The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
PLANS MATURING
FOR music HALL
William Morris Is Coming West
to Arrange for House in
Ellis Street
By WALTER ANTHONY

Walter Hoff Seely, who is head of
company, has received a wire from
William Morris saying that the latter
will leave New York next Saturday for
this city in order to cooperate with
Seely in the plans for a far western
American music hall The site in Ellis
street Immediately back of the Orpheum
has been chosen and work has already
been started. Morris advises Seely that
he will arrange for a tour of Harry
Lauder, the great Scotchman," to this
city and that the vaudeville star will
open the American music hall A
lease has just been closed by Nor
ris in st. Louis. He has taken over
the Coliseum theater there and it with
vaudeville house in Cincinnati will
be opened next Monday by the Morris
corporation. Still another Morris the
ater will be established in Indianapolis
says Morris to Seely.
The stories about Morris embarrass-
ment, says the doughty William to the
energetic Walter, ARE the empty shots
of the enemy. We are in the vaude-
vile row TO stay, and don't let subsi-
died eastern papers worry you
Again will Max Figman fall heir to
Henry E. Dixey play. Figman took
Dixey's success, The Man on the Box"
and made deep impression in the
west with the comedy which the orig
inator, Dixey, made a hit with in New
York. Now Figman falls heir to Mary
James Pa, in which Dixey was max
ing. a continuous success with in the
east. Dixey, 1T is said, refused to come
west, although he had been booked by
the syndicate as far toward the setting
sun as Gottlob & Marks theater in San
Francisco. Henry w. Savage immedi-
ately cancelled Dixey's engagement
when the latter refused to do one
night stands, and Figman was at once
given chance at the role. If Dfxey
doesn't look out in the future Ffgman
will be given first chance and he second
Bud Ross, former Princess comedian
is now vaudeville STAR He has signed
contract with Sullivan & Considine
to do stunts" in ''one," and he should
prosper because he is funny even off
the stage. His comedy instinct will
md expression. in the skit played by
him and Burt Wesner at Stockwelrs
benefit at the Van Ness theater last
September
The act has been changed consider
ably, I'm told, and improved, and Bud
Hoss VIII blossom as vaudeville star
December at the American theater.
These are not Thanksgiving s'broil-
ers,' 1T is explained about the Princess
girls pictured herewith. They are the
snow girls and any one who has the
merest snattering of knowledge about
musical comedy will appreciate the
distinction. The Princess show girls
form as stunning an aggregation as
any to be found this side of the great
divide. or the other side for that mat
ter. incidentally the ladies lay claim
to the fact that they are the only
stock organization of musical comedy
choristers that have been photographed
since the Iivolf beauties used to amb1e
on the historic Eddy street stage.
If Sydney de Grey of the Kolb and
Dill company didn't sell me block of
stock In his Eureka mine it was be-
cause he told, me about 1t Wednesday,
and not Tuesday TUESDAY being pay
day.. De Grey is an ardent light come
dian on the musical comedy stage when
the gas and electric lights are turned
on. BY day he is "a mining man, opti-
mistic and confident. He showed me
a picture of piles of lead at the side
of former. Governor Sad1ers mine in
Nevada. This pile broke three corners
which were planned by spectators in
Wall street to worry the world and
De Grey's mine is neighbor to this
wealth, says he.
How a man can be SO funny on the
stage and SO serious off is not a prob
lem for dramatic critic to solve. 1t
belongs to the mining editor.
Mabel McCane is a composer and
she sings her own songs exclusively,
say the advance notices of her vaude-
vile promoters She has attained.
prominence in eastern musical circles