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Music and the Stage DTXBD BY LESTER A. WALTON TWO COLORED SHOWS IN TOWN KfANHATTAN not 11 P01" ntry lQt colored shows for some time. Until the close of last season Brooklyn was listed as a port of the third class, but it was abolished; so if you wanted to see, a colored production this season it was necessary to take a little excursion to Newark. N. J.

However, this week New York City was put on the theatrical map at least temporarily and "two colored shows were given permisJ sion to dock and dispose of their wares. As the result of the arrangement the Black Patti Company is at the Grand Opera House, while the Smart Set Company is playing at Hurtig and Sea-rnon's Harlem Music Hall. In recent we who sign our names on the hotel register as hailing from New York have not been given an opportunity to see colored productions during the regular season. Owing to conditions, which cannot last much longer, we have been compelled to wait until May, as the owners of the colored theatrical organizations have been unable to secure houses until the close of the season. Colored shows are consequently regarded by us in the same class with strawberries, flowers and straw hats for men things that bloom in the spring tra la la.

me large nouses ai uie orana upera House. Jones, despite the fact that for fifteen seasons she has been doing "one nighters" galore, can continue to lay claim to being the leading singer of her face without fear or trem- Hing. When' one hears her and then recalls what a strenuous and hard lot it is traveling about the country for fifteen seasons, seldom staying in one town more than one night, you are compelled to marvel at this singer, whose tone's are" yet clear, bell-like and full of vigor. Mme. Jones has a very good number in "My Jewel of the River Nile," which she rendered as only an artist can.

As an encore she sang "Dixie is Good Enough for which so greatly pleased that she was compelled to sing it once more. In the third act she sang a se lection from "Rigoletto," assisted by Jeanette Cook, Charles Bougia and John Phillips. To show her versatility Mme. Jones sang Home, Sweet Home and then "Baby Rose." Next in importance to Mme. Jones is Julius Glenn, who does the pnnci pal comedy work of the show, as Ham- titon.

tiotLQ and Lount ue-Kocey tora. He is a tireless worker, and-his effort to amuse were productive of many laughs. The comedian's songs were well received, as was his dancing. Onevof the pleasing features of the show is the work of Al watts as straight man. As B.

Grafter he displays a naturalness in his role which shows that he has given it thought W. A. Cooke is creditably doing the part of Sherlocko, and is exceedingly nimble on his feet. Then there is Tillie Seguin, who has blossomed into a sou-brette and who sings a couple of songs looking "very charming. Others in the cast are Charles Bougia, as the Rev, Dr.

Broum; John Phillips, as John Hop ins; Estelle Cash, as Florence Will's ms; John Grant, as Chief Jumbo; cl Bledseaux, td Borden and James II. Woodson. in the first act it There are. not many chorus girls in the show, but they make up in quality what is lacking in quantity. They are good workers.

"Dr. Beans from Boston." "Dr. Beans from Boston," with S. H. Dudley as chief funmaker, made its initial bow to New Yorkers Monday at Hurtig and Seamons's Music Hall, opening for a two weeks' run.

It is not likely that there has been a funnier show at this theatre than "Dr. Beans from Boston," which is the best vehicle Dudley has ever had. Since I saw the show in Newark the first of the season a number of new comedy situations have been added, and the dialogue and "business" have been whipped into fine shape. As Gymnasium Butts S. H.

Dudley is responsible for much "merriment. Particularly in the second act in the drug store, scene does he put the playgoers in good humor, assisted by James Burns, as Bill Simmons. Mr. Dudley, in the character of Gymnasium Butts, seems to have acquired more of a habit of stealing since I saw him at the Columbia Theatre, Newark, stowing awav in his pockets almost everything' not nailed down which stunts appeared to greatly amuse some of the whites in the audience. Monday evening at the Harlem Mu sic Hall Henry Troy scored the big' srest singing hit in his song, "Dearest Memories." That he is still a matinee (r MME SISSIERETTA JONES' The OriSinal "Blacky PotU" While we would have much preferred the two shows to have made their appearance in the city on different dates, still those who relish colored musical productions are thankful for what they can get, and are takiffg advantage of tht golden opportunities presented by seeing both shows in one week.

Black Patti at the Grand. Mme. Sissieretta Jones (Black Patti) has not been heard in New York for a number of years, and she is proving that she is still a big drawing card by idol was demonstrated by the large bunch of American Beauty roses he re ceived after the number. Full of animation and possessing strong, fresh voice, Daisy Martin con tinues to improve as a soubrette. Her principal fault is that she sings all her songs too much alike.

With more ex pression and less volume of tone, she vill find that she can put over her num lwrs with more effect. Individual mention of other Members of the cast were made in a previous re view. In the cast are Arthur Talbot, as Mr. Waterbury Lee; Roley Gibson, as Jimmy Quickstep; William Ramsey. Alex, a waiter: Frank De' Lyons, the real Dr.

Beans jjom iioston; tlla lieV' ans, as Mme. Sahara lieartburne; Al berta Ormcs, as Xlueen SoPhenia; Rob ert Williams, as Jesse Jenkins, and Hattie Burris and Jessie Harris. Dudley's mule, Patrick, made its usual hit "Dr. Beans from Boston" should do two weeks' good business at the Har lem Music HalL Segregated Negroes Just the Same. The unnecessary segregating of col ored people in the theatres of New lork is a subject on which I am com pelled to dwell at length with marked irequency, although it is not a oleas ant duty.

However, conditions are such that some managers will want to put coiorea. playgoers in a certain part of cne gaiiery, as is done in certain sec tions of the South, if they become more insane on me question. Despite the promise In the local col ored press that colored people would be admitted to all parts of the house at both the Grand Opera House and Hurtig and Seamon Music Hall dur ing the presence of the two colored shows, it was broken. In justice to the management of the Smart Set Company and the Black Patti Company, that the colored playgoers were deceived was no fault of theirs, but the managers and attaches of the theatres. Hurtig and Seamon's Music Hall is a burlesque house, which closed its season last Saturday.

For this reason the Smart Set Company was successful in getting booking for two weeks in this temple df burlesque. I was greatly surprised Monday evening to find that all the colored people on the first floor were seated in the left section, while the whites were sold seats in the center and the right sections. It is possible that the managers of the house were ignorant of this act of segregation. The ticket seller might Have been at fault Yet the fact re pheum Theatre, Omaha, Neb. THE NEW YORK AGE, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1912.

iismsmm mains that with a colored show playing in a burlesque house the colored people were set off by themselves. Furthermore, the center section is always preferable to any other; yet not 'a colored person was sold a seat in the center section unless he fooled the ticket sel ler as to his racial identity. 1 did see two colored people in the center section, but they fooled the people in the box office. Then I saw a few colored men seated in the rear seats in the choice section, and by rear seats I mean the last one in the back. Grafting at Grand Opera House, At the Grand Opera House, which is one of the largest theatres in New York, and which plays Broadway shows for one week, the house closed last Saturday and the Black Patti Company managed' to "secure a date.

Tuesday evening I went to the theatre and on the first floor soon discovered that the only Seats sold colored people were those about six rows back. In the first ten or twelve rows not a colored person could be seen. However, a peculiar- feature of the seating at this house was that several colored people who purchased seats on the lower floor were accosted by an usher after they had been seated and told that better seats could be. secured nearer 1 the stage if twenty-five cents was paid. It was evident that some-bod v- was trvinsr to make a "killing," and the lambs chosen for slaughter were the colored citizens.

It is difficult for me to understand how an usher can change seats without the knowledge of those in the box office. To my mind the usher should be afraid that the man in the box office wnulrf also sell the seat he had sold tor twenty-five cents, thereby causing, some confusion. However, tnese Knigms ui the cardboard appeared to know what they were doing and did not appear a bit afraid. There is a "very bright" young man in the box office at the, Grand Opera House who should be complimented by his employer for his "courteous" demeanor to the patrons of the house rnmnlaints were made to him about seats, and while his answers did not show, him to be one possessed with an overabundance of matter in his cranium, he did give evidence of a vprv fresh voung gent. Sev- ril nprsons comolamed that he had seated them behind posts, but he re fused to give them better seats, al there were some vacant.

PoS' sibly the ushers had their eyes on the vacant scats. a When I look, at conditions existing to-day and then recall how they were a few years ago in New York I am compelled to admit that they are getting worse instead of better. I have seen colored shows play at the Grand Opera House and there was no discrimination with reference to color. I i nioA or-n colored shows clay at the Harlem Music Hall, and our colored citizens were given vaiuc nvcuu their money and allowed to sit in all sections on the first floor not only one. If this wave of prejudice is spreading it must be checked.

It cannot be done by getting the worst of it and keeping your mouth shut. A principle is involved which is dearer than any financial consideration to all Negroes who want to be regar'ded as men and women not cattle. as soon as we make known in no uncertain terms that we intend to have all the rights and privileges due us (we asking nothing more) the managers will see that we mean business and put an end to unjust practices which they are seeking to make customs, but which will never be unless we sit idly by and willingly submit to wsiilt atter insult. fuu-innnru-ii-i THEATRICAL JOTTINGS -r Irving Jones is at the Howard The atre. Boston.

Brown and Brown are at the Prin cess Theatre, St. Paul. Anderson and Goines are at the Olympia Theatre, Boston. Brown and Nevarro are at the Or- The Ten Dark Knights are at the Howard Theatre, Washington, u. Abbie Mitchell was operated on for throat trouble this wee, and is, im proving.

Smith and Turner and Stewart and tith wire the aoolause-eetters at the Crescent Theatre the first half of the i 8 H. DUDLEY Smart 5at Company week. Smith and Turner have a winning combination and they should remain together as a team, as they will find it profitable business in the future. Robert Jones, the blind pianist known as 'Slim," is entertaining at the York Cafe, Brooklyn. The Kratons are at the Palace, Hull, England.

Next week, Empire, West HartlepooL AND Williams and Brown are at the Howard Theatre, with Monogram Theatre, Chicago, to follow. Duke" Johnson, and Mae Wells are playing in Australia and New Zealand with success. Joe Jordan, of Chicago, came to New York Monday on business. He will be in New York a week. Fiddler and Shelton close" their Or pheum tour this week at the Orpheum Theatre.

Sioux City, Ia, The My Friend rom Dixie Company has Closed for the season, and tne com pany has been disbanded. Aida Overton Walker and Company are in their second week at the Urphe urn Theatre, San Francisco. Simms and Thompson are at the Howard Theatre. Washington, with Vein's Theatre, Boston, to follow, Warfield and Campbell. Prof.

J. W. Woods, the Loves, the Wilson Trio and Delaney and Delaney are at the Auditorium Theatre, Philadelphia. Will H. Brown, straight man of the My Friend from Dixie Company, is resting at Peru, Ind.

He will soon be seen in an act with Oma Crosby. On the bill at the New Circle Theatre, Philadelphia, are Harrison and Viola Stewart, the Original Rays, Billy Ward, Minor and Minor and the Wyck-offs. I Cumbey and Davis and "Baby Jim" were on the bill at the Crescent Theatre the second half of last week. Cumbey was formerly of Wilson and Cumbey, and his work as a comedian is pleasing. R.

H. Cain, trap drummer at the Crescent Theatre, closed with the management Sunday. He worked at the Crescent Theatre two years and enjoyed the record of having not lost a day, working seven days in the week. Mr. Cain was formerly with the Cole and Johnson Company.

Positively the Last Week AT Hurtig and Seamon's MUSIC HALL Com. Monday. Matinee, May 20 America's Foremost Colored Entertainers THE NEW MART 2020 II WITH S.H.DUDLEY El rUN MUSIC SONGS COMEDY The Greatest Aggregation of Colored Stars Ever Collected Together. IN THE MERRY MUSICAL HA! HA! Dr. BEANS FRon BOSTON SPECIAL FEATURE! all comers.

EXTRA! Friday Evening-Turkey Trot Dance, to all comers. Colored Patrons Admitted to all Parts of the Theatre ALL SECTIONS ON FIRST FLOOR open All MusfcaP Numbers in Vbr. Beans from Boston" PUBLISHED BY ROGERS BROS. MUSIC PUB. CO.

1441 Broadway New York Cltv FOR SALE AT ALL MUSIC STORES MUSIC i 7th ANNUAL FIELD DAY PARADE RECEPTION OF THE 3rd Patriarchic Regiment, G. U. 0. of 0.f. WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1 912, Afternoon and Evening At PROSPECT.

HALL, Prospect Aveiue star Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn Music far rrf.kytel&ior8..4 Mmic Uf Btccptiti by H. A. M. I. Orcfces'rs Admission, 50c one Seating, 97.

OO i2, aa.oo tm Stilt MUaiib Walker's lk8 Duffield J. M. Drdent Restaurant. 417 Carlton AVenur. Glow's Barbershop.

KuJton btrnt. oi.poiie Vtica Ae. 7larM Da Ctmnitiet Major tbaa. H. Gaaaawaj.

ij. Chairman. M. V. P.

John B. Jones. Viie Chairman. V. P.

W. Ci. Kobinson. secretary. P.

M. V. P. Howard V. Fry.

Treasurer. P. U. M. Samuel Carr.

Am, Treasurer. Lieut. Charles H. tiassaway, General Secretary. Capt.

David Lewesv Chairman Executie Committee. The W-H-C Theatre 138th Street, between Fifth and Lenox Avenues, is now in pro cess of erection. The Theatre is being built by the Johnson Amusement Company duly incorporated under the Laws of the State of New York. Shares are tww being sold at TEN DOLLARS a share. Arrangements can be made to pay for shares on a weekly instalment basis of $1.00.

Now is the time to get into a paying proposition and be connected with a business enterprise that is providing a place of amusement for the race. The theatre will be a work of art and the lodge rooms unsurpassed. Only $25,000 worth of shares have been offered the public. Send your subscriptions to Johnson Amusement Company, 247 West 46th Street. ornccR TITOMAS JOHNSON.

President rE618" HARBK BATON. 1st Vlce-PreaWent LESTER A. WALTON. Secretary. DIRECTORS BARRON P.

WILKINS. G. L. YOUNG. JAMES REE8K EUROPE.

BERT A. WILLIAMS. MAURICE RUNKLE. PRICES matinees All Seats 5c Boxes 20c EVENINGS All Seats 10c Boxes 25c CRESCENT THEATRE 36-38 Weal 135th Street VAUDEVILLE MOVING PICTURES Bat Offic opts Iro- 1 1 11 P. M.

T. BILL CHANGED TWICE A WEEK POtrOUlAKSS Continuous 3sOO P.M. to 11i30 P.M. Yea Bo! Yea Bo! Following Its Great Triumph at Carhsgls Hall Off CLUB Of the City of New York, Inc. Will present the wonderful CLEF CLUB SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JAMES REESE EUROPE.

Conductor WILLIAM H. TYER8, Assistant AT Manhattan Casino 155th Street and Eighth Avenue, New York Thureday Evening, May 23 1912 Admission. 50 Cents Boxes and Reserved Section, $5.00 Not Including Admission Reserved Seats, (Including Admission) $1.00 APPLY TO Clef Club, 134 West 53rd Street Phone.Xolumbus 8251-8252 Reserved Seats can be obtained in Hailem at the Amsterdam News Office. 1 7 West 135th Street. Telephone 3341 Harlem THIRD Fit Id Day and Carnival of Sports UNDER AUSP1CL5 OP THE ANNUAL OWL FOELD.

CLUB (MEMBERS OF THE VULCAN ATHLETIC LEAGUE) At MORRIS PARK, Bloomfield Newark. N.J. DECORATION DAY, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1912 JXCuiic by J. 'P. O'Fake's Brass Band Games Start at 2 p.

m. Entries close Maiy 20, M. J. Smith, 8 Summit Plaoe, Newark, N. J.

Committee of Arrangement M. J. SMITH. Chairman F. CtRSON B.

MOSS C. BELL BAXTER E. JOHNSON W. SPLLLMAN M. MAJORS H.

KEYES F. SPELLMAN ADMISSION 0 25 Cents msyl6 2t AD cars transfer to Bloomfield" car which passes the Pork. SOWVINIRSI COUVKNIRSI SOUVENIRai ELAND SPRING DANCE GIVEN BY THE STUDENTS CLUB AT MANHATTAN CASINO, 155th Street tiighth Avenu FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1912 JKtulcly'Dougt HANDSOME SOUVENIRS Doors open at 7.45 COMMITTEE Paul A. Collins A. Johnson, M.D.

Henry O. Ha-dlnft L. P. Roberts, M.D. Cliff Terry Travis Johnson.

M.D. A. 5. Reed. M.D.

ADMISSION Including Hat Check SO CENTS msy I12t MtCT MC THERE Prize Waltz'and Shirtwaist Dance Biven by the Lexington Dancing Class! At CIOSBY HAH, 4ZW3 Art. nr. Idirftts Art. Bcrsifk TBrseUys Mnnriav fvpmnor Mav 70 1Q1? MieicN.in.w.r,.bc.25ctNTs va.wU Mask fry Prsf. M.

Saita. CLASS ASSEMBLES EVERY MONDAY NIGHT AT O'CLOCK Thomas Mellhews. Director Frank Williams. Manager i AN ELEGANT PRODUCTION JJORTRAITS, one rup. of Booker T.

Wash- inton. Frederick Douglass, Peul Laurence Dunbar. John M. Langston and Blanche K. Bruce.

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