everything was splendid for

the resumption of the season.

Very little one-night stand terri-

tory will be played. The usual stands

will be made on the Penn Circuit, with

only a few weeks booked as two andthree days' stand.The Association is routing up for

36 weeks, with the time carrying the

season well int6 May.The house managers attending the

American Association meeting were:I. H. Herk (Gayety, Chicago, Gayety,Minneapolis, and Star, St. Paul), SamLevy (Cadillac, Detroit), E. T. Beatty(Englewood, Chicago), W. S. Clark(Gayety, Baltimore), Robert Morrow(Trocadero, Philadelphia), Dave Kraus(Olympic, New York), Lew Krieg(Gayety) and Mike Joyce (Star), bothof Brooklyn, James Walsh (Gayety,Philadelphia), H. R. Lefebore (Or-pheum, New Bedford, Mass.), E. G.Lothrop (Howard, Boston), MauriceJacobs (Gayety, Kansas City, andStandard, St. Louis), George Stroud(Savoy, Hamilton, Can.), Louis Epstein(Majestic, Scranton, .Pa.)'.

The producing managers attendingwere: Al. Lubin ("Forty Thieves"),I. M. Weingarten ("Sept. ^Glories"),

Charles E. Taylor ("Darling of Paris"),Sol Meyers ("Social Follies"), Maur-ice Wainstock ("Military Maids"), T.B. Sullivan ("Monte Carlo Girls"),

Richard Zeisler ("Lady Buccaneers"),William Vail ("Grown Up Babies"),Lew Talbot ("Lid Lifters

1'), Charles

F. Donahue ("Record Breakers"),Charles Baker ("Tempters" and"Speedway Girls"), Charles Frankly

n

("Girls From the Follies"), Henry E.

Dixon ("Big Revue of 1918"), CharlesRobinson ("Parisian Flirts"), W. F.

Gehardy ("Mischief Makers"), TeddySimons and James Lake ("AutoGirls"), T. W. Dinkios ("InnocentMaids"), Harry Hastings ("SomeBabies"), William S. Campbell (PatWhite's "Burlesquers"), Harry Hart("Hello Girls"), Charles E. Barton("The Aviators"), Joe Hurtig ("GingerGirls").After the meeting Messrs. I. H. Herk,

E. Thomas Beatty and Robert Schoe-necker returned to Chicago.

AN "ALLIES BILL"Newark, N. J., June 6.

For the week of June 18, Proctor's

has prepared an "Allies Bill," to repre-

sent the countries in the war's alliance

of nations.So far selected are Wyatt's Scotch

Lads and Lassies, "America First,"

Kitaro Troupe, Stephen O'Rourke,Juliette Dika, Clark and Verdi, with a

Russian turn to be obtained and an-

other to fill out the program.

NEW PEOPLE IN "FROLICS.""French Frolics," with Ed. Daly man-

aging, goes out again for an Americanburlesque circuit tour, with a number of

new additions to the former cast.

This show is sponsored by E. T.

P>catty, Chicago, and will have Harry(Hello Jake) Fields, Walter Parker,

Lena Daly, John O. Grant, HarryMorrison, Vic Dayton (ingenue) (with

the "Americans" last season) and MaeMcCrea, a "coon shouter" Beatty "dis-

covered" in the Fountain Inn cabaret,

Chicago, and who spent the last four

weeks of the season with the show.

With the 1 o'clock closing law still

in rigid effect, cabaret men are looking

forward to the early abolition of "open"^lindrWS. tUC \*'orr! h"Wni';.; ^imc r*'L'!» -

that such an order can he. expected

any day. The 1 o'clock law has beenparticularly felt by the small Broad-

way cabarets where their business

usually began at the closing hour of

the earlier places.

Chicago, June £.

With the passing of Charles E. Kohl,speculation -., lo who will succeed himas the representative of the Kohl in-

terests in the Western Vaudeville Man-agers' Association and the varioustheatres controlled by the estate of his

late father points to either Frank Riv-ers or Mort Singer, with a bare pos-sibility that Jack Kohl will be chosenbecause of his direct relationship.

The logical man seems to be Singer,who is and has been piloting the "As-sociation" for some time, but becauseof Rivers' connection with the Kohlestate, many believe Mrs. Kohl mayfavor him.Jack Kohl has apparently dropped!

his lawsuit instituted against his moth-er for an accounting of the Kohl es-

tate. The action was never taken seri-

ously by the Kohls and was consid-ered, by many as a mere legal ,proposi-

tionthat would "peter" out when JackKohl and his mother met.The excitement attending Charles

Kohl's sudden death has entirely sub-sided with the official announcement,that his end was caused by heart at-

tack and the family declaration thatinsanity caused his eccentric action

just prior to his death. The funeral

was attended by practically everytheatrical man of prominence in themiddle-west.

M. P. P. A. MEETING.At the regular semi-monthly meet-

ing of the Music Publishers' ProtectiveAssociation, hefd in the organization'sheadquarters Tuesday night, over 50

applications for membership were re-

ceived from out-of-town publishers andpassed upon by the membership com-mittee. By the end of the week it is

estimated the order will carry a list

of more than 100 active members. Theelection of the William Jerome Co. to

charter membership was announced.The business committee report was

adopted and a special committee ap-

pointed to investigate some method to

eliminate the existing trade evils andremedy, selling conditions.

UNIONIZING BY SUBSCRIPTION.The Tucker Brothers of Oklahoma

City, who have been prominent in the

theatrical strike there by the unionforces, m which the late White Ratsunion became involved, are announcingcapital stock for sale in the TuckerBrothers Amusement Co., pledged to

operate theatres they become posses-

sed of in Oklahoma with only unionlabor.

The Tucker Brothers are advertis-

ing to union people for subscriptions

from one dollar up, stating the purpose'of the corporation formed with a capital

stock of $300,000 and mentioning theyhave purchased the largest theatre

(legitimate) in Oklahoma City, the

Overholser, as part of the new com-pany's holdings.

DEPENDS ON HEAT.While the vaudeville theatres in New

York now open have their programslaid out for next week and will remainopen, nothing further has been arrangedfor tliosc houses that customarily close

over the summer.

BURLESQUE STOCK OPENS.Milwaukee, June 6.

Matt Kolb's stock burlesque openedat the Empress Sunday for the sum-mer. Kathryn "Dimples" Murray is

the prima donna, and Joe Murray, the

"straight" man.

Ob dy« Lockwood Engaged for "Letty."

Oliver Mumsro lias cii-jaued Glady>Loekwood to appear in "So LomjI.ettv" next season.Miss Loekwood has been playing in

vaudeville, latelv appearing with Lock-w<».h1 and Neville (male- pianist).

NO TIPS CLOSING WEEK.St Paul June 6.

The acts on the closing bill at theOrpheum here last week, includingDorothy Jardon, William and MargaretCutty, Bert Swor, Hayes and Rivet,Flanagan and Edwards, Tower andDarrell and the Carson Bros., all re-ceived sealed instructions from the localmanager not to tip the stage crew, Theorder caused much comment.

Harry Singer, general manager of theOrpheum Circuit, stated the order waspurely a local one and originated withthe local manager and that the circuitheadquarters did not know anythingabout it.

"PIE ROMANCE" ENDED.Chicago, June 6.

Helen Raymond, in "Very GoodEddie," begun action for divorce herelast week against Ira J. Perry, Jr., sonof the wealthy pie manufacturer of St.Louis. They were married in 1914 inBaltimore, Perry persuading her toquit the stage and promising her motorcars, jewels and society lite.

She soon found out the promiseswere vapory and sought the footlightsagain.

Miss Raymond referred to her hus-band as a "society cannibal," who liveson his friends. She says that at the end,of her six weeks' honeymoon that shediscovered a well known society woman,of St. Louis was paying his bills. Alsothat he had borrowed a stick pin fromBob Stewart, a wealthy youth of StLouis, and then had it reset into an en-gagement ring for her. Her disillusioncame when Perry's father advised herthat the son did not have a cent. Shealludes to her marriage as a "pie ro-mance," which was "not half baked."

"IRON HORSE" SOLD.Frank Tannehill insists he must not

be kidded about the sale of his "IronHorse," otherwise known a* "Song ofthe Valley." Mr. Tannehill secured$700 for the animal, after an ownershipof it for about two years, the horsehaving been presented to him by HenryWaterson.Mr. Tannehill is full of affection for

his departed nag, which ran races onregular race tracks, sometimes finish-

ing.

Withal, says Frank, he got a lot ofmoney out of the books through "Songof the

#Valley," even if his friends failed

to connect.Frank is hanging onto the seven

hundred meanwhile looking about fora world beater that can be bought forabout $450, leaving him also a profit

on the last thing the "Iron Horse didfor him. The horseman is a keen judgeof horseflesh. He has made many pos-itive statements regarding running.horses that won, Frank always beingcertain they would not.

MARRIAGES.Marie Eilcne Gilmore, formerly with

several of the Frohman attractions to

John DuBois Cables, an officer in thefield artillery. •

Tillic Whitney, of Whitney and Wil-ton, to George Warwick (non-profes-sional), May 23, in Washington, U.,C.

Alice Dovey and Jack Hazzard ob-tained a license to wed Tuesday andwere married Wednesday. Miss Doveygave her age as 31, her husband 36.

George Watts, the comedian of Mer-lin, Watts and Towns, to Isabel Holy,a professional pianiste, in Chicago,June 3.

BIRTHS.Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Lederer, Jr.,

June 1, son.

Manager Wright Goes to Toronto.Montreal, June 6.

Abbic Wright, manager of the local

Princess for several years, has gone to

Toronto, where he will have charge ofthe Royal Alexandra.

8 VAUDEVILLE±

ARTISTS' FORUMConfine letters to 160 ^rorfs and write on one elde of paper only.Anonymous communlcatlwa will not be printed. Name of writer must be signed

and will be held In strict confidence. If desired.Letters to be published /n this column must be written exclusively to VARIETY.

Duplicated letters will not/be printed. The writer who duplicates a letter to theForum, either before or af/er It appears here, will not be again permitted the priv-ileges of it.

New fork, June 5.

Editor Variety-

:

Seeing that you wrot^in Variett re-

garding "German Acto/s" in this coun-

try, I am sending you/a clipping fromthe "Times." I believe that Germanactors will not look for trouble and it

is not wise for you/ to dictate in anywfiy what should bfe done with them.

Variety has alwayA been looked uponas\ the international paper and should

keep to that poli<ry.

/ (Unsigned.)

It is not the7custom of Variety to

reply to unsigned communications, buton this occasion an exception is made,as the ^writer of the above letter, un-3uestionably a German, is laboring yn-er a misapprehension of the contents

and intent of the article in the last is-

sue of Variety headed "Interning Ger-man Artists Is Government's Plan."The article was written ,to warn the

German artists in this country as to

the necessary steps they should take to

prevent falling under the suspicion ofthe officers of the Government and tosecure for themselves the necessar/credentials which would permit themto continue their vocation and not beinterned,

It was advice to go to the office ofthe U. S. Marshal, in whatever city theymight be located, and register, unlessthey had become full-fledged citizens

of the United States.German artists in the United States

who have not registered with the au-thorities should do so immediately. To-day and tomorrow are the last oppor-tunities. Doing so they .will avoid anumber of complications which mustof necessity arise later if they don't.

Germans should not accept advicefrom people who try to counsel theminto any other course.

Artists who are Germans and havetraveled throughout the world must re-

member they are now in the UnitedStates and that the United States is atwar with Germany. It is necessary forthem while here to obey the laws ofthe Government in every way and todo or say nothing that will bring them

* under suspicion.

Peoria, June 1.

Editor Variety:In last week's Variety (Chicago

Notes) it stated "Mr. and Mrs. Wm.O'Clare had walked out of a Loewhouse in New York during the strike."

This is not so. We were called onthe phone by our agent and asked to

replace tn act at the Bijou that hadwalked out and declined.

We were playing the Fox time then,

bu^ had three days open. We were to

open for Loew the next week butwere placed on the blacklist beforethat time.

Wm. O'Clare.

ILL AND INJURED.Capt. Ray Hodgdon of the 71st, while

stationed somewhere up New Yorkstate severely injured his right handin an auto accident last Thursday. Hecame into New Yotk SaiurJ y onsick leave with his arm in a sling.

Mrs. George Choos is at Mt. Clem-ens, recreating, following her recovery

from the automobile accident of someweeks ago when she was quite seriously

injured.William F. Sully, head of the Sully

Family, has about recovered from theserious effects of blood poisoning in

the thumb of bis left hand.Roderquez fell in Chicago and frac-

tured his shoulder. His place with thePantages road show was taken by Rioand Helmar at Minneapolis.

Clarence Bowen (Brooks andBowen), owing to illness, has beencompelled to leave the act and is ar-ranging to go west in the hope ofbenefiting his health. Next seasonShelton Brooks may double with Ollie

Powers, the tenor, the duo now re-

hearsing in Chicago. The Lucy LucierTrio got the act's time on the PantagesCircuit time in Winnipeg. Brooks andBowen left the road show in Minne-apolis.

Sid Perrin (Jerome and Perrin) hasbeen doctoring his throat, the act be-ing forced to lay off meantime.

Digby Bell and Co. were compelledto lay off the current week, owing to

the star's suffering from an attack of

gallstones. He plays Philadelphianext week.Joe Bennett, who did "Abie Kabib-

ble" in "The Telephone Tangle" andwho was badly beaten and robbed last

week in Chicago's black belt^is still in

the American hospital. His jaw bone,

which was fractured, was completelysevered and will probably necessitate

wiring together. Because of the injury

to Bennett, the act has been disbandedfor the season.

Clyde Rinaldo denies reports fromthe west, averring he was ill and con-

fined in a San Francisco hospital.

H. Allon Downing is recovering

from an operation performed in St.

Louis. •

Bluette Condea, of "The MaskedModel," was forced to undergo anoperation for aopendicitis during the

San Francisco engagement.Emelie Egamar (Mrs. Billy O'Brien)

was operated on Jn the German Hos-pital, Philadelphia, May 25, and is re-

covering rapidly at her home, 242 N.

Franklin street, Philadelphia.

A. A. Avery (Avery and Ames) has

recovered from his recent illness.

John Ennis, assistant stage managerat the Princess, Montreal, is at the Gen-eral Hospital, Montreal, through a

fracture of the right leg, sustained while

boarding a train at Dorval, Que. Mr.Ennis lost his hold on the step rail and

fell to the tracks.

While superintending the removal

of a bulb from an electric sign, Oliver

C. Edwards, manager of Poli's theatre,

New Haven, Conn., miraculously es-

caped losing the sight of his left eye.

The bulb exploded and a piece pierced

the pupil.

CHESTNUT ST. THEATRE SOLD.

Philadelphia, June 6.

The old Chestnut Street theatre,

above Twelfth street, closed for sev-

eral years, was sold last week for about

$800,000. An office building is to be

erected on the site. This is one of

the historic theatres of this city. Manyyears ago it housed the famous Chest-

nut Street Stock Company, which con-

tained many of the most famous stars

of their time.

Nothing has transpired regarding the

leasing of the Chestnut Street opera

house to Cohan & Harris, but it is ex-

pected the deal will go through when

the rental is satisfactorily adjusted.

Ill AND OUT.Harry Bertsford and Co. did not

arrive at Youngstown, O., Monday in

time to open. Britt Wood, also on thesame bill (Hip), reported ill and off

for the week.Diero was out of the Academy bill

at the Academy, Charleston, S. C, thefirst half through injuring his arm.The Solomines substituted.

Joe DeLier continued as a single atLouisville and Nashville this weekowing to his partner (Delier and Ter-ming) having been called north throughthe serious illness of his sister.

The Grand Opera Quartet left th*Royal bill after the initial performanceMonday, Marshall Montgomery sub-stituting.

The Musical Spillers, billed, did notopen at Sohmer Park, Montreal, Sun-day. Valentine's Dogs filled in for theweek.

NEW ACTS.Carl Randall and Ernestine Meyers,

for the summer, opening at the Or-pheum, Sari Francisco, July 1. Mr.Randall is engaged for a productionnext season (M. S. Bentham).After giving his protean musical

sketch a thorough try-out, under themanagement of Joseph Hart, HymanAdler has decided to shelve it, and will

experiment with another vehicle, prob-ably under the direction of Lewis &Gordon. .

Pat Hanley, formerly being of theHanley, Lumm and Smith BroadwayTrio, single.

Billy B. Van and Dave Fergusonhave formed a two-act for over thesummer.

Lilian Herlein is making ready a

new act, with three people and special

scenery, with 12 costume changes.Ben Harrison (formerly Harrison

and Rives) and Georgette Capjtola in

"The Heart Doctor" (Ned Dandy)."The Girls from Starland" (Sam

Baerwitz).Saranoff, with Maude Drury and

Frances Du Barry, in three-act writtenby Havez & Silvers.

Pauline Marshall (Mrs. S. R. Hatch-itt), the original Fifi in "The MerryWidow," has returned to Broadwayfrom Chicago, where she has been re-

siding, and taken a summer home at

Rye, N. Y., where she is entertainingMr. and Mrs. James Early.

THE SOFT MARK'S SAVIOR.By HARRY BRREN.

No more Is heard the rattleOf the dree below the stairs;

The shapes and tops have taken flops;They're hushed, and no one cares.

The aces that were ofttlmes neckedAre bid down In the trunk;

The strippers and the readersAll are gathered with the Junk.

«

The sure-thing boys are hungry.For the wolf Is at their door;

The sucker sure has seen a lightHe never saw before.

And friends that used to frame himPass him by without a glance;

It's useless to Invite him now;He's wise, and there's no chance.

And whence came all this wlsenessTAnd what's made him so tame

;

Hush. I will tell the secret:I'm the ghost of his last crap game.

'Twas the green hills In the open.The sunshine on the earth.

The heritage of mankindThat was his by right of birth.

They have lured him from the cellar.

From the recess of his cell.

To the ninth hole on the hilltop.

Where he's doing mighty well.

Now the only bones that rattle

Are the caddy's ribs so thin,

That shake with hidden laughterWhen he's trying to putt In.

He thinks he's playing kelly,

And could make It with a cue;He's on the green in sixteen strokes,

The nolo ia twccty-tiro.

.

Well, he's up bright In the morning,A touud of golf to play,

A schoolboy's color on his cheeks,Then to his matinee.

He's healthy and he's happy;He's awake and he's alive;

But it's Sunday In Seattle,

And the par for that la five.

IN THE SERVICE.Among the first vaudevillians to join

the colors was Harvey Brooks, former-ly of Brooks and Oakley, who joinedTroop A, First New York Cavalry.His troop left this week for Fort SamHouston, Texas.With Brooks as his "bunkie" was

Syd Marion, formerly with the Gert-rude Hoffman act. Marion is withTroop A and the boys expect to go toFrance as messmates.Edward Hartman, of Variety's staff,

enlisted with the Quartermaster's En-listed Reserve Corps, left for New Lon-don, Conn., Tuesday, where he becomesa sergeant clerk in the officers' corpsat Camp H. G. Wright. Hartman hasbeen with Variety several years.Fred Martin, formerly of the Flying

Martins and later with George Delmore(Delmore and Lee), found' himself tooshort of stature to get in the regulararmy so he has applied for a place in

the aerial corps.Leo Dale Ingraham says her son

has joined the colors and is at sea onthe "Wyoming."Charles Phillips, former advance

man, has been gazetted as captain in

the Quartermaster's Corps of the U.S. Army.Frank Carter and Wellington (Duke)

Cross have joined the American Am-bulance Corps in France and expect tosail in October. Before leaving theywill receive three weeks' instruction in

Detroit at the Ford plant and mustalso go through a three weeks' inocu-lation period.A musical quartet playing vaudeville

has disbanded. The Cain Brothers arcmembers of the New York NationalGuard, while J. W. Brooks is attachedto the army forces at Topeka, Kan.R. F. Fulton, the other member, joins-he troops at Detroit.Robert Eschell, formerly known as

Donald Roberts (Fox and Roberts)made four attempts to join the armyand was rejected each time. Last Sat-urday he entered the recruiting office

at 149th street and Third avenue andwas turned down because of defectiveeyes'.gnt.

Probably the first registrations Tues-day morning were made by FrederickBrown (Six Brown Bros.) and SteveSpears, manager, Palace Hotel (45thstreet) who reached the registrationbooth prior to its opening. The youngmen were up at 6 o'clock, and foundthree ahead of them in the line at thebooth in Precinct 10. Brown's cardwas number six, and Spears' five.

When one professional declared that

he had broken arches when register-'

ing he was told that . they could bebraced and that he would be assignedto the cavalry if selected.

Joe Levy and George Sofranski, bothvaudeville agents, have joined the 69th.

The two Gordon brothers, formerlyGordon Brothers and Golden (vaude-ville) are in the same regiment.

Pierre J. LeMay, formerly leadingman with Minnie Dupree and latelywith one of the Jos. Hart attractions,has enlisted in the ambulance corpsand has been ordered to act've dutyunder Major E. E. Parsons, at Allen-town, Pa.Rawdon Ferndinando, assistant with

Pete and his Pals (vaudeville) joinedthe 69th Regiment and will drive a six-

mule team.

4 -SIM WILLIAMS' SHOW. 4

Sim Williams will have one burlesquecompany on the American circuit nextseason, sending out "Girls From Joy-land," with the musical numbers pro-duced by Barney Fagan. Rehearsalswill start about July IS as the companyopens its regular season about Aug.6.

The cast will include Billy Gilbert,

Cobby Marker, George Brown, DanDiehl, William E. fiarker, Beulah Ken-nedy (soubrette), Ruth Barker (primadonna), Ida Nicholai, Joe Woodman,John Burke, Joe Scullen and chorus of

22. Eight new sets of scenery, all new,have been ordered by Williams.

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On this t>age is published an an-nouncement from a committee oftheatrical men, advising the professionto purchase Liberty Bonds, and to in-form the committee of the amountbought by each.

The purpose of the Committee, aswe understand it, is to gather statis-tics in the matter of the Liberty Bondsale which will conclusively prove tothe public and such legislative officials

as may be interested that the theat-rical profession is always with andbehind the Government.

The Committee wishes to know thenames and amount of bonds boughtby every theatrical person, whether$50 or $50,000 or more. These nameswill ultimately be published, but notwith the amounts. The gross amountof all the purchases reported only is

to be made known.' The informationgiven the Committee as to the exactamount invested in bonds will beheld in confidence. It is 1 appre-ciated by the Committee that the sumsinvested in the bonds by theatricalpeople will greatly vary in amount,and for that reason, if no other, theamounts are to be withheld.

The Committee volunteers to assistanyone wishing to purchase bonds,upon receipt of their application,which is also provided for in the Com-mittee's statement herewith. But it is

not obligatory upon the purchaser, if

not already a subscriber to the bondissue, to secure them through thecommittee. Any bank, even though aprofessional is not a depositor in it,

will arrange to obtain bonds wanted.A system of payments has been ar-ranged for settlement. This pro-vides for installments of weeklypayments, according to the bondssubscribed for, with the bank hold-ing the bonds for the account of

the purchaser until full settlement is

made, when they will be turned overto the investor, with all interest bear-ing coupons attached.

The Government through this bondissue has given to the people a sav-

ings plan of great value, and one, if-

taken advantage of, may prove the

foundation of a fortune. To those in-

vestors of moderate means, to whomthe investment is a saving, it gives, be-

sides the patriotic intent, a means of

practising economy, to save money. Tothe professional there is nothing morepractical the Government could haveproposed and there is nothing theprofessional can so well practise for

himself or herself as economy, withthe result shown in Liberty bonds,that are the best and surest invest-

ment this country can provide, for if

the Government is not good, nothingwithin the Government can be good.The Liberty Bond is safer than anystocks or bonds issued in the U. S. or

any savings bank, for the LibeTtyBond is guaranteed by the Govern-ment, upon which the safety of every-

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A Liberty Loan Bond is better than a dollar bill, because your Uncle Sam, the samegentleman who issues the dollar bill, offers the bond as the very best thing he prints.

It works while you sleep, when you are laid off, when you are ill.

Folks of the Theatre! You've got to start saving now. You are forever helping others.

Now help yourselves.

You who are well fixed must buy in the thousands.

You in moderate circumstances must buy in the hundreds.

You who are poor must buy one bond.

If you haven't even fifty dollars to show for your years of work, we'll help you; Youcan start with $1.00; we will show you how.

Write now for full information to

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THEATRICAL LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE,HUDSON THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY.

The possession of a Liberty Loan Bond is

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THEATRICAL LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE

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Mrs. Henry B. Harris

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Rennold WolfAl H. Woods

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.

John L. Golden, Chairman

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future legislation affecting the interests of the

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10 LEGITIMATE,NEWS FROM THE DAILIES

(Below is news matter not collected by Variety but rewritten in

condensed form from the items relating to theatricals appearing in the

New York daily newspapers between the dates of Variety's weekly

issues.)

A. H. Woods has taken an option on all ofMax Martin's play writings for the next five

years.

Allen Doone and bis Irish-Australian com-pany will begin a season at the 30th StreetIn August In a new comedy.

The Shuberts are to produce a new play en-titled "A Man s Home,'' with George Nash inthe leading role, In New Haven June 18.

"My Lady's OIoto" la the title the Shu-berts have settled upon for "The BeautifulUnknown/' opening at the 44th St., June 18.

John D. Williams is to produce a new playentitled "The Copperhead," by AugustusThomas.

Ada Rehan, the noted actress, who died Jan.8, llilG, left a total estate of $222,584, accord-lug to a tax transfer report filed last week.

The Henry D. Harris Eat. management Is toproduce 'The Claim," by Charles Kenyon andFrank Bare.

"The Knife" Is to remain at the DIJouthroughout the summer, according to an an-nouncement from the Shubert PresB Dept.

Cohan ft Harris have a play by James Mont-gomery, entitled "The Slacker," to be pro-duced In the fall.

F. C. Whitney Is to take "When JohnnyComes Marching Home" to the Auditorium,Chicago, for a run after it finishes at theManhattan O. H.

Helen Raymond, who rt In Chicago with"Very Good Eddie," has started an action forabsolute divorce from Ira J. Perry, whom sheterms as a "society parasite."

Lyn Harding has contributed $100 of his•alary each week during his Empire theatreengagement In the trio of Bariie plays to theStage Women's War Relief Society.

"Eve's Daughter," a play of English life,

was produced In Washington, on Monday night,

for the first time on any stage by William A.Brady.

"The Inner Man," presented by the Shu-berts with Wilton Lackaye in the leading role,

waa given its premiere in Albany on Mondaynight.

The estate of Charles Leslie Allen, amount-ing to $11,G00. waa left to his widow. He w;is

the father of Viola Allen and died Feb. 23last.

Mark Luescher Is aiding in the publicitywork on the land dreadnaught "Recruit" in

Union Square. Wells Hawks is on the jobtncre dally during a couple of hours eachafternoon.

Irving Mack, who has been assistant toRalph Kettering, the Jones, Llnlck andSchaffer press agent, Is now handling the pub-licity for the bluebird and Universal Alms in

Chicago.

Justice Erlanger, In the Supreme Court,June 2, awarded Thomas Rlego Hart $2,600damages against the Fox Film Company, for

breach of contract in connection with the filmproduction of "La Totem."

A number of bankers and brokers of NewYork played two and three shows a day dur-ing the current week, explaining the LibertyBond issue to the patrons of vaudeville andpicture houses.

The Society of American Magicians held Its

annual dinner at the McAlpln Friday nightlast. It was proposed at the function the so-ciety promote a permanent theatre for magicin New York.

Cohan & Harris are to produce RachelCrothers* play, "He and She," at AtlanticCity, June 25. The cast Includes Eflle Shan-non, Maclyn Arbucklc, Marlon Barney, JnncCooper, Mrs. Willis Steel, Thurlow Bergen,Clyde Fogel and Bertram Millar.

John McCormack, the tenor, Is to be awardedthe degree of doctor of literature at the com-mencement held June 20 at the College ofHoly Cross at Worcester, Mass.

The Barnum and Bailey Circus waB wreckedby a wind storm nt Unlontown, Pa., June 1.

On* rromar. wan killed and ovt r .r<f> ;n.T«or.». In-

Inrf). .S.'v of tbo «l«'phnnt«i Artrnp^d^d ?wl In-jured a number of those In the audience.

closing is said to be a contract to appear inpictures which Jack Barrymore entered intobefore the opening of the stage production.

This is to be the final season of Fort Qeorge,at the upper end ol Washington Heights, M.Y. City, ua an amusement resort. Acting oncomplaints from Washington Heights Taxpay-ers' Assn., License Commissioner Bell, decidedto revoke the licenses of the amusement de-vices ut the close of the present season.

Eddie Leonard, blackface comedian andminstrel, was arrested at 64th street andBroadway on the night of May 31 on a chargepreferred by one of the maids at Relsen-weber's, where he is stopping. The complain-ant alleged that the comedian tried to insulther. Leonard denied the charge In Night Court.

O. M. Anderson and L. Lawrence Weberhuve completed the cast for "The Bery idea,

'

a farce comedy by William Le Baron, to beproduced in July. The east includes RobertEuiuiclt Kouue, oyduey Shields, Harold liin-dee, Leo Stark, Josephine Drake, Belle Daubeand Jennie Dlckeraon. Rehearsals startedon Monday morning.

Julia Sanderson and Joseph Cawthorn areto be presented as co-stars in a productionby the Charles Frohman Co. next season. Thepiece Is a musical comedy entitled "RamblerHose," by Victor Jacobi and Harry B. Smith.No announcement regarding Donald Brian,who was the third corner of the triangularslurring arrangement in the production of"Sybil" was made.

The annual election of the Friars took placeFriday night. The regular ticket was elected,consisting of Qeorge M. Cohan, abbot; JohnJ. Gleason, dean; Robert Campbell, secretary;Walter C. Jordan, treasurer. Irving Berlin,Channlng Pollock, Ralph Trier, Edwin Q.Burns, D. Frank Dodge and Frank Tlnneywere elected to the Board of Governors for aterm of two years.

Algernon Whipple, who stated that he wasa burlesque actor, was haled before MagistrateHouse in the Traffic Court, charged with vio-lating the speed laws and driving a car whileintoxicated and was fined $100. On leavingthe court he slapped the officer that hadarrested him and was brought back Into courtagain and fined an additional $10 for assault.

Justice Joseph E. Newberger, in the SupremeCourt, dismissed, May 31, the action of Mrs.Amy Ongley against A. H. Woods and MaxMarcln for an injunction and an accountingand damages on the production of "CheatingCheaters." Mrs. Ongley alleged that her hus-band collaborated on the writing of the play.Nathan Burkham represented the producer andthe author.

H. E. (Doc) Weaver., agent fQr_"GoodGrucious Annubelle," pulled a brand new oneIn Chicago Just before the show went back toNew York. He visited the various newspaperoffices and thanked the dramatic editors fortheir courtesy to him during the run of thepiece. It hadn't been done before and natu-rally made a hit with the scribes.

Max D. Steuer, attorney for the widow ofGeorge H. Hubcr and the execcutors of theestate which he left, made a statement toSurrogate John P. Cohnlan and a Jury in thecontest of the will Instituted by George HubcrThompson that the contest was the result ofa dellbnrnte conspiracy hatched on the portof the relatives of the late showhian to be-smirch his memory. George Hubcr Thomp-son, a nephew and foster son, la trying to es-tablish the fact thnt he Is In reality a sonof the former museum proprietor.

The engagement of "Peter Ibbetson," at theRepublic will end on June in, but will be re-sumed early In August. The reason for the

n^01^,6 .Procurers play, "Bought and

Pnld For," Is the first piece of domesticcomposition selected by the British soldiersto be produced at the Garrison Institute andTheatre. Park Hill Camp, Oswestry, England.This is the first camp theatre to be orga-nized, controlled and operated by the BritishArmy. The cast Is to be composed of soldiersand nurses, and the proceeds will go to thetroops for necessary comforts. Later thepiece will be presented by the same cast atthe opening of the soldiers' theatre In KlmmelPark, another camp.

Tomorrow a delegation from the Friars willIn conjunction with the Stage Women's WarRelief, go to Fort Meyer to entertain the re-cruits In training there. The party will beIn charge of ' 8am Harris and Jack Gleason.Those volunteering Include: George M. Cohan,Fr.nnk Tlnney, James J. Corbett. Irving Ber-lin, "N

Tora Hnyos. Harry Fox, Bert Levy.JtiUAjs J. Morton, Doyle and Dixon, HarryKelly, Henry Cllve, "Fatty" Arbuckle, SophieBernard, Dore Floden, Little Billy, SydneyJarvls. The Leightons, Ous Edwards. Themusical directors are: Charles Gebest, CliffHess, Maurice Abrams, Louis Silvers.

BEST SINCE WAR'S START.Theatrical managers in New York

were immensely cheered Mondaynight when the teceipts of practically

every house in town jumped to such an

extent to give that night the record

over any Monday since the declarationof war was made.The managers Tuesday with the ad-

vanced sales as their indicator tookfurther heart.

Joe Leblang also reported his sales

Monday were better than they hadbeen any time in the last nine weeks.The concensus of opinion is that the

reaction has set in and that New Yorkis in for a summer boom as far as the

theatres are concerned.At the Astor it was stated the show

had the best Monday night since the

opening of the attraction. 'The Gaietyreported the best gross in seven weeks,the Longacre with Willie Collier in

his 40th week in New York, stated the

evening's figures were better than onany Monday since March 19. TheWinter Garden, according to the agen-

cies, had the biggest call that it has

had since opening and the Princess

went to a sell-out.

Peter Ibbetson" was a sell-out Mon-day night; the Empire was practically

filled, aided materially by cut-rate seats;

the Comedy very big; "The Knife" ex-

cellent; "13th Chair" and Playhousefine, and all the remaining legitimate

houses going strongly. This is attrib-

uted to a number of business housesdeclaring Tuesday, registration day, a

holiday.There are three big conventions in

town at present. One, the MedicalSociety, has practically filled the Astor,

McAlpin and Biltmore hotels.

, A. C DISCRIMINATION?A report this week had it the Shu-

bert allies feel they are being discrim-

inated against in the matter of the

booking of their attractions in Atlantic

City.

While no official objection has, so

far as known, been registered at the

Klaw & Erlanger offices, it is believed

the Shuberts are chafing under the

booking allotments in Atlantic City

emanating from the Amsterdam thea-

tre building.There are two legitimate houses in

the New Jersey seacoast resort—the

Nixon and the Apollo. The latter is

regarded as the most desirable and it

is claimed that despite the understand-. ing between K.. & E. and the Shuberts,

every time a Shubert attraction seeks

a date in Atlantic City it is offered the

Nixon, while the K. & E. cohorts(cither through making earlier appli-

cation or otherwise is not known) hap-pen to pet the Apollo's open time.

•

LIBERTY FOR MISS TAYLOR?When Laurette Taylor opens her

second season in New York it may beat the Liberty.The Liberty is to be redecorated im-

mediately after the closing ofthe Wil-liamson picture, "The Submarine Eye."

Miss Taylor will present three newplays in New York next season.

JUDGMENTS.JudRTTicnts filed in the County Clerk's office.

The first name Is that of the Judgmentdebtor, the Berond the Judgment creditor, andthe amount of the Judgment.

C. J. Dryden Co.— H. S. Moss TheatricalEnterprises, Inc. (costs), $118.48.

Optigraph Film Corp.—R. S. Welant,$1W..ffi).

Wm. A. Phrer— T. Kelser, $«30.A. W. Dryfoon nnd Henry Obstfleld—White

Studio, Inc. (<v .ts>. $211.10.Leo Edwards—W. D. Rartlett, $«0.7:*.

Oscar and Arthur Hammerateln—Met. OperaCo. (costs), $170.88.

SATISFIED JUDGMENTS.Eddie Koy—J. M. Keon, $1,000.91.

Judgments Reversed.White Studio. Inc.—A. W. Dryfoos et al

(costs), $28.35 (Aug. 8/13).

SHOWS IN CHICAGO.Chicago, June 6.

With the weather up to now beingconsidered "poison" to outdoor amuse-ments, it conversely has been made to

order for theatricals and those legiti-

mate attractions still running are

turning a satisfactory profit. "TheShow of Wonders" at the Palace is

doing close to capacity at every per-

formance save the Thursday matinee.

It was late when the Shuberts wereable to secure an attraction for the

Garrick, which it had planned to keepdark for several weeks. The show wasAlan Brooks' "Dollars and Sense/'

which he lately tried out in Washing-ton. It opened Monday. •

Myron Rice has finally secured a

Chicago house for his musical produc-tion by Jack Hazzard, Percival Knightand A. Baldwin Sloane, called "DewDrop Inn," which arrives at the Illi-

nois Tune 17. This house is now dark.

"The Pawn," with Frank Keenan, i»

doing nicely at the Princess, with the

top at $1.50. Save for its finish the

piece is highly regarded, and will re-

main until the weather breaks, for it

is essentially not a warm weathershow."Seven Chances" displays a verjy

good demand at the Cort, with the

newspapers voting it one of the best

plays of the season. "The Bird of

Paradise" runs on at the Olympic andmay last out the month. "Turn to the

Right" at the Grand continues to doa healthy business. The show (in its

sixth month) has practically lost its

demand at the ticket agencies, but that

is more than compensated by the out-

of-town buy at the box office.

SHOWS IN FRISCO.San Francisco, June 6.

"The Masked Model" in its third andlast week at the Cort showed an in-

crease in attendance.At the Columbia, "Come Out of the

Kitchen," with Ruth Chatterton openedwell.

The Alcazar with Richard Bennett

and Co., got a flying start for its initial

week.

BOSTON LIKES "MARY'S ANKLE."Boston, June 6.

The first showing of "Mary's Ankle"/

looked good to Boston, and as the re-

sult of the approval of this May Tullyfarce comedy at its metropolitan pre-

, miere at the Wilbur Monday night, A.

H. Woods will probably display it in

New York in the fall. This is the

first of a series of productions that are

being tried out by Woods in anticipa-

tion of next season.Although no admission of the fact is

made, "Mary's Ankle" is a formervaudeville comedy elaborated andstretched into a three-act farce. Theplot concerns three modern and penni-less cavaliers, doctor, lawyer and wouldbe financier. To secure spmething to

pawn, they send out bogus marriageannouncements to the wealthy westernrelatives of the young physician. In-

stead of sending silver and cut glass,

the uncle appears and a bride has to befound. A girl in a taxicab with asprained ankle is utilized as the bride,

with the ultimate discovery she has thesame name and comes from the samecity as the imaginary bride on the bo-gus wedding announcement.This is tne old vaudeville act. The

padding comes mainly in the form ofa hypochondriacal old landlady and hercaustic-tongued slavey daughter, playedby Zelda Sears aand Louise Drew. Thelandlady brings in her parrot for treat-ment, under the impression it has ade-noids, and the doctor pawns it.

Irene Fenwick floundered in the first

act. in the title role, but got her bear-ings in the last two acts.

The production is snappv aiid full ofIarighs. An interpolated role of a stew-ard on a Bermuda steamer fills therather draggy third act with pep. It

should be expanded and given morebusiness.

LEGITIMATE. 11

PRODUCERS IN QUANDARYOVER UNSETTLED CONDITIONS

Many Shows Planned and Routed. Construction Held UpPending Turn In National Affairs. Railroads Fear

Government May Commandeer Lines.

Paper and Ink Scarce.

A general canvass of the legitimate

managerial offices reveals that prepara-

tions are going forward for the sendingout of more shows than in many years.

All sorts of attractions for the legiti-

mate theatres are to be sent Out, if

there is any possibility of thenar beingable to make railroad journeys/on any-

thing like schedule time.

The first thing that seem/ to havebeen attempted «is the arranging for

dates. Beyond that, the doming fall

and winter season is no further ad-

vanced than in previous/ springs of

recent years. / (

The scene painters^nd[lithographersstate they are not receiving any definite

orders to make ready, M>ut are beingheld in readiness to "go" at a moment'snotice.

Legitimate theatrical managers areunanimous in their opinion that their

branch of show business looks goodfor the coming season, provided theyare able to travel on any sort of- areasonable basis and with some assur-

ance the train schedule will not beinterfered with. This they have notbeen able to secure from the roads, thetransportation people stating they can-not enter into any cast-iron agreements,because they themselves do not knowwhen their trains will be command-eered by the government for the move-ment of troops or freight essential to

the proper conduct of the war.At the present time it is reported

that plenty of coal is being mined, butthat it is from six to eight weeksbehind in shipments. The NorthernPacific recently cancelled agreementsfor the bringing from various pointson their lines of large numbers of dele-

gates to three conventions and they arein no position to guarantee any sort of

passenger or freight deliveries.

Another thing the managers areawaiting before committing themselvesdefinitely for any large expenditures is

the result of conscription. It being gen-erally understood that those registering

are to be called to the colors in twoweeks' time.One railroad official stated he be-

lieved that by August when time cameto move the crops all Pullmans anddining cars would be dropped fromtrains except to through points, as ameasure to conserve coal and men, asa number of extra trains are to bewithdrawn from the service of all of

the big lines. The men thus thrownout of the passenger service will beutilized to handle the tonnage of thefreight divisions.

There will be no unnecessary build-ing permitted by the Government, all

steel and other forms of building ma-terial will be utilized by the nation forthe purposes of construction to carryon the war. At present there are but400,000,000 barrels of oil in this country,while under normal conditions the sur-plus on hand is usually 900,000,000 bar-rels, the reason being that the welloperators are unable to obtain steel

for the purposes of lining the ; r wellswith piping.The price of paper is going to cause

a jump in the price of printed matterfor attractions next year and there will

be a lack 6t variety in colors becauseof the scarc'ty of inks Managers arealready complaining about the latter.

duced at the Cort, New York, entitled"Coat-Tails," will be renamed "Furs andFrills" by Arthur Hammerstein, who in-

tends sending it out next season as amusical comedy.Tom Wis*e is to be in his original

role and Louise Dresser takes the lem-inine lead. Ernest Torrence will alsobe in the cast.

CORBY AND FISKE?There is a possibility Madison Corey

and Harrison Grey Fiske and a third

party may join in a producing organiza-

tion for the coming season. Mr. Coreystated early this week he was as yet

unable to announce his plans in full,

but that he was looking for offices in

the theatrical district. Fiske andCorey were interested in "A Night atan Inn," tried out early this spring.

It is stated that the cause for thesplit between Corey & Riter was oyera difference of opinion regarding this

production and "A Nigger in theWoodpile," also tried out.

HEILIG COMES EAST.Calvin Heilig, manager of the Heilig,

Portland, Ore., who, according to vari-ous reports that have been current dur-ing the past fortnight, had arrangedfor a switch to the Klaw & Erlangeroffice of a circuit of houses in thenorthwest hurried east to repair thebreak in his fences. As soon as theinformation of the proposed move in

his territory became known in NewYork there was an immediate switchin the bookings for the two housesHeilig personally controls. Fourshows, including one of the WinterGarden attractions, a company of"Very Good Eddie," "Flora Bella* and"The Masked Model" were transferredto the Baker, Portland. All of theother managers in the circuit stood sol-

idly behind John Cort.Klaw & Erlanger seem opposed to

any disruption of the existing condi-tions in the territory through an amica-ble arrangement effected in Seattlewith Gee ge P. Hood, associated withJohn Cort and the Northwestern Asso-ciation, who was appointed the man-ager of the Metropolitan, Seattle, underthe joint management of Cort and K.& E. Hood was formerly the managerof the Moore which was the Corthouse.

"AVIATOR" MISSES CASTLE."The Aviator" missed Vernon Cas-

tle, through the accident to the flier

in Canada.It is reported arrangements were

made for Castle to head the show in

the title role, but these were abandonedwith the accident to the English avia-

tor.

LIBERTY BOND WEEK.This is Liberty Bond week^in the

theatres throughout the cou/try. Forthe past five days the theatrical man-agers of New York City have been co-operating with the Ma^r's Commis-sion to swell the salsr of the paperwhich the Government is issuing tocarry on the wa\- apG to finance ourAllies.

Up to Wednesday it looked asthough the drive on the part of themanagers was going to bring big re-sults.

The reports from the B. F. Keithvaudeville theatres early in the weefcindicated that from that circuit alonethere would be $1,000,000 in subscrip-tions. The Palace was leading Wed-nesday morning with $50,000 worth.The Orpheum, Brooklyn, realized$6,000 in actual cash sales last Satur-day night, the first night that one ofthe speakers made an appeal. At theColonial $10 certificates were offeredin the audience.The legitimate houses also did their

share, and it was in one of these, theLongacre, that one of the mayor'sspeakers committed a distinct breachof etiquette Tuesday night when theaudience was censured by him forgoing to the theatre and spending theirmoney which they should be invest-ing in the nation's loan.* It killed thethird act of the William Collier farceentirely.

If in the future there is any othermove in which the theatre and its man-agers are to co-operate with either thecivic, state or national government in iswidespread a campaign as this one wasit might be well for a couple of realshowmen to take the effort in handand work out the detail in advance. It

will work out to the mutual advantageof both the theatre and the cause.

S. Z. Poli, the New England man-ager, has made arrangements to takethe gross receipts of all of the houseson his circuit for the coming week andinvest it in Liberty Bonds.

COMPANY GOT IN A RUSH.Chicago, June 6.

"Dollars and Sense," an elaborationof Alan Brooks' vaudeville playlet ofsimilar name, opened at the GarrlckMonday. The booking was not con-summated until last Tuesday. Repre-sentatives of the Shuberts, W. A.Brady and Charles B. Dillingham, sawthe try-out in Washington two weeksago and Brooks immediately receivedoffers. These were rejected, Brook!saying that he had engaged the castfor one week only and that he prefer-red to wait until fall before again play-ing the show.The Shuberts persuaded him to ac-

cept the Garrick date and by long dis-tance gathered his company. Brookswas inclined to hold off the managersbecause when he offered his show forproduction, none could "see" his manu-script. In addition to starring in

"Dollars and Sense." Brooks wrote,produced, stage directed and managedthe show.

Bill Sill is doing the publicity.

MORE CHANGES IN "WIDOWS.'9

Percy Bronson and Winnie Bald-win are to enter the cast of "His Lit-tle Widows" at the Astor Monday, withthe 50th performance, replacing Rob-ert Emmctt Keane and Hattie Burks.The former goes with "The Very

Idea."

"COAT-TAILS" SET TO MUSIC.The comedy of a run of one night or

less written by Edward Clark and pro-

JULIAN ELTINGEWho leaves this Sunday to become a PARAMOUNT STAR, forsaking the speaking stage for the

movies.Eltinge is carrying 43 trunks of wardrobe, to say nothing of two valets, a chauffeur

and secretary. *

BREESE, THE AUTHOR.Edmund Breese and Anna Stcese

Richardson are the authors of "A Man'sHome," which the Shuberts are toproduce with George Nash in the lead-ing role. Announcement of the playwas made but the va-mis n/ the. authorswere kept a secret.

"HIGHWAYMAN" CLOSED."The Highwayman" closed in Boston

after two weeks at the Shubert theatre.

12 VARIETYThe type of show given by the N. V.

A. artists at the Hippodrome Sundayevening can best be judged by the factthat that eminent artiste, Porothy Jar-don, was No. 3 on the program, settinga pace for talent and class among thewomen that never dropped behind dur-ing the evening. Phylis Neilson Terry in

a clinging black evening gown thattouched the floor and trailed off grace-fully, sang delightfully. She also de-monstrated most beautifully the art ofbowing oneself off a stage. MarionWeeks in white, sweetly demure andpositively childlike, was inconspicuouslyattractive to all.

Frances White vied with Eva Tan-guay for patriotic dress honors, but,ai usual, Miss Tanguay's originalityoutshown everything else. Miss Whitewore a short skirt of brilliants withside panels falling from under arms ofbodice, forming the U. S. coat of armsworked out in the same brilliant trim-ming. Blue sequin cuffs and high col-lar a la White and military hat tomatch completed her outfit.

Miss Tanguay had on the "Polyannaof Vaudeville" costume she wore at thePalace a couple of weeks ago. A skirtof narrow red, white and blue satinribbons fell from a solid royal bluesequin bodice. A tiny blue turbandecorated with up-standing Americanflags and flags of all nations hungfrom an original cord arrangementfrom her neck and fastened again ather waistline was the acme of originalpatriotic suggestion.

Mile. Dazie dazzled in a rhinestonebodice over a pink ballet skirt, andTulia Arthur looked superb in a solidblack jet and sequin gown. Sadie Burtwore a rose taffeta with squares ofpurple and gold; a graceful drapery oflace fell over top of the low bodice.Ethelyn Clark looked prettily unaf-fected in a little old-time gray dresswith ruffle pantlets, poke bonnet andlong gray scarf lined with salmon pink.

Gus Edwards' girls wore the same typecostume, using a gray and blue com-bination. Belle Baker, in white, affect-

id a blue hair ornament and touch of

blue at waistline. Sophie Tucker'sgown was brilliant pink covered withembroidered designs in turquoise blue.

The same shade of blue shoes andstockings were worn and blue tulle wascarelessly tied around her neck. Stella

Maynew glided about the stage lightly

and gracefully, despite the high breast

plate trimming that seemed to be hold-ing her down.Anna Meld's beautiful wnite pearl

t'imined creation had the artistic touchof black worked into the bodice. Shefollowed all ot the charming womenand was most appealing in a recitation

about her much-loved France and the

great war problem.The children of Eddie Foy really

•topped the show. Pat Rooney, 3d,

appeared for a moment, with his pa-

rents, the boy doing a song and dance.

At the Winter Garden, in "ThePassing Show of 1917," Marie Nord-strom's splendid enunciation indscintillating mannerisms make her

stand out in the big cast. Yvette Rugelis the songbird of the production. Shewears a mauve net for her first song and

a short yellow mandarin coat, pants andhat, is strikingly effective for the "Wil-

low Tree" number. Irene Franklin is

falling for" the Young Idea, wearing her

hair a la Pickford—but, of course, it

is some hair. A full little black satin

skirt worn with a dark blue tight

bodice and white collar and cuffs for

the telephone number and the sport

outfit worn for the baseball satire are

her only becoming costumes. A pink

tulle affair and a couple of other

dresses are the most unbecoming she

has ever worn. Dolly Connolly is do-

ing the "Golden West" number she did

in vaudeville and wearing her samevawdcviiK- wardrobe. A novelty chorus

outfit with law wheelo o f tulle front

and bark covering their bodies almost

completely may or may not have been

suggested by" Eva Tanguay's "fan

dress." The idea is further carried out

AMONG THE WOMENby smaller wheels at the wrists andankles of the wearers.

It's a pity actresses of Ethel Barry-more's calibre do not appreciate morefully the importance of good dressing.At the Rialto last week Miss Barry-more portrayed an Indian girl who,finally being acknowledged by a richfather, is allowed all the luxuries hermother denied herself of. Under thesecircumstances the daughter shoulddress well. Yet Miss Barrymore wearsthe most ordinary looking clothes inthe picture. As a wedding dress shewears an old-fashioned semi-fittingprincess with big showy bands runningLorn shoulder to hem of skirt of un-deniably cheap lace. Good dressing in

pictures is as important * as on thespeaking stage and only screen ac-tresses with reputations seem to slight

it.

The woman who plays the old ladyin "The Corner Grocer ' sketch shouldhave some instruction in the art

of makeup. Her wig fits badly andher eyes and entire makeup might havebeen taken for an attempt at a comedycharacter old lady, instead of )ust anice, likable old woman, attractiveenough to have three men ready to .

propose to her.

Fleta Jan Brown (Brown and Spen-cer) is effecting a novelty in the wayof having stand up lace collars in all

of her evening gown 3—wired up a la

Queen Ann. She is wearing the mostpicturesque little dresses, each onewith a somewhat different touch, in

the way of color or cut, she does notwear one ordinary frock and yet theyare all quite up to the minute in style.

Marie Stoddard, at the Colonial this

week, looked well in a sapphire blue

tulle skirt, bodice and skirt panels of

sequins in the same shade' but sheworked indifferently, evidently be-

cause her material, which she seemedto appreciate more than the audience,

was not getting over. During the nextto her last number she told the leader

to "play the next one fast and get it

over." Marion Shirley, in a pink ac-

cordion pleated chiffon negligee withlace sleeveless overdress looks verymuch "Billie Burke" with her red hair,

and dainty manner. A blue eveningcoat trimmed with white marabout is

not up to the standard dressing of the

act. A primrose taffeta dancing dress

with its touches of blue velvet ribbonis becoming.Winnie Baldwin looked as if she was

going to do a "made in America" act,

She opened in a pink organdie at oncepretty and novel. The overskirt andbodice were trimmed with ruffled nar-

row turquois fatin ribbon, put on in

scalloped border effect, with tiny rib-

bon flowers in different pastel shades

set in between. The short skirt

showed three narrow pleatings in the

organdie. A larere picture hat faced

with pink with blue satin sash aroundit hung half way down back. A mid-

night blue skirt of sheer material hadblue and black spangled trimmingaround the bottom. Big satin bows of

blue, pink, violet, yellow and green

showed through the outside drop. Thelace embroidered in blue and brilliant

pink bead trimming, a gold turban anda red rose lilac and forgetmenot cor-

sage, she looked like as if she might

have stepped out of an old Frenchpastel drawing. A novelty Hawaiiandress trimmed with bands of tiny col-

ored ostrich tips with a ribbon skirt of

as many colors, was much admired.

Charlotte Parry back in New Yorkvaudeville with an niTering of songMor5.es has a novel blue curtain drop

with three openings, emphasized byborders or pillars of black and gold

and black and white. The same color-

ing carried out in Oriental design is

at the top of the drop. In the middleaperture she appears as a tired book-keeper eating his lunch, who is alwaysfiguring. As an Italian mother in ared calico waist, black skirt and car-dinal shawl with paisley border shetells how proud she is she has madeher boy a gentleman. The piece deresistance in the way of makeup andsong, however, is a half-darkey, half-

Hawaiian makeup. On top of atangled head a wreath of red poppiesmingles with a Hawaiian lei and in

darky lingo she tells yon how shemixes up her orders, trying to be whatshe ain't. A quick change to "SweetPhylis" in a clinging pink chiffon,

dancing frock takes your breath away.Miss Parry sings and dances throughthree stages of Sweet Phylis* life—the

Wildflower from Sunnybrook, whogoes to her first party on Broadwayin the dress her mother made her.

Miss Parry's last character is an old

English street vendor who sees noreason he cannot enlist for service "Solong, as he hay the 'art."

While in Chicago a couple of weeksago, I stood inside the purple velvet

drop which surrounds Emily Ann Well-

man and her players while the dramatic

episode, "The Young Mrs. Stanford" is

played, I was astounded to note howmuch of the power of the splendid act-

ing is retarded by the screen. Whilethe diction of each member of the cast

is perfect, they have to use double

force else the screen throws their

voices back and they do not get over

the footlights. Speaking of Miss Well-man's Chicago engagement—she actu-

ally received so many floral offerings

the opening day she had to engage anextra taxi to take them to her hotel at

night.

Cecil Kern who made a quick decision

to return to the stage last month after

a retirement of two years in private life,

is receiving the most complimentarypress notices of her career, since open-

ing as leading woman in the DenhamStock Co., Denver. Mrss Kern has a

wealth of beautiful frocks to dazzle the

Denvefites.

There's a wave of patriotism about

the theatres this week, fostered perhaps

by the war bond delegates who are

speaking in the vsfrious houses. TheRiverside is no exception. Mrs. Gor-

don Wilde, in green velvet evening

gown, caught up at one side and the

back with lace girdle, assisted her hus-

band materially with his shadowplay.

Ether Hunter with her violin and braid

was conspicuously present in a wistaria,

satin and tulle gown, Cuddles and the

girlies of the "Bandbox Review" are

cunningly attractive. Adele Rowlandis such a picture in a voluptuous coral

pink wrap and gown she should have

more fitting surroundings. A pink drop

or pink draperies, lamp shades, etc.,

would carry out the idea. The deep

yoke of wrap and of skirt in dress un-

derneath are quite in harmony. Bothhave long points over shoulders and

hips. There is not a bit of trimming

on either, a delightful relief these days.

As a Red Cross nurse in sombre gray

uniform she is pathetic and humorous.

A sheer gown that looks blue in one

part of stage and gray in another has

the same graceful simplicity, with a

touch of silver cloth at waist, its only

relief. The girl in the Bowers Reviewwears, among other pretty frocks, a

white silver bodice over pink tulle and

satin. A bow of tulle at the wrists and

a large crownless tulle hat add to its

daintiness.

Its difficult to reason out if Nat Al-

bert at the" American the first naif

had anv definite reason for sing-

ing as' loudly as he did, but it

drowned his partner's voice com-

pletely. Flo Albert wore a sim-ple pretty dancing frock of blue satin,The full skirt caught up around thehips in a big puff has a lace and satinbodice. Valyda looked well in a blackchiffon flounced skirt with a longwaisted black sequin body. She donsa large tulle hat with jet crown and along ermine scarf for her last number.HirschofFs Gypsie girls look good infaces, figures and costumes. Their,skirts are of blue flowered materialedged with red and brown ribbon andfringe. Tiny zouaves of same silkare worn over bright pink blousestrimmed with bands of blue ribbon,and various colored ribbons fall overfront of bodice. Red stockings, redaprons, blue caps and blue sashes makea dashing effect with their fast danc-ing. Ray Lawrence in a pink velvetdressy coat suit trimmed with a blackfur makes his first appearance singingas he comes down the aisle through,the audience. At the same time adresser in Chinese makeup appearsbetween the silk Chinese-looking dropbangine a nile green brocaded withbright green flowers,' a profusion ofemerald green tails falling over armsand neck is the first change and a lightwistaria gold embroidered gown is thenext. The skirt is caught up on oneside. Full pleated panels of draperyof a deeper shade of wistaria tulle fall

from either side. A crownless tullehat and still more tulle falling overarms, is a very effective makeup. Thedressing for the act is good, but abadly fitting wig of the vintage of"Stuart's best days" and a tendencyto mouth his words prevents a decep-tion of any sort. Another woman is

playing "Mrs. Frayne" in the HansRobert sketch, "Cold Coffee." Sheis attractive in a grey blue taffeta dresswith which she wears a large- doublepointed white chiffon collar and cuffsand grey shoes, but she is quite tooyoung—or else made up too young forthe part.

Since May 29 Fanny Stedman andJay Melville have been man and wife.

They were married that day at PortRichmond, S. I. Belle Baker was ma-tron of honor at the ceremony andCharles Wood the best man. Mrs.Melville is of.Al and Fanny Stedman;her husband of Wood, Melville andPhillips. The respective acts will con-tinue as before. The Stedmans arebrother and sister.

Attention, girls 1 Fred'k Bowers hasgiven you a tip. Not to be outdone in

patriotism, Freddie has written a songwhich he put in his act at the River-side this week. He sings to a Peach—I mean a girl in a peach orchard—ofall the things he wants to give her, in-

cluding his money, and promptly thegirl gets the idea. "If you want to buysomething for me, buy me a LibertyBond," says she.

Some pictures shown at the Rialtolast week taken in the Land of theRising Sun were most interesting.

They showed Japanese child life, their

amusements, home life, etc., up to. their

disrobing and being tucked in their

funny little beds at night.

Did you see all of those pretty pro-gram girls at the Hippodrome Sundaynight? If you did, of course youdidn't wonder why so many men tooksuch a time finding their seats andthose who did have to come in withyou found some reason for going backdown in the lobby again.

Mrs. Henry Chesterfield entertaineda party of friends at the N. V. A. Clubthe other night. This popular lady is

almost as much in demand as her hus-band on the guest nights. Everyonewants to meet her—and better still,

everyone likes her. Elida Morris wasalso the center cf attraction at anothertable and a rumor passed around that

she had a splendid' offer with a newfilm company.

VARIETY 13

CABARETSZ== 3E rw^

NOTES

Vaudevillians and cabaret artists

joining the army or navy will be per-mitted to take their musical instru-

ments along. Troop A, of the First

New York cavalry, has already organ-ized a jazz band with Harvey Brooksplaying the saxophone and Syd Marionthe ukelale. Marion is also pianist.

Two banjoists, who have appeared in

vaudeville and cabarets in New York,are with the same troop.

The Strand Roofs new revue wasstaged by Julian Alfred, who has intro-

duced a pony into the finale. One ofthe cabarets tried out a dog act thatgot over and a roller skating bear that

didn't, but Mr. Alfred's pony with agirl astride of it carrying a small timeAmerican flag is a hit. The finale is

also a success, the flag being the single

bare bit of patriotism in a neatly mov-ing restaurant floor production. Otherthan the pony finish the best and new-est thing in the revue are the VanVlissen dancers, two boys and a girl,

doing a costumed Egyptian dance.The finale is built up on it The threeyoung people dance their number quite

well, which, with their dressing of the

dance, makes it the most attractive in-

dividual portion of the performance. Anicely staged number is "The RagtimeDinner Band," first put on by Mr. Al-

fred at the Martinique some time agoand originally coming from London.There is a toe dancer called Veronicain the revue, who is not professionally

entitled to that name and should havethe good taste to leave it to its owner.While she is seeking to exploit herself

at the expense of someone else who is

better known, this toe dancer can not

expect to secure recognition in the pro-

fession and the apparent attempt to de-

ceive the public can neither aid her northe restaurant that permits it. Themale principal is Dave Mallen. Thereis a blond singer in the show, also

Patsey O'Hearn with her personality,

the revue as a whole making up a nice

little show. It is produced by Lea Her-rick. Mr. Alfred will return to the

Hotel Martinique next season, as the

producer and stager of the cabaret to

be given there. The Martinique has

been furnished its entertainment for a

couple of seasons by the Gus Edwardsproductions.

Burr Park Inn, situated in the village

of Burr Park, without the confines of

Chicago, was raided by men from the

office of State's Attornev MacklayHoyne, June 2. The place had a par-

ticularly vicious name and ha9 secretly

been under Hoyne's investigation for

some time. It is said- to have been the

resort of auto thieves and also 14 wo-men placed there by cadets, all havingpolice records. In the raid signed

burial permits were found, a numberof loaded guns and revolvers and dopeoutfits. It has been suspected by the

prosecutor the Inn concealed evidence

of the disappearance and death of sev-

eral persons, and* the finding of the

burial permits signed in blank^ bears

. out the suspicion. Samuel Harris, oneof the proprietors, after being ques-

tioned, attempted to escape from the

ante-room of the state's attorney office

by lowering himself from the third

story window by means of a filimsy

rope. The rope broke and the manwas killed by the fall. He had made a

damaging confession.

The Palais Royal new revue is due to

open June 11. It will have 20 chorusgirls, led by Fred Delf and DaisyIrving. Others in the show will beEtowa, a Jap dancer, Anita Eison, whodanced with Delf in the "Cohan Revue,"and the Two Bryants. Dave Bennett is

staging the revue. The people werebooked through Harry A. Shea. Con-tracts were given for 10 weeks, whichmeaqs the restaurant and show will run

through the summer. This is the sec-ond revue the Palais Royal has given.Its first, when opening, was headed byFritzi Scheff, now in the last of theeight weeks she was engaged for at$1,500 weekly.

The burning of Healy's at LongBeach is said to have cost Tom Healya loss of $65,000. Nothing daunted,however, he is making ready for theconstruction of his enormous skatingrink and skating cabaret on the site

of the Astor Market at 95th street andBroadway for next season. It is to bepatterned after the Admiral's Palacein Berlin and will have a larger floorspace than that famous edifice.

With the inauguration of the oneo'clock closing the New York restau-rants are doing an increased dinnerbusiness. One familiar with suchthings say the average party of fourwill spend $25 for dinner at a Broad-way cabaret which yields a profit of $3per head.

While business in San Francisco in

practically every cafe in town has fallen

off to a large extent, even more so sincethe inauguration of the recent rulingregarding the selling of liquor to asoldier in uniform, the Portola Louvremanagement is well fortified withPhoebe Brown, a dancer of considera-ble merit, who promises to attain widepopularity and in due time prove ofenormous value to the establishment.Miss Brown undoubtedly displays more"pep" than any dancer who has beenappearing around local cafes in sometime.

The new federal law which prohibitsthe sale of intoxicants to any man in

uniform, under a penalty of $1,000, hasmade cafe and saloon keepers strictly

adhere to the order. However, a num-ber of enlisted men at Rock Island,

111., evaded the law for a time. Theybought "jumpers" and overalls whicfythey yanked over their uniforms. Theruse was discovered by officers and themen were court marshalled.

Pop vaudeville opened this week in

the Keith Hippodrome, Cleveland, forthe warm spell, only.

Keith's Lowell. Mass., has discon-tinued its vaudeville and will pothrough the summer with * pic-

ture policy.

Charles Morrison, in the E. M. Rob-inson department of the United Book-ing Offices for three years, starts nextweek as assistant to Edward S. Keller,

the U. B. O. agent.

Ruth Wilkes, a vaudevillian, hasstarted action tor divorce in Chicagoagainst Charles McKinney, a non-pro-fessional.

The Wilmer ft Vincent theatre at

York, Pa., closed Saturday for the

season. The firm's house at Altonnacloses this Saturday. The W. & V.theatres remaining open indefinitely are

at Utica, N. Y., Allcntown, Easton,Reading and Harrisburg, Pa.

Bernlce Beaven, secretary to SamThall, the tabloid booker of the W. V.M. A. in Chicago, has become engagedto Harold Hansen, an officer in the

Marine Corps, stationed at present at

Fort Royal, S. C.

Mme. Estelle Beaugrand, with the

French Players last season, has re-

turned to this country and will go into

the English spoken drama. She is the

daughter of the late Honore Beau-grand, who was Mayor of Montreal.

Charles A. Bird, who left the post

of general manager with the ShubertsSaturday, is to make a trip to the Pa-cific Coast, starting on June 28 In com-pany with John Zanft of the WilliamFox forces and H. M. Horkheimer. In

the meantime he will go to his coun-

try home up state:

The Bronx opera house is playing a

series* of musical comedies over this

spell and will keep on with the policy

until the weather prevents it. JackRosenthal, son of J. J., who managesthe Bronx house, has become an ac-

Bayone Walter

WHIPPLE AND HUSTONIn their newest comedy creation. "SHOES," the best novelty of the season.

PROCTOR'S FIFTH AVE. THEATRE NOW (June 7- 11)

Direction, PETE MACK.

tor, joining Louis Simon's act, 'TheNew Coachman/' and programed asJack Osterman, having assumed hitmother's (Katheryne Osterman) namefor stage purposes.

O. D. Woodward, who founded theDenham theater stock company in thefall of 1913, retires from the theaterSaturday. William Webb will succeedhim as director. Mr. Woodward haskept the house running continuously for189 weeks, with approximately 2,000consecutive daily performances, claimedto' be a record for American stock com-panies. The house has been doing anunprofitable business for the last sev-eral months.

Fenton and Green are discontinuingthe pictorial puzzle contest advertisedby the act in fast week's Varmty. Theteam announces the discontinuance inthis issue. While the contest was notseriously intended by the act and noprize was offered, Fenton and Greenmerely meaning to publish laughablepictures, the "puzzle contest," as It jaecalled, might have bordered upon theLottery Law and gotten into conflictwith the postal regulations. To avoidthat possibility Fenton and Green con-cluded to calf off the contest.

The Stage Women's War Relief, inco-operation with Raymond B. Fos-dick, chairman of the Recreation Connmittee, is to present the first of Its

scries of entertainment at mobilizationcamps at Fort Meyer, June 9. RachelCrothers, president of the S. W. W. R.,

after a conference with Cohan & Har-ris, received promise of their supportto the fullest extent and of the en-rollment of the membership of theFriars' Club to give one of their frolic!

as part of the initial performance.

Bert Levy gave his first morningentertainment in New York for chil-

dren last Saturday at the Palace. Mr.Levy has been devoting one morningor more weekly in cities where he hasappeared at the vaudeville theatre dur-ing the past season. He was reportedquite successful at it, easily believedafter watching how he entertained thekidlets at the Palace. A large crowdof young ones was there. They rangedin age from four to around 16. someaccompanied by parents who also en-joyed the hour and a half. About themost noticeable matter in connectionwith the entertainment was Mr. Levy'scontrol over the children. They obeyedhim perfectly and seemed to under-stand him as well as he understoodthem. Mr. Levy drew some sketches,exhibited pictures, told a couple of Iff-

tle stories, ran off "The Butcher Boy"(a comic film with Fatty Arbuckle), hadsome of the kids draw on his specially

prepared apparatus (which was an in-

teresting feature to the adults presentas well) and for the finale the children

all stood, singing the "Star SpangledBanner," then filed orderly out of thehouse, each child showing pleasurebv facial expression. When Mr. Levyfirst sketched upon his apparatus, heinformed the children they could guessat what he was drawing. They veiled

"lady." "Indian" and so on but withoutcreating a disturbance, seemingly find-

ing much enjoyment in this amusingguessing. It made a most pleasant

morning for the kids and it's rather

nice of Mr. Levy to give his time andattention freely to the pleasure of

strange children to him. There is noprofit of any sort in this for the artist.

Tlie t.'1'ilidrtii rfvul tlun" pa»cr»l» or

guardians are admitted without chargeand the theatre is donated by the man-agement of it. If Mr. Levy continues

this each season he will become a

king among the children and probably

the most universally popular man with

kidlets in the land.

14 VARIETY

BILLS NEXT WEEK (JUNE 11)la Vmwdmwlllm TkenUre*

(All hen*es open for the week with Mania? aUnoa, when not otherwise indicated.)Theatres listed as "OrphennV' without any farther distinguishing descrintian aie on the

Ornhenni Circuit. Theatres with "S-C" and "A-B-C following aame (uanally "Empress") areon the SnIfe>an-Cannidine-AJniated Booking Company Circuit.

Ajrencies hooking the house* are noted by single name or initials, such as "Orph," OrphUntted Booking OAces; ['Vf V M.A," Western Vaude^Uh)_lfaaageTa' AeeoClrouTt * **U BO'•

.» ^- "entufes" Circuit;' ••Loew," Marcus Loew Circuit; "later,"" InterstateWTV. If. A.); "Sua," Sun Circuit; "A A H," Ackennan ft Harris

injitW A.-H. houses are bookod in conjunction with the W. V. M. A.IW'llll. The manner in which these bills are printed does not indicate the rela-

tive importance of acta nor rherr program positions. The hsste in which the bills are gatheredprevents any attention being given these mstters.

ciatieo (Chicago);.^;Circuit ^booking(San Fi

Now YorkPALACE toruh)

Norah BayesWhite ft HalgTempest ft SunshineDery LevyCal Doys' BandKockwull & WoodWalter Brower(Two to fill)

COLONIAL (ubo)Bernard Granvlllo

Hugli Herbert CoRace of Man"

Beaumont ft ArnoldLa SylphBetty BondRobinsHarris ft ManlonSprague A McCreece

ROYAL (ubo)Louis Mann CoStone ft KallsxBrowning ft DennyBobbinsHill Cherry & HNella AllenSimmons ft BradleyLamb ft MortonRIVERSIDE (ubo)

Jos Santley CoHenry Lewis"Corner Store"Bankoff CoMtgnonPrimrose 4Sterling ft MargueriteOravlUa Bros

H O H (ubo)2d half (7-10)

Curtis 3Tommy HaydnWill OaklandA Edwards

81ST ST (ubo)2d half (7-10)

Raymond Bond CoHall ft KinneyDonovan & LeeLa Bergere

58TH ST (ubo)2d half (7-10)

Jessell ft Marl In

DannyQuinn ft LaffertyVender MereCeclle Francis Colnei Lawson

5TH AV (ubo)2d half (7-10)

Helen Trlx CoWhipple Huston CoLockltt ft WaldronAMERICAN (loew)NoackRob ft RobertsonValentine VoxGranville -A-Mack"Days Long Ago"Fred RogersHarry Brooks CoAndy Lewis CoPaul ft Pauline

2d halfL ft O Harvey3 Tlvoll GirlsThe NLghtonsCunningham ft Ben-

nett"Surprise Party"Mr ft Mrs 'idomasChas Rellly(Two to fill)

LINCOLN (loew)Dancing DemonsJosephine LenhardtCunningham ft Ben-

nettRaseball 4Howard & SadlerLeo ft May Jackson

2d halfDuval ft SimonsJan RublnlHans Roberts CoBurns ft Lynn(Two to fill)

7TH AVE (loew)Littlo DorothyHarmon ft MalcolmA Gray ft RoysHans Roberts CoAndrew KellyKate ft Wiley

2d hnlfZlta LyonsMohr ft MoffnttHave Thursby('has Deland ToHimh *• Shnnlro(O^c to flin

GREELFTY <h>.\\).l«»nson fc JcnsonTho ValdosHomer ft DuRardJan Rublnl"Surprise Party"Senator MurphyDel Frndo 4

2d halfBelle RutlandBenivlci BrosThe AlibiSmith A KaufmanLaToy'a Modela(Two to fill)

DELANCWY (loew)Norton ft Noblea Tlvoll GirlsMarvin ft Marvin"The Alibi"Molody 4Fred LaRelne Co

2d halfTyler ft SinclairMoore White A BValerMne VoxHoward ft SadlerAndy Lewis CoWalters ft MooreRita MarsdenKate A WileyNATIONAL (loew)

Zlta LyonsMarshall A CovertHolden A HerronHarry English CoSmith ft KaufmanGypsy Songsters

2d halfLeo A May JacksonDennl A Perry

. Eleanor Haber CoBeth MayoBaseball 4(One to fill)

ORPHEUM (loew)Tyler A SinclairDennl A PerryMills A Lockwoodfl SerenadesChas RelllyThe Nightons

2d halfDougherty A LucyMarvin ft MarvinRob A RobertsonGypsy Songsters '

Andrew KellyPaul A Pauline(One to fill)

BOULEVARD (loew)Stewart A OliveMohr A MoffattVAC AveryFrazer Bunre A HSeymour's Family

2d halfDancing DemonsMills A LockwoodHomer ft DuBardHolmes ft HolllstonA Gray ft Boys

AVE B (loew)Cornelia ft AdrleKnowles ft WhiteC Monroe CoJim McWilllamsBelle Carmen 3

2d halfOrben A DixieMcShayne ft HathawayLoCosta A CliftonLewis Belmont ft LJack ft Forls

Coney Island, N. Y.BRIGHTON (Ubo)

Nan Halperln"Peacock Alley"Male ft PatorsonMr ft Mrs J BarryJack Alfred CoCooper ft RlcardoScarplnoff ft VarvaraImperial Tr(One to fill)

HENDERSON'S (ubo)"Tango Shoes"llynt ft DcMambyImp ChineseRert HiinlonFay 2 Coley's ft FFrancis ft RossHeras ft Preston

Itrook 1ynORPHEUM (ubo)

Julia Arthur CoBernard Gronv'.lleHurry CarrollBenacc ft RolrdArthur Havel CoHennnn ft ShirleyStelndell BroHThe NorvellesBurdella ft Patersonlll'SIIWICK tube i

Van ft S. -henckM« lie RakerLee Knliluiar To"Mr !v«i!i !f(v.

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'\V!M- Jv \V.'!f-r.I'oe' Yt'row n iriK

I/ila Went worthIVrrv

HALSEY iiilmi

2d hnlf (7-HMRolner BrosChas Edwards Co

Naldy ft NuldyJune Salmo

BIJOU- (loew)LaToy's ModelsBeth MayoStone A ClearEleanor Haber CoBush A Shapiro(One to fill)

2d halfNoackMarshall A CovertGranville A MackHarry Brooks CoSenator Murphy"Days Long Ago"DB KALB (loew)

Lou ft Grace HarveyBaker ft RogersChas Deland CoBelle RutlandFujlama Japs

2d halfStewart ft OliveMarlon ft WlllardFrazer Bunce A HCongressman KittyGeo Primrose 3Fred LaRelne CoPALACE (loew)

Jack A ForlsArcher A WardLaCosta A CliftonLewis Belmont ft L"Girls from Starland"

2d halfCornelia A AdeleMaybe! le A BestMontrose A AllenChoy Hong Tr(One to fill)

FULTON (loew)Kenney A LaFranceDuval A Simons

Scamp A ScampPollardWard Bell A WRay Bruce A FRussian Dancers

Baltimore. MA.HIP (loew)

Spiegel A JonesPayne A NeabltStorm A MarsdenBert HowardHlrschoff Tr(One to fill)

Rllllsisrn. Moat.BABCOCK (ah—wva)Harry WatklnsGerald GriffinFields Keane A W"Echoes of B'way"PermalneDon Robert Co

(17-18)KartelllThe McFnrlandsStory A ClarkArthur LaVlne .CoDaisy HarcourtRoeder's Inventions

Blnerhamton, N. Y.STONE ( ubo)

Devoe A Statyer3 Creighton GirlsBurke A Harris

2d halfE J MooreLelghton A Alexander

Mrnaflnsrbane. AlauLYTtlC ( ubo

)

(Atlanta split)1st half

5 NelsonsShattuck ft GoldenSpencer A Williams

The Professionals' Original Home

CONTINENTAL HOTELLOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCOShanley and Furneaa ("Fifty-Fifty")

Bernlvlci BrosMr ft Mrs ThomasGeo Primrose 3

2d halfNorton ft NobleBaker ft RogersVAC AveryMelody 4Fujlama JapsWARWICK (1oew)

Montrose ft Allen3 Rozellas(Two to fill)

2d halfLaBelle Carmen 3Bernard ft Lloyd"Girls from Starlan'd"(One to fill)

Albany. N. Y.PROCTOR'S (ubo)

(Troy split)

1st halfAmetaWolf ft StewartRernle ft BakerCycling McNuttsHarry Von Fosspn(Hong Kong Mysteries

instead of Ameta2d half at Troy)Allentown, Pa.OHPHEFM (ubo)1st half (11-13)

Bell ft Eva.lack RcddyI >oree CelebritiesB ft II GordonRoy ft Arthur

Atlanta, (In.LYRIC (ubo)

( IMrminghitm split

)

1st hairMe.Mnlion 1> ft CThe Solnmlnex"Fashion a la Carte"Toney ft NormanSig Franz Tr

AuNtln, Tex.MAJESTIC (Inter I

(11 12)Whirling PropellersChan. L. SemoriNVwliolT ft Plx lp->

.Fanxs C MortonM.lodv SixSwor ft AvcyI > i

. I 1 1 \ <Y \ > t 1 « li I .->

Slnkft *ttrt,L <ti*.ill. :>•»

( HI IT)

Sui<erha

Grossman's Enter'ns(One to nil)

BeatonKEITH'S (ubo)

Flo Moore ft Bro"Bride Shop"The SharrocksLeo BeersM ft W CuttyGayiord A LanctonEdna MunseyDufty A DaisyORPHEUM (loew)

Billy ft Ada WhiteSally A SeeleyAnthony Andre CoManning SistersMr ChaserThe Nolans

2d halfNanloh A NabbChas C Rice CoPlottiLittle CarusoFern Richelieu A F(Two to fill)

ST JAMES (!oe»)Helen VincentTom Davlcs CoBrady ft MahoneyChyo ft Chyo(One to fill)

2d halfDelight Stewart ft HSampson ft DouglasJos Remington CoMum ford ft ThompsonMr Chaser

Bridgeport. Conn.POLI'S (ubo)

Dalheane CoAlton ft Allen"Storyland"Burns ft Quinn

2d halfRlcknellLulu Bllson CoAl ShayneGrayer ft BellOygi ft Vuldlo

Butte. Mont.PA NTAGES (p)

(l'»-20)Will Morris'Mr Detective"

• • H' .., ... ¥> • .

t* lllllilu 1 i < I | pO.M .>

."'•->{ Hitl.ip-c.i N|eJI|'t>rv ,y 1)

EMPRESS (ali-wvn)Marie Genaro

Dae* NevilleLaw HoffmanBijou Mln MilRoth A RobertsRadium Models

2d halfMusical BirdsChadwlek A TaylorKobey Trio4 Old VeteransLouis LondonFred Zohedle Co

PANTAGES (p)Julian HallThe Gascolgnes"Women"Brooks A Bowen"Wanted—A Wife"

HOWATSON and SWAYBELL"A Case of Pickles" LAUGH BROKERS

lot, W. J.TOWHrVB (ubo)2d half (T-0)

Walter Ward CoBetta Chidlow A HGreen Miller A G"Man Off loe Wagon"Boganny Tr

Chnttn»oo«nRIALTO (ubo)

(Knozvllle split)

1st halfMildred GroverDeLler A TerminiTrovollo CoEddie Carr Co4 Danube*

CblenaToMAJESTIC (orpn)

Elizabeth MurrayCecil CunninghamMarmeln SisEdwin Stevens"Motor Boating"Ashley A AllmanWhltefleld A IrelandGould A LewieGallando

CincinnatiKEITH'S (ubo)(Sunday opening)

Wilson A LarsenDaisy LeonCoyle A MorrellFrancis P BentThe Duttons

ClevelandHIP (ubo)

Eddie HowardSavannah A GaJas H Leonard CoDorothy Ear'.eSextet De LuxeAsakl Tr(One to fill)

Colnmbna, O.KEITH'S (ubo)

Harry Devora 3OlgaH A E CobleyLerner A WardDunley A MerrillAlva A Partner

Dayton, O.KEITH'S (ubo)

The FayneaMusetteH A A TurpinHarry SterlingTheo A Dandles

Denver, Colo.PANTAGES (p)

Military ElephantsFrancis RenaultJohn P Wade CoWells Northworth A M"Smart Shop"

Detroit, Mich.TEMPLE (ubo)

Nat WlllaThe CanalnoaNonetteBe-Ho Gray CoJonea A SylvesterMr A Mrs KelsoAdelaide Boothby CoThe Kramers

MILES ,abc)Four 1013 GirlsBrennan A ClevelandKnickerbocker TrioAdams BrosHoward's BearsYellow Peril

Eneton, Pa.ABLE O H (ubo)Ed EstuaBernard A ScarthGreen Miller A OEvelyn EllslnThe Breakers

2d halfHarry BatchelorDunn SistersDorle CelebritiesBAH GordonBell ft Eva

K. St. Lonla. 111.ERBERS (wva)

Klpp ft KlppGerald GrlfflnF'agg ft WhiteOrange Packers

2d halfMarcouMeCormack ft WallaceV i<( It'll >tl ft Killif>\i«1ni" Nichoinon I*

Edmonton tnn.PANTAGES (p)

RoderlguezHolniiH & LaV ere"Breath of Old Va"Morris ft Allen"Movie Girls"

. M. T.MAJB8TIG (u5o)

I J Moor*May FletcherHomestead 8Lelghton A AlexanderWanda

24 halfBlllsbury A RobfhsonBurke A HarrisValentine VoxAnita QouldBoganny Troupe

JaneerviUe. Wis.APOLLO labc)2d half (7-0)

J A D PalmerPlanosong •(Two to fill)

FnU Rlwor,BIJOU (loew)

Fern Richelieu A FPlottiChas C Rice CoLittle Caruso(One to fill)

2d halfBilly A Ada WhiteManning SistersTom Datles CoFox A CrossThe Nolans

nairno, N. D.GRAND (abc)

Cooper A HlekeyThe MardeensSorority Girls(One to fill)

2d halfZeda A HootEthel CostelloEdwin Keough CoAerial MacksHarrison A Stewart

Grand Rapid*ROMONA PK (ubo)Jonla CoFarber GirlsBennett A RichardsJensen CoDooley A NelsonOxford 3

Great Falls, Mont.PANTAGES (p)

(12-13)(Same hill playingAnaconda 14).

Howard Klbel A H"Miss Hamlet"Leila Shaw CoSwain's AnimalsNash A Nash

Harrlabnrsj, Pn.MAJESTIC (ubo)

Eddy DuoHufford A ChainLouis Simons CoElsie WhitePete A Pale

2d halfEd EstusBernard A JanisRoy A Arthur(Two to fill)

Hartford* Conn.POLI'S (ubo)

LUetteHoadley La Rue CoFrocks A FrillsRichard BrosElklns Fay A B

2d halfJimmy Lucas CoIsabel D'Armond CoWalter Ward A WDouglas FamilyJohn F Clark

PALACE (ubo)Connors A FoleyAl ShayneSeighe A MatthewsJane Orker CoGrayer A Bell

2d halfConrad A Connelly"Storyland""Two Little Days"4 Newsomers(One to fill)

Hnsleton, Pa.FEELEY'S (ubo)2d half (7-9)

Musical CloversBarry Xelaon ft BKaufman BrosEllis Nowlan Tr

Hoboken. N. J.LYRIC (loew)

Dean A RichardsCongressman KittyWard A Shubert(Two to All)

2d halfKenney A LaFranceChas L Howe CoJim McWilllams(Two to fill)

IndlanapollnKEITH'S (ubo)(Sunday opening)

Blanche SloanFinn A FinnHarry WaltersMus Highlanders(One to All)

ENGLISH (ubo)Maestro CoAnthony ft AdeleMlnnture RevRucker ft WinifredII Germalne ."1

Jccknonvllle, Fin.ARCADE (ubni

I Sunday ope'n'i'iKi

(Savannah *v.U »

1st halfThe NagflysPotter ft HartwellFelix ft Dawson GirlsGertrude BarnesMelle Paula

Jobnatown, Pa.MAJESTIC (ubo)(Pittsburgh split)

1st halfAustin Webb CoWarren A Frost(Three to fill)

Ksasss City, Mo.PANTAGES (p)(Sunday opening)

Leo A Mae LefevreCadoraBernardlFriend A DowningRawls A V Kaufman

Kenoaba. Win.VIRGINIAN (wva)

(16-17)OdonneMorris A CampbellRoyal Toklo Tr(Two to hll)

KaozwlUeBIJOU (ubo)

(Chattanooga split)

1st halfGUmore A CastleReed A Wright GirlsEarl Curtis CoSavoy A BrennanThe Maynards

Lancaster, Pn.COLONIAL (ubo)2d half (7-9)

Arnold A FlorenzThe FrescottsMorton A RussellBurlington 4

Little Rock, Ark.MAJESTIC (inter)

Five EmigrantsThorndyke ft BarnesTate's "Motoring"Walter WeemsDegnon A Clifton

2d halfWheeler ft DoranNewhoffnad PhelpsJames C MortonSwor ft AveyBenny A WoodsLosranaport, Ind.COLONIAL (Ubo)

Julia EdwardsHarry ColemanFolsom A Brown

Inman A Wakefield"Oh You Devil"

2d halfMus BurbanksFitzsim'ns A CameronMankltch CoKelly A GalvinHarold Dukano 3

Marahalltokn, In.CASINO (abc)2d half (7-9)

Orrln Craig 3Ray A MarlonWorden's BirdsAl WohlmanHall A OuildaMaaon City, la.REGENT (wva)

(10-11)Catalono A O'BrienDarto ft Rlalto(Two to fill)

Memphis, Tenn.ORPHEUM (Inter)

Wheeler ft DolanChas Olcott6 Little Wives .

2d halfWhirling PropellersHager ft GoodwillTate's "Motoring"Charles SemonMelody Six

Mlddletown, N. Y.STRATTON (ubo)

Le VeauxEffle Laurence 3

2d halfCreighton Girls

Milwaukee. Wla.PALACE (wva)

The Ha 11 logsHarry WatklnsWilson ft Wilson"Lingerie Shop"Morris ft Campbell4 Bands

2d halfGordon Bros ft KOrpheus Comedy 4Billy BeardElsie Williams CoDarrell ft HanfordPaul Klclst CoMinneapolis Minn.PANTAGES )p)(Sunday opening)

Kane ft HermanNelson ft Nelson"IHrth of Rose"Ahearn TrGodfrey ft Henderson

E. HEMMENDINGERw,J?^ y

8trrkeet

Tel. Jobs 971 Jewelers to the Profeeelon

2d halfGallerinf 2Will ft Kemp(One to fill)

Loa AnsreleaORPHEUM

(Sunday opening)D Shoemaker CoBoyle ft BrownDeLeon ft DavlesMarlon HarrisR Coghlan CoLewis ft NortonRuth St Dennis CoJohnston ft HartyPANTAGES (p)

Kimiwa TrKnickerbocker 4Paul Decker Co-

Marconi Bros~

Chris Richards"Phun Phlends"

Lonlavllle, Ky.FOUNTAIN FY PK

(orph)(Sunday opening)

Kltncr H ft McKLeah Nora #

Brosius ft BrownGaits tirosKing ft King

KEITHS mho

i

(Nashville split)

1st halfLocal Entertolnment

HIPP (afth)Ryan ft RyanFargo ft WellsDrawee Hambo ft WB ft B Stanley •

4 PatrollersBlack ft McCone1 American Kings

MndiMon, Win.ORPHEUM (wva)

Strassler's AnimalsIzettaMoran ft WiserBasil ft AllenPaul Klclst Co

2d halfRose ft EllisFisk ft Fallon"Prosperity"Wilson ft Wilson\ MaulsMnnohenter, N. H.•PALACE (ubo)

Lnn ft ,An«'h!kr»I«'>v|'-. R ChapinRollan Travcrs Cu

GRAND (wva)N Johnson ft S'theartsMorris ft BeasleyMarriott TroupeRussell A Bell

PALACE (wva)Curtlss' CaninesCntnlnno ft O'BrienThe Explorers3 LyresLaypo ft Benjamin

Nnahvllle, Tenn.PRINCESS (ubo)(Louisville split)

1st halfOnriCook ft Lorenz3 SullysT ft M Harklns"Midnight RollickerB"

2d half"Six Little Wives"

New Haven, Conn.BIJOU (ubo)

Elm City 4Gygi ft Vadie"Two Little Days"Lulu Beeson Co

2d half" Dream F.'Hitasies"

Alton ft AllenDnlbeanle CoHoadley La Rue CoBurns ft Quinn

New Rocbelle, N. Y.LOEW

Orben ft DixieRc>rnnrd ft Lloyd"Case for Sherlock"

2d halfFoster ft ForgiftonHolden ft Herron.'I Rozellas

N. Yakima, Wnnh.EMPIRE (ah-wva)

The RamblersVnnPore ft VanPereWnltora ft WaltersPlonks ft SuitsPntrlcola ft MyersLion ft Adeline Sis

2d halfBlanch LnDuc CoEdna Rlese CoNoble ft BrooksMusical LundsT'a;iTln.-« FaxonM. Tinlttl ft Pldelll

A 8ereamlnfl Submarine 8atlre"THE CRUI8E OF THE DOUGHNUT"

flecuirly CopyrlKhtrd, 1917, by

BRADY and MAHONEY

VARIETY 15

Oaklaa** CaLPANTAGB8 (P)

Azard BrosWilton SisBarbler Thatcher CoRoach * McOurdy"Girl from Adam"Marry Sydell

HIPP (a&h)(Sunday opening)OAK KingMiller Scott 4 FRussian DancersDouglas Flint CoSuperhaPaul Poole(One to fill)

2d halfHowe & HoweCowles ft DustlnRathrock ft McQrade4 CharlesLew Fitzglbbons(One to fill)

Offden, UtafcPANTAGES (p)

(14-10)Tuscano BrosBernard ft MeyersNlblo's BirdsThalero's Circus"Fe Mail Clerks"Bob Hall

Omaha, Neb.EMPRESS (wva)(Sunday opening)

Barber ft JacksonCasting Campbells(Two to All)

2d halfDuMala ft FloydWellington 4Miss LeVan Co(One to fill)

Paaaalc, N. J.PLAYHOUSE (ubo)

2d half (7-9)

3 NormansAndy RiceWood ft MandevllleRollanda Bros

Pateraon* N. J.MAJESTIC (ubo)

2d half (7-9)

Welford SisTorcat's Roosters"Memories"Francis ft RossVan Hampton ft ST ft S Moore

PhiladelphiaKEITH'S (ubo)

"Rubtvlllc"Digby Boil CoKooney & LontMiHsea CampbellArnaut BrosDabl & GilleuAndy RiceKramer & KentArnold ft Plerson

GRAND (ubo)Helen JackleyDillte Reeves Co*J Small 3Joe TowleEadlo & Ramsdcn(One to fill)

WM PENN (ubo)Scranton B ft SLinton ft LawrenceKnapp ft Cornalla(One to flll)

2d halfMystic Hanson 3John T Ray CoAbbott & WhitoBurlington 4W S Hart Co

PittsburghDAVIS (ubo)

Conroy ft Le Maire '

Ray SamuelsCaites BrosSherman & Uttry(Four to fill)

HARRIS (ubo>KKgmar SistersEthel VaughnMr & Mrs VornonAlbert CutlerScott & MarkeeMiss Matched MissesGeo YeomanBallyhoo 3SHERIDAN SQ (ubo)

(Johnstown split)

1st half"Milady'R (Town"Frances & NordDonald & RobertsOurlan ft Newell(One to fill)

Portland. Ore.PANTAOES (p)

Pederson BrosKijiyamaStephens & HollisterOloson & Johnsonft Peaches &. Pear

HIPP (nh-wva)Smiletto SistersThe BalkansSkelly ft HoltLeRoy ft HarvryFitch Cou|.«-i

FnsMo'.i Fl.< p. ?r? hnlf

Zeb Zarrow TrNelson Sisters

Keane ft FoxworthJ C Lewis Jr CoAdolphoLucy Gillette Co

.. _r R. I.

EMERY (loew)Bobble HenahawManley ft GoldenAnnette Smart CoClem Berlns CoHarry Fisher Co

2d halfSaunders ft CameronFarley ft Butler"Ankles"Sally Seeley(One to fill)

MAJESTIC (loew)Delight Stewart ft HSampson A DouglasJos Remington CoMumford A ThompsonNanloh A Nabb

2d halfThe Van CampsHelen VincentAnthony Andre CoBrady A MahoneyChyo A Chyo

Reaalasr* Pa.HIP (ubo)

2d half (14-16)Pete A PalsEvelyn ElkinLouis Simons CoBernard A ScarthGarclnetto Bros

ReaOi New.TAD (aAh)(Sunday opening)

(10-12)Rome A WagerThe Skatelles

(13-14)Fenner A TolmanTom Murphy

(15-16)Henri KublickLa Vere A Palmer

Rlehmoad. Vs.BIJOU (ubo)(Norfolk split)

1st halfA ft O FallsRegal A MackGirl 1000 EyesBrltt WoodEmmy's Pets

Roanoke, Vs.ROANOKE (ubo)

Hans HankeMonte A SalleRagtime Dining CarYoung A WaldfonEl Rey Sisters

2d half"Sunny Bide B'way"

Rochester, Mlaa.EMPRESS (wva)

Conway A DayBell Sisters(Ono to All)

2d halfClifton A KramerBernard ft MerrittRoss ft Ashton

Rockford. 111.

PALACE (wva)Gordon Bros ft KMillar Sisters"Prosperity"Lillian Steele 3Myrl ft Delmar

2d halfThe HalklngsIzetta"Pink Pajamas"Strassler's AnimalsDevlne ft Williams

Sacramento. Cal.EMPRESS (a&h)(Sunday opening)

DeVelda ft ZeldaSeymour A WillanisWilliams Morris CoColonial BellesBilly BrownPlcollo Midgets

2d halfJ & M OlmsKeoRUh SistersJanes ft WestDowney Wlllard ft I

Ives Farnsworth ft WTuketu Japs

Salt LakePANTAGES (p)

J ft E DooleyZelnyaHill V MrTVrmottKstrelite K- Papean"Tneeda G«rl Co"Reed & Hudson

San DlearoPANTAGES (p)

Lclloen & DupreeccWeber Beck & FBruce DufTett CoAdler ft Arllne"Texas Round l"p"

HIPP (a&h)Jerome & MackL Blondell CoII Prlnztree CoFred ft AlbertThe ReynoldsLnMout's W't'n Days

2d halfMansfield k RiddleMcCrnth A.- Yo<>nianMu^ii-al NieDoiirtliiR

1 Slifl.-r.-,

Anita Arliss5 Armentos

Sun FrnnolMOOORPHEL'M

( Sundny openlnR)E Nesbltt

Ray SnowCallste ConantDorothy BrennerLeach Wallen 3Nat GoodwinOllvatto Moffett A CMilton A D*Long Sis

PANTAOES (p)(Sunday opening)

Jerome A CarsonStoddard A HaynesFreddie JamesAnderson's RevueBd A Jaek SmithCapt Sorcho Co

HIPP* (aAh)(Sunday opening)

Johnson A WellsMoran BistersWalmsley A LelghtonB Flynn A BaautlesHerbert's SealsMaude Still

CASINO (aAn)(Sunday opening)

Bollinger A ReynoldsTas WeatherfordLeroy A Mahell HartLuxanne DancersCarlos CaesarsJolly Trio

John DunsmoreAerial Bhaws

Bast J«ac, OaLVICTORIA (ah-wva)Bollinger A ReynoldysLeR A M HartWalsmley A LelghtonLuzanne's GirlsRay SnowHerbert's Seals

2d halfDeVelde A ZeldaSeymour A WilliamsWilliam MorrowColonial BellesBilly BrownPicola Midgets

,

gaata Barbara* Cal.PORTOLA (aAh)

(14-17)Rosa A RosanaGllmore CorblnFranks A Addlngton

SavannasBIJOU (ubo)

(Jacksonville split)

1st halfNalonaAnger A King Girls"School Play Ground"Marie SparrowClaude Rauf

St* Lonla* Mo.FR8T PK (orph)(Sunday opening)

H ft A SeymourRaymond ft O'ConnorCarl RifnerWilson ft Aubrey(One to fill)

EMPRESS (wva)'

Millard BrosGordon ft KinleyAlice Nelson CoMack ft May BelleBalzar Sisters

2d halfWolgast ft Girlie

Gerald Griffin

Gllmore ft RomanoffDetzel ft CarrollOrange Packers

GRAND (wva)Alice ColeLosbe ft SterlingWalter ft CantorChief Elk CoTed McLean CoLewis ft LeopoldEd ft Lottie FordPrinceton 5

PARK (wva)Wolgast A Girlie

HI rebel 1 HendlerMcCormack A WallaceCanfleld A BarnesLove A Wilbur

2d halfWashington 3Duffy A DunnMystic BirdFields A WellsIshakawa BrosSKYDOME (wva)

Gllmore ft RomanoffMarcouArchie Nicholson 3

2d halfFagg ft WhiteMack ft May BelleLove ft Wilbur

St. Paul, Mlun.PALACE (wva)

OUIe Young ft ACircle Comedy 4Daisy Ilarcourt(Ono to (111)

2d halfThe Olmsteads.Tune Mills CoBrown's RevueLillian Steele Co(One to fill)

Schenectady. N. Y.PROCTOK S |

Hnht T Unifies Coi'TOVR'Ort;nirrti:vRA A f.holloyKltara JapsFrank Fay Co

2d half"Dream Garden"BI«on City 4

Selma Brant!

itasw PsuPOLI'B (ubo)

Arthur LloydPorter J White CoSenna A WeberHelens A EmllonMarried by Wireless

2d halfAnnette's Band"Memories'Tudor Cameron Co(Two to fill)

Seattle, Wash.PANTAGES (p)

AlbertoMile Blanco CoEd F Reynard CoDorothy VaughanWill Morrlsey"Honeymoon Isle"

HIPP (ah-wva)Zeb Zarrow TrNelson SistersKeane A FoxworthJ G Lewis Jr CoAdolphoLucy Gillette Co

2d halfLeonard A LouieGarrlty BistersNorton BrosMonte Carlo 6Dot MarsellHayashl JapsORPHEUM (wva)(Sunday opening)

DuMals A Floyd(Three to fill)

2d halfDarto A RlaltoCraig A Wade(Two to fill)

Spokane, Waah.PANTAGES (p)

Gillespie Girls"Magasine Girls"Ed Blondell CoMiller A LyleGerard's Monkeys

HIPP (ah-wva)Florence DuoDorothy Hayes CoBegley A HowlandWitching Hour WitchJno A Westfiller's Novelty

2d halfKawana BrosBessie LesterBelble A Llllie

Princess KaNewport A StlrkR Harrah A GlrTs

Springfield, MiPLAZA (loew)

Saunders A CameronTayloer A Fields"Ankles"Keene A Williams(One to fill)

2d halfBobbie HenshawManley A GoldenClem Bevins CoHarry Fishor CoAnnette Smart Co

Stanford, Cobb,ALHAMBRA'(ubo)

2d half (7-9)Eugene LaBlanoLa VauxSheldonsNorwood A White

Superior, Wla.PALACE (wva)

June A Irene BelvaBessie LaCountFoster A Foster(One to fill)

2d halfTaylor TripletsFrlck ft AdiarCorelli A GilletteCollege Girls' Frolics

Syracuse, If. Y.TEMPLE fubo)

"Dream Garden"Bison City 4Selma BraatzJohn DunsmoreAtrial Bnawa(One to fill)

2d halfRobt T Haines CoAmetaTrovataCummlnRB ft ShelleyFrank Fay CoKltana JapsCRESCENT (ubo)1st half (lt-i:»)

Blllsbury ft RobinsonValentine VoxPletro3 AIpt

Tacoma* Waah.PANTAGES (p)

Alber's Polar BearsMinnie Allen"Fong Choy"Willie Dale ft BroIt van R- »?1'li1..|,1

HKGEN'T (iiliw/a)Leonard ft LouieGarrlty SistersNorton BrosMonte Carlo fl

Dot MarsellHayaBtjl japs

2d halfVanPere A VanPereThe RamblersWalters A WaltersCloaks A SuitsPatrloola A MyersLeon A Adeline 81s

ToledoKEITH'S (ubo)

Mack A WilliamsStrand 3Chas Rogers CoDave ManleyFrank Wilbur Co

Toronto,HIP (ubo)

•Aerial MitchellsGeo HusseyDrew A LaurenceLono's HawatlansWard A FayeChlnko A Kaufman

TONOB (loew)Brandt A AuberyDotsonSaint A SinnerSmith A FarmerSuffraggette GirlsSam Harris(One to fill)

Traatoa. W. J.TAYLOR O H (ubo)

2d half (7-0)Helen JackleyO'Nell SistersPblllls Burket CoMusical JohnsonsJack Polk"Mar'd via Wireless"

Troy. H. Y.PROCTOR'S (ubo)(Albany split)

1st halfImhoff C A CBert FltzgibbonsTorcat's RoostersRita BolandFollies D'Amour

Waahtaa-toaKEITH'S (ubo)

Dorothy JardonBert Baker CoWatson Bis"For .Pltty's Sale"Laurie A BronsonLoney HaakciiHolmes A BuchananThe Gaudsmldts

Wlnnlpe*PANTAGES (p)

The LamplnisSmith A MeGulreGodfrey A HendersonAbrams A Johns"Mimlo World"

STRAND (wva)(7-9)

(Same bill playing FtWilliams 11-12 andInter Falls 18)

Newell A MostHugo Lutgens6 Harvards

THE N. V. A. SHOW.

Vaacovrer, B. C.PANTAOES (p)

D'Armour A DouglasWill A Mary RogersUniversity 4"Hello Japan"Alexandria

Victoria, B. O.PANTAGES (p)

Zertho's DogsAntrim A ValeThree RomanoffsSchooler A DickinsonSinger's Midgets

Woreeator, MiPOLI'B (ubo)

Conrad A ConnellyJlmmle Lucas Co"Dream Fantasies"Walter Ward A UIsabel D'Armond Co

2d halfElklns Fay A BRichard BrosJasperIrwin A HenryJane Oaker Co

PLAZA (ubs)Douglas FamilyC V B A 4O'Donnell A BlairJohn F ClarkFrocks A Frills

Joe Bernard CoFllletteConnors A Foley

Yoakera. IV. Y.PROCTOR'S (ubo)

Llnne's DancersMr A Mrs Mel BurneLa France A KennedyAlex Mac FaydenCliff Bailey Duo

2d halfE Welch's MinstrelsGene Greene CoCole Russell A DMrs Leah Hers CoAerial Potts

AROUND THE N. V. A. CLUB.

June 1 saw all daily membership rec-

ords broken with 261 applicants. It is

predicted that by Sept. 11, the entire

vaudeville profession will have been

absorbed. Applications are being re-

ceived by wire, cable and letter and

the figure of 10,000 the organization ex-

pected to reach by August 1 is nowraised to $15,000.

The world has eight wonders insteadof seven. A week has gone by withoutanyone writing an N. V. A. song.

Charley Innes says that when he en-lists, it won't be in the 71st, as there areso many vaudeville agents and actorsthere you won't be able to hear theshot and shell, with artists asking for?

routes.

Larry Reilly says a prestidigitator is

an actor who is called some pretty hardnames by fellow performers.

The club will be made cooler this

summer by a series of ventilating fansnow being installed.

Echoes of the Benefit.

One astounding feature of the even-

ing was that one of the soloists forgot

to sing a patriotic song.

Truly Shattuck helped to make the

Hippodrome foyer look beautiful.

It was worth the price of admissionalone to see Max Hurkhardt in a dresssuit.

Maud Ryan says that if they hadgiven her a Hroadway route instead ofSixth avenue, she would have .easily

sold the most proprams.Those that weren't on the staire. were

spectators, those that weren't specta-tors were selling programs, those thatweren't in the city were in the pro-gram. It was certainly vaudeville'sgreatest get-together.

By Tommy Gray.

This was one occasion on which theAgents went out with their own wives.

Some of the people in front did notknow the seats on the stage containedthe "overflow audience." When GusEdwards saw all the people sitting onthe stage benches he said "That's thelargest school act I ever- saw—Whoput it on?"

I. Kaufman of Philadelphia wore*evening dress. When he entered thelobby everybody mistook him for Car-ter De Haven.

Bill Dockstader of Wilmingtonwanted to know how much the entirebill Would cost him for a week at histheatre.

Few of the acts did their regularturns, which fooled a lot of actors whowent to the benefit to get new material.While looking for his box, Alf T.

Wilson accidentally got in front of thespotlight operator. . Before the operatorturned off the light Alf took three bows.

Pat Rooney showed one of his chil-dren. Eddie Foy. showed seven of his.

Jimmy Plunkett was sorry he left hisbaby home.

Jim Morton announced the acts.When Jim was on, the Hippodromestage didn't seem so large. Lony Has-kell assisted Jim. The second timeLony came out a man near us said:"Isn't that the fellow that used to beon the stage all the time at Hammer-stein's?"

Mr. and Mrs. H. Bart McHugh cameover from Philadelphia for the occa-sion. After the show was over severalof Bart's acts took him out to enter-tain him, and as usual Bart got thechecks.

A lot of managers saw the headlineacts that have been working for themfor years, for the first time.

The program only weighed twopounds and a half. The Club hopes todo better next year. If they do muchbetter you'll have to hire a caddy tocarry your program when you go tothe show.

Louis Mann made a very nice speechand told the crowd what it was allakout—and Louis did it without run-ning over the time limit, too. Whenthis was told at the Friar's Club, noone believed it.

A lot of unimportant people triedhard to look important, but no one at-tached any importance to them.

The theatrical profession supportedthe benefit in a body, showing that theyappreciated the support the vaudevilleartist has always given every branchof the business that ever ran a benefit.We even noticed a lot of chorus girlsthere.

It was too bad that none of the ac*sthought of singing a "war song."(Drum crash—Exit.)

GIVING AWAY BONDS.Jay Packard, in the programs of his

Orphcum, Newark, and the papersthere, this week offered a Liberty Bondas one of the special inducements to

help patronage this week.Coupons arc being given out at each

performance and the person holdingthe number drawn from a hat Satur-

day night get* the bond. H? will giva

away another bond next week.The plan of riving away a Liberty

Hond is being followed by theatres

here and there all over the country.

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Louit Mann and Co. (new act),

Royal.Browning and Denny, Royal.Simmons and Bradley, Royal.Lamb and Morton, Royaf.

Dorothy Rogers and Co. (3).

Comedy Sketch.

13 Mins.; Full Stage.

City.

Dorothy Rogers has a funny idea

back of her present vehicle and as soonas it is whipped into proper shape will

be big time material. The scene is thestudio of Mme. Java, the world famousfortune teller who reveals everythingand Miss Rogers tries to do that withher dressing. The act is all comedy,some of the slapstick kind. TheMadame with her attendant devil

are in the studio. Mrs. Doolittle ar-

rives, wishing to know the whereaboutsof her husband, who has been missingfor three days. The first question putto the spouse by the seeress is, "Whichsaloons does he frequent?" Later Mr.Doolittle arrives and the fortune teller

tries to effect a reconciliation betweenhusband and wife. Great for small 'time

at present and with a little fixing goodenough for the majority of big timers.

Fred.

Rollins and Norrls."A Manhattan CocktaO."14 Mins.; One (Special Drop).Royal.Jack Rollins and Nevena Norn's in

a singing and crossfire "skit" in "one."Opens with Rollins entering in eveningdress as a "souse," dragging a toy auto.

Enter Miss Norris, seeking street carto take her home. Two minutes of

sidewalk crossfire, such as "Is that car

going south?"—"The conductor is."

Travesty melodrama with music,"Where are the papers?" "In theblacksmith shop." "They're forged."More crossfire. Conversational duet.

Seats girl in the car and wheels heroff. No especial merit to the material

and the young couple seemed to bemaking Herculean efforts to get it over.

Jolo.

Grand Opera Quartet.Vocal.16 Mins.; Full Stage.Royal.Operatic vocalists who could just as

readily work in "one"—foreigners, of-

fering grand opera selections, with

nothing to distinguish them from the

numerous warblers who have appeared

in vaudeville. Tenor, baritone, colora-

tura soprano, mezzo soprano. Offered

duet by tenor and baritone, solo by so-

prano, tenor solo and quartet. Trained

voices, but of no exceptional quality.Jolo.

The Dancing Demons (4).

Singing and Dancing.9 Mins.; Two.City-

r i J u a • 1A quartet of colored boys and girls,

who were evidently part of a speedypick act at some time in their stage

careers. They depend mainly on the

dancing. A fast finish sends themoff with a hurrah. For small time the

act is there. Fred.

Louise and Mitchell.

Acrobats.6 Mins.; Full Stage.City.

A boy and girl team in fast acrobatics

of the hand to hand, head to head var-

iety with the girl the understander.

The duo make a rather youthful ap-

pearance atul because ot this, they are

sure fire from an applause standpoint.

Their work is speedy and evokes fre-

quent aplause. Lively little turn for

the opening spot. Fred.

California Boys* Band.Colonial

Major Sidney S. Peixotto presentsthis combination of musicians and acro-bats, called the California Boys' Band,of about 35 pieces, which has beenplaying over the vaudeville circuits this

season outside New York. A prelimi-nary statement is made from the stagethe organization is a part of an en-campment maintained in California forboys only. If the present lot is a fair

sample, California is helping her boys,for this bunch play rather well, do anice "Arab set" in the center of the turnand put up an attractive vaudeville num-ber. The opening when the boys drill

while playing looks and sounds verygood. SifM.

Three Chums.Rathskeller Trio.

15 Mins.; Full Stage (12), One (3).

(Special Settings).

Royal.

Thrse neat appearing young men in

an up-to-date ' idea for presenting a"rathskeller" turn. It is more or less in

the form of a sketch. Scene representsthe interior of a clubhouse. Two are.

seated playing cards, warbling. Enterthe third, pleasantly intoxicated, andthey render a snatch of "Always FairWeather." Souse at piano, other twovocalizing. Pianist plays cornet withone hand, still at the ivories, whileother two play saxophones. More sing-

ing. Violin solo (rag and straight),

with a little stepping. Pantomime bit,

with song, the three looking at a pic-

ture show. Finish with "Fair Weather."For encore in "one," showing exterior

of club, violin, large guitar and ukalele,

with singing. Very well received.Jolo.

Singing Fisherman.Vocal7 Mins.; One (Special Drop).Jefferson.Man with a wooden leg and iron grey

whiskers, attired first in fisherman's

garb with his drop to represent a fish-

ing station. Sings in a voice that varies

from tenor to baritone, a couple of sea-

faring ditties, then( changes to uniformof G. A. R. veteran. Pleasing voice,

but rather amateurish stage presence.

Small time, sympathetic turn. Jplo.

"Bon Voyage" (9).

Tabloid (Special Settings).

26 Mins.; Full Stage.Jefferson.A very elaborate series of stage set-

tings, full stage and drops in "one" with

a straight man. comedian, leading wom-an and six girls. Usual plot about de-

tective following spy around the world,

so the sets may find some sort of ex-

cuse for their exhibition, together withthe girls' dresses, which are rather pre-

tentious. But the cast is mediocre.Jolo.

Rob and Robinson."Kid" Act.12 Mins.; One.City.A mighty good little small time act

that wins applause and laughs. Theteam are doing a school boy and girl

with the boy handling the comedy. Thetalk at the opening gets laughter anda rope skipping dance brings applausefor the girl. The boy follows this with

a number that gets over and the close

finds the girl doing another dance.Fred.

Howard and Bailey.

Talk.16 Mins.; One.Jefferson.Man and woman, the* man a "nut'

and woman ingenue. Very classy ap-

pearance, speak good English and havesplendid smart crossfire, built to a con-

siderable extent upon the play uponwords. Should prove acceptable on anybill. /oto-

Ray Lawrence.Female Impersonator.Two.American Roof.As a female impersonator Rav. Law-

rence has some claims to consideration

09 small time, where he might receive

an audience up to the time of his dis-

closure of sex, but not on other timewith his present routine and make-up.He makes rather a good lokinp girl

and changes costumes by stripping

down, or adding a cape or so, in viewof the house, assisted by a Chinese.The opening of the turn, while different

from that employed by other imper-sonators, hurts rather than helps, for

his robust voice is suggested^ as hewalks down the aisle and the wise peo-ple about will get him at once throughthat. Lawrence is double voiced, whichmay have led him to adopt this kind of

impersonating. After singing a coupleof songs or so as a woman, he reap-

pears in his regular garb and in a nor-

mal masculine voice recites Service's

"Quitter." For the finish a rag is sung,

when the double voice is employed.Good enough for small time fits Law-rence at present, though he might ad-

vance if opportunity presented and hesecured competent direction. Sime.

FAUCI.There Is one thing about the program at

the Palace that Btood out like a house afire

Monday night and that was the distinct anddecisive superiority of the trained stage

artist to enthuse an audience with the fires

of patriotism, over the efforts of the person

from the lay ranks to accomplish the samething. ' '""

Not that It Is the Intention to disparage the

effort made Monday evening by Deputy Com-missioner Stanlev Howe, who was assignedto speak at the Palace by the Mayor's Com-mission to encourage the sale of LibertyBonds, but rather as a friendly suggestion

stance the lack of one) and the work thatshe does. It la an act that will be worthy offeature honor* with a little added to It. Atthe Palace In the second spot nine minuteswere Just about right, but In other housesmore will be demanded. Mllo? was the hit ofthe first part, his animal and whistling Im-personations bringing him sufficient applauseto stop the show."The Forest Fire" had Its biggest scene

marred by the evident Inability to secure suf-ficient depth on the Palace stage, hut It In-terested and thrilled and won well-earned ap-plause at the finish.

After Miss Arthur and Deputy Commis-sioner Howe appeared after Intermission, Con-roy and LeMalre took up the running andwere the big laughing hit. Their opening hadthe audience going, but It was the "stuff"with the flivver car that doubled' those Infront right in two with laughter.Next to closing Harry Carroll opened slow-

ly. His voice, never much to brag about, wasparticularly bad, but after he got started heput over two new numbers that look sure fire.One Is evidently entitled "Somewhere on OldBroadway," and the other may either be "TooFar from Broadway." or perhaps "Then I'llCome Sailing Back to You." Its melody hasa corking little march tempo.Florence and Brother Frank Moore closed

the show and Just what Florence did to theaudience was aplenty. They laughed andthen laughed some more, and it isn't the easi-est thing In the world to hold 'em at thePalace when you are closing the bill, but Inthis Instance It was done, and done properly.Broadway likes and wants Florence Moore andthere aren't many In show business like herwhen it comes to kidding an audience Intothat state of mind.Hearst-Pathe No. 45 finished at about 11.25.

Fred.

CITY.Tt was almost a big time show at the City

the first half. Lots of pep and laughs andvery entertaining. Capacity was the word afew minutes after eight, the house remain-ing filled until the final feature picture started.The show got under way at R.13 and the finalturn of the eight-act bill finished at 10.15.Tn addition to the acts a news weekly wasrun off In the two hours.Louise and Mitchell (New Acts) opened

with Arthur OVeary. a tenor, following. Hedid very well. Dorothy Rogers and Co. (New

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VARIETY of Feb. 4, 1916..

The following circuits, managements and agencies have signified a willingness to adoptsuch means as may be within their power to eliminate "lifted material" from their theatres

result of an investigation conducted by VARIETY:when Informed of theMARCUS LOEW CIRCUIT

(Jos. M.' Schenck)FOX CIRCUIT(Edgar Allen)

MILES CIRCUIT(Walter F. Keefe)

FINN-HEIMAN CT1CUTT(Sam Kahl)

RICKARDS CIRCUIT (Australia)

BERT LEVEY CIRCUIT(Bert Levey)

SHEA CIRCUIT(Harry A. Shea)

FEIBER-SHEA CIRCUIT(Richard Kearney)ALOZ CIRCUIT

(J. H. Alot)

PANTAGES CIRCUIT(Walter F. Keefe)

B. S. MOSS CIRCUIT(B. & Moss)

GUS SUN CIRCUIT(Gus Sun)

MICH. VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT(W. 3. Butterfield)

U. S. V. M. A.(Walter J. PUsamer)

It Is remarked that If Liberty Bonds are tobe sold through the medium of speeches totheatre audiences, then let It be the people ofthe stage to cry out the nation's needs forfinancial support in the present crisis. Never,In the days gone by, has the stage slacked InIts duty to the nation, whether the occasionwas war or any form of national or civiccalamity, and at this time, the same as anyother, the people of the theatre will not befound unwilling to publlcate the value of theGovernment's certificates.

Mr. Howe was on after the Intermission andspoke for eleven minutes. While his speechwas effective and well chosen in its Intent toarouse the clvlo pride of the New Yorker, it

lacked entirely the punch with which JuliaArthur landed her remarks In the monologof "Liberty Aflame," preceding him. It surewas a star spot that waa assigned to Mr.Howe, following the grand red fire effort onthe part of Miss Arthur and one dislikes tothink what one of the stage might have doneIn the matter of swaying an audience on thesame topic were they given the opportunity.Action tn what Is needed with dialog anytime that one tries to do anything on thestape, otherwise the audience forgets.AH In all, the show is a corking vaudeville

entertainment. It contained a million laughs,the program being switched so that theywere bunched together at the close of theperformance. "The Forest Fire," originallyscheduled to close the show, held a like spotIn the first half of the bill, while Miss Arthur,who was programmed for that position openedthe second half, the curtain being held untilthe audience was fully seated before the actwns stnrted.Meehan's Canines were the openers, the

lr ,np|p«ir...'up.,.V!.d" bHne'.n* cheers from the «ii_-

dl"nc(» on the hljrh Jumps. Shaw and Seahury,In a rtiff.'r^nt and distinctive dnnclnp turn.held the second spot ot the bill. That Sea-bury hoy won the house completely with hiseccentric stepping. He has shown wonderfulImprovement. The act Is oute from the BlllleShaw angle, both as to gewns (and In one ln-

Acts) In a good laughing sketch were next.The news weekly followed.The last half ran five acts solid, starting

with Col. Diamond and granddaughter, whotileu on his first two numbers, but won ap-plause with the Cakewalk and proved a hitwith the closing one step. Rob and Robinson(New Acts) delivered laughter. The OreatHoward scored nicely, all things considered.The ventriloquist had the audience laughingwith his doctor's office scene, but pulled hisstrongest applause on a new war song wnlchhe plugs with the aid of a slide.The Dancing Demons (New Acts) closed.

Fred.

COLONIAL.The Colonial's program this week reads and

looks very summery. There Is no reason whyIt should not, and the weather Justified theselection.The feature turned out to be the California

Boys' Band (New Acts), closing the first part,which presented an Interesting study in boysas well as an entertaining turn.Considerable comedy was contained In the

show. With several of the acts new to theColonial neighborhood, this proved an amus-ing diversion from the regular vaudeville thoColonial la accustomed to. Closing the showwere Van and Schenck, who registered solidly,having a new song In their rep for this week.Just before them was Charlotte Parry In anew single act. likely placed at the Colonialmerely to obtain a line on Its possibilitieswhich are quite apparent and need only work-ing over. Opening the second division wereJack Alfred and Co., a trio of acrobatics whohave an original Idea to present their tricks,and through It bring out good comedy thatgets r^a! laughs, --as well as sous e/?rk!r.g ac-robatic feats, the tatter mostlv obtainedthrough a springboard. What seems moreremarkable than anything else, however, theboys can handle dl-log. Perhaps It's the set-ting, but the value of the turn Is shownthrough Its position.Bronson »°fl Baldwin In "A 101T Bongology**

SHOW REVIEWS 17

with Percy Bronson doing a mum got oyercicely, although If the mum character Isn'tcurbed In the number of men lately attempt-ing it, it will shortly be so thoroughly over-dono all will have to abandon the role. Win-nie Baldwin looked nice and the couple scored,closing with a travestied Hula number duringwhich Bronson put in a physical movementthat brought a decided laugh.The Gladiators opened the show, with Marie

Stoddard, single, second. Miss Stoddard's ma-terial didn't appear built for the Colonial, asit didn't have the ring of novelty or orig-inality that house looks for in single womenturns. Herman and Shirley were third, withGeorge Herman carrying the act along withhis "skeleton" dancing.As a "Wop" and straight, Kelly and Galvin

got comedy out of their matter, the Wop do-ing it, although recalling several others whohave used the Italian character. Their ownmaterial held up, however, and they got overfor a laughing success.During the performance Dr. Frank Crane

spoke for the Liberty Bond sale, with Dae

announcement that after the show $10 Lib-

erty Bond certificates would be on sale in the

theatre, while slips. for one bond or more, in-

serted in the program, could be filled out andmafted by those who cared for the larger

amounts. Dr. Crane mentioned the wealth of

the United States was more than that of all

the other Allied countries, and when he stated

this country had twice and one-half as muchwealth as Germany it caused a slight gaup of

astonishment. Bitne.

ROYALNot a very good program at the Royal this

week, due to lack of sufficient uproarious

comedy. There is quite a little laughter, but

it is mostly in small doses, occasionally in-

troduced.Mosher, Hayes and Mother, with their acro-

batic and comedy bicycle riding, started things

off well. Under New Acts are Rollins andNorrls, Three Chums, Grand Opera Quartet.

Bowman Brothers, blackface minstrel come-dians, and Cole, Russell and Davis were the

two acts that came nearest to big laugbs.

Neither is designed for other than intermit-

tent risibilities and in this they succeededadmirably.

Belle Baker occupied the greater part of the

second half, with seven numbers, and eventhen the audience wanted more. It's a won-derful hold she has, and incidentally, a pity

she doesn't exercise a little better Judgmentthan to warble, not only three "yiddlsh"numbers, but two out of the three on thesame subject. She has a couple of new onesby Blanche Merrill—"I'm a Baker," referring

to her name, and the other a travesty ballad,

"When You and I Were Young, Able," themusic of which contains snatches of famllisrold melodies. It's about a yiddlsh woman of

43 endeavoring to persuade her sweetheartto marry her, having waited for years. Latershe does "Nathan," which contains exactly

the same idea. Not only that, but she pre-

cedes "Nathan" with another yiddlsh ditty.

After all, however, Miss Baker was a riot

with the assemblage, so maybe she's right.

James Teddy, "world's champion Jumper,"balked at his billiard table leap Monday night,but redeemed himself later by leaping overchairs 44 times without stopping. Jolo.

AMERICAN ROOF.Some of the turns at the American the first

half were new to the regulars, which provMthat summer is upon us. The Liberty LoanTheatre Week speaker at the American Tues-day night was a Mr. Purdy. who gave out thesort of information regarding purchasing thebonds the American audience should havehad. No bonds were offered for sale in thetheatre.

Walter James, next to closing, with histramp monolog, made the hit of the eveningwhen he mentioned the same day (Registra-tion), saylag: "You can bet there were norepeaters at the polls' today." Mr. Jameswent very big. His present act Is much betterthan one he did some months ago. A nicely-written parodied medley Is in it, also a Yid-dlsha lullaby for a finish. He took the hit

of the show credit without any trouble. Aboutthe only thing approaching novelty on theprogram was Ray Lawrence, a female im-personator (New Acts/. Closing was theFljlyama Japs, who give a varied assortmentof Jap stunts, acrobatics, Jlu Jitsu wrestling,

and one of the troupe, who speaks with afunny Japanese accent, did handwriting, suchas a Kajlyama docs, only this boy is woe-fully Inefficient in comparison, and appearsto have but his right hand under full control.

However, what little he does of the great dealKajlyama has shown might be made more In-

teresting by another method of presentation.The turn for small time should have a betterposition than closing.The sketch, a comedy one, "Cold CoffM,"

by Charles Horwits, was very well played byHans Roberts, and his principal assistant, ashis wife. The playlet itself is amusing, butwas spoiled somewhat by the typewriter, who,if not inexperienced and playing her role ascoached, should be rehearsed all over. Shemakes her pert too simple. It's no wonderher prize-fighting husband blnged her on thebean. The audience laughed In real enjoy-ment at the sketch and company.

Closing the first part were Hlrschoff's Gyp-sies In "A Night in a Romany Camp." It's

a picturesque turn with the dancing givingthe action. Ju«l befoie them were a coupleof "flubec." Mills and Jockwood. g»ttJn«:

taugbs on dlttJne, with one of the men work-ing up to a big finish with a yodel, bothfinishing on it. Their rube characters arewell done, and if the right spot could befound for them in a production they could get

over. Some of their present material In gagaIs familiar, but they have newer remarks, andall were laughed at on the roof. No. 8 gavethe show a fast start through Valyda andHer Brazilllan Nuts occupying the position.Each one of the colored folks, the "Nuts"being men, did well. Valyda has appearanceas a mulatto and sings rather well. Hermale companions Include a comedian and apianist, who did nicely also, even though thepianist played "his own version of 'The Mock-ing Bird.' " It's a corking colored turn forsmall time.The Valdos opened the show, doing their

cabinet work and securing plenty of comedythrough two boob-looking but intelligentplants. One of the plants had a comedy face tostart with and a comedy laugh to finish it off.

The Valdos might extend the turn to take inother matters as well and furnish up thestage a bit with h more attractive setting,but these remarks held good a couple of yearsago, so the Valdos are likely satisfied. Natand Flo Albert were second. They did a little

singing and more dancing .making a goodenough No. 2 turn for the hot weather. Sime.

JEFFERSON.One of the best bills ever presented at the

Jefferson was on tap the first half of the cur-rent week. Six of the ten vaudeville actshad, at one time or another, played the two-a-day, most recently, and some will probablyreturn there. In addition, one other act mayhave appeared In the higher priced vaude-ville theatres out of town. If not, it looks tobe eligible for the best.Lord and Fuller, with woman .playing fid-

dle and man Juggling. Like most "versatile"artists, do none of it exceptionally well.Specialising seems to be the thing that com*mands the best attention. Singing Fisher-man (New Acts). "The Tamer," two people,Is an old sketch with a henpecked husband.The title tells It all. It ran 18 minutes andseemed longer.

Ronalr, Ward and Farron, the old Ronalrand Ward act with the addition of Mr. Far-ron, a ballad singer. Just how valuable thethird person Is to the offering is questionable.Laveen and Cross, as burlesque gladiators asa background for their good hand-to-handwork, get quite some comedy out of an acro-batic turn, especially the making up of thetopmounter as a cissy and the employment ofthe Invisible wire used for comedy purposes.Josephine Davis, minus a pianist and mak-

ing no change of gowns, sang five songs togood applauM and was Just as effective aswhen she saddled herself with the usual ac-cessories. After all, it's the •.il-^t himselfor herself that counts.Howard and Bailey and "Bon Voyage"

(New Acts). "Joe Raymond" was next toclosing, with a piano and a monolog. Herecently appeared on the two-a-day aroundhere under his own name. "Raymond" wasa clean-up with the small time audience bymaking pointed references to folks in theaudience, to their huge delight. GlidingO'Mearas closed. An excellent show. Jolo.

VEILLER, GEN. MGR.According to report Bayard Vcillcr

has been appointed general manager forWilliam Harris.

EQUITY CASE QUIET.Nothing stirring as yet in the mat-

ter of the agreement of a mutual con-tract between the Actors' Equity As-sociation and the Managers' Associa-tion. It is believed that with the re-turn of Marc Klaw to New York Sat-urday, that there would be somethingdefinite done the early part of theweek, but up to Wednesday there wasno sign.

_ Smythe Trying Tivoli. Seattle.

Seattle, Tune 6.

W. H. Smythe secured a three-yearlease of the Tivoli at First avenue andMadison street yesterday and will in-

stall the Dick Lonsdale Musical Com-edy Co. The personel of the housestaff has been changed.This is Smythe's third venture in the

Seattle managerial field.

Will Try Stock.

Joe Payton has decided to planta permanent stock in the International,Niagara Falls, N. Y., as a result of arecent three weeks' engagement therewith his repertoire company. The Pay-ton comnany will return to NiagaraFalls Jun A, with Lee Sterrett addedto his company.

ENGAGEMENTS.

"OH BOY" MOVING TO BOSTON."Oh, Boy" will leave the Princess

shortly for it is, booked to open in Bos-ton early in July.

The original company will play east-

ern dates thereafter and has nothingto do with the -special Chicago com-pany to be headed by Joseph Santleyand Ivy Sawyer, due to open at theLaSalle in August.John Major, who has been managing

"Very Good Eddie," will be back withthe original "Oh, Boy" show, Ji is placewith "Eddie" on it;s coast trip beingtaken by Al Spink.

SPORTS.Charlie Pope left his Owens car

in front of the Putnam Buildingat 11 a. m. last Saturday, having'phoned his garage to send a man for it

Mr. Pope went out of town and did notreturn until Sunday noon, when

(he

found the car in the exact spot, with-out anything missing. *

Stan Stanley, who has returned toNew York, says 3,809 members are onthe lists of the Three-Cushion Cue Cluband that 300 membership slips remainto be given out. Stanley may raise themembership and make it an even 5,000.

Mike Donlin resigned last week asmanager of the Memphis Southern As-sociation team, giving illness in his

family as the cause of his resignation.

Cy Barger succeeded Donlin as theMemphis manager.

Wavte Hovt, son of Ad Hovt (min-strels/ is pitching for the Memphisteam, farmed out T>y the Giants. Theboy is but 17. He pitched in formerseasons for the U. B. O. nine.

Mrs. Edward Arlington, wife of theowner of the Jess vVfllard and BuffaloBill wild west, has a racing stable.

Wilds Dennett, Juliette Dsy ("The Rsln-bow Girl").Horses Slnclslr and Arthur Geary ("The

Beautiful Unknown").

The Golf Committee of the N. V. A..has arranged a golf tournament forMonday, June 11. The play will be

BEATTY GETS TWO MOREChicago, June 6.

Through a recent purchase of twomore picture houses, E. Thomas Beat-

ty, who owns the Englewood theatre

on the south side, now has the nucleus

of a photoplay theatre chain that maybe further augmented before the sum-mer is over.

Beatty has just acquired the Harper(53d and Harper), seating 1,400, andwhich was ordered closed some timeago when the city authorities decreedthe property was within 200 feet of achurch and thereby violated a city ord-inance. Since that edict the Cnicagocity council ordained that all theatresand places of amusement that had beenbuilt prior to the passage of thatordinance were to be exempted. Thisput the Harper back into the runningwith the result that Beatty grabbed it

in a hurry.Beatty's other purchase includes the

Beach at 51st and Harper, which seats

1,100 and will play the feature pro-grams. Higher prices will prevail at

the Harper which will play the biggestof the screen productions.

Beatty owns the Linden at 63d andHalsted, opposite the Englewood(American burlesnue house), whichhouse by the way has added to his

bank account every week and this sea-son was one of the biggest money-makers of the outlying film theatres.

While in New York last week attend-ing the meeting of the .burlesque man-agers of the American Circuit, Beattyconfirmed the Harper and Beach pur-chases, declaring they would be usedfor picture purposes only.

MOROSCO'S CHICAGO HOUSE.Chicago, June 6.

Before leaving here for the coast,Oliver Morosco practically settled upona theatre site within the Loop.The proposed new house, to be built

in conjunction with an office building,is expected to be ready next season.The plans call for seating capacity of1,800. Morosco has long sought a Chi-cago house that he could more easilymanipulate his shows going east fromthe coast or vice versa.There was a deal on a month or two

ago for the Studebaker, but it fell

through because of the location andexcessively high rent.

Miss Sylvia Concerting Next Season?Marguerita Sylvia is back in New

York, having returned from Europe,but no definite announcements of herstage plans have been made. MissSylvia is stopping in a hotel at the ex-treme end of Long Island and so farhas sidestepped theatrical connections.Unless returning to the stage (Miss

Sylvia having married since last ap-pearing in "Gypsy Love" in New York)she may listen to a concert tour pro-posal.

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CLOSING WITH WEATHER.After the coldest May in years in

New York, during which the legitimatehouses remaining open enjoyed profita-ble takings, the weather turned warmMonday, with a consequent droppingoff of receipts.

If it continues there will be an-nounced a number of closings.

OBITUARY.Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, widow of the

late Charles Peters, aged 84, died ather home in Mosemere, N. J., thisweek.. She appeared professionallyuntil after her 79th birthday.

Joseph Clare, a well known scenicpainter, died June 3 at Central Islip,

L. I., aged 71.

Mrs. Lewis B. Stone, wife of the ac-tor, known to the stage as MargaretLangham, jumped from her apartmenton the eighth story of 120 Riversidedrive to the street and was instantlykilled Tuesday night. She had been ill

for some time. Her husband was atPlattsburgh Training Camp.

(Miss) Annie Harrison, 70 years,, anactress, who made her first appearancehere 50 years ago, died Tuesday atAmityville, L. I.

IN MEMORIAM

JOHN C. RICEIn sad and loving memory of a devoted

husband end fatherGod rest hie soul In peace

SALLY COHEN-RICE

Marie Uart, known in private life asMrs. Mary Philbrick, died at the MiltonHospital, Boston, last week as the re-sult of an operation. She joined thefamous old Boston Museum stock atthe age of 16 and played during herprofessional career with Edwin Booth,Joseph Jefferson, Lotta Crabtree, FrankMayo and John Drew. One of herboasts was that she had played in ev-ery one of Charles Hoyt's productions.Two of her children, William H. andCharlotte, are professionals.

Chief of Police W. J. Weir of Spo-kane, Wash., is seeking information re-garding the whereabouts of JessiePierce, who came to New York in1913 and has since been known on thestac:e as Raba Del Br1>s. There is anestate in the comt.sc of settlement inMontana and knowledge of her where-abouts is necessary to effect the clos-ing.

18 MOVING PICTURESSTRENUOUS TIMES PREDICTED

AT CHICAGO FILM CONVENTIONJuly Meeting of Picture Exhibitors in Windy City Declared

as Indicative of Discussion of Many Weighty Mat-ters. Both Attendance and Interest Expected

to Surpass All Sessions.

Chicago, June 6.

Pick up conversation any day withany man actively engaged in picture

exhibition in Chicago and the first

thing he will tell one is that the con-vention of the film men here in Julyis that "it's going^to be a rcdhot one."It doesn't take him but a few minutesto render the info that there are manyimportant reasons why it is going to bea sizzler.

Last year the discussions in the mainwere along efforts to stop adverselegislation, eliminate vicious censor-ship and obtain a better understandingbetween the manufacturers and ex-change men and the exhibitors. Butthat was before war was declared withGermany.

First of all the war tax measure willcome up for discussion, but that willonly be a drop in the bucket comparedto the kick the film exhibitors are goingto make against the increasing costof films and the abuses the exhibitorscharge are hurting their business in

more ways than one.Some of the states are going to regis-

ter a howl against certain conditionsthat have come to pass within the yearand the legislation in several sectionshas the exhibitors yelling "murder."

In some states additional taxation tothat imposed by the Federal Govern-ment threatens to take what profitsare assured and it is this further assess-ment that has the exhibitors figuringhow they are going to map it out sothat all the levies can be met and thehouses still make money.Some of the delegates have some

straight pointed questions to fire at thepresent administration and some ofthem will create a buzz on the conven-tion floor.

The northwest has some matters it

wishes to have threshed out thorough-ly and its delegation will go solidlv

there to see that (he discussigns will

receive full consideration.A larger representation is expected

from the southern states while theeast is planning to make a better show-ing than it did last year.The exhibitors last year at first

seemed in a hurry to reach the elec-

tion so they could beat it for their

homes, with the result that several of

the most active delegates declared it

was a shame to have the election toomuch at heart and neglect the im-portant business phases for which theconvention was assembled. So thedelegates buckled down to work andgot things into such shape the electionbecame a secondary consideration.The convention this year proposes to

utilize its time to better working ad-vantage and not permit the delegatesto spend too much time in longwindeddiscussions. There are so many mat-ters of more importance and with manynew delegations on the grounds this

year the men at the head arc very de-sirous of making the meeting the big-

gest and best yet held.

Meanwhile the Exposition arrange-ments arc pointing to another giganticsuccess and the booth spaces are beingtaken in a manner most gratifying to

the Expo heads. Ludwig Schindler,general executive manager, is givingthe Expo much publicity, and planssome "surprises" as to picture stars,

etc.

l.ufiwig ScV'u'licr, the Expositionmanager, has been in New Yorkfor the past week lining up differentexhibits, obtaining the consent of

divers film stars to grace the Exponext month by their presence and get-ting a line on New York exhibitors'views as to their part in the Chicagodisplay.

Schindler is very enthusiastic overthe July affair in the Windy City andpredicts a glorious success in everyway.

If promises account for anything thelist of film stars that will be at theExpo includes Mary Garden, ThedaBara, Clara Kimball Young. MaryPickford, Charles Chaplin and a hostof others.Before quitting New York Schindler

expects to have fully two dozen photo-play celebrities arrange to attend theChicago convention.

MABEL NORMAND BALKS.Despite the claim of a contract call-

ing for the services of Mabel Normandwith Goldwyn Pictures, it was statedthis week she had entered into anagreement with Charles Baumann andAdolph Zukor to be starred in a series

of releases to be distributed via Art-craft.

On Broadway it was reported Gold-wyn Co. had notified Miss Normand toreport for work as per their allegedcontract and that the picture star hadrefused to take it seriously.

It is understood the Goldwyn peopledecline to take that view of thesituation and will send a formal noti-fication to all the film manufacturersnotifying them of the contract claimand in additidn will apply for aninjunction restraining Miss Normandfrom appearing elsewhere.

SUING FOR COMMISSIONS.Cora C. Wilkening has started a suit

against Charles J. Richman asking for$1,000, which in her bill of particularsshe alleges is due as a balance on abasis of ten per cent, weekly, for em-ployment which she secured for thestar with the Vitagraph Company.Miss Wilkening states she received$1,000 thus far and is suing to recoverthe remainder. Arthur Driscoll ofO'Brien, Malevinsky and Driscoll, is

defending the action for Mr. Richman.. There is also pending at present in

the Supreme Court an action againstMary Pickford which Miss Wilkeninginstituted, the latter claiming that thepicture star owes her $100,000 for com-missions also for employment secured.

GISH GIRLS ABROAD.Indications are that D. W. Griffith

will not return from abroad for sometime, from the fact that Lillian Gishand her mother, who have been in

Europe with the director, were this

week joined by Dorothy Gish and Botr-

by Harron.It is understood they have gone to

join the others for the purpose of mak-ing pictures in Europe, with the warlocations serving as backgrounds.

LESSER COMING EAST.San Francisco, June 6.

Sol Lesser will shortly leave for theeast to be present at the formationof stcte right buyers who contemplateforming their headquarters in NewYork. It is the purpose of this or-ganization to buy large state right fea-

tures exclusively and distribute themto members according to the valua-tion of their territory.

A convention will probably be heldat some future date.

INCE-SfiNNETT GOSSIP.The film world was filled with all

sorts of rumors this week concerningthe likelihood of a withdrawal fromTriangle of Thomas H. Ince and MackSennett.Up to Wednesday afternoon no of-

ficial confirmation was available, otherthan it seemed practically a certaintyInce would turn over his Culver Cityplant to Triangle at an agreed priceand would enter into some other dis-tribution arrangement for his pic-tures elsewhere, taking with him onlyW. S. Hart, with whom he has a per-sonal contract.it is stated that Triangle has exe-

cuted a mortgage on its Majestic, Re-liance and New York Motion PictureCo. plants to the Lincoln Trust Co.for $1,500,000, a portion of which sumwent toward paying off Ince for hisholdings.The "dope" seems to be that H. O.

Davis, former Universal productionmanager, would be in charge of all

Triangle productions in the future.From Washington comes a story that

someone in connection with Trianglehad offered the U. S. Government its

plants for sale, suggesting the makingof patriotic war films to stimulate in-

terest in recruiting.Persistent reports in Los Angeles

have it that Mack Sennett had with-drawn from Triangle and would allyhimself with William Fox for the mak-ing and distribution of comedies. InNew York, however, this report wasgenerally discredited. In the event ofSennett withdrawing from Triangle,that concern would retain the right tothe use of the copyrighted name of"Keystone" as applied to comedies.Both Ince and Sennett have been

in New York for the past four weeks,but have consistently refrained frommaking any statements for publication.They have had conferences with anumber of the more important distrib-

ution concerns and the most circum-stantial indications are that both ofthem will conclude arrangements withAdolph Zukor to release their pictureson the Artcraft program, making theirown productions and having the Art-craft concern act as their distributors,

on a 65-35 basis, with a minimum guar-antee of receipts for each release.Meantime neither the Triangle of-

ficials nor the Stephen A. Lynch aUiesappear to be worried about the future.

They are apparently prepared for anycontingency, and that something in theway of an important deal for them is

on tap is manifest from the fact thatlast week Triangle stock on the Curbjumped from $1.25 to $2.50 per share.Wednesday noon at the Hotel

Knickerbocker H. E. Aitken and H. O.Davis were lunching at one table,

while at another Sennett and Baumanwere apparently enjoying their noon-day repast.A man closely connected with one

of the principals summed it up terselywith the phrase: "You can search me."

FILM MANAGERS' ASSN.The film exchanges of the province

of Alberta on May 16 formed an asso-ciation known as The Film Managers'Association of Alberta. They are en-deavoring to bring together closer co-operation between the exhibitors andexchange managers of that province.

CONSTANCE TALMADGE CO.The Constance Talmadge Film Corp.

has now been definitely formed andthe younger sister of Norma is to beexploited as a star at the head of herown organization, under the directionof Lewis J. Selznick.The contract is for a period of ten

years.

POWELL WITH UNIVERSAL?Frank Powell withdrew hi? pro/'ue-

ing company fr«">m Mutual June 1 andthis week was closeted with Universalofficials, with the likelihood of form-ing some producing connection there.

DUPING STILL CONTINUES.The duping of film still goes mer-

rily on, according to information in the

possession of several prominent manu-facturers who, for some unaccountablereason, have taken no tangible steps

to unite to protect themselves against

this menace.According to the laws of several

South American countries the first per-

son appearing on the scene with a mo-tion picture and registering it is re-

garded as the rightful owner and en-

titled to prevent anyone else from ex-

hibiting it.

This week a number of state right

people seeking to dispose of the rights

to their property in Argentine foundtheir features had already been regis-

tered there, w(th nd one able to dis-

cover where the prints came from.

"REDEMPTION" RIGHTS SOLD.The first sale of state rights for the

Evelyn Nesbit film, "Redemption," nowrunning at the Cohan theatre on Broad-way, occurred Wednesday. New Yorkstate and Northern New Jersey was the

territory disposed of, at a reportedprice of $45,000, considered a large sum.The Pioneer Film Corp., which bought"Civilization" for the same state right

got the Nesbit picture.

Another of the Joseph M. Schenckspecial features, "Poppy," with NormaTalmadge, broke the house record at

the New York theatre for the first twodays of this week. The New York sel-

dom holds a film over a day. "Poppy"is also the first feature played there to

be given a return date, the house askingfor it again at the first opportunity.

FAIRBANKS NOTICE.Douglas Fairbanks has communi-

cated with his attorney, Dennis F.

O'Brien, and also with the New Yorkoffice of Artcraft, seeking their aid in,

advising exhibitors that all the pic-

tures he made for Triangle have beenreleased, the last one being "TheAmericano," and that any so-callednew releases would be a series of scrapscenes.

JAMES YOUNG WANTS DIVORCE.Los Angeles, June 6.

Clara Kimball Young has filed anappearance in the suit brought byJames Young for divorce, indicatingshe will fight against such a decreebeing granted.

Miss Young's legal affairs are beinghandled by a local attorney.

WANT MONEY BACK.Chicago, June 6.

Joseph Hopp, president of the localMotion Pictures Exhibitors League,and who is also a promoter with of-fices on West Washington street, is

the defendant in an action begun in

the Municipal court on Monday byfive people who had invested theinmoney through Hopp in the StandardTheatre Co.The five complainants allege they

invested their money with the under-standing that Hopp would return it if

they became dissatisfied. The com-plainants and their claims are: C. D.Timms, $500; R. E. Schneider, $100;W. F. Sheck, $260; Mamie Jahr, $400,and Edward Theide, $300.

House Changes Hands.Denver, June 6.

The Paris picture theatre, which hasbeen running the multiple reel featuresat 10 cents admission, changed handsMonday, Brown & Roderick succeed-ing Swanson & Nolan, who own a

string of houses throughout the West.

"Trip Through China" Leaving.The travelog, "Trip Through China,"

leaves the Eltinge theatre Sunday, af-

ter spending its three weeks' run there,guaranteed through having rented thetheatre from A. H. Woods for $4,SG0for that length of time.

There will be a new stage built in

the Eltinge during the summtr.

MOVING PICTURES 19

Olive Tell denies the report she ia engugedto be married.

Famous sayings of trade paper reviewers:"How big is the adv.?"

Hal Clements is to produce a picture forthe Astor Film Co. with Camllle Aster asstar.

"A Hough House" is the third of the seriesof Paramount Arbuckle Comedies that Roscoe'Fatty" Arbuckle will appear In.

"Redemption" shows no let up in business atthe Ceo. M. Cohan Theatre, und will remainfor a full month, two weeks longer than ex-pected.

Donald Hull, In support of Norma Talm-adge in "Poppy," will also appear with her inher forthcoming production of 'The Moth."

Pathe has bought u new serial, written byArthur B. Reeve and Charles Logue, called"The Hidden Hand."

It is understood that the promoters of thePrlzma colored pictures have temporarily sus-pended work on their producing.

It was reported on Wednesday that E. Lan-ning Masters has severed his connection withV-L-S-B.

The Bluebird program is all laid out untilJuly 20, six new features now almoBt completethat will be g\ven later release dates.

Leon Victor returned to Broadway thisweek, having been out on the road with oneof the "Birth of a Nation" outfits.

A brand new picture theatre for coloredpeople only, called the Ascher, was opened InIndianapolis this week.

W. S. Butterfleld is In New York seekingattractions In the form of feature picturesfor his circuit for the summer months.

Carmel Meyers, former leading woman withFine Arts, has signed a two years' contract

with Universal, and will appear In featurepictures for that concern.

Sam J. Ryan, formerly of Lewis and Ryan,Is now In the pictures, working for Metro.He has been assigned to support Mabel Tal-iaferro In "The Will o' the Wisp."

Frank Woods, head of the Fine Arts Stu-dio for D. W. Griffith for years, Is leavingfor the Coast shortly and will probably pro-duce on his own.

The King Bee company, which has beenmaking pictures In Jacksonville for sometime, has returned to New York and willwork here.

Joseph A. Murphy has retired as managerof the Ruby theatre, Philadelphia, to assumethe same position of the new Family theatre.Broad and Market streets, same city.

looking after some matters In connection withthe Fox Film Corp., which he still represents,in addition to his holdings In the two theatreshe conducts In Los Angeles.

Doris Kenyon, who just finished "The OreatWhite Trail." for the Wbartons, was seen onBroadway with a new maroon-colored Stude-baker sedan.

Jesse Lasky has rearranged his plans. In-stead of residing permanently In New York,he will Bpend his summers In California andthe winters in the Bast.

Romaine Fielding, who lately severed hisconnection with the World Film, has obtaineda directorship with Triangle and Is now work-ing in the T studios at Yonkers, N. Y.

Henry Otto, the producer who made thefeature "Undine" has been engaged by a newsyndicate headed by M. Philip Hansen, todirect the first of a series of features for theopen market.

Conf-acti were signed this week throughthe Authors' Associated Agency for the film

rights to Frank Norrls' short story. "Moranof the Lady Letty," which will be screenedby Ooldwyn.

Carlyle Blackwell, the picture star, made ananswer to his wife's suit for. separation bystating It cost him $20,000 annually to live.

He admitted that he was earning $2(1,000 an-nually, but that it represented a net earningof only $5,850, also stating that his popularitywas waning.

The Alvln, a Chicago picture house, wasclosed by Fire Inspector Ollmaster for violat-ing the fire prevention laws last week. Thefire guard was not in uniform as required andthe lobby was Uttered with heralds. Theowner was disposed to throw Inspector C. W.Hejda out of the house when he askod forreasons for the violations. After being closedseveral days, permission to re-open was grant-ed upon payment of a $25 fine.

Kthe| Clayton In "The* Stolen Paradise" playsher last engagement for some time with Ed-ward Langford as her leading support, Mr.Langford having gone off to the war. MissClayton will have the assistance of MiltonSills as leading man, Mr. Sills making hisfirst appearance in this capacity when"Chasms" is thrown upon the screen forWorld Pictures.

"Fires of Youth," the Pathe-ThanhouserGold Rooster play, released June 15, is con-spicuous as the first production directed bythe Emile Chautard for the Pathe-Thanhouserforces. Under Mr. Chautard's direction In thenew Thanhouser-Pathe production are Fred-erick Warde, the noted Shakespearean stagestar, and Jeanne Eagels, late leading womanfor George Arllss.

What Is described as a story of singularlylvld psychology Is -unfolded In "The Brandof Satan," the second of the Montagu Lovescreen dramas to be published by World-Pic-tures Brady-Made. The central personage is

a young and brilliant criminal prosecutor in

Paris who Is occasionally seized with a strangemalady Impelling him Irresistibly to the com-mission of felonies. Evelyn Greeley and GerdaHolmes have the principal feminine rdiee.

Rex 'O. Lawhead has left New York to actas general representative for the WilliamsonBrothers. We will handle "The SubmarineEye" throughout the middle west t>tates withheadquarters In Chicago. A definite announce-ment regarding a Chicago run for "The Sub-marine Eye" will be forthcoming from theWillamson Brothers at a later date. Right

now they are bending their energies towardmaking the Liberty theatre opening In NewYork a big success.

Robert Brunton has severed his connectionwith Triangle and will be studio manager andart director for Bessie Barrlscale's new pro-ducing company. He will have the Cluuestudio in Hollywood ready for her early inJune, when the production of "Rose o' Para-dise" will be begun.

"We shall be safe In assuming that therewill be an intelligent revision ef the measurefor the taxation of the motion picture for warrevenue as put to the Senate Committee bythe House," said President John R. Freulerof the Mutual Film Corporation, returning toNew York from a short sojourn In Wash infton.

The first of the series of Ooldwyn Picturesin which Jane Cowl Is the star Is now wellunder way In the Goldwyn Studio at Fort Lee.Miss Cowl and her company, under the di-rection of Arthur Hopkins, chief of the Gold-wyn producing staff, have made much progressin the screening of the story, which Is fromthe pen of Basil King, the author of "TheInner Shrine." The cast supporting MissCowl Includes Henry Stephenson, CharlesHammond, Edith MoAlpln, Lettie Ford, MarlonKnapp, Botsey Ross, Orme Caldara and An-toinette Erwin.

Mary MacLaren has sued for an Injunctionto restrain Universal from Interfering withher film activities. She claims that PresidentCarl Laemmle has notified certain producingcompanies that In the event they engage hersuit will be filed against them and theirprints tied up.

William A. Brady Is starting on a newphotoplay production of Revolutionary timescalled "Betsy Ross," In which Alice Bradyplays the title role. It Is promised that manyof the scenes will be photographed in andaround the original Betsy Ross home. TraversVale will be director.

Robert Goldstein, president, producer andauthor, together with a few other things con-nected with the company exploiting "TheSpirit of 76," is In New York seeking a Broad-way playhouse for his feature film.

A trade showing for state right buyers andexhibitors or "Who's Your Neighbor?" de-scribed as "seven reels of punch," will begiven by Master Drama Features next Fridaymorning at the Broadway theatre.

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20 MOVING PICTURES

Edwin Thanhouser tells this one on himself

:

"Of course, we haven't given much publicity

to the fact that lots of newspaper* didn't runour now-famous 'Czar Telegram.' The editor

of the Daily Record, In Morrlstown, NewJersey, wub one. He wrote me: 'I'd like to

use thin, Mr. Thanhouser, but In your Inter-

est as well as mine I think I'd better wait.

I say this because I think Bmperor Williamwill be out of a Job soon, too, and then youcould offer him and Romanoff a chance as a'team.' Think of the double advertising!'Nick and Dill, the two Ex-es, In their thrill-

ing film, 'Did They Fall or Were TheyPuBhed?'—why, Thanhouser and Pathe wouldget bo rich they wouldn't notice mere Jerseyeditors.'

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Crosses ft Co., of San Juan, Porto Rico, andMax Gluckman, of Buenos Aires, Argentina,who represent two of the most prominent for-

eign film Importers, closed a deal whereby theIndividual concerns purchased the rights todistribute the entire output of B. 8. Moss pro-ductions throughout Porto Rico, Cuba, SanDomingo and Venezuela, as embraced by Cros-sas A Co., Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, andArgentina, as covered by Max Oluckman.

McClure Pictures is completing Its plans forproducing the aeries of five- reel features thatwill follow Seven Deadly 81ns. The scenariosfor the first three flve-reelers, In whichShirley Mason will be starred, are beingwhipped Into shape and production will be-gin within a few days.

Bluebird's woman director, Ida May Park,who furnished "The Flashlight" as her first

offering to that program, has completed "Firesof Rebellion" for release July 2, with DorothyPhillips the star. Miss Park and Miss Phillips

are now working on "The Rescue," a featureto be used for Miss Phillips are now workingon "The Rescue," a feature to be used forMiss Phillips' September appearance amongBluebirds. In August a Joseph De 'CTrasseproduction, "Vengeance of the West," will beMiss Phillips' vehicle, maintaining the month-ly apeparanees of this popular scroen queen,which began last decernber, with her adventamong Bluebirds, and has continued regularlyever since. To keep Miss Phillips going, Mr.De Oraase and Mlsa Park, husband and wife.by the way, are constantly employed citherpreparing or directing a Bluebird with this

energetic young lady the central figure.

Lynn R. Reynolda, the man Bluebird's pub-licity department likes to refer to as their"nature study" director, has just completed"Back to the Primitive," a screen-drama ex-clusively photographed out-ofdoors. LocationsIn Palm Canyon, Cal., and on Santa CruzIsland, off the coast of California, were utilizedto embellish a story that Is supposed to showthe first submarine depredations in the PacificOcean. Myrtle Oonzalez and George Her-nandez, stock stars of the Reynolds company,will be featured. While Miss Gonzalez Is onvacation, Mr. Reynolds is now directing "Mr.Opp," another "nature study," with NevaGerber playing the star role, and Arthur Hoyt!George Hernandez and Jack Curtis featured.It will be September, or later, before either ofthese features can reach the screen, as theBluebird program is "chock-a-block" untilthen.

One of the important shifts In conditionsthat the war has brought about is shown inthe presence here of John Alsen and Co., theforemost film dealers of the Scandinaviancountries, who have just opened offices in theTimes Building and will transfer their Londonrepresentative to this country for the nextfew years.Olsen ft Co. of Copenhagen and London,

represent the three largest renting concernsin Sweden, Norway and Denmark, includingFortorama, the Swedish Blograph and theScandinavian Film Central.The first purchase they made after their

arrival In this country last week was to takeover the Scandinavian right for D. W. Grif-fith productions "Intolerance" and "The Birthof a Nation." These will be sent through theMorse countries on touring arrangements verysimilar to the manner in which the Griffithproductions have been handled In this country.

When Rupert Julian's Bluebird, entitled"My Mother," is given to the screen latethis summer, an actress of the old schoolwill play the title role and will then havehad her first experience before the camera.Ruby La Fayette made her stage debut inthe early sixties, and until fifteen years agowas continually active in dramatics. She has.In her days, supported Booth, Barrett andJohn McCullough ; been travelling "stockstar" In days when principals moved fromplace to place to head local * organizationsfor a week or more at a time; was the origi-

nal Joyoe when Ladlle Western created LadyIsabelle in "Bast Lynne," and In later yearstoured at the bead of her own company. Fif-teen years ago, with her husband, 'Major J.P. Curran, a veteran of the Civil War, sheretired to her ranch, near Lampasaas, Tex.While on a visit to ber daughter In LosAngeles, Miss La Fayette visited Bluebirdstudios, and was Immediately "spotted" byDirector Julian as the correct "type" for themother role in B. J. Clawson's story*

Peggy Hyland and her company of playershave returned from Long Island, where theyhave spent the last few weeks filming the ex-terior scenes of the first Mayfalr production,"Persuasslve Peggy," under the direction ofCharles Brabln.

George W. Lederer starts work next week ona big feature picture In which Marlon Daviesle to be starred, written by Miss Davies. Inthe oast will be Pedro de Cordoba, Joseph Kil-gour and Gladden James.

Williamson Brothers, producers of 'TheSubmarine Bye" announce that they havesold the New Jersey rights of their under-water drama to the J. Frank Hatch FilmCompany, of Newark.

Jules Burnsteln, of the Monmouth Film Co.,

is about to make a bid for favor with thecomedy film fans, by offering as a star In aseries of one reelers, Emma Wlllcox, a comely,youthful and "dainty" little miss who weighs300 pounds.

John W. Rankin, formerly with the Vita-graph press forces, Is doing the publicityfor Robert Goldstein's "The Spirit of '76,"

which Is now showing at Orchestra Hall, Chi-cago, after a three weeks' court battle withthe local censors.

J. Warren Kerrigan's first production as anIndependent star at the head of his ownorganisation will be a photo-dramatic versionof Peter B. Kyne's first book-length novel, "AMan's Man."

Geraldlne Farrar is now busy In the handsof artists and designers preparing costumesfor her forthcoming Artcraft production onwhich she will shortly begin work under thedirection of Cecil B DeMUle.

James F. Clancy, manager for four yearsof the Dominion (vaudeville), Ottawa, Can.,has moved to Toronto, where he Is generalmanager for the General Film Co., In theProvince on Ontario.

The second picture starring Douglas Fair-banks, "Wild and Woolly," to be released bythe Artcraft, June 24, has been completed atthe Lasky studios In California under thedirection of John Emerson.

Edna Munsey, leading lady of the roadcompanies of "The Little Cafe," 'The OnlyGirl," "Madame Sherry" and several othermusical comedies, Is now with William Foxpictures.

James Toung, who will direct the produc-tion of Bessie Barrlscale's first Independentproduction to be released by Paralta Plays,Inc., on the Paralto Plan—a screen version ofGrace Miller White's novel, "Rose o* Paradise"—will have Wlllam Horowitz for his principalassistant.

Upon completion of her newest Artcraftpicture, "The Little American," Mary Pick-ford will take a brief vacation before startingto work on "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm."The next picture will be produced under thedirection of Marshal Nellan.

E. R. Shayer, who with Randolph Bartlettconducted the press department for the LewisJ. Selznlck enterprises, has resigned, to takeeffect June 10, and will devote himself towriting scenarios. Bartlett will go It alone.

Mo-Toy Comedies, the animated doll filmscontrolled by the Peter Pan Film Corpora-tion, have been booked for the Strand the-atre, New York, beginning the week of May21. These latest novelty comedy creationsare In BOO- foot lengths, and will be releasedone each week.

The Mayfalr Film Corporation's first pro-duction starring Peggy Hyland la "PersuasivePeggy." story by Maravene Thompeon whichscored a hit In magazine and book form. Thescenario was written by the director, CharlesBrabln In collaboration with the authoress.

The Maud Henry Art Production Companyhas purchased a site Just north of the ForestHills (L. I.) Pennsylvania station and In-tends to erect a picture theatre No. 1. ForestHills Is one of the first stops on the LongIsland road and the Henry theatre will beits first amusement venture.

Victor Nulty, A. C. Langan and Frank Car-penter have taken a leaae of the Hippodrome,Dallas, Tex., and will operate It aa a pic-ture house under the name of the HippodromeAmusement ft Enterprise Corp. It Is said tobe the best equipped theatre In Dallas, andseats 1,200.

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THE CIRCUS OF LIFE.Mamie lisle Jane WilsonKate lflgnon AndersonDanny Pomeroj CannonOaston BoutsIs Harry CarterTommle Bmoiy JohnsonDaisy May Little Zoe Rae"The Circus of Life" hears the brand of

the Butterfly make, being one of the Uni-versal^ products, which was written by B. J.

Clawson and directed by Rupert Julian.

Rather a dull and commonplace subject un-til the scenario awakens In the fourth part

and the principals get a chance to speed theaction up to a dramatic point that kept thepicture from doing a grand-slam Brodle.During the earlier sections the picture stalls

and pads along until the brewery wagonhorses run away and little Daisy May Is In-

jured. Of course a raid on a gambling Joint

Is also Injected about the time the horsesgallop away and that camera man made thosebig trucks do a wild ramble for having de-voted their days to heavy hauling and longhours of being left untied when Inside de-liveries were being made. Just what fright-

ened them was not apparent until the sup-posed drunken driver w6rked them into afury. Long before the terrible dash one seesthe horses outside a barroom standing tiedto a weight or post and as gentle and docileas Mary's pet lambkin. Idea Is farfetchedand stretches the Imagination, yet there aresections that make good film material andregister well. When one takes a brewerywagon custodian for a hero and has himdrinking more whiskey than a quart bottlewill hold at one time it Is pretty hard to findan audience rooting for him at any stage.However Danny Is brought to his senses whenhe learns that his daughter Is severely hurtand that his wife Is about to run away withan artist who lived above them In their room-ing house. It Is one of those "And a LittleChild Shall Lead Them" themes, with ZoeRae enacting the role of Danny's daughter ina manner that stamps her as one of the bestchild actresses before the camera. Barringnoticeable inconsistency and a tendency to padout divers scenes the picture holds fair in-terest, the last two parts in particular giv-ing It any semblance of feature classification.None of the players rose to any distinction,although Miss Anderson showed class In sev-eral scenes and did some good work In thelast section. The man who Impersonated theCassldy role was a type that was worthy ofmention. Those kids In the party scene alsohandled their instructions effectively. ButZoe Rae U the one who keeps the Interest attension. Cannon sure is a powerful man Insite and fitted the part of the husky driverto a T. Harry Carter didn't have much todo but stand around and look like a painterof things artistic, but did it satisfactorily.Photography especially good In sections.Barring the dullness of the first half of thefilm the picture stands up fairly well as afeature. Mark.

FRECKLES.Freckles Jack PlckfordAngel Louise HuffJohn McLean Hobart BosworthBird Woman Lillian LelghtonBlack Jack Billy ElmerDuncan Quy Oliver

This feature starts off Just as though it

was going to be good and then takes an awfulslump toward the finish. It is a Lasky-Para-mount production with Jack Plckford andLouise Huff featured, directed by MarshallNellan, and it contains all of the old stuffthat went In feature productions about fouryears ago. There are about two scenes In It

that are worth while, but who wants to sitthrough 6,000 feet of film to get two thrills?To obtain a slight idea of Its old fashlonessone almost expected to see the hero (JackPlckford), a one-armed boy who has escapedfrom an orphanage, brought Into the hospitalscene at the finish of the picture with botharms. The tilting Is particularly bad, thecharacters supposed to have various broguesand burrs tacked onto their language in cer-tain portions of the picture and then forget-ting all about It for awhile, and then againlapsing right back Into it again. That Is badshowmanship In assembling, and someoneshould be raked over the coals for It.

"Freckles" Is a screen adaptation of a bookby Oene Stratton Porter, and as a film pro-duction It would be passed as fair if It boreany other brand than that of Lanky-Para-mount Fred.

13TH LABOR OF HERCULES.The Cinema Distributing Corporation Is re-

leasing a series of twelve one-reelers whichthey call "The 13th Labor of Hercules," samebeing selected portions of some 60,000 feetof film taken before, during and after thePanama-Pacific Exposition in 1915. It be-gins with the construction period of the greatfair in San Francisco, the opening of the ex-position, dedication ceremonies, speeches ofwelcome, the attendance of distinguisheddiplomats from all parts of the world, an

. historical parade of floats six miles long,fireworks, various city and state exhibits, anaquatic pageant, Interior and exterior views,works of art, the amusement sone employing7,000 people, the closing of the fair and there-after the dynamiting of the buildings. Aboutfive reels of it were wbown at a prlvcte ex-hibition, which seemed a trifle tiresoaic, butin one reel relays, as part of a program, theyshould serve to entertain nicely. Just howtimely the pictures are two years after theclose of the exposition is a question. Jolo.

THE SLAVE.Caroline Valoska Buratt

Duloe Violet PalmerDr. Atwell Brie MayneDavid Atwell Herbert HeyesEgbert Atwell Edward BurnsDr. Ohoul Bdwln RosemanThe Fossil Dan MasonProf. Wlnther Tom BrookeAuthor Martin Faust

Bvery once in a while the Fox film folks goway off the handle with one of their stars.

Imagine a scenario with Valeska Buratt as the

star, as an eight dollar a week shop girl, re-

fusing honorable marriage with her wealthyemployer, merely because he was old I MissBuratt has labored long and strenuously to

build up a reputation as a delineator of vam-pire roles, and one necessarily associates herwith that style of characterisation. Everytime, therefore, she is cast to portray an in-

jured female who hasn't been able to takecare of herself in the eternal struggle againstthe opposite sex. It is rather difficult to re-

frain from at least mild laughter. This pic-

ture was written and directed by William Nigh.Photography b/ Joseph Rutenberg. All verynicely executed, but it's not for Buratt. Jolo.

000. J. J. Baldwin, B. Vonburgh, J. B.

Van Dewater, Poughkeapsle.Klots * Stelaser, Iae* Manhattan mo-

tion pictures and vaudeville; $5,000. J8. Klots, M. Stelmer, U Freuddenber*.463 6th Ave., Brooklvn.Latkrap PUsaa, lac* Manhattan motion

pictures; $10,000. F. H. Lathrap, H. A.

Rosenberg, H. Taflfer, 19 Cedar Bt.

Al Reewawt lae* Brooklyn operate the-aters, hotels, restaurants; $10,000. P. V.Manning, J. 8. Brown. Jr.; A. H. Reeves.145 State 8t, Brooklyn.Springer Theatre Co* Inc., Manhattan

theatrical and moving picture business;$6,000. J. H.. J. W. and O. C. Springer,663 W. 183d St.

GEORGE COHAN'S SECOND.Work will be commenced this week

on George M. Cohan's second Artcraftfeature, which will not be released un-til September. It will be a screenadaptation of "Seven Keys to Bald-pate."

ELTINGE'S BIG GUARANTEE.The Lasky-Paramount gave Julian

Eltinge a contract this week, that called

for a guarantee according to report of

$25,000 for his first special feature, to

be made inside of four weeks, the pic-

ture people contracting for two suchpictures with Eltinge, taking an option

on his services for a third.

The agreement is said to carry ex-

tra remuneration for Eltinge accordingto the gross receipts of the films hestars in. Eltinge will commence workat once.

O'Brien, Malevinskv & Driscoll, thetheatrical attorneys who represent mostof the big picture stars, acted for El-tinge.

NEW INCORPORATORS.Tae Oraftaatem Film Laboratories, Im<w

Manhattan motion picture and generalEhoto supply business; $60,000. C J.

[irlman, Jr.; L. A. Brahams, J. H. San.612 W. 116th St

iBtermatfomal Play A*eacy, Manhattantheatres and restaurants; $6,000. E.Erelten'eld, 8. Sholes, A. A. Raphael. 81iberty St.

Pledasont Plctarea Corp., Manhattanmotion pictures and vaudeville; 1,600shares preferred, $100 each: 4,600 sharescommon stock, no par value. F. B. andH. R. Hablcht, H. W. Braun, 600 WestEnd Ave.

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SEVEN REELS OF PUNCHWritten by

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All star cast, including CHRISTINE MAYO, EVELYN BRENT, ANDERSRANDOLF, FRANK MORGAN, WILLIAM SHERWOOD.

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21 IB FILM REVIEWSTHE SUBMARINE EYE.

PROLOOUB.Marcel Lupin Fred RadclltTeDenis De Foatenelle, hl» fiance. .Lillian CookMonsieur De Fontenelln, her father.. E. Hudson

MAIN THEME.John Fulton, a young Inventor..Chester BarnettCaptain Bob, fellow lodger of Fulton,

Lindsay HallJoe Lee, an old ssjt ...Charles HartleyNancy, maid of all work Edith ConwayDorothy Morgan, a millionaire's daughter,

Barbara TennantCyrus Morgan, her father Charles BlatteryParker. Miss Morgan's msld Nail BlatteryEarl of Linwood, suitor for Miss Morgan'shand Brio Mayne

Murphy, a deep sea direr Edward ButlerAn Officer of the "Condor". . . .Gustavo FischerBuller, the human flab By HimselfWhatever the Williamson Brothers attempt

In the way of a feature picture Is necessarilyunique and It Is reasonable to suppose thateach effort will be better than Its predeces-sors. In this, their latest production, "TheSubmarine Eye," which they describe) as aubsea romance, they present for approvalnot only a strong, suspensive Interest melo-drama, but what appears to be a aimpie solu-tion to the U-boat affliction. It Is nothingmore nor less than an Inverted periscopewhich enables people on board a vessel tosee what Is going on beneath the water. Thepicture Is about 6,400 feet, the first part aprolog—about a hundred years ago, In whichIs shown a man about to die on an ialandIn the West Indies, writes a diary of thecauses which led to his being marooned, andbequeathing a treasure chest to whoever findsIt. A century later a young Investor Is atwork on his undnr-water periscope and hearsan old sailor relating to a millionaire's

daughter how he found the treasure chestthirty years previously, took It from theIsland on a rowboat and now It was dumpedInto the sea by the overturning of the little

boat. The Inventor says he can locate It

with his contrivance and they start out to doso. There is a villain and all the othernecessary paraphernalia for the making ofa first rate melodrama, and there Is, If any-thing, too much suspensive Interest, border-ing on the harrowing, when the hero Is

caught under water In a diving suit untilthe black native diver goes down, with aknife In hJs teeth to protect himself fromsharks, ami release him. Very effectively

visualised In "atmosphere" In whlcfi theWilliamsons bold a monopoly, and certain toattract Interest no matter In what part ofthe world it Is shown. Wlnthrop Kelley,director; Harold Slntzenlch, camera man;music arranged by M. Wlnckler. "The Sub-marine Eye" should enjoy a prosperous runat the Liberty. It opened last week to acrowd that extended half a block from thebox office. Jolo.

SOMEWHERE IN GEORGIA."Somewhere In Georgia" Is a feature which

the Sunbeam Film Company made with TyrusRaymond Cobb, the Detroit baseball star, asthe principal figure. According to the printedstatements of the Sunbeam posters. Grant-land Rice, the New York Tribune writer, fur-nished the scenario, and Inasmuch as RiceIs one of the best known sport commentatorsIn the United States and Cobb Is consideredabout the greatest ballplayer In the world.It goes without saying that "Somewhere InGeorgia" Is going to make a ten-strike withYoung America. As expected. It Is a produc-tion that almea at one thing and that was to

present the oelebrated Ty Cobb in cameraaction and give the smalltown boys a chanceto see "more of him" than some of the film

weeklies have shown at times and save themthe long Sunday excursion trips to some of

the big league towns to see him play. Ofcourse it is to be expected that the Ty Cobbfiguration will draw the nickels and dimes.The story holds Interest to the extent thatthose familiar with baseball and Cobb's life

on the diamond and In the home will obtaina lot of fun In watching Tyrus enact the roleof a photoplay hero. Cobb Is there all thetime following Instructions and the usual ex-citement attends the baseball game In whichCobb caps the climax with his playing andWins the girl In the end. There's a deep-dyed villain and the subsequent denouementat the finale, with Cobb stealing a kiss fromhis prospective wife behind a baseball glove.The story doesn't matter much, as Cobb'sactions are always closely followed. It Is

one of those Frank Merriwell stories, with Tydoing the Merriwell stuff that catches theyoung folks. "Somewhere in Georgia" givesthe Sunbeam a chance to bring Cobb out Inhis home state and give It the baseball at-mosphere one would naturally expect of afilm featuring the famous baseball player.Cobb's rep as a batter, a base stealer and afielder are too well known to require anyspecial comment In this review, but It suffl-

ceth to say that where the national pastimeIs played and where the youth of the landfollow the diamond careen of Its stars theTy Cobb "Somewhere In Georgia" featurewill demand attention. Some sections willfall hard for the film while others won't caremuch to have it hanging around. But It hasa good, wholesome atmosphere and a real,llveblooded, cleanlimbed athlete for a hero.

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TWO LEGAL RULINGS.Two legal rulings on injunctions

against License Commissioner Bell

were handed down, this week—one for

and the other against the exhibition in

Greater New York of so-called "birth

control" films.

Justice Bijur granted a temporary

injunction to the Message Photo Play

Co. to restrain the license commis-

sioner from revoking the license of a

theatre because of the proposed pro-

duction of the Mrs. Sanger feature,

"Birth Control." In a very lengthyruling he sums ujf> as follows:

"It affords no basisi

for the exercise

of any discretion on the part of the

commissioner. It is a measured anddecent exercise of the right of free

speech, guaranteed by our constitu-

tion, essential to our national well-

being, and, as such, beyond the powerof the commissioner of licenses to

forbid."Justice Greenbaum on Tuesday dis-

missed the temporary injunction se-

cured by the Universal restraining

Commissioner Bell from interfering

with their photo drama "The HandThat Rocks the Cradle." It wasclaimed the picture was educational

and designed to urge the repeal of

legislation governing birth control.

The justice ruled that the acts of the

commissioner could not be interfered

with unless there was evidence of cor-

ruption. He said:

"If the ignorant and uninformed are

to be educated by being told that the

laws which they do not like may be

defied, and that law breakers deserve

to be glorified as such there wouldbe a sorry future in store for humanliberty.

"It is true that plays have been pro-

duced and exhibited in which great

criminals are the principal figures. In-

stances may be cited in whiefi the lives

of such notorious historical and fic-

tional bandits as Robin Hood, Captain

Kidd and men of the type of Dick

Turpin have been staged.

"Such productions, however, are not

presented for the purpose of accom-plishing the repeal of laws forbidding

murder, robbery and piracy."

UNION MEN INDICTED.Chicago, June 6.

Ten men, either business agents or

"sluggers," concerned in what is

termed a "jurisdictional fight" between

rival picture operator unions, which

resulted in the dynamiting of a num-

ber of theatres and extortion, were in-

dicted by the grand jury here last week.

The union known as number 157 and

called an "outlawed union" was backed

by the electrical workers' union, while

number 110, the regular operators

union is said to have had the backing ot

stage employees, who compose the

chief membership of number 110.

Those indicted are James J. Gor-

man, business agent of 157; William

Finstad, of the same union; Edwin A.

Woodart, of the electrical workers

union and the following alleged slug-

eers": Peter Cunliff, Frank Miller, Wil-

liam Rooney. Jack Miller, Paddy King

and Henry and Frank Gunsenberger.

FILM REV IEWSTHE JAGUAR'S CLAWS.

El Jaguar Sessue HayakawaBeth Thomas Frltzl BrunettePhil Jordan Tom MooreNancy Jordan Marjorle *DawHarry Knowles Tom FormanMarie Mabel Von BurenHere is a film production with pep and

punch, a story with something new in it,

driven home on the screen with situation

after situation each brimming with suspenseand finally winding up in the usual grandhurrah. True there are a tew minor faults

in direction, but they are so slight that theywill get by most everywhere. William M. Mc-

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the story of "The Jaguar's Claw's," the screenadaptation having been made by Beatrioe DeMlUe and Lelghton Osmun and turned overto Marshal Nellan to direct for the Laaky-Paramount Co. Sessue Hayakawa, the Jan-anese actor, is doing some of the best workIn this picture that he has shown since "TheCheat," but Tom Moore is handed the heroicrole and be puts It over with a bang. TheHcenes are laid in Mexico where Phil Jordan(Tom Moore) is managing an oil field for anAmerican company. With him are his wifeand sister. El Jaguar (Sessue Hayakawa) Uthe chief of a bandit crew that infests thehills their monthly recreation being the drop-ping down to the little town that surroundsthe oil wells and copping oft the payroll. Jor-dan rescues his sister from Bl Jaguar andmakes an enemy of the tough baby by slip-

ping a right 'hand wallop to his jaw and drop-ping him for the count. After that the oldJag sharpens up his claws and determines tobe revenged. He sends his lieutenant and abunch of bad boys down to grab the "mana-ger's woman," but Instead of bringing backthe sister the bandits capture the wife, whohas Just arrived. When they reach the moun-tain lair Bl Jag gets sore and sends themback for the other one. In the meantimeJordan Is chasing the bandits with a numberof men from the wells, while his foreman hasgone to the border for help. The manager is

taken into the headquarters of the chief, buthis men are driven off. He Is given hischoice between the two women—his wife andhis sister—the bandit chief holding the win-ning hand at this stage, tells him he maytake either one back with him, but the* othermust remain to be mistress of the bandit.Some situation ! The wife finally offers her-self as a sacrifice, and brother and sister arepermitted to go free. But from over the hillsand far away the good old cowboys are ontheir way and finally they arrive on the sceneto save the day. This is done very well in-deed, no shots fired, the bandit's first lieuten-ant double-crossing him for a kick in theface which Imbedded the rowl of a spur Inhis cheek in the first reel, leaves his leaderflat on the lot when the Americans are seencoming, but before they arrive on the scenea young Mexican bride, who was torn fromher huHband and made the subject of a day'ssport to gratify the desires of the banditchief, stick a dagger into him Just about asbe Is to enter the room where Jordan's wifeIs held awaiting his pleasure, and he kicksoff the mortal coil right there and then. "TheJaguar's Claws" carries a real wallop and attimes is quite daring. Fred.

THE GREATWH1TE TRAILPrudence Carrlngton Doris KenyonGFeorge Carrlngton Paul GordonArthur Dean Thomas HoldingCharles Ware Hans RobertsMarie Louise Hotel ling•The Vulture" Richard StewartDonald Ware Edgar Davenport

Leopold D. Wharton, who wrote and pro-duced this picture, must have thought thathe was at work on another serial for whichthe Whartons (there are two brothers) havebecome justly famed in the past. But "TheGreat White Trail" Isn't a serial; it is justa feature picture, and at present it is in eightreels, and seems to be about 2,500 feet toolong. When it is cut and a lot of that con-tinual string of mushers passing over theAlaskan trail chopped out, the picture re-tltled in a cumber of places, and someonewith a real sense of continuity has gone overit and whipped the real action into suchshape that it will sustain the Interest, thepicture will be a corker. The trouble with itat present is that Mr. Wharton tried to de-liver too much film in one order with the re-sult that his feature is tiresome. The storyis real old-fashioned melodrama with thrillupon thrill, but they are separated too widelywith a number of real pretty snow scenes.It Is a family affair concerning man, wlfoand child, who are torn apart through a mis-understanding and are not rejoined for four-teen years. In the meantime all three of tbempass through a number of most harrowingexperiences, but it all ends happily, and there-fore it will please the film fans. Doris Ken-yon and Thomas Holding are the featuredmembers of the cast, Miss Kenyon being par-ticularly effective. Fred.

A SONG OF SIXPENCE.This picture Is Just a mess from beginning

to end without any redeeming feature stand-

ing out at any stage of the five reels. Theproduction Is presented by George H. Wileyand Is released as an Art Dramas feature,with Marie Wayne and Robert Conness fea-tured. It was written by Frederick ArnoldKrummer. There are times when the errorsIn direction are so glaring they are actuallylaughable. This was the attitude with whicha Broadway audience accepted it. There is

an effort on the part of the title writer toconvince that this photodrama has a great

moral purpose, but later even the title writerdrops Into the slump, and one notices the sub-titles are Just a few words of direction thatmust have been Included in the script Thefirst two reel- are rightfully drajgy with theaction getting very little headway and thelast three are Just a constant cris-cross of

events that end nowhere. A girl worshipswealth and marries an old man with a bank-roll ; he dies and she tries to grab off a youngfellow. There has been something of a loveaffair with an author early in her life, butshe threw him down for the money man. Shehas a sort of an off again on again with ayoung English nobleman, and during one ofthe "off" periods she decides to have another

try at the author, and she has just aboutconvinced him that she has never marriedagain because she was waiting for him whenin walks the young nobleman and finds thetwo clasped In each other's arms and he thenspills the beans, with the result that here is

a beautiful looking young woman with abankroll and no one to love her. That's theending of your yarn, but don't let anyoneever tell you that it Is ever that way In Ufa.Were those two men the only pair left In theworld, and after the good Judgment that thegirl showed In annexing a bankroll in thefirst place is it possible that she would bedriven to tears because they walked out onher? Nothing doing 1 Fred.

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of tbe selection of suitable scenarios. "TbeCandy Girl" is a almpla little affair, butnerves to Illustrate one* more that a cleanlittle story, wltb a sweet, wboleaome appeal,Is certain to appeal. She Is a little countrygirl wbo comes to New York, opens a candystore, Is loved by a manly musician and an

underslsed rldh man's son addicted to the useof tbe needle. Sbe marries tbe "Jabber"—hasa hard time of It at first and finally cureshim. Not very mucb In this bare outline, butIt works out neatly, though by all the ethicsof drama tbe musician should bave landed thesweet little maiden. Jolo.

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written by Gyntbla Stookley. Wltb NormaTalmadge starred, It baa been made for tbescreen, under tbe direction of Bdcuard Jowe."Poppy," according to reports from England,wbere It waa first beard from, was an Im-mensely popular novel over tbere, ao In-tensely In favor tbe presses could not keep upwltb tbe demand. Over bere the story ia notas well known, and while In English speaking*countries abroad, "Poppy" fllmized will berelished as the visualization of a dearly be-loved tale, in America, on tbe sheet it muststand by itself as a feature picture. Tbe Jos.M. Scbenck Go. presents Miss Talmadge in"Poppy." It gives that young screen star asweetly pathetic role that remains with herfrom the beginning, when but a waif, to thefinale, when, aa Eve Dejtiny, a famous author-esa, she finds solace in the love of the manthought by her forever lost. "A sweetly, sympa-thetic role," at least for contrast with themore strident demands of picturedom In spe-cial feature films especially can do no harmto Miss Talmadge. It may attract an addedclientele to her banner, for there Is no malewho can pretend to gauge bow a picture suchas "Poppy" will appeal to the feminine heart.It surely can not turn tbe feminine mindagainst poor little Poppy, who had but herown head to lead her and was the victim of ascheming old rogue. There Is a spot In thepicture that stands out. It Is where Poppy,after having been married unknown to her-self (she believing tbe ceremony one of guard-ianship), walks, while in the garden of herborne, into the arms of tbe hero of her dreams,the man who once aaved her from the attackof an African negro and then disappeared. It

waa picture license perhaps aa well aa novelwriting that only could bring this meetingabout and tbere waa a tinge of sadness to theaudience, who knew Poppy's hero at the timewas dellrous from fever. However, Poppy,without reservation, delivered herself to him,for that evening only, and he again disap-peared from her life. She remained, however,to have her delicate condition discovered byher husband upon his return from England(the earlier and final scenes are laid inAfrica). Poppy fled and left him ahusband only by virtue of tbe certificate hehad viciously secured, Poppy going to Londonand endeavoring to earn her living by writing.Story after story was returned, and to climaxher anguish, the little son born to her inLondon was killed by a fall from a window.Fate then decreed that her suffering should beeased by checks from publishers and as EveDestiny, Poppy's fame spread even back toher native land, where she returned sometimeafterward, to seek an annulment of her mar-riage. Taken up by society, it leaked outPoppy had a "past," but at the night of a ballIn her honor. Poppy was redeemed throughexplanations and again gained the love of herhero-seducer, he recalling "that night in thegardens." One feels for Poppy's troubles andthough, perhaps, the English did accept ingood faith that bit of the garden that meantso much afterward, Americans can hardly be-lieve tbere is a good girl who would havedone the same thing, without at least askingthe man his name, something Poppy, 1n herexcitement, seemed to forget. But it makesa box office incident for a "sweet" picture, andas such, is of great value to it. Miss Talm-adge takes to tbe part with ease and this is

of help. The picture looks expensive in theproducing, and Mr. Jose got all possible out ofthe direction. At the New York Monday andTuesday, where "Poppy" was shown for thetwo days (the house usually holding a featurebut one day), "Poppy" seemed to have extra-ordinary drawing power, holding a line infront of the house almost intact each evening.

Bime.

THE STOLEN PARADISE.Joan Merri field Ethel ClaytonDavid Clifton Edward LangfordKatharine Lambert Plna NeabltKenneth Brooks ueorge MacQuarrleDr. Crawley Robert ForsythBasil Cairns Qeorge CowlJonathan Merrifleld Lew HartMarquette Edward ReedDr. Martin Edwin RoeJacques Rigard Ivan Dobble

'"The Stolen Paradise" (World), directedby Harley Knowles, story by Frances Marlon,photographed by Arthur Edeson, is a treatiseon the psychology of love. It Is absorb-ingly interesting, and If the idea Isn't al-together original, it is, to say the least, mostunusual. A young man Is loved by a littlegirl and thinks he baa fallen in love wltbher cousin, a worldly woman whom be res-cued from a burning building. In perform-ing tbe rescue he is rendered blind, the ob-ject of his affection marries another, and thegirl who really loves him pretends she is

the rescued woman and marries him In spiteof his affliction. A child is born and theyare Ineffably happy, ad operation restoreshis sight, the other woman Is dissatisfied withher spouse and they meet clandestinely. Theother woman's husband has reason to sus-pect his wife, takes a revolver and goes tothe young husband's studio to revenge him-self. The loving young wife arrives first

anu saves her husband and the other wife bypretending It was all framed up to arousethe man's Jealousy. The husband with re-stored v/eHight i»etf« !»!*» wife's forgivenessami tbe picture conclude* with ber seiidlnahim away for a year, oaylr.g tuat if at th?end of that time he wants her, ne is toreturn. Ethel Clayton is at ber best, theproduction and direction are very good andthe whole thing makes for a good programfeature. Jolo.

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PARENTAGE.John Brown William Welshlira. Brown Anna LehrRobert Smith .Bert BuabyMrs. SmltL Mary GreyHorace Brown Master Matty RoubertHorace Brown Gilbert RooneyRobert Smith, Jr Frank OoyetteAgnes Melton Alois AlexanderAgnes Melton Barbara CastletonSamuel Melton W. De ShieldsMrs. Melton Alice WilsonRobert Smith, Jr Hobart HenleyHere Is a state right proposition that looks

like one of the best that has come along Insome little time. It Is a picture that In ad-dition to baring a full measure of advertisingvalues has aa entertaining story that interestsfrom the very beginning to the end, althoughthere Is a slight break In the Interest aa thefeature nears the elose. Its biggest punch. Is

that It Is human with a homely story of lifein a small town that la compelling. Two gen-erations of life are shown with a period oftwenty years between, and while the story hasthe message of eugenics aa Its propaganda,that feature of It la only landed with a punchIn the last reel, although all of the foregoingleads up to It. It Is the Influence of thechild's parentage upon the child In after life.

The scenario was written by Hobart HenleyIn collaboration with Martin G. Chandler. Mr.Henley also directed and played the leadingrole. A mythical small town called OwentonIs the scene of the action, which opens twentyyears ago. Three families are the principalcharacters. They are the Smiths, Browns andthe Meltons. Brown and Smith are partnersin the construction and real estate business.Melton Is the town banker. The two formerare as different In temperament and businessmethods as night and day differ. Brown Isdominant, aggressive and self-centered. SmithIs cheerful and of a happy disposition with asteadfast inclination to do business on thelevel. There Is a baby expected at the homeof each, and It Is the environment Into whicheach of the two baby boys are brought thatreflects In their after life as they grow up andgo through school and later In business andlife's pleasures. The son of Brown Is a aneak,petty thief aa a boy of ten, and later la aloose-living unmoral youth nhlch leads him tolose the girl, who Is the banker's daughter.The Smith boy. on the other hand, Is uprightand straightforward and finally makes hismark In business and wins the alrl. The earlysection of the feature, especially that portionshowing the country school, with the varioustypes of kiddles, Is replete with atmosphereand so realistic that more than one that seesthe picture will say "That reminds me." Thethree children who portray the Juvenile Smithand Brown boys and the Melton girl are littleahort of being wonderful. They are remark-able, and their work reflects great credit onthe director. "Parentage" la bound to be abis:' money getter. As a feature picture It willprove an Interesting snd entertaining attrac-tion, which at once will be a lesson to theyoung and will make those that are olderfeel young again. Fred.

BUNGALOWING.The last release of the Klever Pictures

starring Victor Moore Is a single reel comedywritten by Thomas J. Gray, entitled "Bunga-lowlng," which Is by far the best laugh get-ter that the company has turned thus far.It's titles are laugh compelling and aa muchcan be said for the action. The theme re-lates the adventures of a family man with alarge brood of kiddles who falls for the bunkthat the suburban real estate agent handsout and taken on a bungalow at "a dollar aweek for as long as you live," and the mis-haps that befall him when the family arriveson the scene prepared to settle down for thesummer. What, a differenc« between theglowing manner in which the scene was paint-ed by the agent and the actual reality. Thepicture will make any audience laugh, butwill especially appeal to the summer colonyfolk. predm

DUCHESS OF DOUBT."The Duchess of DoubtV ( Rolfe-Metro) In

book form may have contained a smattering

cT comedy, but aa adapted and directed for

the soreen by Charles Baker the humor haa

been loot, possibly ezoeptlng the expedient

of waking up Emmy Wehlen aa Clover at

4.60 each morning. Clover la the star of the

film. She's the orphaned niece of a tyrranlcalaunt who operatea a boarding houae. Theaunt at daybreak, In order that Clover mayhave the breakfast for the boarders on time,pulla a rope alongside her own bed, thuspulling out the supports of Clover's cot Inthe room above and toppling her to the floor.

Clover la reading "The Duchess of Doubt"and lntenaely Interested In the young alrl InIt who la presumed by her carriage and man-ners to be of the nobility and was acceptedas such. When the home ties grow too offen-sive Clover, with 80 cents In her possession,leaves the boarding house, striking out forherself. None of her adventures In betweentimes are exhibited, Clover jumping fromplace to place In the picture aa though thereweren't room for any more matter In thespace laid out, after the unnecessary paddingIn the earlier scenes. Next she is a lady'smaid to "smart" elderly women in a hotel,then Is left some 17,000 by an old French-man who died In her aunt'a houae. With theseven thousand Clover becomes "a lady" fortwo weeks, going to a fashionable summer

hotel and made much of there through thebelief ahe la Countess Somebody or other,

Incognito. Exposure arrives aa Clover's bank-roll is finished, but meantime ahe has fallenin love with a ribbon clerk there for hieholiday, acd the ribbon clerk, who afterwardsdevelops aa the eon of the store's proprietorInstead, Is equally smitten with her. Theymarry In the ending. It'e either a very poorstory for acreenlng or haa been poorly put omthe acreen. Miss Wehlen fits the role at timesonly. There le nothing much to the featareexcepting a tiresome waiting for that aoaae*thing which never happens. The supportwasn't called upon for any effort. Neitherwas the star for that matter. "The Daefcesoof Doubt" won't get much as a release.

JACK

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By Anita Loos Directed by John EmersonFrom Story by H. B. Carpenter

A typical Fairbanks play of rapid fire tbeme that offers the

energetic Douglas the scope of the great plains as his stage.

Never before has the athletic idol of the screen had such

opportunities to disclose a wealth of rib-tickling incidents

as well as dare-devil feats that will draw the breath of

the most placid audience. Bubbling over with the Fair-

banks spirit* namely,—life, laughter and thrills.

THIS PICTURE Id ONE POSITIVEASSURANCE OF TURNAWAY

BUSINESS

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OKLAHOMA CITYTHEATRICAL STRIKE

"Remember, IT CAN BE DONE"If you cannot spare $5 to $190,

•end in a dollar or two.First of all, let us say that the Tucker

Bros.' plan to break the back of the Okla-homa City theatrical trust which has keptthe union boys on strike since last Julyis endorsed by

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THE OKLAHOMA CITY CENTRALTRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL, in ses-

sion May 31, 1917. saying in resolution that"we go on record as favoring the proposedventure as bona fide and a straightforwardproposition which we recommend to all

union men, to invest their money, feeling

at all times that he is assured of an honestconduct of said business; and, further, thatthe successful launching of the corporationwill materially assist the local unions onstrike in Oklahoma City to ultimately wintheir strike and encourage the progress of

organized labor the state and nation over."Signed. "W. H. CHASE, President; WAL-TER F. ALBRIGHT, Secretary."The TUCKER BROTHERS AMUSEMENT

COMPANY is also endorsed by the Inter-national Stage Hands Alliance, No. 112, Okla-homa City, in part as follows: "We unani-mously endorse the Tucker Brothers Amuse-ment Company as a sound business proposi-tion and the means by which we will ulti-

mately be able to WIN OUR STRIKE."Signed. "JOHN B. CAMPBELL, President;L. E. ERWIN. Acting Secretary."The TUCKER BROTHERS AMUSEMENTCOMPANY is also endorsed by the MovingPicture Operators Protective Union. LocalNo. 380. United States and Canada, in Okla-homa City, as follows: "As each one of theTUCKER BROTHERS carry a card and havealways been on the right aide in OklahomaCity theatrical strike, be it resolved thatwe endorse the proposition and agree togive it our support." Signed, "RAY PRELL.President; M. A. TIMMIE, Acting Secre-tary."The local striking musicians—Chas. E.

Ballard, President, and Mike Peshek, Jr.,

Secretary—endorsed this plan.

THE PLAN IN BRIEFTnekpr Brothers Amusemmt Company. csplUllmrt

at $300,000. was onrantisrtl May M to buy. build andoprrata thftatras In Oklahoma that will employ unionlabor In every department. Its flnt step was topurchase the Orerholaer Theatre, at $130.000—$3,000to be paid July 1. $15,000 Reptember 15. then tak-ing poMrmlon of property: $10,000 per year for tenyears. The Ovetholeer iwats 1.(100 persons—mainfloor, haloony. gallery. Biggest theatre In RUte

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heart of city: has road show franehlne. Estimatedvalue. $110000 to $150,000: rents. $13,500 yearly.

Wan secured at great bargain.This onmnanv Intends to locate string of theatres

In State, at Tulna. Ardmore. Muskogee and otheroltles. Wonderful Investment opportunity. Stockselling like wlldflre to union men and friends InOklahoma. We want the help of union men through-out the nation to buv this stock and help raise

enough money to pay CACTI for the Orerholser The-atre and show the world what union men and or-

ganization can and WILL do to win a strike.

Remember what was done for the PANBTTOYHATTERS. Union bom In Oklahoma City hare beenstruggling since last Julr. This movement will turn

failure Into victory. Will you help u*T We believe

you will. Send anv amount from $1 to $100 andatock will bo Issued In this gigantic enterprise as

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SPECTAL SACRIFICE STOCK OFFER4 shares $

J-gJ10 shares 2.50

20 shares 5.00

40 shares 10.00

80 shares 20.00

100 shares 2S.00

200 shares .5295400 shares 100.00

Par value of all shares. $1. Stock Is non-as-

ecejiahle.

Put an X opponlte the stock you want and makeall remittances payable to Tucker Brother* Amuse-ment Company. Write your name and address

plainly.

Nama

Tours for orcanlzed labor.

Make orders pavahle to Tucker Brothers Amuse-ment Company. In Tucker Brothers' Dreamland The-

atre, fair to lR»M>r. 380 West Main St.. Okla-

homa City. Oklahoma. * ._...».p. s.—A dollar or two won't be mlased by you:

make It more If you can—we want to hear from100.000 card men this week.

It Is written In by-laws of this corporation to

always employ union labor.

[LIVE AND LET LIVEANANIAS waa a LIAR

JUDAS ISCARIOT was a TRAITORHe who lives in a glass house should never throw stones.

EXPOSURE ?Shoot but shoot straight

George LovettLOVETTS CONCENTRATION

Author, Produoar, PnbUanar, Managsr, Artist anal a Regular Fallow

New Office, 215 Crflly Bid*., CHICAGO, ILL.

ANTS, ENGAGEMENTS

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A-l NOVELTY ACTS FOR CABARET. GIRLSEXPERIENCED IN SCHOOL ACTS. WALTERWINDSOR, ASTOR THEATRE BLDG.. ROOM406, NEW YORK.

ACTS WANTED FOR CABARETS IN AT-LANTIC CITY. AND SUMMER RESORTS.ARTISTS WRITE TO BOB REESE. 607 AT-LANTIC AVE.. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

ALLEN SPENCER TENNEY writes the right

acts, sketches, monologues. Don't wish for a

good act. Let him write you one Correspon-dence solicited. 1493 Broadway, N»w York.

AMERICAN^VELVET DROPS; Velvet. Velour,Plush: Painted Drops and Scenery of all kinds.

E. A. Price. 407 Gaiety Theatre Bid*., New York,Bryant 8493.

ARTISTIC STAGE Dancing taught byWorld's greatest lady dancer: soft and hardshoe, eccentric, military and character dancingacts arranged. Dance numbers oroduced. Pri-

vate and class lessons. Agnes Du Vea Studio,235 W. 45th St., New York, Bryant 1865.

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AUTHORS submit manuscripts, good comedvvaudeville sketches; three people preferred.Production guaranteed if accented. Carefulconsideration riven. Kaufman and Hyde, Broad-way Theatre Bldg., New York

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BIG TIME Comedy Playlet—Feminine char-acter lead, fat narts for man and second woman.Royalty or sell. Neal R. O'Hara. 1311 RhodeIsland Ave.. N. W„ Washington. D. C.

BOOKING FIRST-CLASS ACTS for cabaretsthroughout the country. BILLY CURTIS (Gen-eral Manager). Broadway Booking Office, GaietyTheatre Bldg.. Room 6 1, New York.

CHARLES HORWITZ writes the most suc-

cessful sketches, monologues, lyrics, etc. Rec-ord proves it. Ordar your new material now.Some erent manuscripts on hand. Room ROB,

Columbia Theat re Bldg.. New York.

"CHORUS-GIRLS FOR . BROADWAY RE-

VIEWS AND SUMMER PRODUCTIONS. EX-PERIENCED GTRLS ONLY NEED APPLY.CHAS CORNELL'S PRODUCTIONS, 1562

BROADWAY . NEW YORK.DON'T WISH for a good act. ALLEN

SPENCER TENNEY wrices the right acts,

sketches, monologues. Let him write you one.Correspondence solicited. 1493 Broadway, NewYork.

SAM SIDMANCOLUMBIA THEATRE BUILDING, ROOM 801

i WANT PEOPLE in every branch of burlesque.

PRINCIPALS, CHORUS, MUSICAL DIRECTORS and CREW.

Call, Write, Wire, or Phone Bryant 7909

EDISON PHONOGRAPH LARGE OAK CAB-INET: IN PERFECT CONDITION, WITH NU-MEROUS RECORDS. WILL SELL CHEAP.WRITE JOEL, 517 W. 144th ST., NEW YORK .

FOLDING TYPEWRITING TABLE ANDTYPEWRITER: MUST BE REASONABLEAND IN GOOD CONDITION. WHITE. VA-RIETY, NEW YORK.FOR SALE—ROLL TOP DESK, LIGHT OAK.

IN VERY GOOD CONDITION; WILL BE SOLDREASONABLE TO QUICK BUYER. JOH>TSON, VARIETY, NEW YORK.FOR SALE—High class comedy musical act

furnished complete. Bargain to the right par-ties. Address VAR, Vafiety, New York.

FOR SALE—Regulation size asbestis curtain,in perfect condition. Apply Walter Rosenberg,Savov Theatre, 112 W. 34th St., New York.Greeley 6691.

FOR SALE—Several sets used chorus cos-tumes; suitable musical comedy, tabloid orburlesque. P. O. Box 171, Cedar Grove, N. J.

KIDS WANTED-Talented Children for Vau-deville. Can guarantee Forty Weeks' Work.E. W. Wolf, Globe Theatre Bldg., Philadelphia.

FULL STAGE boat set (new): 2 large photolobby frames; 2 wardrobe frames, with trays; 2men s sailor suits, 1 policeman and 5 waitercoats, 7 minstrel red chair covers; 6 sets ofcostumes for girl act; 3 tambourines; 2 swords,1 rifle. Call, Jeanette Shop, 124 W. 45th St., NewYork. Bryant 840.

OAK SIDEBOARD AND MISSION TABLEFOR SALE. MUST BE SOLD AT A SACRI-FICE. GREEN, VARIETY, NEW YORK.

REHEARSAL STUDIO-First class. For actswanting a light, airy room to rehearse in, withor without pianist, a* moderate prices. MissJean, 1562 Broadway. Next door to Palace The-atre, New York. Room to rent by hour, day orweek, or by appointment. Bryant 1169.

SCENERY-ANILINE TRUNK SCENERY ASPECIALTY. USED SCENERY ALWAYS ONHAND. CASH WAITING FOR ANY SCENERYYOU HAVE TO SELL. FREDERICKS. 409GAIETY BLDG., NEW YORK.WANTED—A GENTLEMAN'S WARDROBE

TRUNK, MUST BE IN GOOD CONDITIONAND REASONABLE; IMMEDIATELY.TRUNK, VARIETY. NEW YORK.WANTED—To buy hind leg fox terrier dog.

Reply by letter. C. Woodward, 252 W. 38th St.,

New York.

""WANTED—TWO GOOD ECCENTRIC COMr%DIANS TO PLAY PARTS. 40 WEEKS GUAR-ANTEED. CAN ALSO USE CHORUS GIRLS.SOUBRETTES AND STRAIGHT MEN AT ALLTIMES. THOR. 315 PUTNAM BLDG.. NEWYORK

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YOUNG LADY-PIANIST WISHES ENGAGE-MENT FOR SUMMER: CAN PLAY FOR PICTURES OR JOIN ORCHESTRA. MISS E. M..VARIETY, N EW YORK,YOUNG LADY- THOROUGHLY EXPERI-

F.XVivh IN VAl MhVll.l.h H< >< >MNt; OFFICE.CAN TAKE CH \KCi-: OF OVnTE AND BOOKACTS. WISHED POSITION. ALSO STEN-OGRAPHER. MISS E. J., CARE VARIETY,NEW YORK.YOUNG MAN-CAN PLAY IUVENILE OR

STRAIGHT: ALSO GOOD VOICE; WISHESENGAGEMENT IN SUMMER STOCK. GEO.KINGSLEY, VARIETY, NEW YORK.

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CHICAGO

AARON JONES HERE '

Aaron Jones, of the Jones, Linick &Schaefer theatrical and picture firm ofChicago, was in New York the forepart of the week and killed a dozenbirds with one trip.

One of the first things he did Tues-day was to sign a contract for theshowing on "On Trial" at the Colonial,Chicago, pending the official O. K. ofthe Chicago censorship presided overby Major Funkhonser. Prior to hisreturn to Chicago this week he ex-pected to have word from his Chicagopartners that the film would positivelyopen there next Sunday.Jones also confirmed contracts with

the Williamson Brothers for "The Sub-marine Eye," buying the film for theIllinois territory which includes theChicago premiere, opening at theStudebaker next Sunday for a severalweeks' exhibition.He had several conferences with Mar-

cus Loew, Lewis J. Selznick, JosephSchenck, Adolph Zukor and local film

and vaudeville magnates.With Jones on this trip was Nate

Ascher, the Chicago film man, who is

associated with him in the film ex-change the J-L-S firm has in operationin Chicago.

CHICAGO LICENSES.Chicago, June 6.

No definite action has been taken in

the proposed increase in theatrelicense rates, which would net the city

$30,000 annually.At a hearing before the sub-com-

mittee of the city council, JosephHopp of the Motion Picture Exhib-itors' League, testified the owner of

a picture house was lucky to make five

per cent, on his investment these daysand that there were thirty per cent,

more houses in Chicago than three

years ago. n

Charles J. Schaefer, who has a string

of houses, advised the committee hewas just about making expenses, for

he paid $296 weekly for the same pic-

ture service that he paid $145 for twoyears ago.A number of picture artists were

questioned. Among them was RoseTapley, who said film stars got everybit of the fabulous salaries credited to

them and that the public's demand for

big names made it necessary.

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THE IMPERSONATING PHENOMENON"Just An Girl"

Possessing the clearest voice, ranging from a high soprano to a deep baritone.

A RAVISHING GIRL (Opening) AN ENTRANCING BOY (Closing)

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WILLIAM ADAMS, AttorneyMassachusetts State Commissioner,

State House, Boston, Mass.

WANTE,DExperienced Singers and Chorus Girls

$20 a week.

Railroad fares to opening and closing points and wardrobe.

Phone, Bryant 5552.

MAURICE JACOBSRoom 412, Gayety Theatre Building, New York

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CLOSING a TERRIFIC BILLat th« NEW BRICsHTONTHEATRE this »eek (June

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McCLUREartDOLLYandA Study in Silver and Purple"

Carrying Exceptional Spe-

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Tour, ataring Auguat.

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CHICAGOVARIETY'S CHICAGO OFFICE, Majestic Theatre Bldg.

Tom Carmody, booking manager of the W.V. M. A., has called routing meetings, whichwill occur almost dally throughout the month.

week (McVicker'a), has published a book en-titled "Germany Un-Velled." It Is a thickvolume with many photographs.

The National and Imperial, which housedInternational shows this season, are both nowplaying tabloids, with three shows a day.

Jack Ooldberg and Marvin Welt, formerLoew agents, were here for several weekswith a new set of war pictures which theysold.

Lou Houseman, Ernie Toung, Frank Clarkand BUI Halllgan leave for a ten day "freshair" trip on Monday. They will go to theOzark mountains, In Missouri, and will stopat the home of Ernie's mother.

Yiddish musical comedy at the Strand, pre-sented by Boris Thomashefsky, has so farproved a success. The opening night drew$1,000, with $1.50 top.

The Crystal, Milwaukee, closed for theseason June 2, it being tbe plan of the Sajcsbrothers to keep the new Miller theatre goingall summer. A five-act show may be given atthe Crystal on Saturdays and Sundays dur-ing the summer.

CORRESPONDENCEUnless otherwise noted, the following reports are for the current week.

Sammy Colbert, who has been out of vau-deville for the past two seasons, selling dia-monds on the Installment plan, has roturned.He Is now with Lew Cantor's "Seven JoyousJoys."

Fred Hill, a clothier well known to pro-fessionals, was knocked over by a motor carlast week and suffered a fracture of two ribs.

The car was being driven by two youngsterswho had stolen It and were trying to make agetaway. It belongs to a lawyer.

A number of Chicago agents, among themDave Rcehler, James H. McKowen, Tom Pow-ell and Andy Powell, who have been In NewYork looking over material for next reason,have returned.

Count de Deauford, returned war rorre-monrtrnf who lntrlv nlnved. vnnrtevtllo for one

A benefit performance will be held at tbeKedzle Monday, through the courtesy of OusHunge, for the benefit of the medical corps ofthe First Infantry of Illinois. The regimentalband of fifty pleres and seven acts will makeup the program.

STAYS ONGives a most beautiful complexlc

Used for 8* rears by Burt of the Pwrfwdw Beod"for free KXOBA aamplee. rniRTJS UWTtCat IBM) l-| M. 18th *•*. N. T.

\To1.»at|p building agent"' n«Jn|ntnnfc tookp'ty on Fd.l'e Phayne onrt presented Mm witha n-'-w cushion for his offl.-r rhnlr, repiaeing abadly worn one. It will probably be put upIn camphor, for Eddie leaves on his vaca-tion on Sunday, going to that dear Red Dank,N. J. He snyn he will dally a bit alongRumscn road.

You're Chicago

Stop in andfSee "Wolfie

Gilbert and Jack SternWolfie 18 there now, installing Jack Stern as our Chicago pro-

fessional manager. You'll find. Jack there from now on, readyto provide you with the best song material there is. You knowwhere to see Wolfie in New York. Hell be home next weekwith a new, great song for you. He now offers these wonderfulnumbers

:

LILY OF THE VALLEYThe Gilbert-Friedland "nut" song success, featured by Sophie

Tucker, Adele Rowland, Henry Lewis and many more headuners.If you haven't it, get it now. DO it now!

MY SWEET EGYPTIAN ROSEAnother "Persian Rose" by the same writers. In its own

right, one of the most beautiful ballads ever offered you.

IT TAKES A LONG TALL BROWASK I PI GALTO.MAKE A PREACHER LAY HIS BIBLE DOWN

Will E. Skidmore's applause-compelling riot! The biggestcoon-shout furore ever done on any stage. Scores of artists

know its value. Are you among them?

SHIM-ME-SHA-WABBLEThe new Western sensation. Positively the only real succes-

sor to "Ballin' the Jack." Spencer Williams did himself proudon this one.

LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THINGThe great comic, novelty love-song, introduced by Henry

Lewis and Adele Rowland, and scoring heavily for many morebig artists.

PRINCESSIOF THE WILLOW TREEHarris and Morgan's, dainty new success. The most beautiful

Japanese song of this or any other season. You need it

!

THEM DOG'GOND TRIFLIH' BLUESAnother home-run hit for Will Skidmore. One of the most

delightful "blues" songs we have ever encountered. Let it helpyou aboard the Hit Wagon!

HESITATION^BLUESA different "blues," by Scott Middleton and Billy Smythe.

This is the already famous "Oh Baby, Must I Hesitate?" song.You couldn't do a better "blues."

SING ME THE MELODY OF LOVEAn utterly charming ballad by Harry Kerr and Will Skidmore.

Truly a song delight, and a wonderfully effective number for anyballad singer.

JOS. W. STERN & CO.L. WOLFE GILBERT, Prof. Mgr.,

1556 Broadway, New YorkChicago Frisco

119 No. Clark St. Ill Kearny St.

The Chleago Theatre Managers* Associationhas agreed to take over $100,000 In Liberty

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OH, YOU N. V. A.'S, PRODUCERS AND BURLESQUE MANAGERSWE'VE GOT IT!! AN ORIGINAL, SURE-FIRE COMEDY SONG HIT!!

Performer* have been hungering for a Real, live Comedy Song—Hot. so AL PiANTADOSI A CO, Inc., Take and Pleasure in Introducing

Music byJACK GLOGAU

A Sizzling, Original Hit. Full of Laughs, Set to a Corking Fast Melody. You Can Stop Shows with This Song. Come in and Hear It, Folks-It's Wonderful!

A Couple of Young Writers Gave Us This Pippin—A Real Musical Gem!

w,ll m*„t "IN LILAC TUN/IE" ...A Wonderful Harmony Number for Duos, Trios and Quartettes Hear Brice and King's Columbia Record

Words by Music by

If You Sing a Ballad, Why Not Sing the Greatest Ballad of All?

"IF"Bartlsy Costello and Harry Edelhelt i^% INI la«? • I I

A Song That Will Last When Others Have Been Forgotten!

Music byAL PIANTADOSI

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And Here's a Grand Little Southern Ballad with a Great Ragtime Swing

THERES A VAMNT CHAIR IN MY OLD SOUTHERN HOMEv Jack Yellen of "Dixie" fame wrote the lyric Al Piantadbsi'e Melody

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OTHER,GREAT SONGS To Fill Your Every NeedIt's the Last Time You'll Say Sweet Daddy to Me/9 "Send Me Away with a saw*

"There's Nothing Too Good for the Irish," "For France and Liberty.99 '

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Bonds which they will dispose of In part,much the same as big commercial houses arenow doing. The latter actually buy the bondsand then resell them to the public on install-ments or otherwise at the same figure as ob-tained from the government.

The first portion of the "dumes pageant*'which was to have been held on DecorationDay on the Indiana sand dumes and whichinterested many Chlcagoans, was cut short bydrenching downpour of rain accompanied bysevere thunder and lightning. The 6,000 ormore persons who braved the leaden skies .

for the first pageant were all thoroughlysoaked, as there are no buildings or places ofcover near the site where the "great show ofthe week," as it was called, was held. Theaffair was postponed until Sunday last whenperfect weather was enjoyed.

Fred W. Zeddies is celebrating his 88thyear as superintendent of the Grand operahouse (Cohan's). He is considered a real as-set to the house, being of a remarkablyckeerful disposition, with always a pleasantword for patrons as they enter the theatre,he was employed by the house when the Han-Ions erected It and during Its several changesof management and reconstruction. Some timeago one of the Sunday papers devoted a pageto Zeddies, calling him "the politest man inChicago."

the two slept in the same cell at the SouthCUrk street station.

Oeorge Kingsbury's Red Cross fund. In theraising of which he is being assisted by HarryRidings, is a bigger thing than at first sup-posed and is not being done with any pre-tentions to publicity for "Turn to the Right."The plan is really the idea of John L. Goldenand Is called "The Golden Chance." Littleboxes holding numbered cards from one centto a dollar are being passed around the city.There are fifty such boxes which will netaround $2,600. There are two prises for eachbox, determined by drawing. One box is atheatre box at the Grand and the other a lifemembership to the Red Cross Fund.

The La Salle theatre property has beensold by Mrs. Anna Sinton Taft and her hus-band, Charles P. Taft, the purchaser beingS. W. Straus & Co., th# figure mentioned be-ing $825,000. The site was originally boughtby David Slaton, Mrs. Taffs father, for $12,-500 In 1862. The Straus company at presentholds a long term lease on the property ad-joining the La Salle, taking in the northwestcorner of Clark and Madison streets, and theIdea is to ultimately erect an office buildingto occupy both sites at an approximate costof $1,500,000. The theatre has been underlease to Jones, Linick A Schaefer for sometime and lately they subletted It to Corn-

May Baker, claiming to be an actress andliving at the Ontario, a professional hotel,was arrested in a State street departmentstore Monday, being charged with shoplift-ing. A set of furs vauled at $86 was taken,It was alleged. The woman was accom-panied by a bull dog, and when a detectivesuggested that some one be called up to takecare of the pet, she replied that If she wasto be arrested the dog must go along too. So

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stock, (Jest and Elliott, who take possessionon July 1, but who will close the house forsome weeks in order to redecorate it. Thelatter firm has a three year lease.

AUDITORIUM (H. M. Johnson, mgr.).—"Uncle Sam Awake" (film).BLACK8TONB.—Dark.COHAN'S GRAND (Harry J. Ridings, mgr.).

—"Turn to the Right" (21st week).CORT (U. J. Hermann, mar.).—"Seven

Chances," with Frank Craven (3d week).CHICAGO.—Dark.COLUMBIA.—Dark. •

COLONIAL (Norman Fields, mgr.).—"TheBarrier" (film) (3d week).ENOLEWOOD.—Dark.GARRICK (Sam Gerson, mgr.).—"Dollars

and Sense," with Alan Brooks, opened Mondaynight.GAYETY.—Dark.HAYMARKET (Art Moeller. mgr.).—Harry

Stoppe's "City Sports," stock burlesque.ILLINOIS.—Dark.IMPERIAL (Will Spink, mgr.).—"School

Days," tabloid.NATIONAL (John Barrett, mgr.).—"Step

Lively." tabloid.OLYMPIC (Oeorge Warren, mgr.).—"The

Bird of Paradise" (7th week).PALACE (Ross Behne, mgr.).

—' ihe Show

of Wonders" (3d week), very big.POWCR8.—Dark.PRINCESS (Will 8Inger. mgr.).—"The

Pawn." with Frank Keenan (2d week).STAR AND GARTER.—Dark.STRAND.—'The Broken Violin" (Yiddish).VICTORIA.—"The Birth of a Nation"

(film).MAJESTIC (Fred Bberts, mgr.; agent, Or-

pheum).—A pleitltude of individual class anda generous amount of laughs provided thisweek, yet the bill was faulty in its framing,and no matter how he figured and switched

Fred Eberts could not eliminate three actson "one" following each other near the tall

end of the show. Fred sure had his troublesMonday making a number of program changes.These included placing Fred and Adele As-talre third instead of first; the Kramers fromclosing to opening spot, and the Canslnosfrom third to close the show. While thisbrought better results at night, the Canslnoswent on stipulating they be placed back inthe position programed, and so on Tuesdaythe show ran as originally framed. Thiswas a hardship to the Astalres, who nevershould have been placed to open. They scoreda hit froth matinee and night with some songsand a dance routine that was most graceful!/effective. The show was rich in good dancingand equally good comedy, three acts of eachkind. And then there was Frances Kennedywith some new costumes and songs, but withthe same dazzling smile. Miss Kennedy gavean excellent performance as she did at thePalace some weeks ago, and went over for ahit. Nat Wills was the headilner, Investedwith a new monolog by Herbert Moore. Mostof it refers to the war, as do the "telegrams"which come Just before his parodies. Hegave but one of the latter Monday night, andthough they laughed at his quips, the housewas not generous In Its applause. CharleyOrapewln and Anna Chance In "Poughkeep-sle" had the house giggling all the waythrough, and they were a hit, even thoughthey followed Clark and Verdi. The latterteam had It quite easy following the As-talres. But It Is a standard comedy turn In anyposition, and their characterizations might beconsidered perfect portrayals. Jacob Ben-nett and Edward Richards billed in the dra-matic sensation, "Dark Clouds," fooled thehouse with their opening and then well ploasedwith their funny, etfcentrlc stepping. How-ever, thero seemed to be too much of the bunkdramatics and some of It cut out might bring

ATTENTION! I wish to announce Harry Leander is no longer working with me, nor has he any right to use myprofessional name.

MARGARET LARNED « THREE LARNEDS ~«EDirection, GENE HUGHES, INC.. and JO PAIGE SMITH

Opened at KEITH'S ROYAL THIS WEEK (June 4)—HUGE SUCCESSHREE CHUMSdirection, ARTHUR KLEIN

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Enterprises

General Executive Offices

Putnam Building Times Square

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A. PAUL KEITH, President

E. F. ALBEE, Vice-President and General Manager

FOR BOOKING ADDRESS

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the act better results, for the dancing antics,especially by one of them, are surely laugh-able. Lewis and Feiber with a skit, "At YeMotor Inn," another Herbert Moore creation,were second. They were handicapped Mon-day night through the switching about ofthe show, since they were forced to changethe act about and replaced a number whichwas necessarily cut at the matinee. TheCasinos with their classy dance routine wonnice aplause at the finish, their fast Ameri-can number turning the trick. The Kramers,a ring act, showed nothing out of the or-dinary.

McVICKER'S (Jones, Llnick & Schaefer,mgrs. ; agent, Loew-Doyle) .—From the line-

up for the first performance Monday and partof t*he second, the show looked to be underthe standard. The feature Vas furnished In

Dorothy (Ruth) Roye billed as coming "directfrom the Palace, New York." Placed next toclosing In the first show, Rhe was satisfied tcdo three numbers, althoughjdhe could havesung another. Her first two^ongs failed tostart anything, only the last one, a "na-tionality" number, getting results. Smith andFarmer, with very little opposition in thecomedy lino to contend with, went over big,

punctuating their dialog with several songsDy Mib* *>niuii. liuUord and hove showedoue oi the cleverest slack wire acta seen neretnia season and look good enough to satisfyas an opening turn ou the big time. Theapparatus Is neat, as is the appearance ofme couple, and they have a routine quiteaway from the usual. Grew, Pates and Co.in their playlet, "Solitaire," scored nicely.It la, as noted before, one of the best turnsof UB kind on pop time in tne west, anu its

value lieu in tne cleverness of the players,it. C. Faulkner, the man who looks like the

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have a good dancing routine. Lelber, Dsyand Co. on third with "Pink Pajamas," pulleda flop, next 'to the last show Monday after-noon. The Wille Brothers with a neat sndshowy perch act closed the bill.

ACADEMY (Joe Pilgrim, mgr. ; agent, W.V. M. A.).—The house Thursday night lastweek from an attendance standpoint was weak,which made it 60-60 with the six-act show.The feature was Carlo, "the man of mys-tery," a contortionists person, who makescostume changes, including .facial make-up,while doubled up in squat looking trunk,within which he finds room enough to findand light a cigarette. He is the same manwho formerly called himself Yuma and whoonce to impress a booking manager had him-self carried into that dignatary's office whilein the trunk (supposed to conceal a present)and then stepped blithely forth. Carlo em-ploys a girl announcer, garbed In Orientalfashion. He changes first from a cavalierto the costume of Mephistopbles, and aftera few contortion stunts retreats to the trunkand fares forth as Uncle Sam, the flag first

preceding him from a small hole. That is thefinish feat. Carlo holds some interest, butthat his act is one of mystery, isn't exactlya fact. However he may make Associationbookings, if asking a fair price, but perhapsnot as a feature. William Blank and Co. ina familiar character playlet, "Levinsky's OldShoes," went over fairly. Ziska, formerly ofZlska and King, presented his comedy magicact in "one," using an assistant In the guiseof a stage hand. Zlska's neat appearancehelped, but the returns were little. Elsie, asinging violinist, was liked with the smallamount of singing in the show being in herfavor. She has lately appeared in tho caba-ret at the Green Mill Garden nnd was once•of the Five Violin Beauties. I3ob and PeggieValentino with talk and songs were too quietfor this house. Their routine did not Impressn* I'P'WJal. Vehr nnd KaprivJ, roller fkatlrgcouple, with neat white eohluTno*. wi.-n.- hotfair in the opening spot.

WINDSOR (D. L. Swartz, mgr. ; agent, W.V. M. A.).—With Lulu McConnell and GrantSimpson and Froslnl the features, the five-actbill last week for the last half had the

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makings of a big time show. The first per-formance on Friday night (June 1) was playedto a good house,~helped by the weather, for it

was ono of those "cold days in June" that aresupposed never to be. Yet persons withoutovercoats were not exactly comfortable. Inspite of the low tompearture, the house is

due to close this week, along with the bal-ance of Association-booked outlying theatres.Tho McConnell and Simpson comedy, "AtHome," evoked many hearty luughs, in fartthe audience was in an uproar several timesover Miss McConneM's antics. Perhaps noother turn of Its kind nan gone better thisseason. Froslnl, on second. JUBt precedingMcConnell and Simpson, delighted with hismasterful playing of tho accordion. He seemsto get more volume out of hlH Instrument thanother stage accordionists, and at times makes1< Kcturid like a fln.i hit of or^mi pluming.T'ro:-!r.i d!ci net t.!:: U;-: rr^mT^r of <.-:i<::»ri;n

that Is customary for him, but hud he occupiedtho next to closing spot, there is little doubthut that he would have obtained a hit, forby then the house was more filled. tIn thatposition were Fields and Wells, who, though

liked enough, did not get a large measure ofappreciation. A reason for that might bethat, as theirs Is a comedy act, to follow Mc-Connell and Simpson Isn't en easy Job. TheEl Toro Trio, one being a man and all beingexcellently dressed, opened the show withsongs, pantomime and dancing, getting rathergood returns. Marceno, Nevaro and Mareeno,with tumbling and band-balancing, closed thebill. The handstand leap downward to acatch, the finish feat, sent them off to niceapplause.KEDZIE (Qua Bunge, mgr. ; agent, W. V.

M. A.).—Two novelties were included In lastweek's laBt half show, they being the Gypsynrlgands and Chief Little Elk and Co. Theturn first named is a dancing combinationgotten toge tlier Homo weeks pj« by MaxFrank, who for the past season was with theH.ini»«fr and (flrllft «»ct. Third aro ne\tn or'•!*!:t ;e Ti >r.i'- ooru'_>rr.ec1, all "T^itlTig gypsydn>RH, the billing being "A Day in a GypsyCamp." To tho four men in the act fallsthe brunt of the dancing, the types shownbeing that supposed to be native to Oypsleeand tbat of the Russian school, the latter

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Indian maidens are not claimed to hi- suchand probably ure not, was very much liked.

All three have good voices which harmonizedeffectively, especially with the opening num-ber, "Memories.:' Lohse and Sterling withring and trapese opened the show excellently.

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act's asset. The man did well, too, amusingthe house by his attempts to play an accor-

dion while seated on a chair, which he finally

balances on the trapese. Anthony and Adele,with accordion and whistling, were much bet-

ter received than at the Hip a week or twoago, In fact went over big on Thursday night

at the second show. Weber and Elliot seemedto be placed soft, on next to closing, for theshow was minus comedy, Bave for them. Yetthey failed to get the right returns. Theymight have won out with the right numberfor a finish ; but they apparently didn't haveIt for the Kedzlo audience. The house closes

Its vaudeville season this week.

ORPHEUM (Fred Henderson, gen. rep.;agent, direct).—Nat Goodwin drew a ratherunusual good weekly attendance, appearinghere in his "single" and gathering the ex-pected results. Dorothy Brenner, with a rou-tine of special songs supplied by HerbertMoore, scored well. Helen Leach Wallln TrioIn closing spot with an iron Jaw act, pulleda strong reception at their conclusion. TheUllvottl, Moffet and Clare combination openedthe show and did good with their dancingturn. The holdovers from the previous weekinclude De Leon and Davies, Doyle and Brown,Ray Cox and Dorothy Shoemaker and Co.PANTAOES.—"The Girl from Amsterdam"

is a "tab" of mediocre construction In everysense, and did not fare so well. Barber,Thatcher and Co., with a playlet, held at-tention throughout. Alber's Bears openedslowly, but managed to Interest to an extent.

Roach and McCurdy were the laughing hit ofthe bill. The Wilton Sisters took down theclassic honors with no competition, andFrank Gaby, who completed the program,pleased all.

HIPPODROME.—Douglas Flint and Co.were thoroughly enjoyed. Rothwick and Mc-Glade passed nicely. Paul Poole, pleased.The Three Ankers closed well. Allison andTruce failed to come through to any degree.Maudle Still, who was an added starter, scoreda clean hit.

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agent Bert Levey).—Vaudeville.SAVOY (Lauri ft Sheehan, mgrs.).—Dark.

caused a number of snickers with a few propbits attached to a Bpecial drop in "one." Heopens as a Chinese maiden, finally Bhowinghis tramp make-up over a fan. It is a splen-did opening, but, unfortunately, does not carryany weight, through the remainder of his actbeing poorly routined. Hazel Edwards fol-

lowed with three numhers, the final two be-ing kid impersonations which should at leastbe done In kid clothes. She possesses a natu-ral kid voice, although a bit too tall to de-rive the required results In a part of thatkind. Yunsey and Arlova closed with adancing act, prettily presented before a specialplush cyclorama. It is a pleasing small timeturn and might be further strengthenedthrough the efforts of the male partner, who,during his pantomime, gives the impressionof being a bit feminine, besides over doinghis portion of the dancing.

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Due to the late arrival of Richard Ben-nett from the east, the Alcazar was dark lastweek, Bennett refusing to open his local en-gagement without sufficient rehearsing. Hewill probably remain at least 10 weeks, dur-ing which time a number of new plays areto be produced. Following, Kolb and Dill in"The High Cost of Loving" are expected toplay a return engagement at the conclusionof their succesful stay In Los Angeles, whichwill also occur about that time.

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"The Masked Model/' originally booked forfive weeks, will remain but three, It beingnecessary to rearrange the bookings throughthe following shows being unable to comestraight through for their local opening. The"Model" continues to draw well, althoughnot regularly, but on the week Is undoubtedlyshowing a profit on the right side of theledger. "Very Oood Eddie" Is scheduled tofollow, with "Flora Bella" after that and theJolaon show next.

"The Barrier" Is booked for a return show-ing at the Portola, this being necessary toaccommodate the numerous requests follow-ing the closing of Its two weeks stay. "TheSpoilers," the other Rex Beach fllmlzation,will be shown the following week.

land, for a short run, after which they In-

tend playing throughout the larger nearbytowns. Wnle the closing came rather un-expectedly, they wtere unable to avoid It

through some trouble arising between themanagement, who it Is understood failed toproperly fulfill their contract. The businesshardly came up to expectations, the seem-ingly consistent rumors ancnt the house be-ing a dead Issue, etc., further aiding In theventure not proving the success It shouldhave been. The show encountered some un-expected opposition In the face of "TheMasked Model," whose opening came on thesame evening.

Charles L. Cole, formerly general man-ager for Alex Pantages, Is now connectedwith Ackerman ft Harris, having been sta-

tioned In Montana.

Mrs. Ella Weston started on her vacationlast week, leaving by auto for Los Angeles.

Captain McLaln of the Canadian Army re-cently closed with Walter Montague to pro-duce a series of performances throughoutCanada for the benefit of the Red Crossunder the supervision of the Canadian gov-ernment. They will probably play on a per-centage basis, with a company of 25 people.Charles Oro, Jack Frazer and Oeorge Stanleyhave been engaged to play leads.

sufficient time In the neighboring territoryto supply them all with work, It looks likethe southern house will play vaudeville toovercome this, and together with their alreadyestablished Hippodrome there, It will giveA. ft H. the distinction of booking two housesboth here and Los Angeles.

The local Orpheum have posted noticesthroughout the house urging" thelm employeesto purchase Liberty Bonds. While a numberof ushers have already volunteered their serv-ices, none as yet has been called.

The Meyer and Shapiro burlesque stock or-ganization, which opened auspiciously at theSavoy but a short time ago, brought theirengagement to an end May 26. The com-pany Intact moved to the MacDonough, Oak-

Following his Initial two weeks' engagementat the Columbia In his latest dramatic pro-duction, "The Better Understanding," shownfor the first time on any stage and voted asuccess by the San Francisco press and pub-lic, Henry Miller will take to the road for ashort run during the engagement of RuthChatterton in "Come Out of the Kitchen."Following Mlsn Chatterton, Miller will againresume his summer run to produce a numberof other new pieces.

Following closely the announcement of newhouses about to be constructed In California,It was also made known the People's, Butte,has been leased outright by Ackerman ft Har-ris. This house was but recently completedand has a seating capacity of 1.400. It willbe renamed the Hippodrome and replace theregular A. ft H. stand there. Empress, thelatter to be a musical comedy stock housenext season. Most likely a score of otherhouses will be added before long, althoughft would not be surprising to hear of thehouse now In course of construction In LohAngeles playing vaudeville Instead of picturesas originally planned. The Orauman's arealso interested in this. With the additionalhouses along the route naturally calling formore acts, which will bring two new showsIn here every week, and through not having

KEITH'S (Robert (7. Larsen, *mgr.; agent,U. B. O.).—Sophie Tucker and her Five Kingsof Syncopation topped this week's bill with-out even being given a close run for first

honors. The house gave the use of the stagefor tbo week to speakers urging the purchaseof Liberty Loan bonds, and ex-GovernorWalsh Monday night was given a rousing re-

ception. Sterling and Marguerite opened withan especially snappy athlotlc cast. Rowleyand Young went fair with their rianrlnj^num-ber. followed by Arthur Stuart Hull ami Co.,whose melody playlet did hot seem to getacross. Jimmy Lucas and Co. in a patterand harmony and act started to wake thebill up. Charles Withers In his traveutymelodrama started the laughter with a crash,proving an excellent contrast for Warren andConley with their different lino of humor thatproved eiiually effective. MIbm Conley nhouidadd to her eccentric dancing. Williams andWolfus, with some of the snappiest comedy

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seen here this season, repeated their lastyear's success, and the Three Travilla Broth-ers with their diving seal closed the show,holding the house almost Intact.BOSTON (Charles Harris, mgr. ; agent, U.

B. O.).—Pop. Practically capacity.BIJOU (Ralph Gilman, mgr.; agent, U. B.

O.).—Picturea. Fair.BOWDOIN (Al Somerbee. mgr.; agent, U.

B. O.).—Pop, headed by Hardeen. Excel-lent.

ST. JAMES (Joseph Brennan, mgr. ; agent,Loew).—Pop. Good.GLOBE (Frank Meagher, mgr.; agent,

Loew).—Picturea, split week feature releases.Fair.ORPHEUM (Victor J. Morris, mgr.).—Pop.

ExcellentSCOLLAY OLYMPIA (James J. McGuin-

ness, mgr.).—Pop. Good.GORDON'S OLYMPIA (Frank Hookailo,

mgr.).—Pop. Excellent.PARK (Thomas D. Sorlero. mgr.).—Pic-

tures. Good.MAJESTIC (E. D. Smith, mgr.).—Fourth

week of "The Crisis" film to good business.8HUBERT (B. D. Smith, mgr.).—Dark.PLYMOUTH (E. D. Smith, mgr.).—Last

week of Guy Bates Post In "The Masque-rader," which has played for four consecutivemonths at this house, proving to be one of thedramatic surprises of the season.WILBUR (E. D. Smith, mgr.).—"Mary's

Ankle" opened for its metropolitan premiereMonday night to a capacity house. ReviewedelaewherePARK SQUARE (Fred E. Wright, mgr.).—

"Fair and Warmer" is on its 18th week andstill going strong.COLONIAL (Charles J. R,. J# mgr.) —

Dark.HOLLIS (Charles J. Rich, mgr.).—Dark.TREMONT (John B. Schoeffel. mgr.).—"A

Tallor-Made Man" with Grant Mitchell on its13th week to fair business.BOSTON OPERA HOUSE (Lawrence Mc-

carty, mgr.).—Dark.CASTLE SQUARE (John Craig, mgr ) —

Stock. "Mr. Jubilee Drax" going strong andlooks like a next season's $2 propositionCOPLEY (George H. Pattee, mgr.).—"The

Angel In the House" by the Jewett EnglishPlayers will not run longer than this weekas it did not take as well as had been anti-cipated. Next week brings "The Man Who'p^Tvr,"^'" ,

for the nr8t t,me ,n Boston.CASINO (Charles Waldron, mgr.) —Bur-leRque stock headed by Frank Finney. Excel-lent.

HOWARD (George E. Lothrop. mgr ) —Burlesque stock (Strouse and Franklyn) play-ing to practically capacity. Will play at leasttwo weeks more.

205 Wtit 4«th St., New York

BUFFALO.BT W. n «TBPff4M.

SHEA'S (Henry Carr, mgr.).—Well as-sembled bill with Peggy O'Nell and Co. tak-ing first honors; Kanazawa Japs, open excen-. .

ona,«:

. fr,mros« Four, well applauded ; Dur-kln Girls, pleasing ; Moran A Wiser veryMerer: Bernle A Baker, decidedly good; BenRyan and Harrlette Lee. fair; Dan Burke ftCo. offering "The Old Master," very good •

pictures.'•LIMBIC flirnc.- Fowler. mgr ) --Neat

bill with "The Courtroom Girls," well fea-tured

; Allaire, opens well ; Kennedy ftKramer, applause; Darling Saxophone Fourdo nicely

; Leonard * Dempsey goodACADEMY (Jules Michael, mgr. ).—Opening

week of Academy stock players offering"Mile Brle-a-Brac" as first production. Head-ing the company are: Harrison Greene.Maurice Samuels, Irma Vincent and theTemple Quartet: nil well receivedOAYETY (Itihard Patten, mgr.). -House

dark.GARDEN (Wm. Graham, mgr.).—Closed.LYRIC fChiis. Bowe. mar.).— Second week

of the Jack X. Lewis Players stock with"Why Girls Leave Home" as attraction forthe week, not quite up to expectations.FAMILY (Harry Marsey, mgr.).—"Woman-

hood." feature picture, now In the secondweek's run as a reeord breaking productionHIPPEDROME Mlarold B Franklin, mar).Flrnt-run pictures, flrft half showing Wlll-

Inrn S. Hart In "Wolf Lowry." drawing sat-isfactorlly.

The pr,lnrk P.roH. nro opening a two weeks'•TH'njfement here at tin? Broadway showground".

A'l(,lf Iiiijt^eh, formerly of Ixindon, 1m nt

*" :

t r r 1 1 v : • I I'mirl lu now open for the sum

'in r Hi-iiKtiii wIlli Home fiew n 1 1 rur-t Ioiih A ? n -

ll<n f'hirk. Mnrxuerlto MeKnlght. Betty Normii nd Kl^u I *n k«* have been engaged for thoAirdrome.

LOS ANGELES.By OUT PBJCBL

Harry Lamont, who has been movie-lnghere for several months, has given up hisHollywood bungalow and hit the vaudevilletrail again.

Oliver Morosco has arrived In town fromNew York. He has taken personal charge ofthe direction of bis new musical comedy,"What Next?"

"Shenandoah" was short-lived at dune'sAuditorium. On Tuesday (the day followingthe opening) W. H. Clune, the producer, putup the notice to take effect at the end of theweek. Several of the actors, includingTyrone Power, Monroe Salisbury and Direc-tor David M. Hartford, got together andasked Clune for permission to continue theproduction, they agreeing to shoulder the lossif there was any, and the manager con-sented. The continuance was advertised, buton Monday afternoon something went wrongand the second week was suddenly called off.

The revival was not a success.

Grace Valentine Is expected to come hereshortly to appear In a new play by Morosco.

Cyril Maude, the British actor, evidentlyenjoyed himself on his American tour, re-cently closed. "Your people almost killedme with kindness," he writes a friend here.

"Birthright," a new playlet, was presentedat the Ebell club. Donald Bowles directed.

Francis Patrick Shanley, the first half ofthe "50-fiO" management of the ContinentalHotels of Los Angeles and San Francisco,has left for Boston to attend the Greeters'Convention.

Harry Tlerney, here to writ* with AlBryan the music for Morocco's "What Next?"entertained his brother last week. John Is

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Theatres wanted anywhere; long lease or maypurchase; large seating capacity preferred.

Responsible client. JACOB WEISS, 1 Bridge

Plaza, Long Island City.

his name and ho Is playing the traps for

Billy McDermott at Pantages.

Charlib Murray offered the cup won by the

Comedians on Red Cross Day at WashingtonPark as a dancing contest prize at Levy'sTavern.

Billy Jones la giving weekly stepping con-tests at Cafe Nat Goodwtn, movie stars do-nating the silver cups awarded as prlzeH.

The cafe had its formal opening DecorationDay night.

MoHt of tho theaters havo engaged girl

ushers.

Tho daughter of Will Wyntt, Mason man-ager, fell and broke her right leg at theankle.

NEW ORLEANS.By O. M. SAMUKIj.

SPANISH FORT (M. S. Sloan, mgr.).—Paolcttl'n Band and Dansant.DIAMOND (II. M. Chisolm. mgr.). -Pic-

tures.COLUMBIA (Ernst Bochrlngcr, mgr.).—Tab-

loid.

ALAMO (Will Oueringcr, mgr.) . — McCor-mlck and WlnehiU's Revue.

Charles R. Bray is expected bnrk In NewOrleans this week. John Oros Is In chargeof the Orpheum during the absence of Mr.Bray.

John Barry, orgnnlzer of the I. A. T. S. E.,has been here for several days.

Owing to the high cost of silk shirts,plnnlHts in the lesser local cabarets are notas flashy appearing as formerly.

K. V. Richards, general innnnger of theSiien^er Amusement Co., which operates theMouth's largest ehnln of picture hou«e«, hasroof nt V.-w York i'i !*>>• ):iTere.«t f)f h\r con-.'.??!. Mlibiil'tls is t'l'iViH-iilt'i'V-il lllf fuf ( 1ViOh\exhibitor south of the Mnsnn ami ltlxon line.

Cliff Wlnehlll orlgliintrd n "bit" nt theAlamo last week. Anrther artist appropri-ated It. Wlnehlll found it out and scored

VARIETY 37

RAND NA/

Harry Weber

uThe 58th Variety

IN

Welcome HomeMoore

99

BY

HerbertCOPYRIGHTED

the fellow. He probably feels that Id thesepatrlotlo times every one should do his bit,

but he does not want anybody to do his "bit."

R. M. Chlsojm donated the diamond, lock,

stock and box office to the Red Cross Monday!Chlsolm, who Is well above the military agelimit, remained at home Tuesday, closingevery door and window In the house. Saidhe did not wish to be liable to draught.

Louisiana Motion Picture Exhibitors' Leagueholds its annual convention in this city July4. Its members probably feel that is the dayto properly assert one's Independence.

S. T. Stephens has gone to the yearly meet-ing of Mutual exchange managers at Chicago.

Tour of the local cabarets divulged twotalented singers in Ruby Allen at Ander-son's and Marie Miller at Brooks'. MissAllen has a quaint ring to her voice that is

novel as well as palatable. She's singing anew effeminate war ditty of Tom Zimmer-man (local) called "I Want to Be a Spy."Marie Miller sprinkles enough "pepper" toseason the seasoned habitue while renderingsuch numbers as "My Lovin' Man's Got An-other Gal" and "If tbu Don't Like MyPeaches Don't Tou Shake My Tree."

SEATTLE.By WALBURT.

METROPOLITAN (George T. Hood, mgr.).1-2. John Drew In "Major Pendennis."MOORE.—Dark. Orpheum vaudeville after

September.ORPHEUM.—Dark.PANTAGBS (Edgar G. Milne, mgr.).—Week

28, Singers Midgets headline. One of the bestacts In vaudeville. Antrim and Vale, clever.Romanoff Sisters, show ability. Schooler andDickinson, pleased. Zerthos Dogs, highlytrained.PALACE HIP (Joseph Muller, mgr.).—Mile.

Luxane and Dancing Girls bead Sunday'sshow. Ray Snow, pleasing. Herbert's Seals,novel. Leroy and Mabel Hart, hearty recep-tion. Bollinger and Reynolds, fun on wire.Wamsley and Lelghton, amuse.TIVOLI (Henry Lubelskl, mgr.).—Richard

Lonsdale and Co. in "Are You an Eagle?"one of the best musical comedy offerings atthis theatre. Frank Kelly, Frances Kemble,Hildegarde Brosche and Charles Jordon con-tribute to the fun.LYRIC—Vaudeville and burlesque.STRAND. COLISEUM, LIBERTY, MIS-

SION, REX, ALHAMBKA, COLONIAL -Pic-tures.

Elizabeth Murray's Tremendous Hit

"IT'S A GREAT LIFE

IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN9!

Words byArthur Spaulding

Music byJoseph M. Daly

HERE IS A SONG THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR; IT IS ASURE FIRE HIT AND IS NOW BEING USED BY THESE WELLKNOWN ARTISTS: ADELE RITCHIE (WHO JUST MADE AN AP-PEARANCE AT KEITH'S THEATRE, BOSTON), NEIL McKINLEY,BILLY POWERS AND SEVERAL OTHER WELL KNOWN STARS.

It has a wonderful lyric and melody. Send for it immediately. It is evena greater song than Joe Daly's "WHAT D'YE MEAN, YOU LOST YERDOG" (ROVER).

Orchestrations in all keys

DALY, Music Publisher, Inc.665 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

GAIETY THEATRE BLDG.

press theatre here, started the boy In the

how business by putting him on as an ama-teur attraction one week.

The Tivoli theatre property st 1st andMadison was sold May 28 to David M. Hoff-

man for $00,000. The change of ownershipwill not affect the policy, where the DickLonsdale Company is now appearing in musi-cal comedy.

Mrs. John W. Consldlne was robbed of adiamond earring worth $1,000 while tem-porarily away from home last week.

Msnsger Dean of the Crystal. Astoria, Ore.,is recovering from an operation for appen-dicitis.

theGeorge Bllgh of Salem, Ore., visitedNorthwest theatrical mart this week.,

Oliver O. Wallace, organist at the Liberty,left last week for Butte, where he will be-

Pred Mercy, the North Yakima manager,has secured the Liberty, BUensburg, Wash.,and will play vaudeville there.

The Ed. Armstrong musicsl comedy closeda ten weeks' engagement at the Strand, Spo-kane, and are now touring Idaho and Mon-tana.

May Roberts and Victor CMHard are at theirVashon Island home here following an en-gagement of over ten months with the Amerl-:an Players in bpokane.

P. II. Marsh (male member of Kole andSnow) Is a wt.«l-to-do truck gardener onMercer Island (In I^ake Washington), butplays a few dati.» now and again.

The Columbia, Vancouver, has cut vaudevl!Jo for the pre.vnt.

The Golden Gate Quartet has disbanded.

Ted Ullmark, formerly of the All Star Trio.Is now doing a single In the Northwest

The Orpheum, Nampa, Idnho, is utilizingvaudeville.

A son was born to the wife of Fred Mercy.North Taklma theatres, last week.

I'nul Func:, a U* year-old Chinese rnrtoonlst,will mier vaudeville, lie lilled next to Clon-ing position on the Orpheum bill at the Al-hambra last week, and received unstintedpraise for his offering. He Is now cartooniston the Seattle 'Dally Post-Intelligencer." J.Hush Dronson. former manager of the Bm-

ALBOLENE"Start of thm mtammhavm madm it thm ragm '

'

I am using Albolene every day and

find it surpassing. It cuts the paint

nicely and does not irritate the skin."

STELLA MAYHEW.

««

Albolene u out up in i and a ounce tubeste fit the make-up box : alio i.. ' i and i lb

cans. It map be ha«t of most druR<ri*f» anddealers in make-up. SampU free on request.

McKESSON it ROBBINSlacerswratod

• 1 Fulton Street • New York

38 VARI1TY /'

FENTONand

GREENANNOUNCE

they have abandoned their

proposed Puzzle Contest, as

it was in conflict with the

Postal Laws.

The Judges have been dis-

charged, but Fenton and

Green are stiM working.

weeks' vacation prior to roopenlng at theWilkes' theatre (now A 1hambra) June 10.

These people played at the Orpheum for 60weeks.

William Hartung, treasurer of the Orpheum,Is out on vacation.

Ralph Clonlnger, leading man with theAmerican Players In Spokane, la spending thesummer with his mother In Salt Lake City.

PHULADEUyilA, PA.

come organist at the new Jensen A Von Her-bert Rlalto.

The People's, Dutte, has eliminated vaude-ville for the present.

Fred St. Peter Is convalescing in an Everett(Wash.) hospital from rheumatism.

The Orpheum, Burley, Idaho. Is using vau-deville.

Oeorge Teetr

aBulstant to Manager EugeneLevy at the Grand for the past nine years,has gone to Boise, Idaho, an assistant to

Manager Harmonica Brown of the Majestic.

The Wilkes' Players are enjoying a two

KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.).—This billlooked as If it might play very heavy beforeit started, but It rounded out Into a corkinggood entertainment with plenty of comedyto hold it up. "Liberty Loan Week" wasstrongly boosted and as an extra attractionone of the Common Pleas Judaes m<ni<u"<<'i

during the show and made a strong plea forthe support of the loan. The audience list-ened with surprising Interest and thespeaker was one of the applause hits of thebill. This patriotic thing is running strongat this theatre and when Violet Dale reciteda poem, and the American flag drop was rundown, the audience needed no coaxing toburst into the "Star Spangled Banner," giv-ing Miss Dale a much stronger finish for heract than she would have received on herimpressions of stage favorites. Miss Dale isabove the average as an Impersonator and anactress, but she might select better subjectsthan Mrs. Carter and Lillian Shaw for herwork. Claude Ollllngwater had the headlineposition with the comedy-drama, "The Frame-Up." The title of the sketch is new, but theplay Is one of his former one-act offeringswith a new finish. It Is a cleverly-writtenpiece and very well played, as all of Mr. GI1-llngwater's sketches have been. Julie Heme,a daughter of the ever-remembered James A.Heme, is Mr. Ollllngwater's leading womanthia season, and it is a pity the story of "TheFrame-Up" does not give her more to do.Mr. Ollllngwater has given "The Frame-Up"a finish like one of his other sketches, onlythis time he takes the Ill-treated wife for ayear's cruise instead of taking her to Rector'sfor a midnight supper. It makes a great hitwith the women-folks. Bert Baker gives thedomestic story a different tonch In "Prevari-cation," getting a lot of fun out of his wayof "putting one over" on the "Mrs." withthe help of a chorus girl and a confidentialclerk. This sketch Is one of the real old-time farces, played right up to the minute forlaughs and getting one In every line and bitof business. Baker Is a far better farce com-edian than he ever appeared to be In bur-lesque, and vaudeville could stand a few moresketches like this one. Ida Emerson Is arecent addition to the cast and lends able as-

H0UDIN1t A4dr*aa> VARIETY. New York

KARVAUDEVILLE'S GREATEST

ILLUSIONIST SAYS:HE IS NOW PLAYING RETURN DATES IN THE EAST.

WHICH SHOWS(Address VARIETY, New York) "KAR-MI GETS THEM IN"

MAGGIE CASEY• LE CLAIRThe natural Irish Lady in her Celtic

Comeallyes, Wit, Humor and Stories

of the Emerald Isle.

At Liberty For Next Season

Address - VARIETY, CHICAGO

EDDIEBORDENSupported by -SIR- JAMES A. DWYER Direct!*.. HARRY WEBER

Archie b Gertie FallsDirection, NORMAN JEFFER1ES •

SID ADA

VINCENTsCARTER"The Chap from England" "The Maid from America

Playing for W. V. M. A. Direction; HOLMES 4k DUDLEY»»

ED. F. REYNARD

Mile. BIANCAThe Classic Dancer with a Production

MLLE. BIANCA

ED. F. REYNARDw^

Tks VaatrMaejuiaC with a Preduc

waee^a^MBVHMHHa^iH

THE WORLD'S INCOMPARABLE

The moit gorgeous sod astounding eqmlibnstic novelty ever conceived by brsia of menThis act has been s positive sensation all over the Western Vaudeville Manaaers' Asso-'ciation Circuits.

BOOKED SOLID W. V. M. A. CIRCUITNOW TOURING ACKERMAN AND HARRIS TIME

slstance. J. Francis Dooley and CorlnneBales recently returned from their Europeantrip, repeated much of the material used hereJust before they sailed for London a year orso ago. One or two song bits seem new, andthey have one or two new gags, but the restis unchanged, and was Just as big a laughinghit as ever. Vanda Hoff and Co. had theclosing position with "The Dancing Olrl ofDelhi." After all the dances of this class wehave seen here the. past year or two, thisone held the audience as well as any of them.It is prettily staged, the dancing Is good andthere Is Just enough of a pantomime storyto carry the act through without a drag. Itwas very well received. Walter Brower madehis first appearance here and made an ex-cellent impression with his monologue. Hehas a drawl delivery* affected or natural, thatenables him to get his stuff over In a waythat brings laughs, and be has a good lineof chatter. He follows Julius Tannan andothers with a sentimental poem for a finish,but gets away with it nicely. The very prettysinging turn of Gertruue Holmes snd RobertBuchanan scored 'a big hit, the singing be-ing above the average. They followed anotheract a week or so too soon to have used the"Just a Song at Twilight" number, and thesame kind of a finish, but it earned them aliberal hand. Pal and Ernie Stanton didfairly well with their comedy talk and in-strumental finish, and Archie and Gertie Fallsfurnished a satisfactory opener with theircomedy acrobatics.COLONIAL (H. A. Smith, mgr.).—J. C.

Mack & Co. in. "Mother Ooose" Is the head-line feature of the bill. Others are: Espe ADutton ; Homer Llnd A Co., Anger A Co. TheHoughtona and the Fox Film feature, 'TheFinal Payment." This is the final week ofthe season for vaudeville. Next week : "20,000Leagues Under the Sea."NIXON'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE (W. D.

Wegefarth, mgr.).—J. K. Emmett A Co. in"The Devil He Did" ; Edmonds ft Leedom

;

Juggling De Lisle; Joyce, West and Simon

;

Frank Mullane and Three Chums.NIXON (F. G. Nixon-Nirdllnger, mgr.).—

THE FAYNESTHE ARTISTS WITH A SUPREME OFfWUNtt

itive, JACK PLYNN

Ed. Morton, Philadelphia's popular ballad

S'fJ"' b-eadB thlB w«*k's bill. Others are

"Maids of Phllly"; Olga Mlshka and the Rus-sian Ballet

; Myrtle and Harry Gilbert ; Klnto,$Lev Ju£F,,n* JaP- and *** Fox film feature,"The Silent Lie."KEYSTONE (M. W. Taylor, mgr.).—"The

Spring of Youth" heads the vaudeville billthis week. Others are: Adra Slnslee A Co. In"Kiddle"; Chapell and Trible; Billy Kllgard;Newton and Bowers and the film feature;Mary Plckford tnd Henry B. Walthall In"The Wheel of Life."GLOBE (Sabloskey A McGulrk, mgrs.).—

"The Naughty Princess" is the head liner.Others ; Marin Sisters ; Northlane and Ward

;

Willie Solar; Howard and Ross; Delmore,Angel and Co. ; Charles Thompson and others.WILLIAM PENN (O. W. Mattel, mgr.).—

"Revue De Vogue," a musical tabloid, head-lines the first half. Others are : Harry K.Morton and Zella Russell; Ben Smith; Barry.Nelson A Barry, and the film feature, "TheMillionaire Vagrant." Last half: JosephHart presents "The Breakers" ; Regal andMack and others with the film feature "Amer-ican, That's All."BROADWAY (Joseph Gohen, mgr.).—First

half : W. B. Friedlander's "The Night Clerk"

;

Nell McKlnley; Taylor Trip and the film fea-ture, "The Silent Lie." Last half: Ted Reil-ly's "All's Fair In Love," a musical tabloidand others.CROSS KEYS (Sabloskey A McGulrk,

mgrs.).—First half: "The Four Husbands"headlines. Other*: Wood, Melville and Phil-lips ; Adonis and His Dog. Last half : LewWelch; Henry Frey; Society Diving Beauties;Chase ft La Tour; Mahoney and Rogers; Mile.Rlalto and Co. and others.

FIVEFEETOFCOMICOPERA

^FIVEFBETHear GRACE HAZARD Sing

"You've Got to beAmerican to Feel ThatWay" SSK

VARIETY

Delays Are Schools In Which

WE GAINThe Skill to Hold Our Hopes In Rein-Herd Knocks Are Lessons for ths Will—

SUCCESSLIES High Upon the Hill

Ths Tarry-Town TelepathiesEven If

the Bronx-It rsleS syProhibition iiti.

VESPOalways aeti

s •mile—ss Broadway.Going down. ACCORDIONIST and SINGER

Direction. BESSIE ROYAL

THE BRADS

Direction. H. B. MARINELL1

Down in Georgiathey* are organizinga Home Guard—olfood growers. Cornwill be taught howto ahoot.

BILLYBEARD"The Party from

ths South'*EasternRepresentative,

PETE MACKWesternRepresentative,SIMON AGENCY

Nolan

Nolaneo*

THE PINT SIZE PAIR

JOE LAURIE andRLEEN BRONSON

DID YOU EVER SEEWhovsrs you catch

Robinson. McCarthy. Bradley. MorreU, Willisms.Carr, all of Keith's, Boston, are the BKABDEDESTCLAMS I erer SAW I

DID YOU EVER SEEArthur IU«by In whitefacefd and Lou Miller's dancing mattHerbert Ethier In uniform 7

Joe Laurie register f

Aleen Branson buy Liberty bonds f

Playing U. B. O. and Orphoum Circuits

Direction, MAX GORDON

CHARLIE

HOWARDManagement, MAX HART

„ART©©M,'FMWfr 8L000 FOR TUfU5^w

and my KAI6ER R0UTIM4VHA>/e OONC FORTH TO TN»L«B*A*IAN OP CONOatASAND 5TAT/ONCRS HALL,LONDON, 30 WOULD AD-.ViSC CERTAIN COPlBST[O LAV OS*Pf I WILL not

A* CAST WITH YOU.AS BERT LEVY WASiTHWLE YEARS AS-O.

CMALKOLOCjIaS-

)rtoxo, about byAltWilton

"Mr. Manhattan"Fred Duprez Says:

"Mr. Manhattan" finished its

remarkable provincial run last

week at Cork.

Ireland is certainly a great

place. We were there three

weeks and didn't see a single

scrap. Writers of comic Irish

songs, please note.

SAM BAERWITZ "^"ST

BILLY

Newell

ELSA

MOST-JOY aiDEMW. V. M* A.and U. B. O.

HOWARDLANGFORD

FRIARS' CLUB,Now York.

MARTYK md FLOUNCEVans** lie's Bart Paula. Ast

LEST YE FORGET2 of ths boot.

The Bill si Jacksonrllle and Sarsnnsh last weekcertainly had plenty of Variety In It. Here it afew of the acta KNAPP and C0BNALLA. femaleimpersonators. 7 Jacksonrllle waiters. Miss MorrisWood and Si-Hi and MARY in a musical Sweatshirt.

We received the funniest letter from JACK KENNYor Kenny and Hollla Isst week. Wish i could printit in this space, but it can't oe done. When yousee us. ask to see it. Sure Is a riot.TAYLOR and ARNOLD, thanks for the Hotel

tip. Will soo you In the trenches.YES, I registered.

Next Wssk (June 11) Nashville, Tenn.. andLouisville, Ky.

Jim and Marian HarkinsPersonal Direction. NORMAN JEFFERIES

v (Sunday 2B Notified)AND

(Europe R Total Strangers)

FURTHERMOREPERFORMERS, at preeent enlisted in ths

ARMY, will bo pleased to hoar that

FRANCE is NOW AFULL WEEK.Patriotically yours,

FORREST and CHURCHMelody vs. Stopping.

Losw Circuit. Direction. MARK LEVY.

(Freddy James can't amount to much.Ho has 2 first namae-)

Hop ScotchCome out of your BoxWhovsrs you catchIs ons of your men

Flvs and Fivs la—

IllegalHARRY SYDELLHoke a la Modo

Pantages Circuit. Direction. MARK LEVY.

Eddie and Birdie

CONRADhi

Vaudeville Clastic

If

ED. E. CONRAD

RICKARDSAUSTRALIANTOUR

4%^0» *

V LeadingVI >V the league

in basesstole—and

a fewother things.

Umpiro, PETE MACK

JUram firs OrVlSJJMPfUVV

Kenny - La FranceVaudeville's Premier Dancers

NOW PLAYING LOBW TIME

A WORD. DOQtLearing Woodeide

k. urieia in a coupleof weeks Bean barsyear and a half.If ever youi folkshave to lesre TOSbehlad. as minedid. I canmend Unahighly.

OSWALD.Wsoislos Keaaets.

El.

P. &—This tonot "bull" from a•bull." Just ••grat-itude." writs fatbooklet I

iWt's •* lot

of Exqlss &<*£***£In sKouj luJuwasr

A* 6 f. C<v\

Waller Weeiws

Ca.f4Avi^B v* Cilia 13 loo wis

SI VICTORIA

JENKS -> ALLENN. V. A.

IN "RUBE-ISM"BOOKED SOLID

BLACKFACE

EDDIE ROSSNsU O'Brien Minstrels

11-17

Permanent Address. VARIETY. Now York

PAULINESAXON

•AYSIII always keep on tryingthings—I'm bigger

made—I'veTbe ftsateat thing la life, of

course, is simply not tsbe afraid.

STEWART and DOWNING CO,A NEW ACT

SECOND SERIESCopyrighted and Protected by VARIETY

The Slim Jimof Vaudeville

CHAS. F. SEMONPlaying U. B. O. Tims

Repreeentatlve,FRANK EVANS

VARIETY

George Has Done it Again

And His Newest Dancing Star

First Performance PALACE THEATRE, Monday (June 11)

TEN CENTS

VOL.£XLVII, No. 3 NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1917 PRICE TEN CENTS

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VARIETY

FRED NICEand

ADA MAY WEEKS4*

Presents Their Latest Sensation

TAMING THE SATYRA Dramatic Dancing PantomimeOriginated and Produced by FRED NICE

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MILITARY VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT

PROPOSED FOR TRAINING CAMPS

War Department Expected to Establish 30 Camps, Mostly in

South. Vaudeville as Entertainment to Be Supplied

Nearby. Successfully Tried in Canada and Texas.

Circuit to Organize When Drafting

Starts.

Chicago, June 13.

Several theatrical men here have laid

plans for the formation of what prac-

tically will he a new vaudeville circuit,

the houses for which will be located

close to the military training camps,

which will spring into existence as

soon as the troop drafting begins.

These plans have been kept secret

and are necessarily not complete as

yet, since the men back of the propo-sition have to await the government'sannouncement of the camp sites. It

is generally understood camps will dotthe south, since training could be ac-

complished the year around withoutweather handicaps. There are to be 30

such camps, it is thdught.Whether the backers of the new cir-

cuit or chain of theatres will have to

erect houses, or whether they will take

over those in the towns nearest to the

camps isn't certain. Rut it is knownthe idea is feasible. It was tried in

Texas during the recent border occu-pation.

In Canada last year during the con-centration of troops for overseas duty,

one camp was at a considerable dis-

tance from a large town and in that

case a vaudeville theatre and a picture

house were hastily built and thoughthe camp is practically deserted now,the backers turned a good profit. L. F.

Allardt was one of those who profited

in the supplying of amusement to Can-adian recruits.

Since the American soldier is to re-

ceive a dollar per day, he is going to

well afford a vaudeville show. The in-

creased pay figured with that of the

officers averages to $42 monthly perman, as reported in last week'sV ARIF.TY.

MUSICAL PRODUCERS WORRYING.The producers of the big musical en-

tertainments are worrying about whatthey will be able to serve up in the

way of novelties. At present there i>

a dearth of available material for the

coming season in effects and peopleOne manager says the majority of

producers have been relying too much

on vaudeville to mature their talentand that vaudeville has been aboutfine-combed, with the managers nowforced to do some tall hustling to turnout their big shows.Bruce Edwards, general manager for

Charles Dillingham, intimated it wouldcall for unusual effort to frame thebig shows for the Hippodrome andthe Century. The Dillingham office

has three big shows all told, the newFred Stone show, the Hip and theCentury.

PAGE, STATE'S PRESS AGENT.Lexington, Ky., June 13.

Peter Fagc (Maurice Burnaugh), ofthe former Raymond Hitchcock show,"Hetty." and who, prior to that, waswith "Town Topics," has been com-missioned Chairman of Publicity on theboard of the State Council for NationalDefense.

Since retiring from the stage Pagehas been doing newspaper work hereand handled the publicity for the Lib-erty Loan in the Blue Grass state.

SOUSA AGAIN AT HIP.

John Phillip Sousa and RaymondHubbcll arc to be the joint composersof the new show, "U. S. A." at the Hip-podrome next season. It is said thepiece in part is one of Mr. Sousa's for-

mer light operas. The Sousa Band is

to be in the pit at the big playhouseand the two composers are to alternatein the direction of the* musicians.

RITER GOING IT ALONE.The first production that Joseph

Riter. the Pittsburg steel millionaire,

is to make, all by himself, is "Ara-bella," to open out of town June 24.

This is the tryout period for the piece,

an effort being made at present to

secure a house to open in in New Yorkn La'-or Day

< ieo r<jc Foster Pb'.tt is stnging theproduction. The cast includes LauraHope Crews, Lizzie Hudson Collier,

Prank Connor, Donald Gallagher, H.I>. Stanford.

SOLDIERS MAKE IT GOOD.Syracuse, June 13.

Business throughout the upper, partof New York state has received a muchneeded stimulant through the arrivalof an unusually large number of sol-

diers from the State militia regiments,the men being delegated to guard thebridges and government propertythroughout the section.The soldiers have necessitated the

local use of S. R. O. signs, which in

many instances were packed in stor-age. There 'are two stock companiesthere, both doing full business, whileformerly neither could be classed asfinancial winners.

Reports from various other sectionsup-state bring news of a similar con-dition, the majority of the NationalGuardsmen being well supplied withspending money through various in-

comes independent of the governmentsalaries.

OTHER "LIBERTY BONDS."James Duffy was sued for divorce iast

week by his wife, Mercedes Lorenz(Duffy and Lorenz). Both have ap-peared in vaudeville and productions.Upon receiving the summons and

complaint, Mr. Duffy carried themaround with him and when meeting aparty of professional friends, would pro-duce the papers, saying "There, boys,arc the genuine 'Liberty Bonds.'"

BRICE AND KING'S OWN SHOW.Elizabeth Bricc and Charles King

(Brice and King) have everything ar-ranged to tour next season in a full-

fledged musical comedy. The financialbacking has been arranged for. It willcome from sources outside the showbusiness, according to accounts. Theentire production the couple are tostar in will be under their sole con-trol.

Commencing July 2, Bricc and Kingwill play three or four weeks of Or-pheum Circuit vaudeville, on the Coast,receiving $1,000 weekly. They declineda full Orphcum Circuit route throughtheir plans to head the $2 productionhaving been fully made.

BAYES-NORWORTH WEEK.There is to be a Bayes and Nor-

worth vaudeville week after all, by apre-understanding between the formerwedded couple. Nora Bayes and JackNorworth. They will not do a"double act." P.ach is to appear sing-ly, it is reported, on the program atthe Riverside week of July 2. It willbe Miss Bayes' second week at thattheatre. She is to be headlined, withNorworth bottoming the bill. F.;ich

turn will receive it:; ourt saiarv.The sin-le a-et W.rv.ortb is to do at

the Riverside will not interfere beyondthat time with the bookings ^iven toNorworth and Lillian Lorraine as a4 wo-act.

"DOPE'S" SELF OPINION.Chicago, June 13.

Jack B. Justice, claiming to havemanaged several shows and said tohave been superintendent of the Palacetwo years ago, was arrested herecharged by federal agents with dis-pensing morphine. A graphic descrip-tion of his downfall, encompassed with-in the past six months, was found inhis diary, and from behind the bars habelittled himself, blaming no one forhis plight.

He said: "I'm not a man; I'm a dog,a rat. Any fellow who lets 'dope' getthe best of him is a rat."

FRISCO'S COSTLY BILL.San Francisco, June 13.

The Orpheum, this city, has a cur-rent vaudeville program costing over$5,000 in salaries. It is said to be themost expensive show the Orphcum hasever had.Among the feature acts are Evelyn

Ncsbit, Nat Goodwin and Ray Cox(Miss Cox being held over for her thirdweek in town).

JANE COWL IN COMEDY.Jane Cowl has grown tired of "sob"

roles and will essay something lighter.She will travel next season for aboutfive weeks in "Lilac Time" and, accord-ing to present plans, is to come intoNew York for the opening of the newSelwyn theatre on West 42d street ina sparkling comedy, with a part totallydifferent from anything with which shehas been identified in the past.

TREASURERS TAKES BONDS.At the meeting of the Treasurers'

Club of America Tuesday it was votedthe organization would invest $10,000in Liberty Bonds, splitting the subscrip-tion between ten banks, giving each$1,000.

The Treasurers' Club is one of thefew clubs in the country that hasn't adebt of any sort and has an exceeding-ly comfortable surplus.

MERCEDES' WAR OFFER.Mercedes, the mind-reader who ap-

parently has no trouble in penetratinginto the thoughts of Mile.- Stantone,his "medium," in their vaudeville act,but was unable to fathom where hebad lost a trunk when in Washingtonlast week, has offered his act free tothe Government for one year, to travelaround the army posts and entertainthe soldiers.

Mercedes wrote Secretary Tumultyat Washington «;t;itin<» trip*, as he is

iui .'ii.ii iut< d i'm at live service and oe-siiniK n<» do what he could, the offer ofthe act was submitted in the hope it

would be acceptable. He has receivedreply that his ofTcr will be put beforethe Army Department.

CABLESENGLAND REDUCING HEAVY

WAR TAX ON AMUSEMENTSLondon and Touring Managers Say 80% of Profit, After 15%

Deducted For Investment, Prohibits Chance In

Theatre Productions. Government Giving

Sympathetic Consideration.

London. June 13.

There is every outward indication

the Government will shortly reduce to

a minimum the heavy tax upon amuse-ments. They are confronted with theproposition of either taking this courseor entirely "killing the goose that lays

the golden egg."Reports have it the Chancellor of

the Exchequer has given the managershis sympathetic consideration, it hav-ing been presented to that importantofficial that taxing theatrical profits

80 per cent, after allowing 15 per centon the investment, does not leave pro-ducers any reasonable chance to take agamble with an amusement undertak-ing.

Already touring managers have goneon record that taking from them four-fifths of their profits makes the chanceabsolutely prohibitive and they preferto close down entirely.

This would be a comparatively easything for the producers to do, but theowners of theatres in London and theprovinces are saddled with leases andcould not shut down without beingheld liable for heavy rentals.

With our Government taking heed ofEngland's experiences during the war,the action of that country in referenceto its taxes on theatrical enterprisesmight have an important bearing onany similar contemplated official actionalong the same lines over here.

LATE WAR FILMS.London, June 13.

A new series of official war films wasprivately presented at the Scala last

week. They are remarkably effective,

giving an excellent idea of the havocwrought by the Huns before retreat-

ing. Roads, bridges and houses wereblown up and trees destroyed.The Scala will present "The Crisis"

Tune 14. supplemented by the warfilms, twice daily.

Similar scenes in pictures and possi-

bly an extract from the war films men-tioned above were exhibited this weekin the pictorial news weeklies aroundNew York City.

BRIGHTS DELAYED OPERA HIT.London. June 13.

At the Drury Lane, Beecham's operacompanv scored a pronounced successin Bizet's "Fair Maid of Perth," which,although written 50 years ago, had its

London premiere June 8 to a packedhouse.Mignon Nevada is splendid as the

heroine.

SENT TO JAIL FOR ASSAULT.London, June 13.

Bernard Dillon, the husband of MarieLloyd, has been sentenced to a month'simprisonment for assaulting his wife.

It is not the first time the couplehave been at loggerheads.

USELESS MATINEES.London, June 13.

Charles B. Cochran produced "Ros-merholm" at the St. Martin last weekwith matinees Tuesdav and Fridav.which served no useful purpose. *

of "Airs and Graces," scheduled forproduction June 16.

"SHEILA" BRIGHTLY WRITTEN.London, June 13.

James Githa Sowerby's "Sheila" wasproduced at the St. James June 7. Itis a pretty, sentimental play, brightlywritten and well acted.Fay Compton revealed unexpected

strength in the leading feminine role,and Aubrey Smith, William Farren andStella Campbell are excellent.

"SMILE" SUCCESS EXPECTED.London, June 13.

Albert deCourville's production of"Smile" at the Garrick contains the ele-ments of success. Young Chappelle'smusic is melodious, giving great prom-ise to the 20-year old composer. Thisis his first attempt at a score.Fred Duprez, Lewts Sydney, Tom

Stuart, Maidee Hope, Minerva Cover-dale, Haidee de Ranee and Phyllis Be-dells all scored.

OXFORD DEFICIT—$20,000.London, June 13.

The Oxford music hall reports a defi-cit of over $20,000 on the year and thedirectors are contemplating transform-ing it into a twice-nightly theatre.This rumor has been cropping up an-

nually for the past three years.

MILLIE PAYNE DIES.London, June 13.

Millie Payne, the eccentric come-dienne, died in a nursing homes.

"Hello Araerioa" in Provincial EnglandLondon, June 13.

"Hello America," a new revue, is

being sent on tour by Mrs. Jack Will-iams.

Run for "Inside the Lines."London, June 13.

Earl Derr Bigger's American-mademelodrama, "Inside the Lines," hascaught on at the Apollo and seems tobe in for a run.

FRANK VAN HOVENWanta everybody to know that JOE ERBER,Manager of the Avenue Theatre, East St. Louis',

III., is a Rood scout and is a pal of Dad Haley,the man who hunts up the owners of places thathave burned to the ground and convinces themthey had only $1,000 worth of goods when theyknow »hey had $15,000. They are nice men—'drink very little and smoke some; never cursemuch, and associate with a fellow named Mur-phy, which will go hard for them if they evertr /» jy* • *j. up :n a tt.ut' case.

"Airs and Graces" Showing Saturday.London, June 13.

The Falace is closed for rehearsals

Tli<»y b-nli owe rr>e a letter, and if they don'twrite aocr. I hope the -wind blows from ine eastfor two months straight. (The Stock Yards arein the east.)How is the manager in Belleville who canned

me after the first show? Those were the happydays. Nothing to eat but think.

LICENSED, AFTER 12 TEARS.London, June 13.

Bricux's "The Three Daughters of

Monsieur Dupont," some 12 years agowag refused a license, was produced at

the Ambassadors' June 8.

It is a propaganda play, splendidly

acted.

Ethel Irving registered a triumph,strongly supported by Aimee deBurgh,Italia Conte and O. B. Clarence.

CHARLES BIDDT KILLED.

London, June 13.

Charles Biddy, a comedian, long as-

sociated with the Horniman Repertorycompany, has been killed in action.

He was the husband of Hilda BrucePotter, leading lady with the Horni-man company.

"HUMPTT DUMPTT" STAGED.London, June 13.

At the Savoy, H. B. Irving withdrew"The Bells" and "Waterloo" and pro-duced H. A. Vachell's "Humpty Dump-ty" June 11.

FOX FILM WITHDRAWN.London. June 13.

William Fox's "A Daughter of theGods" was withdrawn from the Lon-don opera house June 9 and the Stoll

picture house once more reverts to con-tinuous films.

HAWTRET-MILLER ALLIANCE.London, June 13.

Charles Hawtrey has joined mana-gerial forces with Gilbert Miller for aproduction of a new play by HaddonChambers, with Renee Kelly in theleading part.

TEN THOUSAND THANKS.London, June 13.

F. St. C!air, the song writer who sentan enormous quantity of cigarettes tothe front, received over 10,000 postcards of thanks from the trenches.

St. Clair has devoted his profits onthe sale of his soncrs to charity, whichamounts to over $15,000.

JACK ENJER DEAD.London, June 13.

Jack Fnier. late of the Enjer Trio,has been killed in action. Althoughonly eight months in the army he waspreviously wounded, but returned toFrance.

PILCER INTENSE.London, June 13.

At the Globe, Gabv Deslvs is pre-senting a one-act Guignolese play,

"The Fork," as a curtain raiser to "Su-zette."

Tn the playlet she is stiooorted byMons. Servais and Harry Pilcer. Thelatter displayed unexpected intensityand pathos.

"REMNANT" CLOSED.London, June 13.

Michael Morton's "Remnant," at theRoyalty, closed June 9.

IN PARIS.Paris, June 1.

A new piece by Henry Bernstein, en-titled "L'Elevation" is to be producedat the Comedie Franchise* Anothercomedy by Tristan Bernard, "La Fa-mille du Brosseur," is also due at the

Theatre de l'Athenie.

The Ambassadeurs, the open air cafe*

chantant in the Champs Elys^es, open-ed May 26, under the management of

R. Baratta, of the Olympia.

Revues are now being played at theMarigny, Casino de Paris, Folies Ber-gere, Gaite* Rochechouart, Cigale, Ca-pucines, Michel, Femina. Vaudevilleholds the stages of the Alhambra, Kur-saal, Olympia, Petit Casino, Medrano,Nouveau Cirque, Bobino, Eldorado,Europeen; pictures occupy the Hip-podrome (Gaumont Palace), Theatredu Vaudeville, Follies Dramatique,Cirque d'Hiver. The former cafe* con-cert known as the Pepiniere has been'converted into a movie.

Promethee, arranged by GabrielFaure, has been given at the ParisOpera, as a lyrical drama, with AlbertLambert and other members of theComedie Franchise. This work wasfirst produced in 1900 at the open-airtheatre in the arena of Beziers, whichmade an ideal frame for Eschyles trag-

edy. Although not so brilliantly

mounted as on a regular stage with ar-

tistic sets it [Jean Lorrain and A. F.

Herold's version] was then a greaterartistic success than the present re-

vival.

The five bands of the British guardsregiments comprising 250 musiciansare in Paris, as guests of the band ofthe French Republican guards. Con-certs at the Trocadero are arranged,the proceeds to go to needy inhabit-

ants of the French territory recentlyrescued by British forces. All thea-tres are offering free seats to the menwho attend in full uniform (red coatsand bearskins).

In Paris theatres: "Merchant ofVenice" (Antoine); Le Poulailler(Bouffes); "Dolly" (Varietes); "LaFlambee" (Porte St. Martin); "LaDame Blanche" (Gait6); "Volont6 del'Homme" (Gymnase); "Madame et

son Filleul (Palais Royal); "NouveauxRiches" (Sarah Bernhardt); "Managede Mile. Boulemans (Ambigu); "Poi-son Noire," etc. (Grand Guignol);"Folle Nuit" (Edouard VII); "Le Pe-tit Pacha" (Arts); "Billet de Loge-mont" (Scala) ; "Queen of Bluff," oper-etta (Mayol); "Noces d'Argent" andrepertoire (Comedie Francaise); "Parle Glaive" (Odeon); "PrometheV'(Opera); "Madame Sans Gene (Re-jane); "Famille du Brosseur" (Athe-ne>); "Le Minaret" (Renaissance);"Fiancee du Lieutenant" (Apollo);"Ane de Buridan" (Empire); "La fin

d'un Reve" (Albert I); "Puce al'Oreille" (Dejazet).

Queenie Finnis in "High Jinks."London, June 13.

Queenie Finnis will succeed MarieBlanche in "High Tinks" at the Adel-phi. when Hilda Lewis and DouglasAscot introduce a new eccentric dance.

"Broken Halo" Successfully Shown.London. June 13.

Richard Lambart. D. S. 0.tsuccess-

fully presented at the Chelsea Palace.Tune 11. "A Broken Halo," supportedbv Louise Trimble.

"Maid of Mountains" Passes 200th.London, Tune 13.

"The Maid of {he Mountains" atDaly's has passed its 200th perform-ance.Bertram Wallis will shortly succeed

Arthur Wontner in the cast.

AN EDDIE DARLING TRIBUTE.A presentation to Eddie Darling is

under way by about 60 vaudeville ar-

tists. It is to be a testimonial ofesteem and the plan is to have the pre-sentation made at the opening of thenew season.Some of the donors to the testimoni-

al, the form of which has not been de-cided upon, do not know Mr. Darling,but, with the others, have expressedtheir admiration for the rather youth-ful Darling in his exceedingly difficult

position of booking the large B. F.Keith theatres.

According to report neither Mr. Dar-ling nor anyone connected with theKeith theatres has been consulted, thesubscribing artists making it a personaltribute from themselves only. It wasfust proposed to have the presentationmade before the past season ended, butit was later decided the first of nextseason would be a more appropriatetime.

VAUDEVILLENEW ACTS SHOWN THIS WEEK

IN LONDON'S MUSIC HALLSColiseum, Oxford and Palladium Have Fresh Attractions, Lat-

ter Witnessing Gus Elen's Return With Old Popular

Songs. French Comedian at Col. Finds HouseToo Large for His Style Entertainment.

London, June 13.

At the Coliseum this week Sir Ed-gar Elgar, the famous musician, is con-ducting in his own setting, four poemsentitled "The Fringes of the Fleet,"

taken from Rudyard Kipling's "SeaWarfare." These songs are sturdy,thoroughly British and were splendidlyrendered by Charles Mott.Leon Morton, the French comedian

from the Ambassadors, contributed to

the program at the Coliseum, excerptsfrom the various Ambassadors revues,

which proved ineffective as the audi-torium is too large for that style ofentertainment.

Florence Smithson on the same bill

made a welcome reappearance.

Joe Peterman produced at the Ox-ford Monday evening "The Lads of

the Village," a melodramatic musicaltabloid, with a chorus consisting ahundred men who fought at the front.

A realistic battle episode supposedto take place in Mesopotamia, waswarmly received.

At the Palladium Gus Elen made a

welcome return to the stage with a

number of his old, but popular, coster

songs.The program includes Wilkie Bard,

Clarice Mayne, George Mozart and Er-nie Lotinga.

NEW CAPITOL'S POLICY.Although common opinion has said

the policy of the new Capitol theatre

on Broadway is to be pictures, there is

no surety regarding it, nor has the

policy or even the lessor of the pro-

posed 5,200 capacity theatre house beennamed—if decided upon.One report this week was that the

large big time vaudeville managersmight put a proposition before the pro-moters of the Capitol, to utilize that

theatre with its many seats for a popu-lar price bill of large magnitude. In

that event the Palace, vaudeville's big-

gest theatre in point of program, wouldhave first call upon all turns with theCapitol to be booked in the same of-

fice. The Capitol-vaudeville rumor wasmerely "dope" however, and had nosubstantiality.

Theatre builders cast doubt upon anyearly date set for the new theatre to

be finished. Delay in building mate-rials necessary, with the large quantityof steel required, besides the high edst

at present, are their reasons.

N. V. A. ELECTION SOON.Arrangements are reported being pre-

pared for the annual election of officers

for the National Vaudeville Artists. It

will be the first general election thenew club, but a year old, lias held.

The exact date has not been madepublic, but it is expected the election

will be held during the summer.

SAM BERNARD'S IDEA OF IT.

When Sam Bernard was asked the

other day what he expected' to do nextseason, the German comedian replied:

"It looks as though I will either haveto go to war or with tlic Shuberts."

"MADE IN PHILLY" WONT SHOW.Philadelphia. Ji'ne l.v

"Made in Thilly," \\w revue origi-

nated by Harry Jordan for Keith's last

season, will not be staged here this

summer as anticipated. It was origi-

nally intended to have the piece go into

rehearsal June 18 for a July 2 opening.Mr. Jordan had selected his cast, com-posed exclusively of Philadelphians,hut conditions in the Quaker' city

moved him to postpone the productionand it is hardly possible now the piecewill be staged.The book has been concluded and

handed in by Frank Orth, who wasalso scheduled for a part in the show.Last season "Made in Philly" played atwo-week run and this summer Man-ager Jordan had determined to keep it

in the house for six weeks.

WORKING—AND SAVING.Chicago, June 13.

A message was received here froma former actor, who specialized in

dancing and is now working at theWillys-Overland automobile plant at

Toledo.The ex-artist, employed in making

automobiles, has been on his newnew job less than a year, but thoughhe makes $40 per week, has saved over$500, more money than he ever hadwhen acting. He now says that he is

through with the stage. The man is

married. •

DOOLEY GETS SALARY INCREASE.The salary differences between

Johnnie Dooley and Yvette Rugel andthe Shuberts have been patched up, theformer's "two weeks' notice" has beenrecalled and the couple will continueto appear under the Shuberts' direction.

The adjustment of the salary matterwill not delay the wedding arrangementof the young people who plan a quicktrip to Atlantic City when the matri-monial plunge is taken.

JOE SCHENCK'S SUCCESSOR.All indications point to Jake Lubin

succeeding Jos. M. Schenck as principal

booking head of the Marcus Loew Cir-

cuit. Mr. Lubin is now Mr. Schenck'schief assistant.

While those directly interested re-

main silent regarding Mr. Schenck be-

coming inactive as the general bookingmanager, a position he has held since

the Loew circuit formed, it seems to bepretty generally understood among the

vaudeville people that the manifoldand rapidly accumulating picture in-

terests of Mr. Schenck's prohibit his

sole attention to the Loew vaudeville

bookings.Among the picture propositions

Schenck now directs are Norma Tal-• madge, Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle andEvelyn Nesbit. Each is a film star.

The Schenck company operates its ownstudio in the Times square section andthe various matters connected with all

of the enterprises call for the uninter-rupted attention of a business head, saythose familiar with pictures.

Due to this arose the report Mr.Schenck will probably relinquish thereins of the booking office, although notremaining out of touch with its affairs.

He is a large stockholder in the Loewcompany and several of his vaudevilleassociates are interested with him in

pictures.

DONLIN-STANLEY ACT.Mike Donlin, who managed the

Memphis team in the Southern Leaguefor the past several weeks, is back onBroadway and contemplates a flyer in

vaudeville with Stan Stanley, the pairworking a double turn similar to thepresent Stanley act.

Uonlin will be featured in the billingand Stanley will do his "bit" fromthe audience. (

JOSE REUBENS AND SKETCH.Jose Reubens, who attracted the most

attention among the WashingtonSquare Players through his characteri-zations in the playlets presented bythat group, is coming into vaudeville in

his own sketch, "A Private Account,"adapted from the French. Mr. Reu-bens will have a company of two.Lewis & Gordon are representing him

in the bookings.

Jennie Dolly Suing for Divorce.An action for divorce has been

started by Jennie Dolly in New Yorkagainst her husband, Harry Fox. Sev-eral co-respondents are mentioned butnot named.The Dolly Sisters were on the road

nearly all season in "His Bridal Night."I 'pon returning to New York, Jennie,according to her husband, received somuch information from friends regard-ing him, while she was away, that thedivorce action followed.

McLean Producing in Australia.Chicago, June 13.

Ted McLean, who has been appear-ing in this section in one of his play-

lets. "Let Well Enough Alone," andwho is known as a producer, sails for

Australia July 4, to put on revues,

musical tabs and acts for Ben J. Fuller.

His contract calls for 30 weeks in

the Antipodes, with a optional clause

!,,r a furti'Cr stay.

in ttie McLean party will be PeggyTrarcy. Vilma Stcck (formerlv withKul!) and Dill) and Denny and Donne-ran. It is possible Frank Morrcll will

also accompany them.

Pay-roll stolen.Detroit, June 13.

C. G. Williams, manager of theTemple, was held up by automobilebandits Sunday-night. After beatinghim they grabbea the $2,500 pay roll hewas carrying.Williams was about to pay off the

show, the attack taking place in the al-

ley near the stage door.

LIGHTS OPENING.The reopening of the Lights club

was staged at Freeport, L. I., Satur-day evening, the festivities beginningwith a baseball game and concludingwith a dinner and dance, several of theprominent members entertaining theguests in the main hall of the "Light-house."The affair was attended by several

hundred visitors despite the early open-ing date which prevented a great manymembers attending through theirvaudeville engagements.Harry Preen, George Whiting and

George McKay were the principal fun-makers, Brecn obliging with an ex-temporaneous song that carried thename of every one present and tookover 30 minutes to deliver.The clubhouse has been entirely

overhauled and. renovated and themembers have built in addition a swim-ming beach just below the property,while the ball field has been "gardened"in perfect shape. The Friars teamplayed the opening game and suffereda defeat, much to the dismay of MartySampter, who piloted the club fromNew York to Freeport.The opening was attended by two

score of agents and booking managers,as well as a large number of peopleallied with the profession, but notlisted on the club membership.

THEATERS BOOST BOND SALES.

When the $2,000,000,000 Lib«rty

Loan campaign closes to-night it will

be found that the theatre managers,

stage folk and picture people have

played a prominent part in obtaining

subscriptions to the Government loan.

At the Royal on Tuesday night whentwo of the speakers failed to put in an

appearance Louis Mann volunteered to

talk and roused the audience to $1,600

in subscriptions.

During the week the B. P. O. E. No.1 of New York subscribed $250,000 to

the loan. In addition the Elks aresending two ambulances to the front.

Through the efforts. of Dr. Louis Sternthey also donated $750 to the RedCross Fund.The Marcus Loew Circuit has or-

ganized its own Liberty Loan Bond De-partment for its employees, under thecharge of C. C. Moscowitz at the Put-nam Building, New York, headquar-ters.

Up to Wednesday the Loew staff menhad subscribed for about $80,000 worthof the bonds, exclusive of those pur-chased by the heads of the circuit.

An installment payment system hasbeen put into effect by Mr. Moscowitz,who will arrange to carry the bonds onthe partial payment plan for any Loewemployee, either in or outside NewYork City.

The Loew people secured consider-able publicity in the* dailies late last

week by announcing a holder of a Lib-erty Bond would be admitted free toany Loew theatre Tuesday and Wed-nesday of this week.Raymond Hitchcock sold Liberty

Bonds thi? week from the stage of theCohan & h arris theatre, during theperformance of "Hitchy-Koo."

Mr. Hitchcock was an example ofwhat a showman could do with anaudience of patriots. Tuesday nightthe subscriptions received through hisefforts footed up $75,000, signed tor onthe spot, and "Hitchy Koo" ran 70minutes late in consequence.The manager-actor-monologist ap-

peared in the kahki uniform he wearsduring the performance, making his ap-peal between the acts.

(In the review of the Palace, NewYork, program last week, Fr*l inVariety commented on the differencein response a showman could secure in

the Liberty Bond sale and that ob-tained by the speakers in the varioustheatres assigned by the Bond Com-mittee.)The business for "Hitchy Koo" since

the show opened last Thursday hasbeen at flood tide. All orchestra seatsare bringing a substantial premium, theticket brokers having loaded up onthem before the piece opened.

E. Ray Goetz, listed as the writer ofthe music in the show, is reported tohave had quite considerable to do withthe entire promotion of the productionand is said to have a 25 per cent, in-

terest in it, besides his royalty as au-thor.

DANCING ACT OFF.I lie dancing production headed by

Kvans Burrows-Fontaine has dis-

banded There were 11 people in thevaudrville organization, owned by PaulDurand, who disbanded it after theact played last week.

LIGHTS CLUB RESIGNATION.Robert Henry Hodge, secretary of

the Lights Club, at Freeport, L. I.,

resigned from that office this week be-cause of the criticism aimed at him forinviting Harry Mountford to the re-opening ceremonies of the organiza-tion last Saturday.Mountford surprised the gathering

when he arrived, apparently preparedto join the list of speakers. VictorMoore, president of the club, who waspresiding, immediately called off all

speeches and diplomatically announcedthe move, adding the remainder of theevening would lie devoted to dancing.

Later it vvp.s ?aid Hodge had merelyinvited Mountford to Freeport in ageneral way and Mountford took ad-vantage of the situation to attend theopening, whereupon Hodge had no al-

ternative.

VAUDEVILLE"BLACKLISTED" ACT, BOOKED

FOR BALTIMORE-CANCELLED

Vaudeville Managers' Protective Association Secures Knowl-

edge of Booking. No Contract Issued. Act Was ToAppear Under Assumed Name. V. M. P. A.

Obtaining Line On All Bookings.

That the Vaudeville Managers' Pro-

tective Association is keeping a keen

watch on acts alleged to be "blacklist-

ed" for their activity in the recent

White Rat strike was evidenced this

week when the booking of the Leighton

Brothers, placed at the Garden theatre,

Baltimore, for this week, through the

Joe Shea Agencv. was cancelled.

The house is booked through the

B. S. Moss office, of which D. Simmonsis booking manager. The Leightons

were to work under an assumed namebut after making the journey from

Freeport to Baltimore were advised the

engagement was off. They did not

hold a contract for the date.

Pat Casey has inaugurated a system

in the V. M. P. A. whereby he is ap-

prised of every individual booking.

When the Leighton case came to view,

Mr. Casey immediately noted the salary

was a trifle high for an unknown act

and discovered the» name was assumed,

whereupon he instructed the Moss of-

fice to cancel the engagement.

EMPRESS, CINCINNATI, SOLD.

Cincinnati, June 13.

Rumors that the Empress was to

give up vaudeville were torpedoed

Monday by the announcement that At-

torney Charles F. Williams, John J.

O'Dowd, manager of the Hotel Havlin

and Thomas J. Logan, merchant tailor,,

had purchased the house for $100,000

from the United Theaters Co., of Chi-

cago. O'Dowd will be president of the

new corporation, but will still managethe Havlin which he has made pros-

perous. George Forepaugh Fish will

be retained as manager of the Empress.Hereafter the Empress will be

booked by Lincoln and Kissick. At-

torney Edward B. Hcaley, of Chicago,

represented the United Theaters Com-pany.

President O'Dowd says that the Em-press will be improved to become a

worthy competitor to the Palace, the

proposed pop-priced vaudeville house

the Keith-Harris interests plan to build

at Sixth and Vine streets.

Although not positively known, it is

believed John J. Havlin, owner of the

Grand opera house and the Hotel Hav-lin, is backing O'Dowd. This is con-

trary to persistent reports stating that

Mr. Havlin is anxious tc retire fromthe theatrical field.

V. A. R. INCORPORATING.A meeting of the Variety Artists'

Representatives, to be held today, will

probably reach a decision to incor-

porate the lately formed society of

vaudeville agents into a chartered club.

There* is no opposition to the move.The agents composing the V. A. R. all

place their acts upon the popularpriced vaudeville circuits.

DOWNTOWN'S STAR BILL.The National Winter Garden on

East Houston street has a nearly all-

star bill engaged for next week, withtwo standard feature turns from bigtime as headliners. They are Van andSchenck, and Belle Baker. When thesetwo turn* af'. "M the «-ain«' program,thev <!<> a !lnii-.ut .it tiiic }:.ii't <>f theperformance, besides their own turns.

The Winter Garden employs aboutsix acts to a show. It secured MissRaker through Edw. S. Keller, whenMiss Baker insisted upon another fea-

ture act for the same show. Mr. Kel-ler, also the representative for the twoboys, obtained their consent after theGarden's management had agreed toplay both turns for the full week.

SEATTLE ORPHEUM HAS POP.Seattle, June 13.

The Orphcum (Third and Madisonstreets), for years the home of Or-phcum vaudeville in this city, changespolicy June 17, hereafter playing popvaudeville, booked by the AffiliatedBooking Company, Chicago.The house under the management of

Eugene Levy will install a pop priceof 5-10.

PHILLY HEARS OF NEW HOUSE.Philadelphia, June 13.

This city is to have a new theatre,planned to be ready for opening in

January. The builders are New Yorkpeople, according to the announcementof Samuel Tauber, the promoter, ofNew York. He is backed financiallyby a company headed by Philip Pub-licker and David Berg, connected witha distilling company.The site secured for the new thea-

tre is that on which stands Horticul-tural Hall, Broad street below Locustand directly opposite the Broad Streettheatre. It is understood the enterprisewill cost an investment of $800,000. Mr.Tauber said here that it was their pur-pose to build a theatre #hd office build-ing and that the theatre would have astage capable of playing the largestproductions.No further information could be ob-

tained of the deal which caused quite astir in local theatrical circles. Mr. Tau-ber would not give out any further in-formation.

No Truth in New Theatre Rumor.Chicago, June 13.

An ungrounded rumor to the effect

that the new vaudeville house wouldnot be built at State and Lake streetsby the W. V. M. A. and allied inter-ests, because of the sudden death ofCharles E. Kohl, was proved utterlyuntrue.

Not only is work begun on the foun-dations, but a considerable sum ofmoney has already passed.

Possession of the buildings upon thesite will be passed to the builders Augi1 and the new house will be deliveredupon contract time.

Morrison'^ Opening July 2.

The regular summer season of vau-• dcville at Morrison's, Rockaway Beach,

will open July 2, although the first bill,

for Saturday and Sunday only, goesin June 23. Lawrence Goldie will againbook the house.

Loew's Southern House Open.The Loew theatres in Atlanta, Mem-

phis, and Birmingham, are to remainopen throughout the summer. Thiswas decided upon last week in theLoew general offices. New York, whenE \ Schiller, the southern VinrpsfMita-

tive fur the circuit, was in the city.

Mr Schiller while here arranged tohave Liane Carrara, "Daughter of AnnaHeld." a feature act shortly. Miss11 eld's offspring was booked for theLoew time by Harry Pir.cus.

AFTER A FOX CONTRACT.Quite some agitation has been stirred

up among the agents booking with the

William Fox vaudeville agency over the

matter of the Fox office issuing a con-

tract for acts booked by it.. The agi-

tation commenced after the publica-

tion in last week's Variety of the diffi-

culty experienced by Irving Cooper

with the Fox office, through his acts

having been played without any stipu-

lated route in writing. Cooper Vpulled

out" his acts from the Fox time as a

result.

The Vaudeville Managers' Protec-tive Association was reported to havetaken the matter up this week and it

is expected the V. M. P. A. will com-municate with William Fox direct,

ignoring Jack Loeb in the matter, Loebbeing held mainly responsible by theagents for the loose manner, as it af-

fects the artists, in which the Foxmanner of engaging acts is carried on.

One plan proposed by some of theagents this week was to have a peti-

tion signed by all acts apt to be en-gaged by Fox, asking that office toissue a contract when engaging a turn,

and with the petition carrying a pledgethat unless contracts were accordinglyexecuted by the Fox office, acts sign-ing the petition agreed not to appearin a Fox theatre.

It was related that early this weeka boy attached to the professional de-partment of a music publishing concernjpnd who had been used by Loeb tosolicit acts for the Fox theatres, uponlosing his position in the music firmand applying to Loeb for a job,was turned down by Loeb, althoughit is said the boy's interest in the FoxCircuit, for which he received about $5weekly from some one in the Fox of-

fice, cost him his $25-a-week positionwith the music house when the latter

heard of the boy's other connection.The instance was cited, not as appli-

cable to the matter of the Fox book-ings, but as characteristic of Loeb.

COLLINS BOOKING 17 HOUSES.The booking of vaudeville theatres

over the summer is the allotment of

Tohnny Collins in the LTnited BookingOffices. This week he had added to

his lists some middle western big time

theatres now playing a hot weather poppolicy. The many theatres have beencrowded upon Mr. Collins for conve-

nience in booking arrangement.

The cities where Mr. Collins nowbooks are Atlantic City, Coney Island(Brighton), Pittsburgh (Davis andSheridan Square), Johnstown, Pa.;Cleveland. Columbus, Cincinnati, To-ledo, Indianapolis, Dayton, Paterson,N. J., Syracuse. Troy, Albany, Schenec-tady and Yonkers, N. Y.The summer programs for the F. F.

Proctor theatres in the five cities lastnamed have been reduced to five acts,with about the same weekly cost ofprogram as formerly, giving the Proc-tor houses upstate a better grade ofbill than in the regular season.

New Pantages Opening- in Vancouver.The new Pantages, Vancouver, B. C,

seating 2,600 opens next Monday withthe regular Pantages road show playingthere instead of at the former Pantheatre in that city.

Unless otherwise ordained, the oldPan in Vancouver will very likely be-come a musical comedy house for nextseason.

Remick Stores Operated from N. Y.The T. H. Remick & Co music

store- in San Francisco. Los Angelesand Portland (Ore.) are now operateddirect from New York City, under thesupervision of F. E. Belcher. Hereto-fore the western stores were operatedfrom the Remick offices at Detroit.*

AGENTS TALKED TO.

Monday night every New York agentfranchised to book acts with agenciesrepresented in the Vaudeville Manag-ers' Protective Association was called

to the organization headquarters andat the meeting received explicit instruc-

tions from Pat Casey as to their futureconduct in booking acts.

The idea of the meeting was to pro-hibit the agents from placing acts in

theatres not listed on the V. M. P. A.membership and Mr. Casey advisedthe assemblage that should they vio-late the ruling they would immediatelybe disfranchised, regardless of theiraffiliations or the circuit agency theyfrequented. Practically every agent in

the city was present, including thosebooking with the United Booking of-

fices, Loew and Fox vaudeville circuits.

Mr. Casey also advised the agentsto disregard communications fromsome of the middle western park man-agers who were trying to procure at-

tractions from the organized circuits,

but who did not join the V. M. P. A.The meeting definitely showed the in-

tentions of the managers' organization.The announcement was also made of

the passage of the amendment to theNew York agency law which qualifiesan artist's representative as a managerand brings him outside the existingagency law. This amendment elimi-nates the possibility of any actionssimilar to the one instituted somemonths ago by James Oliver againstHarry Fitzgerald and which was de-cided in favor of Fitzgerald by Magis-trate Groehl.The amendment to the New York

state agency law was signed by Gov-ernor Whitman late last week. Itsprovisions allow the large circuit book-ing offices to remain under the super-vision of the Commissioner of Licensesfor New York City, but makes it clearan agent's representative is exemptfrom that supervision and is not calledupon to procure a license nor be sub-ject to question why he did not.These points were made plain to the

agents at the V. M. P. A. meeting.They were informed not to call them-selves "agents" and the distinction be-tween themselves as representatives ormanagers of acts and an agency thatactually books was explained. Theywere also instructed not to say "I've'booked' so and so." as they do not norhave not "booked" any one—the book-ing offices of the circuits attending tothat duty. What the erstwhile agentshave done is to place their acts forbookings.

NO CHICAGO CHANGE.Chicago, June 13.

Despite the several newspaper storiesand rumors floated over possiblechanges in the local vaudeville situa-tion through the recent death ofCharles E. Kohl, there is unlikely tobe any change of moment whatsoever.The Kohl interests are interwoven

locally with those of the Orpheum Cir-cuit, in the Western Vaudeville Man-agers' Association, Majestic and Pal-ace theatres and other theatrical enter-prises in the Middle West. The lateMr. Kohl was not active in the direc-tion of any of these.Mort Singer is the general manager

of most of them, representing the affil-

iated parties.

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Loew Prices Cut for Summer.Birmingham, Ala., June 13.

The admission scale at the Loew popvaudeville theatre here has been cutfor the summer. It is now 10-15 atnight, with 5-10 matinees, the housereducing the vaudeville portion of theprogram to four acts.

Greenwall, New Orleans, Passes Hands.It is strongly rumored here the

Greenwall theater has passed owner-ship, with the new management not di-vulged nor the future policy of thetheatre.

VAUDEVILLEAMONG THE WOMEN

Well, the season's opening Saturday

of the Lights Club House in Freeport

was a huge success despite some play-

ful little arguments among the service

force. The women were not conspicu-

ously present at the ball game in the

afternoon. The entertainment com-menced in the evening when the or-

chestra struck up "Poor Butterfly." Achorus of diners, cried "author"—com-poser"—"speech," but Ray Hubbel wastoo modest to respond. However,when Nella Bergen interrupted her din-ner by taking up the refrain he gra-ciously bowed acknowledgment. Amesalliance of tailor-made dinner dress-es and dancing frocks fought forhonors. White was a popular colorand simplicity reigned supreme. MissBergen looked distingue in blacklace and net. Despite the large assem-blage of splendid dancers Naomi Glassand Paul Morton were the center of all

eyes when on the floor. Miss Glasslooked prettier than usual in a simpleturquoise net frock. Myrtle Glass (tobe Jimmy Conlin's partner next sea-son) in all white, was one of the pret-tiest girls present. Adelaide, of Ade-laide and Hughes, who were the guestsof Cartmell and Harris, wore white em-broidered silk like her hostess. Shewas one of the most popular dancers ofthe evening and was very much in de-mand,as was dainty Jessie Brown ofKalmar and Brown. Blossom Seelcy,Grace DeMar and Tempest and Sun-shine were among those who decidedto come at the eleventh hour, and werenot "all dolled up." They lookedcharming, nevertheless, and evidentlyhad as good a time as anyone presentas they were among the last to leave.Marion Littlefield (Mrs. Victor Moore)looked exceptionally young and attrac-tive in white. Rumor says she has rea-son for looking happy and that herbaby boy (now 15 and away at militaryschool) will find a surprise packagewhen he arrives home. Billy Grady andhis pretty, young week-old bride werethe recipients of congratulations every-where they turned. Miss Wolford ofBarry and Wolford announced her"willingness" to return to vaudevilleagain if a good season's bookings fell

in her lap, but it's decidedlv not a caseof the "call of the wild" or "footlights,"as she is perfectly happy and content in

her retirement.Grace Falk (Mrs. Norman Manwar-

ing), who was one of the best little

hostesses at the Club (an able assistantto her husband, who ought to receive avote of thanks for all the work he didthere the day of the opening), was oneof the many residents of Freeport whoentertained house parties over thoweek end.

The opening chorus of "Hip HipHooray" at the Columbia shows avariety of good looking dresses withgreens and blues predominating col-ors. Helen Vreeland sets the stamp ofclass on the entire feminine contingent.A triple skirt of spangled blue chif-

fon with middle flounce of spangledlace is worn at the opening. Lace fall-

ing from sides of skirt has pink rosesoutlining a pocket effect. A largeshirred hat of blue sheer material lookspretty atop Miss Vreeland's blackcurls. Tilly Storke wears a peach chif-

fon dress at opening with large hatto match. A neat white embroidereddesign decorates the front panel andthe edge of neck and draped cap at topof sleeve. Dolly Smith, a doll-liko

blondo; the featured skater, wears a

shaded pink taffeta over a lace petti-

coat, with a mushroom hat of pink silk

and lace. Miss Storke leads a num-ber in white tights and turquoise blue

velvet bodice caught ai the neck and

low in back. Large pearl beads are

used profusely for trimming and whiteplumes are as generously displayed onheaddress. She wears a white silk

dress and large white hat trimmedwith black velvet, in the olio and apearl gray sport suit showing designsof yellow and black squares in themusical office setting. Miss Vreelandfancies large shirred hat3 as she wearsanother—a white one in the Westonmusical finale, with a white silk ruffled

afternoon dress.The skating costume worn by Miss

Smith is shell pink silver cloth. Tripje-skirts edged with fringe fall from along waisted bodice, which has a frill

of peplum finish. ' A wide circular col-

lar and long sleeves also haye thefringe trimming.

There is such a sameness and lack

of originality in stage clothes just now,that jJlain frocks are a welcome relief.

Tulle gowns trimmed with sequins orbrilliants, sleeveless and almost body-less are so common. A gingham, lawn,or even a calico gown would be a treat

for tired eyes. Norah Bayes at the

Palace apologizes for her inexpensivewardrobe by saying she is putting hermoney in Liberty Bondf this season.Miss Bayes proved for all time this

week that she is a great vaudeville fa-

vorite. Looking quite sylph-lilft, herhair a becoming light brown, and exud-ing joy and happiness, she was inclined

to spoil her splendid style by takingkittenish bows. Her opening gown,white net, had a patriotic suggestionin its red soutache braiding and bache-lor button corsage. Her large bluesheer hat had a white silk crown and along red, white and blue tassel hangingover side. A long gold cape withswastika and stripes of Indian colors(suggesting the Navajo) carried out in

spangles, was worn with a white hattrimmed with fearsome looking feathershigh up on one side. For George Co-han's new patriotic song, "Over There,"she wore a George Washington redcoat and faced with light blue; a Co-lonial tri-cornered hat with cockade,a tall plume of red white and blue tulle

and a white skirt.

Emma Haig, formerly of "The Fol-lies," showed up well at the Palace in

vaudeville with George White. Amauve and yellow futurist looking drop,with enormous pansy at the side ofstage to flash announcements on, madea good setting for the dancers. Toomuch similarity in coloring of costumeswas shown. Three were white. A

satin ballerina had a bride suggestion

in the long tulle veil falling from a

pearl headdress. A mere girdle effect

answered for a bodice. A sleeveless

middy blouse, long sailor trousers andhat were trimmed with red white andblue. A silver tunic, shield, hat andsword depicted her as a modern Joan or*

Arc. A chiffon skirt caught up at oneside and a bodice encrusted with bril-

liants, showed red crosses worked out

in sequins. Miss Haig's dress and style

are altogether pleasing.

Phina in white satin with black

braiding, which was carried out in the

crown of her large white hat, was in

harmony with her clever grown-up"pickininnies." They wear full skirted

white coats and long leg o' muttontrousers for their closing number. Ababy pick stopped the show with animitation of Frances White doing"Mississippi." A long lace scarf wasworn wth a blue satin flounced skirt byMarion Sunshine, of Tempest and Sun-shine. An elaborate lace and silk pa-

jamas outfit and an elegant erminewrap was much admired. Miss Sun-shine's "Gaby" suggestion is unintel-

ligible and the only hint of Gaby is the

circumference of the headdress. Flor-

enz Tempest undoubtedly suffered fol-

lowing Phina and Co., as the colored

girl who opens Phina's act is the acmeof perfection in the male attire she

wears.

Frankie James in the Andy Lewisact at the American the first half set

the class in the way of dressing for

the entire show. In a long wrap of

red silk with wide scarf of brown fur,

she looked essentially New York. Ablack satin Sinner dress with top andbottom of long waisted bodice out-

lined with a single row of brilliants

was sufficiently but of the ordinary to

be most attractive. A pretty face andwell coiffured black head did not deter

iorate from the general good impres-

sion. Miss Robertson, of Robb andRobertson, looked good as a kid in a

blue and white gingham dress. If

Granville and Mack would give moreattention to their makeup it would im-

prove the act considerably. The wigthe woman wears looks more like anEthiopian wig than an Italian one.

Katherine Clinton in the Harry Brookeact could dress younger and look the

part she is trying to play much better,

if she so chose. "In the Days of LongAgo" the women wear hoop skirts, neckkerchiefs and bonnets, looking dainty

and picturesque. The violinist, whois made up for an old lady, wears black

chantilly lace over white and carries

out the "homey" finale scene.tShowy

looking "excuses for skirts," over

tights, bright colors and plenty of gin-

BERT LEVYWho will continue his "KIDDIES' MOKNINCS" in the KEITH TIIKATRKS.MR. LEVY has been promised the personal co-operation of E. !'. ALHEE.

ger, do much for the Bullowa Girls,

wire walking.

The model or fashion scene in thenew "Follies" was staged by Lucille,1 am told, but, of course, under Mr.Ziegfeld's watchful eye. The modelsin the scene, also the gowns, are all

from Lucille's shop. Lucille was pres-ent in person during the late rehearsalsat the Amsterdam, before the showopened. One evening while Edith Hal-lor was going through the telephonesong ("Hello, Dearie") and doing it

rather listlessly, as the rehearsal was.more for the men concerned in it, Lu-cille noted Miss Hallor's lack of ani-mation and the modiste went to Zieg-feld, saying- she had a model in the shopwho could sing the number much bet-ter than the Hallor girl. Mr. Ziegfeldevidently didn't place much faith in thestatement, for Miss Hallor was onhand the opening night. One of theLucille models, and it is said she is thegirl called "Mawrasette" on the pro-gram, was recently married. WhenLucille informed her she was to go in

the model scene of the "Follies, themodel told her husband she was aboutto embark in the show business. Thehusband is reported to have repliedshe could take her choice on the spot,he or show business. That put a dam-per on the Atlantic City trip of theshow, where the model did not go, butshe was in the performance Tuesdaynight. Perhaps there was a compro-mise on "show business" for New Yorkonly.

The five acts in the first half of theprogram at the Royal this week featurewomen who know how to wear prettyfrocks, and Catherine Calhoun (in

Louis Mann's new sketch in the latter

half of bill) is no exception. As therich snob, Mrs. Marco, she wore aroyal blue net flounce, falls over theelaborate back and silver skirt of anevening gown that bespeaks. Later shelooks quite as well in a plain blueserge skirt and cape, as the repentantMrs. Marcovitch. Ruby Hallier is

dressed just as sweetly and prettily asa generously indulged, lovely little

mother would be dressed at her timeof life.

Katherine Bradley with Henry Sim-mons opened the show and despitetheir fast skating and quick changes,Miss Bradley attracted attention withher brilliant dressing. A pink and goldshimmery affair; a rose velvet Russiancoat with green sleeves and bands ojblack fur, and a blue spangled dressshowing a large gold and red peacockworked in spangles across the entire

front q£ skirt were worn effectively.

Nella Allen, the girl with the voice,

wears a lovely blue coat with deep yokeand collar which at a distance mightbe taken for chinchilla, but in reality

is a fine silk brocade in tapestry de-

sign. A white satin dress shows pearl,

jet and brilliant, designs in skirt andbodice worked out so fine it looks like

madeira embroidery. The lines of the

dress are delightfully simple, save for

a cascade of white satin lined withblack down either side of the skirt andfalling from either shoulder at back.

euding in twin trains.

The woman in the Homer and DuBard act at Lincoln Square last weekworking as a pianist in a music store.

wears an appropriate black taffeta andwhite collar and cuffs. She works ser-

iously arid holds up the act. "The Voiceon the Wire," a seemingly interesting

serial film story, disappoints everyoneat the finish in the usual way, by stop-

ping just at the interesting point. Thewomen of the "Gypsie Songsters" wearparticularly showy elaborate dresses.

A blue bodice studded with brilliants

h.is a wide purple sa«di and >cllow flow-

ered skirt with gold fringe. A red andyellow trimmed with spangles has aoriental scarf of black and gold, drapedaround hips.

(Continued on page 13.)

8 VAUDEVILLECIRCULAR ADVERTISING

By Edward Marshall

The novice advertiser will usuallyexperiment at considerable cost to him-self before he settles upon a set policyof publicity. The inexperienced canonly learn by one of two ways as toadvertising values. Either by experi-menting, which is costly, or from theexperiences of others.When I started in to advertise in the

theatrical held I did a good deal ofexperimenting before I settled down toa set program. I made a number ofmistakes in getting my copy beforemy clientele, but the most costly mis-take I figure was the follow-up mail-ing system.For quite some time I bombarded

managers and agents with cartooncards, circulars and the like. Check-ing up I found I had spent a lot ofmoney in this way. I was not satis-fied with the results by a long shot. Iarrived at the conclusion the mailedadvertising was an imposition upon theman to whom it was mailed. Whena busy business man sits down to at-tend to his correspondence he usuallyhas all he can attend to answering bonafide business letters. He is wasting hisown as well as his stenographer's valu-able time if he stops to read everyadvertisement in his mail. The adver-tising is usually dropped into the wastebasket forthwith.Some managers and agents have their

stenographers open their mail and sin-gle out their correspondence from theadvertising circulars, cards and thelike. In this case the expensive cardor circular gets no further than tothe disinterested underling. Mailed ad-vertising gets into a man's way at hisbusiest time. Advertising in a properchannel will catch this same man's eyeand will be read.

It must get before him when he is

devoting his time to reading tradenews. Every manager will tell youhe secures no little portion of his in-

formation from the advertisements inhis trade paper. In fact the live, wide-awake buyer will always look overthe ads for new material, new acts, newideas, etc.

Really I think the advertising col-umns tend to keep him posted uponnew offerings even more than the newscolumns.An actor has no claim upon the news

columns of a live trade paper as faras announcing his additional values areconcerned. If he has something newto offer or some new success to record,the advertising columns are the legiti-

mate place to parade such information.If the critic of the Detroit "Free

Press" thinks you are the best of yourkind or that you are a good entertaineror if the Chicago "News" says you werethe hit of the bill, that is the sortof information the buyer of vaudevilleacts wants. If you mail him clippingsof these notices you get them to himat a time when he hasn't time to readthem and the waste basket claims its

own. Hut if vou get them before himwhen he's going through his tradepaper to find out what's doing andwho's who, then you've succeeded in

reaping the benefit of this valuablenewspaper opinion.

If you are to make your advertisingefforts fruitful you must place yourcopy where it will be read. Not on apostal card or a circular, but out in theopen on the level in the advertising of

the best medium of your profession.

ATTORNEYS SQUABBLE.Chicago, June 13.

Back of a suit for $25,000 begun byJay TIo i"».»n. of ICvne ••ml Herman,a;.;;ut;-jt Adolpb Marks and HarrySmitz, there appears to be a personalsquabble between Marks and LeonBerezeniak, both theatrical lawyers.Some time ago Berezniak sued Osko-

man, the Indian. Marks defended andwon on grounds which he has been suc-cessful with in the past. This was theclaim set up, that Oskoman was a"minor," since his mere declaration of

the fact that he is under age could notbe disputed. There are no records keptof Indian births, as there are with theordinary citizen.

Marks sued Berezeniak on the bond,put up by the latter's wife, and re-

covered $25 which he regarded as anattorney's fee. Later Marks attachedKane, who was appearing at the Wil-son avenue theatre. Somehow Berez-eniak got in on it and discovered thatMarks had proceeded and placed acustodian at the theatre without first

obtaining the necessary legal papers.This led to the present suit, Berezeniakappearing for Kane.

It is alleged that Marks made ascene at the theatre without legal pro-cess and that he attempted to "holdup" the actor. •

Earl Stewart Managing Palace, ChijChicago, June 13.

Ross Behne leaves the Palace this

week, going on a month's vacation, his

place as manager falling to Earl Stew-art, who has been managing the Ma-jestic, Milwaukee. Stewart may con-tinue permanently as the Palace man-ager, Behne being found another posi-tion upon his return to the city.

ILL AND INJURED.Ada Hargrave, of the Harry Vivian

sharpshooting act, was successfullyoperated on for appendicitis in theNew York Hospital last week.

Billy Nichols is ill at his home in

Chicago.Dewey Tillman Humboldt, severely

injured May 19 in Cairo,, 111., losingan arm and a foot; is getting alongas well as could be expected.

Mabelle Mablum (Mrs. George Bel-frage), formerly of the "Hip, Hip Hoo-ray" show, is confined at the St. Jo-seph's Hospital, Denver, with rheuma-tism, and from last reports was some-what improved.Hazel Josselyn is out of the hospital

after a recent operation for a minor ail-

ment.Frank J. P. Reed has recovered from

a severe attack of throat trouble.Billy Nichols is out after a severe

illness at the Cook County hospital,Chicago.Joe Daniels, the monologist, was In-

jured in an auto accident and is atRoxbury, Mass., his home, recoveringfrom it.

Herbert Kelcey is very ill at hishome in Bayport, L. I., where he hasbeen confined for two weeks. His ail-

ment is baffling the physicians.Frederick Brown (Six Brown Bros.)

almost lost two fingers of his righthand as the result of having the mem-ber caught in the door of a Black &"White taxi cab, the injury being at-tributed to th e carelessness of thedriver. With the bandage removedBrown finds that only the nails willhave to come off although the injurywill prevent him from playing a mu-sical instrument until next fall.

Violet Barlow (Chot Eldridge, VioletBarlow and Harriet Eldridgc act, "TheLaw") was severely injured last weekby falling into an unguarded basementyvay in the rear of the O'Connor cloth-ing store in Lansing, Mich., the actplaying at the Empress at the time.Miss Barlow was removed to theFicrnipg Hotel for surui-a! attention.

Lois Ewcll, last in "My Lady'sGlove" and recently with the Aborne,has lost her voice and will not continuein stock this summer, but will returnnext season.

WILLARD'S SHOW NOW.Official announcement of the sale

of the Jess Willard and Buffalo Bill

wild west show by Edward A. Arlington to Ray O. Archer, private secre-

tary to Jess Willard, and reputed to bea banker in Salina, Kan., for $105,000,

was made this week from the mana-gerial wagon with the show as it

played Massachusetts and Connect*cutt territory.

According to the wired statementto the New York press by the newowner the complete outfit, two trains

of cars, 200 head of horses, and all

equipment, is now the property of

Archer.Archer is said to have quit the bank-

ing business in Kansas to travel thecountry over with Willard, who hasbeen his lifelong friend.

The official statement has it that Ar-lington is not to sever active connec-tions with the show, as he will con-tinue to route up the show, whileJohnny Baker will continue to act asarenic director.

Notwithstanding the Archer* state-

ment it is the belief here that Willardhimself owns the greater part of thenew share or at least all of it, withTom Jones also declared in along the

usual lines.

Many reasons are advanced for Ar-lington's withdrawal, and while theWillard crowd with the show maintainthere had been no correspondence onwith Carl Morris to join the show andreplace Willard, yet the local belief is

that Arlington when here recently hada personal conference with Morrisrelative to the proposed change.

Melville B. Raymond, who intro-

duced Willard to Arlington and is

really responsible for the fighter tak-

ing to the circus traveling, was wiredto come on from New York last Sun-day and assume the general manage-ment of the wild west. Mel imme-diately packed his kit and joined theshow up New England way.

Just how Johnnie Baker figures in

on the new deal has not been dis-

closed, but it is generally known thatwhen the late Colonel William F. (Buf-falo Bill) Cody died he bequeathed thecircus name of Buffalo Bill to theformer expert rifle shot for recognitionof services rendered when Baker trav-

eled for seasons with the famousscout's show.When word was received in New

York that Arlington had unloaded it

was a matter of conjecture if Archerdid buy the show would he daily payWillard $500 per day and fifty per centof all receipts over $2,100,, which is re-

ported as the "nut" for the show, adaily settlement being forced by Wil-lard when Arlington operated the out-fit.

PATRIOTIC ACT FOR CHARITY."The Spirit of 76" is the title of an

act placed in vaudeville by Jack Henryand having for its patrons many promi-nent women, including Governor .Whit-man's wife. Mrs. John Hays Hammondand Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.The turn consists of 24 people, 16

girls and eight men, the principal fe-

males being Grace Whitney and VeraBernard. The act opened at Proctor'sPortchester, N. Y., Monday.The turn's net proceeds during its

theatrical tour will be devoted to theMilitia of Mercy in which the patron-esses of the act are interested.

Harry Clarke in Musical Comedy.Harry Clarke is to be starred next

season in a musical comedy written byArthur Charlton. The music has beenrotnposcd by Harvey Noycs, and theproduction will be made by Nathan

DISCUSSING CHICAGO LAYOUT.

The summer may bring some notice-

able changes in the American Bur-

lesque Association wheel, with the

western spokes of the wheel the most

affected.

A rumor says the burlesque map of

Chicago will be considerably changedand that the Empire (West Madisonstreet) will play American shows. I.

Herk, in New York for the Americanmeeting, denied it. Mr. Herk controls

the Empire. For several years it hasbeen the home of Jewish plays.

Herk stated as far as he knew nowthe Empire will continue to play Jew-ish attractions, with Joseph Adlercompany remaining there indefinitely.

The Herk interests will not have the

Haymarket, Chicago, next year, Herkdeclaring the house had not turned the

profit expected in the two years he hasheld the lease and that there will be

no renewal after Aug. 1st when the

present tenure expired.

The Haymarket (West Madison) anddiagonally across the Madison-Halstedintersection from the Star and Garter

theatre (Columbia wheel) is controlled

by Carrie Averv and not by the Mon-roe Theatres Co., which formerly hadthe house. The recent death of Charles

E. Kohl caused comment that the Mon-roe company with which he was offi-

cially connected, owned the Haymar-ket. The Her', lease came from the

Avery offices.

With Herk here last week were E.

Thomas Beatty, who operates the

Englewood, Chicago, on the AmericanCircuit, and Robert Schoenecker, man-ager of the Gayety, which is controlled

by the Herk interests.

The Englewood reopens Aug. 12

next. J. W. Whitehead will managethe house again. The Gayety will con-

tinue on the American wheel, opening

early in August.The American Circuit has decreed

that the Lyceum, Duluth, Minn., will

not play four days of the week as

heretofore but that the shows will play

there Sunday afternoon and evenings

with the remainder of the week open,

which the company managers can nil

in as they see fit.

Watch Your Card!Chicago, June 13.

Wolfe Gilbert, the song writer, had an

experience with the secret service last

week, which shows how carefully the

government is checking the draft regis-

tration. Gilbert was walking along the

street with a friend and they musthave talked about registering, for a

secret service man tapped Wolfe on

the shoulder and asked for his blue

card. Gilbert replied that he had reg-

istered but that his card was in NewYork. This Gilbert explained to a fed-

eral official before whom he was taken

by the secret service man.New York was wired for confirma-

tion and then Gilbert was released.

BIRTHS.Mr. and Mrs. Herman Reddington,

last week in their home in Ohio,a daughter.

MARRIAGES.Ruth Randall, of the "Betty" show,

to Dan Hanna, Jr., in Chicago, June 9.

Diantha Patterson, of "Our Betters,"

to Roy C. Wilcox at Colonia, N. J.,

June 9. The wedding was hastened as

Mr. Wilcox is» leaving to join the

American Ambulance Corps in France.

Erne Emily Mason to Edward LeonceDyfourcy at Passaic, N. J., on June 6.

Audrey B. Munroe ("Colonial

Belles") to Charles O. Fohl, non-pro-fessional, at Walla Halla, Wash., May23.

Gertrude Kappcrt (of the "Four Hus-bands") to William Brown, non-pro-fessional, in Cleveland, last week. Thebride was formerly stenographer to

less Freeman, and Ms been with act

but a few months.Arthur Mackrell, professionally

known as Arthur Brooks (TempleQuartet) to Dorothy Barback, non-professional of Buffalo, the ceremonyJjcing staged at Lockport

f

N. Y.

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Vol. XLVII. No. 3

The Whitman Sisters lost their homein the Atlanta fire.

Leon Kelmar is managing the Casi-

no, Narragansett Pier.

"Upstairs and Down" opens at theCort, Chicago, Aug. 1.

Marshall and Covan have dissolvedtheir vaudeville partnership.

Grace Kimball obtained a divorcefrom Dick Arnold in Chicago June 9.

Harry Nestler has returned to his

former position in the Marcus Loewoffices.

Laurence Lehman, who succeededhis father as manager of the Orpheum,Kansas City, is in town this week.

Harry .Tighe leaves "KiS LnileWidows" at the Astor, end of nextweek.

Checkers Von Hampton and JoeShriner are again together and back in

vaudeville.

The William Perm. Philadelphia,closes tomorrow night for the summer.The Keystone will follow suit June 26.

The Broadway and Alhambra, Phila-delphia, and the Norristown, Pa., houseclosed last week.

Jules Levy (Jules Levy Family) is en-gaged to marry Sadie Butler, of the"Follow Me" (girl) act.

The Associated Musical Conductorsof America now has its headquartersat 53 West 47th street.

George H. Primrose closed his vaude-ville tour of 120 weeks' consecutivebooking Sunday and will spend thesummer at his farm at Portland, Ore.

I. J. Kuhn, who has been managingLoew's, Atlanta, has returned to NewYork and will be permanently locatedhere at a Loew theatre.

Frederick de Belleville will be theleading man for Margaret Anglin whenshe opens her Orpheum tour Jime 24in 'The Wager."

Morty Forkins has returned to NewYork and will be joined this week byhis wife, Ray Samuels. They will take[a home on Long Island for the sum-mer.

Glenmore (Stuffy) Davis, who hasbeen very ill, is now able to get aboutwithout the aid of a cane. Davis andwife are spending a few weeks, at thehome of Leonard Ide in New York.

Emily Ann Wellman has written, anew sketch for herself and has it inrehearsal at present. In the companyare Robert Armstrong, Dorothea Sad-lier and Harry Stafford.

Sol Schwartz made his debut as apicture actor in Harry Rapf's "T<a-

Day." He appeared in one scene as acashier behind a railing taking in

money. Sol was selected as the proper"type."

The Brighton, theatre, BrightonBeach, celebrates its ninth birthdayand vaudeville anniversary next week.

The final vaudeville performance of

the season was given at the WinterGarden, Nfew York, Sunday last.

Graham Velsey will tour New Eng-land this summer starring himself in

"The Blindness of Virtue."

Victoria Blauvelt resigned this weekas private secretary to Walter F. Keefein the Loew booking offices.

Tom Brown (colored) has quit act-

ing for the present and has become at-

tached to a New York music house.

Dick Kearney leaves for his annualsummer vacation next week, always go-ing to the same place, his home town,Ludlow, Vt.

Irene Tempest Lee has filed suit

against Francis J. Lcc. charging cru-

elty and desertion. The. Lees \vere

married Sept. 1, 1914.

Nick Adams, who has been appearingin the touring "Potash & Perlmuttercompanies in England for the pastthree seasons, returned to New Yorkthis week, accompanied by his wife.

tensible points of the journey. TheInterstate will have a new theatre in

Dallas next season and Hoblitzelleplans to attend to some business mat-ters pertaining to the Dallas theatre.

Henry P. Davidson, one of the ex-ecutives of J. P. Morgan & Co., hasbeen appointed Chairman of the War

• Council of the American Red Cross.The society is to raise a war fund of

$100,000,000. The ways and means toobtaining it were discussed in Wash-ington at a recent meeting of the dele-gates of the various chapters of theRed Cross.

Nan Halperin opened at the BrightonMonday minus her stage wardrobe andmusic, which were in a trunk shippedfrom Chicago, when the little come-dienne started overland for New Yorkin her husband's (William B. Fried-lander) car. Friedlander had to playher accompaniments at the opening,with new music sheets written tor herTuesday. The express company tried

to locate Miss Halperin's trunk mean-while.

Riley Wilson, the Kentucky states-

man and one of the best known storytellers in America, will become a pro-fessional next season when he takes tothe road at the head of a productionunder the management of Jack Pierre.

Wilson probafjly knows more "nigger"stories than any individual alive andhas entertained every one of promi-nence in this country with his after-

dinner speeches and monologs of

southern vintage.

Reports say carnivals are having a

disastrous time on their road travels

VARIETY FREETO THEATRICAL MEN IN THE SERVICE

While the war continues Variety will be sent compli-

mentary to any theatrical man enlisted in the U. S.

Service.

Name, with address, should be forwarded and changeof address duly forwarded.The list will be maintained also for re-mailing letters

sent care Variety.

"The Broadway Players," who areappearing at Hurtig & Seamon's on125th street for an engagement of sum-mer stock, have two new plays whichthey will shortly try out at that house,with a view to testing their value forregular productions next season.

A Red Cross benefit is to be givenWednesday night, June 20, by James J.Corbett at St. Michael's Hali, Flush-ing, L. I. About 20 standard vaude-ville acts, besides George M. Cohan,have volunteered. The hall seats 1,000and has been entirely sold at $2 a seat.

"The Heart of Wetona" is having its

first stock presentation this week atToli's, Washington, where it was pro-duced under the direction of JamesThatcher with Frances Williams andRobert Fraser in the leads.

The Edgemont, now in course ofconstruction at Chester, Pa., will opennext season with vaudeville bookedthrough the United Booking Offices.The house is under the management ofM. W. Taylor of Philadelphia and will

seat 2,500.

this season. The weather has beenagainst carnivals, but in some districts

the ordinances of numerous towns haveproved the most difficult thing to con-tend with. In Indiana the carnivalshave bumped up against a prohibitiveexhibition tariff, being compelled to pay$5 a day to exhibit, and each concessionwith the outfit must pay $10 daily ere it

is allowed to operate.

Paul Nicholson and Miss Morton(Mrs. Nicholson), after closing their

season with "The Blue Paradise" spenta vacation at C-bar Ranch, 32 milesnorthwest of Cheyenne, Wyo. Theyleft there to open at the Orpheum, SanFrancisco, next week. Mr. Nicholsonremarks it was funny to hear some ofthe questions asked by the cowboysabout show business, but that they wereno funnier than some of those he askedabout ranching.

Francis Wilson returned last weekfrom a tour of Hawaii, Philippine Is-

lands, China and Japan. He will sum-mer at Lake Mayopac, N. Y.

William Rothacker, 37, of 1214 Racestreet, Cincinnati, was found by a pa-trolman in front of the Harrison monu-ment in Garfield Park last Friday be-fore daybreak enacting a sreiit from"Romeo and Julitt." Rothacker claimedto be an actor. He was taken to theGeneral Hospital, Cincinnati.

Freeman Bernstein has leased a ship-building plant at City Island. It has 700feet waterfront with 20 feet of water at

low tide. It's the same plant where thelate J. P. Morgan's yacht, "Corsair,"was built. Bernstein's lease is for threeyears, with an option to purchase. Nodisposition has been made of the plantby Bernstein, who is reported to havereceived several offers, due to the greatactivity in American ship building. All

ship building plants «..«ver here accord-ing to accounts can now contract lorenough work to keep them going forthe next five years.

Karl Hoblitzelle is expected to leave Margaret Stewart, who controls theChicago next week for a trip through "Models de Luxe" posing act, who is

the south, with Dallas as one of the os- now in New York arranging bookings

for the new version of her act, claimsthat Lucille Walker, who was with herfor four years and who, Miss Sttwartavers, "broke" her into the act, hasgotten out a "direct copy" since quit-ting the Stewart turn. Miss Walker'sact, known as Lucille's Trio, has beenplaying some of the local houses, butof late Miss Stewart has been unableto find the very house in which MissWalker is playing. The matter mayreach the courts.

John and Mae Burke were returningto New York from Philadelphia, in

their car, after filling an engagementin Philly. Near New Brunswick, Mr.Burke g°t off at a saloon, had -a drinkand paid for it with a large sized bill

which he extracted from a roll dis-

played in front of the people in theplace. Again driving toward NewYork, Burke was soon hailed by whatseemed to be a couple of traffic cops,who came up on their motorcycles, one•on each side of his car. They toldBurke his rear light was out and torelight it. When Burke got out of thecar he looked into a couple 6i pistols,

and was relieved of $380 in cash, whilehis wife lost $3,500 in jewelry she wascarrying along.

Last Sunday a number of the UnitedBooking Office employees and agentsfranchised to book with that agencyjourneyed up New York state to visit

Captain Ray Hodgdon, Sergeant Bill

Wolfenden and Corporal Ray Kemp,all members of the 71st Regiment andall former employees of the U. B. O.Ray Hodgdon was scheduled to takethe 3rd degree in masonry and the ma-jority who made the trip wished to at-tend the ceremony. During the fes-

tivities three of the visitors were be-ing conducted through the camp whena shot was fired at the soldiers from /an adjoining woods. The sentries re-turned the fire and the intruder, whowas safely hidden from view in thefoliage, kept up a steady stream otshots until his pursuers forced him torush into the depth of the wood forsafety. This is the third time shotshave been aimed at the theatrical sol-diers from the same location and theyattribute them to some German fanatic. /

The Friars' entertainment for tl

soldiers at Ft. Meyer, Va., wassented last Saturday evening. /Astage was erected in the /orralof the fort, with seats providedfor 4,000. All space was taken whenthe first act appeared. During it thelights went out and remained out. It

looked blue for the special occasion,when George M. < ohan> a/ter a> speechin which he said t le Friars would givethe soldiers a show if Jney had to re-

main there a w*ek-/suggeated thatautomobile headlights be tried, to illu-

minate the stage. The three woodenentrances were torn down and thesearchlights of large cars turnedthrough them. The device fully lightedthe stage but left the auditorium in*

blank darkness. None of the artists

could distinguish any forms in frontBefore and after the performance theparty of 34 was entertained by theWashington Press Club. The Friars left

New York Saturday morning on twospecial cars, returning Sunday. Cohan& Harris ran the show for the Friars,with Jack Gleason and Georgie O'Brienacting as first aids to Sam Harris, in

charge. Others in the party, mostly all

doing something in the entertainment,were Dorothy Jardon, Louise Dresser,Mile. Stanton, Sophie Bernard, IrvingBerlin, Bernard Granville, Frank Tin-ncy, Gene Green, Felix Adler, Gus Ed-wards, James J. Corhett, Harry Kelly,Mercedes, Henry Clive, The Leightons,Maurice Abrahams, Cliff Hess, Billie

Montgomery, (leor^e Perry, Billy*

(iould, I>v»yle and Dixon.. }: ar\ Re.nham,

Fred Block and Walter Moore. Ad-mission was 50 cents top. The orches-tra of soldiers (12 pieces) were led byCharles Gebcst and Louis Silvers. Theyplayed without a rehearsal. WithMessrs Abrahams and Hess as pianists,the music was guaranteed.

10 LEGITIMATE.NEWS FROM THE DAILIES

(Below is news matter not collected by Variety but rewritten in

condensed form from the items relating to theatricals appearing in the

New York daily newspapers between the dates of Variety's weeklyissues,)

Thomas E. Khea In to appear in "CommonClay" next Benson under the A. II. Woodsmanagement.

William Wood and Arthur C. Alston areto present a play entitled "After Office Hours"by Roy Foster. •

William A. Brady is planning to have"Baby Mine" musicallzed and will present it

next season.

The announcement of the engagement ofDorothy Stuart Mahoney to Luke GarretsonThomas, son of Augustus Thomas, the play-wright, has been made.

The commencement exercises of the Pro-feaslonal Chlldrens' School were held June 7at Aeolian Hall. Ethel Barrymore distributedthe diplomas.

Ida Allbrlght has started a suit against theInterborough Rapid Transit Company asking$.1,000 damages for an injury sustained whenthe door of a subway train wan slammed onher arm Dec. 8, 11)16.

William Bartlott Reynolds, who has beenblazing the trull for John Drew this season,returned to Now York this wci'k, and after abrief stay has gone to the Reynolds farm at

Derry, N. H. •

"My Lady's Glove" as "The Beautiful Un-known" has been renamed is to open at theShubert instead of the 41th street, as thelatter house has been leased to a film entitled"The Spirit of '76."

James "Old Dear" Early is back In NewYork after a tour to the coast, back with "Ex-perience." He will Hummer along the NewEngland CoaBt.

Frederick Kopper,. Jr., of the HarlemAmusement Palace at 1.14 East llKth street,

Is being sued by Ferdinand Mutrlngham, whoasks $5,000 for injuries as the result of asnake bite while exhibiting the reptile in thePalace.

Henry E. Dixey lost his action against thePunch & Judy Theatre, Co. in the AppellateTerm, New York, last week. The actor suedbecause of his dismissal from the company,after he had sent out a notice to the presshe waB about to leave the organization.

Winchell Smith and John L. Golden triedout "Toby's Bow" at Stamford, Conn., Fridayand Saturday last week. In the cast wereFrank Bacon, Phoebe Foster, John Miltorn,Edward Abeles, Forrest Robinson and IdaWaterman. John Talntor Foote 1b the author.

Robert B. KegerrelB, member of the Play-ers, Is suing a fellow member of the club,E. S. Zlle, for $5,000 because of defamatoryremarks which It Is alleged the latter utteredla a row at the club. Kegerrels charges thathe was named as a "traitor and a spy."

The Garrlck Is to bo the scene of the pres-entation of a series of plays In French by acompany under the direction of M. JacquesCopeau. The director sailed for France last

week to recruit his company. The seasonopens in September.

"The TeaBers," Arthur Lamb's musicalplay, the first production in ey^r Mr»pr1 p.t theOavlduon, Milwaukee,* Is to take to the roadagain this time under title of "The Pearl ofYokohama" and the Btart lb to be made some-time In August.

Sixty-Blx weeks of consecutive work is therecord which Koderlquez has hun« up as thewatch dog of the treasury with several of theShubert musical attractions. He returned toNew York this week.

Tho Buffalo 1)111-101 Wild West combinedBhows were sold last week to Archer Bankerof Salina, Has., a friend of Jess Wlllard. Theprice paid is said to be $105,000. The showwill continue under the same name under thorouting direction of Eddlo Arlington.

The hotel agencies and the theatre ticketspeculators admit they have a hard fight in

front of them providing the amendment whichthe Finance Committee adopted last week Is

made a portion of the new War Tax measure.Tho amendment proposes to tax the agencies50 per cent, the amount they rerelve ov« r

and above the box offtee price of the seats.

"Tho Inner Man" produced by the Shu-berts with Wilton Lackaye a* the stirr openedir. New Havrn. .Twiir- »'. it I

1- »r1( wnrs' ft

Ahrab»m Srtt'c:. >r. I;-, thv- « &<-; were Adel-ine O'Connor. Maude Hannaford, HarryDavenport, ('has. A. Stevenson, Louis Mc-intosh, Clifford Stork. Frederickson Esmel,Ray Royce and Antou Ascher.

"Friend Martha" is to be presented byEdgar MacGrogor 1 next season at the Booth,opening Aug. I'd. Edmund Breese <a to havethe leading masculine role while in the com-pany will be Oza Waldrop. Helen Lowell,Florence Edney, Lucia Moore, ReginaldDenny, Charles A. Stevenson, Sydney Green-street, John L. Shine, Wallace Ersklne.

Gertrude Reynolds, a dancer with the oldWeber and Fields Company in the days ofthe Music Hall has started a suit to deposeMrs. Sarah Sldcbottom McQuaide as admin-istratrix of the McQuaide Estate amountingto millions. Mrs. S. S. McQuaide was wifeNo. 2 whllo Miss Reynolds was Mrs. McQuaideNo. 3.

Margaret Anglln Is to appear in vaudevilleunder the direction of Martin Beck in a play-let entitled "The Wager" touring the OrpheumCircuit, opening in San Francisco, June 24.It was originally Intended Miss Anglln shouldmake the tour in a No. 2 "Liberty Aflame"but Julia Arthur has* decided to continue hervaudeville appearances in the piece.

Although known professionally for years bythe name of Joseph Santley, the legal rightto the use of that name was only bestowedon the actor by a special order from the Su-preme Court this week. Joseph Mansfieldwas bis real name, but his father died in SaltLake City when he was but a year old, andbis mother married Eugene Santley and thefamily adopted that name.

Tho Friars did their "bit" Saturday nightwhen they gave a performance in the ridinghall at Fort Meyer, Va. An audience of2.<>00 attended. The admission was 25 cents,tho proceeds going toward forming amuse-ment organizations from the ranks so thatthe men can stage their own theatrical per-formances.

The auction sale of seats for the Lambs'Gambol performances was held Tuesday after-noon at the Hudson thoatre and netted $20,-000. The Gambol this year will tako place atthe Manhattan Opera House, the club officialsand Gambol having nad a row with A. L. Er-langer, who is also a Lamb, over the pricefor the Amsterdam theatre, where the per-formances were originally scheduled to takeplace.

The much played up "raid on a theatre,capture of a wireless plant and the arrestof three spies" In a New York Sunday after-noon paper was decried Monday as absolutefiction, the U. S. Marshal denying He badmade any raid of arrests. The Sunday paperstated that a wireless had been rigged, on theroof of the playhouse behind a big electricsign and that messages bad been sent toGermany via that route.

The Players Boat Club of Fair Haven heldits annual election Sunday night. The clubwas organzled ten years ago. The officerselected were Tony Huntington, president

;

Ralph Rockaway, vice president; RobertHuntington, secretary; Fred Rider, treasurer.The trustees are Frank Worth, Frank Her-bert, D. McAllister, Frank Otto, Frank Wes-son. The eighth annual big show of theclub will bo held at the Empire, Red Bank,June 28.

Stunrt Tvpq DeKraft, prcr.s agent and cut«nl lector at various times in his career, wasdivorced from Ethel Carter, a member of tho"Princess Pat" company, In the Court of Do-mestic Relations In Cincinnati Monday. Thedivorce was granted the wife on the groundsthe husband had been absent for over threeyears. The couple were married In ChicagoIn 1H!»fl and lived together for two days, sinceseparated.

Through an unusual court action, which Is

unprecedented in law annals, Mrs. Anna M.Howard Is now the wife of Edward Howard,n vaudeville artist, whom she married Inr.k»s, and also the wife of Victor Jadowskl,who became her husband May 1 last. Mrs.Howard' has not had word from her husbandsince two weeks after they were married, andhas not heard of him for several years. Ifhe falls to put In an appearance she will re-main wedded to Jadowskl, but if evidence heis still alive Is produced, the; second mar-riage will be set aside.

Aluernon S. Norton, referee of the hearingon the VYilliird Mack-Marjorle Rambeau di-vorce proeci (linns, recommended Monday thewife of the actor-author be granted a divorce.MIh- Itamtieau agreed to ncr«-pt a lump sumo' a!!::iony. The various '-.•>< ts of in'w:criurt;.r. -! J !• ^i Ui I;i:v« u. < urred In Washington.I). <"., ami "vomewherf In New Jersey" witha woman unnamed, the Identity of whomItroadway theatrical circles and those fa-miliar with the stars of the picture worldstrongly suspect.

STOCKS OPENING.Cecil Spooner is to return to Brook-

lyn afier an absence of several years.

Harry Clay Blaney has taken a lease

on the Grand O. H. and will open a

stock company there Sept. 1.

Richard Buhler will open his ownstock June 17 at Olentangy Park,Columbus, O. The opening1

bill will

be "Common Clay." In the companywill be Mabel Carruthers, Lillian

Kembe, A. S. Byron and Roy Gordon.The summer stock at the Hartford

is to open in three weeks. KalmanMatus will head the company.

Seattle, June 13.

Stock reopened the Wilkes theatre(Westlake and Pine), formerly the Al-hambra, June 11, with the Wilkes stockcompany offering "The MisleadingLady" as the starter and "The YellowTicket" underlined for next week. *

Alexis Luce and Inez Ragan areplaying the leads.

STOCKS CLOSING.The Packard Players will close their

stock engagement at the Orpheum,Newark, Saturday.William Harder will close the Myr*

kle-Harder stock company at theOpsra House, New Brunswick, N. J.,

June 23, for the summer, after five

weeks there.

SKINNER'S LONGEST SEASON.Otis Skinner is reported as having

the longest season this year he has everplayed. "Mr. Antonio," in which Mr.Skinner appeared this year, had beenplaying to a greater net profit on theseason than the tours he made in "Kis-met" up to the time of closing twoweeks ago.For the coming season a route of 45

weeks has been laid out for "Antonio."Towns to be played include Chicagoand other western cities right out tothe coast.

ENGAGEMENTS.Von Klein and Gibson, Walter Poulter, Art

Hall. The Matchlers ("20th Century Whirl").Mabel Walzer, Callahan Bros., Gene Hicbkok,Elsie Ford, with ("The Merry Go Round"—lioyle Woolfolk).Mae Melvin (formerly with Poll's Scranton

stock) and W. O. McWatters (late of theFifth Avenue Brooklyn stock), (Jeffers-Strand company, Saginaw, Mich.).Lula Whldby (Anita Bush stock).Hal Skelly ("So Long Letty").Stanley Jessup ("Potash & Perlmutter").Charles White ("Court Room Girls," re-

placing Bob Mllliken).Ruth Wells and Arthur Heartlev ("So Long,

Lettey").Dorothy Maynard ("Oh Boy"—Chicago Co.).Ethel Valentine (Louis Sbipman).Conrad Nage., Margaret Dale and Marion

Coakley ("A Man's Honor").Evelyn Vaughan (Edgar MacGregor).Edward Marsh (Parson's, Hartford, Stool').Ward De Wolfe ("Love o' Mike").Otto Kruger ("Are You My Wife?").Belle D'Arcy, Mabel Craig (Sydney Toler

stock, Portland, Me.).

JUDGMENTS.Judgments filed In the County Clerk's nmnn

The first name is that of the judgmentdebtor, the second the Judgment creditor, andthe amount of the Judgment.

Big T. Film Corp'n—N. Y. Tel. Co., $78.02.Chas. McCarren—H. Jacobwltz, $88.:M.Norman Cleaves—Universal Film Exchango

of N. Y.. $95.98.Dramatic Autnors Copyright Bureau, Inc.—

N. Y. Tel. Co., $20.42.Fields Producing Co.—H. Robert Law Scenic

Studios, $o5T).r»1.

Maurice Levi—Rosenatock & Cohn, Inc.,

$2<;mPark Amus. Co. of Bklyn—City of N. Y.,

$05.85.Richard J. Ward Music Pub. Co»—City of

N. Y.. $05.85.Drury Lane Amusement Co., Inc.—J. Badlc-

ban, $05.41.John P. Sousa. Jr.—H. A. Wilson Co.. $ni).«»8.

Commercial Motion Picture Co.. Inc.—T. E.Barrett, $49.13.

Boston Nat. Grand Opera Co., Inc.—E.Golden, $843.51.

Popular Film Corp.—N. Y. Tel. Co., $14.50.Florence Tempest II. G. Avldnn, $ll«».41.Nostrand Amusement Co.— City of N. Y.,

$89.73.

Judgments Canceled.Flon-nz Zleefrld. Jr.— M. <\>'M Bert, if.",-

.".87.27 (Nov. 17/11).

Satisfied Judgments.Uny Ridge Theatre Corp.— Higgins & Goll-

mar, Inc., $179.10.

SHOWS IN CHICAGO.Chicago, June 13.

"Dollars and Sense/' the AlanE rooks play, which opened it the Gar-rick last week, did not receive the flat-

tering notices credited its opening at

Washington, but to Mr. Brooks all thecritics gave superlative praise for thewealth of brilliant dialogue. What the

piece lacks seems to be cohesion,which may be rectified before shownin New York. Its length of stay* was

'

not decided on early this week but it

is said that the Shuberts are desirous

of sending it directly into the 39thStreet, New York. Business was butfair during the week, but with the otherlegitimate attractions it enjoyed close

to capacity for the week-end.All shows are enjoying the "breaks"

in the weather, with "The Show of

Wonders" at the Palace continuing its

record summer business. "The Birdof Paradise," eighth week at the Olym-pic, is doing even better than the man-agement expected and will extend its

run to the first week in July. This is

considered remarkable for a show onits third appearance here. When theshow closes, the production will bestored here, as next season's tour will

start from Chicago, after rehearsals in

this city.

"S.even Chances," "Turn to the

Right" and "The Pawn" continue onto good business, the first named showtopping dramatic attractions in re-

ceipts.

"Dew Drop Inn" arrives at the Il-

linois Sunday, making two musicalshowsJn the field. Upon the departureof "Very Good Eddie," the "Wonders"show had the musical comedy field to

itself.

On Monday it was decided to move"The Pawn" from the Princess up to

Garrick Monday night next, which wasto have been done before the Brooksplay was booked in. "Dollars andSense" may replace the Keenan showat the Princess, but will probably re-

turn to New York. It was not defi-

nitely settled early this week.

BRIAN IN OR OUT?Whether Donald Brian is in or out

of the 3-star Frohman combine (theother two members being Julia Sander-son and Joe Cawthorne) seems to be amatter of worry to several theatrical

people along Broadway.Besides that debated point, there is

a report Joe Weber is warmly in pur-suit of Brian for next season for anew musical piece.

The Frohman-Sanderson-Hawthorneshow starts rehearsing this week, thechorus getting to work under the in-

struction of Jack Mason. It is claimedthat before all of the principals will becalled upon to report for the production,agreeable terms may be made by themanagement with Mr. Brian, to com-plete once again the former three-starbilling.

Mr. Brian is contemplating for imme-diate presentation in vaudeville a musi-cal comedy skit, with six people. If

it proves acceptable, he may listen to

a sufficiently attractive proposition toremain in the two-a-day all next season.

Road Shows Next Season.'""""""

Although summer is upon the pro-ducing managers, Max Plohn and AbeLevy arc arranging for next seasonwith several road propositions and arealso planning to produce a new musicalshow on Broadway in January of nextyear.

xj. At

Plohn and Levy will send out"Watch Your Step," with a number ofnew principals, and also "The Gardenof Allah." with Howard Gould andSarali Trucx as leads, both openingabout Sept. 1.

ri.)hn \\A\ also be associated withWilliam F;w eisham and George Bren-nan in the exploitation of Favershamin a new play by Bernard Shaw,"Mcssalliancc," which will open in NewYork around Sept. 15.

LEGITIMATE. 11

CHICAGO GRAND OPERA CO.

HAS RECORD ADVANCE SALE

Italian Singer, Galli Curci, Credited With Tremendous Draw-

ing Power. Promoters Have $30,000 in AdvanceSubscriptions. Last Season's Sale Only

$4,000 At This Time.

Chicago, June 13.

Although- the operatic 'season last

year was the biggest in the history of

Chicago, the coming season is already$100,000 ahead of it. This figure comesfrom one in the know and concernsonly subscriptions. The season's out-

look is further gauged by the excep-tionally high percentage of cash al-

ready turned in by the subscribers.

Up to now $30,000 has been received,

as compared with $4,000 by the samedate last year.There is little doubt but that Galli

Curci, the wonderful Italian songbirdwho was discovered by Campanini andbrought over to join the Chicago GrandOpera only last season, has had some-thing to do with the widening circle

of opera's popularity here. Mme Curcihas not been heard in .New York as yetbut she»will be with the Campanini or-

ganization, due at the Lexington ave-nue opera house for a short season,and it is quite probable that she will

take the metropolis by storm, as shedid here. Upon her first rendition at

the Auditorium last winter of the

"Singing Lesson" in "The Banker of

Seville," she was applauded for 35

minutes.The season's plans are not complete

as yet but one of the new things will

be "Fedora" (not done here before).For it a massive set is building. Inone scene a pathway runs from thestage far up in the wings, supposedlyto a church there and winds in andout of a splashing water cascade.

"QUEX" DREWS NEXT SEASON.John D. Williams is to present John

Drew in a revival of "The Gay LordQuex" next season, the second Mr.Drew will appear under Mr. Williams'management. The piece is to be pre-sented sometime late in October witha cast of big names in addition to Mr.Drew.The star's season in "Major Pen-

dennis" closes tomorrow night in St.

Paul, terminating the longest run Mr.Drew has had in a number of years.

He opened at the Criterion, New York,in October and' played through until

June 16 with the company remainingintact for the entire trip.

BERNHARDT FULLY RECOVERED.William F. Connor, who for years

managed and directed the tours ofMme. Bernhardt in this country, statedthis week the great French tragediennehad "fully recovered her health and is

ready to undertake a continuation ofher present tour, which was interruptedto permit her to undergo an operation.

SHIPMAN'S SKETCH A PLAY.The Sam Shipman sketch, played by

Louis Mann at the Royal this week,entitled "The Good for Nothing," is tobe elaborated into a three-act play fornext season.

PROFITABLE RUN CLOSING."Peter Ibbetson" closes its success-

ful engagement at the Republic Satur-day for no other reason than the actorswon't work any longer. Tiie .pieceplayed to $1 1.7(H) last week and is soldcut for the current week. It will re-

open at the Republic Aug. 27 with thesame cast.

The Batrymore brothers claim their

parts arc too strenuous to continue

any longer; Constance Collier is

tired, and Lama Hope Crews doesn'tcare.The theatre has been making a profit

or$3,000 a week on the engagement.

BIRD'S FUTURE ALLIANCE.Just what activity Charles Bird will

Jndulge in within the near future seemsa matter of doubt at present. Mr. Birdis vacationing for the first time in

years since he became the neces-sary hub of the Shubert managerialwheel. After resigning his position aschief of the Shubert works, Bird re-

mained on Broadway for a few days,breaking in a new straw hat for excite-ment, and then went to his Hornell,N. Y., home, where he will remain untilabout June 20, when a party, composedof himself, H. M. Horkheimer andJohn Zanft will go to the Coast.The steadfast story of Bird's future

has been he will be interested in pic-

tures. A proposal is reported to havecome to him from Wiliam Fox tohandle the general rupervision of theFox film establishments, while it is

said the Horkheimers (Balboa) have ascheme of much magnitude in mind thatMr Bird is likewise concerned in, withperhaps Zanft also affected. Mr. Bird(himself—not a film) refuses to com-ment, excepting to remark the toughestwork he has ever had is spending avacation.

GOOD COAST PROSPECTS.During the past week a number of

returning road managers have gener-ally reported that the Pacific Coastlooks particularly good for travelingattractions next season, providing theshows are good and they must be new.On the tail end of the season the

repeats, breaking their jumps for thecompanies that have been on the coastand in the southwest, are reported bad.The populace wants new attractionsand especially musical shows.

COLLIERS' SILVER WEDDING.Helena Collier, sister of William Col-

lier, known in private life as Mrs.Thomas Garrick, has planned a quietcelebration of the Garrick's silver wed-ding anniversary at their country placeat St. James, L. 1., June 15.

Miss Collier is best remembered alongBroadway for her interpretation ofccmedy roles in different shows.

Musical "Bridal Night."The Barr Sisters, with the Maxim

cabaret show, have been signed to sup-port Frederick V. Bowers when he in-

augurates his starring tour in "HisBridal Night," managerial direction,Perry J. Kelly. The Barrs are to as-

sume the roles played by the DollySisters in the original production.The show opens Aug. 20 at Easton,

Pa., and will play one-nighters into

Detroit for its first full week. Middle-west time will follow.The piece will go out with a musical

version. Music is being written byBowers, and Kelly is engaging 12

girls.

Large Gross Minus Metropolitan Rep.Boston, June 13.

"Mary's Ankle" played to $8,168 at

the Plymouth last week, in the face ofwarm weather and without any NewYork endorsement.

STAGE HANDS WANT INCREASE.At the general headquarters of the

International Alliance of TheatricalStage Employees and Moving Picture

Machine Operators the general execu-tive board of the Alliance has been in

daily conference with President CharlesC. Shay for the past two weeks, theboard disposing of different businessmatters left to it by the Clevelandconvention in February.

Appeals, charges, claims and whatnot have been taken care of. Nothingso far has been left undone that can-not be judicially disposed of by Presi-dent Shay and executive staff later.

Probably the most important phaseof the board session cropped up Mon-day when the executives sent a requestto the United Managers' ProtectiveAssociation, wherein at a decision ofthe Alliance in general convention last

February it was agreed that the man-agers would be asked to grant an in-

crease in the traveling stage crewscale.

The Alliance men, in desiring theincrease, feel as though they have ajustifiable reason for making the re-

quest, and while they are thoroughlyconversant with the trials and tribula-

tions of the managing producers at

present, owing to the proposed wartaxation of theatrical properties andinterests, the increase wanted for roadmen, they say, is not beyond reasonwhen the high cost of living is con-sidered.The increase means that next season

the property man with a traveling com-bination would receive $45 a week in-

stead of $30, as given now; that thecarpenter would get $50 instead of $40weekly and the electrician $45 insteadof $35.The raise in any of tre scales in any

definite section is left to the locals,

with fully 150 locals of the Alliancemaking a slight increase in their week-ly wage for next season. In almostevery instance wherein the properclaim was made for a local increase theexecutive board endorsed the stipula-ted request.

In divers cases wherein membersonly were affected the board reacheda decision which in turn will be com-municated to the local to which themember belongs and his case takencare of in the usual procedure.At the executive session are Presi-

dent Shay, William Rusk, San Fran-cisco; William F. Canavan, St. Louis;Charles Malloy, Butte, Mont.; RichardGreen, Chicago; Louis Kraus, Phila-delphia; F. G. Lemaster, Denver; E. A.Clark, Seattle; James Lemke, Troy,and J. J. Barry, Boston. Charles C.Crickmore, the new assistant Interna-tional President, is also busily engagedin helping the board and as well asShay's secretary, W. W. McKinnon.

ANNA MARBLE, HARRIS P. A.Anna Marble (Mrs. Channing Pol-

lock) is to return to the active theat-rical field again next season and will

become general publicity director forthe William Harris, Jr., attractions.

P. A.'s CREDIT.Newark, June 13.

The publicity department of theStrand is claiming the credit for hav-ing originated the plan to distributeLiberty Bonds to the holders of cer-tain seat numbers.The plan was utilized at the Orpheum

where the Packard Company is play-ing, but after it had been used at theStrand.

"H. O." in Town.Herman Oppcnheiiner. the once fa-

mous "H. O." of Ledercr Casino days,is in New York for his annual summervnrat ion, reeupera! r.\ •-• fr^ft: ;i ~irrji;i.

ous season in the conduct of Ins pros-perous Chicago hotel ticket offices.

H. O.'s white whiskers arc as smoothand silky as of yore and he doesn'tlook a day older than he did 20 yearsago.

N. W. TANGLE STRAIGHTENED.What looked very much like the re-

kindling of the row between the t,w<V-

big factions in the legitimate side ofthe theatrical business seems to havebeen smoothed over this week and thegeneral feeling is the situation in the '

northwest will be entirely cleared upbefore Calvin Heilig returns to Port-land after several conferences withJohn Cort.There is no doubt that before re-

turning west Mr. Heilig will repu-diate the report of a formation of *new theatrical circuit in his territory

and above all renounce as possible analliance that he may have had underconsideration with klaw & Erlanger.This will again leave John Cort su-preme in the northwest territory,

where he has reigned ever since hitmemorable fight seven or eight yearsago.Those who have watched the devel-

opments in the (northwestern situa-

tion during the last few weeks pre-dicted that the entire affair was a moveon the part of Marc Klaw, of Klaw 8c

Erlanger, to swing the control of theterritory out of the hands of the North- -

western Theatrical Managers' Associa-tion and into the hands of his firm.

The deal was discussed between Heiligand Klaw while the latter stopped offin Portland on his way to San Fran-cisco. The following day a meetingof the managers of the houses in thecircuit was called in Portland and anew association formed, with CalvinHeilig as the head of it.

Immediately afterwards word wassent to New York regarding the move-ment which Heilig .was fostering andthe Cort interests sent three men intothe field to whip the situation backinto the right channels. That theysucceeded in doing this is borne out bythe fact all of the managers with theexception of Heilig stuck to Cort andthe former was forced to come backinto the fold by having four showscancelled on him and all of the timehe was holding for atractions nextseason taken aWay. Heilig had a thea-tre but no shows, John Cort bookingfour shows into the Baker, Portland.

All of the managers in the northwestwere given to understand that in theevent that they followed the lead ofHeilig they would have to do withoutthe attractions of the Shuberts andmanagers who are associated withthem, as the Shuberts did not pro-pose to let Klaw & Erlanger holdsway over the Pacific Coast. Duringthe last season there have been buteight K. & E. booked shows on thecoast against 19 attractions out of theShubert booking office.

Heilig, who arrived in town aboutten days ago, did not confer with Cortor the Shuberts until Tuesday of thisweek, when he acknowledged that hewas in error in regard to the deal thathe tried to swing and promised thathe would behave in the future pro-viding that he would get the showsback again. Wednesday it looked asthough the Heilig theatre would havethe regular run of attractions nextseason, but for the balance of this sea-son the road attractions that were orig-inally booked at the Heilig and thencancelled by Cort, will be played at theBaker.

Grand Opera at Rorick's Glen, N. Y.Elmira, N. Y., June 13.

Grand opera will be installed at Ror-ick's (lien theatre, June 18, and con-tinue until Sept. 8.

The company includes Janet Velie,

Louise Orth, Mac Kilcoyne, ScottAVclsh. Henry Lewis, Jack Pollard,Boyd Marshall, Harry Antrim. JohnTyler. Fred Emerson. Mac Davison.

FRAZEE UNDECIDED.H. H. Fra/ce hasn't closed for a

lease of one of the new Shubert thea-tres on West 45th street. He may ron-sider the feasibility of closing insteadwith fine of the two houses Sol Bloomproposes e»e' tin:' <>u West A2<\ street.

12 VARIETY

The restaurateurs met Monday night

at Terrace Garden, New York, to talk

over tlie war, food supplies and restau-

rant prices. About 3,600 invitations

were sent broadcast to the refreshmentproviders and a very large percentageresponded with acceptances. The res-

taurant men who believe the profession-

al eating supply mediums have beenkind of heaping it on by way of the

menu card rates think the moment is

opportune to talk common sense to the

trade. These restaurant men want to

regain the good graces of the patroniz-

ing public. They are of the opinion the

tide of favor is against rather thanwith them. With curent talk of foodconservation the restaurateurs hope to

pop into the subject with patriotic fer-

vor and thereby hold themselves firmly

in popular regard. One of the mainpoints is to keep the prices at a sanelevel. This is the principal point, in

fact, although all restaurant men do notappear agreed upon it. There is re-

ported to be a strained feeling amongstseveral of the large Broadway restau-

rant and hotel directors on the subject.

A bare few are inclined to hold thebusiness at their own expense whilst the

others feel they can afford to sacrifice

patronage, depending upon chance in

the future for other trade, to obtain the

big profits they have been getting andbelieve they can get. This difference of

opinion has led to a break between the

exponents and opponents to the planuntil several are reported not speakingto one another. Many restaurant menclaim this is a critical crisis in their

business and a matier that calls for the

utmost tact to safely tide ever. Othersvirtually say they are of the oppositebelief. Captain Churchill ot Churchill'sis of the conservatives. He is said tohave been the instigator and promoterof the big meeting Monday night.

Shanley's cabaret is following a newworking system for its 17 acts. It

gives each more leisure late at night,

as the program alternates to permit it.

At the dinner performance, commen-cing at seven, three turns are done bysome of the actors, while at the suppershow (after theatre) those doing thethree at dinner are called upon to dobut one turn then. The 17 acts in theShanley show give 29 turns in the full

performance, through repeating anddoubling. On the bill there this weekare Miss McDonald, Kirksmith Sisters(two— formerly of the Kirksmith Sis-

ters in vaudeville), Stewart and O'Neil,Paula Loomis (at Shanley's off and onfor a very long time and now leadingthe big number of the show, a songfrom "Have a Heart," in which thecompany acts as an ensemble), AlvinBros, (acrobats, and doing very well),The Shanley Trio (now composed ofEddie Shcehan, Gus Wickc and Leon-ard Chick—Mr. Shcehan is in his sixthconsecutive year at Shanley's with but12 weeks off during that period), MissDc Milita (harpiste), Miss Riano, MissBowcn, Gosman Twins, Mr. Coleman(banjo), Mr. Lugaro (baritone), BillyGordon (baritone). Tom Shanley, Jr.,

continues to run the cabaret and per-formance.

Two suits involving three actressesas plaint ills were begun this weekagainst a ("liicauo Loop hotel and a

restaurant. Damages are asked in bothcases. Dorotliv Keats, late of the*Ta>sing Show "of l'Jlfj," which closed,sues the Hotel Sherman tor £10.000damages, sustained she says when a de-tective i.rohe into her apartment ;:>-t

wt'c!.'-, g'.vmg as an excuse tlv.it \\z

thought a man was there. Miss Keatsis known as Mrs. Cliff C. Andrewsoff the stage and is said to be thewife of an automobile dealer ofCincinnati. l-'ridav last Alice and

Irene Palmer, saying they were for-cibly ejected from the Cafe Royale(formerly known as Rector's), askeddamages to the extent of $20,000from Stumer, Rosenthal, Eckstein &Nusbaum, the proprietors. The girls

are twins and this season played"Intoxication" and "Frivolity" in oneof the "Experience" companies. Theywere seated in the cafe with two youngmen, who for some reason suddenlyleft them, whereupon the head waitertold the girls they would have toleave, bringing upon them, they say,great humiliation.

The Chicago City Council will haveup at an early meeting the matter ofcafes charging cover or admission.The question has been put up to thecorporation counsel, who advises thatthe license commissioner has the powerto force all such cabarets to take outtheatrical licenses. But rather than in-

cur the resultant test cases sure to fol-

low action by the license commissionerwithout precedent, it has been decidedto put the whole thing up to the coun-cil and should that body pass the ordi-nance it would be up to cafes to eli-

minate cover charges or obtain alicense, which in most cases would be$1,000 annually. The majority of thelarger resorts are charging 25 centsa cover charge, with Terrace Gardenrequiring double that amount. It is

said that in back of the movement aretheatre managers who point out thatthe big cafes have already taken sev-eral big names recently made capitalof in regular attractions and are ex-ploiting them. This matter of cafetheatrical licenses was threshed out inthe courts in New York some time ago.

There is to be a tax on all peoplewho attend cabarets according to oneof the amendments adopted by the Fi-nance Committee which is drafting thenew War Tax measure. The cabarettax section will raise between $2,000,000and $3,000,000 annually is the estimatethe members of the committee make.The amendment reads as follows:

A tax of one cent shall be col-lected for each ten cents or fractionthereof paid for admission to any pub-lic performance for profit at any cab-aret or similar entertainment to whichthe charge of admission is wholly orin part included in the price paid forrefreshment service or merchandise,the amount paid for such admissionto be computed under rules prescribedby the Commissioner of InternalRevenue, with the approval of theSecretary of the Treasury, such taxto be paid by the person paying forsuch refreshment service or mer-chandise.

The inns along the road to Stamford,Conn., are just about hanging on thisyear up to the present time. The ma-jority have had losing seasons up tothe present because of the lateness ofthe warm weather. Pierre Bustonobyhas opened an inn just over the stateline and Sunday it looked as thoughthere were about a score of peoplepresent. Above Stamford the entirestate has gone "dry" as far as Sundaysare concerned. Stamford seems to bethe last chance to liquidate until onegets into Providence. Bridgeport. NewHaven and Hartford are hone dry onthe Sabbath and even the home ofHeublein whiskey won't open up.A. round New York are several newplaces opened this season but there has!-vi-'i Jit-e stir '-jr. g t.l;»:s f iv for Oicm in••;'• v."m - o' *"et'.?rrj.s

presarios, who have the added handi-cap this season of submarine reportsand other alarming war statements thataffected their business before theyopened. On top of the large number ofvacant stores and plots at Coney Isl-

and, about 50 concessionaires whorented places down there at the start ofthe season have since vacated throughlack of patronage which mearit to thema deficit in their rental payments.

The Roof Garden, atop the Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, was formerly openedTuesday evening. It is the only roofgarden in Chicago and enjoys con-siderable popularity among Looplovers. There are three songstressesin the persons of Jennie Johnson, Doro-thy South and Mary Wheeler. Ex-hibition dancing is given by twocouples, Jay Brian with Gladys Waltonand Mr. and Mrs. James Hervey Hume.The dance orchestra is conducted byLouvie Homer Simons.

Cabaret engagements procuredthrough the Billy Curtis office this weekinclude: Bennett Five, Hilda Carling,Nellie Crawford, Adele Lewis, Mar-celle Lemaizie (Nantucket Beach, Bos-ton), MacKinnon Twins, Bobbie Tay-lor (Beaux Arts, Atlantic City), Car-men Costello (Pekin, Buffalo), MaeWinnie, Ruth Curtis (Marlborough),Versatile Sextette (Martinique, Atlan-tic City).

William Phelan, well known for pastconnections with New York theatricals,and who of late has been managing theStolwell Hotel on the Coast, has beenengaged to manage the new BarbaraWorth Hotel, El Centro, Cal. Al.Selby, also known to showdom, is nowattached to the Angelus, Los Angeles.

In the Chicago police drive againstnorth side hotels and resorts of ques-tionable character, Saturday last, de-tectives invaded the Loop, raiding theHotel Arthur, 309 South Clark street.Three couples were arrested and theclerk booked as a keeper of a disorder-ly house.

Chicago's outlying cafes are openingtheir outdoor gardens. The GreenMill's sunken garden opens tonight(Friday), an Italian band being fea-tured with the regular cabaret show.The Edelweiss Gardens outdoor showwill also include an Italian band.

Maurice and Walton sailed forFrance last week. The former will en-ter the ambulance corps, while MissWalton will devote herself to RedCross work, it is reported.

Vernon Castle, recently injured whiledoing some fancy flying stunts at agarden party in Toronto, in aid of thefunds of the Social Service Depart-ment, has apparently recovered fromall ill effects of the accident.

A new roof garden atop the newReisenweber building will be openedwith due ceremony Monday night,June 18. A special program is beingprepared for the opening.

The Ban- Sisters and Lew Brice willcompose a vaudeville act in two weeks,when the sisters leave Maxim's. Witha brief interval thev have been in aMaxim revue for 18 months.

Churchill's put on a new revue Mon-day, retaining several of the principalsin the former one but engaging an all

new chorus. It's a Lea Herrick show.

TOMMY'S TATTLES.

By Thomu J. Gray.

The conscription law made a lot ofthose "Bey Wonder" violin and pianoplayers tell their right ages.

Now that they have made the wom-en register, it must have been an awfulblow to a lot of soubrets.

When we registered, and the clerkasked if we had any previous militaryexperience, all we could think of wasthe march we did on the Friar's Frolic—but that didn't count. Wonder if

they'll take those Vaudeville Zouavesas experienced soldiers?

Ifa EasyTo get a bad report.To think your wife is clever.To get in wrong.To think you're good.To lay off for a long run.

It's HardTo insult a song plugger.To see a small time agent.To live American Plan.To kiss an acrobat.To keep a Palm Beach suit.

If you want to pick out a job whereyou will not be noticed, outside of thatof Vice-President of the United States,the next best job is chorus man in"The Follies." »

About the only male act we knowthat will not be hit by the draft is theOld Soldier Fiddlers.

Things are not so inconvenient forshow business at that. Everybody willbe doing nicely in their summer homeswhen the officer calls to rehearse themfor the army.

Actors who resemble President Wil-son should have no trouble findingwork these days.

This is a great chance for the boyswho have been writing those war songsto volunteer, and do some of the thingsthey have been writing about.

Have you a little card showing thatyou're "paid up" in the army?

The late summer's load of misery forthe open air purveyor of amusement is

( oinmencinu: to prove too heavy a bu r -

dn> for some of the Atlantic Coast im-

L'Aiglon !r, opening n. n?w Parisianrestaurant at P.eldcn Point. City Island,Saturday evening, Tune 16. with TonyMartzolf as managing director.

AL Herman, the blackface comedian,is in "The Midnight Frolic."

NEW ACTS."En Route," with 9 people, including

Rose Haney. "Minstrels de Luxe,"witb seven girls and special scenery.(Flo Rheinstrom.)Musical act, with five girls, headed

by Transfield Sisters (Dwight Pepple).Sidney Kirkpatrick and Laura Bow-

man.Ed. Van Sloan and Myra Dean.Henry Clive and Harry Kelly gave a

trial showing of the "mind reading"act they did on the Cocoanut Groveroof, at the Colonial Friday evening.

-1 * ran 20 minutes and caused consider-able laughter.Jimmy Duffy (formerly Duffy and

Lorenz) and Jack Inglis (formerly In-glis and Redding), two-act.

Felix Adler, assisted by a woman.Hassard Short has a new sketch with

four people called "The Ruby Ray."The first metropolitan reappearance

of Lyons and Yosco will be Aug. 20 atthe Brighton theatre.

Virginia Earl in "As It Is and Al-ways Will Be," written by Charleydrape win.

Elsie Elgin and Walter. Waltham areannounced in a new act, called "TheCorrect Time," under the managementot Bvirtr,:; Mank."From Brooklyn Bridge to Paris"

and "Mary Clark from Battery Park."Mac Gerald will be featured in the.latter act (Billic Burke).

Roshanara, with 10 people. Danceproduction (Paul Durand).

VARIETY / 13

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and will no kold la strict oonfldoaoo. If doalrod.Lottoro to bo pnblitbtd In this eolnmn moot bo written «zeluslT«lr to VARIBTT.

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Chicago, June 9.

Editor Vabiwpt:In this issue of Varibtt you have a

news item headed Chicago's "WhiteStars" wherein is stated the existenceof a White Stars Actors' Club.The article interests me as I am men-

tioned as Vice-President. It is news tome. I am not a member of any suchclub, and if such a position has beenbestowed upon me, I am not aware of

it.

I wish to emphatically state I am nota member of any actors organization at

the present time.Charles Bartholomew.

New York, June 8.

Editor Varibtt:In Varibtt, June 8, it stated I was

not professionally entitled to the name"Veronica," and that I was seeking to

exploit myself at the expense of someone else.

I wish to refute this statement as I

have always been professionally knownas Veronica and also wish to state that

Veronica is my name and not a taken

name. Veronica (Toe Dancer).

Editor Varibtt:We wish to call your attention to an

article in Varibtt in the last issue in

regards to us belonging to the WhiteStars Dub.

I wish to say that after the first weekof its existence I went before the boardand Joe Birnes and told them that 1

was through and that we washed ourhands of the whole affair as it lookedlike a case of me being made the angelof the affair and that we are throughwith White Rats' actors union for good.

Cleora Miller Trio.

(Al Miller.)

IN THE SERVICEThe old-fashioned show ballyhoo tac-

tics are being used successfully in thepresent-day efforts to obtain LibertyLoan Bond buyers and one of the maindemonstrations was displayed at 5th

avenue and 47th street during the last

half of last week. In the company of

Liberty Loan boosters, headed by Ar-chie Colby, was Charles Levy, a for-

mer vaudevillian, who not only did a

monologue, but all the salesmen, includ-

ing Colby, went among the vast crowdassembled and registered financially

well for the government.Jack Crisp (The Crisps), an English

boy, has enlisted in the U. S. Army,assigned to the infantry. His enlist-

ment will probably cause the tempo-rary disbandment of the turn, consist-ing of himself and two sisters.

Leonard Giegerich, of the B. S. Moss'office corps, has been admitted to thearmy corps.

John Phillip Sousa is training about400 musicians at Fort Hamilton. Brook-lyn, for military bands and will main-tain a permanent band ground for thesame purpose over there. An impres-sion was spread about the bandmasterwas forming a band of 300 pieces.

James D. Aitken, formerly of theFour Aitkens, who enlisted in the navyApril 16 and spent three weeks at theNewport training station, has been as-

signed to active duty on the "NorthCarolina."

Merritt Crawford, writer and publi-cist, is attached to the Officers* ReserveTraining Corps, at the 69th Armory.Arthur James, general press represen-tative for the Metro Co., is also at-

tached to the same reserve corps. __

Alf T. Wilson (not Alf J. Wilton)has enlisted in the army.Joseph Webber, president of the

American Federation of Musicians is

aiding the Naval Reserve Recruitingofficers to secure two bands for theThird Naval District by bulletining all

of the locals of the federation with theinformation the Naval Reserve wantstwo bandmasters for this district andthat the men will be permitted to re-

cruit their own bands. A bandmasterranks with a junior lieutenant.George H. Shinn, formerly with Mark

Linder's sketch, has enlisted in BatteryE, 21st Field Artillery, stationed atCamp Wilson, Tex.At the New Tork armory (35th and

7th avenue) is a young man namedBowers, who has been doing a "single"out in the west.Lee Chapin, formerly with Gertrude

Hoffman's various vaudeville acts, hasenlisted in the U. S. medical corps.Bruce Waiman, professionally known

as Bruce Weyman, featured in "Amer-ica First," has enlisted in the FirstAero Corp at Mineola, L. I.

Tuesday afternoon at Cohan's Grand,Chicago, the "Examiner" conducted abenefit performance for the families ofthe men in the U. S. Navy. The moneywill go into a general fund being fos-tered by the Hearst papers so that nodependant of a man enlisted in thenavy shall suffer any privation thatmoney can prevent The bill was"headed" by John Philip Sousa andthe Marine band of 60 pieces. Thosebilled were Frank Craven (announcer),Elizabeth Murray, Helen Lackaye,Charlotte, Carroll McComas, CecilCunningham, Doraldina, the first actfrom "Turn to the Right," Willie andEugene Howard. Marillyn Miller,Alexio Kosloff. Clayton and White,Grace Fisher. Emma Carus and LarryComer, Frank Keenan in the secondact of "The Pawn," the Hawaiian Quin-tet from "The Bird of Paradise," AlanBrooks, Long Rack Sam and Family,Mme Dazie and Jarrow. DoraldinaFriday last appeared on the floor ofthe Chicago Board of Trade and gath-ered $1,900 for a box for the benefit,

it being turned back to be resold. Thisis said to be the record price ever ob-tained for a single box for any per-formance.Will H. Gregory, Jr., who played the

original role of Wilbur Weldon in "TheSilent Witness," enlisted in the navy andpassed almost a 100 per cent, examina-tion. Later Gregory found that a slightrupture he had received sonic time agowould interfere with his active service,so he went to St. Luke's hospital wherenow he is fast convalescing from asuccessful operation. The young manis anxious to be assigned to activenaval duty.Jack Delmar, formerly with "The

New Leader" (vaudeville), has joinedthe Naval Reserve at Ft. Lafayette,Brooklyn, N. Y.Jock Cameron, of the late Lorraine

and Cameron act, has joined the 69th(New York) regiment, and was as-signed to the 13th Cavalry at FortRiley, Kan.James Rennie, a grandson of the late

Senator O'Donoghue, of the DominionParliament, who was leading men in

"His Bridal Night," has gone to To-ronto to enlist in the Canadian armyand will be assigned to the Royal Fly-ing Corps.Sammy Weston (Weston and Clare)

and Harrv Pauli have joined the quar-termaster's department at the StateArsenal at 35th street and 7th avenue.

WITH THE WOMEN.(Continued from page 7.)

Norma Talmadge as Poppy, a wild-flower reared in a strict Boer home onthe Rand in South Africa, escapes, andhas an unhappy and at tne same timeinteresting experience in the outsideworld, in the feature film, "Popov."The story carries Miss Talmadgethrough almost a score of years andgives her an opportunity to appear asa country girl of 12 or 13 (which thedoes remarkably well), a school girl

of 14 and 16, a struggling mother, andlater a successful writer and popularsociety celebrity. Miss Talmadgewears some particularly charming neg-ligees and as Eva Destin, the writer,she wears simple but good looking dayand evening frocks. Miss Talmadge it

fast becoming the best dressed womanin the screen. The action of the pic-ture is supposed to take place in Maa-jesiontein, Durban and London.

Mrs. Leo Carillo is convalescing at

her attractive home in Freeport, after

a serious operation. As soon at strongenough she will join her husband in

California, where he has gone to openin the new Morosco play.

Louise Huff, as "Angel" in^he Laskypicture, "Freckles," wears the prettiest

of girlish dresses and looks all that thename implies.

The Three Larneds say they are twowomen and one man, not three men,as an observant reviewer on a paperlast week mentioned.

Walter Brower at the Palace de-scribes his wife's wedding dress at aPrincess-slip that didn't flip- verymuch. The bridesmaids. Ida Hangoverand Helen Pink, wore Empire dresses—with waist lines cut just below thelavaliere.

Florence Moore is wearing a goodlooking Nile green chiffon wrap witha large hat in a deeper shade of green.

Willie Weston atThe Fifth Ave. last

week sang a song that would not beallowed in a "turkey" burlesque show.Needless to say he had to take it off.

Lulu Coates at the Fifth Avenueopened in a white corduroy sport suit

and closed in black tulle and jet. Shemakes a mistake doing her numbersorf a dimly lighted stage. She shouldcut the Hawaiian number until shelearns to do something Hawaiian in it.

Gertrude Taylor of Brown and Taylormakes, a pretty Quakeress and looksquite stunning in a ruffled tulle of twoshades of mauve. Violets trim herskirts and pansies her large tulle hat,but white stockings do not look wellwith gold slippers. Una Clayton worea becoming dinner dress. A skirt ofecru net over yellow silk and a bluebodice is trimmed with tiny pink rosesand forget-me-nots. Margaret Vinton,the tall handsome blonde who may beremembered from "Woman Proposes,"is playing "The Other Woman* withMiss Clayton and admirably decoratesthe stage. The young woman in theWill Oakland act is typically Irish,

even after she gets out of the Colleendress. She looks girlish and winsomein white silk and chiffon—the latter

appliqued with large green disks. MissHart of Betts, Chidlow and Hart wearsa pretty frock of blue and rose tulle

made up with silver lace, but it hangsvery badly. Mrs. Stan Stanley com-pensates for the little she has to do in

her husband's act by dressing excep-tionally well. Mrs. White (White'sCircus) is quite at home in regulationriding clothes.

Liberty Bond boosters find it veryeasy railing following Julia Arthurat the Orpheum, Brooklyn, this week.Miss Arthur is so convincing as"Liberty Aflame" and shows so muchwarmth in her delivery that one is

fojeed to believe it is not just art

—

but heart. The long velvet artist's

pants, tams and white silk shirts wornby the Norvelles are a pleasing noveltyfor their style of act. But Miss Nor-velle, in mauve short, one-piece tights,

is a picture. Sunbursts of reconstructedamvthists are worked out on the chestand legs of the tights. Alice Hutch-ings, as Mrs. Van Dombley in theHavel boys act, wears a dress of blackand white sheer material with largepockets at side. Pearl bands and atouch of pearl fringe trimming givethe "unusual" touch. Florence Bairdof Bensee and Baird has succeeded inmaking herself so ugly it detractssomewhat from her comedy—she is in-

clined to overwork it—especially thefacial contortions. A red velvet coatwith black fur, short waistcd body andsleeves, and a twelve or fourteen inchstrip around the bottom was worn ona warm day and then they complainedaloud because the audience was cold.They were not cold, they were warmand they couldn't laugh at the warmmakeup. In a pretty nile green andgold plaid dress with a band of goldsilk at neck, Miss Baird was far run-nier, also in the Scotch dress. MarionSherley looked the essence of refine-ment in the same wardrobe she woreat the Colonial last week, and LittleBurdella Patterson, in her Beaux Artoffering, was effective in almost all ofher poses.

NO EQUITY CONTRACT YET.A mutually agreeable contract be-

tween the United Managers' ProtectiveAssociation and the Actors' EquityAssociation, it seemed this week, wasas far off as ever.

At the Equity offices It was statedsmall hope was held out that the man-agers would actually come to termswith the actors' organization. One ofthe officials of the Equity stated cutmanagement made so many stipula-tions as to what should be In the newcontracts which they wished to engagemusical comedy artists under that ft

would be worse than the one now Inforce. At a meeting of the United Man-agers Monday a committee was ap-pointed comprising Marc Klaw, AlfHayman, Henry W. Savage, Sam Har-ris, Lee Shubert and A. H. Woods tomeet a delegation from the Equity andto discuss the various contract forms.Just when this meeting is to take placewas not known by the Equity up toWednesday.

At thr Monday meeting of the man-agers there was read a communi-cation from the International Allianceof Theatrical Stage Hands of the Uni-ted States and Canada requesting themanagers increase the salaries of roadcrews next year.

At the recent annual meeting of theEquity Association it was brought oatduring the course of Chairman HowardKyle's remarks that at the time theAssociation made a sincere endeavorto obtain a charter in the AmericanFederation of Labor, the Equity offi-

cials learned that Samuel Gompers waspersonally opposed to the title "WhiteRats." With the Rats a dead issue, theA. F. of L. is now expected to give somedefinite answer to the Equity whichput in its application June 27, 1916.So far President Gompers has given

no indication that he would grant theEquity a separate charter. The WhiteRats union was a thorn in the side ofthe Federation, and that, according tosome of the higherups in the organi-zation, militates against any other bodyof the theatrical folks obtaining char-ter recognition.

Tf the Equity were to obtain a Fed-eration charter it would be a new oneand would not in any way be affiliatedwith the White Rats. With the Ratsunion unable to make good any finan-cial payment* to the Federation trea-sury, its charter is good as revokednow unless the un forseen happens,which isn't likely. It now looks asthough the Rats will lose its charterwith one chance in a hundred of theEquity getting one.

14 VARIETY

BILLS NEXT WEEK (JUNE 18)Id Vaudavlila Tfcaatraa

(All houses open for the week with Monday matinee, when not otherwise indicated.)Theatre* listed as "Orpheum" without any further distinguishing description are on the

Orpheum Circuit. Theatres with "S-C" and "A-B-C* following same (usually "Empress") areon the Sullivan-Considine-Afnliated Booking Company Circuit.

Agencies booking the houses are noted by single name or initials, such as "Orph," OrpheumCircuit; "U B O," United Booking Offices; r,W V M A," Western Vaudeville Managera' Asso-ciation (Chicago); "P," Pantages Circuit; "Loew," Marcus Loew Circuit; "Inter," InterstateCircuit (booking through W. V. M. A.); "Sun," Sun Circuit; "A A H" Ackerman & Harris(San Francisco): the A.-H. houses are booked in conjunction with the VV. V. M. A

SPECIAL NOTICE—The manner in which these bills are printed does not indicate the rela-

tive importance of acts nor their program positions. The haste in which the bills are gatheredprevents any attention being given these matters.

Xrw YorkPALACE (orph)

Norn HayesBernard Granville

Whit.; A Halg•Jlrlde Shop"UobblnThe Gnudschmldts(Two to ?.'.!>

COLONIAL (ubo)

Conroy A Li- moire

Avellng A IJoyARankoff A Glrlio

Lola WentworthHarry IlolmanJohn T Kay CoMcLnllcn A CarsonHill PructtClown SealRIVERSIDE (ubo)

Cross A JosephineMelntyre A HeathHarry CarrollMaryland SingersHlekey BrosFlorrio Mlllershlp

Olga A MtshkaROYAL (ubo)(Request HIM)

V Bergcro CoLaurlo A BronaonAl HermanAvellng A LloydMlgnonMeehan's DorsBradley & ArdlnoAbbott & WhiteLawton

H O H (ubo)

Hd half < 14-17)

Herbert Sisters ^

Dunham Edwards o

The McKey Co1-lellcn Trlx & Sis

••President Spcuks'

Ward & VanHerbert's Hogs

ri.Trll ST (ubo)

2d half (14-17)

G A L GardenPutnam A LewlnBessie Remplc CoHctts C A HartCarllta A HowlandStan Stanley ".

Clown Soal5TH AVE (ubo)2d half (14-17)

La Palanca Co4 ChicksMr & Mrs Mel-BurriRuth EuddHarry UlncsDiamond A Bn-nnnnKaufman HrosMcLcllnn A Carson

•j:'.D ST (ubo)2d half (14-17)

Wolford'B AnimalsBnyes A WorniTKilwln Harry CoGlenn A HumsChinese EntertainersHilton A Lar.ar

.la^ Altken CoAMERICAN (loew)

Mux LaubeO'Neill TwinsJames A JohnsHomer A DullardAnthony Andre CoPepplno A PerryJackson A WahlFrank Hush(Ono to fill)

2d halfJosephine LenhardtMoore White & HThn Randalls.Timmy Shea"Mr Chaser"Dougherty A Lu< eyHarry English CoHrady & Mahoney(Ono to fill)

LINCOLN (loew)The ValdosDougherty A LucoySpiegel A JonesHarry Brooks CoSenator MurphyKate A Wiley

2d halfHum Tree MuloStewart & OliveDennl A Perri"Days Long Ago"Andv Lewis Co(One to fill)

7TII AVE (loew)The Totos" Tivr.il fHr!:j

Mooiv White & H'Uusehnll 4Lew Cooper Co

2d hnlfNamloh A NabbHelen VlneentPert A Panll"Hettlng Bettys"

Melody 4(One to fill)

GREELEY (loew)Jcwett A PendletonJosephine LenharutDennl A Perrl"Days Long Ago"Hrady A MahoneyHam Tree Mulo(Ono to fill)

2d halfPepplno & PerryMarlon A WUlardSpiegel A JonesCongressman KittyRichard Wally(Two to fill)

DELANCEY (loew)Stewart A OliveHazel RaynoFred RogersCongressman KittyBert A PaollThe Randalls

2d halfO'Neill TwinsDlnklnB Barr A ESampson A DouglasJan RublnlWard A CurranBeth MayoMartians(One to fill)

NATIONAL (loew)LaToy's ModelsHelen VincentMarlon A WUlardValentine VoxAndy Lewis CoChyo A Chyo

2d halfNoackBilly A Ada WhiteValaayda A NutsHarry Glbbs CoBush A ShapiroORPHEUM (loew)

Richard WallyBilly A Ada WhltoDlnkins Barr A EGranvlllo A MackJan Rublnl"Betting Bettys"

2d halfFrazer Bunco A II

Roatlno A ShelleyJackson A WahlHarry Brooks CoFrank BushFujiama Japs(Ono to fill)

BOULEVARD (loew)Tho FrltchesBeth MayoRayno A HoytHans Roberts CoMelody 4

2d halfMarshall A CovertPayne A NesbltBernlvlcl BrosSenator MurphyChyo A Chyo

AVE B (loew)Forrest & ChurchBurns A Lynn('has Rellly(Two to fill)

2d halfDelight Stewart A 11

Maybellc BestRico A Francis3 Regals(Ono to fill)

Coney InlandBRIGHTON (ubo»

(Anniversary Week)Nan Halpern"Rubevillo"Henry LewisBert Baker Co•Llnnc's GirlsIt A O DooleyRockwell WoodBrennnn & LowellEddy DuoChlnko A Kaufman

DrooklynBUSHWICK (ubo)

Helen JnckleyRowley A YoungBeaumont A ArnoldWatson SisHilly ReevesKaufman BrosDorothy Jardonlien WelchSterllne A MargueriteGREEN POINT (ubo)

2d half ( 11-17).1 LamendsFrancis * RossWhipple IT'IPf^M CoC'wuM'- WilsonV'istel .v lushingTeehow's CatsPROSPECT (ubo)2d half (It- 17)

The BrlghtonsHurt Johnson CoGeo Lyons

Bourman BrosBradley A Ardlne(One to All)

BIJOU (loew)RobertoFrazer Bunce A II

Van A Carrie AverySampson A DouglasBernlvlcl Bros

2d halfMax Laubo.'{ Tlvoli GirlsFred RogersAnthony Andre CoLew Cooper CoKate A WileyDE KALB (loew)

NoackHarry Glbbs CoBush A ShapiroW Gllfrain A Girls(One to All)

2d halfLaToy's ModelsHazel BayneGranville A MackHans RofeertB CoHoward A SadlerJames A JohnsPALACE (loew)

La Belle Carmen :\

McShayne A Hatha-way

Ward A Curran(Two to fill)

2d halfForrest A ChurchHoward A Mack"The Scoop"Cbas RelllyThe ValdosFULTON (loew)

Marshall A CovertRoatlno A ShelleyHarry English CoHoward A Sadler -

Martians

Bay City, Mich.WENONA PK (ubo)

Leo FillerZcno Jordon A Z

Bllllaura. Mont.BABCOCK (ah-wva)

(21)(Same bill playingGrc^t Falls 23-24)

Wm De llollls CoSherwood A SherwoodMelville MilneNestor's SweetheartsHenry RudolphEd & L Ford

(24-23)Curtis DogsNelson EagloJ A D MillerAlice Nelson CoBessie Le CountWillie BrosBlmrhamton. N. Y.

STONE (uob)Knnazwa JapsDave GlaverThose 5 Girls

2d halfGafferty A CampHelen Morcttl

Blrmlnaraam. Ala.LYRIC (ubo)(Atlanta split)

1st halfReed A Wright GirlsChas Olcott"Motoring"(One to All)

BoatonKEITH'S (ubo)

GladiatorsJulia ArthurF A L BruchLydell A HlgglnsVolunteers

The Profaseionala' Original Home

CONTINENTAL HOTELLOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCOShanley and Furneaa ("Fifty-Fifty")

2d halfDancing DemonsHomer A DullardValentine VoxBelle RutlandW Gllfrain CoWARWICK (loew)

Cornelia A AdcleHoward A MackRice A FrancisFujiama Japs

2d halfMcShnyno A, Hatha-way

3 Escardos(Two to 1111)

Albany. N. Y.PROCTORS (ubo)

(Troy split)1st half

Madame Mel-BournVine & TempleDupree A Duprce7 Bracks(Page Ha>-k A Mark

In place of 7 Rrack*2d half )

Allenfown. I*n.ORPHEUM (ubo)1st half (1S-20)

Pcto»A PnlsEarl A SunshineGreen Miller A GElsie WhiteRising Generation

AtlantaLYRIC (ubo)

(Birmingham split)

1st halfPotter A HartwellJohn GelgcrSwor A Avery(One to llll)

HnkerNfleld, Cnl.( 2.'l-24

)

SuperlmScamp A ScampPollardJim Black DuoRay Bruce A FayRussian Dancers

Baltimore, lid.HIP

Kenney & La FranceHarmon A MnlmimGrace DeWint. rsLew Welch CoJim McWllllams(» Serenndcrs

Burt Johnson CoDorothv ToyeORPHEUM (loew)

Orben A DixieChas Deland CoCunningham A Ben-nett

Gvnsy SongstersSmith A Kaufman(Two to fill)

2d half .

Norton A Noble"Tho Alibi"Baker A RogersLnmbertlElks TrioHarms Trio(One to fill)

ST. JAMES (loew)Rob & RobertsonOld HomesteadTom A Stasia MooreNolan A Nolan(Ono to fill)

2d halfHarlequin TrioManning SistersChas C Rice CoPlotti(One to lii.>

HrldireiMirt. Conn.POLIS (ubo i

ODonnell A BlairHuzzell A LittlePorter J White CoMorton & RussellDream Fantasies

2d halfEl kins Fay & ELlllette

MemoriesFour NewsomesKlmberley A Arnold

Buffalo. N. Y.SHEA'S (ubo)

Nat WillsRay Samuels"Futuristic Revue"F A E AstalroPerrvThe ElliottsGuerren A Newell(One to 1111)

IluHe, Mont.PANTAGJ'S (p>

(22-2S,Howard Kinel A il"Miss Hamlet"Leila Shaw Co

Swain's AnimalsKlotz A NashEMPRESS (ah-wva)Arnold A PageGruet A Kraemer A GRodway A EdwardsFreemont Benton CoC A M DunbarFlying Venus

2d halfHarry WatklnsGerald A GrlfflnFields Keane A W"Echoa H way"PermalneDon Roberts

CalvaryPANTAGES (p)

Holmes A LaVero"Breath of Old Va"Morris A Allen"Movie Girls"Rio A Helmar

Camden, N. J.TOWER'S (Ubo)2d half (14-1(1)

Scranton Bell A SBronte A AtwcllDelmore Angel CoMazier A ThompsonMalllla Bart CoCharleston, S. C.ACADEMY (ubo)(Columbia split)

1st halfDeLler A TerminiGertrude BarnesJAM HarklnsRegal A Mack(One to fill)

Chattanooga, Ten*.RIALTO (ubo)(Knoxvlllc Bplit)

1st halfOnrlMcMahon D A CThe Sololnes3 SullysBurns A Bert

ChicagoMAJESTIC (orph)

Els A FrenchRandall A MeyersJ C Morton CoHalllgan A SykesEddie RossLeah NoraMontambo A WellsLlbonatlPing A King

HOWATSON and SWAYBELL"A Caso of Plcklee" LAUGH BROKERS

CincinnatiKEITH'S (ubo)

Valerie SisHershoff's GypsiesKeeler A BelmontFinn A FinnAlva A Partner

Columhua* O.KEITH'S (ubo)

Strand DuoWilson A LarsonMr A Mrs Vernon"Girl In Moon"Sherman A UtreyCycling Brunettes

Columbia, S. C.PASTIME (ubo)(Charleston split)

1st halfMusical HuntersCook A Lorenz(Three to fill)

DaytonKEITHS (ubo)

E J Moore CoLoretto QuartetI KingsGallando

DetroitTEMPLE (ubo)

Eliz MurrayStevens A MarshallNat NozarroKenney A NobodyJnnsenKltner II A McCBrennan A AndersonJoyce West A S

MILES (abc)Geo HaradaCleora Miller 'A

Jones & JohnsonEdith MotoJesslo Parker Co

Denver, Colo.PANTAGES (p)

Tuseano BrosNi bio's BTrdsThalero's CircusBob HallZelayaEd Kcelley's Girls

Diilnth, Minn.GRAND (wva)

Tho OlmsteadsJune Mills ("o

Lillian Stello Trio(One to fill)

2d halfJoe RolleyVlolen BeautiesCatalno A O'BrienMarriott Troupo

Knnton. I*a.ABLE O II (ubo)2«l half ('-1 -'-'">

IMe A PalsEiirf A SunshineArcher A BelfordFlavllla

E. fH. Louln, III.

ERBERS (wva)Wolgast A GirlieKirk A Maddoz

Lewis A LeopoldValentine A Bell

2d halfHarry DixonWalters A KantorFields A WellsIshakawa Japs

I&dmoatonPANTAGES (p)

The LamplnlsSmith A McGuIreAbrams A Johns"Mimic World"Joe Roberts

Elmlra, N. Y.MAJESTIC (ubo)

Wolford's DogsN Y Comedy 4Drew A WallacePletro I

Herman A Shirley2d half

Dave GlaverMiss FlirtWard A FayeFall River, Maaa.

BIJOU (loew)Norton A NobleBaker A Rogers"The Alibi"Elks TrioHarms Trio

2d halfOrben A DixieCunningham A Ben-

nettChas DeLand CoSmith A KaufmanGypsy Songsters

Fargo, N. D.GRAND (abc)

"Intelligence"Wol ford Stevens 3Lyceum 4Vanfleld Short A Co"J3lg Jim"

2d halfTurner A GraceAl WoblmanFrank Franc(One to All)

Ft. William*. Can.ORPHEUM (wva)

(18-19)(Same bill playing In-ter Falls 20 andWinnipeg 21-23)

Kane A WagnerMme MarionCosmopolitan 3Sebastian Merrill CoGrand Raplda, MichROMONA PK (ubo)Orvllle HarroldAustin Webb CoJones A SylvesterGould A LewisSelma BraatzMeredith A SnoozerGreat Fall*. Mont.PANTAGES (p)

(10-20)(Same Bill Playing

Anaconda 21)Julian HallThe Gaseolgncs"Women""Wanted—A Wife"Lucy Lucler 3Harrlnbnrar, Pn.MAJESTIC (ubo)2d half (21-23)

John W RonsoneRlsine GenerationLolghtnor A Alexander

Hartford, Conn.POLI'S (ubo)

Tho Sheldons4 Husbands

2d halfMusical BritonsLnwry A Lacey SisHoyt Manlon A HLavan A DevlnoFive Metzettis

PALACE (ubo)Fred CorrelM Co"Memories"Rogers A WoodAnnette's BandLeo Beers

2d halfMrs Leah Herz CoMr InquisitiveMorton A RuzzellODonnell & Blair

Haaleton. Pa.FEELEY'S (ubo)2d half ( 14-10)

Si Ding SingJ K Emmett CoLAS CliffordGreen Miller A GHoboken. IV. J.LYRIC (loew)

Knowles m WhiteBert HowardMontrose A Allen(Two to fill)

2d hnlfDuval A SimonsBrown A JacksonPhil Dwyer(Two to All)

Indlannpoll*. Tn«1.OPERA HOUSE (ubo)3 FishersSol A Lesllo nernsliiallv rial Bro.-i

.0 Fnrrljr RclspT."Miss Cp to Date"Jacksonville, Fin.ARCADE (ubo)(Open Sunday)(Savannah split)

1st halfRcrgor

nojpi*& V Jnnoj.Shattuck A Golden5 Nelsons(One to fill)

JaaeavlUe. wli,APPOLO (abc)

(21-23)2d half

Clerks' GlrlaVanfleld Short Co"Big Jim"(One to fill)

Joknatown, 1'a.MAJESTIC (ubo)(Pittsburgh split)

1st halfBogarr CoEthel Mao BarkerCellna Circus(Two to All)

Jeraey CityKEITHS (ubo)2d half (14-17)

The ChristiesWhitman A WilsonBurke A BurkoLockett A BrownDoc O'NellHardccnKanaaa City, Mo.PANTAGES (p)(Sunday Opening)

B "Swede" Hall CoratrlcolaTabor A GreeneSamoyaKnoxvllle, Term.BIJOU (ubo)

(Chattanooga split)1st half

"0 Little Wives"Lancaster, Pa.COLONIAL (ubo)2d half (14-10)

LaldlawArcher A BelfordYeon HawThe Breakers

Lewlaton. Mont,JUDITH (ah-wvaj

(10)(Same bill playingGreat Falls 21 andHelena 22)

Kartell!The MacFarlandsStory A ClarkArthur Lavlne CoDaisy HarcourtBoeder's InventionLittle Rock. Ark.MAJESTIC (inter)

"Whirling Propellers"Kranz A LaSalle

Maallaoau Wfc*.ORPHEUM (wva)

(21-23)2d half

The HalklngsGilroy Hayes A MMystic BirdBilly BeardMyral A Delmar .

Marafcalltown, la.CASINO (abc)

(21-23)2d half

Sorority GirlsEthel CostelloBAB MillardRogers A Mack4 Rennecs

Maaon City, la.CECIL (abc)

Aerial EddyaLa Palva

2d ' halfEdwin Keough CoMelrose

Menipkla, Tenn.ORPHEUM (Inter)

3 Keltons"Girl Milwaukee"Benny A WoodsBrosius A Brown(One to fill)

2d halfKranz A LaSalleScott A Tlerney(Three to fill)

Middle-town. TV. Y.STRATTON (ubo)

Cafferty A CampFred Corelli Co

Milwaukee. Mia.PALACE (wva)(Sunday opening)

Strassler's Animals3 Misses WestonGilroy Hayes A MMoore Gardner A RMyral A Deimar"Garden of Aloha"

2d halfRose A EllisFiske A FallonDavett A DuvallBrent HayesDetzel A Carroll"Orange Packers"

Minneapolis, Minn.PANTAUhlS (p)(Sunday Opening)

Curzon SisMoran A WelserDeVlne A WilliamsHarry Coleman"Futuristic Revue"

E. HEMMENDINGER" ,{»""figmJewslwi te the Proftuloa

Tel. John *7I

Scott A TlerneyCharles SemonMelody

2d halfNaughty PrincessBrolsus A BrownLoaranaport, Ind.COLONIAL (ubo)

The KiltiesOddoneRucker A Winifred

2d halfGordon A KinleyStandard BrosTho Tyrclls

Log An areleaORPHEUM

(Sunday Opening)Ray CoxDorothy Shoemnker

CoNat GoodwinOllvuttl Moffet A CMarlon HarrisDe Leon A DavlesMoyle & BrownMillleent Mower .

PAN'i.ujES (P)Azard HrosWilton SisBarbler Thateher CoRoach A McCurdy"Girl from AdamHarry Sydell

HIPP (aAn)Rose A RosnaFrank A AddlngtonMusical MacDonaldsFred A AlbertPollardFive ArmentosMcGrath A Yeoman

Iionlavllle. KyFOUNTAIN FY PK

(orph)(Sundny Opening)

H A A SeymourRaymond A O'ConnorCarl RlfnerTho DuttonsHerron A Arnsmnn

KEITH'S (ubo)(Nashville split)

1st halfMile PaulaGllmore A Castle"Fashions a In Carfe"Yonev a- NormanTho 'Muynarcla

GRAND (wva)Hugo LutgensNewell A MostC HarvardsGypsy Meredith Co

PALACE (wva)Ollio Young A AClifton A KramerThe New ModelTower A Darrell"College Girl Frplics"

MontrenlSOHMER PK (ubo)(Sunday opening)

Merle's CockatoosDora Hilton3 VagrantsManjean Tr(One to fill)

FRANCA IS (ubo)(Final Week)(Ottawa split)

1st halfCeo HusscyWiser A Wiser"Dream Garden"Mt. Vernon, *. Y.PROCTORS (ubo;2d half (14-17)

Juggling Dc LisleJohn Pnrks CoF V Powers CoWm SistoWhites Circus

Nanhvllle. Tenn.PRINCESS (ubo)(Louisville split)

1st hnlfClaude RaufNntonaEddie Carr CoSpencer A WllllnmaFranz TroupoNew Haven, Conn.

BTJOU (ubo)Allen A Frnncls"Storyland"Elklns Fay A ELlllette

2d halfBuzzell & LittlePorter J Whlto CoThe SheldonsAnnette's BandEmma Stephens

New lloeiielle. VLOEW

S Regals

V

MURRY LIVINGSTON SAYS"BRADY and MAIIONKY'H 'Cruise of the Doiyrhnuf

Is a SUCCKMN hocaiiflo It In an opportune hl|h-cl«Msatire. Intelligently delineated. Their proems .makesme happy."

VARIETY 15

Maybslls Best"The Scoop"

2d halfBurns * LynnKnowles ft WhiteBert Howard

Norfolk- Vsi.ACADEMY (ubo)(Richmond split)

Is halfEl Key SistersFelix ft Dawson 61s"Girl 1000 Eyes"Savoy ft BrennanMoaher H ft MN. Yakima, With.EMPIRE (ah-wva)

Florence DuoDorothy Hayes CoBegley ft HowlandWitching Hour WitchesJohn A WestEller's Novelty

2d half.Kawana BrosBessie LesterSelble ft Lillie

Princess KaNewport ft StlrkR Harrah ft Girls

Oakland* Cal.PANTAGfcS

Jerome ft CarsonStoddard ft HaynesFreddie JamesAnderson's RevueEd ft Jack SmithCapt Sorcho Co

HIP (ah-wva)DeVelde ft ZeldaSeymore ft WilliamsWilliam Morrow CoColonial Belles .

Billy BrownPicola Midgets

2d halfKeough Sisters

Jan is ft WestJ ft N OlmaDowney Willard ft I

Ives Farnsworth ft WTaketa Japs

OardenPANTAGES (P)

(21-23)J « E DooleyBilly McDermottEstrelite"Uneeda Girl Co"Reed ft Hudson

Ottawa, Caa.DOMINION (ubo)

(Final Week)(Montreal split)

1st halfThrough LookE ft B Adair(Three to fill)

Pasaalc. N. J.PLAYHOUSE (ubo)2d half (14-10)

Johnson Bros ft JGamlanlato BrosKnowles ft White(5 SylvestersMerritt ft WatsonSparks All Co

Pateraon, N. J.MAJESTIC (ubo)2d half (14-16)

Slmm's DancersPorrls ft VervlaAlex MacFaddenLoddy ft LeddyMcNlchols ft Bcrkcr

Pawtucket, R. I*

SCENIC (ubo):* Weber GirlsKnowles ft WhiteHenry Frcy"Cabaret DeLuxe"

2d half.Too Daly ft SisGallagher ft MartinJackie ft BUlleAl Shayne

PhiladelphiaKEITHS (ubo)

Paul Dickey CoChas T AldrlchPonzllla SistersWms ft Wolfus(Jrne (Trppn CoArthur Havel CoWard ft VanMrClure ft DollyClark's Hawaiian**

GRAND (ubo)The ParvellcsWm Slsto *

Ed & Lew MillerEmily SmUy CoStan Stanley .'t

"Lady Maccabes"Pittsburgh

SHERIDAN SQ (ubo)(Johnstown split)

1st half"Tho Cure"La France ft KennedyMorton ft LongLerncr & WardMary Rocco ft Part

Pontine, Mich.OAKLAND (abc)

(18-20)1-t half

Yellow PerilFour 1010 GirlsKnickerbocker 3Adams BrosHowards Bears

Portland, Ore.PANTAGES (p)

Abler's Polar Boars

Minnlo Allen"Fans; Choy"Willie Hals ft BroRyan ft Rayflold

HIP (ah-wva)Leonard ft LouieGarrlty SlBtcrsNorton BrosMonte CarloDot MarsellHayashl Japs

2d halfVan Pero ft VanPeroRambler SistersWalters ft WaltersCloaks ft Suits3>atrlcola ft Meyers'Leon ft Adeline Sis

Providence, R. I*

EMERY (loew)Harlequin 3Chas C Rice CoManning SistersLittle CarusoPiottl"Mr Chaser"

2d halfKate PullmanRob ft RobertsonOld Homestead 8Tom ft Stasia MooreNolan ft Nolan(One to fill)

Reno, Not.TAD (afth)(Sunday opening)

(17-19)G ft K KingCoscla ft Verdi

(20-21)Paul PooleFenner ft Tolman

(22-23)Walmsley ft LelghtonJolly 3

Richmond, Va.BIJOU (ubo)(Norfolk split)

1st half"Sunny Side Bway"Hans Hanke

Roanoke, Va.ROANOKE (ubo)

A ft O FallsAnger ft King SisEarl ft Curtis CoBrltt WoodThomas ft Hall

2d half"Vanity Fair"

Rockford, 111.

PALACE (wva)Rose ft EllisFiske ft FallonDavett ft Duval 1

Wilson ft WilsonRetter Bros

2d half3 Misses WestonsFagg ft WhiteMoore Gardner ft R4 Bards(One to fill)

Dorothy Hayse CoSacramento. Cal.EMPRESS (A&n(Sunday opening)

Slmllette SistersThe BalkansSkellcy ft HerbLeroy ft HarveyFitch Cooper"Fashion Shop"

2d halfZeb Zarrow TrKeeno ft FoxworthAldolphoJ C Lewis CoNelson SistersLucy Gillette Co

Salt LakePANTAGES (p)

LeHoen ft DuprecceWeber Beck ft FDruco Duffett CoAdler ft Arllne"TexaB Round Up"

San DiegoPANTAGES (p)

Klmlwa TrKnickerbocker 4Paul Decker CoMarconi BrosChris Richards"Phun Phlends"

HIP (afth)Scamp ft ScampGllmore CorblnSuperbaRay Bruce ft FMardo ft HunterTaz Weatherford

2d halfMoran SistersHenry ft MooreRussian Dancers(Others to fill)

San FranciscoORPHEUM

(Sundav Opening)JprsIo nusley CoClifford ft WillsVera ncrllncrHorton ft NicholsonMilton ft De Long Sis

Evelyn NcabltRay SnowPANTAGES (p)(Sunday opening)

Rcvan Flint CoQucenle DunedlnFoley ft O'NeilHarlan Knights JoAl Goldem Tr

HIP (afth)(Sunday opening)

Cook ft OatmanDeVelda ft ZeldaSeymour ft WilliamsJank' ft Woe.Downey Willard ft I

Taketa JapsCASINO (afth)(Sunday opening)

Keough SistersWm Morrow CoFarnsworth Ives ft I

Colonial BellesRube BrownPiccolo Midgets

San Joae, Cal.VICTORY (ah-wva)

Keough SistersJanis ft WestJAN OlmsDowney Willard ft I

Ives Farnsworth ft WTaketa Japs

2d halfSmlllette SistersThe BalkansSkelly ft HeltLeRoy ft HarveyFitch CooperThe Fashion Shop

Stnta Barbara. Cal.PORTOLA (afth)

(21-24)Mansfield ft RiddleO ft K KingTaz Weatherford

Savannah, Ga.BIJOU (Ubo)

(Jacksonville split)

1st halfMonde ft SalleLasar ft Dale4 DanubesNorton SistersCrossman Co

St. LouisFIRST PK (orph)

Jas Thompson CoAdair ft AdelphlCarson BrosCaits BrosEthel MacDonoughEMPRESS (wva)

Wheeler ft DolanFields ft WellsAllen's MinstrelsGrant Gardnerthakawa Japs

2d halfKirk ft MaddoxHarris ft LymanAnthony ft AdeleLewis ft LeopoldLohse ft Sterling

GRAND (wva)Duzsne A ChapmanGerald GriffinXylophlendsDuffy ft DunnMareeno Nevaro ft MCanfleld ft BarnesWill Stanton CoVan ft Belle

PARK (wva)Lohse ft SterlingWalters ft KantorChief Elk CoHarris ft LymanR ft A BoyIan

2d halfWill ft KempFalrman A PatrickTed McLean CoO'Neil ft Walmsley4 Southern GirlsSKYDOME (wva)

Harry DixonGordon ft KlnleyAnthony ft Adele

2d halfWheeler ft DolanChief Little Elk CoValentine ft Boll

St. Panl, Minn.PALACE (wva)

Marriott TroupeJoe Rolley5 VIolon BeautiesCatalano ft O'Brien3 Toklo Japs

2d halfMossman ft Vance"(lardrn of Aloha"Metroploe 4Weber ft Redford(One to fill)

Schenectady, N. Y.PROCToit'S (ubo)

Marart ft BradfordHong Kong MysteriesPernio, ft BakerWarren ft ConleyAus CrelKhtons

2d halfBob Quigley CoToreafs RoostersHarris ft MalnonRita Boland7 Bracks

"Magazine Girls"Ed Blondell CoMiller ft LyloGeiard's Monkeys

HIP (ah wva)Rambler SistersVanPero ft VanPereWalters ft WaltersCloaks A SuitsPatricola A MyersLeon A Adeline Sis

2d haltBlanche LaDue CoEdna Rlese CoNoble A BrooksMusical LundsPauline SaxonMennettl ft Sldelll

Spokane, Wash.PANTAGES (P)

Will Morris"Mr Detective""Woman Proposes"StuartGreen McHenry A 13

HIP (ah-wva)Marie GenaroDae A NevilleLew HoffmanBijou Min MissesRoth A RobertsRadium Models

2d halfMusical Blue BirdsChadwlck A TaylorRobey Trio4 Old VeteransLouis LondonFred Zobedlo

Sprlnsrfleld, Mans.PLAZA (loew)

ArtomeDelight Stewart A HVan CampsKate PullmanMississippi Maids

2d halfManley A GoldenBelle BrlnchWalker ft 111

(Two to fill)

Stamford. Conn.ALHAMBRA (ubo)2d half (14-16)

Gems of ArtA R EdwardsWalters ft DanielsMorris Prince

Superior, Wis.PALACE (wva)

Lockhart ft LaddieJ ft O O'MearaMorgan Fields ft SGypsy Brigands

2d half3 Toklo JapsN Johnson ft S'heartsMorris ft BeasleyThe Explorers

Syracuse, N. Y.CRESCENT (ubo)

Helen MorettlMiss FlirtWard ft FayeChas LedegarWol ford's Dogs

2d halfThose 5 GirlsDrew ft WallaceN Y Comedy 4Kanazwa Japs

TEMPLE (ubo)1st half

Cal Boys BandBob Quigley CoTorcat's RoostersHarris ft ManionRita Boland

2d halfCal Roys BandMacart ft BradfordWanen ft ConleyAus Crel«htons(One to fill)

Tacoma, Wash.PANTAGES (p)

Zertho's DogsAntrim ft ValeThree RomanoffsSchooler ft Dliklu-uiiSinger's MidgetsStagpooln ft SpierREGENT (ah-wva)

Blanche LaDuc CoEdna Rlese CoNoblo ft BrooksMusical LundsPauline SaxonMcnnetto ft Sldelll

2d halfFlorenze DuoDorothy Hayes CoBegley ft HowlandWitching Hr Witches,Jno A West

Scranton, Pa.POLI'S (ubo)

Evelyn Elklnsi/owo A HnllVarden ft PerryPetticoat MinstrelsColHns & Hart

I'd halfEd Howard CoJohn StonePeltroHerman & Shirley"Prosperity"

Seattle, Waah.PANTAGES (p)

Gillespie Girls

'Eller's Novelty

TorontoHIP (ubo)

Holden & CrnhamHums & ForsnHelen Page CoScott ft MarkioCarden nelles

YONGE (loew)N ft S KelloggThomas ft HendersonKeene ft WilliamsDilly 0!a«nnC Monroe CoWills H WakefieldHufford ft Rose

Trenton, N. J.TAYLOR (ubo)2d half (14-10)

LestroWm CahlllChappel le A Trlpple

Chas Klein CoKeno Keyos ft MClark's Hawalians

Troy. W. Y.PROCTOR'S (ubo)(Albany split)

1st halfRobt T Halnea CoBison City 4AmetaJohn DunsmoreAerial Shaws( Richards Brandt A

Martin 2d half in

place of Ameta)Vancouver. B. C.PANTAGES (p)

AlbertoMile Blanco CoEd F Reynard CoDorothy VaughanWill Morrlsey Co"'Honeymoon Isle"

Victoria, B. C.PANTAGES (P)

D'Armour A DouglssWill A Mary RogersUniversity 4"Hello Japan"AlexandriaWm Schilling Co

WlnnlaeaPANTAGES (p)

Pane A HermanNelson ft Nelson"Birth of a Rose"Ahearn TrGodfrey ft Henderson

Virginia, Minn..LYRIC (wva)

(22-24)The OlmsteadsJuno Mills CoLllllsn Stelle 3(One to fill)

Walla Walla, Waah.LIBERTY (ah-wva)

(17-18)Kawana BrosBessie LesterSelble ft LilliePrlnoeas KaNewport ft Stlrk

Roy Harrah ft Girls(22-28)

Mario GenaroDao ft NevilleLew HoffmanHIJou Min MIsrcsRoth ft RobertaRadium Modols

WashingtonKEITH'S (ubo)

Howard ft ClarkW Oakland CoDahl ft GlllenJoe BrowningArnaut BrosOscar Lorraino(Two to nil)

Woonaocket, H. I.

BIJOU (ubo)Harry A March Co

Worcester, Mass.POLI'S (ubo)

Musical BritonsMrs Leah Hers CoKlmberly ft ArnoldAl ShayneFive Metsettls

2d half4 Husbands

PLAZA (ubo)Hoey ft SmithHoyt Manion ft HLa Van ft DevlnsFour Newsomes

2d halfRogers ft WoodAllen ft FrancisLeo BeersBurlington 4

ParleALHAMBRA

Hslson DuoBorneo-GardlneMile MeyskaAlhambra GirlsLafargeTsom ft AbblnsChester KingstonTakls NamhaFred ft UrmaMerrillDe Well's Lions

OBITUARY.Harry Luken, proprietor of Lukcn's

Carnival, and his wife, known profes-

sionally as Mile. Evelyn, were killed

June 6 when a Pennsylvania flyer

crashed into the auto containing the

Lukens and Clarence E. Updegraff andwife, who were severely injured. Theaccident occurred at the railway cross-

ing at Monocacy, Pa. Mrs. Luken waskilled instantly, but her husband lived

for a couple of hours. Updegraffs left

leg was fractured, while his wife re-

ceived a similar injury. The Luken'sCarnival had been showing at Potts-town last week and the Lukens started

in their machine for a shopping trip

to Reading.The Lukens are Reading people.

Harry Luken was best known in theprofession as an acrobat and aerialist

of the famous Luken Brothers act.

Mrs. Luken (Evelyn Armstrong) wasa trainer of wild animals. Luken was43 years old. His first circus engage-ment was with his brother, AugustusLuken, with the Sun Bros, circus. Laterthey organized the Four Lukens, whichbecame one o£ the best-known castingacts in variety. A few years ago HarryLuken retired from the act and in ad-dition to training animals at his Read-ing home, he organized and operatedthe Lukens Carnival, also Luken's Ani-mal Show.Luken was not rendered insensible

by the collision and as he was beingremoved from the auto wreck told his

rescuers not to help him, hut save thewomen. His skull was fractured, bothlegs broken and he received internalinjuries.

Updergraff is business manager ofthe carnival. Fifteen years ago heopened the Bijou, Reading, where all

the burlesque shows were played.

Hen Wise is reported to have diedin Honololu May 14. He was a vet-eran showman and last year took theBronze Troupe . from Chicago for atour of the Hawaiian Islands. It dis-

banded soon after reaching there.

Mme. Marie Ranke, playwright, 67years, who was found dead in a gasfilled room at the Burke Foundation onthe outskirts of White Plain*, N. Y.,

was pronounced a suicide by CoronerMills Monday.

Charles Burnell Willard, the attorneyfor the Actors' Equity Association, whoresigned his post and went to Platts-burg to train, died June 4 from anattack of pneumonia contracted at thecamp.

John Marsh, former president ofLocal No. 2 of the Chicago StageHands' Union, died of paralysis June8. He was well known to stage em-ployees throughout the country. Thedeceased had been ill two yean.

Pete Barlow, the animal trainer, whowas with the Hippodrome and in LunaPark, and lately in vaudeville withBarlow's Comedy Circus, died June 11in Pittsburgh.

Millard Springford (Springford Twins)also known as Russell Millard, died inDetroit May 30. The other twin, HalSpringford, is in the profession, knownas Dana Ford.

Miss Clyde Carmen, sister of Mrs.Mack Hanley and of the act of Mackand McCree (Mr. and Mrs. MackHanley), died in Detroit June 6. Shewas 28 years of age.

Mrs. Marie Otto, age 06. died June12 at her home in New York. Shewas a prima donna of note in the daysof the Gilbert & Sullivan productions.

The mother of John J. Garrity, man-ager of "The Show of Wonders/' diedin his Chicago home of apoplexy June3. The deceased was 58 years of age.

The father of Myrtle Victorine(Victorine and Zolar) and Mernyn Vic-torine (Standing Trio) died in SanFrancisco June 3.

The father of James Conlin diedJune 12 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lan-caster, Pa. He was 84 years of age.

Oro Criswell (colored comedienne)died June 2 in the Mercy Hospital,Baltimore Md.

The mother of Louis London died inMinneapolis last week.

Anthony (Tony) Howard, a^' 26,

died as a result of gall stones June 8 in

a Brooklyn hospital. He was 26 yearsold and a member of the lately renamedN. V. A. Sextet, having played withhis companions in the Eddie Leonardact, where the deceased was made upas the elderly colored banjo player.

CAST FOR "JONES."George Broadhurst has completed the

cast for the revival of "What Happenedto Jones," with which he is to reopenthe 48th Street theatre on August 13.Hale Hamilton will head the organiza-tion, which will include Marie Wain-wright, Alphonse Ethier, Charles Har-bury, Josie Sadler, Leila Frost, MarciaHarris, Margaret Ferguson, Thos.Gunn."What Happened to Jones" was

originally presented at the old Man-hattan theatre in August, 1897, at thattime the cast included George C. Boni-face, George Obcr, R. F. Cotton, Wm.Bernard, Frank Currier, J. W. Cope,Theo. Devcre, Kitty Blanchard Ran-kin, Miss E. A. Eberle, Anna Belmont,Kathcryn Ostrrman, Rose Stewart andPearl Andrews.

In addition to the revival Broadhurstis to reopen "Over the Phone" earlyin- xt season and will also he interestedin three other productions. With LeeShubert he will produce the MarkSwan farce "Pink Pajamas" and withA. H. Woods he will be interested in"The Private Suite," while with Wil-liam A. Brady he will have a piece of"Eve's Daughter."

16 VARIETY

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION Ui

Through numerous request-. Vakifty contemplates a "ConfidentialDepartment," wherein is to he placed th'* real names of players, with thenames and addresses of their nearest rel.i :\ es or closest friends.

Variety suggests in every l»ianch «>f ihe profession, men and women,forward their right name, and other nanie^ ;md addresses as mentioned. Thisinformation will he held entirely confiil. nli.il and not given out nor madeknown to anyone excepting in the interest of the person filing,

There have been so many instances where accident or death has oc-curred, without anyone aware of the injured person's proper identity, thatsuch Confidential Information appears to he a necessity in the profession.

This department is not proposed through the war enlistment, but as apermanency.

Variety guarantees that when informatoin requested is of such a naturethat it is not positive on its face that it may be to the interest of the player,that the source of such information will be investigated and if found but anordinary case of curiosity or to cause annoyance of any kind, no answerwill be returned.

The principal object of Variety's Confidential Department is to hrtvethe means to notify those most interested in the event of the illness, accident,destitution or death in connection with the player.

No charge of any kind whatsoever will be made for the filing or informa-tion given out. The Department is volunteered by Variety.

SOWERGUY FILM CORP.By J. A. MURPHY.

Ever slnco wo had thin offh. the most fre-quent thin* about the place has brvn old mnnShlveley'a nrfew wlch slams In and out «!hontforty times a day and upe* up all the mntrhrsand drlnkin water. I askrd Shlveley if li.«

had any Bpeclflral plans fer dl^posln of himor if hla sociability was to be a permanentaulctlon and he sed the young feller had apurty lonesome time at home on acount ofhis wife workln In a departmental store nilday and he thot he might as well stay aroundand learn tr * mr.able picture buslnes frunua. He had give him one share of Mock toencorldge him and when we commenced per-ducln we might give him a stedy job at Home-thln.

I had no sort of notion what Jon the nefewwould do worth a cuss at but I thot If wegave him s job right away he would bemighty apt to do his loafln outside the offlt

ao as we would think he was busy worklnand It was worth somethln to keep him outof the place. I asked our permot*r what sortof a Job he could figure out and he said hemight aa well be general repersentaMve as anything, cause It sounded good apd didn't n.eannothln special.While we waa tellln Shlveley about It the

nefew come In and when we explained abr.ut

his appointment he said about 73 dollars aweek would be little enough to start with onaccount of the Job takln up a good Mt of his

time. The first one of us able to speak waathe permoter. He Jumped up, shook handswith the nefew and told htm to go r'ajht outand get some personal cards printed wlchhe done.

I had figured on glvln him five tnllors aweek but If the Job will keep him fromswarmln through the offisea and whlstlln themdurned yucalaley tunes all day It Is worththe money.8hep Wrenchey come In directly and when

we told him about our dlsposin of the nefewhe sed he was pleased to hear it and he meantIt too cause he looked about as plesant as

he could with the equipment he has fer dolnIt.

I perposed that as long as we was all to-

gether we might as well deslde when to *tart

makln pictures. Our permoter looked kind of

stunned at first, then he laffed and slapped

me on the sholder where my rheumatlxmhurts and sed I was a merry old Joker. I

couldn't see where there was any thing hu-

merus secreted In my perposal and K»d *c.

The permoter went kind of numb again and

looked sad at all of us. then he asked kind

of tremblln like if we really started this con-

cern to make pictures. Shlveley sed we had

Intended takln a wack at this new art of ours

for sure. Then tue permoter done some of the

most talented high toned cussln that ever I

heard and sed If we was goln to fool our moneyaway makln pictures he would quit us flat and

how was he goln to make a success of this Coif we went to monkeyln with Alms. If we thnt

we had to have a picture or two to play with

we could buy them from people wlrh knowrdhow to make them and fer less than they cost

and If he had ever thot that a band of t1*tit

wads like us Intended to do any pordurin h<*

would never havo afllltated himself with the

consern at all.

Wrenchey spoke up and sed. If a picture

Co. didn't make any picture* what could It

make To wlch the permoter sed, how In fire

could we expect to make any thing If w*»

did make pictures, after wlch he slammedout and left us puzzlln over the lapt part of

the discourse.He come back purty soon and banded us a

paper contalnln his reslgnltion and Fed wedidn't owe him nothln as he hnd kept hi"

commission out or bin •.ai'-. rh>-.\ h- 0:i!.TM-d

some papers In a satchel nnd left, it v».v<

kind of sudden but none of us was what you

mla;ht call sorry cause he was always up-

settln every thing we wanted to do any how.

While we was settln around talkln It *»ver

a allck lookln fellow come In and Interduced

hisself aa a feature director named George

TerwlUl|er wlch had been Informed by the

Gimlet Agency with the idea of connectin withour consern. I asked where he had beengivln picture directions and he opened up awhole slather of photographs and showed u>a list of perductlons wlch we didn't knowncthln about.Wo didn't know what questions to a^k him

so we let him do all the talkln hisself andhe was durned well posted about pictorialbuslnes. When he run out of remark*, oldman Shlveley got up and asked, him" whatwas the aproxlmet expense of a focus." Thefeller done considerable coughin before heansered. then he sed It depended on tho foot-

age of the static In the retors. Shlveley *edhe had figured It about that way. Thenthe feller left sudden without leavln no addr?sShep Wrenchey sed we had better not get

mixed up with a feller like that cause heknowed more about pictorial buslnes than oil

of ua and would soon find It out. We hndbetter get a feller that was kind of new like

ua and would do what we told him. We all

seconded the motion and went to sunper.

AROUND THE N. V. A. CLUB.The club is beinp made ready for

hot weather. Ventilating fans havebeen installed and the parlors are be-ing cretonned in attractive colors.

Paul Hill-Ackerman has entered thelist as an N. V. A. polfist.

Harvey R. Brooks encamped "Some-where in New York" with the 1st Cav-alry writes in. "Tell the boys it's fine.

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Cato S. Keith has just completeda psychological drama dealing with the

condensation of modern thought.

Larry Reillv says. "A trap drummeris a fellow who faints away at the endof every long comedy film."

An order for a Benefit program camevesterday all the way from New SouthWales. The programs are still on. sale

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called "DiFhing the Dirt."

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NEW ACTS THIS WEEKLouis Mann and Co. (5)."The Good for Nothing6 (Dramatic).35 Mins,; Fall Stage.RoyaLIn this, the latest vaudeville effort of

Sam Shipman, Louis Mann has a ster-

ling combination of comedy and pathos,cleverly blended around a little do-mestic theme in which Mr. Mann por-trays a human type that only such anactor as he can. The story dealt withthe elevation of the Marcovitchs in so-ciety circles, Ureal having married asnobby society damsel who induceshim to change the family title to Marco.A reception is scheduled to take placewith some of society's real exclusivepeople invited. Just prior to the af-

fair Jacob Marcovitch (Mr. Mann) ar-

rives and begs to be allowed to re-

main. His sister-in-law will not thinkof it and then comes the inevitablescene between brothers with the ap-parently poor member mastering thescene and situation. Jacob then re-moves his disguise and develops into amillionaire, condemning the Marcos forselfishness and finally ending with ageneral reconciliation. The scene is

strong and productive ot-tears for thedialogue is heavy and Mr. Mann knows,how to juggle it. The support is fully

up to expectations, but the piece couldbe consistently chopped down severalminutes for it runs a trifle long and in

some spots this defect may affect it in

a general way. There is enough of theidea to elaborate it into a play. As avaudeville skit it fits Mr. Mann per-fectly. Wynn.

Cameron De Vitt Co. (3).

Comedy Sketch.17 Mini.; Full Stage.Harlem O. H.A comedy sketch made possible

through the excellent work of the prin-

cipal who essays the role of an in-

ebriate who learns upon his awaken-ing he has married a chorus girl. Adetective enters the picture, havingbeen retained by the groom's father to

settle the case for $5,000. The mandecides to keep his wife, promises to

work, dismisses the sleuth, etc. Somegood situations and bright laughs. Thedetective part is crudely played. Thewoman is attractive and fully up to

expectations. It earned goodly laughsat the Harlem house and should con-nect for the three-a-day time. Wynn.

La Palarica.Dances.12 Mins.; Full Stage.Harlem O. H.The conventional Spanish dancing

act composed of man and woman with

a repertoire of solos and couple dances.

The man's solo includes a Russian step

which was accompanied by a cardedannouncement that itj represented the

endurance record for such work. It

probably does. The woman is attrac-

tive in her particular type and dancessufficiently well to suggest a somewhatmore pretentious production to accom-pany the specialty. Should these turns

become a fad La Palarica will find a

place in vaudeville. Closing the Har-lem show the pair held them in.

Wynn-

Lockett and Brown.Songs and Dances.One.

Lockett and Brown, mixed two-act,

have the young man from the former

Lockett and Waldron team, and Miss

Brown of the Young and Erown "sister

act." The new combination sings and

dances, in concert and singly. Miss

Brown hasn't an over-strong voice but

manages to get her portion over with

the extra assistance of some expres-

sion. Their single dances come towardthe finish, with Lockett making con-

siderable out of his soft shoe work.

Miss Brown's is a sort ot scare crowdress dance. They sing "Baby of

Mine" and "Wrong, All Wrong." Ap-pearance is a first aid and the couple

seem capable of holding an early posi-

tion. 8ime-

George White and Emma Haig.Dances.18 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Setting).Palace.George White and Emma Haig just

naturally danced themselves into popu-lar favor closing the first part of theshow at the Palace this week. Mr. Whitehas the supine assurance to say "I've

done it again/' but there will be a dif-

ference of opinion regarding that, for

George could never make Lucille

Cavanaugh, his former partner, hoof in

company with the Haig half. That gal

is some stepper and the manner in

which the audience at the Palace Mon-day night took to her efforts bespeakslong popularity in vaudeville for theformer "Follies-Frolic" member. Aseries of drops form the backgroundto the White-Haig offering. There is

an effort to drive nome that the act is

a series of "episodes," five in number.The first is a flirtation number in front

of a drop representing a church. MissHaig in a bridal costume with a ballet

skirt as the important feature at least

gives the groom a chance to see whathe is going to get. The melodies are

the trick that tell the story, but the

Palace audience, as wise as it is toutedto be, failed to get the significance of

it all. The second, number is before adrop representing an ocean steamer at

the pier and the bride and groom are

supposed to be starting on their honey-moon. A 'double dance in sailor cos-

tume here wins out. Then Miss Haighas an opportunity to do a single as

a modern Joan of Arc, sjaying imag-inary hordes with a pleasant smile onher face and a sword in her hand.

Then the dance of the states with four

Una Clayton and Co. (2)."Colluaion" (Comedy).29 Mini.; Five (Parlor).5th Avenue.

"Collusion," likely written by UnaClayton, who stars herself in it, hasbeen padded up, with repetitions most-ly, until it runs much too long, and solong that it's questionable whethercondensation can get it over on thebig time. The story in one manner oranother has often been displayed in

variety skits. It is of a young and lov-

ing married couple having an earlyquarrel and the wife deciding to se-

cure a divorce on trivial grounds, for

a New York state action. The wife(Miss Clayton) reading an account ofa divorce secured by collusion fixes

upon that as the proper way and ar-

ranges with her husband. This bringson the scene another woman, the nec-essary "other woman," who is an oldfriend of the husband's, and some "busi-ness" between them arouses the jeal-

ousy of the wife, driving all thought ofseparation or divorce from her mind.There is not much to the playlet, eitherfor its present running length or ashorter time. It's now in the class ofsmall time sketches and as such, justas it is, would be appreciated in thatdivision. No particular merit or de-merit attaches to the cast, the hus-band, who is a painter, or the otherwoman, or Miss Clayton. The play-ers seem disproportionate relatively in

their roles. At the Fifth Avenue show-ing the attempt to make an ordinaryparlor set breathe the atmosphere ofa studio was a wasted effort, also miti-gating against the act's chances.

Sime.

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when informed of the result of an investigation conducted by VARIETY:MARCUS LOEW CIRCUIT

(Jos. M. Schenck)FOX CIRCUIT(Edgar Allen)

MILES CIRCUIT(Walter F. Keefe)

FINN-HEDfAN CDtCUTT(Sam Kahl)

RICKARDS CIRCUIT (Australia)

BERT LEVEY CIRCUIT(Bert Levey)

SHEA CIRCUIT(Harrv A, Shea) •

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PANTAGES CIRCUIT(Walter F. Keefe)

B. S. MOSS CIRCUIT(B. S. Moss)

GUS SUN CIRCUIT(Gus Sun)

MICH. VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT(W. S. Butterfield)

U. S. V. M. A.(Walter J. Plimmer)

squads of boy scouts (at least theylook like it) dressing the stage and run-ning through a little drill stuff, whilethe dancing pair change costume. Amap of the United States is the backdrop for this and then as a medley ofairs is played the team alternate in

stepping. It makes for a grand hurrahfinish and the audience applauded in

sections as the various states were indi-

cated by two of the youngsters andthe familiar melodies of the territorywere played. All in all the White-Haigcombination loeks like the goods, moreor less on the manner of presentmentrather than on the actual dancing that

is done. Fred.

Phil Dwyer and Co. (2).

Sketch.IS Mins.; Full Stage.Jefferson.

Phil Dwyer and Co. looks like a fam-ily affair, consisting of father, motherand daughter. Father is an animal im-personator and about this a sketch of

rather low calibre has been built, just

sufficient in strength to permit of theintroduction of the man in a prop dog.The story is that of a little girl who is

left with her stepmother while the

father has gone to war. The step-

mother is cruel and abuses the girl

and her dog. The girl puts a lion's

skin on the dog to irighten the step-

mother and to extract a promise fromher not to beat either the dog or herself

at any time in the future. The offering

looks like fair material for the smallest

houses. Fred,

Austin and Bailey.

Black Face Comedians.

12 Mins.; One (Special Drop).

Jefferson.

These boys can do a little dancing,

which proves to be just enough to pass

them by. They try to put over a cou-

ple of comedy numbers, but if anyonein the audience Tuesday night under-stood the lyrics of either they werewonders. There is also a little talk, but

that flopped as far as the Jefferson

audience was concerned. The boys are

attired as bell hops, the drops repre-

senting the corridor of a hotel wherethey work. One is the dandy coonwhile the other is just a dinge. It is

the eccentric stepping of the latter anda burlesque female impersonation hedoes at the finish that carries the turn.

It is only a fair offering for an early

spot on a small time sho\fr. Fred.

Gallarini and Son.

Musical.

One.Gallarini and Son are man and young

boy, who play musical instruments,

featuring the accordions. The boy car-

ries the turn along, that is partly held

up by a red fire medley on the brasses.

Anotner nicaicy, previously prayed 'on

the Italian pianos, seemed to display a

lack of proper rehearsal by the twoplayers. With the boy's personality

and playing the act will probably se-

cure eastern time. tiime.

Robert Edeson Co. (4)."Children of France" (Dramatic).Five (Soecial Set)."Children of France" is a dramatic

playlet with a surprise and a punch.It isn't long but it says a lot. The sur-prise is begotten in a simple and oddmanner, more so because the audienceshould have suspected it and does not.Two children, brother and sister, areheld prisoners in a room, guarded by aGerman sergeant, somewhere withinthe German lines in France. A Ger-man captain in uniform enters. Hedemands on pain of death they in-form him where the information wassecured giving the location of the Ger-man batteries, this having been com-municated to the enemy with theFrench successfully shelling each newposition the batteries were moved to.

The captain added after the arrest ofthe children the shelling stopped. Thatwas positive proof to him of their guilt.

The children while awaiting the inqui-sition had discussed it. The boy wasArm, he would not reveal anything—it

would be treason, but his sister wav-ered. She did not want to die and toldher brother so, saying the best for bothwould be to tell all. The boy acted asspokesman to the captain. He knewnaught. The captain ordered the chil-

dren searched by the sergeant. In oneof the girl's shoes maps of the Germanfortifications were found. The captaininformed them unless the source of themaps was immediately given him, bothwould be killed. He allowed them oneminute to decide. The boy conferredwith his sister. He requested she re-

main silent and he would save them.The brother walked over to the captainfor a private talk, away from his sister,

and told the officer it seemed to bedeath for them either way. If he told,the French would shoot he and his sis-

ter as traitors, but if the captain wouldhave his sister shot, he could safelyescape suspicion and would tell him all

after his sister's death. The sergeantwas ordered to take the girl out andshoot her. Before leaving the room theboy assured her it was merely a blind,there would be a shot but in the airand she would be uninjured. The girl

goes bravely to her doom, a shot is

heard outside, and the boy moans withanguish. The captain with contemptfor the brother expressed in his bearingtoward him, demands the information,whereupon the boy says to shoot him,he will not give it and the reason hepermitted his sister to be killed wasthrough fear that she in her weaknesswould tell. The captain, furious, asksthe sergeant for his pistol and as thesergeant is about to hand it to him, heshoots his captain instead, informingthe boy he is a French spy in the Ger-man service and for the brother toquickly escape, his sister is alive. Thenthe sergeant stands at the window,calling out to the sergeant of the guardthe captain has been shot by a spyserving in the Army of France. Mr.Edeson took the minor role when theplaylet was inserted into the perform-ance at the Palace last Sunday. Heplayed the sergeant. Burford Hamp-den is the boy and very convincing,with Helen Validly as the sister al-

most as much so. Harry Stafford playedthe German captain, with brusquenessand an accent. It's a war playlet witha thrill and a throb well worth sittingthrough. Rim*.

Whitney and Wilson.Comedy.16 Mins.; One.Harlem O. H.Two women, one introduced as a

plant, with an introductory routinesuggestive of Stan Stanley. The"plant" is. somewhat rotund and gathersmany iauuiis hccaiise oi her appearanceThe finale is exceedingly funny, thestout girl falling on the special dropwhich in turn falls on the pair. It's agood comedy act for this brand of

time. Wynn.

r-TS THIS WEEK"In the Day* of Long Ago.

#

Songs and Instrumental Muiic.#

18 Mins.; Three (Interior; Special

Transparency).American. . .

The idea of bringing back musical

memories of yesterday is not new, yet

this turn comprising five women and

two men combine a vocal rendition ox

old pieces with a violin and piano ac-

companiment that may get the returns

in the smaller houses. A mixed quar-

tet goes after a medley of songs cour-

ageously, with the tenoi- faltering sev-

eral times, but the harmony seemed to

satisfy the Americanites. The prima

donna sang alone and so did the tenor

and these individual number^ were ren-

dered much better than the combinedones. The piano and violin parts are

only secondary, although one of the

women appears long enough to do a

ballet dance followed ' by a "double

dance with another of the girls. Act

could stand rearrangement, the time

chopped and more speed injected. Theact attempts too much in trying to go

too far back. Mark.

Three Bullowa Girls.

Wire.7 Mins,; One and Full Stage.

American. .

The opening in "one* has a girl in

her wire-working outfit, singing a num-ber in rather a squeaky voice and a

palpable rush to get back in fuller space

for the wire routine with the other twowomen. Those transparent hoopcty

spangled dress adornments the girls

wear around the upper part of their

tights made the women look heavier

than they perhaps are and the loose-

ness of the outfit appendages seemed to

be in the way when they were on the

wire. Two of the girls in particular ap-

pear more daring than the third, with

the routine calling for a jump over a

chair, a "split" by one member and a

few other tricks that have been demon-strated as belonging to the category of

wire acts. The women work well to-

gether and the act found favor at the

American. Mark.

Goettler and Cox.Piano and Songs.13 Mins.; One.City.

. . ,

Young men. Received inspiration for

act through prominence obtained bywriting topical songs. Goettler plays

the piano, also sings. Cox handles sev-

eral numbers alone a la cabaret. Goett-

ler writes music, while Cox claims the

lyrical responsibility. Their present

act runs mostly to their songs, with the

boys making sure their audience knowsthey are the composers. The vaude-

ville bookings will give audiences a

chance to look at the writers of someof the songs they have heard of late,

and as the boys offer their numbersmodestly they should get along very

well for the time they keep on the

stage. Offered one of their newest,

"I'm So Used to Having You Around"for an encore, the number showing pos-

sibilities. Boys sing fairly well and ef-

fectively enough to keep working in

the pop houses. Mark.

ZIEGFELD "FOLLIES"Tho now annual Zlegfeld "Follies" (11th

edition) Ih a blaze of wealth, In looks androHt. That alone will carry the show to a

bli^cr Hiim-HH than It has ever had, If that

Ih possible, and It appears to be absolutely

necessary to secure Flo Zlegfeld In his in-

vestment. If Zlegfeld has a bank aecout

lift, after putting on that show, ue must bestanding In with a mint.There are other material things in the per-

formance, besides the dresses, girls, effects

and scenery, but the "production" In this par-ticular case (oineH Mrst and Ih tho big hit. Thelavlshncss of tho outlay Ih visible at the start

and never ceaseH. There has been no Broad-way show to rank with It In thin respect, noteven some other "I'ollleH." Kvery turn the

show takes lookH money and more money as;[.' * v-r-inn ij'< :j > .(.» h

Tln-r.- w.m i'l.-nty of opportunity to Invent,

for there are a bundle of mi-ih-h in the twoacts.

After the Wealth conies the people, n large

number programmed, with three distinct hits

among the principals Kannle Hrlce, KddleCantor and Walter Catlett. The choniH wart

u lilt on its own. There are IX or more of

the girls, all the Zlegfeld type, led moat often

by Edith Hallor, Allyn King o- Irving Fisher.

In the music department three song num-bers break out for popularity other than thesj.cc.lai eoflft* used by the specialists, whicdwere not written by the number writers of

the show—Gene Buck, Victor Herbert andDave Bumper. One of the songs tuat seemsin line, however, had its muslo by JeromeKern and the number "Because You Are JustYou" was not sung in "The Follies" for thefirst time. "Hello Dearie" may get into thepopular class, it's a phone song with a"Telephone Tangle" background, employed in

another way. What sounds like the best pro-duction number, musically, is "Chu ChinChow," waether written in America or Eng-land. The reverse is "Jealous Moon," used asan Introductory song for the Chiffon scene.

One of the funny things of the entire eXhioltis how Zlegfeld stood for a "moon song" inthese days.The show starts off with a plot that has a

$10,0110 wager attached that a prospective son-in-law can show his future father more inthree hours around New York than ever waswritten Into the "Arabian Nights." Theneveryone, including the audience, forgets all

about it, until the final scene of the evening,when the. lost plot is recalled through seeingthe opening setting once again.The strictly specialty acts, like Will Rogers,

Bert Williams, Fred Holder, W. C. Fields,and Policeman VokeB and "Don" all heavilyscored. Mr. Fields did a lawn tennis bit ofball juggling In a tennis set, amidst plentyof fun, furnished by himself though well as-sisted by Walter Catlett. Vokes and his"drunken" dog made a distinct hit. The act,on the Amsterdam Roof for months, seemedto Btrlke the first-nighters as a new novelty.Rogers, with his speaking voice and lariat,

came on in the next to closing spot of a showthat ended Tuesday night at 11.40, but no onewalked out when they saw the only gum-chew-ing William appear.Fanny Brlce was but two scenes (or -j

minutes) before, with her own two songs,written by Blanche Merrill. Each halved tnehonors Miss Brlce secured with them, withthe singer herself, and U*e second number,considering the position, was the real riot oftho evening, it was about a Yiddish Egyptiangirl, with Miss Brice adding to the humor ofthe lyrics with her arm and body move-ments. Eddie Cantor, in blackface, who alsowas liked in a scene he had with Mr. Will-lams, sang "The Maiden's Prayer," writtenby McDonald 4 Hanley, aa his first number,it proving a strong applause maaer for him,he returning with a strictly "stage song,,"The Kind of a Baby For Me" (by Eaganj,for a riotous finish to his act that also con-tained a semi-monolog. Mr. Helder for hisfirst time with the "Follies" gave excellentsatisfaction as an acrobatic dancer. »«e wasplaced badly for his first number. Helderentered the "Follies" from vaudeville (Helderand Packer). - revlously he had been withBart McHugh's vaudeville proauctlon, "SeeAmerica First." ..eider has fixed himselfeasily for the "Follies" engagement. BertWlllilams' first song was "Home, SweetHome, by Ring Gardner, and the next "Un-happy," by Cramer and Latson. Both aresung in Mr. Williams' exclusive style..

Mr. Cattlett scored in more of a cuaractermanner, in his role, that of a country boobin New York, trimmed by everyone and threat-ening to pan New York when returning touU uome town, St. Joe, Mo. A couple ofscenes were devoted to this sort of matter,the bigger one being on a temporary subwaysuperstructure In which Mr. Williams did atrained bear, and did the bear thing vorywell. Into this scene, which contained aomilaughmaklng material entered Don Barclay,his first appearance of the eventing, Barclaydoing nothing for the remainder of the night,and having only his "Gimmederbeer" to drawa laugh with. Recalling Barclay's promi-nence in last season's "Follies," his relega-tion to the also rans could not be easily accounted for.

A somewhat elaborate scene of the Infor-mation Bureau at the Grand Central, intendedfor comedy, with Williams given the entirescene practically, badly dragged, and theopening of the second part repeated the drag-giness, the first sccso in the final divisionhaving no revelance. Perhaps it was to ap-peal to the feminine eye, something thatmight be remarked as well for the chlffoidisplay unless chiffon la the radium of dressgoods Just now and Zlegfeld wanted the folksto know he stopped at nothing.The first part of the performance ran in

much better fashion than the latter end. NedWayburn did the staging, using the Wayburnbteps more often than usual and having anAnte-Bellum buck and wing dance for l<i

boys and girls that got quite a lot.

In effects, the "Follies" Is led by theLangdon MacCormack naval picture as thefinale of the first act, preceded by a patrioticnumber, "Can't You Hear Your Country Call-Iiik?" by Mr. Herbert. In this scene was atread mill running horse Illusion of PaulReveres Hide and Impersonations of a resi-dents Washington, Lincoln and Wilson. TheMacCormack naval matter, that of battleshipscorning forward, made a striking finish to thepatriotism and first act.Tho second act held a crln-cross laldder

device upon which three rows of girls marchedup and down. While It incited applause andwas quite pleasing as a night, It was remln-iHclent of tho Hippodrome's first year's ladder^:t-T!".. '<* a Wayi/urn sort nf drill r»^ai!od th»»

Patriotic first art marching finish cf "TIr;Century Girl."

Joseph Urban attain provided the scenicbackgrounds and Zlegfeld must havo told himto go the limit which ho did.

Th*» new "Follies" will likely undergo cx-pe. ted changes, excepting with the production.There'- ho much to see In the show without

watching tho performance that maybe the

Zlegfeld scheme is to draw 'em twice, once to

watch the scenery and clothea, and the next

time the performance. 'The Follies" this

season is certainly worth double price. Its

a "sight show" of a kind never before shown.Bime.

HITCHY-KOO.If the new Raymond Hitchcock show,

"Hitchy-Koo" at the Cohan A Harris theatre

Is but a partial replica of the London revue,

"Some" as played at the Comedy over there,

then the London revues have been grossly tra-

duced by the Americans over here. To NewYorkers who have not seen the English ver-

sions of an American musical comedy, the flood

ot that kind of production on the other side

waa looked upon as a show-Joke, good enoughperhaps for the English who knew little of

them before the deluge arrived, but to Amer-icans !

"Hltchy-Koo" however may be a trifle moreentertaining than the great majority of the

Bioadway revues ahead of it, and taking into

the estimation of the whole, the simplicity of

the production, with inexpenslveness (as

these musical comedies generally go) "Hitchy-Koo" is far away the best of them all.

Mr. Hitchcock is present often but not as

an actor—only once or twice. At all othertimes he is "the manager of the troupe," mak-ing curtain speeches, starting the perform-ance with a speech from the front row of

seats. On the opening night while speakinghe greeted acquaintances about, shaking handswith them as they entered, with CharlesDarnton (Evening World), and AmbassadorJames Gerard, the latter receiving the mostapplause—reven from a first night audience.Mr. Hitchcock later sang his only song,"Since I Became a Manager" written byGeorge M. Cohan. It related how since be-coming a manager, Hitchcock, as an actor,would never roast a manager again. Thesong probably expressed Mr. Cohan's feelingsin the matter as fully as It did Mr. Hitch-cock's and it must have been an easy lyric

for Cohan to write.Having casted the piece with people he

wanted to work, apd having enough to keepthem working, most were working all thetime. The first performance ended at 11.35,without dragging. Neither was there a chorusof 80 ponies and 64 show girls. Instead wasa small collection of very pretty girls, someof whom did things besides chorusing.Many scenes were put forward in the Rein-

hart or Urban style of setting, mostly Rein-hart, and they all looked well.

In running, the performance resemblesvaudeville. It's a show of all "bits." Thereis no story but plenty of comedy, satirical,travestied, burlesque and plain rough house.It all got laughs. The comedy of the per-formance Is what ensures its success for adraw, although it must compete with thegoregous production of the new "Follies," atthe Amsterdam, Just a few doors away fromthe Cohan ft Harris toward Broadway.

If the final scene of "Hltchy-Koo" wastaken from "Some," then there has been anAmerican producer in England with burlesqueideas, that scene, an uproariously laughingone for the audience having been adaptedfrom the old burlesque expedienent of slappingand kissing the same man. Another laughwas "The Country Store," taken from vaude-ville with its hokum and retaining FelixRush as the store-keeper. Then there wasAmes and Winthrop with their vaudevillespeciality. They overran a splendid scoresecured after singing "Gunga Din" to a rag-time accompaniment by returning for anotherdancing encore.

Perhaps the newest laugh of the evening,and also the loudest one, was "The Photo-graph Gallery." with Mr. Hitchcock and LeonErrol. Next In favor was the "clasical danc-ing drama" done by William Rock andFrances White. Rock and White were oftenbefore the footlights and in this show Mr.Rock has had a better opportunity for him-self than at any time since he annexed MissWhite as a stage partner. Rock displayshis expertness at make up. In the AlbumHcene, where couples of different periodswalked out of a stage album, he, an theBowery boy, caught the most approval Im-mediately. Miss White led she only poorlystaged number "Have You Seen the Ducks?"but In everything else acquitted herself with-out a blemish, Including among the new mat-ter her song, "Six Times Six." Rock andWhite did the "Classical" thing In "The PillBox Revue" song. It Is a vaudevillo act byItself for them.Grace La Rue was a Ringing principal who

lent voice and distinction to the scenes sheappeared in, MIhs La Rue also scored solidlywhen in "one" with her songs alone. IreneFtordoni. entered inconspicuously and remainedthe same way for tnc greater portion of thetime, until singing a nolo, with Albert New-man at the piano, In the "School Room" sccnothat had George Mooro as the school teacher.Moore opening with an "Alphabetical Rag"number. Mr. Mooro (once of Vanderbllt andMoore) performed everything he was calledupon to In a neat way and while never caus-ing a riot, was a substantial substance tn thelino up. Errol also did well, better withothers than when attempting anything byhimself. Roy Hoyter was another principaland Eleanor Sinclair another (when not In

the chorus).Nothing pretentions was In th(» nn:.--lo. Tn

'!:!" per' orrii-'iiiCt- an mm! nir His in as weiias a new one, although E. Hay Goetz, whocould be accused more ensily of having ar-ranged tho score than of having written it,

turned out a catchy melody In "When You'vePicked Your Hnskot of Peaches."

Messrs. Hitchcock and Goetz "present" thoshow, staged by .Tullan Mitchell and Errol,with book and lyrics by Glen MacDonough and

Goets, again. About all Goets didn't do waato personally appear. It Is called an "Inti-mate Revue" in two acta and 10 aoenes.A period In "one" by Mr. Hitchcock waa

given over to the subject of the Rev. WilliamA. Sunday, always mentioned by the apeakeras "BUI." Mr. Hitchcock aald Sunday, duringone of his evangelical talks, had atated therewere no decent men and women on the stageand the public should remain away from thetheatre. Hitchcock's reply that Sunday waswrong about stage people brought forth voci-ferous applause, and then he proceeded togive Sunday a sound panning, although hestated that Sunday, to whom Hitchcock re-ferred as 'The P. T. Barnum of the hymnbook," and himself were good friends. "Iwrite to him," continued Hltchy, "In a pro-fessional way, for we are both showmen andunderstand each other. I usually write, 'DearBill: How are you? How's Ma? How'scollections?' And when BUI says he's had21,000 people In the Tabernacle that onlyseats 12,000 I don't dispute It for I often ex-aggerate myself. That's a part of the trade,Bill's and mine, show business."Hitchcock proceeded to illustrate the man-

ner in which Sunday expounded his speech,kneeling down and knocking on the floor, In-

viting the Devil to come up. "I suppose,"commented Mr. Hitchcock, "Bill has beendoing that so long without anyone comingthrough the floor that he now believes there'sno one there."

Hltchy practically termed Sunday a "hick,"saying that the men of the cloth were re-

spected In and outside of their churches andwere welcome visitors at the homes of theirparishioners, "but" he added "if your min-ister should throw one leg across the pulpit,

use all the nasty words he could think ofand swear at you, you wouldn't invite him toyour home again, would you?"The Billy Sunday tirade was loudly laughed

at and generously applauded, the majority of

the first nlghtera being affiliated with the-atricals In one manner or another, and all

as seemingly In sympathy with Hitchcock In

his frankness In describing Sunday's coin get-

ting buncum. The Sunday "bit" of the bill

Is Hitchcock's star monolog and will attractas much attention to "Hitchy-Koo" as any-ting bunkum. The Sunday "bit" of the bill

day following the opening, It attracted Sun-day's notice at once and he Immediately an-nounced a "theatrical night" at the Taber-nacle for Tuesday evening."Hltchy-Koo" won't have any trouble In

sticking over the summer. It's going to be in

favor because it's not the kind of show youexpect, but it's the kind you like. Bimc.

COLONIALWith the possible exception of one turn,

placed in the middle of the bill, the show at

the Colonial runs smoothly and is quite astrong one for the time of year. It began withSprague and McNeece, entertainers on roller

skates, Sprague going through some Intricate

stunts and Miss McNeece making a good ap-pearance. Number two position held Harrisand Manlon, who seemed Intensely nervousand, as a result, did not do themselves Justice

at the opening. But they finished stronglywith singing. The straight man has a verygood voice.Hugh Herbert and Co., in "The Prediction,"

pleased very much. It's a rather pretty idea

—

a sort of visualization of a narration, as theydo In pictures. Robins, "the walking musicstore," is an exceedingly clever imitator of

musical Instruments, which he takes from hishuge, ill-fitting clothes. It is hard to deter-mine whether Robins Is a man or a woman.In either event, Robins is an artist—that is

in the vaudeville meaning of the term.Just before intermission came "Tho Race

of Man," five men representing as many dif-

ferent races, who sang and made speeches.It was a very slow-moving affair. Betty Bondhadn't the easiest spot for so quiet an act,

opening the second half, but the special dropseemed to attract the audience's attention andthey resumed their seats and waited for some-thing to happen. In this they were more orless disappointed, for Miss Bond's materialwasn't strong enough. Whoever wrote hermelodies has an excellent memory, all ofthem sounding reminiscent of very recentpopular ditties. The "305 Days" number,both in lyrics and music, seems almost apharaphrase of "Out of a City of Six MillionPeople, Why Do You Pick on Me," while "BeMy Little Baby Butterfly" strongly recalls

"Be My Little Bumble Bee." Miss Bondessays no dialect at all in "Night Time In

Little Italy," but for all that, she'e a cutelittle thing and should try again with morefelicitous material.

Miss Bond finished with a military numberand was followed by Beaumonte and Arnold.The opening calls for Miss Beaumonte to en-ter m a military costume almost identical(other than the color) with the ono MissHond had just disappeared In. But the new-comer Btarted at a very fast pace and triedhard to overcome this handicap. The turnmoved at a fast clip right through, finishingwith whirlwind stepping, the whole affair beingfull of "ginger."

Bernard Granville, in addition to his fa-miliar "souse" dance, did four recitations andtwo speeches, also one song. He recites well,but if that sort of thing is to become the ma-jor portion of all male kIdkIop, instead of::.« r« !y Aw i-inuii, »li> not him a lot of oid-titno Shakespearean readers at a minimumscale wage? Recitations in vaudeville, forsome unaccountable reason, are surer thanimitations and no less riotous In tho cliclta-

tlon of applause than parodies. La Sylph, withHtcrcoptlcon slides thrown upon her, wss aneffective cloning number. The show, as aunit, gave good satisfaction. Jolo.

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PALACE.There may be a dispute as to who walked

off with the hit of the show at the Palace

Monday night. When It all settled down It

looked like "tops and bottoms," In the lan-guage of the dice player. Nora Bayes toppedthe bill and George White and Emma Halg

'

(New Acts), had the strip of hilling across thebottom. It was a toss up as to who scoredthe greatest applause, but there Is one thing

. certain and that Is, the Palace had the "ropes"up at the back of the auditorium for the first

time on a Monday night In a couple of months.Just whose name was responsible for this Is

also a question, but Judging from the recep-tion Miss Bayes received when she made herInitial appearance It would be very safe to

say that she was the cause of the capacitycrowd.A little slow at first, was the bill, with

laughs lacking In the early portion, but whenonce underway the entertainment* went righton through to the finish without a hitch, eventhough It was a better looking bill on paperthan it was on tho stage. But It was a showthat had the flash for the layman, and. Judg-ing from the frequency of laughs and applauseas the program ran along, the majority of

those In the audience had decidod that theywere getting their money's worth.The Australian Crelghtons were the openers

and for about nine minutes they entertainedhalf a house, tbo audience not getting to theirseats until the Phlna and Picks act was abouthalf way finished. The later turn scored asolid applause hit on the strength of the sing-ing of "Mississippi" number by a little pick,

who did not seem more than eight or nineyears of age. This little youngster looks asthough she was going to be the absolutemainstay of the turn.Bert Levy, with his cartoons and whistling,

won applause with Roosevelt and Wilson draw-ing* Later Bert introduced the LibertyBond speaker of the evening, who was StanleyQuinn, of the Corporation Counsel's office, byar the moet convincing of the talkers who\ave been speaking on the subject of the Gov-ernment Investment in the local vaudevillehouses. This young man has -a sense of show-manship and he landed his remarks with apunch.

Florence Tempest and Marlon Sunshine are• back from their Orpheum tnur and at the< Palace doing just what they have been doing

for a great many months with the numberfrom "Stop, Look, Listen," as their openingbit. From the two songs that followed It

looked as though Broadway was paying thegirls a royalty this week for their mention ofthat little known street.

Incidentally, without a breach of confi-

dence, "Tempy" Is going to be married again.Now, never mind who to, but "Sunny" is

still heart whole and fancy free, according to

herself. The M»fo was not dished over thefootlights, but is from the feed box dope.Walter Brower was next to closing the first

part, and was the first laugh of the evening.He had the audience with him., and his seriousrecitation at the close was sure fire after thelaughs. White and Halg closed the first part,

holding applause at the finish with red, whiteand blue stuff, so that It looked as though theaudience was going to sit through the inter-

mission wearing out their hands.The second section held but three acts. Rock-

well and Wood opened after intermission andthe out and out "nut" stuff was a scream for

those In front. Miss Bayes, who followed, heldthe stage for 37 minutes and did practically all

the numbers she was formerly presenting aspart of 'her "regular show." "O'Brien" washer opener, followed with "Don't Ask Me," acoon song, and then her ramble about NewYork was a laugh and applause winner. Afterwas a semi- recitative thing of a war nature,which pulled at the heart strings and broughtanother encore demand. Then George M.Cohan's new song, "Over There," was sung,tnd In this case really sung iand put over, andhe audience went wild.The California Boys' Band was the closernd gave a hurrah finish to a show chuck full

f patriotism and red fire. Fred.

matter of facial expression suggests EddieFoy. Their songs are along original Ideas

and cleverly lyrlclsed and their Scotch bit

proved a big laughing finish.

Hermann and Shirley have a slim sketch,

Just enough to serve as an excuse for GeorgeHermann's weird skeleton dance and othercontortion aglltty. Harry Carroll at thepiano was his usual sure fire applause gath-erer, walloping out a medley of his formersong successes. He finished with his newpatriotlo number about being a long wayfrom Broadway.Burdella Patterson preceded the Hearst

Weekly with her artistic posing turn. Thecolored slides which drape her figure are pro-jected from the orchestra pit and are muchmore definite and distinct than another some-what similar act which uses the moving pic-

ture booth to "shoot" the pictures. Jolo.

AMERICAN.Although it looked like rain, the American

downstairs filled up Monday night and withthe show running more to comedy than any-thing else, the returns were never In doubt.During the middle of the bill a two-part

L-KO comedy film was shown and while it

reached about every bit of stage stuff donewhen Weber and Fields were kids and Murrayand Mack knew more about marbles thananything else, the audience laughed heartilyat times. So this, coupled with the acts turn-ing loose a deluge of comedy, made the audi-ence assured It was getting It's money's worth.

Valentine Vox dressed the stage up sum-meriBhly for his ventrlloqulstlc turn and his

work with the bellhop dummy held close at-

tention, some of the patter being too "fly" for

{he audience, however. The main point of thegags were "caught" and Vox's score wasgenuine. Granville and Mack rang up a big

hit with their familiar turn with the hurdy-gurdy and comedy relished from the start.

Hard-working pair and make the best of everyminute.

"In the Days of Long Ago" (New Acts) at-

tempted too much, the Set pleasing In spots.

The comic film hit the bill «at this Juncture.Harry Brooks and Company have a surefire

act for the pop houses, the "Old Mlrfstrel Man"theme being capitally worked up. It getsaway slowly but when Brooks, as the toothless,

old banjo entertainer, "past 80," hoves intoview the results are there. Brooks makes aBplendld type out of the old fellow, who Is

ousted from the home of a cranky exhorter ofreligion *nd temperance and who is followedby the man's niece. Act one of the best of Its

kind and carries a clean, wholesome flavor,

with enough musical Interpolation to give It

a nice swing. One of the hits of the Ameri-can show downstairs.Another large-slsed hit was landed by Andy

Lewis and his "clowning" and "kidding" withthe young people In his act found quick laugh-ing response. Several of Andy's "bits" mightbe censored in some of the out-of-town the-atres, and that "hell" reference might comeup for round-table discussion, yet In NewYork houses they sure "eat it up."Three Bullowa Girls (New Acts) closed the

vaudeville, with the Louise Glaum feature,

"Love or Justice," holding nearly everybodyIn. Mark.

HARLEM OPERA HOUSE.Business was a trifle off Tuesday night, the

regulur patrons apparently waiting for theWednesday and Thursday performances, whenManager Swift offers the weekly novelty af-

fairs, such as Oriental and Country Store

Nights. A shrewd place of managerialsagacity was exhibited in Swift dedicating his

private office for the registration department,the lobby always holding upwards of a hun-dred Individuals who called to register. Thepresence of the booth naturally attracts visit-

ors from every section of the district.

The show was thoroughly pleasing, but car-

ried nothing pretentious. The weekly pic-

ture of current events opened, with StuartDarrow following. Darrow is a sand artist

and shadowgrapher. The latter portion of his

specialty earned him some laughs and dent

him away to a reasonably fair hit.

The Four Chicks followed with songs. TheChicks are all girls who seem to sing well

individually, but who lack the ability to

harmonise effectually. They could tone downtheir ensemble singing to advantage amishould aim for general results rather than for

Individual honors. Some additional comedymight be added, since one of the girls seemscapable of handling It.

The bill carried three new acts In CameronDe Vltt and Co., La Palarica and Whitneyand Wilson (New Acts), the De Vltt sketchfollowing the Chicks. Then came Sol Levoy,the songster, who offered "Joan of Arc." Theslide songs have become an Institution In theopera house, and Levoy was forced to singseveral choruses accompanied by the audi-ence.A Keystone comedy followed, but lacked the

laugh punches expected and failed to gatherany noticeable results, after which cameWhitney and Wilson. Then followed the

Tennessee Ten, a Ralph Dunbar production.This combination of coldrcd entertainers prac-tically stopped the show with the musicalefforts at the finale. They Jacsed throughBeveral numbers with some good comedy add-ed, and at their finale had taken down all

honors of every description.Doc O'Neill came next, a rather difficult

spot, but O'Neill soon had the house withhim and scored many a laugh with his string

of "gags." La Palarica closed the vaudevillesection, while a feature picture closed theshow. Wynn.

ORPHEUM.Despite this is the last week of the Or-

pheum's, Brooklyn, season, there is no ap-parent stinting In the allotment of talent. It

may not be the most expensive bill, but It Is

very entertaining.The first and second hcadllncrs are Julia

Arthur and Bernard Granville. Both are Inthe first half, yet tho second part was, if any-thing, more entertaining. Granville's fourthposition is necessitated by his playing theColonial also, and he got away without giv-ing tho two concluding recitations "de-manded'' at the Colonial. His biggest laughat tho Orpheum was his definition of hic-cups—"messages from departed spirits."

Miss Arthur followed Granville with herpatriotic spectacle, "Liberty Aflame."The Norvelles, man and woman, present a

novel opening turn consisting of ring, trapezeand hand balancing- Stelndcl Hrothcrs, threeof them, violin, cello and piano, in a musicalrecital, comprising a series of classical se-lections and then scoring strongly with "PoorButterfly," aided and abetted by the houseorchestra.AMhur iF.iv.-J oii-l <"o., \n a ro::lc:.!y p!r.y

M, "Plnymatr.s,'' ox tract a lot of humor Outof a mediocre vehicle. It's the way the twoboys put it over that scores.

Menace and Huird started off the secondhalf at a very rapid pace, Miss Baird get-ting tho audience with her Immediately onher entrance and holding them throughout.Sho has a very good Irish dialect and In the

ROYALThis week's program for the Bronx house

makes a splendid playing bill with practically

every act gathering Its full quota of appre-ciation and applause, the honors going to theheadllner. Louis Mann and Co. (New Acts),

with second choice falling to Stone and Kallsz,

who closed the first section. Business wasclose to capacity Monday night, despite theweather and surrounding conditions, one mustnaturally credit the good shows for the jlraw.

After the pictorial weekly, Simmons andBradley opened with roller skating, offering

a scries of programed dances on the wheels.It'S a neat opening act and carries some ex-ceptionally good trick steps that eked outIndividual applause.Nclla Allen followed with her songs, each

gathering applause. Miss Allen looks good,has a splendid vocal delivery and has a stringof numbers that not only fit, but stand Outon merit. It was a trifle early for her, butthe weight of tho bill necessitated the earlyspot.The Farrell-Taylor Trio have altered their

act In spots, but the body remains the samewith that section carrying the trio over. Na-talie Navarre marked up an individual scorowith her musical renditions and adds consider-able to the general class of the turn. Theywere a comedy hit. „Browning and Denny have a neat little two-

act working In "one," with Bessie Browninghandling the bulk of tho work. Miss Brown-ing knows the line In which she excels and at-

tempts nothing else. Denny's piano solo brokeup the repertoire nicely end Justified Its pres-

ence, for the house liked that qulto as wellas anything In the specialty.

Stone and Kallsz wero an nrtlstlc success,

which surprised many who doubted the Bronx-ltes' appreciation of this brand o[ vehicle.

Every angle of the act registered with a wal-lop and tho conclusion found them acknowl-edging sufficient applause to warrant severalcurtain calls.

Trunk Muliarie opened the second hail wifh.

his songs and stories, the latter being par-ticularly well Ukcd. Mullane has a person-ality and a voice, a combination that ho canharilly fall with. At the Bronx house hoseemed at home and gathered a reception at

both ends of the turn*. Mr. Mann followedwith Robins closing the show, bringing thefinal curtain down after 11 P. M. Wynn.

JEFFERSON.It looks as though the summer schedule for

?hows is in effect at the Jefferson Judgingrom the bill tho first half. Business alsoseemed to be working on a summer plan Mon-day night, for the houso held less then one-third capacity, and what a tough audienceit was! They wouldn't laugh at anything,and if was not until the last two acts of thebill appeared that there was anything like

applause. There were eight acts, a newsweekly and a flve-reeler.

The George Davis Family opened with theiracrobatics with small result in an applauseway. Morley and McCarthy Sisters, second,were the first turn that struggled against theorchestra, which seemed willing to do its bestto play anything except what the act wanted.The girls, however, managed to get throughto a finish with slight applause.

AuBtln and Bailey (New Acts), two boyspresenting a blackface dancing turn thatfailed to Impress. Phil Dwyer and Co. (NewActs), a very poor attempt to make an ani-mal Impersonation the ground work of sketch.Hearst-Pathe Weekly followed and then aLiberty Loan speaker.The second half of the show hold Ryan and

Rlggs, who livened things up for a fewminutes, but the audience slipped right backwith the advent on the stage of the GreatLlpton, the ventriloquist, working without hisship set. There was not a ripple at any ofhis gags, the only semblance of a laugh camewith Frank Tlnney's old one about the "hardto-mate-her."The Black and White Revue held the next

to closing spot, winning the first solid ap-plause of tho evening on the strength of thetoo dancing of one of the girls In the turn.In reality this girl saved the act from suf-fering tho similar fate to Upton's.The real hit of the show was Harry Breen,

who closed the bill. Breen had them laugh-ing and going wild at tho finish of his turn.His talk about tho locality and the variouspeople he knew was a riot for tho audience.It was a lucky thing for the bill It had Breenon It. Fred.

speed and could get It easily without doingthe turn any harm. Uoettler and Cox (NewActs) registered substantially.Harrison Brockbank and Co. offered their

comedy drama of an Incident in tho life ofthe great Napoleon, with Brockbank doing hischaracteristic and splendid Impersonation ofthe famous general. Seems funny at thistime to hear a denunciation of the Englishby a French army chief, yet that is whatNapoleon does when he makes his appearanceIn this skit. The role of the drummer boywho saved Napoleon's leather kit but lost hislife in doing it was effectively played, andtho part has more to do with the action thanthat of Brockbank's. Act was very well re.

celved, with close attention being paid to thedialog all the way. Burbank makes a beauti-ful cbaractor out of Nupoleon during his timeon the stage. After the U weekly, the lightswent up and a splendid talk was made by aman for Liberty Loan bonds.The Garden Four Is apparently a quartet

of singers from tbo other side, or at leastthey convey that Impression through tho pro-gram offered. Anyway, the act, if it is offoreign composition, or at least half of It

anyway, has become noticeably Americanized,both In dress, style of working and In pointof numbers. Good act of Its kind and onothat got over nicely at the City. The fourmake good harmony.

Leslie and Baker attempt entirely too muchsinging when it must be considered that danc-ing 1b their forte. The woman half of thoteam throughout gave, evidence as though shewas doing an Impersonation, for she worked Innoticeably masculine fashion. Hard worm r,

though, and despite apparent hoarseness, sangas tuough her life depended on It. The manIs a corking good dancer, his style runningmore to* eccentric routine than anything else,

although he has a tendency to cover too mucnterritory when dancing. Maybo essential inpart, but not for the whole."Walrod and Zell" was a name adopted for

the City engagement by two young chaps whoromped away with the comedy hit of theshow. It's an act of the Eddie Borden type,with the comedy boy having a good foil whois also adept In tickling the Ivories. Act ranthe gamut of nuttlcisms, kidding, patter, ac-robatics and instrumental music, with theCity audience falling for it good and hard/The Revue de Vogue" closed the show andthis act, with its seven girls and one maleprincipal, proved quite an Interesting and en-tertaining feature, although so many songshaving been heard above it, marred the re-turns. Act runs smoothly, with the youngman showing a good tenor voice which heuses to advantage in the turn. The act hasa ragtime marriage travesty at the finish thatwas splendidly worked up and proved sure-fire at the City.The feature was a Triangle comedy-drama.

"America—That's All," that held fairlystraight interest. Mark.

AUTHORS ASKING NEW CONTRACT.The Authors' League of America is

making an attempt to secure an agree-

ment with the Managers' Association

for a new contract for the members of

their society. The authors want a big-

ger share of the royalties on the stock

and picture rights and have delegated

several members to take it up with

the managers.

Augustus Thomas, who originally

headed the committee of authors, has

gone west and in the meantime GeorgeBroadhurst and Channing Pollock areundertaking to bring the matter be-fore the managers in a favorable lightThe Shuberts, who have been ap-

proached, did not take the suggestionkindly, and it will be brought up at thenext meeting of the Managers' Protec-tive Association.

CITY.The business seemed off Tuesday night, but

there was no slump in the usual patrioticshow of spirit by thnt City audience whenan earnest speaker came out and made abouta six-minute talk In behalf of the LibertyLonn bond purchase by tho public beforo thotime limit expired. There was also appllnusnfor marching troops In the current weeklyshown.The vaudeville section was overboard with

Honi;s and the deluge hurt. However, there;was a derided leaning toward one of the com-edy acts to such an extent that it stoppedthe show "cold" In every sense of the word.Ami st ran ire to pay, tills net, under an .»!>.-

s;m. .••) ttn »!•' !>i'»v«'ff '-nn'-lurlwly that it a ail<\l;:M\'l i,.\\\- U-i luWO A YlHllie kllOWI) to theaudience to slam over a hit of unusual pro-portions.The Two Carlsons opened tho show. Main

combination. Act has acrobatics of thoshoulder-to-shoulder, hand-to-hand and hand-to-hand routine to carry It over. Young mendo very well with their team tricks, but stall

too much on the opening. Act needs more

POOLING MONTREAL.The report Monday was that the Shu-

berts and Klaw & Erlanger had reached

an agreement whereby for a period of

ten years, starting next August, the

traveling attractions of both interests

playing Montreal, would play His Ma-jesty's theatre there.

For a long time there has been a ri-

valry between the firms ancnt bookingconditions in Montreal and this is the

frst indication that the matter wasbeing amicably settled.

Locally the report lacks confirma-tion, the Shubcrt offices avowing thati' was untrue.

Incidentally \V. A. Kdwards, man-ager of the Montreal house, is in NewYork, and his visit here at this timethat the report reaches surface, givesadditional significance that somethingis developing on the Montreal condi-tion.

20 VARIETY

Every music publisher and song writer has been patiently waiting for the American troops to pick out

a song the same as the English troops did with <4

Tipperary.M We all know that no pushing or plugging or

any one thing under the sun would determine the issue, but it would come of its#own accord as it did in

France. Well, it finally came, and we are the proud and happy possessors of the song. It started with the

troops in Indiana singing Macdonald and Hanley's popular march ballad, "Indiana," which has become the

official State song of Indiana; and when these troops spread to Texas and other parts of the country, the

song was carried along, with the result that we have received press notices from all parts of the country

eulogizing the song and stating that at last we have an American "Tipperary."

Performers who are not singing this song should put it on at once and will be wise to mak^ tht above

announcement to that effect.

:i

By BALLARD MACDONALD and JIMMIE HANLEY

is destined to t;o down in American history as the song the troopers sang, the same as they did "A hot

I ime in the Old Town" during the Spanish War.

WE ARE ALSO ANNOUNCING WITH PLEASURE TWO MARVELOUS NEW NUMBERS:

One of the most wonderful ballads ever placed before the

American public.

"LOOKOUTMOUNTAIN"

Bv JOE GOODWIN and HALSEY MOHR

The most marvelous rag that has been heard since the days

of "Alexander's Band."

"THE

RAGTIME VOLUNTEERSOFF TO WAR

By BALLARD MACDONALD and JIMMIE HANLEY

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CHICAGO, Grand Opera House Bldg.

VARIETY 2!

1LOUIS BERNSTEIN, President

It is with great pleasure that- we announce the capture of the three* big song hits of the

ZIEGFELD PRODUCTIONSin the famous ZIEGFELD FOLLIES," which opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre this week.

EDDIE CANTOR was the? hit of the show with one of the biggest and best novelty numbers rv» r h«-,u

on Broadway

iTmiiis;hj;/.h

By BALLARD MACDONALD and JIMMIL HANLLY

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By WILL J. HARRIS and NAT VINCENT

and the great novelty number

iX!

In the ZIEGFELD "FROLIC on the New Amsterdam Roof, AL HERMAN, the popular mm,.ii.

stopped the show with two of the biggest and best novelty numbers that we have tver published in this h<u

and that are destined to be heard from all over the country:

The comedy song

By ,JOE GOODWIN, WILL J. HARRIS and NAT VINCENT

Orchestra and Band Leaders throughout the country will do well to hammer away on these numbers

NEW YORK CITY

'FRISCO, Pantages Theatre Bldg

22 MOVING PICTURESOB ^n

SENTIMENT SOUNDS DOOM OFTRADE-PRESS FILM SHOWINGS

Plausible, Feasible and Sound-minded Reasons Advanced by

Picture Men Why VARIETY'S Suggestion That Pro-

jection Room Exhibitions Be Done Away WithShould Be Generally Endorsed—Adea

Growing in Favor.

The practice instituted by manufac-

turers and distributors of moving pic-

tures which resulted in reviewers as-

sembling in the various projection

rooms to witness prc-showings. seemedto some of them to be an injustice, not

alone to the producers, but to the ex-

hibitors. The value of advance re-

views arc not under-estimated, and it

is believed that if these reviews could

be written in the best circumstance,

they would be further enhanced and of

still greater value to showmen whodepend upon them as the guide to

their judgment in selecting entertain-

ment for their theatres.

Of late there has been a tendencyto discontinue the projection room ad-

vance showings, and unless all signs

fail the movement will grow into suchproportions that the concern adheringto the practice will be the exception to

the general rule. A canvass of several

of the concerns that recently aban-doned the private showings resulted in

some illuminative reasons therefor.

Metro claims it is impossible for re-

viewers to get an exact line on pic-

tures at private showings, any morethan the critics can pass judgmentupon a legitimate show at a rehearsal.

They cite as a specific instance their

current week's release. "Lady Bar-nacle," which when shown to a num-ber of people privately elicited abso-lutely no laughter or gsrve any indi-

cation of its vaue as a humorous far-

cical comedy. Yet when shown at

several of the theatres in New Yorkcity the audiences were convulsed withlaughter.On Bluebird's behalf it is contended

that in order to keep pace with the pro-

gram and have features shown to re-

viewers far enough in advance, that

they might be of greatest benefit, sub-

jects were frequently thrown into this

service before they were ready to be

viewed. Scenes which might subse-

quently be curtailed or eliminated;

titles that were most frequently edited,

or thrown out entirely, and the generalprocess of editing which had not beendone before the picture was shown to

the reviewers in the projection room,might lead to an entirely different out-

come, when the picture was actually

shown upon the exhibitQr's screen.

Regardless of the fact that reviewersmight be informed that the picture theywere seeing was incomplete, this dis-

advantage undoubtedly had bearingupon the opinion which was expressedin print. Furthermore, it would seemlikely that the consensus of the reviewswritten in the solitude of a projectionroom, without any other audience thanthe delegation of reviewers, could notgive the exhibitor the same indication

of pictures' value, that might come if

it were seen under circumstances that

the exhibitor must abide by, when the

film reaches his house.It is contended that a large percent-

age of first run exhibitors arc in a po-sition to judge what the picture is like,

before it conns to them and there canbe no harm in the delayed informationwhich reaches nianaecrs after the fea-

ture IS ttCiuailv iijiilSCii OJ) St. 1 1 C u 11 1 1\

These were the conclusions whichinfluenced Bluebird in deciding to aban-don private trade-press showings oftheir program pictures; nothing more,nothing less, than a desire to present

the picture inf its permanent form, as'ell as to f/rnish the exhibitor with

the opinion /f both the reviewers andai\ audiem

jander/Richardson, publicity man-ager\foj>AVorld- Pictures Brady-Made,said:

"If it has taken the manufapturers all

these years to find out that a pictureplay in a projection room with a smallassemblage of expert reviewers to lookit over is under a disadvantage, theyneed a hypodermic shot of what rac-ing sharps call 'the quick dope.' I

thought everybody, from the office boyboth ways and taking in the janitor,knew that, ages ago, but perhaps I wasin error.

"The matter of closing tli£. Worldprojection room was considered quiteawhile ago, but not on account of thedisadvantage to the pictures caused byabsence of a paying audience, musicand the right atmosphere. We werequite willing to submit the Brady-Made photoplays to the reviewers, evenunder this handicap, purely as an ac-commodation to them and to facilitatetheir work.

"It was felt that they were ourguests, and we were glad to have them.But when one or two so far misunder-stood the situation as to violate ourhospitality, the question of shutting offthese privileged exhibitions came upfor discussion. It was finally left inmy hands, and I concluded not to dis-commode the entire body of reviewersfor no fault of theirs as a 1>ody, but toweed out the offender or offenders indi-vidually.

"I picked the ringleader, a man whovery nearly if not quite always camein during the second reel, slammed thedoor, tramped across the floor, draggeda chair noisily in from the next room,and very often passed audible remarkssneering at or ridiculing the picture. I

felt that such conduct was creating anatmosphere distinctly detrimental toWorld-Pictures, which were not beingproduced entirely by permission of thisreviewer, and I gently but firmly re-

quested him to stay away."Nobody has Ueen told Nabout this

episode, so it will not be thought that I

was seeking to 'make an example.' Butthe fact is that the mere absence ofthis single disturbing factor haschanged our projection room into anentirely agreeable and orderly place,where the reviewers may concentratethemselves upon the story being un-folded before them without interrup-tion or distraction."So I am encouraged to conclude that

we were right in getting rid of the ill

bred member instead of shutting ourdoors to a body of young men andwomen who seem willing to n^ke al-

lowance for the disadvantages of pro-jection room showings. It is a toughthing for a host to feel compelled toeject a guest for disorderly conduct,but it is a heap better than breaUng upthe entire party and making all handswalk to the station in the rain."

DOLLYS WITH PATHE.1 iie 7>«.»iiy Sisters have been ?igne !

by the Hearst-Pathc picture intereststo pose for a series of features dur-ing the summer months. It is the first

time the twins will appear upon thefilm.

MORE TRIANGLE RUMORS.It was pretty generally conceded

about f«lm circles that Tkoma^H. I&zqhas come to a settlement with Triangleand had withdrawn from further pro-duction activities for that concern. H.O. Davis, in an interview, is authorityfor the statement that Culver City is

now the property of Triangle.Just what sort of a new arrange-

ment for the retention or withdrawalof Mack Sennett, if any, has been ar-rived at, was not known up to Wednes-day. All signs point to both the for-

mer Triangle producers making futurepictures on their own, to be releasedthrough Artcraft.The entry of S. A. Lynch as head of

the Triangle Distributing Corporationwas marked by the chopping off ofsomething like $3,000 a week in the"

running expenses and to friends Lynchis said to have admitted that he is hav-ing his hands full whipping the con-cern into shape.Another report has it that Lynch

is not over-anxious to remain at thehead of T's distributing company andthat within the next very few days adeal would be made whereby he wouldstep out and transfer his recent pur-chase of a controlling interest in thedistributing service to the Aiken in-

terests. Lynch first came into Tri-angle through his purchase for $100,000of the Triangle southern exchanges andit is understood his more recent deal forgeneral control of distribution wasmade to protect the initial buy.Triangle is said to be paying cash

for all new purchases at the presenttime and to be* holding in abeyance all

bills contracted prior to May 27, in

an endeavor to get some sort of a line

on its assets and liabilities.

The-e seems to be no question about11. O. Davis assuming general super-vision of Triangle productions in thefuture and it is stated he will bringto the concern a number of the presentUniversal directors to aid him in turn-ing out pictures.

SYRACUSE REGENT—SYNAGOGUE?Syracuse, June 13.

The Regent, one of the largest andfinest picture theatres here, has closedfor lack of patronage. The house is

located in the University section.The Regent may be converted into

a Jewish synagogue, since there are alarge number of residents of Hebrewextraction in the neighborhood.

ONE MORE CHICAGO HOUSE.Chicago, Jujie 13.

Jones, Linick & Schaefer are to haveanother new theatre, having leased theproperty at 406-408 South State streetfrom E. F. Keebler & Co. for a termof years at $10,000 yearly rent. Thenew house to be built will be devoted topictures and will be called the Royal.It is situated close to the Rialto butbelow Vati Burcn street.

ILIODOR CAST.Herbert Brcnon -lias selected the

principals for the cast of his big statesrights picture, "The Fall of the Ro-manoffs," featuring Iliodor, on whichhe has already been at work for sev-eral weeks. In addition to "the madmonk" he has cast Nance O'Ncil as theCzarina; Alfred Hickman as the Czar;K. J. Connelly as Rasputin; KaterinaGalanta as Anna, and Conway Tcarleas the young prince.

TO FILM RAFFLES.L. Lawrence Weber and Bobby

North arc negotiating with John Bar-rymore to be starred in a big featureproduction of "Raffles."

Norma Talmadge's Next.The next Norma Ta'mr.dj»e picture

w-ill be svunariocd from "The Secretof the Storm Country," a novel byGrace Miller White, the book not yethaving been published. Picture andstory will probably appear about thesame time.

GOLDWYN SHAPING UP.Goldwyn Distributing Corporation,

recently chartered at Albany, N. Y.,

with a capital stock of $1,000,000, to

handle the Goldwyn Pictures releases

throughout the United States, this weekheld its first meeting and elected thefollowing officers: President, SamuelGoldfish; vice-president, Archibald Sel-

wyn; vice-president, Alfred Weiss;viee-president, F. B. Warren; treasurer,

Gabriel L. Hess.At this meeting announcement was

made that branch offices had beenopened in eighteen of the principal cit-

ies of the United States, not includingWashington, D. C, where a branchwill also be located within a fortnight.

Goldwyn Pictures, Ltd., of Canada, hasalso opened exchanges in the six larg-

est Canadian centers.Samuel Goldfish will be the active

head of the Goldwyn distributing sys-tem and it is claimed he is introduc-ing new methods into Aim salesman-ship. In the operation of the distribu-

tion corporation he will be actively as-

sisted by Alfred Weiss and F. B. War-ren.

PREVENTS PRIVATE SHOWING.Hartford, June 13.

Manager Yanni of the Poli house is-

sued several hundred invitations for

the showing of a film which had as its

subject the black race. Among thoseinvited was Mayor Hagerty, but un-able to attend at the time ManagerVanni had planned, the mayor sug-gested another date—proposing Sun-day, which Manager Vanni O. K'd.At the last moment Prosecutor Par-

ker warned Manager Vanni that noshowing of the picture should be madeon the Sabbath, with the result thePoli manager had to cancel his privateexhibition, but within his own rightshe could have forced permission forthe private exhibition because themayor can use his own judgment atsucn times to order the police to actas he sees fit, and to stop the pictureand arrest those present would meanthe mayor too would have to "comealong."

SHUBERT WILL TRY AGAIN.Nothing daunted by previous expe-

riences in the film industry, Lee Shu-bert, in association with Arthur Ham-merstein and Ralph Ince, has organ-ized a corporation under the title ofthe Advance Motion Picture Corpora-tion. The new concern is seeking a stu-dio in or around New York and will be-gin about July 1 the manufacture of mo-tion pictures. Asked about the meth-od of distribution, one of the trio saidthe matter had not progressed that far.

The stars selected are Elaine Ham-mcrstein, Lucille Lee Stewart and MayThompson. The first picture to bescreened will be a film version of "TheCo-respondent," with Miss Hammer-stein; the second, "Fate's Honeymoon,"an original story, with Miss Stewart;the third, "The Girl in the Forest,"with Miss Thompson, based on an op-eretta in which Lula Glaser appeared atthe Herald Square some years* ago.

CHRISTUS WITHDRAWS.After losing for the six weeks' period

it was on exhibition at the Criterion"Christus" has been withlrawn andwill be placed on distribution on thestate's right proposition or a house re-lease arranged for by the meA control-ling the film. The picture is understoodto have failed to draw, owing to the warinterest shown by the United States,with all activities pointing to the coun-try getting deeper into general partici-pation with the enemy. So "Christus"failed to draw, although the picturew,f* y\\ iMi ov fi^ral publicity in manyways. "Christus" was bought from theCities people who made the picture, thefollowing men, Gaston Weinstein, Hen-ry Grange. C. Kerr, M. Picard, gettingthe picture in Rome and buying it forthe U. S. rights.

MOVING PICTURES 23

The first of the Lois Meredith pictures tobe released by Superlative Co. has been se-lected. The working title will be "A Voicefrom the Mist."

The Qeorge H. Doran company has pub-lished a manual of instruction and informa-tion, written by Marguerite Bertsch, entitled"How to Write for Moving Pictures." Frompast experience Miss Dertsch is perhaps aswell qualified as anybody to write on thesubject.

The next Ethel Clayton photoplay forWorld-Pictures Brady-Made Is titled "SoulsAdrift," to be published late in August. MissClayton's leading man in this drama Is Mil-ton Sills.

where the big scenes In this Alaskan dramatake place.

When hired by Qeorge W. Ledercr for theMarlon Davieta feature, Gladden James askedthe salary. "Same as before," answered Led-erer. "Oh, no,' said James, "I've now got to

pay alimony and counsel fees."

Violet Mersereau Is getting much-neededvacation following the making of "La Clgale,"and Is spending her time shopping and drivingher cream-colored six-cylinder car, with hermother and sister Claire.

"I notice," said a man with a memory,"that another play by George Broadhurst isto be filmed. It is called 'What Money Can'tBuy,' and In its brief career on the speakingstage after the first night the only thing thatmoney couldn't buy was an audience."

A sad wag who saw the private showing ofAlice Brady in "A Self-Made Widow" in theWorld-Pictures projection room remarked thatMiss Alice surclv ought to worship her crea-tor. Slightly obscure, but will repay study.

The Glendale, Cal., Kalem studio, havingleased 11 acres surrounding its old plant, iscompletely remodeling the studio. Stagespace has been Increased four times. Allcoast Kalem companies are now working atthe Glendale studio. The Stlngaree and Amer-ican Girl series have Just been completed, andDirector Home will take up the filming of anew serial by Robert Wells Ritchie in abouttwo weeks. The Ham and Bud comedies arealso being made here, the current one beingentitled "The Onion Magnate's Revenge."

H. T. Knapp has been appointed managerof the Dallas, Tex., office of the Mutual FilmCorporation. Mr. Knapp, who has been con-nected with the home office, statred on his

new duties May 26.

"The Unafraid," an original scenario by L.

Case Russell, has been chosen as the nextvehicle for Call Kane. This will be pro-duced under the direction of Henry King,who has but recently Joined the directorial

forces of the American company, and will bereleased by the Mutual Film Corporation.

A complaint having been registered againstthe promoter of a large film concern to theInvestigating Committee of the Curb Market,the stock of the company has been tabooedby the Curb brokers until the allegations con-tained in the complaint can be looked into.

George Loane Tucker Is making ready for

the Imminent exploitation of another feature

production in America on the same scale ashis successful "The Deemster."

Melbourne Macdowell has become a memberof the Triangle stock company at Culver City.As the heavy lead In "The Flame of theYukon," opposite Dorothy Dalton, Macdowellwill make his debut in the silent drama.Without previous experience In screen act-ing, he Is said to have created an unusuallytelling characterization in the role of "Black.lack" Hovey, proprietor of the Midas Cafe,

The German High Seas Fleet in action will

be shown in this country for the first time thelatter part of June, with the releasing onMetro's program, of "The Greatest Power," In

which Ethel Barrymore is the star. Thisannouncement was made by B. A. Rolfe, whodeclares the only motion pictures ever madeof the sinking of the Gneisenau, Spandau andBremerhurst, German battleships, will be seen

in "The Greatest Power." Mr. Rolfe will not

say how much he paid for the film, neitherwill he say from whence it came, but he de-

clares that the print Is now In a safe deposit

vault.

MUTUAL

AMERICAN FIL1W COMPANY, Inc.

Presents

Mary Miles MinterIN

"PERIWINKLE"A story with an intense heart appeal.Fresh as a breeze from the ocean itself.

In live acts. Directed by James Kirk-wood. Released the week of June 11th.

"On Wednesday evening Mary Miles Minter, at the new T. & D.Theatre, 11th & Broadway, Oakland, California, America's largest

and finest picture palace, was welcomed by over 4,000 people. MissMinter received an ovation seldom accredited to a star of the screen,

for the people could not resist the sweet and appealing beauty and theunconscious charm of this little girl," says the "Dramatic Mirror."

You can pack YOUR theatre with Mary Miles Minter—MutualPictures. Now available at all Mutual Exchanges arc the followingMinter five-reel productions:—"Youth's Endearing Charm," "Dulcic'sAdventure," "Faith," "A Dream or Two Ago," "The Innocence ofLizettc," "The (kntlc Intruder," "Environment." "Annic-For-Spitc"and "Periwinkle " Arrange without delay to show them all. Hookthem TODAY.

ProducerAMERICAN FILM COMPANY, INC.

Samuel S. Hutchinson, President

Distributor

MUTUAL FILM CORPORATIONJohn R. Frculcr , President

Bluebird's program (s "all set" until July16 and there have been completed enough fea-tures to last until the regular season opensIn the fall. "The Greater Law," produced byLynn P Reynolds, from Chas. J. Wilson, Jr.'sstory, "The Code of the Klondyke," will betho July 16 attraction, with Myrtle Gonzales.George Hernandez, Gretchen Lederer andLawrence Peyton playing the principal roles.This feature was produced last winter nearTruckee, Cal., high up In the Sierras, whereAlaskan "atmosphere" was picturesquely sup-plied while the actors waded through snow,knee deep, in reproducing the situations.

Henry P. Caulfleld, recently attached to theLone Film Corporation, and who was veryactive in the distribution of the Charles Chap-lin films for the Mutual, was recently quar-tered at the Clarldge lining up new filmactivities for the remainder of the year. WhyCaulfleld pulled away from the M would fill

a little book In itself but Caulfleld has severalmatters under cover which he believes willhand the film world a* little surprise whenfully consummated.

Ella Hall is scheduled for two appearancesamong Bluebirds during the summer. "LittleMiss Fix-It," which Jack Conway has Justcompleted on the West coast, has not been

,definitely scheduled but will have an earlyAugust showing. The "Little Orphan," how-ever. Is announced for June 18. This fea-ture was created by Mr. Conway from a storyby H. O. Davis and deals with the fate of aflock of Belgian children, orphaned as a re-sult of the war.

States Attorney McGhee of Ohio has givenan opinion that the Ohio film censors haveno authority to Investigate film exchange* toascertain if all copies of films were submittedto the Censor Board. The Board has no in-spectors and cannot get information to provethat copies of films, parts of which were notapproved, are being used in lieu of the onescensored. It Is claimed that constant eva-sions of the law are being practiced.

There Is likely to be a falling off In theclients of personal press agents for film starsIn the near future. - A number of film pro-ducing and releasing concerns have notifiedtheir stars that the activities of the personalpress representatives Interferes with the pub-licity their regular press agents are dis-seminating and that the practice must bediscontinued.

When "The Birth of a Nation" opens anIndefinite engagement at Brighton BeachMusic Hall June 29 It will have Guy SmithIn charge of Its management.

George H. Degnon, business manager of theTrans-Continental tour of J. Warren Kerri-gan, who Is now at work on a Kerrigan fea-ture In Los Angeles, reached Broadway Mon-day. Degnon was very successful with theKerrigan tour and put over some nifty pressstunts for him en route.

Lieut. Wells Hawks, of the U. 8. 8. Re-cruit, the great warship model which hasbeen built in Union Square, New York, tostimulate naval enlistments, was In a quandaryrecently. Recruiting was so brisk that Lieut.Hawkes found It was almost a boomerang.He had so many embryo sailors that he hadno place to put them. Nearby Is the Academyof Music, William Fox's enormous photoplay-house. Mr. Fox heard of the difficulty andImmediately got Into communication withLieut. Hawks; so the naval "rookies" spenttheir spare time settled snugly In an up-holstered theatre seat, through the courtesyof J. Stobblns, tho Academy manager.

Jones. Llnlck 6 Schaefer will take "ThoSubmarine Eye," and after giving It an ex-tended run at tho Studebaker, Chicago, willbook It throughout the State of Illinois. TheStudebaker theatre was the scene of the firsttriumph of the Williamson Brothers, whichfour years ago played tho production knownas tho Williamson Submarine Expedition Pic-tures. Rex O. Lawhcad, who served In thecapacity of manager for that attraction, Isnow In charge of the Studebaker showing, andIs the general Western representative for thoWllllumson Brothers.

Charles Kauffman has been engaged by theJ. Wnrren Kerrigan Feature Corporation asdirector of photography and he is now Inchnrge of the camera In filming Mr. Kerrl-Kan'H first independent production, "A Man'sMan," which will be one of the two firstPnralta Plays released. Mr. Kuuffmnn first

Horry Houdlnl Is engaging players for hisnow mystery picture. Nina Morris Is beingmentioned as ono of tho principal feminineplayers.

Arrangements am being made by HarryHaver to send out his newest film spectacle,"The Worrlor" (seven parts) as a road out-fit in tho fall, Raver being of the opinionthe plcturo has the "draw." "Tho Warrior"is hailed by the Raver offico as a second"Cahlrla," wlfh Mae]ntc ns the eentrnj fH'tiruof I hi- subject. Tbo story Is laid in the.

Itulian nnd Austrian Alps during the presentwar and somo actual war scenes have beensecured. Tho giant film actor, Maclste, is

seen as an Alplno soldier.

came into prominence for his work with Es-sanay and later became a wta- camera manfor TrlangU, working with Director ReginaldBarker. Hi» contract with Triangle expiredJune 1 and he was gathered in by Robert T.Kane, vice-president of Paralta Plays, whoorganized Mr. Kerrigan's directorate and tech-nical staff.

"Redemption" state rights continue to sell,with Hiram Abrams buying the New England«!&J&*

to tte Eve,yn Nesbit special fllm for9J0000, and Jones, Llnlck A Schaefer ofChicago taking Illinois for $30,000.

Mo"'» Mllllgan, a brother of Carl MI11I-gan (New York Pantages offices), who oncemanaged the Pantages theatre, Edmonton,can., now has a feature, "Mothers of France"(Madame Bernhardt), which he Is taking

with*??Canad,an noU8e» and making money

„.Kew

.

,B J*.SdMlck has secured the dis-

tribution rights for the New York and Chi-cago exchanges of "On Trial" and "Parent-

lei iJ?" 5n

,

Wft8 ™P°rted to bo about townA?.. Zk offer,n* the flIm stellar services or

V.;yw aordon' accompanied by the provisothat he was to direct the taking of the fea-

lures.. - • '«

Metro has planned a busy season of starreleases and from now on the M. staff of fllm

£la?w

r,.Wi

JI be k

.ept on tne JumP getting rid

of the features planned by the general office.

Metro directors have gotten new assign-ments and there has been a general shifting

hL. e men*k

H0 are 8ta« lnK the M. produc-tions For the present Francis X. Bushmanwill be in the hands of Edwin Carewe, withJL f?

per8,

onal,y looking after the next EmmyWehlen picture. Director Cabanne has com-pleted the new Emily Stevens feature, "TheSlacker, winding up the last scenes lastWC6IC.

On the special list of Metro feature star re-leases will be found the Stevens "Slacker"film as well as two more Miss Stevens will doIncluding "Tho Sleeping Memory" and an-other yet to be named. Viola Dana will havethe feminine lead in the production of "Blueieans'

. ^Tne an°tber star will visualise "The£lSed

-nimK°

r'" A Metro ,tar yet to De •-ected will be seen in "Yosemlte." All ofthese will be given special release dates.

Unless other arrangements are made before?.£! i

a,I/u

th.ere wU1 be •** ro*d outfitsThe Birth of a Nation" In operation next

season The booking department of the J. J.Mc( arthy offices, handled by Sydney Smith. Isalready lining up new routes.

Ludwlg Schtndler, who came to New Yorkto boom things up for the Chicago picture ex-position that will be held In the Windy Cityat the same time of the annual league con-vention, and who obtained the consent of anumber of film stars to attend the affair Inperson, has gone back to Chicago but mayreturn again to wind up a number of businessmatters Just prior to the opening of theExpo next month.

Jack Abrams returned to Broadway the lat-ter part of last week, coming In from a longtour through the south with "A Birth of aNation," Jack being the last of the road man-agers to quit the one night trails. Abramshas a wonderful success with his one night-ers through Texas In particular, playingmany repeaters, and averaging a thousanddollars or moro on each stand. Very few in-deed were the stands that didn't turn out aswell as expected, two stops hitting the outfithard through terrific storms. Jack dug uptowns that tho state map of Texas didn'thave outlined.

"The Oarden of Allah" feature, which open-ed a three weeks' exhibition last woek InFords, Baltimore, will be sont out as a onenight road outfit next season, with time nowbeing penciled In by the men controlling thefilm. Howard Herrlck Is managing the out-fit that is playing Baltimore.

The St. Denis theatre, building and in-ferior fittings, was sold at auction las wekto A. O. Tanner, lawyer, who acted for thostockholders of the company in liquidation,for $202,100. In addition to tho purchaseprlco the buyer assumes all outstandingobligations.

Whon Ethel Barrymore starts her nextfeature for Metro it will be under LionelHarrymore's personal direction. (Jeorgo Bakerdirected MIsh Barrymore In a film Just com-pleted.

Robert Carson, who has been playing thodetective In the Francis X. Bushman-BeverlyMayne feature, "The Great Secret," Is beyondthe conscription age, yet he plans to go tothe colors, providing he an enter a certainarmy division. Carson planned to see Lieut.Wells Hawks at the recruiting ship, "Re-cruit," and have Hawks advise him as to thebest step to take.

Ji'sso Well Is devoting all his spare tlraoto hit* "Birth" fllm, having taken tho NewYork tcrltorlal rights for tho film.

Olive Thomas will make her debut on theTriangle program as a full-fledged star onJune 24, when Thomas H. Ince will presenther In a rollicking comedy of high spiritsnnd novel situations entitled "Madcap Madge."On tho samo dato Chnrlen Ray will also makehis appearance under Ince auspices In acomedy drama known as "Tho Clodhopper."

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the FIRSTand ONLY

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Saturday Evening PostBased on the absorbing story, "Loot," by

Arthur Somers Roche, and read by 10,000,000people, "The Gray Ghost" opens up to a busi-ness of staggering proportions.

Released June 25thThis gripping serial will PACK THE

CROWDS IN ALL RUMMER. You neverhad a better opportunity to play capacity nora stronger serial than "The Gray Ghost."Get the BIG BOOK through your nearestUNIVERSAL Exchange.

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Ned Holmes, who recently returned fromChicago, where he had charge of "Joan theWomar" film exhibition there for Jonei, Lin-Ick & Schaefer, may take to the road andpull some special publicity for Ooldwyn.

Albert Doris, formerly with Vitagraph andMetro forces, has organized the Dorrls Pub-licity Co., having Lee M. Walk«r as his man-ager of engagements. Dorrls at one time waswith the Jos. M. Oaltes office.

John Wllstach, who handled special pub-licity for "Treasure Island," recently finishedthe storlzlng of "The Deemster" for the Ar-row Film Corporation.

Captain Hesser, head of the Hester pub-licity bureau, has just furnished a scenariofor a big film spectacle, entitled "Miss Lib-erty," In which E. K. Lincoln and Mae Mur-ray will play the leads. The feature will bemade In the Lubln plant, Philadelphia.

Lewis J. Selznick has rented an entire floor(the fifth) In the Mecca Building, to househis rapidly growing New York exchange. .

Oeorge Bowles Is about town once moreafter being laid up for a couple of monthswith a broken leg. He says he will confinehis activities to the him Industry.

Hlller A Wllk hare sold "Fighting InFrance" to the Educational Film Corp. ofDallas, for the states of Arizona, Texas, Okla-homa and Arkansas. They have also disposedof the Philippine rights to "A Morman Maid"to the Royal Cinema Corp., a New York con-cern that buys for the Orient. Australia hasIncreased Its order from three to five printsfor "A Mormon Maid," which Is said to be arecord.

The Convention and Exposition of the Mo-tion Picture Exhibitors' League of Pennsyl-vania will be held June 25, 26 and 27 at thePark Auditorium, Philadelphia.

Albert Capellani, recognized as one of theforemost directors of silent drama, has beenengaged by John R. Freuler, president of theMutual Film Corporation, to direct for theEmpire All Star Corporation, the productionsof Julia Sanderson, the latest of the CharlesFrohman stars to be added to Mutual's "Bigstars only."

Julius E. Timer, formerly general managerfor the Combltone Pictures Corp., and theIdeal studios and laboratories, and now lab-oratory representative for the ThanhouserCo., has arranged with Thanhouser to cater toindependent market producers who have nolaboratories, and Timer has been delegated tospend much of his time in New Yor* sinningMp contracts. This Is a new departure forfhanhouser, who hus confined everything aboutthe Thanhouser studios to their own manu-facture.

"The Amazons," with Marguerite Clark astho star, is to be the attraction at the Rialtofor the week of Aug. 5. This will be thefirst Clark picture to play that house.

A certain picture actor who has been fromtime to time held u-> to ridicule by several of

the bigger figures in the film world who havecirculated various .stories regarding him, hasretaliated by facing the managers and cor-nering them and securing a written apologyfrom them for the defamations wlilch theyIssued, the managers signing a statementthey were wholly in error and that they werevoicing tales that they had by hearsay only.

Within the last week eighty-two theatresIn Greater New York have started the cyclo-inouiie pupu'.aril/ tonUota. The cyclomobllecontests were originated by Burton Mank, whohas charge of the New York agency, assistedby Billy Williams.

The picture shows at Coney Island are notreaping the big harvest of other days, ac-cording to reports. There has been too muchcompetition In the past few days, and withthe weather not any too auspicious for visit-

ors the film theatres are not getting the playanticipated. A number of prospective Coneyexhibitors have delayed opening, waiting to

hear Just how the proposed war tax Is goingto affect them.

The playhouse at Asbury Park in course of

construction In Cookman avenue and St.

James place, only a short distance from theOcean, will be completed sometime In July.It will be opened as film theatre but later in

the fall a balcony will be added, the stajecompleted and by 1918 will be used as a "tryout" house for Broadway shows. The theatreIs being built at an estimated cost of $160,000.

NEW INCORPORATIONS.GLORIA PICTURE CO., Inc., Manhat-

tan. Motion Pictures. $5,000. J. Prevl-tall, M. Rlchter. A. Fanolli, 229 8th Ave.,Van YOrlCHAROLD FLAMMER, Inc., Manhattan.

Music Publishing. $5,000. G. M. Vail, A.L. Wright, H. Flammer, 471 RosmoreAve., Bronxville, N. Y.CREST PICTURE CORP.. Manhattar.

Motion Pictures. $50,000. C. E. Carlton,S. Sonnenscheln, M. Keajley, Times Build-ing, New York.KOSSUTH AMUSEMENT CO., Inc.,

Queens. Motion Pictures. $5,000. H. &K. Bachman, H. Wlsbauer, 161 He.llockAve., Queens.DUPLEX FILMS, INC., Brooklyn. Pic-

tures. $10,000. J. W. Nobee, J. Block-haus, H. O. Carlton, 1133 75th St., Brook-lyn, N. Y.

MAYFAIR CO. AT WORK.The newly organized Mayiair Film

Corporation, with M. A. Schlesinger,managing director, plans to release thefirst of its film features within the nextmonth when the first of the PeggyHyland pictures will be ready for themarket. The Mayfair is filmizingAiaravene Thompson's story, "Persua-sive Peggy," written especially for MissHyland.The dynamic spirit back of the May-

fair company is Schlesinger himself,who has some well defined ideas on all

phases of the picture game. Schlesing-er admits he is comparatively a

stranger in the production end but thathis knowledge of the other phases^otthe business is thorough through longyears of association with the Schles-inger chain of houses in South Africa.

While Schlesinger is primarily anattorney and a banker and knows everyangle of the business end of films, heis going into the production workthoroughly desirous of learning all its

rudiments and has several big plansboiling that will startle the film worldwhen ready for exploitation.

Schlesinger is angling for femininestars and will sign several up for fea-

ture work as soon as the time permits,and the films when completed may bereleased via state rights' propositionor may be distributed per programservice, a matter to be determinedlater.

A few minutes' talk with Schlesingerconvinces one that he has several cardsup his sleeve that will give the olderheads something to think over whenhis formation plans are fully consum-mated and given out officially. Re thenew plan, now in embryonic shape,Schlesinger has talked with a> num-ber of the biggest film producers andthey have given him great encourage-ment and assured him of their heartysupport when his idea hears fruit.

Richard StantonDirector of Features for William Fox

Coming Release: DustIn Farnum in "Durand of the Bad Lands."

Under Production ^ . Du«t«n -Farnum.in "The. Scarlet Pimpernel."

PAST RELEASES—The Bottt" "The Lot* Thief" "One Touch of Sin"

"Her Temptation" end "Aloha-Oha," featuring Enid Markey

THE DIVORCE GAME.Florence Alice BradyPaul John BowenJean le Beau Arthur AshleyMrs. 8afford Kate LesterDuke de Sallure Joseph HerbertMendoza .....John DrumlerFill Dupet Maria Lararre

In making; a screen production of "TheDivorce Game," taken from Lee Dltrlchsteln'splay, "Mile. Fill/' William A. Brady has de-parted from his apparently hard and fast ruleto make for the World Film Corp. only fea-tures suitable for general program release.The story of "The Divorce Game" la a bit"gay," with the sting taken off It through its

unfolding as a faroe. The characters are allFrench, and as well played as could be ex-pected of American artists. One genuineFrenchman in the cast would have dona moreto create the proper atmosphere than all thescenery, Interior settings and costuming thatcould be devised in America. It is the storyof an extravagant American heiress and hertitled French husband who live beyond theirmeans and are constantly harassed by credit-ors. The comedy is created through theirefforts to raise funds. In spite of a few risquesituations there isn't sufficient "substance"for a flve-reeler. The picture was made atthe Peerless studios, directed by Travel*Vale, photographed by Max Schneider.

JcHo.

Aronson Managing A. C. Keith's.

Atlantic City, June 13.

When Keith's opens June 25, Jules

E. Aronson will be at the managerial

helm.

B. A. ROLFEpresents

ViolaDanain a play that weaves thebrilliant strands of fancyinto the hard fabric of

facts

Aladdin'sU

OtherLamp'

from Willard Mack's"The Dream Girl"

in Fiv* Acts of iuparb METROwonderplay, directed by JohnH. Collin*.

Released June 25th

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ON TRIAL. the whole makes for a rery aooepUble feature.vis inuu.But ^^ to §mml| ju^yfc^ th% D|cture will

Robert Strickland Sidney Alaaworth enjoy anything like the mosses the play ofMra. Robert Strickland ....Barbara Castleton the tame name dtd noon the peaklnf stage.Doris Strickland Little Mary McAllsUr Solo.Gerald Track ...James Young .

oi5.r0e~.^^ HER STRANGE WEDDING.

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First National Exhibitors' Circuit la Bseanay's Dr Max Brownell Jack Deanscreen Torsion of Blmer Retaensteln'a melo- lm Brownell Tom Fonnandramatlo stage success 'On Trial/* It la an Peters Billy Blmerexcellent place of screening, but judged from Poorly directed In spots, with a story »othe standpoint of a film ertlon of a eels- excesslrely melodramatlo as to bring laughsbrated legitimate play. It Is a dlssapolntment m spots Is the manner in which one mustfor the Tory reason that made It a novelty 8Um up on "Her Strange Weddlng."wlth Fannyfor the legitimate stage. "On Trial'' as a ward as the star, a Lasky-Paramount feature,play was a very ordinary, old-fashioned melo- There Is a tendency to oreract on the partdramatic story, hut the Idea of transplanting of tbe cast and this Is what pulls the laughs,flashbacks to the speaking stage in the same There Is nothing unusual about the plot, whichmanner they were utilised In moring pictures ia one of those triangle affairs with brotherwas a distinct novelty and waa sensationally against brother for the hand of one girl. Ofsuccessful from a financial standpoint. Ms- course, like girls alwaya do, this one choosesssnay haa done some Tory admirable screen- tbe black sheep, and later It Is necessary toIng In the fade-Ins and fade-outs, with the kill him off so that the yarn can have avarious witnesses upon the stand, constantly happy ending and Miss Ward and Jack Deanflashing back to visualise their testimony. The get together for the clinch. The big laughmoot sensational of all the protean actors comes when the black sheep shoots his bro-wse R. A. Roberts with his r'Dlck Turpln" ther In the temple and. after being shot/- thevaudeville sketch. But If Mr. Roberts were wounded man drags himself to the roomsto do the same thing before the camera, the where hla assailant and the wife are. andfact that he was able to change hla clothes when the brother who committed the deedin Jlgstep time would moan nothing. There sees him the shock Is too much and he falls

1« an excellent east, the direction la fine, the dead of heart failure. It waa too much of

photography all that could be desired, and a shock for the audience., too, but It didn't

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kill them ; It just tickled them to death fromthe way they laughed. It la a mighty seerexample of what a feature picture saouM he,and if It gets by it will be oh the strengthof the Star's name only.

FILM DENIED A PERMIT.Chicago, Jane 13.

"Birth," the film produced by theEugenic Film Co., wag refused a permitby Major Funkhouier lest week endAlfred Wermen, who if here with thepicture, hag started mandamus proceed*inn. which will be argued this week.Warman says that the state rights

for Illinois have been sold, pending thesuccess of the proceedings.

LBDERBR AT WORK.George W. Lederer commenced work

this week on the filming of "Out ofGypsyland," featuring Marion Davie*.The cast includes Jos. Kilgour, PedrodeCordoba, Matt Moore, Ormi Hnwley,Gladden James, Sarah McVicker, BoyceCombe.

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Ficd Morton Frank MillsHenry Morton Gua WeinbergKm in n Morton Alice (»a!eMarion Gttridiiil .'

. iVohore HarrlHRichard Hewlett Capt. Harry LambartMth. Furrlngton Kano Lester

In uplte of the Inclement weather a largecrowd gathered in front of tho Hialto theatrelast Thursday morning waiting for an oppor-tunity to wltncHH a private press showing ofthe plcturlzatlon of tho George Uroadhurst-Ahrahum Sehomi-r stage ruccosp, "To-Day."It was produced by Ilnrry Rapf and associates,with Florence Il^ed In tho principal role. ThlHwas probnbly occasioned by the fact that as

a legitimate play It ran for over a year InNew York and the six road companies thatafterward toured the country should all con-tribute toward creating a healthy box office

demand for the screen version. The picturewhs dlrpfj.ed. by Ralph Ir.^e, photographed byAndre Darlatler and there aro 6,500 feet offilm, making a scant seven reels. The sub-ject is so big and the drama so strong thatit would interest any audlonce anywhere inthe world, even If presented by a less Im-portant cast and minus the careful detail anddirection with which Mr. Rapf has surroundedIt. Supporting Miss Reed arc Frank Mills astho husband; Gus Weinberg and Alice Galeas the parents of the husband ; LeonoroHarris as the friend of the wife; Capt. HarryLambart as the gentleman friend of the wife,

and Kate Lester as "Mrs. Farrlngton," thekeeper of the flat Where the husband con-fronts his wife. One might scour tho entirecountry and fail to assemble so great a caBtof screen luminaries. No attempt at so-(«JIod "comedy relief" has been attempted,Xhe director confining himself to relating thestory of the selfish woman who sacrifices hersoul for pretty clothes, with her life beingrecorded In tho "Book of Fate" by the Re-cording Angel. A clever ruse was resorted toat the finish by having the wife awake, show-ing it to be a horrible dream, and rushingInto the kitchen to aid her mother-in-law toprepare the evening repast, thereby creatinga happy ending. "To-day" should be classedwith the best of tho Important screen produc-tions of the year. Jolo.

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"WILDandWOOLLY"ByAnita Loos Directed byJohnEmerson

From story by H. B. Carpenter*

It isn't fair to Douglas Fairbanksto advertise his pictures as an"added feature" to vaudevillehouses.

You know and we know and heknows that his pictures alone willfill the house.

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A DOLL'S HOUSE.Nora Ilolracr Dorothy PhillipsTorvalu lielmcr William PowellNils KronHtad T^on ChaneyDr. Rank S.dney DeanChristina Linden Miriam ShelbyAnna ^ Helen Wright"A Doll's llousc" Is a Bluebird version or

Ilenrlk Ibsen's play and anyono who has seen

cither Mrs. Fiske or Nazlmova play it on

tho speaking stage will readily admit that It

makes a much bettor play than It does a

photoplay subject. On tho stage It was dry,

hard and cheerless. On the screen It Is as

lively as a snail taking a sun bath and moves

along In a dull, sombre uneventful way that

has the ardent screen fan waiting for some-

thing to happen that will make It attain tho

feature height for which It was Intended.

Dorothy Phillips is seen as Nora Helmer, the

woman who makes a grand sacrifice for herhusband and who In turn gets a terrible

tongue lashing, and works very hard to makethe role stand out. Miss Phillips does ex-

cellent work but the role gives her few oppor-

tunities to score anything moro than a fewemotional scenes that have been done andredone In film climaxes many times over.

There Is little to the picture to commend it

asldo from the prestige the piece has gained

on the speaking stage. Summing up "ADoll's House" from start to finish there is

preciously little dramatic interest In It aside

from numerous interior scenes In which the

principals do nothing but look at each other

and let the audience surmise the kind of

speech that Is supposed to be going on. It

was the dialog that made the play sustain in-

terest. Minus the prose the principals act

like a man with the blind staggers. Through-out the feature they grope and grope andseem to have no concerted action on which to

thread a lively, melodramatic celluloid themethat one naturally expects of a story in which

a young woman forges her father's name to

save her husband from beating time to the

poorhouse. Rolling of eyes and the wringing

of hands are about all that one sees in ADoll's House." As a film feature "A DollsHouse" does not seem to strike twelve. Nearly

the entire screen phase is laid within

studio interiors that did not necessitate a

lot of coin expenditure for production. Blue-

bird did fairly well with the story and Miss

Phillips no doubt extracts as much interest

out of the thankless role of Nora as any-

body could perhaps, bu: the theme as un-

folded a la camera does not grip ono's atten-

tion as It should. More attention to the cap-

tions might have helped no doubt but it is

about one of the most uninteresting sub-

jects from a screen standpoint that has been

cameraed in many a day. The Bluebird

players, director and release date fixers are

very likely mighty glad that "A Doll's House'

U off their chests. The photography at times

Is splendid nnd some of the scenes are well

staged but as a whole the film lacks the

punch. Mark.

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THE GOLDEN LOTUS.Leah Reglna BadetRobert Verney Martin Bradford

• Martin Carrell Genrge CordayGovannt '...Guy FavleresReginald Ramnay Paul Guide.Marquis do Merrlcourt -....Paul ObreyJustine verney Louise SandThis is the second of the French picture

plays starring Reglna Badet, '"the vampireof France," purchased for America by theBrady International Service for distributionto the World Program. Like tho others inthe list of Importations this play' was directedby Louis Mercanton, and also like the othersit shows extremely effective and beautifulphotography, wonderful scenes, exterior andinterior, and acting of the most .finished andperfect description, together with an almostcomplete absence of the clumsy and super-fluous flashbacks so plentiful in most photo-plays. Leah, the central personage In thispiece, is the main attraction of a continentalgambling resort, her part being to lure richmen against the game, which is run by apetty crook named Govannl. Leah has fallendesperately In love with Reginald Ramsey, ayoung novelist finishing his latest work of fic-

tion In the neighborhood, but she has notdisclosed her identity to him. He calls hisnovel "The Golden Lotus," and has caused alotus in gold to be fashioned for his ladylove, to whom he presents It in a charminglytender scene. At this point a friend comesalong who feels It his duty to tell Reginaldthe truth, and who in pursuit takes the youngllterateur to the gambling place just as oneof Leah's victims shoots himself at her feet.

Reginald, heart-broken, goes off to Africa, andLeah, through an automobile accident, 1ft

taken to the chateau of the Marquis de Merrl-court, who falls In love with her and makesher his wife, even though she bares her pastto him. It turns out later that the MarquisIs the father of Reginald (who has assumedthe name of Ramsay at the outset of his lit-

erary career), and when the young man corneaback from Africa the big scenes of the dramaoccur. Leah Is still madly in love with Reg-inald, whose real identity has been unknownto her, and although he repulses her, cir-cumstances lead his father to believe thereIs a guilty alliance. This belief appears tobe corroborated when the Marquis finds hiswife in the apartment of his son. The en-suing episode between the two men showsLeah the utter hopelessness of the future,and in the outer corridor she kills herself,

that her husband and his son may live outtheir lives free from the' influence 'that hasdivided them. Mile. Badet's performance is

vivid, sympathetic and convincing, a proofthat her title, "the vampire of France," lias

not been misplaced. She Is beautiful to lookat, and a rarely accomplished actress. PaulGuide as Reginald, and Paul Obrey as theMarquis were entirely effective, while GuyFavleres as the charlatan Govannt was capi-tal. "The Golden Lotus" should be a dis-

tinctly popular feature. Jolo.

NEW ILLINOIS CENSORSHIP.Chicago, June 13.

The abolition of the Chicago film

censorship board, conducted through

the police department, which delegates

the rather autocratic morals office, sec-

ond deputy Major Funkhouscr as the

head of the board, was indicated by the

passing of the Guernsey bill by 105

affirmative votes in the House at

Springfield a few days ago.

Should the bill become a law, the

censoring of films will be done by a

state board, operating out of Spring-

field, and the bill provides that a state

permit, once granted, shall take the

place of all other permits, municipal

or otherwise.

The chief censor is to receive a sal-

ary of $3,500 and his assistants are to

be supplied by civil service. The bu-

reau will be maintained, it is thought,

by the censorship fees, it being figured

that about 200 films per week will be

passed upon.

The picture producers and exhibitors

were apparently caught unawares by

the proposed bill, but a delegation de-

parted for Springfield on Monday to

fight its passage, they claiming thatwould further increase their censorshiptroubles. An examination of the bill

disclosed the following section to pro-hibit "the exhibition, manufacture orsale of any lithograph, motion picture,

book or drama which tends to incite

race or rcliqious prejudice or which is

productive of a breach of the peace, orriot, or represents any hanging, lynch-ing or burning of any human being."The bill would also give the censor

powers over legitimate and vaudeville

houses.

CARMEN.This "Carmen" feature was manufactured

hy Circa, with Marguerite SyJva in the Stellar

screen »ole. The film was given a privateshowing in one of the Candler Building pro-

jection rooms on tho afternoon that Bootswas romping his way to the front at the Bel-

mont track in the running of the SuburbanHandicap and thousands were disporting them-selves In the sunshine at the beaches yet theexhibition room had quite a crowd of menand women there to see "Carmen." Tis told

along the film rlalto that this "Carmen" fea-

ture was made prior to some of the others

that have since reached the public houses, yet

the Clnes picture is brought out to show whatMiss Sylva can do before a camera morethan anything else. There is one thing verynoticeable about the Clnes production. Thephotography is splendid all the way and theentire story is laid among realistic environ-ment that breathes the very foreign air in-

tended and at no time can the takers be ac-

cused of having cameraed it at some of theforgotten . mountain trails of the UnitedStates. At tho private showing the originalforeign captions were shown and unless theonlooker was familiar with the lingo of Car-men's time the explanation as far as those"alas" and "las" were concerned was all

Greek. If the "Carmen" film is intended for

American consumption those captions will

have to be changed right away or must beaccompanied by an interpreter whereverRhown. "Carmen" is one of those story affairs

that make grand opera possible and kept alot of photoplay scenario writers up late at

night figuring out how to rush mattersthrough in a hurry to the bull fight and the

big scene where Carmen is atabbed to death.

As Judged from the private exhibition, with-out any zlppety-zlp English words to conveycaption meanings, and with the connections

jumping out of bounds sometimes the picturefor the moHt part is as clear as mud. Severalphases of the story arc graphically told and theprincipals do excellent work and then-tha film

relr.pncs into a state that slows It up so noticeably that the maker could have chopped muchof it and still carried It along to a swifterdramatic finish. Judging Miss Sylva's wortc

lu this film she is to be complimented. Shoregisters very well and in her emotionalKoenes made them decidedly effective. MissSylva carries herself well and acts well andperhaps in a film of a different text coulddo oven better work. There were severalwell-staged dramatic scenes, the fight betweenthe two women being effectively done. MissSylva at no times seems afraid of screenwork and made Carmen a character to boremembered throughout. It may be that thocensors chopped out sections of the bullfight,

yet what was shown was nicely connectednnd added Interest to the big finale when Car-mcn'H life goes out like a candle. Spots areshown where the film runs uninterestinglyand quietly, with the picture taking on theaspect of an Orpheum sightseeing travel film.

That private audience seemed to enjoy thefilm immensely although several of the in-

vited ones walked out before the last partwas shown. If "Carmen" Is only to be shownto give the producers a line on Miss Sylva'sworth as a film actress it succeeds admirablywell. Miss Sylva shows clasa as "Carmen."

Mark.

t»Buy "Robinson Crusoe.'

Herbert Lubin and Arthur Sawyerhave purchased from Henry W. Savagethe world rights to the "RobinsonCrusoe" feature film, heretoforehandled by Warner Bros.

LADY BARNACLE.Lakshima Viola DanaGeorge Morllng Robert WalkerMaharajah Bbartafl ...... .Augustus PhillipsKrishna Dhwaj William B. DavidsonJohn Morllng Henry HallamMary Fanning Marie AdelAsoka-Kuhan-Roy Fred JonesN IEarn of Bandorjorla Henry LeoneAnne Marble Kicca AllenRev. Enoch T. Fanning Harry LinsonCapt. O'Malley C.erald GriffinLakshlma's maid .Nellie GrantHere Is a real five part comedy, breezily

told and worthy the plot of comic opera.

"Lady Barnacle" Is a Rolfe (Metro) release,

story by Edgar Franklin, scenario by JuneMathls, directed by John H. Collins, photog-

raphy by John Arnold. It Is replete withlaughter, emanating from a combination of

humorous situations and cleverly written titles.

The son of a maharajah In India la In love

with the daughter of another maharajah, butthe two rulers want their offsprings to marryotherwise. The youth is sent to America to

college and the girl ordered to marry an old

man of high rank. She prefers death andjumps into tho water to drown, but Is rescuedby an American silk salesman. The girl owesher life to the American and wants to becomehis slave. He Is a "respectable man" engagedto the daughter of a minister, and wants noslave. But the little Indian maiden, dressedin boy's clothes, follows him on board hisship bound for America, and he has a hardtime trying to explain. At the Circle theatrelast Sunday the audience screamed withlaughter over the many humorous and far-cical situations. Jolo.

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We are irrevocably committed to the program. We are underbond of decent business to keep faith with our associates, the

exhibitors. We are THE ONLY MANUFACTURER IN THEMOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY THAT NEVER DEPARTSFROM THE PROGRAM PRINCIPLE BY SO MUCH AS THEBREADTH OF A HAIR.

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28 MOVING PICTURESCOAST PICTU1B HEWS.

Film circles are wondering what H. O.

Davis will do to Triangle. A dosen rumorsemanate dally from Pine Arts, whers theOrlffltb angle of the Triangle used to bestationed. No denials bare come yet of thereports that Mack Sennett would withdraw,and ditto the same regarding Tom Inoe.

H. Bherldan-Blckers, an English author,has been engaged to edit and write scenarios

for Paralta.

Bessie Barrlscale has started her first pic-

ture for Paralta, with James Young directing.

Oscar Apfel will direct her secoad picture.

Helen Starr has resigned from the "U's"soenaiio department She will do "free

lane*."

Donald Bowles says he Is away from themovies for good and all. But one nerer cantoll.

Dorothy Dalton Is expected back from theeast shortly.

Carl Laemmle has assured his employes atUniversal that all who go to war will begiven back their Jobs when they return. Thestatement has stimulated recruiting at theCity.

T. L. Tally plans to greatly enlaige hispresent theatre. Chances are he will builda new one, seating double the present num-ber of persons. He Is now In the east at-tending the second meeting of the First Na-tional Exhibitors' Corporation.

Clarke Irvine Is dickering for a new car.

(Remember, I said dickering.)

The Screamers have changed their name.From now on they will be known as theToreadors. They are the fellows wbo "throwthe bull" at the various film studios.

D. W. GFrlfflth Is planning to make a LibertyLoan film upon his return from the battle-

front.

Al Nathan Is now managing the Superba.He has made numerous Improvements, amongthem a Jass band, supplanting the conven-tional orchestra.

"The Garden of Allah" Is drawing big atQulnn's new Rlalto. The film Is now In Its

third week.

Al FUson has left Sellg.

Art Acord, the broncho buster. Is - goingwith Fox.

Hank Mann Is working night and daymaking comedies to sail under the Fox ban-ner.

Franklyn Farnum has been declared theone-step champion of Universal City.

Hsl Cooley Is all smiles. "Just had 117raise In salary," he chuckled as he ambledabout Keystone lot. "How's that?" asked theboss. "My wife writes she Is married," re-plied Hal, "and I don't have to pay alimonyany more."

Mary Plckford and Douglas Fairbanks posedfor the first picture taken of the first Britishand Canadian recruiting car In America. Itwas snapped In Los Angeles, 8ergt. Armstrongof the Overseas Highlanders superintendingthe job.

W. B. Pearson, formerly a film editor atUniversal, Is now a director.

Dan F. Whitcomb is now writing for theAmerican at 8anta Barbara.

Bessie Eyton claims she Is a plain red-head.

J. Warren Kerrigan has been greeted "bylarge crowds all along the Coast. He is duehere this week.

Lambert Hlllyer is now directing at Inre'sCulver City plant.

Ann Luther has returned from an extendedstay In the east.

George D. Proctor, who has been authoringfor Lasky for a year, has Joined the Ince staff.

Betty Compson has signed a year contractwith Al Christie.

Richard Stanton is back from the moun-tains where he "shot" a bunch of high-upoutdoor scenes.

Harry McCoy says he tried to enlist forservice but was turned down.

Hampton Del Ruth, Keystones scenarioohlef, Is planning a motor trip to the Yosemltethis summer.

Harry WI'Hams, K<?r3fone directed hauntnull writing lyrics hlcosrthcr but he esye hedoesn't care to return to New York. He hasa bad case of sunshlneltls.

Qulnn's Rlalto opened with "The Garden ofAllah." The papers praised the photoplaybut complained of It being too long.

Al Cawood has been transferred to BlueBirds.

Duk* Hayward has Joined the Smalleys.

Movie players are saving tinfoil lor the RedCross fund. A nice sum has been realisedalready.

George Cochrane Is organising a company.San Diego men are said to be back of him.

Helen Case, otherwise Mrs. Robert Tbornby,Is In the city.

Frank Brophy Is en route East.

Howard M. Mitchell, for years with Than-houser, Is vacationing hereabouts.

W. H. Clone has leased five additional acresIn Hollywood for studio purposes. He mayput on a comedy next.

Billy Clifford Is writing a short story(which he may turn Into a scenario) titled"Why Do People Put Tacks In My TlrasT"

Lew Cody and Walter Moroeoo have re-turned from their annual fishing soiree.

Ralph Lewis Is now permanent with Fox.

George Beban Is brown as a berry fromfilming. Go back to the stage; not for him,for a long while If he can help It.

Dick Jones has completed cutting "Mickey,"the Mack Sennett feature film, starring MabelNormand.

James Young will direct Bessie Barrlscslefor Paralta.

Charles B. Sebastian, former mayor, mayappear In a second picture.

Alan Holubar has taken his players toSanta Cms for ocean scenes.

Universal players were guests of the StrandCafe management recently.

Kenneth Harlan and Lottie Plckford wonthe Harold Lockwood cup donated by FredBalshofer at Baron Long's Nat Goodwin cafe.Picture people packed the seaside Joy rcn-desvous.

Al Christie denies he Is In the market foranother car. Ho Intends to buy real estateInstead.

William Parker Is In the north.

Harry Todd, of the Rolln Film Co., Is backat work, after an Injury to his ankle.

A big crowd. Including several vamps of themovies, welcomed Theda Bara to the West.Miss Bara has begun her first picture on thecoast under the direction of J. Gordon Ed-wards.

The Warrenton Players aided at a pre-paredness benefit In Lankershlm.

Robert Ensmlnger Is now directing Little

Gloria Joy.

Herb Rawllnson has commandeered all theukeleles In Hollywood and has hiked to themountains for a vacation.

Betty Compson Is an expert fsntan player.This Is her chief Indoor sport.

Al. E. Christie's spare time Is devoted tododging automobile and real estate agents.

After carefully looking over the number oflocal studios available and finding none ade-quately suited to her needs, Lois Weber hasleased an estate In Hollywood, which will beconverted Into a studio for the production ofLois Weber films. Philip Smaller, MissWeber's husband, Is also associated with thecompany.

Anne Little is now with the Yortc-MctroCompany playing leads.

"Pop" Hoadley, who has been In the cinemabusiness since It was In knickerbockers, is nowIn charge of the comedy department at U City.Tom Gibson and Frederick Palmer are hieassistants, with Col. Brady as their chief.

Enid Marl^ey went Into solitary confinementin the hillt of Southern California to studyhuman nature for her role In "A ModernEve," produced by the Corona Film Company.

Allen Holubar, Universal director, has takenhis entire company to Santa Barbara for twoweeks. Not vacation, location.

Ralph Lewis, one of Fox's actors, Is takinga much-needed rest.

Louise Glaum has completed her latestvampire picture at Incevllle and Is resting up.

Dorothy Dalton Is back from the east. 8hestopped over at Portland to attend the firstbig movie ball ever held there.

Jack Livingston is now with Ince

A bunch of Incevllllans, under the directionof Barney Sherry, gave a Red Cross benefit atSanta Monica. Marjorie Wilson, Robert Mc-Kim, Margaret Thompson. Walter Perry andJ. J. Dowling participated.

Brownie Vernon Is studying French, so, aa

aha says, to be able to read theture. sub-titles.

plo-

The ofltaers and crews of the Japanese cruis-ers Yakumo and Toklwa were the guests ofPresident Carl Laemmle at Universal Cityduring their stay here.

Jack Cunningham haa resigned aa scenarioeditor of Universal (Western) and haa takena similar position with the Triangle under H.O. Davis.

Jacques Jaocard la now directing MariaWaloomp since their retirement from the In-ternational.

Millard K. Wilson Is playing leads at Uni-versal.

J. Warren Kerrigan has completed hla tourof the United States and begins work shortlyon his first picture for Paralta.

Ruth McCord, the Ince-Triangle girl, whoIs motorcycling across the United States, Is

reported In Spokane, Washington—and still

going.

Walter Edwards entertained a few friends athis beach home the other 'bight.

PRESS AGENTS ANNOYED.A number of film press agents are to

have their "stories'* confined more tostraight narration hereafter and nothave too much time and money spenton open ballyhooing and hurrah whichin some instances are understood tohave militated against the publicationof the matter in the dailies.

It appears that the anxiety of thep. a. to break into print, with the warnews first in demand, has resulted in

some trying to put over some pretty"raw stories" on the city desk men.One story in particular hit print andsubsequently was branded as anythingbut the real truth and it called a halton some of the press agency tricks.

VITALIZING VITA.Speculal. *n is still rife as to the fu-

iure of Vitsgraph. To all outward ap-pearances the entry to V-L-S-E ofFrank W. Hitchcock to the board ofdirectorate has made no improvementto its affairs.

Report has it that he is awaiting thepossible withdrawal of Messrs. Smithand Blackton from Vitagraph, when it

will once more be reorganized on amuch larger and more important scale

than ever before, and will be a con-tendor for honors as producers and dis-tributors of feature film productions.Color is given to this by the fact thatso important a literary personage asRobert W. Chambers has been selectedto pass upon feature scenarios andwould also write a number of them forthe revitalized Vitagraph.

According to these reports Hitch-cock represents some very importantdowntown capital, the same group offinanciers being heavily interested inthe new Capitol theatre to be erectedat Broadway and 50th street, whichwas promoted by Messmore Kendall,the lawyer, who secured what is con-sidered an exceedingly attractive lease-hold for the plot of ground on whichto erect the 5,200-seat house.The rumor goes on to state that the

new Capitol theatre is to be the homeof the new Vitagraph productions andthat the management of the new picturepalace had been tendered to SamuelRothapfel at a very large salary.

Novelist Chambers is said to be de-voting all his time at present to theselection of momentous scenarios forVita.

II rat » WORDS, S CENTS RACK WORD OVER

ALLEN SPENCER TENNEY writes the rightacts, sketches, monologues. Don't wish for a5ooa act. Let him write you one. Corresoon -

encc solicited. 1493 Broadway, New York.

AMERICAN VELVET DROPS; Velvet. Velour,Plush: Painted Drops sad Scenery of all kinds.E. A. Price, 407 Gaiety Theatre Bldg., New York,Bryant S493.

AUTHORS submit manuscripts, good comedyvaudeville sketches; three people preferred.Production guaranteed If accepted. Care'ulconsideration given. Kaufman and Hyde, Broad*way Theatre Bldg., New York.

BOOKING FIRST-CLASS ACTS for cabaretsin Atlantic City. BILLY CURTIS (GeneralManager). Broadway Booking Office, GaietyTheatre Bldg., Room 601, New York.

CHARLES HORWrrZ writes the most suc-cessful sketches, monologues, lyrics, etc. Rec-ord proves it. Order your new material now.Some great manuscripts on hand. Room SOB,

Columbia Theatre Bldg., New York.

CHORUS GIRLS FOR BROADWAY RE-VIEWS AND SUMMER PRODUCTIONS. EX-PERIENCED GIRLS. CHAS. CORNELL'SPRODUCTIONS, 1S62 BROADWAY, NEWYORK.FOLDING TYPEWRITING TABLE AND

TYPEWRITER: MUST BE REASONABLEAND IN GOOD CONDITION. WHITE, VARIETY, NEW YORK.FOR SALE-ROLL TOP DESK. LIGHT OAK,

IN VERY GOOD CONDITION ; WILL BE SOLDREASONABLE TO QUICK BUYER. JOHN-SON, VARIETY, NEW YORK.FOR SALE—12 COSTUMES USED IN

BROADWAY REVUE. FIRST CLASS CONDITION. LEA HERRICK, 1402 BROADWAY.NEW YORK.FOR SALE-Complete LAVENDAR PLUSH

SETTING, can be nsed as Cyclorama or Leg andBack Set. 3 Drops; 1 Border. Size of BackDrop, 34x20; size of Leg Drops, 34x24; size ofBorder, 48x10. Absolutely fire proof and in Alcondition.. Considered by all to be the PRET-TIEST PLUSH SETTING used last season bywell known act. Price, $300. Bargain, cost $750.

Cannot be duplicated lor $1,000. write or wire toH. Legron, 335 Kaplan Ave., Hackensack,J«

FOR SALE—Regulation sice asbestis curtain,in perfect condition. Apply Walter Rosenberg,Savoy Theatre, 112 W. 34th St., New York.Greeley 601.

LADY PIANIST-WISHES ENGAGEMENTAT SUMMER RESORT, GOOD ACCOMPANISTCAN PLAY CLASSICAL AND RAG. WILLRIETY, NEW YORK.

SOUBRETTE, just closed with burlesque,wishes to join partner in vaudeville act—sum-s'/ engagement. Good singer and dancer.Ethel Gray, Variety, New York.

TO LET ROOM—Furnished to suit; gentle-man only. $3.00 per week. 1324 St. Nicholas««e VAot - 3°i.Brosdway subway to 181st St.(Washington Heights), New York.

TJ£.!LIINT.TP,A.RT OF OFFICE FURNISHED

IN PUTNAM BLDG., ROOM 423, NEW YORK.TO SUBLET-7 ROOM APARTMENT fUN-

FURNTSHED) FOR THREE MONTHS, FROMJULY 1ST, LONGER LEASE IF DESTRED.ELEGANT LOCATION. NEAR RIVERSIDEDRIVE. SUBLET AT A GREAT SACRIFICE.MARQUIS, 385 FORT WASHINGTON AVE.,i£E? SLXBROADWAY SUBWAY OR CAR),NEW YORK.

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WANTED-A GENTLEMAN'S WARDROBETRUNK; MUST BE IN GOOD CONDITIONAND REASONABLE: IMMEDIATELY.TRUNK, VARIETY, NEW YORK.WANTED GIRL who can sing, talk and dance

to work with comedian. Recognized vaudevilleact; state particulars; send photo. D. M., Va-riety. New York.

WANTED—Girls for trapeze and iron jaw:weight about US lbs; willing to travel; sendphotos. Write Alexander, Variety, New York.

WANTED-THEATRICAL CHILDREN FORSCREEN TEST. BEST PRICES PAID. GOODTALENT. LESTER, VARIETY. NEW YORK.

WANTED to engage some service, sparetime, of Al publicity expert. Address Expert,Variety, New York.

YOUNG LADY-PIANIST WISHES ENGAGE-MENT FOR SUMMER: CAN PLAY FOR PICTURES OR TOIN ORCHESTRA. MISS E. M .

VARIETY, NEW YORK.

YOUNG LADY-THOROUGHLY EXPERI-ENCED IN VAUDEVILLE BOOKING OFFICE,CAN TAKE CHARGE OF OFFICE AND BOOKACTS. WISHES POSITION. ALSO STENOGRAPHER. MISS E. J., CARE VARIETY.NEW YORK.

VARIETY 29

WALTER CATLETTNOW WITH '#

ZIEGFELD'S "FOLLIES OF 1917"Amsterdam Theatre, New York, Indef.

FOR AND AGAINST.The use of motion pictures to ad-

vance the whys and wherefores of pro-hibition and to also show why prohibi-tion is not what it is cracked up to beand what intemperance will do and all

that sort of thing, is expected to bringabout an exhibition rivalry that wouldput any platform debate on the subject,of prohibition in the ash heap.A New York film man has begun the

preliminary preparations on a big filmspectacle that will be screened fromthe book, "A Vision of Joy, or WhenBilly Sunday Comes to Town," whichwill be a direct argument in behalf of"bone dry" prohibition. The optionhas been gotten on the book and this

week steps were being taken to get thepicture in scenario shape.

It will likly be sold on the states

right basis, with some sections routedlike a legitimate show.On the other hand, the Liquor Deal-

ers' Association is understood to havepurchased a photoplay story that will

be filmed as a feature showing the

evils of prohibition and visualizing in

celluloid form that prohibition Hoesnot prohibit and what temperance will

do if the sections are determined to

have prohibition in some form.The liquor men want to show just

what the "blind tiger" does to a dis-

trict where prohibition exists and that

certain territories now dry have moredrunkness than when it permitted the

sale of intoxicants.The liquor interests haye been hit

some very hard body blows in all sec-

tions of the country and they believe

the film as proposed#

will go a longway toward permitting temperanceconditions and not making the nation

"bone dry" as the Prohibition con-stituents are aiming with might andmain to do.Probably it would be interesting to

note the respective draw of the twofilms when completed and arrayedagainst each other in direct exhibition

at different houses.

a wrong impression. However, nochildren have ever been admitted hereand the real cause of the Major's ac-tion was that the film managementfailed to show a "pink permit" (whichallows exhibition to all persons over21).

The permit, which the Epoch Co.obtained some time ago at the orderof the court, after the Major had bit-

terly fought the case, had been takento New York, and because it was notactually on hand, Funkhouser exhibitedhis authority. The permit was wiredfor and it arrived Saturday, the filmstarting again that afternoon. Thetwo days enforced closing may resultin a suit against the city.

An echo of Funkhouser's originalfight against the film was heard in theSupreme court a few days ago, whenthe Major asked that his appeal ofthe lower court's decision against himbe dismissed. This was denied.Should the Epoch Co. also win in theSupreme court, lawyers say the citywill be liable to damages and alsocosts.

Gaiety May Remain Open.There is a possibility "Turn to the

Right" at the Gaiety will continue at

that house throughout the summer andinto next season. The piece has been

playing to practically continued capaci-

ty and within the las't two weeks the

transients have held up the attendance

to such an extent the advisability of

continuing the run has been under dis-

cussion. •

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"BIRTH" ENCOUNTERS SNAG.Chicago, June 13.

"The Birth of a Nation" was stoppedfrom exhibiting at the Victoria onThursday -night last by men fromMajor Funkhouser's office, the latter

maintaining the picture should not be

shown in a neighborhood house andthat it might tend to give children

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Week Show—Walter BrowerScores Hit

A decided hit was made by WalterBrower in his first appearance here.Roars of laughter greeted the whimsicalquips of his monologue, which con f ainedmany "new wrinkles." He also displayedhis ability as a reader of the seriousin fwo selections, in addition to beingone of the best single entertainers in this

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AQuartet SongsThatCan't MissNOVELTY LOVE SONG — ONE THAT STANDS IN ITS OWN CLASS

"When(I See Red, White and Blue")

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This is the greatest song ever written by Grant Clarke, and he has written a great many hits.

"The More I See of Hawaiithe Better I Like New York"

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NOT A HAWAIIAN SONG BUT A WONDERFUL RAG MELODY

"When ThoseSweet Hawaiian Babies

Roll Their Eyes99

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The Thalia, the independent house, suppliedby the Doutrlck Agency and often used fortry-outs, will remain open all summer.

ill health. He will probably be transferred tothe Circuit Court

Tom Peyton from the New York office of theForster Music Publishing Co., is now man-aging the Chicago office, having succeededMarvin Lee.

"Polly of the Circus" is now a tab, put outby Oazzola. Gatts and Rowland, and is playingthe National this week. The house cloees forthe season on Saturday.

Col. "Bill" Marshall, connected for a longtime with the W. S. Butterfleld circuit, hasIssued a pamphlet called "Selling Vaudeville,"Its main purport to the circuit's house man-agers and others la* to practice- courtesy, bothback and front, to actors, audience and em-ployees.

Caro Miller, father of Marllynn Miller, isacting as assistant manager of the Garrtck,Sam Gerson devoting most of his time to "TheShow of Wonders."

Jessie Mae Hall, who started from New Yorkin a motor car, got as far as Paducah, Ky.Prom there she took the train to Chicago be-cause of the bad roads encountered. Miss Hallhas left here for a visit to Oklahoma.

Clyde Riley, who publishes most of Chicago'stheatre programs, is dashing arounfl town In anew motor car, which might be described ashaving a rainbow effect. The bonnet is navyblue, the coupe body a bright yellow and thewheels are orange. "Bowie Knife" Abe Jacobshad dared Riley to sport the car on St. Pa-trick's Day.

George Webster claims booking to the coast,having affiliated with the Fisher time. Hewas formerly the Fisher representative hereand has apparently made a new alliance withthe western managers.

The "White Stars" movement of Joe Blrnesseems to be of little moment and is attractinglittle interest. Lately Blrnes has been playingthe "Jitney Joints" booked by C. L. Carroll,who was considered as the White Rat booker,who handles small houses giving one, two andthree daya and In one ease four days. Joe Isdoing a monolog and warbling a hit. He wasonce of the Trocadero Trio.

"So Long Letty" will Boon Join the musicalshows now on the coast or on the way there.The Morocco show piece to 'Frisco from Phila-delphia on Monday next, stopping only atDenver.

Another group of Majestic agents started forNew York Saturday last via motor car. In theparty are Bill Jacobs, Louis Goldberg and Samand Irving Tlchman. The car belongs to Gold-berg.

The Herman Lleb-Harrla stock companymade an auspicious start at the Wilson Ave.theatre last week, the first show offered being"Seven Keys to Baldpate." Several of the re-viewers Journeyed to the outlying bouse, giv-ing the initial piece an excellent send-off. Atleast one of the critics said that It was playedas cleverly, If not more so, than when theCohan show was a regular attraction. Busi-ness thus far has been big.

Several road shows of "The Birth of a Na-tion" are closing this week for the season.The Chicago "company," managed by TomHodgman, rounds out a second week at theVictoria on Saturday. A baggae car Is nec-essary to move the show.

The "Chicago Defender" Is the name of anew weekly paper, edited and published bynegroes. Although it has but eight pages, apage and a half are devoted to theatricals.Information also as to where all the coloredacts are playing Is given.

The benefit show for the Illinois First Regi-ment medical corps, held at Kedzie Monday,Included FranceR Kennedy, Fred & AdeleAstalre, J. C. Nugent. Harry Rose, BelleHnrchUH and Marcna & Navaro. The Firstregiment band was featured.

Judge J. T. McGoorty, prominent directorof the American Hospital, who has been Fit-ting In the Appelate Court, has petitioned theSupreme Court to be relieved on account of

Willie Howard and Chuck Reisner (the latterwaa "knight" of the padded ring before he at-tacked vaudeville) were talking about theirrespective prowess as boxers, their object beingthe kidding of an "egg" Just outside the Sher-man entrance. Chuck advised Willie that he'dhave to cut down on the smokes In order tolast ten rounds. Then Willie confided the newsthat he'd never make a scrapper because"every time he aimed a wallop at a guy hethought of his mother" and "pulled" the punch.

There is a strike on amongst the pile driversemployed by a contractor who Is to build thefoundations for the Alwood, the new A. H.Woods theatre. This, however, has not yet re-tarded the building, as the old Borden "block"is not yet completely razed. The walls aredown to the street lever, but the basement hasnot been excavated. The slowness of the razingwas due to a vault that extended to the topfloor of the old building. The vault walls wereeighteen Inches thick and had to be broken byminute charges of dynamite.

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alloted to him by the owner of the apartmentIn which he lives. The garden is, or mightbe, directly across the street and Dave ex-pected results from seeds for lettuce, tomatoes,radishes and the like. But when he toted hisfive and ten cent store Implements over totend his patch, he discovered that anotherfellow had, In mistake, raked up his rows andplanted "hills" of cucumbers. Dave spent$1.25 In seeds and expects to get 20 cents'worth of produce—If it grows.

Aaron Jones stated his firm would notlikely rebuild McVicker at present owing tothe increasing cost of building material.When the new north side (Wilson avenue)house is completed the J-L-S offices will verylikely postpone the reconstruction of Mc-Vlcker's until something definite has beenlearned of the United States' part in the warand if the cry for steel will call a decidedhalt on all theatre building. Steel recentlyJumped to $190 a ton. Western theatre man-ing building materials but have also had toagers not only have a difficult time obtain

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wait until time almost beyond reckoning forthe shipment of same and then when it hasarrived some of the builders have clasheswith the local unions which also delays theconstruction.

The suit of S. Romberg, real estate agent,against the National and Bnglewood theatres,pending for some months, was thrown out ofcourt by Judge Doyle last week. Romberg'saction was a peculiar one, he claiming com-pensation for billboards placed on properties ofwhich be Is agent. The blllposting companyshowed contracts from tenants of the specific

houses in question, which allowed the postingto be done and it was proven that tenants hadoccupied the properties for some time. Earlyin the season Romberg notified the theatremanagers that he had bought the propertiesand that they would have to account to himfor any advertising placed thereon. Whenthe case came to trial, after a number of con-tinuances ^obtained by the plaintiff, it wasshown by the recorder's records no title hadpassed to Romberg and the suit was dismissed.It is contended by the theatre managers thatthe real estate agent had simply attempted toabstract some easy money and that the samegame, which was attempted some years ago,was also exposed. Harry Muns of the Lowen -

thal office defended the theatres.

AUDITORIUM (H. M. Johnson, mgr.).—American Conservatory of Music (commence-ment) (12th). Chicago Musical College (com-mencement) (14th). Italian Mission, recep-tion (10th).

BLACKSTONB.—Dark.COHAN'S GRAND (Harry J. Ridings, mgr.).

—"Turn to the Right" (22d week).CORT (U. J. Hermann, mgr.).—"Seven

Chances,' with Frank Craven (4th week).CHICAGO.—Dark.COLUMBIA.—Dark.COLONIAL (Norman Fields, mgr.).—"On

Trial" (film) opened Sunday.ENGLEWOOD.—Dark.GARRICK (Sam Gerson, mgr.).—"Dollar!

and Sense," with Alan Brooks (2d week).GAYETY.—Dark.

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HAYMARKJDT (Art H. Moeller, mgr.).—"Liberty Belle*." with Harry Steppe, stockburlesque. House to remain open all month.

• ILLINOIS.—Dark this week. "Dew DropInn" opens Sunday.1MP3IUAL (Will Spink, mgr.).—"step

Lively." tabloid.NATIONAL (John Barrett, mgr.).—"Polly

or the Circus," tabloid.OLYMPIC (George Warren, mgr.).—"The

Bird of Paradise" (8th week).PALACE (Ross Behne, mgr.).—"The Show

of Wonders" (4th week), record summer busi-ness.POWEIRS.—Dark.PRINCESS (Will Singer, mgr.).—"The

Pawn" (3d week), doing well.ST&R AND GARTER.—Dark.VICTORIA.—"The Birth of a Nation" (film)

(2d and last week).WILSON AV.—Lleb-Harris players (stock),

"A Pull House." New policy looks good.MAJESTIC (Fred Eberts, mgr. ; agent, Or-

pheum).—Two "singles" in the persons ofElizabeth M. Murray and Cecil Cunninghamwere headliner and feature, respectively. Bothscored, thereby living up to the billing, butMiss Murray pulled down the hit of the showin next to closing spot. The bill as a wholewas off, lacking something, probably a goodcomedy punch, and It seemed to drag along.Monday night the program was switched a bit,

Edwin Stevens and Tina Marshall beingmoved up from seventh to fifth position, butresults were little better over the matinee.Mr. Stevens has won his spurs as a finishedactor and he has an excellent running matein Miss Marshall. That doesn't make theircomedy playlet, "Dolliver's Birthday," theproper vehicle. In the afternoon the act ran31 minutes. At night it was cut to 25 min-utes, and can easily stand further pruning.Yet It is a question, even though there areseveral good situations, whether the playlet,cut to around 18 minutes, will do. It Is ahybrid sort of offering, with a song or twoand a farcial plot. It didn't take Miss Mur-ray very long to win the house entirely. Sheaired her dialects, of which she is mistress inher too few selected storlee, and sang her dit-ties as only she can. Directly before herwere Miriam and Irene Marmeln, two clubbygirls, who offered a series of four dances,three of the numbers being done in bare feetand each having its own change of back drop.

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Their work was acceptable but It was too lataa spot for them (they were on <n the spotoriginally given the Stevens turn). CecilCunningham, sho of statuesque beauty, wason fourth with her Jean Haves supplied songs.They liked best tho 'History of the U. S. A.."and she well earned an encore which wag arather clever orchestra number. Ashley andAllman went over well In sixth position withtheir comic, sentimental turn, "The Dawn of

a New Day," but they might have gotten bigresults had they offered more singing. Theywere content with ope number each. Gouldand Davis did very nicely on second with askit by Lewis Weelyn, called "Holding theFort." Both are dandy dancers and are ofgood appearance. "Motor Boating" followed,and while the title had nothing to do withit, the turn was a bright spot In the earlysection of the show. Tom McRae is featuredand the other three persons concerned are"capable entertainers," as billed. The Bee-backs, bag punchers, closed the show, suc-ceeding to holding most of the house in. Theydress the stage well, and Harriet looks good,but Harry might make a change. The perspi-ration very plainly showed under his armsright from the start. This can be correctedby discarding the loud shirt he wears andusing an athletic Jersey, at least for thesummer. Qallando, the clay modeler, startedthe bill, but the show was really begun byS. Duncan Clark of the Chicago "Post," whomade a snappy speech not over a minute inlength, urging the buying of Liberty Bonds.His last line was "We must come across nowfor the boys who are going across tomorrow."A trio with him won rousing applause and re-peat with an excellent rendition of the ma-rines' song, "From the Halls of Montezumato the Shores of Tripoli."RIALTO (Harry Earl, mgr. ; agent, Frank

Q. Boyle).—A classy pop bill this week, Witha number of acts winning healthy applause.Business was off Just a trifle for the earlyshows on Monday, it being a perfect June day.Long Tack Sam, one of the most popularCelestials on the stage and a nephew of chlngLing Foo, appeared with his troupe as thefeature. Some of his tricks resemble those ofhis Illustrious uncle, are Just as cleverly doneand certainly more rapid. In his acrobatlofeats he excels anything In Ching's organiza-tion. Sam made himself a favorite with thehouse, which was astonished at everything hedid. Harry Rose scored the hit of the first

show without any trouble. Looks like Harrywas due to mount the vaudeville ladder soon.They kept applauding after he had finished,but he evidently decided that he neede hisvoice for subsequent shows. Van Cello openedthe second show with the neatest pedal Jug-gling seen in some time. Van Cello dresseshimself and stage neatly too, and It is un-usual to see a performer In evening clothesdoing foot juggling. Cecil and Mack, on fol-lowing, with talk and songs, went over big,the singing of the couple helping consider-ably. Gertrude Dudley, flaxen-haired andrichly robed, came next, also with talk andsongs, but differently framed and really notin conflict with the preceding turn. She wasassisted by a man at the piano, the coupleworking in "three." The man was billed"& Co.," but was good enough to enjoy equalbilling. They were well liked. Mahoney andAuburn, two men of nice appearance, JuggledIndian clubs and kidded themselves intofavor. Jessie Parker and Co. with a cemedyentitled "Twin Beds at 3 A. M.," which wasdaintily set but aroused only fair, attention.Most of the action seemed to be the switchingoff and on of the lights, which made thehouse electrician In on the act. "Winning aQueen," a girl act, got small returns.GREAT NORTHERN HIPPODROME (Andy

Talbot, mgr.; agent, W. V. M. A.).—The dayshift early in the week looked to be aboutaverage for the house, but few of the turnssucceeded in obtaining returns out of the or-dinary. There was an exception for the thirdshow at least, and that Bobbe and Nelson,who copped the bill's hit unchallenged. Themen had it all their own way on fourth, therebeing practically no comedy ahead of them,but it was their voices that "brought homethe bacon." Rarely does this house get thegoods they delivered, so It was dead easy forthem. Following was the feature turn, TomBrowns Minstrels, an unusual "corker" vau-deville organization, since the men .displayability "in brass," all playing saxophones Inaddition to their regular instruments. Theact went over fairly well, the comedy finishaiding. Olive Briscoe was next to closing,where she was liked but not generously re-warded, probably because of considerablesinging ahead of her. Her splendid appear-ance is an asset for any house, and was here.Yet a single woman doesn't have It easy atthe Hipp. Brenck's Statues closed the bill,

the remarkable bronze-painted horse, featur-ing this unusual posing act. Oponing theRhow were tho Retter Brothers, who wonlaughs and applause at the finish with theclever and funny burlesque wrestling bit.

Hrent Hayes followed with his "dual" banjoplaying without starting much. The FourSouthern Girls were liked on third, but donot exactly live up to their billing of effectingharmony.ACADEMY (Joe Pilgrim, mgr. ; agent, W. V.

M. A.).—Some weeks ago Joe Pilgrim cut outthe programs, which leaves it up to the bookersto discover the personnel of the bill for them-selves. A number of reasons why the pro-grams were "passed" were given, most comingfrnm .Jolo himself. Une was that oppositionagnitM couldn t cotno in and get the "lowdown'' on the try-outs, and maybe "cop" themfrom the Association. Another was that theAssociation wouldn't be able to easily lift actsfrom the Academy for duty elsewhere. Butth<> real reason seems to be that the price ofpaper is up. For the last half last week Gill-ette's Monkeys, under another name, was thefeature. Thursday night the monks worked

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You DO KNOW that theatrical syndicates.ire great money-making concerns. THERE ISNOT A STRING OF THEATRES owned by onesyndicate in the State of Oklahoma. THEREARE strings of theatres owned by syndicatesin other States. We propose to operate THATSYNDICATE in the State of Oklahoma, wherethe opportunity is ready and waiting—a virginfield that stands beckoning for someone to reapa harvest rich with possibilities of financialgain.And we propose to let you hold GROUND-

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Proposition in a Nutshell

The TUCKER BROTHERS Amusement Com-pany was incorporated under the laws of theState of Oklahoma May 28, 1917, capitalized at$300,000, to buy. build and operate theatres inthe State of Oklahoma that will employ in everydepartment union labor. Its first step was totake over the Overholser Theatre, at $130,000, in-

cluding lots, booking franchise, contents andgood will. It plans to buy or build theatres alsoin Tulsa, Ardmore, Muskogee and other cities.

This company already has an option for a bigtheatre in Tulsa, Okla. We are now sellingstock to the public to insure the success of thisgigantic proposition. In order to complete theOverholser deal we must raise $5,000 by July 1

and $25,000 by September 15, when we take pos-session of the property and get a warranty deed;the balance just like rent at $10,000 per year.The Overholser has rented for years at $12,500per year, making, in addition to this rental, agood sum total profits for the lessees. Everyshare of stock is sold on a dividend basis, andshares alike with all other stock in the profitsand ownership of the Overholser Theatre or anyother theatre that this company may acquire.The Overholser Theatre should make $25,000 peryear profit to this company.

Oklahoma's Biggest TheatreThe Overholser Theatre is Oklahoma's biggest

theatre; i-.-ats 1,MJ0 people, main floor, baltunyand gallery; magnincent four-story structure,with offices and storerooms in front that neta handsome rental: plays the big road attrac-tions, also vaudeville, stock and pictures; recog-nized as one of the finest theatres in the UnitedStates. Estimated value NOW, from $150,000 to$250,000. Ground, 85x140, in heart of OklahomaCity. Was bought by this company at a bar-gain.

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enough MONEY from union men over the nationwho want to see the theatre strike in OklahomaCity WON to pay CASH for the OverholserTheatre in ninety days. This stock- selling cam-paign is NOT CONFINED to union men only.Anyone who is a friend to labor may bur.You will-AS A BUSINESS PROPOSITION-

be buying stock in a company that is binenough and strong enough to overcome allobstacles. There are 68,000 union operators sndstage hands, 100,000 union musicians, 75,000 unionactors who are vitally interested in THE THE-ATRE WAR in Oklahoma City, a strike that hasbeen on for one year. These men wilL we be-lieve, come in for $5 to $10 each when called uponto WIN THE STRIKE. Every union man every-where should send in st least $1.The Tucker Brothers, who are at the head of

this company, are experienced, successful the-atrical men. THIS IS NOT AN EXPERIMENT.The Tucker Brothers own THE DAILY POINT-ER newspaper in Oklahoma City, established bythem in 1906, and have their OWN MEANS OFPUBLICITY necessary to make any theatricalventure in Oklahoma City operated by them abig, sure money-maker. Tucker Brothers op-erated the big Metropolitan union theatre suc-cessfully in Oklahoma City for two years. Tuck-er Brothers are now operating the beautifulDreamland union theatre in Oklahoma City suc-cessfully. Their business reputation is unques-tioned.THE STOCK WILL POSITIVELY BE AD-

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but fairly well, which was explained by thefact that Charlie Gillette was taking a degreeIn Masonry and henco it was up to his as-sistant to work the act. Not near the numberof laughs In the barber stunt were obtained,but It was fine for the house and the musicalbells wire operated by the monks about usuflual. Connors and Huyck, a good couple,with talk and songs, showed to advantage.The talk Is bright and they should have notr^ublo In obtaining bookings. They wereprobably lining In for a few days. MargueriteI'antzer & Co. presented "A Twisted Proposal,"which mainly concerns a contort lonlstlc come-dian, Hald to be the same man who was amuseum draw a number of years ago. Hiswork Is excellent for Its (lass and tickled thehouso considerably. (Iranstaff and Davis,blackface and probably colored, offered amusical routine with some comedy that wasweak. Hut the men are very good on cornetand trombone, with some blur music. goingover strong. Gladys Fad ley, young and ap-parently new to the enme, possessed nothingthat Indicated sr.c fitted vaud- vlMe.

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ORPHEUM (Fred Henderson, gen. rep.;agent, direct).—A trl-cornered division ofhonors between Evelyn Nesblt, Nat Good-win and Kay Cox. Ray W. Snow did nicely.Milton and DeLong Sisters registered a laugh-ing success. Callste Conant offered a pleas-ing routine. The Helen I^-aeh Wnllln Trio,In the closing spot, repeated Its Impressionof last week. Olivetti Moffctt nnd Clara, Inthe opening position, did well. Dorothy Bren-ner was applauded.PANTAUHS.- Captain Louis Son*.* held

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the closing spot. Charles Anderson's "1917Revue" was apparently liked, Judging fromthe appreciation bestowed. Freddy Jameshad a good spot and made the best of it tolaughing results. Jerome and Carson bit upspeed in the opening spot. Bevan and Flintgot along nicely and were applauded. Stod-dard and Hynes were well received.HIPPODROME.—Johnson and Wells had no

trouble in hauling down an applause hit. TheMoran Sisters, in the opening position, didfairly well. Walmsley and Lelghton pleasedwith their line of work. Earl Flynn's "Beau-ties" showed nothing out of the ordinary.Herbert's Seals held rapt attention, holdingeverybody in the closing position. ElinorKern was replaced by Lenore, who got by ona small margin.

CORT (Homer Curran, mgr.).—"Very GoodEddie" is in its first week and is drawingwell.

COLUMBIA (Qottlob & Marx, mgrs.).—Henry Miller stock ; "Come Out of theKitchen" this week, with Ruth Chatterton,receiving good patronage.

ALCAZAR (Belasco & Mayer, mgrs.).

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Richard Bennett stock ; holding up farilywell (second week).

CASINO (Robert Drady, mgr.; agent, Ack-erman & Harris & \V. V. M. A.).—Vaudeville.WIGWAM (Joseph F. Bauer, mgr.).—Del

Lawrenco stock (tenth week).

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

SAVOY (Lauri & Sheehan, mgrs.) .—Dark.CASINO.— Business at the Casino continues *

good, the reason probably the programsplaying the house slnco its opening. Whilethey tend to fall below occasionally, they,nevertheless, carry enough entertainment tosatisfy the regular patrons. Superba openedin poslngs, the act running somewhat slowthrough the peculiar fashion utilized in the.transformation. Mansfield and Riddle did wellenough with a number of aged "gags," closingwith a little dancing that might carry morespeed. Lew Fltzgibbons easily got one of theapplause bits with his musical turn, displayingconsiderable ability with the xylophone, uponWhich he specializes. Edwin Cowles andI -eona Dustin (man and woman) do a regula-tion light operatic singing turn, in whichneither stood out. The spot Is over-worked,nnd though used so often the man mightemploy a little make-up. Maslroff's RussianOypsies In full stage brought the greater por-tloa of the returns by tl.e whlrlwhind dam-In*.The ufuial sinking and playing were alsooffered. Johnson and Rolllson (colored), nextto closing, with a conglomeration of bits en-titled "Jazz That's Jazz," doing nothing butarguing throughout the art. This brought thelaughs, although it could be further helpedwere the straight more proficient. He couldalso dress in better taste, his opening suit

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dating back in style. The comedian is ex-cellent. The Four Charles closed the showwith head-balancing that might be gone intofrom the start instead of resorting to slapstick.

Charles Grogg, owner of the Orogg (pic-tures), Bakersfleld, has purchased Parra'sfrom A*. J. Parra and renamed it the Bakers-field, Installing Bert Levey vaudeville.

The Knickerbocker Four withdrew from thePantages, Oakland, bill, replaced by FrankOaby, who was moved ahead from the follow-ing show.

The Toney Lubelskl musical comedy organi-zation recently opening at the Broadway, Oak-land, dosed Saturday. Poor business.

Tnez Regan has Joined the Wilkes PlayersIn Seattle.

At present there is a scarcity of playere onthe coast, the many repertoire companys play-ing in the nearby territory finding it impos-sible to fulfill openings In the show.

VARIETY 35

FULLER'S VAUDEVILLEAUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND

Managing Director, BEN. J. FULLERNow arranging bookings for following tailings out of San Franciscot

"Sonoma"—Juna 2S

American Booking Manager. ROY D. MURPHYBEN. J. FULLER'S CHICAGO BOOKING DEPT.

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INDEPENDENT CIRCU I VAUDEVILLETae Boat Small Tlma In tha Far Wnt Steady Consecutive Work for Newelt? Foaturo Acta.

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class acta. Communicate by wire or latter.

LTD.AUSTRALIAHarry Rickard's Tivoli Theatres,

And AFFILIATED CIRCUITS, INDIA and AFRICA Combined Capital. tt.Mt.fMHUGH McINTOSH, Governing Director

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American R«pre»enUtive NORMAN IEFFERIES Real Eststs Trest Blst .. Hilladelphls

Newby'a Band of 16 pieces baa been engagedto play at Joyland Park. Sacramento.

Wllmoa Weatony, who recently returnedfrom Australia after an absence of fire yearafrom this country, will shortly open his Or-pheum tour here.

Richard Bennett opened his engagement atthe Alcazar laat week In "The CinderellaMan," supported by practically the same castthat opened the Alcazar stock season. Theproduction waa well received by the local re-viewers, and business the first week exception-ally good.

It Is problematical whether the Myer &Shapiro burlesque organization will continuebeyond Oakland. A long route was laid outfor it. Bualneaa waa big the first few daya inOakland, then took such a sudden drop mati-nees were abandoned the latter part of theweek. This, with confusion In the company,decided It to close.

Allison and Trucco withdrew from the localHippodrome program through one membergetting ptomaine poisoning. Brooks and Lo-rella were substituted.

The Gardiner Trio, who recently came to thecoast to fulfill an engagement at Levy's, LosAngeles, are now at Talt'a, San Francisco.

Chester Conn, the coast representative forthe Broadway Music Pub. Co., will shortlyleave for Chicago to take care of the head-quarters there.

Olen Hurst manager of the Grand, Reno,was here last week.

Waterson Berlin & Snyder have openedIdeal offices with Harry Pooley in charge.

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The Walter Montague organization, expect-ing to shortly leave for Canadian territory toplay a number of performances for the bene-fit of tbe Red Cross, is scheduled to open atthe Savoy befora departing.

When 'The Oirl From Amsterdam" con-cludes its time on the Pantages Circuit, RoyClair will Join the musical stock company atthe Broadway, Oakland as principal comedianand producer. Other members are expected togo with him.

tOSTON. .

BY aVsUI LOBBY.KEMTH'S (Robert G. Laraen, mgr. ; agent,

U. B. O.).—This house for months haa beenleading the city in stimulating patriotism,starting off by sacrificing all its subway andother one-sheet billboards to the backyardfarm campaign. Then it made a Liberty Loanwar bond drive, and- this week a stage fullof marines from the Charlestown Navy Yardare giving nightly drills. The legitimatebill this week is headed by Florence andFrank Moore, who had no trouble in carryingfirst honors. "The Bride Shop" closed theprogram strong, although It has shown herebefore. Dufty and Davis opened with anacrobatic cycle act, going exceptionally well.Gaylord and Lancton caught the house justright. The Sharrocka scored decisively withthe comedy opening and their straight tele-pathic close. William and Margaret Cuttywent well in their straight musical offering,faring better than Leo Beers, whose quietpianolog did not seem to get across Mondaymatinee. Edna Munsey, billed as a primadonna discovery, was compelled to show inher street clothes, her trunk having beenmislaid, but went well despite the handicap.BOSTON (Charles Harris, mgr.; agent, U.

B. O.).—Vaudeville and pictures. Big.BIJOU (Ralph Gllman, mgr.; agent, U. B.

O.).—Pictures. Fair.BOWDOIN (Al Somerbee. mgr. ; agent. U.

B. O.).—Pop and pictures. Excellent.ST. JAMES (Joseph Brennan, mgr. ; agent,

Loew).—Pop and pictures. Good.GLOBE (Frank Meagher, mgr.: agent,

Loew).—Pictures. Split week feature re-leases. Fair.ORPHEUM (Victor J. Morris, mgr. : agent,

Loew).—Pop and pictures. Biggest gross InNew England.SCOLLAY OLYMPIA (James J. McGuin-

ness, mgr.).—Pop and pictures, with the film"Maternity" proving the big drawing card.GORDONS OLYMPIA (Frank Hookallo,mgr.).—Pop and pictures, this week's pro-ceeds being Invested in Liberty Bonds.PARK (Thomas D. Sorlero, mgr.).—Film

bill headed by the Signet's "Masque of Life"and "The Stolen Paradise." Excellent busi-ness, with feature advertising.MAJESTIC (E. D. Smith, mgr.).—Last week

of the feature film "The Crisis."SHITPERT (E. D. Smith, mgr.).—DarkPLYMOUTH (E. D. 8mlth, mgr.) —Closed

Saturday night after "The Masqurrader" ranfor 14 weeks.WILBUR (E. D. Smith, mgr.) .—Second

week of "Mary's Ankle" going surprisinglyblrong.PARK SQUARE (Fred E. Wright, mgr ).—

ll>th week of "Fair and Warmer," still goinglike a house afire and threatlng to break therecord for a straight run In Boston.COLONIAL (Charles J. Rich, mgr.) —DarkHOLLTS (Charles J. Rich, mgr ) -DarkTREMONT (John R SohornYl. mgr ) —14thW

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Carty. mgr.).—Dark.CASTLE SQUARE f.Tohn Craljr. mgr ) -

Stock. Second and laat wnok of "Mr Tnbl-l«>p Drax." the London mrlMramatlc thrillerthat Craig produced for the flrpt time inAmerica. Next week he will use "The Blind-ness of Virtue."

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COPLEY (George H. Pattee. mgr.).—"TheMan Who Stayed at Home" produced thisweek by the Henry Jewett English Players.The same play was previously shown hereunder the name of "The White Feather."CASINO (Charles Waldron, mgr.).—Bur-

lesque stock headed by Frank Finey. Dig.HOWARD (George E. Lothrop, mgr.).

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Burlesque stock (Strouse and Franklyn)playing to practical capacity. Will playthrough next week -at least.

HIPPODROME (H. B. Franklin, mgr.).—First run pictures with "The Tanks" as spe-cialty for the first half. Changed Jast half.

Katherlne Parker and Felix Haney haveJoined the Academy Stock Players.

Francesca Rotoll, daughter of the musi-cian, has replaced Florence Shirley In theheroine's role of "A Tailor-Made Man" at theTremont. MIbs Shirley contended that thepart was not especially adapted to her.

The Globe has reopened under new man-agement with pop vaudeville and pictures.Several attempts have been made to put thishouse on a paying basis, but as yet no onehaa succeeded.

Manager Thomas D. Sorlero of the Parktheatre Is advertslng his bouse as being thefirst in the United States to display the Will-iam A. Brady World Film Pictures. He alsoput over a clever stunt this week in obtain-ing first rights to "For the Flag and America,"by Charles Dennee of the N. E. Conservatoryof Music, who wrote the score for "The De-fenders."

Owing to The very rainy weather all of theCanadian and American resorts are doingpractically no business at all, and if theseweather conditions do not change shortlythese places stand a good chance to close.

The Bonstellc Stock Co. opens at the Starabout July IS.

The Actors Colony at Crystal Beach la rap-Idly asaumlng ita natural color. Several morecottages have been recently opened.

BUFFALO.

SHEA'S (Henry Can*, mgr.).—Very neatbill, with Wellington Cross and Lois Jose-phine again carrying off headline honors

;

Bert Leslie and Co., as special attraction, ahit; Hardy Bros., fair; Joyce, West andSenn, very good; Seven Honey Boys, well ap-plauded ; Marguerite Farrell, pleasing ; NatNazarro and Co., exceptional. Pictures toclose.

OLYMPIC (Bruce Fowler, mgr.).—GeorgeChoos's "Oh Doctor" heading a catchy billhere, with Marie Del Vecchlo and Co. In "AClean Knockout," well featured ; Al Grant andSister, open nicely ; the Tiller Sisters, dowell ; Riley and Lester, clever; picture*.LYRIC (Chas. Bowe, mgr.).—The Jack X.

Lewis Stock players offering "Another Man'sWife" aa third week's attraction and show-ing a decided Increase over the previousweek.ACADEMY (Jules Mlcheal, mgr.).—House

stock playing "Step Up America." militarymusical comedy, drawing remarkably with aclever production. First run pictures in con-nection.OAYETY (Richard Patter, mgr.).—Closed.fTARDEN (Wm. Graham, mgr.).—Dark.FAMILY (Harry Mansey, mgr.).—Feature

pictures.

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Tyrone Powers haa signed a contract withthe Marine Film Company.

W. II. Clune haa announced a new policy fortho Auditorium. Popular priced feature filmstaking In all Artcraft productions will be pre-sented. No dramatic shows will be booked.

William Conklln, a legitimate actor, la aup-portlng Louis Glaum at Incevllle.

Charlie Chaplin has purchased $100,000 ofLiberty Loan Bonda. This Is not movie moneyeither.

Margaret Gibson haa taken up china paint-ing and Is now quite an adept.

Kolb and Dill have donated their services toa big Red Cross Benefit soon to be given here.

Alexander Pantages Is expected to arrivewith his family next week. It is their cus-tom to summer here.

Walter Hern, the Mason's publicity man, hasreturned after two weeks on bis ranch at thefoot of the Yosemlte.

A two-bit club haa been organised by Bill

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AUSTRALIAN CREIGHTONSSUCCESSFUL RETURN ENGAGEMENT AT vmnv, _ A _ _ _ _

B. F. KEITHS PALACE,uNEW YORK Direction, JENIE JACOBS

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PHILADKWILA, PA.

B. P. KEITirS (H. Jordan, mgr.).—A big comedy show and a heat wave arrivedat the same time so that the latter had noeffect on tbe business this house has beendoing. Monday, a warm and rainy lay, foundthe house almost filled and the show wentover with a bang. In place of Digby Belland Co., who were forced to withdraw fromthe show on account of the serious illnessof Mr. Bfll. Manager Jordan secured Con-roy and LcMalre. and It was a sure luckystrike, for the blackface boys Just "mopped

up" with their new line of chatter and the"Ford" auto. Their present offering Is farsuperior to the last sketch they used, "TheNew Physician." It 1h more up-to-date, andwhile the opening minutes are along thesame line as their insurance argument, it is

new end worth a laugh every minute. Thefinish with the FoYd cripple was a riot oflaughs and the boys finished to a tumult ofapplause. Rooney and Bent, who used tovisit us, two and three times a year, andwho have not been here for some time now,"revived tueir oid favorite" "At tbe NewsStand." They were just as big a hit as ever."Rubevllle* was back again after not solong an absence and did very well in theclosing position, and following a big comedybill got a big share of laughs. Harry B. »Watson has replaced Felix Rush as the store-

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artist*. They all sasctfy f is> esaellcaas

as a make-up resasrsr and say "it cuts

the paint instantly mm tKat it can be

removed in a secend."AImIm* u put i» in 1 ui 1 SjaSS *•»to fix fh« sasljPag b«>: «1m to H «m i H>-

em. It may b* had mi MM STssMjsa »»<!

dealers in m*W»up. SmmpUfr*4 tn rf*$t.

McKesson a bobbins

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38 VARIETY

CHARLIE

HOWARDManagement, MAX HART

\RICKARDSAUSTRALIANTOUR A %jf

V̂y They

^ %^ sawed>A jjt ^c Handle

^^ off my bat

Umpire PETE M*Ck

JACK NELLIE

ORBEN and DIXIEloew Southern Songs and DancesTIME

Archie s Gertie FallsDirection, NORMAN JEFFERIES

SID ADA

VINCENTsCARTER*'The Chap from England* * '

'The Maid from America '

'

Playing for W. V. M. A. Direction, HOLMES ft DUDLEY

ED. F. REYNARD

Mile. BIANCATha Classic Dancer with a Production

MLLE. BIANCA

ED. F. REYNARDTha Ventriloquist with a Production

THE WORLD'S INCOMPARABLEBEDIECoThe most gorgeous and astounding cquilibristic novelty ever conceived by brainThis act has been a positive sensation ail over the Western Vaudeville Manager

ciation Circuits.

BOOKED SOLID W. V. M. «A. CIRCUITNOW TOURING ACKERMAN AND HARRIS TIME

of man.s* Asso-

WILL BE WITH YOU SOON

HAZEL HOWELLJUST A CALIFORNIA POPPY

NEW IDEAS ORIGINAL SONGSGORGEOUS COSTUMES

BERT WILLIAMSZIEGFELD "FOLLIES"

Kent went well with about the same line of

talk and comedy business used b* the oldKramer and Morton act. The girl adds at-

tractiveness to the offering and the boy workshard ror his laughs, and gets them. If thereIs a fault to find It Is In hlH continual yell-

ing, but it docs not lnjuro the ^ortn of theact. A nice little novelty act for the openerwaH that of Arnold and Miss Florence. Theman does all the work, balancing on chairs,bottles and glasses, while the girl assists himwith the props ami at times fa n be heardgiving an Imitation of someone trying to huma song with the orchestra. The Imitation

was not so good, but the act was a good bigapplause winner for an opener. The Pathepictures were there as usual.

SEATTLE.By WALBURT.

WILKES (Dean Worley, Mgr.) —Wilkes"Players opened here, 10, In the "MisleadingLady." after a fort-night's vacation, follow-ing a season of <50 weeks at the orpin urn.METROPOLITAN (Geo. T. Hood, Mgr.)—

"-lo. "Flora Hella," good business.TIVOL1 (W. II. Smythe, Mgr.)— Dirk Lons-

H0UDIN1P.rm.n.nt Addree.i VARIETY. Now York

PRINCE KARMIGRAPHNUMBER

KAR(Address VARIETY, New York)

VAUDEVILLE'S GREATESTILLUSIONIST SAYS:

HE IS NOW PLAYING RETURN DATES IN THE EAST.WHICH SHOWS

"KAR-MI GETS THEM IN"

MAGGIE CASEYLE CLAIR

The natural Irish Lady in her Celtic

Comeallyes, Wit, Humor and Stories

of the Emerald Isle.

At Liberty For Next Season

Address - VARIETY, CHICAGO

Reliable ProfeulosaJ

Francis X. HemessyIrUh Piper. Setts* Ptpsr.Irish 8te» Dasetr, BeatenFiles Dasetr. VMIalst (Ms*•lelan) Teaoher, Play Parts.Agents keep this addrsss:

322 2d Ave-.. New Ytrk, N. Y.

Mgr.).—new road

dale Musical Comedy Co. In "On the Border,"featuring Dirk Lonsdale In a Swedish char-acterization. Frank Kelly. Richard Hyland,Hilda Drochc, "Billy" Defty, and several newmembers appear In principal roles. Splendidoflering.LYRIC- Burlesque and vaudeville.PALACE Hll* (Joseph Mullcr,

Maurice Downey & Co., booked theshow here ."»rd week In a comedy sketch. IvesFarnsworth and Weaver, good melody. Tak-eta .Japs, sensational. Keough Sisters, splen-

did. John and Nellie Olms, novel. Janls andWest,, (lever dancers. Feature film completedbill.

•PAXTOGES (Edgar G. Milne. Mgr.)—Slr.ger's Midget leads mill, .'Ird week, forsecond time and more than made good withcapacity audiences. Wm. Schilling & Co.,

sketch, fine playlet. University Four, real

melody. DAmour and Douglas, athlete, goodopening episode of new Serial.

LIBERTY COLISEUM, Colonial Mission,Strand.CLEMMER, REX— Feature, pictures, to

good patronage.

Wm. A. Darting, treasurer, of the local

Orphcum for years, was married In LosAngeles, June 1, to Mary F. Marlowe, of thatcity.

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WmAll of the Wlikos" Players except Addison

Pitt and George Hand spend their two weeks'vacation in California.

. Warren Kerrigan. Margurlta Fisher, Dor-othy Dalton and Bill Hart, appeared here In

person last week at different picture palaces.

The American Quaret Is again In vaudevillefollowing a brief engagement at the Tlvoll.

LA PILARICAFormer Dancers to the Court of Spain

Proctor's 5th Ave.NOWJune 14-17

HnlH»r« of Russian Step Endurance Record(l.Mt Steps Without Stopping)

SPEED AND GRACE

Olga Gilbert, chief stenographer In theKellle-Burns Association here, was recentlyelected president of the Nordlca Choralclub, a singing organization of local promi-nence.

The Sound Amusement Co. opened atPendleton, Ore., L'nd.

Cliff Thompson. Dlna Bryant and ClaireSinclair, local stock favorites, will head theWilkes' Player:-, Salt Lake City, this nextBenson.

Lo Vlre and Palmer, now on the Hippo-dromo circuit, will soon appear as a trio.

"The Boomerang" Is the next attraction atthe Metropolitan.

Hobby Harris, formerly outer guard In theFisher Booking office is now learning thenii.il order business at the local branch ofthe Sears Itoebuck concern.

"Billy" Defty, the new soubret at the Tlvoll,was a chorus girl two weeks ago. Dick Lons-dale thought she would make good In the partand Miss Defty proved a "find" at the first

p( rformance.

FIVEFEETOFCOMIC

| OPERA

Hear GRACE HAZARD SingFIVEFEETOF

"You've Got to beAmerican to Feel ThatWay" §?SK

VARIETY

[TWO CLEVER BOyS~/N ONEIXPfcCTtOM-FRANK aVANS.

ALWAYS WORKING„liTr [

New SBngbmg--MA BROKEN DOLL*"Sitting Stffl and fielding Tight"

ud "Suck a Headache"

?IN PREPARATION••Well Fight It Out on Thee* Una*"—

Mlflt Tahea AU Summer"(War Staff)

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•TtS ACCORDIONIST and SINGERwrittaV Direction, BESSIE ROYAL

THE BRADS

Direction, H. B. MARINELLI

THE POfT SOB PAIR

JOE LAURIE andALSEN BRORSON

DID YOU EVER SEEWhovere you catch

BoUnaon. MoCuthy, Bradley. MorraU. WlHUnmCarr, aU of KeUh'tT&oatoa. are the BBABDBDBSTCLAMS I ever SAW)

DID YOU EVER SEEAithar Blfby In whltef*o*fBd and Loo MUler*! denelnf mettHorlMrt Bthler la uniform t

Jo* Laurie retletarTlean Bronaon buy liberty bondaf

Playing U. B. O. and Orpheum Clrculta

Direction, MAX GORDON

BOWMANBROS.

"The Blue Grass Boys"

Direction,

Harry Weber

BONE DRYThey aireateda

man named HOGGfor running a BLINDFIG had new h«'t inthe PEN.

BILLYBEARDThe Party

theEastern

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"Mr. Manhattan»wm*> ~"

Fred Doprez Says:

Hering completed negotia>

tioni with Mr. Albert de Cour-

Ule, have been engaged atprincipal comic in the forth-

coming London revue produc-

tion, "Smile."

Well, ao I will.

{SAM BAERWITZ «L*&

BILLY

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Man* Msiri'lMJOY A1DCM"W. V* Wlm» A.and U. B. O.

HOWARDLANGFORD

Addreee FRIARS' CLUB.New York.

Direction, Chamberlain Brown

MARTYR nd FLOREROEVaae**«lkr* Beet Qatnfat Aft

LEST YE FORGET2 af the beat.

MARX LEVY

At the Bljee. Knoxvtll*. Teaa., tb*re la a dandyI State Crew. There le al«* en et-•aed fellewclile that araraH* at all

eat Stae* Crew. Tear* le af*» ae *tel toed fellewchlt met arevallt et el

tine* eerlea an «e*a*e*trxt there, aad the Ml**IM* for th**j thine. U Muster BIS DON

TRENT. He make* thro* day* mm tie* Owe*bean. That*• last like the reenter fellow he u.elweya trytet to de «H»«rhlei to wakewent e Bloater*. HorVt wishing mere wore eier*BIB DONS.

TAYLOR aad ARNOLD, aad UBERT CARLTON:Dear Earl. Ethel tad U. B.—L*Ts eall a neat-

lei le Philadelphia tone day week of Jeeo lath.Hah? Whet do yea eayt A real toed tine la theeld tewa aneaa eareetvee. Aatwer this to Nor-nat Jaflarlee' *•**.

Jim and Marian HarkinsPersonal Direction, NORMAN JEFFERIES

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IT IS SORE'You Should See An Actor

Paid Off Short—(LAYOFFMECUTWEEKLAYOFFME)

HA3RY SYDELLTea Jaebo Jeeterino"

Pantagae Circuit. Direction, MARK LEVY.

Eddie and Birdie

CONRADIn a

Vaudeville Classic

ED. E. CONRAD

THEATRES WE HAVE PLAYED

HIPPODROME, NEW YORK

FENTONJand GREEN

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VctSA*IU¥VDirection, nearnorman Jirrtiiuin

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NOW PLAYING LOEW TIME

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IN "RUBE-ISM"BOOKED SOLID

ON THELOEW TIME

BLACKFACE

EDDIE ROSSNeU O'Brien Minetrelo

• 11-17

Permanent Addreaa, VARIETY, Ntw York

PAULINESAXON

SAYSI elwere feel excited 'eaate

I bete a grab hag tottof mind.

And when I reech down deepfor thourbta. I never .know wba I'll find.

STEWART and DOWNING CO.A NEW ACT

SECOND SERIESCopyrighted aad Protected by VARIETY

The Slim Jimof Vaudeville

CHAS. F. SEMONPlaylig U. B. O. Ttano

RepreeenUtlTo,PRANK EVANS

VARIETY

Notice to Those Vaudeville

Artists Who Have "Not JoinedThe N.V. A.

In answer to the many communications from artists stating that they

were not aware of the fact that commencing June 1st it would be necessary

for all new members to pay an initiation fee of $25, and due to the fact that

with summer coming on many artists are out of employment, we wish to

state that at a meeting of the Membership Board it was decided to post-

pone raising the initiation fee of $25 until next October, which is the date

of the semi-annual payment of dues.

We also request all members to inform any of their friends to be sure

and get their application in by that time, as the $5 time limit will not be ex-

tended beyond that date.

All members who have sent in $25 with their applications

returned to them, less their dues.

have it

It It aftMlwMy that mmy «awtlM oa thlt Mul be aatwwal and the aaplleaat'ir NWfi tk. aaalleatlM eaa b. acanrly raoortfad.

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIPRational 9atibet»Ue 9rtt*t*, inc.

IM7 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY

191....

Name Age Married or Single

Team Name or Name of Act Color

Permanent Address

Are you a bona fide vaudeville artist

Who is your representative, if any

Are you a member .-.f any oth*r theatrical organization, if >o <

state names thereof

Are you in good standing in said organization

If not in good standing, state reasons briefly

To what address do you wish receipt and card sent

Applicant.P. 8.—THI8 APPLICATION MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY fft—ONE-HALF YEAR'S DUES

NATIONAL VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS, Inc.

1587 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY

HENRY CHESTERFIELD, Secretary

TEN CENTS

VARIETY

would have done four shows daily more quickly than we could persuade

to do one show in her own home town and appear for this week (June 18) at the

WINTER GARDENTHE SENSATIONAL ENGAGEMENT OF THE EAST SIDE

The National Winter Garden packed at every performance by audiences that have heard of vaude-

ville's great headliners, but have never seen them.

They are seeing Belle Baker this week and going wild over her.

In the HOTTEST WEATHER OF THE SUMMER SO FAR

BELLE BAKER has BROKEN ALL BOX OFFICE RECORDS

at the NATIONAL WINTER GARDENThe management is appreciative of Miss Baker's initiative in appearing at the Garden, and congratu-

lates itself upon the engagement, acknowledging Miss Baker's terrific drawing powers and extending

its sincere thanks to her.

BUXY MINSKYManager, National Winter Garden, New York City.

(P. S.—BELLE BAKER doing a THREE-ACT With VAN andSCHENCK—Also a RIOT)

VOL. XLVII, No. 4 NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1917 PRICE TEN CENTS

WAR DEPT. SANCTION NECESSARYFOR ACTORS LEAVING COUNTRY

Washington Rules All Within Draft Age Limit Must Secure

Permits. Temporary Trips 0nly. Must Agree to

Return If jCalled.

-t

Wasnington, June* 20. /The Government's "Official BulletijT

issued Monday contains the informa-

tion that all who registered for th/ se-

lective army draft will have to /btain

the written permission of the yrar de-

partment before they can lda.ve the

country. This applies only \£ persons

temporarily called away. /The necessary permissy&n may be

obtained by sending thSr applicant'sregistration slip to the Pr/vost MarshalGeneral, Washington, D/C. The regis-

tration certificate sho/ld be accom-panied by a signed statement of theapplicant that he accopts the conditionsof the following ter/ns:

"He is liable ip^draft unless exempt-ed, excluded, or discharged therefrom;while absent from the United States,

the burden of keeping himself informedas to whether or not his name has beendrawn rests wholly upon himself; if di-

rected to do so, he .will return to theUnited States at his own expense toappear before an exemption board or tosubmit to examination for service."

The applicant should also state whatcountries he wishes to visit and to whataddress he wishes the permit sent.

These permits are not passports, butwhen issued they should accompanythe application for passports, whichare issued by the Department of State.

Passports are not necessary for thosevisiting Canada, but the War Depart-ment's permission to enter the Do-minion must be obtained.

LEAVE FOR "RAGTIME" REILLY.Leave of absence for five weeks from

Tune 25 has been granted "Ragtime"Reilly by the U. S. Navy.The rag singing sailor will spend the

time playing vaudeville around NewYork, as a "recruiting act." He ap-peared for a week recently at the Pal-ace, New York.

COHAN REVUE IN SEPTEMBER?George M. Cohan is considering

staging a revue to open in New Yorkin September.

It is to follow the lines laid down in

the Cohan revues of the past, two sea-sons. The usual production date was

around the holiday time, but last sea-

son the producer-actor-author-film star

did not contribute his annual personaloffering to the stage.

Early this week Mr. Cohan stated hemight "do" a revue early in the comingseason.

FOX-DOLLY PEACE.The white deve has returned to the

Harry Fox-Jennie Dolly fireside and

the net result may be an act in vaude-

ville, composed of the Dolly Sisters,

Mr. Fox and Jean Schwartz. It is the

same formation reported summerlysince the two sisters married, but this

time it seems quite probable, if HarryWeber, their vaudeville representative,can make the salary account mutuallysatisfactory.

The reconcilliation with the Foxeshappened after Jennie Dolly had filed

her complaint for divorce against herhusband. That was last week. Withintwo or three days afterward the couplewere once more honeymooning and it

was said they were bound for FrenchLick for a month, but the vaudevilleengagement in prospect may have heldup the western trip.

OPERATIC "PILGRIMS" ON TOUR.An arrangement is on between the

directors of the Metropolitan operahouse and Max Rabinoff for the latter

to present Reginald de Koven's grandopera, "The Canterbury Pilgrims" ontour next season. The work was pre-sented at the Metropolitan last seasonafter a great deal of discussion be-tween the directorate board and GattiCasazza, the managing director.

There may be a preliminary, season of"Pilgrims" at the Metropolitan nextseason prior to the opening of the regu-lar opera season, but the opera will

not be included in the repertoire for theyear.

GAITES TO TRY AGAIN.Joseph Gaites is going to try to

"come bark" in show business duringthe coming season. He has takenHyams and Mclntyrfr under his man-agement and is going to exploit themin the week stands.

HERBERT-BLOSSOM SPLIT.

The long standing, although manytimes strained, friendship and colabora-

tion partnership between Victor Her-

bert and Henry Blossom is at last be-

lieved to have been completely shat-

tered. Victor Herbert is at work en

a new operetta for Joseph Weber and

there is a new writer of book andlyrics of the piece.

During the past, time and again re-

ports were that the writer and the com-poser had expressed a more or less freeopinion of each other, as to their re-

spective abilities as writers for thestage. But on this occasion it is be-lieved "it's off for good."The Joseph Weber office announced

Wednesday Donald Brian and CarolineWhite would be jointly starred in thenew Victor Herbert operetta, to be en-titled "Her Regiment." Dallas Welfordwill also be in the company, to rehearseunder the direction of Fred G. Latham.Last season Latham was general man-ager at the Century.The book and lyrics of "Her Regi-

ment" will be furnished by William LeBaron.Fred Latham's contract with Weber

calls for $15,000 annually, the managerhaving the privilege of farming outhis services to other producers. Thefirst production Mr. Latham will stageunder his new contract is "TheRambler Rose" under the FrohamCo.'s management. This will beplaced into rehearsal July 3.

BERNHARDT RESUMING TOUR.Chicago, June 20.

Mme. Sarah Bernhardt is to appearat the Auditorium after ?A\, in late

August or early September. She will

be surrounded by a vaudeville show, as

originallv intended.The French star was forced to can-

eel her appearance here twice becauseof her serious illness, but unless health

interferes again she will resume hertour at this point.

PLAYING AND TOURING.Some of the vaudeville acts playing

the New England houses booked byJeff Davis arc making their jumps in

automobiles.Among the turns now on the time in

their machines arc Chief Capoulicon,Kelly and Calvin. Pisano and Bingham,Harry Girard and Co., Grcv and OldRose. Doris Lester Trio. The jumpsrun from F0 to 100 miles.

ALICE NIELSEN AT CASINO.

Alice Nielsen, in a musical version

of "Sweet Kitty Bellairs," under the

management of Klliott, Comstock &Gest. is scheduled for its metropolitanpremiere at the Casino in October.

FRANCES WHITE NOW ALONE,The marriage of Frances White and

Frank Fay appears in the nature of atrial that didn't take, since the couplehave been separated for two weeks,with a report a

#divorce will eventually

and definitely k'eep them apart.Miss White is of Rock and White.

Her husband was the comedian of theDyer and Fay combination, both orig-inally from vaudeville around here.Miss White is now appearing with Wil-liam Rock in "Hitchy-Koo". at the Co-han & Harris theatre. Her husbandhas become a vaudeville single act,

pending the opening by Dyer and Fay(only, without the third female mem-ber of the trio) under the Shubert man-agement in a new musical piece to bepresented in the fall at the Bijou, .thea-

tre.

The exact cause of the disruption be-tween the newlyweds (they marriedabout two months ago) is not generallyknown, but probably comes under theheading of incompatibility of temper.

Fay's only comment, .that provedmarriage was more or less methodicalwith him, was: ' "It cost me $3,800 tobe known as "Frances White's Hus-band."The act of Rock and White has been

noticeable, giving a smoother perform-ance since the separation than the cou-ple had been doing while Miss Whitewas a bride.

FT. MEYER THEATRE.From Washington comes a report

that the Government is making prepara-tions for the erection of a theatre atthe Fort Meyer military encampment,and will book legitimate travellingcombinations for a week each, at astipulated price for the engagements,the shows to be given exclusively forthe soldiers in training.

WELCH WITH HOPKINS.Jack Welch is to become the general

manager for the Arthur Hopkins at-

tractions next season.Welch has been with Cohan & Harris

for a great number of years and has hadcharge of the routing of the C. & H.shows during that time.

HARRY CARROLL'S PIECE.Harry Carroll is reported to have

had a musical piece written by himselfaccepted by the Shuberts for produc-tion apd routing next season.

Interested with Carroll is said to bea music publishing firm.

LITTLE THEATRE WINNER.Baltimore." June 20.

The Little theatre closed Saturday*

and showed a box office profit on theM-asntl.

It is a purely amateur organization»»f local lights, somewhat on the orderof the Washington Square Players in

New York.

VARIETY

|IN THE SERVICeT]

E. F. Albee's yacht, tendered by

the owner to the Government, waifound to be structurally too weakfor the purpose wanted and Mr. Albee

has ordered a boat that will meet re-

quirements, to act as its substitute in

the Navy.

cihai ies A. Bohem ("Van Tome") is

with the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry at

East Downington, Pa.

R. A. Tausig, lately with his father's

steamship ticket agency (Paul Tausig& Son), is now a sergeant in the Quar-termaster Department at Fort H. G.

Wright, N. Y.

Paul Werner, of the Picture Oper-ators' Union, 145, St. Louis, has en-

listed in the navy.

Fred Forrester, under the Henry Mil-

ler management last season, has left for

Allentown to join the ambulance train-

ing camp.

Theatrical Protective Union No. 1 of

New York is well represented in the

army and navy and other members are

arranging to heed the call. Amongthose now enrolled are J. Hughes, prop-erty man, Criterion, New York, and J.

Brosseau, stage carpenter—aviation

corps; J. Delaney, stage hand. Globe

—

12th New York infantry; J. Dillon,

stage hand at different New Yorkhouses—army service; J. Pikurwitz, as-

sistant electrician, Harlem O. H.

—

army; J. Heiber, assistant props, IrvingPlace theatre—navy; Oscar Gunther,apprentice carpenter, formerly withUniversal studio forces—navy.Paul Wilstach is helping tht army

service in Washington, D. C.Clyde Hunnelwell, stage manager of

"Gypsy Love," is attached to the quar-termaster's corps in the Brooklyn navyyard.

It was erroneously reported AlbertAlbertson had gone to the Coast tojoin the Oliver Morosco stock com-pany. Instead Albertson has gone toFlorida to join the state militia.

T. F. Lavender, formerly doing spe-cial publicity for players, and whoserved with the First New York Cav-alry on the border, is back in NewYork but leaves next week for theRock Island aviation school (Illinois),

where he will train for the regular armyaerial corps.Adolph Menjou, in pictures and the

son of the well known Broadway res-

taurant man of that name, sailed Wed-nesday from New York for the Frenchfront, going as a member of the Cor-nell University medical unit.

Quentin Tod, who has been dancingwith Helen Clarke in "Love o' Mike,"is to join the Ambulance Corps in Rus-sia.

Walter F. Wanger, who enlisted in

the Aviation Corps, has been assignedto the Massachusetts School of Tech-nology for preliminary instruction priorto undertaking the training at one ofthe flying schools.Ray Whitfield has resigned his desk

in the W. V. M. A., Chicago, and en-listed in the quartermaster's depart-ment. He is in Texas at present. PaulGoudron has taken care of his bookfor the past week, but it is supposedthat the book will be split among otherson the floor. Whitfield handled Inter-state bookings.

Grindall Jerome Burns, manager ofthe Rivera theatre, New York, is

attached to the Quartermasters' Corpsat Fort Totten, L. I.

Willie Lander (Lander Bros.) hasjoined the Fifth Engineers, New Jer-sey, now at El Paso, Tex.George Tilton ("Tht 13th Chair"'!

has enlisted in the army.Harold Vermilye has joined the am-

bulance corps of the regular army.George Shinn. who has appeared in

vaudeville playlets, is with the 21stField Artillery (Battery E), CampWilson, Texas.

Peter McVey, at one time the ama-teur champion, lightweight pugilist ofthe Pacific Coast, last employed at theGlobe, New York, is now on the "Prin-cess Irene," which the U. S. comman-deered from the German interned ves-sels here.

Joseph Roth, last at the Century,New York, has joined the quartermas-ters' division.

Ralph Talbot, an electrician, is en-rolled with the army.The members of Local 35 (opera-

tors) have arranged for a donationbox in their Broadway quarters where-in money deposited will be used insending cigarettes, tobacco and usefultitbits to the members in service.

C. S. Black, president of Butler local,342, I. A. T. S. E., has joined thearmy and is at Fort Sam Houston,Tex. His withdrawal from the Butlerlocal necessitated another election,with W. S. Williams elected to thepresidency.

Lieut. R. E. ("Dixie") French, form-erly assistant treasurer of the Long-acre theatre, has been appointed ad-jutant to the Second Battalion of theOfficers' Training Corps at CampOglethorpe, Ga.Pat McCorkle. stagehand, local 619,

T. A. T. S. E , Brownwood, Tex., hasjoined the United States army.

OBSERVATION CARS OFF.Chicago, June 20.

As a forerunner of baggage car re-strictions expected to be announced im-mediately upon troop transportationwhich will follow the actual beginningof the selective draft, a well knownrailroad man admitted that beginningJune 26, every road in the country willwithdraw its observation cars.This is in line with the government's

advice to the railroads to lighten alltrains as much as possible, and is con-sidered one of the first travel luxuriesto eo. Small los9 will accrue to themads through the observation car elim-ination, since there are but an averageof six compartments on such cars, therequirements callinp for a ticket anda half for each compartment.The war department's idea is to have,

in the near future, all passenger trainsrunning with a minimum number ofcars, so that troop cars might becoupled on at a minute's notice at anypoint.

MIDGETS IN HIP SHOW. .

The new production next season atthe Hippodrome, New York, is to havea midget exhibit, according to accounts,which say an offer was made for Sing-er's Midgets.The Singer people are reported to

have made extravagant demands forbilling, position, and so on, with theHip withdrawing its offer and sendingout a notice to its agents to procuremidgets elsewhere.

CLAIM AGAINST DAISY JEROME.Frank Smith, who came to America

from Australia some months ago as thepersonar representative of DailyJerome, is preparing papers for a suitto recover what he claims is commis-sions due and money loaned MissTernrrie during her Australian andAmerican .tours.

Smith, who was in a commercialbusiness in Australia, claims to harewritten her lyrics as well as super-vised her business transactions thereand came to America in a similar caoac-fty.

La«t December when Miss Jeromeaccepted a route over the Pantages cir-cuit the business arrangement ceased ather request and since then Smith hasbeen working around New York. Pro-vided he recovers the amount claimeddue, Smith will return to the An-tipodes.

IN PARISParis, June 2.

Max Dearly, the temporary lessee ofthe Theatre des Varietes during thewar, has presented several foreignplays to the French public during his

tenancy, with some success, but "Dol-ly," the latest addition to his repertoire,

does not seem to please the Frenchcritics. However, they are frequentlywrong in their appreciation and moreor less biased by personal friendshipfor author or director. Perhaps in nogreat centre is the professional dram-atic critic less sincere than in Parisand the playgoer can rarely take theCiceronian verdict of the French pressas a faithful guide. It remains for thepublic to discover the chef d'oeuvre.Some of the local journals invariablyput each and every production intothe successful category. "Dolly" is aFrench version of Lorenzo Ruggi's "II

cuore e il mondo" ("The Heart andthe World"), by de Pedrelli, and ap-pears to have been indifferently adopt-ed. Gabriel d'Annunzio is said to haverecommended the comedy as a master-piece, and give the Italian poet thebenefit of the doubt against the verdictof the Parisian critics, although theyare about right in this instance, so faras the French version is concerned.It is the story of a girl-mother, lovedby her cousin, a young fellow who pre-viously detested her; they want tomarry but the family are opposed andseparate them. The baby dies and thewoman goes out into the world alone.This forms three acts of good actingby Mme. Bert Bady.

Count Seebach, manager of the Dres-den Opera, at the meeting of the Ger-man Stage Association, today, had aproposition on the agenda that noGerman singer accepting an engage-ment in the United States shall be al-

lowed to play in a German opera housefor five years. In an interview See-bach complained that after the localdirectors had taken much trouble in

finding and training new talent, Amer-ican agents booked them at high sal-

aries (which they rarely get in Ger-many), and the singers only madeshort visits home. In future they mustchoose between the United States andGermany. But there is very little

doubt if the German opera singers canfind engagements in the United States,they will willingly relinquish all hopeof appearing in the Fatherland.

"Montmartre," the play by P. Fron-daie, will be revived at the Porte St.

Martin next season. Gemier will

mount in September a new work by F.Porche\ in which he will appear withMme. Siraone. The comedy "Mon-sieur Beverley," is leaving the Antoinetheatre and will continue its run at theAthen^e this summer. Theatre Rejanewill play a revue early next season.Maillard, director of the Apollo, hasdecided not to produce the new oper-etta by Hirchmann until after the war."Blues de 1'Amour," a new comedy byRomain Coolus, will be seen at theTheatre Antoine this summer, withMme. Augustine Leriche.The Gymnase comedy, "La Charette

Anglaise," is to be given later on as anoperetta, for which H. Jacquet is writ-ing the music.

A revue by L. Boyer and Henri Ba-taille is to be mounted at the PalaisRoyal theatre next season, with JaneRenouardt and Signoret.

Andre Me?sager is engaged on anoperetta adopted from "Aventures duRoi Pousole," by Pierre Louys. Rip,the revue writer, will produce his first

3-act comedy, written in collaborationwith Armonts, after the autumn termcommences. The title will probablybe "Bortu chez les civils."

Prince Rigadin (the picture actor)is playing at Mayol concert for Junein a sketch, "Cyprien, Take AwayYour Hand," by Maurice Hennequin,music by Messager. This will be fol-

lowed by another sketch by St. Gra-nier, with Mile. Spinelly.

"La Race," by Louis Baldy, will suc-ceed "Volont^ de 1'Homme" at theGymnase. It will be created by Des-jardins (of the Odeon), Marcel Mar-quet, Mmes Geniat and Alice Beylat

"Le Paradis," with Cora Lapercerie,will shortly replace "Le Minaret" -at

the Renaissance. Sacha Guitry hasjust phoduced three short plays by him-self at the Bouffes, of which more nexttime. He acts in all three. In fact it

is Sacha from beginning to end.

The Chatelet has closed for the dogdays, to reopen Aug. 15, with a revivalof "Dick, the Police Dog." Aftersomething new by H. Delorme, to benamed possibly "La course au Bon-heur" ('The Run for Happiness"), andmay it not have to run long.

A revue by the Lemarchand andRouvray combination is due soon atthe Ambassadeurs, the famous old openair cafe* concert on the Champs Ely-sees, under the control this year of R.Baretta and L. Volterra. GermaineCharley is listed for the lead. Withthe splendid weather now in Paris thesuccess of this establishment should begreat.

A new theatrical syndicate, for legiti-

mate folks, is being formed in France.Felix Huguenet is president, Gemier,H. Prevost, Arquilliere and Mme. Bar-tet, vice-presidents, Calmette secretary.With such a troupe of leaders theunion should at last have a voice in

stage matters outside the theatre. Agroup for Belgians and legits speakingFrench is to form a part of the associa-tion.

There are some ominous tales goingaround the French authorities may im-pose still greater restrictions next sea-son and that some houses may noteven open after the present vacation.There is no official notification of thisstate of affairs, but some local journalshave even hinted that all places ofamusement may be entirely closed dur-ing the winter, if the coal crisis is

again acute.

The Russian ballet company, as seenin New York, with a few absentees is

touring Spain.

ADVISES NOT TO PAY ROYALTY.Nathan Burkan, the legal authority

on music and copyright law, made anaddress this week before the NationalAssociation of Music Publishers, inwhich he stated as his opinion that nopublisher should, under existing condi-tions, pay royalties to any German com-poser or author, inasmuch as that wouldconstitute treason through giving aidand comfort to an enemy.Mr. Burkan advocated the non-pay-

ment of royalties to German and Aus-trian copyright holders and suggestedas a remedy the publishers deposit all

royalties in a bank or trust company,which would act as custodian for thecopyright holder until after the presentv/ar.

Coleman Goetz Without a Blue Slip.

Chicago. June 20.

Coleman Goetz, who has been deco-rating the Sherman lobby since his re-turn from the Coast, was picked up anddetained all afternoon by federal au-thorities, when he said that his draftregistration card was in New York.He was released under bend pendingarrival of the blue slip.

VAUDEVILLEU. B. 0. BOOKING MEN MUST

REFUSE PRESENTS--E. F. ALBEE

Head of Big Booking Offices Sett Down Rule in Matter of

Proposed Tribute by Professional Friends to Eddie

Darling. Consideration Only fromEmployers.

A story in Vaiuity last week headed"An Eddie Darling Tribute" attracted

the attention of E. F. Albee, head ofthe Unked Booking Offices, in whichagency Mr. Darling books the big timeB. F. Keith theatres in New York.Mr. Albee stated to a Varibty rep-

resentative he wished to answer thearticle and said:

"It has been the custom on theKeith Circuit since the same wasorganized that those employed either

on the Keith Circuit or in the UnitedBooking Offices should receive con-sideration for their services onlythrough these institutions, and if

gratuities or considerations are ex-tended to them by those they dobusiness with, they should be refused.

"The well meaning friends of Mr.Darling. I am sure, don't want to em-harass him. He understands theabove conditions thoroughly, andwould be obliged to courteously, yetfirmly, refuse to accept any tribute

from those he had been doing busi-

ness with, no matter how kindly theintent."

U. i. 0. ROUTING.Routing of vaudeville acts for next

season over the time of the UnitedBooking Offices has been very actively

engaged in by the managers of that

agency, since their booking meetingrecently.

Many routes are reported havingbeen arranged. One turn receivedwhat the agents who saw it termed an"ideal route," 46 weeks from Aug. 13

until July 1, 1918. with not over a $5transportation charge on the list.

ANNA HELD'S ACT.Anna Held is producing a vaudeville

novelty which she obtained abroad. Tt

is to be ' known as "Anna Hold'sVisions." At present it is not certain

if Miss Held will appear in it person-ally.

Miss Held tins purchased the in-

terest of the Shuberts in "Follow Me"and next season mav go on tour underher own management playing a num-ber of the smaller tows.

BELLE BAKER'S RECORD WEEK.Tt is reported Belle Baker is receiv-

ing $1,000 for this week as headliner atthe National Winter Garden at EastHouston street and Second avenue. Asan experiment, the engagement of awell known vaudeville attraction for

the downtown theatre that usuallyplays five pop vaudeville acts provedsuccessful from the outset, the Gardenbeing packed at every performance.Miss Bflkcr will easily take the box of-fice record at the East Side vaudevillehouse.Tucsdav the Garden's manager,

Billv Minsky, was out hunting forother headline attractions to star theGarden's bills and was prepared toclose with Nora Bayes for a week'sengagement.

Belle Baker was also in the vaude-ville comment for tbe week over theroute given b*r by the United RookingOffices for next season. It is calleda "sweet" route by the agents. MissBaker is to appear for two successiveweeks in most of the theatres she hasbeen booked for, with an increase insalary over her last season's figure.

Miss Baker will open in the big time

houses around New York in Septem-ber, remaining in New York and play-ing continuously until December, be-fore taking up the out-of-town engage-ments.

MOVING MUSIC UP.Music dealers from all over the coun-

try gathered in New York l*st week todiscuss the various angles of the indus-try and during their stay held a num-ber of conferences with the popular mu-sic publishers. The dealers advocateda higher priced catalogue and imploredthe publishers to establish a scale ofsong that would come out of the 10-

cent class and yet fall short of theproduction grade.Nothing definite in this direction was

promised, but the publishers agreed todo everything in their power to assist

the dealer in bringing the retail branch#of the business back to a healthy con-dition, admitting the syndicate storeshave brought the industry down to a

, penny-ante proposition.

CIRCUS FOLKS9 DIVORCE CASE.Chicago, June 20.

Mrs. Arline P. Fuller, a bareback

rider with the Barnum and Bailey cir-

cus, filed action here a few days agofor divorce against John R. Fuller, alsoa bareback rider. The latter is with theSells-Folto show, playing nearby.Mrs. Fuller alleges her husband

"wandered about the circus lot" andnames as co-respondents Mayme Saun-ders and Lola Haight, both circus per-formers. She also claims that Fulleris back $200 in payments for his son'seducation.

CARNIVAL'S WHITE SLAVE CASE.Cincinnati. June 20.

James F. Mansfield, of Nashville, a

carnival showman, and Mrs. Lota KockTsaacs, a "strong" woman, also of Nash-ville, were arrested at Greenfield, O.,

charged with conspiring to violate theMann White Slave Law. Mansfield is

also charged with having violated theAct in transporting the woman inter-

state.

Both were held in $1,500 bail, in de-fault of which they are in iail at Green-field and will be examined before IT. S.

Commissioner Abler of Cincinnati June2fi. At the time of the arrest the wo-man's two children were with her.

The father is en route to Greenfield toobtain custody of the offspring.

DONALD BRIAN—NEARLY.Monday it looked as though Donald

Brian, in his Lamb's Gambol sketch,"Somewhere in Mexico" would appearat the Palace. New York next week.A difference in salary stood in the wayof tbe engagement. Lewis & Gordonrepresented Brian in the negotiations.The cast as appearing in tbe Gambol

was included in the vaudeville arrange-ment. Macv Harland. Roy Fairchildand John Sahpolis composed Brian'ssupport.

Brian first a«ked $3,000 for the week,reducing to $2,250. Tbe theatre set

$2,000 as its mark and held to it.

Tuesday Tack Norworth and LilianLorraine were selected as the Palace'sheadline."Somewhere in Mexico" is the playlet

Brian had planned for a vaudeville tourof longer or shorter duration.

Tt was reported at the same time Mr.Brian had received an offer to play in

"Marv's Ankle," opening Monday in

Boston.

MINSTRELS' COMEDIAN CHANGED.The Al G. Fields Minstrels next sea-

son will have Billv Beard as its prin-cipal comedian. Mr. Beard has beenapnea rinor in vaudeville With tbe min-strel encasement be eoes bark \r. black-face for the first time in years.

Bert Swor. who was tbe lead'ngcomedian of tlie Fields organization forseven years, has been placed undercontract by tbe Shuberts and will ap-pear in a new Winter Garden produc-tion. V<^

M. P. P. MEETING.The regular semi-monthly meeting of

the Music Publishers' Protective As-sociation, held Tuesday night at the or-ganization headquarters, gathered oneof the largest and most enthusiastic at-

tendances since the inauguration ofthe Association. A number of newmembers were elected to the member-ship roll and other applications passedupon. *|

The meeting was largely given overto trade matters and several importantresolutions were adopted affecting thatbranch of the industry. In additionthe Relief Committee acted on a num-ber of cases of worthy need.The next regular meeting of the As-

sociation will be held July 10, the regu-lar July 3 being passed because of theholiday.

$15,000, MLLE. LYRISMile. Lrrti. Um Franco artiste, hu rafasvrlbsd 115.000

to ta* lMt war loan. Mile. Lyrls li now touring InItalr. witfc O. Marie's new art. and la making goodpropaganda for the All lea.—AdTertliwnint

VAN HOVhNIn an old lown where I played recently, the

cemetery was in the churchyard in the centreof I he town. They were building a new roadand as the cemetery was centuries old theywere unable to find the bodies; so they justcarried the earth itself to the new cemeteryin the outskirts.Roy, doesn't it make you feel kind of chilly

to think that after all you're only a gang ofmud. I'a*s me a lot of Stout and many glassesof Dago Red, and put me on the bill with girlarts; lots of flowers in my room and the Kubai-yat of old Omar Khayyam, and when I die, if

they want to use me for building roads let mebe the part of Broadway where the chorusgirls from the musical comedy shows standwhen they call their chauffeurs.

VAN HOVENDo you remember when we didn't want to

nlay any more "magieians," and EDDIE HAY-MAN, who was booking my house st that time,took you nut of East St. i/ouii: but since thenEHDIF: FHAYN'F jn.' i n«v« »?'V r ,i it. o»e.r and.ran *rr anrr a "split w» k" f<.r \ou.

Belleville has g >od "asparagus." Can arrangetwo days for you after East St. Louis. Sendbilling snd a lot more one-sheets.May you continue to eommede yourself into

further popularity and success. America awaitsyou and so does

Your Pal.JOE ERBER.

(Mrs. Erber also sends her best.)

FRITZI'S HOME TOWN SHOW.Waterbury. Conn., June 20.

Fritzi Scheff cleared about $1,500 forherself last week when making herfirst stage appearance in this hometown of the prima donna's. MissScheff played as the headline of avaudeville bill at Jacques'. She waaguaranteed $800 and 50-50 over a cer-tain amount after the cost of the bill

around her and the house expensehad been deducted from the gross.James Clancy, who manages the

theatre, which plays burlesque in theregular season, is running a summerperiod of vaudeville with admissionup to one dollar.

Jacques' had been a dead proposi*tion theatrically until Clancy took holdearly last fall when he secured anAmerican Burlesque Wheel franchisefor the town and netted 141,000 on theseason.To induce woman patronage Clancy

had an "Old Woman's Day," with hismother selling tickets, also a "Ladies'Day," with his wife in the box office,

while to influence the young to at-tend, Clancy's child rode through thecity in an automobile, carrying a ban-ner reading, "My papa lets me go toburlesque, so it must be all right or I

couldn't go, for my papa thinks asmuch of me as yours does."

Clancy's freaky advertising hascaused him to be termed a "character"around here. He formerly booked thesmaller vaudeville houses on the PollCircuit.

NO 1AYES-N0RW0RTH WEEK.The premature publication of the

intent of Eddie Darling to have aBaves-Norworth week at the Riversidespilled the beans for it.

When the story appeared in Vartbttlast week Nora Bayes and Jack Nor-worth each voiced an objection. Theplan was to have both booked andbilled for the Riverside, without eitherhaving previous information regard-in g it.

Norworth and Lillian Lorraine in

their new two-act are due at the Palace,New York. July 2. They are at theMaryland, Baltimore, this week.

LAURIE ft BRONSON—SHUBERTS.Laurie and Bronson have signed with

the Shuberts and will be in the cast ofthe review scheduled for the 44thStreet theatre. Rehearsals will beginin August with a September openingarranged.Tbe team are now in vaudeville.

KENDIS AND BROCKMAN MERGE.James Kendis and James Hrockman

have consolidated interests and willcontinue their music publishing con-cerns under the firm name of Kendis &Broekman.Kendis is one of the best Wiown com-

edy song writers in the country, hav-ing contributed "Nathan" and "ComeOut of the Kitchen Mary Ann" in rapidsuccession to the song market.

DICKEY ON SKETCH RUN.Washington. D. C. Tune 20.

From Julv 2. on for five v*»eks. PaulDickey will annear at KeifVs here in

a series of plavlets, chnncvMp weeklv.Mr. Dickev's success at Keith's with

"The Lincoln Highway" suggested thestock sketch scheme.

«««'Sonny Bill Manor" at Auction."Sonny Bill Manor." tbe estate of the

late Charles Klein, will be sold at auc-tion under the supervision of Arthur C.Sheridan. Th? estate is located atRowavton. Conn., and was h'v.\t bv its

late proprietor at a cost of $100,000.

Cecil Cunningham With Morosco.Cecil Cunningham (Mrs. Jean Ha-

ve/) has been engaged by Oliver Mor-osco for next season.

VAUDEVILLE»— — T-

ONLY HOSPITAL Of ITS KINDIS AMERICAN IN CHICAGO

In Service for Some Time, Now Has Around 50 Patients. De-voted to Professionals Although Treating the Public.

Complete Ambulance Service. Dr. Max Thorexat Head of Staff. All Rooms Endowed.

Chicago, June 20.

The recently opened and splendidly

equipped American Theatrical Hos-pital, which was made possihle through

the efforts of Dr. Max Thorck and

Judges Goodnow and McGoorty, is run-

ning along smoothly and already has

figured very largely in caring for ill

and injured among the profession in the

past two months.

It is perhaps the only institution of

its kind in the world, a hospital pri-

marily erected for the medical treat-

ment of actors and actresses, though its

doors are open to all.

Nearly every one of its^ rooms, ofwhich there are some 60 odd, has beenendowed by persons in the amusementfield, either in their own names or in

memoriam of their kin.

A list of the endowments, thenames of which arc burnt in abovethe door of each room is: Julian El-tinge, Ravmond Hitchcock, ElizabethMurray. St. Anthony. Amv and BertSwor, Joseph Hopp, Josephine Cohan-Niblo, Boris Thomashcfskv. Dr. I. H.Prune. L. M. Cody. \da F. Wrigley,Francis A. Pcator, Florence D. Good-now. Etta Mac Free. Fannie Thorek, U.T. Hermann, Mrs. George H. Rees, Dr."Sheldon Feck. Maud Pitts, John B.Rock. Mrs. L. B. Maier. Dorothy JaneWeeghman. Walter F. Driver, AndrewS. Craig. Florence Earl Wichc, SarahKatz Berezeniak. S. Cyaniewicz (Zbys-co. the wrestler), the Bentley Room,Ed. Lee Wrothe, Mr. and Mrs. HarryGreen. Clara Hess, Sello. Wm. T. Rock.ThcColossimo. Louis J. Selznick. Chi-cago Fed. of Musicians. Emma Loser,Peter S. Clark. Outdoor Showmen'sLeague, Emma J. Rapp. Peter Schaefer,Adolph Linick. Aaron Jones. Mrs. MaxSello.. Mayhew-Tavlor. Sunny Kilduff,Mollie Meagher Nursery. Jay F. Pittsoperating room, Lincoln J. Carter anes-thesia room, A. Paul Keith and E. F.Albee operating room. Gertrude Mait-land, Harry Houdini, Dr. Welfeld oper-ating room and the Alfred Hamburgerobstetrics room.

In addition to the general layout,there is a diet kitchen on each floorand a room for dressings. Each floorhas a private ward, holdiner betweensix and eight bods. An excellent auto-mobile ambulance is owned by the hos-pital, which when running full entailsan operating expense of between $7,000and $8,000 monthly.The hospital is situated on Irving

Park boulevard, not far from the lake.There are at present around 50 per-sons being cared for at the hospital.The maximum capacity is double that,but an unlimited number can be treatedin the clinics and dispensaries. Thereare about half a dozen rooms yet openfor endowment.The Meagher Nurserv is specially

decorated and is rightlv the most invit-ing room in the hospital. The spaciousoperating room, the gift of Messrs.Keith and Albce. is the largest endow-ment and compares with anything ofthe kind in Chicago.

.STAGE CREW WALKS OUT.

Portland. Me., June 20.Upon the Keith theatre refusing to

agree to the new scale demanded bvthe^ local union, the stage hands atKeith's walked out Mondav. with anon-union crew replacing it, to handle

the stock play productions presentedat that house.

Keith's plays vaudeville in the seasonand stock during the summer. Its man-agement states it agreed to an increasefor the stage hands, the same scale to.

be operative regardless of the policy ofthe theatre. The union, however, not-withstanding the increase, demandedmore for the stock productions thanvaudeville, and the Keith managementobjected to it.

The union pointed to the Jeffersontheatre, also playing stock under themanagement of J. H. Moore, paying thestock increased scale, but the Keithpeople replied the Jefferson was play-ing stock on a weekly tenancy thatcould be concluded at any time, whileKeith's is continuous with either onepolicy or the other.The matter is local.

The union asks $30 for the carpenterand $25 each for the electrician andproperty man. a $2.50 increase overthe former working scale for that local.

President Charles Shay was absentfrom New York, being in Washington,where he is acting as a member ofa sub-committee of the National De-fense board which has been delegatedto handle war matters for the AmericanFederation of Labor. This committeewill also look after the laboring man'sinterests in the war tax measure, nowncaring final completion by the Senatecommittee.Charles Crickmore. the International

vice-president, stated the Portland mat-ter was being looked after by the Port-land local.

Regarding the notification to vaude-ville theatre managers as to the grant-ed increase in the weekly scale of all

traveling members of the Alliance, Mr.Crickmore said the increase affected all

branches of the traveling profession,vaudeville as well as burlesque. Themanagers of these respective brancheswere expected to be notified in turnbv the United Managers' ProtectiveAssociation, to which the maiority ofvaudeville and burlesque circuits be-long.

The Alliance has sent out the offi-cial notification to the respective localswhich are expected in turn to notifyall traveling members of their member-shin lists.

The increase means a $5 raise forevery member of the Alliance travelingwith anv organization or act and vaude-ville producers are expected to paytheir traveling union men accordingly.No word has been received in the

New York general headouartcrs as tothe requested raise asked bv the SanFrancisco local of stage hands, al-though the matter is expected to besettled one wav or another soon.When William Rusk, of San Fran-cisco, was here last week to attend themeeting of the Alliance executiveboard, he had not received any wordas bow the San Francisco managershad acted on the increase request.There have been no further develop-

ments on the Alliance matter in Fay-etteville. Ark., where local 539 hadtrouble with the Ozark theatre manage-ment. Some settlement is expected be-fore the opening of the new season.

FOX ISSIHNG CONTRACTS.The William Fox booking office com-

menced issuing contracts tc acts this

week, upon the order of William Fox,given by Mr. Fox in person, it is said,

after Pat Casey, representing theVaudeville Managers' Protective Asso-ciation, had brought the matter of theFox agency's method of doing businesswith acts under the direction of JackLoeb to the attention of Mr. Fox.According to report, William Fox

had been unaware of the condition in

his booking office. A thousand otherthings have prevented the head of thebig Fox institution from observing de-tail in the booking end of the vaude-ville circuit. Mr. Fox's instructionsare said to have been given immediate-lv, following th' conversation with Mr."Casey.

The Fox booking office accordinglycommenced issuing contract slips, usingthe same form given out when Ed. F.

Kceley was in charge of the Fox book-ings some years ago. This form, thepop vaudeville agents said, was prob-ablv placed in use temporarily until

another contract £prm could be printed.

The Keeley form (which had Keelev'sname scratched off) carries a cancella-tion clause.

DENIES SUICIDAL ATTEMPT.Charles M. Rlanchard. vaudeville

manager and producer, with offices onthe third floor of the Strand theatrebuilding, was accused bv the police ofhaving attempted to end his life byswallowing laudanum. He was savedby prompt use of restortatives.

The dailies printed the Blanchardstory, hinting at plain suicide. A com-munication signed C. M. Rlanchard(typewritten^ on Rlanchard's station-

ery was received in Varietv's office

Tune 20 deriving that Rlanchard hadattempted suicide and stating that therewas no truth in the newspapers' re-

ports.

Rlanchard's name is on the blotterof the 37th street police station, wherelast Fridav a stomach pump was usedon Rlnnchard with success. Later hewas discharged in court and resumedoffice activities, being around theStrand building Saturdav.A Vahthtv representative endeavored

to see Rlanchard personally this weekbut was informed at the Rlanchard of-fices that Rlanchard was in court.

Rlanchard has a court case, one T. Wal-lace Clinton complaining to LicenseCommissioner Re1l that Blanchard'soffice had not dealt fairlv with him.Rlanchard later reported settling in

full with Clinton what money he wascharged with owinc him for promiseof work via the Rlanchard office, al-

though the court declined to dismissthe case so quicklv.

Tt is believed bv Rlanchard's closestfriends he has been worrving himselfirrenttv of late over the clash with theCommissioner of Licenses.

PANTAGES, VANCOUVER. OPENS.Vancouver, June 20.

Pantaees' new theatre, seating 2.600peonle on two floors, opened. Mondav.with the regular Pantages vaudevilleroad show, nlaving to an admissionscale in the local theatre of 10. 20, 30,

50, 75. The 50-eent seats are in thefront of the orchestra. Tt's the samescale the former Pantages had. thathouse now renamed and playingstock musical comedy, the Monte Car-ter eompanv starting off.

Cenrge Pantages. a nenhew of the *

circuit's manager, is in charge of thenew theatre.

the

2D HALF CIRCUS BILL.The last half of this week at

Prospect. Rrnnklyn. has a "circusshow," nil circus acts having beenbooked for it by Lawrence Goldie.

Rushing Montreal's New Theatres.Montreal, June 20.

DcsvMVr fne war and the many thea-tre*; in process of construction aban-doned, both Loew's new house and theOrpheum. which will play big timeshows, nre being rushed to comple-tion. Work is being done on the twotheatres dav and night with a view ofopening them about Oct. 1.

MUSICIANS' DEMANDS.Following the increase granted the

traveling members of the I. A. T. S.

K. musicians have asked for an in-

crease before the beginning of anotheramusement season.Over 5,000 members of the Mutual

Musical Protective Union, with head-quarters at 210 East 86th street, af-

filiated with the American Federationof Labor, ask for a general increaseranging from %33 a week to $40 a weekfor all men working 14 shows in first-

class vaudeville theatres. For thoseplaying 12 performances an increase is

requested ranging from $27 to $33.50 aweek.Where the admission doesn't go

above a quarter the vaudeville and pic-

ture theatres are asked to pay $28 aweek for seven days, with the workingtime to constitute six and one-halfhours instead of seven and one-halfhours daily. In the theatres with lessthan the dollar top scale $42 a week is

asked. The present scale . is $38.50-

weekly. In the houses charging abovea dollar, the increase runs $5 more, thepresent scale being $42 weekly.Some of the musical comedy show

musicians are asking from $2 to $7more on the week. Where Sundayperformances are included, such as pre-vail at the Winter Garden and otherplaces, the musicians are asking forfuture salaries from $37 to $42 a week.

If the scale becomes operative it

will not go into effect until Sept. 1 in

the variety houses and a month earlierin the other theaters.The Rrooklyn houses are facing the

same increase in proportion and themanagers of the respective houses arenow in daily conference with the own-ers as to the requested raise.

The increase is expected to be madein other towns by the different localunions, with Chicago about certain tobe heard from before another fortnight.

A. F. OF L. MEETING.A called meeting of the executive

council of the American Federation ofLabor was scheduled for Thursday(vesterday) morning in the New YorkFederation offices. There have beenrepeated rumors that at this meetingthe Federation heads would take ac-tion on the charter of the White RatsActors' Union.

MT. VERNON LABOR TROUBLE.What threatened at one time to be

trouble between Proctor's. Mt. Vernon,N. Y., and the I. A. T. S. E. local (cov-ering Portchester, Yonkers and Mt.Vernon, each city holding a Proctortheatre) sort of simmered down byWednesday.The stage hands had asked for an

increase. While Mr. Proctor was de-liberating and attempting to figure outthe possible effects of the war on theat-rical business in small towns, the localstaee hands' union served notice toquit, the notice being dated but threedays ahead of the date of service. Thisis reported to have angered the Proc-tor management, which came very near-Iv calling off negotiations. Due, however, to the absence of C. C. Shay thematter was held over until yesterday,the union stating the date of leavinghaving been a mistake and shoulrj havecalled for June 25 instead of Tune 18.

The Mt. Vernon matter, like otherunion labor affairs, is generally localand not taken up by the Internationalheadquarters.

SEATTLE ORPHEUM REOPENS.Seattle, June 20.

The Orpheum was reopened Sundaybv Futrene Lew with five acts ofvaudeville and a feature picture at a flat

admission of ten cents.The house plaved to 8.000 paid ad-

missions on the day.The initial bill included Wilbur and

T ake, Devoy and Davton, Rail and Sin-clair. Lester and Moure and the GeneDe Bell Trio.

VAUDEVILLETWO N. V. A. MEMBERS CHARGED

WITH VIOLATING CLUB FAITH

AGENT BARRED BY V. M. P* A. MORT SINGER'S GOLF HANDICAP,

Face Trial Shortly. Other Activities May Result in Vaude-ville Organization Obtaining Up-State Farm for

Permanent N. V. A. Country Home.

It was reported this week chargeswere about to be brought against twomembers of the National VaudevilleArtists for soliciting members to joinanother society. It was not rumoredwhether the members charged belongedto the other club, which has a verysmall membership.According to the report the charges

are to be drawn and served upon theduo by the end of this week or withina few days. They are said to havestated they could obtain a certain num-ber of the N. V. A.'s to join the otherclub.

A statement of the proceeds of therecent N. V. A. performance at theHippodrome was being prepared thisweek. It was expected at the club-house final settlements would be madeby next week, when a full •statementcould be given out.

Representatives of the N. V. A., fol-lowing the example of the Elks and theLambs, who have country homes fortheir members, arc negotiating withJohn R. Rogers to make similar use ofthe late Tom Maguirc's farm up-stateon Lake Mahopac.James J. Corbett suggested to Rog-

ers he would like to put the propositionup to the Friars.

BOSTOCK GETS INJUNCTION.In a supreme court action instituted

against Nathan A.~ Jackolo by ClaudeW. Bostock, in which the latter askedthat Jackolo be restrained from dis-posing of the partnership, assets orcontracts in their arrangement as co-managers of The'Cansinos, the dancingact, Justice Ford granted the motionand signed the appointment for a re-ceiver.

Jackolo and Bostock had a partner-ship agreement wherein the formerwas manager of the act with the latterthe booking representative, the pairdividing the profits after paying theprincipals and other expenses. Thearrangement was vacated some fewweeks ago and the couple became in-

volved in a fist fight, with Bostock be-ing arrested and hqld for Spfccial Ses-sions court, where the hearing willbe conducted the latter part of thismonth.

PEEBLES ENROLLING.The only theatrical man in New York

to act as assistant enrollment officer, asfar as known, is John C. Peebles, thevaudeville, agent. Mr. Peebles acceptedthe assignment as an accommodationto his friends, and particularly for mem-bers of the Greenroom Club, of whichhe is Prompter.About 200 enrollments have been

taken by Mr. Peebles, who remarkedas he saw his second ruined fountainpen pass away, that he didn't knowwhat he was wishing upon himselfwhen accepting the job.

LUCILLE CAVANAGH'S ACT.Martin Beck is to present Lucille

Cavanagh (formerly appearing withGeorge White) in ;i new act for thecoining vaudeville season. Mis* Cava-nagh is to be surrounded by a dancingcompany and a special set of scenery.

Keeney's Judgment for Cancellation.Andy Rice, the Hebrew inonologist,

has been instructed by the New Yorkcourts to pay the Frank A. Keeneyoffices a week's salary for failure to

play out a vaudeville contract for theKeeney theatres in Newark and Brook-lyn on a split week arrangement.

Rice pleaded illness, cancelling theengagement.

The Vaudeville Managers' Protective

Association, per Pat Casey, this week,notified all its managements and agen-cies that a certain pop vaudeville agentin New York was barred from all V.

M. P. A. booking places.

The bar was placed through the

agent having booked in the Sheedy of-

fice a "blacklisted" act under an as-

sumed name. The act was sent bySheedy to Lynn, Mass. The Sheedyagency is neither a member of nor has

any direct affiliation with the V. M.P AThe booking of the "blacklisted" turn

had hardly been consummated before

the facts were learned by Casey, whoat once issued. the barring order.

RECRUITING "SAILORS" AS "PLUG"Joe Rubin of the Waterson, Berlin

& Snyder staff introduced a novel song-plugging stunt around the Keith thea-

tres when he obtained permission fromthe recruiting officials to appear in a

trio billed as the Singing Sailors, tointroduce the patriotic numbers of W.B. & S. and boost recruiting at thesame time.None of the trio is an enlisted man,

but the turn naturally was a red fire

success. The act will be continuedas long as the recruiting officials arebusy.

HODGE STILL A LIGHT.Robert Henry Hodge is still a mem-

ber of the Lights, although Mr. Hodgetendered his resignation to the organi-zation. The Board of Directors in

considering the action refused to ac-cept his- request to resign because ofhis faithful work to make the club asuccess during its first year, and Hodgewithdrew the paper.

"BLACKLIST' ERRORS.Considerable confusion has been

caused through the duplicate names of

acts now on the Vaudeville Managers'Protective Association's undesirable

list through acts innocent of any activ-

ity in the White Rat strike being sus-

pected of such participation because of

the similarity of names.One of those instances is that of Bert

E. Leighton, who returned from Aus-tralia last week and was denied recog-

nition because of the presence on the

list of the name of Bert Leighton (TwoLeightons) on the list for walking out

of Loew's 7th Ave. theatre during the

trouble.The V. M. P. A. will correct misun-

derstandings of this nature and insure

immediate attention when the mistakeis called to its attention, as was donein the Leighton matter.

NAME CHANGED LEGALLY.The Muckenfuss family, or at least

Rosalie, the daughter, has obtained

legal permission to be known hereafter

as Rosalie Stewart.

Miss Wellman Writes New Sketch.A new playlet for vaudeville, "Slim

Jim Slickness," has been written byEmily Ann VVellman for herself, andshe will play in it over the summer,opening this week.

Miss Wellman's first vaudevillesketch, "The Young Mrs. Stamford,"has been temporarily shelved.

Routing Brice and King Show.The play next season Charles King

and Elizabeth Brice will star in is to

be routed by the Shuberts, who haveobjected to the couple appearing in

vaudeville on the Coast during the

summer, causing the Orpheum Circuit

dates for the act to be called off.

Chicago, June 20Mort Singer is promoting a theatrical

golf handicap scheduled to be foughtout at Idylewild next month. Besideshimself the contestants for link honorswill be Harry Powers, Sport Hermann,Aaron Jones, Adolph Linick, PeterSchaefer, Sam Kahl, Fred Eberts, MarkHyman, Jim McKowen Tink Hum-phrey, Dave Beehler, Rowland and Clif-

ford, Tom Carmody, Cal Griffiths,

Con-y Holmes, Roy Murphy and MartyForkins.A qualifying round will be played

first, upon which the handicaps will bemade. Chick Evans is to do the handi-capping. (He and Singer often playtogether.)

Lately Singer beat the champion byone stroke, counting a handicap allow-ance.

The latest condition of competing it

that each player is to pay one cent perstroke, all the money so gathered to beturned over to the Red Cross.

KEEP MOVING!Wednesday a special order was is-

sued from Inspector Daly's office tothe patrolmen stationed around thecorner of 47th street and Broadway toissue summonses to every one standingaround the corners and in front o{ thePalace and Columbia theatres.

While the patrolmen issued initial

warnings more than a score of victimswere bagged on charges of loiteringand obstructing traffic. All were or-dered to report for hearing in the West54th street court. The officers as arule, when approaching the "standee,"requested to sec his registration card,and, copying the name from that, is-

sued the paper.

Last summer a similar order result-ed in the wholesale arrest of a numberof artists, booking agents, etc., the ma-jority of whom were penalized bysmall fines.

KEITH'S CLOSING.The final season's closings an-

nounced for the Keith vaudevillehouses in New York are the Colonial,Manhattan, this coming Sunday, andthe Bushwick, Brooklyn, July 1.

The Orpheum, Brooklyn, closed last

Sunday.

The Bushwick will remain open anadditional week, closing July 1, tnrQughhaving done a phenomenal business for1

the tag of the season. Van and Schenckreturns to the house next week as thefeature, with Mahoney and Rogers(from the neighborhood) acting as afurther incentive to patronage, withClark and Bergman's old baseball turn.

MARRIAGES.Frank R. Abrams, president and

general manager of the CameragraphFilm Co., Inc., to Ethel Levy, June 17,

at the home of the bride in New YorkCity.

Helen Hillards is reported to havemarried John G. Peltret at the Little

Church Around the Corner, June 19.

Julius Katz, theatrical agent, ofSouth Norwood, O., obtained a licenseMonday in Cincinnati to wed MarianS. Wcinstein, of 543 Liberty street,

Cincinnati.

June Keith, the picture actress, to

Edwin C. Slater, of New York, at thehome of her father, Douglas Smith, abanker of Hubbard Woods, 111.

GORDEN AND WILLIAM J. DOOLEYA COUPLE OF "REGS"Just down for the day.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., JUNE 14, 1917.

BIRTHS.Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cohn, last week,

son. Mr. Cohn is the editor of the Uni-\. rsal's Animated Weekly and sent

out an announcement of the new ar-

rival in the form of a film release

stating that the feature was producedby Mrs Jack Cohn under the direction

nf himself.

Mr. and Mrs. George H. Morley, a

daughter. The father is assistant treas-

urer at the Palace, New York.

8 BURLESQUEARTISTS' FORUM

Confine letters to 160 words and write on one ilde of paper only.Anonymous communications will not be printed. Name of writer must be slrned

and will be held in strict confidence, If desired.Letters to be published In this column must be written exclusively to VARIETY.

Duplicated letters will not be printed. The writer who duplicates a letter to theForum, either before or after it appears here, will not be again permitted the priv-ileges of It*.

Chicago, June 16.

Editor Variety:In Variety last week was an article

mentioning my name as connectedwith a new organization called theWhite Stars.

I called at Variety's Chicago office

and was informed the article was writ-ten in New York.

I do not see where you get your in-

formation. 1 have nothing to do withMr. Joe Birnes or the White Stars.And it was news to me about such aclub until I read it in Variety.

Bob Cleveland.(Variety publishes letters in the

Forum, without question or investi-gation. Several denials have beenmade by alleged members of the"White Stars" that they know of orbelong to that organization, if it still

exists.

Mr. Cleveland, in the above letter,

says he doesn't see where Varietygets its information. In this instanceVariety secured its information fromthe Vaudeville Managers' ProtectiveAssociation, which has on its files afull account of the attempted forma-tion of the White Stars society in Chi-cago.

Variety suggests to artists if theyare on the "blacklist" and wish to beremoved at the earliest moment thatthey refrain from becoming connectedwith artists' organizations other thanthe N. V. A., for it is not Varietythat reports the facts to the Managers'Association; it is the V. M. P. A.'s ownrepresentatives, who apparently areaware of all moves being made.As previously mentioned in Variety,

the attempt to form any belligerentorganization or off-shoot of the formerWhite Rats not alone will prevent theremoval from the blacklist of thoseconcerned in the movement, but- will

tend to place the remainder of thoseon the list under continued suspicion.Artists doing these things not only in-

jure their own standing in regularvaudeville, but others as well.

Last week in Chicago one of thosementioned as a White Star, who wasmost vehement in his denial, stood in

front of a vaudeville theatre out thereand loudly declared the White Ratswould come back, stronger than ever,and this same artist has been reportedto the Managers' Association as hav-ing approached acts "to stick." Suchbeing the case, if he is of the WhiteStars he should stand for it and if notand wants to he held in good standingwhen the blacklist is removed, heshould govern himself accordingly, formeanwhile he and others of similarideas seem to be fooling no one butthemselves.This same advice has often been giv-

en in Variety to the vaudeville artistson the blacklist since the Rats threwup the sponge. It's time they heededit if they want to, and not, after asociety like the proposed White Starsfind its name in print, go about ac-cusing each other of "squealing."

If the "blacklist" is a serious mat-ter to those upon it, and no dovbt thisis true of the large majority on thelist, then those "blacklisted" shouldmake an v;:vm-st ctTort to conductiiiciYijx. I\ es in a manner that will notarouse suspicion.

and K-nny, was an active member ofan organization called the White Stan.Now, as you have no personal

grievance against me and as the state-

ment was false, I can't see why youpublished it without first ascertainingthe truth, and as we are in hopes ofhaving our names taken off the black-list, this no doubt will stop that.

Johnny Burke.(If, as Mr. Burke says, the statement

mentioning him as a "White Star"was in error, he should bring it to

the attention of the Vaudeville Man-agers' Protective Association, Colum-bia Theatre Building, New York City.

That Mr. Burke so states in Varietywill probably not be accepted asconclusive by the V. M. P. A.,

which has his name on its "WhiteStar" list. This suggestion also ap-plies to all others who may be wronglyaccused in connection with the "Black-list" or new societies.)

New York, June 15.

Editor Variety:Variety states The Leightons were

booked through my office in Balti-

more under an assumed name. Thefact is, while away on vacation Sun-day a cancellation happened in Balti-

more. The young man in my office

booked The Leightons and, being new,did not realize the importance of it.

The act was not booked under anassumed name, however, as I hold a

telegram in my office, which statesMr. Whitehurst* in Baltimore, hadbooked The Leightons.

Jos. Shea.

FEATURING LON HASCALL.The Jack Singer show, "Broadway

Frolics," on the Columbia Circuit nextseason will feature Lon Hascall, whowill also be responsible, it is said, forthe book of the production. Accordingto accounts Mr. Hascall had consider-able to do with compiling "Hello, NewYork," the Singer hit of last seasonwith which Mr. Hascall was prominent-ly identified.

Lew Kelly, who was starred in

"Hello, New York," is no longer withthe Singer forces. The new title andshow replaces the "New York" produc-tion on the Columbia circuit.

BURLESQUE CLU1 OFFICERS.The first election of officers of the

new Burlesque Club was held Thurs-day night last week. The club is com-posed of people engaged in burlesqueonly, and is formed for sociability.Henry C. Jacobs (Jacobs & Jermon)

was elected president; Jack Singer, first

vice-president; Joe Hurtig, secondvice; Jean Bedini, third vice; SamKrauss, treasurer; James Powers, sec-retary; Julius Grcenbaum, sergeant-at-arms. .

The Board of Governors has SamLewis, Henry P. Dixon, Lew Talbot,Wash Martin, • Max Spiegel, Chas.Falke, Billy Vail, Ira Miller, Phil Dal-ton, Arthur Pearson, Nat Golden.

Chicago, June 14.

Editor Variety;I noticed the statement in Variett

that I, John Burke, of Burke Bros.

Change Between Omaha and K. C.The Columbia burlesque shows next

season will open in Omaha on Satur-day afternoon and close the followingFriday night, enabling the company toreach Kansas City for the Sunday mati-nee opening. Heretofore the companiesmade it a whole week lay off betweenOmaha and Kansas City.

AMERICAN'S ROUTE SET.At an Official meeting Tuesday of the

board of directors this week of theAmerican Burlesque Association, theEmpire, Chicago; Victoria, Pittsburgh,and the Empire, Hoboken, N. J., were*added to the circuit.

The meeting had President GeorgePeck presiding, with Dr. George Lo-throp, Boston, the only out-of-townmember in attendance.The official opening date was set as

Aug. 20, with the companies allowedpreliminary seasons of at least twoweeks if they applied to the executiveoffices accordingly.The Association headquarters is in

receipt of letters from the house man-agers in various cities requesting thatthe American heads send them only"absolutely clean shows."Among those submitting communica-

tions were Ed. Moore, Wheeling, W.Va., Youngstown, O.., Akron, Ashta-bula, Erie, Pa., Yonkers, N. Y., Hamil-ton, Can., Howard Theatre, Bostonand Buffalo, with the towns of Wheel-ing, West Va:, and Binghamton, N. Y.,

informing the Association that a re-

form wave has struck those places asthe result of specially conducted meet-ings and a religious reform administra-tion.

The American Association spreads it-

self on record as being directly op-posed to any show carrying "so-calledextra attractions" and palming themoff on house managers as an "extra"and asking them to pay their sharetowards it. If the show isn't up tothe Association gauge the Associationwill take official action accordingly,and if any acts are put in, they will

be installed by the Association andpaid for by the producing managers.The Empire, Hoboken, takes the

place of the Academy, Jersey City,with the Columbia announced as play-ing the Majestic, Jersey City, next sea-'

son. (The Empire played the Colum-bia shows last season.)The American goes into the Warbur-

ton, Yonkers, N. Y., playing a half

week, with the remainder at Worcester,Mass.There was no drawing, the shows be-

ing moved five pegs on the wheel andthe opening dates governed accord-ingly.

The revised route for the new seasonof the American as approved by theofficers and the board of governors is

as follows:Iirooklyn—Gayety.Yonkers—Warburton (1st half).Scheneitady— Hudion (2d half).Holyoke— Holyoke (Mod.. Tuei.).Springfield—GUmore (Wed., Thurs., Frl.,

Sat.).Boston—Howard.New Med ford—Orpheum (Mon., Tues., Wed.).Worcester—Worcester (Thura., Frl., Sat.).New York—Olympic.Philadelphia (alternate).Scran ton— Majeitlc.IliiiKhamton—Armory (Mon., Tues.).Onwogo— Richardson (Wed.).Niagara Falls—International (Thurs., Frl.,

Sat.).HuffHlo—(larden.Toronto—Star.Hamilton—Savoy.Detroit—Cadillac.Chicago—Gayety.Milwaukee—Gayety.Minneapolis—Gayety.St. Paul -Star.Duluth— Lyceum (Sun., open bal. of week).Chicago— Knglewood.Chicago— Kmpln\Ft. Wayne -Majestic (Sun.) ; Indianapolis,

Mnjestlc, bal of week.Louisville Buckingham.Columbus—Lyceum.Wheeling— Court (Mon., Tu«s., Wed).Akron -Grand (Thurs., Frl., Sat.).Cleveland— Empire.FTrle— Park (Mon., Tues.).Ashtabula—Majestic (Wed.).YounuHtown — Park (Thurs., Frl., Sat.).Pittsburgh—Victoria,nearer Falls—Lyceum.Johnstown—Cambria.Harrlsburg—Orpheum.York—Orpheun-

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H v.n :i ' "fi- A ca'JeTC y(Open week.)Pa It I more- -Gayety.Philadelphia (alternate).South Pethlehem—Grand.En « ton—Orpheum.Wllkes-narre— M;i Jostle.Hoboken— Empire.

Circuit not decided on.)Tlrooklya—Star.(Altoona, Pa., la the only town on the Penn

CASTING BURLESQUE SHOW*.Blutch Cooper has the personnel of

another of his burlesque companies

lined up, with Lew Stark slated as

manager, and E. C. Anderson, agent.

It will be styled "The Army and NavyGirls," with Bert Weston, JamesPearl, Solly Woods, Ed. Morton,Frank Manning, Elsie Mays, Fritzi

Moore, Evelyn Ferris, Millie Florctte.

Dan Coleman last week signed athree years' contract with Harry Has-tings. With Coleman will appearAlma Bauer, Esther Higbee, ElizabethTeti, Babe Burnette, Hazel Lorraine,

iames Hazzard, Phil Peters, Frankfallahan.Harry Nelms is manager and Charles

F Edwards business agejit.

"Some Babies" will be sent on touragain next season by Harry Hastings,with an entirely new book and a newcast, with Arthur Phillips managingand Harry Morrison agent.

Charles H. Waldron's "Bostonians"next season will have Frank Finney,Phil Ott, Nettie Nelson, Kathryn Dre-key, Hunter and Beatrice, Bobby VanHorn, Mack and Bernard, GeorgeGlass, musical director, and VincentWaldron, agent.

F. S. Pierce is the manager.Charles Baker, who has been granted

another franchise on the AmericanBurlesque Circuit, has not only styled

his new show, "The Speedway Girls,"

but has completed its roster. JohnBlack will be one of the principals.

Dollie Bunch, for three years with theKolb & Dill company on the Coast,and Sue Milford, another California

girl, are among the leading women.Others engaged are Eddie Rogers,Marion Chase, Jack Smith, Eddie Hart,of Boston (first year in burlesque),with Otto Klives, manager, and Abe*Feinberg, agent, the last two havingcharge of Baker's "Tempters" last sea-

son. The show will open Aug. 20 at

the Olympic, New York, without hav-ing any preliminary playing.

Baker's "The Tempters," with Zal-

lah featured, and Charles Donahue,manager; H. LeMarr, business agent,will have a preliminary season, openingAug. 13 at Holyoke, and then takingup the American Circuit route. Theshow comprises Max Fields, SydneyRopers, Ruth Everett, Anna Fink,Eddie Healey. Harry Keeler, Norma\\ eston, Evelyn ClafTy (Australian,

new to burlesque).Jack Smith and Eddie Rogers are

writing special lyrics and music for

both the Baker shows.Baker has also been personally en-

paged to produce Charles Barton'sshow, "The Aviators" for next season.Among Barton's company will be twoacts from vaudeville, Scranton, Bell

and Scranton, and Junie Dixon's mod-els. Others engaged are Gladys Sears,Vivian Marcey, Charles Evans, Billy

Vial. Grace Lewis and Fred de Sylvia.

"The Aviators" opens Aug. 13 at theOlympic, New York.

NEW AMERICAN SHOWS.Among the new burlesque shows on

the American Association next seasonwill be one Charles Baker will produce,styled "The Speedway Girls."

Another is by George Belfrage en-titled "Biff, Bing, Bang," which showreplaces "Hello Paris," that Reaume &Hertz, the Detroit producers, had onthe wheel. Ylie latter show was with-drawn uppn the objection of the asso-ciation heads; it was not being handledaccording to the rules and regula-tions of the association.

NEW TITLES.

Some of the Columbia show titles

used last season will be changed for thenew year. Pete Clark's "New YorkGirls" will hereafter be known as "Oh,Girls." Blutch Cooper has renamed his"Globe Trotters" to "The Best Show in

Town." Gus Hill's "Midnight Maidens"will be "Hello America."

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San Francisco arrivals from Aus-tralia aboard the "Sierra," June 11,were Wilfred DuBois, Billy Mann,Duquesne Comedy Four, King andThornton.

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Arrangements have been made tomake a regular road production out of"Torches," the Russian play given its

first New York presentation at theActors' Fund Fair.

Max Winalow has gone to the Thou-sand Islands for two weeks and expectsthe time of his life, as there isn't a bar-ber within four miles of his vacationplace and nobody up there caraswhether he changes his suit or not.

Henry W. Savage has decided MizziHajos will go to the Coast and backin her former success, "Pom Pom,"before appearing in a new play onBroadway next January. The Westerntour will start early in September.

An Allies' BUI will be given at Poli's,Scranton, next week. This is claimedto be the first "Allies" program invaudeville, the similar bill announcedfor Proctor's, Newark, as the first, hav-ing failed to show.

Hitting New York last Thursdaynoon, with sunburned faces from theoverland trip in Lew Goldberg's car,were Sammy Tishman, Lew Goldberg,William Jacobs and Irving Tishman.They will remain here a month.

Sam Forrest, general stage directorfor Cohan & Harris, left New York Fri-day for a month's vacation. On his re-turn he will start engaging for the tour-ing companies that the firm are to haveon the road next year.

Dan Hennessy is still at BattleCreek, Mich. He may go to Saratogaduring July. Mrs. Hennessy left thehospital in New York this week, re-turning home after full recovery fromher^ recent eye trouble.

George Damerl has disbanded hisact, "In the Devil's Garden," which willbe sent out with another cast next sea-son. Damerl is to present a new actby W. B. Freidlander and Will Hough,in the fall.

Betty Caldwell will be out of the"girl act" ("Little Miss Up to Date"),as she is to marry Orville Stamm andretire from the stage. Her place will befilled by Fay O'Neil, understudy forAnn Pennington with the "Follies" lastseason.

It was Broadway talk Wednesdaythat Dooley and Orth had dissolvedvaudeville partnership.

Marcelle and Lillian Hardy, the eightand one-half-year-old twins of EddieHardy (stage manager of the Casino^),who made their first appearance in

"The Blue Bird," are now playing kidroles with "For the Love o' Mike"at the Maxine Elliott.

Comstock & Gest will place the mu-sicalrzed version of "The CollegeWidow" into rehearsal next week.Among those announced thus far as in

the cast is Carl Randall.

Edward Small served Frank A.Keeney with papers Tuesday whereinSmall sues the latter for breach ofcontract relative to a picture proposi-tion Small claims Keeney entered intoagreement with him some weeks ago.

Julian Johnson, now editor-in-Chiefof the Photoplay Magazine, with quar-ters in Chicago, hit Broadway Mondayfor the week, mingling with old friendswhile attending to some business forhis publication.

William B. Lindsay, Eastern Passen-ger Agent for the Lehigh Valley, hasopened his summer home at 30 Porter-field Rd., Freeport, L. I. He can bereached by phone at 103 M Freeport bythose looking for railroad informationin an emergency.

The LaFayette theatre, now housinga colored company playing popular playsin popular-priced stock, will continuethat policy throughout the summer,with a six-act vaudeville show bookedin by L. Redelsheimer, Columbiatheatre building.

Tease Weil's "Ragtime Ala Carte"will open in New England territoryabout Sept. 15 and after two weeks' en-gagement, if it shows any strength, will

be brought into a New York house.Adolph Weiner is associated with Weilin the proposed production.

Julia Curtia opens on the Loew Cir-cuit next week at Boston, and has beenbooked for 40 weeks over the Loew-Pantages time by Irving Cooper. Mr.Cooper also placed Bud and NellieHeim on the same time for next sea-son.

Helen Murphy, after ten days in NewYork, left Monday for Chicago via

Washington, D. C. Miss Murphy's sis-

ter, Mrs. John H. Billsbury and hus-band, recently married, will remain hereindefinitely, Billsbury to look over actsfor the Helen Murphy agency, Chicago,with which Billsbury is interested.

The Flatbush Chamber of Commercehas taken over B. S. Moss's Flatbushtheatre for the night of June 28, wherea special bill will be presented with aview to raising funds for the purchaseof an ambulance to represent theBrooklyn suburb in the war. Seats will

sell from $1 to $5.

George Schneider has resigned themanagement of the Garden, Baltimore,and will become manager of a vaude-ville house in Washington. His suc-cessor has not yet been named, but it

is believed that one of the managersof a New York Loew house will betransferred to the Garden.

Ruth St. Denis has accepted a ballet

by Olin D. Williams of Baltimore en-titled "The Buddha of ArmorouSSouls." It was presented in BaltimoreSunday night by Rie Gerard and H.Chatin-Hoffman and immediately se-

lected by Miss St. Denis for her nextseason's program.

as the Putnam Theatre Corporation.The house is to have a seating capacityof 3,654, made up as follows: Balcony,1,326; loge boxes, 150; prosceniumboxes, 56; orchestra, 2,122.

The William Harris, Jr., offices havearranged for their new play, "Drift-wood/* by Laurence Eyre, with FayBainter as the principal woman, to haveits premiere in the Belasco, Washing-ton, D. C, June 25. Priestly Morrisonis staging the production. Among thosein Miss Bainter's support are McKayMorris and Joseph Adelman. -^

When the "Star Spangled Banner"was played at the Greeley Square onenight last week, everybody in the audi-ence stood up excepting one lone man.A patriotic citizen walloped the "un-patriotic" person in the jaw, where-upon the offender removed a woodenleg and swatted the patriot over thehead, necessitating the latter's removalto the Polyclinic Hospital.

Sunday is set for the first annualouting and clambake of the HelraisemAssociation numbering about 50 mem-bers of the ticket selling profession in

New York. The organization is morepopularly known as "The Annie Oak-leys." The outing will take place atWhitestone, L. I., and prior to the bakea number of games are 'to be held.The start is to be made from Broad-way and 43rd street at 8.30 a. m.

Dora Plowden's action against Gil-

bert M. Anderson for six weeks' salaryin "His Little Widows" was settledMonday out of court by Anderson forone-half of the amount claimed. MissPlowden opened in the show at Detroit.She had a six weeks' contract, but wasreplaced after the third performance,and sued the management for the full

amount. Since Miss Plowden's retire-

ment three women have appeared in

the role she created.

The Automobile Fashion Show in aidof the Actors' Fund will be held to-

morrow at the Sheepshead Bay Speed-way. The stars entered include Mar-jorie Rambeau, Marguerite Clark, MaryNewcomb, Hazel Dawn, Annette Kel-lermann, Elsie Janis, Theda Bara, JeanneEagles, June Caprice, Mme. FrancesAlda. The entry lists will be open un-til this evening and information can beobtained at the offices of the commit-tee at Bryant 8352.

Thun Choo, a double voiced Chinesesinger and a "crfampion" harmonicaplayer, has joined Long Tack Sam'sact. Thun was in the former offeringof Sam's ("Shanptun Mysteries"), butnever displayed his vocal ability. Thun,who was born in Duluth, was picked upby Federal authorities Friday for fail-

ure to show a registration card and wasconfined over night, until wire con-firmation arrived from Duluth he hadregistered and the card was sent on.

Victor Leighton is to return to

Broadway during August. At presenthe is in Los Angeles after havingclosed the tour of the Wm. H. Cranecompany in "Mr. Lazarus." Mr.Leighton was the booking manager for

the A. H. Woods attractions for a num-ber of years and has the reputation ofknowing more about railroading thananyone else in the booking end. Hesevered his relations with the Woodsoffice rather suddenly. A rumor saysthat when Leighton returns he will be-come associated with one of the biggestproducers in the capacity of generalbooking manager.

Manager George Robinson of theBrighton theatre says that last Satur-day was the first good day the houseenjoyed this season, now four weeksadvanced. He did an excellent busi-

Plans have been completed for thenew Marcus Loew theatre on the site

of the old Matthews Department Storeat Fulton and Livingston streets,

Brooklyn. The owner's name is given

Vaudeville has been discontinued at

the !4th Street tTieatre for the presentat least. Last week was the final ofvaudeville at the house and from nowuntil some time early in August films

may hold sway. Leslie Morosco states

that when the house again starts varietyperformances, it will be with a policyof 10-act shows booked through his of-

fice.

When the New York Federation of

Labor holds its next big state meetingin August T. J. McKenna will attend asa delegate from the New York Theat-rical Protective Union No. 1. Mc-Kenna was recently elected presidentof the local, the former executive, Jo-seph Meeker not being a candidate forre-election. Ed. H. Convey is again in

charge of the quarters in the Gaietytheatre building, re-elected financial

secretary and treasurer. Harry Palmercontinues as business agent of theunion.

Mr. and Mrs. Nixon-Nirdlinger, Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Spingold, Hugo Morris

and Maurice Rose are Chicago boundvia theimotor (Spingold's) route. Thesextet are to make a number of sight-

seeing stops along the route, visiting

Valley Forge, Baltimore, Washington,Gettysburg, Pittsburgh, Cleveland andDetroit. Mr. and Mrs. Nixon Nird-linger will accompany the party as far

as Pittaburgh. During the first threedays of the trip no casualties were re-

ported.

The Theatrical Federation of Greater

New York, affiliated with the AmericanFederation of Labor, and comprising

locals Nos. 1, 4, 35 and 306, each asso-ciated with the I. A. T. S. £., andLocal 310 of the American Federationof Musicians held a business sessionWednesday at the offices of the Feder*ation in the Gaiety theatre imilding.Harold Williams, president, conductedthe meeting, which was mainly of aroutine nature. Some satisfactory re-

ports were made by the different localsrepresented.

The next production Oliver Moroscois to make on the Coast will be "Lorn-bardi Ltd.," in which Leo Carrillo is tobe starred. Grace Valentine will ap-pear. It is to be placed in rehearsalnext week. Following, "Panela," in

which Eleanor Painter is to be starredand "The Full Honeymoon" are to beproduced by Morosco in August. Nextseason New York may see an all-starrevival of the Richard Walton Tullyplay "The Bird of Paradise," underthe joint management of the author andOliver Morosco. This season the roadcompany, with the cast strengthened •

with several names, was taken into Chi-cago at the tag end of the theatricalyear and for ten weeks attracted bigbusiness. "The Bird of Paradise" hasbeen the wonder show of the one-nightstands and outlying week stands forthe past seven seasons, the show turn-ing in a profit in the neighborhood of$100,000 annually and getting strongerwith each repeat played.

The Lambs' Gambol Sunday night atthe Manhattan Opera House had theaid, at the box office and on the stage/of John McCormack, who appeared forthe one performance, although theLambs repeated the show Monday af-.

ternoon. De Wolf Hopper was inter-locutor, with many_ of the Lambspresent in a minstrel first part that had

'

not Frank Tinney, who was expected.Tinney's absence was often referredto by the others on the stage in "pan-ning" remarks. Charles E. Evans,age 61, did a song and dance that wasone of the big hits of the evening.Andrew Mack, with Effingham Pintoas a wench, opposite, also scored.When Willie Collier entered as an"end," Hopper said, "Willie, how is

your wife?" "All right," answered Col-lier, "how are yours?" Hopprr re-

marked it had been understood thereshould be no mention of his matri-monial ventures and Collier replied,

"That's agreed, then, if you will

promise to invite me to one of yourweddings." The billing of McCor-mack for the Lambs' Gambol causeda run of phone inquiries on theManhattan's box office to verify thefact, when a lukewarm ticket sale thenpicked up until the Manhattan held ahuge audience at the show's start. Mon-day afternoon, without McCormack,the attendance was very light.

10 LEGITIMATE,NEWS FROM THE DAILIES

(Below is news matter not collected by Variety but rewritten in

condensed form from the items relating to theatricals appearing in the

Ifew York daily newspapers between the dates of Variety's weekly

issues.)

Dlgby Bell 1b reported seriously HI at MissAlston's Sanitarium.

Lait is also going from the "Herald" to the"Tribune," joining the latter's staff In August.

Prince Tann, said to be the most noted actorIn China, Is reported as having died a monthago. He was 72 years of age.

Joseph Rlter has renamed William Hurl-burt's play "Arabella and Romance" and hasadded Harry Ashford to the cast.

There was a slight flro In the HudsonTuesday afternoon. The house In closed at

present.

Robert Milton is to stage "The Lasso," anew comedy by Victor Mapcs, wbo was co-au-

thor with Wlnchell Smith of "The Boom-erang."

Gloria Cfoodwln, of "The Love o* Mike," wasthe winner of the (30,000 pearl necklace raffled

at the Actors' Fund Fair. Miss Goodwlu held

a single 25-cent chance on the jewels.

J. Clifford Brooke has left for Los Angelesto stage productions for Oliver Morocco. Hisfirst will be "The Pursuit of Pamela." Thepiece will open In New York In October.

Oscar Hammcrsteln 2d, grandson of the

famous Oscar and son of the late WilliamHammersteln, has deserted the law and will

assist his uncle Arthur In the producing field.

Anna Held lost a suit In the Supreme Courtlast week and as a result will have to pay$1,328.14 to Eugene H. Kaufman for commis-sions due him for placing her with the Sbubertmanagement.

Harry Lauder, with a band of :fO Scottish

pipers, Is to Invade this country late In the

summer to make a farewell tour under the

management of William Morris. He Is going

to start a recruiting campaign.

The Friars Club has a booth at the fair of

the U. 8. Junior Naval Reserve at tbelr

armory In West 57th street, "which openedyesterday and will run today and tomorrow.The booth Is In charge of Louis Mann.

The cast for "The Private Suite," which A.

H. Woods Is to produce, will Include JohnWesley, Jane Grey, Robert Kmmett Keane,Florence Moore, John Arthur, Francine Larrl-

more, Caroline Lllja, Thomas Meade, HarryLllford, Owendolyn Valentine, J. A. Curtis.

Carlyle Blackwell was ordered by SupremeCourt Justice Ford to pay $110 a week alimonyto Ruth H. Blackwell. who Is suing for a sepa-

ration. Mrs. Blackwell alleged cruelty andthat her husband neglected her for another.actress.

There are to be 10 new week stands addedto the theatrical route sheets for the comingseason. They are to be the 10 training campswhere the new army of 500.000 drawn underthe selective draft Is to be drilled.

Perclval Hugglns, wbo has toeen appearingIn the small time vaudeville houses In NewYork recently, wss Bent to the work housefor 15 days Monday by Justices Herbert,Frescbl and Moss, sitting In Special Sessions

Court, after having been convicted of drivingan automobile while Intoxicated.

Ruth Irene Curtis, said to be of vaudeville,,

was reported to the police as missing hIiuo

June 12 by her mother Tuesday. The girl

Is 20 years of age and five feet two Inchestall, has dark brown eyes, brown hair andan olive complexion. She was last seen at

40th street and Broadway.

Tomorrow -night the Lambs will give agambol at the Plattsburg Camp for the officers

In training there. The performance will begiven on the stage of an open-air theatre. Inthe event of rain the men will be cntertnlnedIn the post gym. Willie Collier. Will Rogers,De Wolf Hopper, Jlmmle Powers and otherswill make the trip.

Rev. Walter E. Hcntley enacted fourShakespearean roles Inst- night at a benefitIn St. Michael's ParlHh House on West !KUhstreet. It was Dr. Bentley who just prior to

the advent of Billy Sunday In N» w Yorkcaused a stir by warning the evangelist that"If he slams the theatre In New York as hehas slammed It elsewhere" that Or. Hentleywould hire a theatre and an.^w-. r !}i!!y.

Harry Friend, under whose auspices Marga-ret Sanger, the birth control advocate, ap-peared at the Strand, Chlcano, giving severaltalks, a few weeks ago and who is creditedwith being one of the cleverest reporters In

Chicago, left the "Herald" on Monday and Is

now with the Chicago "Tribune." Friend Is

well known among the professionals. Jack

Through forging the name of Lewis Stoneto a check, a swindler defrauded Frank E.Campbell, the undertaker, out of $50. Mrs.Stuuu was recently killed by a fall from herapartment and her funeral took place fromthe Campbell establishment. A few dayslater a telephone call came to Campbell ask-ing him to < ash a check for $50 for Mr. Stone.The check was sent by messenger and cashed,but was subsequently returned by the bankmarked "no account." Mr. Stone was atPlattsburg Training Camp at the time thatthe fraud was effected.

Two divorce actions, with people of thestage as principals, m *e heir appearanceTuesday, when It was announced Mrs. EleanorPendleton Ream had started an action at Put-nam, ct., for a divorce from Louis MarshallReam, the steel millionaire. The two havebeen in the courts more or less since theirmarriage in 11*11, the husband having secur.edan annulment of the marriage, which thewife bus had sinoo get aside. The second ac-tion was that Instituted In the Supreme Courtin New York by Norman Mason to secure adivorce from Edith Barnes Mason, who wasprima donna with the Bdston Opera Company.

After two performances at the ManhattanO. H., one Sunday evening and the otherMonday afternoon, the Lambs Gambol of 1917for the public has come to a close, but It

will long be remembered by the Lambs them-selves, for It was one of the most excitingevents in the history of that club, with Itsmany bickerings and misunderstandings thatcaused several postponements and the resig-nation of the entire Gambol committee Justbefore the theatre date was at hand. TheGambol was originally scheduled to take placeat. the Amsterdam theatre and to play therefor a week. Then Lamp A. L. Erlanger wasaccused of getting the best of It from theclub In the matter of terms, and there was arow over that. On top of this came the In-ternal row, which resulted In the Gambolcommittee resigning, then the announcementthat the Amsterdam date was off was forth-coming, followed shortly afterward by theannouncement the Lambs would give but twoperformances and that they would be at theManhattan. The result of the many littlebickerings will undoubtedly keep the fold Ina more or less excited state for some time tocome.

JUDGMENTS.Judgments filed In the County Clerk's office.

The first name Is that of the judgmentdebtor, the second the judgment creditor, andthe amount of Judgment.

Hadgley Cinematograph Co., Inc.—Patter-son. Gottfreld & Co.,.Inc., $.100.29.Walter Hoff Seeley—W Hartley, $5,029.39.Deoch & Doris, Inc.—H. H. Williams,

$152,411.

Frank Powell Producing Corp.—IsldorFnjans, Inc., $1,248.17.Evan Burroughs Fontaine—Malson Bernard

Importing Co.v

Inc., $.118.15.Frank Powell Producing Corp.—Bauman

Co., $785.00.Bay Amusement Co., Inc.. and Albert

Hergenhan— Felgelman & Struhl, $1,137.15.

SATISFIED JUDGMENTS.Leo Edwards—N. Y. Tel Co., $41.80 (Aug.

11/10).BenJ. Prodsky E. L. Richards, rec'r,

$22H.«1 (July 11/10).

ENGAGEMENTS.Robert Ellis (Upstairs and Down"— re-

placing Courtney Foote).

STOCKS CLOSING.Salem. Mass., June 20.

Harry Katze closed his Empirestock Satnrdav and will keep the housedark until Labor Day, when stock re-sumes.

Faversham Not Producing with Plohn.William Faversham denies he will

be associated with Max Plohn in theproposed Faversham production of"Mcssnliiancc" in September.

Wright and Dietrich sailed June 13for Honolulu, where they will spenda vacation, also tour the HawaiianInlands in concert under the directionof W. D. Adams.

WARM WEATHER RECEIPTS.The heat wlvi that put in its ap-

pearance the early part of this weekeffected business at most of the $2

theatres in New York that still remain

open. But the managers felt the nights

would pick up before the week closed

and enable the majority to strike a

fairly even balance. The matinees

have been off at practically all of the

houses for the last fortnight.

The advent of the new musical showsis the one thing keeping business go-

ing. The hits at present in the musical

line run "Hitchy Koo," "The Follies,"

"Oh Boy," "The Passing Show of1917," "His Little Widows," "You'reIn Love" and "My Lady's Glove"brings up the rear. The latter showopened Monday, the majority of no-tices being bad and there has beenlittle or no advance can for it.

"Hitchy-Koo" is the biggest hit in

town, according to reports. The showhas sold 450 seats a night to the Uni-ted Ticket Offices and its allies, includ-ing Tyson and Brother, Louis Cohen,and the Ticket Library. The buy is for10 weeks with 50 per cent, return priv-ilege. The buy by the United has barredMcBride, The Tyson Co. and Tyson &Co. from handling seats for the at-

traction. It is also reported that be-cause of the buy there has been a mis-understanding 'between McBride andJoe Leblang, but this has been deniedby both parties.

"The Follies" is said to have piled

up a record opening week, with theexception of the opening week of theyear previous, when the first nightseats were sold at auction. Tht Win-ter Garden with "The Passing Show"got between $16,000 and $1/JD00 last

week and is practicaNy selling out.

"Oh Boy" is still playing to capacitywith a strong demand for seats by thebrokers. "The Love o' Mike" is do-ing, a little over $5,000 steadily. "HisLittle Widows" showed a profit at theAstor last week, although business wasnot unusually good. "You're in Love"is lingering at the Casino.Of the dramatic shows still on Broad-

way the remarkable feature is the busi-ness being done by "The Man WhoCame Back," topping the remaining at-

tractions. "The Knife" is second in

the point of popularity and the threeBarrie plays at the Empire, closingthis week, have made a strong bid for

favor.

"Turn to the Right" at the Gaiety is

still running along and attracting outof town visitors. Upstairs and Down"is still at the Cort and getting between$5,000 and $6,000, while Maude Fultonin "The Brat" is doing fairly at theMorosco."Pals First" is still pujling a fair

downstairs business at the Fulton."The 13th Chair" did a little betterthan $7,000 at the 48th Street last week.

STOCKS OPENING.Youngstown, O., June 20.

The Home stock got away to a goodstart in the Casino at Idora Park last

week, the starter being "Brewster'sMillions." Beulah Pointer is leadingwoman.

The stock company styled the Lex-ington Players, which replaced theCorse Payton company at the Lexing-ton O. H., is being sponsored by E. J.

Blunkall, who got away to a fairly

good start last week in "The House of

Glass," when Foster Williams of theoriginal company was featured in his

old role. In the company are MyrtleRordine. Frances Shannon (leadingwoman), Helen Miller. Rurt Gray,Runhall himself, John Todd, FranklinMunnell. The stage manager is Bur-ton Gray, although Foster Williamsdirected the production last week.

All scats arc advertised as not beingabove 25 cents.

SHOWS IN CHICAGO.Chicago, June 20.

"Dew Drop Inn" dropped into the

Illinois, which had been dark for twoweeks and, helped by reasonable,

though no. exactly seasonable weather,

the premiere was greeted by a near

capacity house Sunday. A tentative

agreement calls for a four-week stay.

The new show was not alone in ob-

taining generous box office takings, for

the majority of the six other legitimate

attractions again reaped a close to ca-

pacity harvest over the week end. Chi-

cago's summer influx with its numer-ous conventions has begun. Most of

the ticket agencies reported no tickets

turned back for the latter portion of

the week.The surprise of the week was^ the

trading of theatres between "ThePawn" and "Dollars and 'SensV fromthe Princess to the Garrick, the latter

moving from the Garrick. The Keenanplay had all the better of the change.

It has been doing promising business

and entered its new quarters with a

$6,000 advance sale. The Alan Brookspiece was slipping and in fact had not

done anything big since it opened. Its

change of house is not looked on withfavor and the length of stay is proble-

matical. While the moving of "ThePawn" was known a week in advance,

it was not decided for "Dollars andSense" until Friday morning."Seven Chances," now in its second

month, is going even stronger than at

first and last week got $10,000 with ac-

tual capacity the rule for the latter

end of the week. The piece looks goodenough to run until "Upstairs, and,Down" arrives Aug. 5, but the weathermay hurt between now and then.

"The Show of Wonders" at the Pal-

ace is doubling the amount of receipts

of anything in town."Turn to the Right" continues splen-

didly, considering the length of its run,

which promises to wind up with theseason's record, while "The Bird of

Paradise" at the Olympic continues in

its popularity, with Muriel Starr figured

responsible for no mean part of its suc-

cess.

NEW SHOWS.Santa Barbara, June 20.

Oliver Morosco gave "What Next?"its initial presentation Monday. Thepiece of the type of "So Long Letty"and "Canary Cottage," with book byOliver Morosco and Elmer Harris, lyr-

ics by Al Bryan and music by HarryTierney.

In the cast are Blanche Ring, CharlesWinninger, Eva Fallon, Flanagan andEdwards, Dainty Marie, Belle Arline,

Three Dufor Brothers, Al Gerard andFanny Stockbridge. Fred J. Bishopstaged the dances.The piece will play San Diego before

opening in Los Angeles, Sunday.

Atlantic City, June 20.

"Daybreak^ by Jane Cowl and JaneMurfin presented by the Sclwyns open-ed at the Apollo Monday. The cast hasBlanche Yurka, Hilda Spong, FeliceKrems, Cycil Yapp, Leonard Whilly.The play will remain here for the

full week, the presentation being theregular tryout for next season.

New Haven, June 20.

The Shuberts presented "A Man'sHome." by Edmund Breese and AnnaStcesc Richardson for the first timeMonday. George Nash is featured.

It will be taken to New York for anearly opening.

Los Angeles, June 20.

. "The Tiger's Cub" was presented bythe Morosco stock Saturday. It is tobe tried out with a view to fitting Ber-tha Mann with a vehicle for next sea-son, under the Morosco management.

Proctor's, Yonkers, N. Y., closes its

season this week.

LEGITIMATE, 11

HUGE ALL-STAR AGGREGATIONFOR RED CROSS CHARITY TOUR

Theatrical Folk Will Be Called to Aid After $100,000,000 Drive

for American Red Cross Is Finished. Managers LendingSupport. I. A. T. S. E. and Musicians' Federation

Also Helping. Transportation Question at Present.

Shube/ts in a modified form. The cli-

maxed have been missing fire from a $2vievyfroint, and much of the big scenesare./ crude, but Craig is going to workon/the manuscript this summer and ex-Diets to be able to put it over. Thepay as it stands resembles a drama-tized episodic film serial.

/ The .Castle Square is on the market

Chicago, June 20.

One of the biggest and most uniquetheatrical ventures is in the process ofconsummation and since it has a warangle and is wholly for charity, is

bound to reflect credit upon the pro-fession.

It is a country-wide tour of manyof the best known stars, all grouped in

one show, the entire profits to be given / for sale,

to the American Red Cross and prob-/ably to help in that institution's drive/

for a $100,000,000 fund. /Every big New York manager it

working in conjunction to make thetour a sure success, also the different

players' organizations. /The allied bodies in the profession

are as heartily in accord with the planand are lending whole-hearted assist-

ance. These interests include the I. A.T. S. £. (stage hands' union) and mu-sicians' union.The plan is every actor will give his

or her services gratis, managers will

present their theatres free of anycharge, stage hands will work withoutpay and musicians as well. It is be-lieved the tour will be quickly arranged,since there are many of the stars at

leisure for the summer and enoughtheatres available for immediate use.

The Princess, Chicago, has practically

been settled upon for the stand here.

The only big expense looked for dur-ing the tour is that of transportationand although the government prohibits

free travel save to those in railway ser-

vice, it is hoped the President will allowan exception in this case.

It was stated in New York Wednes-day the Red Cross authorities did notcare to make known what they contem-plated doing in a theatrical way until

the present drive for the $100,000,000donation was completed.About 60 days after this amount is

secured they will announce further

plans under consideration which will

include the co-operation of some of the

biggest theatrical interests.

CRAIG CLOSING CASTLE SQUARE.Boston, June 20.

Mary Young (Mrs. John Craig) is

now "somewhere in France," havingsailed there to join her two boys whoare serving in the ambulance corps andwho have been granted a ten-day fur-

lough.John Craig will close his local stock

house, the Castle Square, this week andwill also sail for France to bring his

wife back.Craig is reported as having practical-

ly decided to abandon his stock com-pany. He has had poor luck duringthe past couple of years and the Inter-national Circuit took the house off his

hands at a good figure for the greaterportion of last season. He complainsthat it is almost impossible to assemblehis old company, or a really capable oneat the close of the International sea-

son, "but on the other hand he dislikes

to abandon his Harvard prize playcontest which brought him "CommonClay" aud The End of the Bridge,"both winners, and also "Believe Me,Xantippe."The English melodramatic detective

play, "Mr. Jubilee Drax," produced forthe first time in America by Craig'sPlayers a month ago, will be shownnext fall on Broadway by Craig and the

MARIE LOHR MANAGING.London, June 20.

Marie Lohr retires from the Royaltytheatre, where she is being co-starredwith Dennis Eadie, some time thissummer, and will go into managementon her own next season.She is seeking a West End theatre to

make productions and is said to be ne-gotiating for a number of Americanplays for presentation here in whichshe can plav the leading roles.Miss Lohr's husband belongs to a

very wealthy family and is plentifullysupplied with funds.

EQUITY MANAGERS AGREE.It was stated quite positively early

in the week the Actors' Equity Asso-ciation and the United Protective Man-agers' Association would reach an un-derstanding that might be reduced towriting before the week has ended.The agreement will include form

of contract and other points.

MOOSER UNDER WEIGHT.Los Angeles, June 20.

An examination for a captaincy inthe army was taken by George Mooser,the theatrical man, but he was found11 pounds under weight. He is goingto take a vacation in an attempt tobuild up.While here Mr. Mooser has been

stopping with Oliver Morosco, forvvhom he was general manager beforeresigning to go into the army.

"Hitchy Koo" Ends in August."The Tailor Made Man" opens at

the Cohan & Harris at the conclusion ofthe ten weeks' engagement at thathouse of "Hitchy Koo" in August.

"DEW DROP INN" WILL DO. STAGE HANDS' SETTLEMENT.Chicago, June 20.

The majority of the critics yotedthat "Dew Drop Inn" would do, withsome slight alterations. This is thesummer musical comedy by Jack Haz-zard, Percival Knight and A. BaldwinSloane, which has played in the westduring the past two weeks, but whichreally had its premiere at the Illinois

Sunday nightWhat faults were found had to do

with the book, but Mr. Sloane is credit-

ed with having turned out some splen-did music to celebrate his come-backinto the fold as a composer.Some similarity in characters made

popular in "Turn to the Right" is notedsince there are three roles of amiablecrooks present. These are taken byMr. Knight, Frederic Santley and Ar-thur Aylesworth.There is a small but well drilled

chorus, whose work is some of the bestparts of the show. The producers havealloted the choristers a number of bits

which they do between choruses of theshow's musical hit, "That WonderfulGirl," along the lines familiar in bur-lesque, only in this case the girls arereally clever.

Among these bits or specialties aredances, songs and an imitation of Lau-rette Taylor giving her patriotic speechin "Out There."The choristers are Maurie Madison,

Mae Elsie. Mary Conrad, Elma Decker,Nell Crawford, Peggy Wallace

;Lotta

Morse, Lottie Harvey, Marion Simpson,Jean Campbell, Evelyn Oxley and Mig-nonne Reed.Others in the cast proper are Winona

Winter, Florence Morrison, Paul Dul-zell, Nancy Walker, Banks Winter,Charles W. Meyer.

"TIGER ROSE" OPENING LYCEUM.David Belasco is to open the fall sea-

son at the Lyceum with his produc-tion of "The Tiper Rose," the WillardMack piece produced this spring andover which Belasco and A. H. Woodswent to court.When it is shown in New York the

author will be a member of the cast,

playinp the "heavy" role.

LEADING LADY COLLAPSED.Syracuse, June 20.

Rita KnjEht, leading woman with theLew Woods stock at the Weiting, col-

lapsed from overstudy and work Mon-day nicht and the curtain was rungdown on the first act of "Which OneShall I Marry?"Xhe management was forced to dis-

miss the audience, no understudy beingpresent to fill the vacancy. The housewas ordered dark for the balanceof theweek. Miss Knight leaving the city for

a short rest.

«*$J9IBI»mED. REYNARD'S OWN JUDGE

Above is pictured the personally appointed presiding Judge of Hicksville. Opposite IfHicksville's political power, Ed. F. Revnard.

Both are now touring in vaudeville, headlining on the Pantages Circuit at present.Mr. Reynard and The Judge appear in the Revnard ventriloquial production, a staple vaude<

ville commodity that is always held up to date Sy the clever voice thrower who combines thequalities of a producer in the well -liked turn.

While the InternatiQnal AlhancnTheatrical Sthge feoipioyeca did not ob-tain the full grant of the increase fortraveling stage crews for next seasosithey did secure a five dollar increaseper week for each man. Upon the of-ficial notification by the United Protec-tive Managers' Association the execu-tive board of the I. A. T. S. £. andPresident Shay accepted it and in turnofficially notified each local of the ac-cepted increase.

Starting July 1 road carpenters wfljreceive $45 a week, the electricians $40and the property men $40.

It was also agreed officially betwtthe Alliance and the managers'tion that the "tryout period" betended to six weeks instead of four asheretofore.No more will Boston and Philadel-

phia be classified as "metropolitan pro-duction cities/' they being droppedfrom the list which only embraces NewYork and Chicago.When a show is built in New Yorkv

it may be "tried out" in either Bostonor Philadelphia, and then in tarnbrought into New York or Chicago fora "metropolitan run" and dismiss theproduction crew upon reachingtbe realobjective production point. This en-ables the producing managers to nanBoston and Philadelphia the same another "tryout" towns wherein theagers are not forced to take on alar road crew, granting the usual "i

weeks' notice."The stage hands, have won a $5 in-

crease while the managers have alaogained an advantageous point bymating Boston and Philadelphia fr<

the classified production town list.

With their business at an end themembers of thj ^c.iertl executive boardof the I. A. T. S. £. have departed fortheir respective homes.The B. S. Moss theatres of Newt

York have not to date signed the unionscale, and although the official roadcall has gone forth wherein the Momhouses are affected, there is beliefaround Alliance headquarters PresidentChas. C. Shay will be able to amicablysettle the matter before many weeks?

BAD CHECKS STOP SHOW.San Francisco, June 20L

The Walter Montague organization)known as "The 20th Century Revue,"supposedly under the supervision ofthe Canadian Government to aid theCanadian Red Cross, played but threedays of its supposed full week engage-ment at the Savoy and closed Wednes-day night, when checks signed by Cap-tain McLain started returning. Mo-Lain is now being sought by the localauthorities for passing worthless cheefca.McLain arrived here covered with

bravery medals, besides carrying nnumber of letters of recommendationfrom Canadian officials. He registeredat the Palace Hotel, where he still banan account of over $100 against him.

"JANE" OPENS AT LONGACRE."Leave It to Jane," as the musicaliaed

version of "The College Widow" it tobe known, is to make its metropolitandebut at the Longacre Aug. 8. Thepiece will start at the Apollo, AtlanticCity, July 30.

Elliott, Comstock & Gest have ef-fected an arrangement with Henry W.Savage regarding the production andthe latter will have a small interest."Leave It to Jane" will be placed inrehearsal next week. In the cast areAnna Orr, Georgia O'Ramey, Carldall, Oscar Shaw, and the role of Jiis to be played by a former grandopera singer. Edith Hallor was orig-inally listed for the part but a contractwhich Ftorenz Zeigfeld. Jr., holds withher makes it impossible.

Max Lowe, who recently marriedSaharet, is engaged in Paul Duramfaoffice.

12 VAUDEVILLE

London, June 2.

Corporal B. MacDonald Hastingshas made a play from Joseph Conrad'snovel, "Victory," which H. B. Irvingbat secured for production at theSavoy at some future date.

Ian Hay has dramatized his novel,"Happy Go Lucky." It is to be called"Tilly of Bloombury." and will be pre-sented by Grossmith & Laurillard.

"A Little Bit of Fluff," which proveda failure in New York, has scoredits 750th performance at the Criterionand shows no signs of coming off.

Doris Kean's "Romance" has passedits 700th performance at the Lyric,and "Daddy Long Legs," which will bewithdrawn from the Duke of York,Jane 16, has been given nearly 500times—a splendid war-time record.

Charles B. Cochran has arranged toproduce at the Oxford Aug. 4, a newpUy "The Better 'Ole," in sevenscenes, written by Captain Bairns-father, to be produced by the authorfrom his own designs—even to theposter. "The Better 'Ole" is a newand original war-play and will providethe entire evening's entertainment.Arthur Bourchier will play "Ole BUI."In the vestibule will be an exhibitionof original Bairnsfather drawings.When Cochran produces "Jtoamers-holm" for a series of matinees atthe St. Martin's, where "DamagedGoods" continues to draw crowdedhouses, the cast will include AlfredBrydone as Rector Knoll, Mary Greyas Rebecca West, William Stack asJohannes Rosmer, and Fisher Whiteas Ulric Brendell.

Albert dc Courville has discovereda composer, never before heard in thetheatre, Frederick Chapelle, to writethe music for "Smile," at the Garrick.He is only twenty.

Daly's theatre will follow precedentby first submitting to a Manchesteraudience next Christmas, the musicalplay to follow "The Maid of the Moun-tains," which is proving a great suc-

cess at Daly's theatre. Robert Evetthas commissioned Dion Clayton Cal-throp and Captain Harry Graham towrite the piece, which will be producedby Oscar Ascher.

"The Missing Link," a film featuringLupino Lane, has been sold to Amer-ica.

American artists here have madea ready response to the appeal for vol-

unteers. Harry Radford, in addi-

tion to signing, has offered the useof his office, telephone and clerical

staff. The American Society in Lon-don has taken offices at the Con-naught Rooms, Great Queen street, andany American can have full particu-

lars on recruiting on application per-sonally- or by letter.

"The Aristocrat" finishes its run of

over a hundred performances June1 at the St. James Theatre, Sir GeorgeAlexander presenting a new comedy,June 2, by Miss Githa Sowerby, en-

titled "Sheila." Sir George will not ap-pear in the piece, but the strong cast

includes William Farren, W. Stack, W.Home, Helen Rous, Stella MervynCampbell, Gwendolen Floyd, JoyceCarey and Fay Compton.

at a series of matinees at the St. Mar-tens.

The Ambassadors reopens shortlywith a French operetta translated byWalter Hackett with Delysen andMorton in the cast.

"The Bing Girls" will be succeeded at

the Alhambra by "Round the Map." Thebook is by the late C. M. S. McLellan,Anglicised by Cosmo Gordon Lennoxand George Grosswith, with music byHerman Finck. The cast includesViolet Loraine, Ethel Baird, AlfredLester, Nelson Keys, Stanley Logan,Jack Buchanan and Laddie Cliff.

The revival of "Waterloo" and "TheBells" is only intended as a stop gap at

the Savoy until H. A. Vachell's newcomedy, "Humpty Dumpty" is ready,when H. B. Irving will appear as abarber.

NEXT SEASON'S OPENING DATES."Oh Bo£," for Boston, is to open at

Atlantic City July 23 and make its bowat the Wilbur, Boston, for an indefinite

stay, July 30. George Howell, HelenShipman and Eileen Wilson will bewith the show. "Oh Boy," headed byJoseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer, is toopen at Asbury Park Aug. 8 and will

inaugurate the Elliott^ Comstock &Gest regime of management at the LaSalle theatre, Chicago, Aug. 13. Dor-othy Maynard and James Bradburywill also be with the company.Two "Very Good Eddie" next sea-

son. The company on the Coast at

present will continue through into nextyear and the eastern company, to beheaded by Ernest Truax, will reopen in

September.The first "Experience" to open will

be the one headed by Ernest Glenden-ning, Wm. Ingersoll and Margot Wil-liams, for two weeks at the Nixon, At-lantic City, Aug. 8. The company,headed by Leonard Doyle, will openin Syracuse Sept. 3.*

"Eileen," the Herbert-Blossom light

opera, will be sent on tour in Septem-ber by Joseph Weber, traveling throughto the Pacific Coast and the northwest.Selwyn & Company will send three

companies of "Fair and Warmer" ontour. The first will open at DesMoines Aug. 27; the second at Bridge-port Sept. 9 and the third at NewportNews Sept. 24.

Jane Cowl will open her season in

"Lilac Time" at the Montauk, Brook-lyn, Sept. 10.

INTERNATIONAL ABOUT THE SAME.The International Circuit of popular

priced theatres will have practically thesame houses it retained toward theclose of last season, with the additionof Toronto, Montreal and Cincinnatiand all the south cut off, the touringcompanies not going below Nashville.

All the shows for the opening of theseason have not been definitely deter-mined upon.

MUSICAL "MARRYING MONEY."Henry M. Blossom is making a musi-

cal version of "Marrying Money,"" pro-duced at the Comedy by Gilbert Millertwo seasons ago. Silvio Hein will sup-ply the music.

A revival of the "Ibsen Cult" appearsto be imminent. "Ghosts" is doingwell at the Kingsway and already twoCompanies aro touring, while C. B.

Cochran is presenting "Rosmcrsholm"

Daniels Managing Gayety, St. Louis.Charles Daniels is to manage the

Gayety, St. Loi:is, for the ColumbiaCircuit, now that Edward Ferry hasbeen transferred to Chicago to handlethe Columbia there. St. Louis is Dan-iels' home town.

Daniels had charge last season of

the Casino, Brooklyn.

ILL AND INJURED.Dan Morris (Moon and Morris) is at

the Hospital for Deformities at 1919

Madison avenue, New York, becameof a broken leg. The act was bookedat Atlantic City and Brighton Beach,both dates being cancelled because ofthe accidentDorothy Keats (Andrews), the "Past-

ing Show of 1916* girl who began suit

against the Hotel Sherman, Chicago,last week, when a house detective brokeinto her room, has been at the Amer-ican hospital, Chicago, suffering fromnervous shock due to the affair. A fewmonths before she had undergone aserious operation.

Violet De Vorne of "A TelephoneTangle," was operated on at the Amer-ican Hospital, Chicago, for an abscesson the leg. The lesion is the result ofan elevator accident sustained in theHotel Metropole, New York, severalyears ago, on account of which she re-

mained in the Flower Hospital, NewYork, for a year. This* is the ninthoperation on the leg. Joe Bennett ofthe same act i* recovering from a frac-

tured jaw at the American.American Hospital, Chicago, bulletin:

Orin Pepper (McNeil and PepperTwins) recovering from a leg opera-tion; Edward Deschamps, recoveringfrom a fractured leg; Gus Lans, carpen-ter with the Gertrude Hoffmann Re-vue, rejoined the act; Janet Adair (Mrs.James (Fat) Thompson) has been dis-

charged from the hospital; Muriel Du-pont is recovering from pneumonia;Lillian Murray underwent an operationlate last week. With her husband shehad been appearing with the Worthamshows.

Harry Ennis, managing the Johnand Emma Ray him company at th*Cliffside, N. J., has had his face andboth hands severely poisoned in somemysterious manner. It is believed hehandled poison ivy unknowingly.Herbert S. Hutchinson, manager of

the Portland (Me.) theatre, is suffer-ing at his home in that city, as a resultof a trolley car accident Saturday af-ternoon, when the brakes refused towork, causing the motorman to losecontrol of his car, which jumped thetrack, throwing the passengers fromtheir seats. Mr. Hutchinson was themost severely injured, spraining hisback and receiving injuries to his legs.

Moxley Blumenberg is acting manager!of the Portland during the absence ofHutchinson.Harry Bloodgood and his wife, Edith

Bloodgood, the theatrical modiste, werein an auto accident Monday morningnear the Jackson avenue car barns in

Long Island City. The Bloodgoods,with the husband driving, were on theirway to New York. When near thebarns they turned out for a large truck.From behind the truck also turned outa car containing only the chauffeur, be-longing to Payne Whitney. Therewas a head-on collision. Mrs. Blood-good was thrown 15 feet. First reportshad it she was quite seriously injured.Mr. Bloodgood sustained a broken rib.

Both were removed to the St. JohnHospital. Later in the day Mrs. Blood-good was removed to her office in NewYork, after an examination that re-vealed a broken finger as her mostserious injury.

Madame Yorska is recovering from anervous breakdown in a New Yorkhospital.

Alfred Anderson ("The Male Melba")who has been ill for the past year, is

at his home at Malmo, Neb.Fred Collier had his arm broken

while with the Jess Willard show atNew London, Conn., last week. He is

at the Memorial Hosnital there andEugene Lalla, R. N., the Englishcomedian, is assistant special nurse atthe hospital.

Thomas Thibault (Six Stylish Step-pers), operated upon May 10 in Woon-socket (R. T.) Hospital for ulcer ofthe stomach, is recovering.Harry Kellar, the retired magician,

who was operated on last week at the

Post Graduate Hospital for blood poit*

oning, is reported to be progressing

favorably.Frank Barrett, who at one time por-

trayed Shakespearean rolei at the old

National theatre, Cincinnati, is near

death at the German Deaconess Hospi-

tal there, suffering from an internal

growth.Lucianna Lucca, known in big time

circles a few years ago, is seriously ill

and almost entirely deaf. Lucca is liv-

ing in New York and being treated for

his ailment which may necessitate his

retirement from the stage.

Arthur Deagon, who was forced to

retire from vaudeville several monthsago because of a complete loss of voice.

has fully recovered after continual

treatment.Walter Kingsley, general press rep-

resentative for the B. F. Keith theatres

in New York, is slowly recovering fromptomaine poisoning.

IN AND OUT.Betty Bond did not appear at the

Colonial last Thursday night, throughsome legal intervention, it is said, in-

spired by the maker of her stage ward-robe.Dougherty and Lucy did not open at

the Lincoln Square Monday. Lou andGrace Hanvey substituted.

The Schmettans replaced Mondayon the Orpheum bill, Detroit, Huffordand Ross, who were moved to Loew's,Toronto."The Uneeda Girls," playing the

Pantages Circuit, closed in Los An-geles and the majority left for NewYork. A rumor, denied by MarkAdams, the featured player, says theclosing was due to the illness of one of

the principals.

Medlin, Watts and Townes left the"

Maryland, Baltimore, bill Tuesdaynight owing to the illness of Wattsand Townes, who displayed symptomsof ptomaine poisoning. Both wereable to get outdoors Wednesday butwere too dizzy to continue the Tues-day night show, without showing theeffects of their illness. Jim and Mar-ian Harkins substituted.

NEW ACTS.. Austin Stewart and Billy Lewis, re-

united (Jack Mandel).Mr. and Mrs. Norman Phillips, and

Bob Yates and Evelyn Carson, in newacts by Hugh Herbert.

Griff Williams and Harry LaMarr,musical Tabloid, styled "Gaiety Girls,"

ten people.Conroy and Lemaire in new act en-

titled "Enlist Now."May Richards and Laura Dean."Food,"of a repertoire of one-act

plays, presented at the Princess someyears ago, is to be the medium forMme. Besson in vaudeville next season.

Bill Bailey and Lynn Cowan, former-ly with the Blossom Seeley act.

Sam and Lou LaMert, brothers,Australian vaudeville artists, are in

New York and are seeking vaudevilleengagements here through the Morris-Casey Agency.

SAVE A LITTLE DOUGH.BY RUSSELL K. HILL.

Have you ever played a seasonAnd came home without a dime,

And you wore your first act wardrobeIn the good old summertime?

You think of happy days now past

;

Your spending days are through,And when you struck that 2x4,

Gee, but you felt blue.You had your good times on the road,MoHt every place you'd go

;

But In the summertime you said

:

"I should have saved some dough."The landlady knocked at your door

—

Feelings she had none,She put you out right on the spot

—

Your troubles had begun ;

You walked up Broadway, look higFor a friend whom you once knew

;

But ffhon hrok*- you soon found outYonr fr!cr.d3 w*re very few.

It's then you started to realizeThe season you put In.

A season over and you wishAnother would begin.

So when you start to work again,No mntter where you go,

Think of what a time you've had,And "Save a Little Dough."

VARIETY 13

AMONG THE WOMENBy "PATSY" SMITH

The bill at the Colonial this week is

remarkable for the absence of women.Out of 17 artists, five are women, yetonly two attract any particular atten-

tion. Lola.Wentworth has some special

lyrics which inform you she was for-

merly in "The Bride Shop" and for aI recitative aeroplane number, has her

rose silk curtain raised for a minute toshow she is carrying a miniature planeand knows how to get in and out of it.

Miss Wentworth has a showy, goodlooking wardrobe. A bronze study in

iridescents, and spangles (with whichshe wears a military looking turbaninstead of a dressy hat); a tan leatheraeronaut outfit; a pink and gold stripeddress and two wraps (a blue velvettrimmed with ermine and a purple iri-

descent trimmed with black lace) makeup a good tout ensemble, so far as thedressing of the act is concerned.Bonnie Sorr is the name on the pro-

gram bf the pretty girl in the Harry;Holman act, but I refuse to talce herseriously—I mean her name. She looksgood enough in black and white forsomeone to take seriously, however.Oace Hilliard with John T. Ray andCo. as the check room girl, wears acute ruffled net apron over a neat graysatin maid's dress and covers same (to

go out to dinner with a rich guest) witha gaudy red velvet cloak trimmed withlight brown fur.

Lola Girlie (Bankoff and Girlie)

dances so prettily her clothes cease tobe important, despite they always areoriginal and effectively designed. MayCarson (McLall >n and Carson) has anew opening dress of white satin witha fringe of ermine tails at the bottomof skirt, and forming a peplum aroundthe waist—thus keeping in harmonywith their Palais de Blanc et Noir set.

A dress worn by Miss Carson, resplen-dent in brilliants and the back of skirt

caught up at back with purple andblack ostrich feathers, does not get thedemonstration, as McLallen, who leadsher across the stage, evidently thinksit ought to. He calls attention to it

and seemed to even want to tell theaudience how much it cost. A peevishremark he made at the Fifth Ave.theatre last week ("it took me 11 yearsto learn this trick and now I have togo to war") may explain his indiffer-

ence these days.

Mrs. N. E. Manwaring (GraceKalke), while visiting her brother, Dr.Marvel, in Atlantic City last week, wassuddenly stricken with serious symp-toms and rushed to a sanitarium there.Her husband was sent for and the nextday an operation was performed, re-

moving her appendix. She is reportedresting nicely.

Amy Leslie says she never thinks ofher age until a Pope dies.

The new girl in the Hans Robert act,

playing Mrs. White-Black, the stenog-rapher, is certainly an "added attrac-tion."

Sunshine even in June has been sorare this* season that we arc all touch-ing wood this week for fear the fickle

wind will change again. We womenare ready for the weather, even if themanagers are not. The wistaria hunglobby of the Fifth Ave. theatre holdsout an invitation to the tired wayfarer,?.nd the cool, well ventilated interiorpromises a restful hour or two. SybilBrennan (Diamond and Brennan), atthe Fifth Ave. the last half of last week,announced her new dress came up toher expectation, which, of course,meant the proper ten inches from thefloor. It's of gold cloth caught up in

an extreme bustle effect at back, thenfalling in a train over a beautiful goldlace skirt. The bodice is long andpointed, without trimming of any sort,

The always popular Mable Burke starts

the program this week with a splendidrendition of "Rolling Stones." Thismodest, sweet singer stood in the spot-light just long enough to display aparticularly good looking fawn gabar-dine one-piece dress trimmed with but-tons and braid. A full pleated skirt

came to the tops of her high whitewell fitting boots. Lily Garden wason her tippy toes every minute in thegingery xylophone act she did withGeorge Garden. A brilliant cerise tulle

and sequin dress, stockings, slippersand headgear seemed to even add morepep. The malapert youth in the Mc-Key Co. might do well in a regularsketch. Clara Howard should wear awhite drop skirt under her black tulle

dress, as it would show up the ostrichfeather trimming much better—and if

not, she should surely wear black foot-wear with an all black dress. Shescored heavily with an imitation of acabaret singer "putting over" "WhenThose Sweet Hawaiian Babies RollTheir Eyes," arid with a real suggestionof Charley Chaplin. Pat Rooney andMarion Bent are still apologizing tothe audience for the old chestnut theyare doing and announcing their newact for next season. It better be goodafter all this preliminary advertisingand preparation.

Robert Warwick wore such a gor-geous Chinese embroidered dressing1

gown in the opening scene of "TheSilent Master" that it deserves specialmention among the women. AnnaLittle as Pacqueline Fourall, the wardof the Marquise de Sombreuil, alias"The Silent Master," wore some pretty,modest dresses and Olive Tell, as themistress of millions, demonstrated thedignity of independent womanhood inher manner and dressing. An eveninggown of large, loose fish scale materialworn at her betrothal dinner, is the mostshowy. It seems a mistake to have hadthis picture on the same program with"The Voice on the Wire," as the actionis somewhat similar.

Mrs. Ben Mann is an anxious callerat the N. V. A. rooms these days.Bennie is in New Orleans, and whileit's a fact he is with relatives, youknow when the letters don't come reg-ularly we girls will worry.

Little Ruth Budd is sporting a purplevelvet drop, special song lyrics, andcarrying a "Company." She is alsowearing a really out of the ordinaryfrock of white and silver, before shechanges to her always spotless whiteunion suit.

At the American, the O'Neil Twins,nicely marcelled, spic and span inpink and white spangled net danc-ing costumes, made a good impression.Their black and white stripeddresses, however, looked soiled. MissDu Bard of Homer and Du ?ard is

wearing white serge this wetfk. Jetbuttons, black satin collar and pocketsfaced with black, set it off nicely.Dorothy Wahl, of Jackson and Wahl,wears a lovely dress of net, showingcolored beads or sequins worked outin a scalloped design around flounces.A silver rope trimming around hips is

liitlined to push the net up and makethe waist line all wrong. Miss Wahlputs too much brilliantine on her hairand uses Morris and Bcasley's doubtfulcomedy line, "Ah, go on now."

Mrs. D. F. Hennessey is making herhome at the Bristol Hotel, Newark,for the time being, until she fully re-

covers from the serious eye troubleshe has had the past three months. Sheleft the hospital last week, but is

still under treatment of Dr. Geo.Houston Bell, who operated on hereye twice since her return from Cali-fornia,

Now that the season is over, the fun-niest thing I know of that happened in

inside vaudeville during it returns tomy mind A legitimate entering vaude-ville in a sketch, appeared at the Pal-

ace for the customary "show" salaryand was successful enough to be heldover the second week. T]he star of theplaylet is very well known in theat-ricals. She informed her vaudevilleagent the salary for the act would haveto be $1,250 a week. The booking manfor the Palace, George Gottleib, talked,

over terms with the agent, but theycould not agree. The agent suggestedMr. Gottleib send for the star and dis-

cuss the matter. The latfer duly pre-sented herself, and after some prelimi-nary conversation she asked Mr. Gott-leib what figure he had set for hepsalary the second week. Mr. Gottleibreplied $750, and the star fainted in

her chair by his desk.

An action for divorce may soon beheard about, I am told, concerning a"woman single" in vaudeville, who foryears stood for the tyrannical direc-

tion of the husband she now wishes tobe relieved of. The girl, like the pro-verbial worm, turned at last and in theturning is reported to have adoptedsome of the tactics taught her by theEast Side attachment from time to

time. If the report is true the girl

will be congratulated when securingher liberty, for if ever there was acase of one of these hand-satchel-carry-ing excess stage husbands being a hin-drance to a promising young womanin her stage career, the East Sider wasit in several ways, on the stage and off,

as his enemies (and he had a naturalknack of acquiring enemies only)easily counterbalanced his wife's

friends.

Blanche Douglas, leading womanwith Hugh Herbert, flashed a real won-der dress at the Colonial last weekthat deserves special mention. It's a"man's dress," that is to say, the kindthat makes them sit up and take no-tice. The bodice is of silver cloth

and the skirt of black panne velvet.

The train, which is separate from theskirt, is of velvet and lined with thesilver cloth. Jet is the finishing touchof perfection. This is one of the threenew gowns Miss Douglas has made upfor the acts op'ening on the OrpheumCircuit next month.

The request bill at the Royal this

week is made up of meritorious enter-

tainers. Had it not been so, four maleturns could not have followed eachother without spoiling a Perfect Dayor Night for those in front who paid

their money to see a well-arranged pro-

gram. Mignon, No. 5, the first womanto step on the stage, had the softest

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big time show. Were it not for theugly grimaces she thinks necessary forher imitations, her soiled wardrobe andun»idy appearance, she might havestopped the show every performance.Valerie Bergere portrays a type of wifein "Ambition" well known in New YorkCity at least. The truth is, that in reallife, the husband seldom believes hehas neglected his wife until he has losther for all time. The sketch has areal moral aside from "circumstantialevidence." Miss Bergere wears an oldrose velvet and silver lace eveninggown and a most attractive violet chif-fon negligee. Bradley and Ardinestock has gone up about 100 per cent,since the opening of the season. Fiftyper cent, of it is dressing and the other50 per cent, actual improvement inwork. Grette Ardine might bill herself"The girl in pink" with her presentwardrobe. A flesh pink georgette af-ternoon frock, an embroidered kimono,and a pink dancing frock are worn. Acheckered gold cloth (with Chinesehat of same material) has fancy pinkbloomers and a lemon and orange fluffybloomer affair worn for the Hawaiiannumber shows lots of pink stockings.Aleen Bronson (Laurie and Bronson)is wearing a white serge suit, identi-fied with "Lost and Found" since itsearly presentation last season. It's notreally the same suit but a duplicate,and despite she crawls all over thestage each performance, it always looksspotless. The fact that these twoyoungsters closed the Royal showspeaks louder than words can.

Cordelia Haager Moore is in Shang-hai. A bright, newsy letter just likeCordelia herself tells of a wonderfulstay in Hawaii. They arrived at Yoko-hama May 25th; spent three days tak-ing :n Tokio and nearby Japanesetowns. "We go to Shanghai, Manila,Hong Kong, Straits Settlement, Bur-mah, Singapore, Ceylon and Bombayand outside of these few places wearen't going anywhere," says she. Allthis time she is having the time ofher life—for she is leading womanwith the Frawley Co., and is dreamingalready of seeing her name in electriclights on B'way on her return—"afterthe war is over." Yes, Papa Mooreis with her for he sends his love to all

his friends.

SPORTS.Sammy Wilson, of the Witmark

forces, is taking up semi-professionalbaseball when not occupied with themusic house and last week while prac-tising with a local team had a fingerput out of commission.

Annabelle Moon, the nine-year-olddaughter of Billy Moon, of the Corttheatre stage crew, is developing intoan expert swimmer. At the Kings-burg contests recently she won twogold medals. Little Annabelle is en-tered in fhe ladies' swimming contestat Midland Beach when the new swim-ming beach is opened there June 30.

Through a misunderstanding in ar-rangements the Lights Club of Free-port did not play a regular baseballis'ame last Sundav, the date having beenheld ooen for the Varietys by Secre-?tary Manwaring, but not confimedwith the latter team. A scrub gamewas arranged and played.

The Sheepshead Bay Motordrome isto be reopened July 4 with the EasternMotorcycle Championship Races asthe attraction. Ten events are to berun under the sanction of the F. A.M., with Timothy S. Mahoney as thereferee. Bert Young is the managerat the track and is getting the bigarena into shape for the new season.

MARGUERITE - RHEAO'NKIL TWINS

Who opened for MARCUS LOEW this week(June IK) at the American, New York, and areto appear in all hit theatre* under the (lifCC*

tion of IRVING COOPER.

Sam Scribner's Annual Auto Trip.His automobile trip is now receiv-

ing the attention of Sam A. Scribner,who started on the tour last week.The road inspection will not be com-

pleted until Mr. Scribner has visited

his home town, Brookvillc, P4.

14' VARIETY

AROUND N. V. A. CLUBNearly every training camp in the

country has at least one N. V. A. boywho has booked himself with UncleSam. Bruce Weyman, who played with"America First" last season, still be-lieves in America first. He has joinedthe First Aero Squadron Reserve, sta-

tioned at Mineola, L. I. Robert B.Robinson says, "Give my regards to

the boys." He is stationed at the Gen-eral Hospital, Fort Bayard, New Mex-ico. W. E. Morrisey is with the 3rdRegiment at Auburn, N. Y. He says,

"We are mighty anxious to show ouract in Berlin."

Larry Reilly says that a classic

dancer is a lady who thinks that suffi-

cient wardrobe would make her un-classic.

John P. McDermott announces his

desertion of the varieties for Chautau-qua work.THE FOLLOWTNO MEMBERS HAVE IM-

PORTANT COMMUNICATIONS WAITINGFOR THEM AT THE N. V. A. OFFICE. IFYOUR NAME IS ON THE LIST KINDLYREND IN YOfTR PRESENT ADDRESS:Florenci Ames KartelllJoseph Bird Beth Le ClaireTint William Blssett Emanuel ListEthel May Parker Babe LeeEmily BarnowO. J. BrownVirginia BanksFreemont BentonPatrick BoyleCharles Cavelleffeorge Campbell

Mile. LilyanChas. H. Levan)Ted Lenore ^—^Chas. Le ValleJ. C. LewisServaln Le RoyJohn McCleery

Grace Melnken Clarke Elizabeth McKeeverIva DanetteDiana D'AubreyStalney DaleBernado De PacePhil J. DolanFMelle EhramsWilliam S. EllisMaud EarlE. ElklnEleanor Ellis.Tab. H. FitzgeraldJoseph GoldJon. A. HainanEddie HartBob HomburgEdgar HurleyGeo. HowardJohn E. HenshawBill HallWally IvanhoffFrancis KeithMartin KemplnshlPeter KahaFrancis Kahal

Fred J. MorganHenry MaklaDolly MatthewsJohn B. MeanyDorothy MortimerEddie PanllAl RaynoMartin M. RoeAubiia RichJuliette RobertsDolph RyanLarry SmithGus ShyKitty SuttonGeorge A. ShawLillian TeeceMarian TracyA Ifreda TonnaBob TempleArthur Lucky VanEd. WarrenArthur WentHenry WolfordMrs. Henry Wolford

COLUMBIA SHOW FAVORED.The weather break has favored the

summer show at the Columbia, "Hip,Hip, Hoorav Girls." It has not fallenbelow $6,000 pross since opening five

weeks apo.The first week the "Hip" piece did

around $8,000 and the second week$7,600. The diving act has proved sopotent a factor in the composition ofthe performance the Columbia man-aeement would not be surprised if thecurrent show survived until the open-in? in An trust <->f the reerular wheelburlesque attraction in the theatre.

OPENS WITH 36 WEEKS.The American Burlesque Associa-

tion will start the new season with a

number of additions to the circuit thatis expected to especially strengthentbe chain at its weakest points. Lastseason tbe circuit bad 35 weeks and35 shows. Farly in the fall 36 weekswill be muted.Tbe Chicaero, Pittsburgh and Wheel-

in? theatre situation has been definitelysettled. Tbe American will plav theCourt. Wheeling. Wheeling hasn'tbad burlesque since tbe old davs of tbeEmpire Circuit. Tbe American goesinto tbe Garden, Buffalo, next fall.

Tbe Orand. Trenton, is dropped fromtbe American wheel.

BURLESQUE PAPER ORDERS IN.

According to tbe show printers andlitbograpbers tbe only branch of showbusiness showing any signs of activityfor the coming season, as far as theirbranch is concerned is burlesque.The printing orders for seventy bur-

lesque attractions have all been placedand arc in work.Otherwise there is nothing moving

in the print line.

The printers are in trouble with anumber of managers because of the in-

ability to get sufficient inks of certaincolors for both lithographic and typework.

BERGMAN WITH THE DOLLYS?The musical production A. H. Woods

intends starring the Dolly Sisters in

next season may have Henry Bergmanas leading man, he making the thirdof a trio with the Sisters, composingwhat would be known in vaudeville asa three-act.Bergman is now with "The Passing

Show" at the Winter Garden.

TAYLOR WANTS A PRIMA DONNA.Charles Taylor, the American bur-

lesque manager, has everything set forhis new season with "The Darlings ofParis," with the exception of a primadonna, and he had a choice to makeof three women this week. Taylor will

personally man a ere the tour, with JackFav as agent. The company includesAlbert Phyle, musical director; MattKolb. Jimmie Parelle, Tom Howard,Toe Lyons. Boomer and Cummings,Billie Bailus, Josie Taylor, PeggyDennis.

NEW ORPHEUNTS OPENING.St. Louis, June 20.

The opening date of the new Or-nheum tbeatre here has been set forSent. 3. Labor Day.The house succeeds the Columbia

as the local big time vaudeville home.

JUNE ELVIDGE RE-ENGAGED.The World Film Corporation has

placed June Flvidge under a new con-tract for a neriod of two years, by theterm of which she is to be either star-red or featured in all pictures in whichshe appears.

May Have Two Directors.The demand for an increased number

of Douglas Fairbanks pictures has giv-en thought to the possibility of em-ploying two directors instead of one.Serious thought is being given to theidea of havlne one director spend afortnight cutting and titling a releasewhile the other is progressing with aproduction, constantly alternating.

Eva Tanguay will not play the Or-pheum theatres on the Coast this sum-mer. Her picture eneagement is oneof the causes preventing.

Amy Leslie, dramatic critic of theCbicapo News, is in New York on herannual summer visit. She is the guestof Louise Dresser in Mt. Vernon.

Ligon Johnson, attorney for th% Uni-ted Theatrical Managers Association,is on a trip to Salt Lake and will notreturn for about ten days.

Seats are now being sold as far inadvance for "Upstairs and Down" atthe Cort as July 14, when the run is

expected to close.

Albert Brown is to make anotherCanadian tour next year opening Aug.27. He will present a repertoire ofplays and has a trip of 40 weeks laidout.

Lee Kohlmar has received a big timevaudeville lotjte for next season for hisplaylet, written by Samuel Shipman,opening in the east, with the Orpheumto follow.

Peggy Coudray is leaving the EdgarAllen-Henry Lewis act, "The Punch."

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VARIETY 15

CABARXTSDoraldina, who has caught on very

strong at the College Inn, Chicago, is

in receipt of two offers from Englishmanagers. One is for appearances in

the Moss-Empires, calling for ten

weeks and the contract stipulates that

four weeks' salary in advance is to bepaid, before sailing. The offer is ac-

companied also by a certified cneck for

$1,000 as a guarantee of good faith. Theother offer is from Alfred de Courville,

who with another English managerproposes a five-year world tour, onlyone year of which would be in Eng-land, the remaining time being in

France, Italy, Spain and British EastIndia. This offer would also place herunder English management should she

appear here during the life of the con-

tract.

James ("Big Jim") Colosimo was ar-

rested Sunday in Chicago charged withviolating the Sunday closing law, a

squad of plain clothes men gaining ad-

mittance to his South Wabash ave-

nue cafe about three in the morningand finding tjie place running to capa-

city. No one else was taken. It is the

second time Colosimo has been arrested

in the past two months. The first timehe was charged with selling liquor with-

out a license, but was acquitted on a

technicality. Colosimo's is one of the

very few places that has been runningwide open in spite of the widely en-

forced one a. m. and Sunday closing1

ordinances.

George Apostol, who runs the poolrcom at the Revere House, Chicago,and Jake Myers were arrested chargedwith violation of the government regu-lations against selling or giving liquor

to any man in uniform. Three youngsailors entered the pool room singing alyric of how dry they were, whereuponMyers took pity upon them and startedbringing in bottled beer—until two po-lice sergeants took them all to the po-lice station pending a hearing beforeHinton G. Clabaugh, of the Departmentof Justice.

Judge Uhlir knocked out a policeregulation which has more or less beenenforced in the smaller Chicago cafes,

when he refused last week to punishtwo women who were drinking andsmoking in an East Illinois street place.

The defendants gave their names asFlora Otis and Emma Roberts. Thecourt ruled: "If it isn't against the lawto smoke in downtown hotels, it isn't

wrong for them to do so on Illinois

street."

College Inn, Chicago, was the sceneof a peculiar affair last Friday nightwhen Harry Darlington, associate edi-

tor of the "American Lumberman,"threw a knife at Viggo Christianson, awaiter, cutting the latter's cheek. Theexcuse was that Darlington thought thewaiter was a German, but he is a Swede.The case was dismissed in court Satur-day morning, the waiter declining toprosecute.

Bookings through the Billy Curtisoffice this week include 3 HarmonyBoys, Eddie Nolan, Mykoff and Vanity,Bessie McCoy, 5 Young Americans,Campanarri Duo (Bay View Hotel,Citv Island^; Lucille Caleese, Aubreyand Rich (St. Regis Hotel, Montreal);Dolly Carle (Martinique. AtlanticCitv): Carroll Sisters (Parkway Pal-ace): Nettie Kni^t f Pre-CatalanV

The northeastern part of the Bronx,as it is called, and which includes thePclham Park section, is dotted withroad houses. Among them are Cha-teau T.aurier, Hunter Island Inn,Pell Tree Inn, Woodmansten Inn,

Tauer's, Thwaite's, City Island Casino,Bay View, Kane's Knickerbocker.

The Public Safety Committee in Min-neapolis closed 43 saloons along the

water front last Thursday. All the

cabarets have been closed and the sale

of intoxicants to women is forbidden.Dancing is prohibited in any placewhere liquor is sold.

OBITUARY.

William Warren, aged 78, auditor ofthe Denham theater, Denver, diedJune 15. He was the grai.dson of Wil-liam Warren, a famous actor-managerof a century ago, and a nephew ofWilliam Warren, who managed theBoston Museum. He was a brotherof Mrs. Joseph Jefferson and uncle ofMary Marble. The deceased is sur-vived by a widow. His father wasfirst manager of McVicker's, Chicago,and he was the treasurer. Althoughnot a church member a Catholic priestconducted the funeral under a specialdispensation. The body was crematedMonday and the ashes mailed to Clear

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATIONThrough numerous requests, Variety contemplates a "Confidential

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names and addresses of their nearest relatives or closest friends.

* Variety suggests in every branch of the profession, men and women,forward their right name, and other names and addresses as mentioned. Thisinformation will be held entirely confidential and not given out nor madeknown to anyone excepting in the interest of the person filing.

There have been so many instances where accident or death has oc-

curred, without anyone aware of the injured person's proper identity, that

such Confidential Information appears to be a necessity in the profession.

This department is not proposed through the war enlistment, but as a

permanency.Variety guarantees that when informatoin requested is of such a nature

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Virginia Fissinger, the barefootdancer at the Bismark Gardens, Chi-cago, has been signed by the Shuberts.Gladys Lanphere, quite popular at theWinter Garden, Chicago, has signedto appear in Menlo Moore's new "girl

'act" called "Follies de Vogue."

The Country Club near San Fran-cisco was lately closed bv creditors.The place had been opened but a shorttime and the closing occurred afterJohnny Frayne had been arrested forselling liquor after hours.

Lake Lodge, his summer home, hisdying instructions having been theyshould be scattered on the lake duringa storm.

ROSIE DEWOLF(DeWolf Sister*—Rosl* and Sadla)

who, before retiring. In IHt, gained con-siderable prominence with the late SamT. Jack Creole Company, died in BostonMay 2S from cancer of the stomach.Two sisters, with many loving friends,survive.

Moulin Rouge Gardens, a new cafeat Clark and Lawrence streets,* Chica-go, was vistimized by an employee last

week, the man disappearing and taking$1,200 along with him.

George Sun, age 55, died June 15,

at Hot Springs, Ark. He had been acripple for 33 years and during thepast year his sufferings were intensifiedby complications. He was known

throughout the circus world, havingformed the Sun Brothers' GreatUnited Shows in 1892, after havingappeared in circuses for ? number ofyeais. In 1912 he disposed of hit in*terests in the show to his brother,Gus. During the past few years helived in retirement. He is survivedby a wife, son and two daughters, andmother, with three sisters and threebrothers, Gus, Pete and John.

Mrs. Sol Smith, America's oldestactress, died June 15, age $7. Herdeath was due to an attack of acuteindigestion. Two daughters and twosons survive.

In Fond Memory of

WILLIEHAMMERSTEIN

A Real Pal

CONROY AND LEMAIRE

George Montaarrat died in PassavantHospital, Chicago, June 17, from frac-

'

ture of the skull. He was found in-jured on North Clark street last Thurs-day night. Although conscious 12 hoursbefore death, he could give no informa-tion as to the cause of his injury. Thedeceased lived in Bay Citv, Mich., andhad been retired from the stage forsome time. The widow took care ofthe remains.

Harry Magill, aged about 50, flyman,last employed at the Century, died June6 in New York and the remains wereshipped to his old home in Philadelphia.Magill was survived by a widow, whois a well known wardrobe woman. Bothmen belonged to New York TheatricalProtective Union, No. 1.

In FoadOur Dear Frflmd

ANTHONY HOWARDWho Passed Away Jum It*, IflT

VERSATILE SEXTETTE

The father of Richard E. Riddick,aged 69 years, died June 7, in NewYork, of B right's disease.

Charles Blum, aged about 45 years,unmarried, stage hand, died Tune 4 oftuberculosis. He was a New York boy.

Frank Shanlev is in New York.Shanley. of the Continental hotel, San-Francisco, was once the drummer boywith Haverly's Minstrels. He is hold-ing daily receptions and reunionsalong Broadway.

Lawrence Ackerlind replaced AlfredDeery this week in the revue at Pabst's125th street. The 125th street show is

the same that has been on exhibition atthe Strand.

Bessie Grohs, who last danced at TheVogue, has been engaged for Klaw &Frlangcr's "Rainbow Girl" productionin September. During the summer sheis playing vaudeville with Joe Weston.

The N. V. A. Sextet will hereafterbe known as the N. V. A. Quintet, dueto the death of Anthony Howard, for-merly a member. The act is at Perry's,Coney Tsland.

Frisco, alwavs adorned with a "heat-er" fcigar), whether dancing or not,explained to a friend in Chicago that"a jazz band is guaranteed music."

VARIETY FREETO THEATRICAL MEN IN THE SERVICEWhile the war continues Variety will be sent compli-

mentary to any theatrical man enlisted in the U. S.Service.

Name, with address, should be forwarded and changeof address duly forwarded.The list will be maintained also for re-mailing letters

sent care Variety.

Jim Moore wants to hear from John-nie Burns and May Howard.

Harry B. Burton is managing Proc-tor's 125th Street.

Jane Cowl is to present "Lilac Time"on tour next season, opening in Brook-lyn Sept. 10.

Freeman and Dunham with GraceO'Malley opened at the Green Mill Gar-den, Chicago, June 15.

"The Target" v/ar, placed in rehear-sal hy A. II. Woods Monday and will

open in Atlantic City July 8.

Two "Allies Bills" will he presentedMonday, one at Proctor's, Newark, andthe other at Poli's, Scranton.

Arthur Deming, the minstrel, out altseason with Vogel's Minstrels, re-turned to the subway trail this week.

Lawrence Lehman, manager of theOrpheum, Kansas City, who has beenin town for a fortnight, has returnedhome. His house reopens Aug. 26.

The Grand, Syracuse, formerly aKeith house and now a Fox stand,rlw-.cd this week for the summer. Itwill be operated only Sundays.

The Paradise Roof Garden on top ofPeisenweber's opened Monday with arevue and the "Tennessee Ten 1

' playingjazz music.

16 NEW ACTS THIS WEEKBE BB BBS

NEW ACTS NEXT WEEKInitial Presentation, F »t Appearance

or Reappearance in or AroundNew York

Jack Norworth and Lillian Loraine,Palace.Albertina Rasch and Co., Hender-

son's.

Three Daring Sisters, Henderson's.Clara Howard.

Songs.

13 Mins.; One,

Fifth Ave.

Clara Howard is a good looking girl

of quite some personality that combinesa winsomeness, which, in her songs, is

of more assistance to some numbersthan to others. It may be the way MissHoward applies it, or perhaps shehasn't yet appreciated the value to

be. obtained from it. Miss Howardgoes through her act in the same gown,and without leaving the stage until af-

ter her fourth song. This may ex-

plain why she can sing five numbersand tell three stories, besides dancing a

bit, in 13 minutes. That Miss Howardhas a certain confidence in herself, at

least for a Charlie Chaplin impersona-tion, and it seems well placed, was at-

tested when she gave a Chaplin imita-

tion to close the turn and got awaywith it as the second best thing in the

turn. The first best is herself. Sheopened with "Plant a Garden in YourOwn Back Yard," then "I'm GladYou're a Baby of Mine," following withthree stories, neat and brief little yarnsabout Johnny, Mary and Willie, sang"You've a Wonderful Way," encoringit with a simple dance that did notseem necessary, through its simplicity

mostly, and followed this for an encorewith "Sweet Hawaiian Babies," sing-

ing the first verse and chorus straight,

then announcing she would sing it as a

cabaret singer might, which she did,

putting "ginger" and "pep" besides a

noisy voice into the rendition, it get-

ting the most applause up to that time,

which may have been given for the

imitation or the singing. It's a matterof opinion, also something to ponderover. The Chaplin was introduced bya song which had as refrain "Sometimesyou get a good one," Miss Howardworking very nicely into the actual im-personation. A Chaplin comedy wasadvertised for the same bill, to close

it. Had Miss Howard followed the

film, her imitation would have beeneven more marked. The girl sings with

the orchestra. She has passed up the

piano player, that bespeaks more con-

fidence. With a nice way and a nice

smile, able to put songs over andshould tell more stories or none, MissHoward is a regular act, much moreregular than 80 per cent, of the other

"women singles" who are getting awaywith it on their nerve only. The dif-

ference is that artistes like Clara How-ard will endure. Sitne.

Four Little Chicks.Pemale Quartet.10 Mins.; One.The Four Little Chicks are four

dark haired girls, who sing, composinga female quartet of no extraordinarymerit. At times the concerted sing-

ing sounds very well. At other timesit does not, nor do the Rirls shine in

solo work, this including one whodoes a simple little dance. Unless the

girls can hit upon something to im-

prove the present work they will be-

come a small time turn.Si me.

Harry Mundorf in the United Book-ing Offices is still bookimr the popvaudeville bills into his regular seasonmid-west houses.

The Piccolo Midgets say Tim Mulli-gan is no longer manager for them.Mulligan is said to be now acting as

clerk at a hotel in Lima, O,

Mark Linder and Co. (3).

Protean.23 Mins.; One (2); Full (21);Harlem O. H.A small time protean offering, not so

much on the matter of speed in thechanges, but on the number of charac-terizations presented by Marie Linder.Six of these. The scene is the warden'soffice at Sing Sing. Piior to the pro-tean portion is a scene in "one" whereLinder and one of the company makea bet that Linder will be unable to fool

the warden. This gives a comedy twistwhen the warden claps a wig on his

head, slaps a moustache across his up-per lip and says. "I was wise all thetime. I'm the guy you made the betwith." The characters include fourdifferent types of prisoners that are tobe discharged from the jail, a Hebrew)and finally a Chinaman. They are welldone from the point of makeup, butlacking entirely in individuality.

Fred.

Anthony Andre and Co. (3).

"The Beggar Man" (Dramatic).16 Mins.; Five (Parlor).American Roof.A plot common in moving picture

dramatics is the theme of "The Beg-gar Man," written by Jos. Adelman andplayed principally by Anthony Andrein vaudeville. Mr. Andre in his garbas a beggar declaims his dialog and acts

The McKey Co. (3)."Picking*' (Comedy).14 mins.; Five (Library).Fifth Ave.The billing in the 5th Avenue's lobby

mentions Freddie Goodrow only in con-nection with this playlet. Freddie mustbe the boy in it. The other two playersare a Bishop and a maid. It's a kid's

play, with comedy secured throughslang and the irreverent manner of a

tough youngster toward a Bishop ofthe cloth. The principal laugh getteris the boy, addressing the clergyman as"Bish." An attempt is made to bringout a youthful atheist and set forth thevery common childish belief or impres-sion of the Lord. The contrast of thedirty ragamuffin and the dignified highmember of the Church presents a pic-

ture that so much more sharplypoints the slangy expressions. Whenthe Bishop, in a somewhat lengthyspeech, delivered an opinion, the boytersely summed it up by replying^ "Yousaid it, Bish." The sketch appears tohave been written as an opportunityfor the boy in it, without much thoughtor time given to the writing, after theidea was secured. The kidlet is madetoo precocious, even though, as men-tioned, he was thrown upon the wharf,an orphan, at five. In the act he doesn'tlook over ten. The boy enters theBishop's library via the window, toask that the Bishop intercede with the

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The following circuits, managements and agencies have signified a willingfiri* to adoptsuch means as may be within their power to eliminate "lifted material" from their theatres,when informed of the result of an investigation conducted by VARIETY:MARCUS LOEW CIRCUIT BERT LEVEY CIRCUIT PANTAGES CIRCUIT

„jtBert Jto2J> (Walter F. Keefe)shea aRcurr b. & moss orcuit(Harry A. Shea) (B. S. Moss)

'EIBER-SHEA CIRCUIT GUS SUN CIRCUIT(Richard Kearney) (Gus Sun)ALOZ CIRCUIT "• '

a. H. Alos)

(Jos. M. Schenck)FOX ORCUIT(Edgar Allen)

MILES ORCUTr(Walter F. Keefe)

FINN-HEIMAN CIRCUIT(Sam Kahl)

RICKARDS CIRCUIT (Australia)

MICH. VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT(W. S. Butterfield)

U. S. V. M. A.(Walter J. Pllmmer)

apparently according to his own set ofrules. He may have gauged his act-ing for small time audiences and theyseem to like it, taking the playlet quiteseriously. The beggar man returns tohis home town after an absence of 20years, knowing his. wife had died yearsbefore, but unknowing he had a daugh-ter, adopted by the friend he had calledupon to visit. While in the house andafter borrowing a quarter in the beg-garfy way from his unknown daughter,the beggar learns of his fatherhood andis about to claim his daughter whenthe foster-father calls his attention tothe status of the child and his own,whereupon the beggar after a struggleto restrain himself, and the strugglebecame almost violent at one time,moved out and yon, probably still beg-ging, -with the daughter remaininghappy in her ignorance. It's whatshould be called an expose plot-tellingitself almost from the opening of thesketch, but the audience on the Amer-ican Roof liked it and Mr. Andre'sShakesperian acting, so that likely letsit in for the small time only. JSimc.

dog catcher who has the kid's "mut"in the pound. The Bishop, obtaininga line on the boy's family history, of-

fers to adopt him, but the kid refuses

unless provision is also made for his

pals, Paddy O'Brien and Izzi Levi.

Pickins' explanation of how Izzi curedhimself of an illness was rather neatand probably intended as a slap at a

homeopathic. It could happen andprobably often does. The boy playerhandles himself very well nearly all

the time, excepting at moments wherehe seems to have been over-rehcarscdfor effects. The Bishop role merelyrequired someone to look the part.

There's nothing big to the playlet, but

it's a study in its way, and while it

could stand rewriting to sonic extent,

may do in an early spot for small big

time or big small time. Fimc.

Homer and DuBard.Piano-Act. m .

14 Mins.; One.American Roof.

Homer and DuBard do not seemregular vaudevillians. They are manand woman, who play the piano, andfor their strongest bit have two toypianos, a la Billie Montgomery. Onthese is played a medley of popularairs in a question and answer routine.The -young woman has an operaticnumber, there is some talk, and the actfor an early spot in the summer timeon the small time will get along, butthere is very little substance to it.

Sime,

Shaw and Lee.

Dancers.

11 Mins.; One.Harlem O. H.Whoever it was that first affected the

topper in a dancing act will have muchto answer for when he lands finally

comes up for judgment. And the fel-

low that first planted that Eaton jacketeffect! These two boys have adoptedboth and with them they have coupleda routine of dancing steps. They arcno better, nor any worse than scoresof similar acts that trail along the samepath. Fred.

The Three Flying (Gordons dis-

solved partnership in Fort Waynelast week.

Bob Gordon, who managed DaveMarion's show last season, will man-age W. S. Campbell's Hose Sydellshow, "The Belles," next season.

Ruth Budd.Songs and Acrobatics.

15 Mins.; Two and Full Stage (Spe-

cial Set).

Ruth Budd, following the retirement

of her brother through injury fromtheir aerial act, has been doing a single

turn in vaudeville, playing throughout'

the west, but not over a week or so in

New York. Last week Miss Buddreturned east

v

. All alone she has

compiled a turn made unique through

a girl being the princinal. She opensin "one" with songs and a dance,

changes, with the assistance of a maid,

in view of the audience and then docsher tricks on the rings, closing witha perch display on a rope before the

,

curtain in "one" once again. She is

youthful, pretty and owns a figure lib-

erally displayed in tights that doubt-lessly no woman can help but envy.Miss Budd continues her singing whilegoing through the acrobatics in theair and some of the tricks are daring.One especially, a swift slide down therope, stopping within a couple ofinches of the stage, takes the audience'sbreath away when it happens. Thehouse is surprised when they see thegirl go from dresses to acrobatics andthat surprise is intensified when notingwhat a finished gymnast Miss Budd is.

This turn ranks as a novelty thatshould be well placed for full valueon any bill it is booked for. tfime.

Mr. and Mrs. Mel-Burne.

"When Archte Hits the Hay" (Com-edy).

12 Mins.; Four (Special Set).

The special setting of a sleepingporch lends distinction to this act.

more so than either the players or thematerial. The scene is attractive, thesleeping porch on the side of a cottage.The man returns home late at night,soused. There is the expected ensuingdialog, with "gags" between himself andwife, about on a par with the selectionof the title. The turn will get over asa sight act. If the couple were to se-cure brighily written material aroundtheir present setting, they would havesomething decidedly worth while.

Nimc.

Harry Hines.

Singing Monolog.

22 Mins.; One.Harry Hines, formerly of Hines and

Vex, is appearing single for the first

time in the east. About the only por-tion retained from the former doubleturn is his "nance" business at the fin-

ish, Hines now doing a classified cow-boy and making a laugh out of it. Heopens in a boob make up, wearing it

only for a snicker at the start, then get-ting down to talk and songs. The turnwill stand shortening, but Hines, alone,with his talk, songs and finish lookslike a standard act. • Sitne.

Cohan & Harris have contracted toproduce a new musical comedy entitled•The Beautiful One," by Rennold Wolfand Lou Ilirsch.

The Maryland, Baltimore, closes its

vaudeville season this week, having re-mained open longer than usual at thistime.

The Grand Lodge of Elks holds its

yearly doings in Boston, starting Julyl>. Owing to the war the big paradelias been called off.

Arthur Horwitz and family will goto Chicago next week by motor, A. H.doing the driving.

Mike Slote, formerly in the Loewbooking office, is now with Jack Man-del.

SHOW REVIEWS 17

PALACE.Cnpocltv business continues at. the Palace

despite the sudden arrival of genuine sum-mer weather, the Monday night attendance

necessitating the standing room sale. Thebill Is not the best the house has carried, but

Is suffictentfy entertaining to satisfy.

Three substantial hits were scored, the

largest and Incidentally the most surprising

being A. Robins, an eccentric comedian whoImitate** musical Instruments. Robins wasplaced down In fifth position, and although

hardly noticeable in the billing, emerged first

in the running.The other hits included Nora Bayes and

•The Bride Shop," with George White andEmma Haig registering an artistic lmpres-

Hlon. Miss Bayes found them rather easy

with her short repertoire, the house liking

her two numbers particularly.

"The Bride Shop," with Andrew Tombes,Basil Lynn et al, was exceptionally well re-

ceived, although until the scene between the

above mentioned principals the outlook didn't

carry any extraordinary promise. Lynn and

Tombes work wonderfully well together and

have that valuable knack of commerciaHzlngevery opportunity for laughs. The produc-

tion end gave the turn tho touch of class andbolstered up the bill In all around shape.

The Qaudsmldts opened with their Spanish

poodles and were recognized by many through

having made several previous appearances

here. They scored, although the house wascomparatively empty at that time. The sec-

ond position carried Bensee and Balrd, whosuffered principally through the spot and the

quiet style they effect. They have a likeable

offering, but the circumstances killed their

chances and apparently discouraged them. In

a lower position this team might have re-

versed the decision.'The Bride Shop" and A. Ro*'is were next

in that order, with White and Haig closing

internxlsslon. The new combination (second

week at the Palace), did quite as well as the

Cavanagh-Whlte team did here, the finale go-

ing particularly big. 8everal speakers advo-

cated contributions to the Red Cross fundJust prior to Intermission.The second section carried but three acts,

with Bayes opening, followed by BernardGranville. Granville offered a series of songs

and recitations with his dance at the finale

bringing home the expected hit. He respondedwith a requested song, and despite the difficult

Hpot carried off sufficient returns to Justify the

arrangement. The Lunette Sisters closed.Wynn.

COLONIALThe fortieth and closing week of the season

at the Colonial with Conroy and Lemalreheadlining and securing the heartiest laughof the night with an elistment gag that wasa slzzler. The show was a good one for laughs,

with but one weak spot, at the opening of thesecond half—a notable lack of popular songs.

The only turn offering anything of that naturewas Bill Prultt in the No. 2 position. Thismay have had a tendency to let the show dragIn certain spots.

.The business was off In the balcony and theback of the lower floor was scattered, but thehouse was nicely dressed so as to make It looksomething like capacity."The Clown Seal" opened. The animal

show that It has been well trained, but thevoice of Huling does not get over so as to

land all of the laughs. Prultt delivered five

numbers and for his encore selection had theassistance of three pluggers on the stage withhim. Just prior to singing the song he madean announcement he had enlisted In the navy,and this carried the number over to greatereffect with the audience. It was "For aLong, Long Time," and fitted the situationadmirably.Harry Holman In "Adam Killjoy" was a

laugh from start to finish, although the starseemed to be suffering from a cold. LolaWentworth, next to closing the first part,scored strongly with both her medleys, but theaeroplane number Is still a weak spot. Con-roy and LeMalre, closing ' the first section,won laugh after laugh, and were the legiti-

mate hit of the show.John T. Ray and Co., In "Check Your Hat,"

opened the second half without causing muchof a ripple, but Bankoff and Girlie, next, wereapplause winners with their dancing.

Avellng and Lloyd delivered another bundleof laughs with cross fire talk, but Avellng Is

losing some of the punch with the "fag" stuffhe is using at present. It detracts from thereal comedy element in their act and shouldbe dropped.

McLallen and Carson closed the show withskating In an exceedingly pretty black andwhite setting. Fred.

AMERICAN ROOF.

up before the picture. In the trio la a girl

who fills in for appearance and assistance,

besides doing a coupie of simple acrobatic

tricks by herself. It should have been the

opening act, but in the first spot was MaxLaube, who whistles. After that came the

O'Nell Sisters, who sing, using "Iowa" amongtheir numbers and closing with a military

costumed dance. Martini and Maxmilllanwere dn the Roof, No. 3, with their travestied

and exposed magic, besides their idea of com-edy and comedy makeup. The summertime can

account for both, perhaps.Homer and DuBard and Anthony Andre and

Co., tho last two acts of the first half (NewActs) wound up a very poor flrat section, fol-

lowed by a long Intermission, with the soft

drink factory in the rear waiting for the

rush that didn't happen.Peppino and Perry, father and son, playing

accordions and violin, opened the second part.

They are the usual and would fit In No. *

on the ordinary small time program. Stewart

Jackson and Dorothy Wahl were next, with

their own director in the pit, which spelled

class for the small time, even if the audience

did not know about the director, who laughed

at the couple or their talk. It's the same act

Jackson and Wahl did on big time some time

ago, and it is suitable easily for small time,

although there yet romalns opportunity for

unlimited comment that would be of no value

either way. Bime.

ROYALMonday night found a capacity house. Out-

side were the words "Request Week." Con-sequently that alibied the return to the Royalof several acts that have played the house,

and resulted in some of the entertainers re-

ceiving applause when they walked out.

Manager Egan exhibited another bit of ex-

ecutive enterprise when he placed an illumi-

nated water fountain in operation in the space

in the auditorium Just back of the last rowof seats. Only an adornment and one that is

portable, yet the effect was pretty and pic-

turesque.The bill was switched around from the

original carded program and somewhat altered

from the afternoon show. The night trick

found Al. Herman, the blackfaced comedian,closing the show. Al. was among a lot of

his old pals up that Royal way—the answerwag c&sy*There were acts on the bill that would have

put a more typical vaudevllllan aspect to the

program, but if Monday's bill is any cri-

terion, than traditions are being courageouslyIgnored at the Royal. Among the turns that

could have fitted in nicely at the last point

was Meehan's dogs, which appeared In "No.3." The act was unusually Well received.

Lawton opened the show. Juggler. Alsocatches black Iron balls tossed high In theair on the back of his neck. If Lawtondoesn't crack every strata of his neck verte-

brae he ought to get a lot of work. Abbottand White, with songs and accompanimentby one of the boys, were successful. Big fel-

low tries hard for comedy, and was mosteffective with his Hawaiian burlesque at theclose. Used "Yaka Hlckey Dula" as an en-core, giving It their own twist. No patriotic

Bong used.After Meehan's dogs, appeared Avellng and

Lloyd, who are "doubling" between theColonial and the Royal. The alphabetical ex-planations and the talk about "Bill" receivedclose attention, although the laughing returnswere nothing like these young fellows havereceived on previous local occasions. Per-haps repeated too soon at the Royal. Mlgnonand her Imitations followed. Mignon, accord-ing to the program, was to have offered a newact, but the only thing new In the turn is avariance of the persons Imitated. However,she had several of her audience had not yetseen, so they all applauded.Closing the first were Valerie Bergere and

Co. In "Ambition," which sounded harsh andmetallic as offered In long speeches. Theloud tones made the characters seem artificial.

Miss Bergere, however, working Trojanliketo make the scene where she makes her hus-band believe she has been poisoned, effectiveand natural. This climax saves the act fromfalling altogether from grace. It's mushy,wlshwashy parlor melodramatlcs and doesn'tring true. The act Is an appeal to do awaywith capital punishment. It's old stuff, andMiss Bergere does her best to give It thedramatic angle vaudeville audiences relish insuch short stage occupation.

After Intermission Bradley and Ardlne gotalong quietly until their lively dancing foran encore, which proved one of the biggesthits of the night. Act 'heeds shortening andspeeding up where necessary. Both hard work-ers, but attempt too much. Laurie aad Bron-non had no trouble In getting the laughs nextto closing and held up their spot with* laugh-ing credit. Mark.

If tho warm weather and the American bill

hadn't come out together Monday, It wouldhave been a sad evening for the bill. But asIt happened things broke right, the summerwalked In, the bill walked on—then off. Withtho program thoroughly analyzed , theCharllo Chaplin latest comic, "The Immi-grant," closing the show, would have been thowhole show. Chaplin gof fomo lnue.hs Iq tils

newest that ban two or Hirer. laughable bitsin it.

The comedy of the program, such as It was,Lil fell to Frank Bush with his stories, al-though Bush did not consume as much time nsusual. His now and old matter went equallywell, with the shop girl ending. Mr Hush couldbe a text for old and modern vaudeville. Bushwas next to closing, with the DePeron Trio,hand balancers and weight lifters, winding

brought his boy on the stage and the kldlet

sang "Over There," following It with a dancethat looked like a try to Imitate hk father

Marion Bent watched these proceedings witha proud smile and no one could blame herfor that. The Rooneya have k bright-lookinglad In their only son, and he certainly diddisport himself on the 5th Avenue stage withthe air of a veteran. He has grown up to

be quite a kid, and if Pat doesn't watch him-self, that facetious remark of his, "Old ManRooney," will be accepted in good faith bythose who see bis boy. Pat, 8rM also an-nounced that next season he and his wife will

appear in a new act, "Rooney and Bent Up-town." The Rooneys have been away for along time, but they made the news-stand act

stand up, with Pat'a dancing and Marion s

three changes of costume.Just before them was Prank Mullane, who

tells Irish and Jewish stories, besides sing-ing "Tennessee" in Yiddish. Mullane saysthe latter Is quite a feat for an Irishman.Mullane's stories brought some laughs, butthe house liked him best when singing, andhe sang mostly Irish songs, excepting hisfinishing number, when he took a roof notewith "Sweetheart" the house gave him asmuch for it as though it had been McCormack.De Lisle, Juggling, opened the performance,

doing some fast and funny work that carriedhim along, although he has the actstretched out a bit. Geo. and Lily Gardenwere next with their xylophones, both playersbobbing up and down when playing rags.Their music was, greatly liked. Clara Howard(New Acts) did very well In the third spot,

followed by The McKey Co. (New Acts) in asketch, with Mullane next. After Rooney andBent, Heras and Preston closed the vaude-ville, doing a bumpstl act straight and withsome variations in acrobatics. There are afew scattering laughs, the best one at theopening with the bursting of the toy balloon.It would make a better opening than closingturn on the big bills. The Chaplin comedywound up the show, which ran one or twoacts short on account of it.

Before the vaudeville started a Keystonewas shown, with Mabel Burke ainglng "Roll-

• Ing Stones" for the ill. animated number.The Fifth Ave. has been dressed up for the

summer and looks cool. It held a big at-tendance considering the weather. Bime.

HARLEM OPERA HOUSE.Despite the real summery Tuesday night

the opera house held almost capacity. Per-haps it was because the new Chaplin "Emmt-grant" was being shown. The show was theusual seven-act bill, feature picture and theChaplin comedy. The 111. song was omitted.The White Brothers, presenting a comedy

acrobatic turn, opened, and were* followed byShaw and Lee (New Acts), a couple of highhatted hoofers, who in turn made way forMark Llnder and Co. (New Acts) In a pro-tean offering. Then came the comedy pic-ture, to a big reception.The Shirley Sisters (New Acts) started the

second section nicely, and Kennedy and Burtwere entertaining after the act once got underway. The opening was a little off and theaudience did not seem to get the drift. Butthe act finished strong.

Bert Hanlon was the hit of the show inthe next to closing spot, even without the useof "Over There," but when he pulled thatnumber there was no end to the applause.Hardeen was the closing vaudeville turn.

Louise Olaum in "Love or Justice," a Trianglefeature, finished the show. Fred.

FIFTH AVENUE.The hit of the Fifth Avenue bill Tuesday

night was easily captured by Rooney A Bentwith their "News-stand" skit, which PatRooney calle] * chestnut" In a neat littlespeech he made after the loud applause atthe conclusion of their act proper. Duringhis t?t!k PM FrtM It was «.he first time theyhad plnyrd the r»th A\«nue in seven year*,the last time as a part of an "Old Timers'Hill." probably chosen, said Pot, for thatprogram to uphold the name of his father.The Rooneys hod thoroughly entertained thonudlence, but they started another act whenfinding Pat. 3rd, In a stage box. Pater Patnsked Junior what he was up for, the kidbeing In uniform, and tho Rooney youngsteranswered "An American marine." Then Pat

JEFFERSON.With an excellent American-Mutual five-

part comedy drama, a Pathe Weekly and thecurrent Chaplin release, the seven acts at theJefferson made up an acceptable pop pro-gram. Business waa rather light Tuesdayevening, probably for the reason that thebiggest card, the Chaplin comedy, was beingshown all over the neighborhood at the sametime, and there was nothing else on tapworth playing up as a "draw."The first vaudeville act was "In Old Mad-

rid," a mixed quartet of operatic vocalists,with a special setting, who rendered gemsfrom the familiar standard operas. All foursang well, but both wdmen were constantlyoff key. They Just missed being very good.Dotson, a colored man, sang a little, talkeda bit. but scored only with his unique eccen-tric dancing. In that field he's extremelyclever. His encore Is the fastest bit ofgyrating probably ever shown.Bernard and Lloyd, two men, straight and

"Yiddish," start off glibly, the straight feed-ing acceptably and the comedian with anexcellent dialect, but peter out before thestraight roaches his ballad ; after which theyredeem themselves partially with a travestysong duolog, along the lines of the formerMathews and Ashley turn. Then came theChaplin two-reeler, "Tho Immigrant." fol-lowed by "The Lesson," the Geo. Kelly play-let, that did very well.

Kitty Flynn was ihe iemslo single, ono ofthose shouting and swaying females, whosolyrlclslng Is quite unintelligible, despite which»h« has s. rather pleaslr.x perconallty. Mta*Flynn will h*vn to glv«j mop? hc?d to Hj»-tlnctlvo enunciation before she can hope toqualify. The Hippodrome Foift mado laughswith Its small time comedy.The closing number was Collier and LeWald.

roller skaters, vory easy and graceful witha familiar routine, both man and woman be-ing neatly attired. "For the finish the womanstrips to tights and discloses an attractivefigure for a big woman. Jolo.

WHO'S YOUR NEIGHBOR?Hattle Fensb"W Christine MayoBr j- at M. Harding Anders Randolf

Betty Hamlin Evelyn Brent

Dudley Carlton Frank MorganHal. Harding William Sherwood

Mrs. Bowers Gladys Fairbanks

Dist. Attorney Osborne Franklyn HannaAt a private showing in New York the

Master Drama Features, Inc., made its kow-

tow for feature film approval with a mul-

tiple-reeled subject entitled "Who's YourNeighbor?" The film waa written by Wlllard

Mack and adapted and produced by 8. RankinDrew. Frank Lawrence Is said to have hada hand in the plcturizatlon by editing the

production. The film does not only tell agraphic story of everyday life In a big city

but la splendidly staged and played by a very

capable cast. To all appearances It Is the

best thing Drow has yet done in the way of

film directing. There may be a few flaws,

but they are short and barely noticeable, as

the story Is grlpplngly and capitally narrated

on the screen. The "Who's Your Neighbor f**

question In a big city covers a multitude of

answers. The film In making a vigorous re-

ply stamps it in a plain A-B-C that a .church

pillar and reform crusader might live right

next door to the most scarlet woman In the

world. This film, drives home a big, positive

truth. It is virile and full of dramatlo ten-

sity. The theme Is nothing more than avisualised plea for the segregation of the

bawdy house habitue and the street prosti-

tute. The picture plainly, candidly, frankly

and forcefully stands pat on the theory that

the confinement of the lewd and dissolute

feminine parasites should be In one herd

—

keeping the fallen women out of respectable

neighborhoods. But Irrespective of what in-

fluence this film may have for the subject

advanced, It has a dramatlo "punch" and astory that will carry It over as a box offloe

winner. The photography, direction and act-

ing are there. The entire story runs along

In bully stag* fashion, the director hewingclose to the mark and keeping the film within

as natural bounds as possible, There Isn't aweak member In the cast, the work of twomen standing out all the way, with MlaaMayo leading the feminine contingent. ThereIs a corking final!, with a fight that runsconsistently true, with the hold-'em-tlght mai-ler stuff that makes film action worth whileanywhere. Mark.

LAND OF LONG SHADOWS.Joe Mauchln Jack GardnerJeanne Verette Ruth KingRoul Verette C. J. LionelConstable McKenile Carl Stockdale"Land of Long Shadows" is a five-part Bs-

sanay (K-E-8-B). .It, features Jack Gardnerand was arranged and directed by W. 8. VanDyke. It Is another of the melodramatlo pic-tures that deals with the frosen north, thestalwart young trapper, the persecuted girlof the mining camp and the uniformed officerof the Northwest Mounted Police. In "TheLand of Long Shadows" one watches thetheme slowly bear fruit wherein the daughterof a saloonkeeper Is forced to spendher time In the barroom ogling the cus-tomers into buying. During the earlier stagesthe film has a drunken character easing intothe different bars of the little mining townand being thrown out. About the only reasonone figures he Is In the picture is to give thefilm a supposed comedy angle. There appearsto be considerable stalling In getting theaction under way and there are times whenfilm license Is worked overtime. TrapperMauchln. who grinned like a Jackanapes atnothing and fell head over heels In love withJeanne, geta Into a tight hole when In self;defense he shoots down a saloon bum who In-sulted his fair lady. He takes to the snow-capped hills to escape arrest, but In turn fhfinally rounded up, only to engage In a hand-to-hand fight that took on a different finalewhen wolves romped Into view who areshown devouring the* mounted policeman, whoat the time the animals ran him down hadtaken to his heels to escape the wrath ofMauchln. Mauchln Is supposed to give theImitation so clearly in answer to Jeanne'ssignal that tho pollcoman has refused toforget the man who in turn had saved hislife, that the wolves rally together and thencharge direct for Mauchln's cabin. Differentviews aro shown of the wolves romping acrossthe camera space. The photography carriesout the frozen north Idea quite realisticallyand the big scene—the fight In the cabin be-tween Mauchln and McKenzIo -was splendidlydone. Not a groat feature but one that willfill In acceptably on the service proprnm.

Mnrk.i F'-'.w Itt^h-wt- voMItiumj on ; :i£r -2.)

Elsie Clams, an actress, commit-ted suicide by #as asphyxiation Wed-nesday, in a furnished room on W.Forty-seventh street. All efforts torevive the woman by a pulmotorproved futile.

18 VARIETY

BILLS NEXT WEEK (JUNE 25)

ription are on the

In Vaudeville Theatres(All houses open for the week with Monday matinee, when hot otherwise indicated.)

Theatres listed as "Orpheum" without any further distinguishing description areOrpheum Circuit.

Agencies booking the houses are noted by single name or initials, such as "Orph, ' OrpheumCircuit; "U B O." United Booking Offices; "W V M A," Western Vaudeville Managers' Asso-ciation (Chicago); "P," Pantages Circuit: "Loew," Marcus Locw Circuit; "Inter," InterstateCircuit (booking through W. V. M. A.);

,:Sun," Sun Circuit; "A H," Ackerman & Harris (SanFrancisco).

SPECIAL NOTICE—The manner in which these bills are printed does not indicate the rela-

tive importance of acts nor their program positions.

New YorkPALACE lorph)

Norworth A LorraineMorgan DancersWhite A HalgBert Baker CoMlaaea CampbellBert FiUgibonsBernle A BakerUlrachofl'a Gypsies(One to AH)

ROYAL (ubo)Lamb ft MortonFlorrle MlllersblpDancing KennedysAmerican £omedy 4MeroedeaRegal ft BenderWalter BrowerRooney ft BentRIVBIRSIDB (ubo)

Julia ArthurBernard GranvilleDorothy ToyeBeaumonte ft ArnoldRockwell ft WoodEl Rey SistersMeehan's Doga(One to All)

H. O. H. (ubo)2d half (21-24)Natalie SistersTexaa 4Burke A BurkeHolland ft PeltierFrank Rae CoBernard ft Janla"Married via Wireless"

let halt (25-27)Juggling De LisleGlenn ft BurnsEthel Mae Barker"Race of Man"Leonard ft Willard(Two to fill)

2d half (28-1)Caroline Qatee CoMarguerite FarrellJaa browning(Five to fill)

126TH 8T (ubo)2d half (21-24)

LaldlowDunn Bister*Knapp ft CornallaHouah ft LavelleHardenB ft H OordonSeaburn ft Shaw

1st half (2o-27)Francis ft RonsElgin A WalthamBaker Lynn CoTrovato(Two to fill)

&TH AVE (ubo)2d half (21-24)

8 LarnedaChapelle A Trlbble"Crumbs"Charlie WilsonHoney BoysGeo M RoaenerScotch Lassies

1st half (25-27)Qulnn A LaffertyArthur Edwards CoAl HermanLunette Sister*(Four to fill)

28D ST (ubo)2d half (21-24)

Juggling D* LisleZlnka Panna CoCatherine VaughnLockett A BrownRichmond A HudsonClara HowardTIC BretonMurray BennettBasslt A Bailey

1st half (25-27)La Belle A LillianHolland A PelltierJoe L Browning8 Types(Other to fill)

AMERICAN (loew)Mazlno JapsBlack A Mil fordJewett A PendletonMannlng-FeeneyLew Cooper CoLittle DotCongressman KittySidney FalksEary A Eary

2d halfMarshall A WeltonBernlvlcl BrosAmoros A JeanetteMemoriesHelen YtncentCha:» C Rice CoMors A Frye(Two to All)LINCOLN (loew)BAA White

Frazer-Bunee ft HO'Neill TwinsMr A Mrn ThomasFrank BuahJames A Johns

2d halfJewett u PendletonFred Rogersbtnupauu * DouglasAntUouy Audre Cobutth & Shapiro7TH AVkl (loew)

NoackMarlon ft WillardHenry A AdelaideCHS Dean CoAndy Lewis ft CoThe Randalls

2d halfDelGardo 4DotaonMr ft Mrs ThomasKidney FalkeSurprise PartyGREELEY (loew)

Marshall ft WeltouValentine VoxSchwaru ft CliffordWard ft CurranJackson ft WahlBennett ft Pierce(One to till)

2d halfPaul ft PaulineMoore-WhiteJames ft JohnsHoward ft SadlerMannlng-FeeneyBetting BettysDELANCEY (loew)

Dolly ft CalameBelle RutlandAmoroa ft JeanetteShot At Sunrise'Mumford ft ThompsonBernlvlcl Bros

2d halfNoackWood ft HalperlnGranville ft MackValayda ft NutsChaa ReillyCongressman KittyNATIONAL (loew)

La Belle Carmen 3DotaonHoward ft SadlerBetting BettysJan Rubin!(One to nil)

• 2d halfDorothy Sothern 3Homer ft DuiiardFrank BuboCliff Dean CoNolan ft NolanORPHEUM (loew)

Dorothy Sothern 3Fred RogersMoore ft WhiteChas C Rice CoBrady ft MahoneyChvo ft Chyo

2d halfN A S KelloggBaker A RogersHenry A AdelaideManning SlatersBetween TrainsLew Cooper CoThe RandallsBOULEVARD (loew)Frank WardSampson A Douglas"Days Long Ago"Bush A ShapiroPaul ft Pauline

2d halfThe ValdosAmoros ft MulveyWard ft CurranJan RublnlMartiansAVE B (loew)

Kimball ft KennettSullivan ft MasonJos Remington CoStewart ft LcwIb(One to All)

2d halfVespo DuoLaughlln ft WestLaToy's ModelsTwo to fill)

Coney IalandBRIGHTON (ubo)

Flo Moore ft Bro"For Pity's Sake"The VolunteersLaurie A BronsonH Du Kane CoBernard ft JanlaFrank CrumltAlex BrosFerryHenderson's (ubo)Albertlna Rasch CoMontgomery ft PerryHurry CinoH'""•» rt~- .i(! ". I t I't'-"\_ ii r in.v 1 1 ^ i » i» - * *

Dunbar's Darkles3 Daring SistersMerle'a Cockatoos(One to fill)

Brighton Itch., N.Y.BRIGHTON (ubo)

FerryBernard A JanlaII Du Kane Co

VolunteersF Moore ft HroaFrank Crumlt"For Pity's Sake"Laurie ft Bron6onAlexander BrosRockaway BeachMORRISON'S (ubo)(June 23-24 Only)

Sophie Tucker CoMontgomery ft PerryToots PakaMorton ft GlassWillie WestonImperial TroupeBrooklyn, N. Y.DUSHWICK (ubo)

Belle BakerRagtime Kellly"Corner Store"Alfred White CoBrowning ft DennyMcCormack A WallaceSylvia LoyalMang A SnyderMahoney ft Rogers

HALSEY (ubo)2d half (21-23)

Field ft TaylorNatalie MorganArthur Edwards CoGreater City 4Frank MullaneJackson FamilyGreenpolnt (ubo)

2d half (21-24)The BrlghtonsBetta Chldlow ft HBaker Lynn CoMarguerite FarrellRaymond A CaverlyHeras ft PrestonProspect (ubo)

2d half (21-24)(Circus Bill)Falthour & PrincetonNip ft Tuck

LaToy's Models(Two to nil)

2d halfPayne ft NebsltImperialSullivan ft Mason(One to fill)

Albany, N. Y.PROCTORS (Ubo)

(Troy apllt)

Paul Le Van ft DDonald RobertaLydell Hlgglns CoMacart ft BradfordHong Kong Mysteries

2d halfThose GirlsArthur WbltelawP J White CoCummings ft ShellyBoganny Troupe

Allentown, Pa.ORPEUM (Ubc)

Leddy ft LeddyJohn W RansoneLcightncr ft AlexanderRevue DeVogue *

2d halfPawn ft FlawnArthur Hauel CoReta BolandPetticoat Minstrels

Atlanta, Ga.LYRIC (ubo)

(Birmingham Bpllt)

Hardy BrosMusical Hodges"Flirtation"ScarplofT ft Var Vara(One to fill)

Atlantic CltrKEITHS (ubo)

Clark A HamiltonNina Pavne CoArnaut BrosSavoy ft Brennan

The Professionals' Original Home

CONTINENTAL HOTELLOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCOShanley and Furness ("Fifty-Fifty")

3 KltoraaFat Ima TroupeCaron ft Farnum ,

Berber's Arabs"Riding School"

1st half (25-27)4 ChicksLeavltt & LockwoodGeo M Roaener(Others to fill)

2d half (28-1)Qulnn ft Lafferty5 Stanley 3Al Herman(Others to nil)DE KALR (loew)

N ft S Kellogg"How It Hnppencd"Valayda ft NutsBetween TrainsChaa RelllyNolan ft Nolan

2d halfDolly ft CnlnmeBlack ft MHford"Belle RutlandAndy I^ewls CoBennett ft PierceThe FrltchesHomer ft DuBnrd"How It Happened"Helop Vincent"Surprise Party"

2d halfFrank WardO'Neill TwinsSehwartz ft CliffordValentine VoxMumford ft Tompson"Days Long Aro"PALACE (loew)

Vespo DuoLaughlln ft West(Three to fill)

2d halfKlmbnll ft KennettStewart ft L«>wls(Three to fill)

FFLTON (loew)DelGardo 4Amoros ft MulveyLnmhertlSenator MurphyManning Sisters

2d halfT,!:i;.' Iw,(

J-'n :* t-r IV)': f« R Tl

"Shot nf Sunrise';Rnidv ft M:ihoneyClivn ft PlivoWARWICK (loew)

Duval ft Simons

Leo BeersIrwin ft HenryImperial TroupeHerbert's Dogs

Bakerafleld, Cal.O H (afth)

(23-24)KubllckLaVere ft PalmerFlynn ft GirlsHowe ft Howe4 Charles

Baltimore* Bid.HIPP (loew)

Kate ft WileyWard ft ShubertDennl ft PerrlHans Roberts CoRuth RoyeBaseball 4

Ray City, Mich.WENONA PK (ubo)

Ellis A EllsworthArt AdairRetter Bros

Billing:*, Mont.BAUCOCK (ah-wva)

(28)(Same blh playingLewlston 20)

Bedford A OardncrMurray ft LoveNewell A MostC> Musical HarvardsJoe RolleyLaypo ft Benjamin

IUnarhamton, N. Y.STONE (ubo)

Fred Corelll CoJohnson ft Johnson:i Herbert Girls

2d halfTom Kuma(Two to fill)

Illrmlnarhnm, Ala.LYRIC (ubo)(Atlanta Bpllt)

1st half"(Tirl In Moon"Young ft WaldronMnvo ft Tally'One to tllh

TloKtonKEITHS (ubo)

Chaa T Aldrlch ToConroy ft Le Ma I reF V Powers CoA F Stedman

HOWATSON and SWAYBELL•A Casa of PfckW LAUGH BROKERS

Emma StephanaEadle ft RamadanGolet Harris ft MShayne ft McNecce."• iorettls^RPHEUM (loew)

Harlequin Trio3 Tivoll GirlsCook ft TimponlChauncey Monroe CoAdd Hoyt's MlnJulia CurtisShelvey Boys

2d halfKennedy A KramerMarshall ft CovertHer CaseRob A RobertsonOld Homesttad 8James Llchter(One to fill)

' ST JAMES (loew)Norton ft NobleMarshall ft CovertThe AlibiSmith ft KaufmanGypsy Songsters

2d halfOrben ft DixieElks TrioChas Deland CoWllla Holt WakefieldHarms Trio

Bridgeport, Conn.POLIS (ubo)

Allen A FrancisWalter Ward A URaymond WylieHoyt Manion A HMr Inquisitive

2d halfLowry ft Lacey SisMusical BritonsCoats A Craker JacksLady Agnese CoCole Russell A D

Butte. Mont.PANTAGES (p)

(29-4)Julian HallThe Gascolgnes"Women"Lucy Lucler 3"Wanted—A Wife"EMPRESS (ah-wva)

(24-26)KartelliThe McFarlandsStory A ClarkArthur LaVlne CoDaisy HarcourtRoeder's Inventions.

CalvaryPANTAGES (p)

The LampinlaSmith ft McGwireAbrams A Johns"Mimic World"Joe Roberts

Camden. N. J.TOWER'S (ubo)2d half (21-41)

DeWItt Burns A TBlllv Klnkard4 RajahsErnie A ErnieDouglas FamllvCharleaton, Si. C.PASTIME (ubo)(Columbia split)

1st halfMonde A SelleWarren A FrostCountess Verona•r> Nelsons

Chnttanoosra. Tenn.RIALTO (ubo)(Knoxville apllt)

1st halfMile PaulaJack BarnettLazar A DaleSpencer A Williams"Fashions a la Carte"

ChlcaeroMAJESTIC (orph)

Belle StoryR Coghlan Co"In the Trenches"Artie MebllngerCue A HawII A A SeymourEddie Carr Co3 VagrantsBceman A Anderson

CincinnatiKEITH'S (ubo)(Sunday opening)

Frank Wither CoDave Maulev"Olrl from Mllw'kee"Cetlna'a PtrcUB^>_(One to fill)

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ClevelandHIPP (ubo)

Lola SelblnlSherman ft Uttrey"Motor Boating"Sins In? ParsonTli.« Duttons(Two to fill)

Columbia, S. C.GRAND (ubo)

(Charleston apllt)lut hr.lf

Reed ft Wright GirlsA ft O Falls(One to fill)

ColnmlmnKEITHS (ubo)

Shehard ft RayHarry SterlingFinn A FinnGordon Highlanders

Kabl Walton ft HNeher ft Capped

Dayton* O.KEITH'S (ubo)

White BroaPat A P HoustonBob Qulgley CoPhlna A Picks

DearerPANTAGES (p)

J ft B DooleyBilly McDermottEitreltte"Uneeda Girl Co"Reed A Hudson

DetroitTEMPLE (ubo)

Carus ft ComerBoyanny TroupeDoc O'NeilMiniature RevueF ft A AstaireKeno K ft MWard ft FayeVercl ft Versl

MILES (abc)Ortln Craig 3Dorothy DeSchelle CoCath Cameron CoBerqulst Bros(One to fill)

Dnlnta, Minn.GRAND (wva)

(25-27)Mossman A VanceDavis A Kitty"Garden of Aloba"(One to fill)

Eaaton. Pa.ABLE O 11 (ubo)2d half (28-30)

Teddy A TeddyH A A TopplnDave Glaver"Rubeville"

E. St. Loula. 111.ERBER'S (wva)

The LarnedaOdonneBobby A NelsonWheeler A Dolan

2d halfSeabury A PriceFalrman A PatrickLohse A Sterling(One to fill)

EdmontonPANTAGES (p)

Kane A HermanNelson A Nelson"Birth of a Rose"Ahearn TrGodfrey A HendersonEllaabeta. N. J.PROCTORS (ubo)2d half (21-23)

Bennett A RichardsFred Bowers CoSteve Freda

Elm Ira, N. Y.MAJESTIC (ubo)

McRae A CleggThose 5 GirlsChappelle A VldocaApdale's Animals

2d halfClayton ConradJohnson A Johnson"Garden of Mirth"Fred Corelll CoFall River, Maaa.

BIJOU (loew)Kennedy A KramerRob A Robertson"Her Case"James LlchterOld Homestead 8

2d halfHarlequin Trio3 Tivoll GirlsChauncey Monroe CoJulia CurtisAdd Hoyt's Mln

Fararo, N. D.GRAND (abc)

College QuintetteRoss A AahtonThe CurrellasMiss Ellmlna CoLawrence Crane Co

2d halfBAB HlllardClark's Gypsy GirlsSenate DuoFt. William, Ont.ORPHEUM (wva)

(25-26)The OlmstendsJune Mills CoLillian Steele 3Dunedln Duo

Grand Rapid*RAMONA PK (ubo)Bert Leslie CoKelso ft LelghtonLeah Nora CoLlbonatlPage Hack ft MWilson A Aubrey 3

Great Fnlla. Mont.PANTAGES (p)

(2(1-27)(S.-jine Mil >il„ylng

Anaconda 29,)

Holmes ft LaVere"Breath of Old Va"Morris ft Allen"Movie Girl"Rio ft Helmar

HnrriMhnra:. Pa.MAJESTIC (ubo)

H ft A TurplnArthur Havel Co

Reta Boland"Aubeviile"

2d halfE A L MillerRevue De Vogue

(Three to fill)

Hartford* CoaawPALACE (ubo)

Street UrchinCole Russell A DJohn StoneCapes A SnowLady Agnese Co

2d halfJessel A MarlinHarry Cooper CoBuzzell A LittleFern Biglow A M

POLI'S (ubo)Pletro"Oh You Devil"Nelson A CastleRolando BrosChappell A Trlbbles

2d halfSparks All CoRuth BuddMurphy A BarryResistsRaymond Wylle

Haaleton, N. Y.FEELEY'S (ubo)2d half (21-23)

LestroSenna ft WeberWilliam Cahlll"Miss Matched MJss"

Helena, Moat.LIBERTY (ah-wva)

(26)(Same show playing

Butte 27-30)Wm De HolllsSherwood ft SherwoodMelville ft MelneNed Nestor ft S'heartsHenry RudolfE ft L FordHobokea. N. J.LYRIC (loew)

Maybelle RestImperial fl

Payne 6 Nesblt(Two to fill)

Forest A ChurchWild Women(Three to fill)

Indlanapolla, Ind.KEITH'S (ubo)(Sunday opening)

Alva A PatternDunley A MerrillOlgaCycling Brunettes

Kaoxwflle, Team.BIJOU (ubo)

(Chattanooga split)

1st halfBergerNorton SistersDave RothSlg Franc Troupe(One to fill)*

Levrlatoa, Moat.JUDITH (ah-wva)

(28)Curtlss CaninesEmily DarrellNalo ft NaloAlice Nelson CoBessie LaCountWillie Bros

Iioaaaaaort, lad.COLONIAL (ubo)

Boothby ft EverdeenC Francis Relsner3 Fishers

2d halfDotaonH ft E ConleyWheeler A Dolan

Loa AnareleaORPHEUM

(Sunday Opening)Evelyn NesbltCallste ComantLeach Wallen 3

,

Dorothy BrennerRay SnowOllvattl Moffet A CRay CoxBoyle A Brown

PANTAGES (p)Jerome A CarsonStoddard A HaynesFreddie JamesAnderson's RevueEd A Jack SmithCapt Sorcho Co

HIPP (afth)Llbby Blondell CoHenry ft MooreKubllckJolly 3Alveretta Rego A SRussian Dancers4 Charles

Lonlarvllle, Ky.FN FRY PK (orph)

(Sunday Opening)Jas F Thompson CoAdair A AdelphlEthel McDonoughStewart A KellyCarson Bros

KEITH'S (ubo)(Nashville split)

E. HEMMENDINGER48JM,"«»"

Tel. John 971

NEW YORKJewslsn te the Prefawlea

(One to All)ENGLISH O H (ubo)The TryellsMitchell A Mitch"Fireside Reverie"Gen Plsano Co"Maid 7 Movies"

Jacksonville, Fla.ARCADE (ubo)(Savannah split)

1st halfStrength "BrosChas OlcottRegal A MackShattuck A GoldenTate's Motoring

Janeovllle, Wla.APOLLO (abc)2d half (28-30)

La PalvaZeda A HootCooper A HlckeyExposition 4

Jeraey City. N. J.KEITH'S (ubo)2d half (21-24)

Ronalr Ward CoE Ann Wellman CoShirley SlatersGlenn A BurnsFred La Raine Co

lat half (25-27)Great JohnsonCaroline Gates CoEd Lee Wrothe CoJimmy Lucas Co(Two to fill)

2d half (28-l>Francis A RosaCoyle A MorrellLeonard A WillardGeo M Roaener(Two to fill)

Johnstown, Pa.MAJESTIC (ubo)(Pittsburgh split)

1st half"M Washington Girls"Hampton A ShrlnerPlplfax A PanloStrand DuoMarvellous Colvllle

Kannna City. Mo.PANTAGES (p)(Sunday opening)

Military El'-ph.-.ntaFrr\nr)<* T*"T1«,»'jlt

John P Wade CoWells Northw'th A M"Smart Shop"

1st halfStafford A IvyWork A OwerCrossman Enterta'sLes CopelandPotter A Hartwell

Maraballtown, la.CASINO (abc)2d half (28-30)

Reml Duo3 Anderson SistersFrank Franc4 BardsLawrence Crane CoMilwaukee, Wla.PALACE (wva)

Kay A BelleMack A MaybelleIZGllAO'Neil A GallagherDrenck's Models(One to fill)

2d halfWanzer A PalmerMystic BirdMae CurtisMcrlan's Dogs(One to Mil)

MlnnenpolioPANTAGES (p)(Sunday opening)

Venetian GypsiesEdna Keeley's ActClaire A AtwoodO'Connor A Dixon(One to fill)

GRAND (wva)Kane A WagnerMme MarlonCosmopolitan 3Sebastian Merrill Co

PALACE (wva)5 VIolen BeautiesDan Ahern1!»17 Girl RevMoore Gardner ft RLeon Sisters Co

MontrealSOHMER PK (ubo)

(Sunday Opening)Aerial ShownCycling McNuttsBarlow's CircusLoula Hardt(One to fill)

ML Vernon. N. Y.PROCTOR'S (ubo)2d hnlf (21-24)

3 Larneda4 Chicks

"THE CRUISE OF THE DOUGHNUT'Written by, Coprlghted by and Presented by

BRADY and MAHONEY

VARlttV 19

Mr InquisitiveBernard ft JanlsJoo TowlePage Hack ft II

Nashville, Ten*.PRINCESS (ubo)(Louisville split)

1st halfJohn OelgerLawrence Rellly CoRay L Joyce CoZelder Cameron Co

New Hares, C«»»BIJOU (ubo)

Four NewsomesRice ft WernerVenlta GouldMusical Britons

2d halfCapes ft SnowGeo HusseyBon VoyageStreet Urchin

8HBRIDAN (ubo)(Johnstown split)

1st half"The Haberdashery"Mabel Harper CoRaymond ft O'ConnorOxford 3Marr ft Evans

PortlaaA, Ore.PANTAOBS (P)

Zartho's DogsAntrim ft ValeThree RomanoffsSchooler ft DickinsonSinger's MidgetsStagpoole ft Spier

HIPP (ah-wva)(24-27)

Blanche LaDuc CoEdna Rlese CoNoble ft BrooksMusical LundsPauline SaxonMennetti ft Sidelll

New Rocaelle. N. Y. Providence, R. I.LOEW EMERY (loew)

Forest A Church Orben ft Dixie

Lew Welch Co Baker ft RogersGallagher ft Martin Elks Trio

2d halt

Duval ft SimonsJos Remington Cojim McWllllams

Norfolk. VsuACADEMY (ubo)

(Richmond split)

1st half

Redding & GrantKlein BrosClark's Hawallans(Two to nil)

Chas Deland CoWilla Holt WakefieldHarms Trio

2d halfNorton ft NobleCook ft TlmponlThe AlibiSmith ft KaufmanGypsy SongstersSheivey Boys

Reno, Nev.T ft D (afth)

_r. (24-26)

N. Yaklml. Wn»*. My ie8 McCarthyEMPIRE (ah-wva) . Lew Fi tzgibbons

(24-25) (27-28)(Same bill P1**"1* Herbert's Seals

Tacoma 28-dU) Cook A OatmanMarie GenaroDae A Melville

Lew HoffmanBijou MissesRoth A RobertsRadium Models

OaklandPANTAGES (P)

Bevan Flint CoQueenle DunedlnFoley A O'Nell

Harlan Knights CoAl Golem Tr

HIPP (ah-wva)Smllette Sisters

The BalkansSkelly ft HaltLeRoy & HarveyFitch Cooper"Fashion Shop"

2d half

Zeb Zarrow TrNelson Sisters

Keane & FoxworthJ C Lewis Jr CoAdolphpLucy Gillette

OvdenPANTAGES (P)

(28-30)

Le Hoen & DuprecceWeber Beck & FBruce Duffett CoAdler A Arklne"Texas Round Up"

Passaic. N. J.

PLAYHOUSE (ubo)

2d half (21-23)Herbert's DorsEvans Zarns & DJohn Le Clair"Ankles"Harmon ft White

Pawtucket, R. I*

SCENIC (ubo) i

Landrey BrosHamilton & BarnesF ft L BruchBlllie Reeves Co

2d halfHcrmer & Hlne

Rlcnsnond, Va.BIJOU (ubo)(Norfolk split)

1st halfGllmore A CastleAuger A King Girls"School Playground"Nellie Allen4 Danubes

Roanoke* Va.ROANOKE (ubo)

Deher A DemmlnErnie A ErnieMosher Hayes A M(Two to fill)

2d halfOnrlSolomlne's DuoFelix A Dawson GirlsBinns ft Burt(One to fill)

SacramentoEMPRESS (afch)(Sunday opening)

Leonard & Louie(Jurrity SistersMorton SistersMonte Carlo 6Dot Marsellllayaski Japs

2d halfVan Pere & Van PereRambler SlatersWalter ft Walter"Cloaks ft Suits"Patrlcola ft MyersLeon & Adeline Sis

Salt LakePANTAGES (p)

Kimiwa JapsKnickerbocker 4Paul Decker CoMarconi' BrosChris Richards"Phun Phlends"

San DlesroPANTAGES (p)

Azard BrosWilton Sis

The BaUniaKoane ft FoxworthNelson 8lsUrsEtude Sextet

CAS iNO ta#l'>(Sunday ope^Tng)

"Fashion Shop"AdolphoZeb Zarrow TrFitch CooperSkeeley A HartLeroy A Harvey

Saa Joae, Gal*VICTORY (ah-wva)

(24-26)Zeb Zarrow TrNelson SistersKeane A FoxworthJ C Lewis Jr CoAdolphoLucy Gillette

Savannah, Ga.BIJOU (ubo)

(Jacksonville split)

1st halfMusical HunteraReed A Ward3 Sully'sBrltt WoodThe Maynards

St LoalaFOREST PK (orph)

Gertrude BarnesChas F SemonHooper A MarburyBenny A WoodsThe 8eebacksEMPRESS (wva)

Valentine A BellWalters A KantorScott A TlerneyFairman A PatrickArco Bros

2d halfThe LarnedsHarry DoxlnBilly S Hall CoBobby A NelsonCasting Lamys

PARK (wva)3 XzylophlendsMildred HaywardWill Stanton CoVan A Belle(One to Jill)

2d halfBroslus A BrownOdonneBert Wainright Co

* Lane A HarperDegnon A CliftonSKYDOME (wva)

Lohse A SterlingLewis A LeopoldMareeno, Nevaro A M

2d halfGerald A GriffinWalters ft KantorVan ft Belle

St. Panl. Minn.PALACE (wva)

Oypsey Meridlth CoFlorence GladioliCol Girl FrolicsTower ft Darrell(One to fill)

2d halfTakoyo TrConnors ft liuychHnyrs ft Ives5 Immigrants(One to fill)

Schenectady, N. Y.PROCTOR'S (uba)(Syracuse split)

Stuart DarrowDobson & RichardsMme Beeson CoCal Boys' Band

2d halfHclene JacklcyMlloKendall's Auto GirlsCal Boys' Band

Scranton, Pa.POLI'S »ubo)

Barbier Thatcher Co 5e ?*.?* ?De,ra Co

, - r, . _* Roach ft McCurdyBernard A Harrington .. Qlrl From A -<iam»

Harry SydellHIPP (a&h)

Johnson ft WellsHowe ft HoweJim Black DuoDouglas Flint CoPollardLuxabbe Dancers

2d halfLeVere ft PalmerG ft K KingMiller Scott ft FRothrock ft McCJradeCarter & WaterAlllston ft Trucco

San FranclacoORPHEUM

(Sunday Opening)Margaret Anglln CoWillie WestonAsahl TroupeJessie Busley CoNorton & NicholsonClifford ft WillisVera Berliner

Ed MortonBreen Family

PhiladelphiaKEITH'S (ubo)

Cross ft JosephineNat WillsJane Connolly CoMaryland SingersStelndel BrosNelson WaringWm Ebs CoNat Nazarro TrRice Elmer & T

GRAND (ubo)The SarvellesBonner ft PowersT P DunnAlda AinsleeDurkin Girls"Mar'd via Wireless"

PlttnhnrahHARRIS (ubo)

The HennlngsBurns & Poran

Frabrlto & BurnsJolly Tars

Shepard & Ray2d half

Kimberly ft ArnoldKitar JapsWyatts LassiesBilly Kltgard

Seattle. Wash.PANTAGES (p)

Will Morris"Mr Detective""Woman Proposes"StuartGreen McHcnry ft D

HIPP (ah-wva)(24-27)

(Same show plnylng "Magazine Girls"

2d hairHarry WatklnsGerald GriffinFields Keane ft WEchoes of B'wayPermaneDon Robert CoSprlnaflcld* MiPLAZA (loew)

Walter HayesClaire A InneaaMllo Belden CoLillian WatsonGeo N Brown

2d halfRevolving CollinsTaylor A FieldsLawrence Gordon CoNorma PhillipsFascinating Flirts

Superior. Win*PALACE (wva)

3 KelleysClifton A CramerJack CaseTom Brown Rev

2d halfGypsey Meridlth CoAlfred TatellHugo Lutgens(One to fill)

Syraeaae* If* Y.TEMPLE (ubo)

(Schenectady split)

"Peacock Alley"MlloWarren ft ConlyHelena JackleyRichards BAM

2d halfHong Kong Mysteries7 BracksAllen A FrancisDobson A RichardsStuart DarrowCRESCENT (ubo)

Tom KumaScott A MarkCoyle A Morrell"Garden of Mirth"(One to nil)

2d halfLawtonApdale's AnimalsChappelle A VldocqMcRae A Clegg

Taeonsa. Wash.PANTAOBS (p)

D'Armour A DouglaaWill A Mary RogersUniversity 4"Hello Japan"AlexandriaWm Schilling CoREGENT (ah-wva)

(24-27)( Same bill playing

8eattle 28-30)Kawana BrosBessie LesterSelble A LllllePrincess KaNewport A StirkR Harrah A Girls

ToledoKEITH'S (ubo)

The HawkinsLa France A KennedyChas Drew CoFrancis P Bent3 Kane Bros

TorontoHIP (ubo)

Wolford's DogsHolden ft GrahamHelen MorettlHoadley Lame .CoWeiser A Reeser"Miss Flirt"

YONOE (loew)fl Imps A GirlGertie DcMlltJones A JohusonFrederick A PalmerFred Weber CoWillie SolarDream Garden

Troy. If. Y.PROCTOR'S (ubo)

(Albany split)

Kendall's OlrlsBurt Johnson CoP J White CoCummlngs A Shelly7 Bracks

2d halfNovelty ClintonsDonald Roberts"Peacock Alley"Lydell A Hlgglns CoPaul Levan A DVancouver. B. C.PANTAGES (p)

Gillespie Girls

James Devlin CoMcDcrmott & Wnllnrc LoV'\K * Lovell

Green Miner * (J PANTAGES (p)

Princess Map>-l!o Co fMir?r»ny o^rj'nij)

Clarence Wilbur Pederson BrosJ ft J GibsonDAVIS (ubo)

Jos Santley CoIrahoff Conn & CoWms ft WolfusRocoley ft YoungApollo TrioCTwo to fill)

KljlynmaStnphf'iis & TTolllsterOleson & Johnson(J Peaches ft Pear

HIPP (a&h»(Sunday opening)

Coscla ft VerdiSmlllette Sisters

Portland 29-30)Floronzo DuoDorothy Hayes CoBeglev A HowlnndWltohine WitchesFiler's NoveltyJohn A West

Spokane, Wash.PANTAGES (p)

Howard Klbel ft H"MiA* Ilamlei"Le!!n ?»;p.w CoSwain's AnimalsKlotz ft Nash

HIPP (ah-wva)Arnold ft Pa*eCruet Kramer ft G*Rodway ft EdwardsFremont Benton CoCAM DunbarFlying Venus

Ed Hlondell CoMiller ft LyieGerard's Monkeys

Victoria. B. C.PANTAGES (P)

AlbertoMile Blanco CoEd F Reynaxd CoDorothy VaughanWill Morrlssey"Honeymoon Inle"

Wnlln Waits. WankLIBERTY (ah-wva)(Same bill playing

N. Yakima 29-30)Musical BlraChadwlck ft TaylorRobey Trio4 Old VeteransLouis LondonFred Zobedle Co

WaaklnjrtoaKEITH'S (ubo)

Nora Bayea"Olrl 1000 Eyes"Avellng A LloydKouns SistersRobinsHlckey BroaGustave (local) .

Sterling A Marguerite

Wlnnloe*PANTAGES (P)

Curzon SisMoran A WelaerDevlne A WilliamsHarry Coleman"Futurestlc Revue'STRAND (wva)

Lockhart A LaddieJAG O'MearaMorgan Fields A 8Oypsle Brigands

2d halfThe OlmsteadsJune Mills CoLillian Stella 8Dunedln DuoWooaaocket* IL I.

BIJOU (ubo)Joe Dealy 81sEd MortonBreen Family

2d halfF A L BruchHamilton A BarnesLandrey Broa

Woreoater, 1

POU'B (ubo)Ruth BuddHarry Cooper CoBon VoyageDean A TateherLowry A Lacey 81s

2d halfVenlta GouldHarry Fine A GirlsPletroHyman Adler CoChlnko A Kaufman

PLAZA (ubo)Jessell A MarlinGeo HusseyFern Blglow A MBuisall A Little

2d halfNelson A CastleRolando Broa"Oh You Devil"Chappell A Trlbbles

PaataALHAMBRA

Orla (dogs)Trio ManettlSamaroff 8Olga MorselllMinstrels ParisiansClovelly OlrlsDarasThe Magleys2 TomboysCarmen vlldesHamamura troupe

Permanent Stock Company ForBroadway.Beauty Secrets Revealed.

If the railroads carry out their threat

to charge for hand-baggage, it's liable

to discourage those people who carrydogs "ad lib" in a tabloid dog house dis-

guished as a handbag.

See that the United States is goingto have thirty thousand airplanes.

Looks like a great chance for acrobatsto volunteer to teach the boys how to

take falls.

We know this is sad news, but the• fact still remains that there would be Alot more war songs written if the song-writers could find a word to rhymewith "khaki."

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TOMMY'S TATTLES.By Thomas J. 'Gray.

Liberty Loan was over-subscribed byone billion dollars. Sound almost like

a "money scene" in a burlesque show.

Headlines You Have No TroubleFinding.

Should Be a Great Season for ShowBusiness.

Managers Find Chorus Girls Scarce.New York As a Summer Resort.Better Movies From Now On.Successor to "Tipperary" Found.Actress to Be Red Cross Nurse.Ground Broken For New Theatre.

Mary had a little voice.She couldn't sing a "R

But now her act's a riot.

She sings about the Flag.

Many hotel managers are going touse girls in their hotels in place ofbell boys. It looks like a big year forice water.

Baseball players look much betteracting as soldiers than they did act-ing as actors.

With everybody planting their ownvegetables in the back yard, those "Youmust have dinner with us invitationsare more dangerous than ever.

The ex-Czar of Russia and the ex-King of Greece would make a gooddouble act. Their opening song shouldbe "Go Away Back and Sit Down."

There's going to be a lot of lonesomeukaleles next season.

ANTS, ENGAGEMENTS

SALE and EXCHANGE

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A NEW PATRIOTIC SONG, "That's Why IWant to Be s Soldier," written by soldier nowin service, will be given you on request. WriteJohn Triesalt, 107 W. 42d St.. New York.

ALLEN SPENCER TENNEY writes the rightsets, sketches, monologues. Don't wish for agood act. Let him write you one. Correspond-ence solicited. 1493 Broadway, New York.

AMERICAN VELVET DROPS » Velvet, Velour,Plush: Painted Drops and Scenery of all kinds.E. A. Price, 407 Gaiety Theatre Bldg., New York,Bryant 8493.

BOOKING FIRST-CLASS ACTS for cabaretsin Atlantic City. BILLY CURTIS (GeneralManager), Broadway Booking Office, GaietyTheatre Bldg., Room 601, New York.

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FOR SALE-ROLL TOP DESK. LIGHT OAK,IN VERY GOOD CONDITION: WILL BE SOLDREASONABLE TO QUICK BUYER. JOHN-SON. VARI ETY, NEW YORK.LADY PIANIST-WISHES ENGAGEMENT

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SOUSRETTE, juit doted with burlesque,wishes to joiti parlftt-r in vaudeville act—FUm-mer engagement. Good singer and dancer.Ethel G ray. Variety, New York.

TEN CHORUS girls of very good appearancefor Atlantic City Review. Walter Windsor, 1531Broadway, New York. Room 406.

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WANTED-A GENTLEMAN'S WARDROBETRUNK; MUST BE IN GOOD CONDITIONAND REASONABLE: IMMEDIATELY.TRUNK, VARIETY, NEW YORK.

WANTED GIRL- Good fancy dancer, cart-wheels, for standard vaudeville act. Bookedsolid. Good salary, wardrobe furnished. Writ*stating height and weight. Miss J. Yorkly,Variety, New York.

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WANTED—Girls for trspez work and iron jaw.Weight about 115 lbs. Willing to travel. WriteAlexander, Apt. 706-300 W. 49th St., New York.

WANTED-THEATRICAL CHILDREN FORSCREEN TEST. BEST PRICES PAID. GOODTALENT. RIVERS. ROOM 203, GAIETY THE-ATRE BLDG., NEW YORK.

WANTED—Two girls who csn hang by teethfor aerial act. Aerial, Variety, New York.

YOUNG LADY-PIANIST WISHES ENGAGEMENT FOR SUMMER; CAN PLAY FOR PIC-TURES OR JOIN ORCHESTRA. MISS E. M.,VARIETY, NEW YORK.

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YOUNG LADY—THOROUGHLY EXPERI-ENCED IN VAUDEVILLE BOOKING OFFICE.CAN TAKE CHARGE OF OFFICE AND BOOKACTS. WISHES POSITION. ALSO STEN-OGRAPHER. MISS E. J., CARE VARIETY,NEW YORK.

ft MOVING PICTURESINCE AND SENNETT BOTH OUT;

W. S. HART ALSO GIVES NOTICE

Likely Trio Absorbed by Paramount and Artcraft. Lynch

Still Uncommunicative and Apparently Anxious to

Retire If He Can Get His Investment Back. RumoredChaplin Will Return to Keystone.

Following the official confirmation

last week that Thomas H. Ince hadwithdrawn from Triangle, it is nowauthoritatively stated Mack Sennetthad also severed his connection withTriangle. i r iW. S. Hart has also given in his no-

tice to Triangle that he would nolonger appear in their productions andis prepared to defend his withdrawalin the courts, alleging breach of con-

tract, claiming his agreement calls for

him to be .directed by Thomas H. Ince,

which is the same point raised byDouglas Fairbanks with respect to D.

W. Griffith, and on which he was sus-

tained by the courts.

Both Ince and Sennett ha^ve beendickering with all the important film

corporations, but it seems to be prac-

tically a certainty both will sign upwith Artcraft, if indeed they have notajready done so.

On Wednesday rumor had it that

Ince had already come to terms withArtcraft to supply them eight features

a year, starring W. S. Hart, to be dis-

tributed on the usual 65-35 basis, withArtcraft advancing the manufacturingcost and guaranteeing a return of

$125,000 on each release, and furnishing

a $560,000 bond to insure the fulfillment

of the agreement. Ince also standsready to make other releases for Art-craft, or any other concern, at the rate

of one a week, by hiring a number of

directors and assuming a personal su-

pervision of the entire output.mFor

such releases he wants a minimumguarantee of $40,000 each, with no obli-

gation on his part to deliver specific

stars.

During the early part of the weekSennett visited the Paramount offices

several times and was in close confer-ence with the powers, with every like-

lihood he would come to some agree-ment. He has been asking a guaranteeof $30,000 apiece for a series of his in-

imitable two-reel comedies.Meantime S. A. Lynch, who secured

control of the Triangle DistributingCorporation, has not been known

#to

say one word for publication. Havingpaid $100,000 for the southern Triangleexchanges, he came north some weeksago and put up $250,000 more for con-trol of the entire distribution, in orderto protect his original investment.That he would gladly quit and returnto his own business if he could get his

money out is no secret to the trade.

Triangle is abandoning its widelyadvertised bonding system for distribu-

tors and is going back to advance de-posits.

One paper this week gave publicationto a rumor Chaplin would return toKeystone at the conclusion of his Mu-tual contract.

BALBOA WITH PARAMOUNT.Something has happened between

the Balboa and Fathe companies overthe release of "Twisted Threads," withBalboa reported as severing all con-nections with Pathe and booking its

new serial, "Twisted Threads," withKathleen Clifford featured, with Para-mount.

. W'ih t!ic withdrawal of the "TwistedThread" serial Pathc got busy Mondayand Tuesday and arranged for anothernew serial to take its place, Pathemaking the subject itself.

Carroll Fleming, former stage man-ager of the New York Hippodrome,has been engaged to direct the new

Pathe . serial, with Sheldon Lewis asone of- the likely principals.

The new Pathe serial will be namedlater and work will be started nextMonday, by which time the entire cast

wiJl . have been engaged. Arrange-ments are under way to rent a floor of

the Norma Talmadge studio.

The taking of the Clifford serial

from Balboa by Paramount means thatParamount has faith that the serial

idea is still worth monkeying with, andwill start a special publicity campaignon the "Twisted Threads" subject.

THANHOUSER LEAVING PATHE.Unless matters can be satisfactorily

adjusted within the next few days theThauhouser Film Corporation will

cease to release any further featuresthrough Pathe, the exchange havingregistered an objection to the qualityof the pictures submitted.The Pathe people, it is understood,

are dissatisfied with the quality andlack of stars in the Thanhouser fea-

tures. The Thanhouser stockholdersare reported to have submited to Pathea proposition to purchase the EdwinThanhouser holdings and put W. £.Shallenberger in charge of future pro-ductions, but this has apparently notbeen favorably received.Emil Chautard, who has been direct-

ing for Thanhouser of late, has with-drawn and signed with Lasky. He will

direct the next picture toT>e filmed byPetrova.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN WRONG?That Charlie Chaplin has been called

a "slacker" by his own English people

in their native land has been an ac-

knowledged fact for some time, but

lately it has been bruited about the

film comedian is also in conflict with

the U. S. authorities.

One story is that Chaplin before this

Government entered the war refused

to pay an income tax on the groundhe was an alien. The Government is

reported to have notified Mutual, whichemploys Chaplin, to withhold the taxfrom the comedian's earnings uponpain of leaving itself liable for theamount.The English War Office is said to

have notified Chaplin to report to his

native colors and Chaplin is reportedto have refused, on the plea he wasout of England and never expected toreturn.

Chaplin is said to have mentionedone evening he intended going toSouth America, that he has his wealthin gold and gold certificates and wasindifferent about appearing before thecamera in future. These remarks aresaid to have been communicated toGovernment officials, with Secret Serv-ice men placing Chaplin under surveil-lance. Officials are reported searchingfor Chaplin's property in safe depositvaults and orders have been issued, it

is claimed, if he should attempt toleave the country.

Chaplin has completed 10 of his 12contracted-for pictures with Mutual.He is prohibited from engaging else-where until the Mutual contract hasbeen fulfilled.

A press announcement sent out this,

week states Chaplin registered lor theselective draft June 5 at Los Angeles.

BID UP LAMBS' PROGRAM.Rivalry or business feeling may have

brought the large price to the Lambs'Club for its autographed program of theGambol last Sunday night at the Man-hattan opera house.When the program was offered for

sale at auction the first bid was $1,000from William Fox. Herbert Brenonmade the next bid, $1,500, when Foxcountered with $2,000, and Brenon, bid-ding $2,100, secured it.

Brenon and Fox were very friendlywhile associated together in the Keller-mann film, "Daughter of the Gods," buthad a falling out after that picture wascompleted, with Brenon leaving Fox,striking out for himself as a picturemaker and director.

WARWICK AND RAPF PART.It was pretty definitely determined

this week that Robert Warwick andHarry Rapf would part company,which would mean the disbanding ofthe Robert Warwick Film Corpora-tion.

There is some likelihood that Pathewill take over the company intact andhave its exchanges handle all futureWarwick releases.

Rapf may also sell his "To-Day"film production to Pathc.

CAST FOR "SEVEN KEYS."The selection of the principals for

the George M. Cohan-Artcraft filmingof "Seven Keys to Baldpate" has beenv riinpU ted ari'l is a* foilnws: GeorgeM. Cohan, Anna Niiison, Mrs. DeWoltHopper, Coreene Uzzell, JosephSmiley, Armand Cortes, G. Warrenlook, Purnell Pratt, Frank Losee,Kric Hudson, Carlcton Macey, PaulKverton, Russell Bassctt.Hugh Ford will direct the picture.

FILM CLUB CHANGES NAME.San Francisco, June 20.

The recently formed Film Club hashad its name changed to the UnitedMotion Picture Industries of NorthernCalifornia and incorporated under thestate laws of California. It is under-stood the organization is endeavoringto raise money immediately to fight anumber of evils which are about toarise and will affect the coast pictureindustry if allowed to go through. Thisincludes the recently defeated state cen-sorship and Sunday closing laws, whichare about to be pressed to the frontagain. At a meeting held last week atTait's, 35 exhibitors and* every regular*releasing exchange man was present.An appeal was made by Leo Steinhardt,former district attorney, relative to pur-chasing Liberty Bonds, his addressmaking a direct bid to the film indus-try.

THE WORM HAS TURNED.Some of the biggest film manufactur-

ers in New York and vicinity are re-ported as not paying standard pricesfor photoplayers, using the alibi that in-

asmuch as the engagement at handwas for some weeks and the makersplanned a wide publicity campaign thatwould give the players a lot of public-ity and that they were getting a fat jobby working for them at a certain salary.A number of well known players in

seeking work returned the info thatthey couldn't afford to live on the lowscale of wages offered.

JOE WELCH POSING.Frederick Chapin, who does feature

film scenario writing on the free lanc-ing plan, has completed the scenario fora picturized version of Joe Welch'splay. "The Peddler," in which Joe will

i')t* seen in his original role. Blache is

making the Welch subject at the So-lax studio and it will be a six-reeledfeature, released on the state rightsplan. Chapin also wrote a special sub-ject, "A Man's Man." The Chapinfilm will be entitled "The Turn of aCard."

PICTUREMEN CO-OPERATING.Albany, N. Y., June 20.

It is learned here today there wouldbe six prominent men in the motionpicture field named on the Governor'sEmergency Committee, which is toform a sort of flying squadron to theState Resource Mobilization Bureau.Those named will be William A. Brady,Richard A. Rowland, Adolph Zukor,P. A. Powers, J. E. Brulatour, andArthur James. The first work of thecommittee will be co-operating withHerbert C. Hoover, who is also a mem-ber of the committee on the food ques-tion.

Washington, D. C, June 20.

Herbert C. Hoover made announce-ment here he had accepted the patrioticoffer of the National Association of theMotion Picture Advertisers to co-op-erate in his nation-wide plan for thesaving of food. Mr. Hoover will dealdirectly with the members of the mo-tion picture industry instead of throughJames R. Creel, which was desired bythe latter.

ILLINOIS BILL KILLED.Chicago, June 20.

The Guernsey bill, which aimed atstate censorship of films, was killed forthe time being when it failed to getfinal action along with other legisla-tion, before the state legislature endedits term on Saturday last.

Therefore censoring of pictures stayswith the officials in the various Illinoiscities which can afford such a bureau.Other cities follow the action of thenational board of censorship.

METRO SIGNS EDITH STOREY.Edith Storey, who has been with the

Vitagraph Company for a number ofyears, has finally been placed undercontract by Metro, after an effort onthe part of the latter lasting over twoyears. Miss Storey has a long termcontract and wili be starred in a num-ber of the super productions whichMetro is to produce.

CAVALIERI WITH FAMOUS.A contract entered into between Fa-

mous Players and Lina Cavalieri callsfor the payment of 13,600 a week fora period of six months to the cele-brated operatic star. She asked $5,000,but the first mentioned figure was final-ly agreed upon.

FOREST HILL LOCATION.Long Island has been the scene of

numerous feature picture cameraing oflate. In and around Forest Hills theEmily Stevens and Ann Murdock com-panies have been taking exterior and in-terior pictures.One scene had Miss Stevens making a

speech in panto on the square at ForestHills, with Christy Cabanne directing.A church wedding scene was enactedfor the Murdock film. Hundreds ofLong Island school children took part.

GIRLS ON STRIKE.Chicago, June 20.

Girls employed as film inspectors in

the various film exchanges have or-ganized a union and last week thoseemployed by Pathe and the World filmwent on strike, asking for a raise ofsalary. They have been earning from$12 to $14 weekly and demand an in-

crease to $17.50. Girls similarly em-ployed in qther exchanges are reportedto have joined the movement. Therewas no disorder.

Frieder Co. Active.The Frieder Film Corporation, of

which Orme F. Dowd is crencral man-ager, is releasing its Orst. Mate rightfeature entitled "A Bit o' Heaven,"which is founded on Kate DouglasWiggin's story, "The Birds' ChristmasCarol." The new company's studioi> at Lankershim, Cal., where it is an-nounced a number of other copyrightednovels are to be picturized.

MOVING PICTURES 21

Work is progressing favorably on the new

Liberty theatre In tho shopping district of

Youngstown, O.

Jules Raucourt has been engaged by Mutual

to play in support of Mary Miles Mlirter on

the coast.

Tom Moore, brother or Owen Moore, has

been engaged as leading man for Constance

Talmarge In her filming of "The Lesson.

The Screen Club Is tendering a dinner and

entertainment to S. L. Rothapfel at the club

headquarters Saturday evening, June -u.

Lew Fields is at work at the Peerless studios

posing for a film version of "The Corner

Grocer," to be Pleased by World Film.

Antonio Moreno, the Vitagraph star who re-

cently signed with Astra, will be one or tho

Htars on the Pathe program.

Stewart Lithgow, who has been handling the

advance duties for "Submarine Eye on Its

southern route, is back on Broadway.

W E. Lusk has been appointed manager of

the Cleveland Exchango for tho Mutual. He

was formerly located in the home office.

Albert Capellanl will direct the Julia Sand-

erson pictures to be screened by Mutual at ttoe

Empire studios.

N. C. Granlund of' the Loew publicity

bureau is south, chaperoning VloJet Mesereau

on a personally conducted tour of tne Loewsouthern vaudeville theatres.

Jury, Ltd., has purchased the United King-

dom rights to "The Whip" for a price said to

be $50,000. Jury, Ltd., Is one of the largest

distributing corporations of London.

William Alexander, who has been one of the

Fox Film Corporation's representatives in

England for the past year, is back in NewYork and will probably be retained in the

New York offices of that concern for the

present.

Arthur Blumenkrohn, business manager for

Superlative Pictures Corp., was in New Yorkthis week, Just long enough to complete

negotiations with Harry Davenport to direct

Irving Cummings in his first release for

Superlative.

"The Mysterious Miss Terry," an adaptation

of Gelett Burgess' story starring Billie Bnrke,

has been completed at the Famous Players

studio under the direction of J. Searle Dawleyand is to be the first of Blllle Burke's produc-

tions to be released by Paramount.

Leon J. Bamburger is not to be__ln__charge

of the export department of Goldwyn Pictures

Corporation, or with the corporation, as an-

nounced In a brief note in certain of the trade

papers. His announcement to that effect waspremature.

The Master Drama Features, Inc., whichproduced "Who's Your Neighbor?" encour-

aged by the demand for its release In the dif-

ferent states, is getting ready to produce an-

other big film, with the scenario cast prac-tically completed this week. The owners of

"Who's Your Neighbor?" "are divided betweentwo decisions—whether to sell the negative or

state right their big picture. In event they

decide on the latter they will place it in theBroadway for a run.

Managing Director Rothapfel, who has beenhighly enthusiastic regarding "Parentage."since he first saw it screened, has booked thatfeature for his Rlalto theatre for tho weekof July 8. This showing will take the place

of a "run" on Broadway, as Mr. Seng be-

lieves that these so-callrd "runs" have lost

their significance.

William Robort Coleman, formerly con-nected with Blograph, Sellg and other wellknown producing organizations, hns been en-gaged to direct the first of six productionsstarring Lois Meredith, and bearing theHtnr's name as the brand of release. Thestory for Miss Meredith hns nlrendy been se-

lected and Mr. Coleman together with MarrelMorhnnge will start work soon.

woman who begins In the gay life of musicalcomedy in New York, undergoes a series of

heart-breaking disillusionments, and finally, as

a Red Cross nurse on the battlefield In Europe,lays down her life in rescuing the woman whohated her worst.

George Terwilliger had a film producingcorporation all formed, with capital assured,and himself engaged as director at a salaryof $500 a week and half the stock. This wasbefore the war broke out, and he had optionalcontracts on Blanche Sweet, H. B. Warner andother film stars. With the U. 8. engaging In

the fray the financial people decided to post-pone operations. Since then Terwilliger hassold his auto.

M. F. Tobias returned this week fromChicago, where he completed arrangementswhereby he will control the state rights salefor the United States and Canada of tensuper-productions to be produced in the westby the Sunshine Film Corporation of Chi-cago, 111. The productions will he of sevenreel length, and will have as their stars wellknown artists of both stage and screen. Thefirst of these will be ready for the tradeabout Sept. IS.

Judging from all indications the Exhibitors'League convention in Chicago is going to beflooded, deluged and swamped with pictureliterature, pamphlets, magailnes, booklets,bulletins, cards, special trade Journal num-bers, press matter, leaflets, circulars, handbills and what not, and if everything geesInto the convention hall that is being plannedthere won't be sitting room for the dele-gates. Last year the delegates received theirdally bundle of nondescript picture literature.

Joe Brandt, general manager of Universal,has been taking the rest cure, but found* It

impossible to find time to devote to the ideaof keeping quiet as a mouse In one of NewJersey's country places. Joe tried it fourdays and then beat It back to New Yorkwhere the noise «f the subway explosions wasmusic to his ears. Joe is getting ready to

make his annual pilgrimage to Chicago forthe League convention next month when heplans to spring a few advertising noveltiesat the Expo.

James Cowen, manager of the Grand, To-ronto, is a practical Joker, and he put overa Joke on Eddie Lester recently that hadEddie beseeching the United States Consul anddivers U. 8. officials to hurry up and extricatehim from the detention camp in Canada.Eddie landed there with "The Submarine Eye"exhibition and Cowen had the authorities putEddie under surveillance and embarrassmentto such an extent Eddie had visions of longconfinement. Cowen forced Eddie to prove hewas an American and Eddie had a high oldtime before he produced the goods. Mean-while Eddie is back on American soil and"The Eye" Is showing up that way with EmllAnkermlller doing the advance and Al. Lau-brey managing. Incidentally Eddie Lester is

praying for the day that Jim Cowen willmake his first trip Into the States.

The World-Picture to be publinhed next will

be Kitty Gordon's "The Beloved Adventuress."Tho play reveals the heart story of a young

NEW INCORPORATIONS.For Sales A Woman's Soul* Iae* Man-

hattan, perform the play of that nameIn motion pictures and theatricals, 600shares common stock, no par value, ac-tive capital $6,000; H. De Forest, J. A.Roberts, P. J. Hogan, 411 W. 46th St.Pandora Producing; Co., lac., Manhat-

tan, operate theatres, $10,000; E. B. Sla-dell, B. Perkins, J. J. Lawrence, Jr., 2Rector St., New York.Mary's Ankle Co., Inc., Manhattan,

produce the play "Mary's Ankle" in mo-tion pictures, $6,000; A. H. Woods, M.Herman, R. I. Kohn, 236 W. 42nd St.,New York.

CINCY SCREEN LEAGUE.Cincinnati, June 20.

The Cincinnati Screen League of theChamber of Commerce ha9 been organ-ized with the following officers: Wil-liam C. Culkins, president; Mrs. ElmenG. Laurence, first vice-president; S. W.Hatch, second vice-president; Mrs.Clarence Mack, third vice-president; A.Ci. Hctteshcimer, fourth vice-president;Mrs. John Withrow, correspondingsecretary; IT. Serkowich, recording sec-retary and treasurer.

UNTRUE PRESS YARNS.Tom Moore, the most eminent member of

the popular quartet of brothers, all of whomare familiar to picture fans, will next ap-pear as leading man for the new Lewis J.

Selsnlck star, Constance Talmadge. MissTalmadge's first Selznlck-Picture Is "TheLesson," under the direction of CharlesCTlblyn.

In the course of the picture Mr. Moore Is

called upon to operate a soda fountain, andserve Miss Talmadge and others with pala-table beverages, which they drink in full

view of the audience. This suggests twostories which the press agent did not write,a* follows

:

"As Mr. Moore was required to make drink-able soda water In his role In 'The Lesson/the forthcoming Selznlck-Picture, starringConstance Talmadge, and being such an artistthat he always masters all details of a part,no matter what the cost, this popular playerarranged with the manager of theFountain to take a position behind the syrupbottles for two days last week. The Inci-dent was wrecked, however, when a youngwoman friend of Mr. Moore's happened inand recognized him. She phoned all her friendsand the store was so mobbed by matinee girlsthat the manager had to fire his new help,to save his shop from being demolished."And the other unwritten story Is

:

"In order to make the soda water sceneperfectly realistic In 'The Lesson/ the forth-coming Selznlck-Picture, starring ConstanceTalmadge, directed by Charles Olblyn, froma story by Virginia Terhune Van De Water,an expert mixer of soft drinks was engagedto coach Tom Moore, the popular JUventleleading man who plays opposite Miss Tal-madge in the picture. (Note: The above sen-v

tence> Is not to be construed as suggestingthat Mrs. Van De Water is an expert mixerof soft drinks.) When the mixer arrived atthe studio, however, he was unable to makegood, as Director Olblyn, always alert forthe latest Ideas in settings, had Installed afountain with an eccentric propeller shaft, aself-starter, a new-fangled gas-saver and aNo. 7 periscope. The mixer, unused to any-thing later than a 1917 model, resigned andwent back to Flatbush. So the scene washeld up two days while Mr. Moore took cor-respondence lessons in soda-Hinging by tele-graph, from the manufacturers of the con-traption."

Neither of these stories is true, except thepart about "The Lesson" being the first ofthe Selznlck-PIctures starring Constance Tal-madge, directed by Charles Olblyn, from astory by Virginia Terhune Van De Water.

Besides Mr. Moore, In the supporting castare Herbert Heyes, Walter Hlers, JosephSmiley, Lillian Rambeau, Dorothy Oreen,Christy Walker, and the customary "others."

LONG JUMPS TO GOLF.The frequent business trips to New

York, made by Aaron Jones, of Chi-cago, have been often disturbed this

year so far by golf engagements madeby Mr. Jones in his home town. Hehas left Chicago on a Wednesday, ar-

riving in New York Thursday and be-ing obliged to leave Manhattan Sat-

urday to play golf in Chicago Sun-day. Mr. Jones left New York last

Saturday to make the golf course atthe other end of the 20th Century, onSunday.The Jones firm (Jones, Linick &

Schaefer) has picked up a selected as-sortment of feature films for the cur-rent and coming season. Mr. Jonestook all the big ones of merit whilein New York. He says there is nomoney in any but the best and thebiggest.

BIG HOUSE CUTS TO FIVE CENTS.Seattle, June 20.

The Colonial theatre, at Westlakeand Fourth streets, seating 1,500, witha pipe organ, orchestra, uniformedushers and first run pictures, has cutits admission price to five cents.

Last week the house put up one ofthe most attractive electrical signs in

the city.

The Colonial is said to be the besttheatre on the Coast with a 5c admis-sion charge.

COAST PICTURE NEWS.By GUT PRICM.

Players at the Keystone studio are con-siderably "up In the air" as a result of theunsettled conditions caused by the troublebetween Mack Sennett and the Triangle. Con-tracts which expire In July havo not been re-newed and the holders of same have receivedno word from the chief. Consequently manyof the actors expect to be let out.

Geno Crosby entertained twenty-five friendsat her bungalow last week. Miss Crosby hasresigned as leading woman at the Horsleystudio.

Harry McCoy has leased a bungalow wherehe holds open house nightly.

Constance Crawley and Arthur Maude willproduce pictures on their own hook. Theyhave just completed the organization of aproducing company and are now looking fora studio site.

Vola Vale has attained a cherished am-bition—last week she was chosen to pose fora series of Fashion Show pictures.

Ruth Stonehouse has reached the stage ofaffluence whereby she drives her own auto-mobile.

Dot Farley Is now playing In SunshineComedy.

Alfred Vosburgh will remain with theVitagraph as permanent lead with Mary An-derson. Will tarn Wolbert is directing thepair.

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A couple of hundred Incevllllans met Will-iam S. Hart at the depot when the latter ar-rived Monday, completing his tour of theUnited States. The cowboys vied with a brassband in making it a noisy welcome for thestar. Later in the evening at Clune's Audi-torium Hart appeared on the stage and ad-dressed three thousand people who gatheredto see his latest release.

William Duncan has set a record at theVitagraph studio for taking the most num-ber of good scenes In the least possible time.Mr. Duncan left the studio at 5 A. M.,motored to Elisabeth Lake. 100 miles distant,and returned at P. M., having "shot" thirty-six big scenes In the day.

Colin Campbell, the Sellg director, has re-turned from Chicago.

Ora Carew and Walter Wright have re-signed as leading woman and director ofKeystone.

Frltzl Drunette has started upon her firstpicture under her new Sellg contract.

Jack Plckford and Olive Thomas, the lat-ter who for several seasons was the queen ofthe Zlegfeld "Follies," are reported to havebeen married In January. Miss Thomas de-nies the report, but with a twinkle In hereye she admits her contract with Trianglecontains a clause that she must not get mar-ried or announce a marriage during the Iffeof the agreement.

Anita King Is back from the east.

Tom Oarrlty. the Paralto scenario writer,has brought his family from New York.

Arthur Statter, who has been doing pub-licity for Universal, has been promoted tothe scenario department.

Hernard McConvllle is writing exclusivelyfor the Franklyn brothers at Fox.

Mary Plckford is Aiming In San Francisco.

Douglas Fairbanks took a run up to theYosomlto last week.

William IT. .Clifford will start work produc-ing within a few days. He Is now selectinghis cast for tho first feature under the W. II.Clifford photoplay brand.

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Here is one of the best pictures that hasbeen released on the Metro program In sometime. Not only that, but from an Interestingstory and comedy standpoint It is one of thevery best features that has been marketed In

a long, long time. Harold Lockwood is thestar of the feature and he Is giving one of thobest performances that he has had screened in

considerable time. From this rare you canrondlly s«>o it If undoubtedly some picture.it is just that and then oome. Toe picturewas produced by the Yorke, directed by FredJ. IJalshofer from the novel entitled ''TheHaunted Pajamas," by Francis Perry Elliott.The photography was achieved by AntonioGuudio. In the first place "The HauntedPajamas" Is a different type of a picture, adeparture in direction and distinct In Itsclass. It 1b one of those comedies which oneusually sees on the stage and all of the stageIdeas of having the audience in on the secretand those portraying the characters In thedark, are employed and to such effectthat the audience will howl continually at thecomplications which arise during the enact-ment of the story. The audience is not asked

The Photoplay that Startled

N. Y. Dramatic Critics

"One is appalled by so much cleverness. . . . 'COME THROUGH'is all that is claimed for it—and then some. Audience kept on edges of•eat. for two hours."—NEW YORK "TRIBUNE."

"The Universal came through last night with 'COME THROUGH,' athrilling seven-reel drama with a punch and dash that should make it ahuge success."—NEW YORK "WORLD."

"Remarkably thrilling—wonderfully entertaining—the best suspensedrama New York has seen in years, not forgetting a charming love storyentwined throughout."—"Z1T," NEW YORK "JOURNAL."

"At the Broadway Theatre the latest and best crook play of thefilms is 'COME THROUGH.' It fairly vibrates with thrills."-NEW YORKEVENING "TELEGRAM."

"Vivid and thrilling screen story."—NEW YORK EVENING"WORLD."

"COME THROUGH" is George Branson Howard's greatest thriller,done in seven magic reels of the tensest kind of drama action you'veever witnessed on any screen.

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State Rights sale for "COME THROUGH" openedMonday, June 18th. Territory will be sold fast whenState Rights men SEE THIS PRODUCTION WITHTHEIR OWN EYES.

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to accept the absurdities of the tale as tnetruth. There is a tit's which makes plainthe fact that the picture about to be wit-nessed Is to be a battle between old KingFiction and Plain Truth, and then the "dirtywork" begins. The notion revolves about apair of beautiful silken pajamas which aresent to a New York clubman from a friend InChina. The pajamas are pink in color, butonce donned and a certain string tied thepajamas turn black and the wearer assumesthe shape of one who has previously wornthem. The clubman tries them on, not know-ing their uncanny properties, and assumes theform of the old Chinese conjurer who con-ceived them. Later a youth wears them andtakes the form of a girl, a fat man turns outto be a double for a hunted murderer and soon, and the complications pile up constantlyuntil an authority on Oriental subjects turnsup and relates the true story of the pajamas.This cleans up the mystery, but the youngclubman wins the hand of the girl, who ap-pears In the pajamas when the youth ties thestring and all ends happily. There Is somevery clever photography In the dissolves andthe direction Is flawless. As a feature "TheHaunted Pajamas" Is the goods with a capi-tal O. Fred.

MADCAP MADGE.Madge Flower Olive ThomasEarl Denham.. Charles OunnJuMa Flower Dorcas MatthewsMrs. Flower.. Aggie HerringCharles Lunkln Jack LivingstonEarl of Larsdale J. Barney SherryMr. Flower J. Frank BurkeLetltia Jane Adams Gertrude ClaireThe first of the Trlangle-Ince-Kay Bee fea-

tures starring Olive Thomas, the former Zleg-feld "Follies" beauty, variously reported asabout «.© marry or married to Jack Plckford.In making her screen debut Miss Thomas doesnot display any great promise" of ever reallyhitting the top of the ladder In popular favor.This is just as much due to the story Inwhich she Is presented as to her own lack ofhistrionic ability to create an Impression."Madcap Madge" was written by R. CecilSmith, who evidently Intended It for acomedy, but it fell snort of his Intentions,even though they were good. The picture wasdirected by Raymond W. West, and with thematerial he turned out a fairly good Him.The tale revolves about the Flower family,a banker- father, socially ambitious mother,matrimonially Inclined eldest daughter andthe madcap, wbo is away at boarding schoolat the opening of the story. The boardingschool is an opportunity for the director toring in the old maidish appearing principal,the girl students having a pajama party, andthe girl's gym. Mr. West didn't overlook asingle one, and they are Just as common-place as they have been In scores of featuresin the past. The madcap, played by MissThomas, is finally dismissed from the schoolfor her pranks and goes Jo Palm Beach,

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where her mother and older sister are win-tering, in the hope that the eldest girl maycapture a title. When she appears on thescene the madcap is forced to assume theclothes of a girl of 14 with her hair downher back, because sister is afraid someonewill discover her peal age and thus kill herchances In the marriage market. Finally Bothof the girls win husbands, the madcap se-curing a young man who Is holding herfather's notes and saving the day for thefamily. "Madcap Madge" Is Just a light,frivolous tale. Fred.

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"FIRES OFREBELLION"

WITHLon Chaney and Wm. Stowell

The Dramatic Story of a CountryGirl's Perils In a Great CityDirected by IDA MAY PARK

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A ROADSIDE IMPRESARIO.Giuseppe Francninl <i

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Francesca Francbinl JoaetlMelJl"e

Adelaide Vandegrift Ju»» ***•J. Stewart Vandegrift Harry Da Vera

Craig Wlnton "*rri,0S \£i

John Slade -Fred Huntley

Glbbs, the butler ..W. A. C*rron

Lizzie Cosgrove Adele K»rrln«ton

Bruno, the bear By nimeeir

The Pallaa (Paramount) feature, "A Road-

side Impresario." at the Rialto thta weekstars George Beban, who wrote the tory.

which is directed for the screen by Donald

Crisp. While the slides say it Is an original

story, and no doubt it is. still the plot rune

so closely to what might be expected In anovel that the theme lacks the essence or

originality, creation, and aa pictured li

merely an old tale told In a new way. Most

of the new tales, however, are In the nameclass. The Beban picture Is interesting

enough, and has a touch of comedy, with the

usual Beban pathos, making a nice weekly

release that will bring neither recommenda-tion nor condemnation. Mr. Beban adds someglory to his record, as the trainer of a bear,

and the other roles are capably filled, with

Mr. Crisp in the direction displaying anacute if not intimate famllarlty with late

hours at road houses. The opening scenes at

Rumble Inn, near Monterey, where Glbbs, the

butler, and Lizzie Cosgrove are winding upthe night, were expertly staged, in Olbbs andLizzie pantomlmlcally expressing they wereall in, without falling all over the place. Thebear proved quite some actor, and just howthe animal so easily adapted himself to Mr.Beban for the picture's run might be a point

worth dwelling upon In the press matter. In

the* picture Beban is a road traveler with hiB

trained bear. The story centres in Mon-terey, where there is a contest on for the

mayoralty. Craig Wlnton is running on the

reform ticket, pledged to close Rumble Inn,

if elected. Opposed Is the editor of a local

paper, John Slade, who owns Rumble Inn.

Winton Is engaged to Adelaide Vandegrift,

daughter of a magnate with a bug for bees.

Slade frames Wlnton, through having Liszle

Coflgrove make a phony fall on the street,

and Wlnton's butler. Glbbs. with his master,carry the woman into the house, when, aaWlnton is seated beside her, she suddenlythrows her arms around the next Mayor anda flashlight gets the picture, which Blade's

paper publishes the next morning. Liszle,

however, before entering Into the frame, de-

manded a written guarantee of payment fromSlade, which he gave, she returning it to himthe next night while the conspirators wereseated In a side room at Rumble Inn. Beban 's

bear, In their travels. Invaded Vandegrlft'sgarden, overturning the bee hives and causingthe arrest of itself and Its trainer. A Judgesent the bear to jail for 10 years In defaultof $100 to pay the damage. In looking aboutto secure the money to pay the fine, thetrainer obtained* a Job as kitchen help at

Rumble Inn. Hence he secured Lizzie's halfburned agreement and turned it over to MissVandegrift, which vindicated Winton andbrought to light that his fiance was the ani-

mal trainer's daughter, lost to him in Italy

10 years before (as also pictured on thescreen). The girl's foster father persuadedGiuseppe to keep on traveling without Inter-

fering with his girl's happiness, and he did,

the last thing shown on the screen being thebear and his partner walking toward the set-

ting sun. There is some comedy in the beehive scene and some more vainly attemptedby the Italian's broken English on the cap-tions. Bime.

WILD AND WOOLLY.Jeff Hllllngton Douglas FalrbeoktNell Larrabee Eileen PercyHis father Walter Bytell

Hllllngton s butler Joseph SingletonHotel keeper Calvin CarterBanker Forest SeaburyLawyer J. W. JonesPedro Charles StevensSteve Sam de GrasseEngineer Tom Wilson^Douglas Fairbanks in his second "per-

sonally supervised" Artcraft productidn,"Wild and Woolly," by Anita Loos, directed byJohn Emerson, to be released June 24, is ariotously successful entertainment. If thelaughter it elicited from the trade paper re-

viewers at a private projection room showingcan be taken as a criterion. It is a typicalFairbanks role, provided one can stretch one'simagination to the point where "Doug" will

be accepted as a grown up young man—theson of a New York millionaire—who believesthe west Is still Infested with train robbers,stage coaches and every hour shooting affrays.But as It is farcical entertainment pure andsimple, the depletion of a young man still

carried away with dime novel ideas must beoverlooked. Then It Is redeemed by the farcedeveloping into the real thing and the en-thusiastic young easterner becomes a genuinehero, performing such stunts as lassooing abad man escaping on horseback and firingInnumerable revolver shots without ever hit-

ting the hero. You've got to laugh when thehero rides Into the midst of a bunch of

drunken Indians, swings the girt on the backof his horse and makes a getaway withoutbeing shot. The plot to the flve-reeler Is thstthe boy's father sends him west to Investi-

gate a railroad proposition, and the nstlves,

anxious to show him a good time, transformtheir ordinarily peaceful little village Into alawless community, loading the youth's gunswith blank cartridges and permitting him to

Are away at any and everything. It is all so

utterly absurd that you must laugh In spite

of yourself. And then, having done so, andcome to a realization that you "fell for" It, It

dawns upon you that you've enjoyed) a verypleasant Innocent hour, in spite of your-self. And that being so. It's a good picture.

Jolo.

THE LITTLE ORPHAN.Rene Lescere Ella HallEmmellne Warren Gertrude AsterMrs. Billy Hardwlck Qretchen LedererDavid Clark Jack ConwayDick Porter Richard Le RenoJerry Mathers George WebbHenri Pelour George HuppJean Bourget /S

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I Ernie Shields

It's a Bluebird, with Ella Hall featured Inthe stellar role. The story Is along the linesTwenty-One," and has Miss Hall acting the

Sart of the miss, who growing from childhoodrought out In stage form In 'When We Were

to a charming young woman nnally marriesthe man who took her under his wing whenshe came Into the United States via BillsIsland. Miss Hall Is Rene Lescere, who withtwo other orphans, made parentless by thewar, come to this country to find new homes.Three bachelors adopt the kids, the girl go-ing to David Clark, while the two boys aretaken In charge by Dick Porter and JerryMathers. It is quite a long story, with muchplay at comedy during the childhood days ofthe orphans, a goat and two kids furnishingseveral scenes that drew intermittent laugh-ter. The subject is pretty tame, althoughwell connected. The film has some hand-some women In it. Miss Hall and Miss Asterbeing splendid film types. Miss Hall in par-ticular cameras well and makes her "close-ups" far more attractive than many otherfeminine screen stars. She Is a comely miss,handles herself well, and In the "Little Or-«han" makes herself liked by her winsomerays and unaffected acting. The mala roles

are In the main capably handled, althdughno great action Is required of them. The kidtypes were not exactly true to the nationality.There Is good atmosphere to the picture andwhile It never makes any long leaps Into themeller division It weaves a nice little storythat has a pleasant finish. The film can goInto any neighborhood and please, althoughIt Is not as vigorous a feature as one mightwish for. Mark.

£THIS IS THE WAYTHE SUBMARINEIMPRESSED THE DAILYNEWSPAPER CRITICS

EVENING MAIL: The picture aroused enthusiasm.Sully the motion picture novelty of the Summer

ZIT. m THE EVENING JOURNAL: If you like

thrill* and heart-throbbing moment*, you are going

to get them in bunches. Needless to say, I im going

to aak you to go and see Ik

EVENING WORLD: One of themoet thrilling epectacles shown in

motion picture*. Bank* with theuper-featuree previously playedat the Liberty.

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AND HERE IS THEUNANIMOUS PRAISEVERDICT OF THE TRADEPRESS REVIEWERSADAM HULL SHIRK le N. Y. DRAMATICMIRROR: The story is plausible, and extremely

thrilling. Will constitute one of the most profit-

able State right pictures that ha* been produced

in a long time. It can conscientiously be recom-

mended a* a genuine novelty.

EXHIBITORS' TRADE REVIEW: "The Sub-marine Eye" undoubtedly rivals many of the

present day output In Its tense dramatic action

and well defined thrills. Will receive hearty sup-

port from the picture-going public. Exhibitors

will find It a meritorious release.

TRIBUNE: This new submarinestory 1* so far ahead of anythingwhich has gone before It thatthere is no comparison.

MORNING 8UN: "The Subma-rine Eye" pack* a big punch.Worthy of Individual Investiga-tion. The sudlence was stirred

fathoms deep.

BROOKLYN EAGLE: The story Is grip-

ping in It* tensest moment*, and is anexample of the wonders and terrors ofocean depths. Is well worth seeing.

EVENING POST: It Is an excellent

photoplay.

N. Y. TIMES: A thrilling sea tale.

An interest-compelling picture. Beauti-ful photography to recommend It. '

N. Y. WORLD: This new submarinephotoplay may be ranked among thebest pictures yet produced. The filmis certainly well worth seeing.

N. Y. AMERICAN: A* full of gla-mour as "Treasure Island." Clever,

unusual. Intensely Interesting picture.

EVENING SUN: Combines very hap-pily entertainment and instruction of auiuQue variety.

ROB REEL. CHICAGO AMERICAN: Goes one betterthan "2U.0U0 League*"—It's a Daredevil Thriller.

W. K. HOLLANDER, CHICAQO DAILY NEWS: Romantic blending of Stevenson and Verne—Photography a joy.

MAE TINEE. CHICAGO TRIBUNE: If you are not fas-cinated, i miss my guess—an intricate piece of workbeautifully done.

KITTY KELLY. CHICAGO EXAMINER: A regular grown-up fairy tale—warmly recommended for a refreshing twohours.

LOU ELLA 0. PARS0N8. CHICAGO HERALD: Forgetyou are a grown-up and go see it.

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N. Y. CLIPPER: Action—plentiful.Continuity — excellent. Huspen**— in-

tense. Detail—superb. Atmosphere—excellent Photography — magnificent.

Box-offlo* value—the full run.

BILLBOARD: Without a Saw: It grips

and thrill*: it please* and satisfies.

It should prove a box-offlo* magnet of

the highest calibre. Exhibitors who fall

to book it are not playing fair with

themselves or their patron*

MOTOGRAPHY: Ha* about all that

Is required to keep It* audiences In aperpetually Interested state. It oughtto make a great 8tate right* proposition.

VARIETY: Very effectively Vsuallxed.Certain to attract Interest no matter

In what part of the world it la shown.

JOSEPH L. KELLEY Im MOTION PIC-TURE NEWS: It* action is strong butsimple—simple because the simple ha*been made impressive without the "blareof trumpet*." Its continuity reaches

the nth power of perfection. Dull mo-ment* are conspicuous because of their

absence.

N. Y. DRAMATIC NEWS: Held audience completelyunder it* spelL

N. Y. TELEGRAPH: These wizards of the picture In-dustry have produced the eighth wonder of the world.

. . . Timely, a big drawing card, a genuine noveltyIn theme and photography.

EXHIBITORS' HERALD: The Williamson Brothersscored a scientific, entertaining money-making hit

N. Y. REVIEW: The story Is one of the most fsadnat-Ing and dramatic ever conceived, and Is developed witha keen eye to sustaining the suspense.

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24 FILM REVIEWSPAWS OF THE BEAR.

liny F.ourko William DesmondOIk* lU.ralnotT Ciar«. vVllllanioBoris Drakoff Robert McKimCurt Schrelber Wallace Worslcy(Jeneral von Mlttendoff Charles FrenchAnother story of the war and Its attendant

Intriguo in which the secret agents of the

diplomatic corps of the various nations play

important roles is all that "Paws of theHear" carries as a feature picture. J. O.Hawks wrote It for the Trlanglc-Incc-KayDee people and it was directed by ReginaldDarker, who turned out a very convincingpicture, as far as It goes. Tho opening tworeels are laid In Belgium at the time the Ger-man hordes swept through the country ontheir way to Paris. In a little Inn a Russiangirl Ih hiding and she takes a chance shot atone of the Oerman generals and kills him.In the same inn there Is a young American.He and the girl are captured and orderedshot. At the crucial moment an aeroplanedrops bombs on the Germans and they re-treat, leaving the girl and boy together.Months later they are destined to meet again.This time the young American Is helping ayoung Austrian, a former college chum, whohas dispatches to deliver to the United States.He Is being followed by Russian secret serv-ice men, and Olga, who was with the Ameri-can In Belgium, is one of tho operatives. Sheand the American meet on shipboard andthere Is a happy culmination of the romancewhich began in front of a firing squad. TheAmerican promises the girl if she will marryhim he will not be instrumental in deliver-ing the dispatches in question and- will in-form her where they are three days after thewedding ceremony. When the time comes it

Is discovered the dispatches are safely ontheir way to Washington and that they con-tained nothing that would injure the cause ofRussia. A weak story, the punches comingearly In the picture, the Interest not beingsustained to the finish. t'red.

COME THROUGH.VYIiimi (lay Alice LukeA nine viuiK (Jcorgc WebbMrs. Sylvester Van Keek lean HathawayMuck Unsay Roy StewartMrs. Stoat Murgarct Whistler.lames Harrington Court .. Herbert RuwlinsonBosh" McC.lnnis William C. Dyer.John Lysaght Charles HIM Malles

l'p to "intermission." Ingeniously arrangedlong before the seven-reel feature, "ComeThrough," was half over, very little happenedthat would give anyone tho Impression thatIt was other thnn a good program picture,well acted, directed and photographed. Who-ever Is responsible for such a state of affairs

has a sense of dramatic values. The char-acters wero introduced, properly and un-mistakably labeled, and a conventionally regu-lation plot was revealed—that of a mine-owner who struck 'it rich In Montana, comingeast, meeting the Roclety girl who wants to

marry him for his money, and awaking to

the fact that she loves another. You say toyourself, "Oh shucks, ho"s going back to thewest and marry the hotelkceper's daughterwho waits on the table," only up to thattime no waitress has been Introduced In theplay. Then things begin to happen. It is theday before tho wedding. The girl loves an-other man who, however much he reciprocates,prefers to marry a rich widow rather thanto go to work. The westerner, looking out ofhis window, sees his fiancee leave* a note in

a tree. He reads It and finds that she de-sires to meet the other man at ten that night.

He sees the back of the man ns he comes forthe note. That night a swell crook entersthe house, and the westerner, believing it Is

the secret sweetheart of his fiancee (they areabout the same size and height), at the pointof a gun compels the burglar and hisfiancee to marry. Immediately you Bay .the

situation is Impossible for the reason thereIs no license, and that even - if it was per-missible without a license It could beannulled on the ground of duress. You also

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object to the girl leaving the house with theburglar-lover, a total stranger. But youmust remember nhe Is proud and hurt, not to

say bewildered. The burglar Is a gentleman

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that is, he Is the hero. He takes her to herlover, who Is attending a party at tho widow's,(firl tells the story and the former loverwelches, saying he can't help, Burglar wal-lops him in the Jaw and takes the girl homewith him. Says to his wife: "I'll turnsquare. You were wished on me, but anytime I'm In tho way say the word and you'refree." He goes straight but is hounded by acouple of plain-clothes men. Through anhonest alderman they secure a Job as "so-ciety dancers" in a swell cabaret, and dowell. The westerner sees them and meantimehas found out that he made her marry thewrong chap. He goes to their home, tells thegirl of his mistake, that he still loves andwants her and that he'll buy off the otherfellow. Husband enters and orders west-erner out. Husband is- told by westerner hecan either take cash for his wife or face aten year stretch for some previous "Job."(ilrl's aunt pleads with her to accept the richwesterner's proposition, etc. Political com-plications then creep In, counterplot aftercounterplot arises, and It winds up with acorking free-for-all scrap In which the west-erner, finding how game the youn? crook Is,

joins in and takes his end. The clinch findsthe crook In bed, bandaged but happy, his girlwife looking Into his eyes, and the westernerheaded for back home in Montana. Perhapsyou could tear this yarn apart as inconsistentin many spots, but why do so? What goodwould that do you? If, being "wise," even youare absorbingly entertained by it, ask yourselfhow it will strike the average picture patron.The story is by George Bronson Howard, di-rected by Jack Conway. Universal Is themanufacturer. Jolo.

COMMUTING.This is another of the series of Victor

Moore starring comedies that are beingmarketed through the Paramount by KleverKomcdles. It Is a continuation of the talcthat was started In the extremely funny"Bungalowlng" story that was turned out byTommy Gray. This follow-up was written byHex Taylor, and while It Is not quite en-tirely as humorous as the release immedi-ately preceding it, still it holds many alaugh. Moore seems to improve in his workright along, and in this release ho gets laughafter laugh on his individual efforts. Thefamily are still down at Bentwood when thepicture opens. In fact it is the second dayof their stay there. They have managed to

g"t partially settled and tho opening scene

shows them gathor for the breakfast meal.

There ure a few laughs here. Later hubbystarts to catch the train for the city. Hemanages to locate tho Btation with the aid of

a map, but arrives Just In time to miss the

only truin of the day. and then starts to hoof

it to town to the office. When he gets there

he discovers he has arrived Just as the last

man is leaving. It is the first Saturday in

Juno unci the beginning of the half holiday

period. Then he puts in a stretch of time

at shopping and gets back to the station to

miss the last train until night back to Ills

homestead. But carrying all his bundles hebravely sets out to hit tho home stretch. Ahand car is finally . sed as a means of loco-

motion, and when it gets to Bentwood it runsright off the track and smack up the roadinto the bungalow, knocking the stove fromIts moorings and setting the place on fire.

When the shack is burnt to the ground the

tag is pulled by Moore to the effect that the

Joke is on the agent, for there have beenbut two $1 payments made on the house.

Fred.

THE FRAME-UP.Jeffrey Claiborne William Russell

Avery Claiborne Harvey ClarkMother Molr Lucille WardJane Anne Francella Blllington

I'.ud Yeager Alfred FergusonJim Vance Charles NewtonMichael Broderick Clarence BurtonAmerican (Mutual) has turned out a cork-

ing five-reel comedy melodrama in "TheKrnme-l'p," with William Russell playing oneof thoso Douglas Fairbanks-George Walshcharacters that calls for the knocking down of

innumerable gangsters, etc. Russell has therole of a millionaire's son with nothing to dobut enjoy himself, so by the way of diversionhe decides to go to work. His doting fathersuggests he take a desk in his office, but Rus-sell says ho wants something in it with a"kick." While out driving with his fatherhe rescues a girl from a lascivious chauffeur.She Is the daughter of a woman who owns anumber of taxlcabs, and believing the youthIs a chauffeur, offers him a job. He is stuckon the daughter and accepts the position byway of a huge lark, w.hlch involves him in

a number of underworld complications, fromwhich he emerges triumphant and wins thegirl In the guise of a poor man. The melo-dramatic portion is breezily told In a comedyway, with a corking free-for-all scrap. Thescenario Is as good as most of the Fairbanksreleases and capably acted and Intelligentlydirected. As a program picture It ranks high.

Jolo.

B. A. ROLFE presents

The Exquisite

EMMY WEHLENin

"THE TRAIL OF THESHADOW"

5 Acts of METRO wonderplay di-

rected by Edwin Carewe forming aNew Triumph for the fastest risingstar in pictureland.

Releasedn:rTrPn9#

July 2ndPiCTfiPES

FILM REVIEWS 25

HATE.Ruth Shelton Adelaide HollandJack Bradley Morgan JonesTom Lelghton Norman AcnerHoward Bradley Jack McLeanBig Jim Garvan T. Henderson MurrayMay Garvan Mae MacAvoy"Hate," a Beven-reeled dramatic feature,

bearing the trade-mark of the Falrmount

Film Corporation, the picture being presented

by William A. Mooncy and Robert Boiling,

was given a private showing In the Rlalto's

projection room Wednesday afternoon. "Hate"

was written by J. Walter Meade and directed

by Walter Richard Stahl. The cameramanwas Robert Courdet, formerly with Pathe, and

his work throughout should help the feature

bring back some of the money invested in the

film. On "exteriors" In particular Courdet

has done himself proud, and some pretty, ex-

quisite and picturesque views of Georgian

outdoors are realistically produced by Cour-

det's lens. "Hate" is not a story out of the

ordinary, but Is pretty well told In the Fair-

mount production. Meade's story deals with

the illegitimate birth subject and shows howhate Is bred through a lack of the properparental responsibility. This "hate" naturallybegins when the betrayed girl, about to bringa life into the world, tells the man responsiblefor her condition, and he In turn casts heraside to get along as well as she can, and this"hate Inbred" leads to deliberate and premed-itated murder by the offspring when he learnsthe real state of his birth. A girl goes wrongand becomes the mother of an Illegitimatechild, both being taken to heart and homelater by a good man who not only loves thewoman sincerely, but knows the conditionssurrounding her earlier life. All goes welluntil tho boy grows up and his real fathercomes into his life and he up and kills himin cold blood. The boy Is acquitted by Jurytrial and, strange to say, the fact that hismother was the wife of a newspaper editorrunning for the senatorship girdle and whosefoster father was stripping a political giant ofhis power, said political chief being none otherthan the father of the girl be loves, did notkeep tho editor man from being elected. Fromtime to time the photography shows somebeautiful Southern scenes wherein a youngcouple are Been enjoying the quietude andgrandeur of the atmosphere, the canoeingscene, however, giving the picture a chanceto make a hero out of the boy by rescuing thegirl of his dreams. Some trifling flaws in thefilm may pass unnoticed by the onlookers asa whole, but they are not serious enough tohinder the effect of tho story. The politicalboss at times gains ensy nceess to the honit;of the newspaper man he has sworn to re-venge himself upon, and when election timerolled around the man who was elected spenthis time getting the returns in front of a bul-letin. Seems likely the editor of a big paperwould have a private newspaper wire or usetho A. P. If It was handling the election re-turns. During the election many straw hatsare seen in one group, while another showsnearly every man wearing a derby, cap or felthat. One time the first page of the paper runby Editor Jack Bradley Is shown carryingwar news from South America and seems alikely sheet, then later the election extra ofthe same paper shows It dwindled down to atwo-column affair. There were other little de-fects, but the general impression of the storyis threaded through some Interesting Incidents.Jack McLean makes the role of the illegitimateson an attractive personality and one couldn'tblame the sweet-faced May Garvan for fallingin love with him. However, at the finale Mayshows her true worth by consenting to marrythe illegitimate offspring of a no-good, dram-shop bum of a father, but who had a motliorwho was worth her weight In gold. It wouldhave been better, perhaps, to have bad Maylose some of her makeup after that terribledrenching she got when th» canoo dumped herinto the water. There were no physical hand-to-hand fights, but the pleture has a gun fight Inthe cabaret dump that took on a melodramaticaspect. Once or twlco It looked like the editorand the political power would come to blowsbut all they did was glare at each other, withthe editor ordering Garvan from his office ntone time, and another time from his homeMurray makes an effective type of the wardleader and Jones enacts capably the role ofJack Bradley. Adelaide Holland makes a sadand pathetic looking character of the motherof Howard, while Mao MacAvoy was pretty andcharming as the daughter of the political bossNorman Acker was acceptable as the man whowronged Ruth. and pa4d for his folly with hisown life. The captions preach a sermon nnduse strong terms, but should come In verytimely at present with No* York City allworked up and shocked beyond measure at theRuth Crugcr murder. The Falrmount, byshooting out this picture and taking ndvantace

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THE PRICE OF PRIDE.David and William Carlyle BlackwellNan Wcstland June E'vldgeJeffrey Arnold black .....Frank MillsKathleen May. Evelyn GreeleyHen Richardson George MacQuarrleJudge Endlcott Charles CharlesMadge Endlcott Black Pinna Nesbit

Practically everything ever done in dramaIn the past—only more so— Is unfolded In"Tho Price of Pride," a Peerless (World) re-lease, story by Milton Nobles, directed byHarloy Knoles, photographed by Arthur Ede-Bon. We have had time and again a Judge,separated for many years from his wife,called upon to sentence bis own son, but Inthis Instance he sentences his Innocent son,only to find, after suspending the sentence,that the criminal Is his younger son by awoman to whonahe was never married. ThereIs the woman^wno goes wrong, leaves thefather of her child to marry a westerngambler, and meet* her non when grown tomanhood, In the role of a train robber. ThereIs the husband, wrongfully suspected by hiswife, who goes west and begins life anew,and so on. Quite Ingeniously assembled Intofive very active reels, with the novelty ofhaving Carlyle Blackwell play both sons.An excellent company and splendid direc-tion. As a program feature it ranks high.

Jolo.

THE HIGHWAY OF HOPE^Steve King. . . .

.'. . ."House Peters

Lonely Lou .Katb'yn Williams

"The Highway of Hope,'"* a Morosco-Para-

inount feature, written by Willard Mack, Is

tho first of the Howard Estabrook directedfeatures. It classes with the second fea-tures of the Paramount product. As a storyIt holds no suspense, for the ending Is Insight almost as soon as the film gets underway ; but Mr. Estabrook turned out all thatcould be expected with the basis he had towork on as far as script Is concerned. It Is

tho story of a boy of good family, who Is

turned out by his dad because of his wildescapades, and who goes west to hide. Hetakes to boose and In a drunken moment mar-ries the only straight girl In the Ace HighDance Hall. The reason tnat she Is straightIs because she Is the slavey. Immediatelyafter the marriage he receives a letter fromdad. but Instead of packing up and taking hisbride with him and returning to the familyfireside he takes her off into the hills, pros-pecting. The night before he went brokeplaying the wheel, but the next morning hehad enough to buy a couple of burros mad anoutfit with which to start Into the hills, notforgetting several gallons of boose. Ha buildsa great looking shack on the mountainsideand starts digging for gold, and, of course,

strikes it. Then when Lonely Lou asks thathe take her to aDig town he mentally pic-tures the Introduction of her to hit folks andduitdes to take * great big loug drink ofnitric acid. This is after a night's souse,but before he can drink It In walks Lou andehe picks up the cup. After smelling It shebelieves It was planted for her and feignsdrinking It and falling dead. Steve believingthat she Is In reality dead makes off, but In-stead of being the prodigal he continues towander about the country a veritable tramp.Meantime a promoter sees the .value of theclaim he and Lou have started and under-takes to develop It for her. The result If thatafter five years Lonely Lou becomes a womanof wealth, position and culture, and whiledining In a hotel sees Steve working as awaiter. They do not reunite at this time asthere would be only four reels of film, and thevillain has only had one punch In the Jawthus far. It still remains for him to receivethe choking that comes to every regular screenvillain. Bo the picture runs along for an-other reel and Lou goes back to the mine.Steve does the same thing, only he goes thereas a day laborer and she as the boas. Thenthe villain tries to get In his dirty work withthe aforesaid choking as per 00004010, whenLou and Steve get In readiness for the finalclinch. There are some very good exteriorscenes, but that Is about all. Fred.

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A KENTUCKY CINDERELLA.Wlnrifleld Gordon

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John Sllverwood Rupert JulianNannie Ruth CliffordMr*. Morgan Gretchen LedererRachel Gordon Myrtle ReevesMm. Gordon Aurora PrattTom Holing Emory JohnsonEd. Long Eddie PoloFrank Long Frank LannlngZoo Zoo RaeAunt Chlorlndy Lucretla Harris

Bluebird nan extended Itself In the matterof detail, In Its effort to visualize a story,

partly laid in a California mining camp andthe remainder In Kentucky. In the day* ofslaves and hoop skirts. It's screening of "AKentucky Cinderella,'" from a story by F.Hopklnson Smith, scenario by B. J. Clawson,directed by Rupert Julian, photographed o?Steve Rounds, with an exceptionally effectivecast, makes for a very fine program feature.An extended resume of the plot would give onelittle Idea of Its value, as It would soundexceedingly trite. Two partners are doingplacer mining in California. One has a lit-

tle daughter. The father is killed and thesurviving partner sends the child to her unclein Kentucky (the dead man's brother), ant)continues the work with the child his partner.

In the absence of ber uncle, who had mar-ried a widow with a grown-up daughter, thelittle girl la abused, but through the clevermanipulation of an old mammy the orphanis thrust before the rich young man, whopasses up uncle's stepdaughter for "Cinder-ella." Needless to add the miner appearsupon the scene with wads of wealth and thereis a happy conclusion. There is a load ofcomedy perpetrated by a quartet of pick,anlnnles, oodles of pretty heart Interest, thetitles are very good in their respective ver-naculars and the whole thing makes for goodcomedy-dramatic entertainment. But one thingmars the production, easily remedied—the let-

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DAVID BERNSTEINPutnam Building 1493 Broadway Sixth Floor

BIG TIMBER.

Stella Benton Kathlyn WilliamsJac* Fyfe Wallace Heid

Walter Monahan Joe KingCharlie Benton Alfred PagetLinda Abbey Helen Bray

From a pictorial standpoint "Big Timber,"a Morosco-Paramount production, is a corker ;

the same can be said for the greater part of

the production, with the exception of onefinal touch, the rainstorm. That is the oneflaw, but in view of what has preceded It

one is quite ready to forgive this slip. Wal-lace Reid and Kathlyn Williams play the

principal roles in the piece, which is Just

what the title implies, a story of the big tim-ber country, with its logging camps andwoodsmen. There in a love tale enacted In

these surroundings that 1b at once compellingand holds the Interest. All is superbly acted

by a cast that is excellent throughout.Naturally there 1b a triangle. A young so-

ciety girl goes to Join her brother, who baaacquired a section of timber land and Is de-veloping it. The family has undergone finan-

cial reverses, but there Is money In sight

for the boy providing .he delivers the footagehe has contracted for. In a neighboring campthere is another young lumberman, and thethird tract of woodland is owned by a Lum-ber King, who has as his partner a youngman who has "a way with women" and de-velops to be the villain of the tale. The girl,

to escape the drudgery of the cook house onher brother's land, consents to marry theneighbor, but tells him It Is without love andJust to escape hard work. Later there Is ababy and this acts as a holding link whenthe villain appears and begins to pay court to

her. Finally the child Is killed through anaccident, and the wife Immediately starts togo to the arms of the one she believes shoreally loves. Before she falls there Is anawakening, but her pride keeps her from re-turning to her husband, until she hears he Is

In trouble, and then her true love assertsitself and she goes back to him In his hourof trial. The trial Is that all of his timberland is burning up, due to fires set bv thevillain who has lost out, and as husband undwffe clasp each other the rain comes pour-ing down, saving the day. This la the oneweak touch and brings a laugh from mostaudiences. But the plrture Is a corking fea-ture that will pull attendance. Fred.

LOVE OR JUSTICE.Nan Bishop Louise GlaumPaul Keeley Jack RichardsonJack Dunn Charles GunnWinthrop Halnea J. Barney SherryPhyllis Geary Dorcas MatthewsJudge Geary Charles K. FrenchThere Is one little thing about Louise

Glaum : when It comes to characterizing anunderworld heroine, there Isn't another pic-

ture star glittering In the constellation thatcan* outshine her. In "Love and Justice"she drives this home with a wallop that Is

almost too realistic. Miss Glaum has cre-

ated a following herself among the film fansfor that sort of work. As an underworldstory "Love and Justice" stands out as acorking melodrama carried along by the star.

Lambert Hlllyer wrote the yarn and WalterEdwards directed It. his only faults being thehandling of the crowds In the court roomscene. Miss Glaum has the role of the topnotcher working with a gun luob. Hangingaround one of the better class Joints her mobfrequents there Is a young lawyer, who hasfallen for the coke and sniffed away his prac-tice. She takes him In tow and the two livetogether : he Is cured of the drug habit, andutilizes his legal mind to direct the oper-ations of the gang so as to keep them out ofthe clutches of the law. A chance comes forthe lawyer to return within the pnle of so-ciety and the girl renounces him, sacrificingher love on the altar of his ambition to wina place for himself. He Is willing to "gothrough" for her and makes an offer of mar-riage, but she leads him to believe that shecares naught about him and returns to thegang for a short time and then slips out ofsight entirely. For hers It Is the "straighttrail," and later when she becomes Involvedin a murder trial she trips to confess so thatshe will add to her lover's record of convic-tions. That's going some. But the real cul-prit is brought to Justice and she and thelawyer are reunited and married. There Isone weak punch in the story and that is Inone of the sub-titles, when the heroine scoriRthe offer of marriage and says: "If I can'thold you without the aid of the law, then I

don't want you." She should have added,"but all I'd like to see you do Is try to getaway." But as a feature "Love or Justice"la there with all that Is necessary for a suc-cessful picture, one possible weakness beingthe title, which does not suggest for a mo-ment the type of story shown. Fred.

Maine Exhibitors* Association.

Banpor, Me., June 20.

At the recent meeting of the MaineExhibitors' Association held in this city

il.e fcllowln^ r,f rrr.niKr, t officer;; were

elected: Alfred S. Black of Portland,

president; James W. Greely of Port-

land, vice-president; Fred VV. Eugleyof Wcstbrook, treasurer. Nine newmembers were admitted at this session.

VARIETY 27

HATER OF MEN.Janice Salsbury Bessie BarrlscalePhillips Hartley Charles K. FrenchBilly Williams Jack Gilbert

C. Gardner Sullivan turned out a cutecomedy-drama with an underlying lesson towomen when he wrote the "Hater of Men" Inwhich Bessie Barrlscale Is starred. It la aTrlangle-Ince-Kay Bee feature producedunder .the direction of Charles Miller. Thosewho know court procedure and the newspaperfield will readily admit the director knew hisbusiness from the manner In which he stagedthe early scenes. The star Is a woman sob-squadder on one of the big dallies. She Is

assigned to "cover" a very notorious divorcetrial, Involving people of social prominenceand half of the chorus beauties of the BrightLights. Miss Sob-squadder Is engaged to areporter who Is also covering the trial, andas the case proceeds the lady writer begins tohave doubts as to whether or not It Is ad-visable for her to marry. She Is self-sup-porting, has her freedom, can come and goas she pleases—then why tie herself to aman who no doubt will turn out as bad asthe male principal In the divorce action Itpainted? Finally she comes to the conclusionthat a state of single blessedness Is prefer-able, and she returns her engagement soli-

taire to the youth who wanted to marry her.Then follows a period of true Bobemlanlsm,the girl keeping open house for the boys on"the Row." They are welcome at all timesto come and eat or drink, and they manageto do the latter to perfection. But In time thedeference which the boys held for their little

playmate wears away and they will even goso far as to tell a "story" In her presence.During this time she has an elderly friendwho Is her adviser, but who Is secretly tryingto effect a reconciliation between the girl andthe boy by bringing out that the girl's Ideasare "all wrong" as she applies them to life.

This Is demonstrated at the opening night ofthe opera season, and when the adviser finallybrings the pair together she Is ready to ac-cept she was not following the right track.It is an interesting feature, well played andwill prove entertaining, with a laugh hdreand there during the story. Fred.

THE IMMIGRANT.There's no two ways about It—Charlie

Chaplin Is funny. If, perchance you are a

grouch and resolutely set yourself In the men-

tal attitude that you won't be amused by his

nonsensical Itlea, go to any theatre where

"The Immigrant" Is being shown and, In

spite of yourself, you'll be carried away by

those about you. The surprising thing aboutIt all Is that nobody ever thought of placinghim on board a ship as one of a load of Immi-grants. Now that It Is brought to your at-

tention It Is as obvious as the historical storyof Columbus and the egg. The two-reeleropens up showing Charlie leaning over therail apparently seasick. It develops he Is

fishing and lands a one-pounder In mid-ocean. Then he Is seen shooting craps andgoing through all the gyrations of a baseballpitcher every time he "shoots" the bones.The rocking and pitching of the vessel fur-nishes unlimited opportunity for his style ofcomedy. Incidentally there Is a little heart-Interest story, when he befriends a young girl

and her mother who have been robbed of theirsmall hoard. Later—all too soon, however

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he Is seen In New York, broke. He spies aquarter on the street and enters a restaurantto eat. There he meets the girl he befriendedon shipboard. She Is also down and out,

her mother having died. The lone quarterhas disappeared through a hole In his pocketand the stunts through which he goes,artistically "fed" by Brie Campbell, elicit

what are colloquially described In show busi-ness as "belly laughs." Just how he emergesfrom his dilemma It would be sacrilege to at-tempt to describe. The $670,000 a year funnyman Is still "there.' The extremely limitednumber of titles speaks volumes for the pan-tomimic art of the comedian. Jolo.

Arrangements are made to continuestock at the Trent, Trenton, N. J., all

summer, but the first real hot weathermay force Earl Sipe, manager, tochange his mind.

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general understudy for "The Show of Won-ders."

Boylo Wool folk Is to produce a tab withRoberts, Stuart and Roberts, which will bebuilt around the trio's present act.

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ANTHONYANDRE

Starring la "The Beggar Man"Now Playing Loew Tims)

The National closed Saturday night lastbut will reopen in August.

The first tab of the oomlng season is the'Twentieth Century Whirl," which opena InDanville July 12 and then plays south. It

is one of Woolfolk's.

The Columbia opens Columbia Wheel bur-lesque season here Aug. 6, the first attrac-tion being the "Star and Garter" show. Thinshow mores to the Star and Garter theatrethe following week.

Harold Atterldge was in town to settle uphis mother's estate. He was accompanied byJos. Ecclea, whose father was one of NedWayburn's backers when the latter producedthe ill-fated "Town Topics."

Lou Houseman, who returned this weekfrom a fishing trip, was the subject matterfor K. C. B. in his dally "line" story one daylast week. Lou's wife thoughtfully bought200 copies of the paper, which he mailed outupon his arrival.

Johny Simon leaves for a vacation thisweek upon the return of Bert Cortelyou.After taking a slant at the Times square"boardwalk," Johnny will Inspect AtlanticCity's boardwalk and then spend a month atPaul Smith's place in the Adirondack*.

The probable affiliation of the Burns andKelly string of houses with the Ackertnan-H arris time was indicated after the visithere last week of ffddle Burns of Seattle.The Burns and Kelly agency book eight ornine theatres in the northwest.

Phil Duggan, property man at the Platatheatre, has begun suit against Frank Fisher,manager of Rlvervlew Park, asking damagesto the extent of $10,000. It seems that whenDuggan was taking care of "Rapids Gorge"at Rlvervlew lately, he had an argumentwith Fisher over salary, resulting In afight from which Duggan came away with abroken noee.

Menlo Moore and Boyle Wool folk will soonbegin work on their first dual production, itbeing a girl act called "The InternationalRevue." There may be further co-eperatlonbetween the two later on. but for the presentboth plan to adhere to their present fields ofactivity, 1. e., tabloids by Woolfolk and girlacts by Moore. The latter abandoned a tabroute to co-produce "The International Re-vue."

Ono thousand seven hundred and fifty dol-lars was invebted In Liberty Bonds by theMajestic theatre stage hands, led by AbeJacobs, of bowle knife fame, who took $300personally. This liberal Investment was com-mented upon by speakers last week In theirspeeches in the theatres. The sick commit-tees of local No. 2 of the I. T. A. 8. B. in-vested similarly to the amount of $3,000.

The benefit at Cohan's Grand last week forthe fund to provide for dependents of thosein the navy, netted around $7,000. Of thatsum Doraldlna collected almost $4,000. Oneof her collections was made on the ChicagoBoard of Trade, the members contributing$1,900 for a single box. In addition she ap-peared In the benefit, giving both her Hawaiianand Indian numbers. There were 10 acts In

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in August of last year and began playingvaudeville again. Frank Gordon sued in theNew York courts and apparently won hiscase, Justice Clarence J. Shearn having ap-pointed a receiver who put up bond to theamount of $3,000, having the power to pickup the animal wherever found. The claimantavers that the act has made $2,000 since Chetrouble and that he had not received any partof It. The Gordons and Kangaroo played thePalace. Milwaukee, last week.

The laugh of the week vraa furnlsaed thosewho lamped the "Chicago Defender," a newweekly paper edited by and for colored people.The sheet held a yarn on the acquittal of ex-Alderman Oscar De Priest, who was chargedwith being mixed up with political graft and

with "collecting" from gambling houseswithin the Second Ward, which con*y.lses Chi-cago's "black belt." It attacked Edward Wil-son, a colored attorney, who prosecuted DePriest at the trial, saying: "Edward Wil-son, who has been with the state, disgustedall members of the race when he referred tothe Second Ward as 'Crapvllle,' " and thatsuch a statement coming from one of theirown was "the height of 'nlggerlsm.' " Wil-son's remark was probably aimed at thenumber of dice games supposed to haveflourished during De Priest's incumbencyThe paper further advanced l"».e fact that per-haps Wilson was thinking of moving to Sheri-dan Road.

COHANS GRAND (Harry J. Ridings,mgr.).—"Turn to the Right" (23d week).

all, the last being the combined naval bands,numbering 160 men. They completely filled

the stage, making a pretty picture, and werelead by John Philip Sousa, now a lieutenant.Fred C. Eberts was In charge of the Sousasection ; George Klnghbury was stage directorand Frank Craven was the announcer.

Frank Gordon was here trailing the actknown as Gordon Brothers and lioxing Kanga-roo, Frank claiming the animal belongs tohim. Ho exhibited a bill of sale and says thebrothers are Illegally using the kangaroo. It

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CORT (U. J. Hermann, mgr.).—"SevenChances" with Frank Craven (Oth week) go-

ing strong.

COLONIAL (Norman Fields, mgr.).—"OnTrial" (2d week) (dim).OARRICK (Sam Oerson, mgr.).—"The

Pawn" with Frank Keenan (4th week), first

week at this house ; moved up from PrincessMonday.

HAYMARKBT (Art H. Moeller, mgr.).—"Famous Follies," with Arthur Lannlng (bur-lesque).

ILLINOIS (R. Tlmponl, mgr.).—"DewDrop Inn" opened Sunday.IMPERIAL (Will Spink, mgr.).—"Polly of

the Circus" (tab).OLYMPIC (George Warren, mgr.).—"The

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PALACE (Earl Stewart, mgr.).—"The Showof Wonders" (5th week), big business.

PRINCESS (Will Clnger, mgr.).—"Dollarsand Sense," with Alan Brooks (3d week),moved from Qarrlck Monday ; chtnge not toadvantage and continuation problematical.VICTORIA.—"School Days" (tab).WILSON AVE. — Lleb - Harris players

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MAJESTIC (Fred C. Eberts, mgr.; agent,Orpheum—Rehearsal 9.30).—With the head-line divided by two dancing acts—Carl Ran-dall and Ernestine Meyers, and Allre Eisand Bert French et al— it would seem that thebill was overloaded with terpslcore. Butsuch was not the case, even though there wasa conflict between the two turns, since bothhad portions of barefoot dancing and a gen-

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erous display of bare skin as well. Theacrobatic stepping of James C. Morton mightbe figured In the dancing section, but, never-theless, the show was a worthy one, runningfairly fast and productive of generous ap-glause throughout, there being at least fourIts registered on Monday night. It Is, per-

haps, not the easiest thing for the Majesticbooker to frame his shows in the summertime, for In addition to the fact that manystandard acts lay off, comparatively few turnsare nearby or returning from the Orpheutr..This means that a percentage of the bill mustcome here specially from New York, and It

means, too, that conflict* and other fault"are bard to overcome, The most interestingact was that of Randall and Meyers, since It

Is brand new. A brief but fancy billingmeant nothing but the work of the pair did,and their offering went over with a bang.They open In "one," spending six minutesthere, the best being Randall's song anddance, "He's the Nljlnlskl of Ragtime." Itmight bo mentioned that Randall'a parents

conducted schools for dancing In a numberof places, and if he is a sample of theirtutoring, he is a great "ad" for them. In thefull stage Miss Meyers gave a classical bare-foot number. It was unprogramed, muybeby design. Hut tho punch of the turn cameat the finish, both In ban-feet and Miss Mey-ers In a during coHtume. The number wascalled "How the Egyptians Might Have Donethe Fox Trot." It was a choice burleHque bitbut artistically dona Llboar.tl, on sixthwith hlr ragtime xylophone, came very nearstopping the show. The more ho played themore they liked him, which Is only fair, <<lnce

th*TA are few who can M<» him, T1J 11y Ffalll-

gan and Imma Sykes, nhe of ' confectionery"good looks, were on third with their "Some-where In Jersey," and planted themselvesfirmly. There must hnve been n delegationof "real estaters" In tho house, for frequentlytheir Jokes were punctuuted by applause.But the rest of the good houne laughed quitefreely, too. The Eis and French turn, "Hal-lowe'en," In which they are assisted by Jos-

34 VARIETY

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cph Nelmeyer and a ballet, was shown Inseventh position, three turns after the Ran-dall-Meyt.TB appearance. In spite of that andhelped by the effective Bettings and lighting,the act ruude a good Impression. Jim Mor-ton, assisted by Mamie Diamond, appearedIn number Ave. working as hard as ever andobtaining good returns. "Blackface" EddieRosh was next to closing, and after picking onhis banjo, which he calls his "African Harp,"he won considerable laughter with a ramblingmonolog, which, because It 1b different, tickledthe house and easily held up the allotted po-sition. Ross has been In Nell O'Brien's min-strels for the post two years. Leah Nora didquite nicely on second. They liked "All theComfort* of Home," but with "Poor Bulccrfiy"lior pleasant voice was even more to ad-vantage. Montnmbo and Wells, comedy acro-bats, won excellent results in th«» openingrpot. They hove a good finish trick, a sortof variation of the falling table stunt. Kingand Klnc In hanfl-b.il.'iriclng nrtlvlMec, ..ml../]

t'i- l\\\, the nnvrlfy of the turn N-!ng 1L ( . ap-P'i wi i.iii • <if tin agile glri an top mounter.

r,U::.\T NORTHERN HIPPODROME (AndyTalhot. ini^r. ; aRcnt. W. V. M. A.).— It wasnot until Dooley nnd Nelson appeared on fifthIn the day thlft of the early part of the weekthat anything like n hit was recorded duringthe third show on Monday afternoon. Theseneat young men turned the trick with a ver-

satile offering that Included dancing, singing,lariof manipulation and an imitation. It

was a comedy finish that won out for them,that being a burlesque Hawaiian song anddance, one of the team using a grass skirtover bis trousers. This same chap gave fairlyfaithful imitation of Bernard Granville inthe letter's "souse" dance. The Toklo Troupe,a quartet of very neat working Jap equilib-rists, closed the show strongly. One of thelittle men's head-balancing on a trapeze wasexceptional. The final feat, that of slidingbuckwards down a rope Btretched from thetop boxes, had the audience directly under-neath rather anxious lest the man fall off.

At that it Is a thriller. J. C. Nugent, whorecently appeared at the Hipp with his playlet'The Squarer," was on next to closing witha rnnnolog. Mr. Nugent has some bright ma-terial, but it seemed too quiet for the house.Those down In front seemed to pay more at-tention to him, and most of the appreciation:-r.:.r.r fr r.n ' "z-'-.r?. I'll! K!rW:ll stiirtr-J cutail Scotch, lnciudiim com u me. crav 1 Hn.« Hand bngplpcB, but he came on playing anIrish tune. Ills Is a Juggling turn, part ofwhich he devotes to the "apple" and forkstunt and later to "cannon balls," the workbeing rather well liked. Alfred La Tell withhis dog Imitation was on fourth, there makingan impression and winning laughs, some-thing that the show was shy of. Karlton and

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KlifTord, with transparent painting, the menworking in the back of their easels, interestedin the opening position. They were followedby the Lyric Duo, whose music was perhapstoo classical for the Hipp crowd. Two songnumbers by the girl and a piano solo by theman, let them out, though It seemed as if

they were encouraged enough for anothernumber.RIALTO (Harry Earl, mgr. ; agent, Frank

Q. Doyle).—A rather good bill this weekJudged from the seven acts during the earlyshows Monday. Although not Included Inthe original booking, Herbert Brooks totedhis steel trunk "Btolcn from the Egyptianconjurer," etc., his playing cards and hisrunning fire of good naturedltalk, all to theamusement of a house well filled consideringthe season. The Four Halloways, who closethe first show and gave the house a thrill ortwo with their clever tight wire offering. Thefinish feat, that of "mounting" vertically atriplet bicycle, was well worked up by thegirl of the act. A new comedy playlet thatBhould have no trouble In scoring in the pophouses as it did here, was "Tour Own Bed,"contributed by Ralph Kettering. The plotlies about a gossiping wife who Invades her.

neighbor's apartment and nearly succeeds Ingetting the husband of that establishment inwrong with his trusting mate. Three personaare concerned and they handle a number ofbright lines to effect. Tom Mahoney had lit-

tle opposition with hlB comic monolog, andthey liked him all the way through, but thething that sent him over very big was apatriotic song at the finish. Axel Chrlstensen,who has a string of ragtime schools in vari-ous cities, won good returns too. He startedoff with a rag and "Jazz" piano playing, thenchanged pace by doing James WhltcombRiley's "That Old Sweetheart of Mine" as aplnnolog. An imitation of Bert Williams wasliked too. Belle and Mayo made themselves1

favorites, the second show with a routine oftalk and songs. The material was not ex-ceptional yet there was no doubt about thehouse liking it. The three Dixie Girls, astraight singing act, went fairly well. Alsoon the bill were the Nude Truth girl, aHawaiian Dancer and Beatrice McKenzle.

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ORPHEUM (Fred Henderson, gen. rep.:agent, direct).—Jessie Busley and Co. in

"Pany's Particular Punch," was well r«»

celved. Jack Clifford and Miriam Wilisflashed a surprise by stopping the show. Ofthe holdovers Milton and Delong Sisters,Callste Conant, Ray W. Snow and R,vclynN'csbit nnd Jack Clifford repeated their suc-cess of the previous week. Miss Norton andPaul Nicholson not only got a nice receptionbut proved very entertaining all the way.Their turn gave big satisfaction. Vera Ber-liner put a lot of ze6t into her fiddle and bowand hauled down big applause. Her routineof numbers, especially the topical medley,was surefire. The Fleinmlngs wi re not listedon the program, but showed, and in the clos-ing spot got over very well.

PANTAGKS—Al. Golom and his p.-pjiorybarvi ot ncror,nts snowcri surprvpjnt; c!ev» r-iuks and jpiuveti one of the besi closing actsthe house has had in a long time. HarlanE. Knight and Co. blended comedy and pathosinterestingly. The Ten California Dancersproved an Irresistible feminine combination.Queenle Dunedln and her trick cycling open-ed nicely. Alexandria nnd his xylophone wonapplause. Foley and O'Neil, entertainingpair. The audience liked Stephens and Hoi-

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lister Immensely, and this engaging duoshared top honors.HIPPODROME.—Cook and Oatman worked

hard to please, applauded. De Velde andZelda did fairly well In the opening spot.

Seymour and Williams put forth their bestefforts pleasingly. Janls and West hit it upnicely and went big as a result. DowneyWillard and Irwin did passably well, whilethe Taketa Japs, In the closing position,

offered an Interesting routine.CORT (Homer Curran, mgr.).—"Very Good

Eddie" registering fair business on its secondW ©I?lt*S itA7COLUMBIA (Oottlob A Marx, mgrs.).—

Henry Miller and Ruth Chatteron offering"The New York Idea" for first time in stockhere, drew well and registered satisfaction.ALCAZAR (Belasco & Mayer, mgrs.).

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Business not as good as expected ; the Rich-ard Bennett stock now In Its third week.CASINO (Robert Drady, mgr.) ; agents,

Aokerman & Harris and W. V. M. A.).—Vau-deville.WIGWAM (John F. Bauer, mgr.).—Del

Lawrence Co. (tenth week).PRINCESS (Bert Levey, lessee-mgr. ; agent,

Bert Levey).—VaudevillePRINCESS—The single outstanding feature

of the program was Ed Morton, who for thefirst time tried out some brand new materialrecently prepared by Herbert Moore. Mor-ton's material registered Innumerable laugh-ing results, and shows promise of landinghim somewhere. While bis turn and talkingwere a bit crude, probably through unfamlll-nrity with bis dialog, bis material Is of thehighest order, and together with some cork-ing songs runs through a single turn of con-siderable merit. Johnsona and Rolllson (col-ored) opened the show, while Maude Still,

"The Aviator Girl," closed with every houselight out and gently rode over the heads ofthe audience In her miniature aeroplane. Theattondanee was sbove the average. A feature,"The Easiest Way," besides a two-reel In-tallment of "The Great Secret," were In the

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bill, and a woman also sang a few publishednumbers aided by slides thrown upon thescreen.

Rosaline Lee has Joined the Orpheum Play-ers, Oakland.

Augustus Thomas Is here staging "RioGrande" to follow "The Cinderella Man" atthe Alcazar.

When Henry Miller returns to the Columbiain his second production, "The New TorkIdea," the cast will be chosen from boththe "Come Out of the Kitchen" and "The Bet-ter Understanding" companies.

William Klein has taken over the five-yearlease from David Solarl held upon the Grand,Stockton, and will play A. ft H. vaudevillethree days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday),showing pictures the remainder of the week.The house has been a sort of an In and outerfor some time, having played vaudeville atdifferent Intervals and feature pictures.

Considerable dissension bobbed up In "TheMasked Model" company upon Its departurefrom here. The show has evidently fallen be-hind in the expected receipts and it would notbe surprising to bear of a number handhfgIn their notices during the Los Angeles en-gagement.

Prior to the arrival of Dustln Farnum,Winifred Kingston and Director Richard Stan-ton, from their Los Angeles studio, to takea number of scenes for a forthcoming pa-triotic picture, Clifford Elfelt, co-director,was kept busy engaging a number of peopleto make a trip by boat to Portland. Thecompany will then return to the southernstudio to complete the picture.

The Kingston Ebner Comedy Players havereturned from Alaska, the sudden closingbeing brought about by poor business.

The Garrlrk will again be given a chanceto return, this time the leaBe for the comingyear having been taken by Harry Lefkowitz,who, It Is understood, promises to Install amusical comedy company.

Percy Hammond

on NUGENTIn a notable article answering the New Tork

critic Bum* Mantle, Mr. Perry Hammond, of theChicago "Tribune." who la said to bo the aerereatanalyst of the Weat. give* as hie five favorite playsduring the past year

"Justice"The Boomerang""Good Gracious Annabelle""Sevan Chances""Turn to the Right"

and bli fire favorite actors

John BarrymoreArthur ByronFrank KeenanFrank CravenBarney Barnard

Mr. ITammnnd then adda, naively, "Mr. Mantleperhaps will dladaJn to favor me with a roll of hisvaudeville Ideala. but the Vaudeville Managers' As-sociation may be interested to know what I likesince they think they like nothing. Therefore

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Julius TannenJ. C. NugentT*Hy and MayoMclntyre and HeathThe ShamrocksEdwards Davis

With Mr. Tannen rumored as leaving vaudeville,and Mr. Nugrait as entering the monnloitue field,after a notable career in bis own playlets, thiswould place J. C. Nugent well toward the top ofthe vaudeville world from the standpoint of thecrttlo of the Chicago 'Tribune."

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ARTISTS cam secure long engagement* by keeking direct with us

Frank Vack bas joined Jim Post at thePlaza Airdome, Fresno.

Dick Arnold ai.d Paul Robinson will soonstart out In a new act.

Wilfred DuBols underwent an operation forear trouble immediately upon his return fromAustralia.

Rex Carter will Join the Alcazar Stock fora short period.

BY LBM LIBBBY.KEITH'S (Robert 0. Larsen. mgr.; agent,

U. B. 0.).—Julia Arthur proved a whale of adrawing card. The present patriotic enthu-siasm Is responsible for her act. This IsJulia Arthur's iiome city and Bhe has a won-derful personal following. The remainderof the bill Is acceptably light, especially forthe first hot weather week. The Gladiatorsopened with a fair act, followed by Frits andLucy Druch In straight violin and cello. FrankBurt and Ed Johnston in their burlesqueoddity, "Bluff," woke the house up. Irwinand Henry got over neatly. Dorothy Toye'sact has changed but slightly since last shownhere, but she went as big as usual. Lydelland Hlggins won usual laughs, and "TheVolunteers" did very well. The Four Bolsesclosed.

BOSTON (Charles Harris, mgr.; agent, IT.B. O.).—Vaudeville and pictures. Excellent.BIJOU (Ralph Oilman, mgr.: agent. II. B

0.).—Pictures. Fair.BOWDOIN (Al 8oraerbee, mgr.; agent, U

B. O.).—Pop and pictures. Oood.ST. JAMES (Joseph Brennan, mgr. ; agent

Loew).—Pop and pictures. Fair.GLOBE (Frank Meagher, mgr.; agent,

Loew).—Pictures. Fslr.ORPHEUM (Victor J. Morris, mgr.; agent

Loew).—Pop and pictures. ExcellentSCOLLAY OLYMPIA (James J. McOuln-

ness, mgr.).—Pop. Oood.GORDON'S OLYMPIA (Frank Hookallo,

mgr.).—Pop. Excellent.PARK (Thomas D. Sorlero, mgr.).—Pic-

tures. Excellent.TRBMONT (John B. Schoeffel, mgr ) —

Fifteenth week of "A Tallor-Mnde Man," fea-turing Grant Mitchell. Still golnjr strong andf-xperted to be a Broadway surprise next fallIt opened here for a two week try-out andhas remained here nearly four monthsPARK SQUARE (Fred E. Wright, mgr ) —

"Fair and Warmer" on Its 20th week to cork-ing business. Is apparently a contestant fortha theatrical record of Boston for a straightrun.WILBUR (E. D. Smith, mgr.).—"Mary's

Ankle" picking up nicely on Its third week.CASTLE SQUARE (John Craig, mgr.).—

"The Blindness of Virtue" by the Craig Play-ers. Fair.COPLEY (George H. Pattee, mgr.).—"Tha

Man Who Stayed at Home" going big on Its

second week and Is expected to play well IntoJuly. This will be the last production by theHenry Jewett Players this season.HOWARD (George E. Lotbrop, mgr.).—

StrouBe and Franklyn stock burlesque hold-ing up fairly well, although hit hard by thisweek's weather. Will not play beyond nextweek, Judging from present Indications.

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BUFFALO.»Y W. B.

SHEA'S (Henry Carr, mgr.).—Ezcellentbill with Nat Wills carrying of headline hon-or*, and "The Futurist Revue/ singers, wellfeatured, heartily welcomed ; William Ferry,novelty ; Emmie and Bffle Elliott, do well

;

Kelso and Llghtner. good ; Fred and Adele-Aatalre, well applauded ; Ray Samuels, bighit ; Ourian and Newell, fair. Pictures.OLYMPIC (Bruce Fowler, mar.).—Well as-

sembled bill with Rapoll headline; Lea Vala-dons, open well : Norwood and White, big

;

FlTe Violin Beautlea, pleasing; Mott andMack, clever.LYRIC (Chas. Bowe, • mgr.).—Jack X.

Lewis Players offering "Beware of Men," astrong production, with the attendance show-ing alight decrease over the previous week.ACADEMY (Jules Michael, mgr.).—House

stock presenting "Under the Lilac Tree" tohighly satisfactory attendance. Feature pic-tures In connection and specialty nlghta asadded attractions.HIPPODROME, FAMILY.—Pictures.

Elmer Harris, the author, has bought In

the feature film produced recently by a groupof Ban Francisco society women.

Nancy Fair, the Morocco's new Ingenue, waswell received by local critics.

Jamee Reeae has resigned aa manager of theBurbank. It la understood he will go In

pictures.

Bd Oliver, of the Mason box office staff, hasreturned from 8an Francisco. He was ac-companied by hie wife and Mabel Guthrie, alsoof the Mi

Ada Hayman and Jimmy Slater are at thePark Hof.

NEW ORLEANS.By O. BL iAMTJHU.

SPANISH FORT (If. 8. Sloan, mgr.).—Paolettl'a Band and Dansant.DIAMOND (R. M. Chisolm. mgr.).—Pic-

tures.COLUMBIA (Ernst Boehringer, mgr.).—

Tabloid.ALAMO (Will Querlnger, mgr.).—McCor-

mlck and Wlnehlll's Revue.

The Buffalo Cafe baa one of the beet dancefloors In thla part of the country.

Satisfactory weather haa caused a decidedJump in the attendance at all of the sum-mer resorts around Buffalo, Just In time tokeep several from going undor.

K-E-B-B and Metro have moved Into newquarters here.

The "Statee" carried a story the OrpheumCircuit has secured an option to purchasethe Oreenwall, contending they would ez-erclae It In the event Marcua Loew enteredNew Orleane.

LOS ANGELES.By GUY PRICX.

Harry Ham haa left for New York to Jointhe army.

Business has Improved at Spanish Fortwith the approach of warm weather.

A Red Cross benefit waa given at the Ma-jestic by Kolb and Dill.

Julian 8. Dillon, plctu/e actor, arrested atIx>ng Beach under an Indictment naming himand two others as conspirators In a scheme touse the malls to defraud In connection withthe operation of a society and club magazineIs out under $3,000 ball.

West End Park has Just unfurled a mam-moth fountain that sprays to a height of overfifty feet. At night two electricians throwcolored lights on the water, the effect pro-duced being very beautiful.

Allan Morltz, manager of the local Fozezchange, leaves for New York nezt week toconfer with the principals of the company.

Mary Thurman won first prise, PiisclllaDean won second and Jessie Hallet third Inthe annual Venice bathing suit parade.

Al. Nathan, recently made manager of theSuperba. has Installed a Jaiz orchestra andother innovations.

Work of demolishing the buildings occupy-ing the site upon which the new Orpheumwill be built began June lft.

Ernst Boehringer, who operates the Oreen-wall and Columbia, haa been ill with rheu-matism.

Harry Caulfleld. owner of the Oarrlck, laback from New York.

Active work on the new Liberty, nezt doorto the Orpheum, began last week. It la

planned to have the theatre completed bythe fall.

Berthal Fltt« his op^n^d a booking ageneT4 n rianchard Hall.

Bert Levey, Ban Franrlaco agent manager,wan in town conferring with 8. Morton Cohn.lessee of the Burbank. Levey books the actathere.

Several cf the local theatres are huvtne anadvertising argument as to Just which is thecoolest. One theatre contends It might becooler If It subjected its patrons to draughts.

Oeorge Ernest Reams Is now leading theorchestra at the Olobe.

A I. Matthews in here to direct the orchestrafor Morosco's new musical play, "What Next?"

Jlmmle Brown, who produced the revue atthe Alamo, accompanied by Mrs. Brown, left

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METROPOLITAN (George T. Hood, mgr.).Return engagement of "The Birth of a Na-tion" for week ; good patronage. "The Boom-erang" 18.

MOORE.—Dark, Undergoing renovationsprior to reopening aa the new home of theOrpheum circuit in this city about Sept. 1.

WILKES (Dean Worley. mgr.). — TheWilkes Players opened 10, after two weeks'vacation, following () weeks' run at the Or-pheum in a delightful comedy, "The Mislead-ing Lady." Alezls Luce and Inez Regan leada

;

Oeorge Rand, Richard Vivian, Addison Pitt, V.T. Henderson, Norman Feuseur, John Sheehan,Harold Burdick. John Nlckerson, Jane Dar-well, Fanchon Eberhart, Madeline King andCornelia Glass In congenial roles.

TIVOLI (E. F. La Montagne, mgr.).—Sun-day, 10, second week munical comedy underable management of Mr. La Montagne, busi-ness improved r>0 per cent. Dick LonsdalePlayers In "Ole'a Baby Incubator." Lonsdalein SwedlBh character and a riot; Frank Kelleyas Dlnty Moore, good Irish ; "Billy" Defty,aoubret, danced her way to number of encores;Hilda Brosche pleases with several numbers.Capacity business.LYRIC.— Burlt-sque and vaudeville to fair

business.PALACE HIP (Joseph Muller. mgr.).—J. C.

Lewis & Co. heads new road show ; a splendidoffering. Adolpho, accordionist, different. ZebZarrow Troupe, good. Misses Nelson sine;,

dance and play acceptably. Keene A Fozworth,clever. Lucy Olllett A Co., good Juggling.PANTAGES (Edward -G. Milne, mgr.).—

"Honeymoon Isle." Ed. R. Reynard, ventrllo-quTal skit, high class.' Mme. Blanca, classicdancer, Is assisted by a company of goodterpischorenn artlRts. Dorothy Vaughn singswell. Will Morrlsey & Co., pleasing. Al-berto, dancing xylophonlst. Capacity business.MISSION (Jensen & Von Herherg, mgrs.),

LIBERTY (Jensen & Von Herhergr mrgs.),COLISEUM (Jensen ft Von Hrrberg, mgrs.).STRAND (Wm. H. Smythe, mgr.). REX(John Hamrirk, mgr), CLEMMER (James Q.dimmer. m?r.), CLASS A. COLONIAL, CIR-CUIT. MAJESTIC. MADISON. PRINCESS. --

Pli'tures ; good business, according to reportsof the manager*.

Dirk Hvland has lolned the Dirk T/onsclnleMithlcai Tom. .'> <".vi,|i;iny >it (?)' Tlvuli.

Phyllis Gordon and Jesslo Reod, formermemhrrs of the Mont»« Carter Players, are atthe Lyric, Portland, Ore.

8e<-nle artist Ed. Leach is back from an ez-tended trip to Vancouver. B. C, where be wentto Install the scenery for the new Pantagee

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theatre In that city. Mr. Leach prorldea thescenic equipment tor all houses on the Pancircuit

Paul Taeman la the treasurer at the TItoIIunder the new retime.

Jack Cuslok, assistant treasurer of the localOrpheum, la on the road with the "Intol-erance" film.

Manafer Dean of the Crystal, Astoria, diedlsst week, following an operation for appen-dicitis.

W. H. Myers, one of the owners of theColonial and Arcade theatres in La Grande,Ore., Is conralesclng In a hospital In thatcity.

The Orpheum, 8d and Madison, for yearsthe home of the Orpheum yaudevtlle circuit,reopened Sunday, under the management ofEugene Levy, former manager of the Orand,on Cherry street. This theatre becomes alink In a chain cf 33 housed, comprising thenew popular priced vaudeville circuit notedIn Variety. The Affiliated Booking Com-

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pany, Chicago, will handle the bookings, anda split week policy will be In rogue. A num-ber of houses on the old 3. A C. circuit willbe Included on the route sheet. The Fisherhouses In Montana, Idaho, Washington andOregon, with the Bert Lery time In Cali-fornia, will take the acts west and south fromthe present western terminus of A. B. C. cir-

cuit. Phil Levy, of Butte; Eugene Lery,Seattle ; Bert Lery, San Francisco ; 8. MortonCohn, Portland and Los Angeles ; Edward J.

Fisher, Seattle, and Fred Lincoln, Chicago,will head the new vaudeville association.

theatre with a well-selected repertoire of rooalnumbers.

Harry Fisher, son of the partner of theformer vaudeville team of Fisher and Carrol(now In New York), died at the Good Samari-tan Hospital Wednesday, as the result of anauto accident.

Inez Regan, a leading woman well known onthe Pacific Coast, haa joined the WUkeaPlayers at the Wilkes theatre, Weatlako andPine.

The All-Star Trio—Lorraine, Manning andThomas—are proving popular at the Tlvoll

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' 'The Maid from America * *

Playing for W. V. M. A. Direction, HOLMES * DUDLEY

ED. F. REYNARD

Mile. BIANCATke Classic Dancer with a Production

MLLE. BIANCA

ED. F. REYNARDTfco Ventriloquist with • Production

THE WORLD'S INCOMPARABLEFREDZOBEDIE Co.The most gorgeous and astounding equilibristic novelt* ever conceived by brain of man.This act has been a positive sensation all over the Western Vaudeville Managers' Asso-

ciation Circuits.

BOOKED SOLID W. V. M. A. CIRCUITNOW TOURING ACKERMAN AND HARRIS TIME

BERT WILLIAMSZIEGFELD "FOLLIES"

EDDIE BORDENSupported by "SIR" JAS. DWYER Bryant 2*47 (Now)

Stotesbury, Dr. Edward Cattell, Judges Bon-nlwdl 'and Rodgers doing a "ulngle in one"for the Liberty Loun, and getting it overlike a headline offering. This week the RedCross is being boomed, and Bcveral specialnights were arranged, the First RegimentN. Q. P. bnnd giving a concert Wednesdaynight and Friday being "Navy Night." ThellrBt real warm spoil of the season was felt,

but a bfc show was billed for the currentweek, and It played very well before a wellfilled house Monday afternoon. The ansonreof William* and Wolf us, whose baggage did

not arrive in time to permit them giving thematinee, robbed the bill of a big laughinghit, but there was plenty of show, and withGene Greene singing an extra song or two,there was nothing lost from an entertainmentstandpoint. Paul Dickey and Co. in "TheLincoln Highwayman" were the hendllner,and with a lot of flare and noise it furnishedquit© a thriller. It is the best thing Dickeyhas ever done In vaudeville and suggestssomething worth building up for a three-actdrama. In the latter the story could be filled

In with Home exciting moments to hold in-

HOUDINIParanoias* AddroMi VARIETY, Nov York

MAGGIE CASEYLE CLAIR

The natural Irub Lady in her Celtic

Comeellyes, Wit, Humor and Stories

of the Emerald Ule.

At Liberty For Next Season

Address - VARIETY, CHICAGO

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Ump.ro, PETE MACK

tercst. but in the vaudeville sketch the

"punch" is too long coming to get the de-

sired results. From the time Dickey dashes

on stage in a big red racing car and starts

to strip it to deceive the police, who have

been following him, things pick up and there

is plenty of tension right up to the finish.

The only Bavlor for the first few minutes la

a clever bit of work contributed by Inez

Plummer, who also participates in a pretty

little bit of love-making with Dickey. How-ever, Dickey and the big racing car, with the

title, gives vaudeville a big "name" feature

which will be readily accepted. Charlea T.

Aldrich's appearance in the first half of the

show was a big boost for this section. This

is Aldrich's first vaudeville appearance here

In several years, and his act was a real

novelty much appreciated. He is getting

quite a lot of the rapid changes and it 1b too

good to be followed by his old tramp stuff

with the trick handkerchief finish. Since the

days of the Great Lafayette vaudeville hasmissed this sort of work, and Aldrlch proves

himself a past master of the art, particularly

in the changes behind the paper. The Pon-zillo Sisters, Carmela and Rosa, have a highclass singing turn which scored a big ap-

plause hit. These Italian girls go in strong

for stago presence, and aside from the fact

that both use Identically the same gestures

with their songs, they win a lot on general

appearance. Both have good voices and haveselected their numbers with care. It's beensome time since Gene Greene was heard here

and the Chicago boy cleaned up a nice big

applause hit. He might brush up his stories

with some new ones, for Gene is one of the

best "niggers" on »he stage. He has a bunchof good songs and does everyone of them well,

winning a big share of the show's honors.

In the closing position the Royal Hawallansclicl all that could be expected of them fol-

lowing a bill so full of music. Pretty stage

setting helped. The tenor should choose anow ballad, slow delivery and two verses

taking a lot out of his chances so late in the

show. There Is a man who does a dancewith a girl at the finish, .and the boy is somewlggler. Ward and Van, in the character of

street musicians, did very well with their

music, but could brush up their comedy,which gets them little. • The prettily stagedhand-balancing act of McClure and Dollyfurnished a very good opener. Tne PatheWeekly pictures were up to the average.

NIXON'S GRAND (W. D: Wegefarth, mgr.).-Emily Smiley and Co. in "A Chorus CTlrl's

Love" Is the feature of the week's bill. Othersarc: Stanley and Co., Ed. and Lew Miller,William Slsto, The Parvells and motion pic-

tures.

NIXON (F. G. Nixon-Nirdlinger, mgr.).—

Emmett Welch's Minstrel Revue Is the head-liner. Others are: the Great Howard, OdraAinslee and Co. in "Kiddle," Jean St. Anne,Steen and Stein and motion pictures.

KEYSTONE (M. W. Taylor, mgr.).—"AKentucky Cinderella," a five-reel feature pic-

ture, and "The Breakers," a tabloid musicalcomedy, divides the honors this week. Other*are: Harrison, Webster and Glrard, Bronteand Atwell, Harry and Myrtle Gilbert, Scran-ton, Bell and Scranton.GLOBE (Sabloekey & McGuIrk, nigra. ).

—

"The Honeymooners," a tabloid musical offer-

ing headlines the bill. Others are: Joe Hor-tlz's Minstrels, Wood, Melville and Phillips,

Gllmore and Peyton in "Every Woman's Prob-lem." Motion pictures.CROSS-KEYS (Sabloekey A McGuIrk,

nigra.).—First half—"The Black and WhiteRevue" is the headllner. Others : Irene Law,Ford, Gardner and Powers, "The MasterWork." a novelty sketch, "The Girl In thoMoon," Harry Sykes. Last half

—"The Suf-fragette Revue," Joseph K. Watson, Burnsand Qulnn, Barney and Garry-

Jules Aronson, who has been manager atseveral theatres in New York and Philadel-phia, most recently the Alhambra here, hasbeen appointed manager of B. F. Keith's Gar-den Pier theatre at Atlantic City.

One of the biggest disappointments of theseason is the announcement that "Made InPhU'.y" will not be produced this summer atB. F. Keith's theatre. The revue, originatedby Manager Jordan, ran four weeks last sum-mer, playing ,to big business throughout therun.

Bob O'Donnell, formerly of the Orpheum,Brooklyn, who has been at Keith's for severalweeks now "learning the ropes," is in line fora manager's Job. He haB made many friendsduring bis stay here.

Herbert Williams was very funny makinghis excuses for the non-arrival of his baggageMonday. He didn't mean it, but he was.

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"The Blue Grass Boys*

Direction,

Harry Weber

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tho South"Principal ComodUnAL. G- FIELDS'MINSTRELSSomeone W17-U

Opening in August

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Adereee FRIARS' CLUB,Now York.

Direction, Chamberlain Brown

MARTYR and FLORENCEr.||e*i

LEST YE FORGETI of tho boat.

Pereenal Direction, MARK LEVY

Playing Vaudeville at

Maryland Theatre, Bal-

timore, This WeekPlaying Golf at Mary-

land Country Clubthis week also

Jim *d Marian Harkins

Acrobata Aro Not So F>

Like Y'sAt Bonofita They Still Caaitkrao

To Pay You Off In Sandwichee

FORREST and CHURCHSum Akt - Ask Annio Body.

TimeDirection, MARK LEVY

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PentagonNext Week Denver.

Direction, MARK LEVY

THEATRES WE HAVE PLAYED

PALACE, CHICAGO

FENTON and GREEN

CHARLIE

HOWARDManagement, MAX HART

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CHAS. F. SEMORPlaying U. B. O. Than

Representative,FRANK EVANS

ADELE ASTAIREHERE'S THE PROOF!!

CHICAGO -AMERICAN,- SEPT. U, MM

Astaire* Score in Danceat Palace

Despite the fact that soma of the best head*

tine talent in vaudeville la showing at the

Singer playhouse, a pair of youngsters really

carry off the honors. They are Fred and Adele

Astaire, billed at brother and sister, and look-

ing the part In every way. Their dandng ia

a real treat. They are youthful, and bring to

vaudeville freshness and ability that even the

hardened Monday nlghter appreciates.

Fred and Adele Astaire

Head Program at

Vaudeville Housewith Clever Affair

By Onrgi St, Osnrga

There to an awful lot of singing and dancing

at the Orphan this weeki bnt aaoet of H Uso good that one can alasoet forgive the ©ver-

fnnnssa oi the pordona distributed. The audi-

onos to treated to one of the aaoet attract*™

ainglng and dandng acta that vaudeville has pat

forth in ages. It to presented by. Fred andAdele Astaire, and their work to so fresh, dainty

and latohed that It la a treat to watch It andBaton to tt. Neither of the pair pretend to bo

olngnia they Jnst sing aa an excuse to do« silling else Immediately afterwards} hot

every song they sing is a winner, and it la a

winner because ,they sing it Paradoxical?

Tea* if yon like; but see if yon don't agree

with me when yon see this pair. Both of

them are aplendld dancers and the variety of

their work is infinite. Their feet scarcely

seem to touch the floor and there is a snap,

go and personality in everything they do. It

to a long, long time since an act of this kind

haa appealed so strongly to me, and It musthave appealed to the audience quite aa strongly,

for they gaye them more epplauae than any

other number on the bill.

•TOJOBaVDBMOCRAT,'* ST. LOUIS, MO.

Adele Astaire, Youthful

Dancer, Furnishes Oneof Four Attractive ActsAdele Astaire contributes the charm of youth

and prettineaa to this week's vaudeville bill at

the Columbia Theatre. Ann Pennington has a

rival am tola vary attractive young dancer, whoalso etage acceptably with Fred Astsire. her

ST. LOUIS -REPUBLIC*

NatWillsandDancingActColumbia Headliners

From the sublime to the ridiculous fully de-

scribes the two acta which are the headliners

on the bill at the Columbia this week.Fred and Adele Astaire (a youthful brother

and sister), in new songs and distinctive dances,

represent the sublime, while Nat Wills, the

seme old' happy tramp, brings his usual amountof ridiculous chatter.

YOUNGSTERS WIN POPULAR FAVOR ATORPHEUM; DOCKSTADER IS FUNNY

It would be nice to say that Lew Dockstader,

veteran minstrel man, was the popular favorite

at the Orpheum last night—it would be nice

but It wouldn't be true. This honor went to

Orpheum Theatre, DenverFlo Ziegfeld, picker of winners for ths MFol*

lies" series end bis "Midnight Frolics," is

overlooking a pair of young dancers who wouldmake "Diamond Jim" Brady and HeywoodBroun proclaim them aloud to satiated NewYorkers. This pair is at the Orpheum thisweek and permission is hereby given them toclip this out end send it to Flo with the com-pliments of the season. Fred and Adele Aa-tsire are as bewitching and original a pair ofdancers as the Follies of any old year everboasted. Adele is as dainty a piece of workas ever twinkled a toe, and Fred is built fordancing and nothing else. They have excellentsongs, and put them over, particularly oneabout a sweet tooth. But their dancing is

pe.ftctioi., o.ud. beticr wurk ci this !na<i ^aaiKvr shown to Ned Waybvirr. in hi* palmiestdays.

Fred and Adele Astaire, a youthful brother andsister, whose act would have been ordinary butfor the personality of the peppery little pair.

Their songs and their singing are fine andIn theirthey

aonga amwlndlviduality isir dancing.

DENVER "TIMES"

Orpheum Offers One of

the Season's Best BillsWhenever Freddie and Adele Astaire make

up their minds to it, they're going to be toplined. They dance spiritedly ana skillfully,

end she, well—there is no more bewitching missin vaudeville.

SAN FRANCISCO "CHRONICLE"Refreshingly youthful and distinctly clsssful.

Fred Astaire and his sister, Adele registeredstrongly in new songs and dances. This pairof kids went about their work with plenty ofvim and vigor aad justly tarried the solid

applause which greeted them. They have a

brght future and are comers.

PORTLAND. ORE.

Young Dancers Re-markable

Fred and Adele Astaire, two young dancers,are by all odds the feature of the Orphenmshow, which opened yesterday, and if they staytogether, they will in a mighty short timebe the feature of any show anywhere. 'Theirwork is not alone excellent, but their steps areoriginal, which is saying a whole lot.

Calgnry, Altn.—OrpheumBy Everette Marshall

Then came Fred and Adele Astaire, who arebilled as brother and sister, and by the wayFred pulled her off the stage by the hair 1

am inclined that is right. But the audiencefelt inclined to pull the other way, for theywere quite popular in their songs, snd Adeleis s besutiful dancer, and little brother Freddiestill preserves a waist line and a general lackof avoirdupois which enables him to step somehiinsrH.

ottering recently, tt 10

rtm^Jr.^ timfe \£lrtormers ot tnetr jctnoOrpheum bill in many

Song and Dante Stunt byFred and Adele Astaire

Called Efficiency MarvelBy suuitfnud Devise

Although lacking in variety, the bill at theOrphenm tale week ia a good one. There ia

really only one offering that is below par* amisome people liked it. There ere seven newnumbers on the program and the beet one iaa song and dance stunt by Fred and AdeleAstaire, and although we have been done todeath with this type of offering recently, it iaone in a hundred. These

;

the moat attractive panthai have brightened an Orpimoons. Adele is pretty, wears adorable clothoa,dances like a fairy and usee her voice so at-tractively that she makes you forget she hasn'tany. Fred ia plentifully supplied with magna)tism, is a clean-cut, wholesome-looking chap,full of pep, and his work haa a finish to it

that removes it far from the ordinary. Theteam work of the pair ia a revelation hi eft*ciency. There to n perfect understanding' nsort of melting into each other's bualneaathat is a delight to see. They are the realheadliners of the newcomers, and it toto aay that no act at any time thisreceived the hand that falls to theirevery performance.

NEW ORLEANS 1TATE3-

Astaire Dancers andCressy Win

at

The ratherCressy, with Blanche Onyne andaa his foils, and the nimble, lithe anddancing of Fred and Adele Astairenew bill at the Orphenm ahovo the

It haa been a long time atone aasprightly and Pfpperv a naif; of youngas Fred and Adele Astaire have boon tthe Orpheum. The terpeichorean art aaeherent in them—"comes natural"—thereno evidence whatever of effort In theirwind and entirely pleasing work.

Jffirwan*

DETROIT -JOURNAL**

By Ralph Holmes

Fred snd Adele Astaire, youth and maidenof tender veers snd refreshing presence, carriedoff the bulk of the afternoon s applause with asinging and dancing set. They really are en*ceptionally good and should be top*noteharssome dsy.

Vancouver, B. C—OrphFred and Adele Astaire easily outshone any*

thing of the kind in their newest dances andsongs. Miss Adele is a personification of graceand youthful sprightliness, and Fred is in aclass all by himself as a step dancer. It

a delightful act.

SEATTLE •TIMES*'

What makes the entertainment so much bet-

ter than the average ia the distribution ofqsulity all through it. Take, for example, twoof ite acts—Fred snd Adele Astaire and Crossand Josephine. Both are aiqgfog nnd ds^^ngacts. They show class at every moment; thereare good aonga, good dances, good clothes andnot a particle of suggestion at any point Theseare ideal Orpheum vaudeville acta. If Beckcould only find a few hundred more like themhe could keep J. P. Morgan waiting in theouter office for a booking and Carl Reiter couldbuy up the White River Valley and turn it into

a private golf links.

WHAT HAS THE EAST IN STORE FOR THEM?This Week (June 18)—Shea's, Buffalo Next Week (June 25)—Temple, Detroit

Direction, MAX HAYES

TEN CENTS

VARIETY

ROUTE No. 1 - 1917-1918HIGHEST JUDGES

OF

HIGHEST CLASS VAUDEVILLEHAVE AWARDED BOOKINGS

AND CO.Member National Vaudeville Artists

Week (1917) Theatre City

Keith's PhiladelphiaColonial New York CityOrpheum BrooklynKeith's LowellKeith's PortlandProctor's SchenectadyTemple SyracuseProctor's AlbanyProctor's . TroyOrpheum MontrealTemple HamiltonColumbia Grand RapidsMajestic ChicagoKeith's Hip. ToledoKeith's Hip ClevelandHippodrome .... YoungstownDavis PittsburghKeith's Cincinnati

Keith's Indianapolis

Keith's Louisville

As Joe Hall said, after the race

"I told you so."

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Week (1918) Theatre

Jan. 7 Keith's Dayton" 14 Keith's Columbus" 21 Shea's Buffalo44

28 Shea's TorontoFeb. 4 Colonial Erie" 11 Temple Detroit44

18 Temple Rochester44

25 Alhambra New York City

Mar. 4 .'

Keith's Providence' Proctor's Yonkers

4418 Bushwick Brooklyn

4425 Maryland Baltimore

Apr. 1 U. B. O South44

8 U.B.O South" 15 U.B.O South" 22 U.B.O South" 29 U.B.O South

May 6 U.B.O South

Direction HARRY WEBER Office

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VOL. XLVII, No. 5 NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1917 PRICE TEN CENTS

BRITISH RECRUITING MISSION

ROUNDING UP ENGLISH ACTORSHave List of Over 600 English Members of Profession in U. S.

—All British Subjects Within Age Limit and Eligible

for Service—Publicity Abroad to Shame Slackers

/Into Duty.

The British Recruiting /Mission,

which has its headquarters /ocated at

280 Broadway, is to may a special

drive against the Englisn actors in

this country to get thcm/'ecruited into

the service.

An attach^ in the office of Capt. Size,

director of publicity /or the Commis-sion, stated \that there was a list of

600 names or^Erelish actors now in

this country of eligible service age andthese would all be looked up by special

investigators of the Commission.The list is being so compiled that

those who refuse to do service wiil bemarked for special notice in the Eng-lish papers at home.The same official admitted that a

number of English actors in New Yorkhad visited the offices during the last

two weeks and while some had en-

listed the majority were looking for

"soft snaps" in the service that wouldkeep them out of the "ditches." Oneactor, a star, now playing in New Yorkin a musical comedy, has been ap-

pointed as a clerk in the offices of the

British Consul in New York. Thegreater number, when they discoverthat they will have to take their chanceswith the rank and file, very convenient-ly disappear from the office withoutsigning up.

the highset numbers of votes on theseason.Each week he will give away a $10

Liberty Loan bond to the girl votedby the audiences where the show is

playing as the most popular in thecompany.

Cards, bearing the photograph ofeach girl and numbered accordingly,is passed out, marked and handed backas the person leaves the theatre.

Last season Rose Chapman, EvelynMadden and Frances Lockvvood werethe lucky ring winners.

NOT WILD OVER TABS.The Poli Circuit has not gone wild

over the reception accorded the tabloidproductions it has substituted so far

in some of its houses for the regularvaudeville bills.

Poli's Scranton, played three tabs;Hartford and Worcester two each.Next week "The Night Clerk" playsHartford and Worcester. If the re-

turns there are not better than be-fore, Poli will discard the tab experi-ment for this season.

ALL-STAR SUMMER SHOW.Harry Benrimo, Harrison Rhodes,

Jack Welch and Ralph Hcrz haveformed a producing company to turnout immediately a summer show for

Chicago. The show is to have sevenstars and a chorus of eight and is to

be of the intimate revue type. En-gagements Tuesday included RalphHerz, Lina Abarbanell. Valli Valli,

Frank Lalot, Elizabeth Murray, Car-ter De Haven.

LOEW CHANGING TO STOCK.Boston, June 27.

It is authentically reported here thatMarcus Loevv's Globe on Washingtonstreet, seating 1,700, and now playing1 how's pictures, will be leased for stockproductions next season.So far as known no lease has as yet

been passed by the Loew people, whohave several other Boston theatres withtlicir pop vaudeville or pictures.

LIBERTY BONDS FOR POPULARITY.When Charles Baker's "The Temp-

ters." taker, to the American l.i.ilf-wir,-

route next season Baktv !'ii> a scIrvti^

in mind whereby he will equal his pop-ularity contest conducted last seasonon the road when he gave away dia-

mond rings to the three girls receiving

WRITING NEW CENTURY SHOW.Victor Herbert and Guy Bolton arc

collaborating on the production to bepreMnted at the Century next season.

Victor Herbert is at present at one of

the Philadelphia parks with his orches-tra and running over week-ends to NewNil, Vc ! .ii <1 im i.sMon «,,

It i^ reputed ilie new show at theCentury will open the first week in Oc-tohcr. The report is Conroy and Le-Maire arc to be one of the features of

the Century production.

$1,000,000 AS PROFIT MARK.William Harris, Jr., has set $1,000,000

as the mark of profits he wants to getout of "The 13th Chair" before he re-

leases it for road rights.

There are to be four companies nextseason, one for Chicago, another todivide Philadelphia and Boston, whilethe two remaining are to play the weekstands.This leaves the smaller towns out

of it. Several offers have been madefor the one night territory, but theywere turned down with the informa-tion that the million dollar profit markhas been set.

COHAN-ZIEGFELD REVUE.The revue by George M. Cohan, sup-

posed to have been his firm's, Cohan &Harris', venture for next season, wilLit is understood, be jointly producedby Mr. Cohan and Flo Ziegfeld, Jr.

The revue is due for about October.Its book will be by Cohan, while Zieg-feld will engage the company and pro-duce the show.

PRODUCTIONS OUT FOR MATERIALThe three large Charles Dillingham

productions to be organized for nextseason are out for material and wantconsiderable of it from vaudeville,without reporting any success so far

in their search. '

The shows are the Fred Stone pro-duction, at the Hip and at the Cen-tury.

48 ACTS CANCELED.Canceled acts to the number of 48 is

Willie Edelsten's trouble for this sum-mer. That number of turns wasbooked by Mr. Edelsten for Euro-pean engagements, principally in Eng-land, before the "ruthlessness" of theGerman submarine and the declara-

tion of war by irs against Germany.Mr. Edelsten ljas secured the post-

ponement of the engagements in eachinstance, to the same dates in 1918.

POLI'S BIG ONE IN BRIDGEPORT.Bridgeport, June 27.

In addition to the Lyric purchasedby S. Z. Poli, a plot alongside that

theatre has been secured, and when theLyric has been demolished, there will

he a site ready for the pop vaudeville

theatre of 3,500 capacity Poli intendsbuilding here.

Thos. W. Lamb has been commis-sioned to draw the plans.

SOAP ADVERTISING SHOW.The manufacturers of Babbitt's Soap

arc u^ing the peach orchard scene from"Tiirn \f, th.' Ki.'ht," -and the title of

the show, with a two-line doggrel underit in all of their street car advertisingthroughout the country. (John L.

Gnlden wrote the doggrel for the com-pany without extra charge.)

SUMMER OPERA.Chicago, June 27.

What is said to be the only sum-mer opera company in America operat-

ing this year, begins its initial seasonat Ravinia Park, Chicago, Saturday,

when "Paggliacci" will be sung, with

Edith Mason of New York making her

local debut. It will be a double bill

with Carolina White, recently engagedby Louis Eckstein, president of theRavinia company, singing in "Jewels ofthe Madonna."On Sunday "Lucia" will be given,

with Florence .Macbeth in the title

role. This opera will be repeatedTuesday with Salvatore Giordano in

the tenor role, his debut.For the Fourth, a patriotic concert

is scheduled for the matinee with"Cavalleria Rusticana" the opera for

the evening. "Thais" will be given at

the end of the week.There are two conductors, both from

New York. Gennaro Papi will con-duct the Italian operas while RichardHageman will conduct the Frenchschool and also the Wagnerian con-certs, of which there will be a num-ber.

There is to be an orchestra of 50picked from the Chicago SymphonyOrchestra organization. Soloists in-

clude Frances Ingraham, Henri Scott

and Sig. Bonfiglio.

BALL PARK'S BIG TIME.

Pittsburgh, June 27.

John Harris is arranging to play a

big time vaudeville open air show of

at least 10 acts in the Pittsburgh Na-

tional League ball park, which can seat

between 20,000 and 25.000.

One show nightly will be given at a

popular admission scale.

It is three or four years since night

shows in ball parks throughout the

country were tried, without any degreeof success at that time, the weathercounting too seriously.

WALKER FINDS A WINNER.Indianapolis, June 27.

Stuart Walker, who is presenting a

company at the Murat, found what

looks like a winner in a new play by

Booth Tarkington called "Seventeen."Tt was first produced last week, getting

$4,500 on the week, considered excellent

since the prices are scaled low.

Mr. Walker is considering the piece

for Broadway production in the fall.

The piece has bcrn held over tar a sec-

ond week, something rare for stock in

this city.

The company is partly made up of

the Portmanteau Players with GregoryKelly playing the leads.

CABLESLONDON'S SELF-DENIAL ASSN.

PLACES BAN ON THE THEATREWants Public to Forego Pleasures and Donate Money Saved

to War Charities—English Profession in Arms AgainstProposal-f-Latter Have Been Liberal With Cash

/and Services.

/ondon, June 27.

A Self Denial association is beingorganized here, th* purpose of whichis to have folks difcny themselves cer-tain pleasures andko donate the moneythat would« thus pe spent upon someworthy war\charily.Among other things, the promoters

of the new ^ fund suggested that thepublic refrairji frim attending the thea-tres, and this has aroused the ire ofartists here, Wbo object to the insti-

gating of any' movement to preventthem from earning their livelihoods.

The English theatrical professionhave been very liberal in their warcharity contributions, not only in cash,

but in giving their services for all sorts

of benefits, in addition to which theyhave furnished entertainment to wound-ed soldiers and others in camp.The proposed heavy theatre tax en-

actment has been laid over until

Oct. 1.

"LADS" REVUE—BEST.London, Tune 27.

"Lads of the Village" at the Ox-ford is the best revue produced re-

cently, full of humor, bright music,good singiner. plentv of khaki, excel-

lent chours and individual singing.

JACK SILVANO KILLED BY BOMB.London, June 27.

Tack Silvano, comedy cyclist, waskilled by a bomb in the air raid onLondon June 13. He was riding on anomnibus at Stratford.

CLOSES FOR THE SUMMER.London, June 27.

The Queens. Savoy, Prince of Walesand Strand closed their doors for the

summer June 23.

SIR GEORGE ORDERED TO REST.London, June 27.

Sir George Alexander has been or-

dered by his physician to take a com-plete rest owing to a slight breakdown.

"INTOLERANCE" OFF.London, June 27.

"Intolerance" was withdrawn fromthe Philharmonic Hall, after a brief

engagement, having failed to attract

sufficiently to warrant an extended run.

OPERA DRAWING.London, June 27.

Roth Carl Rosa and the Beechamopera companies are playing to full

houses, bearing striking testimony to

the popularity of opera in London dur-

ing the heat wave, which depletedmost of the houses.

REVIVAL IS SUCCESSFUL.London, June 27.

The late Captain Marshall's play.

"His Excellency the Governor," wassuccessfully revived at the New thea-

tre with Allan Avnesworth, Dion Bou-cicault, Fred Kerr and Irene VanBrugh scoring strongly.

"Abe's Lottery Ticket" Playlet.

London, June 27.

J?rpe= T?. Wafers' nrv -kftc.b. ".M^'?Lottery Ticket," was well received la c t

week at the Shoreditch Empire.

Sir Herbert Tree's Slight Accident.London, June 27.

Sir Herbert Tree met with a s\jght

accident through falling to his knee.An operation was successfully per-formed and rest is essential.

"HUMPTY DUMPTY" DISAPPOINTS.London, June 27.

H. A. Vachell's modernized versionof "Humpty Dumpty," at the Savoy,is disappointing. It is the feeblest ef-fort from that author.

H. B. Irving is altogether unsuitedto the leading role.

INSIDE LIFE, OPERA'S PLOT.London, June 27.

Grossmith & Laurilard have secured"Paulette del Baye," a new comic opera,for production at the Shaftesbury in theautumn.

It is founded on the private life ofthe Countess de Brioude.

KARNO'S "THREE BITES."London, June 27.

Fred Karno produced at the Hippo-drome, Boscombe, a new revue en-titled "Three Bites."

Withdrawn After 500 Performances.London, June 27.

"Daddy Long Legs" was withdrawnfrom the Duke of York's after a runof over 500 performances.

Re-engaged Daphne Pollard.London, June 27.

Albert de Courville has re-engagedDaphne Pollard for the next revue atthe Hippodrome, to be producedaround Christmas. Meantime "ZigZag" is going strong.

"Under Cover" Going on Tour.London, June 27.

"Under Cover" was withdrawn fromthe Strand June 23. Matheson Langwill go touring with the piece.

VAN HOVENWhen I was a little kid going to school, I

had two pals, and any guy in school caughtplaying with us received a whipping. Oh, wewere pleasant little children. One of the palsis now a wealthy physician and the other is«» b'g oa'.tle man.But one of the "goody" boys is serving (our

years for robbing his uncle's bank, two othersare doing two years each for selling "booze"in dry states and other little things, and thereal nice boy that had me expelled from schoolis a chorus min with a musical comedy. Hisfirst name is Garence. I don't think his chil-dren will ever bother

PALACE HAS HIT.London, June 27.

"Airs and Graces" was produced at

the Palace June 21, revealing splendidscenes, dainty dresses and sparklingmusic. With the injection of morecomedy the show is certain to prove atypical Palace success.

Great credit is due the producer,William J. Wilson.

Gertie Millar was the chief score.

Grade Leigh received a warm welcomeon her appearance. John Humphries,Betty Balfour and Fred. Groves wereexcellent ,

"BUBBLY" BIG.London, June 27.

Andre Chariot's revue "Bubbly," atthe Comedy, is a big success.

COMEDY PROM A SKETCH.London, June 27.

"Invention," a new Scottish comedy,was produced at the Duke of York's,founded on a sketch originally playedby Walter Kemp and Co. at the Chel-sea Palace.

Arthur St George Afflicted.

London, June 27.

Arthur St. George, actor-vocalist, hasbeen paralyzed in both legs, and hasstarted lyric writing in collaborationwith Denham Harrison.

Violet Van Brugh in New PlayletLondon. June 27.

Last week at the Grand, Birmingham,Violet Van Brugh presented a newplaylet by Michael Orme, entitled"The Woman on the Window Sill."

T. L. Sacks Coming Over.London, June 27.

J. L. Sacks proposes) sailing for Amer-ica to arrange for the production thereof "Three Cheers" and to secure Amer-ican production for England.

Gresham Singers on Stoll Tour.London, June 27.

The Gresham Singers are touringthe Stoll houses.

WOODS HAS TWO SHIPMAN PLATS.The Sam Shipman play, "The Man

Pays." on which William A. Brady heldan option, has been taken over throughthe mutual consent of all concerned byA. H. Woods, who is now rehearsinganother Shipman piece, "The Target.""The Target" may be first shown in

New York at the Astor. Tentativearrangements were under wav earlythis week looking to that end. Theshow opens out of town July 16, andwill be played on Broadway in Septem-ber.

Leading engagements for "The ManPays." under the Woods direction, areGeorge Probert. Emma Polini, OliveMav.

INA CLAIRE'S PUT NAMED.Tna Claire, now under contract to

David Belaseo. will make her dramaticstacre appearance around the end ofAiitMist. when takinp* the title role of"Polly With a Pa.?t." by George Mid-dleton and Guy Bolton.

OVER AFTER "CHIN CHOW."Sailing from New York June 21 for

London were Frank McCormack, gen-eral stage director for Comstock fir

Gest. and F. Newton Lindo, who for-'merlv represented the Drury Lane in-terests of London over here, and whofor two seasons has been attached tothe managerial forces of C. & G. Theyleft for the other side to arrange tobrine the "Chu Chin Chow" productionto New York. This show will be seen atthe Manhattan Ooera House by Com-stock & Gest. following the four weeks'Tgafement ther? of "The Wanderer/*nppniRc the season.Lvle Sweet, now in London, the gen-

eral director for Oscar Asche, who pro-duced "Chu Chin Chow," is coming tothis side early in September to stage

^ th p Manhattan production.

MARIE BLANCHE MARRIES.London, June 27.

Marie Blanche retired from "HighJinks" at the Adelphi to marry E.Lewis Waller, son of the late LewisWaller. The ceremony took placelast week.Miss Blanche will return to the stage

in August to appear in C. B. Cochran'sproduction of "Carminetta."The bridegroom was formerly a lieu-

tenant in the Naval Brigade andserved in Antwerp and Gallipoli. Hewas invalided out and is now a varietyagent.

BOURCHIER IN NEW SKETCH.London, June 27.

Arthur Bourchier appeared at theColiseum last week in a new sketch,called "Abstols for Two," supportedby Kyrle Bellew.

JEROME'S "COOK."London, June 27.

Terome K. Jerome's new farce,

"Cook," was successfully tried out at

Eastbourne.

South African Women in Musical ActLondon, June 27.

At the Pavilion the Carmels, fourSouth African women, presented anartistic musical act which should be-come popular.

Ellaline Terriss Popular.London, June 27.

Ellaline Terriss reappeared at theColiseum in a single turn. Her rendi-

tion of Kipling's four sea songs,"Fringes of the Fleet," proved exceed-ingly popular.

Successful Debut.London, June 27.

Nina Boucicault made a successful

variety debut at the Victoria PalaceTune 25 in "When the Clock Strikes

Nine."

Fred Duprez Popularizing Himself.London, June 27.

At the Garrick Fred Duprez is con-stantly developing his oart and is be-

coming one of the big favorites of

London.

ELIZABETH MURRAY'S APPEAL.Detroit. June 27

Elizabeth Murray, playine at the

Temple, stopped in the middle of herturn last Saturday night and said:

"This is our appeal to the boys of

this nation. My own dear boy marchedoff to service last night. I'm a motherand my heart goes out to vou mothershere tonight. But T wouldn't hold himback and you should not hold backvour sons, no matter how much youlove them, and God knows what it

means to a mother's heart for a boyto go to war. But it is up to us to giveour best, for it is a great big cause."Her son, Georpe Murray Fassnacht,

has joined a New York regiment.

PRIVILEGES OF ALIENS.The Department of Justice at Wash-

ington. Tune 22 authorized the follow-ine statement in response to a numberof inquiries regarding the sphere ofeffectiveness of alien enemy permits:

"A permit granted to an alien

enemy bv a United States Mar-shal confers upon the holder ofthe nermit the privilege to moveat will in the district of the mar-shal bv whom the permit is signed,but does not grant either preneral

or specific privileges outside ofthe particular district. Enemyaliens desiring to travel in twoor more Federal judicial districts

should obtain permits in each oft'l«* rj?s{ri<fs if wli'Ml inrv Will

travel."

Montgomery Play for Sidney.James Montgomery is writing a play

for George Sidney to star in next sea-son,

VAUDEVILLEIN THE SERVICE, I

W. Ewing, stage hand, of Troy local

No. 29, has enlisted in the army.

Barney Toy (Toy and Danner) is a

sergeant in the 23rd New York Infan-

try.

William Mahlon, who formerly man-aged Keystone Park, Waverly, Mass.,

has joined the army.

Jim Baltus (Baltus Trio) has enlisted

with the engineers corps, sailing soon.

Baltus will act as interpreter.

A. Vinson, secretary of the Portland,Ore., picture operators' local, has goneinto the service.

Fred Ward has been mustered outof the service with the National Guardof N. J. because of his recent illness,

which unfitted him for further duty.George Carson MacDonald (Charles

and Sadie MacDonald) is in the FirstReserve Reg., Engineers, at Ft. Tot-ten, N. Y.Lowell Moore, brother of and assist-

ant to Menlo Moore, has enlisted in theAmerican field ambulance corps, sailingfor the war zone shortly.Robert Napelbaum, who enlisted

June 18 as a yeoman in the navy, hasreported for immediate service in New-port News.Raymond Leveen, assistant manager

of Proctor's 125th Street, has enlistedin the quartermaster division and is

assigned to the state arsenal at 7thavenue and 35th street. New York City.Max Halperin, who was released

from his army enlistment (severalyears under the enlistment age) hascome to New York to locate perma-nently.

Al. Carr, of Variety's New Yorkoffice staff, who enlisted in the navy im-mediately after the declaration of war,has finished his training period at

Newport and will be assigned to oneof the ships of the fleet this week.George Hayes, a member of Sir Her-

bert Tree's Company during the last

engagement in New York, has joinedthe British Army and is in Torontoat present.Roy C. 'Wilcox, who married Diantha

Pattison of "Our Betters" two weeksago, is to go to France in the ambu-lance service. His bride is to accom-pany him for Red Cross work.Victor Turnbull, assistant to Cal

Griffis in the Chicago Orpheum office,

has gone to Allentown, ra., there tojoin an ambulance corps, which sails

for the war zone, in about six weeks.Al. Duchmien, of English birth.

ahead of "Experience" last season, hasoffered his services to the English re-cruiting officers now lining up Eng-lish subjects in New York.

Charles A. Benton, with the RobertCampbell production of "Peg o' MyHeart" last season, has enlisted in theBritish service and leaves for Canadathis week.Norman Trevor, who appeared in "A

Kiss for Cinderella" and "The NewWord," was accepted for military ser-vice by the British Recruiting office

in New York, and expects to be orderedinto training soon.W. J. Gores, interested in several

coast theatres and a graduate of Le-land Stanford University, is with theAmerican Field Ambulance corps andis now in Paris. He is a brother ofPaul Gordon (Gordon and Ricca).James Connors, for four seasons

property man with "Everywoman,"and a member of Springfield, 111., No.138, I. A. T. S. E., has enlisted in thenavy. He is now stationed at U. S.

Naval Training Station (Main Camp*.Norfolk, Va.Hector Turnbull, for several years

the head of the scenario departmentof the Lasky Company, and whoseplay "The Cheat," is to be produced byWilliam A. Brady next season, enlisted

last week in Battery F., First FieldArtillery, N. Y. N. G.Douglas and Jack Burley (Burley

and Burley) upon applying to theEnglish Recruiting Mission in NewYork for enlistment, were rejected for

physical disability. Val Trainor, ap-plying to the same Mission, was also

rejected for the same reason.Four English soldiers, who have

done their "bit" in the Europeantrenches, Alfred Barclay, 7th Londonregiment; Frank Moore, Royal Can-adian regiment; Albert Forrest, 10th

Canadian troops, and Stewart McKay,Argyll-Sutherland Highlanders, areappearing in the "Somewhere in

France" act.

Three sons of the late Ned Harri-gan (Harrigan and Hart) are nowwearing the colors. The oldest, Wil-liam Harrigan, who was with GeorgeTyler's show at the

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Criterion last sea-son, is a captain at the Plattsburgtraining camp. Phillip, aged 22, andSolan, 23, just graduated from Prince-ton, have obtained lieutenant commis-sions in the army.

PASSPORT REGULATIONS.Robert Lansing, Secretary of State,

has issued an announcement statingthat, owing to the war, the Departmentof State finds it is necessary to makestricter regulations governing the is-

suing of passports.In the future applicants should send

their applications to the departmentthree weeks before the date of sailing,

so that a full investigation can be madeby the authorities.No passports will be issued to

naturalized American citizens within aperiod of six months after they havebecome naturalized.

CHARLIE STEVENSON RECOVERED.Charlie Stevenson, after an absence

of six years from New York, is expect-ed back here in the fall, fully recoveredfrom an attack of ill health thatobliged him to go west.Mr. Stevenson has been most of the

time in Denver, but lately went toCalifornia to visit his folks and hasreturned to Denver where he will re-

main until starting east.

When Mr. Stevenson left New Yorkhe was among the most popular ofthe younger set of vaudeville bookingmen, and although long away, has notbeen forgotten. Much pleasure is ex-pressed by his multitude of friendsupon his complete recovery.

DARLING'S COAST VACATION.Tomorrow (Saturday) Eddie Darl-

ing, the Keith booker, starts on his va-cation, going to the Pacific Coast forthe first time.Mr. Darling will remain away during

July. In his absence Frank Jones willlook after the Darling-booked theatres.

$10,000 REVUE ACT.The restaurant revue at Henderson's,

Coney Island, costing $10,000 to place

on the floor for its summer run of 14

weeks, will probably become a vaude-ville act after the Coney Island season.

Carlton Hoagland, who managesHenderson's for his uncle, Fred Hen-derson (now on the Coast) "plunged"on the production end of the revue for

this season, also with principals, the

revue carrying more recognized leaders

than any similar show presented in NewYork since the restaurants becameplaces of entertainment. Besides the

principals are 12 chorus girls, who makeeight changes of costume in the 50 min-

utes actual running time of the revue.

Henderson's gave its first floor showlast summer. Its success prompted Mr.Hoagland to go the limit for this

season. It has justified his judgmentthrough the restaurant running ahead

so far on its gross receipts over last

summer, although the weather so far

this season has been against big seaside

business.

OH, YOU MERCEDES!Mercedes, headlining at the Royal

this week, startled his audience Mon-day night when he ran excitedly downa side aisle and addressing the entirehouse claimed he had been insulted byan auditor who had asked him to playa selection and upon being refused hadbranded Mercedes as a fakir.

The telepathic "genius" in a cleverlyarranged speech, apparently inspiredthrough one of his occasional argu-ments at the Friars on metaphysicswith Sammv Shipman. intimnted thepatron had called for the German na-tional anthem and declared it wouldnever be played by Miss Stantone, hisaccompanist. He then asked all thosewho had previously requested selec-tions to raise their hands and tell thehouse if they were his confederates.

TILLIE ZICK'S DIVORCE GRANTED.Chicago, June 27.

Sybil M. Borach, once known to the

stage as Tillie Zick, was granted an

absolute divorce last week from LewisBorach by Judge Thompson. Thecourt upheld the wife's charges of

crueltv..

Lewis Borach is the Lew Bnce of

the stage. At the time of the starting

of the suit this fact was confused and

it was supposed that Borach was a

business man.The couple was married twice. Once

thev eloped to San Antonio, but the

bride's mother had the marriage an-

nulled. Later they re-married but sep-

arated ere loner.

Miss Zick has also been playing in

vaudeville as Murial Worth.

SUMMER BOOKINGS.Over 40 theatres are now being

booked weekly in the big time depart-

ment of the United Booking Offices.

It is a large number of big time houses

to be open at this season of the year.

BRAND NEW GAfi.Eddie Cantor is having trouble at

his home because his kiddies insist on

becoming too affectionate with his col-

ored chauffeur, believing he is their

dad in his usual stage blackface.

Eddie says that a white chauffeur

will have to be the answer.

BERT MELROSE'S TWO-ACT.Bert and May Melrose will be the

title of the two-act Bert Melrose andhis wife intend doing. In it Mr. Mel-rose, who has been a pantomimist,

alone, heretofore, will sing and dance,

alsp juggle with barrels, without the

use of tables as before.

BARNES WITH SHUBERTS.The Shuberts are planning to star

T Roy Barnes next season in a mu-sical version of "The Third Party," a

farce by Mark Swan in which TaylorHolmes appeared for a brief time last

season.

HIP OPENING AUG. 20.

The opening date for the new "U. S.

A." show at the Hippodrome is set at

present for Aug. 20. Rehearsals are

railed for Ttily 9.

Claire Rochester has been engagedfor the prima donna role in the newshow.

N. V. A/s SUSPENDED.Fourteen members were suspended

for 60 days from the National Vaude-ville Artists' Club this week, chargedwith playing cards with a limit exceed-

ing the amount set by the club officials.

Several weeks ago the officials placed

a limit on all card games and this being

the first violations, suspensions weremeted out immediately. The suspendedmembers are barred from all privileges

of the club rooms and organisation

during the period of suspension.

The annual election date of the N.

V. A. has not yetbeen set, although at

first planned for July. It may occur

later.

LEW KELLY'S ACT.Xcxt week will see a revival by Lew

Kellv of an act he formerly plavedin vaudeville, for a spell It is railed

"Imaginary Dave." Vic Cassmore will

he of the supporting company of twopeople. Thos. J. Fitzpatrick is book-ing it.

Mr. Kelly last season was with "HelloNew York" (burlesque).

ALL-ALLIES BILL SERVES.

The first All-Allies' bill framed upfor vaudeville, the idea for which, wassuggested by William Morris, was pv-en at Proctor's, Newark, the first hilt

of the current week And was accorded

a most enthusiastic reception.

It consisted of the Kanawaza Troupe(representing Japan); George Lyons(Italy); Chinko and Minnie Brul (Bel-

gium); Tommy Haydn (England);

Wyatt's Lads and Lassies (Scotland);

Mils. Jeannette Martine and M. Du-\pont (France); "The Spirit of 76" with

Brenda Fowler (America); Frank Mul-lane (Ireland); Horelik Family (Rus-

sia).

The feature picture for the occasion

was "The Mystery of the DoubleCross," the overture "Hearts of Amer-ica" and the exit march "Where Do WeGo From Here."

PLATTSBURGH'S WEEKLY SHOW.Harry Cooper is arranging to stage a

vaudeville show once weekly at Platts-

burgh, N. Y., for the officers' reserve

corps stationed there. Cooper took the

first show to Plattsburgh last Sunday,the bill carrying, besides Cooper, Vio-linsky. Willie Smith, Andy Rice, Tamesand Agnes Duvae, Harcourt, Bissett

and Bestry, and Harry Ellis. The sec-

ond show will leave todav (Friday), re-

turning to New York Sunday. All ex-

penses are paid by the officers.

Major Barlow, formerly of "OldLady 31," built a stage and theatre at

the camp capable of seating 5,000

people, and completed the job in 19

hours. There are a large number of

Plattsburgh officers who «vent there di-

rect from theatricals, many from vau-deville.

BAYES' NEW ACT.Washington, June 27.

Nora Bayes is displaying a new act

this week at Keith's. In her company*of two are Irving Fisher and RobertGolde, the latter a pianist who formerlyappeared with Misha Ellman.

Jack McGowan, in "The MidnightFrolic," on the Amsterdam Roof, hasreplaced Irving Fisher in Ziegfeld "Fol-lies" in the Amsterdam theatre.

WILLARD SUED.Jack Curley, former manager for

Jess Willard, is suing the heavyweightchampion, alleging a breach of con-tract, in connection with the WildWest recently purchased by Willard.When Willard, who was traveling

with the tent show at a salary and per-centage of the receipts, took over theshow himself a few weeks ago. heplaced the management in the hands ofMelville B. Raymond, who has sincebeen traveling alternately ahead andback, endeavoring to get matters ad-justed to suit his principal.

The Curlev suit has brought to light

that the Arlington interests, fromwhom Willard bought, are paying $5,000annually as royalty for the use of the"Buffalo Bill" name. The title is

owned by H. H. Tammen, of Denver,who secured it from William F. Codyfor a $20,000 debt.

VAUDEVILLEWHITE RATS' FINAL MEETING

IN NATURE OF"WHITEWASH"

Board of Directors Probably O. K.'d All Actions of Rats Offi-

cers. Preparing Against Future Contingencies.

Meeting Held Yesterday. Auditing of

Finances Completed.

The White Rats Actors' Union held

its general meeting yesterday (Thurs-

day). They were to have met in

the Church Alliance building at 1.30

p. m. While it was a general meetingat which all White Rats willing to ad-

mit themselves such could be present,

it is said the main object was to gather

the Board of Directors, to become a

whitewashing committee and O. K. the

acts of the White Rats up to the time

of its death, which occurred in the

public eye when the Rats was obliged

to leave its clubhouse on West 46th

street. That clubhouse has since re-

mained empty although it is reportedhaving been taken care of by lease al-

most immediately after the Rats werevirtually evicted from it.

The sanction of the Rats meetingyesterday is reported to have Beenwanted by some of the Rats as a sort

of "clean slate" for the organization

to defend itself against the charges of

Bessie Pendleton of Boston, now in

the courts. Miss Pendleton alleges the

Rats' fund were improperly disbursed.

She also asked the court to compelthe Rats to produce its books of ac-

counts.Several Rats were aai<j to have been

holding almost daily meetings of late

in a Columbia theatre building office.

These were among the last of the Ratswhen the order quit in its recent at-

tempt to precipitate a vaudeville strike.

Those attending the meeting were the

ones, according to report, who appearedbefore the American Federation of La-bor Council in New York last Satur-

day, in an endeavor to persuade the

A. F. of L. not to revoke the Ratsunion charter. They also met, it is

said, to prepare a routine for the gen-eral meeting yesterday and arrangewhat the members, if any, presentshould hear or be told.

The Thursday meeting, if accountsare true, may mark the last of the Rats'title with the "Actors' Union" attachedthat it has held since granted a Federa-tion certificate of alliance. The gen-eral impression about seems to be theFederation will revoke the charter un-less the Rats found a way to preventthe action between its meeting yester-day and tomorrow (Saturday).The Rats leaders are reported to have

been annoyed through their plans be-ing interfered with by the formation ofa couple of societies, one in New Yorkand another in Chicago, without citherhaving obtained the approval of theRats, principally Harry Mountford,who spent his time playing golf nearJunie McCree's Long Island home afterthe Rats' fluke. Of late Mountford is

reported to have been in New Yorkmore frequently, making his daily head-quarters in the rooms of a union onthe upper East Side, this union havingbeen affiliated with the Rats.What the former officers may be try-

ing to do in the way of holding them-selves in the good graces of their adher-ents or in an attempt to make the Ratsbelieve there will be a revival doesn'tappear to have the president of theRats, James W. FitzPatrick, inter-ested in it. Mr. FitzPatrick as faras has become known has remained athis home in YYa*ter!>ury, Conn., withthose who would like to keep up WhiteRats activity the same little clique thatformerly surrounded Mountford andsaw the Rats go down to defeat twiceunder his and their leadership.These Rats believe they have some

"faithful" still left, and these are said

to be principally with circuses. In sev-eral of the circuses now out on theroad the performers are showing"gold" Rat cards as indicative that theycame across with Mountford's levy or-der, which is one of the matters, it is

claimed, Miss Pendleton is mostanxious to secure information about,she wanting to know how the levy pay-ments if they were made to the Ratswere handled, and by whom.Auditing of the Rats' accounts in its

New York, Boston and Chicago offi-

ces is said to have been made, withthe long delayed Rats' financial reportin readiness for submission to yester-day's meeting.Meanwhile the Vaudeville Managers'

Protective Association is "keeping tab"on all the former Rats' actions and alsothe moves made by such groups asformed the two societies Mountford is

said to have objected to.

A number of White Rats who hadan important part in the recent fiascoappeared in person before a sub-com-mittee of three members of the exe-cutive council of the American Feder-ation of Labor last Saturday morningat the Continental Hotel, New York,and endeavored to show why in verbalappeals the Rats should retain its A.F. of L. charter. The sub-commit-tee listened but made no open com-ment. After the argument they tookalong their suggestions and recom-mendations to Washington, D. C.where the executive committee re-turned the first of the week to carryon their present meeting. Sometimethis week probably Saturday, the exe-cutive council will make known thefuture of the Rats or least what"future" it may have as an affiliatedbody of the A. F. of L.The Federation through its exe-

cutive council session at the Conti-nental also discussed the Actor'sEquity Association and its propositionto accept a charter without affiliatingwith the White Rats. The Equitycan receive no definite answer untilthe Rats status has been clearly definedas the latter is recognized and will beuntil the Federation swings the axe.The status of the present muddle is

expected to be cleared before anotherten days when another organization,representing the acting fraternity ingeneral, may start out on new lines,with new leaders, with men who willwork for harmony and peace, and befamiliar with the working of the A. F.of L., and this organization may be?iven the charter now held by theRats. The Harry Deveau organizationis also after such a A. F. of L. charter.The executive council came to New

York last week and Friday sent wordto the Rats, also to the Equity, tosend representations down wherebyeach could take up the charter matterswith the sub-committee. Saturday thecouncil as a whole appointed threevice-presidents to the sub-committee,Duffy, Green and Perham, to hear fur-ther arguments upon the status of theRats. The sub-committee was swornto secrecy and instructed to make noopen comment until the matter hadbeen officially reported to the generalcouncil.

It is understood that the sub-com-mittee listened closely to what Secre-tary Bohn, of the Central FederatedUnion, New York, and Hugh Frayne,general organizer of the A. F. of L.had to say. These men kept close tab

on the Rats from the time they started

until they fell with a thud underMountiordi«m, and they were enabled

to tell the committeemen somestraightforward facts, about Rats con-

ditions in general.Regarding the Actors' Equity Asso-

ciation and the granting of a separate

charter to it, nothing tangible resulted

from the executive council session here

although the matter was dicussed fromdifferent angles in secret session.

Representative Frayne denied he hadmade any attempt to keep Equity rep-

resentatives from attending the special

session. Frayne avers he made an ef-

fort to reach Secretary Kyle personally

but that the latter was in Boston and'could not be reached.A Variett representative saw Mr.

Frayne at his 23rd street offices. Headmitted the Rats' matter had beenofficially taken up.

Mr. Frayne has tried for years to

clear up the Rats' mess through certain

lines of procedure sanctioned by theFederation but it is spread on recordthat Harry Mountford turned a deafear on it and willed that he go it alone.

Mr. Frayne seems personally con-vinced there should be an actors' or-

ganization affiliated with organizedlabor.He declined however to say which

faction he favored but intimated that

indications pointed to a complete re-

organization of the actors' union butupon lines that would be laid out bythe Federation and be followed to theletter. Frayne declared the council's

finding upon the suggestions and recom-mendations made by the sub-com-mittee would be final.

In connection with other artists' so-

cieties, there was a story around dur-ing the week that the Actors' SocialClub, recently formed, had acceptedthe resignation of one Bert Scott fromits membership, after Scott had beenamong the first to ioin, but upon Scottmaking application to rejoin, the clubhad asked him $6.30 extra. Ike Wahland Joe Golden were reported acceptedto membership in the Social Club at its

last meeting, while a layman, a printer,

did not have his application passedupon, the club seemingly believing, it

was said, the layman was an emissaryof the vaudeville managers. Whileit was stated at the meeting severalresignations had been received, theSocial Club officers did not read off

the names and prolonged action untila future meeting.

STATELAKE, CHICAGO'S NEW ONE.Martin Beck announces the name of

the new theatre to be built this fall in

Chicago at the corner of State andLake streets for the Martin Beck, C. E.Kohl. Morris Meyerfeld, Herman Fehrand Mort Singer interests, is to bethat of "Statelake."The plans for the house are being

drawn by G. Albert Lansburg, of SanFrancisco, and Geo. L. and C. W. Rapp,of Chicago. Work on the building will

begin shortly after Aug. 1.

The house when completed will com-bine a 12-story office building with atheatre having the largest seating ca-pacity of any in Chicago, which will

be devoted to popular priced vaudeville.

Artists Lease Summer Park Theatre.

Knoxville, Tenn., June 27.

The Vick Brothers, known in vaude-ville as Morris and Parker, and BillyMorris, of Morris and Sherwood Sis-

ters, have leased the Chilhowee Parktheatre here for five years and are run-ning a three-act vaudeville bill withpictures.

The park is expected to remain opento Sept. 15, according to business.

V. M. P. A. REJECTING APPLICANTSThe Vaudeville Managers' Protective

Association has a list containing overa dozen applicants for membership,which in all probability will be rejected

for various reasons, the applications

being among those received during the

current week.Some time ago the V. M. P. A. issued

a call for members, advising those onthe outside to join immediately or takechances of being admitted later on.

With the strike crisis passed a numberof independent managers evidenced a

desire to become members and, whilemany were passed, the executives ofthe organization have decided now to

accept only those applicants consideredworthy of representation in the Asso-ciation.

With the opening of next season it is

understood the V. M. P. A. will main-tain a strict watch on non-membersand refuse to give engagements tothose acts playing for managers notrepresented in the Managers' Associa-tion. In this move the V. M. P. A.will have the co-operation of the Na-tional Vaudeville Artists, with themembership of the latter organizationrestricted from playing for non-mem-bers of the Vaudeville Managers' Pro-tective Association.

Chicago, June 27.

Through not being members of theV. M. P. A., the Dusenbury Brothers,controlling the Olentangee Park, atColumbus, O., gave up the idea ofgiving vaudeville there. Several actsbooked in were notified by the man-agers association regarding the stand-ing of the Dusenburys, and the num-ber of cancellations caused the broth-ers to give up the vaudeville idea.

OTHER LOEW SOUTHERN POINTS.Atlanta, June 27.

There is a report here the Loew Cir-cuit next season will extend its popvaudeville programs to New Orleans,Nashville, Chattanooga and Montgom-ery.

No further information is includedin the story nor is any theatre named.

NO "PAN'S," ST. LOUIS.St. Louis, June 27.

Unless something bobs up in theoffing there will be no Pantages bookedtheatre in St. Louis next season.As far as present arrangements are

concerned the Cella & Tate and Heib& Kiley theatre owners, St. Louis, willobtain their shows as heretoforethrough the W. V. M. A. offices, Chi-cago.

LOEW'S EMPLOYEES' OUTING.The Loew's Employees are giving an

outing Sunday, to invited guests. Carswill leave the Putnam Building Sun-day morning at nine, bound for Mon-ger's Hotel at Newdorp, Staten Island.Sam Baerwitz is taking care of appli-

cants who can address him at the Put-nam Building.The expenses of the day will be

borne by the Loew staff.

TULSA SETTLED.Tulsa, Okla., June 27.

After a long-drawn-out fight betweenLocal 354. comprising both stagehandsand picture operators, the Palace andKmpress are once more "fair to or-ganized labor." and the official roadcall, issued two years ago by the I. A.T. S. K., has been withdrawn.

Summer "Sundavs" Off in Boston.Boston, June 27.

As usual the Sunday performancesat Keith's over the summer will bediscontinued with this week, not re-

suming until September.

Denver, June 27.Maude Fealy, actress, was granted

a divorce here last week from JamesDurkin, film actor and director, onthe grounds of desertion and non-sup-port. The suit was uncontested.

J i is Tvlis? Felly's second divorce.

Knickerbocker Stock Next Season.Philadelphia, June 27.

The Knickerbocker is closed. Thehouse will be redecorated and reopenin September with a stock policy.

• VAUDEVILLE 7

VAUDEVILLE AND MUSICIANS'

UNION BOUND FOR CLINCHManagers Notify Union Musicians9

Increase Demanded WillNot Be Met by Giving Notice Union Orchestras

9Ser-

vices Not Required After Sept. 2. Union Says It

Will Stand by Demands.

The managements of the B. F. Keithand 1\ F. Proctor vaudeville theatreshave notified all union musicians underengagement that their services will

not be required after Sept. 2 next. Thisaction followed a demand of the Musi-cal Union for an increase of salary oftheatre orchestras.The Loew Circuit's position has not

been determined, it is said, althoughno Loew house management has re-

ceived notification from the union.Loew and the unions (stage hands andmusicians) entered into an agreementrecently for one year or more, to be-come operative Sept. 1 next. This maystand in the way of the union makinga salary increase demand upon Loew,the Loew Circuit at the time of enter-ing into the contract with the unionsagreeing to unionize its houses.The vaudeville people were concerned

in the late settlement of the theatrical

managers with the stage hands,through its official body, the Interna-tional Alliance of Theatrical StageEmployes. It is said the action of themusical unions irritated the vaudevillemanagers, who say that while the I. A.T. S. E. is 100 per cent, composed ofmembers allied with theatricals, thereis but a very small percentage oftheatre musicians in the whole body ofthe musical unions. A B. F. Keith,manager, stated this week they (Keith,and Proctor) did not intend to allow80 per cent, of the membership of themusicians' unions who were not in anyway connected with theatricals to dic-tate to their theatres what should bepaid the musicians.At the offices of the Vaudeville Man-

agers' Protective Association this weekit was stated the matter of union in-

creases or troubles were always localand must be met by such individualmanagements of the V. M. P. A. asmight be concerned—that the V. M.P. A. as an organization would not be-come involved unless the union madethe matter general instead of local,

and this applied to the musicians, it wasadded.The burlesque circuits, Columbia and

American, are V. M. P. A. members,and also interested in the musicians'demand, through their theatres havingorchestras and the travelling burlesqueattractions carrying a leader. The ac-tion of the Columbia people has notbeen indicated, but they could ordera reduction of the orchestra membersin each house, which would more thanreduce the weekly cost of the musiciansto the gross amount called for by theincrease. It is reported that in thematter of the stage hands and their in-crease, that while the burlesque showswill pay their carpenters $40 weeklyand the property men $45, the showswill not be required to engage an elec-trician, provided they do not carry anyelectrics. Each house will furnishnecessary lights and other electrics, tobe operated by a local man.The N. S. Moss and William Vpx

circuits are not included in the musi-cians' ' notifications, through neitherhaving union men of that order. Some-time ago the Moss and Fox stage crewsand musicians organized separateunions, which have been maintained. It

is reported the Keith and Proctorforces are bcarimr this in mind and if

t)y.c ciindi with t lie musical union duly

arrives, the musicians of the severalvaudeville circuits will belong to thesame union.The vaudeville managers did not ap-

pear to be upset by the musicians'question. One manager remarkedtrouble had to come sooner or later

probably and it might be as well nowas at any other time. This was in replyto a query whether he thought the

%managers and musicians would adjustthe matter of the increase by Septem-ber. The manager would not make adirect answer to this.

The Proctor stage hands' differencein Westchester was settled the latter

part of last week, and the notice ofthe stage crews to leave the three Proc-tor theatres in the county revoked.

In Portland, Me., where the Keiththeatre last week refused to grant aseparate increase to the stage crewfor stock performances over vaudevilleand placed a non-union crew in thehouse upon the union stage hands leav-ing, the situation is unchanged, theKeith theatre company giving its sched-ule stock play this week.

President D. Edward Porter, of NewYork Local No. 310, affiliated with theAmerican Federation of Musicians,says the "request must stand."

He declares the increase was votedupon at a special morning meeting ofthe musicians, and especially the thea-tre musicians, • held June 13 last,

and that it was so ordered, but notuntil a continued afternoon sessionwas held that same date whereby musi-cians unable to gather for the morn-ing vote were given a chance to voicetheir opinion on the matter.

The. official notification has beenmade to each of the locals in NewYork and Brooklyn, that the first inrcrease is not to become effective untilAug. 1 in the pop-priced vaudevillehouses and in the big time theatres"Sept. 1.

The local heads maintain that therehas been no increase asked in thecheaper and popular-priced houses butthat they ask that the pay that is beinggiven to the musicians of these housesat present be maintained but that onehour be chopped off the present 7 lAhours per work day. This means thepayment of $28 weekly on the 6 l/2 hourscale. On the "big time" vaudevillehouses the increase is asked from$33.50 to $40, 14 shows a week for aseven-day week. No hour schedulefor these house has been signified.

It was understood picture houseslike the Strand and Rialto would be ex-pected to pay their musicians $42 aweek hereafter instead of $38.50, andall picture houses charging $2 wouldbe asked to pay $45 instead of $42.It is said the Strand will cut down its

orchestra rather than submit to theincrease.

Variett called up the Newark lo-cal, No. 16, Monday evening andasked for President William Curtis. Inhis absence a member of the board ofdirectors took the 'phone. When askedif there was any increase requestplanned for the Newark musicians hereplied the managers of Newark andthe Newark local reached an amicableagreement last summer, the agree-ment to run three years whereby themusicians would receive a dollar in-crease the first year and another $2increase by the third year. He saidthis adoption of a g rpdi i ated scale sofar bad worked out to the satisfactionof both the musicians and managersLast summer they got a dollar raiseand next summer (1918) will get an-other two dollars tilt.

TWO "AGENCY" CASES.

Two cases against vaudeville agents

for operating as booking agents and

not as managers as the defendants

maintain and receiving money for

promised bookings that did not mate-

rialize, will not be dropped by the Com-missioner of Licenses' offices, accord-

ing to Deputy Commissioner James S.

Kleinman. Mr. Kleinman says both

cases, now up before Special Sessions,

will be vigorously prosecuted.

One is against Charles M. Blanchard,

which may reach trial any day, the

case now being on the calendar in Spe-cial Sessions. According to evidence

in Mr. Kleinman's hands, Blanchard is

charged with having acted as a book-ing agent without a license and withcharging fees in excess of the pre-

scribed charge for booking acts, the

complainants being James WallaceClinton and wife.

The Clintons avow Blanchard wasto have gotten them two weeks' book-ing for which he was to have received

$50, the former to receive $100 weeklysalary. Clinton gave Blanchard a

check for $25, which canceled check is

now in Kleinman's possession as "evi-

dence," and promised to pay remainderof the $25 out of the second week'ssalary. The Clintons avow they didn't

get a day's work out of the promisedtwo weeks.The other case the Commissioners

office has is against William Thomp-son, also charged with operating as a

booking agent without a license. Klein-

man says the Commissioner's office has

a number of complaints against Thomp-son, but at present is using only twocomplainants' sworn affidavits, WilliamEander Trien, of the Apollo Trio, andAlfred Erlacher, a picture actor.

Vander Trien alleges Thompson ob-

tained $100 from him, but obtained nowork for his act. All he got, he de-

clares, was a promise from Thompson.Erlacher alleges that Thompson got

$50 from him on a promise to secure

him a picture job.

The cases against Thompson wereup for pleas Wednesday morning andthat they are expected to come up for

definite trial within the near future.

Mr. Kleinman stated the men chargedhave openly operated as booking agents

and that notwithstanding their conten-

tion that they were acting as managersthat they are booking agents and acted

as such in the cases as above specified.

The cases arose before the bill re-

cently passed at Albany more definitely

defining an "employment agent" within

the meaning of the law. as it affects

theatrical engagements.

THE DOOLEYS.The front cover this week carries

the pictures of the theatrically famousDooley family.

Ray and Gordon Dooley, who are

playing their second engagement this

season at the Palace, New York, pre-

sent one of the most entertaining, sure-

tire comedy acts in vaudeville.

Miss Ray's vivacious "kid" imper-sonation is a gem and combined withGordon's nimble knockabout acrobat-ics, makes this team of clean "fun-

sters" sought by many Broadway pro-ducers.The talents of Ray, "the live wire,"

and Gordon, "the standing, sitting, slid-

ing, slipping" comedian, seem to beparticularly suited to films of the Key-stone variety. They will appear at

Keith's theatre, Atlantic City, nextweek (July 2d) and remain at thatresort for the remainder of the sum-mer.Johnny Dooley, a brother, is now the

featured comedian with the currentWinter Garden production.Wm. J. Dooley, another brother, is

the comedian of a well known vaude-ville team.

H. Hart McHugh directs the busi-ness affairs for the entire family.

AROUND N. V. A. CLUB.The club's mail department is becom-

ing badly congested. Members usingthis mail address are requested to askregularly for mail, or furnish forward-ing addresses.

Dave Nowlin reports that while fish-

ing last week at Freeport he caught ayoung shark. All those whose greatgrandfathers were among the first set-

tlers in Missouri, stand up.

Secretary Chesterfield has a matterof importance to discuss with Bob *

Thatcher. P. A. Leonard, Vardon andPerry, Adelaide Wilson, Frank L.Burke and Norman L. Sper.

A package of Frank Van Hoven'sBelfast billing has just arrived freshfrom a journey through the submarinezone.

Jane Ware presided over a dinnerto a party of friends at the club lastThursday.

Bery Levy's son, who enlisted wjtha Canadian regiment at Ottawa, sever-al months ago, is now on the firing linein France.

Jack Maloy couldn't stand the strainany longer. He just had to do it.

He's writing an N. V. A. song.

One of the hardest workers in thepresent Red Cross drive is Kate Elin-ore.

Gus Cohan, a landmark of the Chi-cago Rialto, has been entertaining thecue devotees with some marvelous bil-liard exhibitions.

Members who are anxious to securea copy of the Benefit program will nothave the opportunity very much long-er, as the supply is limited.

Harry Houdini is certainly doinggreat work for the Red Cross thesedays-

, Thursday he headed e show atthe Flatbush theatre, the proceeds ofwhich will be used to purchase twomodern ambulances, and next week hewill be the sole attraction at Lewis,the Standard Oil magnate's estate atWestport, Conn., where he will do hisnailed packing box in the water actfor the Red Cross Fund.

STEEL TIED UP.Chicago, June 27.

Because of government restrictions,construction of new theatres through-out the country will either be curtailedor will cease altogether during the termof the war. According to advices re-ceived here, Washington officials haveprohibited the sale of steel to be usedin the building of theatres and as anumber of classes of machine and toolmanufacturers have been forced to cutorders of their customers in half (evenin cases of agricultural appliances), itseems improbable that builders of pro-posed houses will be able to obtain thematerial desired. A goodly percentageof steel and its products is being di-verted to the making of munitions andwar appliances.

There are several cases, however,where the order will not interfere.One is that of the Wood theatre here.It seems A. H. Woods purchased allthe steel construction necessary sometime ago and along with other build-ing material it is stored here, awaitingthe contractors. Mr. Woods and LouHouseman are given credit for consid-erable saving in the price of materials,the costs now being about 40 per cent.over those of a year ago. Work uponexcavation for the ntw house is notyet completed. Nor has the piledrivers' strike been settled. This maydelay the completion of the theatre,the date for which is now set for theholidays.

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8 BURLESQUECOLUMBIA'S COMPLETED ROUTE

HAS BUT ONE LAY-OFF WEEK38 Shows and Equal Number of Weeks on Big Burlesque

Circuit. Route Given Out. Circuit Officially Opens

Aug. 20. Some Preliminary Weeks.

» The Columbia Circuit of burlesque

for next season, with 38 attractions

and a like number of weeks, will have

but one open week in the travel, be-

tween the Bronx, New York and Pat-

enon. N. J. The Des Moines week,

however, will have but three days of

playing, with the remaining four to

be taken up in travelling to the next

stand, Omaha.With one exception all the cities in

the Columbia list next season are the

same as last, Jersey City replacing Ho-

boken. The only shift in the scheduled

plan of layout was the transposition ot

"The Bon Tons" with the "20th Cen-

tury Maids." A

The Columbia officially opens Aug.

20. Some of the shows will play a pre-

liminary week or more, at their option.

The corrected Columbia route, open-

ing Aug. 20, is as follows:••Sportln? Widow.," Columbia, New York.

"Bon Tom," Grand, Boston.

Irwin's "Dig Show." Albany.

MoUte Wllliami, Montreal.

Harry Hasting's, Syracuse and Utlca.

"Liberty Girls," Rochester.

"Follies of Day," Buffalo.

"Star ft Garter." Toronto.

Bam Howe, Detroit.

"Some Show," Columbia, Chicago.

"Behman Show," St. Louis.

"Step Lively Girls," Kansas City.

"Hello Olrls," Omaha."Hip Hip Hoorah" (3 days), Des Moines.

"Bootonlans" Star ft Oarter, Chicago.

Billy Watson's, Cincinnati.

"Best Show In Town." Dayton.

"Golden Crook," Toledo.

Rose Sydells, Cleveland.'•20th Century Maids." Pittsburgh.

Ben Welch, Washington."Puss Puss," Baltimore."Sight Seers," Peoples, Philadelphia.

"Hello America," Jersey City.

Al Reeves, Paterson.Sam Howe, Detroit."Broadway Frolics," Bronx."Million $ Dolls," Newburghkeepsie.

"Roseland Girls," Waterbury, Conn."Majesties." Hartford.Dave Marlon, Casino, Boston."Merry Rounders," Providence."Social Maids," Bridgeport."Maids of America," Empire, Brooklyn.

"Spiegel's Revue," H ft S 125th Street.

"Burlesque Wonder Show," Caalno,

delphla."Burlesque Review," Newark."Bowerys," Casino, Brooklyn.

and l'ough-

Phlla-

125TH ST. STOCK ENDS.

The dramatic stock policy experi-

mented with at Hurtig & Seamon'sMusic Hall on West 125th street, after

the regular burlesque season closed

there, came to an end Saturday.The house was rented by the firm

and a company of players installed that

is reported to have elicited no especial

commendation from the neighborhood,with the results patronage, neverstrong, dwindled away.

JUMPS TO "LEGIT."

Sallie Hollins has graduated fromburlesque, the ingenue-soubret with

Jack Reid's show for three seasonshaving signed with Selwyn & Co.A member of the Selwyn executive

offices saw Miss Hollins work last sea-

son in Kansas City and urged the firm

to put her under contract.

BURLESQUE'S LOSS—OR GAIN?The leading German comedians of the

Columbia burlesque wheel next seasonare going to discard the makeup anddialect that they have employed for

many years.

Some of the familiar German traves-

ties and burlesque parts long the foun-dation of their German comedy antics

must also go if the war doesn't stopbefore September.Of the most familiar perhaps is Billy

Watson's "Krousenmeyer's Alley."No official action has been taken by

the Columbia heads. German makeupmight draw jeers and catcalls and re-

sult in unsavory missiles flying fromdifferent sections of the house unknow-ingly.

HILL SELLS "MAIDENS" SHOW.Gus Hill has turned over to Joe Hur-

tig the Columbia Amusement Co. fran-chise for "The Midnight Maidens" for

next season. By the terms of theagreement Hurtig puts on the showand conducts it, receiving a 25 per cent,

interest. Asked about it, Hill said:

"My reason for letting the show gois that I am too busily engaged withthe International Circuit to give bur-lesque my personal attention. I putout 18 shows last year and my legiti-

mate theatrical interests will take upall my time. The arrangement is some-what similar to the deal I made with

COLUMBIA SHOW CLOSING.When hot weather swooped down

last week and kicked the bottom outof the good receipts at the ColumbiaG'.'org" Belfrage decided •> t there

was no use trying any further to ex-tend the engagement into July, so"notice" was posted closing this Sat-

urday night of "Hip Hooray Girls,"

The business fell away last week to

$3,600.

The show is now scheduled to close

June 30, having opened the Columbiasummer date May 21 following its

regular season on the Columbia bur-lesque circuit. "Hip Hooray Girls" re-

opens its regular season Aug. 27 at theGayety, Omaha. The show will besent on tour with exactly the sameproduction, now at the Columbia, withtlse skating ballet retained as a newroad feature, also 24 choristers, andtwo carloads of scenery.The Columbia, with "The Bowery

Burlcsquers," reopens Aug. 6. Thehouse will be dark a little more thana month, unless a decided change in

weather holds in the summer attrac-

tion on the week-to-week notice.

MAKING "FOLLIES" NEW.A real surprise happened in burlesque

last season. When Max Spiegel sent

out the "Social Follies" on the Amer-ican Circuit last season he did not dig

deep into jeans for equipment, tlhe

production being really regarded asthe "joke" of the circuit. 'Tis said

that Spiegel's investment cost the office

very little, but that Sol. Meyer, man-ager, wound up the «eason with more

BURLESQUE CALLSVariety will make a special rate on all burlesque "call" advertise-ments this season.

Call announcements will be given a preferred position and a dis-

count (allowed in space).

Spaces for Call advertisements are $5, $10, $15, or more.

Dave Marion who operates under afranchise owned by me."

MANAGEMENTS VACANT.To date no manager has yet been

selected by the American BurlesqueCircuit to handle the Victoria, Pitts-

burgh, which the American has tackedonto its booking list for its shows nextseason. The -selection is likely to bemade within the next fortnight.No manager is announced for the

Empire, Chicago, although 'tis under-stood at this end that I. Herk will

switch Art. H. Moeller from the Hay-market to the house when it startsAmerican burlesque in the fall.

GERARD'S TRIO.Three shows will again take to the

Columbia and American circuits nextseason under Barney Gerard's direc-tion. "Follies of the Day," with abrand new book written by Barneyhimself entitled "Oh, You Shake-speare!", featuring George P. Murphy,Gertrude Hayes and Chester Nelson,and the Edmond Hayes show in a newversion of the "Piano Movers," will

tour the Columbia while "The Amer-icans," with Sliding Harry Welch, will

play American dates.Fred Follette is the only agent now

engaged, Follette going with "The Fol-lies."

The Hayes show will be knownagain as "Some Show." Jack McNa-mara will again manage its tour.

money than any other Spiegel show outlast year.By way of recognition of Bloom's

efforts Spiegel will give the "SocialFollies" new equipment for next seasonwith Mr. Bloom again in charge of it.

Jim Weedon will be with Max Spie-gel's "Merry Rounders" and FrankSmith will be agent. George A. (Ala-bama) Florida will travel ahead of Spie-gel's "Review."Jack Reid, when in New York re-

cently, placed order with a local firmfor new scenery and costumes for hisColumbia show, "The Record Break-ers," for next season. Reid will againhead the show and will have most ofhis old people with him. Among re-cent acquisitions are Austin and Austin,dancers, from vaudeville.

Jeanette Mohr Back With Clark.Jeanctte Mohr, character woman with

(he Max Spiegel's «liov.e for severalyears, goes back next season to thePete Clark forces.

Miss Mohr was with Clark's showprior to joining Spiegel.

ROBINSON'S "FLIRTS."Charles Robinson has only part of

his roster completed for new seasonin "Parisian Flirts." Robinson willpersonally manage while CharlesLoew will make his bow as Robinson'sagent. Among the women signed areMay Bernhardt, comedienne; JerryFleming, soubrette, and Freda Lehr.When "Parisian Flirts" starts the for-

mer two-act show, "The MidnightElopers" will be boiled down to five

scenes and one part, Robinson addinga new one-act musical comedy to theburlesque, with vaudeville specialtiesfilling in the remainder of the time.

Heretofore Robinson has been ononly long enough to do his characterspecialty, but this fall will again take arole in the show.

DANGEROUS AIR-GUNS.

As a result of her young son beingseverely injured through a shot fired

from an air-gun and which struck the

boy in an eye and affecting his sight,

Mrs. Alex. Pantages, wife of the west-ern vaudeville operator of the circuit

bearing his name, now in New York,has started a personal movementwhereby she will direct every effort to

have every state in the union bar the

manufacture and sale of dangerous air-

guns.It appears that the present state of

active military preparations through-out the country, owing to war withGermany, has resulted in the children

of the land playing with guns and fire-

arms of every description and especially

air-guns with which the small bird-shot

is used.A number of deaths and serious ac-

cidents have already resulted from their

sale. Mrs. Pantages has taken the mat-ter up with several women's organiza-

tions and they in turn have signified

their intentions of giving the mattertheir full support and attention.

Mrs. Pantages to make sure that nohalf-hearted movement will be madehas decided to finance the agitation

against the air-guns herself and has al-

ready engaged Nellie Revell to handle

the publicity for her along lines that

will elicit public sympathy.When Mrs. Pantages returns to Se-

attle with her son, Lloyd, who has

been here receiving special surgical

attention, Miss Revell will return westwith her in order to carry along the

work to further completion.

Harry De. Muth was engaged lastweek to manage the new tour of Hyamsand Mclntyre next fall.

FILM STAR'S SOUTHERN TRIP.

The return of Violet Meserau late

last week from a tour of the SouthernLoew vaudeville theatres gave that cir-

cuit much satisfaction in the interest

felt in the South by the Universal's

firm star.

Miss Meserau, accompanied by N.C. Granlund, the Loew publicity man,visited Atlanta and Birmingham, ap-pearing for three days each in theLoew houses. They did "an act,"

through Granlund performing the in-

troductory, and Miss Meserau follow-ing with humorous accounts of herstudio work.

In Birmingham where the Loewbusiness had not been over-healthy,the picture attraction, in person, causeda turnaway and the Loew people be-lieve changed the house into a winner.On her way north Miss Meserau

stopped off at Universal theatres in

Baltimore and Washington. The ex-penses of the trip were borne by theLoew Circuit, while Miss Meserau'ssalary during the jaunt was continuedby the U.

CENSURES CRITICS.

Chicago, June 27.

Alan Brooks, whose new play, "Dol-lars and Sense," stopped at the PrincessSunday night, displayed questionableheadwork by denouncing the Chicagocritics, in curtain speeches during theJast few performances.

Although the audiences were meagre,Brooks would have his say. In his re-marks he said that his play might notbe suitable for Chicago, nor New York,but the local reviewers might havetreated him more kindly. He thoughtthat what the stage needed was "con-structive critics, not destructive ones

—

critics who would advise a playwrightso that he might perfect his work."Brooks also thought that playgoers

should patronize a play given a bad re-view, so that they might enjoy a suc-cess.

As a matter of fact most of the criticssaid nice things about Brooks' brightdialog, but did point out that the playwas of faulty construction.

Mr. Brooks expects to return tovaudeville in his playlet, for immediateengagements. He has wired his NewYork agent for dates.

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Vol. XLVII. No. 5

Leona Cass Baer, dramatic critic ofthe Portland "Oregonian," will visit

Broadway within the fortnight to lookover some of the shows that haven'tyet closed for the summer

William Steege, who formerly op-erated the Opera House, Great Falls,Mont, has been engaged to manage thenew legitimate playhouse in Helena,Mont., for the Ansonia Amusement Co.

Jessie Mae Hall, now in Vinita, Okla.,visiting her brother, J. Eugene Hall,appeared in a song concert in the Con-gregational Church there for the bene-fit of the Red Cross.

Samuel Mittelman, a Chicagoan, con-templates a theatrical producing debutby bringing a new three-act farce, "Sin-cerely Yours," by Harry Segall, toBroadway next fall.

W. L. Duffy, of London, Can., is nowattached in New York to the staff ofClark Brown, general manager of theCanadian Circuit. Mr. Duffy is a sonof the president of the circuit.

Brice and King are preparing a newact, which they will break in July 23,opening at the Temple, Detroit, Aug.6 and play three or four weeks in theeast before the fall season.

A theatre is being built at Stuart,Fla. The local paper devotes two col-

umns to the house, which is to havea seating capacity of 500. It will havea stage 40 feet wide with 20 feet depth.

M. B. Leavitt is permanently locatedin the Virgin Islands, formerly theDanish Indies, and has written someNew York friends that he is gettingalong swimmingly.

"Panning the Pan Time" is the title

of a pamphlet compiled by HerbertLloyd and sold for 15 cents per copy.It is complete in detailed informationof the Pantages Circuit, its cities andtheatres.

George Choos, the producer, left

New York this week to visit his wife,

who has fully recovered from a recentauto accident. Mrs. Choos is in Mt.Clements, Mich. The couple will motorto the coast.

"Slim Tim's Slickness," which EmilyAnn Wellman wrote and tried outwill be sent over the vaudeville routenext season, but Miss Wellman willreturn to her other act, "The YoungMrs. Stanford."

There is speculation as to the theatri-cal intentions of Lincoln Wagenhal andColin Kemper, who are reported as hav-ing everything lined up for a produc-tion "come back" next season. It hasbeen more than two years since Wagen-hal & Kemper were active in New York.

25. The same interests will operate theshows at Ocean Pier, Ocean City, N. J.

The axe has fallen on Louis Koem-menich, for five years conductor of theNew York Oratorio Society. WalterDamrosch is understood to have beengiven temporary charge of the societyuntil a conductor is appointed to fill

Koemmenich's shoes.

The Robins players appeared at theRoyal Alexandra, Toronto, are tryingout "Annabel Lee," a new Americancomedy this week. Edith Taliaferroand Edward Robins are heading thecast.

Tumbling Dam Park, Bridgeton, N.

J., started a vaudeville policy last week,the acts being booked out of Phila-delphia by Rudy Heller. He also pen-cils in the shows for the Park and Cri-terion, Bridgeton.

The Majestic, Elmira, N. Y., sentsome pleasant hot weather news toBill Delaney of the U. B. O. this week.It told Bill to cut down its bill nextweek and onward from five to threeacts.

The Jacques, Waterbury, Conn.,under the management of JamesClancy, closed its summer season of

vaudeville June 23. A slight fire in

the theatre last week helped towardits finish.

The Terminal Music Hall, NorthBeach, has started its summer seasonwith a ladies' band, Geiger's orchestraand a "jazz band," while Myer's Casino,South Beach, is offering a seven-actvaudeville show.

Next season the Sunday vaudeville

concerts for the Star and Gayety bur-lesque theatres, Brooklyn, will bebooked by the Ben Moss offices, theColumbia offices granting the official

sanction this week.

The Shuberts have commissionedPhilip Bartholomew and Edgar J. Mac-Gregor to rewrite "All Night Long,"a farce in which Irene Fenwick ap-peared in for the tryout period last

year.

Bobby Matthews, who makes his

first New York appearance this last

half at the Fifth Avenue in his new"single," was consummating a dealTuesday whereby he will dispose ofhis former "Dreamland Chinatown" toa comedy vaudeville team that will

head it for a western tour next season.

Henry Miller has laid his plans sothat his next public appearance in NewYork will be the opening of the HenryMiller theatre on West 43rd streetsometime in November. The play willbe one of two that he is at present try-ing out on the Pacific Coast *

Ocean Pier, Wildwood, now knownas the Hippodrome, was started withvaudeville for the summer season underthe Nixon-Nirdlinger direction, June

When Cohan & Harris inauguratetheir Chicago engagement of "CaptainKidd" at Cohan's Grand early in Au-gust, Edith Taliaferro will be in heroriginal role, but it is not certain thatOtto Kruger will be in the cast, owingto other arrangements.

W. S. Harkins has abandoned all in-

tentions of taking a touring companyto South America for the present asthe transportation facilities are toomuch of a handicap to overcome.There has been no boat sailing betweenColon and Trinidad for five months,thereby making the Harkins proposedroute Impossible.

David Warfield breezed on to Broad-way last week and then went up NewYork state way where he will take life

easy this summer. Mrs. Warfieldhasn't been so well these past weeksand is recuperating. Warfield himselfplans to open in "The Music Master"early m September.

Harry A. Bailey commenced this

week to act as the temporary managerof the Keith's Greenpoint, Brooklyn;Keith's Alhambra, Harlem, Mr. Bailey's

regular house in season having closedlast Saturday, with a supplementarypicture run after the vaudeville end-ing. Mr. Bailey lives at the Alhambraand will make the Hunter Point jumpby auto (if he gets one).

The American, Chicago, controlled

by the Finn & Heiman interests, maynot play vaudeville the first three daysof each week next season. Plans areafoot to offer pop bill the last half,

with a new show playing Sundays only.

What policy the American will havethe other three days has not been de-termined.

The City Council of Los Angelespassed the Conwell ordinance last

week, regulating the billboard adver-tising in that city and the bill wassigned by Mayor Woodman an hourafter. There was determined opposi-

tion. The restrictions divide the city

into four districts and prohibits post-

ing in the residential portion. No bill-

board taller than 11 feet four inches canbe erected in any part of the town.

J. R. Waters, who went abroad abouttwo years ago to play in the Londonproduction of "Potash & Perlmutter"and who recently produced a newsketch over there that was quite suc-

cessful, sailed from London last Wed-nesday for New York City. Waters in

private life is the husband of Clarice,

the Broadway modiste, and upon his

return here may join the Lee Kohlmaract for a vaudeville tour.

A bright office boy called Johnny in

the United Booking Offices became en-tangled in a physical encounter theother day with another of the messen-ger variety in the same suite. Johnnyemerged with a darkened optic. Oneof the U. B. O. managers, noticing the

discolorment, asked Johnny: "Whogave you the black eye?" "Nobody,"answered Johnny. "I had to fight for

it."

Coleman and Alexandra, an Ameri-can act, have hauled down quite a play-

ing engagement in Europe for consecu-tive playing, reported as establishing a

record in this respect by appearingfour months at the Folies Bergere anda month at the Olympia, Paris. PaulGordon, American wire walker, fea-

tured last month at the Alhambra,Paris, has started a long engagementat the Ambassadeurs, Paris.

Observation cars were not taken off

Tuesday as expected. The general or-

der was to have been carried out onthat day, but several of the big trunklines including the New York Centraland the P. R. R. declined to do so.

That led to a postponement of suchaction. At first it was thought that

the roads had voluntarily agreed on theservice curtailment, but are now wait-ing until the federal authorities actu-

ally order train curtailment, looked for

soon.

Frank Peck, the blackfaced comedianof the "Hip, Hip Hooray Girls," at theColumbia, bought a farm up at Corn-wall fridge, Conn., and then dreamedthat all he had to do was to shiphousehold stuff up there and it wouldhe ready for his tenancy next week.Peck was in despair when the roadsrefused to insure shipment of his goodshy freight at any price, but he gotthem away this week by hiring a motortruck to make the delivery. The dis-

tance was 102 miles. Peck is waitingfor the bill.

There's a story going the rounds onArthur E. McHugh. McHugh starteda press story on the "Somewhere InFrance" act produced at the Prospectwith real French soldiers taking part

The act showed Monday night and Mc-Hugh, believing that it was a red-and-thunder French dramatic war playlet,got bnsy with the expected boom ofguns, etc., in his advance press reports.He also personally got the Frenchconsul to be present and even inviteda British major to attend. The act is

straight singing.

The Variety reviewer who saw theRoyal, Bronx, bill last week caught it

on a Monday night, when Al Hermanwas next to closing. He mentionedthe program had been shifted aroundfor that evening. It seems, however,Mr. Herman had arrived late at thetheatre Monday evening, explaining aSubway block had delayed him, and sogot the next to closing spot, instead ofopening after intermission, Laurie andBronson continuing next to closing,where they had been assigned fromthe opening performance for the re-mainder of the week.

"Oswald," Rawson and Clare's ex-pensively-kept dog, has been featuredin the act's advertisement in Varietyfor nearly two years, while Rawson andClare were away from home, playingin vaudeville. The dog was in a ken-nel and copiously fed, under explicitinstructions. When Rawson and Clarereturned to their summer home in Au-burndale, L. I., last week and Guy Raw-son visited the dog, "Oswald" startedfor another meal off Guy's right leg.While Guy and his wife, Frances Clare,declare it was the heighth of canine in-gratitude, they still have hopes, andhave left the dog in the kennel, whereGuy goes twice a day, trying to againmake friends with the mut.

The Interstate Circuit of vaudevillein the south will open its string ofhouses with the first road show sent' ut to start at Ft. Worth Aug. 9 forthree days, opening Dallas, Aug. 12(week); Houston, Aug. 19 (week);Galveston, Aug. 26 (two days): Beau-mont, Aug. 28 (two days) ; Austin, Aug.31 (two days—one day lost in travel);San Antoine, Sept. 2 (week): Waco,Sept. 10 (two days), and then into Lit-tle Rock, which has been open theyear round. (Beaumont is the newpoint on the time.) Cecelia Bloom is

the general booking agent for the cir-cuit, from her New York office. KarlHoblitzelle is the Interstate's generaldirector.

Henry W. Savage and Lou Wiswell,Savage's general booking manager, arcin Hartford, Conn., this week wherethey are attending the first perfor-mances of a new show, "Houp-Lal"that Savage has an option on for nextseason for Mitzi Hajos. To get athorough line on the new Edgar AllanWoolf-Jerome Kern show. Miss Hajosis appearing as the star ot the produc-tion at the Parsons in Hartford. Thepiece is given by the Opera Players,with Miss Hajos as a special attrac-tion for all this week. If acceptable,"Houp-Lal" will not be produced bySavage until next January or February,following her return from a Coast tourin "Pom Pom."

The Lights at Freeport, L. I., helda "Pigs' Gambol" Friday night* tocelebrate the opening of the rathskellerof the clubhouse. The members havesub-named their downstairs organiza-tion "The Pigs." About 500 peopleattended. An entertainment was pro-vided from the members present. Ben-ny Leonard and Johnny Dundee gaveexhibitions of sparring (not with eachother). Frank Tinney, Victor Moor*and Manny Manwaring had charge ofthe affair, a very enjoyable one. GeorgeM. Cohan sent a check for $1,000 fora "gallery seat." Mr. Tinney acknowl-edged the arift. stating there were noth-ing hut ringside seats to he had andasked Mr. Cohan to please remit thedifference. About $l,/00 was realizedfrom the evening. Applications fromover 100 laymen were received formembership.

10 LEGITIMATE.NEWS FROM THE DAILIES

(Below is news matter not collected by Variety but rewritten in

condensed form from the items relating to theatricals appearing in the

New York daily newspapers between the dates of Variety's weekly

issues.)

"The Drat" closes Saturday.

John Daly Is back on Broadway after man-

aging a show and a feature film outfit.

Eddie Lester will go out with a burlesque

show next season for Hurtlg A Seamon.

Frank Gibbons will travel ahead of "The

Brat" when It goes on the road.

A H. Woods has obtained the state rights

for '"In and Out," a novel by Edgar P. Stern.

J. J. Murdock Is reported buying an $100,000

estate at Larchmont, N. Y.

"You're in Love" cloaes at the Casino Sat-

urday.

Allan K. Foster, the Shubert stage j»"«tor%

has left for Canada and will remain until

some time late In August.

Wilton Lackaye will appear ini"The Inner

Man." under the management of the Shunerta,

opening at the Lyric Aug. 15.

John McCormack had the degree of D.L.

conferred upon him by the Holy Cross College

at Worcester, Mass., last week.

John Hageny. formerly with the Werba t

Luescher offices. Is acting as assistant press

agent to General Representative Buell at Luna

Park, Coney Island.

The first of the Arthur Hopkins productions

at the Hudson. New York. In August will be

a drama entitled "The Deluge." adapted by

Prank Allen from a story by Hennlng Berger.

A H Woods has acquired the stage rights

to Achmed Abdullah'a wtorles. Including "Buck-

ing the Tiger." The stage version will be pre-

pared by May Tully and Mr. Abdullah.

"Lombardl. Ltd.." Is to be produced by

Oliver Morosco in Los Angeles Sunday night.

In the cast will be Leo Carrlllo and Grace

Valentine.

"Wanted—An Alibi." tried out last week

by the Bbuberta, Is to be one of the earliest

fall productions lu New York. The piece is

a farce by Anne Crawford Plexner.

Mrs. Rlda Johnson Young has completed

the American version of "Wle Elnst Im Mai,"

which is to be produced by the Shuberta. Therehearsals are to start next week.

gram thnt will also Include a number of con-cert artists.

Pauline Hall, who has been on the stage's

retired list for a number of yean, will makeher return to the theatrical field In the pro-

duction of "Kitty DarllnV

The season at the Empire, New York, Is to

begin next season with the presentation there

• of "Rambler Rose," the musical comedy In

' which Julia Sanderson and Joseph Cawthorneare to be co-starred.

Harry Askln, for two years the manager of

the Hippodrome, has been appointed general

manager of the Century, succeeding Fred G.

Latham, now general stage director for Jos.

Weber.

"Society Vaudeville" Is the name given theentertainment given for the benefit of theRed Cross at the Fine Arts Club, Chicago,Wednesday. The program was arranged byGrace Hlckox.

Mme. Sarah Bernhardt is to deliver an In-dependence Day address at the exercises to beheld at Prospect Park. Brooklyn, July 4.

This will be her first public appearance sinceher recent illness.

Among the musloal productions the Shu-berta announce for next season are FransLehar'a "The Star Gazer," Edmund Eysler's"Lieut. Gus," and "When Two Love," RolandOliver's "The Cave Lady," and HamiltonSim's "Love's Light."

Anderson & Weber presented a new farcoentitled "The Very Idea," by WilliamLeBaron, at the Shubert, New Haven, June25. This n !*?ce !s to be the first of the flrm';productions to be shown in New York nextseason.

Ralph Long has been appointed generalmanager for the Shuberts, succeeding to theposition left vacant by the resignation ofChas. A. Bird, who held It for 15 years. Mr.Bird will hold a poult Ion of the name calibrewith the firm of Elliott, Com«to<k &• Gest

Mme. Bernhardt has fully recovered fromher recent Illness and is resting at LoimBeach. At the height of the social Benson In

Newport she Is duo to open there with a num-ber of short plays, as the features of a pro-

Wlll Tisdale is out as manager of "ThePawn," at the Oarrlck, Chicago, his placetaken by Caro Miller. The latter now haatwo Jobs, as ho Is too, the assistant managerof the Oarrlck, which post he will hold duringthe run of "The Show of Wonders."

Wilbur Selbert breezed away from Chicago'sLoop Monday, aiming for Los Angeles to wit-ness the openings of several of the new Mo-rosco shows. He will return In a month to

pave the way for the opening of "Upstairs andDown." Wilbur has been agentlng all theMorosco shows here since January.

J. Fred Zimmerman, Jr., haa a new playby Frank Craven entitled ''Needles and Pins"which is to have Its Initial presentation atLong Branch Aug. 20. In the cast will beGrace Goodall, Jed Prouty, Maude Hannaflrd,Charles Trowbridge and Evelyn Gosnell, In

addition to the author, who will play the prin-cipal role.

Tuesday, A. H. Woods decided to changethe name of the latest of the Montague Glass-Jules Eckert Goodman colaboratlon and willcall the piece "Potash and Perlmutter'sVampire." Barney Bernard and Alex Carr areto have the principal roles and the piece Is tobe produced at the Eltinge In August.

In making an announcement of the plans ofElliott, Comstock A Gest for the coming sea-son, Mr. Gest predicts that the coming the-atrical year will be the country's greatest froma business standpoint In spite of the fact thatwe are at war. He cites the prevailing con-ditions In London as the basis for his predic-tion.

"The Knife" at the Bijou and the three Ber-rle plays at the Empire closed their seasonlast Saturday night. The former closing wuon very short notice. Four shows are sched-uled to close this week. They are "His Lit-tle Widows" at the Astor, "Uq. Stairs andDown" at the Cort, the Washington SquarePlayers at the Comedy, and "Nothing But theTruth" at the Longacre.

"Leave it to Jane," the Elliott, ComstockA Gest production, which Is to open at theLongacre the first week In August, was placedInto rehearsal on Monday. In the cast areOscar Shaw, Georgia O'Ramey, Robert Pitkin,Fred Graham, Carl Randall, Jane Elliott,Anna Orr and Tom Reynolds. This is themuslcallzed version of "The College Widow."

The Llppe Contracting Co. haa the contractfor the Triumph theatre to be built on thesite of the Barney Estate, at 1014 to W£lBroadway, running through to Seventh avenue.Thomas W. Lamb designed the building, whichis to cost $.'100,000. The new Selwyn theatreon West 42d street Is to have a seating ca-pacity of 1,100, the contract having been se-cured by the Jeromel Realty Co. GeorgeKclster Is the architect. The building is tocost $200,000.

Henri Bernstein, the French author, Is thefirst to have turned out a serious drama ofany worth since the declaration of war, ac-cording to advices which have come to thiscountry regarding his play, "Elevation," whichwas produced at the Comcdie Francalse, Paris,last week. The work Is a tragedy In threeacts, and It shows that the author has en-tirely changed his style since the writing of'The Thief" and "Sampson."

The Actors' Fund officials have decided tomake a fight In tho courts for {he $.

r>00.000which was bequeathed to them by John Hoge,of Zanesvllle, O., but which the Probate Courtdenies them by throwing out the codlrll to hiswill containing this gift and that of $1,000,000to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Relativesstated that Mr. Hoge was of unsound mindwhen he wroto these two gifts into his will.David Gerber, attorney for the Actors' Fundand an attorney for the Metropolitan Museum,will go to Zanesvllle and wage a fight forthe gifts.

Frederick Mnlnhold was arrested In NewVnrk l»«»t W«««»lf nnrt brought tO ChiCP.flO.charged with having forced tho nnme ofHarry J. Powers, one of Chlengos legit man-agers, to checks totaling $10,000. He was ap-prehended by the Chicago Plnktrtons upon In-formation furnished by William Faver.= hain,the star, who appeared In Chicago lately.Malnhold was for a time- employed as stagedoorman at Power's theatre and obtained Mr.T'nwers' rapc'.-'Vd '-hevU? to opy \\\r i::i::i-

U\r>\ While. In t]io Windy Cifv" M.-iirifcnid. is

said to have held many kinds of Jobs. Someore: Interpreter, translator of foreign plays,wig maker, private watchman, fireman, dollrepairer, wax figure maker, waiter, Jewelry re-pairman, private detective and strike breaker.

STOCKS CLOSING.Detroit,* June 27.

About July 15 the Jessie Bonstellestock company is expected to vacatethe Garrick, where it has been since

May 14, and move into the Star, Buf-falo.

When the Bonstelle stock quits De-troit, the Vaughan Glaser company,now in Pittsburgh, may take posses-

sion of the Detroit Garrick.Metropolitan, Rochester, Minn.,

closed its stock season last week, the

Hatfield Girls and company of twentybeing the final attraction.

The Blunkall stock at the LexingtonO. H. closed Saturday.The Mac Desmond Players closed

their stay at the Van Curler, Schenec-tady, N. Y., Saturday. A strike at the

electric light plant is said to havecaused the closing, the managementnot caring to run any danger of hit-

ting a big slump.The May Mesmond stock closed its

season in Schenectady, N. Y., last Sat-

urday. The company will be held intact

for the season in Paterson, N. J., whichopens in August.

WINS ROYALTY SUIT.William Loraine was given a verdict

and damages for $350 against JohnCort demanding an accounting of the

musical comedy, "Let's Get Married,"produced by John Cort under the nameof "What's Going On."The manager claimed Walter Law-

rence had entered into a contract withhim for the production, Lawrenceclaiming that he held the sole rights

to the piece. Loraine subsequentlyproved that he was entitled to \ l/2 percent, of the gross for music which hewrote for the production."What's Going On" placed from

Tan. 28 to March 20, 1915, to gross re-

ceipts of $20,969.50. Nathan Burkanrepresented the composer.

"YOU'RE IN LOVE" MOVING.The Hauerbach - Friml musical

comedy, "You're in Love," now at theCasino, New York, will be moved byArthur Hammerstein to have it openJuly 9 in Chicago, for a summer's run.

JUDGMENTS.Judgments filed in the County Clerk's office.

The first name Is that of the judgmentdebtor, the second the Judgment creditor, andthe amount of Judgment.Arthur H. Jacobs Photoplays. Inc.— H. J.

Pain. $1.12.ftl.

nernhnrd Granville Pub. Co., Inc.—W. P.Palmer. $7"».D1.

Greeley Producing Corp.—N. Y. Tel Co.,$4.1.2.1.

North Star Photoplay Co.. Inc.—UniversalFilm Exchange of NT

. Y.. $87.70.Preston Gibson—E Mills. $4.*».1.«r>.

Lee Ave. Theatre Co.—Day Pub. Co.. $10.7.1.

Mutual Film Corp'n—Motion Pictures Hoardof Trade of Am., $1.490.8.1.

John Cort—W. Lornlne, $.187.Film By-Products Corp.—L. O. Kovcn, et al,

$27.1.94.Casino Amus. Corp.—Picture Theatre Equip-

ment Co.. $429.7.r».Amy Ongley, adm'x—A. II. Woods (coits),

$08.00.

SATISFIED JUDGMENTSMaurice Welnstock— II. J. Goldsmith et al,

$21)1.91 (Feb. 2">, 1910).

JUDGMENTS REVERSEDFrohman Amusement Corp.— A. Hlinkhorn

(costs), $100.40 (Nov. 11, 1910).

ENGAGEMENTS.T. Henry Coote, Lucille Saunders, Harry

Fender (musical stock. Providence).Edna Rates (Coast Co., "Very Good Eddie,"

succeeding Julia Mills)

.

Fred Grnhnm. Ham' Forbes, Chas. Williams("Leave It to Jane").Marlon Cookloy (Geo. C. Tyler--"Our Coun-

try Cousin").HHen Joy, Dorothy McKaye (II. W. Savage"Houpln").FtJinces Demarest. Poatrlce Allen, Ruby

Norton. Ernest Torreiicc, George Anderson.Ward De Wolf, Charles Angelo ("Furs andFrills").Henry Hull (William A. Hrady).l.o'.c;* (ili'fkf'i i

" Mi'h li.'i t',\>f\'-i ("i)ifk-

Stuart Rnlrd ("The Rambler Rose").Robert. Oh.-r ("Fair and Warmer").Cecil Owen (te-engnged, "Lilac Time").Al. Rei ncr. Leon Leonard, Monde Peatty

and Patsy Hearn ("Stop, Look, Listen").

STOCKS OPENING.Charleston, W. Va., June 27.

The Reed Rosser stock company is

completing its seventh week at the

Plaza and Rosser is now lookingaround for a place to keep the com-pany running all winter. The RosserPlayers include Erna Steck, MildredHastings, Roscoe Van Tuyl, Whit.Brandon. Rov "Von Kossen, FlorenceKean. Will F. Crockett, Dixie Loftin,

Ronald Rosebraugh, Frank R. Dare,stage director; Charles Hunt, scenic

builder. Pat F. Liddy, the former NewYork box-office custodian, tfho hasbeen in Charleston for two seasons as

assistant manager of 'the Burlew (play-

ing legits) and the Plaza (vaudeville),

is assisting Rosser with the stock man-agement.

Danbury, Conn., June 27.

The Malloy, Corinne Players (direc-

tion O. E. Wee, New York) were trans-

ferred from Hershey Park, Pa., Satur-day and brought into Danbury Monday,where they will remain indefinitely.

San Francisco, June 27.

According to information the Hippo-drome, Oakland, will discontinue its

Ackerman and Harris vaudeville, andinstead will house a dramatic stock com-pany, expected to open around July1st. It is also understood the companyis being engaged at present. Thiswould make close opposition in Oak-land, for already there are two stockcompanies playing (Orpheum andBishop) besides a burlesque stock

' olumbia), with the MacDonoughplaying road attractions, leaving Pan-tages the sole vaudeville house there.

Portland, Me., June 27.

The Greely has gone over to musicalcomedy stock for the summer. FredBowhman pas his company there. It

includes George B. Alexander, GeorgeFagan, Joseph Pesce, Lottie Dwyer,Anna Mae, Daisey Colangelo and achorus of six.

Richmond, Va., June 27.

Musical stock will* open here Mon-day. Edward Basse has been signedto head the company.

Milwaukee, June 27.

Lionel Atwill and Cathleen Nesbitare the leads for George Foster Piatt's

new stodk company opening here this

week. The company is due to remainall summer.

Syracuse, June 27.

A new company headed by «GeorgeSlocum, Tony Raymond and May Earleopened at the Bastable last week fora summer's season of stock burlesque.

Montreal is to have a season of sum-mer grand opera. Antoine de Vally,who was behind the French operamovement in New York, has arrangedto offer grand opera in Montreal dur-ing July and August.

SHOWS CLOSING.Manager McLean, of "His Little

Widows." upon instructions from theWeber & Anderson offices, gave clos-ing notices Saturday to the stage crewand members of the company that theshow would close Saturday (June 30)at the Astor, lay off a month and re-open at the Shubert, Boston, Aug. 13.

There will be several changes in thecast during the summer interim. "Noth-ing but the Truth" closes Saturday atthe Longacre.As far as present arrangements are

concerned the present company willreopen in August, with at least ar..i.n«h J..-., iVcct f ( » r Philadelphia andeight Tv-'ek-c in Boston. The companywill stick around the big eastern cities,

while the Max Figman company, nowfully routed, will play the same piecethrough to the Pacific Coast.

LEGITIMATE, 11

AUTO'PARKING SPACE IN

MOROSCO'S "LOOP" HOUSEWork On Chicago Theatre to be Started in Full—Site a Secret,

but Plot is 180 by 120—To Have Largest Stage in

Chicago—A 16 Story Office Building Also

Planned.

Chicago, June 27.A new wrinkle in modern theatre

construction is incorporated in theplans for the house which Oliver Mo-rosco proposes for the Loop, workupon which is supposed to begin nextfall. It is the providing of parkingspace for automobiles, to be situated inback of the theatre and to occupy aspace 20 by 100 feet.

It may be a double deck affair, witha runway or elevator reaching the toplevel and if so about 100 machinescould be easily accommodated—enoughto take care of all the cars employedby any one audience.The actual site of the house is being

kept under cover but it is known thatthe plot is 180 by 120 feet. The stage,which will measure 80 feet in width,will be one of the largest in the city.

A 16-story office building is includedin the plans.

STOCK TRIES "HOUP LA."Hartford, June 27.

The musical stock at Parson's is

trying out "Houp La," the piece byEdgar Allan Woolf and Jerome Kernto serve as a starring vehicle next sea-son for Mizzi Hajos under the HenryW. Savage management.

Mizzi is playing the principal role,

which seems to hold excellent oppor-tunities. Both she and the local com-pany well received, the latter holdinggreat popularity here. The productionis well staged.The two song hits fell to Mabel Wil-

bur and Billy Kent of the local cast.

They were "Let Us Build a Nest" and"Funny Little Something.""Houp La" is to be produced for

Mizzi to star in after she makes ashort tour at the opening of the sea-

son in "Pom-Pom."

TITLE A TRADE MARK.Judge Manton, in the United States

District Court, has granted a motionpendentelite to J. Hartley Manners, au-thor of "Happiness," against the Tri-angle Film Corporation, preventing thelatter from showing a feature film withthe same title.

The court holds the author of a dra-

matic play has a property right in the

title given to his composition, and it

is a fraud upon the public and the

owner of the dramatic play for anotherto use the same title for a photoplayor picture. The title can be protectedon the doctrine of unfair competition.

It is held that the infringement of a

title could not be justified by reasonof the use of the same for another playfor a single performance given several

years prior to complainant's appropria-tion.

"Happiness," even though a word in

common use, becomes a trade name ortrade mark.

If the title is serviceable as a descrip-

tion of the subject portrayed in a playit is open to adoption by the author.

and if such use gives the title a secon-dary meaning in identification of thedramatic composition it becomes soassociated with the good will of the

drama in its production as tn be en-

titled to protection as a trade nameor trade mark.

the Cort and with which he is featured,to put on a new comedy he has written,having the tentative title of "Pins andNeedles." Fred Zimmerman is ostensi-bly the producer and the show will haveits premiere Aug. 20, probably at At-lantic City.

It is understood that Mr. Craven hasbeen anxious to leave "Seven Chances"for some time, and although "Pins andNeedles" is mentioned as his reasonit has been reported that there has beenfriction in the company. The Belascopiece seems good enough to last until"Upstairs and Down" arrives at theCort Aug. 4.

After Craven leaves, John Butler,now in the cast, will enact the lead.

"PICKADILLY JIM/' NEW.If a new play styled "Pickadilly Jim"

shows any real strength following itsstock production shortly at the Colon-ial, Cleveland, where F. Ray Comstockhas a permanent company playing forthe summer, it will be renamed "Fifty-Fifty" and given a Broadway produc-tion.

In charge of the Cleveland produc-tion for Comstock is Edward Rosen-baum, who formerly managed Zieg-feld's "Follies."

K

REMODEL ROOF FOR REVUE.The Shuberts are planning to re-

model the roof of the 44th Street thea-tre and rearrange the upper portion ofthat building so that it will be a smalltheatre as it was originally. The Shu-berts intend to produce the JustineJohnstone French Revue there inSeptember.The show will run from 9 to 11 each

evening, with the club in the lowerportion of the building opening later.The performance is to be a combina-tion of revue and specialties. Amongthose at present slated for the produc-tion are Willie Weston, Dyer andFaye. The Sharrocks, Laurie andBronson, Frank Potts and Sheets andElder.

OUT OF "SEVEN CHANCES."Chicago, June 27.

On July 15, Frank Craven will leave

"Seven Chances," in its sixth week at

JACK WELCH'S SUCCESSOR.With Jack Welch severing connec-

tions with the Cohan & Harris forces,starting on a vacation last Saturdayand taking up the general managementof the Arthur Hopkins offices Aug 1.

there were numerous reports as towho would be assigned to Welch's deskin the C. & H. offices.

With Victor Leighton on the wayback from the Coast there was a re-port he would get the job. The Hop-kins office is understood to be sendingout two companies of "Good GraciousAnnabelle," William Gillette, and BillieBurke in a new piece as well as havingtwo New York theatres under its di-rection, and arranging for the produc-tion of at least five new plays.

"HE AND SHE" OPENS.Atlantic City, June 27.

Cohan fr Harris produced "He andShe." a play by Rachel Crothers atthe Apollo Monday. In the cast areFflie Shannon, Maclyn Arbucle, Beat-rice Prentice, Marion Baruev. JaneC <;Opcr, Kir.ilv Y;in\in and Clyde Fogel

"Toby's Bow" to Be Rewritten.Winchell Smith and John L. Golden

have decided that "Toby's Row." triedout in Stamford several weeks ago, wiljhave to be entirely rewritten.

SHOWS IN CHICAGO.Chicago, June 27.

The in and out weather this monthmight be considered of a miraclebrand, so far as the theatres are con-cerned. Up to now there have beenbut few warm days. Every week-endduring the month has been cool, espe-cially on Saturday nights. Saturdayand Sunday night last, wraps and over-coats were in evidence and the favoriteattractions did a capacity business, withmost of the others sharing in the break.It was a sell-out for "The Show ofWonders" at the Palace and "SevenChances" at the Cort. Trailing closebehind were "Dew Drop Inn" at theIllinois. "Turn to the Right," at Co-han's Grand, "The Pawn" at the Gar-rick and "The Bird of Paradise" at theOlympic, the takings about indicatedin the order named."Dew Drop Inn" seems to have

caught on. The new musical showdrew $9,000 or better for its first week.Allan Brooks' "Dollars and Sense"

found that the switch from the Garrickto the Princess for a third week was adisastrous one and closed Sunday. Thehouse is dark* for the time being. Theshow returned to New York and it is

improbable that it will again be seenuntil it is rewritten. The withdrawalleaves but six legitimate attractions.

Saturday next the field will be furthernarrowed when "The Bird of Para-dise" ends its season.

"JtOAD" ALARMED.From out of the West to New York

dramatic booking offices comes .a wailto the apparent dearth of good one-nipht attractions for next season. Someof the managers say they are positive

that war activities and the hurrah at-

tendant the mobilizing of the army will

not materially affect the general pros-perity of the theatrical road businessnext season.

It is admitted that some sections maybe hurt more than surface indicationspoint to at this time, yet the generalbelief is that the one-nighters will nothave the poor sledding expected.

It is further believed the people^ aregoing to practice economy, especially

in the way of amusements yet will

have plenty of money to spend on thedeserving shows.Inasmuch as all the big monies, at

least the greater bulk of it, that theUnited States loaned to the different

countries at war, is being spent in theStates the fact remains that America'sprosperity is still at the crest.

SHOWS CLOSING.The Washington Square Players will

bring its season to a close at the Com-edy Saturday, reopening m September.The front olF the Hudson is covered

with a sign announcing the house will

open the fall season with a productionby Arthur Hopkins, entitled "The Del-uge," written by Henry Berger, adapt-ed by Frank Allen, scene by RobertEdmond Jones."Johnny Get Your Gun" closed in

Pittsburgh (Duquesne) Saturday afterplaying seven weeks there. It reopensin September at the Montauk, Brook-lvn.

SHOWS OPENING.New Haven, June 27.

Anderson & Weber produced at theShubert for the first time on any stageMonday a farce comedy by WilliamLcBaron, "The Very Idea."

Tn the cast are Sydney Shields, Jose-phine Drake. Mary Newcomb, LauraAllen, Allen Hendee. William I'. Carle-ton. Sidney Booth. ]<<)\n Webster.Ruth Culliiis.

Washington. June 27.

William Harris. Jr.. presented"Driftwood." by L.nin n< c Syre at theBelasco for the first time Monday,Fay painter Ins the leading role

"HITCHY-KOO" AT COHAN.The move to be made by "Hitchy-

Koo" from the Cohan & Harris theatrewhen the 10 weeks' rental of that houseat $1,500 weekly expires for the Rav-mond Hitchcock piece, will be to theCohan, from present accounts.

It is not reported whether Hitch-cock will remain with the show dur-ing next season, owing to his contractwith Dillineham & Ziegfeld for theCentury. The Hitchcock associatesbelieve "Hitchy-Koo" will make $200,-000 if going on the road as at presentconstituted.The Cohan & Harris attraction, "The

Tailor-Made Man," is due in the C. &H. theatre in August.

Ziegfeld's "Follies" is said to alsorent its theatre. Amsterdam, at $2,000weekly, although the Amsterdam'smanagement, Klaw & Erlanger, areinterested in the production, with Zieg-feld.

Mondav Mr. Hitchcock gave out adenial in the "Evening World" he hadsigned a contract to appear at the Cen-tury next season. The Dillingham-Ziegfeld announced his signature toan agreement before "Hitchy-Koostarted rehearsals.According to report. A. L. Erlanger

has prevailed upon Dillineham & Zeig-feld to release the comedian for nextseason, to permit him to continue inhis present big success. Whether theCentury managers will be "declaredin" for waiving their agreement is

not known.

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NEGRO PLAYERS IN CHICAGO.Chicago, June 27.

Mrs. Norman Hapgood and RobertEdmund Jones (the scenic artist), whoproduced "Magic" in New York andlately some plavs by Ridgely Torrance,in which all the players were negroes,are seeking to rent the Playhouse here.The plan is to present for three weeks

the all-colored cast plavs in the Michi-gan avenue theatre, figuring on a drawfrom Chicago's large negro popula-tion.

There are many wealthy persons ofthat r$ee here and several are rated asmillionaires.

THREE STOCKS BATTLING.Denver, June 27.

With the advent of the current weekthe three stocks now here, two dra-matic and one musical, the only attrac-tions in town (with the exception ofthe Tabor vaudeville), have settleddown to a real battle for business.At the Denham. the Denham players

are presenting "What Happened toJones." getting publicity from its re-vival in New York next fall. At Lake-side Park the musical comedy com-pany has "The Million Dollar Doll"and at Flitch's Gardens "Jerry" is thebill. The latter opened Sunday and is

giving dramatic stock at the lowestprice at which stock of any quality hasbeen offered here.

COREY PREPARING.Madison Corey says that he will open

his offices within three weeks and atthat time will make announcement ofthe first production that will belaunched under his personal manage-ment. It will be a musical venture.

"SUITE" PLAY AT A. C.A.'H. Woods' production of "Parlor,

Bedroom and Bath" is to open at At-lantic City July 16.

The piece was written by C. W. Belland Mark Swan, and was placed in

rehearsal this week.Tn the cast are Florence Moore, John

Wesley, Jane Grey. Edgar J. Mac-Grc^or i^ staying it.

"ALIBI" OFF FOR GOOD.New Haven. June 27.

"Wanted—An Alibi," which the Shu-berts tried out here last week is to beshelved. The plav has only an idea, notsufficiently developed

12 VARIETY

An Open Letterto the

National Vaudeville ArtistsUnder a written agreement, dated June 12th, 1917, made through the Sheedy Vaudeville Agency, we were

engaged to play Fay's Theatre, Providence, the week of June 18th, 1917. We reported at the theatre en-the

18th, worked that day, and rendered two shows on the following day, Tuesday.

On Tuesday morning before we did any of our shows, the Manager of the theatre approached my wife

and asked her if she ever played in Providence before, and my wife answered that about nine weeks prior

thereto we had played at Emery's Majestic Theatre, Providence. My wife asked him why he wanted this in-

formation and he merely answered, "Oh, nothing.1tt

A little while later he approached me and asked me how long I had been in show business, and I told him

that I was in show business since boyhood. He then said to me, "Haven't you got any more sense than to play

in this theatre after playing for Loew? You should have known better than that."

Nothing was said to us after that, and we were per mitted to do our two shows on that day, Tuesday. After

we finished our second show, the stage manager came to me and told us we were cancelled. We asked the

manager for our salary and he told us he would not pay us anything. We told him we were entitled to com-

pensation for the time we actually worked, but he ordered us from the theatre and told us he would not give

us a cent. We packed our belongings and left for New York the following morning.*

On our arrival in New York, we immediately took the matter up with the National Vaudeville Artists and

the Vaudeville Managers' Protective Ass'n, but I was informed by Mr. Pat Casey that as Fay's Theatre, or,

rather, the Arcadia Amusement Co., which conducts the theatre, was not a member of the Managers' Asso-

ciation, that body was powerless to act in the matter.

I desire to take this means, therefore, of warning all brother and sister members of the National Vaudeville

Artists against experiences like ours at the hands of theatre owners and managers who are not members of

the Vaudeville Managers' Protective Association. It would be well in future, for all my brother and sister

artists of the N. V. A. to investigate whether or not the owners of the theatres in which they are booked are

members of the Vaudeville Managers' Protective Association.

If they are members, your salaries are safe. If they are not, the V. M. P. A. has no jurisdiction over them,

and in the event of the non-payment of your salary, you are left to your redress in the courts in states of which

you are most likely non-residents and in which you will in all probability be unable to remain until the deter-

mination of your suit, on account of future bookings.

We again urge upon all members to take heed of my experience at Fay's Theatre, in Providence, and in

future to be guided accordingly.

Sincerely and Fraternally,

BERT and LOTTIE WALTON

VAUDEVILLE 13

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ARTISTS' FORUMOoafta* l«tt«va to 110 word* and writ* on on* old* of popor only.

aonymoaa eommvnloatloaa will oot bo printed. Nam* of wHtor muat be signedand wUI bo bold to otrlot oonldoaoo, If deolred.

' Lotto* to be pobllebed In tbio oolaam aimat be written exolaolTcly to VARIETY.Ztopltoatod Utters will aot bo prtated. Tbe writer wbo dapUoateo a letter to theVoruaa, oltbor before or after It appears here, will not be again permitted the priv-ileges of It.

about her ticket and received an an-swer saying the "Byron" carried nosecond class. She has been laying off

four weeks but has secured a writtenpromise she is to leave on the "Vau-ban" June 7. It is the first boat since

the "Byron" sailed. She tells me anagent in New York takes 10 per cent,

instead of the usual five and three acts

here told me there would be troublewhen they reached New York again,

through the agent not informing themregarding South America, loss on ex-change, extra baggage, besides the

agent misinforming them about beingprolonged—which seldoms happens.The Sequin Tour comprises Casino,

Buenos Aires, Japanese Park in sum-mer (October to January), Casino,Montcvido (fine hall), then Sequin canplace you at the Florida, a daddy of a

theatre, two shows daily, in the bestpart of Buenos Aires.

I advise artists coming here to bringplenty of winter things, whatevermonth it may be. You will need them.All kinds of medicines are dear. Theclimate is very good.To those coming here, I say do your

two months and go back. Don't takean offer from any agent to go throughBrazil. Once you lose your returnfare—good night 1

You will find South America greatfor a trip, but no money in it.

I have tried to explain for the benefit

of others. If you don't mind a little

worry then there are worse places thanSouth America.

Basil Scott.

18 Charing Cross Road, London.

Buenos Aires, May 26.

Editor Vahibty:I should like to give to my brother

artists in the U. S. an insight into theSequin Tour, South America, as it

really is just now.The act I am with came out here

from England for two months, witha two months' option, taken up, andthen re-engaged for four more months,so we have little to kick about, but it

is to have others contemplating thetrip that I think this information maybe acceptable.On arriving for the Sequin Tour at

Buenos Aires we were met by an in-

terpreter, who got our baggage thrpughthe customs and took us to the hotel.

On settling there you make up yourmind to visit the Casino, that night,

when you receive your first impres-sion of a South American audience.You may be a little disappointed in

the theatre itself. On the curtain beingrung up, on come the soubrets. Asone finishes the next one tries to sing,

against cat-calls, boos and whistling.

When through they applaud until shereturns and then howl her off again.

That's Argentine comedy.For dumb acts or "attractions" as

they are called, it is some audiencethough.During our four months' stay at the

Casino three orchestras walked out.

We had four different conductors. Atfirst it was two matinees a week, thenone daily with the orchestra receivingthe same salary as befpre. If an actdepends upon music, there's no trou-ble. Eleven musicians, but they do notplay in unison.

All contracts in Europe for this coun-try are made payable in francs. Butthey pay you in Argentine money,pesos. You are paid at the rate of ex-change. English artists lose 14 poundson every 50 pounds and Americans tell

me they lose $26.40 on every $100.I know personally, and probably

artists themselves have told you uponreturning to America how, on gettingtheir boat ticket for home, they weretold, their baggage would cost $82(American money) extra, though, thebaggage is the same as it was uponarrival here. An English act had thesame experience in Montevido.The women should know that when

playing here, every night as soon astheir act is over, they must go in frontand sit in the boxes and on no accountto leave the theatre until the show is

over. (Single women and wives withtheir husbands are exempt however.)If a man speaks to the women in theboxes they must smile and bear it.

One soubret left the theatre during aperformance and within 10 minuteslater notice went upon the board shewas fined $10.

This Tour (Sequin) owns the Japnanese Park. Some acts work there if

at the Casino. Sundays some artists

do a matinee at the Casino, then to thePark and back for the night show atthe Casino, receiving half-day's pay forthe park performance. Some thoughplay but one show in each, withoutextra money. The taxi takes 30 minutesfrom one to the other.

Acts generally play four weeks atthr Casino, two weeks at Mcntcvidioand back to Buenos Aires for twoweeks. Very few stay longer.A woman here now is having trou-

ble. Her two months ended in Monte-vido and the boat was to sail for the)

States next day. She wired the office

Editor Vabiutt:Noting the "wail" of Veronica Mar-

quise in the "forum" of Vakibtit, I

have but one suggestion to make toher and that is that she see the issueof Varikty which carried my photo-graphs on the front page.To me it is quite evident that ad-

vertising pays when one notes the all

too evident readiness on the part of

some people to walk right in and tryto steal the thunder that I have manu-factured for myself.

I »have been dancing for a number of

years as "Veronica."I do not think the present is the

time to discuss the alleged merits ofthis toe dancer's claim, preferring for

the present to leave the matter en-tirely with my attorneys, Henry J.& Frederick E. Goldsmith, to thrashit out in court and establish for all

time the value attached to establish-ing, on my part, a trade mark value to

the njame of Veronica. Veronica.

New York, June 23.

Editor Variety:The Chesleigh Sisters were em-

ployed by me in an act called "Mr.Chaser," and have been working con-secutively since August.These girls quit on a Saturday at the

Orpheum, Boston, after receiving their

salary, and failed to appear in Provi-dence Monday. They did not say any-thing to the manager of the act anddid not take into consideration the in-

justice they were doing to me, or thetheatre in which they were booker!.

I hold a contract With them calling tor

two weeks' notice. Herman Becker.

Kalman Matus Monday replacedGeorge Tilton in "The 13th Chair."The Tatter is going to the front

ILL AND INJURED.Mine Rosina Galli, operatic singer, is

conrined to her home. She was to haveopened at Ravinia Park, Chicago, withthe opera company which starts its

season Saturday. Carolina White wasengaged to fill the gap.

Mrs. George Van, wife of the cluband cabaret booker of the W. V. M. A.(Chicago), is being treated at the Amer-ican Hospital, Chicago, for an old in-

jury to her foot, said to have beencaused by tight shoes. It may be neces-sary to amputate two toes.

Tom Powell, the Chicago agent, hasreturned to his office after sufferingwith a severe attack of rheumatism,which confined him to bed for threeweeks.While on his way to the Bijou,

Brooklyn, in a taxi last Thursday, LewCooper was severely cut when the ma-chine got into collision with a street

car. Cooper was thrown through thewindshield and narrowly escaped losinghis sight, sustaining cuts just belowthe eyes. He is now in a Brooklynhospital. Mrs. Cooper who accom-panied her husband was uninjured.

Maurice Victor is taking the baths at

Mt. Clemens, Mich., this making his

first vacation trip in years.Mrs. George Belfrage (Mabel Mah-

lun) is noticeably improving at herhome in Denver.Eddie Cassady is reported as recov-

ering from a recent illness.

Sadis Fairfieid has recovered froman attack of rheumatism, from whichshe has been suffering for three months.

It was Bert Ennis, and not Harry,reported as being poisoned by ivy last

week. The doctor finally declared thatit was "strawberry rash."

Joseph Spears, the theatrical mana-ger, who has been very ill at ExcelsiorSprings, Mo., returned to Broadway last

week, considerably improved.M. P. Diehl, electrician at the Palace,

narrowly escaped losing his left handby an accident at the house Mondaymorning while repairing an electric

fan. Making a turn of his body toinsure an easier position to manipulatethe f»n, the juice was turned on unex-pectedly and Diehl's left mitt wascaught by the buzzer. The memberwas severely cut, but fortunately Diehlwill not lose a single finger.

Mrs. O'Meara, of the Gliding O'Mea-ras, was operated Wednesday for ap-pendicitis at Mrs. O'Brien's Sanatarium,156 West 74th street, New York.Larry Fine and Girls did not open

at the Delancey Street last half last

week through illness. Sampson andDouglas substituted.

Charlie Wilson left the Fifth Ave-nue program after the opening matineethe last half. Murray Bennett was in

the program in the evening.Rose Mullaney, private secretary to

Chamberlain Brown, suffered a frac-

ture of the left arm Tuesday nightwhen she fell from an automobile in

which she was riding with BlancheMerrill. Miss Mullaney occupied arear scat and was thrown from the carat 41st street and Broadway. The carcontinued until Miss Merrill missedher companion when they returned andfound her surrounded by a crowd. Theinjury was attended to at the FrenchHospital.Josephine Robinson Haywood, who

toured last season with "Hit the TrailHolliday," is a patient at St. FJizabeth'sHospital, where she is recovering froman operation performed by Dr. MelvinWolk.

Mrs. Johnnie Von Cello was struckby a street car in Chicago severalweeks ago. the shock resulting unfor-tunately. She was in delicate condi-tion at the time of the accident, whichbrought on a premature birth, the childhfiiiii horn deadGeorge Nicholas, manager of the

Strand. Montreal, is confined to theRoyal Victoria hospital, owing to oneeye heini: poisoned. Frank Wamick-er, manager, Regent, Montreal, is re-

:overing from a recent breakdown.

MARRIAGES.Myrtle (Shepard) Oppenheim and

Thomas B. Mowatt ("Five of Clubs"),June 21, at Salem, Mass.Joseph Santley to Ivy Sawyer, June

22, at Greenpoint, L. I.

Albert Gehan of the Sells-Flotoshows to Lena Rodiquries (RodiquriesFamily). The couple will do a vaude-ville act together next season.Frank T. Buell, press agent at Luna

Park, to Estelle Birney, of musicalcomedy, at the home of the bride in

New York, June 25. The ceremonywas performed by the Rev. W. H.Morgan.Art A. Ortege and Billie Mack,

cowboy and cowgirl with the WildWest at Luna Park, principals in

an old fashioned western ceremony,made part of the performance Tues-day afternoon.

Phil Boudini (Boudini Brothers) to

a countrywoman and non-professional,

at Wallingford, Conn., June 21.

Jimmie Burke (Burke and Harris) to

Billie Bowen (Garden carbaret) in

New York June 23.

Lewis Green, manager of the Kleineoffices, Buffalo, was married June 24to a non-professional and the newly-weds came in Broadway Monday to

enioy their honeymoon.Marion Finlay and Charles Gates

were married June 20 at St. Anne'sChurch, Hornell, N. Y. The bride is

the daughter of Finlay and Burke, andwas a member of the act, Finlay Girlsand O'Connell. The groom was with"Four Jacks and a Queen."

BIRTHS.Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence (Larry)

Borie, June 20, son.Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Woolfolk (Mazie

Lyon), June 25, at Center Moriches,Long Island, son.

IN AND OUT.Rockwell and Wood reported out of

the Riverside bill this week, with BertFitzgibbon doubling from the Palace.McCormack and Wallace are not at

the Bushwick, Brooklyn, this week. Ill-

ness. Lorraine and Pritchard are thereinstead.

The Misses Campbell could not ap-pear at the Palace, New York, thisweek, and the program was allowed tostand with the omission.Howard and Sadler pleaded illness,

with Lou and Grace Harvey replacingat Loew's Bijou, Brooklyn.

Fred Rogers' voice was unfit forLoew's Orpheum, New York, the first

half. Jack Reddy got the vacancy.Illness prevented Sullivan and Macy

appearing at the Ave. B. Stewart andOlive substituted.Rio and Helmar have been replaced

in the Pantages road show by the Ron-das Trio, the latter; opening last weekin Winnipeg."The New Producer" in Minneapolis

last week took up the time on the Van-tages Circuit originally laid out for"The Futuristic Revue/'

Bert Fitzgibbons left the Palace pro-gram after the Monday matinee, ob-jecting to closing the show, WillieWeston replacing him Tuesday after-noon.

Florrie McGinnis has retired fromthe Five of Clubs act and will join theMcGinnis Brothers specialty.

Charles T. Aldrich did not open atthe Brighton Monday. Lambert andBall were placed in the bill instead.The Five Cycling McNutts were un-

able to open at Sohmer Park, Mont-real. Sunday, owing to the non-arivalof their stage equipment. The Mc-Nutts had motored to Montreal fromPhiladelphia hut were up.vilr to cartall their baggage too, depending onthe express company to bring alongthe rest. Willie Smith, not havingproper credentials, was turned backSaturday night at the Canadian border,and was unable to open at .SohmerPark, Montreal, for this week.

14 VARIETY

AMONG THE WOMENBy IDA CARLE

A representative gathering of socie-

ty and stage folks witnessed the Auto-mobile Fashion Show for the Actors'

Fund, at the Sheepshead Bay Speed-

way Saturday last. The prizes wereLiberty Bonds, but it was not quite

clear whether the cars or the occu-

pants were to be judged.

Laura Guerite, in a Tractor aero-

plane was the hors d'oeuvre. Delayedby reason of waiting for the band fromFort Slocum, which got lost on the

way, the show did not start until 3:25.

Arriving when it was nearly over, the

band caused merriment by insistingon playing just when the announcerswanted to say someunng. Missduerite furnished some thrills by sail-

ing nrst out as tar as ManhattanBeach and then spiraled several timesaround the grandstand. Later sherode the track in a car, displaying analtogether sensible dying outnt, woolenkhaki Russian blouse and breeches andpaienl leather boots.There were Z& entrants and after a

process of elimination by the commit-tee, ten cars were lined up and thespectators were asked to show their

choice by applause. The crowd asusual was swayed by sentiment andthe cunning Lee children in a WillysKnight car captured the hrst trophyof 3>^00. Jane i-ee, dressed as a soldier,

and Katherme, as a Red Cross nurse,received the honor with all the dignity01 grown-ups. (They are daughters of

Irene Lee and famed as "moving pic-

ture kids.")

Ncphele Prunelle, in a Packard, wonsecond prize. Her costume waseasily the most decorative—broadwhite and red striped silk, made upto run horizontally around the bodyfrom neck to ankle; it had a full skirt

caught up on one side by a wide girdleand bow of black velvet. A large blackhat had huge bunches of black paradiseon either side. But waitl WheneverMiss Prunelle neared a newspaperman, a photographer or the grand-stand, she stood up and donned a darkblue slashed coat, liy lifting the frontsof it and holding them out wing fash-ion, she disclosed a lining of blue silk

and white stars. She had the effect of

being wrapped in' a large flag, whichwas quite original and deserving of all

the display Miss Prunelle gave it.

The third prize went to Hazel Dawn,in a Winton. Miss Dawn wore asimple dress of blue georgette, large

hat of same with black crown, and herprettiest smile. Her sister Lllinorerode in the car with her. Ann Pen-nington received a white ribbon and a

$50 bond for 4th prize. A flesh pink(her favorite color) summer dress hadhad a ru filed overskirt which lookedlike a short soubret or ballet skirt, as

she stood up to ackniwledge greet-

ings from her admirers. Her hat andbelt matched her turquoise blue-greenChalmers car.

Gertrude McCoy drove her Oldsmo-bile and looked lovely in a large leg-

horn picture hat and a white Jap satin

dress. Christine Newcomb was verymuch "class" in a gray tailormade,driving a Hudson, and Consuelo Bai-

ley, in brilliant rose, looked youthfulat the wheel of her Chalmers. Prettyblonde Edna Hunter, in a good lookingbrown, red trimmed "Overland" (driv-

en by Sam Harris), wore a handsomeermine and chinchilla cape. Ruth Mc-Donald, in a Premier, was picturesquelyattractive in a flowered orange, whiteand green ostume and green andwhite hat.

V'liit'J C'li U"»l 1 1.' i - ss'ic Hi me /\i-

ien i accompanied by \ rra Maxwell)(Cunniiinhain car), May Naudaiu(Chalmers), Mrs. Herbert Brenon(Singer), Edna Wallace Hopper(Standard), Elba Chester (Hudson),

Maud Hill (McFarland), Emma Froh-man (Overland), Mrs. James Kidder(Cunningham), Rosalie Sherrill (Peer-less), Dorothy Kelly (Chalmers), Mrs.Fellows-Gordon (National), Miss V.V. Graver (Scrpps-Booth), EstherLyon-Eagle (Willys-Knight), Mrs.Chas. E. Proctor (Murray), Mrs. JeanJustice (Willys-Knight), Etta L. Her-ron (National), Mrs. E. F. Wilkes(Marmon), Mrs. V ;m. H. Hamilton(Weston), Kathryn Brown-Decker(Overland).

Trixie Friganza looks really distinguewith her nearly snow-white hair thathas grown much whiter since Trixielast displayed it in vaudeville. Wouldn'tbe surprised to see Miss Friganza backin the varieties soon, at least for a spell

She is always welcome there.

Miss Milford (Black and Milford),at the American the hrst half, appearshrst as a salvation lassie and changesto a pink silk which shows a coupleof inches of blue lining. The skirt is

made with a puffed top, a wide girdleforming the bodice. The skirt is muchlonger in back than front and it is notquite clear if this is a fault or the styleof the gown. Mr. Black sings a social-istic song that should not be encour-aged and came out on the stage witha soiled handkerchief tucked around hiscollar—(This is a splendid idea to sug-gest to an audience that it is too hotto applaud). The two women in theFour Wanderers appear to be concertor operatic women with little of thepep necessary in vaudeville. Theylook quite "at home" in Italian peasantdresses. The dressing of the girls in

the "Follow the Flag," a tab musicaloffering, is as ordinary and indifferentas the principals' acting. The little

quakeress, in a neat gray silk and chil-

chiffon dress, is attractive. As soldiergirls in red and white uniforms, inold fashioned hoop skirts, and as RedCross nurses carrying the Hags of theAllies, the girls are at their best. Thewoman in "Congressman Kitty" lookswell in a neat, dark tailor made suit,

rajah silk blouse, and large sailor hat.Dorothy, the accordionist, is a veryyoung girl With a very pretty smileand figure. She wears a white accor-dion pleated skirt (the big, white pianoaccordion covering up the rest of herdress) and pink Dorothy Dainty bowon her hair nearly as large as the ac-cordion itself. Miss Eary (Eary andEary) wears purple from her toes upto her chest, where a large design inbrilliants Haunts itself for special men-tion. If Miss Eary could teach womenhow to get in and out x of weddingrings as easily as she gets in and outof the ring she uses her fortune wouldbe made.

Margaret Larned, of the Three Lar-neds, at the Fifth Avenue last week,wore a simple white taffeta dress withwide tucks in the skirt, and a sugges-tion of lace in the armholes and lowbodice. A large white tulle hat wasdiscarded after the opening routineon the wheel. A bunch of red and blueHowers at the belt and the rims ofwheel painted red, white and blue,carried out the popular patriotic sug-gestion. The man in the act appearsas a nondescript soldier and the othergirl as a red-nosed comedian, doesnot disclose her sex until the end ofact when she pulls her wig off andshows her hair. Oliver and Olp, alsoat the Fifth Avenue last week, play-ing in "Crumbs," while the act is hav-ing its showing, intend recasting it.

\\ !"-'n 'b" "o'jwers lii.'i be" iiavc set

on it their stamp of approval. MissOlp looks very pretty and "youngwifey" in a flesh pink summer dressblue bonnet faced with pink and blueshoes and stockings.

The spectacle of a. lonely wife, wan-dering about seeking aid from friends,

is a sob vaudeville picture. The wife

at one time was in vaudeville, with herhusband, in a dumb act, and she wasgenerally rated as owning one of the

prettiest figures vaudeville of that timehad seen. Since then the money andjewels saved by the couple, partly

through her earnings, have been dissi-

pated by the husband, and now, finally,

there is "another woman" to add to

the poor wife's burden. It is a wearyone, from what 1 hear for the womanis often hungry, I have been told, but

her husband manages to keep up a"front," without his associates awareof the at-home facts, likely.

The enticing coolness and the attrac-

tive cretonne covered walls, boxes andorchestra chairs of the Palace interior

may have had something to do with the

temperament of the audience Mondayafternoon, but it is certain a happieraudience never sat down to witness avaudeville performance. The late hourmade many leave before Bert Fitzgib-

bon finished his turn, but they left re-

luctantly—turning back as they wentout to give Bert (who was tabbing themgood naturedly) a last lingering smile.

The genuine gratification this highlycreditable program gave was undeni-able. Hirscholf's Troupe of Gypsies(the three girls in red and yellowspangled regulation gypsie dresses)stopped the show in the opening spot.

This illustrates not only the quality ofthe opening act but the hne enthusiasmof the auuience to applaud on a hotday. Bert baker has changed both thewomen in his nonsensical laugh pro-voking "Prevarication" since playingthe Palace earlier in the season. IdaEmerson as the wife is a big improve-ment, but Mardell Wickey (accordingto the piogiam) would hand a slap tothe tender sensibilities of our modernchorus girl it she thought she actedor looked like the grl Miss Wickeyportrays. Miss Emerson wears royalblue, the over draperies of her skirtfalling in points over a lace foundation.A small straw hat with large blackwings helps to make her look her part—"wife of a prosperous business man."Miss Wickey wears a white tailoredsuit trimmed with black.The Greater Morgan Dancers, in

their historical Roman ballet, undoubt-edly the most artistic group of dancersever combined in one variety offering,still hold their laurels as the most un-dressed act in vaudeville. One of theRoman maidens is noticeably workingovertime but her enthusiastic ardor foracting should be quelled as she is notthe most graceful maiden in the realm.Ray Dooley is a live wire that needs

no re-charging. She is a rare little

comedienne, her funny little voice is anasset and she wears the cutest clothes.A pink messaline this week has rufflesat the sides and broad straight panelsback and front. A wide blue sash givesthe panels the effect of an apron.Emma Haig is wearing two appar-

ently new dresses. A rose pink, witha bit of blue showing at belt, bottomof short pants, and in the long slenderfeathers of her headdress, has a highcollar. For a "Raviollo-ballerino-Amel-icaino dance, Miss Haig wears a blacktulle that is the "pink of perfection.".A sheer little skirt, jet trimmed, wiredto stand out, shows black jet pantsunderneath. The jet bodice is outlinedwith brilliants and a wide orange satinsash and cap make a jaunty combina-tion..

Lillian Lorraine's opening as a scrubwoman furnishes one of the surprisesin the Norworth-Lorraine vaudevilleturn. The other is a Sunbonnet Sueaffair—Miss Lorraine in pink and whitechecked gingham and Jack Norworthappearing in blonde wig disguise, asher rube sweetheart. Miss Lorraineyear- a cerise tulle wrap with bunchesof roses around the bottom, that is adream of loveliness in its delicate trans-parency and faultless style. A dressof cerise tulle and gold spangles has atouch of originality in its pointed

flounces. A long necklace and narrowtight collar of the kind of brilliants

you don't sew on dresses these dayswas a conspicuous adornment Jackmakes the announcement he will give

a price -to any one who will name their

"set." As a suggestion, he said it

might represent a pirate's cave on the

south shore at Pittsburgh. It sure wasconceived by some weird pessimistic

brain. There is ample opportunity for

improvement in this combination of

clever entertainers. Many went outbefore seeing the- maid of winningcharm unheralded and unprogramed,but who happens to be Mrs. Bert Fitz-

gibbon. She sang and danced withfeminine ease and grace and displayedthe daintiest of frocks (gray chiffon

and satin) and a large picture hat withlong black velvet streamers.

Dope fiends in the profession arefortunately few in number, but onewould be surprised to learn of the iden-tity of some of the habitual users ofnarcotics. Recently a party givenwithin a stone's throw of the Palaceincluded no less than four featurevaudeville acts, one a standard head-liner. All accompanied by women ofapparently reputable standing, thequartet proceeded to become intoxi-cated with "snow." Their inflamedbrains recalled injuries of the past andtheir friends received the panning oftheir lives. *A11 this in a cafe with theplace crowded. The party, apparent-ly oblivious of surroundings, spokefreely of their "habit" and brazenlysent a messenger for more of the drug.Incidentally the messenger, a dancerof no mean ability, is a victim of the"power" in addition to his other moralfailings, but he at least had the de-cency to refrain from participating inthe orgie. Many unfounded stories ofdope hends in theatricals are waftedalong Broadway. But the women* whouse the drug cannot hide it. Eventual-ly the pallor becomes evident and withthe craving for the stimulant one caneasily notice the germ of carelessnessin dress, carriage and appearance.Lamentable, but true.

A story "written by a man in defenseof mankind" is the explanation givenfor the film drama, "Hater of Men," inwhich Bessie Barriscale is starred.Every young girl or woman who thinksshe can get on through life without aregular husband should see this pic-ture. Miss Barriscale as Janice Salas-bury, a newspaper woman, breaks herengagement with a promising youngman because she will not be a "slave."After an era of triumphant freedom,she learns single blessedness is notwhat it is cracked up

vto be. That a

woman appeals to either the worst orthe best in a man, and that men lookupon women of her neutral type as"toys" that can be picked up anddropped at will. It's a splendid, mod-ern picture of today—no heroics or bigscene—just a lesson, worth while learn-ing if not alreay known. Miss Bar-riscale wears her mass of blonde hairatop of her pretty head in all thescenes. She looks particularly attrac-tive in evening gowns. One is entirelyof yards and yards of tulle, with justa narrow band of braid over eithershoulder, and the one she wears at theopera has a triple flounced skirt oftulle, the top one caught up in a puffaround the hips, fastened to a pointedbodice. A pretty picture hat is wornwith a becoming dinner dress in arestaurant scene.

% BEDINI SHOW PEOPLE.Jean Bedini will again play a prom-

inent part in his burlesque productionof "Puss Puss" on the Columbia wheelnext season. Bedini's draft next fallwill include Clark and McCulloughSabhntt and Wright. Bob Harmon andSyd Malcolm, and Ellen Golden (Gold-en Troupe). Others engaged are HelenLorraine, Mike Morris, and 20 girls.Arthur Harris will manage, and Lar-

ry Borie will be business manager.

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16 VARIETY"Hello! Henderson'! 1917." the new

summer revue now running at the

popular Coney Island restaurant, typi-

fies the extreme in class, speed and

pretentiousness in so far as restaurant

revues may go, for Gus Edwards hasprovided nothing less than a miniaturemusical comedy, cleverly constructingthe "show" in a manner to bring outthe greatest entertainment in the lim-

ited time allowed, the revue runningabout one hour with a short intermis-

sion interrupting the two sections. Onecontrasts this revue with its predeces-sor because the latter was generallyconceded to be last summer's greatest

achievement in its line, but a careful

comparison easily gives the currentshow the edge, for this season the

house management has not only en-larged the cast, but has provided a pro-

duction that represents one of the mostliberal expenditures extant in restau-

rant revue lines. Carlton Hoagland,who so capably supervises theHenderson interests, has improved con-ditions in several other directions. Thediscontinuance of the old "check sys-

tem" in the restaurant shows a touchof progressiveness that is commend-able and Hoagland's seating arrange-ments mark additional credit to his

ability. Henderson's now seems soimproved in general over former years,

the change is hardly explainable. Andthe improvements have borne the ^ex-pected results for surely the public)

could not show its appreciation anyplainer than through a capacity at-

tendance on a cold Tuesday night suchas was represented this week. Theshow proper consists of 14 numberswith six principals and a chorus oftwelve. The lyrics were supplied byWill D. Cobb and Jean Havez, theopening being of an introductory na-ture, bringing on the principals andchorus, each with a semi-explanatorynumber relative to their respectiveparts in the piece. The cast of prin-cipals has been excellently picked forthis style of work, everyone capable ofsoloing or grouping their talent, withBobby Watson and Mercedes Lorenzesharing the toplines with BobbyO'Neill and Helen Coyne. In additionthe numbers are strengthened by theDuncan Sisters and Olga Cook, thelatter a soprano. The affair carries asemblance of a book, the lyrics cleverlyexplaining the short theme, but thereis no effort made to maintain thisangle and the show runs merrily alongto an accompaniment of melody. Thegreatest share of the individual honorsgo to Mr. Watson and Miss Lorenze,Watson displaying a versatility rathersurprising. Watson, always recog-nized an excellent "straight" man,shines particularly in the Hendersonrevue. He sings reasonably well,dances nicely and in clothes looks theideal juvenile for a musical spurt. Ina rube number with O'Neill, Watsonhandled character comedv quite as wellas a light song. Miss Lorenze stoodout conspicuously and this in itself is

some achievement for that Hendersonaggregation are quite the best lookinggroup seen together in some time.Her appearance is an asset, but shedid not stop there, carrying severalnumbers . to the hit column. Mr.O'Neill gives the principal divisionsome added strength and makes an ex-cellent working partner for Watson.Miss Coyne is a dancer of no meanability her sole effort adding that es-sential touch of variety that brings;such affairs out of the conventionalpale. Miss Cook, although apparentlya trifle self-conscious, scores nicelywith her high register and good looks,but an affected French accent doesn'taid her enunciation or her work. MissCook is blonde, reasonably attractiveand fills every nook and corner of thehouse with her high tones, scoring ef-fectively with ''J^an of Arc." TheDuncan Sisters team nicely and har-monized in the second division withexpected results. For the short timeutilized the display of wardrobe is

somewhat amazing, eight or ninechomge* being exhibited, every one

outshining its predecessor for eleganceand splendor. The chorus of 12 standout, sing as good as the best and han-dle the group numbers in excellentshape. The musical division carries

several hits with "Uncle Sam's Bou-quet" and "I'm After You" taking tophonors. "I Must Be Loved By Some-one" gathered big returns with thechoristers soloing the number in turn.

The finale is of patriotic design open-ing with a "Tommy Atkins" numberand closing with George Cohan's pa-triotic "Over There." For an exhibi-

tion of class and speed, the new Hen-derson show will run behind mightyfew. It seems built particularly for

Henderson's and the expenditure rep-resented suggests an expert confidencethat is not misplaced, for this revuewill undoubtedly keep the capacityregister in evidence. Mr. Hoaglandis reported to have arranged the en-tire show, even to the wardrobe. Theactual staging was under Mr. Edwards'direction.

Charlotte is out of the Terrace Gar-den, Chicago, ice ballet, the action ap-parently resulting with the openingMonday of the ice experts Norval Bap-tie and Gladys Lamb. The foreignstar became peeved when she discov-ered Baptie was given charge of theice section of the show and refused toappear at rehearsal Monday* Nor didshe appear for the first show at threein the afternoon and the first eveningshow, whereupon her contract was can-celled by Harry Mohr. Charlottefirst started April 15, at which timeTerrace Garden was opened and thefirst ten weeks of her contract wouldhave expired soon. Yet the additionalten weeks were to follow. Her weeklysalary was reported to have been $2,-000 and $1,500, with the latter figureperhaps correct. It is thought thatthe withdrawal of Charlotte is the first

victory of the American Exhibition IceSkaters Association, recently formed inChicago, one of the objects of whichis the using by hotels and cafes ofAmerican skaters only.

The Cocoanut Grove on the CenturyRoof may reopen within a few weeks,perhaps before the fall. It was intend-ed to operate the roof over the summerbut the suspension of the liquor li-

cense through an exit of the Centurybeing within 200 feet of a schoolstopped the plans, temporarily.

Paradise Roof, over Reisenweber's,at Columbus circle, is getting goodbusiness up to the closing hour. Thetop floor of the Reisenweber addition(the "Hawkesworth Room" when it

opened last winter) is made a "roof"through the windows being opened, giv-ing a three-sided range that brings abreeze. There is a show, almost con-tinuous from eleven, with a revuechorus of about eight show girls andseveral principals. A white orchestradevelops jazz music at times.

A movement that may interest hoteland cafe proprietors is the formationin Chicago of the American ExhibitionTee Skaters" Association, which is dueto file papers of incorporation shortlyand which aims to nationally controland promote the use by the hotel in-

terests of American professional iceexhibition skaters to the exclusion ofall foreign artists. At the head of theA. E. I. A., which is said to have al-

ready enlisted 80 per cent, of the nativeexperts, is a group of solid businessrr.cn, so that the indication is that theirservices are given in the interests ofpromoting the sport itself. The officersare William Arlington, president; Ed-ward H. High, treasurer; John A. Scul-ly, vice-president, and J. Lewis Coath,secretary and general manager, all of

Chicago. A plan has been worked out.

Instead of the cafe proprietor payinga stipulated sum for the skaters, he canelect instead to turn over to the Asso-ciation the total amount in cover charg-es. From that the Association paysthe skaters and it also defrays the ex-penses of installing the tanks, whichthe Association will supply in suchcases. After the engagement the hotelpeople have the privilege of buying thetank. Where a rink is already installed

or where the hotel people so elect, asalary, fixed by the Association) is paid.

The various skaters have agreed thatthe Association put a price on theirwork. Should a larger figure be ob-tained, the skater agrees that one-halfof the excess salary over the stipulatedamount shall be turned into the Asso-ciation for promotion work. Other de-tails make it look as if the new ideawas germed with success. Each skaterhas weekly dues, $2.50 being paid by)

those working (in lieu of commissions)and $1.00 weekly for those not working.The figure mentioned as contributedfor advance publicity among hotel in-

terests is $2,000 and it is claimed thatout-of-town hotels have already askedfor bookings from the new Association.Some of the well known ice artists

quoted as members are Norval Baptieand Gladys Lamb, The Lamys, Kath-leen Pope a.:d George Kerner, BunnyMoore and Runcie Martin,, Bassett andChapelle, The Finks, Steele and Con-don, Franz La Mar, Mr. and Mrs. OrrinMarkus and Davis and Rodgers. Thecapital stock will be $100,000, subscrip-tions expected to come from lovers ofthe sport and ice fans, which numbermany wealthy persons. There is nosalary paid any of the officers save thatof secretary.

Frances Kennedy, who lately ap-peared in big time vaudeville houses ofthe central west, and who is well knownin Chicago (her home), opened at thePlanter's Cafe, Chicago, Monday, thefeature of the cabaret there.

The Chicago city council failed totake up the matter of cafes taking outa theatrical license where cover chargeswere made, although the matter was tohave been considered. The cause ofthe delay was the battle in the councilchamber over control of the publicschools, resulting in a book beingthrown at Mayor Thompson as he left

the room and two resolutions proposingto impeach the city executive head. Anew school board appointed by themayor is in charge of the board of edu-cation, with a corps of police alwayson hand to prevent disorder.

Norval Baptie and Gladys Lamb, un-til lately at Healy's, New York, openedat Terrace Garden, Chicago, Monday.The ice ballet of four girls with themduring the New York engagement is

to join July 1. It is not expected thatthe addition of Baptie and Lamb willaffect Charlotte's stay, the managementfiguring she had helped the good drawsince the opening some weeks ago.Charlotte's contract was for ten weeks,beginning April 15, .with an optionalten weeks to follow. Baptie now hascharge of the ice section of the show.This was formerly handled by HugoBrunlik, who was with the Hotel Mor-rison, Chicago, for eight or nine yearsas musical director but who severedconnections last week.

Supposed cabaret girls started some-thing in Burnham, 111., a few days agoby riding nude or nearly so in motorcars through the streets. Their anticswere confined to the supposed red lightdistrict. The girls were arrested butsoon released with light fines. Themayor of Burnham is said to be pro-prietor of a cafe there.

Motorhead Inn, about four milesfrom the notorious Burr Oak Inn., in

suburban Chicago, was raided last weekby deputy sheriffs and federal authori-ties. The raid was the result of a bit-ter fight waged against the roadhouseby a Catholic priest, Father John Robo-kowski, in whose parish the inn lies,

at 145th street and Western avenue.The priest said that attempts had beenmade to bribe him. He began his. fightagainst the inn some time ago, whena man who was starting out to see hiswife, dying in Michigan, was robbedand murdered *at Motorhead. Thirtypersons were picked up in the raid,among them several women, chargedwith disorderly conduct. It is allegedby the immigration officer that FrankRoberto, in whose name the federalliquor license was held, was never nat-uralized and therefore cannot hold agovernment license.

Deputy sheriffs and constables madefrequent and speedy trips to a numberof Chicago's west suburban towns lastweek, arresting roadhouse proprietorsin Riverside, Forest Park, Stickney andLyons, on complaint illegal sales ofliquor were being made. The com-plaints were made by the West Subur-ban Law and Order League, which al-leges Sunday selling. Some of the de-fendants are also charged with sellingliquor to soldiers.

The Oriental Cafe, new, has openedin Buffalo and is reported an attrac-tive place.

Eddie Pidgeon is sending friendsin New York a handsome booklet,much embossed and profusely illus-trated, extolling the many virtues ofthe Cafe L'Aiglon, Philadelphia, wherehe is now associated with Jack Pattonin the management of the establish-ment.

The Palais Royal's new entertain-ment, succeeding that headed by FritziScheff, is not so pretentious as its pre-decessor, but better balanced and ofmore variety. It has several numbers,with leaders, a chorus of good lookinggirls, about 14 of 'em, and is dividedinto bits, in which the speciality actsappear. Daisie Irving, a tall girl witha prima donna's voice and who oncesang in a Winter Garden show, doesmost of the number leading. FredDelMs the principal male, and whendancing, his partner is Anita Elson, a-sprite of a girl, who looks exceedinglywell on the cabaret floor and danceswith much grace. She also sings withher partner. Delf and Elson first

danced together in "Cohan's Revue."Charles De Haven and Lucille havea double dance, with Lucille in man'sevening clothes and high hat. Shelooks well in male dress and while therehas been an attempt in this garb todeceive at first sight, it does not, soclose to the tables, but it might upon astage. Frank Shields does a lariat acro-batic specialty John Murray Andersonand Cynthia Perot are the "moderndancers" of the assembly. They waltz.La Sylphe has a dance of her own and,ns usual, gets it over very big. TheTwo Briants do a scarescrow bit withone of the boys handled as a dummy.The finale is patriotic. The show runsvery nicely but is up against theweather for attendance.

The Casino, Saratoga, N. Y.. hasbeen leased for three years by Hamil-ton D. Burney. of the Hotel Claridge.New York. Mrs. Cecil Thackera is

associated with Mr. Burney in the op-eration of the Spa place.

Healy's Golden Glades is runningthrousrh the summer. Ellen Dallerupand Kah'e Schn*M*dt h*ve been z&de<\to the ice skaters there, with the re-vue girls and leaders continuing theirportion of the entertainment.

Justine Johnstone is to close the 44thStreet roof Saturday for the summer.

VARIETY 17

Paris, June 10.

Judging by the applause at the dressrehearsal, and the press notices, the

new play "L'Elevation," by HenryBernstein, at the Comedie Francaise,

is a big local success. It may notplease the foreign element, who aretired of the continual triangular Frenchcomedies. It is a far piece, carefully

written, portraying the sentiment ofhumanity in social life created by thepresent call to arms. Edith (Mme.Pierat) is the young wife of the em-inent surgeon, Cordelier (de Feraudy),who is many years older. She is se-

cretly in love with Louis (GeorgesGrand), literary hack, hardly worthyof her guilty sentiments. Louis is

called to the war, and Edith's grief

at his departure opens the husband'seyes. Cordelier's grief is more acutebecause he knows Louis to be a bit ofa libertine. News arrives that Louisis wounded, and there is a scene be-tween husband and wife because shewishes to join her lover, in which all

the family join. But the doctor, in afit of patriotic generosity, consents toEdith's visit to the hospital, for Louishas proved himself a hero. He evenhides the proof of the libertine's per-fidy

(and the two lovers meet again.

Louis dies recommending the erringwife to be faithful to her excellenthusband. The married couple are re-

conciled in ambulance work, endeavor-ing to make others happy, and all endswell. This is the elevation the parableis' supposed to teach. The first twoacts are dramatic, the third emotional.The author has carefully drawn hischaracters, but certain passages of con-flicting passion are a trifle overdone.Paul Mounet as a medical colleague,Mme. Pierson as a disgraced mother,and Mme. Maille as a wife faithful toher soldier on the front, ably supportthe leads in this emotional work, whichis a great draw and the most powerfulplay produced at the Cemedie Fran-caise since the outbreak of hostilities.Grand as the unworthy lover, whosaves the family honor by his bravery,and de Feraudy as the outraged butforgiving husband, are simply superb.It is a splendid war story for Frenchaudiences.

Sacha Guitry, now lessee of theBouffes, is again to the fore with threeshort pieces, which he has written,mounted and personally plays. Whilenot comparing him with Scribe, as aplaywright he appears to have appro-priated his place in modern literature.The shows begin with a sketch, Un typedans le genre de Napoleon (somewhatlike Napoleon), painting the feelingsof a man who was deceived long agoand has only just found it out. Hedoes not rest until the woman begs forpardon (thinking he might return toher), and then he leaves her again withhis honor satisfied. Second sketch:Chez la reine Isabeau, in which S. G.appears as a keeper of an old castlevisited by foreigners, particularlyAmerican girls. Some want to sleepin Queen Isabeau's bed, just to bragthey have done so, but the climax is

unfortunate when the denizens of thechamber, in the form of insects, arementioned. Third sketch: Un soirquand on est seul, in verse, is a solil-oquy on the joy of being alone withone's thoughts, and forms a poor finishto the program. It would be a catchfor a charity bazaar performance, andis the kind of stuff society women arewent to use for shows to amuse thewounded.

withdrawn shortly from the Folies Ber-gere, and another show of the samekind, in the form of a revival ofL'Archiduc des Folies Bergere, a sortof operetta, will terminate the presentseason. Germaine Webb remains atthe house as leading lady.

"Afgar, or the Leisures of theHarem," is to be revived at the little

Theatre Michel, with Girier, A. Simon,Miles Jane Marnac and Reynolds.

M. Combes is continuing his legiti-

mate policy of revivals thrice weeklyat the Empire. "Servir," with Mile.Zorelli, is due this week end.

The Clovelly Girls are now at theAlhambra and the Ambassadeurs.Dranem, a local comic, is replacingMile. Polaire as top at the Marifpy.A big benefit performance, in aid of

the Roumanian red cross, is being givenat the Opera, with a constellation ofstars, including Ida Rubenstein (yes),Mary Garden, Zambelli, and naturalluDe Max.The Gait6 and Chatelet have closed

for the dog days. However, the weath-er has changed a little, and St. Swith-en has brought rain as a manager'sGod-send. But there is a nervous feel-ing about, it being suspected the Gov-ernment is considering further taxation,and that the poor rates, now 10% ongross receipts, may be raised to 20%dr even 30%.

"Please Help ' Emily" (called"Moune" in French), will be revivor? \yMax Dearly before the end of themonth at the Theatre des Varietes, toreplace the Italian problem, "Dolly."The Palais Royal success, "Madame etson Filleul," may migrate to the Am-bigu to permit the production of therevue by Willemetz and company.

Another revue, "Perds pas la carte,"by Codey and Couturet, will see thelight at the Gaite Rochechouart, whenVoltera Brothers withdraw the presentshow next week.

It is even betting chances are prob-able in the management of the Olym-pia .and Folies Bergere, Baratta andVolterra being on the verge of separa-tion in the very near future. Moredetails will be soon forthcoming. TheLemarchand combination revue will be

NEW ACTS."Variety de Danse," with ten people.Tom Dingle and Bob Fern, two-act.Harry Clarke, single (Jenie Jacobs)."The Lady in the Shoe," girl act

headed by Joe Phillips and EvelynMacVey.Gen. Pisano and a company of two in

"At the Italian Front," a new shootingact. Special settings (Harry Weber).Sarah Vinton and 'Buster." Miss

Vinton is a daughter of the late Ed.Vinton. "Buster" is the dog that for-merly worked with Ed."The Children of France," with Bur-

ford Hampden featured. Tried out atthe Palace for a special Sunday per-formance by Robert Edeson.Pam Lawrence in an act with Francis

Z. Donegan'and six girls.

"Neglect," playlet by Ben Barnett,featuring Arthur Edwards."Bon Voyage," after a recent show-

ing, was again withdrawn and with anew book by James Horan, and withJames Gilday engaged to play theleading comedy role, reopened Tues-day (Phil Morris).

Alice Fleming in a new act by Rob-ert T. Haines, supported by Ernest T.Anderson.

Nat Griswold is to present "TheSlacker" in vaudeville. It is a sketchthat he wrote sometime ago. (Recent-ly there was an announcement thatJames Montgomery was writing a playwith the same title.)

Hunter, Chick and Hunter (former-ly with "Mrs. Murphy's Second Hus-band"), comedy singing trio. (LewColder.)Gertrude Vanderbilt and Johnny

Ford, two-act

TOMMY'S TATTLES.By Thomas J. Gray.

July 15th will be a big booking day.The names of 625,000 young men willbe penciled in for the Army. Rehearsalcall announced later. "

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Prohibition won't hit show businessvery hard, unless it stops those "drunk-en dogs" and prohibits comediennesfrom doing "souse bits."

We are in favor of food control, if it

stops burlesque "table scenes."

War Economy—Things we couldeasily do without:Monocle strings on evening dress

suits.

Acrobat sleeve garters.Soubrets' parasols (they never put

them up).Wooden shoes.Funny (?) signs in juggling acts.

Recitations.Hawaiian dancers.Straight man's canes.Audience songs.This column.

Larry Meehan says all the fellowswho used to sing "It's Time for EveryBoy to Be a Soldier" are now singing"I'm Going to Hide Away, 'Way Downin Iowa."

Government may pass a law prohibit-ing people from using starch in clothes.Won't minstrel first parts look funnyif the boys have to wear soft shirts?

The King of Spain is thinking ofturning in his part. Soon there won'tbe any Kings left at all. It looks badfor Gaby.

See where a lot of managers intendid" send road companies out to playnear the various training camps. Some-thing should be done to stop it. Thesoldiers will have trouble enough.

Since the British Government estab-1 shed a recruiting station in New Yorkmany fellows have suddenly lost their

English accent

Dye is scarcer than ever in this coun-try, but nothing can stop the manufac-turing of pink tights.

Two authors were fighting aboutwhich one of their names would appearfirst on the program of a show theyhad "written." The critics said thebook was one of the worst ever seen,and the manager remarked: "Can youimagine those two guys fighting to takethe blame for this."

Looking over the new tax list wecouldn't find anything about parodies.

The plans announced by the variousmanagers for next season call for thespoiling of seven or eight Europeancomic opera successes.

Caught any Vacation Fish yet?

ONE MORE CENSOR BILLChicago, June 27.

After the state legislature adjournedat Springfield last week, a list of thefinal bills signed by the governor washeaded by one designed at show censor-ship.

It is claimed, however, that the"sting" was removed from the measurebefore it was passed, but it does pro-hibit plays or pictures which mightincite race prejudice.The bill is said to have been promot-

ed by the colored vote.

-- R. J. Lydiatt, representative of theWalker Circuit, is now in New York.

Arthur E. Smith is now managingthe Jefferson, having come to the Mossforces from the Conniss and Edwardsattractions.

Jesseli and Merlin open on the LoewCircuit July 9

OBITUARY.Sir Joseph Lyons, best known as

the owner of a string of popular pricedrestaurants throughout England, diedin London, June 22. Horn of poorparents he' tfmassed a very large for-tune, distributed freely to all sorts ofworthy charities. In recognition of hisnumerous philanthropies he was knight-ed in 1911. As his wealth increased inlater years Sir Joseph branched out inthe direction of high class restaurantssuch as the Trocadero and Gaiety andwas also the owner of two huge hotelsin London (the Strand Palace and Re-gent Palace) besides holdings in otherhostelries not under his direct manage-ment. He was always a patron of thearts and very fond of theatrical peo-ple, having backed a number of musicalcomedy enterprises. The wife ofFrank Smithson (Phoebe Coyne) is asister of Sir Joseph.

Digby Bell died June 20 at a sani-tarium in New York after an illnessof several weeks. He had been re-moved from the Lambs' Club to thesanitarium. He was 60 years of age,having been born in Milwaukee, Wis.In 1872 he went abroad to study musicand several years later made his de-but at Malta. His first appearance inAmerica was as a concert singer atChickering Hall in 1876. For yearsafterwards he appeared in various ofthe Gilbert and Sullivan operas andlater was associated with De WolfHopper in "Mr. Pickwick." He alsostarred for a number of years in "TheEducation of Mr. Pipp."

Billy Grove, of "The ShelburneGirl" revue, Brighton Beach, followinga dinner party in which other mem-bers of the company participated, wasseized, by acute indigestion June 23and before the afternoon waned hadlapsed into unconsciousness fromwhich he never rallied, death resultingdespite all efforts to revive him. Outof respect to the deceased entertainerone cf the Shelburne performanceswas canceled Saturday evening.

Walter Hitchcock died of heart fail-

ure at the Hotel Sommerset, NewYork, June 23. His wife, Terasa Mich-elene, reached his bedside from Cleve-land shortly before he passed away.He was a member of the Screen andGreenroom clubs. For the past threeyears he has been playing in picturesexclusively. Prior to that he was onthe legitimate stage.

Mrs. Catherine Pfeiffer, age 83, diedJune 25 in a retreat for aged women in

Los Angeles. During the '60s she con-ducted a noted hotel for actors in Cin-cinnati and was known to her guestsas "Tante Pfeiffer," numbering amongher friends a number of grand operaartists.

George C. Callan, age 40, formerly-of Callan, Haley and Callan, and whoonce had out a minstrel show with his

brothers, died of pneumonia last weekand was buried under the auspices ofthe Actors' Fund. A widow survives.

The mother of Ora and Elenore Dell

died June 19 in New York from apo-plexy. She was 53 years old.

DONALD BRIAN AT PALACE.The Donald Brian sketch, "Some-

where in \fexico." with Brian starred

and the original cast a3 appearing at

the Lamb's Gambol, was booked to

open at the Palace, New York, July 9.

late last week, when the question of

the salary, which had stood in the way,was agreeably adjusted.Lewis & Gordon represent the act.

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^SPECIAL NOTICE—The manner in which these bills are printed does not Indicate the rela-

tive importance of acts nor their program positions.

New YorkPALACE (orph)

Dolly SlsUrsMorgan DancersNellie & Sura KounsSavoy A lirennan"Rubevllle"McMahon, D A C(Two to fill)

ROYAL (ubo) »

"Band box Revue"Louis A Simon CoWin J ReillyHelen Trlx Sis

Kelly A GalvlnLeonard A WlllardGarclnettl BrosRIVERSIDE (ubo)

Nora HayesAvellng A Lloyd"Mr Inquisitive"Ward A VanJack Alfred CoDense© A BalrdEmma StephensSylvia Loyal Co

H O H (ubo)I'd half (28-1)

Eskimo & SealsJohn Park" CoHardy BrosMarguerite FarrellJos L DrowningVariety De DanceCaroline White Co125TH ST (ubo)2d half (28-1)

Margaret A O 'GormanArthur De Voy Co3 LarnedsBarry Nelson & HJack MarleyTravllla ft SealDorian ft Marlon

5TH AVE (ubo)2d half (28-1)

Ed Howard Co"Race of Man"Bennett ft RichardsBob MathewsFrank Rae CoGreenlee ft DraytonSkipper ft KastrupSeabury ft Shaw

23RD ST (ubo)2d half (28-1)

McCormack ft IrvingHelen Trlx ft SisLoney HaskellDance Fantasies(Others to fill)

AMERICAN (loew)Dolly ft CalameLambert ft BrlBcooBurke ft BroderlckFredericks ft PalmerWard ft CurranLeonore SlmonsonEdward Lynch CoElm City 4(One to fill)

' 2d halfMarsh ft LawrenceWood ft Hal perl

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Dave RafaelAndrew Kelly6 Melody MaidsGeo Primrose DancersBetween TrainsChuck RelsnerHarms TrioLINCOLN (loew)

DorothyMoore-White A BHoush A LaVelleVAC AveryBrady A MahoneyThe Randalls

2d halfDolly A Calame.Tlramle LlchterStewart & LewisChaa Deland CoAndy Lewis Co(One to flin

7TH AVE (loew)The Van CampsO'Neill TwinsVnlnyda A Nuts"Shot Sunrise"Stewart & Lewis"Memories"

2d halfDrllKht Stewart ft HFrazer Bunec A 11

Cunningham A Ben-nett

Wnrd A CurrnnHoward A SadlerTheodore Trio

PoroT'ny S'othern li

F;nl:h H Fanner"Between Trains"Phns RnlllyHnrms Trio(One to fill)

2d hnlfTyler A Sinclairhooper & f'rirltonHoush ft LaVelle

Elm City 4Francetti Sisters(One to fill)

NATIONAL (loew)Tyler ft SinclairDelight Stewart ft HJlmmle Llchter"Girl in Mask"Mumford ft ThompsonMarsh A Lawrence

2d halfFred RogersShirley SistersFredericks ft Palmer"Shot Sunrise"Brady ft MahoneyMartiansDELANCEY (loew)

Shirley SistersFrazer Dunce ft HFrank WardOtt Williamson ft NMoss A FryeLuToy's Models(One to All)

2d halfDorothy Sothern 3Henry ft AdelaideManning Feoney ft KAl White CoGypsy SongstersDotsonDePeron Trio(One to fill)

BOULEVARD (loew)NoackHenry ft AdelaideAl White CoDuval ft SimonsGypsy Songsters

2d halfBilly ft Ada WhiteLeonore Slmonson"Girl in Mask"Mumford ft ThompsonLaToy's ModelsORPHEUM (loew)

DePeron TrioClaire ft InnessDave RafaelDotsonCliff Dean CoAndy Lewis Co

2d halfFrank WardLambert A BriscoeOtt Williamson ft NSmith ft FarmerMemoriesValayda ft NutsBurke A Broderlck

AVE B (loew)Payne A NesbltBelle RutlandValdos(Two to fill)

2d halfJames ft JohnsAmoros A MulveyChas C Rice CoW Ollfraln A Girls(One to Oil)

Coney Island. N. Y.HENDERSON'S (ubo)Brice A Barr TwinsJas J CorbettAmerican Comedy 4Little Hipp CoMarguerite FarrellAppollo 3Arthur Havel CoMcKay A Ardlne

Roekawsy BeackMORRISON'S (ubo)

(30-1)Dorothy JardonABhley A AllmanDiamond A BrcmanVan A SchenckStewart Sisters

(Week July 2)Florence Moore ft BroBert FltzglbbonsNina Payne CoBernle ft BakerDufty A Daisy

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Brooklyn, N. Y.OKEENPOIXT (ubo)Knnpp A CornallaElgin A WalthamHazel MoranEd Lee Wrothe CoLeavltt A LockwoodOrent Maoklchs

HALSEY (ubo)2d half (28-30)

Knowles A WhiteBeatrice Morgan CoFvnn« Znhn ft DMaviliaK-.il rv,-. r.roi*

PROSPKCT (ubo)2d half (2S-1)

Al HermanStan Stanley 3Qulnn ft LafTertyOetts Chldlow A H.'t TypesThe Zlras

BIJOU (loew)Theodore TrioWood ft HalperlnHoward ft SadlerCongressman KittySmith ft KaufmanChinese Mus 4

2d halfDorothyRob ft RobertsonAmanda Gray ft BoysEdward Lynch CoThe RandallsDE KALB (loew)

B ft A WhiteCunningham ft Ben-

nettManning Feeney ft K5 Melody MaidsAndrew KellyMartians

2d halfVan CampsMoore White ft BChas RelliyCliff Dean CoJan RublniBetting BettysPALACE (loew)

Sidney ft TwonleySullivan ft MasonChas C Rice CoGray ft BoysHarlsh Bros

2d halfWard ft ShubertPayne A NesbltValentine VoxBelle Rutland(One to fill)

FULTON (loew)Fred RogersRob A RobertsonWalters A MooreJan RublniBetting Bettys

Billing-*, Moat.BABCOCK (ah-wva)

(5th only)(Same bill 'playing

Cft Falls 6-7)Tokayo TroupeAlex DuoGypsey BrigandsHugh LutgensThe Blondys

(8-0)3 Keeley'nMusical WalshSperry A RaeClifford Hippie CoKing Hume ft TLeon's Ponies

Blrmlnnkam, Ala.LYRIC (ubo)(Atlanta Split)

1st halfThe NagflysWallace Galvln"Naughty Princess"

BostonKEITH'S (Ubo)

Nan HalperlnBlllle Reeves CoBrowning ft DennyIda Brooks Hunt CoWalter BrowerRice ft WernerAdeline FrancesJ A K De MacoLlnae's Dancers

BOSTON (ubo)Jackie ft Blllle3 Singing TypesGreat HowardAlton ft AllenAmetaORPHEUM (loew)

Gertie DeMUtMario ft Trevette"How Happened" —

The Professionals' Original Hones

CONTINENTAL HOTELLOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCOShaalsy and Furaeaa ("Fifty-Fifty")

2d halfNoackO'Neill TwinsClaire ft InnessCongressman KittySmith ft KaufmanWARWICK (loew)

Jesson A JessonValentine VoxPaul A Pauline(One to fill)

2d halfKimball A Kenneth(Three to fill)

Albany. N. Y.PROCTOR'S (ubo)

Harry Green CoDurkln GirlsAllen A FrancisNovelty ClintonsHelene Jacklcy

2d half"Peacock Alley"MlloDobson A RichardsSelma BraatsStuart Darrow

Atlanta, Ga.LYRIC (ubo)

(Birmingham Split)1st half

Dave Roth"Motor Boating""The Haberdashery"Daniel A ConradWork A OwerAtlantic City, N. J.

KEITH'S (ubo)Jos Santley CoWilliams A WolfusDaisy JeanR A O DooleyBennett A RichardsBreman A PowellEddy DuoAus Crclghtons

BaltimoreHIP (loew)

RobertoBaker A RogersPort A DeLaci-yHomer Linn CoBush A ShapiroCbyo A ChyoBay City. Mick.

WB.\0-NA HE 4 CI! PK(ubo )

McConnell A AustinCarl Clavton:! Dixie Girls

Wllla Holt WakefieldFox ft Cross3 Bullowa Girls(One to fill)

2d halfBooth A LeauderStewart ft OliveSchwartz ft CliffordSpiegel A JonesWllla Holt WakefieldMelody 4ReVue DeVogueST JAMES (loew)

Francetti Sisters3 Tlvoll Girls"First Case"Julia CurtisLeMalre A Dawson

2d halfJewett A PendletonJimmy SheaChauucey Monroe CoJackson A WahlAdd Hoyfs Mln

Bridgeport. Conn.POLI'S (ubo)

Mark Linder CoMariaChappelle A TrlbblesResistsMeehan h Dogs

2d halfRuth BuddH Fine A Girls"Bon Volasje"Velta GouldHunter Chick ft HBrockton, Mass.

CITY tubo)Rogers A WoodMcAvov A BrooksF V Bowers Co •

2d halfThe SeaburysMaurice Sparrow"Spirit 7tt"

STRAND (ubo)O'Donnell A BlairJos K Bernard CoIsabelle D'Armond Co

2d half4 Cheer UpsBob Flnl«>y A DorothyGoelet Harris A M

Buffalo(SHEA'S (ubo)

Julia ArthurRooney A BentEddie RossDudley Trio

HOWATSON and SWAYBELL"A Case o! Pickles" LAUGH BROKERS

Skipper ft KastrupBlanche SloanEadle ft Ramsden(One to fill)

Bntte, Moat.PANTAGES (»>

(6-11)Holmes ft Lavere"Breath of Old Va"Morris ft Allen"Movie Girl"Rio ft HelmarEMPRESS (ah-wva)

(1-3)Curtis Comedy DogsEmily Darrell CoNalo A NaloAlice Nelson CoBessie LaCountWillie Bros

Calvary v

PANTAGES (p)Ksne A HermanNelson A Nelson"Birth of a Rose"Abeam TrGodfrey A Henderson

Camden, N. J.TOWERS (ubo)2d half (28-30)

Adanac TrioValerie SistersHewlns A RoyLazier A Thompson"Corner Store"

Canton, O.LYCEUM (udo)

Green Miller A G"Fashion Shop" .

O'Nell A WalmsleyWyatt's Lassies

Charleston, S. C.ACADEMY (ubo)(Columbia Split)

1st halfHoey A SmithMusical Christy'sToney A NormanBrltt WoodOctavia(Octavla does not goto Columbia for the2d half)

Ckattanoosja. Tenn.RIALTO (ubo)(Knoxville Split)

1st halfStrength BrosEl Cleve A O'ConnorRegal A MackLawrence Reil.v CsJohn Geiger

CklcasoMAJESTIC (orph)

Cal Boys BandDoyle A DixonD Shoemaker CoDoc O'NellMr A Mrs Mel-BurneSantos A HayesGulran A NewellEthel McDonougbSkating Venus

CincinnatiKEITHS (ubo)

Harry A Etta Conlcy01gaWra Wilson CoBurns A FarauCycling Bennetts

ClevelandHIP (ubo)

Donovan A LeeDream FantasiesDave MauleyLorculo 5Finn A FinnAlva A PartnerTheo A Dandles

Colombia, S. C.PASTIME ubo)

(Charleston Split)1st half

RoderoMorgan A ArmstrongMosher Hayes A MErnie A Ernie

DenverPANTAGES (p)

Le Hoen A DupreeceWeber Beck A FBruce Duffett CoAdler A Arllne"Texas Round Up"

DetroitTEMPLE (ubo)

Belle StoryMme Besson CoAl Shayne"Dream Garden"Eddie Carr Co4 JahnsleysEdward MarshallNip A Tuck

MILES (nbc)Iv.-GUftli A Nt-inOUPI:ino Sour 4Flo Randall CoHayes A NealJncobs A SardcllGllmour A Romanoff

Dorchester, Mans.FKLYN PK (ubo)

El Cota(Two to 4M\)

•Jd hnlfLua A AmellkaFern A Dnvls(One to fill)

DiilotaGRAND ( wv:n

Lorlmer A ThomasConnors A lluyehHayes A RIvcs

G Imlgrants2d half

Maestro CoMorgan Fields A SDan A'HearnStewart's 1.1)17 Models

B. St. Loala, I1LERBER'S twva)

Mareeno Nevaro ft MSid LewisSullivan A MeyersVan A Belle

2d halfKlpp A KlppyBrent HayeaRome ft WagerHarvey TrioEdmonton. Can.PANTAGES (p)

Curzon SistersMoran ft WelserDcvlne ft WilliamsHarry Coleman"Futurcstlc Revue"

Elmlra. N. Y.MAJESTIC (ubo)

LawtonChappelle ft VldocqJolly Tars

2d halfNatalie MorganBrcwn A JacksonGarden Belles

Fall River. Mass.BIJOU (loc»v)

Stewart A OliveSpiegel A JonesRevue DeVogueSchwartz A CliffordMelody 4

2d halfGertie DeMUtFox A CrossMario A Trevette"How Happened"XOue to fill)

Faraw. N. D.GRAND (abc)

Guy TrioGeorge A Georgia4 BardsLarry Crane CoGrace Sisters

2d halfVirgil LaBlancHarry Davis(Two to fill)

Ft. William, Ont.ORPHEUM (wva)

(2-3)Mrjsman A VanceDnvl3 A LlttGarden of Aloha

(fl-7)

Barber A Jackson5 Vlolen Beauties(Two to fill)

Grand Forks, N. D.GRAND (wva)2d half (5-7)

Jack CaseClifton A KramerTom Brown's RevGrand Rapids, MickRAMONO PK (ubo)

Hugh Herbert CoBovarr CoAdair A AdelphlaBee Ho GrayPipifax A Panlo

Great Falls, Mont.PANTAGES (P)

(3-4)(Same bill playing

Anaconda 5)The LamplnlsSmith A McGuireAbrnms ft Johns"Mimic World"Joe Roberts

Hartford. Conn.PALACE (ubo)

Arthur Edwards CoSylvesterH Fine A Girls"Bon Voyage"Hunter Chick A H

2d halfInells A Duffy'The Breakers"Beatrice LambertAs It May BeFive Pandeurs

POLI'S (ubo)Venlta GouldAcme Comedy 4Park A LathamShelvey Bros

2d halfFrank MullaneJohnson Denn CoMark Under Co

Haselton. N. Y.PALACE (ubo)2d half (28-30)

Chns Led ego

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Nulnlir MoikhijRaptlme Dining CarJolly Tars

Helena, Mont.LIBERTY (ah-wva)

(2)Same bill playing

Butte 4-7)Bedford A Gardner::j:t..;. .; :.,.-/-

Ne.-wi-ll X- Mnv-tMuslenl Harvards.loo RolleyLapo A Benjamin

Ilohoken. N. J.LYRIC (loew)let half (2-4)

Sheedy & HoltOrben A Dixie

Grace PenningtonPlquo(One to fill)

Indianapolis, lad.ENGL18H O H (ubo)Wheeler. A DolanDavltt A DuvallBasil A AllenHendrlx "Belle Isle Co(One to fill)

Jacksonville, Fin.ARCADE (ubo)(Sunday Opening)(Savannah Split)

1st halfKormanWarren A Front"The Honeymoon"Mayo A TallyA A O Falls

Janeavllle. Wla.APOLLO (abc)2d half (5-7)

Odar A Pals4 RenneesButler A Germanus(One to fill)

Jersey City. N. J.Loonard A Wlllard"Spirit of '70"

Coyle A MorrellT A C BretonFrancis A RossGeorge M Rosener

Kansas City, Mo.PANTAGES (p)(Sunday opening)

Tuscano BroaNlblo's BirdsThaloro'3 CircusBob HallZelayaEd Kelley's Girls

Knoxville, Tenn,BIJOU (ubo)

(Chattanooga Split)1st half

Musical HuntersSalle A MondeLazar A DaleYoung A WaldronPotter A Hartwell

Lewlstosu Me.MUSIC HALL (ubo)Lander BrosFlnley BAHGoelet HAM

2d halfRogers A WoodDingle A Fern4 NewsomesLoaransport, lad.COLONIAL (ubo)

Sol A Leslie Bcrns

Senla * Marl©Qugllelmo Blsto

MilPALACE (wra)

Ziska A CoWill Stanton CoHirchel HendlerMadge MaltlandIahlkawa Bros(One to fill)

2d halfCheyenne MinstrelsScott A TierneyThe Schmettans(Three to fill)

MinneapolisGRAND (wva)

June Mills CoLillian Steele CoDunedln Duothe Olmateads

MontrealSOHMER PK (ubo)(Sunday Opening)

Wolford's DogsLuette Sisters4 EntertainersMoore A Gerald(One to fill)

Mt. Vernon* If. Y.PROCTOR'S (ubo)

Raymond A CaverlyThe BreakersEthel Mae BarkerMorley A McCarthy 8Gladiators

Nashville, TeaunTPASTIME (ubo)(Louisville Split)

1st halfBergerReed A Ward"Flirtation"Chas OlcottMusical Hodges

Newark* If» J,PALACE (Ubo)2d half (28-80)

Quigley A FitzgeraldBrenja Fooler CoJeanette Martin CoKanasawa JapsTommy HaydenVan A Schenck

New Bedford, Maaa(ubo)

4 Amer BeautiesFern A DavisHeckman SAC

2d halfHerman A ShirleyBowman Bros(One to fill)

E. HEMMENDINGER" HWJgtF1Tel. Jobs 971

NEW YORKJewelsri te tae Prefeadea

DeAlbert A LaFranceNorman Bros

2d halfYwaxyBrowning A Dean(One to fill)

Los AnajeleaORPHEUM

(Sunday opening)Nesbltt A CliffordMilton A De LongsVera BerlinerClifford A WellsDorothy BrennerH Leach Wallon CoCallste CononatNat Goodwin

PANTAGES (p)Bevan Flint CoQueenle DunedlnFoley A O'NellHarlan Knights CoAl Golem Tr

HIP (A A H)Johnson A WellsMiller Scott A FLuxanne DancersCarlos CaesaroMoran SistersGaeter A WatersDouglas Flint Co

Louisville, Ky.FNT FRY PK (orph)

(Sunday opening)Gertrude BarnesChas F SemonHooper A MarburyBenny A WoodsTh« Seebacks

KEITH'S (ubo)(Nashville Split)

1st halfJack BarrettScarploff A Var VaraHerbert Lloyd CoMelville A Rule"Girl In Mon"MurshalUottn, la.

CASINO (abc)2d half (..-7)

College QuintetteTurner A GraceRons & AsbtonPeerless Potters

Merlden. Conn.POLI'S (ubo)2d hnlf {.". 7 J

Ed Howard CoSvlvesterMario

New Havca, Conn.BIJOU (ubo)

Raymond WylleRuth Budd"Wonder Act"Johnson Dean Co

2d halfAcme Comedy 4Chappelle A TribbleaMeehan's Dogs

New London, Conn.LYCEUM (ubo)2d half (28-30)

Maids Of MusicN Y Comedy 4Lewis Mayan

liewport, R. I.O H (ubo)

E TollBob Flnley A DorothyCol Diamond A DaughMaurice SparrowHerman A ShirleyBowman BrosH Girard Co

2d halfO'Donnell A BlairRobinson A McKlssIrkJos E Bernard CoEl CotaH Girard CoIsabello D'Armond Co(One to fill)

New Rochelle, N. Y.LOEW

Kimball A KennethRice A FrancisW Gllgraln Girls

2d halfOrben A DixieHarlsh Bros(One to fill)

Norfolk, Vs.ACADEMY (ubo)(Richmond Split)

1st halfThe MaynardsDe Lier A TermlnWalter WeemsSlg Franz Tr(One to fill)

N. Yakima. Wash.EMPIRE (ah-wva)

(1-2)(Same bill playing

Tacoma 5-7)Arnold A PageGruet Kramer A GRodwayA^dwards

THE CRUISE OF THE DOUGHNUT"Written by, Copyrighted by and Presented by

BRADY and MAHONEY

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Fremont Benton CoCIH DunbarFlying Vonua

Oakloa*PANTAQB8 (p)

Kleroon Proajlyama

Stephen! ft HollleterOleeon ft Johnson6 Peachee ft Pear

HIPP (ah-wva)(4-8)

Leonard ft LouieOarrlty SistersNorton BrosMonte Carlo 6Dot KartellHajaahl Japs

OffdemPANTAOES (P)

(5-7)Klmlwa PapsKnickerbocker 4Paul Decker CoMarconi BrosChris Richards"Phun Phlends"

FasMile, N. J.PLAYHOUSE (ubo)2d half (28-30)

BlcknellChappelle ft VldocqBarl ft SunshineFantlno TroupeCrouch ft Carr

PhiladelphiaKEITH'S (ubo)

Ray Samuels"For Plty'e Sake"Lorraine ft PrltchardWhitney Fox CoQulnn ft LafertyEl Rey 81sMails ft BartRobins

GRAND (ubo)Ward ft Ushers

. Miss JeanHarry Fern CoF ft L BruchJoe BrowningHerberts Dogs

HARRIS (ubo)Clayton ConradLexer ft O'ConnorWalker ft 111

Helen MorettlLittle DaysMelanl 5Welser ft KeeserLeddy ft Leddy

Pawtveket. R. I.

SCENIC (ubo)Capes ft SnowPete ft PalsStreet WlchlnHavlland ft Thornton

2d halfManklchl CoGuy Bartlett 3Willy ZimmermanStelndel Bros

PlttobunckDAVIS (ubo)

Nat Natarro CoBeaumonte ft ArnoldLucille ft CockleSprague ft McNelceParsons ft Erwln"Corner Store"Bernard Granville

Poatlae* Mich.OAKLAND (abc)2d half (5-7)

Orrin Craig TrioDot DeSchelle CoBerqulst BrosWalton ft BrantCath Cameron Co(One to fill)

Portland* Ore.PANTAOES (p)

D'Armour ft DouglasWill A Mary RogersUniversity 4"Hello Japan"AlexandriaWm Shilling Co

HIPP (ah-wva)(1-4)

Kawana BrosSelble ft LUllePrincess KaNewport ft 8tlrkRoy Harrab A Girls

Providence, R. I.

MAJESTIC (loew)Jewett ft PendletonBooth A LeanderChauncey Monroe CoJimmy SheaJackson A WablAdd Hnvt'n Mln

2d halfMarshall A Covert3 Tlvoll Girls"First Case"Julia CurtisLeMalre A Dawson3 Bullowa Girls

Reno. New.T A D (A A lit

(1-3)Ives Farnsworth A WWm Morrow Co

(4-5)Taketa JapsRube Brown

(6-7)Piccolo MidgetsJAN Olms

Richmond, Va.BIJOU (ubo)(Norfolk Split)

1st halfJack OnrlMabel Harper Co"Midnight Rollkkors"Spencer A Williams3 Webber Girls

Roanoke* Va.ROANOKE (ubo)

Mile PaulaAdamac TrioMorris GoldenCantweU A Walker5 Nelsons

2d halfArt ImpressionsRich A LenoreBurke A BurkeShattuck A GoldenReddlngton A Grant

SacramentoEMPRESS (ah-wva)Blanche LeDuc CoEdna Illes* CoNoble A BrooksMusical LundsPauline SaxonMennettl A Sldelll

2d halfFlorenze DuoDot Hayes CoBeglcy A HowlandWitching WitchesEller's NoveltyJohn A West

Salem, Mau.FEDERAL (ubo)

Lua A AirellkaDingle A Fern"Spirit 70"

2d halfBurlington 4Mack A LeeF V Bowers Co

Salt LakePANTaCES (p)

Azard BrosWilton SisBarber Thatcher CoRoach A McCurdy"Girl from A'dam"Harry Sydell

San DlearoPANTAOES (p)

Jerome A CarsonStoddard A HelmsFreddie JamesAnderson's RevueEd A Jack SmithCapt Sorcho Co

HIP (A A II)KublickMyles McCarthyJohnson A Rolllson

. 4 CharlesAlveretta Rego A SBernice Sisters

2d halfCowles A DustinLew FUzgibbonsPaul PooleSeymour A WilliamsHerbert's SealsColonial Belles

San FranclncoORPHEUM

(Sunday opening)Randell A MeyersElaa Ruby Co"Hit the Trail"Patrlcola A MeyersWm WestonyAsahl TroupeLovell A LovellMargaret Ansel

PANTAOES (p)(Sunday opening)

Abler's HearsMinnie AllenFong ChoyWillie Halo A nro

• Ryan A RichfieldVICTORY (ah-wva)

(-3)(Same bill playing

Oakland 4-7)Van Pere A Van PereRambler SistersWalters A WaltersCloaks A SuitsLeon A Adeline Sis

HIP (A ft II)(Sunday Opening)

The BalkansNelson SistersGarrlty SistersMonte Carlo CHayaski JapsVan Perre & Van PcrreWalters A WaltersCASINO (A & II)(Sunday Opening)

Diving GirlsLeon A AdelineRambler Rlpters"C'CliT. p

- Pu'*""Dot MarshallNorton nrosLeonard A Louie

Santa Barbara, Cnl.PORTOLA (A A II)

(.r»-8)

Walmsley & LclghtonJanls ft West(Ono tn (111)

Savannah, (<a.BIJOU (ubo)

(Jacksonville Split)1st half

Jack PolkWorld's Comedy 4Drew' A WallaceCountess Verona4 Readings

t. LonlaFRST PK (orph)(Sunday opening)

Corbett Shep A DModesta WorkensonBrongyk's ModelDunlay 5; MerrillMontambo A Wells

PARK (wva)Seabury A PriceBrent HayesBell Barclius CoCatalano A O'BrienHarvey 3

2d haltVan CelloSullivan A MeyersMendel Cacscr A GWood's AnimalsSHENANDOAH (wva)Kipp KippyMendel Capscr A O

2d halfGeo NagaharaVan A BelleSKYDOMB (wva)

Gallarlni Sisters

Fields A WellsVan Cello Co

2d halfThe LarnedsOdonneCatelano A O'Brien

St. Pan!HIPP (abc)

(2-4)Frank FrancVlrnil A LaBlancPatrlcola(Two to All)

PALACE (wva)Dan A'HearnMorgan, Fields A 8Moore Gardner A RSebastian Merrill Co

2d halfDuncan A HoltGilbert A WilsonIshlkawa Bros(One to fill)

Schenectady, N. Y.PROCTORS (ubc)

Girl "lOOO Eyes''Elklns Fay A BPaul Levan A DAlex McFaydenDupree A Dupree

2d halfGirl "1000 Eyes"Clara HowardAllen A FrancisThe BradsNovelty Clintons

Scranton, Pn*POMS (ubo)

Richard Brant A MFrancis P BentLloyd A WhitehouseWm EbsDouglass Family

2d halfJohn StoneHoadk-y Larue CoWhitney & WilsonEd A Lew MillerOlga Mishka Tr

SeattlePANTAOES (P)

Howard Kibel A H"Miss Hamlet"Leila Shaw CoSwain's AnimalsKlotz A Nash

HIPP (ah-wva)(1-4)

(Same bill playingPortland 5-7)

Marie GeraroDae A NevilleLew HoffmanBijou Mln MissesRoth A RobertsRadium Models

Spokane, 'Wash.PANTAOES (p)

Julian HallThe Gasfolgnes"Woman"Lucy Lucler H"Wanted—a Wife"

HIPP (ah-wva)(1-3)

(Snmo bill playingWnlla Walla, Wa,fi-7)

Julia EdwardsThe McFarlnndsStory A ClarkArthur La Vine CoDaisy HarcourtRoeder's Invention

2d halfWm De Mollis CoSherwood ft SherwoodMclvill ft MilneNestor ft Sweethearts

(6-7)Ives Farnsworth A WDel Velda A ZeldaWoe. Morrow Co

Springfield, Man*.PLAZA (loew;

Harlrquln TrioMarshall ft CovertSvlvia Scott CoHyatt ft NelT4 Kadurns

2d halfLouis OranatMoore ft Ilnmllton

Woods >iM.°!'\if r?

(One to nil)

StocktonSTRAND (A A II)

(DPiccolo MidgetsRube DrownJAN Olms(One to nil)

Superior, Wla.PALACE fwva)

Barber A Jackson5 Vlolen Beauties(Two to fill)

2d halfKane A WagnerMine MarlonMoore Gardner A RMerlan's Dogs

Syracnae, N. Y.TEMPLE (ubo)

Burt Johnson CoClara HowardThe BradsWitt A Winter(Two to fill)

2d halfCarmen's MinstrelsJohn G Sparks CoDupree A DuprePaul Levan A DAlex Mac FaydenCRESCENT (ubo)

Johnson Bros A JHoadlcy La Rue CoNatalie MorganGarden BellesBrown A Jackson

2d halfHoiden A GrahamChappelle A VldoljVictoria 44 Larneds

TaeoaaaPANTAOES (P)

AlbertoMile Blanca CoEd F Reynard CoDorothy VaughnWill Morressey"Honeymoon isle"REGENT (ah-wva)

(Same bill playingSeattle 5-7)

Musical BluebirdsChadwick A TaylorRobey Trio4 Old VeteransLouis LondonFred Zobedle Co

TorontoHIP (ubo)

ScaloGeo WilsonGarden of MirthKaufman A LillianBud Snvder Co

YONGB (loew)Kay A BelleRaymondBelle A MayoChisholm A BreenO'Neill A GallaRherLong Tack Sam Co(One to fill)

Trenton, N. J.TAYLOR (ubo)2d half (28-30)

Arthur LloydHazel BoynePurceila A Ramsey"Rising Generation"Little Days 2Juno Selmo

Troy, N. Y.PROCTORS (ubo)

Carmen's MinstrelsJohn G Sparks CoMlloDobson A RichardsSelma Rraatz

2d halfHarry Oreen CoDurkln GirlsAllen A FrancisRichards BAMIlelene Jackley

Vancouver, B. C.PANTAOES (p)

Will Morris"Mr Detective""Women Proposes"StuartGreen McHenry A D

Victoria, D. C.PANTAOES (p;

Gillespie Girls"Magazine Girls"Ed Dlondell CoMiller A LyleGerard's Monkey's

VJrtlnla, Minn.LYRIC (wva)2d half (3-7)

Lorlmer A ThomasConnors ft HuychHayes ft Rivesu hnlgrants

Wnlla Walla, WantaLIBERTY (ah-wva)

(1-2)(Same bill

mine**PANTAOES (p)

Venetian GypsiesEdna KeeleyClaire A AtwoodO'Connor A Dixon(On* to ftll>

STRAND (wva)3 KeeleysClifton A KramerJack CaseTom Brown's Rev

2d halfMossman A VanceDavis A LlttGarden of Aloha

Woonaocket. R.BIJOU (ubo)

Manklchl CoMack A LeeStelndel Bros

2d halfCapes A Snow8treet WlchlnPeto A Pals

Worceater, Maaa.POLI'S (ubo)

"As It May Be"Murphy A BarryFrank Mullane

I.

"The Breakers"Inglls A Duffy

2d halfPark A LathamShelvey BrosResistsRaymond Wylio

PLACA (ubo)Arthur LloydSenla A MarioGugllelmo SlstoEd Howard CoFive Pandeurs

2d halfArthur Edwards CoWonder ActBuddy DoyleLiberty BellesYates A Carson

Yoakere, If. Y.PROCTOR'S (ubo)

Tennessee TenSpencer Charters CoEd DowllngWard A CullenBlndella Patterson

2d halfBetty BondReed A Wright Girls(Three to fill) •

All of the shows sent on the road bythe Weber & Anderson offices next sea-son are being booked through the Shu-bcrts.

DUPERS BEFORE AUTHORITIES.On Wednesday morning before Uni-

ted States Commissioner Hitchcock in

the Federal Buliding there was a hear-

ing in the cases of Fred Beck, LouisWeiss and Leo Singer, who were ar-

rested by United States marshals onthe charge of knowingly infringing the

copyright laws by duping one of thecopies of the feature film "Joan theWoman."The arrests of Fred Beck and Leo

Singer were made one day last weekand the following day Weiss gave him-self up. The hearing was adjourneduntil July 3, when final disposition will

be made of the cases.

Some time ago the Cardinal Film Co.,

owners of "Joan the Woman," starteda civil action against the trio named,charging infringement of copyright,claiming that the defendants had in

some unknown manner obtained pos-session of a copy of the feature andsent it to the laboratory of GrundyBrothers in Richfield, N. J., where anegative was made from the positive.

Later the duped negative was devel-oped at the Crystal Studios and oneprint made from it. Judge Mayeugranted the Cardinal Company a writof seizure and the films were taken overby two U. S. Marshals at the Crystalplant.

Upon the wj-it of seizure being grant-ed and the films taken over the U. S.District Attorney's office pot busy andissued warrants for the arrest of thethree men who had ordered the dupingdone. Judge Hand held all three inbail of $2,000 each.

This is the first instance where boththe films and the alleged dupers weretaken into custody on a criminal charge.Nathan Burkan, who is handling the

case for the Cardinal Company, is un-der the belief the criminal charge canbe made to hold and that the finaldisposition which will be made willestablish a precedent in cases of thisnature.The civil action in the case is up for

hearing today (Friday) in the U. S.Courts.

NOTES.Walter Bates, manager Keeney's,

Newark, is in Atlantic City, while RayC. Owens is looking after the houseduring his absence.

William Moxon, who manages theOrpheum, Nashville, is in New York.

N. Ynklma 0-7)TInrry WntklnsGerald & GriffinFields Keane A WPcrmnneDon Robert Co

Washington, IT.

KEITH S i«l'"JPnul Plckey CoHollo nakorIrving & MonryLolKhtn'T A AlexanderCnltes P,rosCatherine Powell CoClark's Hnwnllans(One to All)

Abe Silver (Kalmar, Puck & Abra-piaying hams) has gone to Tannersville, N. Y.,

for the summer.

Herbert Ashley has filed a petitionin bankruptcy. Liabilities, $2,498; noassets.

The annual convention cf the Mid-west Theatrical Managers' Conventionwill be held in Chicago, July 16-18.

Professor Reese, of Omaha, has writ-ten a co«nic opera, entitled "Sylvester,"for Broadway production next season.

c.

Nat Mortan, not Ed. Morton, hassigned with Blutch Cooper's "Army andNavy Girls" burlesque show for nextseason.

The Cape theatre at Portland, Me.,a summer resort, has dancing on its

porches to the music of a jazz band.The theatre is playing pictures.

The Paul Dickey sketch run plan forKeith's, Washington, has been calledoff, owing to some difference of opin-ion regarding the scenery required.

Dr. A. Goetzl leaves for Los AngelesSaturday to complete the score for theproduction of "The Full Honeymoon,"which Oliver Morosco is to produce.

Clark and Hamilton will take up thecanceled Eva Tanguay time in theCoast Orpheums, the two-act openingat San Francisco, July 8.

The Dolly Siatera-Fox-Schwartz pro-posed act for vaudeville will probablynot eventuate through failure of act andmanagers to agree upon a salary figure.

The American Circus, direction ofW. C. Cunningham and Charles Nel-son, has a tour of Chicago lots andcorners lined up for the summer.

Ruth Napelbaum, of the Frank A.Keeney offices, is going to spend atwo weeks' vacation at Camp Greylock,in the Lcrkshires, starting July 9.

Jeff Davie leaves this week for hitvacation at The Elms, Bangor, Me.,where he thinks he is going to catchfish.

Chuck Reisner is to head the firstroad company of "Stop, Look and Lia-ten," of which there are expected tobe three.

Gwendoline Vincent recently ob-tained a divorce from Edgar Berger,the equilibrist, at Bridgeport, Conn.They were known as Berger and Vin-cent.

Henry W. Savage discovered BillyKent with the Parson's stock in Hart-ford and immediately engaged him forthe role originated by Billy B. Van in"Have a Heart" last season.

Healy's Farm at Hartsdale, N. Y.,has been improved and enlarged sincelast season. The improvements areinside and outside the restaurant. Ad-ditions are a handsomely appointedladies' reception room, also a ladies'bar, with high ahairs ranged beforethe railing.

A petition in bankruptcy has beenfiled against the Dcoch and Doris, Inc.,by creditors including Henry Holland-er, $1,000; Clarence A. Weymouth,$5,000; Maurice C. Sobcl, $205, andG. Boag, $8,000. A receiver was ap-pointed by the Supreme Court June 19.

The liabilities are $30,000 and the as-sets $1,000.

Although arrangements were com-pleted for the opening of a revue byE. G. Woods, at the Peninsula Hotel,San Mateo, the authorities did not ap-prove of the idea, a:?d instead Woodshas taken his newly formed organiza-tion to Levy's, Los Angeles, where hex

opens July 2. Evelyn Carvell, MarieBond. Bobbie Robinson, Lucille Mor-row, Belmonte Sisters and HeleneWood, Ruth Stcinwall, Betty Moore,Hilda Hcigle are in the company.

20 NEW ACTS THIS WEEKNEW ACTS NEXT WEEK

!?it:e! Pr^entafcinnj, F».r»t Appear****

or R«*pp«»ranc« in or AroundN«w York

Nellie and Sara Kouns, Palace.

Lew Brice and Ban Sisters, Hender-

son's.

Louis A. Simon and Co., Royal.

Hassard Short and Co. (3).

Fa:dc:.l *>laylet.. .

19 Mins.; Interior (Special Setting).

Fifth Avenue. ...

Hassard Short, a well known English

actor, who has been appearing in $2

shows in America for a number of

years, usually in "juvenile-heavy

roles, is having a "try" at vaudeville, in

a farcical playlet, the ultimate suc-

cess of which is questionable. He plays

a young man in love for years with a

woman who, at the time the story

opens, has been married for five monthsand still loves her husband. He calls

on her in deep mourning, explaining

he sorrows for her unrequited af-

fection—a sort of travesty on the ter-

tium quid or eternal triangle situa-

tion—"It's awful, being faithful to an-

other man's wife." The happily mar-

ried woman says: "Be mine, body andsoul for a month" and explains that

for the said 30 days she will place himin the custody of a nurse, a chorus

girl friend of her husband, with the

idea that he will learn to love the foot-

light female and thus be cured of his

infatuation. 'She gives him a couple

of "Ruby Ray" cocktails, sends him to

dress up and return at once. Hav-ing thus arranged matters she phoneshubby to come home at once and to

bring the chorus maiden. Enter youngmatron accompanied by her shy youngdaughter just taken from a convent andwho is not allowed to utter a word or

to even see anything in New York. Mis-tress of house and matron go shoppingfor a few moments and leave the girl

alone. Enter Short, jauntily attired,

mistakes young girl for the chorusgirl, they drink more "Ruby Ray"stuff, both get lit up and he is em-bracing the girl as the matron returns.

She promptly faints, it is explainedshe is a prohibitionist, they give hersome "Ruby Ray" to bring her to, andshe whoops things up. For a finish

Short carries off the girl to a minister,

taking along the liquor shaker to givethe churchman a "kick." Really little

to it, and would probably fall flat if

it were not for the excellent light com-edy acting of the star. Join.

"Lady Movie" and "Intelligence."Trained Dogs.7 Mins.; Full Stage.City.

Two beautiful collie dogs, workedby a man with a fine appearance whospeaks good Knglish. He claims thecanines do not work on cues but ac-

tually understand what he says. Aneffective routine is gone through withthe man merely talking to them. Inspite of the good work and the brevityof the act, it seemed to progress tooslowly. /'>/«.

Holona Hawaiians (6).

Hawaiian Act.20 Mins.; Full Stage.City.Four male and two female Hawaiians.

Open with all singing and playing,with one woman singing a couple ofsolos in Knglish, very indifferently;

they all play and sing, employing theirnative musical instruments, one womandocs a couple of wriggle dances, andso on. No exceptional merit to theact and no longer a novelty; hencesmall time material. Join.

Jack Norworth and Lillian Lorraine.

Songs And Talk.

.30 Mini.; Four (Oriental-designed grot-

to hangings).

Palace. ~":

If the well-wishes of friends, the

plaudits of the Palace audience Mon-day night and the floral tributes that

covered one-half the stage may be ac-

cepted as a criterion in any sense of

the word then the newly-formed vaude-ville partnership of Jack Norworth andLillian Lorraine is established beyondany further resume. Their "names" willhelp them hit a nice stride before any-thing else. Although Mr. Norworthwas the first to appear, conventionallyattired in formal male raiment that in-cluded the silk hat and cane, and sangone of the Norworth style of songs,She Wants to Marry Me," until therewas an interruption off stage, a shout of"Go on, get out of here," and Miss Lor-raine was shunted into view in an out-lit that had them all guessing aswhether it was the invariably hand-somely gowned, bejeweled Lillian, shehauled down applause that would havedone credit to the return of a vic-torious army general. Miss Lorraine,shabbily dressed as a theatre scrub-woman, almost washed half the foot-light trench before the applause aub-sided and Jack stopped his song toquery her as to her "butting in." Thencame conversation that gave Miss Lor-raine a chance to use a little brogueand Norworth some saucy replies. Hethen made an exit, leaving his partnerto offer a characteristic rendition of"Sez I to myself, sez I." Then Nor-worth did "Ten Little Fingers," withthe usual lyrical twist getting the re-turns. Miss Lorraine returned, dressedup in a bright, attractive creation, show-ing a stage appearance that made herlook like a million dollars. She andJack went through a crossfire chat-ter about marriage which meant noth-ing in particular but gave the audience,especially the women, a chance to sizeup the splendidiferous-looking outfit ofLillian's. It was the only wardrobelash" Miss Lorraine made as she re-

returned for the last section of- theact in a country-girl outfit that offeredan opportunity for Miss Lorraine andlack to do a "Rube bit," with Nor-worth wearing a wig, boobish suit andshoes to match. Just prior to thischange they had sung "Meet Me in

Orange Blossom Time, Dearie," whichnot only has the swing but is one ofthe hits of the turn. While Miss Lor-raine was changing Norworth used oneof his old standbys, "We've Got to PutL

T

p With It," embodying some newverses that were timely and appre-ciated. The rube number was "SomeSunday Morning When the WeddingHells Chime," put across with big ef-fect. Miss Lorraine and Norworth har-monize nicely together. Lillian's voiceis of sufficient requisites .to make her aworthy partner to a stage worker like

N'orworth. She looks well, is tryingto be as unaffected, and is not out appa-rently to try and outdo the fashion-plates with a dozen or more changes ofgowns. Norworth is minus his mou-stache, seems to be worried over hisweight, and the trousers of his eve-ning clothes seemed a trifle too long.N'orworth's talk is for the most partinsane and aimless, seemingly used topermit them to draw full breaths inorder to swing into double numbers.Further working and the use of thepruning fork on the patter will makethe Norworth-Lorraine combinationworth while in any vaudeville section.James Byrne works at the piano anddocs it well. He also has a little talk-ing "bit" with Miss Lorraine that helpskill time. Mark.

Frances Starr, notwithstanding pic-

ture engagements, will appear in a newplay next fall under the management of

•David lUdasco, who has Miss Starr un-der contract for the speaking stage.

James J. Armstrong is going to takein the Elks' grand lodge convention in

Boston week after next as a vacation.Jim has been a g. 1. member for 25years.

"Crumbs" (3).

Comedy-Drama.13 Mins.; Full Stage (8*teHor).

"Crumbs" is by Ruth ComfortMitchell, an authoress who has madesome excellent contributions in vaude-

ville playlets, among which "Crumbs"never will be mentioned. Miss Mitch-

ell has written a pretty skit and onepossibly that two players of extraor-dinary talent, both exactly suitable for

the roles of a young, mushy marriedcouple, could do something with on avaudeville stage, but then the expen-siveness of those two in salary wouldraise the price of the act far beyondwhat it could possibly be worth. Al-beit, however, mayhaps Miss Mitchellbelieved in the writing the mammywould be the principal role. Thatmuch is indicated by the prominence of

the character, but if so, it would call

upon a May Irwin in blackface to makethe mammy stand up. "Crumbs" is

the name of it in lieu of anything else

that could be thought of. A park sceneis the plot. It contains birds in thetrees about a bench that the mammyseats herself upon, to eat a lunch shehas carried in a basket. The birds

about twitter, but Mammy says there

will be no crumbs left. The birds keepon twittering though, according to

cues, and threaten to wake up twoyoung people who have fallen asleep onthe same bench. Each came there oneat a time, after Mammy did. First wasthe young wife, a forlorn thing whotold Mammy her family troubles, howher husband had gone out the night be-

fore and slammed the door, saying hewould never return. She told Mammyher family history and then askedMammy why she had done so. Mammycouldn't reason it out, neither couldthe audience. Mammy told the youngwife to go to sleep, after the girl hadtaken the slightest bite of a crackerfrom the basket and said it was the

best meal she had ever eaten. With the

girl asleep and Mammy pantomimicallyasking the birds to stop twittering,

along came a despondent young man.It was the husband. Mammy guessedit as she covered the head of his wife

with her shawl. She told the youngman to sit down and1 read his fortune

from the palm of his hand, telling in-

side family history that paralyzedhim. Then the husband dozed off, andas Mammy started to vamp, she awak-ened the wife, who took a look at the

husband, woke him up, they bothagreed they were not angry at oneanother, and got into a moving picture

hug pose for the finale. "Pretty"sketches unless more nicely done than"Crumbs" has been, belong rather to

amateur performances than the profes-

sional stage. Sketches need, if any-thing, virility. One of the latter canget over when a dozen "sweet" play-

lets will fall down. And in "Crumbs"none of the three principals lends anyassistance. The young man might if

he had more opportunity. Sime.

Sidney Falke.

Songs.

13 Mins.; One.

American Roof.

Ever since Ziegfeld's "Midnight Frol-

ic" opened, Sidney Falke was a mem-ber of the male quartet that had one

table to itself on the Amsterdam Roofand whose voices were required to bol-

ster up the singing volume of the Zieg-feld chorus girls, always engaged for

their looks only. Now Mr. Falke hasleft the Roof to become a single onthe small time. He is singing a coupleof numbers from the "Frolic" revuesand winding up with classical airs, ex-plaining to the audience the story of"Fagliacci." That's educational forsmall time. Mr. Falke may do as asingle but not in the next to closingspot, where he was on the Americanbill, in the regular big small time sea-son. His voice is in his favor. Sime.

Grohs, King and Co. (1).

Dances.

13 Mins.: One (2); Full (3); Three f3);

One (2); Full (3); (Special).

Jefferson.

About as much scenery as dancing to

this turn, which is being presented bya trio of clever dancers. The act lookslike read big time material that needsbut the slightest shaping up. The open-ing in "one," before a pretty drop, is

an introduction of the trio, a medley ofold southern airs being played for thestepping. After the drop lifts a prettyfull stage set is disclosed, which is acombination of Japanese and Chinesein its art. Here Grohs and the girl

who forms the company do a prettywaltz followed by a fast number in

Chinese costume. Then the drop in

"three" comes down and Miss King,in a very pretty effect ballet costumeoffers some toe work, which won ap-plause, after which a still different dropin "one" is lowered and the "companydoes an Indian number, while the stageis being set for an Indian village scenein which a slight pantomimic danceoffering is presented. A triangularstory forms the basis. The two squawsboth want the brave and Miss King,as the better dancer of the two, winshim. The latter's work in this sectionbrought frequent applause. The finish

with the brave walking off with thedancer across his shoulder is artistic

and legitimate, but does not tend tobring the strongest applause results,

which would have been bestowed hadthe act stopped with Miss King's final

dancing. As a matter of fact, the walk-ing off with her might be utilized forthe first curtain on the applause andthis would simply add in applause value.With a little shaping the act will bethere. Even as it stands now it is acorking scenic flash. Fred.

Shirley Sisters.

Songs and Dances.

12 Mini.; One.Two good looking girls who simply

need material of the proper sort and arearrangement of routine to make themwell worth while. They appear, fromtheir manner of working and some ofthe numbers to have dropped intovaudeville from cabaret, where theymay have led numbers. The smaller ofthe girls has a pretty little voice, whilethe taller may have a comedy streakthat can be developed. There wereslight flashes of it in some of the workthat she is doing at present. The teamopen with a double number, with thetaller sister following it with a dance.Then the smaller sings "I'll Be True tothe Red, White and Blue" and gets it

over nicely. But it is a double number,"When Those Sweet Hawaiian BabiesRoll Their Eyes," that gives the bestline on what the girls are capable of do-ing. More of this sort of material andperhaps a little double dancing numberto close with would be about the speedfor the duo, then with work it is onlya question of them filling an early spoton the better bills. Fred.

Holland and Pelltier.Comedy and Songs.15 Mins.; One.23rd Street.A male team, both possessed of

voices, presenting an act that containssongs and some comedy. Starts ratherslowly with the songs, but speeds upand following the comedy, plays forkind applause with a patriotic finishthat should keep it working on thesmall time. The team has adopted thepreacher costume that J09. L. Brown-ing has been employing, but the bassstarts that portion off with a burlesquesermon. There are certain direct ref-erences to sections of the Bible thatmight cause offense in certain local-ities and the team should be carefulas to their usage of this material. TheChauncey Olcott impersonation by thetenor was an applause winner and themen sing very well together. Fred.

NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 21

Albertim Batch and Co. (9).

BalletIS lfins.; Full Stage (Curtain).Henderson's.

Plain straightforward ballet dancingcomprises this newest act of Alber-tina Rasch's. There is no finery, in

clothes or setting, the latter being asolid purple curtain against which thewhite or other colored costumes ofthe dancers nicely blend. Con-stantin Kobeleff is the male dancer ofthe group, with eight coryphees fur-

nishing the background. Mile. Raschdoes several solo numbers, and somewith Kobeleff, who has his pirouttingmoments by himself as well, while thegirls are given one number, a Mercier"Pizzicato that they execute grace-fully. Rasch's "L'Americaine" (on hertoes to ragtime) was the ginger of theturn and a colorful finale gave a finish;

that brought several curtain calls atHenderson's Tuesday evening. It's

rather interesting, is this straight balletdancing, after all the frills, flouncesand flops of other "classical dancing"acts, not to mention the bareness,which is gratefully absent from theRasch turn. If the Rasch act gets over,it gets over on its merit, and does notdepend upon nudity in the slightestway—or form. The principal is a bal-lerina who knows her ballet work, anddoes it, enjoyably, apparently to her-self and surely to an audience. Straightballet dancing to those who want to"uplift" the American mind to acceptthat style could hardly find a more wor-thy exponent of the art than the pres-ent Albertina Rasch act. If it is notbrilliant nor flashy or nude, it is balletdancing, good, solid ballet dancing, thatnever causes a guess of how far theunderdressing goes, and should travelthe circuits as an example of what"classical dancing" is really like, forvaudeville hasn't found that out yet.To vaudeville "classical dancing" is amatter of clothes—how little clothes.

Sime.

LaBelle and Lillian.Violin and Banjo.12 Mins.; One.23rd StreetQuite evident the girl who plays the

banjo is of the former Carmen Sisters.She has as a partner a girl playing theviolin. The two are presenting a fairsmall time turn. The biggest thing init is the medley of three popular songs,played by both, used for a closing num-ber. The violinist is a pretty big girlto be wearing little frilled panties asshe does for finish of the act. Fred.

Albert Haynes and His Allies (8)."Follow the Flag" (Musical Comedy).25 Mins.; Dull Stage (Special Set).American Roof.The scene is West Point, with an

uncle looking for his nephew, verymuch in the first part of the skit likea big time act of some years ago. Thefinale appears to have been rewrittenfor current times, to make it patriotic.Four principals and five chorus girlsare in the act. Perhaps six choristersare regularly engaged. Of the princi-pals one is the nephew, and comedian,having no trouble in the present com-pany to stand out. The other dis-tinguishing feature is the frock-coateddress of the uncle. It looked asthough it may have been used for abanker in a moving picture in its time.There are two or three numbers, butnothing worth while in the act. If thesmall time can use it in the summer,some small time may be able to use itat other times. There's certainly novalue for the salary the act likely must"cure. sime.

Max Ford and Hetty Urma, whotopped the bill at the Alhambra, Parisand June 4 opened at the Victoria-I dlace, London, have been "doing theirbit" by selling their photos and send-ing the money to the boys at the front.Miss Urma received word her brotherage 27, in service two years, had beenkilled in battle May 6.

Olga Miahka and Co. (1).

Dancing.

12 Mins.; FuU Stage (Special Cyc).City.

Evidently a turn "breaking in" for atry at the two-a-day. A beautifulcyclorama drop covers the stage. Withspecial music conducted by their ownleader they do three dances. By "they"is meant a very fine premiere danseuseand her male assistant, who does "lifts"

for her and makes himself otherwiseuseful. During the costume changesthe leader turns to the audience anddoes fiddle solos. This form of "hold-ing the stage" is obsolete. First num-ber is in the dress of a premiere bal-lerina, with the man "holding" and"lifting," while Miss Mishka pirouettedon her toes; second, an old fashionedMinuet, she in hoopskirt, he in pow-dered wig and its accompanying make-up; third acrobatic ballroom dancing,during which she kicks the back of herhead and does some corking backbends. Very graceful and classy, butunaccompanied by sensational boomingthe act. even when properly routinedis hardly worth while for present daybig time vaudeville. Jolo.

Arthur Edwards and Co. (3)."Neglect" (Playlet).16 Mine.; Interior.Fifth Avenue.Another "Morality" playlet, done in

the form of a dream, with no attemptto conceal that it is a dream. It be-gins somewhat after the old-fashionedstyle of introducing the characters.The leading character enters in "one,"followed by a colored servant and thetwo other characters enter down theaisle. In a sort of blank verse ad-dress he announces the name of thesketch and hopes it will meet with ap-proval. Then the curtain rises and the?>lay begins. He has been in theamily all his life and hence enjoysmore freedom than modern domestichelp. As such he upbraids his master,for having turned out his wife andchild. It develops the master has writ-ten a book entitled "Neglect," and is

obsessed with ambition, to the exclu-sion of everything, even his family.Master goes to sleep and an allegor-ical personage appears, clad in a blackcloak with a white satin lining. Heis "Conscience," and by showing themaster, in a vision, his daughter, grownto womanhood, on trial for murder andpronounced guilty of having murdereda man who had wronged her underpromise of marriage, and other thingsthat might befall his family withoutthe parental protection, explaining thather fate is the fate of all children ofneglect, brings him to a realization ofthe situation. Master awakes and ser-vant brings in the wife and the couplefall into each other's arms as the ser-vant utters the tag line "halleluiah."The main fault would seem to be thatthe whole thing is so obviously adream. The servant role is particularlywell characterized, with the other threeparts rather theatrically enacted,Hardly strong enough to qualify forthe best vaudeville houses. Jolo.

"Congressman Kitty" (3).Comedy-Drama.16 Mins.; Five (Office).American Roof.A Charles Smith three-people playlet

by Fred J. Beaman, with a politicalstory set in Washington, that will bea desirable turn on small time becauseit has dialogue and twists small timeaudiences like. The player of the U. S.Senator role stands out so far beyondthe others the congressman of the pic-ture is lost by comparison, although thegirl parading as a "Congressman" didwell in spots. Sime.

Carlita and Howtand.Musical Comedy.16 Mine.; Full Stage (Special Set).

23rd Street.

A prima donna and tenor from themusical comedy ranks are presentinga little musical piece for two peoplewith the principal characters a Phil-lipine Island princess and an Americannaval officer. There is a special set,

an exterior showing a harbor in thedistance and in the foreground a rep-resentation of the home of the princess,which permits her to sing the openingnumber from a window. Then entersthe lieutenant and in a brogue asks herto marry. This officer slips in and outof his brogue much easier than hedoes his uniform, judging from hisgirth about the midriff, taking all sortsof liberties with the character that hestarts out to portray. After a little

talk, during which he sends the prin-cess off to change her shoes (after-wards she comes back without havingdone so), he delivers a song display-ing a rather fair voice. The girl hav-ing changed her costume (but not hershoes), returns for a double scene andnumber that ends big, but as she hasanother dress to wear, the act mustcontinue a few minutes longer, whichhappens to be just too long. In themeantime the tenor does a recitation,one that bears evidence it was writtenbefore we went into the war, althoughthere has been just as evident an at-tempt to rewrite it in spots to fit thepresent situation. It is all wrong,,however. With the return of the girlthere is another double number whichlets the act get away just nicely, butthat is all. Had the team finished onthe first double it would have faredmuch better. Fred.

Tne 0P«n air theatre at RivertonPark, Me., near Portland, opened thisweek with Leffler & Bratton's "Roam-ing for Romance," musical. It is a rail-road park, booked by J. VV. Gorman, ofBoston.

Charles Horn and Co. (3).

Comedy Playlet.

13 Mins.; Interior.

City.

Sketch opens with man taking adrink. Bell rings, butler not around,so he opens door and admits veiledwoman, who explains her auto hasbroken down; that she is seeking Mr.Rogers' house, etc. Man says this is

Rogers' house, but he won't see anyfemales as he is a woman-hatingbachelor. She says she has a younglady outside and must see Rogers onbusiness. Goes out to fetch otherwoman. Enter Rogers and when situa-tion is explained to him he flies in arage—won't see them, etc. The firstman is Rogers' guest—has been therefor weeks, moping because his wife hadleft him. He goes off and leavesRogers to meet the two women. Veiledone asks him to donate to an old maid'shome or something of that sort, whilethe younger one whines about the lossof her husband. A lot of horseplayand when the other man returns it is,

of course, his dear little wifey—theyembrace; Rogers is still grouchy andit develops he quarrelled with his fiance15 years previously; the other womanraises her veil and—ta ra—it is his long-missed fiance, and they all embrace.Small time stuff, well played. Jolo.

Mazino Japs. (3).8 Mins.; Full Stage.American Roof.Some spinning of a top, and perch

work by a young Jap girl makes up theact, a rather light one for three people,although the man is the entire turn.There will have to be more to the actbefore it can open bills of the Amer-ican's grade. The present best point is

the dressing, including the costumesworn by the women. Sime.

The Prospect and Flatbush theatres,booked by the B S. Moss' oftVcs, willclose for the summer Saturday. Anew front will he built on the Flat-bush and Prospect theatres, while somenoticeable changes will be made onthe fronts of both the Jefferson andHamilton this summer.

Eary and Eary>

Gymnasts.5 Mins.; Full Stage.

American Roof,

Eary and Eary do new stunts withrings, and in getting in and out ofthem, do not leave the impression ofcgntortionists. This couple work veryfast, how fast can only be appreciatedafter they are seen. For one momentthere is some talk and that should goout, even though it is to stall for breathor time. Some years ago contortion-ists wriggled through a ring andthought it a very good trick. TheEarys (billed as Europeans) do thatsingly and doubly, and once doublywith a very small ring, seemingly im-possible for both to get through ina standing position. At times it sug-gested there was a terrific strain uponthe rather good looking young woman,while her male partner pushed the ringwhich had them locked in, from theirnecks to their feet. If this turn doesn'tfind time in vaudeville, for it would bea. good opening act on big time bills, it

should try a cabaret floor. On theAmerican bill Monday night and clos-ing the performance, it was the onlyturn of the program that had any nov-elty. Sime.

Three Larneds.

Comedy Cycle.

8 Mint.; Full Stage.

The Three Larneds are composed oftwo cycle comedians and a youthful,pretty girl of a figure she thinks muchof, the girl displaying it in a black unionsuit at the finish. While the twoother cyclers are made up for comedy,but one tries for it, and he does mostof his laugh-provocative stunts in theJoe Jackson way. About the onlything the comedians had m the com-edy bicycle line that belonged to themwas the undersized tandem they bothrode. The girl, beside) being a straightrider, is also a trick rider, and it is thewho can carry the act along ratherthan the men, one of the latter beingsuperfluous. This act should be worthas much with two people, and the come-dian might be doing his work on thestage at the same time the girl isriding there, having both in sightnearly all the time. That would makeit a little different from this commonusage of having people in cycle turnsdoing singles all the time. And theyoung woman should have a robe han-dy to cover up the union suit whentaking bows. The union suit raav beall right a-wheel but it isn't consideredrecherche in variety bike circles todisplay it on the ground, even if thefigure is worth looking at a long time.For an opening turn the Larneds oughtto do. Sime.

•RIGHTON THEATRE.Despite the weather reversal Tuesday night

the Brighton held Hose to a capacity attend-ance, the lower Hour Itsolf having hut a fewvacant scats In evidence, while the uppernectlon was exceptionally well dressed. Andthe show seemed particularly arranged forthe beach house, with comedy predominatingand song running a close second.The bill ran a trifle late, due perhaps to the

late curtain, which seems essential at thebeach, where the patrons keep coming Inuntil well after nine o'clock. The new B.K. T. tranaportatlon facilities materially helpconditions at the theatre, where a talking actnow has an even chance since the elevatedstructuro has eliminated the noise of trains.The program In headed by Florence and

Frank Moore, closing the first part with theircombination of song and comedy. The super-fluous matter has boon droppod and the rou-tine is now down to a fine working order,with every comedy point finding Its way toa laugh and every member gathering the ex-pected return*. Frank Moore has apparentlybecome accustomed to his sinter's style ofdelivery, and Is never caught off guard withher familiar extemporaneotiH points. Thecouple work together In fine shnpe and thehouse awarded them with sufficient returns toJustify the billing and position.Firry opened with hi?, routine of rbarnrter

.'"fintoninr.n. dc>ln< ho.-iim «-T.-f*I '. ••n t twists on• ho pedestal. As a character contortionistFerry stand alono, and In addition to hisability supplies the nocossary atmospherethrough scenic construction to provide an ex-cellent bit of entertainment.

Flernard and Janls were second, and greetedwith a reception. A section of the orchestra

22 I-.I SHOW REVIEWShad apparently come to sea them particularly,

and tbiH group alone guaranteed their juc-

ceHB. liut lieruard and Jania have a corking

good specialty, winding up with a dance that

takes ttifin away from the beaten path. Theyat art nlowiy, but this Iw uusvoldabie. Oncegoing they had little trouble.

Harold DuKane and Co. ahow a decided Im-

provement alnce laat reviewed hereaboute,

the Improvement being particularly noticeable

in the dancing. It'a aomewhat different fromthe average modern dancing turn, and the

novel aide ahould carry It through. DuKanela graceful and baa perfected a good reper-

toire of dancca with both glrle doing an equal

abare to bring It through.vii ,, B .

The Volunteera were a tinging hit, Al RaubIntroducing a rather distinctive brand of

comedy that helpa Immeaaurably. The har-

mony la perfect, and thla quartet have swn-

albly aelected a bunch of aonga that fit. The>*

took four bowa and might have added another

encore.After lntermlaalon Frank Crummlt acored

Impressively with aonga and stories, dotingwith a medley of old time numbers. Ibla

eould be replaced by a modern ditty, although

he pulls some laugba from the present rou-

tine. Crummlt baa peraonallty. a splendid de-

Jlvery and a good voice. Charles Withers and

Co. In "For Pltya Sake" worked to con-

tinual laughs, the pantomimic effort* of

Withers connecting at every angle.

In next to closing spot came Laurie andBronaon, aomewnat handicapped In following

the travesty, but they had thing* their ownway In lesa than a minute. Away from tbe

conventional two-act, thla team of youngsters

have a atyle of their own, an original string

of patter and the right Idea of delivery- Theyacored one of the real hits, and well de-

served to. The Alexander Brothera closed the

bill. Wynn.

PALACE.When the curtain went up at the Palace

Monday night the bouse was topheavy, with

only a sprinkling of a downstairs audience.

Almost In the twinkling of an eye the audi-

torium Oiled up until there wasn't an emptyaeat. Aa the weather has been making Is

roads on the ahow business around Broad-way during the past week, that condition

looked pretty good.The Initial appearance of Jack Norworth

and Lillian Lorraine (New Acta) aa a vaude-ville combination had aomethlng to do with

the draw, aa there were enough floral re-

membrancea sent over the footllghta to hide

the deck of a battleablp.

It la "dancing week," at nearly every turn

on the bill flaahea some demonstration of

torpsichorean movements, There waa plenty

of Ruaalan dancing ; the classical form waaalto much In evidence and the mutical com-edy style waa given Ita fling, while the buckand wing, waits clog, hornpipe, etcetera,

were thrown In for good meaaure; In fact

there waa acrobatic dancing, and dancingwithout any claaaiflcatlon.

There waa a change at night, Mclfahon,Diamond and Chaplow being assigned thealxth position, owing to the withdrawal of

Bert Fitsglbbon. On the, program Bert hadthe cloaing spot. Monday night GeorgeWhite and Emma Halg were In the laat posi-

tion, following the Norworth and Lorrainetorn, and deeplte the big reception tbe lat-

ter received, tbe White and Halg combina-tion held everybody In.

The Hlracboff Troupe opened with theirRuaalan dancing routine, getting a big ap-plauae from the upper tiers. The act openedalowly but hit up a lively pace latter thatpleaaed Immenaely. Bern I* and Baker show-ed they had ."big time" stuff when they acoredroundly with their vlolln-accordlon playingand quiet comedy at the clone. Bernle hltaup a carelesa way of banging tunea out ofhis violin, while Baker works advantageouslywith hfa accordion. Good act and one thatrang up an unquestioned hit at the Palace.Bert Baker and Co. were third. Despite acold that at times almost had Bert yelling"quits," he kept whanging away with hlafarcical verbal bombardment, and the lavgh-lng returns were genuine. Bert's support Isn'tthe best In the acting world, yet It answerssufficient vaudeville requirements to keepBert working his head off, the laughs areth«»re, and little else matter*.

Kay and J. Gordon Dooley appeared tohav» tough aleddlng at flrnt, but once J.Gordon got hla biff-bang falls working therpst was easy. Ray Dooley la one of tbebusiest bits of feminity on the stage todayand she took some nasty bumps herself Mon-

,day night In the bed-jumping "bit."The Morgan Dancers closed the first part.

Act hasn't changed any alnce laat season,but seems to be working more smoothly.Made impression. Two of the girls seem towork the hardest, and much of the successof the offering depends largely on their note-worthy efforts.

Following Norworth and Lorraine appearedWhite and Halg. George Whlte'a new part-ner Is symmetrically outlined In figure andis a corking good dancer, light as a featheron her feet. White dancea like John Mc-Cormack sings, and the palm must be handedto him for It. He is now using the Idea ofhaving anyone In the audience call out thename of any wcllknown dancer and heatralghtway procoeds with an Imitation. Thepresent turn shows more originality than theformer White -Cavcnnnch act. .Vcrfc.

for front orcheatra rows, with $1 box charge,and 60 cents In the rear of the bouse. Thla itexplained by the management at neceeaaryowing to the higher-priced programs that willbe presented there over the summer.Tbe iucie<tttfa bus no appreciable luflueuce

on butlneaa aa the houae held lta utual weeklyquota. The rather good bill there played towhat teemed a aound-proof auditorium, Inmarked contraat to Henderson 't of formersummers, when the outalde noise Interferedwith acts upon the stage.Montgomery and Moore, with almoat a talk-

ing act entirely, experienced not the allghteattrouble and had tbe houae screaming at thefinish with their traveaty of Albertlna Raech'a(New Acta) ballet turn. Among the "bal-letiera" who volunteered for the Montgomery-Perry burlesque, beside* a large ttage handwho won a laugh every move ne made, watHarry Carroll, who had prevloualy appearedIn hla piano-act Mr. Carroll waa anotherdecided aucceaa on the program; He la goingIn more for kldulng now and ad lib matter,beaiuw* his souks, of whion two new onea("Long Way From Broadway'" aud "Made In

the 0. S. A.") wound vary goou. Mr. Car-roll a medley of bu own couipoaltlona wereappreciatively received. He opened with"Chicago," and to satlafy Uie houae at thefluisn, uid a dance tbat Mr. Carroll remarkedwaa not a part ol hla turn. It Uiun't look It.

Anotuer good score waa registered by Cart-meil and Harris in their "Uoltlng" aklt. Theywere so. 3. No. 2 held uunbar'a Old-TimeDarkieti, tomethiug ol a long title for a plaincolored quartet ol comedy Ureea without com-edy, tnat while It geta over on harmony andunmistakably rang up a bull a eye at lta fin-

lab, still Ralph Dunbar must get all thecredit. He la certainly getting away withaomethlng In this act, which haa been work-ing ateauily. It a aa fine an example of themake- em-believe- It vaudeville aa one couldwant to aee.

A big flulah In the ttop-the-ahow claaa waagotten oy Archer *and Del lord, but not legltlt-

luiaieiy. lta a matter of the management'srigbt to stand for tnat particular sort of ahuale, which seems to be obtaining applauseunder lalae pretenses. The Archer and Bel-ford turn la "me New Janitor" with the pan-tomimic comedian in rough make-up becom-ing a piano mover. He la excellent in hispantomime, almost aa good in hla way aa JoeJackaou la in his, and thla doesn't auggeatany infringement, tor the comedian of Archerand Delford did thla before Joe Jackaonshowed in the Kaat. Fooling with the pianoand with the woman in the turn aaking himseveral tlmea to play It, toward the final cur-tain the comedian wheel* the piano around toface tbe house. Just before the olio drop, andaa the drop descends he eeata hlmaelf at theInstrument aa though to play. Aa the dropgoea up, he 1b leaving It, again to return,with tbe audience clamoring tor him, in ap-plause—to play. Tbat la what they are ap-plauding for, notwithstanding how many "cur-tains" tbe act might aay It received, and thatthe comedian does not play nor had any In-

tention of playing makea it a matter of ob-taining applauae under false pretenaea. If It

It "uhowmanshlp," let It go at that. Thehubbub It cauaed didn't do Carroll any good,for he followed with hla concert grand, andlater the Montgomery-Perry turn alao uaedthe upright. Archer and Belford have a laugh-able comedy turn that could stand aome trim-ming down. It la stretched out a bit toolong for the beat effect.

The program opened at 8 :35 with the ThreeDaring Slaters on the trapeze. They lookwell and perform equally so. Merle'a Cocka-toos cloaed the ahow, which seemed arrangedexactly right. Bime.

HENDERSON'S.The Henderson, Coney Island, season Is well

tinder way, and the house by tbe seashoreevidently anticipates good business, for theadmlaalon scale has been Increased to 71 centa

ROYALFor the first time In many months the Royal

attendance showed a alight break Monday, dueof course to the excessive heat which drovethe Bronxltee to the open air reaorta a bitnorth of that vicinity. At that business seemedfar beyond natural expectations with the lowerfloor well dressed, tbe upper portion of thehouae gathering Its full mark. The thow waarather entertaining, but carried more thanthe average number of acta In "one," althoughthlt arrangement waa hardly noticeable tothose wbo pay. After the Initial performancethe hill was rearranged, bringing the DancingKennedya down from third spot to the closingposition, Walter Brower being placed In theearJy section at his own request.A late curtain Introduced tbe cuBtomary

weekly pictorial, after which came Lamb andMorton, conversational acrobate. They have aspecial set showing a picnic ground, tbe pairentering with lunch basket*, etc. After ashort routine of patter they proceed throughaome likely stunts, closing to a reasonablysafe hit. The talk waa hardly heard beyondthe front section of tbe house. They ahouldgauge the acoustics and act accordingly.

Lambert and Fredericks with one changeoffered a repertoire of aonga and dancea, thedancea carrying the pair through. Neithercarries a good voice, nor doea the team sing-ing connect, but this defect Is deftly over-shadowed by their dancea. If possible oneshould aim for comedy for a straight two-actof this brand must have a "voice."Walter Brower of Pebble Ford, Ky., intro-

duced the first dash of comedy and waa re-warded with one of tho genuine hits of theevening. Brower haa a unique delivery, ren-dering his excellently ronatructcd monolog inthnt BO»thprn din loot thai CRrrica "personal-ity'* and charm In every syllabi* and wMfeone exception pulled a hearty laugh on everypoint. Tbe exception Is the baggage andcork yarn. It la aged ; doesn't belong In thisroutine. Brower concluded with two reci-tations.

Mercedes closed Intermission and really

mystified the Bronx gathering with hit tele-

pathic code, the requeata running from oper-atic selections to broad comedy number*.Mercedes hv a showman of no mean abilityand adequately proved thla fact when the re-

quests began to run In a "dry" ehannel. Heruahed to the front of the orcheatra and tear-fully explained he couldn't comply with onerequest because the patron had asked for -m

national anthem that Mercedes wouldn't toler-

ate. He intimated the German anthem andpatriotically declared It would never beplayed by his accompanist It turned thetide and from then on every number earned ahand with many collecting laughs.

Joe Darcy's American Comedy Four, one ofthe few comedy quartets that have survivedthe process of elimination, might have con-tlbucd Indefinitely were It left to the Royalaudience. Every atom of the broad oomedypulled a roar and every number called forone or two encores. Darcy's rendition of"Lookout Mountain" earned three. Darcycan sell a ballad over the footlights and ha*carefully attended to the harmony of thequartet Where comedy quartet* are wantedDarcy and hla combination should be con-tinually welcome. They preceded MercedesIn the first part.After Intermission Regal and Bender come

along with aome talk and song. Interruptedwith some corking good aorobatlcs. Theyfinish with a pair of seml-sensatlonal tricksthat should never fall to guarantee them safelythrough anywhere. Their talk Is bright andwell delivered. They did exceptionally wellIn that rather difficult spot.The Dancing Kennedys closed tbe show fol-

lowing Rooney and Bent. Wyim.

AMERICAN ROOF.JuBt what kind of a bill it waa on the

American Roof the first half would have tobe settled by the house staff, that sat throughIt more than once. But once waa plenty. If

a aummer ahow, then let's hope the summermoves swiftly by, and If not a summer show,then Jake Lubln might bear in mind that theRoof, where 00 cents Is charged for an or-chestra seat, should not be given the sort ofa bill that might be arranged for hot weatherdownstairs (Indoors) on the 26-cent scale. Acouple of programs like Monday nlght'a maydampen the ardor of the Roof fans, althoughMr. Lubln may rightfully Imagine there is noattraction on the Roof that can compete withthe breeiee there of a warm evening.Of the nine acts on the bill, but three at the

most were known by either name or turn tothe most regular of tbe regulars, and the lat-

ter Included some agents as well. The first

part waa the nicest section to aleep throughsince the days of Tony Pastor's supper shows.It opened with the Maslno Japs, followed byBlack and MUford, then Jewett and Pendleton,and after came Manning, Feeley and Knowles,with Albert Haynes and His Allies (NewActs) closing the first part.

Black and MUford should have read theirbilling, "In a Blend of Mirth and Melody."That was the only funny thing in their turn.Jewett and Pendleton were Just a little better,perhaps through the positions, Noe. 2 and 3.

Manning, Feeley and Knowles were formerlyof the Four Harmonl«te or Harmony Four.One has gone. The act could stand losingtwo or three of those remaining. Each ofthe three boys, however, wore evening dree*.A couple had one step in the dancing finishfor the act's best bet.

After Intermission Dorothy played the ac-cordion and danced. Just what Dorothy doeathe better la difficult to decide, sb she doean'tdo either very well, but Dorothy should makeher own choice, stop working her set smileonce In a while and cut the bow on her hairdown within the limits. After "CongressmanKitty," Sidney Falke and Eary and Eary(New Acta), came the Arbuckle picture. "TheRough House," with Al. St Johns and BusterKeaton now featured on the opening slides.It'a all acrobatic slapstick, and kept the audi-ence seated through Eary and Eary. cloaingthe show, the best act on the America's billthe first half. 8ime.

FIFTH AVENUE.Two sketchee on one vaudeville bill at any

time are usually regarded as sufficient, butIn the summer It 1b one too many. The FifthAvenue had two the first half of the week-Arthur Edwarda and Co. and Hasaard Shortand Co. (New Acta). The first is a "Mor-ality" playlet, the second a farcical comedy.Neither likely to enjoy any exceptional voguefor an Indefinite period.Qulnn and Lafferty, man and woman, were

a fairly good opening turn, with singing anddancing. They open with a double song, hedoes some eccentric stepping, she a toe dance,he a popular song and conclude with a fastdouble acrobatic dance. Knapp and Corn-alla, two men. Just miss being "great" throughtheir efforts at too much versatility. OpenIn "one" with smart crossfire, full stage forInstrumentation and tumbling, baok to "one"for more crossfire and comedy acrobatic* andacrobatlo dancing. They could probably farebetter If routined to work exclusively beforethe front drop and confined themselves to thecross fire and acrobatlo stepping. Thecomedian Is really funny.Van and Schenck were their usual big ap-

plause hit, offering nothing new to call forany extended comment Al. Herman, nextto closing, an unctuous blackface comedian,alternately gets and lose* hla audience, fall-ing down on "claaa." Hla remark* to peopleentering or leaving are In poor taste andsavor* of small time. It Isn't new and everypossible phase of that sort of thing has beenperpetrated.Lunette Sisters were the closing act pre-

ceding the Arbuckle oomedy, "The RoughHouse." T*-' girl* made an effective finish-

ing turn, their serpentine "dancing" in theair,, being whirled About auspanded by theteeth-holds, making a pretty picture. Jolo.

23RD STREET.An evening with the bookers is the way

one might term a visit to Proctor's 23rdStreet where Jeff Callan holds the managerialreins. Tuesday night about one half of thefifth floor men of the Palace Theatre Buildingwere present both bookers and agents being;represented.A nine-act ahow, with a Keystone comedy

and a Hearst-Patbe weekly framed the bill, asmooth running show, liked by the audlenoewith the hits of the bill going to two singlemen acts. Jot. L. Browning, and Wm. Blsto,only one act apart Browning suffered ahandicap through a confllctlon in booking, foran act earlier In the show used his ministerialmake-up aa one of the bit*? a? rather big oneat that in their turn. Nevertheless Browninggot the hit honors of the performance withBlsto a strong runner up.The ehow started at eight o'clock sharp

with Rekomo an equilibrist opening. Rek-omo doee most of his work on his hands andpulled applause with several difficult trickslate In the act. LaBelle and Lillian (NewActs) with a violin and banjo offering: werefairly strong on applause with their closingmedley of popular songs. Arthur DeVoy andCo. In "His Mother In Law" received an un-usual number of laughs.

Holland ft Pelltler (New Acts) male sing-ing duo with some comedy, was the act thatalmoat gummed the deck for Browning. Theturn that followed them showed just howmuch depends on what theatre one sees an actIn as to the impreaaion may make. The actwaa Moreley and the McCarthy Slaters, afew weeks ago at the Jefferson. At the housefurther uptown thle week the trio seemedanother act Perhaps It was the smallerBtage that made the change. The plump littleMcCarthy ahows great comedy possibilities.William Slsto with his wop dialect fol-

lowed the giil trio and scored laughs all theway, finishing strong with his harmonicas.Carllta and Rowland (New Acts) presenteda musical comedy sketch, all songs and talk.Browning had the next to closing position,and Lasky's Three Types concludes the vau-deville. Pictures followed. Fred.

JEFFERSON.Things are changing at thlt house. The

audience la beginning to take on a differentaspect, more wom»»n in the house for onething, but still they are a little ehy on hand-ing out appreciation where it seems to bemerited. Finer points seem to get away fromthem, but they do fall for "Jan," "hoke" andslapstick. Bat from the recent improvementevidenced in the audience'a attitude there isan Indication that eventually they will beeducated up to accepting vaudeville and notlet good acts die on their hands while anordinary "Jan" small time turn geta over toriotous effect with them.The bill the first half waa exceptionally good

for this house. It was a show that had a lotof comedy women and "pep," and It playednicely, and while the lower floor held but halfa house, the audience etuck for the finish.there being very few walkouts on the closingturns. The usual elgbt-act bill, a Vltagraph£atu

J2. P|ctur« •no' a news weekly completedwe Din.Raymond, working very much a la Bert Mel-

rose, was the opener. His pantomimic comedygot laughs, but he failed to get the thrillsput of his swaying tables through not work-ing up the suspense. Roattlna and Shelly, acombination musical and singing offering,acored on the strength of the girl's voiceAbbott and White (under the name of Jack-'eon and Nolan) held the third epot and scorednicely especially with their burlesque hulaViii«

aiJhe.?

n,8b' Tne HearBt-Pathe Weekly

roiiowed, the current number not rousingmuch InterestOrohB, King and Co. (New Acts), with avery classy terpslchorean offering, followed

the picture and scored. Vine and Templepulled the real "Jaw" for the audience andmade them both laugh and applaud. Thecomedian works with over assurance tbatseems to get to this type of small time audi-ence. The girl, looking very much like SadieBurt, tries to put over a song somewhst alongthe type of Sadie, and while succeeding fairlywell In delivering, might look about for anumber a little more up to date. "Is ThereStill Room for Me, 'Neath the Old Apple Tree"has been long since laid into camphor, but not

re\riJo?ftg° thEt !t m,gbt *• looked upon M

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5!Kne..C£me

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lh "J*Bt Break the News

to Mother handed the audience a Jolt TheWnJ

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had the aPPeal of both warand mother in It and the manner In whichM las Comer put It over carried all the convic-tion in the world. She still haa the voice andknows how to use ItWhipple, Huston and Co., In "Spooka

"

"Z\l»?t 'n"! ^ 11 £f th£ 8h0W'the comedlan'aHaven t Got the Do, Re. Ml" getting laugh

after laugh Wood, Melville and Phillips, aclever singing, dancing, comedy trio, helddown the closing spot in one and proved to beanother of the evenlng'a hit*. Fred.

Proctor's, Yonkers, N. Y., continued\vi'h its vaudeville policy, playing a fiiilthis week, the decision to close lastSaturday having been recalled when the

.union stage hands matter in that andthe other Proctor houses at Portches-ter and Mt. Vernon was'adjusted latelast week.

MOVING PICTURES 23

CHAPLIN PIVOTAL POINT IN

RE-FRAMING DISTRIBUTION MAPComedian's Brother Signs With First National Exhibitors

9

Association, but Other Interests Reported Still After

Comedian's Pictures — Paramount Invading

Mastbaum Domain as Independent

There is something apopping in the

film situation this week, and before

matters are adjusted the entire distri-

bution may be altered.

The pivotal point about which the

situation revolves at present seems

to be the securing of the distribution

rights to the Chaplin releases at the

conclusion of his Mutual contract.

According to those who should

know, Chaplin's brother, Syd, holding

power of attorney, has signed a con-

tract with the First National Exhib-

itors' Association for eight picturesnext year, for which the comedian is

guaranteed a minimum of $125,000each; in other words, a guarantee of

11,000,000 for eight releases. Fromthe same source of information, T.L. Tally, the Los Angeles exhibitor,

and one of the members of the FirstNational Association, is now en routeto the coast to still further bind thecontract with the comedian's personalsignature. Variety's information is tothe effect that the distribution of theChaplin pictures is to be made via theGoldwyn organization, but this has notyet been consummated and it is under-stood an even more alluring offer, pur-porting to have Adolph Zukor behindit, has been made to the comedian di-

rect and that there is a possibility ofthe First National-Goldwyn deal falling

through.Another angle to the "situation" is

the report of a bitter campaign beingwaged by Paramount against StanleyMastbaum in the latter's own bailiwick.

Stories from there are to the effect

that through Mastbaum signing upGoldwyn pictures when it held the Par-amount distribution, the Mastbaum at-

titude was regarded as unethical.Color is given to this rumor by the

booking of Paramount pictures recent-ly in Philadelphia to houses not receiv-ing the Mastbaum service, followedon Tuesday by the arrival in New Yorkof Mastbaum and his going into prviateconference with Zukor.

In some manner not readily ex-plained, Lewis J. Ssrznick is under-stood to be interested in the Para-mount-Mastbaum - Goldwyn - Chaplintangle. He left Wednesday on theLimited for Chicago and is believed tobe acting for himself and others in

an effort to secure a hide-bound con-tract for next year's Chaplins.

CHAPLIN JUDGMENT SETTLED?Chicago, June 27.

Good sources here again assert thatthe judgment against Charlie Chaplinfor $600,000 obtained by George K.Spoor was confirmed by the SupremeCourt, as reported in Variett someweeks ago.

It is further stated that the Mutualand Spoor interests are intertwined,which led the latter to accept a checkfor $250,000 from the former, in settle-

ment of the judgment. If these arethe facts it looks as if Chaplin is to staywith Mutual, a fact lent further colorthrough the stopping lately cf rumorsregarding the comic's new offers.

Lawyers have given opinions that aruling of the Supreme Court couldhardly be kept sealed, yet inside re-

ports say that is the situation. Theaffair seems to fit in with the supposed

existence of a motion picture "inner

trust," which is said to have for attor-

ney none other than Philander C.

Knox, ex-secretary of state, whoseyearly fee is quoted at $200,000.

S. & M. FILM CO.

The S. & M. Feature Film Co. (the

S. & M. stands for Sablosky and Mc-Guirk, the Pennsylvania vaudeville

managers) has just about finished apatriotic feature picture, entitled "TheFreedom of the World," with £. K.Lincoln and Barbara Castleton in theleading roles> supported by a large

company, directed by Romaine Field-ing. It will be released in about thredweks.

Interested in the company with Sab-losky and McGuirk are Ira Lowry(Lubin's son-in-law), Norman Jefferies

and M. W. Taylor.

Good serials

built upthe greatmagazinesof thecountry

Serial

Paramount Standard

15 EPISODES30 PARTS

IN

September

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PARAMOUNT IN LINE.

Following the decision of a numberof motion picture concerns not to showtheir pictures hereafter to reviewers in

their projection rooms, as persistently

advocated by Variety for some time,

Paramount and Artcraft have fallen

into line and issued a similar notice.

John C. Flinn, publicity manager for

Paramount, in notifying the trade pa-pers, has framed up a most ingeniousalibi, as follows:

Slooe the Paramount and Artcraft picture!are plarlnf each week In the Strand andRlalto theatres, and because of the necessityof other uses for our small projection room,we have decided to discontinue Indefinitelyadranoe exhibitions of our photoplays for thetrade press.Instead of this working a hardship on the

reviewers who have been kind enough weekafter week to review our productions, I lookupon It as a welcome change for them, as asmall projection room during the summermonths Is most uncomfortable, while they willhave the benefit of seeing Paramount andArtcraft productions in the two finest theatresIn the world. Dr. Wilson of the Strand the-atre, and Mr. McLaurln of the Rlalto as here-tofore will be very pleased to oo-operate, I

am quite sure.

An important Paramount executive,discussing the matter with a Varibttrepresentative, frankly admitted hiscompany was moved to this decision bythe advocacy of this publication of thediscontinuance of trade showings in

the projection rooms.

OFFICIAL GOLDWYN NEWSJane Cowl bepan the picturtxation of

one cf- Basil King's Saturday EveningPost stories for Goldwyn while rehears-ing the new drama "Daybreak," %iwhich she is part author. For twoweeks she posed daily in the Goldwynstudios and rehearsed her legitimateproduction nights. *

Last week the photoplay was broughtto a halt by the death of Elsie Daren*,a member of the cast, necessitating theretaking of fifteen scenes and the re-building of six interior sets. The pic-ture is now expected to be finishedearly in July.

Stanley V. Mastbaum has signed fofthe entire first year's output of twenty-six Goldwyn pictures for his Stanleytheatre, Philadelphia.

MICHELENA WITH ULTRA.A company headed by Beatrice

Michelena has started on a feature forthe Ultra Picture Corp. at BoulderCreek, Cal. to be known as "The DeadLine." Practically the same peoplewho formerly worked for the Cali-fornia M. P. Corp. are also engaged,including Frank Middleton (director),William Pike, Albert Morrison, EvaDeverna and Cliff Thompson.

It is a costume picture that will bestate righted.

EVERYBODY A STOCKHOLDER.New Orleans, June 27.

The Community theatre openedhere the other day. It is a 5-10 picturehouse, supplemented by hop vaude-ville.

Before opening the place, the man-ager issued $50,000,000 in stock, $5,-000,000 preferred and $45,000,000 com-mon. He holds the preferred and to hispatrons he gives the common, witheach admission ticket. For a five-centticket, one share is given, and with adime ticket, two.

It has stimulated business, thepatrons feeling they are stockholders.A clause in the charter reads, a

dividend, if any, is to be paid on thepreferred stock first.

Jane Grey Engaged for New Concern.A new film corporation to be organ-

ized by L. George Forgotson andAbram Bloom started its organizationthis week by placing under contractJane Grey, as the star of its produc-tions.

MUTUAL

AMERICAN FILM COMPANY, Inc.

Presents

GAIL KANEIN

"THE UPPER CRUST"OR

•• THE INDISCRETIONS OF MOLLY"

Novelization by Charles Sherman. In five acts. Directed byRollin Sturgeon. Released the week of June 25th. "MissKane justifies her reputation for versatility in this playwhich makes demands on her for emotional acting of a highorder and finds her splendidly equipped for the task," saysThe American Drama in reviewing "Whose Wife?" a recentGail Kane-American Picture.

Beautiful—graceful—an accomplished actress of unquestionedability, Miss Kane is the idol of picture-goers the world over.Her drawing power is steadily increasing. Theatres present-ing Gail Kane productions are assured capacity business. Getyour share of these successes. Go to your nearest MutualExchange TODAY and arrange to play all the Mutual Picturesin which Gail Kane is starred.

Now Playing—"Whoie Wife?" "The Serpent's Tooth" and"The Upper Crust."

Coming—"The Women In Black," "Th# Unafraid."

Produced byAMERICAN FILM COMPANY. INC.

Samuel S. Hutchinson, President

Distributed byMUTUAL FILM CORPORATION

John R. Preuler, President

24 MOVING PICTURESUNIVERSAL STRIKES NEW NOTE

IN ITS FUTURE PRESS MATTERJoe Brandt Reproduces Lengthy Letter Complaining of Quality

of His Concern's Press Matter and Gives Indication

Universal Will Reform. Hoped Other Film

Companies Will Fall in Line.

The impossible appears to have hap-pened.That is to say, the motion picture

trade papers have awakened to the

fact that they are overloaded withtommy rot from the press agents andthat they have been giving awayreams of space without profiting fromit themselves or benefiting their cus-

tomers.It has taken a good many years for

the papers to find out what was thematter, but the old adage, better late

than never, still holds.The Universal Film Manufacturing

Company reproduces a typewritten let-

ter three pages -ong, written to gen-eral manager Joe Brandt by JamesL. HofT, editor of the Moving PictureWorld, and from this communicationwe clip the following for the benefit ofoublicity men in general:"The fault I have to find with the

greater part of the matter submittedby your publicity men is that the newscontained is microscopic and concealedin a multiplicity of words. That muchof it is of a trivial character, as evi-denced by the batch I have before me,and of no particular interest to motionpicture men—our readers and, conse-quently, of no value to you in advanc-ing the interests of your concern. To

publish it as it is written would be amost prodigal waste of space."By actual count there are forty-

three separate stories in the batch ofmatter sent me today. They vary from,four pages to one page in length. You1

must realize that it is impossible for usto print even ten per cent, of this

quantity. Do you not also realize thesize of the task you impose upon uswhen you ask us to sift out from themass the items that are printable, thatare worth while?"How much better it would be if

your writers could concentrate on thepictures you are producing and on theactual instead of the fanciful and trivial

doings of your principals and employ-ees."

This is by no means an uncommonevil. Several of the manufacturing con-cerns issue their publicity on the ap-parent theory that nothing but quantitycounts. The result is that only thetrade paper editors who give so muchreading matter for so much advertis-ing go to the trouble of opening theenvelopes from these sources. In regu-lar newspaper offices these bulky bun-dles of press matter are thrown intothe waste basket precisely as they ar-rive.

The sending of great quantities of

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Clara Kimball Young Film CorporationPUIntlff

AGAINST

Clara Kimball YoungDefendant:

Notice to Producers, Distributors andExhibitors

We have commenced suit against Clara Kimball Youngin the United States District Court for an injunction to

restrain her from violating the contract which binds her

to render services exclusively to us until September 1,

1921. We are advised by eminent counsel that our right

to such an injunction is clear.

We, and we alone, control the exclusive services of Clara

Kimball Young. Any one dealing with Clara Kimball

Young other than through us or Lewis J. Selznick Enter-

prises, Inc., the authorized distributor of Clara Kimball

Young pictures, will do so at his peril, and will be held

strictly liable for so doing.

CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG FILM CORPORATIONLEWIS J. SELZNICK, President.

this material it in itself an imposi-tion upon the editors who feel it a dutyto wade through everything that comesto hand. Ii wastes their time and triestheir patience, even when the matterhas been intelligently prepared—whichis far from being always the case.Many of the press agents travel over

the same route week after week, chant-ing the same old phrases, parading thesame old threadbare ideas.For the love of High Heaven, will

the morning ever come when the mo-tion picture editor fails to find uponhis desk the following paragraph:"President Alonzo BOkenstein, of the

Bunkcraft Fillum Corporation, is flood-ed with state rights offers of fabuloussums for the million dollar screen spec-tacle, 'Dink Doolittle's Double/ butwill defer action for the present. Presi-dent Bilkenstein thinks the fillum in-dustry, the third greatest in America,is still in its infancy."And so on, world without end.What is the matter with the press

agents? Can't thev think of anythingnew? Must they keep on dealing thesame old junk year in and year out?Is it clear beyond reason to expeetthem to give President Alonzo Bilken-stein a few original thoughts, even if

he happens to be incapable of origin-ating them himself?A prominent person in the motion

picture world some months ago told aNew York legislative committee thatsuccess in this business did not re-quire brains. Perhaps he had been

reading a batch of the guff that came*to the motion picture editor's deskevery day.The Universal people showed wis-

dom in republishing brother Hofrsletter. We are glad to have the priv-

ilege of reading it, and gladder still to

pass along its salient points to thepress men through the columns ofvariety-, whose pages are ever given to

that brevity which is the essence ofnews.

J. A. BERST EXPLAINS.

J. A. Berst, vice-president and gen-

eral manager of Pathe, in explaining the

reported withdrawal of the Thanhouserpictures from Pathe release, says:

"The contract with Thanhouser has

been entirely fulfilled and they havedelivered all the features under their

contract, and we have accepted themall. None were rejected or submittedto arbitration, as we had the right toin case they would not have been satis-factory as to quality."There never was at any time any

friction between the Thanhouser com-pany and this company, and our rela-tions were and are still most pleasant"

MAE MURRAY'S OWN CO.It is now pretty definitely settled

that Mate Murray will organize herown film company, to make picturesfor the open market.

mumBluebird Star

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin

Dashing FranklinFarnum—Bluebird Star,

gives one of the most delightfulcharacterizations of his entire career in

the high-speed BLUEBIRD Photoplay—"The Car of Chance." . . . Yourpatrons will hugely enjoy every single

minute of it. It is unique—exactly thekind of a play to give them an eveningof unusual Bluebird Photoplay entertain-ment. Dainty, sweet Brownie Vernon,who plays opposite Mr. Farnum, willcapture every audience in the land. Thisis a BLUEBIRD that every one will like.

Directed by Wm. Worthington.

Book through your local BLUEBIRDExchange, or

BLUEBIRD PHOTOPLAYS, Inc.1600 Broadway, - - New York

r

MOVING PICTURES 25

INCC WITH ARTCRAFT.On Wednesday all the discussive

cJautcs in the proposed agreement be-

tween Thomas H. Ince and A^tcraft

had been settled to the satisfaction of

both sides and the lawyers were in-

structed to draw the papers, which will

probably be signed before the end of

the current week.Ince is to make his own pictures,

which are to be released by Artcraft,

with the usual procedure of advanc-ing production cost and guaranteeinga minimum of return on each negative.

In addition to W. S. Hart and CharlesRay, Ince is dickering for several otherstars, among them Marie Doro.A story was in circulation this week

that Mack Sennett might remain withTriangle.

Ince was given a mortgage on theCulver City plant to protect the backmoney due him from Triangle.

GARDEN OF ALLAH SCORES.Pittsburg, Pa., June 27.

A ten part filmvven»oo of Robert

Hichcns' romance of the Sahara, "TheGarden of Allah," has broken all

records in the Pitt Theatre here.Originally scheduled for two weeksonly, the engagement of the picturewas extended to the third week; andcapacity houses have been the ruleever since the opening.Following "The Garden of Allah"

will come The Bar Sinister," whichhas just closed a three weeks run at

the Broadway Theatre in New York.

Chicago, June 27.

"The Garden of Allah," the W. N.Selig picture, will be shown here forthe first time at the Colonial theatre,beginning July 22 and remaining twoweeks. It will probably be the final

film at the house before it is closed and

SPECIAL NOTICEDirect Bookings Will Be Accepted Direct From Exhibitor* In All

Unsold State Rights Territory.

"COME THROUGH"—th« marveloua play that drew enthusiastic comment from everyNew York Critic—is still playing to capacity at the Broadway Theatre. New York, atthis writing."COME THROUGH" U the Universal Thriller Extraordinary. The suspense, surprisefeature of the season.

A Wonderful State 8 Opportunity"COME THROUGH** offers the best State R.'chts Opportunity of the •r»*on. Its recordIs unapproached by any recent Broadway offeriof. For direct bookings apply to a&vUniversal Exchange. For State Rights address STATE RIGHTS Dept. of the UNIVER-SAL FILM MANUFACTURING CO., Carl Laemmle, President, "The Largest Film Manu-facturing Concern in the Universe,'* lSSt Broadway, New York.

refurnished before switching to vaude-ville, which will resume sometime Utein Au trustThe Edmund M. Allen Film Corpor-

ation, which is presenting "The Gardenof Allah," is composed ofa group of lo-

cal theatrical men, who have boughtthe state rights for Michigan, Illinois,

Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri,Oklahoma and Texas. Allen was for-merly warden of the Illinois State peni-tentiary. Others interested are FredC. Aikin, formerly with the GeneralFilm; Harry J. Hidings, manager ofCohan's Grand and Joseph M. Harris.

DORO ASKING $3,000.

Marie Doro's services as a film star

have been ofiered to several film pro-

ducers the past fortnight at $3,000 aweek, with no takers to date.

SEUG SUED FOR $20,000.Chicago, June 27.

Joseph S. Edwards and John Rou-nian, trading as the E. & R. JungleFilm Company, began suit against Wm.N. Selig and the Selig Polyscope last

week, alleging breach of contract andasking judgment to the amount of$200,000.The plaintiffs charge a contract was

entered into in January of this year in

which the Selig interests were to usethem and their zoo in the making ofpictures for a term of five years, prom-ising to produce such picture of theiranimals, which films were to havereached the market not later than Aprillast.

It is alleged that the contract wasnot lived up to and the plaintiffs alsosay that Selig is trying to put them outof business.

Richard StantonDirector #f Features for William Fox

Coming Release t Dustin FUnder Production: Dnetin F

in "Dnrmnd el Ike led Lands,"

in Tee Scarlet PimperneL"

'Th« BMit"'H«r TmpUtlon 1

PAST RELEASES-Lo*« TkW "0»« Touca of SU"*»<! "Aloha-Oka,* footarlag Esid Marko?

(Poldwyi icturcs

[Goldwyn Pictures

for the Clean-MindedMillions

GOLDWYN PICTURESwill be seen by millions of

women and children with

enjoyment instead of shame.They are censored in advance of

production by clean-minded pro-

ducers who have never on screen

or stage catered to the lower orcheaper tastes.

They are the type of pictures that

every organization of watchfulmen and women guarding against

impurities or indecencies on the

screen can indorse without a

single reservation or exception.

They are stories of love andlaughter, of honor and refine-

ment, built to appeal to the men-tal and internal finenesses of the

wholesome American people.

Goldwyn has recognized the ne-

cessity for screen bettermentsand staked a fortune upon its

abilitv to gauge intelligently the

desires and requirements of anenormous public throughout the

world

—

the kind of a public zve

are most anxious to serve.

A0VI80RY BOARO:SAMUEL OOLDFI8H

ChairmanEDOAB BKLWYNinviN a cobuARTHUR HOI'KIN'HMARGARET MAYO1401 COOPEB MEURnKAUClililiLLD AfcLWKNCIIOBBT OAIflB1'OUTER EMERHOX

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26 MOVING PICTURESBIG JOLIVET FEATURE

With all kinds of capital available, a

deal was consummated this weekwhereby a big photoplay feature will

be made under the direction of Lewis

J. Selznick, which will have Rita Jol-

ivet as the star.

For several weeks workmen havebeen building a miniature reproduc-

tion of the ill-fated Lusitania that wasstruck by a torpedo from a Germansubmarine, and it now comes to light

it is to be used as the big scene in the

Jolivet him, when the camera will re-

produce the Lusitania disaster, withMiss Jolivet going through the terrify-

ing scene in the caincraed story.A story, with an American atmos-

phere, and American cast and put onby three directors, two of them fromAmerican film plants, under the generalsupervision of Lance Perret, will havecharge of the Jolivet feature.

The theme will revolve around a real

red-blooded romance, having the wellremembered words of Charles Froh-man that "death is a beautiful adven-ture" as groundwork for the generalidea.

Work will start at once and thelocale will cover New York views, thedeparture of the Lusitania, scenes onits deck and other compartments, thefiring of the torpedo and its death-

dealing results, with the finale windingup in France.

It will be a big patriotic story, one(hat will carry a story of dramatic in-

tensity, incidentally have many thrills

and bring about enthusiasm for

the United States colors as well as

lend further interest in the battle theAllies are making to crush Germanautocracy.The booking will be done by Selz-

nick on the special distribution plan.

Miss Jolivet is now in New Yorkready to take up immediate work. Thefeature will cost $150,000.

TANGUAY PICTURE ARRANGED.The Eva Tanguay feature picture has

been arranged for, through Lewis J.

Selznick, who will act as the distributor.

A director for the cyclonic vaudeville

star is being soughtThe picture is to be called "The Fire-

fly."

' NEW INCORPORATIONS.Public Rlffht* Film Corp.. Manhattan

Motion Pictures; 910.000: A. S. Frlen 1.

E. E. Shaver. R. A. Kohn. 455 Fifth Ave..New York.Artbur Hammerateln'B Enterprise**

Inc.. Manhattan: motion picture and the-atrical business; $20,000: A BeekmanH. Grady, A Hammerstein. 1476 Broad-way, New York.

Ideal Producing Corp* Iae* Manhat-tan, motion pictures; $25,000: A Bloom.L. U Chalms. V. Delinsky. 145 W. 45thSt.. New York.

COAST PICTURE NIW1y €HTT PRJCB.Mrs. Lev it* Fulgham (Blllle Rhodes, the

CIza htii) hzis iued for dlTjroa on tho

grounds of desertion and cruelty. Her hus-band is Guy Fulgham. A black-eye, alleged

to have been worn by the plaintiff, figures

conspicuously in the trial.

Vivian Marshall and other diving queensof the movies participated In a big carni-

val at Sea Beach.

Oscar Strand of the Strand Cafe, Venice,

subpoenaed a bunch of picture players to akangaroo court entertainment last week.

The excessive heat of the past week hasseriously affected the business at all the

picture houses.

Margery Wilson, the Triangle star, playedin opposition to herself here last week. Sheappeared In two films at different theatres at

the same time.

Mildred Harris has been signed by LoisWeber.

Mary Thurman Is getting to be a scientist

of quite some ability. She Is making astudy of nautilus shells and submarines. Sheavers the German submarine is modeled after

the nautilus and operates Just as does thelittle shell fish.

Spottiswoode Altken Is now working for

the American at Santa Barbara.

Ralph Lewis "allows" it Is no fun being avillain when the mercury registers 100.

Chris Gllmm, Garrlck manager, hassprouted out in a Palm Beach suit, whiteshoes and sport shirt since returning fromNew York. It's funny what an effect Broad-way has on westerners.

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PEARLWHITEthe star

FWt performances prove mat Pearl While in arVHie serial it the greatest summer attraction

the busines* ever (aw.

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imiFATAL RING-Releasedjulyd

Produced* by AstrdDirected by Ceo. B.Seitz.

Adapted from an original storyby "Fred Jackson.

Historywill repeatitself* in

1917infFATALMNr>

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PEARLWHITE

Rot Miller, whoa* theatre Is the H™*" 1^home of Pox features, Is one of the prominent

members of the Los Angeles Press Club.

J. Harry Clement has tak*n v*tr the C«2-

tury theatre, renaming It 'The Omar. Pic-

tures are featured, with vaudertlle acta. J.

J. Walsh, former race horse man. Is doing

the financing.

Allen Holbuar was saved from drowning

at Santa Crus the other day.

Anita Loos, who writes comedies for

Douglas Fairbanks, now has an assistant.

Her name Is Ruth Allen.

Jacques Jaccard Is putting on a new serial

for Universal.

Bessie Barrlscale Is well along In her first

picture for Paralta.

Mae Busch Is a frank little girl. She says

secrets should not be thrown In waste-paper

baskets. She burns 'em.

Lew Cody Is doing lesdlng man stunt at

Santa Barbara.

Jack Cunningham Is now occupying a desk

In the scenario department at the Culver City

Triangle studios.

William Parker has hooked up with the

Universal as writer.

Hank Mann was Initiated Into Elkdom at

an open-air barbecue and initiation.

Hampton Del Ruth Is planning innovations

In the Keystone scenario department.

Richard Stanton Is considered one of Foxhardest-working directors.

Breathless Excitement

makes a return engage-

ment attraction of

PEGGY,

The WILL0'TheWISP

in whichB. A. ROLFE

presents

Mabel

TaliaferroFive Reels of METRO

wonderplay byKatharine Kavanaugh

Directed byTod Browning

Released .po J«Iy «h

AUTHOR ANDASSOCIATE PRODUCES

OFHALF A THOUSAND

COMEDIES

HAMPTON DEL RUTHEDITOR AND PRODUCTION MANAGER

KEYSTONE STUDIOSTHIRD

SUCCESSFUL TERMWILL

EXPIRE AUa

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produced ths very first ones released by thatorganisation, "The Cos/ard" and "The Iron8traln," Is enjoying bis first vacation Id twoyears. He was to hare directed W. 8. Hart'anext picture but, baring to the '.arv

« resignd-tion from the Triangle, has been temporarilyheld up.

singing gallr, lndloahag that she had admuc-Ished herself to forget It.

Oladys Alexandria, from vaudeville, hasbeen engaged by the Life Photo Film Co.

Frank Bruner Is now publicity representa-tive for the Herbert Brenon Film Corp.

The L. J. Selznlck New York City Exchangehas started off with ten prints of the KingBee-Billy West comedies.

The Superlative Pictures Corp. has namedIts first Irving Commings feature, now Incourse of completion, "Man to Man."

The Japanese rights to "Defense or Tribute"have been disposed of to a syndicate of na-tive film magnates.

Norma Talmadge Is resting for at least twomonths and will do no picture posing for thatlength of time. „

Antonio Moreno Is at wdrk on his first pic-ture at the Pathe studio, beginning his year'scontract with Astra.

John McDermott has been selected to directDouglas Fairbanks under the supervision ofQeneral Director John Emerson.

The Klnc Bee Film Corp. has leased theUrban studio at Bayonne, N. J. The BillyWest company ia now at work there on Ussltth picture.

Killer A Wilk have sold the rights to "TheWhip" for District of Columbia, Maryland,Delaware, Virginia and North Carolina, toSidney Lust of Washington.

Charles T. Dazey Is no longer connectedwith the scenario department of the Lasky

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Co. He has moved to Santa Barbara and willwrite for the American Film Co. His sonFrank will collaborate with him.

The George Backer will commence July 1the making of a seven-reel prohibition pic-ture starring Milton Bills and Ruth Roland,with J. Herbert Frank as the featured heavyman.

Hlller A Wilk have sold six prints of"Fighting in France" to the Arc© Film Co.for California, Nevada, Utah, Washington,Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska and Kan-sas. This Is the New York World's officialFrench war film.

Love aud Lu<iaMt famish the theme forMarjorle Rambeau's sixth Mutual star pro-duction, "Mary Moreland," scheduled for re-lease July 9.

L. L. Pennybaker, formerly bookkeeper atthe New Orleans branch of Mutual, has beenappointed manager of the branch, effectiveJune 18, succeeding B. L. Rife, who resignedJune 16.

A film version of George H. Broadhurst'splay, "What Money Can't Buy," starring JackPickford and Louise Huff will be released byParamount July 16.

The Philip Goodman Company In Septemberwill bring out a new book by Arthur Hop-kins entitled "How's Tour Second Act?"

Major Funkhouser, Chicago's film censor,has asked the city prosecutor, Harry B.Miller, to file suits against three picturetheatre managers, It being alleged the man-agers have been exhibiting pictures withoutfirst obtaining permits. The men so chargedare Walter Clalbone, Verne Langford andWilliam Wolf.

B. 8. Moss Co. will start work on Its nextfilm feature, "The 81ns of the Children," atonce. It is to be a seven-reeler.

Fire broke out In the Inspection vault ofthe Art Drama Film Exchange in Chicagoon Friday last, destroying about sixty reelsand entailing a loss of $3,000. The offices ofthe exchange are on the sixth floor of theChicago Business College building at Adamsand Wabash, and the thick smoke caused arush of students and others to the fire escapes.No one was Injured.

"The Marriage Market," a Septemberphotoplay for World-Pictures Brady-Made, Isa screen version of the widely-read story,"Dandy Dick." Carlyle Blackwell, June El-vldge and Arthur Ashley are the artistswhose names are played up In the adver-tisements.

Reginald Barker, who has been continuouslyoccupied In making Triangle pictures since he

Including "A Self Made Widow," which wascompleted some weeks ago, Alice Brady hadplayed the star roles In eight World-Picturesin exactly that number of months. What wasstill more serious, she checked up her dress-makers' bills for these photodramas andstruck a grand total of $17,906. "Being apicture star comes high," said Miss Alice witha grimace. But In another minute she was

Walter Perkins, the former comedian starof My Friend from Iudia" and "The Manfrom Mexico," who has the film options on all

books and writings from the pen of Mary E.Wllkins, on Wednesday sold a script to Vita-graph that will be used for a five-part picture.The story Is the Joint work of Mrs. Wllkins(Freeman) and Florence Moore Moss Kings-ley.

David Horsley has selected the Art Dramasprogram to release his Crane Wilbur pictures,the first release being made being that of "TheEye of Envy."

Mae Murray, society dancer and screenfavorite, will be featured at The Rlalto nextweek In a modern romantic comedy called"At First Sight. " This Is a story written byOeorge Middleton and prepared for the screenas a Famous Players-Paramount production.

WILLIAM A. MOONEY and ROBERT BOLLINGPRESENT

THE MOST SENSATIONAL PHOTO DRAMA OF TODAY

WRITTEN BYJ. WALTER MEADE

PRODUCED BYFAIRMOUNT FILM CORP.

DIRECTED BYWALTER RICHARD STAHL

TRADE PAPER REVIEWS THAT TELL A BOX-OFFICE STORY

"Hate" is a worth-while propaganda film that has the ad*vantage of a strong subject, combined with judicious treat-

ment. Properly exploited, "Hate" ought to prove a monry-making success for the exhibitor. The fact that it containsnothing that could give serious offense is a good point in

aV-ACNES SMITH, THE ''MORNING TELEGRAPH."

The present agitation in police circles due to the RuthCruger case and consequent revival of the white slaverycrusade may prove of value in arousing local interest in

the feature.-G. T. P., "EXHIBITORS* TRADE REVIEW/*

An interesting picture is "Hate," and it holds its interestthroughout its more than six thousand feet. What standsout in the picture is the drama. ... A clearly told, interest-ing story.

-GEO. BLAISDELL, "MOVING PICTURE WORLD.**

The captions preach a sermon and use strong terms, butshould come in very timely at present with New York Cityall worked up and shocked beyond measure at the RuthCruger murder. The Fairmount. by shooting out this pic-ture and taking advantage of some of the editorials that havebeen printed in the New York morning and evening papers,will go hand-in-hand in making "Hate demanded in all sec-tions. Not that the cases are identical, but the theme of"parent responsibility" as advanced by Mrs. Humiston, thewoman lawyer, who found the buried body of little Ruth, iscoincidental with that propounded in the newspaper man'ssenatorial candidacy. "Hate" may not write the last wordin feature film making, but it does tell a pretty strong truththat, no matter how many times crushed to earth, shall riseagain. A lot of judicious advertising and delicate handlingof the theme in the advance notices will go a long way towardmaking money for the "Hate" exhibitors.

-MARK, "VARIETY.**

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Communicate with y ;jp ^^J j jja e\fI C #H l^rl » Special Representative

Biograph Studio, 796 East 176th Street, New York City

2S MOVING PICTURESLATEST MUTUAL NEWS.

Chicago, June 27.

The rumor in New York that Mutualwould remove its main offices to thatcity is untrue. It arose when Presi-

dent John K. Freuler looked over asuite in the World's Tower buildingas a possible location for one of thesubsidiary companies. He is an officer

in 23 such corporations.Reel Life, the Mutual Weekly, has

been discontinued for the summer, butTerry Ramsaye, its editor, remains.The publicity will be handled from thevarious Mutual studios during the

heated term.The annual election of the Mutual

Film Corp. was held on Tuesday, whenJohn R. Freuler was re-elected for -the

third time. Other officers chosen wereDr. George W. Hall, first vice-presi-

dent; Crawford Livingston, secondvice-president; Samuel M. Field, secre-

tary; S. S. Hutchinson, treasurer. All

excepting Livingston are residents of

Chicago.At the meeting it was voted to con-

tinue the policy of exploiting big stars.

Beginning in September Mutual will

release two features weekly instead of

one as at present.Regarding the judgment given this

week in New York against Mutual In

favor of the Motion Picture Board of

Trade ci America, for $1,490.83, Mr.Freuler says he will appeal it to the

*

Supreme Court, if necessary. The suit

was for the payment of dues for 1917,

but that organization was, he says, well

out of existence last year. He addsthat nobody has to sue Mutual for anymoney legitimately due. Continuing,he states that much testimony wasruled out at the trial and not properlyunderstood—that it is a test case andif Mutual must pay all members will

likewise be held up.

FRED ZWEIPBL DIVORCED.Cincinnati, June 27.

Frederick Zweifel, traveling managerfor "The Birth of a Nation," wasgranted a divorce from Gertrude Zwei-fel, whom he married in Covington,Ky., in 1913.

He says she associated with certain

actors and New York men, and noti-

fied him at the Marlborough Hotel in

1915 that she had decided to go it .

alone.Although he has not seen her since,

he says he sent her money and so didanother man. Hearing of the otheralleged gifts, Zweifel declares he re-

fused to give up any more coin.

BLACKTON LEAVES VITA.Things are happening the Vitagraph

Company and there is a likelihood tnecompany will be reorganized, with thedowntown financial interests taking amore active participation.The present method of releasing may

be abandoned and an amalgamationdistribution arrangement with anotherfilm concern may be made.

J. Stuart Blackton is to retire fromVita and has completed the formationof an independent producing organiza-tion, to make four big features a year,which will probably be released throughGoldwyn.Leon Bamberger, sales promotion

manager, has resigned.

CITY COUNCIL OBJECTS.An application of the Fox Film Cor-

poration to the City Council of Holly-wood, Cal., for an order making anindustrial district of its plant in thatcommunity, has been denied.The action was taken without preju-

dice to the company and it is hoped thefilm people and the protestants willcome to some basis of settlement.Many of the citizens of that districtthink the company should be requiredto move to some other location.

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JOHNSON JOINS SELZNIOLJulian Johnson, editor of Photoplay

Magazine, has rtgigaed from that nubr

lication to accept the position of editor-

in-chief of Selznick-Pictures. Mr.Johnson's resignation from Photoplaywill go into effect as soon as the pub-lishers engage his successor, and hewill take up his new duties immediately,probably soon after July 1.

"I have created the position of editor-

in-chief of Selznick-Pictures to makea place for Mr. Johnson in my organiza-tion. I have known him for several

years, and have watched his work withgreat interest. I believe there are fewmen who have made so serious andthorough a study of photoplays as he.

His reviews of pictures invariablystrike at the vital point, whether in

praise or blame. If that sort of brainsis of value to a magazine, it is of doublevalue to a producer."

MRS. SANGER WINS AGAIN.Chicago, June 27.

Margaret Sanger's "Birth Control"film won out in Judge Joseph David'scourt on Monday, the picture's ownersbeing granted a writ of mandamus com-pelling the city officials to issue apermit for exhibition.The city film censorship, which is

under the control of Major Funk-houser, made a motion for a new trial

which was denied.The writ was granted after the jury

in the case attended a private exhibitionand they failed to find any immoralityin the film.

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FILM REVIEWS 29

A STRANGE TRANSGRESSOR,L61» Montrow Lewis* GlaumJobs. Hftiaptsn .

.

,. 4*-4,* * *$.• Btrnoy Bbt^TjIrwin Hampton Colin ChasePaula Chester Dorcas MatthewsDarld M*T OlraclBrother Buloflan J. Prank BurkeHart Chester William H. Bray

It's a Triangle, with Louise Glaum featured.

John Lynch Is credited with the original

story and J. O. Hawks the ploturisatlon.

Reginald Barker did the directing. Since

time immeorlal the writers of fiction and

romance hare woven a story about the womanwho would sell her soul In order that she andher child would not die of starvation and ex-posure. In "A Strange Transgressor" thefilm folks will find Louise Glaum playing therole of a woman who finds herself and son,David, dependent on the mother's wits. 80she up and accepts the favors of a rich sur-geon who gives her a palatial home and all

the attendant luxuries of life. The womanplaces her boy in a Catholic Institutionwhither she goes regularly on visiting daysto -see her boy and bestow true motherly loveon him, Meanwhile the surgeon marries thevery girl who was supposed to be set for thesurgeon's son. Then the woman, cast asideby the famous doctor, plans revenge by try-ing to have the son wed her. Owing to hisdrunken condition the presiding officer of thechurch refuses to go on with the ceremony.Too drunk to realise there has been no cere-mony the boy agrees to take Lola home andintroduce her to the family as his wife. In apretty, well-staged scene one sees an elec-trical and rain storm rage as Lola's boy Ina fever passes his sleeping guard and rushesout Into the elements, cllmblnr a wall butonly to fall back with a badly Injured bead.Only an operation can save the lad. To makea long story short, the celebrated surgeon,Hampton, finally consents to perform theoperation, and In gratitude Lola tells him thatshe Is not married to his son. Of course Docagrees to take care of Lola and her boy thelatter being saved by the wonderful surgicalskill of Hampton, senior. There is one thingstriking and visibly apparent In this Tri-angle production, the complete scenic set-tings, the properties and embellishments ofall the "interiors." particularly those of thetwo homes of the doctor and his mistress,being handsome and complete. The staringin these sections showed a master hand and astickler for adequate stage setting*. Thefeature Is not extraordinary In constructionbut it has some interesting connections, andfor the most part Is excellently acted. MissGlaum works hard all the way and is es-pecially effective In her emotional scenes withher boy. Just another argument that the"way of the transgressor Is hard." Accept-able as a feature. Mark.

I BELIEVE.Stephen Ferrler Milton RosmerThe Rev. John Ferrler Charles RockBlaine Perrler Barbara EverestJim Walton Hubert Willis"Scrubby" Walton Frank StanmoreJ. W. Harden Kenelm FoesThe Hon. Hubert Lynn Hayford HobbeGuy Tarleton Bertram BinglelghThos. Henry Gedge Edward O'Neill"Juicy Joe" Lewis GilbertLucy Edna FlugrathA Woman Minna GreyCora Fltzmaurlce Janet RossMrs. Jim Walton Louise ManningDr. Carlton Philip HewlandA Roue Arthur WalcottA Wanton Dorothy TreeA Fool James ReardonGeorge Loane Tucker's seven -reel feature

was shown In New York for the first timelast week. The picture is , one that was pro-duced In England and the story deals en-tirely with conditions In the slums of London.It Is replete with gruesome incidents, deaths,murders, seductions, etc., and then at thefinish there Is an effort to take away the nat-ural depression that the picture would causeto come over an audience by making It alla dream. As the principals of his theme Mr.Tucker takes an aged scientist who believesthat there is no God and sets against him ayoung mission worker, who Is the adoptedson of a preacher. The scientist is the leaderof one cult In the slums, while the boy isconducting a mission. There Is a clash ofthe two factions In which the young man Isinjured, but he saves the scientist from Injuryand goes to his house for treatment by aphysician. While there the scientist declareshe Is working on a formula that will pro-duce life, but as he Is working over It, thereis an .explosion. Later one realizes that It

is from this point on that the dream takesplace In the mind of the scientist, who isknocked unconscious as is also the young mis-sionary. The scientist dreams that the boyhas been killed by the explosion, but thathe himself is unhurt, and then to test hisformula he brings the missionary back toMfe, but instead of the good-hearted, kindlylad he develops Into a creature without asoul, hard and wicked, whe would halt atnothing to graltfy his personal desires. Therevelations of what ens without a soul mightaccomplish are terrifying to the scientist, andfinally when he does come to realize that it

was all the work of his Imagination, he de-cides there Is a God after all, and says "IBelieve." The picture Is rather drawn out,but It will hold the Interest. The photographyand detail are splendid and the acting es-pecially good.

A DOG CATCHER'S LOVE.Dog. Catcher ,..~81tm SommervllleDog Fancier Glen CaveoderThe Girl Peggy PearosHer Sweetheart Hal CooleyGirl's banker father Jack HendersonCameraman Harry BreenThe dog..... Keystone Teddy"A Dog Catcher's Lore" Is a two-part Tri-

angle-Keystone comedy, bearing the MackSennett label. There Is not much sense tothe doggoned thing, yet it serves to put theKeystone funmakers through some roughstunts that Include some lively work on thewater, with a real battleship, submarine andguns in action, helping out the comedy. Thereis a lot of action in this Sennett photoplay

and has some amusingly grotesque situationsthat are surefire. Some Ingeniously devisedcomedy "bits*" are capitally worked uy. andthe subject as a whole comes up te the Ben-nett standard. All the players work theirheads off, and some genuine daredevilitry Is

oameraed In order to get the laughs. Thework of Keystone Teddy, the dog. Is wonder-fully interesting, and this canine performerdoes many things better than some human be-ings. There are some real thrills In thisfilm and some ludicrous climaxes that willno doubt make "A Dog Catcher's Love" fill Inan acceptable niche on any exhibitor's pro-gram. There are any number of big laugh-extracting scenes In this Mack Sennett funproduction which shows quite an expenditureof money. The men playing the dog oatcher

and the dog fancier are called upon to per-form some hasardous feats. The feature Isworth booking. Mark

GRIFFITH GETS NAZIMOVA.Private advices from England are

to the effect that David W. Griffith

will shortly return to America and im-

mediately begin the production of a

series of features to be released via

Artcraft, the first of which will be apowerful war drama in which he willstar Nazimova.

^mo^ytd^m^^announces that

George Loane TuckerInvites offers for

The United States and Canadaor any part thereof

FOR HIS

MOST UNUSUAL PHOTODRAMA

Produced under the direction of

George Loane TuckerTHE CONSENSUS OF OPINION AT THETRADE SHOWING AT THE RIALTOTHEATRE ON THURSDAY WAS:

"A TREMENDOUS STORY""A MARVELOUS THOUGHT'"A WONDERFUL MORAL""AN EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTION OFA GIGANTIC SUBJECT"

THIS IS A PICTURE ABSOLUTELY OUT OFTHE ORDINARY AND A

SURE BOX OFFICE ATTRACTION

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THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED.Marlou Feruley Marj PullerJcha lilac}/ Chnrl»* RlchmanRobert MerriU Chester BarnettBill Qanrln, politician Joe SmileyDavid Hlgglos, Farmer Russell BassettFor timeliness, nothing could possibly be

more up-to-the minute then "The Public BeDamned," a flve-part melodrama, writtenaround the present agitation over the highcost of food. The picture has a leader con-taining the personul endorsement of the produc-tion by Herbert Hoover, the United StatesFood Administrator, who declares It is especi-

ally timely and should arouse the public to areal Itat Ion that something must be done tostop tbo depredations of the food baronswhom, he charges, are robbing the public of

millions of dollars every day. The basic plot

Is Marion Fernley, a country girl, loved bytwo men—John Black, a produce dealer, andRobert Merrltt. a student in an agriculturalcollege. The merchant Is rich and the studentIs poor. As In all first-class dramas, she ac-cepts the poor man. The produce dealer goesto New York and becomes head of the FoodTrust and the girl and her husband settle

down on a farm up-state. The agriculturalstudent raises a fine crop, but cannot find amarket for it, owing to the absolute controlof all food channels by the truBt. The youngfarmer organltes the neighbors Into an or-ganisation to fight the trust and then followsa series of absorbingly interesting episodesshowing the machinations of the trust, theirmethods of stifling competition, their controlof legislation and the ultimate winning overof the food baron through his love for thewoman and his realisation of his Iniquitousmethods of doing business. It Is the kind of

a picture that cannot fail to interest andahould be a big draw for any exhibitor whois progressive enough to grasp the possibilities

for exploiting It as a sensational feature. It

certainly strikes home much more forciblyth.'tn the European war thousands of milesaway across the water. To Mary Fuller, asthe young wife, should go the stellar honors.She contributes a fine character drawing of asincere thoughtful woman, not a pretty doll-

faced thing, obsessed with her otd affairs,

but one who is laboring for the general good.Charles Rlchman, as the food baron, is strongand virile, and Chester Barnett as the younghusband Is exceptionally natural and devoidof all theatrical Ism. In fact, all the type se-

lections were Intelligently made. A numberof big scenes were well bandied and the di-

rection throughout indicates thoughtful care.The cameraman has contributed some goodwork, especially some very effective nightscenes. "The Public Be Damned" could havestood a little more elaboration, and with theendorsement of the Food Administrator, be

JACK

CUNNINGHAMScenario Editor

Universal City

FILM REVIEWS

HARRYMcCOY

(4 Years with Msck Sennett)

Starring in Keystone Comedies

Directing Himself

THE GREATEST POWER.Miriam Monroe Ethel BarrymereJohn Corirad William B. DavidsonAlbert Bernard Harry S. NorthrupRandolph Monroe Frank CurrierBradford Duncan William BlackEric Johansen Ceell OwenProf. Poole Fred TruesdellMajor Foster Redfleld ClarkWilliams Rudolph de CordovaCapt. Herbert W. M. Armstrong

A Rolfe (Metro) feature, with Ethel Barry-more the centre of It. The picture was aimedto be timely about this time, although atrifle late, as the film's story hinges uponthe declaration of war between U. S. and Ger-many. It deals with a high and new ex-

plosive fovod by John Gotoimd, a chemist,

who has the assistance of Miss Barrymore asMiriam Monroe. There la some diplomatic

tntrlctze, lha secret service and a natoralUedGerman attempting to secure the formula of

the explosive for Germany* one scene pur-porting to show the effect of the explosion

through the destruction of a specially built

village. The scene looked very flimsy fromevery angle. There la but little action, andthis toward the finish, with the conventionalfight and ballroom scene, the finale bringingabout the arrest of the conspirators and thelove making of the two principals, Miriamand Monroe. Edwin Carewe directed thescenario by Albert Shelby from a story byLouis R. Wolhelm. The war theme Is cer-tain to hold some attention, but as a featurefilm "The Greatest Power" (the title meaning,

from the story that tke greatest power for

peace Is war) most solely depend upon the

name and person of Ethel Barrymore- te

draw. Bim °-

BRYAN DIRECTING DRESSLER.

Vincent Bryan, the author, has re-

turned to New York from the Pacific

Coast, where he has been for some

months and will direct Marie Dressier

in a series of two-reel comedies, for

which Mr. Bryan will furnish the

scenarios.

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Here is the biggest and quickest

Playing all this week as the feature attrac«

Throughout the country—the world in fact—the people—rich and poor—cry, "Give us

food—lest we perish."

Our nation is at war. Our Allies look to us for FOOD. The struggle of the Ages

will be won or lost on the American Farms.

Meanwhile the American people bend to the soil. The earth God bequeathed gives

forth its fruit. But still the cry—"Food, give us Food."

And far across the waters of the earth from distant shores, the echo reverberates,

"Food, give us Food, lest we no longer have strength to withstand our enemies."

The Motion Picture—the powerful sun-light

and the causes.

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THE PUBLICIn five tremendous parts—

HAROLD EDELManaging Director of the Strand Theatre, N. Y., saw the first thousand feet of this

picture and exclaimed: "Itfs a knockout. I'll play it all next week as the feature."

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FILM REVIEWSTHE BRAND OF SATAN.

ChristineJacques CordetFrancois vUMerJacques DespardManuel Le Qrange.

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• •••••••••a .Oerda HolmesMontaug Love

,,«,... Nat Orose.J. Herbert Frank

Albert HartBTvelyn GTreeleyBmlle Le Croix

Katberlne JohnstonThere may be a diversity of opinion regard-

ing the Peerless (World) photoplay produc-tion, "The Brand of Satan," but on one pointthere can be no two ways—It Is a "tripping"melodrama, gripping In the mstter of Inten-sity of plot and gripping In Its unfoldingthrough being a tale of the stranglers of Paris.Practically everything worth while In the

way of a melodramatlo situation Is hashedup and vlrllely visualised by an aggregationof screen talent that would be difficult to Im-prove upon. There is Montagu Love enact-ing c dual personality ro4e—that of procozut-Ing attorney and leader of the Apache band.He goes the "Jekyll and Hyde" tale one bet-

ter; there Is Oerda Holmes, who plays a younggirl, ravished In the first reel, the remainderof the picture showing her thirty years laterwith a grown son, the result of the terriblecrime. There Is J. Herbert Frank, always apainstaking character delineator, In the roleof a student and afterward as a famous sur-geon. One might go right through the entirecast and give Individual pralne for worthyeffort. It would not do to analyse the plotin detail, but taking It as a whole, with the

good direction and photography, It will un-doubtedly prove a good program feature. Storyby Jere F. Loooey, directed by GeorgeArchalnbaud, photography by Philip Hatkin.

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State Rights cl gan-up in film history

Hon at the Strand Theatre, New York City

Why is this so?

There is food aplenty—but the FOOD TRUST—the most criminal combination in

America's business history—is grinding the masses in its insatiable desire for

PROFITS.

Herbert Hoover, food administrator of the U. S. A., and chairman of the

for Relief in Belgium, publicly assailed the FOOD TRUST before the U. S. Senate

last week, stating: "In the last five months $250,000,000 has been extracted fromthe American consumer in excess of normal profits of manufacturers and distributers."

drama—has exposed the Food speculators

The Picture is

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Directed by S. E. V. TAYLOR

"THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED" will be sold on the State Right* plan. Don't write—call in person or telephone to the

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THE CLODHOPPER.verett Nelson Charles RajMary Martin Margery WUaoalaaae Nelson Charles FrenchMrs. Neiso'u .*." ". .'..'.'.

. L.y<na KnottKarl Sellgman Thomas Quia*

"The Clodnopper" Is a Trlaugle feature,with Charles Key featured, that Is worththree times the amount ol money the ex-hibitors will pay lor It. Its by Mouto M.Katurjohn, directed by Victor Buberulnger,supervised by Thomas H. Ince and bears theKay-iiee trademark. It Is one of the beatAims produced in many a day, and the storyIs Al. "The Clodhopper" shows Charlea Kayat bis best, and la this feature aloue estab-lishes hliuaelf as a real, houeet-to-Heevea filmactor, who at no time shows any tendeucy tooverplay, aud withal makes a lovable andlikable character out of the young countryboy. The picture is splendidly oast and eachmember of the leading company enaota hierole with unusual erealt. Uf the supportingmembers perhaps the most attention la be-stowed upon Lydia Knott as the mother ofthe clodhopper. She la the sweeteet UingImaginable aa the eelf-eaertaoing, whole-heatred mother—makes the type so naturallynatural that her motherly scenes with Kaygive acme hearty tugs at the beartairlnge,One can't help but admire Mies Knott'scapable and capital interpretation of the roleof Mrs. Nelson. Then there is oompeteatphotoplay acting by Charlea French aa IkeNeleoa, the money-saving, hard-hearted, miser-ly old Kube town banker and farmer, whodenies his wife and boy good tiines.olo thee andthe luxuriee of farm life that rich tillers ofthe soil enjoy nowadays. And Margery Wilsonwas sweetly demurs and charmingly Im-pressive as the country sweetheart of BverettNelson, so excellently played by Hay. AndOuiss as asligmaa, the stags producsr, answershis role in every particular. So all told thecast,is out there in front of the camera put-ting over a olean, wholesome and homespunstory that has comedy, pathos and a bit ofromance that adds a touch of nature that en-hances the feature la mors ways than one.Kattsrjoha has woven a natural story andScheruinger has dons wsll his part in thestaging. The Fourth of July oolosratloa whoaRay rides the "uarldable mule," the stagingof the "Clodhopper Glide" and the run onthe bank measured up to all expectations andrun as true to conditions as the film fanoould wlah for nowadays jrhen oompetitloa laso keen among ths feature producers. Watch-ing the country boy hugging bis mothsr whomaha makes him boundlessly happr w!'.i thenew suit bought with money she secretlyearned by making carpet rugs unknown toanybody sands a lump Into ths throat of any-one who has lived la a small town or In thecountry prior to bitting the big city life,

Ray and Miss Knott makes all those sconce ofmother and son affection as lifelike as oooldbe desired. The photography Is clear and dis-tinct and all of the "exteriors" which la the

-tnajortty are laid amid ths environment thata picture of this typo calls for. "The Clod-hopper" will please any audience, and aayonefalling to obtala entertainment from this fea-ture should consult a doctor; there'sthins wrong- with bis Innards.

THE SIREN.Vivian Courtney, known as Cherry Mil-

lard Valeaka iurattDerrick McClade Clifford BruosBurt Hull Robert ClugstoaThs Stranger Curtis BentonRoss Langdon Isabel RonArmnnd Armand KallasOld Langdon Ceaars OraviaaCherry's Maid Rica SoottThe Fox Film Corporation folks bavs man-

aged, la "The Siren," to finally put ValeakaBuratt back onoe more la the styls of rolefor which shs Is boot fitted—an out and outvampire. Having sent one man to jailthrough her Infidelity, sbs goes west and bo-oomes an habitue of a rough dance ball.Learning that a young prospector has fallenheir to a large fortune shs frsmee up tomarry him, and almoet succeeds. Absolutelynothing Is too vamplrlsh for her to over-look, with the Inevitable finish of all suchpeople—In plcturee anyway—that ehe "paysthe penalty" with her life. Miss Surstt's Im-personation of a drink-soaked dance hallwoman Is an eiceptlonally fine piece of char-acterisation, probably second only to similarcharacter portrayals eesayed by Oladys Brock-well. A hellish scene between theee two In aqua r re' over the attentions of a man would beworth going soms distance to witness. A com-petent oast and able stage direction, aug-mented by effective Illustrated titles, manyof them projected right Into the sceneethrough double eipoeure, all contribute tomake a good program feature. Jolo.

OPPOSED TO M. P. E. LChicago, June 27.

A group of picture theatre managersled by H. Schocnstadt have started aprotective organization which they callthe Motion Picture Owners' Associa-tion.

It is of limited membership and con-sists of those owners who are dissatis-fied with the Motion Picture ExhibitorsLeague. The new association hasopened offices in the North AmericanBuilding.

VARIETY

ACROBATIC DANCER WANTED—Young girl

not over 5 iu tsil for vaudeville act. James,Variety, New York.

ALLEN SPENCER TENNEY write* the rightac it, sketcbes, monologues. Don't with for *good ecu Let him write you one. Correspond-ence solicited. WJ Broadway, New York.AMnJUCAN VLLVE1' DstorBt Velvet, Veiour,

Flusu; rainica Drops ana oecuery ot nil kinds.L. A. fnee, «u7 Gaiety Tncauc Blag., New York,Bryant freu.

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from Uroauway production, nt *1XWU each.Box 17, Variety, New Yonk.

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pence t orucr, IVlo mooei; muet sell nt once.canton Burt, Variety, New York.

CHARLES HORW1TZ writes the moat sue-ccaaiui sketches, monologues, lynca, etc Rec-ord provea iu Order your new material now.Some great manueenpta oa hand. Room eUe,

Columbia Theatre Blag., New York.

LADY PIANO ACCOMPANIST and n char-acter aoubrctte at liberty. Will work in orarouad New fcork. Veen Bengnre, 611 W. Uothbu, ftcw Xork, Apu 1, gnone Audubon 4uA.

OFFICE FURNITURE—In very good condi-tion; can be had reasonable; all oak. Only beenuscu a abort wnile. IJuicJt Buyer, Variety, NewYork.

PIANIST—IF.ADER—open for good preposi-tion: will go eaywaere. Good ooiotat and ac-companist. Morria Beer, 41 W. «Jrd be. NewYork.

SOUBRETTE, juat closed with burlesque,wisnes to join partner in veudevilk uct^-st

mer engagement. Good singer andEthel Cray, Variety, Mew York.

TO SUBLET-7-ROOM APARTMENT (UN-FURNlbUhDJ FOR THREE MONTHS, FROMJULY 1ST, LONGER LEASE IF DESIRED.ELEGANT LOCATION. NEAR RIVERSIDEDRIVE. SUBLET AT A GREAT SACRD/1CE.MAKUUIS, Mi FORT WASHINGTON A*'fc..

1771a ST. (BROADWAY SUBWAY OR CAR),NEW YORE.UPRIGHT MAHOGANY piano for sale, party

leaving town, will sell st a eacriboc. Burton.Variety, New York.

"WANTED—A GENTLEMAN'S WARDROBETRUNK; MUST BE IN GOOD CONDITIONAND REASONABLE: U1MED1ATELY.TRUNK, VARIETY, NEW YORE.WANTED—A maie or female partner, must be

a good performer, with a good voice. Partner,Variety, New York.

WANTED—CIRL-Good fancy dancer, cart-wheels, for standard vaudeville net. Bookedsolid. Good salary, wardrobe furnished. Writestating height and weight. Miss J. Yorkly,Variety, New York.

ChorusMuscialGrove,

WANTED—To buy several acts, usedCostumes, suitable for Burlesque orComedy. Write P. O. Box 17L CedarN. J.

WANTED—TWO GOOD ECCENTRIC COME-D1ANS TO PLAY PARTS. 40 WEEKS GUAR-ANTEED. CAN ALSO USE CHORUS GIRLS.SOUBRETTES AND STRAIGHT MEN AT ALLTIMES. THOR, 315 PUTNAM BLDG.. NEWYORK.YOUNG LADY wanted as partner in vaude-

ville act, must have good voice and he goodperformer. Carson, Variety, New York.

YOUNG LADY-THOROUGHLY EXPERI-ENCED IN VAUDEVILLE BOOKING OFFICE.CAN TAKE CHARGE OF OPFICE AND BOOKACTS WISHES POSITION. ALSO STEN-OGRAPHER. MISS £. J., CARE VARIETY.NEW YORK.YOUNG LADY-PIANIST WISHES ENGAGE".MENT FOR SUMMER: CAN PLAY FOR PIC-TURES OR JOIN ORCHESTRA. MISS E. M..VARIETY, NEW YORK.

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CHICAGOVARIETY'S CHICAGO OFFICE, MaJMtle TWtr« BMg.

Norman Klsslck of the A. B. C. has returnedafter a month's trip In the west.

Suit against Alfred Hamburger was begunlastweek by the Chicago "Dally News" for$4,000 for advertising.

Betty M. Frank has left the western "FourHusbands" act to Join John B. Hymer'a sum-mer stock at Showhegan, Me.

Fred Acker-man, treasurer to the Majestic,Is spending his vacation at his home In Ran-dolph, 8. D.

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CORRESPONDENCEUnless otherwise noted, the following reports are for the current week.

YOUNG LADY-Wlshes partner, gooddlan: must be able to harmonise. Have goodvaudeville act. JL GL. Variety, New York.

Acts

Ml Strand Theatre Bldg.Breedwey end 47th St.

Openings arranged,acta can get snick action,

"Queenle," the "high school" horse need byLa Rose Marguerite, In the Hagenback-Wal-lace shows, died of pneumonia about ten days

The Lleb-Hanis Stock company, playing withsuccess st the Wilson Ave. theatre, msy taketo the road after the local engagement, whlohende In August at which time vaudsvUls willbe resumed.

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Action against Norman Frlendenwald wasbegun at Lexington, Ky. hy five membersof nil act, "The Honolulu Girl," the plaintiffsalleging tbat be did not provide railroad faresfor tbem back to Cblcago after tbe act closed.Those mentioned In the suit are Joyce Adair,Belle Martes. Ruth Wolf, Gladys Vernon andMargaret Wolf.

The Olympic closes Its season Saturday,with the departure of "The Bird of Para-dise," and will remain dark for at least sevenweeks. A new flint tile floor will supplantthe present one stretcDlng along tbe longlobby, and there are to be new decorationsto the interior of tbe house. The contractfor the work amounts to about $10,000.

CORT (U. J. Herman, mgr.).—"SevenChances," with Frank Craven and Carrol Mc-Comas featured (6th week).COLONIAL (Norman Fields, mgr.).—"Re-

demption" (Evelyn Nesblt film), opened Sun-day.GTARRICK (Sam Gereon, mgr.).—"The

Pawn," with Keenan (5th week), second weekIn this house.HAYMARKET (Art H. Moeller. mgr.).—ILLINOIS (R. Tlmpcni, mgr.).—"Dew Drop

Inn" (2d week), looks like a success.IMPERIAL (Will Spink, rogT.).—OLYMPIC (George Warren, mgr.).—"The

It develops that the Ashing party consistingof Ernie Young, Lou Houseman, Frank Clarkand Billy Halligan, who, two weeks ago, wentto the Ozarks in quest of the finny tribe,really bunted for flsh and didn't flsh for 'em.They took along two rifles with which theywere to shoot the flnhes Instead of playingwith 'ein after they had been hooked. Some-one had an Idea there was muskelonge In theWhite River, which It seems wasn't white, butvery muddy, due to floods. Anyhow, theparty said there wasn't any flsh and that It

cost $85.40 per pound, on the net catch. Oneof the quartet said he couldn't even buy anyflsh.

Cal Giiffls, head of the Orpheum's Chicagooffice, departed on a vacation motor Saturday,accompanied by his wife. They expect totravel through three states—Wisconsin, Min-nesota and South Dakota, camping on theroadside at night. The trip Is about 1,500miles.

A. Interests. The men occupy part of theInterstate suite and are associated with thefirm of Rapp and Rapp of Chicago and a'Frisco firm of theatrical architects.

Dick Hoffman has taken over Ray Whit-field's book on the Interstate time. It wasfirst thought that when tbe latter enlistedthat the bouses on bis book would be assignedto tbe various bookers on the Associationfloor. It was decided to turn them all over toHoffman.

Before Judge Richardson last week, Judg-ment for $1,348 was obtained against tbeLa Salle Opera Co. by the Goes LithographCo. The defendant company Is the old operat-ing company, said to have been headed byHarry Askln and has nothing to do with thepresent management.

A corps of architects are at work on theplans for the new vaudeville house at Stateand Lake streets, to be built by the W. V. M.

Vaudeville woodchoppera would have beenInterested In the gathering here last week ofthe Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternalorder which displayed a varied assortment ofuniforms and drilled all over Grant Park,sporting axes on their shoulders, however,and not guns.

The legal battle for possession of the kanga-roo u«ed by the Gordon brothers was sup-posed to have reached a final stage early thisweek. Frank Gordon (apparently a thirdbrother), who claims the trained animal,reached Milwaukee last week and Immediatelygarntsheed the salary of the act. But forsome reason It didn't take, the house managersaying that he thought It was a Joke. Thecase was further messed up when one of thebrothers In the act claimed that he had bor-rowed money from his wife, giving her notesfor same and that now she has levied on theanimal, claiming It belongs to her. It seemsthere are two kangaroos, one being sick at aveterinary hospital and the other being, fora time, In tbe soo In Lincoln Park.

AUDITORIUM.—Dark.COHAN'S GRAND (Harry J. Ridings, mgr.).

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WILSON AVE.—Lleb-Harria players (stock)"Potash and Perlmutter."ORCHESTRA HALL.—"The Tanks at the

Battle of Ancre" (film).MAJESTIC (Fred C. Eberta, mgr. ; agent,

Orpheum—Rehearsal 0.30).—The show wasnot burdened with class this week. In factIt was a light entertainment, a summer showso to speak. Monday night's house was notinclined to be exacting, however, and thoughthere were no wild outbursts of applause, sev-eral offerings came near to a hit. Six of thenine acts held singing or music, which wrbperhaps why the proceedings were kept fromdragging. It wbb a short show at that, thecurtain ringing up at 8.20 and descending at10.30. Belle Story wan the headlines Shewas next to closing at the matinee, but wasmoved down to number six at night, the laterBpot being too difficult for her, especially sinceshe had been compelled to follow a deal ofvocal efforts. And yet in the earlier positionthe supple songstress did not provoke any-thing flattering In the way of returns. It wasnot until she displayed her flute-like notesthat the house really paid attention. Thatwas during her third number, which was fol-

lowed by an encore. The show was startedoff very cleverly by the Chinese couple, DongFong Que and Harry Haw, who when theygot down to dancing won big returns. Theirsis a novelty, and would have fitted better fur-ther down on the bill, but there probably wasno place for It. The Three Vagrants, withaccordion, clarionet and guitar followed, andthey went off strongly. Eddie Carr and Co.with the farce. "The Office Boy." was t

v,.ril.

and fared equally as well. There is a freeamount of "hokum" to the act, but it wonhearty laughter, and that was the desired end.Carr's fresh style was responsible, but he hadvaluable support from Walter F. Kelly as thestraight man and Laura Lawrence as thestenographer. Artie Mehllnger popped up In

fourth position, giving four songs and leav-ing the bouse wishing more. Best liked were"A Girl from Dixieland" and "Omar Khay-

yam," the latter used for a finish. RosalindCoghlan, with a company of four, presented"Our Little Bride," written by George Bloom-quest and staged by Richard Pitman. It Is afarcial affair but rather tame and was savedby the fair speed attained. As it was therewas not a heap of margin in It filling its

allotted spot (fifth). "A Night In theTrenches," billed as a spectacular comedynovelty, is really more of a travesty. Therewere six persons concerned, Including theBachelor Trio (Bob Temple, who presents theact. Bill Richards and Fred Ilaye) whichrendered several numbers. The comedy is

handled by Billy Morse, who is featured, andEddie Blgelow, both being In blackface. Morseprovided a number of laughs,' but Bomehowthe turn seemed lacking of a punch. It maybe that now that America bad started send-ing her men to the front, a travesty on trenchexistence may not hold the appeal it may havebefore the country actually entered hostili-ties. Yet the turn is neat enough and couldnot possibly offend. Harry and Anna Seymourswitched places with Miss Story, and in nextto closing did very well Indeed. Anna flasheda brand of comedy that caught on and in ad-dition she looks good. Her imitation of EddieFoy seemed to tickle the house most. EarlBeeman and Claude Anderson, roller skaters,closed the show, without starting anything,but almoet most of the house stayed.

GREAT NORTHERN HIPPODROME (AndyTalbot, mgr.; agent, W. V. M. A.).—The dayshift for the first bah ., the week proved anexcellent pop entertainment, and seemed tohave an edge on the bills there for the pastfew weeks. Late Monday afternoon everyact won something, and that doesn't alwayshappen at the Hipp. Grant Gardner aboutcopped the show's honors, on next to closing.Right now there are not so many blackfacesingles as there used to be, and it seems asif they are more welcome than ever. Gardnermade them laugh and then for encores, regaledthe house with cornet playing and then the

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girls, did nicely with songs and music, own-ing In one and closing there with cornets.Helen Plngree & Co. presented the comedy,"Bullowa's Birthday," winning a fair amountof laughs, and was liked before of its speedand farclal trend. Largay and Snee withtheir eklt, "R. F. D. Number 0," which theygave at McVlcker's Just a month ago, ap-

peared on fourth, getting fair returns. Wol-Ktihi and Girlie gave the show a fine start.It 1b one of the best "teeth grip" acrobaticacts on pop time.McVICKER'S (J. Burch, mgr. ; agent, Loow-

Doyle).—Two single women featured the show,they being Llane Carrera and Marcella John-son. Both used young men assistants; who

were denied the dignity of billing, yet bothdeserved It. In the oase of Miss Carrera herassistant was really a partner, singing asmuch as she, and Indeed getting the betterreturns. This is the first week In pop timefor the daughter of the once dazzling andpetted Anna Held, and she did rather well.

Both Minn Carrera and the man sang num-bers singly, he being on while Llane changedcostumes, all of which allowed a good viewfrom the knee down, and they only Joined In

the patriotic finale, "Out There." There waaanother patriotic number, it being "Joan ofArc" (sung by the man). Miss Carrara,

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her mother singing "I Have Lots of OtherPretty Things Besides My Eyes," but aotwith the spice as onoe infused In It by Anna.Miss Johnson Is said to be a find of PrankQ. Doyle's. She possesses a good sopranovoice, looks well, and though she developednothing brilliant, was quite well liked. Thehit of the early show on Monday went to

Knlgbt and Carlyle, who were on next toclosing. Theirs is a routine of talk andsongs with both displacing good voices.

Hyatt and Gear, a two men comedy turn,also came In for large applause. It seemedas if they sang bits or mentioned the titles

of a hundred songs, In two different medleys,but the bouse "ate It up" In spite of thelength of the numbers. The "Society DivingBeauties," consisting of five damsels and amale announcer, was just a regulation aquaticact, without a novelty. Therefore outside ofthe appearance of the girls In skin-tightbathing suits, It held little Interest. Tozart,a fast working painter In oils (or water-colors), did surprisingly well. The manentered as a burglar and turned Into artist.

Merkert and Bondhill got something after aweak start. D'Armo and Margerlte enter-tained with Juggling, the woman of the turnattempting some of the simpler stunts. Theshow was a ratner goou one Oui iaeked com-edy. Also on the bill were the Three Rozellosand Matilda and Capon.

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ORPHEUM (Fred Henderson, gen. rep.;agent, direct).—The main Interest In thisweek's bill was centered in the vaudeville ap-pearance here of Margaret Anglln, wbo re-ceived a tremendous reception, and in thepresentation of "The Wager," a dramatic play-let by Andre de Lorde, scored substantially.The advance billing had Miss Anglin as "per-sonally presented by Martin Beck." Thissketch camo originally from the GrandGulgnol, Paris, where it was entitled "Le RatMort." Senor Westony gave an able demon-stration of his musical skill, and was ap-plauded. Asahi and his Jap troupe held closeattention with their feats of legerdemain, anddid nicely In the closing spot. Lavelle andLavelle, singers, who are using the screen Ideawith the words of the choruses of patrioticfjoiiftS flu.-v'ucd on It M the audience may Joinin ala, Claudius and Scarlet were well re-ceived In the opening position. Of the "re-

peaters," Miss Norton and Paul Nicholson In"A Dramatic Cartoon," Jack Clifford andMiriam Wills In "At Jaspar Junction," andVera Berliner, violin virtuoso, were againsuccessful in* their efforts to entertain. Jes-sie Busley and Co., also of the "holdovers,"did nicely.

PANTAGES (J. J. Cluxton, mgr. ; agent,direct).—Tamee Kajlyama, the hand andfoot writing expert, received big applause."The Beauty Orchard," the "girl act" on thebill, proved pleasingly diverting. Minnie Allendid passably well. Ryan and Rltcnfleld offered"Mag Haggerty's Reception," and from thestart had the laughs coming their way, theresult being a laughing success. Olson andJohnson offered a vaudeville mixture alacabaret and got along entertainingly. ThePedcrsen Brothers, drawing the open spot,gave a fast start to the show, and held In-terest right up to their closing trick.

HIPPODROME.—Coscia and Verdi, applausehit. Smillette Sisters, opened nicely. LucyGillette Co. registered in closing spot. Keeneand Foxworth, passed. Bill Mann, well re-ceived. Etude Sextette, scored.

CORT (Homer F. Curran, mgr.).—"Flora-bclla." first week, drawing fairly well.COLUMBIA (Gottlob & Marx, mgrs.).—"The

New York Idea," with Henry Miller and RuthChatterton, In second week stock presentationof this play, drawing well.

ALCAZAR (Belasco A Mayer, mgrs.).—TheRichard Bennett stock, fourth week, holdingup appreciable Interest

CASINO (Robert Drady, mgr.; agent, Ack-ermah & Harris and W. V. M. A.).—Vaude-ville.

WIGWAM (Jos. F. Bauer, mgr.).—DelLawrence stock (11th week).PRINCESS (Bert Levey, lessee and mgr.;

agent, Bert Levey).—Vaudeville.SAVOY (Laurl & Sheehan, mgrs.).—Dark.CASINO.—John and Nellie Olms opened with

magic, faring exceptionally well in that posi-tion. Their talk Is dreadfully poor and lessof it would ensure them a better standing.Keough Sisters followed with a poorly rou-tined turn, further injured by neither posses-sing any marked ability that warrants themplaying even in the smaller bouses. WilliamMorrow and Co. (the company a woman as-sistant) gained some good laughing results,although the skit might be speeded up. IvesFarnsworth and Weaver were the big ap-paluse winners of the evening, the threeheavies easily gaining their top honors withsome splendid harmony, and a routine of num-bers that cannot possibly fail. While a few

. might date back, they are probably used forthe effectiveness later shown when they con-clude the number. Tile offering might bebranded as big time. Appearance Is theironly drawback at present. The Six Colonial

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Belles did nicely with their quaintly arrangedturn. Miss Davis was bothered with a Blight

cold during the engugenn-nt. While It some-what hindered her singing, they, neverthe-less, made the best of It and finished In goodstyle. Rube Brown was hardly strong enoughto hold the following position with a numberof old "gags" which he delivered In the con-ventional rube style, besides offering a fewImitations. The Piccolo Midgets closed anddid exceedingly well.

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Jack Podlngton's Model Bathin~ Girls, es-pecially engaged to appear at the Imperial,are to return and will present a new fashionrevue.

Tom Kelly, the coast favorite, was recentlyconfined to hli bed, which necessitated himcanceling a number of engagements.

The Garrlck will again play s musical com-edy policy, and Is expected to open shortly.

S. Sianik has taken over the Republic fromGeorge Davis and will probably play pictures.)

Male ushers are becoming scarce on thecoast, the Casino management recently beingcompelled to place girl ushers on the floor.Many of the boys either enlisted or left ontheir own accord in an endeavor to gainsome admittance to the ranks.

A recent rumor regarding vaudeville at theWigwam had no foundation, although It wasIntimated it would run during the summerseason.

According to Information the Hippodrome,Oakland, will shortly present s stock companytogether with their present vaudeville policy,although it Is quite certain the vaudevillewill be somewhat diminished. At first it wassaid vaudeville would be entirely eliminatedand the dramatic stock alone would be theattraction, but this seemed to be bad Judg-ment through three regular stock houses al-ready playing, with the MacDonough (housingroad attractions) but a short distance away.

The Reliance, Oakland, will reopen as spicture house, having been leased by C. W.Midgley, formerly connected with the Frank-lin there.

While numerous rumors have been floating

about regarding the Strand (formerly Em-Sress) changing to a musical comedy policy,

Id Grauman denies such a movement is athand, and expresses his confidence in his pres-ent picture policy.

Nat Magner returned from his hurried trip

to New York, bringing back "The Bar Sini-ster," which he Intends renting within hisstate right territory purchased for the fea-ture which includes California, Arizona andNevsds.

After a long sojourn In the esst, CharlieKlopot brought back "The Deemster," havingbought the states rights for California, Ari-zona and Nevada.

Genevlevs Lee Joined the Ted McLaln partywhich sails for Australia July 4.

May Nannary (Mrs. W. R. Dally) departedlast week for Los Angeles to visit her sister,

Genevieve Bllnn, at the Fox studio.

Ella Weston and Irving Ackerman returnedfrom their vacations, thus taking considerabletrouble away from Dorothy Grennan, whohandled the books during Mrs. Weston's ab-sence In excellent style.

Evelyn Moore and Jack Frazer have JoinedDel Lawrence, who lost a few principalsthrough a newly formed organization goingnorth.

The first theatre In this vicinity to holddrawings for Liberty Bbnds was started byAckerman & Harris, managers of the Hippo-drome, who, commencing June 20, draw thefirst tickets for the prize. Upon eaeh follow-ing Friday night ten numbers will be drawnand the ones holding the corresponding num-bers to the first two will bo presented with$.r»0 Liberty Bonds.

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For a while it looked as though Clifford andWills would be forced to cancel their localOrpheum date, through Ml«s Wills contractinga severe cold during their trip out. but for-tunately her voice proved strong enough Sun-day, allowing them to open and upon rnehsucreedlng performance grew better, whichnaturally aided in them registering a pro-nounced hit in their home town.

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Leigh Denny closed his engagement withRichard Bennett last week, returning to NewYork to appear In "Friend Martha," whichopens at the Booth In August.

Harry Lustig, special Metro representative,was hero last week.

B. P. Levy, manager Orpheum, Salt Lake,and Steve Newman, stage manager Pantages,Salt Lake, were hers.

Ferdinand Munler Joined the Jessie Busleyact here.

Boh Williams (Williams and Welch)sprained his leg while doing his dance, andunfortunately hurt In such a manner that its

real trouble is unknown as yet, although heIs continually baring his leg baked In hopes It

will be In perfect condition for his next date.

A recently organized stock company, knownas Charles Royal Stock, will commence a sea-son's engagement at the Empress, Vancouver,July 2. Ray Collins and wife and EdithElliott, leading woman with Del Lawrence atthe Wigwam, closed their engagement therelast week, leaving Immediately for the northwith the remainder of the company.

MSTON.BT LBN LTBBBY.

KEITH'S (Robert O. Larsen, mgr. ; agent,U. B. O.).—Conroy and Lemaire in their bur-lesque scream, "For Sale, a Ford," topped atypical summer bill this week that was lightand exceptionally acceptable Al and FenrySteadman also scored decisively. Charles T.Aldrich, after a long absence, returned withhis old lightning change' act and went acrosswell, Oolet, Harris and Morey in theirstringed instrument and vocal number re-ceived a big hand, especially on their popu-lar numbers. "Charley's Visit," featuringEadie and Ramsden, went well ; EmmaStephens In her straight soprano single,closed strong; Frederick V. Bowers, song re-

vues, good card locally, although he did notseem to get across Monday afternoon withhis customary finesse; Sprague and McNeece,opened fairly with roller skating, and theFive Matzettis closed strong.

BOSTON (Charles Harris, mgr. ; agent, U.B. O.).—Pictures and pop. Excellent.

BIJOU (Ralph Oilman, mgr.; agent, U. B.0.).—Pictures. Fair.BOWDOIN (Al Somerbee. mgr.; agent, U.

B. O.).—Pop and pictures. Oood.ST JAMB? (Jcserb Brennan, mgr.; agent,

Loew).—Pop and pictures. Good.ORPHEUM (Victor J. Morris, mgr.).—Pop

and pictures. Excellent.GLOBE (Frank Meagher, mgr.).—Pictures,

split week first releases. Fair.SCOLLAY OLYMPIA (James J. McGuln-

neRS. mgr.).—Pop. Excellent.GORDON'S OLYMPIA (Frank Hookallo,

mgr.).—Pop. Good.PARK (Thomas D. Soriero, mgr.).—Pic-

tures. Big.WILBUR (E. D. Smith, mgr. ) .—Fourth

week of "Mary's Ankle." Steadily Improv-ing, with business averaging up more thansatisfactory.PARK SQUARE (Fred E. Wright, mgr.).—

"Fair and Warmer," 21st week and still goingstrong.TREMONT (John B. Schoeffel, mgr.).—Last

week of "A Tallor-Made Man," featuringGrant Mitchell. Will close here and reopenin the fall in New York.COPLEY (George H. Pattee, mgr.).—Third

week of "The Man Who Stayed at Home" tofair business.HOWARD (George E. Lothrop, mgr.).—

Last week of the Strouse and Franklvn bur-lesque stock, which ha? hj»d cr. especially goods.ason with romnrkuble weather.

LOS ANGELES.By GUY PRICES.

'The Masked Model" didn't fare very wellat the MaBon. The critics panned the show,and it is understood the company has not beenmaking money. The hot spell may have beenresponsible for a little.

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Rehearsals have begun for Morosco's newcomedy, "Lombard! Ltd." Leo Carrlllo andGrace Valentine both have come from NewYork to appear In the play. Oarlllo will havethe title role.

Bertha Mann returned to the Morosco for arevival of "Common Clay." When the man-agement released Miss Mann hundreds of let-

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week.

Walter Hearn, of the Mason, was called to

the Yosemlte suddenly on account of the deathof his brother.

Al Nathan has had his office at the Superbare-decorated a boudoir pink.

Al Mathews Goodman, who used to arrangemuelo for Earl Carroll, Is directing the or-chestra In "What Next" at the Majestic

Milton Loewen, until recently manager withhis brother of the Century, Is now In theproduce business.

NEW ORLEANS.bt o. m. limnBL.

SPANISH FORT (M. S. Sloan, mgr.).—Pa-oletti's Band and Pannant.DIAMOND (R. M. Chlsholm, mgr.).—Pic-

tures.COLUMBIA (Ernest Boehrlnger, mgr.).

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Tabloid.ALAMO (Will Guerlnger, mgr.).—Mc-

Cormlck and WlnehlU's Revue.

The Lafayette Is dark, and will probablynot open again this summer.

The May Produce Film Co. started in busi-ness here last week. The company derived Its

name from the fact that the expenses of in-corporation were paid from the May produceof a farmer near here. It Is planned to sell

as much stock as possible.

A ladies' orchestra Is to grace the Plaza.

A. V. Richards has returned from Newfork and Is devntlne; his attention to theopening of the Strand, which will occutHnortly.

Oeorge Oreenblatt is the new manager of theOlobe. Mr. Oreenblatt has been managing* on*of the out-of-town houses of the Saenge\Amusement Co.

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KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, 'mar.).—Thelovers of music, and It must be admitted theyare legion among the patron* of vaudeville,had no cause to complain about the supplyof musl" on this wrr!:'^ bill. There was &aurfelt of It, and all kinds, and to the generalcredit of the show It furnished nn excellentsummer rntortalnment. Several applnune hit*were pulled down. With nil the music sent-tnred through the show. Nnt Will*, the head-liner, had a soft spot* for his romrdv. Withthe exception of the Uttle Inloeted by Rlre.Elmer and Tom In thHr comedy trampolineand bar net. which furnished the show aRfltlnfartorv opener, there war nothing to In-terfere with Wills for a "clenn-up" In thecomedy line, and he was there good andstrong. Will* la still using his teleerams,most pertaining to tho war and getting allhoral amount of lsuehs. A lot of his ma-terial Is also new and he has a eounle of nowparodlea which hrouerht b1*r results. Well-ington Cross and Lois Josephine also offeredeonsldornblo new material which pot over Inexcellent shape. They have shaped up theirnew act alone summer lines no thev would notoverwork themselves, Cross doing severalminutes with some light comodv chatter, hutthev picked up strong In their double dnncenumber and were hroufht back for nn ertrnbit. ronndlne out r pleanlne offering. TheThree Stcinrtel Prothers with th^r 1n«tru-rrvrti! n-.U"^ s-nrcd a Mc hit Th.- \u,y< f\r»plrvr jthisMttic. nn-1 (>i jx'rIIMnn to t^clren^r-mhlc numbers ench Introduced n *nln thatwon Individual recognition Thev hnv« therl»rht. I''ea In fln1sh'ni» with pnnulnr numbernnd were well rewarded for their i>fTnrtsThe Mnrvlnnd Plrimrs also registered n eondsize nnnlnuoe hit with their medley of South-ern airs. The four girls have plenslnr voice*and their harmony Is nicely blended, but

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there Is a good bit of the credit for tbe suc-cess of this act that goes to tbe attractivesetting and costuming. Tbe young man alsoadded a clever bit with his b.ajo. WilliamEbs has hit upon a novelty In the ventriloqulalline. Opening with a dummy, the man shiftsto a live midget, taken from a large valise.

The Idea Is an excellent one and the decep-tion is carried out cleverly. Ebs— If this is

tbe man's name operating the act—mightbuild up the deception If he would mix bisown voice at Intervals with that of themidget, the latter mouthing the words. It Is

entirely away from anything else In the talk-Ing-flgure line, however, and as a novelty finds

a welcome place In vaudeville. Jane Con-nelly and Co. present a one-act sketch called"Betty's Courtship." If memory serves usright, this is the same sketch used last sea-son under the title of "A Strong Cup of Tea,"with a few changes In the lines and business.It la Htill a sketch of very light texture, andbut for the playing of the three charactersconcerned would be a very draggy vehicle.The house piano worked overtime, and NelsonWaring pot the first chance at It, doing verynicely with his classy repertoire of numbers.

Waring maintains much of the poise hemust have used on the concert stage, and it

would help him some if he would Inject a lit-tle more of the vaudeville atmosphere Intohis work, for he is an excellent musician andgets all there is to be had out of tbe ma-terial he uses. The Four Readings were Inthe closing position in place of Nat NazarroTroupe originally announced, and gave thebill a good finishing punch with their showyhand-to-hand aerobatics. The Patbe Weeklypictures were strong with the Red Cross cam-paign boosting, and one of tke local directorsof the organization made a personal appealfrom the stage for aid. Red Cross nursesswarmed in the lobby and gathered a liberalsum for the movement.NIXON (F. O. Nlxon-Nirdlinger, mgr.).—

"The Bride Shop," one of the best musicaltabloids presented in vaudeville, features thebill this week. This is the first time thismusical piece has been shown in the "pop"houses in this city. Andrew Toombs headsthe cast and Is supported by the same excel-lent company which has been playing the "bigtime" bouses. The remainder of the bill In-cludes Richard LaSalle and Co. in the one-act

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playlet, "Room 806," Leonora Simonaon, Renoand motion pictures.NIXON'S ORAND OPERA HOUSE (W. D.

Wegefarth, mgr.).—"Married via Wireless."

a musical tabloid, is the feature offering this

week. Others are Joe Watson, Marie Em-die," Bonner and Powers, the Brightons, Dur-kln Sisters, Joseph L. Browning and motionpictures.KEYSTONE (M. W. Taylor, mgr.).—"Miss

Matched Miss," a musical piece with a com-pany of 12 persons, headlines this week.Others are Espe and Dutton, Farrell-TaylorTrio, Harmon and White and Andrews andGibson.OLOBE (Sabloskey A McOurk, mgrs.).

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William Frledlander's "Suffragette Revue,"with a company of 15, -is the top-liner this

week. Others are Jos Watson, Marls Em-preBs, Ward, Fay and Ward, Mr. and Mrs.Cortis in "Master Mood," Bud Snyder andCo., Irene LaTour and pictures.CROSS KEYS (Sabloskey a McOurk, mgrs.).

—Four Miranos, in a sensational aerial nov-elty, headlines the first half of this week.Others are Connelll and Craven, RaymondKnox, Maley and Wood, Morln 8tsters. Lasthalf : "The Night Clerk" headlines. Othersare Eckart and Parker, Ethel Milton and Co.,

"Three Chums" and motion pictures.

Bart McHugh, local agent, has a trick auto.Bart took Johnny O'Connor, Jack Conway andsome Philadelphia friends to the ball gamehere last Friday. The machine broke, ranout of gas, but the driver managed to workit along on Its reputation for a square. Whenit came to a full stop, O'Connor looked up tofind that tbe machine had stopped in front of"Bartenders' Local No. 962."

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Lylea, a scream. Gillespie Girls (four),

please. Harry Worley, acceptable, Oerrard's

Monkeys open well. Cspsclty business.

LYRIC.—Burlesque and vaudeville.LIBERTY, COLISEUM, MISSION, CLEM-

MER, STRAND, COLONIAL. REX.—Featurephotoplays.Gladys Brooke has Joined the Dick Lonsdale

company at the Tlvoli as prima donna.

Clarence Summerville, Tacoma manager for

Eugene Levy for the past several years, is

house manager at the Orpneum under theLevy regime.

Guy Hilner and his wife, Olga Gray, well

known In stock circles on the Pacific Coast,are playing in stock at Schenectady, N. Y.,

this sesson.Hoquiam. Wash., will hold Its annual

"splash" June 30 to July 6.

Florenoe Spencer was down from Vancouver,B. C, this week. She is playing in stock in

the Canadian city.

Oeorge W. Metzel has quit work for thesummer and will spend most of his spare timeat the seashore. Tie reports tbe best seasonin years at the William Penn, which closedone week ago.

SEATTLE.

Tommy Thomas moved over from the oldGrand Saturday to hold managerial reins overthe stage end of the Orpneum.

J. Barrie Norton, a favorite stock actor ontbe coast, is playing juvenile leads at theAvenuo, Vancouver, B. C.

With the opening of the Orpneum Sunday asa link in tho new A. B. C. circuit, every the-ater in the city Is open.

sty WALSflT.METROPOLITAN (Geo. F. Hood, mgr.).—

18-23, "The Boomerang"; 24-28, "RobinsonCruso, Jr.," with Al Jolson. Next, "TheMasked Model."MOORE.—Dark.TIVOLI (B. F. La Montagne, mgr.).—Dick

Lonsdale Musical Comedy Company in "Olein Chinatown." Elaborate Oriental settings,splendid chorus numbers and Lonsdale's Swed-ish characterization make a worth-while show.Gladys Brooke, new prima donna, has pleasingpersonality and a good voice. Hilda Brosche's"Butterfly" number and Billy Defty's severalsoubret bits are praiseworthy. The TlvoliTrio, Lorraine, Manning and Thomas, harmon-ize well. Splendid patronage.WILKES (Dean B. Worley, mgr.).—"The

Yellow Ticket." week 18.

ORPHEUM (Eugene .Levy, mgr.).—18.Opened Sunday with five vaudeville acts fromFisher Agency and a feature film to goodbusiness. Wilbur and Lyke, trampoline, fair.Devoy and Deyion, dancers, good. Pall andSinclair, good. Lester and Moure, hit. Genede Rpll Trio, high class act. Split week policy.PALACE HIP (Joseph Muller. mgr.).—

"Cloaks and Suits," a treat. Walters andWalters, clever. Van Perre and Van .Terre,

Belgian musicians, good. Leon and AdelineSisters, pantomime novelty. Patrlcola andMyers, "The Girl and the Dancing Doll." fea-tured attraction. Rambler Sisters did well.Capaeltv business.PANTAORS (Edear 0". Milne, mgr.).—

"Hello Japan," musical tabloid, beads. Ed.Blondell and Co., added feature. Miller and

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Direction, MARK LEVY.

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HARRY SYDELL"A Study in Rhubarb"

Direction, MARK LEVY,

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