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VARIETY A SENSATION!! NOTHING ELSE Held Over This Week At B. F. Keith’s Hippodrome, Cleveland After the Most Riotous Applause Engagement Ever Seen in a Theatre, Last Week, Also at the Hippodrome. The Most Unique Novelty Act Ever Placed | Upon a Stage The House David Band Playing Under the Sole and Personal Direction of ERNIE YOUNG OF CHICAGO Guaranteed that This Act Will Be the Sensational Talk of New York After Its First Appearance in That City. Las earns Seeeonanales funda apeaipeanmamenatt esi ah a ’ SESE TS ag en mts: 1° eee poets NR ee peepee ee ee | } t ; : i a \ iT i Pi ; ie ‘f BE SPSS, _ o ERNIE YOUNG of Chicago NEXT WEEK (March 15), B. F. KEITH’S PALACE, NEW YORK CITY i

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noite: Uni rte tetera kirtoes t Y Biel dinerreeee oe Set ~t —- ee Sn a eas OR th ae ay PIES at ep era es ie Ska - CABLES MME. BERNHARDT RETURNING TO REAPPEAR IN VAUDEVILLE Consented to Open Next October for the Keith Circuit, Playing 15 Weeks at $2,500 Weekly. Has Been Playing Continuously in France. Paris, March 10. Madame Sarah Bernhardt has cabled her aceptance to New York of a return vaudeville engagement on our side, commencing in the fall. She will piay on the Keith Circuit. Mme. Bernhardt has been continu- ously appearing over here and ap- parently thinks nothing of making an- other trip to America. At the Keith office in New York it was stated that Mme. Bernhardt is to open on the Circuit Oct. 18, next, with 20 weeks so far contracted for. It is said Bernhardt will receive $2,- 500 weekly during her vaudeville tour. The engagement was effected by the Marinelli office. She will present a repertoire of playlets, including “Camille” and “L’Aiglon.” This will mark Bernhardt’s third tour in the twice daily on this side. Mme. Bernhardt is now 75 years of age. PARIS DANCE MAD. Paris, March 10. Dancing remains the craze in Paris. It is recorded that Terpsichore has even held sway after great upheavals and that following the great French Revolution there were over a thousand dancing establishments in Paris. They were then called Bals; now the English word “Dancings” is used, and without cstimating the number, such resorts are numerous. It was thought Spanish steps would prevail, with the tango, but it now appears we are to have an in- vasion of neo-American dances, and something fresh is crossing by each boat. The authorities do not sinile on the craze, but still it brings in large sums in the form of “war tax” and poor rates on the admission prices. Yet, we shall probably get down to work again one of these days. AUX JARDINS DE MURCIE. Paris, March 10. “Aux Jardins de Murcie” removed from Theatre Antoine to Quinson’s Theatre des Champs-Elysees has had only a short innings at this house. It was withdrawn some days ago, and the theatre was dark pending the revival of the operatic version of “Quo Vadis,” which was given nicely February 28, because it was gorgeously mounted. Battisini sings the role of Petrone and Lucien Wurmser is conducting. HEDGES SUICIDE FINDINGS. London, March 10. The coroner returned a verdict of unsound mind in the case of Frederick Hedges’ suicide. He was a partner in the vaudeville act of Hedges Brothers and Jacobson, but the partnership had been dissolved owing to the deceased's habits. He changed utterly after his wife’s death in America. LAUDER FUND GRANTS. London, March 10. Over $200,000 in grants were issued last year by the Sir Harry Lauder Fund. CHALLENGES CARPENTIER. London, March 10. After the recent Beckett-Smith con- test Kid Lewis challenged Carpentier at 5,000 pounds a side. Beckett’s win at Albert Hall over Smith was not an easy one March 5. Despite that he was a much older man and outclassed he put up a stiff battle for the champ- ionship of Great Britain. HOLFORD BOTTOMLEY DEAD. London, March 10. Holford Bottomley is dead. He was the originator of the educational film and the organizer of feed guns and the tank bank campaigns. He was a commander of the British Empire. MARIE LOHR’S NEXT. London, March 10. Marie Lohr will not appear at the Globe again until her next production, “Birds of a Feather” is made. “The Voice from the Minaret” by Robert Hichens continues there until Easter. “L’ALCOVE DE MARIANNE.” Paris, March 10. “L’Alcove de Marianne” by Felix Gandera was presented at the Athenee February 26 and poorly received. It is a farce concerning the love intrigues of politicians, the title signifying the French government’s recess. Lucien Rosemberg, manager of the house, as usual, holds the leading role himself. It has the same run as “Amour quand tu nous tiens,” just withdrawn; it will do well. SEYMOUR HICKS THROUGH. , London, March 10. Seymour Hicks has decided to retire from the stage and go into politics and business. This has compelled Cochran tc postpone indefinitely the produc- tion of “Debureau.” SHOW CHANGES. London, March 10. “Over Sunday” finishes at St. Mar- tin’s March 13. “In the Night” will be sennererees from the Kingsway March GOYESCAS AT OPERA. Paris, Feb. 25. Granados’ work, which was with- drawn from the Academie Nationale de Musique after half a dozen perform- ances, is being revived, Marguerite Dupré replacing the Spanish dancer, Amelia Molina, who is now appearing at the Olympia. HICHENS’ “ALLAH” AT DRURY. London, March 10. “The Garden of Allah” by Robert Hichens, produced nine years ago in New York, will be the next produc- tion at Drury Lane. It follows the Russian Ballet. CHARGES AGAINST THEATRES. : London, March 10. The Actors Association is bringing the question of unsanitary theatres be- tore the House of Commons. CLOSE EARLY IN DUBLIN. London, March 10. Theatres must now close by 10.30 in ee by the terms of the new cur- ew act. THE ASSOCIATED OFFICES ERNEST EDELSTEN T. F. DAWE PAUL MURRAY JULIAN WYLIE 5 LISLE S8T., LEICESTER 8$0., LONDON Cables and wires: “Engaging, Westrand, Lendon’’ NEW YORK Harry J. Fitzgerald, 1562 Broadway REPRESENTING THE WORLO’S GREAT- EST ARTISTS AND ATTRACTIONS FIGHT FOR OUR SONGS. London, March 10. Competition for English rights to American popular songs continues apace and has resolved into a three- cornered race between Francis & Day, Herman Darewski, and West & Co., with B; Feldman, who formerly con- trolled a number of American catalogs, gradually falling behind. Francis & Day are the oldest in the business. Darewski, a composer, is said to be backed by Solly Joel. His brother, Max. the pianist, is to be married to Joel’s daughter. For the past few years since going into the publishing busi- ness, Darewski has made some flatter- ing monetary advances to American publishers and in this way has bulled the market. His most recent important plum from America was the catalog cf Irving Berlin, Inc, for which he paidwan advance royalty of $25,000 for a period of two yéars West & Co., relatively newcomers, have had one hit in “Long, Long Trail,” while Feldman will probably never re- cover from the effects of the accumu- lation of an independent fortune from “Tipperary.” CARPENTIER TO RETIRE. Paris, March 10. Manager Deschamps, for Carpentier, stated after the pugilist’s marriagé, March 8, to Georgette Elsasser, that he would retire after his bout with Jack Dempsey. The champion and his wife sail for New York March 13. NEW OFFERINGS. a London, March 10. James Bernard Fagan will move “The Merchant of Venice” from the Ken- nington to the Duke of York’s March 8 Matinees are being given by the Russian company from Moscow. The revival of “The Better ’Ole” is creating no excitement. It was only put on as a stop gap. “CRIMSON ALIBI” CLOSING. London, March 10. “The Crimson Alibi” closes at the Strand March 13, after its one hundred and twenty-fifth performance. Ger- trude Elliott, in “Come Out of the Kitchen,” will follow. COMBINE WITH CARL ROSA. London, March 10. The Turner and Carl Rosa opera companies have amalgamated. 208 MOR Hy Oh, that Income Tax! : Direction, M. S. BENTHAM The “Oh’’ refers te the Income tax, not my agent. lt beheeves me te speak— Blood is thicker than water, but much more unpleasant. CHARLES WITHERS NIGHT BIRDS TO PAY TAXES. Brussels, March 10. A member of the Belgian Parliament has introduced a motion taxing all- night restaurants; ballrooms, bars and cafes with 30 per cent. of receipts. The Government proposes 25 per cent. It is contended the night revellers, now so prevalent, should be heavily taxed. When special motor cars can be sent té Rheims to fetch champagne, as alleged, retailed at 100 frs. the bottle, and some bars in Brussels at present take in over $5,000 in a night, a tax of 30 per cent. is considered even mild by some of the Belgian congressmen. The tax of 25 per cent. on gate money at race meetings has been adopted. MELLER BOOKED FOR LONDON. Paris, March 10. The engagement for eight weeks at the Hippodrome, London, for a revue, has been made through Bert Lytell, for Raquel Meller and Albert deCourville. Miss Meller is the Spanish girl, known as “The Parisian Yvette Guil- bert.” She is to open in London May 1 at a weekly salary of 250 pounds “BLOSSOMS” AT ALHAMBRA. London, March 10. “Broken Blossoms,” the much herald- ed feature picture produced in America by D. W. Griffith, will succeed “Me- dorah” at the Alhambra. LORAINE REHEARSING. London, March 10. Safe from his. venturesome flight over the Alps Robert Loraine is back in London and has begun rehearsals of “Henry V” and other Shakespearian cramas. AFGAR SECOND EDITION. London, March 10. The second edition of Afgar will be given at the Pavilion March 9. GALSWORTHY’S “SKIN GAME.” London, March 10. “The Skin Game,” a new play by John Galsworthy will be the next pro- duction at St. Martin’s. “JUST FANCY.” London, March 10. “Just Fancy,” a new vaudeville revue, is due March 22. s VAN HOVEN When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to wear a monocle and a wrist watch, I, VAN HOVEN, am there. The English who invented both, know it. They are crowding into all the theatres where I appear to learn just how a wrist watch and a monocle should be worn. There is art in everything. 4 —_— || eh oo” => Pen ee ee ee ee ee ee —S ae as

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—= ES. . 10. ament zy all- 's and . The a ellers, eavily s can agne, ttle, ‘esent ax of ild by n. 1oney ON. 10. ks at evue, 1, for ‘ville. girl, Guil- fay 1 A. 10. rald- erica “Me- 10. light back rsals irian 10. ll be z.” 10. 4 by pro- 10. vue, - fy “yatta al VAUDEVILLE NEW ARTIST-AGENT CONTRACT WILL LIMIT AGENTS’ DEALINGS Will Be Published April 1. Five Per Cent Only for Artists’ Representatives. Feinberg’s Dealings with Loyal and Gordon Act Partly Responsible for Another Rule. This Forbids Part Time Guarantees. A new contract to be used by vaude- ville artists and artists’ representatives has been formulated by the Vaudeville Managers’ Protective Association. The agreement is now in the hands of Mau- rice Goodman, attorney for the V. M. P. A. for. final consideration and pos- sible revision. It is understood the new agreement will be made public April 1. Among the new rules provided for the con- duct of agents is one which limits the agents commission to 5 per cent. An- other rule expressly forbids an agent to make a contract with an artist in which the latter is to play for instance 15 weeks out of 20, the agent guarantee- ing salary for the 15 week period. The new agents-artists form of con- tract came about through contracts issued by Abe Feinberg, a small time agent, to two acts, Sylvia Loyal and Tohn R. Gordon and Co. In the Loyal matter the Keith agency released the turn, which expected to take an en- gagement of 10 weeks at the Palais Royal restaurant. After opening there it was ordered out by Paul Salvain, with Feinberg alleging he had a verbal contract of 10 weeks for Miss Loyal at the restaurant. Feinberg has since stated that he intends suing Salvain on behalf of the Loyal act. The latter returned to big time vaudeville book- ing following an explanation made by Miss Loyal to E. F. Albee. It is said that through the Loyal affair, the Al- bee announcement was published last week warning artists against promis- cuous signing of agents’ contracts. The Gordon case had Feinberg as the agent, he giving Mr. Gordon a contract for 10 weeks, consecutive playing. A first half opening was secured by Fein- berg in the Loew office for the Gordon sketch, a new one, to open at the American. On the morning of the opening day Gordon asked J. H. Lubin, the Loew booker, where he played the last half. Mr. Lubin answered he did not know and could not tell until see- ing the new playlet. Gordon said he expected to continue on the Loew-time after opening. Lubin replied he could make no promise without seeing the sketch. Gordon suggested a release and Mr. Lubin granted it on the spot. Gordon is said to have related to the Vaudeville Managers’ Protective Association that Feinberg, when se- curing his contract for 10 weeks (which specified no circuit) stated he had the Loew Circuit for that length of time at $300 weekly. Mr. Lubin was asked if Gordon, when requesting the cancellation, made any claim of misrepresentation on the part of the agent (Feinberg) and Lubin re- plied he had not. Now Feinberg asserts he has started an action against Gordon for commis- sion on the 10 week’s work he could have secured for him. Feinberg books with other circuits besides Loew. Both Gordon and Miss Loyal have been in vaudeville several seasons. LEONARDS MAY DISSOLVE. A rather odd proposition has come up before the big time booking men. It is the announced intention of James and Sadie Leonard with Richard An- derson to dissolve their vaudeville as- sociation. The trio did a very successful revival of “When Caesar Sees Her,” a travesty they were for many seasons identified with years ago. Following the revival and a route given the turn with nine weeks yet unplayed upon it, trouble brewed between the Leonards with Miss Leonard siding with Anderson. The latter two stated they would con- tinue with the skit, while Mr, Leonard replied the vehicle was his property and could not be played without him. James and Sadie Leonard were hus- band and wife besides vaudeville part- ners years ago. Following their divorce Miss Leonard married a Brooklyn policeman. She rejoined her former husband in the skit for the business end of the proposal. All three of the players involved are known as old timers. It is the novelty of witnessing internal trouble develop in a “come back” such as this that is interesting if not amusing the booking people. BARD RETURNS AT $2,500. When Wilkie Bard returns te this side, which will be next October, to again play vaudeville for the Keith of- fice, he will receive $2,500 a week. A route for 15 weeks at that figure for Bard has been laid out. When recently opening here and ask- ing $3,000 a week, the figure he also named for a return date engagement, Bard was allowed to play two houses weekly around New York, receiving $1,500 for each house. On the road he received $1,500 through being un- able to play but one house. In most of the out of town cities Bard played two weeks and was received in a man- ner which brought the return engage- ment. “GOOD NIGHT” RETIRES. The Sullivan & Buckley vaudeville production act, “Good Night,” retired from the Alhambra, New York, pro- gram after the Monday night perform- ance, for revision. The turn featured Al B. White, and it was its first metropolitan showing. Roscoe Aijils, doubling from the Colonial, filled in at the Alhambra. THE DOOLEYS REPEATING. Chicago, March 10. It is reported there is expected an- other addition to the Johnny Dooley family. Mrs. Dooley is Yevette Rugel. They have a child about two years old. Shriners’ Circus Week in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, March 10. The Shriners, week of April 5, are arranging for a “circus week” in their Temple. The acts will be booked through the Davis theatre of this city. BUILD 24 CLEVELAND THEATRES. Cleveland, March 10. To meet Cleveland’s immediate amusement needs, $10,000,000 is to be spent for the erection of two theatres to replace the Opera House and the Shubert-Colonial, two Keith vaudeville houses and twenty or more picture theatres. Contracts call for the completion of more than twenty before the end of the year. Five downtown houses will have a combined seating capacity of 13,000 to cost $5,000,000. The whole scheme calls for 50,000 seats. Marcus Loew, who owns a string of houses, has the most pretentious build- ing program. Burlesque will have a new home here. The two legit, Ohio end Shubert, will be comparatively small. One of the two new Keith houses will be downtown. The Keith interests do not relinquish possession of the Hippodrome until 1922. In ad- dition the Keith people are building a vaudeville theatre to accommodate , DRESSER AND GARDNER WON’T Louise Dresser and Jack Gardner have informed George M. Anderson they will not give up the present vaude- ville route being played by them. To make it more certain Miss Dresser and Mr. Gardner have retained House, Vor- haus & Grossman to represent them in any legal angles Anderson may bring up. Anderson had the couple under con- tract to star them in “Just Around the Corner,” a musical piece. When that was postponed, Dresser and Gardner through Jenie Jacobs picked up the vaudeville route. Last week Mr. An- derson informed the Gardners they must keep the production engagement under threat of legal proceedings. An- derson’s first date for the showing of the show was in January. PICTURE AND REVUE ACT. A new style of vaudeville turn is pro- posed in a production now being pre- pared by Ira H. Simmons, acting for the N. Y. Independent Master Films. It is a combination of Chaplin’s “Car- men” picture cut to two reels, which after run off on the screen, is to be followed by a revue carrying 11 people. The whole is expected to do 40 minutes. Doraldina is staging the turn. Rose & Curtis are representing it. McINTYRE & HEATH WANT $2,500. McIntyre and Heath are negotiating with the Keith offices for a summer en- gagement in vaudeville, asking $2,500 Previously the largest salary they re- ceived was $2,000. Frank Evans is handling the team for vaudeville. Raymond in Connolly-Wenrich Turn. March 22 at the Colonial, New York, Dolly Connolly and Percy Wenrich will reappear, reinforced by Ray Raymond. Mr. Raymond was last with “The Vel- vet Lady.” The three-act is asking $1,500 week- ly. Harry Weber is booking it. Irving Fisher Alone Again. Washington, D. C., March 10. Irving Fisher is to again essay vaude- ville, as a single act with Don Prosser his piano accompanist. Mr. Fisher was formerly leading man in support of Nora Bayes. Bert and Estelle Gordon Dissolve. Bert and Estelle Gordon have dis- solved partnership. Bert will double with Jean Ford (Madden and Ford) under the direction of Max Hart. Divorce for Mae Bushell. Mae Bushell (Mae Bushell and Co.) was awarded a divorce from her hus- band, Willie Green, by New York Su- preme Court Justice Pendleton, Jan. 16. MISS SAMUELS’ TIME RESTORED. The appearance of Rae Samuels at the Palace, New York, this week fol- lowing her cancellation of all Keith office time after she left the Colonial, without playing, complaining the billing there did not please her, was explained in the following announcement by E. F. Albee: “IT have been asked the question, why Rae Samuels was put back to work after she cancelled’ the Colonial? She lost two weeks, one at the Colonial and one other house, and in an interview with myself she expressed regret for the position she had taken by walking out of the bill Monday at the Colonial. “Tt is not our intention to perse- cute artists for their shortcomings, but in order that our business may be run in a business-like manner, the artists leave us nothing else to do but discipline them when they waik out of a bill for petty grievances. I had Miss Samuels’ time put back after her interview with me. The artists are working under a play or pay contract and they should expect the same.” “DAVID’S BAND” HELD OVER. Cleveland, March 10. “The House of David Band,” at Keith’s Hippodrome last week has been held over at the same theatre for this week. It’s an Ernie Young collection of funny whiskered musicians who come from a Michigan section where they live on the commonwealth plan in order to trim barbers. “The House of David Band” will first appear in New York, at the Palace, next week. Ernie Young, of Chicago, who promoted the band into a vaude- ville feature, reached New York Tues- day, securing 8 weeks in the East for it that day. “60 WEEKS” EXAGGERATED. Jake Lubin, the Loew booking head explained that the report of Stan and Mae Laurel having a 60-week con- tract for the Loew circuit is incorrect. The turn was given booking for 20. weeks. In addition the duo received a 20-week play or pay contract from the Horwitz-Kraus agency, that con- tract being renewable for a like period, which totals 60 weeks in all. St. Clairs Separating. Nellie and Willie St. Clair are sepa- rated. Willie is joining Rose Crouch in a dance revue now in rehearsal, and Nellie may also be in a new dancing act. *, CLAIR STARR FEATURED with the WILL KING COMPANY. Now in its second season at the CASINO, SAN FRANCISCO, False Mldipand tavcian-apinacadeinednetemmnntanemsaiemaatiadtnantitameunmieties ammmeenaimnesnmmaartabimdenttinmtamebamreniiaiies oti ilinsiee 242. tear etek cites ona ane

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TAX TIME ENDING. Specially assigned revenue Cadwalader Woodville will complete his labors Monday (March 15) at Variety’s New York office, where for the last month he has given invaluable aid to hundreds in making out federal tax forms. Through notices carried in Variety the agent has received communications from all over the country, the letter requests arriving in such great quantity it was impossible to answer. Many letters asked that forms be mailed, un- necessary since forms were supposed to be available in every town and city. There were several amusing letters, one from a woman, saying she had form 1040 (used for net incomes up to $5,000) but that it was a puzzie and “please send four more,” the writer feeling that she might fill out one successfully. The time limit for filing of the New York state tax expires Monday as with the federal tax. A recent test case re- garding the state tax is important. The New York revenue law provides for a higher. tax rate for non-residents of the state than those living within the state. The U. S. Supreme Court de- cided that such differentiation was un- constitutional, which has opened an avenue for non-residents to escape the New York tax entirely this year. How much the non-resident decision affects professionals is open to question. Where an actor is on the road and has established a residence within New York, he would be liable. But pro- fessionals, whe bave no residenee, ap- pear to be in (tlie position to erjoy the decision which made the non-resident provision of the law unconstitutioral. MANY ACTS GOING TO AUSTRALIA. Because of improved passport con- ditions in this country a number of acts have sailed for Australia since January 1, four under contract with Ben Fuller and several for Rickard and William- sons, Passport regulations are being straightened out and by the summer a normal flow of material to the An- tipodes is expected. There have been few if any acts go- ing from England direct to Australia for some time. Shipping from England is booked ahead solid for 12 months. Recently, however, Frank Wirth book- ed two English turns for Australia via this country and the acts (the Five Wonders and the Martinez Family) are now in San Francisco waiting to sail March 20, as are the Apdales for Cuba. agent BERNSTEINS’ CLEAN UP. The two Bernstein brothers, Free- man and Sam, did a clean up Monday night. They had to visit the Night Court through it. Judge Douras dis- missed all of the complaints upon some chauffeurs who were involved together with the Bernsteins withdrawing the charges made. The Bernsteins were taking their father to his home at Broadway and 180th street, in a black and white taxi. The night hawks of that neighborhood, who drive their own taxis, have de- clared a feud against all cheaper fared public cars, saying they can secure $3.50 to drive downtown whereas the others charge but $2. The Bernsteins duly arrived in front of their father’s home and Freeman assisted him to the apartment. Sam waited downstairs for his brother and noticed their taxi driver in an argument with one of the free lance chauffeurs. Asking the trouble, Sam was told to mind his own business and did so until one of the free lances threatened him when Sam knocked the chauffeur down. At once a flock of free lance drivers hanging around 18st street and Broadway rushed to destroy Sam and started in to doit, when Freeman returned to the street. <A crowd of about 1,000 watched the battle. the two brothers doing valiant work until officers arrived, who took the com- batants to the nearest police station. The chauffeurs were pretty well bat- tered up, but the lieutenant at the desk. insisted the Bernsteins make a com- plaint against them as they were repeat- ing a favorite trick against the down- town taxis, the lieutenant said. When asking one of the drivers his name, the man could not answer but indicated one of the Bernsteins must have placed his jaw in a straight jacket during the maul. He wanted to make a complaint against both brothers in order not to miss the one who did it. It was ac- cepted and the entire party ordered to Court. Judge Douras agreed to accept the withdrawal of the charges upon the request of the chauffeurs, who first sug- gested to the Bernsteins the affair be called a mistake and forgotten. Tuesday the Bernsteins seemed all right excepting Satn could move his fingers with difficulty. Freeman said the only blow he received Sam handed him in the excitement. Freeman appeared to be aggrieved he and his brother had been drawn into a fistic argument without cause. Sam agreed with him. Freeman added it was his first test of endurance in some time. It rather surprised him, as the uptown melee lasted about eight minutes. Freeman said his previous record for fast work, since he left the maiden class, was but three minutes. McINTOSH’S ASSOCIATE HERE. Robert Greig, associate director with Hugh D. MclIntosh of the Tivoli Theatres, Ltd., of Australia, who arrived in New York two weeks ago, was scheduled to leave for San Francisco Monday en route for home, but an attack of flu has postponed his depart- ure until March 23. Coming here in search of material, plays and artists for Australia, Mr. Greig has not effected any arrangements as yet. Numerous deals under way when he was taken ill have been postponed until he recovers. Before his arrival here Mr. Greig stopped over at London and secured the Australian rights for “Bran Pie,” Andre Charlot’s musical revue at the Prince of Wales; Robert Courtneidge’s “Paddy the Next Best Thing,” a _ three-act comedy which opened in the English provinces last week; “The Lilac Domino,” musical comedy playing at the Empire; “His Little Widows” at the Duke of York’s, and C. B. Coch- ran’s “Maggie,” a musical show current at the Oxford. “Chu Chin Chow” was secured by cable by Mr. Greig for Australia before his arrival. On his way west Mr. Greig will hold a conference with Alex Pantages. Asked whether this suggested a pos- sible affiliation between the Pantages and Tivoli Circuits, Mr. Greig replied he was not in a position to state. AGENTS TEMPORARILY OUT. Dan J. Hennesy, of the Keith Vaude- ville Exchange, suspended eight agents Monday for failure to submit a list of available acts the preceding Saturday afternoon. Agents have been repeatedly notified to fill in blanks supplied by the office with a list of acts and their addresses, to be used in an emergency on Sunday or Monday in case of dissappointments. The suspension followed several warnings which have been issued by Mr. Hennesy and will be followed by still more suspensions in the future if the lists are not forthcoming on Satur- days. The suspension is for one week and does not effect the standing of the agents on the sixth floor of the Ex- change where the big time bookers are housed. GRADY WRITING NEW ACTS. Billy Grady, the vaudeville agent, has turned author and has written a com- edy skit for Rome and Wager, a man and woman, also a new comedy sing- ing, talking and dancing act for Irene and Bobby Smith, HISTORY OF “DARDANELLA.” “Dardanella” bids fair to establish a new world’s record for song sales. It has sold 1,400,000 copies to date but the half way mark according to ac- curate estimates, with the three million or more mark the ultimate goal. It will no doubt attain that figure. “Mis- souri Waltz” holds the present record for a 30-cent number with a little over two million copies. Before “Dar- danella” caught on, the trade bought some 300,000 copies at only 12% cents. A similar amount went at 15 cents each after it began to show up a little. The balance up to the current 1,400,000 mark (figures supplied by Fred Fisher, the publisher) were disposed of at 18 cents the regulation trade price. That a song of such huge selling proportions should come from two vir- tually heretofore unheard of com- posers is interesting in itself. Johnny S. Black ‘and Felix Bernard are the ac- credited writers of the song, Fred Fisher having coined the present title and supplied the lyric. The authors had originally called. it “Turkish Tom Toms.” With Felix Bernard’s recently legal- ly worded accusation that he was tricked into selling out his interests for $100, some inside “dope” on the matter is brought to light. It was Mr. Black who composed the original Ori- ental strain, having used it in his act in the Winter Garden the last three years. Last spring Mr. Bernard hap- pened to hear the tune and suggested several additions to the melody. It went the rounds of the publishers thereafter and while not exactly turned down flat no publisher was particu- larly anxious to bring it out owing to the difficult bass accompaniment. It hit McCarthy & Fisher last spring and was accepted as the sole work of Felix Bernard who did nor mention Johnny Black’s collaboration. Copies were printed with Bernard’s name on it alone, although the trade had not gotten hold of it then. After a merry rumpus in the Fisher sanctum, Black with the assistance of his pro- fessional friends, convinced the pub- lishers he had had a good deal to do with the composition of the number and was let in on a half interest. It lay on the shelf the ensuing eight or nine months owing to “Buddha,” another Oriental being the current “plug” song. Orchestras were not much in favor of the number because of the difficult orchestral arrangement. Mr. Fisher simplified it later with the result it began to catch on some time in December. The rest is history. Mr. Bernard, however, sold out his interest about two months previous to this. Mr. Fisher has answered Bernard’s charges with a general denial. Davis & Davis, the publisher’s attorneys, have letters and other documentary proof showing it was the plaintiff who first approached McCarthy & Fisher, Inc., with an offer to sell. It was ac- cepted. BERT SAVOY WINS DIVORCE. Chicago, March 10. - Bert Savoy, of Savoy and Brennan, was granted a divorce against his wife, Anna Kremper, actress, charging de- sertion. Savoy’s testimony was unique and amusing. He charged her with wearing his clothes. Wins Breach of Promise Suit. Phil Baker, vaudevillian, had a breach of promise suit brought against him by Belle Beresford, a non-professional, dismissed last week. Julius Kendler represented Baker. Willard Foote Taking Up Law. Willard Foote, who appeared in “Holliday’s Dream,” and. with Ruth St. Denis for some time, has given up the stage. He has gone into the law office of. Rhinelander, Seymour & Bernard. FOX’S AUDUBON. CONTRACTS ONLY The Fox agency is issuing contracts for the Audubon theatre only, follow- ing last week’s announcement contracts would be issued by Fox for the first time in the history of that office. This endorses the supposition that the contracts are being issued as a protective agency following the action of the Keith office in cancelling the routes of several big time acts—re- cently at the Audubon and subsequent- ly opening in a Keith house. Several agents who book with the Fox interests are reporting it extreme- ly hard to secure name attractions willing to play the uptown Fox house since the Keith action was taken. Acts having no Keith time following the requested Audubon appearance are re- ported as easy to secure, but turns with further routings following the proposed Audubon engagement are not inclined to jeopardize the latter. Agents say actors express a readiness to play any of the other Fox theatres, which may explain the contracts for the Audubon only. BRIGHTON OPENING MAY 17. The Brighton theatre at Brighton Beach, Coney Island, will open one week earlier than usual, for the coming summer. The start will be made May 17, Big time bills furnished by J. J. Collins in the Keith office will be the policy as formerly. For the first time the Brighton will have a film booth this season, to project minor films dur- ing the performance. The staff, front and back, will remain the same, headed by George Robinson, the manager. mre Atlantic City, March 10. Keith’s will have a big time vaudeville bill for Holy Week, commencing March 29. No further plans for the house have been made.

Tax Warning. You have three days left in which to see Special Federal Revenue Agent Cadwallader Woodville at Variety’s office, 154 West 46th street. Regard- ing the State tax there has been an important decision which lets out non-resident profes- sionals living outside New York State. Tax returns close March 15. KEITH BOOKING NEXT SEASON. Big time agents are reporting a num- ber of contracts issued by the Keith office for next season. It seems to agreeably surprise the agents who have been accustomed to wait for mid- summer before securing routes. The lead in next season’s engage- ments is taken by the Eddie Darling staff of bookers. Mr. Darling lately assumed charge of the Keith big time bookings. He expects to make his annual trip abroad the coming summer, with no date of departure yet set.

MEETING OF THE I. A. T. S. E. The International Executive Board of the I. A. T. S. E. started its annual meetings Monday at the New York headquarters. Those attending were Charles C. Shay, president; F. E. Le Master, general secretary-treasurer; L. G. Dolliver, assistant president; Wm. Canavan, Ist vice-president; Richard Green, 2d vice-president; Stephen B. Newman, 3d vice-president, Fred J. Dempsey, 4th vice-president, and Wm. Covert, 5th vice-president. The ses- sions will continue daily this week, from 11 to 4 p. m. It is understood several radical changes in by-laws will be made.

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Both missed the opening day’s performance in Seat- tle for the same reason. After being out of my act a week Mr. De-Wein begged me to reinstate him again, promising to do his utmost for the interest of Nat Nazarro, Jr. He was taken back upon probation only. After rejoining his actions were un- bearable and when I reached Los An- geles I decided to let him go. He was given first-class railroad ticket from there to New York City, which he signed for. Without notice four men quit upon Mr. De-Wein’s instigation thinking they would bluff me into re- instating him. Again, however, I re- placed them, opened in Salt Lake City on schedule time and now have the best band I ever had. Queenie Nazarro. Editor VARIETY: I note in Variety a picture of my friend Van Hoven doing a burlesque ventriloquial bit with a dummy. I claim to be the first one to have ever done this bit with a figure. It was written for me about five years ago and when I broke it in there was no one else doing it with a figure and it in no way conflicted with Felix Adler’s ven- triloquist idea Since, I have been using it success- fully and from time to time there have been acts that have “chosen” the bit and placed it into their own offerings. ‘ However, I did not expect to find Van Hoven among the “choosers.” I should think that he would stick to his ice. Before he left this country he and I were the best of friends. I ask Van to be good enough to cut the bit out of his routine. ; Charles Wilson. (The Loose Nut’) Editor. VARIETY: Roanoke, Va., March 6. In reading this week’s Variety we noticed an article in which it states that our manager, Joe Glick, is accused of taking money from us in pinochle, also that he thinks that he is entitled to a wreath for managing us. In reply, you know us long enough to know how hard it is to get any money from us, and as you know pin- ochle is a game of science and skill, how is a man like Mr. Glick going to win? In reference to the wreath, the only one he will ever receive from us will be a wreath of lilies. We also advise him to take good care as this weather down south does not agree with asthma. We also wish to inform you that Mr. Glick is troubled with asthma and he cannot sleep in a bed as he has to be ima sitting posi- tion, and as this show is going to close at the end of this month he is looking for a rocking chair. If you can get him one he is willing to rent it for the summer, or by the week. . Dolly Sisters. Washington, D. C., March 9. Editor Variety: I see in Varrety I am supposed to have had an argument with Insen & Cronin. Re a song I am singing. Will you please state I have not had a word on this matter with either of the two boys. In fact the only time I spoke to them at all was to give them advice on a proposed ¢rip they intend making to England. Your article makes believe I am do- ing things and so short a visit to this country does not allow me to do so. Talbot O'Farrell. ABOUT GABY DESLYS. Many stories, more or less true or flattering, have been published about the late Gaby Deslys, but nobody seems to know very much of her life nor of the secret of her success. This was not the result of a sensational story, but of hard work. H. B. Marinelli was her manager or’adviser for fifteen years and knew this for a fact. Her first contract was at the Parisiana in Paris. From there she went to the Olympia and Folies Bergere, then directed by Mr. Ruez. She first came to attention playing small roles, but her style and personality counted. She was soon playing leads in revues in and out of Paris. Her foreign en- gagements began at the Gayety, Lon- don, from which she went to the Al- hambra. It was at the Apollo in Vienna that a conversation about King Manuel between her and her repre- sentative was overheard by the theatre manager and made clever use of. It heiped, of course, with her engage- ment at the Winter Garden in New York, but was really no more than an incident in what would have been a brilliant career anyway. Personality and inventive power count for at least fifty per cent. in such a success. Per- sonality is something out of the or- dinary in looks, shape, style of dressing, and manners. Next comes talent, voice, acting, dancing, hard work, and last but not least, intelligence and business ability. These make up the other fifty per cent. These Gaby had, and a heart big as a house. Her word was as good as a bond. She never forgot any service rendered to her, was quick as light- ning in her decisions, and her only am- bition was work. LOEW’S NASHVILLE READY. Marcus Loew’s Nashville theatre opens April 5. Over $40,000 has been spent in reconstructing the inside and exterior of the house. Mr. Loew and his executive staff will make the journey from New York im a special train. HARRY ROMAINE’S DIVORCE. Judge John D. McLaughlin, of the Superior Court for the country of Suf- folk, Mass., granted a divorce March 4 to Harry Romaine, assistant man- ager of Remick’s Boston professional department, from his wife Helen Saitz Romaine (Plunkett and Romaine). Edward MY. Dangel, a Boston attor- ney appeared for Romaine. Miles Theatre, Detroit, Robbed. Detroit, March 10. Three gunmen held up and assaulted the cashier of the Miles theatre here Monday noon, stole $5,100 from the safe and escaped in a motor truck through the heavy downtown traffic. Two of the robbers are believed to be men who applied at the theatre for jobs as ushers about a week ago. Emma Haig in “Magic Melody.” “The Magic Melody,” leaving the Shubert Saturday to play four weeks in Boston will have Emma Haig and Jack Waldron with it. They are a team of dancers in vaude- ville. Miss Haig gave as her reason for joining the show she required a rest between dances. Hillcrest Opens on March 20. The new Hillcrest, in Tarrytown, will open March 20, under the management of Burt Holiday, for vaudeville, a fea- ture picture with a cabaret on the roof garden. = ALBANY BILL ON CHILDREN. Albany, March 10. Amusement legislation had some at- tention in the Assembly the past week. Two bills were introduced. The first, by Mr. Booth, consists of amending sections to the Penal Law, relative to permitting children to at- tend dance houses, public pool and bil- liard rooms, theatres, picture shows and other resorts by prohibiting ad- mission of any child under 18 instead of under 16 years as at present, unless accompanied by parent or guardian. The same provision is made with re- gard to employment of children for exhibition purposes. Mr. Healey proposes the adding of new sections to the General Business Law providing for the licensing by any city or town of persons or corpora- tions intending to operate a theatre or other place of amusement or the business of selling tickets to such places. It is made a misdemeanor to sell a ticket of admission thereto at a greater price than the regular price charged therefor or printed on the ticket. SHEEDY SUES GRANVILLE. M. R. Sheedy through his attorney, Julius Kendler, has brought suit for $1,000 against Bernard Granville in the 7th Dsitrict Municipal Court for breach of contract in connection with a Sunday concert booking date when ‘Sheedy was*booking the Selwyn. The complaint charges Granville was heavily billed in advance but failed to play out his contract, agreeing to do so the following Sunday but also failed to appear. Sheedy claims he was damaged to the extent mentioned. The defendant has answered with a general denial. MORRIS POSTPONES SAILING. | William Morris has postponed his trip to London until the return from South Africa of his star, Sir Harry Lauder. : It was Morris’ original intention to accompany Lauder to Africa, but pres- sure of business here prevented. DIVORCE GRANTED MRS. BACON. Justice Tompkins im the Supreme Court last week awarded an absolute divorce decree to Margaret Bacon against her husband, Frank Bacon, (Bacon and Olive Burke). The latter was named in the proceedings. No de- fense was entered. Big Time at Temple, Ft. Wayne. Ft. Wayne, Ind., March 10. The Temple will have a big time bill of nine acts next week, inclusive or the Shriners’ Band. It will be Shriners’ week, J. J. Collins of the Keith office, New York, is booking the bill. At other times the house is supplied through the Chicago branch of the Keith agency. English Men Home Bound. George Arthurs, the English lyricist, arrived in New York early last week and sailed back Monday with Wilkie Bard’s company. Horace Reeves, London agent, who came over with Talbot O’Farrell, left home on the “Cedric” last Satur- ay. Dr. Crane’s “The Stranger.” Dr. Frank Crane, of the New York “Globe” will make his debut as an au- thor with “The Stranger.” The sketch calls for a cast of four. It was originally produced as part of the last Lambs’ Gambol. Sherman New Moss House. B. S. Moss’ new house at 18lst street and Broadway is the Sherman, to open May 1. The policy will be two-a-day vaude- ville at pop prices. | CABLE NEWS NEW MARIGNY REVUE. Paris, March 10. Undismayed by his 300,000 francs on his vaudeville venture at the Marigny during December and January, De Courville now states he will present a new revue there in April. loss of MARRIES JOHN POLLOCK. _ London, March 10. John Pollock, the author, was mar- ried March 6, to the Princess Bari- atinski, known on the stage as Lydia Yavorska. He is the adapter of “Anna Karenina” and “Damaged Goods.” ETHEL LEVY OPENING. Paris, March 10. Ethel Levy opens at the Alhambra March 12, as does Mareski, the violin- ist. CLARA BUTT IN CAST. London, March 10. Clara Butt will sing during the course of the production of “Peter Ibbetson” at the Savoy. REVIVING “MY LADY’S DRESS.” London, March 10. Gladys Cooper will be seen in her original part when “My Lady’s Dress” is revived at the Playhouse at Easter. Lauder Leaves for South Africa. : London, March 10. Sir Harry Lauder has arrived here, but intends leaving immediately to tour South Africa, Robert Evett Survives Change. London, March 10. Despite the change in proprietorship Robert Evett will continue at Daly’s as General Manager. Sir Thomas Beecham bought the theatre last week. Offering “Treasure Island.” London, March 10. Herbert Jay has many new pieces for production here including “Treas- ure Island.” Budd and Clark’s Success. London, March 10, Budd and Clark, the American bur- Iesque comedians, opened in London successfully and have been booked for the whole Stoll tour. Two Years for Togan and Geneva. London, March 10. Togan and Geneva have been booked solid for two years. The bookings were given them immediately after their first performance. EARL YATES SUSPENDED. Chicago, March 10. By orders of John Nash and C. S. Humphreys, Irving Yates, floor repre- sentative for Earl & Yates, has been temporarily withdrawn from the floor privileges and Lou Earl instructed to represent his agency. The business of the agency will go on without interruption. HARRY CARROLL’S REVUE. March 22 at Proctor’s, Newark, for the first half and Mt. Vernon, N. Y., the last half, is due for Harry Carroll in his own revue written by himself, to appear in conjunction with about 12 other people. On the same program in th® towns will be the initial appearance of Carrie Jacobs Bond in vaudeville. 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8 George White’s “Scandals of 1919” has a current one of its own, according to a letter received from a member of the show. It is about cards and cheating. The longer show business progresses and the higher salaries go, card play- ing there will be cheating, sooner or later. This particular affair in the “Scandals” show is about stud poker, how a clumsily marked deck was found on the table after one of the players had won $200. <A _ complete description is given by the writer of the letter with several of the boys now with the White show mentioned as witnesses. The person accused denied having rung in the marked cards, claim- ing he had secured the deck from some- one else. Anyone who gambles takes chances, two ways, against losing and being cheated. Therefore anyone who plays cards or gambles in any. way and is not in a position to protect himself against cheaters should not gamble. There are several low lived cheaters in the show business, especially in vaude- ville. Some have been exposed, others are known and should be. They are low enough to cheat their friends and pals. It’s no trick, stealing money from your friends, Any fool can accomplish that, once anyway, and instead of being able to live it down by saying he is a fool, it only fastens a lifelong rep on the cheater as a picayune crook. But that isn’t the answer. The proper an- swer is not to gamble with anyone you are not absolutely positive of. These cheaters and steerers are sure thing money getters. It isn’t marked cards a card player should be most afraid of. A deck of those may be purchased for a couple of dollars in any of the stores selling “games,” nor is it stacking the cards or shuffling up. Anyone who can do either of the latter well enough to escape detection in the long run won't play with actors; there is too much money to be had from others by the expert. But the actor must look out for a combination of players against them. Any two or three per- sons standing in together in any kind of a poker game, by signalling or sign- ing up to one another, can take the entire party if the game lasts long enough, and be certain to escape, if the standing in is done with judgment. A poker player must keep watching all the time, and is it worth it—to play cards in a “friendly game” and look out for crooked work? It is not, for if the game is on the level, there’s always the fifty-fifty chance of losing, and if it is not on the level, the honest player hasn’t a chance. The fellow who is playing with a percentage, no matter how slight, in his favor, must ultimate- ly win. It’s the percentage that even- tually wins out in gambling, any form, any kind. So when cheated there’s no used kicking or squealing, just put it down to the experience account, lay off playing thereafter and the loss will be the best investment ever made, for it will teach you something nothing else in the world could, that you can be cheated and have been cheated.

A number of vaudeville agents in the Putnam building cleaned up neat sums last week by trading in Loew stock. The quotation hit its lowest mark at 26. At that time there was consider- able buying on margins. It was this stock which sold last week when Loew was quoted at 31. Several agents ad- mitted clearing $1,000 each through the transaction.

The Loew agents can’t find. out whether their future offices will be in Loew’s new State theatre and office building* at Broadway and 45th street. They know the Loew booking staff, as well the remainder of the circuit's executives will move there but have not been told anything about them- selves. The Loew State will have a suf- ficient stage for any kind of attraction and while the announced policy of the new house has been picture, the Loew people recently brought the building, 156 West 46th street, a private house, with the intention of reserving that building for dressing rooms if required. A marriage recently occurred in which the bridegroom was 27 and the bride 39. Both are professionals. The newlywedded wife explained she -mar- ried her husband because he was good to his mother. KEITH ESTATE TRIAL ON. Boston, March 10. The suit of attorney John F. Cronan, of this city, against the estate of the late A. Paul Keith is being heard by Attorney Moorefield Storey, who is acting in the capacity of Master and Auditor on the case. The hearing before started Monday. It is expected sev- eral days will be consumed in pre- senting the evidence. Cronan is suing the estate for one- third of the amount left by the late A. Paul Keith, which he claims is due him_because of an agreement between him and Keith and which was made when the late theatrical magnate feared he was going to be cut out of the will of his’ father, B. F. Keith. Cronan alleges he adjusted the matter in such a manner that A. Paul Keith was not cut off and that as a result of the agreement made he is entitled to one-third of the estate, which runs high in the millions. the Master COPYING ORPHEUM ADS. The new Orpheum Circuit newspaper display ads carry a fancy black and white checkerboard border which has immediately caught on if imitation is a criterion. Copies of the dailies in which the Orpheum bills are advertised show that the managers of the other houses in Orpheum ‘cities were quick to realize the possibilities in the novel arrangement and have framed their copy along similar lines. The Finn & Heiman houses of the Orpheum circuit carry an over-line reading Junior Orpheum Circuit. THEATRE AT 8TH AVE. AND 50TH. A new 3,000 seat picture and vaude- ville theatre will be erected on the northwest corner of 50fh street and Eighth avenue. The house will be called the Tivoli. The Arena Co., which operates a picture house on Eighth avenue and 40th street, is behind the project. Tearing down of the structures now occupying the site will begin April 1, and building will immediately follow.

BAKER-ABRAHAMS MARRIAGE. Belle Baker and Maurice Abrahams were married in Brooklyn, Feb. 17. Theatre for Hammond. Chicago, March 10. The Hammond Improvement Co., headed by Chicago and Hammond capitalists, will erect in Hammond this summer a nine-story hotel and theatre costing $900,000, the largest in the Chicago suburban district. The struc- ture will be completed by fall, it is an- nounced. Cantor’s New Song. Chicago, March 10. Eddie Cantor’s first the new agreement for records will be a new song written by Jack Osterman and Gus Edwards, called ‘Why do they Call Them Daddies When They’re Not Related at All?” release under .

SPORTS The Marcus Loew basketball team went to New Haven last week to be beaten by the Franklin All Stars 34 to 20. The Franklins: are considered the best pro quintet in the country. The Loew team was defeated_because Jack Haskall, one of its star players, played against them. The second edition of the six-day bicycle race, which began at midnight Sunday and ends to-morrow at 11 p. m., has made plenty of money, exceed- ing the fondest expecfations of the promoters. Charles Hanson, the “angel” for the December event—he grabbed $15,000 profit—and John Chap- man, of Newark, are in 50-50 on this one. Governor Edwards, of New Jersey, to the tune of “How Dry I Am,” fired the pistol shot that started the 14 teams on the long journey. Monday night at 10 o’clock the Italian-Belgian combina- tion of Brocco and Deruyter stole a lap after 15 minutes exciting competi- tion. The crowd went almost daffy, for this was the first time in the his- tory of the grind that a team got in front so early. The old bar in the cafe has disap- peared. The boys that used to swap stories and meet for the first time once in a year, were nowhere to be found. Reason? You know. Leon Errol jumped over from Philly Monday night to glimpse the thing, but he left early because there was no one around to keep him company. The management reported the am- phitheatre was sold out for to-morrow, the last night. Two bike races in a year will go in New York because there is nowhere else to go. Jimmy Wilde, England’s sensational flyweight boxer, created a real sensa- tion in Philadelphia last week when he defeated Patsy Wallace, a rugged local lad, eight pounds heavier, in a fast six round bout. No decision was rendered, but Wilde was proclaimed winner by an easy margin. Wilde’s style, hitting power, cleverness and clean fighting caught the fancy of the Quaker City boxing fans and he was given a great welcome. Wallace made a much bet- ter showing than was expected. He caught Wilde off his balance in the fifth and scored the only knockdown suffered by the Briton since appearing here. It was not a clean knockdown at that, but his hands touched the mat. Wilde is a real champion and local fans will be glad to see him at any time. The show drew close to $11,000 at the National A. A. and Wilde was paid $5,- 000 for his bout on a guarantee. A party of Englishmen, friend’ of Wilde’s witnessed the bout. The party included Wilkie Bard, John Shine, Talbot O’Far- rell and Horace Reeves and were chap- eroned by George M. Young, the Keith house manager in Philadelphia. When one fighter dislikes another and they meet in the ring the specta- tors, for a change, get a run for their money. Willie Jackson and Johnny Dundee, bitter rival contenders for the lightweight laurels, gave the crowd in the Arena Club, Jersey City, Mon- day night, several thrills in every one of the eight sensational rounds they fought. What a battle! It was voted the greatest boxing match seen in the East since the good old days of the Frawley Law. Jackson tore into the gritty Italian at the tap of the first gong and almost annihilated him with a wonderful display of right hand hooks to body and jaw. Jackson rocked Dundee a few times with triphammer rights to the chin. In spite of the severe punishment, Dundee stood by his guns and fought back as best he could. Any one could see that Jackson was master of the situation almost from the time he landed the first right, a corker to the point of ‘the danger zone. The crowd was in a frenzy every seconé of the succeeding rounds. They could not believe their eyes when they saw the Bronx idol pummel Dundee, for the latter was 7 to 5 favorite. Every trick Dundee tried to pull was quickly smothered by the foxy Jackson. Bouncing against the ropes to get a flying start, one of Dundee’s old gags, didn’t work Monday night, for Jack- sen would dive after his man and meet him half way with a fusillade of blows. And when Johnny attempted to pull the jumping jack stuff he found Jack- son right on the job to break up the attack. Broadway must have been a lone- some spot for two hours Monday night, for everybody worth while in the Great White Way was at the fight. They thoroughly enjoyed the enter- tainment, which was in marked con- trast to the burlesque between Kilbane and Valger in Newark two weeks ago. Jackson’s followers grabbed some of the odds, but not half enough. The only man who was most confident Jackson would turn the tables on Dun- dee was “Slim” Bill Brennan, a referee. He bet $25 to $30. Ever since the night three years ago in Philadelphia, when Jackson, an un- known quantity, knocked out Dundee in one round, a feud has existed. Some of the boys must have known some- thing, for from the time the doors opened until the bout went on, the fans fought to get in. Dundee beat Jack- son twice hands running after the Philly disaster, but Jackson redeemed himself magnificently by his decisive victory Monday. Jackson’s next op- ponent in New Jersey may be Lew Tendler, the Quaker City southpaw. Dundee earned the honors in only one session, the fourth. Jackson was in rare form and he kept walloping Dundee to his heart’s content. Once opr twice the crowd feared Dundee would either collapse from punishment or go down to defeat via the knockout route. Jackson rocked him almost off his pins with a terriffic bombardment in the fifth and sixth stanzas. Confident that he had victory cinched Jackson let up a little in thé seventh, but when Dundee tried to pull some rough stuff he got his’n plenty. Jack- son never fought better in his career. Of course, he'll never beat Leonard, but right now he stands No. 1 on the lightweight ladder. And he can make the weight—133 pounds ringside. The House of David Band, contain- ing about 20 long-haired male members of some kind of a freak sect at Benton Harbor, Mich., has a baseball nine among the musicians. As baseballers they have quite a rep around their native town. Last summer they lost but 3 out of 33 games. McCarthy Bros. Incorporate. Chicago, March 10. McCarthy Bros., controlling the cir- cuit in the Dakotas, booking with the W. V. M. A., have incorporated under the same name for $1,500,000, to build and operate vaudeville houses in the northwest. There are nine brothers. Warren F. Lemon this week took over the management of Fox’s City, re- placing Harry B. Dean, who has been transferred to the New Britain, Conn., house. Mr. Lemon was last connected with the Shuberts in Pittsburgh. Nick Arnold-Arnstein, husband of Fannie Brice, was no nearer capture up to Wednesday than he was a week ago. Detectives supposed to have gone after Arnstein returned to New- York Tuesday as did one of his attorneys.

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| ain- ers iton nine lers heir lost cir- the der uild the 90k re- een nn., ted of ure sek ne rk 'S. VARIETY eatehagemeemne te ee NUTTING BLAMES BRANCHES FOR INCREASED PUBLISHING COSTS Woolwortli’s Music Buyer Says Big Fellows Have His Sympathy. Publishers On. Thirty Cent Songs. with Others Profiteering. Suggests Both Ten and Jobber Egging Describes Success “Afghanistan.” “T have nothing against the publish- ers,” said E. Z. Nutting, head music buyer of the Woolworth chain stores, to a VARIETY reporter. “I simply asked you here to set certain misinformation right and give you my angle of this music publishers-Woolworth wrangle. To begin with it’s the big fellow who has my sincere sympathy. It is for him I feel really sorry. It’s the lesser light who has taken advantage of this 30c song tilt and is using it for no other reason than profiteering.” Then Mr. Nutting stated huge over- kead expenses necessitated this tilt from the ten cent figure to the six jitney scale, but he offered a remedy for this situation. Ten years ago pub- lishers, the big ones only, maintained four branches, New York, Boston, Chi- cago, and San Francisco. With these four offices, and keeping the fact well in mind that there were not as many million and two-million song hits then as now, a publisher made more money than he does nowadays with all his enormous sales, mechanical royalties et al. The whyfore is simple, Mr. Nut- ting contends. “It’s the extra branches in St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis and towns of similar size, with their huge overhead expenses, salaries, entertainment funds for dinners and parties for privileged artists, that adds a needless six hun- dred to eight hundred thousand dollars extra expense as far as I can figure out. I do not say these figures are authentic but they’re pretty near that amount judging from my observations. There are some publishers who main- tain from 22 to 30 offices when they could formerly, and still can, get along with but the four in the four chief cities mentioned. And what caused it all—competition ! “I have sent a letter to this effect to the ten big publishers, offering my solution to the problem—and some agreed with me, funny as it may seem. But it was the dissenting ones that have caused this rift between us. And at the bottom of it all, I can safely say, is the jobber, the retail store keeper and last but not least our competitors, the Kress, Kresge, McCrory, Grant, and Metropolitan chain stores. e have built up our trade, and made lots of money incidentally I'll admit, as every- body knows through faith—the con- fidence of a patron in knowing he or she will get his money’s worth for every dime expended in our stores. We allow ourselves a small profit but by buying and selling in bulk we take care of ourselves financially. There- fore the change from the 10c scale to a higher figure is impractical and im- possible. “The jobber, however, has been egg- ing the publisher on to sell his stuff at the bigger price. They saw Forster get away with Missouri Waltz selling five million copies at 30c. When Hin- dustan followed, it meant a new era. Then Teller and the other music print- ers tilted prices, so did the -engraver, labor troubles intervened and the 30- cent song was born; The publishers were right. There’s no more money in the ten-cent game. How could there be with their manner of doing things, and the loose way of disbursing huge sums of money? “Then came the unkindest cut of all. Instead of issuing meritorious songs at both the ten and 30 cent scale, it was a case where a ten-cent song was left out in the cold. The trash and junk the staff writer unloads is what is printed up to retail for a dime. “My method of securing a song and promising to popularize it before it was even published was simply a tactical move for preservation’s sake. I had to do it. My first number was Gilbert & Friedland’s Afghanistan. Today, just four weeks after the song was born—mind you not four weeks after it became heard about—but just a month after it first saw daylight, I have disposed of 400,000 copies. I have scheduled it for the million and a half (Continued on page 18) THE JUDGMENT RECORD. The following is a list of the judg- ments filed in the County Clerk’s office. The first name is that of the judgment debtor; the second the judgment credi- tor, and the amount of the judgment. Nothern Film Corp.; E. K. Lincoln; $819.20, Progressive Amusement Co.; M. E. Yzquierdo et al.; $3,590.50. Edgar Allen; H. J. & F. E. Goldsmith; $556,70. Rex Laboratories; Wids Film and Film Folk, Inc.; $92.40. Lew Rose; Lewis Publishing Co.; $30.96. Films, Inc., and William M. Young; Baumann & Co.; $166.12. Eff and Eff Producing Co.; Lewis Publishing Co.; $332.51. Films, Inc.; Wm. W. Young and Joseph J. McDonald; Baumann & Co.; $561.13. Cinema News Pub. Co.; McConnell Printing Co.; $1,061.13. AL SANDERS OPENS. Philadelphia, March 10. The man who will never forgive Pro- hibition, Al Sanders, opened Monday at the Alhambra here in “The Movie Man,” a Henry Bellitt vaudeville pro- duction. Mr. Sanders was formerly a wine agent with an elastic expense ac- count. He is now about the only prin- cipal with the turn. The act plays the Towers, Camden, N. J., the last half. It is “breaking in. Demarest and Collette Placed. Demarest and Collette, one of the three acts recently losing big time routes after playing the Audubon The- atre, have been engaged by the Loew and Fox agencies for 16 weeks in New York City. At the conclusion of the vaudeville engagements they will sail for Europe to open at the Palace, Manchester. The foreign booking was secured by Willie Edelsten. N V A COMPLAINTS. “Poodles” Hanneford has filed a com- plaint alleging May Wirth is infring- ing on the following tricks: “Falling between two horses,” “turning somer- sault from back of running horse into arms of partner,” “riding on back of horse and holding on to partner,” “al- lowing horse to bump him,” and “step- ping from horse on one foot to the ground,” Harry H. Coleman has filed a com- NEW ACTS. Bob White and Babe Wells, songs. Irwin Rosen with Ethel and Madge Warde, assisted by Dick Dewey, danc- ing. Milton Wallace and Co., including Tack B. Walsh and Lucille Harrison, “Showing Uncle the Sights.” Haag and Lavere, comedy singing and talking. John Robb and Co., sketch, “Pearls.” Hodgkins and Brown have four acts in rehearsal, “Studio Songsters,” “Pass- ing the Bull,” “Luther,” and “Scatter.” Orr and Hager (man and woman) singing and dancing. Roy Bryant and Co. rural comedy sketch. “Fads and Frolics,” revue (10) and a musical director, six scenes with 19 hanging pieces. Costs $25,000 to pro- duce, it is said. Mossman and Vance have combined with Babette Winifred. Dolly Connoly, Percy Wenrich and Ray Raymond, three act. Harry Miller, who recently dissolved partnership with Bill Dooley to go with Olive Hill, has made another change. Tke latter being under contract to work in a sister act could not rejoin him. Miller will do Ted. Doner’s old act. Richard Burton and Gene Brady. Clark and La Vere have dissolved partnership. Miss Clark will produce a girl act assisted by six gitls and La Vere will double with Al Haig, a whistler. Mary Melville and George Rule in a comedy skit, “The League of Nations,” and Jane and Katherine Lee, assisted by a male, in “The New Director,” a comedy act, both written by Tommy Gray. Versatile Sextette, new act. Rome and Wager, comedy skit. Tom Lyman and Roy Barton, sing- ing specialty. Barton is from the Chi- cago cabarets and Lyman at Coney Island. Dick Dooley is rehearsing with the Ward Sisters. Herman Barrens at the piano. Arthur Hartley and Virginia East- man, singing and dancing. Helen Patterson and Dick Himber, two-act. BIRTHS. Mr. and Mrs. Edward McNamee, March 3, daughter . Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carroll, March 4, son; Harry Carroll, III. Mr. and Mrs. Lew Frey (Russell and Frey), 189 West End Avenue, New York, son. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Buxbaum, daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth MacGowan, son. The father is dramatic editor of “The Globe,” New York. Mr. and Mrs. James Slevin at their Lome in New York City, March 2, son. Mr. Slevin has been interested in the picture business, having been the first to secure permission to camera the Pope and Vatican. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Hanford at the Lakeside Hospital, Chicago, March 4, son. The father is of the Myers and Hianford act. Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Weiss, at the Woman’s Hospital, New York, March 3, son. The father is with the Tyson Company. The mother was nee Edna Feine. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Driscoll (Sadie Perry) March 2, Medford, Mass., son. plaint against Walters and Walters alleging infringement on a walking ventriloquial figure, on which Coleman claims he holds a patent dated April lv, 1917. _El Cota complains against El Cleve, ciaiming the latter is infringing on his professional name by using the prefix “El,” ILL AND INJURED. Ed Kennedy (Kennedy and Haver- beck) recovered from influeuza. Emma LeRoy (LeRoy and West) confined at Central Islip Asylum, is slowly recovering her mind. I. H. Hamp of “Round the Town” (American Wheel) who fractured his leg four weeks ago, has recovered. He rejoined the show in Worcester last week. Faye Smith (Faye and Jack Smith) underment a minor operation last week. The team lost one week’s work. Therese Josephs, ingenue, fell and broke her wrist while making an exit from the Colonial stage at Norfolk, Va., March 4. David Gardener, a vaudevillian, who was “gassed” in the war, is confined to his home at New Canaan, Conn. ~ Floyd Stoker, vaudeville agent, 1s confined home with heavy cold. He will be away from his office for about a week, ; Magical Irving has recovered from an attack of influenza. F. Ray Comstock was cailed back from Florida last week because of his mother’s _ illness. Mrs. Comstock slipped in getting out of a taxi some weeks ago and sustained a broken leg, Shock attendant to the fracture, af- fected the patient seriously, but she is reported improved. Walter Gallagher, specialty dancer with “Dere Mable,” is temporarily out of the cast, being ill with the “flu.” Fred Stewart, treasurer of the La Salle, ill at his home in Chicago. Bigson Herbert (Jerome and Her- bert) became ill at Detroit. Harry Sauber, producer of “What Love Will Do,” a musical comedy: act, had to jump into the role of the de- tective this week in order to save the week’s bookings, when the man play- ing the detective became ill. Mabel Wright, with Mrs. Gene Hughes in vaudeville, had her shoulder fractured by an automobile when play- ing New Orleans, but continued play- ing notwithstanding she suffered con- siderable pain. IN AND OUT. Alice Lloyd is substituting at Keith’s Providence this week, taking the head- line position, having agreed to the shift from the Bushwick, Brooklyn. Miss Lloyd will play the Bushwick instead March 29. Henri Scott and Dickinson and Deagon reported ili at Providence. George Price out of the Riverside this week through a sprain, with Ray Samuels deputizing. Miss Samuels is doubling from the Palace. Bert Errol reached New York Sun- day from the other side, arriving too late to make Shea’s, Toronto, Monday, with Wanzer and Palmer substituted. Eckhoff and Gordon had to cancel Loew’s, Toronto, Monday through ill- ness. Murphy and Klein left New York Monday night to take up the va- cated spot. Bailey and Cowan were snowbound at Biddieford, Me., Sunday morning, having left Portland the “night before. They reached New York late Mon- day and passed up the Allegheny, Philadelphia, date for that reason. Allan Rogers was out of the Alham- bra bill Monday for the weck, through illness. Keegan and Edwards substi- tuted. James Thornton could not make Louisville Monday and the vacancy was filled by the Keith Chicago office. Murray and Volk went into the Co- lonial Monday, replacing Jim and Betty Morgan, who were out because of illness. Aileen Bronson was obliged to leave the Keith’s, Syracuse, bill after Tues- day, owing to illness. MARRIAGES. Lieut. Robert Follett Synge, March 6, to Alice May Bradley, at the Church of the Beloved Disciple, New York. The bridegroom's mother is Charlotte Gra: - ville in “Smilin’ Through.” nt sah ee ee eee Sete Cart PANE

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Gayety, Pittsburgh, Ordered to Restore Regular Scale for This Week with Bedini’s “Peek-a-Boo.” Tickets Printed and Advance Sale Started. General Order Sent Out Cencerning Matter.

Pittsburgh, March 10. The admission scale for this week at the Gayety was restored to its 75 cents top, following the receipt of a mes- sage by the local manager, Henry Kurtzman, from the Columbia Amuse- ment Co. in New York, that the in- creased scale, to $1 top for this week with the Bedini could not stand. The Gayety had increased'the scale for the one week with the opening of the advance sale. A new set of tickets had been printed. It has been known throughout the Columbia Circuit that Bedini, arranging with the local manager, had increased the scale for the Bedini week in sev- eral cities. Manager Kurtzman was un- aware the sanction of the Columbia executives had been lacking in these matters until receiving the wires from New York, after he had advised head- quarters of the intended move. show, “Peek-a-Boo” It was understood around the Colum- bia Theatre building in New York early in the week that the Columbia Amuse- ment Co. through the Pittsburgh inci- dent, had sent out a general order to all of its house managers requesting that no increase of scale be made under any circumstances, for a single week for one attraction. No instructions were given regarding increasing a scale for permanency. The Gayety, Pittsburgh, is a Columbia house, oper- ~ ated by the circuit. Looked upon as good business on the part of Jean Bedini, when it could be gotten away with, the increase of scale for the Bedini show in three or four instances resulted in astounding receipts for the Bedini weeks. Record breaking takings were made recently by the Bedini show in Waterbury,. Conn., Baltimore and People’s, Ken- sing, Philadelphia, with the increased scale proposition. The Columbia’s letter was sent to all house managers. It is reported here- with: New York, March 8. Dear Sir: ; We wish to remind you of the fact that we have a fixed policy in all our theatres with reference to operating and prices, and we do not wish to de- viate from this policy except that or- ders to such an effect be issued from this office. : It has been brought to our attention that the management of the “Peek A boo” Company has been endeavoring to induce—in fact has induced—some of our local managers to raise their prices during the engagement of that show. We wish to impress upon you the fact that you must not raise your prices either for “Peek A Boo” or any other company. While some of our shows may be better than some of the others, we do not believe that is any good reason why the prices should be raised, as we endeavor to establish an average. Yours very truly, Columbia Amusement Co., (Signed) J. Herbert Mack, President. BURLESQUE IN TROY. Troy, March 10. Troy, N Y., will in all probability be granted an American Wheel franchise next season as Henry Ford has pur- chased a vast tract of land at Green Island opposite the collar city. The Detroit manufacturer plans to erect a mammoth tractor factory and the opportunities for population in- creases and financial gains are limit- less. Heretofore the Trojan was con- tent to journey to Albany or Schenec- tady to witness a burlesque show, but under the new conditions they will de- mand the home brand. The Lyceum, this city’s former burlesque house, is now being used as a fight club and is unsuited for housing a theatrical at- traction of any kind. A new house will in all probability be built. ENLARGING COLUMBIA BUILDING. An enlargement of the Columbia Theatre building is proposed, through having the dressing rooms running along the upper tiers back stage, trans- ferred to a specially constructed house in ‘the alley to the northward of the theatre. 7 The present dressing room space will be utilized for offices in an extended portion of the building to the east, while stores on the 47th street side of the building are to be cut in. MISS STANLEY RETIRES. The stage is losing May Stanley, a niece of J Herbert Mack, of the Co- lumbia Circuit. The young woman has been appearing in her uncle’s show, “Maids of America.” She permanently retired from the production and stage last Saturday, and is succeeded in the performance by Ruby Wallace. Mr Mack prevailed upon his niece to forego her stage career. BURLESQUE BENEFIT JUNE 13. The Burlesque Club has definitely settled on Sunday, June 13, as the date of its forthcoming benefit perform- ance. The show will be held at the Columbia. The first ten rows of the orchestra and the boxes will be auctioned at the Burlesque Club Sunday, May 30 (Dec- oration Day). HERK INSPECTING. I. H. Herk, president of the Ameri- can Burlesque Association; is on an inspection tour of the wheel shows and will be away from headquarters for about ten days. Irons & Clamage Get Franchise. Irons & Clamage have been granted a franchise to operate a new show next season on the Columbia Wheel. The firm now control “The World Beaters” and “All Jazz Revue” on the American Wheel. . Three Rounders Separate. The Three Rounders (Harold Rick, Jack Young, Oscar Gardner) of “Beau- ty Natal dissolved partnership last week, HENRY DIXON HERE AGAIN. Yes, that noise on Broadway Mon- day was Harry Dixon, the biggest noise in the show business. Mr. Dixon landed in New York with a spring suit, held over from last season and his '17 derby. A light top coat that looked like a frock cut down kept Mr. Dixon shivering on his way to let the Colum- bia building bunch get his Lash flash. Accused of trying to do a shimmy while walking on the highway, Dixon replied, as he lighted a match to warm his fingers, that it wasn’t summer on Broadway and he wanted to stun the boys with his new model dress. Dixon felt badly hurt at the cold and the in- attention he received. He said that en route from Washington to New York he stood up in a day coach all the way to save the crease in his trousers and not ruffle his coat. The Dixon show is in Jersey City this week but Harry asked that that be kept a secret as it was only for a week. The last seen of Mr. Dixon he walked over to the traffic cop at 46th street and asked him as a favor to give him a pass for that station house, to keep warm. The officer didn’t be- lieve him and when Dixon started to chatter further talk, the cop also fell for the shimmy effort and told the burlesque manager to cut it out. Mr. Dixon later decided to go to Palm Beach but a friend told him they were all coming back from there with trains only running one way now, so Dixon hired an electric stove, got a special rate from Edison and Monday night they were feeding him ice bags to get him back to normal. VICTORIA GETS OVER. Chicago, March 10. After three weeks of Columbia bur- lesque, the Victoria, Chicago, newest stand for the §rst wheel, may be safe- ly reported a success. This outlying house has taken in $6,300, $6,800 and $6,900 with its shows, more than it ever averaged with the various kinds of at- tractions during its long career. F. A. P. Gazzolo, proprietor, may have a show on the circuit next sea- son. MRS. BERNSTEIN RECOVERING. ‘Mrs. Rube Bernstein is recovering, following the arrival of her still born child last week. The baby, weighing 15% pounds, necessitated the Caesarian operation. BURLESQUE CHANGES. Vic Dayton closed with Barney Ber- rard’s “Girls De Looks” in Paterson, N. J., last week. Ruth Gale is playing the part temporarily. Helen Adair rejoins Kahn’s Union Square Stock next Monday after a six weeks’ absence through illness. John Bele replaces Charles Fleming in “Beauty Review.” Harry Mandel replaces Jimmy Gal- lagher in “Lid Lifters.” . Kitty Warren, National Winter Gar- en. Cady (Cady and Rice) replaces Harry Marks Stewart in Union Square. Jack Shargel, stock recruit, will handle principal comedy role with Harry Hastings’ “Kewpie Dolls” next season. BURLESQUE ENGAGEMENTS. Harry Steppe, “Tid Bits of 1920.” (American Wheel.) DE KALB FOR STOCK. A deal is on between Marcus Loew and Ben Kahn for the latter to take over the De Kalb, Brooklyn, May 1 for stock burlesque. The De Kalb is play- ing pop vaudeville and pictures. MOLLIE WILLIAMS’ SHOW. Mollie Williams’ Show at the Columbia this week is a first rate example of modern burlesque entertainment. It’s bright, well produced, elaborately cos-« tumed and more important than all of the foregoing holds a wealth of comedy which runs the guimut from chuckles to yells. There’s one or two bits of mild ginger here and there, carefully and in- offensively handled, but the show on the whole is “clean.” The first part has three scenes and the second, one. Miss Williams does not appear until the third scene of the first part when she presents a new version of her Klondike melodrama of previous seasons. This year it’s called “The Un- known Law” and features the same dramatic climax with the villain Frank Fanning taking the same fall from the stairway after being shot as heretofore. This dash of melodrama in the middle of a musical show makes for a highly de- sirable note of variety. Tuesday night the Columbia audience paid undivided attention to the simple story of the sketch, the scenic mounting of which would do credit to the best type of $3.00 show. The set itself received a hand at the opening. Miss Williams handles a serious acting role exception- ally for a comedienne, playing easily and without affectation. The show begins with the usual en- semble getting off to a flying start with the 20 choristers clad in attractive yel- low and green costumes. The first twen- ty minutes is occupied by the introduc- tion of the principals, interrupted by a series of swift moving numbers. “Mary- land” led by Eveleen Ramsay, the sou- bret, “Moving Picture Ball” as a single by Emil Caspar, “Eyes” soloed by Mil- dred Campbell and “Vamp” by Harry Bowen all drew legitimate encores. Emil Caspar and Harry Bowen are the featured comics, Caspar doing black face throughout the show and Bowen a tramp in the first part and an eccentrie charac- ter in the afterpiece. Caspar stands out prominently. He’s a real comic, unctu- ous to an abnormal degree and landing the heaviest sort of comedy punches with an easy quiet effective manner that sug- gests Bert Williams. There’s a conver- sational skit in the second scene, with Caspar as the central figure that’s a comedy gem. Caspar as a slow moving “dinge” stands in one spot for upwards of 20 minutes leaning against a prop lamp post in this bit, and rocks the house with laughter. Lending capable assistance is Bowen as a “souse”’ and Eveleen Ramsay doing a _ convincing dramatic bit, “—— off with a likeable comedy twist. ut the big laughs here are worked up capitally by Billy Pur- cella as a talkative “wop” with Caspar expanding each'of Purcella’s lines for an additional roar. Nobody is credited with authorship, but whoever put the above bit together had a dandy memory. In digging up ma- terial they went way back, so far that the present generation will find difficulty in placing it. The late George Evans monolog has been slightly drawn upon for part and Joe Welch’s turkish bath talk also furnishes several hefty laughs. The lifted material, however, is very cleverly disguised in the general out- line, and as it is not being currently used, its presence does not matter. There are no familiar burlesque bits or conventional comedy formations in the entire show. ‘The first scene has sev- eral draggy moments where one or two of the old boys would fit in nicely. Bowen has the burden of the comedy in the first section, getting some laughs with a life insurance examining bit, reminiscent of Conroy and Lemaire’s talking act of several years ago. The first part finale is weak, an umbrella ef- fect with the choristers holding on to streamers and going through an uninter- esting formation failing to bring the de- sired results. Possibly it’s the song, “Moon, Lightning and Sunshine” led by Mildred Campbell, Eveleen Ramsay and Madge Boaz. - Mollie Williams gets into her element in the afterpiece. This is called “A Day at Coney Island.” It’s just one of those things, elastically arranged to permit of specialties. Miss Williams holds the stage for 35 minutes with her Fashion Revue. “She’s Chic,” a French number starts her off. Then successively she does “The Modern Farmerette” in rube_ dialect, “High Brown Babies Ball” as a jazz con- tribution, and “I’ll Say She Does” as an audience song, concluding with “The “Spirit of Alcohol,” a comedy number which brings on the chorus in pairs, each team representing a different kind of liquid refreshment.. Chorus girl contest. For each of the numbers Miss Williams makes a complete costume change of her upper garments. The first is a one piece affair, with a stunning red cloak and red tam-o-shanter. Pink tights are worn with all of the changes. And when it comes to filling these Miss Williams as- suredly makes an eye filling picture. For the farmerette song she shows a blue silk Frenchy creation resembling overalls. But the most effective of the five is a red and white checkerboard one piece costume that’s the last word in designing and artistic color schemes, With the passing years Miss Williams has developed remarkably as a come- (Continued on page 22)

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{ 3 - oma ws VARIETY il Stagie suptes, 1% cents VOL. LVITII. i al No: 3 “Richard Ill,” current at the Plym- outh, is hardly the revelation described by the praising chorus who review plays for the New York newspapers. It is more nearly a revolution. It is this because it brings one era in the legitimate to an end and begins an- other. Of this new era John Barrymore will undoubtedly be first lord. To under- stand clearly what he has done and how he has done it, it is necessary to recall the days of Edwin Booth. In those piping times that followed the Civil War the actor was by way of being a king in his own realm. The able bodied, thinking men were busy repairing the damage of four years of conflict. Very few of them were in the newspaper game. Those few, whatever else they did, did not review plays. The type of mind Booth faced was akin to that of the late William Win- ter. To Winter the strutting, thunder- ing men who roared the rich sonorous lines of Shakespeare from the stage— to Winter such men appeared great be- cause of their very physical power. They took their “art” seriously and so did Winter. Showmanship was a game Barnum alone played at to win, but with the influx of young, well educated men into the newspaper business, the old timers began to go on tour or die off in obscurity and Richard Mans- field succeeded to Booth’s position. onlenee To the stage Mansfield brought a sub- tler understanding than that of the actors who preceded him and he faced a more critical public. How cleverly he got away with his job is a matter of history, but he did not get away with it without being called everything from ‘fakir” to “fool.” The clever men writ- ing for the papers saw what he was after and let him get by, but they, too, have gone their way. How to get by with their successors has been John Barrymore’s problem. He has met it cleverly. Along Broad- way he has been a social light some fifteen years and esteemed a wit of no mean calibre. He began as a news- paper caricaturist, but soon forsook that for a stage that promised more money and more fame. This stage he has used for his own purposes. It has never used him and if he has chosen to take up Shakespeare it is a safe bet the instinct that led him to do it was that of a showman, not that of an actor. Barrymore’s problem was to establish himself as a Shakespearean actor. He had his following, but to get the idea large in the public mind through news- paper reports was necessary. So he thought of the critics. These same critics have shaken Broadway with laughter many a time. Two of them have had to explain their connec- tion with prominent managers, but all of them had seen Hamlet done by Forbes Robertson and Walter Hamp- den. For Barrymore this role was out and Iago to his brother Lionel’s Othello had to wait. So John hit on Richard” and a re- arrangement and improvement of the original text. By an amazing feat of physical strength he did what no one had ever done before, put over this sharply edged caricature which is practically a monologue. The result was the critics fell down and wor- shipped. The trick was done though already Mr. Barrymore’s strength is failing him. He may carry the play only as far as the scene with Lady Anne and then let it flop, but he is established as a tragedian. What he does next will be heard by minds prop- erly impressed. Louis Pincus returned March 6 from a three weeks’ sojourn at Palm Beach. .Billy K. Wells opens on the Loew circuit for 15 weeks. The Dolly Sisters will sail for Lon- don April 17 on the “Baltic.” Duke Cross is in negotiation to take the Donald Brian role in another “Bud- dies” company. The Eddie Janis Revue was added to the “Powder Puff Follies” at the Broadway Monday. Shirley Sisters and Bud Bernie open a 30 week tour of the Loew Circuit March 22, The Friars Post, American Legion, i have a benefit at the Cort, March 1. George Arthurs, the English writer, who was in New York briefly, left for London Saturday. Dennis F. O’Brien, of O’Brien, Male- vinsky & Driscoll, arrived back in town from the coast last Saturday. Josie Heather will leave New York in May to join a West End, London, production the following month. Dan Sherman, old time minstrel, will give a supper to friends at his hotel St. Patrick’s Day. Jesse Freeman, of the Harry Spin- gold office, Chicago, has been in New York this week, looking over the bills. Joseph Allenton, formerly in “Pretty Soft,” will have a role in the “Piper,” at Fulton, March 18. Fallon and Brown will dissolve part- nership after April 25 in Indianapolis. Brown is going into business in De- troit. W. W. Passpart, who has been abroad for three months for vaudeville mate- rial for the American circuits, returns to New York March 15. Shina S. Samuels and his Russian Bailalaka orchestra have been signed to play with “The Russian Isba” for the entire tour. An order went into effect at the N. V. A. Club Monday prohibiting guests participating in card, pool and billiard games hereafter. —__— James Terry will sail from Halifax to open for the Variety Controlling Co. at Sheffield, England, April 12. Charles Bornhaupt did the booking. The show Jos. Eckle sent to Glovers- ville the last half of last week was prevented from getting back to New York by a snow storm. The Strand, Gloversville, N. Y., has switched booking back to Walter Plimmer, after having been on the books at Eckle’s office for three weeks. Alexander Carr and his sketch open on the Orpheum Circuit March 28. Singer’s Midgets start the same tour in July. Mack Browne (Browne and Elaine) left New York 4 months ago and has not communicated with his parents. His mother, Mrs. L. S. Browne, of 1339 Prospect avenue, asks ‘Variety to “notify him of his sister’s death.” “The Piper,” which the Shakespear- ean players are to present at the Ful- ton on off-day matinees, has been post- poned to April 18. Isadore Sherman, for the past four years with the B. F. Keith press de- partment, is now associated with Edgar Ailen, of the Fox office. The theatres of Fort Worth, Tex., were closed last Sunday through min- isterial agitation. They are expected to reopen this coming Sunday (March 14). Fally Markus has taken over the bookings of the Stroud Theatre, Stroudsburg, Pa.; New Theatre, Amity- ville, L. L, and the Unique, Farming- dale, L. I. Jack Mayes, the~ drummer in the Frisco act, has accepted a position on the staff of the Philadelphia “North American.” He is an illustrator and will be in the advertising department. Marjorie Rambeau will replace Mary Ryan in “The Sign on the Door” at the Republic next Monday evening. She will continue in the part when the piece goes on tour. Frank T. McGlynn, who created the Abe Lincoln character in the American production of the historical drama, is an uncle of John McGlynn, owner of the Rennsallear Inn, Troy, N. Y., and president of the. Hotel Men’s* Asso- ciation. Ramona Park, Grand Rapids, will open its season May 23 with the first en- gagement of the vaudeville acts run- ning eight days. Thereafter the week will open Monday. John J. Collins of the Keith office will book the Park as formerly. It plays twice daily. —_— For being the youngest Friar in cap- tivity, friends of George Appleton will assemble in his honor at a beefsteak in the grill room tomorrow evening. The committee of arrangements in- ciudes Barney Klawars, chairman; George W. Sammis, Leon Spachner, Edward O’Brien and Harry B. Nelmes. The tenants of several theatrical buildings in the Times Square district have been complaining of late about the congestion in the lobbies and hall- ways due to the presence of a large number of “extra people” seeking posi- tions with motion picture concerns in the buildings. Several picture firms have been notified to vacate. Evelyn Blanchard, the authoress, is suing Max Gordon for 8 weeks’ royalty due on several songs she wrote for Rita Boland, who is under Gor- don’s management. The act played a vear, and then resumed at the begin- ning-of this season. She then insti- tuted suit through William M. Wald- man. E. Ray Goetz sailed Monday on the “Imperator” for Southampton. Mr. Goetz will endeavor to secure the American rights to several English productions and will bring Mlle. Mis- tinguett, the French actress, back with him. George Meyers, the song writer, who was to accompany Goetz, unable to make the necessary arrangements, did not sail. The U. S. Supreme Court decision on the stock issue income tax may release much surplus funds held by theatrical corporations. The stock wf be issued in lieu of dividends with the possibil- ity of the stockholders returning the stock to the company as collateral for money borrowed, thereby receiving the free use of what otherwise would have been a cash dividend. The Wirth Brothers Circus will end == = its tour of New Zealand this month, the length of stay there being four months instead of three, as _ first planned. The box office takings have been a revelation. In the “south island” alone the gross exceeded the total figures for the whole tour. Ad- vices received in New York this week state that the record for receipts was broken at every stand played. Willie Edelsten and Max Hart tes- tified Monday in the Mulligan murder trial. The man was charged with hav- ing thrown a woman out of a windew in a house opposite the Friars Club one day in May last, about 2.30 in the af- ternoon. Edelsten and Hart were just leaving the club to take an auto ride. They testified the woman leaped from the window. On the strength of their testimony the court ordered all charges excepting assault be dismissed against Mulligan. The third heavy snow storm that has visited the New England section de- veloped into a blizzard late last week and east of Boston train service was so badly crippled that theatrical move- ments came to a standstill. In Maine 10 feet of snow stopped the railroads and not a single train arrived or de- parted from Portland from Saturday until late Monday. With telegraph wires down too, no communication from most of the affected points had been received in New York and vaude- ville bookers were especially worried through the delayed movements. It was expected that in some towns the bills were held over for the first half. Houses supplied by Harvey Watkins, of the Keith office, were the worst sufferers, TOMMY’S TATTLES. By THOMAS J. GRAY. Guess Governor Edwards has decided to make the state of New Jersey fam- ous for something besides mosquitoes and cut weeks. Theatrical costumers were arrested for “Bootlegging.” We can’t under- stand just how much you could put in the bootleg of a theatrical costume. Will Rogers, a cowboy, who can talk, stays in pictures, while the cowboys who can’t talk stay in vaudeville, Marconi predicts wireless telephone conversations between New York and London for 26 cents a minute. Not if the American telephone companies ar- range the prices. Imagine an American nut comedian explaining his act over the phone to an English agent, at 26 cents a minute? Just so things will be quiet there, the allies have decided to allow the Turks no navy. Ireland never had a navy either, and (anybody can fill the last line in themselves). Newspaper headline reads: “Movie Camera To Show Pictures of Wild Life.” It referred to wild game and animals, however, and not to Broadway after Eleven P. M. If the new fad of making most of our ex-presidents heroes of plays should spread to other countries, there’s going to be an awful lot of work for the authors in South America. The handwriting on the wall points to the fact that Tazz music will soon take its place with society dancers, ukaleles, Salome versions and other veterans of vaudeville. Ouija Boards seem to be getting a lot of time and attention in stageland. Acts using Ouija Boards should be able to find out how they are going to go each week—after they open. “Dardenella” now leads the league for bow music. : i t & ‘ = ‘ ; pang aE BSL go si Ase) uF

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i il ie | H te \y Sh BF eg pee nt noupee t ae oo Saray AP =, met Tal Re Bataner ~~ Sree naw ape beat i2 LEGITIMATE ASTOR REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS BRING $5,159,075 AT AUCTION Parcels Sold Include Ground on Which Astor, Bijou and Morosco Theatres Are Built. Sol Bloom and Edward Margolies Mock’s Old Corner Sold Bidders. Go to Mat. Shuberts Active for $167,000. The property of the Trust Estate of Henry Astor, located principally in the heart of the theatrical district, was sold at auction at the Hotel Astor, Tuesday, the sale lasting from 11 a. m. until almost midnight. There were 141 parcels offered amd the aggregate amount realized was $5,159,075. The interest of theatrical world was centered on fhe fact that the ground on which the Astor, Bijou and Morosco. Theatre and 8th avenue, the part of the sale. All three sites were purchased by Robert E. Dowling, head of the City Investment Co. The Astor Theatre property was purchased for $790,000, the assessed valuation by the city being $960,000. The Bijou and the Morosco brought $350,000, the city hav- ing assessed it at $455,000. : Next in point of interest was the sale of the row of houses on the north side of 45th street between the Morosco Theatre and 8th avenue, the corner on which Mock’s is situated and the houses on the south side of 46th street east of 8th avenue. The Shubert faction was very much in evidence at the sale, J. J. Shubert and Edward Margolies being present and when Shubert left his bidding was done by Sam Stone who bought in two houses on West 45th street in Shubert’s name. Margolies also bought several pieces of property. Sol Bloom was also there. He and Margolies went'to the mat over the bidding on the lot and building at 255 West 45th street. When the building was knocked down to Bloom at $53,250, Margolies objected saying that he had bid over that sum. The matter was placed before Referee Charles F. Brown who ordered that the parcel be sold again. It was then bought in by A. Pincus who paid $60,125 for it. Margolies later bought 254 West 46th street fog $30,750 and 729 8th avenue for $62,500. The five buildings on West 45th street from 239 to 247 were bought in by William Goldstone in a block for 000 each, a tota! of $315,000, the plot eing 100 by 100.5 Mock’s old corner was sold to John Kadell for $167,000. This includes 740 and 742 8th avenue and 264-66 West 46th street. Kadel later bought three adjoining houses on 46th street, 258-60 and i for $33,000 each and 256 for J. J. Shubert bought, through Stone, 261 and 263 West 45th street for $35,000 each. The properties lying between that plot and 247 were split up in the purchasing by Margolies and Bloom. On 46th street east of Broadway, are located the‘first parcels of the sale, 148 and 150. The first sold was 150 which went to H. Rosenberg for $45,000 which is $13,000 in excess of the as- sessed value. 148 was sold to Charles Globy for $43,000. A list of the properties directly in (Continued on page 22) JERSEY SEEKS SUNDAY SHOWS. Trenton, N. J., March 10. Senator Albin Smith, of Paterson, introduced a local option Sunday bill in the legislature and the measure had its first hearing before the judiciary committee last Monday. A number of theatrical men in this state and others, including Ligon John- son, representative for the United Managers Protective Association, were present. The measure follows the lead of New York which has baseball, but the Smith measure will allow the vari- ous Jersey communities to decide for or against Sabbath entertainment such as dramatic shows, vaudeville, bur- lesque and baseball. The Smith bill is expected to reach the floor during the current session. JOHN DREW GOING OUT. “The Cat-Bird,” starring John Drew, will withdraw from the Maxine Elliott at the end of the week and after play- ing several subway dates will strike for New England territory. The show opened to good prospects four weeks ago but failed to stand up after the first two weeks. Last week’s gross was a little over $6,000, not con- sidered good this season. Mr- Drew makes the forth star who failed to deliver on Broadway recently. He is figured a much better attraction on the road than in the big cities. “What's in a Name” will be the suc- ceeding attraction at the Elliott. KELLY WANTS HIS MONEY BACK. Anthony Paul Kelly, author and pro- ducer of “The Phantom Legion,” has brought suit in the Supreme Court against John Cort, operators of the Cort Theatre, to recover $4,000, paid the defendants in advance for one week’s rental of the theatre which was not taken advantage of, however. Mr. Kelly was to bring his show into the Cort Dec. 8, last, on a 60-40 basis with a $4,000 weekly guarantee. He paid the first week’s guarantee ren- tal down. On December 4, however, John Cort opened his “Three’s A Crowd” show there despite the fact Kelly was to bring his “Phantom Le- gion” in four days following. Mr. Kelly immediately procured the Play- house for his production. “HIS HONOR” MOVING. With the A H Woods*production of “The Unseen Hand” opening at the Bijou March 23, “His Honor Abe Pot- ash,” another Woods show, will leave that theatre for the Lyric. “The Unseen Hand” has a spiritual- istic trend, treated in an intensely dra- matic way, according to reports of the story. BOSTON MANAGERS. Boston, March 10. As a result of the dropping of E. D. Smith, whose position has been taken by A. Toxen Worm, here have been some changes made in the personnel of the Shubert house managers. Worm is general representative, Arthur J. Sheldon, manager of the Shubert; Frank M. Hoyt, manager Wilbur; John W. Lyons, manager Plymouth; Henry Taylor, manager Majestic and John M. Schneckenberger, manager Boston opera house. John Luce continues to be local pub- licity man for the Shuberts. “Brevities” Get Black and Dardanella. Johnny Black and Dardanella have been signed for George Le Maire’s “Broadway Brevities.” Black will do the juvenile, His present vaudeville turn will be incorporated in the show. Miss Dar- danella (Mrs. Black) will do a number of bits. tion. YIDDISH ACTORS BAR STAR. , Chicago, March 10. The Jewish Actors’ Union made it im- possible for Rita Gould to accept a starring engagement at Glickman’s Palace, offered her by Joseph Kessler and Ellis F. Glickman, Miss Gonild is here, pending the set- tiement of an alimony matter and pre- paring a vaudeville act. Kessler met her and was surprised to hear her talk Yiddish with a kosher accent, and immediately offered her an eugagement with a guarantee of four performances weekly, for 12 weeks. She accepted. The union sat on the case and decid- ed it was unfair competition, as the rival company at the Empire had no attraction of parallel merit to offer, and served notice that Miss Gould could not play. That settled that. TO PRODUCE SUMMER STOCK. Alonzo Price, the playwright, will produce summer stock in addition to several new musical shows to be staged near New York. One of the new pieces is “Black-Eyed Suzanne,” written by Price and the score by Jerry Jarnagin and Lester Keith. The show will star Nonette, who is Price’s wife. A revue “Snap It Up” will also be offered. There was a farce, “Black Eyed Susan,” produced a number of years ago by the late Charles Frohman. and there is a current English production of similar title. ENGAGED FOR “DODO.” Washington, D. C., March 10. George Marshall, who in conjunction with Monta Bell conducted the Garrick . Stock last summer is to produce a new farce by Avery Hopwood to be known as “Dodo.” Marshall has already engaged the following players for the cast, it going into rehearsal shortly: Roland Young, Ernest Glendenning, Juliette Day, Hazel Turney, Reed Hamilton, Grace Louise Anderson, Tot Qualters, Harold Salter, Harry O’Neil. LOVERIDGE MANAGING CENTURY. John Loveridge has been appointed manager of the Century theatre and will take charge of the house immedi- ately. Mr. Loveridge was formerly manager of the Alhambra and later supervising manager of several of the Fox houses. He, resigned from the latter position last week to accept the managerial vacancy at the Century. AGHAST AT “FOLLIES” PRICE. Cleveland, March 10. Cleveland is somewhat aghast at the price list set for “The Follies,” due here March 22. The scale is topped at $4 with a request for any buyers to bring along 40 cents extra as war tax. COLLIER WRITES REVUE. William Collier is to try his hand at revue writing and under an arrange- ment made this week will supply the book for the Sophie Tucker show, due to open in Chicago early in the sum- mer. Sam Shannon will produce the show. “Gloriana” Forced to Close. “Glorianna,” with Fritzi Scheff and Al Wilson, closed March 6 because of reported differences between Wilson and Miss Scheff. Wilson had a run of the play contract and refused to give it up. Ziegfeld Paying Spinelly $1,000. Mlle. Spinelly, who is over here from France to appear for Flo Ziegfeld on the Amsterdam Roof will receive $1,000 weekly for the New York engagement. Mlle. Spinelly created the role of “As You Were” in Paris now played by Irene Bordoni in the New York produc- “tre at Fort decision. HAVANA CAN’T SUPPORT SHOWS. Havana is not a logical place to stage American legit shows, according to Karl Kitchen, of the “Sunday World,” who recently returned from the Cuban capital. “A show irrespective of its type in English, hasn’t the ghost of a chance of lasting more than two weeks,” he said. “While the opera in Spanish or French may find a larger clientele among English speaking people, shows will not. Talk of a great colony of English speaking residents in Havana is the bunk. “Any manager sending a show down there would have to lay out a round figure of about $3,500 assuming for a company of 70. “Havana is not much larger than Newark, and why managers should fig- ure on spending a lot of money for steamship tickets when they can as easily route the show to Newark and get a better break, I can’t for the life of me tell. Then again, there are no more than 1,500 hotel rooms to accom- modate people.” SHOW PRINCIPALS IN FIRE. Norfolk, Va., March 10. Several women members of Arthur Hammerstein‘s “Tumble In,” barely es- caped with their lives Sunday. night when the Hotel Chamberlain at Old Point Comfort in which they were stop- ping was destroyed by fire. Some of the company members lost their clothes and baggage and Eleanor Williams’ $1,200 worth of jewels dis- appeared. Women members were resting pre- paratory to the performance that eve- ning at the government Liberty Thea- nroe. Several thrilling rescues were noted. Getting itself together the “Tumble In” company came across Hampton Roads Monday morning for its engage- ment at the. Colonial at Norfolk. Principals who had narrow escapes included Ada Meade, Edna Hibbard, Olga Mishka, Eleanor Williams, Mabel Ferry, Alice Johnson, John Philbrick, Carl McCullough, Charles Knowiden and John Kelly. $10,000 CHICAGO OPERA SUIT. Nina Morganay coloratura soprana, filed a $10,000 damage suit in the Su- preme Court last week, against the Chicago Opera Association, Inc., charging failure to renew her contract of $250 weekly salary for the eastern season. In answer the association admits Miss Morgana was engaged at the specified salary June 25 last, her ser- vices to be performed within the state of Illinois until January 25, 1920, but includes no agreement for the renewal or extension of the contract for New York season. It asks dismissal of the action with costs. . ; CORT WINS SALARY CLAIM CASE. John Cort, who is said to have had more cases for arbitration before the joint A. E. A.-P. M. A. board than any other manager, finally was awarded a decision in his favor this week in the matter of a salary claim by cast mem- bers of “The Whirlwind.” The show rehearsed 5 weeks before its out of town premiere and the players claimed a week’s salary for the fifth rehearsal week. The manager set up the counter-claim that “The Whirlwind” was a _ spectacle, which under the rules classes the Same as musical shows in that five weeks re- hearsals are permitted -before salaries start. The 6 arbitors stood divided in their opinions as to how the show should be classed. Augustus Thomas was called in as the seventh man-and agreed with Mr. Cort. Dissatisfaction was expressed by the players over the Ei _ we ot Ri Ri dsb “ Fi gta) ge Fiat aeage eae ip nile bh Bang 1

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— 7 So SS ee el. Dares fee 4 | —_— scien memmeatiiihdideeeeeie een, meen ne sana > = SS. P tihd Ft) Ty ele ai omnes errs ae 4 Pete bet Foy ey pee ual mada Lied LEGITIMATE — i3 EXPECTED)BUSINESS SLUMP SENDS B’WAY TAKINGS DOWN Premiere of “Richard III’ Acclaimed at Plymouth with John Barrymore Starring. Box Offices Off 20 Per Cent Last Week. “Clarence” Slipping. “Hot- tentot” and “Sacred and Profane Love” Now with Leaders. The fag end of last season was spot- lighted by an ambitious manager who stepped into the foremost ranks among producers by putting on the most picturesque drama in years. It was Arthur Hopkins whose presentation of “The Jest” starring John and Lionel Barymore was sensational and con- tinued to be so until the piece was withdrawn. With both the Barry- mores remaining in it, the show could have lasted throughout the present sea- son. For the length of its run “The Jest” established new business figures for non-musical plays. With the pres- ent season now in its last quarter the same producer has again drawn the focus of dramatic interest, with the premiere on Saturday night last of “Richard III,” again starring John Barymore. Though it may~not be in the cards for a Shakespearean play to provide the dramatic sparks of the colorful “The Jest,” still “Richard” was hailed in a manner which makes the chances bright for Mr. Hopkins to re- peat the production success of last season. The presentation of “Richard III” has been viewed rather calmly by showmen who figure that Shakespeare can have little general appeal but so astute a producer as Hopkins has more than the artistic sense in his favor. For one thing the Sothern-Marlowe tour this season has met with unprecedented success for an attraction of the kind. But Hopkins has done more than put on Shakespeare. He selected an ex- purgated version of “Richard” and the Hopkins “Richard” is the first attempt to combine two plays of the old master- poet, it being a combination of “Rich- ard III” and “Henry VI.” John Barrymore, like in “The Jest,” succeeded in arousing the critics to ecstasies of praise, that including the “armor plated” reviewers. One of the leading dramatic men’s opinion that “John Barymore’s ‘Richard’ is the most inspired performance which this . generation has seen” is a sample of the tenor of the press comment. Hopkins’ production is praiseworthy as to cos- tumes and settings, work on the props having consumed months. There is a set scene showing the interior of the Tower of London, reaching the ex- ceptional height of 48 feet. The other scenes are masked in front of the permanent tower scene, which in itself can, probably never be taken on the road. The flower of the Barrymore family is now appearing on Broadway—John in “Richard,” Lionel in “The Letter of the Law” and Ethel in “Declassee.” Their uncle John Drew departs for the road with “The Cat-Bird” on Saturday. The financial success of “Richard” is practically assured but there is a hitch with the agencies who demand one- third return privilege. The producer, however, is holding out for an outright buy, claiming that most of the high priced seats are in straight demand at the box office (the first ten rows are $2.50 nightly). “Declassee” is one of the current dramatic hits and will last out the season without trouble. Lionel’s show is still in doubt as to popular ap- peal. The Barrymore name is credited with the draw thus far. The show drew $13,000 at the Criterion last week. Among the newest shows to arrive, Sam H. Harris’ “The Hottentot,” star- ring William Collier, is the comedy suc- cess at the Cohan and Harris. Its first week. grossed nearly $16,000 with indica- tions that the current week will ma- terially top that figure. The surprise of the show is its matinee power. Sat- urday afternoon’s performance drew $2,200, which is a novelty for Collier, who never showed much in a matinee way. “The Night Boat” stands as the musical leader. Last week it averaged $2,900 nightly at the Liberty arid passed $21,000 on the week. “As You Were” holds to strong business at the Cen- tral with the normal pace better than $18,000 (practically capacity). “Irene” however, is still a capacity winner at the Vanderbilt. “Look Who’s Here” surprised at the 44th Street. That at- traction was not given the best of newspaper comment but pulled near $15,000 for five days and started off the current week strongly. It is fig- ured a “word to mouth” attraction and stands a good chance. Business followed predicted form last week dropping off from 18 to 20 per cent. all along the line, with the hits excepted. One of the decided slumps is “Clarence” at the Hudson, where the takings slipped down to $8,000. This show shaped up as one of the most promising comedies for long run honors until the holiday season, but appears to have shot its bolt. “Clar- ence” should, however, last for the balance of the season, having a stop liimt of $7,000. It has completed a six months’ run and during four months of that time its business was among the best of non-musical attractions. Another comedy which has shown the pace lately is “Mamma’s Affair” now down to an $8,000 pace also. This piece has developed for the most part in a downstairs draw. Had it remained at the Little it would most likely have sustained a longer demand. “He.and She,” which succeeded it there, sud- denly withdrew last Saturday, provid- ing a regular berth for the O’Neil tragedy, “Beyond the Horizon,” which has been playing matinees first at the Morosco and then the Criterion for the past five weeks. Richard Bennett is starred in the piece and his presence led to the withdrawal (temporarily at least) of “For the Defence,” which started out over the subway circuit. Oliver Morosco is credited with showing managerial skill in his theatre operation this season, when control of a Broadway theatre has meant more “gravy” than the production field in a number of cases. His control of the Little should net a nice profit this sea- son, but in sending his “Mamma’s Af- fair” into the Fulton and bringing “Sacred and Profane Love” into his own Morosco theatre, has worked out exceptionally well. The latter show with Elsie Ferguson is a capacity draw with the weekly business nearly $17,- 000—figures the house never played to before. There are but two new arrivals for next week with the Theda Bara show, “The Blue Flame” attracting the real interest. The advance sale at the Shu- bert opened strongly and there is little doub hah efilmPYthv-a"O 0? w-Ei-tTu doubt that the film vamp will prove as great a draw on Broadway as on the road. The other premiere is the revue “What’s in a Name,” which succeeds “The Cat-Bird” at the Elliott. The “name” show is wise enough not to (Continued on page 14) BARRYMORE FOR LONDON. John Barrymore will go to London with his repertoire when that slowly growing collection is complete. He will not tour this country. This has been his plan all along. It is now clear the trip to London contemplated by him last winter was not for the pur- pose of making a presentation there of “The Jest,” but for looking over the ground preparatory to the more ex- tended venture mentioned above. For this purpose he is already re- organizing his company along lines suited to England. English actors are being included in his cast. The wife of one of them, a man who has dis- tinguished himself here as a manager as well as on the stage itself, is play- ing the lead with him in “Richard III.” Maud Hannaford, who played opposite him in “The Jest” and whom he de- scribed to his sister as the best “feeder” on the stage, was not let out, but left of her own accord, friends declare. She felt she could not develope fully while overshadowed by Barrymore. The ownership of “The Jest” is 75 per cent. Barrymore. Arthur Hopkins has a twenty-five per cent. interest, but the Barrymores expect to finance their future on the proceeds of this amazing success. Barrymore himself feels that he must take no chances with that fu- ture and so is choosing to appear in plays bigger than himself, plays that will carry him. In light comedy he would have to work all the time and would take far greater chances than he will ever take in classic tragedy. FOREIGNERS OFFERED MILLIONS. Max Reinhardt, the German wizard oi the drama; Franz Lehar, of “Merry Widow” fame; Leo Fall, who wrote “The Dollar Princess”; Oscar Strauss, of “The Chocolate Soldier,” and Jean Gilbert, composer of the music for “The Queen of the Movies,” and the other German and Austrian dramatic people who are coming to New York to produce plays and pictures, have been guaranteed $200,000,000 by the Export and Import Film Co., of 729 Seventh avenue. Their contracts run for ten years and they are to produce exclusively here during that time. Ben Blumenthal is president of the com- pany. Samuel Rachmann engineered the deal. “BETTY BE GOOD” AT CASINO. “Betty Be Good” is listed as the next attraction at the Casino, succeeding “The Little Whopper” on Easter Mon- day, unless there is a change in booking which has “Florodora” opening at the Century. “Betty” has been held out of New York longer than any musical show be- cause of the house shortage. It opened last fall. The Shuberts recently bought an interest in the show. “Betty” is in Pittsburgh this week and after playing Buffalo next week will lay off until the Broadway opening. DEMAND THEATRE AT HARVARD. Boston, March 10. Harvard University is out to run the Shuberts and all the other big pro- ducers “ragged.” The Crimson, the of- ficial organ of the college “demands” that the college should have a theatre where plays similar in construction to the prize plays which have appeared in the past on the professional stage should be worked out and produced. The students who are interested in thedtricals at the college are known under the title of the “47 Workshop.” “MAN AND WOMAN” STORED. Washington, D. C., March 10. “Man and Woman,” the new William A. Brady which had its showing here last week with Holbrook Blinn and Mary Nash, has been sent to the storehouse. Miss Nash is sailing for London to appear in “The Man Who Came Back,” wile Mr. Blinn is going to sojourn in pictures, were the reasons given, BIG ORCHESTRA LEAVES ARPIL 22. The entire New York Symphony Or- chestra of 93 musicians, with Walter Damrosch, conductor, will sail from New York, April 22, on the “Rocham- beau” for Paris. This is the first Euro- pean tour of an American orchestra. The orchestra is taking two American artists to appear exclusively on the European tour. They are Albert Spald- ing, violinist, and John Powell, pianist The opening concert has been set for May 4, 6, and 9, and the French government has put the Paris opera house at the disposal of the orchestra, while the Belgian government has given the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie for the concert in Brussels. An engagement in London has also been planned for five concerts to take place June 14, 15, 16, 19 and 20 at Queen’s Hall. FLOOD OF SUMMER REVUES. The summer revue thing, which has been growing for the past three sea- sons, looms up bigger than ever for the coming hot months of 1920. To date it looks like the field for summer money via the revue idea will be increased this season by no less than six pro- ducers not in the going before. In addition to the four added start- ers announced at various times since the first of the year, the latest entry is Wilner & Romberg. The latter will do the score and the book will be done by Rennold Wolf. ADELE ROWLAND IN “IRENE.” The role in “Irene” at the Vanderbilt to be vacated by Edith Day is to have Adele Rowland. Miss Day sails March 20 to take up the same part in the English production of “Irene,” to be made by J. L. Sachs in London between March 31 and April Eva Puck is also reported to replace Edith Day in “Irene” but. Miss Puck may go in the second “Irene” show instead. ENGLISH BOOKINGS POOR. A foreign agent in New York who has been in negotiation with a large number of artists looking toward Eng lish engagements, said this week he was through trying. The cable tolls with- out result the agent stated was putting his bank account on the wrong side. The agent’s survey of the situation included the English pound as against the American dollar, the Enxlish in- come tax, trade permit and passport as the causes contributing against the Americans’ desire to go abroad. TO CONTINUE AT THE PARK. The success of “Ruddigore” at the Park has led to the American Singers Society extending tenancy of the house for the balance of the season. “Ruddigore,” which got $11,000 last week, will continue until Easter. After then there will be a succession of re- vivals of Gilbert and Sullivan operas, the plan being to go through the entire list. This will include the presentation of “Princess Ida” for the first time, and a repeat of “Yeomen of the Guard.” TO PRODUCE MUSICAL SHOW. Gus Hill has acquired producing rights for “Not Tonight, Josephine,” a new musical show written by Frank Kennedy. Mr. Hill will give the piece a prelimi- nary work out this spring with a view to placing it in a Broadway house some time in August. The production will not be made under Hill’s name, a new corporation being formed to handle it. GETS DIVORCE AND CHILDREN. Victoria Wallace of “Mabel Be Care- ful” was awarded her divorce decree last week in her suit against Eugene Wallace. The plaintiff also received custody of the three children. Julius & Max Kendler appeared for Mrs. Wallace. ylik marge yr licn ake err ree

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LEGITIMATE INSIDE STUFF 4s ON LEGIT According to Freddie McKay, who nee ever played at the Nixon, with $3,- should know, the various printed 10 in. The show left Broadway with- stories concerning the personnel of the out going under its stop-limit original “Florodora” Sextet contain a lot of misinformation. For example, he says, Edna Goodrich and Evelyn Nesbit were not members of the fa- mous six, but were “Indian girls” “in the show. McKay’s memory has it that the girls who created the “parts” were a Miss Wilson, who married Frederick Gebhard, Margaret Relyea (now Mrs. Albert Stokes), Miss Tex- smith, Frances Belmont (who later became leading lady for Charles Haw- trey and is now Lady Ashburton), ‘Daisy Green, and Clarida Vidal, who was at that time reputed engaged to Vanderbilt. The second Toland joined the girls ard there weie rumors of her engage- ment to Wilson Marshall, who was then Commodore of the Larchmont Yacht Club. There were many others later, including Margaret Walker. Among those selected for the sextet for the forthcoming revival by the Shuberts are Beatrice and Marcella Swanson, Madeline Richers, Dorothy Leeds and Dama Sykes. The New York “Times” was the only daily newspaper to give “Florodora” a fa- vorable criticism after the first per- formance. It was written by a sub- stitute critic, the regular man having covered another premiere. marry Reggie *e week lice Publication of a suit started last week in the Supreme Court by John D. Williams against Arthur Hopkins, asking for $15,000 damages and praying for an accounting in the matter of the profits of “The Jest,” caused surprise along Broadway. It was set forth by the complainant that Mr. Hopkins, who produced “The Jest,” suggested last season that Lionel Barrymore be released from “The Copperhead” so that he could jointly star with John Barrymore in the Sem Bennelli drama. Williams further set forth that an arrangement was made whereby Hop- kins would share losses on “The Cop- perhead” and divide profits on “The Jest.” Inside sources state that Hop- kins in lien of Lionel’s withdrawal from the Williams show, offered an in- terest in “The Jest” to the latter, but Williams failed to believe that any profits would be made. While it is understood that the proffered arrange- ment would have made is easy for Wil- liams to participate, Williams’ pro- posal of a contract was so “impossible” that the deal was never consummated. “Kid” Beebe, once a ticket specula- tor and later a soldier, is now suc- cessfully playing the horses wherever they run. Beebe doesn’t care when or how they run, he seems to get the win- ning horse three times out of four. That has netted Mr. Beebe in the past month, according to reports from the race track men, $100,000, which is do- ing a bit better than handline the cou- pons as a spec. Wise boy, that Beebe besides. He sidestepped a show that wanted an investment of $30,000 to take it along, then Paul Salvain and Jimmy , Thompson put up the money. The money is still up. The prediction that “Angel Face” would clean up on the road has more than held since it left the Knicker- bocker a month ago. At Baltimore, the first date after leaving New York the Lederer piece drew $17 200: at Washington the following week. takings jumped to $18. 800: but in Pitts. burgh last week the top cross since the show started was enioved, the box office there taking in $24,200. That in- cluded the biggest Wednesday mati- An operatic singer of a rather brief i grand end of that department has grown quite some up stage, according to people connected with her company. She plunged into opera after hard studying, erected a reputation for herself and then became a temperamental diva. Refusing to rehearse and sending a sub- stitute, the singer when appearing at the opera house, rated the orchestra for not playing better. The first time she did it the staff was surprised, but that they paid no _ attention, recretting, however, that so nice a girl experience in the singing after should believe it so soon. A story reaching print last week that several members of the William Harris, Tr.. forces had been presented with “nieces” of “Abraham Lincoln” by the manager was inaccurate, in that a member of the cast was mentioned as nerticipating. It is true, however, that Mr. Harris gave a small interest in the success to David Wallace, general man- acer of his interests; Livingstone Platt, who spent much time in secur- ing settings and props, and Lester Lon- ergan, who staged the play. Gifts of interests in hit attractions are de- cidedly rare. Gossip from the Florida resorts says that the pickings among the theatrical colony this season have been far un- der other vears. This especially con- cerns the visiting managers. One who was the heaviest loser last year to the tune of around $35,000, did not once trv tis luck with the dancing ivory ball at Bradleys. Another producer who is south with his familv “swore off” roulette and “stayed off” the game for two days. Last reports were that he vias a winner, Divorces are growing more expen- sive. A couple lately are said to have cost the wife in each instance $200,000. One husband to protect his money is reported having taken an assignment of his wife’s royalties and salary from making records with her voice. She is admittedly some singer. The other is not in the legit but quite well known. Tt may be worth a couple of hundred thousands to get rid of some husbands. Lucky is the lady who has the coin. According to returning managers of legitimate shows, the talk of the one- night stand managers is that “Let’s Go,” playing east from the coast is the biggest kind of a hit and doing busi- everywhere and giving satisfac- Tt is booked by Klaw & Erlanger and it is understood the Shuberts are anxious to secure it for one of their New York houses. It is the Fanchon and Marco show, with Ackerman & Harris, the Coast managers, interested. ness tion. Tn hack of the postponement of “Twinkle Twinkle.” a new musical show, is the alleged dissatisfaction ofa woman backer who is said to have financed the production to the tune of $40,000. The sum involved is not an abnormal one in these times of ex- ceptionally high production cost. It eee $2,000 paid for rewriting of the IOOK, “Maytime” is playing in Brooklyn at present and the indications early in the week were that it would do about : 2,000 It comes to the Riviera next eex, where there is also a healthy ale. After the Riviera en- izement the show closes. (Continued on page 22) PHILLY ORCHESTRA COMPROMISE. Philadelphia, March 10. A compromise has been reached by the members and management of the Philadelphia Orchestra avoiding grave difficulties caused by a demand for a big increase in wages. Five of its best known members are leaving the or- ganization. A committee headed by Hans Kind- ler, solo-violincellist, demanded a flat wage increase of $10 a week for the 39 members who have been receiving the minimum of $45 weekly. The offer by the management and accepted by the musicians carries an increase of $5 to the minimum salaried men and to establish a sliding scale of increased wages for others, according to merit and years of service. Of the 100 concerts this year, only 83 will be conducted by Dr. Leopold Stokowski. Twelve will be conducted by Ossip Gabrilowitsch of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Thaddeus Rich will conduct five. There will be no western tour which has proven profitless. The orchestra will give five concerts in Washington, five in Baltimore, five in Harrisburg, eight in New York and five pairs in Pittsburgh, in addition to the 25 pairs of subscription concerts here. There will be six given for the general public. Next year’s deficit is expected to be about $55,000, which will be consid- erably decreased through the income of the endowment fund raised last autumn. Hans Kindler is to leave the organization and tour under the man- agement of Mr. Judson. Others to leave are: Anthony Ferrera, first vio- lin; Charlton Cooley, viola; Edmund Roelofsma, clarinet; Ernest Williams, first trumpet. About 10 more are said to be making negotiations with other organizations. JOLSON BACK AT GARDEN. Al. Jolson in “Sinbad” is due back at the Winter Garden, April 12. The attraction is playing Detroit at present for three weeks opening last Monday. “The Passing Show” at the Garden has suffered a severe bump in the last month and the Shuberts figure that Jolson can hold them to big business until it is time for the new summer show. NO CHANGES IN BOSTON. Boston, March 10. There wasn’t a change at any of the houses here Monday night. All the shows held over. There are three sche- duled for the coming week, when “The Magic Melody” comes into the Ma- jestic, “Dere Mabel,” a new musical show produced by Marc Klaw into the Tremont and “Chu Chin Chow” into the Boston Opera House. “ANGEL FACE” PLAYS TO $25,000. Pittsburgh, March 10. “Angel Face” played to $25,000 here last week at the Nixon. It broke the record on Wednesday matinee with $3,100. The show made third place to the Follies, with $41,000 and “Jack O’ Lan- tern,” second, $37,500. Revamp “Golden Age” for Tour. George C. Tyler is again sending out “The Golden Age,” with Patricia Col- linge. It opens at Power’s, Chicago, March 22. The piece has been rewritten and re- cast. Thomashefsky Touring. Cleveland, March 10. Boris Thomashefsky will begin a road tour for eight weeks beginning April 3, opening in this city for a two- day stand. His route following that takes in Detroit, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago, Canada, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Hartford, Bridgeport and then New York, BOSTON’S SYMPHONY’S MATTER. Boston, March 10. After a week in which things hap- pened that sent shudders of dismay down the spines of staid Bostonians, supporters of the almost sacred Boston Symphony Orchestra, and during which Frederick Fradkin, concert master was “fired” by the trustees for a clash with Director Monteux, and half of the players went out on “strike” just before the concert Saturday night and refused to appear, things now are just about where they were when the controversy started, with the exception, important to Fradkin, that he is still out of the orchestra. In this fashion the matter now stands. Undoubtedly, the players will play for a time—both sides are sparring for time. The musicians realize their responsibilities to the music loving public of Boston, the trustees don’t want to be placed in the position of having the orchestra under anything but their direct control. What, if any- thing, this the fourth week of the con- troversy will bring remains to be seen. “The Genius and the Crowd,” new tide. Buffalo, March 10. George M. Cohan’s second legit piece on his own, called “An Irresistible Genius,” which has shown before out of New York by that name is to be changed to “The Genius and the Crowd.” ; It is to open Monday at the Majestic. The piece is by McIntyre and Hill, two Philadelphians. SHOWS CLOSING. O. W. Wee’s “Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come” closed 12 weeks’ en- gagement at Norfolk News, Va., Feb. 29 “Man and Woman,” with Holbrook Blinn and Mary Nash closed its tour suddenly last week. “Fiddlers Three” with Chris Brown in advance closed Saturday. Mr. Brown is going ahead of another John Cort show, the revised “Just A Minute.” BWAY. BUSINESS STORY. (Continued from page 13) | battle the Bara attraction for premiere and bows in- Tuesday. This week’s opening was “Musk” which reopened the Punch and Judy Thursday. Twerity-three buys are listed at the agencies. The early part of the cur- rent week found business off and a dump to Joe Leblang on both Monday and Tuesday nights. The buys run- ning are: “Son-Daughter” (Belasco); “Purple Mask” (Booth); “As You Were” (Central) ; “Hottentot” (Cohan); “My Lady Friends” (Comedy); “Abra- ham Lincoln” (Cort); “Letter of the Law” (Criterion); “Breakfast in Bed” (Eltinge) ; “Declassee” aro ° “Look Who’s Here” (44th Street); “Apple Blossoms” (Globe); “Wedding Bells” (Harris); “Famous Mrs. Fair” (Miller); “Clarence” (Hudson); “Night Boat” (Liberty); “Gold Diggers” (Lyceum); “George Washington” (Lyric); “Cat-Bird” (Elliott); “Sacred and Profane Love” (Morosco); “Mon- sieur Beaucaire” (Amsterdam); “Rich- ard III” (Plymouth); “Tick-Tack-Toe” (Princess); “Scandal” (39th Street); “Irene” (Vanderbilt) and “Passing Shows” (Winter. Garden), The cut rate list includes 18 of the current shows, they are: “Adam and Eva” (Longacre); “The Wonderful Thing” (Playhouse); “My Golden Girl” (Nora Bayes); “The Little Whopper” (Casino); “Breakfast in Bed” (EI- tinge); “The Storm” (48th Street); “Aphrodite” (Century); “The Sign on the Door” (Republic); “Smilin’ Through” (Broadhurst); “Buddies” (Selwyn); “Russian Isha” (Manhattan Opera); “The Magic Melody” (Shu- bert) ;“Wedding Bells” (Harris); “The Cat-Bird” (Max. Elliot); “The Pass- ing Show” (Winter Garden); “George Washington” (Lyric). Te. rer Tae =

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reer Apa LEGITIMATE SHOWS IN NEW YORK AND COMMENT “Abraham Lincoln,” Cort (13th week). Any slump that started last week and in evidence early this week failed to afféct this success. Takings last week were around $16,500—virtual capacity at all performances. “Adam and Eva,” Longacre (26th week). Continues to play to a fairly good profit and may continue until May. “As You Were,” Central (7th week). Around $18,300 last week. No ftaliing off here and pace is virtual capacity. Stands up with the leaders in demand. “Aphrodite,” Century (15th week). Has three weeks more to run. Stops then tor~season and takes to the road in the fall. Business last week rather good and show should fare well tor rest of the engagement. “Apple Blossoms,” Globe (23d week). Little felt the dropping off displayed in some of the box oilices of the older attractions last week. Decrease in business felt early this week, how- ever. Better than $15,0U0 last week. “Beyond the Horizon,” Little Theatre (6th week). House for regular show- ing finally secured, though the Little is of small capacity (520 seats). Pre- dicted stopping of “He and She’ on Saturday made house available. The tragedy moved in Tuesday. “Buddies,” Selwyn (20th week). Showed a@ natural reaction from the record breaking Washington's Birthday week, but played to $13,500 last week. That is a strong pace for this small cast show. “Breakiast in Bed,” Eltinge (7th week). Dropped 20 per cent. from the holiday week, which is about the percentage of decrease feit among a majority of attractions. Last week’s gross around $8,200. “Clarence,” Hudson (26th week). Looks like this show which aroused all sorts of box oftice fireworks had shot its bolt. Last week’s gross was $38,000. Show can make money at that pace. Has a stop-limit provision of $7,000, and should be able to stick for some time yet. “PDeclassee,”’ Empire (23d week). A fail- ing off here only natural, but with last week’s gross going to ardund $13,000, this drama looks set until May. “East is West,” Astor (70th week). One of the “sweetest” attractions on Broad- way, and, in spite of its long run, the takings last week slipped over the $13,000 mark: “Famous Mrs. Fair,” Miller (12th week). Stands near the iead with the comedy hits, with last week’s business going to nearly $14,000. Matinees announced for every day during Haster week. “Gold Diggers,” Lyceum (24th week). Affected in no way as yet, and,last week’s pace of $156,800 indicates this attraction as Broadway’s leading com- edy success. “George Washington” Lyric (2d week). Length” of stay looks brief. House freely papered and a sudden substitu- tion of attraction in this house likely. “Happy Days,’ Hippodrome (29th week). Big house seems to be holding its own. Drew $58,500 last week, which shows a profit. Season’s length will probably be under last year, because of increased operating expense, e “His Honor, Abe Potash,” Bijou (22d week). Fell off about 18 per cent. from holiday week, with the gross last week $7,800. Due to move to larger theatre March 28, probably the Lyric. “Jane Clegg,” Garrick (3d week). Is attracting attention, though no ex- ceptional business reported. “Irene,” Vanderbilt (17th week). Re- mains one of the leading attractions in demand, and business shows no decrease. Regular pace of over $16,‘ 000 enjoyed. “Letter of the Law,” Criterion (3d week). Following of the Lionel Barrymore name will provide a natural heavy draw for a few weeks. Staying quali- ties of the show still in doubt. Last week’s gross around $13,000. “Little Whopper,’ Casino (22d week). Has three weeks more to go. Succes- sor not set, but “Betty Be Good” again mentioned for this house. New at- traction opening Easter Monday. “Lightnin,” Gaiety (78th week). The run leader stilt going strong and is “sure of sticking longer than most of this season’s crop of successes. “Look Who's Here,” 44th Street The- atre (2d week). First week proved a surprise, gross nearly reaching $15,000 for five days (opened Tuesday), with around $6,000 drawn on Saturday. Notices fair but show is satsifactory entertainment and may develop a good run. “Magic Melody,” Shubert (19th week). Final week. Made good predictions that it would outlast most of the musical shows which opened at ap- roximately the same time. Theda ara in “The Blue Flame” arrives next week, “Mamma’s Affairs,” Fulton (8th week). This show fs not a smash, and, classing as a smart comedy, most of its draw is downstairs. Dropped off more than some others last week, with the gross at $8,000. “Midnight Whirl,’ Century Roof (i2th week). Closes this week. Some talk of a musical attraction moving to the roof. “Monsieur Beaucaire,” New Amsterdam (ia4th week). Last week the takings were around $15,600; about $2,4uU under the holiday week. Looks sate until spring. “Musk,” Punch and Judy (lst Upened Thursday night. “My Lady Friends,’ Comedy (15th week). tias shown consistent draw and looks strong enough to run until mid-spring. “My Golden Wirl,” bayes Theatre (ttn week). Kkias not shown strength, Ils pleasing show but not exceptional, which makes the house handicap feit. “Night Boat,” Liverty (6th week). Con- tinued to show its class iast week with around 92,90V0 nightiy and a gross of over $21,UU0. Kasily leads the musical field. “Passing Show of 1919,” Winter Garden (Zist week). Comparatively little busi- ness here lately, save for the holiday week. No succeeding attraction lined up, however. “Richard i111,” Plymouth (2d week}. Opened on paturday night with $5 top. Scaled at $38.00 top throughout week. Yroduction drew remarkable notices, with John Barrymore’s acting ac- claimed ftinest in a decade. “Ruddigore,” bark (sth week). Is to continue for three weeks more; last week’s business nearly $11,0UU. Ameri- can Singers will continue for balance ot the season and oller a succession of Gilbert and Sullivan revivals. “Sacred and Protane Love,’ Morosco (3d week). NO’ doubt about this attraction having caught on. Last week takings again went to figures not tar under $17,000. House never played to such business or demand. “Scandal,” 39th street Theatre (26th week). Dropped a little last week but still strong in the going and prac- tically sure of completing the season. “Shavings,” Knickerbocker (4th week). in a big capacity theatre this altirac- tion has held up well thus tar. Last week the takings were around $12,- 500, which is very good tor a non- musical piece of this clabs. “Sign om the Doerr,” Kepublic (i3th week). Traveling along at an $8,000 pace, which provides a tair profit tor the attraction. “Smilin’ .Vhrough,’ Broadhurst (lith week). Stands up as one of the strong- est attractions on the street. Missed One pertormance last week (Tuesday), When illness prevented Jane Cowl ap- pearing. but gross went to nearly $13,000. “Son-UVaughter,’ Belasco (i7th week). Holding its own at a pace close to the dramatic leaders. Last week it drew $15,400 and should contiuue until May. “Tick Track Toe,’ Princess (3d week). ‘lakings last week slipped to $6,200 and show went into cut rates this Monday. Figured to continue but a few weeks — and may then move to Century roof, “he Acquittal,” Cohan & Harris (10th week). Last week’s gross was $11,700. Show is a steady draw and is consist- ently turning profit. “The Cat-Bird,” Lliiott (4th week). Leaving for the road this week. “What's in a Name,’ a new revue, starts Tuesday night of next week. “The Hottentet,” Cohan (2d week). The new comedy smash. Business for the first week was aroung $16,00 and in- dications for the current week are for $2,000 better, Saturday matinee drew $2,200, surprising for a Willie Collier show. “The Passion Flower,’ Belmont (9th ‘week). Went to around $7,000 last week, which is considered good for this smali house, and turns an acceptable profit. ; “The Purple Mask,’ Booth (10th week). Holding to very strong pace. Draw consistent enough to keep it in for balance of the season. “The Storm,” 48th Street Theatre (24th week). This attraction has shown strength throughout its run. Last week with $10,000 in the show added: to its growing profit column. Good until May. “The Wonderful Thing,’ Playhouse (4th week). This attraction figures to catch on. Last week it drew $7,000, and though the takings are not large as figures go this season, week day business has climbed. “Wedding Bellis,” Harris (18th week). Showed a profit again last week. Due to leave after Easter, playing subway time before striking westward. week). CARR SEEKS $1,200 FROM CORT. Nat Carr has brought suit against John Cort for $1,200 balance due on a ten weeks’ contract for “Just a Minute.” SHOWS IN CHICAGO. Chicago, March 10. coe Saw,” Colonial—Opened Monday nig . Thurston, Olympic.—Got $10,000, plus, and left with extensive profits for the Chicago run. “Howdy, Folks,” the Gold- en play, formerly titled “Thunder’’ and “Sunrise,” opened Sunday night. (ist week) Melatyre and Heath, Garrick.—Dropped to $12,000. Next week is the 13th and final week of “Hello, Alexander.” “Gay- eties of 1919” next. “Welcome, Stranger,’ Grand.—Comedy hit of the town with a steady gross of over $17,000, representing practically ca- pacity. (ilth week) “Dear Me,” Cort.—The Grace La Rue- Hale Hamiiton show tvvk a bend this week to under $12,000, due probably to numerous recent openings. (5th week) “Clarence,” Blackstone.—-Got $11,200, with prospects for a continuation at about this pace for some weeks. (10th week) “Hitchy Koo,” Colinois.—$17,000, a $5,000 drop from the figures of last week (3th week). Goes out next week: Elsie Janis and her revue will follow. Mrs. Fiske in “Mis’ Nelly of N’ Or- leans,” Powers.—Despite glowing eulo- gies of critics and announcement that Mrs. Fiske was here for a limited en- gagement, three weeks, the show got only $13,000, but showed indications of a $16,000 week to follow. “Golden Days” will follow, March 22. : “Ruined Lady” (Grace George), Prin- cess.—$10,000 on the opening week. Show is well iiked and should show marked increase as the news spreads. “Sometime,” Studebaker.—‘‘Sometime” huge hit; $21,000. (2d week) “Monte Cristo, Jr.,”’ Woods.—$20,000 opening week; panned mercilessly by the critics. (ist week) “Sinbad,” Auditorium.—Closed to $14,- 000. Much criticism of management be- cause Joison stepped out of show several times, said to be due to illness, without management making due announcement, “Rose of China,’ La Salle.—Pronounced sound hit; got $11,700 on the short open- ing week, opening Tuesday. SHOWS IN PHILLY. Philadelphia, March 10. The critics and public of this city who have seen George M. Cohan’s new pro- duction, “The Irresistible Genius” pro- nounce it a distinct success. The piece has been doing fine business for two weeks at the Broad where it plays to a high class audience and the general im- pression is that Cohan has another tre- mendous success when he has put the finishing touches to the piece. The first act needs rewriting, but otherwise the piece is strong and George Kenaven, despite his youth which is the only seri- out drawback to his role, has won in- dividual praise for his work in the prin- cipal role. Eugene O'Neill’s new play, “Chris’’ comes net week, “The Ed. Wynn Carnival’ opened at the Garrick to a well filled house and is looked upon as a good business propo- sition here, where Wynn lives and has a large following. The piece, however, is not up to the higher class of musical success this season, “Listen Lester,’ without the help of some of the big names which helped it earlier in the season, is doing very well at the Forrest in its second week and should continue to draw during its Stay. “Up In Mabel’s Room” is the only new Shubert attraction of the week and opened strong at the Adelphi. Hazel Dawn is very popular here and her pres- ence will help. “Frivolities’ at the Chestnut Street opera house is in its second week and has not shown much improvement in business. The big flash following the opening night, when things “ran wild” has been tamed down so that the piece is pulling only on its merits, and there has been a drop in business. William Hodge in “The Guest of Honor” is a big hit at the Lyric where he is playing to big business and “Take It From Me” is doing fine at the Shubert. The Walnut has “Seven Days Leave” for a three-week engagement, CRITICISM. RICHARD ITI, Play by William Shakespeare, Plymouth, March 6. John Barrymore's first attempt in Shakespearean tragedy is in many ways effective, his Duke of Gloucester a wily, alert villain. Production accomplished with beautiful settings and odd and in- teresting. innovations.—World, His performance (John Barrymore's) was altogether splendidly picturesque and vital, even if he is the Richard of tiis day—not of Shakespeare's. He and Mr. Hopkins, whatever one may think of this method of playing the tragedy, de serve the credit of most distinguished achievement.—Sun-Herald. Fortified by backgrounds and trap- pings of great beauty, aided (if you care to use the word) by a company that is somewhat short of so-so, Mr. Barry- more held his first audience riveted until a few minutes before l—an extraordi- nary feat in itself.—Times. THE NEW DICTATOR. Washington, D. C., March 10. When Charles Dillingham puts on a production he surely does do it properly, his newest venture, “The New Dictator,” which first saw the light Monday at the National was mightly slow getting started but when it did get “a-goin’” it bore all the “ear-marks” of a success. The costuming, sets and all the other components including, of course, a won- derful ca ihowed the lavish spending Ol money not ior the mere spending of it but with a definit purpos with the result that has been equalied by mighty lew productions, The music isn’t startling but it is good to listen to. It is the work of Silvio Hein while the libretto and lyrics are credited to Frank Craven who is also featured. The story does not get very far away from the original Richard Harding Davis tale and depends more upon the situa- tion for its comedy than it does upon the lines, in this respect the piece must be brightened up, Which it naturally will be betore it goes into the Globe, New York, tor its assured lengthy run. Mr. Craven is delightful droll, delight- fully clever and amusing. He has a quiet way of putting over a song that is most eifective and two of the best numbers are handled by him most successfully. With Mr. Craven is Jed Prouty, whose excellent Voice had but few opportuni- ties but who made the best of those he did have, rhe balance of the cast is Splendid. Marion Sunshine has youth and good spirits along with the like at- tributes of Kussel Mack as the wireless operator, the part that first brought John Barrymore to the front when he ap- peared in the old comedy with William Collier, make the evening most enjoy- able. These two surely can dance and their numbers, “Just Say Goodbye” and “A Great idea’ went over big. This is also true of the jazzy “Ocean Blues” as sung by Mr. Mack. This number has a dandy swing to it and after numerous encores served to introduce for a danc- ing specialty, that incidentally was a work of art, by the delightful dancer, Jessica Brown. ‘Ted Doner’s solo number and the one he has with Miss Brown scored most em- phatically. Another dancer, Marguerita ‘lor de Mayo Can surely dance the Span- ish numbers. Her brief moment in the second act brought her big returns. William Burress did weil as the flery president, General Santos Campos. John Parks was fine as Colonel John T. Bowie, George kk. Mack was delightful as Dr, Vasyuez, with his two sided coat which he could change at @ moments notice to fii in with the army of the new presi- dent, you see they have a revolution with a new president about every fifteen minutes, 8o to speak, in South America, according to “The New Dictator,” Giadys Caldwell and John Hendricks were both good and the balance of the cast is al lworthy of mention and the chorus which is a large one will be a delight to the t. b. m. A word must be said of the artistic work of the musical director, Anton Hieind! and his orchestra as well as the staging of R. H. Burnside, Meakin. CHRIS. Atlantic City, March 10. Eugene O'Neill's new play “Chris” opened at the Apollo Monday and re- vealed for the first time that fire of dramatic characterization that has dis- tinguished his writing. in the new play tragedy is hovering over the story the tragedy of the sea that is never conquered. But the story does not culminate in that ever potent influence engulfing the foik of its tale, instead it carries forth the idea of con- stant futurism of its unsolved problem of the sea and its persistent lure. The play if full of red blooded life, problems of its people, human touches of the sea and its men and its women folk. It deals with an old sea dog who fights to overcome the persistent attrac- tion of the sea and to keep his daughter from following the same iot, while all the while he knows the attraction that he cannot himself overcome. ismmett Corrigan plays the sea man “Chris’’—one of the finest parts he has ever had in his fine career. He realizes opportunities for spirit, muffled con- tempt, for soulful outbursts, for human emotions. The daughter is handled by Lynn Fon- tane who missed in many ways the heights of emotion and soulful spirit that could have been hers. The re- mainder of the cast offers character parts, well played but of no particular dramatic note. The play is set in six scenes divided into three acts. For the most part the unusual and oft times crude stagecraft of Mr. O’Neil’s construction succumbs to the power of his inborn dramatic gifts— his tremendous ability to hold the at- tention of his audience with plain or- dinary conversation boiled down to a real intensity. Atlantic City may well consider it the finest piece of drama that has visited the shore this year, if not in many more. It is a marvelously dramatic play, a sterling piece of craftsmanship. Scheurer.

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LITTLE MISS CHARITY. Washington, D. C., March 10. Graham, Fulton’s Valet...Roland Hogue Tae. POMEGR sc.4 6 00% 60500 Roy Gordon “Wingers” Clay.....ccs William Halligan See Ea ‘SSTUIEOs 2's. 0 646k d0 Lucy Weston REY rrr Lester Sharpe ree Gwendolyn Roland Angelica Butterfield........Anne Sands Oe SAGEM hy yd wk 679 4: 6:0.8-40 Harriet Burt Woodrow Porter......... Bernard Wells Mortimer Gayling........ Bernard Wells When the “pruning knife” has been liberally used and the action consider- ably speeded up, “Little Miss Charity,” which had its first presentation Sunday at the Shubert-Garrick, will rank as an- other “Irene.” The piece is the joint work of S. R. Henry and M. Savin, who are responsible for the music, and Edward Clark wrote the book, staged the production, and is also sponsoring the show. The story is an excellent one, with interest main- tained. It is based on a story by Edgar S. Franklin, and the various song num- bers fit into the dialog. Sunday night’s audience had grown rather tired waiting for the first curtain, which did not rise until nearly nine o’clock, but for the final curtain around midnight, there wasn’t a dissenting voice. The company has been excellently chosen and the story, which has to do with three crooks, who, because of the “rough” work of one of the members, the trio had been broken up and at the opéning of the play there is a room full of creditors waiting for J. Robert Fulton and his fortunes are running mighty low, when his two former associates come with a proposition which they claim will bring millions. Fulton turns them down and shortly after notes a “want ad” wherein a young heiress wants an executive manager to handle the disbursement of a fund of $7,000,000. Of course, J. Robert goes after the appointment and naturally his polished manners get him the job and then, un- known to him, the heiress appoints his former pals as his assistants, who have also made their application. The story is unfolded with many citever twists ana finally the chance comes for the three to make their get-aways when through the trust and confidence of the heiress and her declaration of love, causes Ful- ton to go through with his imaginary plan of the ideal community to be known as Angel Town after the little heiress. Anne Sands, in the leading role, is good to look at and this coupled with her splendid capabilities as an actress and a good singing voice made her most acceptable in the part. Roy Gordon is equally successful as the master con- fidance man, his apparant polish and earnestness brought him a well earned success. Lucy Weston and William Halligan (the latter having been here the past season on no less than three occasions with new ventures) are splen- did and gained many laughs. The numbers, although not startling, are all of the “swingy” variety and you enjoy every one of them, this being par- ticularly true of “I Think So, Too,” sung by five principals and which was excep- tionally clever; “Little Miss Charity,” “That Certain Something,” “Crinoline Girl” wherein a medley of the old time favorites of a generation ago are suc- cessfully introduced, and “When Love ~ Comes to Your Heart.” The California Four, a splendid quar- tet, adds materially to the vocal end of the performance; while the dancing team, Joe Niemyer and Sadie Gordon, were repeatedly encored. The orchestra was under the direction of Arthur H. Gutman. LASSIE. Providence, R. I., March 10. “Lassie,” a musical comedy based on “Kitty MacKay,” had its premier here Monday night at the Shubert-Majestic. Theatregoers and critics placed their stamp of approval on the new offering. No more prettily staged piece has come here for years, the settings being most artistic. The first act is rather slow and a bit thin in humor but with plenty of time for improvement is expected to make good on Broadway. The score is tuneful and book, music and colorful costumes make a most sat- isfying combination. There are no in- terpolations to jar, no strivings after effect to detract from the interest and the climax strikes a little deeper than it used to be safe to go in light musical pleces. In the cast are Tessa Kosta, Molly Pearson, Roland Bottomley, Dorothy Dickson, Carl Hyson, Miriam Collins, Louie Emery, Colin O’Moore, David Glass- ford, Percival Vivian, Ada Sinclair, Ralph Nairn, Alma Mara, Robert Smythe, and a sig chorus of “Lassie Girls.” Included in the tuneful musical num- @ers are “Piper o’ Dundee,” “Boo-Hoo,” “Fairy Whispers,” “Lovely Corals,” “Las- gie,” “Be Still, My Heart,” “Kitty of Juniper Green,” “Dilly Dally O’” and “A Teacup and a Spoon.” RICHARD III. (John Barrymore) DOE SN Re ko 90's. e bab ae Arthur Row Queen Margaret.......... Rosalind Ivan pL OS Aree er ae Burford Hampden Duke of York..........Marshall Vincent Dutchess of York....Mrs. Thomas Wise Their Sons og Re eee Reginald Denny CP. So Wace cn 6eeaa wee E. J. Ballantine ne reese John Barrymore Sons of Edward IV. i . er fae one Mary Hughes ca aS eee oN eaecies ‘ . . elen andler Children of Clarence... Lole Gastiets Earl of Warwick...... Walter Ringham Duke of Buckingham....Leslie Palmer Duke of Norfolk....Robert Whitehouse Marl Of DerePiccccvpace George De Winter LiOCG. TIOIROS, 05 668k ba bee é Lewis Sealy Cardinal Bourchier Montague Rutherford Earl of Westmoreland Robert Whitehouse Lord Clifford...... Stanley Warmington LOTG RIVEPB.<<écics William J. Keighley Lord Grey......sccccecsess Denis Auburn Sir James Tyrell....John M. Troughton Sir Richard Ratcliff Montague Rutherford Sir William Catesby Stanley Warmington Sir James Blount...... Malcolm Barrett Sir William Brackenbury William J. Keighley The Lord Mayor of London Isidore Marcil Piret Murderer s<scicesccids Tracy Barrow Second Murderer.........+. Cecil Clovelly ee ar eee taymond Bloomer @ueen Elizabeth....Evelyn Walsh Hall er ee eer ee er Helen Robbins Soldiers, Citizens, Priests, Messengers. Courtiers, It is no longer the province of the contemporaneous newspaper reviewer to criticise Shakespeare’s plays, but merely to express his opinion on the adaptation, the characterizations and the interpre- tations given the roles by the players, the staging, etc. John Barrymore, under the chaperon- age of Arthur Hopkins, presented last Saturday evening at the Plymouth “The Tragedy of Richard III” in his “King Henry VI” and “King Richard III.” In other words, there was a sort of prolog of five scenes taken from “King Henry VI,” designed to show the early youth of Richard and to reveal him as a young man, keenly sensitive of his deformities and hesitating between which path in life to take—the right or the wrong one. Thus we find him soliloquizing on his “misshaped trunk” and bewailing the Almighty for having “to disproportion me,” a brilliant reading that stamped him at once as a genuine contender for legitimate Shakespearean honors along original lines. This was later borne out as the é6ve- ning progressed and passed into Sunday morning by his numerous other solilo- quies, the best known of which are “I have no brother’; “I am like no brother”; “Now is the winter of our discontent,” etc. In spots, especially in the more virile places when he sought to strongly emphasize, he suggested the ravings of his brother Lionel in “The Jest,” a quite natural resemblance, the result of con- sanguinity. Whatever interpretations of text may have been employed by other Shake- spearean stars, the present text and John Barrymore leave no doubt whatever in the mind of the spectator of the utter villainy of Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Audiences, other than those of them who are students of Shakespeare, always re- ceived the impression that Richard was an oid man, because, in the past, the role had invariably been played by stars well advanced in years. This is probably the first time it has been given an important and serious production with a young man portraying the reientiess and un- compromising arch villain. From his openin speech—“Speak thou for me and tell them what I did”—to his violent death at Bosworth, young Mr. Barry- more makes of him a sinister, relentless, consclenceless, merciless villain, vain of his ability to encompass his ends, yet cowardly clear through when things are not going to suit him. The text is quite unexpurgated in the broadness of its verbiage and, if memory isn’t faulty, follows much the version employed by the late Richard Mansfield. “Richard III’ was always a poor play —as a play—but it is a great part. for a male star, and any actor with ability to “read” is sorely tempted to have a whirl at it. Due to Barrymore’s his- trionic gifts, surrounded by the magnifi- cent production given it by Arthur Hop- kins, etc., the presentation last Saturday night gave one less a sense of stage and more of reality than at any Shakespear- ean performance of recent years. The director carried out the fashion of the time by having the carriage (walk) of the ladies true to the period, and it would be superfluous to dwell upon the careful adherence to proper costuming. In but one department was the pro- duction at all weak—that of the selection of the supporting company. Perhaps Shakespearean actors are scarcer to-day than in previous years. Few of the company are entitled to individual men-

NEWS OF THE DAILIES “The Piper’ opens at the Fulton, March 18, by the Shakespeare Playhouse. A. H. Woods has signed Lenore Masso, of the “Follies,” to a five-year contract.

James K. Hackett will _ take on tour next spring “The Rise of Silas Lapham.”

Edgar McGregor has engaged Helen Ford for the “Sweetheart Shop.” Allen Atwell sailed last Monday for England to play in William A. Brady’s “The Man Who Came Back.” Through the Committee of Hope, the “Buddies” company has undertaken the care and education of Henri Gey, a French “war orphan.” “The Humming Bird,” by Maude Ful- ton, is to be produced by Oliver Morosco, with Miss Fulton in the cast. Ridley Wells succeeded Joe Jackson as assistant to Louis V. De Foe, dramatic editor of the “World.”

Harper Bros. will issue a novelization of the Winchell Smith-Frank Bacon suc- cess, “Lightnin’.” A comedy, “A Week-End Marriage,” by Owen Davis, has been accepted by the Shuberts.

The Shuberts have engaged Margot Keliy to sing Angela in the revival of “Florodora.”

The Russidn Isba moved from the Manhattan Opera House to the Lexing- ton Thursday. John Drinkwater’s play “Abraham Lincoln” has been added to the “white list” of the Catholic theatre movement. Saturday night John Drew in “The Cat-Bird” will end his four weeks’ en- gagement at Maxine Elliott’s, and start a tour in Brooklyn next Monday.

Charles D. Cochran has completed ar- rangements for Laurette Taylor to ap- pear in London, April 26, in J. Hartley Manners’s play, “One Night in Rome.”

Edwin Nickander will be tn the leading role of “The Bonehead,” which opens at rovidence March 22. It will be pro. duced in New York April 5. John Murray Anderson, Ine., creators of the “Greenwich Village Follies,” will present a second revue, “What's in a Name,” at Maxine Elliott’s, March 16. Reatrice Herford heads the cast. Before the students at Columbia last Wednesday night, Thomas H. Ince, speak- ing on “Writing for the Screen,” 6ffered $2,000 to any student who would give him a suitable scenario.

There will be no exodus of New York critics this summer on a scale compar- able to pre-war days, with the excep- tion of Alexander H. Woolcott, of the “Times,” who leaves for Europe on the “Finland,” May 1. “The Irresistible Genius,” a comedy by John T. McIntyre and Frances Hill, which

tion for good work, and it is Dg nm ae as well not to single out any of them for criticism, adverse or otherwise. The production is broken up into 16 short scenes, each of them fading in and out, which breaks the monotony and does away with the old-fashioned idea of concluding a long speech in the center of the stage and “walking off cold” to the entrance. Some of the pres- ent text will have to be cut. On the opening night it ran from 8:30 until nearly 1 a. m., despite the abruptness of the finish, of which too little was made. This refers especially to the nightmare in Richard’s tent and the death of Rich- ard at Bosworth. alled before the curtain after the second interval, Mr. Barrymore made a neat speech in which he referred to his “audacious plunge,” for which he hoped for tolerance, but didn’t expect enthusli- asm, The Barrymore-Hopkins production of “Richard III” is a sincere, legitimate ef- fort and is certain to enjoy a vogue, due to the popularity of the star. we not try “Romeo”? olo. UNDER CURRENT. Providence, R. L, March 10. According to critics from the stand- point of the evil of prohibition theme, the story of “Under Current” is not con- vincing nor is the end warrented, but the play is really a drama of human weakness and from that viewpoint is in- teresting, absorbing and well written. The work of a good cast was appar- ently much appreciated by the big first night audience Monday. George M. Cohan has been presenting on the road, will be known hereafter as “Genius and the Crowd.” George Renaren plays the leading role. The Century Midnight Whirl will go on a spring tour of the principal cities, under the management of John Henry Mears. The tour starts in Boston, March 22, and includes Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Detroit and Chicago.

At his home at Port Washington, John Philip Sousa is aaraing & sprained ankle. A week ago, Friday, he fell on the ice getting out of his —- at the Port ) rc hee station as he was startin Fad Philadelphia to receive a medica egree.

F. L. Pickering has been made assis- tant general agent, passenger depart- ment of the Southern Pacific lines, with office at 165 Broadway. Hic chief care will be theatrical attractions booked over his line,

Sailing on the Imperator last Monday were Mary Nash and William A. Brady. Miss Nash is going to London to origi- nate the role she created here in “The Man Who Came Back,” which Mr. Brady will present at the Oxford early in April. While he is abroad Mr. Brady will ar- range for the production in Kngland of several of his other plays. Last Friday, Beatrice Forbes-Robert- son Hale, niece of Sir Johnston Forbes- Robertson, filed in the New York County Clerk’s oftice summons in a suit for di- vorce against Swinburne Hale. The latter is an attorney and was a captain in the intelligence service of the general staft of the army. They were married in 1910 and are the parents of twins.

Adolph Zukor, head of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, left Monday on the “Imperator” for Europe, where he will inspect the company’s interests in England and Paris. At the annual meet- ing last week he was re-elected pres- ident, Jesse L. Lasky first vice-president and Cecil B. Dg Mille director- general. Misses Ethel Barrymore, Blanche Bates, Amelia Bingham, ina Claire, Jane Cowl, Juiia Dean, Katherine Kaelred, Francine Larrimore, Florence Moore, Nance O'Neill, Vivienne Segal and Lau- rette Taylor are among the patronesses of the pageant that will be given in the Hotel Commodore Sunday night for the American Relief Committee for Hun- garian Sufferers, which is raising a fund to feed 100,000 starving Hungarian chil- dren. : George Hoeard will direct the March entertainment of the Catholic Actors’ Guild, following the regular monthly meeting this afternoon at Hotel Astor. Gladys Rice, Madame Barsesca, Fan O’Brien and Tom Hackett are among the artists who have already volunteered. There is a plan afoot for a great pageant on the campus of Fordham College, by the direction and under the auspices of Archbishop Hayes, in commemoration of the beatification of Joan of Arc. One of the most notable gatherings of contemporary musicians was instanced last Wednesday night at the Metropoli- tan Opera when, at a performance of

“Le Coq d@’Or,” by Rimsky-Korsakoif, Louisa Tetrazzini, the famous diva; Rachmaninoff, _the Russian ianist; Serge Porokofieff, composer of “The Love oi Three Oranges’; Montemezzi, the com- poser; Victor Herbert and Margarete D’Alvarez gathered at what seemed on an off night to listen to this curious masterpiece of the Russian composer. Answering Robert B. Kegerell’s $100,- 000 damage suit, John Drew and other officers of the Players’ Club, the defend- ants, asks the action be dismissed, con- tending the club was justified and within its rights in expelling the plaintiff. Kegerell, who is a professional, dismissed during the war for patriotic reasons, sued for reinstatement. When he was apprised of the fact that he was once more a member he was asked to pay dues covering the period of suspension. Kegerell refused to do so and was once more expelled,

Helen Sheehan, who says she is a pic- ture actress, was honorably discharged in police court Monday charged with grand larceny by Gustave Edwards, a Swedish importer, who alleges Miss Sheehan ex- tracted a $100 bill from his pocket when dining with him at the Little Club last Sunday. He met the prisoner with a number of other women in a restaurant on West 36th street and invited them to the club. He charges he missed the $100 bill after Miss Sheehan had put her arms around him at one time in the course of the dinner.

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Pe ~@w ee owe. v as = ——————— Mate eta Oh ahs ON iH rsd Bi FL Le anal La ee LEGITIMATE a a Ngee P IN, LONDON London, March 3. After a period of unprecedented financial success the inevitable slump has set in, especially at matinee per- formances, although the theatres most affected struggle to keep up appear- ances by a lavish use of the “house full” boards. This is mainly due to the fact that many managers are still clinging to their “war time” idea that anything will do, but with the army, navy and “war workers” looking for jobs or trying to make both ends meet, they are finding their mistake. Prob- ably half a dozen shows are doing good business—the rest are just able to “carry on.” The Court being wanted for the pro- duction of the adaptation of Daisy Ashford’s “The Young Visitors,” James Bernard Fagan will transfer his “Mer- chant of Venice” production with the Jewish actor Maurice Moscovitch as “Shylock” to the Kensington. “Carnival” has apparently caught on at the New, although much of its suc- cess is due to the position Matheson Lang holds in the heart of the West End playgoers. His matinee produc- tion of “Othello” is also going strong. For this he has an exceptionally fine cast, including Arthur Bourchier, a breezy villain as Iago, if a little too old for Shakespeare’s idea of the part; Hilda Bayley is exceedingly good as Desdemona, and Hutin Britton (Mrs. Matheson Lang) a fine Emilia. Mur- ray Carrington is the “Cassio” and R. R. Hignell the “Roderigo.” The stag- ing is especially sumptuous, the design being the work of Matheson Lang him- self and A. W. Tyrer, his stage man- ager. The F. R. Benson West End sea- son could not be said to have been a particularly glorious one and ended with the production of “Hamlet.” Speaking to Variety, Martin Sands, the Benson business manager, said the main thing was to get the London “hall mark” for “Pompey the Great,” so hav- ing produced Masefield’s somewhat te- lious play in town, doubtless the man- agement will have no cause to com- lain of the provinces, where Sir F. R. Benson is all-powerful. Rumor also has it that the actor-knight is about to make his appearance on the screen. The somewhat serious illness of Percy Burton’s wife, an illness neces- sitating an operation, has delayed that astute showman’s departure for the Riviera. We indicated some time ago that the Gaiety was likely to revert to the old form of musical comedy which made George Edwardes and many other people famous. This will come about when “The Kiss Call” ceases to exist. The play is “The Shop Girl,” the author of the new version, Arthur epee, and the producer, Seymour icks. Nigel Playfair will produce St. John I:vine’s Irish drama, “John Ferguson,” at the Lyric, Hammersmith, Feb. 23. The Lord Chamberlain’s department in whose hands is the censorship of plays, still refuses to release “Tom Trouble” for production at the Holborn, there- fore the Charles Gulliver-Lewis Cas- son-Bruce Winston management have been compelled to rearrange their plans somewhat. Feb. 23 will see the revival of “The Trojan Women” of Furipides for a series of matinees, and the Greek play will be followed by Professor Gilbert Murray’s “Medea” and George Bernard Shaw’s “Candida.” Clara Butterworth followed Ada Reeve as “Medorah” in Bernard Hishin’s Alhambra production Feb. 11. Her style is a great improvement on the original conception of the part and aided by Jamieson Dodds she lifts the piece considerably. Goldsmith’s old comedy, “She Stoops to Conquer,” forms the basis of a new opera to be produced by the Carl Rossa Company. The subject has al- ready been used for opera. A new musical comedy under the di- rection of Frederick Lloyd has scored an immediate hit at the Wimbledon Theatre. “The Rose of Araby” is well staged, tuneful and is admirably played, although the chorus, while singing well, are somewhat amateur- ish. The principals include two old dramatic favorites, Bellenden Powell and Marie Bryant. After a provincial tour “The Rose of Araby” will come to the West End, probably to the Lyceum. Much of the first night success of “Pretty Peggy” at Prince’s was doubt- less due to the fact that a large per- centage of the audience was drawn IN PARIS Paris, Feb. 27.. Several stage hands at the Opera, in the theatre more than a quarter of a century, have been awarded the long- service medal. The doyen is Watier, dresser specially devoted to the shoe section, who has been em- ployed’ at the Opera 35 years. He is a walking encyclopedia in the history of the house; a great friend of the great artistes who have appeared on that stage, anxious to fit their feet to the best of his ability as a professional shoemaker. There are several propositions for a Popular Theatre in Paris and the scheme may be realized one day. Mn.e. S. Weber, of the Comedie Francoise, is among the candidates for the envied post of administrator. At present it is proposed to have special. performances for the people at the Trocadero, but there is a fear they will be too classical for the masses. The workers are still fervent admirers of the popular drama and many managers seem to overlook this fact. The ordinary man in the street wants to be amused, not edu- cated at the theatre. If both can be If You Don’t Advertise in VARIETY Don’t Advertise from theatrical and vaudeville circles. The Lew Lake musical comedy has now settled into its stride and iooks like really making good. Charles Aus- tin and Toots and Lorna Pounds are becoming big favorites. Madame Pavlova, after a somewhat long absence, will reappear at Drury Lane, when the Pantomime “Cinder- ella” finishes. She will revive all her most popular ballets and produce four new ones. “The Maid of the Mountains” has started into its fourth year. Jose Col- lins has returned to the cast and Thorpe Bates, another favorite at Daly’s, has just signed a three-year contract with Sir Alfred Butt. “Whirligig” has been greatly im- proved by the changes in the cast, al- though the greater portion of the even- ing work remains on the shoulders of Charles Withers. “For Pity’s Sake” is the best thing in London. The Surrey Theatre opera season seems to be bringing prosperity to the old house, large and fashionable au- diences attending. This week’s pro- gram includes “Cavalleria Rusticana,” “Pagliacci,” “The Flying Dutchman,” “Il Trovatore” and “Maritana.” The dearth of West End houses and the use of suburban theatres for high class productions is teaching many people more than they ever knew about lo- calities which, to their minds, were only associated with crime and pov- erty. Although George Robey will go to the Alhambra in the spring, the new production will not be of the revue order. combined it will be excellent, but re- laxation after labor is the first object of the ordinary playgoer. There is a probability of Manager Rouché organizing a masked ball at the Opera for mid-lent this year, as in pre-war days. There are some typical gags being introduced into “La Belle Helene” at the Gaité, as in the time of Offenbach. This week Max Dearly (as Calchas), when borrowing money from Menelas, gets a dollar, but expresses satisfac- tion with the foreign money at the present rate of exchange. Another candidate for the direction of the Theatre de la Monnaie at Brus- sels: M. Ysaye, a virtuoso, who is the conductor of the “Symphonie de Cin- cinnati.” The lawsuit of Le Bargy versus Pathé Fréres has been postponed to March. M. de Diaghilew’s troupe forming the Russian Ballets has left Paris for Rome, where it is due to open end of February Mme. Thamar Karsavina has first visited London, while Igor Stavinsky, composer, has returned to Switzerland. The third anniversary of the death of Octave Mirbeau, novelist and play- wright, was observed by speech-mak- a = the cemetery of Passy, Paris, feb 16. Still another strike on in the gay city: the attendants of the wooden horses and other merry-go-rounds have ceased work, claiming an increase of 50 frs. per week At present they only receive 120 frs. like an ordinary bank teller who is on duty more hours of the day. But as the owners of shows at the fair grounds have in- creased their prices the assistants claim a share of the enormous profits the masters are alleged to be making. A ride on the round-about now costs SO centimes (against 10c in the good old days before the war) and some proprietors of such apparatuses are ac- cused of earning half a million francs a year. The Curé of Aix, who damned mod- ern dances in his sermon had all his windows smashed by a party of young people who organized a raid for the purpose. The brave curé has made a complaint to the police at Tulle. Bernard Meyer, known in French music hall circles as Berthys, died Feb. 1/ and was buried in Montparnasse cemetery, Paris oe An operetta “Flup,” by G., Dumestre, music by Seulz, will be created at the Ba-ta-Clan shortly, with Dranem, Defreyn and Mathillon. _The management of the Comedie Francaise has been authorized by the French Government (the house being under the control of the State and re- ceiving a subvention) to increase the price of all seats over 4 frs., Firmin Gemier will appear in a film depicting the life of the late Jaures, the great French socialist and editor of “Humanity,” who was shot by a royalist just before the outbreak of the war. There seems to be a wave of alleged piagiarism, The new film “Sang des immorteles,” by Andre Legrand, is said to resemble an English yarn, “The Most Beautiful Story,” by Drummond, Thee Russian Ballets will probably return to the Opera, Paris, in May for a further series of performances. 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= flounce of red chiffon. VARIETY AMONG THE WOMEN — “Partners of the Night” is another picture minus star. If producers con- tinue to put on pictures such as this and “The River’s End,” one will agree with Neilan that if you have the story you don’t need the star. Pinna Nesbit has the distinction of being the only woman in the “Night” cast wh.rh is very evenly balanced. In a black sequin gown Miss Nesbit looked strik- ing. It was made on straight lines with a cord tied loosely round the waist. Tulle was draped on the-shoul- ders. In this picture Miss Nesbit wears three different evening cloaks. A grey velvet trimmed in squirrel was hand- some. Miss Nesbit’s hair was beauti- fully dressed. _ Madaline Traverse in “The Hell Ship” doesn’t have a chance to wear modern clothing but her splendid acting atones. One part of this film Miss Traverse shoots a man pretty badly, yet a few seconds later he is hoisting the sails. ee Why is it when a great deal of time and money is spent taking a picture di- rectors forget the minor details. In “The Sporting Duchess” the production is magnificent yet one or two incidents make one realize the director did not know much about racing abroad. For instance, to announce the start of the Derby a bugle is blown. This is not correct in England. A bell is rung. Neither do the horses carry number cloths. Alice Joyce looks as beautiful as ever. None of her gowns was wonderful, although some were smart. A one-piece frock of serge satin top long waisted was good looking. Miss Joyce wore a sweet negligee of chiffon. Fine lace formed the collar and cuffs while a long train hung from the side. In-this part of the picture Miss Joyce’s hair was very becomingly dressed. The Moyer Sisters at the American first half made a pretty picture in danc- ing frocks of pink chiffon with bodices of tinsel material. They looked dainty in short frocks made alike but different shades, one of apple green, the other rose. An orange dress was sweet, veiled with gold lace, made very full, a flop hat was worn to match. The woman in Jimmy Rosen’s sketch Jooked striking in a tight,fitting gown of pale blue sequins with three pink feathers at the left side. Miss Robb (Robb and Whitman) made a cute fig- ure in black velvet tucked up each side, edged with wide fringe showing a A large bow was tied on her hair. The woman in “The Decorators” blue serge frock trimmed with fawn looked nice. Rae Samuels at the Riverside wore an effective gown of apple green chif- fon embroidered in pink roses round the hips; the foundation was silver tis- sue. A band of the silver formed a circle round the waist, the ends hang- ing at the side and back. The Misses Melnotte and Leedom wear the same dresses as when play- ing the Palace, except that Miss Mel- notte enters in a cloak of brocade vel- vet, fawn shade, collar and cuffs of ermine. A beautiful gown was worn by Mar- garet Padula. Black and silver metal cloth made tight, opening half way to the knee. A long train hung from the waist. Pink chiffon with bands of orange and green formed the waist while purple chiffon caught at the el- bow flowed to the ground. Aurelia Stone looks sweet in an old fashioned make up of saxe blue taffeta with ruchings of pink on the skirt and edging the fichu which formed the bodice. A poke bonnet was worn. A gold lace frock trimmed with purple net was Miss Stone’s other gown. The lighting effects for this act were ex- quisite. The Amoros Sisters make a great many changes, each one neat. Clown costumes of blue patterned in silver were dainty. One Sister made a strik- ing picture in a sort of chemie of black lace. NUTTING BLAMES BRANCHES. (Continued from page 9) mark. I have also selected five other publications to be plunged along with ‘Afghanistan. They are Stark and Cowan’s ‘Everybody’s Buddy, Jack Mills’ ‘Manyana, Van Alstyne & Curtis’ ‘Mississippi Shore, Kendis-& Brock- man’s ‘Ages and Ages’ and George A. Friedman’s ‘Zomah.’ These will all be worked upon together. The window displays will be accorded to these six songs. I have instructed my managers to allow the girls to play no other song than this choice half dozen. I do not feature or play other publishers’ num- bers. I carry the big fellow’s songs only when there is a real demand for them. There is one exception to this rule, Leo Feist. He gets a break with me also. Why I refuse to say. But I’m showing you 1] can make a song any time I feel like it. Here (showing the VARIETY man several disks) are the mechanical recordings of ‘Afghanistan,’ recorded and ready to be released as a special next week. All within four weeks! Ask any man if that’s not a world’s record. “What does this prove? It shows the mechanical people are with me and my cause heart, soul and body. What do you think the phonograph people or the music roll concerns want? Do they care to record a 10c song that sells a million copies and more—as it will with’ us if it’s any good—or do they want to put on their catalogs a 30c number that sells only 300,000 which is the best the average present day hit sells barring a ‘Dardanella’ or the like. It’s the ten cent song that’s favored most decidedly. Here I prove just how much these high and mighty thirty centers lose annually. There’s a limit to everything. Despite all present prosperity, a popular song is worth only ten cents to the buying public— rothing more. That’s all they care to pay. _“To protect myself and the corpora- tion I’m giving the lesser concerns that are with me a good break. I want to help them all I can. Each one of those fellows get advance orders of 120 to 150 thousand copies before the song is even published. Two representatives of a large London house are waiting for me and I'll not slight their publica- tions in the least in according them plugs. As you know the Woolworth stores are no mean factors in the Brit- ith Isles and these two British men who are here to establish local offices will be given equal courtesies by us.” Mr. Nutting was especially desirous his attitude be correctly set forth in Variety, He went into the matter pretty deeply. He wishes to deny state- ments erroneously recorded Woolworth sells 20,000,000 copies of sheet music. They sell more, acording to Mr. Nut- ting. The chain of stores consists of 1,200 in practicall all of which a music counter is maintained. OTHER PICTURE NEWS PAGES 53-58 NEWS OF THE FILM WORLD Mrs. Sydney Drew has suspended her studio operations for six weeks to go to California to secure a western studio. The first three productions for Pathe were made in the East. She is starred in one of these, “The Emotional Miss Vaughn.” Elaine Hammerstein has a dual role in her latest picture, “The Shadow of Rosa- lie,”” which calls for a lot of double ex- posure. The picture was made from the novel of Grace Sartwell Mason and adapted by R. Cecil Smith. W. W. Hopkinson Corp. has acquired the distribution of “King Spruce,” Hol- man F. Day’s story of the Maine forests. Mitchell Lewis is the star, with Mignon Anderson leading woman. Trade show- ings will be held the latter part of March for pre-release engagements in the big first run houses on or after April 18. Pathe will present Blanche Sweet in “The Deadlier Sex” at the Broadway next week for a pre-release showing. It isa story by Bayard Veiller. E. H. Griffith is directing Corinne Grif- fifth in a new O. Henry story. They are not related. Alice Joyce was married to James B. Regan, Jr., only son of James B. Regan, proprietor of the Knickerbocker Hotel, and Mrs. Regan, in the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, March 6, by the Rev. Thomas Lynch. The bride wore a traveling costume of mauve cloth, with hat to correspond, and a corsage bou- quet of orchids. The only witnesses were the parents of the bridegroom and the bride’s mother. Louis K. Sidney is the new managing director of the Washington at Detroit. James Young will direct Katherine MacDonald in Rita Weiman’s “Curtain.” The director will collaborate with the author of this Saturday Evening Post story on the continuity. Six companies of Emmett Moore’s “Ire- land a Nation” have been sent on the road. Each carries an Irish vaudeville show. Letters of commendation have been received from the heads of socie- ties of all denominations and creeds. The picture is a historical feature. Matthias Radin has bought out Jacques Tyrol’s interest in the Tyrad Pictures and will assume sole active management. Jack Holt and Julienne Mabel Scott will do the leads in “The Translation of a Savage,” by Sir Gilbert Parker. The Realart Pictures Corp. is conduct- ing an introductory advertising cam- paign for a new female star - whose identity is secret. Edward Jones, of the Wonderland, Pittsburgh, is now the manager of the Grand Opera House at Wilmington, Del. R. George Burnett is working in “The Road to Araby” for the Burton King studios. Albert Capelini, French director, has sold his latest feature, “The Fortune Tellier,” to Robertson-Cole. He has also signed a contract to produce four fea- tures for aS many years. Grace Louise Anderson has finished a picture for F. P.-L She has signed a five-year contract with Chamberlin Brown, F The first issue of Selznick news takes place Easter Sunday. F, P.-L. has acquired the picture rights to “A Full House,” Fred Jackson farce, to be used as a vehicle for Bryant Wash- burn. Goldthwaite H. Dorr was appointed receiver of the Films, Inc., of 1482 Broad- way, by Judge Hand in the U. S. Dis- trict Court, last Thursday, under a hond of $5,000. The company is unable to continue the production of “That Woman” without additional finances. Tc date the picture has cost $60,000. Frank Crayne has left New York for Los Angeles for Earle William’s next feature. Vera Gordon will take lead in Gold- wyn’s next feature, “North Winds Malice,” by Rex Beach. Production has started at Port Henry, N. Y. Ann Forrest will have the female lead in Tom Moore’s new feature, “The Great Accident.” Irene Boyle has returned from Ten- nessee, where she completed the ex- teriors for “The Deadline.” Alice Hollister is returning after an absence of 2 years, due to illness. She has joined the Goldwyn forces for the _ filming of “Milestones” and will have the — ~ leading feminine role. The picture will be made in Culver City under the direc- tion of Paul Scardon. Others in the cast will be Lewis Stone, Harvey Clark and Gertrude Norman. Carl J. Somin, attached to the sales force of F. P.-L.’s New York office, has been appointed manager of their Buffalo exchange. Booth Tarkington’s first Edgar com- edies, entitled “Teacher’s Pet,” released by Goldwyn, will be shown at the Capi- tol, week of March 21. Burton King has appointed Charles Reed Jones publicity director. Helen Johnston has been selected to play a part in Olive Thomas’ next pic- ture for Selznick. Leon Victor has returned to New York after handling the expoitation of “In Old Kentucky” during its first run en- gagement at the New Theatre, Balti- more. In 2 weeks the picture played to 90,000, according to Victor. NEWS OF THE COAST. By BARRY. Los Angeles, March 10. Lillian Hall has been engaged to play opposite David Butler in his first D. N. Schwab production, “Sitting on the World.” Pauline Stark is appearing in “The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come” with Jack Pickford. T. Roy Barnes has done such fine work in his first picture for Goldwyn that an effort is being made to induce him to re- main on the Coast for several more pic- tures. A. H. Woods’ “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath” will be put on by Metro with Viola Dana. Hugh Thompson, who arrived recently from the East to play the lead in “The Slim Princess,” with Mabel Normand, will remain on the Coast for another. Leslie Austen, who was last seen in “Five O’Clock,” had been offered a con- tract to come here. Wallace MacDonald is playing the lead in five pictures showing in Los Angeles this week. Wallace Reid is playing the leading role in “The Rotters.” Mary Roberts Rinehart has returned to her home in Pittsburgh. Vice-President Abraham Lehr, of Gold- wyn, has been elected president of the Producers’ Association of Los Angeles. ~ VIRGINIA CENSORSHIP DEAD. Norfolk, Va., March 10. Picture exhibitors in Virginia breathe easy again, for the present session of the General Assembly will adjourn sine die March 13, with no prospects of the drastic censorship bill being taken from its pigeon hole. The bill provided for a board of three censors, one of whom was to be a woman, to receive $2,400 per annum. It is conceded the bill was defeated through the activities of Jake Wells, president of the Virginia Motion Pic- ture Exhibitors’ Association, with able assistance from David Wark Griffith and J. S. Connolly. Griffith made a remarkably effective address in opposition ‘to the proposed censorship, declaring that it was founded on the spirit of autocracy and not on Americanism. AARONS PRODUCING AGAIN. Alfred E. Aarons re-enters the pro- duction field with a new musical play, “Qui Madame,” which opens in Phil- adelphia, March 22. The score is by Victor Herbert, book and lyrics by Harry and Robert B. Smith. In the cast are Georgia O’Ramey, Harry Kelly, John A. Butler, Dorothy Maynard, May Thompson, Glen Anders, Margaret and Dorothy St. Clair and “Pickles” Sinclair. For ZaSu Pitts. Los Angeles, March 10. Sarah Mason has completed an orig- inal story for ZaSu Pitts, to be pro- duced by the Brentwood company, _called “The Heart of the Way.” a be Oe Be re a haa tn a teas —_

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= VARIETY CABARET — “The Revue Magnificent” opened at Maxim’s Monday and showed to bril- liant advantage. Just why this new Maxim revue is the best floor show in the city at the present time, will be discovered by the Maxim’s patrons who see them alk The Maxim revue with its 11 people, gross, and 38 minutes of continuous performance has more ideas, snap and novelty. Percy Elkeles again has pro- duced the Maxim entertainment: With its very limited proportions from all angles, there is no knowing what might be done there by Elkeles if he could spend one half the money on the Maxim show that is wasted on so many other revues. A telephone number in this new show has a practical switch board set in the centre of the floor, with receivers on all of the tables. The board allows for six of the audience to talk to “Cen- tral” at one time. Others “listening in.” The “Central” operators are two of the girls in a set as the number progresses. For “business” and draw- ing power it’s probably one of the best audience numbers ever devised for a cabaret, though it is going to be dif- ficult fo keep it running in order at Maxim’s. Another audience number nearly as good and even more so for the girls is a “necktie” song, wherein the girls tie a necktie on such men as they select at the tables. : One of the specially written songs is “T Am A Good Girl Now.” It’s a corker in lyric. The hit song is “Rattle for Me,” intended likely for a contest song as the refrain as sung by the girls, with noisy rattles at all of the tables, would bring about the most popular young woman before the number end- ed. The melody of this song is very catchy and that with the idea puts it over to a strong hit. Then there is Billy Cook, about the hardest working juvenile anywhere, who looks well, sings and dances, do- ing a solo dance number during which he invites women from the tables to dance with him. Three accepted Mon- day evening, none of them a plant. This bit is then turned without cessation into a generai dance ensemble -with all of the girls. Running two numbers into one is repeated when Kitty Walsh does the “Good Girl” song as a single with the “Cutie Tie” number made an ensemble immediately following, Miss Walsh also leading that song. The show opens with all of the girls recalling in costume and song the favorite numbers in by-gone Maxim revues. Standing out above the novelty of the brief show is the costuming. It is splendid. There is a variety of dresses and designs that are peculiarly pleas- ing to the eye. The color combinations are perfectly blended. Estelle Pen- ning for instance looks as though wear- ing gowns especially selected for her type. Miss Penning is one of the hand- somest wholesome looking girls ever in a cabaret. She is a graceful dancer who only needs development. Miss Walsh is a promising soubret or en- genue, whatever she finally decides up- on, and soubret it should be, through her enunciation. She is quite a prom- ising young artiste. Emmy Hope did a couple of French songs, as singles, being quite animated in them, and Eva Stanton was another principal. But it was Mr. Cook who shone brightest, through his work. The songs were written by Edward Brier (lyrics) and, C. Weinstein (music). Earl Lindsey staged the pro- duction and no little credit is due to him. It is the best staged show also that Maxim’s has had. The choristers are Eva Lawlor, Mil- dred Kay, Donna Harris, Claire Rich- ardson, Eva Meeks, Daisy Lambert, a very personable group of girls who are at the same time good workers, a re- markable combination. “Saucy Bits of 1920,” the latest cabaret revue by Max Rogers, got un- der way in the main dining room (sec- ond floor, since the opening of the cafeteria) at Reisemweber’s Tuesday evening. The “Bits” show was given Monday night in the form of a dress rehearsal, resulting in 15 minutes being cut and several climinations made, that leaving the first night shows (7.30 and 11.30) of one hour and a quarter in length. The first section ran 25 min- utes and showed little of the sauce, the second part holding most of the hits in the revue. Elsa Huber and Ruth “Pea- nuts” Valle held over from the Jean Bedini show, which closed a ten-week engagement and so did four of the twelve squab choristers. Regarding the Bedini revue, it is said that Jean invested something like $10,000 in cos- tumes and failed to “get out” on the engagement, though the show pleased the cafe people. Tuesday night’s supper show (11.30) was not smooth running and since there are several changes to be made next week, it is not likely that the show will be set until then. The cast holds two singers of accomplishment in Mario Villani and Ida Heydt. Villani is said to have been in opera while in his native Italy. Prior to the present engagement he appeared in a Gus Ed- ward revue and recently closed with a road company of “Going Up.” Miss Heydt was in the Waybtrn Capitol re- vue. Of their three numbers, their best try was an operatic duet near the finish, the voices being quite above those sported in cabarets. The hits of the evening easily fell to Ned Nortan and Jean Barrios. The latter’s female impersonation fooled the house completely and that, not so much through voice as his clever im- itation of feminine ways. Nortan is from burlesque: .He was straight man with the “Million Dollar Dolls” until hit by the “flu.” He showed a voice in duetting “Blue Diamonds” with Miss Huber and later with a specialty tore off “Blues My Naughtie Sweetie Gives to Me.” He did a “hot dog” shiver that drew attention but his jazz imitation for the chorus of the “Blue Diamonds” number wasn’t so good—that is for those who have heard Keegan and Ed- wards. Nortan goes into the first part of the show next week replacing Harry Glynn, an English comic, seen at the Palais Royai show and others. Giynn could do nothing with his numbers, in spite of chorus aid. Mlle. Valdeo, a blond Oriental dancer, provided a flash but little more. Veronica who was in one or two of the Hammerstein shows, goes into the Rogers revue next week. She appeared at the dinner show Mon- day but was not in the latter per- formance. “Peanuts” Valle’s value is her cuteness as a number leader. Hall and Kimmer danced in the first section, doing a tango but did not again appear. Miss Huber did something with “I'd Kiss Each Finger of My Mother’s Hand.” Like most revues the “Bits” has a team of handbalancers, Rothman and Robillo, who drew fair amount of at- tention. For the first time the back portion of the room was draped and being one step above the floor was used as a platform for chorus pictures, also providing a curtain entrance for the company. Next week the Rogers show should be much improved and most of the bolstering will come in the first part of the show. The crowd Monday night was fairly good but there was more “dress” down in the cafeteria than upstairs. Ted Reily staged the show. The music was by Nat ‘Vincent and lyrics by Reily but __Just what numbers they contributed was not indicated. In the main room for dancing and accompanying the show Arnold Johnson’s orchestra holds forth. It is said to be the most ex- pensive bunch yet at Reisenweber’s, the weekly salary for the six men be- ing $600. , “You'd Be Surprised,” is the new floor show produced at the Ritz in Brook- lyn last Thursday night. The Ritz is now under the sole ownership of Henry Fink, who bought out all other inter- ests. Doing a new show in the restau- rant evidenced Mr. Fink’s confidence in his proposition with or without liquor. The Ritz always stood well up as a Brooklyn downtown resort. Mr. Fink’s personal popularity had not the least to do with this. He is always on the job and that means a lot in a restau- rant or elsewhere. Rockwell Terrace, the Ritz’s closest competitor closed with the dry period. Other Brooklyn places of greater or lesser rank quit also, leaving the Ritz alone. With Mr. Fink taking a chance with his show in face of that, it does not alone seem good judgment on his part, but it dis- plays that Fink’s showmanship, added to his understanding as a restaurateur, is held up by the outpouring of Brook- lynites to this restaurant. On the open- ing night not a seat was open, down- stairs or in the balcony, and the Ritz seats 700. Two shows nightly are given, for dinner and after the theatre. The Ritz produced its latest entertainment with a certain reserve that will be noticed mostly by those familiar with floor shows, in the production. On principals and chorus Mf. Fink did not cheat. He has six principals and eight chorus girls. The show runs in two sections. The opening number is the best of the performance. Then there are singles and ensembles until the finale, a southern scene. The revue is backgrounded nicely through a unique arrangement at the rear of the stage, set to correspond with a country scene. The performers as they emerge appear to. walk from a distance, the house se- curing a very pretty perspective through this effect. While the double stage setting may cost the house some seating capacity, it really more than repays in giving the show a foundation that impresses the house with a greater magnitude than the performance actu- ally possesses. The speed is held up through the presence of the Broadway Trio, three boys who-have been at the Ritz for some time. Harry Tanner of the Trio is doing some telling character work in a couple of the numbers and he leads the principals for returns. Ed. Murray and Pat Hanley are the other two. Mlle. Florie did some solos. She is pleasant appearing singer. Belle Gannon is the rag singer and dancer - with considerable pep. Olga Marwig does a toe dancing specialty and is worth noting. Mr. Fink leads the finale, as is usual with him. Brooklyn wouldn’t believe the Ritz show if Mr. Fink didn’t get into it. That’s where his old showmanship asserts itself. He can handle himself and a crowd. Fink was formerly in vaudeville. He wrote the lyrics of this piece, with Abner Silver doing the music. Ed Hutchinson staged the show, getting quite some action out of the girls for the limited periods they are allowed. The chorus is composed of Fay Tunis, Catherine Winters, Jane Hewes, Alice Winters, Brita Northe, Marie Somily, Mildred Cart, Marinonia Lustina. For Prooklyn and a dry town the Ritz is giving a véry decent floor show. It displays at the very least enterprise and nerve, for the production repre- sents some money and few restaurants away from Broadway where they can get away with the high priced menu cards are taking any*risk nowadays. Fortunate, however, in outliving com- petition Mr. Fink is not taking advan- tage of that fact—he is giving the Brooklynites what he gave them be- fore—a good show. The Ritz chorus for singing is a banner one. Several of the choristers own real singing veices. 19 ——————— Healy’s Golden Glades is holding its combination ice and floor show up to standard mark all the time, through addition of new people and numbers. The show in its numbers is still led by Helen Hardick, who has been a strong favorite at the ice palace for wo or three seasons. Miss Hardick hesides leading numbers is doing a ‘ placing a dance ittrac figure in the Mill and Mack have of specialties. Among the tl 1 Oriental and Baptie 1s a perlormance a couple others on t dancer. On are features eneed skater, who includes enough fancy steps in his routine to make the (audience grow dizzy as he whizzes around the confined space. Miss Lamb is one of ic Ca pet “4 ¢ , T the ice Baptie Lamb ie the best formed young women who ever put on a skate. The Paulsens at- tract especial attention with their character bit, the Apache dgnce. Build- ing this dance on the steel runners the couple have made a big hit out of it During the dance Miss Paulsen takes what is probably the most dangerous fall ever tried by a dancer. While whirling Mr. Paulsen lets his wife fly northward along the ice and she slides for about 15 feet after leav- ing his hands. It look hazardous and it is, but the results are gratifying. The Healy resort is very popular these days and while the ice place with Nick in charge draws its own crowd, the ,alconnades or third floor, with Benny Uberall, the host, also attracts. Besides Healy’s has its ground floor restaurant, where there is one of the best jazzing dance bands in New York. Seats at the tables for the opening of the nine o’clock revue “The Girls of 1920” at the Amsterdam Monday even- ing were $5 each. Patrons were in- formed at the box office that dinnet would be served at 7 p. m, the Ziegfeld idea being that the first nighters set a precedent by dining on the roof. With the revue starting at nine the aim is to establish a dining clientele and at the same time having the “house” completely seated and ready by the time for the revue’s start. With that established the time schedule for “ the finale of the nine o'clock show would be ample to reseat the audience for the midnight revue. The latter show was temporarily withdrawn last week but started again on Thursday (not Tuesday as first planned). Din- ner at 7 cost $3.50 per head and those nine o’clock patrons who did not ap- pear for the dinner embarrassed the management, which felt “cheated.” The coveur charge has clung to the restaurant menu. cards despite that booze has disappeared. The coveur may have been all right when the drinks were flowing. Even the waiters knew ho one soused ever figured up a check. But with the departed spirits why the coveur? The idea is to bring them in and with the present menu scale in the cabarets, the coveur charge alongside is and does look silly. Also it may keep people out. Eating stewed and eating sober are two kinds of eat- ing. One restaurant is featuring a table @hote dinner and adding a coveur charge to the check per person. It’s following no one but itself. Other res- taurants are charging coveur on the before the dry belief that the coveur should pay the cost of the show. It in on the strength of the performance or food with the coveur off or at most a minor charge, and then slip it good to the customers from the menu prices. That won’t be hard if they are- hungry. Zeiss’ Hotel, Philadelphia, one of the best known theatrical headquarters in the country, is the latest victim of the dry law. After an existence of more than 50 years the place has been sold to A. J. Henry, a lawyer, for $80,000, including the fixtures. The property is 45x90 feet and is assessed at $56,000. It has been conducted the past five years by Myers & Seltzer. (Continued on page 22)

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20 VaRIETY’S SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE PANTAGES THEATRE BUILDING San Francisco oi

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March 10. Orpheum ncisco I l etentlo > tne ORPHEUM, SAN FRANCISCO. rapidly moving en- ngzing leading and cor mn Carus, topping the ram, ; ! k and a collection t ht her a welcome t imable and original | injected registered hie \ Iter | mpold ely in som I m- De Ss piano TT} lar finish besides getting big ] hs brings Miss Car k for a . ane ’ ' Ke nn dy and Co. fav plenty of amusemeé nt There act also contains numberless laughs and an_ excellent punch Billy Link, Jr., and Betty Hart were ver good in Mr. Kennedy's sup- ore Ams and Adelaide Win- throp. next to closing, did exceptionally od comedy opening until the Indian dance finish, but received only light applause Mil Rhea with Joseph Mach, Jr., and Jack Cook have several ttractive sets These overshadow the : . : rouge! : : I Trio Wwnose DvDeSL e@CILOFLS jJUSt nage to pl , The honors are about Ithough Mlle. Rhea is featured in assisted by Mach and ! ‘ ! picturesdque dane ( violin and sing, re- ‘ook who play the pectively fa Morton has a pleasing personality and got the show's hit in second spot with good popular comedy numbers. “The Profiteering Blues,” with a timely parody medley, did the trick and forced a speech in which Mr. Morton said he had no more songs rehearsed The Lightner Girls and Newton Alex- ander repeated big. Van and Beliie, with numerous original flving paper and wood devices expertly handled, provided more entertainment in the opening position than has been seen there this season A plant in a box aided Good comed WAS iniected throughout The boom, rang throwing at the finish and Van’s good whistling imitation got big applause. Henry Sentrey and his syncopated band repeated big In spite of being in the closing position, they easily held the entire house. Jack Josephs. PANTAGES, SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco, March 10 Without any outstanding feature, the show at Pantages this week went along at a nice pace Hill’’s Comedy Circus headlining with fine ponies and dogs vith a kickine mule finish was enioved in closing position Bob Albright holds the reeord for return engagements on this cirenit and registered strongly rain His good singing with some new stories went for a hit Encoring with “Everv Pal Like You,” a gray haired box assisting, lent a sen- Olga Samanoff Trio are talented musicians They encored re- peated! on their plaving ability out- classing their stage Settings and general appearance by their musical work. Denny and Dunnigan are a classy ap pearing mixed team with clever exclu- sive patter and sones and good business. Thev registered a big hit The girl is a strikinelyv beautiful brunette, and the act, with slicht bolstering up. is certainly for the bie time Fadie and Ramsden gét a neat start for introducing the man’d? contortion and acrobatic twists. These were verv entertaining and drew good langhs. The act starts slowly with the woman singing a ballad. Three Bullowa . woman in the timental touch Girls onenca well on the vircs. Songs with slides by Buster LaMar followed. Jack Josephs. LOEW’S HIPPODROME, ’FRISCO. San Francisco, March 10. Anna Eva Fay, heading at Loew's Hippodrome this week, drew capacitv houses Blindfolded and covered with a sheet, Miss Fav answers questions written between shows The questtons are retained bv those asking them. There was a rood deal of comedy included in the answers and unusual tinterest was manifested The Chone Toy Duo opened very nicely jueeline oriental naranher- nalia Adam Killejoyv, with Billy Miller and Co., received good laughs through- out despite the cast being below par. Granville and Fields, a mixed team of wop characters, put over hokum to big restilts and also scored on their Yiddish dialog near the finish. Jones and Georgia are a nifty boy and geirl duo The boy uses the violin while the girl sings They scored bie with a nicely costumed and presented offering. Jack Josephs, NOTES. San Francisco M irch 10 Orval Spurrier } changed hia name to Ned Dovle The mistakes In pro- nounelns ind spelliz of (Spurrier) was the ré i ft Walter, Toye ‘ A here last week fror K Cit Mr. Pughe |@ organ IZing bu Pe ) repertoire show which Wi ! i Kans City ind po t t leinit ID) Lerner 1 mn Miller returned last Vee} nirtey in il i © of several mic rie during Which they were mem bers of the Fanchon-Marco Revue. They left the show at St. Paul. Larry Yoell went to Los Angeles last veek, where he will be in charg® of the rving Berlin professional office.

Bill Dooley replaced Dave Lerner with Fanchon-Marco Revue at St. Paul. “The Follies of 1920,” composed of 15 kiddies students of Blanche Hertz, is an ttraction at the Tivoli this week. An act entitled the “Song Shop” will be presented by local representatives of the following music publishers; Water- son, Berlin and Snyder, Remicks, McCar- thy-Fisher and Sherman Clay & Com- pany.

“IT Love You” will be offered by the \leazar Players week March 14. Gene De Bell came in from Reno to engage people for a stock company to play an indefinite engagement in that city

Herbert Harris is back in the A. & H. offices after successfully having his ton- sils removed. Al Frank is now looking after Jim Post’s interests in the front of the house at the Majestic Theatre.

Nat Farnum continues’. successfully with his girl show at the Crescent Theatre, formerly “The Allies,’”’ in the Nerth Beach section.

Al Browne, western manager for M. Witmark & Sons, has returned from a road trip through California and Nevada. Cunning, the magician, is touring the scuthern part of the state. The Cliff House will open some time this month under Bustonaby’s manage- ment, RECEIPTS ON THE COAST. San Francisco, March 10. “The Bird of Paradise” did $10,000 on the week at the Ye Liberty in Oakland while “Turn to the Right” got $11,000 during a week’s engagement there re- cently. Manager Jack MacArthur bought the shows outright paying $#,- i: for the former and $5,000 for the atter. David Warfield in “The Auctioneer” drew around $40,000 for his 12 days’ engagement at the Columbia here and a gross of $11,000 for three days in Oak- land last week, Kolb and Dill in their farce, “Wet and Dry,” played to around $39,000 on their two weeks’ engage- ment ending at the Curran last week and are this week playing a return engagement at the Ye Liberty, Oak- land, coming back here next week at the Savoy. Margaret Anglin in “The Woman of Bronze” at the Columbia, continues to big business in her second week, sell- ing out completely at the matinees. Business decidedly good the past month, the war tax check of the Cur- ran for that period being $8,074. LOEW’S STOCKTON STARTED. San Francisco, March 10. Construction of the new Loew the- atre on the site of the Yosemite in Stockton began last week. $120,000 will be expended on the house that will seat about 2,000. The theatre will have a stage adequate for any style per- formance and be devoted to pictures. rohibition

TENT SHOW FORMING. San Francisco, March 10. Richard Wilbur, who was in advance of the Banvard musical comedy show in the Orient and other foreign points, returned here last week. Wilbur is organizing a rep show to tour the Coast under canvass. Enlarged Pan For Honolulu. San Francisco, March 10, A tabloid musical comedy is being organized by Harry Lewis for the Pan time which will be enlarged for a stock engagement at the Bijou theatre in lonolulu scheduled to follow. the vaudevil! + tour. ASTOR SALE. (Continued from page 12) the theatrical section that were dis- posed of and their purchasers is given herewith. by 88.3% to Broadway. The catalog description stated “a five-story theatre and office building containing theatre seating 1,141, two stores on first floor, five offices on the second floor and

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES Location. Description. Size. 46th St., 148 W....4 st. dw. 15 x100. 46th St., 150 W....4st. dw. 15 x100. 45th St., 239 W....4st. dw. 20 x100. 45th St., 241 W....4 st. dw. 20 x100. 45th St., 2438 W....4 st. dw. 20 x100. 45th St., 245 W....4st. dw. 20 x100. 45th St., 247 W....4 st. dw. 20 x100. 45th St., 249 W....3 st: dw. 20 x100 45th St., 251 W....3 st. dw. 20 x100 45th St., 253 W....3 st. dw. 20 x100 45th St., 255 W....3 st. dw. 20 x100 45th St., 257 W....3 st. dw. 20 x100 45th St., 259 W....3 st. dw. 16.8xi66 45th St., 261 W....3 st. dw. 16.8x100 45th St., 263 W....3 st. dw. 16.8x100 45th St., 265 W....3 st. dw. 16. x 87. 45th St., 267 W....3 Bighth Av., 724....4 st. ten. 18.9x 66 BHighth Av., 726....4 st. ten. 18.9x 66 Eighth Ax., 728....4 st. ten. c Bighth Av., 730....4 st. ten. Eighth Av., st. ten. Bighth Av., 734....4 st. ten. Bighth Av., 736....4 st. ten. 4 4 4 9x100 Bighth Av., 738....4 st. ten. 4 4 ° 9x100 5x100 5x100 Fighth Ay., 740....4 st. ten. Eighth Av., 742....4 st. ten. DDD DD DO st et et St St et OT OT pt bt tt tt NOSNIIAARAAIMAROOwWDDOWOWO 46th St., 264 W....3 st. dw. 8x100. 46th St., 266 W....3 st. dw. 8x100. 46th St., 256 W....3 st. dw. .8x100. 46th St., 258 W....3 st. dw. .§x100. 46th St., 260 W....3 st. dw. .8x100. 46th St., 262 W....3 st. dw. 8x100. Eighth Av., 725....4 st. ten. lx 75 Fighth Av., 727....4 st. ten. ms 75 Eighth Av., 729....4 st. ten. ix 75 Bighth Av., 731....4 st. ten. 25.1x 75 Theatre Astor Theatre..... land 74 x198 Bijou & Morosco T’s land 160 x100 Other theatrical managers were also present but did not take any active part in the bidding. The high mark of the sale was the price paid for the Astor Theatre land which was $790,000. The Bijou and Morosco plot was the runner up. Mr. Dowling stated after he had made the purchase of the theatre property that he had certain plans in mind regard- ing the property but that he felt it best not to divulge them at this time. The Astor Theater property has a frontage of 79 feet 6% inches on Broad- way with 148 feet 11 ow “ego Mang street. The plot is irregular, its west- ern line savings 100.5 by 32.6% by 7.9%

Suspected Murderer Captured. San Francisco, March 10. Acording to the police the descrip- tion of Dennis Chandler, a sailor who was captured here last week when he attempted to hoid up a store, fits that of the man wanted for the murder of Frances Altmann Stockwell, the chorus girl of the “French Follies” who was killed in Cleveland.

“Ladies First” with $3 Scale. San Francisco, March 10. The prices for Nora Bayes in “Ladies First” scheduled for the Curran next month will be $2.50 and tilted to $% for the Saturday night performances. FAST WORKERS. San Francisco, March 10. Frank and Rae Warner on the Loew- A. H. time carrying their 11-month old baby are expecting an increase in the family. Sam Harris advised Mrs. Warner to rest pending the arrival of the stork and is paying Frank the double salary for a single he is doing meantime. A. & H. Discards Less Than 3 Days. San Francisco, March 10. Ackerman & Harris have announced the elimination of the one and two day stands in Montana and that three days will be the minimum in any of the Loew-A,.-H, theatres, st. dw. 16 x 87. \ssessed Val. Land & Bldg. Buyer. Price. 4 $32,000 Charles Globy....... $43,000 4 32,000 H. Rosenberg........ 45,000 5 36,500 William Goldstone... 63,000 5 36,500 William Goldstone... 63,000 5 35,500 William Goldstone... 63,000 5 34,500 William Goldstone... 63,000 5 34,500 William Goldstone... 63,000 33,000 BE. Margolies......... 55,500 BSS.0C0 SOL. BrOOM. os isc kc eae 47,500 Ba,Gee Wie SION. cs excwses 47,500 $1:000 Bo) Bicgm. ...icvrvies 60,126 34 Ee a! rr 47,500 25,0068 FE. Margolies...:...... 42 000 25,000 J. J. Shubert 7 35,000 35.6060 J. J. Shubert... .>.... 35,000 5 ie a ee |. a ee ere 35.000 5 S.000. A. BEOGTO, iv occ icsraen 35,000 Ce ae ee ere re 80,500 29,000 E. Henderson........ 45,000 36.000 .Louis Rieth.....s%0c:s 42,000 28,000 Cirodkin Bros....... 42,000 35,000 G. V. McNally....... 47,000 35,000 S. Yampolsky....... 40,000 S5.000 Ti Porringd: .. <2 ic... 42,000 35,000 John Moody......... 40,100 82.000 80,000 | John Hadell. Sold as 5 26,000 f one parcel....... 167,000 5 26,000 | 5 25,000 John Hadell 30,500 5 25.000 John Hadell 33,000 5 25.000 John Hadell a ee 23.000 5 25,000 John Hadell ake oa nies 33.000 44.500 John T. Brook....... 67,250 44,500 W. H. Behrens...... 64,750 44.500 E. Margolies......... 62,500 72,000 Cappa Realty Co 76,000 Leaseholds. 4 $960,000 Robert E. Dowling... 790,000 455,000 Robert E. Dowling.. 350,000 eight offices each on the third, fourth and fifth floors. Sold subject to a leasehold expiring May 1, 1922, at $16,- 340 with the privilege of two renewals of 20 years each at agreed rental. If no agreement 4% per cent. of appraised value of land. Tenant pays taxes, water charges and assessments. The building on these premises not included in sale. Selling ground only.” Wagenhals & Kemper still own the theatre which they have leased to the Shuberts for a term of years. The Bijou and Morosco locations were sold as a block, the size being 160 by 100.5. The former is described as a “two-story, seating capacity 607, with six-story extension containing nine dressing rooms,” the Morosco de- tail being “a two-story building, seat- ing capacity of 925, with six-story extension containing three dressing rooms on each of the four lower floors, 5 rooms on the fifth floor and 6 private offices on the sixth floor.” The plot is subject to a lease expir- ing May 1, 1931, at $20,000 per annum with the privilege of two renewals of 20 years each at agreed rental; if no agreement, five per cent. of the value of the land. At the end of the second renewal the landlord to buy the build- ings. The Shuberts are running the Bijou while Oliver Morosco has the other house under a lease. After the properties on West 45th and 46th streets between Broadway and Eighth avenue had been disposed of the interest in the sale as far as the theatrical ihterests were concerned was nil. The sale, however, contained a full house until the final parcels were disposed of. Joseph P. Day, who conducted the sale, broke the long distance record for pulling a non-stop monolog, for, from the time that he made his open- ing speech, shortly after 11 o’clock in the morning, he remained on_ the rostrum continually until after eleven at night and talked constantly. He is something of a comedian and looks good enough to get over on the small time any day with the line of “old boys” that he is carrying in his gag foundry.

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MAJESTIC, CHICAGO. ; Chicago, March 10. Starting with dogs and finishing with lions would indicate a steady progress. The lions are only sea lions, but what do you want for $1.65 including war tax a dynosaurus? The dogs are

— Herbert's, the tawny wonders that make one mad at the popu- larity of Pekines« ind chows Grey- hounds, as epitomized by Herbert’s leapers and loopers, ar n the crude western language ‘the berries.” The house thought so for several h ands The lions were Winston's Winston an- nounces in the program that he is th« “owner and trainer” and that the act is “the aquatic marvel of the 20th cen- tury,” which.should be once to Annette Kellermann. The act carries a tank containing 6,000 gallons of water, making it a considerable “chaser” for a heavy show. In spite of Winston‘s superlatives in the program, his act utterly outclasses any. competi- tion in its field and makes the other vaudeville tank acts look like split-week try-outs. The water lions are college graduates and the nymphs are lulus. Winston lived to take his~bows to al- most a full audience, very unusual in this house. His éomedy stuff cemented telegraphed at we av ~4 : ne . the exhibit together and made it enter tainment whereas the average of its class is just demonstration. Jimmy Hussey and his jazzy lampoon on everything, headlined and headed. If there is a theatre on earth that isn’t ducksoup for flip material of the sort that gets recognition in the Friars’ grill- room, it is the Majestic. But Hussey, the irresistible scoffer, found a home in this castle. of reserve and repose. He was invited to stay a month, if hands talk. George Watts and Belle Hawley, with a catalogue of gags out of the al- manae of our childhood, went for a neat success, nevertheless. One song about 10 bottles dwindling one by one, in the style of the old nursery jingle, was enough to get them in right. But Skeet Gallagher and the toothsome Irene Mar- tin completely smothered the audience with personality, good looks, clean laughs and sprightly dancing. Galla- gher and Martin will either be vaude- ville headliners or musical comedy stars in two seasons—nothing can stop them but pestilence or moving pictures Jean Adair went well in the comedy drama, “Ella Comes to Town,” by Edwin Burke. The story is thin and the plot is thick. She gets sympathy and laughs on her personal work, highlighted by gleaming talent, but this vehicle cannot run in the same block with the disap- pearing tail-light of her former sketch. Mabel Burke, assisted by Sidney Forbes, in a mingling of old and néw tunes il- lustrated with over-colored slides, drew No. 2 position, but held and hit. Forbes has melting pipes and Miss Burke re- vived the song classics of grandma’s prime with a deal of effectiveness. Rock- well and Fox, next to closing, jammed it through as they have done here since their first post-Loew assault on the risi- bilities. It is still a huge satire, though it is no longer a huge novelty. Lait PALACE, CHICAGO. Chicago, March 10. “He who hath never tasted it—oh, he hath been a dead one all his life,’’ says James J. Morton, the royal jester on this bill. He probably means something al- coholic. But it “goes’’ for success as well as gin. And this bill is replete With success and successes in succession. The headline turn, Ford Sisters (Dora and Mabel) come here for the first time as headliners and win. Frank Hurst comes here for the first time as an artist in his own right since his humiliating support of dancers with singing bits, and wins. Frawley and Louise played here last at the Hippodrome and before that at the Windsor, now they cork a clean hit over the Palace fence. Texas and Walker open the show and stop it. Phina and her Picks, long absent from Miss Gassman’s home town, bent the bill double in No. 2 location. Bert Baker is

as distinguished for having played here too much as the “others are for being comparative strangers, and his skit still hurdied everything and bounded lightly into the panic class imerson and Bald- win, set to close and not veterans lo- cally, broke up an exodus with their first appearance and held in the mob, just after Martin-Webb heard heavy laughter and ponderous applause. Yea, verily, there were no dead to pick up after the smoke of the Monday matinee blew over. Texas and Walker got a hand on their western set and got a hand on their rope tricks and got many hands on the girl's beauty, the skillful manipulations and thie bright gages for a moment it threatened to be a feeble Will Rogers imitation but there was no chewing gum, so it can hardly be called an In- frinwement on the origi: al Mar ecur- tains and bows Phina, dazzling in a high-valler makeup, w48 remin scent of her coon-shouting days nan opening song, then turned loose her pics They sre ful rown nov nd the have de oped profte or j 1 The three f nee “at hia f ' ari tin costumes. pot al ve }4i1 Frawley and fdr Juise in @a night louby set, he “4 the clerk just going off duty and she as the day cigar girl just coming on, got quick attention on comedy, neatness and speed. Miss Louise is a lovely thing to behold, reedlike, Brinkleylike, light of hair and manner, while Frawley is a snappy juvenile comedian of warm per sonality and a deft touch at slang Though the running order made this team close in “one,” which the vehicle does not naturally welcome, the finish held five bows for the team. The east will smack its lips over Edna's charms and part its teeth to laugh at Bill's frothy ¢ Bert Baker followed in “Prevarication” and mutilated the audience Hie hi } A Ly comedy. his elassik is two new women Since last here, Anita Fortier as the wife and Paddy Baker as the comedy ingenue, both up to grade. rank Hurst came on in a flower-decked scene before a red velvet drop. His ap- pearance in Tux togs helped him imme- diately, and his pianist (Albert Hockey) stuck to his business and didn’t detract. Hurst sang a little verse about him- self, not important but not too egotisti- cal, then did a routine of fitting songs which he interrupted with a series of brief and juvenile recitations. In an Irish number he took the high peak of his vaudeville career and let loose voice and delivery that one scarcely suspected +} the he had during the visits as prop for Lucille Cavanagh, Bessie Clayton and Jack Wilson He did the Irish ditty spankingly and smartly and took a fine hand on it. “Say it with Flowers” is a bit effeminate for a male, tossing roses into the pit, but Hurst got away with it and the ladies loved it. He got solid acknowledgment, and has apparently es- tablished himself as a single for big time on legitimate lines. The Ford girls, assisted by a jazz band in colonial clothes and wigs, stole the hit of the day, as they should on merit and position in billing. Dora and Mable ex- press in straightforward, artistic, modest style, the best there is in the purely na- tive American dance, They have staged and dressed their offering exquisitely without ever becoming raucous or sensa- tional. They are not afraid to do simple dances in simple frocks and they are able to do startling numbers in amaz- ing creations. The Mabel-Dora Waltz, musie by Jack Osterman, was a triumph that any headliner might remember with satisfaction. The split-bottom tap danc- ing was like old champagne and fresh angel cake. Martin-Webb overdid the comedy a bit between the tenor on the stage and the pianist-comedian in the house, but when they got to. their real singing they sopped up a dripping hit. Emerson and Baldwin got them interested and laugh- ing in a difficult spot at the tail end of powerful program, and scored. James J. Morton neyer failed of a laugh and a hand before each turn. This proved in all an extraordinary feast of vaudeville. Lait this

STATE LAKE. Chicago, March i6. Alfred Carroll and Carley opened the bill, presenting a unique novelty in landscape and illustrative design using rag ends of varying colors as material The giri in the act sang while the ef- fects were being created. Wood and W yde followed in a rollicking skit with a somewhat Greenwich Village atmos- phere, using a special drop in one repre- senting the exterior of adjoining studios. The situations are full of laughs without a descent to hoakum, the act closing in a burlesque of classical dancing well done. A sketch, “Mrs. Wellington's Sur- prise,” shows the atmosphere of the modern drama by a bedroom set in a small hotel. Despite a good deal of comedy, the act did not speed up, pos- sibly because it was talky and the dramatic moments were rendered rather timidly and with mild effect. The act is risque, but not offensive. Santos and Hayes, who look like income and ex- pense, heavily taxed the risibilities of the house and mopped up easily, “Put- ting It Over,” the all-soldier revue given by former members of the 27th Division, impressed with a large cast and im- pressive production, and some excellent work in female impersonations. Bob Milliken held down the next to closing spot with gags delivered in the pecan style, stories which were reason- ably funny if past the age of adolescence and song selections that got him atten- tion. Lady Alice’s Pets closed the show trained cats and dogs, with mice as an innovation. The presence of the mice in eoniunction with the cats gave the a a quality which few animai acts posses dramatic suspense. The man in t! next seat hoped that they would intro- duce a few fleas to go With the dogs Nevertheless the act ’ r didly owen HIPPODROME, CHICAGO. | Chicago, Marcr eae The show opens d at with Bijou Circus, cat f stage cireus s&s r olving 4d 5, at ‘ ing to Wo ‘ i ppreciated he r

with song; then the man does melo- dramatic travesty with piano, and both follow with operatic travesty in which a section of a prison drop is set be- fore the piano. Well liked. Holiday and Burns act with unquestionable big time calibre and were recently seen here on the two a day. Full stage trench set Straight man working as American army officer comedian in blackface as buck private, Material funny but inclined to be pass Both men are artists and belong on the two a day Prince and bell, man and woman Ong talk and piano act, open with shot off stage, then man enters as crook in mask meet girl dark stage in on ind sings a number in which the them. in intention on hil part to steal her he ict then goe to Straight plano and tall Gap omewhat fromage but delivery pood, Celli Singe! three women and two men, sang old- fashioned numbers harmoniously with a Colonial manse backing It is a rest ful, pleasing offering, everythin, CxXG- cuted with manners and wood taste and excellent routine of old song of the type which cannot miss if well rendered as they were here Jim McWilliams monologist and piano, with nut material and nerve (more nerve than material) got by because he seemed not to re much whether he did or not LINCOLN, CHICAGO. March 10 This is the official showing house for the W. V. M. A. and agts here are either revealing new matertal or Chicago, undergoing “trial betore the association judges on disputes as Lo “wlary Value ote Pome of the turns are big’ timer Anna Vivian opened She ii thie Statuesque singing Nnarpsehooter ol th original Vivians and was once known hereabouts as tne Kdelweiss Girl She vUpens in one Jm evening aré Sink ling a ballad and inging i Well bleg loreign accent is palpabls The spot hard tor a traignt vocal peciaity and it gets aii that the circumstances per! mit, after Which a full “age oolini turn of meritoricus but conventiona type transpires, in which ne 18 AsBSIBLed by a man Miss Vivian's appearance and personality are spectacular for this Sort of turn The stunts are of the big-time order, but, strange! the fin ishing applause was light Thi Vi probably due to a cold audience, as thers was a blizzard outside and a hit of frost inside. This act is worth number $3 on the best circuits Miller and Kainey, a stout woman and an undersized comedian, before a zou drop in “one,” showed deplorable show manship and misfire material and per ished throughout and after ali ‘Tine woman would be an acceptable com dienne On size and an easy kidding man ner that she has, but her jests are of the Joe Miller calibre; the man does g00d tricks with a trombone and ordin ary stuff on a soprano saxaphone, and dancing that hinted at an outlet for him—he might get over better if he danced more When the woman started to sing a high ballad it Nas dillicult

tc determine whether she was on the level or kidding; if she was kidding it was good. She was flat and failed to carry the tune When she did another for an encore it seemed certain that she meant it, so the audience let the team die without a murmur. Just a case of misdirected efforts almost all the way. Earle 8. a new act Dewey and Mable Rogers, in with a gorgeous fuil-stage set after a2 marvelous scrim drop in “one,” easily captured the honora on class and snap. The turn has a pilot, smart clothes, sparkle in work and sub- ject matter, wholesome fun and a fla- vory finesse that spells preparation, fi- delity and respect for their work, their profession and their manuscript This pair was booked for the rest of the sea- son before leaving the theatre, s the act was refreshing and of high volt:

despite its newness, and is undoubtedly headed for the foremost circuits. Dewey and HKRogers were featured leads in *T Naughty Princess last season Worth a spo in the middle yf . Arat-rat r thin The gr ; vifts of c e whic? these two mer Kb sx might > ‘rer r rrirré rT. Ge y f The Ww U ic stick to Hoyle and sing r it they ceem str ng for far-f: burlesque + ~ } the are r ? ef t ¢ nA =? > @ ’ = ‘a . Fos .s succes nastirz . ‘ efuge for t , " witt ut talent guct s wantor yr s ; 5 Kaufma gooc personalities,

is easily big time STATE-LAKE THEATRE well how to w ana have extraordinary with some blue )| BUILDING ear correct clothea, volces The aet stuff trimmed ou It went, in all, for a hit, bill htector was another offender a ! thie proprieties ble ia of the lLiecto: Wobert ind Talbot combination, D i nd face and «a telling ind an en man | t ial ith | a? fT th ! ai roe | ry hi ; | ith tail " } mtit n nal cs uid tolerate I ] na is ! port nal nt r" tut in hil act | lan Troupe 6 people in a elreu cyclorama vith tast low comedy, tumbling clown ne and a pretty girl, closed the show ith a bang This outfht 41 up to top rads good for roars and hands, of old hioned but always amusing and rol licking standard Lau ORGANIZE PUBLISHERS’ PIANISTS. Chicago, March 10 I ( } I t¢ rs 1 t e | ») play ol t | must | | ole | il omce al eh ) nc} iT thy Mu iciat { nion, with na lemand of § i week minimum The | ‘ entat ( ay that if it ‘ thr h ft may have oO close of the Chicago ffices, as thie Cast lcd imp them Not man Henschel other otf tl state lake leads , the organizer The if laries 1 ound $25.. The { it 1 to clude omen i well as BREAKING STATE-LAKE RECORDS. Chicago ceded tnen came March 10, ’ { | much lee-way in tate-lLake, which capacity since it 1 t *¢ CoTa Were SUCCES- © jast three con he House of David all that had pre- inger’s Midgets and k Evelyn Negs- ind r tablish. or the ) weel Ss. ive been open da CHICAGO’S MUSICAL JAM. vt a tie it yTTie ( hicas cago t vec ‘ 2 a ‘ ‘ nere, and perhary ‘4 a 749 4 : | ‘ array o!7r viri no another The list w mond Hitches “Sometime.” “MM. ‘ To! + 0 or j Pinpac 7. Le T and wCcirit f a! ‘ ‘ ‘ nder Age March 10, d rif , | . petition in { rece dented n here No such ever bucked one J 0 ies,” Ray- ii ny Koo,” c ( risto, tS Pe Al ice La Rue a id | (comedy of China” (big hit) h in “Hello “FOLLIES” GIRL ELOPES. _ ee Ye ea . Chic 4Z90, Marcn ig P , 6 ; just before the Ziegfeld “Follies” ‘? ‘ wr hpecarre 1 Ow’ , , lane ; a * ’ ‘ | . ee ; ‘+ a 4 ‘ f 6 Z cole | t y " 4 ret T rr 7 4 }- A ner j-y r the Te ‘ ? of ( re er ue 1 {4 er ne lehe {fr« { aa er lets + Cor any 2 Gsi* snied } . A a 4 2 . ; ° House for North Side. nm - if. 4 ‘0 as 2a ‘ 7 ’ italian . *) ° ¢ 7 n , tase ed this 7 4 eT af é , 4 ed j 9 4 4 ; I

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D625 (2a Re RIES. CRe & NM bho VARIETY OBITUARY Mme. Dockrill. Chicago, March 10. Mime. R. H. Dockrill, once known as the greatest bareback rider in the world, starred by P. T. Barnum, and proclaimed by him as one of the four celebrities that made his fortune (Mrs. Dockrill, Tom Tumb, Jenny Lind, Jumbo) died at Delavan, Wis., aged 70, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Holland. She is survived by Rose Dockrill (Holland and Dockrill) and another son and daughter in the profession. IN LOVING MEMORY RUBY MYERS. 1! cannot say, and | will not say, Ruby Is dead, she Is just away! With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand, She has wandered Into an unknown tand, And teft us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since she lingers there. And you—oh, you, who the wildest yearn For the old time step and the glad return Think of her faring on, as dear In the love of There, as the love of Here. Think of her still as the same, ! say, Ruby Is not dead—she is just away. DOROTHY ESPE Johnny Hoey. Johnny Hoey, of Hoey and Mozart, died at the Uniontown Hospital, Union- town, Pa., Feb. 23. At the time of his demise he was appearing with his “Cheer Up Girls” Co. Funeral services were held from St. Johns Catholic Church and the remains interred at Oak Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa. Lennie Mason. Lennie Mason, known as England's fattest boy, died recently at the World’s Fair, Islington, England. The deceased weighed 480 pounds; his mother, 144 pounds. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND NATHAN ELLIS Who Passed This Life March 2nd, 1919 ELLA ELLIS Nan Hewins. Nan Hewins succumbed to sleeping sickness in the Swedish Hospital, Brooklyn, March 3. She was with the Edmond A. Spooner and Baldwin stock. J. F. W. Kreyer, bass violinist-of the Tivoli orchestra, dropped’ dead last Wednesday night just outside of the GOD In His wisdom, which Is not within the mortal understanding of men, has taken from me My Adored Whlfe RUBY MYERS who passed Into the keeping of the Lerd on February (4th, 1920, at Chicago, Iil., leaving me bereft, bewildered, stunned. Her Master called her when she was at the height of her youth; at the turning polnt of her briillant professtonal career. 1! can only say In my grief, sustained alone by my faith: “HIS WILL BE DONE” TOM PATRICOLA Kreyer His death was due to Tivoli theatre, San Francisco. was 49 years 6ld. heart trouble. The father of Charles Winniger died March 4. During Mr. Winniger’s ab- sence from the Winter Garden, New York, show, James. Barton played the role, The mother of Leona Starr (Starr and Starr) and Loraine Lee died Feb. c0. Kathleen Brusher, age 19, daughter of John Brusher, trombone player of the Orpheum Orchestra, died Feb. 22, in San Francisco. OUR DARLING Infant Son of Bert and Vera Morrissey Died March 3rd, 1920 He budded on earth to bloom In heaven. The mother of Mrs. H. B. Marinelli died in Paris, March 5. The father of the Messrs. Schlesin- in Loving Memory of Our Friend and Pal ADOLPH E. MEYERS Who Died March (4th, 1919 Gone But Not Forgotten MR. and MRS, F. T. PIERSON the South African Trust, Ltd., died in New York, March 6, aged 74. ger, who control \ . CABARET. (Continued from page 19) The Moulin Rouge, Atlantic City, has installed a permanent nine-act vaude- ville show. Arthur Hunter is rehearsing a revue “Dardenella,” for the King Edward Hotel, at Montreal, Canada. Atlantic City, Asbury Park and other New Jersey resorts will get a great play if the law permitting the manu- facture and sale of 3% beer can be manipulated. Upon the passage of the bill last Tuesday and the affixing of Governor Edwards’ signature celebra- tions were held in various Jersey towns. Crowds swarmed the streets and the newspapers carried spread heads, Control of Wallick’s hotel passed to the owners of the Claridge March 1. On that date the dining room of Wal- lick’s was closed and the second floor immediately above vacated. Remodel- ing of Wallick’s will result in the din- ing room there to be of the same height and general decorative scheme as the Claridge, and when completed the wall between the two hotels will be broken through. This will give the Claridge a room reaching all the way from 43d to 44th streets along Broadway. Arnold Johnson’s orchestra, from Tait’s, San Francisco, is playing the show and dance music at Reisen- weber’s. —_—_— A new revue will be produced at the Palais Royal, New York, about March 23. It will be costumed by Andre Sherri. The Tokio on West 45th street is to be reopened by Benny Salvain in about a month. It will have a rotissiere and many improvements in the interior. The Bal Tabarin Monday night is presenting six masked hostesses. No mention made about any guessing con- test, but the event wi!! be hopped ypon by the management as the opportunity for a “premiere.” Joachin Fuentes, 35 years, the leader ot the Imperial Marimba Band at the American House, Boston, was killed last week when the roof of the hotel collapsed. A chimney toppled down. Iuentes was instantly killed. He came to the hotel several years ago as the leader of the band, which is the de- scendant of the first native band ever formed in Mexico City. The band consists of about eight players. Only zvlophones are used. MOLLIE WILLIAMS SHOW. (Continued from page 10) dienne. This was noticeable in the re- fined but sure fire kidding directed at the various choristers as they delivered a line or so, of the “Spirit of Alcohol” number. One pony with a pipy voice offered a corking opportunity for Miss Williams’ banter» and she handled this as well as any male comic on the wheel, ard with a sense of comic values that few women ever realize either in or out of burlesque. The first set is a clean looking, well painted exterior, the second a street drop, the third the Klondike scene with its solid looking cabin and aurora borealis lighting effect and the fourth in which the afterpiece is played a re- plica of Coney Island with Luna Park’s towers nicely suggested. In addition to the principals mentioned which includes Mildred Campbell, a prima with an air of refinement and excellent voice, there is Murray Bernard who does a “wise guy” straight in the first part and a dress suited juvenile in the afterpiece. Bernard plays legitimately, striving for team work with the cOmics rather than making a bid for individual honors. Harry Bowen gets into his siride in the afterpidce working up an artist posing bit with Miss Williams and Caspar that landed for a ten-minute scream at the Columbia. There’s a pleasant contrast offered in the three women principals supporting Miss Williams. Madge Boaz is brunet and demure, Eveleen Ramsay, brown haired vivacious and a lively dancer and Mildred Campbell, blonde and stately. Specialties which filled in very well each landing plenty of applause, were a mono- log by Harry Bowen, a convincing im- personation of Bert Williams by Emil Caspar, a singing and dancing double by Purcella and Eveleen Ramsay,’ and a singing interlude by Bernard and Camp- bell. The chorus is well matched with 7 qualifying as ponies and the other 17 as show girls. The numbers with the ex- ception of the first part finale were all put over with lots of pep. The costume designer is entitled to a word of praise for avoiding the customary clashing color schemes that have held sway in burlesque for years, and are still to be found in 90 per cent. of the big wheel shows today. Mollie Williams has logically suc- ceeded to the place held in burlesque a generation ago by May Howard as a fe- male “name” drawing card. This sea- son’s show has a few defects but Emil Caspar’s black face comedy and Mollie’s appearance in fleshings more than coun- terbalance the weak spots. The show went over at the Columbia. It can re- peat anywhere on the wheel. Bell. THE MIDNIGHT MAIDENS. The show at the Olympic this week is keeping a lot of the regulars from spend- ing the week at the Six Day Race at the Garden. It’s one of the best shows on the American Wheel and is sheltering one of the best low comedians on either of the two circles. George Niblo is the red nosed tramp comic, and not so long ago he was a clean cut dress suited half of a dancing act in vaudeville. He didn’t mean a thing in vaudeville, and no one suspected his pos- sibilities as a mirth stirrer, that is no one but the party who precipitated him into burlesque. He is the find of the season. Another old friend is the book of the Midnight Maidens and the sets used, both being old friends. The book is the old Secial Maids score which Hurtig & Sea- mon transferred to the maids when Stone and Pillard left the H and § stable, and the two sets used are the same as in the other Columbia Wheel piece. The rest of the male principals are John O’Donnell, who is the second comic and the best dancer in the troupe; Jimmy Connors, a smooth talking, well appear- ing straight formerly of the Hotel Van Cortland and vaudeville, and Johnny Hughes, who does a putty nosed “Dutch” character throughout. The latter gets a great mauling from Niblo on numer- ous occasiong and sports a consistent dialect better than the average. He works in a mild likable manner that ac- centuated the eccentric mannerisms of the principal, and aided the fun-making materially. Of the women, Helen Spencer stuck out like a steeple on a church and sported some of the niftiest one-piece costumes seen all season. Miss Spencer used to be the other half of the Niblo and Spencer dancing act, and like her part- ne: has found plenty of opportunity in her new field. She is possessed of a well proportioned figure and looks cute in her different changes. She works hard all the time and pulls several passable dances, the best-liked being a double in her former specialty with Niblo. Evelyn Demerest, a tall statuesque sweet-faced blonde with a refinement of demeanor and perfection of diction, sel- dom found in burlesque, is the prima- donna. It’s her first season and her slight air of unfamiliarity with her sur- roundings enhances her performance and was a welcome relief ff>m some of the strident damsels of experience who pre- ceded her in other attractions. She sang a few numbers in a pleasing contralto and looked like Long Beach in several changes. Anna O'Donnel and Vie Perry were _ LEGIT INSIDE STUFF. (Continued from page 14) The plans of playwrights through , the Authors League to place in vogue a general contract for use between producers and authors, have brought forth several caustic comments from managers. One stated that with all branches of theatricals attaining stand- ard contracts and formulating set rules, about the only thing left to the producer was the permission to sign checks. The Academy of Music, Richmond, Va., which was condemned by the !o- cal authorities recently, is undergoing reconstruction. Pending the improve- ments the visiting combinations are playing at the Strand, a picture house. Actors’ Fund benefits counted as part of Actors’ Memorial Day celebrations which were delayed in a number of cities, are proceeding but Fund officfals are trying as much as possible to evade conflict with various.“drives” in the several cities. Spokane is due to hold ‘the next Fund affair, sometime next month. Boston’s annual Fund benefit has been set for May 31. Van- couver, B. C,, is arranging a “midnight matinee’ in one of its theatres. A combined Actors’ Fund and Memorial event will be held at Buffalo and Mem- phis during the spring. _ The Actor’s Equity is seeking redress from the Manhattan Grand Opéra Com- pany, headed by Mark Byron, on the complaint of several chorus girls en- gaged through J. D. Elms. The Equity is seeking to make Byron live up to the contracts which the girls say have been violated. \ prominent throughout in double and sin- gle numbers. Miss Perry cops the voice honors among the women and looks shapely in white tights. Miss O’Donnel uses a nasal soprano on several occasions and shakes a nimble pair of ankles also. looking neat with a nice assortment of clothes, The fifteen choristers are nearly all blessed with physiogmatic attractiveness, but eleven of the fifteen will never make 133 pounds again. They made ten changes and stepped around some despite the excess poundage, and several of the girls displayed possibilities as future principals in a “pull out” number led by Niblo and worked ‘up for a dozen en- cores, The first act is played in one full stage set and the scene is laid in Venezuela in the home and grounds of Ludwig Krause, a millionaire noodle manufacturer. In the second act the characters are re- tained and the action takes place on the quarterdeck of a battleship, which could be seen in the distance on a back drop in act one. The show probably takes the record for consistency of story being created several years ago before they allowed a comic to wander on and off at will, and draft a show around a a and a succession of remembered Another element that helps the suc- cess of this show was the fact that the producers went out and fitted people to a familiar book, thereby reversing the usual method. Competition is so keen nowadays that the cast is the paramount issue and when that is completed, some hack is called in to drape the various personalities as best he may. Niblo has plenty of opportunity for comedy and doesn’t muff a chance. His mugging and facial acrobatics were the extreme of ludicrousness and he reached his peak in a scene with Connors and O'Donnell in the second act. It’s the funniest burlesque drill witnessed in ages and handled in an entirely different way by Niblo, Connors as the captain of the ship drilled his two awkward rockies and dominated the situation like a fin- _— peereem nother howl was Niblo biting Hughes and mouthing his putty nose ail ron. of Shape. This might offend a fastidious audience, but it was well spotted here. There are one or two digressions from the road of good taste and Niblo should drop them, for they are not needed. One is the reaching up with his» hands under the apron of one of the girls, and the other is the dialogue reference to “Lat- rine orderly” and “Captain of the Head.” _ Army and Navy slang has become so interpolated into our speech that it no longer belongs to the former service men and the roars that greeted both remarks doesn’t excuse its presence in the slightest. “The Midnight Maidens” is a typical burlesque aggregation from the man- ager to the last chorister, and as an ag- gregation strong enough to get by Strictly on their merits with a clean record. So why spoil it. Con. ~s

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~ 2 VARIETY 23 ree WITH THE MUSIC MEN The 28th anniversary this month of Harry Von Tilzer’s music career brings back once more the claim of his friends that he is the most spectacular figure in the music business. It is a matter of record and often discussed in the trade that Harry Von Tilzer is the single author-publisher who could be so termed strictiy, that has survived in the pub- lishing business while continuing to write. Charles K. Harris, if accepted as a song writer, might be the exception. Von Tilzer has written over 3,000 songs since he started in 1892. For several years he wrote the words and music to all of his numbers, until forming an alliance with Andrew B. Sterling, with that couple still a song writing team. In 1898 Von Tilszer became a publisher, when joining the firm of Shapiro, Bern- stein Von Tilzer. In 1902 Von Tilzer branched out for himself and his pub- lishing trade name has been Harry Von Tilzer ever since. The silver-haired Harry has many “frsts” to his record. He was the first to “plug” a song from in front of a theatre stage; the first to suggest the rofessional copy for the artist; the fret to emtensively advertise in the trade papers and the first to inaugurate the “black and white” music publishing ad- vertisement that is now so commonly employed. His writers say he was the first and still remains the only publisher- author who helps his lyric writer, that Harry Von Tilzer sketches out a lyric while he is committing the melody to paper. As a publisher Mr. Von Tilzer has been first aid to a number of now noted composers. He gave Jean Schwartz a first chance by publishing Schwartz’ “Dusky Dudes,” and did the same for Ernest R. Ball when Ball’s “Summer Romance” went on the market. Jimmy Muller was another. through Von Tilzer ublishing “Eva” for him, and Jimmy Yronaco also, with “Josie.” Fred Fisher first saw his name on a frontispiece when Von Tilzer published his “Every Littie Helps” and Irving Berlin got into the light when Harry accepted Berlin’s “Just Like the Rose.” Another first to the publisher-writer’s credit is his debut in vaudeville, the first music publisher to become an act. Harry Von Tilzer played Hammerstein’s in 1907, receiving $500 for his first week's engagement there and $1,000 weekly thereafter. His first Hammerstein en- gagement held the box office record of the house, $13,500 for the week. That the stage plan was worth while com- mercially for the publisher was proven while Harry appeared at a Chicago the- atre. During his Chi¢éago week orders for 70,000 copies of_one of his number were turned in. In the days when Harry first started Willis Woodward was the big publisher of povular songs. Harry placed “I Love You Both” with him. It needed a world of persuasion on Von Tilzer’s part to secure Woodward to furnish free or- chestration to Josephine Sabel and Cora Root. Up to that time singers had to procure their own orchestration. From this evolved in a way the professional copy, while the Consolidated Music Co. was publishing his compositions, and the first supply reached 1.000. Von Til- zer says he believes that 500 of the 1,000 requests were phoney. Harry Von Tilzer had the song plug- ging field alone to himself for 10 years. He would make several theatres in the early part of the evening and go around the dance halls untf! late in the morning. It was while “plugging” that Harry con- ceived the scheme of aiding the singer on the stage by singing from the audi- ence. It was in 1900, on a Sunday night at the New York theatre when the Sire Brothers ran it, that Emma Carus was singing “Oh Miss Phoebe” and flopping with it. Jean Schwartz was at the piano for her. Von Tilzer seated down front and noting the flop, arose from_his seat, joined in with her and Miss Carus re- mained at that house for two years. Again in 1902 when Nora Bayes was booked at the Orpheum, Brooklyn, with Percy Williams in a quandary over the unknown singer, that Harry_ promised to help her out in “Down Where the Wurzburger Flows,’”” which he did from a box. Mr. Von Tilzer believes his foresight ears ago was responsible to a dewree n the ragtime vogue of song. “When You Do the Ragtime Dance,” “Pas Ma Las” and “Cubanola Glide” were of the earliest publications of a different_type of swinging song that Mr. Von Tilzer was the pioneer of. Of much, personality and an aggres- sive manner, whether on the stage or in his office, Mr. Von Tilzer first. placed his personality on the stage, doing a “double Dutch” act with George Sidney in the Irwin Brothers burlesque show. Von Tilzer reached New York, from In- dianapolis, his home town, on a_ cattle train with $2.60 in his pocket. He left the burlesque show to return to New York and become a writer at $15 weekly with royalty. Since publishing he has spent around $700,000 in advertising his publications. He writes all of. his advertisements, In one year Harry lost $200,000 in legiti- mate productions. There were three— “To-day,” “Law of the Land” (with George Broadhurst) and “Innocent” (with A. H. Woods). He has written two musical productions, “Fisher Maiden” and “Kissing Girl.” Mr. Von Tilzer pro- duced “The Fisher Maiden,” and doesn’t even wear a scowl as he admits the show cost him $43,000 the first four weeks. Now he has written another, with Frances Nordstrom. It is “Mad Love,” and will shortly be placed for production. Von Tilzer says he thinks his best composition, musically, was “Blanket Bay,” but the public did not altogether agree with him, though others do. That song, however, went to a sale of 600,000. His best sellers of long ago were “Last Night Was the End of the World” and “The Mansion of Aching Hearts,” al- though “On a Sunday Afternoon,” writ- ten years ago by My. Von Tilzer, reached a sale of 100,000 in four weeks at the production prices, running from 12% to 15 cents—a phenomenal sale for those days. — Old New Hampshire Home,” written by Mr. Von Tilzer and Mr. Sterling in 1906, was sold by them to William C. Dunn for $15, but later recovered and published by Von Tilzer. It is still selling. Von Tilzer’s “Miss Liberty,” published by himself, had the first title page of seven colors. Mr. Von Tilzer says “Missouri Waltz” (Forster) has’ been the greatest seller in the popular class, reaching over 3,000,000, though he adds that “Mickey” (Waterson, Berlin & Synder) went to 3,000,000 without a professional singer plugging it. “The nd of a Perfect Day” (Carrie Bond Jacobs) was another in the three million class, with its sale perpetual. Mr. Von Tilzer has ideas about classical and popular music, the inter-relation of one to another, the trade and the pub- o> > ania of both, but won’t express him- self. Now, Von Tilzer says, he is again go- ing back to first principles with his “28th Anniversary Jubilee Number,” en the Harvest Moon Is Shin- ing,” following along the lines of his years’ old famous hit, ‘When the Har- vest Days Are Over, Jessie Dear.” Mr. Von Tilzer modestly refrained from men- tioning what he considers the best songs on the market at present, but stated fh an aside he is now working on, “When My Baby Smiles at Me” and “Carolina Sunshine.” The “Sunshine” song has already reached the million mark of sales at production prices. Harry Von Tilzer must be unique in the music trades, for it is estimated that since he started 25 other writers have attempted to be publishers and all failed, with but three or four now in the pub- lishing business who could be so classed. The Woolworth 10-cent stores and the music publishers are a continual matter of comment in the music trades. The Wootworth stand, per E. Z. Nutting, its chief music buyer, that it will not sell the 10-cent product of any publisher who is issuing “production” or 30-cent num- bers, seems to amuse the publishers. That Nutting has taken a few small pub- lishers under his wing, guaranteeing them with a flexible guarantee that he can put over any song he wants to to the extent of 800,000 or more, does not alarm the larger houses. The publisher vs. Nutting proposition looks quite sim- ple. Nutting wants the P blishers to give him hits for Woolworth to make a profit, with the publishers selling to Nut- ting at a loss, whereas they can Mispose of a hit at the production price, 30 cents, the publisher receiving as high as 18 cents wholesale, against the Nut- ting price of pe cents. So, the publish- ers say, the oolworth music depart- ment will be barren of hits, but loaded 3 with a lot of junk, since the songs oolworth gets must naturally be those that cannot command the 30-cent rate in the open market. The Woolworth music departments in its many stores seem to reflect this. For every song Woolworth is now selling three are asked for that Woolworth has not got, with the salesmen or saleswomen finding it hard to push the unknown numbers on the customers. Publishers say it is ridiculous to assert any one can put over songs. One song might be pushed over, but the music departments are more apt te lose their trade if not supplying the public with the music they want and ask for. There will be no incentive for the pa- trons to make another trip. The Wool- worth contract with the five or six pub- lishers it is now doing business with guarantee so much “on sale.” That permits returns, so no one will likely know the net until the returns get in. Other department store chains are using both the popular and production priced music, but Woolworth’s cannot do that owing to its policy, with Nutting appar- ently making a desperate effort to hold up the music department, bynes A nilly. Nutting ran the popular music publishers for a long time. Now they are running out on him, and ft is unlikeiy he witli ever again see the day when the “Wool- = worth” or “Nutti thing will be a bugaboo to any publisher of otanding, whether he is affluent or broke, Nut- ting often caught them when they were broke, and the cash on the spot thin was a great big item in those days, bu those days have gone in the music busi- ness. Another thing Nutting doesn’t seem to figure is that with the very re- cent increase in printing and paper a publisher cannot put out sheet music at 6% cents acopy. Let Woolworth sub- mit an offer of 8 cents per copy whole- sale and it may induce some publishers to listen, for he needs the publishers now more than they need him. The Woolworth stores are said to have informed the music publishers they are now doing business with that they will give each a small electric sign in all of their music departments with the name of the publisher’s hit song upon it. The first to receive the sign was Gilbert & Friedland, according to the report, with Van Alstyne & Curtis, of Chicago, prom- ised one for their hit number, “Miss- issippi Shore.” The old act-payment bugaboo is crop- ping up again, it seems. There was a secret meeting of the M. P. P. A. held at the Hotel Astor a week ago Wednesday, to which all professional managers were invited to attend. This fn itself is some- thing out of the ordinary. When i proached for information, FB. C. Mills, secretary of the executive board, had “nothing to say for publication.” Inside information says some publishers are accusing each other with entertaining acts for using their songs. This is al- ways an attendant accusation when some particular song hit happens to strike the public fancy, a natural result of which is every professional of dig and lesser reputation incorporates that particular number in his or her act. One or two particularly outstanding song hits, according to information, happens to have struck the fancy of a large number of vaudevillians simultaneously. VARIETY’s informant says a resolution was passed agreeing to desist from any alleged “complimentary dinners on the house,” or things of that sort, with the consensus of opinion remaining, the M. P. P. A. is now stronger than ever. J. Henry Resch, of M. M. Crockin & Co., Portsmouth, Va., has conceived a window display to exploit the prohibition hit— “The Moon Shines on the Moonshine.” The background {s a forest scene, tall trees shading a ravine, beside which Is a large moonshine with a fire burning in the oven and the flames leaping out in crimson tongues like streaks of red liquor. The flame effect is gained through an ingenious arrangement of red tissue paper kept blowing In the air by an elec- tric fan behind the moonshine still. A sack of corn and a barrel of sour mash stand at one side of the still. from the copper worm of which the white whiskev is running into fugs with suggested realism. Oak leaves strew the ground nad a thicket of pines hides the still. And over all this blissful scene the moon shines on the moonshine still and per- fect peace and loveliness prevail. In accordance with an amendment to the by-laws of the Music Publishers Pro- tective Association adopted at their last meeting, the rules covering the registry of song titles was changed so that here- after 2 title that fs near to another n~~ viously registered title will not be per- mitted to be used by any member of the M. P. P, A. Heretofore the rule stated a title must be exactly similar. All! auestions or controversies over sone titles will be decided by fF. C. Mille chairman of the board of directors. A clause in the amendment provides for an appeal from Mr. Mills’ decision to the ex- ecutive committee. The only publishers represented at the six-day race at the Garden this week are Waterson, Berlin & Snyder. Irvine Rerlin, Feist & Shapiro and Bernstein & Co. Through vermission granted by the Musie Publishers’ Protective Asso- ciation the publishers were accorded plugging privileges by the six-day race management in return for each buying $100 worth of tickets. Fred Fisher is publishing “Daddv, You've Been a Mother to Me.” Joe Good- win (Shapiro-Bernstein), passing the dime museum on Broadway, bought a photo of the bearded lady. Taking it up to Fisher, he said, “Fred, here’s your front cover for the ‘Daddy’ songz.” Mehlinger and Mevers finished their last vaudeville week Sunday. They have not separated but want more money. Re- ceiving $500 weekly they now ask $700 and insist they will not reappear at less. Herman Paley. who broken his middle finger through falling on the icy pave- ment in December, has been forced to have the digit broken again and reset. The first operation was unsuccessful. Katherine Joyce, former manager of the band and orchestra department for McCarthy & Fisher, Inc., will assume her duties with F. J. A. Forster, of Chi- cago, when he opens his New York office. --- © +'4+m* © _— o> WT sae s,s Harry Von Tilser will re-issue “Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie” and one or two at his former ballad hits next montn. Jack MoCoy returned to New York Monday following a four weeks’ western trip in the interests of the McCarthy & Fisher catalog. Jos. W. Stern & Co. have acquired the publishing rights to the songs contained in all of William B. Friedlander’s vaude- ville productions. Toby Fitzpatrick, formerly of Wit- mark’s, has joined the piano playing staff of McCarthy & Fisher. Jerry White, formerly with Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, has joined Irving Ber- lin’s piano staff. Herman Schenck, professional man- ager of Harry Von Tilzer, is back after three weeks fight with the flu. George Edwards will become profes- sional manager for Kendis and Brock- man next week. Sid Lorraine has joined the profes- sional staff of Irving Berlin, Inc. Stern Co. will publish the musfe of Joseph Howard's new show “Sylvia.” The A. J. Stasny Music Co. has opened an office at Birmingham, Ala., in arge of J. R. Stevens, that city. J. A. MacMeekin, a publisher with headquarters in San Francisco, has e8- tablished an office in New York. William B. Friedlander has signed contract with Jos. W. Stern & Co, te publish his stuff. Sam Merley has placed a new number, aes for Shadows,” with Irving erlin. Al. Mitchell has returned to the Wit- mark fold. Leon Pollack, of Gilbert *& Friedland, nas returned from an extended business rip. Walter Zinn and Bert Dixon, a newly formed song writing combination, have placed several numbers with New York publishers. Byron Gay has placed a novelty fox trot and song, “TI Like to do It,” with the Henry Burr Corporation. F. J. A. Forster, the Chicago publisher, rejoined the Music Publishers’ Protective Association Monday. Fred Cohen, formerly of Stern’s, has been added to Waterson, Berlin & Sny- der’s piano staff. The National Florists’ Assoctation has adopted Al Von Tilzer’s “Tell It with Flowers” as its official song. Eddie Ross is now professional man- ager for Jack Mills. Joe McCarthy safied for London last Saturday. J. R. Stevens is in charge of A. J. Stasny’s Birmingham branch. CARLE’S “SUNSHINE”; ROAD SHOW New Orleans, March 10. Richard Carle opened in “Sun at: the Tulane Sunday. It is the show reported angling for a New house. There is naught about the perfor- mance to warrant a Broadway hearing. The entire affair is rather creaky and of the vintage of 1905. The cast holds but one member of promise, Zella Rambeau. The others are mostly addicted to that deficient on of histrionism that adorns the road. “Sunshine” has its two acts laid in Spain with resurrection of much of the Spanish musical comedy fore that has long lain dormant. Carle relies as of vore on his colloquialisms for the vital comedy element. Revealing little that approaches novelty in a humorous way the mini- mized chorus carried lacks the and nerve demanded in cities of im- portance. “Sunshine” is fairly diverting staff * for the provinces only. The show has been attracting good patronage in the southern one alghters, eae Seal pay at eee br

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en Hecate = —_— ~ eet eran ane aiewal, an Schone eeeeney, Se ee eee ‘are not “names” to command the big time. renee FOES TAPER. eee ee MEE TE OS s ee po ee ena a 7% Ne Sey 5 A To PT Te La rt Piss a Se NS STS EP fi. u 5 . NEW ACTS THIS WEEK Trixie Friganza. Comedienne. 25 Mins.; One. Palace. When Trixie Friganza has a new act for vaudeville it becomes an event. Her resent effort is no exception. Miss riganza appears caparisoned with a coat of half ermine and half Russian sable, with a cap of similar materials and starts off the festivities by warb- fing a comic ditty entitled “I’m Not Javing Birthdays Any More.” This she follows with a monolog retailing to the audience the various presents she received, among which, for instance, is a moustache cup. While her chatter is original and funny, it might not sound so emanating from the mouth of a less talented woman. Miss Friganza, as has probably been before remarked on many occasions, is one of the few women with a full sense of comedy values. For instance, she gets a tre- mendous laugh when she says: “The way for a fat woman to do the shimmy ig to walk fast, and stop short.” She gets a lot out of it by illustrating the point. Then she does a parody to a medley of popular airs and, heaven for- give us, a serious recitation. Just what is this irrestible fascination for reciting. Miss Trixie is no worse than most vaudevillians when they recite— and no better, but such things get her nowhere and she hasn't even the usual excuse of employing it for a finish. More kidding of herself, a burlesque or mock ballad, “I’m in Love with Mike McGinnis,” relating the tale of a girl in love with a garbage man, and their honeymoon on the _ garbage wagon, one line of which runs: “We'll bill and coo while the birds whisper pew”; more chatter, impression’ of a irl singing with a cold in her head gh idea which is not new and not vorthy of her talents); as Theda Bara would sing, if she sang, leading up to a travesty Egyptian song and dance, attired in black veivet gown adorned with huge Egyptian designs. While wriggling about she displays her limbs to her knees, revealing herself attired in men’s socks and supporters for an instant, goes off and returns imme- diately with the evening gown stripped and in an abbreviated ballet-length skirt, which is a howl. For encore she cons quickly a sort of Mother Hub- bard gown of midnight blue and steel sequins and does a burlesque recita- tion kidding her shape, employing one line in it that is a colorable infringe- ment on Irene Franklin’s “Oh, God, he smells so sweet,” with the last word ef the line changed from “sweet” to nice.” A riotous hit, Trixie Friganza is certain to fare similarly everywhere with her present offering: Jolo, Minnie Harrison. Singing Comedienne. 12 Mins.; One. American Roof. _Minnie Harrison is a single woman singer with the familiar jazz delivery who gets a popular number across. Opening with “Never Let No One Wor y You” she follows with “Tiddle Um Ti Um.” a good comedy published number and “I Ainten Gotten.” Miss Harrison is a big small time single. Con. a ee Dancing Roots. - Dancing. 7 Mins.; Full St Special b ago ull Stage (Special Cyc) 5 ome Man and woman in evéning clothes for stage ball room dancing. The woman is gorgeously gowned. Open with fox trot, elaborate waltz, and for finish woman wears short skirt for whirlwind stuff. Easy and graceful workers, but offer nothing new and prominent enough with a 9 ——____. one qe Walter Law and Co. (2). “On the Threshold” (Dramatic). . 16 Mins.; Pull Stage. Walter Law has 4 valuable piece of theatrical property in “On the Thres- hold.” It’s a dramatic sketch with sus- tained interest right up to the surprise finish, finely written, without one ex- traneous line of dialog and with a story that grips from the moment the first line is spoken to the end. Before the curtain rose at the Roof, a slide was projected stating Walter“Law was “the famous moving picture villain” and an- nouncing the title of the Sketch he would appear in. The story is simple. A man enters a house to rob it, and finds a married woman and her lover about to elope. The burglar nips the elopement in the bud, orders the pair to sit down and forces the man to write a confession which he (the burglar) announces he will hand over to the woman’s husband. The lover tries to argue and finally draws from the burg- lar the reason for his interference. Burglar tells of how his own wife ran away with a lover years ago and took their only daughter with her. Sub- sequent dialog discloses the woman who was about to elope is the burglar’s daughter: Sounds conventional enough but doesn’t play that way. Law is the burglar. He gives a remarkably clean cut and intelligent performance. The man playing the lover has little to do beside listening to Law, who holds the center of the stage for ten minutes continuously. The lover’s role and that of the daughter are both adequately handled. Just as the climax seems im- minent a man rushes on the stage and the audience learns for the first time the whole thing is a movie rehearsal. The act took six curtains closing the first part on the Roof Monday nicht, landing the hit of the show. Follow- ing the sketch, Law stepped into “one” and in response to the applause started what looked like a short speech. This was dragged out to ten minutes, how- ever, during which time Law told of his experiences as a villain in various pic- tures, with Annette Kellerman, Bill Farnum, Geraldine Farrar and others. While the talk was interesting enough and held attention throughout, it seem- ed unnecessarily lengthy. The sketch is strong enough to establish Law in vaudeville. A three-minute speech would top it off just about right. A house set was used on the Roof. If Law intends to stay in vaudeville, it would be to his advantage to carrv a special interior of his own. Bell. mepeanae Rex Trio. ’ Secngs. 12 Mins.; One. Harlem O. H. (March 8). ‘ Three men in evening dress and high hats open with “Dixieland,” harmoniz- ing effectively. Next a bit of comedy business, intro ‘ucing money-changing. This landed laughs. A parody on “They Go Wild Over Me” by the bari- tone next, Then the tenor does “Won- derful Mother” as a solo, putting it over with a slam. A medley for clos- ing. The three all have good voices and harmonize excellently. Good small timers. Bell. Lois Lee. Songs. 12 Mins.; Two (Special Set). Harlem O. H. (March 8). Lois Lee, a brunet of comely appear- ance and possessing a pleasant singing voice, starts her turn with a few bars of “Mme. Butterfly” off stage. A fe- male accompaniest assists. A waltz song by Miss Lee next, then a piano solo by the accompaniest, followed by “Chong” in Chinese garb by Miss Lee. “When the Shadows Fall,” harmon- ized with the accompaniest, singing alto for closing. Miss Lee lacks stage experience. This is noticeable. About six weeks out of town should give the girls the needed presence and con- fidence to shape them tor the smaller __ houses. Raa 8 Four Buttercups. Female Quartet. 14 Mins.; Full Stage, One. Bare stage opening with the But- tercups as scrub women. After some remarks about “I can sing as well as any one on this bill” they step into “one.” As maids in white caps and aprons the first vocal number is “Oh, By Jingo,” comic song. It’s a corking number for them. A soprana solo fol- lows with the others getting in on the chorus “Angeline.” Next a bass solo “Big Bass Viol” the woman get- ting appladse on her lower registers. Then a tenor solor, “Irish Eyes,” the best voice in the ensemble, holding a high note until applause interrupts and blending into “Endearing Young Charms” for an ensemble finishing number. The ensemble vocalizing will pass and as it’s a long time since a female quartet has been around it should have no trouble. The opening could go out for it doesn’t fit and isn’t fcllowed up. A little more effort at comedy would also help. This act has been playing around the west. This is its first eastern appearance. Con. Fitzer and Day. Comedy Singing and Talking. 14 Mins.; One (Special Set). Harlem O. H. (March 8). Man and woman. Man does rube constable handling the character very well and not overdoing things as re- gards mannerisms or makeup. A spe- cial drop showing a small berg is car- ried, with town hall, opera house, gen- eral stofe, etc., carrying the regula- tion comedy signs. Act opens with exchange of talk between constable and the woman, who makes her en trance in a neatly fitting riding cos- tume. The talk holds bright comedy lines, all landing heavily at the H. O. H. A comedy doggeral to the melody of “Reuben, Reuben,” with snappy verses, by the man next. The woman chances to a pretty summery dress, sings “By the Camp Fire,” puts it over and the turn closes with a double song and dance. The act will fit nicely in any spot in a pop house bill. Bell. Autumn Three. Whistlers. 16 Mins.; Full and One. (Special Set). American Roof. erat A pretty set showing .a cottage in a country with two males as chauffeur and car owner entering carrying a dog which they have run over. Girl in modern attire emerges from cottage and is recognized as a former war en- tertainer by the car owner. This is the excuse for a whistling and paper tear- ing duet by the girl. All the familiar whistling offerings follow; each con- tributing. They are the “Mocking Bird,” *Chickens,” “Rooster.” and oth- ers are “Planing Mill,” “Train,” ete. The act closes in one after a change all in evening attire whistling popular se- lections. It’s a small time affair with a commendable effort being made at originality. All the whistling special- ties have been heard but each of the trio is a clever specialist. It enter- tained in the fifth spot. Con. Fads and Frolics ($9). Tab. a 1§ Mins.; One, Two, Three and Four (All Special). erson. = _ The usual chorus of six and the lead- ing couple, featured in the lobby bill- ing as Al Garbelle and Mary Lee. The act also carried a special orchestra di- rector. The chorus is better trained than the average tabloid coryphees, ex- cept for one of the end girls who is too affected and snoils the otherwise pleas- ing picture. The entire production is finely staged, the special sets and hangings (four in all), adding a good deal of class to the offering. The act should do in the better houses. ' Military Revue (6). Giri Act. 15 Mins.; Full Stage. Five ponies and a female perincipal in a series of songs and dances. The first number brings on the six girls in Huzzar costumes, singing “Swanee Shore.” At the American Room the opening failed to land even a ripple. The female principal next does “While Others Are Building Castles’ in the Air” as a solo. This got over. “Darktown Dancing School” next by the five ponies clad in black and yellow “Yama Yama” costumes. The, girls taper this off with a short dance, each turning a cartwheel at the finish. Then “If I Knew Ireland Was Free” soloed by the principal in green dress and hat, four of the choristers getting in on the second verse wearing neat and attractive abbreviated yellow costumes. Rather bad picking that yellow for an Irish song, surely never done by a Hibernian. A reel by the five girls, following the Irish song. The principal next offers the best bit in the. act, a particularly well done toe dance. She’s an expert toe dancer. This brought sizeable returns. The five girls in a Scotch number, with the regulation kilts for closing, the principal holding up the finish in great shape with some nifty individual stepping. The opening should be replaced. The rest of the numbers will do nicely. All of the choristers are willing workers putting lots of pep into the various numbers. The act is inexpensively but artistically costumed. With a little fixing will do very well as a small time girl act, suit- able for featuring in the mincr pop houses. Bell. Hans Roberts and Co. (2). “Future Husbands” (Sketch). 15 Mins.; Full (Interior). City. From the looks of things somebody must have been reading Jack Lait’s mail, for Hans Roberts has an act that is a sort of a looking into the future idea. The act in itself is simple enough, any manuscript of more than a thou- sand vaudeville sketches would have answered for this one. The trick is to reverse the reading and the characters. Take a sketch with two men, one the husband and ‘the other the lover, and a woman playing the wife, switch it around ye the husband the char- acter whose affections are to be trifled with and make the wife and a female doctor the other two characters. That is what Roberts has done in his present offering and it makes for good fun. He is the abused and neglected husband, his wife is a Wall Street brokeress who kicks him out of bed and the doc- tor who comes to attend his bruises is the ome that falls in love with him and tries to get him to elope with her. Roberts plays the husband without any of the “nance” that might have easily slipped into a characterization of this sort and the two women that support him give excellent performances. There is one hopeful sign in the sketch and that is that it predicts the return of liquor in 1943 for there is a line about the wife coming home filled to the neck on cocktails. Pred. Brems and Kreft. Comedy and Songs. 11 Mins.; One. City. . ae] Sop nt A comedian and a straight man with the former doing a Hebrew gharacter- ization. It is a rather stereotyped two man turn, opening with a few gags after which the straight sings “Daddy You’ve Been a Mother To Me” which is followed by “When You're Alone” done as a double. A medley as a double is the closing bit. 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Masieal Co — ~ usica medy. 30 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Settings). Colonial. ; : “Cave Man Love” is and isn’t a “girl” act. More properly it is a new style of girl act heb production, worked out by William Friendlander, who wrote the music and put it on. There is a book by Harlan Thompson, while the dance bits were arranged by Guy Kendall. With “Sweeties,” Friedlaner showed a little musical comedy with four men and one girl. “Cave Man Love” has one man and four girls (besides a leader and carpenter), which is much the bet- ter idea. The act is something of a novelty and is programed as a “pro- posal lesson in five scenes.” An interior has a boy and girl (Billy Rhodes and Jean Merode) in a pro- posal bit. Rhodes shows a voice with “I’m in Love with You.” The pair are about to go to theatre, but the boy insists on proposing marriage. Like former trys he is turned down and while the girl exits to change her frock Rhodes has a second number, “Can’t I Get Someone to Love Me.” He mentions that he believes it has always been thus with him, that his proposals to girls in ages gone by have always been met by the reply “I'll be a sister to you.” There is no dream suggestion but with a tableaux turtain arrange- ment back stage there is a succession of scenes. First there comes forth a maid of the middle ages, a princess. But she (Cora Mayo) doesn’t talk middle-agy, handling the present day lingo with an occasional “dost” and “thou.” There is a song here “When Knighthood Was in Flower. With Rhodes using the chorus of the second number to permit changes behind the back panel curtain there are two more scenes. Oné is very effective, disclos- ing Nada (Estelle McMeal) an Egypt- ian posed a la Cleopatra, with an azure sky for a background. “Nada” the song here allowed Miss McMeal to show something in the way of high rotes. The last scene brings on a cave girl (Gertrude Gesner). Like the preceding damsels she declines the boy’s marriage proposal but she gives him the dope on how men in the cave- man age treated their women. The boy follows the tip and in succession the other girls, brought in from the sides this time, admit he is some lover. So when his sweetheart reappears dressed for the theatre, the boy’s new tactics bring her around to accepting him. In supplying the book Mr. Thompson may have written what he thought was an original idea. How- ever, it is quite similar to the idea in “As You Were.” It is true that in “Cave Man Love” there is a different treatment and the excuse of the pills is absent—there is no given explanation for the switch back, save for the ap mention of former ages. The Fried- lander act is a novelty, expertly pro- duced and for the most part well enough acted. It drew considerable attention at the Colonial and is bound to stand up with vaudeville offerings of the highest class. Ibee. Adon and Co. (2). Feats of Strength. 10 Mins.; Full. Adon is a strong man, assisted by a woman who can also juggle the weights and a plant from the audience used for comedy. The name Adon suggests that at one time or another the act might have been billed as Adonis and the present billing is an abbreviation of the same. There is the usual routine of weight lifting with single bells and double-barred bells. The woman does her share in the lifting. The plant and one of the stage hands are called on to assist at various times and the plant supplies a lot of prop falls that will get laughs from a small time audi- ence. The losing of the trousers in the final trick is rather poor taste and it is far from new. The act looks like a fair opening turn for the smaller big timers. Pred. - Hal Johnson and Co. (2). Farcical Sketch. — 22 Mins.; Interior A rather home-made skit designed to show off a female impersonator—and a very good one at that (the imper- sonator, not the skit). Father objects to his daughter being courted by col- lege boy, orders him out and phones employment agency for a chaperon. Youth disguises himself as woman and impersonates the chaperon. Then “vamp’s” father, gets him to give “her” a check for $500 and blackmails father into consent to marriage on penalty of telling mother on her return. All very commonplace in the telling but the man playing the chaperon is one of the best “females” seen hereabout in some time, with a keen sense of trav- esty. The “father” is a good performer also, yodling two numbers from the repertoire of the elder J. K. Emmett, while the woman makes a fine appear- ance and furnishes adequate support. With a better vehicle and some of the small time slapstick stuff: eliminated, this trio would be strong contendors for the best two-a-day houses. Jolo Guilport and Brown. Singing, Talking and Dancing. 15 Mins.; One. Two men (colored) in a conventional singing, talking and dancing routine. The straight dresses neatly in busi- ness suit, and the comedian, who en- hances his natural brunet complexion with cork, affects the usual comedy garb. Act opens with a bit of singing, then a short exchange of comedy gab, mostly along the lines of all colored duos, wherein the comic tells of how hard he’s going to hit the straight, with the straight returning in kind. The comedian does an excellent descrip- tive dance next, as a single. This in- troduces some funny business, with reference to a colored man walking before and after shooting craps, imita- tion of Chaplin dancing, etc. More telk, with the pair getting laughs from mis-reading a sign posted up on the entrance. “Mandy and Me” doubled and finely harmonized, with the comic uncovering a first rate tenor voice for ‘losing. Good small timers. Bell. Ferguson and Francls. Songs and Talk. 12 Mins.; One. Man and woman with appropriate costumes. He as a Harlequin and she as a masked dancer have some dia- logue anent dance they just left. He sings an excerpt from “Pagliaci” in pleasing baritone while she makes a change and follows with a solo “You Never Can Tell.” After a change to street attire he monologues in ama- teurish fashion, about partners’ family and after another change she joins him in a double. For an encore he solo’s “Ship Without a Sail,’ followed by an- other double, “Next Sunday Morning,” delivered with both kneeling on cushions. The girl looks immense and has some pretty wardrobe. Both are fair vocalists. Neither should attempt dialogue, bad delivery. After the nec- essary apprenticeship they should qualify. Con. McCreery and Doyle. Comedy Skit. 19 Mins.; Two (Special Drop). With a drop to visualize the exterior of a gasoline station, at which a girl presides, there enters a man trudging a motor cycle. They take turns at al- ternately feeding and pulling smart come-backs. She sings one number and most of the comedy is created by the falling apart of the motorcycle. It is another variation of the old auto junk motor acts. There are lots of funny bits of business and a good finish with the man taking the girl for a ride and dropping her off the rear of the ma- chine when it actually starts after sev- eral attempts. Sure fire for three-a- day. _ vad

Edwin Locke and Co. (5). “Simon Sanders” (Playlet). 18 Mins.; One (Special) and Four (Kitchen Set). Edwin Locke, a rather elderly man, essays a character akin to Tom Saw- yer, despite the difference in ages. Re- member the way Tom got out of white- washing his aunt’s fence by making the task attractive to his confreres who were not only eager to do the work, but paid Tom something to boot for the privilege? That’s Simon. He made everybody do his chores for him by this very ruse. And everybody knew it, but it took Simon to bam- boozle them. He and George, a juve- nile, are working for the widow, So- phie something. The act opens in “cne’ with the scheming “jedge” ar- guing with a young lady who is in love with George. The judge is about to close the deal whereby he purchases the widow Sophie’s fifty-acre farm. This takes place before a rural exte- rior drop in “one.” To “four,” where Simon nips the scheming lawyer’s plan in the bud by proving its great value to his mistress, the value being some granite and slate quarries on the land. Clinch between Simon and widow for curtain after exit of baffled attorney. That part of it reminds one of the old Horatio Alger yarns where the squire has it in for the poor widow whose sole earthly property is her farm et al. But it seemed to please in the main at the 23d Street. It runs a few minutes too long and is craggy in spots with the lines given to monologistic spasms on Simon’s pert. With pruning, the present turn will please in pop house company. The woman doing the “widow” character was suffering with a cold Thursday night and her reading of the lines was spasmodic. The juvenile George should economize with the make-up box. He had too much on. The “judge” char- acter was good. The girl handled her role capably. Frank Wilcox and Co. (5). “Ssh” (Farce). 18 Mins.; Four (Parlor). A fast moving farce with six people. It’s a large company for vaudeville nowadays in a sketch. The cast holds two good looking girls who play very well and the company is nicely bal- anced, with Mr. Wilcox taking the play- ing honors. As a young man with three women in love with him, he is compli- cated to death in the sparse 18 minutes allowed for all of the action. There are many ins and outs of the principals with door slamming still retained as one of the fundamentals but it is en- tertaining up to the finish, which leaves the story too abruptly broken off. Mr. Wilcox had better add a rewritten logical conclusion, when his sketch will do nicely in the No. 3 spot on the siall big time. Sime. Nat Wharton. Ventriloquist. 10 Mins.; One. As a ventriloquist Nat Wharton hardly seems to qualify, at least on his showing on Monday night, when his lip movements were easily detected from the third row of the balcony. He must however, be credited with the in- troduction of a novelty, for he does not use a dummy. All that he carries is a biack suitcase and on opening it speaks to the spirit of a departed dummy who is supposed to be inside the case. The speech regarding spiritualism and oc- cult manifestations is made at the opening. His dressing might be im- proved on. Fred. Lynch and Wink. Singing, Talk. 10 Mins.; One. Two men who work along modern lines. Open with crossfire, conversa- tional duet, more talk, ballad solo; the other man sings “The Lyre Bird” with whistlinge—duet medley. One warbles very well. Neat team for the best three-a-day. Jolo.

jresponse. Maybelle Adams and Co. (2). “The Nightmare” (Dramatic). 20 Mins.; Interior. : Maybelle Adams, erstwhile violiniste, is assisted by two men, in a sketch that left the audience at the Fifth Avenue Tuesday evening in a mental attitude that indicated they did not know ex- actly how to take it—whether to re- gard it as a travesty or an impossible attempt at serious playwriting. Miss Adams enters with a bulldog and talks to it, revealing the fact that she is squandering her husband’s money on trifles such as dogcollars, clothes, .etc., until he is financially ruined. Then she goes to sleep on a couch and has a nightmare in which her husband comes to her in a convict’s garb; then her husband’s rich friend who had refused tu help him out of his financial dif- ficulties in an endeavor to win the wife away (the villain attired as the devil); she kills the friend; she says “It happens every day”; is once more asleep; hubby and friend enter, awaken her; husband shows her check for $100,000 which friend loaned him and she cries: “Now I can have that new lymousine, etc.” The sketch doesn’t seem to have a chance. Jolo. The Lolletos (5). Song and Dance. 15 Mins.; Four (Special Cyclorama). Three woman and two men com- prise the turn, one of the latter being the special orchestra leader. The only man on the stage handles some good hock dancing. Of the women, one does two vocal numbers, the others special- izing in folk and other stepping. One of them, a sinuous “vampirish” woman, held the audience interested with her stuff but seemed unable to gain much It may be accounted by the sychology that the pantomimic som- ek Bit of the numbers so reacted on the house as to create readiness in the matter of exercising their hands, Then, too, the over-abundant Russian atmosphere reacts unfavorably for pa- triotic reasons. The act carries a spe- cial exterior cyc. in “four.” “West, Virginia and West. Talk and Dance. 15 Mins.; One. The turn opens with two gobs hail- ing a passing half-hosed girl. A series of individual dual and triple dance solos follow, with the youngster in the turn mopping up and stopping pro- ceedings completely. His only reason for staying with the three-act, proba- bly, is that it’s a family affair. The gray haired man slouches through a good deal and does not aid matters with his gesticulations. It’s the blonde haired lad and the woman that car the turn, carry to the extent it fit in on the better layouts. The trio are seasoned performers, but must be — new hereabouts. Bobbs, Clark and Dores. Song, Dance, Acrobatic. 15 Mins.; One. ‘ Two men and a woman. Open in “hick” get-up. Song and dance bits follow. She does a “kid” number that missed fire. The turn’s heft lies in their ground tumbling, acrobatics and “falls.” These brought down the house. Those up front could see the re-enforced jackets the men wore, with vood slats and extra felts for protec- tion, but from the rear the falls were as ludicrous as they were foolhardy and dangerous. The act is essentially an opener, although it was No. 2 here. Lew Payton. Blackface Monologist. z 12 Mins. One. Payton is a colored artist formerly in a two act. He has a new departure in a near single in which he sticks to a waiter characterization but is hampered by poorly constructed com- edy songs. His monologistic efforts get over fairly and a piece of business with an imaginary guest at a table was worth while. _ Con. ; fi ka é Bi & e t { ie i t os ast es ENTS gs WE

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| no—nepea-negerennesnes Cov ornare seas] ea lined. ope, RES ERET SS fo EE RE TR ES ort oe oi Be a a pl ONEES EOE I OE NO D Tass e e aal aaila Frank Fay and Lieut. Gitz Rice. Piano, Songs, Comedy and Dance. 32 Mins.; One (Special Drop). 8ist Street. The combination of Frank Fay and Lieut. Gitz-Rice, the former taking the tcp spot in billing as “the popular com- edy favorite” and the latter as “the well known composer,” in “Bits of Hits of Their Own Conception,” offers vaudeville a valuable addition to any bill. At least so much may be vouch- safed when the presence of these two held ’em to their seats for 32 minutes, and that seemed hardly enough to satiate the audience, albeit its being a friendly one and obviously a number of friends of both were on hand to give them the glad hand. The act is per- haps amply explained in the billing with the soldier composer at the piano and Fay doing practically all the work to get the comedy effects. His versatility stood him in good stead with the mate- rial garnished for the act. At the start he began explaining (or it may have been an impromptu apologia) to the effect that his partner (Rice) was not looking to make good on past efforts. Instead it was their intention of mak- ing good on the material they had brought with them, and from then on Rice banged the ivories as an intro- duction to a song of the recitative type essayed by Fay. The act opens on a semi dark stage with Rice walking on stage while the orchestra plays the “Pal O’ Mine” introduction. At the left of the piano is one of the tall library lamps supposed to emit a red glow (but which didn’t work during the Monday night show) while Fay is thraughout enveloped in an amber flood. The tele- phone on the piano rings with Rice supposedly talking to Fay, who invites him to come down and try to “play a little vaudeville.” The orchestra in- troduces Fay who enters singing an excerpt of a popular song. The comedy material handed out by Fay is of the prohibition stuff. It seemed fresh and registered with the audience. He also does a drunk in song and dance that went for a big hand. Rice tried out a new ballad—a “Mother” song. This, however, is far below the standard set by the former song which brought him the recognition he has amassed up to the present time. To hold ‘down the stage during the absence of Fay it _is quite evident that he will have to get 'a number '“Pal” song, at least somewhere near ' the region and pace in popularity set if not as effective as the by the other. On the insistence of the audience “Pal 0’ Mine” was given with both harmonizing it effectively. Fay also did an imitation of John Charles 'Thomas singing “Strutter’s Ball” that proved the biggest applause winner of the turn. Step. Du Nord (2). Female Impersonator. (12 Mins.; Full Stage. State-Congress, Chicago. Du Nord works in a neat cyc, full stage. with transparent section which permits the audience to see the maid dressing him as he changes. He does three dances—a Spanish, toe and Egyp- tian dance. Not using his voice, and giving the house a glimpse of the maid, has the tendency to heighten the sur- prise when he takes off his wig at the finish. The maid, rather, does this for him, which is an wnusual twist, and then she takes off her own wig. Connell, Leona and Zippy. _ Sones, Talk and Dances. 19 Mins.; One. Columbia (March 7). Boy, girl and a dog. The dog at the finish wins out the turn. Previously there had been little of account ex- renting an acrohatie dance by the boy. Some talk is tried, but neither of the Kane, Morey and Moore. Acrobatic. 6 Mins.; Full Stage. Fifth Ave. These three boys do two tricks in six minutes. Both are corkers. The final one is the only trick of its kind ever seen, and a wonder in perch balancing. The understander who is also an ex- pert risley worker, balances a perch, silver, at least 22 feet high, on his forehead, while one of the young men clambers to the top. While there he gracefully does a full swing outward, with the understander still balancing the pole on his forehead without any other assistance. It held the house enwrapt and is one of the best acro- batic thrillers vaudeville has seen. The other trick was the balancing of a lad- der on upraised feet, with the other boy doing acrobatic work upon it. The boys are full grown youths. It’s a turn for those who want a real acrobatic act of novelty that can go into any po- sition. The better the spot the more value will be gotten from it. Whoever owns the act should stage it, put in some apt meg and stall at least to nine minutes. It is now too short. Sime. Howard, Kane and Maher. Crossfire, Singing, Etc. 14 Mins.; One (Special Drop). Joe Kane, with a man and a woman. Woman a nut comic as is also Kane, while the other man does straight for them as a policeman. Drop is supposed to depict a scene in Chinatown or lower East Side Cop sings a couple of Irish ditties with good voice and dia- lect. Many sure-fire old time gags. Very fast three-a-day act and certain hit in that field of operations. Jolo Oliver Smith and Co. (3). ° “A Touch in Time” (Comedy). 18 Mins.; Full Stage. 23rd Street. Lewis & Gordon production. It’s an old-fashioned farce with familiar but sure-fire situations for the smaller houses, competently played by Oliver Smith. who does a silly ass type of Fnelishman, a woman and two men. The story concerns a woman who plans to entertain /her lover while her hus- band is away on a business trip. While the wife and lover are enjoying their clandestine meeting, a man who claims to be the husband appears and makes the lover hand over to him a pearl necklace and the lover’s watch, chain, etc. The pseudo husband turns out to be a burglar. Later the real husband appears and all ends happily. Smith ts a clever light comedian and the sup- porting company handle their parts capably. The act holds just the sort of material that the small time is strong for. The sketch kept the lauchs moving constantly. Bell. Rert Bergman (1). Sones and Comedy. 16 Mins.; One. 125th Street (March 5). It’s really a two man act but the sec- ond member of the team isn’t billed. One boy appears in neat tux but is interrupted in his first number by an- other in jumpers (it may be Bert) who explains to the singer that “he’s rot- ten.” In the resultant patter two lifted gags annear. One is about Nat Good- win (“He’s dead:” “I know it”) and the other about “I can go around the corner and get four to one.” The boys did something with a rehearsal bit and also with the line “that sone ahout Palisades Park”—“A Million Miles from Nowhere.” The boys did well enough with “By Jingo” at the close to win an encore which was “All a Dream of the Past.” The single billing isn’t de- qumans is equipped for it. Good small ceiving. Further working will improve timer through the animal. this turn which ‘s bound to improve. Sime. bee. - ec ee _ mrmenets otra ae gtd they will do. es NEW ACTS THIS WEEK Frederick Ferdinand. Whistling and Talk. 12 Mins.; One. Starting with whistling, Frederick Ferdinand sprung a surprise when commencing to tell stories. He spoke with an accent and afterward mention- ed he was French, though his accent could not be definitely placed as such. He sang an American ballad in French and closed with another whistling bit. As a whistler Mr. Ferdinand ranks very well. Despite some appearance it is as a whistler that he must worry along in vaudeville and that seems to spell small time. He is quite ambitious in attempting to score as a monologist and if persisting in that, should decide whether to whistle or talk. Sime. Frisco and Co. (5). Dancing. 18 Mins.; Full Stage. Fifth Avenue. Frisco in his newest act has four dancing girls, besides a female dancing partner—and his old = stuff—which means his old jazz dancing. That still seems to go the best. for Frisco has a name around New York, though everyone has taken about all his’ old stuff for themselves. A “tough” dance he does gets some laughs, and is a good piece of work of its kind, also his dancing imitations or “demonstra- tions,” as Frisco terms them. He can dance, but doesn’t do much of it. The four girls attempt some classical work on their feet. One can’t tell whether Frisco is trying to kid with them in this or the girls believe it. Anyway, it means nothing excepting their legs are bare. Bare legs are growing to be an excuse for a great deal. It’s just a matter of Frisco’s name and how much it is worth. That is what his act is worth. Frisco could take his dancing partner and the tough dance, building up from that, but then he vrobably would be doing the act he did before, which brings it back to the same point. a matter of Frisco’s name. Frisco made it. has cashed on it and should cash as long as cashing may be done. Other jazzers the same. ‘Sime. Johnny Muldoon, Pearl Franklyn, Frank Marvin and Eddy Edwards’ Jazz Band (8). 15 Mins.; Full Stage. Columbia (March 7). A new rag and jazzing combination with Johnny Muldoon the leader. Frank Marvin is the singer. Pearl Franklyn dances with Mr. Muldoon. Their “tough” dance is their best. made slow in action and funny through “business,” each treating the other very rough while going through it. The hit is Mr. Muldoon’s acrobatic dance. Ue’s a presentable yvoung man with a smile. He could make it work a bit harder, for Mutdoon’s smile will always get over.~ The band accom- panies besides playing a medley. Nothing startling to the turn, but it’s good, even entertainment of the rag and jazzing kind. This combination is arriving a little late to get the best of it. Sime. Stone and Moyer Sisters (3). Songs and Dances. 9 Mins’; Full Stage. American Roof. Stone and the Mover Sisters are cer- tain for the better small time. There are two girls who dance often and well, changing for each dance they do. Mr. Stone plays the piano and sings. It’s the young women. however, who send the turn along. Their dance stvle is fast, varied and as thev bear a family resemblance to Gertie Moyer, it’s safe to say Gertie coached her sisters. She coached them well. They did more in nine minutes than many other dancing acts take care of in twice that time, Sime. - —-m Dorothy Bard. Songs and Saxophone. 14 Mins.; One. As the turn stands, Miss Bard no doubt will do on the small time in her present spot, No. 2. But Miss Bard hints of greater possibilities. It is a matter of routine rearrangement—also the acquisition of a little more poise. She renders three numbers before at- tacking the sax. A special “embarrass- ment” number meant to be funny, draws a feeble hand after three verses. A by now antiquated “lonesome” bal- lad, including two choruses and extra patter, does not warrant the time con- sumed with it. When finally down to instrumental work, she reels off three ancient jazz numbers in succes- sion. Miss Bard’s comeliness possibly sustained where her abilities fell shy at times. A showman’s assistance would work wonders for her. Roe Reeves. Singing, Dancing, Monolog. 13 Mins.; One. Nattily clad, slender young man of the Ernest Truex type, in cutaway coat and silk hat, opens with a comedy song with burlesque stepping; monolog with some clever chatter, singing and pranc- ing; comedy recitation, operatic par- ody medley. He dances easily and gracefully, and has magnetism. In his present form, minus a reputation, an excellent three-a-dayer and would probably shine effulgently with a classy female partner. Jolo. Jack and Jessie Gibson. Cycle Act. 11 Mins.; Four. 58th Street. This couple has struck a happy medi- um to get some rather familiar cycle stunts over in an interesting fashion by virtue of a number of telling comedy bits and talk. It is far from a “dumb” act. the talk being particularly bright and an outstanding feature of their routine. It is delivered in good na- tured, kidding fashion. Whatever stunts they do, are interesting, the fea- ture being some solo and double danc- ing on the tall unicycles. The attrac- tive miss aids matters with three neat costume changes. A good three a day opener. Robb and Whitman. Kid Act. One. American Roof. Robb and Whitman do a kid act but are not necessarily kids. They sing and talk, with the boy havine a blatant voice, while the girl’s hardly made itself heard on the Roof. When she sang a slow ballad, it was so slow paren a question whether the or- chestra could keep to the time. Robb has the Little Tich shoe trick, bending over the foots, for a laugh or so. The turn is all small time. Sime. Murray? and Volk. Songs and Comedy. 13 Mins.; One. Colonial. Volk enters alone,. eye-giassed and with a tight-fitting cutaway suit. He starts off with “Carolina Sunshine” but hammering back stage interrupts. Lifting the curtain he yanks forth the oddly billed Murray? Why Murray? is billed: Murray? is probably to arouse questions. He is a comic with the loosest trousers ever shown, but he sports a tenor voice that sounds likely. Throughout the act Murray is con- cerned with holding up his pants. He gets laughs through it and also some through the talk. Volk requests a song and with a Yiddish dialect, Mur- ray starts off reciting something about herring and potatoes” but then de- livers with “When My Baby Smiles at Me.” There is a duet on “Brother of Lily of the Valley” but the best singing of the turn comes with a duetted mother song. On second the pair did well and can hold that spot or possibly a little later. Ibee. | (Continued on page 32) : au mnie 4 : :

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Sit EES a VOIP AR we ee ORB ae Dhl, EM tic ag gerer= PPR NE rt ee sere tT Thursday, October 16 PATRICK CASEY GY DHE ST.AND—Continnad) FEDERAL INVESTIGATION Who was he? A chief deputy organizer. What is the next? Cora Youngblood Corson. And who is she? . Chief deputy organizer for Oklahoma and adjoining ter- ritory. Q. What is the next name? A. George Delmore, Q. Who is he and what did he do? A. He is part of an acrobatic act, and I believe was and is an officer of the White Rats. Q. The next? A. James W. Fitzpatrick, president and big chief of the White Rats. Q. Go ahead. A. Frank Herbert. I believe he is a director of the White Rats, or was. Q. The next? A. Colie Lorella. I believe he is a director also. Q. Next. A. Junie McCree was formerly the Big Chief and was after- wards, I believe, on the Board of Directors, James Marco, I believe, is on the Board. Q. By the way, was Mr. Marco ever booked over any of the circuits in the theatres of the Vaudeville Managers’ Protective Association subsequent to the date of that list? A. There is no date on the list. Mr. Goodman: Do you remember when that list was dated? Mr. Reeves: January 3, 1918. Q. January 3, 19187 A. Well, he was booked, but whether it was subsequent to that list I do not know. Mr. Goodman: Not in 1918. The strike was over then. Mr. Reeves: The complaint in this case was issued in May, 1918, and that was January, 1918. Q. What is the next name? A. Harry Mountford. Q. He is the International— A. International Secretary of the White Rats Actors’ Union. Jeffry L. Whalen. Q. Who was he? A. A deputy organizer. Q. Was that the final list of what you termed on your ex- amination in behalf of the Commission, undesirables? A. I do not think there was anything in that list saying that anybody was undesirable, or anything of the kind. Q. Did you term it a list of undesirables? A. I don’t remember. Q. Well, that was a lst of the persons who were then agi- tating the closed shop? A. Yes. Q. Is or was the Keith Circuit, of which A. Paul Keith and E. F. Albee are the controlling interests, of dominant influence in the Vaudeville Managers’ Protective Association during your connection with it? A. They were one of the dominating influences, yes. Q. Who were the others? A. Weil, Marcus Loew, Mr. Beck, Mr. Fox and Mr. Moss. Q. Then there was not any one particular circuit that domi- mated the conduct or action of the Vaudeville Managers’ Pro- tective Association? A. No, sir. Q. Did Mr. Keith and Mr. Albee, either or both, control and dominate the policies and affairs of the entire vaudeville in- dustry while in the Vaudeville Managers’ Protective Associ- ation? A. No, sir. Q. Has the Vaudeville Managers’ Protective Association ever required that actors patronize the advertising columns of VARIETY or of any publication? A. You say, ever require them to? Q. Yea. A. No, sir. Q. Dees the Vaudeville Managers’ Protective Association operate any vaudeville theatres? a. No. Q. Or any theatres? A. No, sir. Q. Has it any interest by way of stockholding or otherwise in the theatres owned or controlled by its members? A. No, sir. Q. Does the Vaudeville Managers’ Protective Association conduct any part of the theatrical business of its members? A. No, sir. Q. Have you any idea of the amount of capital invested in the vaudeville branch of the theatrical business? A. I should say it runs up into several hundreds of millions of dellars. Mr. Goodman: That is all. CROSS EXAMINATION. OPeoPe > By Mr. Walsh: Q. You say the Vaudeville Managers’ Protective Association never required the members to advertise in VARIETY; that was your statement? A. Just a minute. He wanted to know, as I understood the VARIETY be. 27 question, whether the V. M. P. A. ever required the actors to advertise in VARIETY, and I said no. Q. You said no? A. Yes, air. Q. As a matter of fact you did write lettera— A. Yes, asking them to, and telling them it was a good. thing for them to do so, but not requiring them to do it, Q. When did you say that the V. M. P, A. reorganized? A. February 24, 1016. Q. As @ matter of fact there was an organization, whether it was a perfected organization or not, perhaps a loose or- ganization, which called itself the V. M. P. A., which was operating in December, 1915, was there not, Mr. Casey, and prior to that time? A. Prior to December, 19157 Q. Yes. A. The only record I have found, Mr. Walsh, is from the minute book. I did not go into the V. M. P. A. until 1916, myself. Q. Oh, yes; I think I recall your testimony as to that. A. Yes. Q. Mr. Casey, will you refresh your memory again with reference to the date of the Oklahoma atrike? A. Yes, sir; the latter part of July, 1916. Q. It was originally the stage hands— A. Stage hands and musicians, and then the actors " organ- ization joined in with them. Q. In St. Louis, I wish you would refresh your memory about that. A. February 14, 1917. Q. Could not that have been March 8 of that year? A. I do not think so, because I got this myself from the trade papers. I went back through the trade papers and dug these things out. Q. Are you not referring to East St. Louis? A. This may have been East St. Louis. Q. When were the stage hands and musicians and other mechanical operators of the theatres unionized? A. In all the theatres? Q. Yes. A. I guess the stage hands and musicians’ unions have been in existence for 25 or 80 years, to my knowledge.. Q@. And during all of that time have they maintained a closed shop? A. In some places they have and in some they have not. Q. Has there been opposition to the maintenance of the closed shop by the stage hands and musicians? A. That I do not know, as to what their own opposition was. Q. But I mean on the part of the managers, have there been some controversies? A. They have had fights and strikes practically every year in different parts of the country for the last 25 years, to my per- sonal knowledge. Q. And that involved, of course, the proposition of a closed shop or open shop? A. Yes. Q. Are you in any way interested in any theatre? A. No, sir. Q Not in any way? A. No, sir. @. Not as a stockholder or otherwise? A. No, I wish I was in some of them. Q. You say that the Keith Circuit is one of the dominating influences in the vaudeville industry in the United States? A. Yes. Q. Just what do you mean by that? A. I mean it is one of the biggest circuits in the United States in the vaudeville business; they control a lot of theatres of their own. They are a big factor in the show business. Q. And Mr. Albee, of course, is at the head of the Keith Circuit? A. Yes. Q. Did you ever represent a man by the name of McNamee? A. I don’t know. Q. Can you say whether you did or not? A. I could not say. Q. I show you this slip and ask you to refresh your memory (banding paper). A. I do not know a thing about it. There is another Casey, a fellow by the name of Mr. Paul Casey, that runs an agency also. g. Ané that might be he? A. That might be. Q. Does he book at the U. B. O.? A. No, sir. Q. Or do you know whether he collects through the Vaude- ville Collection Agency? A. I do not know. Mr. Goodman: That looks like the Vaudeville Collection Agency slip. I do not know any other Casey than our friend Pat here. Mr. Kelley: I do not think there ever was any other Casey except the baseball Casey. The Witness: It may have been booked out of my office. I do not know the act or anything about it. Q. Where is the Victory Theatre? A. I do not know. Mr. Goodman: What date is that? Mr. Mountford: July 26, this year. Mr. Goodman: The Victory Theatre would probably be the theatre in Providence, a moving picture and small time vaude- ville, I think; I am not sure, Mr. Mountford: It is in Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. Walsh: That is all. (Witness excused.) P HARRY MOUNTFORD Was thereupon called as a witness, and, having been first duly sworn, testified as follows: DIRECT EXAMINATION. By Mr. Goodman: Q. What is your full name, age and address, Mr. Mountford? A. Mr. Harry Hountford, 673 Broadway, 48% years old. Q. Are you the same Mr. Mountford who at the outset of this proceeding appeared here and moved to intervene? A. I did and am, Q You are the same gentleman whose name has been nien- tioned from time to time on the record by various counsel en- gaged in hearings here? A. lam. Q. Have you attended all the hearings before the examines in this proceeding? A. With the exception of about two hours one morning. Q. You have at those hearings actively assisted counsel for the commission in the way of furnishing him with data, papers and suggestions for the examination and cross-exanunation of witnesses? A. 1 have—the first part of the question yes, the second part to a cerlain extent Q. Do you recall the introduction in evidence of Respondents Exhibit No. 1Ui, @ letter ad seed | you Hrneat Carr? A. 1 recall the inciden yeu Q. in which something was said about his procuring the closed shop agreement to set iO Bude a UD A. There were several ieticrs introduced, WM you will only ahow me the ietter then 1 Will say Q. The diilicuity la we baven't got it here; it is in Washing- ton; @t any rate there was @ ietier A. 1A wilt gay that 1 wrote a ietter to Mr, Carr, many ietiera, yos. Q. Do you know of one in particular that was introduced directing him to present a form of civosed shop agreement certain managers? A. I did write such a letter to submit the enclosed form and so forth, Q. Mr. Mountford, is that the form of contract that is re- ferred to as the closed shop contract (handing paper to witness)? A. That is the agreement or alleged agreement (reading) i en- closed known as the union shop agreement for their careful con- sideration and which | attached, Correct. Mr. Goodman: Weil, 1 wili offer it in evidence, ‘ (Paper received in evidence and marked Respondent's Mxhibit No. 140.) Q. You recognize the signature of Barry Conners at the end ef the letter attached to that form of agreement? A. Yes. Q. Who was Barry Conners? A. Our chief deputy organizer for California and the western states, Q. There were other chief deputy organizers, were there not, Mr. Mountford? A. Yes. ‘@ How many? A. Conners, Carr, Conway, Burna, Carson, Barry, Sargeant, Gilmore—about twelve. Q. And did that take in practically the entitre territory of the United States? A. Canada. Q. And Canada? A. Yes. Q. And were these other deputy organizers cuthorized to send out similar forms of closed shop agreement? A. Yea, air. Mr. Goodman: I offer in evidence a letter attached to Re- spondent's Exhibit No. 140, (Paper received in evidence and marked Respondent's Exhibit No. 141.) Q. And these deputy organizers dent these proposed contracts cut at about the same titme in the different parte of the country? A. Simultaneously. Q. 1 notice in the left hand corner of this letter, Respondent's Exhibit No. 141, @ statement, ‘‘Members of the San Francisco Federation including White Rats Actors’ Union No 12,"" and other unions? A. Yes, air, Q. Wha does that mean? A. In the White Rats as international union it was composed of different branches, that is, the branch in San Francisco, this particular branch. That” San Francisco branch local there entered into an agreement with other locais of international unions in the town of San Francisco to take such action as they would see fit for.the betterment and improvement of the whole theatrical business, for the whole theatrical profession. It was a local branch committed only to this agreement with these branches of different international uniens, the different local branches of the union in that section, an agreement made up which did not or could not interfere with traveling members of the union who came into that section of the country, under the international law; that is, it would only be binding on those who were residents of San Francisco, and it would not be binding in any way upon any act cr actor coming inte the place from the Orpheum or Western circuits, coming there to play and then go on their way. Q. Did the locaia situated in the other parts of the United States have similar local arrangemonts? A. Not all of them. They did in Winnipeg, and an attempt was made to form one in Chicago; and an attempt was made to form one in St. Louis, and one was in progress of formation in Seattle, but those were the only two complete. Q. And it was and ia the object of your organization to locally organize in the same way in those other places? A. Only for local conditions. Q. For local conditions? A. Not for traveling actors, Q. Included in this arrangement, which you say is purely local, were included the White Rats Actors’ Union, composed of actors? In Local No. 12, whatever it is, Local No. 12? ’ That ia that local branch. The locai branch consisted of actors? Yes, sir. Locally? Yes. And the local union of the musical people, that is the ion of musicians? Yes, sir. And the local union of theatrical stage employees? Yes, sir. And the local union of the moving picture operators? Yes, sir. And the local union of bill posters and billers? Yes, air. 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ina a Ce iy Cs H nv nen ne gem eee PN oe NY ag SHOW REVIEWS PALACE. With the exception of a bunch of new material employed by Trixie Friganza (New Acts), there is nothing on the bill at the Palace this week that has not played in and around New York for some time past, all of them commented upon in these columns on many occasions. but reverting to Miss Friganza, one can- not dwell too often upon her talents as a cemedienne. She is one of the very, very tew female travesty artists this country has developed the current gen- eration. Johnson, Baker and Johnson, club juggling and comedy hat tossers, earned a remarkably huge quantity of applause for an Opening turn, fullowing the Kino- gram News Weekly. ‘Their act has been elaborated a trille over the one offered by them at the 68th Street last week. Luba Meroff, with singing, cello playing, etc., leading up to the real merit of the turn—the Kussian dancing, which was badly handicapped by the orchestra not keeping time to their stepping. This sort of thing is heart-breaking to an ar- tist but the house leader was looking everywhere but at the performers. Florrie Millership and Al. Gerrard, with Joe Santiey at the piano, presented their neat little singing and slepping turn. Bivussom Seeley aiso suffered trom the orchestra, but whether it was her fuult or the musicians isn’t known. The noise emanating trom the players was too blatant to enable one to distinguish a word she voglized. Bennie Fields, her chief assistant, entertained artisti- cally with her “niggerisms.” The Kautman srothers and Arthur Fields, three tamous phonograph singers, harmonize effectively and with consider- able volume. Then came the noisiest hit of the evening—Gienn and Jenkins, a pair of colored character comedians, with a@ special drop to indicate a railway sta- tion. ‘c¢heir genuine Southern dialects are a rare treat and their crosstalk, wooden shoe stepping, harmonica and guitar playing all registered with a wallop. Some of their gags are not mew (see Heleased Jokes Dept.). _ Rae Samuels, with her original mag- netic personality, gets much out of her songs. Her “rube’ number is still her Piece de resistance and she will probably mever get away from it—or something along the same lines. Miss Walker, her Pianist, is a comely creature and helps to dress the stage. Loretta McVermott and Kddie Cox, with their jazz band, had a tough spot, closing the show. The act didn’t belong on the bill for the reason that it had to follow a iot of jazz.. A dumb act would fit in much more effectively. They have an ouija board number to open, which ig siow and started the audience homeward bound. Miss McDermott has\cut her “shimmy” stulf. Eddie Cox sings “Oh How I Laugh When I Think How I Cried,” etc., pronouncing the word “cry” in two syl- lables. He has an erroneous conception of the number Jolo COLONIAL. In addition to names the bill this week has class and rich humor, with the addi- tion of a “musical comedy” novelty in “Cave Man Love” (New Acts). Once Started the show proved a high scoring one and highly satisfactory. Again that jazz duo, Keegan and Ed- wards, tore off a man’s sized hit. On fourth, they Were the first to hit the high register, and came out twice after the lights were down, having done two en- cores before that. There were several little changes or additions to the rou- tine. One was the opening lyric. Ed- wards is now using a baby spot for his jazz band bit, and it is effective. From the way the team is scoring the Chicago boys are about due to stay in New York for the rest of the season. Harry Fox et al headlined, his 28 minutes starting at quarter to eleven in the next to closing spot. Everything about the act credits Fox with being a good showman. He has been away from vaudeville for quite a spell and he is wise enough to pull something different in- stead of just springing Harry Fox. Edythe Baker and Beatrice Curtis are two very valuable aids. Both are sweet to look upon. And that Baker lass is due to start something. She may not be a pianist from the concert platform angle, but for vaudeville she is a peach. She might have continued after her scoring specialty, but Fox’s kidding, “I’m the boss,’ stopped that. Miss Curtis has im- proved since she appeared with Gus Ed- wards’ act and nicely paired with Fox in “My Sahara Rose.” As a comedy trick the scrub ladies and such used for the finale number, “Belles of the Swell Hotels,” just about lends the proper touch. Fox is set for some time with his present routine. Percy Bronson and Winnie Baldwin with Jack Lait’s “Visions of 1969,” ap- peared seventh instead of closing inter- mission, as programed, the latter spot being given the “Cave Man Love.” Bron- son and Baldwin have been West for, some time with their satire, and won a wealth of praise. It looks as if they would surely draw equal attention on this side of the continent. As for the possibilities outlined in the act, the satire could easily be turned to truth—when women get the vote, for they say there are considerably more women than men, Western critics dubbed her “winsome Winnie Baldwin,” and she is all of that— a peppy little person, a very graceful dancer and one with the nicest sort of bare legs. Her chorus girl stuff is amus- ing to a degree. The act took a flock of curtains, and deserved it. James McCormack and Eleanor Irving started the second second of the show oif to a fine pace. The inverted flirtation bit is funny, and so is the inside stuff on their marriage. McCormack has a crisp style in working, and most of his “cracks” get over. He remarked that the song, “By Jingo,’ had as much sense to it as the Eighteenth Amendment. Had it mentioned that after the song, it would have gone better. The team’s final num- ber, “Play Ragtime and Opera All Day Long,” with a patter chorus was very well done. Anna Held, Jr., and Emmet Gilfoyle were third, well placed. ‘True to form, Gilfoye supplied the entertainment fea- ture of the offering and Miss Held the dressing. The comedian’s material at times has quite ae'‘kick,” but there ap- pears to be no come-back. He started them laughing from the time he gave the “obligata from Sears-Roebuck.” At the start of the act Miss Held instead of throwing the bouquet forward, let it slip backward, and that was good tor a laugh. Murray and Volk went into the show in place of Jim and Betty Morgan and amused on second (New Acts). The Wheeler Trio opened and showed an ex- ceptional routine. For big men their fvats are to be ranked with the best. “Look,” the dancing flash act of Mme. Rialta's, closed. Figuring the start of the turn at 11.15, “Luok” held a big per- centage in. The act has again been im- proved by apparently changing the sys- tem of lighting. The dancers can not be Plainly seen and little is taken away from the clearness of the projected pic- ture-scenes. “Look” is properly a closing act, Ibee. RIVERSIDE. An added starter copped the hit of the Riverside show when Rae Samuels, substituting for George Price who was off the bill through illness, stepped into the first part of the bill and hung up one of the biggest individual hits of the season. Miss Samuels was doubling the Palace, which accounts for her early appearance, and it’s luckly for both houses that she got on early at the Riverside for the audience was loath to let her go. At the completion of her specialty, she explained her other engagement and begged off in a neat speech. Another single woman who got big returns was Margaret Padula in the next to closing position. She has a song cycle anent the different ways to hold a sweetie, all but one sounding new. The exception is the lemonade song heard before. Miss Padula is an excellent pi- anist and possesses a sweet sympathetic soprano which she knows how to modu- late. She took several bows but didn’t attempt an encore which seemed ex- pected. May Wirth and Phil, assisted by the family, and Roscoe Ails and his Jazz Band were the other high lights. Miss Wirth and Phil soon convinced as riders. They slid through an elaborate routine of acrobatic balancing on the high school horses that registered amaz- ingly. Miss Wirth’s solo work was good for repeated appreciation. It’s an en- tertaining and welcome diversion and just as popular with vaudeville audiences as at Madison Square Garden. Roscoe Ails closed the first half and took several bows despite the march out of the nicotine woo’ers. Aljils’ dancing insures him for it is novel and original. Midgie Miller assists greatly and the band compare favorably with the other jazzists heard around. Mr. Ails is start- ing his second swing around the metro- politan houses and going as strongly as ever. “Topics of the Day” seem to be taking up the fight for increased salaries for school teachers in earnest; not a week passes without some cryptic allusion to the underpaid guardian of our child- ren’s education. The printed references are usually greeted with applause. Stone and Kaliz were the artistic mo- ment opening after intermission in their tastefully conceived singing idea “A Song Romance.” Barring a slight leaning toward ultra-refinement on Armand Kaliz’s part, it’s a smoothly execuated ar- rangement. The lighting effects are ef- fective and both reveal pleasing voices. Mr. Kaliz sang several songs in French and held to the accent throughout with Miss Stone sticking to the English. Tom Lewis (New Acts) followed in his tangled monolog. The Aerial Lloyds, one of our best casting acts, opened the show, and Mel- notte and Leedom struggled hard in the deuce spot. The girls were handicapped at their opening by the constant walk- ins and couldn't overcome the lethargic start. Edna Leedom's usually effective nut comicalities went for the end book up here. They closed fairly strong with double “Come Back to Me.”. The giris had to hustle to make tk encore for there was just about enough noise for one brief bow and then into the song. The Amoros Sisters closed and worked hard holding them in remarkably well. It took one a long while to go to the trapeze but when she did she registered with some great dislocations and bal- ancing stunts. The lower floor filled slowly Monday night and the upper fF rt:ons were @ trifle light. The Riverside gets it’s strongest play through the week after the opening. Con. ALHAMBRA. Eva Tanguay is doing a “come-back” at the Alhambra this week. Monday night she packed the house. She re- ceived a reception that amounted almost to an ovation, and while her numbers were of the usual Tanguay type and met with the usual applause, it remained for the big wallop to be delivered by “I Don't Care.” Up to that time the applause was just that which would be accorded anyone of her numbers, but when she started in on the song that placed her in lights in of handclapping. She remained on the stage for 25 minutes in the next to clos- ing spot. One fault with the turn is the introductory remarks to her “Gossip” song. The song itself is enough story. The bill was rather jumbled up Mon- day night because two acts were out of the program and two added starters were present. Originally billed to open were Marguerita and Alverez. They were switched to closing spot, holding the audience there with a remarkably clever routine of balancing on the trapeze. The openers were Shaw and Campbell, who replaced O'Rourke and Adelphi in the bill. The girls delivered a combination of piano playing and sing- ing that was liked. Their closing num- ber, “Till My Daddy Comes Home,” get- ting them away in great shape. “Good Night,” the Al. B. White act, was moved up to second spot from clos- ing the first part. The turn does not seem to be in shape as yet. There was some trouble in the handling of the scenes by the stage crew, and this all added to the rather sorry showing. White cannot do everything, and though he tries through sheer physical force to put the act over the strain is noticeable from the front. In its present shape the act is not big time material suitable for the spot on the bill that its preten- tiousness. calls for. Jack Clifford and Miriam Willis in “At Jasper Junction” managed to put over a pleasing offering of comedy and songs. The girl has a most ,Pleasing personality, being of the type that women will look at and re- mark, “She’s a sweet girl.” Next to closing the first half was Elizabeth Murray, who showed all that there was to putting over a song. Her opening number, however, did not seem to hit right, but with a comedy song en- titled. “Don’t Do That” she won the audience, and the stories that she fol- lowed with were easily laugh*producers, although they were rather shop worn. An anti-prohibition song about “How Are You Goin’ to Keep Your Spirits Up” was another laugh riot for her, and finally “Dixie Jubilee” sent her away with a tremendous wave of applause following her. Closing the first half The Magleys, moved up from the closing spot of the show, cleaned up. This team couples all of the grace, gentility and finish of the Castles at their best with the daring and whirls of the Millers. Placing them in the closing intermission spot made it possible to get a line on the act that would have been unobtainable were they closing. The act is so good that it can close first parts on any bill on the Strength of the showing at the Al- hambra. The second half of the bill was opened by Keegan and Edwards who also were added starters. The boys, with their combination of blues and an inimitable manner of putting them over, scored heavily and practically stopped the show. Howard Langford and Anna Freder- icks preceded Tanguay and as a juvenile type of comedian Langford showed that he ranked with the best. The chatter of the act was written by him and: the lines are all bright and pull laughs.: It is an an act well worth while. Fred. KEITH’S, PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia, March 10. There was an abundance of comedy in this week's bill, in fact it was almost 100 per cent. comedy, including what little was injected by Camilla’s Birds, which opened the show with a very pretty novelty, and Emma Stephens, the ever-smiling soprano whose contribu- tion to the comedy was a song that had something to do with a cellar. Miss Stephens might have used one or more comedy numbers in her turn to advan- tage, or maybe it is the song she is singing this season which did not get the usual response for her, though she Was accorded a nice hand. Miss Ste- phens is a bright-looking girl and should pick her songs to suit her personality as well as her voice. Ryan and Ryan, who have worked out - Something worth while for a dancing team, followed the birds and got away with a liberal share of the early applause honors. There wasn’t a particularly en- thusiastic crowd in front at the matinee and this'is probably the reason the show did not go better, for there was plenty of laughing material to make it go. Ryan and Ryan have a corking gooa finish with long shoes and both boy and girl are exceedingly clever in using them. A switch in the program brought Sampsel Leonhard on in the third posi- tion. This aims to be a rather classy singing turn and gets very close to the mark. Both have pleasing voices which seems to bear out the program announce- ment that they have been in musical comedy. There is a piano solo by a third member of the act which helped nicely and the whole offering was very well liked. The closing duet carries a well worn number and something new might replace this. Eddie veneer opened with what promised to be a humorous mono- log and finished with serious recitations. He got a lot of good laughs with the for- mer, particularly with the use of an old bit made new by some up to date lingo. This is the ordering food in a cheap lunch factory. Foyer makes this a reai funny bit and is a splendid reader of poems, but he dragged through a lot of explanation and used up a lot of time having the audience call out about a dozen poems, after which he selected “Boots.” The way he recited this, it might be that it was a “plant,” but if not, the selection might have come soon- er, for he was losing his audience very fast when he finally started. He re- covered everyone he had lost, however, and finished very strong. Foyer should cut his act by reducing the number of selections waited for, then he will have a first rate offering. Following Emma Stephens, Leon Errol put over a screaming hit with his comedy “drunk” bit. Probably many in front expected to see him make his entrance carrying a jug of booze, but he has dis- carded that and is doing one of the fun- niest drunk bit even seen on any stage. It is a real classic in its line and Errol plays it right up to the top notch. His actions, facial contortion and speech all fit the character, and the houses was laughing at him every minute. Alf James does capitally as the butler. Errol was a riot when with the “Follies” and he could do this bit on any New York roof show and be just as big a riot again. It was all the more creditable to Errol that he was able to get so many laughs, after the big laughing hit scored by William Gaxton and Co. in “The Junior Partner.” This sketch is not new here, but it was a corking good repeater and Gaxton and his company are playing it better and faster than ever. It was not so easy to follow both sketches and con- tinue the laughs, either, but Val and Ernie Stanton succeeded in doing this in the next to closing spot. Their gar- bled chatter is handied to a nicety and brought them big rewards. They are clever, versatile chaps and have a two- man comedy turn that is away from all others and far ahead of the majority of comedy talking acts in vaudeville. The Breen Family closed and filled the spot entirely satisfactory. There is a lot of good dancing, some clever juggling and comedy bits jumbled together and it all forms a ver easing turn. The Kino- grams and “Topics of the Day,” which were shown before the vaudeville portion of the bill, were well up to the average, which has been high of late. KEITH’S, BOSTON. Boston, Merch 10. Bessie Clayton headlined on a bill far from the best of the season and had little trouble in carrying her position Monday night, thanks to the Cansinos, if ap- plause is any criterion. Miss Clayton is putting much more energy into her own work than when last here and the audience not only noticed the difference but expressed their approval much more emphatically. She is carrying, in addi- tion to the Cansinos, a leader, James Clemons; Joseph M. Regan, and Wilber Dunn, Clemons going well in his short but energetic eccentric specialty. Thomas E. Shea proved a welcome sur- prise, especially to those who had not seen him since the days of his successes in “The Cardinal,” The Bells” and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in Boston. Neatly staged and cleverly handled, Shea gave three scenes from those productions, sup- ported by a company that was competent, attheagn completely subordinated to m. Charles and Madeline Dunbar in “Animalfunology” caught the house im- mediately after Shea, who was an excel- lent set-up for rough comedy. Dunbar does not develop his possibilities as a nut comedian sufficiently to do himself justice, depending too much upon his extraordinary clever impersonations of animals. He nearly ruined his impres- sion in closing by taking an encore in a tom-cat impersonation number which verged into the offensively vulgar at one spot where the two “cats” spit in each other’s eye. Hazel Moran opened in a lariat act, which she put over by sheer energy and strength, closing to a good hand. Leon Varvara, billed as a “Piano Personality,” proved to be an exceptionaliy clever pianist who ham- re eaatinen tan ~ = a

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far lay Lp- is wn the ice ore di- nes per ort ur- not ses ee or - Ee Soe —=3 OK Gk SHOW REVIEWS pers rather than helps his act by patter, not especially clever, and not put acrosg by him with any particular ability. Var- vara, if he sticks to his piano, should al- ways find a welcome awaiting him in big time vaudeville, but as a monologist he apparently is not destined to be equally successful. The Bracks put across one of the best acts of its kind seen here in seasons. Hunting and Francis, billed as “Over Here from Over There,” brought back their old act without a change, proving a@ trip overseas does not necessarily guarantee the return of any foreign the- atrical merchandise. Despite that, the act went over as big as usual. Fenton and Fields, next to closing, had a merry little time in a soft spot, their soft shoe dancing going especially big and being the strongest possibility they have for development into even a better act that it is at present. Bessye Clifford closed in one of the old fashioned fleshing pose stunts against a white curtain upon which are thrown colored iantern slides apparently nearly as cld as the idea itself. The act was short, which was in its favor, and met with quite a walk-out. Libbey. Pwrrre~ ar MME ILAN NUUF. A weak bill the first half that became weaker right along, until reaching the next to closing position, which held Jack Rose, the nut single, who has played the big time, and is this week finishing the Loew route. What Mr. Rose did in: stories may tell why he left the big time, and it should be an equal reason for the small time, if he can find no others. Rose made them laugh. He couldn’t miss with his stuff, about the doctor who called on the servant girl; the traveler in the country who was given Uncle Jimmy’s room, and so on. Rose knew he was -taking @a@ chance, first squaring the stories by talk- ing to his* pianist, who remonstrated against the country tale. Rose said it went two ways, illustrating by moving his hands to the right and left. If the audience took the story the right way, he said, it was all right, but if they leaned toward the left—-and he’ shrugged his shoulders. As his turn is framed at present, Rose, for those who will stand for his stuff, can go all over the country once. But even at that, taking the Marie Cahill turn as the example and what she is getting away with, why @eb- ject to anything? Throw everything wide open. It wiil only take a couple of seasong to kill off vaudeville that way. The way they are allowing it to run now may take a couple of years longer. The best recommendation for the American's first half show was its run- ning time. Nine acts in 120 minutes, that also took in an intermission of around 12 minutes. That made the show fast even if it couldn’t make it good. The Floreinds opened with balancing, then Robb and Whitman (New Acts), who couldn’t do much, but they .were noisy. After them came Stone and the Moyer Sisters (New Acts), who caught the applause hit of the show though.the girls did steal a couple of bows. After that the Dixie Four, col- ored men, with the poorest singing and poorest harmony ever heard even on the small time. What this bunch did to a “Daddy” number was a pity. They just slaughtered “Daddy,” and after it looked as though it was all over for them, they Pulled themselves heavily across with a finfshing dance. Just before that they yodeled, with the bass singer doing most of the yodeling. That’s a departure, It’s the common thing where there are solo singers without voices to find that they harmonize rather well, but the Dixies missed on that. Anyway they wore four erg dress suits and four silk top hats. n these days of high prices for clothing that should constitute a pro- duction investment and leave them safe a eae een wherever they may and. Ardath’s “Decorators” closed the first half, getting some laughs with the filthy paste business but dying down to nothing at the finish. It’s an awftil mess of an act whichever, way looked at. After the intermission Rodero did a single violin, ete, turn, the etc. including talking, singling and whistling. Rodero revived the oveture from “Poet and Peas- ant” for his whistle. At one time it was the leading popular number of variety musicians, and for a long time, having had some trouble in edging “William Tell” out of first place. atever Rodero does he does fairly, sometimes not so much so, and does the best with his tin whistle. On the small time he can single along for a while. After the Jimmy Rosen sketch had brought some mild laughter through the contrast of the midget and his tall stage wife in angry strife, the Rose incident happened, then Alvin and Alvin closed the, show. The Roof held a capacity audience. Sime. 58TH STREET. Jack and Jessie Gibson (New. Acts) opened. Henderson and Holliday, a two- man colored team, had rather easy going on second, accepting an encore. In street cleaner and letter carrier costume the men uncork some rather trite comedy, but the stepping and vocalizing gets them by in great shape. Walsh, Lynch and Co, fared well with their bucolic sketch in which the “mortgage” plot, the hard hearted squire and the poor but honest country miss are sufficiently sub- merged under a melange of song and comedy to make these ancient standbys excusable. Kven the rendition of “Ail the world will be jealous of me” is for- given because of its expert handling by the wisecracking, slangy city guy. Bobby Henshaw, late feature of the Al G. Field Minstrels, was a decided suc- cess in the fourth spot with his musical imitations and yodeling. lin green jacket and ducks he makes a spruce appearance which is decidedly in his favor. His con- ception of a steel guitar is particularly commendable. Navassar Girls, headlin- ing, was followed by June Mills, who an- hexed the comedy and hit honors of the bill, with her inimitable style of getting a song and dance across. She is assisted by a man in e orchestra pit for some crossfire. He also handles a “daddy” ballad neatly in a resonant baritone. Clemons, Biilings and Co. closed with an interesting circus act to an interested house. ‘““the Blue Pearl,” a screen ver- sion of Anne Crawford Flexner’s play closed the show. HARLEM OPERA HOUSE. The regulars packed the house from orchestra to gallery as usual Monday night, the protessional try-outs, a sort ot Monday night institution here, and a good all round show drawing ‘em in early and holding a full house until the final gong. Anderson and Graves, Kellem and O’Dare, and Dippy Diers, all three com- edy turns of widely different methods, split the honors about evenly, . with bveiro a close contender for the blue ribbon... The Powell Troupe opened the regular show with their speedy wire waiking turn. The double stuff on the wire and the contortion feats of one of the boys of the troupe were the high lights of the act. Helena Fredericks, second, made her best score with “We Must Have a Song to Remember,’ which introduced favorite melodies of other days. An attractive assortment of costumes, with a green Spangled creation standing out, helped the general eitect of Miss lredericks of- fering considerably. ‘ : Next were Anderson and Graves who panicked the house with one of those low comedy sketches the small time is strong tor. The act was a roar from the opening to the tag line. Anderson han- dies the farcical situations like a vet- eran making some very old material stand up just as well as the new stulf in the sketch. Miss Graves “feeds” ex- cellently. Directly following came Kellem and O’Dare with another low comedy turn in “one.” Kellem went right after ‘em and piled up a terrific laughing score on top of the previous turn’s riot. Kellem has improved remarkably as a comic and Miss O’Dare lends valuable aid in the fun-making. Deiro, next to closing, was accorded a reception. “La Boheme,” “Dardanelia” and a pop mediey, which incldded a bunch of up to the minute melodies, all landed hefty returns. Deiro is using the orchestra for only half of his routine. The continuous uS8e of the orchestra would be better, as it tends to minimizé the harshness of the accordion reeds. Dery Uisre and Co., closing, were a@ eli with medley of ground tumbling and ofty acrobatics, topped of with sure fire panto. Diers does the four high table drop. He gets a lot out of the big drop keeping the laughs coming in gales right up to the moment of his fall Bell. 81ST STREET. The bill at the 8ist Street while hold- ing acts of the big time calibre fell off that quantity with the closiag act, “A Reckless Eve,” when the audience started in to kid the prima donna, The principal in issue was a coloratura who Btarted in to try it out. Prior to that the act seemed to work smoothly, the dialog also registering a good proportion of the laughs. But the kidding began when the girl siarted to sing. Her voice be- tween notes disclosed a peculiar catch that amounted to an irritating sob. In- stantly some of the less appreciative up- towners began imitating it, with the re- sult that there was a general unruliness throughout. Another striking example of what Rid- ding will do (especially to the Monday night audience) occurred when Jay Dil- lon and Betty Parker were winding up one of their songs. The bit of business before seeking shelter in the wings calls for a kiss. Dillon was on the point of delivering, the digtance of a hair was all that separated hfm from caressing the lips of his fair partner, the audience seemed expectant, when one egg in the orchestra sighed with all the eloquence of a man ready to sink into that brief chapter of bliss himself. The sigh, how- ever, was not an inward one, but s0 modulated that the last shilling juvenile in the gallery could hear him plainly. The sigh started a riot and the team walked off without delivering the kiss. Confederate or not, it was well put over. The combination of Frank Fay and Lieut. Gitz Rice (New Acts) must have brought a number of péople down who are not usually the Monday night patrons of the 8lst Street, if at all. That they had friends enough in the audience was to be instanced in the demands.made of the new team who were addressed by their first names from various parts of the house. They stopped the show, and despite 30 minutes on the stage were forced to come out and verbally deliver their appreciation, The business was capacity, with Chong and Rosie Moey following Kinograms. The Orientals found the usual coolness of the audiencé awaiting them, but the thermometer in appreciation went up @ bit as they finished with their dancing. Parish and Peru, in second spot, woke ‘em up with the barrel stunt, but in the in- terval both members wondered at the cool attitude, as all acts seem to do when playing this house. They finished strong for this spot. Dillon and Parker following in “Nic- Nacs of 1920,” were easy winners. Frank Fay and Claud and Fannie Usher in “The Bide-a-Wee Home,” were there with the goods all the time. The kid characteriza- tion of Miss Usher delivering the gugs with her partner as an ample feeder was easily the best laugh of the entire bill. Fay and Giiz Rice held down the spot next to closing for 32 minutes. “A Reckless Eve,” with Esther Jarrett, Cecil Summers and Jack West, closed thu vaudeville end. There was some attempt at perfunctory applause as the girls flashed some of their creations in style walking across the entire length of the stage and exhibiting them before walk- ing off. They got some laughs, but they were not well meant. The film, “The Lone Wolf's Daughter,” finished. Step. 58TH STREET. Plenty of big time material on the bill last week. Thé Dancing Roots (New Acts) opened and could occupy a similar position on a two-a-day program. Ed. Marshall, cartoonist with chatter, scored with his caricatures of people seated in the audience. Maud Muller and her jazz band of six men, backed up by a beautiful cyclorama drop, is working gut an act designed for the twice daily. 1.38 wrongly routined and needs the firm hand of a vaudeville producer. The fault seems to be that every time the comedy gets started it is interrupted by a solo by Miss Muller, which necessitates begin- ning all over again. Again the boys, with possibly one exception, work me- chanically and devoid of spontaneity. Murphy and, Barrett (New Acts). Paul McCarthy and Elsie Faye, with a combination of sketch and singing, danc- ing and crosstalk, are a pair of per- formers who score prineipally through extremely pleasing personalities. Anger and Packer, male and female sidewalk conversationalists, with sing- ing, were a riotous hit in next to closing. The man is a clever eccentric character . comedian and the woman “feeds” by di- recting her questions to the audience. Otherwise she is a good performer. Johnson, Baker and. Johnson, two straight and one eccentric comic, made a strong gioaieg act with club juggling and comedy hat throwing. Jolo. JEFFERSON. Big time vaudeville at small time rices is what Moss gave the patrons ast week. It was a top notch layout. McRae and La Porte opened with a comedy acrobatic routine. Newport and Stirk had them begging for more with their hokum and acrobatic eteppiag. When as effective a turn as that is placed second, it sets one wonderin what acts will follow. Leilla Shaw an ie occupied No. 3 with a pleasing play- e t. The Le Grohs were fourth. The woman is out of the 4urn for the next month or so, réport saying she has committed matrimony. She will return in several weeks. In the meantime, the two men are handling the acrobatic and contor- tionistic features capably. They come near stopping the show. The four Fun- sters, a comedy quartet of the type that was quite popular in former years, went big, accepting one encore. They may be the forerunners of a general revival of such turns. To the present generation, the old “slapping’’ comedy business was new and they devoured it ravishingly. Three males and one girl (kid) in the act, the men doing juvenile straight, Jew and wop. The straight uncorked a pleas- ing double voice in his rendition of “Boy of Mine.” One fault of the vocal routine is that all the ni&mbers are given to ballads, and they are all from one publisher’s catalog. Why not mix things up with a comedy or novelty song? Fads and Frolics, and Palo and Pal- ette, both new, occupled No. 6 and 7 spots. Joe Jackson, staying a full week, closed with his familiar tramp cycle offering. CITY. A mighty good show, although rather badly laid out, inasmuch as two violin acts followed each other. Delmar and Kolb (New Acts) opened with Brems and Kraft (New Acts) second and Hans Roberts and Co. (New Acts) in “The Future Husband” following. The Fox News split the bill, .They have appropriated the general idea of the “Topics of the Day” and included it as part of the service on these reels. Hill and Acker (New Acts), a couple of rather clever giris: with @ singing and dancing routine, filled in after the picture. Then John 8S. Black and Dar- denelia put over a solid hit. Black isn’t much of a stepper but he does manage to slam over a few nifty melodies on the violin, piano and saxaphone. “The Street Urchin” (New Acts) is the title given to a youngster who piayes the violin remarkably well both as to classi- cal-and popular music. The laugh hit of the show went to Estelle and Burt Gordon (New Acts) who romped away ith all that there was to be had from the audience. Odiva and Seals closed with the feature shuw- ing Peggy Hyland in “The Black Shadow” finishing the show. Fred. AMERICAN ROOF. Jake Lubin buvked a gvod nine-act small time bill. Thursday night the lower floor was filled, with the balcony a trifle off. * Andrew Mack was the hcadliner. He is a favorite around Eighth avenue, hav- ing quite a following amuug the elders of the lrish population who remember him when he used to break hearts in his romantic lrish plays of days gone by, Mack is playing a full week. He held down next to closing spot with the as- Sistance of a pretty blonde song plug- ger, who sang a chorus of “Mother's Heart” froméa box. Mr. Mack is a.so minus the services of Jack McCloy, who usually accompanies him as a pianist in his vaudeville appearances. = Mack doesn’t sing as much ag form- erly, exhibiting good judgmsat, for the years of service are beginning to im- pair the once golden tenor, but he has about the best assortment of irish Stories heard around in seasons. He tells them with the technique and brogue of a Walter Kelly, and shoulé be able to appear before the public as long as he wishes, even after he reaches the ocaee where he wont care to vocalize ae Tyler and St. Clair, a man and woman xylophone team, opened, followed by Harry Watkins (New Acis). The Four Rennee Girls were third in & routine of costume changes symbolical of different countries; In one number, @ Dutch affair, the song was “Budweiser,” with the lyrics A to something else, It’s a good small time offering, the girls being average dancers with quite some appearance and looking well in the not over elaborate wardrobe pro- vided. Allman and Nevins in a singing novelty got over in the fourth spot. The Autumn Three (New Act&) closed the first half. Minnie Harrison (New Acts) opened after intermission fol- lowed by Lew Welch and Co. in his familiar small time Jewish playlet which got over strongly. It’s a good comedy idea, the lawyer son who secures a divorce for his own mother and father. The comedy lines are in capable hands. After Andrew Mack, Caron and Far- num held them with an interesting rou- tine of ground work and comedy acro- batics along the old Rice and Prevost lines. One of the men is a very ordinary pantomimist, but both are good tumblers and acrobats. The feature trick is a neck dive over five chairs, Con, 23KD STREET. The show split 60-650 in small and bi time values. Anna Chandler and V and Ernie Stanton ran a dead heat for the honors, with Orville Stamm a second and the rest of the acts several lengths behind the winners, but all going over well. The Vogue Trio opened and enter- tained pleasantly with vocal and in- strumental selections. The violinist, a good mysician, and the female rag singer started something with a jazzy number toward the finish, the girl bulld- ing things up for a hurrah get-a-way with a mild but sufficiently expressive bit of “shimmy” stepping. “Forever is a Long, Eong Time,” pianologed by the accompanist, also landed. Jim Murray, second, held attention throughout the monolog section of his turn, getting his full share of laughs with some new and several very oid wheezes. A varied routine of dancing, ircluding a cleverly executed waltz clog and an old-fashioned Irish jig, sent him across successfully. “A Touch in Time” (New Acts) was third, and Dantels and Walters next. Daniels’ characterization of an old actor, embracing bits from “Macbeth,” “Hamlet,” “Othello,” “Trilby” and “The Music Master,” and introducing old pop song favorites such as “Daisy Bell, “After the Ball,” etc., scored for a bull’s- eye. Miss Walters, in addition to mak- ing a dandy appearance in an attractive (Continued on page 32) Be acer at | nadie ss aE batt rg ets ie +y a 1 ea t

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1 ‘ . i 1 uber, SHOW REVIEWS _ ASR O CNIS 0S A a ee not aes SS ei 23RD STREET. (Continued from page 29) collection of gowns, pulled down an in- dividual hit with pop and standard violin solos. Anna Chandler started with a rush with “I’ve Got a Luck of Luck,” an in- telligently delivered chorus girl num- and clinched her hit with “I Told ou So,’ a fly double, in which her male accompaniest lent vwaiuable aid. “Oh! By Jingo!” on the tag end, left them shouting for more, but Miss Chandler wisely took it out in bows. She has the stuff and knows how to sell it. Next to closing Val and Ernie Stanton found the going very soft with their fa- miliar “nut” comedy turn. The uke and harmonica duets were a panic. The boys get a lot out of their material, handling their .comedy exchanges in expert fashion. This is one of the few “nut” @oubles that can repeat and more than duplicate their initial success. ville Stamm closed with an inter- esting “strong man” foutine. Stamm claims his unusual strength comes from ty gy 3 potatoes. A likable personality aids him greatly in putting over his physical culture feats. His feature stunt, singing a soug with five men standing on his chest, makes a great flash. mn ell. | FIRST HALF SHOWS FIFTH AVENUE. A big show at the Fifth Avenue the first half—big in quantity and big in quality. By “big in quality” is meant big time acts. It is headed by the How- ard and Clarke revue, “Chin Toy,” in which Joe Howard and Ethelyn Clarke , Star themselves and feature Clinton and Rooney. Julia Rooney was accorded as big appease as the stars for her danc- ing. iss Clarke is an artist and what- ever she does is finished. Her gowns are aloné worth the price of admission —for the feminine contingent anyway. The act as a whole is a conglomeration of good entertainment. Another act of quality is Oliver Smith and Co. in “A Touch in Time,” a comedy sketch inimitably played by Smith and a man and woman assistant. Smith’s char- acterization of a man invited to visit an old sweetheart and is confronted by a ealous husband with a revolver stamps im as an Englishman and if he isn’t he is a mighty good imitator of one. Then there is a team of colored singers, Sissle and Blake, who render coon melodies with a fine sense of rag- ging and blues. And as for their jazz— oh boy! Then Blake tears things wide open with his pyrotechnical ivory tick- ling. . After nonee on 25 minutes they h to turn the lights out to stem. the applause. This after several strongly demanded encores. Next to closing were Kranz and La- Salle, vociferous warblers, who closed strongly with the little chap’s imitations of dancers. Others on the bill were Anger and Packer, a man and woman, Straight and eccentric team, whose act is commented upon in the last half show review at the 58th Street; Allan Shaw, ,coon manipulator, who works ‘with poise and ease and whose whole demeanor is that of a gentleman. When he finishes he bows and gays politely: “Good n i h vo Peaek and Ethel Carman nodp roller opened with a fast turn of its kind an the Morok Sisters, four of them, closed with a teeth act. Jolo. CITY. The applause hit of the show copenses on the screen, none other than the Gov- ernor of New Jersey signing the 3.50 beer bill. What a riot! Nothing ap- proached that salvo of applause and whistling during the entire program. Of the acts, Swartz and Clifford and James B. Carson annexed all honors equally be- tween them. The first section consisting of three acts prior to the Fox News exhibition sets an exceedingly fast pace and one wondering what type of high grade vaudeville Fox is selling at these fn prices. But with the White Wa rio reopening after the news reel, all illu- sions were completely shattered for the act almost perished. El Cleve xylo- phoned his way to strict attention there- after but left them miserably hungry after stalling about for a second encore. After this waste of precious time he slipped them the “ladies and gentiemen thank you” gag concluding “but I’m all in”—-with the accent on the personal pro- noun and exited. The chill that set over the house after this unkind rebuff could almost be felt. James B. Carson and Co. followed with his human playlet, “To Be Or Not To Be” and mopped up. All of the “wise” shop talk volplaned over the yokels’ craniums. It is cleverly conceived, the appearance of the Jewish young man’s arents in the upper box to view his per- ormance at the “Greasy Square” being a distinct novelty. As “Mike Kelly,” x Carson does his single in “one,” his con- ception of a nervous histrionic aspirant being remarkably true to life. The aged couple handle their roles in an exag- gerated fashion, the old man restraining himself but the woman knowing no bounds. At that, this very lampooning scored many of the laughs thus sort of balancing the unrealism. Demarest and Collette were peculiarly placed next to closing, a spot they were incapable of coping with. It was evi- dent to the gallery gods they were let- ting down matters perceptably and they made themselves felt to some degree. That City gallery, judging from several weeks’ straight running observation is getting very rough. The Silverlakes, a mixed trapeze team closed with an inter- esting routine. Josie C. Mears opened in a wire act; mixed up with a little vocalizing. A box “nlant” acsists with a “Peggy” number. er wire dancing seemed to impress the house. Chappelle & Stennette, the mixed colored team, were theig usual success, accepting an encore. The couple is us- ing «& new “All I Want Is You” number that is an improvement on the. one it replaced. Swartz & Clifford, another mixed team, had a cinch in the third spot with their fast talk and songs. Mr. Swartz bears the brunt of the work, his solo session of monologing establishing the act solidly. A Will Rogers picture was the feature film. JEFFERSON. Whether it’s the competition offered by the two Fox houses farther down the street or another picture house east of the Jefferson, not mentioning the draw of the Labor Temple on the corner of Second avenue, where a picture is oftimes shown in addition to a draw by lecturers of the highbrow type, Moss is to be given credit for the liberal policy of playing acts and a feature picture. This week the bill (first half) held eight acts in addition to “The Copper- head,” the feature, and certainly the quality of entertainment deserved a big- ger house. ‘ es The headline act in lights is “Shimmy Inn,” but the glims topped it with the name of the feature. equally divided between Fisher and Hurst, Jarrow and the Helene Trio. “Shimmy Inn,” while figuring in the run- ning, had some of the edge taken off by Vivian Oakland running too close in the running order of the bill. Shaking a wicked shoulder herself, she aroused the gallery. Shimmy seemed no’novelty, but they like that kind of stuff on 14th street just as much as at the Riverside. Both Miss Oakland and the dame shimmier in the “Shimmy Inn” act rendered the “When You're Alone” number. This was the only song to find duplication on the entire bill. : At 9:10 the show was under way with Cole and Francis opening for seven min- utes clever work on the tight wire. Hopkins and Axtelle were less effective in their opening songs, but scored with the old trolley car dialog. Milton Pol- lock and Co., taking the full stage in the familiar act of the college boy winning the hand of a sweetheart, by taking a check of his intended father-in-law’s given to him to establish himself and buying a $100,000 bond certificate given to the daughter as a present, registered a continuous laugh with the perfect team work of the four membérs in the cast. Vivian Oakiand followed in fourth spot opening with the “When You're Alone,” and singing it through the mouthpiece of the telephone, while holding the receiver to her ear. The young lady looks very striking in the scarlet evening gown. Her songs were rendered in a fresh voice but the audience woke up to the con- cluding shimmy number, which made her a strong winner in that spot. Fisher and Hurst pulled the old sub- way stuff and were on close terms with the audience to the last, scoring big. “Shimmy Inn” following was well re- ceived. The jazz orchestra and the camouflage around it before uncovering took the audience by surprise. It wil] be an easy matter to modulate the orches- tra to make the song numbers of the woman go over bigger than they do. The orchestra plays a little too loud, and gree by the application of the mute he voice should easily take precedence over the instruments. Jarrow with the familiar card stunts walked away with the show. . He evi- dently knew the element down there, for he started gabbing in Polish and Yiddish, getting a round number of laughs from several women who understood him, His comedy didn’t stop there, for he works with the drummer, the leader, and when collecting the long green for the lemon trick he keeps on pulling a lot of per- sonal stuff. The audience In his case does not take offense and after finishing to loud aplause with the house dark he was heard off stage getting another laugh. The Helene Trio in closing prior to the feature showed big time calibre. Step. (Continued on page 36) The honors seemed / NEW ACTS. (Continued from page 26) LeRoy and Lytton. “Entre Noos” (Dialog). 12 Mins.; One. , Walter Le Roy and Emily Lytton are a middle-aged couple, and their present offering is unusual because the mate- rial fits that time in life. Therefore, it is excellently suited to them. Per- haps the idea for their routine of talk was taken from their comedy playlet™ “Neighbors,” a three-person sketch of several seasons ago. At one time George M: Cohan wrote some material for Le Roy and the present act has bright spots that suggest that author- actor. The pair (Ruth and Ben) meet in “one” as two old friends and they chatter of times back in their home town, she confessing she had been married three times and _ divorced thrice. Ben at first claims he “never took up high mathematics matri- monially,” but confesses to a triplet of alliances. Ben tells Ruth that he al- ways thought a lot of her and does now and Ruth replies, “there is a lot of me,” a gentle way of admitting that she isn’t at all slender. Ruth says that she was just on her way down to col- lect her alimony and Ben,remarks that he was just on his way to pay his and since they are now both free to marry, wonders “if your children and my chil- dren would like to take care of our children.” This leads into a lyric for the finish, Miss Lytton’s verse ending up with reply to the promise of chil- dren to come that “she never knew a tree to bloom in the fall.” Le Roy’s verse mentions Methusalah, who was a father at the age of 500. The number may be classed as delicate but it’s ~ cleverly handled. Le Roy and Lytton have a novelty among talking acts, one that should fit nicely on the better bills, for it is bright and has many chuckles. Ibee. Hill and Acker. Songs and Dances. 15 Mins.; One. City. Two girls who are offering an act that is all to the small time in its pres- ent shape. This does not seem to be the fault of either of the girls indi- vidually, for both are clever-in their re- spective lines, but rather due to the fict that the frame-up is all wrong. One of the girls has a good soprano voice while*the other is a dancer of no mean ability with a very pretty pair of limbs. They open as a double with one singing a bit of “Carmen”. while the other does a Spanish dance. This is followed by “Buddha,” offered in a Turkish costume by the songstress. An Egyptian snake dance follows, with the singer going to the piano for the next number and playing her own ac- companiment to “Kiss Me Again.” A “Peggy” number for the close is well ut over with just the suggestion of a ‘shimmie” in it. The act needs to be revamped. Fred, Palo and Palette. Musical. 16 Mins.; One (Special Drop). Jefferson. : The turn is said to be formerly that of Gallarini & Son. If so, they should be congratulated on their showmanship coup in adapting the present routine. Their two former offerings never ap- proached this in effectiveness. As they stand it’s big time for them. In Pierot costumes before a special drop, their difference in ages further camouflaged ty the white chalk, they reel off as pleasing a routine of pop tunes on their accordions as ever an act of this type could select. One of the men offers a dificult operatic selection on his in- strument, the other directing the audi- ence. Both men ghange to various in- struments in the ensuing selections, embracing practically every wind in- sttument from the trombone to the fife, including the saxophone, flute and cornet. _- - eee 4 a- er ee 7 Rahn and Beck. Singing and Dancing. ‘ 14 Mins. Two and One (Special Drops). A special drop showing the exterior* of a farm house or bungalow with the principals as two birds, a canary and a black bird, are spooning on a fence. After some crossfire about pro- hibition she solos a pretty aria and he returns in overalls as a farmer boy trying to catch the canary who exits to “quack, quack.” .Then comes a series of single and double numbers. “Way Down In Tennessee” is utilized for excellent harmony results. He solo’s “Your All Right In The Spot- light” and “One Little Girl,” while she changes to girlish costume to sing “Alice In Wonderland” in which an- other .special drop with Toyland ani- mals ‘seen thereon, He changes to Eton jacket, etc., for this nurauber, and the last number is a double from a former Broadway musical comedy titled “We Do The Dirty Work.” Both have appearance and splendid singing voices, and the offering hasn’t been stinted from a production standpoint. A commendable effort ‘at originality is noticeable and it should smooth out into a big time possibility with a little work, Con. Tom Lewis. Monologist. 12 Mins.; One. Riverside. Tom Lewis, last seen in New York with “Monte Christo, Jr.,” is in vaude- vile with his former delivery. re- tained, but most of the material sound- ing new. Lewis-talis his speech the League of Nations, but as it is com posed of interrupted and incompleted sentences delivered in his style, the title makes no difference. Mr. Lewis precedes his act with a series of still pictures projected on the picture sheet detailing his trip to Europe, his recep- tion by the King and Clemenceau and his triumphant return. The pictures are laugh getters, as most show noth- ing but two pairs of hands or feet, etc. Lewis pulls laughter with his mono- log, but the song at the finish slows him up to a whisper. It should be Giopped or replaced. The idea and lyrics are too ancient for appreciation by the present-day audience. Other- wise he will no doubt be welcomed on the best of the bills. Con. Murphy and Barrett. Blackface Comedians. 14 Mins.; One. 58th Street. — The tearf is made up of Harry Mur- phy, who worked with Frank Conroy after the dissolution of the Conroy and Lemaire combination, and Barrett, late of Gallagher and Barrett. Seasoned performers, with corking coon dialects, not theatrically exaggerated but per- fectly natural. They have a routine of sidewalk talk that needs considerable working out but which should eventu- ate into a standard big time act. One is a big, pompous, “educated” darkey, who uses a lot of big words and is continually trimming the little, illiter- ate, meek chap. They hail from Mo- bile, the big fellow is prosperous in appearance, while the “chump” is work- ing as sandwich man for the Eleventh Hour restaurant on’ Eleventh avenue. The come-back of the little fellow at the finish is still weak. When this is strengthened the act should be able to command work anywhere. Jolo. > Delmar and Kolb. Hand Balancing. 10 Mins.; Full (Garden). City. A man and woman team working in a garden set with a swing, etc. The man using the woman as top mounter in a number of hand balancing feats. A neat act for the opening spot. a Sg age oe

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>t- in hi- nd dy ith ng nt. is ut tle rk le- re- id- red he wis till ect *p- nd res th- tc. 10- ws ind ion er- ur- ‘Oy ind ate ied -ts, VARIETY oe we a BILLS NEXT WEEK (MARCH 15) IN VAUDEVILLE THEATRES (AB houses open for the week with Monday matinee, when not otherwise inc cated.) bills below are grouped in divisions, according to the booking offices they are sup- plied from. The manner in which these bills are printed does not denote the relative importance of acts nor their program positions. *Before name indicates act is now doing new turn, or reappearing after absence from vaudeville, or appearing in city where listed for the first time. B. F. KEITH Palace Theatre Building, New York City NEW YORK CITY Harry Breen Keith’s Palace. Wm G Dooley Co *House of David B’d Trixie Friganza Elizabeth Murray *Bronson & Baldw’n *George Kelly Co Pearson Newp’t & P Lucy Gillett Delmore & Lee Keith’s Alhambra Evans & Perez McCormick & M May Wirth Co Jack Inglis “Cave Man Love” *“Haunted Violin” Alice Lloyd Frank Dobson Co (One to fill) Keith’s Colonial *Pekonia V & E Stanton *Brown Weston Co Gienn & Jenkins Sophie Tucker Co Aileen Bronson Co Wm Seabury Co Joe Cook Naces 8 Keith’sg Riverside *Griff Aren Gray Bessie Clayton Co Mollie Fuller Co Eva Tanguay (Others to fill) Keith’s Royal Selbini & Grovini Wallace Galvin Anna Held Jr Co Mr & Mrs J Barry Roscoe Ails Co Harry Mayo Harry Langdon Co Belle Baker The Magleys Keith’s Sist St. Eary & Eary Melnotte & Leedum Beatrice Morgan Co Morton & Glass Harry Hines Blossom Seeley Co (Three to fill) Keith’s H. O. H. 2d half (11-14) F & E Carmen Holland & Oden Huckleberry Finn (Others to fill) lst. half (15-17) Chapins 6 Gates & Finlay E & E Adair La Toy Bros (Two to fill) 2d half Miller Kent Co (Others to fill) Proctor’s 25th St. 2d half (11-14) La Toy Bros Searl Allen Co Josephine Davies 3 Lew Wilson (Two to fill) ist half (15-17) Hilda Thomas Old Time Darkies Donovan & Lee Willie Hale & Bro (Two to fill) 2a half (18-21) Dusenberry & B Black & Dardanella Franklyn Ardell Co (Others to fill) Proctor’s 58th St. Martin & Sidelli Babcock & Doulda La Petite Jenie Co Billy Davis (Others to fill) 2d half Warden Bros Dyer Rogers & B Hurst & De Vars Coogan & Weber (Others to fill) Proctor’s 5th Ave. 2a half (11-14) Marco Twins Brown & Weston Co June Mills lst half (15-17) Shadow Ford & M Bevan & Flint Franklyn Ardell Co (Others to fill) 2a half (18-21) Harmon & Washb’n Grace Fisher Co Proctor’s 23d St. 2d half (11-14) Hip Raymond Stone & Campbell Anderson & Graves Gertrude Van Dyke Eary & Eary (One to fill) lst half (15-17) Stockton’s Terriers Buddy Doyle McCarthy & Stew’d South & Tobin (Others to fill 2d half (18-21) Lieut Eldridge Gibbs & Caldwell Old -Time Darkies Donovan & Lee Madcaps 2 BROOKLYN Keith’s Bushwick Tarzan inore & Williams Stone & Kalisz H & A Seymour Thos E Shea Co Trixie Friganza (Others ,to fill) Keith’s Orpheum Marco Twins Rome & Cullen Langford & Fred’ks Alice Hamilton “Girlies Club” Georgie Price Gruber’s Animals Keegan & Edwards (One to fill) 2d half (11-14) Keith's Greenpoint Gates & Finlay F Ardell Co Old Time Darkies (Two to fill) lst half (15-17) Lieut Eldridge Hopkins & Axtelle Black & Dardanella Kranz & La Salle Worden Bros 2d half (18-21) Halston & Norton Thru Thick & Thin Powell Troupe (Two to fill) Keith’s Prospect 2d half (11-14) Stockton’s Terriers Ray Briand Co Harry Hines (Others to fill) ALLENTOWN Orpheum Esther 3 Fox & Britt Josephine Davis Co B & B Wheeler International Rev 2d half Le Doux & Le Doux Rame & Gaut Sullivan & Scott Jarvis & Harrison Amoros Sisters ALTOONA Orpheum Fred & Albert Hobson & Beatty Jas Grady Co Bobbie & Nelson ‘ “Mamma’s B’thday” 2d half Nolan & Nolan L & B Shannon Harry Hoiman Co Wilkins & Wilkins Chief Little Elk ATLANTA Lyric (Birmingham Split) ist half Glockers Millard & Marlin Emmet Briscoe Co Leightons Porter J White Co AUGUSTA Grand (Macon Split) ist half Cutty & Nelson Janet of France Ed Ross Dix Bowers & D (One to fill) BIRMINGHAM Lyric (Atlanta apt) ist hal Ernie & Ernie Hennings Mr & Mrs Melburne Bert Kenny Mang & Snyder BOSTON - B. F. Keith’s Chong & Macy Stanley & Birnes Dickenson & D’gon Daisy Nellis La Toy’s Models (Two to fill) BUFFALO Shea’s Barbette Raymond & Schram With “The 1493 BROADWAY Kingsley & Bened’t Spencer & Williams Spanish Revue Smith & Austin Allan Rogers Gautier’s Brickl’y’rs CHARLESTON Victory (Columbia Split) ist half Nell O’Connell Lowe Evans & § Earl & Sunshine Fisher & Gilmore Kitamura Jap 3 CHARLOTTE Academy (Roanoke Split) lst half Lawton Cunningham & B McIntosh & Maids Weber Girls 8 CHATTANOOGA Rialto (Knoxville Split) Ist half Aerial Belmonts Wayne Marsh’ll&C Bartholdi Birds (Two to fill) CINCINNATI B. F. Keith’s Ed Marshall Columbia & Victor Elsie White Co We Placed FRANKIE HEATH Passing Show of 1919” at the Winter Garden Under Our Exclusive Management }W ANd EO sR LeMAIRE re; “BRYANT 841-642 | Hendricks & Stone Lady Sen Mei Shelia Terry Co Ben Bernie Nightens 4 DETROIT Temple Page Hack & M Dotson Grace Huff Co Hallen & Hunter Olsen & Johnson (Others to fill) ERIE Colonia Ella La Vail Cordini Daly & Berlew Fallon & Brown “Kiss Me” EASTON. Able O. H. Le Doux & Le Doux Rome & Gaut Sullivan & Scott Morey Senna & Lee Amoros Sisters 2d half Esther 3 Josephine Davies Co Bobbie & Nelson International Rev GRAND RAPIDS Empress Alfred Farrell Co Masters & Kraft STEAMSHIP TICKETS Reservations for All Steamers at Companies’ Rates FOREIGN MONEY EXCHANGE Drafts, Postal and Cable Remittances International Travel B 136 East 42nd Street, (Near Grand Central Station) eau, Inc. ew York Briants z Jas Thornton Rooney Bent Rev Palace Al Jerome Madge Maitland Snow & Vilmar Scotch Lads & Las James Cullen Leach Wallin 3 “Honey Boy Mins” CLEVELAND B. F. Keith’s Challen & Kike Bartram & Saxton Bert Howard Gallagher & Martin Marie Cahill Patricola Howard Clark Rev COLUMBIA Columbia (Charleston Split) 1st half Suttons G & M Perry Dolce Sis Co McCormack & W Jim COLUMBUS B. F. Keith’s Kartelle Follis Girls Creole Fashion P’te Jimmie Hussey Co Quixey 4 Vallecita’s Leopard (Two to fill) DAYTON B. F. Keith’s Grey & Old Rose Two Jesters Mrs. W’ton’s S’prise Kirksmith Sisters Tuscano Bros Swor Bros Dorothy Brenner (Two to fill) HAMILTON Lyrie Edward. Hill “Fall of Eve” Duffy & Sweeney (Others to fill) HARRISBURG Majestic Nolan & Nolan L & B Shannon Harry Holman Co Wilkins & Wilkins Chief Little Elk - Fred & Albert Hobson & Beatty 2d half Jas Grady Co Morey Senna & L “Mammy’s B'thday” INDIANAPOLIS B. F. Keith’s Walthour & Pr’ton Al Raymond Hall & Brown Cora Y Corson Elida Morris Dugan & Raymond Geo MacFarlane Co T & K O'Meara JACKSONVILLE Arcade (Savannah Split) lst half Grays Astor & McGinty Ed Esmond Co Renn & Cavanugh Hayataha Bros DENTIST DRM. Theatre Bldg. CHICAGO R. M. J. CARY Special Rates to the PROFESSION JERSEY CITY B. F. Keith's 2d half (11-14) Warden Bres Ahearn & Caprice Nolan Leary Co Solly Ward Co Kellam & O’Dare Catherine Powell Co Ist half (15-17) F & E Carmen Halston & Norton Dancing Humph’ys (Others to fill) 2d half (18-20) Stockton’s Terriers yates & Finlay Lawrence Grant Co Chapins 5 (Two to fill JOHNSTOWN Majestic (Pittsburgh Split) ist half Dohertys Lamberti Murray & Voelk Olga’s Leopards (One to fill) KNOXVILLE Bijou (Chattanooga Split) Ist half S Kelly Sheldon & Dailey Oscar Lorraine Callis & Haw Footlight Revue LOUISVILLE B. F. Keith’s Alice De Garino Chums 2 3Zuzzell & Parker Hermine Shone Co Claudia Coleman Mabel McCane Co Joe Browning Herbert & Dare Anderson (Nashville Split) ist half Aubrey & Riche Creamer Barton &S W Lampe Co Colvin & Wood G Meredith LOWELL B. F. Keith’s Francetti Sisters Kerr & Ensign McKay’s Sc’tch Rev Leon Varvara “Fixing Furnace” Gordon & Day Frances Kennedy MACON Grand {Augusta Split) lst half Young & April Young & Wheeier Chabit & Dix Kirby Quinn & A Paul Levan & M MOBILE Lyric (New Orleans Split) lst half Stagpole & Spier Olcotts Walter Fisher Co Belle Montrose Amoros & O'’Bey MONTGOMERY Grand Bob & oe Jack La Vier Ginger Snaps 4 Willing & Jordan Yates & Reed 2d half Nita Johnson Chas F Semon Rives & Arnold Frank Gaby Alex Bros & Evelyn MONTREAL Princess Ballot 3 Permane & Shel Herman & Shirley Bert Earle Grenadier Girls Clara Howard (Two to fill) MT. VERNON Proctor’s 2d half (11-14) Powell Troupe Inniss Bros Jas C Morton Co Haig & Waldron “Haunted Violin” (One to fill) ist half (15-17) Magie & Anita " Connolly & Raym’d Kellam & O’'Dare (Others to fill) 2a half (18-21) Santley & Sawyer (Others to fill) NASHVILLE Princess (Louisville Split) ist half Redford & Winch'r Newell & Bridwell Ned Norworth Martelle > “Frolics of Youth NEWARK Proctor’s 2d haif (11-14) Pearson N’port & O Kranz & La Salle Wright & Dietrich Irving Fisher Ely Ward (Others to fill) lst half (15-17) Harmon & W’'burn Santley & Sawyer (Others to fill) 2d half E & E Adair Apps Family Bevan & Flint Kellam & O'Dare (Others to fill) NEW ORLEANS Palace (Mobile Split) ist half Santry & Morton Dunham & O'Malley Georgie C’pbell Co G Campbell Co Neal Ahle Miniature Revue NEWPORT NEWS Olympic (Petersburg Split) lst half Rahn & Beck Florida 4 W H Armstrong Billy Rogers Gabby Bros & Clark NORFOLK Academy (Richmond Split) lst halt Reynolds & White R C Falkner “Playmates” Victoria Georgette (One to fill) OTTAWA Dominion Brennan & Rule Jean Chase Co Briscoe & Rauh Artona 4 (One to fill) PETERSBURG Century aad News plit) ist half Helen Miller Percival Girls Sylvester & Vance Dobbs Clark & D PHILADELPHIA B. FEF. Keith’s Elly Du For Boys J & E Dooley Zardo Rose Coghlan Co iag Samuels Mosconi Family Morris & Campbell Wheeler 3 P PITTSBURGH Davis Warren Girls Royal Gascoynes Crawford & Br'dick Maleta Bonconi Overseas Revue Whiting & Burt Delano & Pike (One to filh Sheridan Sq. (Johnstown Split) lst half Quakert’n to B’way Lodge & Robles J J Jones (Two to fill) PORTLAND B. F. Keith’s Pieriat & Scafield Swor & Westbrook Raymond Bond Co Conlin & Glass Chas Ahearn Co Will Oakland Co PROVIDENCE E. F. Albee Wm Brack Co Hunting & Francis J C Nugent (Others to fill). READING Majestic Parshley \ Frazer & Bunce Henry Toomer Co Jarvis & Harrison Randells 2d half Dooley & Ioleen Cahill & Romaine “Oh Billy” Shea & Carroll Brown Gardner &B RICHMOND Lyric (Norfolk Split) lst half Fritchie Dawson Sis & Stern Connolly & Webb J & M Harkins Nosses 6 ROANOKE Roanoke (Charlotte Split) [st half Helen Jackley Herin & Lockwood Hawaiian S’naders Larry Comer Lawrence & ROCHESTER Temple Chas Henry Pets Billy Glason Vinie Daly Mack & Earle “U S Glee Club” Razellas 2 Pederson Bros (One to fill) ERNIE YOUNG OF CHICAGO Is Now in New York for 10 Days Address me care VARIETY SAVANNAH Bijou (Jacksonville Split) ist half Gene Fowler Mabel Sherman Co Hank Brown Yvette Co SYRACUSH RB. F. Keith’s Reno Laurel Lee Jas C Morton Co Fred Berrens Valeska Suratt Co Wanzer & Palmer La Toy Models TOLEDO B. F. Keith’s Nathan Bros Daisy Nellis Sabina & Goodwin J R Johnson Co Emily Darrell Nonette Lew Dockstader Donald Sisters TORONTO Shen's Sylvia Loyal Co Newell & Most Moran & Wiser Hugh Herbert Rae E Bail & Bro Hedley 3 (Two to fill) UTICA Colonial Claire & Atwood Faber & McGowan “Night Boat” Alexandria (Others to fill) 2d half Sperling Sax 4 Pilcer & Douglas Mel Klee Chandon 3 (Others to fili) YONKERS Proctor’s Powell Troupe Miiier Kent Ce Lew Wilson Aunt Jemima Co (One to fill) 2a half F & © Carmen Billy Davis E Francis & Arabs (Two to fill) : YOUNGSTOWN Hippodrome Regay & Lorrain S Chas Wilson Lydia McMillan Co Espie & Dutten “Only Girl” Rockwell & Fox Casting Wards (One to fill) YORK, PA, Opera House Dooley & lIoleen Cahill & Romaine “Oh Billy” Shea & Carroll Brown Gardner &B 2d half Parshleys Frazer Bunce Henry Toomer Co Fox Britt Randells Quirk —- DR. JULIAN SIEGEL Official Dentist to the N. V. 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34 fags “aa —=— DR. J. BIER, PHYSICIAN VARIETY Ae ance i ples : : : WESTERN VAUDEVILLE LEO. BEERS : “ State-Lake Theatre Building, Chicago

ORPHEUM CIRCUIT Palace Theatre Building, New York City

Reom 208, Putnam Building OALGARY MINNEAPOLIS Playing Principal Cities in the World with 6 1493 Breadway NEW YORK CITY Orpheum Orpheum I An 5 oni, Julian Eltinge Co. Gs if . (15-17) Sylvester Schaeffer tiammond & M Morgan & Ray Ce i WORCESTER Gill & Muleahy (Same bill plays “Ye Song Shop Coley & Jaxon At Turn Pike KANSAS CITY ST. LOUIS K Pol’ Rose & Moon Victoria 18-20) Barber & Jackson 2a halt Sosman & Slaon Globe Grand M i} Bol Br - Plaza Rita Mario Orch Bensee & Baird Mullen & Correlli Gabberts Duo Wanda Duke & Duchess Ji +t Davis & Chadwick Whir!wind Hagens Py hy ee Walton & Brandt (One to fill) cuampestale £ E ee in " : ‘ r i Gerald Grimn Co Kole } gol Mirano Bros Travers & Douglas BELLVILLE lank Ganler Coffman “& Carroll Grindell & Esther (€ AL Kroskar Fadula ‘ioneysuckle & V Shelton Brooks &G NEW ORLEANS Washington 8 Kenna Jisters Alex Sparks Co “Let's Go” Bi renkar bros “Mr Chaser” Wilbur Mack Co Orpheum Mabel Blondell Cnas Mack Co 24 half “League of Nat’na Ss ih 2a half Chas Howard Co Saranoft Co Rawson & Claire aoe Gg = : 2a half Cc Hugh Johnston 2 Kawanas (Three to fill) Sz . Collier & De Walde Hurleys yaw an og nis Goan Folletie Peart © W pinks Mule Bill Pruitt ‘Sch Maen _ : orrissey & Hartl’y Scott & Christy 7 > . t. ; x oe Meivin H i Hall & O’Brien Broadway Huggins Bothwell Br wne Co znhone Sports Argo .* Virginia DES t snenerinomg IA. mez at Argo é Virginia M BOSTON B. F. KEITH Ernest Evans Co Black & O'Donnell ms hae apieets & Bennett ae Semmant tn ta 3 ‘os et, “Col ry jestic e KE wis. ; Vaudeville Exchange, Boston pea Sane Co at PR 7 —nr ny eal rene. Ls re wa Virginian regeaee — os yt ’ BOSTON 2d half Ryan & Lee Orpheum ac eorge Duo t+) ns ulton erce Boston Hector The Rickards Sunday Opening) Green & Dean 2d half Stuart Girls Sack tseorse Duo R Billy Smythe Co Fox & Ingraham Wilbur Sweatman enry Santry Band 2d half F & C LaTour Gonne & Albert Rawson & Claire Hi Melodious Maids Whitefield & Irel’d Palace Leightners & Alex Alex Melford Co Myrtle Maoson Co Peggy Brooks (Two to fill) g Robt H Hodge Co Jason & Haig Hyams & Mcintyre Ames & Winthrop Coley & Jaxon Haynes & Mont he backs SIOUX CITY A Myers & Hanford LYNN Jazzland Naval 8 Ed Morton 3 White Kuhns Roth Mitchell & R LINCOLN, NEB. Orph Pt Valentine & Bell Gestsate Imhof Conn & C Marino & Maley BRANDON, CAN. M Theo & Dandies Beth Beri Gordon’s Olympia = jonn S Blondy Co M&M McFariand Jack Kennedy Co Willis DUBUQUE, IA. 2 Kawanas Milt Colli J (Scollay Square) frank Brown “5,000 a Year” Mille Rhea Co Baker & Baker Majestic John T Ray Co Master Ganetel Co OF Frank France Black & White Rey Herbert Clifton OMAHA Sidonne Dixon Bell & Eva Alice Nelson Co Grace DeMar E Helene Vincent Schwartz & Clifford Morgan & Gates Urpheum Temple & O’Brien Al Conrad Co Century Serenaders Bornard & Duff A Keene & White 2a half Aerial DeGroffs 4 Mortons Mabel & Partner Frank Halls Co 24 half paneon y Burke & Toohey we, we, Oe L & J Archer Mason Keeler Co CEDAR RAPIDS Polly Oz & Chick What H Ruth Graciosa St Sultan yam nage ag State Lake Lyons & Yosco Majestic Dave Manley Bell & re - Loh 7. ae . CWaahineta et) aa Singer's Midgets eena, & clone Imperial Quintet Jimmy Savo Bertie Fowler Bernard & Duty im Bawards Frank Wilcox Co Bert Baker Co Florenze Te'pest Co Lew Brice Co E. 8T. LOUIS, ILL. Dave Ferguson Lew Brice H Cortez Sisters Waldort McLallen & Carson PORTLAND,ORE Howard & Fields = |_|. Mrbers MADISON Century Serenaders Jc John O'Malley Lou Elliott Phina & Picks Orpheum ( Fee Oe Halliday & Willette Orpheum (Two to fill) Ge Bert Earl & Girls Dalton & Craig Hackett & Delmar Bill Shaw’s Revue Bell & E Mullins & Correlli LaPetite Cabaret SIOUX FALLS, 8.D. BROCKTON Arthur Geary Musical Johnsons Phil Baker Poll O = Chick Asoria Trio The Honeymoon Orpheum M Strand Mason & Dixon VER Bostock’s School Olly Us Cc Echoes of Bway The Ovondos Ab Keene & Foxworth Ezumo Japs Orpheu Byrne & Gehan nent Be Se, Sea gue (Two to fill) Billy Rector 3 El Cleve (One to filly (Sunday Opening Avey & O'Neil S & x. it _ Se ek & Hall 2a half Kennedy & Francis He Mattie Fors uson Co 24a half “Rainbow Cocktail” Sarak yon -» py gto Submarine F 7 Lee & Bennett 6 imps & Girl Ro 2d halt Bell & rave Edith Clifford Orpheum Orpheum ESTHERVILLE, IA. (Two to fill) eth Ne M Arlington Co Gilbert = ul Hickey Bros (16-17) 3 Kenna Sisters Grand MOLIN Ferro & Coulter Co Dolly Ward C Swift & Kelley Ford & Urma (Same bill playe § & A Beverly 2a half INE, ILL. ‘Saranoff & Sonia He Bert Melrose Harlequin Trio Ishikawa Bros Fresno 18-2 Chas Mack Co Paper Dress Revue snc sister SO. BEND, IND Ja Primrose Four DES MOINES Morgan Dancers Hugh Johnston EVANSVILLE, IND. ‘Tne Love Bugs naa (O $ Musical McLarens MANCHESTER Orpheum Jack Hughes Co Finks Mules nae aed The Love Bu ‘i rob i CAMBRIDGE 3 — (Sunday Opening) Maria Lo half (Terre Teamte apiit) C&M Cleveland Werner Amoros Gerdon’s Central =!dora Co Cressy & Dayne Harry Jolson Onbberte Duo lst half vote ni <zeepe Hey td riety ns Square Stanley & Dale N Vie Quinn Co Kinney & Corinne Hammond & M Aatiai wddye (One to ) ton te ab Brown Delmont Burke Meee & Claire Forbes Bruce Duffet Co Raymond Wyle Co Grace -‘DeWinters 2d half 2d half Josslyn & Chapman Swift & Kelley The Duttons - Kennedy & Nelson Howard & Lewis We M Rogers Grace Wallace & B ». 24! Sam Duncan Rose Revue Roy & Arthu ST. LOUIS Veretian Gypsies a Bernicia Taylor & Francis )tmpne O'Donnell ae W & H Brown 2d half Hudier Stein & Phil Orpheum CHICAGO D Stephen Hall Murphy & White ‘Nivon & Sans 2a halt Sweeney & Rooney Wm M Cressy Chas King Co American Resista Brosius & Brown Lady Alice’s Pots . Wilson & Wilson Mabel Johnstone DULUTH Lambert & Ball *Look Pleasant FARGO, N. D. (One to fill) (One to fill) Co Jack & Novan Grey & Byron Winston's Seals Cliff Bailey Duo Grand PEORIA, ILL. Jit Deiro Welch Mealy & M (sundae O ening) Bert Hanlon {Four to fill) Barton & DeVoll Orpheum © SPRINGFIELD, MO. ‘Al Pressler EKlaiss & S Dunbar’s Singers Gus Edwards Co Jean Adair Co 2d half Charles Downz Alex Melford Co Electric Co Keegan & Edwards Keene & Williams Hall & Shapiro Austin & Russell Nash & O'Donnell Louis Brocades Mc a. oe a ee ee eee eae a a Garcinetti Bros 2d halt Galvin & Bath With Jullan Eltings Co.. March 6-15, on route to ABE L FEINBERG Wiison & van The ‘Templetons Green & Dean Wittens @ Sow 6. De Mania, 498 BROADWAY—Gulte S04—Brrent BH—H. Y.C. Moriicon & Barnes yonany & Wise Lewis a Morton = “ungeae Ab Thirty weeks’ play or pay te desirable sete. Cantors Minstrels ee. ee Johnny Ford Revue Howard & Lewis 4° DORCHESTER NEW BEDFORD 24 hal FORT DODGE, IA. The Youngers Raymond Wylie Co ey \/ 2 Codman Sq Gordon’s Olympia Clara Morton Rialto Staley & Birbeck ., , _PrFimcess 7 tg 54 4 Edson & Doe Clayton & Clayton are ee Mayhew & Taylor Jean Boydell Fs ¢ Latour ee —— Fen Ae a ‘ Stevens & Bordeau Dolly Ward* ary Marble Co Billy McDermott Baxley & Porter ep and & Dowry Mewenn ‘twins (Two to fill) at pa pt vay Chany may vee ees Rigoletto Bros Ed Borden Co Werner Amoros 3 Cheer y 5 What Happ Ruth 2a half a | 2d half. Musical McClarens KANSAS CITY poet , at — Rinaldo Bros fad oe Mitchell & R Bontlay Walsh M3 ai Elliott & West 2d halt a ) Equillo Bros Jack Hanley 2d half vows's MighlGers Oe Gare Pie” Du : Irene Francis W & H Brown (Sunday Opening ine Si Tojetti & Bennett 24 halt Ge 7 4 M i Sis & S 8ST. PAUL Ermine sters A Sosman & Sloan 4% Smith ney Schwartz & Clifford armein K & Mel Al Conrad Co The Ovondos ; Orpheum Keno Keys e Asoria Tri 7 +P Georg Keene & Foxworth pas ed Band (Sunday Opening) Jean Boydell Frank Halls Co John T Ray Co (One to fill) Mc | ae FITCHBURG Black. & Wikite Rey Jimmy Lucas Co hao ag Baxley & Porter = 06°15 Pearl Co ¢ imps & Girl” TERRE HAUTE He Pietro rnes ans Co a nley || a Sweeney & Rooney NE RT M Montgomery d half GALESBURG OSHKOSH, WIS. Hippodrome Du ee Smith & Bagley Opera House bay OnE Chick A & F Steadman Orren & Drew Orpheum Grand (Evansville split) Re a i Welch Mealy & M Shee B Jordan Giris Cantors Minstrels Smith & Keefe 2d halt ist half : | Mabel Johnstone Nellie Burt LINCOLN Stuart Barnes Poughkeepsie Stuart & Woods Jessie Miller Alaska Duo Li + + as Dunbar’s Singers Harry Brooks Co Eva Taylor Co (Three to fill) (One to fill) Fired from Yale Brown & Jackson Ne rT fd half Rolland & Meehan = (48-20) SALT LA Hippodrome 2d hait Bob Roberts s Weston Bi [5 8@€=€53©———«&Bi@ora,.Co a Extra Dry Orpheum Dennis Bros A & L Bell LaPetite Cabaret R 14, Mortimer Co Go : | oe Patsy Doyle Qn Dantas Ivan Bankoff Co (Sunday Opening) Carl & Inez Chody Dot & Mid u Bill Robinson. ie Harry Brooks Co Jon ya 2D i Francis Renault Chas Grapewin Co Women - Cummins & White QUINCY, ILL. 3 Jahns a Rolland & Meehan %tanley & 4 Steele & Winslow kenny & Hollis Valyda GRAND FORKS, a Orpheum VIRGINIA, MINN. r ae Rose Revue Dalton & Craig Una Clayton Co Bert Fitzgibbon 5 American Girls .D. & L Bell Lyric He ia Arthur Gear Fay Courtne Bradley & Ardine Frank Mullane Chody Dot & Mid 2 | a ——. Padrini’s Baboons Bessie Remple Co Duff % Caldwell 2a half Bob = Cummins & White Loster + aa ¥° | ae 20 aha oS LOS ANGELES Lucille & Cockie | Arnold & Florence ‘The Tempietons 2d halt Miller & Vance ii | a Arthur is? Co M Arlinet Co heum Pisano Co 3 Romanos Johnny & Wise Smith & Keefe Miller Smyth & K iy ony Se teavals “For Pity’s Sake” SAN anaes Weston & & Young Bennetts Girls Stuart & Woods Miller Smyth & Th : oe Nelson & Bailey = AF ngranam Ryan & Orlob Ezra Matthews Co haif Harvey Haney & G Kem Ni A Karl Karey V & C Avery Elsa Ruegger Co {Sunday Opening) 30 Pink Toes = & M Aveta cemein tas” ae fill) | Tr i a ry Coope edzie ° is | = aan Whit . 4 . U Marconi & Fitzg'b’n Baraban & Grohs Ford & Hewitt guek coe, Seen s Rialto ute — Ki aa n Siste Van & Belle Nan Gray Nixes & Bans Elsie Schuyler Co lathes Baan Old Soldier Fiddl’s : Julict Buchs Tennenee 10 “Latte Cottage” sa Saar Se Brady & Mahoney GAY Svington (rwo to fy ** Gray & Jackson Ri 4% =~. _s Florence Henry Co QUINCY MEMPHIS saeere ceree Co Mvety eet Walton & Brandt 2d half Hy le A BY ; ie Baldwin & Sheldon Kinkaid Orpheum Homer & Avery Wilson & Van Bentley & Walsh ‘Lasova & Gilmore rano So a Pirate aidests.”” Lamont & Wrient = Presssr a Gergner MOMS Artie «© Angel & Fuller saarriat“e Elfman Hanmrdtanng more (One Ye SU pe ° id , ” ' Empire Padrini’s Baboons Kharum 4M _ va Ps ere a Mabel. Blondell qoue Be Sup'sd Slayman’s Arabs Th Elliott & West 2a half Clinton & Clinton Mahoney & Auburn Ellis Knowlim Tr GREEN BAY, WIS, (Two to fill) Robbing. & Fulton mi a Whithela & Ireland Srowe DuMont Green & Meyer ee ne Ma “a. a Oa half” ne Aw mony Te Everest’s Monks M 4 Higgie Girls JS Blondy & Bro = York's Dogs Gponnell @ Blair Hall & Shapiro” 3 Moran Sisters Swain’s Cockatoos ‘Two to, fill) pe a 24 half WALTHAM MILWAUKEE = [ucas & Inez (Four to fill) Stratford Comedy 4 Lee & Bennett Strand CAN. 4 Cayten & Clayton hi eae Ben K Benny 2d half Valentine Vox Reg Bus Man” pam snnt Ha Van & Vernon P Georg Ford Sis Co VANCOUVER *Ilook Pleasant P & W LaVarre Stratford Comedy 4 « agen 0 ws ‘ie Frank Browne Randolph & H’le’be Owen McGiveny heum Weir & Crest SOLIETT, ILL. (One to fill) Just for Instance i iz Burke Walsh & N Patsy Doyle Watts & Hawley Myers Moon Co (Four to fill) io 2a half Mattie Lockett a a0 LEWISTON Dancing Demons Martin Webb Montgomery & Al’. DAVENPORT, IA. Pi Orp — Cliff Bailey D Elise Schuyler Co (T 4 Music Hall half Dainty Marie John 8 Hymer Co , erce & Go te ae 2d halt Stuart & Mercer Ezumo Jape Frawley & Louise Y- y Columbia Tom Mahoney ob White Jerome & Mack Sm . P Ashley & Dietrich Grace Wallace & B Bottomley Tr The Honeymoon Ma wien & Wilson Nellie Burt Texas & Walker Choy Ling Bee Tr Taylor & F i ¥ Thelma y Ne a Pressior Klaiss & 8 Dancing Melos Bob: Ailiken Nitta Jo Kapt Kidds Kid Fields & Wells “Every Sailor” (One to fill) i essler Klaiss & Dancing McDonalds be Palace , LaMont 3 Murphy & White Damarel co if SP «Putting It Over WINNIPEG Brosius & Brown (One to fill) c 2 DR. SHECKMAN==* present-day demands 2°ward s Ponies Orpheum 2d_half JOPLIN, MO. E. HEMMENDINGER In Dentistry, Moderate fone. F & O Waiters Olga Petrova Swains Cockatoos Electric J ] 2 Hours 9 A. as orton ene Greene & A Beverl Galvin : , DENTIST sas J Mort Gene G 8 y in & Bath ewelers to the Profession Th a CAPITOL THEATRE Biba, Rexo Brent Haynes Imperial Quintet Wms & Howard LIBERTY BONDS ACCEPTED Tel. John 971 -_ a NEW YORK CITY Creedon & Walsh Samsted & Marion Tom Mahoney 24a halt 45 JOHN 8ST., NEW a Chalfonte Sisters Ethel Clifton Co Borsini Troupe On Manila Bay ~ vane

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VARIETY MARCUS LOEW Putnam Euilding, New Yerk City NEW YORK CITY American 6 Virginia Steppers Gardner & Van Cooper & Lacey Kitaro Japs McDerm’'t & Heag’y Jim Doherty Swartz & Clifford Arco Bros (One to fill) 2d half Sam Lee Saxon Sis Gaudschmidts Hal & Francis Maxine Dancers Gertrude Morgan Hugh Norton Co Harry Lee 3 DeMuna Bros Victoria Rose & Dell Hal & Francis 8 Autumns Andrew Mack Paul Petching & Co 2d half Johnny Clark Co Orben & Dixie E F Hawley Co Andrew Mack Stone & Moyer Sis Lincoln Sq Bollinger & Reyn’s one te. Hugh rton Co Jones & Jones Golden Troupe 2d half Monte & Parti Abbyssinian Trio 3 Autumns Henry Moore Royal Hawalian 4 Greeley Sq. Gertrude Morgan Newport & Stirk Concentration Harry Lee Jack Moore 3 (One to fill). CHICAGO Loop End Bidg., 177 N. State St. Decorators Ward Bros Tony & Geo Co 2d half Paul Petching Co Driscoll & Westcott Hunter Randall &S Swartz & Clifford Royal Uyena Japs DeKalb. Paul Brady Bernard & Merritt Shaw & Bernard The Gaudschmidts (One to fille) 2d half) Bollinger & Reyn’dg Rice & Francis Helene Colene Co Ward Bros 6 Virginia Steppers Palace Smith & Jordan Tracey & Mohr Jimmy Rosen & Co Murray Livingston Stone & Moyer Sis 2d half The Florinis Peyton & Ward (Three to fill). Fulton Johnny Clark Co Saxon Sisters Al Lester Co Billy K Wells Gene Hamilton & Co 2d half Rose & Dell Bernard & Merritt Primrose Minstrels Jim Reynold Retter Bros Warwick The Florinis Minnie Harrison Douglas Flint Co Senator F Murphy Primrose Minstrels 2d half Ward & Gowry Jimmy Rosen Co CLEVELAND Libe Flying Henrys Jack Goldie Sweet Sweeties Bernard & Meyers Bell & Caron DALLAS Hipodrome Beth Stone Co Beulah Pearl Nine O’Clock - Kaufman & Lillian Flying Weavers 2d half Marshall & Welton Murray Leslie “Oh, Auntie” Hampton & Blake Dayton J & S DeLier J & T Weir Carlisle & Romer 2 Ladellas Grazer & Dawlor DETROIT Colonial C & E Frabel Manning & Hall Hazel Harring’n Co Harry Antrim “Oh, Teddy.” FALL RIVER. Empire Tyler & St Clair Allman & Nevins Loughlin & West Al Fields Ward Bell & Ward 2d half The Perinis Bobby Van Horn Walter Low Co Roland Ray Co LaFollette Co FRESNO Hippodrome Wilbur & Girlie Cooke & Hamilton Charlie Hickey Ruth Curtis & Band Knight & June Mole Jf ta & Mole 2d half Adair & Adair “LEE KRAUS, iwe. BOOKING EAST AND WEST Putnam Blidg., Acts desiring immediate and cénsecutire booki LOS ANGELES Hippodrome Estelle & Roy J & P Mattis Pope & Uno Henry & May C Hansen & Boys “Peacock Revue” 2d haif Dave Vanfield Co Green & La Fell Yank Lamont’s Minstrels Gilmore & Castle Van & Emerson MEMPHIS Lyceum Swain’s Animals Neal & Stewart Tom Davies Co Coscia & Verdi Steiner 3 2d half Lester Raymond Co worothy Rorye Bertram May Co LeRoy & Dresdner 6 Tasmanians MODESTO Hippodrome (Same Hanford 16) Adair & Adair Kimball & Kenneth Christy & Ryan Edward Farrell Co Eddie Hughes Co Booth & Leander (19-20) Kipp & Kippy Carr Trio Tom Linton Girls Harry Goulson Corradini’s Animals MONTREAL Loew Clairmént Bros Isabelle D’Armand plays ‘o Dae & Nevilie Tilyou & Rogers Jack Levy & SG NEW ORLEANS Crescent Spencer & Rose NEW YORK 1493 Broadway oking communicate 2d half Cooper & Lacey Jim Doherty Al Lester Co Concentration McDerm’t & Heag’y Cunningham & D’a Delancey St The Bradners Dorothy Doyle Thos P Jackson Co Abbyssinian 2rio Thovato 5 Avallons 2d half Arco Bros Rodero Blair & Crystal Mystic Hanson 3 Dunham & Edw’ds Gene Hamilton Co National Monte & Parti Biair & Crystal Helene Colene Co Dunram & Edw’ds Retter Bros 2d half Linko & Linko Newport & Stirk Billv K Wells Golden Troupe Orpheum nningham & D’ts rben & Dixie Henry & Moore Golden Bird a Haynes Co axine Dancers 2a half Thormley Sis Co Nick Hufford The Decorators Shaw & Bernard Kitaro Japs Boulevard Sam Lee Rice & Francis Hunter Randall & 8 Danny Simmons Odiva & Seals 2d half The Bradners Minnie Harrison Jones & Johnson Murray Livingston Odiva & Seals Avenue B Harrah & Mulroy Ward & Go ayton & Ward (Two oe an. a Smith & Jordan racey & Mohr nkie Rice nard’s Minstrels (Two to fill). BROOKLYN Metropolitan Thormley Sis Co Hughie Clark Baker & Rogers LaDora & Beckman (One to fill) t ATLANTA Grand Kennedy & Kramer Jeff Healy Co University 3 Barnold’s Animals Halley & Noble 2d half Montambo & Nap Bonner & Powers “T’ll Say So” (Two to fill) BAKERSFIELD Drisko & Earl McLane & Madge Revue Comique Edw Lambert Tayior Poe 2a half Wilbur & Girlie Cooke & Hamilton Charlie Hickey Ruth Curtis & Band Knight & June Mole Jesta & Mole BALTIMORE Hippodrome 3 Purcella Sisters Arthur Lloyd LaHoen & Dupreece 4 Volunteers Erford’s Whirl BIRMINGHAM Bijou Lester Raymond Co Dorothy Roye Bertram May Co LeRoy & Dresdner «4 Tasmanians 2a half Kennedy & Kramer University 3 Jeff Healy Co Halley & Noble Barnold’s Animals BOSTON Orpheum The Perinis Bobby Van Horn Walter Low & Roland & Ray LaFollette & Co 2d half Tyler & St Clair Jack Marley Allman & Nevins Leughlin & West Al Fields Ward Bell & Ward CHICAGO MeVickers Wilfred DuBois Billy DeVere Monte & Lyons Borgan & Grey Burke & Durkin Cook, Mort’r & H’y Co Kimball & Kenneth Edw Farrell Co Christy & Ryan Booth & Teander Eddie Hughes Co HAMILTON, CAN. Loew 2 Yaquis Marie Russell Co Stuart Black Co Barnes & Freeman Al Golem Tr HOBOKEN Loew Driscoll & Westcott Mystic Hanson 3 Leonard’s Minstrels (Two to fill) 2d half Louise & Carmen Hughie Clark 5 Avallons {Two to Il) HOUSTON Prince Wilbur & Lyke Phil Davis Gilroy Dolan & C Wilson & McAvoy F & M Hughes . 2d half Spencer & Rose Ryan & Moore Honeymoon Inn Wm Sisto Randow 3 KANSAS CITY Garden Gordon & Gordon Senna & Weber Geo Randall Co Mumford & Stalney 4 Bangards d half Stryker Sheppard & Dunn Homer Lind Co Ling & Long KNOXVILLE Staub Montambo & Nap Bonner & Powers “T’ll Say So” (Two to fill) 2d half Bimbos Henry J Kelly Mons Adolphus Co (Two to fill) LONDON, ONT. Loew Jesson & Jesson Johnson Bros & I Eckhoff & Gordon Julian Rose Russell & DeWitt 2d half LaVine Trio Harvey DeVora 3 Long & Ward Quigley & Fitzge’ld Lee Art Sextet Ryan & Moore Honeymoon Inn Wm Sisto Randow 3 2d half Swain’s Animals Neal & Stewart Tom Davies Co Coscia & Verdi Steiner 3 NEW ROCHELLE Loew LaDora & Beckman Howard Kane & M Frankie Rice 2d half Dixie Four Al H White Co Mary Havnes Co OKLAHOMA CITY Liberty Kinzo Grace Leonard Co Mayo & Nevins Conroy & O’Donnell Kinkaid Kilttes 2d half Bohn & Bohn Hallen & Goss Will H Fox Huyler & Bann “Some Baby” PITTSBURGH Lyceum 3 Maxims Burns & Garry Arthur J Finn Co DeVine & Williams Weber Beck & F PROVIDENCE Emery Lieut Thetion Co Seymour & Jeanette Jack Marley Married Via Wirless Pinto & Boyle Mack & Fulton 2d half Herberta Nippon Duo Eddie Carr Co Imperial Four Boila Trio (One to fill) SACRAMENTO Hippodrome Andrieff Trio Morton Bros Martha Urbank Co Raines & Avery Norris Baboons d half Violet & Lewis Cooper & Valli Bingham 4 Francis & De Mar Willis Gilbert Co sT. LOUIS Garrick Gere & Delaney Dolly & Calame Mercedes Ferns & Litt 3 Alex 2d half Gordon & Gordon Senna & Weber Geo Randall Mumford & Stanley 4 Bangards SALT LAKE Casino Violet & Charles 3 Red Peppers Bob & Bill Millard Chas Millard Co Bertie Fowler La Follette 2d half Adams & Birkemo T & P Almond J&A Reilly Clark & Lorraine Smith Lynch & § Baldus Trio SAN ANTONIO Princess J & I Melva Fredericks & Palm’r Kingsb’y & Munsén Eddie Phillips 9 Krazy Kids Wilbur & Lyke Phil Davis Gilroy Dolan & C Wilson & McAvoy F & M Hughes SAN DIEGO Hi rome 2d half Estelle & Roy J & P Mattis Pope & Uno Henry & May C Hansen & Boys “Peacock Revue” SAN FRANCISCO Casino (Sunday Opening) 8 De Lyons Bert & E Mathes “Let’s Get Married” Hippodrome (Sunday Opening) Rialto & La Mont T & C Breton Seven Brownies Cortelli & Rogers 4 Solores SPRINGFIELD Broadway Herberta Nippon Duo Eddie Carr Co Imperial Four Bolla Tri 2d haif Lieut Thetion Co Seymour & Jeanette Married Via Wirel’s Pinto & Poyle Mack & Fulton STOCKTON Hippodrome Kipp & Kippy Carr Trio Tom Linton & Girls Harry Goulson Corrodini’s Animals d half (Same as Sacra- mento Ist half) TAFT, COL. Hippodrome (14-15) Yank Lamont’s Cowboys Gilmore & Castle Van & Emerson (19-20) Jas & Jessie Burns Revue Comique McLane & Madge Taylor Tripletts TORONTO Younge Stanley Bennett Twins Grey & Kiumker Chisholm & Breen Lane & Plant Girls of Altitude WACO Hippodrome Marshall & Welton Muray Leslie “Oh Auntie” Hampton & Blake Faber Bros 2d half J & I Melva Fredericks & Pal’r Kingsbury & Mun- son Eddie Phillips 9 Krazy Kids PANTAGES CIRCUIT New York and Chicago Offices BUTTE Pantages (13-16) (Same bill _ plays Anaconda 17; Mis- soula 18) Haas Bros Lucie Bruch McGrath & Deeds Girls Be Girls Fred Allen Asahi Troupe CALGARY Pantages Four Laurels Henry Frey College Quintet Foley & Oneill Britt Wood “On High Seas” CLEVELAND Grand The Angelus O’Connor & Folson Maggie LeClaire Co Challis & Lambert Dangerous D McG’w Miles W E Whittle Louise Gilbert Wolfe Paterson Omoros & Jeanette Kuma 4 DENVER Pantages Geo & May Ray Lawrence Archer & Belford Hyman Meyer Eddie Foy Co Five Partrowas DETROIT Majestic Rose Elly & Rose Helen Moretti “Number Please” Brice & Bell Tarzan Orpheum M Winchell & Gr’n Manning & Lee Salvation Molly Haverman’s Anim’ls Regent Delamtis & Rose Johnny Johnson Josie Hayward Co Rose Wyse Co “Current of Fun” EDMONTON Pantages Nelson’s Katland Ionnie Nace Walzer & Dyer J C Mack Co Frank Morrell Japanese Revue GT FALLS Pantages (16-17) (Same bill plays Helena 18) Harvard Holt & K Hope Vernon Valand Gamble Hazel Kirk Trio Empire Comedy 4 Bird Cabaret LONG BEACH Pantages Love & Wilbur Naida Norrine Peerless Trio Jovedah DeRadjah LaFrance & Ken'dy Yip Yip Yaphankers LOS ANGELES Pantages Mori Bros Goetz & Duffy Eldridge Barl’w & E Bert Stoddard Ward & Kind Henriette DeSerris Bud Synder & Co MINNEAPOLIS Pantages (Sunday opening) A Milettes Del A Phone Miller & Capman Belle Tones Julian Rose Riding Lloyds OAKLAND Pantages (Sunday opening) Lt Barry & Miss Marconi Bros Martha Hamilton Co Baron Lichter Gildea & Phillips Brazillian Heiress CGDEN Pantaces (18-20) Mary Dorr Howard & White Dancing Davey Tom Kelly Corinthians PORTLAND Pantages Winton Bros Gertrude Newman Remder & Meehan Business Is Busin’s Texas Comedy 4 Little Hip & Naps REGINA Pantages (15-17) (Same Dill plays Saskatoon 18-20) Carlita & Lewis Abrahams & Johns Willa H Wakefield Nevins & Gordon Walters & Walters “His Taking Ways” SALT LAKE Pantages Frank Shields Harmony Trio Roach & McGurdyv Hendrix Belle-Isle Irene Trevette Celli Troupe SAN DIEGO Pantages Henry & Adelaide Fiske & Fallon Glasgow Maids Chung Hwa Four Great Howard Four Mellos SAN FRANCISCO Pantages (Sunday Opening) Bullawa Girls Denny & Donegan Samaroff Trio Eadie & Ramsden Bob Albright Hill’s Circus SEATTLE Pantages Phil LaToska Patrick & Otto Perrone & Oliver Aleko Panthea Quinn & Caverly “Oh Mike” , SPOKANE Pantages Gypsy Trio Marden & Manley Walter Fenner Co Gorman Bros Chas Althoff TACOMA Pantages Roshier & Dog Green & Pugh Maurice Samuels Co Jones & Sylvester T Shawn's Dancers VANCOUVER Panta F & A P-elot Reynard & Jordan Periera Sextette Sherman Van & H Florence Rayfield 3erlo Girls VICTORIA Pantages Aerial Patts Allen Lindsay Co Four of Us Lerner Girls Neil McKinley Co Great Leon & Co WINNIPEG Pantages H & H Savage Rucker & Winnif'd Santucci Father's Daughter Laurie Ordwa “Broadway Echoes” Hodkins-Pantages Bookings DALLAS, TEX. Jefferson Raymond Wilbert Sernivici Bros Cardo & Noll Simpson & Dean Harry Girard Co : MUSKOGEE, OKLA Broadway (14-15) Mier & Gibson Sis Cavano Duo Novelle Bros Inter’nl 9 Robinson’s Eleph’ts SAN ANTONIO,TEX Royal DePage & Yorkov Sis Forest & Church Happy J Gardner Co Stephennes & Bru- nelle “Rising Generat’n” WACO, TEX. Orpheum 2d half Mier & Gibson Sis Cavana Duo e Novelle Bros Inter’nal 9 Robinson’s Eleph’ts WICHITA FALLS, T Wichita The Gallons H & B Conley William Dick Verna Mersereau Co ‘Making Movies” INTERSTATE CIRCUIT. Palace Theatre Building, New York City DALLAS Majestic Huge Reo Murray Girls Mrs Gene Hughes Chris Richards G Hoffman Co The Sharrocks Ward & Dooley FORT WORTH Majestic Melnotte Duo William Ebs Arnaut Brothers Kitner & Reany Harry Green Co Venita Gould Princess Rajah GALVESTON (Same plays Austin. 13-20) The Von Cellos Demarest & Doili Donald Roberts Powers & Wallace “Not Yet Marie” Ja Da Trio Karl Emmy’s Pets HOUSTON Majestic The Pickfords Duncan & Caslar Anderson & Burt Morgan & Kloter U 8 Jazz Band Comfort & King Beginning of hp osa King Co olmes & Wells Burt & Rosedale Stone & Hayes “Sweeties” 2d haif Sully Rogers & 8 Brierre & King Dunbar’s 8 Singers Joe Towle MUSKOGEE Majestic Stephens & Holl’ter Vernon Stiles Lane & Brown (Two to fill) PINE BLUFF Males Brierre King Joe Towie Dunbar’s Salon Sis half Holmes & Wells Burt & Rosedale SAN ANTONIO Majestic Kanazawa Japs Lillian Herlein “Tango Shoes” Mme Ellis Lydell & Macey Ergotti’s Midgets TULSA, OKLA. Orpherm Stephens & Holl’ter Vernon Stiles Lane & Moran Brown's Mu’cal Rev 24 half The Brads Carleton & Belmont FALLS Majestic Robbie Gordone Hayden & Ercell “Man Hunt” Brendel & Burt Four Aces Judge Knox’s decision rendered last Thursday in the United States District Court, dismissing the suit filed by William H, Rankin Co. against the Associated Bill Posters of the United States and Canada to recover treble damages of $750,000 under the Sherman act, means the termination of a number of similar suits to recover damages of $1,500,000, provided it is affirmed by the higher courts. The plaintiff company alleged that the defendant corporation had nae Se s nt, monopoly. Judge Knox held In dismissing the comp that the restraint brought about by tne defendant was limited to a refusal to deal with any advertising matter handled by the plain- tiff which was not held to be a violation of the provisions of the Sherman act. A musical clude Charles James Marlowe, comedy known as George M. has been organized. Judels, Alfred Girard, George company to be Cohan’s Comedians The members in- Jack McGowan, Fredericks, George Caine, Florrie Miller- ship and duction will be Built,” Estaire Kaye. The first pro- “The House That Jack by Otto Harbach and Frank Man- del, with music by Louis Hirsch, and the premiere will take place at the National Theatre, Washington, week commencing Monday, March dD. C., during the 29.

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SHOW REVIEWS. (Continued from page 32) ORPHEUM, NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, March 10. The coldest March weather in 50 years diminished attendance at all theatres the first part of the week and the Orpheum was no exception, although the Dill possessed light box office strength with & couple of split headliners bereft of past (and present) popularity the main finan- cial flash. They were Eva Shirley and Jazz Band who closed and Johnny Ford and assistants, appearing fifth. Robbie Gordone ever artistic in pos- +? cg lent beauty to the opening posi- tion. ° Hayden and Ercelle were appreciated through the charm of Miss. Ercelle. New Orleans has long been a nemesis for Hayden. The early section success re- dounded to “The Man Hunt,” artistically staged and competently played ,one mem- ber, Isolde Illian, appealing as the most expert ingenue seen hereabouts in months. Another of the cast to score unmistakably was Ralph Bailey whose comment anent house parties evoked sly ehuckles. Few playlets have received as much favorable attention in New Or- leans recently. Vaudeville has a find in Sybil Vane. She rocked the theatre to the rafters with reverberant applause at the end of each of her numbers dwarfing every- thing, else. by comparison. Here is a headliner the big time is overlooking. Her accompanist is the most proficient in this particular niche of the season. Miss Vane should be promoted now, as it is s0 @much better to fan the flame of art when ascending than when descending. Johnny Ford started with confident de- meanor, expatiating at length upon the virtues of his five feminine plano play- ing assistants. The local clintele picks its own win- ners and hates inside information about histrionic entrants. When the Ford en- try ran its race no numbers were hung up for it. Walter Weems was liked because of his ingratiating manner and somewhat new stories. That about the little negro who was spoiled is in bad taste and again about eight turns are using it on the small time. Weems does not need the horn any more. His sallies landed more resoundingly tHan his “blows.” Eva Shirley’s Jazz Band proved an impediment for this city. With an origi- nal on almost every corner her quintet seemed like an imitation. Al Roth got something for his shimmy, but Miss Shir ley found them parsimonious in bestow- ing approbation. Samuel. PALACE, NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, March 10. The first half show at the Palace was submerged by an avalanche of obtuse triteness. The more tempestuous of the auditors with emotions easily stirred re- ceived the turns with dynamic outbursts but the major portion were palpably bored. Four ginger snaps displayed ex- pressive draperies while submitting their various assaults on muse Thesplia, theif extreme confidence tending to, further the impression to such an extent they pleased. Jack La Vier held. sway through- out his aerial comicalities, doing ex- tremely well. Ned Norworth and Evelyn Wells could well bill themselves as the successors of the Cherry Sisters. The main humorous Pe are Norworths squeezing Miss ells nose a half dozen times, pum- melling her stomach and pulling her clothes up and down. Buffoonery is ter- rible when it is terrible and this act is an insult_to the intelligent. In 15 years of reporting shows for Variety this is the worst act encountered. Yates and Reed followed the Norworth and Wells drivel and working stoically blotted out some remembrance of it, do- ing ve well considering. 2 ob p and Company proved as en- tertaining as during former visits, the remarkable canine seeming to grow bet- ter each time around. Samuel.

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CHAS. ALTHOFF Headlining the Pantages Cireuit Sole Management JOHN GOLDEN 4 Great Falls, Leader Sheriff of Hickville Some Pantages a. Hick Charles Althoff in the sheriff of Hickville num- ber at the Grand is some Hick, believe me, and in the show given last ni to be r ted tonight, is worth the money alone, Althoff is the most laughe able character ever seen upon the stage in at- tempted caricature, and his funny little squeaks and rheumatic twinges are ——-s all his own, His violin playing at the last is music worth while in any man’s show.

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Behman Show 15-17 Bastable Syracuse 18-20 Lumberg Utica 22 Gayety Mon- treal. “Best Show in Town” 15 L O 22 Gayety St Louis. “Blue Birds” 15 Trocadero Philadelphia 22 Mt Morris New York. “Bon Tons” 15 People’s Philadelphia 22 Palace Baltimore. “Bostonians” 15 Gayety Omaha 22 Gay- ety Kansas City. “Bowerys” 15 Orpheum Paterson 22 Ma- jestic Jersey City. “Broadway Belles’ 15 Gayety Minneap- olis 21-23 Gayety Sioux City. “Burlesque Review” 15 Gayety Toronto 22 Gayety Buffalo. “Burlesque Wonder Show” 15 Majestic Jersey City 22 Perth Amboy 23 Plain- field 24 Stamford 25-27 Park Bridge- port. MUSIC PUBLISHERS Chateau Theatre Building - Chicago Special Service to Publishers—Write for Details “Cabaret Girls” 15 Gayety St Paul 22 Gayety Minneapolis. é “Cracker Jacks” 15 Victoria Pittsburgh 22 Penn Circuit. Dixon’s “Big Revue”. 15 Star Brooklyn 22 Gilmore Springfield. “Follies of Day” 15 Gayety Buffalo 22 Gayety Rochester. “Follies of Pleasure” 15 Empress Cin- cinnati 22 Lyceum Columbus. “French Frolics” 14-16 Gayety Sioux City 22 Century Kansas City. “Girls a la Carte” 15 Gayety Montreal 22 Empire Albany. “Girls de Looks” 15 Perth Amboy. 16 Plainfield 17 Stamford 18-20 ark Bridgeport 22-24 Cohen’s Newburg 25- 27 Cohen’s Poughkeepsie. “Girls from Follies” 15 Empire Provi- dence 22 Olympic New York. “Girls from Joyland” 15 Lyceum Colum- bus 22 Victoria Pittsburgh. : “Girls, Girls, Girls” 15 Empire Hoboken - 22 Star Brooklyn. “Girls of U S A” 15 Grand Hartford 22 Jacques Waterbury. “Golden Crook” 15 Star & Garter Chi- cago 21-23 Berchel Des Moines. “Grown Up Babies” 15 Cadillac Detroit 22 Engelwood Chicago. Hastings Harry 15 Columbia New York 22 Empire Brooklyn. Hayes Edmund 15 Folly Washington 22 Trocadero Philadelphia. “Hello, America” 15 Star Cleveland 22 Empire Toledo. “Hip Hip Hurrah” 15 Gayety City 22 L O. Howe Sam 15 Gayety Rochester 22-24 Bastable Syracuse 25-27 Lumberg Utica. “Jazz Babies” 15 Gilmore Sprinfield 22 Worcester Worcester Mass. Kelly Lew 15 Gayety Detroit 22 Gayety Toronto. “Kewpie Dolls” 14-15 Grand Terre Haute 16-20 Park Indianapolis 22 Gayety Louisville. “Liberty Girls” 15 Empire Aibany 22 Ca- sino Boston. 15 Majestic Wilkes-Barre Kansas “Lid Lifters” 22 Majestic Scranton. “London Bellies” 15 Olympic Cincinnati 22 Columbia Chicago. “Maids of America” 15 Empire Newark 22 Casino Philadelphia. arion Dave 15 Gayety Boston 22 Co- umbia New York. “Midnight Maidens” 15 Gayety Brooklyn 22 Gayety Newark. “Million Dollar Dolls” 15 Empire Brook- lyn 22 People’s Philadelphia. “Mischief Makers” 15 Gayety Milwaukee 22 Gayety St Paul. “Monte Carlo Girls” 15 Haymarket Chi- cago 22 Gayety Milwaukee. “Oh Frenchy” 15 Academy Buffalo 22 Empire Cleveland. “Oh Girls” 15 Gayety St Louis 22 Star & Garter Chicago. “Pace Makers” 15-16 Lyceum St Jose 22 Standard St Louis. “Parisian Flirts” 15 Penn Circuit 22 Gay- ety Baltimore. 14-16 Berchel Des “Parisian Whirl” Moines 22 Gayety Omaha. “Peek-a-Boo” 15-17 Park Youngstown 18-20 Grand Akron 22 Star Clev nd. “Razzle Dazzle” 15 Worcester Worcester 22 Howard Boston. “Record Breakers” 15 Century Kansas City 22-23 Lyceum St Jose. Reeves Al 15 Gayety Pittsburgh 22-24 Park Youngstown 25-27 Grand Akron. Reynolds Abe 15 Casino Boston 22 Grand Hartford. “Roseland Girls” 15 Jacques Waterbury 22 Hurtig & Seamon’s New York. “Round the Town” 15 Howard Boston 22 Empire Providence. “Sight Seers” 15 Casino Philadelphia 22 Miner’s Bronx New York. “Social Follies” 15 Bijou Philadelphia 22 Empire Hoboken. 5-17 Cohen’s Newburg oughkeepsie 22 Gayety “Social Maids” 18-20 Cohen’s Boston. “Some Show” 15 Olympic New York 22 Gayety Brooklyn. “Sport Girls” 15 Gayety Baltimore 22 Folly Washington. “Sporting Widows” 15 Hurtig & Seamon’s New York 22 Orpheum Paterson. Star & Garter 16 Palace Baltimore 22 Gayety Washington. “Step Lively Giris” 15 Columbia Chicago 22 Gayety Detroit. Stone & Pillard 15 Star Toronto 22 Acad- *emy Buffalo. “Sweet Sweeties Girls” 15 Gayety Louis- ville 22 Empress Cincinnati. “Tempters” 15-17 Armory Binghamton 18 Auburn 19-20 Inter Niagara Falls 22 Star Toronto. “20th Century Maids” 15 Lyric Dayton 22 Olympic Cincinnati. “Victory Belles” 15 Miner’s Bronx New York 22 Casino Brooklyn. Watson Billy 15 Gayety Newark 22-25 Broadway Camden 26-27 Grand Tren- ton. Welch Ben 15 Empire Toledo 22 Lyric Dayton. White Pat 15 Empire Cleveland 22 Cadil- lac Detroit. Williams Mollie 15 Casino Brooklyn 22 Empire Newark. “World Beaters” 15-18 Broadway Camden 19-20 Grand Trenton 22 Bijou Phila- delphia. ATLANTIC CITY. By CHARLES SCHEUER. Russell Austin has been appointed manager of the Colonial, succeeding H. M. Russell, resigned. Mr. Austin has been with the’Stanley Co. since his re- turn from France, serving as assistant manager of the local Keith’s last sum- mer, as associate manager at the Globe Theatre during the fall and early win- ter, and for several past months has been studying the photoplay end of his firm’s activities in Philadelphia. Keith’s will open for a week before and one week following Easter, ciosing again until May 30. The Antomobile Show under local dealers’ auspices has been scheduled for the MiHion Dollar Pier next week, Marctf os The Pier opens for the season March Full week bookings are now current at the Apollo,, with “Chris,” the new Eugene O’Neill play, this week; Dilling- ham’s “The New ictator’” next week, and other bookings unannounced. The Globe had “Always You,” 8-10, “Business Before Pleasure,’ 11-13, Thompson” 15-17, “Somebody’s Sweet- heart” 18-20. Charles Luzenburg, for many years as- sistant to Fred Moore at the Apollo, has now been rated as assistant manager, filling a vacancy caused by the death of the late Dr. Underwood Cochran. BALTIMORE. By F. D. O'TOOLE. AUDITORIUM. —“Somebody’s Sweet- heart,” although more than a year old, packed them in on the opening night of its engagement here. Ardelle Cleaves most acceptable in the leading roie. The scenery, costums and humor of the piece still remain fresh enough to have the play enthusiastically received. ACADEMY.—Klaw & Erlanger’s re- vival of “Ben Hur,” more. elaborately stag@d and with more people drew fair crowd opening night. John Dunsmore as Ben Hur was particularly successful. FORD’S.—“Three Showers,” a hew “Mrs. Jimmy You who tire! easily; are’ pale, ha and worn; nervous or ir- ritable; who are subject to fits of melan- choly or the “blues,” get your blood ex- amined for iron defici- ency. fron taken eae three times a day after meals will increase yourstrength and endurance intwoweeks’ time in many cases.-Ferdinand King, M. M * Note: Nuxated Iron, me above by Dr. King, can be sbighned 1 from any druggist on an absolute guaran funded. Doctors usually prescribe two five-grain tablets’ to be taken , three times per day aftes meals. L AWYER specializing in collection of theatrical claims, will be “glad to hear from theatrical folks requiring his assistance. State full par- ticulars. Address “‘Lawyer,”’ Room 1407, Times Bidg., New York City. musical play, which opened last week in Rochester, by William Cary Duncan, pre- sented by Mr. and Mrs. Coburn, opened to a good house Monday evening. The newness is not yet entirely out of the handling of the various roles, and the snap born of experience is lacking. It is a clean play from beginning to end and was received with appreciation. MARYLAND.—Vaudeville. ~ PALACE.—“Beauty Trust.” GARDEN.—Vaudeville. HIPPODROME.—Vaudeville. GAYETY.—Edmond Hayes show. FOLLY.—‘“Shimmy Misses.” STRAND AND WIZARD.—Films, “Pol- lyanna.” NEW.—“The (Be Point,” picture. PARKWAY.—“Footlights and Shad- ows,” picture. The Baltimore Opera Society, directed by David S. Melamet, opened its first of a series of performances here Monday night at Albaugh’s. The first act of “La Travita” and the second and fourth acts of “Il Trovatore’’ furnished splendid ve- hicles for the large and well trained chorus and cast. An orchestra of 20 or more pieces, under the leadership of Mr. Melamet, furnished the music. The McHenry, one of the group taken over recently by the Whitehurst inter- ests when they bought out the Parkway holdings, has come into possession of Fred J. Nixon-Nirdlinger. It will be known as Nixon’s McHenry. Mr. Nixon- Nirdlinger also controls the New Pick- wick and the Victoria, but has confined his attention in the past mainly to the Academy of Music. SCENERY BY EDWIN H. FLAGG STUDIOS

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BOWDOIN.—Pictures and vaudeville.) BIJOU.—Pictures. ST. JAMES.—Vaudeville and a feature film. SCOLLAY’S OLYMPIA.—Vaudeville-and pictures. GORDON’S OLYMPIA. — Pictures and vaudeville. GORDON’S CENTRAL SQUARE.—Pic- tures and vaudeville. MODERN, BEACON, CODMAN SQUARE, STRAND, FRANKLIN PARK, EXETER STREET, COLUMBIA, LAN- CASTER, WALDORF, GLOBE, FEN- WAY.—Pictures. PARK.—First film, “Why Change Your Wife? SHUBERT. — Second week of the “Greenwich Village Follies” in here for a week of the _ feature - VELVET and / PAINTED We offer for rent or sale ones four weeks’ run and which are cleaning up big with a $3 top for week nights and extra prices for Saturday. MAJESTIC.—Theda Bara on the -sec- ond and supposedly last week of Boston engagement of “The Blue Flame.” Is® playing to capacity and could fill the house at extra matinees if she would play them. WILBUR.—The fourth week of “39 East,” which seems to be just moving aiong quietly and picking up the coin without much fuss or bother. HOLLIS.—Helen Hayes in her new show, “Bab,” now on the fourth week, with business good and the star getting more and more publicity every day as-a ave future important star, theatri- cally.

SCENERY stupios DROPS AND FULL STAGE SETTINGS new settings and drops in the latest and most gorgeo’ desi i new sets and Ideas. Let us submit same for your egpeeval. one Me 'palited <Graperten, PHONE: BRYANT 9448 : DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE N. V. A. CLUB HOUS Watch This Space for Weekly Announcements. PLYMOUTH.—tThe third week of “The Girl in the Limousine.” TREMONT.—Second week of Elsie Janis and her “gang” to capacity houses. PARK SQUARE. — “Honey-Girl,” the new Sam Harris show based on the story of “Checkers,” now on the second week. BOSTON OPERA HOUSE. — Second week of the Chicago Grand Opera Co. This is also the final week and is the ont? touch of grand opera that Boston will get this season, according to pres- ent indications. COPLEY.—Henry Jewett Players using “A Night Off” for a vehicle. ARLINGTON. —The sixth week of “The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer” and still to big business. GAYETY.—“The Girls of the U. S. A.” in burlesque. CASINO.—Harry Hasting’s “Big Show.” HOWARD.—‘“The Girl from the Fol- lies,” in burlesque. TREMONT TEMPLE.—Last two weeks of the Pickford film, “Pollyanna.”

A sensation was sprung at Athol, a small settlement near this city, during the week when a show being given un- der the direction of the Y. M. C. A. ata church was stopped when a girl ap- peared on the stage in short dresses and pink stockings. A minister, who was the last word in the way of authority, stepped on the stage and stopped the show. At first it was claimed that the girl wore pink tights but later it was said the objection was to the dancing steps she started to shoot over. The girl in question was a professional sent to the affair by a Boston booking agency on request when some of the local am- ateur talent failed to show.

Although it wasn’t on the program, a thriller came near being pulled at the Exeter Street Theatre, a local film house, during the week. James P. Aldrich, 18 years, a@ member of a prominent De- troit family, and a student, saw his sweetheart in the theatre with another man, After writing her a note he drew a revolver from his pocket and started to “end it all.” He was prevented from carrying out this melodramatic stunt by theatre employes and locked up. His case was filed in court, where he was charged with carrying a loaded revol- ver, and he “hag gone back to Detroit with his father. The engagement of Hazel Newell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. L’Afri- cain, of Medford, to Julius Theodorowicz, second concert master of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is announced. Mr. Theodorowicz came here from Poland 20 years ago to play in the orchestra and has been a member’ since. Miss L’Afri- cain is a cellist, member of the Ameri- can String Quartet and her father is band master of the 101st Infantry Band. Lyonel Watts, one of the company of the Henry Jewett Players, lost several performances of “Hobson’s Choice” through iliness and Leonard Craske filled in for him.

Through the inability of Mr. Bolm, who was to take one of the principal parts, to reach here in time because of traffic conditions between New York and this city, the performance of Mr. Carpen- ter’s ballet, “The Birthday of the In- fanta,” was abandoned Saturday after- noon. Bolm left New York at midnight Friday and the storm overtook him at

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(wo =m. NS We & —re Re a 7 ORaoed.*am = oe = e ' NOTICE TO ALL MANAGERS Albertina Rasch The youngest of the greatest Balle rinas will appear with her pupils AGNES EMELIE FLORENCE ROY TREVOR CULVER In a Dance Program Specially Arranged for the CAPITOL THEATRE, NEXT WEEK (March 14) © “The presence of Albertina Rasch on the vaudeville stage is to it a compliment.” ae . —Walter Anthony, San Francisco “Chronicle. “Albertina Rasch, the Polish dancer, held over, could play Los Angelos indefinitely and get a greater reception each week.” —Henry Dougherty, Los Angeles “Eapress.” “It is a safe prediction that Miss Rasch will overtake and surpass the better exponents of her art.” -—St. Louis “Star.” “Albertina Rasch is the greatest dancer ever witnessed on the Orpheum stage, and, if Mme. Genee or the graceful Paviowa have anything in addition to Albertina, they have concealed it carefully while performing in our fair city.” —St. Louis “Republic,” “If out of an entire season there may be an act richly deserving of being treasured in one’s memory such act is Albertina Rasch.” —Omaha “Beg,” “Madame Sarah Bernhardt rendered ‘Camille’ in a wondrous manner. Albertina Rasch, co-starring with the VARIETY 43 ‘Divine,’ proved equally great in her art.” “Albertina Rasch had the big ovation of the Opera.” Management of LEO de VALERY New York. He did not arrive here until early Saturday night. Money was turned Back to some of the audience, 2 small one at that, and for the remainder a special dance number was added. It was suggested by the management of the Chicago Opera Company, Mr. Bolm and others that another afternoon this week the performance be given but the idea was frowned on by the local man- agement. It has been suggested by Mile. Yvonne Gall, the soprano of the Chicago Opera Company playing here, that a movement be started to transform the Boston Opera House into a municipal theatre through purchase by the city. She calis attention to the misfortune which has attended this house, now in the hands of the Shuberts, and believes that a plan such as she suggests is successful in European countries and could be worked here. With the house a munici- pal theatre, opera could be maintained there, she claims, and the plaint of Bos- — about the lack of it would be ended. It is reported locally that A. H. Woods is considering building a house here. While rumors of this sort are constantly cropping up it seems from the attrac- tions that he has been booking in this and last season that he could use a house exclusively. John Montague, who came here so often for Woods that he finally told his boss that he should make up his mind and let him stay here, does nothing but take care of.~the Woods at- tractions and he could take care of any house that Woods would acquire. Mme. Tetrazzini is booked in here for @ concert at the Boston Opera House on Sunday afternoon, April 4. Evidently the Shuberts are planning to run Sunday afternoon concerts at the opera house in comperites with the ones at Sym- phony Hall, which have been running for several seasons and which go big with music loving Bostonians. BUFFALO. By SIDNEY BURTON. MAJESTIC. — Ruth Chatterton in —“Diaro de la Marina,” Havana, Cupa. —N. Y. Evening Sun. “In the ‘Jewels of the Madonna’ the applause grew to a riot for a little Ballerina who was well named Rasch.” —WN. Y. Evening Mg¢il. Miss Rasch is the originator of the Marionette Dance and this number as introduced by her pupils is her sole property. “ALL PASSES, ART ALONE ENDURES” “ON THE BORDER LINE” Hunter, Randall and Senorita Special Scene: Consisting of the United States Post on the Border of Mexico Direction ARTHUR J. HORWITZ and LEE KRAUS, New York City Comedy Singing, Talking and Dancing A laugh a Minute DeGODFREY AND SANDIFER “FUN IN A STREET CAR” Without Power Costumes A-No. 1 Copyright reserved. Original Words and Music centage. Best organizatien in America. LOCATION WANTED NATIONAL MUSICAL STOCK COMPANY At liberty May 31. Would like to hear from good live managers, guarantee or per- Five years at the National Theatre, Detroit. Can Furnish Complete Show from 20 to 50 People Write or Wire C. R. HAGEDORN, NATIONAL THEATRE, DETROIT W. PERCEVAL MONGER “Moonlight and Honeysuckle.” The star’s personal following can be relied on to draw good business. Got off witha good start Monday. SHUBERT-TECK. — “Nothing But Love.” Getting the better of the week’s break, but still far from anything like big money. Probably due to the over- BUMPUS & LEWIS, 245 W. 46th St., N. Y. HOW’S YOUR AC ewe oe ee eee ee ne Phone Bryant 2695 supply of the musical comedy market here this season. SHEA’S.—Vaudeville. SHEA’S HIPP. — Mary Pickford, “Heart o’ the Hills’; Joe Martin, “Baby Doll Bandit,” Sudworth Fraiser. STAR.—Jean Leighton Revue, Floto Bros., Gallarinis, Fad and Fancy, Haney and Vincent, “Lasca.” IMPRESSION Means Your Livelihood. Our Curtains Will Give Your All Colors, Unique Designs. Hand- somely Painted New Curtains Our Specialty. For Sale Act Atmosphere. and Rent. Press Representative 1907 Times Building OLYMPIC. — “Mammy’s Birthday,” ‘Leonard and Benjiman, Wheelback and Hay, Worth-Wayten Four, May Clark. LYRIC.—‘‘Telephone Tangle.” Feild- ing-Boomer, Ella Lavail, Work and Keit, oo in the Basket, “The Third Genera- ion, GAYETY.—Sam Howe’s Big Show with Harry Cooper, Sam Howard, Helen Tarr. ACADEMY.—Pat White and his show. STRAND. — “A Daughter of Two Worids,” “From Hand to Mouth.” GARDEN.—‘"Some Wild Oats,” third week, FAMILY.—‘‘The Tong Man,” Over a hundred exhibitors and ex- change men left for Utica Monday to attend the Exhibitors’ League Conven- tion, Tuesday and Wednesday. A special car in charge of C. A, Taylor was chartered. The party included Harold B Franklin, E. O. Weinberg, Bruce Fow- ler, H. P. Smith, Henry ilkinson, A. S. Moritz, I. M. Mosher, A. Moses, H. Kahn, J. E. Kimberly, T. H. Brady, F. S. Hopkins, J. H. Greenwald, J. Schuch- ert, G. Hall, E. C. Winegar, H. Marsey, G. Haney; #. Hayes, H. Taylor, 8S. Car- ver, L. Marcus, O. Siegel, A. Sharick, N. I. Filkins, T. R. Gardiner and W. Hayes. Sir Oliver Lodge will lecture at the Majestic, March i4. A heavy advance sale is reported. A delegation of Chinese citizens called on the mayor last week and protested against the showing of “The Tong Man” running at the Family this week. So Ho Yan, manager of the Nan-Kin res- turant, issued a statement declaring the film unjust to the Chinese race and claimed it had been stopped in other cities. The mayor promised a censor- ship by a board of public officials who, after viewing the film, found nothing objectionable in it. The management of the Family made the most of the inci- dent for advertising purposes. More echoes of the defunct Garden burlesque stock were heard this week when Judge Dudley in Supreme Court awarded Mary R. Titus the custody of

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‘ vorae racrpaneqenawere i SEES Mle SURAT as ns Coccrosiea TO a oe oan re RE ET EE PRE Re PS Sos Oe ~~ ee San VARIETY “7 Pe he oe we & & os ween s+ =. ANDY The Big Ballad Hit 153 WEST 48th STREET WILLIAMS UNSHINE ROSE Send for Professional Copies and Orchestrations Some new ones ready, too; so you had better write in for them. C. C. CHURCH & CO. is Now Connected with the New Yerk Office of C. C. CHURCH & CO. and wants all his friends te call en him NEW YORK, N. Y. her daughter, Ruth Hino. The girl had run away from her mother in Cleveland and came here, joining the company at the Garden. Later, the Children’s Aid Society picked her up and was about to send her to training school when her mother heard of the girl’s predicament and came here, asking the court to allow Pg take her daughter back to Cleve- and, Bernard Vowinkel, manager of the Montana in Genesee street, was fined $15 | Judge Maui for permitting a 17-year dad boy to operate the motion pictura machine in his house. The boy was also found guilty of operating a machine without a lHcense and was fined $10. The city council last Friday passed an ordinance providing for more thor- ough fire protection in picture exchanges in the city. There was no opposition and all exchange managers appeared in favor. About 10 exchanges are affected. CLEVELAND. By J. WILSON ROY. SHUBERT - COLONIAL. — “Oh, My Dear!” Next week, Alice Brady in “For- ever After. OPERA HOUSE.—Robert B. Mantell in Shakespearean re oreo. Next week, ween. Gillette “Dear Brutus.” PROSPECT —toseph W. Payton Stock in arhe Song of Songs.” Next week, “Fair and Warmer.” KEITH’S.—Vaudeville. MILES.—“Temptation,” Quigley and Fitzgerald, Frank Ward, Helen Mortti, Dance Fantasies and pictures. PRISCILLA.—Dan Collins and Co. in “School Days,” Frank Waldron, Una Westley and Co., Back and Stone, Dot Marsel and Co. and pictures. LOEW’S LIBERTY.—Weber, Beck and Frazer; Burns and Garry, Arthur J. Finn and Co., Three Maxim Girls, De Vine and Williams and pictures. EMPI —“The Grown Up Babies.” STAR.—Ben Welch Revue. GRAND.—Adonis and his Dogs, Three White Kuhns, Dunbar and Turner, Chis- holm and Breen, Homeer and Dubard and pictures. .— Film, “His House in Order.” EUCLID.—“On with the Dance.” ALHAMBRA MALL — “Young Mrs. Winthrop.” STRAND.—"The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come.” RBOCKER. — “The Luck of Geraldine Laird.” Andreyev's “Life of Man” was given at the Play House on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The production ae one of the best ever staged at this couse. “McIntyre and Heath in “Hello, Alex- puma at the Shubert-Colonial, March The biggest hit of any act seen at Keith’s in a long time was that made by the House of David Jazz Band last week. Their performance was a riot. The clamor for the long-haired musi- cians became so boisterous that the suc- Blake & Amber Agency SAN ‘FRANCISCO The Standard Agency THE PACIFIC COAST ceeding act, Martin Webb, was refused a hearing. By wonderful ‘showmanship, Webb stuck to his guns and won over the house to such an extent that he went over in great shape. The band is held over for this week. Cleveland is enjoying a brief respite from the “bedroom” and “double-enten- dre” productions by the advent of Robert R. Mantell in a repertory of the Immortal Bard's classics. This week Mantell will appear in seven different ways by Shakespeare—a marvelous week’s work. DES MOINES. By DON CLARK. Nora Bayes made a hit in Des Moines and drew four big audiences at Berchel March 4-5-6 in “Ladies First.” Played at $2.60 top. “The Canary.” with Sanderson and Cawthorn, at Berchel. Played at $3 for entire lower floor and $1 for gallery; Saturday matinee, $1 to $2.50. These prices are the absolute top for Des Moines this or any other season. Heavy advance sale reported. Show is pla aying a split week with Omaha, as most of the big-time attractions playing here this season. Des Moines is getting the pro- duction for but two days and three per- ; ha a instead of the usual t e ays. Frances Starr, in “Tiger, Tiger,” wili play the Berchel March 19-20. Prices will jump to $3 top again, for the second time this season. Only a few lower floor seats will draw that figure, however. Princess Players made the hit ef their season with musical comedy “Very Good Eddie” this week. Leona Powers, Phil Sheffield and Minor Watson drew the big parts and the big applause. Sylvester Shaffer headlining vode bill at Orpheum this week. “Cheer Up” is headliner at Empress. “Scandal” drew so well New Year’s week at Berchel that it returned for two performances March 11. Big pictures this week. Clara Kim- ball Young, in “The Forbidden Woman,” at Des Moines; Ethel Clayton, in “The 13th Commandment,” at Garden; Alice Lake, in “Should a Woman Tell?’ at Rialto; William Farnum, in “The Ad- venturer,” at Palace. Mabel Normand, in “Jinx,” pulled such a big business at the Rialto four days last week that it was continued for a full week. SAVOY THEATRE IN THE HEART OF SAN FRANCISCO House available for Road Attractions Blackstone, Now Playing: Kolb and Dill, Week March 14 WIRE OR WRITE FOR OPEN TIME SAMUEL B. GROSSMAN, Manager JOHN J. NASH, Business Manager The Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association THOMAS J. CARMODY, Booking Manager 5th Floor State-Lake Theatre Bldg. CHICAGO, ILL. IRVING M JOE COOPER, Gea. Mgr. ARTIST REPRESENTATIVE 1416 BROADWAY, COOPER NEW YORK Phene: Bryant 4218 GEO. H. WEBSTER General Manager Vaudeuille Acts Wanted at All Times The Webster Vaudeville Circuit ite 868-569 Delaware Bidg. NO acr ‘Too BIG—NO SALARY TOO HIGE 36 West Randolph 8t., Chicago Phone Majestic 7210 Persistent rumors here are to the ef- fect that the Orpheum will build a new hdéuse to play two-a-day and convert the present house into a three-a-day. Des Moines Amusement Co., owning the Eighth street house, now under lease to the Orpheum, denies the rumor, which comes here from Chicago. The corner under consideration is owned by the — Life Insurance Co. of Iowa, and the concern plans a&@ 20-story office building for the site. If the Ore eum is built it will be a part of the Equitable Building. DETROIT. y JACOB SMITH. “Sinbad” Gpened a three weeks’ en- gagement at the Shubert-Detroit Sunday night. House completely sold out for week. Sinbad will stay here three weeks, creating a new record. First time in his- — of Detroit that any show has re- mained longer than two weeks. Al Jol- son is in show here and is working with JIMMIE GILDEA «4 PHILLIPS In “ALL IN FUN” JUST GOING AHEAD DO YOU FOLLOW US NOW TOURING PANTAGES CIRCUIT

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VARIETY of Sobieski . 45 E. F. ALBEE, President J. J. MURDOCK, General Manager F, F. PROCTOR, Vice-President | ith’s Vaudeville Exchans B. F. Keith’s Vaudeville Exchange (AGENCY) (Palace Theatre Building, New York) B. F. KEITH EDWARD F. ALBEE A. PAUL KEITH F. F. PROCTOR Founders Artists can book direct by addressing S. K. HODGDON Marcus Loews BOOKING AGENCY General Executive Offices Putnam Building, Times Square New York J. H. LUBIN General Manager B. S. MOSS Theatrical Enterprises AMALGAMA'TED VAUDEVILLE AGENCY M. D. SIMMONS, General Booking Manager General Executive Offices BROADWAY THEATRE BUILDING 1441 BROADWAY, N. Y. CITY Phone Bryant 9200 — — - te = Feiber & Shea - Theatrical Enterprises — 1493 Broadway (Putnam Building) New York City Mr. Lubin Personally Interviews Artists Daily Between 11 and 1 CHICAGO OFFICE Masonic Temple Building J. C. MATTHEWS in Charge BEN and JOHN FULLER AUSTRALIAN -ENTERPRISES Albemarle Mansions, Piccadilly, London, W. I. Ben Fuller will be lecated in New York March next. See W. V. M. A. in Chicago. See Rita Murphy, Ackerman-Harris, San Francisco. If You Don’t Advertise in VARIETY—Don’t Advertise OT eee || WHLIAM POR CRC American Representative, NORMAN JEFFERIES feat Estate Trust Bido., Philadelphia OF THEATRES WILLIAM FOX, President BERT LEVEY CIRCU IT Executive Osiesse 190 West wi St, New York City VAUDEVILLE THEATRES a age ince ALCAZAR THEATRE BUILDING SAN FRANCISCO : sa tees ~~ Personal interviews with artists from 12 to 6, or by appointment

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his usual pep. “Sinbad’’ will do $100,000 at $3.50 top. Certain ain capacity. Louis Mann in “Friendl held over for second week. ing But Love.” New Detroit has William Gillette in Hnemies” ext, “Noth-

“Dear Brutus.” Next, Robert B. Man- tell. j ‘ “Burlesque Revue” at Gayety. Next, Lew Kelly Show. “Bathing Beauties” at Cadillac. Photoplays: “One With the Dance” held gqver third week at Broadway Strand; “In Search of a Sinner,” Adams, “His House in Order,” “The Strongest”; “The Blooming Angel,” Majestic; “The Imp” at Colonial.

Louis K. Sidney is the new manager of the William Fox-Washington, De- troit, succeeding Sid Lawrence, who has been transferred to the New Terminal (Fox) in Newark. Sidney comes from the Fox house in St. Louis.

H. A. Ross, Detroit manager for Fa- mous Players, has been transferred to the home office, where he has been pro- moted to assistant general sales mana- ger. Charles W. Perry succeeds him in Detroit, being former assistant mana- ger,

Butterflield’s new Regent, Flint, opened March 10.

INDIANAPOLIS. By VOLNEY B. FOWLER. MURAT.—“Up in Mabel’s Room.” ENGLISH’S.—“A Prince There Was.” PARK.—Musical Extravaganza. KEITH’'S.—Vaudeville. LYRIC.—Vaudeville. RIALTO.—Vaudeville and pictures. BROADWAY.—Vaudeville. CIRCLE.—Pictures.

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PLAYED KEITH’S NEW THEATRE, SYRACUSE, LAST WEEK We hare paged the best theatres all over the world, but hats off to this ona Had the most comfortable week in business. baths, toilet, and Brussels wo Re Eg By. and, in fact, everything is done to make the week a We arrived at the Theatre Monday three hours late, cold and hungry. bg ge A stage. Ho Sateemen wa thet % wes te iste te 90 58 Ga SS oy Be bee aoe warm to night show. I guess that is the actor in mind when he built the Syracuse theatre. That Billy—POTTER and HARTWELL—Effie IN “MUDDLED MIXTURES” carpete in every dressing room, supplied Dieasant ome. Hverybody tune ane, Albee will always be s pleasant

was the guest at many social functions last week. She formerely resided here. Wrecking of bui upon the site of Marcus Loew’s $600,000 vaudeville thea- tre in North Pennsylvania street was begun this week. Construction will be- gin within a few weeks. Janet Adler & Co., Reese & Brooks and Ninnetti Brothers, of Chicago, were fea- tured as entertainers at the twentieth automobile show.

After 17 years of promotion, Henry K. Burton, of the Burton Theatrical Book- ing Agency, finally has struck a winner. Henry has written the book and Charles Francis oe the music of a musical compen, “Roger Bean.” The police had be called Py “contrat the erewd trying to get into the town theatre at Prince- sme Ind., on the show’s sécond night ere.

MONTREAL. By 8. MORGAN-POWELL. The influenza idemic is making its effect felt on all forms of entertainment throughout Canada, but Montreal is not suffering in this rel respect half so much as Toronto and the Ontariec towns, Plans are afoot for a chain of dance halls with cabarets for the leading Cana- dian towns. Mr. Bouche, ef Chicago, is the moving t He has contracted for a roof m, restaurant, dance hall and cabaret in “Montreal. Trans-Canada Theatres, Ltd... have en-

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gaged Tyrone Power for revivals of “The Middleman” and “A Bunch of Violets” for next season, so successful has his tour in “The Servant in the House” been thus far.

There are rumors of certain important developments in connection with Cana- dian Theatres, Ltd. it is said some of the Canadian partners are anxious to sell out at a comparatively small amount. Why they should do so, in view of the phenomenal business their houses are doing, it is difficult to im- agine. However, the report is persistent, and it is also intimated that Toronto in- terests are not averse to buying up the stock. In that event, there may be created a very interesting situation, for with Trans-Canada Theatres, Ltd., build- ing about a dozen new theatres im va- rious cities, the Famous Players Cana- dian Corporation doing likewise, and the Allens also extending their holdings and securing more houses, competition will be about as keen as in any other enter- prise in the Dominion shortly. NEW ORLEANS. By O. M. SAMUEL. TULANE.—Richard Carle in shine.” LYRIC. Freeman’ s “Fireflies.” LAFAYETTE.—Dark. DAUPHINE.—Dark. STRAND.—<Anita Stewart in “In Old Kentucky.” LIBERTY.—“Victory.” “Sun-

May Irwin in “On the Hiring Line” at the Tulane next week.

De Wolf Hopper in “The Better ’Ole” is to play a return engagement in this city owing to a scarcity of attractions.

The Tulane may offer a supplemental season of pictures at the end of its “regular term, among which are men- tioned “Broken Blossoms” and Mary Pickford in “Pollyanna.”

Foster Olroyd, manager of the Strand, is ill, Clarence Greenblatt has been brought in from Alexandria to take charge of the theatre while Olyrod is incapacitated. He is suffering from throat trouble.

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Victor Herbert was present the first two nights of the presentation of “Angel Face,” making short speeches on both occasions. He is unusually popular here, having done orchestral wor ere years ago. Manager Harry Brown, following the overflowing crowd on opening night, arranged to have the composer stay over for the benefit of those turned away.

Alice Brady is dfawing to the Alvin to see “Forever After.” Local patron seem unusually anxious to witness ex- film stars. “Always You,” with Ralph Herz, next. George White’s “Scandals of 1919” is playing to big attendance all week at the Nixon. “Ben Hur” returns next. “Betty Be Good,” which played the Alvin early in the season, with a slightly different cast is playing the Pitt this week to larger audiences than those of + gr ciad visit. Sothern and Marlowe nex The “Boomerang” disbanded following the end of its week’s stay at the Duquesne, where oun medicere success attended it. “The etter ‘Ole,” with Charles Dalton, opened for two weeks’ stand Monday night. The Pershing, which has been playing stock for some time, is this week pre- senting “Be a Good Fellow,” a drama, by Ralph Moody, leading man. The Guild Players, the local Little Theatre organization which made such a successful start recently, will next pre- sent Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” which was substituted for Galsworthy’s “The Pigeon.” “The Merry Death” will also be presented. : The Nixon’s former treasurer, “Des” L. Place, who obtained a leave of absence last season on account of ill health, has fully recovered and is back on the job. Haden Gentry and Charles E. Green, who filled the box office booth in his ab- sence, have resigned, and Austin Daugh- erty, of Philadelphia, has taken the place of assistant treasurer.

Ray Henderson is in town doing ad- vance work for the Sothern-Marlowe en- gagement.

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A. ie Ms (6 eG thar? Landi on ers eet bong eer mvenenenes emi cy Gy eer ra ees ger 49 SIE LOE LEO LE LT LTS TEE EE EES VARIETY JOYCE HOTEL $1 WEST Tist STREET NEW YORK CITY Starring in “Mr. Manhatten im England ~— ore. ee na in Hew Yat wii SAM. BAERWITZ 1498 Greadwey FRED_DUPREZ Lowden Keg: MURRAY & DAW 5 iets St.. W.0. 2 My Amertese Agther: Jamas MADIGON Joh * Eug! ree WESTON 4 LEE DEAR FRIENDS: Since running this little add in Variety, I have had two production offers, but I booked solid for this season and half of next, imposaible some act. CHARLIE WILSON “THE LOOSE NUT” Next Week (Marek 15)—Kelth’s Hip, Youngstews, 0. THE PEERLESS TRIO ‘Did he have four?” Playing PANTAGES CIRCUIT Maggie Sez: A little Red Head front the sticks, Pleased vaudeville folks with her tricks. She came to New York, Learned to eat with a fork, And Hopes with her new act to again please the hicks. “You Know How It Is with Me Timmie” “Hello Mary,"”” Where Are You? Direction FRANK EVANS PAUL PETCHING THE MUSICAL FLOWER GARDEN Whimsical—Novel— Appealing An Aet that contains the three great ele- ments that have made Vaudeville the Favorite Amusement ef the American People: BEAUTY, COMEDY and MUSIC. Open for next season. Permanent address: 16 Packard Ave., Lymansville, R. L BRITISH BEEF Ready for Roasting GRIFF Getting by nicely at Bushwick Theatre This Week HARRY FITZGERALD Representative Have got some special London-made Vent figures for sale. FRED LEWIS Says: “Velocity is what a person lets go of a wasp with. Weaver Brothers The Arkensaw Travelers Originaters ef Handsaw Harmony Still on a Slow Train; But NOT in Arkansaw. eateeeh B6e eee ~ROSANO AND HIS: BAPHONE | Stet heat atetesse o - _ - - THE FAYNES Direction, Hughes & Manwaring PROVIDENCE. By KARL K. KLARK. SHUBERT MAJESTIC. — “Lassie,” musical version of “Kitty McKay,” pre- mier Monday. Reviewed elsewhere. OPERA HOUSE.—"“Stand from Under,” a new drama dealing particularly with prohibition, and which has also to do with love and politics, by William An- thony McGuire. In the cast are John Halliday, William Morris, Richard Dix, Sue MacManamy and Eleanor Gordon. MAYFLOWER.—Third week of May- flower Stock Co., presenting this week ‘Daddy Longlegs.” EMPIRE.—Mrs. George Primrose and her Primrose Minstrels. BEB. F. ALBEE.—Vaudeville. EMERY.—Vaudeville and pictures. FAY’S.—Vaudeville and pictures. The announcement was made this week of the engagement of Winifred Lenihan as leading woman for the com- ing spring and summer season of the Albee Stock. TOURING THE WORLD MARIONNE With JULIAN ELTINGE All Star Revue |MERCEDES AMERICA’S MAS WMAN | BOOKED oie UNTIL 1921 A Address FRIARS’ CLUB, NEW YORK CITY Molly L. Gray, a dancing instructor in Providence, has entered a $25,000 breach of promise suit against James ° Greaves, Jr., son of a wealthy textile manufacturer here. Another suit for alleged alienation of her son’s affec- tions has been brought by the same plaintiff against Mrs. James W. Greaves, Sr., mother of the young man, and in a third’ suit the plaintiff seeks to recover a $1,500 diamond engagement ring which the plaintiff charges was taken from her by Mrs. Greaves after it had been given to her by young Greaves. The Linwood picture house at Whit- insville, Mass., was totally destroyed by a fire Monday morning which swept through two blocks in that. town, deing damage estimated at $20,0. }. : JIM AND MARIAN HARKINS DIRECTION: NORMAN JEFFERIES ( ARTISTS’ BOREM Pigge, Penn. Dear Sir: The audience that come into my theatre are a low class of people. What can I do to make them feel at home? I. Shuttem, Mor. Get a Dwarf to take tickets. FRED ALLEN Pantages Circuit Direction, MARK LEVY OP OP The wife ts very Industricus. Ali the chambermald has to do ia.to leave the towels. OSWALD ROXY LA ROGGA COOK and OATMAN LOEW CIRCUIT A Jewish Boy’s Report ona Vaudeville Show First kumes out a kupple Hackrobats. Dey wuz pritty gude. Next kume out two Black Niggers. Dey danced at the end wild like Hindians. Den kumes up a Sketch. A feller makes Love wit hinother feller’s Wife. Usual Wheeicle. Den wuz a Sister Hackt. Two girls—No Gude—dey must hev Hinfluence to get Wages and Consecutive. Closing wuz La Mont’s Camels. Hevrebody walked out leaving honely a Henful of Peeples. On the whole the Show wuz Abso- lutelee. LES MORCHANTS Moss Tims Direction, MARE LAVY The Providence Orchestral Association, composed of local artists, many of whom pay daily in the theatres of the city and neluding 80 members, made its first public appearance last Sunday after- noon at the Shubert Majestic. Roswell H. Fairman, band leader and composer, is conductor. Among the assisting artists were Mario Carboni, baritone; Vivian Place, harpist, and Beatrice War- den, accompanist. When Mary Garden appeared here last Sunday she was assisted by a Rhode Island girl, Lucile Orrell, violoncello soloist, who has won considerable fame in New York of late. “Fifty-Fifty” at the Shubert Majestic next week. ROCHESTER, N. Y. By L. B. SKEFFINGTON. YCEUM.—‘“Dere Mable,” first half; “Three Wise Fools,” second half. TEMPLE.—Vaudeville. GAYETY.—“The Beeham Show.” COLUMBIA.—“Shimmy Town.” FAY’S.—Vaudeville in Monkeyland, Kennedy and Dinns, Musical Wileys, Harvey Devora ‘Trio, Anderson and Goines, “On Strike.” William Farnum in “Heart Strings,” screen feature. FAMILY.—Lottie Mayer’s Diving Girls, all week: Rube Town Follies, Walsh and Austin, Joe Daly and Sister, Joe Cristle, first half; Ross and Ashton, Waak and LeWaan Sisters, Knox and Inman, Clyde, Nelson and Co., second half. VICTORIA.—Olympia Desvall and Co., Eugen Emmett and Mary Miles Minter in “Judy of Rogues Harbor,” first haif; 1,000 Hats 1,000 Laughs JACK JENNINGS THE KING OF HATS FAREWELL TOUR OF JOHNSON BROS. and JOHNSON “A Few Moments of Miustrelsy” Inquire of JOE MICHAELS NEB JEAN Argo and Verjenia ARE BREAKING IN ‘THEIR LITTLE BROTIOOR PAUL LAROCCA Dolores Cassinelli in “The Web of De- ceit,” and two to fill, second half. “Chin Chin” fell down at the Lyceum the last half of last week. Whether this was due to the fact that it was a return oe the weather, or both, is un- certain. A plan has been launched whereby pic- ture patrons are asked to drop their pen- nies in a box in the lobbies. These funds are used for showing pictures in the hospitals, the committee of theatre men having engaged a portable projec- tion outfit and engaged a Hcensed oper- ator to make the rounds of the hospitals. Work is to be rushed on the recently projected new theatre in Hornell, as that town is now being boomed by the Erte Railroad. Location there of the repair shops is expected to bring 5,000 skilled workmen and their families. SYRACUSE, N. Y. By CHESTER B. BAHN. . EMPIRE.— Monday, “Hitchy Koo,” with Frank Cornell heading the com- pany. This sizes up as about the dullest revue to hit Syracuse this season. Cor- nell, with his monolog of ill-conceived Personalities, pointless familiarities and painful jocularities is the principal offender. 9-10, “Three Wise Fools.” Last half, “Dere Mable.” Next week, first half, “The Unwanted One.” WIETING.—AI1l week, dark. Next week, eee ee ‘ , ’S.—Vaudeville, with Marie Cahili headlining. This week’s

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When “Occuit Waves” hit the Lyceum Theatre, Ithaca, it was minus some of the mystic experts who featured the per- formance at the. Bastable here. The Ithaca Journal says that Adah and Julius Zancig, billed as telepathists, and Mrs. Janet Van Buskirk failed to materialize. The Journal adds: “She would, it had THIS WEEK—B. F. KEITH’S COLONIAL been promised, get messages from the spirit world. Revelations in Syracuse, it is said, were of such a nature that the management decided to eliminate the trance mediumship here. According to report, the medium toid mothers where their bows were in France, how they came to their death, and made various other revelations that greatly wrought up the audiences in the Saline City.” During her appearance here the medium told one audience at the Bastable of the appearance of the ghost of a little white DES EMPRESS.—Empress Players, featur- ing Edythe Elliott. Business continues good. ast week's attraction was “The House of Glass,” which was also played by this company two seasons ago. Rob- ert Lawrence has joined the company, opening Feb. 232. AVENUE.—%3, Sophie Bragslau, in con- cert. Well receivéd. 4-5-6, fifth annual play of the University of British,Colum- ia Players’ Club, “Green Stockings” being the offering. 12-13, Vaudeville show by ex-service men in aid of B. C. Amputation Glub. ROYAL.-—“The Miracle Man,” George Loane Tucker film. This is return date, picture having been shown for two FEATURED WITH “CAVE MAN LOVE” NEXT WEEK (March 15)—B. F. KEITH’S ALHAMBRA

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COLUMBIA.—Loew’'s vaudeville and pictures. IMPERIAL.—Dark. : ARENA.—lIce skating and hockey. COLONIAL.—Nazimova, in “The Brat.” wt .—“Even as Eve,” featuring Grace Darlin DOMINION.—Enid Bennett, in “What Every Woman Learns,” and Fatty Ar- buckle, in “The Hayseed.” MAPLE LEAF.—Sessue Hayakawa, in “The Courageous Coward.” GLOBE.—Geraldine Farrar, in “Flame of the Desert.” BROADWAY.—Catharine Calvert, in “The Career of Catharine Bush.” KITSILANO.-—-Constance Talmadge, in “A Virtuous Vamp.” Robert Lawrence, a new player at the Empress, headed his own company last fall in San Francisco. The new Harold Lloyd comedies will be shown at the Colonial, the first being “Bumping Into Broadway.” Work has commenced on the new Par- amount. Work is also under way on Allen’s house. Both will show pictures. WASHINGTON, D. C. By HARDIE MEAKIN. KEITH’S.—Vaudeville. - SHUBERT-BELASCO.—Shubert’s new production, “Not So Long Ago,” with Charles Abbe, Sydney Blackmer, Thomas Mitchell, C. Bailey Hick, Charles Gray, Eva La Gallienne, Mary Kennedy, Esther Lyon, Anna Mack Berlien and Madeleine Marshall numbered among the cast. POLI’S.—Return of the magnificent “Chu Chin Chow.” Opened Sunday night and is doing big business. SHUBERT-GARRIC K.—Edward SOPHIE BURMAN PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER General Theatrical and Manuscript Work a Specialty Located with LILLIAN BRADLEY Suite 503, ASTOR THEATRE BLDG. Phone: Bryant 5208 Wanted: Musical Comedy STOCK PEOPLE ims TO OPEN MAY 31 STEADY WORK TO THOSE THAT MAKE GOOD SEND PHOTOS, LOWEST SALARY, ETC. NEW COMPANY FOR NATIONAL THEATRE. WRIT C. R. HAGEDORN, National Theatre, Detroit, Mich. eg ed Clark’s “Little Miss Charity” opened Sunday night after a week in the “sticks.”” Received most favorable com- ment from the local dailies and is re- viewed elsewhere in this issue. NATIONAL.—Likened to “A Revolu- tion of Fun,” the new Charles Dilling- ham production, “The New Dictator,” opened Monday before a spiendid gather- ing. The cast includes in addition to Frank Craven, who is featured as well as being credited with the libretto and lyrics, Gladys Caldwell, Flora Zabelle Marion Sunshine, William Burress, Jed FProuty, Russell Mack, John Parks, John Hendricks, George E. Mack, Charles Mitchell, Walter Coupe, Winifred Fran- ces, Irving Carpenter, Jessica Brown, Ted Doner, Marguerita Flor De Mayo, Jose Vallhonrat. Reviewed elsewhere in this issue. COSMOS.—Vaudeville and pictures. GAYETY.—The 28th anniversary of the Al Reeves Beauty Show. FOLLY.—‘“The Social Follies.” LOEW’S PALACE.—Ethel Clayton in “Young Mrs. Winthrop.” LOEW’S COLUMBIA. —Shirley Mason in “Her Elephant Man.” MOORE’S RIALTO—Bert Lytell in “The Right of Way.” CRANDELL’S METROPOLITAN— Elaine Hammerstein in “Greater Than Fame.” MOORE’S GARDEN.——May Murray and David Powell in “On with the Dance,” second week. WILMINGTON, DEL. PLAYHOUSE. — First half, Laurette Taylor in “One Night in Rome” with the New York cast intact. The best of its kind seen here this season. Last half, Marie Dressler in her servival of “Tillie’s Nightmare.” GARRICK.—"The Spider,” Holland and Oden, Gill and Weak, William Cutty, Carson and Willard, The Brower Trio, Rekoma, The DeMolars, others and Harold Lloyd comedy. QUEEN.—First half, Bryant Wash- burn in “The Six Best Cellars”; last half, Ethel Clayton in “The Thirteenth Commandment.” MAJESTIC.—Wallace Reid in “Double Speed” ; Carter De Haven comedy, “Hoo- dooed.” VICTORIA.—“Checkers.” RIALTO.—Frank Keenan in “Brothers Divided.” SAVOY.—Alma Hanlon and _ Stuart Holmes in “The Sins of the Children.” The Playhouse was one place in Wiim- ington not affected by the recent stofm or by the suspension of electric current as it is a part of the du Pont Building which has its own electric plant. While the city was enveloped in darkness, with street cars stalled, the Playhouse flooded with light gave a performance as usual. In keeping with the tempest the play was “Tillie’s Nightmare.” CLARA HOWARD TEMPLE THEATRE, DETROIT, WEEK MARCH FIRST (NEXT TO CLOSING—FOLLOWING “SPANISH REVUE”) VIEW POINTS OF DETROIT CRITICS “JOURNAL” Clara Howard follows the dancers and all by herself achieves a little triumph of her own. She sings songs, tells stories, kids herself and even gets away with an “imitation” of Charlie Chaplin. JAMES B. McCKOWEN “NEWS—MARCH 2” Clara Howard is a thin person in green with red her and a drollery of her own who sings and tells stories and gets close to her audience. The customers like her and demonstrate it. “FREE PRESS” Inimitable Clara Howard enlivens the bill with a bit of delicious comedy. There is not a dull moment while she occupies the boards. “TIMES” A great hit was made by Clara Howard a comedienne, whose comedy songs and nonsense kept the audience convulsed for 30 minutes. FRANK EVANS

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RIALTO. This is “Good Spirits” week. The pro- gram is framed up to bear some rela- tion to the liquor question. The over- ture is made up of selections from “The _. Frince of Pilsen,” with stress laid upon the Stein song from that comic opera. Then there are the Fox and Kinogran news weeklies, showing several pro- hibition scenes, etc. Emanuel List, a basso profundo, sings “Down Deep Within the Cellar,” and pretends to quaff from a cup with much gusto. Prizma’s subject is “The Ghost of John Barleycorn,” showing the mix- ing of a number of drinks heretofore called for over bars. ™ The feature is “The Six Best Cellars, in keeping with the general layout of the week’s entertainment, followed by “Alcoholic Blues,” and the show con- cludes with a Christie comedy, “Her Bridal Nightmare,” which proceeds so rapidly that it is difficult to follow the plot. Jolo. RIVOLI. The Rivoli program this week sags with the weight of the feature offering (Elsie Ferguson in “His House in Order,” reviewed elsewhere), but starts off with a charming rendering by the orchestra of Rossini’s ‘“‘William Tell. “The Beauty of Nature,” a Paramount Post scenic, follows. There are some beautiful views in it, and to an insider some examples of clever technical work that interest. The Pictorial continues to be of less interest than it should be with so much of news value occurring in the world, and was marred by bad spelling in several Pathe inserts. An amusing experience of a camera man in a girl’s swimming school, however, made up for this. Sdoattc Albano and a chorus did the Barearole from “La Giocanda” in a pieasing setting, and after the featuré came “Good Night, Nurse,” a comedy produced by George Ovey in Florida at no great expense. Leed.

STRAND. Constance Talmadge in the First Na- tional feature, “In Search of a Sinner, was far and away the best thing of the program for the current week at the Strand. ‘There wasn’t anything in the show that’ came near touching the fea- ture, but the latter was so good that there wasn’t anything else needed. The Talmadge picture is a John Emer- son-Anita Loos production, and this pair can certainly write titles and sub-titles to hit the Broadway mind. If their stuff doesn’t hand a laugh to the hinterlanders it is only because their education has been neglected, but the Main Stemmers will get many a laugh out Of the titles in “In Search of a Sinner.” The Strand filled only its two center sections up to about the half way point on its 2 o’clock show Sunday, but when the feature was almost finished there was an overflow into the side sections. Later the house practically filled up. The sclection from “The Firefly” served as the overture, and was heartily applauded. The news weekly which followed was also used to slip over a boost for “Look Who’s Here” at the 44th Street. Cecil Lean was shown rehearsing the girls of the show on the Hotel Astor Roof. Estelle Carey, soprano, sang “Mother of Mine” effectively after the topical re- view and was forced to deliver an en- core number. The feature followed. Malcolm. McEachern, basso, made. his reappearance on Sunday after an ab- sence of several months. He was wel- comed royally by the regulars at the house to whom the Australian singer is now well known. His offering was “The Bedouin Love Song,” a set being utilized and the singer appearing in Arab cos- tume. A scenic and a O. Henry comedy com- pleted the program. Fred. CAPITOL. Dorothy Dalton in “Black Is White,” an Ince-Paramount-Artcraft produc- tion, and a presentation of “Pagliacci,” divided attention at the Capitol this week. The feature picture has a cork- ing story, but Miss Dalton is hardly the happiest selection that could have been made for the role of Margaret. The operatic performance was a little rough Sunday afternoon, but it gave indic- ations of working into a finished per- formance after the first day. Cesar Nesi, singing the role of Canio, gave a really remarkable interpretation. Irene Williams sang Nedda feelingly, the bal- ance of the cast being Raymond Hunter, William Robyn and Bertram Bailey. The film portion of the bill, in addi- tion to the feature, included “Topics of the Day,” an adventure scenic, the Capi- tol News and the William Fox comedy, “Money Talks.” The latter closed the program and received many laughs. The overture was the Offenbach com- position, “Orpheus in the Underworld,” the selection being offered about one- third way in the bill. The business late in the afternoon filled the house to about two-thirds. BROADWAY. Sunday afternoon’s business took a flop but was augmented to capacity at night. “Powder Puff Follies,” ran as usual, this making the fifth week of its engagement. Monday, however, there was interpolated in this “burlesque ‘re- vue’”’ some of the material Hugo Jan- sen has been showing in vaudeville with “Oh, Auntie!” act. The feature of* the current week is “Deadline at 11,” a Vitagraph picture, re- viewed elsewhere in these columns, which made a valuable addition to the bill. Step. IN SEARCH OF A SINNER. Georgianna Chadbourne, Constance Talmadge Jack Garrison......... Radcliffe Fellows SRT 60s 6.06 60 oO O38 Os TKR Corliss Giles SPP es Pee oe William Roselle EN 55 oOo 3 Ga Ration ae Marjorie Milton REr as co cees oenwe® Evelyn C. Carrington Valeska’ ...... oe aS Sea O.5's llian Worth TN , MOOR eT eae Pee ee Arnold Lucy » RA PE eee ee Charles Whittaker i PS ere eee Ned Sparks POLIOOMAM 66 id cvs Saw William Boshell. “In Search of a Sinner,” adapted from the play of the same title,-has been de- veloped into a whale of a picture at the hands of John Emerson and Anita Loos, and is an ideal starring vehicle for the winsome and charming Constance Tal- madge. The-feature is a First National release in five reels. : The story is that of a young girl who has been married to a highbrow a great many years her senior. He was “a good man” and after his death the widow de- eides that she has had enough of “good” men in her life and comes to New York tc snare a “wild man.” She fiirts with a man in Central Park, later meeting him in the Casino. A “Copper” who has trailed her there tries to arrest her for having violated the ordinance against picking flowers, and her new found friend puts up a battle with the officer, allowing her to escape. When she gets home she is certain that she is in love and feels certain that she has met a “wild man,” for no one except a wild one x would give battle to a copper. The brother of her former husband with whom she is stopping remonstrates with her for the foolhardy escapade, and remarks that she should attach herself to some “good, reliable man,’ mention- ing a friend of his Trom the West. It happens that the friend from the’ West is the man with whom she flirted. It is from this point on that the story becomes a broad farce. The brother-in- law and his wife are called out of town and the friend from the West is to be entertained at dinner. The widow de- cides to put her “wild man” to a final test to ascertain whether.or not he quali- fies to be her second husband. She de- cides to inform him on his arrival that she is the wife of his friend, and then if he flirts with her she is certain that he’ll do. But he wont flirt, and then a chase ensues, she deciding that she must make him wild and then tame him. In this she is finally successful. It is not so much the action of the story that gets this picture over as the titling. The titles are whales and they carry the action. Here is a sample: the scene shows the hero’s apartment, he believing that he has made love to his best friend’s wife has decided to leave for California with a dame that he has picked up in the street. The friend walks in on him and he tells his plans, the title reading: “So I am going to California with the worst woman in New York,” to which the dame returns: “You flatterer.” Miss Talmadge is supported by a cast that is adequate, especially Rockcliffe Iellows, her leading man. Fellows gives one of the best screen performances that he has shown since “The Regeneration.” The dame bit is played by Lillian Worth, who puts it over with a bang. She is the typical slangy detained dame to per- fection. The production does not show any- thing out of the ordinary in the way of sets or exterior shots, but the photog- raphy is quite good. There is one fault in the assembling of the picture, and that is the predominance of close-ups of Miss Talmadge. Fred. BLACK IS WHITE. Margaret} TMORONR Foose sscccvccscs Dorothy Dalton Yvonne J I.yda Desmond.......... Claire Mesereau po . ee Lillian Lawrence Pile eee Holmes E. Herbert Fred Brood..... teeemes Gage Jack Crosby PEE. 4HS4N45.6050008 80% Joseph Granby CO eee ee eee Patrick Barrett a ee _+++.Tom Cameron This George Barr McCutcheon tale lends itself wonderfully to the screen. It is a whale of a story and it is well told in this Thomas Ince production that was directed by Charles Giblyn. Dorothy Dalton is starred in the production but she does not seem to have been the hap- piest of selections for the principal role of the drama. However, as a picture, “Biack Is White” will undoubtedly please and will send audiences away talking about the story rather than the star. It is the tale of a young wife whose husband believes her to be unfaithful and turns her out. A son had been born to the union and the man retains the child even though he believes that its father was some one other than he. After 16 years have passed the man meets a woman in Paris, falls in love with her and marries her. In truth it is his former wife, who has directed her life so that this might be accomplished her vengeance having taken that form, be- lieving that she could finally win her son’s affection and take him from the father. When the attraction between the two become noticeable the father be- lieves that his wife and her, as he sup- poses stepson, are in love with each other. He hears them planning to go away together and shoots the boy. Finally he realizes the wrong that he has done both the wife and the boy and begs forgiveness, which is granted him. The roles of father and son are played by Holmes E. Herbert and Jack Crosby. The latter as the son walks away with all the honors of the picture. He even overshadows the star. The role that he portrays contains all the sympathy, there being even a greater measure for him than there is for the wife and mother. Miss Dalton with a bionde wig tries to look the exceedingly yseuthful wife ana eae then the more mature matron of 15 years later. One can hardly believe that the husband would fail to recognize her, for the change from the one to the other is so slight. For a real thriller with no end of sus- pense “Black Is White” ranks with the best. This picture has played all around New York in the suburbs prior to being shown at the Capitol. Fred. HIS HOUSE IN ORDER. ZEAE, : NOPUOR so 6's ik aA es Elsie Ferguson Filmer Jesson......: Holmes E. Herbert REUOST SOMBOD oh os vc ovens Vernon Steel Annabelle Jesson......Margaret Linden Geraldine Ridgley.......... Marie Burke Derek Jesson........ Lawrence Johnson This is not a good picture. Its market value rests principally on Miss Ferguson and her gowns. She wears some gorge- ous ones, and that gets the women, but the ice has already been broken on this adaptation of Pinero’s play. The one Louis Sherwin wrote for Pauline Fred- erick uses a plot so similar as to give the brunet the advantage over the blonde, in that the brunet showed first and so got the pickings. Moreover, in this Paramount offering Hugh Ford's limitations as a _ picture director are so marked as to drive a real screen boss almost crazy. Mr. Ford still thinks in terms of the legitimate stage. His characters never act natur- ally but always as they would to score a point beiore a listening audience, and his pictures suffer accordingly. No amount of excellent Paramount photog- raphy can conceal this fundamental shortcoming. The story deals with the induction into an aristocratic household of a young governess. When the first wife is killed ir. an automobile accident, the widower falls in love with his son’s teacher, but atfer they are married he is constantly comparing her to the advantage of his late wife. Soon it develops that this wife had an amour and the son is not the husband’s after all. He treats his rew wife better then, and they are reconciled. Part of this is told in stilted titlings. . Among the actors Vernon Steel, a re- cruit from “Declasse,” seems out of place for a picture, but Holmes BE. Her- bert was the asinine husband to the life. While Paramount will sell this offer- ing, it is not real picture stuff. Leed. THE SIX BEST CELLARS. Henry Carpenter..... Bryant . Washburn Mrs. Carpenter.......... Wanda Hawley Bl. BOMOGNORG . ... cic ve Clarence Burton Mre. Hammond..........<«. Elsa Lorimer ih. Josephine Crowell | | re rr Fred Vroom Race <f Vie eee Jane Wolfe H. Sturtevant Jordan....Richard Wayne MERON QOUEUINS 5 Vic vedo cceuuen Julia Faye Tommy Blair........ _++.»-Howard Gaye oS PS eere e Zelma Maja DEE: esas cdeucnees Parker MacConnell Se BENNER sos ken cveeed sacl Ruth Ashby Holsappel ....... . ibibn G00 William Boyd Fa eee Olita Otis EE. 5 240 e-00 t needaaie Allan Connor pe ST Serer eee. Lorie Larson ye” ee Cc. H. Geldart The feature at the Rialto this week is a light-waisted comedy but undoubt- edly amusing—the sort of a photoplay you enjoy while viewing it and then feef foolish for having enjoyed yourself when it is all over. It is “The Six Best Cel- lars,” by Holworthy Hall and Hugh Kahler, scenario by Elmer and directed by Donald Crisp. Bryant Washburn {is the star, but is given a close run for stellar honors by Wanda Hawley and Clarence Burton, due to the fact that their parts are better than his, and hence stand out more vividly. The story is founded on the present day prohibition agitation and the effect it has on the lives of a small village, the male members of which are datly commuters to the big city. The story hands you a lot of laughs and leads no- where. It will please audiences every- where—while they are looking at it. Jolo, Some 5,000 feet of June Caprice at her sweetest. If exhibitors and their patrons like that sort of thing, they should snap this up, as Oliver D. Balley’s story is all right. George Proctor does none too clever an adaptation of it, but George Archainbaud makes up for the arrange- ment by good detail. Thomas Carrigan as the hero played his part to fine ad- vantage. He is down South when a little or- rphaned girl takes his offer to help her too literally and arrives unexpectedly at his residence in the city. She gets herself innocently into plenty of trouble, but finally frees him from the girl who does not love him, but another, intending to marry him only for his money. The pLotography in this Capellani produc- tion is adequate. ~ Leed. DEADLINE AT il. The Vitagraph put one over again with “Deadline at 11,” starring Corinne jrifith. The picture is also notable for one more feature in it apart from the subject. It marks the return to the films of Maurice Costello, who by this time must be remembered by film fans with a certain amount of wonderment as to what became of him. He returns to this feature and, although featured, handles only a small role which does not take him into more than 15 scenes at the most. The explanation of his absence has been vouchsafed in his declaration some years ago that he purposed retiring from the ecreen. However, his change of purposes is noted, and his return in this feature gives some assurance of his being in good health. His close-ups show him pos- sessed of the same remarkable features which made him so popular in the days when the films were just edging their way into popularity. When captions flashed the name of Maurice Costello the audience did not al- together seem aware of that presence on the screen, but when they saw the man again, exclamations of surprise passed through the house in a decidedly audible tone. It was as if there was a unanimous greeting of approval. Costello is with us again, and he is there! Make no mis- take about it. The feature is one of the best that has ever been shot out of the nose of a camera. It deals with a newspaper ro- mance showing further a side of news- paper work unknown to the public. It reveals the interior of what is known in newspaper parlance as the “city room.” Moreover, its story is a continuous reve- lation of sparkling realties drawn by the hand of a man who knew his subject as Paganini knew his “BE” string. There hasn’t been shot into it a tot of fillum to take up unnecessary time. In action it starts out to tell a simple story and goes ahead with it in a straightforward, purposeful manner that makes the audi- - tor marvel at both its brevity and con- ciseness. A sweet slip of a girl (Corinne Griffith, starring) outrages one of these mamma’s who'd rather have their daughters wed titles than eat. The young dame gives one of England’s noble sons of rest the cold shoulder by telling him she couldn't marry a man she couldn't love, and then with a close-up of a heated argument be- tween mother and daughter resolves to go her way. She picks out a newspaper, walks demurely up to the desk of the city editor, who tells her to go out and write a “story” on Autumn and report back to the night city editor. The dead- line is 11. In the-effice she bumps into the star reporter. There the romance be- gins. The action later naturally finds these two deep in the mush stuff. Her womanly influence is enough to make him go on the water wagon, while his in- fluence gets her the job of editing the “love column.” The feature winds up with her seduc- ing the murderer of a victim she has been assigned to get a “sob” story. In the interval the “star reporter.” waiting to get a yarn from a fellow newspaper- man falls for the booze, and in a drunken condition tries to trace her to the slum. His cap and pocket knife are found near the body of the murdered woman. He is arrested, brought to the police station and accused of the murder. The damsel saves the day by getting the slayer, just In time enough to make the deadline and get the story over. This briefly is the story, but in detail of workmanship, the iIinterior of the newspaper office, the mechanism that has been shot into the feature and the manner in which it Is punctuated with laugh titles, the photography and the cast, all goes to make it for one of the best features on the present market. Although starring with Miss Griffith, Dodson Mitchell, as the night city edli- tor, Frank Thomas as the reporter, share the honors with her. Step.

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VARIETY UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF MACK SENNETTS ybig New Five-Reel Comedy Sensation , ‘DOWN ON THE FARM “The best comedy Mack Sennett has ever sods” is the word that comes out of the West from the critics who have watched this masterpiece of mirth in the making. Mack Sennett’s special productions have made marvelous box-office history. “Down on the Farm,” his latest creation, has all the elements that make for sensational business—a bumper crop of fun, thrills and furious farce, seasoned with that greatest of all appeals— heart interest Here is a picture that will give the exploitation genius the chance of his entire career as a showman. “Down on the Farm” will get them all—the masses and the classes. Now Booking: UN NITED Aetists CORPORATION Mary Dickrorp. CHARLIE CHAPLIN ‘Douctas FAIRBANKS DW GRIFF

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wa MOVING PICTURES 55 INSIDE STUFF “ON PICTURES The Doris Keane picturization of “Romance” is practically finished. It was taken at Mamaroneck and in Flor- ida, and when released it will not have the name of D. W. Griffith asso- ciated with it as its director, but that of Chet Withey.. Reports from the studio are to the effect that Miss Keane displayed considerable tempera- ment during the making of the pic- ture which did not tend to make her over-popular with her associates, and that the reason for the withdrawal of the Griffith name from the venture was the feeling that the production will likely prove a bloomer. Miss Keane, according to reports, does not photo- graph well before a motion picture camera and it is understood the fea- ture will be minus all close-ups. Some time ago when the proposition to make a picture of “Romance” with Miss Keane starred, was put before Adolph Zukor, that gentleman expressed a willingness to pay the price asked, pro- vided the star submitted to a test which should prove acceptable. This she re- fused to do. They were telling an old story about Sam Bernard and his first—and last~— picture engagement with Famous Play- ers. They were then located in West 26th street and Sam was posing in a dress suit in the middle of the summer and sweltering. In the same studio John Barrymore was making another picture. One of Barrymore’s scenes called for his appearance in an intoxi- cated condition under a shower bath. Bernard walked over to watch the tak- ing of the Barrymore scene, and re- marked: “How long do I have to be a picture actor before I get such a part?” The backers of Katherine McDonald have finally decided to make a con- certed effort to put her over. They have paid considerably more than $5,000 for the picture rights to “Cur- tain,” the story by Rita Weiman which appeared in the “Saturday Evening Post” and was the third in a remark- able theatrical series, and they are sending Miss Weiman at a large sal- ary to the Coast for seven weeks to co-operate with James Young, who will direct. Every effort will be made to insure the success of this feature, as Miss McDonald is believed to have major possibilities as a screen star. Pointing out that Metro had paid $37,500 for the screen rights to “Fair and Warmer,” a producer of recog- nized ability recently demanded to know if it were worth the price. He went on to point out that even if it had been a dramatic success on Broad- way it was not adapted to screen pro- duction and had to be completely changed around and revamped. In other words, was the title worth the price. Among the interested observers of Maxwell Karger’s production based on “The Right of Way,” by Gilbert Parker, was Jack Noble. He it was who made the first screen version of “The Right of Way.” He also made it for Metro, Metro’s success began with it. _ Two feature films in which two legit- imate actresses now a success on the screen respectively appeared, have been so similar in plot as to create no end of discussion. The author of the first, released last spring, tried to sell his plot originally to the second, claiming it was based on a German play. The second is based on a successful English play. The second company will bring suit in England to protect its rights. The fact that John C. Flinn, for- merly publicity director for the F. P.-L. is now officially known as its “theatrical manager,” in addition to the “man behind the throne,” added to the fact that he is making frequent trips out-of-town every week, gives an added significance to the supposi- tion F. P.-L. is still on the “still” hunt for theatres. Flinn left for St. Louie Tuesday night. A novel method to locate a lost par- ent occurred when 10 of 13 children of Prof. Treboal, of New York, enteged pictures. Treboal disappeared on Dec- oration Day last. The wife and child- ren searched in vain for the lost par- ent. Finally one of the kiddies struck upon a plan, and it was for some of them to get into pictures. In that way they thought the father would sée one and return home. Their film work has been shown all over the country, but father has failed to show up. They have now decided upon an extensive newspaper campaign. SYD CHAPLIN HERE. Sydney Chaplin has arrived in New York with the print of his comedy “One Hundred Million” completed in France. He is stopping at the Claridge. The production was made for Fam- ous Players-Lasky. ‘DeMille Has Done It Again! OU said: “‘Male and Female’ will stand as DeMille’s masterpiece. He cannot surpass | ig But now you must say: “DeMille has done it again. He has excelled himself. ‘Why Change Your Wife?’ is greater!” At Grauman’s Rialto, Los Angeles, where “Why Change Your Wife?” is playing, a special 10.45 performance at night has been instituted to take care of the overwhelming crowds. This means that the picture is playing to seven capacity houses daily. Here are some excerpts from the Los Angeles papers : Cecil B. DeMille has reached out A dramatic mosaic. Colorful, ab- B William y DeMille into life and compiled a vivid hu- man record therefrom that will compel you to look into your own life. Itis a page out of life itself, more intensely human than “Don’t Change Your Husband.”’ It has all the artistic touches and deft treat- ment that made‘‘Maleand Female” an epic in motion pictures. Again does~the human element predomi- nate. Los Angeles Express sorbing, worth walking miles to see. Los Angeles Examiner Clever to the final degree. 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N. Y. EXHIBITORS’ CONVENTION PROTESTS AGAINST PERCENTAGE Gathering in Utica Passes Resolutions Against New Plan as Well as One for a Uniform Contract. May Appeal to Legislature for Relief from Deposit Evil.

Utica, N. Y., March 10. Utica put om its best gala dress to welcome exhibitors from all parts of the state to the annual convention of the Motion Picture Exhibitors’ League of New York Tuesday. The convention headquarters at the Utica Hotel was the center for the largest gathering of the film men attending a state convention. The Theatre Owners’ Chamber of Commerce, the Film Club of Exchange Managers, the Buffalo Ex- hibiters’ League, the Central N. Y. State Exhibitors’ League, the Cinema Club of the Bronx, the Tri-City Ex- nibitors’ League, the Rochester Exhib- {tors” League all attended in a body. The mezzanine of the hotel was divid- ed into attractive display booths with practically every film producer an ex- hibitor. In the early hours of the convention before an executive session took place the rooms of the delegates were the scenes for animated dis- play of African golf and oftimes a mysterious bottle would appear. Sydney Cohen, president, opened the convention at 11 o’clock. After read- ing his yearly report, the convention voted Charles O’Reilly as temporary chairman and Sid Weisberg as tem- porary secretary. Mayor J. K. O’Connor made the wel- come address, the convention adopted rules of procedure and the following resolutions were adopted: a resolution condemning forced percentage; one against screen advertising; one urg- ing national organizing; one _ pro- testing the deposit system; one against salacious films; one urging the introduction of a new children’s ordi- nance; one on uniform contract; one against daylight saving, and one on Americanization. The resolution on deposit carried a hreat that if the producers did not juickly eliminate the deposit abuse cor- rective legislation would be sought. The convention adjourned at 5 o’clock to enable its members to attend a banquet at the Hotel Marlin the same evening. The toastmaster was Senator James J. Walker. Seated on the Dias were Senator Henry J. Walters, As- semblyman Thaddeos C. Sweet, Senator George F. Thompson, Mayor J. K. O’Connor, Mayor George R. Lunn of Schenectady, George R. Eastman, Irene Sophie Loeb, I. E. Chadwick, Sidney S: Cohefi. 5 A communication was read from Governor Smith expressing regret at his inability to be present. SUIT AGAINST LONG ISLAND. The Long Island Motion Picture Corp. is named defendant in a Su- preme Court action by William Isensee to compel it to issue 250 shares or one-fourth of the capital stock to the plaintiff. Mr. Isensee alleges the defendant agreed to increase its capital stock from $75,000 to $100,000 and sell him 250 shares, or a one-quarter interest in the corporation. The directors agreed to this but the officers have re- fused to take the necessary steps to increase the capital and issue the stock. No answer has been filed. KODAK CASE MAY BE DROPPED. Rochester, N. Y., Mar. 10. The action of the United States Su- preme Court in deciding that the United States Steel Corporation is not an unlawful combine is taken as an in- dication that the government will not proceed against the Eastman reer” oO. ‘ The original charge was that the Eastman Co. was an illegal combina- tion in restraint of trade. It denied it exercised an unlawful monopoly. At the beginning of the war the gov- ernment suggested that the matter be dropped for the time being, but re served the right to reopen the case. Some time ago notice was received that the case was to be prosecuted when its turn was reached on the calen- dar. The steel decision in effect de- cides that it is not illegal for a corpora- tion to be big or prosperous, or to be the leader in its field. METRO RETAINS JOHN E. INCE. Metro announces that John E. Ince will continue to direct for them in spite of a published statement he was going with another company on the coast. Ince was offered a 3-year con- tract with his own company, but he declined. Ince has just finished with Emma Dunn in an adaptation of “Old Lady

31” and is preparing to direct Alice Lake in “An Outsider.” Alterations are being made_ at Metro’s studio on West 6lst street for production on a large scale in the east. Maxwell Karger, director general, will have his offices there. “The Trap” has been selected by S-L Pictures, Inc., as the first of the five productions for distribution through Metro. ~~ UNFAIR TO SELZNICK. In its issue of Feb. 20, Varrety car- ried a heading which read: “Sues Selz- nick for $37,000.” This heading gave a false impression and was not in accord with the reading matter underneath which did not involve Lewis J. Selz- nick or his organization in any suit whatever. The suit was brought by one out- sider against another. A _ picture in question had merely been released through Selznick. FARRAR LEAVING GOLDWYN. Geraldine Farrar is through with the Goldwyn Company. She and her hus- band are going abroad as soon as the operatic season is finished. The reason for severing her connec- tion with the Goldwyn firm is not made *“CORSICAN BROTHERS” PINCHED. Chicago, March 10. J. H. Hodgson, manager of the Oak Park theatre, in the suburb of Oak Park, was arrested for showing at his house “The Corsican Brothers” film, charged with exhibiting a film corrup- tive of morals. The feature ran in Chicago and was not censored there.

Harry Carey’s Latest. Los Angeles, March 10. Harry Carey has completed work on “Bullet Proof,” a story by John Fred- erick, directed by Lynn Reynolds. Beban’s Latest. Los Angeles, March 10. George Beban is cutting his latest picture “One Man in a Million,” which is to be handled by Sol Lesser PROMOTE BAD MORALS. Indianapolis, March 10. A wail against picture advertising is contained in a letter the Church Fed- eration of Indianapolis sent this week to all theatre owners, newspapers and billposters. The critical missive reads as follows: : “Of late, the local Church Federation has frequently received comments, criticisms, and finally complaints as to the character of publicity given both theatrical performances and more es- pecially pictures. The objections are directed to the wording of the display advertisements, the illustrations in such displays, the advance news announce- ments and the succeeding write-ups, and the pictures displayed in front of the theatres, on bill-boards and in the film company offices and windows. In the majority of cases there are at least suggestive of impurity. “You may not have realized the ex- tent to which this insidious tendency to positive immorality has developed, but we feel sure that when your at- tention is called to it, you will co- operate with us and al! other law-abid- ing citizens in seeing that the com- mercialism which seems to pervade all stations in life nowadays does not un- dermine the inherent morale and morals of our community, and espec- ially of our young people whose char- acters are still in that formative stage where they are highly susceptible to outside influences. If you see fit, we shall be pleased to hear from you on this subject.” WANDA HAWLEY REALART STAR. The new star boomed in advance without disclosing her identity by Real- art is Wanda Hawley. Another new Realart star is Nancy Deaver, who is being featured by Charles Miller in “The Law of the Yukon,” the first of a series he is making ‘for Mayflower for release via Realart. BINDING AUTHORS BY GOLDWYN. Although not generally known, Gold- wyn has set a precedent in the matter of the purchase of novels and other data for screen pictures by binding the authors to an agreement that the latter retain the syndicate rights of all such material. ROCK AND PARTNER SEPARATE. Earle Montgomery and Joe Rock will be separatély starred in the future. Both have been appearing together in pictures. POWERS WINS STOCK ACTION. Rochester, March 10. By a decision of Supreme Court Jus- tice A. J. Rodenbeck, the Powers Film Products, Inc., is victorious in the action brought by Thomas E. Donovan to compel Powers to fulfill an option on certain shares of Powers stock. Justice Rodenbeck holds that as Donovan failed to pay 10 per cent. at the time the option was taken it can- not be considered a subscription, and also that the stock has an ascertain- able value and that for this reason the plaintiff is not entitled to specific per- formance of the option. ccmnelllaiata California F. P.-L. Incorporates. San Francisco, March 10. Famous Players-Lasky of California filed articles of incorporation here last week. The capital stock is given as $12,000. The incorporators are J. A. Pritch- ard, M. Christian, I. M. Golden, V. B. Clement, S. F. Walter, John B. Meehan, H. G. Rosebaum, G. Vizzard, H. D. Shanks, G. B. Huff, W. A. Mead, J. M. Bethincourt, Sidney Cohen, A. Laur- izella and J. J. Partridge. The pur- pose set forth cover the entire field of the film production and_ exhibition business, EDUCATIONAL’S BACKING. Joseph F. Lee, the new general sales manager for the Educational Films, Inc., returned to New York this week after a tour of the country. The trip was to locate exchanges for the Edu- cational, An announcement of a new service to be issued by the company is to be forthcoming in a short time. The Educational is reported as hav- ing the backing of the Hudson Bay Co. The Hudson Bay is the most tre- mendous organization of its kind in the world and is supported by unlimited British capital. The reason for its in- terest is the fact that the Educational has in the past few years managed to focus considerable public interest on the Canadian northwest through the medium of the travel scenics it se- cured in that territory. THESE DREAMS CAME TRUE. Several of the monthly fan maga- zines recently held a contest to deter- mine who the prettiest girls from a motion picture standpoint were. ‘These girls have now been chosen and will appear in “A Dream of Fair Women,” the feature picture produced by M. W. Garsson. They are Blanche McGarity, Virginia Brown, Anita Booth and Ane- tha Getwell. TRIANGLE TO PRODUCE AGAIN. According to Roy Aitkin, English representative, Triangle proposes to resume producing. In an interview he gave out there he stated that “rather than produce 24 ordinary pictures a year we would sooner concentrate upon the making of two subjects of superlative merit.” GET AMERICAN RIGHTS. Select has bought the United States and Canadian rights to the Crest Pic- ture Corporation feature, “Children Not Wanted,” starring Edith Day. The Antipodean rights were pur- chased by Australasian Films, Ltd., for $5,000. LEDERER’S COMPLAINT. Interviewed in St. Louis, George W. Lederer complains that practically all theatrical companies are now con- trolled by motion pictures. He assails the Shuberts for permitting this sort ot thing and absolves A. L. Erlanger, going on to declare that plays must be salacious and sensational to get in pictures. F. P.-L GETS 3 FROHMAN PLAYS. F, P.-L. has purchased the picture rights to the following stage produc- tions from the Frohman Amusement Corporation: “The Conquest of Ca- naan,” by Booth Tarkington; “Builder of Bridges,” by Alfred Sutro, and “The Witching Hour,” by Augustus Thomas. United Artists in Minneapolis. Unable to secure a suitable entry into Minneapolis, the United Artists have taken over the Auditorium in that city for 30 days, commencing April 5. The opening will be “Pollyanna.” Charles G. Branham will exploit the venture. Abe Warner Wants Studio. Los Angeles, March 10. “Abe” Warner, of Warner Bros., is in Los Angeles to confer with his broth- ers, Sam and Jack, regarding the pur- chase of a tract of land in Hollywood for a studio. Boosting Frank Mayo. Los Angeles, March 10. Universal is exploiting Frank Mayo in “The Pedlar of Lies” with billboard cisplay wherever the picture is shown. Mayo’s next Universal will be called “In Number 29.” It is now in the cutting room.

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MOVING PICTURES 57 BATTLE FOR EXHIBITORS COMING WITH FOX PACKING HIS PUNCH Speculation as to What This Showman’s Plans May Portend for Zukor. Bennett’s Resignation Shows Way Wind Is Blowing. Kuhn Loeb Representative Now Said to Favor Heavy Production Outlay. There will be a battle to enlist ex- hibitors’ interest and entice them into signing contracts next fall far more colorful than the mere buying up of theatres. The general nature and ex- tent of the preparations were indicated this week by several outstanding cir- cumstances: 1. The quiet surrounding William Fox and his activities lead to many wild rumors. He is probably more heavily bulwarked with cash than ever before and is holding back “If I Were King,” the plunge he is to make on Pearl White as a star, and other “spe- cials” for reasons more important than the evident fact that spring is not the time to get big prices. 2. The resignation of H. Whitman Bennett as production manager for Famous Players-Lasky and the return from the coast of H. D. Connick, rep- resentative of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Wall Street backers of the Paramount or- ganization. 3. The arrival of Maxwell Karger, director general for Metro from the coast, where he has added more than 50 acres to the Hollywood lot since Marcus Loew bought in on the Row- land company. Mr. Karger has now es- tablished himself here and will im- mediately set about getting a Long Island studio and building the much discussed 500-foot stage. Of these circumstances the least un- cerstood is the one dealing with Fox. Winfield Sheehan is still abroad for him and there is an undercurrent of feeling that he is going to give Adolph Zukor the one real battle the Para- mount chief need fear next fall. Certainly Fox’s holding up of the William Farnum “If I Were King” re- lease has created considerable excite- ment. It is also known he intends offering Pearl White, an actress whose major possibilities have hardly been touched, in a series of sure-fire dra- matic offerings adapted to screen pres- entation. Bennett’s resignation has not yet been accepted and is the result of no ill feeling. Mr. Connick is in perfect accord with him so far as Lasky pol- icy is concerned, and, if he were not always so inclined, is now certainly convinced that Famous Players must produce and produce on a large scale in order to keep up with the- game. Mr. Connick probably sees that it is cheaper to make good feature pictures in the present state of affairs than to go out and buy them. Famous Players’ policy, in conse- auence, will be to keep up the produc- tion end as much as possible.- This means the development of new direc- tors, but the feeling in the Paramount offices is that there are plenty of good directors who can put over a continu- cus line of acceptable stuff if they have plenty of money to spend. It is now certain they will not be handicapped in that respect. Mr. Bennett is leaving to make fea- ture picture and dramatic productions for himself. The latter he will book through the Shuberts. His first pro- duction will be “The Great Desire,” by Leila Burton Wells. For pictures he has made no releas- ing arrangements and it is significant tuat he intends to keep his hand free. Hie will plan and choose his own pic- tures, practically making them him- self, though technical details from ac- tual direction to laboratory work will be handled by his own experts. He intends to make about eight pictures annually and feels the whole tendency in the picture world is to break away from hard and fast control and make independent specials in which free play will be given to individual fancies. Mr. Bennett himself is a Harvard man, class of 1904. He comes of an old Massachusetts family. After grad- uating he studied for a year at the Sargent school, then did reporting for the Dramatic Mirror and the Times. He began as a showman with the late Walter N. Lawrence. For five and one- half years he was with the Shuberts, first as assistant to Toxen Worm and then as general press representative. From the Shuberts he went to Mutual and from there to Lasky, with whom he has been another five and one-half years. With Famous Players he has been production manager and highly suc- cessful. All material used by that firm has passed his “O. K.,” but he has long wanted to branch out on his own and do what appealed to him. While he is parting with Famous Players with regret and without the slightest feel- ing of ill will, he feels that he is beginning the career he has always planned for himself after 15 years prac- tically without a vacation. KLAW ABOUT TO CLOSE. It was reported early in the week Marc Klaw had decided upon his pic- ture connection and was about to close the arrangements. The Klaw plans in films for the fu- ture have been a matter of speculation since the dissolution of Klaw & Erl- anger. A couple of legitimate produc- tions made by Klaw since then delayed the picture matter. BEECROFT SAILING. Chester Beecroft, who has been the American representative of the Scan- dinavian-American Film Corporation, sails for London Saturday on the Bal- tic. He is going abroad to complete the details of a foreign distribution plan in connection with an American producing organization, the United States end of which is now in readiness tc function. Betzwood Comedies Placed. The Fontaine Fox Toonerville Trolley (cartoon) comedies, made by the Betz- wood company of Philadelphia, have been placed for distribution with Gold- wyn. The comedies are in two reels each. Mack Writing Carpentier Play. Willard Mack is writing the play in which Georges Carpentier, heavy- weight champion of Europe, will make his debut in pictures with his wife. The Carpentiers will arrive March 13th on “La Touraine.” WE CAN PAY Attractive Prices for Old Moving Picture Films in Reels or Serap PETER LEONARDIS & BONS 132 Nassau St., New York City 55 te 59 River St.. Newark, NW. §. $819 JUDGMENT FOR LINCOLN. E. K. Lincoln was awarded a judg- ment of $819.20 against the Northern Film Corp. last week. The action !s based on the lease of Lincoln’s studio at Grantwood, N. J., up to December, 1919, F The defendant had paid $500 on ac- count for rental during December, leaving a balance of $750. : Action was begun in the District Court of New Jersey and the defendant was dispossessed. The judgment was awarded as a result of a _ suit begun in the Third District Municipal Court, New York, before Judge Young. second OLIPHANT WITH SELZNICK. Tom Oliphant, dramatic editor of “The Evening Mail” will retire te- morrow to be succeeded by Benjamin Franklin Holzman, who has _ been handling the theatrical advertising section of the paper. Oliphant leaves to become associated with the Myron Selznick productions. He wili be located at the studio of the company. He returned to New York last week after several weeks in Los Angeles studying picture conditions there. APFEL WANTS $5,000. Oscar Apfel filed suit in the Supreme Court last week against the Cameo Ex- hibitors Corp. to recover $5,000 ai- leged to be due him under an agree- ment dated November 29 last. Apfel was to direct a production for the defendants. The plaintiff charges the Cameo people refused to carry out their contract although a vehicle had been decided upon. yfhiate Apfel was to receive the sum in litiga- tion for his services. FILM POST SEEKS MEMBERS. Film Post 718, American Legion, is desirous of securing additional mem- bers. The post meets at 138 West 46th street, New York. Henry W. Pemberton, Green Room Club, is president; Joseph C. Scott, vice president; secretary, Harold L. Peck, of the N. V. A.; treasurer, Her- man H. Loeb, senior vice president, and Joseph A. O’Brien, attorney and man- ager of Brooklyn Play House, junior vice president. F. P.-L. REFILMING. ; Famous Players-Lasky are remaking a number of plays and novels, some of which were picturized by themselves. The list includes “The Witching Hour” and “The Conquest of Canaan,” made by the Frohman Amusement Corp. about 4 years ago; “What Hap- pened to Jones,” “The Shulamite,” “A Gentleman from Indiana” and “The Husbands of Edith.” ROBERTSON-COLE MEETING. The first semi-annual convention of the Roberston-Cole Distributing Corp. will be held at the Astor, March 16, 17, 18, and 19. A. S. Kirkpatrick, vice-president and general manager, will preside. FOREIGN RIGHTS SUIT. Louis Burston and Sherman S. Krell- berg are named defendants in a $10,000 breach of contract action by J. Pear- son & Co. The plaintiff claims they were grant- ed Australian and certain far eastern concessions to a Francis Ford serial for a consideration of $13,900, $5,000 of which was paid down. Ethel Hallor With Walsh. Ethel Hallor, a sister of Edith, has been engaged by R. A. Walsh for his first Mayflower production, to be made at the Paragon studios, Fort Lee, N. J. “Down on Farm” April 23. United Artists will release Mack Sen- nett’s new five-reel comedy, “Down on the Farm,” April 23. . = ARBUCKLE RENEWING CONTRACT. The renewal of the present agree- ment between Roscoe Arbuckle, Joseph M. Schenck directs his business affairs and Famous-Players may have been arranged during Arbuckle’s visit to New York this week It is said the “Fatty” screen come- dian has decided to his comedy film productions in the future to five reels. who limit UNIVERSAL SUES RAMMS. The Universal has begun a $100,000 damage suit against Ramms, Inc., and Charles Abrams, president of the cor- poration, charging reels purchased from the Boston exchange of the Uni- versal have been sold in Europe and elsewhere. FLORENCE MOORE’S DEBUT. Florence Moore, “Breakfast in Bed,” will make her debut in pictures on a long-term contract by Marcus Loew. Metro will distribute them. WHO'S WHO IN PICTURES. The Cinema Press Association, Inc., will issue annually an illustrated vol- ume, “Who's Who in Motion Pictures.” A board of governors consisting of Adolph Zukor, A. P. Kelly, Benedict Green, James Vincent, Norma Tal- madge, John D. Williams and H. O. Falk will look after the business man- agement. BUYS IN ON STANDARD. B. K. Bimberg has added another theatre to his chain in New York. He has purchased a half interest in the Standard, which will continue its pres- ent policy of combinations during week days and pictures on Sundays. STARTS DISCUSSION. Los Angeles, March 10. “Why Change Your Wife,” running at Grauman’s Rialto, has started a discus- sion on the-divorce question in the local dailies, giving the exhibitor front pege publicity in all the papers for his current attraction. GRAUMAN STILL BUILDING. Los Angeles, March 10. Sid Grauman has started work on another million dollar theatre—in the Hollywood district. His next will be in the Wiltshire district, which will give him five houses in Los Angeles. “BURNING DAYLIGHT.” : Los Angeles, March 10. Mitchell Lewis is making “Burning Daylight,” from Jack London’s story of the same name. BETTY COMPSON STARTS. Los Angeles, March 10. Betty Compson has started produc- tion with her own company at the Brunton studio. Arthur Rosen will di- rect the story. “OLD LADY 31” DONE. Los Angeles, March 10. Harry Harmon has completed “Old Lady 31” for Metro and returned to his ranch near this city. Grandon With Moreno. Los Angeles, March 10. Frank Grandon is directing the Tony Moreno serial. Dempsey Nearly Through. Los Angeles, March 10. Jack Dempsey will probably com- rlete his picture work by April 1. = ee Broadway, at Sist Street | Faward Rowes, Mgr. Dir. | Continuous 1 to 11 P. M. MAURICE TOURNEUR Presents | “MY LADY’S GARTER” ' “GAELIC FEIS” (“IRISH FESTIVAL") CAPITOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF 80 - — Gaeek Somme’ rene eee fae ~nvensiniheibiarise si] eseitiaglia tina tail ninesl ote | : ;

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ie | { i : ; Pot 3 ee ne RB A LL NEE SN EN IE EMEC HTS . a F t 2 i ni 2 PSE RPS Sree. AS MOTION PICTURE DEPARTMENT [sine nee = RUMORED}LOEW-FAMOUS COMBIN —oea SENDS BOTH STOCKS UPWARDS Loew Ran Up to 32 Early in the Week. Officials of Both Corporations Deny Rumor. Orpheum Declares Dividend of $2 a Share on Preferred Stock. Other Activities on the Stock Market. Quotations on Famous Players and Loew stocks were affected this week by rumors of an impending consolida- tion between the two organizations. There was noting in sight giving life to the reports but the rumors said the “money men” behind the respective companies were insistent that they get together for economical reasons. At both headquarters the story was denied, with the Loew people stating not even a vestige of truth was in it. The Loew stock ran tp to 32 early in the week and was holding strong, while Famous Players hovered around 8). The Loew stock showed the best, recovering after having dropped to 26, its lowest last week. That was but one point above its underwriting price of 25, with some of the insiders paying 28. Loew, Inc., jumped to 38 when first going on the Curb. Orpheum Circuit reached its highest up to Tuesday, when touching 32% and closing Wednesday at 31%. Goldwyn hovered between 25 and 26 during the early portion of the week, and United Picture Productions had a margin over 12 as its quotation with- out much activity. The several theatrical stock quota- tions are responsible for many wild reports concerning *possible or pro- spective combinations. Upon the appearance of the Orpheum Circuit financial advertisement Tues- day, offering the preferred stock for sale, a report started to spread that Famous Players had bought into Or- pheum Circuit, but the rumor had a short run. The Orpheum’s advertise- ment offered the preferred, an eight per cent cumulative convertible stock, at $100 a share (its par) with accrued dividend. The salable amount was pub- lished at $1,917,000 with Richardson, Hill & Co., the Boston bankers, sign- ing the advertisement. The author- ized issue of Orpheum’s preferred is $10,000,000, with $6,876,100 outstanding. The advertisement also stated that the Orpheum properties, which were listed in connection, had been appraised at $13,033,835 after deducting bonds. The net tangible assets amounted to $153.72 per share and the total assets $203.37 per share, The Orpheum’s net income for 1919, with December estimated, was given as $3,516,262 before taxes. The state- ment was included that Martin Beck, Morris Meyerfeld, Jr., and their asso- ciates control 80 per cent. of the capi- tal stock. A dividend of $2 a share on the Or- pheum’s preferred stock was declared last week, along with. the quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share on the common, both payable April 1. The common stock with par of $1 was quoted at $32.50 on the Curb Wednes- day. $75,000 ATTACHMENT VACATED. The failure of the C. K. Y. Film Corp. to file a copy of summons and complaint with the proper officials in its breach of contract suit against Clara Kimball Young, a $75,000 attachment on the defendant’s property, has been vacated by Justice Platzek. A motion to set aside the summons was also granted_from which the plain- tiff is appealing. HIGH DUTY IN JAPAN. Geoffrey Nye, Far East representa- tive for Goldwyn, writes from Japan as follows: “The entry of foreign prints into Japan is carefully watched by the local authorities, the regulations calling for a high rate of duty, which must be paid before the prints are released from bond. No provision has been made for a rebate on sample prints when the same are taken out of the country.” $1,000,000 THEATRE IN BOSTON. Boston, March 10. In the near future work will start on the building of a $1,000,000 theatre building in Province street and Prov- ince court in this city. This district, in the heart of the business district, is minus anything but small picture houses. Gordon and Shoolman are to build the theatre and the ex-city treasurer, George U. Crocker, is also said to be interested financially. DE COURVILLE HAS MRS. GOULD. London, March 10. Albert De Courville is said to be organizing a special company to ex- ploit Mrs. Frank J. Gould (Helen Kel- ly) in pictures. Edgar Wallace will be literary adviser to the organization. SCARE FIRST NATIONAL. The activities of the Associated Ex- hibitors are throwing a scare into First National. At present F. C. Quimby is on the coast trying to arrange either for all the Mayflower product or a por- tion to be released through the Asso- ciated channels, undoubtedly in con- junction with Pathe. J. D. Williams of the First National is also on the coast for a two-fold purpose, to keep his eye on Quimby’s activities and to try to close a certain woman star on a First National contract. Before leaving for the Coast Wil- liams issued a warning to exhibitors to the effect that if they did not get together to protect themselves they would be wiped out of business. The question now is whether or not his various warnings will have the effect of driving exhibitors into rival or- ganizations instead of his own. First National is working out plans for the producing end whereby pro- ducers will receive guarantees on their productions. A percentage over cost will be the rule. Whatever surplus is earned by a picture will be distributed among the franchise holders in the form of dividends. This information was offered by one of the executives of a producing organization which is releasing through the circuit. At the First National offices it was stated that there wasn’t any change in arrangements with producers contem- plated. There are in existence at pres- ent several forms of contracts with pro- ducers and these would remain in force, it was said. Some call for the payment of a certain amount on delivery of a negative and a sharing basis after the initial sum laid out for the picture has come back; an outright purchase con- tract and the releasing on a straight percentage basis. The Mayflower offices admitted negotiations had been in progress be- tween Quimby and Isaac Wolper for several days, but that nothing definite had come out of them. There was a tendency to intimate the Associated might have a number of extra produc- tions that the Mayflower would turn out in addition to what their contract with Realart called for. In the event of a break between Realart and May- flower the Associated would get all of the Wolper productions. ORGANIZE POET’S COMPANY. Boston, March 10. Samuel Gordon, a Boston merchant, has organized the Poet’s Photoplay Company, and has taken Arthur H. Ashley, formerly with the World Film Co., as vice-president and general man- ager. Gordon has secured the picture rights to the works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and work on the first picture, “Laugh and the World Laughs With You,” has been started. ome Sonn acne —— SETTLE SUIT OUT OF COURT. The suit pending between J. Hartley Manners and Famous Players-Lasky, by .which the latter were enjoined by Federal Judge Mayer from releasing the screen version of “Peg O’ My Heart,” has been settled out of court, according to an F. P.-L. official. It is further understood that Man- ners, the author, received a “princely” consideration to do away with all fu- ture litigation and speed the release dete of the feature. Last December Judge Mayer, in the United States District Court, re- strained the corporation from releas- ing the feature. The decision was ren- dered after a review of the case and at a private. showing of the completed film, being based on paragraph 1 of the contract between Oliver Morosco and Manners, which read: “N@ alterations, eliminations or additions to be made in the play without the approval of the author.” The original litigation was between Manners and Morosco as to whether the latter had acquired the picture rights and the court dismissed the case, holding that Manners had conveyed these rights to Morosco. The Supreme Court, however, allowed a writ of cer- toriari, ZUKOR TO SEE BARRIE. With Adolph Zukor en route to Lon- don, it is expected he will get together = Sir James M. Barrie on the other side. : Apart from other interests that are taking Zukor across now, the F. P.-L. 1s anxious to get the titled playwright to write exclusively for it and the mat- ter of money is ‘also inferred as being a sum far in excess of what the latter could make on a royalty basis by the sale of a play to the legitimate stage. Barrie, it is also understood, is now at work on his first “straight” scenario for F.-P. PRESBYTERIAN CENSOR. The Presbyterian Board of Temper- ance plans a moral welfare reform for pictures. They will issue a “white list” approving worth while releases and condemning those which they re- gard as menacing to child welfare and promotive of juvenile delinquency. The Board has made a canvass among prison wardens and chaplains all of whom they say are. unanimous in ascribing juvenile criminal offenses to pictures in which crime was exploited. $50,000 BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT. William Allen Johnstone, editor of “Motion Picture News,” is named de- fendant in a $50,000 damage suit by Mrs. Bertha J. Schedko, a model, ac- cording to papers filed in the County Clork’s office. The plaintiff alleges the defendant ppreseee August 3 and jilted her Sept.

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