The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-28
FooTLIGHT sPARKLETs

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the Circus" last season played to re
ceipts equal to sixteen other first class
attractions combined.
Lillian Russell who closed her sea
son at Milwaukee the first of June in
"Wildfire," in which she had appear
ed just 566 times, is said to have had
the biggest season she ever played.
June Sth "The Merry Widow" be
gan the third year of its run in Lon
don. Announcement was then made
that the opera would be withdrawn in
August with about $50 consecutive
performances to its credit.
"The Climax" begins a third week
at Weber's theatre tomorrow and the
fifth month of it's metropolitan en-
gagement. Edward Locke's melody
drama" has proved itself one of The
big successes of the season.-New
York World
The Motor Girl Frank Hennesseys
musical comedy in whose production
at the Lyric theatre, New York, Pitts
burgers have an especial interest, is
one of those latter-day successes
which like paid in Full" had been in
the authors pocket for over five
years.
The success of a Gentleman from
Mississippi as a summer roof garden
attraction has been such that Brady
and Grismer have announced that
next summer they will have TWO or
more attractions ready for serial pro
duction. Heretofore musical comedy
has always been considered The most
suitable form of entertainment for
such amusement places.
William A Brady has arranged with
]. G. Williamson for an Australian
tour by Grace George next May. She
will continue around the world ap-
pearng in India and South Africa and
opening in London in October 1910.
New plays by Frederick Donsdale,
Cosmo Gordon, LennoX and James Fa-
gan will be producedsin London. c.
Aubrey Smith will act as leading sup
port for Miss George on her tour.
Henry b. Harris has engaged Ralph
Stuart to create one of the principal
roles in Charming Pollock's Such a
Little Queen which inaugurates the
season of the Hackett theatre, New
York, on Monday, August 30. When
Edmund Breese retires from THE
Third Degree" in October to be star
red by Mr.. Harris in James Bernard
Fagan's play, THE Earth" Mr.. Stuart
will succeed him in THE Third De-
gree" in the role of Richard Brewster.
The body of Helena Modjeska arriv-
ed in Cracow, Poland. the actress
birthplace July 10, and previous to the
funeral which took place July u, lay
in state in the chapel of the Holy
Cross. The ceremonies attendant TO
the burial were most impressive. the
directors of the theatres of Cracow
and Lemberg delivering addresses in
the presence of a gathering of men
and women noted in the world of art
and letters Of Poland For the inter
ment the Cracow City Council gay e
a tomb.
1t costs the German emperor pref
ty penny in personal subsidies for the
Royal opera house and the Royal the
atre in Berlin OF total of 1925, 900
expended Til them by the Prussian
budget $110,500 is contributed from
the kaiser's private exchequer. In ad-
dition ne bears the annual deficit,
something like $4,000, sometimes as
much as 100000. And every time he
commands" a performance the seats
for which he distributed to his per
sonal guests and friends he must buy
out the entire seating capacity of the
theatre averaging a total of $3.50 for
eaca such affair
After years of effort success has f.
nally been achieved in the attempt to
reproduce accurately on a theatre
stage a three ring circus in active OPP
GRAFTON, and local theatregoers will be
treated to one of the theatrical sen
sations of recent years wnen Polly of
the Circus" comes to Bennington OPP
era house where it will be presented
in identically the same manner that
attracted enthusiastic crowds to the
Liberty theatre, in New York City for
one whole season. Never before has
so elaborate and successful and at
traction been brought here and Pol
ly of the Circus" already promises To-
establish new records for attendance.
license has been granted to The
United States Navy by the Motion
Pictures Patents Company the cine
matograpn trust" to make films of
battleships in action. The camera
will be adjusted after the fashion OF
the compass, so that it will remain
level in spite of pitching and tossing
Pictures will be made under all CON
ditions and the results will be shown
on screen, as in a regular motion
picture show, before the naval boards,
enabling them to study the relative
merits of the different classes of YES
sells, their methods of handling and
firing, their efficiency, etc. This will
be the first time that motion pictures
have been so applied, and the scheme
is likely to be of great value TO the
navy, especially in the ordnance de-
partment.
The five companies which will pro-
dcea The Climax on the road this sea
son will have their premieres as fol
lows: Powers Theatre, Chicago, Aug
ust 2; Mason opera house, Los Angel
es, Cal, August l6; Southern Theatre
Columbus, o., August 30; Taylor OPP
era house, Trenton, n. j., Sept. 6;
Academy of Music, Richmond. Va,
Sept. %. The English production of
this play will be made at the Vauie-
vile theatre, London September 6.
The company which is now present
ing The Climax at Weber's theatre
will be sent to Chicago for the Pow
ers' theatre engagement and new
company replace them at Weber's.