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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
GRIEVES AND HIS MERRY GIRLS
ROCKED AT MINERS EMPIRE.

The name of John Grieves is so close
ly associated with advance burlesque
that the very mention of his name
seems sufficient guarantee that the
show he represents is sure to please.
This season Mr.. Grieves will be on hand
with a merry company of girls in all
the latest singing inc dancing num-
bers. AS the principal comedian, Sam
j. Adams, is sure to find a royal well
come. His style of wit, funny sayings
and characteristic posings are such as
to r.eep the patrons of Miners Empire
Theatre In c~onvulsions.
"Who Owns the Baby is the title
given to the musical offering. 1t is In
two acts. with three scenes in each act.
All the stage settings and equipment
are new, and the costumes imported.
Billy Chase, a progressive parody pro-
Queer, is one of the hits with the COM
pany. John Earle and Marie Bartl9 tt
are clever singers and performers. Rob
ert Nodine, Josephine Emery, Barry
Thompson and Annie Carter are classed
high in the burlesaue field. Martha
Habelman has been a success as a
singer, and Florence Hughes as a
coincidence. Then come Hill and
Alderman with tangles and twists;
Hebert ana Brown, minstrel boys; the
Sisters Towner, whirlwind dancers, and
Armor and Satto, t~erpsichorean artists.
AS a special feature Manager Grieves
will contribute Senorita Ciotto, a Span
ish dancer of note. who has been a SEN
sation over the entire circuit. Amateur
night Friday. Week September o.
wine, Woman and Song"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
HAROLD VOSBURGH IN
"WANTED BY THE POLICE"

Wanted by the Police" the attrac-
ton which is underlined at the Co
lumbia Theatre for the week of Sep
TENDER 13, commencing with Mondays
matinee, Is described as the advance
guard of the new era thrillo-drama.
The author, Langdon Mccormick, has
endeavored to give the patrons of the
popular theatres a play built upon the
lines of consistency, forcing the an
cient, senseless melodrama to the
realms of forgetfulness. 1t is said that
since its initial performance it has
scored heavily and possesses the ear
marks of the "big success of the sea-
SON" The locale of the story affords
the scenic artists an abundance of OPP
~portunities for picturesque stage
effects, of which due advantage has
been taken in making. it the most
colossal attraction en- route. Extra
matinee Thursday, September 1e jew
ish New Year,.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
PAT REILLY IN PL.AYLET
AT ORANGE BIJOU THEATRE.

Pat Reilly, the famous burlesque
manager and comedian, will forsake
the burlesque field and make his debut
in vaudeville on Monday at the Orange
Bijou Theatre. in a one-act patriotic
comedy drama, THE Days of 81" by
Jack German and Ben Mckinney. The
scene is laid at the Soldiers Home,
Washington, d. c., and Mr.. Reilly will
appear in the role of an Irish veteran
of the Civil War, who has been ex-
PEELED from the home for being noisy.
Miss Florence Wells will appear in
the role of a Red Cross nurse. After
its initial performances in Orange Mr..
Reilly will take the playlet for an ex-
tended tour of the larger cities. Other
acts on the bill are Marshall Mont
gomery, in his pianologue; Brown and
Wilmot, singing and dancing; Sprague
and Dixon, in "A Mile of Laughs"
and the Sidonias, the Lady Artist and
the Tramp" The b~ijougraph will dis
play some new pictures.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
LUNA PARK AT ITS BEST FOR
THE BIG MARDI GRAS WEEK.

Luna Park is ready to receive the
greatest crowds in its history on MOI,
day, when Coney Islands mardi gras
week begins. and all during the carni-
val a steady stream of visitors is ex-
pected to pour past the big parks gates.
Since Frederic Thompson went to the
seashore n inaugurated the first
playground for the masses, Luna has
been known as the Heart of Cohey
Island" and it is but natural that the
park should be the heart of the mardi
gras. The big Enclosure fairly bubbles
with the carnival spirit, and a world of
provided for.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11

that country as a bull whip" that ever
cracked a lash anywhere. He uses a
lash on an ordinary whip
stock, and with it does all kinds Of
seemingly impossible stunts
John II. Kelly, the Irish Billiken,
known to theatre-goers everywhere as
one. of the greatest character creators
ever on a stage and popular for his
work as an Irish character comedian,
will present his latest laughing success,
entitled 1.-The Easiest Guy" He will
be supported in the sketch by a capable
company, in which he and Miss Jean
Patriquin and Jack Boone will portray
the leading parts. Kelly himself in the
character of Daniel Q'Rourke, a gay old
sport, is a show all alone, and the scene
depicted is an evening after the races
in a swell bungalow at Coney Island.
Others on the twelve-act all-star bill
will include Gus. Williams, the German
senator, and the dean of German char
acter comedians, in song, story and
recitation; Gertrude Dudley and a com
pany of lively and pretty young women
in a singing sketch, entitled "A Re
hearsal;" Miss Elita Morris, formerly
OIL Hill anu MULE q pioNN ~
m%edienne, who has a lot of new stun
in the way of good talk and fast ac-
ton generally; Polk and Polk. Euro
pean spring-board %acrobats; the a
brey Brothers, novelty singers ano
simultaneous steppers; the carter ano
Waters company, in a side-splittinE
sketch. entitled Extra Baggage,
which has Robert Carter and Miss
Kathryn Waters and two others in tho
cast. and the scene of which was laif
by it's author, Louis Weslyn, in thu
Martha Washington Hotel, in New
York, the only hotel in the United
States devoted exclusively to women
the Majestic Musical Four, a quartz
of singers who can sing, and who pre-
sent only the latest and best things
in their line. There Will also be new
Illustrated songs by Gus Flynn, q pro
f%essional vocalist, and n reel OF tn
newest and most humorous and inter
esting moving pictures.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11

week, commencing with Mondays
matinee. will permit the appearance OF
that versatile artist, Charles Worth,
who is equally as proficient as a singer,
dancer, banjo soloist or trick playing.
Niblo and REILLY. a twain of blackface
comedians, who will serve out more
spontaneous witticisms than a min
strcl troupe of ten men, bar none Dem
monio and Bell, of the Cirque Palais,
will offer a rapid series of comicai
acrobatic stunts that one would only
expect to witness in Sundays funny
supplement. Nose Gumble. of the j.
Fl. Remlck music publishing house, will
be represented by William A. Hegel.
the well-known balladist and song H.
illustrator, featuring that good Indian
melody moon Bird" Robert Jules
Fields, Miss Maud Jewell Moson, as
sisted by theeMisses Mae Regeart, Rose
Leonica and Messrs. John Carol and
Louis Ardmore, will offer the third of
the Grynne and Barrett stock company
series of satirical skits, entitled HIS
First Lesson" Gems from the summer
musical comedy success, Havana" rem.
dered by the Victor Light Opera Com
pany, will be the Victor talking ma
chine feature, while Mendelssohn's
song without words, 1.-THE. Spinning
Song" as played by the Renard Instru-
mental Quartet, will be the Arcade
phones contribution
A daily change of motion picture sub.
jects and a second bill of progressive
vaudeville diversions added on Thurs
day next will make up the amusement
to be furnished at the coy Arcade next
week.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11

ing an opportunity for nearly every
precious scintillating stone known to
the lapidary. There are daily matinees
at the H%ippodrome.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
WALDMANN'S ANNOUNCES
"A RATTLING GOOD SEOW,

The burlesque offerings at Wald-
mann's this season have been so much
improved hat to s~ubstantiate the claim
of being better than the average Will
mean a rafting good show; still 1T is
conceded by those who have seen it that
William s. Clark's Jersey Lilies, which
opens at hat house on Monday after
noon, is sure to. satisfy the most skep-
teal.
The Jersey Lilies this season is a
much larger and more ~pretentious or
g%anization, in which the gentler sex
predoininate in large numbers, and arc
said to be a fine looking lot OF girls.
The two skits, "A Merry Frolic"and
-" A Love Potion" are not simply a re-
nash of tiine-honored burlesque jokes,
but really mean something. n are
presented by a clever company OF
comedians, singers. etc.
There are several catchy musical
numbers, and the costumes n scenic
equipment are said to be lavish.
According 30 reports the strongest
feature OF the entertainment is the
comedy with which it abounds, and for
which Leon Enrol. James Cooper and
Miss Fannie Vedder are mainly respon-
sible. ,
There is an eccentric dance between
Miss Vedder Nand Mr.. Enrol that has
never failed to receive encore after
encore.
The company IN all number about
fifty persons, among whom are Mcssrs
Leon Enrol, James Cooper, the Three
Alverettas. the National -Four, Robert
Jackson, Mackie and CroiX, Foster
Misses Fannie Vedder, Lucia Cooper
Stella Cha~telaine, Katharine Leslie, etc
Besides the burlesque there is an olit
of strong vaudeville merit. Septembel
20 the Rialto Founders.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
THE NEWARK GETS
JOE WEBER HIT
"The Merry Widow and the
Devil" Will Be an instant Sue
cess, Management Believes.
- FORGE V. HOBART'S burlesques
p on the Merry Widow n The
Devil" interpreted by Joe Weber

- GORGE V. HOBART'S b~urlesques
~ on the Merry Widow and The
Devil" interpreted BY Joe Weber
and his travesty company, will be n
attraction at the Newark Theatre be-
ginning on Monday evening, Septem-
Der 10.
Much of the original music by Franz
Lehar has been retained, and there
are also a number of new songs by
American writer's. Julian Mitchell
staged the production, and declares
that he has never dom anything be-
fore to equal 1t.
Joe Weber, who has been an actor
manager for the last twelve years,
states that he has never made a pro-
duction so gorgeous or so costly as
this one. Thirty-two stunning show
girls give lustre to the occasion.
Mr.. Weber appears as Heinrich
Disch. valet to Prince DandQo, h is
known as Karl MAILER, an artist and
pursued by the devil. The devil, call
Ing himself DeJollidog, is impersonated
by Charles Slime, and Helen Redmond
plays the role of Fonia, who wants
to be a merry widow. The cast also
Includes Frank Mayne. as Prince
Dandilo, Oscar Raglan, Marcia Har-
ris, Marice Naughton and Hazel
Upper.
The advance sale of seats for Robert
Mantell's engagement at the Newarh
Theatre will open on Tuesday morning
at 9 o'clock. Undoubtedly Mr.. Mantelfs
coming engagement win be one of the
most successful in the history of his
career. He will present Macbeth"
Monday night; Hamlet" Tuesday
night; Romeo and Juliet" Wednes-
day matinee; "Othello,' Wednesday
night; "Richelieu.' Thursday night;
.King Lear" Friday night; THE Mer-
chant of Venice Saturday matinee;
Richard III Saturday night.
Manager William A. Brady has sur
rounded Mr.. Mantell with the strongest
company that has supported him In
recent years.
Mr.. Mantell's Shylock is conceded
by all critics to be of the most
nasterful performances given in recent
years. Mr.. Mantell is supported again
his season by Miss Marie Booth Rus
sell, who gives a most charming per-
lormance as Portia.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
JEWEL BALLET AND MAORIS
HITS AT HIpPODROME,

The big new show at the New York
Hippodrome will epter eits second
week tomorrow. The week just ended
is said to have exceeded all former
records for attendance in the great
playhouse. THE Trip to Japan is an
entire performance in itself, which may
be said of the other two spectacles,
the gorgeous Ballet of Jewels and
Inside the Earth The playhouse has
a new sensation. too, in the appear
ance of the New Zealand fighting Mao
ris, whose wild ''Haka" dances of war
and welcome have created no end of
comment. Mile. Albertina Rasch, the
new premiere danseuse, has also made
a most favorable impression. Nincenzo
Romeo has also received appreciation
for the arrangement of the ballet
dances. The Ballet of Jewels is es-
p~ecially good, the coryphees represent
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
MATRIMGNV ON TEN PER in
ATTRACTIVE BILL AT LYRIC.

For his second week of the season
Manager William II. Currie, of the Lyric
has gathered together an all-star ag-
~gregation Of vardevillians that equals,
if not SURPRISES, ,he best seen In TINS
vicinity since good old-tlme variety be-
came the disr!nel vaudeville of today.
For his stellar feature he offers PAU
Nicholson ana Miss Norton In Miss
Norton's dramatic cartoon, "Etla's All
RIGHT Tnc sltit deals with the trials
and trlbulations that beset two new
candidates for connubial bliss in their
endeayors 10 live on ten per. Miss
Norton assumes the role of a depart
n ent store miss, who attempts light
housekeeping after store hours, and Mr..
Nicholson, her husband. who measures
silk during the day and at night tries
to assist his wife in her household du'
ties that are confined to a hall room.
The situations are many and ludicrous.
and the entire offering is mirth-com-
polling from the rise to the finaf cur
tain.
Delmore and Lee offer a p~retent'ous
gymnastic offering with special appara-
tus and scenic effects, entitled "A
Study In Black and White" Those
well-known musical comedians, George
b. Snyder and Harry Buckley, present
their newest offering, mo Smoking All
lowed Joe Deming, assisted by a
company OF four. will appear in Scarf
Aliens latest and best effort, THE
Travelling Man." with scenic effects
descriptive of the Grand Central station.
in New York. and a surprise finale that
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
ARCADE'S BIG OFFERING is
THE CLEVER CHARLES WORTH.

Hafford and De Forest. eccentric
comedy duo; Lew Worth character de-
lineatiors; Edith Murray. singing
comedienne; Louis Levy. song illus
traitor, and the Grynne and Barrett
stock ccmpany's satirical skit. Miss
Stakes from Upstate" with Bobby
Fields. Maud Mason, Mae Regeart,
Marjorie De Vaux, John Carol AND
Louis .Ardmore, are the entertaining
features that have made attractive the
amusement furnished at the Arcade
Theatre the past two days, and win
ment.
underlined for the tirst half of next
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11

MRS rrAck, White ihe trustees are Mrs.
ifohm and Mrs, Van Hmde5. 4 social
hour followed the business SESSION.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
PROCTOR PROGRAM GRAINED
FULL OF GOOD THINGS.

Miss Marie Dainton, ar English
mimic Of recent Importation to the
vaudeville stage of this. country, will
be the headline attraction next
week at Proctor's Park Place
Theatre, beginning with the matinee
IN Monday afternoon. She is unusually
liever. and comes here with a reputa-
ion which has placed her in England
where the famous Elsie Janice stands
n the theatrical world in this country.
She is a stunning dresser, is excep-
ionally dainty and pretty, n will
,rove an able and artistic entertainer,
o which viii be added her catchy sing
ng. A second top-line number on the
anne bill will be Fred Lindsey, who is
here to play a return American en-
sagement by request. He is an Aus
xalian, and is perhaps the most won
terful wielder Of what is known in
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11
SAVINGS SOCIETY ELECTS.

The Paramount Spar, or savings soci-
ETY., elected these officers last night at
its meeting in GIFTS Hall, Fourteenth
President. Mrs. Margaret
Weiss; vice-president, Mrs. Babette
aier; recording secretary, Mrs. Marie
Laux; financial secretary. Mrs. Ann
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11

laughing purposes only. The Milllard
Brothers will contribute a novel comedy
bicycle act. and James Mcdonald and
Valarie Huntington will present a
series of character songs and dances.
The latest in animated pictures will
complete the program.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-05
What Taft Will See
In San Francisco

RESIDENT TAFT will today in San Francisco
impressive sight than anything that has under his
observation the of his journey He
will great city 100000 inhabitants who have within
the short space of three and half homes
their mills and factories and places OF business ground
The city that took half has restored
rehabitaed and made magnificent imposing less
than fortytwo months
catastrophe of its kind known history rebuild
the ruined city likewise without parallel memory
OF man. 1t modern miracle, that challenges and
admiration OF the whole world.
Mr. TAFT will be able appreciate what has been done He
knew the old city we'll and understood its unique We
hope that this charm has neither been lost obscued the
OF restoration After ALL the people the
city and they still here loyal the town
those distressing days when they still damndest
finest that smoderng Those
mostly vanished but few of them left
desoaon that followed after the fiery scourge April 1906
Mr. Taft will rejoice in the triumph of American achievement
expressed the long, imposing lines of solid
ton that have taken the place of the ash heap He will
still hear the sound of the hammer
the rattle of muskery all day long The goes
not finished because great city finished There
halt and standing still The energies San
Francisco still carry themselves with that gay courage with
which the appalling disaster of 1906
1t could have been wished that Mr. Taft might with
while to have his honored the forthcoming celebration
OF this unequaed accomplishment but be-
francisco offers him the she welcome
hope that he will call again
stay longer.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-05
Gossip of Rai|waymen

The farewell jinks in the present
the Flood building will be held Satur-
day evening, October 16, and. according
to the plans of the committee the af-
fair will be the best ever held by that
popular club. Besides the songs, stories,
music, ETC., the committee has prepared
something new and original and have
sent out notices to the members that a
big surprise is to be sprung. W. w.
Webster and B. K. Smith are in charge
of the entertainment
C. J. Jones. assistant general freight
agent of the Southern Pacific, has re-
turned from Goldfie1d, where he at
tended the convention of the American
mining congress.
Lumber shipments out of California
for the so days of the shipping season
show a decided increase in carloads for
any period since 1906. One source of
qualification to the dealers is the fact
that shingles are showing some life
and the railroads are hoping that the
movement will continue.
The Grand Trunk has discontinued
the practice of granting stopover priv
ileges on limited tickets in 1s cities in
Michigan. 1t is understood that similar
action may be taken by several other
western railroads.
of the American association of general
passenger and ticket agents, held at
Toledo last week, the. following off,
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Samuel G. Hatch, general
passenger agent Illinois Central, Chi
cage; vice president, Samuel Moody,
general passenger agent Pennsylvania
lines, Pittsburg; secretary, C. w. Burt.
general passenger agent Boston and
Maine, Boston. The next annual meet
ing will be held at Havana, Cuba, at a
date to be later fixed.
Edward Chambers, assistant freight
traffic manager of the Santa Fe, re-
turned from the east yesterday.
II. j. Franklin, general claims agent
of the Santa Fe, is in the city on
business.
s. F. Herr, district freight and pas
senger agent OF the Southern Pacific
at Los Angeles. is visitor in the city.
The California delegation to the
Christian church convention at Pitts
burg left last night over the Santa Fe.
The delegation is the largest church
party that has gone out of California
in several years. The party will visit
the Grand canyon and Colorado Springs
on the way east.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-05

A WEDDING this afternoon, with
u all the social gossip that is an
\ inevitable accompaniment of such
an interesting event, and the
talk of teas and other parties, form the
budget that society will discuss over
the tea tables this week. The mar
riage of Miss Amy Johnson and Frank
Perry will be celebrated this afternoon
at o'clock in Christ church and the
pretty edifice will be decorated with
flowers and ferns. The bride is an
eastern girl who has been visiting
here for several months. She will be
given in marriage by her mother, Mrs.
Henry Johnson of Brooklyn, N. y.
She will be attended by two sisters.
who are also visitors here. and the
one, Miss Margaret Johnson, will be
the maid of honor and the other, Miss
Edith Johnson, will be the bridesmaid
The office of best man will be filled
by Cunningham Menzies. There wilr
be a reception afterward and the
couple are going away on BRIEF
honeymoon trip. They will return to
reside in Sausalito.
Captain and Mrs. Sterling P. Adams
have returned to the Presidio after
delightful visit of several months
in the southern states and have been
entertained at several informal par
ties. The popular army couple enter
tanned at a dinner party given last
evening in compliment to Mrs. Pourie.
who will sail today on the Thomas
for Honolulu and will join Captain.
Pourie, who has been there for sew
eral weeks. Among those hidden to
the farewell dinner party for Mrs.
Pourie were Lieutenant and Mrs. Davis
and Captain Dudley, U. S. A.
Miss Kathleen Farrell, accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. Anne Farrell, has
returned after an extended tour of
Europe, and is receiving a cordial well
come from her friends. Miss Farrell
is one of the most attractive of the
girls who will make their formal bow
to society this season, but the plans
for her debut are not formulated, since
she has Just arrived after a long abb
sence and is busy greeting her host
of friends.
The tea that Mrs. August Weihe was
to have given October 16 in compliment
to Miss Jean Tyson, the fiancee of
earlier, according to the announcement
made yesterday by the hostess, and
the interesting affair is to take place
october Is instead of the later date.
The tea will be one of the larger
parties to be given for the popular
bride elect.
DIR. Benjamin Puthain Kurtz and his
bride, who was Miss Florence Ansley.
of Santa Cruz, have returned to their
home in Piedmont after a brief honey
moon trip through the southern part
of the state and are established for