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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
Among the High Varieties.

Some idea Of the srrenuousness of modern
vaudeville may be derived from the movements
of Martin Beck, general manager of the Orpheum
circuit. Like many another man at the top
Mr.. Beck wants to be where things are going
on On Wednesday, Oct 10, he was in his
Chicago booking Office; he was in San Francisco
closing up a deal for a new Orpheum In Oakland
on SATURDAY. Oct. IA; over in ST. Paul opening
the new Orpheum Oct. 1S to 20: New York Tues
day, Oct. 20. This is hardly fair sample of
the general managers speed, however, as he
usually travels much faster than this.
The Oakland Orpheum will be built in response
to an insistent demand Of the people across the
bay from Frisco.as-It will probably be built
temporaneous1y with the new Frisco Orpheum.
e Papinta, the Spanish dancer who in private
life is Mrs. w. J.. Holpin, has won suit es-
tablishing her right to the 15o-acre ranch owned
by her late husband near the base of Mount
Diablo, Cal. The ranch was purchased with the
dancers earnings, but the failure of her husband
TO leave will allowed his relatives to lay claim.
Lottie Collins Of Eta ra ra boom de-ay' fame,
who has been in retirement for a long time, has
returned to the music halls and is enjoying re-
newed popularity in the English provinces.
Tod slean the ex Jockey who tried himself out
I'm n1onolog in New York last season and didn't
get on well, Is to open at the Empire theater,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
AUDITORIUM
: Grilbert and Chevalier.

An engagement that is exciting the
attention Of theatrical America is the
six weeks tour of one-night stands
arranged by Liebler & Co. for Yvette
Guilbert, the famous French chanteuse,
and: Albert Chevalier, the costermon-
ger impersonator. The one-nighters are
a trife out Of the ordinary and would
probably object to being, classed with
Wallace, Idaho, or Opelika, Fla. But
the exigencies of the route so compel
it. Liebler & Co. have the artists I'M
der contract calling for, but forty
peri ormances, and intend to play every
large city possible in the United States
and Canada. Some idea Of the magni-
tude of the undertaking may be formed
from the $4,000 miles itinerary extend
ing from Winnipeg and Quebec to San
Antonio and New Orleans. The sala-
ries Of the two artists and the special
train service necessary transcend all
previous OUTLAWS in similar theatrical
ventures. The expense is colossal, but
equally so is the quality Of the Joint
recitals by these international .celebri-
ties. The Minneapolis engagement for
the Zone night onlyO is at the Audi
forum, Friday evening, Nov. 2.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
. ANNA KALI

in every city to which we go we are
likely. to lose a girl or two. Some man
in the audience falls in love with girl
in the chorus and writes her and often
they are married after a courtship Of
only few days: Sometimes they CORE.
spond for months or until the end of
the season and then they marry. They
marry men able to support them-law-
yers, doctors, business men. Then again
they meet at social sessions given
to actors and companies by fraterni-
ties and clubs. A vast percentage Of
actors are ;Elks or Eagles, and you can
see that it is not far cry from the
girl, for most clubmen belong to one or
the other Of these and clubmen are
nearly always perforce more or less
prosperous.
'The actor, not necessarily the star,
nor even one Of the principals, lands in
town for a stay Of week and about
the first thing he does is to look up the
local club or whatever it happens to be
Of the order he belongs to. He is ac-
auainted IN no time ne Travel ao and his his
tainer. In a day he is favorite, we
will say. He is sought for for the sake
of his company and then he begins to
hear:
"eCome over tomorrow and have
dinner with me, old man, and bring
along couple Of the girls.
Gas in the case Of the actor travel
and her profession have made the cho-
rus girl a good talker and usually
charming company. It is easy to fore
see the rest.
ttAnd perhaps the chorus girl realizes
more than do other girls that she must
marry while she is not too aged, for the.
chorus is not profession woman may.
| GROW old in.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
-. Northern Lights. -

\ - Northern Lights twill be the bill
at the Lyceum this week. The Fraw-
leys have arranged to put on this stir
ring play of western army life with an
elabofateness that will leave nothing to
be desired The disappearing wild west,
with it's tragedies and humors incident
to the never-ceasing war against the In
dams, has long offered a field to the
romanticist and the dramatist. In this
play, the author has seized upon the
dramatic features incident to Indian
warfare, the pathos Of Indian life being
deftly portrayed in the characters Of
John Swiftwind, an educated Indian
and in Starlight, the beautiful Indian
maiden, a character that has about it
the charm of Minnehaha The human
interest of the play is one Of it's strong
est features. It makes no difference if
the scene is a western army post, or
a New York drawing room, where men
and women are gathered, the heart
problem will be found, and the drama
Of human emotions is worked out in
this play with charm and intensity
that holds the attention enthralled un.
til the final curtain. The shadow of
the Custer massacre crosses the story
and the last scene is stirring and
magnificent one when the Indians are
about to compass the defeat and death
Of Colonel GraY's command when they
are rescued by General Crooks army.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
Use for His Strength.

AZ theatrical manager in his early
days piloted a small circus thru the vii
lagos Of the middle west.
Z. DAT that time he says, was:
featuring an italian as = Bianciali, the.
Strong Man from Rome One day I.
was travelling from Kansas City to
Omaha in day coach, and the strong
man and myself were seated just ahead
Of a tall man with side whiskers. When
we had gone a mile or two he leaned
over and tapped my companion on the
shoulder, saying, Excuse me, sir, but
are you not Biancialli, the Strong
Mani Biancialli admitted the soft inn
parchment.
HssIs it true that you can lift two
and half tons in harness2
$ - can.
And put up 500 pounds with one
arm? j
eyes.
..And 700 with twos'
Yes.
t..Then would you kindly raise this
car window for me 2 =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
Footh chit Flashes.

Il The New York Herald has been figuring 1t out
that the theatrical business Of this country is a
big proposition Nearly $500, OoO, 600 is invest
ed in, theatrical property. The annual receipts
are approximately $50, COO, 900. There are about
25, 600 actors In the United States, including
high-class vaudeville New York makes 60 per
cent of all dramatic productions. Some big
spectacles cost much as 500, coo before the
| curtain is r,ing up. "A historical costume play
usually means an outlay of $4,000, comic
opera of $4,000 to $4,000 and society play
of IS, 600 to $4,000
Bran Stoker manager of the late Sir Henry
Irving and author of a biography of his EN-
ployer, says that if all the people who went to
see Irving were placed in "a long line, with a
head Of the procession, it would set twelve
hours later with thousand miles of people
waiting to see irving. 'And Of all the mil
lions who saw him. Stoker< adds, 'there was
not one who did. not take away some. noble
thought Il, e 81 IA ~
'"The Gingerbread Man" was uniquely tadver-
tised in New York by the distribution Of %, 600
| dough statuets. This fantastic production will
be seen in Minneapolis s.z Ms
| Edwin Booth once told Otis Skinner that his
acting differed from that of his father in its
| "quietness'' He explained that the modern
tendency on the stage Is to obtain effects by
| less noisy and vehement acting than the
fashion in his fathers day. Mr.. Skinner has
| taken this lesson to heart in his own work. :
| Upton Sinclair of Jungle" fame is going
| on the stage in the dramatic version of his
the STAGE, having various socialistic fish to fry
later on. It is just we'll
! Frank Daniels has new musical comedy in
pickle. He refuses to disclose its title or char
acter. Probably he'll have 1t ready to present
when he comes to Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
Hymen and Chorus Girls.
Kansas CITY Star.

But what becomes of you chorus
girls9'' the visitor asked. s'I never
saw an old one-that lis, very old
one; you don't all die young and you
don t all become stars.O
The visitor to stageland and the man
ager thereof in this particular instance
awaited reply.
Don't you suppose any. of us ever
marrya" asked a plump one.
That sit, said the manager; 8 she 8
right. They marry. Like all women
in all walks Of life nearly all Of them
marry eventually, and many Of them
almost instantaneously. know the
last to my sorrow, as does every mana
ger. Why, last year / started out from
New York with chorus Of thirty, and
i got back at the end of the season
with only eight Of the original girls.
pose, of the deserters married. Some Of
them get other places.'
What sort Of men do they marry9o
The plump chorus girl was up in the
air in a minute.
What sort Of men do we marryg"
she repeated mockingly. 1Why, the
same sort that any nice girl marries.
You must think we re freaks!''
They do marry good, men, inter.
posed the manager, 'and they make
good wives, too. The idea that the Choir.
US girl must perforce be bad merely
because she exhibits her lines of beau
ty and her natural coquetry on the
stage to make a living with is an er.
ror. Why should she be9
The chorus girl today, even in the
smaller burlesque company, draws he1
$40 per week, and has her railroad fare
paid. She has to buy no expensive cos
tunes, or costumes at all, for that mat
ter. She seldom pays more than dol
lar a day for her living. It is not un
common for them to gang IN fours OF
SKIES, approach a hotel. that charges
$1.25 to $3.50 a day for board and room
and get good rate. Practically thu
only expense the chorus girl has thai
the saleswoman in the store has not il
I SO to So a week more for board and thu
same amount for laundry So you Sc,
that while the girl clerk in drygood
store may draw So a week and mos
Eofs them draw less) she has only abou
lE$2 week for herself while the chorus
girl has from So to $40. And beside
Ethatsshessees the world and learns few
things. and is q good entertainer. ant
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
! Maxine Elliott.

Maxine Elliott, equipped with one
Of the best plays and most congenial
roles that has marked her career, comes
for the latter half Of the week in
Clyde Fitch 8 capital comedy, Her
Great .Match.'% Miss Elliott will. APP
pear as 10 Sheldon, an American girl
travelling abroad, an American woman
type. that gives her improved oppor-
tunities. Mr.. Fitch has embellished his
comedy with half score of we'll,
drawn and. carefully developed characT
tiers. and he has woven a web of pref
ty sentiment which inspired one. critic
to declare that ttHer Great Match"
might be styled - the dramatization Of
an American Beauty. rose preserved in
a love potion. ''-Jo Sheldon is typical
American beauty, immensely wealthy
and fancy free. The opening act finds
her the guest of a rich. brewer Of
Hertz ordshire. The development Of a
plot begins with the arrival Of Adolph,
prince of Eastphalia. In spite of de-
cided aversion to royalty. "Jo' falls
in love with the debonair prince and
the comedy revolves about their pretty
courtship. Miss Elliott is now on her
fourth starring tour. - ="
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
ORPHEUM
Modern Vaudeville.

A pretentious protean play will
be the feature Of the Orphenm bill for
this week Margaret WycherIy will
play six of the nine characters in Bay
ard eillei's drama, TN Self
Defense, running gamut from g old
woman characters to French chauf-
feur standing six feet one, making. her
changes IN from, seven to forty seconds
and playing each part convincingly. So
successful is she. that the skeptical are
sometimes unconvinced that one woman
is playing all six parts. s..s
The story is of "a wife. who, made
desperate by the brutalities Of her hus-
band. kills him with paperknife and
then rushes back to the ball from which
She came: to- establish an alibi. A SER
want discovers the corpse, the .policesare
called in, everyone in the house is ex-
ahmed. and the wife is finally com
PEELED to confess. The cast is as fol
lows: 51 4
Henry Hastings ArIHur Jenofgs
Defective Sergeant. Ralpn A.. Lewis
Policeman Cory .EidWard van Ness
Hrs. Helen Hastings. ;. Margaret Wycherly
Annie a. servant -. . :. 4. Margaret Wycherly
| Neil, Mrs: Hastings IA ls:.s
dal ghter = - 3. Margaret Wycherly
sls5;s "a .S5: Margaret Wycherly
Maize Mazette. a show girl: Margaret Wycherly
sA chauffeur =. s. I. s. i. Margaret Wycherly
Grandma Hastings Margaret Wycherly
! ss.s M toring S. IA big music hall con.
] ception, will be presented by Harry
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
UNIQUE
Polite Vaudeville.

There are so many good things Of
.fered for this week that to select some
of them for special mention, is task
Of unusual difficulty. One Of the most
elaborate acts will be that Of the great
Martyne, premier electric spectacular
dancer. Martyne carries a ton Of seen
cry. His costumes would make an ORR
entail potentate green with envy. Mills
and Beecher, sketch artists, put on a
clever, skit.. William HI. Window, a
former Minneapolis boy, has variety
|of accomplishments. He does q colored-
cidentally, IS a. composer Of successful
songs. Kimball brothers are talking
and singing come dians. Their dia1og
and comic songs are bound to make
the blues de. trop. Bert Cole is a coon
sshouter who makes the levee a thing
Of reality llsz.G.s5 s=s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
BIJOU.
Behind the: Mask, -

s Behind the Mask liza play Of the
golden vest BY Edward Day, which
comes this week, is aa c ome dy-drama
which, in the matter dramatic con-
.structiop, the sslt1iegs of its story
and in its power to- grip the 70 locker Is
attention and held lit from start to
finish. 5hass place among thes best plays
Of it's kind the past decade has pro-
duced. It's dramatic situations are tense
and exciting, its comedy bright and
wholesome, and both are SO interviewer
as to best show the light and. shadows
Of : an unusual and strikingly unique
play, =,~.,, :r
8. It deals with the. affairs of a syn
dictate Of social highwaYmen, who have
forced John Gresham, a prominent rail
road man of Colorado, into member
ship. by threats of exposing; his early
life. The syndicate meets its fate in
Robert Courtaine, a secret-service
agent from Washing "A love affair
between ,Courtaine and Margaret Gresh.
am, daughter Of the man who wears the
mask, complieates the situation, while
the affair zof Nellie T orrence,: Gresh:
ANS adopted daughter, and Ned Lati,
mer, a young mining engineer, form the
cOunterplot. = ..'E$. .ss - Z =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
zlZEDBLl2T
IEHZ7KD 6 THE lzA5lG"

on Guard at the Philippines. !" They.
give an excellent opportunity for the
cleverly selected; company. Musical.
numbers abound ( Among the novel;
numbers are the bathing girls, the
dancing girls, the red soubrettes, the
an elaborate march number. A lively.
vaudeville bill*includes James F. Leo
nard and Clara Whitney in a singing
and dialect act, Billy; Hart and Anna
Yale in a comedy sketch, McDevitt
and Kelly, dancing experts, Ben Riggs,
Emonolog and sparodies, and the great
Crarne and ac coz in magical asf (.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
Yankee q ) Doodle Girls.

The Yankee Doodle Girls company
with. it's bevy. Of beautiful women, will
Doubtless prove a drawing card at the
Dewey this week. Two elaborate
burlesgues are offered and the leading
comedy parts are assumed by James r.
Leonard and Billy Hart. Mr.. Leo
nards's work which is finished at all
times has made q lasting impression.
The two burlesques, written and pro-
sdheed by Mr. leonard. are called s. i'm
Sullivan's Chowder, g and S Sullivan
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
. | AW7KA
y WZZRS
" WIZARD OF. or
. ZIEZZ2 QPOZZZAN~ =
METROPOLITAN
"Wizard of o."

= The "Wizard of or which opens
tonight for half week, is one of the
heaviest productions OH tour. Four
sixty-foot baggage, cars, two day
coaches anu two standard Pullman
sleepers are required to transport the
people, scenery and effects. The drops
are 1877 in number. There are 81
complete changes Of wardrobe for
the chorus, the cost Of one Of which
the poppy scene, was over $4,000. This
one setting would be an ample scenic
investiture for many Of the present day
musical comedies, and only when it is
realized that there are six settings of
similar size in the first act alone, can
the weight Of the entire production be
estimated. The rapid succession of
beautiful stage pictures and bewilder-
ing light effects is surely such: as to
cause. the auditor to 81 sit upSand take
notice, land is very distinctly g worth
VIII ! ssS.-ssG, -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28

Tate $ English comedians. Among the
other numbers will Be- tsheyalier A. T..
Guile, the: famous. lyric tenor; the Five
Salvaggis, Partisan acrobatic dancers;
the Brothers KoclHY European aero
bats; the Hates Brothers, grotesque
gymnasts, and FerrYssi in s. 1Ferrylana,''
weird novelty. b s.9sS1'he Frolics Of
Satan lis the subject%of the kino-
drome s animated scenes. ), IT,:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28

Liverpool, Eng, & Nov. -, in a new sketch
called "a Jockeys Honor It will have real
horseracing scene with real horses, and British
vaudeville managers have already booked the act
extensively. n s. r.,
$ Over in London Marie Tempest is scoring
great hit at the Palace, the big. music hall of
the; capital. She hasa, big repertory Of songs
and changes them frequently, allowing her adj
nirers to come and stay late. Over in London,
Also aArabella zAlen,sg "a bright young woman,
is touring the halls with impersona tons Of sew
eral Of Dickens characteracters: ..lss Il
f. Arnold DAILY, after quarreling with the "syn-
dicate'' and the ''independents,'' has signed a
contract to- play twenty weeks in vaudeville with
EASenetact play by George Bernard Shaw. This is
the first time#either Mr.. DAILY Shaw play
has eyer been seen in vaudeville. -, ,s,-..-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
NEAR ATES [

+ Metropolit he first bill Of next
week will be the much -talked-of and
beauti III reduction of seThe Educa-.
ton of Mr.. Pipp, with Digby Bell as
the. star. This pretty comedy is based,
Of course, on the well-known series Of
pictures by Gibson, and Manager Dan
.iel " Arthur has been at some trouble,
"Gibson girls" for the production. He
is said to have succeeded admirably in
this endeavors and, of course. the we'll
known abilities Of Digby Bell as a
comedian will have full scope. A touch
of realism with 1.-THE Vanderbilt Cup,''
coming Nov. 8, 9, 10, will be the famous
racing car, the Green Dragon, in which
Barney Oldfeld has smashed every au=
tomobile record from one mile up to
fifty. Oldfeld himself drives the Green
a2s gRoth IN the 1afs BE- RG Sgs
Offering Nov. II, sl2, 13, lathe musical
comedy is by John J. McNally, who has
provided these comedians with various
other vehicles.-Children, big and lit
tie, old and young, thoughtful and
thoughtless, will find much to interest
them in t.'The Gingerbread Man,
which comes Nov. Is, 16, II. The au-
thor is the late Frederic Ranken, and
the musical composer is A. Baldwin
OAOaAc. LIZ ueW p1eCe 10 odAu W nave
a fascinating story Of gossamer texture,
giving it's message Of gaiety and comic
scheming thru the medium Of the myth
ical Kris Kringle, Little Jack Horner,
Simple Simon, Margery Daw and others.
Bijou-F' Sis Hopkins will make
her eighth annual visit the week of
Nov with Rose Melville in her IA
miliar role. A. H. Wood 8 production
of ."Secret Service Sam 1.-THE man
with forty faces,' is coming soon with
the actor-magician, Charles T. Aldrich,
in the role of Sam. "Sunday,' by
Thomas Raceward, in which Ethel Bar
rymore made pronounced success, is
coming soon:-It is doubtful if any
play at the Biij5ou last season created a
|tsTexas, ~ the drama Of ranch life It
| will be seen again in the near future
Kellar, the magician, will make his an
nual appearance early in December.
Other bookings include. H:The Smart
Set, ga Race for Life'' and sAri-
zona.'
Orpheun. Mime. REM, one Of the
most famous equestriennes, will head
the bill the week Of Nov. 4, introduc
ing two snow white stations and q
serpentine dance on horseback. Also
on the bill will be May Boley, formerly
her Polly Girls in a condensed musical
/ comedy; Smith and Campbell, CONVEX
sational comedians; Katherine Nugent
1 - the American Cissy LOTUS, in i'm
presentations and characterizations; Ide
Grannon, another versatile artistic; the
/ Oliveira trio of instrum entalists, ant
/ Bedini and his trained dogs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
Wartield,s Definition.

s ssVat ISIS garlic?" asks August Poons,
the. sentimental young German musisz
clan. of Herr Won BarWig IN the supper
scene in HThe Music Master,
sGarlics' echoes Warfeld, Garlic
is asvegetable limburger. =,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
Fills @' The Week

musical extravaganza,
night for four nights and mainee Maxine Elliott in Her Great
half week. with
Guiber French hanteu and Albert chevier
English comedian night only Friday, Nov g. q,
all with manees
Wednesday Saturday.
Margaret Wyche proean play,
daily
today. ...
melo
night, matnees Tues
Thursday Saturday :
Vaudeville Great Mayne electric
$780,
Bill changes Monday. ~
vaudeville M the
daily Ladies' performances Friday ~ * -
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