The Billboard 1909-02-27
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PRICE TEN CENTS FIFTY-SIX PAGES Ai»cisei»eDt ‘Weekly REGISTERED IN UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Volume XXI. No. 9. CINCINNATI-NEW YORK-CHICAGO February 27, 1909. GEORGE ARLISS The Blllbosrd y BE INDEPENDENT Stand your ground. Organize all the Showmen in your territory and send a rep¬ resentative to our offices and we will take care of you. WE ARE INDEPENDENT. Come to-day and be independent with us. NO LICENSE TO PAY. NO AGREE¬ MENTS TO SIGN. Just send us your order and we will RENTf YOU FILMS at reasonable prices—all the films you want. HURRY be¬ fore it is too late. Cut loose now—this minute, and tele¬ graph, telephone or write us to-day. All orders shipped same day, and we ship to any part of the United States. GOOD AGENTS WANTED Men Who Control Circuits of Theatres call at our Offices. Now is the Time No house too small—'No house too large for us to handle. Our Prices Are Right High Class Films and Song Slides—Cylinder and Disk Records that will sing the illustrated songs. We also furnish music for all songs. If you Contract with us for Eight Weeks’ Service we will pay half your Railroad Fare to Chicago But in order to avail yourself of this offer, you must present this advertisement within eight days—Come to Chicago»Make our offices your headquarters. ANTI-TRUST FILM CO. 77>79 South Clark St. CHICAGO, ILL. Volume XXI. No. 9. CINCINNATI—NEW YORK—CHICAGO February 27, 1909. avpioNs Of innE s<fd( ^ Arouseroent Mfe p. N ^PIUES 4) The nature of man Is made up of little crotchets and conceit**, from ”Of all th»' penurious people I ever knew,” said Edwin Steven.s, who is which the professional class Is not more free than others. It is. on the con¬ now touring in Henry \V. Savage’s production. The Devil, "a man who Is trol >, touted about amon^ the laymen that the actors of both sexes glory now prupriei.01 of one of New York’s newest and bigge'ft hotels was the worst l IIIHMIII these little idlosyncracies, cullivat- in his early days. He came to New B noil I ing them to a perfection not attained York a poor boy, but with gigantic , L ■ 11 among other classes. We have to ambitions. After struggling along for 1^9^ H n JgJ concede that the professional is known a time, he finally procured a position u f u by his manner as unmistakably as the . as clerk in one of the cheap hostel- t■(vWjt— 1 ^IVwwl' " * ~—' clergyman is by his cloth or the palnt- rles down town. Here he was paid f j v ^ c:!U"\rT“"~W'>_ »lAiw \ by the stain on his cuffs. No mat- a small wage and obtained his meals U a 13 Z ' ' *J how much a man's manner may and room In the hotel without charge. /AvA—>«. ^ z:.- \\l f ~ " — --- be like that of other folk when he His “folks” had asked me to keep an - ’- adopts the stage as a profession, after I eye on him, as they were old friends v— ■ one season “on the road” you can pick of my family, and so I was accustomed ^ Li him out ol a ciuwu. t'erliaps ii 13 the atmosphere of the green room or the to drop round to the hotel occasionally to see how he was getting along. nature of nis daily life, but whatever It Is the earmarks are Ineffaceable. My own salary had already attained considerable proportions, as compared Still, why not? The man of commercial pursuits has his peculiarities, with that of my plodding young friend, and when he told me what he too. His methods are like those of his contemporaries, and the keen ob¬ drew and what percentage of it he was saving, I was amazed. I couldn’t server can sit in a crowded cafe and pick out man after man and name the understand how he did it. exact nature of his business. The business man is no less a creature of con¬ “One day a mutual friend of ours visited him when he was relieved ventions as it affects him in his daily life than is the actor in his peculiar way. from his long watch at the desk. When they entered the meagerly furnished Henry Dixey tells of a man that never lost an opportunity to advertise little room, the host went to the mantelpiece, looked at his watch, set the himself. He lived at home and in a very modest style, too, but he used to clock, that had stopped, and started It going. sit around hotel lobbies and have himself "paged” from home. It was even “'Clock stopped while you were out, eh?’ observed the visitor. suspected that he spent most of his evenings beside his own telephone, calling “ 'Nope. I always stop it when I go out. What is the use of having for himself at the various hotels of the city and having the pages shout his It running and wearing out, when there Is no one here to see it?’” name through the lobbies and cafes. And this same man called Dixey a conceited ass in playful jest. Nearly everybody Identifles Mr. Dixey with his famous role of "Adonis;” ! in fact, many writers insist upon referring to him as “Adonis” Dixey. Since 1 It was at Alton, Illlno* . The drama, Parsifal, was the performance. the versatile actor first appeared in this role, a new generation of playgoers The wind was blowing a .eavy gale, mingled with snow and rain and, al¬ has grown up, and it is not strange if some people find it difficult to believe though there had been a big advance sale, people were straggling in one that Dixey l.s the same Dixey that he always was. and two at a time. During a recent matinee at the Garden Theatre, where Mr. Dixey was Manager Sauvage was at the wicket. No matter what the condltlon.s starring In the big comedy drama, Mary Jane’s Pa. the audience applauded , are, "Billy” Is always cheerful, and never shows a "yellow streak.” and continued to applaud until the actor was forced to come out and say A young man stepped up to the window, and as he brushed the snow •omethlng. from his overcoat, asked for two seats In the dre.'w circle. "I don't believe In curtain speeches,” he began, "because I don’t think ‘‘Well,” says Billy, as he pushed the tickets toward him, “you look 1 know everything about everything. So, Instead of boring you with a dis¬ somewhat worried, Ed.” sertation upon art, i’ll tell you a little story on myself. “Me?” says Ed. “No. I’m not worried, but I would be If I was In yoi “Coming Into the theatre this afternoon, I was met at the stage door place.” by a lady—no. no, you must not laugh—this was a very old lady, I assure "Can you beat that?” .says Billy, turning to Walter Harmon, manage you. with white hair and little ringlets over her temples. of the company. “‘Are you Mr. Dixey?’ she asked It takes a manager to appreciate the story. “’Yes’ A very clever trick was turned by Manager Sauvage, recently. A piece ” ’Harry Dixey?’ of property was purchased, and the entire rear of the property having a “ ‘Guilty.’ natural slope, with about fifteen feet o( space at the front, a penny arcade “ ‘Oh, I’m so glad to meet you! When I was a little girl, my grand- ^ was built, through which the people had to pass in order to reach the mother took me to see your father play in “Adonis.” He was Just lovely. Airdome. In the house there lived a family of three, and there was nothing Anyone can see you are going to be Just like him some day!’ ” said of their watching the show from the second-story window, but as the season advanced the number at the window seemed to grow, and soon it Milton Nobles says he crossed the Atlantic fourteen times before he was neces.sary to use two wlndow.s, and later on, three. On pa.ssing through ever felt even a suggestion of seaslckne.ss. The observation was elicited from the Airdome, Manager Sauvage was often noticed looking up at the steadily- him In answer to a question as to what he thought of the Emanuel Movement, , growing "free list,” and then it could be plainly seen that he was in a __V -■.t j which is coming In for more or less brown study. It looked very much like he was up again.st it good and ^ discussion in the magazines and news- papers Just at this time. strong. >V /I ^ know about the Emanuel It is all settled now. The stage manager Is living In the house with Movement.” said Nobles, “but I do his wife and daughter. The daughter is “Billy’s” secretary and the wife \ --\ know there is a lot In mental sugges- has an annual pass. Nothing doing next summer. You have to give It to- AvV • * ' tion. The last time I came over from "Billy.” England was the fourteenth time I ' / i ' ^ ^ crossed the Atlantic, and I had L ' M ' never been the slightest bit sick dur- Frank Daniels says that when he was a boy In school he never lost " voyage, no matter how rough an opportunity to make the teacher miserable, and those who knew Frank the passage.