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THE NATIONAL THEATRICAL WEEKLY 2 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1923 FOMMieSM NEWS ORINKWATER^ NEW PLAY SCORES "FASHION SHOW" IN SHAKESPEARE IN PARIS DAREWSKI EXAMINED — THEATRES London. March 12. "Oliver Crom- London, March 12.—The "1923 Fashion Pjuus, March 12.—The three outstanding London March IZ—The public exami- well." the new play by John Drinkwater, Show" is being utilized as aii extra fea- hits of the present theatrical season here, a nation of Herman Darewsid in the Loodon aothor of "Abraham Lincoln" and "Mary ture at the Palladium and Alhambra this season meagre in its financial successes, arc Bankruptcy Court was continued last Stuart," was produced at the Royal The- week. While these shows have been done "The Merdiant of Venice," "A Midsummer week. The amended statement revealed atre, Brighton, and stored a success on for years in America, they are compara- Night's iDream" and "Twelfth Night" liabilities of 64,659 pounds of which 40,- its opening:, which seems to prophesy that tively new here and naturally aroused The first two are in the repertoire ot the 832 were expected to rank, and assets of Hie play wUl be a sensation when it comes considerable interest among the theatre Odcon theatre players and those -wishing 338 pounds. While being examined Da- to London. The play is in eight scenes, patrons. The show has beui woven into to see them must make their bookings rewski stated that in June, 1919, he ac- most of them historical. a musical extravaganza in four scenesj weeks in advance. M. Firmin Gemicr plays quired the freehold land in Tyler's avenue, In fact, if one is looldnK for romance with special music by Herman Darewski the part of Shylock in an original and Southend, where he built the Arcadia, and sentinient, he will be disappointed in and has been staged by Philip Moss. The blood-curdling manner, the production as a which cost him between 8,000 and 10,000 "Oliver CromwelL" But; if - one ^joys gowns, furs and other effects^, have been whole being marvelously different "A pounds. Later the New Pavilion, South- tiie reproduction of historical facts, m a loaned by the leading modistes of London Midstqmmer Night's Dream" has hccn end, was registered and acquired. In Oc- manner both tense and thorongfaly inter- and many of the girls appearing in the Gallicized in the translation and is made tober, 1919, the building was practically esting, then he will End pleasnre to the ensembles and fashion parades are some both beautiful, in the settings, and costum- rebuilt and he provided about 2,000 extreme nl the pl&}f- ' '. 1 of the best known manikins. The style ing and uproariously funny in the lines. pounds towards the cost In May,- 1920,- ' 'Drinkwater lias given lis a Cromwell flash is attracting any number of feminine "Twelfth Night" is being presented at he obtained a license from the Southend with plcn^ of good traits and no bad ones. patrons at both theatres. the .Vieux Colombier, a production of Corporation to erect a concert hall known Henry Ainlcy, who appears in the role, striking beauty despite the fact that there as the Happy Valley. The hall was not gives us a CromwcU which should live CHAPLIN SKETCH SHELVED is tnit one scene and that the compniiy licm opened until the summer of 1921 and it in history as one of the most brilliant im- is not receiving the benefit of a state sub- was a failure because it had missed the personations of the present ag^ We see London, March 12.—^"Humming Birds," sidy as is the Odcpn. summer season. The corporation eventu- him first in a charming domestic scene in the sketch in which Charlie Chaplin played ally became the owners of this property. Cromwell's home, at Ely. about the year his first stage part, and which has been "LOVE IN PAWN" OPENS Darewski stated that had he not been of 1639, when he was defending the rif^ts played in tibe English music halls (or the made bankrupt he could have paid every- London, Match 12.—"Love in Pawn" is of the people threatened by adventurers past twelve years, practically without a body 20 shillings on the pound and con- the title of a new play by Roy Homiman, who had drained the Great Level and snp- lay-off, was finally withdrawn last week. cluded by saying: "I shall still do so." which was produced by Lewis Sloden at porting them in their protest against the The scene was set in an old-time music stated that he lost a lot of the Opera House, Southport, and which He further payment of ship-money. The next scene hall and Oiaplin plaj-ed the role of a the dances he was rumiing at will money on come into . London shortly. Arthur shows him in St. Stephen's Chapel, West- druken dude who S3,t :n a bo.x and flirted the Piccadilly Hotel because he was one Wontner, Fewliass Llewellyn, F. Kinsey minster, in Novtnrijcr, 1641,' with a year's with the female performers and made of the pioneers of the scheme, and people Peile, Morris Rubin, Story Gofton, Wini- interval, brinRn^.jis to the first battle of himself objectionable in other ^vays. It had not yet taken to the idea, although fred Izard, Florence Harwood, 'Vane the Great RebeUion at Edgehill. Here we was his fine characterization in the r.ole it is a paying proposition. On the Featherstone and Doris Lloyd. now find a wee Int of romance brou^t in and that first attracted attention to him. Official Receiver mention of Ws expendi- The play deals with the dilemma of a which contains the' only love mterest in tures and s^le of living Darewski stated young Jewish moneylender, who is con- the entire production, although not vital that his business demanded of him to live O'NEU. PLAYS FOR LONDON fronted by the problem of having to choose to the play, being the betrothal of Henry in between his love for a fortune and style. Treton to Bridget CromwelL .London, March 12.—C B. Cochran is a Jewish girl. -He cannot have both. It proved to The outstanding event of the entire now one of the busiest theatrical produc- be well acted and interesting. "THE DANCERS" WELL PLAYED production comes with the scene follow- ers in London, especially so with his forth- — mg the battle of Naseby, when Cromwell coming presentations of American dra- London, March 12, "The Dancers," faces King Charles and pleads lone and matic successes, to be done in association YOUNG ACTRESSES SCORE the new play produced here by Sir Gerald earnestly to the king to stop his fllegal with Arthur Hopkins, of New York. du Marier at the Wyndham'a Theatre, is London. Marcji 12. Contrary to the acts and grn justice to the people. His Included in his new productions will be — only saved by the excellence of the act- opinion of those people who twrn^nn the entreaties fall on deaf ears, and Cromwell Pauline Lord in "Anna Christie," "The ing. "The play is of the type that can l>c fact that there are no actresses now in is roused to anger after the King abruptly Hairy Ape" and "Emperor Jones," with encoutered in any cheap novelette. It comparison to the days of old, three young remarlcs, "The argument is ended." '^All Charles Gilpin, the negro tragedian. The deals with the life of an old Etonian, who, women of the stage who have made a hit argument is ended," he retorts as he three plays mentioned above are by Eugene having been financially broken in the war. in the West End recently have created leaves- Charlf^, The next scene is the ex- CNeil is now running a successful cabaret bar in jopnsiderable comment They are Miss ecution of Charla, and is practically the Canada. He is a bit of a moralist and Audrey Carton, at the.Wyndham's; Miss end of the historical jrartion of the play. BOY HIT IN TEIMPEST speaks of the evil effects of modem danc- A SHOW Frances Carson, at the Royalty, and Miss The rest of it concerns the affairs of Brid- ing upon home life. Meanwhile the girl London. March 12.—Although "Good Winifred MacCkrthy. who has just taken get and Ireion. and Cromwell is seen here whom he had sworn to love in his school- Gradous, Annabelle," proved a terriSc frost up the part of Miss Peggy Rush in as tfie Lord Protector. days is afflicted with llie dance germ in for Marie Tempest, it to the discovery "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" at the Queen's. Next to Alnley's portrayal of Cromwell, led London, having grown into the type of a actor which Wilfred Cotton be- shone Irene Roolc in the character of Mrs. of boy woman whose sole existence is composed lieves partly compensates for the disa^ Cromwell. Others who rendered excellent PLAN TO BAN U. S. BANDS of dandn^ and taking hopi She has been pointment of the productiotL The- "find" is snmort vrere William J. Rea, Mary guilty of mdiscretions witfi a -boy of nine- Charlie Rider, a fourteen-year-old youth, London, Mar. IZ—^The American jazz OVarrdl. Clare Harris, Milton Rosmer teen. As she is bemoaning her troubles a invasion has grown to such proportions and Hareourt Williams. who looks nearer ten. The boy made his cable arrives from her friend in Canada that die British Musicians' Union is bring- ddnit in a minor role of "Annabelle" and informing her that a railway accident has sufficiently well awarded three- ing pressure to bear through labor mem- did to be a wiped out the lives between himself and MOSS EMPIRES mC LOSERS year contract by the manager. bos in Parliameat to enact legislation that the family title and fortune. She feels dis- will serve as a bar to the importation of LdtisoM, March IZ—The Moss Empires, posed to play a trick upon him and marry dance orchestras from the States. There Ltd, Will not declare any dividend on or- IS him, and thus lose her trouble, but when WHICH THE BETTER is a good deal of unemployment among dinaiy capital- tfaSs year, as a result of a puts herself to the test she finds she London, March IZ brighter London," musicians here and the Ministor of Labor she net Idas of £12.485 being sustained by the — loves him too well, killnig herself a feiiv which opens soon at the Ldndoo Hippo- has made a ruling that except in excep- company during the year of 1922. The minutes before the wedding. In the last drome, will have as a special atlractioa tional circumstances Jazz bands must have resiuta of this loss can be estimated by the act he marries the dancer who made his Paul Orchestra. Mr. WyUe, a personnel that is at least 50 per cent fact tiat at the cod of 1921 a proht of WUteman's Canadian cabaret a success. The fine work the producer of the show, stated that tiie British. i64,3I0 was made and a diridend of lO of Miss Audrey Carton as the English orchestra is the best ever heard in Eng- per cent was declared. play. LESUE IN girl retrieves the WMi a balance broaght forward from land, which has raised the wrath of Mr. STUART ACT of "The Savoy Havana Orchestra," 1921 there is a credit of £39^17 to the Momy London, March 12.—Leslie Stuart, well who claims that his combination is the profit and loss account, of which £17,637 known as the writer of "Florodora" and TRIX SISTERS OPEN CABARET greatest The verdict of the Londoners IS to go to the preferred stock share- several niunbers which made the late Eu- will be given shortly. holders. gene Stratton famous, returned to the Pasis, March 12.—The Trix Sisters. staK, opening at the Palladium. Josephine and Helen, two American girls who have faeoome great favorites here and "SAN TOY" AUTHOR DIES 'TROP" SWORD HOLDS UP ACT He is contributing a number of his old compositions which arc being sung by in England, have opened the Trix Blue 12. Mr. London. March 12.—G. S. Melvin. the London. March — Edward Mor- Harry Ban^t and accompanied by the Room, in the Place Pigalle, where they are opera, "San Toy." Scotch comedian, came near missing his ton, author of the comic composer at the piano. The offering re- having great success. The major portion Russell opening at the Belfast Hippodrome last died last wedc .-it his home. 5 ceives a good reception at every perform- of the entertainment is given by them- Mansions, BIoonisbur>-. London. Mr. vreek and all on account of a "prop" sword ance, but it is doubtful whether he would selves, and they are supported by the Blue he uses in his act. While crossing to Ireland Morton was for mniiy years connected be a success in vaudeville in general. Boy's Orchestra. Flora Lea and Mile. with the Referer. the 'English theatrical he was held up on the steamer by the Simmone Mirat. paper, and wrote under the name of "Mor- authorities, who refused to permit him to SHOWS FOR AFRICA dred." His estate was in the neiphbor- proceed with the sword. Upon finally London, 12. hood of 120 pound.*:. relinquishing the sword he was permitted March —Two companies are "TRESPASSES" STARTS to continue upon his journey. scheduled to sail to South .Africa next month, the first being a musical comedy London, March 12.— RENEE KELLY IN NEW PLAY "Trespasses." a organization which will sail on .April 6 new play by Edward Percy, had its pre- Kelly, GREEN TO DO "GIVE AND TAKE" LoHDOK. March 12.—Miss Renec and will play "Whirled Into Happiness" miere at the Royal, Brighton, last week. who scored such a great success in "Daddy London, March 12.—Mr. Harry Green, and "The -Golden Moth" on the African The cast includes Doris Lytton, Ethel Long Legs." a few years ago. is appearing recently returned from the United States, continent The other company is headed Griffies, Jane Graham, Lyn Harding. Fran- in a new little playlet entitled "Likes and has brought over with him an American by Percy Hutchinson and will sail on cis Listen, Reginald Denham, Sebastian Dislikes.' by Edwin Borke. at the Brigh- play, "Give and Take." which he intends .April 8. They will include in their reper- Smith. . George Mallett and George Good- ton Hippodroine. Her initial appearance to produce in London on sonic future toire "Bull-Dog Drummond," "Nightie win. The play is sdieduled for a London in London -will be at the Coliseum. date. Night" and "The Luck of the Navy." presentation shortly. 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"MUSIC BOX REVUE" FOR LONDON NEW COHAN SHOW IS A HIT P. M. A. AND EQUITY APPOINT SIX The original "Music Box Revue." -which • ' RocBES-TER, March IZ—George M. Co- is now playing in Philadelphia, will dose han's new comedy, "Two Fellows and a its tour the latter part of April and on Girl," a play in three ' acfs by' 'Vincent TO CONSIDER WORKING AGREEMENT May 5 will be transported intact, with the Lawrence, scored a hit 'when "presented exception of Willie Collier, to England, Thursday evening at the Lyceum 'Theatre, where it will be presented by Charles B. with an. excellent cast that included Ruth Three Members of Actors' Equity and Three of Managers' Asso- Cochran at the Palace Music Hall,. Shepltfj'. -John Halliday,' -Allan Dinehoral. ciation to Confer on Extension of Present Agreement London. and others.. Hazard Short, who produced the show Although as Mr. Cohan , announced be- Which Expires on Sept. 1, 1924—Theatre Men for Sam H. Harris and Irving Berlin, tween acts that the piece was still in proc- sailed for London - last Saturday to make ess of being completed, the audience -was Declare Strike Fear Is Ended preliminary arrangements for the presen- held every moment the play was on. "The tation of the show there. The entire com- first act was unusually interesting and pany, including the chorus, will be taken clevel-, the comedy being of a high order. WiUi the appointment of a committee cided to enforce its policy for the "Equity abroad and a new comedian will be hired In this act two lovers are endeavoring to of six to represent the Producing Man- shop." to replace Collier. "The entire set of scenic win the hand Of the same girl. Consider- agers' Association and the Actors' Equity This decision at the time was greeted and electrical investitures will be taken to able comedy arises from the situations com- Association in a scries of conferences in- with the greatest apprehension by the England, including the crew of master ing fast on the heels of each other, as each dications are that the Managers' and managers, who foresaw, as they thought, mechanics who operate the stage. lover bids the girl a last "good lught" only Actors' agreement of 1919 -will be ex- what appeared to be a virtual dictatorial The arrangements that Cochrane made to return again in effort to outwit his rrvaL tended another five years after the present assumption on the part of Equity. . with Harris give him the privilege of keep- The characterizations are true to life, aod agreement expires September 1, 1924. Shortly afterward a meeting was held ing the company in Europe for an indefinite the love-making equally so. After each Three of the members will be chosen by by both sides at the St. Regis Hotel and period, and should the theatre public mani- admirer returns again and again fN* the Equity Association and the other three an extension of the existing status was fest an interest in the American produc- a choice b^ tossing a coin. from the ranks of the Managers' organiza- agreed upon in the hope that the inter- tion he will probably take it on a tour of The choice stands -with the girl, tnt she tion. According to the understanding vening time might bring forth a solution the English provinces and also take it to has some remorse over the fact that the agreed upon at the meeting where John of the difficulties. Since that time a num- Paris for a limited engagement.- rejected suitor might be suffering. Five Emerson, president, and Frank Gilmore, ber of discussions have been held without years later the action shows the couple in executive secretary of the Equity, repre- arriving at any definite answer to the their narried life. Thca a sitnation al- sented the Actors' organization, this body conflictmg interests. MOSCOW PLAITERS BALK ways interesting comes up, when the re- will have full power to conduct negotia- On February 20, Augustus Thomas, as Chicago, March 12.—Notification has jected suitor arrives as a weahhy Inmtier- tions, which it is anticipated will prevent a representative of the Managers, appeared been given to Morris Gest, to the effect man, visiting his old friends. The former a breach between the two organizations, before the Equity council and stated the that the Moscow Art Theatre, which is suitor, after creating considerable specula- such as the strike of 1919. The men position of the P. M. A. in the matter. scheduled to open April 17th, at the Audi- tion in the milxls of the patrons, is forced chosen to represent both organizations His arguments proved so interesting that torium, will not play in a house as large to take an inconsistent step and at the eod were picked by Augustus Thomas for the Emerson and Gilmore felt that it would as the Auditorium. This news was given of the play the couple are still happ3y Managers' organization and by Gilmore be their duty to pay a similar visit to the Hiotam-^ to Morris Gest over the long married as shown earlier in the for the Actors' Association. Both these managers and set forth their side of the pby. telephone by his brother Simeon- who is As the show now stands, the hjt two' gentlemen are maintaining intense secrecy matter. It was felt by both camps that in now New York. acts are not quite up to standard set the as to the identity of the men chosen for speedy arbitration would be advisable, if hy Mr. Gest planned to return immediately first one, and condensation may help solve the conference and as to the
activities were strike. - members as the result of their any possibility of a ill its prices. Next week the Owen Davis "SLAVEMAKER" FOR CHICAGO during the strike of 1919. It was noted, One manager, who has options on the- play, "Up the Udder," produced by Wil- however, the managers were stragetic in atre properties in Boston and New York, liam A. Brady, will open at the Playhouse "The Slavemaker." Sam Harris' latest their manner of conducting the negotia- which he will exercise in the event that at the new rate. production starring Mary Ryan, -which tions; they as well as the Equity men an amiable agreement is arrived at, will, Other theatres, most of -which have been opened last -week in Baltimore, is scheduled jockeyed for position in the hope of avoid- if the conference cannot agree, probably hadly hit this year by itoor business, are for the Selwyn Theatre, Chicago, the latter ing the deadlock which has prevailed ever devote his time to producing his plays said to be seriously considering a drop to part of the mooth. The play is a thriller since March 22, 1921, when Equity de- (Continued on page 23) the old pre-war figare. based on a "iopt" story.
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4 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1923 PREACHERS RAP "NOW AND THEN" FOUR NEW SHOWS FOR CHICAGO SIX NEW PLAYS ADDED TO Santa Rosa, CaU Mar. IZ—It is pos- Chicago, Mar. 12.—With four new at- sible that Kolb and Dill, producers and tractions opening here this week there is principal comedians of "Now and Then," a promise of a renewed interest in the the- BROADWATTS LIST THIS WEEK play draling with the prohibition situation atre by the public, and a waning of the now being given here, will start damage Lenten season. Only two shoivs are draw- suits against several local ministers. Dur- ing at present while the other fourteen Five Dramatic and One Masical Piece Open During Week ing last Sunday's sermon in several of the aie suffering from lack of attendance. churches the theatrical men bad stenog- George White, who attempted to come into l /n**fn Ha* Little Effect on Demand for Sump raphers making reports of the sermons de- the Apollo, which was drawing well un- Broadway Theatres livered by seven of the ministers, these til all houses took a slump, moved into ministers being those who had met on Fri- the Illinois with his "Scandals," replacing day afternoon and {dedged themselves to "In the Springtime of Youth." "Blossom Lent seems no fearsome deterent Between lines one can read a valiant at- Even deliver sermons against the play on the Time" went into the Apollo. The "Cat anxious display their wares tempt upon the part of the producers to to producers to following Sunday. and the Canary" moved from the Princess to metropolitan audiences. This is evi- accomplish a white "Shuffle Along" in this ' This action follows the attempt of the to the La Salle and "The Crooked Square," the unusual activity of the cur- new musical production. denced by Santa Rosa W. C T. U. to take out an a new play presented here for the first six productions are The piece is equipped with a splendid rent wedc, when new injunction against the play and Uieir be- time, went mto the Princess. The "Cat and to make their metropolitan bow cast that includes Bernard Granville. Don scheduled ing advised that the courts would probably the Canary" is enjoying the longest run of active session for the Barclay, Lora Sanderson and Boley. and ttaos provide an May refuse to grant the writ Tlie women any play here this season, having already Despite the waits of bad The incoming of caused "Liza." first nigfaMrs. "Go-Go" allege that the play contains "wet" propa- played to good houses for twenty-dght forth pieces glide in the all-negro show which has been hold- season and so new ganda. weeks. "Two Fdlows and a Girl," George with great profusion. ing forth at this theatre for several months, and out The principal lines in the play_ to which M. Cohan's latest opens at the Grand No less than four pieces chose_ Monday to be shifted to the Nora Bayes Theatre exception is taken by the ministers and Theatre to-morrow night evening as their bowing in occasion. The for a continuation of its metropolitan run. the W. C T. U. are those in which CUr- "Sally" continues to draw well at die Empire; list included: "Pasteur," at the The Moscow Art Plajrers also selected ence Kolb, as Dominick Schloss, a re- Colonial and Frank Keenan, in "Peter "Bamum Was Right," at the Ftazee; Monday evening for their perfonnance of formed saloon man, says: "If everybody Weston" has taken hold at the Harris and "Go-Go," at Daly's Sixty-third Street The- "The Lower Depths." Although a repeat would stop drinking today they would aU seems destined for a long run. Keenan atre, and "The Lower Depths," by the the performance took on a semblance of be dry tomorrow.' "To which Dill, as does the best acting of his career in this Fifty- BIoscow Art Flayers at Jolson's a premiere with the followers of Rus- Albert Wagner, a saloon keeper for thirty new play and his supporting company is nintfa Street Theatre. sian drama and attracted a fairly repre- years, replies, "^he dryer you make them excdlent especially Judith Anderson, who "Pasteur" followed in the wake of Billie sentative audience to Jolson's Fifty-mnth the more they drink." Other lines ob- is tnalfing a name for herself. William Bnrkc's depaitnre in "Rose Briar." The Street Theatre, where they are playing an jected to are Kolb's, "I've found out what Hodge in "For All of Us" is sUll playing production is anique in that it is presented extoided seasoiL prohibition is now. All it has done is to to fair houses at the Studebaker; '^he with an all male oet It is an American The much-waited-for appeararce of make the price of whiskey higher and the Twist" -will end its. engagement at the adaptation of Lnden 00111/5 Paris suc- Lionell Atwill in Gnitry's "llie Comedian'' whiskey worse." Playhouse next week to allow "Up the cess by Arthur Honiblow, Jr. It treats materialized at the Lyceum Theatre on Kolb and Dill claim their play is not Ladder" to come into this house; 'Tart- of the life of Pasteur in five episodes and Tuesday evening and brought out the usual "wet" propaganda. When the play was ners Again," with Bernard and Cirr, has was offered by an exceptionally well fashionable assemblage that follows the produced in San Francisco in Decetmier it let down and may soon be supplanted by selected cast healed by Henry Miller. Belasco attractions. Mr. Belasco is cred- drew a full house nightly. In Seattle, another production at the new Selwyn. "Bamum Was Right," the new comedy ited with having made the American Grant's Pass and Medford, Ore., the Anti- "The Rear Car," with Taylor Holmes by Philip Baitholomae and John Meehan, adaptation of the play and has given it a Saloon League and similar organizations and Edna Hibbard, is going mto its third has headed for on lavish mounting tried to stop it without success. "The which heen Broadway and a splendid cast. . Ap- week at the Cort Miss Hibbard having at least three previous occasions, finally pearing in snpport of Atwill are H. comedians assert that their play is not only one more week with the show. Ina settled down at the Frazee on Monday Cooper Qiffe, A. P. Kaye, Albert Gran Tmanced by any "wet" interests. Claire is doine nicely at the Powers in night. The comedy is based upon an "it and Elsie Maiekay. "The Awful Truth;" "The Last Warn- gqn to advertise" theme and is interpreted The final premiere of the week was PAULINE WANTS EARLY TRIAL ing" remains at the Blarkstone. Herbert by a cast headed by Donald Brian and "The Love Habit," an American adapta- That Pauline Lord had received much Corthell in "Mr. Blimp" took a flop at Coakley and also includes Den- tion of Louis Vemeuil's Froich farce the Olympic and closed on Saturday, as Marion by unfavorable critidsm and is entitled to vin- did man Maley, Lilyian Tashman and Neil Gladys Uoger, which came to the Bijou dication, was the plea of Arthur F. Dris- Frank Craven in "The First Year" on Wednesday evening. The cast includes at the Woods, which house ^vill remain . ooU, attorney for the actress who petitioned third premiere of the evening dark tmtil "Light and Beer" The was James Ramie, Florence Eldridge, Ernest the Supreine Court last wedc for an early Wines comes
the musical in . next week, continues "G0-G6," new comedy by Coassrt, Dwigbt Ftye, Fanio Marinoff and trial of the divorce suit brought by Mrs. "Zeno" to do wdl Harry Cbrt, George Stoddard, Alex Mary Kenne^. Ruth Harris against Mitchell Harris, an at the Great Northern. Rogers and Lucy Rogers, produced by In addition to these regulation premieres actor, in which case Miss Lord has been John Cort at Daly's Sixty-third Street a revival of "The School for Scandal" has named. "PEACHES" TO TRY AGAIN Theatre. It is a fast monng show, de- been launched for .a series of matinees Miss Lord, who is starrtn;; in "Anna George W. Lederer is planning to re- pending piacticilly entirely npon the speed at the National Theatre. The pcrfomiance Qiristie," now on tour, is bemg sued by organize his musical comedy, "Peaches," of its ntimhera to get it across for a hit. of this are given by an all-star cast. Mrs. Ruth Hanis, for $50,000 for alien- and send it out for another showing the ation of the affections of her husb^od. Mr. latter part of the month. The piece closed Harris has made no defense to the divorce several wedcs ago after having WEBER WINS ERROL TROPHY GALLAGHER FACES ALIMONY SUIT played action of his wife, and basis of his wife's Philaddphia and Baltimore, when it was CeiCAGOk Mar. 10.—The final match Ed Gallagher, of GalladKr and Shean, suit against Pauline Lore are some letters alleged that Lederer's backers had nm out round m Ine city indoor Putting Champion- will be sued for divorce shoitly according alleged to have been written by the actress. on him. A number of claims for salary ship for the Leoo Errol Trophy was played to Bernard F. Deutch who was substituted "The Harris divorce action was placed on have been filed by members of the Actors' ai Henrici Indoor Golf Qab today and .last week, for I. T. Flatto, as counsd for the March calmder, as far back as Septem- Equity Assiciation for salary due on the was •ma. hy Dewey W^er of the Edge- Mrs. Gallagher. Mr. Deutcb would not re- ber, 1922, but when it was called for tiiis piece. The claims filed are against Lederer brook Golf ad>, who defeated John Mc- veal the name of the co-respondent, but in- month, only Mr. Driscoll, representing and the Pelham Produdng Company, which timated is Lord, made an appearance. Ksnley in a very interesting 36-holc match, that the alimony sought $15,000 Miss was the operating company that is sup- 3 tq» and 1 to play. Leon Errol, who had per year. posed to have sponsored the show. The Altfaou^ has been printed regard- HILL TO SEND OUT MIDGET SHOW been ill during tiie prdiminary matches, mudi Equity legal department have the daims ing the impending divorce, the order of vras present for the mal. Gus Hill signed a contract with Ike Rose in hand and expect to exact a settlement substitution is the first papers filed in con- The 32 entrants qnali^g with the last week for the presentation of Rose's with Lederer. nection with the Gallagher £unily a£hirs. lowest scores will meet at match play in Royal Midgets as a road attraction play- "Peaches" drew 'down good notices in The couple were married three years ago, the Western Indoor FnttinK Gbampiaa- ing the first class theatres next season. both cities. Upon the strength of this at which time the comedian was anxious to sliip for a prize donated fey Frank Ciaven, The Midgets are now touring the Loew Lederer is said to have interested new settle down to a "homey life." Mrs. Gal- author and star of "The nrst Year." Circuit and during the summer will appear capital for a fresh start lagher, a former actress, estimates her Manager Larry OTooIe has a host of with various Carnivals about the country. When the piece reopens it will have prac> hustmid's income at $100,000 a year. foltowcrs m the profession and eadi wedc According to the arrangement made tically a complete new cast since most of stnvng for the course record. with Hill the size of the company is to be those who appeared in the original produc- SHFTS FOR ntOADWAY SHOWS increased from 25 to 35 members and tion have made new connections since the "Lady Butterfly," Oliver Morosco's mu- they are to appear in a Revue which will piece closed. FINANCE COMPANY GETS PLAY sical comedy, will vacate the Globe on be conceived and produced by prominent Satnrday night to make way for John writers and stage directors. "ROGER BLOOMER" CLOSES The first play to be finanrrd and pro- Mnrray Anderson's ninsical comedy, "Jack The Midgets will carry a midget hand of Aiter playing one week and a day dnced by the Theatrical Prodoctng and and Jill," which opens there next Monday twenty pieces which will be used for the "Rog(r Bloomer," the fourth of the pres- Fma&dng Corporation -will be "Wh^r the night The Morosco piece will move into street parades and they will be transported ent serie.": of Equity productions at the Subway EndsT a comeify by James B. the Astor Theatre, supplanting "Stm Show- in a spedal railroad coach. A press agent Equity 48th Street Theatre, dosed last Sat- Auditore 'and Joseph NoelL The show ers," which wUI he shifted to another and two second men will tour in advance urday night. After the notices recdved at was originally presented oa the one-oigb: hoose. Lew Cantor was in conference with of the attraction which • will play at a the hands of the daily newspaper critics on stands by the asthors and closed after a Lee Sbubert early this wedc to secure an- $2.50 top. the opening and the fact Uiat business brief career in Pdmsylvania. With it other theatre for the Harry Delf musical was poor, the Equity Players, under being taken over by the Financing Cor- play. NEW PETROVA PLAY OPENS whose auspices the play was presented, pontian it is being re-cast and will go Olga Pctrova opened in her hew play, figured it would be best to withdraw it mto rehearsal this wedc tmder the direc- "GABETTE" REHEARSING "Hurricane," in New London, Conn., last "The Chastening," a play by Charles Rann tiiai of Priestly Morrisom. "Gabette," the new comedy with music Saturday night. The play was originally Kennedy, author of "The Servant in the Lazarus and Martens, by Sydney Frank scheduled to open in Springfield, Mass., House," which is described as a Lenten in rehearsal last the was pbc«d week by but was switched into Connecticut at the play, and has been playing a series of spe- "BRASS RAIL" NEW DICKEY SHOW Players. Inc. Comrntmity George Byron eleventh hour. The piece jumped to dal matinees at the tiieatre, replaced Paul Dickey has completed a new play. Totten. managing director of the Players, Toronto, Canada, this week, and from all "Roger Bloomer" as the regular attraction "Tfae BtaM Rail," which will be produced is directing rehearsals. It is planned to indications it will be some time before it last Monday night Kenney, his wife and in the earif spring. Several managers open the piece in AUentown, Pa., on Mon- will be brought in for metropolitan perusal. another woman composed the cast of the have an option on the piece, bat no con- 4by evemng; April 2, with a New York This is the piece which was formerly called play, which is expected to run over tfae tracts have adnally beat signed as ycc showing scheduled, for the following week. "The Hariot's House" Lenten period. —
March 14. 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 5
"THE WASP"' FOR lUHtOSCO STOCK FOR UfOT SHOW HOUSES of Anoe Nichols, SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT "The Wasp," a play by Thomas Fallon, Henry DaBy, fausbaod the playwright and producer of "Abies will have its New York premiire at the four 9mbert Morosco theatre on March 26th, foUowiac Irish Rose, has aoiuircd theatres, in whidi he will operate dnmatic ENDING DISASTROUS SEASON Florence Reed in "Hail and FareweU," the summer.. Two which will vacate on March 24th. stock companies during thiatres, the Crescoit, Brtnklyn. and "The Wasp" is now rdiearsing at the of the House. Detroit, are now of Circuit—Surviving Morosco Theatre I'nder the direction of the Detroit Opera End Month WiU See Passing of Units WiU The for- W. H. Gilmour, and has undergone sev- housing Shnbert unit vmodeville. its vaudeville policy on Attempt Runs in Legitimate Houses—Lee Shubert May eral changes in its cast. Emily Ann Well- mer wul abanlon latter on April 29lh. The man and Otto Kreuger will head the cast, March 17 and the Make Another Try with Strai^t Vaudeville of Mnsic, which includes Ben Hendricks, Leslie Aus- other theartrcs are the Academy and the Pitt Theatre, Pitts- Herk Reported Head of Negro Circuit ten, Annie Mack Berlin, Galina Kopemak Baltimore, and Tammany Young. F^or to its New burgh. York presentation the attraction will play On March 19th Duffy will present at the "East Unless there is an eleventh hour shift Lafayette Theatre and with a number of two days, March 23rd and 24th, at Easton, Crescent Theatre as his first offering, in plans, the Shubert unit and vaudeville negro musical productions which started Pa. Is West,* with Regina Wallace in the role circuit will cease to function after the end out from there, is the main spoke in this created by Fay Bainter. The foOowitiK Para- of this month. Although the "opposition" new wheeL Levey and the others inter- HITCHCOCK COMES BACK week he will present "The Bird of vaudeville will pass out for the current ested in the venture want Herk as general dise." season, it has b«en learned from an au- manager of the new enterprise. Negotia- Raymond Hitchcock is reported to be The following week. March a6th. he wiB thoritative source that Lcc Shubert has tions have been temporarily delayed "cleaning up" in the Middle West with his launch one at the Pitt Theatre, Pittsburgh. not entirely abandoned the idea of an oppo- through the illness of Herk, but it is ex- new version of "Hitchy Koo," being spon- The initial attraction wiH be "Abie's Inah sition vaudeville circuit. It is stated with pected that the deal will be closed this sored by Boehiams, Inc., producers of Rose." This play will have an indefinite more or less authority that Shubert may week. With the acquisition of Herk the "Greenwich Village Follies." Contrary to run at the Pittsburgh house. Duffv pre- reports this is revive the circuit next season, when be new syndicate will take over the former not a revamped edition of sented it at the President Theatre in Wash- will operate it as a straight vaudeville headquarters of the Affiliated and will "The Spice of Life," which had played ington, where it ran 12 weeks, and at the proposition. Those who have been close route the shows from the Robertson-Cole the Shubert unit circuit earlier in the sea- Academy of Music, Baltimore, where it to Mr. Shubert in his recent combination building. New York. son, but an entirely new production in two ran for six weeks. venture would neither deny nor affirm that Among the houses already lined up for acts and nineteen scenes. 'Hitchcock will On May 7th he will open the Detroit such a plan is under way. At any rate, the new circuit are the Howard. VVash- continue to play short stands ranging from Theatre with "Abie's Irish Rose" as the the current season of vaudeville will be ington; Howard, Richmond; Douglas, one to three nights throughout the mid- first bill. Here as in Pittsburgh he fignics "cold turkey" at the end of this month. Baltimore; Attucks, Norfolk; Lincoln, vvestem cities until May 1. after which the the play will rtm from sx to ten wcdcs. revue will be sent into Chicago for a Sum- Several of the surviving units will be Newport News; Lafayette, New York; I>nffy has obtained two new plays which mer run. routed over the Shubert legit circuit and Avenue, Chicago; Supreme, Brooklyn; he intends having all of his companies try will attempt runs in cities where they have Kappin, Detroit; Dunbar, Philadelphia. out. One of them, "The Rebound." br not already been shown. -Among those ten- Others are being negotiated for in Boston, REVIVING "BAMBOO TREE" Thomas Robinson, was the Harvard prize tatively selected for this new experiment St. Louis and in a number of cities in the play of two years ago. and was obtained at are George Jessell's "Troubles of 1923," South. Marion Vallou has been selected for the that time by Oliver Morosco. As tihe latter Lew Fields' "Snapshots," "Spices of 1923," The booking office will charge a fee to cast of the revival of "Under the Bamboo did nothing with it Duffy obtained the pro- "Whirl of New York," "Gaieties of 1923," the shows and houses booked and will Tree," which the Shubcrts will shortly duction rights from the author. The other "The Midnight Rounders," and Gertrude operate on a plan similar to that of the place in rehearsal. James Barton is slated play is "The Dust of Erin," by T. W. Gib- Hoffman in "Hello, Everybody." The latr .\ffiliated in the unit venture. The shows for the leading role in this musical play, son. If this latter play is accepted in stock ter show has already tried the experiment are to play on percentage terms. The new which was the last starring vehicle of Bert Duffy intends giving it a production in a will operations 1. Williams. and is now running at the Majestic Thea- circuit begin June New York theatre in September. tre, Boston, book^ in on a four weeks' run at $2 top and has met with sufficient encouragement to warrant the others to "VILLAGE FOLLIES" GETS $650,000 make a similar try. The shows will oper- The fourth edition of "Greenwich Vil- ate under an eight-performance weekly lage Follies" wound up its New York ron policy, instead of the fourteen perform- of twenty-six weeks at the Shubert The- ances required under the unit contracts. atre and opened a four-week engagement As far as could be ascertained the per- at the Shubert Theatre, Boston, last Mon- formers have not as yet been asked to day night. take a pro rata cut in face of the decrease The current edition of the "Greenwidi in the number of performances. Village Follies" grossed over $650,000 on The theatre crisis precipitated by the its New York run, which is not only an abolition of the unit shows seems to have enviable record, but is the first of the series partly solved itself by several of the unit to have bettered the production "nut*- on houses being sub-leased to stock com- the metropolitan run. Although an expen- panies. Four theatres were farmed out sive production it has not only alread>- this week. The entire details of the trans- paid for itself but has also yiekled a hand- action appear elsewhere in the news pages some profit for Bohemians, Inc., its pro- of this issue. The remaining theatres will
THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March -L4, 1923
"CROOKED SQUARE" MDCUP FIXED NEW SHOWS IN PHILADELPHIA GOLDWYN LEADS AMUSEMENT Constance Binney was out of the cast of Pan.Ai>Eij>aiA, March 12.—Thepremiire "The Crooked Square" in Pittsburgh last of Edward Roycc's new musical comedy, Tuesday night as the result of a verbal "Cinders," which was launched tonight at STOCKS ALL DURING WEEK fracas she had with Mrs. Henry B. Harris, the Garrick and a return engagement of Al producer of the play. This matter was Jolson in "Bombo" at the Shubcrt were the straightened out on Wednesday morning only changes in the theatrical map for the Sales Heads List in Vcdume of and General Activity—Famous and the play was again presented at the current week. • Wednesday evening performance with Miss Players Goes to 90 on Little Trading in "Cinders" is the collaborative effort of Monday— Binney in the cast. Edward Clark and Rudolf Friml and has Loew's and Orpheum It is reported, titat after the Monday been staged with a dainty touch which has night performance Mrs. Harris directed been a strong factor in all Royce produc- that a rehearsal be held' Tuesday morning tions. The leading role is allotted to continued to lead the viaj last a gain of At one time during •joldwyn and instructed Samuel Shipman, author of Nancy Welford, who appeared in Royce's w<«k in volume of. sales .and general the day it reached 90 but fell off in the the play to direct the rehearsal. Miss Bin- production of "Orange Blossoms" and suc- closing hours. it objected to rehearsing on ictivity, besides bcioK the only amusement ney appears ceeded Edith Day in the chief role, when Goldwyn showed a remarkable turnover Tuesday moming and told Mrs. Harrb so. the latter withdrew from the cast at the issae da the big exchange to show any for this security, 32,500 shares changing The latter is reported to have informed end of die Ne«ir York run. Among others tfain. Cosmopolitan has uAdoubt- bands. The stock, which had opened at The d^ the actress that she would he there and who appeared to advantage in the new piece •ally done wonders for this issue and shares climbed steadily, closing on Saturday it 6H, would like too. However, on Tuesday were Queenie Smith, former • premiere are changing hands with such frequency at gain of points. Groldwyn was 7%, a 1}^ moming Miss Binney was ix>t oa hand, and danseuse of the Metropolitan Opera Com- im- irfd in sad^ volume that ir is almost the only amusement security to gain, the efforts to get her to the theatre proved pany; Walter Regan, Margaret Dale, Fred foretell ' where -alid . 'when the points. possibte to others all losing between yi and IH futile: Mrs. Harris went to die hotel, and Hillebrand, Lillian Lee, John Brewer, mdvement will stojp.^ It is^safe to say that There is a good deal of activity in the diere b reported as having had a heated Riggs and Witcbie, Roberta Beatty, George this volnme of trading in Goldwyn is due Goldwyn o£5oes and the rumor has gone argument with Miss Binney after which Bancroft and Alta King. The run here has ilioost entirely to outoide interests and is that around the company has tmder way a •the latter told the producer she was been limited to two n-ccks, after which it not manipulation although the result "of sane, sound expansion program that will through. Mrs. Harris dien got in touch will proceed to New York. trm^iary setbacks, occnrring from time mean increased profits within the next year. with several dramatic a^endes to get some- AI Jobon was warmly wdcomed in to tune, can be set down as the result of Naturally it does not take long for a one to replace Miss Bumey. Tliey, how- "Bombo" at the Shubert by those who had insiders taking profits on' large blocks of rumor of this kind to drculate on the ever, were unsuccessful aiM in the mean- missed hb performance during hb previous the ftadc bought at. a comparatively low Street, and to this can be traced a good time Mrs. Harris left for New York. After appearance here. Jobcm's run has also prioa The encouraging feature is that deal of the activity now going on in Gold- Mrs. Harris left the breach v-as "healed" been limited to two weeks. con- after every slight setback the s'tock imme- wyn shares. On Monday the stock fell off on Tuesday night and Miss Binney "To The Ladies" will condudc its run at dialely rebounds, the^ stock dumped on the 'A, closing at 7% with 4,500 shares sold. sented to continue in the play. the . Broad ne.xt Saturday ni^t, .with Nazi- absbrbiMl surprising market heing with Loew's showed a fair trading average, At the Harris office in New York, on m'ova in "I^gTnar" coiming in next Mon- ' ' speed; Famous, during the week was 11,000 shares being sold and tl:; issue de- Thursday, Mrs. Harris sent out word that day. sltagSi^' the 'other amusement stocks clining point, ranging in price during Miss Binney had returned to the cast and "The Music Box Revue" seems to have it opened in did hot show much activity either; With the week from 20^ to 19^, at which would app^r in the play when settled down for a run at the Forrest._ It th^- exception of ' Goldwyn the pools or point it closed. It had opened the week at Chicago thb week. got the strongest play of any attractions securities cliques* operating in the various 19^. On Monday of this week the stock here last week and b practically sold out are biding their time, the comparatively PIECE reacted, gomg as high as 19^ and dosing HAMMERSTEIN TO DO FRIML for its second we^ few'sales being made when some group or at 19^, 800 shares being sold, the gain Arthur Hammerstein will place in re- "Blossom Time" has announced its last othtt'scdcs to round out its hofdings at- for the day being 14 point hearsal early in August a new musical four weeks at the Lyric and will have favorable price. Otipheum also fell off during the week comedy written by William Carey Duncan, rounded out a successful season of twenty- During the week 9,500 shares of Famous with trading dull. Opening at 20, which, author of 'The Blue Kitten," which Ham- four wed
MIDNIGHT SHOW DREW FEW PREPARING "VnXAGE SCANDALS" ROSENTHAL GETS 9l7oOO GIFT WOODS TO SHOW A PICTURE Rosenthal has been appointed by via Harry presented at J. J. Al H. Woods Reichenbach "March Hares" which was "Greenwich - Village Scandab," the new exploitation Sam H. Harris to handle the i.i informing the public through a veiled a midnight matincc in the Little Theatre musical revue to be brought out by The of "Ice Bound" at the Harrb Theatre. ;iiinouncemeiit that the greatest, most Sunday night did not attract the - night VagaboAds, Inc,- will not open cold at the Upon hearing that Rosenthal had joined spectacular and most stupcnduous motion - prowlers despite the amount ' of . publicity Greenwich Village Theatre as had been the Harris staff, 'Wagenhall & Kemper picture ever filmed will open at the Lyric it had received through the .\ctor's Equitj- contemplated but will open out of town sent for him and presented him with a 26tlL and will theatre on March The announce- Association prohibitinK.^their members be kept out imtd it u in perfect check for $1,000 as a bonus for the ex- nupiing order" before coming for met- ment which is placed in the lobby of the from appearing at a regular Sunday eve- in a ploitation schemes he handled while man- ropolitan theatre says tlie picture is a world's mas- uing performance in the play. The theatre showing. aging their company of "The Bat" at the .terpicce and that it b impossible to de- was about half filIM with a liberal amount The "Village Scandab" will be in two \Vilbur Theatre, Boston, this season. scribe it. It states that nets and 'fifteen scenes is calculated to no picture like of ' "Annie Oaklcy^s" being accounted for. and ' it has ever been produced and that the A Monday matinte was also- given which be a musical expose of life as it b sup- -TO "CHIVALRY" SHEA DO producer is in a quandry as to the title did not equal the intake of the early Mon- lioscd to be lived in the artistic centre.. Joseph Shea will place in rehearsal thb he should give the picture. performance. Another feature of die production will It also states day mommg -entitled, "Chivalry," be a ehocns of bona fide artists' models, week a new comedy, it will be staged by the peers of staging by W.' Hurlbut m which he will fea- which b to be capitalized in all billing and J. and that New Washburn will provide the "HAfRCUT" GOING OUT AGA,iN Fenwick. The show will be advertbing matter. ture Irene ensemble for the prologue. The picture is trvout this spring and Max Marcin' intends taking another Messrs. Williams and Kraus are putting given a two-iveek none other than "The Queen of Sin," a will then receive its New York production. chance with hb play, "Mao", Get Your the finishing touches to the libretto and picture that Woods purchased while in Hair Ctit," this Spring. The play was score, and it b expected the piece will be Germany last year. tried out of town by him early, this sea- ready to go into rehearsal within the next son with Carol- McConas m the title role. few weeks. COMPLAINT COM. APPOOTTO) For his next try, 'Vivian Tobin, who with- The Theatrical Agents and Representa- Take" drew ftxxn the cast of "Give and "WILDFLOWER" CAST CHANGES tives Assodation held a meeting at thdr Saturday night, will be given the last Arthur Hammerstein returned Tuesday headquarters last Sunday afternoon and feature role. May Collins succeeded Miss from a ten-day sojourn at Palm Beach. appointed a grievance committee to inves- Tobm at the cast of "^ve and Take" at He arrived in time to see Bernard Gorcey tigate complaints that had been made the Forty-ninth Street Theatre. against several make hi.<: debut in the comedy role of booking agaits, whose "Wildflower" at the Casino Theatre today names are being withheld at this time. 'The MACK SHOW FOR BROADWAY (Wednesday) replacing Frank Motdan, committee will meet again at the end of the week to present their findings WtUard Mack, who has been appearing who recently replaced Chas. Judels, who to the of- ficers of the organization at which time it in his latest play. "Red Bulldogs," in San created the role. Gorcey terminated an en- will be decided wliat course to pursue in Francisco, will dose in the piece on March (^gemrat with "Abie's Irish Rose" at the stamping out evil practices of "gyp" agents 31, to fulfill a motion picture contract, after Republic Theatre on Monday to join the which they claim is a hindrance to those which he will proceed to New 'York to ar- JHammerstein play. His' part in the Nich- engaged in a legitimate booking business. range for- a metropolitan showing of the ol's comedy was taken by Jack Franks, play here. Perry Kelly, who was recently who has been starred in the Yiddish the- dected to membership in the Prt>diicing atres on the East Side. Betty Nevins "BOMBO" LAYS OFF HOLY WEEK spon.sor the joined the cast of "Wildflower" at the Managers Association, will After completing a run of two weeks at production which is tentatively performance on Monday night. New York the Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia, Al Jol- spring. set for the late son and his "Bombo" company will lay off KIRKWOOD LEAVING "THE FOOL" during Holy Week, from PIECE "RAIN" March 25 to SHIPMAN OWNED OF James Kirkwood wilt leave the cast of March 31. The company will reopen on Saarad Shipman, who owned ten per "The Fool" in about two weeks, in order April 7 in Baltimore, play a week ther^ ocnt of "Rain" when that play opened in to go to Hollywood, where he will play POLLY and OZ then play the following week in Washing- Philadelpllia, and who let go of his end the lead opposite Mrs. Wallace Reid, in This week (Marell 12): ton, and on .April 15 open at the Shubert when it seemed as if the production was a new picture, entitled "The Living Keith'* Sivenlde, New Yoric Theatre, Boston, for an indefinite run. to failtiK; b now regretting- his Dead." Harry Browne will replace Kirk- Next week (March 19): in Fool." Hrooklyo. Maurice Holland iaaty aetioa m view- of . tlie success- which wood "The Kirkwood scored Orpheanu replaced .Allen great personal hit in the show. in "Lady Butterfly" Im attended the piece pa Broadway. a . Dfawcttm: H. BART McHUCH Keams last week. Marck 14. 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 7
"ELSIE" FOR THE VANDERKLT "LOLA IN LOVE" COMING OI^/| SEASON IS STRANGE FOR B'WAY "EUie," a musical comedy presented by "Lola in Love" will probably have a two weeks* engagement in Boston closing ing it out of town, has engaged . Oiarles Few Attractioiu Which Started the Season Will Last Until last Saturdajr night and this week is play- Purcell to replace Hal Forde and is now ing in Providence. negotiating for a iiev woman lead in the Summer—^Dozens Which Opened With New Year Had Short place of tay Marbe, who played the title B'way Four Will Doubtless Run Through CHICAGO THEATERS GO DARK role upon the initial presentatioo. Wax- Carem— man has added a chorus of eight girls to Chicaco, Mar. 12.—Seven shows left the the attraction which will be described as theatres here on Saturday night of last a comedy with music. Broadway theatres are housing today the National and Belmont under that title week and only fouir arrived to take their It is reported that Miss Marbe advanced and the «itle "J>assions for- twenty-four attractions that current Men;" "The ' were places, which leaves three, the Woods, $3,000 to Waxman after the latter had attractions time, from Greenwich Village Follies" from the Shu- at Christmas and Olympic, and Great Northern dark. Judg- obtained the attraction from Coppicus. will bert, "Gringo" from indications of that number fifteen the, Comedy, John ing from the business of the past four probably last through the month of Barrymore in "Hamlet" from the Harris, May, weeks the darkened theatre list will be with a possibility of two-thirds of them "It is the Law" which- played both the greatly increased. "IN THE BALANCE" NEW MELO. running through the Summer. Of the Ritz and Nora Bayes. "Johaiuies Kreisler" "In The Balance," a melodrama jn three number of attractions which were running from the Apollo, "Our Nell" from the "SUN SHOWERS" CLOSING acts, has been selected as the first produc- at that time which closed subsequently Nora Bayes. "R U R" which iiihiibitvd tion of the newly incorporated Melboume- there arc twenty-three. Since that time both the Garrick and .Frazet theatres. Lew Cantor will delegate his "Sun Ardeii Productions, Inc., of which M. sixteen new attractions have arrived at "Listening In" from the Bijou, "Thi- Mer- Showers," the current attraction at the H. Arden and William RappopoR arc the theatres along the Rialto which still chant of Venice" from the Lyceum. "Si-x Astor, to the storehouse on Saturday the managing directors. Featured in the remain; ten arrived and have already de- Characters in Search of an Author" from night. This show was Cantor's introduc- cast will be Christine parted and four more are due to depart the Princess, "Spite Comers" from' the tion as a musical comedy producer and Winthrop, whom Messers. Arden and Rappaport calculate shortly. Little, "The Awful Truth" -from the Henry will net him losses of about $35,000. will prove another delighthil "find" for' Producers and theatre managers at the Miller, "The Tidings Brought to Mary", Broadway. Casting for the play will be- last Yuletide figured that more than two- from the Garrick, "The World We Live TO DO McLaughlin play gin next week and it is scheduled to open thirds of the attractions which -were cur- In" from the Jolson and Forty-fourth F. the piece out of town early month, rent then would run until after the Lenten Street, "Why Men Le^ve Home" from the Ray Comstock and Lawrence Weber have taken prior to being brought to period. Their deductions, however, were Morosco, "Rose Briar" from the Empire, over the Al H. Woods "Fires a Broadway of Spring," playhouse for a run. quickly upset early in January, when "Glory" from the Vanderbilt, "Lady Cristi- a play by Robert McLaughlin, playwright shows began departing and new ones ar- linda" from the Broadhurst, "The Egotist" and owner of the McLaughlin Stock Company of Cleveland, which they riving. This kept up throughout that from the Thirty-ninth Street. "The Red PRINTERS SUE will produce early in THE AFFILIATED CO. entire month, was repeated in February Poppy" from the Greenwich Village, and May. and the indications are that the present "Thin Ice" from the Belmont. The Times Square Printing Company month will see as many departures as the The attractions which arrived since DECEMBER AND MAY filed suit last week in the Third District Municipal Ccnut against the Affiliated two previous months combined. Christmas and have hurriedly departed Fred Zweifel. manager of Ed Wynn's The- atres Corporation for the sum of $3fi2.00. Of. the twenty-four . attractions whicli are: "Will Shakespeare" at the National. "The Perfect Fool" company, and Grace In the papers served in connectioa were berthed in the Broadway houses at Ethel Barrymore in "Romeo and Juliet" Russell, a member of the company, were with the suit the printing company claims that Christmas time, indications via the box at the Longacrc, Leo Carrillo in "Mike married in Boston last week. Zweifel, the amount is doe for services and print- office point that the following will prob- Aiigelo" at the Morosco. Maude Fulton who is close to sixty years of age, is twice ing work rendered, and which is unpaid ably last into the Summer period : "Abie's (Continiifd on page 23) the age of his bride. for. The Affiliated Irish Rose" operated the Unit at the Republic, "The Lady in Shows. Ermine" at the Century, "The Clinging Vine" at the Knickerbocker, "The Last Warning" at the Klaw. "Little Nellie NEW PLAY FOR EQUITY PLAYERS Kelly"' at the Liberty, "Loyalties" at the The Equity Players are contempbting Gaiety, "Merton of the Movies" at the a new play by Leon Cimningfaam, author Cort, "The Music Box Revue" at the of "Hospitality," which was their second Music Box, "Rain" at the Maxine Elliott, production this season, at the "The Seventh Heaven" at the Booth, "The Equity- Forty-eighth Street Theatre, toward Fool" at the Times Square, and "The the end of April to succeed Not," Masked Woman" at the Eltioge. "Why which begins a return engagement at that house Of the balance of the attractions which next Monday. were on "tap" at that time and are now playing, the majority of them will conclude their nm during April and May. They are ANDRE SHERRI IN HOSPITAL "Kiki" at the Belasco, "Chauve Souris" at the Centusy Roof; "Zic«feld Follies" at Andre Sherri, who lost his eyesight the New Amsterdam, "Liza" which moved nearly three years agc^ is in the New York to the Nora Bayes from Daly's Sixty-third Ear. Nose and Eye Hospital, where an operation Street last Monday, "Sally, Irene and for the removal of a pressure on his optic nerve Mary" at the Forty-fourth Street, "So was performed last wedc. This Is London" at the Hudson, "The It is believed that within a few weeks Gingham Girl" at the Earl Carroll, "The Mr. Shcrri will be able to see again. Love Child" at the George M. Cohan, "The Old Soak" at the Plymouth, and COHAN SHOW IN CHICAGO "Whispering Wires" at the BroadhursL Of the sixteen attractions which have ar- George M. Cohan's new productioi^ rived since that time and held fast prob- "Two Fellows and a Girl," by Vioeent ably four will run into the Summer. They Lawrence, had its initial performance at are: "Give and Take" at the Forty-ninth Cohan's Grand Opera House, Chicago^ last Street Theatre, "Ice Bound" at the Sam night (Tuesday) instead of Mooday as H. Harris, "Wildflower" at the Casino, was originally scheduled. Cohan attended the and "Polly Preferred" at the Little premiere in the "Windy City." Theatre. The attractions which arrived since "SPICE OF 1922" SWITCHED Christmas that will probably wend their way out during April and May are : "Lady "Spice of i$Z2" the Armaad Kaliz show Butterfly," now at the Globe, which moves which ran for a number of weda at the to the Astor next week; "The Dancing Winter Garden and stranded in Chicago, Girl" at the Winter Garden, "Mary the is now a Shubert unit It was txioked for the 3rd" at the Thirty-ninth Street ; Jane Cowl Central Theatre, on Broadway, this in "Romeo and Juliet" at the Henry week, but at the last moment was switd^ed Miller, Ethel Barrymore in "The Laugh- to the Crescent, Brooklyn. ing Lady" at the Lpngacre, "Peer Gynt," which moved into the Shubert Theatre "UP from the Garrick last Monday; "The God SHE GOES" FOR CHICIAGO of Vengeance" at the Apollo, "Anj-thing WiUiam A. Brady has booked "Up She Might Happen" at the Comedy, "You and Goes," the musical comedy now playing I" at the Belmont, "Humoresque" at tho at the Playhouse in Lester Bryant's Play- Vanderbfit, "Papa Joe" at the Princess, house, Qiicago, beginning September 4. and "Why Not," which returns to the Fred Santley and Gloria Foy will head the Equity-Forty-eiglith Street Theatre from cast. the National after a three weeks' stay there. "MON PAPA" REHEARSING Of . the shows which were playing Christtnas that have moved oat since then MARGA WALDRON Oliver Morosco placed the French com- were: "Blossom Time" from the Century, AMBUCA.'S PREMIERE DANSEUSE edy, "Mon Papa," in nheaml on Maa- "The Bunch and Judy" from the Globe. Featured in B. P. Kcttk'* Vaadfiville thia s«aaOQ day. Hilda Spong is cast for the leading "Fashions for Men." which played both At the Palue. New York, week o( Manb 19 role of the pUy. 8 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1923 23rd ST. IS 34 YEARS OLD FOUR HOUSES FOR SHOWINGS AMATEURS IN Proctor's Twenty-third Street Theatre TEN ACTS PUY Four houses are now being used by the celebrated its thirty-fourth anniversary Keith booking office for the purpose of giv> last week. Manager Duify provided ade- ing new acts who are anxious to secure OPERAS FOR auate decorations both inside and outside FULL WEEK quick action a chance to show their offer- le theatre and arranged a combination ings, the latest addition being B. S. Moss' picture and vaudeville bill for both halves Franklin in the Bronx. The other three LOEWTIME that well satisfied even the most exacting ATH.O.H. are Proctor's Twenty-third and 125th Chelseaite. Street, where professional tiyouts are held The Proctor house is situated on the every Monday, and the Palace, where acts TtNAFORE" TO BE SEEN IN BOSTON north side of twenty-tiiird street between opposition to KEITH AND LOEW can show every Wednesday morning. At Sixth and Seventh avenues. It threw open the Franklin, the acts are placed into the A new angle in amateur attractions to its doors to the public for the first tmie Under its new policy of ten vaudeville regular bill, as done in the Proctor houses, draw business, will be used by the Loew on March 5, 1889, and has remained open acts for a full week stand, booked by Fally given billing, and played for both' matinee Grcoit which will play Gilbert and Sul- ever since. Neil Burgess in "The County Markus, which went into effect this wedc, and night performances on Thursday. Jeff Sran operas with local casts in its out-of- Fair" was the opening attraction and from the Harlem Opera House assumes a posi- Davis books the tryouts at the Moss house, town uieatres. The first Loew house to the first the house established itself tion of "opposition," which will probably while Mark Murphy takes cart of the try diis experiment will be Loew's State, as the west side stand for some of our best be even worse for actors than the Astoria showings at the Twenty-third and 125th stars. It continued to play legitimate at- in Boston, which is now advertising for used to be before it was added to the Loew Street theatres. tractions for a number of and one fanodred young men and g^rls from the years was Circuit. The theatre quit as a Sbubert In addition to helping new acts to get locality to appear in a production of the scene of the stage debut of Maude Ad- vaudeville house on Sunday, and opened showings, this system has been found very Tinaioie." wtich will be presented at the ams and others who subsequently rose to under the management of John H. McGar- useful in boosting business at the three stellar heights. The drama later gave way theatre in four weeks. ron on Monday, representmg the owner of houses where the tryouts arc placed into to musical extravaganza finally vaude- The entire cast is to consist entirely of and the theatre, Louis Brecha. the regular bills. Mondays and Thursdays ville became a fixed poUcy at the house. amateors, principals, dioms and alL The The Harlem Opera House has been de- are known to be "off days," but the Frank- In its heyday the theatre drew a large stage settings and costumes for the produc- clared opposition by the Loew Circuit as lin, Twenty-third and 125th Street theatres will furnished patronage from shoppers, the immediate tko be by the Loew Circuit. it is directly next door to Loe\v's Victoria, have been doing capacity and near capacity neighborhood then being the shopping cen- The Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas which, even though it operates under a on those days since the trj-outs were placed will given in conjunction^ with the ter of the metropolis. When the stores be split week policy of five acts and a feature into the shows. shifted further uptown the effect cut deep regular vaudeville bill and motion jMCtnre picture, will undoubtedly feel the competi- featnre. the length into the receipts of the house. Several Doe to of time which tion of the Opera House in its box office. GRADUATE LEADER AT FRANKLIN win be OGOsmned in the presentation of years ago whoi the motion pictures were The policy of the H. O. H., being ten acts The first graduate leader from the B. F. the opera, this vaudeville portion of the enjoying their first vogue. F. F. Proctor each week, for a full week stand, is also Keith College of Music to be installed in Mis on which it will be played, will in. all established the theatre as the first straij^fat in direct competition with that of Keith's a Keith house, b Louis Earle, who took prohflfcility be cut from five to tiiree acts. motion picture theatre in New York Cny. Alhambra, which is situated around the over the direction of the Franklin Theatre Tlie open will be presented for a fnll Seven years ago^ it reverted to its pres- comer. The H. H. will give three per- wedc ent policy of motion pictures and vaude- O. orchestra last week, succeeding Harry . fonnances daily, instead of two, making Olsen, who had resigned. Earle is first Victor Hyde, who staged the amateur ville. the twenty-one shows a week for acts playing of a number of students at the Keith Col- reviews and ToUies" in me various Loew that house. The admission scale will be lege of Music, of which Stanley W. Law- booses, will also pot on the Gilbert and LOUISE LeBLANC DIVORCED topped at 75 cents for the evening per- ton, general musical director for the Sullivan mwras. The amateurs who ap- Kei^ A divorce was granted to Mrs. Ray formance. Moss and Proctor houses is dean, who are peared in u>e casts of the various "Follies" Reilley, by Judge Isaac Wolfe, of the Su- to be installed as leader. Every musician •were foid a nominal sum for their services perior Court in New Havoi, Conn., on employed in Greater New theatres in these reviies. The local talent which KLEIN BROS. COMPLAINT SETTLED York statutory ground, on February 9. Mrs. affiliated with the Keith Circuit is a student it to appear m the comic operas will also The complaint of the Klein Brothers .Rdll^ was fonnerl^r Louise LeBlanc, and in the college. be given some sort of remuneration it is against Seed and Austin, alleging that the is a sister of Eugenie LeBlanc of "Flash- understood. latter team are infringing their material lights of 1923" company. To Mrs. Reilley on The Loenv bouses in New York will not in the use of the bit, consisting of VAUDEVILLE FOR MAJESTIC was also awarded the custody of their 13- "Greek" see any amateur productions of Gilbert and using the alphabet to call out vegetables General Manager O. Stacey of the year-old child, Ray Sherman Reilley. Mr. H. Sullivan operas, as it is Uioudit that there fruits, has amicably O. Reilley Jacqueline Tallman, vaudeville i>art- - and which Jolm S. Landres is president The vaudeville under the same policy during ple will support her in the vehicle. Harry ners, were united in marriage at Michigan building will be erected upon a plot of 185 last year, but went into a stock policy this Weber is directing her tour. City, Ind, dtiring an engagement at the feet frontage on Siu-f avenue and 250 feet season. It will play motion pictures or Tallman had New TbxX Theatre. Miss in depth, with a seating capacity of 3,000. road attractions during the first half of the HEIMAN AND GOTTLIEB INSPECTING recently secnred a divorce from Eddie that the structure which will It is estimated week. Marcus Heiman, president of the Tallman, wiio is stage carenter with Bessie will cost about $800,000. include offices, etc Orpheum Circuit, Barriscale and Company. The couple are BAND GETS ORPHEUM TIME and George Gottlieb, booking manager of the circuit, left New to faoneymoon on the Ackerman & Harris IN BELLEVUE THORNTON or- York last week for the Middle West, tour. Max Fisher's Band, a well-known James Thornton was taken to Bellevue ganization on the Pacific Coast, have been where they will begin a tour of inspection night for the third time in the for three weeks on the Orphcum of the Orpheum houses this week. Gott- BARCLAY AND CHAIN SPLIT on Sunday booked last two weeks. His wife said that he Circuit, with further time to be booked lieb will return to New York in two weeks The vaudeville team of Barclay and came to their home at 207 West Forty- at the close of these engagements. They and Heiman will remain in Chicago for Chain' have diss PALACE CENTRAL Haashe and Osd oi>ened with an acro- It would seem at first that the booker VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS batic turn. are and woman of the house has a tendency to juggle They a man of the Japanese race and do the nsnal names, but two last minute cancellations, Oriental balancing tumbling, the only that of Segal and Carroll, and the Fair- and novelty being the tumbling race at the banks Twins, whose new offering isn't RIVERSIDE COLONIAL Tinish. For some reason or other the nan quite ready, made the changes necessary, here, Blanche Sherwood and Brother opened This is "C C C Week" meaning finds it necessary to talk, which is im- little delays that occurred at the Mon- and the show with a lively routine of aerial Colonial Comedy Carnival. The show lives day afternoon show. Although but eight fortunate. He should me signs. stunts that blended thrills with artistry. up to the billing in the full sense of it, Following this opening Hattie acts went on as scheduled, with a new slow They showed several new stunts in this and credit is to be given to Johnny Collins .Althoff and her sister, seen twice before Chaplin film augmeming liie vaudeville, line and easily got over as one of the not only for a good comedy show, but for this house, did the almost an hour late, the pic- at thdr best to wake them show ran fastest acrobatic offerings that has ap- a layout of entertainment which contained going 5:15, which means that up. and succeeded remarkably wdl. Miss ture on at peared on the Riverside stage thus far the most important thing for a successful the film will probably be taken off the .Mthoff does best with her colored this season. show, and that was speed from start to is sweet bill. bers which strange as she has a Polly and Oz did nicely in second spot finish. Monday afternoon's rain didn't keep Van Cello and Mary, opened with ex- personality and could snig a sweet type of with their songs and witticisms. Polly any away from the theatre, for it was a character cellent wrisley work, the man doing the song, or a Spanish or rrench handles most of the numbers, with her record matinee for the house, with stand- song_ to fine advantage. olive com- Juggling while the girl made herself use- Her partner carrying the accompaniment on ing room only upstairs and very few plexion and flashing eyes, irith ful in other ways. The act has a little combined the piano and dueting with her in a couple vacant seats below. her exquisite taste in costumes more class than the average one of its do madi of the songs. Polly opens with a lively A snapp>- start to the proceedings was to put the act over, besides whicfi she fed* kind. song, Billy with comedy "When She Walks She given by Laura and Dreycr syncopation and gets it over naturally. The pleasing musical outfit, RCsamond J. Shakes," which plants her pretty and then their dance routines. Billy Dreyer's solo Renault in soprano voice of Johnson and His Inimitable Five, played Frands a both go into a comic duet, "But We Love of cuts is in a class by itself, and he does unusual range for a female ii]qienonati>r, a. variety of syncopated selections, in ad- Each Other." Oz follows with an original some very good tap work. Laura is at- goes through his act and woria hanl all dition to a few specialties done by different pianologue in which he takes a satirical tractive and registers with some solo danc- the wajr. Unfortnnately the spot-Ii^Iit man members of the cast Johnson sells his fling at the vaudeville pianist and winds ing of her own. was enjoying a holiday of some kmd and, stuff for every mite that it is w6rth and it up with Sousa's "Stars and Stripes." McFarlan and Palace offered a new starting in with this did what lie oonM the polite style affected helps the act at act Polly returns for another comedy song routine of songs, having been seen here be- to ball tip every act diat followed. The the "better houses. The comedy of the and botii go into a comic duet for a fore this season, and the new routine only acts that escaped were those that drummer and pianist toward the close of finish. effective spotlight Renault, kft in the the act got over very good. -proved to be even more than didn't use a The Eight Blue Demons, a troupe of their former repertoire, which went over dark at one time, pretty nearlyecpkided. Franker Wood and Bunee Wyde, assisted whirling Arabians, sustained the lively pace strongly. The boys are doing_ more comedy crying "stupid foor' audibly. This tUdn't by Francois L'Eslie and George Le Voy in a series of whirlwind gymnastics that now. singing with powerftil it any easier for him. His t in "All Right Eddie" a "disconnected numbers make tMumn included tumbling, balancmg and other voices. recitation is offered with a are of the "gorgeous" variety affected travesty," appeared in place of the Fair- The by athletic feats. The troupe is one of the new number. most female impersonators, a type of gown banks Twins, doing their well known com- best that has-been seen here thus far and Franklyn Ardell, assbted by an unbilled seldom worn by women. Renault's best edy bits in four scenes. "Eddy," filling in offer everything that is anything in their young lady, worked fast, but didn't let asset is his voice, whidi he knows how to the intervals gathered his usual quota of particular line of endeavor. laughs, use, use to advantages laughs. anything get by him in the way of and does good Harry and Emma Sharrock combined which come rapidly and heartily. He is Buddy Doyle, another repeat at this act An that is playing New York to mystery with comedy in their novel offer- doing the "Wife-Saver" act which he did house, did better than during his last ap- the limit. Miss Venita Gould in "Impres- ing, "Behind the Grand Stand." Emma a few seasons back, and has added some pearance. He sings a routine of publided sions," is evidently doing its utmost to essays the role of a mind reader such as new lines which get very big laughs. numbers and tries to tdl a couple of gagi. wear ' out welcome. Miss Gould's rou- is_ usually found with touring carnivals, Will Mahoney stopped the show with his the Klein Brothers attracting a good deal tine is familiar to most patrons of vaude- with Harry working as the spieler and "nut" comedy. 'This chap is an artist of attention by laughing right out loud as ville, the only bit comparatively new being managing to get in some good comedy stuff. among downs, and incidentally a wonder- if they had never heard anything so {unoy the Gilda Gray impressioa Although a After indulging in comedy stuff of an argu- ful dancer. It seems to us that he formerly before^ Doyle is best in his tmilaliaas, little overdone, the Lenore Ulrich im- menbtivc nature, Emma goes into her mind did more than his present routine offers. which he put over, to-day. In fine style to personation is one of the best things Miss reading stunt, which proves as great a The ventriioquial, Russian, and "Manunjr" a good hand. Gould has in her repertoire, and goes mystifier as ever. bits are comedy classics. It really is wonderful how all the acts equally well with those of the audience Miss Juliet, comedienne and mimic, of-; Natzy's Biltmore Sodety Orchestra, di- on the Shubert time appreciate each odicr. who have or haven't seen "Kiki." fered a whole show in herself. Opening rected by Jacques Green, and featuring The Klein Brothers in the audience atmost The first half was closed by Adelaide with her "Hats" song, she followed with Willie Creeger, the drummer-comedian, is' Started a riot, they langfaed so load at and Hughes, in "Dance Creations," but not her mirth provoking impression of a shop- one htudrcd per cent improvement over the Moran and Wiser. In fact the bigger before a wait during which Benny Roberts, girl at the matinee and followed with her act which we saw when this orchestra one threw bade his head and bayea so musical director played several oicores series of impressions of footliglit favorites originally opened in vaudeville about a long and vigorously that we were goins of "You've Got to See Mamma Every which embraced impressions of Lenore month or two back. Their repertoire is to throw him a fiu or a lemon drop or Night," by way of filling in the interval. Ulric. George M. Cohan. Pat Rooney. different, and the arrangements are better. something. Moran and Wiser are a good The dance team did very well, despite not Balief, Belle Baker and others. All were Green does a violin solo, while Willie act even without the Kleins. Trn^ a being ready, and truly presented "dance put over in her inimitable style and with Creeger's comedy proved to be funny. A comic in the aisle is worth two on the stage creations." All of theu- dances are char- faithful reproduction of voice and man- xylophone player has also been added to but the act belongs to Moran and Wise, acterized by a poetic rhythm of motion nerisms. the act since we saw it last In closing and if they are getting paid for it, note attained by few dancers in vaudeville. Ade- Sybil Vane, the Welsh prima donna, the first half they were compdled to render the if, they should do it themsdves. laide appeared more cute than ever and started the second section going with a several encores. Will Mahoney clowned After tlie intermission Libby and Spar- Joseph Michael Daly at the piano acquitted well-chosen song repertoire that featured in thdr last bit, doing- a dance while they row went into their dancing act a good himself in fair style. popular numbers and earned her a decided played "Wet Yo' Thun*." act and well done, espedally the «fanrTng Frank Dixon in "Lonesome Manor," nit at the end of the offering. in his impersonanons and the "Come Walter and Emily Walters have secured of Libby opened the second half, assisted by an un- Along" proved a capital opening number. of Miss Sparrow. The "Oh a drop of their own for thdr ventriioquial D^g Swan billed newsy and girl. The scene is the It was followed "You Be- Helpful Klein Brothers'* could not. by Know Yon offering which went over for a riot Some So out-of-town newspaper stand at the north long to Else." Butter- deKIein the chance to themselves to Somebody "Madam new gags and also old ones, some very old show end of the Times building, and while the fly" world seooods in and "My Buddy" rounded out her ones, are noticeable in the rontine now. a waiting and acted as material by_ Paul Gerard Smith is at times offering. Leon Domquc acted as Miss the fast fight bit that ends the act The The "baby's cry" bit is still in, and is one obvious, Dixon does it admirablejustice, Vane's accompanist in audience applauded vodferoosly, not and demonstrated a of the big punches of the act The sug- but which results in many laughs. The girl solo that he is an accomplished pianist the Kldns. from gestive "Do you know any more jokes?" Kokomo meets a fellow from the Dorothea Sadlter quick run the Klein (COt hade and Company were gag is also retained in the act. and gets a Making a home town, etc., neither one is flush with the usual comedy treat in William De big laugh. But we wouldn't take any to their seats just in time to mtermpt kale, which gives it a human interest Mille's satire "In 1999," which reverses Chandler's act with their brotherly credit for getting laughs with smut Anna touch, and so allows for the happy ending the situation by having women rule in- Ida May Chadwick and her Dad were appreciation. Miss Chandler has a good romance at the finish. stead of men. triangle is utilized to ad- act and knows how to sing. She shonM A booked into the show in place of Lillian Blossom Secley, with Benny Kelds and vantage with the vamp as the villainess use the Kleins, whom we believe we have Shaw, who dropped out because of illness. Company, came on in place of Vivienne who would lure the neglected young hus- mentioned once before in this review, to The act is weak on comedy, but always Segal^ and Harry Carroll, doing their interpret her Jewish for her. goes act band away from the family hearth and strong on dancing. Some good talk ma- She that IS composed mostly of singing. Be- neglectful wife, prefers her clubs to over great with the accent and doesn't do who terial would help the act a great deaL beve it or not, Miss "Seeley's vehicle his society. so bad without it was Victor Moore and Emma Littlefield and the sixth successive act in which Like all Sisters fear one they singing good things the Duncan Company were the closing act with thdr For no knew who were was done, and in most cases it inci- last. in dear little Kleins modestly butted into was came The girls were never bet- comedy classic bare-stage offering. Dad the dental and done by poor singers. ter mettle, looked sang Kramer and Boyle's act and thnr Miss charming and Chadwick appeared in a bit with Moore, had Seeley's offering therefore did not their song^ in the same pleasant manner names announced from the stage. It must appeal telling the gag about the stolen gate. too strongly and was more or less which responsible for elevating great to headliners have monoto- was them Charles Chaplin's latest feature, "The be be and your nous. A bright spot or from two was supplied the sphere of harmony singers to the Pilgrim," completed the programme. name called out Kramer and Boyle are by Fields and toward the close of the act, stellar heights they now enjoy. They of- using thdr same act and it goes as well G. J. H. a bit of variety was added and brought fered some of the songs that led to fhdr as ever. Kramer started to pull his gags the much needed relief. discovery as musical comedy possibilities with one of those Kleins until Boyle gave Frank Tinney, assisted by Edna Daven- and countered with six or seven others. Andy Byrnes, last with Irene Frank- him the office. Funny tiling. Jim Barton port (in i>rivate life Mrs. Tinney), clos«l The Ohaplin picture, "The Pilgrim." lin, is back again in a Keith orchestra was in the house and didn't say a word. the show in a comedy offering taken from held them in closing spot and looked like pit, after an absence of two years, and We wonder how much more the Kleins are a musical comedy which scored all the another screen success for the comic. is now directing the orchestra in Keith's worth as a drawing card than Barton? way. See "New Acts." M. H. S. E. J. B. Palace Theatre, Cleveland. C C ' 10 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1923 BROADWAY EIGHTY-FIRST STREET PALACE tist on account of a woman, but who finally manages to get up enough will act at the house this week, The opeaing Six acts of vaudeville and Charles Chap- . (ducaigo) power to start all over again and cast the "Scolptor's Osiden," shows two women lin_ in his latest screen triumph, "The Pil- A good bill, headed by Eddie Leonard, woman out of his life. The playlet con- and a. man in "artistic" poses. They are grim," combine forces and talents in ' a is offered at the Palace this week. Songs veys a good lesson, but apparently it is all plentifully covered with white or gilt ' rattling good bill here. Prefacing the and dances t>redominatedL over the heads of most of the patrons. paint but very little else. The act pleased showing of the Chaplin film. Manager Mallia, Bart and Company in "The Wayner and Warren furnished about the Broadway audience. Lewis has foregone the prologue for a Baggage Smashers," proved an unusual the best comedy of the bill. Their ma- Arthur Angel, looking like a G. A. R. musical novelty called "Reminiscent Melo- opener. Thiy get over a good deal of terial- concerns a scrap between a fellow vet, tells about the change in the way dies." It's a motion picture stunt that is a comedy wliich requires some tumbling of . and a girl, returning home from a dance s - Bemie and which he adapted Marguerite - Rajr Raymcad and Dorothy Mackmye band with Barton doing a Ben let "Blind Youth" has Marsh, Ethel Gibson and through a same title, did some Gabriel Rinaldo, are rdiearsing a new act for Tauderille the supporting players gallop from the play of the have been booked throogb which win shortly be shown in the lively routine of songs, dances and instru- creditalile work, and was ably assisted. Ahe I. Feinberg for a tonr of Loew*! B. stor^- concerns the downfall of an ar- Southern' Circuit bf theatres. Keith houses. mental numbers. E. J. The March 14, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 11 thdr act, giving the impression that they had The bit with the policeman is a comedy gem, second ticked off on the dock, and the aodicnrt STATE not enough material to cover their time. Howard and O'Meara prwcs himself an artist in facial kept applauding long after the lights were out. expression this bit. - (Last Half) plays the sap in fine style but found he had to in Juliet's arpcaiance was also the caoae of s* resort to smut to draw the big laugh. Tbe fin- D. ApoUon and Company in "Bi Ba Bo," big ovattoo. She could have stayed in view ti»> Tbe s«cr«t of eternal youtli, or of perpetual ish, with tlic exchange of watches, fell entirely weren't permitted to leave the stage until definitely giving her imitations «f various artiste iDoiion. mny never be solved, but the trick of how flat with this audience. They did succeed in Apollon bad rendered a speech of thanks ala It was almost ten thirty when Will Mahoney to keep patrons coming in. in one continuous getting a lot of laughs out of their imaginary Balief, pulling the gag about not beinff aUe to went on, and even though he elimiutcd several ctrcam, at any show any time of day, has cer- dining-room scene. speak &iglish well, but perhaps in some years bits from his act. he scored a riot with bis com taloly been nailed by Marcus Locw. Even though DvTOihy Rudac aud Co., the company consist- to come will be able to speak English better than edy. Mahoney also downed in the "Caharet- a few empty seats may appear in back of the ing of a piano acompanist and a boy singer and the audience will ^»eak Russian. The act is wdl Luid" revue, which was over after 11 P. M. hoiu«* which ts not often, the number of people dancer, proved to be an exceedingly well-staged and suged. and the girls, EmQy Fitzgerald and The picture "The Hottentot*' was then shown. m the theatre is ctOl far excess of any m wdl-prcsented act. Miss Rudac is possessed of Ramona, are exceptionally good dancers in addi- G, J. H, amusement place on the line. unusual chaim, sings wdl and dances gracefully, tion to bdng very pretty. Apollon scores with The Joe De Koe Troupe opened a show thM while her partner, a graduate of cabaret work his mandolin and piano work, and delivers the big moved along 8%»ift]y» doing an assortment of around New York, has a good baritone and is a wallop with some very good Russian dandng. PROCTOR'S FIFTH AVE. band-balancing, acrobatic and tumbling stunts out graceful and accomplished dancer also. Miss Kellam and O'Dare fonnd it easy to get laughs, (Laa HmlO of tbe ordinary, and accomplished in a style Rudac wear* several striking costumes. The act the "not" comedy of the tall, lanky Kdlam find-' of unusual fine&se. Tbe -four men have their is a strong one. the high spots being the **Vanity** iog fertile soil. Miss O'Dare is a shapdy little An eight met bill craiij dlTidcd with bis ud., art down to the utmost degree of artistic finish, dance, and the boy's sclo dance, in which he does miss and makes a good foil for him. •null lime features tuhered in the Imit half hen- affecting a leisurely manner, yet in reality put- some great high kicks and splits. C. C The Four Readings dosed the show with their <>n Thuriday. The Uoiconi Brothen, a featoVr ting the routine with across great speed. The souatioflal gymnastic work. The "leap for life.** act ffvm the bie time, is ^u-arded slellar position woman, assisted at times here there and with a OS it might be called, canaed the audience to hold of the bill. The remaining acts arc jost roiitint deft touch. PROCTOR'S 23rd STREET its breath and tore tbe bouse down after it was vaudevnte that fit in niceljr for a smooth ruonitic In the second spot, Roy, and Dom Duke (Lut Half) over. C. J. H. »how. offered musical and singing bits, plasmgjij done The three Melfordi started the shov si : a and arrant;ed in a that A gala bill, in keeping with the diirty-fourtb way gave seme variety. lively gait - with a mixture of balaociog . wid One of the wen was tbe pianist, and tbe other anniversary being cdebratcd at this theatre, acrohatics that mealed •oiii£,.cIeTer work b tbir man and girl played ushered in tbe last half. While tbe vsudeviUe FRANiOJN Boxopbonea in duo or tingle line, and set a pace that was ''pep" and 'foV section has been coiifined to the usual six acts, combination, and alternated in doing the aoogs. (Last HalO from begiooiog to end. One of the numbers done by the girl was some- the acts are above the average for this house, This is another house whic£ has a seating ca- Princess Winona, repatcd to be a icKo^at what like an impencnation of Ruth Roye, yet with the motion picture version of '*The Hot- pacity of 3,500. and on Thursday night e i ery from the Seneca Indians, followed on with another song was done unusually well. Her tentot,** featuring Douglas McLean and Madge seat in the bouse was occupied, in addition to a aong repertoite. The princets has m plcasuic costumes were pretty, and, like her partner, Bdlatny, rounding out a diverting program. few standing. This was - readily explained by soprano yoice of high range. She opened with played the sax very well. TBe only bad feature Weston's Modds, two girls and a man, opm the fact that there vrac twdve acts on the bill, an Indian character songi that .led into an Inti^ of the act appears to be the English version the show with a scries of artistic poses, which of in addition to the local attraction, tbe "Franklia ductoiy aplaining her .birth and subseipianl a song, done with a monocle, etc., which Cails for the most part are reproductions of iamous Cabaret Land," and the jnotion pictnr^ Of the adoption by an Americu iaoQy who thortngbly to take. from a comedy angle. statuary grcupings. The list of tableaux indude twelve acts, six were on tl^e bill for the one ctlucmted her and lent Ber abroad to sttldy mil,K^ Reet] and Selman aeeni "Music," "Forward." "Marathon," "Prodigal to improve as they go day, being professional tryouts or ohowings. The remainder of ber' aoiigs wvrv sons cp along with their novelty craiedy skit. Stti." "The Gladiator" and "Call to Anns.** Tlie The The "Franklin Cabaret Land" had a cast of English. Her' dosing linmbcr was song both' in ' locale is the roof of a house and each make modds appear in white fleshings with faces and Kngliih 'and*'in* the 50 boys and girls, and pnived to be tbe bcs^ of Indian toogne, ' with th^ bdieve that they are barglars,' etc. hands made up to represent a plaster effect. The Finally the the bimdrcds of amateur affairs the wn^ Princes, scalins a good top note for the iinlab is • boy proves to be the landlord's son the act enhanced with special lighting effects and • and girl . has had both the fortune and misfortime- of of the btter version. ; . Is a tenant of course. One of their is sold with a touch of dass that tnakcs it a songs, seeing. In regard to th6 **FranUui (Ubaret Fianlc. Wilcox and Company held dowa- alcteb "Crooked,** is put ovs .with a sort of corking opener or doscr for any bill. satirical Land" we can use the. word, "fortiine-" Hany spot in ."An Emergency Case," a- pleaslBR that bits a girl touch unusually, probably due to tbe Mack nnd ReadinR, mixed team, with comcdietie tlier Shaw and Murray Rose staged it, Shaw leading from . pen of VincoU Lawrcsos, girl's spirited style of working. working biraigbt and man doing a nut comic, the orchestra foe its performance, and they are Wilcox c^ys' the role' of n sncccxsfnl 'yoonc The next to dosing spot was held by followed on with a mixture of songs and nonsense _ Moss to he given credit for turning out a sltow which physician',' who has'knarritd the ifiiaw of one of and Frcye, who are featured for tbe whole week. which were sold in a fairly delightful ."nanncr ' his'' pltients 'through could bold its owb with any pro^essioiial ' zet an odd bargain. The ife The tam is well known to most patrons, and necmed to grt them over for a fair hit. and seen. They bad some' wonderful' voices amoag ceased had left the sirl penniless and the "Doc" their stuff had easy niling. Theirs is the kind Sam Liebcrt and Company were seen in "The these amateur kids, and when it came' to dandng,' married' her -merely ti prdlectlier. At the time of act that can he started or finished End of the World," the skit in which Alex at any "Shuffle Along," " *Ltza Jane,"- "Lady But- of her bniba^d'a 'death she -almost refused to' «h> point of their material, and st» make it a little Carr scored success in some fifteen years ago, ' terfly," or any of your dancing-shows nre slowi in eept .the position of wife In name only, URiriBg different now and then. The harmony numbers and which inddentally put that comedian upon comparison. Whfle. it is true that the amateur tbe du^or that she could .never love anynoe'int went as well as their dialogue. ' the Broadway map. At that time the skit was the depattjcd. - attraction is beginning to lose out as a local at< The Doe ikas taken ha at . ber Lou and Jean Archer closed the show in a pairt of the burlesque show, "Wine, Women and traction, because of the many being dop^ it mtist word, in,sta]led her in hjs bqme and tiratol twr sobg and dance revue, assisted by a girl pianist. Song." Carr later played it in the big time be said that if any of the others were anywhere like a chDU. Re has iympathiied with her am The present offering is different than the houses. Liebert has been playing it since on the modiste nearly as acceptable as the "Franklin Cabaret her great loss for thfee cotisccotive years. Oni^ ' affair done on the Keith circuit last season "family time." Since everyone is familiar with ' by Land," no one could ever' tire of them. tng the action of 'the pbylct' it is the third an- the team. They have a pretty set, eccellcnt the plot it needs no recounting here. Lfebert The show was started as 7.27 p. *m. by the niversary of her husband's 'death. He has r- costumes which Miss Archer knows how to war, blended comedy and pathos to a nicety in the CauibtcrSp- 'who shewed a very gOod routine 'of membcred tbe occasion With some lUica and -a and fairly pleasing numbers. Two of central diaracter, that of an old Hebrew, who tbe bits aerial Work ud faag-puocbiufc. Thi» man and wreath which .he thodghl she would want to done have been retained from the former swears by tbe philosopher, Toblitsky. By a vehicle, wom.in should be aUe tu land plenty of work. place upon the departed one's grave. While the however, one being their semi-classical dance, and hoax his son and prospective daughter-in-law doctor is doing his level best Fairbanks and Major, likeable . boy and girl to sympathize with the other the "queen of the movies" song discredit the philosopher and find thdr way to and team, did well with a routine, of talk and tongt, her In her great sorrow,* fats piJ eom^m acv bur]cs4|ue 'Innce. M. H. S, tbe father's heart. stealinff into the songs bdng responsible for thdr getting . hcr^ heart. It .seems that she bas' Rita Gould, borrowed from the big time, was ever. With revised talk this pair should make thoroughly forgotten her departed hubby and has easily the hit of the bill in an engaging song act route. been yearning for a^ection. When the REGENT an acceptable for tbe three-a-day , "Doe^ repertoire. "Peacock Alley," proved a splendid * Harry Ellis and 'Joe Scaalon need no intro^ Icams this he waven the friend aside and pra^eed,^ (Laa Hmlf) opening number. Miss Gould followed with ductioir, even though they werd showing. EUis* to vamp her off her feet. "Pickaninny Shoes," into which she injected a The Geralds started proceedings with a musi- voice is as good as It ever was, and Scanlon has Wilcox is apit^l- as the jotiDg doctor and is semblance of tlrama that brought her rendition capably supported others. cal offering, delightfully staged, and'fiiully exe< a good bass. They almost - stopped the show by two the best hand ul the act. She rounded out her cnted. This man and woman- team 'play a va- with their singitig. Less talk or better comedy Artie Mehlingcr scored In-' a song lepcrtoiR program with scvrral other songs that were ' riety of instruments, opening with a Gypiy in thdr talk wotild hdp the act. ihat included practically tvtrj type of soof cq'^lly well reoeivc and they deserved it Tbe Yip Yip Yapbanken boys are neat in appearance, have likeable per- of tbe unconvindng manner the entire cast did and one would hardly believe thai . it re^y had "were - tbe high spot on the bill. The singing sonalities and good voices. Their repertoire con- thdr role. consumed the mnning time altolleil to it. qnartctte is excellent, giving real camp-fire har- sists of ;tublished numbers, and the best of the Flo Ring proved to be a winsome little lady Jimmy Lucas and Francine ofTcTrJ their dr- lightful mixture of songs and mony. ^ The comedy, wbDe a bit forced, still sue- songs is the fact that all of them are the latest with a sweet personality, a good* voice and pleas- nouMnse, while ceeda in being funny, and the gynmastics are rdcises, and haven't been done before by other ant ddiveo-. She was liked here and should be "Nibla." the model, dosed the show in a pMinr performed with speed and showmanship that puts singing acts. elsewhere. novrlly. E. J- B! them over. The oicore and bows taken by O'Meara and I-andis did a quiet comedy A big reception greeted the fiashing of .the «*Asthma" and the sergeant, in one, are not at nntinc of talk, with the scene laid at a beach. names of Demarest and CoUdte, who proceeded Pearl Bafle^, formerly of the "Zicg- all advisable. It seems to ns a mistake to The girl is attractive and sings well, using a to score the first big hit of the show and tie up feld Follies," is breakine in a hew single feature any member of what purports to be a double voice .in a splnedid number, but in the the works with their comedy. This pair ate big "service** organizaticm. -talk bits doesn't seem to he very sure of herself. favorites here: in fact, we have as yet to sec and will be sieen the last half of this Howard and Lyons, the former being Tom O'Meara is responsible for must of the laughs the bouse where they aren't one of the most popu- week in Staten' Island with time around Howaril r>f burlesque fame, dragged through handling the ccmedy end of the aci ctfcciivdy. lar acts playing. The laughs, came with every Kcw -York, to fallow. — —T — —— ——— 12 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1923 HOWARD AND LYONS NEVILLE AND PAULSON Theatre Jefferson, Theatre—/'roc/or'j i&lli Slrcet. Styla—Comedy. NEW ACTS AND REAPPEARANCES Style Talk and songs. Time Fourteen minutes. Time Fifteen minutes. SettiiiE—/n ona. ORVILLE STAMM & CO. THOMAS AND AKER Setting In one. None would need to know that Tom Theatre— Here's a mixed team with talent and Howard was out of burlesque to notice />roc/or j 58th Street. Theatre—/famt/lod. Style personality who, with a rearrangement of how close to the usual burlesque style of Revue. Style Dancing. Time their present vehicle, a change or two workioK is present vehicle. Eieliteen minutes. Time fourteen minutes. Us Lyons in their songs and some real laughing plays straight of Setting—Special. Setting—fuW stage (special). course, and the action matter in their talk stuff could sell themr take place in front of a place drop de- Orville Stanun, gymnast and athlete, .\n unusually good sister dance act is selves to big time audiences with less ex- picting the entrance to the has surrounded himself with four girls main tent. being offered by Thomas and Aker, who ertion than they are now utilizing to The name of the act is "Circus in a revuctte captioned "The Love Pi- Days" possess ability in terpsichorean lines hold their own on the small time. and the offering is good for a number rate." While the act is ostensibly a re- which surpasses that ordinarily shown Their present vehicle being a cross be- of laughs, for Howard is funny vue of the flash type it also gives Stainm by the two-girl dance acts generally seen tween big and small time stuff fails to The strai^it man opens with a bally- an opportunity to work in his Herculean in vaudeville. The girb are assisted by strike the happy medium intended and hoo done in song in the box in front of feats between the songs and dances. a pianist, who also sings. He opens the leaves the players to get over barely uiwn the tent entrance. The act carries a special set repre- Howard comes out offering with a number about "Some their pcrsonalit>- and youthfulness,^ whidb of the tent, in the cfanracter of one senting a straw bungalow at some trop- grown Little Some One," which serves to bring although refreshing is not sufficient to up but with the brain of a boy, and oth- ical seashore. Stanun has been corre- on the girls, who ^o into their opening carry them over in vaude. erwise a boob. They get a laugh when sponding with four girls and they all number featuring kicking ability. "When The boy is supposed to be a pho- Howard answerithat he did not like the show up at the same time and bawl him the Leaves Come Tumbling Down" is tographer collecting entries for a beauty show because tfiere out for using a stereotyped love letter for were no elephants. rendered by the pianist, following which contest. He happens upon the girl seated It develops that the all. After a brief introductory the comedian gets eight the brunette member of the team docs on a bench and attempts flirtation stuff. dollars a week for his girls dance off and return in one-piece work and nis a toe routine bepnning in waltz tempo After he has exhausted his line of stuff, father ^ves him' twenty-five cents, which bathing suits and the quintette go into and ending in time to the "Parade of which brings no attention from the little he admits is not much spending money, a bathing song, "Many a Beautiful Girlie Wooden Soldiers," in which she is sup- lady, he rouses her and she writes on especially for a man like him. This Goes to the Seashore, which is put over gets ported by the blonde. The latter does a the pad that she is deaf and dumb. He another rise out of the audience. in a style that smacks of production ballet eccentric for her solo, doing some kisses her and when she comes back for The next piece of business was done stuff. "The girls proceed to Idd and razz great splits. A classical piano solo fol- an encore he exclaims "She may Se deaf, around the African Dodger, the ballyhoo him about nis boastfulness as a con- lows, very well played. The girls close but she's not so dumb." Later on the man trying to induce hu partner to try queror of the fair sex. He changes to with a fast and very effective jazz num- S'rl lets him know she was only kidding, oat the job of dodging the balls. This a bathing suit and displays his muscles. ber. e asks her to sing and when she stutters is workM np uielty good, and is fumiy After a glimpse at his powerful iriiysique The turn is staged attractively and he changes his request and tells her to as Howard reftisa to fall for it. there is lively competition tor him the girls, in addition to being pretty and dance instead. She obliges with a neat After Howard sang some among the four girls. One of the girls comedy shapely, are excellent dancers. They solo showing some good acrobatic stuff. verses of- a song which did not take too follows with a nmnber, "I Don't Want should fit into any bill nicelv. The man returns for a recitation song, strong, the restaurant business was to Get Married," with the others coming G..J. H. "Like a Fool I Let 'Em Do It" The wortad up all it on at the second chorus and flashing mir- for was worth, in typical number is evidently meant to get over buriesque styl& The gag is that both rors in spotlike fashion around the audi- . on its comedy value. As it was its kick want to ca^ and the ence, singling out different only money on hand men to which lines contained humor of an archaic vin- is a qoaiter they sing the chorus. Stainm returns in SCULPTOR'S GARDEN owtied- by the straight man. tage and did not bring a ripple. A better idea mrate costume sings, and me as expUined bv bun is to and "I'm a Love Theatre—//otntftsn. number would have helped lots. The girl have the comedian say he doesn't want Pirate." A high packing case is brought Style—/>o«ng. returns and the boy proceeds to take her ainrthing to the waiter, and then have on with the four girls peering through Time Ten minutes. measurements prior to photographing half the side. proceeds hold the of what the other orders. They re- Stamm to Setting—J7|<;i stage (special)- her. This bit could have been worked hearse the thing for the comedian's ben- case up by his knees and chest. This very unusual posing offering, at- up with some real comedy, but as it efit, in a make-believe restaurant, etc. stunt brought a good hand and Stamm A tractively staged presented stands it is merely time wasting dialogue Willi the usual stuff of the comedian's retaliated with some somersaults and and in what could be called daring manner for that means nothing, A duet, "I Love mistakes and ending op with the straight other acrobatic feats. The girls follow a vaudeville. Three people, consisting of You," and a production dance by both, getting of on and tell him none of them will man some the comic money. have which came at the finish, was really the him. two women and a man, do the posing, Most of it IS funny,.however, and a good He becomes cavemanish, cracks a best specialty' of the act. while a fourth man, who is evidently gag is saved for the curtain. M. H. S. whip, scares them into submission and responsible for the act, takes with E. J. B, they all wind up with an ensemble and bows posers are absolutely dance, "I've Got a Heart to Rent to them. The nude CUNTDN ROONEY Someone." except for thm loin cloths, which cannot AND be detected from their bodies, as they are Tbtaixt—Rtgent. The act is a great frame for Stamm's CHAS. KEATING AND CO. Herculean stuff. The girls make a good completely painted over, one woman be- Kfib—Dance tmd btmd. Ibutza—Proctor's 12Sth Street. appeaiance and are shapely. The bath- ing whitened in a manner which gives Tim/^— hirty tmuMtes. StylB—"Huckleberry Finn." ing number gives the piece a burlesquey a marble effect to her poses, and the . Iit4liiig, Sptciat, Time Sixteen minutes. touch that will be relished by the small other two being covered with some sort Cliaton and Rooney have an act con- of silver paint or grease which gives Setting—rnw and full stage (specials). time audiences. E. J. B. stituted to appeal to- the current mania a leaden or bronzen effect to their poses, Keating has steged his act in two for jazz bands and ' Cast dancing. Nat- according to the lighting used on the GEORGE CARSON REVUE scenes, the first, in two, evidently sup- ncalh-, being a Rooney, Miss Julia Roo- pose. The poses are also out of the or- posed to be the room of an unsuccessful ney rnmisfaes the majority of the danc- Theatre—Ffwcfor'* SSth Street. dinary nm of posing acts. The turn actor in a rooming house, and the other ing. Qinton does some clowning with Stylo—Revue. should be able to find a spot on any big in full stage, supposed to be a woodland either the orchestra and acts as announcer and Titob—Fifteett mmutes. time bill at extreme of the show. setting, despite a red ground cloth. In the nine-piece hand does its work in a SttOat-Sfeeial. G. J. H. the first scene, Keating is found lament- fepfj maimer, featuring the dnmuner, This is a capital seven-people tabloid ing bis hard luck and lack of success. who is the leader. for dosing spot of any small time bill. He tells a girl, who drops in for a The act opens with the band playing It 13 contributed by three men and four ULIS AND CLARK moment, that he is going to show his ti^ityf a scrim which finally parts, as the girls. The material is a combination of act to the bookers for nothing. Tbtatxe—Jefferson. This lights go up, showing the drummer do- songs, instrumental numbers and dances. Style scene also includes two songs, one a ing his calisthenics. There is a special The set represents in "Huckleberry Finn" a gypsy camp tima—Twelve minutes. number and the ^lorama revealed, and Clinton enters the woods and at the opaiing all are other "Climbing Mountains." Keating Setting—/» one. (smging "Julie Rooiin, I Love You." garbed as .gypsies. A banjoist and an has a good tenor voice, which is the big ^Miss Kooney enters from the eye and accordeon player carry the accompani- A good singing combination, the man redeeming feature of the act the two do a dance. An orchestra selec- ment for the songs. At the opening all wearing a tuxedo and the girl an eve- The scene in full stage shows Keating tion follows with a pianist doing a fea- seven harmonize a gypsy son^. Carson ning gown. Both have fine voices and in the character of Huckleberry Fina ture solo, well done, too. Miss Rooney and two of the girls follow with a trio. put their stuff over with a punch, selling The girl appears for a bit as Mary Jane. does a Chinese coolie <]ance with fitting '> The girls are then Joined by another it for all it is worth. "A Pal like You" is the song feature orchestral introduction that is a wow of woman and they offer a saxophone selec- They open as a duo, doing a publidied here, used dramatically and emotionally terpsichorean art. The band, prompted tion, all three playing instruments. A number after the introductory bit. For by Keating for the finish. by CUnton, does a couple of imitations dancer follows on for a jazz toe dance to the second chorus the girl did a few The act might do for the small time that miss fire txit clean op on Sousa. Miss the accomikahiment of a popular medley steps by way of accompanimenL Their at^ present, but is of little value other- banjo other second song was a piiblished comedy wise. Rooitey does an imitation of her brother by the and accordeon. Two ^ Pat which he ought to try to imitate. Is follow on for a tambourine dance, number. The Huckleberry Finn of Mark The band follows with a sort of amtest S'rson and two of the girls follow with As a single the man did a ballad, re- Twain, as we understood him, was a mnnber, each instrnmoit getting a chance, a yodeling song, with CarsAn staying on vealing his lyric tenor voice to good ad- pood deal of a roughneck kid. Keat- and they finish with a singing and danc- for an I^ian number. vantage, and the girl followed also as a in^a Hiicklebcrry Finn is too much in- ing number. The act is well staged and For a finale the six play a lively air single, doing a specialty cooo shoutm^ clmed to use "baby talk," and Keating a hit in any honse^ Miss Rooney's work on the musical instruments to the accom- number in a gold costume on the min- himself b much too heavy and tail a strel order, the lower part being knick- especially bemg praiseworthy. _ The band paniment of a snappy Russian dance by chap to appear "cute" using that particu- is good but in B» way sensational, play- Carson. The act packs a quantity wal- erbockers. Th«ir closing song was start- lar style of talk. ing wlat they have to- ]>!ay with a per- lop that will undoubtedly convince the ed by the man, and the girl joined him A song single would undoubtedly do ynnality and sbowmandiip dut oveml- small time audiences that they are get- after a change of costume. Keating more good with his voice than aiices any orchestral defects. C A Play Jury, composed of managers, cot, mw voMt laymen, clergy and dty officials was formed Rialto Rattles some time ago to pass on complaints Answers to Queries a^inst productions of the salacious type hut the oomnuttee must have been asleep IT lately to permit the shows spoken of ahove T. D.—He was obliged to show his HOW SHE DID I to UB by nmdi to go on. whole hand. A dancer who oooe todc a chance PidiU^ad by tfa* Plays of the type mentioned have been Actor—Forbes Robertson presented And with nothing to wear did a dance. at the OJPPER OORPOItATKMf presented with increasing frequency lately "Caesar and Qeopatra" Savoy, Was caught in a raid- England. Orland W. Vtoghan. ...Freiidait and Secrctair and it is rumored that one is about to be London, And for raiment she prayed played full Fndcrick C, Mnllcr •Treunrcr presented that will surpass them all in Pop—The Chadwick Trio a Then was dothed. for her breath came in at full 1658 Broadwar, New York smutty degradation. The last few years week Worcester and a week at the pants. Telephone Circle 9113-91U have Nelson, Springfield, during that season. WALTER VAUGHAN, EDITOR seen "To-day," "The House of Bond- age," "The Lurci" "The Demi-Virgin." C. M. G.—"The Talk of New York" ON THE HIP "Aima Christie" and "Rain" each come in was presented for the first time in New York at the Knickerbocker Theatre, Dec. Tut : What have you got on your hip ? York, Wednesday, March 14, 1923 for their share of public criticism but New Tut Tut: (Who is an acrobat) Sloan's when plays of the type of "The Rubicon," 3, 1907. Victor Moore played Kid Burns. liniment which^ was dosed by the police in Cin- WilUam—Harry La Rose died at Wil- at Tut : Give me a drink of it Entered June 24, 1879, at the Pott Office cinnati, "Reigen" which is stirring tip im- liamsbridge, N. Y., in 1908. He was well York, N, Y., a* lecond clai* nutter, nnder New wholesomc known -as Leo Dervalto, spiral ascensionist, Tut Tut: I can't but I'll let you lick it ths act of March 3, 1879. publidty at present and "The and was married to Jennie Coulson. THE CLIPPER U iuued every WEDNESDAY God of Vengeance" several members of Forai* close on Monday at S P. H. which are under indictment, are put forth R. H.—Heinrich Conried was director of FLOPPED IN NEW BRUNSWICK SUBSCRIPTION to "up-Iift" the drama, positive st^s must the Metropolitan Opera House. K. E. Charles M. Harris, a nephew of Lew Dodatader. who was badly injured year adnnee, iix be taken by all right-minded, decent mem- — One in $5; montba, $3.50; by a fall on the, icy sidewalk m New Iktca montht, $l,2j, ranina and foreign poitage bers of the profession in order to protect Maggie Mitchell, succeeded W. L. Walter Brunswick, N. a few weeks ago, is wdl EUa. Single copica will be sent, pott paid on the thousands of theatrical folk from the as Messala in "Ben Hur" during the Cin- J., of 15 centa. again but has receipt threatened blight. cinnati enngemcnt. not been seen on Broadway. In a letter to friends the comedian wrote: ADVERTISING KATES FURNISHED ON T. M.—-Mabd Carew and Gertie Ha^^s appeared in "The Mad Stampede" with "I am staying off Broadway for the presoit. AFPUCATICm I haven't nerve DE KOVEN ESTATE SUES SHUBERTS The Bohemians at the London Theatre, the to go along the tag New York. street and hear someone say, "nere goes Chlago Office—Snito 636, Sute take BIdg. Harry Lew, did'ja hear how he flipped in Jersey?" Phone Dearborn 1776 H. Frazee last week instituted Centre—Bert Baker, Nick Glynn. Charles D. Manager suit, as assignee of the executors of the Barton, Alf P. James, Annie Dunn and estate of Reginald De Koven, against Sam Kate Prior were with the Rice and Barton San OiBce Snita Gillette Bldg. ARE YOU LAUGHNGr Fnndaco — 631, and Lee Shubert for $10,000 before Su- 830 Market St. Big Gayety Co. at the Murray Hill The- Court Justice During the' seasoo of the British Na- Phone Kearny 3361 freme Taylor at White atre, New York. 'lains, the Shuberts tional Opera Company in the Olympia. Rdbb CoBKif, Manager moving to. have the Tent—The Norris & Howe Circus and Liverpool, suit dismissed. Hipiwdrome opened in San Francisco, Jan. recently, the organizatioa gave According to the papers the latter entered a performance of an opera called "The Address all communications to 11, 1908. Among the performers were the THE NEW YORK CLIPPER into a contract on October 2, 1902 -where- Potters, Herzog's Horses, Hadj Tahar's Ring." A passerby, seeing the electric Room 3*7 by they agreed that if De Koven woukl Arabs, the St Leon Family, George Hol- sign, walked up to the box office, deposited !«• Bie^way, New York erect a theatre they would lease it until land, R. H. Dockrill and Rose Dockrill. a half-crown for a seat, and asked "Who's Dec. 31, 1924 and pay him 10 per cent of O. K.—Fiske and McDonough and fightin' tooigbt?" Rttitltrti Cable Aiirtn: "Authoiitv." the net profits. According to the alleged Wdsb and Maitland were with the "Van- comract De Ko>en would also be allowed ity Fair" company the same seasoo. SPLASHING SUCCESS Tbb Curraa caa as oaraiNen wbousalk ann to produce in the theatre one of his compo- England Cecelia Loftus and Lawrence — Even the out-of-town critics who be- BTAIL at our agents, Gorringe American News sitions each year during the period of the lyOrsay were co-stars in "The Lancers" Agency, 17 Green Street, Charing Croaa Rnad, lieved "Rain" was all, wet must now admit lease. De Koven died before 1921 and (formerly "The Passing Regiment") at Landon, W. C, England;- Dawa, 8 Eagle Place, that it is a splashing- success. Piccadilly Circoa, London, S. W., England: Klein, for the Shuberts, maintains that a Daly's Theatre, New York. Brentano'a Newa Depot, 37 Avenne de rOpera, man's earning capadty ends with his death. Prince—^"Lonesome Town" featared Faria, Fiance: Cordon & Cotch, 123 Pitt Street. Henry S. Barrett appeared for Pranzee Dill Sydney, N. S. W., Anttralia. Kolb and and Maude Lambert. They NOT A PUZZLE and Justice Taylor allowed b<^ sides a opened at Albany, N. Y., in 1907. "The Crooked Sqiure" is not another week within which to siibmit briefs. Picture—"The Warrpis of Virginia" Sam Lloyd puzzle. It's a new play by cast induded Frank Keenan, Dunn, UNCLEAN PLAYS Emma Sam Shipman. Charlotte Walker. Cedl De MiUe. Mary The theatrical profession, fighting for its "NAUGHTY DIANA" Pickford. Isabel Waldron, C. D. Waldron, rights, is being subjected to attacks from TO TRY AGAIN Stanhope Wheatcraft Ralph Kdlard and AUMONY NOT EXEMPT evei^ side and it is at this time that certain A. H. Woods will not discard his musical others. unthinking, to put it kindly, producers production of "Naughty Diana" as bad Alimony is not exempt from year in- Scot—Tames H. Stoddard died at Se- choose to put forth plays that bring the been reportetL Instead he will have the come tax. This will- imdonbtedly be good waren, N. J., two years after he retired news for stage into disrepute and give the reformers libretto revised and will send it out again many gents with polygamous from the stage in 1905. He appeared last and pseudo-reformers weapons against early in May. The differences with Charles tendendes. Lack ol space prevoits inint- in '"The Bonnie Briar Bush" at Galt'OnL.^ which the theatrical cohorts are powerless Rugsles, was featured in tiie cast, ing the list who Canada The craze for realism is at its peak, but whidi were said to have predpitated hs B. R. Clara Bloodgood committed sui- when a manager believes that in order to early dosing, have since been readjusted — HIS WAS THERE cide by shooting at Baltimore, Md. pander to this desire it is necessary to and Ruggles will be with the muacal com- "Do yoa believe there is any money in show the inside of a brothel and the life yrhoi again. edy it goes out Otto Harbach horse racing?" led by the unfortunate denizens of the has been called in to revise the libretto and "All mine is." underworld it is time to appoint a commit- as soon as he has compltted his task the TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO tee of alienists to pass upon his sanity. piece will he placed in rdiearsal. Marie Wainwright appeared in "Shall When it becomes necessary for the Woods plans to have the show in proper THE HOOSIER GIRL We Forgive Her?" at the Columbia The- Grand Jury to indict fourteen i>eople asso- shape to send it in to New York or Chi- atre, San Francisco. He met her for the first time at a Bor^. ciated with a theatrical production because cago for a Summer run. Pantzer, and KTOping about for something to s^ of the vulgarity and alleged indecency of Lina Carl Damami Troupe, George W. Day, Mathews and Harris, and asked: "You are from the West, arcm^ such production it is time for the managers .^. Lawrence played at yon?" "Yes. from Indiana," she rei>Ucd— themselves to take a firm stand, and for the A AMUSEMENTS C. the Orpheim)^ NEW TAX ON San Francisco. "Hoosier girL "Why—why. really," be theatre owners to refuse to let their play- stammered. "I hardly, know; yoa set, I houses for the showing of such offenses ^Reprinted from tlie World) Etienne Girardot appeared in "Mfas .Francis of Yale." haven't quite decided yet." against good taste. True, the theatre The pleasing suggestion comes by way Lillian Burkhart assisted by Caiyl Wil- owner is looking for profit, but there is of a bill fathered in Albany by Assembly- bur, presented "The Lady of the Rowan profit in a good many illegal acts and it man Miller that a state tax of 6 per cent THIS IS THE WEEK Tree" at the Bijou, Philadelphia. Hart is no worse to aid and abet boot-legging, shall be levied upon the price of tickets to and DeMar, Smith and Campbell, Ed This is the week that Uncle Sam gels robbery or the white-slave trafGc than it is various amusements. There is already a Latell, Blocksom and Boms, the his. to allow your theatre to house a flagrantly fiederal tax on amusements running to 10 News- salacious exhibition. per cent. boy Quintet, Alice Raymond, Metropoli- tan Three, John Kurkamp, Ford and Dot BOOTLEGGERS' It is difficult to conceive a play of popular From $5,000,000 to $7,000,000 a year, it UNION West Kurtz, Four Lnders, Dunbar and appeal that does not contain some element is estimated, can be collected from baise- "Baltimore bootleggers form tmioot— of sex but there is in. Zames, Sig. Nuttini and The Paynes were nothing; wrong the ball, theatres, movie houses, skating rinks, News item. It is safe to assume that it is sex itself. also on the bill. question of Since the begin- prize fights, basketball games, horse races one tmion that will never go on strike. Scanlan died in Bloomingdale ning of all human life there have been and the like, with the usual exception of Wm. J. men and women who have mated and be- benefit performances for church, charitable .Asylum. White Plains. N. Y.. where be confined gat offspring. That is life. On the other and educational purposes. had been for six years. I4EVER WAS GYPPED Austin Fynes resigned from the staff hand for thousands of years there have The state may ne«l the money, especially J. songwriter noted for of general A his wit. or per- been brothels, with women giving them- if it decides to try to rebuild its hospital B. F. Keith and became man> haps it is sarcasm^ was loimgiiig in a selves up to the lust of men. is ager of the F. F. Proctor houses. That plant without a bond issue, but the people publisher's office when be overhead some- filth and filth has no John J. Burke and Grace Forrest were place on the stage are not going to be enthusiastic about any one bragging about never being "gypped" under any conditions. Surprising it in Australia, under contract with Wil- as proposal for new taxation. As the war re- "Never was gypped?" queried the song- may seem to a few managers the majority liamson & Musgrove. cedes into the limbo of the past giving to writer, "then start writing songs." of people in the United States are dean- the tax-gatherer "imtil it hurts" ceases to "Break the News to Mother" was sung minded and should the wrath of this ma- seem a patriotic duty. by Julie Mackey at Koster & Bial's, New jority ever become aroused by the frequent The mandate of last November at the York. FIELDS SUES 'VOH BON BUI»V' CO. recurrence of plays that "stink to hi^h polls hardly induded a 6-per-cent amuse- "The Moth and the Flame;" by Qyde Heaven" theatrical people, despite all their ment tax. If ^e two parties agree upon Fitch, was presented at tte Chcstaut Eddie Fldib filed snit last wcdc aniut charitable endeavors and religious efforts sharing the odium, they can do without a Street Theatre, Philadelphia, with Herbert tlie Boa B 14 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1923 LOWELL SHERMAN AS "MINNIE AND ME" NEW MITZI SHOW "PASTEUR" NEW CHILDREN TO PLAY "MERTON" "Minnie and Me" has DOPE FIEND been diosui as With an all-children cast from the Pro- GIVES the_ title of Mitzi's new starring vehicle HENRY MILLER PLAY fessional Children's School, the board of which was placed in FINE PERFORMANCE rehearsal this week AT THE EMPIRE directors of the school and a group of by Henry W. Savage. The piece is a fan- prominent women, with the permission of tastic comedy, with music, by Zelda Scars the authors, will present a special matinee and Harold Lievey. authors of "Lady Billy" Movies" at "MORPHIA," a play in Ihrcc acts, "PASTEUH,'* a drama in five episodes, production of "Merton of the and "The. Dinging 'Vine." It will from the GmiUD of l.uilwig llerzcr, open by Lucien Guitry. Adapted for tbe the Cort Theater. April 12 for a building adapted bjr R. McNali. out of town the Duncan Pretcnieil early part of April. In American stage by Arthur Homblon*, Jr. fund for the school. Billy Janney, who at the Eltiiiee The^itrc TucsJay aflerooon. addition to the' diniinutivc star, the cast Produced at the Empire Theatre. Monday plays the part of Jimmy in the oriidnal March 6, evening, will include Boyd Marshall, Sydney March 12. production, will be Merton. 0\ST Grecnstreet, 'Vira. Rial, Adrian Roslcy, CAST JoJian Wade ...Lpwell Sherman Worthe Faulkner, Jeannette McDonald, MOROSCO CASTING FOR STOCK Mrs. Morrison Alice Flemtog and others. Bigo Hartley Power Dr. ; Dalimier Frederick Lewis Grant .Allieit Taveirucr Ann Grosvenor Ayres,- general Leslie Morosco, artists' representative, press Raulio Nurse Margaret Olive Tell Lyons Wyddand who recently cast the entire company for representative for Henry W. Savage will Roux Hubbard Kirkpatrieic Morosco's next pro- blaze the trail for the new Mitzi show, Bergeron Edward Mackey "Mon Papa," Oliver while Charles G. Washbume has been spe- Edouardcs Frank Hay duction, is engaged assembling two stock the The play is being preseated as the newest cially engaged by the Savage office to han- L.ouis Pasteur Henry Miller companies for Henry Duffey, Wash- re- of the special matinee series. Lowell Sher- dle special exploitation for "'The Cling^g President of Academy .-..Howard Kyle ington stock company impresario, who Dr. Poggiale Wilson theatres for man gives a remarkable performance as a Vine," the otiier Savage musical piece Reynolds recently acquired two new Dr. Guerin Leslie Stowe dope fiend stock productions. who straggles against love of now at the -Knickerbocker. Dr. Balard Elmer Brown the narcotic and a woman. ' From a prac- Baron Larry Stephen Wright tical and medical standpoint the show is ' TO BE "PAPA JOET AGAIN Prof. Colin Louis Renault LEAR," WITH apt to mislead the aodioice when the ad- Joseph Meister Willtam Pearce "KING "Mister Malatesta," now the dicted one manages to satisfy the terrible pbyiog at Theodore Meister A. G. Andrews REGINALD POOLE craving for the drug by merely fighting Princess Theatre, is to be renamed and . Dr. Grancber Albert Bnining commencing this will be Henri David Belridge against it, and taking the woman who of- week called "Papa LATEST REVIVAL President of Republic £. Fielding fered her body in effort Joe," the name under which the piece had an to save him. Attendants, students, membera of the a tiyout performance in Stamford before Sherman has the role of Julian Wade, Academy of Medicine, etc coming into New York. WUliam Shake- a writer, addicted 'to the drug habit for "KING LEAR," by speare. Presented at the Earl Carroll several years, doe to the fact that he has Theatre, Friday afternoon, March 8. been abused by a former love. Olive TeU, "SPORTING THING" CLOSING Henry Miller, who plays the leading OS Nnrse Margaret, is the childhood sweet- Emily Stevens will conclude her run in CAST role, is not altogether new to the vehicle, heart of Wade who has always loved him, "The Sporting Thing to Do" at the Ritz Earl of Kent Moffat Johnston having played in it last season on the since both were - children in Scotland. Theatre on March 24. Oliver Morosco, Earl of Gloucester Arthur Hu^es Pacific Coast. Consequently, his perform- .Nurse Margaret comes to the apartment of producer of the show had the theatre on a Edmund Lawrence Cecil ance was smooth and well done through- Wade, clad in her regnlation outfit, and five weeks' lease at $4,000 a week. Lear Reginald Poole out the five episodes. wants to help the writer give up the use Last year the drama Goneril Winifred Johnston was seen in France when the Regan Kirah MarVham of opiates. In the struggle that follows, centenaiy of Louis Pasteur's birth was celebrated. The Cordelia f Genevieve Tobin she offers henelf to faim, or as he says, "THE BLOND BEAST/' (Courtesy of Arthur T. Hopkins and became his wife. In the early hours of play itself has a moral lesson, it being brought out that, while many great steps F. Ray Comstock) the morning he. is through with drugs and WELL PLAYED AT have been taken to combat disease, Duke of Albany Paul Hnber dirows aw^ lus' hypmlermic syringe. by SPECIAL MATINEE science, nothing has been done to do away Duke of Cornwall Frank Arnold Sherman in the meantime Aoea some; sensa- Duke of Burgundy Jameson ReiUy with the causes that make nations go to tional work, reproducing all of the facial King of Franc** Gregory Safranac war with all of its subsequent suffering and other expressions that go with the "THE BLOND BEAST," a anedy by Edgar Lawr.ence Tibbett and destruction. William .Austin plight of a fiend who is nnable to take his Bout McTom. Prooited mt the Plynaotith Oswald In the first episode Pasteur is seen in Curon Norman Cope dope at his osnaL time. . Theatre, fecial matinee, Friday after- Fool Karm ooon, hfaxch 2. his laboratory, having been made a pro- Beau . Olive Tell shiaes also with her art ' and CAST fessor at a university three years before. Knight.... Charles Bradley docs unusually well in her part of the strug- Gentleman Cordelia. .Gregory Safranac As his students assemble for the lecture, to gle and sacrifice. Between the two principals Urm. HalUda Gretorik.'...Alice Lockatone Servant to Cornwall Jameson ReiUy news of the impending war is in the air, of the cast the play is done minus any Vltginia Baldwin Jcinie Begg Old Man Norman Cope and soon the war braks with the subse- jttgma that might ordinarily attach itself Ura, Hannah Baldwin...... Rita Harlan Messenger to Albany Jameson ReiDy William Nagnt Joseph Sheridan quent dispersing of the students. The pro^ Norman to a play of this so^J^- _ Dr. Doctor Cope Adam Gretorik, .Ph. D Arthur HoU fessor is saddened as he sees his students Captain employed by Edmund. Others in the qist helped considerably, Chanoa Effmgbajn Pinto go away and is thinking of returning the Frank Arundel Alice doinp; the Scotch servant Fleming '613 decorations received from Germany. and Albert Tavemier was the doctor. In the second episode he is seen deliver- Probably, to adapt the play in a way In "The Blond Beast," Henry Meyers ing a lecture in the assonbly room of the The season's newest contribution to the that would be more truthful to the hard and- Ills selected ' for his "^east" a burly in- Academy of Science, while doctors of Shakespeare revivals is a scries of spe- &st &ct3 regarding the stopping of a liabitant of our own West Side, and around course are skeptical and ridicule his theo- cial matinees done by Reginald Poole, who hmg standing drug iiabit, would nave de- him has showered dialogue that smacks ries. This is made effective by having has selected as his play "King Lear." tracted ftvm the- moments . of the piece. dope play that A ' a new American author. The whole is seated in parts of the theatre and heckling production proved disappointing to the help thotisand. would really the and one drug fairly amusing and supplies an entertain- the speaker, etc patrons, who could not see either Mr. addicts- wotild not.be amiss. However, ing hour or two, for it has some excellent The third episode concerns a true inci- Poole's idea of costuming, or his choice there is nothing about "Morphia", that is spots, despite a few absurd stretches. dent in the life of Pasteur, the checking of cast for the various characters. Be- repulsive in any . w^y antl. the perfbrmance Arthur Hohl, as Adam Gretorik, Ph.D., of hydrophobia by inoculation, the first ex- ginning with Poole himself, who played of the actors is worth seeing. the title role, is a sort of -modified "Hairy periment being made on a boy who was Lear, who failed to make any impression Ape," for with his brutal activities is mixed bitten by a mad dog. This took place at all as voice for one thing, is not suited a certain ,amotmt of mentality. He might in 1885. to the strong lamentations uttered by that ENCHANTED COTTAGE REHEARSING .enter a drawing room, and is apjiarently The boy who has been treated is seen character, and foing down to the minor Azthur Wing Pinero's latest play. The a very- intelligent person, yet at the slight- in the fourth episode, and the doctor's love characters, few seemed to have been fitted Enchanted Cottage;" was replaced in re- est provocation he' is ready to enjoy any for children is shown, etc., and the next for their respective roles. sort of fistic fray, is not altogether scene shows his hour of triumph, when At best the play is one of the diffi- hearsal this week by -Willtam A. Bradiy. and , most ' the other Hw play will op$n «>i|t-o( tpwn the early averse to a verbal scrap. the President of Republic and cult of Shakespeare's works to produce and part of next moalfa aind will be. brought in Although big mentally and physically, the ercat men pay tribute to him at the Sor- few have attempted it. Yet Poole has the fen^wing wedc for' a metropolitan beast is finally tamed by a woman, 'Virginia bonne. gone so far as to costume the players in . Baldwin, played by Jeanie Begg. TJils Mr. Miller's impersonation of Pasteur the dress he thinks worn by folks in that girl refuses to be either laughed, or argued is done with care and artistry, being at the period -ivhen the Bard of Avon was a boy. down in any way, and soon the beast age of 23 at the opening of the play and For this there is an explanation on the .tlNA ABASBANEL SIGNS changes from a lioa to a lamb. In the then appearing as middle aged and older in program, and the student Poole defends meantime the action is more material than subsequent scenes. .^U of the character- his course, meantime telling what he Una Abarfaaoel is to .be featured by it seems offhand. Qianna, a disciple of istics of the great physician are produced thought of Shakespeare's intelligence. Carle Carleton. in "A Javanese Doll" the Buddha, spills much Hindoo philosophy, with minute care by Miller and the con- A few bright spots among the cast, and latter part of April. TTie play is an Aus- and does some stimts effectively. trast is well done, when he is a feeble old very few, were supplied by Moffat Johnston trian product, written l>y Rndolph Lothar, As the blond beast Arthur Hohl put doctor trying to prove his theory. His as Kent, Arthur Hughes as Gloucester, which is being .adapted for its American much force and vigor into the role, add- performance gives one an excellent idea and Kirah Markham as Regan. presentation by Qaia Knmmer. "The Cor- ing a bit of the fantastic at times. Effing- of how the discoverer of great things must delia of Genevieve Tobin was impossible ham Pinto, as the Hindoo, proved to be have lived. The rest of the cast -was ex- and worse; Beata Karm, in the fine role wholly adequate, being suave, as such role cellent, being composed wholly of men of the Fool, did what -MR. BLIMP" NEW PLAY NAME. might have been calls for, yet. alwajrs plainly- understood. and one child actor. The piece has suffi- expected of a slim little actress wholly jnitn Heniy Meara has -dianged the title Jeanie Begg, as . the. heroine, managed to cient dramatic force and easily holds the unfitted for the part. of his piece from The > Blimp" to "Mr. get throng ^ci; performance in commend- interest throughout the five episodes. Outside of its being a Shakespearean BUmp." The piece. is' sow at tiie Olympic able styles and 'die rot of the cast helped production, the play was presented about Ttati^ Chioga Herbert.. Cortfaell is .to eimiuiJge.tlie. pi odmn to try the {day Andrew Hack is now. playjpg the role as poorly as anything seen on Broadway in feBtnred In tbe cut. for an eveuiug pruducljou. of the Irish father in "Abie's Irish Rose." some time. March 14, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 15 The Misical Hebcrts have closed Virsfaiia Howell has been engaged by with Dan Sherman's show. Margaret Anglin to appear -with ner in ABOUT YOU! AND TOU!! AND TOU!!^ "The Woman of Bronze," which she is Roth Thomas opened with the Poli reviving for an extended tour. The play South en route to the Pa- Players, New Haveo, 1st week. win tour the Williams and Howard are rehearsing Harold Seton is returning to the stage cific CoasL Harrison and Moss have opened a a new comedy act, "Money Men," which this week in Belasco's "Comedian." local the profession pianist and dancer, tour of the Keith Southern time. they will shortly offer in the vau- While temporarily out of Mary Washburn, deville houses. Seton contributed to various publica- and Mary Lawlor, singer and dancer, tions. both graduates of the "Ziegfeld Follies," Sir James Dwyer has teamed up with Maiy Dawn will leave for Los An- -will open in vaudeville shortly in an Grace Onna, in a new comedy act. geles on Thursday, where she will ap- Blackface Eddie Green was added to act in' which Ned Waybum is said to pear in Mae Murray's new motion pic- the cast of "Liza" when the colored re- have an interest. Jesse L. Lasky is leaving New York ture production. -vue moved into the Baycs Theatre from next week oh his return trip to Holly- Daly's 63rd Street Theatre last Monday Bernard and Garry were compelled' wood. Frank Conroy has been added to the night. to cancel this week's engagement at cast of "Sold," the new Porter Emerson Keith's Palace, New York, owing to an' Joe Yonng, the composer, will sail for Browne play, which Mr. Browne is pre- Robert Strange has joined the cast of attack of "flu" which confined Sid Garry ' a three months' vacation in Europe early senting on tour. "Sold," the new Porter Emerson to his bed. They will appear there in in April. Browne play which is being presented two weeks instead. Robert Warwick and Hazel Dawn on tour prior to coming to a New York returned Otis Thome is now stage manager will try out "Guilty," with the Marshall playhouse. Hdhce and Lee Sierack have for ^Abif's Irish Rose" at the Republic Players at the Lyceum Theatre, Balti- from Australia and have opened for a Theatre..-; more,- next week. Jack Kramer, formerly of Kramer and tour of the Ackerman and Harris thea- Johnson, and Jean Breen of the "Love tres with a new act called "The Miracle Ruth Thomas has joined the Poli have formed a partnership and Girl," in which they will be seen in New Hihbert and Barlow, minstrel comics, Shop" Stock in New Haven, Conn., as ingenue, will be seen in a^new act over the Keith York in a few months. are framing a new-blackface act for to fill the place of Georgianna Hewitt, and Orpheum time. vaudeville. • who died recently. Jack Franks joined the cast of "Abie's Francis Renanlt is closing his Shubert Irish Rose" this week, replacing B<^- Pat Patterson opened at the Pleasure Be^ny Barton and his company of vaudeville engagement in a week or so nard Gorcey, who handed in his notice this for Park, in Evansville, Ind, week ten people opened for a tour of the and his act is being considered for to go with "Wildflower."; Franks an indefinite run. Keith Circuit at the Eighty-first Street featuring in a number of the big mid- played in the show when it. had a 40 Theatre on Monday. -west picture houses. weeks' run on the Coast Dave Wallace is handling special ex- ploitation for Ethel Barrymore in "The Charles Bartholomew has replaced The Wataon Siaten are now appear- Michael MIndUn. producer of "The Laughing Lady." Charles Knight in "The Last Warning," ' ing in motion picture houses, having Last Warning," became the father of a at the Klaw Theatre, placed through ue played the James, Columbns. Ohio, last seven and one half pound son at the Hazzard Short sailed Saturday on the Murray Phillips office. week and schednled for the Lafayette, family residence in Far Rockaway last Majestic to stage the new "Music Box Buffalo, this week. Sunday. The youngster will be named Revue" in London. Harold Kennedy, the stock actor,>,lias Michael McHngh Mindlin. returned to vaudeville and is appearing Ruth Robinson has been signed for Marie Smith has been added to the in a new single, "The Lost Art," at the ingenue role in William Haw- George Banes is now playing leads cast of the new revue at the Peck-Inn Proctor's, Troy, this week. thorne's musical comedy, "Daisy Won't with the President Players, Henry Daf- cabaret. New York. Tell," which takes to the road the latter fy's ' Stock company at the Prcaldent's Theodore Adolphns and his company part of this month. 'Theatre. Washmgton. He jwned this Jane Saliabuiy and Answorth Axn^ will play six weeks in the Loew Pacific week playing the Cohan role in "The will join the Academy Players, Rich- Coast nouses; three in San Francisco Ruth Carson and Frank Ferris have Meanest Man in the Worid." mond, Va., this week. and three in Los Angeles. been added to the cast of "Daisy Won't Tell," the new musical comedy which Edward CUlda Carpenter, playwright Thomas and Hayman and the Coort- Estelle Beno, assistant to Danny Billy Hawthorne is grooming for a tonr and president of the American Drama- ney SistetB, dancers, have joined the Simmons, the Keith booker, was con- of the one-nighters. tists Society, sailed for London last cast of the Connor Revue. fined to her home for several days last week. While abroad he will divide hi* week, with throat trouble. Dorothy Faye, who was absent from time between a holiday and pnttinff the' Panl Ryner has returned to show the cast of "The Gingham Girl." at the finishing touches to a new play. business after a retirement of two years Grace Clarkson has been added to Earl Carroll Theatre for more than a spent in commercial lines. the cast of "The Broadway Bathing week on account of illness returned to Eddie Mdsher, Lester Swadev Hcaiy Beauties," a new girl act Harry Walker her part last Thursday night. Thorae^ Charles McNeill, Jack Stevens Will Rodmi. of Roehm and Richards, is preparing for vaudeville. and George Fitzgerald are appearing at has recovered from his recent iUness Lillian Taiz, of the "God of Ven- the Strand Theatre, New York, this and is back on the job again. - Julia Arthur presented Nemo, the ele- geance" company, is planning a vocal week in a burlesque' danting act called phant which E. F. Albee purchased for concert tour, and will make her debut "Lilies of the Field," produced by Walt Nan Halpeiin has been routed over $5,000 from Singer's Midgets, to the at Aeolian Hall shortly. Her role in Kuhn. the Pantages Circuit. She opened last city of Cleveland last week. the play permits of some singing. week, offering a new song cycle. Tom Donglaa. who is being featured Billy Holly has severed connections' Thomas Mitchell, who plays Adolphe in "When Love Is Young," the Lewia Rosa, singing violinist, formerly of with the Harry Weber agency to enter in "Kiki," is directing the productioi^ of and Gordon vaudeville act, has been • Rubini Rosa, played the Rialto Theatre, vaudeville as a member of the act "Sandro Botticelli," opening at the signed by George C Tyler to play the Chicago, for a full week, (March 5-10). known as "Dancing Ala Carte." Provincetown Theatre on March 25, role of Merton in the forthcoming Lon- with Eva Le Gallienne in the stellar role. don production of "Merton of the William Hally and Arthnr Prince will PhU Dwyer and Dorothy Raymond Movies." sail for London ' in June, where they are in Philadelphia this week breaking Mrs. Sidney Harris, wife of the man- will produce several, vaudeville acts. in a new act. Miss Raymond was for- ager of the George M. Cohan Theatre Sam Rose; who was seen with Hngfa merly with Jule and Raymond. became the mother of an eig^ht-pound Herbert for seven years, the last time Clarence Hibbard, minstrel comedian daughter at Stem's Sanitarium last being with "Mind Your Business," is and tenor, will leave for the road shortly J. Clifford, hypnotist, is requested to week. Mother and daughter are doing now doing hi» own act, ha-ving com- to play a route of small towns up state. communicate with. Henry Chesterfield, well. bined with Laura Ljrman in an offering secretary of the National Vaudeville Ar- written by Searly Allen, called "The Joe Batmi returned to New York last tists, on a matter of importance. Edna Hibbard, appearing in "The Love Law." week after touring the West with Billy Rear Car," at the Cort Theatre, Chi- "Swede" Hall for the past few months. Raymond Hackett, who recently cago, has tendered her notice and is Kathiyn Sheehan, who has been one closed with "Glory," has been signed by awaiting the arrival of a successor to of the treasurers at the Strand Theatre Edgar Stehll. Irving Dillon and Helen George M. Cohan for the London com- leave the company and retnm to New since that house opened has resigned WesUiey will appear m support of Dud- pany of "So This Is London." York. her position and will enter the milli- ley Digges in "The Adding Machine." nery business on March 15th. Miss Jack Richardson, the motion picture Irene Castle will head a road com- Sheehan will, conduct the "Kathryn" Norman Trevor has been signed for actor, has come on from California to pany of her own, opening for a four shop at 161 West 44th Street. a prominent role in "The Mountebank," appear with Dorothy Dalton in her next weeks' tour on April 2. She will be to be produced by Charles Frohman, screen production, "Fog Bound." assisted by William Reardon, the Duke George Barnes, who has been leading Inc. Wellman Orchestra and her Fashion man in the Wilkes Stock companies in Syl\tla Clark opened this week at Kan- Revue. Los Angeles and Seattle made his East- Demarest and Collette opened in sas City, on the Orpheum Circuit, after em debnt last Monday by appearing in Philadelphia on Monday, and will play a -sojourn in a Shubert Vaudeville Unit Violet Palmer, the motion picture star the leading role of "The Meanest Man in about six weeks in that city and its vi- which closed several weeks ago. who will be seen in vaudeville with an the World," with the stock company cinity. act of her own shortly, will render a at the President Theatre. Washington. Dan Downing and Eddie O'Ronrke piano recital for radio broadcasting next Golden and Lewis will open Thursday have formed a vaudeville allhnce and Tuesday, from station W. O. R, In in New Bedford, Mass., where they are are appearing in the current revue at Newark. Sylvia Wallach; who has been secre- beginning a tour of the New Enj;land the Green Mill Gardens, Chicago. tary to Harry Walker for several years, . houses. Sargent and Marvin have been routed has been promoted and hereafter will William McDonald, over the route the _ who had been as- Orpheum- Circuit and opened at tabloid rcvnes. which are to Montagu Love is working again in the sistant manager of the Hippodrome, Winnipeg on Sunday, March 11th, ap- be sent over the newly formed 'cabaret film production of "Little Old New Baltimore, is now connected with the pearing on the same bills with the Fonr circuit" which will be officially launched York," having recovered from an attack chief booking office of the Loew Gr- Camerons, with whom they will do an by the Walker office the btter part of of the grippe. cnit. afterpiece. this month. ! 16 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1923 JUST MAKES THE AUDIENCE HOWL SINGING HIS NEW NOVELTY SONG SENSATION I THE WOND A GENUINE NOVELTY! By RICHARI ANOTHER HIT BY THE WRITERS OF ' WHY SHOULD I CRY OVER YOU?" GREAT BALLAD By NED MILLER and CHESTER COHN CHARMIN A REAL BAILAD JUST RELEASED. GET IT NOW INK or THE A SNAPPY SYNCOPATED SONG FOR FOX TROTTERS ALLOU Words and music by PERCY WENRICH By JESSIE CRAWFO London' Newest Waltz Hit! aAN nuNOSoo BOSTON DKnoir LEO FEI< Itt Wat Lmad St. CINCINNATI 711 Seventh Av LUCERNE 111 Cm* Mb Sun LOVELY ° TORONTO IXRDON. W. C X. EMCLAND-m Chvhic Cm M. The Swiss Waltz witii a Yodel. IB Xtmtm an — ! > March 14, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 17 OOT, OOO-BTOOT, YETOOTSIE :flf ER SONG! A REAL NOVELTY BLUES WITH A SINGABLE LYRIC [lElllESwmnw foy v[ eoi TO see m M im \ GHT > HOWARD m (OR YOU CAN'T SEE MAMMA AT ALL) WONDERFUL MELODY ^ By BILLY ROSE and CON CONRAD G LYRIC A SMASHING SONG HIT. GET IT NOW! GREAT HARMONY SONG AN ARABIAN LOVE SOI^G OF BEAUTY ORNER FLOWER WORLD OF ARABY ROWN By RICHARD CHERKASKY, LUCIEN SCHMIT and LOU DAVIS' RD and GU5 KAHN AN INFECTIOUS MELODY A LYRIC OF CHARM 1 CHICAGO U in N.. ci»fc St. n London' Newest Waltz Hit! C* rw^ w 1 New York 1 ^^Jfi 1 Gi^sCv TiMstfv Biri^kB^ 11 LOVELY LUCERNE St. AUSntALIA. UELBOUINE-at OOt* 1 XM ANCElZ^^ II 1 4n w«t nSaSw* II The Swiss Waltz with a VodeL — 18 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1923 MUSIC MEN QUELu FIRE PANIC COLUMBIA. REPORT SHOWS LOSS COMPOSERS' SOCIETY PLANS SUITS Jimmy McHugh, professional manager The report of the Columbia Grapho-^ for Jack Mills, Inc. and Bert Grant of phone Manufacturing Company for tbe the Mills staff, exhibited unusual presence year ended December 31, 1922, was issued AGAINST BROADCASTING STATIONS of mind Simday night when a fire broke last week and shows a deficit of $7,323,603, out in the King James Hotel, in West after deducting for all charges, depreda- 45th Street tion and inventory adjustment This b an Stations Notified That Licenses Must Be Taken Out on or Rai£o Perceiving at th.e first fire gong that improvement over the year before, when deficit of reported. The Before March 15th or Stop Broadcasting Copyrighted the blaze was of little consequence, both a $15,710,300 was music men rushed to a piano in a nearby net lose for 1922 was also less, being $3,- Numbm—^Test Suits Will hnmediately Follow suite and launched into their new ballad 010,297, against $4,370,611 the year before. "Out Where the Blue Begins," and played In the report the company is optimistic as though they were plugging at the about future business, expecting a marked It has been definitely decided by the license if they could see their way clear Palace. All of the hotel guests on the improvement during the coming year and American Society of Composers, Authors to do so. No revenue, they said, was ' floors above the second who were rush- pointing out that during the past year the and Publishers to file infringement of copy- coming in from the broadcasting of music, ing to the street were told that the fire deficit was more than halved. right against radio broadcasting sta- etc, but it is a well known fact that mil- suits was nothing and were ushered into the room tions have not been licensed the lions of dollars worth of radio sets and which by where the piano was being played, and society and which persist in sending out parts have been sold. stayed there until the fire department put FOREIGN MUSIC MEN COMING restricted music Notice to this effect has The letter sent to all broadcasting sta- the hlaze out Representatives of the German and Aus- been served on the stations by J. C. Rosen- tions in the United States follows in full: Many theatrical folk flocked to the room trian authors and composers' societies are thal, general manager of the society, in a March 1923. 8. where^ McHugh and Grant were playing, expected to arrive in this country about the latter -which gives the radio people until .Aix Bboadcastimc Stations: including the Althoff Sisters, Crafts and 15th of the month for the purpose of mak- Mju-ch 15 to make application for a license We have heretofore notified you of our Haley, the Amots and the Amarous Sis- ing a reciprocal agreement with the Amer- to broadcast the organization's music, or intention to enforce die provisions of the ters, and others. ican Society of Composers, Authors and refrain from tmlawful infringement Copyright Law with respect to the un- Publishers. The society will endeavor to force the' licensed broadcasting of copyrighted mu- DAVIS TO PUBUSH "PRINCE CUTY" If consummated, this agreement will issue as soon as possible and is seeking sical compositions belonging to fitembers greatly enlarge the catalogue of the A. S. a test case at coce in order to establish a The Jos. M. Davis Publishing Company, of this society. C, A. & P. in thb country, as well as in- precedent. Lhlle expense will be attached Inc, was organized last week under the This is our final notice to all stations crease the revenue abroad, for the perform- the filing the suits in the United laws of the SUte of New York, and will to of which have not applied for and secured ing rights of the American song products. Rosenthal, be the exclusive publishers of the Betty States courts, according to Mr. our license, that on and after March 15, Negotiations with the French society are Gulick good-night stories, the first of which ibe greatest expense being incurred in 1923, we shall "listen in" to ascertain if also pending between them and {he Ameri- has been released under the title of "Prince gathering evidence, and this b being done yoa are using the musical works of our^ can organization. by the osual staff of the society that members, in which event we shall institute Cuty." The stories wiU be published in watches out for violators of the copyrijdit legal proceedings to collect the damages as book form, as one way of releasing them. The Okefa Record Company, which is law in their respective territories. The provided by tbe Copyright Law. NATE BIVENS RECUPERATING making release receiving set installed in the society's To avoid any misunderstanding you are a special of Betbr Gulick's song, "^y Mother's Lullaby," is backing Nate Bivens, colored song writer, who rooms and the published programs are an- hereby advised that the members of this the disk with the bedtime stoty "Prince fifteen years ago' was a figure along music other ca^- sooroe of collecting evidence society have, by contract in writing; as- Cuty," written end told by the ten-year-old row but who for a number of years has against tbe various stations. Yearly re- signed to us the exclusive right to license author. Other mechanical companies are been confined in the Mattewan State Hos- tained attorneys, hi different parts of the the public performance of their works at makingr special releases of the song, pub- pital at Beacon, 'N. Y., suffering from a conntiy, will l epiescDt the sodety in its all broadcasUng stations; that the posses- lished by the Triangle Music Company, of mental breakdown, is recoverinr. In a suits against radio stations tbe same as sion of a printed copy or orchestration of which Joe "Davis is president letter written to a music publisher last they do in actions against movie booses. copyrighted music does not imply or con- week Bivens shows that he is in touch wiUi several vey any right to public performance thereof Two conferences between the the music business and the tone of his letter organizations the A. 5. C. for profit, irrespective of whether such THE RETURN OF THE TANGO large radio and indicates that his mind is returning to nor- A. & P.. held last Fall, resulted in closer printed copy is received as a gift, obtained Several of the larger music publishers mal. Bivens had a song hit many years co-operatioa . with those radio people who by purchase or otherwue; that no agent, are preparing for the return of the tango, ago called "Deed I Ain't Seen No Messen- representative conceded that the society was fully entitled employee or of any member by pntbng out selections . suitable for such ger Boy." to compensation for the use of its music of this society is vested with authority or dances, T<4i!ch are being greatly populari2ed as prescribed by law. However, they put power to grant, xmder any circumstances, again by Rodolph Valentino and his wife, forward the plea that they were not making any right to publicly perform for profit who have been held over for a second WIFE HELD FOR WRITER'S DEATH any money out of the radio ctaze due to tha musical compositions belonging to week at Marigold Gardens, Chicago. Sak FsANasoo, March 12.—Mrs. Grace wholesale infringement of their various members of this society. Among tte tango song publishers are Cheney Baratti, charged with the killing patents, and that they did not know wha^ Notice is hereby gkfen of the rescinding Leo Feist, Inc., which house is putting out of her husband, Harry, songwriter and the guvermncnt was going to do about the and revoking of all temporary licenses a Continental hit "La Mome," a French composer, continues to puzzle the authori- composition for the tango by the chef de radio situation. Since then the government heretofore granted. ties. She maintains a Sphinz-like attitude of Follies Ber^ere, Paris. has placed control oi tbe faroatflcastiiig sta- We trust that you will respect our rights orchestra die since her arrest, reiterating that her hus- Feist taneo number is "Rose ot tions in the hands of tbe Secretary of and either secure our license or restrict the Another band killed himself on account of financial tise Brazil," by Ray Klages and Billy Fazkilli, Commerce, but this makes . no material of copyrighted works belonging to our troubles. Beyond this she refuses to talk- Orchestra. difference to the stations and their broad- members, a list of which is herewith en- of Ray Miller's about either the case or hersell castinjr of the society's music, in the opin- closed. Baratti was found in his $200 PRIZE FOR CHORUS shot apartment ion of Mr. Rosenthal and general counsel Very truly yonrs, here on December 2. Katban Bnrkan. Amemcam SociETy of Comfosebs, G. S. Haskins Productions, of Holly- Despite the dodging of the issue by AUTBOBS AND PUBLISHERS. wood, Cal., is offering cash prizes of $200 most of the radio stations, a few of the By J. C. Rosenthal, for the best second chorus to the song "Just TELL TAYLOR SHOWING SONGS most important ones, as mentioned by them R:K General Manager. Like Woman," which is being used in a Tell Taylor, Chicago song writer and at conference, were vrilling to take out a ENG. connection 'with a film of the same title. publisher, is spendm^ a week in New York The prizes are for the purpose of interest- showing some of his new songs to local ing people in the picture as well as the song, publishers. Taylor is now making his home IS STORES' TRUSTEE RECEIVERS FOR STEEL CO. and the words submitted must show the MILLS ART m Flndley, Ohio, and is contemplating lo- different ways in which the expression can E. MiOs, of die Music Publishers' Receivers have been appointed for the cating in New York. C be used, etc The contest closes July 15. Protective Association, has been appointed 'I. R. Steel Company, Inc., by Federal trustee for the Broadw^ Art Stores by Judge Hazel of the Umted States Court of Seaman Mjller,. United States Referee m Buffalo, N. 'Y., where the general offices MUSIC MEN'S BALL MARCH 28 ROSE FISHER IN NEW POSITION of the organization are located. Brtiilii ut>tLy. On Wednesday evening, March 28k a Rose Fisher, for a number of years with Art Stores filed a petition Sdiediiies have not yet been filed by the The Broadway "Music Publi.sher's Ball," will he given at the Broadway Music Corporatkm, aiid in bankrupt^ several weeks ago. owing bankrupt concern, and music publishers Oover Gardens, under the direction of more recently with Sherman, Clay & Co., publishers about $14,500. and the have been asked to prepare their proof of music Hany Pearl, manager of the resort who is now connected in the professional de- busiueis sincie sold by Mr. Mills, one of claim. The company, which operates a in , was formerly connected the music busi- partment of Beilin & Horowitz. the receivers then, to the Ritz Mnsic Shop chain of stores, owes music publishers ap- publishers, : ness. A large delegation of Company. proximately $5,000. pluggers and others connected with the trade are expected to be present MILLS GETS "OLD BOMBAY" RERUN BOOSTS CLUB RATE CAINE OUT OF STARK A COWAN'S Sid Caine has severed his connection wiA Jack Mills, Inc., has taken over from the Irving Btflin, Inc., is WINKLER ON WESTERN TRIP Begiiming April 1, Stark & Cowan, of which firm he was Cameo Music Company the oriental fox- of its ra£smg the subscription price general manager. Oarence Oshshinsky, Dan Winkler, sales manager for Fred trot "In Old Bombay," by Mickey Caleo, present orchestra dub to $3 per year. At formerly with the Broadway Music Cor- Fisher, Inc left last week on an extensive a young writer from up the State who re- well as that of most the Berlin pike as poration, succeeded Mr. Caine last wedc sales trip, through the Middle West, travel- cently joined the Mills staff. hoiBes is $2 per year for about 24 orches- ing as far west as Kansas City. tratiMis. MAXWELL SAILS FOR EUROPE MUSIC MAN HAS SON OTTO HILLE RECOVERS LONDON George Majcwell, of G. Rioordi & Gx, aOLLS GOING TO and president of tiie American Society of Ed McCauley, Philadelphia representa- After an absence of two weeks due to Jack Mills wiO- leave early in May for a Composers, Authors and Pnblishers, sailed tive of J. H. Remick & Co., js me proud illness. Otto Hille is back at his desk at visit to Eanve. He plans to te away for Wednesday of this wedc for Europe, where father of a baby boy, who arrived on Feb- Ager, Yellen & Bomstein, where he is about five weelca. be wM spend die next few moaths. ruary 24. head of the band and orchestra department ; : 19 M^Tch 14. 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER COMPUMENT FOR BURLESQUER "HIPFITY HOP' AT MUTUAL CLOSES The Toledo Nezos-Iicc, in a recent issue DIVIDEND FOR devoted considerable space to Burton Carr THE COLUMBIA IS with the Jack Rcid "Record Breakers" _ FINE COMEDY SHOW SEASON ON show. It said COL. CIRCUIT "Burton Carr, whose really fine singing Hippity Hop" Peck and KoUe's show at the voice is one of the outstanding features Columbia this week is a ffreat cntertaianicnt. It has two very funny comediaos in Rieley **Short7** APRIL 7 with tlic Jack Reid 'Record Breakers' THEATRES McAllister and Ilarrr Sbaonon, who keep the at the Empire this is a gradu- show week, audience in an uproar of laughter whenever ate from light opera. TEN PER CENT FOR FOUR they are on the stage. It has fine musical num- NEW CIRCUIT SUCCESS • A "Doomed to play minor roles in these ben that stud out above most seen at this organizations, Carr, who is an exception- house It also has pretty girls, clever principals, At a directors' meeting of the Columbia beautiful costames, dandy light effects a It has been announced at the headquar- ally good actor, conceived the idea of tnr- and Burlesque Circuit held recently a quarterly great scenic production. ters of the Mutual Burlesque Association ing his talents on burlesque audiences. His dividend of 10 per cent was declared in This is the show that look the place of ^'Joc • success has been phenomenal. So much so, diat the regular season of the circuit will Maxwell's Varieties of 1922*' early in the •csfon* cir- favor of the stockholders of the theatres close Saturday night; April 7th. that the impresarios of the Columbia controlled and operated by the circuit in taking over that production. cuit have asked him to recruit others The is called Next** This will complete a thirty-week season Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati and book "What's and wu of his ilk for the various attractions on the staged by Bfatt Kolb. The musical numben of one of the most successful burlesque Kansas City. theatres, wheel. These which are were arraiifcd by Billy Koud. seasons ever enjoyed by a circuit for its ,the Palace, "One chap like Carr can do more to Baltimore; Gayety, Washing- McAllister and Shannon are featured and first season. advance burlesque standards than the in- ton; Olympic, Cincinnati, and Gayety, show up to a better advantage than we have ever teen tbcm Under the arranRcmcnts of the present sertion of so-called comics with 'names,' Kansas City, have been known as "bine in the past. ''Shorty** baa manj ribbon" houses new changes of comedy cJothcn as baa his partner conditions most of the houses on this but whose material is all too frequently of of the circuit, and despite Shannon. The manner in which these two circuit have made money and some houses' vintage." the fzct that business has been off in most an ancient comedians deliver their comedy im meat amonng. have considerable, whereas in the of the houses on the circuit it has made held Thc7 are a distinct type of comedians, one wtU past they were just getting by or losing up very big in these houses and will prob- not mn across very often. They are fnnnier REIDER IS GAYETY MANAGER money. ably ptAve as big as it has in seasons this season than ever before and we have been beretofpre. watching them a long time. The Olympic has enjoyed a better sea- Louisvn.T F., Ky., Mar. 10.—Sam Reider A atraigfat man of real ehaa ia Joe Porte. son financially than it has in some time: is now managing the Gayety Thdtre, this Shotad the business hold up as expected This ''i — youn^ man changes his ^f'^fi^ it Brooklyo, have city, playing the Mutual Burlesque Circuit these Iwuses will be able to show o'n the The Star and Gayety, done every time he appears. He Is a natty, clean Vail 1922-23) season profits that will make it exceptionally well with the Mutual shows, shows. Reider represents and Mc- cut chap, aggressive in his work and a faanL possible for the allottment although the first few weeks the business Grath of Oeveland. of a 40 per conscicntioQs worker. Be is a great talkrr and was not the liest, but around the middle cent dividend to the stockholders. "Ilie "feeds** the comediana cleverly. of October the change came overnight LA FOYE BREAKS LEG dividend which was voted covered the Harold Carr opens in a comedy makcp, but and Sam Raymond can now say_ that he period for the business of October, No- after hia fint appeannce, does light cti^uler parts. put the two houses over on the right side Chicago, Mar. 12.—Walter La Foye, vember and December of last year. The Hary Anderson Is doing rbsrartrr parts, of the ledger. straight man of the "Bon Tons," fell and payments of. these dividends are to be parts, but Is used mostly for his singing. Be his leg today, while fixing a radio. made March IS. At the Lyric, Newark, the business has broke has a good voice, in fact about the best singing is in a local hospital. been very ^ood all season, although it He voice in the show. Irene Lcary the ingoiue, is fell oft a bit on some weeks due mostly in many of the PICTURES ON TRAIN scenes and haa several nomberm, which she pat to (he fact, it is sait^ to the fault of some . GRACE KENNY DIVORCED over very welL Miss Leary has a sweet voice of the shows not hemg good. Chicago, March 12.—^The Chicago and Grace Keimy, a member of the "Maids and a most [^casing personality. She reads lines Epstein's Majestic at Scran- Alton Railroad Company has inaugurated distinctly and with oae* She dances grace- Since Lew Of America," has received a decree of a movietorinm car here. As the crack fully and displays many pretty dressca. ton has been playing the Mutual shows, Herbert. It absolute divorce from Tom limited train pulled Kitty Msdison (s seen for the first Epstein has made, it is claimed, over Red out of Chicago time in was granted last week. She was awarded the for several years in burlesque. Miss Msdison Is a offsets his losses he had Sl Louis an operator began turning $20,000, which custody of their nine-year-old daughter. fast dancing soubrette the cianlc of fais machine. Passengers and a shapely little po*- during the time the Columbia shows son. who can put numbers looked at a new release cast upon the over. Her dressca are played bis house. It is said that Epstein's attractive. screen at the forward end of the car. losses were close on to $8,000 during that NELLIE CRAWFORD LOSES FATHER Mattie De Lece, pretty in form and £soe» is Officials of the 'Chicago and Alton ex- very pleasing in her work. She has several time. Nellie Crawford rbports the death ot her pert that other roads will adopt the movie- scenes with "Shorty" McAllister and works op Vail's and McGiath's houses in the Mid- father, sergeant in the World War, who a turiiiin car, which will relieve the monot- a lot of comedy with that comedian. Her dle West have been doing very well with died in Liverpool, - England, February 23. cny of long day trips. costumes are stunning. the Mutual shows, tmtil they started re- Miss Crawford is playing in vaudeville at Aline Rogers, a pretty ingenue, takes care of peating, it is claimed. present. her nombcrs in good form and appears to an advantage in several scenes. ' According to the present. Vail' told the NEW THEATRE FOR BROOKLYN Nina Mack is playing small parts and what Clippes representative in Cleveland, Sun- McNALLY AND DEVERE IN STOCK Plans have been filed for the building oi she does, she docs welL dayr that he intended to place his four moving Clevelanb^ O, Mar. 12.—Chas. "Tramp" a new picture and vaudeville the- Kolb staged a novel opening for his principals^ houses in stock. The New Empire, Cleve- who made their entrances through three McNally and Mitty Deverc are appearing atre, to cost $350,000, in Brooklyn, on strc^ land, will open with stock on April 1st Court street, near the Schermer- poster boards, except the featured comdians. at the Star in stock burlesque, in this city. comer of the Peoples, Cincinnati, April 8th; the horri and State streets. The "motion picture" bit offered plenty of Louisville, April 15th, Dcvcre has been here seventeen weeks. comedy done by McAllister, Shannon, Forte and Gayety, on 'and the theatre is to have an entrance near The Miss Leary. Broadway, Indianapolis, on April 22nd. State' street will the end of the block and Harry Anderson- offered a singing specialty is HARRIS IN His idea to move the principals each BACK NEW YORK also have one on Court street, and will in one of two numbers and he put it ow. week, the cast playing the New Empire Arthur Harris has returned to New be built by the Deentraus Corporation, con- Miss , Rogers* "tough** number took well and will go to Ciiicmnati the following week York. He arrived from the Coast. Sunday, sisting of a group of investors, who secured went over. Miss De Lece did very well with her singing and so on. where he has been since early fall. Harris the property on a 40 year lease last Aug- specialty in one. She opened with an Italian Joe Howard's Bijou, Philadelphia, will formerly managed the Jean Bedini shows. ust at a total rental of $2,000,000. number and followed it with **Kiss Me Again.** go into stock on April 2iid. Miss Lcary's dancing number with the choms With the Bijou going into stock there PAYS TO BE A CHORUS GIRL KREMER LEFT $75,000 was well received snd went over big. is no doubt but that the Folly will do the Mioses Madison and Rogers more than same thing about the time the Bijou Dorothy A. Stokes, of 33 West Fifty- The Actor's Ftmd of America, is chief pleased with their singing and dancing specialty. changes its policy. sec 20 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14. NEW ACTS HERMINE SHONE AND CO. CHARLES AND INA BROOKS Theatre—ifrfcnt. TbeaUt—Regent. StyJ»-Skelch. Style Man and woman double. Tiine Thirty-one ttuautes. Time Twelve minutes. Setting—^^cio/. Setting Special in one. IN APRIL From a standpoint of scenic investiture Charles and Ina Brooks have an act this act of Miss Shone's is one of the that possesses many possibilities but most finest on the drcuit While none of the go a long ways before it is good for any- scenes is pretentions they are a]] ade- thing but the smaller or pop" houses. quate, there being six different sets al- The story concerns Hallowe'en and the together, and, as far as action is con- girl who, with her Jack-o'-lantem, is sup- cerned, nine scenes. The story concerns posed to mariy the first man she meets. itedf with the emotional reaction of a Charles Brooks is possessed of one of girl whose hand is being sought in mar- those faces that turn milk sour and he- riage by her rich employer and an im- uses it to good advantage. Of course he pecunious young man who has nothing is not really as bad looking as he pre- to offer but love and ambition. Each - tends to be. There are some very good of her suitors starts to describe what bits in the dialogue and some dever sit- married life to the other would be like, uations when the lights go out on the the particnlar period of the married life man and he is frightened in several other being acted out by the cast concerned. ways. The ^1 sings, "How Would. Natoially, each snitor, in seeking to You Like to Be a Kid Again?" and docs m^e his own position stronger, exag- nicely and the man deans up on "For gerates the disadvantages of life with Crying Out Loud," which he handles the other, this famishing the excuse for in a way of his own. The act is niody most of the comedy. The poor boy set bef6re a ^rdlow and black curtain aiA shows that if she marries the rich man the dance finish between the man and girl she will have a woman, appointed as u good for a laugh. The girl liandle» guardian over her to teach her etiquette, the kid dialect welL What the act needs that her every movement will be ordered is a litde speeding up but will when it that pleasure in and she will have no gets worked in, undoubtedly prove a his few minutes with her, her every good vehide. CC natural emotion being stifled. This scene ends widi her flying into a tantnmi and tearing off her expensive but exceedingly "ON THE ROOF GARDEN" hideous ^own. According to the wealthy Thtitit—Proctor's 23rd Strett. suitor, life with the poor lover will re- Stylo—Revue. solve itself into a continual battle to CUPPffi Time Twenty minutes. make the installment furniture last tmtil Stttina-^pecial. the final payments are made. Newport and Coney Island also are contrasted A six-piece orchestra and three ^rls with overdrawn comedy and the last contribute this offering, which combme5 will be Seventy years old and is scene takes place bade m the girl's sit- songs, dances and instrumental numbers ting room. The poor boy's uncle, rer and should do well as a doser on any going to celebrate its Seventietli poted to have been_ wealthy, dies leaving small time bilL nothing but unpaid bills. On top of The set represents a roof garden at Anniversary. this the yotith gets a telegram telling him night. Lanterns containing vari-colored his services are no longer required. The lights peer through the festooning and girl is asked to make her choice between lend a colorful touch. The band opens the two, Ae boy eliminates himself but proceedings with a livdy air. Two of she diooses him nevertiieless, and then the girls follow on in old-fa^oned cos- the rich man magnanintously offers the tumes and sing "The Bagful LiHle Girl» One of the events in connection kid a job at $2,00D a year. of Yesterday." The band follows with The sketch is so constructed that it is a selection that gives the boys an oppor- with the celebration will be the sure-fire for vaudeville, but panders so tunity to show themsdves as finished abjectly to the "masses'" that to anyone musicians. One of the girls returns for with an ounce of intelligence it is dis- a' pleasing solo d^nce, with the singer publishing of an gustingly trite. Miss Shone's acting is returning for "You've Got to See Mamma nothing superior, being for the most part Every Nig^t" Band follows with an- done with an aif ^ of burlesque. The other livdy selection and sbger counters young man, in striving to be exuberant, with "Lovm' Sam," with girls topping it IS merely stiff and the rich employer is with a snappy jazz dance for finish. ideally cast for the role of "villain." The act got by to good results in clos- The mother-governess role is taken by a ing, s^t here and can undoubtedly do as Number woman who does her best with a thank- Anniversary well in dosing spot on any small time . in some of the less part Miss Shone, bill. E. J. B. scenes, daringly shows her legs. We say daringly, advisedly. filled with interesting facts and But m spite of all the things that are STEVENS AND BRUNELLE sketch, die acting, the wrong wiUi the Tbeatze—Proctor's 23rd Street. scene changes and way It drags during Style Songs. stories of its long career in the act is sure-fire and can- die hokum, the Tiiae Fifteen minutes. not miss in any vaudeville house. Setting-Special. show business^ C. C This mixed team has a wdl chosea song repertoire that is put over with a HARRY VAN FOR5SEN rare degree of showmanship that gets the titMtct—Proctor's \2Sth Street. players over to a loud hand in eveiythiiK Styla—Blackface. they endeavor. A duet, "When Tm AU Advertising space in that issue Time Eleven minutes. .^lone With You," serves to plant them. Setting In one. The girl counters with "Why Do They Call Them the Good Old Days," whidi will he particularly valuable, but Harry Van Forssen is a stout chap, contrasts the conveniences of die present who appears in blackface, wearing mis- opens hb offering by to the inconveniences of the past The rates will the same. fit clothes and the be yelling the brilliant greeting, "Well, well, lyric is written in a comedy vein that makes for laughs and is sung well by fa—It" And after the_ tumultuous ap- little witb plause which greets this remark, whtdi the lady. The man follows a telephone song that works into "Lost Send in your copy now. should live in history, subsides. Van Wonderful Girl." His partner returns Forssen goes into a routine of talk just A _ in Spanish costume and both join forces as folly as clever as his opening gag. in a duet, "My Queen of the Argentine." Everybody in the world of theatri- The orehestra leader is used in niost of to the talk for the puroose of a straigfit The girl changes a Chinese costume sings aria from Butter- man. After the talk. Van Forssen closes and the "Madam it. fly" the of cals will read with several verses of a song, "Ma^je." with man singing "Song as counter melody. Seriously though. iForssen seems to Honolulu" a Both har- have the makings of a good small time manage to get in some real good the over bladcface comedian. If he had die ma- mony that puts number for an effectual doser. terial he would do for the pop house route. But with his present material, The turn should do well in an early an we can say is "Maybe." G. J. H. spot on any bill. E. J. B. —— — — — — —— March 14, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 2l\. An Ebony -Jazx Ttxtxe - AsjB^ Q,Hit asr HOT l,IJPS^ An erilirelyj/Gn^—^nd difforenl rhyfhm- A SensationalDance tune- andjustasSoodas aSor^ B. F. KEITH BOOKING EXCHANGE VARCOUVQ. B. 0. Orpheum—little Cottage— Four Week of Merck 19, 1923 Emmy** Pet*—Gene Greene—Vera Oordoo—Sar- gent ft Marvin—Cummins ft White. MEW TOBK CITT WIRRIFEO. MAR. FftUoe—Bupert loRllesc—MnrgB WaliJrou —Mn. VolentlDO—Will UMboner—Walten ic Waltcnt Orphaum—Dance Crratloa*—Benny Davl*—Don Bernard & Oarxy* Valerio—HaL Skelly—Thnrber ft Uadlaon. HlTeimlile—Ear, Hamlin & Kay—VatU St Gjffl— Ulllaid & Uarlln—Redmond & Wella. COI.U1CB1X8, OHIO DEB MOmZS, ZA. PANTAGES CIRCUIT Celanlal—The Bterllnsa—Mabel Burke & Co. Blc« & Werner—Pinto & Boyle—Tlie Sbarrocka Sftlth'i—Paul Brtlrll—Brraot & Stewart—Fnn- Orpbeum—Herbert*—Ja Da Trio—Blllj Dale ft Week of March 19, 1923 Bl Ba Bo—Geo. Yeoman & Unle—Ben Bernle A cU Amm—Herbert Clifton —Rj-nn. Wehcr Sl Ryan. Co.— PresMler A Klalns—O'DonoeU ft Rlalr—Etbel Parker ft Walthall. Orcheatn Miller ft Mack Dreams, Boys—Henry B. BT. PAUL. — — SETBOIT, mORs lit BtrMt—Demarett & Collette Marj Haynes **Whlxl of the Worid.** — Tempi* R. Robert* Travera Dongla* KAVBAfi CITT. MO. —Prmnk WUcox ft Co.—Uooley ft Srotvy—Bobble — & W. — & WIRRIFEO, Oordone, —Tom Smith—Soatbland Entertalnera—Stone St Orpbena—Otcott ft Mary Anih—William Faver- Fnncla—Boetock** Riding School —Rae Samael^^ thara—Cbarlle Brwin—W. O. Fields—Fireside Phil. IM. Tnaka—Mack ft CasUetoo—Olga MlaUa Alhamln Paleno'a Carter ft Comlsb — Dorb— Three Whlrlwlndi. Rererice—May ft Emler—Marino ft Martin—^Vlaaer Co.—Charbot Tortoul Co.—Walter Weama—Six China Bloft Plate Oould. —Vanltn ft Co.—Clayton ft Edwanl*. Sheika of Axaby. Bojal Mason ft Bbaw Hie Bbow Off Freda ft ORAin) RAPISB, laCH. — — — Kalo Bt.—^niscano Bros.—Speeder*—Glenn ft REOIRA ASD BASKATOOR Antbony Crsrta ft Haley Kooney ft Bent—DaTli — — Empreu—Joseph Diskay—Dewitt, Bums & Tor- Jauklsa. Pa^qoall Urom. Dummies—Princeton ft eraoa ft Pella. — rence—Snow, Culumbai & Hoctor—Oautler ft Pony JJOB AVGEEEB CAL. —Alpine Three—Bd Allen ft Taxi—Bnrka ft Betty. BroadvaT—Paramount Four—Kellam & O'Dare —Bjal & Early. Eltlnge Bn*1ey —Jlra HcWIIUami. Oiphenm—^oUan —Jessie —Max IHI>ZAirAPOZ.XB, ZND. ft Merits—Bert Howard—Carlisle ft Lamal—AerUI Jeffeiaon (Fliat Half) —Homer Romalne— Uli-' Valcntlnea—Allan Bogers ft Co.—Steppe ft TEL. UAS BBTANT town Downtown—Sophie Tucker ft Co.—Tom Pat- Kaith'a—Canova—Anderson & Burt—Hie Say- 0*Nell—Jean Adair ft Go. rlcola. (Second Half) —Von Horn ft Inez—Eileen tODi—Jack Norton—Fnwiey &. LouUe. HOI St.—Stars of Testeiday—A. ft M. Havel— —I*idU ft Ooai—Emls Golden ft Band. XOWEZX. MABB, Zelay*—Frisco—Love BIsteia. E. HEBUMENDINGEIU INC FraskUa (Fint Half)—Stanley ft Burna—Ljdell Kalth'a Bom & Moon—^lliomae J. Byan A Co. JEWELERS ' ft Olbaoo—Harry Jolaon. (Second Half) —^Tom nil —Van Clere—Tom Kclley—Mohr & Eldrldge— ^ TEllV* Patrlcola—Sterera ft Lonjoy. U WEST 4«TH STBEET NKV TORE Patrlco & BnlliTan. Orpheom—Tlieo. Boberts Benn ft Mint—V. ft Bec*nt (FInt Half) Three — — RIcbter Slaters— B. Stanton—Erwln ft Jane Connelly—Mallla Bart LaTlne ft Bits—Ulllan Shaw—Stevens ft I^orejoy. KOHTBEAI., CAH. —Boxy La Bocca. (Second Half)— Mr. ft Mta. J. Barry. (March 16) —Hartley & Patervon—^Timea & T&AYEL CoUaanm (Fint Half) —Mr. ft Mr». J. Barr^. Step*—Noel Tenter & Co.—Uoody & Dnnean KHsWAUREK. WIS. De I^ona DncH^lm ft Jack—La Pine ft teorr (Second Half)—CirroU ft Sedley—Cbaa. KeatlnE Dave Both—Sraytbe ft Janoe. Palac*—Eddie Leonard—McKay ft AnUne— ft Ci).—uman Bbaw. —Marriage venoa DlTatre— Regal ft Mooa Co. Frlnoao—Lime Trio—Dotaon—Wm. ft Joe Man- Hallen ft Bnsiell—JuggUnf Nelsons—Neal Abel- Hori Trio. Fordham (Flnt Half)—Carroll ft Bedley—Paall dell—Bert ft Betty Wheeler—Pa tricola—Owen Kennedy ft Berle—Antnmn Three. flPOXARS. WASH. ft <}oa>—I 22 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1923 CIRCUS OUTDOOR EXPOSITIONS MARINES CIRCUS OPENS SAT. EMBREY WITH WEIR CIRCUS NEW PARK FOR AURORA BIG PARK FOR LOS ANGELES Wirth-BImnoifeld Fair Bookiiig Asso- William Embrey has been engaged by AusoRA, III., March 12.—A modem Los Angeles, Mar. 12.—Ground will be ciation, Idc, of New York, are arrangiog The Weir Trained Wild Animal Grcus to amusement park to occupy several acres at broken on April 1 for the new park to be Bnal details for the Marine's Million Dollar break the two young female Indian ele- the Exposition Park will open here on built by the Allied Anuiscmcnt Company Circus to be presented at the 104th Field phants they recently purchased from Louis Memorial Day according to plans being of Los Angeles, capitalized at $3,000,000, Artillery Armor}-, 68th and Broadway, Rhue. completed by the officers and directors of which has purchased 26 acre:i of boulevard New York, beginniDg Saturday, Mardi the Central States Fajr and Exposition. frontage at Culver City. The principals in and continuing until Saturday, March The is the park, intended to be 17, MEEHAM IN NEW YORK park to be equipped with the most new amusement 24. The papers are giving this drctis plen- modem amusement devices and a huge out- the largest and most modern in the coimtry, ty of space and the advance sale is going George Meeham, Traffic Manager of the door swimming pool. The park will be sit- are Walter Hast, Milton D. Gardener, over very big, the boxes are sold out for Ringling Bros, and Bamum & Bailey com- uated east of the railroad tracks at the Amaury Mars, J. S. Gibb. J. A. S. Ftir- the first four days. They will start their bined Shows came in last wedc from his fair grounds and e.\tend east to the band longc, William Pigott, Major. D'O. T. work on the streets Tuesday, March 13, Chicago home to New York. stand. The miniature railroad will operate Rochfort, Lord Haldon, John .Xnhur Nel- with Andrew Downie's Steam Calliope, from the main entrance to every building son and Count Enrico Lusema. Downie's elephants. Marine Band, and a on the grounds including the grand stand. The keynote of the new park, will be troupe of tanks. Following this circus the NEW ACTS FOR MAIN SHOW When the park is completed 5iere will be beauty and the incorporators look for their above company have oontiacts to foUorw: an extra program of attractions every night profit to the fact that Los Angeles now F. J. Frink, Agent of the Walter L. Main Yaarab Temple, .\tlanta, Ga., wcdc of of ithe week throughout the summer months has an all-year-round season and is the Circus was in New York last week arrang- March 19, R_ M. Striplin, Managing Direc- and it is expected that the park will attract Mecca for tourists from all over the -u urld. ing for several acts and animals that will tor, Harrisbarg, Pa. Elks Million Dollar thousands of visitors and motorists from be added to the Show this season. Circus will open in the new Mageors Col- Chicago and other nearby towns during the FAIR FOR ATLANTIC CITY liseum week of April 2. being the first show summer. American Ex]^sition Fair will take to be given in this coliseum. Shrine Mil- BOWERS COMING TO NEW YORK An lion Dollar Grcus, Watertawn. N. Y.. place at Young's Million Dollar Pier, At- Bert Bowers. President of the ENDY LOOKS FOR FEATURE lantic City, N. 16 to Sept. wedc of April 9, with more dates to fol- W. J., June 8, 1923, H. N. Endy, Manager of the low. Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus will be in New Endy the project being scheduled to rival any York shortly again on business. Shows came in to New York last week similar fair held in European countries. from Pottstown, Pa. Mr. Endy is looking BOSTOCK ANIMALS ARRIVING The affair will be given under the auspices MAIN ACTS FOR MARINE SHOW for a Good Feature Show and will furnish of the American Home and Gty Beauti- Oande W. Bostodc ejipei-ts a large ship- complete outfit, he also wants help for his ful Association with the twofold object mcDt of Wild Animals to arrive in New Andrew Downie, manager of the Walter rides and Wm. Alden of Luzerne who has of encouraging the use of articles of Amer- York on or aboat Maidi 20. In the ship- L. Main Circus, will be in New York early the Cook House on the Show, wants help. ican manufacture, and educate the people ment are two large Female Indian Ele- this week with his performing elephants, The Show opens Saturday, April 28, 19^, in home and city beautification. phants, Five Trained Chimpanzees and an calliope and other circus material for the at Tamaqua, Pa., under auspicious of die Management of the fair is in the hands African Leopard for the Hagenbeck- Marine Million Dollar Circus that opens Tamaqua Acetic Association, Inc. Mr. of A. Conrad Ekholm, exposition manager, Wallace Grcns. There were four Ele- next Saturday, March 17, at the 104th Field Endy will have a Show this season with former president of Avenue Hotel Asso- phants to arrive but tfwo of them died on Artillery Armory, Sixty-seventh street and novelties and will surpass last season's or- ciation of Atlantic City, and director of ganization the best Gilly their way from IniUa to London. Broadway, New York. as one of Shows manyexpositions in the resort. More than on the road. 100.000 square feet of floor space will be available for exhibition purposes and will - CAMPBELL FORMING SHOW INDOOR CIRCUS PLANS ADAMS IN NEW YORK be devoted to eight principal groups. William (Low Grass) Campbell, late of it. M. Harvey of Mugivan-Ballard- Whitey Adams an old-time concessioner the Gunpbell-Bailey-Hotchinson Grcus, is through BLEI Bowers Crcuses is making a trip who has been spending the Winter in SELLS SHOW INTEREST at Tarboro, N. C. organizing a two-car the east, visiting the larger cities looking Washington, D. C, came to New York last ' i^elix ' BIci has sold his interest in the minstrel show. Both his mother-in-law, for buildings suitable to put on their Big week. Mr. Adams has not as yet decided Knickerbocker Shows to his partner Moris Mrs. Louise Hall, widow of the late George Indoor Circus next winter. The Indoor as to what show he will be with this com- Lagg. Mr. Blci is not as yet ready to Hall and Mrs. Campbell have been sick Circus played as far east as Pittsburgh, ing season. announce his plans for the coming season. wth the flu. Pa., last season, but will play several towns in and around New York next season. SPARKS' AGENT IN NEW YORK Tony Ballinger, General Agent of The McCaffrey in new york Spurlo Circus, has been in New York WALTER L MAIN CIRCUS WANTS for several days awaiting the arrival of the J. C McCaffrey, of the United States several Animals Aey recently pur WHEN THOUSANDS OF SINGERS AND MUSICIANS TAKE THE TROUBLE TO WRITE US AND SAY THAT "MY MOTHER'S LULLABY By BETTY GUUCK—The Ten-Year-Old Child Wonder IS A NATURAL HIT AND THE BEST NUMBER THEY HAVE USED IN MONTHS. IT SHOULD BE AN EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU TO PUT IT IN YOUR ACT OR UBRARY. WHEN YOU WANT A WALTZ THAT GETS —^TRY "HAWAIIAN NIGHTINGALE"ENCORES WRITE US WHERE YOU'RE PLAYING AND GET YOUR COPIES BY RETURN MAIL 1658 BROADWAY TRIANGLE MUSIC PUB. CO., Inc. NEW YORK March 14, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 23 IM HONA/ OPEN TAMAQUA, PENNA., SATURDAY, APRIL 28th, 1923 UNDER AUSPICES OF THE TAMAQUA A. A. INC. Wanted, a Feature Show. Will Furnish Top and Outfit for Same Hdp for Cook House, Addreu WM. ALDEN, Luzeme, Penna. Help for Rides, Address H. N. ENDY, Pottstown, Penna. H. M. ENDY, Mgr., 228 High St, Pottstown, Penna. STEPHEN WOODS DEAD P. M. A. AND EQUITY BROADWAY SHOW WEEK DULL zee and had a packed house on hand to welcome the attraction; Miller With the death of Stephen Woods last CConttmud from page 3) Rusiness at the Broadway Henry theatres last his Ga.,_the folks week made debut in "Pastenr." at the Em- week at Atlanta, Exposition . had the majority of abroad. There are several other managers the producers pire Theatre under the Frohnan manage- have lost one of their best friends. Mr. of attractions digging into who have the same feeling as this one. their reserves ment and John Cort' presented a new mu- Woods was the highest salaried General to meet expenditures. The They say that in case the door of the week started sical comedy, "Go Go," with Agent in the Outdoor Show World. Start- off very badly on Monday a white east "American theatre" is locked they ivill and Tuesday at Daly's 63rd Street Theatre, which took ing as a young man in the Circus, he soon the gross m most theatres seek other fields to do their chosen work hardly passed the place of "Liza," the negro turned to Exposition Shows and for sev- that of the preceding show which in. evening, in the ma- moved to the eral seasons piloted the Nat Reis Shows jority of the Nora Bayes Theatre. It ms expected that at the meeting of houses. The only theatres in the capacity the \yhich and same with C W. the Equity organization which -was held could boast of liberal patronage on Parker Shows for a long time, was a those evenmgs last Sunday in the Equity-48th Street The- were the Maxine Elliott NEW partner of Bill Kice when they the with POUCY FOR CENTURY had atre that the proposed conference would Ram;" the Cort with "Merton of Almo Show after which he was General the Movies;" San Francisod. be mentioned to the 1,500 members who the Booth with "The March 12.—Ackepnan Agent of the A. Wortham Interest and Harris, C attended.. However, there was no refer- '^^ Lil«rty with "Lit- & lessees of the Centniy Tlcatre, for the past two seasons with the Rubin tle.^^''m''?,-"'^^^'Nellie will make this ence made to the matter and the entire Kelly;" the New Amsterdam house a prodncmg boose, and Cherry Shows. Mr. Woods owned and have engaged the time of the meeting was taken up in dis- ^'^K^"** tJ« Shubcrt services ofFanchon considerable interest in and around Cali- withh The Marco to stage cussing Sunday performances in the legiti- Greenwich Follies" in their & all the coming prodsc- fornia in land, vineyards, etc. His wife, linal week; tlie tions. The success mate theatre and a discussion regarding Gaiety with "Loyalties" of offering "Stmttin' who makes her home in Chicago, was with Times Along," which was the nomination and election of ofScers for in Square with "The FooL" staged by Fancbon & him when he died and the remains were All of the Marco under the the ensuing year. other attractions were way off dircctioo of Adkoman brought on to Chicago and the funeral on these days for Harris, is the The meeting placed itself on record corresponding days of & reason for this new was held Friday, March 9, 1923. previous weeks. policy. The against being opposed to Sunday perform- Wednesday matinee, with present show, which is play- tne avalanche of ing to $1.50 top ances by members of the organization in suburbanites was the first with war tax added is SHEESLEY SHOWS OPEN IN APRIL sign of life during the proving a big money getter, cities where these performances are not week with business for the first evening week's R. A. (Whitey) Josselyn, general agent permitted by law. picking op considerably receipts was upward of $12;0X>. o\cr that of with an of the Greater Sheesley Shows was in President Emerson presided at the meet- the previous evenings of the increase of $2,000 for the Mcood week. Thursday, week making New York last week. Mr. Josselyn has his ing and he with Gilmore and Grant Stew- Friday and Saturday, it $14,000^ and the diird weA however, took a has_ already run up to fully show contracted with several fairs in the art voiced the sentiment of the organization turn for the better with $14,000, with biismess commg a big advance for Fast and South. The show will open upon the matter. A number of members in very heavy and en- the loailh week, and it aliling the attractions looks as if the will about' the middle of April nearby the occupied the floor at different times and to make a fair show- show nm over six ing on the week. weeks. The revue to follow winter quarters at West Allis, Wis. agreed with their officers in the condemna- A good many of them, will be en- however, were unable tirely composed of white caist, The show will feature a big trained wild tion Sunday performances. to overcome the a and win of start oi W include the first half some well known l animal show this season and Mr. Josselyn After the discussion a resolution which of the week wiS "-^'in as well he result that quite as vaudeville names,- has been looking over several animals to read as follows was adopted: a number feU below and rehearsals are tlieir guaranteed already begun, and take the place of the animal show that give the council our strongest sup- gross to the house. Ackerman & Harris "We Will spare Mr. Sheesley sold to the Howe's London The Le Blane ticket no expense for scenery, ward- port in their recent action in requesting . offices were used m good robe and salaries, for they never Show last year. members of this organization not to play stead during the entire week bv do thiiHs attractions by half. on Sunday, and we request our council in directly and by the ticket brok- ers who were CONEY ISLAND OPENS all cases in territories where it is not at stuck on their buy for at- tractions not listed at Promise for a successful summer sea- present already legal and customary, to the &iporimn. NEW NAME FOR PARK THEATKE for which were readily disposed son was given last Sunday when more forbid us to play on Sunday, except of. ^r^ the fir. sey City, 12-17; Miuer'a Bnmx, New York, French Models—Broadway, Indianapolis, 12-17; STOCK FOR THE BUOU 19-24. Garden, Buffalo, 19-24- The burlesque stock season will be in- BURLESQUE ROUTES Keep Smiling—Columbia, Chicago, 12-17: Star Girls-a-la-Carte—Gayety, Brooklyn. 12-17; Lyric, & Garter, Chicago, 19-24. Newark, 19-24. augurated at the Bijou Theatre, Philadel- Gayety, phia, on April 2, under the management of Knick Knacks— Washington, 12-17; Gay- Girls from Reno Bijou, Philadelphia, 12-17; ' — Isie Hirst. COLUMBIA aRCUTT ety, Pittsburgh, 19-24. Folly,. Baltimore, 19-24. Joe Howard and Let's Go— Casino, Boston, 12-17; Grand, Wor- Louis Redebheimer is booking the prin- Ameriem Cirls—Yorkville, New York, 12-17; Girls from Folies—Empire, Hobokcn, 12-17; cester, 19-24. cipals- Canno, PhiUdelphii, 19-24. Gayety, Brooklyn, 19-24. Big Hurlis Semon's New York, 12- Maids of America—Colonial. Cleveland. 12-17: JunborM— & Hello Jake Girls—one nightcrs including Niagara Prcvidence, 19-24. Empire, Toledo, O., 19-24. 17; Empire, FaUs, 12-17; Majestic, Albany, 19-24. HAMP'S FATHER DIES Billr Watson Beef Trust—Emprcu, Cbicago, 12- .Mimic World—Grand, Worcester, Mass., 12-17; Jingle BcUs Majestic, Scranton, 12-17; Bijou, J. W. Hampton, father of I. B. Hamp, 17; Carety, Detroit, 19-24. Hurtig & Semons, New York, 19-24. — Philadelphia, 19-24. of the "Flashlights of 1923" company, Bob Tanj—Star & Garter, Chicago, 12-17; Em- Mollie Williams* Show—Gayety, Pittsburgh, 12- 12-17; died March 2 at Waycross, Ga., 56 years prcas, Chicago, 19-24. 17; Colonial, Qexeland, 19-24. Jazz Time Review—Garden, Buffalo, one nighterj in New York State, 19-24. of age. Broadway Breyities—Cebcn*» Newburg, N. Y., Radio Girls—Gayety, Rochester, 12-17; Lyceum. 12-14; Rialto, Poughkeepsie. 15-17; CaJiao, Ithaca. N. Y., 19; Auditorium, Auburn, 20; Jersey Lilies—Majestic, Wilkes-Barre, 12-17; Braohlrn, 19-24. Stone, Bingbamton, 21; Colonial, Utica, N. V., Majestic, Scranton, 19-24. AUCE EDWARDS MARRIED 22-24. Broadwar Flappen—Casino, Pbiladclpbia; 12-17; Kuddlin' Kittens—Penn Circuit, 12-17; New Charles Wesson and Alice Edwards of 19-24. Heere's Show—Empire, ToroUo, Ont.. 13-17: F^Iace, Baltimore, Empire, Qercland, 19-24. were married at Gayety, Buffalo, 19-24. the "Big Jamboree Co." Bowei7 Barlesqnen—Gayety. Katuas City, 12- LaiSn' Thru 1923 —Howard, Boston, 12-17; Plaza, Fairhaven, N. J, March 4. 17; open, 19-23; Gayety, Omaha. 24-30. Rockets, Palace. Baltimore, 12-17; Gayety. Wash- Springfield, Mass., 19-24. ington, 19-24. Bubble Bubble—Gajrety, Buffalo, 12-17; Gayctr, Midnitc Klaidens—G«.,ety, Louisville. 12-17; PEARL REPLACES BROWN Bochoter. 19-24. Step On It—Empire. Newark, 12-17; Orpheum. Broadway, Indianapolis, 19-24. Paterscn, 19-24. Jim Pearl succeeded Walter Brown as OnuUc* of 1923—Open. 12-16; Gaycty, Omaha, Miss N- Y., Jr.—People's Cincinnati, 12-17; 17-23. "Sliding" Billy Watson, Fun Show—Gayety, Mil- Gayety, Louisville, Ky., 19-24. comedian at the National Wintcrgarden, waukee, 12-17; Columbia, Chicago, 19-24. DaTC B^rion's Own Show^Empirc. BtDoklyn, Pat White and His New Big Shows—Star, Brook- New York, on March 12. 12-17; Yorlcrille, N. Y.. 19-24. Social Maids—Gaycty, Omaha, 10-16; Gayeiy, lyn, 12-17; Empire, Hobokcn, 19-24. Miimeapolis, 19-24. maUigfau of 1923—Caitno, Brooklyn, 12-17: Round the Town—Folly, Baltimore, 12-17; Penn SYLVIA SEVILLE WITH RADIO GIRLS Newark, 19-24. Step Lively Girls—Empire, Proridrncc. 12-17: Circuit. 19-24. Empire, N. J., Sylvia Seville^ formerly with the "Mid- Gayety, Boston, 19-24. Sweet Bay Bees Lyric, Newark, 12-17; Majestic, Follies of the Day—Minerva Bronx, New York, — nite Revels" has joined the "Jladio Girls." 12-17; Cbbcn's. NewbtiTg, N. Y., 19-21; Kialto. Talk of the Town—Gayety, St. Louis. 12-17: WUkesbarre, 19-24. ^Qghkecpsie, 22-24. Gayety, Kansas City, 19-24. Step Along—Park, Bridgeport, 12-17; Olympic, MAE SANTLEY CLOSES Frank Finney Berne—Orpheum. Pateraon, 12-17; Temptaticns of 1923—Open, 12-17; Cjvcty. St. New York, 19-24- Hajetfie. Jeney aty. 19-24. Louis, 19-24. Town Follies—Empire, Cleveland. 12-17; Peo- Mae Santley closed with the "Jersey Cincinnati, 1924. FoUy Town—Lyricv Dayton, 12-17; Olympic, Cin- Town Scandals—Gayety, Minneapolis, 12-7; Gay- ple's, Lilies" company at Newark, N. J. cmriimati, 19-24. ety, Milwaukee, 19-24. data—Gaycty, Detroit, 12-17; Empire, Tonnio, Wine. Women and Song—Stone, Binghamton. Ont.. 19-24. 14; Colonial, Utics^ 15-17; Gayety, Montreal, Can.. 19-24. Gremwidh Village Reme—Gayety. Mcntrol, Can,, 12-17; Caitno, Boaon, 19-24. Vonthful Follies—Gayety, Boston, 12-17: Colum- PHILADELPHIA'S MOST POPULAR BURLESQUE THEATRE bia. New York, 19-24. Hello Good Time^Empire, Toledo, O., 12-17: UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Lyric, Dnytoo. O.. 19-24. JOE HOWARD AND ISIE HIRST Hippity Bop—Cilmnbia. New York, 12-17; Em- MUTUAL CIRCUIT pire, Brooklyn, 19-24. WILL OPEN STOCK SEASON WEEK OF APRIL 2ND Hand Box Rerieii-—Olympic, New V..r'k. 12-17: Philadelphia, Pa. Cincinnati, 12-17: CHORUS GIRLS ADDRESS BIJOU THEATRE, Jack Reid'a Show—Olympic, Star, Brooklyn, 19-24. open, 19-24; Gayety, St. Louis. 26JI. PRINCIPALS APPLY TO LOUIS REDELSHEIMER Klappers of 1923—Majestic, Albany. 12-17; Jemmy Cooper's Beauty Rcriew—Majesti^ Jer- Howard, Boston 19-24. MUTUAL BURLESQUE OFFICES, NEW YORK CITY STARS OF BURLESQUE WOMCOfOT OMIKSE YES WITH CIMGC JINGLE RNI IVIACK BELLS UADT TU* trie Im the bat all anad ateoias tria h Wrm TO bnrleaqne and has been far yearb Tha^ ara not BAXNEY I Nl I alone a fine singinx trio, bat aiw vasr TalaaUe to any CERARDTS show, as each one of Ilia boya can pUy a pai^ 7^*7 FOLLIES OP BEN JOSS. UAUY BART. JIM KAU. prove Ibis all thraiub Iba abov. SSD-iti^Hr. THE DAT rmauk. donna at «LAD TO GET BACK AOAIN CHAS. (Red) MARSHALL BETTY BURROUGHS WITH MOE MXSSINCS -KUDOLnfO 1 DAnn-ir, dashing soubrette JIMMIE COOPER'S BEAinY REVUE I IVII IMI WTIH lONDON OATnr ooajT DtCENUE-aOUBRETTE—•TOWN FOLLIES" y March 14, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 25 PARAMOUNT BALL BIG AFFAIR MILEAGE BOOKS OUT MAY 1 The second annual ball of the Paramoant The issuance of 2,500-mile, interchange- Qub, consisting of members of the Fam- able mileage books by the railroads ac- otis-Flayers Lasky Corporation, was held cording to the order of the Interstate Stocks in the grand-ballroom of the Commodore Commerce Commission, which was sup- Amusement Hotel on Friday night, March 9. Over posed to take place March IS has been We have compiled reports in convenient form on 2,000 people, representing motion picture postponed, the Commission agreeing that FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY. GOLDWYN PICTURES, stars, producers and vaudeville . stars it was "physically impossible^ as rlaimnl ORPHEUM CIRCUIT, LOEWS, Inc. crowxled into the ballroom, the admission by the railroad officials, to publish the being five dollars per person. books and have them on sale by the earlier These reports cover earnings, dividends, market prices and a brief history Frolic" staged "Midnight by Ned Way- date. The Interstate Commerce Commis- of these nationally-known amusement enterprises. bum, 26 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1923 B. F. KEITH BOOKING EXCHANGE FAIX BIVZB. MASS. Orean—Dnnoo SI lUhaolt ft Cody—Shrlner ft Fits* slmmona, VAUDEVnJLE BILLS (Second Half)—Boss ft Foaa—Uelioy Bisters— ' Weak of Bhrcli 12. 1923 Mnrdock ft Kennedy—Phenomenal Player*—Butler PAWTUUKET. B. I, ICamHami from pog* 21) ft Parker Wm, Schenk (Second Robert ft Demont—Lelghtoa ft HEV TORK CZT7 — Co, Half)— Dn Ball—Baxley ft Porter—Mullen ft Prands Broadway—Carb«r & Comljib—Mabel Burke FIZCEBURO, MASS. Casting Campbells. OOLOUSO BPRIX08 AHS FVEBLO CreatlOBB— Emle Golden ft Rand Arthur Ansel — Cnmmings—Pcsd Duo—Johnny Bums—Robert Wood ft Wyde Revile Slcblptor's Garden—Sewell PHILABELPBIA, FA. Kaafmma & UlUan—RovKod & Wccbis—Mc- — HeniT Hodge—Kelly ft Drake—WUUe Jarbe SU- Cli«5«liDe Days Bristat Sbtera. • FulAJ^ Stat«n—a CotA— — . ters. Keystone Clown Seal—Dixie HamUton—Thorn. * GUck. Foidham (Second Half) —^Trlile Frl?ania—Joe ton ft Sqolrt—^nomton ft King-Mile. Modlsto. ' OLOVEBSfmXE, B. T. OMASA. BEB. T.aorie. Jr.—^Tcn Eyck ft WUey Mr*. Gene — (Second Halt)— ft George R, Perry-Al Flslier Qarmantown—Downey ft Clarldge—Annette & FlorcDcc—Jcw«l & Rita—MIn NobodT Hugbea. AnoM Co.—Bobby Randall. Arthur Sullivan Co.—Williams ft Tkylor—Henry —HuTT Tlfb«—HaTermaa's Animals—Glbaoa & Jaffarvon (Second Half) —raol Specbt'a Band Melody Six—Rawthome ft Cook—Amauta Thtc«. Batty. Al Sbayne—Cbaa. Keatlnjc—Vanderbllta—Pira- OB^HBBUBO, PA. KABBAS cm, KO. monnt Four—ReTue La Petite. Wm. Psnn (Second Half) —Breakaway Barlowa (Second Hilt)-P. ft H. Sunley—Gold ft Sun- Stlllwell Oo. ft Clienirnoff £xpo«ltlon — ft Fmser— Geo. BoUand —Lane Howard A: Jcma ChaM— — Reffoat (Second Half) —Harrr Jolion—Oroy ahlne—Waldman Bna.—Jack Reddy—So This 1m Harper. Foot—Spactacolar B«xtette—Bobby Lcbman—Bran Facea—Eilwants ft Edwanln—Wanka—Alen ft Broadway. PITT8BUB0B, FA. * Byaa. Canfleld. EARBiaBDRO, PA. BlUie Bowmao—Neapolitan Duo—Tne Lore. OEPmB, TEW, ZtanUla (Second UcKtnley—Btair- BaU)—Nell (Second Halt)—Force & Williams—Rojal Oas- Race—George F. Ball—Girl In the Moon—Dnim- 0ra7'-C«vll Con- ke.T. Bolb ft Hewitt Bvailaa ft White Hefaa ft Morgan ft — JLaack WalUn Trto Mofgan A: — — colgnes— Binder ^The Storm. mond ft White—Lorlmer ft Hudson: alagbam—Byno Bma. Band—Kaofman & UllUa. Wllte— (ninton Roooey Band—Harry Breea—Kel- lam ft O'Dar*. hatebbhx, mass. PXlTBilLLD, MASS, EamlltoB (Second Halt) —Or«y Fieei—Lillian (Second Half)—Roma Doo—Flake ft Fallon— (Second Half) —Tyler ft St. Clair—Man OS the I«ltxel—Norwood ft Hall—CarroU ft Sedley. Bometown Follies Kle« POU CRCUIT —Hel —Worden Btos. Ice Wagon—Bellly ft Rogers—Tim ft K, O'Meara. BBOOXLTS, K. T. of 12. 1923 hazeltob, pa. PLAnmEU), B, 7, Wm^ Mucb Flatbnah—Sopble Tucker—Arena Bros.—31m Mc* (Second Half) —Jos. Rankin—Pranfclyn Famiipi (Second Half)—Shenrtn KeUy—Brgottl ft Jeran BBIHaEPOBT, OOBH. WlUlami—Monis ft Shaw-Ernie & Brale—Clalra Co.—Danlce ft Dane—Disblngtoa's Dogs. —McNally, Kelly ft De Woir—Jungle Bungalow. ralam (SMvnd Hair)—Th« Bcntna—W. C. Vincent Co. Oorafleid-AbAt & I' Barlow—Ryan & DeTliic Proipact (Second Baltl —One Payton Co.—Ar- BOLTOKE. MASS. BEAOnrO, PA. thor Wbttelaw—^Te^aa Four—Fonnan ft Erana StollA llajb4] » iMd ot nsfo. (Second Half)—Win Monla—Cope* ft Hnton- (Second Hair) Cbae. Reader Jooea Ra.v Banon Waa Right. — — ft OkvMnl (ScesBd Half)—lA TbT'a UbdaU—CalTin The Lore Bug—Owen. Kelly ft Golden. Dillon ft Parker—Jimmy Lncns. * 0'f>mi«a Thf Dnqc CInfc—Monlelpal Fonr- BlTara (Second ITalf) —Irene FranMlo—Tom DaoclBC ahoM. Boward Co,—Bob Pandonr Troupe—Letlne ft Rlti ITHACA, K. T. BOCKVnXE CEBIER. B, T, - —Ray ConkUn—London Steppen. (Second Halt) —MIchon Broa,—Dorotbr Manning Manlllo Bros.—Nat. ft J, Farnnm—Fliliy Tale . ataxnao, con. Oroanpolnt—niatcm ft Orchcatm—Hampton ft Co.—Oren ft Drew. FoUles—Kramer ft Orlffln—^The Doctor Shop. fklas* (Saeo^ Half)—Mrick * DeTcn—Joan Bloke—Irving Edwaida—Harry L. Cooper Co. * TiJiiiann flaln ObU * Dany—Oiand Open Far Rockaway (Second Halt) —Knma Co.—Geo. JAME8T0WB, B, T,. SHEBABIMAH, FA. ScatlaK. riTe—Walmalcr * Moore ft Oiria—CiUfomla Tunbler*—Ctrroll & (Second Halt)—Al ft M. Joy—Harmon ft Hai^ (Second Half) —Eileen Flory—Laeme ft Peari>ou Oadtal (BaeoDd HaU>—Matbaa Bally—Doiotby Sedley—Ellnoi* ft WlOlama. moo—Hall ft Ermlnle ft Brlce—Boms ft T^n —Young ft Wheeler—Cboy Ung nee Troupe. Ttelor Co.—Kelao Broa.—Dc UUle—Bobby Heatb HandatBon'a, Conoy Island (Second Half) —Pay. Bower*, Walter*' ft Crooker. ft SperUw—Boa Dodma. ton ft Ward—Sterwn ft Bnunelle—The Betdlln- bievbebthJiE, o, JEBBE7 CITT, N, er*—Beanler ft Irwin—Valentino Orcbcotra. J. (Becond Halt)-Al Striker—Inula ft Ryan—8.vIo i^aSBSSt, oora. SUbabraona Co. Westerners Psol Edwards Co. —Eddie Caaaldy—Bobbctte'a Enlertalnct*. ALLEHTOWB. PA. — — An KrllT—Martin dc Coortacy—Basil ft AUh— —Mace ft Worth—Morray ft Dusty—Omrt, Kramer Vb^Bla Bnnadei*. Orpheom (Second Halt) —Archie ft G. Falli ft Oniet. 8TBACU8E. B, T. Torke ft Mnyelle— RIcht or Wionff—Henry & JOmfBTOWB-PlTTBBnBOB (Becond Bait) —Louis Londoo—Wella ft Robvns Hzw Kftvnr, cont. Moore—Dolly I>BrlR Berne. —leaning Jimmy Band— Marion Gibney—La Fleur Al (Second Half) —Paris ft Bradner—Bloe Bird ralaoa (Bacaod Half)—WaUaa Tnopc— A8BTTRT PARK. B. J. ft PortU. Rene—Uarka ft Wilson—Bronson & Edwards. Thicker—Ba Tomcir. B. 7. (Second Half)-Fridkin ft Rhode-Meredith ft TBEBTOB, Snoorer-DooIp.t ft Story—Yoonp Wanjc Co. Pin8BUBOB.JOBBBI0WV (Second Bait) —lloward'a Poole*—Espe ft But- ton—Alesander ft Elmore, AUBURB, B. T. (Second Half) —O'Brien ft Josephine—Pot Fourrl Rem*—Wllhata Trio—Flske ft Lloyd. ACTS ACTS (Secood Half)-The Salema—Flelda k Fink UnCA, B, T. Maticle Coate*—Kay, Hamlin ft Kay. LAB0A8TEB, PA. OoloBlal (Second Halt)—Lew Nelson Co.—T«- leak ft Dean Hartley ft Peterson Traps Moody BABGOB, ME, (Second Half)-Bemt ft Partner—Shone ft — — — VINCENT VALEN11NI Sqnlres— Magle ft Duncan. Martlnettl & Madln—Air Grant—Francla ft A Tablet. WATEBIOWB, B. T, liay—Carr. Cllltord ft Carr—Hodge ft Lowell Booth ft Klna. I,AWREBOE, MASS. (Second Bait)-Trip to HlUand—WUbur ft Lyoe (Becond Halt)—MIscthua Harper Clark Diamond*, Mi W. M St. BATORHE, H. 7. Co.- & —The -Arthur DeVoy Co,—Snile ft Rabies—McDentt, (Second Halt)—Boy ft Borer—Slartrte Burton— Kelly ft Qnlnn. W^EQJBO, W. VA. Sianley ft Blrae* Allman ft Howard—Bermuda ACTS — Manuel llomain ACTS nooml. LEWISTOH. ME. (Second Halt)-Paul SydeU— Trio—Dainty June Co.—Nixon ft Sana—Eva Fay. BOIOHAICTOB, B. T. Xnslo Hall (Smnd Hair> —Fid Gordon—Leonard aOSASTOS, PA. (Second Bait)-Mnltoy. McNeece ft Rich—Mom- ft Whitney—CasMn ft Elem—Emma Baymood Co, WILMIBOTOB, DEL. ford ft Sianley—Black ft Dnnlop—Trip to Bit- Bpleadld ft Partoei^-Cta»- (Second Halt)—Jaa. ft Edith Jamca—Gilbert A PaU'a (BceoBd Qalfl— land. LOHO BRABCH. N. J, Daiaia Ooofc ft Oalmas—Alln HamUton— Kenny—^Thomtoa ilynn Co.—IngUs ft Winchester Car ft B08TOB, MASS. (Second Half) Great Jobnfon North atmiard*a HHico. — — ft Soatb —Werner Amama Thive, Boston—Diinedin ft Pliyers—Doria Duncan [Tarrey ft Stone—Jo«. Stanley, Bpamnzu), kabs. Rolland ft Ray—Innls Bros.—FInk'a Mule*. YORK, FA. Palaoa (Bomad Half)—Ttclla Co.—Jo Jo Doolcy Boallay Bq.—Mirslnger ft Besthot—Knipp ft Opera Bonss (Second Bait)-The Lerays—Van J. Ryan Co.—Elale White—Wll- —FaattieoB Sinivn—I^n * Howlaod-Pbocba Cornelia—Thoa. MICHAEL. J..njOOD ft Varaon—Mr. ft Mrs, Btigh Bmmett—Morsn 4: klna ft Bnfbca. Baal Bek. Whitcalda Co. Box 44M NIcatswB P. OL Mack— Waihlnston 8t^—Craddork ft Shadne.T—Rnasell FUla, Pa. wATBumr, oon. Burke, Barton ft mm TOUBOBZOWB, 0. ft Ptetn Dreaa Rehearaal- ntn^Bry- — Valaoa (Baeaod EbilO—Bath ft Jean B uike Fr«d'a Beala. (Second Bait) —Chong ft Moey—Kennedy Bna. aaUa ft WDItg—Oaoic* I* Mali* Co.—Prlnccn BXADFORO. PA. LTBB, MASS. —^The (}6tden Bird—.Janet ot F^nee—The See- Nal Tal Tal—Brie FhlUtpa Oo. backa, (Second Bain—Waada—AUen ft KIrby—BriKoe (Second Half)—Harry Watklns—Rarrya ft Wol. AILABTA ABS BIBXIBaBAK WOKES.BAXBE. PA. ft Raob—Bnckridge Caaey Co. fords—^Harle ft Ann Clark—Ibach's Entertainer*. ft CtarlatT ft WIUa-rBiuhanan ft Campbell—BaW;: F^'a ini I laal HaUV-lablkawa Japa—UaKin 8RO0KXOB, MASS. McKBSPORT, PA. ft Von Kaotmao Loney Haskell—Ed Janls r.«ua. Owjiuw tlatm Bobaaa—L«* ft CraDatoo—Al — (Second Bait)—Mallada ft Dade—Sampael ft (Second Half) Gardner ft Aobrey Ray ft Bale WoMman — — wrpirrMfltrais ABB ATLABTA Leoabaid—H>Dk Brown Co.—Reynolds, Donesan —Married Again—Lanr Comer—Pope ft ITbo. Co. Van Arman'a Mlnatiela. Nl'a (Bmod H^UWobn 8. Blopdy Co.—Artie lUBCBZBTEB, V. H. OAMBBXDOE, MASS. (Second Half)-Batele lauilar—Stop ntef-Bam ft Duiid—BtcTen ft ft Redlleld—Three (Md BATOB BOUOE ABD BHBEVEFOBT 1933. Half) Aiehle Onri ft Chaps—ClaytoD Drew Player*—Mobr ft Eldridge— t«v»|or—F^dUcv of Central Oqnan (Second — Frank Work ft Co,—Roger WllUama—Golden Randolph Leon An March 14. 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 27 KMOZTILLE AMS OZATXAirOOOA SOUTH BQn>. IHD. Bag'gott ic' SbeldMt—Wtnlell ft CwU—Des- New Palaoa (Flnt HiUl-1-age ft Ureeu— lj» Slst«rs RfkTU«—Jo« Dftrcr—WUbor ft Adamii. Jamm* ft Prance—Cladde ft Fannie Usber—:iyl- Teater & Vance—Dainty Marie. (Second Half)— WXST T/LUf BEftOH ABO IBAMZ McGooda Lenxen ft Co.—Ray ft Edna Traccy Jto^r ft Buonj BrIU—BoKlUa—Mile. Vanity ft Jos. Hertwrt, Jr., ft Co.—Fred, lindsuy ft Co. Co.—Rome ft Oaat—^Tbrcc KlUns. BPBIKOFIELD, ILL. SAVABITAS AHS 7A0XB0KVIIXS Majestlo (First Bslf) —SIsnley Cliapnisu Uruii ft TbompflOD—Geoe Morgmn—Sampaon ft Franklyn & Charles—Lady Allce'a Pets. (Second DoiiRlaa—FIsano ft Uodauer—Prtonu Wablttka. Half)—The Baria—Rose O'Hara— Pllcer ft* Uou- Why do the high lights and shadows gl.ia—Lambert ft Flab—Bill Boblnson —Jim. of stage lightings emphasize and not fAOKSOtmLLE AKD SftVAllHAH ^ sPBnraFiELB, ko. depreciate her beauty? Because she Jobn Regay ft Co. UcCormlck ft WInehlll— — Four uses correct make-up—deftly applied. Tvrrace GlrlM—Fulton ft Bart—Oordon ft Daj. Eleotrio (First Half) —Edwarda ft Dean— Carle ft Edwards. (Second Half) —Irene TreTctte Artliits of the ataffc moA acreen who are OBEEimiXE AND AVOVBTA Hayes ft Uoyd. careful ubb LcIchner'aTollctPrcparatlona \>(»- «^ TuUj—Halinn ft Daj—Sootliara Kavtia and Theatrical Make-un. Creama— lEBSE HAUTE, OtO. to palnta— every- Howard ft Lewld —Uanako Japs. u ges—powdera~grease Hippodrome (First Half) —Snell ft Vernon thlnff to enhance rovr ataffe appearance COLVKBIA, 8. C. Keno, Keyea ft Melrose—Dooley & Sales—Maacot. la obtainable In the Ldchner Hoc— al* (Second Half) Grace Ayera ft Bro. Claude ft waya perfectly made fer perfect rcauUa. (Secvn-1 Half)—llnrry I.a Marr ft Co.—Jaala ft — — Fanny Uabet Sylveater ft Vance. Be anre you get Leicboer'at Ctaiplow—Ulllao HrrlelD ft Co.—HuntloK ft Fran- — dii—Art ImpRaaloiia. TOFEKA, EAH. At your druggUiM or sappfy Aocu« TAJfFA, ST. FETEBfiBUao AOS OBUVSO NoTelty (First Half)—Three Eddy SIstera— Vau ft Ty«on—Dorothy Bamer—PrlocetOD Flvo Wild ft HedalU—O'Neal SIstera ft Benson—Lloyd — Bllloit ft Latour—nolmaD Bros. ft Ooode—Aeroplane Girls. (Second Half) —Aus- tralian Axemen—McKay ft Earle—Jobniinn BrOH. BOAlfOKE Am WHTBTON-BALEK ft Johnson. Mvrritt ft Cougblln—Beisaid ft Mfrritt— Darla TOIUrPUPAMTIOMSamI TttCATIUCM. HMLUP ft Santry Rim City Koar—T%e LoDRfleMa. MARCUS LOEW CIRCUIT Sole Distnbutan: GEO. BOROFBLDT & CO, ttth St. ft Irrlng Ptae*. N. Y.' ROAVOZE, VA. March 14, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 29 in "I H Dir. LEWIS Ac GORDON By EDWIIW BURKE NO\A/ Amailcan (Flrat Halt) —Bobby Bnwater ft Co. 'MARCH HARES' IN MIDNIGHT SHOW NEW COLOR FILM PERFECTED BILLS (Second Halt)—Jack Adama ft nompaon Slaten VAUDEVILLE —Ollre ft Hick. "March Hares," which the Inter-Theatre PHnjkDELPatA, Pa., Mar. la—P. D. Ti—J- (Pint Half) —Ame Tranger ft (^ege Arts, Inc., had intended to give on Sunday Brewster, of the Brewster Color Pictures, Olrla — Brneat HUtt. (Second Half) — Bobby night, at the Little Theatre, could Inc., not o»- _ announced last week at a private Brewster & Co. JAOKSOH, KIOH. — tain tile sanotioa of Equity for a Sathoth showing of his newest picture, that a £aclawood (Pint Half) ^The Barta—Tango performance and postponed the opening process has been perfected for taking of IlAj«stlo (TliTM d«js onl7). (Secoiul Hair) SHoeii—Frank DvToe ft Co. (Second Half)-Lady Bariy Lewla. until a quarter of an hour after midnight natural ^ladyft OrMne—Walmui & —J. O. AUce'a Pets—Gaffney ft Walton—Qladya Dalmir color pictures under any eoodiSoos Jr., * Co.—B7*l & Etrlj—HumlKrIo Bro«. ft Band. on Monday moming. The Inter-Theatre of light either outdoors or indoors. Mr. XAUUCAZOO, laCH, ABEBDQH, B« D. Arts, In&, of which Miss Elisabeth N. Brewster, who made the color inserts for Orphanm (Second Half) Martha Boaaell ft Co. GrimfaaU. 65 Fifty-sixth street, is Griffidi's Bagaat . Willard Stone^ Halt)—Chamberlain ft Earl—Tango Shoea. Benson—Aeroplane *airla. . - K. formerly associated Mrs. Henry B; Harru, wbo resigned with A. H. Woods, tlie Shdberts, Cohan from' the riudiKjug Managcn* AsMcia- and Harris, and other ensnent prodttcert, tion two years ago, when she gave up the WHOM . Do You Tliink I Saw Last Week at Keilk'a Theatre. Providence? AND has been engaged as SAYI She U StUl There %rith Her Feet, LOOKS GREAT! Talk About a Cobm Backl manager of the Dra- prodoctien of pby*, has been le-deded a matic Departmoit of the Edward Snnll member of the oigjmizatifln. Harxis <;o and See Her, If Yoa Get a Chance. Who U It? Whj, Mn. Compaiiy, replacing Miss Isabelle Frentias, is the ptodocer o( The Crooked Square," who leaves to take care of some private business. J. Ehner Thompson will assist NE^ SCENE IN "FOLLIES" Mr. Stone. MAUD DETTY A scene representing the interior of the tond> of King Tut-ankh-Amen will be in- NICOLAI IN SHE IS WITH LE ROY RICE'S PHENOMENAL PLAYERS I PALM BEACH troduced in the "Ziegfeld FoDicij" at the George H. Nicolai, secretary of the Pro- New Amsterilam Theatre late this wedc ducing Managers' Association, left for a It was written by Gene Buck and will be OCTAVIA three weeks' sojourn at Palm Beach last enacted by Gallagher and Sban and G^ilda STUTZ & BINGHAM Saturday. Gray. Who Is ha? Now pUpins Loav Cbodt. HANLON ft nansAN Get the Live Wire Vy-bro Banjo Bridge The bridge that put band in banjos. Makes every Ic NA/alsIn & banjo ring out with a snap from IS to 25 seconds. En- dorsed Wbat N. Y. CUpptr Say*: Jack Walah and OwniienyOwniiany vcte aneObcr at a< the bm by premier Banjoists of two continents. Made in a tabloid mnaiaif cnoiedy, "LittlexLitUe. MlsaMiss SansUiM/*,«innaMn«>^ WiWalsh is a sort of «f Ike for Banjo, Banjo Mandolin, Banjo Tenor, Banjo Ukelele. lata William DdoIct, and seta orer hla cmedp amff with pameb and papL Price 25c by mail. Special prices for dealers. Patented in U. S. A. and Canada. WILBUR HOLTON WILLIAM POST 4S9 SIXTH AVE. Dept. A BROOKLYN, N. Y. SenMtional Dancer with K«bo Bros. & Co. 3b THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 14, 1923 HARRY WALKER IN NEW OFHCE GILBERT PLAN LOOKS GOOD DEATHS Harry Walker, head of Harry Walker, The L. Wolfe Gilbert Music Corpora- LETTER LIST Inc., who has maintained a booking ex- tion, which was incorporated last Decem- change in the Astor Theatre building for ber for $1,(00,000, is increasing the num- assistant sccretarr of UDIES Leraii, Ards , 1. A. WILLIAM STUART, several years, assumed occupancy of his ber of its stockholders daily as various the Natiooa] Vaadevillc Artists dob, died oo AUoi. Uuid B. Uofd. Bcoole ( Smllb offices in building, BtllCT. Biiir Saturday, Mairh 10. in Dr. Amey's Sanitariam, new suite of the Earle orchestra leaders as well as non profes- Ura. E. Lopo, Qtsrlotte Bsker, U>T. Pearl Cooeejlo, ^rle at JOS West 75th Sti«t. after a w«k*s iUaras Broadway and Fifty-second street, the lat- sional people are purchasing small and Emn Bunnter, UcOuu. Flmi. Jtmsi J. pnenmonix Stuart was fort7*eigbt yc^n OoUy Pear with ter part of last week. Walker recently large blocks of stock, some of it on the Bmm. Kalhlteo Alna Fittcba-. EdsBjd native of Oiamberstoxvn, Pa. Prior MmUU old, and a. Bnnta, Uarfls Ulller, Adalt Frsoclllon, Uso- A., formed a "cabaret circuit," which will be easy payment plan. to beasminK a^siiitaiit secretary of the N. V. Rfoai, Nlss Ulller. Flo Kelly ilee i. which office be had held since the organization handled in the ne^v oflice and which pro- Stock in the corporation is being sold Outar, Ifna Ulller, Vinsa FttniUo, MorL was formed, he hiJ been a well^koown artist, vides forty weeks' work for performers. the general public at the rate of $5.00 Oury, Cvsl Hovtlscy. Dolly Frtemao. J. B. appeared in many legitimate plays, stock OomeU, Frances Mjciv, BcM Hal], Billy havioff Walker has tentatively set the circuit in par value for the preferred stock each enKaKcmenU and also as* a vaodeville actor. CodlfllSD. Flo O-Conser, Kllteu Uealy, Tim Kclloo, Aiyaa In additicai to betoff a member of the N. V. A-. operation with twenty cabarets and hopes share of which carries with it one share DesthefSfc. Uarie B>y. HsiK a Mason ^nd an Elk. He leaves DsjUn, Vie Beysolde. BUlle he was also to add others to the chain from time to of ihe common stock as a bonus. The LmtcD. Hany H. brothers thre« sisters. Uovttr. Prlnecsi Bltefx. loea his father* fonr and EUisnth. MuseU. B. deeply loved by the members of time. Associated with the Walker office preferred stock is eight per cent accumu- DMt Bleb, Ufl. Stnsrt was Fomal. bila Rdxru, E. UcOidn. Bob Artists, who fondly will be Frank Silver's Orchestra Ex- lative, and the reason for the organiza- the Natkmal Vandcrillc Foi, Once C ScsBOD, Oivla Ulller, Wees. BiIL'* He was always visit- Mcrsn. called him "Smllinir change, . which will assemble orchestras tion's sale of the stock to the public is Franklin. Htr- Gprlafer. Blilc Wis. F. nnlortnnate manbers, who were either ill, Moltar. tto ing for the revues that Walker is assembling to get as many boosters as possible ricUs F. Blanlcy. Edna O or in bad Inck» and bmiaht smiles to many a FncaiD. Boss Stone, AdIU Nttdtton, Lcniy downcast face Uo«t of his time was spent in to play over his chain of cabarets. thronghour the country, as every stock amrlte, ElDi Wslky, EUen Puiin. Loo Blic. lew bcMpitals, visiting ill members. Flaborate serv- Upon entering the new office last week holder will help make each song popu- Ollnerv. Pee Wm Wsnlnctofl. JuH Gcodalc, WsUOO. BliDOld, Stanley ices were hdd at the N. V. A- cn Monday in IMdr Glsdn Walker was agreeably surprised by a num- lar, etc. Orsy, KlesBor Waa. Mrs. E. Sanuy, Bemy the ffrand ballioom. which fatuidreds-of members a Hsrrll, Pauliac nuie, Uitiel Tbon^iOD, h. F. in order to pay thar last mpects to ber of floral tributes and a deluge of tele- Preparations are now under way for an attended Bauliai. Uadllt tVblte, Un. HUL UdeU, ass. K. one who had been a real man and a rcRoJar grams, all of which is concrete evidence enlarged catalogue and staff to extensively Holdco. Ems VhllDey, Vil. Vso. ice fellow. of the esteem in which he is held* by mem- exploit the new numbers, including "The HolUdijr. IitM WUUuns. Msme Vlliuans, Jibs The services at the N. V. A. club were nad lloni, UlldRd WooA, HaJlSRt F. bers of the profession. This should be Natchez and Robert E. Lee," is by Dr. Nathan Seagcl of St. Stevens Chareh. which Jscksia Anns Woods, rust Weber. BnaeU B. Hfpry Chesterfield, secretary of the orsanizatian sufficient to dispel any doubts he may have already being featured by Vincent Lopez U Umit, UuMC GENTLE II EN wells, CUbot Lsaden, Wblie, Btny rendered the cnloffy, while solos were sung >y had that Fifty-second street was a bit out and other orchestras. The interest of or- Ctm Bcemao 4 Qfia Law, Benlce Bell, MLsnle WllllaDis, Boo and Craig Campbell. .A trio coa- Yvctte Rngel of the beaten path. chestra players, singers, musicians and sistinir of Al Eley, Ellen Hopkins and William Moore rendered hymns. Masonic and Elk's scr- other professional people in the plan will viccs were also hdd mt the dob. "BAT" SHOWS CLOSING no far toward putting it successfully over, "WHY NOT' RETURNING TO 48lh ST. making the songs popular and making the Reverse "English" is being employed on Wagenhals and Kemper will close three ni'w plan profitable one. Jesse Lynch William's play "Why Not," IN MEMORIAM of their touring companies of "The Bat" wliich is now at the National Theatre. This within the next ten days. ' This will make production was recently presented by the WILLIAM STUART a total of four of their seven companies BRADY REVIVES "UP THE LADDER" Equity Players at the Equity-48th Street died Saturday, March 10, 1923. closed so far this season, and the other William A. Brady is reorganizing "Up Theatre. Business at first was not very we'll meet afaiti, three will probably end their touring by Some future day the Ladder" to open at the Playhouse, Chi- ^ood but with the aid of the cut rates it In a land of jay, where is no fain the end of May. _ . IVkile h^re beltne your toss me rneurn, cago, Sunday evening, March !8. TIii; l)Cgaii to pick up after several weeks. Then The Eastern company will close its tour A new angel in Heaven now ti bom, comedy which starred Dorris Kenyon had the Equity' people decided tiiat they would at London, Ont., on Thursday; the South- for aiul Mrs. Willaaia Demmrect played but few of the principal cities when have to get rid of it to make room a Mr. cm company will wind up its engagement it was withdrawn earlier in the season. new play "Roger Bloomer," which closed at Scranton, Pa., on Saturday, and the Mr. Brady has faith in it as a money Saturday night aft'er an eight-day run, and .NELSON COFFIN, well known musician, died Western company will do its last turn of maker and is assembling an entirely new . WAKING'S PENNSYLVANIANS Orchertrm lacentpwable FRED \V.\RIXG. l>irrclor TOM WAMNG. Vocalist March 14, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 31 E.F. ALBEE 1. X MURDOCK P. F. FRocnm J.&ASSBEites B. F. 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