The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-22

Inc Dul at the New York Palace
week before last is reported as the
leading variety house. Gross salaries
Or the turns mounted upward Of $1,000,
Fat Rooney, NitaNJo, Herbert Clifton,
Jimmy Hussey and William Rock
among others were On the bill.
$3.50
Billy Beard, the mar from the South
with AL Fiald, who will be seen at the
Lyric next week, recently nabbed a
litter in New Orleans. Beard, who
IN addition to being noted for his min
strel p~roclivities, uses only original gags
N ms monologae, called the fellow
notes, Reports said the man was
threatened as he hurriedly left the Tu-
lane' where Field was showing.
a new single which broke in recently
Is that Of Fay Courtney, late Of the
courtney Sisters, a popular team with
Memplians. Miss Courtney employs a
plahlst, does several changes and In
her debut scored a distinct hit, reports
say: Florence Courtney recently mar
ried George Jessel and retired for a
time at least, from the stage,
When May Wirth, premier circus
rider, returns to New York after the B,
and Il. Ringing Bros. show closes she
VIII wed Frank Wirth, of the family OF
famous Australian riders. : Miss Wirth
Is a distant relative Of the Wirths and
mas been featured with them for many
seasons as a circus performer, She
was adopted by the Wirths when three
years Of age.
The Stan Stanley with 'cHitchy Koo"
Is not our old friend, Stan Stanley, he
OF me PIT opening and trampoline board,
me latter Stan is playing Loew time
in New York city now. He recently
signed a two-year contract with Loew
10 appear one week in the SPLIT houses
and two in the week stand theaters.
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Gene Dearth. clown last season with
tne Sels-F1oto circus, was a Memphis
visitor this week. Dearth declares he
viii winter In Winona, Miss, where he
VIII manage a hotel. Says he Is I'M
decided as regards next year. Spring
and the smell of sawdust no doubt will
bring him around. 49,
The New York Critics club Is known
as the Cheese club. Daresay the local
fraternity was dubbed something worse
than that the earlier part of the week.
The cast in "The Better ola ,oo-
turing De Wolf Hopper, opening AZ the
Lyric Monday, Is one highly competent,
writes o. M. Samuel. New Orleans re-
viewer. The interpretations in SamueTs
eyes acquit themselves admirably while
The Better ole" will go well, he says,
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Another Green Room Gossip friend
oobs up again in the announcement
from chicago that Herschel .Hendler
mas secured Anna Chandler for the
Ieadlng feminine role in the play in
debut as q legit actor. Miss Chandler,
who headlined the opening bill at the
Orpheum this season, also will be max
ing her legitimate debut. The name of
the play will be "The Happy Finding"
Hendler himself was here a few weeks
ago.
death the other day claimed a locally
popular two-a-day favorite, Willie Wes-
ton. He died in New York after a
Lengthy illness. Weston was formerly
of the team Of Bernard and Weston
and played here any number Of times
HIS last Memphis appearance was as a
single.
Several attractive olio drops and
some new scenery will greet the eyes
Of Orpheum patrons within the next
few weeks. George H. McKeune, scenic
artist, Is busily engaged with his
brushes each day at this playhouse and
says within two weeks the new scenery
will be ready. McKeune, whose head
quarters Is located at Kansas City, is
scenic expert for the entire Orpheum
circuit. For years he has welded
brushes in doing stage decorating. To
be sure. you are familiar with the
drape effect drop, now in use at Man
ager Bertram's house. McKeune Is the
originator of this idea and Memphis
was one of the first houses in the
country to disport such a drop. Sells
Bennett, former p. A. for the Orpheum,
later a local newspaper man, McKeune
told Il Green Room Gossip scribe, is
hitting a fast pace in Denver as pub-
lefty mar for Max Fabish's theater.
McKeune saw Bennett only recently,
From here the scenic artist goes to
Minneapolis.
Cancelling her Interstate Circuit time
on closing In New Orleans, Blossom
Seeley returned to Chicago with her
Syncopated studio act. She featured
the Majestic bill in the Windy City last
week,
The celebrated blackface team, Nc
lntyre and Heath, recently celebrated
their 45th anniversary as stage part
ners.
A new box office sign at the Or
pheum reads:
NO more persons will be admitted
to this performance
With this instead of the old s. r. O.
card looks like someone unnecessarily
used up a lot OF MIR. Beck's perfectfully
good paint.
"Uncle Ben" Stainback. manager of
Loew's Lyceum, Is again on the job
at the Second street playhouse, after
a. To-day absence spent In Middle Ten
nessee. Combining business with pleas
ure. he took time enough OF his vaca-
ton to investigate a report In Nash
vile that said the city might condemn
property on Church street where the
new Loew theater Is located for the
purpose Of opening a new street. Moth
ing definite wal arrived at, according
to Mr.. Stainback. The Loew interests
have a long time lease on the prop
erty, which formerly was the Ven
dome. j
Green Room Gossip Friday received a
letter from w. J. Page, for years con-
nected with the Billboard, the Cincin-
natl professional paper, saying that no
had rendered his resignation, to take
effect within a few days, There Is not
q Snowman in the country who does
not know Page. He did not say what
course he would pursue on leaving
"Billyboy."
CORTESE BROS.
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