The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-12-30
National and Local Theatrical
and Stage Notes i
Edited by the Stroller or by the Man on the Corner

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manner. There is no doubling the
ability of Mr.. Saparo being capable
straight and possessing all the quail
fcations, being a very nimble dancer,
fine stage appearance and good voice.
1t will not be long until this act will
be seen in the east, and the Stroll
will see them no more.
Louis Mitchell, late of the RED
Moon Co." bereaves the loss OF his
mother, who died at New York. The
entire profession extends their sym
pathy to him at his great loss.
Nashville, Tenn, is all excited over
their new theatre, called the "Ma-
istic," which will open on Monday,
Xmas day. The owner, Mr.. A. n.
Johnson, seems confident that Nash
vile will support his new enterprise.
Much will be said in these columns
from time to time concerning this
theatre, and we are expecting to fur
nish our readers with a full and &C
curate account of the opening night.
The theatre has a seating capacity OF
800. Lowery & Morgan's Minstrels
will have the pleasure of opening
the most beautiful theatre in all
Southland, built and owned by Col
ored up-to-dste business man. We
wish it all success.
There is a great demand for Col
ored acts in the Eastern Colored
theatres. Quite a number are now
appearing there. The Clippers scor-
ed a real hit at the Crescent, New
York, to such extent that they were
held over for three consecutive n
gagements, which breaks all records
in regards to hold-over acts. Frank
and Pinkie Walker, Sandifer & Grant,
Meryweather & Brown, Griffin Sis
tiers, are all going big. Other acts
are expected to leave soon for Phil
adelphia and Washington.
Last week at Norfolk, Va, at the
leading vaudeville theatre, there was
on the bill Colored prformer, which
was the first that was ever seen on
white stage. The act made good
to such an extent that other Colored
acts may be booked. In fact, Black
Patti Company is about the only Col
ored show that has ever appeared in
.orfolk.
Billy McCarver may join hands
with Leon Diggs to play the South
ern time.
Miss Fannie Wise was offered two
weeks at Philadelphia to open on
Xmas, but she is booked solid. Time
will be arranged later for Philadel-
phia and Washington.
Sammy Patterson is expecting to
begin his vaudeville time with the
Watermelon Trust.
Same Davis, of Davis & Walker,
then both here to spend Xmas as
home at 3746 Forest avenue.
Several vaudeville managers are
sending for acts. including Washing
ton, Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
Many of our local performers will
soon leave for the above named
places.
lila Vincent, in his match with
Sampson, made many new support
ers, and should a match to a finish
take place he will have plenty of f.
nancial friends.
In the Xmas issue of the Freeman
an article appeared concerning the
Negro song writers, but / do not
consider the list complete, as it does
not contain the name of that popular
song writer, Mr.. Sidney L. Perrin.
There must be a reason, as the writ
er of the mentioned article should be
as we'll acquainted with his as 9th
ers he has mentioned so. For the
benefit of our readers / will name
some OF his great successes-Dinah,
Swelled Coon, OATS the Way to Spell
Chicken, and many others.